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Documentary 'Our Sacred Honor' to be shown Saturday
(Local News ~ 03/11/13)
Patriot Voices is hosting a free screening of the documentary "Our Sacred Honor." The film will be shown at 2 p.m. Saturday at My Daddy's Cheesecake in Cape Girardeau. "Our Sacred Honor" is a look at the founding of the United States and the drafting of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence through re-enactments. It features interviews with historians and experts and others...
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The Good, the Bad, the Opera performed Sunday
(Local News ~ 03/11/13)
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com ABOVE: Lori Shaffer, soprano, and Christopher Goeke, tenor, with pianist Matt Yount perform "Chiedi all'aura lusinghiera" from "L'Elisir d'Amore," an opera by Gaetano Donizette, during the voice faculty recital, The Good, The Bad, The Opera, on Sunday at Shuck Recital Hall on Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus. ...
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Perryville man faces charges claiming he's serial statutory rapist
(Local News ~ 03/11/13)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- An 18-year-old Perryville man remained behind bars Sunday night on multiple counts of statutory rape and child molestation after a police investigation revealed he was having sex with at least six eighth-grade girls. Austin Luye used similar methods in every case, according to court filings: Approach the girls first on Facebook, then coax them out into public -- usually somewhere close to the school -- and finally lure them to someplace more secluded where he persuaded some to have sex with him.. ...
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Southeast Missouri State baseball team drops opening OVC series to Belmont
(College Sports ~ 03/11/13)
The Southeast Missouri State baseball team dug itself an early hole for the second straight game, resulting in a series loss to open its Ohio Valley Conference schedule. First-year OVC member Belmont, the defending Atlantic Sun Conference regular-season and tournament champion, won Sunday's series finale 6-2 in Nashville, Tenn...
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Symphony concert to be Tuesday at River Campus
(Local News ~ 03/11/13)
Vocal and instrumental talents will be highlighted Tuesday night at the Southeast Missouri Symphony Orchestra concert "Five Mystical Songs" in Bedell Performance Hall on the River Campus. Along with the orchestra, the concert will feature the University Choir, Choral Union and Cape Girardeau student Elizabeth Ansberry, winner of the Southeast Missouri State University Music Department's Rising Star competition...
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St. Johns Bayou basin trying to step out of New Madrid floodway shadows
(Local News ~ 03/11/13)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- When it rains within a 480-square-mile area in Southeast Missouri -- in towns such as Commerce, Charleston, Sikeston and East Prairie -- water trickles down a vast matrix of ditches and canals, through narrow flood gates at New Madrid and spills into the Mississippi River...
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Group is hopeful it can preserve historic house in Jackson
(Local News ~ 03/11/13)
Jackson residents will meet at 6 p.m. today in hopes of saving the Frizel-Welling House, 209 W. Main St., thought to be the city's second-oldest residence. Tom Strickland of Strickland Engineering LC is spearheading the effort, which began with an initial gathering last month. He would like to see someone buy the structure, maintain it or renovate it, he said...
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Carlos Chitty turns 100 years old!
(Submitted Story ~ 03/11/13)
Carlos Chitty was born February 27, 1913, in Scott City, Mo. In 1936 Carlos married Ruby Imogene Lynn and they were married for 70 years before Ruby passed away in 2006. Mr. Chitty now resides at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau, Mo. where he celebrated his 100th birthday among family and friends...
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Kohl's Donates to Youth Diabetes Care Network
(Submitted Photo ~ 03/11/13)
Kohl's Department Store in Cape Girardeau has donated $21,973 to the Kohl's Youth Diabetes Care Network, a service of the Southeast Diabetes Center. The money came from the sale of Kohl's Cares® books and plush toys. Since 2006, Kohl's has donated more than $121,994 to help fund SoutheastHEALTH programs. ...
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Bell advocates service and education for Guard
(Submitted Story ~ 03/11/13)
Staff Sgt. Steven Bell was 21 when he knew he had to join the Missouri National Guard. During the flood of 1993, he was helping friends and Family in Dutchtown protect their homes and livelihoods against the waters of the Mississippi. The Citizen-Soldiers were there too, working non-stop...
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Daisy Mae
(Submitted Photo ~ 03/11/13)
Daisy is our Boston Terrier. She loves hanging out with the family. She is fully content to snuggle or just sit and watch. She also loves playing ball. Daisy is a wonderful dog and is enjoyed by our whole family.
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Medicaid Expansion Set to Increase Eligibility for
(Submitted Story ~ 03/11/13)
The Medicaid expansion, if passed, will allow large numbers of parents and childless adults with low incomes and under the age of 65 join the ranks of Missouri's Medicaid program. While allowing these individuals to join Medicaid will certainly help many Missourians finally obtain health insurance, the expansion does very little to address many of the issues facing current Medicaid recipients and if not done carefully may create new ones. ...
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St. Louis police sgt. lobbies for marijuana legalization group
(State News ~ 03/11/13)
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis police chief says a sergeant's recent political lobbying work for a pro-marijuana group is "not what is expected of our officers." The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Friday that Sgt. Gary Wiegert is a lobbyist for Show-Me Cannabis, which wants Missouri to allow the regulated sale of marijuana. Wiegert also lobbies for the St. Louis Tea Party...
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Missouri child-care funding increases mulled
(State News ~ 03/11/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A lot of attention has been paid to Gov. Jay Nixon's call to expand the state's Medicaid program for adults, but the governor's budget plan also includes increases in social welfare programs targeted at children. Nixon's 2014 fiscal year budget seeks to increase reimbursement rates paid to foster parents and child-care centers that serve lower-income families while also expanding eligibility for subsidized day care...
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Analysis: Missouri tax plan may save little for many
(State News ~ 03/11/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- An overhaul of Missouri's tax policy embraced by the Senate could cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars annually. What would that mean for residents? Perhaps no more than a few dozen dollars in savings for a typical household...
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Old Slave Road may be renamed
(State News ~ 03/11/13)
ST. LOUIS -- Old Slave Road in suburban St. Louis could be getting a new name. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the Historic Preservation Commission in Wildwood, Mo., is considering whether to recommend a name change. Residents who live along the road complain that the name tends to offend people. Opponents say residents are trying to sanitize history...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/11/13)
Today is Monday, March 11, the 70th day of 2013. There are 295 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 11, 1888, the Blizzard of '88, also known as the "Great White Hurricane," began inundating the northeastern United States, resulting in some 400 deaths...
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Jessie Reavis
(Obituary ~ 03/11/13)
Jessie Katherene "Kay" Reavis, 71, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, at her home. She was born Feb. 18, 1942, in Cape Girardeau and was the beloved daughter of Cloyd E. and Helen K. McCullough Reavis. Jessie was a manager at Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. in St. Louis for 25 years and later worked at Cracker Barrel Restaurant in Cape Girardeau for 10 years...
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Kimberly Poole
(Obituary ~ 03/11/13)
Kimberly J. Poole, 54, of Cape Girardeau, affectionately known as "Bird," died Saturday, March 2, 2013, at her home. She was born Aug. 14, 1958, at Cape Girardeau to Ernest Homer Poole and Judith M. Kothe. She graduated from Scott City High School and from Metro Business College. She and Roger Shavers were married Jan. 22, 1988. To this union two children were born: Travis W. Shavers Sr. and Toni Danielle Shavers...
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Billy Lenand
(Obituary ~ 03/11/13)
Billy Gene Lenand, 72, of Rockview, Mo., formerly of Scott City, passed away Saturday, March 9, 2013, at his home. He was born May 29, 1940, son of James William and Ruby Alma Niswonger Lenand. Billy and Lavonna Jean Riley were married May 27, 1961...
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Anita Ernst
(Obituary ~ 03/11/13)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Anita E. "Neets" Ernst, 90, of Perryville, died March 8, 2013, at her residence. She was born Nov. 5, 1922, in Biehle, Mo., daughter of Rudolph and Josephine Hotop Pingel. She and Wilfred N. Ernst were married Nov. 20, 1943. He preceded her in death Aug. 4, 2008...
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Herndon scholarship
(Editorial ~ 03/11/13)
Meg Herndon was a beautiful person. She was a nursing student and a soccer player in her senior year at Southeast Missouri State University and by all accounts a good teammate and friend. She was loved by many. Meg died following a September scooter accident in which she was not wearing a helmet...
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Disney's ‘Oz' bewitches box office with $80M debut
(Entertainment ~ 03/11/13)
LOS ANGELES -- "Oz the Great and the Powerful" clicked with moviegoers. Disney's 3-D prequel to the classic L. Frank Baum tale "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" debuted in first place and earned $80.3 million at the weekend box office in the U.S. and Canada and $69.9 million overseas, according to studio estimates Sunday...
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Mo. lawmakers to consider infrastructure measures
(State News ~ 03/11/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Efforts to increase funding for highways and to pay for construction on college campuses, the state mental health hospital and other infrastructure are likely to take a step forward at the Missouri Capitol. A House committee plans to vote Tuesday on legislation to authorize bonds for construction while the full Senate is preparing to debate a sales tax proposal that would raise nearly $8 billion over a decade to pay for roads, bridges and other transportation projects.. ...
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Speak Out 3/11/13
(Speak Out ~ 03/11/13)
Sadly, a Cape Girardeau police officer has to in large part pay the price for the political posturing of the Missouri General Assembly's passage of a flag desecration law in clear violation of the U.S. Constitution. President's idea After all these months that our president has derided the Republicans about the sequester and what a bad idea it is, the White House is now admitting that it was the president's bad idea. Wouldn't it have been better just to tell the truth?...
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Out of the past 3/11/13
(Out of the Past ~ 03/11/13)
About 3,000 teachers from 75 school districts in Southeast Missouri gather at the Show Me Center for the 112th annual District Teachers Meeting. Southeast Missouri State University has narrowed down applicants seeking the head football coach job to four finalists: Dave Arslanian, assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at Weber State University Ogden, Utah; Dennis Creehan, linebacker coach at the University of California-Berkeley; Jim Gilstrap, offensive coordinator of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League; and Bill Maskill, defensive secondary coach at the University of Oregon.. ...
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Redhawks hoops fans must wait again for next year
(Sports Column ~ 03/11/13)
The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team probably didn't live up to expectations this season despite a strong finish that ended in the quarterfinals of last week's Ohio Valley Conference tournament. But there is no denying that the Redhawks took another step forward, even if it wasn't as big as fans hoped...
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Jackson police and fire report 3/11/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/11/13)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 3/11/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/11/13)
Firefighters responded to the following calls Friday:...
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Cape Girardeau police report 3/11/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/11/13)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 3/11/13
(Local News ~ 03/11/13)
1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today Routine business ACTION ITEMS...
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Cardinals' Garcia, Rosenthal impress in exhibition loss
(Professional Sports ~ 03/11/13)
Garcia threw five shutout innings in his longest outing of the spring
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Blues fall victim to Ducks' home streak
(Professional Sports ~ 03/11/13)
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Corey Perry scored the go-ahead goal with 14 minutes, 40 seconds left in the third period before adding an empty-netter in the final minute, Jonas Hiller made 14 of his 29 saves in the second period, and the Anaheim Ducks tied a franchise record with their 11th consecutive home victory, 4-2 over the St. Louis Blues on Sunday night...
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Source: Venezuelan opposition leader to run for president
(International News ~ 03/11/13)
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles is set to announce he will run in elections to replace Hugo Chavez, setting up a make-or-break encounter against the dead president's hand-picked successor, a close adviser to the candidate says...
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Christian protesters, police clash in Pakistan
(International News ~ 03/11/13)
LAHORE, Pakistan -- Hundreds of Christians clashed with police across Pakistan on Sunday, a day after a Muslim mob burned dozens of homes owned by members of the minority religious group in retaliation for alleged insults against Islam's Prophet Muhammad...
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Nuclear chief: U.S. plants safer after crisis in Japan
(National News ~ 03/11/13)
WASHINGTON -- Two years after a nuclear crisis in Japan, the top U.S. regulator says American nuclear power plants are safer than ever, though not trouble-free. A watchdog group calls that assessment overly rosy. "The performance is quite good," Nuclear Regulatory Commission chairwoman Allison Macfarlane said...
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Job gains cut unemployment to 7.7 percent, four-year low
(National News ~ 03/11/13)
WASHINGTON -- The American job market isn't just growing. It's accelerating. Employers added 236,000 jobs in February and drove down the unemployment rate to 7.7 percent, its lowest level in more than four years. The gains signal that companies are confident enough in the economy to intensify hiring even in the face of tax increases and government spending cuts...
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Cause of off-color, fetid water eludes Pennsylvania town
(National News ~ 03/11/13)
PITTSBURGH -- What causes clear, fresh country well water to turn orange or black, or smell so bad that it's undrinkable? Residents of a western Pennsylvania community have been trying for more than a year to get that question answered in their quest to get clean water back...
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Sandy-damaged homes hit market at bargain prices
(National News ~ 03/11/13)
LONG BEACH, N.Y. -- It sounds like the premise for a new reality TV series: "Hurricane House" -- people scouring waterside communities looking to buy homes damaged by Superstorm Sandy at a deep discount. While there are bargains out there, ranging from 10 percent off pre-storm prices for upscale homes on New York's Long Island and the Jersey Shore to as much as 60 percent off modest bungalows in Staten Island and Queens, it's still very much a game of buyer beware...
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Lawmakers: Obama wooing might break budget logjam
(National News ~ 03/11/13)
WASHINGTON -- Republican lawmakers said Sunday they welcome President Barack Obama's courtship and suggested the fresh engagement between the White House and Congress might help yield solutions to the stubborn budget battle that puts Americans' jobs at risk...
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Talking Shop with Sharon Penrod of the Pie Safe Bakery and Cafe
(Business ~ 03/11/13)
What was once the Bank of Pocahontas has become a bakery where members of the community gather
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Dorena-Hickman Ferry closed Sunday because of high winds
(Local News ~ 03/11/13)
DORENA, Mo. -- The Dorena-Hickman Ferry halted operations at about 2:15 p.m. Sunday because of high winds, according to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. The ferry is expected to reopen today on its regular summer schedule. The Dorena-Hickman Ferry connects Kentucky Highway 1354 at Hickman, Ky., with Missouri Route A and Highway 77 near Dorena...
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People on the move 3/11/13
(Business ~ 03/11/13)
Bruce Skinner, Southeast Missouri State University assistant vice president for student success, was selected to participate in Leadership Missouri. Leadership Missouri is a seven-month leadership enhancement program sponsored by the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Thirty-six business and state leaders were chosen to participate...
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Prayer 3/11/13
(Prayer ~ 03/11/13)
O Father God, direct our paths that we would glorify you. Amen.
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Matheny leaves Florida for back surgery
(Professional Sports ~ 03/11/13)
JUPITER, Fla. -- Cardinals manager Mike Matheny planned to leave the team after Sunday's spring training game and return to St. Louis for surgery to repair a ruptured disk in his lower back. Matheny expects to be back at spring training for Thursday's game against Atlanta in Jupiter...
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Southeast softball team goes 1-3 in tournament
(College Sports ~ 03/11/13)
The Southeast Missouri State softball team wrapped up the round-robin Evansville tournament Sunday by splitting two games. Southeast went 1-3 in the two-day event and is 5-11 on the season. The Redhawks started Sunday's action by beating Bowling Green 4-1, then lost to host Evansville 9-2. Southeast also faced those two squads Saturday, falling to Bowling Green 4-1 and Evansville 8-0...
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As spring approaches, businesses are moving
(Business ~ 03/11/13)
Dalton Florist at 922 E. Jackson Blvd. is under new ownership. Sheila King bought the business from her brother and sister-in-law, James and Robin King, on Jan. 7. King said she is planning to expand the scope of the flower and plant shop to include locally handmade gifts such as accessories, jewelry and home decor...
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Candidate questionnaire: Greg Dowler
(Local News ~ 03/11/13)
NAME: Greg Dowler AGE: 59 PLACE OF BIRTH: Springfield, Missouri SPOUSE, CHILDREN'S NAMES: JoEllen Dowler EDUCATION: College at Missouri State University & College of the Ozarks Graduate of St. Paul School of Theology (graduate school) OCCUPATION: Minister...
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