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Benefit basketball tournament to be held in August
(Local News ~ 03/15/15)
A special money-raising basketball tournament is coming to Cape Girardeau in August. Players of all ages and skill levels can participate in the two-day Gus Macker 3-on-3 tournament, which consists of street ball-style play with licensed officials and structured competition, according to a news release from BOLD Marketing. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Cape Girardeau...
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30 Southeast students to participate in Washington think tank
(Local News ~ 03/15/15)
Thirty Southeast Missouri State University students will participate in a five-day seminar today through Friday in Washington, D.C., discussing global issues in business, the environment, politics and cybersecurity at the Center for Strategic and International Studies...
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Coffee with Cops to be next week downtown
(Local News ~ 03/15/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department will hold its next Coffee with Cops meeting from 7 to 9 a.m. March 25 at Cup 'N' Cork at 11 S. Spanish St. in Cape Girardeau. The department began holding the informal community events in August as a way to connect with the public...
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Police to crack down on drunken driving over weekend
(Local News ~ 03/15/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department is working with the Southeast Missouri DWI Task Force to participate in a statewide crackdown on drunken driving over the St. Patrick's Day weekend. The enforcement period will be Saturday through Tuesday, according to a police department news release...
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Ferguson on the minds of sheriff, Cape police chief
(Local News ~ 03/15/15)
Cape Girardeau County sheriff John Jordan and Cape Girardeau police chief Wes Blair were the featured speakers at Friday's meeting of the Republican Women's Club. Jordan began by talking about the recent shootings of two officers in Ferguson, Missouri...
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Entrepreneuers make a pitch during local Google Start-Up
(Local News ~ 03/15/15)
When trying to sell an idea or product, it's all in the presentation. At least that's what successful entrepreneur Glenn Campbell, co-founder of LIDS, said. "People buy into you. They don't necessarily have to buy into your concept. Later, your concept's important, but they buy into who's pitching it," he said. "If you look competent, if you can be a leader, convince them, have conviction with what you're doing, you can get it done."...
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Chaplain program trains 'instruments of peace' for police, firefighters
(Local News ~ 03/15/15)
To be an emergency services chaplain is to answer a difficult calling, to say the least. It's a job that requires running to a high-pressure scene at a moment's notice and being prepared to help anyone, from a police officer to a child. Most often, the task at hand is finding the right thing to say to an officer or firefighter...
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SoutheastHEALTH works to emerge from financial woes
(Local News ~ 03/15/15)
Continued operating losses have prompted cuts to employee benefits and another bond rating downgrade at SoutheastHEALTH. But leaders say the right recovery plan, already under way, will create long-term financial stability and a stronger organization...
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Parking brake mishap causes truck to crash into car, house
(Local News ~ 03/15/15)
A parking brake malfunction caused a semitractor to crash into a Cape Girardeau home and family vehicle Saturday. At 5:20 p.m., Cape Girardeau police responded to the call at 2034 Pamela Drive. Officers at the scene said no one was in either vehicle at the time of the crash and that the truck's parking brake had failed. ...
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Preparing edible artistry
(Community ~ 03/15/15)
It takes less than a minute to pat, fill, roll, slice and plate a half-dozen pieces of sushi. Hank Ou, 26, a sushi chef at Shogun Japanese Restaurant in Cape Girardeau, said it's not even difficult. Watching his card-shark dexterity from the other side of the bar, it certainly looks easy enough. Anybody can make sushi, he said...
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Easter House
(Submitted Photo ~ 03/15/15)
Madison built an Easter house to help celebrate.
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Singin in the Rain
(Submitted Photo ~ 03/15/15)
Madison enjoyed dancing and singing in the rain
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/15/15)
Today is Sunday, March 15, the 74th day of 2015. There are 291 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 15, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson, addressing a joint session of Congress, called for new legislation to guarantee every American's right to vote -- the result was passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965...
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Students shine at fundraiser
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/15/15)
Are you smarter than an Alma Schrader Elementary student? I am always amazed at the level of commitment from the staff of Alma Schrader to make everything a "teaching and learning" experience. The recent fundraising Knowledge-A-Thon (KAT), sponsored by Alma Schrader's PTO, was packed with students demonstrating their knowledge to the 75 community volunteers who helped with the event...
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Prayer 3-15-15
(Prayer ~ 03/15/15)
Lord Jesus, we lift up your name for you are the King of kings. Amen.
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Man shot by police is charged
(Local News ~ 03/15/15)
MALDEN, Mo. -- The man shot by Malden's police chief after he allegedly flourished a handgun at officers is behind bars facing felony charges. Bobby Newt Cantrell, 48, of Dexter, Missouri, was arrested Thursday night in Pemiscot County by the Missouri State Highway Patrol on a Dunklin County warrant charging him with first-degree assault on a law enforcement officer, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon...
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Police: Man shoots family of 5, killing father, daughter
(National News ~ 03/15/15)
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. -- When Donna Davis opened her door shortly after midnight, what she saw reminded her of a scene out of a horror movie. A mother and two children, a boy and a girl, were covered in blood after being shot in their home across the road...
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Part-time Ferguson mayor in full-time spotlight
(State News ~ 03/15/15)
FERGUSON, Mo. -- In the days since the release of a Justice Department report that found widespread racial bias in the Ferguson Police Department, the mayor of the St. Louis suburb has become a part-time public servant in a full-time spotlight. The attention has only intensified as six city employees -- most notably the police chief and city manager -- have been fired or stepped down...
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Births 3/15/15
(Births ~ 03/15/15)
Son to Cody Daniel and Bethany Renae Barrett of Marble Hill, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 7:47 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. Name, Colton Ren. Weight, 8 pounds, 2 ounces. Third child, second son. Mrs. Barrett is the former Bethany Clayton, daughter of Gayla Mooney and Billy Clayton of Sikeston, Missouri. She is employed by SRP Promotions. Barrett is the son of Bob and Patti Barrett of Marble Hill. He is employed by Girardeau Stevedores...
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Out of the past: March 15
(Out of the Past ~ 03/15/15)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- The people of Marble Hill have received a double dose of good news; a new industry -- Heartland Industries of Cape Girardeau -- is coming to town, and a $682,000 bequest from Lorma Wisley, sister of Frank Pellegrino, will be used to build the town's first swimming pool in Pellegrino Park...
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Cool reception for new sign-up window under health-care law
(National News ~ 03/15/15)
WASHINGTON -- Several million people hit with new federal fines for going without health insurance will get a second chance to sign up starting today, and that could ease the sting of rising penalties for being uninsured. But as the enrollment window reopens, it's unclear how many know about the time-limited opportunity, let alone will take advantage of it...
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Iraqi Kurds claim IS group used chemical weapons
(International News ~ 03/15/15)
BAGHDAD -- Kurdish authorities in Iraq said Saturday they have evidence the Islamic State group used chlorine gas as a chemical weapon against peshmerga fighters, the latest alleged atrocity carried out by the extremist organization now under attack in Tikrit...
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Meth lab found in Wal-Mart restroom
(National News ~ 03/15/15)
MUNCIE, Ind. -- A restroom at a Wal-Mart was closed indefinitely after an employee discovered a working meth lab inside. State police say an employee alerted police after seeing a man he described as suspicious enter the restroom late Thursday with a backpack and leave without it. A state police meth suppression team removed the dangerous chemicals. County health inspectors closed the restroom and a nearby women's restroom until they could be "decontaminated" by a cleaning firm...
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Social Security says millions have reached age 112
(National News ~ 03/15/15)
WASHINGTON -- Americans are getting older, but not this old: Social Security records show 6.5 million people in the U.S. have reached the age of 112. In reality, only few could possibly be alive. As of last fall, there were only 42 people known to be that old in the entire world...
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Mourners pack funeral for man killed by Madison officer
(National News ~ 03/15/15)
MADISON, Wis. -- Hundreds of mourners packed a Wisconsin high school field house and spilled into a secondary gym Saturday to remember a 19-year-old biracial man fatally shot last weekend by a white officer, the latest of a string of killings by police nationwide that have stirred passions...
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U.S. to keep more troops in Afghanistan
(National News ~ 03/15/15)
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is abandoning plans to cut the number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan to 5,500 by year's end, bowing to military leaders who want to keep more troops, including many into the 2016 fighting season, U.S. officials say...
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Speak Out 3/15/15
(Speak Out ~ 03/15/15)
A roundabout at Independence and East Rodney is plumb stupid. For one thing, there isn't enough room and there are also trucks that go through there mainly from the armory. Why they don't put in a stoplight is beyond me. The ones at Mount Auburn and Hopper Road are the best ones they have ever done...
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Jackson police report 3/15/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/15/15)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Oleksandr Mostovskyi, 19, 246 Rolling Fields, was arrested on suspicion of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and being a minor in possession by consumption...
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Cape Girardeau police report 3/15/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/15/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Victor L. Riley, 38, 3006 Wisteria Drive, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and driving while revoked. n Erik M. Hunter, 23, of St. Peters, Missouri, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, driving while revoked and leaving the scene of an accident...
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Local candidates should contact newspaper
(Local News ~ 03/15/15)
With the April 7 election approaching, the Southeast Missourian is contacting candidates in contested races in Cape Girardeau, Scott, Perry and Bollinger counties so they may be included in our election questionnaire section April 5. If you are seeking office and have not been contacted by the Southeast Missourian, please email managing editor Lindsay Jones at ljones@semissourian.com with the words "local election candidate" in the subject line...
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Downtown abuzz with activity; exciting times ahead
(Editorial ~ 03/15/15)
A story last week written by reporter Erin Ragan highlighted an upswing in downtown Cape Girardeau. Consider the following action taking place downtown: n A former garage re-purposed into an attractive office space n Buildings with sold signs n Buildings being painted...
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Attorney general's office to prosecute murder case
(Local News ~ 03/15/15)
The Missouri Attorney General's office is prosecuting the case against a Kennett, Missouri, man accused of murder. The case against Jeremy Corcoran will be handled by assistant attorney general G. Brad Crowell, said Dunklin County Prosecuting Attorney Jeff McCormick. McCormick said he is no longer prosecuting Corcoran because of a conflict of interest...
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Sikeston police looking for shooting suspect
(Local News ~ 03/15/15)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- The Sikeston Department of Public Safety is searching for a man alleged to be a gunman involved in a shooting last weekend. "The investigation has been ongoing since, and this week detectives have developed enough information to charge the missing passenger for unlawful use of a weapon," Capt. Jim McMillen, public information officer for the department, said in a news release late Friday...
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O'Fallon girl rescued after abduction by brother's friend
(State News ~ 03/15/15)
O'FALLON, Mo. -- Police rescued a 10-year-old girl who they say was kidnapped by her brother's 17-year-old friend. 17-year-old entered the girl's home Thursday through a window he had deliberately left unlocked two days earlier when he visited. After waiting in the basement for about four hours, he abducted the girl from the main level, where she was asleep on a couch, police said...
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James Wunderlich
(Obituary ~ 03/15/15)
James Ray Wunderlich, 65, of Jackson died Monday, March 2, 2015, at Alive Hospice in Nashville, Tennessee. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. today at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson. The funeral will be 10 a.m. Monday at the church, with the Rev. Jimmie Corbin officiating. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery...
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Dale Reynolds
(Obituary ~ 03/15/15)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Dale Frank Reynolds, 80, of Marble Hill died Saturday, March 14, 2015, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill and from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Mueller Funeral Home in Ottawa, Illinois...
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Evelyn Schoenebeck
(Obituary ~ 03/15/15)
Evelyn L. Schoenebeck, 91, of Jackson passed away Thursday, March 12, 2015, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home. She was born May 28, 1923, near Oak Ridge, daughter of Oscar Charles and Hilda Matilda Friedrich Ludwig. She and William Albert "Bill" Schoenebeck were married Nov. 1, 1942, at St. John's United Church of Christ in Fruitland. He passed away Feb. 13, 1966...
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Martha Minton
(Obituary ~ 03/15/15)
Martha P. Minton, 62, of Jackson passed away peacefully Thursday, March 12, 2015, at Southeast Hospital, surrounded by her family. She was born Aug. 30, 1952, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Rethor and Alma Juanita Lacey Macke. She married Gary L. Minton in 1970 in Cape Girardeau. He passed away in 1998. Martha spent 18 years with the love of her life, Dean Drerup, who passed away April 12, 2014...
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Kenneth Kirk
(Obituary ~ 03/15/15)
Kenneth V. Kirk, 64, of Jackson died Saturday, March 14, 2015, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Verdetta Hahs
(Obituary ~ 03/15/15)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Verdetta Louise Hahs, 78, of Marble Hill, died Saturday, March 14, 2015, at Woodland Hills in Marble Hill. She was born Nov. 6, 1936, in Scopus, Missouri, the daughter of Elmer B. and Alma Malvern Baker Schrock. She married Doyle W. Hahs on April 17, 1968, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. He preceded her in death Aug. 24, 2011...
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Chelbie Hahn
(Obituary ~ 03/15/15)
Chelbie Joan Hahn passed away Friday, March 13, 2015, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Survivors include her parents, Cory and Christa Griswell Hahn of Oran, Missouri; two brothers, Camden and Clayton Hahn of the home; one sister, Chloe Hahn of the home; maternal grandparents, Billy and Sherry Griswell of Oran; paternal grandparents, Morris and Shirley Hahn of Oran; maternal great-grandmothers, Shelby Griswell of Oran and Mildred Griswell of Henderson, Tennessee; and paternal great-grandmother Vernita Schott of Oran.. ...
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Meyer Grojean
(Obituary ~ 03/15/15)
Meyer L. Grojean, 92, formerly of Dutchtown, died Friday, March 13, 2015, at Brookdale Senior Living in Overland Park, Kansas. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home-Jackson.
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Tim Fee
(Obituary ~ 03/15/15)
Tim Arthur Fee, 61, of Gordonville passed away Thursday, March 12, 2015, at Woodland Hills in Marble Hill. He was born June 20, 1953, in Cape Girardeau, to the late Donald and Peggy Sue Pettigrew Fee. Tim was a 1971 graduate of Central High School, served in the Army National Guard and was an optician for more than 30 years in Cape Girardeau. He enjoyed cruising the country roads in the rain, working in the yard, splitting wood and riding around on his lawn mower...
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Rams sign Fairley, try to explain Bradford deal
(Professional Sports ~ 03/15/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Momentarily, the Nick at the microphone in St. Louis was not who everyone expected. The St. Louis Rams agreed to terms with defensive tackle Nick Fairley on a one-year free agent deal, bringing in Fairley to a news conference as a brief surprise before introducing new quarterback Nick Foles...
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Sano hits long HR; Twins beat Cardinals
(Professional Sports ~ 03/15/15)
JUPITER, Fla. -- Minnesota Twins prospect Miguel Sano hit a long, two-run homer Saturday in a 6-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Sano, a 21-year-old third baseman, missed last season because of Tommy John surgery. He connected off Cardinals reliever Tyler Lyons for a deep drive to left field...
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Looking for a political straight shooter in Washington
(Community ~ 03/15/15)
Sports announcer Howard Cosell made famous the phrase, "Tell it like it is." He prided himself on laying out his words of description for the listener just the way he saw it and letting the listener decide for himself just what occurred and, perhaps, why...
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Otters, martins and finches make the scene, and we're having a meltdown
(Community ~ 03/15/15)
While strolling, I wondered whatever happened to Ralph Melton. Happy birthday this week to Donnie Kiefer, Kelly Spies, Tammie Harmon, Betty Mirly, Adam Beard, Tonya Lynn, Rick Cobb, Sharon Gibbons, David Owens, Glenda Baker, Lawrence Vaughn, Margie Lee, Jody Hargrove, Jon Kessler, Kathy Blevins, Aggie Abernathy, Imogene Dumey, Easton Pobst, Megan Kerber, Peggy Kerber, Ray Dowd, Willie Evans, Charles Ditto, Betty Montgomery, Carl Seyer, Wayne Turner, Tara Duncan, David Glastetter, Zac Hindman, Alfred Wolfe, Brian Pfefferkorn, Robyn Hindman and Aaron Wilson.. ...
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Maybe God knew a better country would set them free
(Community ~ 03/15/15)
Annie Dillard: "All at once, something wonderful happened, although at first it seemed perfectly ordinary." This is true of so many things in life. It's always the things that appear insignificant that matter. Insignificance is where we find God, the most Significant of all...
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God, in his infiniteness, has everything under control
(Community ~ 03/15/15)
The following exchange of ideas happened in a church fellowship hall sometime in the 1990s, during a bereavement dinner. As these meals generally go, we had all sat down at tables following the return from the cemetery, where I'd conducted a brief committal service...
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Visual and performing arts scholarship set
(Community ~ 03/15/15)
The Charles and Mary Ellen Sharp Scholarship for the Visual and Performing Arts has been established through the Southeast Missouri University Foundation. The Sharps' contribution to establish the scholarship was matched through a matching gift program, part of the foundation's Honoring Tradition -- Inspiring Success Comprehensive Campaign. ...
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FYI 3/15/15
(Community ~ 03/15/15)
SEMO Potter's Clay is hosting a Cape Girardeau LWML Zone women in mission celebration April 19 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Chapel, 1904 West Cape Rock Drive in Cape Girardeau. Registration is at 12:30 p.m., and the program will begin at 1 p.m. Nancy Cattour will be the guest speaker, and Bible study will be led by the Rev. ...
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GRACES Women's Council campaign to continue
(Community ~ 03/15/15)
The Charles and Mary Ellen Sharp Scholarship for the Visual and Performing Arts has been established through the Southeast Missouri University Foundation. The Sharps' contribution to establish the scholarship was matched through a matching gift program, part of the foundation's Honoring Tradition -- Inspiring Success Comprehensive Campaign. ...
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Senior center menus
(Community ~ 03/15/15)
March 16-20 Cape Girardeau/ Scott City MONDAY--Chicken parmesan or tamale pie, pinto beans, lettuce salad, hot roll, pear crisp or pineapple cake. TUESDAY--Corned beef or glazed ham slice, steamed cabbage with carrots, Irish potatoes, emerald isle salad, roll, pears or lime poke cake...
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Heartland Advanced Practice Nurses Network donates to Southeast Missouri Food Bank
(Community ~ 03/15/15)
Heartland Advanced Practice Nurses Network collected and donated $658 to the Southeast Missouri Food Bank. From left are Susan Jackson, a member of the network; Karen Green, chief executive officer, Southeast Missouri Food Bank; and Kim Keser, network president. (Submitted photo)...
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'Run for God' taps faith, hope
(Community ~ 03/15/15)
When Mitchell Hollis began running, he had no idea where he would end up. How could he have known the simple activity he loved would lead to authoring a book that would lead to inspiring a movement? The journey took him from running for himself to running for God as a physical, mental and spiritual exercise...
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Four by Four 3/15/15
(Community ~ 03/15/15)
I am ready for spring to start. I love the winter, but I am over all of the snow and ice. ... getting a massage or sleeping. I have "sprung forward" two times this year ... I think St. Patrick did something with snakes ... I will most likely wear green...
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'The fruit of the poor lemon' certainly not impossible to eat with these recipes
(Community ~ 03/15/15)
With so much cold, snowy, gloomy winter weather during the past couple of months, I think everyone is anxious to usher in spring. Thoughts of spring make me turn to my recipe files for spring and summer. I am always eager to enjoy anything with lemon in it, but it just takes springtime to make some lemon dishes pop with flavor...
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The inevitability aging, whether the years are golden or not
(Community ~ 03/15/15)
Many refer to the older years in life as the Golden Years. But for a good many who have gotten older, the senior years really aren't that golden at all. Many older individuals are beset by sickness and loneliness and end up facing a real financial hardship...
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Churros, one of Spain's greatest gifts to gastronomy
(Community ~ 03/15/15)
"No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn," observed the late journalist Hal Borland. Thank goodness that's true, for this winter has been one of unusual climactic discontent. The weather has tested our patience and rendered typical methods of coping -- like getting extra sleep, trying to keep the house as warm as it was in the summer when we complained about the heat, and browsing seed catalogs -- only marginally effective...
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Adopt Isabella
(Community ~ 03/15/15)
Isabella is a 1-year-old lab mix. She is spayed and is available for adoption at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri 334-5837.
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Opossum gets to eat my sweet corn
(Community ~ 03/15/15)
I'm hopeful that by the time this goes to print, all the snow of this winter, accompanied by record cold, will have passed. The opossum in the photo above appeared outside my window on March 4 as I was having lunch. I took his picture as he was eating a cooked ear of sweet corn intended for my winter meal...
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