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Bell City baseball team rallies to win Class 1 title game in eight innings
(High School Sports ~ 06/04/15)
The Cubs scored once in the seventh and three times in the eighth to defeat Atlanta 6-3 on Wednesday.
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Stifling defense powers Saxony Lutheran girls soccer team into final four
(High School Sports ~ 06/04/15)
Any soccer goalkeeper would be justifiably proud of a 0.58 goals against average. But mention that to Saxony Lutheran goalkeeper Raegan Wieser, and she's quick to deflect the attention.
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Five Notre Dame baseball players rely on basketball final four experience
(High School Sports ~ 06/04/15)
Thomas Himmelberg is one of five basketball players on this year's Notre Dame baseball team, which will take on Smithville in a Class 4 semifinal at 4:30 p.m. today at T.R. Hughes Ballpark in O'Fallon, Missouri, and Himmelberg won't forget what transpired less than three months ago.
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Southeast will install card-entry system at residence halls
(Local News ~ 06/04/15)
When newer residence halls at Southeast Missouri State University were built, they were designed to include card-entry systems university staff say are easy to use and enhance security. Southeast now is working to install additional card systems at the entrances of older residence halls on campus...
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Ameren moves to end contract with New Madrid smelter
(State News ~ 06/04/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Ameren Missouri has notified state regulators the utility plans to challenge a recent order allowing lower rates for its largest customer. St. Louis-based Ameren filed notice Tuesday it will challenge the Missouri Public Service Commission's April order allowing Noranda Aluminum to pay less for electricity at its New Madrid, Missouri, smelter...
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Old Town Cape receives grant for new interpretation boards at mural
(Local News ~ 06/04/15)
A grant awarded to the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau and Old Town Cape will help with redesigning and reprinting the interpretation boards along the downtown mural. Old Town Cape announced receiving the $2,500 Missouri Humanities Council grant in a news release Wednesday...
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Groundbreaking ceremony heralds Pepsi center at business park
(Local News ~ 06/04/15)
The Greater Cape Girardeau Business Park formally welcomed its first tenant Wednesday with a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Pepsi MidAmerica distribution center. Owners of the company headquartered in Marion, Illinois, with city of Cape Girardeau officials and staff, Southeast Missouri State University administrators and state and local economic development representatives, spoke to about 100 people attending the ceremony before shovels brought up ground...
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Wischmann to Speak on Importance of Tourism at Chamber Meeting
(Submitted Story ~ 06/04/15)
Please join us at the Bollinger County Chamber of Commerce meeting on Thursday, June 11, 2015. Patricia Wischmann will speak about the importance of tourism. Everyone is invited to attend the chamber meeting at 12:00pm (noon) at the Marble Hill Senior Nutrition Center located at 505 3rd St. in Marble Hill...
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Playing in the creek
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/04/15)
My great nephews playing in The creek Jacob, Zane and Ryan
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/04/15)
Today is Thursday, June 4, the 155th day of 2015. There are 210 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 4, 1940, during World War II, the Allied military evacuation of some 338,000 troops from Dunkirk, France, ended. Addressing the British House of Commons, Prime Minister Winston Churchill declared: "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."...
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Bell City's Austin Hicks
(High School Sports ~ 06/04/15)
Bell City's Austin Hicks pitched a complete-game shutout in the Cubs' 2-0 win over Dora in a Class 1 quarterfinal last week at Bell City High School. Hicks finished with 10 strikeouts and hit one batter while giving up four hits in the victory. "I knew I had to keep throwing strikes and don't put the pressure on myself but put the pressure on them and make them come through," Hicks said...
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Church uses cowboy ways to reach people
(Editorial ~ 06/04/15)
Bible scripture recounts Jesus' Great Commission in Matthew: 28 to "go and make disciples of all nations." To make disciples of all nations means reaching people in all settings. For some, this is becoming a missionary in a foreign land. For others, it's starting a church locally that connects with the community...
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Jackson, Battle set to open football season at Mizzou
(High School Sports ~ 06/04/15)
When the Jackson football team kicks off its season against defending Class 5 champion Battle on Aug. 22, the game will be played at Faurot Field on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. The Indians and Spartans will take part in the first game of the tripleheader at 11 a.m. ...
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Kevin Williams hired as Saxony Lutheran boys basketball coach
(High School Sports ~ 06/04/15)
Athletic director Sam Sides confirmed Wednesday that Saxony Lutheran has hired former Southeast Missouri State assistant coach Kevin Williams as its new boys basketball coach. "He's got a lot of experience there, and he comes from a coaching family, a basketball family," Sides said. "He got out of coaching for a little while and wanted to get back into it, and we're real fortunate to have somebody with his experience to be interested in our school. So I think it was a win-win situation."...
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Lackey, Cardinals defeat Milwaukee to win series
(Professional Sports ~ 06/04/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Cardinals manager Mike Matheny likes what he sees from veteran pitcher John Lackey this season. Lackey pitched seven strong innings and Matt Carpenter had two hits and drove in two runs, leading St. Louis to a 7-4 victory Wednesday over the Milwaukee Brewers...
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New judge assigned to hear St. Louis stadium lawsuit
(Professional Sports ~ 06/04/15)
ST. LOUIS -- A new St. Louis judge will hear the lawsuit against the city regarding a public vote on funding for a football stadium. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports St. Louis Circuit Court's presiding judge, Bryan Hettenback, reassigned the case to Judge Joan Moriarty after Judge David Dowd removed himself from the matter...
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Texas inmate, 67, executed for slayings 31 years ago
(National News ~ 06/04/15)
HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- A 67-year-old man convicted of killing four men more than three decades ago was executed Wednesday, making him the oldest of the 526 Texas prisoners put to death since the state resumed carrying out capital punishment in 1982. Lester Bower Jr. was convicted of the October 1983 fatal shootings at an airplane hangar on a ranch near Sherman, about 60 miles north of Dallas...
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Fire chips
(Community ~ 06/04/15)
n Grill lighter n Doritos cool-ranch-flavored tortilla chips Step 1: Place several Doritos cool-ranch-flavored tortilla chips in a fireproof dish. Step 2: Using the grill lighter, ignite the chips and observe. Fuel, oxygen, and heat all are needed for fire. ...
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Student seeks court order to don eagle feather at graduation
(Community ~ 06/04/15)
SAN FRANCISCO -- A Native American student who sued his California school district because it's refusing to let him wear an eagle feather to his high-school graduation is asking a judge for an order permitting the sacred item. Christian Titman's lawyers were expected to argue in court Tuesday the student's rights to freedom of expression and religion under the state constitution are being violated...
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Out of the past: June 4
(Out of the Past ~ 06/04/15)
The Southeast Missourian switches from afternoon delivery of its newspaper to morning delivery. Downtown property owners parade before the Cape Girardeau City Council, offering conflicting views as to the best route for a downtown connection to a Mississippi River bridge and highway being planned; at issue is whether the city should pursue construction of a downtown exit that would connect with Lorimier Street or with an extension of Fountain Street...
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Perryville teen charged with selling drugs near school
(Local News ~ 06/04/15)
A Perryville, Missouri, man is facing charges after allegedly selling marijuana in a school zone. Perry County Prosecuting Attorney Thomas L. Hoeh has charged Charles Nenninger, 17, with one count of felony distribution of a controlled substance near schools. If convicted, he could face 10 to 30 years in prison...
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Oak Ridge man killed in car wreck
(Local News ~ 06/04/15)
An Oak Ridge man was killed Tuesday when he was thrown from his vehicle. Bernard Seiler, 57, was driving a 2001 Chevrolet 1500 west on Route E just west of Interstate 55 when his vehicle ran off the right side of the road, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol online crash report. The truck overturned, throwing Seiler. Cape Girardeau County Coroner John Clifton pronounced him dead at the scene...
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Riding group's annual rally benefits St. Jude Children's Hospital
(Local News ~ 06/04/15)
The War Child Riding Group is preparing for its annual Rebel Yell Rally this weekend. All proceeds from the rally, in its 11th year, will benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. "Since 2006, we've donated more than $100,000 to St. Jude," event organizer Paul Friga said. He added the group has donated more than $27,000 to the Missouri Veterans Home in that time...
- Cape Girardeau Municipal Band plays opening night (Local News ~ 06/04/15)
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Bus carrying Italian tourists collides with truck, killing 3
(National News ~ 06/04/15)
TOBYHANNA, Pa. -- A charter bus taking Italian tourists to Niagara Falls collided with a tractor-trailer Wednesday on an eastern Pennsylvania highway, killing the bus driver and two others on the bus and leaving four people in critical condition, authorities said...
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Man who stalked actress Mila Kunis recaptured after escape
(Entertainment ~ 06/04/15)
LOS ANGELES -- A man sentenced to a mental-health facility for stalking actress Mila Kunis was recaptured Wednesday in Santa Monica, four days after he escaped, sheriff's officials said. Deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's major crimes division took Stuart Lynn Dunn into custody in an alley about a half-mile from the beach, sheriff's spokeswoman Nicole Nishida said...
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Rhode Island's Chafee enters 2016 Democratic race
(National News ~ 06/04/15)
WASHINGTON -- Hillary Rodham Clinton has a third underdog challenger for the Democratic presidential nomination. Former Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee entered the race Wednesday, casting himself as an anti-war candidate who opposed the invasion of Iraq when Clinton supported it...
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U.S. says airstrikes killed 10,000 Islamic State fighters
(International News ~ 06/04/15)
BEIRUT -- A U.S. official said Wednesday more than 10,000 Islamic State fighters have been killed by American-led airstrikes in Iraq and Syria in nine months, offering a body count for a campaign that has yet to blunt their advance. Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken's figure came after a Paris conference on how to stop the extremists ended without a new strategy to halt their campaign. ...
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China raises effort to recover missing from ship
(International News ~ 06/04/15)
JIANLI, China -- Chinese authorities deployed scores more divers and a large crane as they escalated efforts Wednesday to recover more than 410 people believed to be trapped inside an overturned river cruise ship. The capsizing late Monday of the multidecked Eastern Star in the Yangtze River is on track to become the country's deadliest maritime disaster in seven decades. Chinese authorities have launched a high-profile response while tightly controlling media coverage...
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FOIA backlog soars despite Obama pledge of transparency
(National News ~ 06/04/15)
WASHINGTON -- Federal agencies are struggling to keep up with a growing number of requests for public information, raising questions in Congress about the Obama administration's dedication to transparency. The backlog of unfulfilled requests for documents has doubled since President Barack Obama took office, according to a recent report by the Justice Department. The number of requests also has risen...
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FBI: Slain knifeman had talked of attacking 'boys in blue'
(National News ~ 06/04/15)
BOSTON -- A knife-wielding man killed by the terror investigators who had him under surveillance was confronted because he had bought knives and talked of an imminent attack on "boys in blue," the FBI said Wednesday. Usaama Rahim plotted for at least a week to attack police, the FBI said in a complaint against a family member who was arrested Tuesday, the day Rahim was shot to death...
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Americans split on whether Clinton cares about their needs
(National News ~ 06/04/15)
WASHINGTON -- Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to spend the summer building a case Republicans are out of touch with the public. But many people aren't convinced she empathizes with them, either, polls suggest, in a potential early warning sign for the Democratic front-runner...
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Jackson fire report 6/4/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/04/15)
JACKSON The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls: Monday * Illegal burn on Rosebud Drive. * Emergency medical service on East Jackson Boulevard. Tuesday * Emergency medical service on North Neal.
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Jackson police report 6/4/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/04/15)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Bradley H. Reddick, 34, 313 N. Railroad, was arrested on suspicion of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and failure to maintain single lane. n Jonathan R. Joyner, 32, of Ballwin, Missouri, was arrested on a Jackson warrant for failure to appear on original charges of driving on park grass and failure to show proof of insurance...
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Cape Girardeau police report 6/4/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/04/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Angela R. Brune, 53, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. n Robert L. Thompson, 52, of Sikeston, Missouri, was arrested on a Marble Hill, Missouri, warrant for failure to appear...
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Samuel Tillman
(Obituary ~ 06/04/15)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Samuel Howard "Sam" Tillman, 83, of Marble Hill passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 24, 1931, at Shields, Missouri, son of Howard O. and Lilly Bea Buck Tillman. He and Nadine Willie were married Nov. 7, 1952, in Cardwell, Missouri...
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Kenneth Steffens
(Obituary ~ 06/04/15)
Kenneth Norman Steffens, 64, of Cape Girardeau lost his battle with cancer, but gained his place in heaven surrounded by the love of his family Wednesday, June 3, 2015. He was born May 7, 1951, in Clarinda, Iowa, to Norman Henry and Irma Meier Steffens. He and Wanda Doberenz Steffens were married June 5, 1971, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson...
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Bernard Seiler
(Obituary ~ 06/04/15)
Bernard H. "Benny" Seiler, 57, of Oak Ridge passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2015, in an automobile accident. Friends may call from noon until service time Sunday at the chapel of McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home...
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Betty Poddig
(Obituary ~ 06/04/15)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Betty Poddig, 70, of Tamms died Tuesday, June 2, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 21, 1945, in Cairo, Illinois, daughter of William Walter and Edna Kathryn Ferguson Baine. She and Robert W. Poddig Sr. were married June 17, 1972. He preceded her in death Feb. 16, 1994...
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Eva Hinze
(Obituary ~ 06/04/15)
Eva Faye Hinze, 95, of Cape Girardeau departed this life Monday, June 1, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born April 1, 1920, in Beaver Creek Township, Missouri, daughter of Meek and Luella Smothers Morris. She and Arthur L. Hinze were married May 17, 1941, in Jackson. He preceded her in death in 1958...
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Steven Hahs
(Obituary ~ 06/04/15)
SEDGEWICKVILLE, Mo. -- Steven Ray Hahs, 57, of Sedgewickville passed away Monday, June 1, 2015, at his home. He was born July 6, 1957, in Cape Girardeau, son of Eugene and Ruby Barks Hahs. He and Sheila Corbin were united in marriage Sept. 25, 1982...
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Marvin Best Sr.
(Obituary ~ 06/04/15)
Marvin H. Best Sr., 87, of Gordonville died Tuesday, June 2, 2015, at Jackson Manor in Jackson. He was born June 30, 1927, at Tilsit to Gustav and Lydia Burgfield Best. He and Verna E. Ruesler were married Feb. 6, 1949, at Friedheim. Marvin was a farmer all his life. He was a lifetime member of Evangelical United Church of Christ...
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Speak Out 6/4/15
(Speak Out ~ 06/04/15)
Someone in Speak Out was saying that people making $250,000 a year are not rich. That makes me want to laugh. They should try to live on less than $20,000 a year and see how rich they feel at $250,000. I think the problem is that most of the people who make $250,000, they try to live like they make $550,000...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 6/4/15
(Local News ~ 06/04/15)
1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today n Minutes of the May 21 meeting n None at this time n Items listed on agenda n Purchase orders n Payroll change forms n Sheriff's department month-end report for April. n Diane Diebold, county collector, completed a 20-hour training program sponsored by the Missouri County Collectors Association from April 21 through 23...
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Missouri officials want I-70 to become innovation lab
(State News ~ 06/04/15)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Facing limited funding and a cross-state highway in need of vast improvement, officials from the Missouri Department of Transportation announced a crowdsourcing approach Wednesday to get ideas on how to make a 200-mile stretch of Interstate 70 a high-tech "highway of the future."...
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Proposed initiative petitions would up Missouri minimum wage
(State News ~ 06/04/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Three initiative petitions to increase Missouri's minimum wage have been approved for circulation. Secretary of State Jason Kander on Tuesday announced supporters of all three now can begin collecting signatures. The petitions need to be signed by at least 5 percent of legal voters in six of the state's eight congressional districts to make it onto a ballot...
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Civil rights groups want meeting to address racial profiling
(State News ~ 06/04/15)
ST. LOUIS -- At least eight civil rights advocacy groups have asked to meet with Missouri's attorney general to discuss his office's latest findings that black drivers are 75 percent more likely to be stopped in the state than white drivers. Attorney General Chris Koster released a yearly report Monday showing the racial disparity in traffic stops involving blacks and whites last year surged to its highest level since the state began compiling data in 2000, when blacks were 31 percent more likely to be pulled over.. ...
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Road work 6/4/15
(Local News ~ 06/04/15)
Route N in Scott County from Route E to the Mississippi River will be reduced to one lane with a 9-foot width restriction as contractor crews begin an asphalt overlay of the road. The work will be performex from from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily June 17 to July 3, according to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release...
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With Medal of Honor award, family learns WWI hero wasn't kin
(National News ~ 06/04/15)
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Two days before President Barack Obama announced a posthumous Medal of Honor for black World War I soldier Henry Johnson, a family got staggering news about the legacy of heroism that had inspired them for generations and through three wars. They weren't related to Johnson by blood after all...
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New Chinese restaurant's name: I Don't Know
(National News ~ 06/04/15)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- There's a new Chinese restaurant in Rochester. The name? I Don't Know. Seriously, the I Don't Know Chinese Restaurant recently opened there. Owner Jessie Dong said she came up with the unusual name because whenever she would ask her three children what they wanted to eat, their response would be: "I don't know." Dong said when it came time to name the new restaurant, her family didn't know that, either -- hence the name I Don't Know...
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Cape Girardeau Central High School valedictorians
(Community ~ 06/04/15)
Parents' names: Diana and Paul Valleroy What extracurricular activities were you involved in? Can you tell us a little bit about your experiences? I was involved in scholar bowl, a trivia team that became a second family to me; the Cape Central Marching Tigers Band, the most dedicated group of people I've ever met; the world language club; NHS (National Honor Society); the Casual Debate Club; and Girl Scouts...
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Scott City High School valedictorian
(Community ~ 06/04/15)
Parents' names: Doug and Lorie Robert What extracurricular activities were you involved in? Can you tell us a little bit about your experiences? Basketball, softball, National Honor Society, FCCLA (Family Career and Community Leaders of America), FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America), FTA (Future Teachers of America), Science Club and Mathletes. I was unable to play sports this year due to tearing my ACL for the second time, but I still loved being part of the team...
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Teaching history
(Column ~ 06/04/15)
Like most of you, I have been puzzled as to why young people would be drawn to ISIS. I was thinking about this, and listened to a conversation bemoaning the lack of knowledge our children have about our nation's history, its heroes, patriots and its patriotic customs. ...
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Prayer 6/4/15
(Prayer ~ 06/04/15)
This is the day which the Lord has made, and we are full of joy and praise. Amen.
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