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Tyson Foods helps SEMO Food Bank MEAT the need
(Submitted Story ~ 04/04/16)
Tyson Foods donated 38,400 pounds of chicken to Southeast Missouri Food Bank. The chicken from Tyson Foods will be distributed at upcoming mobile food pantry sites throughout Southeast Missouri. Tyson’s donation is especially important as it is challenging for our struggling neighbors on limited budgets to afford protein. ...
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Outstanding local middle-school student selected to perform at Carnegie Hall
(Submitted Story ~ 04/04/16)
Marble HIll, Missouri — Brookelynn Shell, a sixth grade student at Woodland R-IV Middle School, has been selected for the 2016 Middle School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall. She will perform as an Alto I at Carnegie Hall in June 2016 with the Honors Junior Choir. Participation in one of the three Honors Ensembles is limited to the highest rated middle school performers from across North America and select schools internationally...
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Notre Dame baseball passes early test, slips by Jackson in extra innings
(High School Sports ~ 04/04/16)
The Notre Dame baseball team is trying to figure out where it stands after losing a cadre of key personnel from a state championship team. On Monday night it answered at least part of the question -- still ready to compete atop the conference. After blowing a 1-0 lead over host Jackson in the bottom of the seventh, the Bulldogs battled back in extra innings, getting two runs in the top of the ninth and hanging on to defeat the Indians 3-2 in a SEMO Conference game at Whitey Herzog Stadium...
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Walk MS is on the Move!
(Submitted Story ~ 04/04/16)
Hundreds Will Walk To Create a World Free of MS at Walk MS Southeast Missouri on April 17 CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI— Nearly 400 people are expected to raise $42,000 to support cutting-edge research and life-changing programs and services for people living with MS at the annual Walk MS Southeast Missouri event taking place on April 17 on the SEMO campus. ...
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Business notebook: Stylist takes her biz downtown
(Business ~ 04/04/16)
Shelby Allee always has been on the move. Growing up with a father in the military, she and her family relocated whenever the job called for it. Allee employs a similar tactic in her professional life. Since she began as a stylist, she's made her way through several salons, but never without a purpose...
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Control of state courts becomes a top political battleground
(State News ~ 04/04/16)
ATLANTA -- Much attention is being paid to the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy, but equally partisan battles are being waged for control of state courts around the nation. In states where voters elect Supreme Court judges, millions of dollars are being spent to reshape the courts for years to come. ...
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Cape Girardeau council to vote on design-build teams for police, fire station projects
(Local News ~ 04/04/16)
The Cape Girardeau City Council appears ready to move forward with two design-build teams for a new police station and a new fire station. The city staff will recommend the council approve two resolutions Monday night that would authorize city manager Scott Meyer to negotiate contracts with the teams. ...
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Feeling blessed: Red Star Baptist Church fundraiser far exceeds its goal
(Local News ~ 04/04/16)
Organizers were pleasantly surprised at the success of Red Star Baptist Church's fundraising dinner Friday. The goal of the evening was for area churches to come together for a night and raise $5,000 for much-needed improvements to the church's youth activities building...
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Child-abuse agencies stretched by volume of cases, lack of foster homes
(Local News ~ 04/04/16)
While National Child Abuse Prevention Month began Friday, the issue is a year-round concern for people such as Jeff Schmitt. Schmitt, a forensic interviewer at Beacon Health Center, is among a team of interdisciplinary professionals tasked with investigating abuse and neglect cases in a region that encompasses Cape Girardeau, Bollinger, Perry and Scott counties, plus five other counties in the Missouri Bootheel...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/04/16)
Today is Monday, April 4, the 95th day of 2016. There are 271 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 39, was shot and killed while standing on a balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee...
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'Cape's best math tutor': Retired professor Victor Gummersheimer has a reputation for helping students understand math
(04/04/16)
Teaching math has always been a passion for Dr. Victor Gummersheimer, who came to Southeast Missouri State University as a math instructor. He taught a variety of math classes during his time at Southeast. "I taught college algebra, intermediate algebra, calculus, differential equations and numerical analysis," Gummersheimer says...
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Quilting a lasting tradition: Quilt show coming to St. John's Lutheran Church on April 23
(04/04/16)
As far back as the settlement of the West, quilts have played an important role in the history of Americana. Warm quilts were a very necessary item on the frontier for survival through the cold winters, for comfort and for artistic expression in drab surroundings. ...
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Let's make a deal: Tips on using a balance transfer to become debt-free
(04/04/16)
If you're carrying a balance on your credit card, don't worry -- most Americans are, too. In fact, the average U.S. household carries just over $15,000 of credit card debt, which isn't a bad thing when managed properly. Let's look at the big picture...
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Why start composting? It's convenient and great for gardens
(04/04/16)
Compost is the stuff of great gardens, the stuff that fuels dinner-plate-size heads of broccoli and traffic-stopping dahlias. Compost also is good for trees, shrubs and lawns, making plants happier by keeping the soil around their roots moist and more nutritionally balanced...
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'I didn't get a deer, darling'
(04/04/16)
A friend of mine goes deer hunting every year. Opening day of the hunting season is marked on his calendar even before the New Year's Champagne has lost its fizz. He hasn't killed a deer for more than 10 years, to my knowledge, but the fascination with the hunt has nonetheless remained unabated...
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Delicious Reading: Bringing quiche back
(04/04/16)
I can remember, as a child, always hearing "quiche" being pronounced in such a way that I knew it was very special. Whether it was my mother earnestly complimenting one a host had made for a party or my father pooching his lips to mock the "fancy" French dish, quiche had cache...
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Little boy's song
(Community ~ 04/04/16)
After reading about Will Rogers' comment, "If dogs do not go to heaven, I want to go where they go," I can live with that. I decided to write this little comment about my beliefs. I am quite certain there are untold numbers of people who feel as I do. I love animals, especially dogs. Most of my pets over the years have been dogs...
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Age Spots: Save money on Medicare
(04/04/16)
Everyone loves to save money. Many people I know have an almost competitive instinct to save the most money or get the best bargain when shopping. Saving money is a great thing. Did you know you could save money on Medicare? There are several programs that could help those who qualify pay for almost every part of Medicare...
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Now Read This: 'The Nightingale' by Kristen Hannah
(04/04/16)
Lately I've been pondering why there are so many books written about World War II -- both nonfiction and fiction. The library has hundreds of nonfiction books about the men and women who fought in the war, about the battles, strategies and consequences, about the terrible concentration camps, and then hundreds more historical fiction titles based on all of the above...
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Fending off the dinosaurs
(04/04/16)
Does it ever occur to you how much, as a society, we have managed to complicate the obvious? Take health care. I just attended a workshop on medical billing codes for the new system that was brought out in October. According to the 1,200-page book I now count as part of my library, there are at minimum approximately 80,000 things that can be wrong with us when we go to the doctor -- or at least 80,000 things that can be billed for. What happened to a plain, simple broken arm?...
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Prayer 4-4-16
(Prayer ~ 04/04/16)
O Lord, we praise you for you are the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. Amen.
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Surfer uses struggle to encourage others
(Editorial ~ 04/04/16)
Many young people face adversities in life. As much as we would like to protect them from trials and tribulations, it's impossible to do so. From poverty to family problems to health issues, life simply isn't fair, and no one is exempt. Few deal with what professional surfer Bethany Hamilton had to face, however, and she will share her story tonight at the Show Me Center to conclude Southeast Missouri State University's 2015-2016 Speakers Series...
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Speak Out 4/4/16
(Speak Out ~ 04/04/16)
Donald Trump found out the hard way what articulating a logical conclusion to the pro-life position leads to. It caused him to change his position, thus exposing The Donald as evolving into the worst thing ever -- a politician. David Limbaugh has gone verbally berserk in condemning our establishment of relations with communist Cuba. ...
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Downtown Kansas City sculpture damaged in lightning strike
(State News ~ 04/04/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Repairing a lightning-damaged sculpture that is a fixture of the downtown Kansas City skyline will cost more than $1 million, officials say. The city's insurance is expected to cover the cost of fixing the futuristic sculpture, The Kansas City Star reported. It's the biggest four sitting atop the 300-foot-tall pylons that suspend the Bartle Hall Convention Center above Interstate 670...
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'This Old House' brand gets a new owner
(Business ~ 04/04/16)
"This Old House" is getting new ownership. The venerable home-improvement brand -- whose flagship TV series has been on the air since 1979 -- has been acquired from Time Inc. by former Time Inc. exec Eric Thorkilsen in partnership with private equity firm TZP Group, the new company announced Friday...
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Job-seekers return at fastest pace since before recession
(Business ~ 04/04/16)
WASHINGTON -- Americans are flooding back into the job market at the fastest pace since before the recession, encouraged by steady hiring and some signs of higher pay. The flow has halted, at least temporarily, one of the economy's more discouraging trends: a decline in the percentage of people working or looking for work. That figure fell last year to a four-decade low...
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$15 minimum-wage movement sets sights on more states
(Business ~ 04/04/16)
NEW YORK -- California and New York -- where almost 1 in 5 Americans live -- are on their way to raising their minimum wage to $15 an hour, and the activists who led those efforts are setting their sights on other similarly liberal, Democratic-led states...
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Richard Freeman
(Obituary ~ 04/04/16)
Richard Steven Freeman, 56, of Scott City passed away Sunday, April 3, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 20, 1959, at Denver, Colorado, the son of Boyce and Barbara Howell Freeman. He and Betty Leist were married Jan. 4, 2006...
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Jay Whiteside
(Obituary ~ 04/04/16)
James Franklin "Jay" Whiteside, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, April 1, 2016, at his home. Born on Aug. 8, 1932, at Sikeston, Missouri, to the late Ralph and Reba E. Hargrave Whiteside, he was a 1950 graduate of Charleston High School. Following his graduation, he was employed with Farm-all and MIT in Charleston, Missouri. ...
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Carolyn Huter
(Obituary ~ 04/04/16)
Carolyn S. Huter, 66, of Jackson passed away Sunday, April 3, 2016, at her home, the result of a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born Sept. 13, 1949, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Walter and Roxie Dickerson Mirly. She and Larry Huter were married Aug. 11, 1968...
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Rose Marie Thrower
(Obituary ~ 04/04/16)
Rose Marie Thrower, 88, passed peacefully from her family's loving arms to His outstretched hands April 2, 2016, at Jackson Manor, where she had resided since March 16, 2011, after suffering a massive stroke Nov. 1, 2010. Rose Marie was born June 11, 1927, to William T. Spears and Willie B. Spears in Sikeston, Missouri. She was one of six children. The others preceded her in death: Almabelle Spears Bailey, Daniel Spears, Juanita Spears Powell, James W. "Bud" Spears and Joyce Spears Jones...
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Births 4/4/16
(Births ~ 04/04/16)
Son to Gregory Robert and Stephanie Ruth Wilson Jr. of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 8:50 a.m. Thursday, March 24, 2016. Name, Finn Tyler. Weight, 6 pounds, 15 ounces. Mrs. Wilson is the former Stephanie Winzenburger, daughter of John and Karen Winzenburger of Cobden, Illinois. She is employed by Midwest Nutrition Specialists. Wilson is the son of Gregory and Andrea Wilson of Cobden. He is employed by Drury Southwest Inc...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 4/4/16
(Local News ~ 04/04/16)
Cape Girardeau City Council City hall 401 Independence St. Study Session, 5 p.m. today Items for discussion n Beautiful Business Property of the Month presentation n Humane Society of Southeast Missouri presentation Regular session, 7 p.m. Presentations...
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In region of guns and suicide, outreach seeks to curb deaths
(National News ~ 04/04/16)
MONTROSE, Colo. -- Keith Carey is a gunsmith in Montrose, a town with a frontier flavor set amid the mesas of western Colorado. He's a staunch, though soft-spoken, defender of the right to bear arms. Yet he's a willing recruit in a fledgling effort to see whether the gun community itself -- sellers and owners of firearms, operators of shooting ranges -- can help Colorado and other Western states reduce their highest-in-the-nation suicide rates...
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Activists try to calm fears over transgender bathroom access
(National News ~ 04/04/16)
NEW YORK -- Stung by setbacks related to their access to public restrooms, transgender Americans are taking steps to play a more prominent and vocal role in a nationwide campaign to curtail discrimination against them. Two such initiatives are being launched this week -- evidence of how transgender rights has supplanted same-sex marriage as the most volatile, high-profile issue for the broader movement of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activists...
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Out of the past: April 4
(Out of the Past ~ 04/04/16)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Federal officials are silent regarding the FBI's seizure of absentee ballots in the Cairo election Tuesday night; Alexander County Clerk Sue Harrington said about 30 FBI agents and some agents from the Illinois Department of Criminal Investigation were on hand while absentee ballots were counted; once tallied, the agents seized the ballots...
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'Batman v Superman' falls 68 percent in second weekend
(Entertainment ~ 04/04/16)
LOS ANGELES -- Word of mouth might be kryptonite for "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice," which fell a steep 68 percent in its second weekend in theaters according to comScore estimates Sunday. The superhero pic earned an estimated $52.4 million over the weekend, easily besting the modest new openers such as "God's Not Dead 2" and "Meet the Blacks."...
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Parrot species in U.S. cities may rival native Mexico
(National News ~ 04/04/16)
SAN DIEGO -- U.S. researchers are launching studies on Mexico's red-crowned parrot -- a species that has been adapting so well to living in cities in California and Texas after escaping from the pet trade, the population may now rival that in its native country...
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Amtrak crash kills two workers
(National News ~ 04/04/16)
CHESTER, Pa. -- An Amtrak train struck a piece of construction equipment south of Philadelphia on Sunday, causing a derailment, killing two Amtrak workers and sending more than 30 passengers to hospitals, authorities said. Train 89 was heading from New York to Savannah, Georgia, about 8 a.m. ...
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Trump calls on Kasich to quit race: 'He's taking my votes'
(National News ~ 04/04/16)
MILWAUKEE -- Donald Trump on Sunday called for John Kasich to drop out of the Republican presidential race, arguing the Ohio governor shouldn't be allowed to continue accumulating delegates if he has no chance of becoming the nominee. Working to recover his edge after a difficult week, Trump said it wasn't fair for Kasich, who has won only his home state, to continue his campaign. ...
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News group claims huge trove of data on offshore accounts
(International News ~ 04/04/16)
BERLIN -- An international coalition of media outlets on Sunday published what it said was an extensive investigation into the offshore financial dealings of the rich and famous, based on a vast trove of documents provided by an anonymous source. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalism, a not-for-profit organization based in Washington, said the cache of 11.5 million records detailed the offshore holdings of a dozen current and former world leaders, as well as businessmen, criminals, celebrities and sports stars.. ...
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Deportation of migrants from Greece to Turkey begins today
(International News ~ 04/04/16)
ATHENS, Greece -- An agreement between the European Union and Turkey to deport migrants on Greek islands back to the Turkish mainland is to take effect this morning, but the operation is threatened by a shortage of personnel. Frontex, the EU's border-management agency, is responsible for the implementation of the deal but has less than one-tenth of the 2,300 officers it needs to do the job...
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Sen. Graham to Arab world: U.S. hasn't changed despite Trump
(International News ~ 04/04/16)
CAIRO -- Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham sought to reassure the Arab world Sunday over the prospect of Donald Trump becoming president, saying in Cairo that Congress would continue to play a primary role in foreign policy, "regardless of what Mr. Trump says or does."...
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Perryville career and technology center to hold open house
(Local News ~ 04/04/16)
To mark its 40th year, the Perryville Area Career and Technology Center is hosting an open house from noon to 7 p.m. Thursday at 326 College St. in Perryville. The event is meant give visitors the chance to check out the center's classrooms and see students and teachers at work...
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Southeast Missouri woman wins $50,000 in lottery
(Local News ~ 04/04/16)
QULIN, Mo. -- A quick run to the store for some groceries and a bingo Scratchers ticket for her mother earned Beth Grayson of Qulin her own $50,000 Missouri Lottery Scratchers prize. "I had to run out to the store, and my mom wanted a bingo. So I stopped in to get her some bingos, and I got myself a ticket," said Grayson, who purchased her winning "$50,000 Crossword Extra" Scratchers ticket March 22 from K & K Corner Store, 13726 Highway 53, in Qulin...
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Lifeguards get ready for summer
(Local News ~ 04/04/16)
Lifeguard class instructor Stephen Smith portrays an injured swimmer during a training session Sunday with Cole Knight, left, and clockwise, Don Henson, Gracie Kern, Dalton Hobgood and Andrew West at Central Municipal Pool. The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department requires its summer lifeguards to complete the weekend course. The next course begins April 15...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 4/4/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/04/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Saturday. n Medical assists were made at 1:25 a.m. on Broadway; 8:13 a.m. on Brenda Kay Court; 11:01 a.m. on William Street; 3:39 p.m. on Shirley Drive; 5:14 p.m. on North Kingshighway; 5:46 p.m. on North Kingshighway; 8:55 p.m. at North Sprigg Street; 11 p.m. on Themis Street; and 11:06 p.m. on Themis Street...
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Voter: Registration flier sent to dead cat
(National News ~ 04/04/16)
SANFORD, Fla. -- An election official is working to help confused voters after a person reported a registration flier had been sent home for her dead cat. Seminole County Supervisor of Elections Michael Ertel said he set up a website to vet election mailings. He said he was motivated by the cat incident, in which a voter told him a Washington-based advocacy group had sent the mailing. Ertel said the website will educate voters about which fliers are legitimate and which aren't...
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Jackson police report 4/4/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/04/16)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest n A 14-year-old boy was referred to juvenile authorities on suspicion of stealing. Summons n Aubrey T. Gilliland, 23, of Sikeston, Missouri, was issued a summons for failure to register a motor vehicle...
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Cape Girardeau police report 4/4/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/04/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest n Jennifer Anne Hahn, 30, of Perryville, Missouri, was arrested on suspicion of stealing at Wal-Mart, 3439 William St. n A subject is in custody pending formal charges for unlawful use of drug paraphernalia, failure to register a motor vehicle, operating a motor vehicle while license revoked, failure to maintain insurance and violation of ignition interlock restrictions...
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Shirley Cange
(Obituary ~ 04/04/16)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Shirley Cange, 80, of Cairo died Sunday, April 3, 2016, at home. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Cairo.
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People on the move 4/4/16
(Business ~ 04/04/16)
Dr. Amber Richardson has been appointed to the Three Rivers College board of trustees, filling the term left vacant by a recent resignation. Richardson will serve the remainder of the term, which expires in April 2018. Richardson is a practicing psychologist in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and the wife of Missouri House Speaker Todd Richardson...
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State briefs 4/4/16
(State News ~ 04/04/16)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Zoo officials said no visitors were injured when one of the site's tourist trains hit a parked one from behind, sending an engineer to the hospital as a precaution. The accident happened shortly before 3 p.m. Friday while about 150 visitors were on the two trains and an approaching train hit a parked one from behind while traveling at 8 mph, the St. ...
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Missouri veteran who escaped Nazi prison camp gets medal
(State News ~ 04/04/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Edwin Shifrin's family knew he successfully escaped from a Nazi prison camp during World War II, but it wasn't until one of his children started digging into his wartime past they learned the details of the clever escape. Shifrin, 93, seldom discussed his time at war, but he received a prisoner-of-war medal in February after son Dan Shifrin dug through old news reports and his father's military records and pieced together what happened...
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Surfer uses struggle to encourage others
(Editorial ~ 04/04/16)
Many young people face adversities in life. As much as we would like to protect them from trials and tribulations, it's impossible to do so. From poverty to family problems to health issues, life simply isn't fair, and no one is exempt. Few deal with what professional surfer Bethany Hamilton had to face, however, and she will share her story tonight at the Show Me Center to conclude Southeast Missouri State University's 2015-2016 Speakers Series...
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Prayer 4/4/16
(Prayer ~ 04/04/16)
O Lord, we praise you for you are the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. Amen.
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Speak Out 4/4/16
(Speak Out ~ 04/04/16)
Trump logic Donald Trump found out the hard way what articulating a logical conclusion to the pro-life position leads to. It caused him to change his position, thus exposing The Donald as evolving into the worst thing ever -- a politician. Verbally berserk...
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Lorimier Street Hooligans play on: The members have known each other since high school
(04/04/16)
Playing music has always been a fun hobby for the four members who make up the band The Lorimier Street Hooligans. The band got its name from the childhood address of the two founding members of the band. "Brad Springmeyer and Lindsay Bowerman both grew up on Lorimier Street," says Les Lindy, who plays harmonica in the band. "Brad is the lead singer and plays lead guitar, and Lindsay plays bass."...
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'He needs me': More grandparents taking on parental role for grandchildren
(04/04/16)
CHICAGO -- When Debra Aldridge became her grandson's primary caregiver, she was making $7.50 per hour as a cook. The alternative for the newborn, she was told, was to put him up for adoption. "I took one look at the little fella, and that was it," says Aldridge, now 62. "I couldn't let go."...
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'Laughter is the best exercise': Laughter Yoga classes combine physical activity with a mood boost
(04/04/16)
When Betty Brown first read about Laughter Yoga in 2008, it was only beginning to grow in the United States, with the nearest program online showing up in California -- a distance not easily traveled from Jackson on a weekly basis. Laughter Yoga, a trademarked program created by Dr. Madan Kataria and his wife, Madhuri Kataria, had a modest beginning in a public park in India in 1995...
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