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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/26/18)
Today is Saturday, May 26, the 146th day of 2018. There are 219 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 26, 1868, the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson ended with his acquittal on the remaining charges. On this date: In 1647, Alse Young was hanged in Hartford, Connecticut, in the first recorded execution of a "witch" in the American colonies...
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Out of the past: May 26
(Out of the Past ~ 05/26/18)
Cape Girardeau's two hospitals have vowed to work together to improve health care services; at a joint news conference yesterday at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce office, officials of Southeast Hospital and Saint Francis Medical Center announced the two hospital boards of directors will "explore collaborative efforts."...
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Angling for a catch: Memories, actions as much a part of fishing as the catch
(Community ~ 05/26/18)
Despite being legally blind, Reginald Roberson could be found casting a line at the Capaha Park lagoon Tuesday, thanks to some assistance from eleven-year-old Tyquan Logan. Roberson lost most of his vision due to a workplace injury in 2008. Recently separated from his wife and his home, the lagoon provided him with more than just a place to fish. The waters gave him a feeling of familiarity and peace...
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No-bake desserts for warmer weather
(Column ~ 05/26/18)
Memorial Day weekend with very warm weather and cool, no-bake desserts are a great go-together combination. You may need a dessert for entertaining or one to take to a carry-in dinner, and you just don't want to use the oven. Most no-bake desserts are convenient as they can be made in advance and held until serving time...
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Looking for an heir
(Community ~ 05/26/18)
ALAMO HEIGHTS, Texas -- FOR SALE: One tiny kingdom, with many thrones. But it doesn't come with a hereditary title. That belongs, in perpetuity, to Barney Smith -- the undisputed "King of the Commode." "There's a lot of me in there," he says, sitting in front of the corrugated metal garage he's dubbed his Toilet Seat Art Museum...
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Biblical prophecy isn't about knowing details
(Column ~ 05/26/18)
Recently I was driving across the state of Missouri and there was a huge megachurch along the interstate. On a gaudy, electronic sign it read, "We Stand With Israel! Thank You President Trump!" It was no doubt in reference to the recent decision by the United States to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The move was celebrated with great fanfare by White House officials and two prominent evangelical pastors...
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Four ways to make Memorial Day memories
(Column ~ 05/26/18)
Memorial Day began as Decoration Day after the Civil War. Memorial Day officially became a federal holiday in 1971. Today Memorial Day is the official start of summer, getting together with family and friends, and remembering the men and women who died while serving in the military. Allow me to suggest four ways to make Memorial Day memories...
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Waging war on weeds
(Column ~ 05/26/18)
In Missouri where we live our weather has gone from cool in April and the first part of May to hot. Our days have been getting up to 90 degrees or so with nights down to about 70 with a good dose of humidity. Makes for a very sweaty day to say the least. We have also been getting quite a bit of rain off and on. It will get dry for a week or so and then rain for a week or so. I like the rain but at the same time it causes problems...
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Memorial Day plans, new places to try and familiar friendly faces
(Column ~ 05/26/18)
Happy birthday to John Hendrix, Marc Sadler, Mike McCallum, David Eftink, Carol Gribler, Tiffany Henson, Loretta Ditto, Jack Grandville, Jill Little, Melonie Payne, Kathy Holmes, Casey Hampton, Wanda Perry, Kimberly Foulk, Danny Loucks, Kristie Lynn, Terry Curtis, Denny Graviett, April Stafford, Shelly Dooley, Jason Sadler, Leann Hudson, Jessica McFall, Tammy Erlbacher, Dierks Simmons, Ryan Goetz, Mike Eby, Ben Davis, Patricia Moore, Dave Van Toll, Pat Hindman, Seth Brown, Lee Horton, Mallory Dohogne, Joy Hooker, Megan Horman, Virginia Sides, Holly Hudson, Barb Trankler, Judy King, Earl Chasteen, Joan Surface and Charles Dobbs.. ...
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Allen - Essner
(Wedding ~ 05/26/18)
Molly Margaret Allen and Taylor James Essner were married Sept. 23, 2017, at St. Clement Catholic Church in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The Rev. Wayne Watts of Chicago, cousin of the bride, performed the ceremony. Vocalist was Gavin Coyle of Chicago. The bride is the daughter of Michael P. Allen of Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, formerly of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, and the late Amy Allen. The groom is the son of James M. and Mary B. Essner of Cape Girardeau...
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Nieveen - 50 years
(Anniversary ~ 05/26/18)
Ken and Diane Nieveen of Jackson celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with family and friends at their winter home in Tropicana Coop Park in Ft. Myers, Florida. The reaffirmation of their vows was given by the Rev. George McCracken. Their daughter, Missy Nieveen-Phegley, gave a history of her parents' 50 years of married life...
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Nickelson - Cuthill
(Engagement ~ 05/26/18)
Barry and Janet Nickelson of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Hannah Nickelson, to Ian Cuthill, both of Aurora, Colorado. Ian is the son of Charlie and Sally Cuthill of Monument, Colorado. Hannah is a 2012 graduate of Jackson High School. She received a bachelor degree in health science with a minor in psychology from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. She is a registered behavior technician at Behavior Frontiers...
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Two beautiful Canada geese
(Column ~ 05/26/18)
I took this photo last week at Capaha Park Lagoon on May 17. You can see pieces of bread at the feet of these two birds. Lots of white bread and small piles of cracked corn lay here and there on the ground. Bread pieces were floating in the water. At least two dozen geese and several mallard ducks were there...
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Senior Center Menus for 5-28 through 6-1
(Community ~ 05/26/18)
Monday: Closed for Memorial Day. Tuesday: Sweet and sour meatballs or chicken and snow peas, brown and wild-rice pilaf, Lima beans, steamed carrots, whole-grain bread and fruit salad or Texas sheet cake. Wednesday: Brunch for lunch: Meat, egg and cheese on biscuit, potatoes O'Brien, grape tomatoes and mixed berries...
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Adopt Drax 5-27-18
(Community ~ 05/26/18)
Submitted by Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary Drax is an 8-week-old adorable kitten. He also has brothers and a sister who need a loving home. They are available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.
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Club news 5-27-18
(Community News ~ 05/26/18)
Karen McLane was hostess for the Lamplighter FCE Homemakers Club May 17. Judy Strickland, president, called the meeting to order. McLane gave the devotion and a prayer. Verla Mangels led in singing "How Great Thou Art." Since the theme for the meeting was Mom's Tea, roll call was answered by each member telling about the tea cup she brought. JoAnn Hahs read the April minutes and Linda Sebaugh gave the treasurer's report...
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Learning briefs 5-27-18
(Community ~ 05/26/18)
n John Paul "J P" Schuchardt of Notre Dame High School in Cape Girardeau was recently awarded a $460,000 United States Naval Academy scholarship. Fontbonne University awarded degrees and honors at its May commencement ceremony, held Monday, May 7, at Chaifetz Arena...
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FYI 5-27-18
(Community ~ 05/26/18)
A rummage sale will be held June 8, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., and June 9, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church parish center/school cafeteria at 300 S. Hope St. in Jackson. The event is sponsored by the parish's St. Ann's Sodality and Council of Catholic Women...
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Prayer 5-27-18
(Prayer ~ 05/26/18)
Lord Jesus, may we persevere in the race you have set before us, focusing on you. Amen.
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Economics vs. vision
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/26/18)
Last week marked the anniversary of Lindbergh making the first solo flight from America to Europe, and Earhart, inspired by Lindbergh, making the first solo flight for a woman across the Atlantic. Both feats were wildly celebrated due to both the inherent risk in the acts and the implication for inter-continental flight. The future economic benefit of the flights far exceeded the actual cost of doing so, but there was no guarantee...
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Cape walk, service to honor fallen heroes
(Column ~ 05/26/18)
While some consider this weekend as the unofficial kickoff to summer, it's important we not overlook the real meaning of the holiday: Remembering our fallen military heroes. This Saturday morning a group of volunteers will gather at the Broadway entrance to the river flood wall for the start of a 5-mile walk to Cape County Park North. The group, Carry the Load-Cape Girardeau, is part of a larger movement to memorialize fallen veterans...
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Emails show collaboration among EPA, climate-change deniers
(National News ~ 05/26/18)
WASHINGTON -- Newly released emails show senior Environmental Protection Agency officials collaborating with a conservative group dismissing climate change to rally like-minded people for public hearings on science and global warming, counter negative news coverage and tout administrator Scott Pruitt's stewardship of the agency...
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'Everybody plays games': Trump seesaws on issues
(National News ~ 05/26/18)
WASHINGTON -- From "Little Rocket Man" to the scheduling of a historic peace summit and back again, President Donald Trump's dizzying back-and-forth on North Korea is par for the course for a president who likes to keep his audience guessing. As Trump himself said Friday, "Everybody plays games."...
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Source: Cohen met Russian oligarch at Trump Tower
(National News ~ 05/26/18)
WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, met with a Russian oligarch and discussed U.S.-Russia relations just 11 days before Trump was inaugurated as president, according to a person familiar with the meeting. A firm connected to the oligarch, billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, later paid Cohen $500,000 for consulting work...
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Summit talk turns warmer; Trump says 'everybody plays games'
(National News ~ 05/26/18)
WASHINGTON -- "Everybody plays games," President Donald Trump declared Friday as he suggested the potentially historic North Korean summit he had suddenly called off might be getting back on track. His sights set on a meeting raising hopes for a halt in North Korea's nuclear weapons development, Trump welcomed the North's conciliatory response to his Thursday letter withdrawing from the Singapore summit with Kim Jong Un. ...
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Amid confusion, EU data privacy law goes into effect
(International News ~ 05/26/18)
LONDON -- Lars Andersen's business handles some of the most sensitive data there is -- the names and phone numbers of children. The owner of London-based My Nametags, which makes personalized nametags to iron into children's clothing, says protecting such information is fundamental to his business, which operates in 130 countries...
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N. Korea response keeps hope alive for U.S. summit
(International News ~ 05/26/18)
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea said Friday it's still willing to sit for talks with the United States "at any time, (in) any format," a remarkably restrained and diplomatic response, from a nation noted for its proud belligerence, to President Donald Trump's abrupt cancellation of a summit with the North's autocratic leader, Kim Jong Un...
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Bombing kills 7 in Benghazi
(International News ~ 05/26/18)
BENGHAZI, Libya -- A car bombing on a busy street in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi early Friday killed at least seven people, including a girl, and wounded 20, a security official said. The blast, the latest to rock Libya's second-largest city, took place on a commercial street full of people behind the city's largest hotel, Tibesti, said Capt. Tarek Alkharraz, spokesman for the military and police forces in Benghazi...
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Ireland referendum could lift strict ban on abortion
(International News ~ 05/26/18)
DUBLIN -- Ireland's referendum Friday represented more than a vote on whether to end the country's strict abortion ban. It was a battle for the very soul of a traditionally conservative Roman Catholic nation seeing a wave of liberalization in recent years...
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Teacher lauded as hero
(National News ~ 05/26/18)
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. -- An Indiana middle school student armed with two handguns opened fire inside his science classroom Friday, authorities said, wounding a classmate and a teacher whose swift intervention was credited with saving lives. The shooter, who had asked to be dismissed from the class before returning with the guns, was arrested "extremely quickly" after the incident around 9 a.m. ...
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Gov. Greitens subpoenaed by House investigation
(State News ~ 05/26/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Eric Greitens has been subpoenaed to testify before a legislative panel weighing whether to try to impeach and remove him from office over allegations of sexual misconduct and political fundraising violations, the committee announced Friday...
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Giuliani says Trump wants briefing on classified info
(National News ~ 05/26/18)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's legal team wants a briefing on the classified information shared with lawmakers about the origins of the FBI investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election and may take it to the Justice Department as part of an effort to scuttle the ongoing special counsel probe...
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Area police report 5-25-18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/26/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest n Rene Swader, 48, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant. n A juvenile male was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant...
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Area fire report 5-25-18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/26/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Thursday n Medical assists were made at 12:59 a.m. on William Street, 8:09 a.m. on Sycamore Circle, 11:29 a.m. on Franks Lane, 11:58 a.m. on South West End Boulevard, 2:53 p.m. on Rusmar Street, 5:41 p.m. on Dogwood Drive, 6:15 p.m. on Morgan Oak Street, 7:09 p.m. on Ridgeway Drive and 7:46 p.m. on North Sprigg Street...
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Paul Sachse
(Obituary ~ 05/26/18)
MURRAY, Ky. -- Paul Sachse, 75, of Murray passed away Friday, May 25, 2018, at his home. Survivors include his wife, Joan Sachse; a daughter, Robyn LaDawn Sachse; and granddaughter, Kaylee Danielle Roberson. Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at St. Leo's Catholic Church in Murray...
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Charlotte Perry
(Obituary ~ 05/26/18)
YOUNGTOWN, Ariz. -- Charlotte Pat Perry met her Savior, Jesus Christ, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, while residing at Life Stream Skilled Nursing Facility in Youngtown. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. June 2 at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery...
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Anita Newman
(Obituary ~ 05/26/18)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Magdalene Anita Newman, 75, of Sikeston died Thursday, May 24, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Friends may call from noon to 1 p.m. June 2 at Christ Church of the Heartland in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at 1 p.m. June 2 at the church, with the Rev. Howard McGee officiating. Interment will follow in Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau, with Williams Funeral Home of Charleston, Missouri, in charge of arrangements...
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Christopher McClard
(Obituary ~ 05/26/18)
Christopher Boyd McClard, passed away Thursday, May 24, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center, surrounded by his loving family. He was the son of Clinton Barnett McClard and Diane Marie Maret. He is survived by his father and mother, Clinton and Diane; paternal grandmother, Marilyn McClard of Chaffee, Missouri; maternal grandmother, Lynn Maret of Mississippi; and a sister, Katina Marie McClard of Chaffee...
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Alan Lipke
(Obituary ~ 05/26/18)
Alan K. Lipke, 77, of Jackson passed away Thursday, May 24, 2018, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 7, 1941, in Aurora, Illinois, son of LeRoy and Bonnie Talley Lipke. He and Sally Lenz were married June 6, 1964, at Zion Lutheran Church in Marengo, Illinois...
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Clayton Lee
(Obituary ~ 05/26/18)
** Clayton Lee MARBILE HILL, Mo. -- Clayton C. Lee, 75, of Marble Hill died at his home Friday, May 25, 2018. Funeral arrangements are pending at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill.
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Janice Howard
(Obituary ~ 05/26/18)
Janice Howard, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, April 24, 2018, at Southeast Hospital. She was born Dec. 31, 1938, in Bloomfield, Missouri, to Ralph and Geraldine Marie Graves Acord. She and George Howard were married Sept. 11, 1965, at Bel-Ridge, Missouri...
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Donald Douglas
(Obituary ~ 05/26/18)
Donald Monroe Douglas, 75, of Gordonville died Saturday, May 19, 2018, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri. A celebration of life service will be at 3 p.m. June 30 at the Healing Rooms of the Heartland, 240 S. Silver Springs Road in Cape Girardeau...
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Bonnie Bruenderman
(Obituary ~ 05/26/18)
WILSONVILLE, Ore. -- Bonnie Lou Bruenderman, 89, of Wilsonville died Friday, May 18, 2018, at her home. She was born Nov. 4, 1928, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, to Clarence Decalvis Jr. and Iva Harriet Myers Barber. She and Bernard C. "Bud" Bruenderman were married Sept. 24, 1945, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Charleston, Missouri...
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Ali Brakhane
(Obituary ~ 05/26/18)
Ali Marie Brakhane, 46, of Jackson passed away Thursday, May 24, 2018, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. She was born Jan. 24, 1972, in Danville, Illinois, the daughter of Mark and Melody Cornwell Klink. Ali and Brad Brakhane were married April 22, 1995, in Bloomington, Illinois...
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