Stories from Saturday, July 28, 2018

The American Queen travels north after docking in Riverfront Park on Friday in Cape Girardeau.

For 125 years, people have celebrated the Leopold Picnic, heading to St. John’s Catholic Church and the fairgrounds for food, fun and fellowship — and music. But first and foremost, it’s the food, said Marty Calvert, this year’s picnic chairman. Arnold Jansen, who is helping to organize the picnic, said a lot of food goes into the preparation: 1,550 pounds of chicken are fried, 500 pounds of roosters go into the chicken and dumplings, 1,100 pounds of beef are cubed for the kettle beef, 600 pounds of potatoes are peeled, 250 pounds of cabbage makes the coleslaw and 66 gallons of whole milk make the homemade ice cream. ...

Local Christian private school Prodigy Leadership Academy announced on social media Thursday evening the 38-acre Shadow Rest Ministries on Sierra Ridge Lane in Cape Girardeau has been donated to the organization by Fred Burgard and Paul Cordes, co-founders of Shadow Rest Ministries...

The two candidates for Cape Girardeau County prosecuting attorney differ on how they would run the office while both stress they have the legal experience to do the job. Lawyers Mark Welker of Cape Girardeau and William Bryant of Jackson will face off in the Aug. 7, Republican primary. The winner is assured of election as he will be unopposed in the November, general election for the job that pays nearly $138,000 a year...

U.S. Rep. Jason Smith said Friday that Southeast Missouri farmers are in for a “bumpy, roller-coaster ride” as a result of escalating trade disputes with China and other countries, but defended the Trump administration’s decision to enact tariffs on those nations...

Today is Saturday, July 28, the 209th day of 2018. There are 156 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 28, 1945, the U.S. Senate ratified the United Nations Charter by a vote of 89-2. On this date: In 1794, Maximilien Robespierre, a leading figure of the French Revolution, was sent to the guillotine...

Local government and Corps of Engineers officials say they are spending a considerable amount of time responding to rumors of impending levee failures and other Mississippi River flood-related problems; despite almost daily assurances that the Little River Drainage District's Diversion Channel levee is in good shape, officials say they continue to get inquiries from residents living south of the drainage district; residents are concerned about rumors of an imminent failure of the levee...

Don and Janice Boeller of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on July 22 with a dinner hosted by their children at Chateau Girardeau. Boeller and the former Janice Thomason were married July 12, 1958, at Trinity Lutheran Church. The Rev. O.H. Pooker performed the ceremony. Their attendants were John and Anna Mae Hahn...

The Rev. David and Valerie Johnson of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Katie Anne Johnson, to Lonnie Luke Chapman Jr. He is the son of Lonnie Luke Chapman Sr. of Sikeston, Missouri. Katie is 2002 graduate of Jackson High School. She is a certified nursing assistant at Heartland Care & Rehab in Cape Girardeau...

Submitted by Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary Frankie is a 6-month-old Great Dane mix and needs a loving forever home! He is available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.

Monday: Swiss steak or Polish sausage with sauerkraut, mashed potatoes, steamed broccoli, whole-grain bread and sugar-free pear crisp or ice cream and cookie. Tuesday: Taco salad or turkey wrap, lettuce, tomatoes and cheese, Spanish brown rice, seasoned refried beans, tortilla chips and citrus fruit salad or southern ambrosia...

If you shop at a farmer's market, you know they are neat in many ways. For many of the markets there are no concrete standards as far as the kind of produce, how it's grown and the price. No real standards makes it interesting Some produce appear to come right off some truck having been shipped here from. Most is locally grown. If the produce is locally grown you can inquire as to whether it was sprayed and when and what it was sprayed with. If it's shipped in, it is guess and by golly...

SEDGEWICKVILLE, Mo. -- The Sedgewickville United Methodist Church will host its annual "All You Can Eat" Dinner on Aug. 4, from 3 to 7 p.m. The menu will include kettle cooked beef, chicken 'n' dumplings, mashed potatoes, green beans, slaw, tomatoes, sliced cucumbers, fruit salad, cake and drinks. The meals are $9 for adults 12 and up, $4 for those 4 to 12 years old, and free for those under 4. Sedgewickville Methodist Church is located on Route K...

Do you think they will never do it again? "This is the last time," you say. "I'll give him/her another chance." Then do you go on your way truly believing the deed, unseemly words, or whatever shouldn't have been, was an accident. If you have ever been a parent or have been in charge of other people or children, this may sound familiar. People are changeable and prone to making mistakes and performing bad behavior...

An interesting way to read the Bible is to pay attention to recurring numbers in its pages. Numerology devotees will point to the numbers three (Trinity), four (Four horsemen of the apocalypse in Revelations chapter 6), seven (Seven seals of Revelation), 12 (12 tribes of Israel; 12 apostles), and 40 (40 days and nights of fasting for Jesus; 40 years of Israelite wandering in the wilderness). ...

The other day at Mass, the priest used a word that struck me: reality. He encouraged us to work towards the reality of God here on earth. I am so often used to encountering a world that says God is not reality and living in contrast to this that I forget: the God who I live for, and all of his promises, are reality. They are true. I can live that way...

Rose Levy Beranbaum, in her book, "The Pie and Pastry Bible," a volume which I've read religiously, says, "There are two kinds of people: cake people and pie people." All my life I've believed I'm in the second category. I'll eat pie any time of day, even for breakfast like they did in Colonial days; when driving I've been known to slam on my brakes when I see a sign in a restaurant window or bakery advertising homemade pie; and I even served once as a judge at the National Pie Championships sponsored by the American Pie Council, of which I was a charter member.. ...

I had the pleasure of having lunch recently with some very dear friends and Lonnie reminded me that our taste changes every seven years. I always knew our taste changes through life, but didn't really think about it changing routinely about every seven years...

O God, may we tell others the good news of Jesus Christ. Amen.

ST. LOUIS -- Video and audio recordings from a fatal tourist boat accident in Branson, Missouri, show the lake went from calm to deadly dangerous in a matter of minutes, the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday. The NTSB cited preliminary findings gathered from the video recorder camera system salvaged by divers after the duck boat sank July 19 at Table Rock Lake near Branson. Seventeen of the 31 people on board died, including nine family members from Indianapolis...

WASHINGTON -- The hiring of a Washington insider to be a public attack dog. Tantalizing leaks to the media. Puzzling allegations of actions possibly dooming a president. Talk of more to come. What is Michael Cohen up to? President Donald Trump's ex-lawyer has largely stayed out of the spotlight in the months since federal agents raided his office and hotel room and seized scores of records about his work for Trump. ...

WASHINGTON -- More than a decade after he served as what's been called the president's "inbox and outbox," Brett Kavanaugh's role as White House staff secretary to President George W. Bush has become a flashpoint as Republicans push his confirmation to the Supreme Court...

SAN DIEGO -- A federal judge commended the Trump administration for reunifying families in its custody with their children after being separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, while faulting it for leaving hundreds of families still apart and warning a better system must be in place...

REDDING, Calif. -- A wildfire roaring with little warning into a Northern California city claimed two lives as thousands of people scrambled to escape before the walls of flames descended from forested hills onto their neighborhoods, officials said Friday...

WASHINGTON -- Rarely has an RSVP been so complicated. President Donald Trump is open to visiting Moscow -- if he gets a formal invitation from Vladimir Putin, the White House said Friday. Russian President Putin said he's game for a trip to Washington -- but his answer came only after Trump retracted his invitation for a fall sit-down...

NEW YORK -- CBS said Friday it is investigating personal misconduct claims after the company's chief executive, Les Moonves, was the subject of a New Yorker story detailing sexual misconduct allegations. The media company said independent members of its board of directors are "investigating claims that violate the company's clear policies" regarding personal misconduct...

PORTLAND, Maine -- One of the most historic fisheries in the country hit an all-time low last year as cod fishermen continued to struggle with choking quotas and low abundance of the fish. Maine's cod fishery has existed since at least the early 17th century, and it was once one of the strongest in the country. The fishery peaked at more than 21 million pounds of cod, a fish often used with the fish and chips dish, in 1991...

PYEONGTAEK, South Korea -- North Korea on Friday returned the remains of what are believed to be U.S. servicemen killed during the Korean War, the White House said, with a U.S military plane making a rare trip into North Korea to retrieve 55 cases of remains...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. economy accelerated last quarter at an annual rate of 4.1 percent, the government estimated Friday, as consumers spent tax-cut money, businesses stepped up investment and exporters rushed to ship their goods ahead of retaliatory tariffs...

JOHANNESBURG -- Skywatchers around much of the world began watching a complete lunar eclipse, which will be the longest of this century, Friday. The so-called "blood moon," when it turns a deep red, is visible at different times in Australia, Africa, Asia, Europe and South America when the sun, Earth and moon line up perfectly, casting Earth's shadow on the moon...

CHICAGO -- A small plane carrying a pilot and one passenger made an emergency landing on Lake Shore Drive, halting southbound traffic on a major Chicago thoroughfare hugging Lake Michigan. Authorities say no vehicles were struck when the single-engine aircraft landed during the early stages of Friday's evening rush hour...

BEIJING -- Chinese regulators appear to have rejected a possible attempt by U.S. airlines at a compromise over Beijing's demand to call self-ruled Taiwan a part of China, an order Washington opposed. The communist mainland's latest effort to use China's growing economic clout to isolate Taiwan's democratically elected government is further straining ties between Beijing and the U.S. amid a deepening trade dispute...

WASHINGTON -- It can be rowdy and even rude at times. But the media spray -- shouted questions by the White House press corps to the president -- is a necessary part of holding the nation's top public official to account. On Wednesday, White House aides banned CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins for shouting questions Trump did not like, setting off a national debate about how the media does its job...

CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items: Arrests n Terelle Hobbs, 28, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for a probation violation. n Lauren Terry, 25, of Villa Ridge, Illinois, was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrants for a traffic violation...

KELSO, Mo. -- Celestia Steimle, 88, of Kelso died Friday, July 27, 2018, at Foutainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City is in charge of arrangements.

Kenny Siebert, 81, of Jackson passed away Thursday, July 26, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 26, 1937, in Jackson, to Edwin Otto and Dina Hulda Fluegge Siebert. He was baptized June 26, 1937, and confirmed March 18, 1951, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit, where his church membership remained. He and Elda Mae Nitsch were married March 15, 1959, at Emanuel United Church of Christ in Jackson...

Paula Diane Sedgwick, 58, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, July 26, 2018, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Cape Girardeau. Memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home...

Melvonia Parrow, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, July 27, 2018, at Southeast Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

NORTH POTOMAC, Md. -- The Rev. Jack Vaughn Lawrence, 91, of North Potomac passed away Sunday, July 15, 2018. He was born in Cape Girardeau to the late James F. and Ollie Lawrence. Jack served his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II and his community as a Baptist clergyman. He held degrees from William Jewell College and Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary...

Shirley Jean Hutchason, 78, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, July 26, 2018, at her home, surrounded by family. She was born Jan. 10, 1940, in Cape Girardeau to the late John and Sarah Pippins Dietiker. She and Roy Hutchason were married in 1963. He preceded her in death Sept. 11, 1993...

Renda Buck, 74, passed away Wednesday, July 25, 2018, at her home in Jackson. Born Jan. 3, 1944, in Sikeston, Missouri, to Harry and Fay Hopper Chaney, she was a nurse's aid at The Manor in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, for many years. On March 23, 1961, she married John Buck, who preceded her in death Dec. 25, 2017...

This weekend the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame will induct new members into its club of top players, managers and broadcasters. So it would seem an appropriate time to look at the state of baseball -- at all levels. Working my way through college, I spent many summer nights umpiring youth baseball. Everything from 10-year-olds to Babe Ruth and American Legion games...

One City community center used its wall not to separate, but, to bring together all members of the Cape Girardeau area by enlisting the help of local artist Malcolm McCrae and allowing a piece of artwork to be painted by anyone. At the intersection of Independence and North Frederick streets, community members are now greeted with a bright piece of art -- a mural painted by, and for, the community...