Stories from Monday, July 22, 2019

Approval of minutes n Minutes for July 18 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n Treasurer Roger Hudson will present purchase order for approval -- Penzel Construction application No. 10...

What do bubble gum, cotton candy, dill pickle, peanut butter & jelly, rock 'n' roll and wedding cake all have in common? Give up? The answer is they're six of the more than 70 flavors of shaved ice available at the Ty's Summer Sno locations in Cape Girardeau and Jackson...

The annual Homecomers celebration will draw thousands of people to the streets of uptown Jackson every night from Tuesday through Saturday this week. But during daytime hours, when uptown businesses will be open, Homecomers — and the 100 block of South High Street — will be closed. Instead of traffic and customers, the street will be filled with carnival rides and vendor tents, creating an inconvenience — and a drop in sales — for businesses in the uptown Jackson area ...

ORAN, Mo. — Clothed in late-1800s fashion and acting as tour guide within a tractor-drawn covered wagon during the Oran Sesquicentennial Celebration on Saturday, Dawn Robert Slinkard said the town’s population has changed only somewhat over the last 100 years or so because “people come to Oran, and they like to stay.”...

A new Missouri law, which will push back the start of classes in August beginning next year, has local school districts looking at how to adjust their schedules to the new calendar. Schools currently can start as early as 10 days before the first Monday in September. Under the new law, schools won’t be able to start classes earlier than 14 days before Labor Day...

Things are looking up for the Scott City Chamber of Commerce. You may remember a story I wrote in late May about the chamber and the fact it hadn't met since October and there was a general lack of involvement among chamber members. But last week, Scott City chamber president Kyle McDonald had a big smile on his face when he saw me at a local restaurant and told me 40 people turned out for a recent chamber meeting. ...

Today is Monday, July 22, the 203rd day of 2019. There are 162 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 22, 1991, police in Milwaukee arrested Jeffrey Dahmer, who later confessed to murdering 17 men and boys (Dahmer ended up being beaten to death by a fellow prison inmate)...

O God, may we be tenderhearted, forgiving each other just as you have forgiven us. Amen.

I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty tired of the “Have a nice day” line. It’s worn out, illogical and about as endearing as a sneeze. I suspect the phrase began as “I hope you have a nice day” or something of that sort and morphed into the directive we hear now. It’s illogical in that we can’t fully control our day. So saying “Have a nice day” is like telling your mom not to worry. It won’t change anything...

LOS ANGELES -- If there was any doubt the 2019 box office belonged to the Walt Disney Co., this weekend put an end to it. Not only did its photorealistic remake of "The Lion King" devour opening weekend records for the month of July and PG-rated films, but "Avengers: Endgame" also crept past "Avatar" to become the highest-grossing film of all time...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- An Illinois woman who recently got a 1993 postcard in her mailbox has tracked down the man who sent it to his children more than two decades ago. Kim Draper's story about the mysterious Hong Kong postcard was published in The State Journal-Register in Springfield and picked up by The Associated Press...

HONG KONG -- Clashes involving Hong Kong's protest movement escalated violently late Sunday as police launched tear gas at protesters who didn't disband after a massive march and subway riders were attacked by masked assailants who appeared to target the pro-democracy demonstrators...

WASHINGTON -- The House Judiciary Committee chairman said Sunday this week's hearing with Robert Mueller will air "very substantial evidence" of wrongdoing by President Donald Trump and make a public case for impeachment. Republicans pledged sharp questioning of the special counsel about what they see as a "one-sided" Russia investigation...

LONDON -- In an audio recording released Sunday, a British naval officer insists a British-flagged oil tanker must be allowed to sail through the Strait of Hormuz as Iranian paramilitary forces demand the vessel change course before commandeering it...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Fifty years after humanity's first lunar footsteps, the moon is back in NASA's court. The White House wants U.S. astronauts on the moon pronto -- by 2024, a scant five years from now. The moon will serve as a critical proving ground, the thinking goes, for the real prize of sending astronauts to Mars in the 2030s...

BOSTON -- The East Coast on Sunday sweated through another day of extreme heat and humidity as organizers in Boston canceled a benefit run, Delaware Civil War re-enactors got the day off and the New York Police Department implored residents to take it easy...

Donald Ray “Don” Sanders, 69, of Scott City passed away Friday July 19, 2019, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 22, 1949, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Joseph C. and Lillian L. Kerley Sanders. He married Terry Scheper on Aug. 22, 1987...

Joan Virginia Mason, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, July 21, 2019, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home, with an Eastern Star service at 7 p.m. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Eric Schmidt officiating. Entombment will be at Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum in Cape Girardeau...

Constance Irene Detjen, 97, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Friedheim, passed away Friday, July 19, 2019, at Ratliff Care Center. Born May 13, 1922, in Arnsberg, she was the only child of Alvin and Cora Stearns Sauer. She was a graduate of the former Arnsberg grade school...

KELSO, Mo. — Elizabeth Marie “Betty” Burger, 85, of Kelso passed away Friday, July 19, 2019, at Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 19, 1934, in Old Appleton, the daughter of Theodore R. and Frieda Rose Wucher Schott. She married Norman J. Burger on Nov. 25, 1954, at Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death July 21, 1994...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. — Cynthia Bourasaw, 62, of Marble Hill died Friday, July 19, 2019, at her home. A private graveside service will be held at a future date. Hutchings Funeral Chapel is assisting the family.

The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Joseph P. Parker, 25, of Cape Girardeau was arrested at 1000 N. Frederick St. on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance...

WASHINGTON -- Some are moving factories out of China. Others are strategically redesigning products. Some are seeking loopholes in trade law or even mislabeling where their goods originate -- all with the goal of evading President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on goods from China...

ST. LOUIS -- A plant pathogen that causes the tree-killing disease known as sudden oak death has been found in Missouri. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the Missouri Department of Agriculture says it has found ramorum blight on rhododendron plants shipped to some retail nurseries in the state. The rhododendrons were shipped to Walmart and Rural King stores throughout Missouri, as well as the Springfield Home Depot, Stark Bros. Nursery Garden Center and Fort Leonard Wood PX...

The town of Oran celebrated its 150th birthday over the weekend. The town hosted a community prayer service and a festival with live music, a cornhole tournament, a dance party and more. Oran has an interesting history. As reported by Joshua Hartwig, the city was known as Sylvania for several years, then called St. Cloud, but finally landed on the name Oran, as suggested by Capt. Ward L. Smith, a retired sailor who had visited Oran in Algeria, North Africa...

Calvin Bird, six-year director of the Cape Girardeau Civic Center, has resigned that post to pursue a new business venture; Bird says he will continue to work with the center as its administrative organization is changed. More development is underway in Cape Girardeau's thriving west end; a new McDonald's restaurant and a service station and convenience store are under construction in the Cape West Business Park, at the intersection of Siemers Drive and Route K; work is also underway to develop the site of the former Howard Johnson Motor Lodge, near the Interstate 55 and Route K intersection.. ...

I disagree with both the person who wrote to Speak Out and also John Voss, who have said that Veterans Memorial Drive was a waste of taxpayers’ money and that the extension should be removed from the list of road projects in the city. People do use this road, although not at the same level of Mount Auburn, for example. This road has been a lifesaver for many who live near and past the interstate. It needs to be extended and completed to the south so that it can be utilized even more. ...

2019 Kings and Queens of the Courts Pickleball Tournament Sponsored by SEMO Pickleball Club, City of Jackson, Onix and Pickleball4Us Results Men’s 2.5 Doubles 1st Don Hesse/Dan Enloe 2nd Donald Jacobs/Chris Vaught 3rd Steve Moore/Tom Frobase Men’s 3.0 Doubles...