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SEMO Regents approve fee increases
(Local News ~ 05/16/20)
Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents approved increases to tuition, general fees and residence hall rates for fall 2020, as well as additions to academic programs during their meeting Friday. Fall 2020 tuition for in-state students will increase by $7.75 to cost the student $267.75 per credit hour. ...
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Jackson walking program sign-ups underway
(Local News ~ 05/16/20)
Registration has begun for the Walk Jackson Challenge 2020, a program designed to help Jackson residents be more physically active while encouraging them to identify issues that need to be addressed by the city's Public Works Department. The program "will promote public works while encouraging everyone to get out and learn their wards while getting some exercise," said Kent Peetz, Jackson's public works director...
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Murals will symbolize hope, renewal, at Islamic Center of Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 05/16/20)
Trees rustle in the wind on a gloomy afternoon in Cape Girardeau, in the backyard at artist Craig Thomas' studio space. Two giant paintings are underway, both on sheets of plywood, both of a white dove in flight. "They're symbols of hope," Thomas said. "Happy colors, colors of renewal."...
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Another media company lays off staff
(Local News ~ 05/16/20)
The website Axios reported Friday that The Economist Group is laying off 90 from its staff of 1,300. Its life and culture print publication, “1843,” will move to a digital-only publication. “It's the latest media company that's been forced to take drastic measures to survive the economic fallout of the coronavirus,” writes Axios...
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'Interim' removed from Garner's title at Notre Dame
(Local News ~ 05/16/20)
Tim Garner, who has served as interim principal of Notre Dame Regional High School since last summer, will no longer be "interim" as of July 1. The Notre Dame board voted earlier this spring to change Garner's title, but a public announcement of the action was delayed until now because it took place as schools throughout the region -- including Notre Dame -- discontinued face-to-face classes for the rest of the school year at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak...
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Cape Girardeau docs react to president's reopening push
(Local News ~ 05/16/20)
Two Cape Girardeau physicians had different reactions to a White House effort this week to enlist the support of health professionals in reopening the country. Shahzaib Anwar, M.D., a primary care physician for EBO MD's Cape clinic, said his advice to patients remains the same...
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Coronavirus 'hot spot reported at Stoddard County nursing home; second Cape County resident dies because of virus
(Local News ~ 05/16/20)
A COVID-19 "hot spot" has been reported at an area nursing home, and a second Cape Girardeau County resident died Friday because of the disease. Officials with Stoddard County (Missouri) Public Health Center posted a notice Friday afternoon reporting their "worst fears have been confirmed."...
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Gov. Parson: 'We made decisions on facts'
(Column ~ 05/16/20)
After speaking with Mark and Scott Rhodes Thursday morning at Plaza Tire in Cape Girardeau, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson was greeted by a customer who said he appreciated Parson's performance on the job. "And I'm not even a Republican," the man quipped. The governor, press gaggle and handful of community leaders behind him, chuckled. It was lighter moment in what's clearly been a stressful period of time for Missouri's 57th governor...
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J.C. Penney files for bankruptcy; future of Cape store unknown
(Local News ~ 05/16/20)
NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has pushed the storied but troubled department store chain J.C. Penney into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth major retailer to meet that fate. As part of its reorganization, the 118-year-old company said late Friday it will be shuttering some stores. It said the stores will close in phases throughout the Chapter 11 process and details of the first phase will be disclosed in the coming weeks...
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Cape couple marks 70th anniversary
(Local News ~ 05/16/20)
On Monday, May 15, 1950, Martha Stovall graduated from Southeast Missouri State College, as it was known then, and promptly married Kenneth Bender that afternoon. "Life was fast in those days, I'll tell you," said Martha Bender, 91, as she flipped through wedding photos at the couple's Cape Girardeau home last week. "We had to do things while we could."...
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Robinson, Sikeston settle case for $8M on wrongful imprisonment
(Local News ~ 05/16/20)
Two years ago this week, David Robinson walked out of the Jefferson City Correctional Center after being freed hours after the recommendation of then-Missouri Attorney General (now U.S. senator) Josh Hawley that charges be dismissed. Robinson's release ended a long legal battle freeing him from a life sentence for first-degree murder without the possibility of parole...
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Coronavirus cases in Stoddard, Union counties continue upward trend; new cases also in Scott, Alexander counties
(Local News ~ 05/16/20)
Southeast Missourian Stoddard County, Missouri, and Union County, Illinois, continued to be COVID-19 growth areas Saturday. Stoddard County officials acknowledged a nursing home outbreak Friday, and the county’s number of positive virus cases has swelled to 51, with 17 new cases being reported Friday. No deaths in the county have been attributed to the disease associated with coronavirus...
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Why you should wear a mask: Faith, fear, responsibility and freedom
(Column ~ 05/16/20)
One of my heroes is C.S. Lewis, the brilliant British author who wrote the Chronicles of Narnia, starting with "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." Lewis was also an inspired lay theologian and commenter on current events. One of his essays, "On Living in an Atomic Age," is making the rounds online because of its wisdom in an age of fear. His message, written in 1948, is prescient, providing important context to those panicked by the coronavirus...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/16/20)
Today in History Today is Saturday, May 16, the 137th day of 2020. There are 229 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 16, 1943, the nearly month-long Warsaw Ghetto Uprising came to an end as German forces crushed the Jewish resistance and blew up the Great Synagogue...
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Wrong and right
(Column ~ 05/16/20)
Just the other night I wondered if I'd been wrong. I had gone ahead and planted about 200 tomato plants and here it was supposed to frost. This was not what I wanted to hear. Normally here where we live in Missouri, if about the middle of April the 10-day forecast looks good, we are through with frost. ...
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Learning briefs 5-17-20
(Community ~ 05/16/20)
Power of Women Scholarships awarded Southeast Missouri State University students have been honored with Power of Women Scholarships. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Power of Women luncheon was canceled. This year's recipients are being honored with a special video presentation...
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Adopt pets 5-17-20
(Community ~ 05/16/20)
Submitted by Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary These pretty babies are Samoas and Joe. She is the black female, and he is the lighter multicolored. They are both a year old and need a loving forever home. If you are ready for a rewarding experience, come see us at Safe Harbor. Call (573) 243-9823...
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Senior Center Menus for May 18 through 22
(Community ~ 05/16/20)
Monday: Scrambled eggs, sausage patty, biscuit and gravy, hash browns with onions, bran muffin, orange juice and grapes. Tuesday: BBQ chicken or pulled pork, sweet potato wedges, coleslaw, whole-grain bread or bun and sugar-free apple crisp or southern ambrosia...
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The blackberry patch
(Column ~ 05/16/20)
This photo is from May 6. The white flowering plants are wild blackberries. What you see here is a blackberry patch. This one is relatively small. It covers an area about 20 feet wide by 35 feet long. It is sandwiched between a grassy area and new-growth timber...
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FYI 5-17-20
(Community ~ 05/16/20)
Registration is now open for the 12th annual Furry 5K and One-mile Fun Walk, to be held as a virtual run/walk June 6. Due to public health concerns as a result of COVID-19, Fitness Plus is unable to host the event in person. A virtual walk allows participants to choose their course and begin when ready...
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Getting things accomplished
(Column ~ 05/16/20)
"I just don't feel like I've gotten anything accomplished today," we sigh and say. People particularly feel this during the pandemic we are, now experiencing. We beat ourselves up and ask why. We think we're accomplishing nothing? We feel sad and unfulfilled...
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Dreaded cholera of the past
(Column ~ 05/16/20)
"A Ring Around the Rosies, A Pocketful of Posies, A-Tishoo, A-tishoo, We All Fall Down." This childhood nursery rhyme is thought to have its origin during the Black Plague in London, 1655. It denoted a terrible rash, flowers as a preventative, sneezing, and eventual death. This was thought to be the message...
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Fauci is not the villain
(Column ~ 05/16/20)
For his critics, Dr. Anthony Fauci cemented his status as the Rasputin of public health with his Senate testimony the other day. The National Institutes of Health official gently, but unmistakably struck a different tone than President Donald Trump, earning rebukes from radio talk show hosts and Fox News anchors, as well as fueling the outrage of the #FireFauci claque on Twitter...
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Prayer 5-17-20
(Prayer ~ 05/16/20)
May our good deeds shine so that everyone will praise your name, O Lord Jesus. Amen.
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Telling the good story with photos
(Local News ~ 05/16/20)
Photo story rewind: Capturing and producing visual stories in community journalism Southeast Missourian photography staff take readers into the lives of area residents in our weekly photo essay. This story now materializes on a photo spread in the Good Times section, but has until recently been located on the section's cover page. More often than not, the Weekend Edition's main front page image also comes from this story...
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Police report 5-17-20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/16/20)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. DWIs n Driving under the influence was reported in the 2000 block of Sprigg Street. n Driving under the influence was reported at South Kingshighway and Independence Street...
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James Trout
(Obituary ~ 05/16/20)
James Richard Trout, a former local school superintendent, U.S. Army veteran and beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed away early Tuesday morning, May 12, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was 77 years old. A native of Kewanee, Missouri, he was born Dec. 18, 1942, to Paul and Verda Jenkins Trout...
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Johnnie Sepulvado
(Obituary ~ 05/16/20)
MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. -- Johnnie Wayne Sepulvado passed away Tuesday, May 12, 2020, in Mountain Home at the age of 77. He was born Nov. 28, 1942, in Natchitoches, Louisiana, the son of Johnnie and Louise Bates Sepulvado. Growing up in Temple, Texas, he was better known as "Bull" when he played football for the Temple Wildcats. ...
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Cathy 'Katie' Miller
(Obituary ~ 05/16/20)
Catherine Ann "Katie" Miller, 69, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, May 12, 2020, at her home. There are no services to be held at this time. Arrangements are being handled by McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Sue LaBruyere
(Obituary ~ 05/16/20)
Sue Vick LaBruyere, age 84, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, April 9, 2020, at the home of her daughter in O'Fallon, Missouri. Born Margaret Sue Vick on March 20, 1936, in Cape Girardeau, she was the daughter of Russell Caldwell and Margaret Lucille Sams Vick...
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Bettie Heise
(Obituary ~ 05/16/20)
Bettie Dee Heise, 90, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, May 14, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 21, 1929, near Millersville, the daughter of Ernest and Virginia Lucille Masterson Seabaugh. She attended school in Jackson. Bettie and Leonard Ernest Martin Heise were married July 1, 1950, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau, where she has been a member for many years. They had been married 66 years when Leonard passed away May 10, 2017...
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Elizabeth Donnelly
(Obituary ~ 05/16/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Elizabeth F. Donnelly, 67, of Perryville died Tuesday, May 12, 2020, at Independence Care Center. Services will be private for the family. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Gladys Abernathy
(Obituary ~ 05/16/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Gladys P. Abernathy, 94, of Perryville died Thursday, May 14, 2020, at Independence Care Center. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, Missouri. Funeral will follow at 11:30 a.m. Monday at the church, with the Rev. Steven Dressler officiating. Burial will be at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Altenburg...
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SEMO Food Bank announces food distributions
(Local News ~ 05/16/20)
Southeast Missouri Food Bank has scheduled another series of COVID-19 Response Mobile food distributions to respond to the increased need for food assistance following temporary layoffs and school closures. Area response mobiles include: n 9:30 a.m. Tuesday Morley Baptist Church, 221 South Stephenson, Morley, Missouri...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 5/18/20
(Local News ~ 05/16/20)
Cape Girardeau City Council 5 p.m. Monday City Hall 401 Independence St. Study session n No action will be taken during the study session Presentation n Building Safety Month 2020 Proclamation n Public Works Week Proclamation Communications/reports n City Council staff...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 5/17/20
(Local News ~ 05/16/20)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. today 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Minutes for May 14 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n COVID-19 Update: In an effort to keep Cape Girardeau County residents safe and aware regarding the status of the virus, Emergency Management Agency (EMA) director Mark Winkler will be issuing an update at County Commission meetings. ...
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Jackson Board of Aldermen agenda 5/18/20
(Local News ~ 05/16/20)
Jackson Board of Aldermen 6 p.m. Monday City Hall 101 Court St. Proclamation n Mayor's proclamation recognizing the week of May 17-23 to be National Public Works Week in Jackson. Approval of minutes n Minutes of special meeting of 5/4/20. Financial affairs...
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Jackson water quality report available
(Local News ~ 05/16/20)
A report on the quality of water provided through the Jackson water system is now available through the city's website. The annual report describes water sources used by the Jackson water system, identifies any contaminants found in the system and provides general information on the healthiness of the city's water...
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Top bills OK'd by Missouri lawmakers in final session hours
(State News ~ 05/16/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers rushed to pass as many bills as possible on the final day of the session Friday, after they took several weeks off work because of the coronavirus. To compensate for lost time, lawmakers crammed numerous bills together to get more policies across the finish line. Here's a breakdown of some of the major proposals approved by the Republican-led Legislature Friday...
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Missouri lawmakers OK mail-in voting on final day of work
(State News ~ 05/16/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers wrapped up their work Friday by passing bills allowing people to vote by mail because of the coronavirus and ramping up criminal penalties in response to an uptick in violent crime in the state's biggest cities...
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Retail sales plunged a record 16% in April as virus hit
(National News ~ 05/16/20)
BALTIMORE -- U.S. retail sales tumbled by a record 16.4% from March to April as business shutdowns caused by the coronavirus kept shoppers away, threatened the viability of stores across the country and further weighed down a sinking economy. The Commerce Department's report Friday on retail purchases showed a sector that has collapsed so fast that sales over the past 12 months are down a crippling 21.6%...
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Carrier sailors get virus for second time
(National News ~ 05/16/20)
WASHINGTON -- Five sailors on the U.S. aircraft carrier sidelined in Guam due to a COVID-19 outbreak have tested positive for the virus for the second time and have been taken off the ship, according to the Navy. The resurgence of the virus in the five sailors on the USS Theodore Roosevelt underscores the befuddling behavior of the highly contagious virus and raises questions about how troops that test positive can be reintegrated into the military, particularly on ships...
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Once adversaries, Boston lawyers now aid COVID-19 caregivers
(National News ~ 05/16/20)
During a storied legal career, Clyde Bergstresser has become one of the go-to medical malpractice lawyers in Massachusetts. But as COVID-19 cases surged at Boston area hospitals, Bergstresser found his sympathies aligning with the professions he has often fingered in million-dollar lawsuits...
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Vegas-Reno highway cracked, closed after 6.5 quake in Nevada
(National News ~ 05/16/20)
LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- The main highway between Las Vegas and Reno was damaged and closed early Friday following a magnitude 6.5 earthquake in a remote area of Nevada. Nevada Highway Patrol photos showed cracks on U.S. 95 that Trooper Hannah DeGoey said were caused by the temblor a little after 4 a.m. west of Tonopah...
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Democrats push new $3T coronavirus bill through House
(National News ~ 05/16/20)
WASHINGTON -- Democrats powered a massive $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill through the House on Friday, an election-year measure designed to brace a U.S. economy in free fall and a health care system struggling to contain a pandemic still pummeling the country...
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Burr steps aside as Senate intel chair amid FBI probe
(State News ~ 05/16/20)
WASHINGTON -- A Republican senator with access to some of the nation's top secrets became further entangled in a deepening FBI investigation as agents examining a well-timed sale of stocks during the coronavirus outbreak showed up at his home with a warrant to search his cellphone...
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Most states still fall short of recommended testing levels
(National News ~ 05/16/20)
WASHINGTON -- As businesses reopened Friday in more of the U.S., more than 4 out of 5 states still fall short of the COVID-19 testing levels that public health experts say are necessary to safely ease lockdowns and avoid another deadly wave of outbreaks, according to an Associated Press analysis...
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Arbery video may show water breaks
(National News ~ 05/16/20)
SAVANNAH, Ga. -- A young black man filmed by a security camera walking through a home under construction in December and in February may have stopped at the site for a drink of water, according to an attorney for the homeowner thrust into the investigation of the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery...
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Officials in Illinois and Missouri at odds over virus aid
(State News ~ 05/16/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Some elected officials in Missouri and neighboring Illinois were at odds Friday as Congress considered additional aid to states because of the coronavirus. The divide mirrored a political split in Washington, where the Democratic-led U.S. House passed a $3 trillion coronavirus relief package that the Republican-led Senate seemed sure to reject...
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Be wary of metaphorical religious teddy bears
(Column ~ 05/16/20)
Drawing conclusions from data should be done carefully. Folks say raw numbers don’t lie and I’d give my qualified agreement to that statement. What we do with statistics, though, can lead us to errors in thinking. ...
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Be careful to tell the truth
(Column ~ 05/16/20)
Have you ever shared something on social media or through email that you later found out to be false? We live in a time where information comes at us from many directions. In the past, there were only a few television networks and news organizations. ...
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Jackson High School Virtual FBLA SLC Results
(Submitted Story ~ 05/16/20)
Three advisers and 39 members of the Missouri Future Business Leaders of America from Jackson High School recently participated in the 2020 Missouri FBLA-PBL Virtual State Leadership Conference, an event held online due to the COVID outbreak. This virtual experience provided members from across Missouri with over 200 hours of educational and leadership content, live forums with industry leaders, and interactive educational activities in an online platform...
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Out of the past: May 17
(Out of the Past ~ 05/16/20)
Dark skies, heavy rains mixed with hail, lightning and strong winds swept over a wide area of Southeast Missouri yesterday morning; no serious damage was reported, but the storms did cause minor flooding in streets; the rain also results in a slightly higher Mississippi River crest for Cape Girardeau: 38.5 feet on Saturday...
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Out of the past: May 16
(Out of the Past ~ 05/16/20)
Cape Girardeau's proposed $54.9 million budget for fiscal 1996 includes a merit pay hike of 2.5 to 3% for most city employees but no across-the-board raises; rank-and-file police officers had requested a 10% hike, but city officials insist there isn't sufficient money to give employees a more substantial raise...
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Mike Scheper
(Obituary ~ 05/16/20)
Gerald Michael "Mike" Scheper -- war baby, loving father and grandfather -- passed away Thursday, May 14, 2020, at the age of 76. He was born Aug. 22, 1943, in San Diego, California, to Ralph "Tick" and Zelma Blattel Scheper. Mike was an engineer for the Cotton Belt Railroad, retiring after 38 years. He had a passion for tractors and loved gardening, trains and grandkids. He was admired by friends and family. He was known for his strong will, infectious smile and having a kind and warm heart...
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King-70 years
(Anniversary ~ 05/16/20)
Junior and Doretta King of Cape Girardeau will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary May 20. The couple was married May 20, 1950. They have four children, Debby, Terry, Blane and Jean. They also have nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren...
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