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Outside the Office: Dr. Alan Branson shares his love of music
(B Magazine ~ 07/20/20)
I started playing the banjo when I was 10 years old. My parents would often spend summer weekends traveling to bluegrass festivals where I would get to play with and hear some pretty phenomenal musicians. I played in a few bands throughout high school and college and into adulthood. ...
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What are you reading? "Give and Take," by Adam Grant
(B Magazine ~ 07/20/20)
You have some fundamental subconscious assumptions about success. We all do. If you're like most of us, one of those fundamental assumptions is that a competitive orientation is the only way to win in business, and your success must logically come at the expense of someone else's...
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Police investigate shooting; seek suspect
(Local News ~ 07/20/20)
An investigation is underway into a shooting that injured one person Friday in Cape Girardeau. At approximately 9 p.m., police were notified suspects fired multiple rounds at a Chevrolet Tahoe that was stopped on Good Hope and Benton streets, according to a news release by police Sgt. Joey Hann. The driver was hit in the leg and was treated at a local hospital, and was later released...
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Business Notebook: Missouri jobless rate drops 2.2% as economy reopens; state to hold 'virtual' job fairs
(Business ~ 07/20/20)
Missouri's unemployment rate returned to single digits in June, according to the latest jobs report released last week by the Missouri Department of Economic Development. Although in the midst of an economic recovery following the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state's economy added 71,600 jobs in June, and job losses in the last month, though still substantial, were less than the job losses in April and May...
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Mask order prompts 'unusual' interest in Cape County health board
(Local News ~ 07/20/20)
A week ago, a required face-covering order issued by the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center went into effect. By week’s end, the county election board was fielding multiple emails and taking phone calls from people who want to supplant and replace the current county health department board of trustees, which issued the mandate effective July 13...
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Cape and Crown Co. brings magic to birthday parties
(Business ~ 07/20/20)
Creating fairy tale moments is the name of the game for Anna Ricci, owner of Cape and Crown Co. Entertainment. Twenty-three actors, trained in acting at Southeast Missouri State University, portray princess and superhero characters for birthday parties and other events as part of Ricci's party entertainment business based in Cape Girardeau...
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Catfishing tournament lures fishing enthusiasts to Mississippi River
(Local News ~ 07/20/20)
It’s not of-fish-ally summer without a fishing trip on the Mississippi River. The Twisted Cat Outdoor fishing series held its fifth annual cat fishing tournament Saturday at Red Star Access in Cape Girardeau, attracting 56 fishing groups, 140 anglers and plenty of spectators...
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No fair is no fair for local economy
(Business ~ 07/20/20)
Pete Poe is pragmatic. "It's time to move on, I guess," Pete told me as he discussed the decision last week to cancel the 2020 SEMO District Fair due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Pete has been the "face" of the fair for about 40 years. He is a past president of the SEMO District Fair Association and now volunteers as the fair's director of publicity and promotions...
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Legislature candidates: Reopen schools; differ on how
(Local News ~ 07/20/20)
Local hopefuls for seats in the Missouri Legislature in the upcoming Aug. 4 primary are more or less in agreement with Gov. Mike Parson’s call to reopen schools for in-person classes next month. The Southeast Missourian sought responses from nine candidates...
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Delicious Reading: Amish Friendship Bread and “The Friendship Bread Kitchen”
(07/20/20)
During stay-at-home orders for COVID-19, so many people took up bread baking that there was a shortage of yeast. “USA Today” reported that along with toilet paper and disinfectants, flour, sugar and yeast were flying off the shelves. For the four-week period ending April 11, yeast sales jumped 410% year over year, according to the market research firm Nielsen...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/20/20)
Today is Monday, July 20, the 202nd day of 2020. There are 164 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 20, 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon after reaching the surface in their Apollo 11 lunar module...
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Prayer 7-20-20
(Prayer ~ 07/20/20)
We love you, O Lord Jesus, because you first loved us. Amen.
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Speak Out 7/20/20
(Speak Out ~ 07/20/20)
Comparing mortality rates: COVID-19 deaths, 388.93 per million (38.893 per 100,000); deaths from heart disease, 1,988 per million (198.9 per 100,000). Which one of these do you have the greatest risk of dying from? I have heard everything. Now they are saying we can go in a restaurant as long as we wear a mask. ...
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Grant money available for small businesses hurt by pandemic
(Editorial ~ 07/20/20)
If you are a small-business owner in Missouri, there is grant money available to help mitigate the economic challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The new Small Business Grant Program through the Missouri Department of Economic Development is designed to assist small businesses and family-owned farms...
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Coronavirus alters Elvis Week plans; candlelight vigil still on
(Community ~ 07/20/20)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Plans for the weeklong celebration of rock 'n' roll icon Elvis Presley on the 43rd anniversary of his death have been shaken up by the new coronavirus, but organizers are forging ahead with a combination of in-person and online events at Graceland next month...
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Animal print, beads or plain black, masks become about style
(Community ~ 07/20/20)
SALEM, Ore. -- They can be colorful or come in basic black, make a political statement or just a funny one. Masks made of cotton and other washable materials have become big sellers, and an emerging fashion item, as face coverings have been increasingly mandated around the world to reduce the spread of the coronavirus...
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House leaders 'alarmed' federal officers policing protests
(National News ~ 07/20/20)
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Top leaders in the U.S. House said Sunday they were "alarmed" by the Trump administration's tactics against protesters in Portland and other cities, including Washington, D.C., and called on federal inspectors general investigate. "This is a matter of utmost urgency," wrote House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie G. ...
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Police contracts can stand in the way of accountability
(National News ~ 07/20/20)
SEATTLE -- A stipulation in a Kentucky police contract prohibited officials from initially firing the officers involved in Breonna Taylor's death in Louisville. The disciplinary history of a Chicago police officer who fatally shot Laquan McDonald had been deleted under the department's contract, so officials didn't know about the officer's previous bad behavior...
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Trump not ready to commit to election results if he loses
(National News ~ 07/20/20)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump is refusing to publicly commit to accepting the results of the upcoming White House election, recalling a similar threat he made weeks before the 2016 vote, as he scoffs at polls showing him lagging behind Democrat Joe Biden. Trump says it's too early to make such an ironclad guarantee...
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UAE's Amal spacecraft rockets toward Mars in Arab world 1st
(International News ~ 07/20/20)
TOKYO -- A United Arab Emirates spacecraft rocketed away today on a seven-month journey to Mars, kicking off the Arab world's first interplanetary mission. The liftoff of the Mars orbiter named Amal, or "Hope," from Japan marked the start of a rush to fly to Earth's neighbor that includes attempts by China and the United States...
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As pandemic surges, election officials seek poll workers
(National News ~ 07/20/20)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Wanted: Poll workers willing to brave a global pandemic in November. Governments across the country are scrambling to find people to staff polling places for the presidential election this fall as the coronavirus sows doubt about how safe it will be to cast a ballot in person and thins out an already scarce pool of workers...
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Workers turn into amateur sleuths to track virus cases
(National News ~ 07/20/20)
NEW YORK -- Jana Jumpp spends eight hours a day updating a spreadsheet -- not for work, but a recent hobby: figuring out how many of Amazon's 400,000 warehouse workers have fallen sick with the coronavirus. Amazon won't give a number, so Jumpp tracks it on her own and shares what she finds with others. ...
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GOP leaders, Trump to discuss virus aid today as crisis deepens
(National News ~ 07/20/20)
WASHINGTON -- Top Republicans in Congress were expecting to meet today with President Donald Trump on the next COVID-19 aid package as the administration panned more virus testing money and interjected other priorities that could complicate quick passage...
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Out of the past: July 20
(Out of the Past ~ 07/20/20)
Eighteen days after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling barred Missouri from funding desegregation salaries, the state sent a $5.4 million check to the Kansas City School District to cover salaries; Gov. Mel Carnahan's spokesman, Chris Sifford, said the governor on June 30 gave the go-ahead for issuance of the check; Sifford explained paperwork from the Supreme Court hadn't arrived from the June 12 decision, and Carnahan thought the money was needed to improve negotiations between the state and school district officials.. ...
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Ricky Nance
(Obituary ~ 07/20/20)
Ricky Alan Nance, son of the late Truman Jr. and Evelyn Blumenburg Nance, was born May 18, 1966 in Cape Girardeau and departed his life Thursday July 16, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center at the age of 54. Ricky was a former employee at Sandy's Place in Cape Girardeau, member of First Baptist Church in Whitewater and a resident of Whitewater...
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