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Editorial: Don't let the pandemic keep you from enjoying nature
(Editorial ~ 08/17/20)
Has the pandemic affected how much you exercise? According to one study, the average Missourian is exercising 30% less than before the pandemic began. While some gyms closed during the Missouri lockdown, many have reopened. We’re big fans of the local fitness centers, but even if you don’t have a membership to one of these facilities, there are plenty of things to do outside. ...
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Pick it up at Capaha Park
(Local News ~ 08/17/20)
Nathan Parker, below left, puts up a hook shot as Bradley Brooks, above left, plays defense during a pick-up basketball game Sunday at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau.
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Police pursuit ends with crash into Pulaski County home leaving 1 dead, multiple injured
(Local News ~ 08/17/20)
One person died and multiple injuries were reported Sunday morning after a vehicle fled from police then lost control and crashed into a structure about 2:29 a.m. at 328 Oak St. in Mounds, Illinois. Marquan L. Reed, 20, of Charleston, Missouri, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to an Illinois State Police news release, and three other occupants were listed as injured -- 29-year-old Desmond T. ...
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Cape Girardeau hospitals foundations name 2020 scholarship recipients
(Business ~ 08/17/20)
The foundations at both SoutheastHEALTH and Saint Francis Healthcare, along with the Saint Francis Auxiliary, have announced scholarships valued at $86,500 have been awarded to 53 area students pursuing careers in health care. The SoutheastHEALTH Foundation has presented scholarships this summer amounting to $42,500 to 31 students attending a variety of colleges, universities and other training programs:...
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Business Notebook: Codefi names 1ST50K winners; electric transmission lines proposed; bridge contracting teams selected
(Business ~ 08/17/20)
Codefi has announced results of its sixth annual 1ST50K and instead of naming one or two entries as recipients of the annual $50,000 startup stipend, Codefi named four teams to receive the first-prize money. All four teams were invited to Cape Girardeau earlier this month to "pitch" their startups to the 1ST50K competition committee. The winning teams, announced Friday, are:...
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Night spot to reopen with 'new vibe'
(Business ~ 08/17/20)
A downtown bar that was a popular hangout for university students and other "20-somethings" before it closed more than two years ago is poised to open this week with a new name, new owner and a new vibe. During a pandemic. I spent part of Friday afternoon touring Hypnotic, 632 Broadway in Cape Girardeau, and talking with its owner, Sahil Bhardwaj, about the night spot's new look, his plans for ongoing upgrades and the steps he's taking to help keep his patrons safe from COVID-19...
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Official: Get Missouri mail-in votes in week before election
(State News ~ 08/17/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A U.S. Postal Service official is warning that Missourians who are using mail-in voting this year should return their ballots at least a week before the Nov. 3 general election to ensure their votes will be counted. Thomas Marshall, general counsel and executive vice president of the Postal Service, told Missouri's Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft in a letter July 31 the service might not be able to get all ballots to election officials in time if they are mailed too close to Election Day.. ...
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Transforming Conflict: Rev. Edie Bird reflects on her life’s work
(08/17/20)
Rev. Edie Bird doesn't seem like someone who often finds herself in the middle of conflict. She is not boisterous, loud or always ready to be right. She shows her belief through her actions: as one example, she can often be seen riding her bicycle around Cape Girardeau, doing her part to reduce carbon emissions and effectively steward the environment. Her soft-spoken, thoughtful demeanor is one that exudes peace and presence, a sort of quiet anchor amidst a culture that is often very, very loud...
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Prayer 8-17-20
(Prayer ~ 08/17/20)
May your peace, O Lord Jesus, guard our hearts and our minds. Amen.
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The QAnon rot in the GOP
(Column ~ 08/17/20)
QAnon is getting its first congresswoman. Marjorie Taylor Greene won a runoff in a Republican primary Tuesday, all but assuring her victory in November in a heavily GOP district. She is thus set to become the highest officeholder in the land who takes seriously the lunatic theories of QAnon, the anonymous internet poster who says, among other ludicrous and poisonous things, that there’s a global network of pedophiles about to be exposed and undone by President Donald Trump...
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Speak Out 8/17/20
(Speak Out ~ 08/17/20)
Dr. Doom Fauci says it’s OK to vote in person. When will the city clean up the roundabout on Lexington near Route W? It’s a mess with weeds growing everywhere. It’s time to clean up the roundabout. As I write, the Cardinals plan to return to the field in Chicago. I don’t understand how other Major League Baseball teams can safely compete while the Cardinals were hit with a significant COVID outbreak. What player or coach didn’t follow precautions?
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Masks hold images of pandemic, Hong Kong protests
(Community ~ 08/17/20)
HONG KONG -- In one of Edmond Kok's creations, a 3D visualization of a spiky coronavirus bursts out of a face mask. Another mask uses a plastic takeout container to remind people of the environmental cost of food deliveries. A design inspired by a Thai temple symbolizes people missing their favorite holiday destinations because of travel restrictions...
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Taller cubicles, one-way aisles: Office workers must adjust
(National News ~ 08/17/20)
NEW YORK -- Bergmeyer, a design firm in Boston, has erected higher cubicles, told employees to wear masks when not at their desks and set up one-way aisles in the office that force people to walk the long way around to get to the kitchen or the bathroom...
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Puerto Rico governor loses primary of pro-statehood party
(National News ~ 08/17/20)
LOIZA, Puerto Rico -- Puerto Rican Gov. Wanda Vazquez on Sunday acknowledged losing the primary of her pro-statehood party to Pedro Pierluisi, who briefly served as the U.S. territory's governor last year amid political turmoil. With more than 78% of electoral colleges reporting late Sunday, Pierluisi received more than 57% of the vote compared with more than 42% for Vazquez...
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Coronavirus hasn't devastated the homeless as many feared
(National News ~ 08/17/20)
SAN FRANCISCO -- When the coronavirus emerged in the U.S. this year, public health officials and advocates for the homeless feared the virus would rip through shelters and tent encampments, ravaging vulnerable people who often have chronic health issues...
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Lightning sparks new wildfires across California
(National News ~ 08/17/20)
LOS ANGELES -- A rare summer thunderstorm brought lightning that sparked several small blazes in Northern California on Sunday and stoked a huge wildfire that has forced hundreds of people from their homes north of Los Angeles. More than 4,500 buildings remained threatened by the fire burning toward thick, dry brush in the Angeles National Forest. ...
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Telephone calls between UAE, Israel ring for the first time
(International News ~ 08/17/20)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Telephone calls began ringing Sunday between the United Arab Emirates and Israel, marking the first concrete step of a U.S.-brokered diplomatic deal between the nations that required Israel to halt plans to annex land sought by the Palestinians...
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Trump makes call for new White House doctor's virus advice
(National News ~ 08/17/20)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump has found a new doctor for his coronavirus task force -- and this time there's no daylight between them. Trump last week announced that Dr. Scott Atlas, a frequent guest on Fox News Channel, has joined the White House as a pandemic adviser. Atlas, the former chief of neuroradiology at Stanford University Medical Center and a fellow at Stanford's conservative Hoover Institution, has no expertise in public health or infectious diseases...
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Pelosi to call House back into session this week to vote on Postal Service bill
(National News ~ 08/17/20)
WASHINGTON -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday she is calling the House back into session over the crisis at the U.S. Postal Service, setting up a political showdown amid growing concerns the Trump White House is trying to undermine the agency ahead of the election...
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Bourbon-scented sanitizer and wary public challenge census
(National News ~ 08/17/20)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Out on her first day of knocking on doors in the San Francisco Bay Area, the census taker had limited success getting people to answer the questions on the 2020 census. Residents at only two homes answered all the questions about how many people lived there, what their relationships were and their sex, age, race and whether they're Hispanic. No one was home at three households, residents at two homes wouldn't give her the time of day, and the rest only answered some questions...
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Carolyn Trice
(Obituary ~ 08/17/20)
Carolyn Sue Trice, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020, at Fountainbleau Lodge. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Homegoing service will be at noon Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Fairmount Cemetery...
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Wilma 'Jean' Govero
(Obituary ~ 08/17/20)
FESTUS, Mo. -- Wilma "Jean" Govero, 89, of Festus passed away Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020, at her home. Mrs. Govero was a homemaker and wonderful mother of nine children; and longtime member of Our Lady Catholic Church in Festus. She was born April 7, 1931, in Herculaneum, Missouri, the daughter of the late Emma Marie Juliette and Leslie Lawrence Cox...
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Out of the past: Aug. 17
(Out of the Past ~ 08/17/20)
Youngsters at St. Vincent's Grade School in Cape Girardeau will have a new look when they start classes Aug. 23; uniforms will be required at St. Vincent's for children in kindergarten, first and second grades; St. Mary's Cathedral School doesn't have uniforms; at Immaculate Conception grade school in Jackson, uniforms are optional...
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