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Cape Co. surpasses 5,000 virus cases
(Local News ~ 11/21/20)
Cape Girardeau County's COVID-19 cases topped 5,000 Friday. Officials with the county's Public Health Center reported 149 new cases to push the total number of cases to 5,002. Nearly 3,600 county residents (3,591) have recovered from the disease associated with coronavirus, and 63 have died from the virus. As of Friday, there were 1,348 active cases in the county...
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Missouri Methodist Bishop encourages virtual services
(Local News ~ 11/21/20)
Missouri Bishop Robert Farr, in an email Wednesday to Missouri Conference clergy and others, made a direct appeal for virtual worship only. "I strongly encourage that in-person worship services be suspended until further notice," said Farr, "for congregations located in counties with a critical status related to the COVID-19 pandemic."...
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Vargas navigates "challenging" COVID-19 year
(Local News ~ 11/21/20)
Speak to Carlos Vargas-Aburto, the 18th president of Southeast Missouri State University, for just a few minutes and variations of the same word pepper his conversation. Challenging. Vargas is missing this weekend's commencement ceremonies at the Show Me Center...
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'Out of ashes, beauty': Adult and Teen Challenge students, staff moving forward after fire
(Local News ~ 11/21/20)
"To give unto them beauty for ashes." --Isaiah 61:3. In the wee hours of the morning of Oct. 4, a blaze lit up the darkness that had enveloped Adult & Team Challenge Mid-America campus. Staff and students witnessed a fire engulfing the campus' academic building...
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A veteran's Thanksgiving memory and a note of gratitude
(Column ~ 11/21/20)
Thanksgiving 1970 will always be a day to remember for one Kelso man. A year earlier, Fred Welter, in his early 20s, was only five weeks into a military assignment in Vietnam. A fellow serviceman behind him stepped on a "booby trap" fatally killing the man and seriously injuring Welter...
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For the Love of the Hunt
(11/21/20)
"The dog has been prepared for learning, and he's been taught his basic commands. Now we start him with all kinds of experiences connected with his future job as a retriever. We teach him early to have no fear of water, boats, guns, game, decoys and so on. Our early training taught him not to spook with people; now we want to broaden that attitude."...
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Out of the past: Nov. 21
(Out of the Past ~ 11/21/20)
The Cape Girardeau City Council will decide Dec. 4 which amendments to the city charter will be placed on the April ballot; Charter Review Committee members urged the council yesterday to put eight measures on the ballot, covering such changes as an ethics committee, establishment of an emergency reserve fund and term limits...
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Tell the truth
(Community ~ 11/21/20)
Do you enjoy game shows? One of my favorite game shows from my childhood was "To Tell the Truth." There was a panel of four celebrities, and they would meet three people who all claimed to have an interesting occupation or experience. The panel had to guess which one of the three was telling the truth. ...
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Living with less
(Column ~ 11/21/20)
I am amazed how truly spoiled we are today. All one has to do is check out the vehicles we drive. About the only thing the cars and pickups don't do is drive themselves, and that is being worked on. Electric windows and auto lights and computers to do everything. Seats that heat and vibrate and as plush as any lounger. Foods are ready to eat in a jiffy. Most come in disposable pans or pots. Remotes that will do everything or helps such as Siri. We are spoiled...
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Kinder - 50 years
(Anniversary ~ 11/21/20)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Ivis and Nelda Kinderof Chaffee celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Nov. 14. They were married Nov. 14, 1970, at Delta Baptist Church in Delta. They have two children, Kimberly (Bruce) King and Bryan (Melissa) Kinder. They also have two grandchildren, River and Forest King...
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How saaweeeet the owl!
(Column ~ 11/21/20)
This little owl is a marvel of nature. It is a common native owl in Southeast Missouri, but it is rarely seen. It is a creature of the woods and a creature of the night. This is the northern saw-whet owl. It preys mostly upon animals such as deer mice, flying squirrels and small birds...
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Senior Center menus for Nov. 23-27
(Community ~ 11/21/20)
Senior centers are open for carryout and delivery only. Menus are subject to change. Monday: Chili mac or chicken and noodles, buttered corn, steamed broccoli, whole-grain crackers and mixed fruit dessert or peach dump cake. Tuesday: Ham and beans or cabbage roll, oven-fried potatoes, zucchini and tomatoes, cornbread and crackers and spiced peaches or brownie...
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Adopt Moto Moto 11-22-20
(Community ~ 11/21/20)
Submitted by Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary This extra large senior male is Moto Moto. He's a sweet guy looking for a forever home. If you are ready for a rewarding experience, come see us at Safe Harbor. Call (573) 243-9823.
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FYI 11-22-20
(Community ~ 11/21/20)
Fall is a great time to get out and enjoy nature. The Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center will have a fall leaf scavenger hunt 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21. Celebrate the falling leaves by taking part in a leaf scavenger hunt. Participants can pick up their leaf booklet and then head outside to discover the many types of leaves on the forest floor. Please remember to wear a mask if you are indoors and practice social distancing...
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Cherish the moment
(Column ~ 11/21/20)
It's there in the morning: slices of golden light on my wall through the window. The time change has allowed me to be present to see it. It doesn't last long; it is a small strip of time that the light places itself there, resting. Then, it moves on. ...
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Club news 11-22-20
(Community News ~ 11/21/20)
Members of Kage FCE met for lunch at IHOP on Nov. 12 with five members attending. Some members are choosing not to attend meetings due to the pandemic. Minutes were read and approved and the treasurer's report was given by Judie Herbst. Discussion was held concerning the club's community service projects for the rest of the year. Any further contributions will be discussed in January. Recent contributions have been to the Safe House, Salvation Army, Fish Food Pantry and Alzheimer's Association...
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Prayer 11-22-20
(Prayer ~ 11/21/20)
Thank you, O Lord Jesus, that when we are weak you are strong. Amen.
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Election fraud in America
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/21/20)
A slow-motion coup is being perpetrated on America. It started months before the 2020 presidential election. The left has been carefully preparing us for it. It is fueled by viscous hate for our president. The left said it might look like President Trump was winning, but when all the votes are finally counted, Joe Biden (who couldn't draw 12 people to a rally), would actually be the winner. By midnight President Trump was winning in a landslide...
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Ending gender-based violence
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/21/20)
As a part of 16 days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence, on Saturday, Dec. 5, the Zonta Club of Cape Girardeau will participate in two events to bring awareness to domestic violence. First, we encourage everyone to wear or display orange to draw attention to our campaign. Secondly, we invite the community to stand with us in solidarity at 1 p.m. at Liberty Corner of Capaha Park to be a part of Zonta Says NO to Violence Against Women...
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Irony abounds as the left politicizes the coronavirus
(Column ~ 11/21/20)
Where has the coronavirus gone? Nowhere. The pandemic has gained a second wind, even as it is mysteriously scarcer in postelection headlines. If anything, COVID-19 seems more contagious as cold temperatures arrive, people stay in indoors and perhaps their vitamin D levels taper off...
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I'm optimistic About America
(Column ~ 11/21/20)
I'm a conservative, and I guess I should be writing a column about my great distress resulting from this election. But I'm not going to write that column, because it's not what I feel. I'm actually quite upbeat and optimistic about the country that I love...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 11/22/20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/21/20)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Nov. 17 n Medical assists were made at 3:04 a.m. on Boutin Drive; 8:17 a.m. on South Pacific Street; 1:07 p.m. on Good Hope Street; 2:49 p.m. on North Kingshighway; 4:19 p.m. on Park Place Drive; 7:48 p.m. on Jefferson Avenue;...
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Area Police report 11/20/20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/21/20)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assaults n Assault was reported in the 2800 block of Larkspur Court. n Assault was reported in the 500 block of North Kingshighway. Thefts n Theft was reported in the 1500 block of Hill Street...
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Rebecca Zieske
(Obituary ~ 11/21/20)
LAWRENCE, Wis. -- Rebecca "Becky" Ann Zieske, 69, originally of Stillwater, Minnesota, went to Heaven peacefully Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020, at her home in Lawrence. She was born to Margaret and Florian Crever Nov. 24, 1950. She married Tom Zieske on June 16, 1973...
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Huey Tewis
(Obituary ~ 11/21/20)
Huey Duane Tewis, 73, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Nov. 4, 1947, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Huey K. and Irene Norman Tewis. He and Linda Easterwood were married July 1, 1982, at Cape Girardeau...
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Eva Smith
(Obituary ~ 11/21/20)
Eva Mae Smith, 74, of Cape Girardeau died at 10:40 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until time of service Nov. 30 at the Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. at the Funeral Home. Interment will be private...
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John Reed
(Obituary ~ 11/21/20)
John Richard Reed, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Oct. 24, 1935, in Dongola, Missouri, to Charles Glenn and Ellade Adeline Ervin Reed. He and Shirley Merritt were married Dec. 19, 1954, at Cape Girardeau. She preceded him in death Sept. 17, 2017...
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Robbie O'Brien
(Obituary ~ 11/21/20)
ST. PETERS, Mo. -- Robbie Schiwitz O'Brien passed away Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, at the age of 77. She was born May, 26, 1943 in Cape Girardeau to Robert and Mable Brennecke Schiwitz. Robbie was united in marriage on May 18, 1963, to Phillip O'Brien. She is survived by her loving husband, Phillip O'Brien; son, Jim (Lisa) O'Brien; two grandchildren, Duston (Ashley) O'Brien and Andrea O'Brien; and sister, Ella Marie Hirsch...
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Joyce Monahan
(Obituary ~ 11/21/20)
Joyce E. Monahan passed away Wednesday, Nov.18, 2020, in the loving care of staff at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was the daughter of the late Ray and Mabel Johnson. Joyce loved to be outside gardening and walking. She loved her dogs, Marie and Peanut...
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Latasha Mashek
(Obituary ~ 11/21/20)
Latasha Mashek, daughter of Joyce Tankersley Spane of Chaffee, Missouri, and the late Paul Spane, was born July 30, 1976 in Lawton, Oklahoma, and departed this life Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 44...
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Pat Hunott
(Obituary ~ 11/21/20)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Pat Ann Hunott, 74, of Sikeston died Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, at St. Clare Hospital in Fenton, Missouri. She was born Sept. 10, 1946, in Sikeston to Eugene and Helen Helms Fodge. She married James Hunott. She retired from the Sikeston School District, where she had worked as a secretary, and she a member of St. Denis Catholic Church in Benton, Missouri...
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Charles Humburg
(Obituary ~ 11/21/20)
On Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, Charles "Chuck" Eugene Humburg, beloved son, brother, and father of two daughters passed away after a more than 60-day battle against COVID-19 at the age of 61. Chuck was the son of Christopher and Sandra Kolkmann Humburg and was born on Feb. ...
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Lorena Halter
(Obituary ~ 11/21/20)
Lorena Frances Halter, 85, of Scott City died Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, at the Chaffee (Missouri) Nursing Center. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home with the Rev. Mark Carbaugh officiating...
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James Hahn
(Obituary ~ 11/21/20)
James "Jim" William Hahn, 94, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, at Chateau Girardeau. Jim was born in Springfield, Missouri, Feb. 2, 1926. He was one of identical triplets with the babies collectively weighing 22 pounds. Their parents were unable to care for them, and they were sent to the Missouri Children's Home in St. Louis for adoption. After failed attempts to place the boys together, they were adopted by separate families. The three would not be reunited for 57 years...
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Arnold Edwards
(Obituary ~ 11/21/20)
Arnold Lee Edwards, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Nov. 16, 2020, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Dec. 31, 1926, in Cape Girardeau to James and Pearl Brown Edwards. He and Nina Cruce were married in 1947 in Cape Girardeau. She preceded him in death June 14, 2017...
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Daniel Driskell
(Obituary ~ 11/21/20)
Daniel Wayne Driskell, age 62, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. A private graveside service will be Tuesday at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau, with the Rev. Ron Watts officiating...
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Evelyn Brown
(Obituary ~ 11/21/20)
Evelyn Hubbard Brown, 102, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Oct. 22, 1918, in East Prairie, Missouri, to Bird and Iva Mae Allen Hubbard. She and Claud P. Brown were married July 18, 1937, at East Prairie. He preceded her in death Sept. 11, 1975...
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Clinton Braeuner
(Obituary ~ 11/21/20)
ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Clinton R. Braeuner, 85, Missouri died Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, at his residence. Visitation will be noon to 2 p.m. on Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the church with the Rev. Steven Dressler officiating...
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Mexico tops 100,000 COVID-19 deaths; 4th country to do so
(International News ~ 11/21/20)
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico passed the 100,000 mark in confirmed COVID-19 deaths, becoming only the fourth country to do so amid concerns about the lingering physical and psychological scars on survivors. Jose Luis Alomia Zegarra, Mexico's director of epidemiology, announced late Thursday that Mexico had 100,104 confirmed COVID-19 deaths, behind only the United States, Brazil and India...
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Malaysia group teaches refugee women how to read, write
(International News ~ 11/21/20)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- In a bare room, students seated on the floor recite the alphabet. But these are not children. The students are refugee women in Malaysia, some in their late 50s, who for the first time are learning how to read and write, both in Malay and English...
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Trump tries to leverage power of office to subvert Biden win
(National News ~ 11/21/20)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump sought to leverage the power of the Oval Office on Friday in an extraordinary attempt to block President-elect Joe Biden's victory as criticism mounted that his futile efforts to subvert the results of the 2020 election could do long-lasting damage to democratic traditions...
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'No more room for delay': Biden wants emergency COVID-19 aid
(National News ~ 11/21/20)
WILMINGTON, Del. -- President-elect Joe Biden is calling on Congress to enact billions of dollars in emergency COVID-19 assistance before the year's end, according to a senior adviser who warned Friday that "there's no more room for delay." Biden transition aide Jen Psaki delivered the remarks before Biden's first in-person meeting since winning the election with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer. ...
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Mnuchin denies trying to hinder incoming administration
(National News ~ 11/21/20)
WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin denied he is attempting to limit the choices President-elect Joe Biden will have to promote an economic recovery by ending several emergency loan programs being run by the Federal Reserve. Mnuchin said his decision was based on the fact the programs were not being heavily utilized. ...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 11/23/20
(Local News ~ 11/21/20)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. Monday, 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minute n Minutes from Nov. 19 meetings 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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Representative R.B. Oliver Sr.
(Column ~ 11/21/20)
The 1902 election for the Missouri House of Representatives for Cape Girardeau County pitted Robert Burett Oliver (Democrat) against John D. Porterfield (Republican), George C. Thilenius (Independent Republican) and Thomas H. Jenkins (Progressive). Oliver won with a 633-vote advantage over Porterfield: 2,149 to 1,486. ...
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Out of the past: Nov. 22
(Out of the Past ~ 11/21/20)
For less than 20 cents a pound, a family can feast on a Thanksgiving turkey; but the entire holiday meal could cost as much as $40 if you buy it prepared; the birds range in price from 12 to 19 cents per pound with an additional $50 purchase at area grocery stores; otherwise, they cost up to 69 cents per pound...
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A change in perspective
(Column ~ 11/21/20)
My son and I bought a black lemon. No, we did not find a new type of citrus. We purchased a black, twenty-year-old car that quit while driving home. After being thoroughly scrutinized by a mechanic who produced a miles long list of issues, we finally towed the black lemon home. I was now ready to throw my hands up in despair, cry out foul, lessons learned and quickly dispose of the car at the closest auto salvage yard...
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