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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda for 5/6/21 meeting
(Local News ~ 05/06/21)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. today 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minute n Minutes from April 29 meeting n Minutes from closed session meeting on April 26 Routine business n Purchase orders n Payroll change forms n Inventory forms Appointments and possible action items...
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Sides for those May party meals
(Community ~ 05/06/21)
May is always a full month of gatherings for Mother's Day, graduation parties and Memorial Day, and when family and friends get together, there is almost always good food. Typically the main entree is an easy decision, but then there are endless possibilities for side dishes...
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Jackson announces holiday trash collection schedule
(Local News ~ 05/06/21)
The trash collection schedule in the City of Jackson has been adjusted becauseo of the upcoming Memorial Day observance later this month. Jackson's sanitation department will be closed Memorial Day, May 31. Residential trash normally collected Mondays will be picked up Tuesday, June 1, that week along with garbage normally collected Tuesdays...
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Coming this weekend: Athletes jump into action during Special Olympics' Cape Spring Games
(Local News ~ 05/06/21)
Tyler Willer, 15, lifts off in the long jump competition during Special Olympics Missouri's Cape Spring Games on Monday at Cape Girardeau Central High School in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Restorations underway for Bicentennial Mural in downtown Cape
(Local News ~ 05/06/21)
If you had to stay outside through 28 years of erratic Missouri weather, you wouldn't look too great either. The Bicentennial Mural has towered over Broadway and North Fountain Street in Cape Girardeau since 1993. Since then, it has cracked and faded, and is in great need of repair, according to Sarah LaVenture, Old Town Cape's assistant director...
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Where the river flows and the ribs are dry-rubbed
(Community ~ 05/06/21)
The floodgates at the Mississippi River are open again, and I was there, watching the water scroll endlessly to the right. I wasn't born in this part of the country, so I try not to take the river for granted. There is so much water there. It boggles the mind how many gallons are passing, and yet, still the river runs. ...
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Parson issues 'return to office' directive
(Local News ~ 05/06/21)
Noting the widespread availability of COVID-19 vaccines, Gov. Mike Parson issued a directive Wednesday calling for all state workers to return to their offices for "in-person" work no later than May 17. The directive also called for all state buildings to be open and accessible to the public during normal business hours...
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Communicating Through Chaos: Retired Navy Line Officer recalls the Pueblo Incident
(05/06/21)
As the cryptologic equipment screamed a warning tone and messages poured into the communication station, Christine Dickman says she didn’t have time to feel stressed. “It was overwhelming, but you couldn’t be overwhelmed,” she says. ...
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Book Review: ‘How We Got to Now’ by Steven Johnson
(B Magazine ~ 05/06/21)
A couple of days ago I switched my thermometer to “cooling,” set the temperature at 70 degrees, and proceeded to grab a chilled drink from the fridge and added a few ice cubes for good measure. On most days, I take each of those little things for granted. But on that day, I felt a much deeper sense of gratitude for these cold features in my life...
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The Process of Making Soap: Autumn Abernathy practices traditional craft in Jackson
(05/06/21)
Autumn Abernathy of Jackson was experiencing abnormal headaches, numbness and tingling, and none of the doctors she saw about it could tell her why. Her counselor suggested she take up an activity she loved to do as a child.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/06/21)
Today is Thursday, May 6, the 126th day of 2021. There are 239 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 6, 1954, medical student Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile during a track meet in Oxford, England, in 3:59.4. On this date:...
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Speak Out 5/6/21
(Speak Out ~ 05/06/21)
I almost fell out of my chair when I saw the front page of the paper. Cape Girardeau road conditions are 97% good or fair? Cape roads are the worst than any town I go to. There are holes everywhere, not dips, but holes. It rattles my cars to death. They are in shambles. Please fix them and quit worrying about COVID, COVID, COVID and a new pool...
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Prayer 5/6/21
(Prayer ~ 05/06/21)
O Lord Jesus, may we encourage one another and build each other up. Amen.
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Cape Girardeau fire report 5/6/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/06/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. May 4 n Medical assists were made at 9:37 a.m. on Siemers Drive; 10:59 a.m. on Cape Meadows Circle; 11:11 a.m. on West Cape Rock Drive; 1:41 p.m. on South Kingshighway; 3:39 p.m. on South West End Boulevard; 7:13 p.m. on South Lorimier Street; 10:30 p.m. on North Spring Avenue...
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Cape Girardeau police report 5/6/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/06/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following item. Miscellaneous n Property damage in the 1500 block of Dunklin Street.
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Gregory Swoboda
(Obituary ~ 05/06/21)
Gregory Roy Swoboda, 34, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, May 2, 2021, at 1 p.m. at his home. Gregory was born Aug. 6, 1986, in Cape Girardeau, a son of Gilbert and Linda Bucher Swoboda III. Gregory previously worked for Starbucks and was a big-hearted person with a great sense of humor...
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John Pfefferkorn
(Obituary ~ 05/06/21)
John Pfefferkorn, 70, died peacefully in his sleep, in his favorite recliner, surrounded by his family on May 3, 2021. He and his wife Brenda recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Together, they had three children, Johnny, Jamie, and Josh. Those children provided them with seven beautiful grandchildren -- Peyton, Jacob, Andrew, Ava, Alise, Levi, and Lola...
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Jerome Dannenmueller
(Obituary ~ 05/06/21)
Jerome "Butch" Dannenmueller, 75, of Scott City died Monday, May 3, 2021, at his home. He was born March 16, 1946, in Oran, Missouri, to Cornelius and Marie Jansen Dannenmueller. He married Martha Jane Menz on June 3, 1967. She preceded him in death Nov. 9, 2010...
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Gail Cobell
(Obituary ~ 05/06/21)
ST. MARY, Mo. -- Gail Ann Cobell, 66, of St. Mary died Sunday, May 2, 2021, at SSM St. Clare Hospital in Fenton, Missouri. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today and from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Friday at Christ the Savior Catholic Church in Brewer, Missouri...
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Anita Branscum
(Obituary ~ 05/06/21)
Anita Alene Branscum, dearly-loved wife, mother, Nana, sister and friend, brightened this world for 77 years. She passed from this life surrounded by loved ones Tuesday, May 4, 2021, at her home in Jackson. Her faith in Christ and her positive outlook characterized her entire life...
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Quick glaze transforms weeknight chicken
(Community ~ 05/06/21)
It's hard to resist the allure of a roasted chicken lacquered with a glistening glaze. It's even harder to nail the recipe. And the challenge is the very ingredient that makes the chicken so attractive -- the sugar. Most glazes contain plenty of sugar. And during roasting, that sugar caramelizes to add deep sweet-savory notes to the meat and intensify browning. Trouble is, many glazes drip off during cooking, creating a sticky, scorched mess on your pan and leaving the chicken looking limp...
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Facebook board upholds Trump ban, just not indefinitely
(National News ~ 05/06/21)
Former President Donald Trump won't return to Facebook -- at least not yet. Four months after Facebook suspended Trump's accounts, having concluded he incited violence leading to the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the company's quasi-independent oversight board upheld the bans. ...
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COVID's U.S. toll projected to drop sharply by end of July
(National News ~ 05/06/21)
NEW YORK -- Teams of experts are projecting COVID-19's toll on the U.S. will fall sharply by the end of July, according to research released by the government Wednesday. But they also warn a "substantial increase" in hospitalizations and deaths is possible if unvaccinated people do not follow basic precautions such as wearing a mask and keeping their distance from others...
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Out of the past: May 6
(Out of the Past ~ 05/06/21)
Judy Woods feels "lucky to be alive" after high winds yesterday ripped the roof from her Scott City home just as she grabbed her 3-year-old daughter Autumn and headed for the basement; the Missouri Weather Cooperative at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport reported a wind gust up of to 79 miles an hour at 1:47 p.m., about the time Woods' roof was peeled from her home at 405 Harvard; about half dozen other homes in Scott City had damage from either wind or flying debris; damage was widespread; the winds caused isolated power outages and downed trees that temporarily blocked some roads; at least two small fires from lightning strikes were reported along with small hail.. ...
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Meadow Heights Middle School Teacher Receives Grant from WGU Missouri
(Submitted Story ~ 05/06/21)
Sarah Yamnitz, a seventh and eighth grade agriculture teacher at Meadow Heights Middle School in Patton, Mo., received a $50 grant through WGU Missouri’s “Fund My Classroom” initiative. The funds will be used by Yamnitz to purchase materials that will allow her to create a unique activity her students can use to simulate grazing situations with cattle or sheep while in a classroom setting. Yamnitz was virtually awarded the grant on May 6...
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