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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda for 8/5/21 meeting
(Local News ~ 08/05/21)
Approval of minutes n Minutes from July 29 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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It's all about zucchini
(Community ~ 08/05/21)
At one time or another we've probably all heard the jokes about not leaving your car windows down in the summer or you may find several zucchini in your car when you return. Zucchini grows so easily and plentiful. Some say you can almost see it grow in the peak of season. If you miss one today, it might be too big tomorrow...
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Tornado-damaged health facility reopens in Dexter
(Local News ~ 08/05/21)
SoutheastHEALTH has reopened portions of its Dexter, Missouri, health care facility, which was damaged in a tornado July 10. The emergency services, behavioral health and inpatient units at Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County reopened Wednesday morning, according to SoutheastHEALTH’s marketing department...
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Scott City Council votes to extend hours of use for utility task vehicles
(Local News ~ 08/05/21)
Scott City Council voted to amend the city’s ordinance on utility task vehicles (UTV) Monday night. The amendment would allow drivers of UTVs to drive the vehicles from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. as long as the UTVs have turn signals. The ordinance previously restricted drivers from using UTVs before sunrise and after sunset...
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Oh, oh, those summer heights
(Local News ~ 08/05/21)
Swimmers flock to a Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center pool, as seen from above, Tuesday in Cape Girardeau. ...
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U.S. Rep. Billy Long of Missouri announces 2022 Senate bid
(State News ~ 08/05/21)
U.S. Rep. Billy Long, a conservative from southwestern Missouri, is entering the crowded race for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Missouri. Long, 65, announced his Senate bid Tuesday night on Tucker Carlson's show on Fox News. He joins a long list of GOP candidates seeking the 2022 nomination for the seat being vacated by incumbent Republican Roy Blunt, who announced in March he would not seek a third term...
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Cape Schools schedule groundbreaking at Jefferson
(Local News ~ 08/05/21)
Groundbreaking is set for Aug. 12 at Jefferson Elementary to mark the start of construction of the Jefferson Civic Center project, the Cape Girardeau School District announced Tuesday. The scheduled 3:30 p.m. ceremony at the school at 520 Minnesota Ave. in Cape Girardeau will mark one of the initiatives and building improvements funded through voter approval of an April 2019 $12 million bond issue plebiscite...
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Cape Junior High to implement intervention and enrichment time
(Local News ~ 08/05/21)
Terry W. Kitchen Junior High School is changing its schedule this upcoming school year to focus specific instruction and enrichment time on English language arts and math. What I Need time — WIN time — will be 35 minutes, four days each week. The school's principal, Garett Cook, said WIN time has been in the works for months and began with the goal of creating time to help students, no matter if they are advanced in their studies or need extra help...
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The Mudcat Coffee House serves up an easy Sunday morning
(Community ~ 08/05/21)
Have you heard Lionel Richie's song "Easy"? Easy like Sunday Morning. Where did he get that idea? My Sundays are not easy. Sunday feels like a time warp — hours speed by in double-time. One minute the sun is gently waking me up then BAM! it is 8 p.m., and I am trying to finish up Saturday things while preparing for Monday things. ...
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Bliss book signing set Friday
(Local News ~ 08/05/21)
Author and retired Southeast Missourian reporter Mark H. Bliss will sign copies of his inaugural mystery novel, “Foul Rising,” at a book signing Friday at the historic Glenn House, 325 S. Spanish St., in Cape Girardeau. The book signing is part of the Moonlight at the Glenn festivities, which follows Tunes at Twilight, starting at 7:30 p.m. ...
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Local forester travels to Wyoming to lend fire suppression aid
(Local News ~ 08/05/21)
As a forester with the Missouri Department of Conservation, Jennifer Behnken typically works with community groups and governments in the region to promote the advocacy and care of trees. Recently, however, Behnken’s job has taken her much farther than Missouri...
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Cape County passes 10,000 virus cases
(Local News ~ 08/05/21)
Cape Girardeau County passed a COVID-19 milestone Wednesday, as county health officials reported total cases in the county surpassed 10,000. According to the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center, the county has tallied 10,013 cases of the disease associated with coronavirus...
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Cape city officials asked to enforce deer feeding ban
(Local News ~ 08/05/21)
The City of Cape Girardeau, which has authorized a Nov. 1 to Dec. 5 archery hunt for deer on five designated public parcels, now is being asked anew to crack down on people feeding deer, a violation of city statutes for the last nine years. At Monday's City Council meeting during public comments, resident Richard Bollwerk of 1537 Parksite Drive gave a detailed presentation about what he sees as violation of Cape Girardeau's 2012 ordinance forbidding the feeding of does, bucks and fawns within city limits -- especially in the north end of the municipality. ...
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Damage to water main puts areas of Jackson under boil-water advisory
(Local News ~ 08/05/21)
A precautionary boil-water advisory has been issued in Annwood Estates in Jackson and surrounding addresses until further notice. City officials were notified of damage caused to a water main Wednesday, located at the intersection of Brittany Drive and East Jackson Boulevard near the entrance to Annwood Estates Subdivision...
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Sponsored: Cape Girardeau Urology introduces new device for prostate procedure
(B Magazine ~ 08/05/21)
Cape Girardeau Urology is introducing a new device to aid in prostate procedures — the UroLift System. The UroLift System is the only enlarged prostate procedure that does not require heating, cutting or destruction of prostate tissue. Compared to other benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) procedures, the UroLift System treatment has a strong safety profile with minimal side effects, and can be performed at the physician’s office under local anesthesia...
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Boil-water advisory for Jackson lifted
(Local News ~ 08/05/21)
A precautionary boil-water advisory has been lifted for the Annwood Estates area and surrounding addresses in Jackson. City officials were notified of damage caused to a water main Wednesday, located at the intersection of Brittany Drive and East Jackson Boulevard near the entrance to Annwood Estates Subdivision...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/05/21)
Today in History Today is Thursday, Aug. 5, the 217th day of 2021. There are 148 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 5, 1962, South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was arrested on charges of leaving the country without a passport and inciting workers to strike; it was the beginning of 27 years of imprisonment...
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“They Made Education No. 1”
(08/05/21)
When John Barber attended Brazeau School from 1950 to 1958, the school at Seventy-Six, Mo., an unincorporated community in the Brazeau Township of Perry County that depopulated in the 1950s, had just closed. Although there were eight grades represented at Brazeau School, the teacher only taught six grades each year, and John started school during a year that got skipped, going from fourth grade to sixth grade to fifth grade to eighth grade to seventh grade throughout his time there. ...
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Prayer 8/5/21
(Prayer ~ 08/05/21)
Lord Jesus, thank you for coming that we may have eternal life through you. Amen.
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 8/5/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/05/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Aug. 3 n Medical assists were made at 8:32 a.m. at Star Vue; 11:14 a.m. on Independence Street; 11:32 a.m. on William Street; 1:49 p.m. on Lorraine Drive; 6:49 p.m. on Valley Creek Road; 11:36 p.m. on North Fountain Street. n At 9:45 a.m., lift assist on New Madrid Street...
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Jack Strong
(Obituary ~ 08/05/21)
BROOKLAND, Ark. -- Jack Elwood Strong, 82, of Brookland passed from this life Thursday, July 29, 2021, with his family by his side at the Ridgecrest Nursing Home. He was born to the late William Marshall and Lillian Walker Strong in Cape Girardeau May 24, 1939. Jack had resided in the Jonesboro, Arkansas/Brookland area since 1981, after moving from Scott City. He was a member of First Nazarene Church in Cape Girardeau...
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Lillian Rush
(Obituary ~ 08/05/21)
Lillian Martin Rush, 74, of Cape Girardeau died Monday Aug. 2, 2021, at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Monday at Lighthouse United Church in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at noon Monday at the church with Apostle Adrian Taylor Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...
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Terrence Howell
(Obituary ~ 08/05/21)
Terrence Leo Howell, 80, of Jackson died Thursday, July 15, 2021, at his home. He was born Nov. 3, 1940, in Rockview, Missouri, to Leo Arley and Wilma Elizabeth Jennings Howell. He and Martha James were married Jan. 22, 1971, in Jackson. He was an engineer with Cotton Belt Railroad, later Southern Pacific, retiring after 40 years, and was a member of the Elk's Lodge in Jackson and Masonic Lodge in Cape Girardeau...
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Martha Felty
(Obituary ~ 08/05/21)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Martha E. Felty, daughter of the late George Herman McBride Sr. and Juanita Lear Robbins, was born May 23, 1948, in Blomeyer, Missouri, and departed this life at the Mercy Hospital in Lebanon, Missouri, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, at the age of 73 years...
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Karen Baugher
(Obituary ~ 08/05/21)
Karen Kay Baugher, 69, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday. July 29, 2021, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Sept. 6, 1951 to William Paul and Clara May Bosse Kirtley of Cape Girardeau. Karen was a seamstress at Tri-Con for many years and later graduated from Metro Business College as a medical assistant...
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Melba Balentinee
(Obituary ~ 08/05/21)
Melba Marie Balentine, 88, of Scott City died Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, at Foutainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Lightner Cemetery in Scott City. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements...
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Sweet, savory combo pops in melon salad
(Community ~ 08/05/21)
To the uninitiated, the Italian pairing of melon and prosciutto may sound odd. But anyone who tries it learns the sweet fruit combines with salty richness into a deceptively simple whole greater than the sum of its parts. For the height of summer, we kept that lesson in mind as we riffed on the savory-sweet classic in our book "COOKish," which limits recipes to just six ingredients without sacrificing flavor. ...
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Out of the past: Aug. 5
(Out of the Past ~ 08/05/21)
The celebration is over, and hospital visitors walk through a newly completed lobby at Southeast Hospital; yesterday, the hospital threw a party for the community to celebrate the lobby's opening and the culmination of Southeast's five-year development plan...
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Stuff the Bus is back!
(Submitted Story ~ 08/05/21)
On August 6 and 7, United Way is partnering with Saint Francis Healthcare, KFVS12, Withers Broadcasting, Salvation Army, and Walmart to collect basic school supplies to help an estimated 1,000 families during their annual Stuff the Bus campaign. School buses will be parked in front of participating Walmart stores on August 7th from 9 a.m. ...
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