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A Look Back
(07/16/22)
Published July 15, 1990
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Pilot arrested after landing plane on interstate near Kansas City
(State News ~ 07/16/22)
GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. -- An intoxicated pilot was arrested after landing a small aircraft early Friday on Interstate 70 southeast of Kansas City, Missouri, after radioing that he had run out of fuel, authorities said. The landing about 2:30 a.m. east of Grain Valley, roughly 20 miles southeast of Kansas City, closed westbound lanes of the highway for more than 2 1/2 hours, KCTV reported...
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Jackson's wastewater vote - no new taxes, a dime per day more in fees, says mayor
(Local News ~ 07/16/22)
With an election a little more than two weeks away, Jackson Mayor Dwain Hahs Friday went to Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce to urge a "yes" vote Aug. 2 on a $10.1 million no-tax-increase bond referendum aimed at upgrading the city's 33-year-old wastewater treatment plant and creating more sewerage capacity for one of the faster-growing municipalities in the state...
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COVID-19 cases surging in Cape, Scott counties
(Local News ~ 07/16/22)
Cape Girardeau County was placed in the high risk category for COVID-19 Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Risk categories for the county are determined by the CDC using data from the state Department of Health and Senior Services. The upgrade to high risk means the CDC recommends wearing a mask indoors in public places and taking extra precautions if immunocompromised. Scott County is also in the high-risk category...
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A sprint car racer’s journey from zero to hero
(07/16/22)
There’s something to be said about the significance of pursuing a hobby for decades, going from a novice to season championship winner, as well as making lifetime friends and an abundance of memories. Throughout the past 66 years, this is exactly what Quentin Campbell, a sprint car racer from Perryville, M
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Out of the past: July 16
(Out of the Past ~ 07/16/22)
A group of concerned Jackson merchants and business owners are getting up very early once a week; for the past two months, on Thursday mornings at 7, the group -- the Small Business Recruitment Committee -- has been meeting to discuss the future of small businesses in Jackson; Councilwoman Val Tuschhoff, a member of the group, says about 12 Jackson business men and women decided to become active in the recruitment of small businesses to Jackson...
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Thompson-50 years
(Anniversary ~ 07/16/22)
Ed and Marsha Thompson of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary June 17. Their children hosted a dinner on May 27 at Dalhousie Golf Club. Thompson and the former Marsha McHaney were married June 17, 1972, in Kennett, Missouri. The couple has four children, Kristi (Keith) Baker of Greenfield, Indiana, Chris (Laura) Thompson of Fairway, Kansas, Jon Mark (Paige) Thompson of Nashville, Tennessee, and Lauren (Neel) Jiwanlal of Prairie Village Kansas. ...
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Our minds are strange but amazing
(Community ~ 07/16/22)
When we moved to Scott City back in 1986, I was pastoring a church here in Scott City and it seemed like I was busy all the time. We had church twice on Sunday and then Wednesday evening. Throw in an extra event a week and there weren't many free days. All the time I pastored, I probably never slept more than two or three hours on Saturday night...
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July Yard of the month
(Community ~ 07/16/22)
Ramblewood Garden Club has awarded the July Yard of the Month to Joe Marvel, who lives and gardens at 1903 College St. here in Cape Girardeau. Marvel is a Navy veteran who spent his Navy service at Long Beach, California. His duties included being a chef and driver for the Base Commander. ...
- Adopt Rain 7-16-22 (Community ~ 07/16/22)
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Senior Center Menus for July 18-22
(Community ~ 07/16/22)
Monday: Taco salad or turkey bacon salad, beans and corn, tortilla chips, whole-grain crackers and chilled tropical fruit or mixed berry crisp. Tuesday: Chicken tenders or stuffed cabbage roll, potato salad, sweet and sour beets, whole-grain bread slice and sugar-free gelatin with bananas or fresh baked cookies...
- Marine Corps League hold canned food drive for Safehouse. (Community ~ 07/16/22)
- St. Joseph School presented with flag (Community ~ 07/16/22)
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Parents are responsible
(Column ~ 07/16/22)
Did you see the video of the young children in their diapers and underwear who were cussing out the police officers? My heart breaks to think of how this must make our police officers feel. This is learned behavior to disrespect authority. Proverbs 22:6 says, "Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old, he will not depart from it." Skeptics believe that our Christian faith is nothing more than socialization, and they deny the truth behind our religious convictions. ...
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Everyone's contribution counts
(Column ~ 07/16/22)
There is a story from 1 Samuel 30, where the village where David, his army and their families lived was raided. The attacking army burned the town and took their wives and children into captivity and other items. When David and the army discovered their home in ruins and their families missing, they wept and set out on a great quest to return what had been taken...
- Shields receives scholarship (Community ~ 07/16/22)
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FYI 7-17-22
(Community ~ 07/16/22)
The Knights of Columbus in Scott City will hold its third-Sunday breakfast from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. July 17. Menu includes biscuits and gravy, pancakes, scrambled eggs, hash browns and homemade pork sausage. Also, sausage can be bought by the pound. To order sausage, call Gary at (573) 576-6451...
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Sri Lanka's PM sworn in as president
(International News ~ 07/16/22)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka's prime minister was sworn in Friday as interim president until Parliament elects a successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled abroad and resigned after mass protests over the country's economic collapse. Lawmakers were to convene Saturday to choose a new leader who would serve the remainder of Rajapaksa's term, which ends in 2024...
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Retail sales up 1% in June, easing fears of a recession
(National News ~ 07/16/22)
NEW YORK -- Consumers picked up their spending from May to June, underscoring their resilience despite painfully higher prices at the gas pump and in grocery aisles and allaying fears that the economy might be on the verge of a recession. U.S. retail sales rose 1% in June, from a revised decline of 0.1 % in May, the Commerce Department said Friday...
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New 988 hotline is the 911 for mental health emergencies
(National News ~ 07/16/22)
Quick help for suicidal thoughts and other mental health emergencies will soon be as easy as 9-8-8. The United States' first nationwide three-digit mental health crisis hotline goes live on Saturday. It's designed to be as easy to remember and use as 911, but instead of a dispatcher sending police, firefighters or paramedics, 988 will connect callers with trained mental health counselors...
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House votes to restore abortion rights
(National News ~ 07/16/22)
WASHINGTON -- The House has voted to restore abortion rights nationwide in Democrats' first legislative response to the Supreme Court's landmark decision overturning Roe v. Wade. The bill has little chance of becoming law, with the necessary support lacking in the 50-50 Senate. Yet voting marks the beginning of a new era in the debate as lawmakers, governors and legislatures grapple with the impact of the court's decision...
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Ukrainian rescue teams hunt for survivors in Vinnytsia
(International News ~ 07/16/22)
VINNYTSIA, Ukraine -- Rescue teams with sniffer dogs combed through debris in a central Ukrainian city on Friday looking for people still missing after a Russian missile strike a day earlier that killed at least 23 people. Russian forces, meanwhile, pounded other sites in a painstaking push to wrest territory from Ukraine and try to soften unbending morale of its leaders, civilians and troops as the war nears the five-month mark...
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Manchin wants Dems to pause budget bill, risking its fate
(National News ~ 07/16/22)
WASHINGTON -- Democrats should delay President Joe Biden's signature economic package until later this summer, Sen. Joe Manchin said Friday, a demand that would jeopardize the party's environment and tax goals and postpone a congressional showdown over the plan until the cusp of November's elections...
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Prayer 7-17-22
(Prayer ~ 07/16/22)
O Father God, bless us and keep us safe in our comings and goings. Amen.
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How anti-abortion laws complicate medical degrees
(Column ~ 07/16/22)
We have a big medical mess that will cost women their lives and physicians their competency. That realization is what stopped me in my tracks as I listened to Dr. Toni M. Ganzel, Dean of the University of Louisville School of Medicine speak to the Kentucky Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary last week...
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Politicians: Fix our laws
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/16/22)
My profession is building. One of my projects was a small addition. We spent all day building the roof structure, rafter by rafter. It seemed right while we were building it; but at the end of the day, when we stepped back, I realized I had made a mistake in my calculations -- the fascia board was an inch and a half out of level. We spent the entire next day disassembling, correcting and reassembling. I didn't make any money that day, but I slept better that night...
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Abortion isn't saving the Democrats
(Column ~ 07/16/22)
Democrats have been looking for a political lifeline and believe that the Dobbs case overturning Roe v. Wade is it. The problem is that their radicalism makes them out of step on this issue, as they are on so many others. A party that exists in its own echo chamber and that is more and more reliant on the votes of a highly educated, socially progressive portion of the electorate simply can't process the idea that the rest of the country may be in a different place. ...
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'Agency': An important new book about America
(Column ~ 07/16/22)
The Gallup polling organization seems to serve up endlessly bleak news about how Americans feel about God and country. I wrote recently about their report of the historically low percentage of Americans that say they believe in God. Now Gallup reports that a historically low number of Americans believe in ourselves and our country...
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Center junction is working
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/16/22)
I was skeptical when I saw the design of center junction, but after a few times through it, I came to the conclusion it is an ingenious design. The lights are coordinated so traffic flows smoothly as long as drivers don't poke along. The design is such that all entrances and exits to I-55 do not cross opposing lanes thus virtually eliminating T-bone and head-on collisions...
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Police report 7-17-22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/16/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n Assault and a warrant arrest were reported on South Silver Springs Road. n A warrant arrest was reported on Independence Street...
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Fire report 7-17-22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/16/22)
Cape Girardeau Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. July 13 n Medical assist was made at 3:54 p.m. on North Street. n At 9:58 a.m., fire alarm on North Sprigg Street. July 14 n At 9:38 a.m., fire alarm on South Silver Springs Road...
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Out of the past: July 17
(Out of the Past ~ 07/16/22)
A gas war is underway in Cape Girardeau; gasoline prices have tumbled 12 to 13 cents a gallon at service stations this week, leaving prices at a few cents over a dollar; prices plummeted at three stations along the William Street corridor Monday to lows of $1.02 to $1.03 for self-service, regular unleaded fuel; at least two other stations joined in the "war" yesterday...
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Dale Thieret
(Obituary ~ 07/16/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Dale J. Thieret, 83, of Perryville, died Thursday, July 14, 2022, in Perryville. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and from 8 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church in Sereno, Missouri. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the church, with the Rev. Mark Pranaitis, C.M., officiating. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery...
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Pearla Smith
(Obituary ~ 07/16/22)
Pearla Mae Smith, 65, of Jackson, passed away July 14, 2022, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 26, 1956, in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, daughter of Charles D. and Carrie Roca Skelton. She and David E. Murphy were married Oct. 7, 1978, at Christ Lutheran Church in Gordonville. They had two children born to their union. David passed away Sept. 5, 1998...
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Jessie Smith
(Obituary ~ 07/16/22)
Jessie Mae Smith, 89, of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, July 15, 2022. Arrangements are pending at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Bernard Glueck
(Obituary ~ 07/16/22)
KELSO, Mo. -- Bernard Charles Glueck, 60, of Kelso died Thursday, July 14, 2022, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
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Damon Davie
(Obituary ~ 07/16/22)
Damon Davie, age 52, of, Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, July 12, 2022, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau, with the Rev. Douglas Breite officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery...
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Norman Chapman
(Obituary ~ 07/16/22)
Gale Norman Chapman, 76, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Norman was born Oct. 19, 1945, to Billy Sunday and Gladys Scism Chapman. He and Sharon Ackman were married Feb. 22, 1966, in Cape Girardeau...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda for 7/18/22 meeting
(Local News ~ 07/16/22)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. today 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Minutes of stated meetings of July 14 Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on the agenda Appointments and possible action items...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda for 7-18--22
(Local News ~ 07/16/22)
Cape Girardeau city council 5 p.m. Monday, City Hall Presentations n Beautiful Business Property of the Month Items for discussion n Appearances by Advisory Board Applicants n Planning and Zoning Commission report n Consent Agenda Review Consent agenda...
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Watchdog briefs panel on erased Secret Service texts
(National News ~ 07/16/22)
WASHINGTON -- The watchdog for the Department of Homeland Security on Friday briefed all nine members of the House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol attack about his finding that the Secret Service deleted texts from around Jan. 6, according to two people familiar with the matter...
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Jackson Board of Aldermen agenda for 7-18-22
(Local News ~ 07/16/22)
City of Jackson mayor and Board of Aldermen Regular meeting 6 p.m. Monday ADOPTION OF AGENDA n Motion adopting the Regular Meeting Agenda. Public Hearings n Hearing to consider a Special Use Permit for a high-density mixed residential development in a C-2 (General Commercial) District at 957 West Independence Street, as submitted by Brennon Todt...
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Reading the evidence
(Column ~ 07/16/22)
You can probably identify the poison ivy in this photo. Poison ivy has three leaflets on each leaf stem. Some other plants have similar three leaflet leaf configurations. The clusters of little pea-sized green berries further and conclusively identify this plant as poison ivy...
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When death comes
(Column ~ 07/16/22)
Dying, as a person of African descent, meant the segregation experienced in life followed in death. Through the late 1800s and early 1900s, Cape Girardeau County "colored" and paupers grave sites, in city and church cemeteries, were allowed only in sections along outer perimeters. Graves were designated with little more than field stones or hand-poured cement markers. In rural areas, enslaved were buried a discrete distance from enslaver family cemeteries, along tree lines of farm fields...
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