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Southeast Missourian

2016 Winter Flooding - Day 5

Glenn Landberg and Laura Simon
Friday, January 1, 2016

Floodwaters continue to rise, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016 bringing evacuations to McClure, Illinois and sandbagging efforts in Olive Branch, Illinois. Floodwaters rise in the Red Star District of Cape Girardeau and Dutchtown as well.

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    Dale Schultz, right, rests after loading a freezer into the bed of a truck as he evacuates his home in McClure, Illinois with help from John Schultz and Clint Nale, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Glenn Landberg)
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    Close to 60 inmates with the Impact Incarceration Program of the Illinois Department of Corrections work to fill sandbags at the Alexander County Highway Department office in Olive Branch, Illinois Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. The inmates averaged 800 sandbags an hour. (Glenn Landberg)
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    Close to 60 inmates with the Impact Incarceration Program of the Illinois Department of Corrections work to fill sandbags at the Alexander County Highway Department office in Olive Branch, Illinois Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. The inmates averaged 800 sandbags an hour. (Glenn Landberg)
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    Close to 60 inmates with the Impact Incarceration Program of the Illinois Department of Corrections work to fill sandbags at the Alexander County Highway Department office in Olive Branch, Illinois Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. The inmates averaged 800 sandbags an hour. (Glenn Landberg)
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    Close to 60 inmates with the Impact Incarceration Program of the Illinois Department of Corrections work to fill sandbags at the Alexander County Highway Department office in Olive Branch, Illinois Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. The inmates averaged 800 sandbags an hour. (Glenn Landberg)
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    Floodwaters continue to rise in Olive Branch, Illinois Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Glenn Landberg)
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    Floodwaters continue to rise in Olive Branch, Illinois Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Glenn Landberg)
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    Floodwaters continue to rise in Olive Branch, Illinois Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Glenn Landberg)
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    Jim Redcloud loads a stove onto a trailer while helping his friend, Dale Schultz, evacuate his home in McClure, Illinois, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Glenn Landberg)
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    Jim Redcloud loads a stove onto a trailer while helping his friend, Dale Schultz, evacuate his home in McClure, Illinois, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Glenn Landberg)
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    Dale Schultz looks over his belonging after loading them into trucks as he evacuates his home in McClure, Illinois, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Glenn Landberg)
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    The Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge is reflected in the swollen Mississippi River, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)
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    The Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge is reflected in the swollen Mississippi River, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)
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    Mississippi River floodwater surrounds the Dry Dock in Cape Girardeau, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Laura Simon)
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    Workers switch shifts by boat down at the Dry Dock in Cape Girardeau Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2015. (Laura Simon)
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    Mississippi River floodwater surrounds the Dry Dock in Cape Girardeau, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Laura Simon)
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    Mississippi River floodwater surrounds the Dry Dock in Cape Girardeau, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Laura Simon)
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    The Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge is reflected in the swollen Mississippi River, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)
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    Volunteers fill sandbags outside the Red Star Baptist Church Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)
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    Four-year-old volunteer Zeke Sumner swings his shovel full of sand around to fill a sandbag outside the Red Star Baptist Church Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. Sumner brought his own shovel Friday because the shovels that were there Thursday were too big for him to use properly. (Laura Simon)
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    Four-year-old volunteer Zeke Sumner waits, shovel in tow, for more sand to be dropped off to fill sandbags outside the Red Star Baptist Church Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. Sumner brought his own shovel Friday because the shovels that were there Thursday were too big for him to use properly. (Laura Simon)
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    Four-year-old volunteer Zeke Sumner waits, shovel in tow, for more sand to be dropped off to fill sandbags outside the Red Star Baptist Church Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. Sumner brought his own shovel Friday because the shovels that were there Thursday were too big for him to use properly. (Laura Simon)
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    Volunteers Zoe Thompson, left, and Jason Hill, right, shovel sand into sandbags outside the Red Star Baptist Church Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)
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    People walking along the entrance to the Red Star Baptist Church are reflected in the rising floodwater from Mississippi River, Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)
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    The entrance to the Red Star Baptist Church is reflected in the rising floodwater from Mississippi River, Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)
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    The entrance to the Red Star Baptist Church is reflected in the rising floodwater from Mississippi River, Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)
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    The Rivers Edge in the Red Star District are reflected in the rising Mississippi River floodwater Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)
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    Flooded homes in the Red Star District are reflected in the rising Mississippi River floodwater Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)
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    Sandbags line the entrance to the Red Star Food Pantry on North Main Street Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)
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    People work to keep water out from the Red Star Food Pantry on North Main Street Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)
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    The sunset is reflected in the floodwater near the Red Star Food Pantry on North Main Street as a motorist makes his way home, Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)
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    The sunset is reflected in the floodwater near the Red Star Food Pantry on North Main Street Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)
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    People stop on Big Bend Road to get a glimpse and photos of the floodwater over the bridge near Olive Street, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. That portion of Big Bend Road closed to traffic on Friday as floodwater crept over the bridge. (Laura Simon)
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    Flooded homes in the Red Star District are reflected in the rising Mississippi River floodwater Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)
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    Flooded homes in the Red Star District are reflected in the rising Mississippi River floodwater Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)
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    People stop on Big Bend Road to get a glimpse and photos of the floodwater over the bridge near Olive Street, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. That portion of Big Bend Road closed to traffic on Friday as floodwater crept over the bridge. (Laura Simon)
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    Flooded homes in the Red Star District are reflected in the rising Mississippi River floodwater Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)
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    People stop on Big Bend Road to get a glimpse and photos of the floodwater over the bridge near Olive Street, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. That portion of Big Bend Road closed to traffic on Friday as floodwater crept over the bridge. (Laura Simon)
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    Homes in the Red Star District are reflected in the floodwater behind 83-year-old John "Jiggs" Dietiker as he walks along Big Bend Road to his home, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. Dietiker moved to Cape Girardeau on New Year's Day 76 years ago, and has lived in the same home at the corner of Big Bend and Olive streets for 57 years. While he was serving in Japan and Korea from 1950-52, his mother would send him newspaper clippings from the flooding in Cape Girardeau. Dietiker and his wife, Minnie Mae were married for 60 years and nine months, and she would have been 82-years-old on Monday, Jan. 4. Dietiker took out a newspaper add with a really nice photo of her on it in Monday's paper to wish her a happy birthday. "I miss her a lot" he said. (Laura Simon)
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    Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Laura Simon)
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    Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Laura Simon)
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    Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Laura Simon)
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    Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Laura Simon)
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    Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Laura Simon)
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    Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Laura Simon)
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    Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Laura Simon)
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    Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Laura Simon)
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    Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Laura Simon)
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    Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Laura Simon)
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    Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Laura Simon)
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    Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Laura Simon)
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    Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Laura Simon)
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    Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Laura Simon)
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    Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Laura Simon)
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    Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Laura Simon)
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    Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Laura Simon)
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    Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Laura Simon)
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    Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Laura Simon)
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    Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Laura Simon)
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    Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Laura Simon)
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    Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Laura Simon)
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    Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Laura Simon)
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    Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Laura Simon)
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    Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (Laura Simon)