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Southeast Missourian

First Snow of Winter 2018

Tyler Graef, Ben Matthews
Thursday, November 15, 2018

A few inches of overnight snow was enough to keep kids from several school districts home Thursday, but many people bundled up and headed outside anyway to enjoy Cape Girardeau's first significant snow of the year.

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    Willow Rieger, 6, tries to catch a snowflake while sledding on the Ivers Square hill during the first snow day of the year Thursday. (Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    A delivery driver snaps a quick photo of the snow-laden courthouse while stopped at the intersection of N. Spanish and Themis Streets Thursday. (Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Ethan Flood, 28, rides a broken dumpster lid down the Ivers Square hill as Shelly Bodenstein, 24, looks on during the first snow of the year Thursday. (Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Kennith Evans helps three-year-old Lydia Evans put the arms on a snowman Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Dallis Coonts, 11, snowboards down a hill at Capaha Park on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Clockwise from top right, Easy Stilson watches her twin granddaughters, Allie and Abbie Cook, sled down a hill Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Abbie Cook, left, sleds backwards down a hill as her twin sister, Allie, prepares for her next run Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Abbie Cook, left, reaches the top of a hill as her twin sister, Allie, makes her ascent while sledding Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    From left, Aaron Lang and AJ Branson watch with Noah Branson as Haley Brazel builds a snowman for the first time Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    From left, Haley Brazel, Jacqui Lang, AJ Branson and Noah Branson decorate a snowman Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)