April 5, 2010

Mayor Jay Knudtson: a look back

A pictorial review of Cape Girardeau Mayor Jay Knudtson during his two terms.

Southeast Missourian

Cape Girardeau Mayor Jay Knudtson, right, as Don Louis Lorimier, greets Meriwether Lewis, portrayed by Scott Mandrell, in front of the Red House Interpretive Center on November 23, 2003 in downtown Cape Girardeau. Re-enactors with the Discovery Expedition of St. Charles stopped at Cape Girardeau for the weekend. (Chris Smith)

Cape Girardeau Mayor Jay Knudtson speaks to the crowd with Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder after the finish of Stage Two of the Tour of Missouri in downtown Cape Girardeau on Sept. 8, 2009. (Fred Lynch)

Cape Girardeau Mayor Jay Knudtson speaks at ceremony marking the opening of LaSalle Avenue on Sept. 9, 2009. (Bob Miller)

Cape Girardeau Mayor Jay Knudtson, right, welcomes Cape Air president Dan Wolf to the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport on Jan. 21, 2010. (Fred Lynch)

Jay Knudtson is sworn in as Cape Girardeau's mayor on April 5, 2002 at the city hall, replacing Al Spradling III, who reached his term limit. Knudtson defeated retired school principal Melvin Gateley with 60 percent of the votes. (Fred Lynch)

Cape Girardeau Mayor Jay Knudtson found solidarity with Realtors who paraded past him at the Holiday Inn on March 25, 2003, including, from left, Jim McClanahan, Dorothy Miller, Thelma Annis, Betty Lou Vogel and Barbara Baker. Knudtson, who has been walking with crutches due to a knee injury, was there to speak on city tax issues at a meeting of the Cape Girardeau County Board of Realtors. (Fred Lynch)

Cape Girardeau businessman Jim Drury speaks at a news conference at city hall on Dec. 17, 2003, at which he and Mayor Jay Knudtson, left, announced an agreement to end lawsuits by Drury against the city of Cape Girardeau over the River Campus. (Fred Lynch)

Cape Girardeau Mayor Jay Knudtson and Jackson Mayor Paul Sander ride in a parade on Broadway to kick off the Southeast Missourian centennial celebration on Oct. 1, 2005. (Fred Lynch)

Cape Girardeau Mayor Jay Knudtson announces that he will seek re-election to a second term as his wife, Cindy, and son, Gunnar, listen on Oct. 24, 2005. (Fred Lynch)

Cape Girardeau Mayor Jay Knudtson, right, gives the State of the City address to the Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Coffee attendees Friday, January 4, 2007, along with chamber president John Mehner at the Show Me Center. They took questions from the crowd and discussed topics ranging from roads to education. (Kit Doyle)

Cape Girardeau Mayor Jay Knudtson, left, demonstrates with Dr. Ken Dobbins, president of Southeast Missouri State University, that the city and university are dancing together with the completion of the River Campus, during the dedication ceremony on Oct. 21, 2007. (Fred Lynch)

Cape Girardeau Mayor Jay Knudtson speaks at the dedication ceremony for the Rush Hudson Limbaugh Sr. Federal Courthouse in Cape Girardeau on Oct. 6, 2008. (Fred Lynch)

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A pictorial review of Cape Girardeau Mayor Jay Knudtson during his two terms.

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