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Nixon says House jobs bill only widens differences
(State News ~ 10/11/11)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says a business incentive bill passed by the House has widened the differences with the Senate in a special legislative session. Nixon said Tuesday that he prefers the Senate version of the legislation but hopes lawmakers can still settle their differences and send him a bill...
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Mo. AG's office responds to redistricting lawsuit
(State News ~ 10/11/11)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Missouri attorney general's office contends a lawsuit challenging new congressional districts should be dismissed. Some Democrats filed a lawsuit last month challenging the new districts. They argue the districts are not compact and contiguous, deny equal rights and reflect the use of government power to benefit a few instead of preserving the general welfare...
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Missouri lawmakers to make another attempt on jobs bill
(State News ~ 10/11/11)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Senate Republicans will make one more attempt to negotiate a business-incentive bill with the House during Missouri's special legislative session. After Republicans met behind closed doors Tuesday, Senate President Pro Tem Rob Mayer said they had decided to reconvene the full Senate next Monday to ask the House for a conference committee on the economic development legislation...
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Family of slain Cape man wants criminal charges
(Local News ~ 10/11/11)
While the state says the man who fatally stabbed Walter Scott Claar was acting in self-defense, Claar's family believes the man should stand trial. Claar died July 7, four days after being stabbed twice during an altercation with a female he had dated, according to a letter from Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle sent to Cape Girardeau Sheriff John Jordan. ...
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Essner lauded as term limits force him from Cape Girardeau parks board
(Local News ~ 10/11/11)
As Jay Knudtson's final term as Cape Girardeau mayor was winding down in 2009, he approached a friend as a possible successor -- someone he felt epitomized the best qualities of public service. That man was Danny Essner. "Before I knew that Harry [Rediger] was going to seriously consider running, I personally went to Danny to run for mayor," Knudtson said. "I felt he possessed many of the qualities to represent this city well."...
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SEMO: Asbestos work poses no risk
(Local News ~ 10/11/11)
Signs posted last week in Southeast Missouri State University's Magill Hall warning of the danger of asbestos don't mean an actual danger to health exists in the building, university officials say. Removal of asbestos-containing materials was performed over the summer and continues in the building, which houses classrooms and laboratories for science students. ...
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2011 Golden Age Games
(Submitted Photo ~ 10/11/11)
Woodland Hills residents and employees had a blast at the Golden Age Games. This event was held on Oct. 7 at the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau.
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Storyteller promises to scare everyone at River Campus event
(Local News ~ 10/11/11)
In the gathering gloom along the riverbank, families will perch on the edge of their blankets for an evening of haunting myths, spooky stories and trickster tales as the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau hosts a night of ghost storytelling Friday...
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New McKendree Catfish & Chicken Tenders Dinner
(Submitted Story ~ 10/11/11)
Everyone is invited to New McKendree United Methodist Church's fried catfish and chicken tenders dinner this Saturday, October 15, from 4:00-7:00 PM. Meal includes catfish and/or chicken tenders, cole slaw, baked beans, spiral potatoes, dessert, and a drink. Adults eat for $8, ages 5-12 $5.00, and kids under 5 eat free. It will be a great night of food and fellowship. We hope to see you there!...
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Wifflefest 6 Benefits Pujols Family Foundation
(Submitted Story ~ 10/11/11)
The Justin Osborne All American Wifflefest, a one day, coed, double elimination wiffleball tournament, was held recently on Saturday, October 1st at the Martin Tree Farm in Gordonville, MO. Thirteen teams competed in the tournament which featured announcers, batting theme music, free food and beverage, with all games being played on homemade wiffleball fields. ...
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River Monsters successfully defend Wifflefest crow
(Submitted Story ~ 10/11/11)
There is nothing that looks or feels better around your neck after a long, hard day than a golden wiffleball. The River Monsters know this sensation all to well. For another year they will be able to display their recent accomplishment of winning the Justin Osborne All American Wifflefest 6. This is the second year in a row that they have won the event...
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Hoover Center Enjoys Picnic
(Submitted Photo ~ 10/11/11)
The Hoover Center Participants enjoyed a September Picnic at Cape County Park South. Participating in the picnic photo from left: Cherie Herbst, Hoover Center Coordinator, Barbara Warren, Louise Gann, Helen Grant (hiding behind Louise), Estel Bowers, Doris Shepard, Sandy Whitledge, Alberta Kamp, Violet Crain, Betty Bowers, and seated from left: Bessie Wills, Bernice Hartman, & Helen McCarty...
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Cape Girardeau woman held at knifepoint in own home
(Local News ~ 10/11/11)
A Cape Girardeau woman reported being held at knifepoint in her own home Sunday. The woman came home around 5:30 p.m. to find a man in her room with a knife, Cape Girardeau Police Department spokesman Darin Hickey said. The man forced her to sit down while he rummaged through her belongings and took $20, Hickey said...
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Mo. lawmakers, governor at odds over fighter jets
(State News ~ 10/11/11)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A new wrinkle of disagreement has emerged in Missouri's special legislative session on business incentives. State lawmakers and Gov. Jay Nixon now apparently are at odds over the production of military fighter jets. The Missouri House passed a resolution last week urging Congress to provide full funding for the F-35 jet, which is made by Lockheed Martin in Texas. The resolution notes that suppliers for the F-35 support more than 500 jobs in Missouri...
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Ohio River bridge at Cairo reduced to one lane today
(Local News ~ 10/11/11)
Following a temporary lane reduction Monday morning for an inspection, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet said the U.S. 51/U.S. 60/U.S. 62 Ohio River Bridge -- also known as the Cairo bridge -- between Wickliffe, Ky., and Cairo will also be reduced on Tuesday.
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MoDOT to divert traffic during overpass repairs in Scott County
(Local News ~ 10/11/11)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Northbound Interstate 55 traffic will be affected as Missouri Department of Transportation crews repair the Route PP overpass in Scott County. All lanes of southbound I-55 will remain open. The work will repair the damage caused by a dump truck hitting the overpass Sept. ...
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Mo. man sentenced to 10 years for police chase
(State News ~ 10/11/11)
FARMINGTON, Mo. -- A suburban St. Louis man who was on probation for leading police on a chase four years ago has been sentenced to prison for committing the same offense this year. The Park Hills Daily Journal reported that 41-year-old Timothy Dean, of St. Peters, was sentenced late last week to 10 years in prison by a St. Francois County judge. Dean had been convicted of driving while intoxicated, resisting arrest by fleeing and violating probation...
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Southeast Missouri State football team loses RB Terrell to injury
(College Sports ~ 10/11/11)
The junior broke his collarbone in Saturday's loss and will undergo surgery
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Paralyzed man uses mind-powered robot arm to touch
(National News ~ 10/11/11)
PITTSBURGH -- Giving a high-five. Rubbing his girlfriend's hand. Such ordinary acts -- but a milestone for a paralyzed man. True, a robotic arm parked next to his wheelchair did the touching, painstakingly, palm to palm. But Tim Hemmes made that arm move just by thinking about it...
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Stocks soar with Europe's help
(National News ~ 10/11/11)
NEW YORK -- What bear market? Stocks surged on the latest positive news out of Europe Monday, the fourth sharp increase in the last five days. It's a dramatic turnaround from last Tuesday, when the S&P 500 index nearly fell enough to meet the definition of a bear market. Since then the widely used index has soared 8.7 percent...
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After long wait, Facebook set to release iPad app
(National News ~ 10/11/11)
NEW YORK -- One of the big, enduring questions of the technology world: "When will iPad users get their very own Facebook app?" That question was answered Monday, as Facebook said it was set to release an updated version of its iPhone application, one that's also designed to fill out the larger screen of the iPad...
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Al-Qaida branch confirms killing of U.S.-born cleric
(International News ~ 10/11/11)
CAIRO -- Al-Qaida's Yemeni offshoot on Monday confirmed the killing of U.S.-born militant cleric Anwar al-Awlaki late last month and vowed to avenge the prominent propagandist's death. The 40-year-old al-Awlaki, who died in a Sept. 30 U.S. drone strike in the mountains of Yemen, was the most prominent al-Qaida figure to be killed since Osama bin Laden's death in a U.S. raid in Pakistan in May...
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U.N.: Detainees tortured in Afghanistan
(International News ~ 10/11/11)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Beatings, electric shocks and other forms of torture were administered to suspected Taliban fighters in some Afghan-run detention centers, the U.N. said Monday, even as the U.S. and others have spent billions of dollars training the police and security services...
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Pitch for jobs bill differs from political reality
(National News ~ 10/11/11)
WASHINGTON -- In President Barack Obama's sales pitch for his jobs bill, there are two versions of reality: The one in his speeches and the one actually unfolding in Washington. When Obama accuses Republicans of standing in the way of his nearly $450 billion plan, he ignores the fact that his own party has struggled to unite behind the proposal...
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Egypt's military vows to get tough after clashes
(International News ~ 10/11/11)
CAIRO -- Egypt's ruling military on Monday condemned a surge in deadly violence as an attempt to undermine the state and warned it will act to safeguard the peace following a night of clashes that drew in Christians, Muslims and security forces...
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2 Americans win Nobel Prize in economics
(National News ~ 10/11/11)
PRINCETON, N.J. -- Christopher Sims and Thomas Sargent have no simple solutions to the global economic crisis. But the work that won them the Nobel Prize in economics Monday is guiding central bankers and policymakers in their search for answers...
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7 survive 20 hours at sea clinging to boat, small cooler
(National News ~ 10/11/11)
MARATHON, Fla. -- Four hours into a family fishing trip, rough waves flipped a 22-foot boat off the Florida Keys, tossing eight people overboard. Seven of them, including a 4-year-old girl, survived by clinging desperately to their capsized vessel and a small blue cooler for almost 20 hours, suffering exhaustion, jellyfish stings and hypothermia...
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Foreign pests got into U.S. after 9/11
(National News ~ 10/11/11)
FRESNO, Calif. -- Dozens of foreign insects and plant diseases slipped undetected into the United States in the years after 9/11, when authorities were so focused on preventing another attack that they overlooked a pest explosion that threatened the quality of the nation's food supply...
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University of Mo. to crack down on bicycle scofflaws
(State News ~ 10/11/11)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The University of Missouri planned to impound bikes starting Monday that are found locked to light poles, trees or railings on the Columbia campus. The Columbia Daily Tribune reported that the crackdown is in response to students bringing more bikes this year and parking them wherever they can find a spot when nearby bike racks are full...
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2 held, 1 sought in West Plains death
(State News ~ 10/11/11)
WEST PLAINS, Mo. -- Authorities in south-central Missouri say two people have been arrested and a third is being sought in the killing of a man near West Plains. The body of 29-year-old Jackie Yarber, of Birch Tree, was discovered Saturday off Howell County Road 69-70. KYTV reported that sheriff's officers received a tip about the death Friday night...
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Police: Worker falls ill in sewer, dies
(State News ~ 10/11/11)
MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. -- Authorities are investigating the death of a man found unresponsive while working inside a sewer in suburban St. Louis. Police in Maryland Heights said 46-year-old Daniel Accola of Robertsville, Mo., died at a hospital shortly before 11 a.m. Monday. That was about an hour after he fell ill with a co-worker in a new sewer line about 18 feet underground...
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Police report 10/11/11
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/11/11)
Arrests...
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Rose Speakman
(Obituary ~ 10/11/11)
Rose Annette Speakman, 60, of Scott City died Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011, in Mountain Home, Ark. She was born Oct. 22, 1950, in Truman, Ark., to Jim and Henrietta Spalding Hutcherson. She and William Lonnie Speakman were married Sept. 26, 1989. He preceded her in death May 21, 1995...
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Gary Sample
(Obituary ~ 10/11/11)
Gary Lee Sample, 68, of Louisville, Ky., formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011. He was a maintenance supervisor with Ensign-Bickford, a member of Cooper Chapel Baptist Church and an Army veteran. Sample is survived by his wife, Cathy Selby Sample; daughters, Dawn Field and Tammy Biri; a stepdaughter, Randee North; a stepson, Corey Badgett; brothers, Kenny, Larry, Lester, Tony and John Sample; a sister, Evelyn Welter; and four grandchildren...
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Georgia Henry
(Obituary ~ 10/11/11)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Georgia Duffey Henry, 90, of Bloomfield passed away Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 12, 1920, at Brownwood, Mo., to James W. and Minnie Belle Morris Duffey. She and Clarence Henry were married April 29, 1944, in Piggott, Ark...
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Gerald Fox
(Obituary ~ 10/11/11)
Gerald A. "Jerry" Fox, 68, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011 in Buchanan, Tenn. He was born June 9, 1943, in Cardwell, Mo., to Alvin T. and Martha E. Yates Fox. He and Pauline Marie Haaf were married June 12, 1982, in Cape Girardeau. She died July 15, 2006...
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Harry Acre
(Obituary ~ 10/11/11)
DE SOTO, Mo. -- Harry F. Acre, 87, of De Soto died Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Crystal City, Mo. He was born Sept. 13, 1924, in Walnut Ridge, Ark., son of Harry F. Sr. and Mary Kirby Acre. Survivors include his wife, Lorraine (nee Hunter) Acre of De Soto; a son, Frosty (Annette) Acre of Hillsboro, Mo.; a daughter, Valerie (the late Terry) Eades of Scott City; grandchildren, Patrick (Lacie) Eades, David Eades, Amanda (Kyle) Turner, Aaron Eades, Lee (Rebecca) Acre, Adam Acre, Jordan Acre; great-grandchildren, Bennett Eades and Justin Eades.. ...
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Out of the past 10/11/11
(Out of the Past ~ 10/11/11)
Southeast Missouri State University kicks off Homecoming activities with a parade down Broadway; other activities include a Copper Dome breakfast and alumni luncheon. The Mississippi River crests late in the day at 42.1 feet at Cape Girardeau, a day early and slightly lower than had been predicted...
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Fox renews 'Simpsons' for 2 years
(Entertainment ~ 10/11/11)
NEW YORK -- Fans of "The Simpsons" can breathe a "d'oh!" of relief: The animated series has been renewed for two more seasons. A contract dispute with the show's voice cast had threatened to end the series, but Fox announced it will air through seasons 24 and 25...
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Losing weight
(Editorial ~ 10/11/11)
Recently the Southeast Missourian ran a story on 18-year-old Tanner Hankins, a Cape Girardeau High School senior who has lost 110 pounds. Hankins, whose weight loss journey includes losing 70 pounds since January, said before losing the weight he was frustrated with his self-image...
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Speak Out 10/11/11
(Speak Out ~ 10/11/11)
JAMES Baughn, thank you for your autumn tour information for Southeast Missouri. We are going to take that tour. Thank you so much for sharing your adventures with us. Stop bullying WE are preaching about bullying to our children, but look around. Politicians do it. Businessmen do it. This has got to stop...
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Prayer 10/11/11
(Prayer ~ 10/11/11)
O Lord Jesus Christ, we praise you for you are the way, the truth and the light. Amen.
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Cape Girardeau fire report 10/11/11
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/11/11)
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Jackson police and fire report 10/11/11
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/11/11)
Theft...
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Rethinking a healthier recipe for classic meatloaf
(Community ~ 10/11/11)
I just can't help but look at ingredients and try to find new and unexpected ways to use them. So when I started thinking about ways to give meatloaf a healthy makeover, I wondered, "Could I use kamut cereal in place of high-carb, low-nutrition breadcrumbs?"...
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Now is the time to get your flu shot
(Community ~ 10/11/11)
Flu season is almost here, and doctors recommend a flu shot for all seniors. "It's recommended that we get a flu shot each year, each season, because our immunity only lasts through that season," said Dr. Rachel Mergenmeier of Doctors Express in Creve Coeur, Mo., which also has a walk-in clinic in Cape Girardeau...
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Netflix kills plan to split into two services
(Entertainment ~ 10/11/11)
NEW YORK -- To the ranks of New Coke and the Edsel, we can now add Qwikster. Less than a month after announcing a plan to separate its DVD-by-mail and Internet streaming services, Netflix reversed course Monday and said it would keep the two services on a single website. Customers had complained loudly that the plan would have made it more difficult to watch movies. Investors hated it, too...
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Southeast Missouri State tennis team fares well in weekend tournament
(College Sports ~ 10/11/11)
The Southeast Missouri State women's tennis team had a solid showing during its first fall competition at the Arkansas State Red Wolves Invitational over the weekend. Nikole Novikova and Elizabeth Nyenwe were victorious in Flight 2 doubles, while newcomers Jess Courtnell and Melissa Martin won Flight 3. Both tandems posted 3-0 records in the tournament...
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Area digest 10/11/11
(Community Sports ~ 10/11/11)
James Banken, Sissy Donahue, Tommy King and Diana King shot rounds of 55 and 62 to win the championship flight of the recent two-day Fall Classic at Kimbeland Country Club. Joe McLemore, Jennifer McLemore, Bill Colman and Beth Bell were five shots back in second with a 122 total in the four-person scramble...
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Route AB extension closer to completion
(Local News ~ 10/11/11)
From left, Bill Saulsbery, Kelly Hendershott, Ronnie Williams and Billy Saulsbery, all of Asa Asphalt out of Advance, Mo., work to lay an asphalt entryway from the new Route AB extension onto County Road 203 on Monday, Oct. 10, 2011. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new road, which connects Highway 25 and Interstate 55, is scheduled for Oct. 18...
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Pavement repairs reduce I-55 in Ste. Genevieve County
(Local News ~ 10/11/11)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Southbound Interstate 55 in Ste. Genevieve County will be reduced to one lane with a 12-foot width restriction Thursday through Oct. 21 while Missouri Department of Transportation crews make pavement repairs. This section of highway is from Route Y to the Jefferson County line. ...
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Fast and really furious
(Column ~ 10/11/11)
When the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco and Explosives chose a name for its new border operation in 2009, they ripped it from blockbuster movie posters, calling it "Fast and Furious." Well, the way they conducted this operation really ought to make Americans furious about the lack of controls and responsibility used in planning this action of the federal government...
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Pujols eruption helps Cards get even in NLCS
(Professional Sports ~ 10/11/11)
MILWAUKEE -- Your turn, Albert Pujols. The St. Louis slugger had one of the biggest postseason nights of his career in Game 2 of the NL championship series, going 4 for 5 with a home run, three doubles and five RBIs to lead the Cardinals past the Milwaukee Brewers 12-3 on Monday...
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Economic impact of local sporting events
(Column ~ 10/11/11)
I have learned much since becoming mayor and have been exposed to many great events and promotions. I have become particularly interested in the many regional and state sporting events and competitions held here in Cape Girardeau. As I reflect back over the last 18 months and look to the near future, I am pleased and excited about how these events impact our Cape Girardeau economy...
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High school roundup: Saxony Lutheran soccer team trims Bluff 3-2
(High School Sports ~ 10/11/11)
All the local high school events reported Monday to the Southeast Missourian.
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