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Storms likely on Halloween
(Local News ~ 10/30/13)
The National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky., forecasts a chance of thunderstorms Thursday and Thursday night. As of midday Wednesday, the forecast called for a 100 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms for Thursday, Halloween, in Cape Girardeau, with a 30 percent chance overnight...
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Concerns raised about security of health website
(National News ~ 10/30/13)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defending President Barack Obama's much-maligned health care overhaul in Congress, his top health official was confronted Wednesday with a government memo raising new security concerns about the trouble-prone website that consumers are using to enroll...
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Basic precautions can help keep trick-or-treaters safe
(Local News ~ 10/30/13)
While children scare each other with tales of ghosts and goblins, parents can prevent real-life Halloween horror stories by taking a few common-sense precautions to protect their little ones. Darin Hickey, public information officer for the Cape Girardeau Police Department, said supervising children and paying attention to their surroundings can go a long way toward keeping trick-or-treaters safe...
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Health policy cancellations: New blow for Obama admin.
(National News ~ 10/30/13)
WASHINGTON -- Move over, website woes. Lawmakers confronted the Obama administration Tuesday with a difficult new health-care problem -- a wave of cancellation notices hitting individuals and small business who buy their own insurance. At the same time, the federal official closest to the website apologized for its dysfunction in new sign-ups and asserted things are getting better...
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Arrests made in Morley bank robbery
(Local News ~ 10/30/13)
BENTON, Mo. -- Two people are in custody and deputies are looking for two more involved in the Oct. 10 robbery of the First Commercial Bank in Morley, Mo. Alisha D. Porter of Oran, Mo., and Roger Romero Clayton of Davenport, Iowa, are in custody and charged with first-degree robbery. The Scott County Sheriff's Department is searching for Candice Wright of Chicago and Joshua Thompson of Sikeston, Mo., Sheriff Rick Walter said...
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Cape casino marks first year
(Local News ~ 10/30/13)
Today marks one year since Isle Casino Cape Girardeau opened its doors, and as expected, Cape Girardeau has seen some changes. More cars, as indicated by recent traffic counts, than in previous years go down an improved Broadway corridor. Many turn and travel up North Main Street under new lighting, installed with some of the casino's millions in revenue to the city...
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Terrific Tigers recognized at Cape board meeting
(Submitted Story ~ 10/30/13)
The Cape Girardeau Public Schools Board of Education, during its October meeting, recognized several outstanding students for their leadership, scholarship and service to others. Recipients of the Terrific Tiger Award are pictured above with School Board President Tony Smee, left, and Superintendent of Schools Dr. ...
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St. Louis Arch
(Submitted Photo ~ 10/30/13)
Thought this would be a neat photo with the red water, and Arch in the background.
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Holden's birthday pics
(Submitted Photo ~ 10/30/13)
My grandson Holden Keele was born 2 years ago just before Halloween. So my daughter Loren takes yearly birthday pictures of him in a pumpkin.
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Red Sox win WS title, beat Cards 6-1 in Game 6
(Professional Sports ~ 10/30/13)
BOSTON -- David Ortiz and the Boston Red Sox romped to their third World Series championship in 10 seasons, thumping October ace Michael Wacha and the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 Wednesday night in Game 6. Shane Victorino drove in four runs and John Lackey pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning as the Red Sox clinched a crown on their own field for the first time since 1918...
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The Colors of Fall at Lake Tywappity
(Submitted Photo ~ 10/30/13)
This photo was taken Monday evening, 10-28-2013. My husband and I were at Lake Tywappity, near Chaffee, just as the sun was starting to set. The colors were magnificent and the reflection in the water just multiplied the beauty! So glad I was able to get this picture before the rain came...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/30/13)
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 30, the 303rd day of 2013. There are 62 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 30, 1938, the radio play "The War of the Worlds," starring Orson Welles, aired on CBS. (The live drama, which employed fake breaking news reports, panicked some listeners who thought the portrayal of a Martian invasion was real.)...
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Speak Out 10/30/13
(Speak Out ~ 10/30/13)
If you have a vehicle with a defective part, it's recalled. If there's contaminated food, it's recalled. Healthcare.gov has glitches and it needs to be recalled. It would save the Southeast Missourian headline writer a lot of time if, on the Opinion page, you simply used one title for most all of the columns published. ...
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A disinterested president
(Column ~ 10/30/13)
As much as I tried to stay focused on the World Series, some other news tidbits managed to slip through the cracks this past week. In the excitement of the annual Fall Classic, I may have missed something. But here's what I thought I heard. Surely I am missing something here but my focus is clearly distracted by the Cardinals and Red Sox...
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MissionFest
(Editorial ~ 10/30/13)
Many people are compelled to help others and share God's love. It's part of their faith and outreach, and the efforts make a tremendous difference. On Sunday more than 50 exhibitors will gather at the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau to share with others information about various ministries and how to get involved. The event is called MissionFest 2013 and is in its second year. The outreach will take place from 2 to 5 p.m., with music by Mike Dumey & Friends at 2 p.m...
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Court rules against trooper's partner
(State News ~ 10/30/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against a Highway Patrol trooper's same-sex partner who was seeking survivor benefits. Highway Patrol Cpl. Dennis Engelhard was killed on Christmas Day in 2009 when he was struck by a vehicle while investigating a traffic accident on Interstate 44 in Eureka, outside of St. Louis. Missouri offers a payment to the surviving spouse of a Highway Patrol officer killed in the line of duty...
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Co-workers share Powerball prize
(State News ~ 10/30/13)
ST. LOUIS -- Two co-workers at a suburban St. Louis print business are sharing a $1 million Powerball jackpot prize. The Missouri Lottery says 48-year-old Dawn Cortes of Edwardsville, Ill., and 60-year-old Jerry Marcum of Arnold, Mo., both work at ROI Print Solutions in Earth City, Mo. They have been pooling their money for years to buy lottery tickets...
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Man shot, killed near Patterson
(Local News ~ 10/30/13)
PATTERSON, Mo. -- Wayne County authorities are expected to return today to a Patterson-area home as they continue to investigate the shooting death of the home's occupant. "We did have a homicide in the Lake Creek community of Patterson," southeast of Patterson off County Road 371, according to Wayne County Sheriff Dean Finch...
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Jackson announces Veterans Day trash and recycling schedule
(Local News ~ 10/30/13)
The city of Jackson has announced a trash collection schedule in observance of Veterans Day. According to a news release issued by Rodney Bollinger, director of public works, the Sanitation Department will not operate on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. If garbage would normally be collected that day, it will instead be picked up Nov. 12. In addition, the Recycling Center will be closed Nov. 11...
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Voters to decide Scott County tax levy for fire district
(Local News ~ 10/30/13)
BENTON, Mo. -- Voters living in the Scott County Rural Fire Protection District will be asked Nov. 5 to authorize an additional levy of up to 50 cents per $100 assessed valuation on property tax bills. "We have not had an increase since the fire district was established," district chief Jeremy Perrien said. "The bottom line: The economy has got the best of us."...
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Births 10/30/13
(Births ~ 10/30/13)
Son to Dr. John Paul and Amanda Brooke Leland of McClure, Ill., Southeast Hospital, 12:54 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. Name, John Camden. Weight, 7 pounds, 4 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Leland is the former Amanda Pinnon, daughter of Paul and Patti Pinnon of Wolf Lake, Ill. Leland is the son of Jane Leland of Villages, Fla. He is a physician with Southeast Pediatrics...
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Out of the past 10/30/13
(Out of the Past ~ 10/30/13)
Reformation Day is observed at Trinity Lutheran Church; guest speaker at worship services is the Rev. J.A.O. Preus III, associate professor of systematic theology at Concordia Theological Seminary in St. Louis. The announced formation of a new chamber of commerce has prompted criticism from Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce officials, who say the Cape Centre Chamber of Commerce will cause "divisiveness" in the community...
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Jackson fire report 10/30/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/30/13)
The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following call Monday: The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls Tuesday:...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 10/30/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/30/13)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Monday:...
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Cape Girardeau police report 10/30/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/30/13)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY The Southeast Missouri State University Department of Public Safety released the following item: DWI...
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Dimmer view of economy makes Fed pullback unlikely
(National News ~ 10/30/13)
WASHINGTON -- A lot can change in six weeks. When the Federal Reserve last met in mid-September, almost everyone expected it to start reducing the stimulus it's given the U.S. economy to help it rebound from the recession. It didn't. The Fed pulled a surprise by deciding not to slow its $85 billion-a-month in Treasury and mortgage bond purchases. Its bond buying has been intended to keep long-term loan rates low to support the economy...
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Newland Vickery
(Obituary ~ 10/30/13)
Newland Vickery, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, at the Lutheran Home. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home.
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Rev. James Seyer
(Obituary ~ 10/30/13)
The Rev. James A. Seyer, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Jan. 10, 1925, in Cape Girardeau, to Joseph J. and Pauline J. Dohogne Seyer. Seyer was raised in St. Mary's Parish, attended St. Mary Grade School, and had a fondness for St. Mary's Parish where he served several years as associate pastor...
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Aleene Sander
(Obituary ~ 10/30/13)
Ruby Aleene Sander, 95, of Jackson died Monday, Oct. 28, 2013, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jimmie Corbin officiating. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery...
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Leroy McCauley
(Obituary ~ 10/30/13)
Leroy McCauley, 61, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born May 13, 1952, in Sikeston, Mo., to the late Emory and Katie Geralds McCauley Sr. He married the former Jo Ann Ware. McCauley was a founding member of House of Prayer World Outreach Center in Cape Girardeau. He was currently an assistant pastor. He was a member of Pipefitters Local 562...
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Amanda Lorberg
(Obituary ~ 10/30/13)
Amanda Lorberg, 95, of Jackson died Friday, Oct. 25, 2013, at Monticello House. Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Ruby Deneke
(Obituary ~ 10/30/13)
Ruby Albertine Neumeyer Deneke, 91, of Gordonville passed away Monday, Oct. 28, 2013, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 1, 1922, in Tilsit, to Albert and Ida Thoma Neumeyer. She and Albert W. Deneke were married Nov. 21, 1944. They had been married 63 years when Albert passed away Oct. 12, 2008...
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Vera Cooper
(Obituary ~ 10/30/13)
Vera Cooper, 73, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, at Life Care Center. Crain Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Case stirs discussion of ‘shopping while black'
(National News ~ 10/30/13)
The usual scenario involves suspicious glances, inattentive clerks or rude service -- not handcuffs. Yet when a black teen said he was wrongly jailed after buying a $350 belt at a Manhattan luxury store, it struck a nerve in African-Americans accustomed to finding that their money is not necessarily as good as everyone else's. Shopping while black, they say, can be a humiliating experience...
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Blackface costumes revive controversy
(National News ~ 10/30/13)
NEW YORK -- Is donning blackface to dress up as a favorite TV character ever OK for Halloween? How about a bloody hoodie and blackface for a costume riff on the slain teen Trayvon Martin, or full-on minstrel at a splashy Africa-themed party for the fashion elite in Milan?...
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Michael Blechle
(Obituary ~ 10/30/13)
Michael H. Blechle, 66, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, at his home. Visitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Parish prayers will be at 5 p.m. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Mary Cathedral...
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Former NBC news chief Capus now a Yes man
(Entertainment ~ 10/30/13)
NEW YORK -- For eight years as NBC News president, Steve Capus worried about Brian Williams, the "Today" show and rapid changes in the news industry. Now he's taking time for a passion project: getting Yes into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Capus is collaborating with two political pros on an awareness campaign for the band that enthralled him when he attended their concert as a 16-year-old in Philadelphia in 1979...
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Use tax expert to address Republican Women
(Local News ~ 10/30/13)
The Cape County Republican Women will host former state representative Mike Sutherland at noon Friday at Dexter Bar-B-Que, 236 Broadview St., for a presentation on use taxes. Sutherland, regarded as an expert on taxation, is the owner of Sutherland and Co. ...
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Pretrial conference pushed back a week in kidnapping case
(Local News ~ 10/30/13)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- An Anna, Ill., woman accused of kidnapping a newborn at knife point last summer, will have a pretrial conference next week. Karen Nichols, 44, originally was scheduled for a pretrial conference Tuesday, but Circuit Judge Mark Boie reset the conference for Nov. 5 after a conversation with her attorney, public defender Patrick Duffy, and Union County, Ill., State's Attorney Tyler Edmonds...
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Steen scores late to lift Blues to 3-2 win over Winnipeg
(Professional Sports ~ 10/30/13)
Alexander Steen refuses to talk about his recent goal-scoring exploits. But his St. Louis teammates are more than happy to sing Steen's praises. Steen scored a power-play goal with 59.4 seconds left to break a tie and Jaroslav Halak made 21 saves to lift the Blues over the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 on Tuesday night...
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Woodland handles heat, Clearwater for district crown
(High School Sports ~ 10/30/13)
The Cardinals advanced to the sectional round with a 25-12, 27-25 victory
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Volunteers face task of stopping former recruit Mauk on Saturday
(Professional Sports ~ 10/30/13)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee coach Butch Jones remembers when he thought he might be coaching Missouri quarterback Maty Mauk instead of trying to stop him. Jones recruited Mauk during his stint as Cincinnati's coach. Mauk was a record-setting quarterback at Kenton (Ohio) High School, about 130 miles northeast of Cincinnati. His older brother Ben had played for the Bearcats under Brian Kelly, who preceded Jones as Cincinnati's coach before leaving for Notre Dame...
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Cards hope to fly high with Wacha
(Professional Sports ~ 10/30/13)
BOSTON -- Michael Wacha had a funny way of preparing for his World Series start that's supposed to save the season for the St. Louis Cardinals. The 22-year-old October ace spent Tuesday afternoon on the tarmac at the St. Louis airport when the team plane got grounded by mechanical problems...
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Fisher not blaming Clemens for loss
(Professional Sports ~ 10/30/13)
ST. LOUIS -- Robert Quinn and Chris Long each had three sacks. Too bad the St. Louis Rams' defensive ends couldn't celebrate after the game, too. Coach Jeff Fisher, looking somewhat bleary-eyed, wasn't placing blame on backup quarterback Kellen Clemens for falling 1 yard shy of upsetting the Seattle Seahawks. The Rams (3-5) were held to three field goals in a 14-9 loss on Monday night...
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Walking in the rain
(State News ~ 10/30/13)
A woman walks through the rain with her umbrella Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, near East Broadway and Washington Avenue in Alton, Ill., as seen through the raindrops on a car window. (AP Photo/The Telegraph, John Badman)...
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Leopold sweeps aside St. Vincent in final
(High School Sports ~ 10/30/13)
PATTON, Mo. -- Things didn't quite go according to the second-seeded St. Vincent volleyball team's plan Tuesday night in its Class 1 District 4 championship matchup against top-seeded Leopold. "I've watched four or five matches of them, and that's probably the best they've done on serve-receive and that was part of our game plan -- to serve aggressive and get them out of system and we'd get a lot of free balls," St. ...
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Perryville turns back Notre Dame a third time
(High School Sports ~ 10/30/13)
Perryville junior Alex Spears wants the ball when the match is on the line. And, equally important, her team needs her to want it. "I do. I want to be that person to go to," Spears said. "I just want to help my team as much as I can. I love to be that person that they can go to and make sure I boost everybody's confidence up a little bit and get the energy going."...
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Dutch museums find 139 likely Nazi-looted artworks
(International News ~ 10/30/13)
AMSTERDAM -- A major investigation into whether art hanging in Dutch museums may have once been Nazi loot has yielded an unexpectedly large result: 139 suspect works, including ones by masters like Matisse, Klee and Kandinsky. The announcement Tuesday by the museums raises the question of why it has taken them nearly 70 years to examine their collections in a systematic way after World War II -- and suggests that more looted art may emerge from other countries that haven't done so...
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Intel chief: Allies spy on us, too
(National News ~ 10/30/13)
WASHINGTON -- Facing lawmakers who suggested U.S. surveillance has gone too far, the national intelligence director on Tuesday defended spying on foreign allies as necessary and said such scrutiny of America's friends -- and vice versa -- is commonplace...
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Cape casino gets new general manager
(Local News ~ 10/30/13)
A new general manager and vice president, Lyle Randolph, has been chosen for Isle Casino Cape Girardeau, the company said Tuesday. Randolph has served in the same role at the company's Caruthersville, Mo., property, Lady Luck Casino, since June 2007...
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Isle Casino timeline
(Local News ~ 10/30/13)
April 2010: After a few months of casino-related discussion among city leaders and casino companies, several Cape Girardeau residents approach the city council about placing a gambling issue before voters in November. June 2010: A market analysis by the Isle company finds a casino in Cape Girardeau would best benefit state revenue...
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Prayer 10/30/13
(Prayer ~ 10/30/13)
O Lord God, may we first seek your righteousness and honor you always. Amen.
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Lawson receives OVC Scholar-Athlete Award
(College Sports ~ 10/30/13)
Southeast Missouri State track and cross country athlete Rebekah Lawson received the Ohio Valley Conference's prestigious Scholar-Athlete Award for 2012-13 on Tuesday. The award is the highest individual honor that can be earned by OVC student-athletes. It is given annually to three men and three women of junior or senior status for their accomplishments in both the classroom and athletics, and because of their leadership qualities...
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Redhawks exhibit scoring ability
(College Sports ~ 10/30/13)
The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team wasn't expected to receive much of a challenge in its exhibition opener. Form held Tuesday night as the Redhawks overcame a sluggish start to destroy Hannibal-LaGrange 115-45 in front of an announced Show Me Center crowd of 1,008...
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High school roundup: Notre Dame soccer team slips past Bluff
(High School Sports ~ 10/30/13)
Benjamin Parsons scored on a second-half penalty kick to lift the visiting Notre Dame boys soccer team to a 1-0 victory over Poplar Bluff Tuesday. Thomas Himmelberg recorded the shutout in goal. JV -- Notre Dame won 9-0. Christian Retter won two individual events and swam a leg on the victorious medley relay as Central won the three-team meet at Central Pool...
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For Skelton, U.S. military was his mission
(State News ~ 10/30/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Though he never served in the U.S. military, Ike Skelton became one of its strongest assets. The former Missouri congressman was being remembered Tuesday for a 34-year career in Congress that spanned a dozen military conflicts, and for taking pride in fighting for better training, staffing, equipment, housing, salary and benefits for the men and women of the U.S. armed forces. Skelton died Monday in a Virginia hospital at age 81...
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