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Snow days pile up for area schools
(Local News ~ 02/14/14)
The snow, cold and ice that have besieged the region in recent weeks has piled on the makeup days for school districts, leaving them to figure out how to fill required instruction time. In Cape Girardeau and Scott counties, students have missed up to 14 days. But in more rural areas, the total is as high as 20 days, school officials said Thursday. In Missouri, schools have to be in class for 174 days, and/or 1,044 hours...
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Police look for suspect in possible stabbing
(Local News ~ 02/14/14)
Police were searching for a suspect in a stabbing Thursday night on Spanish Street. A male victim was stabbed and sustained non-life-threatening injuries, said Darin Hickey, public information officer for the Cape Girardeau Police Department. In a text message to the Southeast Missourian, Hickey said the victim and suspect were familiar with each other, and the stabbing was "not a random act."...
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New gender options offered for Facebook users
(National News ~ 02/14/14)
MENLO PARK, Calif. -- You don't have to be just male or female on Facebook anymore. The social media giant is adding a customizable option with about 50 terms people can use to identify their gender as well as three preferred pronoun choices: him, her or them...
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Technology brings rapid changes to the dating scene
(Local News ~ 02/14/14)
The flower arrangement area of Knaup Floral in Cape Girardeau was bursting with colors of bows, ribbons, vases, balloons and an array of vibrant flowers waiting in buckets. Bright red rose petals were a shock of color against green stems and leaves scattered beneath the moving feet of the floral designers...
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Governor's tax-cut outline has GOP senator's support
(State News ~ 02/14/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A year after vetoing an income-tax cut, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon pledged Thursday he would sign one if lawmakers agree to several contingencies designed to protect funding for public schools and other government services. The Democratic governor said he had agreed with Republican Sen. ...
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Push for state wrestling meet arrives for Hobeck, perfect Indians
(High School Sports ~ 02/14/14)
~The heavyweight hopes to follow his dad's path to a state wrestling title It's not by chance that the walk to the Jackson High School wrestling practice room can be an inspirational one for Indian team members...
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Armstrong Drive, William Street projects likely on back burner
(Local News ~ 02/14/14)
If the tone of a Thursday evening study session is any indication, Cape Girardeau won't be extending Armstrong Drive or upgrading William Street anytime soon. At a special meeting Thursday, the Cape Girardeau City Council discussed its proposed capital improvements program for 2014 to 2019...
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Dude
(Submitted Photo ~ 02/14/14)
What did you say?
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Cape County Tea Party Monthly Meeting
(Submitted Story ~ 02/14/14)
PRESS RELEASE CAPE COUNTY TEA PARTY MONTHLY MEETING On February 18th, 2014 at 6:30pm, the Cape County Tea Party (CCTP) will hold its open monthly meeting at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. The meeting is called the Third Tuesday Tea Time and is held on the Third Tuesday of each month to continue the work to complete our Mission as stated below...
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HAVCO Employees Donate $1,983 to Dig for Life
(Submitted Photo ~ 02/14/14)
HAVCO Wood Products, LLC., of Scott City raised $1,983 for Dig for Life, Saint Francis Medical Center's program that provides free mammograms for local women who otherwise could not afford them. Nearly 450 employees purchased pink T-shirts for Breast Cancer Awareness Month and selected Dig for Life as the recipient...
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Keeshonds - Katie, Percy, Walker & Ellie
(Submitted Photo ~ 02/14/14)
Favorite activity - Greeting customers at Screen Arts.
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Brunner contemplates running for Missouri governor
(State News ~ 02/14/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Former U.S. Senate candidate John Brunner said Friday he is considering running for Missouri governor in 2016, which could lead to a multi-candidate Republican primary for what will be an open office. Brunner said he has received encouragement to run, but wants to wait to evaluate the gubernatorial race until after this year's elections...
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10 deer grazing in my backyard
(Submitted Photo ~ 02/14/14)
these deer come out about the same time every evening to graze in my backyard.
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Charges dismissed against suspect in Sikeston 'kidnapping' case
(Local News ~ 02/14/14)
BENTON, Mo. -- The state dismissed charges Thursday against a Sikeston, Mo., man accused in a case that began with kidnapping allegations but seemed to fall apart under court scrutiny. Cody McRoy, 20, had been charged with second-degree assault and felonious restraint in connection with a case in which another Sikeston man claimed he had been abducted from his front porch, held against his will and beaten for several hours in an attempt to extort money...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/14/14)
Today is Friday, Feb. 14, the 45th day of 2014. There are 320 days left in the year. This is Valentine's Day. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 14, 1924, the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. of New York was formally renamed International Business Machines Corp., or IBM...
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Speak Out 2/14/14
(Speak Out ~ 02/14/14)
This is for the caller who was talking about the Gaither music and saying they miss the old time hymns. There's a little church on Highway 25 south of Jackson where we use the old hymn book and sing the old, old hymns. You're welcome to join us. Just want to say, "Wow!" to the street department for working through the night and keeping our streets clean and putting salt out even on Wednesday during the daytime. ...
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School and winter weather
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/14/14)
Recently I read complaints in the paper about school being canceled due to the weather. These folks were complaining because, as they stated, they "had no trouble driving on the roads." May I offer a word of defense for the school administrators who must make these decisions? Currently being involved in education, though not an administrator, I see the no-win situation they are in when it comes to making a weather decision. ...
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Marriage is to be celebrated - especially on Valentine's Day
(Editorial ~ 02/14/14)
Today's a day to celebrate love. It's Valentine's Day. The holiday is named after a courageous priest who was sentenced to death on Feb. 14 around 270 A.D. Emperor Claudius II decreed marriage to be against the law in the third century, and Valentine, a priest in Rome, defied the ruling and continued to oversee marriages in secret. For this he lost his life...
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‘Murphy's Law' will be performed again in Cape before heading to the Kennedy Center/American College Theater Festival
(Entertainment ~ 02/14/14)
The original play "Murphy's Law" had its premiere in April in a small theater at the Southeast Missouri State University River Campus. Next week, it will be reprised at the Rust Flexible Theatre on campus before it heads to a prestigious college theater festival to a crowd of more than 1,000...
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Lindsay Ell ‘Trippin'' to Cape Girardeau with The Band Perry
(Entertainment ~ 02/14/14)
Country singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Lindsay Ell will perform Feb. 21 at the Show Me Center as one of the opening acts for The Band Perry. Ell began touring with the band in November, playing 20 shows in nine countries across Europe. Now she, along with country music singer Easton Corbin, is playing stateside with the band as it continue its We Are Pioneers World Tour...
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Milsap concert postponed due to health issue
(Local News ~ 02/14/14)
The Ronnie Milsap concert scheduled for Sunday at Isle Casino Cape Girardeau has been rescheduled because of the singer's health issues, the casino reported in a news release Thursday. The date -- consisting of two shows -- instead will take place May 25...
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LaBeouf's paper-bag stunt draws crowd
(Entertainment ~ 02/14/14)
LOS ANGELES -- Despite the paper bag covering his noggin declaring "I AM NOT FAMOUS ANYMORE," Shia LaBeouf can still draw a crowd. A line of more than 200 curious individuals seeking a few minutes of face time -- Or should that be bag time? -- with the masked 27-year-old actor snaked along the sidewalk of a busy Los Angeles street, around the block and down an alleyway Wednesday afternoon. ...
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Miffed Drake says he's done with interviews
(Entertainment ~ 02/14/14)
NEW YORK -- Drake says he won't do interviews with magazines after a recent story in Rolling Stone magazine. The rapper was supposed to be on the cover of the magazine's new issue, but was replaced with the late Philip Seymour Hoffman. Drake tweeted Thursday he's "done doing interviews with magazines."...
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Missouri town backs out of Insane Clown Posse festival
(Entertainment ~ 02/14/14)
ST. LOUIS -- Just two weeks ago, organizers of the yearly festival headlined by the rap-metal Insane Clown Posse announced the multiday event would be staged at a mid-Missouri campground after seven years of sometimes-sketchy times in Southern Illinois...
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Artifacts 2/14/14
(Entertainment ~ 02/14/14)
The reception and curator's talk for "Works in Progress" at the River Campus Art Gallery of Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus have been rescheduled to today. The reception for the exhibition, which features the work of students in a variety of disciplines, will be from 5 to 7 p.m. ...
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Belgium extends euthanasia to children
(International News ~ 02/14/14)
BRUSSELS -- Belgian lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Thursday to extend the country's euthanasia law to children younger than 18. The law empowers children with terminal ailments who are in great pain to ask to be put to death by their doctor if their parents agree and a psychiatrist or psychologist certifies they are conscious of what their choice signifies...
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Italian premier quits after losing key supporters
(International News ~ 02/14/14)
ROME -- Abandoned by an ambitious party rival, Italian Premier Enrico Letta announced Thursday he is resigning after losing essential support for his battered, 10-month-old coalition government. Hours earlier, Matteo Renzi, the 39-year-old leader of Letta's Democratic Party, rallied party executives to an overwhelming vote for a change of command in the premier's office. The Florence mayor is a fast-rising star in Italian politics and has maneuvered for months to become premier...
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$100K grant fueling chemistry students at Fenton high school
(State News ~ 02/14/14)
FENTON, Mo. -- In a chemistry lab at Rockwood Summit High School in suburban St. Louis, leftover vegetable oil from the cafeteria is a sort of liquid gold. Lined up on lab tables in glass funnels and a few 2-liter plastic soda bottles, the waste vegetable oil is being converted into biodiesel, a process that so enthralled students they formed an after-school club. ...
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Mo. House member files school legislation
(State News ~ 02/14/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Unaccredited Missouri school districts could pay less to cover education costs for students who transfer to nearby schools under a House Republican's proposal that also seeks to provide new options for transfer students while allowing receiving districts to control their enrollments...
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Warm West offsets cold East for an average January
(National News ~ 02/14/14)
WASHINGTON -- For those who shivered through January, this may be hard to believe: Nationwide, the average temperature for the month was about normal because a warm West offset a cool East. January in the lower 48 states was the 53rd-coldest of 120 years of record-keeping, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday. The average was 30.3 degrees, only one-tenth of a degree below normal...
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Cape Girardeau to be model school district for accessibility
(Local News ~ 02/14/14)
The Cape Girardeau School District will become the model school district for accessibility through a cooperative agreement signed with the U.S. Department of Education, according to a district news release. Improvements will start immediately and are expected to be complete within the next three years, the release said. In an email to the Southeast Missourian, communications director Dana Saverino said cost is still a "variable."...
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Southeast grad programs in counseling win accreditation
(Local News ~ 02/14/14)
Southeast Missouri State University now offers three graduate programs in counseling accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs, a university news release said. Southeast's master of arts program in career counseling has been approved for accreditation, while the university's master of arts programs in school counseling and mental health counseling have been reaccredited by the council, the release said...
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Governor supports repealing Missouri's gay marriage ban
(State News ~ 02/14/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Jay Nixon said Thursday he supports ending Missouri's same-sex marriage ban and thinks voters should have a chance to repeal an amendment to the state constitution that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. In 2004, Missouri became the first state to enact a constitutional prohibition on gay weddings after the Massachusetts high court permitted gay marriage there. The measure was approved by 70 percent of the state's voters...
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Births 2/14/14
(Births ~ 02/14/14)
Daughter to Donald Tyler-Hubbard and Melba Jeanne Hays of Bell City, Mo., Saint Francis Medical Center, 5:34 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31, 2013. Name, Trinity Faith. Weight, 6 pounds, 3 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Ms. Hays is the daughter of Rita Hicks of Morley, Mo., and Richard Swinney of Benton, Mo. Tyler-Hubbard is the son of Patrick Sachell of Lansing, Ill., and Gina Hubbard of Chicago...
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Out of the past 2/14/14
(Out of the Past ~ 02/14/14)
The proposed construction of a new municipal swimming pool to replace the aging Capaha Park pool received the unanimous endorsement of the park board last night; a 12-member swimming pool committee had recommended replacing the Capaha pool. Three men, including a former schoolmate of Southeast Missouri Bank president John Percy Huston IV, have been arrested and charged with plotting to kidnap the bank president; the scheme was thwarted and the trio arrested in Florida by FBI agents...
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Jackson fire report 2/14/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/14/14)
*** JACKSON The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls Thursday: * An odor investigation on Aaron Drive. * Emergency medical service on Oakland Drive. * Emergency medical service on South Bellevue Street.
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Jackson police report 2/14/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/14/14)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests...
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Cape Girardeau police report 2/14/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/14/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests...
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Northeast is hit by another storm
(National News ~ 02/14/14)
PHILADELPHIA -- Yet another storm paralyzed the Northeast with heavy snow and sleet Thursday, giving the winter-weary that oh-no-not-again feeling, while hundreds of thousands across the ice-encrusted South waited in the cold for the electricity to come back on...
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Herman Zschille Jr.
(Obituary ~ 02/14/14)
Herman H. Zschille Jr., 86, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 22, 1927, in Jackson, son of Herman H. and Regina Kurre Zschille Sr. He and Joyce Page were married Feb. 10, 1948...
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Donna Wagner
(Obituary ~ 02/14/14)
Donna Lorraine Wagner, 62, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, at Southeast Hospital. A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. today at Rose Hill Cemetery in Thebes, Ill. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Lavern Stirnemann
(Obituary ~ 02/14/14)
A wonderful mother, wife, friend and daughter, Lavern Stirnemann, 88, of Mountain View, Ark., passed away peacefully in her sleep Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, after a brief illness. She was born Feb. 28, 1925, in Jackson, to Nellie Burns. She was a loving wife (and caretaker at the end of his life in 2000) to her husband, Oliver Stirnemann...
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Henry Mendoza
(Obituary ~ 02/14/14)
Henry C. Mendoza, 86, of Jackson died Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at the chapel of McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Parish prayers will be at 7 p.m., followed with the rosary...
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Robert Hahn
(Obituary ~ 02/14/14)
Robert Hahn, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, at Chateau Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Ralph Gosche
(Obituary ~ 02/14/14)
Ralph Joseph Gosche, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Feb. 27, 1926, in Oran, Mo., to George John and Amanda Helen Schwartz Gosche. He and Helen T. Kielhofner were married May 28, 1949, at Oran. Ralph was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church and its St. Joseph Sodality, Knights of Columbus and VFW. He had worked at Marquette Cement more than 20 years, then at Lowes Manufacturing plant in Oran, from which he retired...
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Darrel Freeman
(Obituary ~ 02/14/14)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Darrel James Freeman, 7 months, died Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis. He was born July 7, 2013, at St. Mary's Medical Center in Richmond Heights, Mo., son of Justin Gene Freeman and Victoria Marie Vandeven of Marble Hill...
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Katherine Eldridge
(Obituary ~ 02/14/14)
KELSO, Mo. -- Katherine Lanora Eldridge, 74, of Kelso died Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 7, 1939, to Alva Lester and Dorothy Mae Green Sebright. Katherine was a sales clerk at Wal-Mart in Cape Girardeau and also worked as a custodian at Southeast Missouri State University. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Scott City and St. Mark's Chapter 167 Eastern Star...
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Missouri holds off Arkansas to snap losing streak
(Professional Sports ~ 02/14/14)
The Tigers ended a three-game losing streak with an 86-85 win
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Southeast Missouri State softball team re-armed for 2014 season
(College Sports ~ 02/14/14)
Southeast's pitching staff will be led by a pair of freshmen
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OVC-leading Skyhawks visit Southeast Missouri State women
(College Sports ~ 02/14/14)
The Skyhawks have compiled a 10-1 record in conference play
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Cards' Peralta arrives to camp early to meet teammates
(Professional Sports ~ 02/14/14)
JUPITER, Fla. -- St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Jhonny Peralta checked into spring training camp four days ahead of the mandatory reporting date, eager to greet his new teammates Thursday and move past last year's problems. The two-time All-Star was suspended for 50 games last season while with Detroit because of his involvement with the Biogenesis drug scandal...
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World's largest solar plant opens in Nevada desert
(National News ~ 02/14/14)
PRIMM, Nevada -- A windy stretch of the Mojave Desert once roamed by tortoises and coyotes has been transformed by hundreds of thousands of mirrors into the largest solar power plant of its type in the world, a milestone for a growing industry that is testing the balance between wilderness conservation and the pursuit of green energy across the American West...
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No deaths, injuries from traffic jams on Jersey bridge
(National News ~ 02/14/14)
EDGEWATER, N.J. -- A traffic jam orchestrated by members of Gov. Chris Christie's staff that caused days of gridlock in northern New Jersey appeared not to lead to anyone's death or seriously compromise their medical care, according to a comprehensive review of five hours of emergency dispatch audio, interviews and dozens of pages of call logs...
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Cold work deserves warm praise -- and lots of it
(Column ~ 02/14/14)
Just about everything that can be said about this miserable winter has been said. But why should that stop me? While many words of thanks have been directed at those who work outdoors in cold weather, not nearly enough has been said on that account. It quite possibly might be impossible to thank everyone adequately...
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Best Bet: A night of romantic music
(Entertainment ~ 02/14/14)
"Valentine Favorites" -- at 7:30 p.m. today in Shuck Music Recital Hall -- features classical guitar player and adjunct professor Patrick Rafferty, vocalist Erika Beasley and oboist Laura Ross playing classic and contemporary love songs. The show is divided into three sets, each with its own style of music -- solo Spanish guitar solos, a duo with traditional Spanish songs, American jazz and original tunes and then contemporary and musical theater numbers. ...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 2/14/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/14/14)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Wednesday:...
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Prayer 2/14/14
(Prayer ~ 02/14/14)
O Lord Jesus, thank you that your perfect love endures forever. Amen.
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High school roundup: Notre Dame swimmers win Show-Me Conference meet
(High School Sports ~ 02/14/14)
All the local high school events reported Thursday to the Southeast Missourian.
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