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Better Business Bureau receives complaints about dog treats
(Local News ~ 06/25/15)
Complaints are piling up against a Missouri company that distributes dog bones. The Better Business Bureau in St. Louis has received 49 complaints about Dynamic Pet Products' Real Ham Bone, produced and sold by Frick's Quality Meats of Washington, Missouri, said Joey Keys, regional director of Better Business Bureau Cape Girardeau Regional Office...
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Nearly 250 flock to job fair for three area companies
(Local News ~ 06/25/15)
The same number of people three area companies seek to hire streamed through the doors of a job fair during the first hour of the event Wednesday. Potential employment at PepsiMidAmerica, Mondi or QC Corp. drew the interest of candidates with a range of educational and career experiences who filled out applications and participated in on-site interviews with company representatives at the Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center...
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Cape to move fireworks display to Arena Park
(Local News ~ 06/25/15)
Organizers of Cape Girardeau's Fourth of July festivities announced Wednesday the city's fireworks display and other events will be moved to Arena Park because of Mississippi River flood conditions. Julia Thompson, the city of Cape Girardeau's parks and recreation director, said while the river might be low enough to open the flood gate at Broadway Street by July 4, it might not be low enough to open the gate at Themis Street...
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'Black Lives Matter' spray-painted on Confederate memorial
(State News ~ 06/25/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Vandals targeted a Confederate Memorial in St. Louis, spray-painting the words "Black Lives Matter" on a statue already facing an uncertain future. Police were called just before 8 a.m. Wednesday after a resident saw the damage on the 32-foot statue in Forest Park. Parks Department workers were cleaning the memorial, and no arrests have been made...
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Dutchtown in final stages of flood buyout project
(Local News ~ 06/25/15)
The tiny village of Dutchtown has become smaller as residents in flood-prone areas pack up their belongings and head for higher ground. Seeking refuge from rising floodwaters is not a new experience for people in Dutchtown's low-lying neighborhoods. But this time, it's a little different. This time, people will not return to their homes, but moving into new ones...
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Jackson Senior Legion cruises past Sikeston in 4 1/2 innings
(Community Sports ~ 06/25/15)
Post 158 scored nine runs in the second inning on its way to a 14-0 win over the Sikeston Post 114 Silver Sox in the first game of a doubleheader Wednesday.
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Jackson High School Student Makes 2nd Trip to National High School Finals Rodeo
(Submitted Story ~ 06/25/15)
Erin Mantz, graduate of the Jackson High School Class of 2015, has earned a position on the Illinois National High School Rodeo team and will be traveling with fellow teammates to Rock Springs, WY, July 12th-18th to compete at the 67th annual National High School Finals Rodeo (NHSFR). She will be competing in three events at NHSFR...barrel racing, breakaway roping and goat tying...
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Capahas roll to victory against Charleston Riverdogs
(Community Sports ~ 06/25/15)
The Capahas shutout the Riverdogs over the final five innings and scored five runs in the bottom of the seventh in their 8-2 win on Thursday.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/25/15)
Today is Thursday, June 25, the 176th day of 2015. There are 189 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 25, 1950, war broke out in Korea as forces from the communist North invaded the South. On this date: In 1788, Virginia ratified the U.S. Constitution...
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Rock 'n' Roll Church reaches different crowd
(Editorial ~ 06/25/15)
Ministry takes many forms, from traditional church services to contemporary style to formats like that of the Rock 'n' Roll Church. A recent story in the Southeast Missourian about the church pointed to the many ways it is "reaching those on crack, full of cracks and in the cracks!" That's how Pastor Billy Garner described the church, which has a biker image mixed with classic rock...
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Hooked on Science: Elephant's toothpaste
(Community ~ 06/25/15)
n 16-ounce plastic soda bottle n 20-volume hydrogen peroxide n Dry yeast n Warm water n Dishwashing liquid STEP 1: Pour half a cup of 20-volume hydrogen peroxide into the 16-ounce plastic soda bottle. STEP 2: Add 1 teaspoon of dishwashing liquid. STEP 3: Mix 3 tablespoons of warm water with 1 tablespoon of dry yeast...
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Out of the past: June 25
(Out of the Past ~ 06/25/15)
The Missouri Bankers Association Grand Auto Tour makes a stop in Jackson in the afternoon; the parade of pre-1937 classic cars is part of the association's centennial celebration; the local stop is the 12th of 42 designated stops along the 17-day, 1,700-mile trip covering the state...
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Births 6/25/15
(Births ~ 06/25/15)
Son to Michael Scott Kinder and Angel Christine Stone of Millersville, Southeast Hospital, 4:18 p.m. Monday, June 15, 2015. Name, Mason Scott. Weight, 6 pounds, 10 ounces. Second child, first son. Stone is the daughter of Garry Stone Jr., of Jackson and Chris and Karlios Hinkebein of Cape Girardeau. She is a cashier at Coad Chevrolet. Kinder is the son of Stan and Robin Kinder of Jackson. He is an iron worker with Robinson Construction...
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Ferguson Commission seeks municipal court reforms
(State News ~ 06/25/15)
FERGUSON, Mo. -- The Ferguson Commission wants to overhaul St. Louis County's municipal court system by consolidating operations and eliminating practices that have been labeled abusive. Gov. Jay Nixon appointed the commission during the unrest following the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer in August. A working group met Tuesday and unveiled the proposal...
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Satanic group's suit: Missouri abortion law violates beliefs
(State News ~ 06/25/15)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A group of satanic worshippers is suing Missouri's governor and attorney general in federal court, alleging the state's abortion restrictions violate their religious beliefs and should be scrapped. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in St. Louis on behalf of The Satanic Temple and a Missouri member identified only as "Mary Doe," also alleges the law violates the establishment clause meant to bar governmental endorsement of religion...
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Missouri county officials: FBI questions consulting contract
(State News ~ 06/25/15)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- FBI agents are asking questions about a $75,000 contract awarded to a Missouri consultant, county officials said. Two Jackson County local legislators said agents questioned them about the contract for health-care consulting by Brittany Burke, according to reports this week by the Kansas City Star and St. Louis Post-Dispatch...
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Obama clears the way for hostages' families to pay ransom
(National News ~ 06/25/15)
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is clearing the way for families of U.S. hostages to pay ransom to terror groups without fear of prosecution, as the White House seeks to address criticism from those whose loved ones have been killed in captivity...
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Whitney Houston's daughter moved to hospice care
(National News ~ 06/25/15)
NEW YORK -- Bobbi Kristina Brown has been moved to hospice care after months in the hospital. In a statement Wednesday, her aunt, Pat Houston, said Whitney Houston's daughter's condition has worsened. "Despite the great medical care at numerous facilities, Bobbi Kristina Brown's condition has continued to deteriorate," the statement read. "As of today, she has been moved into hospice care."...
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As South Carolina honors victims, Alabama lowers its flags
(National News ~ 06/25/15)
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- State senator and pastor Clementa Pinckney was carried Wednesday into the Statehouse where he served the people for nearly 20 years, becoming the first African-American since Reconstruction to rest in honor in the South Carolina Rotunda...
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Jindal declares 2016 GOP bid
(National News ~ 06/25/15)
KENNER, La. -- Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal declared his candidacy for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination Wednesday and set about trying to distinguish himself in a field with better-known rivals. It's a long-shot effort for an accomplished but overshadowed governor, and his prospects will depend largely on his continued courtship of evangelical voters. But other contenders also are determined to win over that group...
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Condemned Boston Marathon bomber says he's sorry
(National News ~ 06/25/15)
BOSTON -- Moments before a judge sentenced him to death, Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev broke more than two years of silence Wednesday and apologized to the victims and their loved ones for the first time. "I pray for your relief, for your healing," he said...
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GOP-led Congress hands Obama major win on trade
(National News ~ 06/25/15)
WASHINGTON -- In a triumph of divided government, the Republican-controlled Congress passed major trade legislation Wednesday long sought by President Barack Obama but opposed by most lawmakers in his party. The measure to strengthen Obama's hand in global trade talks cleared the Senate on a vote of 60-38 and will go to the White House for his signature -- less than two weeks after it was derailed in the House in an uprising of Democratic lawmakers who argued it would cost American jobs...
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Scott City chamber wants to boost membership numbers
(Local News ~ 06/25/15)
Gaining members was the main topic discussed at Scott City's Chamber of Commerce meeting Wednesday night. With two of the town's biggest events past, Summerfest and Spirits in the Park, the chamber is planning its ribbon-cutting and open house for Aug. 4...
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Landmark Dutch ruling: Cut emissions to protect citizens
(International News ~ 06/25/15)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- A Dutch court ordered the government Wednesday to slash greenhouse gas emissions to help fight global warming, a landmark ruling in a case brought by hundreds of concerned citizens that could pave the way for legal battles around the world...
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Flamingo gets an artificial leg
(International News ~ 06/25/15)
A Chilean flamingo stands with the help of a specially made prosthetic leg at a zoo Tuesday in Sorocaba, Brazil. Part of the flamingo's broken left leg was amputated to halt an infection.
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Man gets 7 years for killing son
(Local News ~ 06/25/15)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- A Stoddard County judge sentenced a Catron, Missouri, man to seven years in prison Monday afternoon in connection with the May 2012 shooting death of his son. A seven-woman, five-man jury convicted Charles C. Goforth of first-degree involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action after an April trial...
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Lawsuit filed over Butler County Jail suicide
(Local News ~ 06/25/15)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- The mother of a Poplar Bluff man who committed suicide in 2014 while being held in the Butler County Justice Center has filed a federal lawsuit against the county and jailers on behalf of her son's estate. Adam Butch Banks, 31, was found dead in a holding cell May 1, 2014, about 12 hours after he was booked into the jail following his arrest by Poplar Bluff police on suspicion of second-degree property damage...
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HAM radio operators to hold field day in Jackson
(Local News ~ 06/25/15)
The Southeast Missouri Amateur Radio Club and the Cape Girardeau County Emergency Management will participate in the American Radio Relay League Field Day from 10 a.m. Saturday until noon Sunday at Klaus Park on Outer Highway South in Jackson. Operations will be set up in the Cape Girardeau County emergency services van...
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Jackson to help conduct DWI checkpoints
(Local News ~ 06/25/15)
The Jackson Police Department and Southeast Missouri DWI Task Force will be conducting sobriety checkpoints this weekend. The checkpoints on Saturday are being conducted in an effort to reduce alcohol-related traffic accidents, a news release from the city of Jackson said...
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Southeast College of Nursing adding three programs
(Local News ~ 06/25/15)
The Southeast Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences will offer three additional career options to students beginning in August. Three programs were approved by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools:...
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Cape Girardeau police report 6/25/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/25/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Demetrius E. Robinson, 23, 610 Boxwood Drive, was arrested on two Cape Girardeau warrants for probation violation. n A juvenile was cited into juvenile court for missing/being a runaway...
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Sikeston man dies in accidental shooting
(Local News ~ 06/25/15)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- A Sikeston man died after accidentally shooting himself. About noon Wednesday, officers from the Sikeston Department of Public Safety went to a home on Virginia Street after a report of an accidental shooting. Capt. Jim McMillen, DPS public information officer, said upon officers' arrival, they found a 19-year-old man with a single gunshot wound to the abdomen...
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Jerry Wickware
(Obituary ~ 06/25/15)
Jerry Don Wickware, 70, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, June 21, 2015, at the John Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 4 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Great Dimension Ministries in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 5 p.m. Saturday at the church, with Bishop William Bird officiating. Burial will be at 3 p.m. Monday in the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...
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Delores Whitaker
(Obituary ~ 06/25/15)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Delores Whitaker, 68, of Cairo, died Sunday June 21, 2015, at her home. Visitation will be from noon to 1 p.m. Sunday at the Cairo High School in Cairo. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at the high school, with pastor Jimmy Ellis officiating. Burial will be in Spencer Heights Memorial Park in Mounds, Illinois...
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Years into Common Core, teachers lament lack of materials
(Community ~ 06/25/15)
The learning standards were new. The textbooks were not. So curriculum director Tammy Baumann and her team took the books apart, literally. Then they rearranged lessons, filled in holes with outside material and put it all together in what will be the kindergarten-through-second-grade math curriculum in the fall at her district in East Lansing, Michigan...
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Ruth Volkerding
(Obituary ~ 06/25/15)
Ruth Volkerding, 97, of Jackson fell asleep in Jesus on Tuesday, June 23, 2015, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 22, 1918, in Cape Girardeau County to Albert and Ida Lange Siebert. She and Walter Rose were married April 3, 1948. They had been married 15 years when he passed away Sept. 26, 1963. She and Joseph Volkerding were married Aug. 15, 1970. They had been married 23 years when he passed away Oct. 21, 1993...
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Florence Russell
(Obituary ~ 06/25/15)
Florence Russell, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, June 23, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Sept. 12, 1928, in Booneville, Mississippi, to the late Henry A. and Elzie M. Hardrick Willis. Survivors include a son, Bill Harlow of South Carolina; four daughters, Marie (Ed) Greene of Paragould, Arkansas, Mary Harlow, Bonnie (Bob) Harper and Kathy Harris, all of Cape Girardeau, and Connie (Dwight) Dobbs of Oran, Missouri; 16 grandchildren; and numerous great- and great-great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews.. ...
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Janie Rauch
(Obituary ~ 06/25/15)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Janie Lynn Connell Rauch, 63, of Chaffee passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2015, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 8, 1952, in Arlington, Tennessee, to the late Ferdinand T. and Dorothy M. Land Connell. She married William "Bill" Rauch on Aug. 18, 1972...
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Agency finds river pollution after off-road event
(Local News ~ 06/25/15)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A recent investigation by Missouri Department of Natural Resources officials found suspected violations involving the Little Black River and Beaver Dam Creek occurred during the Trucks Gone Wild event at Brick's Off Road Park. Arthur Goodin, chief of DNR's water pollution control unit in its Southeast Missouri Regional Office, sent a certified letter dated June 18 to Brick's owner Jay Brickell detailing the investigation, findings and recommendations...
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Kenyetta Phillips
(Obituary ~ 06/25/15)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Kenyetta Denise Phillips, 42, of Mounds died Friday, June 19, 2015, at her home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Massie Funeral Home in Mounds. The funeral will be at noon Saturday at the funeral home. Elder Enloe Clemons will officiate. Burial will be in Green Lawn Memorial Garden in Villa Ridge, Illinois...
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Emails show more patronage offers by former city manager
(Local News ~ 06/25/15)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- "Interested in a special project in Missouri?" At 10:16 p.m. Thursday, July 31, Heath Kaplan sent an email to a former co-worker from his days with the city of Crandall, Texas. Kaplan would not sign a contract to become the Poplar Bluff city manager for another five days, but appears to have been eager to reach out to members of his "professional network" with the news and offers of new opportunities...
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Leonard Ludwig
(Obituary ~ 06/25/15)
Leonard E. Ludwig, 90, of Oak Ridge passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2015, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 31, 1925, in Oak Ridge, son of Ernest and Amanda M. Hecht Ludwig. He and Jacqueline Lane were married May 23, 1954, in Brazeau, Missouri...
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Wanda King
(Obituary ~ 06/25/15)
Wanda J. King, 70, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, June 18, 2015, at her home. She was born July 7, 1944, in Chaffee, Missouri, daughter of John W. and Grace P. Vaughn McLemore. She married Leo King, who survives. Wanda was employed by Ralph Edwards in Cape Girardeau for 25 years and volunteered at Mid-America Teen Challenge for many years...
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Doris Brock
(Obituary ~ 06/25/15)
Doris Ann "Doe" Brock, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, June 23, 2015, at her home. She was born July 5, 1927, in St. Louis to Ulric James and Marie E. DeClue Suiter. She and Dr. M. Allen Brock were married at St. Louis in 1951, and were happily married for 34 years when he passed away in 1985...
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Linus Bridges
(Obituary ~ 06/25/15)
SCOPUS, Mo. -- Linus Lee Bridges Jr, 90, of Scopus passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born to L.L. Sr. and Lunda M. Yount Bridges on Nov. 9, 1924. He and Eula Bollinger were united in marriage Aug. 18, 1948...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 6/25/15
(Local News ~ 06/25/15)
1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today n Minutes of the June 22 meeting n None at this time n Items listed on agenda n Purchase orders n Payroll change forms n A letter to MoDOT requesting programming for BRO-B016(31) County Road 477 bridge project. n None at this time...
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Judge rules in favor of Islamic cab driver in St. Louis
(State News ~ 06/25/15)
ST. LOUIS -- A St. Louis judge has ruled that a Pakistani Muslim taxi driver can wear religious attire while driving his cab. For years, Raja Naeem of St. Louis and the Metropolitan Taxicab Commission have done battle over his clothing. The commission requires drivers to wear black pants and a white, button-down shirt...
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Police: Eastern Missouri man stabs ax-wielding intruder
(State News ~ 06/25/15)
ROBERTSVILLE, Mo. -- Authorities say an eastern Missouri homeowner repeatedly stabbed an ax-wielding intruder. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the confrontation happened shortly before 2 a.m. Tuesday in Franklin County's Robertsville. Police said the 55-year-old homeowner told officers a man with whom he had had an argument earlier in the night broke in to his home using the homeowner's ax. ...
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Heyward and Wong homer, Cardinals top Marlins 6-1
(Professional Sports ~ 06/25/15)
MIAMI -- Jaime Garcia made a mistake against Giancarlo Stanton, and later took a misstep on his way to scoring. Otherwise, he and the St. Louis Cardinals rolled again. Jason Heyward homered for the third consecutive game, Kolten Wong added a two-run shot and the Cardinals topped the Miami Marlins 6-1 on Wednesday night -- improving baseball's best record to 47-24...
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Last-minute Father's Day gift worth $1M
(National News ~ 06/25/15)
JEANNETTE, Pa. -- A scratch-off lottery ticket bought as a last-minute Father's Day gift has turned a truck driver into an instant millionaire. Joseph Morrah, 61, was given the winning $1 Million Payout ticket Sunday. His daughter, Christina Morrah, put the ticket in a card she gave him. But his wife, Debbie Morrah, said it was her idea to buy the $20 ticket. "I said, 'Buy a lottery ticket for him,' because I didn't get him anything, and I felt bad," she said...
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Raiders and others
(Column ~ 06/25/15)
I recently read an article about the creation of a new Marine Special Operations group to be officially known as Marine Raiders. This is meant to be a Marine equivalent of Army Rangers and Green Berets, Navy Seals and Air Force Special Operations. All of these units are assembled as part of the U.S. Special Operations Command...
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Prayer 6/25/15
(Prayer ~ 06/25/15)
O God, we thank you that we can bring our requests before you in prayer. Amen.
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Top students: Meet two of Saxony Lutheran High School's six valedictorians from the Class of 2015
(Community ~ 06/25/15)
Editor's note: Saxony Lutheran High School selected six valedictorians for the Class of 2015. We featured two of these distinguished graduates last week and will recognize the last two next week. Parents' names: Christopher and Elizabeth Buerck What extracurricular activities were you involved in? Can you tell us a little bit about your experiences?...
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