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Cape police announce more Roll Call events
(Local News ~ 08/04/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department has planned more dates and locations for its weekly Neighborhood Roll Call event. Thursday's Roll Call will be at Washington Avenue and North Middle Street. The Aug. 13 event will be at Good Hope Street and Minnesota Avenue, and the Aug. 20 event will be at Lorimier and Merriwether streets. All Roll Call events take place at 7 p.m...
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Man detained after hostage situation at Miner motel
(Local News ~ 08/04/15)
A man was in custody after a hostage situation Monday night at a Miner, Missouri, motel. Miner police chief Chris Griggs said the department got a call about 5:30 p.m. Monday about a man barricaded in a room with a hostage at the Super 8. Griggs said police had been seeking the suspect, Gary Ray Corder Jr., in connection with a separate investigation...
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Poplar Bluff council delays replacing Rushin
(Local News ~ 08/04/15)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Poplar Bluff City Council members have delayed selecting a replacement for council-member-at-large Jack Rushin, who resigned in July amid nepotism allegations. The council voted to hold a special meeting in the next week to allow the public to meet with the applicants for the position...
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County seeks grants to improve two roads near Millersville
(Local News ~ 08/04/15)
Cape Girardeau County is seeking grants to help improve and pave two county roads near Millersville. County commissioners on Monday approved awarding administration services for grant applications to the Southeast Missouri Regional Planning Commission in Perryville, Missouri, and engineering design and inspection services to Koehler Engineering...
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Rep. Smith tours flooded local areas
(Local News ~ 08/04/15)
U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, R-Salem, toured St. John's Bayou and New Madrid Floodway areas Tuesday to view land affected by recent flooding. Smith and Riley James, president of St. John's Levee Board, discussed the pending St. Johns Bayou and New Madrid Floodway project that would close a levee 1,500 gap, install pumping stations and modify ditches...
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Cape's Main Street to be partly closed Thursday
(Local News ~ 08/04/15)
The city of Cape Girardeau asks motorists to be aware of a partial closure of Main Street on Thursday. The area between Themis Street and Broadway will be closed from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. so Alliance Water and Dutch Enterprises can add a water tap for a downtown building renovation...
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Election turnout low, as predicted
(Local News ~ 08/04/15)
Tuesday's brief ballot ultimately correlated to a minimal election turnout in each of the three communities with measures at stake. Cape Girardeau County Clerk Kara Clark Summers estimated an 8 percent to 10 percent turnout overall, which turned out to be slightly higher than the 7.42 percent reported by her office in Tuesday night's unofficial results...
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Delta rejects option to forgo some elections
(Local News ~ 08/04/15)
Of the six Cape Girardeau County communities to vote this year on a measure allowing them to forgo annual elections if races are uncontested, Delta is the only city to reject it. Allenville, Gordonville, Oak Ridge, Pocahontas and Whitewater approved the question back in April...
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Senate blocks GOP bill to halt Planned Parenthood funds
(National News ~ 08/04/15)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate blocked a Republican drive Monday to terminate federal funds for Planned Parenthood, setting the stage for the GOP to try again this fall amid higher stakes -- a potential government shutdown that could echo into next year's presidential and congressional elections...
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Jackson awards $180,000 contract for resurfacing over 42 streets
(Local News ~ 08/04/15)
More than 42 asphalt streets will receive repairs next month as part of the city of Jackson's annual Asphalt Pavement Improvement Plan. City officials awarded the $180,044 contract to Jokerst Inc. of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, during a Board of Aldermen meeting Monday night...
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Man gets 20 years for beating death despite emotional pleas
(Local News ~ 08/04/15)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- A somewhat disorganized but impassioned statement by an Anna, Illinois, man convicted of murder was not enough to persuade Judge Mark Boie to show leniency. After hearing statements from attorneys, the victim's family and the defendant himself, Boie imposed a 20-year prison sentence on Jessie Bell on Monday for his role in the death of James "Jimmy" Morrison...
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Former Safe House director's charges reduced after plea bargain
(Local News ~ 08/04/15)
The former executive director of a Cape Girardeau women's shelter agreed to a plea bargain Monday to get one of two felony charges dropped. Authorities say Allison C. Leonard, 44, misappropriated more than $20,000 for personal use from the Safe House for Women. She was charged with one count each of theft and fraudulent use of a credit device...
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Otto earns first-place ribbon
(Submitted Photo ~ 08/04/15)
Dallas Otto, 7, of Marble Hill, Missouri, recently earned the first place ribbon at Briggs Stable Show in Hanover, Massachusetts. Shown with Dallas is his trainer and aunt, Kim Scheer, of Hanover. The horse show also was Dallas' first.
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Scholarships presented
(Submitted Photo ~ 08/04/15)
The Jackson Knights of Columbus presented scholarships to area graduating seniors at its annual banquet. The Jackson Knights of Columbus are proud sponsors of scholarships every year to the four area high schools to help further the education of students. ...
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Ladies Auxiliary presents scholarships
(Submitted Photo ~ 08/04/15)
The Jackson Knights of Columbus Ladies' Auxiliary presented scholarships to area graduating seniors at their annual banquet. The Ladies' Auxiliary is proud sponsors of scholarships every year to the area high schools to help further the education of students. ...
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Historical Association thanks Schnucks
(Submitted Photo ~ 08/04/15)
The board of directors of the Historical Association of Greater Cape Girardeau, The Glenn House, wish to thank Schnucks for its participation in the E-script program, and the $1,093.25 that they received from the use of the cards. This money has been beneficial in helping keep the Glenn House in good repair and beautiful for the community to enjoy...
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Count added to pollution lawsuit against Fruitland meat processor
(Local News ~ 08/04/15)
A lawsuit accusing a Fruitland meat processor of illegal water pollution will be allowed to continue, and a count for natural resources damage will be added, a judge decided Monday. Attorneys for Fruitland American Meat and Attorney General Chris Koster's office appeared before Judge Benjamin Lewis for a case review Monday at the Common Pleas Courthouse. ...
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Hanging Lake
(Submitted Photo ~ 08/04/15)
In the mountains above Glenwood springs, Colorado you can hike into Hanging Lake. Gorgeous clear water with Cutthroat trout swimming around....but no fishing or wading in this jewel.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/04/15)
Today is Tuesday, August 4, the 216th day of 2015. There are 149 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 4, 1790, the U.S. Coast Guard had its beginnings as President George Washington signed a measure authorizing a group of revenue cutters to enforce tariff and trade laws and prevent smuggling...
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ADA opens opportunities, allows more independence
(Editorial ~ 08/04/15)
The Americans with Disabilities Act recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, having been signed into law by President George H.W. Bush on July 26, 1990. The law improved life significantly for people with disabilities, and local leaders are looking forward to a continued effort to embrace and make life better for those with special needs...
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Experimental Ebola vaccine could stop virus in West Africa
(Community ~ 08/04/15)
LONDON -- An experimental Ebola vaccine tested on thousands of people in Guinea seems to work and might help shut down the waning epidemic in West Africa, according to interim results from a study published Friday. There is no licensed treatment or vaccine for Ebola, which so far has killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa since the world's biggest outbreak began in the forest region of Guinea last year. ...
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Charles Brand
(Obituary ~ 08/04/15)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Charles Edward Brand, 87, of Springfield died Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Springfield. He was born July 25, 1928, in Cape Girardeau, son of Louis Henry Edward and Helen Marguerite Litzelfelner Brand. He and Dorothy Elizabeth Wehrman were married Sept. 20, 1952, in Lockwood, Missouri...
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Don Vance
(Obituary ~ 08/04/15)
ORAN, Mo. -- Don Vance, 80, of Oran passed away Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015, at his home. He was born July 23, 1935, in Allenville to Elbert Howard and Florence "Flossie" Cramer Vance. Don served four years in the United States Air Force. He was a member of Guardian Angel Catholic Church, St. Joseph Sodality, Knights of Columbus Council 4311, all in Oran; American Legion Post 369 in Benton, Missouri; and Elks Lodge 2319 in Sikeston, Missouri. He was a retired construction worker...
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Sheri Farmer
(Obituary ~ 08/04/15)
Sheri D. Farmer, 56, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, surrounded by her family, after a long battle with cancer. She was born Sept. 11, 1958, in St. Louis, daughter of Dorman "Fuz" and Louise Kirk Luter. She was happily married to John E. Farmer Jr. 35 years. They were joined in holy matrimony April 12, 1980...
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Marilyn Grant
(Obituary ~ 08/04/15)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Marilyn Lucille Grant, 78, of Sikeston died Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. She was born Feb. 9, 1937, in Sikeston, daughter of Elmer Eugene and Erma Elmore Grant. A graduate of Vanderbilt University, Marilyn taught high-school English in Brentwood, Missouri, as well as at Sikeston High School. She also served as a librarian at Charleston Public Library and for the Scott City Public Schools...
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Co-founder of Mr. Coffee company dies in Ohio at age 91
(National News ~ 08/04/15)
CLEVELAND -- Vincent Marotta, one of the co-founders of the iconic Mr. Coffee brand that helped revolutionize how Americans make their morning brew, died Saturday at his home in suburban Cleveland. He was 91. Marotta and his business partner and high school friend Samuel Glazer turned Mr. ...
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Alpha is latest coal producer to go bankrupt
(National News ~ 08/04/15)
NEW YORK -- Alpha Natural Resources Inc., one of the country's biggest coal producers, became the latest in a string of coal companies to seek bankruptcy protection amid an historic shift in the electric power sector brought on by cheap natural gas and stricter pollution regulations...
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Delta bans shipment of hunting 'trophies'
(National News ~ 08/04/15)
NEW YORK -- Delta Air Lines had a major change of heart about shipping hunting trophies, announcing Monday afternoon it no longer would accept lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo trophies. As recently as May, the Atlanta-based airline had said it would continue to allow such shipments -- as long as they were legal. At the time, some international carriers prohibited such cargo...
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Texas attorney general accused of lying to investors
(National News ~ 08/04/15)
McKINNEY, Texas -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had an investment opportunity: a tech startup making data servers. He told people he had put his own money into Servergy Inc., according to prosecutors, and helped persuade a state lawmaker and a wealthy businessman to buy more than $100,000 in shares...
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Ex-con accused of killing police officer surrenders
(National News ~ 08/04/15)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- An ex-con accused of fatally shooting a police officer who interrupted a drug deal turned himself in Monday, ending a two-day manhunt, authorities said. Tremaine Wilbourn, 29, is accused of killing officer Sean Bolton on Saturday night, after the officer approached a car along a street known for years as a quiet oasis amid a troubled neighborhood...
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Rams putting rookies Havenstein, Brown right to work
(Professional Sports ~ 08/04/15)
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Rams plan to open the season with a pair of rookie offensive linemen playing side by side. Tackle Rob Havenstein and guard Jamon Brown must be quick learners and make the gamble pay off. Last year, the Rams had one rookie on the line. Tackle Greg Robinson was the second overall pick of the draft, so it was no surprise they cleared some space...
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Use of batboys suspended after 9-year-old's death
(Professional Sports ~ 08/04/15)
WICHITA, Kan. -- The National Baseball Congress has suspended using batboys and batgirls during its World Series games in Kansas following the death of a 9-year-old boy who was accidentally hit in the head with a bat during a game. Kaiser Carlile died Sunday after he was hit by a follow-through swing near the on-deck circle during the Liberal Bee Jays' game on Saturday. The boy was wearing a helmet, The Wichita Eagle reported...
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Judge: St. Louis residents don't need vote on stadium funds
(Professional Sports ~ 08/04/15)
ST. LOUIS -- The effort to build a new riverfront football stadium in St. Louis got a big boost Monday when a judge ruled that approval from city voters is not necessary to use city tax money for the project. St. Louis Circuit Judge Tomas Frawley's ruling voided a city ordinance requiring voter approval for any project using tax dollars for a professional sports facility. He called the 2002 law's language confusing and vague...
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Road construction continues
(Local News ~ 08/04/15)
Workers with Fronabarger Concreters Inc. work placing a box culvert in a creek that runs along the Walnut Street extension Monday in Cape Girardeau. Long-term road work has closed part of South West End Boulevard from Route 74 to Linden Street.
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Hiring soon will begin for Jackson Civic Center
(Local News ~ 08/04/15)
As the Jackson Civic Center nears completion, the Jackson Parks and Recreation department has begun seeking candidates to staff the facility. Parks and Recreation director Shane Anderson said Monday it is looking to fill one full-time position as building manager and several part-time positions...
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Obama hails effect of power-plant emissions plan
(National News ~ 08/04/15)
WASHINGTON -- Calling it a moral obligation, President Barack Obama unveiled the final version of his plan to cut emissions from U.S. power plants as he warned anew climate change will threaten future generations if left unchecked. Touting the plan at a White House event Monday, Obama said the unprecedented carbon-dioxide limits are the "the single most important step" America has taken to fight climate change. ...
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Comic Amy Schumer calls for better gun control
(Entertainment ~ 08/04/15)
NEW YORK -- Comedian Amy Schumer spoke tearfully of two women who were shot to death during a screening of her film, "Trainwreck," and asked lawmakers Monday to support a gun-control bill sponsored by her second cousin, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer. "I've thought about these victims each day since the tragedy," she said at a news conference at the senator's office in New York...
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Public health center offers vaccinations for students
(Community ~ 08/04/15)
Charles Hartline III prepared for the start of his eighth-grade year, as well as his first year playing football, by getting a physical exam and up-to-date on vaccinations Friday at the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center. Charles, of Cape Girardeau, wore a brave face as a registered nurse administered the vaccine. Afterward, Charles said the shot wasn't so bad and went to get his physical...
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Man arrested in connection with recent shooting
(Local News ~ 08/04/15)
An arrest has been made in the July 28 shooting on Hanover Street in Cape Girardeau. Gabriel Derice Houseman, 20, of Cape Girardeau was arrested Friday and charged in connection to the shooting, Cape Girardeau Police Sgt. Adam Glueck said. Houseman has been charged with first-degree assault, a class A felony, and felony armed criminal action. His bond was set at $125,000...
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Scott City office workers going to four-day work week
(Local News ~ 08/04/15)
Beginning next month, Scott City's city hall will be operating under new hours. After seeing the success with the Public Works department using a four-day, 10-hour work-week system, clerks at city hall asked the council at Monday night's meeting to implement a system in which two of three employees will work from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. This would give two of the clerks who work at city hall four-day work weeks...
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2 reporters arrested during Ferguson protests settle suits
(State News ~ 08/04/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Two journalists who were arrested while reporting on protests after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown settled lawsuits against St. Louis County, the American Civil Liberties Union announced Monday. The lawsuits claimed the reporters' rights were violated, and police didn't have probable cause to arrest them. The journalists covered protests that came in the days and weeks after a white Ferguson police officer fatally shot Brown, a black, unarmed 18-year-old...
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Cape council gives final OK on new transfer station
(Local News ~ 08/04/15)
The road to a new transfer station in Cape Girardeau has required approval of several measures by the city council, but Monday's approved agreement was the last step before work begins. City staff long have placed the project among the city's top capital-improvement needs, and several factors fell in place to help make it financially possible...
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Man who died in World War II receives Bronze Star 71 years later
(State News ~ 08/04/15)
ST. LOUIS -- A St. Louis soldier killed in action during World War II finally got his Bronze Star medal, thanks to the perseverance of the daughter he never knew. Technical Sgt. Walter Wojcik was killed in action July 7, 1944, in Normandy, France. His military personnel file was destroyed in a 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. ...
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Nation, world briefs 8/4/15
(National News ~ 08/04/15)
CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- Jurors on Monday moved a step closer toward sentencing James Holmes to death for his Colorado movie theater attack, taking less than three hours to reject arguments the former neuroscience student's mental illness means he should not die. ...
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Chicken getting $2,500 prosthetic leg
(National News ~ 08/04/15)
CLINTON, Mass. -- A hen owned by a woman who specializes in chicken rehabilitation and rescue is getting fitted with a prosthetic leg Wednesday at Tufts University. Andrea Martin said she is paying for the $2,500 operation out of her pocket. She says the alternative is euthanization. The chicken, named Cecily, was born with a damaged tendon in the leg that makes it useless. After a recovery period from the amputation, the prosthetic, made on a 3-D printer, will be fitted...
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Carney Fesler
(Obituary ~ 08/04/15)
Carney C. Fesler, 91, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. David Conley officiating...
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Regina Williams
(Obituary ~ 08/04/15)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Regina Shawn Williams, 57, of Tamms, formerly of Dongola, Illinois, died Monday, Aug. 3, 2015, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge, Illinois. The funeral will be at 7 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Joe McRoy officiating. Cremation will follow. Private interment will be at a later date in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens at Villa Ridge...
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Erma McDowell
(Obituary ~ 08/04/15)
Erma McDowell, 79, of Jackson died Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015, at Baptist Health Paducah in Paducah, Kentucky. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the chapel of McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Joe Beal officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Fruitland...
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Cape Girardeau police report 8/4/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/04/15)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A suspect is in custody pending formal charges of burglary. n A suspect is in custody pending formal charges of possession of controlled substance except 35 grams of marijuana or less and unlawful use of drug paraphernalia...
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Out of the past: Aug. 4
(Out of the Past ~ 08/04/15)
Three Cape Girardeau banks have frozen the accounts of WISER Inc., forcing a WISER official to announce yesterday the financially troubled center will close immediately. The official also stated the center will be unable to meet its payroll obligations for its last two-week payroll period...
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Support our future: Vote 'yes,' today, Aug. 4
(Column ~ 08/04/15)
Today, Jackson voters will face an important decision that will affect our city's future. The vote is for the upgrade of one of our city's most important infrastructures, our water system. The proposed $11.5 million water bond issue will bring improvements to Jackson's water infrastructure, replacing aging, inadequate pipes while increasing and improving water supply...
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Speak out 8/4/15
(Speak Out ~ 08/04/15)
Help me understand. If a police officer pulls your car over, you can speed away. Or if he stops to question you on the street, you can run away. Or now, if you are speeding through traffic and he has sirens on, you can go faster and he will not pursue you! When he does stop you, be sure to yell and argue with him. ...
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Prayer 8/4/15
(Prayer ~ 08/04/15)
Thank you, O God, for loving us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. Amen.
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