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Vandeven, Hosket provide healthy battle for No. 1 QB spot for Southeast Missouri State football
(College Sports ~ 04/18/16)
There's two players that have Southeast Missouri State football coach Tom Matukewicz feeling more confident and more comfortable in the offense than he did at this time a year ago. Quarterbacks Dante Vandeven and Jesse Hosket have brought a sense of security to the third-year coach as his team began its fifth and final week of spring practices at the Rosengarten Athletic Complex on Monday evening...
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Southeast Missouri Business Teachers Elect Officers
(Submitted Story ~ 04/18/16)
At the April 11 meeting at Dexter Bar-B-Que in Cape Girardeau, the Southeast Missouri Business Education Association (SEBEA) elected officers for 2016-17. Past president will be Donna Conaway, teacher at Scott City; president will be Amanda Forester, teacher at Jackson Senior High; and president elect will be Pat Davault, teacher from Sikeston...
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Local Teenager Wins Missouri's Breaking Tradition Award
(Submitted Story ~ 04/18/16)
Breaking Traditions News Release – March 2016 CTE Students are Breaking Traditions Caroline Schott, an outstanding Project Lead the Way Student from Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center (CTC) to receive the State Breaking Traditions Secondary Award!...
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Chucky's First fish of the season
(Submitted Story ~ 04/18/16)
Chucky Bauer, 7, caught these while fishing with his dad, Chuck Bauer, and family friends Joshua Carmack and Sean Wilson at the Block Hole this past Sunday.
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Charity to donate adventure-trail playground equipment to Cape County Park
(Local News ~ 04/18/16)
A local charity established after the sudden death of a 3-year-old boy has agreed to donate $150,000 worth of outdoor, nature-inspired playground equipment to Cape Girardeau County Park South. Levi's Children's Charity president Luvina "Viney" Mosley announced the donation...
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Renaissance store in downtown Cape taken over by a former employee
(Local News ~ 04/18/16)
Sherry Yaeger's Renaissance is having a renaissance all its own. Initially intended to showcase her art, Sherry Yaeger, with her husband Mike, watched Renaissance transform over the years. The gallery became a life and style boutique offering vintage-inspired items, home decor, gift product lines and Yaeger's artwork...
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'Hanging tree' in county courthouse square taken down
(Local News ~ 04/18/16)
The so-called hanging tree in uptown Jackson once used for executions in Cape Girardeau County was cut down Sunday. County officials ordered the tree removed after determining it no longer was healthy enough to continue standing. "It was just structurally ... it was really bad," said Gary Hill, owner of Quality Tree Services in Jackson, who removed the tree...
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Utility rate bill contains exemptions; critics say it could raise residential costs 71 percent
(Local News ~ 04/18/16)
Legislation is making its way through the state Senate that puts caps on utility-rate increases. But those opposing the bill say those caps are not what they seem, and exemptions in it would cause customer rates to rise beyond any cap the bill may set...
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Business notebook: Busy Codefi claims space in Marquette Tech project
(Business ~ 04/18/16)
The Marquette Tech District was created as a means to develop the tech community in Cape Girardeau. James Stapleton, through the co-working space and technology incubator Codefi, is helping see that to fruition by providing the necessary infrastructure to entice talented people in the area to stay in the area and encourage other entrepreneurs and tech-based businesses to join the community...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/18/16)
Today is Monday, April 18, the 109th day of 2016. There are 257 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On April 18, 1966, "The Sound of Music" won the Oscar for best picture of 1965 at the 38th Academy Awards. The first Major League baseball game played on AstroTurf took place at the Houston Astrodome as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Astros 6-3. Bill Russell was named player-coach of the Boston Celtics, becoming the NBA's first black coach...
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What are you worth? Rules for negotiating a better salary
(Business ~ 04/18/16)
Between networking, polishing your resume, applying and interviewing, finding a job is time consuming. Once the offer comes in, all your hard work is done, right? Not necessarily. Now is the time for negotiating -- a process few people are comfortable with. Skipping it, however, can mean you miss out on better benefits or a higher salary...
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'I don't stand still': Robbie Spurlock tells stories of businesses and people via KR Film + Media
(Business ~ 04/18/16)
Some kids dream of being pirates or baseball players or astronauts. For Robbie Spurlock, the goal was always to be a business owner. That dream came true about a year ago, when he launched Katholokos Republic, a Cape Girardeau firm specializing in graphic design, photography, video production and web design. ...
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Social media strategy: As sites throttle pageviews to gain more advertising, social media savvy is more important than ever
(Business ~ 04/18/16)
Many business owners rely on social media to promote their goods and services. Whether it's a special discount available only to Twitter followers, or a video of a hamster eating a carrot shared on Facebook in the hopes of receiving more "likes," businesses are creating and reposting content to draw in consumers...
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Love your logo: How to choose a logo that suits your business and your brand
(Business ~ 04/18/16)
The first thing to consider when selecting a logo for your company, even before asking what message you desire to convey, is who are you trying to communicate with. Brand design is, in a sense, an ongoing dialogue with your customers, so identifying who you are striving to communicate with can allow you to better formulate your message...
- Names in the news (Business ~ 04/18/16)
- Health briefs (Business ~ 04/18/16)
- Bankruptcies (Business ~ 04/18/16)
- Business licenses (Business ~ 04/18/16)
- Tax liens (Business ~ 04/18/16)
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A path to success: Five tips for mastering a phone interview
(Business ~ 04/18/16)
The path to professional success often begins with a phone interview. Ninety-two percent of human resources managers rely on phone interviews to narrow down the pool of job applicants, and 88 percent say a first impression on a phone interview is a key indicator of whether or not a candidate is right for the job, according to research from TracFone. ...
- Business briefs (Business ~ 04/18/16)
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Arrow staff wins several journalism awards
(Editorial ~ 04/18/16)
Congratulations to the Arrow, the Southeast Missouri State University student newspaper, for winning 17 Missouri College Media Association Awards, held April 8 and 9. Creating a quality news outlet is no small accomplishment. To do so in such a way as to win a plethora of awards is an honor indeed...
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Prayer 4-18-16
(Prayer ~ 04/18/16)
We praise you, O Heavenly Father, for you are our strength and our defense. Amen.
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Congrats on Marquette coverage
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/18/16)
Congratulations to Mark Bliss, Bridget Brown and the Missourian for your coverage of the Marquette Tech District story in Wednesday's paper. After the local television station hyped the potential story for a couple of days before the announcement, we were anxious to learn what kind of great new development was planned for Cape Girardeau. ...
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Apology is needed
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/18/16)
The article "Bollinger County road tax fails" by Linda Redeffer in the April 6 editions of the Southeast Missourian and the Banner Press was so full of false information that it should never have been printed. The Concerned Citizens flier said nothing about how to vote on the tax issue. It was designed to inform registered voters that there was a tax issue on the ballot, especially in the north and south ends of the county. They have a right to know when a tax issue is on the ballot...
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Robert Wickman
(Obituary ~ 04/18/16)
Robert G. Wickman, 88, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Saturday, April 16, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 3, 1927, in Chicago. He was the son of George and Pearl (Anderson) Wickman. He and Ruth C. Osher were married June 2, 1951, at Oak Park, Illinois...
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Scott Butler
(Obituary ~ 04/18/16)
Scott D. Butler, 50, of Sedgewickville, Missouri, passed away Sunday, April 17, 2016, at his home after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born June 28, 1965, in Kirkwood, Missouri, son of David L. and Bonnie Lee Conley Butler. Scott graduated in 1983 from Fox High School in Arnold, Missouri. He worked in auto parts for several years, and for the past 20 years, he worked in residential remodeling and siding. Scott enjoyed deer hunting and fishing...
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Doris Snyder
(Obituary ~ 04/18/16)
Doris Jean Snyder, 73, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, April 17, 2016, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 30, 1942, in Grayridge, Missouri, to Cleo and Elsie Bolden Rhine. She and Edgar Grant Snyder Jr. were married January 28, 1975, in Corinth, Mississippi...
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Melvin Spencer
(Obituary ~ 04/18/16)
Melvin Herbert Spencer, 76, of Fruitland passed away Friday, April 15, 2016, at home, surrounded by family. He was born Oct. 8, 1939, in Iowa, the son of Herbert and Mary Spencer. He married Doris Simmons on Saturday, Oct. 28, 1967. He retired from Tower Rock in 2006...
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Anne Phillips
(Obituary ~ 04/18/16)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Anne C. Phillips, 90, of Perryville died Saturday, April 16, 2016, at Independence Care Center in Perryville. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Young and Sons Funeral Home, with a Catholic wake at 7 p.m., and from 6:30 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday, with a rosary at 9:30 a.m...
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Out of the past: April 18
(Out of the Past ~ 04/18/16)
Congress voted last night to put a quick end to the nationwide strike by 235,000 rail workers that threatened an already weak economy and left area rail employees walking the picket lines in Scott City, Cape Girardeau and Chaffee, Missouri. A bill establishing a new emergency board to resolve the remaining disputes and impose a settlement in 65 days was approved under special parliamentary procedures without dissent by the Senate after passing the House 400-5...
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Ruth Parker
(Obituary ~ 04/18/16)
Ruth Ann Parker, 77, of Gordonville went to her heavenly home on Saturday, April 16, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born March 6, 1939, in Fredericktown, Missouri, to Howard John and Cleda Maxine Mudge Duvall. She graduated from Perryville, Missouri, High School...
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Chicago union: Clock has started toward teachers' strike
(National News ~ 04/18/16)
CHICAGO -- The Chicago Teachers Union said Saturday the countdown toward a possible strike had begun after it rejected the recommendation of a neutral arbitrator it accept a contract offer from the nation's third-largest school system. The union said the earliest a strike could begin is May 16, about a month before the last day of school June 21...
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Medicare's 'Innovation Center' rebalancing quality and cost
(National News ~ 04/18/16)
WASHINGTON -- They work for the government, and even their closest relatives have no idea what they do. It's not because they're spies or nuclear scientists, but because their jobs are so arcane: trying to reinvent Medicare. In a sprawling, nondescript office park near Baltimore, some 360 people at the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation are trying to change the health-care system, using the government's premier insurance program as leverage...
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Girl, 7, dies on way to father-daughter dance
(State News ~ 04/18/16)
WILDWOOD, Mo. -- A 7-year-old St. Louis County girl on her way to a father-daughter dance died after being hit by a vehicle as she crossed a roadway near a school. St. Louis County police said in a news release an SUV turning left out of the parking lot of Babler Elementary in Wildwood on Saturday evening struck Rachel Bick of Ballwin, Missouri...
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Mizzou files countersuit against professor in gun lawsuit
(State News ~ 04/18/16)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The University of Missouri is countersuing a law-school professor who has asked a court to invalidate the university's ban on firearms. Royce de R. Barondes' case has the potential to redefine the limits of acceptable gun regulations under Missouri's Constitution, which voters amended in 2014 to make the right to bear arms "unalienable."...
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Toll rises to 246 from Ecuador earthquake
(International News ~ 04/18/16)
PEDERNALES, Ecuador -- Aid began to flow in Sunday to areas devastated by Ecuador's strongest earthquake in decades, and the death toll continued to rise as people left homeless hunkered down for another night outside in the dark. Officials said the quake killed at least 246 people and injured more than 2,500 along Ecuador's coast. Vice President Jorge Glas said the toll likely would rise because a large number of people remained unaccounted for, though he declined to say how many...
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U.S. joins quake relief effort in Japan
(International News ~ 04/18/16)
MINAMIASO, Japan -- Eleven people remained missing Sunday in southern Japan from two powerful earthquakes that killed at least 41 people. The U.S military announced it was preparing to join relief efforts, and Toyota said it would suspend nearly all its vehicle production in Japan...
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Missouri bill would bar communities from banning pit bulls
(State News ~ 04/18/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri cities no longer could ban pit bulls or impose rules on certain dog breeds under legislation that advanced last week in the Legislature. Republican Rep. Ron Hicks, who is behind the measure, said those breed-specific ordinances amount to doggy discrimination...
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Southeast's newspaper wins 17 awards
(Local News ~ 04/18/16)
Southeast Missouri State University's Department of Mass Media hosted the 2016 Missouri College Media Association Conference on April 8 and 9, with the Arrow student-run newspaper winning 17 awards, including second in Best Overall Newspaper. The annual conference brings together school newspaper and yearbook staffs from across the state to learn from others how to better their publications and network with those who have similar interests. ...
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Financial markets are calmer, but world economy faces risks
(Business ~ 04/18/16)
WASHINGTON -- While markets are calmer, and China's economic problems look more manageable, top global finance officials still are struggling to deal with a world recovery that is fragile and growth that is too weak to alleviate the problem of stagnant wages...
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Market boycott due to LGBT law could hurt North Carolina economy
(Business ~ 04/18/16)
HIGH POINT, N.C. -- Furniture retailer Ron Werner usually spends $2 million a year at North Carolina's gargantuan, semiannual furniture market, but he's skipping this week's event. Werner knows not attending the High Point Market will mean missing an early look at new trends that could get hot later on, translating to big sales for his own business...
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Southeast's Theatre and Dance Department to change its name
(Local News ~ 04/18/16)
By Aug. 1, Southeast Missouri State University's Department of Theatre and Dance will be known officially as the Conservatory of Theatre and Dance. The special designation is meant to describe more accurately a program with high standards where students are trained for careers in theater, film, television and dance, chair and professor Kenn Stilson said...
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Southeast prepares to add first sorority since 1994
(Local News ~ 04/18/16)
For the first time since 1994, the Greek Life office and Panhellenic Council are undergoing the final stages of adding a sorority to Southeast Missouri State University. Three sororities -- Delta Zeta, Alpha Omicron Pi and Alpha Phi -- will be on campus Tuesday through Thursday to present their cases for being the latest addition to Southeast...
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Rock ramps at park help turtles exit water
(National News ~ 04/18/16)
BEDFORD, Texas -- Some turtles having a tough time crawling out of an updated pond now can use special exit ramps. The small lake at Boys Ranch Park in Bedford was lined with concrete and has steeper embankments. The reptiles were having a tough time getting in and out of the water. City workers installed three exit ramps made of rocks to make navigation easier for the turtles and other animals, including ducks. The small turtle ramps measure about 5 feet long and 2 feet wide...
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Births 4/18/2016
(Births ~ 04/18/16)
Son to Adam Christopher and Angela Jo Garrett of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 3:39 a.m. Monday, April 4, 2016. Name, Justus Samuel. Weight, 8 pounds, 3.9 ounces. First child. Mrs. Garrett is the former Angela Mulch, daughter of Stephen and Delinda Mulch of Sutter, Illinois. She is a physical therapist with Healthpoint Rehab in Cape Girardeau. Garrett is the son of Larry and Cindi Garrett of Cape Girardeau. He is a physical therapist with Saint Francis Medical Center...
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Scott City fire report 4/18/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/18/16)
SCOTT CITY The Scott City Fire Department responded to the following calls: April 9 n At 5:45 a.m., emergency medical service on County Road 213. n At 8:10 p.m., natural-cover fire on North Messmer Street. Monday n At 9:52 a.m., emergency medical service in the 2800 block of U.S. 61...
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Bobby Metcalf
(Obituary ~ 04/18/16)
Bobby F. Metcalf, 77, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, April 17, 2016, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, Missouri.
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Arrow staff wins several journalism awards
(Editorial ~ 04/18/16)
Congratulations to the Arrow, the Southeast Missouri State University student newspaper, for winning 17 Missouri College Media Association Awards, held April 8 and 9. Creating a quality news outlet is no small accomplishment. To do so in such a way as to win a plethora of awards is an honor indeed...
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Apology is needed
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/18/16)
The article “Bollinger County road tax fails” by Linda Redeffer in the April 6 editions of the Southeast Missourian and the Banner Press was so full of false information that it should never have been printed. The Concerned Citizens flier said nothing about how to vote on the tax issue. It was designed to inform registered voters that there was a tax issue on the ballot, especially in the north and south ends of the county. They have a right to know when a tax issue is on the ballot...
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Congrats on Marquette coverage
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/18/16)
Congratulations to Mark Bliss, Bridget Brown and the Missourian for your coverage of the Marquette Tech District story in Wednesday’s paper. After the local television station hyped the potential story for a couple of days before the announcement, we were anxious to learn what kind of great new development was planned for Cape Girardeau. ...
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Prayer 4/18/16
(Prayer ~ 04/18/16)
We praise you, O Heavenly Father, for you are our strength and our defense. Amen.
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Betty Litzelfelner
(Obituary ~ 04/18/16)
DALLAS -- Betty Rose Gilbert Litzelfelner died Friday, April 15, 2016, in Dallas, surrounded by family. Born in Cape Girardeau on June 22, 1930, to Violet Markhart Gilbert and Charles W. Gilbert, she graduated from Jackson High School, married Joe Gene Litzelfelner in 1950 and joined him on a naval base in Newport, Rhode Island, where she had their first child, Joe (Joder)...
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Dimple Thomas (do not use Dorothy) in headline
(Obituary ~ 04/18/16)
Dorothy Dimple Thomas, 95, of Miller City, IL, entered eternal life on March 24, 2016 at Rosewood Care Center, Edwardsville, IL. Cremation rites were accorded by Grassly Funeral Home, Collinsville, IL Born on January 30, 1921, to Germer and Mary Etta Brown Stuart, Dimple lived 90 of her 95 years in Alexander County. On Dec 17, 1936, she married Orville Thomas on the steps of the Mounds City Courthouse and they renewed their vows on their 60th anniversary at the same place...
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