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Area spring athletes earn postseason honors
(High School Sports ~ 06/20/16)
Another season and school year is in the books, and another round of postseason athletic honors have been announced, recognizing standout student-athletes from the area for their pursuits in baseball, softball and girls soccer. A select few earned the highest of honors with distinctions at the all-state level...
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Area Woman Wins National Award
(Submitted Story ~ 06/20/16)
Cindy Jenks of Fairdealing, Missouri, in Ripley County, attended the 45th Convention of the National Federation of Democratic Women in Charleston, South Carolina, June 8 through 12. At the Awards Luncheon on Saturday, she was surprised and honored to be awarded the prestigious national Outstanding Member of the Year 2016 Award. Currently she serves as second Vice President of the NFDW and is the 8th District Democratic Committee Vice Chair...
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Scott City unit graces all-state fastpitch softball rosters
(High School Sports ~ 06/20/16)
Scott City was the only local program with any fastpitch softball players on the spring season all-state list, earning four representatives. Freshman Kaileigh Dirden is the lone Ram to earn first-team status, after a stellar debut season that saw her bat .623 with a state-record 16 home runs, 51 RBIs (the eighth highest total in state history) and a 19-2 record in the pitcher's circle. Her ERA was 1.40 and she posted 180 strikeouts...
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Gun debate turns testy even as fewer bear arms
(National News ~ 06/20/16)
NEW YORK -- Look anywhere in this nation born of a bloody revolution of musket fire, and you're likely to find sharp disagreement over guns. Democrats war with Republicans; small towns are pitted against cities. Women and men are at odds, as are blacks and whites and old and young. North clashes with South, East with West...
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Business notebook: Plastics firm moves to area to help laid-off workers
(Business ~ 06/20/16)
A large, white building sits atop a hill on Rose Con Road in Scott City. Although exterior signs read "Select Plastics," from the outside it may not be evident what goes on inside or how the business born in Fort Worth, Texas, found its way into Southeast Missouri...
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Cape Fire Department upgrades in the works; call times are better than average
(Local News ~ 06/20/16)
In the past 12 years, the taxpayers in Cape Girardeau and beyond have made a sizable investment in the Cape Girardeau Fire Department. The first fire sales tax was instituted in 2004 and renewed in 2014. The tax generated about $2.5 million in 2015. The money has been used to build and renovate stations...
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Millennials help boost local home sales
(Local News ~ 06/20/16)
Sometimes millennials get a bad rap. Just last month, The Associated Press reported a third of millennials -- people born between 1980 and 1995 -- live with their parents. Burdened by student-loan debt and underemployment and less focused on starting a family, members of Generation Y are choosing to live at home longer...
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Special bicycle gives a taste of freedom to Veterans Home residents
(Local News ~ 06/20/16)
Residents at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau have been more mobile than usual lately, thanks to a recent donation, and soon will be even more so. As more than 100 people gathered for music and barbecue Saturday afternoon, a wheelchair bicycle tandem could be seen looping around the parking lot...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/20/16)
Today in History Today is Monday, June 20, the 172nd day of 2016. There are 194 days left in the year. Summer arrives at 6:34 p.m. Eastern time. Today's Highlight in History: On June 20, 1966, the Beatles album "Yesterday and Today" was released by Capitol Records, initially with its notorious cover photo featuring the Fab Four dressed in butcher smocks while posing with chunks of meat and parts of dismembered dolls; the resulting outcry prompted Capitol to recall the albums and replace the covers with a more conventional group portrait, making the "butcher cover" a collector's item.. ...
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Muffler Express
(Business ~ 06/20/16)
Jim Rowland told his children to find a job they love doing, and they'll never work a day in their lives. And for 40 years, he's practiced what he preaches. Rowland is the owner of Muffler Express in Cape Girardeau. He opened his shop at 1205 N. Kingshighway in February 1976 with $2 in his pocket and two employees, and he's watched his business grow since then...
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Hansel and Gretel Boutique
(Business ~ 06/20/16)
Diann Newell first thought of opening a children's fashion boutique when she realized there was a need in the area for cute, ruffle-covered little girls' clothing. "We had a little girl, 18 months old, and every Monday, which was my day off, my mother and I drove as far as you could drive and back in one day, and we came home after about five weeks in a row and I said, 'I have to open a store, I can't find anything with a ruffle,'" Newell says...
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Imagine That
(Business ~ 06/20/16)
Mary Ann Allen-Parker has owned Imagine That, a "one-of-a-kind" retail boutique, for about 13 years. Originally, Allen-Parker ran a kiosk selling jewelry, and slowly worked her way from jewelry to purses and from a kiosk to a store. "What really got me started is I had an idea about a pair of cowgirl boots that I wanted to do," she says. "So I made them up and I wore them to a wholesale show, a market, and a lady stopped me and asked me where I got them."...
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Younghouse Party Central
(Business ~ 06/20/16)
Younghouse Distributing Inc. was opened by Earl Charles (E.C.) Younghouse in 1949. It contained both a wholesale and retail store consisting of party goods. Both businesses were near the intersection of Interstate 55 and Highway 74 in Cape Girardeau. E.C. Younghouse died in 2005, and his sons, Fred and Rob Younghouse, each purchased part of the business from their mother, Mildred Younghouse...
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Campbell Mattress
(Business ~ 06/20/16)
Manuel Campbell opened Campbell Mattress Inc. in 1933 in Cape Girardeau. In the early 1970s, Norman Wood purchased the business. "Manuel Campbell certainly had grit opening the factory in the period of the Great Depression," says Matthew Wood, one of three current owners of Campbell Mattress. "My father, Norman, acquired Campbell Mattress in 1972, and it has remained a family business."...
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The Mustard Seed Boutique
(Business ~ 06/20/16)
Cindi Morris opened The Mustard Seed Boutique in 2012. "My husband and I opened it together, but I run the business," she says. The boutique, at 205 Graham St. in Marble Hill, Missouri, carries a variety of items, including gifts, jewelry, bereavement gifts and angels, including the popular Willow Tree angel line. They also carry apparel, handbags, pillows, home decor and specialty foods such as local honey, flaxseed, jams and jellies and hot sauces...
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Northern Lights Salon
(Business ~ 06/20/16)
Northern Lights Salon is an eco-friendly salon in Marble Hill, Missouri, offering haircuts and styles, hair color, manicures and pedicures, facial and full body waxing and a variety of facials. "The only thing we don't do is perms due to the harmful chemicals," says owner Michelle Northern. "You will never smell chemicals in here."...
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J Marie's Formal Affairs
(Business ~ 06/20/16)
J Marie's Formal Affairs was opened in downtown Chaffee, Missouri, about a year ago by two good friends Jodie Schott and Kim Kluesner. "Jodie has had the flower shop, J Marie's Flowers and Boutique, for about six years," says Kluesner. "We've been friends for many years and have worked together a lot decorating for weddings. We just kept thinking that a store like this would work here."...
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On the move: Tips to keep small businesses up and running during a move
(Business ~ 06/20/16)
Small businesses relocate for many reasons. Business may be booming and you need a bigger facility to keep up. Perhaps you added staff and everyone's tired of being elbow-to-elbow in your current office. Whatever the reason for your small business move, some simple steps can make the process as easy and cost-effective as possible...
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App happy: Mobile apps keep small businesses efficient and on the go
(Business ~ 06/20/16)
With all the buzz surrounding business use of "cloud computing," you might think the concept of conducting business anywhere -- on the road, in the board room, on a soccer field or in the gym -- was a new one. But small-business owners have been working on the go for decades. The arrival of mobile apps has just made things a little easier for them...
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Cardinals swept by Rangers, go 0-5 on homestand
(Professional Sports ~ 06/20/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Manager Mike Matheny had a simple explanation about why the Cardinals got swept by the Texas Rangers -- St. Louis' fifth straight home loss. Jurickson Profar hit a two-run, bases-loaded pinch-hit single in the eighth, lifting the Rangers to a 5-4 victory over the Cardinals on Sunday...
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Freedom denied for Missouri man convicted in woman's killing
(State News ~ 06/20/16)
ST. LOUIS -- A Missouri judge refused to grant freedom to a man convicted of sexually attacking and killing a St. Louis woman more than three decades ago. Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green last week ruled there was not enough evidence to back Rodney Lincoln's claim of innocence in the death of 35-year-old JoAnn Tate. She was killed in her home in 1982. Her two young daughters were assaulted...
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Endangered Wolf Center adds endangered dog breed from Africa
(State News ~ 06/20/16)
ST. LOUIS -- A pack of five African wild dogs -- an endangered breed down to a few thousand in the wild -- has a new home in suburban St. Louis. The Endangered Wolf Center in Eureka has taken in the animals -- an adult male, an adult female and their three pups. They arrived May 24 from a small zoo in West Virginia...
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Chinese director plans virtual reality romance
(Entertainment ~ 06/20/16)
BEIJING -- Critically acclaimed Chinese director Jia Zhangke says he will make a virtual-reality film next year with a romantic story as he and viewers get used to the new medium. The director, known for films that depict China's social changes and acts of violence, said the short film would be a gentle romance, as "it takes time for people to feel comfortable" in virtual reality...
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'Finding Dory' breaks animation record
(Entertainment ~ 06/20/16)
LOS ANGELES -- The forgetful blue fish of "Finding Dory" is box-office gold. The Pixar sequel surpassed its already ocean-sized expectations to take in $136.2 million in North American theaters, making it the highest-grossing animated debut of all time, according to estimates Sunday...
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'Star Trek' actor Anton Yelchin killed
(Entertainment ~ 06/20/16)
LOS ANGELES -- Anton Yelchin, a rising actor best known for playing Chekov in the new "Star Trek" films, was killed by his own car as it rolled down his driveway early Sunday, police and his publicist said. The car pinned Yelchin, 27, against a brick mailbox pillar and a security fence at his home in Los Angeles, officer Jenny Hosier said. He had gotten out of the vehicle momentarily, but police did not say why he was behind it when it started rolling...
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Out of the past: June 20
(Out of the Past ~ 06/20/16)
The Cape Girardeau Historic Preservation Commission is considering designating Old Lorimier Cemetery as a historic landmark in an effort to protect and preserve the historic burial ground; the cemetery has been vandalized repeatedly over the years. City and county officials are praising a new local use tax on out-of-state sellers, because it will bring a much needed boost to sales-tax revenue that has showed signs of leveling off the last few years; a 5 percent revenue increase is expected for both the city and county.. ...
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Births 6/20/16
(Births ~ 06/20/16)
Daughter to Kaz Christian Lange and Jolene Christine Staggs of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 8:20 a.m. Tuesday, May 31, 2016. Name, Avery Skye. Weight, 6 pounds, 15 ounces. Third daughter. Staggs is the former Jolene Braeuner, daughter of Donald and Paula Braeuner of Scott City and Chris and Joy Malloy of Amherst Junction, Wisconsin. ...
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Larry Loflin
(Obituary ~ 06/20/16)
Larry Samuel Loflin, 72, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Bertrand, Missouri, passed away Saturday, June 11, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center from long-term cardiac problems, with his family by his side. He was born Sept. 14, 1943, at his home in Charleston, Missouri, the son of the late Charles E. and Lillian Irene Linebaugh Loflin. He and Florene Pemberton were married June 24, 1966...
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Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department report 6/20/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/20/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Cheryl L. Watkins, 38, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant for possession of up to 35 grams of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and not wearing a seat belt...
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British EU exit may be a watershed for global economy
(Business ~ 06/20/16)
FRANKFURT, Germany -- A British exit from the European Union could cause global market swings for a while. But that soon would pass. If we're lucky, that is. Much-darker scenarios for the global economy also are being discussed by economists as they try to gauge the risks of Thursday's referendum for the wider world...
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Apple ordered to suspend iPhone 6 sales in Beijing
(Business ~ 06/20/16)
BEIJING -- A Chinese regulator has ordered Apple Inc. to stop selling two versions of its iPhone 6 in Beijing after finding they look too much like a competitor, but Apple said sales are going ahead while it appeals. The ruling by an intellectual-property tribunal is the latest legal stumbling block for Apple in its second-biggest global market after the suspension of its iTunes movie service in April...
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Missouri judge fines Walgreens $309,000 in pricing case
(Business ~ 06/20/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A judge on Friday ordered Walgreens to pay $309,000 for violating an agreement between the drugstore chain and the state of Missouri over allegedly deceptive pricing, the state's attorney general said. A Jackson County judge assessed a $1,000 penalty for each of the 309 times Walgreens was found to have left sales tags on the shelves after the sales period ended, Attorney General Chris Koster said...
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Uphill battle to get seasonal farmworkers health insurance
(Business ~ 06/20/16)
DUNN, N.C. -- Some seasonal agricultural workers were finishing a meal after a long day of planting sweet potato seeds when Julie Pittman pulled into their camp. Up since dawn, they had worked through an 80-degree day that was just beginning to cool. Now, Pittman, a paralegal with the Farmworker Unit of Legal Aid of North Carolina, wanted to get their attention...
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Sikeston couple arrested on drugs, stolen-property charges
(Local News ~ 06/20/16)
A Sikeston, Missouri, man and woman were arrested Friday on drug and stolen-property charges by Scott County and Cape Girardeau County sheriff's deputies. Jason M. Spence, 42, is charged with second-degree trafficking a controlled substance, two counts of possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute, receiving stolen property and unlawful possession of firearms...
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Kennett man accused of murdering 2 with his vehicle
(Local News ~ 06/20/16)
KENNETT, Mo. -- Police say a driver purposely rammed a vehicle twice on Riggs Street in Kennett, killing two people. The dead are Aaron Campbell, 25, and Heather Hampton Carter, 26, both of Kennett. The driver, Willie Joshua Carter, 25, of Kennett, faces two counts of second-degree murder, according to Dunklin County Prosecuting Attorney Jeff McCormick. ...
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Noranda seeks bidders for Southeast Missouri plant
(Local News ~ 06/20/16)
Noranda Aluminum's plant in Southeast Missouri could soon hit the auction block. According to a news release on the company's website, Noranda has filed a motion with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District seeking approval of bidding procedures to "conduct an orderly and efficient sales process of its upstream business." The company expect the motion to be heard by the court July 14...
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Dustin Johnson wins US Open at Oakmont for first major title
(Professional Sports ~ 06/20/16)
OAKMONT, Pa. -- Dustin Johnson had everything going his way Sunday in the U.S. Open. He was playing the best golf on the toughest course. He had a two-shot lead on the back nine at Oakmont. He even got a huge break on a ruling that allowed him to escape deep rough, the kind of breaks that usually go to major champions...
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James, Cavaliers win thrilling NBA Finals Game 7
(Professional Sports ~ 06/20/16)
OAKLAND, Calif. -- LeBron James cradled the shiny gold trophy and struggled to sum up what might be his sweetest championship yet, the one he is so proudly bringing home to his native northeast Ohio just as he promised to do when he returned to the Cavaliers two summers ago...
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Charleston Riverdogs split doubleheader on the road
(Community Sports ~ 06/20/16)
The Charleston Riverdogs baseball team split a pair of Mon-Clair League games Sunday against the host St. Louis Printers. The Riverdogs won 13-8 in Game 1 before dropping an 11-10 decision in Game 2. Ethan Borrowman had four of Charleston's 17 hits in the first game, while Spencer Sander and Brad Potts each added three hits...
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People on the move 6/20/16
(Business ~ 06/20/16)
Mineral Area College has announced the retirement of four staff members. After nearly 32 years with Mineral Area College, payroll coordinator Lisa Clauser is retiring. Clauser joined the college part-time in October 1984 and went full-time in July 1985. She was a student at Mineral Area College, where she earned her associate's degrees, and received a bachelor's degree from Central Methodist University...
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Bear attacks marathon racer in New Mexico
(National News ~ 06/20/16)
VALLES CALDERA NATIONAL PRESERVE, N.M. -- Wildlife officials said a bear attacked a woman running a marathon in northern New Mexico. The woman suffered bites and scratches and had injuries to her head, neck and upper body that weren't life-threatening. Officers said the victim surprised the bear after her cub had run up a nearby tree. Other joggers helped her until emergency crews arrived. She was airlifted to an Albuquerque hospital...
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Cape Girardeau police report 6/20/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/20/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Angelica Marie Lamas, no age given, of Chicago was arrested on suspicion of stealing food and a candle at Wal-Mart, 3439 William St...
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Jackson fire report 6/20/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/20/16)
JACKSON The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls. Friday n An EMS call on Old Cape Road. n An EMS call on Jackson Boulevard. Saturday n An EMS call on South Hope Street. n An EMS call on East Main Street. Sunday n An EMS call on Oak Street...
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Shirley Vance
(Obituary ~ 06/20/16)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Shirley Ann Vance, 75, of Advance died Sunday, June 19, 2016, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, Missouri. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Joe McCullough officiating...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 6/20/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/20/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Friday: n Medical assists were made at 1:59 a.m. on North West End Boulevard; 9:34 a.m. on South Sprigg Street; 11:41 a.m. on Gordonville Road; 1:37 p.m. on Sturdivant Street; 1:43 p.m. on South Benton Street; and 5:03 p.m. on Whitener Street...
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Agendas 6/20/16
(Local News ~ 06/20/16)
Cape Girardeau City Council City hall 401 Independence St. Study session, 5 p.m. today Items for discussion n Planning and Zoning Commission report n Street repair presentation Regular session, 7 p.m. Public hearing n A public hearing to consider the proposed voluntary annexation of property on the south side of LaSalle Avenue, east of Baldwin Drive, into the city limits, as requested by Norwald Inc., and the proposed zoning of the same property to R-1, single-family suburban residential district. ...
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State briefs 6/20/16
(State News ~ 06/20/16)
WAYNESVILLE, Mo. -- Authorities are investigating after one man was killed and another injured in a shooting at a south-central Missouri home. The Springfield News-Leader reported the shooting occurred early Sunday in rural Pulaski County. Sheriff Ron Long said in a release no arrests had been made, but there are at least two suspects. ...
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Restoration work begins at Missouri schoolhouse attended by Carver
(State News ~ 06/20/16)
NEOSHO, Mo. -- Work has begun to restore the 140-year-old southwest Missouri schoolhouse attended by George Washington Carver, one of the 20th century's most important scientists. The small, yellow, run-down house in Neosho was built in 1872 and is one of the oldest surviving schoolhouses built for African-American students in Missouri...
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Stop Bullying program a step toward resolving problem
(Editorial ~ 06/20/16)
In April 2015, the Cape Girardeau School District applied a proactive approach to bullying, something with which students are all too familiar. With an anonymous, online program created by Central Junior High School counselors Ed Draper and Julie Janzow, the mask was taken off bullying, as students were given tools to expose such mistreatment. ...
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Clergy wrong about Islam
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/20/16)
As a native of your region, I often browse the pages of the Missourian in an effort to keep current with Southeast Missouri. In a recent edition, news of a memorial for the victims of the Orlando massacre was quite prominent, as were words of members of the local clergy. Certainly, a memorial was appropriate; however, when individuals with neither personal nor academic experience with Islam insist on deeming that religion a “religion of peace,” I must beg to differ...
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Speak out 6/20/16
(Speak Out ~ 06/20/16)
Politician behavior I find it unbelievable that a 7-year-old would watch CNN and only ask why the two Democrat candidates were always yelling and pointing their fingers. I have not yet seen the Republican candidate make an appearance without yelling, pointing, belittling or offending someone or some group of people. I wonder, if the child had asked, what explanation would have been given for his behavior?...
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Today's Prayer 6/20/16
(Prayer ~ 06/20/16)
O Lord God, thank you that you hear our every cry. Amen.
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Jackson police search for missing woman
(Local News ~ 06/20/16)
Jackson police are searching for a missing local woman. Adrienne Kay Ptacek was last seen Friday in Jackson. She is suspected to be driving a tan 2007 Chevrolet Malibu with a broken grill and cracked rear bumper. The car has Missouri plates, number AD2-F7W...
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