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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/09/18)
Today is Saturday, June 9, the 160th day of 2018. There are 205 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 9, A.D. 68, Roman Emperor Nero committed suicide, ending a 13-year reign. On this date: In 1588, construction began on the present-day Rialto Bridge in Venice, Italy, with the laying of the first stone; the structure was completed in 1591...
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Out of the past: June 9
(Out of the Past ~ 06/09/18)
MALDEN, Mo. -- Southeast Missouri State University employees will receive 4 to 5 percent pay raises for the 1994 fiscal year as part of a $52.41 million operating budget approved yesterday by the Board of Regents; later, in closed session, the regents awarded President Kala Stroup an $8,800 pay hike, raising her salary to $118,000 for the coming fiscal year...
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Bike polo in Cape Girardeau
(Community ~ 06/09/18)
It's a clash of two teams, racing and shoving, knocking a ball with mallets to one end of the court or the other. It might look like chaos, but like any other sport, bike polo has rules and players, who are in it for the fun as much as for the love of the game...
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Senior Center menus June 11-15
(Community ~ 06/09/18)
Monday: Barbecued riblet or reuben casserole, baked potato, baked potato, seasoned broccoli, whole-grain bread and pineapple tidbits or brownies. Tuesday: Hot chicken salad or beef patty melt, harvard beets, green pea salad, whole-grain bread and sugar-free gelation with pears or lemon bars...
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A wild grape called frost grape
(Column ~ 06/09/18)
There are about seven different kinds of native wild grapevines in Missouri. My photo shows the early stage of clusters of fruits growing on the vine. The grapes this wild grapevine will produce will be much smaller than cultivated vinyard grapes and generally are produced high in tall trees...
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Adopt Safe Harbor 6-10-18
(Community ~ 06/09/18)
Submitted by Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary Derrick and Grey Bird are about 4 years old and need to stay together! Pretty cats! They need a loving home! They are available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.
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Let's clean up our act
(Column ~ 06/09/18)
I've been banging around an article in my mind and not exactly sure how to write it. In some ways I'm not even sure what to say or how to say it. I guess I'm astounded at how people treat other people. It's like they have no sense of decency. This isn't everyone and I don't think it's a majority but there are a number of individuals who just don't care if they are hurting other people. ...
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Summer is for reading, birdwatching, swimming and golf
(Column ~ 06/09/18)
Happy birthday to Gerald Beck, Scott Barnhart, Andrea Horman, Deidra Coleson, Lisa Stagoski, Bill Hawkins, Richie Swain, Veronica Bennett, Don Seyer, Debbie Graviett, Janice Eftink, Jamie Keller, Dean Smith, Roggie Reece, Colin Phillips, Lynn Felton, Linda Kidd, Maxine Scott, Andy Wilhite, Esten Cooper, Candi Hargrove and Nathan McIntosh...
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Learning briefs 6-10-18
(Community ~ 06/09/18)
Baylee Finley of Sedgewickville, Missouri, has received the Community College Scholarship to attend Southeast Missouri State University this fall. Finley is the daughter of Curtis and Melissa Finley of Sedgewickville. She is a 2016 graduate of Potosi High School and 2018 graduate of Mineral Area College...
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FYI 6-10-18
(Community ~ 06/09/18)
The Masonic Temple Association will host an "All You Can Eat" breakfast on June 23 at the Masonic Temple, 2703 Broadway in Cape Girardeau. According to a news release, a breakfast of scrambled eggs, sausage, biscuits, gravy, coffee, milk and orange juice will be served from 7 to 10 a.m. Cost will be $6 for adults, while children aged 5 years and younger will eat free. Tickets may be purchased at the door...
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Explore an abandoned Chinese village now engulfed by nature
(Community ~ 06/09/18)
HOUTOUWAN, China -- Blanketed with greenery, the ghost town is perched atop cliffs looking west into sea mists obscuring the horizon. Abandoned homes ravaged by weather and creeping vines stand silent but for the surf, the whine of mosquitos, and birdsong...
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Club news 6-10-18
(Community News ~ 06/09/18)
The Clippard Wilson Taylor Auxiliary 3838 met May 14 with President Dale Humphries presiding. A petition for new membership was presented by David Gerard Holstein, Pamela Snipley and Madison Jackson. The investigating committee gave a report and all were accepted. ...
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Geiman - Campbell
(Wedding ~ 06/09/18)
Shelby Ann Geiman and Kody Leigh Campbell were married Dec. 29 at Garment House on Broadway in Kansas City, Missouri. The Rev. David Whetter performed the ceremony. Musician and soloist was Kylie Geiman, cousin of the bride. The bride is the daughter of Todd and Cindy Geiman of Stilwell, Kansas. The groom is the son of Kelly and Sandi Campbell of Oran, Missouri...
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Maxwell - 60 years
(Anniversary ~ 06/09/18)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Bob and Mary Jane Maxwell of Charleston recently celebrated 60 years of marriage with a family trip to the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. And without a doubt, this loving couple -- parents of three children and grandparents of six -- bickered the whole way there...
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Georger - Anderson
(Engagement ~ 06/09/18)
Elmer and Cecilia Georger of Leopold, Missouri, announce the engagement of their daughter, Lisa Renae Georger of Advance, Missouri, to Nicholas Scott Anderson of Oran, Missouri. He is the son of Bill and Michele Anderson of Oran. Lisa is also the daughter of the late Bernice Georger...
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Seeing the world
(Column ~ 06/09/18)
My sons are color-blind. They see everything around them differently than I do. According to the British website Colour Blind Awareness, one in 12 men and one in 200 women across the world are color blind. While color blindness impacts a relatively small number of people it has a significant impact on my family. ...
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Bathsheba too
(Column ~ 06/09/18)
When I was a teenager, a speaker at a youth camp once told us the story of David and Bathsheba (see 2 Samuel 11). The speaker described that David was standing on his roof and Bathsheba was bathing on her roof. He told us that Bathsheba tempted David with her lustful nakedness to the point where David could not longer resist this temptation. The speaker addressed the girls at the camp to tell them that their job is to dress in ways and act in ways that do not tempt their "brothers in Christ."...
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Effective Watering
(Community ~ 06/09/18)
In many regions, sufficient rain falls throughout the growing season that you can pretty much forget about watering except to get newly planted transplants established. But even in those places, timely watering often spells the difference between a ho-hum garden and one that is truly exuberant...
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Salad days are here again
(Column ~ 06/09/18)
With the official start of summer quickly approaching, you may find yourself in need of a recipe for a cold side salad. Whether you are invited to a friend or family member's house for supper or on a picnic, any of these cold side salad recipes would fit nicely with almost any grilled meat entree...
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Prayer 6-10-18
(Prayer ~ 06/09/18)
Thank you, Lord Jesus, our Messiah, that we have hope in you. Amen.
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Parson has opportunity to move Missouri forward
(Column ~ 06/09/18)
Governor Mike Parson is only a week into his new role after the resignation of Eric Greitens. Parson so far has retained Greitens' cabinet members. He has made hires of several staff members, including naming Cape Girardeau County prosecuting attorney Christopher K. Limbaugh as his general counsel...
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Area fire report 6-8-18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/09/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Thursday n Medical assists were made at 8:39 a.m. on Westfield Drive, 11:31 a.m. on South Henderson Avenue, 12:17 p.m. on Jefferson Avenue, 12:30 p.m. on South Mount Auburn Road and 1:11 p.m. on Pioneer Drive...
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Area police report 6-10-18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/09/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest n Jennifer Chipps, 36, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for failure to appear on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia...
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Celebrity chef Bourdain found dead in France at 61
(International News ~ 06/09/18)
PARIS -- American TV celebrity and food writer Anthony Bourdain was found dead in his hotel room Friday in France while working on his CNN series on culinary traditions around the world. He was 61. CNN confirmed the death, saying Bourdain was found unresponsive Friday morning by friend and chef Eric Ripert in the French city of Strasbourg. It called his death a suicide...
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Airstrike on Syrian village kills 35
(International News ~ 06/09/18)
BEIRUT -- Warplanes attacked a rebel-held northwestern village in Syria, killing at least 35 people and wounding dozens more, including children, in one of the deadliest incidents in this part of the country this year, a Syrian war monitor and paramedics said Friday...
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U.S. says it will intensify fight against IS in Afghanistan
(International News ~ 06/09/18)
BRUSSELS -- The U.S. will intensify combat against the Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan during the Kabul government's temporary halt to attacks on the Taliban, senior U.S. officials said Friday. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said this could, for example, allow the U.S. to partially shift the focus of aerial surveillance from the Taliban to IS fighters as well as al-Qaida extremists, who remain a threat 17 years after the U.S. invaded...
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Evidence shows gator bit, probably killed woman
(National News ~ 06/09/18)
DAVIE, Fla. -- A woman who disappeared while walking her dogs near a Florida lake Friday was bitten and likely killed by an alligator later captured, wildlife officials said. A necropsy confirmed the gator bit Shizuka Matsuki, 47, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials said in a statement. ...
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Florida stopped doing gun permit checks for 13 months
(National News ~ 06/09/18)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- For more than a year, Florida failed to do national background checks that could have disqualified people from gaining a permit to carry a concealed weapon. The lapse, revealed in an internal report that was not widely known about until Friday, occurred during a time period when there was a significant surge in the number of people seeking permission to legally carry a concealed weapon. ...
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How big is gig economy? Study shows how little we know
(National News ~ 06/09/18)
WASHINGTON -- Look around, and it seems more Americans are working outside traditional full-time jobs -- whether as freelance graphic designers or independent contractors or Uber drivers. Or maybe not. A government report this week suggested the proportion of such jobs hasn't budged in the past decade. Yet the data carries limitations indicating there's still plenty we don't know about the evolving U.S. job market...
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Kim Kardashian West the star is now also the reformer
(National News ~ 06/09/18)
NEW YORK -- As Kim Kardashian West put it to her 60 million-plus followers on Twitter, the call she made to Alice Marie Johnson "will forever be one of my best memories." It was the reality star and makeup mogul who brought the 63-year-old Johnson first word of her freedom after more than two decades in federal prison on 1996 drug convictions related to a Memphis-based cocaine trafficking operation...
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Trump signals support for pot
(National News ~ 06/09/18)
LOS ANGELES -- President Donald Trump said Friday he was inclined to support a bipartisan effort in Congress to ease the U.S. ban on marijuana, a proposal potentially dramatically reshaping the nation's legal landscape for pot users and businesses. The federal ban puts marijuana on the same level as LSD and heroin and has created a conflict with about 30 states legalizing pot in some form, creating a two-tiered enforcement system at the state and federal levels...
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E-cigarette sellers use scholarship marketing
(National News ~ 06/09/18)
A growing number of e-cigarette and vaporizer sellers have started offering college scholarships as a way to get their brands listed on university websites and to get students to write essays about the potential benefits of vaping. The tactic is taken from a method once believed to improve a site's ranking in search results, and it has successfully landed vaping brands on the sites of some of the nation's best-known universities, including Harvard. ...
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Mayors push to curb gun violence
(National News ~ 06/09/18)
BOSTON -- A bipartisan coalition of U.S. mayors called Friday for policies to curb gun violence and pledged to support immigrant communities as it kicked off a four-day gathering in Boston to tackle issues impacting cities. At an opening news conference for the mayors' annual meeting, city leaders took repeated digs at the gridlock and divisiveness in Washington while touting their own effectiveness and ability to remain above the partisan fray...
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New charges filed against Manafort in Russia probe
(National News ~ 06/09/18)
WASHINGTON -- Special counsel Robert Mueller has brought new obstruction charges against President Donald Trump's campaign chairman and a longtime associate who prosecutors have said has ties to Russian intelligence. The indictment was unsealed Friday against Paul Manafort and Konstantin Kilimnik just days after prosecutors accused the two men of attempting to tamper with witnesses as Manafort awaits trial on charges related to his foreign lobbying work...
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House Republican factions hunting for immigration deal by Tuesday
(National News ~ 06/09/18)
WASHINGTON -- House Republicans failed to produce an immigration compromise Friday as the standoff between opposing conservative and moderate factions heads toward a showdown over an issue long dividing the party. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy convened a closed-door meeting as party leadership faces mounting pressure to produce an immigration bill by a Tuesday deadline...
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Trump barrels into G-7 summit, ready to fight U.S. allies
(National News ~ 06/09/18)
LA MALBAIE, Quebec -- Bruising for a fight, President Donald Trump barreled into the Group of Seven summit Friday, confronting longtime U.S. allies over a burgeoning trade dispute and insisting Russia should be brought back into the fold. Trump joined the leaders of major industrialized nations in an idyllic Canadian resort town after days of escalating conflict over new U.S. ...
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Prosecutor won't refile case stemming from Greitens' affair
(State News ~ 06/09/18)
ST. LOUIS -- A special prosecutor investigating former Gov. Eric Greitens said Friday she believed a woman's claim Greitens took an unauthorized and compromising photo during an extramarital affair but there wasn't enough evidence to merit a criminal charge...
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Lillian Stevens
(Obituary ~ 06/09/18)
McCLURE, Ill. -- Lillian M. Stevens, 90, of McClure passed away Thursday, June 7, 2018, at Heartland Care and Rehab. She was born Dec. 15, 1927, in Risco, Missouri, to the late James and Gertrude Rose Quick. Lillian and Kenneth Stevens were married Feb. 14, 1947, in Piggott, Arkansas. He preceded her in death March 28, 2017...
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Liz Smith
(Obituary ~ 06/09/18)
Elizabeth "Liz" Smith, 82, of Jackson passed away Friday, June 8, 2018, at her home. She was born June 18, 1935, in Advance, Missouri, daughter of William "Will" and Parlie Rhodes Dale. She and Joel "Jerry" Smith were married March 20, 1955, in Hernando, Mississippi. He passed away Oct. 14, 2012...
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Marilou Shaner
(Obituary ~ 06/09/18)
Marilou Clark Shaner, 68, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, May 4, 2018, at Saint Francis Heart Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 27, 1949, to the Rev. Clair S. and Elsie L. Wilson Clark at Venice, Illinois, as the second of four children. She and Donald W. Shaner married April 12, 1974, in the First United Methodist Church in West Frankfort, Illinois...
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Gregory Ramsey
(Obituary ~ 06/09/18)
VILONIA, Ark. -- Gregory B. Ramsey, 57, of Vilonia died at his home Wednesday, June 6, 2018. He was born in Holland, Michigan, Oct. 10, 1960, the son of the late Vernis Ramsey and Shirley Mitchem Ramsey, who survives. Greg graduated from high school at Bell City, Missouri, and from Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau...
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Freddie Morgan
(Obituary ~ 06/09/18)
MORLEY, Mo. -- Freddie Eugene Morgan, 80, of Morley passed away Thursday, June 7, 2018. He was born Oct. 27, 1937, in Arkansas to the late Albert Newton and Lena Johnson Morgan. Freddie was a self-employed construction contractor. He served three years in the U.S. Air Force...
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Allen Jones
(Obituary ~ 06/09/18)
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. -- Allen Kent Jones, 52 of Hendersonville died Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at Tri Star Medical Center in Hendersonville. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Bethlehem General Baptist Church in Crump. Memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church, with the Rev. Joe Allen officiating. A private committal service will be conducted in Barks Chapel Cemetery at a later date...
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Randy Hency
(Obituary ~ 06/09/18)
Randy Neal Hency, 61, of Jackson passed away Thursday, June 7, 2018, at his home. He was born Aug. 11, 1956, in Cape Girardeau, son of Collie Neal and Shirley C. Palmer Hency. He and Connie Snider were married July 21, 1977. Randy was a graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School...
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William Halcomb
(Obituary ~ 06/09/18)
William F. "Bill" Halcomb, 96, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, June 7, 2018, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 29, 1921, in Doniphan, Missouri, to Samuel Jesse and Willa Belle Payton Halcomb. While proudly serving in the Army for five years in the South Pacific during World War II, Bill attained the rank of first lieutenant and earned a Bronze Star. In 1945, upon returning to his hometown of Doniphan, he met and married Nancy Elaine Ponder...
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Floyd Fellows
(Obituary ~ 06/09/18)
Floyd Oscar Fellows, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, June 7, 2018, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Oct. 19, 1929, in Lixville, Missouri, to Oscar E. and Esther E. Lix Fellows. He and Loretta Agnes Marshall were married March 6, 1954, at Sedgewickville, Missouri. She preceded him in death Aug. 24, 2012...
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Viola Dirnberger
(Obituary ~ 06/09/18)
ORAN, Mo. -- Viola Marie Dirnberger, 96, of Oran passed away Thursday, June 7, 2018, at Chateau Girardeau, surrounded by her loving family. She was born Sept. 22, 1921, in Oran to the late Albert and Rosalia Welter Dannenmueller. She and Robert Frank Dirnberger married Sept. 24, 1940, and he preceded her in death Oct. 6, 1972...
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Sharon Hulcy Barrows
(Obituary ~ 06/09/18)
** Sharon Hulcy Barrows Sharon Hulcy Barrows, 83, passed away Friday afternoon at Southeast Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Wilma Grossheider
(Obituary ~ 06/09/18)
Wilma Edith Grossheider, 97, formerly of Gordonville, passed away Thursday, June 7, 2018, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 9, 1920, on a farm on Highway 74 near Cape Girardeau, the daughter of Albert and Magdalene Keller Schrader. She was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Gordonville. She and Melvin Grossheider were married Aug. 27, 1944, at Zion Lutheran Church in Gordonville. They were both lifelong members of the church. Melvin passed away April 26, 2002...
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