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Murder victim's son: Allow death-row inmates to donate organs, bodies for science
(Local News ~ 02/09/19)
A 4-year-old Zach Sanders watched his father die, shot to death by a rage-filled Russell Bucklew nearly 23 years ago in Cape Girardeau County. Now, Sanders wants Bucklew and other Missouri inmates on death row to be allowed to donate organs for transplant and/or their bodies for science...
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Young love: Meet a couple married 75 years and another that married after 80
(Community ~ 02/09/19)
At a skating rink on an otherwise unremarkable evening in the early 1940s, a young woman named Allene Siemers found the love of her life at the end of her foot. "He was putting on my skates," she recalled with a smile. His name was Leon Ainsworth, who as the rink's "skate boy" laced up skates for patrons in exchange for free skating time...
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Cape Comic Con signs handful of notable guests; negotiations in works for 'icon'
(Local News ~ 02/09/19)
Cape Comic Con co-organizer Ken Murphy said he’s still in negotiations with a “game changer” on the “Mount Rushmore” of guest artists in the comic book industry, but Murphy said he’s already secured a handful of pop-culture actors for this year’s show...
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'Night to Shine' puts spotlight on those with special needs
(Local News ~ 02/09/19)
Friday evening was a "Night to Shine" for more than 100 individuals with special needs. This was the first year the prom-style event, sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation, was held at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson. Church member Jordan Myer attended two "Night to Shine" events while in college in St. Louis and recently moved back to Jackson. After attending the events, she decided she wanted to bring a "Night to Shine" to Jackson...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/09/19)
Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 9, 1964, The Beatles made their first live American television appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show," broadcast from New York on CBS. On this date: In 1825, the House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president after no candidate received a majority of electoral votes...
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Out of the past: Feb. 9
(Out of the Past ~ 02/09/19)
Yesterday's election set the stage for April's municipal election in Cape Girardeau, as voters in wards 2 and 6 selected their candidates; with a turnout of about 9 percent of registered voters in the two wards, Tom Neumeyer secured the most votes in Ward 2, and Richard "Butch" Eggimann led the three-man field in Ward 6; Neumeyer will face Brenda Dohogne in the April election, while Eggimann will go up against Jay Knudtson; Dohogne and Knudtson finished second in their respective wards in yesterday's balloting.. ...
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Kunz - Hayward
(Engagement ~ 02/09/19)
David and Gail Kunz of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Katherine Halloran Kunz, to Ryan Channing Hayward, both of Lambertville, New Jersey. He is the son of Linda Millar Hayward and Roger Hayward, both of Danbury, Connecticut...
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Scheffer - 50 years
(Anniversary ~ 02/09/19)
Richard and Cheryl Scheffer of Gordonville celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Jan. 5 at the American Legion Hall in Jackson. The dinner and dance were hosted by the couple's children. Scheffer and the former Cheryl Brucker were married Jan. 4, 1969, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Advance, Missouri. The Rev. John Wells performed the ceremony...
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Bollinger - Contreras
(Engagement ~ 02/09/19)
Jeff Bollinger of Millersville and Dawn Bollinger of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Alyssa Renee Bollinger of Kansas City, Missouri, to Raul Luis Contreras of Shawnee, Kansas. He is the son of Luis Contreras of Shawnee and Rosalinda Contreras of Kansas City, Kansas...
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Club news 2-10-19
(Community News ~ 02/09/19)
The Torchbearer Iota Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met Jan. 14 at the home of Carole Rhodes. Fourteen members were present. President Martha Slaten presided. A thank-you note was received from Bobbie Woodard's granddaughter Kristina on behalf of her son Rowen for the piggy bank he received from the chapter...
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Learning briefs 2-10-19
(Community ~ 02/09/19)
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Audrey E. Allen of Jackson was named to The University of Alabama president's list for fall 2018. ST. LOUIS -- The following students were named to the Maryville University deans' list for fall 2018. Cape Girardeau: Tiana Bowman, Bruce Ha, Andrew King, Danielle Margrabe...
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FYI 2-10-19
(Community ~ 02/09/19)
DeMolay International is inviting young men throughout the area to become members of the organization. DeMolay is dedicated to preparing young men to lead successful, happy and productive lives and to become citizens of the highest caliber. The organization opens doors for young men ages 12 to 21, by developing civic awareness, personal responsibility and leadership skills while combining this serious mission with a fun approach that builds important bonds of friendship among members...
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Adopt Kami 2-10-19
(Community ~ 02/09/19)
Submitted by Safe Harbor Kami is a beautiful 9-month-old calico kitty waiting for her forever home! She is available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.
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Senior Center Menus for Feb. 11-15
(Community ~ 02/09/19)
Monday: Chicken strips or country fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, California-blend veggies, whole-grain bread and applesauce or Texas sheet cake. Tuesday: Hamburger stroganoff or Reuben casserole, green sweet peas, beets, whole-grain bread and Mandarin oranges or cherry delight...
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An insect for all seasons
(Column ~ 02/09/19)
My outdoor thermometer registered a nighttime low temperature of 8 degrees above zero for Jan. 29. Five days later the afternoon high temperature reached into the mid-60s and of course I headed into the woods with my camera. Although I found several kinds of fungus doing well in the winter woods, I also found a little green bug crawling in the leaf litter. The insect is the southern green stink bug, also called the green shield bug...
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Making our world what it is
(Column ~ 02/09/19)
How do you perceive your life? Do you look forward to each day as it comes or dread the sound of the alarm filled with ambiguities? Perhaps it depends on what your plans are for the upcoming day, before night hides the sun and the promise of the day. What's the most difficult or the most enjoyable things you face every morning?...
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Service at home
(Column ~ 02/09/19)
So many times, we focus on Jesus' Great Commission, in which he tells his disciples to go out into all the world to make disciples. Often, too, we focus on the ways in which the apostles dropped their lives and left the places of their birth to follow Jesus, going to new places to share his love...
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Summer of Nails
(Column ~ 02/09/19)
"Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, until the destroying storms pass by." -- Psalm 57:1 For two years, I had the best pastoring job of my life -- serving two small churches in Puxico, Missouri. ...
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Strawberries for St. Jude
(Community ~ 02/09/19)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. --Children should have lofty goals, according to Kelly Shearrer Spradling. They should have big hearts too, the Poplar Bluff mother believes. That's why she and husband, Bert, are helping their children tackle another Valentine's Day fundraiser for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital...
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Tomato diseases part 2
(Column ~ 02/09/19)
A week ago we looked at some of the common diseases and problems which tomato growers face every year. If it isn't one of them it's another. Usually my problems start or appear about the time my tomatoes are putting on fruit. But the truth of the matter is most problems are starting long before this. Some sources recommend that you begin treating for fungal diseases soon after planting. This would probably be a good idea...
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Sikeston teen crowned Miss Teen Rodeo Missouri
(Community ~ 02/09/19)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Aubrey Sullivan knows her way around the rodeo arena. She began riding horses at age 7. By the time she was 10, she had her own horse and was competing in barrel racing and pole bending. Today, the Sikeston native's attire not only includes boots and jeans but also a crown and a sash bearing the title of Miss Teen Rodeo Missouri. Her reign officially began Saturday, Jan. 26, with her coronation at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo grounds...
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Cape Girardeau Junior High School 2nd quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 02/09/19)
Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School A Honor Roll 7th grade: Kyleil Anderson, Carson Baudendistel, Brennan Beard, Brooklyn Borkowicz, Isabella Buerck, Nashayla Burton, Lydia Cao, Gabrielle Carter, Truman Clubb, Tallulah Colle, Avery Criblez, Gibson Curtis, Evangel Cutrell, Emilie Dickson, Markeyciah Egson, Jessie Feng, Sena Ford, Adrian Fox, Mya Gibson, Emma Glueck, Libby Gorman, Celeste Gutierrez, Kelton Horrell, Averie Huff, Brooke Huggins, Jillian Jacobs, Gabriella Knupp, Avery Koehler, Caius Lange, D'Marcus Lashley, Parker Ledure, Lauren Ludolph, Citlaly Maldonado, Edyn McAllister, Anne McDougal, Vivian Moser, Katelyn Neikirk, Lucian Nordin, Shianna Park, Madison Phelps, Emma Popp, Anne Prince, James Pyles, Saba Reeza, Griffin Rieger, Natalie Rinda, Addison Ringwald, Kevin Rodriguez Guardado, Henry Rusten, Phoenix Schmidt, Bayden Schoen, Emerald Scott, Sarah Shaheen, Karissa Shockley, Maicee Sides, Aaliyah Solis, Chase Spooler, Leah Stout, Zoe Tackett, Jaylynn Terry, Benjamin Tobey, Maxwell Tobey, Anshula Vanteddu, Maxwell Vogel, Natalie Voshage, Tori Wade, Brandon Webb, Brieara Whitcomb, Andrew Wilde, Torrence Williams, Kierra Womack, Yan Feng Zhang.. ...
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Jackson High School first semester
(Honor Roll ~ 02/09/19)
Jackson High School 1st Semester Scholastic Honor Roll 10th grade: Avery Bauer, Duncan Brown, Arabella Grant, Elijah Jones, Winston Pais, Hunter Rees, and Noah Sparks. 11th grade: Blake Barnes, Astonish Fann, Mara Golden, Taylor Goodson, Wyatt Griffin, Piper Guilliams, Christopher Krewson, Austin Lafave, Caitlin Meinke, Reagan Peters, Benjamin Petzoldt, Elizabeth Schell, Kaitlyn Scott, Kyle Seabaugh, and Luke Wendel...
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Where's my robot lawn mower?
(Community ~ 02/09/19)
BEDFORD, Mass. -- Robot vacuums have now been around long enough that you might watch one bump around a living room and think, why isn't there a robot that could mow my lawn? Turns out, it's not for lack of trying. For more than a decade, iRobot, the company behind the Roomba vacuumbot, has been working -- and working -- on robotic lawn mowers. Now it finally has something to show for the effort, though it's come at a cost...
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Prayer 2-10-19
(Prayer ~ 02/09/19)
Lord Jesus, thank you that you are our healer and deliverer. Amen.
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Love's effect
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/09/19)
If there is one clear message in the Bible, it is that God loves us. And yet, in spite of the clarity of the message, we still wrestle with believing it. Lauren Daigle's song -- "You Say" -- has this opening line: "I keep fighting voices in my mind that say I'm not enough; every single lie that tells me I will never measure up"...
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Fast track opens doors for Missourians
(Column ~ 02/09/19)
As we enter into 2019, Missouri continues to hear good news about our strong economy. Our state's unemployment rate has been sitting at the lowest level in nearly 20 years. Conservative reforms at the federal and state level focused around lower taxes and fewer regulations have made a difference. ...
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CAR, rebels agree to peace deal
(International News ~ 02/09/19)
BANGUI, Central African Republic -- An agreement signed by Central African Republic and 14 rebel groups earlier this week will see the dissolution of armed groups, the formation of an inclusive government and the creation of a fund for victims who have suffered in years of conflict, according to the accord seen Friday...
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Thai princess' political bid sunk by brother, the king
(International News ~ 02/09/19)
BANGKOK -- Thailand's chaotic politics took two astonishing turns Friday when the sister of the king made a historic bid to become prime minister, only to have him shut down her effort as "inappropriate" because it violated tradition and the constitution, which keep the monarchy from getting involved in politics...
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Oil workers flee Venezuela's crisis
(International News ~ 02/09/19)
PUNTO FIJO, Venezuela -- Nieves Ribullen, a Venezuelan oil worker sick of struggling to get by as his country falls apart, is betting it all on Iraq's far-away Kurdish region to give his family a better life. Over the years he's watched dozens of co-workers abandon poverty wages and dangerous working conditions at the rundown complex of refineries in Punto Fijo on Venezuela's Caribbean coast for jobs in far-flung places such as Kuwait, Angola and Chile...
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Border security deal seems near, easing gov't shutdown concerns
(National News ~ 02/09/19)
WASHINGTON -- Congressional bargainers seem close to clinching a border security agreement to avert a fresh government shutdown, with leaders of both parties voicing optimism and the top GOP negotiator saying he believes President Donald Trump would back the emerging accord...
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Virginia governor's No. 2 hit with new sex allegations
(National News ~ 02/09/19)
RICHMOND, Va. -- Virginia's state government seemed to come unglued Friday as an embattled Gov. Ralph Northam made it clear he won't resign and the man in line to succeed him was hit with another sexual assault accusation and barraged with demands he step down, too...
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Prosecutors probing Enquirer after Bezos blackmail report
(National News ~ 02/09/19)
NEW YORK -- The National Enquirer's alleged attempt to blackmail Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos with intimate photos could get the tabloid's parent company and top editors in deep legal trouble and reopen them to prosecution for paying hush money to a Playboy model who claimed she had an affair with Donald Trump...
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Supreme Court blocks Louisiana abortion clinic law
(National News ~ 02/09/19)
WASHINGTON -- A divided Supreme Court stopped Louisiana from enforcing new regulations on abortion clinics in a test of the conservative court's views on abortion rights. The justices said by a 5-4 vote late Thursday they will not allow the state to put into effect a law requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals...
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Births 2/10/19
(Births ~ 02/09/19)
Son to Ethan and Erika Schrock of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 7:22 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019. Name, Cooper Hadley. Weight, 6 pounds, 13 ounces. First child. Mrs. Schrock is the daughter of Phil and Judy Cantoni of Cape Girardeau. She is a cosmetologist at Cape Cuts. Schrock is the son of Paul and Deborah Schrock of Cape Girardeau. He is operations supervisor at Southeast Missouri State University's Show Me Center...
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Area police report 2-10-19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/09/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Christopher Legrand, 24, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Arrests n Aaron Johnston, 29, of Sikeston, Missouri, was arrested on a Scott County warrant...
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Barbara Wren
(Obituary ~ 02/09/19)
Barbara Wren, 58, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, at her home. A celebration of life will be from 4 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday at the 4-H Building at Arena Park, with Pastor Byron Bonner officiating. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Mary Winchester
(Obituary ~ 02/09/19)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Mary Elizabeth Winchester, 82, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died peacefully in her sleep Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019, at her home in Poplar Bluff. She was born Sept. 13, 1936, in Cape Girardeau County to Floyd and Amy McNeely Bond. She and Bob Winchester were married Dec. 29, 1957, at Foursquare Gospel Church in Cape Girardeau...
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Kristen Wilson
(Obituary ~ 02/09/19)
Kristen Ashleigh Wilson, 37, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019, at 3:39 p.m. at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born May 21, 1981, in Sikeston, Missouri, to George Dwight and Sheila Kay Darby White. She and Jacob Wilson were married Oct. 23, 2005...
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John Smothers
(Obituary ~ 02/09/19)
John T. Smothers, 97, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at noon Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Gary Brothers officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau...
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Marilyn Seyer
(Obituary ~ 02/09/19)
** Marilyn Seyer Marilyn Ruth Seyer, 71, of Jackson died Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.
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Evelyn Roth
(Obituary ~ 02/09/19)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Evelyn Jeanette Roth, 84, formerly of Uniontown, Missouri, died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, at Holiday Residential Care in Perryville. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday and from 6:30 to 8 a.m. Monday at Young and Sons Funeral Home...
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John Robinson
(Obituary ~ 02/09/19)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- John Richard Robinson, 86, of Springfield passed away Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. He was born Aug. 15, 1932, in Knobel, Arkansas, to Mildred and L.D. Robinson. He graduated from Knobel High School in 1950 and served in the Army, stationed in Korea. He attended Arkansas State University and the University of Arkansas and finally graduated from Harding College in Searcy, Arkansas, in 1969...
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Mary Ann Robertson
(Obituary ~ 02/09/19)
Mary Ann Rheinecker Robertson, 84, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, at Chateau Girardeau. Mary Ann was born Nov. 2, 1934, in Belleville, Illinois, to Wilma and Elmer Rheinecker. She grew up in Belleville and graduated from Notre Dame Academy there. ...
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Betty Riggs
(Obituary ~ 02/09/19)
Betty Riggs, 83, of Jackson, formerly of Murray, Kentucky, and East Prairie, Missouri, passed away Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, at Monticello House. She was born Nov. 23, 1935, in Ridgely, Tennessee, to James Thomas and Beatrice Swan Long. She was a 1953 graduate of Braggadocio High School in Braggadocio, Missouri. She and James E. Riggs were married Aug. 17, 1957, at Braggadocio Baptist Church. They had been married 60 years, when James passed away April 5, 2018...
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Doris Rankin
(Obituary ~ 02/09/19)
SALEM, Ore. -- Doris June Rankin, 87, moved to Heaven Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019. She was born on June 17, 1931, in Cape Girardeau to Roy and Eula Niswonger. She married Charles Rankin in 1948. Doris was educated in the Jackson school system. She was a gifted singer and artist. She loved the Lord and was called to the mission field. Doris traveled extensively working in the prison ministry, with the homeless and Native Americans...
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Wayne Moore
(Obituary ~ 02/09/19)
Carroll Wayne Moore, 72, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019, at his home. He was born April 3, 1946, in Cape Girardeau, son of Truman and Verda Loos Moore of Millersville. He and Mary Gayle Niswonger were married Nov. 12, 1966, in Millersville...
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Everline Moody
(Obituary ~ 02/09/19)
Everline Moody, 80, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Feb. 1, 2019, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at noon Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Joseph Cotton officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau...
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John Lamont
(Obituary ~ 02/09/19)
AMES, Iowa -- John Lamont, 76, of Ames passed away Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018, at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, following a short illness. Funeral Services were held Dec. 3, 2018, in Ames. John Lamont was born March 7, 1942, the son of William E. and Thelma Smarr Lamont, in Cape Girardeau. Thelma and William Lamont were well known in Jackson as teachers at Jackson High School, and William served as principal there for many years...
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David Hooks
(Obituary ~ 02/09/19)
David Lynn Hooks, loving husband, father, son and brother, went home to be with Jesus on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born to Joe and Lois Curtis Hooks on April 8, 1952, in Sikeston, Missouri. His grandma, "Mama Curtis," took care of him when his mother went back to teaching. He enjoyed telling stories of growing up with all his cousins and reconnected with them when he moved back to the area in 1998...
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Lorena Himmelsbach
(Obituary ~ 02/09/19)
MORRISTOWN, Tenn. -- Lorena Rose Himmelsbach, 98, of Morristown and formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, in Morristown. She was born July 6, 1920, to Benjamin and Sophia Scherer Compas of Benton, Missouri. She and Francis J. Himmelsbach married Oct. 18, 1941, in Chaffee, Missouri. She and Francis had been married 55 years, when he passed away June 12, 1997. They were parishioners of St. Mary's Cathedral in Cape Girardeau for many years...
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Sharon Brown
(Obituary ~ 02/09/19)
Sharon Jean Eakers Brown, known to all as "Jeannie," 68, of Cape Girardeau passed away peacefully Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, after nearly a lifelong battle with diabetes, surrounded by family and friends. They both finally gave up. To Heaven she goes. Sharon was born Dec. ...
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Phillips Brown
(Obituary ~ 02/09/19)
TRAVERS CITY, Mich. -- Phillips Hamlin Brown, 100, who lived for 54 years in Cape Girardeau, died Monday night, Feb. 4, 2019, in Traverse City. He was the father of Traverse City residents Fleda Brown and Melinda "Millie" Putz, and of Michelle "Missy" Griggs of Houston. A profoundly disabled son, Mark Stephen, died in 1975. He had six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren...
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Stanley Boyer
(Obituary ~ 02/09/19)
GLEN ALLEN, Mo -- Stanley Lane Boyer, 61, of Glen Allen died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born Oct. 11, 1957, in Cape Girardeau he was the son of James Maurice and Betty Jane Francis Boyer. On Feb. 12, 1977, he married LouAnn Hansen. She survives...
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Acting AG overseeing Mueller probe says he has not interfered
(National News ~ 02/09/19)
WASHINGTON -- Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker said Friday he has "not interfered in any way" in the special counsel's Russia investigation as he faced a contentious and partisan congressional hearing in his waning days on the job. The hearing before the House Judiciary Committee was the first, and likely only, chance for newly empowered Democrats in the majority to grill an attorney general they perceive as a Donald Trump loyalist and whose appointment they suspect was aimed at suppressing investigations of the Republican president. ...
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Celebrating the life and influence of Coach Terry Kitchen
(Column ~ 02/09/19)
Last spring I played phone tag with Coach Terry Kitchen, the longtime Cape Girardeau Central High School athletic director, teacher and coach. Kitchen had been selected as the 2018 Semoball Awards Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. Though not part of the selection committee, I had the honor of
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A positive impact on the community: One hundred years of Rotary
(Column ~ 02/09/19)
On Jan. 28, 1919, 25 men gathered in the St. Charles Hotel in downtown Cape Girardeau to be initiated into a brand-new Rotary Club -- the first such club in Southeast Missouri. The Rotary movement had begun in Chicago in 1905, with the goals of providing a venue for fellowship as an opportunity for service, promoting high ethical standards in professional life, instilling the ideal of service in its members, and advancing international understanding, good will, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional people.. ...
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