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Rockin’ 4 Relief
(Local News ~ 10/15/19)
Trynity Vanek, 13, of Jackson is seen bundled up and rocking in a rocking chair during the start of her 10-hour shift during Rockin’ 4 Relief on Saturday at Wings Etc. in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 10/15/19
(Local News ~ 10/15/19)
Study session Presentations n Beautiful Business Property of the Month -- St. Andrew Lutheran Church n Domestic Violence Awareness Month proclamation n Presentation by Transportation Trust Fund 6 Committee...
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Cape Christian Community School to host 5K, walk
(Local News ~ 10/15/19)
Cape Christian Community School will host its first race and walk to benefit Christian education Saturday. The certified route runs from Ivers Square near the Common Pleas Courthouse up Broadway, around Capaha Park and back to the starting point. After the race, participants will gather for food, games and fellowship...
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This is what matters
(Column ~ 10/15/19)
I cannot seem to get away from them. Reminders of the things that matter scream at me from every direction lately, and what matters aren't so much what I find people spending their time on. What matters are the things we often take for granted: the relationships we have, the ones we're working to build and the legacy we want to leave...
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Festival brings taste of Germany to Chaffee
(Entertainment ~ 10/15/19)
CHAFFEE, Mo. — Monitoring homemade bratwursts and burgers on his grill Saturday during German Days in Chaffee, “The German Cook” Christian Voigt said with a big smile, “This is festival season.” It was the end of Chaffee’s two-day annual festival featuring carnival rides, beer and authentic German fare in Frisco Park. ...
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Southeast announces Distinguished Service Award, Young Alumni Service Award recipients
(Local News ~ 10/15/19)
Several Southeast Missouri State University graduates and a faculty member will be recognized next week during the university’s annual homecoming festivities. The university announced Monday its 2019 Distinguished Service Award recipient is Abbie Crites-Leoni of Jackson, while this year’s Distinguished Young Alumni Service Award recipient will be Dane Huxel of St. Charles, Missouri. ...
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Subscriber exclusive — Business Notebook: Free census workshop, Crawfish Co. coming to Jackson, Recruiters Websites honored
(Business ~ 10/15/19)
The best business decisions are usually based on facts, and some of the best facts can be obtained through the U.S. Census Bureau. The Census Bureau, along with the U.S. Small Business Administration and the Small Business Development Center on the Southeast Missouri State University campus, will host a free workshop next week about the tools and research data available through the bureau...
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Multi-specialty medical practice Alliance Health to open next month
(Business ~ 10/15/19)
Several local physicians are combining their practices in a new multi-specialty medical practice set to open next month in Cape Girardeau. Alliance Health is scheduling appointments now for its primary care, internal medicine, pediatric and dermatology physicians. The practice at 304 S. Mount Auburn Road, will open Nov. 4. Its phone number to schedule appointments is (573) 803-3331...
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Scott City businessman to run for Missouri House seat
(Local News ~ 10/15/19)
Scott City real estate agent and small-business owner Will Perry will seek a state House seat next year, setting up a Republican primary battle with Democrat-turned-Republican Jamie Burger. Perry and Burger are seeking the 148th District House seat now held by Republican Rep. Holly Rehder, who will not be able to run in 2020 because of term limits...
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Rural Routes: Marble Hill mechanic Pat Grippo reflects on life, plans for future
(Local News ~ 10/15/19)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. — Pat Grippo moved to Marble Hill to start a repair shop June 29, 1992. “My birthday, six o’clock. That’s when the moving truck pulled up to my house in town.” It was a long way from his former home in upstate New York, but not so far as the move he made in ’72, from his birthplace in Italy to the United States. ...
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Verona Lambert: “Share that positivity with others.”
(Local News ~ 10/15/19)
A decade ago this October, Verona Lambert was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer. Lambert grew up in Sikeston, Missouri, attended Southeast Missouri State University and married her high school sweetheart. She moved to Jackson in the mid-1990s, where she had a son and continued her career as a financial counselor and later Director of Student Accounts at Southeast Missouri State University...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/15/19)
Today is Tuesday, Oct. 15, the 288th day of 2019. There are 77 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 15, 1991, despite sexual harassment allegations by Anita Hill, the Senate narrowly confirmed the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court, 52-48...
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'Jojo Rabbit' attempts bold balancing act
(Entertainment ~ 10/15/19)
TORONTO -- It's just a few hours before "Jojo Rabbit" will make its world premiere and writer-director Taika Waititi is still figuring out how to talk about it. "I still don't even really know how to describe it without making people shift uncomfortably," says Waititi with a shrug...
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A solution for food waste in schools: Give it to the pigs
(National News ~ 10/15/19)
PORTLAND, Maine — Maine has decided eating like a pig could be a good thing, especially for schools looking to cut down on food waste. A law stating schools can give food scraps away to pig farmers is now on the books in the state. ...
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Ukraine nationalist groups protest president
(International News ~ 10/15/19)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Brandishing red flares and shouting "glory to Ukraine," thousands of far-right and nationalist activists marched Monday through Kyiv, protesting President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's leadership and his long-awaited peace plan for eastern Ukraine...
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HK: Homemade bomb targeted officers
(International News ~ 10/15/19)
HONG KONG -- A homemade, remote-controlled bomb intended to "kill or to harm" riot control officers was detonated as they deployed against renewed violence in Hong Kong over the weekend, police said Monday, in a further escalation of destructive street battles gripping the business hub...
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Brexit deadline looms; talks go on
(National News ~ 10/15/19)
LONDON -- Brexit negotiators met again Monday in an attempt to allow Britain to leave the European Union with a divorce deal at the end of the month. Ireland said a Brexit deal may be possible in the coming days, after technical teams from Britain and the EU worked through the weekend, although both sides said significant gaps remain between their positions...
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Japan looks for missing after deadly typhoon
(International News ~ 10/15/19)
NAGANO, Japan -- Rescue crews dug through mudslides and searched near swollen rivers Monday as they looked for those missing from a typhoon that left dozens dead and caused serious damage in central and northern Japan. Typhoon Hagibis unleashed torrents of rain and strong winds Saturday, leaving thousands of homes on Japan's main island flooded, damaged or without power...
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Frontrunners face scrutiny at Dem debate
(National News ~ 10/15/19)
WESTERVILLE, Ohio -- Joe Biden is facing baseless -- but persistent -- allegations of wrongdoing overseas that could undermine his argument he's best positioned to defeat the president. Bernie Sanders is recovering from a heart attack raising questions about his ability to withstand the vigor of a presidential campaign. And Elizabeth Warren is fending off new scrutiny of her biography...
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China's trade with U.S. shrinks again in September
(National News ~ 10/15/19)
BEIJING -- China's trade with the United States fell by double digits again in September amid a tariff war threatening to tip the global economy into recession. Exports to the United States, China's biggest foreign market, fell 17.8% to $36.5 billion, a deterioration from August's 16% decline, customs data showed Monday. Imports of American goods sank 20.6% from the year before to $10.6 billion, a slight improvement over August's 22% decline...
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Ex-National Security Council official testifies to Congress
(National News ~ 10/15/19)
WASHINGTON -- Fiona Hill, a former top National Security Council expert on Russia, testified to Congress behind closed doors Monday, the latest former Trump administration official to be subpoenaed as part of the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump...
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Trump orders Turkey sanctions; U.S. scrambles for Syria exit
(National News ~ 10/15/19)
WASHINGTON -- Targeting Turkey's economy, President Donald Trump announced sanctions Monday aimed at restraining the Turks' assault against Kurdish fighters and civilians in Syria -- an assault Turkey began after Trump announced he was moving U.S. troops out of the way...
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Edna Porter
(Obituary ~ 10/15/19)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Edna M. Clancy Porter, 91, of Cairo passed away Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Edna was born April 6, 1928, in Villa Ridge, Illinois, the daughter of George and Louise Behrandt Clancy. She was retired as a nurse from St. Mary's Hospital in Cairo and Daystar Nursing Home...
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Ruby Marble
(Obituary ~ 10/15/19)
Ruby L. "Aunt Suga" Marble, 85, of Jackson, formerly a longtime resident of Marion, Indiana, was called to her heavenly home to rest at 7:50 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. She succumbed to her battle with Alzheimer's disease at Monticello House in Jackson...
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Bradley Farrar
(Obituary ~ 10/15/19)
Bradley Gene "Boomer" Farrar, 62, of Jackson passed away Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Evelyn's Hospice House in Creve Coeur, Missouri. He was born Oct. 1, 1957, in Cape Girardeau to Eugene Charles and Patricia "Pat" V. Rooney Farrar. Bradley was a 1976 graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School and was a manager at Wink's Convenience Store. He attended the Cape County Cowboy Church. He enjoyed playing golf and watching St. Louis Cardinals baseball...
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Albert Eftink
(Obituary ~ 10/15/19)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Albert Herman Eftink, 98, of Chaffee passed away Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019, at Chaffee Nursing Center. Albert was born Dec. 13, 1920, in Portageville, Missouri, to the late John H. and Josephine Glastetter Eftink. He married Martha Mary Klipfel on Aug. 12, 1947, and she survives in Chaffee...
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Lois Collins
(Obituary ~ 10/15/19)
Lois M. Collins, 95, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 7, 1924, in Cape Girardeau County, the daughter of Arthur Otto and Ida Suedekum Keller. She married Chester Collins on Dec. 26, 1946, at Grace Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau. Chester preceded her in death March 18, 1974...
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Carol Collins
(Obituary ~ 10/15/19)
Carol Faye Collins, daughter of Ella Mae Beklund Menz and the late Tony K. Menz, born June 25, 1942, in Arbor, passed away Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, in her home in Delta at the age of 77 years. She was surrounded by her loving family. Carol was co-owner and operator of Knight Oil Equipment, Quality Air Compressor and Carol's Bar and Grill for over 30 years. ...
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Glenda Angel
(Obituary ~ 10/15/19)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Edith Glendola "Glenda" Barrett Angel, 89, of Advance passed away Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 22, 1929, in Glen Allen, Missouri, daughter of Melvin and Mandy Abernathy Mouser. She married Charles F. Barrett Jr. on July 1, 1950, and he passed away April 26, 1989. She then married Kermit Angel on Oct. 16, 1993, and he passed away April 10, 2019...
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WeWork to close its New York 'WeGrow' school
(Community ~ 10/15/19)
NEW YORK -- WeWork will close the school it opened last year in New York with the lofty goal of promoting "conscious entrepreneurship" as the office-sharing company retrenches following its botched attempt to sell its stock on Wall Street. The WeGrow elementary and preschool in Manhattan will close at the end of the 2019-2020 school year, the company said Friday...
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NerdWallet: In 'SIM swap,' criminals really have your number
(Business ~ 10/15/19)
If you're not familiar with SIM swap fraud, prepare to be terrified. This scam, also known as port-out or SIM splitting fraud, allows criminals to hijack your cellphone number. Once they have your number, the bad guys can clean out your financial accounts, confiscate your email, delete your data and take over your social media profiles...
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Jackson's annual police report shows service increase, crime decrease
(Column ~ 10/15/19)
The Jackson Police Department's Annual Report for 2018 has been published and is available in hard copy or online on the department's website, jacksonpd.org. I encourage everyone to review the report as it has valuable information about JPD's accomplishments, the makeup of the department and statistics for the past year...
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An un-American process
(Column ~ 10/15/19)
What Speaker Pelosi and her progressive pals are doing in the halls of our U.S. Capitol seems to defy even Ruth Bader Ginsburg's most liberal interpretation of the Constitution and laws of the United States. Our Founders crafted the remedy of impeachment for serious situations and provided instructions for how that process would happen. ...
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Prayer 10/15/19
(Prayer ~ 10/15/19)
O Lord, may we live wisely and be a good witness of your grace to unbelievers. Amen.
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Speak Out 10/15/19
(Speak Out ~ 10/15/19)
High school coaches need to remember that no one (with a life) is going to remember the win-loss record. They will remember if you cursed at players, coddled "stars" because of favoritism, and only gave lip service to academic performance. Every terrorist attack that occurs after 2022 or so should be stamped with a "Trump was here" sticker. ...
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Out of the past: Oct. 15
(Out of the Past ~ 10/15/19)
The earthquake may not have happened, but the shock waves continue to be felt at Southeast Missouri State University; yesterday, Dr. David Stewart of Marble Hill, Missouri, former director of the university's earthquake center, sued the university and school officials, saying he was wrongly terminated because of his public comments four years ago on climatologist Iben Browning's earthquake prediction...
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Sponsored: How to care for an aging pet
(Insiders Advice ~ 10/15/19)
You might say I rescued my Rosie girl, a miniature dachshund, but the truth is she rescued me. Thirteen years ago, I enjoyed college but still felt lonely at times, missing family and friends back home in Jackson. I searched numerous places until I found the perfect ‘apartment dog.’ Rosie has experienced college life, married life, a move back home to Southeast Missouri and more. She loves shopping, attending sporting events and traveling...
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Jamie Crowell
(Obituary ~ 10/15/19)
Jamie L. Crowell, 48, of Jackson died Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Mike Parry officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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