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Local hospitals brace for COVID-19 screenings
(Local News ~ 03/14/20)
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the nation, Cape Girardeau health care providers are bracing for the possibility of coronavirus patients in Southeast Missouri. Although neither SoutheastHEALTH nor Saint Francis Healthcare System have treated any patients with COVID-19, both have announced a number of measures they're enacting in response to the pandemic, including the process people who believe they may have coronavirus should use to report their symptoms...
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In the mail: Census invites should be arriving soon
(Local News ~ 03/14/20)
Missouri residents should begin receiving invitations to respond to the 2020 Census any day now, said Melissa Stickel, executive director of Community Partnership in Cape Girardeau. Stickel was appointed by Cape Girardeau Mayor Bob Fox to head the local census efforts, and Community Partnership, formerly Community Caring Council, was awarded an access grant from Missouri Foundation for Health...
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Updates about local events and services impacted by coronavirus, including what's been cancelled
(Local News ~ 03/14/20)
Cape Girardeau city changes how it can accept utility bill payments. Parks and Rec department still deliberating future plans. SEMO cancels events through April 17. Lincoln Day postponed. Stock market soars. Plus more.
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What we can learn from St. Patrick
(Column ~ 03/14/20)
St. Patrick's Day was always a big deal for my family. My wife and I were on a vacation and met a young lady from Ireland. I asked her if she was aware of how multitudes of Americans claim to be Irish. She exclaimed, "If you are Irish, where are you from?" In other words, if you cannot name the location in Ireland where your family is from, you are not Irish. I guess she has a point. I just nodded in agreement and decided not to tell her of my Irishness...
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As American as apple pie: The Pie Safe offers slices of pie, nostalgia
(Local News ~ 03/14/20)
The Pie Safe Bakery & Cafe stands in the former Bank of Pocahontas, a village in northern Cape Girardeau County tucked into an area rich in beauty and tradition. The building dates to the early 1900s. Owner Sharon Penrod has operated the Pie Safe with husband Monte Penrod since 2012...
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Cape First celebrates centennial this weekend
(Column ~ 03/14/20)
How do you grow a church? Not just in weekend service attendance but in overall ministry impact. It's not an easy question. But listening to Pastor Gary Brothers, senior pastor of Cape First Church, you start to get an idea of how one of the area's largest places of worship drives growth and ministry significance...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/14/20)
Today is Saturday, March 14, the 74th day of 2020. There are 292 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 14, 1794, Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin, an invention that revolutionized America's cotton industry. On this date:...
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Out of the past: March 14
(Out of the Past ~ 03/14/20)
In front of an overflowing crowd last night, the Cape Girardeau Board of Education voted to cancel its American Express credit card account and placed stricter guidelines on travel expenses and reimbursements; but Amy Randol said after the meeting school board members missed the most important point of her recent letter, a question of leadership...
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Howard - Young
(Wedding ~ 03/14/20)
Kaci Carter Howard and Drew Alexander Young, both of St. Louis, were married Nov. 2 at Centenary United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. David Conley performed the ceremony. Music was provided by Trio Girardeaux, Beverly Reece and Brodrick Twiggs, all of Cape Girardeau...
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Biologists survey Black River walleye
(Community ~ 03/14/20)
Walleyes in the Black, Current, St. Francis and Eleven Point river are fat and healthy, according to Department of Conservation Fisheries Management Biologist Paul Cieslewicz, who conducted his annual gill netting and electrofishing survey on the Black last week...
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March brings wildflowers
(Community ~ 03/14/20)
March is the month when woodland flowers begin showing their beauty in Southeast Missouri. Within the next few weeks trilliums, spring beauty, Dutchman's breeches and other small wildflowers of the woods begin blooming. The flower I photographed here is called bloodroot. ...
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FYI 3-15-2020
(Community ~ 03/14/20)
The Mudcat Coffee House in Oak Ridge will hold Pi Day today with a portion of the sales of a slice of pie and coffee will go to Mississippi Valley Therapeutic Horsemanship. The coffee house will be open from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Parlor Room, a solo exhibition of works by Rachael Zur, is being shown at Cape Girardeau Public Library through March 27...
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The Mississippi River bridge that never was
(Column ~ 03/14/20)
Cape Girardeau was poised for greatness on March 20, 1871, when the Missouri legislature authorized the construction of a railroad bridge across the Mississippi River here. This permission was granted to former state governor Thomas C. Fletcher, who had just organized the Illinois, Missouri & Texas Railway. ...
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Three ways busyness can drain your soul
(Column ~ 03/14/20)
Ask someone how they are, and there is a good chance they will say, "I'm busy." Busyness has emerged as the status symbol of the age. Busyness fills every hour of the day with activity pressing out any sense of margin. Many are overcommitted, overscheduled and under fulfilled. The busyness they have embraced is like an addiction draining the soul...
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Adopt Bo
(Community ~ 03/14/20)
Submitted by Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary Bo is a five year old Beagle mix who is waiting for his forever home. If you are ready for a rewarding experience, come see us at Safe Harbor. Call (573) 243-9823.
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Oratorical Speech Contest winners
(Community ~ 03/14/20)
Submitted by Steven Sebaugh The Optimist Club of Jackson and the Noon Optimist Club of Jackson presented the contestants of the Oratorical (Speech) Contest of 2020. Pictured, from left, is Steven Sebaugh, oratorical chairman; Hiren Parekh, winner; Jillian Majors, winner; Justin Samanta, winner; and Shelly Kaiser, oratorical chairwoman. Parekh and Majors will represent The Optimist Club of Jackson, and Justin Samanta will represent the Noon Optimist Club of Jackson in the next level of competition. Prizes were medals and $100 to go for their education. The Oratorical Contest was started in 1928 and has become the longest-running youth program sponsored by Optimist International. Nearly 2,000 clubs participate in this program each year. The contest is designed for teens to gain experience in public speaking and to provide them with the opportunity to win $2,500 in college scholarships at the district level and $22,500 in college scholarships at the Optimist International Oratorical World Championships. Each year in February, the two Optimists Clubs in Jackson host the contest.
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GT - Scrap DAR
(Community ~ 03/14/20)
Submitted by Sharon Shelton On Feb. 24, the daughters of the American Revolution held its Good Citizen reception for area seniors at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. One senior from each high school was chosen as their good citizen for the 2019-2020 school. Those honored were, from left, Archna Sobti from Cape Girardeau Central High School, Nicholas Hux from Notre Dame Regional High School, Morgan Crutsinger from Delta High School and Madison Schumer from Oak Ridge High School...
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GT - Scrap 5 generations
(Community ~ 03/14/20)
Submitted by Toni Pettet Five generations: front row, Bonnie Hahs holds Audrey Ponder; back row, from left, Susan Huber, Kelsey Ponder and Toni Pettet.
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Senior Center Menus for March 16-20
(Community ~ 03/14/20)
Monday: Chicken tenders or chili with pimiento cheese, seasoned potato wedges, beet salad, whole-grain bread and blushing pears or birthday cake. Tuesday: Corned beef or stuffed bell pepper, cooked cabbage, Irish potatoes, Emerald Isle salad, whole-grain hot roll and chilled pears or lime-poke cake...
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Family
(Column ~ 03/14/20)
We moved from Nebraska back in 1979 and went to Bartlesville, Oklahoma, where I attended ministerial school. We weren't real sure as to what we would do after I had graduated. We simply felt led to go to college in Bartlesville. I hadn't really felt like I was called to be a pastor, but we did feel like we were being led into missions of some kind. ...
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Learning briefs
(Community ~ 03/14/20)
n Caleb Likens of Cape Girardeau graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in cell and molecular biology from Missouri State University. n Olivia Renner of Jackson was among more than 500 students who received degrees as fall graduates of the New York Institute of Technology Class of 2019. Renner graduated with a Osteopathic Medicine, D.O. in osteopathic medicine...
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A lifetime of memories which began in Dexter, Missouri
(Column ~ 03/14/20)
I walked into an elementary school yesterday to vote and was immediately transported in memories, back to Southwest Elementary School in Dexter, Missouri. The art projects covering the walls. The table full of percussive instruments in the music room. The foldable tables in the cafeteria. And I was overwhelmed with thankfulness for the love I felt from teachers and for the healthy environment I was raised in while walking those corridors 40 years ago...
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Biden's 'charming' rudeness and instability
(Column ~ 03/14/20)
The left's reaction to Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's rude exchange with a union worker in Michigan is a case study on liberal hypocrisy and propaganda. You'd have to be living in a cave not to recognize that something is way off with Biden. He's always been strange, but he's getting noticeably worse. His rhetorical recklessness is a feature, not a bug...
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Prayer 3-15-20
(Prayer ~ 03/14/20)
O Lord Jesus, we praise you, for your grace is more than enough. Amen.
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Trump declares U.S. emergency
(National News ~ 03/14/20)
WASHINGTON -- The United States declared a state of emergency Friday as many European countries went on a war footing amid mounting deaths as the world mobilized to fight the widening coronavirus pandemic. At the White House, where U.S. President Donald Trump made the emergency decree, drug company executives vowed to work together and with the government to quickly expand the country's coronavirus testing capabilities, which are far behind those in many countries...
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Schools scramble to feed students after closures
(National News ~ 03/14/20)
ELK GROVE, Calif. -- Kiyana Esco needs free school lunches and breakfasts to feed her six children. But with schools shutting down over coronavirus concerns, she's scrambling to pick up the meals, care for her children and keep her job. Esco, a single mother who was just promoted to manager at a Dollar Tree, fears she'll be fired because she can't work following school closures in Elk Grove, the fifth-largest district in California. ...
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Louisiana to postpone primary
(National News ~ 03/14/20)
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Louisiana's governor planned to postpone the state's presidential primaries due to fears of the coronavirus, an aide said Friday, which would make it the first state to do so. Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards planned to sign an executive order delaying the April 4 primary until June 20, said his spokeswoman Christina Stephens...
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Florida could be knockout punch for Sanders' 2020 campaign
(National News ~ 03/14/20)
MIAMI -- Florida has never been known as a place of stability, especially in its politics. And yet stability is what has been on the minds of many Democrats in the state who say they'll vote for former Vice President Joe Biden in Tuesday's presidential primary election instead of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders...
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Pentagon reconsiders cloud computing deal
(National News ~ 03/14/20)
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is reconsidering its awarding of a major cloud computing contract to Microsoft after rival tech giant Amazon protested what it called a flawed bidding process. U.S. government lawyers said in a court filing this week that the Defense Department "wishes to reconsider its award decision" and take another look at how it evaluated technical aspects of the companies' proposals to run the $10 billion computing project...
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Iraq army says U.S. strikes kill five security forces, one civilian
(International News ~ 03/14/20)
BAGHDAD -- Iraq's military said five security force members and a civilian were killed early Friday in a barrage of U.S. airstrikes launched hours after a rocket attack killed and wounded American and British servicemen at a base north of Baghdad. An Iran-backed Shiite militia group vowed to exact revenge for the U.S. strikes, potentially signalling another cycle of tit-for-tat violence between Washington and Tehran that could play out inside Iraq...
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Spain implements polices in efforts to thwart virus
(International News ~ 03/14/20)
MADRID, Spain -- With Italy already submerged in a national quarantine, Spain took a major step Friday toward a similar lock-down as it struggles to ride the wave of the coronavirus pandemic spawning illness and fear around the globe. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said his government will declare a two-week state of emergency on Saturday, giving itself extraordinary powers including the mobilization of the armed forces, to confront the COVID-19 outbreak...
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Census faces challenges as it hires up to 500,000
(National News ~ 03/14/20)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The U.S. Census Bureau said it has reached its goal of recruiting more than 2.6 million applicants for the once-a-decade head count that launched for most of America this week -- but it has been a bumpy road getting there. The nation's abundance of jobs has complicated the effort, and some rural areas -- particularly in New England, Appalachia and some Rocky Mountain states -- are falling behind recruitment goals as the agency works to hire up to a half-million temporary workers before May. ...
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Supreme Court petitioned on police officers' legal immunity
(State News ~ 03/14/20)
ARLINGTON, Va. -- James King had no idea the men who grabbed him and took his wallet were plainclothes officers looking for a fugitive. So he ran off. And when they caught him, he took a beating. Bystanders also were confused. One called 911 to report the beating, telling a dispatcher: "They're going to kill this man."...
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Tax on internet ads gets traction in Maryland
(State News ~ 03/14/20)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- A measure to make Maryland the first state in the nation to tax companies like Facebook and Google for money they make from digital ads on the internet is making steps forward in the state's legislature. Opponents, however, say the state would have a hard time enforcing it and that the measure violates federal law, as well as the First Amendment...
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Police report 3-15-20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/14/20)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. DWI n Driving under the influence was reported in the 3400 block of William Street. Assaults n Aggravated assault was reported in the 1100 block of North Sprigg Street...
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Out of the past: March 15
(Out of the Past ~ 03/14/20)
Cape Girardeau Central High School seniors will complete graduation requirements prior to participating in commencement, if a new policy is adopted; the proposal is back in the hands of a high school committee drafting a suggested policy; last year, commencement brought a public outcry when a long-standing practice was changed at the last minute, allowing students who hadn't completed all graduation requirements to walk in the ceremony...
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Mary Ann Terry
(Obituary ~ 03/14/20)
Mary Ann Terry, 86, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Jackson, passed away Thursday, March 12, 2020, at Miner Nursing home in Miner, Missouri. She was born March 7, 1934, in Cape Girardeau, to Otto and Corena Schott Seyer. She and George Terry were married Nov. 6, 1954, at St. Mary's Cathedral in Cape Girardeau. Seven children were born to their union, and they had been married nearly 29 years when George passed away Sept. 21, 1983...
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Mary Mansker
(Obituary ~ 03/14/20)
Mary Sue Mansker, 76, of Jackson, died Friday, March 13, 2020, at her home. Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Funeral is at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Revs. Joe Rowley and Sam Roethemeyer officiating. Burial will follow at Russell Heights Cemetery...
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Sharon Lappe
(Obituary ~ 03/14/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Sharon E. Lappe, 76, of Perryville died Thursday, March 12, 2020, at her home. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday and from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Monday at Ford and Young Chapel in Perryville. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Joseph Schlie officiating. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery in Perryville...
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Charles Kimbrough
(Obituary ~ 03/14/20)
ZALMA, Mo. -- Charles Eugene "Sonny" Kimbrough, 85, of Zalma died Thursday, March 12, 2020, at Advance Nursing Center in Advance, Missouri. Graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Balch Cemetery near Zalma, officiated by Zalma Masonic Lodge 545 and the Rev. Danny Joe McCall. Visitation will be from noon until service time at the cemetery...
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Bonnie Bradshaw
(Obituary ~ 03/14/20)
MARYVILLE, Ill. -- Bonnie Bradshaw, 81 of Maryville, formerly of Scott County, Missouri, died Wednesday, March 11, 2020, at Anderson Hospital in Maryville. A memorial gathering will take place from 10 a.m. until the time of service at 11 a.m. Thursday at Troy United Methodist Church, 407 Edwardsville Road in Troy, Illinois, with Pastor Andy Adams officiating. A private family burial will be held May 23 at Oakdale Cemetery in Commerce, Missouri...
- Friends Gala raises $315K for Saint Francis Foundation (Local News ~ 03/14/20)
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God is generous
(Column ~ 03/14/20)
Lately I've been thinking about the difference between taking and receiving. Although both result in the attainment of something, the method of attainment is fundamentally different. When we take something, we evidence an attitude of entitlement, impatience, self-sufficiency or perhaps distrust. When we receive something, we practice the attitudes of humility, gratitude and trust...
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Governor declares emergency
(State News ~ 03/14/20)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Friday declared a state of emergency in response to the spread of the coronavirus and announced the state has two more presumptive positive cases, bringing the total to four. The governor said during a news conference he didn't have any further details about the new cases...
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Guardian Angel School third quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 03/14/20)
Guardian Angel School Super Students Kindergarten: Chloe Caudle, Elizabeth David, Andrea Pobst, Saydi Priggel, Kambrie Seabaugh. 1st grade: Elaina Hahn, Liam LeGrand, Dylan Levan, Sadler Mattingly. 2nd grade: Everett David, Harper Gadberry, Baker Mattingly, Ashtyn Pobst, Kyla Rains, Riley Ramsey, Veronica Seyer...
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St. Augustine School third quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 03/14/20)
St. Augustine School A Honor Roll 4th grade: Martina Ressel, Brenlee Hennemann, Khloe Gantt, Claire Robert, Jack Jansen, Lucy Allen, Rayleigh Schlosser, Sophia DeJournett, Tucker Johnston. 5th grade: Eloiza Marquez, Luke Seyer, Morgan LeGrand, Josie Schwartz, Alex Wagoner...
- 2500 Missourians sign card for Rush Limbaugh (Local News ~ 03/14/20)
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