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It's a potluck party!
(Community ~ 07/09/20)
Centenary United Methodist Church, where my family has our church membership, has a new pastor. Pastor Jennifer Long and her family have recently moved to Cape Girardeau as a part of their journey with us in this community and at Centenary Church. Methodists love pot luck dinners and generations of Methodist families have shared recipes in church cookbooks, often sold as fundraisers through Methodist church cookbooks across America. I especially enjoy the Methodist church cookbooks I have...
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Protest at Southeast Missourian offices
(Local News ~ 07/09/20)
Jon K. Rust, left, publisher of the Southeast Missourian and co-president of Rust Communications, speaks to a group of protesters Wednesday outside of the Southeast Missourian offices in downtown Cape Girardeau. ...
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Area coronavirus cases continue climb
(Local News ~ 07/09/20)
Cape Girardeau County reported 20 new cases Wednesday, for a total of 336, with 160 recoveries and three deaths. Thirteen of those cases are from the City of Cape Girardeau, three are from Jackson and five are from elsewhere in the county. There are currently three Cape Girardeau County residents hospitalized; there are 12 Saint Francis hospitalizations and seven at Southeast Hospital...
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How about a lovely drive?
(Local News ~ 07/09/20)
This week's topper comes to you courtesy of rustmedia's James Baughn, whose blog, Pavement Ends (semissourian.com/blogs/pavementends), has a long and rich archive that I personally have lost hours to, looking up points of interest and James' observations. I highly recommend it...
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Tunes at Twilight fall series canceled
(Local News ~ 07/09/20)
Old Town Cape announced Wednesday that free outdoor concert series Tunes at Twilight’s fall series is canceled. The organization had already canceled the spring series, previously held on the Common Pleas Courthouse lawn and gazebo in Cape Girardeau...
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Planning panel accepts 'Vision 2040' report
(Local News ~ 07/09/20)
Cape Girardeau’s “Vision 2040” planning document took another step toward adoption Wednesday night when the city’s Planning & Zoning Commission voted unanimously to accept the 160-page report and forward it to the City Council for further consideration...
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Property owners propose transportation development district on N. Kingshighway
(Local News ~ 07/09/20)
A group of property owners along North Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau want to make it easier for people to access their businesses and hope to form a transportation development district, or TDD, to do so. A petition to create the North Kingshighway Transportation Development District has been submitted to Cape Girardeau County Circuit Court. ...
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Trying something new at Hickory House
(Community ~ 07/09/20)
Let me tell you about one of my favorite burgers in town. Hickory House Restaurant at 2259 E. Jackson Blvd. in Jackson. It is home to one of the best mushroom Swiss burger moments in my lifetime. In fact, three years ago today I introduced my son to his first Hickory House mushroom and Swiss burger. ...
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Cape woman uses wedding dress to comfort the grieving
(Local News ~ 07/09/20)
A bride’s wedding dress is worn once and often never again. For many women who walk down the aisle, such a garment is single-use and disappears into a closet. Erin Poindexter of Cape Girardeau found a novel way to use the dress from her 2014 nuptials to help grieving parents...
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Alleged assailant surrenders to police after assault on 12-year-old dancer in downtown Cape
(Local News ~ 07/09/20)
Cedric Charles Moore Jr., 27, of Cape Girardeau surrendered himself into police custody Wednesday afternoon at the Scott County Sheriff’s Office in Benton, Missouri, according to Cape Girardeau police Sgt. Joey Hann. Moore faces felony charges of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and second-degree assault...
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Jackson, Cape schools announce tentative fall plans
(Local News ~ 07/09/20)
Plans are fluid, but officials with the Cape Girardeau and Jackson school districts indicated the intent to have in-person, face-to-face instruction at school starting Aug. 24. Jackson superintendent John Link and district communications director Merideth Pobst posted a Facebook Live video on the district’s page @jacksonr2schooldistrict Wednesday morning, and emphasized plans could change as information on COVID-19 changes...
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TGI'F' Top Picks 7/9/20
(Local News ~ 07/09/20)
Renowned blues guitarist Mike Zito brings his Social Distancing Tour 2020 to Rude Dog Pub, 123 N. Main St. in Cape Girardeau, at 9 p.m. Friday. Tickets: $10. Info: (573) 335-4447 or visit Facebook @happyslapowitz. This 13-city tour includes stops in Kansas City, Missouri; Nashville, Tennessee; St. Louis; Lincoln, Nebraska; and Sarasota and Boca Raton, Florida. Zito's new album, "Quarantine Blues," recently hit music stands...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/09/20)
Today is Thursday, July 9, the 191st day of 2020. There are 175 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 9, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was read aloud to Gen. George Washington's troops in New York. On this date: In 1755, British General Edward Braddock was mortally wounded as his troops suffered a massive defeat during the French and Indian War (he died four days later)...
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Speak Out 7/9/20
(Speak Out ~ 07/09/20)
I applaud Americans all across the nation and from both sides of the aisle who defied the “police state” and went ahead and celebrated the 4th of July! However, I have a message for radio stations, event organizers, etc. Please stop using Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In the USA” for bumper music or to introduce speakers or patriotic segments. ...
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Tribute to Alton Bray
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/09/20)
As a young boy, Mr. Bray was a person I admired as a deacon in our church and later as a top flight administrator during my SEMO student days. His examples later inspired me to seek to become a college administrator. What a beautiful legacy he leaves as both a person and an academic professional.
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Brooks Brothers, worn by Lincoln and Kennedy, goes bankrupt
(National News ~ 07/09/20)
NEW YORK -- Brooks Brothers, the 200-year-old company that dressed nearly every U.S. president, filed for bankruptcy protection Wednesday, the latest major clothing seller to be toppled by the coronavirus pandemic. Founded in New York in 1818, Brooks Brothers survived two world wars, the Great Depression and even managed to stay afloat as dress standards eased in the office. ...
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Transplant veggies to harvest success
(Community ~ 07/09/20)
One way to reap an abundance of vegetables from even a tiny garden is to keep planting throughout the growing season. Soon, you could be filling in new vegetables where you'll have harvested onions or pulled spent pea or cucumber vines. Later, there'll be space where corn, early beets or carrots have been harvested...
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Trump to U.S. schools: Reopen or you may lose federal funds
(National News ~ 07/09/20)
Determined to reopen America's schools despite coronavirus worries, President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to hold back federal money if school districts don't bring their students back in the fall. He complained that his own public health officials' safety guidelines are impractical and too expensive...
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Donald Sheeley
(Obituary ~ 07/09/20)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Donald Martin Sheeley of Chaffee was born June 15, 1931, in Chaffee and returned to God's hands at the age of 89 on Monday, July, 6, 2020, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. On May 15, 1956, he married Leeada Marie Mier in Chaffee. She preceded him in death May 27, 2007...
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Mary Pinkerton
(Obituary ~ 07/09/20)
Mary Evelyn Pinkerton, 78, of Jackson passed away Sunday, July 5, 2020, at her home. She was born Aug. 25, 1941, at Neelys Landing, daughter of Carl J. and Ora Emma Bollinger Wallman. She and Elmer Eugene Pinkerton were married Nov. 3, 1960. He survives...
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Julius Philipps
(Obituary ~ 07/09/20)
Julius Arthur Philipps, 88, of Jackson met his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, at his home, with his family by his side. He was born Jan. 27, 1932, in Jackson, son of Allois G. and Lulah M. Petzoldt Philipps. He and Janet Reimann were united in holy matrimony at Trinity Lutheran Church in Egypt Mills on Sept. 24, 1966. She survives...
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Mae Meunier
(Obituary ~ 07/09/20)
Mae Meunier, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, July 7, 2020, at her home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston, Missouri. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. today at the funeral home, with the Rev. David Dohogne officiating. Burial will follow at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...
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Judith Lang
(Obituary ~ 07/09/20)
Judith Anne "Judy" Lang, 71, of Whitewater and formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, July 3, 2020, at her home. She was born July 1, 1949, in Chicago to Peter and Ruth Dragunas Jenkins. She and Roger Warren Lang were married Oct. 4, 1997. Judy graduated from Prospect High School in Mount Prospect, Illinois. On Sept. 17, 1977, she married her first husband, Philip Ventrella, who passed away in 1992. She and Phil relocated to Cape Girardeau and had one daughter, Vicki Ventrella-Meyer...
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Sondra Kay Foster
(Obituary ~ 07/09/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Sondra Kay Foster, 77, of Perryville passed away Monday, July 6, 2020, at Independence Care Center in Perryville. She was born April 28, 1943, in Cape Girardeau to Leonard H. and Margaret L. Calhoun Patrick. She and Robert S. Foster were married June 17, 1960, at the home of her uncle in Cape Girardeau...
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Dennie Davis
(Obituary ~ 07/09/20)
BENTON, Mo. -- Dennie Davis, son of the late Cletis Sr. and Sadie Velma Nance Davis, was born Oct. 15, 1947, in Illmo and departed this life Tuesday, July 7, 2020, at his home in Benton at the age of 72. Dennie was a 40-year member of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry Local 562 of the United States and Canada. He was an avid fisherman and loved being outdoors...
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Leonard Cook
(Obituary ~ 07/09/20)
Leonard Joseph Cook, 78, who resided at Amen Center in Cape Girardeau County, died Thursday, May 28, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Divine liturgy will be from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Sunday at St. John the Theologian Orthodox Church, 304 Daisy Ave. in Jackson. The Boy Scouts will hold a celebration of life beginning at 1 p.m. Sunday at the VFW Lakes at 1346 County Road 206 in Cape Girardeau. All are welcome to attend both events...
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Alton Bray
(Obituary ~ 07/09/20)
Alton Bray, at the age of 100 years, passed on to Heaven on Friday, July 3, 2020, at Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 25, 1919, in Fornfelt to Luther Warner and Ora Lee Templeton Bray. Alton attended Fornfelt Public Schools, where he graduated from high school in 1937. He graduated from Southeast Missouri Teachers College (now Southeast Missouri State University) in 1941 with a Bachelor of Science in education, with a focus on mathematics and physics...
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Press Berry Jr.
(Obituary ~ 07/09/20)
Press Berry Jr., 91, of Cape Girardeau passed away Monday, July 6, 2020, at his home. He was born Jan. 3, 1929, in Charleston, Missouri, son of Press Sr. and Crystal Reno Berry. He and Martha Kay Hartmann were married Oct. 4, 2008. Press enlisted in the United States Army after college and was honorably discharged in August of 1953...
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Districts can choose mix of online, in-school classes
(State News ~ 07/09/20)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Missouri school districts will be allowed to have students attend every other day and learn remotely on alternating days, helping schools avoid fund penalties related to attendance. The State Board of Education passed two emergency rules Tuesday establishing hybrid instructions models for districts that want them, paving the way for districts to reopen schools, according to KCUR-FM...
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Prayer 7/9/20
(Prayer ~ 07/09/20)
Thank you, O Lord Jesus, for the peace that comes through your salvation. Amen.
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Out of the past: July 9
(Out of the Past ~ 07/09/20)
The Rev. John M. Gregory was appointed pastor of Maple Avenue United Methodist Church at the recent Missouri East Annual Conference of United Methodist Churches; a native of St. Louis, Gregory served two years as associate pastor at New McKendree United Methodist Church in Jackson and has been pastor of Benton-Oran United Methodist Churches the past five years...
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Cape police report 7/9/20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/09/20)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. DWI n Driving under the influence was reported at Independence Street and South Minnesota Avenue. Assaults n Assault was reported in the 1000 block of William Street. n Assault was reported in the 1700 block of Good Hope Street...
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CFO commits additional $1 million to COVID grantmaking for FY21
(Submitted Story ~ 07/09/20)
The Community Foundation of the Ozarks is committing an additional $1 million to COVID-19 grantmaking for its 2021 fiscal year, which began July 1. This new commitment is supported by the CFO’s annual discretionary grantmaking budget, Missouri Foundation for Health, the Louis L. and Julia Dorothy Coover Charitable Foundation managed by Commerce Trust Company, and donations made to the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund...
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