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Virus cases, vaccinations tick up in Cape County
(Local News ~ 08/21/21)
COVID-19 case numbers continued to rise in Cape Girardeau County this week, but vaccination numbers also rose somewhat. According to the county public health center's report Friday, 118 new confirmed and probable cases were added to the county's tally since Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases during the pandemic to 10,769. No new deaths were added, with the county's total remaining at 138. Active cases in the county fell 23 to 315...
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Kinder announces planned bid for mayor of Cape
(Local News ~ 08/21/21)
Stacy Blakeslee Kinder, current Ward 6 city councilwoman and former member of the Cape Girardeau School Board, will challenge incumbent Mayor Bob Fox in next year's April election in a bid to become the first-ever woman mayor of Missouri's 16th-largest city...
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Jackson foundation awards $37K in grants
(Local News ~ 08/21/21)
More than 50 Jackson R-2 School District teachers received a surprise Thursday at the district's back-to-school breakfast. Fifty-three teachers from received teaching and learning grants. An overall total of $37,898 was given by the Jackson R-2 Foundation, an independent not-for-profit that provides supplemental resources for the Jackson R-2 School District...
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Photo essay: Area students head back to school
(Community ~ 08/21/21)
As summer edges close to its end, schools are getting loud again. At Saxony Lutheran High School's new-student orientation, the clamor of freshmen learning school chants echoes though the high school's halls. They get to know each other through rock--paper--scissors tournaments, and by answering silly questions with random partners. "If life were a movie, which actor or actress would you like to play you," asked counselor Judith Fuch...
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Maher-40 years
(Anniversary ~ 08/21/21)
Peter and Cindy Maher of Cape Girardeau are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary on Aug. 21 at Epic Pizza in St. Louis. The couple will celebrate with a bike ride and intimate dinner. Maher and the former Cindy Greif were married Aug. 21, 1981, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Farmington, Missouri. The Rev. John McEntee performed the ceremony. Their attendants were Monique Watson, Mary Clob, Jenny Davault, Becky Shostak, the late Tim Held, Gary Harper and Frank Woodson...
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Wente-Seabaugh
(Wedding ~ 08/21/21)
Charlotte M. Wente and Jacob B. Seabaugh were married May 22 at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Teutopolis, Illinois. The Rev. Dat Hoang performed the ceremony. Kim Deters was musician and vocalist. The bride is the daughter of Patrick and Sharon Wente of Teutopolis. The groom is the son of Jerry Lynn and Dinah Seabaugh of Cape Girardeau...
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Cape Girardeau senior named District 5 Ms. Nursing Home Queen
(Community ~ 08/21/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Six women from skilled nursing homes in southeast Missouri competed in the District 5 Ms. Nursing Home virtual pageant, sharing their life stories of family, work, community service and hobbies. Missouri Health Care Association, which sponsored the pageant, crowned the Queen and her Court on Aug. ...
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Adopt Shiloh 8-22-21
(Community ~ 08/21/21)
Submitted by Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary This handsome boy is Shiloh. He is 2 1/2 years old, is good with kids and very friendly. He just needs a loving, forever home! If you are ready for a rewarding experience, come see us at Safe Harbor. Call (573) 243-9823...
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Senior Center Menus for Aug. 23-27
(Community ~ 08/21/21)
Monday: Saucy meatballs or chicken Parmesan, parsley buttered pasta, glazed carrots, buttered corn, garlic bread and Mandarin oranges or fresh baked cookies. Tuesday: Ham and beans or hot-chicken salad, oven-fried potatoes with onions, stewed tomatoes, cornbread and crackers and pears and cottage cheese or lemon-pineapple cake...
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Organizing family history makes research easier
(Column ~ 08/21/21)
Once you begin family research, you accumulate documents and other information rapidly. To avoid the problem of failing to locate information quickly and to avoid paper blizzards or computer confusion, have an organizational plan from the start. A number of free or inexpensive forms are available to assist in organization. ...
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Would Jesus push vaccinations?
(Column ~ 08/21/21)
Honestly, I don't know the answer to the question. Be careful of anyone who claims insight into the mind of the second person of the Christian Trinity. This is one of those seemingly inescapable "What Would Jesus Do" queries. Let's drill it down. They didn't have vaccines in first-century Palestine. ...
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The sword of the Spirit
(Column ~ 08/21/21)
When we consider the Armor of God in Ephesians chapter six, we see our only offensive weapon is the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God. We usually imagine a medieval longsword, but the Roman soldier's sword would have been no more than 18 inches long. Tony Evans said this shows us that spiritual warfare is up close and personal. It is in your face...
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Fighting the good fight
(Column ~ 08/21/21)
"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful." What a wonderful and empowering passage from Christian Scripture! As I read those words from Timothy 4:7, recently. I felt a warm wave of wonder and awe. I also felt sadness, mixed with admiration. ...
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Southeast Missouri State University Spring 2021 graduation
(Local News ~ 08/21/21)
The following students graduated with academic distinction or specialized degrees during the Spring semester from Southeast Missouri State University Tammy Moore graduated Associate's Honors with a Associate of Arts in Child Care and Guidance with a major in child care and guidance option...
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Joy and sadness
(Column ~ 08/21/21)
It was 49 years ago that Marge and I met at the altar of a little church in Hyannis, Nebraska, and said our "I do's." It doesn't seem like it's been that long, but it has. There have been a lot of ups and downs, some high spots and some low ones, some great joys and some great sorrows...
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FYI 8-22-21
(Community ~ 08/21/21)
HealthPoint Fitness in Cape Girardeau will hold a healthy cooking class, Meal planning for busy moms, at 6 p.m. Monday. You will learn more about meal prepping tips that can help make feeding yourself or your family a little bit easier. Healthy cooking classes are taught by HealthPoint Nutritional Services Coordinator Laura Vollink, RD, LD...
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Biden pledges to Americans left in Afghanistan: 'We will get you home'
(National News ~ 08/21/21)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden is pledging to Americans still trapped in Afghanistan: "We will get you home." Biden also said Friday the United States is committed to evacuating all Afghans who assisted the war effort -- a potentially vast expansion of the administration's commitments on the airlift so far, given the tens of thousands of Afghan translators and others, and their close family members, seeking evacuation...
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U.S. appeals court refuses to end CDC's eviction moratorium
(National News ~ 08/21/21)
WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court on Friday allowed a federal COVID-19-related pause on evictions to remain in place, setting up a likely battle before the nation's highest court. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected a bid by Alabama and Georgia realtors to block the eviction moratorium reinstated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this month. ...
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'Bracing for the worst' in Florida's COVID-19 hot zone
(State News ~ 08/21/21)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- As quickly as one COVID patient is discharged, another waits for a bed in northeast Florida, the hot zone of the state's latest surge. But the patients at Baptist Health's five hospitals across Jacksonville are younger and getting sick from the virus faster than people did last summer...
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New hospitalizations in St. Louis match January levels
(State News ~ 08/21/21)
ST. LOUIS -- New COVID-19 hospital admissions in St. Louis are reaching winter surge levels and southeast Missouri hospitals are under strain due to a surge in coronavirus cases and a rise in deaths. On Thursday, hospitals in St. Louis reported admitting 100 new patients with COVID-19 -- the most since Jan. ...
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Grace heads for a second hurricane hit on Mexican coast
(International News ~ 08/21/21)
TULUM, Mexico -- Hurricane Grace, temporarily knocked back to tropical storm force, headed Friday for a second landfall in Mexico, this time taking aim at the Gulf coast after crashing through the country's main tourist strip. The storm lost punch as it zipped across the Yucatan Peninsula, but it emerged late Thursday over the relatively warm Gulf of Mexico and was gaining energy...
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Merkel, Putin spar over Navalny but vow to maintain dialogue between nations
(International News ~ 08/21/21)
MOSCOW (AP) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed their sharply different views of Russia's treatment of imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, democratic values and other major topics of dispute Friday but vowed to maintain a dialogue...
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Harris's Asia trip carries new urgency after Afghan collapse
(National News ~ 08/21/21)
WASHINGTON -- The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan has given new urgency to Vice President Kamala Harris' tour of Southeast Asia, where she will attempt to reassure allies of American resolve following the chaotic end of a two-decade war. The trip, which begins Friday and has stops in Singapore and Vietnam, will provide a forum for Harris to assert herself more directly in foreign affairs. ...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda for 8/23/21 meeting
(Local News ~ 08/21/21)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. today 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Minutes from Aug. 16 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n COVID-19 Update: In an effort to keep Cape Girardeau County residents safe and aware regarding the status of the virus, Emergency Management Agency (EMA) director Mark Winkler will be issuing an update at County Commission meetings. ...
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Travis Mantz
(Obituary ~ 08/21/21)
Travis L. Mantz, 50, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, at Southeast Hospital. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Births 8-20-21
(Births ~ 08/21/21)
Daughter to Robert Mithcell Cobb and Stephany Nicole Diamond of Sikeston, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 10:11 a.m. Friday, July 30, 2021. Name, Phoenix Dior. Weight, 7 pounds. 9 ounces. Third daughter. Diamond is the daughter of Michelle Diamond of Cape Girardeau. Cobb is the son of Mark and Diane Cobb of Vanduser, Missouri. He works for TAG Truck Center...
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Fire report Aug. 20, 2021
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/21/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Aug. 18 n Medical assists were made at 6:59 a.m. on Independence Street; 8:49 a.m. on Bella Vista Drive; 9:22 a.m. on North Street; 9:37 a.m. on Shirley Drive; 10:52 a.m. at Henry and Herman streets; 12:29 p.m. on Beechwood Lane; 5:54 p.m. on South Hanover Street; and 11:01 p.m. on North Main Street...
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Police report 8-22-21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/21/21)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Theft n Theft was reported in the 500 block of West Main Street. Miscellaneous n Fraud was reported in the 1600 block of Donna Lynn Drive. n Fraud was reported in the 700 block of Kasten Drrive...
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Rodney Miller
(Obituary ~ 08/21/21)
BENTON, Mo. -- Rodney Dennis Miller, 70, of Benton died Friday, Aug. 20, 2021, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton.
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Donald McBride
(Obituary ~ 08/21/21)
BONNE TERRE, Mo. -- Donald McBride of Bonne Terre was born May 1, 1941, in Esther, Missouri, to the late Donald and Virginia Barron McBride. Donald passed away at Parkland Health Center South on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, at the age of 80 years, 3 months and 18 days...
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Lois Henderson
(Obituary ~ 08/21/21)
McCLURE, Ill. -- Lois Henderson, 82, of McClure passed away Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, in Integrity of Carbondale, Illinois. She was born March 13, 1939, in Alexander County, Illinois, to Clyde and Mabel Dover Jackson. Lois married Lessie Henderson, and he preceded her in death Aug. 7, 2012...
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Carol Hadley
(Obituary ~ 08/21/21)
Carol J. Headricks Hadley, 80, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021, at Southeast Hospital. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Stanley Clippard
(Obituary ~ 08/21/21)
Stanley E. Clippard, 79, of Jackson passed away peacefully Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, surrounded by family at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 22, 1941, in Leopold, Missouri, son of Elmer and Adeline Elfrink Clippard. He and Evelyn Beussink were married May 29, 1965. ...
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Calleigh Cairns
(Obituary ~ 08/21/21)
ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Calleigh Jean Cairns, 4, left the confines of this earthly world Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, at her home in Altenburg, surrounded by those who loved her most. She was born June 10, 2017, in Perryville, Missouri. Although she spent half her short life battling brain cancer, Calleigh was a wonderfully loving, smart, active ray of sunshine who touched the hearts and souls of thousands of people around the world. She provided hope and purpose to many during an otherwise hopeless time...
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Speak Out 8-22-21
(Speak Out ~ 08/21/21)
Great coverage of Covid in today's paper (8/19/21). Thank you, Southeast Missourian! To the Cards fan complaining about their mediocrity, things could be worse. You could be a Cubs fan! The only thing keeping Biden from being removed office is the person who would take his place. No one wants Harris to become president. She is more inept than Biden. What a shame, of all the people the Democrats could have run for president and we got these two...
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Debacle in Afghanistan symptom of confusion at home
(Column ~ 08/21/21)
President Joe Biden was right in his speech to the nation about our withdrawal from Afghanistan, that a long legacy of American involvement there preceded him. But across the board, in domestic as well as foreign policy, any new president inherits realities that precede him. The issue confronting every president is what principles and policies will he put in place to deal with these existing realities that will define his administration...
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Prayer 8/22/21
(Prayer ~ 08/21/21)
O Lord Jesus, give us wisdom that we may help others and glorify you. Amen.
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Biden can't escape blame for Afghanistan fiasco
(Column ~ 08/21/21)
The American-nurtured Afghan military of the last 20 years that had suffered thousands of prior casualties evaporated in a few hours in the encirclement of Kabul. Enlistees apparently calculated that their own meager chances with the premodern Taliban were still better than fighting as a dependency of the postmodern United States -- despite its powerful diversity training programs...
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President Biden's man-made disasters
(Column ~ 08/21/21)
President Biden arrived in office with the Southern border secure and Afghanistan in a state of fragile equilibrium. Eight months later, the border continues to be deluged with migrants overwhelming our capacity to properly house and process them, and we are evacuating our personnel from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul overrun by desperate Afghans fleeing the Taliban...
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Out of the past: Aug. 21
(Out of the Past ~ 08/21/21)
The amount of litter on Cape Girardeau's streets led some to declare this summer the most trashy ever; members of the Chamber of Commerce's Beautification Committee want to change people's attitudes about litter, making them care about their community's cleanliness; litter trouble spots include much of Good Hope Street, a path between Central High School and McDonald's, the area around Don's Store 24 and Capaha Park after weekends...
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Out of the past: Aug. 22
(Out of the Past ~ 08/21/21)
President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore will jump out of the campaign starting gate following next week's Democratic National Convention with a visit to Cape Girardeau; an official with the Democratic presidential ticket's Missouri campaign office in St. Louis said Clinton and Gore are scheduled to visit Cape Girardeau Aug. 30...
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What all has this tree seen?
(Column ~ 08/21/21)
I was in Jefferson City the morning of Aug. 10 to attend the celebration in recognition of the founding of Missouri in 1821 as the 24th state to join the United States of America. alking the grounds around the State Capitol, I noticed this tree growing next to a sidewalk. It is a native sweet-gum tree. Although hard to tell the age of this tree from my photo, I guess it to be around 90 years old...
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