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See You at Shipyard: The music festival is back for its fifth year with 16 bands and a partnership with a local nonprofit
(Health ~ 06/27/23)
Back for its fifth year, Shipyard Music Festival takes the stage Friday, Sept. 22, and Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, at Century Casino Cape Girardeau. This year, 16 regional and nationally-touring bands come to downtown Cape for two days of music, food and fun on the Main Stage and The Scout Session Stage...
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Difference Maker: Uzma Aziz serving behind the scenes, advocating for women
(B Magazine ~ 06/27/23)
Uzma Aziz has worked for Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence (SEMO-NASV) for almost 20 years, making her the organization’s longest serving staff member. Aziz has chosen to stay because she truly loves her job and the positive impact she’s able to make on area adults and children. She says she couldn’t imagine working anywhere else...
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Cape Girardeau's First Presbyterian holds outdoor story time
(Local News ~ 06/27/23)
First Presbyterian Church has started an outdoor story hour program during the summer. At 10 a.m. each Tuesday at Peace Park on Broadway in downtown Cape Girardeau, there will be a free, all-ages storytelling. Former teacher Brenda Randolph is one of the women who helped start the program. She said it is a new outreach the church is doing for those in the downtown area. Volunteers take an hour out of their week to read to those who stop by and enjoy the company...
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Sponsored: SEMO Athletics looks to build on momentum with community support
(Local News ~ 06/27/23)
Several years ago, SEMO Athletics set out on a mission to graduate champions -- to build the premier athletics program in the Ohio Valley Conference, whose student-athletes walk across the stage on commencement day with a championship ring on one hand and a diploma in the other. ...
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Perry County farm equipment, field catch on fire
(Local News ~ 06/27/23)
Perry County firefighters attend to a burning baler and tractor after putting out fires in the surrounding hayfields Monday, June 26, in Perry County at 347 Trails End Lane. ...
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2 riverboats set to dock at Cape Girardeau this week
(Local News ~ 06/27/23)
Despite ongoing drought conditions, two paddlewheeler boats are expected to dock later this week as scheduled at Cape Girardeau Riverfront Park, according to visitcape.com. American Queen, a 436-passenger capacity riverboat said by its owner to be the largest steamboat ever built, will tie up the evening of Wednesday, June 28, and will be at the riverfront from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, June 29...
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Cape Girardeau police announce July Neighborhood Roll Calls
(Local News ~ 06/27/23)
Cape Girardeau Police Department has announced July dates for its ongoing "Neighborhood Roll Call" program. Residents are invited to attend the 7 p.m. evening patrol briefings at the following city intersections to interact with officers and express any concerns:...
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Ameren Missouri, SoutheastHEALTH mark energy efficiency partnership
(Local News ~ 06/27/23)
Representatives of Ameren Missouri and SoutheastHEALTH gathered Monday, June 26, to mark a 12-year partnership in upgrading the health care provider's facilities to be more energy efficient. The gathering took place at SoutheastHEALTH's new Center for Integrated Health Services, which houses multiple clinics, including Orthopedic and Sports Medicine, Breast Health and Women's Integrated Health...
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Difference Maker: Ashley Seiler helping local kids through mentorship at Big Brothers Big Sisters
(B Magazine ~ 06/27/23)
Ashley Seiler knows all about being a big sister. Growing up in Benton, Missouri, she was the oldest of seven children and always thought it would be cool to have a big sister herself. Her large family played an important role in her life, and while she wasn’t quite sure where she was headed, she knew she wanted to help people...
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Difference Maker: Avon Crocker feeding the hungry through FISH food pantry, church meals
(B Magazine ~ 06/27/23)
Avon Crocker spent her childhood in Madison, Indiana, during an era when it wasn’t unusual for neighbors to help neighbors. She was admittedly poor, but didn’t know it. Everyone was. Clothes got handed down to the next child that size. Families shared food from their gardens. There weren’t garage sales, because every item was either needed or could be used by someone else in the community. Giving back became part of who Crocker was...
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Ryan Seacrest will host ‘Wheel of Fortune’ after Pat Sajak retires next year
(National News ~ 06/27/23)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The category? “Proper Name.” The answer? Ryan Seacrest, who will become the new “Wheel of Fortune” host after Pat Sajak’s retirement next year. Seacrest and Sony Pictures Television announced Tuesday that Seacrest has signed a multiyear deal to host the long-running game show starting with Season 42. Sajak recently announced the upcoming 41st season would be his last on the show...
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Difference Maker: Lanae Romann inspiring community with positive healthcare and support
(B Magazine ~ 06/27/23)
From a young age, Lanae Romann said she knew she wanted to work with infants in the NICU and be an advocate for patients who did not have their own voice yet. This desire for advocacy combined with her desire to inspire others has guided her to serve the Southeast Missouri community through health care...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/27/23)
Today is Tuesday, June 27, the 178th day of 2023. There are 187 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 27, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its strongest defense of abortion rights in a quarter-century, striking down Texas' widely replicated rules that sharply reduced abortion clinics...
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Prayer 6-27-23
(Prayer ~ 06/27/23)
Lord Jesus, may we always seek your holy and perfect will for our lives. Amen.
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America wakes up to woke
(Column ~ 06/27/23)
Wokeness was envisioned as a new reboot of the coalition of the oppressed. Those purportedly victimized by traditional America would find "intersectional" solidarity in their victimhood owing to the supposed sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia and other alleged American sins, past and present...
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The Titan disaster shows the allure and terror of the sea
(Column ~ 06/27/23)
The submersible Titan is now confirmed lost. There's a tragic poetry to the debris of the vessel being found 1,700 feet from the bow of the Titanic, the watchword for disaster at sea that has been the object of fascination since it went down in the North Atlantic in 1912...
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Fire report 6-27-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/27/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. June 25 n Medical assists were made at 4:43 p.m. on Bunker Hill Drive; 4:57 p.m. on Rampart Street; and 6:19 p.m. on South Sprigg Street. n At 5:06 p.m., hazardous condition on Sheridan Drive...
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Police report 6-27-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/27/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on North Kingshighway. n A warrant arrest was reported on North Kingshighway. n A warrant arrest was reported...
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Shelby Steger
(Obituary ~ 06/27/23)
KELSO, Mo. — Shelby "Skip" Lance Steger, son of the late Leo "Bud" and Vera Owens Steger, was born Jan. 27, 1953, in Cape Girardeau and departed his life Friday, June 23, 2023, at his home in Kelso at the age of 70 years. He was veteran of the U.S. Air Force and had served during the Vietnam War...
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Evon Schwettman
(Obituary ~ 06/27/23)
Evon Loretta Schwettman, 85, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, June 25, 2023, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Sept. 27, 1937, in Morley, Missouri, daughter of Loftis and Palma McClain Evans. She and Jackie D. Schwettman were married at Hanover Lutheran Church on Feb. 20, 1960. He passed away Jan. 27, 2020...
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Billie Roth
(Obituary ~ 06/27/23)
WOODINVILLE, Wash. — Bertha "Billie" Roth of Woodinville died Saturday, June 17, 2023, at Jefferson House Memory Care Community in Kirkland, Washington. She was 97. Billie, as she was known to her family and friends, was born July 14, 1925, in Joe, North Carolina. She was the daughter of Ambrose and Tenna Shelton Norris. She married Milton Roth of Wittenberg, Missouri, on May 11, 1946...
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Benny Morgan
(Obituary ~ 06/27/23)
Benny Dean Morgan, 78, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, June 25, 2023, at Capetown Senior Living. He was born Oct. 30, 1944, in Cape Girardeau, the son of William "Bill" Sr. and Marjorie Lou Murphy Morgan. Benny was a 1963 graduate of Advance (Missouri) High School. ...
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Jerry Martin
(Obituary ~ 06/27/23)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Gerald "Jerry" L. Martin, 76, of Perryville passed away Friday, June 23, 2023, at the Independence Care Center in Perryville. He was born Oct. 13, 1946, in St. Louis to Glen L. and Verna G. Nations Martin. He was in the Missouri Army National Guard...
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Keith King
(Obituary ~ 06/27/23)
FUQUAY-VARINA, N.C. — Keith Matthew King, 50, of Fuquay-Varina passed away Thursday, June 1, 2023, at UNC Health Rex Hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina. He was born Nov. 17, 1972, in Cape Girardeau, son of David Ray King and the late Mary Lou Crader King...
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Judith King
(Obituary ~ 06/27/23)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Judith Ann King, 67, of Perryville died Monday, June 26, 2023, at her home. Private services for the family will be held at a later date. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Mary Hammond
(Obituary ~ 06/27/23)
Mary Alice Hammond of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, June 24, 2023, at the Lutheran Home. Mary was born June 7, 1941, in Buckeye, Arizona. She married Bob Hammond, her oversees Air Force pen pal, in 1960, a few months after he surprised her by showing up at her house to meet her in person. She didn't realize he lived in the next town over...
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Homer Hamilton
(Obituary ~ 06/27/23)
Homer L. Hamilton, 91, of Jackson passed away Saturday, June 24, 2023, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 30, 1931, in Fornfelt to George W. and Minnie Spencer Hamilton. He and Mona Ross were married Sept. 24, 1954, in Cape Girardeau. Their union was blessed with two children, Steven and Janet...
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Sonya Grantham
(Obituary ~ 06/27/23)
SEDGEWICKVILLE, Mo. — Sonya Grantham, 74, of Sedgewickville passed away Monday, June 26, 2023, at Diana's Boarding Home near Scopus, Missouri. She was born Nov. 21, 1948, in Cape Girardeau to Ray N. and Vera Sebaugh Grantham. Sonya was a 1967 graduate of Patton (Missouri) High School. She was a lifetime member of Sedgewickville Lutheran Church...
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Claude Friese
(Obituary ~ 06/27/23)
Claude Friese, 64, of Jackson died Monday, June 26, 2023, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete with McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Francis Burdette
(Obituary ~ 06/27/23)
Francis Regina Whynott Burdette, 83, of Jackson and formerly of Curling, Newfoundland, Canada, passed away peacefully in her sleep Thursday, June 22, 2023. She was born June 4, 1940, in Curling, the daughter of Charles and Elizabeth F. Martin Whynott...
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Dorothy Brown
(Obituary ~ 06/27/23)
Dorothy Marie Brown, daughter of the late Herbert Peter and Clara Glueck Enderle, was born June 1, 1949, in Cape Girardeau and departed her life Sunday, June 25, 2023, at her home in Jackson at the age of 74 years. On Nov. 16, 1991, she was united in marriage to Paul Brown in Cape Girardeau. They enjoyed 31 happy years together. He survives of the home in Jackson...
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Prosecutors files charges in shooting that killed 3, wounded 6 in Kansas City
(State News ~ 06/27/23)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A 26-year-old man was charged Monday in a weekend shooting that killed three people and wounded six more in Kansas City, police said. Keivon Greene is accused of first-degree assault and armed criminal action, and prosecutors said they expect to file more charges. A second suspect was involved in the shooting, according to a probable cause statement...
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Fox News unveils primetime lineup with Jesse Watters in Tucker Carlson's former time slot
(National News ~ 06/27/23)
Jesse Watters will fill the Fox News Channel time slot left vacant by the firing of Tucker Carlson, part of a dramatic revamp of the network's evening lineup announced on Monday. Greg Gutfeld's late-night show that combines news and comedy will move up an hour to start at 10 p.m. Eastern, displacing Laura Ingraham. She'll shift to 7 p.m., the hour that Watters has occupied. Sean Hannity will stay in his 9 p.m. time slot, Fox said. The new lineup debuts on July 17...
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Australia's High Court dismisses Russia's bid for injunction to halt its embassy's eviction
(International News ~ 06/27/23)
CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia's highest court on Monday dismissed Russia's request for an injunction that would have halted the eviction of its embassy from a site in the capital, Canberra. A man who had been occupying the block in a portable cabin for more than a week in an apparent act of Russian defiance left soon after...
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Hollywood mogul acknowledges gifts to Netanyahu may have been 'excessive' in 2nd day of testimony
(International News ~ 06/27/23)
JERUSALEM -- A billionaire Hollywood mogul took the stand for a second day on Monday in Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial, acknowledging that the long list of champagne, cigars and jewelry he systematically gave to the Israeli prime minister may have been excessive...
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First UN investigator at US detention center at Guantanamo says detainees face cruel treatment
(International News ~ 06/27/23)
UNITED NATIONS -- The first U.N. independent investigator to visit the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay said Monday the 30 men held there are subject "to ongoing cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment under international law." The investigator, Irish law professor Fionnuala N' Aoláin, said at a news conference releasing her 23-page report to the U.N. ...
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Putin says aborted rebellion played into hands of Russia's enemies
(International News ~ 06/27/23)
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday blasted organizers of a weekend revolt, the gravest threat yet to his power, as traitors who played into the hands of Ukraine's government and its allies. Speaking in a stern tone and looking tired in a five-minute TV address near midnight, Putin sought to project stability. ...
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White Florida woman charged with manslaughter in shooting of Black neighbor
(National News ~ 06/27/23)
A white woman accused of firing through her door and fatally shooting a Black mother in front of her 9-year-old son in central Florida was charged Monday with manslaughter and assault. Susan Lorincz was arrested earlier this month following the fatal shooting of Ajike Owens in Ocala, Florida. She was formally charged with one count of manslaughter with a firearm and one count of assault...
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DeSantis unveils an aggressive immigration and border security policy that largely mirrors Trump's
(National News ~ 06/27/23)
EAGLE PASS, Texas -- Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis promised to end birthright citizenship, finish building the southern border wall and send U.S. forces into Mexico to combat drug cartels as part of an aggressive -- and familiar -- immigration policy proposal he laid out Monday in a Texas border city...
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Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ club mass killer gets life in prison, victim says 'devil awaits' defendant
(National News ~ 06/27/23)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The person who killed five people at a Colorado Springs nightclub in 2022 was sentenced to life in prison on Monday, after victims called the shooter a "monster" and "coward" who hunted down revelers in a calculated attack on a sanctuary for the LGBTQ+ community...
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Biden calls mutiny a 'struggle within the Russian system' and says US and NATO played no part
(National News ~ 06/27/23)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden declared Monday that the United States and NATO played no part in the Wagner mercenary group's short-lived insurrection in Russia, calling the uprising and the longer-term challenges it poses for President Vladimir Putin's authority "a struggle within the Russian system."...
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James Meredith risked his life doing civil rights work. At 90, he says religion can help cut crime
(National News ~ 06/27/23)
JACKSON, Miss. -- James Meredith knew he was putting his life in danger in the 1960s by pursuing what he believes was his divine mission: conquering white supremacy in the deeply, and often violently, segregated state of Mississippi. A half-century later, the civil rights leader is still talking about his mission from God. ...
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Couple celebrating 50th wedding anniversary are stabbed to death
(National News ~ 06/27/23)
BOSTON -- Authorities announced late Monday that they had arrested a 41-year-old man in the weekend killing of a Massachusetts couple celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary, along with another family member, in the small city outside Boston. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said police took Christopher Ferguson, of Newton, into custody Monday evening and charged him with the killing of 73-year-old Gilda "Jill" D'Amore after an autopsy revealed she had died from a homicide. ...
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Malaria cases in Texas and Florida are the first US spread since 2003, CDC says
(National News ~ 06/27/23)
NEW YORK -- The United States has seen five cases of malaria spread by mosquitos in the last two months -- the first time there's been local spread in 20 years. There were four cases detected in Florida and one in Texas, according to a health alert issued Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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Work begins to clean up train derailment in Montana's Yellowstone River
(National News ~ 06/27/23)
HELENA, Mont. -- Work is underway to clean up rail cars carrying hazardous materials that fell into the Yellowstone River in southern Montana after a bridge collapsed over the weekend, officials said Monday. Montana Rail Link is developing a cleanup plan and is working with its unions and BNSF Railway to reroute freight trains in the area to limit disruption of the supply chain, Beth Archer, a spokesperson for the U.S. ...
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LGBTQ+ Pride Month reaches its grand crescendo on city streets from New York to San Francisco
(National News ~ 06/27/23)
NEW YORK -- Thousands of effusive marchers danced to club music in New York City streets Sunday as bubbles and confetti rained down, and fellow revelers from Toronto to San Francisco cheered through Pride Month's grand crescendo. New York's boisterous throng strolled and danced down Fifth Avenue to Greenwich Village, cheering and waving rainbow flags to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall uprising, where a police raid on a gay bar triggered days of protests and launched the modern movement for LGBTQ+ rights.. ...
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After the Titan implosion, the US Coast Guard wants to improve the safety of submersibles
(National News ~ 06/27/23)
As an international group of agencies investigates why the Titan submersible imploded while carrying five people to the Titanic wreckage, U.S. maritime officials say they'll issue a report aimed at improving the safety of submersibles worldwide. Investigators from the U.S., Canada, France and the United Kingdom are working closely together on the probe of the June 18 accident, which happened in an "unforgiving and difficult-to-access region" of the North Atlantic, said U.S. ...
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Supreme Court unfreezes Louisiana redistricting case that could boost Black voting power before 2024
(National News ~ 06/27/23)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday lifted its hold on a Louisiana political remap case, increasing the likelihood that the Republican-dominated state will have to redraw boundary lines to create a second mostly Black congressional district. For more than a year, there has been a legal battle over the GOP-drawn political boundaries, with a federal judge, Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards and opponents saying that the map is unfair and discriminates against Black voters...
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Death penalty sought against man accused of slaying Idaho students
(National News ~ 06/27/23)
BOISE, Idaho -- Prosecutors say they are seeking the death penalty against a man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death late last year. Bryan Kohberger, 28, is charged with four counts of murder in connection with the deaths at a rental house near the Moscow, Idaho, university campus last November. Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson filed the notice of his intent to seek the death penalty in court Monday...
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Scorching temperatures in Texas expected to spread to north, east
(National News ~ 06/27/23)
DALLAS -- Scorching temperatures brought on by a "heat dome" have taxed the Texas power grid and threaten to bring record highs to the state before they are expected to expand to other parts of the U.S. during the coming week, putting even more people at risk...
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Out of the past: June 27
(Out of the Past ~ 06/27/23)
Recent legislation passed in Congress could bring more than $29 million to Southeast Missouri for water and flood-control projects; both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have approved versions of the Energy and Water Appropriations Act to provide the Corps of Engineers with a general construction budget of $3.97 billion during fiscal year 1999; the bill includes funding for ongoing construction projects aimed at flood control and prevention, navigation and water resource projects throughout the region.. ...
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Chaffee Alumni Association Awards Scholarships
(Submitted Story ~ 06/27/23)
The Chaffee Alumni Association was proud to present scholarships to three graduates from the Chaffee High School class of 2023. The three $1500 scholarships are available thanks to the generous support from the alumni of Chaffee High School. The class of 1974 sponsors the Tenea Hampton Choate Scholarship each year. ...
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