Nicolette Baker
otherDecember 23, 2020
Collecting Cape Girardeau: Collector Bonnie Kipper shares Old Town Cape ornamentsBonnie Kipper says she isn’t quite sure what keeps her collecting. Maybe it’s the joy it brings her or the thrill of adding one more piece to the puzzle. She’s collected a piece of Cape Girardeau every year since 1996: a Christmas ornament, designed to represent a ...
otherNovember 16, 2020
Service through Mentorship: Training Afghan Law EnforcementIt's an experience few law enforcement officers share, Dan Seger says, but it's one he says he's thankful to have. For the past eight years, Seger has been part of the Law Enforcement Professional (LEP) program, in which former law enforcement personnel train polic...
NewsNovember 6, 2020
Southeast vet operates on bald eagleA Southeast Missouri State University professor with an ironic name repaired a bald eagle’s broken legs at his Cape Girardeau veterinary practice last week.
Sean Byrd, who is teaching a Companion Animals course this fall, operated on the bird Oct. 23 at Skyview An...
NewsNovember 6, 2020
Drone program takes off during its fourth year at SoutheastFour years after being introduced at Southeast Missouri State University, the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program has expanded to include seven times the beginning number of students.
The UAS major allows students to gain experience in programming and flying drones ...
NewsOctober 16, 2020
Nicole Pyrtle: Moving forward after miscarriageGrief comes in stages.
For Nicole Pyrtle, it’s important to feel and recognize all of them.
She’s mourned the loss of three children to miscarriage over the past 20 years. While feelings of grief never truly go away, she says she’s grown stronger by moving t...
NewsOctober 14, 2020
Dr. Loretta Prater: Surviving the loss of a child to police brutalityIn the hours after receiving a call from a 423 area code, Loretta Prater only remembers one clear thought:
“How could I be in a world without him?”
Her son Leslie Prater — who called every Sunday, never forgot to send holiday cards and never met a stranger...
otherOctober 12, 2020
Blending Tradition with the Modern: Improvements to the Cape Girardeau Country ClubSome things -- like fine wines and vintage Gouda -- just get better with age. The now 99-year-old Cape Girardeau Country Club is continuously seeking to improve itself in a similar way. In the past year, the club has been renovating and expanding its amenities to c...
otherOctober 9, 2020
For the Record: Travis Tyson, Music Collector and EnthusiastAt 8:30 p.m. every night, Travis Tyson puts his son to bed and selects one or two albums from his home collection. Jazz records have been constantly circling his roundtable in 2020, so he says he’ll often reach for that genre first. If it’s a Saturday night, he’ll ...
BusinessSeptember 8, 2020
2020 Difference Makers: Dr. Gretchen Price"God is within her, she will not fail." -- Psalm 46:5 It's the verse that helped Dr. Gretchen Price, DO, develop a comprehensive hospital response to COVID-19. Before the novel coronavirus pandemic even reached the Cape Girardeau community, Price was instrumental i...
BusinessSeptember 7, 2020
2020 Difference Makers: Cape Girardeau County Public Health CenterAs the COVID-19 pandemic reached the Cape Girardeau community, the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center responded with education in an organized effort to slow the spread of the virus in the county. Director Jane Wernsman, health educator Maria Davis and publ...Advertisement
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