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Split city council OKs employee pay proposal
(Local News ~ 03/16/15)
The Cape Girardeau City Council spent most of its time Monday night discussing a recent study conducted by an outside firm to determine whether city employees were receiving salaries and benefits competitive with similar markets. At the end of the night, council voted to move forward with the implementation of the recommendations from the study, though approval was not unanimous...
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Cape business helps people eat locally
(Business ~ 03/16/15)
One local business is trying to improve the way people see food. Recently, there's been a growing concern for the way food is grown, produced and prepared. Many people are becoming more conscientious about what they feed themselves and their growing families...
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Voters to decide whether Advance gets storm shelter
(Local News ~ 03/16/15)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Voters in the Advance School District on April 7 will decide the fate of a $1.9 million bond issue that would provide funding to build a dual-purpose storm shelter. After an EF-5 tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri, in May 2011, Advance schools applied for a matching grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to build a safe room...
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20-year-old charged in shootings of 2 officers
(State News ~ 03/16/15)
CLAYTON, Mo. -- A 20-year-old man charged Sunday with shooting two police officers who were keeping watch over a demonstration outside the Ferguson Police Department had participated in the protests earlier that night, police said. St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch said Jeffrey Williams told authorities he was firing at someone with whom he was in a dispute, not at the police officers...
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Southeast Missouri State baseball team splits doubleheader with Morehead St.
(College Sports ~ 03/16/15)
The Southeast Missouri State baseball team belted four home runs in the opener of Sunday's doubleheader at hitter friendly Allen Field in Morehead, Kentucky, extending its Ohio Valley Conference winning streak to three games before dropping the nightcap.
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New County History Center brings back old memories
(Local News ~ 03/16/15)
Walking into the Cape Girardeau County History Center in Jackson, a huge patchwork quilt hangs along the left wall with a note at the side table reading "do not touch." This quilt is the work of Idell Brown Dockins, called "The Brown Family Quilt." It's the Brown family tree, with photos emblazoned onto pieces of fabric patched throughout the quilt. ...
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Cape council to approve 2015-2020 project list
(Local News ~ 03/16/15)
Several of the votes taken tonight by the Cape Girardeau City Council will approve contracts and agreements for projects around the city. The council discussed and held a public hearing on the 2015-2020 Capital Improvements Program at the March 2 council meeting, and final approval will be given tonight...
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Greystone was razed on Monday, March 16, 2015
(Submitted Photo ~ 03/16/15)
The elegant columns of Greystone rest alongside the rubble of this once stately home. The similarly doomed Ochs-Shivelbine mansion, in the background, stands alone for the first time in 94 years.
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Codefi launches open device lab; announces expansion
(Business ~ 03/16/15)
A new AT&T-powered open device lab at Cape Girardeau's co-working community, Codefi, will allow testing of websites and applications on various smartphones and tablets. The new lab's purpose, according to a news release, is supporting local software engineers, coders, web designers and app developers because thorough testing on multiple devices can be difficult because of the "nature of operating systems and the cost of acquiring a comprehensive pool of test devices," the release stated...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/16/15)
Today is Monday, March 16, the 75th day of 2015. There are 290 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 16, 1915, the Federal Trade Commission, created in 1914, began operations. On this date: In 1521, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Philippines, where he was killed by natives the following month...
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Bankruptcies
(Business ~ 03/16/15)
Bankruptcies filed through February for the Southeastern Division of the Eastern District of Missouri's U.S. Bankruptcy Court are listed below with their corresponding case numbers. The Southeast Division includes the counties of Bollinger, Butler, Carter, Dunklin, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Perry, Reynolds, Ripley, Scott, Shannon, Stoddard and Wayne. Court is held in Cape Girardeau...
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Business licenses
(Business ~ 03/16/15)
Business licenses issued in Cape Girardeau during February include the following: 36 Restaurant & Bar LLC, 36 N. Main St. Peter Hashley, 199 E. Cape Rock Drive Esmerovic Experess LLC, 3208 Themis St. Big E's BBQ, out of town
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Tax liens
(Business ~ 03/16/15)
Cape Girardeau County Tax liens and lien discharges recorded at the office of Drew Blattner, recorder of deeds, during February are filed by the Missouri Department of Revenue, except as indicated by IRS designation. For more information, contact the recorder's office at 573-243-8123...
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Names in the news
(Business ~ 03/16/15)
NIERMANN JOINS HENDRICKSON BUSINESS ADVISORS Alison Niermann joined Hendrickson Business Advisors in Cape Girardeau as director of business development. She is a native of Chesterfield, Missouri, and has expertise in employee recruitment, training and business development, according to a news release. ...
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Business briefs
(Business ~ 03/16/15)
PAPA MURPHY'S OPENS IN SIKESTON SIKESTON, Mo. -- Papa Murphy's pizza restaurant is now open at 331 N. Main St. in Sikeston. The new owners are Henry and Herbie Dirnberger, Floyd Ferrell and Yvonne LeGrand, who also serves as manager. CAPE GIRARDEAU RADIO SHACK CLOSES...
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Health briefs
(Business ~ 03/16/15)
HART HONORED BY PARKLAND HEALTH FARMINGTON, Mo. -- Pat Hart was Star Service Team Member for January at Parkland Health Center. She is a night shift patient care technician in the OB department and on the medical/surgical floor. She has worked at Parkland for 31 years...
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Automating the customer service experience: What does it mean for the service industry?
(Business ~ 03/16/15)
Many among us don't remember a time when ATMs were rare and banking took place face-to-face, across a counter. There was a time when checking in for a flight, or for a night at a hotel, involved paper, people and patience. The first ATM made its debut at Barclay's Bank in London in 1967. Supermarket self-checkout stations were introduced in the 1990s, and now are in use not only at grocery stores but also at a range of big-box retailers...
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Be our guest: New Hampton Inn, Drury Lodge in the works for Cape Girardeau
(Business ~ 03/16/15)
Visitors to Cape Girardeau will have another overnight option when a new Hampton Inn opens this fall in the Park West Hospitality Complex east of Interstate 55 near the intersection of William Street and South Mount Auburn Road. While a September opening originally was planned, the new Hampton Inn likely will first welcome guests a bit later in the year...
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Open for business: Talking customer service with Dr. Quantella Anderson-Noto, director of the hospitality management program at Southeast Missouri State University
(Business ~ 03/16/15)
Dr. Quantella Anderson-Noto's career aspirations started with an Easy Bake Oven and her first stay in a hotel. But her mother, who couldn't envision a career for her daughter in the hospitality industry, urged her to pursue banking, instead. Anderson-Noto did work in banking for many years, ranging from an investment banking firm in Minnesota to a women-owned investment firm in South Florida. ...
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Business Today asked: What customer service aspects keep you coming back to a business? And, what are your pet peeves when it comes to customer service?
(Business ~ 03/16/15)
"It's the friendliness of the salesperson. J.C. Penney's sales associates are always very helpful and friendly. What I don't like is when they're following you around the store. Give us a little space, you know?" "I like them to be courteous to people, not snide like the places where they don't care whether they serve you or not. Luckily, that doesn't happen around here too much." ~Eldon Woodfin...
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'Hire the personality': Tips on finding the right employees for your service-oriented business
(Business ~ 03/16/15)
When Becky Davidson considers potential employees for Belladona Salon & Spa, her motto is to "hire the personality and not the skills." "We look for what they're passionate about and we look for their personality. We can train other things, but we can't change a personality -- so really, really, a big thing is personality," explains Davidson, who, along with Linda Springs, co-owns two Belladona locations in Cape Girardeau...
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Local candidates should contact newspaper
(Local News ~ 03/16/15)
With the April 7 election approaching, the Southeast Missourian is contacting candidates in contested races in Cape Girardeau, Scott, Perry and Bollinger counties so they may be included in our election questionnaire section Sunday, April 5. If you are seeking office and have not been contacted by a Southeast Missourian writer, please email managing editor Lindsay Jones at ljones@semissourian.com with the words "local election candidate" in the subject line...
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Oklahoma is latest to address race problems at fraternities
(National News ~ 03/16/15)
WASHINGTON -- Their reputations sullied by race-tainted incidents, many colleges are clamping down on campus fraternities. Despite some swift and tough actions by schools -- and in some cases, public humiliation -- episodes such as the racist chants by members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter at the University of Oklahoma keep surfacing...
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Charity staff leave Sierra Leone amid Ebola scare
(International News ~ 03/16/15)
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- Ten health care workers with a Boston-based not-for-profit organization responding to Sierra Leone's Ebola outbreak are to be evacuated to the United States after one of their colleagues was infected with the deadly disease...
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Running death trial could hinge on 1 word from 911 recording
(National News ~ 03/16/15)
GADSDEN, Ala. -- One word on a 911 recording could help decide the fate of an Alabama woman accused of making her granddaughter run until she died. With 9-year-old Savannah Hardin lying unconscious after an afternoon of running and a 911 operator listening over the phone, Joyce Hardin Garrard asked for something -- a cigarette or a blanket. The request, depending on what she said, could be considered callousness or compassion...
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Reform Jewish rabbis install first openly lesbian leader
(National News ~ 03/16/15)
NEW YORK -- As a rabbinic student in 1980s New York, Denise Eger lived away from other seminarians. She quietly started a group for fellow gay and lesbian students but held meetings in another borough. By the time of her ordination, she wasn't formally out, but her sexuality was known, and no one would hire her. Later, she took the only job offered with a synagogue formed expressly as a religious refuge for gays...
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Gay groups march at last in Boston St. Patrick's Day parade
(National News ~ 03/16/15)
BOSTON -- Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade made history Sunday as two gay and lesbian groups marched after decades of opposition that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The gay military veterans service group OutVets and gay rights group Boston Pride joined the annual celebration of military veterans and Irish heritage at the invitation of the sponsoring South Boston Allied War Veterans Council...
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Newspaper where Twain got start is revived
(National News ~ 03/16/15)
RENO, Nev. -- The historic Nevada newspaper where Mark Twain cut his journalistic teeth is back in publication for the first time in three decades, and its owners plan to uphold tradition by offering more than just real news. The Territorial Enterprise was revived as an online and monthly print publication this week by Capitol Publishing Group, the parent company of a weekly newspaper in Jefferson City, Missouri, that focuses on politics and government...
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Bills could keep immigrant students from college
(State News ~ 03/16/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri students brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents could face the prospect of receiving no federal financial aid, state aid or in-state tuition under measures moving through the state Legislature. That, some immigrant advocates and school counselors say, also could mean no college...
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Kerry willing to talk with Syria's Assad
(International News ~ 03/16/15)
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he would be willing to talk with Syrian President Bashar Assad to stem that nation's violence. In an interview with CBS News, Kerry said the U.S. is pushing for Assad to discuss a transition strategy to quell the Arab country's four-year civil war...
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Netanyahu's legacy is on the line in Israeli election
(International News ~ 03/16/15)
JERUSALEM -- As Israelis prepare to vote in parliament elections on Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finds himself at a fateful crossroads: Make history or become history. If Netanyahu can lead his Likud Party to victory and secure a fourth term in office, he will move closer to overtaking the nation's iconic founding father, David Ben-Gurion, as the longest-ever serving premier and cementing a status as the dominant Israeli politician of the past two decades...
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Putin: Russia prepared raising nuclear readiness over Crimea
(International News ~ 03/16/15)
MOSCOW -- Russia was ready to bring its nuclear weapons into a state of alert during last year's tensions over the Crimean Peninsula and the overthrow of Ukraine's president, President Vladimir Putin said in remarks aired Sunday. Putin also expanded on a previous admission the well-armed forces in unmarked uniforms who took control of Ukrainian military facilities in Crimea were Russian soldiers...
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New bird flu strain has poultry farmers scrambling
(State News ~ 03/16/15)
MINNEAPOLIS -- Animal health experts and poultry growers are scrambling to determine how a dangerous new strain of bird flu infected turkey flocks in three states -- including Missouri -- and to stop it from spreading. Bird flu is common in wild migratory waterfowl but doesn't usually harm them. ...
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Candlelight vigil
(International News ~ 03/16/15)
Pakistanis light candles during a vigil for victims of a suicide bombing attack on two churches Sunday in Karachi, Pakistan. Suicide bombers exploded themselves Sunday in Lahore, Pakistan, as worshippers gathered inside, killing at least 15.
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Vanuatu struggles to account for cyclone damage, deaths
(International News ~ 03/16/15)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- The official death toll from a massive cyclone that tore through Vanuatu has risen to four, with fears it could jump significantly, officials from the tiny South Pacific archipelago said Monday. Officials still had not made contact with outlying islands and were struggling to determine the scale of devastation from Cyclone Pam, which tore through Vanuatu early Saturday, packing winds of 168 miles per hour...
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Fugitive's family 'grateful' for his arrest
(National News ~ 03/16/15)
NEW ORLEANS -- Robert Durst, an eccentric millionaire from one of America's wealthiest families, was arrested on a murder warrant just before Sunday's finale of a serial documentary about his links to three sensational killings. FBI agents arrested Durst on Saturday at a New Orleans hotel on a warrant from Los Angeles for the murder of a mobster's daughter 15 years ago, authorities said...
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Out of the past: March 16
(Out of the Past ~ 03/16/15)
The Cape Girardeau City Council is expected to choose Monday from among four lawyers in hiring an interim municipal judge; the candidates are Marshall Shain, John P. Heisserer, Craig M. Billmeyer and J. Patrick O'Loughlin. U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson files for re-election to a sixth term as 8th District congressman. The Cape Girardeau lawmaker signs his filing papers at Secretary of State Roy Blunt's office with Gov. John Ashcroft, a fellow Republican and friend, acting as a witness...
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Tracy Thomas
(Obituary ~ 03/16/15)
Tracy Leigh Thomas, age 53, of Jackson, passed away Saturday, March 14, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 13, 1961, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of John L. and Mamie Slinkard Gibbs. Tracy was a graduate of Jackson High School in Jackson...
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Edna Jean Greaser
(Obituary ~ 03/16/15)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Edna Jean Greaser, 90, of Colorado Springs, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, March 15, 2015, in Colorado Springs. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home.
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 3/16/15
(Local News ~ 03/16/15)
Cape Girardeau City Council City hall 401 Independence St. Study session, 5 p.m. today n No action will be taken during the study session. Items for discussion n Planning and Zoning Commission report n Appearances regarding items not on the agenda n Agenda review...
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Congressional votes for March 13
(Local News ~ 03/16/15)
There were two key votes and two roll call votes in the Senate last week. The House was not in session. The most important Senate vote was to confirm Christopher Hart as chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board. Along with roll call votes, the Senate also passed a resolution (S. ...
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Several Southeast grad programs earn accolades from U.S. News
(Local News ~ 03/16/15)
Southeast Missouri State University's master's degree programs in nursing, communication disorders and business administration are among the nation's leading graduate programs, according to the 2016 edition of Best Graduate Schools from U.S. News & World Report...
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Speak Out 3/16/15
(Speak Out ~ 03/16/15)
** Dull lights; ** Free speech?; ** Private report; ** What difference?; ** Standard time
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Prayer 3-16-15
(Prayer ~ 03/16/15)
Father God, thank you for sending Jesus that through him we have eternal life. Amen.
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Story on prayer group
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/16/15)
Thank you for the article in the Southeast Missourian (March 8, 2015) about the "Introduction to Centering Prayer" program at St Mary's Church on March 21. I want to let your readers know how to register for the program and where you can go to practice Centering Prayer here in Cape Girardeau...
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Junior Parker Butler finds fulfillment in on-campus leadership
(Business ~ 03/16/15)
Parker Butler is no stranger to what it means to be busy, but he wouldn't have it any other way. Butler is a junior at Southeast Missouri State University majoring in advertising, but that's just the beginning. Outside of any obligatory schoolwork, Butler is an active senator in the Student Government Association, the Interfraternity Council president and a student worker in the Office of the President. ...
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Gas prices likely to follow oil's decline
(Business ~ 03/16/15)
NEW YORK -- The price of oil is tumbling again, rattling an already-shaken oil industry and heralding lower prices for consumers. The price of oil fell 10 percent last week, approaching its lowest price in six years. Many expect it to fall further in the coming weeks because supplies are rising and the summer driving season is still months away...
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Google's safe browsing system targets 'unwanted software'
(Business ~ 03/16/15)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Get ready to see more red warning signs online as Google adds ammunition to its technological artillery for targeting devious schemes lurking on websites. The latest weapon is aimed at websites riddled with "unwanted software" -- a term Google uses to describe secretly installed programs that can change a browser's settings without a user's permission. ...
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Cardinals rally for 6-6 exhibition tie vs. Twins
(Professional Sports ~ 03/16/15)
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Brian Dozier hit his second home run of the spring, a two-run shot off Carlos Martinez in the third inning, and the Minnesota Twins and the St. Louis Cardinals played to a 6-6, nine-inning tie Sunday. Martinez left after 3 1/3 innings with a 5-0 deficit...
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Southeast Missouri State gymnasts drop dual meet to UIC
(College Sports ~ 03/16/15)
The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team excelled in the balance beam but was outscored in the three other events in a dual meet road loss against the University of Illinois- Chicago. Southeast claimed the top two scores in the beam on its way to a season-high team score of 48.825, but UIC won the meet 193.625-191,800...
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Blues shut out Stars
(Professional Sports ~ 03/16/15)
DALLAS -- Jake Allen felt no pressure. Even with the game scoreless in the third period. No rookie jitters. Nerves of a veteran.
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Officers resuscitate poached sturgeon
(National News ~ 03/16/15)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- State wildlife officers resuscitated a 66-inch sturgeon and cited the man who pulled the fish from the Sacramento River. Officers spotted the suspected poacher along the river. The man hooked a large fish and drove off with it in the bed of his truck. The officers pulled the man over and brought the untagged fish back to the riverbed, where they rocked it back and forth, moving water over its gills. After 20 minutes, the fish gained the strength to swim away...
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People on the Move 3/16/15
(Business ~ 03/16/15)
Tom Kelsey, commercial real estate broker for Lorimont Place Ltd. in Cape Girardeau, recently received an "Award of Excellence" designation for 2014 from the Cape Girardeau County Board of Realtors. The recognition is given to members who produce multimillion-dollar volume for property sold and leased during the preceding year, according to a news release...
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Audrey Ing
(Obituary ~ 03/16/15)
Audrey Ing, 85, of Chaffee, Missouri, died Sunday, March 15, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.
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Garden-fresh vegetables coming to Cape neighborhood
(Editorial ~ 03/16/15)
Now that the snow has finally melted and we've experienced a waft of warmth, our minds think of spring things. And that includes fresh vegetables. The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department will plant its newest community garden at the Shawnee Park Center this spring...
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