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City struggles to restore water service in Harvey aftermath
(National News ~ 09/03/17)
HOUSTON -- A Texas city that lost its drinking water system to Harvey struggled Saturday to restore service, and firefighters kept monitoring a crippled chemical plant that has twice been the scene of explosions and fires since the storm roared ashore and stalled over Texas more than a week ago...
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Community conversations to focus on overcoming racism, oppression
(Local News ~ 09/03/17)
A series of 10 "community conversations" focusing on overcoming racism and oppression will be held in Cape Girardeau, starting Tuesday. Renita Green, pastor of St. James AME Church, is one of the organizers of the sessions. Green said the free conversations are "to and about and for white people," although people of all races are welcome to attend...
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Local police agencies again can acquire surplus military equipment
(Local News ~ 09/03/17)
Local law-enforcement agencies once again will have access to surplus military equipment after President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday rolling back Obama-era restrictions on the Department of Defense program. But local police spokesmen said there are no immediate plans to use the reinstated program...
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Fourth annual Perryville pin-up event adds facial-hair competition for men
(Local News ~ 09/03/17)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Lipstick-laden ladies were the main attraction at the fourth annual Perryville pin-up contest, but this year's competition featured a new addition for men -- a mustache and beard competition. The event, sponsored by Villainous Grounds in Perryville, saw its largest attendance to date with more than two dozen participants registering for the competition and about 150 spectators...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/03/17)
Today in History Today is Sunday, Sept. 3, the 246th day of 2017. There are 119 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On September 3, 1939, Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declared war on Germany, two days after the Nazi invasion of Poland; in a radio address, Britain's King George VI said, "With God's help, we shall prevail." The same day, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the British liner SS Athenia some 250 miles off the Irish coast, killing more than 100 out of the 1,400 or so people on board.. ...
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Barber -- Edwards
(Engagement ~ 09/03/17)
Richard and Paula Barber of Olathe, Kansas, announce the engagement of their daughter, Bria Gene-Clare Barber of Jackson, to Jonathan Wade Edwards. He is the son of John and Charlotte Edwards of Cape Girardeau. Bria received a Bachelor of Science degree in apparel and textile marketing from Kansas State University in 2007. She is a digital content manager for Merge Digital Solutions (KFVS12-Raycom Media)...
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Green -- Greaser
(Engagement ~ 09/03/17)
Kenneth and Deborah Green of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Kailey Amanda Green, to Shane Richard Greaser of Cape Girardeau. He is the son of Ricky and Catherine Greaser of Cape Girardeau. Kailey is studying anthropology at Southeast Missouri State University...
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Swoboda -- Grace
(Wedding ~ 09/03/17)
Dana Yvonne Swoboda of Cape Girardeau and Walter Leslie Grace of Olive Branch, Illinois, were married July 9 at Sunset Chateau in Sedona, Arizona. The Rev. Ken Froessel performed the private ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Eloise Crane of Cape Girardeau and the late George John Swoboda Sr. The groom is the son of Patsy Becker-Mason of Anna, Illinois, and the late Leslie Barnett Grace...
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Cruisin' in style
(Community ~ 09/03/17)
It's always a sight to see the riverboats docked in downtown Cape Girardeau. If and when you can peel your eyes away from the paddlewheelers, you start to notice the passengers as they make their way around downtown, taking in the sites Cape Girardeau has to offer. ...
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Paint-for-a-Cause at the fair
(Column ~ 09/03/17)
Paint for a Cause is an idea I developed a few years ago that gives participants a chance to donate a dollar to a charitable cause for the opportunity to paint on a chosen image. Artist Barb Bailey and I will be in the Arena Building at the SEMO District Fair each day Sept. 9 to 16...
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Senior Center Menus 9-5 to 9-8
(Community ~ 09/03/17)
Monday: Center closed for Labor Day holiday. Tuesday: Roast pork or cabbage roll, baked sweet potato, green beans, whole-grain hot roll and hot apples and raisins or strawberries on cake. Wednesday: Spaghetti with meat sauce or chicken cordon bleu, seven-layered salad, lima beans, whole-grain toasted garlic bread and sugar-free blushing pears or cherry cheesecake...
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FYI 9-3-17
(Community ~ 09/03/17)
A workshop to help potential entrepreneurs will be held 6 p.m. Wednesday at the University of Missouri Extension Center, 321 N. Main St. Suite 1 in Perryville. The University of Missouri Extension Small Business Technology Development Center of Cape Girardeau County is offering the workshop, entitled "Starting a Small Business: The First Steps." Participants will receive materials to help guide the process of starting a business. ...
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Club news 9-3-17
(Community News ~ 09/03/17)
Ashley Gruber, a student in the nursing program at Southeast Missouri State University, was awarded a Program for Continuing Education grant in the amount of $2,500. She was nominated by chapter JN's PCE committee, Priscilla Kirby, Linda Burns and Karen Atwood, president...
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Be a part of the solution
(Column ~ 09/03/17)
In the past week, we as a nation have seen the worst of nature and the best of humanity. Many have felt a sense of disbelief as water and wind pounded the streets of Houston, Texas. Newscasts of homes buried under water, precious belongings gone, and daring rescues all build a gnawing sense of compassion deep within us...
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Seeking the will of God
(Column ~ 09/03/17)
People have trouble listening to Jesus. "What do I look for? How do I know if I'm genuinely following the will of God for my life? How do I hear God when he speaks?" Those are all questions people ask. You needn't feel badly, though, because even Peter had trouble listening to Jesus...
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Laboring for God
(Column ~ 09/03/17)
In 1894, President Grover Cleveland declared the first Monday of September as a day to honor the role of labor in American life. He issued this decree six days after the end of the Pullman Strike in Chicago in which railroad workers were lobbying for better work conditions...
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Adopt - kittens
(Community ~ 09/03/17)
Some of the cute kittens that need a loving home! The kittens are available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.
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GT - 4x4
(09/03/17)
What's your favorite app?
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Labor Day marks transition into fall and National Piano Month
(Column ~ 09/03/17)
Happy birthday to Josh Butcher, Shirley Sullinger, Alvie Surface, Ron Moyers, Todd Wessel, Dale Williams, David Herbst, Warren Masterson, Ashley Kitchens, Raymond Spies, Daryl Ross, Alice Swain, Jimmy Hargrove, Blake Dannenmueller, Charlotte Foulk, Alice Walker, Clara Westrich, Kevin Goetz, Barbara Cook, Chelsea Halter, Jennifer Dodds, Jean Reece, Nicole Lynn, Judy Cook, Mark Pobst and Amanda Mirly. Special wishes to Mary Ann Phillips who turns 90 years young this Saturday!...
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Assessing the summer crop of 2017
(Column ~ 09/03/17)
Funny how gardening in the fall isn't nearly as much fun as gardening in the spring. After a summer of weeding and work it's kind of fun to just sit back and relax. I did clean off my hill garden, disc it and get some seed in the ground for fall. I planted some Austrian field peas, radishes, lettuce, beets, rutabaga and turnip seed. Our hill garden is fairly large with it being over an acre. I also planted some Jade green beans in our small garden, and they are up and looking good...
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Corydalis adds year-round beauty when it finds its spot
(Community ~ 09/03/17)
Some of my best plantings are not my doing. My role, in these cases, has been to recognize the plants' qualities and then leave well enough alone. Those pastel-pink columbines that look so pretty in front of the dark green leaves and flaming red flowers of my trumpet honeysuckle vine? I planted the honeysuckle, but the columbines just appeared one year and have remained...
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Prepare three envelopes
(Column ~ 09/03/17)
There is an old joke that has lots of truth in it and still provides a smile at the end. See if this one rings a bell. A new president enters the Oval Office. Like most on their first day there is some confusion, not only about where everything is but what to do first. ...
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Korean War display to be shown in Kent Library
(Community ~ 09/03/17)
Images a Piedmont man took during his time while serving in Korea and travels to Japan in the early 1950s will be on display to allow others to experience the life of a Marine Corps pilot. A presentation featuring Marine Naval Aviator Maj. Charles L. Duncan's photos are on display at Kent Library on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University...
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Tweaking tastes: French onion soup burger are perfect entree for Labor Day
(Community ~ 09/03/17)
If you're a fan of traditional French onion soup -- and who isn't? -- you're going to love this burger. It's kitted out with all of the ingredients that make the soup such a treasure -- tender, browned onions, beef broth, red wine, Gruyere cheese and French bread -- and finally lathered up with mustard mayo. Rich and full of flavor, this burger is the perfect entree for a Labor Day bash...
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Some new twists on hot dogs for Labor Day weekend
(Column ~ 09/03/17)
Labor Day weekend is the unofficial end to summer, and for many families that includes cooking indoor or outdoor with family and friends. Hot dogs with creative add-on ingredients is a good staple food for a cookout or holiday gathering. Today, I am sharing a couple of fun takes on hot dogs and some side dishes to serve along with them...
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Labor Day is a time to celebrate the American worker
(Editorial ~ 09/03/17)
Editor's note: The following editorial originally appeared on Sept. 2, 2012 in the Southeast Missourian. When it comes to the reasons for Monday's Labor Day holiday, the U.S. Department of Labor offers a good historical review. The first Labor Day celebration was in New York City in 1882 and was organized by the Central Labor Union. ...
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Speak Out 9-3-17
(Speak Out ~ 09/03/17)
In response to Speak Out comment (9/1) bemoaning some resistance in House and Senate to Trump's agenda. I find it refreshing that some of the Republican majority are finally opposing presidential agendas that are regressive and at times border on illegality and a lack of ethical standards. ...
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Prayer 9-3-17
(Prayer ~ 09/03/17)
O Father God, thank you for the blessing of work. Amen.
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Road work 9/3/17
(Local News ~ 09/03/17)
Route N in Bollinger and Cape Girardeau counties between Highway 51 and Highway 25 will be reduced with an 10-foot width restriction as contractor crews perform pavement repairs. The work will take place from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily Thursday through Sept. 29, according to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release...
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Upbeat Trump pitches in at shelter for Harvey victims
(National News ~ 09/03/17)
HOUSTON -- President Donald Trump cupped a boy's face in his hands and then gave him a high-five. He snapped on latex gloves to hand out boxed lunches of hot dogs and potato chips. And he loaded relief supplies into vehicles, patted storm victims on the shoulder and declared the work "good exercise."...
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End of summer? U.S. West shrouded in heat, wildfire smoke
(National News ~ 09/03/17)
SONOMA, Calif. -- Vineyards moved their wine harvest to the cool of night and transit trains slowed for fear some of the hottest weather in San Francisco Bay Area history would warp rails Saturday, as stifling temperatures and the smoky pall of wildfires marked an unofficial end to summer across the U.S. West...
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2nd Utah police officer on paid leave over nurse arrest
(National News ~ 09/03/17)
SALT LAKE CITY -- A second Salt Lake City police officer has been put on paid leave as authorities investigate the use of force in a nurse's arrest. The July 26 incident captured on police body-camera video showed police detective Jeff Payne dragging nurse Alex Wubbels from a hospital and handcuffing her after she refused to allow blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient in a car-crash investigation...
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North Korean leader inspects new H-bomb
(International News ~ 09/03/17)
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a new, "super explosive" hydrogen bomb meant to be loaded into an intercontinental ballistic missile, Pyongyang's state media said today, a claim to technological mastery some outside experts will doubt but raises the possibility of an imminent nuclear bomb test...
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Bernie Sanders to give speech at Westminster College
(State News ~ 09/03/17)
FULTON, Mo. -- Sen. Bernie Sanders will deliver a lecture this month at Westminster College in Fulton. The college announced Friday the senator from Vermont, a 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, will give the John Findley Green Foundation lecture Sept. 21. Several other prominent politicians, including Winston Churchill, Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan, have given a speech at the college...
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Armed militia at peaceful Missouri protests raises concerns
(State News ~ 09/03/17)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Unarmed protesters are raising concerns armed militia members who have been attending rallies at an upscale shopping and dining district in Kansas City might eventually spark violence. The Kansas City Star reported the militia has shown up several times this summer at the J.C. ...
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Uneasiness in St. Louis as verdict nears in officer's trial
(State News ~ 09/03/17)
ST. LOUIS -- As a judge weighs evidence in the first-degree murder case against a former white St. Louis police officer charged with killing a black suspect, there is growing uneasiness the city could see the sort of unrest that followed the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in nearby Ferguson three years ago...
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Heath insurer to drop individual plans in 17 Missouri counties
(State News ~ 09/03/17)
ST. LOUIS -- Health insurance company Anthem plans to stop offering individual plans next year in 17 Missouri counties, including the city of St. Louis and St. Louis County. The Indianapolis-based Blue Cross-Blue Shield insurer said Friday the individual health-insurance market remains volatile, and pricing individual plans that comply with the federal Affordable Care Act is difficult...
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No shields for whistleblowing state workers in Missouri law
(State News ~ 09/03/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Some Democrats say they want to reverse changes in a new Missouri whistleblower law that excludes state employees and public college and university workers from protections against being fired for speaking out against misconduct...
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Toxic waste sites flooded; EPA not on scene
(National News ~ 09/03/17)
HIGHLANDS, Texas -- As Dwight Chandler sipped beer and swept out the thick muck caked inside his devastated home, he worried whether Harvey's floodwaters also had washed in pollution from the old acid pit a couple blocks away. Long a center of the nation's petrochemical industry, the Houston metro has more than a dozen Superfund sites, designated by the Environmental Protection Agency as being among America's most intensely contaminated places...
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Out of the past: Sept. 3
(Out of the Past ~ 09/03/17)
CHESTER, Ill. -- A yearlong effort to repaint and renovate the Chester bridge over the Mississippi River is expected to begin in January. While the work is in progress, traffic over the two-lane span will be reduced to a single lane. Finding the best buy in a college education was the subject of a study published this month in Money magazine. ...
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Gladys Woods
(Obituary ~ 09/03/17)
Gladys Woods, 91, of Burfordville passed away Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, at her home. She was born Oct. 31, 1925, in Southern Illinois, the daughter of William and Dora Baumuck Modglin. She and Ules Sherman Woods were married Aug. 15 1946. They had been married 67 years when Sherman passed away Dec. 10, 2013...
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Jimmy Walker
(Obituary ~ 09/03/17)
Jimmy Latray Walker, 22, of Cape Girardeau died Aug. 26, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home. The funeral will be at noon Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Fairmount Cemetery...
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Charlotte Tilley
(Obituary ~ 09/03/17)
CHAFFEE, Mo. — Charlotte Tilley, 60, of Chaffee passed away Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 30, 1956, in Chicago to the late Charles and Ona Mae Schrodar Edwards. She married Kenneth Eugene Tilley on April 4, 1990, and he preceded her in death Sept. 7, 2008...
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William Shaw
(Obituary ~ 09/03/17)
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The Greatest Generation lost another of its own with the passing of World War II veteran William Henry Shaw on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. He passed away holding the hand of his wife of 70 years and surrounded by his loving family...
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Lesley Prather
(Obituary ~ 09/03/17)
Lesley “Bus” Prather, 97, died Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, at Heartland Care and Rehab in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.
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Judith McCoy
(Obituary ~ 09/03/17)
BENTON, Mo. -- Judith Ann McCoy, 64, of Benton died Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, at her home. She was born Oct. 2, 1952, in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, to Lafayette and Jeroleen Shrum McCoy. She worked in accounts receivable for Health Systems Inc. She was a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University with an accounting degree...
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Marie Lueders
(Obituary ~ 09/03/17)
FROHNA, Mo. — Marie E. Lueders, 94, of Frohna died Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, at Independence Care Center of Perry County in Perryville, Missouri. She was born Dec. 25, 1922, in Jacob, Illinois, daughter of Ben and Frieda Stueve Kranawetter. She and Wilmer Lueders were married Aug. 4, 1946. He preceded her in death April 2, 2017...
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Beverly Sue Johnson
(Obituary ~ 09/03/17)
Beverly Sue Johnson, 60, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, at her home. A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Walnut-Lawn Funeral Home in Springfield, Missouri. Local arrangements provided by Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.
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Curtis Clymer
(Obituary ~ 09/03/17)
Curtis Jr. Clymer, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, at Southeast Hospital. He was born June 22, 1934, in Commerce, Missouri, to Arthur Earnest and Nora Bell Peel Clymer. He married Marian Jane Knight on March 18, 1955. Curtis was a truck driver for Eagle Oil & Gas. He was a member of Word of Faith Fellowship in Cape Girardeau and was a veteran of the U.S. Army...
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Jackson police report 9/3/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/03/17)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt Arrests n Jeremy Pride, 21, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of affray. n Everett Bourn, 23, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of affray. Citation n Blake Hooe, 24, of Jackson was issued a citation for failure to yield causing accident...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 9/3/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/03/17)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Thursday n Medical assists were made at 4:44 a.m. on South Minnesota Avenue; 8:32 a.m. on Margaret Street; 4:18 p.m. on South Ellis street; 5:40 p.m. on South Sprigg Street; 8:34 p.m. on East Rodney Drive; and 10:53 p.m. on South Sprigg Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 9/3/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/03/17)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A juvenile was cited for assault at 330 N. Spring Ave. n Ron D. Williams, 25, 305 Edgewood Drive, was arrested at Maple and South Pacific streets on a Cape Girardeau warrant for failure to appear for no seat belt...
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Births 9/3/17
(Births ~ 09/03/17)
Daughter to Kole Clifton Bond and Abby Rae Parke of Advance, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 1:28 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017. Name, Madilyn Rose. Weight, 7 pounds, 4 ounces. Third child, first daughter. Parke is the daughter of William Parke and June Parke of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. She is a direct support professional for Blue Sky. Bond is the son of Donnie Bond and Demetra Bond of Jackson. He is a hopperman with Select Plastics...
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