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Perryville boys soccer takes season opener over shorthanded Poplar Bluff in extra time
(High School Sports ~ 08/24/16)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- It took until overtime, but the Perryville boys soccer team finally took advantage of having two extra players on the field Tuesday night. Isaac Ellsworth headed in a game-tying goal with 6 minutes, 16 seconds left in regulation and Cole Gerstenberger scored just before the 4-minute mark of overtime to lift the Pirates past Poplar Bluff 2-1...
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MISSOURIAN ROUNDUP: St. Vincent volleyball gets by Jackson in three sets
(High School Sports ~ 08/24/16)
Jackie Verseman hammered nine kills and served four aces to lead St. Vincent to a three-set victory at home over Jackson, 26-24, 18-25 and 25-18. Both teams were making their season debuts. Kara Kassel added six kills for St. Vincent (1-0). Katie Schnurbusch notched 13 digs while Molly Myers and Megyn Huber put up four blocks apiece for the host Indians...
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Old McKendree Chapel Benefit - Featuring Maggie Thorn
(Submitted Story ~ 08/24/16)
Please join us at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 2 at the New McKendree South Campus for a great evening of traditional and contemporary Christian music as we come together to raise funds for beautiful Old McKendree Chapel. It will be a great night of praise and worship and a free-will offering will be taken...
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Bluegrass Gospel Greats “The Farm Hands” come to Glen Allen
(Submitted Story ~ 08/24/16)
Nashville, TN – The community is invited to attend a concert by the award-winning bluegrass gospel band The Farm Hands Quartet at 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, at the Glen Allen United Methodist Church, Highway ZZ and County Road 804 in Glen Allen, Missouri…
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Bootheel lawmaker seeks probe into crop damage by illegal herbicide spraying
(Local News ~ 08/24/16)
A Missouri House committee appears poised to hold a special hearing to investigate the damage from illegal spraying of dicamba herbicide on Missouri crops. State Rep. Don Rone, R-Portageville, has asked House Speaker Todd Richardson, R-Poplar Bluff, to allow the House Agriculture Committee to hold the special hearing. Rone said he is optimistic the hearing will be held this fall...
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Court ruling, state suggest businesses may apply use, sales tax to deliveries
(Local News ~ 08/24/16)
Businesses throughout Missouri, from flower shops to contracting companies, recently received a letter from the state Department of Revenue, warning of a potential obligation to remit tax on delivery charges. The new warning stems from a case ruled upon by the Missouri Supreme Court. ...
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Ex-Southeast student gets probation for placing homemade sex video on porn site without woman's knowledge
(Local News ~ 08/24/16)
A former Southeast Missouri State University student was sentenced Tuesday to two years of supervised probation for secretly filming and distributing video of consensual sex between him and another Southeast student in 2014. Broderick C. Gormley, 20, of St. Louis pleaded guilty last month to second-degree invasion of privacy, a Class A misdemeanor...
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A quiet lunch break at Scivally Park
(Local News ~ 08/24/16)
Sarah Hodo savors tranquility during her lunch break Tuesday on the footbridge at Dennis Scivally Park in Cape Girardeau. Southeast Missouri enjoyed temperatures in the high 70s and low 80s early this week.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/24/16)
Today in History Today is Wednesday, Aug. 24, the 237th day of 2016. There are 129 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 24, A.D. 79, long-dormant Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in volcanic ash; an estimated 20,000 people died...
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Child shows others generosity, compassion
(Editorial ~ 08/24/16)
"And a little child shall lead them." So says a verse in the book of Isaiah. Grant Skelton is definitely a child leader making us all aware of what's important: helping others. At the tender age of 8, Grant used money he received from his grandparents to help a homeless man. ...
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Focus on the individuals, not the weapons
(Column ~ 08/24/16)
If nothing else, the left is predictable.
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Jackie Dunn
(Obituary ~ 08/24/16)
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Jackie Caroline (Husband) Dunn, 64, formerly of Chester, Illinois, passed away peacefully Wednesday, June 15, 2016, in Clearwater. Jackie was the third child of six children born to Roy and Mary Husband in Chester on Oct. 4, 1951...
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Judith Ford
(Obituary ~ 08/24/16)
Judith "Judy" Ford, 76, of Jackson passed away Friday, Aug. 19, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born June 25, 1940, in Cape Girardeau to John and Vera Jean Schreiner. Judy graduated from Jackson High School and retired from Florsheim Shoe Company...
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Cardell Withers Sr.
(Obituary ~ 08/24/16)
Cardell "Broadway" Withers Sr., 65, of Jackson passed away Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 15, 1950, in Monticello, Arkansas, son of Samuel and Callie Franklin Withers. He and Lois Wade were married Aug. 1, 1993. She survives...
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Births 8/24/16
(Births ~ 08/24/16)
Son to Brett Michael and Ashli Renee Lynn Hayden of Perryville, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 9:54 a.m. Monday, May 30, 2016. Name, Izayic Matthew. Weight, 2 pounds, 4 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Hayden is the former Ashli Ferguson, daughter of Betina Gibbar of Perryville and Jeff Abernathy of Marble Hill, Missouri. ...
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John Dodd
(Obituary ~ 08/24/16)
John Anderson Dodd, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Aug. 22, 2016, at his home. He was born June 17, 1932, in Cairo, Illinois, to John and Clara Jane (Tudor) Dodd. He married Mary Charlene Ollis on Dec. 24, 1951, in Cairo. They later were sealed together for eternity in the Washington, D.C., Latter-day Saints temple. They are parents of five children...
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Billy Ashworth
(Obituary ~ 08/24/16)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Billy S. Ashworth, 77, of Cairo, died at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016, at Daystar Nursing and Rehab in Cairo. Billy was born May 11, 1939, in Mound City, Illinois, the son of Mark and Ruth (Haws) Ashworth. He lived most of his life in Cairo...
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Out of the past: Aug. 24
(Out of the Past ~ 08/24/16)
CARTERVILLE, Ill. -- U.S. Rep. Glenn Poshard, D-Carterville, says there's a "potential for violence" over a controversial plan to begin cutting timber Monday in a section of the Shawnee National Forest. Poshard voices concern at a press conference at John A. Logan College. His office has been inundated with calls from both sides of the issue...
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Ruby Woodfin
(Obituary ~ 08/24/16)
BOLIVAR, Mo. -- Ruby "Monzelle" (Harkey) Woodfin passed away peacefully Sunday morning, Aug. 21, 2016, holding her loving husband's hand while surrounded by her children. She took great pride in being a pastor's wife, mother and homemaker. She was an excellent seamstress and seemingly could make something out of nothing for whatever her kids needed. ...
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Disabled California man seeks to have voting rights restored
(National News ~ 08/24/16)
SAN DIEGO -- A former producer at National Public Radio who lost his ability to walk and speak asked a judge Tuesday to restore his right to vote under a new California law that makes it easier for people with disabilities to keep that right and regain it if lost...
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Judge sanctions advocacy group in clergy abuse suit
(State News ~ 08/24/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A federal judge admonished an advocacy group for clergy-abuse victims for defying her orders to release personal information about people who accused a priest of sexual misconduct, finding the group plotted against the priest now suing for defamation...
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Science fiction author Heinlein honored as famous Missourian
(State News ~ 08/24/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Lawmakers on Tuesday inducted science-fiction writer Robert Heinlein to the Hall of Famous Missourians to a cheering crowd of fans who call themselves "Heinlein's children." The Missouri native won science-fiction awards for some of his most famous works, including "Stranger in a Strange Land" and "Starship Troopers," a story about a war against arachnid-like aliens that later was adapted into a movie...
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Woman charged in shooting of man she claimed was intruder
(State News ~ 08/24/16)
O'FALLON, Mo. -- A suburban St. Louis woman who claimed she shot an intruder who followed her inside her home is facing murder charges, with a prosecutor saying Tuesday she set up an innocent, mentally impaired man to kill him. St. Charles County prosecutor Tim Lohmar said Pamela Hupp, 57, of O'Fallon "hatched a plot to find an innocent victim and to murder this innocent victim" as part of an effort to frame a man involved in a previous murder case in which Hupp was a key witness...
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Rauner signs bill to punish trafficking guns into Illinois
(State News ~ 08/24/16)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Firearm traffickers in Illinois will be punished with sentences of up to 30 years in prison under legislation Gov. Bruce Rauner signed Tuesday, a move aimed at curbing Chicago's rampant gun violence. The new law seeks to address a problem that has vexed prosecutors in recent years: criminals skirting Illinois' strict gun policies by buying firearms in other states where little screening is required. ...
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Missouri tobacco tax hike proposal survives court challenge
(State News ~ 08/24/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri proposal to raise cigarette taxes to benefit early-childhood programs can stay on the Nov. 8 ballot, a judge ruled Tuesday. Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem dismissed efforts to remove the measure. His ruling, which opponents vowed to appeal, came the same day critics of another proposal that would reinstate campaign-contribution limits in the state asked a different Cole County judge to take it off the ballot...
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Brain injuries seen in domestic assaults
(National News ~ 08/24/16)
CHICAGO -- There are no bomb blasts or collisions with burly linemen in Susan Contreras' past. Her headaches, memory loss and bouts of confused thinking were a mystery until doctors suggested a probable cause: domestic violence. A former partner beat her repeatedly, she said...
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Obama vows support for Louisiana after 'cameras leave'
(National News ~ 08/24/16)
ZACHARY, La. -- Standing amid piles of waterlogged debris, President Barack Obama on Tuesday promised a sustained national effort to rebuild flood-ravaged southern Louisiana "even after the TV cameras leave" on a visit aimed in part at stemming a campaign-season criticism he's been slow to respond to the disaster...
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Crews hauling away debris as Louisiana cleanup continues
(National News ~ 08/24/16)
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Heavy trucks and their works crews have begun hauling away mounds of moldy carpet, warped flooring and water-damaged furniture as south Louisiana digs out from flooding the governor estimated Tuesday had wrecked more than 100,000 homes...
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GOP senators face challenge of surviving a Trump loss
(National News ~ 08/24/16)
WASHINGTON -- A key question looms for vulnerable Republican senators: If Donald Trump loses and loses big, can they survive? With 11 weeks until Election Day, Trump's declining standing in the polls has GOP Senate candidates preparing for the worst, and they're maneuvering to put as big a margin as they can between themselves and the top of the ticket...
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Private lives are exposed as WikiLeaks spills its secrets
(International News ~ 08/24/16)
CAIRO -- WikiLeaks' giant data dumps have rattled the National Security Agency, the U.S. Democratic Party and the Saudi foreign ministry. But its mass-disclosures also included the personal information of hundreds of people, including sick children, rape victims and mental-health patients, The Associated Press has found...
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Trump aides covertly fought freeing of Ukraine prisoner
(National News ~ 08/24/16)
WASHINGTON -- For more than three years, lobbyist Jim Slattery worked in Washington to secure the release in Ukraine of an imprisoned political rival of the country's then-president. He said the work was harder than expected. "I had a sense that there were people working on the other side," he said, "but they were doing it pretty secretively."...
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Prisoner not seen publicly since 2002 at Gitmo hearing
(National News ~ 08/24/16)
WASHINGTON -- The first high-profile al-Qaida terror suspect captured after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, appeared Tuesday at a U.S. government hearing called to determine whether he should remain in detention at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba...
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Clinton Foundation donors got face time with her at State
(National News ~ 08/24/16)
WASHINGTON -- More than half the people outside the government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state gave money -- personally or through companies or groups -- to the Clinton Foundation. It's an extraordinary proportion indicating possible ethics challenges if elected president...
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Ex-host sues Fox claiming sexual harassment, retaliation
(Entertainment ~ 08/24/16)
NEW YORK -- A former Fox News host has sued the network, its ousted chairman and other top executives, claiming they retaliated after she detailed unwanted sexual advances made by her onetime boss, Roger Ailes. Andrea Tantaros described Fox in the lawsuit, filed Monday in New York, as a "sex-fueled, Playboy Mansion-like cult." She said after she complained about Ailes, one of his top deputies, William Shine, warned her Ailes was a "very powerful man" and she "needed to let this one go."...
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Cat adopts baby monkey
(International News ~ 08/24/16)
Rosinka, a 16-year-old cat, carries a 3-week-old monkey on her back in Tyumen, Russia. Ronsinka has adopted a baby squirrel monkey after he was abandoned by his mother at a zoo, comforting the little primate by letting him cling to her back for warmth...
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Crash barrier gets a touch-up
(Local News ~ 08/24/16)
Corey Moore of the city's street and traffic division applies paint Tuesday to a crash barrier protecting a traffic signal on the southwest corner of Sprigg and William streets in Cape Girardeau.
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Jackson school district holds property-tax rate
(Local News ~ 08/24/16)
The Jackson School Board voted to keep the local property-tax rate the same Tuesday night. That means the property tax that helps fund the school system remains $3.80 per $100 of assessed valuation, said Bleau Deckerd, associate superintendent of finance and operations...
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Freshmen, retention boost Southeast first-day enrollment
(Local News ~ 08/24/16)
Southeast Missouri State University began classes Monday with the highest student-retention rate in recent school history and a 10.6 percent increase in beginning freshman enrollment, school officials said. Total enrollment stood at 11,536, a 1.1 percent increase from a year ago. Preliminary figures indicate 74.3 percent of new students last fall returned for the fall 2016 semester, officials said...
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Man shot in the leg in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 08/24/16)
Cape Girardeau police and first responders responded to a report of a man being shot in the leg Tuesday night. According to dispatcher radio reports, a man suffered a gunshot wound to his left leg near 55 N. Pindwood Lane about 10:15 p.m. and was being treated at the scene...
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Cards open home stand with 7-4 loss to Mets
(Professional Sports ~ 08/24/16)
ST. LOUIS -- It was a night of firsts for Robert Gsellman, who made his major league debut for the New York Mets on Tuesday night. Wilmer Flores and Justin Ruggiano homered as the Mets beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4. The offense helped Gsellman (1-0) get the decision. Gsellman, pressed into action after starter Jonathon Niese left with an injury in the first inning, pitched 3 2/3 innings without allowing an earned run...
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Unbeaten Redhawks recognized by OVC
(College Sports ~ 08/24/16)
The Southeast Missouri State women's soccer team had two players earn weekly conference accolades on Tuesday, as Alexis Hacker and Kindra Lierz were named adidas Ohio Valley Conference Defensive player and Goalkeeper of the Week, respectively. Hacker, a freshman defender from St. Charles, Missouri, played the full 90 minutes in both of the Redhawks' season-opening wins last week...
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Thrower cards ace at Cape Jaycee
(Community Sports ~ 08/24/16)
Connor Thrower recorded a hole-in-one Tuesday at Cape Jaycee Municipal Golf Course. Thrower used a pitching wedge to ace No. 8, a par 3 playing 144 yards. Clayton Camp and Joe Thomas witnessed the shot. -- From staff report --...
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Schnucks bans solicitors, including organizations like Salvation Army
(Local News ~ 08/24/16)
The foyer of the Schnucks in Cape Girardeau will be a little quieter during the holidays this year, as bell-ringers and toy drives will no longer be allowed on the premises.
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Downtown St. Louis to get more than 2,000 new streetlights
(State News ~ 08/24/16)
Downtown St. Louis to get more than 2,000 new streetlights ST. LOUIS -- Downtown St. Louis will be brighter and more colorful at night, with plans to transform 2,347 streetlights as part of a $4 million effort to brand downtown and improve public safety...
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Small plane forced to land on suburban St. Louis roadway
(State News ~ 08/24/16)
Small plane forced to land on suburban St. Louis roadway MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. -- The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a small plane made an emergency landing on a busy suburban St. Louis roadway. The single-engine plane landed just before 9 p.m. Monday on Page Avenue in Maryland Heights. No one was hurt, either in the plane or on the ground. The landing forced closure of two lanes while the plane was moved to the side of the road...
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Steven Hill, who played 'Law & Order' DA Schiff, dies at 94
(Entertainment ~ 08/24/16)
LOS ANGELES -- Steven Hill, a versatile character actor in theater, films and television who achieved his greatest success late in life as grumpy District Attorney Adam Schiff on TV's long-running "Law & Order," died Tuesday. He was 94. He died Tuesday morning at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, his wife, Rachel, said. The cause of death was not immediately available, but his wife said he suffered from several ailments...
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Cape Girardeau police report 8/24/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/24/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Antonio Garritano, 26, 5725 Langholm Drive, was arrested on suspicion of assault and domestic assault. n Edavion D. Wade, 19, 45 S. West End Blvd. No. 102, was arrested on suspicion of robbery...
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Minor-leaguer hits homer on his truck windshield
(National News ~ 08/24/16)
SAUGET, Ill. -- A minor-league baseball player hit a grand slam, only to find the ball smashed the windshield of his truck. The Gateway Grizzlies of Sauget said Brandon Thomas hit the homer during Sunday's game against the Joliet Slammers. The 25-year-old outfielder sent the ball sailing into the parking lot, where his 2008 black Toyota Tundra was. Thomas said he didn't realize what happened until players in the dugout were laughing a couple of innings later and told him...
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Walter Sieberg Jr.
(Obituary ~ 08/24/16)
Walter T. "Tom" Sieberg Jr., 66, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau...
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Betty Elfrink
(Obituary ~ 08/24/16)
Elizabeth Joann "Betty" Elfrink, 71, of Jackson died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016, at the Monticello House in Jackson. A visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday in Chapel B at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Parish prayers will begin at 7 p.m., with the rosary following, led by the St. Ann's Sodality...
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Janice Nunnelee
(Obituary ~ 08/24/16)
Janice L. Nunnelee, 96, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016, at her home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be at noon Saturday at the funeral home...
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Nancy Lee
(Obituary ~ 08/24/16)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Nancy Jo Lee, 52, of Rolla, Missouri, died Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Null and Son Funeral Home in Rolla and from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville...
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Prayer 8/24/16
(Prayer ~ 08/24/16)
Lead us, O Heavenly Father, in your righteousness. Amen.
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