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Jackson boys basketball team's sectional streak runs dry
(High School Sports ~ 03/10/16)
HILLSBORO, Mo. -- The Jackson boys basketball program has had a lot of success in recent years. Three straight sectional wins is nothing to scoff at. But on Wednesday night, the Indians just came up against a team that was too much to handle. Saint Louis University held Jackson to 21 points after the first quarter and pulled away for a 57-37 win in a Class 5 sectional at Jefferson College in Hillsboro, Missouri, ending the Indians' sectional winning streak...
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Competitive nature drives Saxony Lutheran girls basketball seniors back to final four
(High School Sports ~ 03/10/16)
Four years ago, coach Sam Sides was hoping to get a glimpse of a recent influx of young talent when he recalls holding an open gym for members of the Saxony Lutheran girls basketball team. Among those young players were freshmen Maddie Brune and Ashlynn Collier, who squared off in a physical pick-up game that Sides referred to as "knock-down, drag-out."...
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Guardian Angel Redwings take second in tournament
(Submitted Story ~ 03/10/16)
The JV Girls Basketball team of Guardian Angel School ended their season with a tournament hosted by St. Denis School, Benton, Missouri, on March 6, 7 and 9. The Redwings of Oran took second place at the tournament and third place for the Christian Youth League. They had a record of eight wins and four losses. Congratulations Lady Redwings for a great season!!...
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Saxony Lutheran girls basketball team gets job done inside in absence of injured starter Galemmo
(High School Sports ~ 03/10/16)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The situation was far from ideal as Saxony Lutheran senior Ali Galemmo watched her team pull together in Thursday's Class 3 semifinal against Southern Boone at Mizzou Arena. All Galemmo could do was cheer on her teammates from the bench, as she sat with her foot wrapped in a cast, a pair of crutches at her side...
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Saxony Lutheran girls basketball team advances to Class 3 state championship game
(High School Sports ~ 03/10/16)
The Crusaders defeated Southern Boone 53-40 and will play Strafford in Saturday's title showdown.
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'American Pickers' TV show coming to the Show Me State
(Local News ~ 03/10/16)
"American Pickers" is coming to Missouri. The popular History Channel documentary series follows antiques experts Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz as they who hunt for valuable antiques in private collections throughout the country, "transforming one person's trash into another's treasure," according to the show's website...
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Religious exemption measure advances at 37-hour filibuster
(State News ~ 03/10/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's Republican-led Senate on Wednesday advanced a proposal to add greater religious protections to the state Constitution for some business owners and people opposed to gay marriage after Democrats stalled a vote for about 37 hours...
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Departing councilwoman recalls 16 years in city hall
(Local News ~ 03/10/16)
The third time was a charm for Loretta Schneider. It took the longtime Cape Girardeau councilwoman three times to get elected to a city council seat. She first was elected in April 1981, becoming the first woman to serve on the council. Schneider served on the council for the next five years. She returned to the council in April 2005. When her latest four-year term ends in April, she will have served on the city council for 16 of the last 35 years...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/10/16)
Today is Thursday, March 10, the 70th day of 2016. There are 296 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 10, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell's assistant, Thomas Watson, heard Bell say over his experimental telephone: "Mr. Watson -- come here -- I want to see you" from the next room of Bell's Boston laboratory...
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Cape lawyer rides on after major bike wreck
(Editorial ~ 03/10/16)
There's physical activity such as running, walking and bicycling. There's a whole other level when you enter endurance races like the four-day Maya Mountain Adventure Challenge. Cape Girardeau lawyer Bryan Greaser recently participated in the race with his team of three other people. The trek includes 320 miles of terrain, going through pine ridges and jungles and caves and rivers. As Greaser told the Southeast Missourian, he was drawn to the race because he thought it would be epic...
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School bowling leagues provide fun, chance for scholarships
(Community ~ 03/10/16)
When Josh Drury attended Saxony Lutheran High School, his bowling team made it all the way to the state tournament in 2010. "I actually brought it all together," he said, with Saxony and Cape Girardeau Central High School fielding their own teams with help from Drury, a lifelong bowling enthusiast whose father and grandfather also played the sport...
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State House OKs CPR requirement
(State News ~ 03/10/16)
JEFFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers have given initial approval to a requirement high-school students receive some first aid training. The House on Wednesday endorsed a bill that would make 30 minutes of instruction in CPR and choking first aid a prerequisite for high-school graduation...
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It's the Noon Lions Club Pancake Day
(Local News ~ 03/10/16)
Kaylea Williams gets help from her mother, Dana, as she pours syrup on a stack of pancakes Wednesday during the 78th annual Noon Lions Club Pancake Day at the Arena Building in Cape Girardeau. More images are in a gallery at semissourian.com.
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Video shows Google self-driving car hitting bus
(National News ~ 03/10/16)
LOS ANGELES -- Newly released video shows the moment a Google self-driving car learned the hard way not to tussle with a public bus. The collision happened on Valentine's Day, when a Google vehicle struck the side of a public bus in the Silicon Valley city of Mountain View...
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NASA salvages Mars mission that should have launched by now
(National News ~ 03/10/16)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's next Mars mission is still alive. Instead of scrapping the grounded Mars InSight spacecraft, the space agency announced Wednesday it's shooting for a 2018 launch. The robotic lander was supposed to lift off this month but ended up sidelined in December by a leak in a key French instrument. Project managers said the device should be redesigned in time...
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Out of the past: March 10
(Out of the Past ~ 03/10/16)
The North Cape Church of Christ begins meeting in the morning at the Show Me Center; the church has been in the planning for the last three years, as a part of the mission effort of Macon Road Church of Christ in Memphis, Tennessee; pastor of the new church is Randy Short...
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Jackson fire report 3/10/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/10/16)
The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls: Monday n Emergency medical service on Old Cape Road East. n Emergency medical service on North Missouri Street. Tuesday n Emergency medical service on Harmony Lane.
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Jackson police report 3/10/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/10/16)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Summonses n Calvin B. Hebert, 24, of Cape Girardeau was issued a summons for failure to register a motor vehicle. n Michael J. Patrick, 56, of Cape Girardeau was issued a summons for following too closely...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 3/10/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/10/16)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Tuesday n Medical assists were made at 4:59 a.m. on South Park Avenue; 5:06 a.m. on South Sprigg Street; 9:49 a.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 10:08 a.m. on Hawthorne Road; 10:09 a.m. on Wolverine Road; 2:36 p.m. on Linden Street; 4:09 p.m. on Walnut Street; 8:42 p.m. on South West End Boulevard; and 11:41 p.m. on Bellevue Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 3/10/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/10/16)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Lee W. Johannes, 61, 222 Good Hope St., was arrested at Hopper Road and Patricia Street on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. n Ashley N. Rhymer, 24, 2780 Lynwood Hills Drive, No. 6, was arrested at 2780 Lynwood Hills Drive on suspicion of driving while intoxicated...
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Kent Wiggins
(Obituary ~ 03/10/16)
MARYVILLE, Ill. -- Kent Michael Wiggins, 60, of Maryville, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, March 3, 2016, at his home. A gathering of family and friends will be from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at the American Legion, 1022 Vandalia St., in Collinsville, Illinois...
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Hazel Sandler
(Obituary ~ 03/10/16)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Hazel Jean Sandler, 93, of Perryville died Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at her home. A graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery. Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville provided the arrangements...
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Mary Lee Rasmussen
(Obituary ~ 03/10/16)
Mary Parlee "Mary Lee" Rasmussen, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at LaCroix United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Harry Evers Jr.
(Obituary ~ 03/10/16)
GULF BREEZE, Fla. -- It is with great sadness we announce the passing of our beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Col. Harry Owen Evers Jr., Ret., on Friday, March 4, 2016, at home in Gulf Breeze. He was born Nov. 3, 1933, in Mounds, Illinois, to Ruth David Evers and Harry Owen Evers Sr. He lived most of his childhood in Mound City, Illinois...
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Tim 'Razor' Ballance
(Obituary ~ 03/10/16)
WOLF LAKE, Ill. -- Mr. Tim "Razor" Ballance, 62, of Wolf Lake died Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at his home. He was born Dec. 13, 1953, in Anna, Illinois, the son of Dorris and Mary Groves Ballance. He married Karen McKnelly on Dec. 31, 1994, in Wolf Lake...
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Births 3/10/16
(Births ~ 03/10/16)
Daughter to Robert Bennett McQuillen and Jessica Ellen Griffith of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 7:38 p.m. Thursday, March 3, 2016. Name, Lilly Annabelle. Weight, 8 pounds, 2 ounces. First child. Griffith is the daughter of Angie Griffith and Roger Griffith of Cape Girardeau. She is employed by Isle Casino Cape Girardeau. McQuillen is the son of Robert Lee McQuillen of Detroit and Martha McQuillen of Benton, Illinois. He is in management at McDonald's...
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Nancy Reagan begins final journey to husband's side
(National News ~ 03/10/16)
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. -- Nancy Reagan began her final journey to her husband's side Wednesday as a police motorcade carried her casket down an empty freeway lined with saluting firefighters and mourners holding hands over their hearts in tribute to the former first lady...
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Tampon tax: Does being female carry unfair costs?
(National News ~ 03/10/16)
NEW YORK -- Margo Seibert and Natalie Brasington don't think women should have to pay a "period tax," and like a growing number of other women, they are publicly questioning whether being female in the U.S. carries unfair costs. The pair are among five New York City women who filed a lawsuit last week arguing it was unconstitutional for the state to levy sales tax on tampons and sanitary napkins while offering medical product exemptions to many other items used by both genders, such as lip balm, foot powder and dandruff shampoo.. ...
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House panel trims Missouri's mid-year budget adjustment
(State News ~ 03/10/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Lawmakers have trimmed about $7.3 million from Missouri's proposed mid-year budget increase of nearly $500 million. The House Budget Committee approved the reductions Wednesday along with limits on Gov. Jay Nixon's travel expenses and less flexibility in how some health-care funds are spent. Proposals for soil erosion projects and a grant program for ethanol-blended fuel pumps also were reduced...
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Database of problem police officers may get test in Ferguson
(State News ~ 03/10/16)
DALLAS -- In the wake of Michael Brown's death, the federal government wants to require the Ferguson Police Department to check all new hires against a database of officers who have been stripped of their law enforcement licenses for misconduct. The mandate to consult the National Decertification Index received little notice in the government's proposed agreement to reform the police and court systems in the St. ...
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Slaying suspect managed to elude U.S. immigration authorities
(State News ~ 03/10/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Immigration authorities last year sought to detain a Mexican national charged with killing five men in Kansas and Missouri this week, but they sent the detention order to an agency that didn't have him in custody. It was not the first time Pablo Antonio Serrano-Vitorino, who was in the U.S. ...
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Class 3 final four glance
(High School Sports ~ 03/10/16)
Led by a group of eight seniors, the Crusaders are the only team with experience at the final four -- they appeared in 2014. Saxony (27-2) is currently the second-ranked team in Class 3 and carries a 23-game winning streak into this weekend's action in Columbia, Missouri...
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Saxony Lutheran girls basketball team leans on old cliche to reach great heights
(High School Sports ~ 03/10/16)
Go ahead and call the Saxony Lutheran girls basketball team a walking cliche if you'd like, but if the Crusaders are going to win a state championship -- which they set out toward today starting in a Class 3 semifinal in Columbia, Missouri -- they're going to do it with defense...
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Gordon gets first spring hit, Marlins beat Cardinals 5-3
(Professional Sports ~ 03/10/16)
JUPITER, Fla. -- Reigning NL batting champion Dee Gordon singled for his first hit of spring training after an 0-for-10 start and the Miami Marlins beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3 on Wednesday. Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina made a sweeping tag play at the plate to save a run in his first appearance of the year. ...
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Southeast Missouri State baseball team gives up late lead in loss to Ole Miss
(College Sports ~ 03/10/16)
The Southeast Missouri State baseball team was able to keep up with nationally-ranked Ole Miss on Wednesday night, but with the game tied at 4-all after 7 1/2 innings, the Rebels plated two runs in the bottom of the eighth to come away with a 6-4 victory at Swayze Field in Oxford, Mississippi...
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Blues outlast Blackhawks in shootout for 4th straight win
(Professional Sports ~ 03/10/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Kevin Shattenkirk scored the decisive goal in the sixth round of the shootout to lift the St. Louis Blues to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night for their fourth straight win. David Backes and Troy Brouwer scored in the third period for the Blues and Jake Allen stopped 33 shots through overtime to earn his 22nd win of the season. Patrik Berglund and Troy Brouwer also had goals in the tiebreaker...
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Trump tells GOP to embrace his bid
(National News ~ 03/10/16)
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- A surging Donald Trump called on mainstream Republicans to unify behind his candidacy Wednesday as his White House rivals pursued their last best opportunity to block the billionaire businessman from building an insurmountable delegate lead in two key states...
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Man tied to Idaho pastor's shooting arrested at White House
(National News ~ 03/10/16)
SPOKANE, Wash. -- A fugitive wanted by Idaho authorities for wounding a church pastor apparently wrote a manifesto contending Martians controlled the Earth, police said. Kyle Odom, 30, was arrested Tuesday afternoon by U.S. Secret Service agents after allegedly throwing items over the fence at the White House in Washington, D.C...
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Clinton, Sanders make their cases for Hispanics
(National News ~ 03/10/16)
MIAMI -- Fighting for Florida and beyond, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tangled repeatedly in their eighth presidential debate Wednesday night over who's a true advocate for Latinos and who has a track record of letting Hispanics down. Facing off six days before Florida gives its verdict on the presidential race, Clinton faulted Sanders for repeatedly voting against a 2007 comprehensive immigration-reform bill; he faulted her for opposing a 2007 effort to allow people who were in the country illegally to obtain driver's licenses.. ...
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2 Baltimore officers charged in recorded assault on teen
(National News ~ 03/10/16)
BALTIMORE -- Two officers who police Baltimore's public schools walked out of jail Wednesday pending trial for assault and misconduct after their violent confrontation with a student was recorded by another teen. Both have checkered records, prompting parents and authorities to question whether enough is being done to prevent violent people from being hired to keep schoolchildren peaceful and safe...
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Iraqi officials: U.S. captured ISIS chemical arms engineer
(International News ~ 03/10/16)
BAGHDAD -- U.S. special forces captured the head of the Islamic State group's unit trying to develop chemical weapons in a raid last month in northern Iraq, Iraqi and U.S. officials told The Associated Press. It was the first known major success of Washington's more aggressive policy of pursuing IS militants on the ground...
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Missiles from Iran: 'Israel must be wiped out'
(International News ~ 03/10/16)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Iran test-launched two ballistic missiles Wednesday emblazoned with the phrase, "Israel must be wiped out" in Hebrew, Iranian media reported, in a show of power by the Shiite nation as U.S. Vice President Joe Biden visited Jerusalem...
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J.K. Rowling launching 4-part series on wizarding school
(Entertainment ~ 03/10/16)
NEW YORK -- J.K. Rowling has more magic on the way. The "Harry Potter" author is launching a series called "Magic in North America," a four-part backstory for this fall's film adaptation of the Potter prequel "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them."...
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North Korea fires short-range missiles amid war games
(International News ~ 03/10/16)
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea today, South Korea's military said, a likely show of anger at continuing springtime war games by rivals Washington and Seoul and a ratcheting up of hostility on the already anxious Korean Peninsula...
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Murder suspect told police he was high on 'bad dope'
(Local News ~ 03/10/16)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — A Poplar Bluff man apparently high on what he described as “bad dope” shot and killed a driver who picked him up Tuesday morning on Highway 160. Authorities initially thought Stahl Lee Sturgeon, 50, of Doniphan, Missouri, had been shot inside his Toyota Camry on the Wal-Mart Supercenter parking lot in Poplar Bluff, but as officers pieced together witness statements, they learned the shooting happened on U.S. 67....
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Victim in screwdriver attack testifies against alleged assailant
(Local News ~ 03/10/16)
The victim who claims he was stabbed in the face with a screwdriver Jan. 31 testified against his alleged assailant during a preliminary hearing Wednesday. Timothy J. McCall, 49, of Friedheim described the events of the early morning hours of Jan. 31. ...
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State auditor flags former Dunklin County public administrator
(Local News ~ 03/10/16)
KENNETT, Mo. — Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway will deliver a presentation on the results of an audit that led to the resignation of former Dunklin County public administrator Shawnee Trowbridge. The presentation is set for 11:30 a.m. March 23 at the Kennett OAKS Nutrition Center. The meeting is open to the public...
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Two robbery suspects testify against colleague
(Local News ~ 03/10/16)
Two suspects admitted culpability in the robbery of college students and testified against a fellow robber during a preliminary hearing Wednesday. Both Jordan L. Benford, 20, of Lebanon, Tennessee, and Ricky R. Lucious, 20, of Cape Girardeau admitted they were present at the robbery Oct. 12...
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Learning briefs 3/10/16
(Community ~ 03/10/16)
Dylan Murakami and Jayden Marra of Cape Girardeau, Ryan Mize, Jeremiah McGuire and Olivia Brown of Jackson, Reed Walker of Marble Hill, Missouri, Bella Bowers of Scott City and Caleb Bess of Millersville were awarded the Regents' Scholarship to assist with the cost of attendance at Southeast Missouri State University this fall. ...
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George Martin, guided the Beatles to global fame, dies at 90
(National News ~ 03/10/16)
LONDON -- George Martin, the Beatles' urbane producer who quietly guided the band's swift, historic transformation from rowdy club act to musical and cultural revolutionaries, has died, his management said Wednesday. He was 90. Too modest to claim the title of the fifth Beatle, the tall, elegant Londoner produced some of the most popular and influential albums of modern times -- "Sgt. ...
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Airport: 1 person filed 6,500 noise complaints
(National News ~ 03/10/16)
WASHINGTON -- Out of 8,670 noise complaints Washington's Reagan National Airport received last year, officials said 6,500 of them came from the same person. Officials at the airport authority have said one unidentified Washington resident was responsible for about three-quarters of last year's noise complaints. That's the equivalent of one person making about 18 calls every day. Airport officials said they are working with residents to address the noise...
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Hooked on Science: Peep dough
(Community ~ 03/10/16)
n Peeps n Coconut oil n Powdered sugar n STEP 1: Place three Peeps and one tablespoon of coconut oil in a bowl and microwave the ingredients for 10 seconds. n STEP 2: Remove the ingredients from the microwave, add three tablespoons of powdered sugar and mix...
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Speak out 3/10/16
(Speak Out ~ 03/10/16)
If you have clinically diagnosed bipolar disorder, there is no way to work yourself off the medication. It would be like someone with severe diabetes tapering off insulin. Read "An Unquiet Mind" by Dr. Kay Redfield Johnson or Danielle Steele's "A Bright, Shining Star."...
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Delayed reactions
(Column ~ 03/10/16)
The Department of Defense lists more than 2.7 million troops who served in Vietnam. The most common estimate is that 850,000 of those veterans are still alive. Military.com has reprinted an article published by the Messenger-Inquirer, of Owensboro, Kentucky, by Don Wilkins on Feb 28. ...
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