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Creek Mosaic
(Submitted Story ~ 10/03/16)
I like landscapes but I love the tiny aspects of the natural world. I spend a lot of my time with a camera and on my knees.
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Nearly 50 participate in local pro-life demonstration
(Local News ~ 10/03/16)
Members of the Cape Girardeau Chapter of the Missouri Right to Life lined Interstate 55 by the cross-dotted Cemetery of the Innocents on Sunday, encouraging passers-by to consider abortion laws during the election season. The demonstration was part of the National Life Chain, an annual event that takes place in more than 1,500 cities and towns across North America...
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Cape athlete finishes an Ironman triathlon while battling flu
(Local News ~ 10/03/16)
The week before the Chattanooga Ironman Triathlon, Laura Sheridan came down with the flu. The last nine months of her life had been reconstructed around swimming, biking and running for a combined total of 144.6 miles, and now she was sick. "So it wasn't ideal going in," she said...
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Cape council to vote on Shawnee Park turf project
(Local News ~ 10/03/16)
The Cape Girardeau City Council will vote today on a measure to hire Advanced Turf Solutions Inc. to improve three fields at the Shawnee Park Sports Complex this fall. The company submitted the only proposal for the advertised project. Advanced Turf Solutions doing business as J & D Turf of Fishers, Indiana, submitted an initial bid of over $375,000, well under the original estimate, city officials said...
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Business notebook: Tropical-fish hobby turns into a store
(Business ~ 10/03/16)
Not long ago, Catherine and Rodney Stovall bought their daughter a fish tank -- a nicely stocked, 55-gallon tank. Over the months that followed, the number of tanks and fish the family had in their home grew until Catherine Stovall finally announced, "That's it; we're opening a store."...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/03/16)
Today in History Today is Monday, Oct. 3, the 277th day of 2016. There are 89 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 3, 1951, the New York Giants captured the National League pennant by a score of 5-4 as Bobby Thomson hit a three-run homer off Ralph Branca of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the "shot heard 'round the world."...
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Duffers Fore subdivision
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/03/16)
This is directed to the people that live in the Duffers Fore subdivision on County Road 222. I almost had a wreck there a couple of weeks ago because people don't stop there before pulling out on the blacktop road. They need to stop before someone has a wreck. Someone pulled out again the other day without stopping first. They also need to cut weeds down so they can see who is coming down the road...
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October is National Long-Term Care Residents' Rights Month
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/03/16)
October is National Long-Term Care Residents' Rights Month, a time to acknowledge the contributions and sacrifices many long-term care residents have made to better our community and to call attention to the rights in long-term care facilities. This year's theme -- My Vote Matters -- was selected to call attention to the fact that consumers receiving long-term care services retain their voting rights no matter where they live or what type of care they receive. ...
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Notre Dame Activity Week brings in record $286,000
(Editorial ~ 10/03/16)
It's never too soon to take responsibility for oneself. Students at Notre Dame Regional High School demonstrated this during their recent Activity Week. Through hard work and community support, they raised more than $286,000 -- the highest amount the fundraising event ever brought in...
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Prayer 10/3/16
(Prayer ~ 10/03/16)
O Lord Jesus, may we be devoted to one another in love. Amen.
- Being politic in ‘Ellen Noise’ (10/03/16)
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Five surprising superfoods for baby boomers
(10/03/16)
An estimated 77 million baby boomers represent the largest generation of Americans born in U.S. history. Many are embracing their golden years and taking a proactive approach to their well-being. If you are a boomer, you understand nutrition is fundamental to maintaining your health. But do you know some foods are particularly powerful in helping you age well?...
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Meet the new senior center administrators in Jackson, Scott City and Marble Hill
(10/03/16)
Within the last year, three area senior centers have new administrators at the helm. They include Janet Hitt in Jackson, Barbara Leming in Scott City and Vickie Slinkard in Marble Hill, Missouri. Hitt began working at the Jackson Senior Center on July 19...
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Mary Lou Kurtz of Cape Girardeau named to Missouri 4-H Hall of Fame
(10/03/16)
Mary Lou Kurtz of Cape Girardeau says her long involvement with 4-H has been instrumental in many areas of her life. "I first started showing cattle when I was a kid. Won my first trophy in 1962," she says. "It was such a great experience, seeing real results from my hard work, giving me confidence. I don't know what my life would be like now if I hadn't been introduced to the skills 4-H taught me."...
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Open enrollment for Medicare Parts C and D is Oct. 15 to Dec. 7
(10/03/16)
Anyone 65 or older who is enrolled in Medicare Part C or D soon will have some important decisions to make. Open enrollment for the plans runs from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7 and coverage for next year begins Jan. 1. Jackie Dover, public information director for Aging Matters in Cape Girardeau, says it's vitally important for enrollees to check on their existing plans before any increases take them by surprise. ...
- Age Spots: The 'grandest' of families (10/03/16)
- Love beyond the heart (10/03/16)
- Now Read This: 'The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper' by Phaedra Patrick (10/03/16)
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Find out why classic Swiss fondue never went out of style
(10/03/16)
Food as fashion has never made a lot of sense to me. Kale is out (no, not really), jackfruit is in, and so on. But guess what? In Switzerland, the birthplace of fondue, this creamy cheese dish never went out of style, and once you make up a pot for your crew, you will realize why the Swiss never even considered letting it go the way of the Jell-O mold...
- Delicious Reading: #PSL (10/03/16)
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Five tips to keep your cellphone running smoothly
(10/03/16)
We all love the convenience of modern cellphones. They're so much more than just phones -- they've become our cameras, calendars, mailboxes, entertainment consoles and internet browsers. But all those apps, photos, videos and games compete for a limited amount of room in which to operate. ...
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Florence Bright
(Obituary ~ 10/03/16)
Florence E. Bright, 95, of Cape Girardeau passed away Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, where she resided the past six months. She was born July 12, 1921, in Bloomfield, Missouri, to Lee Roy and Ethel Wright Hyslop. She and Charles W. "Wesley" Bright were married Nov. 7, 1936, in Bloomfield. They had been married 65 years when Wesley passed away March 11, 2002...
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Debbie Madigan
(Obituary ~ 10/03/16)
ORAN, MO. -- Debbie Madigan, 60, of Oran passed away Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, at her home, surrounded by her loving family. She was born Sept. 17, 1956, in Chaffee, Missouri, to the late Aubrey "Jack" Whorton and Peggy Brindley Whorton. She married Walter Edward Madigan on Jan. 25, 1975, and he preceded her in death June 3, 2003...
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Hazel Hillegass
(Obituary ~ 10/03/16)
GAUTIER, Miss. -- Hazel Laverne Hillegass, 93, of Gautier died Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, at Ocean Springs Hospital in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. She was born Nov. 6, 1922, in Daisy to Richard Trustin and Dora Dorcas Penny Cobble. She graduated from Oak Ridge High School in 1939...
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Cape Girardeau police report 10/3/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/03/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Andrew W. Bowman, 28, of Mountain Grove, Missouri, was arrested on a Wright County, Missouri, warrant for possession of amphetamine...
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Births 10/3/16
(Births ~ 10/03/16)
Son to Blain Austin and Brittney Evelyn Johnson of Oran, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 6:25 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. Name, Sawyer Easton. Weight, 5 pounds, 12 ounces. Third child, second son. Mrs. Johnson is the former Brittney Breeden, daughter of Jack Breeden of Sikeston, Missouri, and Stephanie Lee of Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. She is office manager for Food Giant. Johnson is the son of Paul Johnson and Nicole Johnson of Oran. He is a machine operator at Semo Box...
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Some Zika-infected babies may not initially show symptoms
(National News ~ 10/03/16)
WASHINGTON -- More federal money finally is available to fight Zika even as the news worsens. Babies who at first seem to have escaped the virus' devastating hallmark defect -- an abnormally small head at birth -- might not be out of the woods after all...
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Data: NJ Transit had 150 accidents in 5 years
(National News ~ 10/03/16)
HOBOKEN, N.J. -- New Jersey Transit trains have been involved in more than 150 accidents that caused more than $4.8 million in damage to tracks or equipment since 2011, and the commuter rail has paid more than $500,000 to settle safety violations, according to federal data...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 10/3/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/03/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Wednesday n Medical assists were made at 1:57 a.m. on South Ellis Street; 2:06 a.m. on South West End Boulevard; 11:29 a.m. on Water Street; 2:05 p.m. on Siemers Drive; 2:18 p.m. on Lynnwood Drive; and 5:57 p.m. on North Sprigg Street...
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Slain officer's widow to inspect vest at center of lawsuit
(National News ~ 10/03/16)
ATLANTA -- The widow of a slain Georgia police officer hopes to learn more about why his ballistic vest didn't save him from gunshots. Bullets pierced police officer Kevin Jordan's back, though that area of his body was covered by his vest during the 2014 shooting outside a Waffle House in the west Georgia town of Griffin, his wife, Tammy Jordan, and her lawyer maintain in an ongoing federal lawsuit...
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Out of the past: Oct. 3
(Out of the Past ~ 10/03/16)
Beginning next week, patrons of the Cape Girardeau Public Library will be able to pick up reading material on Sunday. Limited service will be provided from noon to 4 p.m. each Sunday. The library will operate with just enough staff to check books in and out...
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Who inherits a selfie? States seek to fill privacy law gaps
(National News ~ 10/03/16)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- When a loved one dies, laws cover how their houses, cars, and other property are passed on to relatives. But the rules are murkier -- and far more restrictive -- when it comes to pictures on Facebook, emails to friends or relatives and even financial records stored in online cloud accounts...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 10/3/16
(Local News ~ 10/03/16)
Cape Girardeau City Council City hall 401 Independence St. Study session, 5 p.m. today Items for discussion n Agenda review n Appearances regarding items not on the agenda Regular session, 7 p.m. Presentation n 2016 Pink Up Cape proclamation Public hearings...
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Trump tax revelation punctuates week of political challenges
(National News ~ 10/03/16)
NEW YORK -- Ever defiant, Donald Trump and his Republican allies embraced a report Sunday that said the New York businessman may not have paid federal income taxes for nearly two decades after he and his companies lost nearly $916 million in a single year...
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Colombia's leader to push ahead on peace after shock defeat
(International News ~ 10/03/16)
BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombians rejected a peace deal with leftist rebels by a razor-thin margin in a national referendum Sunday, scuttling years of negotiations and delivering a setback to President Juan Manuel Santos, who vowed to keep a cease-fire in place and forge ahead with efforts to end a half-century of war...
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Powerful Hurricane Matthew threatens Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba
(International News ~ 10/03/16)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A powerful Hurricane Matthew moved slowly Sunday across the Caribbean Sea on a track authorities warned could trigger devastation in parts of Haiti. The storm had winds of 145 mph as it moved northwest and the center was expected to pass across or close to the southwestern tip of Haiti late today before reaching Cuba, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami...
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Why wasn't New Jersey's Christie charged in 'Bridgegate'?
(National News ~ 10/03/16)
TRENTON, N.J. -- It was seven days into the trial in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing case when the government's key witness dropped the bombshell: Gov. Chris Christie, he said, was told about the traffic jams while they were going on. Christie, David Wildstein told the jury last week, responded with a laugh and a joke about the role politics played. The accusation blared in headlines across the country and raised one question: Why wasn't the Republican governor charged?...
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52 confirmed dead in stampede at Ethiopia religious event
(International News ~ 10/03/16)
BISHOFTU, Ethiopia -- Dozens of people were crushed to death Sunday in a stampede after police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse an anti-government protest that grew out of a massive religious festival, witnesses said. The Oromia regional government confirmed the death toll at 52...
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Syria military urges Aleppo rebels to surrender
(International News ~ 10/03/16)
BEIRUT -- Syrian rebels and pro-government forces clashed Sunday on several fronts around Aleppo as the country's military command called on militants to lay down their weapons and evacuate the contested city. A day after pro-government forces captured the strategic al-Shuqeef hill north of the city, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group reported fighting in areas near the hill and in the Bustan al-Basha neighborhood...
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Museum's exhibit on Ferguson lacks city hall contributions
(State News ~ 10/03/16)
ST. LOUIS -- The Missouri History Museum's effort to collect artifacts from the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, is missing one big contributor: city hall. The museum in Forest Park has spent two years collecting boarded-up windows, protester gas masks, empty tear-gas grenades and other artifacts from the days after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown by a white Ferguson police officer...
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Missouri governor candidates discuss financial issues
(State News ~ 10/03/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster and Republican former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens will face off Nov. 8 in Missouri's gubernatorial election. The Associated Press asked the candidates about several high-profile state revenue and spending issues. Here's how they responded:...
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Uncertainty over Philippine president alarms investors
(Business ~ 10/03/16)
MANILA, Philippines -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody anti-drug war and his foul-mouthed outbursts in defense of the campaign have unnerved foreign investors in one of Asia's fastest-growing economies. Analysts and businessmen point to uncertainties about Duterte's policies and flip-flopping pronouncements as largely to blame for foreign selling in the stock market and the peso's plunge to a seven-year low, reversing initial optimism after his June 30 inauguration...
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Britain will launch Brexit by April, premier says
(Business ~ 10/03/16)
LONDON -- Britain will trigger the formal process for leaving the European Union before the end of March, Prime Minister Theresa May said Sunday, putting to rest weeks of speculation on the timing of the move. May outlined her vision for a post-EU Britain at her Conservative Party's annual conference in Birmingham and took the first steps to making a British exit -- or Brexit -- a reality...
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Scott County Jail escapee back in custody
(Local News ~ 10/03/16)
BENTON, Mo. -- A Scott County Jail escapee missing since Thursday is back in custody. Joshua Musgrove, 31, who escaped about 3:30 p.m. Thursday from the Scott County Jail, was found after the Scott County Sheriff's Office received a tip from the public, Sheriff Rick Walter announced just after noon Sunday...
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People on the Move 10/3/16
(Business ~ 10/03/16)
Pain management specialist Dr. Robert Bowers has joined Saint Francis Healthcare System as a new Saint Francis Medical Partner. He joins two other specialists at the Pain Management Center. Bowers earned his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in Cincinnati and completed his anesthesiology residency and a pain-management fellowship at Mount Sinai St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City...
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Man accused of wearing plastic-wrap bikini
(National News ~ 10/03/16)
BEACH HAVEN, N.J. -- Police said a 59-year-old man who wore a bikini fashioned out of see-through plastic wrap on a beach is facing a criminal charge. They said Stephen Wojciehowski spent two days on a Long Beach Island beach wearing a homemade bikini in which his genitals clearly were exposed and was charged with lewdness. The man was arrested Monday and was released pending further court proceedings...
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Jackson police report 10/3/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/03/16)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Jordan I. Lawrence, 25, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant. n James B. Hafele, 40, of Jackson was arrested on an Iron County, Missouri, warrant...
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Irma Francis
(Obituary ~ 10/03/16)
MARQUAND, Mo. -- Irma L. Francis, 73, of Marquand died Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, at Independence Care Center in Perryville. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Thursday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with Rev. Matthew Marks officiating. Burial will be in Marcus Memorial Cemetery in Fredericktown, Missouri...
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M. Genevieve Weibrecht
(Obituary ~ 10/03/16)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- M. Genevieve Weibrecht, 91, of Perryville died Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, at Independence Care Center of Perry County in Perryville. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 6:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday, with a rosary at 9 a.m., at Young and Sons Funeral Home...
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Rita Schrenk
(Obituary ~ 10/03/16)
Rita A. Schrenk, 87, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Perryville, Missouri, died Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, at Ratcliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, with a Catholic wake at 7 p.m., and from 6:30 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Young and Sons Funeral Home...
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VintageNOW photo shoot on the LST 325
(Submitted Story ~ 10/03/16)
The VintageNOW fashion show is an event that helps support our local safe house for women. We had a photo shoot yesterday onboard the LST 325.
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Redhawks, Andy's Open Polls for "Rowdy Redhawk" Election
(Submitted Story ~ 10/03/16)
The Southeast Missouri State Department of Athletics in partnership with Andy's Frozen Custard is excited to announce a flavor election for the new "Rowdy Redhawk" concrete coming to the menu at Andy's in Cape Girardeau. This election season, fans have the chance to exercise their right to vote and select the flavor of the new "Rowdy Redhawk," which will appear permanently on the menu at Andy's in Cape Girardeau. The two candidates running in the "Rowdy Redhawk" election are:...
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Suicide Prevention
(Submitted Story ~ 10/03/16)
Participants of the out of the Darkness Walk for Suicide Prevention — 22 pair of combat boots from 1140th in Cape Girardeau.
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Delta Senior Citizens Meeting
(Submitted Story ~ 10/03/16)
Delta Senior Citizens Meeting The Delta Senior Citizens will meet Wednesday, October 12, at 11 a.m., at the Delta Community Center. The program will include a representative from Aging Matters to discuss upcoming changes in Medicare. Musical entertainment will be provided by Don Hester. Lunch will be served at 12:00 noon. For more information, call 794-2259 or 794-2874...
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Flut shots at Delta Community Center
(Submitted Story ~ 10/03/16)
FLU SHOTS at Delta Community Center Flu Shots will be given to Delta area residents at the Delta Community Center on Thursday, October 13, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free to those with Medicare and/or Medicaid card. Others a fee. For more information, call 794-2259 or 794-2874...
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Making a difference
(Submitted Story ~ 10/03/16)
Bryce is 8 years old and loves helping the animals at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri. This year was his third year participating in HSSEMO's annual event, Bark In the Park. Each year Bryce works to raise money for the walk at this event. In 2014, Bryce raised $500. In 2015 he raised $700 and this year he turned in an unbelievable $835 that he raised by asking for sponsorship from friends and family! Bryce is also a third grader at Nell Holcomb and his class, along with the other third-grade class, had a little fun filling "coin containers" that Bryce made to see how much money the students could raise for the event. There are 31 third graders and together they collected $225! They will enjoy pizza and ice cream in a few weeks for their amazing efforts!
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