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'Black Boy' and 'Black Girl' are not their names
(Column ~ 02/18/20)
Sometimes, your tribute is not a tribute at all. Lately, I've seen folks supposedly paying homage but, in reality, revealing ignorance. It reminds me of the saying "Don't do me no favors." Two outlets stand out in my mind -- one this year and one from 2018 that has resurfaced...
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Business Notebook: New meal-prep, nutrition consulting services; Cape Central teacher recognized
(Business ~ 02/18/20)
A Cape Girardeau couple recently created a business designed to provide healthy meals for people who don't have time to cook for themselves, need a healthier diet or both. David and Tori Mincemeyer started their business, called Balanced Meal Prep, a few months ago...
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From the Business Desk ... Coronavirus outbreak has wide array of effects
(Business ~ 02/18/20)
It's hard to pick up a newspaper, read social media or watch the evening news lately without hearing the latest about the spread of coronavirus, a disease that, as of Monday, had sickened more than 71,000 people worldwide and killed close to 2,000, almost all of them in China, where the outbreak originated...
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SEMO students hope hemp project worth $1M prize in business competition
(Business ~ 02/18/20)
An entry in a worldwide entrepreneurship competition could turn into a million dollars in startup funds for a team of Southeast Missouri State University business students from Cape Girardeau. Ethan Protzel, 22, a senior entrepreneurship business administration major, and Chance Ziegler, 23, a first-year entrepreneurship business graduate student, took first-place honors last fall in the university's first Hult Prize Challenge, qualifying them to go on to the competition's regional competition in Toronto, Canada, in April.. ...
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Downtown Cape to host Great Race once again in June
(Local News ~ 02/18/20)
Downtown Cape Girardeau will welcome more than 500 visitors this summer when the 2020 Hemmings Motor News Great Race rolls into town in mid-June. The Great Race is set to begin in San Antonio and will make 16 stops covering 2,300 miles in nine days before reaching its final destination in Greenville, South Carolina, according to a Monday news release by Visit Cape. Drivers of the 120 antique automobiles will stop June 23 for an overnight stay in Cape Girardeau...
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'Aunt Gladys' to bring live glassblowing demos to Jackson on Saturday
(Local News ~ 02/18/20)
On Saturday, uptown Jackson will be transformed by the fifth February Annual event, Glass Alive. Court Street will have food trucks and a festival atmosphere — and Aunt Gladys II. She’s a mobile glassblowing studio, complete with furnace, glory hole to reheat the work between stages, annealing oven to evenly cool the glass, and fuel tanks to keep the fires roaring...
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Dicamba jury awards quarter billion in punitive damages
(Local News ~ 02/18/20)
A federal jury in Cape Girardeau ruled Saturday that two of the world’s largest agribusiness companies, Monsanto Co. and BASF Corp., must pay $250 million in punitive damages to a Southeast Missouri peach farmer for damage to his orchards caused by their dicamba-related products...
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Hacked municipal systems in Cape Girardeau gradually returning to service
(Local News ~ 02/18/20)
Cape Girardeau’s online utility payment systems have been restored after a cyberattack on the city left many municipal systems inaccessible for more than four weeks. The attack crippled online systems across the city with affected services including city email, online forms, court services, GIS mapping programs, city autopay services and electronic cashier services...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/18/20)
Today is Tuesday, Feb. 18, the 49th day of 2020. There are 317 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 18, 1970, the "Chicago Seven" defendants were found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic national convention; five were convicted of violating the Anti-Riot Act of 1968 (those convictions were later reversed)...
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Sponsored: Be a Crusader: Come See What Saxony Has to Offer
(Business ~ 02/18/20)
High school can be a difficult four years: it’s a time of many firsts, a time of understanding who you are and who you might become, a time when adolescents make choices that will impact the trajectory of their lives. Where do you want your child to spend these formative four years?
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Sponsored: Checking Your Pet’s Teeth Could Put an End to Silent Pain
(Insiders Advice ~ 02/18/20)
Just like people, pets need to be checked yearly for dental issues. Often, dental exams identify the root of underlying problems and might end your pet’s silent pain. It is convenient for our clients to schedule their pet’s dental exam during the same time they make yearly checkups. However, your pet’s teeth should be checked sooner if you notice any of the following:...
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Prayer 2/18/20
(Prayer ~ 02/18/20)
O God, may we guard our tongues and strive to uplift others in all we say. Amen.
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David Wallis Jr.
(Obituary ~ 02/18/20)
David Lee Wallis, Jr. of Cape Girardeau departed this life Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. David was born Sept. 9, 1983 in Cape Girardeau to David and Susan Wallis. David married and united with the love of his life, Katie Ann Niles on July 25, 2015. They have two daughters, Linley Grey Wallis and Kaila JoAnn Wallis...
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Lucille Schlichting
(Obituary ~ 02/18/20)
FROHNA, Mo. — Lucille L. Schlichting, 92, of Frohna (Wittenberg) died Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020, at Independence Care Center in Perryville, Missouri. She was born July 11, 1927, in Farrar, Missouri, to Martin and Hedwig “Hattie” Mangels Schuessler. Lucille and Vernon G. Schlichting were married Oct. 8, 1950, at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar. He preceded her in death April 19, 2016...
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Daniel Penrod
(Obituary ~ 02/18/20)
Daniel G. Penrod, 88, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020. He was born Jan. 25, 1932, in Murphysboro, Illinois, to the late George Washington and Laura Graff Penrod. Dan was a graduate of Murphysboro High School. He was trained as a painter by his father. Around 1956, he moved to Cape Girardeau and started Paramount Painting Co. He worked for Travelodge in the mid ’80s and ’90s. He built homes around the Cape Girardeau area from the early ’70s until 2016...
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Steven Martin
(Obituary ~ 02/18/20)
Steven Richard Martin, 68, of Scott City died Friday, Feb. 14, 2020, at his home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Friday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. Graveside service, with full military honors, will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, with Chaplain Callum Reavey officiating...
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Henry Maclin
(Obituary ~ 02/18/20)
Henry L. Maclin of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Portageville , Missouri, passed away Friday, Feb. 14, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center at age 79. He was born May 30, 1949, in Pemiscot County, Missouri, the son of Bland C. and Cornelia Moon Maclin. He was united in marriage to Alice Lineberry on Dec. 10, 1960, in Portageville...
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Rodney LaRose Sr.
(Obituary ~ 02/18/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Rodney J. "Rod" LaRose Sr., 82, of Perryville died Friday, Feb. 14, 2020, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church in Sereno, Missouri. Funeral Mass will be at noon Wednesday at the church, with the Rev. Joe Geders officiating. Entombment will be at Mary Queen of All Saints Mausoleum in Perryville...
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James Lange
(Obituary ~ 02/18/20)
BONNE TERRE, Mo. -- James Ray Lange, 66, of Bonne Terre died Monday, Feb. 10, 2020. Visitation will be from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Egypt Mills Trinity Lutheran Church. Memorial service will be at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the church. Mahn Funeral Home in De Soto, Missouri, is in charge of arrangements...
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Jerry Kester
(Obituary ~ 02/18/20)
Jerry Dean Kester, 82, of Friedheim passed away Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020, at Estates of Perryville. He was born Sept. 27, 1937, in Friedheim to Albert and Bertha Ahrens Kester. Jerry was an entrepreneur. He owned and operated heavy equipment; owned and managed several rental properties; did custom combining in the counties of Perry, Cape Girardeau and Bollinger, and helped his dad on the family farm...
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Kathy Friedrich
(Obituary ~ 02/18/20)
Kathryn “Kathy” Lynn Friedrich, 56, of Jackson passed away Friday, Feb. 14, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 2, 1963, in Cape Girardeau to Ralph H. and Doris E. “Jennie” Steinhoff Friedrich. Kathy was a 1981 graduate of Jackson High School. Many people will remember her for her sweet smile and kind wit. She worked the past 10 years at Casey’s General Store on West Independence Street in Jackson and was previously employed in other local convenience stores...
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Bobby Lee Coffey
(Obituary ~ 02/18/20)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Known to his grandchildren as "Bops," Bobby Lee Coffey, son of the late Orville and Marie Worley Coffey, was born Sept. 8, 1930, in Parma, Missouri, and, surrounded by family, met his Lord and Savior on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020, at his home in Dexter at the age of 89...
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Keith Boxdorfer
(Obituary ~ 02/18/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Keith Allen Boxdorfer, 65, of Perryville died Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be from 3:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Thursday at Ford and Young Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Matthew Marks officiating. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery...
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Retailers try clothing rental, but will it be a good fit?
(Business ~ 02/18/20)
Renting clothes could be the future of fashion -- or it could just be a fad. But traditional retailers can no longer afford to wait on the sidelines to find out. That's why a growing number are now offering customers the option to rent clothes for a monthly fee instead of buying them. Bloomingdale's, Banana Republic and Urban Outfitters are the latest to offer the services. Even footwear chain Designer Brands says it's considering launching a rental service for shoes...
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'Perfume cloud' helps German police sniff out drunken driver
(International News ~ 02/18/20)
BERLIN — He just didn’t smell right. German police said they nabbed a drunken driver who tried to flee a traffic stop after finding him hiding behind a hedge “in a cloud of perfume.” Police in the southwestern town of Speyer said Saturday that officers saw the 26-year-old man pass them at high speed Friday night with his car lights off and gave chase. ...
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Virginia lawmakers reject ban on assault weapons
(National News ~ 02/18/20)
RICHMOND, Va. -- Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's push to ban the sale of assault weapons failed Monday after some of his fellow Democrats balked at the proposal. Senators voted to shelve the bill for the year and ask the state crime commission to study the issue, an outcome that drew cheers from a committee room packed with gun advocates...
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Americans quarantined at U.S. bases
(National News ~ 02/18/20)
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- More than 300 American cruise ship passengers, including 14 who tested positive for coronavirus, were being quarantined at military bases in California and Texas on Monday after arriving from Japan on charter flights overnight...
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Ex-trooper dismisses lawsuits filed after Iowa man's death
(State News ~ 02/18/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A former Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper who was driving a boat when a handcuffed Iowa man fell out and drowned in 2014 has dismissed three lawsuits he filed over losing his law enforcement license. Anthony Piercy filed to voluntarily dismiss his lawsuits against the patrol, the Department of Public Safety and the department's director, The Missouri Attorney General's office said Friday...
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Out of the past: Feb. 18
(Out of the Past ~ 02/18/20)
Mercantile Bancorporation Inc. plans to expand its presence in Southeast Missouri through a merger with AmeriFirst Bancorporation, headquartered in Sikeston, Missouri; AmeriFirst Bancorporation is the holding company for AmeriFirst Bank, which has two offices in Sikeston and a branch office in Cape Girardeau...
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Births 2/18/20
(Births ~ 02/18/20)
Daughter to Christopher and Michelle Claxton of Jackson, Southeast Hospital, 5:28 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10, 2020. Name, Natalie Jade. Weight, 5 pounds, 11 ounces. Third child, second daughter. Mrs. Claxton is the daughter of Lisa Holmes of Cape Girardeau and Gary McMim of Jackson. She is a homemaker. Claxton is a CDL driver with Provider Plus...
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“Ideas, Thoughts and God Stories”
(Submitted Story ~ 02/18/20)
Morning! I’m a 63 year old resident of Sikeston and I’ve written a book.. a 365 page “devotional” that began as a spark in my heart about 15 years ago and finally in Jan 2019 I set a goal to put “pen to paper!” It’s a book that I hope offers the reader a glimpse of the sweetness of Jesus in our daily lives and also offers a bit of joy and a smile .....
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