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Cape Girardeau County commission agenda 3/9/20
(Local News ~ 03/09/20)
Approval of minutes n Minutes for March 5 Communications/reports n Purchase order approval request No. 27 to UMB Bank for direct payment to Missouri Vocational Enterprises (MVE)...
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Woman home from Italy Is 1st Missouri coronavirus case
(State News ~ 03/09/20)
ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis-area woman who recently traveled to Italy is Missouri’s first confirmed coronavirus case, officials said Saturday. The woman is in her 20s and is at home with her parents, St. Louis County Executive Sam Page, a physician, said during a news conference with Gov. Mike Parson. She was returning home from Italy when she showed symptoms...
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Friends of Saint Francis hosts fifth annual gala
(Local News ~ 03/09/20)
“When you’re in a tough spot, you need a friend.” That’s how Saint Francis Foundation vice president Jimmy Wilferth described the Friends of Saint Francis during its fifth annual The Friends Gala on Saturday night. A entity of the Saint Francis Foundation, Friends of Saint Francis helps to connect community members in need with medical resources...
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Seabees gather for 78th birthday celebration at veterans memorial in Perryville
(Local News ~ 03/09/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — A local veterans group celebrated the 78th anniversary of the Seabees with a birthday celebration Saturday morning at the Missouri’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Perryville. A hybrid of the Navy and Marine branches of the military, the Seabees are the naval Construction Battalion that has been involved in World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam War, the Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan...
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Business Notebook: Tax receipts on pace to generate more money than previous years
(Business ~ 03/09/20)
After a little more than halfway into the 2020 fiscal year, Cape Girardeau's hotel and restaurant tax receipts are running well ahead of last year and are on pace to generate more money than any previous year. Through the first seven months of FY20, July 2019 to January 2020, the city's hotel tax had generated $501,767.13 and was nearly 9% ahead of FY19, when the tax generated a total of $787,752.54 for the entire year...
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Medical marijuana expo shows Missouri ready to meet demand
(Business ~ 03/09/20)
ST. LOUIS -- At first glance, the trade show at Union Station in St. Louis last week looked like any other home-and-garden show or perhaps a farm-equipment expo with vendors lining the exhibit hall with displays of irrigation equipment, greenhouse supplies and fertilizer products...
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Missouri to hold presidential preference primary Tuesday
(Local News ~ 03/09/20)
Missouri voters will head to the polls Tuesday for the presidential preference primary election. Here’s where and when to find the polls in the area. According to the Missouri Secretary of State’s website, all polling locations across the state are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Election Day. Voters in line at closing time have the right to cast votes. ...
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Southeast alumna evacuated, describes fear, panic in China during coronavirus outbreak
(Local News ~ 03/09/20)
When Southeast Missouri State University alumna Ashley Books accepted an invitation to serve as an English teacher with the Peace Corps in China, she was told to “make it her home.” Less than a year later, she was evacuated and forced to leave her new home in fear caused by the coronavirus outbreak...
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River Campus to expand, renovate Cape Restaurant Supply as art complex
(Local News ~ 03/09/20)
The River Campus at Southeast Missouri State University will soon include an art complex to house ceramics, sculpture and painting students, further unifying the Holland College of Arts and Media to better meet accreditation recommendations...
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From the Business Desk ... Next generation takes over Busch's Kennel; Hat World Lids co-founder Glenn Campbell to retire
(Business ~ 03/09/20)
As a dog owner, I periodically need to board my pooch when my wife and I take off for a rare weekend getaway or when life is a little too hectic -- like when our granddaughter, Emmy Kate, was born a few weeks ago. I tend to use several area kennels for our boarding needs depending on which facility can accommodate Rowdy, our border collie. (What can I say? I retired from Southeast Missouri State University's alumni relations department, so I couldn't help but name him "Rowdy," which he is.)...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/09/20)
Today is Monday, March 9, the 69th day of 2020. There are 297 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 9, 1945, during World War II, U.S. B-29 bombers began launching incendiary bomb attacks against Tokyo, resulting in an estimated 100,000 deaths...
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North Carolina woman goes to jail for 100th birthday
(National News ~ 03/09/20)
ROXBORO, N.C. — For her 100th birthday, Ruth Bryant crossed a significant item off her bucket list. She went to jail. The Person County Sheriff’s Office helped fulfill Bryant’s unusual wish when two deputies showed up at her assisted living facility to serve her a warrant charging her with indecent exposure, news outlets reported. ...
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North Korea fires weapons after threatening 'momentous' action
(International News ~ 03/09/20)
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea fired three unidentified projectiles off its east coast today, South Korea's military said, two days after the North threatened to take "momentous" action to protest outside condemnation over its earlier live-fire exercises...
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Pot entrepreneurs flocking to the Bible Belt for low taxes
(National News ~ 03/09/20)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- From their keen taste for sun-ripened pot to their first meeting at a pro-marijuana rally in college in the 1990s, everything about Chip and Jessica Baker fits the stereotype of cannabis country in Northern California, where they lived for 20 years...
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Speak Out 3/9/20
(Speak Out ~ 03/09/20)
Public libraries no longer serve a viable purpose anymore. They were set up at a time when people had no access to books. Nobody reads books anymore. I know they are trying new things like free public Internet or community service. But if its original purpose is no longer necessary, why throw away money in the hope of finding a new purpose. Shut them down...
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Beware of socialism
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/09/20)
When India won independence from Great Britain in 1947, Jawahar Lal Nehru became free India's first prime minister. He was a great admirer of Soviet Union and a confirmed Socialist. He took charge of a huge bureaucracy left behind by the British and run by Indians...
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Steps to prevent spread of COVID-19 also good general health tips
(Editorial ~ 03/09/20)
Stories about COVID-19 continue to raise questions as the worldwide total surpassed 100,000 people late last week. Less than a quarter of a percent of these cases are in the United States. Still, it's important to take steps that can mitigate the spread of disease...
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Steven Pledger
(Obituary ~ 03/09/20)
Steven Christopher Pledger, 54, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, March 6, 2020, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Aug. 22, 1965, in Cape Girardeau to James and Maryann Oehlert Pledger. He and Stephanie Smith were married Jan. 17, 2009, in Cape Girardeau...
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Barbara McClanahan
(Obituary ~ 03/09/20)
Barbara Ann Cossou McClanahan, 77, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, March 7, 2020, at her home surrounded by loved ones, following a long struggle with Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 9 to 10 a.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home...
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Sandra Lemons
(Obituary ~ 03/09/20)
Sandra Janiece Lemons, 81, of Jackson died Sunday, March 8, 2020, at The Villas of Jackson. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Burial will be at a later date in Kentucky...
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Weldon Hilpert
(Obituary ~ 03/09/20)
Weldon David Hilpert, 79, of Jackson died Saturday, March 7, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. A memorial visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church, with the Rev. Weston Wildauer officiating...
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Jack and Barbara Cathcart
(Obituary ~ 03/09/20)
The Rev. Jack L. Cathcart, 87, and Barbara Cathcart, 87, of Cape Girardeau both died Friday, March 6, 2020, at their home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau...
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Missouri lawmakers consider guidelines for delivery robots
(State News ~ 03/09/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers are considering new guidelines to regulate delivery robots that may soon be roaming St. Louis and other communities in the state. The proposed law is aimed at allowing the small, cooler-sized delivery units to navigate successfully between pedestrians and motorists without any intervention, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Mary Ann Bonifield
(Obituary ~ 03/09/20)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — Mary Ann Bonifield, 97, of Charleston died Saturday, March 7, 2020, at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Aug. 31, 1922, in Datto, Arkansas, to the late C.E. Morgan and Pearl E. Fears Morgan, she had lived in Commerce, Missouri, for a number of years, where she was a member of the St. Paul United Methodist Church. She had lived in Charleston since 2003...
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Prayer 3/9/20
(Prayer ~ 03/09/20)
O Lord Jesus, may we stand firm in the face of adversity for what is right. Amen.
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Out of the past: March 9
(Out of the Past ~ 03/09/20)
The Del-Farm store on South Sprigg Street would remain open as a second Schnucks grocery in a deal reached between Schnucks and the Federal Trade Commission; no timetable has been set for Del-Farm to become a Schnucks store, but it probably would be some time after the 60-day period the FTC set before the tentative agreement becomes permanent...
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Jackson 8th Grade Girls Volleyball team wins Scott City Tournament
(Submitted Story ~ 03/09/20)
The Jackson 8th-grade girl's volleyball team won the Scott City Tournament this past weekend.
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