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Retailers brace for Black Friday as tax receipts soar
(Business ~ 11/23/20)
Will you be shopping on Black Friday? If so, you're not alone. Major retailers from coast to coast — including many stores in Cape Girardeau, Jackson and the surrounding region — are anticipating big Black Friday turnouts despite recommendations from health authorities and government officials to avoid large gatherings because of the COVID-19 pandemic...
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EDITORIAL: Despite pandemic, Thanksgiving is still an opportunity for gratitude
(Editorial ~ 11/23/20)
Thanksgiving — a time to give thanks, and a time to reflect on what we are grateful for over the past year. Thanksgiving is also typically the start of the celebratory holiday season. For many, 2020 has been a year of shutdowns, of mask-wearing, of isolation and quarantine, of COVID. But there’s always something to be thankful for. ...
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Arts Council hosts annual Christmas craft fair virtually
(Local News ~ 11/23/20)
The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri held the 50th annual Christmas Arts and Crafts Extravaganza this past weekend, marking the first year the event was held virtually. The craft fair was held from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday on boothcentral.com and featured one-of-a-kind, handcrafted items from 26 vendors located all over the United States, including Catapult Creative House, Mistletoe Memories, Russian Winter and more...
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Business Notebook: Be Chosen Academy is 'more than just a gym'; holiday kiosks open; Turner retires
(Business ~ 11/23/20)
Be Chosen Academy, a new athletic training business and fitness facility, opened last week in Cape Girardeau and promises to be "more than just a gym," according to its founder and operator, Kweku Arkorful. Arkorful, familiar to many in the Cape Girardeau area as a youth mentor and co-founder of the Honorable Young Men Club, has combined forces with certified personal trainer Jae Newson to develop what they describe as a "dynamic new boxing program that will empower anyone to achieve their fitness goals.". ...
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SportsTrace aims to help athletes by analyzing video of their movements
(Business ~ 11/23/20)
SportsTrace co-founder Max Montrey first heard of Cape Girardeau while researching where to relocate the business out of Seattle. Montrey and co-founder Alex Gardner were brainstorming, "How can we get a presence closer to the center of the U.S. where our customers are, where we can drive to places and talk to people." It was almost in concert with that session when they came upon the 1ST50K competition, and applied...
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The censorious left is obliterating free speech
(Column ~ 11/23/20)
A lot of things worry me about a Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration, but nothing troubles me more than that it will accommodate the left’s disturbing march toward selective suppression of free speech. Much of the war against this sacred liberty occurs at the level of our culture, but when a leftist-friendly administration is in power, our efforts to combat this culturally will be more difficult...
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Prayer 11-23-20
(Prayer ~ 11/23/20)
Thank you, O Heavenly Father, for family and friends and their blessing on our lives. Amen.
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Speak Out 11/23/20
(Speak Out ~ 11/23/20)
With over 500 COVID cases in the last seven days and the election being over, you’d think the remaining 20% of you who refuse to wear a mask would figure it out. Stop being selfish. Put your mask on or stay at home. And that includes you sports parents. ...
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Contestant dies after completing 'Wipeout' obstacle course
(Entertainment ~ 11/23/20)
LOS ANGELES -- A contestant on "Wipeout" died after completing the game show's obstacle course, authorities and sources close to the production said Friday. The man in his 30s was declared dead at a hospital shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday, Los Angeles County coroner's spokeswoman Sarah Ardalani said. The cause of death has not been released, and the man's name was being withheld until relatives could be notified...
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Dylan papers, including unpublished lyrics, sell for $495K
(Entertainment ~ 11/23/20)
BOSTON -- A long-lost trove of Bob Dylan documents, including the singer-songwriter's musings about anti-Semitism and unpublished song lyrics, has sold at auction for a total of $495,000. Boston-based R.R. Auction said Friday the collection privately held by the late American blues artist Tony Glover, a longtime Dylan friend and confidante, was sold as individual lots Thursday, with a majority of the key pieces going to a bidder whose identity was not made public...
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Biden expected to nominate Blinken as secretary of state
(National News ~ 11/23/20)
WASHINGTON -- President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate Antony Blinken as secretary of state, according to multiple people familiar with the Biden team's planning. Blinken, 58, served as deputy secretary of state and deputy national security adviser during the Obama administration and has close ties with Biden. ...
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Michael Ramsey
(Obituary ~ 11/23/20)
Michael Timothy Ramsey, 37, of Millersville passed away Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, at his home. He was born July 26, 1983, in Cape Girardeau to David L. and Mary J. Bollinger Ramsey. He was a lifelong resident of Millersville and a graduate of Jackson High School. He worked over 12 years as a master mechanic at Coad Toyota in Cape Girardeau...
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James Nenninger
(Obituary ~ 11/23/20)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- James "Jimmy" Edward Nenninger, 68, of Bloomfield passed away Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 19, 1952, in Bloomfield, the son of Edward Henry and Agnes Christine VanGennip Nenninger...
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Rev. Roger Christiansen
(Obituary ~ 11/23/20)
The Rev. Roger Christiansen, 87, of Cape Girardeau met his Savior on Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center, surrounded by his wife and children. He was born Sept. 7, 1933, in Pine Township in Montcalm County, Michigan, to Clarence and Myrtle Elizabeth Slocum Christiansen. He married the love of his life, Twyla Loretha McCollough, on April 14, 1962, in Anderson, Indiana. They were married over 58 years...
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Peggy Borgfield
(Obituary ~ 11/23/20)
Peggy A. Borgfield, 86, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020, at her home. She was born Oct. 3, 1934, in Oak Ridge to Clyde and Mildred Cobble Martin. She and Kenneth Borgfield were married June 7, 1953, in Oak Ridge. Peggy was a graduate of Oak Ridge High School. She retired from K-mart...
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Julie Ann Abernathy
(Obituary ~ 11/23/20)
FARRAR, Mo. -- Julie Ann Abernathy, 58, of Farrar passed away Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 6, 1962, in Great Bend, Kansas, to John and June Simon McLain. June survives in Council Grove, Kansas. She and the Rev. Roger Abernathy were married Feb. 28, 1981, in Grace Lutheran Church in Midland, Texas. He survives in Farrar...
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Out of the past: Nov. 23
(Out of the Past ~ 11/23/20)
Thanksgiving. A "Harley Harley Christmas" is the theme of the Christmas window display at Sample Floor Covering at 401 N. Clark Ave.; this is the seventh year the store has created an animated holiday window display; likewise, Hutson's Fine Furniture reveals its annual animated Christmas window display at 43 S. Main St., featuring electric trains and elves putting the finishing touches on the "Santa Wall of Fame."...
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Jury duty? 'No thanks,' say many because of COVID-19, forcing trials to be delayed
(National News ~ 11/23/20)
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Jury duty notices have set Nicholas Philbrook's home on edge with worries about him contracting the coronavirus and passing it on to his father-in-law, a cancer survivor with diabetes in his mid-70s who is at higher risk of developing serious complications from COVID-19...
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Lanie Black III
(Obituary ~ 11/23/20)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Lanie George Black III, 73, a resident of Charleston died Monday, Nov. 16, 2020, at Winchester Nursing Center in Bernie, Missouri. Born Dec. 30, 1946, in Cairo, Illinois, to Lanie George Jr. and Sue Belle Whitehead Black, Lanie lived his life with an innate but humble calling to make the world he lived in a better place...
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