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AP-NORC poll: Most unvaccinated Americans don't want shots
(National News ~ 07/24/21)
Most Americans who haven't been vaccinated against COVID-19 say they are unlikely to get the shots and doubt they would work against the aggressive delta variant despite evidence they do, according to a new poll that underscores the challenges facing public health officials amid soaring infections in some states...
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Giboney's 1890 fire claim
(Column ~ 07/24/21)
In an 1891 court case, Robert T. Giboney testified that he had filed a claim with German Insurance Co. of New York for fire damage to his farming equipment and stacks of hay. He asked for $300 plus 10% damages, and that previous receipts be canceled. ...
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Valedictorian wants to share her title
(Local News ~ 07/24/21)
BELL CITY, Mo. -- Bell City High School Class of 2021 valedictorian Mia Dembowski wants to share her title. Dembowski is advocating for the school district to change its process of choosing the top senior student. She suggests the valedictorian title be earned by any student who meets certain requirements, not as the student with the absolute highest grade point average (GPA)...
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Homecomers returns to Jackson after 1-year hiatus
(Local News ~ 07/24/21)
After a one-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jackson Homecomers returns with five days festivities, starting Tuesday. The festival will feature carnival rides, food tents, beer gardens and entertainment. David Hitt, member of the Homecomers Committee, said Jackson's American Legion Post No. 158, the event's sponsoring organization, was glad to bring the annual festival back to the people of Southeast Missouri after a year off due to the coronavirus pandemic...
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St. Louis city and county to require masks in some places
(State News ~ 07/24/21)
O'FALLON, Mo. -- St. Louis city and county officials say they will require masks in some public places starting Monday., citing a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases spurred by the delta variant. Masks will be mandatory in indoor public places and on public transportation for everyone age 5 or older, even for those who are vaccinated, officials said in a news release on Friday. Masking outdoors "will be strongly encouraged," especially in group settings...
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Greek Revival home tells story of family's history
(Community ~ 07/24/21)
In 1867, German immigrant George Christian Thilenius bought a 9.56-acre plot of land for $1,000 in Cape Girardeau to build a home for his family. Nearly 150 years later, his family still lives there. Julia Jones lives in the house with her husband, Mike Jones, and the youngest of her three sisters. ...
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Out of the past: July 24
(Out of the Past ~ 07/24/21)
It took more than one volunteer effort to move a 24-ton caboose from the railroad tracks running through Scott City to its last stop as a tourist center just off Main Street; the caboose was donated to the city by Southern Pacific Railroad and delivered July 13 with just one condition: it had to be removed from the tracks within five days; and while the Scott City group that has been working on the plan didn't quite meet that deadline, it did manage to move the caboose off the track and onto a stand about 20 feet from the line; there it will become a center for tourists to enjoy the railroad history of Scott City.. ...
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Adams-50 years
(Anniversary ~ 07/24/21)
William and Vera Kay Adams of Cape Girardeau will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary July 31 with weekend festivities with their daughters and their spouses. Adams and Vera Kay Abney were married July 31, 1971, at Southside Baptist Church, with the Rev. John Marshall performing the ceremony. Carol Walker was maid of honor, and bridesmaids were Judy Nothum and Carolyn Summers. The best man was James Boley, with groomsmen Leon Abny and Lonnie Seabaugh...
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Thoughts on forgiveness
(Community ~ 07/24/21)
Mia Pohlman, July 25 Brueghel paintings are marvelous. Have you seen one? In many of them, there are a multitude of individual people portrayed as they live their daily lives, and each person has a story -- one might be slaughtering a hog and two might be gossiping next to him as children ice skate nearby and at least 50 others surround them, all participating in their own individual and varied tasks. ...
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Adopt Alastair 7-25-21
(Community ~ 07/24/21)
Submitted by Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary This little guy is Alastair. He is 12 weeks old and in need of a loving, forever home. If you are ready for a rewarding experience, come see us at Safe Harbor. Call (573) 243-9823.
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Getting old isn't fun
(Column ~ 07/24/21)
There are a few things in life that pretty much all of us have to go through: We have to be born, and we have to die. The length of time in between can be real short, or it can stretch on for a century plus a few years. I think the average lifespan in the U.S. ...
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Club news 7-25-21
(Community News ~ 07/24/21)
The Town and Country FCE Club met July 8 at the University of Missouri Extension Center for its annual picnic. The club had 15 guests for the gathering. The meal consisted of fried chicken from Food Giant and various side dishes brought by club members...
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A soldier eats a blackberry
(Column ~ 07/24/21)
Summertime is the time to look for wild blackberries. Starting in mid-July and extending for about a month, native wild blackberries ripen in Southeast Missouri. Wild blackberries are borne on long, thorny, woody stems. When ripe, these blackberries are sweet and edible...
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Jesus and Q&A
(Column ~ 07/24/21)
Something a person should learn in writing for a newspaper is to make sure a pronoun clearly refers to its correct antecedent. Case in point: I recently saw a large welcome sign at the Indiana-Ohio border. The placard carried the emblem of the Buckeye State plus the following declarative sentence -- "Find it here."...
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The breastplate of righteousness
(Column ~ 07/24/21)
Last week I began writing about the Armor of God found in Ephesians, Chapter 6. The belt of truth was the first thing Christians are instructed to put on as they prepare for spiritual warfare. For decades, I have heard people say that truth is relative. ...
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Just thinking
(Column ~ 07/24/21)
Do you know what you think about all day, and how much those thoughts impact your being? Little do we know how important it is to mentally keep track of what's going on inside our heads? Studies have shown that the direction in which our thoughts lead us often determines the condition of our physical and psychological health. ...
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FYI 7-25-21
(Community ~ 07/24/21)
The Cape Girardeau Public Library will hold a virtual event, Spice life: Sumac, from 1 to 1:30 p.m. Monday. Pick up a sample of sumac, a wild edible found here in Missouri, and learn a little more about it. For even more information, check out the library's Facebook page for the archived live stream of the Campfire Cooking program that was done with the Conservation Nature Center on July 20. ...
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Senior Center Menus for July 26-30
(Community ~ 07/24/21)
Cape Girardeau Senior Center is open for carryout and delivery only. Monday: Ham slice or poppy seed chicken casserole, sweet potatoes, black-eyed peas, whole-grain hot roll and sugar-freed baked pineapple or Oreo cheesecake. Tuesday: Barbecued chicken or bell pepper steak, oven-fried okra, golden hominy, whole-grain hot roll and chilled apricots or dusted lemon bar...
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Firefighters officially end search in tragic Florida condo collapse
(National News ~ 07/24/21)
MIAMI -- Firefighters officially ended their search for bodies in the debris of the collapsed Surfside condo building on Friday, even as police and forensic specialists continue working to identify human remains. Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah told The Associated Press that the fire department's role in recovering remains at the collapsed Surfside condominium has finished. They left the site in a convoy of fire engines and other vehicles and drove slowly to their headquarters...
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Pelosi says 'deadly serious' Jan. 6 probe to proceed
(National News ~ 07/24/21)
WASHINGTON -- Unfazed by Republican threats of a boycott, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared that a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection will take on its "deadly serious" work whether Republicans participate or not...
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Western wildfires: Crews make progress on huge Oregon blaze
(National News ~ 07/24/21)
BLY, Ore. -- The nation's largest wildfire raged through southern Oregon on Friday but crews were scaling back some night operations as hard work and weaker winds helped reduce the spread of flames even as wildfires continued to threaten homes in neighboring California...
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Delta variant hitting Kansas City area
(State News ~ 07/24/21)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- As the delta variant of COVID-19 makes its way through the Kansas City area, the region's medical leaders appear to be on the verge of calling for new mask mandates. Dr. Steve Stites, chief medical officer at the University of Kansas Health System, said that region is seeing a big increase in patients, the Kansas City Star reported...
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Biden's baleful border betrayal
(Column ~ 07/24/21)
Is there anything the left won't blame on their fantastical scapegoat, climate change? Don't bet on it. Their latest dodge is blaming the border crisis, which they created, on the climate crisis, which they invented. A Politico article is headlined, "It's Not a Border Crisis. It's a Climate Crisis." That's a convenient twofer. Never let an opportunity to blame a crisis on climate change go to waste. Well played...
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Speak Out 7-25-21
(Speak Out ~ 07/24/21)
For all those people spreading the lie that the COVID-19 vaccine does not stop COVID-19, answer one question: Why are 99% of those getting COVID-19 now only the unvaccinated? It is sad that a true American hero like Dr. Anthony Fauci is treated so badly. ...
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Prayer 7-25-21
(Prayer ~ 07/24/21)
Lord Jesus, we rejoice and are forever thankful, for you are our mighty Savior. Amen.
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The perverse agenda of Black Lives Matter
(Column ~ 07/24/21)
Since the new wave of race consciousness that has been sweeping our country, precipitated by the graphic video of the killing of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin, something very strange has happened. Somehow, what is perceived as a problem has become widely understood to be the solution. And it is endangering our country...
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Out of the past: July 25
(Out of the Past ~ 07/24/21)
Cape Girardeau has maintained its aging school buildings well but should close May Greene, Washington and Louis J. Schultz schools and build a new elementary school, a facilities review committee suggests; the 35-member committee will make its final report tonight to the school board; after touring each of the district's 10 school buildings, some of which are at least 75 years old, the subcommittee groups made recommendations and then incorporated them into a comprehensive plan...
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Clement Wille
(Obituary ~ 07/24/21)
Clement O. Wille, 84, of Jackson passed away Thursday, July 22, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 15, 1936, in Tilsit, son of Jesse and Lulu Baer Wille. He and Verla Mae Sides were married June 29, 1957, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson...
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Susan Westrich
(Obituary ~ 07/24/21)
Susan Marie Westrich, 50, of Oak Ridge died Wednesday, July 21, 2021, at her home. She was born June 18, 1971, in Adair County, Missouri, to Kenneth and Clara Marie Wright. She was married to Alan Ray Westrich on Feb. 7, 2003, in Benton, Missouri. He preceded her in death Nov. 24, 2017...
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Carol Trock
(Obituary ~ 07/24/21)
Carol Jean Trock, 74, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, July 20, 2021, at her home. She was born Dec. 7, 1946, in Chicago to Robert W. and Virginia Hill Warning. She and Cyril "Cy" Trock were married June 8, 1968, in Cape Girardeau. She received a Bachelor of Science in Home Economics from Southeast Missouri State University...
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John Stinson
(Obituary ~ 07/24/21)
John Willard Stinson, 77, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, July 21, 2021, at his home. He was born Oct. 14, 1943, in Wiscasset, Maine, to William and Mary Boudin Stinson. He attended Spartan School of Aeronautics in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he met his first wife, Nancy. She preceded him in death in 2009...
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Scott Stearns
(Obituary ~ 07/24/21)
Scott Duane Stearns, 51, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, July 21, 2021. Scott was born Oct. 28, 1969 to Virgil Ray and Minnie Rose Sievers Stearns. He spent his childhood playing sports, delivering newspapers, mowing yards -- anything he could to help his mom, who lost her husband Jan. 24, 1970, shortly after Scott's birth...
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Don Sester
(Obituary ~ 07/24/21)
Edward Don Sester, 71, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, July 22, 2021, at his home after an extended illness. He was born Jan. 20, 1950, in Bethesda, Maryland, to Edward Loren and Ellen Gilliam Sester. He and Jo Ann Kuehn were married July 25, 1998, at Cape Girardeau...
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Karen Schack
(Obituary ~ 07/24/21)
Karen R. Schack, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, July 21, 2021, at her home. She was born May 6, 1938, in Oran, Missouri, to John A. and Mabel Stuckey Hayden. She and Malcolm Schack were married June 21, 1957, at Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death Jan. 27, 2017...
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Vicki Huffman
(Obituary ~ 07/24/21)
GRASSY, Mo. -- Vicki Ellen Huffman, 66, of Grassy, died July 21, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau Visitation will be from 3 to 6 p.m. Monday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, Missouri. Funeral will be at 6 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Otis Long officiating...
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Robert Hacker
(Obituary ~ 07/24/21)
BREWER, Mo. -- Robert Wayne Hacker, 78, of Brewer died on Thursday, July 22, 2021, at his home. A memorial service will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. July 31 at Hill of Peace Lutheran Church in Friedenberg, Missouri, with the Rev. Matthew Marks officiating...
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Norman Glastetter
(Obituary ~ 07/24/21)
Norman Glastetter, 84, formerly of New Hamburg, Missouri, and most recently of Cape Girardeau, passed away Saturday, July 17, 2021, at his home. He was born April 9, 1937, in New Hamburg, son of Theon Wendolin and Slyvia Marie Welter Glastetter. Norman proudly served in the National Guard and worked for many years as a manufacturer representative for United Shoe Machinery Co. from which he retired...
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Sharon Cairns
(Obituary ~ 07/24/21)
PERRYVILLE, MO. -- Sharon F. Cairns, 68, of Perryville, died Thursday, July 22, 2021 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and 6:30 to 8 a.m. Wednesday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville, Missouri...
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Martha Bender
(Obituary ~ 07/24/21)
Martha Ellen Stovall Bender died peacefully surrounded by her loving family early Wednesday, July 21, 2021, at 92 years of age. She was born Sept. 28, 1928, in Jackson to Mattie Morton Stovall and Earl Wilson Stovall Sr. Martha graduated from Jackson High School in 1946. ...
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Hutson-50 years
(Anniversary ~ 07/24/21)
Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Hutson Jr. celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary June 26. Hutson and the former Linda K. Schlamer were married June 26, 1971, at First Baptist Church in Thebes, Illinois, by the late Rev. Charles Shumate. Their attendants were Vickie Schlamer Hannan, Marcella Peters, Carl E. Peters and the late Michael R. Cook...
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