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Sponsored: First Missouri State Bank Offers Solutions for Business Banking
(B Magazine ~ 05/25/24)
When businesses partner with First Missouri State Bank for their financial needs, they will have little to no fees. With First Missouri State Bank’s Business Online, services include ACH/Payroll, which allows businesses to make payroll, vendor payments and accept payments from customers quickly and efficiently...
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Today in History: May 25
(Local News ~ 05/25/24)
Today is Saturday, May 25, the 146th day of 2024. There are 220 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a Black man, was killed when a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck for about 9 1/2 minutes while Floyd was handcuffed and pleading that he couldn’t breathe; Floyd’s death, captured on video by a bystander, would lead to worldwide protests, some of which turned violent, and a reexamination of racism and policing in the U.S.. ...
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Zerilda Hays Byrne: A lady of noble lineage, Part 2
(Column ~ 05/25/24)
I continue with the Byrne family. Zerilda, the daughter of Cape Girardeau District Sheriff John Hays and her husband, Judge Peter Byrne, lived on their sizable plantation named Whitehall near the Elmwood estate of Louis Houck. As did their Houck neighbors, the Byrne couple managed their plantation through slave labor. At the time of Peter’s death, probate records show Whitehall was the home of eight slaves: Joe, Mary, Alice, Lizzy, Jane, Felia, Charley and Derry. Another slave, Abraham, was inherited by Zerilda when her father John died in 1836.
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Adopt Dakota
(Community ~ 05/25/24)
Dakota is female that is about 3 years old. She is shut but sweet and needs a calm home and warm lap. If you have room in your heart and home for Dakota or any other pet, visit us at 359 Cree Lane near Jackson any weekday or weekend from 8 a.m. to noon. Visitors are always welcome to play with our pets.
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Senior Center Menus for May 28-31
(Community ~ 05/25/24)
Cape Girardeau/Scott City Monday: Center closed for Memorial day. Tuesday: Lasagna or chicken Tetrazzini, glazed carrots, garden salad, whole-grain garlic bread and citrus fruit salad or cook's choice dessert.
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Is this apple good to eat?
(Column ~ 05/25/24)
The big green apple in this photo is the fruit of a plant commonly known as the May apple. The May apple plant is a native woodland wildflower that grows in colonies from a single root system. Lying dormant underground during winter, in spring it pushes a stem up through the forest floor. It blooms in April and produces a green apple in May that typically ripens in June. All parts of the May apple are poisonous.
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How’s your garden doing?
(Column ~ 05/25/24)
How’s your garden doing with all the moisture we’ve been having? One thing we can’t complain about is that things are dry. We’ve had quite a bit of rain, and it hasn’t come as a gully washer which is good. The weather has a huge part to play in how our garden crops and the farmers’ fields produce. We normally don’t water our corn or potatoes except when it’s really dry, so this year we haven’t had to be concerned.
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Club news 5-25-24
(Community ~ 05/25/24)
Town & Country FCE Minutes The Town and Country FCE club met Saturday, May 18, at Red Lobster in Cape Girardeau for lunch and a short business meeting. The meeting was called to order by Mary Klaproth, president. She reported that Lois Sebaugh had delivered 26 “Books for Newborns” to Mercy Hospital Southeast in Cape Girardeau.
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Local women go to Kentucky Derby
(Submitted Photo ~ 05/25/24)
Rhonda Moore of Oak Ridge and Valerie Wondrick of Cape Girardeau attended the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky, recently. It was Wondrick's lifetime dream and first time to attend and Moore's second time to see the race. It was a three-day event for them which included the 150th Kentucky Oaks Race where fillies run and everyone tries to wear pink for cancer survivors.
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Saint Francis Foundation recognizes Richardet
(Submitted Story ~ 05/25/24)
Saint Francis Found-ation recognized Lynn richardet and Richardet Floor Covering with a Donor of Distinction Award for leadership giving. The award was presented at Grace Notes, an annual donor appreciation dinner hosted by the Foundation.
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Commencement chaos
(Column ~ 05/25/24)
If you have not heard by now, Harrison Butker, the kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, was highly criticized for voicing Catholic beliefs during a commencement speech at a Catholic college. He said many things that could be considered political by today’s standards. In our society, it is not the clergy, but politicians who have taken up the mantle of being the primary instructors of morality. When clergy attempt to speak on moral issues, they are dismissed as being politically divisive. Only one viewpoint is tolerable. If you are too conservative, you will be labeled, mocked, and possibly cancelled.
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Remember
(Column ~ 05/25/24)
The writer of Psalm 77 is greatly discouraged, overwhelmed and alone. They feel deep and great discomfort in their soul. Worse, they feel that God has abandoned them when they need Him the most. To which many of us reading the Psalm would say we have felt similar.
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Immaculate Conception Catholic School 4th quarter honor roll
(Honor Roll ~ 05/25/24)
A Honor Roll 4th grade: Dirk Barnes, Ryder Broch, Remi Bruenderman, Audra Brunke, Adam DuBois, Jr., Susan Eftink, Lyla Ford, Madelyn Meier, Logan Moore, Caroline Rosenquist, Milo Tornetto.
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Guardian Angel School 4th quarter honor roll
(Honor Roll ~ 05/25/24)
Super Students Kindergarten: Berkley Dennis, Caroline Eskew, August Graviett, Caroline Kyle, Tuck McClard, Presley Pinkston, Jude Seabaugh, Sadie Seyer, Clara Vetter. 1st Grade: Brooks Curry, Gibson Curry, Sawyer Dirnberger, Fisher Gadberry, Teagan King, Jameson Levan, Lucas Luttrull, Mae Roper, Lane Seyer, Case Taylor, Tennyson VanGennip, Michael Weathers, Trase Webb, Victor Woods.
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Prayer 5-25-24
(Prayer ~ 05/25/24)
Lord Jesus, thank you for our veterans and bless those currently serving. Amen.
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How my son encouraged me to experience more new things
(Column ~ 05/25/24)
My 8-year-old son likes rocks. He wants to know how different stones form, how they get their color, where they’re found and the folklore surrounding their properties. I, too, love stones. My jewelry collection spans the decades and is filled with gems such as turquoise, smokey quartz, carnelian and picture jasper. My son flipped through my encyclopedia of stones and gems and placed a sticky note on every page that described a stone we had in the house.
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Saluting America’s champions
(Column ~ 05/25/24)
We can argue forever about left-right politics and why the country is going to ruin. But it is Memorial Day weekend. Let’s forget the endless political warfare being waged in Washington, D.C.
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Paul Flanagin
(Obituary ~ 05/25/24)
Paul R. Flanagin, 85, of Jackson passed away peacefully with his daughter and granddaughters at his side Friday, May 17, 2024, at Newbridge Retirement Community. He was born Feb. 20, 1939, in Jackson to Verba and Charles Flanagin. He married the love of his life, Hulda Marie Kimbel Flanagin, on Dec. 27, 1958. They had been married 61 years, when Hulda passed away Feb. 7, 2020...
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