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Supply chain economics and how local trucking companies are responding
(B Magazine ~ 01/06/22)
One of the big business challenges of the last year can be summed up in two words: supply chain. Defined as the network between a supplier and business before it reaches a customer, supply chains impact everything from retail items at the local grocery store to parts for manufacturers and numerous areas in between...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda for 1/6/21
(Local News ~ 01/06/22)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. today 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Minutes of stated meeting of Dec. 30 Appointments and possible action items n None at this time Discussion and possible action n Request to bid for HVAC for juvenile office...
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Benton teen pleads guilty to murder charge
(Local News ~ 01/06/22)
A teen has entered a guilty plea in the 2020 murder of an Advance, Missouri, man. According to Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Russ Oliver, on Monday, Evan Schrader of Benton, Missouri, entered a guilty plea to the charges of second-degree murder and first-degree robbery related to the Jan. 28, 2020, homicide of Robert Harwood in Advance. The case was on a change of venue to Cape Girardeau County...
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Recipes perfect for the 12th Night of Christmas
(Community ~ 01/06/22)
Christmas day has come and gone but we are still in the Christmas season as we finish the 12 days of Christmas, and New Year's Eve celebrations are also behind us, so it is time to take a moment to dedicate a meal to Jan. 6, Epiphany or 12th Night...
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Illinois-based clothing company Grind Hustle Motivation starts new podcast
(Local News ~ 01/06/22)
When Illinois native brothers Cameryn and Jordan Curtis started clothing company GHM (Grind Hustle Motivation) in 2018, their plan behind the clothing was to spread motivation and positivity. They're now looking to also do that with new podcast, also titled "Grind Hustle Motivation."...
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Better than all the rest
(Community ~ 01/06/22)
Though the year just gone by was, I hope, better for you than the year before it, for many it was still a difficult one. Yet, even in a difficult year there are some pleasant memories, and for me most of them revolve around recipes. So keeping with custom I offer a list of favorite recipes from last year. ...
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Public Works prepares for winter weather
(Local News ~ 01/06/22)
Cape Girardeau Public Works Department is ready for winter weather, according to Public Works assistant director Casey Brunke. "We're confident we'll have enough folks to do what we need to do, particularly for this event," Brunke said Wednesday of the 1 to 3 inches of snow forecast for today...
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Some Southeast Missourian print subscribers to receive Thursday edition on Friday
(Local News ~ 01/06/22)
Due to equipment problems, subscribers who receive the Southeast Missourian via mail will not be receiving a Thursday newspaper today. Rack, store and carrier copies were unaffected. “Both the Southeast Missourian’s primary and backup labeling machines, which print or affix labels to the mail copies went down,” said circulation manager Mark Kneer. ...
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You won't go astray beyond the buffet
(Community ~ 01/06/22)
"New Year, New Me" always seems like an exercise in futility to me. Don't get me wrong, I am an optimist, a mostly happy person, and I do keep trying to improve myself, but I don't want a completely new me. I want to strive for new experiences, new knowledge, new joy and awe, but that doesn't mean I place a greater value on the new than those experiences, learnings and joys that have come before. ...
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Jackson School District pays $4 million in long-running lawsuit
(Local News ~ 01/06/22)
Jackson School District recently paid more than $4 million as part of a long-running lawsuit, according to an email sent to the district’s employees. The payment came after the state Supreme Court denied an appellate court application in the case. The lawsuit stems from 2008 construction of the Events Center at the district’s high school and concerns water/weather damage to the center’s “cementitious roof deck.”...
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Wayne Wallingford's former seat one of multiple vacancies in Missouri House
(Local News ~ 01/06/22)
As of today, six of the 163 seats in the lower house of the Missouri General Assembly do not have representatives — with all six unfilled seats previously held by the GOP. Republicans now hold 108 House seats because of the vacancies, one shy of the 109 GOP members needed to override any potential legislative vetoes by Gov. Mike Parson — if there is no Democratic support...
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John Voss to run for Wallingford's former state legislator seat
(Local News ~ 01/06/22)
Former Cape Girardeau City Councilman John Voss, who retired in 2019 after a 33-year career with Procter & Gamble, announced Tuesday he will run for the Missouri House District 147 seat vacated Sunday by Wayne Wallingford, the new director of the state's Department of Revenue...
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Lengthy boil order in Cape County district persists for two weeks
(Local News ~ 01/06/22)
A boil order issued to customers of a Cape Girardeau County water supply district is still in effect two weeks after it began Dec. 22. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issued a boil order for customers of Cape Girardeau County Public Water Supply District (PWSD) #2 after a source water sample revealed the presence of E. coli bacteria...
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Prime Time Living: UFOs and USOs
(01/06/22)
“UFOs? As in the type that accidentally deposited ET on Earth back in 1982?” That was my response last month to a friend recommending a book she had just read. She explained UFOs referred to “unfinished objects” of the hand-crafted type; because I shared here in TBY in November 2021 that one of my goals for 2022 was to use up my stashes of yarn and scrapbook supplies, she thought I’d find the book “inspirational.”...
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Why I Hunt
(01/06/22)
My introduction to the waterfowler’s world began when I was in high school, and it has been a part of my life even more so for the past 20 years. Overall, pursuing ducks and geese is something I enjoy, and having a hunting dog along makes the sport more complete...
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Grandparenting: Stories from local grandparents
(01/06/22)
Grandpa, grandma, papa, nana, grampa and gigi: There is an abundance of names associated with the cherished role of grandparent, just as there is an abundance of ways to fulfill this role. No single guidebook exists on how to navigate each particular, unique grandparent/grandchild relationship. As with parenting and life, grandparenting is a continual learning process founded in love and care...
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Chronicles from the Care Center: Dr. Dan Cotner reflects on life of service
(01/06/22)
This story is part of an ongoing series called “Chronicles from the Care Center,” in which people who live in care centers throughout Southeast Missouri tell the stories of their lives. This is the first installment. In 1923, the President of the United States was Warren G. Harding. A gallon of milk cost 53 cents, and a loaf of bread was just 7 cents. That same year, TIME Magazine was first published, Yankee Stadium opened and the Walt Disney Company was founded...
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Filming Sock TV: Jamie Mayfield influences community of knitters across the world
(01/06/22)
California, Arizona, Georgia. Missouri, Minnesota, Connecticut. Canada, the U.K., Holland. It’s 9 a.m. on a Friday morning, and Jamie Mayfield is connecting with people from across the country and world via Sock TV, her YouTube program through which she teaches people how to knit using the Tru-Knit knitting machine she designed. Through the show, she has built a community of approximately 1,000 subscribers from all walks of life and geographic regions who love to knit...
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Senior Moments: Making resolutions
(01/06/22)
I’ve never been a big fan of New Year’s resolutions. I have piles of memories of being handed black-and-white internet printouts that asked grade-school me to list the top three changes I wanted to make in my life. My class would spend 20 minutes discussing how we were going to eat more vegetables, do the dishes after dinner and finish all our homework as soon as we got home after school. ...
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Just Off or On: Navigating the adventure of “smart” technology
(01/06/22)
I have that look about me — maybe it is the gray hair, wrinkles or cane — that seems to make people ask, “Do you text?” I admit, I have been pretty low-tech, but consider that, to reach my current age, I’ve had to learn so many different levels of technology. For example, would you know how to use a phone on the party line? Back then, the phone was in a wooden cabinet on the wall, and you turned a crank to call the operator...
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Aging Matters: Let’s Catch Up
(01/06/22)
With the start of a new year, everyone wants to know the changes the year will bring, and for those on Social Security benefits and Medicare, there are a few changes. As most Social Security recipients know, 2022 will bring a cost of living adjustment (COLA) of 5.9%. ...
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Patients threatened by reparations medicine
(Column ~ 01/06/22)
If you're white and middle class, the push for health care "equity" could kill you. Prominent medical organizations and the Biden administration are pushing for rules that will move "disadvantaged" populations to the front of the line for scarce medical resources -- think vaccines, ventilators, monoclonal antibody treatments. That means everyone else waits longer, in some cases too long...
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Prayer 1-6-22
(Prayer ~ 01/06/22)
O Father God, may we act justly, love mercy and walk humbly with you. Amen.
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Why mandates are needed
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/06/22)
I am writing this letter on Jan. 3, 2022. Yesterday this country had a 204% increase in the 14-day average of the number of new cases of Covid-19. Although the 14-day average for deaths declined by 3%, more than 1,200 people died from this disease. At present the COVID-19 Omicron variant is the most contagious form of this disease. ...
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Listen to the community
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/06/22)
I would like to thank our mayor, city council members, and city management for the bonuses paid to all full-time city employees. You saw a need, an opportunity, and acted in a tangible way to demonstrate how much you appreciate the current employees going above-and-beyond to provide excellent customer service during the city employee shortage. I commend you on your wise decision!...
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Births 1/6/21
(Births ~ 01/06/22)
Son to Matthew Todd and Emma Leigh Latham of Jackson, Saint Francis Medical Center, 8:21 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. Name, Denver Michael. Weight, 7 pounds, 15 ounces. Third child, first son. Mrs. Latham is the former Emma Cross, daughter of Tom and Lori Cross of Hartsburg, Illinois. She is a teacher in the Woodland School District. Latham is the son of Mike and Becky Latham of Cape Girardeau. He is a credit analyst at Alliance Bank...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 1/6/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/06/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Jan. 4n Medical assists were made at 10:17 a.m. on Independence Street; 10:55 a.m. on Steven Drive; 1:40 p.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 3 p.m. on Linden Street; 5:33 p.m. on South Kingshighway; 5:37 p.m. on Rock Creek Lane...
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Area Police report 1/6/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/06/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Assault n Assault was reported on William Street. Arrests n A warrant arrest was made. n A warrant arrest was made on South Minnesota Avenue...
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Mac Wilkerson
(Obituary ~ 01/06/22)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Mac Wilkerson, 74, of Marble Hill died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022, at his home. Visitation and funeral will be Monday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Burial will follow in Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...
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Mark Steinhoff
(Obituary ~ 01/06/22)
Mark Lynn Steinhoff of St. Louis, formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away suddenly on New Year's Eve 2021 at Saint Louis University hospital, having suffered a fatal heart attack during an unseasonably warm afternoon walk with his wife, Robin. Mark was a friend to everyone he met, sincerely interested in each person's story and what made them tick. ...
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Paul Seyer
(Obituary ~ 01/06/22)
Paul William Seyer, 68, of Jackson died unexpectedly Monday, Dec. 27, 2021, at home. He was born Aug. 31, 1953, in Cape Girardeau to Lawrence and Dorothy Schaefer Seyer. He graduated from Jackson High School in 1972. Years later, he graduated from Brown's Business College in Cape Girardeau. He worked for the Jackson shoe factory, Cape Sand Co., Rubbermaid and Southeast Hospital until he became disabled...
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Gregory Ruff
(Obituary ~ 01/06/22)
Gregory Cleveland Ruff, 71, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield. Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Gary Riggs
(Obituary ~ 01/06/22)
Gary Riggs, 66, of McClure, Illinois, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022 at his home. A celebration of life will be will be announced at a later date. McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson assisted family with final arrangements...
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Roger Pickett
(Obituary ~ 01/06/22)
Roger Pickett, Cape Girardeau native and long-time California resident, died unexpectedly Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021. Per his wishes, there will be no public services. Announcement is courtesy of Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Harold Menz
(Obituary ~ 01/06/22)
NEW HAMBURG, Mo. -- Harold Menz, son of the late Clemens F. and Loretta A. Westrich Menz, was born Sept. 28, 1939, in New Hamburg and departed this life Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau at the age of 82 years. He was the owner and president of Menz Farm and Grain Supply Inc., a major pork producer in the Midwest for many years. He was also a grain farmer and beef producer...
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Opal Klaproth
(Obituary ~ 01/06/22)
Opal Lange Klaproth, 89, of Jackson passed away Monday, Jan. 3, 2022 at Monticello House in Jackson. She was born Feb. 25, 1932, on the family farm near Tilsit, the daughter of August Otto and Wilhelmina "Minnie" Louise Werner Lange. She and Bobbie "Bob" Lee Klaproth were married Dec. 2, 1951, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit. He preceded her in death July 21, 2013...
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After pardon from governor, McCloskeys want their guns back
(State News ~ 01/06/22)
ST. LOUIS -- The City of St. Louis has not destroyed guns seized months ago from the couple who made headlines by waving the weapons at racial injustice protesters, and the couple is trying to get them back. Robert Dierker of the City Counselor's Office told a judge during a virtual hearing Wednesday the guns taken in 2020 from Mark and Patricia McCloskey have not been disposed of, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Hospital officials discuss sharp increase of COVID-19 cases across Missouri
(State News ~ 01/06/22)
Hospital and health officials across Missouri sounded the alarm Wednesday over sharply increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases, with some saying they are seeing more confirmed cases than at any time since the coronavirus pandemic began. Leaders of Kansas City-area hospitals said in a phone conference they are trying to treat the patients and respond to an intense demand for COVID-19 testing while also facing staffing shortages...
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Missouri 2022 legislative session begins
(State News ~ 01/06/22)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's Republican-led Legislature kicked off the 2022 annual session Wednesday amid a coronavirus surge and during an election year. Seating in House hearing rooms and the chamber is limited to curb the spread of COVID-19. Most hearings in the House and Senate are being livestreamed, with live audio or video when the chambers are in session. Masks are not required in the Capitol...
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Out of the past: Jan. 6
(Out of the Past ~ 01/06/22)
Cape Girardeau County led the region in crashes in 1995 but also in seat-belt usage; Cape Girardeau County ranked 11th in the state in speed-involved crashes and 14th in accidents involving drunk drivers; it ranked 10th in accidents involving drivers under 21 years of age and 11th in accidents involving drivers 55 years of age or older; Cape County had 3,158 accidents in 1995, more than any other Southeast Missouri county...
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Now Read This: “Pump: A Natural History of the Heart,” by Bill Schutt
(01/06/22)
Bill Schutt is quickly becoming one of my favorite nonfiction authors. His writing style brings science and facts to the level of understanding of the everyday individual. His latest title, “Pump: A Natural History of the Heart,” published in 2021, is no exception...
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First Snow 1/06/22
(Submitted Story ~ 01/06/22)
City of Cape Girardeau snow truck came by early to prepare the street for the first snowfall of the year 1/06/22…..Thanks…Wish you did driveways too.
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