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RNC defends police as racial tension rises anew BY ZEKE MILLER, JILL COLVIN AND KEVIN FREKING

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BALTIMORE – Republicans aggressively defended law enforcement on the third night of their convention, as the nation faced renewed tensions following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man in Wisconsin, that sparked protests in a state that could decide the fall election. Vice President Mike Pence, the evening’s featured speaker, seized on the national reckoning over racial injustice to argue Democratic leaders are allowing

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Former Cape Girardeau Mayor Jay B. Knudtson, left, reveals a T-shirt resembling his dog, Bella, while board president Charlotte Craig records the moment with her cellphone during the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri groundbreaking of its new 12,000-square-foot facility — right next to its current building — Wednesday in Cape Girardeau. During his speech, Knudtson praised the society for its work and said it is not done yet. About $2 million of the estimated $3.7 million needed for the project has been raised. “The community has to continue to support this,” Knudtson said.

lawlessness to prevail in cities from coast to coast. He and others described cities wracked by violence, though protests in most locations have been largely peaceful. “The American people know we don’t have to choose between supporting law enforcement and standing with African American neighbors to improve the quality of life in our cities and towns,” he said. He also assailed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden for saying there is an “implicit bias” against minorities and “systemic racism” in the U.S. See RNC, Page 7A

Center Junction traffic moving to new pavement beginning next week BY JAY WOLZ

SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN Motorists traveling between Cape Girardeau and Jackson along U.S. 61 through the Center Junction construction zone will be directed onto new pavement running parallel to

the highway’s existing lanes starting next week. According to the Missouri Department of Transportation, the shift to the new lanes is scheduled to happen between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. “That may slide back a day or so depending on the

weather,” said project manager Howard Hemmann of Penzel Construction Co., the project’s general contractor. Hemmann said he’s keeping an eye on Hurricane Laura, which is currently impacting parts of Texas and Louisiana along the Gulf Coast. By this week-

end, remnants of the storm are expected to bring heavy rainfall to the Cape Girardeau area and could delay striping and other ﬁnal preparations along the new stretch of four-lane pavement.

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Vice President Mike Pence speaks on the third day of the Republican National Convention on Wednesday at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine in Baltimore.

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New COVID-19 cases, additional death reported Wednesday COVID-19 coverage

Local, state and nationals coronavirus coverage at semissourian.com/coronavirus.

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SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN County health officials reported about three dozen new COVID-19 cases and one additional death because of the virus in the region Wednesday. Stoddard County Public Health Center reported the fatality, its 10th related to the disease associated with coronavirus. The county’s total number of cases increased by three Wednesday to 299, with 237 patients having recovered from the virus.

In Cape Girardeau County, officials with the county’s Public Health Center reported 17 new cases and 25 additional recoveries. The county’s total number of cases is 927, with 755 recoveries and eight deaths attributed to the virus. Of the new cases, 10 were in the City of Cape Girardeau, while three were in Jackson and four were elsewhere in the county. Southeast Missouri State University accounted for two new cases Wednesday, pushing its total to 18 (13 students and ﬁve employees).

Cape Girardeau Public Health Center released a report Wednesday showing the county’s virus testing positivity rate has decreased throughout the month of August. In mid-July, when county officials implemented a countywide masking order, the positivity rate was just below 6%. Through the end of July, the rate hovered just above 6%. Through Aug. 20, the rate had declined to about 5.5%. Positivity rates in area Missouri counties were: Cape Girardeau, 5.6%; Scott,

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4.5%; Stoddard, 2.5%; Perry, 1.5%; and Bollinger, 1.1%. Scott County authorities reported four new cases and 23 additional recoveries (589 total cases, 465 recoveries, 13 deaths) No new update was available from Perry or Bollinger counties. Southern Seven Health Department in Illinois reported 10 new cases in Union County (397 total cases, 321 recoveries, 20 deaths) but no new cases in Alexander County (40 total cases, 37 recoveries, zero deaths) on Wednesday.

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COVID-19-Related Business Actions Academy Sports: Open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sundays. Annie Laurie’s: Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Arrangements by Joyce: Hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday. AT&T Store: Open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays. First hour is reserved for high-risk guests. Bandana’s Bar-B-Q: Open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. Barnes & Noble: Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays. Bath and Body Works: Open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday; noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Bella Italia: Open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Bridgeport Realtors: Open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Best Buy: Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Bistro Saffron: Dining room closed but drive through is open for takeout orders from 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., and orders can be placed via carGO. Closed Sundays. Bob’s Foodliner: Open 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. Hot Food Bar open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Bollinger County Museum of Natural History: Open noon to 4:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and first Sunday of each month. Buchheit: Open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays and Saturdays and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Busch Pet Products: Open seven days a week: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Dog wash open. Nails trims 1 to 3 p.m. Saturdays. Delivery and curbside options available. Busch’s Kennel: Open 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Saturday and 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday. Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce: Open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through. Friday. Cape Girardeau Public Library: Drive-through open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Computers available by appointment. Cape River Heritage Museum: Open by appointment only, (573) 335-6459. Cape Shrine Club: Offering banquet room for rentals following CDC guidelines. Captain D’s: Carryout orders available 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. and drive through 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. Coalter Insurance Group: Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Cracker Barrel in Cape Girardeau: Open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Sunday. Danielle: Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Deer Creek Doggie Day Camp: Open. Design Exclusive: Open by appointment only.

Apple Creek Vineyard and Winery Winery and Creek Bank Cafe open beginning Saturday, May 9th. Normal hours: Friday 4-9, Saturday 12-6, Sunday 12-5. Great venue for social distancing. Go to Applecreekwinery. com for entertainment schedule and special events.

Dollar Tree: Open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. Dunkin Donuts: Open 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Dutch Enterprises: Open 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. After-hours emergency service available. Elite Travel Inc.: Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays; office is not open to public. First Class Travel: Open. Located at 3443B William St. in Cape (next to Walmart) is open by appointment, phone and email; (573) 6510088 or shari@firstclasstravel. com. FISH Food Pantry: Open 9 a.m. to noon Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Call 334-0207 for an appointment. Five Below: Open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Gabriel’s Food + Wine: Open 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. Garber’s Men’s Wear: Open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Golden Corral: Open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday through Sunday. Grecian Steak House: Open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Hansel and Gretel Boutique LLC: Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Limit two. Hardee’s (Cape Girardeau and Jackson): Open 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. Drive-through available. Hibbett Sports: Open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. J Marie’s Formal Affairs: Open by appointment only. J.C. Penney: Open noon to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday; noon to 6 p.m. Sunday KFC: Open 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily, drive-through only. Kohl’s: Open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Reserved 11 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday for high-risk guests. Logan’s Roadhouse: Open 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday; 1130

M Kay Supply, LLC M Kay Supply is a farm, hardware, home store and more. We have a deli with drive thru, liquor department, sporting goods, animal care and feed, Stihl outdoor power equipment, and Scag lawnmowers. We are open 7 days a week and are here to serve you! Call us at 573-545-4455 to place your order or www. mkaysupply.com to order online.

a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Lowe’s: Open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. Macy’s Department Store: Open daily 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Curbside service is available during hours store is open. Marcus Cape West Cinema: Temporarily closed but offering curbside pickup of popcorn on weekends. Mary Jane bourbon + smokehouse: Open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. McDonald’s Restaurant: Cape William Street: Drivethrough open 24 hours. Lobby closed. Cape Broadway: Drive-through open 24 hours. Lobby closed. Jackson: Drive-through open 5 a.m. to midnight Sunday through Thursday and 5 a.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday. Lobby closed. Menards: Open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. Shoppers under 16 not allowed in the building. National Shrine of the Association of the Miraculous Medal: National Shrine in Perryville is open for private prayer. The Rosary Walk is open during daylight. Gift Shop open weekends. Nunnery Travels and Associates Dream Vacations: Open by appointment only. Olive Garden: Dining room closed but carryout, delivery and curbside delivery 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Outback Steakhouse: Sunday through Thursday, 11 a.m. To 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. To 10 p.m. Limited dine-in seating, limited menu, curbside pickup available. Pagliai’s Pizza: Carryout, carGO, limited dining in. Panda Express: Open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. PDQ Quality Printing: Open 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Petco: Open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen: Drive-through only. River City Coins and Jewelry LLC: Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Rosati’s Pizza: Buffet closed

until further notice. Hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekends. Ross Furniture and Bedding: Open 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. St. Mary’s Food Pantry: Open Tuesdays and Saturdays from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Closed last full week of each month. Sam’s Club: Open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Reserved 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday for seniors and 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday for medical first responders. Sandy’s Place: Open 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday; 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday; 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Schnucks: Open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. Reserved 6 to 7 a.m. for shoppers who are 60 and older and those who are most at risk of COVID-19. SEMO Livestock Sales: Hours have been altered and livestock sales will continue, but only buyers will be allowed at the auction. Dropoff schedule is the same. SERVPRO: Open. Stanley, Dirnberger, Hopper & Associates: Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Starbucks: Open regular hours. Staples: Open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Starbucks: Open 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. Drive-through only. Steak n Shake: Open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day for drive through only. TAG Truck Center: Open 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Target: Open 8 a.m.. to 9 p.m. daily. Reserved first hour of shopping Tuesday and Wednesday for at-risk guests. The Beauty Room: Open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday and some Saturdays. The Edge Pilates and Aerial Arts: Open for Barre, Pilates and Aerial arts. Call for information or find on Facebook. TJ Maxx: Open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday. VanMatre Buick GMC Cadillac: Open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. (573) 334-6000. Verizon Store: Open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. In-store pickup. Walmart: Open 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. daily. Reserved the first hour of shopping every Tuesday for those 60 and older.

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Today's Weather High: 88 Low: 74 An afternoon thunderstorm River: 15.5 feet and falling Sunrise: 6:25 a.m. Sunset: 7:33 p.m. Daylight: 13 hours and 8 minutes Yesterday’s High: 86 Low: 71

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High: 83 Low: 71 River: 14.9 feet and falling

High: 85 Low: 61 River: 14.7 feet and falling

High: 83 Low: 64 River: 14.4 feet and falling

High: 82 Low: 68 River: 14.2 feet and falling

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Thursday, August 27, 2020

TGI‘F’ ‘One Tree’ Photography and Acrylic Exhibit 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday Conservation Nature Center in Cape Girardeau

Canoeing 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday

Painted Wren Art Gallery in Cape Girardeau

(573) 290-5218

(573) 579-1000, (573) 837-9514

Yule Log Cabin 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily starting Aug. 29

Painted Wren Art Gallery in Cape Girardeau

(573) 579-1000 , (573) 837-9514

Kay Kizer, center, poses with members of the University Women of Houston (Texas) in this Dec. 2019 photo. Kizer’s organization, Kay’s Carry Ons, collects and distributes luggage to children in the foster care system.

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not-for-proﬁt agency new to the Cape Girardeau region aims to provide foster children with their own rolling luggage, and it’s dear to founder Kay Kizer’s heart. Kizer started the foundation on the very last day of 2018, as she put it, “wanting to start the new year off not wasting any of God’s ARYBETH time.” She’d been to a retreat for IEDERKORN women veterans — she’s an Army veteran — and on the last day, in a session with a counMarybeth is the selor, the topic of her childhood culture and events came up. Kizer said she had a writer for the difficult childhood, including Southeast Missouenduring abuse in a foster home rian. Have a story she’d been in. to share? Call her “At that retreat, they wanted us at (573) 388-3632 or to talk about anything that could email her at mnied- be dragging us down in life, not erkorn@semissouallowing us to move forward with rian.com. our lives,” Kizer said. And while she was recalling some of what she’d dealt with in the foster care system, Kizer said, the idea came: Making sure foster children don’t have to deal with the trash bags. “These children need dignity and respect,” Kizer said. “They’re already dealing with not being with their biological families, and now their personal items are being placed in a black trash bag? No.” But it’s not just about providing the children with rolling luggage. Daily essential items will also be gathered and distributed inside the luggage, Kizer said, and the other element of Kay’s Carry Ons involves children who are aging out of the foster care system. “If they’re turning 18 or graduating, they’re out of the system,” Kizer said. “We want to make sure they have a laptop computer, so they can apply to go to a vocational school, or use it for a job search — there are a lot of things they can use that laptop for.” “Unfortunately, a lot of times, these children are already feeling downtrodden. They’re walking around with a black trash bag, don’t have any good way to secure personal items,” she said. “Even having a piece of luggage would make a young person feel not so insignificant.” Many children who age out of the foster care system don’t have many items, Kizer said. So, Kay’s Carry Ons will work to collect small appliances and other housekeeping basics to help these young adults out. “I’ve walked in the shoes of these children. I know what it feels like when you’re lacking and don’t have the voice,” Kizer said. “Children don’t have the ability to say ‘I need this,’ so I look at myself as an advocate who can speak for these children.” Kizer plans a ribbon cutting for the organization Oct. 20 in Scott City. More info: kayscarryon.com or on Facebook @kayscarryons

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River Campus happenings Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus has a lot going on, starting this weekend, all at 518 S. Fountain St. in Cape Girardeau. Face coverings will be required, and social-distancing guidelines will be in place. From 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Crisp Museum will host a “chain mail workshop.” This event is free and open to ages 14 and older. Participants will receive individual tools and supplies, and materials are not to be shared. Participants may bring their own water and snacks. The workshop will instruct participants on how to cut loops from wire and assemble them to create a four-in-one pattern. More info: (573) 651-2260 or museum@semo.edu Then, from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Crisp Museum, Night at the Museum will have hands-on activities, demonstrations and take-away crafts for all ages. Starting at 3 p.m. Sunday, the “Sundays at Three” series will kick off the 2020-21 season with “The Art of the Miniature” in Shuck Recital Hall. Musical miniatures for this concert will be pieces under four minutes, or a set of pieces under eight minutes total. Tickets: River Campus Box Office in the Cultural Arts Center, (573) 651-2265, or RiverCampus.org

Missouri Vietnam Wall Run 2020 Veterans in Defense of Liberty and Liberty Riders of America are hosting the Second Annual Missouri Vietnam Wall Run 2020 as a two-day event Sept. 18 and 19 to honor POW-MIA’s that are still unaccounted for and to honor Vietnam Veterans and in honor of National POW/MIA Recognition Day. The statewide motorcycle run will ride to veterans’ events and the Veterans’ Memorial including a full-scale replica of the Vietnam War memorial in Washington, D.C., in Perryville, Missouri, and will be followed by a ceremony with two Medal of Honor recipients as guest speakers. A Veterans’ Honor Bus will drive from Springﬁeld, Missouri, to Perryville on Saturday with veterans who would like to participate in this event, but would like a ride. There are seats still available, and there’s no charge. To reserve a seat for a veteran and their guest, call (417) 230-7831. All participation is this event is free and all vehicles are welcome to follow the group or join the route anywhere. More info: missourivietnamwallrun.org or (417) 230-7831

Cape River Heritage Museum The museum is open, by appointment only, at 538 Independence St. in Cape Girardeau. New exhibits include: A new River room with exhibits of boats and the Mississippi River; Girardeau exhibits; and the Southeast Missouri State University Historic Preservation class has a new exhibit featuring major historic Cape Girardeau businesses. More info and appointments: (573) 335-6459

TOP PICKS Night Hike at the Nature Center

Cape West Rotary Duck Regatta

Join staff for a one-mile, after-hours adventure on the Cape Girardeau Nature Center trails from 8 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center, 2289 County Park Drive in Cape Girardeau. Please bring a ﬂashlight and suitable shoes. All ages welcome, but be aware that trails are hilly and can be challenging. Social distancing and the use of masks will be required. Register: mdc.mo.gov/southeastevents More info: (573) 290-5218, CapeNC@mdc.mo.gov

The 6th Annual Cape West Rotary Duck Regatta presented by Farmers Insurance at Cape Splash from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Cape Splash, 1565 N. Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau. All net proceeds will go to the Special Olympics of Southeast Missouri. Three races will be held this year: First State Community Bank BIG Quacker Adult Race; Cape Electrical Supply BIG Chief Business Battle Race & Bank of Missouri Ducks WILD Kids Race! Ducks for the Adult and Kids’ race are $5 each or a Quack Pack (6 ducks) for $25. Each duck purchased grants water park entry to one person. More info: CapeWestRotary.org/DuckRace, (573) 6515053

Tacos and Tunes at Annie Laurie’s Stop by the back parking lot at Annie Laurie’s, 536 Broadway in Cape Girardeau, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday for tacos and treats from Sabrosos Taco Truck and entertainment from musical guest and Paducah, Kentucky, artist Johnathan Len.

Brian Free & Assurance Concert Head to the Jackson City Park band shell, 542 West Independence in Jackson, at 7 p.m. Saturday for a concert featuring Brian Free and Assurance, sponsored by Christ Lutheran Church in Gordonville. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. No ticket needed; donations accepted. In case of rain, the concert will be canceled. Masking and social distancing required.

‘All Nite Skate’ premiere Starting at 7 p.m. Saturday, “All Nite Skate” ﬁlm will premiere online on Vimeo. Filmmaker and Jackson native Nick Murphy’s Spoon Pictures will host the free movie, shot on location, partially in Jackson. The movie is free to screen. The Vimeo app is available online. Spoon Pictures has a Vimeo channel at vimeo.com/channels/spoonpictures. Soundtrack available on Spotify. Get your weekend plans delivered to your inbox. Sign up for the Expedition: Weekend email newsletter. Go to semissourian.com/newsletters to ﬁnd out more.

Downtown Cape Girardeau

Glenn House Paint for a Cause 1 to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday

Missouri Bicentennial Paint For A Cause 1 to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday

Photo courtesy of Kay Kizer

in Cape Girardeau

Cape Riverfront Farmers Market 8 a.m. to noon Saturday

Low-impact fitness classes: 9 to 10 a.m. Monday through Friday

Perry County Community Lake

Yule Log Cabin in Scott City

Alec Umfleet 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday Apple Creek Vineyard & Winery in Friedheim, Missouri

Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau (573) 339-6604

Cape Parks: nightfall glowball tournament 4:30 p.m. Saturday

August 2020 Visual Arts CO-OP Window Exhibitor: Tara Caldwell 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday

Cape Jaycee Municipal Golf Course in Cape Girardeau

Arts Council of Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau

(573) 334-2031

Just Plain Fun music show 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday Just Plain Fun LLC. in Chaffee, Missouri

(573) 837-7441

Dinosaur Herd Noon to 4:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday Bollinger County Museum of Natural History in Marble Hill, Missouri (573) 238-1174

Ice Age Exhibit Noon to 4:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday Bollinger County Museum of Natural History in Marble Hill, Missouri (573) 238-1174

World War II Exhibit Noon to 4:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday Bollinger County Museum of Natural History in Marble Hill, Missouri (573) 238-1174

Karaoke 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday Seis Amigos in Cape Girardeau

Riverfront Yoga 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday Cape Girardeau Riverfront

(573) 339-6604

White Lightning Band 6 to 9 p.m. Friday The Library

Ivas John 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday Apple Creek Vineyard & Winery in Friedheim

Country Club Western Dancers: line and couples 6 to 9 p.m. Monday American Legion Post No. 63 in Cape Girardeau

10% Tuesday: Kids 4 Kids SEMO 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday Gordonville Grill in Gordonville

GriefShare 1 to 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday La Croix Church in Cape Girardeau

(573) 339-0302, ext. 116

Alanon Meeting: help and hope for families and friends of alcoholics 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Imperial Building in Cape Girardeau

Irene’s Country Dancers 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday VFW Post No. 3838 in Cape Girardeau

Border travel crackdown causes long waits BY ELLIOT SPAGAT

ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN DIEGO — A Trump administration crackdown on nonessential travel coming from Mexico amid the coronavirus pandemic has created massive bottlenecks at the border, with drivers reporting waits of up to 10 hours to get into the U.S. An employee at a company that provides support for businesses with Mexican operations saw the huge lines Sunday night from his home in Tijuana, Mexico. A U.S. citizen, he lined up at midnight for his 8 a.m. shift Monday in San Diego and still arrived 90 minutes late. “I hope that it’s just startup ﬁts and starts and that it will be a little more streamlined down the road,” said Ross Baldwin, the man’s boss and president of the TACNA Services Inc. U.S. citizens and legal residents cannot be denied entry under a partial ban that the Trump administration introduced in March to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Going to work, school and medical appointments are deemed essential travel but going to shop, dine or socialize is not. The crackdown comes after U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it surveyed about 100,000 travelers coming from Mexico by car or on foot and found 63% of U.S. citizens and legal residents traveled for reasons that were not essential.

The agency on Friday began redirecting staff at 14 larger crossings in California, Arizona and Texas to get people through quickly on weekday mornings, when essential travel is heaviest, leading to big backups on the weekends. On Tuesday, traffic was unusually light, with pedestrians wearing masks and keeping a short distance from each other. Weekend and weeknight delays are expected to grow, affecting people going to the beach or a restaurant. Waits soared across the border last weekend, with California crossings hit hardest. The measures don’t apply on the Canadian border, which is also subject to the nonessential travel ban. Air travel isn’t affected. Anne Maricich, deputy director of CBP ﬁeld operations in San Diego, said the wait in California peaked at six hours by the agency’s count. Witnesses reported longer waits. Before the pandemic, about 200,000 people a day entered the U.S. at California crossings with Mexico, according to CBP. The daily average plunged to about 70,000 people after the ban was announced in March but has since climbed to about 120,000. CBP is emphasizing public health considerations. “We need people to think twice about nonessential travel and to ask themselves if the travel is worth risking their lives and the lives of others,” CBP spokesman Rusty Payne said.

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Vehicles drive on U.S. 61 near the Center Junction construction zone Wednesday between Cape Girardeau and Jackson. They will be directed onto the new parallel pavement starting next week.

Traffic From Page 1A As soon as the new section of pavement opens, MoDOT and Penzel will also open the northbound on-ramp onto Interstate 55 for motorists coming from Cape Girardeau and the southbound off-ramp from the interstate for drivers heading to Jackson. The traffic shift and opening of the interstate ramps on the north side of U.S. 61 will be the ﬁrst of three construction phases over the next six weeks that will eventually lead to a reopening of access to Veterans Memorial Drive and activation of traffic signals where Veterans Memorial Drive intersects with U.S. 61. Jason Williams, construction materials engineer with MoDOT’s Southeast District, said opening of the southbound off-ramp is sooner than expected. “It probably would have occurred a little bit later based on our original estimation of the construction schedule,” he said. Although all four ramps at the interchange will be open, Williams said trafﬁc will still be restricted to

“right turns” only during the bridge and interchange construction. “All the left turn movements at the interchange will still be closed, and that’s for safety and because those movements cause conﬂicts with our construction operations,” Williams said. Meanwhile, two new girders for the new southbound bridge along Interstate 55 above U.S. 61 were installed Wednesday. By the middle or latter part of September, sections of old U.S. 61 under the interstate will be removed and an embankment will be constructed to serve as the foundation beneath the interstate on the south end of the new northbound and southbound interstate bridges. “The old bridges were about 580 feet long,” Williams said. “The new bridges will be about half that length.” They will also be wider than the original 60-yearold bridges, wide enough to potentially accommodate a third lane of traffic in both directions. Hemmann said the new southbound interstate bridge should be complete and carrying both northbound and southbound trafﬁc by December, allowing

for removal and replacement of the existing northbound bridge. Some aspects of the $17.4 million bridge replacement and diverging diamond interchange project are running significantly ahead of schedule. “We did not expect to have the whole east side of the project done in 2020,” Williams said. “There will still be some minor work to do in 2021, but for the most part, once we get through this sixweek or so period of these three phases of construction, the Cape Girardeau side of the interchange will pretty much be finished, so a lot of the traffic work zone headaches for motorists on that side will be gone because they’ll be driving on the brand-new pavement at that point.” The entire project, including completion of the northbound interstate bridge, is targeted for completion by November 2021. More information about the project may be found at modot.org/center-junction-ddi. Do you crave business news? Check out B Magazine, and the B Magazine email newsletter. Check it out at semissourian.com/newsletters to find out more.

Reunited forr you! Saint Francis Healthcare System and UnitedHealthcare have ﬁnalized an agreement that restores access to care at all Saint Francis facilities and ensures uninterrupted access to Saint Francis physicians for UnitedHealthcare members. The new, multi-year agreement is eﬀective September 1, 2020.

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REGION

Dancing with the Show Me Stars available soon to watch online ONLINE

BY MARYBETH NIEDERKORN

SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN

If you missed Dancing with the Show Me Stars on Aug. 21, don’t worry — a chance to see the event, Pay Per View style, is coming up Sept. 10. Event coordinator Dwana Leible, who is also the resource developer for Community Partnership of Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau, said she wanted to brag on all of the dancers and choreographers who worked hard to make the event happen. “They all came through,” Leible said. For the event’s previous two years, practice time started in January, with ﬁnal touches in June and the show in July. But this year, COVID-19 disrupted that schedule, so dancers really only had June and July to practice, Leible said. But the event isn’t over just yet. Donors can still vote by donating to their favorite pair online at dancingwithshowmestars.com and, Leible said, whoever brings in the most donations between Wednesday and Sept. 10 will earn Facebook bragging rights. The pair who earned the most money and won the disco-ball trophy was Nate Gautier, account manager at rustmedia, and Sheila King, real estate executive with Realty Executives Edge.

Related column To read Lucas Presson’s column on Nate Gautier and Sheila King’s win, find this story at semissourian.com and follow the link.

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Sheila King, left, poses with Nate Gautier after the pair earned two trophies Aug. 21 at Dancing with the Show Me Stars to benefit Community Partnership in Cape Girardeau. They also took home the trophy for People’s Choice. Gautier and King danced a 2-minute and 14-second mashup of the tango, samba and the hustle, choreographed by Sarah Estes. “Anyone can dance. It’s just getting out and doing it,” King said. Gautier said the experience was freeing and so fun, especially in light of his can-

cer battle in 2019. “It was really magical,” he said. Melissa Stickel, executive director Community Partnership, said the event was important, because now, with COVID-19, the need for Community Partnership’s outreach is increased, and the fundraising opportunities are limited. Also, she said, Community

Partnership is in the middle of a capital campaign to remodel the future facility at 40 S. Sprigg St. in Cape Girardeau. “It’s all taken a huge hit because of COVID-19,” Stickel said. As of Wednesday afternoon, just more than $57,000 in donations had been brought in, and that’s about half the amount raised last year, Stickel said. Leible said she’s already recruiting dancers, choreographers and event volunteers for 2021, and may be reached at (573) 837-8972. “I don’t believe anybody has two left feet,” Leible said. “We can make you look good onstage if you want to be onstage.” Tickets are available online to the restricted YouTube event Sept. 10, and one option allows ticket holders to purchase pizza delivery for dinner with the show. More information is online at dancingwithshowmestars.com.

Burial ‘niches’ offered in Russell Heights BY JEFF LONG

SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN The increasing popularity of cremation when making funeral arrangements has been noticed by the City of Jackson. Earlier this month, the city added a columbaria section to the northwest part of Russell Heights Cemetery on Route PP, with a gazebo nearby suitable for small memorial services. On Aug. 17, the city’s Board of Aldermen considered rules and regulations to govern the sale and maintenance of the new area of the cemetery, a 12-acre parcel originally purchased from the James Russell family. Three columbaria structures have been erected, each one with 48 compartments to hold ashes. The section of the 100-yearold graveyard has been laid out to accommodate more columbaria if deemed necessary. Dwain Hahs, Jackson mayor since 2015, said cremation appears to be the wave of the future. “In the United States,” Hahs said, “50% of all burials involve cremations,” adding he expects the trend

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A new columbarium and gazebo are seen Wednesday in the northwest corner of the Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson. to continue. The Cremation Association of North America (CANA) said just 5% of all funerals involved cremation in the early 1970s. Since the Roman Catholic Church began to allow the practice following the reforms of Vatican II, the number of families opting for cremation has steadily grown. The COVID-19 pandemic has jolted the funeral home industry with CANA suggesting the current health emergency has accelerated the culture’s comfort level with cremation. During the Roman Empire,

St. Louis judge, Chaffee native, John Essner, 69, dies SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN A son of Scott County, longtime associate St. Louis County Circuit Judge John R. Essner has died. He was 69. Essner died Aug. 14 following a long bout with cancer. Described by colleagues as thoughtful, fair and generous with his time, Essner spent more than 20 years at Legal S e r v i c e s John Essner of Eastern Missouri (LSEM). LSEM honored the judge’s work with the annual Honorable John R. Essner Young Lawyer Award, given to recognize legal work done on behalf of people marginalized by poverty. In a statement of tribute issued by the St. Louis County Courts’ office, Essner was said to have been always one of the last to leave the courthouse in Clayton, Missouri, each weekday night. The statement said Essner was guided by his grocer father’s motto — “Never let the other guy outwork you.” Essner was born March 12,

1951, in Chaffee, Missouri. As a boy, the future jurist worked at his father’s grocery store, Essner’s Market. He moved with his family to Los Angeles in the middle of his eighth-grade year but would not linger in California long. Following his graduation from UCLA, Essner returned to the Show Me State and attended Saint Louis University’s law school, and would remain a resident of Missouri for the rest of his life. Appointed to the bench in 1999 by then-Gov. Mel Carnahan, Essner served the rest of his life as a family court judge, where his decisions impacted victims of domestic violence and children caught in the middle of painful custody battles. Married for 32 years to the former Cyndi Newsome, the couple had two children, Elisa and Will. He was a lifelong fan of the St. Louis Cardinals and Saint Louis University Billikens basketball team. Due to COVID concerns, a memorial service for Essner will be planned at a future date. Contributions in his memory are recommended to Legal Services of Eastern Missouri at lsem.org/donate.

cremation was widely practiced with remains lodged in urns placed in columbarium-type buildings, CANA’s website states. The earliest Christians frowned on the practice and by 400 A.D., earth burial had far overtaken cremated ashes, referred to in the funeral business as “cremains,” according to CANA. Modern cremation as it is done today began in the early 20th century after years of research into the development of a dependable chamber to reduce a body to ashes, CANA’s website states. The trend toward the use

cremation for final disposition is seen in the numbers, according to CANA. In 1913, there were 52 crematories in North America, 10,000 cremations. In 2009, there were 2,100 North American crematories, 900,000 cremations. By 2010, just under 37% of all U.S. deaths were handled via cremation. By 2020, the figure was expected to rise to over half of all American deaths, which is the figure quoted by Hahs. The first U.S. crematory was built in Washington, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, in 1876. Each compartment, or “niche,” in the Russell Heights columbaria section is 12-by-12-by-12 inches. Each niche is available only to individual purchasers and will not be sold commercially to an entity intending on resale. Hahs said given the growth of Jackson and the heightened interest in cremation, Russell Heights Cemetery “should have more than 30 years’ worth of burial sites available.” The sale price of a columbarium niche, Hahs added, is not based on residency in Jackson.

Thursday, August 27, 2020

Saint Francis, United reach agreement BY JAY WOLZ

SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN Saint Francis Healthcare System and UnitedHealthcare have reportedly reached an agreement to bring Saint Francis back into the United network of provider facilities. Saint Francis Medical Center and its affiliated facilities have been “outof-network” since March 5 when the previous agreement between Saint Francis and United expired and the two parties could not agree on a continuance while negotiations took place. Physician providers afﬁliated with Saint Francis, however, remained “in-network” under the terms of a separate agreement with United. Maryann Reese, president and chief executive officer of Saint Francis Healthcare System, said the deal will beneﬁt many in the region. “A renewed partnership with UnitedHealthcare is great news for our region. While this negotiation process was difficult, reaching this agreement ensures in-network access to our providers as well as our facilities. Our top priority is to provide exceptional care to the communities we are called to serve, and we appreciate UnitedHealthcare’s collaboration to help achieve this result,” she said in a news release. Patrick Quinn, CEO of

UnitedHealthcare in Missouri, agreed. “We recognize the care Saint Francis Healthcare System provides is not only important but also personal to our members and we appreciate their patience during what we know was a difficult negotiations process. Our top priority throughout this process was ensuring the members we’re honored to serve in the southeast Missouri region have access to quality, affordable healthcare and this new agreement accomplishes that goal. We appreciate Saint Francis Healthcare System’s collaboration in helping achieve this outcome,” a release quoted him as saying. UnitedHealthcare is among the largest health care companies in the world with revenue of $242 billion and a reported proﬁt of $18.5 billion in 2019. According to Saint Francis, patients insured by United account for about 5% of Saint Francis’ customer base. Several major local employers offer UnitedHealthcare insurance coverage to their employees, including Southeast Missouri State University, Procter & Gamble and HAVCO Wood Products LLC. Do you crave business news? Check out B Magazine, and the B Magazine email newsletter. Check it out at semissourian.com/ newsletters to ﬁnd out more.

Caruthersville man sentenced to more than 20 years in federal prison for meth possession SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN Willie B. Hollywood, 42, of Caruthersville, Missouri, has been sentenced to 262 months in federal prison on one count of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri. Hollywood appeared Monday before U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. in Cape Girardeau, according to the release. In addition to his sentence, Hollywood was ordered to forfeit $73,960 in drug proceeds and will be placed on supervised release for ﬁve years after

the completion of his incarceration. The release stated Hollywood was arrested after officers observed him meet with a suspected drug courier in Kennett, Missouri, and found him to be in possession of 20 pounds of methamphetamine. During the investigation, agents seized the $73,960, which has now been forfeited. Hollywood has a criminal history including convictions for armed robbery and a prior federal conviction for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and possession of a ﬁrearm in furtherance of a drug trafﬁcking crime in 2006.

Bertrand man wins $100K in lottery SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN A Bertrand, Missouri, man has won $100,000 in a Missouri Lottery game. Harold Hooper won the prize from a $5 Lucky Bonus Crossword ticket he purchased at Larry’s Pit Stop, 2413 E. Malone Ave., in Sikeston, Missouri, ac-

cording to a new release. “I couldn’t believe it at ﬁrst,” Hooper said in the release. “I checked the ticket multiple times over the next few hours.” Lucky Bonus Crossword awards players prizes for matching letters with complete words on the ticket’s two crossword puzzles.

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AUGUST 29, 2020 – 7 PM JACKSON CITY PARK BAND SHELL 542 W Independence, Jackson (across from McCombs Funeral Home) Bring a lawn chair or blanket No Ticket Needed – Donations will be accepted Pray for good weather In case of rain at time of concert, concert will be canceled. Please follow Covid-19 masking/distancing regulations in place date of event.

Thursday, August 27, 2020

OBITUARIES

DEATHS

Terry Cattron Terry Lynn Cattron, 60, of Jackson passed away Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, at his home. He was born Nov. 13, 1959, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, to Lowen and Clara Burton Cattron. Terry Terry was a gradCattron uate of Jackson High School. He worked several years at Midwest Engines in Cape Girardeau and later

owned and operated Terry’s Muffler in Marble Hill, Missouri. Survivors include a daughter, Jessica (Regan) Swan of Jackson; grandchildren, Mackenzie and Peyton Hahs and Tripp Swan of Jackson; siblings, Brenda (Barry) Hensley of Cape Girardeau and Randy (Janet) Cattron of Jackson; nieces, Leni (Matthew) Lambdin of Wolf Lake, Illinois, and Carlie Cattron (ﬁance Zachary Westrich) of Cape Girardeau; nephew, Casey Cattron of Jackson; and maternal aunts, Pat

Burton of Conroe, Texas, and Kathryn Barnhill of Springﬁeld, Missouri. He was preceded in death by his parents. A memorial visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Memorials may take the form of contributions to Apple Creek Presbyterian Memorial Association. Online condolences may be sent to the family by clicking on the tribute wall tab of Terry’s personal obituary page at mccombsfuneralhome.com.

He will be lovingly remembered by his children, Richard (Tracy) Harrington Jr. and Teresa (Nick) Livesay. He will also be fondly remembered by his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and by his sisters, Margaret Fitzgerald and Pauline Whiteside, and brother, Robert (Julie) Fitzgerald. Rick was preceded in death by his wife of 59 years, Sue Harrington, on Nov. 22, 2018; parents, Robert and Margaret Fitzgerald; young daughter, Amy Suzanne in 1962; and infant sister, Mary Elizabeth. Cremation will be accorded. A celebration of life will be held at a later date.

Memorial donations in Rick’s memory may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements. To leave an online condolence for the family, visit crainsonline.com.

Elouise was a graduate of Patton High School. She worked for Brown Shoe Co. and was a member of Little Whitewater Baptist Church, where she was the pianist. Survivors include her son, Randy (Janice) Mayﬁeld of Sedgewickville, Missouri; grandchildren, Ethan (Amber) Mayﬁeld of Perryville, Missouri, Lindsey (Dylan) Abbott of Sedgewickville, Mike (Alicia) Vandeven of Leopold, Missouri, Kelly Jones of Sedgewickville, Eric (Kylee) Jones of Marquand, Missouri, and Lindsey (Owen) Skoler of Maplewood, Mis-

souri; and nine great-grandchildren. She was proceeded in death by her husband, Gerald “Doc” Mayﬁeld, and her parents. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Liley Funeral Home in Patton. Visitation will continue from 9 to 10 a.m. Friday at Little Whitewater Baptist Church. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the church, with the Revs. Jim Collins and Don Slatton officiating. Burial will follow in Garden of Memories Cemetery near Sedgewickville.

Cotton Belt Railroad in maintenance. He is survived by a stepson, Phil Radica of Scott City; grandchildren, Jarred and Nicholas Nation; brothers, Richard Nation and Gene (Margaret) Nation of Chaffee, Missouri, and Paul Nation of Scott City; and sister, Judy Enderle of Rockview, Missouri. He was preceded in death by his parents, a son, three brothers and

three sisters. Visitation will be from noon until the time of service today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. today at the funeral home, with the Rev. Ken Strong officiating. Burial will be in Lightner Cemetery in Scott City. Online condolences may be shared at amick-burnettfuneralchapels.com.

She was the office manager for Wiggs Insurance Agency. She was a member of St. Mary’s Cathedral. Survivors include daughters, Beth (Dan) Powers of Gilbert, Arkansas, and Becky (Randy Sample) Reiker of Scott City; sister, Jeannine (the late Ronald) Owens of Cape Girardeau; grandchildren, Anna (Blake) Ammerman, Robert (Sara) Powers, Devin (Randi) Powers and Kaitlyn (ﬁance Jacob Tollison) Powers; and 10 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her father, Frank Willis; mother, Leona Dennis; husband, Robert E. Reiker;

infant daughter, Renee Reiker; infant brother, Rodney Paul Willis; and sister, Frankie Schott. Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Allan Saunders officiating. Burial will be at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Cape Girardeau. Memorial contributions may be given to Jeff Kondrad Memorial Scholarship Fund at Southeast Missouri State University. Online condolences may be made at fordandsonsfuneralhome.com.

John Nation

John Junior Nation, 86, of Scott City died Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, at Hunter Acres Care Center in Sikeston, Missouri. He was born to John and Florence Blankenship Nation on May 24, 1934, in Illmo. John worked for

Joann Reiker Joann Elizabeth Reiker, 80, of Jackson, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, at The Villas of Jackson. She was born Oct. 4, 1939, in Cape GiJoann Reiker rardeau to Frank and Leona Beeson Willis. She and Robert E. Reiker were married Dec. 30, 1961, at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death Sept. 12, 1988. Joann was a 1957 graduate of Cape Catholic High School.

AGENDA Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. today 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes Minutes from Aug. 24 meetings Communications/reports — other elected officials COVID-19 Update: In an effort to keep Cape Girardeau County residents safe and aware regarding the status of the virus, Emergency Management Agency

(EMA) director Mark Winkler will be issuing an update at County Commission meetings. EMA is working with our local governments, public health center and medical personnel to make sure the information regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19) is consistent and dependable. Public comments Items listed on agenda Routine business Purchase orders Payroll change forms

MARBLE HILL, Mo. — James “Bear” Charles Bollinger, 61, of Marble Hill died Aug. 24, 2020, at his home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. The funeral will begin at noon Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Plainview Cemetery near Patton, Missouri.

Mary Coleson, 81, of Olive Branch, Illinois, died at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, at Integrity Health Care in Anna, Illinois. Visitation was held Wednesday at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Illinois. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. today at the funeral home, with the Rev. Aaron Boyd officiating. Interment will follow at Olive Branch Cemetery. Groups of 50 people at a time will be allowed in to pay their respects. Those attending the funeral service are requested to observe customarily accepted social-distancing procedures. All attendees are reminded that, in accordance with recently announced State of Illinois guidelines, masks or face coverings are required in public spaces.

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Elouise Mayfield PATTON, Mo. — Elouise Mayﬁeld, 86, of Patton passed away Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, at Woodland Hill in Marble Hill, Missouri. She was born July Elouise 18, 1934, in Missouri, Mayfield the daughter of Loy Herman and Annie Pearl Seabaugh Cook. She and Gerald “Doc” Mayﬁeld were united in marriage Sept. 3, 1954, and he passed away April 29, 2005.

James Bollinger

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Richard Harrington It is with great sadness that the family of Richard Harrington of Cape Girardeau announces his passing Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, at his home at the age of Richard 80 years. Harrington Rick was born Dec. 13, 1939, in St. Louis to Margaret Fitzgerald. He graduated from Cairo (Illinois) High School in 1958. He was a grant writer for Alexander County (Illinois) Housing Authority before his retirement.

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Vacation rollover request Inventory update forms

Other discussion, possible action CARES Act discussion

Appointments and possible action items None at this time

Public comments Items not listed on agenda

Discussion and possible action 2020 property tax rates County clerk request for absentee voting/central poll location for November 2020 general election — rental agreement with City of Cape Girardeau Osage Centre.

Executive session The commission may hold a closed session to discuss legislation or litigation, leasing, purchasing, real estate or personnel matters under authority of Section 610.021, Revised Statutes of Missouri, as amended.

ST. CHARLES, Mo. — Glennon L. Gisi, 76, of St. Charles died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, at his home. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville, Missouri. A celebration of life will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with Deacon Joe Brindley officiating. Inurnment will be at Queen of All Saints Mausoleum at Mount Hope Cemetery in Perryville.

Gary Metje Gary Wayne Metje, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, at Southeast Hospital. Private service and entombment were held at Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum, with Pastor Debra Tracy officiating. Public visitation will be from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, with a celebration of life memorial service following at 3 p.m., at Evangelical United Church of Christ at 33 S. Ellis St. in Cape Girardeau. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Beulah Perry Beulah Everee Vann Perry, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, at her home. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Steve Betts officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau.

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OBITUARIES

Thursday, August 27, 2020

OUT OF THE PAST: AUG. 27

Paula Smith

Sharon Sanders

Paula Sue Bridges Smith, 71, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Oct. 12, 1948, in Cape GiPaula Smith rardeau to Paul and Lillian Brennan Bridges. She and Wayne Cassoutt were married in 1969. Four children were born to their union: twins, Connie and Bonnie, Tammie and Lancer. Connie and Bonnie passed away shortly after they were born, and Lancer was tragically killed in a bicy-

cle accident in 2004. In 1996, Paula married Ricky Smith. He passed away in 2018. Paula was a 1967 graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School. She was a beautician at Kathleen’s Beauty Shop and later worked in food service at Grecian Steak House and Southeast Hospital. She was a member of Maple United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau. Loving survivors include a daughter, Tammie (Steven) Walker of Greenville, Alabama, and several close cousins and dear friends. She was preceded in death by twin daughters, a son and her parents.

The Rev. Jeff Estes will officiate a memorial service at 1 p.m. Sept. 5 at Maple United Methodist Church, 2441 Jean Ann Drive in Cape Girardeau. Guests attending the ceremony are asked to please wear masks. Paula will privately be laid to rest at Lorimier Cemetery at a later date. Cremation was accorded by McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Memorials may take the form of contributions to Maple UMC Building Fund. Online condolences may be sent to the family by clicking on the tribute wall tab on Paula’s personal obituary page at mccombsfuneralhome.com.

NASCAR, hunting, reading and gathering with family and friends. Survivors include sons, Douglas Lee Stacy Jr. and Shane Stacy; daughter, Sherry Lynn (Robert) Cheney; brothers, Gary Wade (Donna) Stacy Sr., Glenn Russell (Luda) Stacy and Keith Wayne (Patricia) Stacy; sisters, Nancy Louise Kuersten, Rosa Darlene Stacy and Madonna Kay (Dan) Novotany; grandchildren, Carlee Stacy, Michael (Amanda) Stacy, Steven Stacy, Shannon Stacy, John (Chelsea) Gilman, Ashley (Josh) Uchtman, David Gilman, Brittany (Josh) Gilman, Luke Gilman, Robert (Kami) Cheney Jr., Ryan (Brooke) Cheney, Stacy (Garrett) Ditch, Aaron (Megan) Cheney

and Sean Cheney; and 21 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Dawn Marie Gilman; daughter-in-law, Penny Stacy; and brothers-in-law, William Kuersten and Charles Moran. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Robert Alan Cheney Sr. officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau. Online condolences may be sent at fordandsonsfuneralhome.com.

He was self-employed for a number of years in lawn service until his health failed, and he relocated back to Cape Girardeau. He was also employed by General Grocers Supply Plant in St. Louis for a number of years. Ruby was active in several organizations, including Shriners International and Prince Hall Masons. He is survived by sons, Vincent Wilson of Columbus, Ohio, and Gerald Booz and LaMar Wilson of St. Louis; niece, Louise Cardwell Duncan of Cape Girardeau; nephew, Silas Cardwell of Bangor, Wisconsin; great-niece, Yvonne “Vonnie” Johnson of Cape Girardeau;

special great-nephews, Anthony and Marshall; special great-niece, Kyley, who helped with his care; and a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nephews, nieces, great-nephews, great-nieces, other relatives and friends. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Keith Wilson; brothers, Roy, Frank and Les Wilson; and sisters, Leora Wilson Timms, Mary Wilson Cardwell, Zelma Wilson Green and Lorraine Wilson. Graveside rites with military honors will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomﬁeld. Williams Funeral Home in Charleston, Missouri, is in charge of arrangements.

Douglas Stacy Sr. Douglas Lee Stacy Sr., 74, of Jackson died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, at his home. He was born Oct. 24, 1945, in Cape Girardeau to Glenn Loomis and Catherine Douglas Louise Cauble Stacy. Stacy Sr. He and Marjorie Kay Smith were married Feb. 4, 1965, in Chaffee, Missouri. He was of the Baptist faith and was a graduate of Baptist Bible College-Theology. He was owner of Stacy’s Carpets in Jackson for over 35 years. His hobbies included ﬁshing,

Ruby Wilson Ruby Howard Wilson, affectionately known as “Ruben,” 94, a resident of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020, at the home of his great-niece in Cape Girardeau. Ruby Wilson He was born April 6, 1926, in Dutchtown to the late Charles Green and Mary Jane Holmes Wilson. Ruby attended John S. Cobb School in Cape Girardeau and enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1945. After serving his country, he received an honorable discharge and relocated to St. Louis.

Loose bull spotted Tuesday night in Sikeston BY LEONNA HEURING

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SIKESTON, Mo. — Sikeston Department of Public Safety received a report Tuesday night of a bull running loose on East Malone Avenue, according to Capt. Austin Henley. The bull continued through town to near Gladys Street and Kingshighway. Later, it continued its trek back to the east end of town and made its way

RNC From Page 1A “The hard truth is ... you won’t be safe in Joe Biden’s America,” Pence said. “Let me be clear: The violence must stop – whether in Minneapolis, Portland, or Kenosha,” he added. “Too many heroes have died defending our freedom to see Americans strike each other down.” “The American people know we don’t have to choose between supporting law enforcement and standing with our African American neighbors to improve the quality of their lives, education, jobs and safety.” But Pence never mentioned Blake, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor or other Black people who have been killed by police this year, spurring a new nationwide protest movement. Pence, the chairman of the White House coronavirus task force, did defend the administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, a political liability that was otherwise largely absent from the convention program. The program Wednesday night was low energy, with no major headline speaker beside the vice president and few boldface names. And it lacked some of the production elements that had made previous nights memorable, including slickly produced videos and surprise announcements, such as an unexpected presidential pardon and a citizenship ceremony. Not that the proceedings

onto Sikeston Memorial Airport property. The bull’s owner responded Wednesday morning and took possession of the bull, Henley said. No damage or injuries were reported during the bull’s escapade through town.

A bull wanders on the north side of the Sikeston Department of Public Safety headquarters late Tuesday in Sikeston, Missouri.

lacked tough talk. “From Seattle and Portland to Washington and New York, Democrat-run cities across this country are being overrun by violent mobs,” contended South Dakota Gov Kristi Noem. “People that can afford to ﬂee have ﬂed. But the people that can’t – good, hard-working Americans –are left to fend for themselves.” Pence opened his remarks with a word of warning to those in the path of Hurricane Laura, which was forecast to make landfall overnight on the Gulf Coast at the Louisiana-Texas border. Despite the expected devastation, campaign officials insisted Trump would still deliver his acceptance address Thursday evening as planned. “This is a serious storm,” Pence said. “And we urge all those in the affected areas to heed state and local authorities. Stay safe, and know that we’ll be with you every step of the way to support, rescue, respond, and recover in the days and weeks ahead.” Pence spoke from Baltimore’s Fort McHenry, where an 1814 battle inspired the National Anthem – which has been at the center of a cultural debate, fueled by Trump, over athletes who kneel rather than stand in protest of racial injustice. Trump made an unannounced appearance to join Pence after his remarks for a performance of the anthem at the fort. It came hours after the NBA postponed three playoff games after the Milwaukee Bucks refused to take the court for their game following the shooting of

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Blake. The WNBA and Milwaukee Brewers quickly followed suit with their Wednesday games. That was a few hours before Pence spoke from Wednesday night’s lineup also included Clarence Henderson, who participated in the 1960 Greensboro, North Carolina, Woolworth lunch counter sit-ins to discuss peaceful protest and the president’s record of trying to help Black Americans. “These achievements demonstrate that Donald Trump truly cares about black lives,” Henderson said. “His policies show his heart. He has done more for black Americans in four years than Joe Biden has done in 50.” Convention speakers were also reinforcing Trump’s law-and-order message, warning that electing Biden would lead to violence in American cities spilling into the suburbs, a message with racist undertones. Trump on Wednesday tweeted about sending federal agents to Kenosha to help quell unrest, and the Justice Department said it was sending in the FBI and federal marshals. Trump’s campaign believes his aggressive response will help him with suburban women voters who may be concerned by the protests – though it may only deepen his deﬁcit with Black voters. The Trump campaign’s focus on law enforcement continued a weeklong emphasis on motivating his political base – rather than appealing to moderate voters. An August Fox News poll found that registered voters were somewhat more likely

to say they trusted Biden than Trump on handling issues related to policing and criminal justice, 48% to 42%, and signiﬁcantly more likely to trust Biden than Trump on handling race relations, 53% to 34%. Biden’s advantage on criminal justice issues mirrored his advantage overall. Michael McHale, the president of the National Association of Police Organizations, told the convention, “The violence and bloodshed we are seeing in these and other cities isn’t happening by chance. It’s the direct result of refusing to allow law enforcement to protect our communities. Joe Biden has turned his candidacy over to the farleft, anti-law enforcement radicals.” And Burgess Owens, a former NFL player now running for Congress in Utah, declared, “This November, we stand at a crossroads. Mobs torch our cities while popular members of Congress promote the same socialism that my father fought against in World War II.” The night included remarks from the president’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, as well as several administration officials including departing Counselor Kellyanne Conway, the manager of Trump’s 2016 general election campaign, and press secretary Kayleigh McEnany. “This is the man I know and the president we need,” said Conway, a week before she is to leave the White House. “He picks the toughest ﬁghts and tackles the most complex problems. He has stood by me, and he will stand up for you.”

Southeast Missourian librarian Sharon Sanders compiles the information for the daily Out of the Past column. She also writes a blog called “From the Morgue” that showcases interesting historical stories from the newspaper. Check out her blog at semissourian.com/history.

1995 Officials with the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department say a new section of Highway 74 in Cape Girardeau should be open by the first of the year; the section, between Sprigg Street and Kingshighway, has two contractors working to complete the job by Dec. 31; it is a fraction of the total road-and-bridge project that will provide a new link from Interstate 55 to a new Mississippi River bridge. KENNETT, Mo. — The Square was packed yesterday morning as hundreds of eager fans waited for several hours to see “hometown girl” and Grammy Award-winning singer Sheryl Crow receive a special key to the city from Mayor Charles B. Brown.

1970 Pam Weber, representing Frohna, Missouri, was crowned Miss Jackson Homecomers last night on the courthouse stage; she is the 16-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elton Weber of Frohna and is a student at Perryville (Missouri) High School; Karen Wibbenmeyer of Cape Girardeau, 1969 Jackson Homecomers queen, crowned Weber. Cape Girardeau voters on Sept. 22 will be asked to ballot on a proposal the city issue $2,500,000 in municipal industrial revenue bonds to construct a facility here to house a new industry, Hardware Wholesalers Inc., of Fort Wayne, Indiana; no tax levy would be involved in the proposal, the bonds being repayable from returns on a lease with the company.

1945 Stolen nearly four months ago, a cash register from the Bridge Cafe on Morgan Oak Street was found late yesterday abandoned in the Mississippi River near the Missouri Utilities Co. water pumping station north of Cape Rock; a group of Boy Scouts, headed by Scoutmaster Norman Vick, spotted the register sticking out of the water as they hiked along the river bank. Clarence W. Schneider, owner of Schneider Equipment Co., 10 N. Sprigg St., announces construction work will begin around Sept. 1 on a new building for his firm at Bloomfield Road and Highway 61; he recently purchased 2 acres at the intersection, the former location of a skating rink.

1920 Six Cape Girardeau boys who left here six weeks ago to attend the course at the Great Lakes Naval Training School returned home last night; Meredith Lilly, William Schaefer, Alex Juden, Wendell Black, Chester Masterson and Elmer Auckley came home wearing their white sailor uniforms, enthusiastic about the life of a sailor. Nora Naeter has moved into her new home and music studio at the corner of Lorimier and Bellevue streets and is now organizing classes for the fall and winter.

POLICE CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assaults Assault was reported in the 1700 block of Lacey Street. Assault was reported in the 2800 block of Whitener Street. Assault was reported in the 2800 block of Whitener Street. Assault was reported in the 900 block of Ranney Avenue. Thefts Larceny was reported in the 500 block of North Kingshighway. Theft was reported in the 2900 block of Shamrock Drive. Shoplifting was reported in the 3000 block of William Street. Robbery was reported. Theft was reported. Shoplifting was reported in the 3000 block of William Street. Miscellaneous Disorderly conduct was

reported in the 2500 block of Albert Rasche Drive. Disorderly conduct was reported on East Cape Rock Drive. Disorderly conduct was reported in the 200 block of South Park Avenue. Property damage was reported in the 1600 block of Perryville Road. Drug violation was reported in the 900 block of South Pacific Street. Drug violation was reported at North Kingshighway and Marilyn Drive. Property damage was reported in the 1600 block of Perryville Road. Drug violation was reported in the 900 block of South Pacific Street. Drug violation was reported at North Kingshighway and Marilyn Drive. Drug equipment violation was reported in the 800 block of North Kingshighway. Property damage was reported. Property damage was reported in the 1400 block of South West End Boulevard. Weapons law violation was reported in the 500 block of South Ellis Street.

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TODAY’S PRAYER

hen anxiety is great within me, your consolation, O God, brings me joy. Amen.

OUR OPINION

Principal Leigh Ragsdale made a difference at Jefferson As area teachers and students returned to classrooms this week, one local educator will soon be leaving town after making a big difference at Jefferson Elementary — or JE, as she affectionately calls it. Leigh Ragsdale, the high energy and always positive principal at Jefferson Elementary, submitted her resignation to the Cape Girardeau School Board earlier this month. Her ﬁancé received a work promotion with the National Guard that will lead them to the Jefferson City/ Columbia area. We’re certainly sad to see her go. After replacing principal Ron Farrow in 2017 at Franklin Elementary, Ragsdale transferred to Jefferson Elementary, where she has led an effort to revitalize a struggling school into what is now a bright spot for Cape Public Schools. The environment is much different. From her morning welcomes to outside-the-box thinking and even launching a summer baseball team for Jefferson students, the culture has shifted in a positive direction. “JE will forever be the brightest spot in my heart,” Ragsdale stated in a social media post. The good news is that Ragsdale has helped develop a team at Jefferson that we believe will carry on the success. Kara Jokerst, previously the assistant principal, will take over the reins as interim head principal, and Amber Walker will serve as the interim assistant principal. HYMC and community partnerships also persist. We wish Ragsdale well and have no doubt she’ll succeed wherever she lands. She certainly did in Cape Girardeau. Congratulations to Jokerst and Walker on their new roles at Jefferson. And thank you to all the local educators returning to the classroom this fall.

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TO THE EDITOR

Lying, murder are not from God To the belief by some that one party has God’s backing while the other has Satan’s; I make these points. First, I believe our actions begin as a thought. These thoughts have an origin. I think that is the point Paul is making to the Corinthians when he emphasizes the need to “bring every thought into captivity.” Identify its source and let its source determine what you do with it. None of us get it all right; but I do think some, by their pattern of choices, shows which source they are most inclined to follow. And with all that being said, it is with that backdrop that I believe what I believe about the two parties. When one party can look the American people in the eye and claim that Trump is using the power of the federal government against “peaceful protesters,” it is quite simply a blatant, non-refutable lie. If they’re lying about that, what else are they lying about in order to deceitfully inﬂuence the opinion of the American people? When one party can push abortion beyond the womb and praise the liberation and power it brings to women, that came from somewhere and that somewhere was not from God. Lying and killing has a source. And by their actions, they have established a pattern of choices which shows which source they are most inclined to follow. Their own actions make the case. It is not opinion. MIKE JONES, Cape Girardeau

SPEAK OUT Cruelty of isolation Adrienne Ross, your article, “The cruelty of coronavirus quarantine on the elderly” was thoughtful and compassionate. You hit the nail on the head! You gave good examples of the inconsistencies of what is allowed for some and not for others. So many of the guidelines are not logical or compassionate! It is agonizing to watch the toll that isolation is taking on the mental health of those who just a few years ago were some of our most esteemed citizens! Thank you for explaining the 14 day quarantine routine. It’s inhumane! And thank you for being a voice since most of us feel absolutely powerless to effect any kind of change in our loved ones circumstances! As business peo-

ple, educators and citizens, we solve all types of problems. We are wise and creative! If we really wanted to, we could brainstorm and come up with ways to care for our elderly that stayed within the guidelines but ways that would allow them to live, not just exist! So why don’t we? As you concluded, “Our loved ones deserve better.”

Dust bowl Well it is that time of year again, actually fall and spring, when one would like to open the windows. However, that is not possible if you live within half mile of the Jackson city soccer ﬁelds on Rt. PP due to the constant dust bowl. Please Jackson aldermen, ﬁnish the job you started, please pave the road.

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In today’s politics, even a garden can start a fight I

t has long been accepted, at least in some circles, that there is a condition known as Trump Derangement Syndrome. But if there are still any skeptics out there, consider the reaction YRON to first lady Melania ORK Trump’s renovation of the White House Rose Garden. The modern version of the garden was created during the Kennedy administration and updated during the first year of the Reagan administration. It was a living thing, something intended to grow and change. In 1981, first lady Nancy Reagan asked the godmother of the garden, philanthropist Bunny Mellon, who created the original design for Jacqueline Kennedy, “to return to the White House and re-energize the planting that had become lackluster over the preceding 20 years,” according to a report by the Committee for the Preservation of the White House. “Mrs. Mellon suggested removing two of the crabapple [trees] in each bed and pruning them back into shape ... along with new plantings of lilies and roses.” In other words, Mellon did not view the garden as an unchangeable monument. That was 40 years ago. In that time, parts of the garden have grown out of their original proportions, while use of the garden for events, from news conferences to parties, has increased. Working with Mrs. Trump, the Committee for the Preservation of the White House conducted a study and produced a 200-page report

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on the state of the garden. Among other things, they found some of the infrastructure of the garden was a mess. “Loose and exposed wires were found everywhere and connected using electrical tape,” the report said. Infrastructure improvements, and much more, were part of the first lady’s update of the garden. “The changes you see are the result of a thoughtful and collaborative process carefully crafted with the help of scholars and experts in architecture, horticulture, design and historic preservation,” Mrs. Trump said at an event christening the garden on a recent Saturday. “This renewal included improvements to the infrastructure and utilities, allowing this beautiful garden to more readily meet the needs of a busy White House. These improvements also make the garden fully accessible to all Americans, including those with disabilities.” (As for power cables and wiring, they are hidden beneath a newly installed path of limestone pavers.) So what’s the problem? When the garden improvements were announced, you might have thought the first lady had created the set for a new Nuremberg rally. “The Trump family did its best to turn the lovely Rose Garden into a neo-fascist parade ground,” tweeted longtime Washington journalist Howard Fineman. A former New York Times reporter, Kurt Eichenwald, who has been the source of much erratic commentary in the Trump era, targeted Melania Trump’s background. (Born in Slovenia, the first lady came to the United States 24 years ago and became a naturalized U.S. citizen 14 years ago,

in 2006.) “It is a destruction of our history, something no other first lady had the gall to do,” Eichenwald tweeted. “This is the first time I have been furious that @FLOTUS is a foreigner. She has no right to wreck our history.” Eichenwald took some hits on Twitter for his xenophobia and later deleted his tweet. Critics posted photos of the old Rose Garden in full bloom in spring alongside the newly redesigned garden with the normal fewer blooms in August. And then political Twitter pounced. “Devoid of color, they somehow brought a white supremacy vibe to the #RoseGarden,” said one tweet. “The Trumps are all Satan,” said another. “You took away all of the colors and turned Jackie Kennedy’s beautiful Rose Garden into a funeral home for white supremacists,” said another. “She was going for that ‘Nuremberg rally grounds’ look,” said yet another. “I seriously hate the Demon and his wife,” said one more. “Look at what they ruined. I can’t wait until Jill Biden is first lady and brings back the #RoseGarden full of flowers, trees and nothing but sheer vibrance.” The short version: In a matter of hours, the Rose Garden had become just another battleground in the Trump wars, like the post office but even sillier. The first lady’s effort was serious, carefully done and needed. (And, like the original garden, paid for by private funds.) But everything is fair game in today’s supercharged political atmosphere. Even flowers. Byron York is chief political correspondent for The Washington Examiner.

Trump’s RNC appeal to Black voters was a strong start W

hile Democrats spent most of their convention last week trying to ﬁre up their lukewarm base, President Donald Trump spent the ﬁrst night of his convention working MARC to expand his with a THIESSEN concerted appeal to African American voters. It began with a powerful speech by Kim Klacik, the dynamic young Black congressional candidate in Maryland’s 7th district who became an Internet sensation for her amazing campaign ad in which she gave voters a walking tour of her devastated Baltimore neighborhood. “The Democrats have controlled my city, Charm City, for over 50 years, and they have run this beautiful place into the ground,” Klacik said Monday night. “Abandoned buildings, liquor stores on every corner, drug addicts and guns on the street — that is now the norm in many neighborhoods ... Sadly, this same cycle of decay exists in many of America’s Democrat-run cities. And yet, the Democrats still assume that Black people will vote for them, no matter how much they let us down and take us for granted.” Next came Georgia Democratic state Rep. Vernon Jones. “As you can see, I’m a man of color, and I’m a lifelong Democrat,” he said. “The Democratic Party does not want Black people to leave the mental plantation they’ve had us on for decades. He said that “Joe Biden has had 47 years to produce results. But he’s all talk and no action.” He praised Trump for “the most inclusive economy ever, with record low unemployment for African

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Americans” and for criminal justice reform that “ended once and for all the policy of incarceration of Black people which has decimated our communities, caused by no other than Joe Biden.” Of all this, Jones said, “Democrats wouldn’t do it. Obama didn’t want to do it. And Joe Biden and Kamala Harris definitely wouldn’t do it. But Donald Trump did it.” Then came former NFL star Herschel Walker, who talked about his 37-year personal friendship with the president. “He keeps right on fighting to improve the lives of Black Americans and all Americans,” Walker said. “Some people don’t like his style, the way he knocks down obstacles that get in the way of his goals. People on opposing teams didn’t like it when I ran right over them either. But that’s how you get the job done.” Finally, there was a powerful address by Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C. He talked about his grandfather, who was forced out of school as a third-grader to pick cotton but lived to see his grandson become the first African American elected to both the House of Representatives and the Senate. “Our family went from cotton to Congress in one lifetime,” Scott said. He excoriated Biden for some past comments: “Joe Biden said if a Black man didn’t vote for him, he wasn’t truly Black. Joe Biden said Black people are a monolithic community. It was Joe Biden who said poor kids can be just as smart as white kids.” He talked about Trump’s support for Opportunity Zones that are “bringing over $75 billion of private sector investment into distressed communities” and the president’s unprecedented support for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), including permanent fundRick Fahr, Editor

Rex Rust, Co-president

ing for the first time. Why would Republicans expend this much time and effort on the first night of their convention trying to win over the Democrats’ most loyal voting bloc? For one thing, Biden’s African American support is soft compared with Hillary Clinton’s: In recent live polls, he leads among Black voters by an average of 67 percentage points, well below Clinton’s 81-point margin in the 2016 exit polls. Second, Trump has an outstanding record to which he can point. He promised Black Americans during a 2016 speech in Charlotte that “whether you vote for me or not, I will be your greatest champion,” and he has delivered. Third, suburban swing voters like a president who fights for everyone, including those who don’t support him. During their convention, Democrats did not lift a finger to win back the working-class voters who twice cast their ballots for Barack Obama but switched to Trump in 2016. By contrast, Trump is making a concerted effort to win back the suburban voters who supported him in 2016 but who defected to Democrats in the 2018 midterms. These voters heard speaker after speaker call Trump a racist last week, so it was powerful to hear a Black American such as Walker say: “I’ve known Donald Trump for 37 years ... I take it as a personal insult that people would think I would have a 37-year friendship with a racist ... Growing up in the Deep South, I have seen racism up close. I know what it is. And it isn’t Donald Trump.” Like Walker, Trump spent the first night of his convention on the offense gaining yardage. It was an outstanding start. Gary Rust, Chairman

Thursday, August 27, 2020

food & dining ASK A FOODIE

RECIPE SWAP

Oran Food Mart serves up hospitality and good food

Getting back to the nightly dinner routine A

s children are starting back to school, I fondly remember back to when our children were going to school and trying to think about getting into a new routine and back to having planned suppers prepared for them. I was blessed with children who would eat anything and were not picky eaters at all, but I know other children are not so adventurous when it comes to food. I came across the Betty Crocker recipe site, Kids’ Most Requested Dinners, and I thought I would share some of the recipes with you. If you have younger children, these recipes might help get them jump-started to try new recipes or delight them by having some of them prepared in smaller portions. There are many recipes here today, so be sure to ﬁnish reading the entire column online. You won’t want to miss any of these kid-friendly recipes.

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Every forkful of salad from Oran Food Mart is a mix of fresh flavor and happiness.

took a road trip to Oran, Missouri, recently. I had never visited before and was following up on a food lead. The drive to Oran was breathtaking. Wild hyacinths were blooming in the ditches, immense white ﬂowers rarely sprinkled with the odd pink specimen. Mingled in was the tall and willowy swamp milkweed, full of delicate pink blossoms. I saw plenty of tiger swallowtail butterﬂies along with their less showy relatives, the black swallowtail. I spotted two Monarchs along the way and counted myself lucky. I saw an enormous free-standing boulder next to a railroad, a tiny ecosystem complete with its own little tree perched stubbornly on top. The whole thing was backed by a rocky cliff and looked like a scene from a fantasy movie. At the end of this thoroughly pleasant drive lay Oran, a town I could immediately see myself settling into. The roads were narrow and literally named, with a huge church on Church Street, and an old railroad depot and tracks along Railroad Street. I visited just before school started, and there were people walking around outside, and not just children. I was engulfed by a pervasive feel to the place, slow and laid back, where

REBECCA LACLAIR Rebecca travels to a new place every week to try food from a trendy restaurant or one she hasn’t been to yet.

everyone knows your name and neighbors still pop over to borrow sugar. I came to my ultimate destination, Oran Food Mart. Glass-fronted with a couple of picnic tables out front, I stepped back in time when I stepped through the doors. This is an old school grocery store, complete with high ceilings and a handful of honest-to-goodness aisles full of grocery and household items. As soon as my nose breathed the air inside, I could smell a delicious trail. Like Pluto with his sausages, I ﬂoated toward

the back of the store led by the meaty scent, where a robust deli thrived. Along with the normal supply of fresh cut cheeses and meats, there was a hot cabinet off to the side ﬁlled with hand-held meals, such as hamburgers and bologna sandwiches. But that’s not what I was after. I was after that delectable smell. Every Tuesday and Thursday, Oran Food Mart serves up a hot lunch. They start serving at 11 a.m. and stop selling when they’re sold out, which is almost always by 1 p.m., I was told by the cashier. Tuesday is always Taco Tuesday when a killer taco salad is served, and Thursday can be a variety of things, such as pulled pork nachos, BBQ smoked chicken halves and kettle beef. The Food Mart also springs for biscuits and gravy in the morning sometimes, and the best way to see what they’re serving and when is to check their Facebook page. I was there at about 11:30 a.m. on a Tuesday, so the smell that drew me in was taco meat, heavy and spicy. I ordered the salad and checked out up front. Then I sat outside and opened the foam container with more than a little anticipation. This, my friends, is what a taco salad should be. The lettuce was fresh and crisp,

not a sad looking piece in the bunch. The greens were merely a vehicle for the extremely generous toppings: crumbled Doritos, black beans, a ton of taco meat, tomatoes, salsa, cheese, onion (which I skipped), sour cream and an unreal dressed-up avocado dip which had been magicked into the best taco salad dressing I’ve ever eaten. The taco meat reminded me of the tacos my mom made when I was a child, not spicy hot but a perfect mix of chili powder, cumin and other spices, and my mom is the absolute best cook I know. The salad filled an entire full-sized sectioned foam container and was huge and filling, a perfect cherry on top of a fun trip. I have to take a moment and say how friendly the people at Oran Food Mart are. The woman in the back doing the cooking didn’t hesitate to give me her dressing recipe, though she did say that she never measures anything, and I firmly believe that the best cooks never have to. The woman working the cash register had a beautiful smile and endured my questions with good cheer. Pick a pretty day, and take the trip soon to enjoy the flowers. Watch for the huge “stone with tree” on the left and enjoy a hot meal in a nifty town.

Better burgers are all about the blend BY ELIZABETH KARMEL

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There was a time when I liked burgers based mostly on their toppings. I might order a Swiss cheese and bacon burger, or one topped with blue cheese and caramelized onions, and that, I thought, was where the flavor was. Then I realized I could make my own burger blend with better quality cuts of beef. This changed the way I make and eat burgers. When I am making my own blend, I choose bits of short rib, brisket, hanger steak and rib-eye. All the rich cuts. Add a bit of aged beef too, and you get a swoon-worthy, slightly funky, slightly nutty aroma and flavor. Today, you can buy these specialty burger blends already made and conveniently packaged in 1-pound “bricks” or premade burgers. When you are shopping, follow the advice of meat scientist Diana Clark from Certified Angus Beef: For a thick, gourmet-like burger, look for a blend of 80% lean,

20% fat. “The extra fat is going to melt and make a juicy, tasty burger.” There are many butchers who sell burger blends online and at grocery stores. My favorites include Pat LaFrieda and Schweid and Sons. I have purchased the premade burgers, but I prefer the bricks because I can make my signature square burgers from them easily. The meat is vacuum-sealed, which means it is as close to fresh as you can buy without grinding it yourself. With vacuum-sealed meat, the oxygen is almost eliminated, so the rate of deterioration is much slower. Fresh meat wrapped in brown butcher paper will last a maximum of three days refrigerated, while vacuum-sealed meat will last up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator and much longer in a freezer. To make square burgers from the bricks, carefully remove the meat from the packaging and, using a ﬁne serrated knife, cut it into four equal, quarter-pound shares. I round the sharp edges of each square in my

hands, as I would soften a lump of clay, being careful not to make it too round. I want to keep the thick square shape. After it is smooth and even, I make a depression in the center so the burger will cook evenly and not puff up like a meatball. Because you are buying premium ground beef blends, you don’t need to add anything to make it taste great. A generous sprinkle of fresh-ground black pepper and coarse kosher salt is all you need. My ratio is 1 teaspoon Morton Kosher salt to 1/3 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper. Mix the salt and pepper together and season both sides of the burger. I like to place my burgers on the grill for about 3-4 minutes per side for a thick patty like this one. You will get great grill marks, and the middle will still be medium-rare to medium. If you buy the premade patties, cook them a little less because they are not as thick as my homemade square burgers. If you don’t have a grill, or you run out of gas, these

are equally good made in a cast-iron pan. Preheat the pan on your stovetop over medium-high heat, and the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Don’t put anything in the pan — no butter, no oil. Once it is hot enough for a drop of water to dance across the surface, place the four patties on the hot castiron skillet and let cook for 2 minutes or until the burgers develop a good crust. Flip them and let cook on the stovetop for 2 more minutes. Then place the skillet with burgers in the preheated oven for 5 minutes. If you’re making cheeseburgers, add the cheese during the last 2 minutes of cooking. Remove the burgers to a platter and let them rest for ﬁve minutes. In this stripped-down version of my current favorite burger, less is more. A good blend eliminates the need for most traditional condiments, but if you crave them, use them. For me, the perfect bite is a dill pickle chip, melty American cheese and the hot crusty burger between a potato bun.

SUSAN MCCLANAHAN Susan McClanahan is administrator at the Cape Girardeau Senior Center. Send recipes to her at news@semissourian.com or by mail at P.O. Box 699, Cape Girardeau, MO 63702. Recipes published have not been kitchen-tested by Southeast Missourian staff.

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Everything you love about the iconic Impossibly Easy Cheeseburger Pie is packed into these mini dinners made in your muffin tin. Serve these up with everyone’s burger ﬁxings and reap the reward of clean plates. Burger Mixture:

1 pound lean ground beef 1 large onion, chopped (1 cup) 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1 teaspoon garlic salt 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese (4 ounce) Baking Mixture:

1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup original buttermilk baking mix 2 eggs Garnishes, if desired, 12 mini kosher dill pickles, 1 medium tomato, chopped Ketchup and mustard Heat oven to 375 degrees. Spray 12 regular-size muffin cups with cooking spray. In 10-inch skillet, cook beef and onion over medium-high heat 5 to 7 minutes, stirring frequently, until thoroughly cooked; drain. Cool 5 minutes; stir in Worcestershire sauce, garlic salt and cheese. In medium bowl, stir baking mixture ingredients with whisk or fork until blended. Spoon 1 scant tablespoon baking mixture into each muffin cup. Top with about 1/4 cup burger mixture. Spoon 1 tablespoon baking mixture onto burger mixture in each muffin cup. Bake about 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, and muffin tops are golden brown. Cool 5 minutes. With thin knife, loosen sides of muffins from pan; remove from pan and place top side up on cooling rack. Cool 10 minutes longer, and serve with garnishes. Note: Savory Impossibly Easy Pies can be covered and refrigerated up to 24 hours before baking. You may need to bake a bit longer than the recipe directs since you’ll be starting with a cold pie. Watch carefully for doneness.

Muffin-Tin Mac and Cheese Cups Serve mac and cheese cups up when you’ve got extra kids around the dinner table. But don’t be surprised that they are a hit among all ages. They’ve got all the ﬂavor of your favorite scratch mac and cheese with a crispy, bread crumb topping in one easy to eat package.

1/2 pound uncooked elbow macaroni 4 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 cup milk 2 cups shredded sharp Cheddar cheese (8 oz) 1/2 cup plain panko crispy bread crumbs 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh Italian (flat-leaf ) parsley

Heat oven to 425 degrees. Place foil muffin liner in each of 12 regular-size muffin cups. Spray liners with cooking spray. Cook macaroni as directed on package; drain, and set aside. Meanwhile, in 4-quart saucepan, melt 2 tablespoons of the butter over medium heat. Add ﬂour, salt and pepper; cook and beat with whisk 1 to 2 minutes or until thickened. Slowly beat in milk. Heat just to boiling, stirring frequently. Remove from heat. Stir in cheese. Stir in macaroni. Divide mixture evenly among cups. In medium microwavable bowl, microwave remaining 2 tablespoons butter uncovered on high setting 60 to 90 seconds or until melted. Stir in bread crumbs and parsley. Spoon on top of mixture in cups. Gently press. Bake 18 to 22 minutes or until bread crumb mixture is golden brown. Let stand 5 minutes before serving. Note: Make them your own! Experiment with different cheeses and herbs, such as shredded Mexican 4-cheese blend and cilantro or shredded Italian blend and basil. These reheat beautifully in the microwave, but don’t forget to remove the foil liners ﬁrst! Source: Betty Crocker’s recipe site, Kids’ Most Requested Dinners bettycrocker.com/menus-holidays-parties/mhplibrary/ recipes/kids-meal-ideas?utm_source=Email_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BC_08_19_2020&vcode=AQAAAAEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBfBh3zEN1TwRLpT-uVcSNZBY6MFRClZWJAQ8Fu8kNFvSkVFZF2NpzYeK-Dj8Wg1o_I0VThsAz6OtNZNRIwSxUtw==&os_ehash=4CACDC34-D1084D24-AC88-B5BD261E3E6A Until next time, happy cooking.

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the result of a temporary transition to the city’s new Motorola, digital-trunking radio system, according to a news release from the Cape

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tion to Cape Girardeau Police officers and our officers are still communicating police traffic without disruption but this traffic may not be detected as usual,” the release stated. According to the release, the city’s digital crime reporting system will continue to document calls for service and reports taken during the 48-hour period and any major crime incidents will be disclosed through news releases. Cape Girardeau ﬁre battalion chief Brad Dillow said the transition is part of a yearslong project with Motorola to update the city’s public safety communication system, and the new system will be part of Missouri’s statewide public safety interoperable communications system, known as the Missouri Statewide Interoperability Network (MOSWIN). The city saved more than $1 million while upgrading

the new system by using statewide communications infrastructures already inplace, according to Dillow, and the new system is currently being used on a temporary basis while the city’s current VHF equipment is relocated. “We’re going to move back to our conventional system until we get all the programming and everything done, which will be about a month out,” Dillow said. “Then we’ll be switching over, hopefully full time, to the new trunking system and then our old system will become our backup.” Dillow said the system uses a simulcast system, which uses three tower sites, as opposed to the city’s single-site transmitter used in the past. “We’re hoping our radio coverage and in-building coverage is going to be far better, thus enhancing firefighter and police officer safety in the field.”

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SATURDAY Softball Doniphan vs. Chaffee at Lady Devils Round Robin, TBA Fredericktown vs. Chaffee at Lady Devils Round Robin, TBA Twin Rivers vs. Chaffee at Lady Devils Round Robin, TBA Herculaneum at Saxony Lutheran, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Soccer Perryville at Cape Central, 10 a.m. Cross Country Cape Central, Leopold, Notre Dame, Oak Ridge, St. Vincent, Zalma at Jackson Invitational, 9 a.m.

Football Crystal City at Chaffee, 7 p.m. Dexter at Scott City, 7 p.m. St. Clair at Perryville, 7 p.m. Jackson at Fort Zumwalt West, 7 p.m. Volleyball Meadow Heights at Oak Ridge, 7:30 p.m. South Iron at Zalma, 7:30 p.m. Tennis Jackson, Notre Dame, Sikeston at Cape Central Tournament, 9 a.m. Soccer Saxony Lutheran at Jackson, 6:30 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB 18 12 .600 – 14 12 .538 2 12 14 .462 4 13 16 .448 41/2 11 17 .393 6 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 18 12 .600 – St. Louis 11 9 .550 2 Milwaukee 13 15 .464 4 Cincinnati 11 17 .393 6 Pittsburgh 7 19 .269 9 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 22 9 .710 – San Diego 18 13 .581 4 Colorado 15 15 .500 61/2 San Francisco 15 16 .484 7 Arizona 13 18 .419 9 Wednesday’s Results Chicago White Sox 10, Pittsburgh 3 Atlanta 5, N.Y. Yankees 1, 7 innings, 1st game Atlanta 2, N.Y. Yankees 1, 7 innings, 2nd game Atlanta Miami Philadelphia New York Washington

Philadelphia 3, Washington 2 N.Y. Mets 5, Miami 4 Detroit 7, Chicago Cubs 6 St. Louis 6, Kansas City 5 Seattle at San Diego, ppd. Colorado at Arizona, late L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, ppd. Cincinnati at Milwaukee, ppd. Today’s Games Pittsburgh (Kuhl 1-1) at St. Louis (Kim 1-0), ppd., 1st game Seattle (Kikuchi 0-2) at San Diego (Richards 1-1), 3:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Miley 0-3) at Milwaukee (Lindblom 1-1), 4:10 p.m., 1st game Colorado (Freeland 2-1) at Arizona (Gallen 0-0), 5:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Howard 0-1) at Washington (Scherzer 2-1), 5:37 p.m. Pittsburgh (Ponce 0-1) at St. Louis (Oviedo 0-0), ppd., 2nd game Miami (Sanchez 1-0) at N.Y. Mets (TBD), 6:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Buehler 1-0) at San Francisco (Webb 2-2), 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati (TBD) at Milwaukee (TBD), ppd., 2nd game

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East Division W L Pct GB 21 11 .656 – 16 11 .593 21/2 15 14 .517 41/2 14 16 .467 6 10 21 .323 101/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Minnesota 20 12 .625 – Chicago 19 12 .613 1/2 Cleveland 19 12 .613 1/2 Detroit 13 16 .448 51/2 Kansas City 12 19 .387 71/2 West Division W L Pct GB Oakland 22 10 .688 – Houston 17 14 .548 41/2 Seattle 12 19 .387 91/2 Texas 11 19 .367 10 Los Angeles 10 22 .313 12 Wednesday’s Results Chicago White Sox 10, Pittsburgh 3 Atlanta 5, N.Y. Yankees 1, 7 innings, 1st game Atlanta 2, N.Y. Yankees 1, 7 innings, 2nd game Toronto 9, Boston 1 Tampa Bay 4, Baltimore 3

Cleveland 6, Minnesota 3 Detroit 7, Chicago Cubs 6 St. Louis 6, Kansas City 5 Oakland at Texas, late Seattle at San Diego, ppd. L.A. Angels at Houston, ppd. Today’s Games L.A. Angels 12, Houston 5, 7 innings Seattle (Kikuchi 0-2) at San Diego (Richards 1-1), 3:10 p.m. Boston (Mazza 0-1) at Toronto (Ryu 2-1), 5:37 p.m. Oakland (Bassitt 2-1) at Texas (Lyles 1-3), 5:37 p.m. Baltimore (Means 0-2) at Tampa Bay (Yarbrough 0-2), 5:40 p.m. Minnesota (Dobnak 5-1) at Detroit (Boyd 0-4), 6:10 p.m.

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CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) Wednesday’s Results At Toronto Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Islanders 3, OT, Series tied 1-1 Tampa Bay 7, Boston 1, Tampa Bay leads

At Edmonton Colorado vs. Dallas, late Today’s Games At Toronto Philadelphia vs. N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m. At Edmonton Las Vegas vs. Vancouver, 8:45 p.m.

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St. Louis Cardinals’ Yadier Molina celebrates after hitting a single during the sixth inning against the Kansas City Royals Wednesday in St. Louis.

Cards From Page 1B Alex Reyes (1-0) got the win. Ryan McBroom and Cam Gallagher homered for Kansas City, which has lost 13 of its last 17 to its cross-state rival. St. Louis outﬁelder Dexter Fowler and pitcher Jack Flaherty opted to sit out the game in solidarity with other players around the league in protest of the shooting in Kenosha, Wiscoinsin. Jacob Blake, a Black man, was shot multiple times by police Sunday. Three major league games were postponed Wednesday in decisions driven by players. Fowler was originally in the starting lineup, but decided not to play right before the game.

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Comfort From Page 1B How did you make the migration to the indoor game? When I graduated at Grimes, there wasn’t much opportunity for girls in soccer back then, so I decided to give volleyball a try when I got to SEMO. I was a walkon as a freshman, which forced me to study the game to get where I wanted to go. I did end up with a scholarship for my last three years. Except for one year at Scott City, you have specialized in coaching at the small schools. There were 65 students in my senior class (at Grimes), so it’s what I knew. I prefer the smaller environment. It’s more homey and you get to connect with all the kids. After two back-to-back state titles, should we expect a three-peat in 2020? I’ve got a really good group of kids; they love volleyball. I haven’t had to get after them to prepare for the season because they’ve been getting ready at the Southern gym we have in town. We have seven seniors coming back too. The kids are always good,

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The Advance High School volleyball squad poses with its championship plaque after winning the 2019 SCAA Tournament in Bell City. always the same wherever I’ve gone. Never any problems, no complaints. Roz Schrader was your go-to player the last two seasons but now she’s in college. Yes, she’s at John A. Logan now. Roz was a big blocker for us (with 317 kills in 2019), which made our defense really good. Jadeyn Metcalf, a senior this year, should step up for us in ’20. Say a word, please, about your family. I married my husband, David Hoffman, in 1998, and we have a daughter, Lexi, who is a freshman this year and will play on our team. We’ve lived in Leopold for 20 years and I’m not looking to leave it. Can you put a ﬁnger on why you’ve been success-

ful for so long? When the girls are accountable to one another, the losses hurt more, and the wins are sweeter. Accountability drives them to win. Also, I do whatever I can to build their conﬁdence. Is there an Erin Hoffman “system?” On my teams, you have to play defense and you have to pass. Those things are important at every position. I like to say that if you can’t pass, you can’t play. You blew out a lot of teams the last two seasons, especially, notching lopsided victories. Correct, but I’ll you something: I’d rather play hard against a good team and lose than beat a team 25-5. When you win so big over an opponent, your girls

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Then-Cape Central junior Jack Maxton looks at his third-place medal in the 100 fly race at the 2019 MSHSAA Class 1 Boys State Swim Finals at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters, Mo. He shockingly dropped five seconds over the course of the next 12 months and took sixth in the 100 fly as a sophomore, while winning his first state championship as a member of the Tigers’ 400 free relay team. Maxton had another strong state meet last November, as he dropped two more seconds in the 100 fly and placed third. “He got out of the warmup pool (at the state meet),” Powell recalled, “and a guy asked him ‘Are you Jack

Maxton?’ He then said ‘I think you’re going to win the 100 ﬂy next year.’” Maxton just might. He was just .06 seconds behind Smithville’s Nathan Noll, who returns for his senior season after placing second behind Battle senior AJ Huskey. The Tigers graduated All-Americans Daniel Seabaugh and Jacob Bening, and those departures now casts the spotlight solely on Maxton. “With the Daniel and

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don’t improve. I like to help my student-athletes study the angles and get better. Advance has dominated Class 1 the past two seasons. How do you keep your returning girls from resting on their laurels? Complacency is a concern I have so I’m teaching new skills and new defensive schemes, things that will be hard to grasp to keep them focused and concentrated. What do you teach in the classroom? Today, I teach history, which I love. I try to take students to Europe every summer, which didn’t happen this year due to COVID. One year, we had a group go to Egypt. Because our European trip got cancelled in ’20, we’re planning a trip to Costa Rica in 2021. In 2022, it’ll be Germany, France and the Alps. Tell us something not a lot of people know about Erin Hoffman? I play the piano. We don’t have one at home anymore but there is one at school. It used to be I could release my emotions playing that instruments. Favorite piece of music to play? Tough one. I suppose I’d say, “Flight of the Bumblebee,” a very familiar piece of classical music.

the Jacob’s of the world,” Powell said, “for someone to recognize Jack, and acknowledge the potential he has, not only in (the fly), but his breaststroke has really been coming on.” Um, that is an understatement. Maxton didn’t even compete at the state meet as a sophomore in the 100 breast but as a junior he finished an astounding fifth. “He’ll have all kinds of opportunities to put himself out there,” Powell said, “and show everybody what he can do.” Maxton has a pair of state titles, both as a member of the winning 400 free relay squads each of the last two seasons. He also placed third as a sophomore on a 200 medley relay team and ninth last year in the 200 free relay. Maxton’s ability comes somewhat naturally. His father, Dave Maxton, was a swimmer in Cape Girardeau while growing up and his son has the length and build of an elite swimmer. “His dad was a good swimmer,” Powell said, “so he has it in his genes. It’s always fun for me to see that next generation embracing swimming like their parents did. That is a lot of fun.”

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Health board maintains mask mandate in Cape County BY JAY WOLZ

SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN Cape Girardeau County’s face-mask mandate will remain in place, at least for now. Members of the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to maintain the mandate until its next meeting, scheduled for Sept. 22. However, the mask order could be reconsidered before then, depending on COVID-19 case trends in the coming weeks. The order has been in place since July 13 when the number of active cases in Cape Girardeau County exceeded 200. By Aug. 5, about three weeks after the mask order began, the county’s active case count had dropped to 69. Since then, the number of active cases in Cape Girardeau County has gradually risen. On Tuesday, the county had 163 active cases. Tuesday’s vote took place during the health board’s regular monthly meeting at the Osage Centre, which was attended by about three dozen socially-distanced, mostly masked county residents, and followed nearly an hour of public comments. Most of the comments were from those who wanted the board to rescind the order. Several said the masks were ineffective and a hazard to public health, while others said they opposed the order because they said it restricted their personal freedom.

Angry voices Some of the public statements were punctuated with

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Board member John Freeze asks a speaker to provide a source for information cited regarding COVID-19 fatality rates Tuesday during a meeting.

raised voices and pointed ﬁngers as several people accused the board of “perpetuating hysteria.” “This mandate is not in the best interest of our citizens,” Mark Gihring told the board. Gihring, who had previously addressed members of the Cape Girardeau County Commission in opposition to the mask mandate, is a science teacher, school bus driver and small-farm owner in northern Cape Girardeau County. The mask order, Gihring said, is detrimental to businesses and causes “psychological and emotional damage” to people. “I’m a bus driver. When a ﬁrst-grader or kindergartner gets on the bus and wants me to give them a hug, what am I supposed to do? Smile through my mask, brush them aside, send them to their seat wondering why they’ve been rejected? That’s absurd,” he said. “Masking the public dehumanizes us,” Gihring contin-

described the mask requirement as “stupid.” “Our bodies thrive when we give them fresh air to breathe,” LaVanchy said, and pointed to her own mask. “If you think this mask is keeping you from getting COVID, you are sadly mistaken.” Board member Georganne Syler, a retired dietetic professor at Southeast Missouri State University, told LaVanchy she agreed a healthy lifestyle can help a person build resistance to coronavirus. “I couldn’t agree more,” she said. “I spent my life trying to get people to do all the healthy things — fresh air, sunlight, exercise, good nutrition. But in America, we have over three-fourths of our population that’s obese or overweight (and) changing your behavior today will not give you a greater immune system tomorrow.”

ued. “The mental pictures that come to mind when I think of a masked society are those of Communist Russia or North Korea — no feeling, no empathy, just existence, and that’s not how I want to live.” Gihring compared masks to “a seed of restricting personal freedom” that “must be destroyed before it grows into a deeply-rooted tree of totalitarian oppression.” Among others who spoke in opposition to the mask order was Rita LaVanchy, who emphasized the beneﬁts of a healthy lifestyle as a means to build immunity to coronavirus. “We need to promote health rather than a forced mandate that hinders health and immunity,” said LaVanchy, who has spoken in opposition to face masks at several recent meetings of the County Commission and the July 28 meeting of the health board. “Doctors are not on board with this,” she said, adding that her own physician has

Mask support While most of comments

Cape Girardeau-area Postal Service workers lobby for public support BY JEFF LONG

SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN The union representing postal clerks, mail sorters and maintenance staff staged an informational picket Tuesday at the post office at 320 Frederick St. in Cape Girardeau. About a dozen members of the American Postal Workers Union passed out ﬂyers and talked with customers asking them to contact 8th District U.S. Rep. Jason Smith (R-Salem, Mo.) and demand he support $25 billion in emergency funding for the beleaguered U.S. Postal Service. President Donald Trump has asserted the Postal Service is poorly run, loses billions of dollars each year and has an unfair relationship with Amazon. Greg Davidson of Cape Girardeau, president of APWU Local 4088, representing more than 80 postal workers locally, suggested the president apparently doesn’t understand the agency’s economics. Davidson points to a 2006 law requiring the Postal Service to pre-fund health beneﬁts for future retirees until the year 2081.

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From left, Postal Service employees Vernon Davidson and Cody Davidson talk to customer Tom Ellison at an informational picket Tuesday at the post office in Cape Girardeau. “I’ve never heard (the president) mention this (requirement) in all of his rhetoric,” said Davidson, a window clerk at the Frederick Street branch and a 23-year USPS veteran. Davidson calls the health care pre-funding an “onus” and if it were lifted, the Postal Service would be in the black. “We would be, yes, and we would see millions of dollars in profit,” Davidson said. The USPS, according to reporting by the Washington Post, has bigger problems than paying for health benefits — reporting the volume of first-class mail

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has dropped every year since 2011 due to the rise of the internet. Overall, the Postal Service reported a loss of $8.8 billion in 2019. Mark Baker of Jackson, president of the AFL-CIO affiliated Southeast Missouri Central Labor Council, said ﬁnancial “starving” of the Postal Service is deliberate plan by the Trump administration. “It’s a long con, in my opinion,” said Baker, who has headed the local council since 2005. Baker stopped just short of suggesting the president is trying to eliminate the agency charged with delivering mail and packages to every location in the country. “(Trump)’s goal is force the (USPS), founded in 1775, to be so inefficient that the private sector be-

comes appealing,” he said. Robert Stevenson, Local 4088 vice president, said no U.S. president can push the Postal Service out of business. “We’re here and we’re going to continue to be here,” said Stevenson, a clerk and general “expediter” at the Frederick Street branch. Acknowledging letter volume is way down, Stevenson said the other major part of the agency’s business is way up. “I’ve watched package volume explode,” said Stephenson, a Cape Girardeau resident and 34-year Postal Service employee. “It’s like Christmas every day of the week around here because of the convenience of people shopping from home,” he added. In 2019, the Postal Service reported a $1.3 billion increase in revenue from shipping and package delivery, a 6.1% hike from 2018. Davidson said the need for an immediate boost in USPS funding is critical to continued operations. “COVID has hit (our business) hard, even locally,” said Davidson, who added that, among other things, the Postal Service is using decades-old mail delivery vehicles that are literally falling apart. “I had a (letter) carrier tell me just a few days ago that the door on his (delivery) truck fell off,” he said. The APWU has endorsed Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.

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were from those opposed to face masks, a few people expressed their appreciation for the health department and said the masks have been beneﬁcial. Among them was Matt Lacy, associate superintendent of the Jackson School District. “Yesterday (Monday) we had over 5,000 kids return to school, so whether you agree with masking or disagree, can we agree that’s a win?” he asked. “We need some normality in our lives right now.” Lacy credited masks with preventing many of the district’s instructors from possible coronavirus infections when a staff member who attended a new teacher breakfast tested positive for the virus. “Because everybody was masked, we didn’t lose the whole staff,” he said. Dr. John Russell, medical director for the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center and adviser to the health de-

partment board, talked to the Southeast Missourian after the meeting. “The numbers for Cape County continue to be stable and significantly better than surrounding counties and the state as a whole,” he said, and credited face masks, social distancing, personal hygiene and other measures for helping the county manage the virus as well as it has. “In Cape Girardeau County, we are lucky because our case fatality rate is about 0.7% and for the state it’s about 1.8%, so we are under half, and that’s a credit to both our medical community and expertise as well as the fact that we are staying under the averages for the number of people in the population that are actually catching the virus.” Coronavirus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is now the third-leading cause of death in the United States, trailing only heart disease and cancer. “We have more people dying of coronavirus in the United States than from drunk driving or gun violence, so it continues to be a significant public health threat,” Russell said. Asked how much difference the county’s face mask mandate is making, Russell replied, “Only retrospectively can we prove that it did good or bad.” Do you crave business news? Check out B Magazine, and the B Magazine email newsletter. Check it out at semissourian.com/newsletters to find out more.

SEMO offers mask exemptions for students, staff with documentation of medical condition BY LUCAS IRIZARRY

SOUTHEAST ARROW

The Classroom Safety subcommittee of Southeast Missouri State University has created a process for individuals who may be physically or medically incapable of wearing a mask for extended periods of time to apply for an exemption from classroom protocols. The main contacts for students applying for a pass are the Dean of Students Office or the Center for Behavioral Health and Accessibility, while faculty should apply through the Human Resources Office, said Sonia Rucker, vice president for Equity, Access and Behavioral Health and dean of students. “We have basically come up with a requirement for medical documentation which outlines speciﬁcally why they shouldn’t be wearing a mask,” Rucker said. Millicent Odhiambo, interim director of the Center for Behavioral Health and Accessibility, is the main person who will review medical documentation for students. Rucker said Southeast created its benchmark for applications based on what other schools are doing and information from the Americans with Disabilities Act. “We did decide that medical reasons are the primary reason we would exempt someone, because we want to make sure we keep the campus as safe as

possible,” Rucker said. “It’s important to us to have as many people as possible wearing masks.” The committee did approve other reasons people may acceptably apply for a mask, but the application is narrow and may never be applied for at Southeast. For example, if someone has trauma associated with face coverings, they could feasibly receive a pass after review from Southeast. Approximately 10 students and 10 faculty members have applied for a pass as of last week. Rucker said the most common reasons people apply are for asthma or lung disorders. Before an exemption is given, the student should try to adjust their schedule to limit time on campus or wear a face shield instead of a mask. The shield is farther away from the face and allows for easier breathing. Students with hearing impairments and their interpreters have been given clear shields as well to allow for lip reading. “A lot of the students we’ve been corresponding with have other underlying conditions, so we’ve been working with them to make sure we could give them other accommodations so their time on campus is very limited,” Rucker said. “Most of them we’ve been able to get into either completely online schedules or HyFlex hybrid schedules.” For more info on mask exemptions, students may contact the Office for the Dean of Students.

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All eyes on November 3 Cape County clerk seeing ‘take the cake’ turnout ahead of presidential election BY JEFF LONG

SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN Kara Clark Summers, Cape Girardeau’s county clerk, is seeing voter passion for a presidential election unlike any she has seen during her tenure. Summers, the county’s election authority for the last 13 years, said 2008 — which saw the election of Barack Obama, America’s ﬁrst Black president — was “a very big year (in the county) with lots of absentee ballots,” but this year’s

race, she insisted, takes the cake. As of late Friday afternoon, 11,586 ballots have already been cast in Cape County with only 386 yet to be returned. None of the votes received before Tuesday will be counted until the polls close at 7 p.m. on Election Day, Summers said. “With the sunny weather Friday, a lot of people took advantage of curbside voting,” said Summers, who said the success of driveby ballot dropoff this week

Rehder, Owens seek District 27 Senate seat SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN

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Among the races some voters will decide Tuesday is the District 27 state Senate seat, which is coming open because of term limits. Republican state Rep. Holly Rehder is facing Democrat Donnie Owens. Rehder, term-limited from her House seat, won the GOP primary earlier this year. She lives in Sikeston, Missouri, is a business owner and has a background in the communications industry. “Above all, a public servant must be available to the people. Be responsive to constituents, take the calls, help them in any

Amick, Rose seek Scott County coroner post.

way you can. Turn over every stone for them,” she told B Magazine. “As a representative, I am often the liaison to the people, helping them cut through government red tape. I take that very seriously. As a legislator, I think we need a smaller, more efﬁcient government. We cannot waste the people’s money on ridiculous schemes and then demand more from the people. A See SEAT, Page 3A

With the sunny weather Friday, a lot of people took advantage of curbside voting.” KARA CLARK SUMMERS Cape Girardeau County clerk, On voter turnout has convinced her to set up the curbside option also on

Tuesday during the same 13 hours the county’s 29 polling places will be open: 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Voters who wish to vote curbside may do so Saturday, Monday and Tuesday at the county administration building at Barton Square in Jackson and at the Osage Center, 1625 North Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau. Due to COVID-19, Missouri lawmakers made it easier to vote absentee this year and to vote by mail. “But I was expecting a huge turnout even before COVID

hit,” opined Summers.

Late ballots “I don’t know how other states handle it, but in Missouri, a ballot must be in the hands of our office by 7 p.m. Tuesday in order to be counted,” said Summers, suggesting the Show Me State should not see a late ballot controversy. Military ballots, which can be accepted as late as noon Nov. 6, are the only exception to the deadline. See TURNOUT, Page 3A

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A firefighter is seen through a window of a home in the 400 block of North Frederick Street as Cape Girardeau and Jackson firefighters battle a fire inside the home shortly before noon Friday.

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SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN Six area residents died Thursday or Friday because of COVID-19, health officials said. Three of the victims were Cape Girardeau County residents. Two were Bollinger County, Missouri, residents, and one was a Scott Inside County resident. Health Cape Giofficials quitting because r a r d e a u County of threats, P u b l i c harassment. See story on H e a l t h Center rePage 11A. ported the f at a l i t i e s — the county’s 51st, 52nd and 53rd — and noted 80 new virus cases (42 Thursday and 38 Friday). Total cases in the county have grown to 3,041, and 2,442 county residents have recovered from the disease associated with coronavirus. Active virus cases stood at 546 Friday, down 30 from Thursday. Cases in long-term care facilities totaled 262, with 155 recoveries, 64 active cases and 40 deaths. See VIRUS, Page 3A

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Featured Events Cape Riverfront Market Farmers Market

Trunk or Treat 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday Lynwood Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau

8 a.m. to noon Saturday Cape Riverfront Market in Cape Girardeau

Head to Downtown Cape Girardeau and shop locally this weekend at the Cape Riverfront Market farmers market. You can find fresh produce, locally raised meats, assorted baked goods, sweet treats, artisan crafts, fresh-cut flowers and plants and options for breakfast and lunch. To maintain safe distance among vendors and customers, Cape Riverfront Market vendors will be spaced out on the Spanish Street parking lot, and some Cape Riverfront Market vendors will set up on Spanish Street for the remainder of the 2020 season. (573) 820-5397

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Saturday's Weather High: 60 Low: 42 Partly sunny River: 17.8 feet and steady Sunrise: 7:23 a.m. Sunset: 6:01 p.m. Daylight: 10 hours and 38 minutes Yesterday’s High: 52 Low: 35

Other Events Riverfront Yoga 8 to 9 a.m. Saturday Cape Girardeau Riverfront

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‘Mindful Construct’ 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, through Friday Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau

‘Across the Tracks’ 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, through Nov. 13 Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau

Circuit training 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau

Alanon Meeting : Help and Hope for Families and Friends of Alcoholics 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday Imperial Building in Cape Girardeau

Four-day forecast Arts Council of Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau

‘Notions” Quilt & Glass Exhibit 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday through Nov. 7 Cape Girardeau County History Center in Jackson

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Yule Log Cabin Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily Yule Log Cabin in Scott City

Falling Into Quilts 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum in Altenburg, Missouri

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Glenn House Paint for a Cause Noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday Painted Wren Art Gallery in Cape Girardeau

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October 2020 Visual Arts Cooperative Window Exhibitors: Don Greenwood and Sarah Cochrane 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday

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‘The Light at the End of History’ Explores Nuclear Technology, History in Photographs 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday River Campus Art Gallery, Seminary

World War II Exhibit Noon to 4:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday

Boo-tiful Park event Noon to 4 p.m. Saturday Ranney Park in Cape Girardeau

Bruce Zimmerman 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday River Ridge Winery near Commerce, Missouri

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Just Plain Fun LLC. in Chaffee, Missouri

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Cape Parks: Haunted Hall or Horror 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday

Hemman Winery in Brazeau, Missouri

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VFW Trunk or Treat 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday

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Cape Girardeau VFW Post 3838

Dinosaur Herd Noon to 4:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday

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High: 54 Low: 27 River: 17.9 feet and rising

High: 52 Low: 34 River: 17.8 feet and falling

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Sunny to partly cloudy

High: 61 Low: 40 River: 11.6 feet and falling

High: 66 Low: 45 River: 11.3 feet and falling

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‘Metamorphoses’ 7:30 p.m. Saturday through Nov. 7; 2 p.m. Nov. 8 Rust Flexible Theatre, River Campus in Cape Girardeau

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Brown Bag Fundraiser 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday St. Lawrence Catholic Church in New Hamburg, Missouri

Crisp Museum in Cape Girardeau

Sunday at the Museum Noon to 4:30 p.m. Sunday

Trunk or Treat 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday Lynwood Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau

Bollinger County Museum of Natural History in Marble Hill, Missouri

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VIRTUAL GriefShare: Surviving the Holidays Seminar 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday

Babes in the Woods: Virtual Program: Nature Storytime 10 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday

St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson

Virtual Program

Cape Nature Center in Cape Girardeau

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Parks & Recreation Foundation’s Spaghetti Day 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday

Southeast’s Crisp Museum Presents First Fridays: Make and Take Art 4 to 8 p.m. Friday

Painted Wren Art Gallery

Monday

Plenty of sun, but cool

Arena Building in Cape Girardeau

Halloween at the Museum 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday

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Ice Age Exhibit Noon to 4:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday

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Sunny, breezy and cool

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Alec Umfleet 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday

Bollinger County Museum of Natural History in Marble Hill, Missouri

6 to 9 p.m. Saturday

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Just Plain Fun Music Show and Costume Contest

Upcoming Events Thank You to Our Veterans 9 a.m. Monday

Riverside Regional Library

River Region Photo Association Display 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday

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Virtual Program: Colorfest- All About Fall Colors 10 to 10:30 a.m. Monday

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Cape Nature Center in Cape Girardeau

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Pinecone Craft 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday Cape Nature Center

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Missouri Nuts-Virtual 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday

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Arena Building in Cape Girardeau

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Little Acorns: Virtual Program: Nature Storytime 10 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday

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Country Club Western Dancers: line and couples 6 to 9 p.m. Monday

Color Hike at Trail of Tears- Meet Us There 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday

American Legion Post 63 in Cape Girardeau

Trail of Tears State Park

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Virtual Story Time Tuesday

Tips are welcome

Geocaching: Color Cache 3 to 4:30 p.m. Friday

Virtual Program

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Leaf It with Watercolor 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday Cape Nature Center in Cape Girardeau

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Crisp Museum in Cape Girardeau

Ivas John 6 to 9 p.m. Friday The Library in Cape Girardeau

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Sunday, November 01, 2020

Amick, Rose vying for Scott Co. coroner BY DAVID JENKINS

STANDARD DEMOCRAT Scott Amick and Carl Rose are both candidates for Scott County Coroner on the Nov. 3 ballot. Amick is a Democrat while Rose is a Republican. The following is a Q&A with Rose. Amick was contacted for the article but did not submit his responses. Describe your experience/background. Rose: I began my investigations career, in 2011 at the Sikeston Department of Public Safety as a public safety officer. I investigated crimes from traffic accidents to homicides and suspicious deaths. I later moved to the Scott County Sheriff’s Office in 2013, where I served as a Patrol Deputy, K-9 Han-

dler and Special Vi c t i m s I nve s t i gator. I assisted with the MaScott Amick jor Case Squad, as well as inter-county death i nve s t i gations ranging from suicide, hoCarl Rose micide, overdose and infant and child fatalities. I was involved with the Missouri Children’s Division, Scott and Mississippi County juvenile offices and prosecuting

attorney’s office. Why are you the best candidate for the job? Rose: When asked “Why I feel I’m the best candidate for the job,” I simply say this. I feel that my law enforcement and death investigation background, along with my ability to work well with others, I have a history of working with law enforcement in Scott County, along with the Prosecuting Attorney’s Ofﬁce, of which it takes all of these organizations along with the Coroner’s Ofﬁce working together, not against one another to ensure the deceased gets the justice they deserve. Many people associate the coroner with a funeral home, when actually it actually doesn’t directly involve a funeral home.

If elected, what is your top priority? Rose: My top priority with the office is and would always be ensuring the deceased gets the dignity and respect they deserve, all while ensuring the deceased has a voice after they are gone. When there is an unattended death, the coroner is contacted and should respond to these cases. I want to make sure the coroner’s office can be maintained without the help of a funeral home or someone who owns a funeral home. The county should be responsible for ensuring the coroner is given the adequate budget and funding to have the necessary equipment needed for the job. Do you have any special certiﬁcations or

qualiﬁcations for the coroner position? Rose: As a public safety officer with the city of Sikeston, I faced many types of calls for service. I was exposed to numerous death investigations. When I took a position with the sheriff’s office, I was later promoted to an investigative position where I handled all special victim, and or juvenile cases ranging from (SIDS) sudden infant death syndrome) to homicides of juveniles and adults. I attended annual training to increase knowledge and ability to adequately perform the duties of my job, along with other specialized investigative and supervisory trainings to stay up to date with the crimes committed today.

Turnout From Page 1A Republican confidence Matt Henson, chair of the Cape County Republican Central Committee, JEFF LONG ~ jlong@semissourian.com said the GOP is hoping for an 80%-20% split in favor A Biden-Harris digital billboard located in the of President Trump on northbound 600 block of North Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau is seen Wednesday. election day. The highest percentage any Republican presi- ly, most Republicans are The highest percentage dential candidate has waiting until election day any Democrat has rereceived in Cape Coun- to cast their ballots. ceived in recent memory ty during the last quarin the presidential sweepter century was in 2016, Democratic hopes stakes in Cape County Linda Sanders, vice is 36.05%, achieved by when Donald Trump had chair of the Cape Coun- President Bill Clinton in 72.41% or 27.017 votes. “I see unbridled enthu- ty Democratic Central 1996. Obama received the siasm for Trump,” said Committee, agrees with most actual Democratic Henson, who said that Henson about the unpre- presidential votes in the unlike in 2016, “we can’t dictability of voter turn- county during the last keep signs, buttons and out. six election cycles, com“We’re hoping 50% of piling 12,208 or 32.6% in other memorabilia in our the county’s vote will go 2008. campaign headquarters. “As fast as we get them to Joe Biden,” she said. “(The Biden vote) will Forecast in, they go out,” added Summers said she excertainly be higher than Henson. Henson said voter turn- usual,” said Sanders, add- pects 82% to 85% of Cape out is a wild card Tues- ing, “you’d be surprised County’s 55,334 voters day and said while many how much Democratic to cast ballots this cycle. The highest percentage Democrats are voting ear- support is out there.”

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A Trump-Pence billboard located in the southbound 800 block of North Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau is seen Wednesday. to-date in the 21st century was 12 years ago when turnout was 73.42%. Historical vote totals (Cape County) 2016: D. Trump (R)*, 27,017 (72.41%); H. Clinton (D), 8.492 (22.76%); others, 1,802 (4.83%). 2012: M. Romney (R), 25,370 (70.81%); B. Obama (D)*, 9.728 (27.15%); others, 731 (2.04%). 2008: J. McCain (R), 24,768 (66.14%); B. Obama (D)*, 12,208 (32.6%); others, 470 (1.25%). 2004: G.W. Bush (R)*, 23,814 (68.8%); J. Kerry (D), 10,568 (30.53%); others, 230 (< 1%).

Online Visit semissourian.com/ election for complete coverage of the general election, and check in Tuesday night for up-to-the-minute vote totals for races in Southeast Missouri. 2000: G.W. Bush (R)*, 19,828 (66.42%); A. Gore (D), 9,333 (31.26%); others, 546 (1.83%). 1996: B. Dole, 15,557 (R) (56.32%); B. Clinton (D)*, 9,957 (36.05%); R. Perot (Reform), 1,861 (6.7%); others, (< 1%).

Virus From Page 1A Officials noted the county’s positivity rate jumped in the past week, rising to 13.1% from 10.6%. Southeast Missouri State University reported 11 new cases for a total case count of 383 (344 students and 39 employees). Active cases increased by seven to 38, and on-campus quarantine/isolation dropped by one to 16. Scott County officials reported another virus-related death Thursday, bringing the total number of county residents who have died because of the virus to 27. Officials also reported 40 new virus cases, pushing the county’s total to 1,528, while 1,240 county residents have recovered from the virus. Elsewhere in Missouri, Bollinger County reported two virus-related deaths Friday, pushing the county’s virus death toll to six. Officials reported six new cases Thursday and 14 Friday for a total of 695 cases, with 537 recoveries. Perry County reported 15 new cases (939 total cases, 882 recoveries, nine deaths). Stoddard County officials reported 21 new cases Thursday (1,114 total cases, 918 recoveries, 22 deaths). Southern Seven Health Department in Illinois reported 13 new cases — 10 in Union County (798 total cases, 515 recoveries, 21 deaths) and two in Alexander County (142 total cases, 74 recoveries, one death).

Seat From Page 1A public servant should help make the government more accountable and transparent to the people.” Owens, a self-described “semi-retired truck driver, has never held elective office, though he has previously run for the state Senate. He is an Air Force veteran and has a background in military intelligence. He is a native of Fredericktown, Missouri. “The reason I am running is so that the democrats in this district have a choice and a way to show the GOP that they do not have a mandate. I am a moderate something the GOP doesn’t know the meaning of,” he told the magazine. District 27 consists of Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Madison, Mississippi, Perry and Scott counties.

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Sunday, November 01, 2020

City Council to gather info for possible deer hunt

New online system maps properties in Cape County

BY JEFF LONG

BY JAY WOLZ

Count Bonnie Coy-Svenson among those residents who want to see an urban deer hunt conducted within the city limits of Cape Girardeau. Coy-Svenson, at the most recent meeting of the Cape Girardeau City Council, demonstrated her advocacy for the idea by sporting a COVID-19 mask featuring the imprint of a deer with a red slash through it. “Deer have become a pest (and) a nuisance,” said Coy-Svenson, a resident of the city’s 1st Ward. “I love Bambi, but we’ve got an unsafe situation with the number of deer in town,” she added. Former Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, himself a Cape Girardeau resident, urged the council Oct. 19 to revisit a deer hunt, suggesting the deer herd in the city “is at least twice the optimum population and growing.” Speciﬁcally, Kinder asked city officials to “get some facts” about the current population of deer in Cape Girardeau and to lean on information provided by conservation biologists within the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC). The city has trod this ground before. In July 2012, by a 4-3 vote, an ordinance was passed by the City Council authorizing an archery hunt to thin the herd following MDC input and complaints of deer damaging property and causing vehicular accidents. The ordinance was rolled back by voter referendum in April 2013 by a 53.7% to 46.3% vote — the ﬁrst time such a council-approved measure had ever been invalidated by plebiscite.

A new online property mapping system promises to be faster and more user friendly than the previous system provided by the Cape Girardeau County Assessor’s Office. The public can access the new system through the assessor’s web portal, capegirardeau.missouriassessors.com. From there, users can begin a property inquiry by clicking “Real Estate Search” or they can go directly to property maps by clicking the link labeled “GIS Maps.” Both links may be found on the portal’s home page.

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A new day “(The 2012 referendum) failed by 206 votes,” Coy-Svenson said. “We need to pursue (a deer hunt) again.”

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A face covering supporting a future urban deer bowhunt was worn by city resident Bonnie Coy-Svenson at the Oct. 19 meeting of Cape Girardeau City Council. The 1st Ward councilman who represents Coy-Svenson, Dan Presson, is not at all convinced a bowhunt should happen. “Right now, I’m against (the idea) 100%,” said Presson, who has served since 2018 and whose ward covers the Red Star neighborhood. “I will pay attention to what MDC tells us,” he said, adding he would only entertain voting “yes” on a proposed hunt under certain conditions. “If MDC tells us the deer are suffering from chronic wasting disease, then yes, we have to do something,” said Presson, who works as director of career services for Southeast Missouri State University. “If the deer are just seen as a nuisance, then that’s not enough for me,” he added, saying he will be persuaded by reputable “science” supporting a deer hunt proposal. On Monday, city manager Scott Meyer plans to tell the seven-person council, none of whom was on the governing body eight years ago, that he has amassed certain data for its consideration. “We’ve looked especially at traffic accidents involving deer and deer injuries, and it appears the numbers are up in the last few years,” said Meyer, the longest serving city manager in Cape Girardeau’s history who plans

to retire in summer 2021. “It’s deer season now, and MDC is pretty busy at the moment, but as a city staff, we hope to get a meeting scheduled in November with them to do some game planning,” he added. Mayor Bob Fox remains receptive to the notion of a future hunt. “I’ll go along with the council but, yes, I’d be in favor,” said Fox, whose service as Cape Girardeau’s top elected official began in 2018. Fox said he has heard from constituents on the issue. “I’ve gotten 12-to-15 emails and there’s only been one negative one (to a hunt),” Fox said, adding some residents have asked why the city has not acted to authorize a hunt already. “I can promise you, we will make a well-educated decision,” said Fox, adding he would automatically rule out the use of crossbows or firearms in any future hunt. Fox agreed with Meyer that MDC’s current attention is on deer season and he does not expect any definitive hunting decision, one way or the other, until at least early 2021. If the council acts to adopt a hunt, Fox said there is one thing he’d like to see happen as a result. “I’d like to find a way to donate the deer meat to a worthy cause,” Fox said.

“The system is hosted by CAMAvision, so we will no longer be driving traffic to our local servers,” said Assessor Bob Adams. “Because of this move, you should notice an increased speed while working through the maps.” Adams said property values listed for each parcel in the system reflect the most current certified year and are updated annually after new values, as determined by the county’s Board of Equalization, are certified. Map changes and property ownership information is also updated as soon as they’re received by the assessor’s office. “Functionality is still be-

ing added to the new site and additional layers will be populated in the coming days,” Adams said. The old mapping site, gis.capecounty.us/taxparcelviewer, will remain active until all functionality on the new site has been activated, he said. “Our goal is to provide optimum resources for our taxpayers within the framework we must maintain,” Adams said. Do you crave business news? Check out B Magazine, and the B Magazine email newsletter. Check it out at semissourian.com/ newsletters to ﬁnd out more.

Miller honored for judicial service SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN A group composed of judges from across the state honored Judge Frank E. Miller of Cape Girardeau for his work in a program ﬁlling judicial needs around Missouri. Miller’s a w a r d stemmed Frank Miller from his participation in the state’s judicial transfer program, which assigns judges to preside over cases anywhere in the state for various reasons and came at the annual meeting of the Judicial Conference of Missouri. A typical reason for such a need involves judges who recuse

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from hearing a case. “The Court is pleased with the willingness of our judges to share their talents outside their home circuits,” said Missouri Chief Justice George W. Draper III at a September ceremony in Jefferson City. “I spent more than 15 years working in Missouri’s trial courts, first as a prosecutor and then as a judge, and I know firsthand how important it is for the people of our state to have their cases resolved efficiently, fairly and without undue delay. We appreciate all the much-needed assistance of our qualified, capable and experienced judges who travel outside their home counties to hear cases through the state, which helps our judiciary serve the public well.”

Judge Frank E. Miller has served as an associate circuit judge since Jan. 1, 2019. Originally from Jackson, Miller lives in Cape Girardeau with his wife and three children. He previously worked as an assistant prosecuting attorney for Cape Girardeau County for approximately eight years. While working as a prosecutor, Miller was the recipient of the prestigious Lon O. Hocker Trial Lawyer Award in 2017, presented by the Missouri Bar Foundation. Prior to serving as a prosecutor, Miller was an aide to former U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson. Miller earned his bachelor’s degree in 2002 from Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, and his law degree in 2005 from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

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Sunday, November 01, 2020

Jackson’s Link looks back on his career BY MARYBETH NIEDERKORN

backpacks of food home with students and, Link said, feeds nearly 300 families a week. The Ministerial Alliance, along with many other church and business groups, have been great partners, and donations from the community help that program deliver help to those who need it.

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ackson School District superintendent John Link has worked for the past six years to build community within the school buildings and the district, and to reach out to the community to build trust and move forward as a partnership. “My leadership style has always been that of a servant leader,” Link said. He has preferred to be guiding from behind, rather than trying to drag people along, he said. “The school is here for the community, and the community is here for the school,” he said. “If we’re not working in tune together, the outcome won’t be quite as good as it could be for our children.” Link — who will retire effective June 30 — said he’s probably most proud of two things: The relationship between the school district and the community of Jackson, including the city government, ﬁre department, police department and so on; and the “Love all, serve all” mission. “Our ‘Love all, serve all’ mission reaches outside the boundaries of the school building into the community,” Link said. “I’m excited to see how that all keeps going.”

‘Make a change in the future’ Link has been in education for 32 years, he said, 25 years as an administrator, 19 as a superintendent, the past six at Jackson. “Even your good days are

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Superintendent John Link poses for a portrait Tuesdasy at the Jackson School District office in Jackson. hard days,” he said. “That’s OK, because I accept that challenge. I asked for it. But the thing is, I’ve learned along the way, if you hire good people and get out of their way, let them do their job, support them, guide them, then good things will happen.” Link said his goal all along has been to hire not necessarily the best teacher, but the best person. “We can help them become better teachers, but it’s hard sometimes to improve their character and integrity, and that’s what’s most important to put in front of your children,” he said. Link said the district’s strategic plan has been a

big achievement. When he ﬁrst joined the district’s administration, he didn’t know the community or the district, and by listening and not being an active part of the strategic plan in his ﬁrst year, “that really allowed me to really get a grasp of what our community wanted for our school.” Link said the community feedback kept circling back to wanting students to be givers, not takers. “When you look at the world around us, schools are a place where you make a change in the future,” Link said. “If we can get our students to be the giver, not the taker, to care about their neighbor and look out

for each other, we can learn about the past and look toward the future, and school is where that has to start.” Link said the “Love all, serve all” mission is personal for him. He grew up in a family in need, he said, and was himself an at-risk student. One of his biggest concerns is ﬁnding those families and giving them a hand up, walking beside them until they’re back on their feet. And that’s not just talk. Link is also proud of the Heroes 4 Hope program, which engages students to help community members and students. The Power Pack program, which falls under that umbrella, sends

Contract lowers county’s 911 expenses BY JAY WOLZ

SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN Cape Girardeau County’s 911 system phone bill will be cut by about half starting next month. “Our bill is probably going to go from 11 grand a month down to ﬁve or six thousand a month,” said Cape Girardeau County Commissioner Charlie Herbst, who, along with other members of the County Commission, approved a new three-year 911 telephone service contract with AT&T during Thursday’s commission meeting. The new contract eliminates some lines and services that became unnecessary after the county and the City of Jackson consolidated their 911 emergency dispatch centers earlier this year. The new contract includes an 88% savings in trunk line expenses, which will go from about $5,000 to $578 a month. That’s a savings of more than $53,000 a year in line fees alone.

“Originally, the 911 trunk lines came to Cape County and then were distributed to the City of Jackson and the City of Cape Girardeau,” Herbst said. “But now, we’ve consolidated dispatches within the City of Jackson and the county, so over the past few months, we’ve been diligently working with AT&T to try to ﬁgure out which lines we needed and which ones we don’t, and we’re at the point now we can eliminate those lines.” In a related action Thursday, the County Commission approved a resolution commending Edie Davis, who is retiring after 18 years as one of the county’s 911 dispatchers. “She has been a calm voice on the other end of the phone during 911 emergencies throughout her career,” Presiding Commissioner Clint Tracy said.

CARES Act In other business Thursday, the County Commission

approved a Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act payment of $982,249 to the Cape Girardeau County treasury to reimburse the county for coronavirus-related expenses the county has incurred since March. The commissioners also approved payments to several organizations in anticipation of unbudgeted expenses related to COVID-19 between March 1 and Dec. 1. Those payments, subject to submission of receipts and invoices, include: Up to $10,000 to the Community Partnership of Southeast Missouri for coronavirus-related unbudgeted temporary housing. A maximum of $10,000 to Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri for unbudgeted COVID-related rental assistance for residents of Cape Girardeau County. Up to $50,000 to the Safe House for Women for unbudgeted COVID-related housing expenses.

Up to $202,000 to the Cape Girardeau School District for additional coronavirus-related expenses. A maximum of $4,300 to the Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office for purchase of three laptop computers to be used by staff working remotely due to coronavirus. Up to $1,100 to Emanuel United Church of Christ in Jackson for purchase of personal protective equipment. While nearly all of Cape Girardeau County’s $9.2 million CARES Act fund has been allocated, only about $4 million has been disbursed to date. The ﬁnal amount of the county’s disbursement will depend on receipts turned in by organizations that have requested reimbursements. “If they’re not able to spend it, it goes back into the pot,” said Commissioner Paul Koeper. “We’ll keep massaging (the disbursements) until we get to December, but we’re still within the $9.2 million.”

Link is not deﬁnite on his plans after retirement just yet, he said, but he does plan to stay committed to that program. “I want to make sure families who are struggling understand that, even though things might not be going good for them now, there will come a time things will get better,” he said. “This is the craziest thing I have ever done,” he said of retirement. “I thought about retirement for a long time, I’ve had the years in, but I enjoyed what I’m doing and I still have a lot of ﬁre to be around the kids and schools.” But, he said, earlier this month, he woke up on a Tuesday morning and said “Today’s the day.” “I just put it in God’s hands and we’ll see where it goes. That’s worked out for me so far,” he quipped. On a more somber note, he said, “I want people to understand that life throws you a lot of curve balls, and growing up, I took a lot of strikes. I was probably the most at-risk kid I ever met, and to be able to get a chance to go to college, to get a chance to work in education, to work for some great leaders along the way, to help develop my philoso-

phies and my goals — I just want people to think, ‘If he can do it, anybody can do it.’” Link said he believes if people can stick to being an honest person, working hard for others, good things will happen. “These six years have been by far the best of my life, working with these leaders, this board, in this community,” Link said. “It really has been a very great last chapter of my career — if it is the last chapter of my career.”

Jackson’s future Link said this is a good time to transition to a new superintendent. “We’ll ﬁnish our junior high school project, so that will be complete,” he said. Link oversaw a slew of renovations touching nearly every building in the district, including upgrades to safety and building functionality. And, he said, the district of about 5,600 students is still growing, but the need for another building is not an immediate one. Fiscally, the district is doing well, despite state funding cuts earlier this year. “As growth continues, we’ll be prepared for it,” Link said. The search for the next Jackson School District superintendent is underway, conducted by EdGovLead Leadership Transition Services. Applicants may mail application materials and direct all questions to Jim Hinson, 2200 Opossum Hollow Road, Blue Springs, MO 64015; (816) 719-6003, jim. hinson@edgovlead.com.

Operation Christmas Child to offer curbside drop-off SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN Operation Christmas Child, a Samaritan’s Purse project, is now offering a curbside drop-off option in Southeast Missouri during its national collection week, Nov. 16 through 23. For more than two decades, the project has been collecting and delivering gifts in shoeboxes to children worldwide, including include school supplies, hygiene items and toys. “In the midst of the pandemic, the needs are greater than ever before,” said Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse, in a news release. “Children around the world need to know that God loves them and there is hope. A simple shoebox gift opens the door to share about the true hope that can only be found in Jesus Christ.”

Individuals, families, and groups may transform empty shoeboxes into gifts with the help of a step-bystep guide on the “How to Pack a Shoebox” webpage at samaritanspurse.org. Local locations for dropoff are Cape Bible Chapel in Cape Girardeau, Fruitland Community Church in Jackson, Hahn Chapel General Baptist Church in Marble Hill, Missouri, Charleston Baptist Association in Benton, Missouri, and First Baptist Church in Advance, Missouri. Times of operation vary by day and place. Participants may ﬁnd the nearest drop-off location and hours of operation by checking the Samaritan’s Purse website. Signs at each location will identify the curbside drop-off. Donors will be greeted at curbside dropoffs by volunteers wearing personal protective equipment.

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Salvation Army of Cape County makes plans for holiday season amid pandemic BY MARYBETH NIEDERKORN

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This year’s approach to holiday services will be different, said Lt. Matt DeGonia, corps officer of The Salvation Army of Cape Girardeau County, but the traditional holiday meals and toy and food drives will go on — with an eye toward safety and service. “Normally, we would have upward of 150 people in our building signing up for Christmas food boxes, or Christmas toy boxes. Sometimes as many as 200 people

in our gym at a time during the Thanksgiving dinner and coat distribution. During this time that isn’t safe, so we have had to change how we plan to serve the community this holiday season,” DeGonia said in a news release. This year’s Thanksgiving dinner will be carryout only, he said, and the winter clothing drive will see a limited number of people allowed in the building at a time. “It will look and feel different, but we are glad that we can still serve,” he said. Christmas toy and food box

applications will look different, as well. Details are being ﬁnalized, DeGonia said, but an online platform will be in use. A limited number of appointments are available for those who don’t have internet access, he added. More details will be announced in coming weeks on Facebook @TSACapeGirardeau. Get your weekend plans delivered to your inbox. Sign up for the Expedition: Weekend email newsletter. Go to semissourian.com/newsletters to ﬁnd out more.

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Additional drive through clinics will be held at the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center, 1121 Linden, Cape Girardeau from 9 am-4pm on these days: October 6, and 13, and November 3, 10, 17 and 24. The Health Center will begin scheduling appointments for flu immunizations beginning Oct. 1st. Flu and pneumonia immunizations will then be available Monday-Friday during normal business hours. We will bill Medicare and Medicaid. Nurses are available to come out to cars if someone has difficulty walking.

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POLICE CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assaults Assault was reported in the 500 block of North Fountain Street. Assault was reported on North Kingshighway. Assault was reported in the 1000 block of William Street. Thefts Theft was reported in the 1500 block of Independence Street. Theft was reported in the 1900 block of Carolina Lane. Robbery was reported in the 1200 block of South Pacific Street. Shoplifting was reported in the 300 block of South Sprigg Street. Theft was reported in the 1900 block of Delwin Street. Larceny was reported in the 800 block of Themis Street. Larceny was reported in the 1800 block of William Street. Burglary was reported in the 1400 block of South Minnesota Avenue. Theft was reported in the 800 block of South West End Boulevard. Larceny was reported on North Fountain Street. Theft was reported in the 1200 block of North Missouri Avenue.

Kingshighway. Drug violation was reported at South Kingshighway and Shawnee Parkway. Drug violation was reported in the 2300 block of Bloomfield Street. Drug violation was reported in the 300 block of South Kingshighway. Property damage was reported in the 1000 block of Sturdivant Street. Property damage was reported in the 1500 block of North Kingshighway. Drug violation was reported at South Kingshighway and Shawnee Parkway. Drug violation was reported at Hickory Street and Ranney Avenue. CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff’s Department released the following item. Arrest does not imply guilt.

Miscellaneous Drug equipment violation was reported. Credit card/ATM fraud was reported on North Henderson Avenue. Drug equipment violation was reported at Broadway and North Louisiana Avenue. Drug violation was reported in the 800 block of North

Arrests Travis M. Craft, 32, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on suspicion of fourth-degree domestic assault. Amy Clover, 51, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on suspicion of unlawful possesion of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana/synthetic cannabinoid. Joseph D. Haven, 33, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on suspicion of unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana/synthetic cannabinoid. Richard L. McAlister Jr., 40, of Dexter, Missouri, was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant for probation violation for traffic offense of driving while revoked/driving while suspended.

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Maxine Boren Maxine Boren, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Sept. 6, 1927, in Cape Girardeau to Emil and Malinda Oberbeck Maxine Busch. Boren She and Gerald Gene Boren were married Dec. 27, 1947, at Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death Oct. 1, 2015. She was a graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School in 1945. She organized the class reunions for 1944 and 1945. She was a secretary for various ofﬁces in Cape Girardeau, retiring in

1985 from Kerber Eck & Braeckel after 25 years. Her hobbies included cross stitching, gardening and spending time with her grandkids. She was a member of St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau. Survivors include a son, Steven (Beverly) Boren of Cape Girardeau; daughter-in-law, Vickie Boren of St. Louis; four grandchildren, Courtney (Clay) Landgraf of Jackson, Stephanie (Bryan) Wessell of Jackson, Jeremy (Katie) Boren of St. Louis and Jeff (Jillian) Boren of St. Louis; nine great-grandchildren, Chase Wessell, Aidan Wessell, Ava Wessell, Mason Landgraf, Kellan Landgraf, Piper Landgraf, Max Boren, Milo Boren and Evie Boren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; a son, Nick Boren; two brothers; and a sister. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31 at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will follow at 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home with the Rev. Donny Ford officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau. Memorial contributions may be given to Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, 1359 Broadway, Suite 1509, New York, NY 10018 or American Cancer Society, 2 Cityplace Drive, Suite 80, Creve Coeur, MO 63141. Online condolences may be made at fordandsonsfuneralhome.com.

He was passionate about his work as a commercial truck salesman at Coad Chevrolet. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Cape Girardeau, where he sang in the church choir. He was committed to serving the Lord. Joe loved his dogs and loved to drive, especially Sunday afternoons. Survivors include his wife of 43 years, Linda Dirden of Cape Girardeau; two children from a previous marriage, Alicia King of Whitewater and Neil (Jennifer) Dirden of Westminster, Colorado; two children with Linda, Wendy (Brent) Graviett of Cape Girardeau and Bruce (Teem) Dirden of Honolulu, Hawaii; and seven grandchildren, Courtney King,

Colin King, Tommy Dirden, Amelia Graviett, Leo Dirden, Ella Graviett and Pavanna Dirden. He was preceded in death by his parents. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Memorial service will follow at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with the Rev. Jim Rudolph officiating. Memorial contributions may be given to Humane Society of Southeast Missouri or Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation. Online condolences may be made at fordandsonsfuneralhome.com.

Joseph Dirden Joseph H. Dirden, 74, of Cape Girardeau went home to his Heavenly Father Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Oct. 7, 1946, in Cape GiJoseph rardeau to Elbert and Dirden Geneva Rhodes Dirden. He and Linda Hedgecorth were married May 28, 1977, at First Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau. Joe was a graduate of Delta High School and received a bachelor in education from Southeast Missouri State University.

Annie Kate Dooley Precious Annie Kate Dooley, born sleeping, passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus at 3:48 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. She weighed Annie Kate 8 pounds, 8 ounces, Dooley and was 21 1/2 inches long with thick, dark brown hair and blue eyes, the spitting image of her momma and sister. Annie Kate was the daughter of Daniel Paul and Kaitlyn Elizabeth Claire Lingle Dooley, and a sister to Ezekiel Paul and Jocelyn Claire Dooley of Jackson. She is also survived by her maternal Mimi, Denise Lingle, and Papa, Larry Craft; Great Papa, Chuck Lingle and wife, Barb; paternal Mawmaw, Lisa

Dooley, and Pawpaw, Mitchell Dooley; Great Granny, Geneva Brown; and many aunts, uncles and cousins, who already loved her dearly. She was preceded in death by her Great-Great Nana, Francis Lingle; Great-Great Papa, Charles Lingle; Great-Great-Mawma, Laverne Givens; Great-Great Pawpa, Leroy Givens; Great Mimi, Teresa Lingle; Great Grandpa, Cody Brown; Great-Grandma, Betty Dooley; Great-Grandpa Larry Dooley; and Great-Grandpa Mert Mirly. Those left behind grieve that they are not able to hold and nurture Annie Kate and watch her grow, but they take comfort in the fact that she is now in the arms of her loving Savior, Jesus Christ, and know they will someday

be reunited in paradise. Visitation is from noon to service time, Monday at Crossroads Fellowship Church in Jackson. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. at the church, with the Rev. Brian Anderson officiating. Interment is private. In lieu of ﬂowers, the family appreciates contributions to the SHARE Bereavement Program, c/o Southeast Health Foundation. 1701 Lacey St., Cape Girardeau, MO 63701. Arrangements are by McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Online condolences may be sent to the family by clicking on the tribute wall tab of Annie Kate’s personal obituary page at mccombsfuneralhome. com.

She is survived by her husband, Glenn Hulshof; her mother, Anna Glastetter of Benton; two daughters, Justine (Brent) Heppe of Benton and Amanda (Zakery) Johnson of Oran, Missouri; grandson, Carson Heppe; father-in-law, Joe Hulshof of Oran; brother, Robert (Jean) Glastetter of Benton; four sisters, Anna (Greg) Presley of Sikeston, Missouri, Lori (Gerald) Seyer, Nancy (John) Buell and Jane (DeWayne) Lix of Benton; brother-in-law, Dennis Miller of Scott City; and sister-in-law, Martha Glastetter of Scott City. She was preceded in death by her father; a son, Louis Hulshof on Oct.

8, 2020; a brother, Thomas Glastetter; and a sister, Helen Miller. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1 at St. Denis Catholic Church in Benton. Parish rosary will be at 9:15 a.m. Monday at the church. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the church, with the Revs. Bala Swamy Govindu, David Hulshof and Normand Varone as con-celebrants. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family requests that masks be worn for services. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements, amick-burnettfuneralchapels.com.

“One of God’s kids by His Grace,” an artist and the most well-read person her son has ever known. She loved reading true crime and criminal fiction books, played scrabble and word puzzles, loved the people in her life, loved spending quality time with her son and grand-dog, Titan, and was well known for her creative, contagious and sidesplitting humor. She loved to make others laugh. She had planned a costume this year for Halloween: “An accident waiting to happen.” Joni was unrestrained and openhearted. Knowing her, her costume would have made everyone shake their heads and laugh. For her son, Josh, Joni should be known for her fight to save his life when he was falsely accused and convicted of murder. Josh was exonerated in 2009 after being wrongly defamed and incarcerated for 16 years. Joni believed in her son. She fought for him when the American justice system failed him. For Josh, Joni deserves recognition for being his most enduring, loving, faithful, selfless, recalcitrant and committed champion. “Scott County, Missouri, tried

to take my life for a murder I didn’t commit. My mother fought tirelessly, sacriﬁcially, and obstinately to save my life.” Joni is survived by her son and closest friend, Joshua Kezer of Columbia; mother, Jane James of Arbor, Missouri; sisters, Deborah Story of Advance, Missouri, and Kathryn Smith of Bradley, Illinois; and grand-dog and buddy, Titan. She was preceded in death by her father, Hadley James, and brother, Hank James. Family and friends will be received from 12:30 to 1 p.m. Wednesday at Free Trinity Pentecostal Church of Randles, 181 County Road 265 in Chaffee, Missouri. A funeral service will be at 1 p.m. at the church, with interment to follow at Kenyon Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Parker-Millard Funeral Service and Crematory, 12 East Ash St., in Columbia, Missouri; (573) 449-4153. Condolences may be sent directly to Joshua Kezer, 2101 W. Broadway, Suite 103, PMB 171, Columbia, MO 65203 or left online for the family at ParkerMillard.com.

Bonnie Hulshof BENTON, Mo. — Bonnie Theresa Hulshof, 54, of Benton died Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. Bonnie 21, 1965, in Cape GiHulshof rardeau to Louis Paul and Anna Mary Bucher Glastetter. She married Glenn Hulshof on Oct. 17, 1987. She worked for Schnucks, was a member of St. Denis Catholic Church and was a volunteer for 4H.

Joni Kezer COLUMBIA, Mo. — Bessie Joan “Joni” Kezer, 65, of Columbia and resident of Lakeview Health Care & Rehab nursing home in Boonville, Missouri, Joni Kezer passed from this side of Heaven to the next Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, at 1:01 p.m. in the University of Missouri Hospital with her son, Joshua Kezer, at her bedside. She was born in Los Angeles, California, July 26, 1955, the daughter of Hadley and Jane Menz James. She graduated from Herscher High School in Herscher, Illinois, in 1973; received an associates degree from Kankakee Community College in Kankakee, Illinois, in 1985, and received her bachelor of science degree with a major in psychology and minor in criminal justice from Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau in 1992. She worked in customer service and patient therapy. Joni was a born-again Christian,

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James Lorberg James “Wedge” Lorberg, 73, of Jackson died at 6 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, at his residence. He was born April 30, 1947, in Cape Girardeau to Carlton and Amanda Joyce James Lorberg. Lorberg He proudly served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam era. Wedge worked in the family businesses, Lorberg Funeral Home and Lorberg Appliance. He worked for 24 years as greens keeper at Bent Creek Golf Course.

Sharon Sanders He loved dirt biking, vintage cars and boating on Current River. Wedge was an avid Cardinals fan, especially Stan Musial. During the Mark McGwire era, he and Ken Seabaugh went to 31 out of 81 home games. He also enjoyed traveling to the beach with friends, Fred and Jennie Christian. He is survived by cousins and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Joseph Lorberg in 2017. Cremation rites have been accorded. Graveside service and inurnment will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Cape County Memorial Park with the Rev.

Elijah Allen officiating. Military honors will be provided by the U.S. Navy burial team and area veterans. Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements. To view the obituary or to leave an online condolence for the family visit crainsonline.com.

Kiefner Brothers Inc. has been named the general contractor for the new Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce headquarters building to be constructed at 1267 N. Mount Auburn Road; bidding for the job was limited to members of the chamber; the 4,800-square-foot building is expected to be completed by the summer of 1996. Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan Tuesday announced Puxico, Missouri, native Roy Temple as his chief of staff; Temple, 31, has served as deputy chief of staff since Carnahan assumed office in January 1993. larly Faith Lutheran Church in Dexter, Missouri. They developed many friendships and memories with the people there that have been a blessing to them. Adam is survived by his loving wife and caretaker, Margarete Mueller; his children, Magdalene (Mark) Vogel of Jackson; Markus (Cheryl) Mueller of Jackson; Paul (Kristiana) Mueller of St. Charles, Missouri; Samuel (Lauren) Mueller of Atlanta, Georgia; Elizabeth (Kevin) Haskamp of Columbia, Missouri; and Rebekah (Rob) Moore of Jackson. His grandchildren have brought him much joy and pride, Aaron Mueller, Zachary and Joshua Vogel, Levi, Noah and Ira Haskamp, Matthew and Jacob Moore and Maria Mueller, and stepgrandchild, Stacy Jones. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Albert and Alfred Mueller; and sisters, Alma Singer, Anna Singer and Albina Richter. Due to the current pandemic there will be no visitation. A private service will be Monday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel with the Rev. Weston Wildauer officiating. Entombment will be at Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum in Cape Girardeau. Memorial contributions may be given to Liebenzell Mission, c/o Margarete Mueller, 2825 Bloomﬁeld Road, Apt. 240, Cape Girardeau, MO 63703; Good Shepard Lutheran Chapel, 1904 W. Cape Rock Drive, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701; Trinity Lutheran Church, 3700 County Road 415, Friedheim, MO 63747, or a charity of choice. Online condolences may be made at fordandsonsfuneralhome.com.

Genny Schott Gracie Genevieve “Genny” Schott, 82, passed away Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, at her home in Jackson. She was born March 17, 1938, in Phelps County, Missouri, to Charles M. Genny and Elsa Engle SalaSchott din. She and Marlyn L. “Bud” Schott were married Nov. 26, 1955, in Chesterﬁeld, Missouri. Three children were born to their union, Connie, Joy, and Michael. Genny worked in the postal department of the Missouri Baptist University in St. Louis, in J.C. Penney stores in St. Louis and Texas, and in the cafeteria of Pond Elementary School in

ter, Natalie. She was preceded in death by her parents, and her stepmother, Inez Saladin. Genny enjoyed a very close relationship with her stepmother. Visitation is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral is at 1 p.m., Monday, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Don Estes officiating. Interment is private at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomﬁeld, Missouri. Memorials may take the form of contributions to Shawnee Hills Baptist Church in Jackson. Online condolences may be sent to the family by clicking on the tribute wall tab of Genny’s personal obituary page at mccombsfuneralhome.com.

9:02 p.m. on Grandview Drive; 9:50 p.m. on North Henderson Avenue; and 11:44 p.m. on Lochinvar Lane. At 9 a.m., aircraft emergency at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. At 9:23 a.m., lift assist on South Pind Wood Lane. At 10:45 a.m., aircraft emergency on State Highway 72 in Jackson. At 10:53 a.m., fire alarm on South Silver Springs Road. At 3:17 p.m., traffic collision

at South Plaza Way and William Street. At 5:41 p.m., commercial fire at Saint Francis Medical Center. At 6:41 p.m., fire alarm at Saint Francis Medical Center. At 9:30 p.m., residential fire on Village Drive. At 11:41 p.m., lift assist on Earleen Drive. Oct. 29 Medical assists were made at 11:12 a.m. on South

Kingshighway; 1:34 p.m. on South Hanover Street; 2:11 p.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 3:19 p.m. on South Kingshighway; 7:09 p.m. at Normal Avenue and North Sprigg Street; 7:46 p.m. on Jefferson Avenue; 8:10 p.m. on Woodbine Place; 8:12 p.m. on North Park Avenue; 8:44 p.m. on Earleen Drive. At 12:03 p.m., fire alarm on Silverthorne Trail. At 5:15 p.m., carbon monoxide on Stony Point.

safe and aware regarding the status of the virus, Emergency Management Agency (EMA) director Mark Winkler will be issuing an update at County Commission meetings. EMA is working with our local governments, public health center and medical personnel to make sure the information regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19) is consistent and dependable.

Routine business Purchase orders Payroll change forms Postage report

Other discussion, possible action CARES Act discussion

AGENDA Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. today 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minute Not at this time Communications/reports — other elected officials COVID-19 Update: In an effort to keep Cape Girardeau County residents

1970 Cape La Croix Manor now has an altar for its Wednesday devotional services held for patients; the need for an altar was brought to the attention of the Board of Evangelism of Good Shepherd Lutheran Chapel by the pastor, the Rev. Walter C. Loeber, who conducts a devotion at the manor each month; Elmer Pott, a member of the church, agreed to build the altar, and lumber was donated by Landgraf Lumber Co. Centenary United Methodist Church has announced the appointment of the Rev. Jerry D. Statler to the church as minister of membership and evangelism; he comes to Centenary from the First United Methodist Church in Hannibal, Missouri.

1945 One of two Missouri state prisoners who escaped early last night from the penitentiary at Jefferson City was Claud McGee, 33, once a river worker in Cape Girardeau, who was serving a life sentence for his part in the holdup slaying of W. Tom Carlton at Grays Point, Missouri, 10 years ago; it was the third time in the 10 years since his arrest following the night gunmen shot Carlton to death that McGee has escaped. An average of 50 men daily from the Cape Girardeau area of the U.S. Employment Service are being separated from military service; of that number, 12 to 15 are seeking aid in finding jobs; the balance either have their old jobs back or are returning to self employment, such as farming and businesses.

1920 Otis Hawn, 17, is in his third year at Cape Girardeau Central High School, and his third year of walking five miles twice each school day to attend classes; he lives on a farm with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Juan Hawn, five miles west of Cape Girardeau. Cape Girardeau women are urged to go to the polls in tomorrow morning if possible; employees of all the factories and working men and women in general will have to vote in the afternoon; women with babies won’t be permitted to take them into the polling places, but there will be candidates present who will willingly hold them and perhaps give them candy.

BIRTHS Pond, Missouri. During their marriage, Genny and Bud were faithful members of several churches. Genny always enjoyed singing in choir, and teaching, especially children’s Sunday School and Vacation Bible School. They are currently members of Shawnee Hills Baptist Church in Jackson. Loving survivors include her husband of nearly 65 years, the Rev. Marlyn “Bud” Schott of Jackson; three children, Connie L. (Tommy) Weatherly and Joy (Dennis) Siebert, both of Jackson, and Michael (Mauna) Schott of Albuquerque, New Mexico; a sister, Joyce (Charles) Schroeder of Jackson; ﬁve grandchildren, Jonathan, Jason, Ami, Tarin, and Alisa; and a great-granddaugh-

FIRE

Oct. 28 Medical assists were made at 11:49 a.m. at North Ellis and North Pacific streets; 1:44 p.m. on South Benton Street; 1:45 p.m. on Boutin Drive; 3:33 p.m. on Independence Street; 4:56 p.m. on North Sprigg Street; 5:30 p.m. on Walden Boulevard;

Southeast Missourian librarian Sharon Sanders compiles the nformation for the daily Out of the Past column. She also writes a blog called “From the Morgue” that showcases interesting historical stories from the newspaper. Check out her blog at semissourian.com/ history.

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Rev. Adam Mueller life ministry and adThe Rev. Adam venture together by Mueller, 89, went being sent as mishome to be with the sionaries to the MiLord Jesus Christ cronesian Island of Thursday, Oct. 29, Yap and surrounding 2020, after a full life of region in the South devotion to God, his Pacific. They comfamily and love and piled photos, slides care for those that Rev. Adam Mueller and memories from came across his path the three years of this in this life. Adam was born July 1, 1931, to Ger- work, which he enjoyed showing and man farming parents, August and talking about the rest of his life. In 1964 Adam and Margarete and Magdalene Mueller, in Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, in present day Romania. a growing family moved to North His family endured many trials and America. After a time of ministering hardships in Germany during World to a population of German ChrisWar II, but always kept faith in God. tians in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, After the war, he trained and worked and training at Concordia Seminary in construction in the rebuilding of in Springfield, Illinois, Adam was Germany. He carried this early life ordained a minister in the Lutherenjoyment of masonry, farming, an Church, Missouri Synod. In 1970 gardening and hard work in general Adam accepted a pastorate to Trinithroughout his life. He maintained ty Lutheran Church, a small country a lifelong fondness for his German church in Friedheim, Missouri. This homeland and heritage, and was was a wonderful place to raise their grateful for all the opportunities growing family and serve the Lord. and blessings of his chosen home in They shared a love and fondness for the people of the church and region, America. As a young man he found meaning and had many happy memories of and truth in this life, and the hope their time in this rural community. After 21 years at Friedheim, Adam and assurance of the next, by putting his faith and trust in Jesus as Savior retired from full-time ministry. They and Lord. The call of God to Christian moved to Cape Girardeau into a ministry would then define the rest of house that Adam put a lot of his own his life. This took him in 1955 to the labor into building. He very much Liebenzell Mission and Theological enjoyed family gatherings and seeSeminary in the Black Forest region ing his grandchildren, and taking of Germany. He married Margarete care of the lawn, vegetable garden Dauble on May 21, 1960, a young wom- and many trees he planted and nuran in their shared youth group from tured. He and Margarete continued Besigheim, Germany. Margarete to serve in ministry on a part-time would be by his side the remainder basis as various churches in the of his life. In 1961 they began their Southeast Missouri region, particu-

CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls:

Appointments and possible action items None at this time Discussion and possible action Humane Society of Southeast Missouri agreement for 2021

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Birth notices are published as a free service of the Southeast Missourian based on information provided by parents and submitted by the hospital. Specialized paid birth announcements can be found in Sunday’s Good Times section.

Jansen Daughter to Justin and Ann Jansen of Fruitland, Southeast Hospital, 4:49 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. Name, Charlize Justine. Weight, 7 pounds, 13 ounces. Third daughter. Mrs. Jansen is the daughter of Julie Holtkamp and Vince Holtkamp of Centralia, Illinois. She is a prevention advocate at Southeast Missouri State University. Jansen is the son of Mary Jansen and Ambrose Jansen of Leopold, Missouri. He is a TPS specialist at TG Missouri.

Schrock Son to Ethan and Erika Schrock of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 10:50 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. Name, Bennett Anthony. Weight, 8 pounds, 1 ounce. Second son. Mrs. Schrock is the daughter of Phil and Judy Cantoni of Cape Girardeau. She works for Blue Sky Community Services. Schrock is the son of the late Paul and Deborah Schrock of Cape Girardeau. He is employed by Southeast Missouri State University.

Nussbaum Son to Larry and Allison Nussbaum II of Leopold, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 3:15 a.m. Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. Name, Noah David. Weight, 9 pounds, 5 ounces. Second child, ﬁrst son. Mrs. Nussbaum is the daughter of Anthony Bueter of Leopold and the late Deborah Bueter. She is an occupational therapist at Southeast Health of Stoddard County. Nussbaum is the son of Larry and Connie Nussbaum of Leopold. He works for Crader Distributing.

Poston-Seyer Daughter to Andrew Seyer and Salena Poston of Jackson, Southeast Hospital, 7:48 a.m. Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. Name, Aliya Carolina. Weight, 8 pounds, 3 ounces. Second daughter. Poston is the daughter of David Poston and Tracy Poston of Jackson. She is employed by the Kenny Rogers Children’s Center. Seyer is the son of Jason Seyer and Angie Seyer of Cape Girardeau. He works at Saint Francis Medical Center.

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Daughter to Nate and Dana Saverino of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 9:48 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. Name, Zoey Ann. Weight, 6 pounds, 13 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Saverino is the daughter of Gary and Debra Gordon of Belleville, Illinois. Saverino is the son of Steve and Leslie Saverino of St. Joseph, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Saverino both work at Southeast Missouri State University.

McCoy Son to Jerad Samuel and Alysha Kay McCoy of Milan, Tennessee, Henry County Medical Center in Paris, Tennessee, 9:32 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Name, Jerad Samuel Jr. Weight, 8 pounds, 1 ounce. Second child, ﬁrst son. Mrs. McCoy is the daughter of Frank and Karen Smith of Jackson, Tennessee. She is a stay-at-home mom. McCoy is the son of Kevin and Gerrie McCoy of Olive Branch, Illinois and Ruby McCoy of Jackson. He works for Parsons Corporation.

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TODAY’S PRAYER

God, may we be strong through the grace you give us through Christ Jesus. Amen.

OUR OPINION

Daylight saving time ends this weekend Don’t forget to set your clocks back one hour Saturday night. At 2 a.m. Sunday, daylight saving time ends and we revert back to standard time until the spring. The U.S. has observed daylight saving since March 1918. It has historically been about allowing for more sunlight later into the evening, a way to save on energy costs. Whether that still holds true is up for some debate. But it’s certainly nice to have the additional hour of daylight at the end of the day. There’s a movement building to end the spring forward and fall back time changes, instead keeping daylight saving time permanent year-round. Florida’s two senators proposed keeping daylight saving time through Nov. 2021 as a way of coping with the coronavirus pandemic, and 13 states have endorsed year-round daylight saving time. Any change will require an act of Congress. We would like to see daylight saving time made permanent. But for now, the twice a year time change remains.

Old Town Cape’s Revivify surpasses fundraising goal despite pandemic challenge The coronavirus pandemic has made in-person events nearly impossible this year. This has been especially hard on organizations that use gatherings as a way to raise money for important philanthropic causes. Old Town Cape took the proverbial lemons they were dealt, however, and made lemonade. The organization’s leadership and volunteers pivoted from a traditional in-person event to one that was part in-person and part online, with all of the Charles L. Hutson auction items setup for online-only bidding. They called the fundraiser Revivify and set a goal of $40,000. Impressively, the group raised $42,300. Not only was the event a success in dollars raised, but it was entertaining and fun with the art, music and showcasing of downtown businesses. In fact, with the minimal expenses — every dollar raised was kept by the organization — it might be a model for future years. To watch a recording of the livestream, visit youtu.be/L_ROjtVlg7Q. Part of the reason the event worked is people see the value Old Town Cape brings to downtown Cape Girardeau. People see the effectiveness of what they do. Just recently, for example, the Mississippi ﬂood wall received an upgrade as the murals were cleaned and lights were installed. Old Town Cape and its army of volunteers helped make this happen. There are many other examples of the good work this organization does on a regular basis. Congratulations to Old Town Cape on the success of Revivify, and thank you to all the volunteers and donors who help support the organization’s mission.

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BOARD COLUMN

Are you a resilient person? You can be. S

LUCAS PRESSON

ince March, life has looked much different than what we’re accustomed. Remote learning. Canceled conferences. In-person events shifted to streaming solutions. And that’s just the education component. Life moves on, and those who thrive will have a level of

resiliency. Resilience is not something you are born with, said researcher Marcus Buckingham. It’s a skill you can improve upon. One of several speakers at this year’s virtual Global Leadership Summit, Buckingham’s talk focused on new research around the topic of resilience — or as some may refer to it, grit and perseverance. In a study of 25,000 workers from 25 countries, 10 statements emerged that help shine a light on why some people are more resilient than others and how an individual, team leader or senior executive can take steps to improve this learned trait. The statements include the following: 1. I have all the freedom I need to decide how to get my work done. 2. No matter what else is going on around me, I can stay focused on getting my work done. 3. In the last week, I have felt excited to work every day. 4. I always believe that things are going to work out for the best. 5. My team leader tells me what I need to know before I need to know it. 6. I trust my team leader. 7. I am encouraged to take risks. 8. Senior leaders are one step ahead of events. 9. Senior leaders always do what they say they are going to do. 10. I completely trust my company’s senior leaders. Buckingham broke the statements down into one of three categories. The ﬁrst four deal with self. Questions 5-7 focus on the team leader.

And questions 8-10 deal with behaviors of senior leaders.

Senior leaders For senior leaders, vivid foresight is necessary. Individuals fear the unknown, but Buckingham noted that senior leaders “traffic in the unknown.” These are the individuals charting a path forward. If the senior leader can paint a picture of what the future looks like, individuals are far more likely to follow. Tell the stories. Highlight what’s around the corner, who the company will serve and what they need. Doing so builds conﬁdence among workers. Not only is it important for a senior leader to talk about what they’re doing, but follow-through is vital. Buckingham said worker conﬁdence bleeds when senior leaders fail at follow through. He added that senior leaders should pick a few things to pursue, follow through and then shine a spotlight on them. Every item won’t touch all workers, but identify something that will affect one group of workers and pursue it.

Team leaders Anticipatory communication is a key area for team leaders. It’s less about big group meetings and more geared toward frequent checkins with employees. Buckingham pointed to two questions that team leaders should ask: What are your priorities this week and how can I help? It’s not about feedback on past performance. Instead, consider frequent touch points on the short-term future. He suggested team leaders meet with each person on the team for 15 minutes, once a week. Doing so creates a culture of information sharing even before the other person needs to know it. “Frequency of check-in creates resilience,” Buckingham said. Second for team leaders is providing psychological safety. Workers need to know they can take risks and not fear of being cut off at the knees, Buckingham said. Have a willingness

to experiment and try. Doing so, particularly during the rapidly changing times of a pandemic, is vital.

Individuals Buckingham said individuals will feel resilient when they understand what areas they can control. What are the rhythms and routines that build our productivity? He noted that during the pandemic some of the natural rhythms — like the commute from home to the office — have disappeared. Creating new rhythms that foster a series of sprints is important. Example: Work hard for a period of time then take a break. He used the analogy of one year being a series of 52 sprints. Compartmentalization is similarly important. We run in multiple lanes. Buckingham said a resilient person realizes that dealing with a disgruntled customer is only one lane. They don’t let one challenge or disappointment affect the other lanes. Lastly, identify and traffic — at least 20% of the time — in your strengths. Buckingham pointed to research from the Mayo Clinic that says if an individual spends 20% of their working life operating in their strengths, burnout decreases. You’ll ﬁnd a few examples of resilience in the new edition of B Magazine. From teachers who are ﬁnding new ways to communicate to an entertainment venue beginning a new way of show delivery to a learning from panel of female entrepreneurs. It’s worth considering the lessons of resiliency. Pandemic or not, it’s a trait we all need in our personal and professional lives. Lucas Presson is assistant publisher of the Southeast Missourian and publisher of B Magazine. Presson wrote the following column for the Oct. 23 edition of B Magazine, a regional business publication produced by the Southeast Missourian and rustmedia. To receive the print edition delivered to your home or office, visit bmagazine.io to subscribe. Copies are also available on area newsstands.

Election a choice between rule-changing and respect for constitutional norms I

n traditional presidential campaigns, the two major parties offer contrasting ideas and policies. The Democratic and Republican candidates barnstorm the nation to make their cases. Not this year. Democratic nominee Joe ICTOR Biden is more or less a virtual candidate, mostly comAVIS municating from home via ANSON Zoom. He offers few detailed alternatives to the first four years of the Trump administration. Instead, Biden is running on the idea that Donald Trump caused the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic recession, and that he’s responsible for violence in the streets. But Biden rarely offers contrasting visions of what he would have done differently than the Trump administration — or, for that matter, major European countries that are now in worse economic shape and fighting another coronavirus spike. Even in the final days of the race, Biden is making far fewer campaign appearances than Trump. The challenger is outsourcing to the media his defense against allegations that the Biden family has peddled influence to foreign interests for millions of dollars that were routed into family coffers. An inert Biden is playing the role of good

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ol’ Joe from Scranton, while his supporters hope not to just to change presidency, but to alter the very rules of how America has been governed for decades and even centuries. Not long ago, the left favored the Electoral College. California, New York and Illinois gave Democrats more than 100 automatic Electoral College votes. The left bragged that their “Blue Wall” lock on solidly Democratic, union-heavy Midwestern states had ensured Barack Obama two presidential terms — and in 2016 would guarantee Hillary Clinton the presidency as well. But in 2016, the Blue wall crumbled — perhaps permanently. Now, furious progressives plan to end the constitutionally mandated Electoral College by hook or crook. They feel it no longer serves their election purposes. Ditto the traditional structure of the Supreme Court. For nearly 60 years, a left-leaning Supreme Court revolutionized American cultural and political life with progressive decisions. The majority on the court advanced liberal agendas that often found little support in referendums, state legislatures and Congress. Even Republican-appointed judges often ﬂipped from conservative to liberal in the progressive culture of Washington. Once strict constructionist justices such as Harry Blackmun, William Brennan, Lewis

Editorial Board: Jon K. Rust, Publisher and Co-president

F. Powell Jr., David Souter, John Paul Stevens, Potter Stewart and Earl Warren all became activists, delighting the left. Almost no Democratic-appointed justices turned traditional and conservative. The Supreme Court includes two of Barack Obama’s liberal nominees, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. The left assumed that after 2016, Hillary Clinton as president would appoint three or four more activist justices over her almost guaranteed eight-year tenure. But then the unthinkable happened with the stunning 2016 election of Donald Trump. Trump now has appointed three traditionalist (and relatively young) justices to lifetime spots on the Supreme Court. Ironically, he was empowered to do so after Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid changed the Senate rules in 2013, reducing the threshold for approval of executive and judicial nominees from 60 votes to 51 votes. Reid wrongly took for granted that Democrats would control the Senate for the next decade as part of an Obama-Clinton 16-year continuum. Reid wished to ensure that the Republican Senate minority would have no ability to obstruct the appointment of progressive nominees until at least 2024. Instead, Reid ensured that Trump and a Republican-controlled Senate could appoint conservative judges at will under

Lucas Presson, Assistant publisher

Rex Rust, Co-president

Gary Rust, Chairman

the new rules. If elected president, Joe Biden would likely “pack” the Supreme Court with additional slots. That enlargement would ensure new activist left-wing justices. In other words, the 151-year tradition of a Supreme Court with nine justices would end. The left also wants to pack the Senate — and change the rules. Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., would become new states. Their admission would end the tradition of 50-state America and would likely mean another four Democratic senators. A Biden presidency and Democratic-controlled Senate would also quickly kill off what is left of the ﬁlibuster. Democrats wish to ensure that a surviving Republican minority could not impede progressive agendas in the same manner that the Democratic minority has stopped Republican legislation in recent years. In sum, the 2020 election is not just about Joe Biden sitting on a perceived lead and trying to run out the clock against barnstorming incumbent President Donald Trump. It is really a choice between changing rules when they are deemed inconvenient and respecting constitutional norms and long-held traditions that have served America well for many years. authorvdh@gmail.com Maria Swan Childress, Member

PERSPECTIVES

Trump — on mute — has historic accomplishments T

he “mute” button at the second presidential debate worked wonders. And its success provokes an interesting thought experiment: How would the Trump presidency be seen MARC with a mute button THIESSEN on? President Donald Trump says a lot of things that dismay even his supporters. But what if we turned off our TVs, stopped looking at Twitter and looked at what he has done in office over the past four years? With the sound off, Trump’s is one of the greatest conservative presidencies in modern American history. Consider the record: His victory over Hillary Clinton stopped Democrats from replacing the late justice Antonin Scalia with a liberal activist, saving the Supreme Court’s conservative majority. He appointed three fantastic new justices and has had more than 200 judges confirmed to the lower courts. He signed the first comprehensive tax reform in three decades; removed the wet blanket of Obama-era regulations smothering our economy; scrapped the Trans-Pacific Partnership that advantaged China and brokered new trade deals with Mexico, Canada, Japan and South Korea. Before the coronavirus pandemic, unemployment reached record lows, including for Blacks and Hispanics. And even in the midst of a pandemic-induced economic crisis, 56% of Americans say they are better off now than they were four years ago. Trump delivered for African Americans, passing criminal justice reform, creating opportunity zones to rebuild our inner cities and securing permanent funding for historically Black colleges and universities. He signed opioid and sex-trafficking

legislation, and a new “Right to Try” law giving dying Americans access to experimental medications. He implemented the Protect Life Rule, which prohibits federal family-planning funds from going to abortion clinics, and defended the religious liberty of the Little Sisters of the Poor. He made the United States an energy superpower — getting rid of President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan, withdrawing from the Paris climate accord, and supplanting Russia and Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest oil producer — which has transformed the national security landscape in the United States’ favor. He drove the Islamic State from its caliphate and killed its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Unlike Obama, he twice launched military strikes against Syria for using chemical weapons against civilians. Trump withdrew from the disastrous Iran nuclear deal and reimposed crippling sanctions on Iran, forcing the regime to cut funding for its terrorist proxies — and he took out Iran’s terrorist mastermind Qasem Soleimani. He moved the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem and brokered three Arab-Israeli peace accords — the ﬁrst in more than a quarter century. He shipped Javelin antitank missiles to Ukraine, got NATO allies to spend billions more on our common defense, withdrew from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty and launched a cyberattack on Russia to deter its 2018 electoral interference. He increased defense spending and created the Space Force. He took on China’s predatory trade practices, signed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, and sanctioned Beijing for its suppression of the Uighurs. His tariff threats forced Mexico to crack down on illegal immigration, and he freed more Americans from foreign captivity in four years than Obama did in eight. And he is the ﬁrst president since

Ronald Reagan not to start a new war. Even his covid-19 response looks a lot better with the mute button on. What has hurt public perception of the president’s pandemic performance is not, primarily, what he has done but what he has said — the jarring fights with reporters during press briefings, stream of consciousness about bleach, reluctance to embrace masking and suggestions the virus will “disappear.” But what about his actions? He shut down travel with China in January, saving countless lives. He procured nearly 200,000 ventilators and deployed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to build $660 million worth of emergency field hospitals across the country, most of which never treated a single patient. He launched Operation Warp Speed to try to produce the fastest delivery of a vaccine for a novel virus in history, as well as lifesaving therapeutics. The Paycheck Protection Program he signed into law has helped American businesses survive the lockdown. And his push to reopen the economy is working, producing a record-breaking 7.4% GDP growth in the third quarter. There have, of course, also been serious — sometimes shameful — mistakes in policy, including family separations at the U.S. border; his aborted invitation of the Taliban to Camp David; withdrawing U.S. forces from Syria and giving Turkey a green light to invade and attack our Kurdish allies; asking the president of Ukraine to investigate Hunter Biden, among others. And of course, we cannot simply ignore his words. His noxious tweets and offensive rhetoric have driven away voters who might otherwise be supporting him next Tuesday. But as troubling as some of Trump’s words are, his actions matter more. And by that standard, the Trump presidency is among the best of my lifetime — with the mute button on.

Sunday, November 01, 2020

POLL RESULTS The following polls were posted at semissourian. com. Though we encourage participation, the results are not scientific.

TERM LIMITS Should all Missouri elected state offices be term-limited? 439 votes)

2.7% Undecided

6.8% No

90.4% Yes

FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE Who won the final presidential debate? (493 votes)

10.1% Didn’t watch 24.7% Former Vice President Joe Biden

f Boss Trump is headed for defeat, he’s getting his revenge early. His revenge upon his deluded supporters and the people they love, that is. Trump’s reelection campaign ENE now consists mainly YONS of what public health researchers call “super-spreader” events: large-scale rallies of unmasked, non-socially distanced Trumpists yelling in each other’s faces while the Big Man emits a nonstop barrage of falsehoods, exaggerations and barefaced lies. Let me put it this way: If, say, the Rolling Stones decided to put on free concerts at airports around the country, they’d likely end up being taken into custody and deported as undesirable aliens. Of course, they’d also draw far bigger crowds than Trump, but that’s not the point. The point is that Trump’s actions are reckless and immoral, the peacetime equivalent of war crimes. “COVID, COVID, COVID, COVID, COVID,” he hollers. Trump claims that the United States is “turning the corner” on the pandemic, and that the accursed news media will quit reporting COVID-19 fatalities come Nov. 4. He claims that health officials are motivated by greed because “doctors get more money and hospitals get more money” if they report that the virus was the cause of death. Surveys have shown that more than a thousand physicians and nurses have died ﬁghting the disease nationwide. As ever, what he accuses others of doing is an excellent guide to the question: What would Trump do? Answer: He’d steal the silver dollars off a COVID victim’s eyelids and demand an investigation of Joe Biden. According to The Washington Post,

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the Trump campaign organization signed an agreement with officials in Duluth, Minnesota, to limit attendance at a Sept. 30 fly-in rally in accordance with public health guidelines. Hours before the event, it became clear that no effort was being made to honor the agreement; some 2,500 Trump supporters without masks bunched up on the tarmac — 10 times the agreed-upon limit. Health department officials’ protests were simply ignored. Three days later, Trump himself was taken to Walter Reed hospital by helicopter. Three weeks after that, the following headline appeared in the Duluth News-Tribune: “St. Louis County sees another record-breaking week of COVID-19 cases.” Any questions? The Trump Traveling Circus subsequently performed in Janesville and Waukesha, Wisconsin, in the midst of a record-setting pandemic outbreak there. “It took us 7 and a half months to reach our first 100,000 cases, & only 36 days to reach our second,” the Wisconsin Department of Health tweeted. “In just two short months, the 7-day average of new confirmed cases has risen 405%!” But the show must go on. Trump regaled his Janesville audience with a veritable torrent of lies. The New York Times did a thorough fact-check of his Oct. 17 speech. Reporters documented 131 false statements during Trump’s 87 minutes onstage. Nearly three-quarters of his claims were untrue. The most egregious concerned COVID-19, probably because the disease represents his single greatest failure and most damaging political liability. Another question: Does Trump count upon his supporters’ invincible ignorance or simply share it? I fear it’s a little of both. In Janesville, Trump made this absurd claim two minutes into his harangue: “When you look at our numbers compared to

what’s going on in Europe and other places,” he said, “we’re doing well.” Any regular newspaper reader knows that this is just nonsense. As the Times reports, “America has more cases and deaths per capita than any major country in Europe but Spain and Belgium. The United States has just 4 percent of the world’s population but accounts for almost a quarter of the global deaths from COVID-19.” Germany, to choose the most striking comparison, has suffered only 122 deaths per million of its population, according to Johns Hopkins University. The United States has recorded more than ﬁve times as many: 686 per million. Neighboring Canada, meanwhile, is at 264 per million. Several Asian countries have handled the pandemic even better. It’s a matter of capable leadership and public cooperation. No wonder Trump appears to have succumbed to a case of dictator envy. “COVID, COVID, COVID is being used by [the ‘Fake News’ media] in total coordination,” he tweeted the other day, “in order to change our great early election numbers. Should be an election law violation!” Yeah, well, they all report the same World Series scores, too. Furthermore, if Trump had good election numbers, he wouldn’t whine so much. Has there ever been a bigger crybaby in the White House? (In related news, Vladimir Putin has issued a mandatory mask mandate after a surge in Russian COVID infections. Go ﬁgure.) Meanwhile, the rallies go on, a bizarre spectacle that people treat as if it’s normal. Trump has become the Typhoid Mary of COVID-19. But he should know better. If anybody should be locked up, as his rapt admirers chant, it’s the Super-Spreader in Chief. eugenelyons2@yahoo.com

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The assault on religious freedom during COVID-19 During the course of the COVID-19 crisis, an ongoing, and very legitimate, national debate has continued about the wisdom of lockdowns. The decision to shut down social and commercial activity in the name of health is itself arbitrary. Then, the decision to decide what to shut down and what not to shut down, what activities TAR are more essential than others, adds more arbitrariness. ARKER These decisions reflect the values and priorities of those with power who are making them. In our increasingly secular society, this is posing enormous problems and challenges for religious freedom. Earlier this year, Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley in Nevada failed in its attempt to get the Supreme Court to rein in Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak’s order that arbitrarily clamps down more severely on churches than on gambling casinos. Nevada’s policy holds that restaurants, bars, casinos and gyms can operate at 50% capacity, while houses of worship are limited to a maximum of 50 people regardless of their capacity. In a 5-4 vote, the court refused injunctive relief for Calvary Chapel. Justice Brett Kavanaugh got to the heart of the matter in his dissent. “Nevada’s rules,” wrote Kavanaugh, “reflect an implicit judgment that for-profit assemblies are important and religious gatherings are less so; that moneymaking is more important than faith during the pandemic.” But rather than the fight being over, it is continuing and picking up steam. A few weeks ago, a federal-district court judge ruled in favor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in its complaint against Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser’s executive order prohibiting religious gatherings of over 100 people, indoors or outdoors. The church, in its complaint and request for relief, noted that the mayor herself appeared and spoke at an outdoor gathering of “tens of thousands of people” in downtown Washington. A federal-district court judge in Colorado has just ruled in favor of two local churches who filed a suit challenging the state’s rules requiring masks and limiting the size of indoor gatherings. The judge found that the rules for religious institutions were more severe than for secular ones and, therefore, unconstitutional. However, a lawsuit filed by Orthodox Jews and Catholics in New York against Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s restrictions on indoor gatherings was met with less success, as a federal-district court judge ruled in favor of the state. Lockdowns present a formidable test and challenge to the country. Our Constitution, with its Bill of Rights, was formulated with the idea that a legal fence could be built to protect individual freedom from arbitrary violations. One of America’s Founding Fathers, John Adams, used the phrase “a government of laws, not of men” to capture the idea that we should aspire to limit arbitrary power given to men. But government-mandated lockdown is all about giving politicians enormous arbitrary power. America was founded by those seeking religious freedom. Recall the famous sermon in 1630 by Puritan John Winthrop, founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, one of the nation’s first colonies. “For we must consider,” said Winthrop, “that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us. So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and byword through the world.” But the religion, and the freedom to practice it, that was most important to John Winthrop and many of the founders of this country is least important to many people with political power making lockdown decisions today. According to a 2015 Pew Research Center report, 36% of Americans attend religious services weekly. Legal challenges must continue everywhere constitutional protections for religious freedom and equal treatment are being violated. And know that life and religious freedom are what’s on the ballot in the upcoming election.

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Grotto at St. Mary’s of the Barrens in Perryville celebrates 100 years BY MARYBETH NIEDERKORN

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In 1920, a grotto in honor of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal was dedicated in Perryville, Missouri, after two years of construction amid a World War and worldwide illness. Next month, the 100th anniversary celebration will take place on the grounds. “It’s a special time here on campus,” said Don Fulford, president and CEO of the Association of the Miraculous Medal, a not-for-proﬁt group that operates on site at St. Mary’s of the Barrens in Perryville, home to the grotto. “When we renovated in 2018, we did a lot of new planting, and all of that is coming into full focus now.” The National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal draws thousands of visitors from all over the country, and honors Mary, mother of Jesus. Founded by Catholic priests of the Vincentian order in 1827, the seminary was the ﬁrst institute of higher education west of the Mississippi River, Fulford said. In 1830, St. Catherine La-

ONLINE Docs To read the construction diary of the grotto, find this story at semissourian.com and follow the link. boure had a vision of Mary and vowed to share the Miraculous Medal with the world, according to a brochure. The medal depicts Mary and a crown of stars, and is worn as a Catholic devotional. An order of nuns, the Daughters of Charity, also served the Perryville community for 95 years, and they lived on the grounds as well, according to previous reporting. They and the Vincentian priests founded the Association of the Miraculous Medal in 1918. Although the seminary ceased holding classes and the church has not had a parish since 1965, Fulford noted the existing museum and chapel are beautiful spaces for reﬂection and prayer.

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Around 1,000 people gather May 6, 2012, for the annual May procession at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Perryville, Missouri.

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This artist’s rendering shows the rosary walk’s layout at St. Mary’s of the Barrens in Perryville, Missouri.

In the early 1900s, Vincentian Superior Father William Musson ﬁrst spoke of the need for shrines in Mary’s honor in the United States. “Our church was here 30 years before the Civil War,” Fulford said. The nearly 200-year-old church and 100-year-old grotto share the 56-acre grounds with a rosary walk, which Fulford said is the largest rosary in North America. It was completed in 2018. “We designed it for those folks of all faiths who want a nice, healthy walk,” Fulford said, adding that in its entirety, the rosary is a half-mile loop, fully ADA accessible. A concrete pad represents each bead of the rosary, and the walkway includes benches for seating. As for the grotto itself, according to a diary of the

construction, courtesy of the Special Collections and Archives at DePaul University in Chicago, work on the grotto began in June 1917 and continued throughout 1918. In July 1918, the center section of the grotto was completed, and later that year, Vincentian priest Father P.V. Byrne planted the ﬁrst tree. Byrne also donated $100 toward the grotto’s construction, in hopes his gesture would inspire others to donate to the project, the document states. Some mention of students being sick was made, and again in early 1919, though the speciﬁc illness wasn’t named. A worldwide epidemic of the Spanish Flu was ongoing at the time. The grotto’s altar was completed in September 1919, and the lawns were completed shortly thereafter.

A June 19, 1920, entry reads, “Work was done [completed] at the grotto today.” Work continued on the grounds at the grotto until November, with an entry dated Nov. 11, 1920, stating, “Confirmation was administered today.” The Bishop delivered the confirmation, and, the entry states, “finally he offered a holiday to the men who had built the grotto, whose work, he said, was a testimony of the living faith which faith is in nothing more apparent than in devotion to the Blessed Mother.” All are invited to visit the grotto for prayerful reflection during the week of Nov. 9 through 15 to celebrate the anniversary, at 1811 W. St. Joseph St. in Perryville. More information is available online at amm.org or by calling (800) 264-6279.

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Missouri county health officials quitting amid threats, harassment ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. LOUIS — Health department directors from across Missouri are walking away from their jobs after many of them were threatened and harassed over the actions they have taken to curb the coronavirus pandemic. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Friday reported that at least a dozen county health department directors have vacated their jobs since March. “It’s a common feeling among directors,” said Kelley Vollmar, chair of the Missouri Association of Local Public Health Agencies. “They are tired. They are trying to stand strong, and stand up for their staff, but we are mothers and children and sisters first, and those family relationships you have to make sure are kept safe. It has been challenging.” Vollmar, who also is director of the Jefferson County Health Department, said staff members also are retiring early because of the stress and verbal attacks. Those jobs are now difficult to fill, she said. The state has reported 5,568 new confirmed cases over the past two days — a record 3,061 on Thursday and 2,507 on Friday. The death toll statewide now stands at 2,925. Hospitalizations on Thursday set a record at 1,612, and hospital leaders across the state have warned that facilities are nearing capacity. Republican Gov. Mike Parson allowed the state to reopen in mid-June, without a statewide mask mandate or social distancing requirement. But several local jurisdictions, often at the urging of their county health departments, have imposed their own stricter guidelines. Amber Elliott resigned last week as St. Francois

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Kyle Rittenhouse appears for an extradition hearing in Lake County court Friday in Waukegan, Illinois. Rittenhouse is accused of killing two protesters days after Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

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Missouri county health department directors have had enough of the harassment by the public over actions taken during the coronavirus pandemic and are walking away from their jobs. Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center board members have faced criticism from residents on the county’s mandatory mask-wearing order. County’s health director, effective Nov. 20. She was in the job for less than a year. Elliott said she was surprised by the personal attacks she and her family have faced as she has worked to protect her community. People have told her they’re watching her. Pictures of Elliott, her husband and her grade-schoolage children have been posted online with cruel remarks. “There’s been many over the course of eight months, to personal attacks on Facebook calling me every name in the book, to calling me and cussing me and saying I’m stupid and I’m incompetent and I don’t know what I’m doing, of course the pandemic is fake, and all those type of things,” Elliott said. “As a mom of two small children, my husband and I have to always remember that they come ﬁrst, and it’s unfortunate that my job serving the public has affected them so profoundly,” she said. Over the past two months, health directors in

Howard, Washington, Ste. Genevieve and Audrain counties also have stepped down, the Post-Dispatch reported. Vollmer said she, too, has faced harassment. A gun shop owner on Facebook wrote that gun owners will “decide they’ve had enough of the lies.” People posted pictures of her on social media, altered to make her look like Adolf Hitler or comparing the health department to Nazis. “It’s just demoralizing after a while because of the simple fact that you are trying to do the right thing,” Vollmar said. “You’re trying to help people and at the same time, you are trying to protect your family and protect your personal life.” In August, a review by Kaiser Health News and The Associated Press found at least 49 state and local health leaders had resigned, retired or been ﬁred since April across 23 states. They have left their posts due to a mix of backlash and stressful working conditions.

Illinois judge OKs extradition of Rittenhouse to Wisconsin BY MICHAEL TARM

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WAUKEGAN, Ill. — An Illinois judge on Friday ordered a 17-year-old accused of killing two demonstrators in Kenosha, Wisconsin, to be extradited across the border to stand trial on homicide charges. The ruling came several hours after a hearing at the Lake County Courthouse in Waukegan, where defense lawyers sought to persuade Judge Paul Novak to block their Kyle Rittenhouse’s transfer to Wisconsin. At the hearing began, Rittenhouse’s lawyer said he’d had a change of heart since notifying the court that he planned to call witnesses, including Rittenhouse’s mother. Instead, John Pierce focused on what he called “fatal defects” in extradition papers. After 45 minutes of arguments delving into the minutia of extradition law and how precedent should be interpreted, Pierce said his client should remain in Illinois. “This Illinois child must go free,” he told the judge. A local prosecutor said the law is unambiguous in requiring Rittenhouse’s ex-

tradition, saying that blocking his transfer would undermine the justice system. “You can imagine the chaos if someone can commit a crime and step over the (state borderline) and get sanctuary,” Lake County Assistant State’s Attorney Stephen Scheller said. Novak did not comment on the arguments during the hearing. The shootings happened Aug. 25, two days after a white police officer trying to arrest Jacob Blake shot the 29-year-old Black man seven times in the back, paralyzing him from the waist down. Video of the police shooting sparked outrage and helped spur on the protests. Rittenhouse’s case has become a rallying point for some conservatives who see him as a patriot who was exercising his right to bear arms during unrest. Others portray him as a domestic terrorist who incited protesters by showing up wielding a riﬂe. Rittenhouse sat at a defense table Friday wearing a dress shirt and tie – mask across his face. He appeared calm and at least once turned to look at his mother, Wendy Rittenhouse, on a spectactors’ bench. Later,

as officers led him from the hearing room, she began to cry. Near the courthouse steps, around 20 protesters, some wearing Black Lives Matter shirts, chanted, “Kyle is a murderer!” During arguments, Pierce at one point said, “This is a political prosecution.” The prosecutor objected and the judge instructed Pierce to stick to issues of law. Without witnesses from either side, the part of the hearing meant for evidence and testimony lasted less than 30 seconds, when Scheller handed the judge Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s signed warrant calling for Rittenhouse’s extradition. Pierce told Novak Wisconsin authorities were required by law to present charging documents to a magistrate judge and their failure to do so rendered their extradition request invalid. State-to-state extraditions are typically formalities and judges rarely refuse another state’s request to transfer a suspect. Efforts to ﬁght extradition are nearly always in vain but can help attorneys buy time to compile evidence and prepare a defense.

On pandemic ‘learning loss,’ schools look forward, not back BY PATRICK WALL AND KANTELE FRANKO

CHALKBEAT / ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWARK, N.J. — A complete picture has yet to emerge of how much learning was lost by students during the pandemic. That’s all right with educators like Superintendent Craig Broeren, whose top concern is ﬁguring out where each student stands now. Wisconsin Rapids, his small school district in central Wisconsin, isn’t administering any special test to measure how much districtwide progress stalled after classrooms closed in March. Such data wouldn’t capture a student’s unique circumstances or point a way forward, Broeren said. Instead, the district is sticking with its usual fall assessments. Those tests can roughly estimate learning loss since the spring, but leaders say they are most useful for pinpointing what students know now and tracking how much they learn. “Frankly, what we lost is less of an issue than where a kid is starting from,” Broeren said, “and using that to inform instruction.” That approach is the norm nationwide. Most states aren’t requiring all districts to administer uniform tests to measure students’ slippage. Rather, districts generally are using the tests they give each fall to guide instruction for the school year and, in many cases, also assessing students’ mental health and well-being -- an approach favored by many experts and educators who say a rush to quantify learning loss could demoralize students and teachers. But as many schools continue distance learning or brace for more virus-related closures that could further slow progress, the patchwork approach to testing this

fall worries some advocates and policymakers who say it’s difficult to plan academic recovery this year without consistent data across districts and states. “We’re in this data black hole,” said Kyle Rosenkrans, executive director of the New Jersey Children’s Foundation, an advocacy group that plans to hire researchers to estimate how much students have fallen behind. “You can’t prescribe solutions unless you have a sound diagnosis of the scale of the problem.” Using data from past school closures, researchers have estimated some students might have lost several months to a year’s worth of academic growth after school buildings around the country closed last March. Some policymakers say data is needed urgently to support districts with the largest gaps or plan more drastic statewide responses, such as extending the school year. Among those calling for a more aggressive effort to measure that loss is New Jersey Sen. M. Teresa Ruiz, a Democrat who co-sponsored a bill to require testing to assess academic and social-emotional needs and to require the state to analyze the results. New Jersey offered new diagnostic tests to help districts identify students needing extra support, but those aren’t designed to measure statewide trends, and most of its districts are already using other assessments. “The fact that it’s optional and they’re not requiring the data to go back to them, it just misses the whole intent of what is critically needed,” Ruiz said. “We need to know what has happened during this pandemic.” Some places are starting to get a partial glimpse of the pandemic’s academic toll. Idaho, which requires grades K-3 to take a fall read-

ing test, found an overall decline in reading skills. And the Washington, D.C., school system likewise discovered a significant drop in the share of young pupils meeting reading targets. Many educators have braced for such results. Yvette Gonzalez, a fashion design teacher at a high school in El Paso, Texas, said many of her students have had to take on jobs or care for siblings during the pandemic. “When they’re constantly thinking about COVID and how to survive on a dayto-day basis, a lot of them are not worried about how they’re going to finish their work,” she said. In Newark, New Jersey, teacher Wirmarie Morales said her own son, a high school senior, worries he’ll have to take remedial classes in college to make up for material he missed. And her fourth-grade bilingual students appeared to start this school year with less confidence and fluency in English than usual. “They don’t know basic, simple things that they would normally know,” she said. “It is time they lost that maybe, at some point, we can’t get back.” To measure learning loss on a large scale, researchers need recent test results from across districts, but consistent data will be hard to come by. States canceled their annual exams last spring at the start of the pandemic, and most are letting districts decide whether and how to test this fall. Few states appear to be collecting the results of those tests. “It’s information that everybody wants to have,” said Daniel Domenech, executive director of AASA, the School Superintendents Association. “But, right now, the priority is focusing on kids’ needs.”

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Camden City (New Jersey) School District Superintendent Katrina McCombs poses for a portrait at her desk at the school district office. A complete picture has yet to emerge of how much learning was lost by students during the pandemic.

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Trump pitches ‘back to normal’ as Biden warns of tough days BY ZEKE MILLER, ALEXANDRA JAFFE AND KEVIN FREKING

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WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — President Donald Trump dangled a promise to get a weary, fearful nation “back to normal” on Friday as he looked to campaign past the political damage of the devastating pandemic. It was a tantalizingly rosy pitch in sharp contrast to Democratic rival Joe Biden, who pledged to level with America about tough days still ahead after Tuesday’s election. In a campaign that has been dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed more than 227,000 Americans and staggered the economy, the candidates’ clashing overtures stood as a reﬂection of their leadership styles and policy prescriptions for a suffering U.S.A. Trump and Biden both spent Friday crisscrossing the Midwest, the hardest-hit part of the nation in the latest surge of virus cases. Trump was in Michigan and Biden in Iowa before they both held events in Wisconsin and Minnesota. With four days until the election and more than 83 million votes already cast, time is running out for Trump and Biden to change the contours of a race framed largely around the incumbent’s handling of the pandemic. Biden is leading

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President Donald Trump waves to supporters after speaking at a campaign rally Friday at Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

most national polls and has a narrow advantage in many of the critical battlegrounds that could decide the race. Trump, billing himself as an optimist, says the nation has “turned the corner” from the outbreak that still kills about 1,000 Americans each day. He speaks hopefully of coming treatments and potential vaccines that have yet to receive approval. Biden dismisses Trump’s talk as a siren song that can only prolong the virus, and pledges a nationwide focus

ing, they ﬂout state and local guidelines that he deems too onerous as he speaks as though the virus has largely disappeared. Trump and his aides speak openly about catering to the support of those “fed up” by state restrictions, and he has encouraged chants among his supporters calling for the imprisonment of local officials who have instituted them. Biden, for his part, referenced Trump’s comments last summer that the virus “is what it is.” He told sup-

on reinstituting measures meant to slow the spread of the disease. “He said a long dark winter,” Trump scoffed Friday at a rally in Michigan. “Oh that’s great, that’s wonderful. Just what our country needs is a long dark winter and a leader who talks about it.” Trump’s rallies, which draw thousands of supporters, have served as representations of the sort of “reopening” he has been preaching. With spotty use of masks and a lack of social distanc-

Trump believes he’s got the votes if 2020 is like 2000 ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — More than 81 million Americans have already voted in the presidential election, but President Donald Trump thinks he can count on one hand the votes that will determine the outcome. “I think this will end up in the Supreme Court,” Trump said last month of

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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally Friday at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

the election. The justices have already tackled issues involving voting in more than half a dozen states. On Friday, the president on Twitter sharply criticized their decision involving an extended deadline for receiving mailed-in ballots in North Carolina as “CRAZY and so bad for

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our Country.” An election-deciding case isn’t far-fetched, either, of course. Two decades ago, when the disputed 2000 election came down to Florida, the court voted 5-4 along ideological lines to essentially settle the election in favor of Republican George W. Bush.

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DETROIT — Every day feels like a raw wound for Omari Barksdale. His sister, Laneeka Barksdale, died of COVID-19 in late March in Detroit — and since then, so have more than 228,000 Americans. Many were Black Americans whose communities were disproportionately devastated by the virus. Omari Barksdale, a Black man, watched with alarm as the toll of the country’s racial injustice mounted. People of color bore the brunt of pandemic-related job losses. Police shot and killed Breonna Taylor inside her Kentucky home, and a Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee into George Floyd’s neck for nearly eight minutes as Floyd gasped, “I can’t breathe,” in his ﬁnal moments. The convergence of the pandemic, joblessness and police brutality has forced the U.S. to confront its centuries-old legacy of systemic racism this year. And for Barksdale and many Black Americans, it’s turned next week’s presidential election into a referendum on the future of race relations, an opportunity to take steps toward healing or the potential of a deeper divide. “It feels like half of me was taken away,” said Barksdale, who, in the weeks after his sister’s death, began leading a team of volunteers

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porters in Des Moines, Iowa, that “it is what it is because he is who he is! These guys are something else, man.” Trump’s closing appeal to “Make America Great Again, Again” paints a halcyon image of the nation ‘s condition during pre-coronavirus times that contrasts with Biden’s charge to “Build Back Better.” The president’s focus on returning the nation’s economy to the boom times of 2019 resonates with some voters, but overlooks the divided and ran-

corous politics that swirled around impeachment and the persistent problems of inequality. Friday marked the beginning of the critical ﬁnal stretch before the election. Trump’s closing sprint includes four stops in Pennsylvania on Saturday and nearly a dozen events in the ﬁnal 48 hours across states he carried in 2016. Biden, after visiting Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota on Friday, will hit Michigan on Saturday, where he’ll hold a joint rally with former President Barack Obama. Biden will close out his campaign Monday in a familiar battleground: Pennsylvania, the state where he was born and the one he’s visited more than any other in his campaign. The Biden team announced the candidate, his wife Jill, running mate Sen. Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, plan to “fan out across all four corners of the state.” After stopping in Green Bay on Friday, Trump will be back in Wisconsin on Monday for a visit to Kenosha. He appears to lag in recent polling behind his 2016 numbers in the GOP-leaning suburbs around Milwaukee, a key area for successful Republican campaigns in the state. A new Marquette University Law School poll shows Trump with support from 52 percent of likely voters in the eight counties that form the half-ring around Milwaukee.

canvassing Michigan voters. “For many years, we’ve had this commentary about how far we’ve come, but if you look at the landscape and dynamics right now of America, we’re back in the ‘50s and ‘60s. The reasons for protesting are the same now as they were then: for the protection of Black lives, the opportunity for Black lives, and the understanding and value of Black lives.” Black voters will be decisive in shaping next week’s results. Democrat Joe Biden is relying on strong turnout among Black voters in cities such as Detroit, Philadelphia and Milwaukee to tip critical swing states in his direction. President Donald Trump, meanwhile, is focusing most of his effort on last-minute appeals to his core base of white voters. As of Thursday, more than 79 million votes had been cast in the 2020 general election, with Black voters making up almost 9% of that total, according to an Associated Press analysis of data from the political data ﬁrm L2. In North Carolina, a battleground state seeing high turnout across the board, 60% of Black registered voters have already cast a ballot. “The soul of the nation is at risk,” longtime civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton said in an interview. “Another four years of Trump would completely set us back and the advancements that we’ve made towards equal rights, human rights and civil rights. It would take us 20 or 30 years, a generation, to get back what he would cement.” The election-year reckoning is the culmination of centuries of inequity and racism that far predates Trump’s political career. But Trump has pulled at the nation’s racial divide throughout his presidency. He blamed “both sides” for 2017 violence between white supremacists and anti-racism protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, and wondered why the U.S. was admitting so many immigrants from “shithole countries” like African nations. He said four Democratic congresswomen of color should go back to the “broken and crime infested” countries they came from, ignoring the fact that all of the women are American citizens and three were born in the U.S. Trump was criticized in September for his initial refusal to outright condemn a far-right fascist group during a debate with Biden. “Donald Trump is an unabashed racist who not only revels in his ability to mock, scorn and create harm, he denies any culpability for

the consequences,” said Stacey Abrams, a voting rights activist and former Georgia gubernatorial candidate. “I fear for our communities if he retains the seat of the presidency for four more years. I also have a deep worry that his continued occupation of that seat would result in those who intend us harm who will feel that they have carte blanche to do so,” said Abrams, who is Black. “My deep hope is that the demographic changes in our country, coupled with the consciences of white Americans who understand that he is wrong, they will actually do what’s right.” Trump points to criminal justice reform, opportunity zones and funding for historically Black colleges and universities as examples of what he’s done for Black Americans, but many critics argue his claims are exaggerated or undermined by his comments. After a summer of nationwide unrest that led to millions marching in the streets of America, Trump has billed himself as a leader who will restore “law and order” – an attempt to appeal to white grievances and allay white suburban fears. Just this week, Trump’s presidential adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner said the president wants to help Black people in America, but they have to “want to be successful” for his policies to work, a comment that recalled racist stereotypes of Black Americans. “What we see is when racism goes unchecked and becomes institutionalized publicly and becomes a part of our administration,” said Jessica Byrd, who leads the Movement for Black Lives’ Electoral Justice Project and The Frontline, a multiracial coalition effort to galvanize voters. “We’ve seen ﬁrsthand the way that a vocal minority can become an extremist power building faction.” Biden has his own vulnerabilities on race. He has apologized for the poor treatment of Anita Hill when she testiﬁed before his Senate committee in 1991 to accuse then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment. He’s also expressed regret about provisions of a 1994 crime bill he supported that has been blamed for incarcerating a generation of Black men. But he’s put Black voters at the center of his 2020 campaign. His presidential hopes were rescued in February when Black voters in South Carolina rallied around him, powering him through Super Tuesday wins and helping deliver the Democratic nomination.

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State leaders facing second wave resist steps to curb virus

Coronavirus dims Mexico’s bright Day of the Dead celebration

BY ADAM GELLER AND DAVID PITT

BY MARK STEVENSON AND DIEGO DELGADO

Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa — Even as a new surge of coronavirus infections strains hospitals, officials in many of the hardest-hit states are resisting taking stronger action to slow the spread, with pleas from health experts running up against political calculation and public fatigue. Days before a presidential election that has spotlighted President Donald Trump’s scattershot response to the pandemic, the virus continued surging Friday, with total conﬁrmed cases in the U.S. surpassing 9 million. The number of new infections reported daily is on the rise in 47 states. They include Nebraska and South Dakota, where the number of new cases topped previous highs for each state. The record increases have eclipsed the spikes that set off national alarms last spring and summer. During those outbreaks, ﬁrst in the Northeast and then in Sun Belt states, many governors closed schools and businesses and restricted public gatherings. But the resurgence of the virus, despite being far more widespread, has brought a decidedly more limited response in many states. Most are led by Republican governors backing a president who insists, falsely, that the country is getting the virus under control. Over the past two weeks, more than 76,000 new virus cases have been reported daily in the U.S. on average, up from about 54,000 in mid-October, according to

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States are experiencing surges in cornonvirus cases in the past few weeks. Salt Lake County Health Department public health nurses look on during coronavirus testing outside the Salt Lake County Health Department in Salt Lake City. Johns Hopkins University. Deaths, which usually lag case numbers and hospitalizations, are also rising, from about 700 to more than 800 a day. The virus has now killed more than 229,000 Americans. Nevertheless, many officials have resisted calls to enact measures like statewide mask mandates or stricter curbs on the size of gatherings, casting the response to the virus as a matter of individual decision-making. “At the end of the day, personal responsibility is the only way. People will either choose or not choose to social distance, or choose to wear a mask or not,” said Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican. “What we can do is to remind them is that

personal responsibility can protect them.” Lee’s state is among those without a blanket mask mandate despite a study released this week showing that areas of Tennessee where people are not required to wear them are seeing the most hospitalizations. In Iowa, where a record 606 coronavirus patients were hospitalized Friday, one health expert said ofﬁcials there had been too quick to reopen, along with several neighboring states. “If we follow the course that the other Midwestern states like Wisconsin, North Dakota and South Dakota have, we’re going to have trouble keeping up,” said Dr. Ravi Vemuri, an infectious disease specialist at MercyOne hospitals.

Quake strikes Turkish coast and Greek island, killing 19 BY ZEYNEP BILGINSOY AND ELENA BECATOROS

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ISTANBUL — A strong earthquake struck Friday in the Aegean Sea between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos, killing at least 19 people and injuring over 700 amid collapsed buildings and ﬂooding, officials said. A small tsunami struck the Seferihisar district south of Izmir, the city in western Turkey that was the worst affected by the quake, said Haluk Ozener, director of the Istanbul-based Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute. At least 17 people were killed in Izmir, Turkey’s third-largest city, including one who drowned, and 709 were injured, according to Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, or AFAD. Among the dead were the wife and two children of the secretary-general of

the Turkish Medical Association’s Izmir branch, the group said. On Samos, two teenagers died after being struck by a wall that collapsed. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tweeted condolences, saying “Words are too poor to describe what one feels before the loss of children.” At least 19 people were injured on the island, with two, including a 14-yearold, being airlifted to Athens and seven hospitalized on the island, health authorities said. The small tsunami that hit the Turkish coast also affected Samos, with seawater ﬂooding streets in the main harbor town of Vathi. Authorities warned people to stay away from the coast and from potentially damaged buildings. Izmir Gov. Yavuz Selim Kosger said at least 70 people were rescued from wrecked buildings, with four destroyed and more than 10 collapsed. Others suffered less severe dam-

age, he said, but did not give an exact number. Search-and-rescue efforts were underway in at least 17 buildings, AFAD said. Turkish media showed rescuers pulling people from the rubble, including one survivor who was found about six hours after the quake. Emergency teams continued digging after nightfall and cranes lifted concrete slabs from the wreckage. The earthquake, which the Kandilli Institute said had a magnitude of 6.9, struck at 2:51 p.m. local time (1151 GMT) in Turkey and was centered in the Aegean northeast of Samos. AFAD said it measured the magnitude at 6.6. It was felt across the eastern Greek islands and as far as the Greek capital, Athens, and in Bulgaria. In Turkey, it shook the regions of Aegean and Marmara, including Istanbul. Istanbul’s governor said there were no reports of damage in the city, Turkey’s largest.

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebration this weekend won’t be the same in a year so marked by death, in a country where more than 90,000 people have died of COVID-19. Many of those had to be cremated rather than buried, and even for those with gravesides to visit, the pandemic has forced authorities in most parts of Mexico to close cemeteries to prevent the traditional Nov. 1-2 observances when entire families clean and decorate tombs, cover them with orange marigolds, light candles and chat with their deceased relatives, perhaps over a glass of their favorite beverage. On Sunday, many residents of the impoverished suburb of Valle de Chalco, east of Mexico City, visited to a recently opened overflow section of the local cemetery to clean the simple graves of their loved ones – many still just marked by dirt mounds – because they had heard the graveyards would be closed on the actual holiday. “A lot of people came to fix up their (relatives’) graves before the Day of the Dead,” said Jose Juan Rivera Almazan, the cemetery manager. He noted the new section of the graveyard “is filling up quickly. We do not know if that’s because of the disease,” though it is clear there is a steady trickle of new burials of COVID victims; they are easy to recognize because their coffins come wrapped in plastic. On a normal Day of the Dead, Rivera Almazan said, “You can’t even walk through here, it is so full, people, visitors, vendors’

stands.” This year, though, the cemetery will be quiet. Jacinta Jimenez Viviano lost her husband, retired manual laborer Vicente Dominguez Alejo, to COVID-19 this year. He died in the hospital, after almost no visits; Jacinta was occupied with her son, who also fell ill but recovered. Her husband, a diabetic, was not so lucky. Knowing she would not be able to come on Nov. 2 — when deceased adults are honored — she brought ﬂowers Sunday to plant at her husband’s dusty grave. She said the simple act of tending the grave was reassuring. “I feel this represents hope that we will make it because, thank God, these days of the dead are very important to Mexicans,” Jimenez Viviano said. “We will leave a little offering for him now, and later, when we can, we will return.” Mexico has long had a different attitude toward death, more social, more accepting than in many parts of the world. Wakes

and funerals here are often elaborate, days-long events gathering entire neighborhoods and extended families for eating, praying and remembering. But death amid the pandemic has become a very lonely affair; not only were wakes prohibited, many families couldn’t be with their relatives in their ﬁnal moments or even view the body because of the coronavirus. But in some ways, this year’s Dia de Muertos has also taken the holiday back to its roots and stripped away many of the cultural overlays and modern innovations that had begun inﬂuencing the celebration in recent years. In many ways, it has boiled down to the way the holiday began: simple altars to invite the dead to come home for a night, featuring candles to guide the spirits back and the favorite food and drink of the dead to lure them home. Held inside homes, this is one of the few safe activities, though there are some attempts at online celebrations too.

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A musician walks through the municipal cemetery Valle de Chalco amid the new coronavirus pandemic, on the outskirts of Mexico City.

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Sunday, November 01, 2020

AGENDAS Cape Girardeau City Council

DAVID JENKINS ~ Standard Democrat

Farmers harvest cotton from a field along Salcedo Road in Sikeston, Missouri.

Harvest season in full swing STANDARD DEMOCRAT SIKESTON, Mo. — Harvest season in Southeast Missouri is in full swing, although slightly behind the normal trends. For the week ending Oct. 25, which is the most recent data available, corn harvested for grain was 72% complete, compared to the 5-year average of 81%, according to the Missouri Crop Progress and Condition Report. Soybeans dropping leaves was 96%, compared to the 5-year average of 94%. Soybean harvest was 50% complete, compared to the 5-year average of 53%. Soybean condition was rated 1% very poor, 4% poor, 22% fair, 55% good, and 18% excellent.

Cotton harvest was 31% complete, compared to the 5-year average of 68%. Cotton condition was rated 3% very poor, 11% poor, 38% fair, and 48% good. Rice harvest was 85% complete, compared to the 5-year average of 96%. Winter wheat planted progressed to 51%, compared to the 5-year average of 50%. Winter wheat emerged was 30%, compared to the 5-year average of 28%. Winter wheat condition was rated 1% very poor, 11% poor, 39% fair, 43% good, and 6% excellent. Rain and moisture have impacted when farmers can get in their ﬁelds to harvest their crops. According to the Crop Progress Report, which is

released every Monday, temperatures for the week ending Oct. 25 averaged 49.5 degrees, 4.8 degrees below normal. Precipitation averaged 1.18 inches statewide, 0.43 inches above average. There were 3.7 days suitable for ﬁeldwork for the week ending Oct. 25. Topsoil moisture supply was rated 7% very short, 23% short, 68% adequate, and 2% surplus. Subsoil moisture supply was rated 7% very short, 33% short and 60% adequate. This past week, there were several days of rain, which also prevented farmers from working in their ﬁelds. However, the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky, forecasts sunny, clear days into the coming week.

5 p.m. Monday City Hall 401 Independence St. Study session No action will be taken during the study session Presentation Citizen Academy Graduate Recognition Beautiful Business Property of the Month Employee Health and Dental Insurance Renewal Presentation Communications/reports City Council staff Items for discussion Planning and Zoning Commission Report Appearances by Advisory Board Applicants Appearances regarding items not listed on the agenda This is an opportunity for the City Council to listen to comments regarding items not listed on the agenda. The Mayor may refer any matter brought up to the City Council to the City Manager if action is needed. Individuals who wish to make comments must first be recognized by the Mayor or Mayor Pro Tem. Each speaker is allowed 5 minutes. Please face and speak directly to the City Council as a whole. The Mayor and Council Members will not engage or answer questions during the speaker’s time at the podium. The timer will sound at the end of the speaker’s time. After all members of the public have appeared, the City Council may respond and discuss issues that were brought forward by the speakers. Agenda review Regular session Appearances regarding items listed on agenda Individuals who wish to make comments regarding items listed on the agenda must first be rec-

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Services, in the City of Cape Girardeau. Reading and passage. New ordinances Ordinance approving the record plat of Walden Park Phase 5. First reading. Ordinance approving the record plat of Rhodes Mount Auburn Subdivision Number 2. First reading. Appointments Appointments to the Golf Course Advisory Board. Appointment to the Historic Preservation Commission Appointments to the Planning and Zoning Commission New ordinances Set Regular City Council Meetings for the 2021 calendar year. Closed session The City Council of the city of Cape Girardeau, may, as a part of a study session or regular or special city council meeting, vote to hold a closed session to discuss issues listed in RSMo. Section 610.021, including but not limited to: legal actions, causes of legal action or litigation, leasing, purchasing or sale of real estate, hiring, firing, disciplining, personnel issues, or confidential or privileged communications with its attorneys. Legal actions and litigation, confidential communications with legal counsel, and personnel matters, pursuant to RSMo. Sections 610.021(1) and (3). Memos Analysis of Sales Tax Revenue for Year Ending June 30, 2020. Semiannual Summary of the Public Safety Trust Funds Semiannual Summary of the Transportation Trust Funds I - V Appointments to the Liquor License Review Board Appointment to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Appointment to the River Campus Board of Managers Advisory Board Minutes Advisory Board Minutes

Consider a motion, to bring from the table, a motion renewing a contractual agreement with the Uptown Jackson Revitalization Organization, for a two-year term and an annual fee of $25,000.00, beginning January 1, 2021, per existing contract terms. Consider a motion renewing a contractual agreement with the Uptown Jackson Revitalization Organization, for a two-year term and an annual fee of $25,000.00, beginning Jan. 1, 2021, per existing contract terms and waiving the time limitation Consider a motion approving the rental fee schedule for the Jackson Civic Center, effective January 1, 2021. Consider a motion to set a public hearing for Monday, December 21, 2020, at 6 p.m., to consider the Proposed 2021 City of Jackson Annual Budget, which also includes proposed sewer utility service rate adjustments and other utility service rate adjustments. Consider a Bill proposing an Ordinance amending Chapter 41 of the Code of Ordinances, relative to charges for access to city poles and rights-of-way Consider a Bill proposing an Ordinance authorizing a contractual agreement with Big River Broadband, LLC, of Cape Girardeau, relative to a utility pole attachment license

ern Realty and Improvement Company Subdivision, as requested by Lisa Boyd. Consider a Bill proposing an Ordinance amending the “Crosswalks Designated Schedule — Schedule XVI”, by adding a designation on Parkview Street Consider a Bill proposing an Ordinance authorizing a License Agreement with McQuade Enterprises, LLC, of Jackson, relative to the City mural on East Main Street

Street, Sewer and Cemetery Committee Consider a motion approving Task Order Authorization No. 20-13, in the amount of $108,909.00, to Cochran Engineering, of Farmington, Missouri, relative to providing engineering services under the West Mary Street Low Water Crossing Replacement Project Consider a motion to set a public hearing for Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, at 6 p.m., to consider a request to vacate a portion of the Short Street public right-of-way in the Southwest-

Information items Reports by mayor Reports by council members Reports by city attorney Reports by city administrator Discussion of future items Executive session Motion to have executive session. Litigation, personnel and purchase of property. Authority is Section 610.021 and 610.022, Revised Statutes of Missouri, as amended. Discussion items 1) Employee medical insurance proposal and final recommendation — Mr. Todd Ober-goenner/Swinford & Associates, Inc. 2) Retail update — Mrs. Jen Berti/Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce 3) Dugout replacements at Field No. 5 in City Park — Park memorial & donation form 4) Sanitary sewer extension in the Jackson North Industrial Park — engineering ser-vices proposal5) Wastewater Facility Plan Implementation Project — update 6) Analysis of funding the wastewater bond issue with a three-phased rate increase — engineering services proposal 7) Humane Society of Southeast Missouri — housing agreement 8) Discussion of previously tabled items 9) Additional items - not specified

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Scott City falls to NMCC 42-39 BY BRENT SHIPMAN

STANDARD DEMOCRAT NEW MADRID, Mo – What started as a defensive battle turned into an offensive showcase Friday in New Madrid County Central and Scott City’s Class 2, District 1 opening round matchup. Ultimately, it was the fourth-seeded Eagles holding off a resilient ﬁfth-seeded Rams’ squad 42-39 to advance to the semiﬁnals. “I’ve been watching Scott City for a couple weeks now and Scott City is a good squad,” NMCC

head coach Tyler Fullhart said. “We knew it was going to be a battle. We came out hot early on defense, but couldn’t get the offense rolling. Adjustments were made at half and the offense played well that second half. “Every time they did something, we answered right back. Hats off to my guys for being able to do that.” After being shutout until the closing minute of the first half Scott City got the first of five touchdowns from freshman Mark Panagos on a 15-yard catch to enter the

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locker room trailing 16-6 at the break. Late in the fourth quarter the Rams trailed 42-26 before scoring back-toback touchdowns in the final five minutes thanks to an onside kick to close within a field goal, 42-39. NMCC got the ball back with 2:51, forcing Scott city to burn all three of their timeouts to get the ball back one more time. After forcing a turnover on downs the Rams got the ball on their on 12yard line with 40 seconds to play before a sack and an interception sealed the win for the Eagles.

submitted photo Meadow Heights defeated Crystal City 3-1 in the MSHSAA Class 1, District 4 Volleyball Tournament Thursday at Bismarck. The victory was the Panthers first such title since 2001. They beat Crystal City 25-20, 21-25, 26-24, 25-11. For more on the Panthers win, visit Semoball.com.

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Quarterback Chrisitian Schaaf looks for an opening while Simon Unterreiner blocks the Chaffee defense at St. Vincent High School in Perryville on Friday.

Indians From Page 1B leading a football program in Southeast Missouri. The winning coach, the Indians’ Tim Schumer, is also 27 and saw no fewer than six different Tribe players score. St. Vincent took a 41-6 lead into halftime – which meant the entire second half was playing under a running clock, which led to lots of smiles on the Tribe sideline. “Yes, winning is fun and we just want to keep doing it,” said Schumer, whose squad has now won six of their last seven and will host a semifinal game Friday against no. 3 seed Hayti, who defeated no. 6 seed Malden to advance. Senior Indians quarterback John Wibbenmeyer played only the first half, passing for 134 yards on a 10-for-14 night, unofficially, scoring one touchdown himself. His backup, freshman Christian Schaaf, played the final 24 minutes under center for the Indians and managed an 11-yard TD pass late in the third quarter. Mason Light, sophomore running back, scored two rushing TDs, and Jason Kapp, Jeff Reitzel, Evan DeWilde and Trevor Moonier also struck paydirt for the Indians, who were Class 1A state champions in 2004. Chaffee came into the game with a three-game winning streak against the Tribe, having won the last three times the two teams played, in 2017, 2011 and 2010.

Scoring SV: 7-yard run by Mason Light, 9:02/ﬁrst quarter, PAT good, 7-0 SV. SV: 28-yard pass John Wibbenmeyer to Jason Kapp, 6:47/ﬁrst quarter, PAT no good, 13-0 SV SV: 2-yard pass caught by Wibbenmeyer, 11:46/second quarter, PAT good, 20-0 SV. SV: 1-yard run by Jeff Reitzel, 10:48/second quarter, PAT good, 27-0 SV. C: 25-yard run by Bryce Horrell, 5:56/second quarter, 2-pt conversion failed, 27-6 SV. SV: 13-yard run by Light, 4:22 second quarter, PAT good, 34-6 SV. SV; 1-yard run by Evan DeWilde, 1:59 second quarter, PAT good, 41-6 SV. SV: 11-yard pass Christian Schaaf to Trevor Moonier, 3:00 third quarter, PAT no good, 47-6 SV. C: Blocked punt by Ethan Thomason recovered in end zone by Jagger Sadler, :03 fourth quarter, 47-12 SV. Chaffee 0 6 0 6 – 12 St. Vincent 13 28 6 0 - 47

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Chaffee’s Nic Crouse is being dragged by the foot by St. Vincent’s Jacob Kapp at St. Vincent High School in Perryville on Friday.

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Southeast Missouri State cornerback Shabari Davis (24) makes an interception against Southern Illinois Friday at Saluki Stadium in Carbondale, Ill. on the Saluki’s initial offensive play of the game.

Wheel From Page 1B per game a year ago, but through three quarters Friday, the Salukis had managed to score 1/3 of that amount and had an offensive total of just 276 yards. “I think (the defensive front) did a really nice job,” Matukewicz said. “I think we got tired.” That showed, as over the final 15 minutes, the No. 25-ranked Salukis (1-0) scored 10 points and gained 136 yards as it took the victory away from the Redhawks, who also did their part to give the win to their rival. With 8:47 left to play, the Salukis ran off a 4-play, 44yard drive that gave them a 17-14 lead. SEMO had an opportunity to respond and did so. The Redhawks got a 44yard scamper out of new starting quarterback Andrew Bunch, who advanced the drive to the SIU 24-yard line. However, on the next play, Redhawk runner Geno Hess committed an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, which ultimately forced the drive to culminate in a field goal instead of a touchdown. The penalty was the third such of the game for SEMO, which had seven penalties called on it. “Those (penalties) are embarrassing,” Matukewicz said. “Those are the reflection of the head coach.” Matukewicz said his players were emotional after enduring the last 11 months and the chaotic nature of their existence through the pandemic. “One of the concerns I had,” Matukewicz said, “was how can we handle our emotions.” A few plays later on that

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Southeast Missouri State running back Zion Custis is brought down by Southern Illinois defenders Friday at Saluki Stadium in Carbondale, Ill. critical drive, SIU committed a pass interference that would have moved the ball to the 6-yard line and given the Redhawks a first down. However, it was negated by a SEMO penalty. “Those are the things that will get you beat against a top 25 team,” Matukewicz said. SEMO kicker Kendrick Tiller tied the game at 17 with 4:16 remaining before both teams traded stalled drives. The Salukis got a final opportunity with 1:23 left and was facing a gassed Redhawk defense. “(SIU) did a good job,” Matukewicz said, “but I certainly felt like we got fatigued.” The Salukis ran off a 7-play, 53-yard drive which was sealed by a 27-yard field goal for the final margin.

Bunch completed 6-of-15 passes for 53 yards and a pair of interceptions, both of which came in his end zone. He also ran for 115 yards, while Hess ﬁnished with 128 yards rushing. Redhawk defensive backs Lawrence Johnson and Shabari Davis each had an interception, Davis’ coming on the Salukis’ initial offensive play. Johnson, linebacker Mike Matthews, and free safety Bydarrius Knighten each totaled seven tackles to lead SEMO. “I am encouraged,” Matukewicz said. “I never felt like we were outmanned, even though SIU is a good football team. Everything that was hard to see or hard to watch or bad plays are ﬁxable. “Winning is hard and it is really hard if you don’t play very smart.”

SPORTS NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE

Buffalo Miami New England N.Y. Jets

W 5 3 2 0

Tennessee Indianapolis Houston Jacksonville

W 5 4 1 1

Pittsburgh Baltimore Cleveland Cincinnati

W 6 5 5 1

Kansas City Las Vegas Denver L.A. Chargers

W 6 3 2 2

East L T Pct 2 0 .714 3 0 .500 4 0 .333 7 0 .000 South L T Pct 1 0 .833 2 0 .666 6 0 .142 6 0 .142 North L T Pct 0 0 1.000 1 0 .833 2 0 .714 5 1 .214 West L T Pct 1 0 .857 3 0 .500 4 0 .333 4 0 .333

PF 174 160 115 85

PA 178 113 143 203

PF 188 157 166 154

PA 153 115 217 220

PF PA 183 118 179 104 200 221 163 194 PF PA 218 143 171 197 116 153 149 154

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Philadelphia Dallas Washington N.Y. Giants

W 2 2 2 1

East L T 4 1 5 0 5 0 6 0

Pct .357 .285 .285 .142

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PA 196 243 165 174

South L T Pct PF 2 0 .714 222 2 0 .666 180 5 0 .375 179 6 0 .250 209 North W L T Pct PF Green Bay 5 1 0 .833 197 Chicago 5 2 0 .714 138 Detroit 3 3 0 .500 156 Minnesota 1 5 0 .166 155 West W L T Pct PF Seattle 5 1 0 .833 203 Arizona 5 2 0 .714 203 L.A. Rams 5 2 0 .714 176 San Francisco 4 3 0 .571 181 Today’s Game Falcons 25, Panthers 17 Sunday’s Games Tennessee at Cincinnati, 12 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Kansas City, 12 p.m. L.A. Rams at Miami, 12 p.m. Indianapolis at Detroit, 12 p.m. New England at Buffalo, 12 p.m. Las Vegas at Cleveland, 12 p.m. Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 12 p.m. Minnesota at Green Bay, 12 p.m. L.A. Chargers at Denver, 3:05 p.m. New Orleans at Chicago, 3:25 p.m. San Francisco at Seattle, 3:25 p.m. Dallas at Philadelphia, 7:20 p.m. Open: Houston, Jacksonville, Washington Monday’s Game Tampa Bay at N.Y. Giants, 7:15 p.m. Tampa Bay New Orleans Carolina Atlanta

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AREA SCHEDULE Today Volleyball C1 Sectional at Advance North Pemiscot vs. Advance, 12:30 p.m. Meadow Heights vs. Gideon, 2:30 p.m. Quarterfinals, 4:30 p.m. C2 Sectional at Saxony Lutheran Malden at Saxony Lutheran, 12:30 p.m. Valle Catholic vs. Woodland, 2:30 p.m. Quarterfinals, 4:30 p.m. C5 Sectional at St. Francis Borgia Jackson vs. St. Francis Borgia, 12:30 p.m. Quarterfinal game, 4:30 p.m. Cross Country C1D1 at Arcadia Valley Advance, Delta, Leopold,

Rochland, Zalma, 9 a.m. C1D2 at McNair Park, St. Charles Marquand-Zion, Meadow Heights, Oak Ridge, 12:30 p.m. C2D1 at Arcadia Valley Chaffee, Saxony Lutheran, Scott City, Woodland, 10:20 a.m. C3D1 at Arcadia Valley Kelly, 11:35 a.m. C4D1 at Arnold City Park Cape Central, Notre Dame, Perryville, St. Vincent, 10 a.m. C5D1 at Arnold City Park Jackson, 10:45 a.m. Monday Soccer C4D1 at Northwest (Cedar Hill) Jackson vs. Poplar Bluff, 5 p.m.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP 25 SCHEDULE No. 1 Clemson vs. Boston College, 11 a.m. No. 2 Alabama vs. Mississippi, 6 p.m. No. 3 Ohio State at No. 18 Penn State, 6:30 p.m. No. 4 Notre Dame at Georgia Tech, 2:30, p.m. No. 5 Georgia at Kentucky, 11 a.m. No. 6 Oklahoma State vs. Texas, 3 p.m. No. 7 Cincinnati vs. Memphis 11 a.m. No. 8 Texas A&M vs. Arkansas, 6:30 p.m. No. 9 Wisconsin at Nebraska, cancelled No. 10 Florida vs. Missouri, 6:30 p.m. No. 11 BYU vs. Western Kentucky, 9:15 p.m. No. 12 Miami at North Carolina State, Nov. 6.

No. 13 Michigan vs. Michigan State, 11 a.m. No. 14 Oregon vs. Stanford, Nov. 7. No. 15 North Carolina at Virginia 7 p.m. No. 16 Kansas State at. West Virginia, 11 a.m. No. 17 Indiana at Rutgers, 2:30 p.m. No. 18 Penn State vs. No. 3 Ohio State, 6:30 p.m. No. 19 Marshall at FIU, postponed No. 20 Coastal Carolina at Georgia State, 11 a.m. No. 21 USC vs. Arizona State, Nov. 7. No. 22 SMU vs. Navy, 6:30 p.m. No. 23 Iowa State at Kansas, 11 a.m. No. 24 Oklahoma at Texas Tech, 7 p.m. No. 25 Boise State at Air Force, 5 p.m.

BY TOM DAVIS

SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN The Jackson volleyball team has won 30 of its 35 games this season but don’t think for a minute the journey has been a cruise for the Indians. This is a group that has had to rely on a lot of mental toughness – and that was the case in Thursday’s 3-1 victory over Northwest (Cedar Hill) in the MSHSAA Class 5, District 1 championship game at Jackson. But even more so, the Indians have brought a healthy dose of physical toughness to each match, as well, particularly, in the case of senior libero Katelyn Miller. “Katelyn is the anchor back there,” veteran Indian coach Dave Mirly said of his defensive specialist. “(Northwest) had to adjust everything they did not to hit it to Katelyn. When you can take away a whole section of the court, because of that, it is such an advantage.” The Indians (31-4-1) needed every bit of “advantage” they could find to get past a really good Northwest (206) squad 26-24, 25-20, 19-25, 27-25. Don’t let the 3-1 score fool you, this was a match that featured multiple lengthy volleys and ultimately could have gone either way. “In the first set, I felt like we could have played better (defensively),” Mirly said. “It was really big for us to steal that first set. We played just good enough.” That is the truth. Jackson held a 13-10 lead in that opening set before the Lions fought back to lead 22-20 and eventually 24-22. As good as the Indian defense was all night, which is also how good their offense was, as well, especially when Hannah Shinn was along the net. The senior middle hitter smoked three consecutive Lion returns to bring her team back to life and win the first set. Northwest built a 12-7 lead in the second set but

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Jackson volleyball player Hannah Shinn serves during the C5D1 championship match Thursday at Jackson against Northwest (Cedar Hill). Jackson responded with an 11-1 run, of which Miller’s defense was crucial at times. “Katelyn makes all the difference in the world,” Indian senior outside hitter Olivia Ward said. “If we didn’t have her, we wouldn’t be able to get the hits at the net or anything.” The athleticism and striking power of Shinn, Ward, freshman Nadia Wasilewski, junior Mia Trankler, and senior Haylee Quatmann is stupefying to behold but none of it is even possible without a dig to keep the possession alive in the first place. “You sacrifice your body all the time,” Mirly said of the libero position, “and you get very little glory. It’s the pass, which gives the setter an opportunity, which gives the hitter a great opportunity.” Northwest regained its composure and trimmed its deficit to 22-18, which forced Mirly to call a time out. However, the Indians steadied themselves to take the second set. Jackson trailed for much

of the third set, which was ironic because Mirly really liked what he saw from his team defensively in that period. “After the ﬁrst set,” Mirly said, “I thought our defense was better for the rest of the game. I thought it was the best in the third set, which we lost because we made a few plays and kept a few inbounds that we should have let go out.” The fourth set, alone, was worth the price of admission, as Jackson tore off to leads of 7-3, 10-5, and 14-10. Wasilewski had a smash during the stretch and Shinn teamed with fellow seniors Madelyn Bourner and Quatmann at various times to form a blocking wall along the net. However, Miller continued to make her presence felt along the back of the court. “You have to be fearless,” Mirly said of Miller’s position, “because you are in the line of ﬁre back there.” Miller not only has to skillfully keep balls rocketed at her face in play, but she has to dig those shots to where Bourner can set

them in a good position. Miller also has to dive on the floor all night, which Ward said leaves her teammate “with so many bruises on her hips and her elbows.” “Katelyn is fearless on the soccer field (too),” Mirly said. “She brings that tenacity with her on the volleyball court. “She is the epitome of a great libero.” Northwest ran off a 5-1 run in the final set to tie the set at 15 and eventually led 22-19. Trankler tapped a return shot to cut her team’s deficit to 22-20 and later had a kill to knot the score at 24. Tied again at 25, Shinn rose up and pounded a kill to put her team ahead by one before Northwest made an unforced error to seal the Jackson victory. The victory was the Indians’ second consecutive district title. “We are so much more bonded than our team was in our freshman and sophomore years,” Ward said. “We were close, but the six seniors now are insanely close.”

Vigilant Malden volleyball team stays healthy into postseason

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BY SCOTT BORKGREN

DAILY AMERICAN REPUBLIC

Photo courtesy of SEMO Athletics

Southeast Missouri State head coach Brad Korn coaches up his players during a recent basketball practice in the Show Me Center. there were a couple games that could have been on the schedule were not due to such transportation limits. “It’s really just trying to figure out what works best for you this year,” Korn said, “what is the safest way to navigate, what’s the best way to get your team on the floor. In year’s past it’s probably been a little more of that calculation and reach a bottom dollar type of line item.” Not having the NCAA Tournament last season has thrown a wrench into to the budgets and resources across the board. What is happening in the schedule scramble is a reflection of that. It may appear normal once the conference slate arrives but the bridge to that is anything but.

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Indians are ‘just good enough’ to earn C5D1 volleyball title

SEMO The Big 12 have recently released their schedule and SEMO does not show up as an opponent. The SEC, Big Ten and American Athletic Conference have yet to announce their non-conference schedules. Another issue in terms of putting a schedule together is arranging games against power conference opponents that would pay low-major programs like SEMO to travel to them and play a game. Those games are known as “buy games.” These games in which the SEMOs of the world have virtually no chance of winning but the check they get is vital to their financial bottom line. “It’s something you know you always have to do,” Korn said, “not only challenging yourself schedule wise but obviously there’s the financial ramifications. Just like football was going to play Ole Miss this year, it’s very important for our program and other sports programs to just continue to do what we can to help everybody especially in this type of a situation where there’s lost revenue across the board.” Korn said the Redhawks will have those games scheduled but will be where they can travel via bus, saying the team “will not be getting on a plane this year.” He also said

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When Mallory Perkins rose for the kill that would win the district championship, it was in her home gym, in front of a big crowd, with few people wearing masks. “I’m like, ‘Are you kidding me? We’re trying to keep the season going,’” Perkins said. Doniphan football canceled its ﬁnal two regular-season games, and with no guarantee players could return to practice, chose on Oct. 19 to cancel its season. Cape Central and Perryville forfeited its playoff games because of its COVID-19 issues. The Green Wave have been vigilant since August, and while there have been scares along the way, they head into Saturday’s MSHSAA Class 2 state playoff game against Saxony Lutheran at full strength. As Malden prepares, the high school is holding virtual learning this week. Last year, if school were out, the girls would be out hanging out with people. But right now, there’s a routine of wake up, do homework, go to practice, go home, repeat. If they do socialize outside of school, it’s typically with each other. “You want to be able to hang out with people. You want to be able to go and eat Mexican with your friends or your family, that kind of thing,” Olivia Slaughter said. “It’s hard to not do those things because you want to be a responsible player. You want to be able

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The Malden volleyball team has been vigilant about preventing the spread of COVID-19 all season and goes into Saturday’s MSHSAA Class 2 playoff game against Saxony Lutheran at full strength. to go as far into the season as you can. That kind of pressure, it mounts.” Half the volleyball team would have played softball last spring, but the season was canceled before it started. As school resumed in August, nobody was sure how long the fall season was going to last. Twin Rivers, whom Malden beat for the district championship, was one of many teams to hold Senior Day early on to make sure those players were recognized. While Malden opted to have its Senior Day near the end of the season, the players were still concerned. “We were just hoping we were going to get to play,” Madison Saulsbery said. In her ﬁrst season with the team, coach Alex Glover was consistent from the start with multiple safety protocols. Glover performed temperature checks before every practice, volleyballs were sanitized after every practice. If you coughed

or sneezed during practice, you had to wash your hands. Two players still had to miss the ﬁrst ﬁve games of the season. Four total have had to quarantine at some point, but the varsity roster has stayed mostly safe. “I was kind of annoyed that I was just trying to put my shoes on, and here comes coach with a thermometer,” Perkins said. “It was kind of awkward, too, because she’s just standing there with a thermometer to your head. And then she’s asking you, ‘Are you coughing?’ All this stuff. But now it’s like, ‘You forgot me. Come take my temperature.’” Malden hasn’t had to cancel any varsity games this season because of its issues. What games were canceled was because of problems at the other school. In school, students wear masks in the hallways but can take them off in the classrooms. In one instance, Olivia Slaughter had to wear a

mask in class and during practice while awaiting test results for someone in one of her classes. After the tests came back positive, she had to quarantine. The biggest scare was when most of the JV team had to quarantine. Two juniors from the varsity team had to play down for a little while, otherwise, the JV wouldn’t have been able to ﬁeld a team. With the Bootheel Conference Tournament two weeks away and the district tournament soon after, the varsity team was terriﬁed the virus would spread, and the season would be canceled. They averted a disaster scenario, and the JV team returned right before the Bootheel Conference Tournament in the middle of October, about two weeks before the start of the district tournament. “I just want to keep going for as long as I can, especially because it is senior year for a few of us,” Saulsbery said. “(We are) being smart when we’re not in school, not going to parties and not going to big crowds or anything so we don’t get quarantined.” Added Perkins, “Last year, we probably would have went to school, went to practice, went to hang out with a whole bunch of people. When we were out of school today, we would have hung out with a whole bunch of people, but now we stay home.” Elsewhere in the region, Dexter plays its state playoff game at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Owensville High School.

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No. 10 Florida will be rested, could be rusty against Mizzou BY MARK LONG

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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, right, drops back alongside running back Le’Veon Bell during the first half of a game against the Denver Broncos Sunday in Denver.

Chiefs’ Bell to face former team as Jets visit Arrowhead BY DAVE SKRETTA

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KANSAS CITY — Chiefs coach Andy Reid doesn’t subscribe to the notion of payback in the business of professional football. Extra motivation? That’s another story. As the Chiefs prepare to play the New York Jets on Sunday, Reid knows one of the intriguing subplots will be running back Le’Veon Bell’s first shot at his former team. The two-time All-Pro joined the Chiefs after a rather acrimonious split with the Jets a couple weeks ago. And, after a getyour-feet wet game against the Denver Broncos last weekend, Bell could take on a much bigger role – with glee – when the Super Bowl champs face the winless Jets at Arrowhead Stadium. “Once the whistle blows and it’s time to start, you put that in the back of the mind if that was in your plans,” Reid said this week. “You’re playing and you’re playing to the best of your ability. That’s what I think. We have done it for a couple of years and watched guys go through it, and I think that’s what happens.” Bell has a bit of experience facing former teams. He ran 25 times for 72 yards last December in helping the Jets beat the Pittsburgh Steelers, the club with which he spent his first five seasons before another rather messy split. There was some question whether Bell would fit into a Chiefs offense that has been humming for years, especially with so many playmakers already in the locker room. But the returns from Game 1 were promising: He ran six times for 39 yards as Clyde Edwards-Helaire, the rookie incumbent, carried eight times for 46 yards and a score. That production against the Broncos took some of the load of Patrick Mahomes, who threw for 200 yards and another TD. “The types of runs we have built in for them both, they can give you thunder or lightning, whatever you want on any play,” Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce said. “To have that two-headed monster back there, all those guys – we’ve got one heck of a running back room. And as a blocker, that gets you excited. You have someone who can take it to the house.”

OFFENSIVE OFFENSE The Jets (7-0) lead the league in being terrible on offense, ranking last in scoring, total yards, yards passing, first downs and third-down conversions. Adam Gase tried to change things last week by handing play-calling duties to coordinator Dowell Loggains, and the Jets scored 10 points in their first three possessions. But they had just 4 yards the entire second half. “There are some things that I’m looking to kind of adjust and see if we can get better,” Gase said. “Like, right now, it’s trying to find things that may be an issue and try

to do something different. That’s really kind of the whole premise on what I was thinking leading into the last week of, ‘What can we do different to put ourselves in better position?”’

DOMINANT DEFENSE The Jets won’t get much of a break against the Chiefs (6-1), who quietly rank fourth in the league against the pass and have intercepted at least one throw in ﬁve consecutive games. That includes Dan Sorensen’s pick-six against Denver. “We’re probably as close of a unit as I’ve ever experienced in my seven years,” Sorensen said, “and a lot has to do with guys coming back. We have pretty much the same secondary we had last year. We know each other really well. We’ve played with each other for a lot of games and there’s a lot of continuity there.”

DOWN DARNOLD Jets quarterback Sam Darnold struggled in his return from a two-game absence because of a sprained right shoulder, going 12 of 23 for 120 yards – the second-lowest total of his three-year career – with two interceptions. He has one touchdown and ﬁve INTs in his last three starts as rumors swirl about the Jets possibly aiming for Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence in the draft if they end up with the No. 1 pick – and if Lawrence doesn’t return to school. “For me, I’m always optimistic about different situations,” Darnold said. “Obviously, we’re not where we want to be right now, we’re 0-7, it’s not ideal. So, for us, for me especially, it’s just about coming in here and going back to work.”

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida linebacker James Houston arranged chairs in his living room to simulate blockers and placed a tennis ball on top of a garbage can to work on his hands. Running back Malik Davis slid his bed against one wall to create extra space to practice plays. Quarterback Kyle Trask threw passes to his girlfriend, an outﬁelder on the softball team. The 10th-ranked Gators got a little creative to stay sharp during their twoweek quarantine following a COVID-19 outbreak. Nonetheless, coach Dan Mullen expects his team to be rested and rusty when it hosts Missouri on Saturday night in the Swamp. “It’s going to be a build-up all the way to Saturday for us,” Mullen said. It will mark three weeks since Florida (2-1) last played, a lengthy layoff that could prove problematic for a team that opened the season with hopes of playing for a Southeastern Conference and national championship. The Gators now have a seven-week gauntlet of league games ahead, with the next two being crucial to accomplishing their goals. It begins against the Tigers (2-2), who have won two straight in varying fashion, and continues against rival and No. 5 Georgia (3-1) in Jacksonville. Win both and Florida would be atop the SEC East. Lose either and Mullen’s guys would need help down the stretch to reach the conference title game for the ﬁrst time in four years. “I know everybody on the team is probably itching to play, itching to hit, itching to do everything and prove themselves because we just came off a loss,” Houston said. “We’re itching to prove ourselves that we’re still the same Florida Gators. We’re coming for the national championship. We’re coming for the SEC championship.” The hiatus did little to erase the sting of Florida’s 41-38 loss at Texas A&M on Oct. 10. But the Gators don’t really want it to go away. “You have that little taste in your mouth,” Houston said. “That’s the fuel, though. You need that. You need that to keep pushing yourself and have that motivation to keep grinding. I think it was a very good motivator that we had two weeks to let that marinade and sink into everybody’s head what we’ve got to do and how we’ve got to move forward.” Just one day after that loss to the Aggies, Florida started seeing its outbreak. Mullen, at least two assistants and about 30 players tested positive in the follow-

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Missouri running back Larry Rountree III, right, celebrates with teammate Tyler Badie (1) after scoring on a one-yard run during the second half of a game against Kentucky Saturday in Columbia. ing days. Everyone on the plane – about 75 people in all – was quarantined. It forced the Gators to shut down team activities and work remotely. The Southeastern Conference rescheduled two games because Florida would not have had at least 53 scholarship players available to play. The Gators resumed practice and in-person meetings Monday, but they had to adhere to strict re-acclimation rules that included multiple cardiac testing and a fourday buildup for anyone who tested positive. It meant Mullen couldn’t have a full practice with a full team until Thursday. “I think our team did a great job of just staying locked in and continuing to take that next step in our game mentally,” Trask said. “That’s the most you can do with the situation that was handed to us. . We didn’t miss a beat once we got back to practice.” Florida still could be down several starters against Missouri, although Mullen insists he will have more than the 53 needed to play. The Tigers are planning to adapt to whoever steps on the ﬁeld. “There’s no way to know,” Mizzou coach Eli Drinkwitz said. “You just go in assuming that they’ll be at full strength. We know the challenges we have. We know the kinds of scheme that they’re going to try to run. We’ll adjust while we’re in the game. I don’t think we’re going to act like they’re not going to have their best guys.”

WINNING STREAK The Tigers have won consecutive games in differing fashion. They beat defending national champion LSU in a shootout, winning 45-41, and then dominated

Missouri (2-2 SEC) at No. 10 Florida (2-1) WHEN Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET (SEC Network Alternate). Line: Florida by 12 1/2. Series record: Missouri leads 5-4. WHAT’S AT STAKE? Florida returns to the field for the first time in three weeks after a COVID-19 outbreak. More than 30 players and coaches tested positive for the coronavirus – about 75 were quarantined – following a trip to Texas A&M. The SEC postponed two of Florida’s games. Now, the Gators are entering a seven-week SEC gauntlet, with the first two (Missouri and No. 5 Georgia) likely deciding their fate in the East Division. KEY MATCHUP Florida versus COVID. The Gators expect to be rested and rusty following a two-week layoff. They also could be without several starters because six players tested positive since the outbreak. More could be quarantined because of contact tracing, so it’s unclear who will be available. PLAYERS TO WATCH Missouri: RB Larry Rountree III is coming off a 37-carry, 126yard, two-touchdown performance against Kentucky. The Gators have had trouble stopping the run, but stout defensive tackle Kyree Campbell is expected to make his season debut Saturday and could help shore up the weakness. Florida: TE Kyle Pitts is one of the best players in the country and should be ready to go after dealing with a left ankle injury last time out. Pitts finished with five catches for 47 yards and a touchdown – all season lows – in a 41-38 loss at Texas A&M. None off his receptions came in the final 10 minutes of the game. FACTS & FIGURES Missouri has won two straight: a shootout against defending national champion LSU and a dominant defensive performance against Kentucky. . QB Connor Bazelak is 3-0 as a starter, completing 78% of his passes for 687 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions. . Florida has won nine in a row in the Swamp. The team’s last home loss was a 38-17 drubbing against Missouri in 2018. . The Gators are 3-1 following a loss under coach Dan Mullen. . Florida’s 127 points are its most in any three-game stretch in SEC play since 2008, when it totaled 129 in win against Vanderbilt, South Carolina and Alabama. Kentucky 20-10 last week. No one knows which team will show up in Gainesville.

DEFENSIVE HELP Florida hasn’t been able to stop the run all season, prompting Mullen to get more involved in defensive meetings. What really could help is the return of stout defensive tackle Kyree Campbell, who was suspended the ﬁrst three games.

UNDEFEATED STARTER Mizzou quarterback Connor Bazelak is 3-0 as a start-

er, completing 78% of his passes for 687 yards, with four touchdowns and no interceptions. He could catch a break with about 17,000 fans on hand for Florida’s home games.

SWAMP SUCCESS The Gators have won nine straight at Florida Field, celebrating every game at the Swamp since Mizzou thumped them two years ago. Current Denver Broncos starter Drew Lock threw for three touchdowns in the 38-17 victory.

WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN The Jets had Mahomes in for an official visit before the 2017 draft and could have chosen him sixth overall, but they wound up taking safety Jamal Adams instead. The Chiefs traded up into the 10th spot and made Mahomes the second quarterback off the board after the Bears’ Mitch Trubisky. “I deﬁnitely thought there was interest there,” Mahomes said. “Whenever you get on those visits, you know they’re pretty interested. At the time, they drafted a great player in Jamal Adams and you can’t really argue with that one.”

GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS New York’s defense has struggled this season, regularly giving up chunk plays and hurting itself with penalties, but it may have taken a step forward against Buffalo. The Bills kicked six field goals but never reached the end zone. “I definitely hate that we let them get that many field goals,” Jets linebacker Avery Williamson said. “There were some times we could have gotten off the field, so yeah, that’s on us.”

NFL recommends some sideline players wear masks during games BY BARRY WILNER

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The NFL is recommending that players on the sidelines who are not participating in a game or about to go on the field wear protective masks. In a memo obtained by The Associated Press on Friday, the league’s management council also suggested the 32 teams enhance physical distancing on the sidelines while the NFL considers expanding the bench area. Although the NFL stopped short of mandating masks for all players not on the field, it “strongly encouraged” all active players in the bench area who are not about to enter the game to wear masks while standing on the sideline and/or sitting on the bench. “A player wearing a mask during a close contact has a significantly reduced probability of being designated a ‘High Risk Close Con-

tact’ after an exposure to a COVID-positive individual,” the memo said. Citing a player who tested positive two days after playing in a game and who had close contacts with 17 teammates and two team staffers – most of which occurred while the player was standing on the sideline – “we are strongly recommending that clubs continue to implement measures to encourage physical distancing among players and staff on the sidelines during games,” the memo said. While the NFL considers expanding the bench area further down the sideline, teams may consider reconﬁguring or adding benches. “Assistant coaches and members of the football staff should pay particular attention to ensuring that players remain separated while waiting to enter the game, as well as avoiding grouping or bunching,” the league said.

“It’s really a look at how we can expand that physical distancing on the sideline ... the distancing and face masking are critical,” said Dawn Aponte, the NFL’s chief football administrative officer. “Every week we are learning something and trying to share best practices ... with our clubs.” The league also is offering an additional testing option for bus drivers retained by teams in the away city, prior to the team’s arrival. The NFL has been particularly proactive in dealing with coaches who have not obeyed protocols – though such efforts might seem unsuccessful given how Panthers coach Matt Rhule and some assistants on Thursday night skirted those rules about properly wearing masks. Several coaches, including Pete Carroll and Jon Gruden, were ﬁned $100,000 for not obeying the requirements, and teams have been ﬁned $250,000

apiece for sideline issues. “We do try to remain in constant communication with the clubs through memos, phone calls, conference calls, one-offs, trying to remind and educate,” Aponte said. “Everyone needs to lead by example. It is more so about trying to educate and get everyone to adhere to the face-covering protocol.” Earlier Friday, the NFL said that the Los Angeles Chargers’ game at Denver this weekend isn’t in jeopardy after players on both teams tested positive for the coronavirus. “No, it is not. There’s no change to the status of the game,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told The Associated Press. “There have been 70-plus instances of a team having a player or players who test positive. The player is isolated and we conduct contact tracing to ensure to mitigate any risk of potential spread among the team.”

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THROUGH THE WOODS Complex beauty in a simple leaf Old Town Cape, Inc. held the second annual Monster Mash Car Bash on Oct. 25. Classic cars, decorated in various displays, lined the parking lot at 35 S. Spanish St., where children dressed in Halloween costumes were able to trunkor-treat. Other activities for children, such as games and a photo ONLINE booth, were also Photo available. Gallery Prizes See more at were semissourian.com/ awarded multimedia for the “Most Creative Vehicle Display,” “Best Costume” and the Bank of Missouri’s “Spookiest Vehicle.” Danny Essner, dressed as a Grim Reaper, is seen sitting in the trunk of his 1955 Chevy with a bowl of candy while he waits for trunk-or-treaters. Essner was awarded the Spookiest Vehicle award at the event. BROOKE HOLFORD ~ Southeast Missourian

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From the archive: A spooky tale for the season

John Risher establishes Decatur

y Big Sis is fascinated by the unexplained and paranormal. As the sidekick in many of her adventures, I’ve spent an evening in a darkened Glenn House waiting for David and Lulu to make an appearance, as well as a night in Old Lorimier Cemetery trying to conjure up “ghoolies and ghosties” and any manner of “beasties.” Together, we’ve made ghostly tours of downtown Cape Girardeau and St. Louis, courtesy of the Continuing Education folks at Southeast Missouri State University. Here’s hoping Big Sis enjoys this Halloween offering from Oct. 29, 1995. I look forward to our next creepy adventure.

The spirit of Willy Charlie Hutchings said the ghost of Charles Wilhelm would turn on the photo processor in the basement to indicate his spirit was present.

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SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN JACKSON — The Hutchings didn’t have all their possessions unpacked before odd things began happening in their new home. It was the spring of 1987, and the family was anxious to settle in after a year of remodeling work. The house at 605 W. Main in Jackson was just perfect — plenty of room for Charlie and Marian Hutchings’ photography business and for their family to live. But the house already had a resident. While Marian Hutchings thinks there may be a logical explanation for the odd chain of events in years following the move, the family named the spirit who shared their house “Willy.” In August 1987, the Hutchings’ relatives ﬁlled the house. Everyone slept late one morning, and Marian was the ﬁrst one to

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Hutchings Photography, located at 605 W. Main in Jackson, has been ghost-free for three years, the owners say. the bathroom. She had hung a Norman Rockwell painting on the wall a few weeks before. That August morning, she found the Rockwell painting on the ﬂoor. It had been replaced by one of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, formerly stored in the back of a cabinet. “I got the cold chills and thought, ‘What is that doing there?’” Marian said. “I started questioning everybody in the house, and nobody owned up to doing it.” During the same family reunion, a 10-year-old boy was playing with an unloaded BB gun and hurt himself with the hammer. As Charlie Hutchings worked to stop the bleeding and bandage the wound, the BB gun disappeared. About six months later,

mong the extinct towns of Cape Girardeau County is one very close to Cape Girardeau. In fact, the town of Decatur was inside the current city boundaries. Today it encompasses Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus, formerly the St. Vincent Seminary and College. The founder of Decatur was John Risher (or Reisher). Risher was of a German family from Pennsylvania, born about 1766, and lived near Pittsburgh before coming to Missouri. He married his ﬁrst wife, Susannah Roush, in about 1784. Risher operated a grist mill in Upper St. Clair Township. For unknown reasons, perhaps news of open land and opportunities, he moved to Upper Louisiana (Missouri) after the Louisiana Purchase. He returned to Pennsylvania in 1805 to dispose of remaining property. Once Risher established in Cape, he purchased the lot on the south side of Broadway between Spanish and Lorimier streets in 1807 but assigned the deed to Abraham Byrd. Then, on Sept. 10, 1810, he purchased 45 1/2 acres, including the future Decatur, from Louis Lorimier. The tract extended from the south side of Cape to about present Highway 74, and from the river to Middle Street. He began

BILL EDDLEMAN Bill Eddleman, Ph.D. Oklahoma State University, is a native of Cape Girardeau County who has conducted genealogical research for over 25 years.

selling lots from the parcel in May 1818, eventually selling 19 by 1820. Risher deeded a public space on the riverfront on May 13, 1818, along the east side of Decatur, and apparently including land outside the platted lots. This deed also served to declare the establishment of the town. Risher was either talented or not focused. Most accounts of early Cape Girardeau indicate he was a blacksmith, but he briefly owned a distillery and a mill. Bartholomew Cousins, Lorimier’s secretary, respected Risher’s talents, indicated by the bequest in his will of “the spiral wheel which I have made

out of wood, for [Risher] to apply to the purpose of propelling a skiff or canoe on the waters, as I do believe that a wheel of that or a similar construction may be very efficiently applied to that purpose, and become a valuable improvement in navigation.” Tax records fail to support Risher’s success in any of his pursuits, however. Decatur became a failed venture. Over half the lots never sold, and Risher paid tax on those lots. Additionally, he sold 19 lots to Charles Hempstead, who defaulted on a $2,000 mortgage. Risher defaulted on a farm purchased in western Cape Girardeau County and mortgaged to Martin Thomas. He lost court cases involving debt to his brother-in-law, George Roush. The result was a sheriff’s sale of unsold lots in Decatur to Ralph Daugherty on Dec. 9, 1828. John Risher died just prior to 1830. His second wife, Maryan, and two young sons appear in guardianship records, but there was no probate. The end of Decatur was unheralded. On March 28, 1833, Daugherty sold it and other properties to John B. Tornatorie acting for the Catholic Church. Within ﬁve years, the Church began development of the educational facility that was to stand on the site of the old failed town.

SHARON SANDERS Sharon Sanders is the librarian at the Southeast Missourian.

the family found it inside their sofa, suspended See MORGUE, Page 8C

“…which said Town and outlots I have named and designated by the title and description of the Town of Decatur, in honour of that distinguished officer, Commodore Stephen Decatur, so to be known and named forever…” Excerpt from a deed from John Risher to the public in Cape Girardeau County Deed Book D, page 262, dated May 13, 1818.

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utumn leaves seem to be crying out for attention. If they could talk they might say, “Look at me! I’ve waited all summer to show you how beautiful I can be!” I had a wide range of autumn choices for my column this week. Migrating birds, buck deer, fall mushrooms, last-of-the-year ﬂowers and insects all would be good subjects. But I chose a single

leaf from a dogwood tree. It is at once simple, complex and beautiful. The primary and secondary veins on this leaf are breathtaking coupled with the brilliant red color splotched with yellow. This dogwood tree leaf is one of nature’s miniature masterpieces of art! It is only about 4 inches long. Please enjoy the beautiful leaves of autumn.

AARON HORRELL Horrell is an artist and outdoorsman. He lives in Chaffee, Missouri. He owns Painted Wren Art Gallery in Cape Girardeau.

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Monday: BBQ riblet or stuffed bell pepper, black-eyed peas, seasoned spinach, wholegrain bread, Mandarin oranges or mixed berry crisp. Tuesday: Ground-beef casserole or poppy seed chicken, savory carrots, Lima beans, whole-grain hot roll and Emerald isle dessert. Wednesday: Stuffed baked potato or chicken Alfredo, fried okra, garden salad, whole-grain hot roll and fruit salad or Oreo cheesecake. Thursday: Chicken and dumplings or beef French dip on bun, green beans, buttered corn and peach crisp or peach pie. Friday: Chili chicken bake or fried fish with hush puppies, golden hominy, garden salad,

Monday: Pineapple ham or sliced smoked turkey, baked potato, cauliflower with cheese, whole-grain roll and pineapple tidbit or vanilla ice cream. Tuesday: Baked chicken or Polish sausage, mashed potatoes, black-eyed peas, kraut, beets, whole-grain roll and apple crisp. Wednesday: Chicken fritter or beef liver with onions, green beans, baby carrots, dressing with gravy, whole-grain roll and peaches or peach pie. Thursday: Meatloaf or BBQ pork with bun, beef gravy, scalloped potatoes, Brussels sprouts, whole-grain roll and apricots. Friday: Baked or fried fish or sloppy Joe on bun, sweet potato wedges, baked beans, coleslaw, cornbread, whole-grain roll and mixed fruit or birthday cake.

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om and Dad were looking at getting a new car so we drove to Alliance, Nebraska, and they bought a new Rambler which had an E shifter in it. You shifted it just like a normal three-speed, but it also had an overdrive, so virtually four-speed. But there was no clutch. All you had to do was let off on the gas and shift. Worked pretty good most of the time but now and then it kind of got stuck in between gears. Mom and I were just over a mile west of home when it stuck in between gears. It was cold so I pretty much ran back home to get Dad and have him help us. He came and ﬁxed the problem. Later on I noticed that I had lost my class ring on the run home. My hands had gotten cold and off went the ring. But I ran home. Wouldn’t even consider it today. No way. Ain’t going to happen. But back in ’67 to run 1 1/2 miles was no big deal. Now don’t get me wrong I was no long-distance runner. I was more like a slow quarter horse. Decent for a short race and I’d be done. But to jog 1 ½ miles was pretty easy. Back when our grandson was little he’d come up and visit and he’d get bored so we’d tell him we’d time him running down to the cattle stock tank and back up to the house. Away he would run. He didn’t jog but he’d really run. That was then. 15 to 20 years later he doesn’t run like this. He’ll run but now it’s to hunt ducks and things he enjoys. He doesn’t run just for the fun of it. I’ve sat and watched baby calves walk around exploring their new world. They just look and explore and then they’ll get a wild hair and away they will run. They will run and buck and kick and just have a blast. And they might stop for a breath of fresh air and then away they go again. Running for the sake of running. Now and then an old cow will run and

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RENNIE PHILLIPS Phillips began life as a cowboy, then husband and father, carpenter, a minister, gardener and writer. He may be reached at phillipsrb@hotmail. com. buck and kick but not very often. They might get this feeling inside but they are too big and many times too overweight and sometimes crippled enough they just can’t go it. But those babies enjoy running. Inside the old cows may want to but age has taken a toll. Now that I’m on the north side of 70 I don’t run and buck and kick just for the fun of it. There are times when I feel good and feel like acting out but it’s just a feeling. I know better than to act out. I’ll end up so sore the next day it’ll be hard to even walk. Or even worse, I’ll end up hurting myself. At times I feel like I’m 20, and my mind says well maybe 50, but my body reminds me I’m 70 for darn sure. I’m not sure when this all happened. It just kind of crept up on me. If my Mom was still alive she would have been 109 years old this past week. And on that same day my sister would have been married 64 years. She commented that it sure didn’t seem like that long ago and honestly it doesn’t seem real. But facts don’t lie. It was 64 years ago that Mick and I were in her wedding. Back when we lived in Nebraska, I’d put on some

winter clothes and head out hunting. I’d drive to certain spots and take advantage of the direction of the wind and how cold it was and how much snow was on the ground. If there was just a trace of wind and about 6 inches or more of snow and the temp was down around zero it was a fantastic day. I’d find a good spot and lie down in the snow and try to call up a coyote. At times it worked, and then at times it didn’t. My “want to” to do this again is there, but don’t think I will. My brain says I’d end up with pneumonia. Some say I act like an old man. Fact is at times I feel like an old man. I have some aches and pains especially when I get up in the morning. It takes a few minutes to get everything moving along with a couple cups of coffee. But all in all, I feel pretty fortunate. No real aches or pains that I have to take meds for. Most of us can’t run and buck and kick like we could when we were 10 or 20 or 30 or 40. But we can experience that same excitement in different ways. We have a green mower, and it went down a couple weeks ago. After some looking I decided the drive belt was shot so it needed a new drive belt. The electric clutch was having trouble, so it needed some attention. Now that I knew what was needed now comes the follow through. I took the deck off and used a motor lift to raise the front of the mower up. Crawled under and figured out what was needed and went to unscrewing bolts. One at a time till the old belt came off and the new one could go on. Got the piece for the electric clutch and fixed that. Be darned if it didn’t work. There was a sense of satisfaction that I could still get it done, even if it took twice as long and probably 10 times as many grunts. Kick up my heels? No way. But that good feeling was still there.

Brown-bag fundraiser to be held

time to harvest nuts. Missouri’s trees provide us with some healthy and tasty treats. We will explore the varieties we have and how to use them. For more information go to mdc.mo.gov/ southeastevents or call (573) 290-5218.

St Lawrence Catholic Church in New Hamburg, Missouri, will host a brown-bag fundraiser dinner 10:30 a.m, to 1 p.m. Sunday (Nov. 1). The menu consists of homemade chicken and dumplings, slaw, green beans, rolls and cookies. Carry-outs only.

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Pinecone craft will be taught 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center. Pinecone crafts are for kids. Right? No! Why should they get all the fun? We will learn about pinecones and the trees that produce them. Afterwards we are planting and creating ﬂowers out of pinecones. You can use these in a wide variety of home decor projects. Makes a great holiday gift. For more information, go to mdc.mo.gov/ southeastevents or call (573) 290-5218.

The chilling of the air and changing of the leaves are the best signs of fall, but what causes the rainbow of autumn colors that brighten the season. Join The staff at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center10 to 10:30 a.m. Monday for a virtual program: Colorfest — all about fall colors for an in depth look at the science behind fall colors. You will learn what conditions make for particularly spectacular displays and what animals rely on the leaves once they fall. For more information, go to mdc.mo.gov/ southeastevents or call (573) 290-5218

Virtual story time to be held The Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center will hold a virtual story time 10 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday. You and your little one can watch and listen as the center’s naturalists read a couple of nature stories. The program is designed for children up to 6-years old but is open for all ages. For more information, go to mdc.mo.gov/ southeastevents or call (573) 290-5218.

Color hike to be held at Trail of Tears State Park This week at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center, we’re celebrating the colors of fall. What better way to see the changing trees than to hike through the forest. Enjoy the beautiful fall colors as you hike along the mighty Mississippi River on the east loop of the Peewah trail 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday at Trail of Tearsat Trail of Tears State Park. This trail is 3.1 miles long and rated as intermediate. Ages 12 years old to 17 years old are welcome with a registered adult. For more information go to mdc.mo.gov/ southeastevents or call (573) 290-5218.

Spaghetti Day to be held The Cape Girardeau Parks & Recreation Foundation will hold its annual spaghetti day 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Arena Building. Meals will be available for dine in, take out or delivery. The meal includes spaghetti, mostacciloli, garlic bread, salad, drink and dessert. Proceeds will beneﬁt the foundation’s various improvements to the Parks and Recreation Department’s facilities and programs.

Missouri nuts to be discussed Nuts of Missouri will be the topic of a virtual conversation 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday. Crisp fall air and colorful leaves tell us it is

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ASSOCIATED PRESS SILVER SPRING, Md. — Tupperware relied on social gatherings for explosive growth in the mid 20th century. In the 21st century, it is social distancing that is fueling sales. Restaurant pain has turned into Tupperware’s gain with millions of people in a pandemic opening cookbooks again and looking for solutions to leftovers. They’ve found it again in Tupperware, suddenly an “it brand” five decades after what seemed to be its glory days. The company had appeared to be on life support, posting negative sales growth in five of the last six years, a trend that seemed to be accelerating this year. Long gone was the heyday of the Tupperware Party, first held in 1948, which provided women with a chance to run their own business. That system

worked so well, Tupperware took its products out of stores three years later. But it has struggled as more families gave up making dinner from scratch and also dining out more. Then the pandemic struck. Proﬁt during the most recent quarter quadrupled to $34.4 million, Tupperware reported Wednesday. The explosion of sales caught almost everyone off guard and shares of Tupperware Brands Corp., which had been rising since April, jumped 35% to a new high for the year. Shares that could be had for around $1 in March, closed at $28.80 on Wednesday. Tupperware stands apart from most other companies that have thrived in the pandemic. Unlike Netﬂix, Amazon.com, Peloton or even DraftKings, it doesn’t rely on a Hi-Tech platform. However, it’s certainly not alone as the pandemic bends how we spend our

time more rapidly perhaps than any point in our lifetimes. On Monday the toymaker Hasbro said that its games division, which includes board games like Monopoly, saw a 21% jump in revenue. On Wednesday, Tupperware reported quarterly adjusted earnings of $1.20 per share, triple what Wall Street had expected. Revenue of $477.2 million was about 30% higher than forecasts and 14% better than last year. CEO Miguel Fernandez said the company, based in Orlando, Florida, had shifted more heavily to digital sales to accommodate those sheltering in the pandemic. He also noted “increased consumer demand.” The company earlier this year had begun a turnaround campaign. Fernandez, who once led Avon, was named CEO in March just as COVID-19 infections began to spread in the U.S.

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utting across every demographic group, every socioeconomic status, every race, color, creed and national origin, every culture in every time, is loss. I’ve come to believe one of the main keys to a contented life is how we deal with loss. Although I won’t waste more than a sentence on one kind of loss – a political defeat – surely this awaits someone on November 3 and coping strategies will be necessary for those grieving defeat. Age and unstoppable loss are on my mind for this column since this writer recently qualiﬁed to draw Social Security, the 1935 tax-funded entitlement intended as a social safety net for older Americans. Controversial at the time, considered a budget-breaker by many, the program is now referred to as the “third rail” of American politics: touch it and you die. Aging was on the mind of Jesus when the following words were attributed to him: “Truly I say to you – when you were young, you made yourself ready and went wherever you had a desire to go; but when you are old, you will put out your hands and another will make you ready, and you will be taken where you have no desire to go.” (John 21:18/ESV) Having worked in a retirement community for awhile, the truth of the Master’s words is not lost on me. My body does not respond in my sixties the way it did when my wife and I met at age 18. Not even close. I suspect yours, dear reader,

JEFF LONG, D. MIN Rev. Jeff Long, D.Min, teaches New Testament at Southeast Missouri State University, is a retired pastor, and serves as a reporter for the Southeast Missourian.

may be the same. I require daily medications to keep on an even keel. Perhaps you can relate. When on my daily walk, I’m incredibly careful where I put my feet down. In my youth and well into adulthood, this sort of caution rarely came to mind. Age is a perfect storm in several ways: a loss of certain ability, a loss of a particular ability to self-regulate physically, a loss of physical conﬁdence. I have more years behind me than are ahead, yet for the people I teach three days a week at Southeast Missouri State University, the reverse is true. All my pupils in New Testament Literature are traditional students, meaning they fall between the

ages of 18 and 22. I thought it would be instructive to ask those young people, presumably all in their physical prime, although this cannot be absolutely assumed, to comment on loss. Several this semester have been directly impacted by the loss of health and unrestricted movement due to COVID-19. Either they have had the virus or have been in contact with those who have, requiring them to quarantine. Input on a particular loss I asked my 17 students which of their ﬁve physical senses – sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell - would be the toughest to lose. Their answers were a bit surprising. If my question amounted to a straw poll, then, touch and sight won by a mile. Here is a sampling of responses: “Physical contact is important (and) it would be crushing for me not to be able to touch my girlfriend.” “Touch is the one (sense) you fall back on the most. Without touch, you can’t tell where you are.” “Being blind is one thing I cannot imagine.” “I take in so much more by seeing something.” “(Life) would be much more difficult being blind.” “Without (eyesight), I’d be on edge all of the time.” Compensations Jesus’ words, assigned to him in the Fourth Gospel, instruct us of the inevitability of loss. Don’t mourn the depri-

Pray for America vation but seek compensations. One of my renumerations, if you will, is I don’t worry about so many of things that used to occupy my mind. Career ambition has largely departed, and it is not missed. Conversation is much more highly valued. What about you, dear reader? What has the experience of loss taught you as together we navigate the streams of temporal existence? Comfort There is a text that seems to never fail to make the hair stand up on my arm; it is thrilling. I ﬁnd the assurance found in a letter of anonymous origin, directed at the church at large, a missive more meaningful now than in my younger days. To wit: “Recall those earlier days when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings, sometimes being publicly exposed to abuse and persecution, and sometimes being partners with those so treated. For you had compassion for those who were in prison, and you cheerfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you yourselves possessed something better and more lasting. Do not, therefore, abandon that conﬁdence of yours; it brings a great reward. For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.” (Hebrews 10:3236/NRSV)

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ave you looked outside your window recently? Have you taken a walk and really noticed what’s around you? Climates are different in the various parts of the country, and fortunately I live in a location where the scenery changes according to the seasons. Each season exhibits a beauty all its own awakening wonder during this beautiful time of fall. As I awakened this morning, I stretched, yawned and ventured one last glance at the comfortable tufted pillow-top mattress, on which I slept during the night. That too, is a treat, of which I’ve recently learned to appreciate. I now, look forward to feeling the ﬁrm, yet soft, feel of the bed each evening. It’s yet another pleasure to be sampled, one we often take for granted. I sleepily stumbled toward my Kuerig coffee-pot to brew my usual morning cup of steaming-hot coffee. The aroma permeated the kitchen, stimulating my taste buds more than usual. It’s another exiting ritual I perform each day.

ELLEN SHUCK Ellen Shuck holds degrees in psychology, religious education and spiritual direction. She is the author of the book, “Wisdom for the Journey.”

However that wasn’t all that happened. Since fall is within our midst, now, I stole a quick glance outside my kitchen window, then I hastily looked out, again. No words describe the sights that my eyes captured. Since the trees this year seem so unusually colorful, they are truly something to lift our spirits. The one in my yard,

of which I’m speaking, is unusually delightful as it boldly flaunts its leaves of red, yellow and orange colors. As I gazed in awe at what stood before me through my kitchen window, I recognized how exciting and beautiful life really is. We must only look and ponder that each season of life brings something new, on a constant basis. Even if you find it difficult to find outstanding characteristics from particular surroundings, if you but look and search, you will find something to appreciate. Dry desert sand isn’t appealing to everyone, but it too, possesses unique beauty. As the sand unfolds, forming hills and other landforms, its magic casts a spell. I imagine what’s on the other side of the space that I can’t see, afar. The huge cactus plants that are plentiful in particular parts of the desert are awesome to see. I meditate on God’s providing everything for a purpose. The Saguaro cactus plants, found in the desert, are not only majestic

but they provide moisture to various wildlife, insects, and other species that need wet nourishment. The Saguaro is used for numerous other purposes, as well. We need an amount of entertainment in our lives, and if we look and walk around, we’ll find numerous astonishing art forms. You’ll see birds, clouds, wild animals and plants. If you research and watch you’ll learn the habits of various birds and fowls. Many birds fly south, during the winter, in my area of the country. They fly in the form of a V. That’s amazing but reveals God’s pattern of protecting and caring for the birds of the air. My mind then shifted to other mysteries of the world, and I mulled around other miraculous phenomena created by God. Within my mind, I experienced the feel of sunshine, rain, wind, storms, floods and tranquil waters. I heard the sound of rain on the roof and the clashing of waves See SHUCK, Page 5C

ne of the best things about being an American is exercising our right to vote. As a Christian, we have the same rights as anyone else to vote our values. We should always seek God’s will and pray for our nation—before, during and after elections. Author, and speaker Jamie Rohrbaugh wrote a prayer guide to help us pray for America. Rohrbaugh suggests seven topics to pray about. First, we are to pray for federal, state and local leaders on all levels. 1 Timothy 2:1–2 (ESV), “First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.” It is hard to hate someone you pray for consistently. Second, pray for God’s people to turn back to him. 2 Chronicles 7:14 (ESV), “If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” As a nation, we have become rebellious. Sadly, the church reflects our culture more than it influences society. If God’s people are restored, the nation will be blessed. Third, pray for God’s people to love and serve America again in practical ways. Proverbs 11:11 (ESV), “By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is overthrown.” Godly people are a blessing to a nation. People of faith should fill positions of importance in our society. The fact that there was so much concern about a Catholic taking a position on the Supreme Court should alarm us. Fourth, ask God to raise up leaders he wants in office and to remove leaders he does not want in office. Daniel 2:20–21 (ESV), “Daniel answered and said: “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, to whom belong wisdom and might. He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.” Ultimately, we can ask God to replace evil dictators with godly representatives who serve for the good of all people.

SHAWN WASSON Shawn Wasson is the senior pastor of Bethany Baptist Church.

Fifth, ask God to help us to disciple the nation. This means that we teach people biblical truth. Matthew 28:18–20 (ESV) says, “And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” God has revealed truth, and Christians have a right to exercise their faith in private and in public. Therefore we have the Bill of Rights, especially the First Amendment. Sixth, Pray for our families. Malachi 4:5–6 (ESV), “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes. And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.” We need moms and dads to love their children, and for the children to love their parents. We do not want to depend on the government to rear our children. And ﬁnally, the seventh item of prayer is that our nation will be a righteous nation. Will we be among the sheep or the goats? Matthew 25:31–32 (ESV), “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.” The sheep represent those whom God accepts, and the goats are those whom God has rejected. May God bless America, and may America bless God.

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LOVE IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS Mississippi man longs for his wife nearly four months after she was hospitalized with COVID-19 BY TIM SULLIVAN

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JACKSON, Miss. — Her voice cracked as she spoke from her hospital bed. “I want to go home,” she pleaded. More than 40 miles away, her husband sat in their living room, looking intently into his phone as they spoke on a video call, trying to soothe her. Bonnie Bishop had been in the hospital since early July. She’d been on a ventilator. She’d had surgery to put a tube down her throat. She’d been in a coma for six weeks. Sometimes, it was just too much, and on this October evening, she started to weep silently. “You are coming home,” Mike Bishop, 63, said ﬁrmly. He seemed to be speaking as much to himself as to his wife. “You know you are.” This is a love story. It’s a story about coronavirus, the people it strikes down, and a big quiet house outside of Jackson, Mississippi. It’s about those who take COVID-19 seriously, those who don’t, and how that divide breaks uncomfortably along racial lines. Mostly it’s about Bonnie and Mike Bishop, an African American couple who met more than 25 years ago when she was organizing a basketball game to support an adopt-a-school program run by AT&T. She worked there until retiring a couple years ago. He still works there as a digital technician.

AP Road trip I met Mike on an Associated Press road trip across America that three of us are taking to try to make sense of a year like no other, with a global illness, protests over race and virulent politics. We went to talk to a pastor in Jackson about election issues. He told us about Mike and Bonnie. Mike is tall and handsome, with a beard going gray and a gentle voice that’s almost musical. He radiates decency. It’s impossible not to like him. For him, Bonnie is everything. She’s the woman in oversized sunglasses who hates to have her picture taken. She loves to read and can sometimes be quiet, Mike says, but once she knows you she’s a talker. In photos, it’s obvious from how she looks at him that she adores Mike. In early July, Mike began to feel run down. It was just a minor dry cough, but he took a coronavirus test and it came back positive. Soon, Bonnie also tested positive. A couple days later, she woke him up at 3 a.m. “I cannot breathe,” she gasped. “911.” Mike, whose own case of COVID-19 meant he couldn’t go with her to the hospital, helped strap her onto a stretcher. He held her hand as they walked out to the ambulance. Then, with lights ﬂashing, the ambulance took her away up Woodlee Drive. He watched it disappear into the night. “I was empty. Scared.

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Terriﬁed,” he said. “And I was praying.” This story was produced with the support of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Bonnie was management when they met. Mike is ﬁercely union. He’s also friendly and outgoing and likes to do the right thing. Plus he has the gargantuan hands of a man who was palming basketballs when he was barely a teenager. So he agreed when she asked if he’d join the AT&T team. At the game, a friend of Mike’s nodded toward Bonnie: “Man, she’s checking you out,” he said. “She hates it when I tell this story,” Mike said. A week or so later, there was an office party at her house for the people who played in the basketball game. The jury is still out on whether that was a setup to see him again. “We have been together ever since,” he said. “The Sunday (after the party) she invited me over for lunch. I went over for lunch. Monday, on the way to work, I had coffee. That weekend we did something. About a month later I moved in. And about 8, 10 months later we were married.” They’d both been married and divorced. Neither had kids. But their relationship stuck. Hard. They’ve been married now for a quarter-century. They bought a house together, which she has decorated with oversized furniture and leopard print cushions. They went to the Caribbean; they went to New Orleans. They spend time with his mother, who still lives on the small farm west of here where he grew up. Her ailing mother moved in with them for a couple years until she died. There are friends and relatives and a deep wellspring of Christian faith that runs through their lives.

And now? “I am so empty and lost without her being here,” he said. “It is the worst I’ve ever felt. The most alone I’ve felt in all my life.” But in his own gentle, self-controlled way, he’s also angry. “Red-blooded American people say they’re patriotic but don’t care nothing about their fellow man because they don’t want to wear a mask!” he said. Mike is shocked at how lightly many politicians take the disease, and the way mask-wearing has become politicized. “When I see people say that it’s a hoax? This is real! I took every protection in the world. I washed my hands so much I joked to the guys at work: ‘Pretty soon I’m going to be as white as y’all.”’ He stumbled for the right words: “I go to a bad place if I allow myself to.” Across the country, racial minorities, especially Black people, have been hit hard by COVID-19. They are more likely to live in crowded housing and work essential jobs, whether in grocery

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Mike Bishop sits in his bedroom on Oct. 8 in Byram, Mississippi. In early July, Bishop was hit by COVID-19. Bishop was living alone at home, in a big suburban house. He’d wake up confused at 2 a.m. when Bonnie Bishop, his wife, wasn’t beside him. stores or hospitals, and have a long history of second-rate health care. African Americans have also long struggled with chronic health problems that can cause more deaths from COVID-19. The virus ripped through Mississippi’s Black community early in the pandemic. About 60% of infections and deaths were among African Americans, who make up 38% of the state’s population. Go to a Black church service now and there are often carefully enforced mask mandates, multiple disinfectant stations, parishioners sitting far apart, and pastors who don’t let anyone forget the disease is serious. “If folks didn’t know it, now they know it’s not a hoax,” Bishop Ronnie Crudup said during a service on the Sunday after President Donald Trump tested positive for the virus, speaking from the pulpit of New Horizon Church International in Jackson. “I don’t agree with Donald Trump,” he said. “But that doesn’t mean we can’t pray for his life.” By late October, with a surge in U.S. cases also hitting Mississippi, white people ﬁnally outnumbered Black Mississippians in both cases and deaths. Yet masks remain a rarity in many white neighborhoods. At the annual Mississippi State Fair, the contrast is jarring. Amid the carnival rides, pig races and stalls selling gator-on-a-stick, the vast majority of Black people were wearing masks on an October evening. Most white people were not, even as their infection rates increased. “Big parts of the white community, especially in areas that weren’t as hard affected, have not been as compliant or engaged actively with social distancing and masking,” Dr. Thomas Dobbs, the Mississippi state health officer, told reporters a couple weeks ago.

Mike pauses repeatedly as he talks about how race plays into the response to the virus. “I think that if it had hit the white community like it hit the African American community, it’d be a whole different ballgame,” he said. He seems surprised to ﬁnd himself seeing the virus through the lens of race, which he doesn’t normally dwell on much. But the killings of Black people by police and the nationwide protests for racial justice, along with increasingly racist murmurs on social media, have unsettled him. “I thought that a lot of that stuff that we were supposed to be beyond, we are truly not,” he said. Still, he’s a relentless optimist: “It’ll get better — it HAS gotten better.” For months, he had to ﬁght to be optimistic about Bonnie, who is in her late 60s. “Had it not been for family, friends and faith I just don’t think I would have made it,” he said. “You lose your will to do stuff. It’s almost like it’s a daily struggle: ‘Why am I doing this?”’ When Bonnie arrived at the hospital doctors quickly put her on a ventilator. Then into a medically induced coma. For weeks, Mike called the hospital continually: 6 a.m.; midmorning for the hospital shift change, early afternoon; midafternoon; dinnertime; just before he went to bed. Nurses insisted they’d call him if there was news, but he told them that wasn’t enough: “‘I know I might be a pest, but I can’t talk to her. She can’t talk to me. Y’all guys are my eyes and ears,”’ he said.

Out of the coma After about six weeks, doctors took Bonnie out of the coma. She awoke disoriented and scared, with a breathing tube down her throat that made her feel as if she

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Mike Bishop video chats in Byram, Mississippi, with his wife, Bonnie Bishop, who is hospitalized 40 miles away, on Oct. 8. He’s hoping she’ll be back by Thanksgiving. was choking. They quickly sedated her again. To make her more comfortable, they cut a hole in her windpipe for the breathing tube. Back home, Mike had returned to work, after taking a month off to recover from COVID-19 and follow Bonnie’s progress. He was living alone, in their big suburban house with pillars out front, a perfectly kept lawn, well-trimmed hedges and magnolia and juniper trees. He’d wake up confused at 2 a.m. when she wasn’t beside him. He was alone when he left for work. No one was home when he came back. “All this was for her!” he said, gesturing around at the house. “This was hers, and it’s empty without her.” In normal times he loves to cook, but these days meals are a chore. Dinners are often leftovers and frozen vegetables that he eats in front of the television, watching the news or a football game. Ten minutes later he’s ﬁnished and washing the dishes at the kitchen sink.

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He avoids things that remind him too much of Bonnie. Her purse sits untouched in their bedroom, along with her iPad. He won’t sleep on her side of the bed. At night, he sleeps with the TV on. “If I don’t have the TV on I hear the clock all night. I hear the ‘ticktock, ticktock.’” he said. “If it rains, I can hear the rain dripping.” He comes from a large, tightly knit family. He’d felt the pain of losing two brothers and two sisters. He couldn’t imagine losing Bonnie, even if he always believed she’d survive. “But I also had to keep praying that whatever God’s will, I got to be able to accept it.” “There were nights that I just prayed and prayed that she’d just make it to the next day,” he said. “Make it to the next day. Just make it to the next day.” Medical problems continued even after she was

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The trees are a mix of fall colors, looking north from Kiwanis Park in Cape Girardeau on Oct. 22.

ABOVE: Fall foliage is seen on one side of the former Common Pleas Courthouse in Cape Girardeau on Oct.

Jill Sanders points to an apple for Matt Sanders to pick from a tree while their children Adelaide and Margeaux Sanders sit in a cart and eat apples on Knowlan Family Farm in Burfordville on Oct. 17.

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Across the country, autumn is the season of colorful fall foliage and the seasonal harvest. In southeast Missouri, the changing of the leaves has already begun, and Missourians are picking pumpkins and apples as an excuse to experience the season. According to Jack Knowlan of Knowlan Family Farm in Burfordville, there have been more visitors than usual this season to pick apples and pumpkins from the ﬁelds off of Highway 34. He attributed this to the ongoing pandemic since it has made outdoor spaces and activities more sought after. The picking season is slowly coming to an end after it began in late August, but what will last to some of the ﬁnal days of the season are the changing colors of the leaves. The leaves in southeast Missouri are currently a mix of greens and vibrant warm hues, such as yellow and orange, with the occasional red. All this leading toward soon-to-be-here winter.

Presley Bartley, 4, picks a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch while her mother Jenna Bartley watches at Knowlan Family Farm in Burfordville on Oct. 17.

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Nov. 1-7 HISTORY AROUND THE WORLD AND AT HOME Nov. 1: 1765, the Stamp Act, passed by the British Parliament, went into effect, prompting stiff resistance from American colonists. 1950, two Puerto Rican nationalists tried to force their way into Blair House in Washington, D.C., in a failed attempt to assassinate President Harry S. Truman. (One of the pair was killed, along with a White House police officer.) 2003, Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean stirred controversy within his party by telling the Des Moines Register he wanted to be “the candidate for guys with Confederate ﬂags in their pickup trucks.” (The former Vermont governor explained that he intended to encourage the return of Southern voters who had abandoned the Democrats for decades but were disaffected with the Republicans.)

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Nov. 2: 1783, General George Washington issued his Farewell Address to the Army near Princeton, New Jersey. 1948, President Harry S. Truman surprised the experts by winning a narrow upset over Republican challenger Thomas E. Dewey. 1976, former Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter became the ﬁrst candidate from the Deep South since the Civil War to be elected president as he defeated incumbent Gerald R. Ford.

Nov. 3: 1900, the ﬁrst automobile show in the United States opened at New York’s Madison Square Garden under the auspices of the Automobile Club of America. 1986, the Iran-Contra affair came to light as Ash-Shiraa, a pro-Syrian Lebanese magazine, ﬁrst broke the story of U.S. arms sales to Iran. 2017, Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who walked away from his post in Afghanistan and triggered a search that left some of his comrades severely wounded, was spared a prison sentence by a military judge in North Carolina; President Donald Trump blasted the decision as a “complete and total disgrace.”

Nov. 4: 1916, CBS newsman Walter Cronkite was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri. 1979, the Iran hostage crisis began as militants stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran, seizing its occupants; for some of them, it was the start of 444 days of captivity. 1991, Ronald Reagan opened his presidential library in Simi Valley, California; attending were President George H.W. Bush and former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald R. Ford and Richard Nixon — the ﬁrst-ever gathering of ﬁve past and present U.S. chief executives.

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Nov. 5: 1605, the “Gunpowder Plot” failed as Guy Fawkes was seized before he could blow up the English Parliament. 1872, suffragist Susan B. Anthony deﬁed the law by attempting to cast a vote for President Ulysses S. Grant. (Anthony was convicted by a judge and ﬁned $100, but she never paid the penalty.) 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented third term in office as he defeated Republican challenger Wendell L. Willkie.

Nov. 6: 1860, former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln of the Republican Party was elected President of the United States as he defeated John Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas. 1977, 39 people were killed when the Kelly Barnes Dam in Georgia burst, sending a wall of water through Toccoa Falls College. 1986, former Navy radioman John A. Walker Jr., the admitted head of a family spy ring, was sentenced in Baltimore to life imprisonment. (Walker died in prison in 2014 at age 77.) 2016, FBI Director James Comey abruptly announced that Democrat Hillary Clinton should not face criminal charges related to newly discovered emails from her tenure at the State Department.

Nov. 7: 1811, U.S. forces led by Indiana Territory Gov. William Henry Harrison defeated warriors from Tecumseh’s Confederacy in the Battle of Tippecanoe. 1917, Russia’s Bolshevik Revolution took place as forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin overthrew the provisional government of Alexander Kerensky. 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented fourth term in office, defeating Republican Thomas E. Dewey. — Associated Press

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under one of the upper cushions. Charlie felt it was time to do a little research. He went to John Crites, a former Jackson postmaster whose family owned the house before the Hutchings. Crites said his maternal grandfather, Charles Wilhelm, had purchased the house. He was a very religious man who loved children and his country. Wilhelm hated BB guns, Crites continued, and refused to allow them inside. But Crites didn’t say anything about strange events occurring as long as the Wilhelm and Crites families lived in the house. The Hutchings believed it was the spirit of Charles Wilhelm who haunted their house and nicknamed him “Willy.” The weird happenings continued, some related to the photography business. One day, Charlie took pictures of a blonde in a bikini posed on top of her boyfriend’s car and Marian had to do some retouching. She put the picture on the ﬂoor of the studio while she did some other work and later couldn’t ﬁnd it. After searching the house from top to bottom, she found the photo under a counter in the basement facing the wall. Once again, nobody in the house admitted to moving it. It seemed Willy disapproved of scantily clad women. Perhaps the most chilling incident was one involving the Hutchings daughter, Madeline, who was three at

Love From Page 5C Mike saw her a couple times when she was in the Intensive Care Unit, though she didn’t know he was there. At home, he still spoke to her, speaking aloud into the silence “I’d have these conversations just like I’m talking to you,” he said. Very slowly she started to get better. She couldn’t feed herself for weeks because

the time. Charlie was reading her a bedtime story when she sat up and began staring at a rocking chair across the room. “I asked Mattie what she was looking at, and she said it was Grandpa,” Charlie said. “She pointed at the chair, and her finger began moving toward the ceiling.” The girl started covering her head with the blanket then looking back at the ceiling. She said Grandpa was making faces at her, then she ran to the window. “I got goosebumps,” Charlie said. “Madeline said ‘Grandpa’ went out the window and was going over to the neighbor’s house.” Both children at that neighbor’s house later reported seeing an old man who made faces at them. One of the children said he was on the roof of the Hutchings’ house. The last few incidents were in 1992. One involved another buxom blonde being photographed. Apparently Willy didn’t like it. Charlie said the background light fell over, but he wasn’t disturbed — it fell over all the time. Then a chair behind him tipped over, and a floral arrangement flew off a shelf. “I told her we had done all the inside pictures we needed,” Charlie said. “As we headed outdoors, I heard the photo processor turn on. It was Willy’s sign that he was present.” The Hutchings’ processor hasn’t mysteriously flipped on for about three years. Just as the family came to terms with Willy, he disappeared. Apple Annie, a St. Louis psychic, said the incidents

may have stopped because Willy was called to “the other side” by a relative or other soul already there. “Usually houses are haunted because people have died, but they don’t know they have to go to the other side,” Annie said. “They stay by a place they feel is familiar — usually the family house.” She believes Willy was quiet before the Hutchings arrived because nothing he disagreed with was going on — no pictures of well-endowed girls were being taken and no BB guns were being ﬁred.

She suggested people deal with friendly, mischievous spirits by explaining that the spirits must stop behaving in the undesirable way. Evil, mean spirits should be dealt with by true professionals, Annie said. As for the Hutchings, Willy’s departure left a void. “I kind of miss him,” Charlie said. “I felt that if I lost something or something was strange, I could ask him. I know he brought one photo ﬁle back.” Maybe Willy will come home for the holidays — at least for Halloween.

she was so weak. The breathing tube meant she could only speak with the help of a small electronic voice box. Day by day, though, they communicated more. FaceTime became a lifeline. By that point he was emotionally spent. His friends could see it. “It’s kind of hard to fake strength when you feel like you’re on the verge of a nervous breakdown,” he said. There were sparks of hope: when the fevers stopped; when she could hold a conversation; when

she ﬁrst spoke without the electronic voice box. But it was not until late September, maybe early October, that Mike’s fear began subsiding, as he and Bonnie spoke multiple times a day. After more than three months in bed, she’d be going into a rehab facility soon, to relearn how to walk and care for herself. In mid-October, he hoped she’d be back by late November. He was already planning the Thanksgiving meal: a small turkey, gravy, creamed corn, salad. His mother would bake a cake. “The usual,” he said

happily. This week, he got even better news. Bonnie’s recovery was going far faster than expected. The weeks of rehabilitation could be done at home, doctors said. She’ll be home this weekend. “She’s not 100 percent, but she’s close enough,” he said in a phone call. Mike was almost giddy. He could take care of her, protect her, cook for her. Finally, her voice would ﬁll the quiet of the big house again. “I love that woman.”

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DEAR ABBY

Siblings disagree over final wishes of their dying father Dear Abby: My mother died two years ago. Both of my parents traveled extensively before their EANNE declining HILLIPS health prevented it. They purchased a prepaid cremation package that included shipping the cremains back to their home. My mother was cremated, but we had to wait more than six weeks for her cremains so we could have a funeral. Waiting for the funeral devastated my dad. While he was able to communicate and make decisions, he stated that he did not want to be cremated. So I took Dad to a funeral home and selected a funeral package that included a traditional burial, and called to cancel the cremation package. My sibling, who is the power of attorney, talked him out of it and

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reactivated the package! Now my father has been diagnosed with severe dementia and cancer. We don’t know how long he has, but I’m concerned that his final wishes won’t be followed. If he is cremated, I am considering skipping his funeral. How can I get through to my sibling that this was wrong, and I won’t be a part of not following his wishes? Not What He Wanted Dear Not: Your father appointed your sibling to be his power of attorney for a reason. I will assume that your father was in his right mind when he decided that he wanted to be cremated after all. I think it would be in your interest to calmly discuss this with your sibling and find out why your father changed his mind after telling you he preferred to be buried. Could the reason have been financial, that burials are expensive and he wanted to leave more to his children? You won’t know until you ask. If you do not attend your

father’s funeral service, I am concerned that it will cause a permanent rift in the family and be something you may regret for the rest of your life.

tioned this to me, and it’s not the ﬁrst time I have brought it to Philip’s attention. Keeping the Peace in Arizona

Dear Abby: My husband and I took in our almost 20-year-old step-grandson, “Philip.” He has been with us almost a year. He was really appreciative when he moved in and when my husband helped him get a car. Philip has said in the past that my husband’s political views scare him, and I can understand that. Today when my husband and I were at lunch, he mentioned that when Philip came in this morning, he ignored him. My husband asked me if he had done something wrong, so I explained the political thing. I can understand the difference in political views. What I can’t understand and don’t know how to handle is the sudden show of disrespect. This isn’t the ﬁrst time my husband has men-

Dear Keeping: Allowing yourself to be the go-between apparently hasn’t worked, so step out of the middle. Tell your husband the next time your step-grandson is rude that HE should take it up with the young man. Philip has enjoyed your hospitality for nearly a year, and what he’s doing is not only rude but also ungrateful. Because the reason for his behavior is your husband’s political beliefs, he needs to realize that your husband’s views are as valid as his are. Philip should either ﬁnd a better way to deal with it or move.

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Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www. DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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2D / Southeast Missourian, Sunday, November 1, 2020

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OURSHOWCASEPROPERTY SUBDIVISION: Northfield LOT SIZE: 106.07x120.01 MLS: 20077808 1557Trenton, Cape Girardeau

NO. OF BEDROOMS: 4 NO. OF BATHROOMS: 3 full, 1 half TOTAL SQ. FEET: 3,026 ASKING PRICE: $259,900 STYLE: 2-Story REAL ESTATE COMPANY: BHHS Bridgeport Realtors

LIVING ROOM

1557 TRENTON, CAPE GIRARDEAU

Directions: Lexington to Cambridge to Trenton

PHONE NUMBER: 573-335-0121 WORTH NOTING: Nice sized bedrooms

AMENITIES • Dishwasher • Microwave • Electric oven/range • Garbage disposal

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DINING ROOM

SCHOOLS: Alma Schrader school district

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REAL ESTATE NOTEBOOK

Home sales hit 2006 level Southeast Missouri REALTORS® Home sales climbed in August to the likes of the 2006 housing boom days, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Existing-home sales in each of the four major regions of the U.S. saw month-over-month and annual growth, the National Association of REALTORS® reported on Tuesday. The Northeast saw the largest monthly improvement in home sales. Housing inventories continue to remain tight, putting upward pressure on home prices. Existing-home prices for all housing types in August climbed 11.4% compared to a year ago, reaching a median of $310,600. Prices rose in every region of the U.S. last month. “Home sales continue to amaze, and there are plenty of buyers in the pipeline ready to enter the market,” says Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist. “Further gains in sales are likely for the remainder of the year, with mortgage rates hovering around 3% and with continued job recovery.” This marks three consecutive months of gains in home sales. Total existinghome sales completed transactions

that include single-family homes, townhomes, condos, and co-ops increased 2.4% in August compared to July, reaching a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6 million in August. Sales are up 10.5% from a year ago. Shortages of homes for sale have proven problematic in the housing industry over the last few years but have grown even worse in recent months. “Housing demand is robust, but supply is not, and this imbalance will inevitably harm affordability and hinder ownership opportunities,” Yun says. “To assure broad gains in homeownership, more new homes need to be constructed.” However, a surge in lumber prices and the shortage of lumber caused by the California wildfires are pressing on the new-home industry, Yun says. “Over recent months, we have seen lumber prices surge dramatically,” Yun says. “This has already led to an increase in the cost of multifamily housing and an even higher increase for single-family homes.”

At the end of August, the National Association of Home Builders reported a spike in softwood lumber prices was prompting an average price increase of about $14,116 since April 17. Here’s a closer look at housing indicators from August, according to NAR’s latest report: Days on the market: Sixty-nine percent of homes sold in August were on the market for less than a month. Properties stayed on the market an average of 22 days in August, down from 31 days a year prior. Housing inventories: Total housing inventory at the end of August was 1.49 million, down 18.6% from a year ago (1.83 million). Unsold inventory is at a three-month supply at the current sales pace. First-time buyers: First-time homebuyers accounted for 33% of home sales in August, which is up from 31% a year before. Investors and second-home buyers: Individual investors or second-home buyers purchased 14% of homes in August, equal to a year ago. Investors

Glenda Mayberry, Real Estate manager • 573-388-2764 • gmayberry@semissourian.com

and second-home buyers tend to make up the biggest bulk of all-cash sales. All-cash sales accounted for 18% of transactions in August, down from 19% in August 2019. Distressed sales: Foreclosures and short sales represented less than 1% of sales in August, down from 2% a year prior. For more information, visit the Southeast Missouri REALTORS® website, www.semorealtors.org. Realtors® not only help make the dream of homeownership a reality, they also help build better communities. Southeast Missouri REALTORS® is a non-profit organization that serves more than 425 REALTORS® and affiliates and we are the local voice of real estate in our community. We are affiliated with the National Association and Missouri REALTORS®. We are a professional trade association whose members abide by a strict code of ethics. Brought to you through a partnership between the Southeast Missourian and Southeast Missouri REALTORS®.

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20075842

$179,900

701 N. Farmington, Jackson

Dir. Shawnee/Ridge Road to Mulberry (R) on Cedar, house will be on Right. • Tri-level 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths • Move-in ready, within budget • Updates: new flooring, interior paint, some light fixtures, HVAC system • Jackson School Host: Beckie Tripp

Dir. Broadway to Zimmerman • 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths on 1.04 acre lot • 3,000 plus sq. ft. in the heart of Marble Hill • Living and dining rooms are very impressive and a rare find • HUGE detached shop building that not only includes 2 bays but additional space Host: Debbie Thurman

Dir. Independence to South on Farmington or Jackson Blvd West to North on Farmington • 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths • Woodwork, pocket doors, butler's swing door, trim, tall ceilings • Masterpiece you won’t find in today's homes • Jackson Schools Host: Debbie Thurman

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OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 12:00-1:00 PM Jared Ritter

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AVAILABLE FOR LEASE: 3215 Old Cape Road, Jackson:

James Macklin McKelvey Steger Sergio Ramos

Broker

573-450-8125

2 bedrooms, 1 ½ bath duplex with cathedral ceilings, walk-in master closet, laundry room, 1,100 sf, wood deck, 1-car garage, convenient location. $800/month.

Lavonda Young Ryan Berneking Realtor

Ritter Real Estate

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573-575-9545

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20067120 $234,900 2205 Kent, Cape • 4 Bedrooms, 3.5 Baths • Brick/Cedar Two Story • Home has 3 Living Areas • Wood Burning Fireplace • Spacious Master Bedroom • Laundry on Main and Lower Level • Covered Deck • Mostly Finished Walk-Out Basement Host: Sergio Ramos

20006643 $119,999 1465 Rose, Cape • 3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths • Eat-In Kitchen • Original Hardwood Flooring • Wood Burning Fireplace • Large Dining Room • Main Level Bedroom; 2 Up • Near Capaha Park and SEMO • Franklin Elementary District Host: Yasdani Gonzalez

20069726 $74,500 1925 New Madrid, Cape • 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath • Franklin Elementary • Own for less than rent • Covered Front Porch • Updated Flooring and Paint • Kitchen is open to Living Room • Main Level Laundry • Large Deck Host: Pat Fosse

20054124 $209,900 220 Blue Willow, Cape • 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths • Open Concept Design • Kitchen-Corian, Island, SS Appliances • Master-Tray Ceiling,Walk-In Closet • Walk-Out Basement, Drywalled • Black Chain Link Fenced Yard • Roof 4 years old,All Electric • Jackson Schools Host: Ryan Berneking

20077245 $119,500 830 Brown, Advance • 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths • Maintenance Free Vinyl Siding • Large Covered Front Porch • Master Bedroom has Walk-In Closet • Corner Lot Host: Chelsea Eaton

DUPLEX FOR LEASE:

2434 Watson, Jackson:

124 Summerfield Way, Cape

3 bedrooms, 3 bath duplex in Bent Creek, with custom pecan cabinets, stainless, 2,000 sf, covered patio,

Beautiful duplex off LaSalle in Baldwin Place has 1,500 sf and high end finishes. Wood floors, kitchen island with stone counters, stainless appliances, 2 beds 2 baths, laundry, covered patio, 9 ft ceilings. Master walk-in closet is concrete safe room, 5 pc. master bath with double sinks & separate shower & tub. $1,200 per month.

Mary M. Kistner G.R.I. • 573-450-2500

2-car garage. $1,350/month.

Each office independently owned and operated.

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20077758

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$494,900 20078307

OPEN HOUSE 2:00-3:30 PM

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481 South Highway 61 Scott City

127 Chimney Rock Cape

$460,000

1522 HeImsdale Dr Cape

Lori Fowler Becky Harding Sarah DeLuca Casie Janet-Mills Kim Taylor Melinda Dodd Teresa Hastings Sharon Mueller 573-703-7653 573-450-4848 573-587-9970 573-270-4125 573-450-2282 573-450-3198 573-450-1996 573-576-1286 Broker

1304 Broadway, Cape Girardeau Office: 573-803-3353

Ethea Schallberger Kristen Roe Brianna Biri Madison Leet Mark Rademaker AJ Biri Cara Gill Caroline Ritter 573-576-4243 573-579-2100 573-450-9916 573-587-7104 573-625-8525 573-200-0797 573-579-4956 573-579-9300

Open Houses Sunday 1:00-3:00 PM

20067452

1:30-3:00 PM

$285,000

1:30-3:00 PM

20038304

$222,000

473 Graystone, Whitewater

1913 Belleridge, Cape Girardeau

You will love this gorgeous 3 bedrooms, 3 bathroom 2,500+ square foot home that rests on approx 3.6 acres of land.

SUPER unique home for sale! This home has so much to offer! This home has a 3 car garage, 3 bedrooms and 2 full baths.

20065491

$85,000

1119 Good Hope, Cape Girardeau 2 bedroom home with updated plumbing, heat and air, electrical, lighting, and flooring!

20042085

$349,000 Advance

Country living at the very best! Wonderful brick and stone 3 bedroom, 3 bath ranch, one owner on 3 acres. 50x50 three bay detached shop/garage with full kitchen and guest quarters. “Buehler...Buehler...Buehler...that’s Becky Buehler”

Becky Buehler • 573.270.6089 Paul Kitchen, Broker/Owner kitchenp@charter.net

573-576-4724

Lee Ann Gilmore, Associate Alison Moorman, Associate Cell: 573-614-2629 gilmoreleeann3@gmail.com

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“Please Wear Red on Fridays in Support of Our Troops”

Located in the heart of Cape!

19083715

$105,000

LEASE TO OWN OPTION! • Could use some TLC but is nice and clean • Property comes with a metal shop-30x40 concrete floor, electric and county water • Perfect set up for any kind of a side business

James Cox FARMS & RESIDENTIAL

573-335-0121

573-270-0250

(573) 579-0848 Dolores@doloresbakersells.com

NEED AN AGENT?

20018720

$659,000

2421 Terrie Hill Rd., Cape Four bedrooms, three full, two ½ baths, 5,902 square feet Terri Penrod Kim Wengert Alan Wengert Connie Schlimme 573-450-1920

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573-210-0869

573-576-0587 109 S. Broadview Cape Girardeau, MO

With You Every Step of the Way!

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$172,900

20077124

3 Bedroom, 1.5 Bath located in one of Oran’s highly sought after dead end streets. This home has a double lot. Same owner lived in home for 53 years. Extremely well taken care of. 1,643 sq ft finished and an open basement that could be finished. New 200 amp breaker and new service. This is a full brick home with a covered patio off the back that would be great for get togethers. Chain link fence in yard.

Life Time Multi-Million Dollar Producer jamescox@realtyexecutives.com

Each Office Independently Owned and Operated

$75,900

Dolores Baker

2019 SEMO BD MVP

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1918 N. Kingshighway, Suite 105, Cape Girardeau • Office: 573.576.4724 • Fax: 573.651.4663

20051868

This home is waiting for someone to restore it to it’s natural beauty. Situated on 2 acres. Living room, dining room, kitchen, 4 bedrooms, and 1 bath. Two updated breaker panels (200 amps). County water. Septic is up to code. Heated by Fire Chief outdoor wood burning stove. Storage building. Jackson Schools.

(573) 335-8111

My Dad Can Sell It!

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Sunday, November 01, 2020

RETHINKING THE HOLIDAYS Lots of people are already looking for creative and safe ways to celebrate this year BY MELISSA RAYWORTH

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Nina Bryant will cook a feast for Thanksgiving this year, as always. Bryant works as an executive chef. But in her own family, she’s the one everyone depends on to prepare her grandmother’s recipes, which spark memories at the holidays. So along with a turkey, Bryant will make her grandmother’s sweet potato souffle, and ﬁngerling potatoes with tender asparagus. This time, because of the pandemic, she’ll do it all several days before Thanksgiving, then ship portions from her home in Florida to her family around the country. That same week, Jeannine Thibodeau plans to go all out as well. She’ll bake brownies three days in advance. Then she’ll roast a turkey, along with “about 5 pounds of mashed potatoes and gravy and stuffing and green beans and cranberry sauce.” Since she can’t welcome the friends she’d normally invite, she’ll pack ample portions in gift bags with handwritten notes, then place the bags on her stoop for contactless pickup on Thanksgiving Day. Once mealtime arrives, Bryant and Thibodeaux both plan to ﬁre up digital devices and connect with loved ones over Zoom. Family and friends will eat together, apart, sharing in the communal experience of a holiday meal without being able to ask each other to pass the gravy. If ever there were a year when people could use the comfort of a big holiday dinner, this is it. Yet in 2020, a joyful, multigenerational meal around a crowded, indoor dinner table is a potentially high-risk activity.

“My Thanksgiving is going to look very different this year,” Dr. Anthony Fauci told CBS Evening News this week. The infectious-disease expert said his children won’t be coming in from out of town “out of concern for me and my age.” Fauci said he understands the emotional attachment people have to Thanksgiving and holiday gatherings, but urged everyone to be careful this year. Evaluate the risks, especially with relatives who arrived on airplanes, and protect the elderly and people with underlying conditions. What does it look like when when longstanding holiday traditions can’t happen? Ritual celebrations have been with us since the beginning, but there has always been room for improvisation, says Hanna Kim, department chair of anthropology at Adelphi University in Garden City, New York. She points to recent New York Times wedding announcements as an example of how people can rethink traditional celebrations. The announcements “show the range of ways in which those getting married have in fact drilled down to what is most of signiﬁcance for them — and with no homogeneity.” We can bring that same creativity to Thanksgiving and other holidays this year, says Catherine Sanderson, professor of psychology at Amherst College. “Rituals make the ordinary extraordinary,” says Sanderson. “A pumpkin pie on a random day in October is just a pumpkin pie. But a pumpkin pie on the fourth Thursday of November is not just pumpkin pie: It’s part of Thanksgiving. Our intentions, coupled with the

season, elevate it.” And that’s true even if the ritual has been moved because of unique circumstances. Jennifer Fliss will serve dessert in her Seattle driveway under a pop-up tent this Thanksgiving. She already tested out the process by sharing a socially distanced Rosh Hashanah dinner there with another family. “Traditions are great,” Fliss says. “But it’s OK if you do something different.” She’s wondering if this disrupted holiday season will give rise to new traditions. In the future, she says, families might say, “Oh, we started this tradition of eating dessert outside because of that one year we ate it outside.” This crisis, she says, “could be the entryway into something.” History offers plenty of examples of this, says Jodi Eichler-Levine, a professor of Religion Studies at Lehigh University. During the era of mass migration from Europe to the United States, people who’d emigrated suddenly had no way to celebrate major holidays with those they’d left behind. So Jewish families began creating elaborate postcards to celebrate Rosh Hashanah. “They were this gorgeous new art form,” EichlerLevine says. “People could share their sentiments even though they could not physically be there with their loved ones.” The key this year, Sanderson says, may be accepting that things needs to evolve — and avoiding comparisons with celebrations from years past. If you try to replicate past holidays exactly, it’s likely that this year’s will feel inferior. But if we can embrace

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After a socially-distanced Rosh Hashanah supper with neighbors in Jennifer Fliss’s Seattle driveway, her children played in the rain, as seen in this photo from Sept. 19, . With COVID-19 still a threat, the family will likely have a similar celebration on Thanksgiving. changes, we might really enjoy it. Liz Devitt’s Christmas celebration this year is a prime example. Devitt knew that outdoor meals in Massachusetts would be easier in September than on Christmas Day, and it seemed wise to get together with her elderly parents before COVID cases likely rise this winter. So in mid-September, Devitt locked up her home in St. Louis and made the 20-hour trek to Boston. Soon she was ﬁlling Christmas stockings at her mother’s home and admiring sentimental ornaments on a tree at her Dad’s house. Her family has a slew of favorite traditions. They incorporated the ones they could: Along with giving each other piles of scratchoff lottery tickets, “we had the stockings. We had the Christmas cards. We had

the Christmas music and the candles,” she says. “And we had our sappy Hallmark Christmas romance movies.” And they skipped those that were impossible, like cutting down a Christmas tree together at a farm near her father’s house. It wasn’t normal, she says, celebrating Christmas on Sept. 27 with her dad and Oct. 3 with her mom. But it was kind of wonderful. Bree Carroll, an Air Force spouse, is hoping she’ll have the same sort of different-but-wonderful holiday season this year. Carroll is an event planner. Last year, she helped Every Warrior Network stage a Thanksgiving feast for 1,000 airmen and their families at a convention center in Shreveport, Louisiana — something now unimaginable during the pandemic. So this year, from her new

home at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, Carroll is organizing families to each share their Thanksgiving holiday with one or two of the single airmen who live on base. It’s the perfect year to “give them a place to call home,” she says, because they won’t be able to travel to see their own relatives. “Traditions are something that we should hold dear and hold close,” Carroll says. “But also, there are opportunities to do some different things and share in other people’s traditions and cultures.” A pandemic “doesn’t have to be like a deal-breaker when it comes to holidays like this,” she says. “You just have to get creative and just focus on the heart of the why. Why are we getting together for these holidays?”

Office: 573-243-8811 Liz Abernathy, GRI Broker-Owner

1435 N. Mount Auburn, Suite 200 573-334-2121 • c21cape.com 3125 East Jackson Blvd. 573-987-0721 • jacksonc21.com Monday - Friday - 8:30 - 5:00 Saturday - 9:30 - 12:30

Tim Merideth Broker/Owner

GET OUT OF TOWN

20051040

OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 1:00-3:00 PM

20075259 $195,000

20056574

$59,000

20078237 Lizzie Hosler 573-837-6667

NEW LISTING

• 3 bedrooms, 2 baths • Corner lot NEW PRICE

$119,900

20077113

$118,000

• 2 bedrooms, 1 bath • 2 commercial lots

$73,000

20047302

$354,900

20068651

LORETTA KINCAID 579-8910

LET IT HELP ON THE PAYMENT

INVESTMENT PACKAGE

20048447

LIVE IN ONE-RENT OTHER

20046826

• Great opportunity awaits in Cape • Updates – counters, floors etc. • Kitchen appliances – W& D as well! • Off street parking

PAULA BIERMAN 450-4492

LADONNA DALTON 450-1620

$163,900

20072236 • 3 bedrooms, 2 baths • Open floor plan

KimBaker 573-579-2378

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StanleyKoeller 573-979-0241

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PattyMain 573-579-9893

KarlaMarquart 573-450-0459

JanMcClanahan 573-270-8140

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TaraNewell-Koehler 573-275-0139

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CathyTrentham BekkyUnderwood 573-382-0050 573-380-3128

DavidVoshage 573-450-9858

WHAT A SETTING

KENNY MERRIMAN GRI 212-0066

LAURA LINCOLN 450-0878

NICOLE VANGENNIP 579-2377

KATHRYN KEESEE 275-7173

2 FOR ONE PRICE

• Ranch with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths • 1 1/5 Story with 3 bedrooms, 1 bath • Properties located next to each other • Appliances included

AMBER HAMILTON 837-3687

JERRY MCELRATH 579-2771

ESTELEE WOOD 275-7487

AARON ABERNATHY BROKER/MGR 225-0346

TERRY SMITH 314-640-1350

TAYLOR PINKERTON 576-7999

KATHRYN BOLLINGER 579-2115

MICHELLE STULL 270-9655

MICHELLE QUADE 450-4869

243-8811 • 1-866-689-5988 | 2737 E. Jackson Blvd., Suite A, Jackson, MO www.abernathyrealty.com

TeresaAufdenberg 573-380-8178

VickiStroud 573-576-7742

TINA MCMAHON 275-1509

BILL STOVALL GRI - SALES/ MGR 450-4793

20050413

• Gorgeous half acre plus setting in town! • Beautiful architecture throughout • 3 Bedroom, 3 bath with mostly finished basement • Perfect gathering place for family & friends

• 3 bedrooms, 2 baths • ½ acre lot

• NEW CONSTRUCTION • 4 bedrooms, 3 baths

StaceyStorey 573-450-4740

LISA BOOTON 450-2438

LINDA BROWN 979-0313

NEW CONSTRUCTION

• Spacious floor plan – 2600 square feet • Cathedral ceiling – Quartz counters • 4 bedrooms, 2 baths – Storm room • Underground utilities

$74,450

20059335

• 2 bedrooms, 1 bath • Wood burning fireplace

FLIP OR KEEP

• Take advantage of this low price • 3 Acre Cape County setting • Put your renovation vision to use • Let’s talk about the options

LARRY BILL 579-5317

20018332

• 3 bedrooms, 2 baths • 5.51 acres

20073591

GOT SKILLS?

NEW LISTING

Open House in Cape Girardeau

1819 Niemann Drive, Cape Girardeau, MO Directions: Perryville Rd to Niemann Dr

TOTAL REMODEL

• Outstanding woodwork • Living - volume beamed ceiling • Awesome stone fireplace • Every room is a winner!

“Each office is independently owned and operated”

A TRUE ENTERTAINER

UPCOMING AREA

HunterWilliams 573-380-3504

AbbieKidd 573-275-7693

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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Bridgeport REALTORS

Each Office Independently Owned and Operated 109 S. Broadview, Cape Girardeau, MO

“Highest Overall Satisfaction for Repeat Home Sellers Among National Full Service Real Estate Firms.”

OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY

NEW LISTING

20025125

Your Host: Bob Herbst

$499,000

20077808

$259,900

19002208

YOU WON’T BELIEVE THE SIZE OF THESE ROOMS! • Separate dining, huge kitchen, and den • Beautiful light airy home! • Located on a dead-end street

3027 Keystone, Cape Girardeau Directions: Mt Auburn to Keystone QUALITY WORKMANSHIP THROUGHOUT IN THIS ELEGANT HOME • Cherry crown molding, bookcases, and hardwood floors • Curved open stairway creates a stunning focal point in the entry way • Rear stairs provides easy access from the kitchen and family room to the 2nd floor

20017113

$29,500 COMMERCIAL LOT

• Zoned C-1 • Corner lot, high traffic area

PENDING IN 5 DAYS

PENDING IN 1 DAY

$84,900

20075547

$600,000

PRIME VACANT LAND 1.4+/- ACRES • Located across the main entrance to Century Casino • Ideal location for a varied development possibilities including an apartment complex or wide range of commercial use • High traffic count

20073403

NICE YARD WITH SHADE

$126,900

THREE BEDROOMS, TWO BATH HOME • Full walk-up basement

• Very clean • Located in Jackson school district

PENDING IN 5 DAYS

$129,900

20075271

20074139

$132,900

CUTE HOME MINUTES FROM SHOPPING AND RESTAURANTS

ALL BRICK RANCH ON QUIET STREET • Large garage, 1½ baths, full basement • Hardwood floors in bedrooms, large kitchen and living room • Covered patio, nice utility shed, level yard

• Sun porch, wood floors in great room • Fenced in yard

PENDING IN 1 DAY

CUSTOM HOME PROFESSIONALLY DESIGNED AND DECORATED OWNER WILL CONSIDER TRADE • A lot of natural light with 13’ ceiling and defined rooms but open and inviting • Top of the line appliances • Two master suites separated with combined living areas

WARM AND INVITING WITH HUGE BACK DECK • Partly finished basement • Stainless steel appliances • Beautiful street, near the Park

Lisa Friese 579-2891

Linda Wissmann 270-5072

Jennifer Pinkerton 275-7798

20011732

$1,850,000

19009561

$164,900

20076581

Amelia Mansfield 579-7721

Don & Betty Lou Vogel

587-0172

Martha Hamilton 450-0704

Marcia Schlueter 225-8202

Karen Mogelnicki 225-8781

CONDO RENTAL-PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL

Debbie East 382-2255

• Great location on the beach • Three bedrooms, two baths • Close to everything • Call Roger Skinner 573-579-1408

Jane Clark 270-0250

Darren Ellis 450-9501

Connie Ponder 579-7266

Ricki Ing 270-1821

Robert Herbst 450-9278

$5,500,000

OVER 8,400 SQ. FT. FEATURING 20 ROOMS • Historic home • House remains virtually unchanged since the last addition in 1892 • Eight bedrooms, six full baths and one half bath

Donna Strup 979-4056

Jo Duff 450-1255

Jeff Heflin 579-4981

Roger Skinner Broker-Owner • 579-1408

Diana Kershaw Office Manager

bhhsbridgeport.com • Call 573-335-0121

Visit CapeAreaHomes.com 2511 Independence, Suite 100 Cape Girardeau, MO Office: (573) 335-8111

1202 Greenway Jackson, MO Office: (573) 243-2555

301 High St Marble Hill, MO Office: (573) 238-5090

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OPEN SUNDAY NEW LISTING

12:00-2:00

1:00-3:00

NEW LISTING

2:30-4:00

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NEW LISTING

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20078157

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(573) 513-0097

1:00-3:00

20077413 HOSTED BY:

Emily McElreath (573) 579-7866

$159,900

20077968

805 Cecile Dr Jackson

$134,900

HOSTED BY:

Jackson Blvd to Farmington Rd to Cecile Dr NEW LISTING

$159,900 1318 Perryville Rd Cape Girardeau Broadway St to Perryville Rd

20075842

417 Cedar St Jackson Beckie Tripp (573) 270-4402

HOSTED BY:

20073967

HOSTED BY:

Shawnee Blvd/Ridge Rd to Mulberry St, (R) on Cedar St

1:00-3:00

20053613

$179,900

$94,500

701 N Farmington Rd Jackson Debbie Thurman (573) 450-1063

HOSTED BY:

Jackson Blvd to N Farmington Rd

20077914

1230 College St Cape Girardeau

$159,900 1401 Parkmor Dr Cape Girardeau

HOSTED BY:

Justin Eskew (573) 703-3795

William St to S West End Blvd to College St

Alex Kies (573) 986-1148

Lexington Ave to Amblewood Dr to Brookshire Rd to Parkmor Dr

12:00-1:30

$429,500 2230 Derbyshire Ln Cape Girardeau

Trevor Bowles Lexington Ave to Abbey Rd, (573) 450-5054 (R) on Derbyshire Ln

20075188 HOSTED BY:

DebbieThurman (573) 450-1063

$156,000 110 Zimmerman St Marble Hill Broadway to Zimmerman St

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Volume 117 • Issue 43

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St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church • 1913 Ritter Drive, Cape Girardeau Join St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church on Saturday, November 28, for a carry out meal between 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. It is not a sit-down meal and will be carry outs only. Meal To-Go bags will be provided for anyone who comes by. Vincent’s Vittles is a dinner hosted the last Saturday of every month. There is no cost! The church is located at 1913 Ritter Dr. Come and bring a friend.

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35TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL

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Historic Downtown Ste. Genevieve • Ste. Genevieve, MO Celebrate the holidays in style! Highlights include a Christmas Parade that begins at 11 a.m., free hot dogs for kids under 12, photos with Santa & Mrs. Claus and over 30 free musical programs performed throughout the historic district this weekend. Enjoy carolers in the streets and holiday refreshments as you shop for treasures in the charming shops and galleries downtown. Visit our award winning wine country. Bring some friends and enjoy some heart-warming holiday cheer! MASK REQUIRED AT ALL INDOOR CONCERTS & LECTURES PER REQUEST OF MUSICAINS AND SPEAKERS. For more info call: 800-373-7007 or visit www.visitstegen.com.

Today’s Featured Events Winter Bass Skills-Virtual Program

Virtual Children’s Craft Tutorial

Homeschool Hub Virtual Session

1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday

10:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesday

2 to 3 p.m. Wednesday

Virtual Program, Conservation Nature Center in Cape Girardeau

Riverside Regional Library

Gobble, gobble!! Get ready for your Thanksgiving celebration by making an awesome Turkey with Mrs. A. Craft kits will be available at all Riverside Regional Library branch. Tutorial will be available on the Library’s Facebook page and YouTube channel. (573) 243-8141

Join Mrs. A for this 30 to 45-minute Zoom session designed for homeschoolers ages 5 to 14. This session will feature Fall Science Experiments. Supply kits will be available at all Riverside Library branches starting on November 20. Contact Mrs. A at asmithey@rrlmo.org for information about the session. (573) 243-8141

Experienced anglers know some of the largest lunkers of the year are pulled from the water during winter. Come join us for this virtual program and learn where to fish and what lures to use when the thermometer bottoms out. Whether you fish for smallmouth, largemouth or spotted bass, this program is sure to give you the edge this winter and may even help to get that photo of a lifetime to brag about. (573) 290-5218

River: 19.3 feet and falling Sunrise: 6:47 a.m. Sunset: 4:43 p.m. Daylight: 9 hours and 56 minutes Yesterday’s High: 54 Low: 30

Four-day forecast Wednesday

Thursday

Heavy rain and a thunderstorm

Plenty of sunshine

High: 63 Low: 37 River: 19.2 feet and falling

High: 57 Low: 39 River: 20.4 feet and rising

Friday

Sun and clouds High: 59 Low: 38 River: 21.1 feet and falling

Saturday

Partly sunny and cooler High: 52 Low: 37 River: 21.1 feet and steadying

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Other Events Body sculpt class 5:30 to 6:30 a.m. Tuesday

Country Fuzion 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday

Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau

River Region Photo Association display 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday

16th Annual Christmas Tree exhibit 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily

Conservation Nature Center in Cape Girardeau

Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum in Altenburg, Missouri

(573) 290-5218

‘Art in the Time of COVID’ 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau

‘Cityscapes’ exhibition 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Wednesday Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau

River Region Photo Association display 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday Conservation Nature Center in Cape Girardeau

(573) 290-5218

‘Smorgasbord’ exhibition 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday and Tuesday Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau

Yule Log Cabin open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily Yule Log Cabin in Scott City

Gentle yoga 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau

Visual Arts Cooperative window exhibitors: Anita Dickerson and Marty Riley 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday Arts Council of Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau

Glenn House Paint for a Cause Noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday Painted Wren Art Gallery in Cape Girardeau

10% Tuesday— Megan Pridemore and Family 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday

(573) 579-1000, (573) 837-9514

Gordonville Grill in Gordonville

Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau

Visual Arts Cooperative window exhibitors: Anita Dickerson and Marty Riley 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday

Missouri Bicentennial Paint for a Cause 1 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday

Arts Council of Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau

Glenn House Paint for a Cause Noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday Painted Wren Art Gallery in Cape Girardeau

(573) 579-1000, (573) 837-9514

Pilates Noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday

Painted Wren Art Gallery in Cape Girardeau

(573) 579-1000, (573) 837-9514

GriefShare 1 to 3 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday

Cardio drumming 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau

Barre workout 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau

Holiday Symphony and Choir Concert 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Bedell Performance Hall in Cape Girardeau

‘Southeast Dance Project’ 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Wendy Kurka Rust Flexible Theatre, River Campus in Cape Girardeau

Gobble Wobble 5K and 1 Mile 7 a.m. Thursday Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau

Insanity & Core de Force 5:30 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. Friday

Ice Age Exhibit, Dinosaur Herd, World War II Exhibit Noon to 4:30 p.m. Friday

Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau

Butts & Guts Noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday

(573) 339-0302, ext. 116

Pump40 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday

(573) 290-5218

Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau

Pump Lite 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday

Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau

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Zumba 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday

Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau

Conservation Nature Center in Cape Girardeau

Imperial Building in Cape Girardeau

Bosu Blast 5:30 to 6:30 a.m. Wednesday

LaCroix United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau

Winter Bass Skills — virtual program 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday

Alanon Meeting : Help and Hope for Families and Friends of Alcoholics 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday

Bollinger County Museum of Natural History in Marble Hill, Missouri

(573) 238-1174

Riverfront Yoga 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday 8 to 9 a.m. Saturday Cape Girardeau Riverfront

(573) 339-6604

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IN THE MOTION SportsTrace aims to help athletes by analyzing video of their movements BY MARIA SWAN CHILDRESS

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SportsTrace co-founder Max Montrey first heard of Cape Girardeau while researching where to relocate his business out of Seattle. Montrey and co-founder Alex Gardner were brainstorming — how can they get a presence closer to the center of the U.S. where their customers are and where they could drive to places and talk to people? It was almost in concert with that session when they came upon the 1ST50K competition and applied. They traveled to Cape Girardeau for Codefi’s 1ST50K presentations and, the next week were informed SportsTrace was selected as one of the winners of $50,000. “The entire time, I was like, ‘I can’t believe this is going to happen.’ I’m still a little bit in shock,” Montrey said. He drove to Cape Girardeau from Seattle in late August and started in his new office inside Codefi on Sept. 1. SportsTrace, incorporated this year, is a technology startup company created and designed to help athletes win, using uploaded video to break down an athlete’s movements in order to figure out what went wrong and what went right during a swing, pitch, etc. The idea for SportsTrace began while Montrey was working for the Microsoft e-commerce store. He came across a camera for Xbox Kinect — a video-game system using motion-sensing technology — and took a day off to play around with it. Because of his history playing and coaching baseball and softball, he realized there was an opportunity to use the camera to figure out what a person’s body was doing consistently or inconsistently, but it was cumbersome dragging around a computer, the camera and a bunch of power cords. “So, for about the last year, I’ve been trying to figure out if it would work with a regular camera. Fun fact: It does,” Montrey said. Since then, they’ve been working on product-market fit. The idea of finding product-market fit for Montrey and Gardner was to actually obtain a customer, which meant talking to sports teams. They were successful with Rice University’s baseball team.

How it works SportsTrace automatically analyzes either training or in-game video and provides personalized recommendations for athletes and coaches. The app delivers athletes information about their most important asset

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SportsTrace co-founders Alex Gardner, left, and Max Montrey pose for a photo on the balcony of Top of the Marq in downtown Cape Girardeau.

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The SportsTrace app automatically analyzes either training or in-game video and provides personalized recommendations for athletes and coaches. The app delivers athletes information about their most important asset, their bodies, using video captured on a cellular phone, all within 5 minutes of the time SportsTrace gets the video. — their body — using video captured on a cellphone, all within 5 minutes of the time SportsTrace gets the video. Once the video is uploaded, it’s broken down into pieces. For example, a user uploads a video of 10 tennis serves. SportsTrace breaks it into the 10 serves, each one individually, and in order. The software is able to identify it was tennis, and it was tennis serving, speciﬁcally. From there, sports measurements are taken in reference to the duration of each individual serve and of all the serves taken, and of all the athlete’s movements. The software knows what matters, such as arm angle, point of contact, the

moment the athlete starts moving and other factors. Once measurements are taken, SportsTrace can see what’s consistent and what’s inconsistent, in order to provide recommendations. And those recommendations are based on experience, research and talking to lots of coaches and industry experts spanning beyond sports to physiotherapy, as well. The company goal is to become the leader in sports analytics, starting with sports training, but looking to venture into streaming/ broadcast sports and then beyond. Montrey said they’re talking with some professional baseball teams and their minor league affiliates, as well as with an English premier league soccer team. “We’ve talked to folks in soccer, baseball, softball, tennis, golf and cricket right now,” Montrey said. “Those are really good sports for us in terms of isolated scenarios.” Since being in Cape Girardeau, SportsTrace has signed its ﬁrst three teams, totaling about 100 users. “I just had a conversation with a woman who plays professional basketball in Italy, which is fun. We’re trying to ﬁgure out if there is something there. Truth be told, I don’t know,” Montrey said. Montrey and Gardner are headquartered in Cape Girardeau, and they’ve hired an additional employee since relocating. Starting the company during a year when a pandemic struck has had its challenges, such as not having live sports. “I guess the good news is that, because we operate on any kind of video, it was pretty easy for us to actually get videos from athletes, usually from some they had stored,” Montrey added.

This year, Codefi’s annual 1ST50K competition had four winners — SportsTrace, Swipesum, Upswot and Venku. The Southeast Missourian will put the spotlight on each of the new companies. Montrey said he prefers to see the challenge as an opportunity. “I’ve had the chance to network with people around the world since the beginning of April — like 500 different conversations,” he said. “It’s given us the ability to explore different kinds of partnerships.” The co-founders, who both worked for Microsoft, are enjoying life in Cape Girardeau and meeting members of the community. “Being mentored by some of the great business people here in town has been awesome. Being able to do that in person, even better,” Montrey said. James Stapleton, founder of Codeﬁ said, “Max and Alex are great examples of tech founders who could have kept their jobs at Microsoft, excellent jobs, but wanted to do more. More for themselves and more for their customers while they use their skills to enhance the opportunities for others who love sports. What a pleasure to have them in Cape.”

ill 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 JAY WOLZ turnouts despite From the recom(Home) Busi- mendaness Desk ... tions from is a weekly health column by authoribusiness ties and editor Jay governWolz. To ment submit news, officials reach him at to avoid jwolz@semis- large sourian.com. gatherings because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some retailers will begin their Black Friday sales Thursday, while others are starting their sales early this week. Not to be outdone, several online retailers began their Black Friday campaigns weeks ago. Although they don’t reﬂect Black Friday sales, Cape County’s latest salestax numbers continue to exceed expectations. Figures released last week by the Cape County Collector’s Office show the county received $525,565.25 in sales tax receipts this month, which was 5.25% more than the county logged in November 2019. For the year, Cape County is running almost 5.1% ahead of last year’s pace and, with $7,065.343.74 collected to date, there’s little doubt the county’s sales-tax revenue this year will easily exceed last year’s record $7,376,389.06 generated by the tax. Meanwhile, the county’s use tax, driven by out-ofstate and online commerce, is running almost 38.7% ahead of last year. According to County Collector Roger Hudson, Cape County received $176,745.52 through its use tax this month, up more than 36.6% from the $129,338.37 the county received in use-tax revenue in November 2019. To date, the county’s use tax has generated $1,641,155.52 in 2020, far exceeding last year’s record total of almost $1.3 million. It appears likely the use tax will approach,

and possibly exceed, $1.8 million this year.

Deal Finder closing next weekend Despite healthy sales-tax data indicating healthy retail activity in Cape County, a discount retailer announced last week it will close its doors in a few days. Deal Finder, 342 S. Kingshighway, posted on its Facebook page Thursday its last day of operation will be Sunday, Nov. 29. “With the recent move and expansion of Deal Bins (2136 William St., Suite 119 in the Town Plaza Shopping Center), and an expiring lease term at the South Kingshighway location, we have made the difficult decision to close Deal Finder,” according to the post, which said a “store closing” sale, including store ﬁxtures, is underway. “Though the Deal Finder location is closing, our company is not going out of business,” the company post emphasized. “As we continue to grow the Deal Bins store, we will soon be resuming our online auctions directly from our warehouse. We will also be introducing a wholesale direct pallet buying program, offering great deals on entire pallets of merchandise arriving by the truckload at our warehouse.”

Jackson chamber will host unusual banquet in 2021 Rather than cancel or postpone its 2021 membership banquet this winter because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce plans to host its annual gathering at an unusual venue — the Rock ’N’ Roll Drive-In along Highway 25 north of Chaffee. Chamber president Brian Gerau announced the location and date (Wednesday, March 3) during the chamber’s membership breakfast Friday. By having the chamber event at the drive-in, attendees will be able to maintain safe, social distance from each other. The program that evening will include video presentations on the drive-in screen followed by a showing of the movie “Office Space.” More details about the banquet will be announced in a few weeks, Gerau said. See DESK, Page 5A

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Be Chosen Academy is ‘more than just a gym’; holiday kiosks open; Turner retires BY JAY WOLZ

A variety of group “squad” trainings will be offered through Be Chosen, including what Arkorful describes as “a fusion of boxing fundamentals, high intensity interval training, strength and endurance training and mobility improvement. Training is also available for youth and teen athletes. Be Chosen Academy is at 2117 William St. in Cape Girardeau. More information is available online at BeChosenAcademy.com.

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e 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.” Arkorful has been boxing for more than 13 years and said he created the concept behind the Be Chosen Academy after deciding “anyone can be an athlete, no matter their fitness level or challenges.” After playing football at Southeast Missouri State University, Arkorful spent

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Kweku Arkorful gives instruction during a class Friday at Be Chosen Academy in Cape Girardeau. some time playing with the Florida Tarpons, an indoor professional football team in Lakeland, Florida, until he was diagnosed with Wolfe-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome. That diagnosis, he said, required him to avoid “rigorous” activity and taught him the “power of persevering through physical adversity.” His pro football career over,

Arkorful returned to Cape Girardeau and looked for ways to support the community. “I’ve been an athlete for as long as I can remember and I wanted to see my passion for ﬁtness spread throughout Cape,” he said. “I’ve always wanted to provide a ﬁtness platform for people, especially those unaware of how athletic they actually are, so I decided to open Be Chosen.”

Several seasonal stores open at West Park Mall Just in time for the holiday season, several temporary gift kiosks and home décor shops have opened (or are about to open) at Cape Girardeau’s West Park Mall. The stores and retail kiosks include: Billy Goat Hill, featuring handmade “country chic” crafts for the home, such as snowmen, seasonal wreaths and wall- and door hangers. Rudolph & Me, offering personalized ornaments

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suitable for Christmas trees and table displays. Papa Jerky, selling a variety of beef jerky and other tasty treats. Holyland Gifts, featuring handcrafted olive wood holiday décor gifts. More information may be found at shopwestpark.com.

to Old Town Cape and the Missouri Main Street Connection that we’re a part of to begin the process of searching for a new director,” board president Terry Tuschoff said. “We hope to ﬁll the position by the ﬁrst of the year and have someone in place by early 2021.”

Turner retires, search on BBB presents three for new UJRO director 2020 Torch Awards Uptown Jackson Revitalization Organization has begun a search for a new executive director following the retirement of Steve Turner from the position. Turner, who was Steve Turner UJRO’s ﬁrst full-time director, informed the organization’s board of directors of his retirement plans last month. The board met last week to discuss the search for Turner’s successor. “We have reached out

Three Cape Girardeau businesses have been recognized with 2020 Torch Awards by the local office of the Better Business Bureau. “BBB Torch Awards recognize companies committed to exceptional service and high ethics,” said Whitney Quick, regional director of the BBB office in Cape Girardeau. “These organizations have truly joined BBB’s mission of advancing marketplace trust in an exemplary way, particularly in this extraordinary year. They are role models for other businesses in the community. See NOTEBOOK, Page 4A

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Notebook From Page 3A The Cape Girardeau ﬁrms chosen to receive Torch Awards are: Around the Clock Medical Alarms, providing push-button medical alarms to older adults and people with medical conditions. Its mission, owner Linda Bass said, is “to empower our customers to be able to safely maintain their independence for as long as possible.” Holloway Carpet One Floor and Home, a third-generation family-owned ﬂooring retailer and installer. “We strive to make each customer’s experience the best it can be,” manager Jared Holloway said. the room. Hair Design Studio, a hair salon owned by Kanaan Rhodes, who said the salon’s staff “will continue to learn and grow as businesspeople and as specialists because that is what each and every client deserves.”

SEMO’s SBDC schedules two free workshops Small Business Development Center at Southeast Missouri State University will offer a pair of free onehour online workshops in December designed to help businesses succeed and thrive. The workshops, dates and times are: Designing an Impactful Onboarding Experience — 11 a.m. Dec. 10. This workshop will include information on how to design an onboarding process that will help new employees succeed in their new positions. Register online at missouri.ecenterdirect.com/ events/22513. Creating Your Brand Experience — 11 a.m. Dec. 15. The goal of this program is to look at ways to create and implement a powerful brand. The link to register for this workshop is missouri.ecenterdirect.com/ events/22514. Links to Zoom connections for the workshops will be emailed to participants upon registration. Both workshops are

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Joe Killian of Cape Girardeau, left, discussed electric vehicles Tuesday with Patrick Justis, manager of efficient electrification with Ameren Missouri, as Justis charged his Nissan Leaf at one of the electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in front of Schnucks, 19 S. Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau. Ameren and Schnucks cut a ribbon last week to open the charging stations where electric-vehicle owners pay about 25 cents for a kilowatt hour of electricity. According to Justis, it costs about the same to fully charge an EV as it does to fill a standard gasoline-powered vehicle.

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Missouri AG announces $113M Apple settlement Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced last week he and a coalition of more than 30 other attorneys general have reached a $113 million settlement with Apple Inc. in connection with the company’s decision in 2016 to “throttle” iPhone speeds The multistate investigation was led by the attorneys general in Arizona, Arkansas and Indiana, and was supported by their counterparts in Missouri, Louisiana, Ohio, Texas, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia. Based on the investigation, the attorneys general alleged Apple discovered battery issues were leading to unexpected iPhone shutdowns, but rather than disclosing the issue or replacing batteries, Apple concealed the problem from customers. Apple issued a software update in late 2016 reducing

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Several composite utility poles await installation Friday along South Sprigg Street, south of the Buzzi Unicem cement plant. The poles are one component of Ameren Missouri’s Smart Energy plan to upgrade Missouri’s electric distribution system. When completed next month, the $1.3 million line upgrade along South Sprigg Street will provide more reliable power to about 3,400 business and residential customers in downtown Cape Girardeau and the surrounding area.

iPhone performance in an effort to avoid unexpected shutdowns. Schmitt and the other attorneys general alleged Apple’s concealment of the battery issues and decision to throttle iPhone performance enable Apple to proﬁt by selling additional phones to consumers whose phone performance Apple had slowed. Under the settlement, Apple will pay Missouri more than $3.4 million. Apple must also provide consumer disclosures about iPhone battery health, performance and power management.

candidates to complete their testing in a safe and convenient online setting. “It’s important, especially given the challenges we’ve faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, that we explore every possible way to make the process of becoming a licensed insurance producer in Missouri as accessible as possible,” said Chlora Lindley-Myers, director of the Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance. For more information or to schedule a proctored online exam, visit home.pearsonvue. com/mo/insurance.

Insurance license exam State job centers may now be taken online now open by The Missouri Departappointment only ment of Commerce and Insurance has begun offering online-proctored insurance producer examinations in addition to an on-site testing option for producer license candidates. The new option for completing examination requirements became available last week and allows license

Beginning last week, all Missouri Job Center locations are open for in-person services by appointment only. The policy is intended to help protect staff and clients from spreading COVID-19, according to a statement released by the Missouri Office of Workforce

Development (OWD). Staff at the state’s Job Center locations have been wearing face masks, but as of last week, customers at Job Center offices are also required to wear them. The appointment and face mask requirements are in place through the end of the year, but could be extended into 2021, according to the OWD statement. Missouri Job Center offices are intended to be one-stop shops for displaced workers and those looking for employment or a career change. Job Center staff provides assistance with ﬁnding training opportunities to learn new skills, resume writing, job interview preparations, and connections with other state agencies and resources. Job seekers and displaced workers who are uncomfortable visiting a Job Center in person may still access services by phone at (888) 7285637 or online at jobs.mo.gov. More information is also available at jobs.mo.gov/return-strong.

People on the Move Former Southeast Missourian journalist Marybeth Niederkorn has been named director of the Cape Girardeau County Archive Center. Niederkorn, a resident of Marybeth Jackson Niederkorn and a Cape County native, brings a strong research background and passion for local history to the position. In addition to her work at the Missourian, where she earned several statewide awards for her writing and reporting, Niederkorn has also taught and tutored English composition students at Southeast Missouri State University and at Mineral Area College in Park Hills, Missouri. She is a graduate of Notre Dame Regional High School and earned two degrees at Southeast Missouri State, an undergraduate degree in philosophy and a graduate degree in professional writing. Cape Girardeau native

Maggie Farrell has been appointed diversity and human resources manager for S.M. Wilson & Co. in St. Louis. Farrell joined S.M. Wilson in 2018 and has been an integral Maggie part of the Farrell company’s diversity, equity and inclusion objectives, sitting on the company’s employee engagement committee, collegiate development committee and #SMWill, the company’s charitable giving organization. In her new role, Farrell is responsible for leading the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, establishing company policy and forming a diversity, equity and inclusion committee. She also manages S.M. Wilson’s onboarding, training and mentoring programs and will work with subcontractors and accrediting agencies to achieve diversity goals, monitor workforce inclusion hours and implement a community engagement plan. She is a graduate of Saint Louis University, where she earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in social work. Before joining S.M. Wilson, she worked for an HIV prevention and care not-for-proﬁt organization and Epworth Children and Family Services.

Awards & Recognitions Kelly Birk, a licensed practical nurse at the Veterans Affairs clinic in Cape Girardeau, was recently presented with a DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses in recogniKelly Birk tion of her nursing care for veterans at the clinic. Birk, a resident of Jackson, was nominated for a DAISY Award by one of her patients, who said she goes “above and beyond” with his care. See NOTEBOOK, Page 5A

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Desk From Page 3A Virus dampens plans for family gatherings Study lists Missouri among least safe states The turkey is in the freezer. So are the pies and frozen vegetables. We’ve got baked potatoes, sweet potatoes and all the ingredients for stuffing, dressing, casseroles and dinner rolls. I even found my oldest daughter’s favorite ham at the Schnucks in Festus, Missouri. As of a week ago, we had just about everything for a Thanksgiving gathering with our daughters (who live hundreds of miles from each other), their husbands and our grandchildren. And then, toward the end of last week and in light of mushrooming COVID-19

case numbers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advised Americans not to travel and avoid even small Thanksgiving gatherings with immediate family members. Just like that, our family Thanksgiving plans, which probably would have included a “driveway” visit with my 89-year-old mother so she could see her great-grandchildren, were dashed. (Although, as of this writing, it was my understanding our daughters were still trying to ﬁgure out whether there’s a way we can “safely” get together Thursday.) It’s probably just as well. A new report issued by the personal ﬁnance website WalletHub last week ranked Missouri 47th out of all 50 states in a report ranking the “safest states to spend Thanksgiving.” WalletHub’s study compared each state on the basis of 10 key metrics to see which provide the safest conditions for the Thanksgiving holiday. Some

metrics measured how well each state is handling the COVID-19 pandemic — such as positive test rates and deaths per capita over the past week. Other metrics in the study included general safety data, such as each state’s crime rates and the average number of DUI-related fatalities in November. The “safest” states for Thanksgiving gatherings, according to the WalletHub study, are Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire and New York. On the other end of the spectrum, the study said the least safe states (in addition to Missouri) are North and South Dakota, Montana and New Mexico. Meanwhile, the study ranked Kentucky 20th, Arkansas 35th, Illinois 37th and Tennessee 39th. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Do you crave business news? Check out B Magazine, and the B Magazine email newsletter. Check it out at semissourian.com/ newsletters to ﬁnd out more.

Notebook From Page 4A Three of Birk’s family members are military veterans and she said working for the VA is “a good way to give back to our vets.” DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System. The award was established in memory of J. Patrick Barnes by members of his family after he died at age 33 in 1999 from complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, a little-known but not uncommon autoimmune disease. The care Barnes and his family received during his illness inspired the family to create the award, which is administered through

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the not-for-proﬁt DAISY Foundation.

ber members also elected Chris Cole to a three-year term on the Jackson Industrial Development Council Board of Directors. The Jackson chamber will host a “virtual” version of a “Maximize Your Membership” program from 9 until 10 a.m. Dec. 2 via the Zoom meeting platform. The online program is intended to let chamber members know about the beneﬁts of their membership and how the chamber can help businesses succeed and grow. Although the program is free of charge, participants are asked to register in advance in order to receive a Zoom meeting invitation. More information is available by calling the chamber at (573) 243-8131.

Chamber Notes Members of the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce elected seven members to its board of directors Friday during the organization’s November breakfast meeting. Elected to three-year terms were incumbent board members Merideth Pobst, Ron Niswonger and Scott Givens. Also elected were new board members Travis Niswonger, Beth Keller, Mike Seabaugh and Laura Findlay. Three outgoing board members — Wade “Pee Wee” Bartles, Jeff Slinkard and Kyle Thompson — were acknowledged during the breakfast. In addition to electing chamber board members at Friday’s breakfast, cham-

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

OBITUARIES

Julie Abernathy

Lanie Black III

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 Julie Ann Simon McLain. June surAbernathy vives 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. Julie Ann was an associate manager at Pizza Inn in Fruitland. She was a member of Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar. Julie was a dedicated wife, mother and grandmother. Survivors include four sons, John (Alexandra) Abernathy of Farrar, Joshua (Sarah) Abernathy of Jackson, Nathan (Ginny) Abernathy of Gallipolis Ferry, West Virginia and Caleb (Alexandria) Abernathy of Jack-

son; daughter, Sarah Lawrence of Hillsboro, Missouri; brother, Jim (Christine) McLain of Council Grove; sister, Janet (Teddy) Buchman of Gillette, Wyoming; seven grandchildren, Lillian, Grace, Vivian, Samuel, Amelia, Holden and Elias, and two on the way. She was preceded in death by her father and four grandchildren. Visitation will be 6:30 to 8 a.m. today at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville, Missouri. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. today at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar, with the Rev. Wayne Schwiesow officiating and the Rev. Michael Kettner serving as liturgist. Burial will be at Point Rest Cemetery in Crosstown, Missouri. In lieu of ﬂowers, memorial contributions may be given to Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar, Zion Lutheran Church in Crosstown or Calvary Lutheran Church in Council Grove. Online condolences may be made at fordandyoungfuneralhome.com.

Peggy Borgfield 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 marPeggy ried June 7, 1953, in Oak Borgfield Ridge. Peggy was a graduate of Oak Ridge High School. She retired from K-mart. She was a 67-year member of St. John’s United Church of Christ in Fruitland; a member of Elks Auxiliary No. 2652 in Jackson; and for over 50 years, was a member of both the Eastern Star and the American Legion Auxiliary in Jackson. Loving survivors include her husband of 67 years, Kenneth Borgfield of Jackson; a son, Steve (Carol) Borgfield of Jackson; two granddaughters Sara (Adam) Meyer

and Ashley Borgfield, both of Jackson; four great-grandchildren, Hunter Borgfield, Adalynn Meyer and Zoey Schaffer, all of Jackson, and Grant Meyer of Oak Ridge; four sisters, JoElla Grieve, Bonnie (Larry) Wiseman, Paulette Stone and Carol Garrett; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and two daughters, Cindy Borgfield and Karen Vogelsang. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to service time Wednesday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with Dr. Rodney Pensel officiating. Interment will follow at St. John’s Cemetery in Fruitland. Memorials may take the form of contributions to St. John’s United Church of Christ Cemetery. Online condolences may be sent to the family by clicking on the “Tribute Wall” tab of Peggy’s personal obituary at mccombsfuneralhome.com.

Rev. Roger Christiansen 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, Roger in Pine Township in MontChristiansen calm 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. Roger served his country in the U.S. Army, where he earned a National Defense Service Medal and Army of Occupation Medal. He later graduated from Anderson College in Anderson, Indiana, with a Bachelor of Arts in Bible and Psychology. Roger went on to serve the Lord in ministry with the Church of God (Anderson) for over 50 years, pastoring churches in North Carolina, Tennessee, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and Missouri. Roger was a man of sincere faith who lived it out in his selﬂess service and care of others. Even after retirement, he remained active in church life through serving on boards and preaching monthly at Cape Community Church. Until his recent illness, he faithfully volunteered each week at the Cape Girardeau Senior Center delivering meals to the elderly. Roger delighted in his family and loved them well. Roger always made himself available to his family through his steadfast care for his wife and by giving genuine attention to his children and their families. He had a contagious laugh, enjoyed playing games, and was not afraid of being goofy with those he loved. He was very loved and will be deeply missed.

He is survived by his wife, Twyla Loretha Christiansen of Cape Girardeau; two daughters, Valerie Gail (Mark) Ramsey of Cape Girardeau and Angela Ruth (Sean) McDeavitt of Bryan, Texas; one son, Paul Keith (Niki) Christiansen of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; 12 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Richard (Jackie) Christiansen of Ionia, Michigan, and Clarence (Mary Lou) Christiansen of Roscoe, Illinois; one brother-in-law, Cecil Mathewson of Belding, Michigan; and many other relatives and friends. Roger was preceded in death by his parents and beloved sister, Laverna Mathewson. Visitation will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Cape Girardeau. A private funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. today at the funeral home for family and his Cape church family, with the Rev. Gene Moses officiating. In an effort to avoid a large crowd, all others are invited to share in the funeral service through a livestream via Facebook on the Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service Facebook page. Burial with full military honors will follow in Cape County Memorial Park. Memorial contributions may be made to Cape Community Church or Cape Girardeau Senior Center, and will be accepted at the funeral home. Envelopes will be available. To leave online condolences for the family, please visit crainsonline.com.

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Jane Leona Lema, 88, of Jackson, formerly of Marble Hill, Missouri, died Monday, Nov 23, 2020, at the Monticello House in Jackson. Visitation and funeral services will be held at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill Friday. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until service time. Service will begin at 1 p.m., with burial following in James Cemetery near Scopus, Missouri.

PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Mary J. Blechle, age 89, of Perryville died Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. Visitation will be 10:to 11 a.m. Friday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the church with the Rev. Rich Wehrmeyer officiating. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery in Perryville. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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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 WhiteLanie Black head Black, Lanie lived his life with an innate but humble calling to make the world he lived in a better place. Being raised in Charleston, a small town comprised of strong political views and true appreciation of cultural arts, he grew up as a typical small-town boy in the 1950s. He attended the Charleston United Methodist Church, where he was active in the MYF (Methodist Youth Fellowship), and made a profession of his faith in Christ at Arcadia Methodist Church camp while in high school. The life impact of his profession of faith was later demonstrated through his commitment as an activity leader for his home church youth program and vacation Bible school. He progressed through the local Scouting program from Bear Cub to Boy Scout, achieving the rank of Eagle Scout prior to graduating from Charleston High School in 1965. From an early age, his family enjoyed playing golf and he was encouraged to develop his golﬁng talent. Serving as his mother’s caddy in her golf tournament play, he developed a true love of the game. He played golf his entire life, and because he never met a stranger, made innumerable acquaintances and friendships on the golf course. In 1970, he received a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. While attending Vanderbilt, he became actively involved in Campus Crusade for Christ, not only developing lifelong friendships, but deepening and strengthening his personal relationship with Jesus Christ, which was the key relationship that molded and set his purpose for living. Following graduation from Vanderbilt, he married Ann Rita Cox — his childhood friend and literally “the girl who lived next door” — on July 11, 1970. He attended Navy Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island, then was trained as a Navy Deep Sea Diver in Washington, D.C., and spent one year in Norfolk, Virginia, while his assigned ship, the Beaufort, was being built. Upon the ship’s completion, his crew sailed from Norfolk to Honolulu, and Lanie served as the ship’s weapon officer and chaplain. In 1974, following honorable discharge from naval service, Lanie, Ann, and their ﬁrst son, Lanie George “L.G.” Black IV, returned to Charleston to begin farming with Ann’s family. In 1987, Lanie was selected to participate in the ALOT (Agricultural Leaders of Tomorrow) Program. This opportunity broadened Lanie’s agricultural knowledge and perspective as a farmer, not only in Missouri but farming operations overseas as well. Lanie farmed for 26 years, was a poultry producer for 14 years, and then, in 1998, was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives for District 161, serving eight years as allowed by term limits, until 2006. As a farmer and poultry producer, Lanie was president of the local Farm Bureau for more than 12 years and served in various legislative positions. In considering his candidacy for state representative, he verbalized with emotion that if his grandchildren asked him what he did when the world was headed in the wrong direction, he didn’t

Daniel Driskell Daniel Wayne Driskell, 62, of Cape Girardeau passed away Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. at Southeast Hospital after battling esophageal cancer. He was born Nov. 25, 1957, in Chaffee, Missouri, Daniel to Isaac H. and Katie ElizaDriskell beth Mott Driskell. He married his high school sweetheart, Gerry Seib, on Oct. 15, 1977, at Old McKendree Chapel in Jackson. Dan began working in the concrete business at age 14 and helped establish Gerdan Slipforming in 1990. Dan was passionate about his work and was instrumental in improving the industry. He was well respected for his work ethic, honesty and integrity. Dan was very involved in and cared deeply about serving his community. He was a member of La Croix United Methodist Church, where he was a previous member of the church council. He was a past board member of the Industrial Development Authority, Bank of Missouri, Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority, Associated General Contractors of Missouri and the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce. He was also a current member of the Lions Club.

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want to respond that he did nothing. Following his election as state representative, he served on transportation, education, social systems/prisons, appropriations for social services, and agriculture committees. He was selected to serve as chaplain for the legislature and was well respected by legislators on both sides of the aisle. He taught the high school Sunday school class for over 45 years at Charleston First Baptist Church, where the influence of his mentorship was evidenced continually in his dedicated service as deacon, deacon chairman, a member of the choir, pastor selection committee, a lay speaker, time spent in mission opportunities in Napakiak, Arkansas, and with the Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief Association. He had an uncanny ability to be able to share meaningful knowledge of so many areas through real-life approach application, such as his planning and supervision of a built-to-scale model of the Old Testament Tabernacle for his Sunday school class or when he was called to substitute teach a trigonometry class at Charleston High School. At that time, he was well over 20 years removed from his active study of that subject but nonetheless undertook the teaching challenge. Students from this short teaching tenure still comment today on the lessons they learned from Lanie in relevant life application of trigonometry. A man of integrity, he was a man of no pretense, unassuming, and oblivious that his approach to living and serving was anything special. He lived life to the full as it came to him, motivated by a genuine kind nature, a love for people and a servant’s heart. That principle was the integral part of who Lanie was. He was honored as Charleston’s Man of the Year in 1994. A longtime member of the Charleston Kiwanis Club, he served as president and ran the Dogwood Azalea Dog Show for a number of years. Lanie served on the board of directors for Citizens Bank in Charleston, and held a position of leadership in Charleston and Southeast Missouri’s Boy Scout organization. Whether it involved picking up a hitchhiker, assisting stranded motorists, extending a listening ear to someone in his Sunday school class or someone he just met, his time was unselfishly shared. He and Ann celebrated 50 years of marriage this year. Their love for each other was shared with their two sons and their families: L.G. Black IV, his wife, Nicole, and their children, Carter, Sydney and Rayna of Parker, Colorado, and J.J. Black, his wife, Tyler, and their children, Austin, Noah and Gavin of Bonita Springs, Florida; his one brother, Monroe Black, and his wife, Marth Ellen, of Charleston; and a large extended family. Private family services were held Thursday at First Baptist Church in Charleston, with the pastor, the Rev. George Nite, officiating. Interment with military honors followed at the IOOF Cemetery near Charleston, under the direction of McMikle Funeral Home. Services were recorded and will be posted on the funeral home website, mcmiklefuneralhome.com; McMikle Funeral Home LiveStream Facebook page; and the YouTube channel, McMikle LiveStream. The family has requested, in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 442, Charleston, MO 63834. The online guest register may be signed at mcmiklefuneralhome.com.

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Dan enjoyed traveling, Disney World, sweets, a good glass of wine and Cardinals baseball. He most enjoyed being Papa to his four grandchildren. Dan will be remembered for his contagious laugh, generous spirit and love of family. He was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors include his wife, Gerry Driskell of Cape Girardeau; two sons, Jeremy (Elizabeth) Driskell of Bloomington, Illinois, and Blake (Dana) Driskell of Jackson; four grandchildren, Liam and Calista Driskell, both of Bloomington, and Caleb and Anna Grace Driskell, both of Jackson; a brother, Isaac Larry (Rebecca) Driskell of Cape Girardeau; two sisters, Frances K. (Gene) Farrow of Millersville and Phyllis F. (Wesley Jr.) Farrow of Cape Girardeau. A private graveside service will be today at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau with the Rev. Ron Watts officiating. A public event will be held at a later date. Memorial contributions may be given to the Salvation Army, 701 Good Hope St., Cape Girardeau, MO 63703 or Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Missouri, 9370 Olive Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63132-3214. Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made at fordandsonsfuneralhome.com.

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

OBITUARIES

Harold Ellis Jr. Harold Don “Bub” Ellis Jr., 69, of Cape Girardeau passed away peacefully with his family by his side Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Dec, 23, 1950, in Cape Girardeau to Harold Donn and June L. Vogelsang Harold Ellis Sr. Ellis Jr. He served in the U.S. Navy during Vietnam, while on the USS Denver from October 1970 to July 1972. His favorite pastime was watching his grandson play sports, taking photos with his granddaughter and playing fetch with Rusty. Bub leaves behind a loving wife of 50 years, Patsy Wells Ellis. He is also survived by two children, Harold Patrick Ellis and Lydia Ellis Lindley; two grandchildren, Kalin Patrick Ellis and Tatum Rayne Lindley; four sisters, Ann Ellis, Brenda Bender, Vicky Lee Hensley and Pamela

Michael Ramsey Jean Kelly; and many loving aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents. Visitation will be from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Monday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will follow at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the funeral home with the Rev. Daniel Ellinghouse officiating. Interment will take place at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomﬁeld. Memorial contributions may be given to the Kidney Foundation, 1001 Craig Rd. #480, St. Louis, MO 63146; VFW Post 3838, 1049 N. Kingshighway, Cape Girardeau, MO, 63701, or a charity of choice. The family would like to give a special thanks to the doctors and staff at ER Med Tele and Southeast Hospital ICU for their care for Bub. Online condolences may be made at fordandsonsfuneralhome.com.

Ivis Kinder Ivis Kinder, son of the late Franklin W. and Viola L. Angle Kinder, was born Nov. 7, 1942, in Cape Girardeau and departed this live Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020, at his home surrounded by family in Delta. On Nov. 14, 1970, he marIvis Kinder ried Nelda Jean Sparkman in Delta. She survives. Also surviving are a son, Bryan (Melissa) Kinder of Delta, and two grandchildren, For-

est and River King. Apart from his parents, Ivis was preceded in death by a daughter, Kimberly King. A graveside service with full military honors will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Union Park Cemetery in Chaffee, Missouri, with Pastor Wayne Schwiesow officiating. A celebration of life will held at a later date. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be shared at amick-burnettfuneralchapels.com.

Lunsford of Fredericktown; a brother, Larry Lunsford of St. Louis; along with many nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers, Lindel, Donald, Robert and Glen Roy Lunsford, and a sister, Alice Millar. The family has entrusted McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson with Jim’s ﬁnal arrangements. There will be a private visitation at the funeral home for the family. A celebration of life memorial service may be held at a later date. Memorials may take the form of contributions to McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center to aid the family with ﬁnal expenses. To send an online condolence to the family visit McCombs Funeral Home website at mccombsfuneralhome.com, then click on the tribute wall tab of Jim’s personal obituary. Traditional gifts, cards and contributions may be sent to the family at McCombs Funeral Home, c/o Jim Lunsford, 640 W. Independence St., Jackson, MO 63755.

Connie Mayfield MARBLE HILL, Mo. — Constance “Connie” Cecile Bollinger Mayfield, 109, of Marble Hill died Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020, at her home. Born March 22, 1911, in Lutesville, Missouri, she was the daughter of John Connie William and Minnie Proffer Mayfield Bollinger. She graduated from Lutesville High School in three years and began a long teaching career at the age of 17 in local rural schools. The first schools were Hame String School, Hahn Chapel School and Mayfield School. On Jan. 31, 1932, she married Truman M. Mayfield. Both were educators. Connie taught in Missouri Bootheel schools for 10 years while working on her college degree. She taught 13 years in Missouri before moving to Illinois to teach for 33 years. She furthered her education at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Association of American University Women, a 50-year member of Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority, and a 50-year member of Phi Lambda Theta Sorority. Connie and her husband loved to travel over

the summer months. They traveled all over Europe and all 50 states in the U.S.A. They were visiting Cuba at the time of the Cuban revolution. She was a member of the Marble Hill United Methodist Church and taught Sunday school. Connie had no children, but was a mother figure to her brothers, sisters, numerous nieces and nephews. Everyone who met Connie and talked to her walked away knowing they met a friend for life. She was so knowledgeable about history and events that happened through the years. She is survived by two sisters, Mary Lou Hansen and Hazel Hutson, and a brother, Dick Bollinger, all of Marble Hill. Six brothers, Ike, Bill, Charlie, Florence, Carl and Truman Bollinger; a sister, Belva Banta; and her husband, Truman Mayfield, predeceased her. Visitation and funeral services will be on Wednesday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until service time. Funeral service will start at 11 a.m., with the Rev. Elijah Allen officiating. Burial will follow in Baker Cemetery near Marble Hill. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in her honor to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

James Nenninger 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. Jimmy retired in 2018 from Nestle Purina near Bloomfield after working as a lineman for 25 years. He had also been a lifelong farmer. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Advance, Missouri, and the Advance Knights of Columbus. He was a graduate of Bell City (Missouri) High School. He enjoyed spending time at flea markets and loved playing bingo. Jimmy had a heart of gold and would give to anyone. His kind and caring ways made him friends with everyone; he had never

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Survivors include his parents; a brother, Joseph D. (Jody) Ramsey of Millersville; and his girlfriend, Rebekah Seabaugh of Chaffee, Missouri. He was preceded in death by his grandparents. McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson was entrusted with cremation arrangements for Michael. Online condolences may be sent to the family by clicking on the “Tribute Wall” tab of Michael’s personal obituary page at mccombsfuneralhome.com.

John Walker Sr. CHAFFEE, Mo. — John Edward Walker Sr., was born June 10,1936, to the late John Perry and Frances Kennedy Walker in Cape Girardeau and departed this life Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020, in his home surrounded by his loving family. John On April 26, 1965, he marWalker Sr. ried Gwendolyn Sue Edmonds in Chaffee. She preceded him in death June 7, 2014. He served his country four years as a Marine and served in the Korean War. He was a conductor for the BNSF Railroad for 30 years. He attended church at the House of Prayer in Chaffee. John is survived by seven children, Brenda (Stanton) Anderson of Kelso, Missouri; John “Boy” (Jeannie) Walker, Lesia (Da-

vid) Glastetter and Tina (Lee) Horton, all of Chaffee; Angela (Toby) Zoellner of Perryville, Missouri; Cecile (Mat) Schober of Glen Allen, Missouri; and Kimberly Boese of Chaffee; a brother, Charles (Tom) Walker of California; 22 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Apart from his parents and his wife, he was also preceded in death by a son, Glen A. Bentley, and two brothers. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Revs. Travis Hendrix and Joe Carpenter officiating. There will be a private family burial Monday at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomﬁeld. Online condolences may be shared at amick-burnettfuneralchapels.com.

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James Lunsford James Ross Lunsford, 71, of Whitewater passed away Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 31, 1949, in Fredericktown, Missouri, son of Ross and Ruth KenJames nedy Lunsford. He and PatLunsford sy Statler were married Nov. 7, 1971, in Madison County, Missouri. She survives. Jim graduated from Fredericktown High School in 1968 and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, serving in the Vietnam War and honorably discharged in 1974. He worked 37 years for the City of Jackson, retiring as the supervisor of the Wastewater Department. Jim loved taking his grandchildren for a ride on his tractor. Loving survivors include his wife of 49 years; a daughter, Rita (Gary) Kester of Cape Girardeau; a son, James Lunsford of Whitewater; three sisters, Evelyn Duffer of Union, Missouri, and Mary Forster and Betty

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. Michael He was a lifelong resident Ramsey of Millersville and a graduate of Jackson High School. He worked over 12 years as a master mechanic at Coad Toyota in Cape Girardeau.

met a stranger. Survivors include a brother, David Nenninger of Bloomﬁeld; three sisters, Margie Seiler of Morgantown, Kentucky, his twin sister, Janet Eftink of Oran, Missouri, and Betty Lewis of Bell City; six nephews; three nieces; his best friend, Rick Beussink of Advance; and a host of friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Kenneth Nenninger; two nephews; and a niece. Private family services were held Monday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Advance, with the Rev. Joseph Kelly officiating the Mass. Burial followed at Morgan Memorial Park in Advance. In lieu of ﬂowers, please make donations to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Morgan Funeral Home in Advance is in charge of all arrangements.

Alberta Faye “Bert” Wilke, 89, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020, at Monticello House. She was born Dec. 28, 1930, in Gordonville to Henry William and Feodora Philipps Biester. Alberta She and LeRoy Wilke Wilke were married March 4, 1951. He preceded her in death Oct. 15, 2014. Bert loved her ﬂower gardens around the yard, especially her roses. Loving survivors include her four children, Veronica Wilke of Cape Girardeau, Paulette (Robert) Williams of Jackson,

Michael (Janean) Wilke of Cape Girardeau and Allen Wilke of Cape Girardeau; 12 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; loving husband, LeRoy Wilke; and four siblings, Elvira Best, J.G. Biester, Melvin Biester and Millie Fluegge. Services will be private. Burial will be at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson. The family would like to thank the staff at Monticello House for its love and care. Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made at fordandsonsfuneralhome.com.

Mary Young ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Mary L. Young died at 68 years of age in her beloved Albuquerque Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. The daughter of Elmer R. and Lillian Brown Young, Mary was the third of four siblings, Mary Young including Richard A. Young of Pocahontas, the late Robert D. Young and Teresa L. Rushin of Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Born and reared in Cape Girardeau, Mary was a member of the Central High School class of 1970. Upon graduating in 1973 with a degree in psychology from Southeast Missouri State University, Mary was a social worker in St. Louis and later moved to Nebraska. She subsequently relocated to Fayetteville, Arkansas, where she worked for the University of Arkansas and eventually earned a master’s degree in mechanical engineering. In 1986, she accepted an engineering position with Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque. Engaged in various capacities throughout her career, Mary remained at Sandia Laboratories until her retirement. Beginning a new phase of life with retirement, Mary indulged her native curiosity pursuing academic training in ﬁnancial

management, taking up bee keeping, learning to scuba dive, and serving as a foster parent for humane society dogs awaiting permanent homes. Driven by lifetime loves of nature and travel, Mary traveled extensively throughout the world. Most recently she visited Thailand and soon thereafter undertook a trek in Africa. During the weeks prior to the onset of her illness, Mary was planning an excursion to explore Argentina. She was an avid hiker who regularly walked the deserts and mountains of her adopted home accompanied by friends and her faithful dogs. Enjoying a home nestled near the foot of Sandia Mountain, Mary relished the opportunity to share the beautiful New Mexican landscape and culture with family members. Her casa was always ﬁlled with friends, companion animals and wonderful food. Fascinating hikes were launched from her front door during the early morning with the knowledge that, at day’s end, views of the sun setting on the mountain awaited during relaxing evenings sitting on her patio. In early 2020, Mary married the love of her life, Liliana Jurewiez, who survives her and remains in Albuquerque. Mary leaves a lifetime of wonderful memories to her family and friends. She will be deeply missed.

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

TODAY’S PRAYER

Lord Jesus, our provider, in all things we give thanks to you. Amen.

OUR OPINION

Despite pandemic, Thanksgiving is still an opportunity for gratitude 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. For more than 20 years, the Salvation Army has provided around 600 Thanksgiving meals in our community to those in need of a hot meal, a feeling of family and togetherness. The Salvation Army has had to adjust its plans because of the pandemic but will continue serving not only our community but also their traditional Thanksgiving Day meal, only to take home and enjoy this year. Many of us won’t be able to take turns saying what we are thankful for as we sit around the dining room table, as many families do. But we can gather via Zoom or FaceTime, in an effort to take care of one another and give thanks to the Almighty for the blessings in our lives. In addition to the Thanksgiving meal, there are many in-person holiday events planned around the area, including parades, open houses, church events, photos with Santa, etc. As COVID cases increase, and holiday festivities begin, please remember to practice proper precautions.

POLL QUESTIONS Do you plan to make a charitable donation before the end of the year? Has the surge in COVID-19 cases affected your travel plans for Thanksgiving? See results on the Perspective page Sunday.

TO THE EDITOR

Kudos to county clerk How extremely fortunate Cape Girardeau County is to have Kara Summers as our County Clerk. What an awesome responsibility she and her tremendous staff carry. Kara’s visible and measurable commitment to honesty, integrity, reliability, truth, timeliness and dependability are traits of character we need to emulate. Kara concentrates on solving a problem, not what the problem might produce. When “the world” was anguishing over the long lines that everyone knew were going to take place, Kara was quietly developing additional voting locations and training some 160 additional volunteers. As “the world” was complaining bitterly how the postal departments would never be able to handle the massive number of mail-in ballots, Kara was quietly meeting with our local postal departments to explore how best to prevent the problem. Polls opened at 6 a.m., closed at 7 p.m., and at 9:30 p.m. votes were counted and recorded. No long lines, no backup, no new votes discovered the next day. Proper planning prevented poor performance. In case there was any doubt in your mind, I plan to run for President of the Kara Summers Fan Club. DOUG AUSTIN, Cape Girardeau

Bravo to county health center I want to thank the Cape Girardeau Public Health Center for providing the opportunity to get ﬂu immunizations in a drive-through setting. My daughter and I received our immunizations in less than 15 minutes, and the service was outstanding. The nurses and administrative staff were friendly and efficient; they are great ambassadors for the Department of Health. I will continue to take advantage of this service and highly recommend it to anyone else who has a similar need. SHIRLEY STOLL, Cape Girardeau

Nation is not alone; thank you God for many blessings T

here are struggles in the land, as there always are and will be, because humans are imperfect beings. But America remains a land of bounty, good in its spirit, founded ON K on hope of a better future, with instituUST tions built to last, and people free to self-determine and help one another. We have much for which to be grateful. For me, at the heart, is God’s gift to us of a Son whose love and death forgave our sins. And then a wife and family — and mother, father, brothers, sisters, friends, colleagues and community — who bring joys in ways uncountable. To those who have lost loved ones this year, or who have struggled with the angst of politics and pandemic, you are not alone. My heart goes out to you, and prayers are raised for your healing, your strength and your peace. I welcome your prayers, too. Indeed, prayer is what Thanksgiving is about, starting with President George Washington, who declared our nation’s ﬁrst Thanksgiving in 1789 “to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his beneﬁts, and humbly to implore his protection and favor.” Washington proclaimed, may we “unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions … to render our national government a blessing to all the people, by constantly being a Government of wise, just,

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and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed — to protect and guide all Sovereigns and Nations (especially such as have shewn kindness unto us) and to bless them with good government, peace, and concord — To promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us — and generally to grant unto all humanity such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best.” For the following 74 years, a day of Thanksgiving was managed individually by the states, with prayers and proclamations from presidents, until President Abraham Lincoln standardized a national holiday throughout the land. In 1863, in the midst of a civil war, he celebrated a long list of blessings with praise to “Almighty God.” Lincoln closed his proclamation: “No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy. It has seemed to me ﬁt and proper that they should

be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and one voice by the whole American People. “I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneﬁcent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. “And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence … commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility and Union.” This week as Americans we celebrate Thanksgiving again. Many of our prayers remain the same: for providence, wisdom, gratitude, protection, mercy, peace, harmony, tranquility and union. And that is good, because a people that prays together — in their own ways — for such vital things is stronger because of it. You are not alone. We are not alone. And this nation is not alone. Thank you God for your many blessings. Jon K. Rust publisher of the Southeast Missourian.

Thankful even in 2020 I

f ever there was a year to feel justified for not being thankful, it would be 2020. Let’s face it; it’s been a year like none of us has ever seen, and it’s given us plenty of reasons to be unthankful. DRIENNE Nonetheless, let’s not succumb to that OSS mindset. I don’t know how old Murphy’s Law is. I don’t even know who Murphy is, but man, if it doesn’t seem like he’s whispering “I told ya so” in our ears all year. Dude said, “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” You ain’t lying, brother! So how easy it would be to slip into a fog of complaining this week rather than counting our blessings. I encourage us, however, to resist. If we stop and think, I have no doubt we will realize just how much we have to be thankful for. If we have to do what the lyrics to the old song says, let’s do it: “Count your blessings. Name them one by one.” I’m confident that the act of actually counting our blessings, naming them, even writing them down would take up so much time, we would have to acknowledge that even 2020 hasn’t kept us from being blessed. We cannot deny the hardships — sickness, death, isolation, job loss, confusion. But in the midst of it all, we have been blessed — a fresh appreciation for family, time to reflect,

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For me, at the heart, is God’s gift to us of a Son whose love and death forgave our sins. And then a wife and family — and mother, father, brothers, sisters, friends, colleagues and community — who bring joys in ways uncountable.

Lucas Presson, Assistant publisher

In all honesty, I don’t like 2020 when I look back on it. It has been the most difficult year of my life. I’ve walked through issues I never would have dreamed of. Some family situations were nothing short of a nightmare. But even these things cannot kill my thankful spirit because, to quote the Bible, God does give “beauty for ashes.” He gives “the oil of joy for mourning.” He makes “all things work together for good to them that love God.”

new beginnings, open doors. In all honesty, I don’t like 2020 when I look back on it. It has been the most difficult year of my life. I’ve walked through issues I never would have dreamed of. Some family situations were nothing short of a nightmare. But even these things cannot kill my thankful spirit because, to quote the Bible, God does give “beauty for ashes.” He gives “the oil of joy for mourning.” He makes “all things work together for good to them that love God.” He just ﬂat-out knows how to make a miracle out of a mess. So as you connect with loved ones Thursday, whatever that looks like

Rex Rust, Co-president

Gary Rust, Chairman

for your family this year, cherish the moment, take time to share what you’re thankful for, and tell one another you love them — and whatever you do, do not get into a battle about politics. Better yet, avoid the subject altogether. As I wrote one year, if someone brings up politics, scream “Fire!” at the top of your lungs or whatever else you gotta do to cut it off. It ain’t worth it — not on Thanksgiving. Enjoy your Thanksgiving, and remember to make thankfulness an everyday affair. This requires intentionality because it would be so easy to sit and sulk or cringe and cry. But that ain’t worth it, either. Not even 2020 should have permission to steal your joy. And, again, if you’re struggling to feel thankful, count those blessings, name them, write them, shout them, whatever you have to do with them. They’re there. Embrace them. Some verses perfect for this holiday are found in Colossians 3:17, which says, “And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him” and 1 Thessalonians 5:18, which says, “In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Adrienne Ross is owner of Adrienne Ross Communications and a former Southeast Missourian editorial board member.

Maria Swan Childress, Member

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

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GUEST COMMENTARY

Giving Tuesday plays important role — especially in 2020 BY LISA PARKINS WHITE

efore an eager farewell to 2020, most of us would like to take control back of this year’s unpredictable narrative. Is it possible to contend with our disruptive antagonist and win 2020 from its grip? Yes, I believe we can change 2020’s story from one of uncertainty to one of hope. Our strategy is Giving Tuesday. A Day To Do Good — this simple message is at the heart of Giving Tuesday. Founded in 2012 by the 92nd Street Y of New York in partnership with the United Nations Foundation, Giving Tuesday’s guiding idea is that this day of generosity will serve as a catalyst for year-round giving, volunteering and kindness. The United States along with 60 countries will be participating in 2020’s Giving Tuesday, Dec. 1. It is exciting and hopeful to celebrate the collective power of generosity around the globe, especially this year. One-third of all charitable donations are

Giving Tuesday is an excellent catalyst to find passion and purpose in generosity — whether it be through the gift of time, giving or kindness. made in the month of December. During 2019’s Giving Tuesday, $511 million was raised online in the United States. Giving Tuesday will be a lifeline to charitable organizations this year. Always held the ﬁrst Tuesday after Thanksgiving, Giving Tuesday provides charitable organizations with online tools for raising vital funds, promoting awareness and energizing supporters. As president of the board of directors for Voices for Children CASA, the potential of this year’s Giving Tuesday is tremendous.

CASA, like many non-profits, was unable to hold this year’s annual fundraiser due to health concerns. Community support is critical now as charitable organizations grapple with evolving COVID-19 challenges. For example, the rate of child abuse increases during periods of heightened stress. This year, hospitals across the nation report seeing more severe child abuse injuries. At-risk children face greater risks when their adult support system is compromised as it has been during the pandemic. Our local CASA serves Cape, Perry, Bollinger, Scott and Mississippi counties. Five hundred seventy-five children are now in protective care — children who need visibility and consistent support. When a child is removed from their home due to abuse and neglect, a judge appoints a CASA to advocate for the best interests of the child while in foster care. CASA volunteers serve as the voices for children in protective care. A child’s voice is heard when a CASA advocates for their specific needs in

court such as obtaining resources for healing and resilience. CASA volunteers change a child’s story from one of uncertainty to one of hope. We can also change 2020’s story from uncertainty to hope with this call to action: Give. Volunteer. Empower. Our local charitable organizations need your support. From feeding the needy to advocating for children in foster care, one can easily find an organization that resonates with personal values. Giving Tuesday is an excellent catalyst to find passion and purpose in generosity — whether it be through the gift of time, giving or kindness. Please visit givingtuesday.org for inspiration. Giving our resources and volunteering time empowers us all to create a stronger tomorrow. Let’s beat 2020’s antagonist to the finish line. Lisa Parkins White, of Cape Girardeau, is president of the board of directors for Voices for Children CASA.

Blunts talks COVID vaccine, election results and Trump legacy S

en. Roy Blunt says the United States has written two new chapters on how to respond to a pandemic, one on testing and another on vaccines. The senator spoke with me Friday afternoon on several topics, including the UCAS good news about multiple RESSON COVID-19 vaccines nearing approval. “I really think that this is a huge breakthrough in basically responding to anything but particularly in responding to a pandemic,” Blunt said via a Zoom interview from his Washington, D.C. office. On Friday, Pﬁzer was the ﬁrst pharmaceutical company with a COVID-19 vaccine to apply for a use permit. Moderna and others are said to also be nearing the application process. “Sometimes that’s called an emergency-use permit. But what that really means is, you’re not going through the two or three years that you would normally go through with a vaccine before you let people have it,” Blunt said, adding that everyone involved, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, are giving assurances in the safety and efficacy of the vaccine. The senator said the trials have shown the COVID-19 vaccines are more effective than some leading ones on the market for other diseases. “The likely success of the vaccine exceeds any standard that you need to have,” Blunt said. “Six months ago, scientists were saying if we have a vaccine that’s 50% effective, if half of the time it works, we probably

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“I really think that this is a huge breakthrough in basically responding to anything but particularly in responding to a pandemic.” Sen. Roy Blunt, on the Trump administration’s response to the pandemic regarding testing and vaccines

should certify that vaccine when it’s available to be certified. With both Pfizer and Moderna, you have vaccines that appear to be in the 95% area. That’s more than measles. That’s more than mumps. That’s more than chickenpox, which are all kind of right at 90 [percent]. So this is a great breakthrough.” Blunt said the general in charge of logistics has said shipping of the initial vaccines will begin within 24 hours of approval with an expected 20 million people receiving the vaccine in December. Vaccines would first go to those most negatively affected by the virus, such as health care workers and those in nursing homes. “While the vaccine will be free, nursing homes may have some expenses for people coming in to give everybody that wants it. And I would think in a nursing home that would be everybody,” he said. Other essential workers will be next in line to receive it in January and February. This includes bus drivers, teachers, child care workers, grocery store workers and

those who work in food processing centers. “Every group [that] gets the vaccine, all of us are safer because that group is sort of taken off the playing ﬁeld. When I go check out at the grocery store, no matter how high the shield is between me and the grocery store clerk, if they can’t get it they can’t give it to me,” Blunt said. The senator expects 50% of the American population will have access to the vaccine by April, with the hope that by Memorial Day or the Fourth of July we’ll be able to reengage economically and socially like we did before the virus hit our shores.

Election integrity Blunt, a former Missouri secretary of state, recently made comments to the effect that President Donald Trump may not have actually lost the election. “Well, the point I was making the other day, Lucas, was looking at all the projections about what was going to happen on Election Day and talking about none of those projections [coming true.] The president was going to be badly defeated. Republicans were going to lose seats in the House of Representatives. We were going to lose control of the Senate. We were going to lose legislative bodies all over the country. None of those things happened. And if you look at that, and you’re the president, you got to wonder what’s going to happen [if you] pursue all the legal recourse, which you should do, to decide that every legal vote is counted, and illegal votes aren’t counted. And he’s going through that process right now.” Blunt is not in favor of the federal government taking over elections, noting it’s better to have local control with local election

officials remaining accountable to voters. “I think the backbone of the system is secure. And if there were ballots that shouldn’t have been counted, the President has every right, and we want to see him have the opportunity to challenge that.” Blunt said if Republicans hold the Senate and he remains chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, he plans to hold hearings to look back on the election. Though not prepared to close the book on this election, Blunt said the legacy of President Trump’s ﬁrst term in office is a strong one. He pointed to the president’s efforts to make NATO allies do more of their “fair share”; pushing for the Abraham Accords and seeing Muslim countries recognize Israel; leading with tax and regulatory reform; driving a robust economy in his ﬁrst three years in office before the pandemic; and his response to COVID-19 with Operation Warp Speed. Politically, Blunt said President Trump has expanded the Republican Party. “Nobody predicted this. No pundits said this was even possible. The president got the highest percentage of minority votes of any Republican candidate for president in over 100 years,” he said. “And now we have to think about that. Think about how we build on that. Think about Hispanic families that we know who care a lot about their family, care a lot about their faith, work really hard. In my view, that’s a pretty good formula to be a Republican. And that’s part of his legacy as well.” Lucas Presson is assistant publisher of the Southeast Missourian. Sign up for his newsletter at www.semissourian.com/newsletter.

Christians in the Middle East need us A

rchbishop Bashar Warda is a man of hope, humility, courage and defiance. Christians will stay in the Middle East, like it or not, he says — even if there is little or no room for them among Muslim leaders in the region. ATHRYN “Chilling” doesn’t begin to describe listening to Warda OPEZ talking about the threat to his people in that troubled part of the world. Speaking virtually from Erbil, Iraq, he delivered his message to the fifth annual New York-based conference on international religious liberty sponsored by the Anglosphere Society, among others, titled “Act in Time: Protecting Imperiled Christians in Ancient and Other Lands.” In the years since the Islamic state forced his flock into exile in Kurdistan, Warda has labored to minister, to give families healing and confidence that there is a future for them in their homeland. But the fact of the matter is that there won’t be if more of the world doesn’t pay attention. There were over

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Do something for persecuted people before 2020 ends. And give thanks for our blessings, even in the midst of struggle. 1 million Christians in Iraq before our war there began in 2003, and there are now fewer than 150,000. “The sand has nearly run out in the hourglass that is Christianity in Iraq,” is how Stephen M. Rasche, vice chancellor of the Catholic University in Erbil, describes the situation in his book “The Disappearing People: The Tragic Fate of Christians in the Middle East.” And although there is still time left, if we don’t act now, the 2,000-year presence of Christians in the Middle East will come to an end on our watch. But if any responsible, effective plan of action is to occur, it will need to be based in new thinking, which admits the reality of the situation, unclouded by Western aspirational paradigms and the knee-jerk tendency to resort to claims of phobias and

bias, which serve only to obscure the truth.” Rasche is an American, who, with my late friend Andrew Walther, established the Institute for Ancient and Threatened Christianity. In the last days of Walther’s life — he died shortly before his 46th birthday of leukemia — he was on the phone with Rasche, working on edits to some witness testimony about the precarious life of a Christian in Nigeria. As one of the speakers at the conference put it, 11 Nigerians were beheaded last year on Christmas Day — did we notice? Do we care? Do we do anything about it? Walther and Rasche were supposed to go to Nigeria this spring, but the coronavirus pandemic did that trip in. Walther was an incredible friend to the persecuted, helping with everything from basic needs to working to save villages and doing diplomatic work. We must let his example inspire us to carry on his work. The most shocking and yet unsurprising thing that Archbishop Warda said at the conference, which was dedicated to Walther, was to share with us his fear as he watches the growing hostility to religion in the United

States. He knows how that story ends. He’s living it. These things are the calling card of tyranny, he said. We must learn from him and be lovingly deﬁant in the face of it. There’s an urgency to this problem and it’s one we have to ﬁnd a solution to — as a nation, for all who value freedom. As Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan of New York put it in his rallying keynote at the conference, the Middle Eastern Christians’ suffering must be our suffering. Dolan, who is the new head of the U.S. Catholic bishops’ committee on religious liberty, brought with him an icon of the Egyptian Coptic Christian martyrs who were beheaded by ISIS in Libya in 2015. He remembered in particular the one martyr who wasn’t Christian, who said he wanted to be the faith that the other men were. Dolan said he does, too. We must live up to the ideals of our religion and work to improve the world. Do something for persecuted people before 2020 ends. And give thanks for our blessings, even in the midst of struggle. klopez@nationalreview.com

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Cranky friend at work may be threat to advancement Dear Abby: I moved to town not long before the pandemic and don’t have many close EANNE friends HILLIPS here. One of my best friends is a co-worker, “Ronna,” whom I love dearly. Ronna has had an extremely rough past, including an extensive history of parental abuse that has left her thin-skinned and suspicious of authority ﬁgures. Because of this, she’s constantly butting heads with our management team and

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the job. If you do, they will spill over onto you. Maintain your personal relationship with her away from the office, while networking and trying to widen your circle of friends. From what you have written, I doubt Ronna will be working for your employer much longer. Workers who react in a “very dramatic/livid” manner are usually laid off because their behavior is unprofessional and disruptive. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Hip fractures in elderly often lead to bad outcomes Dear Doctors: poor outcomes, Our grandincluding an mother, who is increased risk 91, fell and broke of death. A her left hip. number of facShe wound up tors play a role. needing a partial These include hip replacement. the age of the I’ve read that hip patient, their DR. ELIZABETH KO fractures are dansex, and the DR. EVE GLAZIER gerous for older health problems adults. Can you the person was explain why? Is she still living with before the fracat risk, even though the ture, such as cardiovascular, surgery went well? pulmonary or neurological issues; diabetes; declining Dear Reader: A hip cognition or frailty. fracture is a serious and yet Most hip fractures in common outcome when an older adults require surgery older adult has a fall. It octo restore mobility and to curs due to the progressive manage pain. This puts decrease in bone mass that patients at risk for a range often affects women and of post-surgical complicamen as they age. Another tions, including infection, risk for hip fracture is osteblood clots in the lungs or oporosis, a skeletal disease legs, bedsores, urinary tract marked by a loss of bone infection and pneumonia. density, which leaves bones Recovery for adults who porous, thin and brittle. are older or frail can take Because of the hormonal months. This often leads changes that occur during to further loss of muscle menopause, women are at mass, which then increases increased risk of developing the risk of a subsequent osteoporosis. (Although it’s fall. Due to the length of more common in women, recovery, a hip fracture also men can develop osteoporo- often leads to a decrease in sis, as well.) These skeletal independence. changes are reﬂected in Following surgery, many hospital records, which patients are surprised to show that more than 300,000 learn that physical therapy adults over the age of 65 starts almost immediately. are admitted each year due It’s an important part of the to a hip fracture, nearly all recovery process. Not only the result of falling, usually does physical therapy help sideways. patients regain mobility, Unfortunately, it’s true but it also helps prevent the that a hip fracture in older more serious complications adults can contribute to associated with being im-

mobilized, such as infection, developing a blood clot or pneumonia. Proper nutrition, with adequate protein, also plays a role in recovery. So does occupational therapy. It keeps the patient mentally and emotionally engaged, and can lessen the risk of depression. One factor that can go overlooked, particularly among older adults, is pain management. It’s crucial to an optimal recovery. Make sure your grandmother’s pain levels are being clearly communicated, and that her health care providers are responding appropriately. It’s useful for her to think of pain in terms of a scale of 1-to-10, and important for her to communicate to her doctors and nurses what she is experiencing. Unfortunately, many older adults won’t return to their same level of activity and independence following a hip fracture. Your family should be prepared to make arrangements to get your grandmother the future help she will need. Eve Glazier, M.D., MBA, is an internist and associate professor of medicine at UCLA Health. Elizabeth Ko, M.D., is an internist and assistant professor of medicine at UCLA Health. Send your questions to askthedoctors@mednet.ucla. edu. Owing to the volume of mail, personal replies cannot be provided.

OUT OF THE PAST: NOV. 24 Sharon Sanders Southeast Missourian librarian Sharon Sanders compiles the information for the daily Out of the Past column. She also writes a blog called “From the Morgue” that showcases interesting historical stories from the newspaper. Check out her blog at semissourian.com/history. place of King Cotton, washed out be exces1995 sive rains, but there will be Christmas gifts in Cynthia Andrews of Cape Girardeau and many more stockings and black ink instead her daughters, Cassi, 7, and Hydi, 12, put on of red on many a farm ledger because of the some gloves and mixed gallons of coleslaw soybean harvest; while soybeans aren’t new to Thanksgiving Day in the Salvation Army’s the district, the acreage planted in soybeans kitchen; the Andrews family was among the is gradually increasing; some are predicting a many volunteers and guests who turned out $10,000 soybean harvest in Southeast Missouri for the Salvation Army’s annual community this year. Thanksgiving dinner; every year 400 to 500 Having attained fame elsewhere, Jess Stacy guests are served at the Salvation Army or brings his dance band back to his home town through home-delivered meals. of Cape Girardeau; the famed pianist, who J. Kensey Russell will resign as Cape got his early training here and in playing river Girardeau’s city engineer Dec. 27 to take a excursions during summers while still in high job with a private, engineering firm; Russell school, is staying with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. has worked for the city for nearly 20 years, F.L. Stacy, while his band plays this week at the starting out as a surveyor in April 1976 and Colony Club; with him is his wife, Lee Wiley, working his way through the ranks of the headline vocalist with the band. engineering department; he has been city engineer for about 10 years.

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1970 Barring unforeseen circumstances, the long-sought construction of northbound and southbound ramps connecting Interstate 55 and highways 61 and 74 at Cape Girardeau’s southern city limits will be put underway early next year; the State Highway Commission has approved revision of the complicated interchange. The Cape Girardeau County Democratic Committee has nominated H.E. Riehn of Jackson, a former sheriff, for county coroner; the appointment of a coroner will be made by Gov. Warren E. Hearns to fill the vacancy left by the Oct. 9 death of Donald Kremer.

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Although Thanksgiving isn’t observed officially until tomorrow, members of the American Legion post get a jump on festivities, hosting a dance at the Elks Club ballroom; furnishing the music is the eight-piece Kassel orchestra. Jefferson School is Cape Girardeau’s shame; yesterday part of it fell down, and more will certainly crumble soon, if it isn’t rebuilt; while the foundation and brick walls of the school are sound and safe, the same can’t be said for its front porch, the main entrance; it was constructed of a thin slab of concrete, supported by wooden joists; with the passing of years, the wood rotted and the slab fell yesterday, breaking into pieces; in addition the roof leaks, and every room shows decay and cracks.

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Leo Woods, left, and Titus Fledge sit on a haybale and eat s’mores together at the Fall Family Festival on Sunday at Shawnee Park Center in Cape Girardeau. The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department held the festival in celebration of the fall season, and included hayrides, bonfires, a weenie roast, s’mores and more. More photos are in a gallery at semissourian.com.

Arts Council hosts annual Christmas Arts and Crafts Extravaganza virtually BY BROOKE HOLFORD

SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN 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. The Arts Council also had a booth at the craft fair featuring their new product line and artworks available for purchase by current members, but also to serve as a sort of “command center,” said Kelly Downes, director at the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri. Participants were able to jump in and out of the chat rooms with different vendors, otherwise known as their “booths,” where they could live chat with the vendor and find videos about the products being offered and tutorials. Downes said with this being the first year the event was held virtually, she expected there to be some bumps in the road. “Even if this craft fair is not the most perfect thing that’s ever been created, it was created to give people an opportunity to show their work, to honor that work, to put it out there and to remind people to shop locally and support each other, especially during this

time of the year,” Downes said. However, Downes said she was pleasantly surprised when she checked the page statistics Sunday afternoon and saw around 400 people had tuned in since the start of the event Saturday. This year also marks the ﬁrst year the Christmas Arts and Crafts Extravaganza was opened up to artists outside of the Midwest, which the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri serves. Downes said as long as the business was selling handmade products, and followed all the other criteria for the craft fair, they were able to enter. As a result, Downes said there were vendors from Cape Girardeau to New York to Portland. Rejane Pratelli, who is from Virginia, rented a booth at the craft fair for her jewelry business, Anvil Fire and Time. Pratelli said she has been looking for ways to expand her business outside of Virginia, and since the coronavirus pandemic began, many new resources for expanding and building connections are available, such as the virtual craft fair. “In a way, [attending virtual events] is a form of traveling,” Pratelli said. “I got to see a lot of artists that I would have never met in person, and discover new crafts at this show.” Downes said the Arts Council made the decision to convert the event to a virtual format in August, and since there has been a spike in coronavirus cases over the past few weeks in the area, she said she’s glad

they did. She added she feels it’s been “the best and worst time to try something new.” “On the one hand, I feel like nobody knows what’s going on, so you can do a lot of weird, experimental things while you’re trying things out — there’s this playfulness in that regard and you can also work really hard to kind of streamline all the kinks in your business and your plans,” Downes said. “But, it has also been so stressful in the world, that to constantly be productive and create new things has been really difficult for a lot of people.” Downes said she has a high level of respect for the vendors who were willing to jump into something new this year and give them the ability to still host the event, which she said was important to the Arts Council. “Art is what gets us through trying times,” Downes said. “We need to believe in things: we need to believe that togetherness is still possible, that we can still ﬁnd beautiful things and appreciate this season and support each other. We need to shift our focus to more positive things, and I think the Arts Council is great for always going forward with that mission.” Downes added while she understands some vendors had to cancel, she has a deep appreciation for the vendors who couldn’t keep their spots in the fair this year, but chose to rollover to next year, which Downes said was about 90% of the vendors. For more information on upcoming events, visit capearts.org.

Cape Jaycee Christmas for the Elderly This column was originally published as a blog post at semissourian.com/ blogs.

BY TRACY HAGGERTY

SPECIAL TO THE SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN This holiday season will be unlike any we have seen before. Holiday traditions may be canceled or modiﬁed, family celebrations may be hosted through a computer screen, and some may spend the holiday isolated from those they love with an empty seat at the table. It is a COVID Christmas. A Christmas that no one wanted to see in their lifetime. However, it is also a Christmas to reﬂect on our blessings. This year has taught us that nothing should be taken for granted: a conversation, a hug, our jobs, our family, our places of worship, or simply a friendly smile. While it has forced us to

maintain a safe distance, it has also taught us the power in looking out for one another. During this holiday season, please remember that there are individuals in our community who live their daily lives — outside of COVID — alone. As you begin preparing for Christmas, please consider giving to the Cape Jaycee Christmas for the Elderly Project to provide for senior citizens in our county who do not have the family or ﬁnances to provide for their basic needs. Extra precautions will be taken this year to protect this vulnerable population from the dangers of COVID. In efforts to limit exposure to their homes, only monetary and gift

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card donations will be accepted to purchase senior requests. A limited number of volunteers will be handling the purchasing and packaging of their gifts, and in cooperation with partnering agencies, deliveries will be made by those who already service our elderly in their homes. Donations will be accepted until Dec. 11 at the Southeast Missourian on Broadway or may be mailed to Cape Jaycees, P.O. Box 4, Cape Girardeau, MO 63703. Thank you in advance for your generosity in the spirit of the holiday. May you ﬁnd joy in the little things this Christmas season, in the midst of our COVID Christmas, a Christmas that we will never forget. Tracy Haggerty is an assistant principal at Cape Girardeau Central High School who is chairing the Cape Girardeau Jaycees’ Christmas for the Elderly for the ﬁfth year.

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

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Thankful People

Graham beats coronavirus — with lots of help BY RICK FAHR

SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, intubation was often a precursor to death. Patients sick enough to require help breathing usually didn’t live. Dr. Keith Graham of Cape Girardeau was one of those patients. The pulmonary/critical care/sleep medicine physician works with patients who suffer a variety of respiratory problems, and his first coronavirus symptoms manifested as such. “I first became ill in March, initially with a scratchy throat [on a Thursday evening] followed by malaise and cough over the weekend. These symptoms continued, but became worse, and I had associated fever,” he explained of his bout with the disease. “I went to an urgent care center on Monday and was tested for SARS CoV-2 and the result returned positive on Wednesday. The cough made my abdominal muscles sore and it felt like I was punched in the gut every time I coughed. I noticed shortness of breath, loss of smell and taste. The coughing became so severe that I could not talk without coughing. The shortness of breath grew worse and I used a home pulse oximeter to check my oxygen saturation. It was low, and I sent a text to my wife to bring me to the hospital.” That was a Saturday — the day medical personnel at Saint Francis Medical Center intubated him. His condition continued to deteriorate. “During this time, I was sedated, so I have no recollection of symptoms, or even what was happening to me. The virus continued to wreak havoc with the help of my immune system. When the virus was present in the lung, it produced inflammation and soon activated my immune system. This, in turn, led to acute respiratory distress syndrome, which kept me on the ventilator,” he wrote in an email. “My course was then complicated by Klebsiella pneumo-

Thankful People series made possible with support from The Bank of Missouri nia, renal failure requiring dialysis, and deep venous thrombosis. I also had clots in IV lines requiring them to be replaced many times. As my illness continued, I required placement of a tracheostomy tube to continue ventilation and a gastrostomy tube for nutrition.” But Graham beat the odds. He attributed his survival to around-the-clock medical care and prayers from around the world: “So, a combination of many, many prayers, talented members of the medical community, and available

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much love and respect I have for them.” One of Graham’s medical care professionals summed the situation: “You are alive because a devoted team of people used the talents He (God) gave them to do what they do best. Through all these hands God chose to keep you here.”

Long road to recovery Months later, Graham has mostly recovered, but his path has been arduous. He is still battling weakness, back pain and shortness of breath. He lost 33 pounds and felt incredibly weak, noting even his iPad was difficult to lift at ﬁrst. The Air Force veteran is much better now, though he noted he has not recovered to his pre-coronavirus health. His thankful perspective has been heightened. His wife, Tammy, and business partner, Dr. Bradley Bittle,

were instrumental to handling all manner of responsibilities, he said. “My wife is amazing and I would never take her for granted — I am so thankful for her! She used Facebook to her advantage to reach out to people everywhere to pray for my recovery. Coast to coast, north to south, and scattered places on the globe, people were invested and prayed for me. I never want to take for granted even the smallest mention in prayer. She orchestrated such a huge response that I still have people praying for me every day!” he said. Of his medical practice, Graham said Bittle selﬂessly stepped forward to carry on. Surviving the virus has made Graham even more thankful on a daily basis. “I am less inclined to worry about things in general and continue to adopt my

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Mac’s Mission thankful for ‘unicorn puppy’ Narwhal BY RICK FAHR

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Everybody who sees him has this good feeling. Everybody just grabs hold of that cute little puppy. He has the ability to show that good things can come even in this time. You can see how much good he is doing and how much good there will be going forward.”

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Narwhal, the so-called “unicorn puppy,” has generated funding and interest in special-needs animal adoptions for Mac’s Mission.

ROCHELLE STEFFEN Mac’s Mission co-founder, On Narwhal, the “unicorn puppy” Mac’s Mission in two big ways, according to co-founder Rochelle Steffen. Narwhal’s online fame has not only generated tens of thousands of dollars in donations to the animal rescue but has also sparked interest in special-needs animal adoptions. Walking around the little city that has sprung up on a hill outside Jackson, Steffen explained all the ongoing work. A perimeter fence will allow for larger animal rescues — “I hope we can rescue a cow someday.” A new office complex will enhance the adoption process. Eventually, a rehab pool will help animals grow or recover mobility. All those projects are, in part, a response to Narwhal’s popularity. “Everybody who sees him has this good feeling. Everybody just grabs hold of that cute little puppy,” Steffen said. “He has the ability to show that good things can come even in this time. You can see how much good he is doing and how much good there will be going forward.”

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Rochelle Steffen plays with Mac, namesake of Mac’s Mission, an animal-rescue organization located outside Jackson. In the background is an area soon to be a new adoptions and rehab complex.

Founding pooch Narwhal is a global star, but the rescue organization’s foundation is its namesake. Mac is a pit bulldog and was Steffen’s ﬁrst rescue. She found the puppy for sale, one of several in a litter. He was tiny, malnourished and not healthy. She scraped together the money to buy Mac and then enlisted help to nurture him to health. Today, the slate, brindle-colored dog is the alpha male of Steffen’s menagerie, and his rescue led to many more. Last week, Mac’s Mission brimmed with nearly four dozen dogs — some with medical needs and others simply needing a happy home after being saved from hoarding situations — and several

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Narwhal, the so-called “unicorn puppy,” created a global buzz last year. Rochelle Steffen, co-founder of Mac’s Mission, said the beagle-dachshund mix has grown to his full size. tortoises, saved after their owners wanted shed of them. Steffen said operating the rescue requires lots of funding for expensive medical procedures and routine health care. The tortoises, for example, require heat lamps to regulate their body temperature. “We have everything from dramatic needs — thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars in special-needs animals — to orphan puppies that need spayed, neutered and adopted to their happy home,” she said. “We just sponsored a dog with a local shelter that needed $4,000 in

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eye repairs. This was a 2-yearold dog that was potentially going to be lost because they didn’t have the money for the surgery, but now, it is doing ﬁne.”

Narwhal effect After Narwhal burst onto the scene last year, support for the puppy’s care poured in from around the world. Many donors stepped forward to ensure the organization has the resources it needs. Among that support is a $200,000 donation speciﬁcally for the adoption and rehab complex. A fundraising drive for the complex raised nearly $40,000 more. But Narwhal’s fame also shined a spotlight on other animals with special needs, and Steffen said adoptions of such animals has increased. “People are becoming more aware of these animals that need special care, but what they need more than anything is a loving home,” she said. Steffen said an employee and a volunteer who lives at the site help care for the animals, but much remains to do. “We don’t have someone writing grants for us. We just don’t have that capacity. It’s something we need,” she noted. Still, new facilities at Mac’s Mission testify to the growing organization, its work and fascination with a little dog with a tail growing out of his forehead, Steffen said. “We are grateful for all the help we’ve gotten, and a bunch of it came because of that little puppy.”

REGION

Five deaths related to virus reported in region BY RICK FAHR

SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN Five COVID-19-related deaths were reported in the region Monday. Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center officials reported 5,231 total cases Monday, with 3,761 recoveries and 63 virus-related deaths. There were 1,407 active cases in the county as of Monday. Cases in the county’s long-term care facilities totaled 405, with 249 recoveries, 115 active cases and 42 deaths. Hospitals in the county reported 107 patients hospitalized for the virus. Southeast Missouri State University reported six new cases for a total case count of 567 (501 students and 66 employees). Active cases dropped to 48 (30 students, 18 employees), and on-campus quarantine/isolation stood at seven as of Monday. Virus cases in Scott County rose to 2,457, while 1,660 county residents have recovered from the virus. Officials reported one additional virus-related death (40). Elsewhere in Missouri, Stoddard County officials reported two virus-related deaths and 92 new cases over the weekend and Monday (2,008 total cases, 1,603 recoveries, 34 deaths). Perry County health officials reported two virus-related deaths (13) and 75 new cases — 20 Friday, 31 Saturday and 24 Sunday — (1,683 total cases, 1,454 recoveries. As of Monday, there were 216 active cases in the county. Bollinger County reported 21 new cases Monday (968 total cases, 877 recoveries, nine deaths). Southern Seven Health Department in Illinois reported 140 new cases — 123 in Union County (963 total cases, 631 recoveries, 21 deaths) and 17 in Alexander County (235 total cases, 133 recoveries, one death).

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

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County benefits from lower 2021 workers’ comp cost BY JAY WOLZ

SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN The Cape Girardeau County Commission voted Monday to accept an adjustment of nearly $50,000 in the county’s 2021 workers’ compensation cost — in the county’s favor. “We received our annual work comp invoice for 2021 and the premium came in at $124,368, which is a 38.3% reduction in our premium from last year,” county payroll director Gina Snyder told the commissioners during their Monday morning meeting. “It’s deﬁnitely going in the right direction,” said Presiding Commissioner Clint Tracy, who attributed much of the premium reduction to the county’s ongoing training programs and implementation of policies designed to improve on-the-job safety. This year, workers’ com-

pensation coverage cost the county approximately $172,000. “And three years ago, I think we were at $325,000 because of some injuries we had,” First District Commissioner Paul Koeper said. “We had to do something, so we implemented safety programs in the sheriff’s department and the county highway department.” Those programs, Koeper said, have made a big difference. “I think our whole county organization has done a great job decreasing injury accidents. I’m very proud of that,” he said. “Our goal has always been safety. We want all of our workers to go home with the same amount of ﬁngers and toes they came to work with. That’s our primary goal.”

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grant, according to county park superintendent Bryan Sander, who said the work will take place in 2021. The commissioners Monday also approved a single-source purchase agreement with EagleView Technologies of Rochester, New York, in the amount of $274,432.35 for aerial photography of all property in the county on behalf of the county assessor’s office. According to County Assessor Bob Adams, aerial mapping of county property has been done every three years since 2009 and is used by his office in property mapping and assessment projects. Part of the cost, Adams said, will be paid by the cities of Cape Girardeau and Jackson. “We haven’t signed anything with them yet, but we have a pretty good idea of what they’re going to do,” Adams said. “There is some discussion about others partici-

pating (in the cost) as well.”

COVID-19 expenses The county commissioners Monday approved two expenditures from the county’s Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act fund: $28,188.33 to Southeast Hospital for an emergency generator to power a temporary ﬁeld hospital wing outside the hospital’s emergency department. The hospital is using the temporary facility as a triage space for up to 16 patients during the COVID-19 outbreak. Up to $48,000 to the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center to pay for the cost of outsourced contact tracing in December. Do you crave business news? Check out B Magazine, and the B Magazine email newsletter. Check it out at semissourian.com/newsletters to ﬁnd out more.

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Boys Basketball Marquand-Zion at Chaffee, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Women’s Basketball Louisville at Southeast Missouri State, 2 p.m.

ON THE AIR MEN’S COLLEGE HOCKEY Penn State at Wisconsin, 5 p.m., BTN Ohio State at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m., BTN KBO BASEBALL Korean Series: Doosan vs. NC, Game 6, 3:25 a.m., ESPN2 Korean Series: Doosan vs. NC, Game 7, 3:25 a.m., ESPN2 MEN’S SOCCER MLS Eastern Conference Playoffs: Nashville SC at Toronto FC, First Round, 5

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL AMWAY COACHES TOP 25 POLL The Amway Top 25 football poll, with firstplace votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 22, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Alabama (59) 7-0 1547 1 2. Notre Dame (2) 8-0 1469 2 3. Ohio State (1) 4-0 1425 3 4. Clemson 7-1 1353 4 5. Florida 6-1 1256 5 6. Texas A&M 5-1 1241 6 7. Cincinnati 8-0 1166 7 8. Brigham Young 9-0 1103 8 9. Miami 7-1 1005 9 10. Georgia 5-2 897 11 11. Oregon 3-0 876 13 12. Indiana 4-1 821 10 13. Northwestern 5-0 813 20

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14. Oklahoma 6-2 756 17 15. Iowa State 6-2 685 16 16. Marshall 7-0 563 15 17. Coastal Carolina 8-0 530 18 18. Southern California3-0 508 19 19. Auburn 5-2 427 21 20. Wisconsin 2-1 409 12 21. Texas 5-2 306 23 22. Oklahoma State 5-2 299 14 23. North Carolina 6-2 205 24 24. Louisiana-Lafayette7-1 165 25 25. Tulsa 5-1 120 26 Dropped out: No. 22 Liberty (8-1). Others receiving votes: Nevada (5-0) 39; Liberty (8-1) 27; Missouri (3-3) 24; Washington (2-0) 17; San Jose State (4-0) 13; Maryland (2-1) 13; North Carolina State (6-3) 12; Boston College (5-4) 12; Boise State (4-1) 11; SMU (7-2) 10; Memphis (5-2) 9; Army (7-2) 6; Appalachian State (6-2) 6; LSU (3-3) 3; Purdue (2-2) 2; Iowa (3-2) 1.

Jackson receiver Kannen Turley runs by Chaminade defenders in the MSHAA Class 5 state quarterfinals on Friday at Chaminade Collegiate Prep. BY TONY CAPOBIANCO

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After going to Chaminade and exercising the Red Devils 63-22, the Jackson Indians return to the Class 5 state semiﬁnal round for the second consecutive season. “You’re playing for the opportunity to get back to where we were last year,” Jackson head coach Brent Eckley said. “It’s a different journey trying to get back to where we were.” Jackson scored 56 points against the Red Devils before halftime last weekend. If the Indians ﬁnish the season with a state championship, it will largely be because of their high-octane offense. The Indians will go into their matchup against Fort Zumwalt North with a weapon they didn’t have last season. Senior running back Daniel Dickerson is on a comeback season after missing his junior season with a knee injury. “He’s done a really good job for us, especially coming back from injury,” Eckley said. “He’s done a great job working back.” As a sophomore, Dickerson was all-state by rushing for 1378 yards and 22 touchdowns. He gained as many as 255 yards in a 42-0 win over Parkway Central on Oct. 19 that year. Dickerson was on his way to another stellar season in 2019 after rushing for 160 yards and two touchdowns in a 48-0 win over Webster Groves in the season opener. His season ended the next game but he’s returned this year as strong as ever with 902 yards and a team leading 15 touchdowns. “It’s not been easy,” Eckley said. “We’re proud of

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him. You just plug him in and he’s one of those kids that he is night and day better now than what he was Game 1 this year. He just continues to improve and get comfortable playing faster and playing more physical.” Dickerson has earned an invitation to the Blue-Gray All-American Bowl in January at AT&T Stadium in Dallas. He also has college offers to play at Missouri Baptist of the NAIA has been recruited by other schools. Reaching the end zone through the ground has been a total team effort for Jackson. Eight different

Indians rushers scored a touchdown this season. Sophomore Tony Williams and senior quarterback Cael Welker are tied for second among the team with 12 touchdowns. Welker is having another fantastic season, possibly better than ever. He has thrown 36 touchdowns with zero interceptions. Almost half of those touchdowns went to junior wide receiver Kannen Turley. Turley leads the Indians with 1,156 receiving yards, which is a little more than half of Welker’s 2,237 passing yards on the season. With 17 receiving touchdowns and three rushing

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Jackson running back Daniel Dickerson runs the ball against Chaminade in the MSHAA Class 5 state quarterfinals on Friday at Chaminade Collegiate Prep.

touchdowns, Turley is only second to Welker with the most total touchdowns. Whenever Welker needs someone to throw to, Turley is usually there to keep the play alive. Their connection has been a vital factor into making the Jackson offense among the best in the state. “It happens a lot of times in the offseason,” Eckley said on their connection. “The other thing about it is Kannen is so consistent in practice because he practices hard, he runs great routes in practice and he’s there for Cael. He has a hundred percent conﬁdence going into practice that when he throws the ball it’s going to be a catch.” He throws it to the right spot at the right time, the receiver will be there.” When Welker is not throwing to Turley, Rhett Liley and Marquise Eckley have also been strong options in the red zone. The senior receiver has nine touchdowns and the sophomore has 11 touchdowns this season. Fort Zumwalt North lost its season opener to Battle but has since won every game this year including avenging that loss in the state quarterﬁnal round last weekend to set up this matchup. “They will be a tough opponent to deal with,” Eckley said. “They’re physical. They’re not overly big but they play really hard. They’re option based, wide splits from the gun and you got to play your responsibility. They’re coaches do a great job with them. They don’t do a whole lot but what they do they do really well. Defensively, they’re a very aggressive defense. They play real heavy in the box. It will be a challenge for us for sure.”

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One-hundred years ago this week, on Thanksgiving 1920, host Jackson defeated Cape Girardeau Central, 1-0. Think about that score for a minute. It’s not a misprint nor a mistake. As the 2020 edition of Jackson Indian football rolls to what the team’s fans hope will be a second straight appearance in the Class 5 ﬁnal, memories of this most unusual long-ago rivalry game one century earlier come to mind. The situation On November 25, 1920, there was bad blood from the visitors even before kickoff. The Tigers drove north from Cape and according to the 1921 Girardot (Cape Central) yearbook, the players sat in their cars at Jackson until the game was scheduled to start. Before any action ensued, Central had already lodged a protest against a referee, the head linesman, whom the Tigers complained would not call the game fairly. Butch Mueller, the ref in question, was from Jackson.

According to Southeast Missourian reporting about the game, Central coach M.G. Drumm and his Jackson counterpart, George Doyle, had several telephone conversations prior to the contest and had come to an agreement that no officials would be used from either Cape or Jackson. Doyle told the newspaper he had corresponded with a Perryville man, “a Mr. McConachie,” and invited him to officiate on Thanksgiving “but for some reason, the Perryvillian did not show up.” Doyle, the report continued, called on Mueller since it was time to play the game “and Mueller had officiated in several games (that) season to the entire satisfaction of both teams.” In 1920, Jackson posted a 7-1-1 record and Central went 1-5-1. The Tigers played the Indians earlier the same season with the Tribe shutting out host Central, 12-0. The walkoff On the second play of the second quarter, Central scored a touchdown. Mueller, the ref Central’s coach Drumm was worried about, called the Tigers offside on the scoring play. “A large crowd swarmed

onto the field when Mueller called the (infraction) and sharp arguments developed. The argument lasted long and waxed warm,” according to the Southeast Missourian account the next day. Central’s Drumm agreed to abide by the penalty and accept nullification of the score if another ref immediately replaced Mueller as head linesman. Jackson’s Doyle would not agree to this change so Drumm directed his players to leave the field and the Tigers went home to Cape. Another referee, identified only as Siebert, seeing the leather-helmeted Tiger players clamber into their vehicles, forfeited the game to Jackson, 1-0, in accordance with the rules governing play. The Girardot, in summing up the famous contest, offered a concluding sentence. “This game broke off all relations between Cape and Jackson on the athletic field.” Both Drumm and Doyle continued to coach their respective teams through the 1922 season. The inaugural game in the Central-Jackson football rivalry was played in 1913. Central won, 20-14.

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Coach From Page 1B “There is something about Jackson boys,” Walton said afterward, “they just never give up. I’m so proud of them. They continued to fight and just execute a game plan.” That level of determination doesn’t occur by happenstance. Those “Jackson boys” learned that fortitude from somewhere and it is because they have spent their high school careers playing under this unassuming educator who quietly gets his message across. In 2019, Walton applied his philosophy with the Indian boy’s golf squad, as he led Jackson to the MSHSAA Class 4 State Championship in that sport. Neither the soccer nor golf programs had ever reached the pinnacle of success prior to those titles. “Sometimes I have to get right in a boy’s face and let him know what he did wrong,” Walton explained of his methods. “But I don’t do that unless I know it’ll motivate him. Another boy might be crushed by confrontation, so with him, I’ll put my arm around him and say, ‘How are you doin’?’” In St. Dominic, the Crusaders were expected to win. Not only had that program reached the state title game eight times but no team outside of the Kansas City or St. Louis metropolitan area had ever won the soccer state championship in the highest MSHSAA classification. “We were the better team,” Indian junior forward Chalon Domian said after scoring the winning goal. “We don’t stop fighting. Every single one of those boys puts his blood, sweat, and tears (into this). I have confidence in my team.” Not only have Walton’s athletes learned determination, but their success has bred confidence, even in the most pressurized situations. That was evident in the Indians’ golf title and

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Jackson soccer coach Zack Walton speaks to his team during halftime of its match against Chaminade College Prep recently in the MSHSAA Class 4 Quarterfinal match in Creve Couer. it was clearly demonstrated over the past few weeks, as Jackson made perhaps the most dramatic run through the postseason in MSHSAA soccer history. Of the Indians’ six postseason wins, four were in overtime and another came in a one-goal game in which Walton had to guide his team back from a two-goal deﬁcit. “We thrive in overtime,” Domian said. If that degree of success – under those circumstances – isn’t tremendous coaching, then I don’t know what would be. As Saturday’s game continued, and the pressure mounted, you could sense that this was a typical Jackson game and the Indians would ultimately prevail. The St. Dominic opportunities became fewer and fewer and the Jackson chances began to occur with more regularity. Playing in the most important athletic contests of their lives, the Indian players felt positive as the game went

into overtime, not nervous. “I definitely felt more and more confident as the game progressed,” Jackson senior goalkeeper Luke Mirly said. “When that buzzer rang to go into overtime, we’ve been here before (and) they haven’t.” Every lesson that Walton had preached through the years to these kids: determination, physical conditioning, mental toughness (Saturday’s game was played in a frigid, driving rainstorm), skill, and perhaps most importantly, confidence; was encapsulated in Saturday’s victory. “I’ve said since the beginning (of the season),” Walton said, “if we keep that score close, we’ve got too many good players not to score goals and we showed that again tonight.” It also showed that Jackson had a great coach, who had put his team into that situation. Tom Davis is the regional sports editor for Semoball.com and The Southeast Missourian.

first soccer state championship in program history. “These kids are never going to give up,” veteran Indian coach Zack Walton said. “There is something about Jackson boys, they never give up.” If you think that is bias or hyperbole on the part of Walton, you are incorrect. And all you had to have done is watch the final play of the game to know Walton is simply being honest. Jackson junior midfielder Will Essner took a ball at the halfway line and headed it in the direction of Domian, who was set up around the 35-yard mark. Essner’s pass sailed smack-dab into the middle of three Crusader defenders around the 25-yard mark, as Domian raced to it. A St. Dominic player was able to head the ball toward Crusader goalkeeper Will Nicholson, while the other two defenders slowed to a stop. The problem for St. Dominic was that Domian didn’t. “Their defense tried to head it back to their goalie so they could pick it up,” Domian explained. “I just intercepted it.” He “intercepted it” because he never gave up on the play. Domian ran pell-mell for another 10 yards and beat Nicholson to the ball and lifted it over the sliding goalkeeper and into the back of the net. “We thrive in overtime,” Domian said. “I told (Coach Walton), ‘I’m scoring and were going over into that corner. State is coming home, baby!’” Domian did all of that after having played 84 minutes. His energy – and that of his teammates – was exemplified as Jackson’s opportunities increased as the game waned on through a frigid, driving rainstorm, and St. Dominic’s chances didn’t. The overtime victory was the fourth such in the past five games by the Indians. “I definitely felt more and more confident as the game progressed,” Jackson senior goalkeeper Luke Mirly said. “When that buzzer rang to go into overtime, we’ve been here before (and) they haven’t.” Of the Indians’ last 10 games, 8 have been decided by one goal. Jackson closed the season with six victories in large part because of Mirly, but a bunch of guys in front of him, as well. St. Dominic doubled Jackson’s offense statistically, as it totaled 12 shots with four being on goal. “The midfielders and fullbacks,” Mirly said, “they did an amazing job cleaning it up. They helped me out because I needed a little bit of help back there tonight.” That was evidenced at the 63:30 mark, as senior defender Devin Reiminger saved Mirly by clearing a Crusader shot out of the box after it had dribbled past Mirly. The Indians only had two shots on goal (four overall) with Domian having both of those opportunities. He nearly won the game in regulation as he bent a kick, ala David Beckham, with seven minutes remaining that soared just inches to the right of the post. “I’ve said since the beginning (of the season),” Walton said, “if we keep that score close, we’ve got too many good players not to score goals and we showed that again tonight.”

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Jackson senior midfielder Tyson White (11) battles a St. Dominic offensive player for possession Saturday in the MSHSAA Class 4 Boy’s Soccer State Championship at Lake Country Soccer at Cooper Family Complex in Springfield.

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