Stories from Saturday, September 29, 2018

Karen and Roger Gibbar ride through heavy fog as the sun rises Friday morning on the Cape LaCroix Trail in Cape Girardeau.

Running Bear Western is opening Monday in uptown Jackson. Running Bear is a store with an eye toward the authentic Western lifestyle. Owner Brian Blankenship said the store is similar to what someone might find in a mountain-town tourist destination...

The Scott City Council has hired Mark O’Dell, a veteran of Kansas City, Missouri, government, as its new city administrator. This will be the fourth person to serve as city administrator since 2017. City officials announced the hiring in an emailed news release Friday...

Capaha Field will undergo major improvements including new lighting, chair-back seating and an outfield home-run deck under a design-build contract, Cape Girardeau city officials said Friday. The city council is expected to approve an agreement with Penzel Construction Co. of Jackson at its meeting Monday...

Today is Saturday, Sept. 29, the 272nd day of 2018. There are 93 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 29, 1978, Pope John Paul I was found dead in his Vatican apartment just over a month after becoming head of the Roman Catholic Church...

For some Cape Girardeau residents whose property was damaged by this summer's floods, another rise in the Mississippi this week has thwarted any attempt to return to water-logged homes; the National Weather Service is projecting a 42-foot crest in Cape Girardeau tomorrow...

Sandra Estes of Scott City announces the engagement of her daughter, Jessica Dawn Estes, to Darren Harrison Stoffel, both of St. Louis. Darren is the son of James and Pamela Stoffel of Rochester, New York. Jessica is also the daughter of the late Kim Estes of Scott City...

Rebecca L. Piper of Whitewater announces the engagement of her daughter, Kaycee Brooke Hamby, to Kennith Boyd Pitts II, both of Whitewater. Pitts is the son of Don B. and Tami Pitts of Jackson. Kaycee is a 2016 graduate of Delta High School. She will graduate in October from Metro Business College in Cape Girardeau with an Associate of Applied Science in medical billing and coding...

BEEF Angus Champion Heifer Calf: Kyle Lappe, Jackson Reserve Champion Heifer Calf: Paige Birk, Gordonville Intermediate Champion Heifer: Paige Birk, Gordonville Reserve Intermediate Champion Heifer: Hat Creek Genetics, Jackson Junior Champion Heifer: Caleb Crain, Mounds, Illinois...

There are more than a thousand species of Tachinid Fly described in North America. Many of them look like flies. Some of them, like the one I have photographed here walking on a pumpkin, resemble little wasps. Some tachinid flies will parasitize other insects, such as corn borer worms, by laying an egg inside the insect's body. When the egg hatches, the tachinid fly larvae will eat its way out of its host...

Monday: Chicken Parmesan with marinara pasta or cabbage roll with mashed potatoes, Italian-blend veggies, garden salad, whole-grain garlic bread and tropical fruit or cookies. Tuesday: Cheeseburger or chicken breast on bun, oven fries, seasoned broccoli, lettuce, tomato, pickle, onion, whole-grain bun and chilled plums or chocolate-cream pie...

I don't watch much TV. That's more a confession than boasting. Most of the time I would rather be doing something else. Recently though I have been watching more TV, and I've noticed how matters of faith are front and center on the small screen. Perhaps, though, issues of faith being on the small screen is not an exception. As I said, I don't watch much TV. Matters of faith being presented through television sitcoms and dramas speaks to at least three issues about our culture at large...

My family recently took a trip to Destin, Florida, for some vacation time. My sons and I built multiple sand castles, we enjoyed walking along the beach, and we searched for wandering hermit crabs. My eldest son Henry took to the water like a fish; we could hardly keep him from swimming out to sea and sprouting gills. However, my younger son Owen (who tends to be the more rambunctious of the two) was surprisingly hesitant, cautious, and afraid of the water...

The Cape Girardeau County FCE Council met on Sept. 6th at the University of Missouri Extension office in Jackson. Mary Klaproth presided over the meeting. Judy Strickland, member of Lamplighters FCE Club, gave the devotion, Waste Not, Want Not. JoAnn Hahs, in the absence of the secretary, Agnes Wachter, took the roll call and recorded the minutes. Jean Rehak gave the treasurer's report which is on file. Membership dues are to be paid to Rehak by Oct. 1...

We have a close friend who, when something would happen, their patented response was "She did it!" All the blame went onto someone else. Not most of the blame or a little of the blame but all the blame went somewhere else. Never said "it might have been my fault" or "it might have been a little my fault." It was their fault...

Submitted by Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary Yadi is a handsome 6-month-old male looking for his forever home! He is available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.

Saint Francis Healthcare System Foundation and the Saint Francis Auxiliary awarded healthcare scholarships to 24 local students in August, according to a recent news release. Twenty-three of the students were awarded $2,000 in scholarships toward a degree in a healthcare-related profession, and one student received an executive scholarship for pursing a master's degree in healthcare administration and a $5,000 stipend annually for two years for a total of $10,000. ...

It is apple season and that means plenty of apple recipes to try. For fun, I did a Google search on apple recipes, and 437 million recipes were found. As I started looking through a few dozen of them, I quickly realized you can find any recipe you want using apples as an ingredient...

Garden cleanup, lawn mowing and falling leaves all provide materials that make autumn a good time of year for composting. No need for exotic ingredients, fancy equipment or a degree in soil microbiology to put together a pile that yields quality compost and is not unpleasantly aromatic...

Father God, may we be bold in proclaiming the name of Jesus to others. Amen.

There's a reverent and humble tone to David Limbaugh's voice when he talks about his faith. He's not a preacher and doesn't plan to be one. But he has a brilliant legal mind, zeal for sharing the Gospel and, maybe most importantly, he's willing to use his platform to talk about faith in Jesus Christ...

The old streets of Jackson were deserted except for the occasional wagon that bumped along carrying those who had perished of the Asiatic cholera and bilious fever that raged in the countryside. It was the summer of 1852 and Cape Girardeau County's "round two" of the disease.... The first onslaught of 1833 took 128 citizens...

CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Ashley Figliolo, 35, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for traffic violations. n Michael Cox, 46, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on two Cape Girardeau County warrants...

James Luke John Steinnerd, 54, of Jackson died Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, at Promedica Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Born Aug. 28, 1964, in Cape Girardeau, he was the son of Melvin and Rita Kirn Steinnerd. James was a graduate of Leopold (Missouri) High School and explored the nation as a heavy equipment operator. ...

** Ardell Seabaugh Ardell Seabaugh, 81, of Jackson died Friday, Sept. 28, 2018, at Monticello House. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.

ODIN, Ill. -- Irene Pierce, 91, formerly of Marion, Illinois, passed away Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, at Odin Healthcare Center. Irene was born Jan.25, 1927, in Pittsburg, Illinois, to Henry and Betty Patterson Edwards. She married the Rev. Frank Pierce in Pittsburg on July 20, 1946. He preceded her in death Dec. 27, 2011...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- Donald "Doc" R. Lee, 71, of Advance passed away Friday, Sept. 28, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 22, 1946, at Advance, the son of Ted and Pauline Sears Lee. Donald and Glenda Hoosier were united in marriage Oct. 15, 2009, at Farmington, Missouri, and she survives of the home...

Judith Groves, 73, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, at Southeast Hospital. She was born Nov. 12, 1944, in Cape Girardeau, the daughter of the late Loftis and Alma McClain Evans. She and Richard Groves were married March 27, 2003, in Cape Girardeau...

BEAUFORT, S.C. -- A military jet a short distance from its base crashed in South Carolina on Friday with the pilot ejecting safely and no one on the ground injured, authorities said. The 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing F-35B crashed about 11:45 a.m. into an uninhabited marsh island near the Grays Hill community, authorities said...

BERLIN -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan conceded little ground on issues dividing their countries after meeting Friday but stressed the importance of the two NATO allies working together as they sought to improve acrimonious relations...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has defrocked a Chilean priest who was a central character in the global sex abuse scandal rocking his papacy, invoking his "supreme" authority to stiffen an earlier sentence because of the "exceptional amount of damage" the priest's crimes had caused...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- They have the date 10-1-2017 tattooed on their bodies and have memorial walls of pictures in their homes. One woman made a bracelet out of her Route 91 Harvest festival wristband, while many others can be spotted at concerts wearing shirts reading "survivor." They fly flags from their RVs and have stickers on their cars...

For centuries, people have relied on maps to figure out where they are and where they're going. But today's digital maps -- seemingly more precise than ever --aren't always as dependable as they appear. At the end of August, for instance, Snapchat users woke up early to find the app's internal map had renamed New York City with the anti-Semitic label "Jewtropolis." In Washington, D.C., Google Maps incorrectly renamed a Senate office building after the late Sen. ...

NEW YORK -- Facebook reported a major security breach in which 50 million user accounts were accessed by unknown attackers. The attackers gained the ability to "seize control" of those user accounts, Facebook said, by stealing digital keys the company uses to keep users logged in. Facebook has logged out the 50 million breached users -- plus another 40 million who were vulnerable to the attack. Users don't need to change their Facebook passwords, it said...

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A powerful earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday, triggering a 10-foot-tall tsunami an official said swept away houses in at least two cities. Disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said the tsunami hit Palu, the capital of central Sulawesi province, as well as the smaller city of Donggala and several other coastal settlements...

ST. LOUIS -- Missouri's Republican Senate candidate Josh Hawley opposes a federal provision barring religious organizations from political endorsements, and his upcoming appearance at a Baptist university may provide a test case for the future of the measure...

During the fall, Fridays kickoff the weekend with an event everyone knows about -- high school football. Programs from Class 1 to Class 5 generate a weekly atmosphere of community and competition, bringing locals together in the fall for one night a week to cheer on their home team...

Comic book writer, editor and Jackson native Roy Thomas -- who succeeded Stan Lee as editor-in-chief at Marvel Comics -- was honored and greeted with cake and a crowd Friday at the Cape Girardeau County History Center in Jackson. The reception also spotlighted the center's former intern and Southeast Missouri State University student Michael Archer's creation of the on-site superhero-inspired exhibit, "When History and Comics Collide."...

WASHINGTON -- Reversing course, President Donald Trump bowed to Democrats' demands Friday for a deeper FBI investigation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh after Republican Sen. Jeff Flake balked at voting for confirmation without it -- a sudden turn leaving Senate approval newly uncertain amid allegations of sexual assault...