Get Item: | Harry Rediger leaves legacy of family, friends, community 2 By Nathan Gladden Southeast Missourian “I can think of nobody else more worthy of the designation, other than Harry Rediger of being called Mr. Cape Girardeau,” former Mayor Jay Knudtson said regarding the passing of his friend. Former Cape Girardeau mayor, longtime JCPenney store manager and community volunteer Harry Rediger, 86, died Sunday, Sept. 22 ...
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| Mike Dumey unites 125 vocalists for ‘A Night of Music and Praise’ at Centenary Methodist Church By J.C. Reeves Southeast Missourian Mike Dumey and a choir composed of 125 vocalists will perform a blend of contemporary Christian music and classic gospel songs Saturday, Sept. 28, at Centenary Methodist Church, 300 N. Ellis St. in Cape Girardeau. Dumey said he came up with the idea to put on this concert, "A Night of Music and Praise", after reflecting on the people he’s worked with and the experiences they’ve shared during his 50 years as a church music leader...
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| Build-A-Bear founder, food bank CEO headline Women in Business conference By Christopher Borro ~ Southeast Missourian The Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce held its second annual Women in Business: At the Heart of It All conference Friday, Sept. 20, at Drury Plaza Hotel Conference Center. Maxine Clark, founder of Build-A-Bear Workshop, and Meredith Knopp, president and chief executive officer of the St. Louis Area Foodbank, served as the event’s featured presenters...
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| Cape County Commission approves surety bonds, mental health board member 3 By Christopher Borro ~ Southeast Missourian Cape Girardeau County Commissioners Clint Tracy, Paul Koeper and Charlie Herbst approved a bidding process for surety bonds for officeholders during their Monday, Sept. 23, regular meeting. ...
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| Sponsored: Navigating Retirement Changes B magazine Brooke Roth is a financial advisor at Edward Jones, with an office in Jackson, Missouri. B Magazine recently asked her about several of the retirement savings changes set to take effect before the end of the year. B MAGAZINE: The SECURE 2.0 Act eliminates required minimum distributions (RMDs) from Roth 401(k) plans starting this year. How significant is this change for investors who hold these types of accounts, and how should they adjust their retirement strategies accordingly?...
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| Today in history: Sept. 24 Associated Press Today is Tuesday, Sept. 24, the 268th day of 2024. There are 98 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 24, 2017, more than 200 NFL players knelt or sat during the national anthem after President Donald Trump criticized the players’ protests in a speech and a series of tweets...
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| Harry Rediger, former Cape mayor, succumbs to cancer at age 86 (9/23/24) 10 Southeast Missourian As his final term as mayor of Cape Girardeau wound toward an end, Harry Rediger championed a community model focused on involvement, cooperation and personal investment — Purpose Built. Rediger’s decades of public service, his career with JCPenney and his long history of volunteerism mirrored that idea. ...
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| Future of Missouri’s water: Proposed legislation aims to curb out-of-state exports (9/23/24) 9 By Bob Miller ~ Southeast Missourian When it comes to water, Missouri’s current supply is solid. The water source outlook, even when drought occurs, is of the glass-half-full variety. A growing number of Missouri farmers, politicians and government officials want to keep it that way. ...
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| SEMO student newspaper staffers named finalists for five national awards (9/23/24) 2 Southeast Missourian Seven staff members of the Arrow, Southeast Missouri State University’s student newspaper, have been named national finalists for the College Media Association’s annual Pinnacle Awards.
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| Investing in Financial Literacy: Why teaching kids about money matters more than ever (9/23/24) By Mary Koeberl Rechenberg ~ B Magazine MarketWatch Guides recently reported its insights on the financial literacy of American adults. Among the key findings: Only about 57% of U.S. adults are financially literate. It’s a sobering commentary on today’s society but also about what we’re teaching young people before they become adults. Knowing how to handle finances is a process best introduced as soon as a child understands that money can buy things. So are things like saving for retirement, buying a house or paying off debt...
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| Sponsored: Maximize your savings and enjoy community-focused banking with Montgomery Bank (9/23/24) By Montgomery Bank At Montgomery Bank, we focus every day on making banking easy for our customers and treating each person we meet like family. We’ve been family owned since 1957 and are grateful for the privilege to help generations of families navigate their most important financial milestones, from opening a child’s first savings account to buying a home to fulfilling a dream of starting a small business...
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| Southeast Missourian to launch faster, feature-rich digital platform (9/23/24) 30 Southeast Missourian The Southeast Missourian will be launching a new digital platform at www.semissourian.com on Tuesday, Sept. 24, around 10 a.m. Current users will need to verify their email address on the site to gain access. “When a current subscriber goes to semissourian.com on Tuesday, they will be asked to log in by putting in their email address,” said Joyce Cliff, Southeast Missourian circulation manager. ...
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| Today in history: Sept. 23 (9/23/24) Associated Press Today is Monday, Sept. 23, the 267th day of 2024. There are 99 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 23, 1952, Sen. Richard M. Nixon, R-Calif., salvaged his vice presidential nomination by appearing on television from Los Angeles to refute allegations of improper campaign fundraising in what became known as the “Checkers” speech for its reference to his family’s cocker spaniel...
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| Today in history: Sept. 22 (9/22/24) Associated Press Today is Sunday, Sept. 22, the 266th day of 2024. There are 100 days left in the year. Autumn begins at 8:43 a.m. EDT. Today in history: On Sept. 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all enslaved people in Confederate states should be freed as of Jan. 1, 1863, if the states did not end the fighting and rejoin the Union...
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| Outside the Office: Daniel Cook's journey from shop class to crafting unique cigar box guitars (9/21/24) 2 By Amanda Flinn ~ B Magazine Daniel Cook grew up in Marble Hill, Missouri, the youngest child of four. He loved Tonka trucks, Hot Wheels and helping his dad build things around the house. When he wanted a treehouse and tire swing, his dad taught him how to make it. By the time he was in seventh grade, his family moved to Jackson, Mo., where he began taking shop classes — crafting shelves and gun cabinets — and eventually took to repairing antique tractors and trucks. ...
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| Wells to Wallets: How your ballot choice will affect water and money in Cape Girardeau (9/21/24) 9 By Bob Miller ~ B Magazine The Cape Girardeau City Council on Monday, Aug. 5 voted to place an initiative on the Nov. 5 ballot to increase water rates above the 5% cap outlined in the city’s charter. City officials say the vote is needed to keep water safe for drinking, to meet increased demand for water, and to ensure the city can meet the needs for economic and residential growth...
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| Club news 9-21-24 (9/21/24) Town & Country FCE The Town and Country FCE club met Thursday, Sept. 12 at the home of Linda Thompson. Pledges to the US flag, the State of Missouri flag and the National FCE Creed were repeated in unison by club members. Thompson gave the devotional entitled “The Seasons of the Soul.” Roll call was given by Sue Jones, secretary. She also read a thank-you note from Community Counseling Center thanking the club for a back-to-school party for the residents at Cottonwood Treatment Center on Wednesday, Aug. 14.
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| Protect Yourself from Financial Scams: Expert tips to safeguard your money and identity (9/21/24) By Christopher Borro Financial fraud impacts people across the world. The internet is rife with warnings about the dangers of handing out personal information and the utmost importance of protecting accounts and passwords. Even so, Federal Trade Commission reports show American consumers lost increasingly large amounts of money to financial fraud over the last few years — $1.9 billion in 2019, $3.3 billion in 2020, $5.8 billion in 2021, $8.8 billion in 2022 and a staggering $10 billion in 2023...
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| Overcoming Obstacles: Small Business Development Center helping aspiring entrepreneurs start, sustain new businesses (9/21/24) By Jay Wolz Makayla Hawkins knows how to train dogs to sit, lay down, heel and obey a variety of other commands, but when it came to entrepreneurial skills, she wasn’t quite sure how to start a business and keep it from rolling over and playing dead. “It was always a dream of mine, since I was a child, to own some sort of animal sanctuary,” Hawkins said...
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| Today in history: Sept. 21 (9/21/24) Associated Press Today is Saturday, Sept. 21, the 265th day of 2024. There are 101 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 21, 2013, an attack by armed militants in the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya left 67 people dead and hundreds injured. Also on this date:...
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