Congratulations to Wendy Marberry, 2012 Realtor of the Year! Wendy's selection was announced Friday, Nov. 30, 2012, at the Installation Banquet and 60th Anniversary Celebration of the Cape Girardeau County Board of Realtors. Also recognized at the banquet were 2013 officers and directors of the
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11/30/2012
The fact that buyers' agents now input their offers into Homepath does not save the listing agent a nano-second of time. When a buyer's agent enters an offer into the Homepath system, the listing agent still has to retrieve that offer and then turn around and enter that information into the Fanni
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11/29/2012
Fannie Mae has now directed that all offers on their listings be made through the HomePath Online Offer system at the HomePath website. Agents who wish to bring an offer are required to have an agent account on HomePath.com. There is no cost, and registration is simple. You will need your state l
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11/28/2012
Take time from the busyness of the season and relax at the River Campus showing of Fall for Dance, from Nov. 29 through Dec 1. Buy tickets HERE. Next up on the River Campus schedule is On the Verge. Tickets are available HERE. Performances are Dec. 5-9. Southeast Missouri State University's Riv
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11/27/2012
Having spent way too much time recently in the hospital, I have decided that hospital tissue is some sort of arcane torture. I know that things are expensive! After all, I just received the bill for my recent stay--approximately $145,000, not counting the doctors' and surgeon's bills which will a
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11/25/2012
A post on Facebook reminded me of the time when DEA agents doing a fly-over spotted my Dad's flourishing garden in a clearing several hundred yards down from his house. They landed and plotted the coordinates to Dad's garden, stopping in town to ask directions to the "Demps England place." Of co
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11/25/2012
I accumulated a number of voicemails this week while my mother-in-law was in her last days and as we planned and traveled out of state for the funeral. One of those voicemails was from her. "It's just me. I'll call you later." What an ordinary thing to say, and what an extraordinary thing to prom
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11/24/2012
I admit to being a lightweight shopper. To me, shopping is a chore, not a sport. So the Black Friday hoopla is pretty meaningless to me. Most of my adult life, we traveled to see family over the holiday. Having just arrived and already facing the trip back home meant that shopping on the day afte
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11/23/2012
"And make time to play a board game with your family," my daughter admonished her freshmen in college English 140, as she wished them a Happy Thanksgiving or Great American Turkey Sacrifice Day. They laughed at the Turkey Sacrifice and even a little bit about the board game. Surprisingly, several
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11/22/2012
Forget Black Thursday (and the shopping madness now moving into Thanksgiving), Christmas season does not officially start in Cape Girardeau, MO, until the annual Parade of Lights graces Broadway and Main Street. This year's Christmas parade will be held Sunday, Nov. 25. All of Old Town Cape wi
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11/21/2012