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BUSINESS MEMO: PRESIDENT'S AWARD HONORS
(Business ~ 02/17/97)
Wieser Mazda of Cape Girardeau has won the Mazda "President's Award of Honor" for 1996. The award, announced recently by Mazda Motor of America Inc. (MMA), is presented to Mazda dealerships for sales volume and high levels of customer service. The award is presented to the top 25 dealerships in each of four sales volume categories. Dealers must retail a minimum of 120 units a year to be eligible for the award. Mazda has about 900 dealerships nationwide...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: TRAVEL OFF THE BEATEN PATH OF BUSINESS
(Business ~ 02/17/97)
Quick now, what is the best way to foil a car thief? Take the keys out of the ignition! With the frigid weather of this winter, many people have been starting their cars and letting them warm up in the morning while they return to the warmth of the home...
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BUSINESS MEMO: BIGGEST LAND OWNER
(Business ~ 02/17/97)
ATLANTA -- Ted Turner is a big land owner -- the nation's largest. Turner, a master deal maker and cable news pioneer, owns more than 1.3 million acres of land, according to Worth Magazine. Turner owns land in six states: New Mexico, Montana, Nebraska, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina...
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SPARTECH BECOMING BIG FISH AMONG SMALL OPERATIONS
(Local News ~ 02/17/97)
Bradley B. Buechler, center, is president and chief executive officer of Spartech Corporation. With him is Tim Simmers, left, general manager of Spartech Compounding, and Randy Martin, corporate vice president of finance. In an industry dominated by small operations, Spartech Corp. is fast becoming a giant...
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BUSINESS MEMO: BUSINESS CENTER RELOCATES
(Business ~ 02/17/97)
The Small Business Development Center on Southeast Missouri State University has relocated. The Donald L. Harrison College of Business announced recently that the small business center has moved to Suite 123 in the Robert A. Dempster Hall, at Henderson and New Madrid streets...
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BUSINESS MEMO: COMPUTER FIRM REBOUNDS
(Business ~ 02/17/97)
NEW YORK -- International Business Machines Corp. reported its fourth-quarter profits grew 18.3 percent, lifted by surging demand for computer services and stronger sales of software and hardware. IBM said it earned $2.02 billion, or $3.93 per share, in the quarter ended Dec. 31. Revenues rose 5.6 percent to $23.14 billion from $21.92 billion...
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BUSINESS MEMO: ELECTED OFFICIALS GATHER
(Business ~ 02/17/97)
State and community officials and community leaders will meet at the seventh annual Bootheel Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission's Elected Officials Conference Feb. 28 at New Madrid. The meeting will be held at Becky Sharp's Restaurant, with registration to start at 9:15 a.m...
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BUSINESS MEMO: CHRYSLER EARNINGS UP
(Business ~ 02/17/97)
After decades of financial ups and downs, Chrysler Corp. announced its second-best annual profit and a near-record $7,900 average profit-sharing payment for 96,500 U.S. workers. Chrysler, which disclosed its fourth quarter and 1996 earnings recently, has benefited from the boom in sport utility vehicles, pickups and minivans, which represented 66 percent of its sales last year. More importantly, Chrysler is the leanest of the Big Three automakers...
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BUSINESS MEMO: BUSINESS EXPO DATES
(Business ~ 02/17/97)
The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's Business Expo '97 will be held at the Show Me Center April 25 and 26. The annual Expo offers businesses a chance to meet consumers, create or expand mailing lists, conduct customer surveys, introduce new products and visit with other businesses...
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BUSINESS MEMO: EXPO SET AT SIKESTON
(Business ~ 02/17/97)
The Sikeston Business/Education Expo will be held April 3 at the Sikeston High School Field House, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. More than 50 exhibits are expected for the one-day extravaganza. More than 4,000 people attended the show last year, including 1,000 high school students...
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BUSINESS MEMO: TRAVEL GROUP ALLIANCE
(Business ~ 02/17/97)
An alliance between AAA Travel Agency and London-based Thomas Cook, a global travel service, will benefit international leisure travelers. People who make international travel arrangements through AAA can visit any of Thomas Cook's office in more than 100 countries for travel assistance without being charged a service fee...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 02/17/97)
Jan Keith of Jackson has been selected "Woman of the Year" by the Jacksonian Chapter of the American Business Women's Association. Keith, who works at Alliance Water System in Cape Girardeau, is incoming president for 1998. Anita Hillin and Peggy Gates have received promotions at Manpower Employment Services, 2909 Beaver Creek Drive...
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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: NEW BUSINESSES TO OPEN IN CARBONDALE
(Business ~ 02/17/97)
A 60,000-square-foot Schnucks grocery store is under construction at the former National Food Store site on West Main Street in Carbondale, Ill. A May opening is expected. A Staples store is also expected to open soon at Carbondale. The new office-supply facility is expected to open in March on Illinois 13 near the Carbondale Post Office...
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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: NEW AUTOMOTIVE LINE IN PERRYVILLE
(Business ~ 02/17/97)
Keller Chevrolet-Chrysler-Dodge of Perryville has added Jeep-Eagle to his line of new cars and trucks. Eugene Keller, owner of the dealership, said the new line would include Jeep Cherokee, Jeep Grand Cherokee and Jeep Wrangler. Eagle models will include the Eagle Vision and Eagle Talon...
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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: TRAVEL AGENCY OPENS AT WEST PARK MALL
(Business ~ 02/17/97)
First Discount Travel has opened at West Park Mall in Cape Girardeau. The new travel agency is owned and operated by Mark and Shari Eftink. The new agency is a member of the American Society of Travel Agents and the Cruise Lines International Association, and has received approval from Airlines Reporting Corporation and International Airlines Travel Agent Network...
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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: NEW NAME, NEW LOCATION FOR CARPET STORE
(Business ~ 02/17/97)
Carpet & Floor Center, formerly Cape Wholesale Flooring, has opened its new showroom at 592 Commercial. The business, which represents one of the largest carpetmakers in the world -- Shaw Carpet & Floor, offers more than 120 colors in a number of styles, textures and weights...
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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: WOLSEY PURCHASES AA SECURITY
(Business ~ 02/17/97)
Wolsey Investigative Service Inc. of Chaffee has purchased AA Security Inc. of Cape Girardeau. Jerry D. Wolsey, president and CEO of the Wolsey company, said the service would continue to provide the Security Mobile Patrol in the Cape Girardeau and Jackson areas and will offer residential mobile patrol for citizens...
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COMMUNITY CELEBRATION SET FOR JULY 4
(Local News ~ 02/17/97)
Cape Girardeau will get a balloon and a buzz as well as a bang on the Fourth of July this year. Several organizations and individuals are working to recreate the community celebration that ended in 1989. A community picnic, Balloon Fest and a fly-over by military aircraft are some of the events tentatively scheduled for the holiday celebration this year...
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ROCK SLIDE KILLS MAN AT QUARRY
(Local News ~ 02/17/97)
A Scott City man was killed in Lone Star Industries' quarry late Saturday afternoon when a 50-foot section of rock collapsed onto the tract excavator he was operating. The accident that took the life of Carl Dean Howell Jr., 40, wasn't discovered until Sunday morning when a friend who was a coworker went to the limestone quarry searching for him, according to Cape Girardeau police. Howell's family became concerned when he did not return Saturday night and asked Don Wright to look for him...
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LAND OF PROMISE: CHURCHES CONGREGATE AT MT. AURBURN-LEXINGTON MEECA; PASTORS SAY THEY ARE FOLLOWING CITY GROWTH
(Local News ~ 02/17/97)
The Christ Evangelical Presbyterian Church is one of nearly a dozen churches that have found a home in the north end of Cape Girardeau near Lexington Avenue. As the residential mecca of Cape Girardeau's north side continues to grow, so does the number of churches there...
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EMERSON TALKS UP BUDGET AMENDMENT
(Local News ~ 02/17/97)
Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson met with about 15 Cape Girardeau residents Sunday at the Cape Girardeau Public Library to discuss -- well, whatever they wanted. For a little more than an hour, Emerson discussed education, the environment, taxes, term limits, a balanced budget amendment and her marital status...
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CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE: IT'S SCIENTIFIC: CHOCOLATE IS ALWAYS IN FASHION
(Column ~ 02/17/97)
I was thumbing through one of my favorite women's magazines when I found the news item I've been waiting for much of my life. Chocolate is a health food! Well, sort of. Nestled between stories asking whether or not I dare to get a short haircut (as a matter of fact, I was thinking about letting it grow out) and demanding that I try the new spring makeup look (I'll think about it) I found an item on a study from the Neuroscience Institute of San Diego that says chocolate contains not one, but two, healthful compounds.. ...
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MISSOURI WATCH: A HOMILY ON GOVERNMENT: SMALL WORDS ARE IMPORTANT
(Column ~ 02/17/97)
Priests and ministers in their pulpits have a way of converting a few lines of text from the Bible or other holy book into a full blown commentary on life's vicissitudes. In the secular world, columnists rely on day-to-day events to draw conclusions that may or may not be relevant or even logical, while economists expound at lengthy, typically drawing on a long text or even a book. Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations is cited much more often than it is read...
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SPENDING AFTER DESEG: WHERE IS SAVINGS FOR TAXPAYERS?
(Editorial ~ 02/17/97)
State Sen. Harold Caskey is proposing to divert much of the money Missouri has been spending on court-ordered desegregation in St. Louis and Kansas City to poor school districts. But his plan comes with no guarantees that students in those districts would get a better education...
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THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF BRIGHT STUDENTS
(Editorial ~ 02/17/97)
It was every student's dream-come-true: finding an error on a test question and you caught it. Such was the case with 17-year-old Colin Rizzo of Peterborough, N.H., who caught a mistake in a math question on the SAT college-entrance exam. Young Rizzo caught a mistake made by the best educators in the nation. ...
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LETTERS: A RESPONSE ON FEMINISM
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/17/97)
To the editor: I would like to respond to Scott Moyers' "humerous" column on feminism. In regard to having women pay for his meals, doesn't he proofread his work? Women do not get equal pay, so why whould they pay for his meal? Of course, when his wife graduates from medical school -- and if she is still married to him -- I am sure he won't mind her making more money than him...
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INDIANS VS. RAIDERS IN KEY OVC BATTLE
(College Sports ~ 02/17/97)
Southeast Missouri State University's basketball team will play its final regular-season home game tonight -- but the Indians hope the contest is not their overall final appearance at the Show Me Center this year. When Middle Tennessee State visits for a 7:45 p.m. tipoff, the Indians will try to continue keeping their hopes of a top-four Ohio Valley Conference finish alive...
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OTAHKIANS STILL LOOKING FOR STORNG FINISH TO YEAR
(College Sports ~ 02/17/97)
Ed Arnzen has experienced all kinds of success as the women's basketball coach at Southeast Missouri State University, which is what makes this season even more frustrating. Entering the 1996-97 campaign, Arnzen had compiled a sterling 267-111 record in 13 previous seasons with the Otahkians...
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BOWLING PERFECTION
(High School Sports ~ 02/17/97)
Local bowlers Eric Langston (left) and Tim Archer Jr. recently rolled 300 games during competition at area lanes.
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SEMO SPORTS: INDIAN BASEBALL TEAM FALLS TO MEMPHIS 7-5
(College Sports ~ 02/17/97)
MEMPHIS -- Despite getting off to an impressive start, Southeast Missouri State University's baseball team fell to 0-2 here Sunday as host Memphis rallied for a 7-5 victory. The Indians began the game as Lance Craft and Steve Goodman -- the first two batters in the order -- belted consecutive solo home runs...
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RUTH ANN SCHLICHTING
(Obituary ~ 02/17/97)
FROHNA -- Ruth Ann Schlichting, 83, of Frohna died Saturday, Feb. 15, 1997, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born Oct. 12, 1913, in Brazeau, daughter of James and Lillian Byrd Barber. She was a homemaker and member of the Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna...
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JOSEPH E. MOTES
(Obituary ~ 02/17/97)
PADUCAH, Ky. -- Joseph E. Motes, 58, of Paducah, Ky., died Saturday, Feb. 15, 1997, at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah. He was born July 21, 1938, in New Albany, Miss., son of James and Lilly Fair Motes. He married Mary Widdows in May 1994, in Paducah. She survives...
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WARREN E. RAMSEY
(Obituary ~ 02/17/97)
SCOTT CITY -- Warren Eugene Ramsey, 34, of Kirkwood died Sunday, Feb. 16, 1997, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Scott City.
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CARL DEAN HOWELL JR.
(Obituary ~ 02/17/97)
SCOTT CITY -- Carl Dean Howell Jr., 40, of Scott City died Sunday, Feb. 16, 1997, in a construction accident in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
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INSURANCE AGENT KNOWN FOR HOLIDAY DECORATIONS DIES AT 51
(Obituary ~ 02/17/97)
Kenneth J. Voepel, a longtime Cape Girardeau insurance agent, died Sunday, Feb. 16, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was 51. In addition to his business and civic accomplishments, Voepel will be well remembered for his annual participation in the Cape Girardeau Holiday of Lights tour and contest. ...
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MARY HALL
(Obituary ~ 02/17/97)
HAYWOOD CITY -- Mary Hall, 87, of Haywood City, died Saturday, Feb. 15, 1997, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.
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ON THE STREET
(Local News ~ 02/17/97)
The Southeast Missourian asked, "What do you think of the proposed bill that would allow Missourians to carry concealed weapons?" Ronnie Phillips, Cape Girardeau "I'm afraid that it would lead to possible higher acts of crime. If a person might already be physically aggressive, if they become upset they might take things a step further. I would vote against it."...
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SEMO SCHOLARSHIP TO HONOR KORNS
(Local News ~ 02/17/97)
For longstanding commitment of Dr. Charles Korns horticulture in the region, the agriculture department at Southeast Missouri State University is dedicating a scholarship in his name. Korns retired in December after 26 years as an agriculture professor at the university. He oversaw the development of the university's greenhouses and is widely credited with the growth of the horticulture program at Southeast...
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