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BUSINESS PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 09/29/97)
Kathie Garms has been promoted to assistant vice president and branch manager of the Jackson West Facility of Union Planters Bank. Garms has been with Union Planters Bank of Southeast Missouri since 1986 and has served as teller, customer service representative, and most recently, assistant branch manger. She is a licensed investment representative with insurance license as well as securities license...
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BUSINESS MEMO: INDUSTRIAL WEEK
(Business ~ 09/29/97)
This is Industrial Week in Cape Girardeau. Activities sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's Industrial Relations Council start today with the annual Industrial Appreciation Golf Tournament at the Cape Girardeau Country Club. Activities will continue Thursday with the Industrial Appreciation Dinner, starting with a 6 p.m. social hour at the Show Me Center, and dinner at 7...
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BUSINESS MEMO: CHAMBER BOARD NOMINATIONS
(Business ~ 09/29/97)
The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's nominating committee is accepting nominations for board of directors members. Committee members are John Burian, Lone Star Industries; Mike Kohlfeld, Kohlfeld Distributing Inc.; Russ Mothershead, Mid-West Agri-Chemico; Jim Rus, River Eagle Distributing Co.; Ray Duffey, B.A.R.T.; and Robin Tolbert, K & K Electric Co. Inc...
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BUSINESS MEMO: TELECONFERENCE SET
(Business ~ 09/29/97)
Edward D. Jones investment representative Timothy Gutwein will be host to a live satellite teleconference on community development issues facing business and property owners this week. The teleconference will be held at noon Wednesday at the Edward Jones office at 502 W. Main, Suite B in Jackson...
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SPY BUSINESS: INVESTIGATIONS CAN BE LIKE GAME OF `CAT AND MOUSE'
(Local News ~ 09/29/97)
Tina Niswonger used a computer and telephone while doing background checks. Information about people is available online. The business of investigation is like a game of cat and mouse. Interquest Information Services in Cape Girardeau specializes in the mouse aspect, as in computer mouse. Investigative Associates Inc. in Cape Girardeau is more like the cat that stalks it's prey...
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BUSINESS MEMO: MAGAZINE CITES BANK
(Business ~ 09/29/97)
NationsBank has been selected by Working Mother Magazine as one of the "Top Ten Companies for Working Mothers." The list spotlights outstanding workplaces for women and tracks workplace trends relating to family. This marks the fifth year that NationsBank has been named to the list...
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NEW BUSINESS ON THE STREET: PLANT LADY'S CORNER OPENS IN DOWNTOWN
(Business ~ 09/29/97)
Plant Lady's Corner has opened at 1 S. Main in downtown Cape Girardeau. The business will be open Tuesday through Thursday from noon to 6. Debbie Naeter, a certified "Master Gardener," has operated the Plant Lady, a plant-care service for homes and businesses, from her home for a number of years...
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BUSINESS MEMO: TOURISM CONFERENCE
(Business ~ 09/29/97)
The Missouri Division of Tourism and the Missouri Travel Council will co-sponsor the 1997 Tourism Educational Conference, to be held next month at Lake of the Ozarks. The three-day conference, Oct. 22 through 24, will feature a number of speakers on topics like "Marketing to the Millennium," "Sports Marketing Strategies" and "Market Strategies for Association Business."...
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NEW BUSINESS ON THE STREET: `INVISIBLE FENCE'
(Business ~ 09/29/97)
Thousands of pets play and stay in their yards without fences. Although the "invisible fence" idea was developed for dogs more than two decades ago, the concept works for other animals -- cats, goats and sheep, says Joe Sherinski, who recently acquired the franchise for Invisible Fencing Pet Containment in the immediate area...
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NEW BUSINESS ON THE STREET: EDDIE BAUER STORE
(Business ~ 09/29/97)
The Eddie Bauer Store opened in West Park Mall last week. Eddie Bauer Inc., which is noted for its rugged outdoor outerwear, also provides casual men's and women's clothing, accessories, footwear and luggage. The 6,400-square-foot store at 134 West Park Mall is the 16th Eddie Bauer store in Missouri...
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NEW BUSINESS ON THE STREET: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH CLINIC
(Business ~ 09/29/97)
Occupational Health Clinic Inc., a medical facility that deals with occupational medicine, has opened at 224 N. Frederick St. in Cape Girardeau. The new facility features a medical team that works with work-related injuries, work physicals, substance abuse screening and physical therapy, has in-house X-ray and lab, on-site services and mobile units. Case management is an essential part of OHC, said Debby Erlbacher Steger, OHC marketing and sales department...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: WHAT'S AHEAD FOR THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN?
(Business ~ 09/29/97)
What lies ahead for downtown Cape Girardeau? Thursday's announcement that the Boyd Gaming Corp. was divesting 10 parcels of property in downtown Cape Girardeau came as little surprise to many people. Although downtown merchants have publicly expressed doubt for months that Boyd would put a riverboat casino here, many still privately hoped the gaming giant would proceed with plans that would have brought significant development to the riverfront area...
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WOMAN KILLED IN CRASH WITH TROOPER
(Local News ~ 09/29/97)
JACKSON -- A Burfordville woman was killed in the crash of pickup truck and Missouri Highway Patrol squad car that was en route to a traffic accident in Bollinger County. Beatrice Medley, 47, died early Sunday in the crash on Highway 34, about four miles west of Jackson, the patrol said...
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INSIDE THE NUMBERS: UNIVERSITY TACKLES PROBLEM OF LOW MINORITY ENROLLMENT
(Local News ~ 09/29/97)
Southeast Missouri State University hopes to boost black enrollment to nearly 980 students within three years. That would amount to an increase of more than 600 students over the current level of black enrollment. But that could prove a tough task in a region where black enrollment historically has been low...
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RESIDENTS ASK CITY FOR STOP SIGN NEAR SCHOOL
(Local News ~ 09/29/97)
When neighbors on Themis Street, near Franklin Elementary School, hear tires screech they congregate on the sidewalk and talk about the traffic troubles in the block of Themis between Keller and Louisiana streets. A few weeks ago, Janet Criddle decided it was time to stop talking and do something about it...
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CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE: BEATLES, FBI CLASH: YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION?
(Column ~ 09/29/97)
How's this for a plot line worthy of the Fox Network: Mix one drug-using, radical rock god, one paranoid, cross-dressing law enforcement mogul, one paranoid president, one slang-using parrot, the ACLU, and what do you get? Nope. It's not an episode of "The X Files." It's not even "Twin Peaks."...
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MISSOURI WATCH: CAN HAROLD SAVE THE OLD HOME PLACE?
(Column ~ 09/29/97)
Although he failed to save his seat in the U.S. Congress at the last election, former U.S. Rep. Harold Volkmer, the pride of Hannibal, now heads a 27-member commission that has set out to save the country's family farms. Or at least make known how to go about saving them...
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AVIATION DAY WILL SHOW OFF CITY AIRPORT
(Editorial ~ 09/29/97)
Those who attend next month's Aviation Day at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport not only will have the opportunity to enjoy an assortment of aircraft and other high-flying attractions in action, but will they get to see the airport's improved facilities as well...
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COMMERCE SHOWS ITS COMMUNITY SPIRIT
(Editorial ~ 09/29/97)
The people of Commerce -- the small, Scott County community that finally paid the price for being situated along the Mississippi River -- aren't letting a federal buyout of properties in the town's floodplain get them down. The town recently held what organizers appropriately called a Flood Fest, an event designed to bring people to town for a weekend of fun and games. Despite a rainy day, turnout wasn't too bad for the first of what Commerce intends to become an annual event...
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LETTERS: HMO COST-CUTTING IS A WAKE-UP CALL
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/29/97)
To the editor: The front-page article about HMO cost-cutting should be a wake-up call to anyone with any concern about health care. Are we supposed to be pleased when people die to save money? This is the direction socialized medicine takes, as evidenced everywhere it has been practiced. Now we can see it here...
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LETTERS: FRESH IDEAS FOR UNIVERSITY'S FUTURE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/29/97)
To the editor: As I look back to the early years of the 1920s when I attended Southeast Missouri State Teachers College, I am impressed, amazed and pleased at the immense progress the university has made in the succeeding years due, in part, to the initiative and fine management of President Nitzschke at this time...
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ON THE STREET
(Local News ~ 09/29/97)
This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "What preparations have you made in the event of a major earthquake?" Jerome Riley, Cape Girardeau "Pray first and then go to the nearest door shelter. I'm sure it's an excellent idea to always be prepared for any type of major catastrophe, but I haven't done it."...
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TRINITY DAY CARE USES SHREDDED TIRE RUBBER FOR PLAYGROUND AREA
(Local News ~ 09/29/97)
While Nancy LeGrand talked about how comfortable she is with the new surface lining the play area of the Trinity Lutheran Daycare, her 6-year-old son, Nick, was trying vigorously to make a liar out of her. "Or prove my point," LeGrand said as she watched Nick and a playmate recklessly rocking on the teeter-totter Sunday at the rededication of the new playground. The metal rockers of the apparatus were leaving small ruts in the soft black surface of the yard's shredded-tire lining...
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THREE INJURED IN COLLISION
(Local News ~ 09/29/97)
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INDIANS' CONFIDENCE SHOULD BE BOLSTERED
(College Sports ~ 09/29/97)
Southeast Missouri State University's Indians went into Saturday night's football game at Tennessee-Martin looking to build some confidence on offense and some general momentum entering a crucial part of their schedule. Mission accomplished on both fronts...
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BRIEFLY: CHAFFEE DROPS FOOTBALL GAME AT PORTAGEVILLE 36-6
(High School Sports ~ 09/29/97)
PORTAGEVILLE -- Chaffee High's football team played a strong first half but host Portageville eventually took charge to claim a 36-6 SEMO South Conference victory Saturday night. The Red Devils, who on Friday learned that they had received a season-opening forfeit victory over Malden for their first win since 1995, fell to 1-3 overall and 1-1 in conference play...
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CAIRO POLICEMAN PULLS BOY FROM RIVER
(Local News ~ 09/29/97)
CAIRO, Ill. -- A 10-year-old boy was saved from drowning Sunday by the quick action of a Cairo Police Department officer. Officer James McNeeley was notified at about 12:10 p.m. that a boy was in the Ohio River and appeared to be struggling. McNeeley and Officer Glenn Childress responded to the Cairo waterfront and saw the boy about 50 feet from the bank...
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PIA CLARA SCHNURBUSCH
(Obituary ~ 09/29/97)
PERRYVILLE -- Pia Clara Schnurbusch, 84, of Perryville died Saturday, Sept. 27, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 27, 1913, in Perry County, the daughter of Gottfried and Mary Buchheit Wibbenmeyer. She married Elmer Schnurbusch on Sept. 8, 1948, in Apple Creek. He survives...
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WILLIAM LAUXMAN
(Obituary ~ 09/29/97)
He was born July 1, 1910, in Gypsum, Kan., son of George and Bertha Schwartz Lauxman. He married Margaret Gardner on Nov. 15, 1934, in Salina, Kan., and spent the early part of their marriage in the Carlton area. He worked at Rice Motor Co. in Abilene in 1942. He became head custodian of the Dickinson County Courthouse in 1966 and retired in 1979. He moved to Salina in 1992 and then to Colorado Springs in 1996...
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JAMES WALTER PARKER
(Obituary ~ 09/29/97)
CHARLESTON -- James Walter Parker, 64, of Charleston died Saturday, Sept. 27, 1997, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born April 28, 1933, in Deventer to James and Daisy Johnson Parker. He worked at McMikle Funeral Home from 1954 to 1984, the Charleston Public School System from 1984 to 1989 and the Charleston Parks Department from 1992 to 1994 before health problems forced his retirement...
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CLYDE ROUSSEAU
(Obituary ~ 09/29/97)
PERRYVILLE -- Clyde Rousseau, 70, of Perryville died Sunday, Sept. 28, 1997, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at the Miller Family Funeral Home in Perryville.
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CHARLES C. SHEFFER
(Obituary ~ 09/29/97)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Charles c. Sheffer, 88, of Benton, Ky., formerly of Mounds and Sandwich, died early Sunday, Sept. 28, 1997, at Murray-Calloway County Hospital in Murray, Ky. He was born Sept. 3, 1909, at Dongola, the sonof James Wilford and Cora Belle Keller Sheffer. He married Lois clifford Aug. 13, 1938...
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