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BUSINESS: SANTA'S SURPLUS NEW
(Business ~ 11/24/97)
A Santa's Surplus, a toy, gift and Christmas outlet store, has opened at 1937 E. Jackson Blvd. in Jackson. Elsie Peetz, who operated a Santa's Surplus in Perryville four years before moving to Jackson, said the store will be open through the Christmas holidays...
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BUSINESS MEMO: NEW PERRYVILLE WATER TOWER
(Business ~ 11/24/97)
Perryville is getting a new water tower and a new Wal-mart supercenter. The new supercenter will be constructed on Highway 51 South, and it needs the new water tower to meet fire insurance requirements for water pressure and volume in its sprinkler system...
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BUSINESS MEMO: NEW ANNA BUSINESSES
(Business ~ 11/24/97)
Construction is under way on a new Wal-Mart Supercenter store at Anna, Ill. The new store will be on a site near Illinois Route 146 in East Anna. A building permit has also been issued for a Casey's General store, to be built near East Vienna and McKinley Street...
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SAVING FOR A RAINY DAY
(Local News ~ 11/24/97)
At the start of the holiday shopping season, people may seem more interested in spending than saving. But experts say the best thing you can give yourself is a plan to save money. "We've become a nation of borrowers and not savers," said Joe Bradshaw, who teaches consumer education at Cape Girardeau Central High School...
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BUSINESS MEMO: BRPC ANNIVERSARY PARTY
(Business ~ 11/24/97)
The Bootheel Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission will hold a party next month, in observance of its 30th anniversary. Commission boards, committees and members, along with past BRPC chairmen and executive directors will attend the special celebration, to be held Dec. 12, at 10:30 a.m. at Becky Sharp's in New Madrid...
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BUSINESS: NEW CROWN SHOES
(Business ~ 11/24/97)
Crown Shoes in Town Plaza Shopping Center has adopted a new format -- women's shoes only, all at one price. "The store is now a women's shoe store," said Tony Juliano, district manager. "And all prices, regardless of style or size, are $18.95 a pair."...
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BUSINESS: LAND SURVEYING OFFICE
(Business ~ 11/24/97)
White Land Surveying has moved to Cape Girardeau. Tim White, who has been providing surveying services since 1985 in the Blytheville, Ark., area, recently move his company to 1728 Brucher. White, an Advance native, formerly lived in the Cape Girardeau/Jackson area...
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BUSINESS: CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC TO OPEN
(Business ~ 11/24/97)
Tally-Heisserer Chiropractic Clinic will open at 2911 Beaver Creek Drive in Cape Girardeau next month. "The new office should be open by December," said Anne Heisserer, owner of the new clinic. "Meanwhile, I am operating out of my home." Heisserer, a graduate of Logan College of Chiropractic at Chesterfield, Mo., worked at a chiropractic clinic in Nashville, Tenn., prior to returning to Cape Girardeau...
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BUSINESS: EXPANSION IN PEMISCOT
(Business ~ 11/24/97)
Trinity Industries/Xenium Fiberglass will expand its operations at the Pemiscot County Port Authority at Caruthersville. The Department of Economic Development recently announced that Pemiscot County will receive an infrastructure grant of $180,240 to aid in the expansion, which will mean about 25 new jobs...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: SEEING GOOSE, A LESSON IN WATERFOWL LIFESTYLE
(Business ~ 11/24/97)
Spending an afternoon admiring the wily Canada Goose isn't a wild goose chase - it's a fascinating look at waterfowl lifestyle. The Canada Goose is often referred to as "a wise old bird." Rightfully so. Wise, older geese have ruffled the feathers of many veteran hunters, and with the goose season now under way in the four-county -- Alexander, Union, Williamson and Jackson -- veteran and novice hunters may very well find that the magnificiant big bird is, indeed, one of the most intelligent birds.. ...
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BUSINESS MEMO: SMALL BUSINESS NOMINATIONS
(Business ~ 11/24/97)
Nominations for "Small Business of the Year" are being accepted by the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce. The award, sponsored by the Small Business Committee of the Chamber, will be presented during the Chamber's annual meeting/dinner dance in January...
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BUSINESS MEMO: SOUTHERN ILLINOIS VIDEO
(Business ~ 11/24/97)
A new video on Southern Illinois is available to economic developers. "Southern Illinois -- Your Business Edge," has been developed by Southern Illinois Enhancing Development Growth and Expansion (SI EDGE), a group founded to attract investment and business expansion to the region...
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BUSINESS MEMO: NEW RADIO BUILDING
(Business ~ 11/24/97)
The Zimmer Radio Group will construct a 10,000-square-foot building at Poplar Bluff to house the group's three stations -- KWOC, KKLR and KIEZ -- in Poplar Bluff. Zimmer Radio Group, a family-owned business headquartered in Cape Girardeau, owns 26 radio stations throughout Missouri and Southern Illinois...
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BUSINESS MEMO: ANNUAL NAHB CONVENTION
(Business ~ 11/24/97)
The National Association of Home Builders will hold its 54th annual convention and exposition Jan. 16-19 at the Dallas Convention Center. Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female prime minister, will be keynote speaker. New NAHB officers will be installed. The exposition will include 1,000 exhibits from manufacturers and suppliers of home building products...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 11/24/97)
Mark Kneer, director of circulation/marketing for the Southeast Missourian, has been elected president of the Missouri Circulation Managers Association. Kneer was elected during the annual meeting in October at Osage Beach. The MCMA includes circulation professionals from the state's 40 daily newspapers...
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BUSINESS MEMO: TELETHON DONATION
(Business ~ 11/24/97)
Players Casino and its employees have donated more than $20,000 to the WPSD Lions Club Telethon, which was held Nov. 8-9 at Paducah. Players of Metropolis will soon be known as Players Island Casino.
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BUSINESS MEMO: NEW TOURISM MANAGER
(Business ~ 11/24/97)
The Missouri Division of Tourism has a new communications manager. Lori Simms, a Jefferson City native, was named to the position earlier this month. Simms has degrees from the University of Missouri and Lincoln University in Jefferson City. Simms worked as an environmental education and information specialist with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources for four years and with the Missouri Department of Conservation as an editor for four years...
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DANA CORPORATION: COMPANY HAS LONG HISTORY OF GROWTH, EFFICIENCY
(Column ~ 11/24/97)
Dana Corporation of Toledo, Ohio, with 320 of 45,500 employees located in the Heartland, has about 103 million shares of common stock outstanding. The stock (symbol DCN) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is a member of the S&P 500. It engineers and produces auto and truck parts for the worldwide vehicular market. Its stock ended trading Wednesday at $46 11/16. Dana's stock seems to closely reflect current market conditions and risk, and is probably a good stock to hold...
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A FINAL TRIBUTE TO A FLIGHT VETERAN; FAMILY, FRIENDS RECALL PILOT'S FONDNESS FOR AIRCRAFT, FLIGHT
(Local News ~ 11/24/97)
PAINTON -- When Ernie Miner courted his future wife during World War II, he would fly from the airfield in Sikeston where he was stationed and buzz the smokestacks of the old shoe factory on Main Street in Cape Girardeau, then fly over her house in the Red Star District...
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CHRISTMAS FOR THE ELDERLY, TOYBOX DRIVES UNDER WAY FOR HOLIDAY SEASON
(Local News ~ 11/24/97)
While many children know Santa will bring them every wish on their Christmas list, others aren't always able to enjoy Santa's visit. But the Cape Girardeau Jaycees designed a program, co-sponsored by the Southeast Missourian, that allows many children who wouldn't otherwise enjoy Christmas receive a gift from Santa...
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HABITAT FOR HUMANITY; FAMILY DEDICATES NEW HOME
(Local News ~ 11/24/97)
After six months of work, the house is nearly complete. Just a few things need to be finished. A shed needs to be put up in the backyard. The front lawn needs to be leveled off. The city inspectors must give their final approval. But for Bertha King and her son, Willie Colon, those are minor things, and the wait has been worth it. ...
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HOME IMPROVEMENT: GRANTS AIMED AT UPGRADING CAPE'S NEIGHBORHOODS (COMING HOME: CONTINUING SERIES)
(Local News ~ 11/24/97)
Steven Williams is pointing out houses in the 700 block of Ranney Street. "We did that one," he says, "and that one, and that one across the street and that house back there." Williams, the housing assistance coordinator for the city of Cape Girardeau, is pointing out houses rehabilitated under an ongoing Community Development Block Grant...
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CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE: BARBIE GOING UNDER THE KNIFE FOR BRAND-NEW LOOK
(Column ~ 11/24/97)
Barbie's getting a makeover. This means, of course, two things: Barbie collectors all over the world are trying to figure out how the "new" Barbie will affect their investments, and little girls are getting a more realistic 11-inch plastic role model...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 11/24/97)
YOU WERE wanting to know who the brothers were on the Jackson football team. It was Milton and Marion Nothdurft, Robert and Marion Rogers, Murl and Arnell Godwin, Emil and Lawrence Loos and Sherman and Edward Cracraft. I'VE GOT the best idea yet for a new team mascot for Southeast Missouri. ...
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U.S. 60 UPGRADE IS MAJOR IMPROVEMENT
(Editorial ~ 11/24/97)
Motorists in Poplar Bluff, Dexter, Sikeston and points in between Friday celebrated the opening of the improved U.S. 60 even before all 48 miles of the stretch from Poplar Bluff to Sikeston were finished. Even as a festive caravan moved along the improved state route from Poplar Bluff eastward to Sikeston, workers put final touches to the 13-mile section from Dexter to Morehouse. This section is to open next Tuesday in time for the busy Thanksgiving weekend...
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CUT GOVERNMENT STRANGLEHOLD ON HEALTH CARE
(Editorial ~ 11/24/97)
Medical professionals at a public forum in Cape Girardeau expressed plenty of complaints concerning certain health-care matters in which government is involved. For the most part their complaints are legitimate. The most disturbing of their concerns at the forum held by U.S. ...
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LETTERS: A LITANY ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/24/97)
To the editor: Here is a litany on behalf of children courtesy of the American Life League, of which I am a member: God, the Father, bless them. God, the Son, bless them. Holy Mother of God nurture them. Blessed St. Joseph bless them. For all children conceived this day, we thank you and ask your blessing. ...
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ON THE STREET
(Local News ~ 11/24/97)
This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "What do you think of the governments decision that would allow motorists to apply for a permit to put an on/off switch on their car's airbag?" Jason Kem, Jefferson City I think that they should let the government have standards for the car companies to follow and that should be the rule. They shouldn't let people decide."...
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HOLIDAY MUSICAL SHOWCASE SET FOR FRIDAY EVENING IN JACKSON
(Local News ~ 11/24/97)
"The Most Wonderful Time of the Year: A Holiday Musical Showcase" will be held Friday night in Jackson. The show, which benefits the Salvation Army, will be held at Cox Memorial Hall, formerly the Jackson city hall, at 225 S. High Street. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m. for a dessert bar. The two-hour show by local singers Mike Dumey and Robyn Hosp is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m...
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BRIEFLY: TENNESSEE TECH CAPTURES OVC VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
(College Sports ~ 11/24/97)
Second-seeded Tennessee Tech defeated fifth-seeded Eastern Illinois 6-15, 15-10, 15-8, 15-6 Sunday at Houck Field House in the championship match of the Ohio Valley Conference volleyball tournament. Tech (23-9) thus earns an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament...
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BRIEFLY: AREA HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SEASON TIPS OFF TONIGHT
(High School Sports ~ 11/24/97)
The local high school basketball season will open tonight as several area teams play their first games of the 1997-98 campaign. Many more of the area squads will tip off the season next week. A boys game tonight will have Leopold visiting Meadow Heights. In girls action, Scott City hosts Woodland, Kelly hosts Delta and Oran entertains Charleston...
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BRIEFLY; TITLES DECIDED AT UNIVERSAL INDOOR TENNIS TOURNEY
(High School Sports ~ 11/24/97)
Championships were decided Sunday as the Universal Physique Fitness & Racquet Center's club championship tournament came to a close. Ken Campbell won Men's Senior Singles by beating George Skalsky 6-1, 3-6, 6-3. Dennis Leitner captured Men's A Singles with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Mike Holloway...
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JOHN SADLER
(Obituary ~ 11/24/97)
ANNA, Ill. -- John Earl Sadler Sr., 61, of Anna died Sunday, Nov. 23, 1997, at his home. He was born March 15, 1936, in Jonesboro, the son of James Ervin and Iva Edmonds Sadler. He married Charlene Newman at Jonesboro on June 23, 1956. He was employed as a state highway maintenance worker. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Anna...
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JOE ROY MAYFIELD
(Obituary ~ 11/24/97)
Joe Roy Mayfield Sr., 71, died Saturday, Nov. 22, 1997, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Dec. 26, 1925, at Jackson, son of Emory J. and Lennie Jones Mayfield. He married Wanda Maxine Taylor on Feb. 24, 1951, at Osceola, Ark. He graduated from Jackson High School and Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, Tenn. He worked for Lee Optical in Cape Girardeau until he retired in 1987...
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SIDNEY WEBB
(Obituary ~ 11/24/97)
JACKSON -- Sidney A. "Art" Webb, 75, died Sunday, Nov. 23, 1997, at St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia, Ill. He was born March 20, 1922, at Black, the son of Sidney and Florence Dennison Webb. He married Annis Lee Propst on June 3, 1950, at Pocahontas, Ark. She died Feb. 3, 1996...
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ALBERT COMPAS
(Obituary ~ 11/24/97)
KELSO -- -- Albert William "Bill" Compas, 69, of Kelso died Saturday, Nov. 22, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Oct. 22, 1928, at Sikeston, the son of Edward J. and Hermina J. Dumey Compas. He married Evelyn Aline Burns on June 12, 1948, at Benton...
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EUGENE F. GOLIGHTLY
(Obituary ~ 11/24/97)
Eugene F. Golightly, 63, of New Concord, Ky., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, Nov. 23, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born July 3, 1934, in Cape Girardeau, son of G.F. and Magdaline Simpher Golightly. He and Barbara Finley were married Oct. 3, 1953, in Chaffee. She died Jan. 2, 1981...
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JOSEPH GOCKEL
(Obituary ~ 11/24/97)
Joseph Edmond Gockel, 72, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Nov. 22, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Dec. 16, 1924, in Cape Girardeau, son of Gus and Mary Collins Gockel. He and Kathryn Harvell were married Aug. 13, 1943, in Jackson...
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MARTHA BELCHER
(Obituary ~ 11/24/97)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Martha Belcher, 74, of Jonesboro died Saturday, Nov. 22, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 23, 1923, in Cobden, the daughter of Roy and Anna Lence Wilkins. She married William "Bud" Belcher at Jonesboro on June 28, 1946. He died March 28, 1996...
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