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ARLENE L. PHELPS
(Obituary ~ 02/21/93)
Arlene L. Phelps, 86, of Granite City, Ill., formerly of Advance, died Friday, Feb. 19, 1993 at her home. She was born Aug. 21, 1906 at Marshall, Ill., daughter of Williams and Josephine Glover Simmers. She married Warren Phelps on Mar. 21, 1925 at Greenbrier,Mo. He preceded her in death on Feb. 18, 1981...
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FRANK W. HOPPE
(Obituary ~ 02/21/93)
ST. LOUIS Frank W. Hoppe, 70, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, Feb. 17, 1993, at Clayton House Healthcare in West St. Louis County. Hoppe of Crestwood, was born in Poplar Bluff. Hoppe was a teacher. He taught at Roosevelt High School in St. Louis 25 years before retiring in 1985. He was a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University and obtained a master's degree at University of Missouri...
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RUBY M. DAMON
(Obituary ~ 02/21/93)
Memorial service for Ruby M. Damon of Lady Lake, Fla., formerly of Cape Girardeau, was held Friday at Chapel of All Faiths, the Villages of Lady Lake. The Rev. Arthur I. Harris officiated, with Page-Theus-Blanchard Funeral Home in Leesburg, Fla., in charge of arrangements...
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LEROY LUCY SR.
(Obituary ~ 02/21/93)
NEW MADRID -- Funeral service for Leroy "Ted" Lucy Sr. of New Madrid will be held at 2 p.m. today at Kewanee Missionary Baptist Church. Elders Richard Britt and Jerry Dudley will officiate, with burial in Mounds Cemetery near Lilbourn. Ponder Funeral Home at Sikeston is in charge of arrangements...
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VIOLET O. HAMPTON
(Obituary ~ 02/21/93)
CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for Violet O. Hampton of Chaffee will be held at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church. The Rev. Watis Harrell will officiate, with burial in Union Park Cemetery. Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home here until noon...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 02/21/93)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry N. Ancell Jr. of Scott City, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 5 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, 1993. Name, Greggory Cash. Weight, 6 pounds 2 ounces. First child. Mrs. Ancell is the former Rachel Mansker, daughter of Dennis and Betty Henson of Scott City. Ancell is the son of Jerry and Millie Ancell of Scott City...
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BE OUR GUEST: CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS CONCEPT COULD HELP IN DEALING WITH DRUG OFFENDERS
(Column ~ 02/21/93)
Arthur T. King, 80, of Cairo, vividly recalls the days of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Although King did not serve in the corps, he had many friends who did. King retired in 1970 as a master pilot on the Mississippi River, where he worked for 47 years...
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IS SENDING MORE MONEY AN APPROPRIATE ANSWER?
(Editorial ~ 02/21/93)
Americans have had a few days to mull over President Clinton's plan to address the federal government's fiscal mess. There will be no middle-class tax cut, as promised when the president was a candidate; in fact, the middle class will pay more taxes. ...
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GORDONVILLE-AREA LANDOWNERS FILE PETITION FOR A FIRE DISTRICT
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
GORDONVILLE - Residents of the 120-square-mile area of Cape Girardeau County served by the Gordonville Municipal Fire Department are seeking to organize a tax-supported district to upgrade their fire protection service. The proposed Gordonville Fire Protection District would be similar to other tax-supported, rural fire districts that have been created in the county since the 1970s...
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BUSINESS AFFECTED BY SOCIAL PROBLEMS; CARING CONFERENCE EXPANDS ITS TIES TO CORPORATE ENTITIES
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
Sarah didn't show up for work. She was too embarrassed because of the black eye and bruises suffered at the hands of her drunken husband. The couple's two children had trouble paying attention in school because of memories of the previous night's violence...
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ALICE F. DOSENBACH
(Obituary ~ 02/21/93)
PERRYVILLE -- Alice F. Dosenbach, 78, of Perryville, died Friday, Feb. 19, 1993, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born April 1, 1914, at Biehle, daughter of William and Emma Kirn Balsman. She married Emil G. Dosenbach on April 12, 1932. He preceded her in death in September of 1989...
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ALLEN PEELER
(Obituary ~ 02/21/93)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Allen Peeler, 73, of Dongola, died Thursday, Feb. 18, 1993 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 24, 1919, in Pulaski County, son of William and Ollie Miller Peeler. He married Margaret Fisher on Nov. 21, 1945. She survives...
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REV. JACK BROWN
(Obituary ~ 02/21/93)
ADVANCE -- The Rev. Jack Brown of Advance, a minister for 54 years, died Thursday, Feb. 18, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was 82. He was born Nov. 11, 1910, the son of William A. Brown. He was raised by his mother and step-father, Florenta Batten Brown Lambert and Shelby Lambert...
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EDWIN J. HILPERT
(Obituary ~ 02/21/93)
Edwin J. Hilpert, 78, of 1943 Briarwood died Saturday, Feb. 20, 1993, at his home. He was born on June 24, 1914 in Cape Girardeau, son of Martin E. and Dorothea Doering Hilpert. On June 18, 1941, he married June Mabrey in Jackson. She survives. He worked for the U.S. Postal Service as a carrier and supervisor at the Cape Girardeau Post Office, retiring in 1976...
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LOUISE BEDELL
(Obituary ~ 02/21/93)
Louise Bedell, 75, of 1120 South Ranney, died Friday, Feb. 19, 1993 at St. Francis Medical Center. The body is at Ford and Sons Funeral Home, where arrangements are incomplete.
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JOSIE ELIZABETH WILSON
(Obituary ~ 02/21/93)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Josie Elizabeth Wilson, 72, of East Prairie died Friday, Feb. 19, 1993 at the East Prairie Nursing Center. She was born June 9, 1920, in Boliver, Tenn., daughter of Willie and Millie Mathis. She married Lawrence Wilson in 1936. He preceded her in death...
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RUSSELL SUTHERLAND
(Obituary ~ 02/21/93)
CHARLESTON - Russell Sutherland, 77, of Charleston, died Friday, Feb. 19, 1993 at his home. He was born June 30, 1915 in Mississippi County, the son of Frank Russell and Margaret Adeline Farmer Sutherland, Sr. He lived in Mississippi County his entire life, where he had been employed with McCracken Oil Co. for 10 years and was engaged in farming until his retirement in 1981...
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RUTH HELEN KERR
(Obituary ~ 02/21/93)
CHARLESTON - Ruth Helen Kerr, 61, of Charleston, died Friday, Feb. 19, 1993 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Dec. 11, 1931 in Ridgely, Tenn., the daughter of Sam Norvel and Della Boyer Tatum. On Feb. 12, 1960 she married Edward Kerr, who survives...
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ROBERT L. FELTS
(Obituary ~ 02/21/93)
PERRYVILLE -- Robert Felts, 55, of Perryville, died Saturday, Feb. 20, 1993. He was born Feb. 26, 1937, in Perry County, son of Floyd C. and Ledia Spreier Felts. He was married to Peggy Hunt in 1956. He later married Janet R. Bachmann Weinkein, on Nov. 10, 1979. She survives...
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BARKLEY W. MURRAY
(Obituary ~ 02/21/93)
SIKESTON -- Barkley W. Murray, 85, of Sikeston, died Friday, Feb. 19, 1993 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Nov. 26, 1907 in Searcy, Ark., son of Arthur and Minnie L. Barkley Murray. He marred Reba Troxell on Nov. 23, 1936 in Searcy. She survives...
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KEVIN DEREK ZANE
(Obituary ~ 02/21/93)
Kevin Derek Zane, 27, of Grass Valley, Calif., died at his home Tuesday, Feb. 16, 1993. He was born June 23, 1965, in Covina, Calif. He is survived by his father, Haskell C. Zane of Grass Valley, Calif.; his mother, LaDonne Burger Baron of West Linn, Ore.; three half brothers, Derreck Zane, Grant Zane and Matthew Zane, all of Grass Valley; three step-sisters; maternal grandparents, Raymond and Margaret Burger, formerly of Cape Girardeau, now of Victoryville, Calif.; and paternal grandparents, Gordon and Beulah Zane, of Seneca, Mo.. ...
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MULE MAN STUBBORN ON POLITICS
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
JOPPA, Ill. -- When it comes to politics, Joe Altenberger is downright mule-headed. A self-described "hard-shell" Democrat, Altenberger backs his party every chance he gets. Putting a special "kick" into those efforts is his political companion, Della, a 14-year-old mule who instead of pulling a plow parades around the area in support of Democrats...
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POLICY ON ADMISSION IS DEBATED
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
Southeast Missouri State University Regent Mark Pelts has proposed creation of a community college division at the school. At Friday's meeting of the Board of Regents, Pelts suggested such a division would allow students who don't meet the new, tougher admission requirements an opportunity to go to college...
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DIRECTOR: PLAN REMOVES THE POLITICS
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
The director of the Southeast Missouri Area Agency on Aging said Friday a new formula for distributing federal nutrition funds to 38 sites in this area was devised to insure "fair, equitable distribution based on service provided." Glenda Hood Hoffmeister, who has been director of the 18-county agency for more than six years, said the plan was approved in November after an extensive review first by an ad hoc committee of the board and then by the full board...
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AGING AGENCY IN LEGISLATIVE FIRESTORM
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
The director of the Southeast Missouri Area Agency on Aging is the apparent target of legislation sponsored by a powerful member of the Missouri House of Representatives that would give SEMO University regents the authority to appoint her position. The bill, filed by state Rep. Gene Copeland, D-New Madrid, was introduced because of concerns Copeland had about operations of the aging office by administrator Glenda Hood Hoffmeister...
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MARIJUANA LAWS NEED ALTERATION, SAYS VIETS
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
"Hemp For Victory." This was the title of a film produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1942, encouraging farmers to grow hemp as a fiber crop to replace the product that had previously been imported from Japan, India and the Philippines...
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MUSIC TEACHER HONORED
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
Dorothy Ashbaugh, a Sikeston piano teacher, was honored recently in Cape Girardeau by the Southeast Area Music Teachers Association for her dedication and service to the music profession. Ashbaugh, a piano teacher for more than 35 years, has served as chairperson for the Sikeston Federation Music Festival 25 years, and established the Allegro Music Club in Sikeston in 1981. The club now has more than 50 members...
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COUPLE HURT IN AN ACCIDENT NEAR SIKESTON
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
SIKESTON -- A Bloomfield couple were treated and released from Missouri Delta Medical Center following a one-vehicle accident Friday night. The Missouri Highway Patrol said Alan Reiman, 35, and his wife, Nancy, 39, suffered moderate injuries in the 10:30 p.m. accident on Route AB, six miles west of Sikeston...
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REGENTS OK FEE INCREASES
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
Southeast Missouri State University students will be paying more to live on campus next school year. The Board of Regents Friday unanimously approved a hike in room and board fees, coupled with a new three-tier rate structure for the 1993-94 academic year...
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PRACTICAL PARENTING PARTNERSHIP MEETINGS SLATED
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
A series of Practical Parenting Partnership meetings will be held for four consecutive Tuesdays beginning this week. The meetings will be held from 7-8 p.m. in the community room of Commerce Bank, 160 S. Broadview. Those attending should enter through the west door and take the elevator to the basement...
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SOUTHEAST GYMNASTS SIZZLE
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
Most collegiate sports teams that jump from NCAA Division II into the big-time athletic world of Division I find the transition difficult and painful. The normal price to pay: several lean years until the talent catches up with the competition. For Southeast Missouri State University's gymnastics squad, however, the transition has been smooth and painless. The Otahkians, among the premier Division II gymnastics teams in the nation for a decade, have now become an NCAA Division I powerhouse...
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A PRETTY FRAME AND A PRETTY TITLE EQUALS ART?
(Column ~ 02/21/93)
"I knew it. I knew it," I said aloud, with a mixture of glee and satisfaction that I'd been right all along but too hesitant to express my views lest I reveal my perceived ignorance of modern art. What had prompted my outburst, although no one was around, was a showing on the TV screen of a painted picture that had won high praise by art critics. It had a nice frame and a wonderful title, "Symphony of the Trees."...
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LADYBUG SAYS...SNOW SERVES TO INSULATE PLANTS FROM FRIGID TEMPS
(Column ~ 02/21/93)
The snow that fell in blanketing cascades this past week may have been a curse for those who travel the roads and highways, but it was a boon for gardeners and farmers. The snow was the first significant fall here since February 14, 1986, when there was six inches. The big, big snow was on February 25, 1979, when 24 inches feel in a single day and buried Cape Girardeau. Can anyone forget that one? This 12-inch snowfall was a total surprise as was the big one...
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STORYTIMES FOR SPRING AT LIBRARY ANNOUNCED
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
The Cape Girardeau Public Library will host spring storytimes in March and April. Storytimes for children ages three to five will be held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 10 a.m. An evening storytime is offered Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. Toddler Time, a program for two-year-olds and their parents, will be presented Mondays at 11 a.m...
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WORKSHOP ON WHEELS IS THURSDAY AT JACKSON
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
JACKSON -- Health, safety and nutrition will be the topic for the Workshop on Wheels planned Thursday at Tender Care Playhouse in Jackson. Georganne Syler will discuss health, nutrition and safety facts necessary to provide healthy environments for young children...
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TEACHER IS HONORED AS EDUCATOR OF YEAR
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
JACKSON -- Ellen Lukens, a teacher at R.O. Hawkins Junior High School, has been honored as Educator of the Year by the Excelsior Chapter of the Order of DeMolay. Lukens has taught language arts at the school for four years. She was recognized for her innovative reading programs and for recognizing the uniqueness of each individual...
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MANIC DEPRESSIVE GROUP MEETS TUESDAY
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
The February meeting of Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association of Southeast Missouri will be held Tuesday. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in Conference Room B of the Education Department at St. Francis Medical Center. Dr. Reeta Rohatgi of Community Counseling Center will speak on "Childhood Depression."...
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CAPE BRIDGE CLUB HOLDS ITS OPEN MEETING FEB. 12
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
The Cape Duplicate Bridge Club held its regular open meeting on Feb. 12. June Beal and Peggy Sadler were the first place winning pairs and Frankie Schott and John Whitehead were the second place winning pairs. Club games are open to all. Although the games are sanctioned by the American Contract Bridge League, one need not be a member to play. Games are commonly stratifies, so that players compete with those of their same skill level...
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FIVE LOCAL STUDENTS ARE ON MURRAY DEAN'S LIST
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
Robin Thompson, Lisa Boyers, Sean Byrd, Jennifer Martin and Jennifer Peters all of Cape Girardeau have been named to the Murray State University dean's list for the 1992 fall semester. Thompson earned recognition with a perfect scholastic standing for the semester...
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JUNIOR HIGH TEAM WINS THINKING CAP QUIZ BOWL
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School became the first champions of Missouri's Thinking Cap Quiz Bowl. The eighth grade team placed first among 61 teams that competed. The contest, completed on a computer disk, tests accuracy and speed on a variety of subject areas. The team earned a score of 1,294, a 95 percent accuracy rate...
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HOSPICE TRAINING IS SET TO BEGIN HERE MARCH 2
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
Persons interested in volunteering their time to serve in a hospice program are invited to attend a training program that begins March 2. The hospice program sponsored by St. Francis Medical Center and the Visiting Nurse Association of Southeast Missouri provides home care to terminally ill patients and their families in an 11-county area of Southeast Missouri...
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KELLY KINDERGARTEN SCREENING MARCH 15, 16
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
BENTON -- Kindergarten screening will be held at Kelly Elementary School on March 15 and 16 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Parents of children who will be five years of age prior to July 1, 1993 should call 545-3544 to schedule an appointment to enroll the child. The screening process will take about one hour...
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CAPE WEST ROTARY CLUB PICKS STUDENTS OF MONTH
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
Teresa Ann Paikeday and Greta Glastetter have been selected as students of the month by the Cape West Rotary Club. Paikeday, 17, is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Paikeday. She is a senior at Cape Girardeau Central High School where she has been active in varsity tennis, varsity concert band, varsity marching band, speech, Beta Club, Student Council, Letterman's Club, National Honor Society, Young Life, Spanish Club and Patriotic Club. She plans to attend college and then law school...
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CAPE STUDENT TO DEAN'S LIST AT WILLIAM JEWELL
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
William Allen Frye was among the students named to the dean's list for the 1992 fall semester at William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo. To qualify for the dean's list a student must earn at least a 3.5 grade point average while carrying 14 or more semester hours...
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LOCAL STUDENT ON DEAN'S LIST AT WILLIAM WOODS
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
Carrie Mattingly was among the students named to the dean's list at William Woods College for the fall semester. To qualify for the dean's list students must earn a 3.50 to a 3.74 grade point average. William Woods College was founded in 1870, and it is a private four-year professions-oriented college for women located in Fulton, Mo...
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PARKS DEPARTMENT SETS ART FESTIVAL
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department is accepting applications for dealer booths for its third annual Arts and Craft Festival. The festival will be held Mothers Day weekend, May 8-9, at Capaha Park. The event is free to the public and will run from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. May 8 and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 9, and concessions will be available both days of the event...
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MISSOURI COLLEGES FUNDS: BOATMEN'S TO SPONSOR SCHOLOARSHIPS
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
For the fifth consecutive year, Boatmen's Bancshares Inc. will sponsor scholarships for college juniors and seniors attending 15 private colleges that comprise the Missouri Colleges Funds. The Boatmen's Bancshares Community Achievement Award will be granted this spring to students who combine academic achievement with community and civic involvement...
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WHOLESALE TIRE FIRM OPENS HERE; SERVES CUSTOMERS IN FOUR-STATE AREA
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
1st Tire and Wheel Inc., a wholesale tire operation, recently opened at 99 S. Louisiana. Edwin J. "Butch" Urhahn, who has more than 31 years experience in the tire industry, is president of the new corporation. "We service accounts in Southeast Missouri, Southern Illinois, Western Kentucky, and Northeast Arkansas," said Urhahn. "We deal in agriculture, truck, and passenger tires."...
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LEATHER SHOP MARKS 40 YEARS; BOB'S NOW RUN BY FOUNDER'S CHILDREN
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
Bob's Shoe Service will observe its 40th anniversary next month. The Cape Girardeau shop opened in 1953 at 113 Independence, specializing in repair of shoes and leather goods. Robert Fuller, founder, has retired, but he still makes a daily appearance at the store. "It a habit with me," said Fuller, a native of Anna, Ill...
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CITY CONSTRUCTION ALMOST TOTALS $48 MILLION IN 1992
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
It's official now: city building permits for more than $47 million in new construction were issued in Cape Girardeau in 1992. "The exact figure is almost $48 million, at $47,996,699," said building inspector Rick Murray, supervisor of Cape Girardeau Inspection Service. "This may be the best year we have ever had. I know it's the best we've had during the past decade."...
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NEW EMPLOYEES
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
Elizabeth Seesing has joined AAA Travel Agency, 1903 Broadway, as senior travel counselor. Seesing, a native of Cape Girardeau and graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, has more than eight years experience in the travel industry. She was owner and operator of West Park Travel Agency from 1985 until recently...
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TRAINING/SEMINARS
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
Dr. Zenon Duda recently attended the 51st annual scientific seminar of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons in San Diego. Seminar topics highlighted advances in reconstructive surgery for bunions, ankle injuries and flat feet. Duda, a member of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, has been in practice in Cape Girardeau for 12 years...
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SURVEY LISTS FAVORITES RESTAURANTS
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
At least six national restaurant chains with local connections have been selected as "favorite chains" in their respective categories in an America's Choice in Chains survey conducted for Restaurants & Institutions magazine. Included are: Chick-fil-A, chicken...
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DOCTORS' OFFICES UNDERGO REMODELING
(Local News ~ 02/21/93)
Orthopaedic Associates is undergoing an interior construction project. "The project involves a complete interior remodeling of the facility located at 48 Doctors' Park," said Gerald L. Nicholson, administrator. The remodeling is scheduled for completion in early June...
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BUSINESS MEMO
(Business ~ 02/21/93)
JACKSON -- The Jackson Chamber of Commerce will hold an open house at the chamber office at 125 E. Main Monday. "The Jackson Jaycees, which is observing its 35 anniversary, will host the February meeting," said chamber President Steve Popp. "The Jaycees will present a display of memorabilia collected over the years."...
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