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ALL THAT GLITTES: JEWELRY SALES BRIGHT IN ECONOMY
(Local News ~ 06/09/97)
June may be the traditional season for weddings, but when it comes to the diamonds that traditionally make up the wedding ring, there is no season. Diamonds, as they say, "are forever," and women (a good number of men, too,) have coveted the precious stone for just about as long...
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BUSINESS MEMO: SBA COUNSELING SESSIONS
(Business ~ 06/09/97)
The Small Business Development Center will conduct counseling sessions in four areas this month. The counselor, Gil Degenhardt, will be available June 18, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce office. The hourlong counseling sessions are free. To make an appointment, call 335-3312...
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`DAZZLING DIAMONDS' DISPLAY COMING TO MISSOURI
(Local News ~ 06/09/97)
New York has its annual international jewelry trade shows. Once a year, Munich becomes a world watch and jewelry center for four days. Every summer jewelry industry specialists head for Basel, Switzerland, and its annual world watch and clock show. Hong Kong has become one of Asia's most prominent showcases for new jewelry designs...
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BUSINESS MEMO: MOTOR DISTRIBUTOR
(Business ~ 06/09/97)
Schott Electrical Distributors, 1109 N. Kingshighway, has been selected as a distributor for the Lincoln Electric Motor Co. Tom Giles will be sales manager for the Lincoln Motor Line. Schott is distributor for a number of lines, including the new Lincoln line, Allen Bradley Industrial Controls, AC drive and Inverter Duty Motors...
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BUSINESS MEMO: `HAND THERAPY' WEEK
(Business ~ 06/09/97)
Orthopaedic Associates' Hand Center will observe "Hand Therapy Public Awareness Week," June 15 through 21, with an educational display at West Park Mall. Hand therapists are occupational or physical therapists who specialize in rehabilitating patients with conditions affecting the upper extremity -- hands, wrists, elbows or shoulders...
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BUSINESS MEMO: NEW WAL-MART COMPLEX
(Business ~ 06/09/97)
A Wal-Mart Distribution Center, constructed by Fru-Con Construction Corp. of St. Louis, at Olney, Ill., has more than 800,000 square feet. The Wal-Mart complex consists of six buildings -- a 298,000-square-foot refrigerator building with divided freezer areas and three miles of refrigeration piping; a 475,000-square-foot dry goods building; an 18,000-square-foot office and computer building; a 5,000-square-foot energy center serving the refrigerator building; a 7,500-square-foot truck maintenance garage building; and, a 1,500-square-foot fire pump house building.. ...
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BUSINESS MEMO: WEED TOUR SET
(Business ~ 06/09/97)
A weed tour for farmers and herbicide representatives will be held at the Lee Farm, seven miles southeast of Portageville on June 27. The tour, to start at 9 a.m. at the junction of highways T and TT, will be conducted by the University of Missouri Delta Center at Portageville...
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BUSINESS MEMO: CATHOLIC KNIGHTS AGENCY
(Business ~ 06/09/97)
Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel Inc., 829 N. West End Blvd., has become an agency for the Catholic Knights of America. The Catholic Knights of America, founded in 1877, is headquartered in St. Louis, and provides life and health insurance benefits. It is a fraternal insurance organization...
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BUSINESS MEMO: BUSINESS EXPO '97
(Business ~ 06/09/97)
The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce Business Expo '97 will be held at the Show Me Center here Sept. 19 and 20. Expo hours will be 3 to 8 p.m. Sept. 19, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 20. Exhibitions booths for chamber members are available by contacting Linda L. Minner, special projects director, at the chamber, 335-3312...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 06/09/97)
Pam Scott is the new manager at Famous-Barr in Cape Girardeau. Scott, a native of Rochester, N.Y., has been with May Department Stores Co. more than eight years, as a buyer and divisional sales manager.. She has worked in the St. Louis area the past 2 1/2 years. She was a divisional sales manager at the Plaza Galleria's Famous Barr store before moving to Cape Girardeau...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: `AFTER DINNER' PROGRAM BEEFS UP PADUCAH DOWNTOWN
(Business ~ 06/09/97)
A group of Paducah businesses has formed a team to revive business in the downtown area. The "After Dinner" program has been in effect since mid-April. Apparently it's working. Thousands of people have flocked into the downtown area each Saturday night since the program was initiated...
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NEW BUSINESS ON THE STREET: NEW TIRE SERVICE OPERATIONS
(Business ~ 06/09/97)
Plaza Tire Service, headquartered in Cape Girardeau, has opened new stores at Searcy, Ark., and Fredericktown, Mo. The firm has 24 facilities in four states. The Searcy site is the third operation in Arkansas. Other Plaza Tire stores are at Paragould and Pocahontas...
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NEW BUSINESS ON THE STREET: UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP
(Business ~ 06/09/97)
Century 21 Dutch Realty, 528 E. Jackson, is under new ownership. Amy and Gerry Jones of Jackson have purchased the real estate firm. Amy Jones is broker-president of the company. The previous owner, Gene Mackey, will remain with the company as a salesman. Phyllis Johnson Seabaugh is office manager-saleswoman...
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NEW BUSINESS ON THE STREET: NEW FIREWORKS OWNER
(Business ~ 06/09/97)
Hoffman Family Fireworks has expanded. Rick and MaryAnn Hoffman have purchased the wholesale-retail fireworks business from E.C. Younghouse of Younghouse Distributing Co., Inc. Younghouse Distributing will continue its wholesale gift and novelty business at its site at Interstate 55 and Highway 74...
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BUSINESS MEMO: EARNS ACCREDITATION
(Business ~ 06/09/97)
The Sylvan Learning Center of Cape Girardeau has earned accreditation from the Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation and the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges. Accreditation status certifies that Sylvan's educational services, staff and facilities exceed essential standards of education quality...
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NOTRE DAME BREAKS GROUND
(Local News ~ 06/09/97)
The hard-packed clay at the site of the new Notre Dame High School did not make a ceremonial ground breaking very easy Sunday afternoon. That seems to be appropriate considering the time and effort that has gone into the project so far. Sister Mary Ann Fischer, Notre Dame principal, quoted a member of her order who said all the works of God progress slowly and painfully, which ensures the roots of those projects are stronger and more secure...
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SAVING THE SOUTH SIDE
(Local News ~ 06/09/97)
MAP - PROPOSED AREA Robert Pettit saw the Rev. Wiley Reed walking down the 500 block of Frederick Street on Sunday, waved at him and smiled. Pettit, who moved back to Cape Girardeau for his retirement after living in Chicago, sees room for improvement in the city's south end. Reed, pastor of the Second Baptist Church at Frederick Street and Jefferson Avenue, is a member of an ad-hoc committee just formed to work on community betterment in the area...
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SUMMER ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN ABOUND
(Local News ~ 06/09/97)
With school out, parents are looking for activities to make their children's summer vacation both enjoyable and productive. Fortunately, there are numerous things to do in Cape Girardeau and the surrounding communities. Fishing is a summer activity enjoyed by kids of all ages. Southeast Missouri abounds in fishing lakes and streams, and children up to age 16 can fish without a license. Fishing is available nearby in the Capaha Park Lagoon and in the three lakes at County Park...
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CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE: SETTING UP SOUND EQUIPMENT IS THE CAT'S MEOW
(Column ~ 06/09/97)
The old speakers for my stereo finally bit the dust the other day, and since a stereo with no speakers is essentially worthless, I had to buy new ones. This was not traumatic. I found a nice pair for a really good price, wrestled the box up the stairs to my humble abode and made the first of a series of startling discoveries...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 06/09/97)
WELL, SUMMER'S here and I just have one question for all of you parents. Do you know where you kids are? I bet you don't because I know where your kids are. They're in my yard playing and they didn't even ask permission. They're annoying the neighbors and you don't know about it because you sitting inside and watching television. ...
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MISSOURI WATCH: A COLUMN 45 YEARS IN THE WRITING
(Column ~ 06/09/97)
Friendships have an evolution of their own, unique, personal, encompassing, rare. Their uniqueness begins at their inception, which in this case was 45 years ago this week. They begin without notice, with none of the parties aware of the beginning, and only the end remains certain in their minds, etched there always...
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STATE MUST NOT REVISIT LONG-TERM HIGHWAY PLANS
(Editorial ~ 06/09/97)
After the fiasco with Missouri's 15-year highway improvements plan, the Missouri Transportation Commission would be wise to heed state Sen. Danny Staple's suggestion that Missouri revert to a five-year plan for highway improvements.20It also might give consideration to toll roads, as Staples also suggested...
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MITCH ROBINSON, RECURITMENT GROUP EARN HIGH PRAISE
(Editorial ~ 06/09/97)
The Cape Girardeau Area Industrial Recruitment Association should be proud that its executive director, Mitch Robinson, was recently named Missouri's Professional Economic Developer of the Year. It is a prestigious distinction of which Robinson and the association are much deserving...
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ON THE STREET
(Local News ~ 06/09/97)
This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "Which of the four finalists do you think should be hired as the new men's head basketball coach at Southeast Missouri State University?" Jerry Beaver, Cape Girardeau "I would say for experience and everything with the type of program they're playing under it would be Weber under Gene Keady at Purdue University because they've had a solid program for all the time Keady has been there. ...
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CAPS PUT HURT ON O.B. CLARK
(High School Sports ~ 06/09/97)
With two-time defending National Baseball Congress state champion St. Louis O.B. Clark in town for a doubleheader Sunday, the Kohlfeld Capahas were expecting two tough games. But the Capahas made O.B. Clark look more like the state Little League champs with two dominating wins at Capaha Field. The Capahas pounded 24 hits in the two games, winning the first game 7-1 and the second 11-4...
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SEMO BASKETBALL SEARCH COMMITTEE WINDING UP WORK
(College Sports ~ 06/09/97)
Southeast Missouri State University's search for a new basketball coach is winding to a close and the school is expected to announce its selection in the next several days. The four finalists out of an original field of 54 made visits to Southeast last week, where they each spent an entire day meeting with various school officials and on-campus as well as off-campus organizations...
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RORD & SONS LEGION ROUTS BLYTHEVILLE; CHAFFEE SWEEPS
(High School Sports ~ 06/09/97)
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. -- Cape Girardeau's Ford & Sons American Legion baseball team had its hitting shoes on Sunday during a 14-3 romp past host Blytheville. Ford & Sons, which improved to 4-1, banged out 17 hits in the game that was stopped after eight innings because of the 10-run rule...
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ANNA TEEN KILLED IN ONE OF 3 AREA ACCIDENTS
(Local News ~ 06/09/97)
Three serious accidents were reported in the area Sunday, one of them resulting in a fatality. Thomas Alan Fuller, 16, of Anna, Ill., was pronounced dead at the scene of a single-car accident on Route 127 at 12:24 a.m. According to the Illinois State Police, Fuller was traveling south on Route 127 when his vehicle ran off the road and struck a tree...
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LOY CONRAD
(Obituary ~ 06/09/97)
He was born Aug. 15, 1909, in Perry County, the son of Gilbert and Flossie Murray Conrad. He married Ora Shrum, and she died in 1980. He married Alma Lorberg, and she died in 1987. He taught in Patton for 21 years and in Perry County for 20 years. He was a retired farmer...
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EUNICE `BILL' BROWN
(Obituary ~ 06/09/97)
THEBES, Ill. -- Eunice "Bill" Brown, 85, of Thebes died Sunday, June 8, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 26, 1912, in Alexander County, daughter of Wade and Emma Tadlock Dyer. She married Paul Brown in 1948, and he preceded her in death in 1962...
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RUBY THOMAS
(Obituary ~ 06/09/97)
ADVANCE -- Ruby Thomas, 87, of Advance died Friday June 6, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 12, 1909, in Zalma, the daughter of Leo and Ida Eaker Slinkard. On Oct. 15, 1927, she married Glen Thomas, and he survives...
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RALPH PETER SEYER
(Obituary ~ 06/09/97)
CHAFFEE -- Ralph Peter Seyer, 54, of Chaffee died Saturday, June 7, 1997, at a family cabin. He was born Jan. 26, 1943, in Chaffee, son of August and Minnie Alvina Menz Seyer. He married Wilma Trankler on May 25, 1963, and she survives him. He worked as an order filler with HWI in Cape Girardeau. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council #4311 of Oran, St. Ambrose Men's Club, Chaffee Elks Lodge #1810 and the Chaffee Optimist Club...
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LILLIE RUTH HARDIN
(Obituary ~ 06/09/97)
CHARLESTON -- Lillie Ruth "Aunt Bobbie" Hardin, 92, of Charleston died Saturday, June 7, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 25, 1904, in Fulton County, Ark., daughter of Hiram Talbert and Ida Virginia Wyles Helms. She married Perry Hardin, who preceded her in death in September 1981. She moved to Charleston after her husband died. She was a member of the Charleston Church of Christ...
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EARLEAN ORLOWSKI
(Obituary ~ 06/09/97)
CHAFFEE -- Earlean Orlowski, 96, of Chaffee died Friday, June 6, 1997, at Heartland Care and Rehabilitation Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 12, 1901, in Memphis, Tenn., daughter of Ed and Nellie Dooms Smith. She married Stanley Orlowski, and he preceded her in death...
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AFTER 20 YEARS, CHAFFEE C.B. CLUB STILL GOING STRONG AND DOING GOOD
(Local News ~ 06/09/97)
CHAFFEE -- A Chaffee charitable organization has taken the term "Keep on Truckin'" to heart. The Country C.B.er's Club celebrated its 20-year anniversary Sunday with a banquet and entertainment. The non-profit group was formed on June 7, 1977, by five citizen band radio enthusiasts who were looking do a little good in the community...
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GETTING THE NUMBER ON HEALTH LINE
(Local News ~ 06/09/97)
The Health Line number, (573) 332-0030, which lets the public access a multitude of health information, needs to get into more hands, Health Line committee members said. And they plan to advertise more heavily. The Healthier Community Coalition for Chart, which organized in October 1995, kicked off the Health Line number in April...
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NOLA BACK
(Obituary ~ 06/09/97)
MARBLE HILL -- Nola Back, 88, of Marble Hill died Friday, June 6, 1997, at St. Frances Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 23, 1909, near Zalma the daughter of Franklin and Effy Hughey Myers. On April 21, 1934, she married Walter D. Back, and he preceded her in death on June 3, 1985...
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