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STRICTLY BUSINESS: 350 SBA LOANS HELP CREATE 1,696 JOBS
(Business ~ 11/17/97)
The U.S. Small Business Administration's primary lending programs have resulted in more than 1,600 new jobs in the 54 counties of eastern Missouri during the first nine months of fiscal 1997. Some 350 loans, totalling $64,7 million created 1,696 new jobs...
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SOUTHEAST MISSOURI HOSPITAL HONORED FOR EXCELLENCE IN MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS
(Local News ~ 11/17/97)
Southeast Missouri Hospital's marketing and communications department received statewide recognition for 11 projects it produced this year to educate and inform community and area residents of a variety of health-related issues. The marketing and communications staff includes Nancy Bray, director; Peggy Barringer, Renee Bowerman, Stacy Christiansen, Maggie Friend, Joyce Miller, Sally Owen, Donna Pikey and Keith Whitworth...
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HOLIDAY SPENDING: RETAILERS ALREADY HEARING JINGLE OF CASH REGISTERS
(Local News ~ 11/17/97)
Consumers will spend from $1,000 to $1,400 each during the Christmas holiday shopping season. With Halloween over and Thanksgiving next on the holiday season, it won't be long until the nation's retailers -- from discount chains to upscale department stores and toy stores to sports shops -- will start hearing the jingle of cash registers for the year's biggest holiday spending season...
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HARTMARX: GOOD BUY WITH AREA TIES
(Local News ~ 11/17/97)
Hartmarx, parent of Thorngate Ltd., appears to be underpriced under current conditions. It's P/E (price to earnings) ratio is less than half the market average, and earnings are growing. Its common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange with the symbol HMX, and its last trade Wednesday was for $7 11/16. ...
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NEW BUSINESS: CASEY'S STORE OPENS
(Business ~ 11/17/97)
Casey's General Store has opened at Jackson. Casey's, a service station and convenience store operation at 920 W. Independence, will be open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., seven days a week. Manager of the new facility is Lawanda Crook. Casey's is headquartered in Ankeny, Iowa, has 1,070 facilities in nine states, including operations at Farmington, Sikeston and Portageville...
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NEW BUSINESS: EYE-CARE FACILITY WORK
(Business ~ 11/17/97)
Construction is under way on a new eye-care facility at Mount Auburn Road and Blattner Drive, across from Doctors' Park in Cape Girardeau. The medical office will house the following eye-care providers: -- Cape Retinal Surgery Center: Drs. David Westrich and Neal Honickman...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 11/17/97)
Kenneth L. Hayden has been appointed to the Capaha Bank board of directors. Hayden recently retired from Boatmen's Bank, where he served as senior vice president. Hayden has more than 25 years of banking experience. He has served as a member of the Missouri Savings and Loan League board of directors, is co-chairman of the education committee for SEMO Savings and Loan League, and served as a member of the Missouri Savings and Loan Legislative Committee. ...
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BUSINESS MEMO: PSI MEETING TUESDAY
(Business ~ 11/17/97)
Richard Reitzel, Cape Girardeau public safety director, will be guest speaker at the Professional Secretaries International meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Drury Lodge in Cape Girardeau. PSI represents secretaries, executive-administrative assistants and office managers...
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BUSINESS MEMO: INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT
(Business ~ 11/17/97)
The City of Sikeston will receive a $489,210 industrial infrastructure grant from the Missouri Department of Economic Development, to aid in the siting a business in the city's industrial park, The grant, from the Community Development Block Grant program will be used for street, water and sewer improvements in Sikeston Business & Technology Park. As a result Atlas Cold Storage will place a new cold storage warehouse in the facility...
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BUSINESS MEMO: MORE THAN 2,900 PINK SLIPS
(Business ~ 11/17/97)
About 2,900 workers who make underwear and other clothing are getting pink slips from Fruit of the Loom Inc. The Chicago-based company said recently it is shifting production to lower-cost plants overseas. Fruit of the Loom previously cut more than 4,000 jobs over the last three months...
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BUSINESS MEMO: NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT DOWN
(Business ~ 11/17/97)
Unemployment dropped to 4.7 percent, the lowest level in nearly a quarter-century and a sign the economy will end the year with a roar. The rate for adult women -- 4 percent -- was the smallest in nearly 28 years. October's seasonally adjusted jobless rate, down from 4.9 percent in September, was the lowest since October 1973...
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BUSINESS MEMO: PESTICIDE VIOLATION
(Business ~ 11/17/97)
A Dunklin County business has been fined by the Missouri Department of Agriculture, for violating state pesticide regulations. Croom Flying Service of Campbell was fined $637 for applying pesticides without following label instructions, a violation of the Missouri Pesticide Use Act...
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BUSINESS MEMO: `FOCUS GROUPS' TOPIC
(Business ~ 11/17/97)
"How to Use Focus Groups as a Marketing Tool" will be the topic of the November meeting of the Advertising and Marketing Professionals. The meeting will be held at noon Thursday at the Main Floor Atrium of Dempster Hall on the Southeast Missouri State University campus...
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BUSINESS MEMO: LULL IN COLA WARS
(Business ~ 11/17/97)
After a tumultuous month in which Coca-Cola lost its dynamic and highly successful leader and arch-rival Pepsico spun off its fast-food restaurants, there is something of a lull in the cola wars. Calm, perhaps, before storm. Project Storm is a code name for a new Pepsi lemon-lime drink to battle Coke's fast-growing Sprite and veteran soft-drink rival 7-Up, possibly beginning next year as part of Pepsi's promised efforts to step up competition with the Atlanta-based global soft-drink leader...
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BUSINESS MEMO: INNOVATION RECOGNITION
(Business ~ 11/17/97)
Southeast Missouri Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission, headquartered at Perryville, has received two 1997 innovation awards from the National Association of Development Organizations, for its municipal utility mapping project of all valves and hydrants, and the provision of assistance to local governments in the selection of professional staff and consultants...
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BULGING JAIL: TOO MANY INMATES SEND COSTS SOARING
(Local News ~ 11/17/97)
JACKSON -- An explosion in the number of prisoners at Cape Girardeau County Jail and the need to house them elsewhere is causing budget problems for the jail. With approximately $80,000 budgeted for food and board for 1997, the jail spent more than $127,050 in that area through September -- about $50,000 over budget with three months left in the year...
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HWY. 60 ALMOST FINISHED; FESTIVITIES SET IN THREE CITIES
(Local News ~ 11/17/97)
A four-lane Highway 60 provides a path to progress in Southeast Missouri, civic leaders say. The improved highway will draw the region closer together and boost economic development, said chamber of commerce officials in Sikeston, Dexter and Poplar Bluff...
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STATE PROPOSES COUNTY PROJECTS; 34-72 AND 25-74 MEETING TUESDAY
(Local News ~ 11/17/97)
JACKSON -- State transportation officials and highway planners hope to gather public input Tuesday on two major road projects affecting Cape Girardeau County. Planners have narrowed possible corridors for expansion and improvements to Highways 34 and 72 to five choices. Separate plans for a new route on Highways 25 and 74 southwest of Cape Girardeau also will be discussed...
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AT RISK: STUDY SHOWS BLACKS MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP DIABETES THAN WHITES
(Local News ~ 11/17/97)
Blacks in the Bootheel are four times more likely to have diabetes than the rest of the state's population, says a study by the Missouri Department of Health and the University of Missouri. Overall, 18.3 percent of blacks surveyed in the Bootheel have diabetes. Statewide, the overall occurrence rate of diabetes is 5 percent...
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APPLICATIONS FOR TOYBOX BEING TAKEN TODAY
(Local News ~ 11/17/97)
As merchants and shoppers prepare for the busy Christmas season, to many in Cape Girardeau and the surrounding area the holiday is just another day on the calendar. But thanks to the efforts of a number of local organizations, Christmas can be a happy time for less-fortunate children and the elderly who otherwise might not know the joy of the season...
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CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE: BAD JOKES: WHERE DOES A 2,000-POUND ELEPHANT SLEEP?
(Column ~ 11/17/97)
You got to the age of 5 or 6 and started torturing your family with hundreds and hundreds of elephant jokes and knock-knock jokes and other truly bad jokes until you reached some plateau in the maturation process and moved on to new and improved ways of torturing adults...
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CLEAR ACTION ON BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF
(Editorial ~ 11/17/97)
The removal from office of Butler County's sheriff, Sam Gilmore, for appointing his son-in-law a sheriff's reserve officer surprised a lot of people, particularly since the complaint was brought by a former Butler County sheriff with ulterior motives...
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PUBLIC HAS A SAY ON HIGHWAY REROUTING
(Editorial ~ 11/17/97)
People interested in the possible rerouting of Highways 34 and 72 from west of Jackson to Interstate 55 as well as Highways 25 and 74 from south of Dutchtown to the new Highway 74 interchange will have the opportunity Tuesday to voice their opinions and concerns...
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MISSOURI WATCH: LET'S BE CREATIVE ABOUT DESEGREGATION
(Column ~ 11/17/97)
Members of a Missouri legislative interim committee are traveling around the state seeking public input on how to conclude the $3 billion desegregation programs that have burdened taxpayers for nearly two decades. The sum total of these hearings at this moment appears to be little more than well-established sentiments espousing either a rewrite of the state's school foundation formula or the expenditure of additional millions of dollars to provide new buildings to replace those that have depreciated since the mid-1980s.. ...
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LETTERS: OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS REFLECT DENIAL
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/17/97)
Thank you for publishing two letters responding to my criticism of the Cal Thomas denial of global warming and his support for the business-as-usual position urged by many industries. The letters critical of me echoed commonly held views of those in denial...
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ON THE STREET
(Local News ~ 11/17/97)
This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "What do you think about the20judge's decision to reduce au pair Louise Woodward's sentence from life in prison to manslaughter?" Amy Hyde, Cape Girardeau: "I agree with the reduction of the sentence because there was evidence of a prior injury."...
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JACKSON READY TO TAKE ANOTHER STEP FORWARD
(High School Sports ~ 11/17/97)
First the Jackson High football team earned a Class 5A state ranking, the first in the history of the school. Then the Indians claimed the SEMO Conference and District 1 titles by completing an undefeated regular season, the first perfect grid season at Jackson since 1935...
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INDIANS' UPSET BID FALLS JUST SHORT; SEMO DROPS SEASON OPENER 62-59 AT COLORADO
(College Sports ~ 11/17/97)
BOULDER, Colo. -- Southeast Missouri State University's basketball team did not win its season opener Sunday night, but the Indians no doubt still earned all kinds of respect. Playing their first official game ever under head coach Gary Garner, the Indians took Big 12 Conference member Colorado to the wire before suffering a 62-59 defeat in front of 2,722 fans at the Coors Events Center...
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BRIEFLY: KELPE CAPTURES CAIRO LEVEE FOOT RACE
(High School Sports ~ 11/17/97)
CAIRO -- Bryan Kelpe won the Cairo Levee Foot Race's overall championship to lead a strong showing by Cape Girardeau runners in the recent event. Kelpe won the 3.1-mile men's race in 16:43 while Jason Zallares of Cape placed second in 17:39. Meanwhile, Candace Wiggin of Cape won the 3.1-mile women's race in 23:32...
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RUTH M. DRUM
(Obituary ~ 11/17/97)
JACKSON -- Mrs. Ruth M. Drum, 91, of Millersville, died Saturday, Nov. 15, 1997, at Jackson Manor. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home in Jackson.
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ALFRED WINN
(Obituary ~ 11/17/97)
MARION, Ill. -- Alfred Winn, 67, of Marion and formerly of Jonesboro, died at his home on Sunday, Nov. 16, 1997. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Anna.
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ERCIE TUCKER
(Obituary ~ 11/17/97)
DUTCHTOWN -- Ercie Mae Tucker, 89, of Dutchtown died Saturday, Nov. 15, 1997, at Beverly Health and Rehabilitation in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 12, 1908, in Wyatt, daughter of William and Aldenia Brock Lynn. She married Clarence Leo Tucker on Sept. 6, 1930, in Scott City. He died Sept. 14, 1980...
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TERRY GROGAN
(Obituary ~ 11/17/97)
SIKESTON -- Terry Lynn "Skeeter" Grogan, 39, of Sikeston and formerly of Matthews and East Prairie, died Saturday, Nov. 15, 1997, from injuries in an automobile accident. He was born Feb. 3, 1958, in Detroit, the son of John J. and Arettia Hayden Grogan...
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GRACE MILLER
(Obituary ~ 11/17/97)
Grace G. Miller, 84, of Rockwall, Texas, died Friday, Nov. 14, 1997, in Rowlett, Texas. She was born Feb. 22, 1913, at Vanduser. She married Noble Lovejoy Miller, who preceded her in death. Miller was a longtime educator in Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois. She was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church and a member of Eastern Star and Rebekkah's Daughters...
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CLIMMIE CARTER
(Obituary ~ 11/17/97)
CHARLESTON -- Climmie "Bubba" Carter, 89, of Charleston died Thursday, Nov. 13, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born July 21, 1908, at Morall, Ark., son of Markus and Leila Bryant Carter. He married Cora Bryan on April 9, 1931. She died Jan. 10, 1987...
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MILDRED BRICKHAUS
(Obituary ~ 11/17/97)
PERRYVILLE -- Mildred N. Brickhaus, 82, of Perryville died Saturday, Nov. 15, 1997, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born March 11, 1915, in Perry County, daughter of Amsirah and Luella Eddleman Hoffman. She married Raymond H. Brickhaus on April 29, 1944. He died July 30, 1981...
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DEAN CLENDENEN
(Obituary ~ 11/17/97)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Dean W. Clendenen, 82, of Jonesboro died Sunday, Nov. 16, 1997, at Carbondale Memorial Hospital. He was born April 24, 1915, at Decatur, son of Lovell and Rebecca Blackford Clendenen. He married Thelma Cain on March 11, 1944, in Seattle. She survives...
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WILLIAM H. MAGILL
(Obituary ~ 11/17/97)
LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- William Henry Magill, 74, of Lake Forest died Saturday, Nov. 15, 1997, at Lake Forest Hospital. He was born May 29, 1923, at Cape Girardeau to Dr. Arthur Clay Magill and Ethel Mae Miller. He worked for Amoco Chemicals Corp. from 1953 to 1985. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War...
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BESS R. ESICAR
(Obituary ~ 11/17/97)
Bess R. Esicar, 92, died Sunday, Nov. 16, 1997, at her home in Cape Girardeau. She was born in November 1905 in Chicago, the daughter of William T. and Nettie Sherman. She married E.A. Esicar Sr., Sept. 1, 1924, at St. Louis. He died July 13, 1977. She was the president of Esicar Old Hickory Smoke House Inc. in Cape Girardeau...
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HARRIS BESS
(Obituary ~ 11/17/97)
SIKESTON -- Harris A. Bess, 74, died Saturday, Nov. 15, 1997, at her residence in Sikeston. She was born June 15, 1923, at Illmo, the daughter of Dr. H.V. and Lucile Fink Ashley Sr. She married William W. "Bill" Bess on March 1, 1944, in Cape Girardeau. He died March 23, 1997...
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GEORGE WARRELL
(Obituary ~ 11/17/97)
George William Warrell, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Nov. 15, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center. Funeral services are incomplete at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.
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JENNIFER MEADE
(Obituary ~ 11/17/97)
ROLLA -- Jennifer Meade, 25, of Rolla died Saturday, Nov. 15, 1997, at Phelps County Regional Medical Center in Rolla. She was born April 22, 1972, in Belleville, Ill., the daughter of Ernie and Brenda Ann Grotsky Cate. She married Brian Meade on Aug. 19, 1989, at Union. He survives...
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KENNETH STEWART
(Obituary ~ 11/17/97)
SESSER, Ill. -- Kenneth Copeland Stewart, 57, of Sesser and formerly of Tamms died Saturday, Nov. 15, 1997, in Sesser. He was born May, 12, 1940, in Alexander County, the son of Zollie Raymond and Helen Florence Bailey Stewart. He served in the Armed Forces...
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