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INVESTMENT IDEAS CAN BEGIN AT HOME
(Local News ~ 12/01/97)
This column is prepared by Edward Jones, a stock brokerage firm headquartered in St. Louis. The company has branches throughout Missouri, including Cape Girardeau and Jackson. Some investors find the thought of investing in the stocks of individual companies intimidating...
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BUSINESS MEMO: HOLIDAY GRIEF BROCHURE
(Business ~ 12/01/97)
"You and Your Grief During the Holiday Seasons," a brochure providing information to aid bereaved people in coping with the holidays, is available at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel, 829 N. West End Blvd., in Cape Girardeau. The brochure is available by calling the funeral home, 573-335-3223...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 12/01/97)
John M. Thompson of Jackson has joined Bank of Missouri as vice president of the Cape Girardeau office, 916 N. Kingshighway. Thompson, who has more than 20 years of banking and lending experience, assumes his new duties today. He will focus on commercial lending in the Cape Girardeau and Jackson areas...
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BENDING STEEL: NEW COMPANY FABRICATES STEEL FOR CONCRETE REINFORCEMENT
(Local News ~ 12/01/97)
At right, David Grimes, an employee of Arrowhead Steel of Scott City, used a rotary fabmatic machine to bend a piece of re-enforcing steel bar to the customer's specifications. SCOTT CITY -- During a recent seminar held at Arrowhead Steel Inc. facilities in Scott City, Phil Penzel demonstrated new reinforcement steel fabrication equipment by producing some steel rebar fabrications in the shapes of Christmas holiday images -- Santa Claus, snow men, Christmas trees...
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BUSINESS MEMO: TOURISM SUMMIT TOPIC
(Business ~ 12/01/97)
Manufacturing, tourism, information technology and other topics were discussed during the recent Southern Illinois Economic Development Summit at Mount Vernon. The summit was sponsored by Southern Illinois University's Office of Economic and Regional Development, the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service and Southern Illinois Economic Development Alliance...
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BUSINESS MEMO: COUNSELING SESSIONS
(Business ~ 12/01/97)
The Small Business Development Center will conduct counseling sessions in four areas this month. The counselor, Gil Degenhardt, will be available Dec. 17, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce office. The counseling sessions (about one hour) are free. Call 335-3312 for appointment...
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BUSINESS MEMO: IRRIGATION CONFERENCE
(Business ~ 12/01/97)
The Bootheel Irrigation Conference and Trade Show will be held at the Ramada Inn in Sikeston, Dec. 11. The conference will focus on practical solutions for making irrigation more profitable for area farmers, said Joe Henggeler, irrigation specialist at the University of Missouri Delta Center, Portageville...
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BUSINESS MEMO: WATER QUALITY SEMINAR
(Business ~ 12/01/97)
The Missouri Water Quality Association will holds a meeting at the Drury Lodge in Cape Girardeau Friday, from 1 to 5 p.m. A banquet will be held at 7. Speakers for the conference include Walter R. Crandall, regional sales manager for Cuno Water Factory Systems, and Jean Kearney of the Water Quality Association. ...
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BUSINESS MEMO: FARM TAX STRATEGIES
(Business ~ 12/01/97)
Farm Tax Strategies, a program designed to cover topics on estate planning, gift taxes and income taxes, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the Ramada Inn in Sikeston. Parman Green, University of Missouri outreach and extension farm management specialist from Carrollton, will present the daylong program...
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BUSINESS MEMO: VNA RECEPTIONS
(Business ~ 12/01/97)
The Visiting Nurse Association is hold receptions in the seven offices it serves in an 11-county area of Southeast Missouri. Receptions honor caregivers in home health, hospice and in home programs, and recognizes contributions by hospice volunteers...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: WHEN WILL YOU FINISH HOLIDAY SHOPPING?
(Business ~ 12/01/97)
One man remembers a Christmas Day of driving from quick shop to quick shop to a 7-11 store in search of a perfect gift for a certain person. "I just needed that one final gift," said an employee of the Southeast Missourian newspaper who wants to remain anonymous. He found a gift...
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NEW BUSINESS: NEW HEALTH CLINIC
(Business ~ 12/01/97)
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...
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NEW BUSINESS: ANTIQUE SHOP MOVES
(Business ~ 12/01/97)
Old is suddenly back "in" in downtown Cape Girardeau. Cooper's Collectables and Antiques has opted for the downtown area. "Downtown was big for antiques and collectibles during the early 1990s," said Wanda Cooper, who recently opened at 221 Independence. "There were two or three antique operations here. Now they're back."...
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NEW BUSINESS: WINK'S AT EAST PRAIRIE
(Business ~ 12/01/97)
Wink's Convenience store/service station has opened at 806 W. Washington St. in East Prairie. Wink's is owned by Jeff Holzum and Kevin Stanfield of Cape Girardeau. The new facility will be open at 5:30 a.m. Monday through Saturday and at 6:30 a.m. Sunday. Closing hours are 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday...
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NEW BUSINESS: BIG LOTS AT SIKESTON
(Business ~ 12/01/97)
Big Lots, a retail chain operated by Consolidated Stores Corp., has opened at 207 Southland Drive in Sikeston. Consolidated Stores operates 1,980 stores in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. The new store, which employs about 40, will be open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday...
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NEW BUSINESS: NEW CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC
(Business ~ 12/01/97)
Tally-Heisserer Chiropractic Clinic will open at 2911 Beaver Creek Drive in Cape Girardeau this month. Anne Heisserer, owner of the new clinic, is working out of her home. Heisserer, a graduate of Logan College of Chiropractic at Chesterfield, worked at a chiropractic clinic in Nashville, Tenn., prior to returning to Cape Girardeau...
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SPARTECH GOOD VALUE FOR CURRENT STOCKHOLDERS
(Column ~ 12/01/97)
Spartech Corp. based in Clayton continues to grow by acquisition. Its common stock (symbol SEH), listed on the New York Stock Exchange has increased in price by 430 percent since early 1993 and 61 percent since December. Continued growth, improved efficiency and a strong focus on quality control are contributing to increasing earnings as a proportion of sales: and this stock may still offer good value for current shareholders...
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RAIN ON THE PARADE: WEATHER DROWNS HOLIDAY SPIRIT
(Local News ~ 12/01/97)
The weather outside was frightful, so organizers of the fifth annual Christmas Parade of Lights postponed Sunday's big yuletide event until next weekend when they hope the clouds will be more cooperative and spirits less dampened by the outside conditions...
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LEXINGTON RESIDENTS OPPOSE PERMIT BID
(Local News ~ 12/01/97)
Jerry Washoe wants to know what the future of Lexington Avenue will be. Washoe, who lives on Perryville Road at its intersection with Lexington, will go before the Cape Girardeau City Council tonight to voice his opposition to a request for a special permit to build an insurance office on the northeast corner of the intersection...
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HALFWAY HOUSE RISKS DEBATED
(Local News ~ 12/01/97)
Opponents of a proposed halfway house say they'll be giving the Cape Girardeau City Council an earful at a public hearing on the proposal tonight. The city's Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approving the Gibson Center's request for a rezoning and special use permit to operate the halfway house, which would house 16 to 20 inmates who are within 90 days of their release dates...
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CHRISTMAS CRUNCH: 'TIS THE SEASON TO BE DECKED BY DEBT
(Local News ~ 12/01/97)
Holiday shoppers often end up buried under the crush of credit card debt. Most people expect to charge $400 worth of Christmas presents, but end up making $600 worth of credit-card purchases, according to an American Bankers Association survey. With credit-card interest in the 21 percent range, it is easy to see why this is the season to be decked by debt, financial experts say...
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CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE: OWNER NEEDS MEDICAL HELP AFTER CAT'S TRIP TO VET
(Column ~ 12/01/97)
Remember on "Wild Kingdom" when Marlon Perkins' intrepid assistant Jim would wade into the swamp and wrestle with the alligators while Marlon stayed high and dry on the sidelines? Sometimes Jim chased grizzly bears or other predators or tried to provoke rhinos into charging or lassoed venomous snakes or something equally dramatic for the camera...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 12/01/97)
I'D JUST like to express my opinion on the school tax that went through. I didn't vote for the school tax, and I'm wondering if some other people who didn't vote for it is as mad as I am. I think the ones who wanted all the new schools should be able to pay for them and not force those who voted against them to pay for them. ...
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PUBLICITY HELPS NAB BREAK-IN SUSPECTS
(Editorial ~ 12/01/97)
Anyone whose home has been broken into knows the sense of despair and vulnerability that follows. For days or weeks after a break-in, homeowners or apartment dwellers alike retain a tinge of fear that someone out there can violate their privacy so easily...
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AIR BAGS ARE STILL IMPORTANT IN SAVING LIVES
(Editorial ~ 12/01/97)
New rules announced last week by the U.S. Department of Transportation regarding air bags should not be taken as a license to ignore the overwhelming evidence that the auto safety devices are an important factor in saving lives. The new rules will allow certain car owners to have on-off switches installed for their air bags. ...
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LETTERS: HALFWAY HOUSE TREATENS NEIGHBORS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/01/97)
To the editor: In reading recent articles in the Southeast Missourian and in talking to concerned individuals, it has become increasingly evident that a halfway house for prisoners 30 to 90 days from parole to be housed at the Gibson Center should not be...
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JACKSON BOARD OF ALDERMEN
(Local News ~ 12/01/97)
Jackson City Hall 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1 Action Items Power and Light Committee -- Consider a bill proposing an ordinance authorizing the issuance of $565,000 principal amount of Combined Waterworks and Sewerage System Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 1998, of the City of Jackson...
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ORAN, WOODLAND TOURNESY TIP OFF
(High School Sports ~ 12/01/97)
Tournaments will spice the area schedule as the 1997-98 high school basketball season gets going in full swing this week. The annual Oran and Woodland tournaments will each feature eight boys teams from Southeast Missouri. Jackson's boys and girls -- along with Fredericktown's boys and girls -- will compete in the Farmington Tournament while Cape Central's girls will take part in the Oakville Tournament in the St. Louis area...
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JACKSON LOOKS TO BE IN UNUSUAL REBUILDING MODE
(High School Sports ~ 12/01/97)
To the victor go the spoils -- and also the expectations. Jackson High's wrestling team, which opens the season Tuesday night at home with New Madrid County Central, has won 46 consecutive dual meets. Last year the Indians placed sixth in the Missouri Class 4A state meet. Although Jackson lost nine varsity starters to graduation, there isn't much sympathy for coach Steve Wachter...
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CENTRAL HOPES TO TURN CORNERS THIS YEAR
(High School Sports ~ 12/01/97)
Although Cape Girardeau Central High's wrestling team has no returning Class 4A state meet qualifiers and went 4-5-1 in dual meets last season, coach Drew Lilledahl has no doubt his Tigers will see better days this season. "We'll definitely be better this year than we were last year," said Lilledahl, whose Tigers open the season Tuesday night at Murphysboro, Ill...
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BEATRICE SANDLIN
(Obituary ~ 12/01/97)
PERRYVILLE -- Beatrice Sandlin, 80, of Perryville died Sunday, Nov. 30, 1997, at the Perry County Nursing Home. She was born March 6, 1917, in Herculaneum, daughter of Ira and Myrtle LeClere Ward. She and Irless Sandlin were married June 16, 1934. He died Aug. 17, 1990...
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VALMA DYE
(Obituary ~ 12/01/97)
Valma J. Dye, 61, of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, Nov. 29, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Aug. 20, 1936, at Bloomfield, daughter of Raymond L. and Naomi Ruth Williams Duffey. She married Owen Dye Aug. 21, 1955, at Bloomfield. She was employed at Bridgeport Realty for six years. She also volunteered with the American Red Cross, the American Heart Association, and the American Diabetes Association. She was a member of the Church of Christ in Jackson...
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J.R. GOODSON
(Obituary ~ 12/01/97)
DEXTER -- J. R. Goodson, 87, of Malden, died Saturday, Nov. 29, 1997, at the Ridgeview Nursing Home in Malden. He was born Nov. 18, 1910, at Karber Ridge, Ill., son of Thomas J. and Mary Alice Williams Goodson. He married Ethel Shaffer on Nov. 20, 1937, in Caruthersville. She died Nov. 12, 1993...
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FRIEDA GERECKE
(Obituary ~ 12/01/97)
JACKSON -- Frieda R. Gerecke, 92, of Jackson, died Saturday, Nov. 29, 1997, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 2, 1905, the daughter of Jacob and Louise Graden Klaproth. She married Albert Gerecke on Dec. 25, 1924, at Gordonville. He died March 23, 1969...
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EVERETT BIGGS
(Obituary ~ 12/01/97)
SCOTT CITY -- Everett E. Biggs, 65, of Scott City, died Sunday, Nov. 30, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Scott City.
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WOMAN DIES, FOUR HURT IN BOLLINGER COUNTY ACCIDENT
(Local News ~ 12/01/97)
FREDERICKTOWN -- A Bonne Terre woman was killed and four others were injured Sunday afternoon in a two-vehicle accident in Bollinger County, eight miles east of Fredericktown. Erma Graham, 54, of Bonne Terre was killed when the vehicle she was driving hit head-on with a vehicle driven by Marcia Cook of Fredericktown...
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COLETTA SHELTON
(Obituary ~ 12/01/97)
CHAFFEE -- Coletta Shelton, 73, of Chaffee, died Sunday, Nov. 30, 1997 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Aug. 18, 1924, at Liberty, Mo., the daughter of Vincent Earl and Bertha Alphradia Abernathy Seabaugh. She married Leonard Shelton on Dec. 8, 1947. He died March 25, 1988...
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