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BUSINESS MEMO: `CREATIVE' ORNAMENTS
(Business ~ 12/29/97)
More than 20 Cape Girardeau businesses have participated in the 1997 Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce Christmas Tree project. Businesses were asked to provide a "home made" Christmas ornament to be placed on the tree at the chamber office. A "most creative" ornament will be selected, with a picture of the ornament to appear in the chamber's January newsletter, "Action."...
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INVESTMENT CLUBS: TURNING NOVICE INVESTORS INTO SAVVY INVESTORS
(Local News ~ 12/29/97)
Two independent businessmen, a newspaper executive and a retired manager of a giant retail store, gather for a special meeting on a weekday night. It's 5:15, and each of the 15 people at the meeting have a briefcase, which contains a number of portfolios -- stock portfolios...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: BUT, WHO'S BEST? HOLIDAY PERIODS KEEP BATTERY SALES GOING, GOING
(Business ~ 12/29/97)
The motorized vehicle ran out of juice about 1 p.m.It had been going and going and going since the youngster had opened it earlier in the day.But never fear, Walgreens was here, and open for business from 9 a.m to 5 p.m. on Christmas Day.And the store had batteries -- ranging from the small AAA to AA to D and C, along with the 9-volters.The annual Christmas and New Year's holiday period keeps battery companies going and goingAbout 40 percent of batteries sold in the United States are sold during the final quarter of the year -- October, November and December.This keeps the battery companies going -- at each other -- as they devise ways to charge up sales during the holiday shopping season.Americans spend $1.9 billion annually on alkaline batteries for power-gobbling portable CD players, camcorders and remote-control toys. ...
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BUSINESS MEMO: VISIONAIRE CONSTRUCTION
(Business ~ 12/29/97)
VisionAire's assembly facility at Ames, Iowa, is continuing at a fast pace. The site for the St. Louis company's assembly facility is on 13 acres at the Ames Municipal Airport and will consist of two buildings, including the 101,000-square-foot assembly building...
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BUSINESS MEMO: SECOND FRIDAY COFFEE
(Business ~ 12/29/97)
January's First Friday Coffee will be a "Second Friday Coffee," due to the Christmas and New Year's holidays. The 7:30 a.m. meeting will be held Jan. 9 at the Show Me Center on Southeast Missouri State University campus.
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BUSINESS MEMO: `ADDY' NOMINATIONS
(Business ~ 12/29/97)
The advertising and marketing professionals of Southeast Missouri are accepting nominations for the American Advertising Awards (ADDY) competition. The contest is open to any individual, company or organization engaged in the creation of advertising. Entries for the local competition must have been created within the Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg-Mount Vernon area, appearing between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 1997...
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BUSINESS MEMO: DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
(Business ~ 12/29/97)
Union Electric recently presented a check to Canal Wood (Missouri Fibre Corp.) as a contribution toward an economic development project at the Southeast Missouri Port Authority. UE has completed construction of a new three-phase electric line and industrial substation to serve the SEMO Port. Another new line will be installed early next year from the Interstate 55 area to the port to serve power requirements of the Missouri Fibre Mill and other customers. The new line will be 4 miles long...
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BUSINESS MEMO: MARION SET FOR NEW INDUSTRY
(Business ~ 12/29/97)
No names are being mentioned, but Marion in Southern Illinois is in the running for a 100-job, $30 million industry. Marion officials are looking into the availability of land for the new company, which is also considering sites in other communities in other states...
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BUSINESS MEMO: BUSINESS NOMINATIONS DUE
(Business ~ 12/29/97)
Nominations are being accepted for "Small Business of the Year" 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 Jan. 30...
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BUSINESS MEMO: INDUSTRIAL PARK BUSY
(Business ~ 12/29/97)
A Hazelwood chemical manufacturing company has become the third St. Louis-area company to announce plans to move its operations to Sauget, Ill., a town near East St. Louis. Stellar Manufacturing Co., which has a plant in Hazelwood, Mo., plans to build a 167,000-square-foot building on 15 acres in the town's business park by fall...
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BUSINESS MEMO: VEGETABLE GROWERS MEETING
(Business ~ 12/29/97)
Vegetable growers from four states will meet in St. Joseph Jan. 9 and 10, for the annual Great Plains Vegetable Growers Conference. The conference, which attracts growers from Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska, will focus on commercial vegetable growers, market gardeners and farmer market growers, with sessions on producing melons, sweet corn, tomatoes, organic farming methods and marketing...
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NATIONSBANK OFFERS LONG-TERM STOCK VALUE
(Column ~ 12/29/97)
With about 2,600 offices in 16 states and Washington, NationsBank is the third largest U.S. bank. Its stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol NB and appears to be a good value investment for long-term investors. A little over a year ago, I was saying the same thing about both Boatmen's Bancshares and NationsBank and we all know what happened there...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 12/29/97)
Betty Weber of Cape Girardeau has joined Jayson Jeweler's Ltd. and Ervin's Metalsmiths Inc., 115 Themis. Weber, a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, has experience in sales. She previously owned a gift shop. Weber taught school a number of years as a high school business teacher...
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TAX CUTS TOP LAWMAKERS' LIST FOR '98 SESSION; MISSOURIANS OVERBURDENED WITH TAXES, LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE SAYS
(Local News ~ 12/29/97)
Being a state legislator can be a taxing job. But when the 1998 legislative session convenes Jan. 7, tax cuts will be on the minds of many lawmakers. Many area lawmakers view tax cuts as one of the top issues facing the Missouri General Assembly. State Rep. David Schwab, R-Jackson, says tax relief is the top issue before the Legislature in the upcoming session...
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PHONE SLAMMING COMPLAINTS ON RISE
(Local News ~ 12/29/97)
A California-based company might be taking local businesses in for the slam. A phone slam, that is, that ends up costing business owners extra time and money. Phone slamming is a moneymaking scam that usually involves the unauthorized switching of a customer's long distance provider. The company who switches the service usually charges the customer between $5 and $10, and the amount shows up on the customer's telephone bill...
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AREA BIRD WATCHERS SET FOR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS COUNT; DATA PUBLISHED BY NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
(Local News ~ 12/29/97)
Local bird watchers were out in the wild this weekend taking part in the annual Christmas Bird Count, a tradition almost a century old. Local Christmas bird counters are among more than 45,000 volunteers participating in the National Audubon Society 98th Christmas Bird Count...
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ACTORS AUDITION FOR RIVER CITY PLAYERS PRODUCTION
(Local News ~ 12/29/97)
For director Steve Ruppel, the River City Players' upcoming production of "On Golden Pond" offers more than simply an opportunity to direct a full-length stage play for the first time. It also gives him a chance to do something for his grandfather. Ruppel -- a university student who has acted in numerous local productions, including this fall's "Henry IV" -- first became familiar with "On Golden Pond" when his grandfather took him to see the film version of the play, which starred Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn.. ...
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TAX CUTS TOP LAWMAKERS' LIST FOR '98 SESSION
(Local News ~ 12/29/97)
Tax cuts won't be the only issue before the Missouri Legislature in 1998. Issues ranging from electric utility deregulation to health care for children will be on the legislative table, Southeast Missouri lawmakers say. The General Assembly also is expected to revisit a number of controversial issues from the 1997 session...
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MISSOURIANA
(Column ~ 12/29/97)
Missourians will soon be hearing a new tourism slogan: "Where the Rivers Run." Officials have decided tourists just got sleepy hearing "Wake Up to Missouri." There are so many prefiled bills for next year's General Assembly that lawmakers could skip the 1998 session and no one would notice...
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CAPE, JACKSON DEVELOP GOOD RELATIONS
(Editorial ~ 12/29/97)
A coming together of Cape Girardeau and Jackson city governments to discuss mutual concerns at a meeting that the public may also attend is evidence that a fresh spirit of cooperation has developed between the two communities in an effort to accomplish goals that will be beneficial to both...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 12/29/97)
ISN'T IT ironic that what we call progress can take us in such unusual directions? The shared water line between Cape and Jackson is a good example. I think we Cape folks are trying to get you all in this weird fashion by sharing our Mississippi River water. Do you really think chlorine neutralizes all those chemicals that industries are pumping in there? I just hope that by drinking that polluted drainage that you won't develop a nasty attitude like so many Cape folks have...
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PERRY COUNTIANS GET BIKE ROUTE CHANGED
(Editorial ~ 12/29/97)
Bike riding along U.S. 61 in Perry County might not offer the serenity and beauty a trip along Routes H and C offers, but it will be a lot safer. The decision by the Missouri Department of Transportation and the Division of Tourism to relocate the Mississippi River National Bike Trail from Routes H and C to U.S. 61 in the interest of safety was a wise one...
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ON THE STREET
(Local News ~ 12/29/97)
This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "What New Year's resolutions will you make for 1998?" Karry Pontious, Scott City "Well, one of them ... I need to lose weight. At least ten pounds. I've still got baby fat on me. Probably be a little nicer to people."...
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SOUTHEAST, LOUISVILLE CLASH TONIGHT; CARDINALS COMING OFF UPSET OF NO. 4 KENTUCKY
(College Sports ~ 12/29/97)
Louisville doesn't have the best record of any basketball team Southeast Missouri State University's Indians have faced this season. In fact, the Cardinals actually have one of the worst records of any squad Southeast has gone against so far. But there is no doubt the Cardinals are one of the most talented -- if not the most talented -- teams the Indians will play during the 1997-98 campaign...
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SCOTT CITY'S OT WIN SETS UP SEMIFINALS
(High School Sports ~ 12/29/97)
Down 13 at halftime, it didn't take John Wooden, the legendary UCLA coach, to diagnose Scott City's ailments. "Coach (Derek McCord) started yelling at me," said Scott City's Jon Beck, "and he said he's going to get somebody else in there if I don't start shooting it -- I'm a shooting guard. So I started shooting a little bit."...
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PHS GIRLS WIN CONSOLATION TITLE
(High School Sports ~ 12/29/97)
ST. LOUIS -- Perryville High's girls basketball team lost its first game in the Visitation Tournament last week but the Lady Pirates certainly rebounded nicely. The Lady Pirates won their third straight tourney game and captured the consolation title Sunday by beating Kirkwood 58-49...
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RAY ANN THAYER
(Obituary ~ 12/29/97)
McBRIDE -- Ray Ann Thayer, 93, of McBride died Sunday, Dec. 28, 1997, at Perry Oaks Healthcare Center in Perryville. She was born Oct. 29, 1904, in Perry County, daughter of Steve and Josephine Bienlein Streiler. She married Alto George Thayer on May 3, 1923. He died Nov. 30, 1969...
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DELMAR LEE HAHN
(Obituary ~ 12/29/97)
Delmar Lee Hahn, 62, of 1847 Stoddard died Sunday, Dec. 28, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Aug. 22, 1935, at Scopus, son of Roy M. and Bernice M. Jenkins Hahn. He married Opal Meier on June 18, 1955, at Cape Girardeau. Hahn worked as a salesman of cleaning and finishing chemicals for Hillyard Floorcare of St. Joseph. He lived in Cape Girardeau for 42 years and was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church...
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