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CD RATES: THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT
(Local News ~ 07/27/98)
This "Financial Focus" column is prepared by Edward Jones Investments, headquartered in St. Louis. Jones includes branches throughout the nation, including Cape Girardeau and Jackson. When it comes to investing in certificates of deposit, some investors tend to be shortsighted. In an effort to minimize risk, they invest in short-term CDs and simply roll their money into other CDs as their investments mature...
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HOME ON THE ROAD: AMERICANS HITTING THE RV ROADWAYS
(Local News ~ 07/27/98)
Summer's here and RVers are on the road, by the hundreds, thousands and even millions. More than 7 million recreation vehicle owners -- ranging from simple folding campers to custom conversions of buses (motor homes) costing as much, or more than a half-million dollars -- will hit the roads with their families on the Labor Day weekend...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: EMPLOYEES BECOME OWNERS
(Business ~ 07/27/98)
Ferrellgas, a Missouri company founded more than a half-century ago at Liberty, now has more than 4,000 owners. Employees of the company, the nation's second-largest retail propane gas marketer, has acquired majority ownership of the company, purchasing it from Ferrellgas chairman James E. Ferrell...
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BUSINESS MEMO: K's REMODELING IOWA STORE
(Business ~ 07/27/98)
K's Merchandise, headquartered in Decatur, Ill., will more than double its sales space at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, this fall. K's Merchandise, a family-owned business with 15 stores throughout the Midwest, including an 85,000-square-foot facility at 371 Broadview in Cape Girardeau, offers a variety of products, including sporting goods, electronics, jewelry, housewares, furniture, small appliances, toys, baby goods and giftware...
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BUSINESS MEMO: CLAY MINE TO CLOSE
(Business ~ 07/27/98)
An Olmsted, Ill., clay mine, in operation since the late 1930s, is closing this month. The mine is owned by the Ralston Purina Co. of St. Louis, which purchased Golden Cat Corp. in 1995. The Olmsted plant has produced cat litter since 1958. The litter is marketed under the "Tidy Cats" brand name...
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BUSINESS MEMO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPER SOUGHT
(Business ~ 07/27/98)
Wanted: an economic development coordinator. The Stoddard County Industrial Development Authority has approved a $110,000 budget for an economic development office. The new office was approved this month by the county's IDA office. Also put in place by IDA president Bill Alein is a search committee, charged with drafting the final job description and a search for job candidates...
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BUSINESS MEMO: MISSOURI HAY NEEDED
(Business ~ 07/27/98)
Missouri farmers are being asked to sell, donate or haul hay to help provide feed for livestock producers in drought-stricken Florida and Texas. Bob Crawford, Florida's commissioner of agriculture, recently asked Missouri Director of Agriculture John L. Saunders to help provide relief...
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BUSINESS MEMO: SEARS EARNINGS
(Business ~ 07/27/98)
Sears, Roebuck and Co. of Chicago, the nation's second-largest retailer, reported strong second-quarter profits nearly tripling amid strong sales at its stores. For the three months ended June 30, the Hoffman Estates, Ill.-based retailer recorded net income of $336 million, or 85 cents a diluted share, compared to $117 million, or 29 cents a diluted share, the year-earlier period...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 07/27/98)
John Schiwitz and Steve Hileman have received promotions by Dana Corp.'s Spicer Axle Division. Schiwitz, who joined Dana in May 1996, has been a cell technician in Department 200 since then. His new position is cell leader in Department 200 on "B" Shift...
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JACKSON POLICE TO REWARD CITIZENS FOR SAFETY
(Local News ~ 07/27/98)
JACKSON -- When was the last time a tete-a-tete with a police officer left you smiling? It could happen beginning next month in Jackson. Officers will begin handing out safety citations to people observed acting in a way that promotes safety. That could include children wearing bicycle helmets, motorists that allow other drivers into traffic or people furthering safety at home, on the job or at school...
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AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST NEARS FINAL WEEK FOR ENTRIES
(Local News ~ 07/27/98)
The local KINSA contest enters the final week for entries. The last date to submit a snapshot for consideration is Friday. KINSA, Kodak International Newspaper Snapshot Awards, is the world's largest annual amateur snapshot contest. Four additional semifinalists in the local competition have been named: Larry Blattel of Scott City, Robin McQuay of Jackson, Vivian Gay Caldwell of Thebes, Ill., and David Baltzell of Cape Girardeau...
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CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE: SIBBLING RIVALRY IS A TERMINAL CONDITION AMONG FAMILY
(Column ~ 07/27/98)
I helped my older brother celebrate his birthday this past weekend. Jim and I have had the typical brother-sister relationship: After several years of trying half-heartedly to kill each other, we've settled, reasonably comfortably, into a truce. I feel compelled to point out that we also live in separate parts of the state. This helps maintain the peace, I'm sure...
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NIXON MAKES COMMITMENT TO HELP VETERANS, YOUTH
(Local News ~ 07/27/98)
Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon told a group of veterans in Cape Girardeau Sunday that the jobs of law enforcement and the military were similar in that they both tried to preserve freedom and protect society. Nixon made a brief stop in the city to speak before a gathering of the state executive committee of AmVETS, meeting over the weekend at the Holiday Inn Convention Center. He is running as a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate...
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DAVIS JOINS SEMO UNIVERSITY STAFF
(Local News ~ 07/27/98)
S.D. Yana Davis has been hired as associate development director for the Southeast Missouri University Foundation and the school's advancement division. Davis' responsibilities are focused on fund raising for KRCU-FM, Southeast Public Radio, a nonprofit, noncommercial public radio station licensed to the university...
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TWO RACES CONTESTED IN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY VOTE
(Local News ~ 07/27/98)
CHARLESTON -- Democrats competing for presiding commissioner and county collector are the only contested races on Mississippi County ballots for the Aug. 4 primary election. Presiding commissioner Jim Blumenberg and county collector Faye Elliot each have one challenger for their positions on the Democratic ticket. ...
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ON THE STREET
(Local News ~ 07/27/98)
This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "What would you do if you won the record $250 million Powerball lottery on Wednesday?" Larry Driskell, Cape Girardeau "I would probably buy me an island out in the Pacific somewhere and just stay there." Holly Wrice, Cape Girardeau...
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COLLECTOR RACE CONTESTED IN CAPE COUNTY
(Local News ~ 07/27/98)
Voters in Cape Girardeau County will choose a county collector but little else, in the Aug. 4 primary election. The county collector race drew two Democrats and four Republicans. The only other contested race is for county clerk in the Nov. 3 general election...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 07/27/98)
JACKSON, you think you have problems in your Little League Program. You ought to see the three-ring circus in the 13-year-old division in Cape. Inconsistencies from the commissioner of the league all the way down to the umpires during our regular season have prevailed all season long. ...
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JACKSON GEARS UP FOR MATH AND SCIENCE
(Editorial ~ 07/27/98)
Jackson High School's new Math and Science Building, which opens with the start of another school year next month, is a fitting example of the emphasis the school district and its students have put on technology. The $3.23 million building will set Jackson School District apart from others in the region in terms of teaching and providing an atmosphere for learning math and science. ...
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GOOD ECONOMY MEANS FUNDS FOR HIGHWAYS
(Editorial ~ 07/27/98)
You would never know that Missouri's 15-year highway plan was ever in financial jeopardy by the volume of highway construction going on and the number of projects the department plans for the near future. If the long-range plan is indeed in such trouble, where is all the money coming from for the construction taking place across the state? And if money will be such a problem down the road, why is the department holding hearings almost on a regular basis to gather input on projects being planned around the region?. ...
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BRIEFLY: CAPE COUNTRY CLUB WGA
(High School Sports ~ 07/27/98)
Marlena Jones won medalist honors in Championship Flight of this week's play. Edna Ruth Fischer won A Flight and Pricilla Kirby took B Flight. Shot of the day was Gross Score. There was a tie at the top in the Twilight Scramble. Tied with scored of 37 were the team of Alice Temm, Cathy Marchi and Barb Stribling and the group of Ernie Kidd, Joyce Kuntze, Joan Morgan and Jane Daume...
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BRIEFLY: COCA-COLA CLASSIC TENNIS TOURNAMENT
(High School Sports ~ 07/27/98)
Ron Beasley and Ken Campbell of Cape Girardeau claimed the men's open doubles title of the Coca-Cola Classic Tennis Tournament this weekend. Due to rain on Sunday, the tournament was held at Universal Physique. Beasley and Campbell beat Brian James and Lee Shell of Sikeston 6-2, 6-3 in the title match...
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EDWIN VICKERY
(Obituary ~ 07/27/98)
CHAFFEE -- Edwin P. Vickery, 81, of Chaffee died Saturday, July 25, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 15, 1917, at Chaffee, son of Charles William and Hattie Pearl Permeley Vickery. He and Mildred Wiles were married Nov. 27, 1940, at Portageville...
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HOMER RIDENOUR
(Obituary ~ 07/27/98)
DEXTER -- Homer E. Ridenour, 78, of Dexter died Sunday, July 26, 1998, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. He was born Sept. 4, 1919, near Sikeston, son of Timothy Albert and Lessie Harvey Ridenour. He and Elsie Mae Masterson were married Sept. 1, 1941, at St. Charles...
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STELLA KELLER
(Obituary ~ 07/27/98)
PERRYVILLE -- Stella Margaret Keller, 64, of Perryville died Sunday, July 26, 1998, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born June 19, 1934, in Perry County, daughter of Wallace and Bernice Mowry Zahner. She and Elmer Keller were married Aug. 25, 1952. He died July 1, 1996...
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THOMAS GRANGER
(Obituary ~ 07/27/98)
MURPHYSBORO, Ill. -- Retired Capt. Thomas Dale Granger, 61, of Murphysboro died Friday, July 24, 1998, at his home. He was born Feb. 23, 1937, at Kankakee, son of Thomas Walter and Maude M. Houseman Granger He was retired from the U.S. Air Force and was a musician...
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SARAH HILEMAN
(Obituary ~ 07/27/98)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Sarah P. Hileman, 80, of Union County died Sunday, July 26, 1998, at the Union County Hospital in Anna. Arrangements are incomplete at Hileman and Parr Funeral Services in Jonesboro.
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JANICE THIELE
(Obituary ~ 07/27/98)
Janice E. Thiele, 66, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, July 25, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born April 19, 1932, at Tilsit, daughter of Willie and Lana Overbeck Friedhoff. She and Louis Martin Thiele were married Nov. 26, 1949, at Cape Girardeau. He died Feb. 1, 1984...
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VIOLA MEDLEY
(Obituary ~ 07/27/98)
Viola Wittrock Medley, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, July 26, 1998, at the Lutheran Home. She was born May 26, 1911, at Templin, Kan., daughter of the Rev. William and Ella Marie Zwieg Wittrock Sr. She and Edward F. Medley were married in 1967. He died Jan. 31, 1978...
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JAMES UPTON
(Obituary ~ 07/27/98)
EAST PRAIRIE -- James Mark "Jim" Upton, 69, of East Prairie died Saturday, July 25, 1998, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Aug. 27, 1928, at Atoka, Tenn., son of B.D. and Edith Laurine Sullivan Upton. He and Evelyn Jones were married on Nov. 6, 1967...
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