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A CALL TO SIMPLIFY RETIREMENT SAVING
(Local News ~ 11/30/98)
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. There's a lot of talk about retirement among workers -- and it's not necessarily by those about to retire...
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TRUCK DRIVING SCHOOL: FOUR SCHOOSL IN TRI-STATE AREA PROVIDING TRUCKERS FOR SURFACE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY
(Local News ~ 11/30/98)
A student truck driver performed a simulated dock parking exercise at Commercial Driver Training Academy in Sikeston. Gay St. Mary, right, is president of Commercial Driver Training Academy. Leo McElrath IV, left, is the lead instructor, and James Shanagher is vice president of sales and marketing...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: THAT'S ONE SMART BUCK
(Business ~ 11/30/98)
A number of years ago -- at least 25 to 30 -- a popular men's magazine featured an "Honest Abe Club," for "honest-to-gosh, true-to-life" anecdotes. What made the stories and anecdotes different, so we are told, is that it all really happened. So, we have no doubt that the following deer story did happen...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 11/30/98)
David K. Papke has joined Mercantile Bank of Cape Girardeau. Papke will serve as senior vice president and senior lender for Mercantile here. Lowell Peterson, community bank president at Cape Girardeau, announced Papke's appointment recently. Papke has been with Mercantile Bank of St. Louis N.A., since 1992, acting as vice president in commercial real estate...
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BUSINESS MEMO: EMPLOYMENT UPSWING
(Business ~ 11/30/98)
An employment upswing is in store for Southeast Missouri. The Southeast Missouri Employment Outlook Survey for January, February and March shows that about 40 percent of employers contacted will add to their workforce in the first quarter of 1999. The survey also revealed that 6 percent planned staff cuts, and the other 54 percent plan to make no adjustments...
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BUSINESS MEMO: WESTVACO EARNINGS
(Business ~ 11/30/98)
Westvaco Corp., a major manufacturer of paper, packaging and chemicals, has reported fourth-quarter and audited year-end sales and earnings for fiscal 1998. Westvaco, headquartered in New York, reported sales of $731.8 million in the fourth quarter, with earnings of $33.2 million, or 33 cents a share, down from $51.7 million and 51 cents a share for the same period in 1997...
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BUSINESS MEMO: COPING WITH GRIEF
(Business ~ 11/30/98)
Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel Inc., 829 N. West End Blvd., Cape Girardeau, will provide a pamphlet, "You and Your Grief During the Holiday Seasons." Holiday seasons are often among the most difficult of times for people who have experienced the death of a loved one. This pamphlet provides specifics to aid bereaved people in coping during the holidays...
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BUSINESS MEMO: CONSERVATION MEETING
(Business ~ 11/30/98)
The Missouri Conservation Commission will meet Dec. 10 and 11 at Conservation Department Headquarters, 2901 W. Truman Blvd. in Jefferson City. The meeting Dec. 10 will begin at 2 p.m. The open meeting Dec. 11 will begin at 10 a.m., following a closed executive session...
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BUSINESS MEMO: LIQUOR MARKETING
(Business ~ 11/30/98)
Schuncks Markets Inc. has been named by Market Watch, as one of the nation's top five leaders in liquor department retailing. Market Watch is a national trade monthly that follows the liquor and alcohol industry. Schnucks was selected as a top five member on the basis of its extensive product selection, high volume, good customer service and strong community relations...
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JUVENILE CENTER: COUNTY PLAN WOULD CENTRALIZE SERVICES
(Local News ~ 11/30/98)
The Cape Girardeau County Commission and local juvenile officers hope to unify a now scattered juvenile system into one facility. The commission proposes building a new juvenile justice center to house a secure detention area, juvenile court, juvenile department employees and an alternative school...
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CROWDS LINE PARADE ROUTE
(Local News ~ 11/30/98)
Spectators, five to 10 deep at times, lined the route from Capaha Park down Broadway to Main Street Sunday evening for the 6th annual Christmas Parade of Lights sponsored by the Downtown Merchants Association. "I'd hate to estimate the crowd, but they tell me it was the largest ever for the parade," said Dennis "Doc" Cain, one of the founders and organizers of the parade...
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INSULT TO INJURY: PIETY AND PIGSKIN: EVIDENCE THAT DEMANDS A VERDICT
(Column ~ 11/30/98)
Exhibit A: On the side of one of their buildings, the University of Notre Dame displays iconography that is clearly visible between the goal posts at one end of the football stadium. The image is of the risen Christ ascending to the right hand of God...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 11/30/98)
TO EDUCATE the caller who wanted fewer postal holidays: There aren't any postal holidays. Those are national holidays and are not set by the Postal Service, which only recognizes them, as do other businesses. If all postal workers were off on holidays and weekends, then you wouldn't have any mail at all the day after a holiday or on Mondays. And it gets old quick, working every holiday and weekend...
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MEW CLEANUP: PCB QUESTIONS REMAIN
(Editorial ~ 11/30/98)
Anyone who has been following the Environmental Protection Agency's handling of the Missouri Electric Works cleanup in Cape Girardeau has probably either lost some hair or seen it turn white. For 14 years, the EPA has been dealing with soil and groundwater contamination caused by polychlorinated biphenyls -- PCBs -- that spilled from electrical transformers taken to the company for repair, storage or disposal...
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TREE OF LIGHTS NEEDS GENEROUS SUPPORT
(Editorial ~ 11/30/98)
It can be accurately said that folks in the Cape Girardeau area are God-fearing and church-going souls. Just look at the booming churches that involve thousands of individuals. And look at the Salvation Army, a religious organization that turns virtually every dollar it raises and every activity it engages in into some sort of program to help others, particularly those who somehow can't get help anywhere else...
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LETTERS: COMMANDMENTS, OATHS: WHAT NEXT?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/30/98)
To the editor: The Nov. 23 column by Paul Greenberg, "Guide to the perplexed," is worthy of being repeated. And it should be accepted as "truth" without deviation. If we make a mockery of our oath upon the Bible, what have we? The means does not justify the end...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU BOARD OF EDUCATION
(Local News ~ 11/30/98)
Closed meeting Monday, Nov. 30 at 6:15 p.m. Agenda items to be discussed: -- Hiring, firing, disciplining or promotion of employees. Section 620.021 (3), RSMo. -- Individually identifiable personnel records, performance ratings or records pertaining to employees or applicants for employment. Section 610.021 (13) RSMo...
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PUBLIC FORUM TONIGHT ON RIVER CAMPUS
(Local News ~ 11/30/98)
A public forum to discuss the future of the River Campus project will be held tonight at the Osage Community Center. The purpose of the meeting, which will begin at 6 p.m., is to gain community input on how or whether to proceed on the project. The River Campus, which would be located at the site of the former St. Vincent's Seminary on Morgan Oak Street, is a joint project of the city and Southeast Missouri State University...
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PERRYVILLE SCHOOLS PLAN BOND ELECTION IN JUNE
(Local News ~ 11/30/98)
PERRYVILLE -- For too many years, the Perryville school district hasn't had enough extra money to add classroom space or expand its buildings. But the Perryville Board of Education hopes voters will change that in June. The board recently approved a two-pronged plan that would allow voters to consider related bond issues. An election is planned for June 8...
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ON THE STREET
(Local News ~ 11/30/98)
This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "When did you find out the truth about Santa Claus?" Chuck Goodie, Scott City "I can't remember how old I was but it when I caught my dad putting toys together down in the basement. I guess I was five or six somewhere in there. We had talk and then I helped him put the toys together."...
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COUNTRY STAR TANYA TUCKER VISITS CAPE
(Local News ~ 11/30/98)
Country music star Tanya Tucker signed autographs at an impromptu signing session at Broussard's Cajun Cuisine Sunday night. Tucker is famous for such hits as "Strong Enough to Bend," "If it don't come easy," "Hangin' in," "It's a little too late," "Little Things," "Walkin' shoes," "Down to my last teardrop," and "Some kind of Trouble."...
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SEMO VOLLEYBALL TEAM TO FACE STANFORD
(College Sports ~ 11/30/98)
Just as Southeast Missouri State University volleyball coach Cindy Gannon figured, her Otahkians will face one of the nation's top teams in the NCAA Tournament. But it won't just be any ordinary top team. The NCAA pairings were announced Sunday night and the Otahkians learned they will take on two-time defending national champion Stanford, which will host the four-team Mountain Sub-Regional in Palo Alto, Calif...
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ORAN, WOODLAND HOST ANNUAL TOURNAMENTS
(High School Sports ~ 11/30/98)
While the area high school basketball season officially opened last week, things will get truly serious this week as traditional early-season tournaments take front and center stage. Oran and Woodland will host their annual eight-team boys events beginning today. The Farmington Tournament, for boys and girls, also tips off, while Scott City will be a host for the I-55 Classic, a boys tourney that begins later in the week...
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MAYME BAILEY
(Obituary ~ 11/30/98)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Mayme Lorene Bailey, 78, of East Prairie died Saturday, Nov. 28, 1998, at the East Prairie Nursing Center. She was born Jan. 26, 1920, in Hornersville, the daughter of Charles B. and Dora K. Pollard Finley. She and Marion D. Bailey were married Dec. 14, 1945, at Detroit, Mich. He died April 2, 1990...
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GEORGE RANEY
(Obituary ~ 11/30/98)
ANNA, Ill. -- George Prentice Raney, 83, died Sunday, Nov. 29, 1998, at his home in Anna. He was born Aug. 24, 1915, in Clay County, Ark., the son of James Loren and Jesse Raney. Raney served in the military during World War II. He retired from Carbondale Community High School. He was a member of Gospel Assembly Church in Anna...
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THELMA YANDELL
(Obituary ~ 11/30/98)
ANNA -- Thelma Myrea Morrison White Yandell, 73, of Anna died Sunday, Nov. 29, 1998, at her son's home in Anna. She was born Feb. 9, 1925, at Cedar Creek, Mo., daughter of Ray and Iva Marler Morrison. Survivors include six sons, James, Jerry, and Joe White, all of Springfield, Mo., Jack White of Anna, John White of Marionville, Mo., and Jeff White of Glen Allen, Va.; a brother, Alfred "Shorty" Morrison of South Carolina; two sisters, Margie Williams of Kirbyville, Mo., and Argie Brown of Forsythe, Mo.; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.. ...
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WERNER RESSEL
(Obituary ~ 11/30/98)
Werner Ressel, 93, of Kelso, died Sunday, Nov. 29, 1998, at Jackson Manor in Jackson. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
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JEAN SPENCER
(Obituary ~ 11/30/98)
CHAFFEE -- Jean Spencer, 75, of Chaffee died Sunday, Nov. 19, 1998, at St. Louis. She was born April 19, 1921, to Henry and Mamie Smith. She was married to John "Brad" Spencer, who died June 17, 1998. Survivors include two sons, Jay Enderle of Miami, Fla., and David Enderle of Freeburg, Ill.; one daughter, Mayme Fetsch of Bridgeton; one step-son, Jack Spencer of Chaffee; one sister, Evelyn Judge of Los Angeles, Calif.; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren...
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BETTY LOU HARRISON
(Obituary ~ 11/30/98)
TYLER, Texas -- Betty Lou Harrison, 64, of Tyler and formerly of Sikeston, Mo., died Friday, Nov. 27, 1998 at East Texas Medical Center. She was born Nov. 18, 1934, at Sikeston to Early J. Malcom and Hazel Lou Hensley. She was a tax clerk. Survivors include two sons, Marion Richard Harrison of Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Michael Kevin Harrison of California state; one daughter, Suzanne Martin of Tyler; two brothers, Bill Malcom of Tyler and Roland Malcom of Orange County, Calif.; and five grandchildren.. ...
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CARL BRITT
(Obituary ~ 11/30/98)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Carl Stanley Britt, 90, of Victorville, Calif., formerly of East Prairie, died Thursday, Nov. 26, 1998, at Desert Valley Medical Center in Victorville. He was born Feb. 25, 1908, in Columbus, Ky., the son of G. L. and Maggie Hayes Britt. He and Willie Forrester were married. She died Nov. 9, 1985...
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