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NASH ROAD INDUSTRIAL PARK: 39-YEAR HISTORY, STILL GROWING
(Local News ~ 05/17/99)
Although the Nash Road Industrial Park is 39 years old, it is far from complete. The park has more than 20 industries and businesses in a complex south of Cape Girardeau, alongside Nash Road and near Interstate 55. Those businesses provide employment to more than 1,500 workers...
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YOU CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE
(Local News ~ 05/17/99)
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. Most everyone would like to be a millionaire. Just look at one of last year's bestsellers, "The Millionaire Next Door" by Thomas Stanley. Unfortunately, too few believe they can achieve millionaire status...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 05/17/99)
Hazel Bristow, nursing supervisor at Cottonwood Residential Treatment Center in Cape Girardeau, has been named the center's "Employee of the Year." Bristow was recognized by her co-workers as someone who cheerfully addresses problems and still finds time to help others...
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BUSINESS MEMO: SBA INFORMATION BRIEFING
(Business ~ 05/17/99)
Starting, buying and expanding a business will be the topic of a Small Business Administration seminar, to be held June 9, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Southeast Missouri State University. A number of items will be discussed during the two-hour session at the Small Business Development Center in Room 125 of Robert A. ...
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BUSINESS MEMO: SPARTECH EXPANSION
(Business ~ 05/17/99)
Spartech Corp. has entered into an agreement to acquire net assets of the Alltrista Plastic Packaging Division of Alltrista Corp., a manufacturer of extruded sheet & rollstock packaging materials, based in Muncie, Ind. "We are enthusiastic about the prospect of adding Alltrista's food packaging operation, with annual sales near $30 million, to Spartech's extruded sheet and rollstock segment, increasing this group to 19 production facilities," said Spartech chairman, president and chief executive officer, Bradley B. ...
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BUSINESS MEMO: NEW COUNTRY MART
(Business ~ 05/17/99)
A new Country Mart Supermarket has opened in Marble Hill. The 36,000-square-foot operation offers groceries, dine-in or carry-out bakery-deli, floral department and video rentals. Country Mart has operated an 11,000-square-foot facility at Marble Hill since 1984...
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BUSINESS MEMO: NORANDA CERTIFICATION
(Business ~ 05/17/99)
Noranda Aluminum Inc. in the St. Jude Industrial Park in New Madrid has been accredited with the "Quality System (QS-9000)" registration through April 1, 2002, by American Quality Assessors (AQA). The scope of the QS-9000 registration includes the smelting and production of primary and alloyed aluminum and the marketing and distribution of aluminum sow, billet, rod and ingot to customer specification...
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STRICTLY BUSINES: WORKING AT HOME HOTTEST MOVEMENT ACROSS U.S.
(Column ~ 05/17/99)
It's no longer a matter of "where" you get your work done, but "when" you get it done. Working at home has suddenly become one of the hottest employment movements in the United States. Look at what's happening. -- By the year 2000, as many as 30 million employees will be "telecommuting." Today, there are 15.7 telecommuters working at least one day a month at home...
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BUSINESS MEMO: INDUSTRIES OF THE YEAR
(Business ~ 05/17/99)
Bayer Corp.'s agriculture division of Kansas City, Wainwright Industries Inc. of St. Peters and Zenith Aircraft Co. of Mexico were selected as "Missouri Industries of the Year" by Associated Industries of Missouri (AIM). Awards were presented last month at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Jefferson City by Joe Driskill, director of the Missouri Department of Economic Development...
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BUSINESS MEMO: 100TH RICE CONVENTION
(Business ~ 05/17/99)
The Rice Millers' Association's (RMA) 100th annual convention will be held in New Orleans June 22 through 25. The RMA, founded in 1899, is the oldest agriculture trade association in the United States. The annual trade show will feature rice-related technology, products and services...
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BUSINESS MEMO: SEARS GOING CYBER
(Business ~ 05/17/99)
Sears, the nation's largest department store chain, began selling 2,000 major brands and models of appliances over the Internet last week, becoming the first brick-and-mortar retailer seeking to cash in on the big-ticket items over the Web. The site -- www.Sears.com -- can walk a user through the various options, including the ability to narrow the search to a particular color, brand or size, check within a price range and determine if a pictured item is on sale. ...
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NEW BUSINESS: NEW ANTIQUES, COLLECTIBLES SHOW SET FOR OCTOBER
(Business ~ 05/17/99)
A new antique and collectibles show will be held at the A.C. Brase Arena Building in Cape Girardeau next fall. The Semiannual Antique and Collectibles Show, featuring a variety of items -- toys, glass, furniture, paper memorabilia -- will be sponsored by the Community Counseling Center Foundation. The show is set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 17, with a special "pre-show" sale from 8 to 9 o'clock...
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NEW BUSINESS: NEW RENTAL SERVICE
(Business ~ 05/17/99)
Rental Service Corp. (USC), a national industrial and contractor rental service, will locate in Six Thirty Commercial and Industrial Park. USC, with more than 240 sites in the nation, has closed on a three-acre tract, on Southern Expressway in Cape Girardeau, between Ryder Truck Rental and Cape Central Publishing Co., and will start construction of a facility soon...
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NEW BUSINESS: NEW MALL STORES
(Business ~ 05/17/99)
Brauns Fashions Corp. will open a new Christopher & Banks Store in West Park Mall in June. Brauns, a specialty retailer of women's apparel, dresses and accessories, also operates Brauns Fashion Stores, eight of them in Missouri. The company, headquartered in Minneapolis, was founded more than 22 years ago and operates more than 200 stores, primarily in the upper Midwest...
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SENIORITIS STRIKES AGAIN
(Local News ~ 05/17/99)
Throughout high school, students learn to anticipate events such as prom and graduation, events usually reserved for upperclassmen and seniors. By fall of their senior year, students start preparing for graduation and life after high school. Schedules become hectic as they try to squeeze in their final high school course work and time with friends between athletics and college tours...
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GORDONVILLE GETS ANOTHER FIRE STATION
(Local News ~ 05/17/99)
GORDONVILLE -- Gordonville area residents can rest a little easier at night knowing that a new fire substation on Missouri Highway F near Tilsit is up and running. "Every resident now lives within five miles of a fire station," said Gordonville Fire Chief Roger English...
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KELSO WINEMAKER WINS AWARD IN FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONTEST
(Local News ~ 05/17/99)
KELSO -- When Gary Burford started making his homemade wines, he first sought advice from the experts -- all the "old-timers" who have a lifetime of experience at winemaking. But he found that those experts didn't have much advice for making dry wines instead of the sweet, fruit wines they were accustomed to. So Burford had to strike out on his own...
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ENERGY PLANT EMPLOYEES SOUGHT FOR MEDICAL TESTS; TEAM SCREENING FOR POSSIBLE HEALTH PROBLEMS IN WORKERS
(Local News ~ 05/17/99)
PADUCAH, Ky. -- Workers at a Paducah plant that processes uranium for the U.S. Department of Energy may have been exposed to low-level radiation, toxic chemicals and asbestos before the advent of stringent safety rules in 1980. Similar lax safety procedures were in place in plants in Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Portsmouth, Ohio, where Paducah's uranium was enriched to make atomic weapons...
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GONE FISHIN'
(Local News ~ 05/17/99)
"Anglers Song" by Issack Walton Man's life is but vain; for 'tis subject to pain, and sorrow, and short as a bubble; 'tis a hodge podge of business and money, and care, and care, and money and trouble. But we'll take no care when the weathers proves fair, nor will we vex now, though it rain; we'll banish all sorrow and sing till tomorrow, and angle and angle again...
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AGENDA
(Local News ~ 05/17/99)
Cape Girardeau School District Tonight, at 6 Central Junior High Cafeteria Nonaction Items: -- Board policy updates -- second reading -- Eliminate second preparation period for tenured teachers Action Items: Approval of fund transfer -- Approve financial services bid...
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JACKSON AGENDA
(Local News ~ 05/17/99)
7:30, tonight City Hall Action items Power and Light Committee -- Authorize a contract between the City of Jackson and Lang Family Trusts and Richard and Daina Bert relatives to the exercise and closing of land purchase options. -- Authorize additional expenditure of $3,970 for upgrade of playground area in Safety City pending Park Board approval...
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DENNY'S PENNIES
(Local News ~ 05/17/99)
Dennis Marchi, manager at Schnucks, didn't have any idea Saturday's story in the Missourian concerning the penny shortage would have such an impact. "People have been emptying their penny jars and bringing in the coins all day," said Marchi. "Some have even been trying to donate the pennies to the store."...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU CITY COUNCIL
(Local News ~ 05/17/99)
Cape Girardeau City Council tonight, 7:30 City Hall, 401 Independence Study session at 5 p.m. Public hearings -- To vacate the city's interest in a sanitary sewer main easement at 1105 W. Mount Drive. -- To vacate the city's interest in a storm drainage easement at 2320 Arabian Drive...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 05/17/99)
IT IS National Law Enforcement Memorial Day. Here's a thanks from a regular citizen to those guys who go out on the street to serve and protect my family and me. I appreciate what you do. I appreciate the harm that comes to you, and the risks that you take. Thank you...
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IT'S TIME TO END HOLD-HARMLESS STATUS
(Editorial ~ 05/17/99)
Hold harmless: It certainly is a contradiction of terms. Cape Girardeau and 50 other Missouri school districts are lucky enough to be saddled with the hold harmless designation. That means these schools won't receive any less in yearly appropriations than the 1992-93 year...
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SALVATION ARMY THRIFT STORE HAS ROOM TO GROW
(Editorial ~ 05/17/99)
The Salvation Army has reopened its thrift store in expanded quarters at 610 Independence. The new quarters -- offering more than twice the space -- was long overdue. It should provide a real shot in the arm to thrift shop operations. That's important because revenues from the store provide an important source of revenue for important Salvation Army work...
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PAIRINGS FOR OVC EVENT SET
(College Sports ~ 05/17/99)
Four games will be played at Capaha Field Thursday as the 1999 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament gets under way. The six-team tourney will run through Saturday. Eastern Illinois, the OVC regular-season champion at 17-7, is the No. 1 seed while Southeast Missouri State University (15-8), the league runnerup and host squad, is the No. 2 seed...
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INDIANS LEAVE NO DOUBT IN LOCKING UP SECOND PLACE
(College Sports ~ 05/17/99)
It hasn't been the smoothest of seasons for Southeast Missouri State University's baseball team. The Indians lost their top two power hitters from 1998 -- Charlie Marino and Robert Kern -- to season-ending injuries early in the year. And later they suffered through assorted other ailments...
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SEMO SOFTBALL TEAM HEADED TO ARIZONA; OTAHKIANS' FIRST NCAA FOE WILL BE KANSAS
(College Sports ~ 05/17/99)
Southeast Missouri State University's softball team will travel west for its first-ever appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament. The Otahkians will be part of a six-team regional hosted by the University of Arizona in Tucson, with double-elimination play held Thursday through Sunday. Southeast, seeded fifth, will take on second-seeded Kansas Thursday at 6 p.m. CDT...
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BASEBALL TEAMS TAKE AIM AT 4A, DISTRICT 1 TITLE
(High School Sports ~ 05/17/99)
Just because it appears to be a weak district, doesn't mean it's not worth fighting for. That's the approach that all five Class 4A, District 1 teams take into the postseason tournament which begins today at Sikeston. Sikeston and Farmington, the first and second seeds, respectively, bring in the best records at 16-6, followed by Cape Central (14-12), Poplar Bluff (7-8) and Jackson (8-14)...
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ALICE THOMPSON
(Obituary ~ 05/17/99)
JACKSON -- Alice Faye Thompson, 72, of Jackson died Sunday May 16, 1999, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 13, 1926, at Jackson, daughter of E.A. and Alice Faye Burdette Mason. She and Billy Joe Thompson, Sr. were married June 4, 1944, at Cape Girardeau...
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LUCILLE WELKER
(Obituary ~ 05/17/99)
JACKSON -- Lucille E. Welker, 87, of Jackson died Sunday, May 16, 1999, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home. She was born Nov. 3, 1911, near Morley, daughter of Jesse Monroe and Sylvia C. Cotner Dunn. She and Lafie M. Welker were married June 14, 1930. He died March 29, 1975...
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JUANITA EDGING
(Obituary ~ 05/17/99)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Juanita Edging, 59, of Mound City, Ill., died Sunday, May 16, 1999, at her home. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge. Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Roger Glasco officiating. Burial will follow at the Beechwood Cemetery at Mounds...
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JOHN TRAUT
(Obituary ~ 05/17/99)
PERRYVILLE -- John J. Traut, 68, of Perryville died Sunday, May 16, 1999, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. Traut was born March 15, 1931, at Philadelphia, Pa., son of Thomas G. and Edna Still Traut. He and Dorothyann Schmidt were married June 26, 1954, at Perryville...
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CLARA GUYOT
(Obituary ~ 05/17/99)
PERRYVILLE -- Clara W. Guyot, 89, of Perryville died Saturday, May 15, 1999, at the Perry County Nursing Home. She was born Feb. 8, 1910, at Ste. Genevieve, daughter of Joseph and Briget Kiefer Lurk. She and Melvin L. Guyot were married May 22, 1932. He died April 23, 1979...
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HERMAN MCELMURRY
(Obituary ~ 05/17/99)
CHARLESTON -- Herman McElmurry, 74, of Charleston died Saturday, May 15, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 3, 1925, at Charleston, son of Walter and Sadie Curry McElmurry. He and the former Leanna Yarber were married...
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WILLIAM ALLEN
(Obituary ~ 05/17/99)
PERRYVILLE -- William H. Allen, 88, of Perryville died Sunday, May 16, 1999, at Gracemont Care Services in Perryville. Allen was born Aug. 12, 1910 at Mineral Wells, Texas, son of Walter E. and Diedama O. Smith Millfeldt Allen. He and Betty Tanner were married Dec. 22, 1967...
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JOHNIE SMITH
(Obituary ~ 05/17/99)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Johnie "Big John" Smith, 75, of Jonesboro, Ill. died Saturday, May 15, 1999, at his home. He was born July 4, 1923, at Union County, son of Rock and Katheryn King Smith. He was a veteran of World War II. Survivors include four daughters, Judy Johnson and Karen Alsip, both of Jonesboro, Betty Powles of Anna and Anna Goines of Mill Creek; three sons, Johnnie and Kevin Smith, both of Anna and Rocky Smith of Jonesboro; a step-daughter, Marilyn Hannahs of Brainard, Minn.; a brother, Andrew Smith of Anna; three sisters, Dorothy Baltzel of Murphysboro, Dora Hancock of Ware and Clora Robertson of Anna; 18 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a special friend, Betty Tutt of Anna.. ...
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GEORGE HOEHNE
(Obituary ~ 05/17/99)
FROHNA -- George Hoehne, 94, of Frohna died Sunday, May 16, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Jan. 8, 1905, at Altenburg, son of Joseph and Johanna Ahner Hoehne. He and Natalie Fiehler were married Aug. 15, 1926. He was a member of Concordia Lutheran Church, its Men's Club and the Senior Citizen's Club at Frohna...
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