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BUSINESS MEMO: CEMENT SAFETY AWARD
(Business ~ 06/21/99)
Lone Star Industries recently received a safety award from the Portland Cement Association. The Cape Girardeau Lone Star plant received the Outstanding Safety Improvement Award during a special ceremony at the cement industry's 41st annual technical conference, held recently at Roanoke, Va...
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NEW BUSINESS: NEW CHRISTIAN BOOKSTORE
(Business ~ 06/21/99)
The Way, a new Christian-theme bookstore, has opened in Marble Hill. Kenneth and Brenda Phelps are owners of the new store at 401 Union. The store offers books, tapes and prints. The Phelps also own The Way store in Jackson.
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BUSINESS MEMO: ELITE STATUS AWARD
(Business ~ 06/21/99)
Crown Cadillac-Oldsmobile-Nissan also received Oldsmobile's highest recognition for the fourth consecutive year. The Cape Girardeau dealership received the 1998 "Elite Status" recognition, for customer satisfaction, sales, sales and service training standards, facility appearance, and delivery and follow-up...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: ADVERTISING HONORS
(Business ~ 06/21/99)
Bryan Young of Zimmer Creative Services has received a first-price Radio Advertising Bureau's Mercury Award. Young was selected as one of the five finalists for a $10,000 first prize for a radio station-produced commercial. He emerged the big winner during the awards banquet held in New York City earlier this month...
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BUSINESS MEMO: CD WAREHOUSE HONORED
(Business ~ 06/21/99)
The CD Warehouse of Cape Girardeau, which was No. 2 in sales in the CD Warehouse group for the first quarter, was recently featured in "Rising Star," a publication of CD Warehouse, headquartered in Oklahoma City. The local store, 2500 William, is owned by Paul and Peggy MacDougall and opened in August 1996. The MacDougalls also have CD Warehouse operations at Carbondale, Ill., and Paducah, Ky...
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BUSINESS MEMO: RIGGS TO REOPEN
(Business ~ 06/21/99)
Riggs Wholesale Co. will be back in business July 1. The Sikeston business will move into temporary quarters at 705 Davis Blvd. The Riggs building on North West Street was destroyed by fire on June 5. Dolph Riggs owns the business. The company, which originated in Sikeston in 1946 at Main and Malone, moved to North West Street in 1962...
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BUSINESS MEMO: TPA STATE CONVENTION
(Business ~ 06/21/99)
Cape Girardeau Post M of the Travelers Protective Association will sponsor the TPA state convention next year, according to an announcement made during the recent 1999 convention at Branson. Attending this year's conference were Jerry and Juanita Henley, Leon and Margret Dickerson and Dorothy Ramsey...
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BUSINESS MEMO: 'MOST ATTRACTIVE CENTER'
(Business ~ 06/21/99)
Grubbs Homes Center of Benton recently received an award for the "most attractive manufactured home sales center," by the Missouri Manufacture Housing Association, during the MMHA annual convention. The center is between a line of trees and field of produce about 500 yards from Interstate 55. Other landscaping projects include pine trees, monkey grass and shrubbery, rock gardens and walkways leading to the front doors of various manufactured home...
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BUSINESS MEMO: BROADCASTER HONORS
(Business ~ 06/21/99)
KFVS-TV has received awards in a number of categories from the Missouri Broadcasters Association. The CBS affiliate also received two awards from the CBS Television Network. MBA awards: Mary-Ann's Heartland Kids received an award for its "Eyewitness Kids" episode. The program is produced by Mary-Ann Maloney...
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BUSINESS MEMO: STOCK REPURCHASE
(Business ~ 06/21/99)
The Spartech Corp.'s board of directors has authorized the repurchase of up to 1 million additional shares of the company's outstanding common stock. The company will make these common stock repurchases from time to time in the open market, said Bradley B. Buechler, Spartech chairman, president and chief executive officer. The company has 27.2 million shares of stock outstanding...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: ENTREPRENEUR AWARD
(Business ~ 06/21/99)
Kenny Buchheit, chairman of the board for Buchheit Enterprises Inc., headquartered at Biehle, finished runner-up in competition for the Ernst & Young 1999 "Entrepreneur of the Year Award" for industrial services. Buchheit was honored during an awards dinner last week...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: JOINS ERA CAPE REALTY
(Business ~ 06/21/99)
Allan Mauk has joined ERA Cape Realty, 1409-A N. Mount Auburn Road in Cape Girardeau, as sales associate. Mauk, a native of Lilbourn, is one of eight ERA Cape Realty representatives. ERA Cape Realty, founded in 1958, is an independently owned and operated member of ERA Franchise Systems, a subsidiary of Cendant Corp. The ERA network has more than 2,600 independently owned and operated brokerage offices...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: NAMED SALES MANAGER
(Business ~ 06/21/99)
Jeffrey L. Bierman of Jackson has been named regional sales manager for the Southeast Missouri-Southern Illinois region at Alliance Blue Cross Blue Shield. Bierman will manage account executives, enrollment representatives, account and sales support staff in the area...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: SIGN DESIGNER HONORED
(Business ~ 06/21/99)
Bruce Mouser of Cape Girardeau, and an employee of General Sign Co., was recently honored by the International Sign Association. Mouser received the merit award in the 53rd International Sign design competition. Participants in the competition had to design a replacement sign for "Tama's Fish House," whose 20-year-old display had been destroyed in a storm...
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NEW BUSINESS: NEW SATURN DEALERSHIP
(Business ~ 06/21/99)
A new Saturn showroom has opened at Carbondale, Ill. Saturn of Carbondale, Southern Illinois' first new-car dealership in more than three decades, opened at 1425 E. Main St. The new dealership, owned by Jim and Susan Butler, is one of only two of the Tennessee-based company's model showrooms to open in the country...
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NEW BUSINESS: NEW REAL ESTATE COMPANY
(Business ~ 06/21/99)
A new real estate company has opened in Cape Girardeau. ERA Realty Group, a full-service real estate company, has joined the ERA Franchise Systems Inc., a worldwide residential and estate brokerage network. The new business is at 2131 William in the Heritage Plaza...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: FIREFLIES CAN LIGHT UP YOUR POCKETBOOK
(Business ~ 06/21/99)
They're back! During a recent evening, the dark summer landscape of our front yard was dotted with minuscule flashes of color as lightning bugs provided yellowish-green flashes of lights. The lightning bugs -- scientifically known as Lampyridea, more commonly called "fireflies" -- are native to the United States and were once considered in some circles as a candidate for "national insect," and in some states as "state insect."...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: RETIRES FROM CERAMO
(Business ~ 06/21/99)
Alfred H. Pohlman of Sedgewickville has retired from Ceramo Co., Inc., at Jackson, after 18 years. Pohlman, a clay flower pot press operator at Ceramo, was guest of honor recently during a special reception at the plant.
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: NEW SABRELINER POST
(Business ~ 06/21/99)
Richard Koldewey has been appointed to a newly created post of managing director of international business at Sabreliner Corp. Sabreliner, a diversified aviation service, maintenance and modification firm headquartered at St. Louis, has facilities in five states, including Perryville.,...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: RCDD DESIGNATION
(Business ~ 06/21/99)
Kelly C. Johnson of Cape Electric Supply has completed requirements for the designation, registered communications distribution designer, from Buildings Industry Consulting Service International. The designation is awarded to people who demonstrate a high level of expertise in integrating the needs of the telecommunications and building industries...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: ATTENDS HEALTH CONFERENCE
(Business ~ 06/21/99)
Dr. Walter C. Barnes of Immediate Health Care recently attended the American Occupational Health Conference in New Orleans, La. The eight-day meeting of occupational health professionals included postgraduate seminars, scientific sessions, industrial tours, exhibits and an annual meeting of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine...
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FINANCIAL FOCUS: STAY INVESTED AND YOU'LL BE REWARDED
(Local News ~ 06/21/99)
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. The stock market has enjoyed amazing growth in the past decade, but there are still those who stay away from stocks for fear of losing money. If this describes you, perhaps a few facts will help you understand the value of stock investing...
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630 INDUSTRIAL PARK: 17 INDUSTRIES AND GROWING
(Local News ~ 06/21/99)
Cotner Electric, 2049 Southern Expressway Mid-South Steel Products Inc., 2071 Corporate Circle A lot has happened along a 4-mile stretch of former Missouri Highway 74 in South Cape Girardeau over the past dozen years. The roadway, which leads from South Sprigg to South Kingshighway, has a new name -- Southern Expressway...
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MAN'S BEST FRIENDS AIM FOR BEST OF SHOW DESIGNATIONS
(Local News ~ 06/21/99)
Derby, a year-old bull mastiff, waited for the long ride home to Tulsa, Okla., Sunday afternoon after the annual Southeast Missouri Kennel Club Dog Show. After placing her feet just right, smoothing her hair one last time and kissing her on the head, Charlotte Marie was ready to go, and Virginia Crowell-Book knew it...
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FISHING FOR ANSWERS: FISHERMAN SAYS LAKE GIRARDEAU IS "DEAD SEA"
(Local News ~ 06/21/99)
CRUMP -- Doug Flannery loves to fish, but these days he's fishing for answers as to why the fishing isn't better at Lake Girardeau. He worries that the lake will become as dead as the Dead Sea. The Whitewater man blames the Missouri Department of Conservation for the problem. He contends the agency has done a poor job of managing the 162-acre lake in Cape Girardeau County...
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GLOBETROTTERS' LEMON VISITS AREA CHURCH
(Local News ~ 06/21/99)
On Sunday evening, Meadowlark Lemon found himself in an unfamiliar place for a basketball legend. Alone in a public place. "In a few nights, I'll be in an arena with 10,000 people," said Lemon, who starred with the Harlem Globetrotters for 38 years...
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ADVISORY BOARD TO OVERSEE POLICE CONSIDERED BY CITY
(Local News ~ 06/21/99)
The Cape Girardeau City Council will begin discussing plans for a citizen's advisory board to oversee the police department. The council meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall. The initiative is one that has been touted by the Rev. David Allen, the president of the Cape County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. ...
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AGENDA
(Local News ~ 06/21/99)
Cape Girardeau City Council Monday, June 21 at 7:30 p.m. Study session at 5 p.m. Council chambers, City Hall Consent ordinances (Second and third reading) -- Ordinance amending City Code relating to water rates. -- Ordinance amending City Code relating to residential solid waste collection fees...
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MUSEUM TO PRESENT EXHIBIT AT LOCAL STORE
(Local News ~ 06/21/99)
The Thomas Kinkade Share the Light Touring Museum will be presented Thursday at The Fantasticks at Plaza Galleria. The museum features many of the artist's original oil paintings, plein-air paintings and sketches. Critics consider Kinkade a modern-day Norman Rockwell. Using a technique intoroduced by 19th century American painters known as luminists, Kinkade sets cottages, landscapes and city-scapes aglow with warm light...
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BETHESDA HELPS OTHERS, NEEDS OUR HELP
(Editorial ~ 06/21/99)
A local fellowship that provides free food and clothing to those in need has seen more than its share of lean times. But somehow, almost miraculously, help always comes through when it is needed the most. The Bethesda Fellowship in Cape Girardeau run by William and Loretta Marshall has managed to survive despite operating during its 14 years of existence without a steady source of income or even a budget. ...
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A PLAN: WATER FOR THE LAKE
(Editorial ~ 06/21/99)
Jerry P. Combs Lake near Kennett has all the facilities a fishing lake needs: a dock and concrete boat ramp, parking lots and even an overlook. But it doesn't have any water. The real test will then come when the department starts filling it again. Because the land is in flat floodplain, the lake, which was dedicated in 1996, was built above ground. It is formed by levees and filled by pumping ground water...
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LETTERS: DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/21/99)
To the editor: Do you remember? I remember when gunfire in our schools was unheard of and schoolchildren were not killed or maimed and feared nothing more serious than uncompleted homework. I remember when patriotism was a virtue, and World War I veterans marched proudly in Memorial Day parades with their flags flying, and school bands loudly played rousing marching songs...
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CAPAHAS COMPLETE BIG WEEKEND WITH VICTORY
(High School Sports ~ 06/21/99)
The McDowell Capahas wrapped up a successful weekend by defeating the Springfield (Ill.) Pally's 6-1 Sunday afternoon in the first game of a doubleheader at Capaha Field. McDowell also appeared to be on its way to a win in the nightcap before rain halted play after four innings. The Capahas, needing three outs for an official game, led 5-2...
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CAPE JR. LEGION LOSES TOURNEY ON HOMER
(High School Sports ~ 06/21/99)
CHAFFEE -- The championship game of the Wood & Huston Bank Invitational Junior American Legion Baseball Tournament ended in thrilling fashion Sunday evening. With the contest moved to Chaffee under the lights because of rain in Cape Girardeau earlier in the day, Festus' Tad Basler hit a leadoff home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to hand host Cape Girardeau Wood & Huston Bank a 6-5 defeat...
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BRIEFLY: LOCAL MAN TO DELIVER FIRST PITCH
(High School Sports ~ 06/21/99)
Don Hinkebein of JCS/TEL-LINK, a local Ameritech dealer, will throw out the first pitch before tonight's St. Louis Cardinals game at Busch Stadium. Hinkebein, whose daughter Sarah will accompany him on to the field, will be dressed as the Ameritech Microtac Man for the pitch. Hinkebein is a resident of Jackson...
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EARL AUFDENBERG
(Obituary ~ 06/21/99)
JACKSON -- Earl E. Aufdenberg, 64, of Jackson died Saturday, June 19, 1999, from injuries he received in an automobile accident. He was born Feb. 11, 1935, at Tilsit, son of Albert and Frieda Best Aufdenberg Sr. He and Marian Kuntze were married May 26, 1957...
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HELEN RENDLEMAN
(Obituary ~ 06/21/99)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Helen Elizabeth Rendleman, 99, of Paducah, Ky. and formerly of Cobden, died Saturday, June 19, 1999, at Magnolia Manor Nursing Home at Metropolis. She was born March 23, 1900, at Cobden, daughter of Eli and Mary Alice Lipe Mull. She and Clifford Rendleman were married in 1925. He died in 1965...
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RICHARD WOODARD
(Obituary ~ 06/21/99)
SIKESTON -- Richard Woodard, 41, died Saturday, June 19, 1999, at the Dexter Memorial Hospital, after an apparent heart attack. He was born Oct. 6, 1957, at Cape Girardeau, son of Otis and Dathel Woodard. He and Anne Recker were married March 15, 1997...
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