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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: BECOMES CERTIFIED
(Business ~ 01/10/00)
Paula Stout, a physical therapist with Southeast Missouri Hospital Outpatient Rehabilitation Services, has completed course work to become certified as a therapist for manual lymph drainage and complete decongestive physiotherapy, procedures used in the treatment of patients with lymphedema...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: FIRE DEPARTMENT PROMOTIONS
(Business ~ 01/10/00)
A number of promotions and reassignments have been announced by the Cape Girardeau Fire Department, including three new battalion chief positions. Paul W. Lufcy, Fred Vincel and Steve Niswonger have been named battalion chiefs. Lufcy has been assigned to shift command duty. Vincel will be department training officer, and Niswonger has been assigned fire marshal...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: INDUCTED INTO CLUB
(Business ~ 01/10/00)
Ten St. Francis Medical Center employees were recently inducted into the Quarter Century Club, in honor of 254 years of service at the medical center. The group was honored during a dinner, which included all 66 members of the Quarter Century Club, their spouses or guests...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: PROMOTED TO VICE PRESIDENT
(Business ~ 01/10/00)
Harold G. Fallert Jr., formerly of Cape Girardeau, has been promoted to senior vice president and divisional director of the Phytochemical Division with Kemin Industries, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa. Fallert, who joined Kemin in 1988 as the executive director of production, works out of the Des Moines office of the global feed and food ingredient company and will be responsible for overseeing the operations of the Phytochemical Division...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: COMPLETES CASE STUDY
(Business ~ 01/10/00)
Timothy J. Schwent, a CPA with Schott & Ven de Ven, Certified Public Accountants, recently completed a case study in employment law. The class focused on fundamental knowledge of the laws and resource issues that apply to business. Schwent has more than 25 years of experience in tax planning, human resources, employee relations and employee benefits. He specializes in tax planning and advisory services for closely held business...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: JOINS TOTALLY YOU
(Business ~ 01/10/00)
Cheryl Gelsheimer has joined Totally You Hair Salon at 42 N. Spanish. Gelsheimer, a graduate of Stage One The Hair School in Cape Girardeau, has more than eight years of experience in the beauty industry. She previously worked at Regis Corp., Studio Designs and Hair Biz salons...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: JOINS BEAUTY SALON
(Business ~ 01/10/00)
Jodi Montgomery has joined Classic Designs Beauty Salon at 2001 Independence in Cape Girardeau. Montgomery, of Cape Girardeau, has more than 19 years experience in the beauty industry and is a graduate of a St. Louis area beauty school. She previously worked at the Eugene's Beauty Salon and Great Clips...
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NEW BUSINESS: NEW AMERICAN ROOF-BRIGHT SERVICE OPENS AT ADVANCE
(Business ~ 01/10/00)
ADVANCE -- American Roof-Bright of Southeast Missouri opened at Advance recently. Curtis Sparks, owner of the new business, specializes in cleaning roofs and ridding them of unsightly stains. Roof-Bright, headquartered at Atlanta, developed the cleaning system more than a quarter-century ago...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: SAFE DRIVING AWARDS
(Business ~ 01/10/00)
Fourteen drivers for Genesis Transportation Company Inc. of Cape Girardeau received safe driving awards from the American Trucking Association and Great West Casualty Company during the Genesis Company's annual Safety Meeting and Awards Banquet. The drivers represented more than 3 million miles of accident-free driving...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: HONORED FOR SALES
(Business ~ 01/10/00)
Lynelle Herron and Kay Waller of Cape Girardeau; Leslie Thresher of East Prairie; Deana Gray of Benton; Christy Ogilvie of Melbourne, Ark.; Tammy Eifert of Chaffee and Julie Wehmeyer were recently honored for sales by the Jana Jateff Unit of Mary Kay Cosmetics...
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POLICE NOT READY TO DEAL WITH SUICIDAL PEOPLE
(Local News ~ 01/10/00)
For 11 people in Cape Girardeau, last month seemed like a good time to die. Police responded to 11 attempted suicides in December, Sgt. Carl Kinnison said, which represents one of the highest number of attempts in recent years. In all of 1999, 58 people in Cape Girardeau tried to take their own lives with pills, knives or something else, but only one succeeded...
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MANY QUESTIONS ON LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL REMAIN UNANSWERED
(Local News ~ 01/10/00)
SIKESTON -- Jim Mueller came to hear more about Saxony Lutheran High School so that he could help his son make an informed decision about possibly transferring there later. Mueller said his son, a junior high student in Charleston public schools, has been talking about the school but is still uncertain about whether he wants to attend there...
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HIGH-TECH DEVICE COMING OUT OF THE ER AND INTO BUSINESSES, STORES
(Local News ~ 01/10/00)
Defibrillators are bringing life-saving technology out of the hospital emergency room and into businesses, factories and stores. Automated external defibrillators, referred to as AEDs, are medical devices that can be used in cardiovascular emergencies to restart a heart with an electrical shock...
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ROUGH MARCH DUE, MYTH PREDICTS
(Local News ~ 01/10/00)
If an old weather legend proves true, March could come in like a lion. My grandfather, a Tennessee farmer and part-time moonshiner, placed great stock in weather legends and myths -- the groundhog, woolly worm, persimmon seeds, and the "Twelve Days of January."...
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MISSOURIANA
(Column ~ 01/10/00)
A technological curmudgeon is someone who, upon contemplating the problems facing society today, decided early on he would leave his computer date on 1900. President Clinton warned us to be wary of terrorists. But as far as anyone can tell nothing can be done about the out-of-control presidential candidates...
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MISSISSIPPI COUNTY MOVES TO NEW COURTHOUSE
(Editorial ~ 01/10/00)
It has been less than three years since the Mississippi County Courthouse at Charleston was heavily damaged by a fire authorities say was the result of arson. In that short time, Mississippi County government quickly found temporary offices from which to operate at nearby East Prairie, and voters approved a half-cent sales tax for three years to help pay for construction of a new courthouse, the fire-damaged courthouse was razed and a new one was built...
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PERRYVILLE'S LONG-RANGE PLANNING GROUP HAS PUT ITS HEART AND SOUL INTO ITS PLAN FOR SCHOOLS
(Editorial ~ 01/10/00)
The Perryville Board of Education is expected Wednesday to place proposals on the April 4 election ballot that would raise school district property taxes 79 cents to carry out a three-phase plan for construction, building improvements and maintenance, staff salaries and reinstatement of a driver's education program...
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LETTERS: IF THERE IS A NEED, THEN WE NEED TO HELP
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/10/00)
To the editor: In his Dec. 28 commentary, "Gore bullish on government ... ," David Limbaugh criticizes some of the vice president's campaign proposals strictly on the basis that they would be implemented by the federal government. Yet is there any real alternative?...
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UPBEAT INDIANS PACK PERFECT OVC RECORD FOR TOUGH ROAD STRETCH
(College Sports ~ 01/10/00)
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Thanks to a spine-tingling win over Austin Peay Saturday, Southeast Missouri State University's basketball Indians are ready and willing to tackle three rugged road tests this week. It all begins tonight as the Indians take on Middle Tennessee State in a 7 o'clock tipoff at the Murphy Center...
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OTAHK GYMNASTS TUMBLE TO BALL STATE IN OPENER
(High School Sports ~ 01/10/00)
Southeast Missouri's gymnastics squad made its 2000 debut under new head coach Patty Stotzheim Sunday and left plenty of room for improvement in a dual meet with Ball State. Ball State bettered Southeast in three of the four events and emerged with a comfortable 193.050 to 187.750 victory...
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BRIEFLY: JACKSON JV WRESTLERS WIN QUAD MEET
(High School Sports ~ 01/10/00)
JACKSON -- The Jackson High junior varsity wrestling team won its own quadrangular meet Saturday. Jackson finished with 189 points. De Soto was second with 125, followed by Fox (81) and Sikeston (38). Champions for Jackson were Kelly Vines (119 pounds), Michael Taylor (130), Drew Howard (135), Ryan McClard (140), Chad Reiminger (145), Matt Kahle (160), Gabe Koehler (171), Andy Herndon (189), Colby Lohman (215) and Peter Ressler (heavyweight)...
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ETTA DOWDY
(Obituary ~ 01/10/00)
MALDEN -- Etta Gulledge Dowdy, 92, died Sunday, Jan. 9, 2000, at Doctors Hospital in Poplar Bluff. She was born Aug. 24, 1907, at Malden, daughter of Eligah and Martha Jane Gulledge. She and Thomas H. "Elbert" Dowdy were married in 1940 in Malden. He died Feb. 7, 1971...
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WILLIAM OAKS
(Obituary ~ 01/10/00)
ULLIN, Ill. -- Funeral for William Oaks, 82, will be at noon today at Crain Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until service time at the chapel. Burial will be at West Side Cemetery in Ullin. Oaks, 82, of Perks, died Friday, Jan. 7, 2000, at Union County Hospital in Anna...
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ERNEST S. BAKER
(Obituary ~ 01/10/00)
Ernest S. Baker, 93, of Cape Girdeau, died Sunday, Jan. 9, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Jan. 26, 1906, in Advance, son of John J. and Eva Cox Baker. He and Ruby Poston were married Feb. 20, 1926, at Jackson. She died March 25, 1997...
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SHAWN WHITESELL
(Obituary ~ 01/10/00)
PUXICO -- Shawn D. Whitesell, 41, of Cahokia, Ill., died Saturday, Jan. 8, 2000, at his home. He was born April 17, 1958, at Cape Girardeau, son of Frank and Juanita Stephens Whitesell. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents and maternal grandfather...
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MARJORIE FROST
(Obituary ~ 01/10/00)
JACKSON -- Marjorie Frost, 67, of Jackson died Sunday, Jan. 9, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.
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BUSINESS MEMO: CONSTRUCTION SPENDING UP
(Business ~ 01/10/00)
National construction spending rose 2.6 percent in November, the biggest increase in 17 months, led by much higher government spending on highways and schools. The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that the escalation in November followed three consecutive monthly declines. It was the largest advance since a 3.7 percent surge in June 1998...
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BUSINESS MEMO: BUSINESS COUNSELING
(Business ~ 01/10/00)
The Small Business Development Center will conduct counseling sessions at Cape Girardeau, Sikeston and Perryville this month. The counselor, Gil Degenhardt, will be available Jan. 19, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce office. The counseling sessions (about one hour) are free. Call 335-3312 for appointment...
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BUSINESS MEMO: NEW ANGUS GROUP MEMBER
(Business ~ 01/10/00)
Wakonda Farms Inc., Apple Creek, is a new member of the American Angus Association. The Angus Association has more than 33 active adult and junior members. The groups' computerized records include detailed information of more than 13 million registered Angus, according to Dick Spader, executive vice president of the national organization, headquartered at St. Joseph...
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BUSINESS MEMO: BANKS PASS Y2K
(Business ~ 01/10/00)
Missouri banks reported no major problems from the Year 2000 date change. "It's business as usual," said Max Cook, president of the Missouri Banker Association. "Banks were among the first group to recognize possible Y2K problems and spent billions of dollars on tests and system upgrades to make sure their customers would not be affected. That investment paid off."...
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BUSINESS MEMO: 80 MILES A GALLON
(Business ~ 01/10/00)
After spending six years and hundreds of millions of dollars on federal and industry research, General Motors Corp. is unmasking a five-passenger test car that can travel about 80 miles on a gallon of gasoline. But in meeting several of the goals set out by President Clinton and industry leaders in 1993, the GM Precept also shows that many of the technologies it uses to reach 80 mpg are years away from everyday use. ...
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BUSINESS MEMO: NEW MATTEL EXEC
(Business ~ 01/10/00)
Mattel Inc. turned to a former Sega of America executive to lead its troubled interactive toys and software division. Bernard Stolar was named president of Mattel Interactive on Monday, the division that includes The Learning Company and other software and high-tech products...
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IS FINANCIAL PORTFOLIO IN 'BALANCE'? (FINANCIAL FOCUS)
(Local News ~ 01/10/00)
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. If you've consistently invested in stocks during this extended bull market, your holdings may have swelled in value. ...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS; ALBERTSON'S GROCERY PLANS ON 'GO' HERE
(Business ~ 01/10/00)
Albertson's plans for a giant 61,000-square-foot food center are still on "GO" for Cape Girardeau. Tom Kelsey, broker for Lorimont Place, Ltd., confirmed last week that the real estate transaction had been completed for a 7.4-acre tract near Independence and Kingshighway...
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BUSINESS MEMO: A.G. EDWARDS EARNINGS
(Business ~ 01/10/00)
A.G. Edwards Inc. has announced results for the third quarter and the first nine months, which ended Nov. 30. Net earnings were reported at $115 million for the third quarter on revenues of $715 million, or $1.23 cents a basic share. During the same period a year ago, earnings were $68 million on revenues of $524 million, or 70 cents a basic share...
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