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MEMO: NEW BUSINESSES IN MAIN STREET DISTRICT
(Business ~ 06/11/01)
Some of the new business in the Cape Girardeau Main Street district, which includes upper Broadway, Morgan Oak and Good Hope, include: OTACOM (computers and networking), 419 Broadway; Patricia Ann's (gifts, antiques), 130 N. Main; Hagan Book Store (new and used), 437 Broadway; Attitudes Styling Salon, 208 Independence; Willy Jaks Bar & Grill, 1 N. ...
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PERSONNEL: STRICKER RECEIVES LEADERSHIP AWARD
(Business ~ 06/11/01)
Nancy Stricker, has received the St. Francis Medical Center's Leadership Award. Stricker, RN, surgical services manager, was selected for her responsibility of managing the Operating Room, Same Day Surgery and Sterile Processing areas to increase productivity and morale...
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PERSONNEL: CAPE MAN GRADUATES TRUCK-DRIVING SCHOOL
(Business ~ 06/11/01)
Charles Cox of Cape Girardeau is a recent graduate of the Southern Missouri Truck Driving School. The four-week, 192-hour tractor trailing driving course is taught at Malden, Mo., Industrial Park. Chester Graham, an instructor with the Southern Missouri Truck Driving School, teaches the course...
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PERSONNEL: ELDER JOINS FIRST IMPRESSIONS SALON
(Business ~ 06/11/01)
Gina Elder of Cape Girardeau has joined First Impressions Beauty Salon, 125 S. Broadview in Broadview Plaza. Elder, who has 12 years of experience in the beauty field, is a graduate of State One the Beauty School in Cape Girardeau.
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PERSONNEL: DOCTOR JOINS BLUFF CHIROPRACTIC CENTER
(Business ~ 06/11/01)
Dr. Calvin Shanks has joined Rushin Chiropractic Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He is familiar with the Rushing Center. He started visiting the center when he was 13, as a patient. Today he is a doctor on the center's staff. Shanks was graduated from Poplar Bluff High School, Southeast Missouri State University and Logan College of Chiropractic in St. Louis. He is licensed by the Missouri State Board of Chiropractic...
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MEMO: BUSINESS SHOWCASE SET FOR WEDNESDAY
(Business ~ 06/11/01)
The first annual Jackson Business Showcase will be held Wednesday at the Jaycee Community Center (Stroder Country), across from Pioneer Orchard. More than 35 businesses will display their services and/or products during the daylong event which gets under way about 8:30 a.m...
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MEMO: SPARTECH EARNINGS UP IN SECOND QUARTER
(Business ~ 06/11/01)
Spartech Corp. has announced sales and earnings for the second quarter. Bradley B. Buechler, Spartech president and chief executive officer, reported second-quarter sales at $245.8 million, down from the $256.7 million sales of the same period a year ago...
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MEMO: OLD TOWN CAPE NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED
(Business ~ 06/11/01)
The first issue of Old Town Cape's (OTC) "Talk of the Town" has been published. The issue includes a "Manager's Report" by Catherine Dunlap-Stock, executive of OTC; a welcome to new businesses in the Cape Girardeau Main Street area; calendar of events and other information...
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MEMO: RETAILER PERFORMANCE SLIPS BACK IN MAY
(Business ~ 06/11/01)
After experiencing a brief recovery in April, most of the nation's largest retailers slipped back in May, hurt by a choppy economy and rising energy prices. Some discount retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and a few apparel stores such as Talbots Inc., posted decent results, but others suffered from weakening consumer spending...
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MEMO: MAYTAG BUYING OUT RIVAL MANUFACTURER AMANA
(Business ~ 06/11/01)
Home appliance giant Maytag Corp. is buying rival Amana Appliances for $325 million in cash and stock in a deal that would shore up Maytag's lineup of refrigeration products. The deal announced Tuesday to buy Amana from Goodman Global Holding Co., a family owned company in Houston, Texas, is subject to regulatory approval. It is expected to close in the third quarter...
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MEMO: TIMBER SHOWDOWN TOO CLOSE TO CALL SO FAR
(Business ~ 06/11/01)
Weyerhaeuser Co. said Thursday it appears it has gained a toehold on the board of Willamette Industries Inc., but the rival timber company said the shareholder vote is too close to call. In a showdown between two of the largest timber companies in the nation, shareholders of Willamette Industries cast votes Thursday that could decide whether Weyerhaeuser gives up its hostile takeover bid of Willamette...
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PERSONNEL: TWO SURGEONS ATTEND HARVARD SEMINAR
(Business ~ 06/11/01)
Dr. Randy G. Brown and Dr. Robert R. M. Ogle recently attended a vascular and endovascular surgery seminar sponsored by Harvard Medical School's Department of Continuing Education. Dr. Brown and Dr. Ogle are affiliated with Cardiac and Vascular Surgeons in Cape Girardeau...
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PERSONNEL: SURGEON ATTENDS MEETING IN CALIFORNIA
(Business ~ 06/11/01)
Dr. Robert W. Ruess, of Cardiac and Vascular Surgeons of Cape Girardeau, recently attended the American Association for Thoracic Surgery meeting, held in San Diego, Calif. The meeting, attended by heart and chest surgeons from around the world, provided practicing cardiac and thoracic surgeons with the most current information regarding new techniques as well as updating the physician's knowledge about current practice...
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PERSONNEL: THREE TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
(Business ~ 06/11/01)
Lev Levine, Josh Hanlon and Tyrone Turner will participate in the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network internship program at Hahs District Agency at Cape Girardeau. Northwestern's Hempstead Groups presents the nationally recognized Financial Representative Internship program...
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PERSONNEL: ADMINISTRATOR GETS EXECUTIVE CERTIFICATION
(Business ~ 06/11/01)
David Anderson, administrator at Kies Eye Center, 1429 N. Mount Auburn Road, has received certification by the American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators as a certified ophthalmic executive. Anderson achieved this certification through extensive training and testing by the society...
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PERSONNEL: THREE SHARE WIB APPRECIATION AWARD
(Business ~ 06/11/01)
Rob Welge and Shirley Pipkens of Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation and Diana Salazar of Workforce Employment Solutions of Perryville, Mo., have been selected to share awards of appreciation from the Workforce Investment Board (WIB) of Southeast Missouri...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: 'MECHANICAL PEOPLE' POPPING UP IN ST. LOUIS AREA
(Business ~ 06/11/01)
Visitors to the St. Louis area are seeing human figures stationed on street corners, in shopping malls, and in front of several city halls and businesses. Everything from a giraffe-headed man to a trio of acrobats to a man made of coins can be found in the displays, reminiscent of the cow art in Chicago of a couple of years ago and in Kansas City right now...
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CONCERT DRAWS FANS OF TRADITIONAL FOLK
(Local News ~ 06/11/01)
BURFORDVILLE, Mo. -- Bonnie Lennington's husband built hammered dulcimers in their home for many years before he died in November. "People used to play them all the time over at my home," Lennington said. "I miss it." So Lennington was among about 250 people who attended the traditional folk concert at Bollinger Mill Sunday afternoon, featuring Obie Blevens on guitar and fiddle and Rick Thum on the hammered dulcimer...
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HIGH-TECH SKETCHES: COMPUTERS HELP POLICE PUT A FACE TO CRIME
(Local News ~ 06/11/01)
The faces Rick Schmidt draws might not even be loved by their mothers. When someone is robbed, beaten or raped, Cpl. Schmidt helps the victim reconstruct the image of the attacker one feature at a time by building a composite facial image on a computer...
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IN THEIR OWN CLASS: NEW BUSINESSES WILL OFFER SEPARATE DOLL-MAKING COURSES
(Local News ~ 06/11/01)
Danette Gocio and Pat Brey have never met. But both adore dolls, and both want to share that interest with others. Gocio, of Cape Girardeau, is in the process of opening a new business in downtown Cape Girardeau -- the Old Cape Doll Shoppe -- where she will introduce the making of porcelain dolls. In addition to doll-making classes, Gocio will sell dolls, accessories, and few pre-owned dolls...
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AFTER FOUR YEARS, ETHICS PANEL HAS NOTHING TO DO
(Local News ~ 06/11/01)
Members of the Cape Girar-deau Ethics Commission are subject to the most rigorous qualifications of all of the city's advisory boards. They also have the least to do. Make that nothing to do. In the four years since the commission's founding, it hasn't investigated a single complaint against city officials. However, the commission isn't being lax in its duties there haven't been any complaints to investigate...
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COMPETITION RULES AT KELSO KLASIC; FAST-PITCH SOFTBALL HEATS UP KELSO
(High School Sports ~ 06/11/01)
KELSO, Mo. -- With only the love of the game to sustain them, these "weekend warriors" left their hearts, souls and, sometimes, parts of their bodies on the field. School teachers, salesmen, foundry workers, high-school coaches, postal employees, ex-minor leaguers, grandfathers -- men from all walks of life -- competed for little more than personal and team pride on their field of dreams...
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CHAFFEE LEGION SHINES IN 20-TEAM TOURNEY
(High School Sports ~ 06/11/01)
JONESBORO, Ark. -- The Chaffee Medicap Pharmacy American Legion baseball squad made its mark during the 20-team Pepsi Classic by reaching the semifinal round before being defeated. Chaffee (7-2) won four of its five games in the four-day event, the only loss being a 14-2 setback in five innings Sunday to host Jonesboro (Ark.)...
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GEORGE SHREVES
(Obituary ~ 06/11/01)
BOAZ, Ill. -- George "Fuzzy" Shreves, 102, died Saturday, June 9, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 8, 1899, in Pulaski County to Sam and Nellie Trexlier Shreves. He was retired from the Main Bros. Box and Lumber Co. in Karnak, Ill...
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WILLIE WALTON
(Obituary ~ 06/11/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Willie Walton, 84, of Sikeston died sometime between Wednesday, June 6, and Sunday, June 10, 2001, near Malden, Mo. He had been missing since Wednesday and the time his body was found. He was born April 15, 1917, at Sardis, Miss., to Benjamin and Jeanie Walton. He had lived in Missouri since 1927...
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BODY OF MISSING MAN FOUND
(Local News ~ 06/11/01)
MALDEN, Mo. -- The body of a Sikeston man missing since Wednesday was found Sunday just east of Malden on Highway 62. A search for Wille Walton, 87, began at approximately 4 p.m. Friday after his abandoned vehicle was found by Malden police. Walton's body was discovered at noon Sunday...
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JIMMY STACY
(Obituary ~ 06/11/01)
ORAN, Mo. -- Jimmy Stacy, 67, of Oran died Sunday, June 10, 2001, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel.
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 06/11/01)
THE OLD fable of the ant and the grasshopper illustrates the situation of those old grasshoppers on fixed incomes complaining about escalating costs. Take it from an old ant: old age is not a result of an evil, conservative plot, and it is not an emergency. We ants prepared for it, while the grasshoppers fiddled around...
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FALCON PLANE CRASH WON'T SOON BE FORGOTTEN
(Editorial ~ 06/11/01)
The deaths of four employees of Falcon Communications and the spouse of one of the employees will be difficult for family and friends, as well as the communities in which the victims lived and worked. The five were flying in an eight-seat airplane when it went down last week near Jackson, Tenn., the apparent result of the aircraft having experienced engine and propellor trouble...
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COUNTY MAY NEED IDEAS ON TRASH ABATEMENT
(Editorial ~ 06/11/01)
The Cape Girardeau County Commission's aspirations for a nuisance-abatement ordinance in unincorporated areas have been put aside because it appears the county doesn't have a good way to regulate roadside dumps and other problems without countywide planning and zoning...
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LETTERS: CRIME STOPPERS SEEKS DONATIONS FOR ITS TIP LINE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/11/01)
To the editor: Southeast Missouri Crime Stoppers Inc. needs help. The recent arrests of two robbery suspects had drained the Crime Stoppers bank account to well below $1,000. We are seeking financial support from the community to help replenish the reward fund...
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