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PERSONNEL: DUBS NAMED ASSISTANT MANAGER AT TRAVEL AGENCY
(Business ~ 08/06/01)
Susan Dubs of Kelso, Mo., has been promoted to assistant manager at Elite Travel Inc., 354 S. Silver Springs Road. She joined Elite Travel a year ago as a travel consultant, and is a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University.
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PERSONNEL: DAVIS ATTENDS INVESTMENT SEMINAR
(Business ~ 08/06/01)
Lyle A. Davis of Cape Girardeau, a financial consultant with the local office of A.G. Edwards and Sons, recently completed a two-day investment seminar at St. Louis. The seminar concentrated on fixed-income opportunities, and allowed David to become more familiar with the variety of investment opportunities through A.G. Edwards...
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PERSONNEL: MISSOURIAN ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE RETIRES
(Business ~ 08/06/01)
Jerry Wilson is retiring from the Southeast Missourian after 40 years in newspaper advertising. Wilson started in the newspaper business in 1961, at the Daily Sikeston Standard. He joined the sales staff of the Southeast Missourian in 1968, and moved to Cape Girardeau...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: STATE GRANT TO HELP JACKSON BUSINESS EXPANSION
(Business ~ 08/06/01)
A state grant will aid the city of Jackson in making public infrastructure improvements that will make possible a sterilization company's plan to expand its operations here. The Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) has approved a $149,125 industrial infrastructure grant through its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program...
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PERSONNEL: SOUTHEAST GRADUATE JOINS ZIMMER RADIO GROUP
(Business ~ 08/06/01)
Nathan Adams has joined Zimmer Radio Group. He is a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, with a bachelor's of degree in marketing. He previously worked for the Schemel Co. in Perryville, Mo. Adams recently completed the eight-week Zimmer Basic Training program on marketing and copy writing...
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PERSONNEL: REAL ESTATE AGENTS ATTEND CONFERENCE
(Business ~ 08/06/01)
Herbert and Thelma Annis, owners with Century 21 Ashland Realty Co., 2441 Myra Drive, recently attended the 2001 Leadership Conference held at the Boca Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton, Fla. Century 21 is real estate group franchise that includes more than 6,500 independently-owned broker offices...
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SUMMER WORK: INTERNS GET PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE BEFORE ENTERING THE JOB MARKET
(Local News ~ 08/06/01)
Joe Rash spends his summer days staking out the direction an extension of Southern Expressway will take, visiting construction sites with survey crews and double-checking construction design plans against the final plan filed at city hall. Jackie Langford works with computer-aided drafting programs to develop a sketch for a storm water drainage project and visits a construction site along Rodney Street when pile drilling crews are at work...
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PERSONNEL: LOCAL MAN TO BE FEATURED IN TEXTBOOK
(Business ~ 08/06/01)
Pauilo Rizzo of Cape Girardeau and a former Shawnee Community College student will be featured in an English textbook aimed at community college, business and technical school students. Rizzo, who graduated from Shawnee Community College in May is originally from Brazil and came to the U.S. to play basketball. He is employed at Wieser Honda in Cape Girardeau...
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PERSONNEL: MOUSER EARNS FINANCIAL SPECIALIST DESIGNATION
(Business ~ 08/06/01)
Bradley Mouser of Mouser & Associates, LLC of Cape Girardeau has received the Personal Financial Specialist designation from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mouser met six requirements to earn the designation, including passing a technical exam that covered personal financial planning, income tax planning, insurance planning estate and retirement planning. He also completed 250 hours of experience in planning. All candidates must hold a valid CPA certificate...
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MEMO: RIVER CASINO EN ROUTE TO METROPOLIS CASINO
(Business ~ 08/06/01)
A riverboat has left its dock in North Kansas City, Mo., to find a new location in Metropolis, Ill., as part of the Harrah's Metropolis Riverboat Casino. The casino formerly operated as Player's Casino. The new boat is larger than the boat now operating at the casino and is part of the transition. The boat is expected to arrive by the first week in September...
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PERSONNEL: HAHS HONORED FOR SALES ACHIEVEMENT
(Business ~ 08/06/01)
David L. Hahs, Northwestern Mutual Life representative, was honored recently for his sales achievements. The recognition came during an annual meeting of the Association of Agents. Hahs, who received the Diamond Award, is associated with the network's Hahs District Agency in Cape Girardeau, which is part of the Hemstead General Agency for St. Louis. He has been a member of the local agency since 1972...
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MEMO: KENTUCKY HOTEL MARKS DRURY'S 100TH LOCATION
(Business ~ 08/06/01)
A new Drury Inn & Suites has opened in Louisville, Ky., making it the 100th hotel for the company. The new hotel is located at Interstate 64 and Hurstbourne Parkway. The new 141-room hotel features an indoor/outdoor pool and whirlpool, exercise room and guest laundry facilities...
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MEMO: RICE BREEDERS TO HEADLINE FIELD DAY
(Business ~ 08/06/01)
MALDEN, Mo. -- Two rice breeders will headline the 11th annual Missouri Rice Field Day Aug. 22 at the Missouri Rice Research Farm, located 7 miles west of Malden. Dr. Donn Beighley, a University of Missouri rice breeder, and Dr. Anna McClung, Texas A&M rice breeder, will report on rice variety development...
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MEMO: BUSINESS COUNSELING SESSIONS OFFERED
(Business ~ 08/06/01)
The Small Business Development Center will conduct counseling sessions at Cape Girardeau, Sikeston, Mo., Perryville, Mo., and Malden, Mo. The counselor, Gil Degenhardt, will be available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 18 at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce office. The counseling sessions, which last about an hour, are free. Call 335-3312 for an appointment...
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NATURE CENTER WILL BE LESSON IN CONSERVATION
(Local News ~ 08/06/01)
From recycled car bodies to waterless urinals, Cape Girardeau's nature center will be a lesson in conservation, planners say. The steel roof of the Missouri Department of Conservation building will be made partly with recycled car bodies. The carpeting will come from recycled materials. Even the wood trusses and columns will come from recycled scrap wood...
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FROM FIELD TO SHELF: BOOTHEEL FARMERS GROWING PRODUCE FOR SCHNUCKS
(Local News ~ 08/06/01)
HOWARDVILLE, Mo. -- The pickup trucks start pulling into the small loading dock about mid-morning on a muggy summer day. Inside the trucks -- cases of plump watermelons. Boxes of perfect tomatoes, okra, zucchini, eggplant and purple hull peas. Forklifts do the work of several men to load the cases of produce into a tractor-trailer parked nearby...
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THREE TAX MEASURES ON BALLOT TUESDAY
(Local News ~ 08/06/01)
School officials in three districts are hopeful the lack of community patter regarding tax hikes voters will consider Tuesday is not the quiet that precedes a storm of rejection. Cape Girardeau, Jackson and Perryville school districts all have tax increase proposals up for consideration. The districts want more local funding to cover increased day-to-day expenses for salaries, higher fuel bills and other costs...
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MARBLE HILL WOMAN HURT
(Local News ~ 08/06/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- A Marble Hill, Mo., woman sustained moderate injuries Friday evening in an accident at the intersection of Highways 72 and 34. Toni Cowell, 20, was taken to Southeast Missouri Hospital. The driver of the other vehicle, Roy Burton Jr., 26, of Marquand, Mo., was not injured. His passenger, Brandy Burton, 23, of Marquand received minor injuries and was taken to St. Francis Medical Center...
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CHAFFEE CAPTURES ZONE TITLE
(High School Sports ~ 08/06/01)
SENATH, Mo. -- Chaffee Medicap Pharmacy is headed to the American Legion State Tournament for the first time, thanks to a wild victory here Sunday afternoon. Chaffee built an 11-1 lead after four innings but had to hold off a furious Festus rally before prevailing 11-10 in the championship game of the five-team Zone Tournament...
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CAPAHAS FALL TO POTENT KANSAS TEAM
(High School Sports ~ 08/06/01)
WICHITA, Kan. -- The Hays (Kan.) Larks entered the 67th annual National Baseball Congress World Series as one of the teams to beat in the prestigious tournament. The Craftsman Union Capahas probably have no argument with that assessment after suffering a 7-1 loss to the Larks Sunday night in the second round of the 48-team event...
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SPORTS DIGEST: HEARTLAND NATIONALS SPLIT IN WORLD SERIES
(High School Sports ~ 08/06/01)
PINE BLUFF, Ark. -- The Heartland Nationals 12-under girls softball team has split its first two games in pool play of the Babe Ruth World Series. Based out of Benton, Mo., the Nationals suffered their first tournament loss Sunday, falling to Pitt County, N.C., 7-3. In Saturday night's tourney opener, the Nationals beat host Pine Bluff, Ark., 3-2...
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ALPHA FRAZIER
(Obituary ~ 08/06/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Alpha Frazier, 64, of Sikeston died Sunday, Aug. 5, 2001, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Chaffee, Mo.
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HAZEL WULFERS
(Obituary ~ 08/06/01)
Hazel Elizabeth Wulfers, 90, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Aug. 5, 2001, in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 16, 1911, at Sikeston, Mo., daughter of William A. and Laura Holloman Day. She and Charles "Pat" Wulfers were married Dec. 26, 1929, at Cape Girardeau. He died Feb. 28, 1980...
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GAYLE GROOMS
(Obituary ~ 08/06/01)
Gayle Grooms, 44, of 611 Sycamore, Cape Girardeau died at 2:18 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, 2001, at The Lutheran Home at Cape Girardeau. Gayle was born in Cape Girardeau on Jan. 5, 1957, to Alonzo and Helen Pratt Grooms. Gayle lived a life of service to church and community and was deeply dedicated to youth work through these groups. ...
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EDITH CUMMINGS
(Obituary ~ 08/06/01)
ESSEX, Mo. -- Edith Cummings, 73, of Essex died Thursday, Aug. 2, 2001, at her home. She was born Nov. 21, 1927, at St. Louis, Mo., daughter of James and Cora Marie Young. She was married to James Cummings. He died June 15, 1982. Cummings was a farmer and homemaker. She moved from St. Louis to Essex in 1985 and was a member of the New. Mount Zion Baptist Church near Essex...
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GLADYS FARRAR
(Obituary ~ 08/06/01)
Gladys C. Farrar, 95, died Saturday, Aug. 4, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born March 20, 1906, in Lixville, Mo., daughter of Charles Arthur and Ida Victoria Loberg Conrad. She and Pat Simmons were married Feb. 5, 1943. He died in 1943. She married James Elmer Farrar April 14, 1962, and he died in 1967...
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INEZ BAKER
(Obituary ~ 08/06/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Inez Hicks Baker, 95, of Sikeston died Saturday, Aug. 4, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Baker was born Aug. 19, 1905, in Stoddard County, daughter of M.D. and Etta Ridge Hicks. She and George Baker were married May 3, 1924. He died Oct. 20, 1984...
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IRAGENE TRIPP
(Obituary ~ 08/06/01)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Iragene Tripp, 75, of Cobden died Sunday, Aug. 5, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Sept. 21, 1925, at Lick Creek, Ill., daughter of Ira and Florence Stokes Williams. She and Glenn E. Tripp were married Dec. 31, 1941, at Cape Girardeau...
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BETTY MCCANN
(Obituary ~ 08/06/01)
ANNA, Ill. -- Betty Mae McCann, 64, of Anna died Saturday, Aug. 4, 2001, at her home. She was born Sept. 26, 1936, at Alto Pass, Ill., daughter of Arthur and Ethel Mary Sims Linton. She and Lloyd McCann were married June 18, 1956, at Murphysboro, Ill. He died Jan. 29, 1997...
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KIM ESTES
(Obituary ~ 08/06/01)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Kim Dale Estes, 49, of Scott City died Sunday, Aug. 5, 2001, at Southeast Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Scott City.
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DWAYNE COX
(Obituary ~ 08/06/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Dwayne Edward Cox, 40, of Jackson, died Saturday, Aug. 4, 2001, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born May 30, 1961, in Cape Girardeau, son of Donald E. Sr. and Darlene M. Baudendistel Cox. He married Geannie L. Freels on July 8, 1995, in Cape Girardeau, and she survives...
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JACKSON BOARD OF ALDERMEN AGENDA
(Local News ~ 08/06/01)
Jackson Board of Aldermen agenda 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 6 City Hall Public Hearings n Hearing to consider the rezoning of 0.84 acres of property situated along the north side of West Independence Street from R-1, single-family residential, to C-2, general commercial, as submitted by K-Bar-K, L.L.C...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
(Local News ~ 08/06/01)
Monday, Aug. 6, at 7 p.m. City Hall, 401 Independence Study Session at 5 p.m. Public hearings Consent ordinances n An ordinance accepting general warranty deeds and temporary construction easements from Drury Land Development Corp., Drury Development Corp., DSW Development Corp., Bluff City Beer Co., and Eugene and Marsha Holloway for the widening of Siemers Drive between Campster Drive and Bloomfield Road...
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LETTERS: SO MUCH TO DO WITH SO LITTLE TIME LEFT TO DO IT ALL
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/06/01)
To the editor: Recently a co-worker celebrated his birthday where I work. It was his 37th birthday. I told him I had been married for almost that number of years and it made me feel old. He looked at me with the most serious expression I have ever observed and said, "Ron, you are old."...
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LETTERS: RODEO ANIMALS NEED PROTECTION FROM CRUELTY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/06/01)
To the editor: With rodeo time rapidly approaching, I would like to voice a concern I have had for quite some time. In your newspaper not too long ago, I saw an article regarding calf roping at rodeos. It talked about the possibility that calf roping might be considered inhumane treatment and cruelty to animals. ...
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MAYOR'S JAIL PROPOSAL APPEARS TO BE FEASIBLE
(Editorial ~ 08/06/01)
On the heels of a study that looked at ways to improve operations of the Cape Girardeau Police Department, Mayor Al Spradling III has suggested city jail prisoners could be housed in the new Cape Girardeau County Jail at Jackson. The county sheriff, John Jordan, says he isn't ready to take on Cape Girardeau's prisoners because the jail often is close to capacity with its own inmates and federal inmates it is committed to hold, and there isn't enough space for all the female prisoners. ...
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NASH ROAD IMPROVEMENT URGENTLY NEEDED
(Editorial ~ 08/06/01)
For the thousands of motorists who regularly use Interstate 55's Nash Road interchange, the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department's plan to improve the interchange and replace the northbound Diversion Channel bridge comes as good news. There were more accidents last year along the short stretch of I-55 between Nash Road and the Highway 74-Dutchtown interchange than anywhere in Cape Girardeau. The 31 accidents that occurred there injured 10 people...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 08/06/01)
THE LACK of intelligence in Southeast Missouri is reaching an all-time high. In response to the caller who was talking about majority rules, this country was not founded on democracy and majority rule or mob rule. This country was founded on a rule of law. It is a republic, not a democracy. The rule of law is supreme to mob rule...
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LETTERS: PRICE OF PAPER HAS CHANGED A LOT OVER THE YEARS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/06/01)
To the editor: I remember when my mother, Mollie Chapman, got the paper and paid $1 for three months. She also wrote items for the paper. I believe it was the Tilman news. I was in high school then at Advance, Mo. I am now 90 years of age. MAXINE CHAPMAN SMITH...
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