A new product for Procter & Gamble
Posted Monday, August 25, 2008 @ 08:21 am

It's no secret the impact Procter & Gamble has on this area. I'm sure many of you know at least one person who works at the plant not too far outside the Cape Girardeau city limits.

The company produces toothpaste, potato chips, laundy detergent, coffee, diapers and much more. But you may not have heard about the latest product it plans to license.

Political reporter Rudi Keller directed me to a story that said the company plans to license Noven Pharmaceuticals' hormone skin patch designed to increase the sex drive in women. Procter & Gamble will pay the company royalties, manufacturing fees and other payments for meeting certain commercial and development goals.

The past two business pages have featured a company which has defied odds and transformed something that wasn't working into a profitable venture. So this begs the question - which company (small or big) do you think should be profiled next on Tuesday's business page (we don't publish on Labor Day, so you'll receive your business page on Sept.

Since Aug. 14, I've been working a 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. shift, so we can have better coverage in the early morning hours. As part of our move to a 24-hour newsroom we understand the importance of having adequate on-line coverage.
Every day was mostly non-eventful - that is, until Friday.

A story was recently published about Precission Transmission suddenly closing up shop at 1401 N. Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau. What I want to know is if any of you have been or if you know of someone who has been affected by this news? Please get in touch with me very soon about this situation at either bblackwell@semissourian.com or 335-6611, extension 137.

Earlier this year I was doing a little spring cleaning and gave away, among other items, my Nintendo entertainment system. That video game console was a large part of my after-school and Saturday morning entertainment during my elementary and middle school days (anyone remember playing Duck Hunt or Super Mario Brothers).

It's hard to believe but Friday was my three-month anniversary as business reporter at the Southeast Missourian. When I first began I hardly knew anyone in this area. But last night at Business After Hours (a monthly networking event for business men and women) inside the Show Me Center I ran into quite a few people that I've come to know since I started at the newspaper.

Every day I drive by businesses that I wonder what they're like but for some reason or another never get around to finding out more about them.

On my way home from the Fruitland church I attend each Sunday, my wife informed me that I had my first noticable gray hair. I've heard from folks that my new shade of hair is another step in the aging process. Could it be that my over-involvement in watching the Cubs and University of Nebraska sporting events is finally catching up to me? Or could it be my recent 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.

I know a lot of talk around town has involved the activity at the former K's Merchandise building. Since earlier this month demolition began in preparation for the move of a new tenant into the property. Out of respect for the company moving in, details of their plans will not be divulged until final plans have been made. Look for an article on this in the next couple of weeks.

When I first read the news on yahoo.com, I had to make sure my glasses weren't fogged up a bit too much. But after learning that my eyesight isn't failing me, the reality set in.

A recent announcement by VanMatre Buick Pontiac GMC Cadillac brought back fond memories of my first car - a 1989 Buick skyhawk that I drove in 1993 as a sophomore while in an Alabama high school. While it's been years since I owned that first car, I'll always associate the Buick brand with a positive time of my life.
The folks at the dealership located at 511 S.