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Old Town Cape to celebrate eighth annual Small Business Saturday (11/20/17)Just in the nick of time for local shoppers, Small Business Saturday (SBS) will be recognized Saturday, Nov. 25, in Cape Girardeau. The annual event is marking its eighth year and will put local small businesses at the forefront. "Small Business Saturday is not just about shopping and getting cash registers ringing. ...
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Local business owners discuss how to find and coach ideal job candidates (11/20/17)Anyone who has started a business knows how important it is to hire a good staff. Hiring and training employees is one of the greatest expenses company owners face. According to figures released by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the cost of hiring and training an employee is the equivalent of approximately six to eight months of that employee's salary...
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Column: Be the captain of your soul (11/20/17)I am not an entrepreneur. I've never moved my own widgets or -- as far as I know -- had a so-called million-dollar idea. Call me a non-trepreneur. But after learning a bit about people who do start businesses, I decided to see what would happen if I tried acting like one. What happened was I bought a bicycle...
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Picking up the pieces: Earning success after failure (11/20/17)Codefi launched three years ago this month. The business incubator, co-founded by Chris Carnell, has since become arguably the most visible element of Cape Girardeau's nascent tech culture. But before Codefi, there was NTHfluence. Launched in April 2012, it was Carnell's first startup and it folded in six months...
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Local ride-sharing service expands to include delivery services (11/20/17)The local ride-sharing service carGO has come a long way in less than a year. Launched in January 2017, the Cape Girardeau-based tech startup was a transportation service to begin with, much like Uber and Lyft, but tailored to Cape Girardeau's needs...
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Local business owners encourage finding focus and passion in entrepreneurial endeavors (9/18/17)Around the same time, Laurie Everett and Danea Johnson stepped out and took a chance, hearkening the call to be their own boss and do it their way as business owners. Everett bought an existing antique shop on Broadway in Cape Girardeau, fittingly called Annie Laurie's in 2005, while Johnson opened the doors to Concepts Styling Salon in a quiet strip of businesses on West Drive in Cape Girardeau in 2006...
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A sign of things to come (9/18/17)On the last day of August, Michele Arteme's studio smelled of sawdust. A week out from its scheduled opening, her do-it-yourself crafting space, Board & Brush, at 20 N. Main St. was coming together. "The furniture is built," she said, surveying the room. "They're still building the bar."...
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Young entrepreneurs add fresh ideas, unique offerings for area market (9/18/17)Coffee and a dream. One entrepreneur jokes that these are just part of what has helped paved the road on her journey building a successful business. "The hours are long, sleep is little, weekends mean work and holidays are practically non-existent," says Shannon Duggan, a 25-year-old professional photographer...
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Column: Making it work (9/18/17)In 1943, Albert Einstein received a letter from a young girl seeking mathematics advice. She was struggling in her studies. The physicist consoled her. "Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics," he wrote in his reply. "For I can assure you mine are still greater."...
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Jump off the cliff: Ann Butler's million-dollar strategy (9/18/17)The kids were eating garbage. Before long, Ann Butler had enough. "I was just incredibly frustrated by the kids and their lack of knowledge about food," the former high school culinary arts teacher said. "I met a fifth-grader who had never tasted a strawberry."...
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Newsmakers 2017: Joel Kidwell (8/21/17)Rev. Joel Kidwell has been the pastor for Zion United Methodist Church and an active member of the community since 2010. A former lawyer in private practice and for the State of Missouri, Kidwell felt his call to the church about 20 years ago. While practicing law in Columbia, Missouri, Kidwell gradually moved into larger leadership roles with his local church and eventually became the pastor of Ashland United Fellowship in 1997. ...
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Creating a better tomorrow (8/21/17)The 18 individuals named Newsmakers in the September issue of Business Today have different backgrounds. They live in different places and work in different industries. But they were all chosen for the attribute they share: agency. Plenty of people aspire to making a difference, but these 18 are doers. They had good ideas and good intentions and set about actualizing them...
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Newsmakers 2017: Jared Ritter (8/21/17)At only 25 years of age, Jared Ritter, who is a broker, realtor and landlord at Ritter Real Estate and Ritter Rental Property LLC, is already an avid community volunteer. Ritter volunteers between 15 and 20 hours a week at La Croix United Methodist Church...
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Newsmakers 2017: Lynne DeWitt and Brent Mullin (8/21/17)When Brent Mullin, a Field Training Officer with the Sikeston Police Department, saw something online about a school district that had a place that allowed students and families in need access to food, clothing, school supplies and hygiene items at no cost to them, a light bulb went on in his head...
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Newsmakers 2017: Whitney Vandeven (8/21/17)The adult services program at the Cape Girardeau Public Library has some new and different offerings these days, thanks largely to the efforts of Whitney Vandeven, adult services director. "I've just been doing my best to look at the community and their needs and wants," Vandeven says, "and try to bring free or at least affordable options that give people the opportunity to learn and develop new skills."...
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Newsmakers 2017: Dr. Alan Barnette (8/21/17)Dr. Alan Barnette is trying to eliminate infant death due to unsafe sleep conditions, through a project called Bootheel Babies and Families. Barnette, a neonatologist in Saint Francis Medical Center's Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, or NICU, says the project aims to educate parents in the Missouri Bootheel's six counties on how to safely co-sleep with their children, and provides a "boxinette," a box designed to aid safe co-sleeping...
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Newsmakers 2017: Dr. Seth Hudson (8/21/17)Chiropractic physician Dr. Seth Hudson has a long list of organizations he's involved with: the American Red Cross board of directors, the SoutheastHEALTH foundation board, the City of Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department's golf course advisory board, Lions Club, Knights of Columbus, Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce and chiropractic associations, in addition to his work at Hudson Chiropractic at The Pillar Chiropractic Physicians Centre in Cape Girardeau...
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Newsmakers 2017: Viney Mosley (8/21/17)Viney Mosley is testament to the ability to channel heartache. Not one to wallow, she determinedly mines with a bubbly demeanor, sifting for positives and silver linings that might evoke change or lift spirits. Through personality, friendships, connections and persistence, she's adept at raising funds, health awareness to prevent disease and hope for cures...
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Newsmakers 2017: Jeff Rawson (8/21/17)It's not uncommon to find Jeff Rawson with his hands full, whether it be ink, paper, laptop or coffee. Sometimes it's with awards, which has been the case the last two years, when the creative director and manager for rustmedia walked away from the American Advertising Awards, which recognizes the region's best in advertising...
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Newsmakers 2017 - Kevin Greaser (8/21/17)Kevin Greaser is a busy man. As community bank president of Alliance Bank in Cape Girardeau, Greaser works with people throughout the area to improve the lives of others and make the community a better place. "Part of our job with being an executive in a bank is to be very engaged in the community, so a great many of the activities that I'm involved in are probably primarily because of my association with the bank," he says...
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Newsmakers 2017: Sven Svenson (8/21/17)If living 500 or 1,000 years from now, Sven Svenson might be helping colonize another planet. In that situation, the Southeast Missouri State University horticulture professor says he would be probing for answers to the question, "How do we bring life to this rock?"...
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Newsmakers 2017: Drs. Paul and Dawn Caruso (8/21/17)Paul and Dawn Caruso are doctors. He's the medical director of SoutheastHEALTH's neonatal intensive care unit. She's a psychiatrist. Their shared vocations -- helping and healing -- are also what spurred them to revitalize foster care in Cape Girardeau and the surrounding counties...
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Newsmakers 2017: Brandy Balsman (8/21/17)The real-estate business is practically in Brandy Balsman's blood. Her mother, Denise Ulrich, is a realtor who has worked in the industry all her life, and eventually came to co-own ReMax Realty Experts. Balsman started in the office in 2002. Since then, she has learned the business inside and out, and became an owner in 2006. Balsman has been local director on the board of directors for the Southeast Missouri Realtors for the past three years...
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Newsmakers 2017: Brad Arnold (8/21/17)Brad Arnold thinks big, and he does it with the people of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, in mind. Arnold is executive director of the Ste. Genevieve Community Center, where he has worked since he graduated from college. In fact, completing a 12-week internship at the center was the final component of his college degree. Afterward, he worked for a year as the facilities specialist, when the executive director's position became available. It was an opportunity he couldn't pass up...
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Newsmakers 2017: Sara Nenninger (8/21/17)Whether they are aware of it or not, many people in the Cape Girardeau area know Sara Nenninger, at least online. She manages social media for the Cape Girardeau Police Department (CGPD) and makes all the posts on the department's Facebook page, as well as on Twitter and Instagram...
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Newsmakers 2017: Justin Denton (8/21/17)About a week before Burrito-Ville's 17th anniversary, the restaurant's founder Justin Denton called his success "somewhat surreal." "It has become more than I could have ever imagined when I originally opened on Broadway just down the street," he says...
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Newsmakers 2017: Felice Roberson (8/21/17)The silence was too much for Felice Roberson. Her son, Quinton David Combs, was killed in 2015 and she couldn't understand why nobody was talking. "I believe the silence was the betrayal. ... There were 60 people there that night," she says, describing the party where her son was shot...
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What you should know about rising interest rates (2/20/17)Homeowners planning to refinance and buyers searching for a home may have an idea of what's in store for them with regard to interest rates, but they never really know until they lock in a rate. This is in part because rates can change direction fast, and when they rise -- as they have been recently -- it can cost borrowers a great deal of money and time...
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Longtime local accountant Jim Hillin provides advice, updates for the 2017 tax season (2/20/17)Jim Hillin is a Southeast Missouri State University graduate and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants. He began serving the community in 1971 with the formation of his firm Hillin and Company, which is located in Cape Girardeau. Read on for Hillin's best advice and input on this year's tax season...
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Local experts and business owners provide advice for novice entrepreneurs (2/20/17)So you've got an idea. That may be a start, but between an idea and a business, there are obstacles that can sidetrack would-be entrepreneurs. Mark Christian, director of Southeast Missouri State University's Small Business and Technology Development Center, says the first step toward realizing a business often depends on the idea itself, but a good place to start is often a market analysis...
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Will Kinder is on his way to holding CFP certification before age 30 (2/20/17)
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Local CrossFit gym owners reflect on business growth (1/16/17)In the Cape Girardeau and Jackson area, several gyms offer personalized workout plans with varying levels of intensity, but three gyms have a particular focus: CrossFit. The program itself involves brief, intense workouts that hit different target muscle groups, working all of the body's systems together. This relatively new exercise program has proven popular worldwide and locally as well...
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Cape Girardeau chiropractor Seth Hudson gives his best advice for a happy, healthy new year (1/16/17)Seth Hudson, DC, is a chiropractor in Cape Girardeau. A native of Cape Girardeau, Hudson was an NCAA Division-I baseball player for Murray State University and was inducted into the Cape Girardeau Central Athletic Hall of Fame in 2014. He became a chiropractor in 2011 and has his own practice at The Pillar Chiropractic Physicians Center...
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Area workers discuss their best practices for staying warm while facing harsh winter conditions (1/16/17)The human race does not hibernate for the winter. While many people work indoors and can avoid the worst of winter's bite, not everyone can retreat with a cup of hot coffee in the face of ice, snow and cold. Others put on their coats, caps and gloves and go about the business of restoring power outages that accompany winter storms, clearing streets and fixing potholes and faithfully delivering the mail during some bleak times...
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The best wearable tech devices to help you look and feel better (1/16/17)Wearable health technology first started in hospitals as a way to help people with injuries heal faster. Now, the trend has gone mainstream and pro-active; one in five online adults uses a wearable device, and the majority of those devices are health-related, according to Forrester Research...
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Young people to watch: Jennifer Rubin and Grant Skelton (11/21/16)Jennifer Rubin -- Rockin' 4 Relief Jennifer Rubin might be only 20 years of age, but she already views herself as too old for a rocking chair. Rubin, a junior at Southeast Missouri State University, began Rockin' 4 Relief at the age of 12, and has since left the rocking chair to younger volunteers while she moves into a supervisor role with her not-for-profit organization. ...
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Why your employer wants you to volunteer - and why you should (11/21/16)Does your employer consider community service part of a job well done? If you're wondering whether you should take advantage of your employer's offer to pay you for volunteer time, keep in mind that employee volunteerism benefits everyone involved -- your company, the organization you'll help, and you...
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Tips for organizing a successful fundraiser (11/21/16)Many not-for-profit organizations in the Cape Girardeau area focus their fundraising efforts on mainstay and unique efforts to draw in donations and better the community around them. Elizabeth Shelton, executive director of the United Way of Southeast Missouri, says although her organization uses the same fundraisers annually, they have unique aspects...
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'Uniting people with resources': Talking service with Kay Azuma of the Community Caring Council (11/21/16)Kay Azuma has worked as the community coordinator at the Community Caring Council in Cape Girardeau for close to 15 years. In this role and as a local volunteer, Azuma works diligently to better the lives of others in the community and surrounding areas. She has a passion for helping those less fortunate and is a daily advocate for those in need. Read on as Azuma explains why she is passionate about her work and what pushes her to keep moving forward...
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A guide to securing 501(c)(3) status, and what it means for your organization (11/21/16)An organization doesn't have to file for not-for-profit status with the IRS in order to collect charitable donations. But it helps. Securing not-for-profit status means the organization can be exempt from paying income tax. Furthermore, those who donate to the organization can deduct the contribution from their own income taxes...
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Area businesses, organizations working to expand technical training opportunities in Southeast Missouri (10/17/16)Southeast Missouri businesses have been particularly focused in recent months on bringing vocational education to the region. Technology throughout a variety of industries is expanding quickly, and education must keep up with it. And the pool of pre-existing workers continues to shrink as baby boomers prepare to retire out of technical jobs they've dedicated a lifetime to...
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Internships often turn into full-time careers for students at Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center (10/17/16)In Southeast Missouri, high-school students not wishing to pursue further education in college or elsewhere have a resource in the Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center, which offers technical courses ranging from automotive mechanics to digital media production...
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Dr. Susan Swartwout will retire from Southeast Missouri State University in January, but never from writing and editing (10/17/16)Dr. Susan Swartwout has been a member of the Southeast Missouri State University faculty for the past 20 years. With a passion for the written word and a knack for multitasking, she has continued to take on a number of roles at the university and in the community. ...
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Hosting an exchange student can be a learning experience for everyone in the household (10/17/16)Although she's only been a local coordinator for the Council on International Educational Exchange since May, Holly Lintner has been involved in hosting foreign exchange students since she was a teenager in the 1990s. "I've had a lot of experiences over my life with it," she says...
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Call for paid family leave has reached the state and national levels (9/19/16)The call for paid family leave has grown louder in recent months, thanks to the upcoming presidential election. While the federal Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave in a year to care for a newborn, adopted or foster child, according to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), only 12 percent of U.S. private sector workers have access to paid family leave through their employer...
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Educators, other groups working to close the gap between men and women in technology (9/19/16)Although women remain a minority in many science-, engineering-, math- and technology-based fields, efforts are being made throughout the United States to increase their numbers. In 2013, women ages 25 to 34 were 21 percent more likely than men to be college graduates and 48 percent more likely to have gone to graduate school, according to a report by the presidential Council of Economic Advisors. ...
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Direct-sales jobs popular for women seeking independence, flexibility and family time (9/19/16)When Emily Colbert decided to start working a second job, she looked into several companies and considered several elements. She wanted a job that would allow flexibility in work hours so she could tailor it around her full-time job, but also not take away from time with her children. Ultimately, Colbert settled on going into direct sales with Mary Kay...
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Women more likely than men to live in poverty during retirement (9/19/16)During their working years, women tend to earn less than men, and when they retire, they're more likely to live in poverty. The National Institute on Retirement Security, a not-for-profit research center, reports that women are 80 percent more likely than men to be impoverished at age 65 and older. Women ages 75 to 79 are three times more likely...
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‘I am still striving’: Checking in with Brenda Newbern of the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau (9/19/16)Brenda Newbern stepped up as executive director of the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau in January, but she's long been a familiar face in Cape Girardeau, and even to the CVB. During the 1990s and early 2000s, she worked at the CVB as a group tour manager. Before her return to the organization, she worked for several years for Midamerica Hotels, where she still had a hand in promoting Cape Girardeau -- a place she calls her "favorite spot."...
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Newsmakers 2016: Laura Simon (8/15/16)As photo editor at the Southeast Missourian newspaper, Laura Simon, 34, is quite literally a newsmaker. Simon, who began working at the Southeast Missourian more than six years ago, started out as a freelance photographer and worked her way up to the full-time position of photo editor. She oversees two other photographers and works closely with the news and feature teams to coordinate photo coverage ranging from breaking news and centerpieces to magazine covers and fashion shoots...
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Newsmakers 2016: Mary Jo Bammel (8/15/16)Mary Jo Bammel and her husband, David, moved to Perryville, Missouri, three years ago and saw a need for a comic book store and a good coffee shop in the community. "I'm from De Soto, Missouri, and my husband is from Michigan," says Mary Jo Bammel. "I was transferred down here to manage a gas station three years ago."...
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Newsmakers 2016: Aaron Horrell (8/15/16)Aaron Horrell, age 64, has been an artist for nearly his entire life. "I started painting in high school and actually gave away the first painting I did in 1970," he says. He continued to paint and create art even after a stint in the Navy Seabees. "I was in the construction battalion," he says...
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Newsmakers 2016: Kim Voelker (8/15/16)Kim Voelker has worked at the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce for three and a half years, and in that time, one of her most enjoyable projects has been launching a network especially for women. "It was something we always knew we wanted to do, and to see it come to fruition and be successful right out of the gate is very exciting," she says...
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Newsmakers 2016: Anna Galeski (8/15/16)Anna Galeski, senior planning analyst at SoutheastHEALTH, has worked for the hospital system a little more than five years. In that time, she's been able to put her Type-A, detail-oriented personality at the forefront of her daily endeavors, and is proud that she began her job right after earning her master's degree in business administration from Southeast Missouri State University. Her undergraduate degree is in marketing...
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Newsmakers 2016: Brian Gerau (8/15/16)This isn't Brian Gerau's first time as a Newsmaker. In 2009, he was honored as one of Business Today's "40 Under 40." Now a bit older, a bit wiser, but just as meticulously dressed, Gerau continues to make a name for himself by helping make a name for others as director of the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce...
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Newsmakers 2016: Jason Bandermann (8/15/16)Jason Bandermann has accomplished much in his 36 years, but especially since he has worked for the Saint Francis Healthcare System. Bandermann, who signed on there in 2007, has served in a variety of roles, with the most recent being director of ambulatory services and administrator of the Physicians Alliance Surgery Center...
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Newsmakers 2016: Stan Polivick (8/15/16)Stan Polivick's work isn't always visible, but it is evident. When heavy rains flood the Mississippi River and threaten to overpower the city's sewer system, Polivick's efforts keep the potentially detrimental storms at bay. Polivick knows storms. He worked in Slidell, Louisiana, and saw the city through Hurricane Katrina. ...
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Newsmakers 2016: Liz Glastetter (8/15/16)For Liz Glastetter, an exciting part of her job is getting to be involved in the most monumental time most families will share. Glastetter, lead service line director for maternal/child services in the Saint Francis Healthcare System, began the position in December and says she couldn't be happier about it...
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Newsmakers 2016: Jennifer Icaza-Gast (8/15/16)Jennifer Icaza-Gast's go-to motto is, "If you're not giving, you're not living." More than a decade ago, Icaza-Gast began to cry as she watched her children eagerly open their presents on Christmas morning. "I started crying at the thought of other little kids going into their living room at that very moment and finding nothing under the tree," she says...
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Newsmakers 2016: Robert Smith (8/15/16)There are few people with a heart bigger than Robert Smith, who at 66 is still a practicing attorney in his own law firm in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Smith takes many pro bono cases and works heavily with family and juvenile law cases involving methamphetamine-addicted individuals, especially those who are parents of children...
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Newsmakers 2016: Shelly Kaiser (8/15/16)When thinking of a community volunteer, many would think of someone like Shelly Kaiser. Kaiser, who is married to Jason Kaiser and has two daughters, is an assistant vice president/mortgage loan officer at First Midwest Bank in Jackson. She volunteers for a host of not-for-profit groups, including Project Charlie, the Cape Girardeau and Jackson chambers of commerce, Jackson Noon Optimist Club, Levi's Children's Charity, Nolan Weber Foundation -- Believing Beyond, United Way of Southeast Missouri, March of Dimes and the American Cancer Society.. ...
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Newsmakers 2016: Sarah Hickey (8/15/16)Audiologist Dr. Sarah Hickey found professional success by listening. She listened to her grandfather, who struggled with hearing aids and his own hearing loss, and she wanted to help him. In college, when Hickey found herself frustrated with her original field of study, speech pathology, she listened to her adviser, who suggested she turn to audiology. The new area of focus put her down her current career path and allowed her to understand the issues affecting her grandfather...
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Newsmakers 2016: Penny Williams (8/15/16)When it comes to Penny Williams and the Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department, you can't have one without the other. Originally born and raised in Perryville, Missouri, Williams attended Southeast Missouri State University and earned a degree in recreation...
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Newsmakers 2016: Tyler Brune (8/15/16)Farming and the business of farming are in Tyler Brune's blood. His father and grandfather were both farmers. The year Brune was born, his family started Brune Custom Feeds. At 15, Brune took out his first loan, made through the Farm Service Agency, to purchase 30 head of cattle. Three years ago, he started renting out his first storage unit...
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Newsmakers 2016: Victoria Moon (8/15/16)Victoria Moon doesn't let being a busy wife and mother of four young children stop her from volunteering. She was co-chair of the gala committee for the American Cancer Society in 2013 and 2014, and she is co-chair for this year's event as well. The gala is one of the biggest local fundraisers for the American Cancer Society, and Moon spends countless hours helping to make the event a success...
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Tax liens (7/18/16)Cape Girardeau County Tax liens and lien discharges recorded at the office of Drew Blattner, recorder of deeds, during June are filed by the Missouri Department of Revenue, except as indicated by IRS designation. For more information, contact the recorder's office at (573) 243-8123...
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