Business memo 02/27/06

Farmers market workshop to be held Tuesday

A farmers market workshop will be held from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Perryville Area Higher Education Center at 108 S. Progress Drive. Topics include taxing issues, health, weights and measurements, selling eggs and growing in high tunnels. Organizers say the free workshop will provide a good opportunity to meet other vendors, to share information about growing and to introduce new area farmers markets and vendors. The workshop is sponsored by the University of Missouri Extension and Missouri Department of Agriculture. For more information, call Donna Aufdenberg, horticulture specialist, at (573) 238-2420.

Cape postal employees earn OSHA certification

Representatives of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration joined postal officials last week at the Richard G. Wilson Processing & Distribution Facility to certify STAR status under OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs. The Cape Girardeau facility is at 475 Kell Farm Drive. The Voluntary Protection Programs recognize and promote outstanding workplace safety and health management. Last year, the postal service joined Georgia-Pacific Corp. as the first two organizations to be formally accepted in the VPP Corporate pilot program, which streamlines the application and onsite evaluation processes for corporations that have made a commitment to VPP. Cape Girardeau's facility employs more than 150 full-time employees.

Missouri bankers group offers scholarships

The Missouri Bankers Foundation is offering seven $500 Willis W. Alexander scholarships for high school seniors planning to get a degree in a banking-related field. The scholarships will be awarded to students who have exhibited academic achievement and/or economic need. One $500 scholarship will be awarded in each of the seven membership regions of the Missouri Bankers Association. Applications for 2006 have been sent to the state's high school guidance counselors and to the chief executive officers of Missouri Bankers Association member banks. The applications also are available on the Internet at www.mobankers. com. Applications must be postmarked no later than March 15.

-- From staff reports