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JACKSON -- The Jackson Chamber of Commerce will hold its February general membership meeting Monday at Boatmen's Bank's Jackson facility, 1846 E. Jackson Blvd.

Boatmen's will host an open house between 5:30 and 7 p.m.

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Sears 1992 annual spring catalog is being billed as "The World's Largest."

The catalog has almost 1,600 pages of home fashions, apparel, hardware, automotive, appliances and other items.

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"Alternative Sources of Financing" will be the subject of a live satellite program to be sponsored by the Edward D. Jones & Co. Professional Education Network Thursday.

The program will be held twice, from 11 a.m. to noon and from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., at each of two offices in Cape Girardeau: 211 N. Sprigg and 1749 Independence.

The program panel includes Bob Andrews of the Small Business Administration; Jim O'Donnell of Capital for Business; and Dan Burkhardt of Edward D. Jones & Co.'s investment banking department, who will discuss alternatives to financing.

For reservations call Bob Etherton, 335-4495, or Joe Domian, 335-6681.

Other series will include "Tackling Rising Employee Benefit Costs" on May 12 and "For Business Owners Only: Critical Tax and Legal Issues" on July 23.

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PERRYVILLE A U.S. Small Business Administration Guaranteed Loan Packaging Seminar will be held Wednesday at the Southeast Missouri Regional Planning Commission office in Perryville.

The two-and-a-half-hour seminar, starting at 9 a.m., is designed for potential and current small businesses considering loans to finance business startups, inventory purchases, machinery and, or, equipment, remodeling, or other small-business restructuring.

Bill Jokerst, loan officer of the the SBA office in St. Louis, and Buz Sutherland, director of the Small Business Development Center in Cape Girardeau, will be speakers.

Cost of the seminar is $5. Registration or other information is available by calling 290-5965.

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Charles J. Givens Organization Inc., a financial educational organization, will host a free seminar on money strategies at the Holiday Inn in Cape Girardeau Tuesday, with sessions at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Advance reservations are available by calling 1-800-484-1016. After the tone, dial 2737.

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A "Spring Composition Photography Workshop" will be held Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Holiday Inn in Cape Girardeau.

Martha McBride, who previously taught photography for the Cape Girardeau Vocational-Technical School, will serve as workshop leader.

McBride, who has a master of arts degree in instructional media, is a stock photographer, and has conducted workshops for the Department of Natural Resources. Her pictures have been published in Farm & Ranch Living, Organic Gardening, Women's World, other magazines, textbooks and calendars.

Additional information concerning the workshop is available by calling 334-6315.