NEW BUSINESS: 90TH ANNIVERSARY

Wehrenberg, headquartered in St. Louis, is observing its 90th anniversary this year and has opened or re-opened a number of theaters during its anniversary year, incuding the renovated Westport Cine in St. Louis, a 16-plex at Springfield and a 10-cine in Prescott, Ariz.

A new Wehrenberg 20-plex is also under construction at O'Fallon, to open in the fall.

Wehrenberg Theatres is the largest movie chain in the St. Louis area and among the top 20 nationally.

Five screens here are operated in Cape Girardeau by Kerasotes Theaters, headquartered in Springfield, Ill. Kerasotes operates the five-screen Town Plaza Cinema. Kerasotes is among the top 10 theater companies in the nation.