Community briefs 8/11/08

Benefit for Boys and Girls Club of Cape

The Boys and Girls Club of Cape Girardeau will hold "Reaching for the Stars," a benefit dinner and auction at 6 p.m. Friday at Cape Girardeau Elks Lodge, 639 Elks Lane in Cape Girardeau. There will be a three-course dinner, cash bar and a My Daddy's Cheesecake dessert, plus a silent and live auction. The auctioneer will be Nelson Sparks. The speaker is Ron Shumate, former Southeast Missouri State University basketball coach. Entertainment will be provided by Southeast Missouri State University alumni and Cape Girardeau Central High and Junior High band director Billy Keys. For tickets and information, contact Luther Bonds, Boys and Girls Club executive director, at 335-7141 or at lutherbonds@hotmail.com.

Civil War Roundtable meets Sunday

The Cape Civil War Roundtable will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at Hanover Lutheran Church, 2949 Perryville Road in Cape Girardeau. The film presentation is on "Mounds City, Ill.," which aired on PBS. Plans for the October club trip will be finalized.

Company's 'Walk to Seattle' inspires fitness

A local company has made walking for fitness a part of its corporate ambitions. Workforce Employment Solutions, 2520 William St., is a staffing firm employing 30 staffing specialists in Missouri, Illinois, Kansas and Texas. They call their fitness effort "The Walk to Seattle," which represents a 3,100-mile goal. The name is based on the distance from the east coast to the site of the company's next corporate meeting in Seattle. Thirty-one members added up their walking miles to reach the goal. "Since we started the Walk to Seattle program, we have had several people who have lost weight ... and one person in our corporate office who quit smoking," company president Marlene Brockmiller said.

— From staff reports