NEW EMPLOYEES

CenterMark Properties Inc. has hired Cape Girardeau native Karie Hall as its assistant center manager of marketing at West Park Mall.

In her position with the mall, Hall will prepare marketing strategies for the center's activities and promotional events, assemble the annual marketing budget, and assist Center Manager Tony Stephens in all ongoing operations of the mall.

Hall attended Cape Girardeau Central High School and graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in 1989 with a bachelor of science degree in mass communications.

"I was anxious to get back to Cape," she said. "It's a great place to grow up and a fun place to live."

She has worked for Southwestern Bell and, most recently, she was the children's media marketing coordinator for Busch Creative Services Corp.

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Dr. Thomas M. Gibbons has joined the Regional Eyecare Center.

Gibbons attended Southeast Missouri State University and graduated with honors from the Missouri-St. Louis School of Optometry. He was a recipient of the Primary Care Clinician Award and will be assisting in the training of optometric interns from the University of Missouri.

With the addition of Gibbons, Dr. Beverly Cleair and Dr. Robert Felker will be expanding Regional Eyecare Center's services to include orthokeratology, a process which uses contact lenses to reshape the cornea and reduce nearsightedness. Specialized services for patients with visual impairments will also be incorporated into the practice.

This is a sort of homecoming for Gibbons, a charter recipient of the Governor' Scholarship at Southeast Missouri State. He said there are a number of reasons for returning to Cape and joining the Regional Eyecare Center.

"I have had the pleasure of working with Dr. Cleair and Dr. Felker in the past and I welcomed the prospect of joining them here," he said. "Regional Eyecare Center is a beautiful facility and its doctors have a tremendous desire to keep up with the growth of the profession, including the latest procedures and technology."

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Bonnie Cochran was recently named interior decorator at Patrick Furniture Mart.

A Cape Girardeau native, Cochran has 13 years of retail sales experience and also taught at Notre Dame for six years. She majored in art, earning a bachelor's degree at Southeast Missouri State University.

She has been a Boy Scout leader for nine years and is a member of the Christ Episcopal Church.

Cochran is married to John H. Cochran III and has two children. Her son, John, is a junior at Central High School and her daughter, Carrie, is a sophomore at Southeast.

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Patsy Lock of Cape Girardeau has rejoined Trend Setters as a hair stylist and manicurist.

Trend Setters, a beauty salon, is located at 308 W. Main in Jackson.

Lock, who is a graduate of Stage One: The Hair School in Cape Girardeau, previously worked at Trend Setters.