RECEPTION PLANNED FOR BEKKI COOK

A public reception honoring Secretary of State Bekki Cook will be held Saturday from 2-4 p.m. in the community room of the Cape Girardeau Public Library.

Organizers said the event is to give people an opportunity to congratulate Cook on her appointment to office. Cook was named secretary of state by Gov. Mel Carnahan Dec. 16.

Cook was born and raised in Jackson and lived in Cape Girardeau with her husband, John, and children Hunter and Morgan at the time of her appointment.