STATE TREASURER TO ADDRESS FRIDAY COFFEE

Nancy Farmer, Missouri state treasurer, will be guest speaker at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Coffee at 7:30 a.m. Friday at the Show Me Center.

Farmer served as assistant state treasurer for two years before stepping down in September 1999 to run for the top spot. She also served eight years in the Missouri House of Representatives.

As treasurer, Farmer is responsible for managing the state's $17 billion in annual revenues, overseeing the state's banking services and handling state investments of more than $3 billion.

Farmer said she has no major changes planned for how the office will operate.