UE CELEBRATES SUCCESS

Editor's note: The following story is being republished because some names were inadvertently omitted in Friday's edition.

The Area Wide United Way celebrated its past year's successes at its annual meeting on Thursday.

Board members, volunteers, campaign coordinators and agency directors met to approve a slate of new directors, review the past year's accomplishments and look to 1998.

The 1997 campaign raised a record $585,000.

New directors joining the board are Donna Burk, Southwestern Bell; Kevin McDonald, Procter & Gamble; Jim Rust, R&M Fabrics; and Clare Urhahn, Lee Rowan.

Returning board members are Kevin Govero, BP Financial Services; Donna Hanschen, Ameritech; Gera LeGrand, Zimmer Radio Group; John Mehner, Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce; Bill Miller, retired executive; Anne Poston, Dana Corp.; Narvol Randol Jr., Bank of Missouri; and Craig Wells, Mercantile Bank.

Also serving on the board are Dan Berry, Southeast Missouri Hospital, Bob Basler, Drury Inns; Leonard Clark, Southeast Missouri State University; Edythe Davis, civic volunteer; Jackie Griffith, AmerenUE; Dr. John Holcomb, civic volunteer; Jim Limbaugh, Merrill Lynch; Dennis Marchi, Schnucks; Mike Miller, city of Cape Girardeau; Pat Miller, St. Francis Medical Center; Dan Muser, city of Cape Girardeau; Richmond Payne, attorney; Max Prill, civic volunteer; Don Sherwood, KFVS 12; Albert Spradling, Jr., attorney; and Rory Vandeven, BioKyowa.

Outgoing board members were also recognized. Pat Allen, Rich Gross, Rick Lambert and Bob Robins all served on the board since 1991.

Officers for 1998 were elected: Govero is president; Holcomb, vice president; Miller, treasurer; and Nancy Jernigan secretary and executive director.

Charlie Neese was recognized for his role as honorary chairman of the campaign, and KFVS was thanked for its production of the campaign video, which has been nationally recognized with a second-place award in the United Way of America's communications contest.

Davis was introduced as the chairman of the 1998 campaign.

In addition to raising money for 24 community agencies, the United Way is also working with the Community Caring Council to develop a countywide centralized information and referral network.

A series of workshops has been developed to train individuals to seek out funding opportunities. A "think tank" of experienced fund-raisers is being developed to further the process.