VISION 2000 TO HONOR PARTICIPANTS

The Community Relations Council of Vision 2000 will hold its 10th annual Awards of Distinction breakfast at 7 a.m. Feb. 25 in the Harrison Room at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

Guest speaker will be Carol Sue Reimann, Missouri Teacher of the Year. Reimann teaches first grade at Clippard Elementary School.

An update on the community's new Vision 2020 group will be presented as well.

Honorees this year:

-- Allen Bornstein and Betty Campbell, members of Vision 2000's Community Relations Council. Their terms have expired, and they will be honored for their service on the committee.

-- Ted Coalter will be honored for his leadership in the Community Pride Coalition and the Haarig business area.

-- The Class of 2000 at Central High School and at Notre Dame High School will be honored for developing the idea of a Cape Girardeau city flag.

-- B.W. Harrison will be honored for his contribution to the community in donating funds that allowed Southeast Missouri State University to purchase the old St. Vincent Seminary property.

-- Dr. Charles Kupchella will be honored for his work with the Community Pride Coalition.

-- Judith Ann Lang will be honored for her work with the Community Pride Coalition, especially concerning downtown merchants.

-- Finley Maddox will be honored for his service to Vision 2000. Maddox annually photographs award recipients at the Vision 2000 awards presentation.

-- Dr. Esther Ongoa will be honored for her work in promoting early childhood education.

-- Tony Schuch will be honored for his work in developing Cape Girardeau's children's flag. He took the child's design and adapted it to be used as a flag.

-- Project Impact, the city's new disaster-resistance program, will be honored, represented by the project's new director Ann Elledge.

-- Cape Girardeau's Planning and Zoning Commission will be honored for its work, represented by R.J. McKinney.

-- Dan Tallent will be honored for his leadership as superintendent of Cape Girardeau public schools.