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BERNHARDT W. KIMMICH
(Obituary ~ 05/05/91)
Bernhardt W. "Ben" Kimmich, 73, 1522 N. Henderson, died Friday, May 3, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He had been ill six months. He was born Feb. 19, 1918, in Cape Girardeau, son of William and Minnie Niemeyer Kimmich. He and his wife, Janice, were married in July 1974, in Cape Girardeau...
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JEANNE LIVERS TO HEAD UP SEMO STAFF COUNCIL
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Jeanne Livers, a scientific analyst-programmer in Southeast Missouri State University's Computer Center, has been elected chairperson of the university's Professional Staff Council. The council is the representative organization of about 120 professional staff members at the university. The council has 11 members and four alternates...
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DONIPHAN WELCOMES HOME 32 GUARDSMEN
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
DONIPHAN -- More than 3,000 people lined an eight-block stretch of Walnut Street here last week to welcome home 32 national guardsmen from Operation Desert Storm. Doniphan's citizen-soldiers returned home 164 days after becoming the first Ripley County unit since World War II to be activated into federal service. The reception was believed to be the largest gathering ever on a Doniphan city street, said Mayor Larry Ponder...
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MISSOURI'S BIGGEST-EVER TAX HIKE KEEPS GROWING LARGER
(Column ~ 05/05/91)
My friends who are constantly telling us we don't invest enough in education have some explaining to do. The folks on the third floor of the capitol building in Jefferson City keep expanding what was already the largest tax increase in the Missouri history. Senate Bill 353, which passed the upper chamber by a vote of 24-10, was, at something like $462 million, the largest ever...
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HEALTH CARE: COSTS OUTSTRIP GENIUS OR INFINITE NEEDS VERSUS FINITE COSTS
(Column ~ 05/05/91)
In 1969, during my first year as a U.S. Senator, I gave a speech at the Washington University School of Medicine about health care costs. I searched my files and dug out a copy. In that speech I expressed "serious concern" that health care costs were 7 percent of our Gross Domestic Product. ...
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JACKSON PROVIDES GOOD LEADERSHIP FOR PROJECT
(Editorial ~ 05/05/91)
As the city of Jackson has grown, so has traffic congestion. This has become abundantly clear along a stretch of the new five-lane highway that adjoins busy stores and restaurants. The concerns of citizens about this problem have not gone unnoticed. ...
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ROBERT J. COSSAIRT
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
BLOOMFIELD -- Robert J. Cossairt, 79, of Bloomfield, died Friday, May 3, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 14, 1911 at Bloomfield, son of Albert and Lura Huggins Cossairt. On May 11, 1936, he married Willene Warren. She survives...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 05/05/91)
Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Tony Thompson of Northville, Mich., 3:53 a.m. Tuesday, April 23, 1991. Name, Kaitlyn Jan. Weight, 6 pounds 11 ounces. First child. Mrs. Thompson is the former Traci Schorey, daughter of Jan and Jim Nicholson of Lancaster, Texas, and Paul Schorey of Jackson Hole, Wyo. She is office manager at Helzberg Diamonds. Thompson is an account executive with S.P. Richards Co. He is the son of Len and Ellynn Barnicle of Jackson, and Lynn Thompson of Washington, Mo...
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SHERMAN T. LOBERG
(Obituary ~ 05/05/91)
PERRYVILLE - Dr. Sherman T. Loberg, 82, of Perryville, died Friday, May 3, 1991, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. Loberg, a retired dentist with his own practice, was born Sept. 30, 1908, in Crossroads, son of T.B. and Alva Conrad Loberg. He was married to Alvina Yamnitz June 30, 1930...
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GERALD H. DEFIELD
(Obituary ~ 05/05/91)
CHARLESTON -- Gerald H. "Jelly" DeField, 75, of Charleston, died Thursday, May 2, 1991, at his home. He was born March 9, 1916 in the Buckeye community in Mississippi County, son of Edward David and Etna Hay DeField. He had lived in Charleston most of his life...
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FRANKLIN D. HERNANDEZ
(Obituary ~ 05/05/91)
MARBLE HILL -- Funeral service for Franklin D. Hernandez, 57, of Marble Hill, was held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Liley Funeral Chapel. Dr. John Englehart officiated. Burial was in Lessley Cemetery near Marble Hill. Hernandez was dead on arrival Thursday, May 2, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital...
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WILBERT DEWEY JONES
(Obituary ~ 05/05/91)
PATTON -- Wilbert Dewey Jones, 88, of Patton, died Friday, May 2, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 1, 1903, at Patton, son of Johnathan P. and Marcilla Statler Jones. On March 8, 1958, he married Shirley Lee Kirkpatrick. She survives...
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RUBY M. VERSEMANN
(Obituary ~ 05/05/91)
PERRYVILLE - Ruby Marie Versemann, 73, of Perryville, died Friday, May 3, 1991, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born March 6, 1918, at Uniontown, daughter of Gottfried and Hilda Herring Bock. She married Oliver H. Versemann June 15, 1957...
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CHARLES T. WATSON
(Obituary ~ 05/05/91)
BLOOMFIELD -- Charles Thomas Edison Watson, 44, of Bloomfield, died Friday, May 3, 1991, at Lucy Lee Hospital in Poplar Bluff. He was born March 6, 1947, at Bloomfield, son of Earl and Thelma Bolin Watson. He and the former Brenda Case were married Aug. 19, 1967...
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MARGARET E. BOSWELL
(Obituary ~ 05/05/91)
Mrs. Margaret E. Boswell, 67, 1127 N. Spanish, died Saturday, May 4, 1991, at her home. She was born July 2, 1923, at Blodgett, daughter of Ben Wade and Flora McDowell Snider. She and Bill G. Boswell were married Dec. 22, 1944, at Jackson. Boswell was a member of VFW Auxiliary 3838, and SEMO Boosters Club...
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CELE STREIFF
(Obituary ~ 05/05/91)
MOREHOUSE -- Mrs. Cele Streiff, 85, of Morehouse, died Friday, May 3, 1991, at Miner Nursing Center. She was born April 2, 1906, in Truman, Ark., daughter of James Joseph and Mary Helen Holmes Potter. Streiff was a photographer, and owned and operated Sikeston Portrait Studio. She was a member of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints...
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LUCINDA WREN
(Obituary ~ 05/05/91)
CHARLESTON -- Mrs. Lucinda Wren, 90, of Charleston, died Wednesday, May 1, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Aug. 13, 1900, in Senatobia, Miss., daughter of Steve and Ida Green Jackson. Survivors include a son, Jesse, address unknown; three daughters, Mary Jackson of Charleston, Louise Moss of Crenshaw, Miss., Johnnie Wagner of East St. ...
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VIOLA C. NEVILLE
(Obituary ~ 05/05/91)
SCOTT CITY -- Mrs. Viola Catherine Neville, 77, of Scott City, died Friday, May 3, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Feb. 13, 1914, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Robert and Laura Shrader Niemeyer. She married Robert A. Neville in 1930...
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MINOR QUAKE HITS BOOTHEEL
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
NEW MADRID -- A minor earthquake along the New Madrid Fault Friday rattled dishes on tables and pictures on walls but apparently caused little damage and no injuries, authorities said The National Earthquake Information Center in Denver said the tremor measured 4.6 on the Richter scale. Center spokesman John Minsch said the quake, which registered at 8:19 p.m., was centered 10 miles west of New Madrid...
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COUNCIL TO CONSIDER DOWNTOWN PAVILION
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
Downtown merchants plan to build an open-air pavilion in the parking lot at Independence and Main Streets near Hutson's Furniture. Charles McGinty Jr., president of the Greater Downtown Merchants Association, said: "It is to look something like an old train station with big, wooden posts and some little brick walkways. We plan to have a nice flag pole and park benches. It will be a nice little focal point for the area."...
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BOND PUTS ROADS BILL FORWARD; SENATOR SAYS FAIR STATE FUNDING VITAL
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
SIKESTON - U.S. Sen. Christopher Bond made a stop in Sikeston Saturday afternoon to tout legislation he is sponsoring this year that he says will stop the "highway robbery" that has plagued Missouri. Bond charged that the present formula for distributing federal gas-tax money to the states penalizes Missouri to the point that it receives only about 85 cents for every dollar paid in. He said Missouri is one of 19 states that receives a disproportionate share of federal highway funds...
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REACTIONS TO TAX PLANS MIXED; THE FUNDING DILEMMA IN HIGHER EDUCATION
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
(First in a series) The largest tax-hike proposal in Missouri history one that has ballooned from $456 million in the Senate to nearly $800 million in the House has received both plaudits and ridicule. The House has proposed a $750 million tax package that provides about $300 million each for higher education and elementary and secondary education. The House bill, as now amended, also includes $150 million to provide health and social services for the poor, elderly and disabled...
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SERIES EXPLORES PROS AND CONS OF HIGHER-EDUCATION FUNDING
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
Money matters. It matters to educators, students, lawmakers, businesses and taxpayers, and it's at the heart of a funding dilemma in higher education in Missouri. The Southeast Missourian today begins a weeklong series that explores the funding dilemma...
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ASHCROFT SAYS NOT TO PROPOSAL
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
Gov. John Ashcroft is encouraging Missouri House members to reject a massive tax increase package they are debating, and instead adopt a smaller $150 million package proposed by a group of House Republicans. Ashcroft said the smaller plan, which includes some basic education reforms, would be a better substitute for Senate Bill 353, which has a $462 million tax package, instead of one proposed by Speaker Bob Griffin that has been amended to the point of being nearly a $750 million tax increase...
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TOURIST INTEREST INCREASING SAY OFFICIALS
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
Tourist interest in Cape Girardeau this year already is apparently showing an increase over 1990, says Convention and Visitors Bureau Director Lyn Muzzy. By the end of April, tourism inquiries about Cape Girardeau had totalled about 1,100, Muzzy said. That compares to about 1,770 for all of 1990...
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EDUCATION, LEGISLATION, TAXES
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
The Missouri General Assembly is looking at a major tax hike to increase state funding for higher education and elementary and secondary schools. The Senate bill would provide $248 million for higher education and $184 million for elementary and secondary schools. The House bill would provide about $300 million each for higher education, and elementary and secondary education...
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SOUTHEAST BOARD OF REGENTS TO ELECT OFFICERS, CONSIDER ACTIVITY FEE HIKE
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
Two new members of the Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents will be sworn in Tuesday when the board meets. The regents also will consider a student activity fee authorized by the university's Student Government, a proposed new academic program, a master of science in nursing degree, and a number of resolutions...
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UNIVERSITY WILL WELCOME GODWIN HOME
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
Southeast Missouri State University will "welcome home" astronaut Linda Godwin during graduation ceremonies next weekend. The university alumna recently returned from a mission aboard the space shuttle Atlantis. Godwin, a 1974 graduate, will present brief remarks at commencement exercises at 3 p.m. May 11 at the Show Me Center. Godwin will return to Southeast President Kala Stroup a specially commissioned university banner taken aboard the shuttle in April...
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HORIZON MANUFACTURING INC. MOVING TO LARGER QUARTERS
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
Horizon Manufacturing, Inc., a supplier of audio cables and accessories to the music industry, is expanding its operations in Cape Girardeau. Horizon, founded in June of 1990, will move to a 30,000-square-foot building, at 230 N. Spring St., more than doubling the firm's current 14,000-square-foot space...
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DRIVE THROUGH. PICK UP. DROP OFF.
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
You can cash a check, pick up dinner and drinks, rent a movie, drop off your dry cleaning and film, get a prescription filled, buy doughnuts for breakfast, and bring home a dozen roses without ever leaving your car. It's becoming a drive-through world; convenience is the name of the game...
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SOME THINGS NEED TO BE SUSTAINED, NOT CHANGED
(Column ~ 05/05/91)
Trailing arbutus, trillium, old-fashioned hollyhock do they have anything in common? I know the first two are on the endangered list, or protected list, however you want to put it. But old-fashioned, single-petaled hollyhocks with luminescent blossoms in rainbow shades on majestic stalks that reach toward the summer skies? That old, chicken yard, barnyard, hog pen flower? It needs to be protected? I'm beginning to think it does...
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GOOD NEWS OVERSHADOWS THE BAD ON REGION'S ECONOMIC FRONT
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
There was some bad news, and some good news on the Cape Girardeau County economic front during the first quarter of 1991. The bad news was that four businesses closed between Jan. 1 and March 16, with a loss of 49 jobs. The good news, however, was that 24 new businesses, and a half-dozen expansions of existing industry, added 178 jobs to the county's employment rolls...
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UNEMPLOYMENT COUNTY-BY-COUNTY
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
Following are unemployment rates for counties in Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois, with March figures first, followed by February figures and March of 1990 figures. Southeast Missouri Bollinger: 12.0, 13.4, 9.9. Butler: 8.4, 8.4, 7.8. Cape Girardeau: 4.6, 5.3, 4.0...
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TRIP WINNER
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
JACKSON -- Wanda McAlister is a big winner in Y105 Radio's Workplace Sweepstakes contest. McAlister, an employee of the Capital Bank branch on Highway 61 East here, will receive a four-night trip to Las Vegas. Included in the prize is ground transportation to St. Louis Lambert Field by B.A.R.T., and round-trip air fare from St. Louis to Las Vegas...
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RECEIVES AWARD
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
Pharmacist Jim Crain of Cape Girardeau recently received the MSD Pharmacist Achievement Award, presented by Art Sobery of Merck Sharp and Dohme (MSD), the U.S. prescription drug division of Merck & Co. Crain, of The Medicine Shoppe, 864 Kingshighway, Cape Girardeau, was president of the Cape County Pharmacy Association from 1989-90...
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PEPSI WINNER
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
MILLERSVILLE -- Bonnie Luttrell of Millersville was a winner in a recent Pepsi-Cola contest. Luttrell picked the correct time and date that the first can of Pepsi would be filled on the company's new can line at Marion, Ill. The first can came off the line at 10:40 a.m., Monday, April 8, 1991...
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IN NEW POSITION
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
JACKSON -- Elizabeth H. Chastain has accepted a new position with the Hahn Co., headquartered in San Diego, Calif. Chastain, who previously served as marketing director and assistant manager at West Park Mall in Cape Girardeau, will be assistant manager of operations at the St. Clair Square Mall, a 1.2 million square foot shopping center with 136 stores. The mall, which is anchored by Dillards, Famous Barr, JCPenney, and Sears, is located in Fairview Heights, Ill...
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IN NEW POSITION
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
PERRYVILLE -- Loy Renaud has been named director of manufacturing for the BiltBest Windows/Advance Fabrication operation. Alex Swan, general manager of BiltBest Windows, announced Renaud's promotion recently. Renaud has been associated with the firm 18 years in a variety of staff and management positions. He was production manager before his recent promotion...
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COMPLETES COURSE
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
Dolores Ann Knapp, a registered radiologic technologist, recently attended a continuing education, "Teaching Course in Mammography," class, held in Washington, D.C. The course, approved for 20 hours of CME credit by the Medicine University of Missouri and St. Luke's Hospital Institute for Health Education, was designed for physicians and technologists involved in breast imaging...
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ATTENDS SEMINAR
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
Allen Clark of Route 3, Cape Girardeau, recently attended a national sales conference sponsored by Aid Association for Lutherans (AAL), a fraternal benefit society based in Appleton, Wis. Clark attended the AAL Executive Conference in Newport Beach, Calif. He qualified for the conference based on outstanding sales and service to AAL members during 1990, and was honored for excellence in fraternal service...
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GOLD-STAR RATING
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
JACKSON -- Members of the Aid Association for Lutherans (AAL) Branch 1621 of Jackson have received a gold-star rating by the fraternal benefit society in recognition of outstanding volunteer service in the community. AAL's 7,600 branches are ranked in eight performance categories. ...
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JOINS CAPE FIRM
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
Ron Parker of Cape Girardeau has joined Johnson Communications Service Inc., 1213 N. Kingshighway. As sales manager, he will develop a marketing program for cellular phone systems. The company sells and services OKI, NEC and Motorola mobile, portable and transportable cellular phones...
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ATTENDS MEETINGS
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
John E. Campbell, a partner in the Cape Girardeau firm of Kerber, Eck and Braeckel and a member of the Missouri State Board of Accountancy, recently returned from Washington, D.C., where he participated in two meetings sponsored by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA)...
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NAMED DIRECTOR
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
He will serve a three-year term. Meyer joined the university in 1965 and his main areas of expertise are Agricultural Economics, Animal Science, Dairy Science and Meat Science. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Missouri. In 1990, Meyer received the National Delta Tau Alpha Honor Society of Agriculture "National Outstanding Teacher Adviser" award...
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NEW CLOTHING STORE OPENS AT SCOTT CITY
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
SCOTT CITY -- Jeans & Things has opened in Scott City at 1302 Main St. Gay St. Mary of Scott City manages the store. The store has men's, women's and children's clothing from Lee, Levi, Jordache, Bugle Boy and other brand names. Both casual and formal apparel is available...
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TEL-LINK DESIGNATED NEW PUBLIC VAX AGENCY
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
Tel-Link of Cape Girardeau has been designated as a Public Fax International local agency. Public Fax, headquartered at Irvine, Calif., is a 7,000-member nationwide fax service. As a new agency for Public Fax, Tel-Link can offer more than just a "fax-to-fax" service. Local businesses and residents can use the network to send fax mail to people who are without fax machines of their own...
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INCOME DOWN
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
TOLEDO -- Dana Corporation reported a steep drop in net income for the first quarter of 1991, going down to $2.1 million from $23.1 million in 1990. Net income per common share went from 56 cents to five cents. Chairman Southwood J. Morcott said the state of U.S. and global economies and the general decline in the automotive market was the primary reason for the drop in income...
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NET INCOME UP
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
ST. LOUIS Mercantile Bancorporation reported a 26.8 percent increase in net income in the first quarter of 1991. The year's figures, $15.3 million, compare with $12 million a year ago. Net charge-offs more than doubled, going from $7 million to $15.5 million so far this year. Mercantile's chairman Thomas Jacobsen attributed it to "the latter stages of a continued shake-out in the commercial real estate market...
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P & G REPORT
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
CINCINNATI -- The Procter & Gamble Company announced this week that net earnings for the January-March quarter were $424 million, an increase of 5 percent over the $404 million during the same quarter year ago. Net earnings per share were $1.16, up from the $1.14 earnings per share a year ago...
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10TH ANNIVERSARY
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
Paul and Marilyn Schnare of Cape Girardeau, owners of Accu-Grow Gardens and Florist, celebrated the firm's 10th anniversary April 27 with several promotions. The business is located at 1110 N. Cape Rock Dr. The event featured a live remote radio broadcast, sale prices, a potting table and face painting for children, refreshments and several door prizes, said Ann Rees, florist manager...
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EARNINGS DOWN
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
ST. LOUIS Union Electric Co. earnings for the first quarter of 1991 were reported at $31.5 million, or 31 cents a share. These figures are down from 1990 first quarter earnings of $37.4 million or 37 cents a share. Earnings for the 12 months ending March 31, 1991, were $2.687 a share, unchanged from a year ago...
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COMPLETES PROJECT
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
David Blattner has completed remodeling work on the second level of the building at 1606 Independence Street in Cape Girardeau. "We have three office spaces available now," he said. "Each one has between 700 and 800 square feet available. Two have access to a kitchenette."...
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BARBECUE SAUCE FIRM UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
HORNERSVILLE -- Wicker's Barbecue Marinade & Baste, a vinegar-based cooking sauce operation at Hornersville, is under new ownership. Wicker's Food Products, Inc. was recently purchased by six people, ranging from New York to Santa Barbara, Calif. "We'll keep the operation at Hornersville," said Dr. ...
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INSURANCE HONORS
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
Lyle Hutteger, of The Equitable Financial Companies, insurance and investment products, in Cape Girardeau has been named "Life Underwriter of the Year." Hutteger's honor came during the recent Missouri Association of Life Underwriters State Convention, held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel at Union Station in St. Louis...
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LABOR MEETING
(Local News ~ 05/05/91)
The Southeast Missouri Area Labor-Management Cooperation Committee Inc. will hold its regular meeting Thursday at Drury Lodge, at 7:30 p.m. Representataives of the Cape Girardeau office of the Missouri Worker's Compensation Division, will be on hand to discuss recent changes in the Worker's Compensation Laws...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 05/05/91)
I REMEMBER WHEN we didn't have the floodwall. It was very peaceful to sit on the riverbank listening to the river and watching an occasional barge come by. You could see the river coming down Broadway without looking through a gate opening. Our river town was destroyed by this wall. ...
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