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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: K'S MERCHANDISE PLANS GRAND OPENING
(Business ~ 10/14/96)
A grand opening celebration will be held at K's Merchandise this week. Official grand opening festivities start Wednesday evening when K's Merchandise hosts a Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce VIP party, for chamber members and their guests. The festivities will continue Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the store's main entrance...
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MEMO: CAREER DAY PROGRAM
(Business ~ 10/14/96)
A local Edward D. Jones office, 1709-I Independence, will participate in Jones' National Career Day Oct. 20. The event will feature a program to be broadcast live over the company's satellite network, exploring opportunities and challenges offered by a career with Edward Jones...
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BRIDGE CONNECTING THEBES, SCOTT CITY RECEIVES NEW RAILS
(Local News ~ 10/14/96)
New rail plates were laid along the track while railroad machine operators drive cars that pull rail spikes. Railroad rail gang member David Duncan used an acetylene torch to cut a section of rail to be lifted and replaced. Union Pacific Track Supervisor Gilbert Salsa gave hand signals to a crane operator while he guided a section of old rail from the track on the Thebes railroad bridge. Both tracks on the bridge are being replaced with heaver rail...
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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: SHOE CARNIVAL TO OPEN SATURDAY
(Business ~ 10/14/96)
Shoe Carnival, a business that has been around almost a decade providing footwear for the entire family, will open in Cape Girardeau Saturday. The new store will occupy 12,000 square feet in Cape West Business Park, in a strip center on Siemers Drive...
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MEMO: MINING AWARD
(Business ~ 10/14/96)
The Golden Gate Division of Ralston Purina's Olmsted Mines in Pulaski County has won the non-coal category in the 1996 Illinois Mined Land Reclamation Awards. The clay mining and processing plant near Olmsted, has an innovative waste earth and rock disposal plan, which generates income to offset stripping costs. By selective placement of the waste, site drainage has improved, allowing the area to be used for agriculture...
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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: NEW BUSINESS OPENS
(Business ~ 10/14/96)
Shipping Utilities Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, has opened a new Hysater Lift Truck Service facility in Cape Girardeau. The new company, at 1477 N. Kinghighway, provides a number of services, including lift truck rental, fleet management, equipment repair and a full range of Hyster replacement parts...
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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: NEW LAW OFFICE OPENS
(Business ~ 10/14/96)
Kenneth A. Albrecht has opened a new law firm in Cape Girardeau. "I am currently a member of the Missouri Bar and will be admitted to the Illinois Bar next month," said Albrecht. Albrecht's new office is located at 1606 Independence St., Suite 3-A. Albrecht, a graduate of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Law School, has practiced law in Cape Girardeau since January...
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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: JEWELRY, PAWN SHOP MOVES
(Business ~ 10/14/96)
Cape Jewelry and Pawn Shop has moved to 300 N. Kingshighway, at the corner of Kingshighway and Bessie.
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PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 10/14/96)
Marsha Elfrink has joined Hutson's Furniture in downtown Cape Girardeau as a sales representative. Elfrink, of Cape Girardeau, is experienced in interior design and furniture sales. --- Bill Mara of is new manager at the Cape Girardeau Kmart store. ---...
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MEMO: COMING UP
(Business ~ 10/14/96)
Tuesday Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's Business After Hours, 5 to 6:30 p.m., Cape Girardeau Country Club. October 22 West Cape Merchants Association meeting, Dumplin's, 5:30 p.m. Downtown Merchants Association meeting, Port Cape Girardeau Restaurant, 5:30 p.m...
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MEMO: BUSINESS COUNSELING
(Business ~ 10/14/96)
The Small Business Development Center will conduct counseling sessions in four areas this month. The counselor, Gil Degenhardt, will be available Oct. 23, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce office. The counseling sessions (about one hour) are free. Call 335-3312 for appointment...
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MEMO: NEW AIRPORT TIMES, RATES
(Business ~ 10/14/96)
Evening arrival and departure times have been changed at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. Flights from St. Louis will arrive at 5:45 p.m., Monday through Friday, instead of the previous 7 p.m., and departures will be at 6:30 p.m.., instead of the previous 7:20 p.m...
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MEMO: PLANT ELIMINATED
(Business ~ 10/14/96)
Workers at the Roadmaster bicycle factory in Delavan, Wis. have been informed the plant's new owner, Brunswick Corp., plans to close the plant, eliminating about 450 jobs. Plant manager Bob Guinn said workers were told in meetings last week that Brunswick, based in Lake Forest, Ill., plans shift production to its factory in Olney, Ill...
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MEMO: NOMINATIOKNS SOUGHT
(Business ~ 10/14/96)
The St. Louis District Office of the Small Business Administration is seeking nominations throughout Eastern Missouri for "Small Business Person of the Year, '97," and Small Business Advocates in various business categories. Winners will be named during special activities at the 34th annual celebration of National Small Business June 1-7, 1997...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: CARDS NO STRANGERS ON TRAIL TO THE WORLD SERIES
(Business ~ 10/14/96)
It's been a while since the St. Louis baseball Cardinals have been involved in post-season playoff series, but that position is not an unusual one for the Red Birds. The Cardinals are rich with post-season tradition -- 15 National League pennants and nine World Series championships...
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MEMO: SS REPAYMENTS
(Business ~ 10/14/96)
The Social Security Administration, Washington D.C., has pledged to speed repayments to the remainder of 700,000 Americans who have been shortchanged $850 million due to a computer programming error. The agency already has paid out more than $350 million to people identified in a 1994 review begun after The Associated Press reported that some 400,000 Social Security recipients were owed money...
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MEMO: UNEMPLOYMENT EDGES UP
(Business ~ 10/14/96)
Unemployment in the U.S. edged up slightly in September to 5.2 percent. The weaker-than-expected jobs report sent Wall Street soaring to a record high as investors became convinced the Federal Reserve will not have to raise interest rates. Economists said last week's surprisingly weak jobs report would strengthen the hand of Federal Reserve Board members who have been opposing any hike in interest rates on the grounds that the economy was already slowing on its own...
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WHY DID THE SNAKE CROSS THE SHAWNEE FOREST ROAD?
(Local News ~ 10/14/96)
WOLF LAKE, Ill. -- The term "snake migration" might be a little misleading if you think of it in terms of thundering herds of wildebeest or bison. Snakes are much quieter. In fact, the fall snake migration at the Shawnee National Forest is so quiet many people who are right in the middle step right over it -- or right on it, said Raymond Smith, Shawnee National Forest wildlife biologist and botanist...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, SHAOXING BECOME SISTERS TODAY
(Local News ~ 10/14/96)
After two years of travel between the United States and China, Cape Girardeau will become Shaoxing's sister city in a ceremony today. Four Chinese officials and several local dignitaries are expected to attend the event, scheduled for 11:30 a.m. at the Robert A. Dempster Hall. The Sister City Agreement states that both cities will cooperate in the areas of economy, trade, culture, education, science, technology and urban construction...
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WHAT ARE STATE OFFICIALS WORTH
(Local News ~ 10/14/96)
How much should Missouri's state elected officials and judges be paid? The answer rests with a citizens commission that will develop a pay plan setting the salaries for everyone from the state's governor to its trial judges. The legislature can veto the plan, but it can't change it...
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CANDIDATES FACE-OFF ON 8TH DISTRICT ISSUES
(Local News ~ 10/14/96)
Four of the five candidates for the 8th Congressional District seat squared off in Cape Girardeau Sunday afternoon. About 150 area residents attended the 90-minute debate on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. It was co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters and the university's Student Government Association...
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LIBRARY RECEIVES $45,700 FROM STATE
(Local News ~ 10/14/96)
A $45,700 grant through the Secretary of State's Office will mean a better automation system for Cape Girardeau Public Library. Secretary of State Bekki Cook announced the grant, one of three awarded in the state. "An upgraded system will enable the library in Cape Girardeau to maintain high-quality service to clients," Cook said. "Libraries play an increasingly important role in providing citizens of this state access to information, and automation is a key to that access."...
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CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE: SHOPPING HAS ITS RULES NOT TO BE FOLLOWED
(Column ~ 10/14/96)
Denial may be a stronger economic force than a buy one, get one free sale. My friend Tina and I went shopping the other morning. Tina needed a new purse, I needed black shoes, and we both knew we'd be heading home with considerably more loot than a purse and a pair of black flats, so we were very happy...
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SNAKES MIGRATE FOR THE HEAT
(Local News ~ 10/14/96)
Snakes migrate because they are unable to generate their own heat. Their bodies, just like mammals and birds, need to be warm to work well, but unlike mammals and birds, snakes, lizards and alligators must absorb their heat from the outside. If a reptile is cold, it is inactive...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 10/14/96)
Help with scared horse I'D LIKE to thank some people who helped me this afternoon. I'd like to thank all who helped round up a frightened horse Monday between Scott City and Chaffee. Thank you, Mr. H., for allowing me to use your phone. Thank you to the lady in the white car, the gentleman in the white truck and the gentleman in the orange crew cab, to Sean for retrieving the horse by using a bucket of feed, and to my daughter. ...
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MISSOURI WATCH: LIMITING OFFICEHOLDERS' TERMS ALSO LIMITS THE RIGHTS OF THE PUBLIC
(Column ~ 10/14/96)
If the courts allow present language to remain in a proposed constitutional amendment on term limits, Missourians will henceforth be handed ballots that purport to give a congressional candidate's view on a single public issue. The language being proposed for what will be labeled Constitutional Amendment No. 9 on the November general election ballot is nothing short of absurd, not to mention demeaning to the intelligence of responsible voters in our state...
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MISSOURIANA
(Column ~ 10/14/96)
Bill Clinton says he wants to build a bridge to the 21st century, but he probably should concentrate on just getting across the Whitewater River. Margaret Kelly says she could save taxpayers nearly $400 million is she's elected governor. That's what she was supposed to do as state auditor...
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RATING THE JUDGES
(Editorial ~ 10/14/96)
The Missouri Bar's rating of merit-selected judges prior to the Nov. 5 elections provides a needed service to Missouri voters. Other than the few people who ever come in contact with the Missouri Supreme Court or the Missouri Court of Appeals, Missouri voters have no way of knowing whether the judges are doing a good job and should be retained...
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HAZING PARTICIPANTS TELL STORY
(Editorial ~ 10/14/96)
Two former members of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, which is banned from Southeast Missouri State University because of a hazing that took the life of a pledge in February 1994, recently expressed their thoughts on Greek life and hazing before 200 Greek hopefuls at the university...
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ON THE STREET
(Local News ~ 10/14/96)
This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "How do you feel about making Broadway a one-way street?" Robert England, Cape Girardeau "I don't think it's a very good suggestion. You always have so much traffic going up and down it. It's such a huge street. I think the only reason they want to do it is because teen-agers block it up on Friday and Saturday night."...
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JANETTE OLIVER
(Obituary ~ 10/14/96)
ANNISTON -- Janette Oliver, 62, of Anniston died Saturday, Oct. 12, 1996, at the Dexter Memorial Hospital. She was born June 11, 1934, in Shelbyville, Tenn., daughter of the Thomas Melvin and Beatrice Price. She was a U.S. Air Force veteran and member of the Elm Street Baptist Church in Charleston...
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GERALD A. GLASTETTER
(Obituary ~ 10/14/96)
DENVER -- Gerald Andrew Glastetter, 51, of Denver died Saturday, Oct. 12, 1996, at the St. Anthony Central Hospital in Denver. He was born Dec. 24, 1945, in Cape Girardeau, son of William and Bertha Backfisch Glastetter, who survive him. He was employed as a chef at various Denver restaurants and a former member of St. Augustine Catholic Church in Kelso...
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F. AUGUST BOLLINGER
(Obituary ~ 10/14/96)
MARQUAND -- F. August Bollinger, 65, of Marquand died Sunday, Oct. 13, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 12, 1931, near Glen Allen, the son of Floyd and Audra Z. Rickman Bollinger. Bollinger was of the Baptist faith...
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CAMILLA F. SEYER
(Obituary ~ 10/14/96)
CHAFFEE -- Camilla F. Seyer, 78, of Chaffee died Saturday, Oct. 12, 1996, at the Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born Jan. 31, 1918, in Kelso, the daughter of Robert and Bertha Schoen Georger. She married William P. Seyer on April 24, 1946. Seyer was a retired dietary supervisor, having worked at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau for 16 years. She was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Chaffee, the Daughters of St. Ambrose and the Chaffee V.F.W. Auxiliary 3127...
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JACK E. KOMIS
(Obituary ~ 10/14/96)
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Jack Edward Komis, 53, of Washington died Friday, Oct. 11, 1996, at Washington Center Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Ford & Sons Mount Auburn Chapel.
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GRACE TERBRAK
(Obituary ~ 10/14/96)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Grace Terbrak, 72, of Dongola died Saturday, Oct. 12, 1996, at the City Care Center in Cobden. Friends may call from 5-9 p.m. today and until 1 p.m. Tuesday at Crain Funeral Home in Dongola. The funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Kenneth Mixen officiating. Burial will follow in Friendship Cemetery...
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ELIZABETH F. BROWN
(Obituary ~ 10/14/96)
ULLIN, Ill. -- Elizabeth F. Brown, 88, of Ullin died Sunday, Oct. 13, 1996, at her home. She was born March 26, 1908, in Pulaski, the daughter of George W. and Lillie Mae Kiefer Rife. She was married to Cecil Brown, who preceded her in death on March 6, 1968...
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MEETING TODAY TARGETS WELFARE
(Local News ~ 10/14/96)
The ROWEL Education Association and the Campaign to Reward Work will conduct an informational meeting at 8:30 a.m. today at the Teamsters Local 574, 429 Broadview in Cape Girardeau. ROWEL Executive Director Jeanette Mott Oxford will lead a discussion on how changes in welfare laws on the Nov. 5 general election ballot will impact Missouri families...
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JOEL A. RAINES
(Obituary ~ 10/14/96)
WHITEWATER -- Joel Aaron Raines, the infant son of Kevin Charles and Sharon Kathleen Houar Raines of Whitewater, died Saturday, Oct. 12, 1996, at St. Louis Children's Hospital. He was born Sept. 2, 1996, in St. Louis. He was a member of the Immaculate Conception Church in Jackson...
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