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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: NEW COMIC STORE OWNERS, NEW NAME
(Business ~ 11/18/96)
"Mo Better Comics" has a new name and new owners. Ken and Deneke' Murphy of Cape Girardeau have purchased the full-service comic book and specialty shop at 1030 Broadway and changed the name to "Marvels & Legends." The new business, which buys, sells and trades comics, is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday...
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BUSINESS MEMO: DRURY INN NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN KENTUCKY
(Business ~ 11/18/96)
Construction is under way on a new Drury Inn hotel at Bowling Green, Ky. The hotel is owned and developed by Druco Inc. and will be operated by the Drury Inns Inc., headquartered at St. Louis. The new 137-room hotel will open in the fall. Drury Inns operate more than 85 Drury Inns, Pear Tree Inns by Drury, Thrifty Inns, Hampton Inns and Holiday Inn Express hotels in 14 states...
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MISSOURI HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION NAMES WENTE CHAIRMAN-ELECT
(Local News ~ 11/18/96)
James W. Wente, administrator of Southeast Missouri Hospital, has been elected chairman-elect of the Missouri Hospital Association (MHA). As chairman-elect, Wente will join the executive team that travels to Washington twice a year to discuss pertinent health care and legislative issues with Missouri's congressional delegation...
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FIRM CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY
(Local News ~ 11/18/96)
Hillin and Clark, a certified public accounting firm, is observing its 25th anniversary. The firm, founded by James Hillin in 1971, moved to its offices at 1917 William in 1978. When the firm started, it consisted of Hillin and two employees. In 1979, Dwayne Clark became a partner, and the named was changed to Hillin & Clark, P.C...
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SATELLITE SALES SOAR; SYSTEMS OFFER MORE BANG FOR BUCK
(Local News ~ 11/18/96)
The 18-inch satellite Dish Network is one of the popular small satellite receiver dishes that can be mounted on the side of a house instead of a pole in the yard. Home satellite systems are becoming more and more popular, especially in rural areas. Many in the business say it's because they're economical, convenient and entertaining...
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BUSINESS MEMO: BRAILLE MENUS AVAILABLE AT EL CHICO RESTAURANTS
(Business ~ 11/18/96)
El Chico Restaurants Inc. now offers a Braille menu to serve visually impaired patrons. The 19-page menu is spiral-bound and contains the complete El Chico menu. The menu is produced by a Braille printer, who happens to be visually impaired, in Tallahassee, Fla., and is available in more than 100 El Chico facilities in the United States...
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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: `KENNEY LEE, JEWELER' OPENS IN CAPE
(Business ~ 11/18/96)
"Kenny Lee, Jeweler," a service center for the repair of jewelry and watches, has opened in Broadview Plaza, 121 S. Broadview. The new business offers a full-range of services, including battery replacement, adjustments and complete watch repair, and complete jewelry service, including sizing, soldering, custom setting and other repairs, said Kenny Lee, owner of the business...
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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: RESTAURANTS CLOSE, OTHERS WILL OPEN
(Business ~ 11/18/96)
At least two new restaurants, possibly a third, are making plans to enter the Cape Girardeau market. Locations for the new eating places range from downtown Cape Girardeau to Kingshighway to near Interstate 55. More later. Meanwhile, three Cape Girardeau area restaurants closed recently closed -- Mr. B's Waffles and Deli, 97 N. Kingshighway and Dumplin's HRH, 274 S. Mount Auburn Road and Woodard's Regional Diner at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport...
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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: NEW OFFICE PRODUCTS NAME ANNOUNCED
(Business ~ 11/18/96)
Gary Strauss, marketplace president, announced recently that the company has changed its name to IKON Office Solutions. "We're a unified network, capable of providing technologically advanced office solutions," said Strauss. "Through this name change, and into the future, the same dedicated IKON (I Know One Name) employees will continue to serve your office equipment needs."...
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BUSINESS MEMO: MONTHLY MSCPA SEMINARS ON TAP AT UNIVERSITY
(Business ~ 11/18/96)
The Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants (MSCPA) will conduct monthly interactive course telecasts at Southeast Missouri State University. The local university is one of four sites selected for the monthly seminars, which will feature topics of interest to area accounting professionals seeking continuing Professional Education Credits...
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BUSINESS MEMO: HEALTHSOUTH IS FIRST PROVIDER IN ALL 50 STATES
(Business ~ 11/18/96)
HealthSouth Corp. has become the first health care provider to operate in all 50 states. HealthSouth recently acquired an outpatient rehabilitation center in its 50th state, at Grand Forks, N.D. The corporation has more than 1,000 locations. HealthSouth provides diagnostic, ambulatory surgical, occupational medicine and rehabilitative health-care services to 50,000 patients a day. ...
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BUSINESS MEMO: MAY DEPARTMENT STORES REPORTS THAT EARNINGS UP
(Business ~ 11/18/96)
ST. LOUIS -- May Department Stores Inc. has reported a 14.4 percent drop in net earnings after the spin-off of its Payless ShoeSource chain. But for continuing operations, the St. Louis-based retailer's earnings rose 7.3 percent compared to a year ago...
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BUSINESS MEMO: BAD NEWS FOR NETWORKS FOR ELECTION NIGHT NUMBERS
(Business ~ 11/18/96)
NEW YORK -- The final Election Night numbers are in for television networks, and they're about as bad as they were for Bob Dole. ABC, CBS and NBC had a combined 24 rating and 39 share for their election coverage from 7 to 11 p.m., according to Nielsen Media Research...
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BUSINESS MEMO: SCHNUCKS ROLLING OUT LINE OF LOW-FAT BAKERY PRODUCTS
(Business ~ 11/18/96)
Schnucks Markets Inc. is rolling out a new line of low-fat and sugar-free bakery products under its "Healthy Living" private label. Seven new products have been introduced in Schnucks' 91 stores, including two Schnuck stores in Cape Girardeau. The new products are apple crumb coffee cake, pineapple orange loaf cake, banana nut loaf cake, iced brownings, poppy almond muffins, blueberry muffins and angel food cake...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: LOOK FOR MORE CONSTRUCTION IN CAPE GIRARDEAU
(Business ~ 11/18/96)
The construction industry in Cape Girardeau continues to advance. Total October construction activity in the city was more than double October totals of 1995, and construction for the year is up about $600,000. October totals were reported at $4,084,280, compared to the nearly $1.9 million last October, according to the Cape Girardeau City Permit Office...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 11/18/96)
Leslie Hueter has joined the staff at Elite Travel Inc., 354 S. Silver Springs Road. Hueter of Jackson has more than 20 years experience in customer service and has traveled worldwide. Phillip D. Kelley of Perryville has joined Capital Insurance & Associates, 107 S. Broadview, in Cape Girardeau...
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CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS GETTING HEAD START
(Local News ~ 11/18/96)
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Cape Girardeau, and retailers are looking forward to the next 37 days. The Christmas countdown is on again -- today it's 37 shopping days and counting. The nation's retailers are already hearing the jingle of cash registers as shoppers hit their favorite stores in an early start to the holiday shopping season...
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JACKSON MAKES PLANS TO ANNEX NEW SCHOOL
(Local News ~ 11/18/96)
JACKSON -- Annexation of the new south-side elementary school would mean a more efficient sewage system and better fire protection for the school and more utility customers for the city, officials say. Superintendent Dr. Howard Jones and the Jackson Board of Aldermen city board have been discussing the annexation since before the $7.8 million capital improvement bond financing the school was passed. ...
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VETERANS RECALL EXPERIENCES OF HARASSMENT
(Local News ~ 11/18/96)
When Lillian Burgfeld joined the Women's Army Corps in 1942, the phrase "sexual harassment" didn't mean much to her. Burgfeld, who now lives in Cape Girardeau, was 28 years old and worked at a Chicago munitions plant while her infantryman husband served in Europe. She took a leave of absence to join thousands of other Wacs supporting the boys overseas...
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CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE: READING TOO MUCH INTO THE DATING SCENE
(Column ~ 11/18/96)
Trust me on this one: Never try to pick up men in the self-help section of your local bookstore. Tina called. She and Pookie are history. "Ancient history," she says. "Ancient, bloody, tragic history." Translation: She got dumped. For a legal secretary named Beth who just happens to be a redhead. Pookie, as it turns out, is nuts for red hair. He kept nagging Tina to color hers, but she's happy as a (natural) ash blonde...
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MISSOURI WATCH: ELECTIONS: WHAT ARE THEY GOOD FOR?
(Column ~ 11/18/96)
Taxpayers shell out millions and millions of dollars for federal and state elections, yet after the winners and losers are determined, few of us pay any attention to what the results mean and what they might tell us about the conduct of public policy in the future. The public's response to its inattention to details is usually: what difference does it make?...
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TIF ALTERNATIVE PROTECTS FUTURE FUNDING FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS
(Editorial ~ 11/18/96)
Concerned that a tax increment finance district -- otherwise known as a TIF -- would put Cape Girardeau and Jackson public school revenue at risk, the Interstate 55 Corridor TIF Commission has wisely backed away from a plan to form such a district. Instead, Cape Girardeau County, Cape Girardeau city and Jackson officials have come up with what they believe is a better plan to finance infrastructure improvements in commercial areas along Interstate 55...
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WAR MEDALS HONOR AN AREA HERO
(Editorial ~ 11/18/96)
The touching story of the Kanell family's war medals and how they found their way last week to the Missouri History Museum at the Jefferson Memorial in St. Louis is one that every American should know. It begins with a young soldier giving his life for his comrades, a family caring for the prestigious medals for decades and, finally, a surviving son giving them up so that the nation would know of his fallen brother...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 11/18/96)
THE STORY of the log house on south Frederick was interesting. I think it would be a great idea if they could save the log house, remove the logs and transfer them to the new Washington Park near the Old Lorimier Cemetery and rebuild the log house. That would remind our younger generation and visitors of our past history. Save the logs...
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LETTERS: A CHANGE OF HEART?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/18/96)
To the editor: Imagine my surprise in reading your newspaper Friday morning and finding articles reporting two more Clinton administration's foreign-policy flip-flops only nine days after President Clinton's re-election. Surely our president would not reverse his commitment to withdraw our soldiers from Bosnia. And can it be true that this administration would send America's finest to Zaire after saying for months that we would not do so?...
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KEEPING CAPE SAFE
(Local News ~ 11/18/96)
Creating a better place to live by making a safer place to live is the goal of the Cape Girardeau Safe Communities Program. "Anytime a community gets involved, anytime a community takes good, positive action, there are going to be some good, positive results," said Sharee Galnore, the program's coordinator...
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HOSPITALS FOCUSING ON HEALTH CLUB BENEFITS
(Local News ~ 11/18/96)
A relationship with a health care institution is the future of health clubs, says Bill Logan, Fitness & Wellness coordinator at St. Francis Medical Center. Approximately 10 percent of health clubs nationwide now are affiliated with hospitals. "It's really exploded in the last two to three years," Logan said...
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JACKSON BOARD OF ALDERMEN
(Local News ~ 11/18/96)
7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18. Public Hearings A) Hearing to consider a rezoning of a portion of property along North High Street from R-2 (Single-Family Residential) to C-2 (General Commercial) as submitted by John Crites. B) Hearing to consider the rezoning of a portion of property along Old Cape Road East, owned by Craftsman Independent Union Health, Welfare and Hospitalization Fund from I-1 (Light Industrial) to C-2 (General Commercial) as submitted by Robert Harrison...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU SCHOOL BOARD
(Local News ~ 11/18/96)
Monday, Nov. 18 6 p.m., Central Junior High cafeteria Action items a. Approval of master plan b. Selection of architect c. Selection of bond counsel d. Board policies for adoption e. Fund transfer f. Appoint committee to review attendance boundaries...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU CITY COUNCIL
(Local News ~ 11/18/96)
Cape Girardeau City Council Monday, Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m. Public Hearings Request of Scott M. Rhodes, Mark E. Rhodes and Kelly S. Holloway to rezone 1110 N. Cape Rock from R-1 to R-2 and to obtain a special-use permit for a community unit plan. Consent Ordinances...
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METROPOLIS CLOSES SCHOOL AFTER TEACHERS BECOME SICK
(Local News ~ 11/18/96)
METROPOLIS, Ill. -- Potluck turned to bad luck for 23 teachers at the Metropolis Middle School Thursday who came down with food poisoning after a faculty lunch. A smoked turkey that had not been cooked sufficiently was blamed for sending all but two of the school's teachers to bed rest or the hospital the next day. The faculty had participated in a potluck lunch, and the only teachers not affected were the two who did not eat the turkey...
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ELDON CLUTTS
(Obituary ~ 11/18/96)
CARBONDALE -- Eldon Clutts, 85, of Carbondale died Saturday, Nov. 16, 1996, at his home. He was born Oct. 15, 1911, in Grand Tower, Ill., the son of William and Gertrude Hagler Clutts. He married Mildred M. Clutts Jan. 16, 1933, in Jonesboro. She died April 12, 1994...
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SHELBY C. CROW
(Obituary ~ 11/18/96)
DEXTER -- Shelby Chalmer Crow, 82, of Dexter died Saturday, Nov. 16, 1996, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. He was born on April 23, 1914, near Bernie, the son of Grover and Rosie McCain Crow. On Oct. 20, 1934, he married Geneva Harrellson in Kennett. Crow was a lifelong resident of the Bernie and Dexter communities and was engaged in farming...
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VESTER M. STEWARD
(Obituary ~ 11/18/96)
ANNISTON -- Vester M. "Stud" Steward, 74, of Anniston died Saturday, Nov. 16, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Dec. 15, 1921, in the Henson community near Anniston, the son of Jobe M. and Florence Jones Steward. He married Mary A. Myrick...
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ON THE STREET
(Local News ~ 11/18/96)
This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "This holiday season there are fewer Christmas shopping days. Will you do your Christmas shopping earlier?" "Judy Anderson, Cape Girardeau "Yes, I've already started. Usually I wait until the last minute but this year I put things on layaway and I started earlier."...
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