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ZIMMER RADIO GROUP TO BUY TWO STATIONS IN JEFFERSON CITY
(Local News ~ 12/30/96)
The Zimmer Radio Group, headquartered in Cape Girardeau, has announced plans to buy KJMO and KWOS radio stations in Jefferson City, from Triple-D Properties Inc., a corporation wholly owned by Frank and Dianne Newell of Jefferson City. The stations fit well into our growth plans, said Jerry Zimmer, president of the Zimmer Radio Group. "We look to expand with stations that are well established and respected with a strong brand of equity within their communities."...
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GUIDES FOR IDIOTS AND DUMMIES POPULAR
(Local News ~ 12/30/96)
The books "For Dummies" series covers the basics of everything from home buying to sex. Compact discs for beginners of various music are also available. What makes you feel like a complete idiot? Wine? Classical music? The Internet? Odds are, your local bookstore has just the right reference to guide you back to the land of the coherent on any of those -- and many other -- subjects...
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BRIGGS & STRATTON TO GET NEW MANAGER
(Local News ~ 12/30/96)
POPLAR BLUFF -- Mike Thompson, Briggs & Stratton plant manager for the past eight years, is leaving Poplar Bluff for Alabama. Thompson will manage plant operations in Auburn, Ala., Statesboro, Ga., and Milwaukee beginning Jan. 1. Briggs & Stratton is moving its Milwaukee operations to Alabama within "the next couple of years."...
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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: BUILDING MATERIALS COMPANY TO OPEN IN CAPE GIRARDEAU
(Business ~ 12/30/96)
Cardinal Building Materials Inc., a St. Louis-based wholesale building materials distributor, will locate in Cape Girardeau early next year. The company recently leased a 6,843-square-foot warehouse/office building at 3420 Nash Road, from the Rhodes Real Estate Partnership...
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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: NEW ROPING SUPPLY COMPANY
(Business ~ 12/30/96)
SIKESTON -- Justice Roper Supply opened recently in the Sikeston area. The new business, which offers a complete supply of "roping" rope, cinches, bridles and other needs for horseback riders, is located south of Sikeston on Highway 61. The new business is owned by Charlie and Scarlett Justice...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 12/30/96)
New officers were installed by the Cape Girardeau County Board of Realtors recently. They are, front row, from left, Martha Hamilton, Missouri Association of Realtors district vice president; Dorothy Miller, director; Cheryl Huffman, president-elect; and Liz Abernathy, secretary; and back row, Ken Howard, director; David Donley, president; and James Cox. Other officers are Marta Green, Suye Bellis and Jane Clark, directors; and Tim Singleton, MLS president...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: CAPE GIRARDEAU CONSTRUCTION HAS BEST YEAR EVER
(Business ~ 12/30/96)
It's not official, but 1996 just may be the best year ever for construction in Cape Girardeau. More than 500 permits have been issued, in the amount of almost $50 million. As of Dec. 27, permits had been issued by the Cape Girardeau Inspection Service for $49,585,320...
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BUSINESS MEMO: SMALL BUSINESS WORKSHOP
(Business ~ 12/30/96)
Buz Sutherland, director of the Small Business Development Center at Southeast Missouri State University, and Rick Sparks of the University of Missouri Outreach and Extension, Cape Girardeau County, will be instructors for a "How to Start and Manage a Small Business" workshop Jan. 14, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., at in Room 127 of Robert A. Dempster Hall...
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BUSINESS MEMO: TOURISM CONFERENCE
(Business ~ 12/30/96)
The Missouri Governor's Conference on Tourism will be held Jan. 28 through 30, at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Jefferson City. "Blazing New Trails" is the theme for the three-day conference, which starts with a round of morning meetings Jan. 28. Gov. Mel Carnahan will greet the group during the Governor's Reception Jan. 28...
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BUSINESS MEMO: HOME OWNERSHIP UP
(Business ~ 12/30/96)
U.S. home ownership has climbed to its highest level in 15 years. During the third quarter of 1996, 66.3 million American households owned their own homes. A government report said the percentage of American households that own their own homes rose to 65.6 percent in the third quarter, up from 65.4 in the second quarter...
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BUSINESS MEMO: CHAMBER DINNER-DANCE
(Business ~ 12/30/96)
The Small Business of the Year Award and the Rush H. Limbaugh Award will be presented during the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's annual meeting-dinner dance Jan. 31 at the Show Me Center. Cost is $25 per person, and tables of eight are available. Reservations and additional information are available by calling the chamber office, 335-3312...
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BUSINESS MEMO: `STARTING A BUSINESS'
(Business ~ 12/30/96)
Shawnee Community College's Small Business Development Center will offer "Starting a Small Business" workshops in January and February. Dates and times are: Jan. 9, 10 a.m., River Room. Jan. 23, 1:30 p.m., Board Room. Feb. 13, 2 p.m., Board Room. Feb. 27, 10 a.m., Board Room...
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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: NEW FUNERAL HOME AT CAIRO
(Business ~ 12/30/96)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Heavenly Gate Funeral Home has opened in Cairo. Located at 1907 Martin Luther King Drive, the new funeral home occupies space that previously housed Hodge's Funeral Home, which closed in 1990. Joe W. Beal is owner of the new business...
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BUSINESS MEMO: CROP PRODUCTION SEMINAR
(Business ~ 12/30/96)
"New Trends in Crop Productions," one of the area's largest crop production seminars and ag exhibitor conference, will be held Feb. 20 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Jackson. The daylong program will feature topics on herbicide technology and usage, crop marketing, price forecasts and ag outlook...
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BUSINESS MEMO: RADIO STATION HONORS
(Business ~ 12/30/96)
A Marble Hill radio station has been rated as most-listened-to Christian radio station in the Tri-State area. KMHM 104.1 FM was ranked No. 1 in the latest edition of "Religion & Media Quarterly," which reports audience ratings for Christian radio stations four times a year...
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SCOTT, NEW MADRID COUNTIES MAPPED FOR ENHANCED 911
(Local News ~ 12/30/96)
NEW MADRID -- Officials in New Madrid and Scott counties hope their Enhanced 911 system is up and running in September, the same time Perry County's system is expected to start. All three counties are in the middle of a vast mapping process. Every county resident will get a new address as a result. The new addresses are simplified to help emergency service personnel find people in trouble...
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ENHANCED 911 TO CHANGE PERRY COUNTY ADDRESSES
(Local News ~ 12/30/96)
PERRYVILLE -- Perry County is starting a task its southern neighbor finished three years ago -- giving everyone in the county a new address. Thanks to a ballot issue passed in April 1995, Perry County residents pay about $1.37 extra on their phone bills. The money funds Enhanced 911, a system that 911 director Dan Bowman says is better for everyone...
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TV RATING SYSTEM WILL GIVE PARENTS INFORMATION
(Local News ~ 12/30/96)
The new television rating system scheduled to go into effect next year has some drawbacks but does provide a valuable commodity for parents -- information. "Anything that would give parents a little bit of information about what is on TV so they can make intelligent decisions for their children I think is a plus," Michael Maguire, chairman of the Cape Girardeau Cable Television Citizens Committee, said. ...
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SALARIES, TAX CUTS TOP MISSOURI LEGISLATIVE AGENDA
(Local News ~ 12/30/96)
Salaries and tax cuts will be on the minds of Missouri lawmakers when the 1997 session convenes Jan. 8. Area lawmakers expect the General Assembly to eliminate the 3-cent state sales tax on food and reject a state commission's proposal to raise their salaries...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 12/30/96)
I DON'T know who the young man was that helped my me push my car off of Perryville and Cape Rock intersection. He left before I could get a chance to thank him. Whoever that young man is, I just want to tell him Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and thanks for helping me out...
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REGIONAL JAIL OFFERS ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES FOR COUNTIES
(Editorial ~ 12/30/96)
The concept of a regional jail to serve Alexander, Pulaski, Union and Johnson counties in Southern Illinois is a good one. Although the idea didn't catch on when it was discussed a few years ago, regional jails since have become more popular. Local governments are finding them more efficient primarily because they eliminate duplication from county to county and the high cost and trouble of running jails...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY HAS JAIL PLANS
(Editorial ~ 12/30/96)
Cape Girardeau County, with a jail that houses approximately 80 prisoners, is about to embark upon a major expansion that will more than double its prisoner capacity. The project is enabled by a $1.5 million federal grant the county has received because the federal government depends upon the county jail in Jackson to house federal prisoners for court appearances in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau...
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BERIL TROUT
(Obituary ~ 12/30/96)
PUXICO -- Beril Trout, 69, of Puxico died Thursday, Dec. 26, 1996, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. He was born at White Oak on April 11, 1927, son of James Ora and Dottie Mae Wright Trout. He had moved to Puxico at age 15 and had worked for the IXL Manufacturing for 27 years. He had retired from farming and had served in the Army during the Korean War...
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DOROTHY SPRADLING
(Obituary ~ 12/30/96)
BLOOMFIELD -- Dorothy Spradling, 69, died Sunday, Dec. 29, 1996, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. She was born July 5, 1927, in Catron, the daughter of Emmett and Bertha Plummer. In 1946, she married James Edward Spradling. He died July 11, 1994. Spradling was a hair stylist and nurse's aide...
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LOLA M. GRIFFIN
(Obituary ~ 12/30/96)
MOREHOUSE -- Lola M. Griffin, 85, of Morehouse died Sunday, Dec. 29, 1996, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Sept. 7, 1911, in Callao, daughter of Clarence and Dona Jane Taylor Cavins. She was a retired employee of the Elders Manufacturing Plant in Dexter, a member of the First Baptist Church of Morehouse and the Rebekah Lodge of Sikeston...
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ONEIDA EMMA POPP
(Obituary ~ 12/30/96)
LONGTOWN -- Oneida Emma Popp, 87, of Longtown died Sunday, Dec. 29, 1996, at the Perry County Nursing Home in Perryville. She was born Dec. 22, 1909, in Longtown, daughter of Adolph and Clara Hacker Funke. She married Rueben A. Popp on Dec. 25, 1938. He died Nov. 30, 1985...
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EDDIE WAYNE VERNON
(Obituary ~ 12/30/96)
PERRYVILLE -- Eddie Wayne Vernon, 37, of rural Perry County, died Saturday, Dec. 28, 1996, at his home. He was born Dec. 23, 1959, in Perry County, son of Earl and Gladys Davis Vernon of Perryville. He is survived by his mother; four sisters, Sandy Schwartz and June Donze, both of Ste. Genevieve, Becky Niccum of Perryville and Sheryl Hager of Woodridge, Ill.; two brothers, Roger and Verlin Vernon, both of Perryville; and his fiance, Sandy Wood of Perryville...
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ERNEST F. BOXDORFER
(Obituary ~ 12/30/96)
PERRYVILLE -- Ernest "Ernie" F. Boxdorfer, 77, of Perryville died Sunday, Dec. 29, 1996, at his home. He was born March 10, 1919, in Perryville, son of the Louis and Anna Catherine Yamnitz Boxdorfer. He married Ann Theresa Macke on June 14, 1941. She survives...
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BEATRICE E. BROOKS
(Obituary ~ 12/30/96)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Beatrice E. Brooks, 94, of Cairo died Friday, Dec. 27, 1996, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 10, 1902, in Cairo, the daughter of Fuller and Hattie Cowser Hoskins. She married George Brooks, who preceded her in death...
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MARY JANE STROBEL
(Obituary ~ 12/30/96)
ADVANCE -- Mary Jane Strobel, 91, of rural Advance died Saturday, Dec. 28, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Sept. 2, 1905, in Zadock, the daughter of Charles and Leah Strauser Rampley. She married Freeman Richard Strobel, who preceded her in death...
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GLENDA L. ADAMS
(Obituary ~ 12/30/96)
ANNA, Ill. -- Glenda L. Adams, 48, of Anna died Sunday, Dec. 29, 1996, at Union County Hospital. She was born Nov. 18, 1948, in Anna, the daughter of Dorris and Imogene Sitter Adams. She graduated from Anna-Jonesboro High School in 1966 and received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale...
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DOROTHY I. HAMMERS
(Obituary ~ 12/30/96)
MARBLE HILL -- Dorothy I. Hammers, 60, of Marble Hill died Saturday, Dec. 28, 1996, at her home. She was born Feb. 11, 1936, in Bragg City, the daughter of James V. and Hazel Graham Taber. On April 11, 1953, she married Lynn E. Hammers. He died April 9, 1985...
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RICKY L. KABAT
(Obituary ~ 12/30/96)
PATTON -- Ricky Linn Kabat, 30, of Patton died Tuesday, Dec. 24, 1996, at the family home following an illness. He was born Sept. 26, 1966, in St. Louis. Survivors include his father and stepmother, Bernard and Martha Kabat of Patton; his wife, Teresa Kabat of Perryville; and two daughters, Paige Nicole Kabat of Nashville, Ill., and Katlynn Ann Kabat of Perryville...
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NORMAN E. MOORE
(Obituary ~ 12/30/96)
CHARLESTON -- Norman E. Moore, 74, of Charleston died Tuesday, Dec. 24, 1996, at his home. Moore was born Jan. 3, 1918, near East Prairie to Norman and Hattie McCoy Miller. He was a retired photographer for the University of Illinois at Champaign. Survivors are three daughters, Almetta Moore Pearson, Dorothy Moore Bankhead and Ruth Moore Harrington, all of Davenport, Iowa; a brother, William Moore of Sacramento, Calif.; a sister, Aletha Miller of Sacramento; four stepsons, Lionel Morris of Chicago, Joe Shelby and Bobby Moore, both of Charleston, and Eddie Jackson of Davenport; four stepdaughters, Shirley Murray, Rose Graham, Barbara Moore and Delmarie Moore, all of Charleston; 14 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.. ...
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ON THE STREET
(Local News ~ 12/30/96)
The Southeast Missourian asked people about their experience with New Year's resolutions. Randall White, Scott City: "The last one I can remember was to get in better shape and lose some weight. It didn't go real well. Too many leftovers from Christmas, I guess."...
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