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STOCK VALUE WATCH: FOCUS ON SEMO
(Local News ~ 11/03/97)
While you and I went about our daily business during the past few weeks, prices of stocks we hold and our wealth declined. What are we to think? On Oct. 8, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, simply told Congress that stock market gains of recent years are unsustainable, and inflation may be starting. While he spoke, the Dow industrials declined 100 points. Yet, at the end of that week, the S&P 500 was a little higher than it was the Friday before...
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BUSINESS MEMO: `RESERVED' SEATING
(Business ~ 11/03/97)
Passengers riding Amtrak trains between St. Louis and Kansas City can now have guaranteed seating. A new reservation system has improved Amtrak's ability to guarantee seating and add extra equipment as necessary. Amtrak trains running between the two Missouri cities have previously operated on a first-come, first-serve basis...
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BUSINESS MEMO: RICE OUTLOOK CONFERENCE
(Business ~ 11/03/97)
This year's USA Rice Outlook Conference will be held in Tunica, Miss., about 40 miles south of Memphis, Tenn. The domestic and international situation land outlook will be presented during the three-day, Dec. 7-9 conference. Sessions will be held on rice variety development, conservation tillage, rice imports and exports, and effects of El Nino...
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BUSINESS MEMO: HOW TO START A BUSINESS
(Business ~ 11/03/97)
"How to Start a Small Business" is the subject of a special program, to be held at the Cape Girardeau Public Library Nov. 20. Gil Degenhardt of the Small Business Development Center at Southeast Missouri State University will be guest speaker at the program...
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FLORSHEIM FACTORY OUTLET OBSERVES 10TH ANNIVERSARY
(Local News ~ 11/03/97)
Florsheim Factory Outlet is observing its 10th anniversary in Cape Girardeau. Florsheim opened its retail outlet in October 1987, in Town Plaza Shopping Center, where it remained until 1994, when it moved to West Park Village at 2510 William. The store, which offers a full line of men's casual and dress shoes, is open from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 4 Sunday...
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BUSINESS MEMO: `PROTECTING PROFITS & LIVES'
(Business ~ 11/03/97)
"Protecting Profits & Lives," an informational program on check fraud, shoplifting, local crime trends, the law and robbery preventions, will be held from 9 to noon on Nov. 12 at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce, 1267 N. Mount Auburn Road. Cpl. Kevin Orr, crime prevention officer with the Cape Girardeau Police Department, and Alan Foust, security consultant with QPI Security Systems Inc., will be guest speakers at the three-hour seminar, sponsored by the chamber, QPI and police department...
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BUYING WATER: EVERYBODY BUYS WATER, WHETHER IT INVOLVES BULK TANKS, UTILITY COMPANIES OR GALLON JUGS
(Local News ~ 11/03/97)
Water will be pumped from the treatment plant to towers to customers. Bill Copeland fills the 350-gallon, specially built water tank on his pickup truck about five times a week. "That's over 1,500 gallons a week," said Copeland, "and I've been buying water in that amount for a number of years."...
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NEW BUSINESS ON THE STREET: ANTIQUE MALL DOWNTOWN
(Business ~ 11/03/97)
Madder Rose Antiques Mall opened in downtown Cape Girardeau last weekend, at 1 N. Main, in the building that previously housed Furniture Fair. John and Evelyn Boardman are owners of the new mall, which includes dealers from Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky...
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NEW BUSINESS ON THE STREET: MAZZIO'S OPENS IN JACKSON
(Business ~ 11/03/97)
Mazzio's Pizza Restaurant opened in Jackson last week. Dan Chandler and Tom Sellers are owners and operators of the new franchise restaurant, which provides delivery service of Mazzio's Pizza, Calzone Rings, salads, sandwiches, pastas and appetizers...
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NEW BUSINESS ON THE STREET: CAR WASH EXPANDS
(Business ~ 11/03/97)
JACKSON -- Shawnee Square and Car Wash and Storage is expanding its storage facility. "We're adding 50 more storage units," said Mary Smith, manager of the facility at 560 S. Shawnee, which already included 140 storage units. "Fourteen of them have been completed...
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BUSINESS MEMO: TRANSPORTATION DINNER
(Business ~ 11/03/97)
Freeman McCullah, assistant chief engineer of strategic planning for the Missouri Department of Transportation, will be guest speaker at the annual Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce Transportation Dinner, Thursday at the Drury Lodge. A social hour starts at 6 p.m., with dinner at 7...
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BUSINESS MEMO: NFIB ON THE WEB
(Business ~ 11/03/97)
National Federation of Independent Business is on the Web. A portion of the NFIB's new site -- www.nfibonline.com -- is dedicated to the small business news of Missouri. The Web site provides updated state and national small business news, along with state and federal voting records and small-business FAQ's (Frequently Asked Questions)...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 11/03/97)
Tim Bonno, manager of national security preparedness for Southwest Bell Telephone, St. Louis, will be guest speaker at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce First Friday Coffee Friday. Bonno, a certified business continuity planner, will discuss emergency planning...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: REDIGER RETIRES FROM JOB, NOT AREA
(Business ~ 11/03/97)
During my years on the Southeast Missourian business beat, I've had the opportunity to work with a number of outstanding people -- too many to name. It's always a bittersweet moment when one of these people bids farewell to his colleagues because of retirement or change in employment...
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BUSINESS MEMO: 100TH ANNIVERSARY
(Business ~ 11/03/97)
The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations' Division of Employment Security is observing the 100th anniversary of providing employment services to job seekers and employers. The Missouri State Free Employment Service was established Oct. 1, 1987...
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BUSINESS MEMO: SBC QUARTERLY EARNINGS
(Business ~ 11/03/97)
SBC Communications Inc. has announced financial results for the third quarter. Revenues for the quarter were $6.3 billion, up 6.5 percent, from the $6 billion during the same period in 1996, reflecting gains in access line at both SBC's Southwestern Bell and Pacific Bell subsidiaries...
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NEW PHYSICS COURSE: STUDENTS LEARN AT WARP SPEED
(Local News ~ 11/03/97)
In a scene from the movie "Star Trek V," Captain Kirk slips while rock climbing on El Capitan in Yosemite. Mr. Spock, who had been conversing with the captain while hovering in midair with the aid of rocket boots, zooms down to stop Kirk's fall just as the captain's head is inches from the ground...
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STARS AND STRIPES MUSEUM UNDER WAY; MILITARY PAPER BEGAN IN BLOOMFIELD
(Local News ~ 11/03/97)
BLOOMFIELD -- The Stars and Stripes military newspaper is coming home to the city of its birth. After years of planning by a group of Bloomfield residents, construction on the first building of the Stars and Stripes Museum and Library started in June. The 3,600 square-foot structure will house offices and a small museum area...
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UNDERAGE, COLLEGE DRINKING POSES FEW PROBLEMS FOR POLICE
(Local News ~ 11/03/97)
While a recently released survey indicated that a large percentage of Southeast Missouri State University students binge drink, police say it doesn't appear that college students aren't disproportionately arrested for alcohol-related offenses. Sgt. Carl Kinnison, public information officer for the Cape Girardeau Police Department, said that officers don't ask if someone is a college student unless an arrest is made. However, he said Southeast students do not stand out as a problem group...
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WOOD CHIPPING: NEW CHIP MILLS COMING TO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
(Local News ~ 11/03/97)
The construction of two new chip mills in Missouri has caused some concern by both urban and rural citizens. Some people see chip mills as leading to the destruction of the state's forests. Others see the chip mills in the same light as paper mills, resulting in less than pleasant smells over a wide area...
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CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE: HOT ON THE TRAIL OF THE PERFECT COFFEE TABLE
(Column ~ 11/03/97)
Dorothy Parker whined about getting one perfect rose; I'm still looking for the perfect coffee table. My friend Linda has a new house. Well, actually it's used, as most houses are, but it's new to them. I got to see it for the first time this weekend...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 11/03/97)
WELL, I see that the university is at it again. One of their esteemed professors, Alan Journet, shows his true colors. In his letter to the editor Oct. 28, he makes the statement, "It has often been noted that self-styled Christian right frequently is neither." I may not agree with Cal Thomas on many things that he says, but this anti-Christian bias by college professors is unacceptable. ...
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AREA VOLUNTEERS GET STATE RECOGNITION
(Editorial ~ 11/03/97)
Far too often the good deeds people perform for others go unnoticed except for those who are on the receiving end of the kindnesses. That is why it was so heartening to see three area people being recognized by a state council for the work they have done for the disabled -- work that otherwise few people probably would have known about...
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UNITED WAY AT HALFWAY MARK OF CAMPAIGN
(Editorial ~ 11/03/97)
This year's Area Wide United Way campaign drive is ahead of schedule. Already fund-raising and contributions have reached almost $275,000, half of the campaign's $550,000 goal. A big part of its success at the halfway point has been significant increases in giving by employee groups in the early going of the campaign. ...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU CITY COUNCIL
(Local News ~ 11/03/97)
7:30 p.m., Monday Cape Girardeau City Hall Public hearings -- A public hearing on the request of Meyer Realty and Mary Ewing-Crafton for a special use permit for an addition to the day care at 833 N. Spanish in an R-2 single family residential district...
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JACKSON BOARD OF ALDERMEN
(Local News ~ 11/03/97)
7:30 p.m. Monday Public hearings -- Hearing to consider the proposed voluntary annexation of property owned by Earl Norman and Bobby Barks. Action items Power and Light committee -- Consider bill proposing an ordinance adopting plans and specifications and engineer's cost estimates and setting a bid date of Dec. 1, 1997, for District Sewers No. 2R...
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ON THE STREET
(Local News ~ 11/03/97)
This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "What do you think about women officiating men's NBA games?" Bill Hart, Cape Girardeau "I think it's great. They've got to do better than Howard Cosell." Steve Whitworth, St. Charles "I don't think it's that bad. If they can keep up with it and keep going. If they can handle the players the way the men officers do and not be scared to talk to them because they are so much bigger and stronger then I don't think it would be a problem."...
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BRIEFLY: SEMO'S LAYNE NAMED OVC NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK
(College Sports ~ 11/03/97)
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. -- The Ohio Valley Conference named Southeast Missouri State University's Aaron Layne its newcomer of the week Sunday. Layne, a senior tailback from Orlando, Fla., rushed for 127 yards on 14 carries as Southeast Missouri beat Austin Peay 31-0 Saturday...
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BRIEFLY: PERRYVILLE RUNNERS QUALIFY FOR STATE MEET
(High School Sports ~ 11/03/97)
PERRYVILLE -- Perryville High qualified its entire girls team and three boys for Saturday's Class 3A state meet in Jefferson City. The Lady Pirates finished second in this past Saturday's district meet at Potosi while the Pirates were third to narrowly miss a state berth...
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BENITA E. MCEWING
(Obituary ~ 11/03/97)
Benita E. McEwing, 85, died Sunday, Nov. 2, 1997, at Chaffee Nursing Center. Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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WILLIAM E. STRAIN
(Obituary ~ 11/03/97)
GILBERTSVILLE, Ky. -- William Engle Strain, 87, of Gilbertsville died Sunday, Nov. 2, 1997, at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Ky. Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.
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CASEY HENNECKE
(Obituary ~ 11/03/97)
Casey Rochelle Hennecke died Friday, Oct. 31, 1997. She was stillborn at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She is survived by her parents, Robert and Tina Venable Hennecke of Scott City; maternal grandparents, Don and Barbara Venable of Scott City; paternal grandmother, Martha Waggoner of Elsberry; and five stepbrothers, James, Chris and Charles Hennecke, all of Scott City, and Logan and Ryan Hennecke, both of Jackson. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandfather...
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ROBY P. BARKS
(Obituary ~ 11/03/97)
BELL CITY -- Roby P. Barks, 97, of Bell City died Sunday, Nov. 2, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born near Advance Aug. 26, 1900. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Morgan Funeral Home in Advance.
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STELLA SCHMITTZEHE
(Obituary ~ 11/03/97)
Stella Emma Schmittzehe, 93, of Monroe, La., and formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, Nov. 2, 1997, at Sterlington Hospital in Monroe. She was born March 17, 1904, in Benton to Lawrence and Catherine Glasser Strack. She married Gustav Schmittzehe on June 24, 1929, in Cape Girardeau. He died May 11, 1983...
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LUCILLE M. ERNST
(Obituary ~ 11/03/97)
Lucille M. Ernst, 84, of Cape Girardeau and formerly of Perryville, died Sunday, Nov. 2, 1997, at Chateau Girardeau. She was born July 25, 1913, in Brewer to T. Ernie and Sarah Tucker Moore. On Aug. 23, 1932, she married Othmar A. Ernst. He died March 17, 1986...
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