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DUCT TAPE: STICKY STUFF HOLDS THE WORLD TOGETHER
(Local News ~ 06/15/98)
Car radiator hose springs an annoying leak? Shower curtain all washed up? Eye-glasses left on the couch can't take a 180-pound Aunt Emma? Bumper falls off the car? Not to worry. Johnny Denoye and Bill Gross have you covered. These are the fellows who developed duct tape for Johnson & Johnson Co. during World War II, to make quick repairs to jeeps, aircraft and other military equipment...
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BEST OF BOTH WORDS: DIVERSIFIED PORTFOLIO
(Local News ~ 06/15/98)
This "Financial Focus" column is prepared by Edward Jones Investments, headquartered in St. Louis. Jones includes branches throughout the nation, including Cape Girardeau and Jackson. If you're wondering whether interest rates may be headed up or down in the near future, the answer is "yes."...
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BUSINESS MEMO: PUBLICATION HONORS
(Business ~ 06/15/98)
Two Bootheel publications have received awards from the Missouri Department of Economic Development. "New Madrid County Magazine, 1998 Edition" and "At Home: Pemiscot County" each received superior ratings during the annual "EDDY" literature competition, held during the 1998 Governor's Conference on Economic Development, held recently at the Lake of the Ozarks...
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BUSINESS MEMO: SPARTECH DIVIDENDS
(Business ~ 06/15/98)
Spartech Corp. has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 6 cents a share, payable July 8, to common shareholders of record on June 24. Spartech, a producer of engineered thermoplastic materials, polymeric compounds and molded and profile products, has 36 facilities, including two operations in Cape Girardeau -- Spartech Plastics at 2500 Spartech Drive and Spartech Compounding on Nash Road...
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BUSINESS MEMO: BANK MERGER AGREEMENT
(Business ~ 06/15/98)
Commerce Bancshares Inc., headquartered in Kansas City, and Columbus Bancshares Inc., parent company of Columbus State Bank in Columbus, Kan., have signed a definitive agreement to merge. Columbus State Bank has $80 million in assets and two offices, will join Commerce Bancshares, a regional bank holding company with more than $10.4 billion in assets and more than 280 banking sites in Kansas, Illinois and Missouri, including Cape Girardeau...
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BUSINESS MEMO: OSHA HONORS SOLAR
(Business ~ 06/15/98)
Solar Communications, an international printing and packaging company specializing in direct marketing, has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Solar's Perryville facility has been designated a an OHSA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) merit site and was honored last week by OSHA officials. Donald R. Delinger, the regional VPP program manager, presented the company with a certificate and an OSHA VPP merit flag...
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BUSINESS MEMO: APPLEBEE'S 1,000TH
(Business ~ 06/15/98)
Applebee's recently opened its 1,000th Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar restaurant, at Aurora, Colo. Applebee's is the first casual-dining chain to reach the 1,000 milestone, said Lloyd Hill, chief executive officer of Applebee's International Inc., headquarters at Overland Park, Kan...
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BUSINESS MEMO: TALLEST BUILDING
(Business ~ 06/15/98)
Chicago may once again boast the world's tallest building if a developer's plans are turned into steel and glass, the Chicago Tribune reported last week. Developer Scott Toberman, president of European American Realty Co. in Chicago, hopes to construct a building that would top the 1,483-foot Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
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NEW BUSINESS: MIDWEST GRAIN OPENS
(Business ~ 06/15/98)
Russ Mothershead, president of Midwest Agri-Chemico, the first tenant at the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority on the Mississippi River between Cape Girardeau and Scott City, has formed a new corporation -- Midwest Grain and Barge. "We'll be buying and selling grain," said Mothershead. "We have leased a grain facility at Whitewater and will eventually construct grain bins in the port area."...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: LOOKING FOR DUCT TAPE USES
(Business ~ 06/15/98)
So you use duct (duck) tape as a fly trap? It can work, you know. Just hang a strip from the ceiling, and, presto, instant fly trap. Duct tape was developed during World War II for the military for sealing canisters, fixing cracked windows and repairing jeeps and trucks...
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NEW BUSINESS: UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP
(Business ~ 06/15/98)
Novus Windshield Repair is under new ownership. Kurre Douglas Brune purchased the Oak Ridge business recently from Vernon and Linda Schoen. Matt Reed will be manager of the business. Linda Schoen will remain with the business during a transition period...
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NEW BUSINESS: MILLERS OUTPOST NEW
(Business ~ 06/15/98)
Millers Outpost, a casual clothing retailer headquartered in California, has opened at West Park Mall. The new store is one of four new Millers Outpost stores in Missouri. Earlier this month, an operation opened in St. Ann's Northwest Plaza in the St. Louis area...
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MEDICAID COVERAGE STILL SCARCE FOR AREA CHILDREN
(Local News ~ 06/15/98)
Scarcity of participating providers in the region could mean no real change in health care services to Southeast Missouri children, despite recent legislation signed by Gov. Mel Carnahan that expands Medicaid coverage for some 90,000 Missouri children...
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WHAT THE NEW LAW SAYS
(Local News ~ 06/15/98)
Recent legislation to expand medical coverage for Missouri children will mean more working families have access to affordable health care. Gov. Mel Carnahan has approved legislation that expands Medicaid coverage to some 90,000 children. The new coverage takes effect July 1 when the next fiscal budget begins. Qualified applicants could begin signing up for the insurance in July, with coverage set to begin near Aug. 28...
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GROUP SETS GOALS FOR IMPROVING CITY
(Local News ~ 06/15/98)
Several organizations are working to clean up or revitalize different neighborhoods in Cape Girardeau. But the Cape Girardeau Community Pride Coalition has set five basic goals to help those different organizations work together to make the city a better place to live...
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STORMS MOVE THROUGH AREA
(Local News ~ 06/15/98)
Although the clouds loomed low and dark, there were no confirmed tornadoes in Southeast Missouri or Southern Illinois Sunday afternoon. The National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky. issued several tornado warnings throughout the afternoon and early evening...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU CITY COUNCIL
(Local News ~ 06/15/98)
Monday, June 15, 1998 7:30 p.m. Agenda Consent ordinances -- An ordinance amending Section 29-302 of the city code relating to water rates. Second and third readings. -- An ordinance amending Chapter 22 of the city code relating to solid waste fees. Second and third readings...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 06/15/98)
I'M JUST calling to voice my opinion to the person who called in about being relieved by the decision of the school board not to cut sports. Whoever made this statement is really ignorant. For one thing, how does he think the Cape school district got to be so good if it wasn't for the quality teachers that we have in this district? And another thing, if they did cut into sports, that would be the key place to cut. ...
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COUNTY RECORDS: WEIGH OPITONS CAREFULLY
(Editorial ~ 06/15/98)
A suggestion by the board and director of Riverside Regional Library that it team up with Cape Girardeau County government and possibly others to provide a building to be used for storage of county records and offer certain library services demands careful consideration by county officials...
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CITY GETS PICKED FOR DISASTER PREPARATION
(Editorial ~ 06/15/98)
Cape Girardeau was chosen for good reason as one of the first cities in the nation to participate in Project Impact, a federal initiative to help communities prepare for disasters. The city for years has been involved in a number of projects to lessen the impact of floods and other disasters, and that helped qualify Cape Girardeau for the program, which was established just last year. ...
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JEFF CITY CAPTURES TOURNEY
(High School Sports ~ 06/15/98)
Jefferson City proved to be by far the dominant baseball team in the first Capaha Classic American Legion Tournament that concluded Sunday in Cape Girardeau. And Jefferson City's Josh Reynolds proved to be the eight-team tourney's dominant pitcher. Reynolds went all nine innings and struck out 15 Sunday as Jefferson City won the tournament championship with an 11-2 rout of Ballwin at Capaha Field...
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BRIEFLY: KELSO KLASSIC SOFTBALL GAMES RAINED OUT SUNDAY
(High School Sports ~ 06/15/98)
KELSO -- Because of heavy rain that fell Saturday night and much of Sunday, all of Sunday's scheduled games on the final day of the 16th annual Kelso Klassic fast-pitch softball tournament were wiped out. Four teams are still undefeated in the tourney: Bonutti Orthopaedics of Strasburg, Ill.; tourney co-host Kelso Kwik Stop; the Springfield (Mo.) Mountaineers; and the Tulsa (Okla.) Gray Sox...
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THOMAS BRENNECKE
(Obituary ~ 06/15/98)
Thomas Cambron Brennecke, 62, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, June 14, 1998, at his home. He had been ill for several years. Brennecke was born March 16, 1936, at Cape Girardeau, son of L.R. and Mary Jane Benjamin Brennecke. He and Janet Dowd were married Feb. 28, 1960, in St. Louis...
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WOODFORD FLANNERY
(Obituary ~ 06/15/98)
BERNIE -- Woodford Kirk Flannery, 70, of Bernie died Saturday, June 13, 1998, at Sam A. Baker Park near Patterson. He was born Jan. 14, 1928, at Sebula, son of Jack and Georgia Era Hendley Flannery. He and Shirley J. Hager Hanna were married Jan. 16, 1978, at New Madrid...
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WILLIAM ZIMMERMAN
(Obituary ~ 06/15/98)
SCOTT CITY -- William Henry Zimmerman, 97, of Scott City died Friday, June 12, 1998, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 25, 1901, at Dongola, son of William Lee and Sophronia Jane Pierce Zimmerman. He and Lela Agnes Cauhorn were married Dec. 24, 1939. She died Dec. 25, 1996...
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CHARLES ROBERTSON
(Obituary ~ 06/15/98)
CYPRESS, Ill. -- Charles Monroe Robertson, 58, of Cypress died Saturday, June 13, 1998, from injuries received in a motorcycle accident near Marble Hill, Mo. He was born March 26, 1940, at Perks, son of Edward and Ruth Robertson. He was married to Sherry Bunton...
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KENNY WIESENBORN
(Obituary ~ 06/15/98)
Kenny Weisenborn, 63, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, June 12, 1998, at his home. He was born Aug. 13, 1934, at Arbor, son of Albert and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Hitt Weisenborn. Weisenborn worked for Superior Electric for several years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army...
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ANNIE MAY WILLIAMS
(Obituary ~ 06/15/98)
Annie May Williams, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, June 12, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Nov. 9, 1918, at Cape Girardeau, daughter of William and Pauline "Polly" Slaughter Temple. She and Lloyd Williams were married in November 1941 at Cape Girardeau. He died in December 1979...
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ORLIE GRUBB
(Obituary ~ 06/15/98)
Orlie N. Grubb, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, June 11, 1998, at Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Services. He was born Jan. 11, 1916, at Essex, son of Clarence and Pearl Wallace Grubb. He first married Almeta Grubb in 1932. She died June 20, 1986. He and Rose Linebarger were married Aug. 13, 1988, at Jackson...
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ILLINOIS MAN KILLED IN ACCIDENT
(Local News ~ 06/15/98)
MARBLE HILL -- An Illinois man was killed and his wife seriously injured after the motorcycle he was driving was involved in a head-on collision near Marble Hill Saturday afternoon. Charles M. Robertson, 58, of Cypress, Ill., was pronounced dead at the scene after his motorcycle struck a car head-on along Highway 34 a mile and a half east of Marble Hill, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said...
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FIRES
(Local News ~ 06/15/98)
Cape Girardeau Monday, June 15 Firefighters responded to the following calls Friday: At 5:26 p.m., an electrical short at 1200 N. Missouri. At 9:22 p.m., medical services at a motor vehicle accident at 600 William. At 9:39 p.m., medical services to 1010 Hickory...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 06/15/98)
Gina Dillon has joined RE/MAX Achievers, 1471 N. Kingshighway. Dillon, previously with Coldwell Banker Hamilton Realty, will focus on residential, commercial and investment properties. She is a member of the National Board of Realtors, Missouri Association of Realtors and the Cape Girardeau County Board of Realtors...
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