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BUSINESS MEMO: REHAB CERTIFICATION
(Business ~ 07/19/99)
Southeast Missouri Hospital's Rehabilitation Services has been certified by the Missouri Division of Workers' Compensation to provide rehab services to injured workers compensation clients. The certification covers both impatient rehab facilities at the hospital and Southeast Missouri Hospital Outpatient Rehabilitation Services at 60 Doctors' Park...
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WHAT MAKES THE STOCK MARKET MOVE?
(Local News ~ 07/19/99)
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. The stock market's movements are predicted by pundits, examined by analysts, recounted by reporters and scrutinized by society. But how many people really know why the stock market goes up and down?...
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HOME IMPROVEMENT BOOM GOOD NEWS FOR RETAILERS
(Local News ~ 07/19/99)
Sales at furniture and home furnishing stores are booming. Sales at hardware and home improvement stores are strong. "It's a great year for most retailers," says Gary Wright, president of G.A. Wright, a retail consulting and direct marketing business based in Denver, Colo...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: 'MISSISSIPPI QUEEN' HAS 'REAL VALUE'
(Business ~ 07/19/99)
The "Mississippi Queen," a 400-passenger paddle wheeler that docks along the Mississippi River in downtown Cape Girardeau on occasion, has been rated among the "best cruise options" on the inland waterways. The "Mississippi Queen," operated by the New Orleans-based Delta Queen Steamboat Co., was declared "Top Value" by Cruise Reports, a newsletter that evaluates cruise lines' performance each year...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: NEW MEYER REALTORS
(Business ~ 07/19/99)
Beth Meyer McFerron, Rachel Keller and Lynn Thompson have joined Thomas L. Meyer Realty Co. of Cape Girardeau, and Beth Meyer McFerron has become a Realtor with the company. Keller, a recent graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, where she received university studies in Real Estate Practice and Principals, and received a degree in Marketing, has joined Meyer Realty as a sales associate. ...
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BUSINESS MEMO: POWER PLANT WORKING
(Business ~ 07/19/99)
AmerenUE's Taum Sauk Hydroelectric Power Plant is back in service after shutting down last August for equipment upgrades and modernization. The plant near Lesterville in Reynolds County returned to service July 1. However, the plant will remained closed to the public to allow completion of roadwork and renovation of the facility's popular nature museum...
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BUSINESS MEMO: 7 MILLION SAFE-LABOR HOURS
(Business ~ 07/19/99)
Fru-Con has reached 7 million consecutive safe-labor hours at the Procter & Gamble plant facility in Cape Girardeau County. Fru-Con Construction Corp., based in St. Louis, has not had a lost-time injury at the Cape Girardeau site since April 15, 1990, more than nine years ago...
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BUSINESS MEMO: RAYCOM MEDIA EXPANDING
(Business ~ 07/19/99)
Raycom Media, parent company of KFVS-TV in Cape Girardeau, has announced some new acquisitions. Raycom has entered into an agreement with Belo-TV, to purchase KASA-TV, the Fox affiliate in Albuquerque, N.M., and KHNL-TV, an NBC affiliate in Honolulu, along with rights under the Time Brokerage Agreement with KFVE, the UPN affiliate in Honolulu...
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BUSINESS MEMO: PIPELINE MERGER
(Business ~ 07/19/99)
KN Energy Inc. of Lakewood, Calif., and Kinder Morgan Inc. of Houston, Texas, owners of natural gas pipelines, have agreed to a merger in a deal valued at $783 million. The company will be called Kinder Morgan Inc., and Richard D. Kinder, Kinder Morgan chairman, will head the new entity...
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BUSINESS MEMO: COMMERCE BANK EARNINGS
(Business ~ 07/19/99)
Commerce Bancshares, with assets of $11.1 billion, is a registered bank holding company operating at more than 300 sites in Missouri, Illinois and Kansas. The company has loans of $7.2 billion and deposits of $9.2 billion...
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BUSINESS MEMO: NEW CHAIRMAN NAMED
(Business ~ 07/19/99)
Walgreen Co. chief executive Daniel Jorndt was named chairman of the drugstore chain's board last week, replacing Charles R. Walgreen III. Jorndt, who began his career at the company in 1963 as a pharmacist, has been chief executive of the fast-growing nationwide chain since January 1998. Before that, he was president and chief operating officer...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: NAMED TO MBA BOARD
(Business ~ 07/19/99)
R. David Crader, president and chief executive officer of Bank of Missouri, headquartered at Perryville, has been elected to a two-year term on the Missouri Bankers Association board of directors. He represents MBA's 18-county River Heritage Region in Southeast Missouri...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: JOINS EYECARE CENTER
(Business ~ 07/19/99)
Cyndi Schweiss has joined the Regional Eyecare Center Inc., 1749 Independence. Schweiss, a native of Ste. Genevieve who lives in Cape Girardeau, has eight years of optical experience, with specialized training in vision therapy. She has been involved in many phases of vision, including opthalmic assisting, contact lens and optical retail...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: TOURS DISNEY WORLD
(Business ~ 07/19/99)
Connie Copsy of AAA Travel Agency in Cape Girardeau recently toured Walt Disney World at Orlando, Fla. She visited several Disney hotels and toured the theme parks, including the newest Animal Kingdom. She also previewed the Millennium Disney 2000 Celebration...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: NAMED TO STATE PANEL
(Business ~ 07/19/99)
Terri Power, director of the Danny Bell Cancer Treatment Center at Lucy Lee Healthcare System at Poplar Bluff, has been appointed to the Missouri state committee of dietitians. Power, appointed by Gov. Mel Carnahan, will serve a four-year term. The Missouri Senate must confirm Power's appointment...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: DRIVER HONORED
(Business ~ 07/19/99)
Gene Benthal has been honored by Bootheel Area Rapid Transportation (BART) for 12 years of accident-free driving. BART provides van transportation between Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois to St. Louis' Lambert Airport. Benthal has been with the company since it opened...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: PRESENTS PAPER IN FRANCE
(Business ~ 07/19/99)
Dr. Ed Masters of Regional Primary Care in Cape Girardeau recently presented a paper on human monocytotrophic ehrlichiosis (HME) at the an international conference on Rickettsial disease and the American Society for Rickettsiology joint meeting in Marseille, France. He also attended the ehrlichia workshop in France...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: 'DIETITIAN OF YEAR'
(Business ~ 07/19/99)
Lori Pettet, a St. Francis Medical Center dietitian, has been recognized as one of two "Young Dietitians of the Year" in Missouri. Active members of the American Dietetic Association, younger than 35, are eligible for the award. Pettet started working at St. Francis in 1990 and achieved certified diabetes educator three years later. She was instrumental in opening the Diabetes Center at St. Francis and is an active member of the diabetes team...
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WOMEN PLAYED MULTIPLE ROLES IN THE CIVIL WAR ERA
(Local News ~ 07/19/99)
When Linda Royce read from a letter written by a Civil War soldier, she uncovered the true role women played during the War between the States. Royce is a member of the Cape Girardeau County chapter of the Civil War Round Table. Dressed in vintage clothing Sunday afternoon, she led a presentation on the role of women in the Civil War...
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GODWIN RECALLS FIRST MOONWALK, LOOKS TO NASA's FUTURE
(Local News ~ 07/19/99)
Thirty years ago, Linda Godwin was no different than millions of other Americans. She sat on the floor of her parent's living room with her sister, listened to Walter Cronkite and watched fluttering black and white images of two men remote from her in all senses of the word...
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CITY POISED TO BUY LAND FOR PROJECTS
(Local News ~ 07/19/99)
The Cape Girardeau City Council tonight is set to move a little closer toward completing road projects funded by a city-wide transportation sales tax. The council will consider two ordinances at tonight's 7:30 p.m. meeting that could move the projects along a bit faster...
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NEWS ARTICLE STIRS EPA TO TEST FOR PCBs IN SOUTH CAPE
(Local News ~ 07/19/99)
A short article that appeared in the Southeast Missourian 29 years ago prompted an investigation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last month into whether oil containing PCBs had been spread on gravel streets in south Cape Girardeau. The tests found PCB concentrations of less than 1 part per million in soil in the area, good news considering. "That would not represent an unacceptable risk," says Pauletta France-Isetts of the EPA in Kansas City, Kan...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU CITY COUNCIL
(Local News ~ 07/19/99)
Cape Girardeau City Council Monday, July 19 at 7:30 p.m. Study session at 5 p.m. Consent Ordinances (Second and third readings) -- An ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances by changing the part of the zoning of Lynwood Hills Drive from R-1 to R-3...
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JACKSON BOARD OF ALDERMEN
(Local News ~ 07/19/99)
Monday, July 19 at 7:30 p.m. City Hall Public hearings -- Hearing to consider the proposed Sewer User Charge System for the city. -- Hearing to consider the request for voluntary annexation of property owned by the Jackson Jaycee Charitable Foundation Inc...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 07/19/99)
I'D LIKE to make a comment about this guy they're going to prosecute for lying to the FBI about where he placed the body of Gina Dawn Brooks. If they can prosecute for lying to the FBI, how come Bill Clinton can't be prosecuted because he lied to the American people on tape? The evidence is there...
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GRANT FUNDING IS COMPLEX AND EXPANSIVE
(Editorial ~ 07/19/99)
The money seems to come from everywhere: a variety of federal and state government agencies, public and private organizations and even some private gifts. But the bulk of it is federal money, and lots of it. Social-service agencies by the dozens in the area are standing in line for it. ...
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STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN AT LAKE GIRARDEAU
(Editorial ~ 07/19/99)
Fishermen disappointed with catches at Lake Girardeau near Crump took their concerns to Missouri Department of Conservation officials and found receptive ears. The department is going to look into concerns that the water contains to much alkaline because of fertilizers it has put in the lake and that muskies stocked in the lake are depleting bass, bluegill and crappie populations...
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LETTERS: TEXAS FAMILY THANKFUL FOR HOSPITALITY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/19/99)
To the editor: On July 9, my wife, daughter and I were on our way home to Texas from our wonderful vacation in St. Louis. As we approached Cape Girardeau, I noticed a thumping sound every minute or so underneath our Jeep. I believed the rear shocks were worn out. ...
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DUNKLIN CO. TEAM TO BEAT IN DIST. 14 SR. LEGION TOURNEY
(High School Sports ~ 07/19/99)
There is no doubt about it -- defending champion Dunklin County rates as a solid favorite for the District 14 Senior American Legion Baseball Tournament that begins today in Jackson. That being said, however, the other six district teams aren't about to simply hand Dunklin County the championship...
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CAPS DETAIN O.B. CLARK
(High School Sports ~ 07/19/99)
O.B. Clark pitcher Jeff Reed, left, argued with umpire Jack Baugher during the fourth inning Sunday. Catcher Rick Mundy tried to cool down the pitcher, but Reed continued and was ejected from the game. The McDowell Capahas steamrolled to their third straight National Baseball Congress Mid-South Regional Tournament championship Sunday, routing St. Louis O.B. Clark 25-2 in a seven-inning, run-rule game...
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DOMINIC BRACE
(Obituary ~ 07/19/99)
MARBLE HILL -- Dominic Alexander Brace, infant son of Henry A. Brace Jr. and Jennifer M. Broshuis of Marble Hill, died at birth Friday, July 16, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He is survived by his parents; two brothers, Sebastian Hennessy and Demetri Brace, both at home; his maternal grandparents, John and Charlotte Koenig of Marble Hill and Thomas and Claire Hennessy of Cabery, Ill.; his paternal grandparents, Bonnie and Bob Helmink of Cleveland, Ohio, and Henry Brace Sr. ...
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BERTHA BURKMAN
(Obituary ~ 07/19/99)
ADVANCE -- Bertha A. Burkman, 81, of Advance died Saturday, July 17, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born June 6, 1918, at Gipsy, daughter of Curtis and Cora Corzine Wallace. She was a member of the Independent Fellowship Church at Advance and was a homemaker...
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LAVERNE ENDRES
(Obituary ~ 07/19/99)
PERRYVILLE -- LaVerne C. "Tootie" Endres, 78, formerly of Perryville, died Sunday, July 18, 1999, at Doctor's Hospital at Columbus, Ga. She was born March 29, 1921, at St. Louis, daughter of Benjamin and Rosa M. Hoffman Cissel. She and James H. Endres were married June 22, 1940, at Perryville...
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RAYMOND KUNKEL
(Obituary ~ 07/19/99)
CHAFFEE -- The Rev. Raymond W. Kunkel, 65, died Saturday, July 17, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Wednesday at the St. Ambrose Catholic Church at Chaffee, with parish prayers at 7 o'clock. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the church...
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MICHAEL EAKER
(Obituary ~ 07/19/99)
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Michael Dalton Eaker, infant son of Justin and Christy Kaufman Eaker, died at birth Friday at Memorial Hospital at Carbondale. He is survived by his parents; his maternal grandparents, Lloyd and Kay Kaufman of Olive Branch; paternal grandmother, Karen Eaker of Scott City, Mo.; paternal grandfather, Dale Williams of Jackson, Mo.; and paternal great-grandparents, Naamon and Dottie Eaker of Cape Girardeau...
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ANA SCHOTT
(Obituary ~ 07/19/99)
Anna K. Schott, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, July 18, 1999, at her home. Arrangements are pending at Ford and Sons.
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LESTER JACOBS
(Obituary ~ 07/19/99)
JACKSON -- Lester "Bus" Jacobs, 87, of Jackson died Sunday, July 18, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.
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YARDS OF THE MONTH
(Local News ~ 07/19/99)
Laura Sparkman, left, a member of the chamber's beautification committee, presented the Yard of the Month Award to Rick Werner, 534 Washington St. Barb Norder, left, presented the non-residential Yard of the Month award to Gary McCabe, manager of Whitfield's Fine Dining, 220 Independence. The landscape awards are rotated among seven major areas of Cape Girardeau throughout the primary growing season...
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