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BUSINESS MEMO: OPENS NEW STORE
(Business ~ 08/28/00)
Auto Tire & Parts has opened its 26th store. The Cape Girardeau-based company, headquartered at 212 S. Kingshighway, includes locations in Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois communities, where the company provides em-ployment to more than 125 workers...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: DANIELS RETIRING
(Business ~ 08/28/00)
Walter Daniels of Scott City, who joined Auto Tire & Parts in September of 1960, is retiring after 40 years with the company. When Daniels joined Auto Tire & Parts, the company had four stores and a warehouse on Merriwether Street During his career, Daniels has watched the company grow to 26 locations, in Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: ON MISSION TRIP
(Business ~ 08/28/00)
Dr. Robert Kessinger and Dr. Bruce White of Kessinger Specific Chiropractic Clinic in Cape Girardeau recently completed an eight-day mission trip to San Jose, Costa Rica. Kessinger and White were members of a 45-member contingent of upper cervical chiropractors and missionaries who made the trip to Costa Rica. The base clinic was established in the El Shaddai Church...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: ATTENDS TAX INSTITUTE
(Business ~ 08/28/00)
William R. Schott, a certified public accountant and managing partner of Schott & Van de Ven, Certified Public Accountants, recently attended the National Tax Institute 2000 Conference in Santa Fe, N.M. Schott attended classes on the latest business tax development and bench-marking strategies for business operations. He also attended seminars on the estate, gift and retirement planning services during the week-long conference...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: JOINS CENTER
(Business ~ 08/28/00)
Dr. Kishore Khot has joined the staff of Community Counseling Center in Cape Girardeau. He will provide specialized psychiatric consultation, assessment and treatment services throughout the Center's service area. Khot will provide service s through the Cape Girardeau and Jackson offices of Community Counseling Center, as well as at satellite offices in Bollinger, Perry, Ste. Genevieve and Madison counties...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: AGENTS HONORED
(Business ~ 08/28/00)
Local American Family Insurance agents Howard Aslinger, Taylor Dial, Ken Oberlohr and Jerry Welch have all been named All American Agents by the American Family Insurance Group. The group were among about 1,500 agents who were honored for sales production and personal service to policyholders...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: NAMED TO BOARD
(Business ~ 08/28/00)
Joe Regenhardt of Delta Asphalt of Cape Girardeau has been named to the Arkansas Asphalt Pavement Association Board of Directors. Lee DuChanois, board chairman, announced Reg-enhardt's appointment recently. The association with executive offices in Little Rock, Ark., promotes quality asphalt through communication, design, research and reduction...
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BUSINESS MEMO: H&R BLOCK EARNINGS
(Business ~ 08/28/00)
Although revenues were up sharply, H&R Block Inc. said it lost $51.7 million in its first quarter, an increase of 39.4 percent from the $37.1 million lost in the same quarter a year ago. The loss in the quarter ending July 31 was equivalent to 55 cents per basic and diluted share, compared to 38 cents per share in the year-ago period...
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BUSINESS MEMO: FOX'S FLEAS OPENS
(Business ~ 08/28/00)
Fox's Fleas Inc. has opened near the junction of Routes 3 and 146. The business offers vendors and opportunity to display their goods for sales on weekends -- Friday, 3-7 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. A variety of products can be found -- antiques, books, crafts, collectibles, tools and furniture...
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BUSINESS MEMO: SPARTECH EARNINGS
(Business ~ 08/28/00)
Spartech Corp. has announced record sales and earnings for the third quarter of fiscal 2000. Bradley B. Buechler, Spar-tech president and chief executive officer, reported third-quarter sales at $255.9 million, a record for a three-month period in the company's 31-year history and 14 percent greater than last year's third quarter...
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BUSINESS MEMO: STATE GRANTS
(Business ~ 08/28/00)
State grants will help two Southeast Missouri towns to improve streets, and draining systems. The Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) has awarded a $203,205 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to the city of Malden, and a $319,200 grant to Lilbourn, some cases, Missouri's smaller cities and rural areas need assistance form the state to improve public infrastructure, said Joseph L. Driskill, DED director...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: JOINS CHAMBER
(Business ~ 08/28/00)
Jeff Glenn of Cape Girardeau has joined the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce as director of membership development. Glenn, a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University with a bachelor's degree in general studies and a course of study in sports administration, is currently pursuing a master's degree in administration with an option in athletics administration...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: RETURNS TO CAPE
(Business ~ 08/28/00)
Stan Irwin has returned to Ford Groves Motor Co. at Cape Girardeau as sales operations manager. Irwin, who been with Ford Groves more than 15 years, has served as sales manager at the Jackson Ford Groves site the past two years. He worked at the Cape Girardeau store 13 years before going to Jackson...
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BUSINESS MEMO: NEW BUSINESS
(Business ~ 08/28/00)
Lakehawk Industries' Garden Shop and Gallery has opened on the Makanda, Ill., Boardwalk. The new business offers Shawnee Seed Company heirloom flower and vegetable seeds, herbal lotions and soaps, gourd art, custom gift packages and other locally crafted garden goods...
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DON'T CHASE MUTAL FUND 'SUPER-WINNERS' (FINANCIAL FOCUS)
(Local News ~ 08/28/00)
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. With more than 10,000 mutual funds on the market, you'll almost always be able to find, at any given time, a few funds that are earning truly extraordinary returns, but before you invest in these funds, take a good, long look at what you're buying...
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HOUSING PROVIDES BIG NUMBERS ON CONSTRUCTION SCENE
(Local News ~ 08/28/00)
Lashone Craig worked on the new Boldercrest Apartments off of Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau. More than a third of the year's construction numbers in Cape Girardeau are related to housing, with more than $7 million in new single-family residences and almost $5 million for apartments...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: PERRYVILLE NEXT ON INDUSTRIAL PARK LIST
(Business ~ 08/28/00)
The Industrial Park series, which started this month in the Southeast Missourian, has created some interest. Some expressed surprised that the four-mile stretch of former Missouri Highway 74 in South Cape Girardeau was jammed with as many as 17 businesses ranging from manufacturing to service forming the 630 Industrial Park...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU'S MAIN STREET PROGRAM ON TRACK TOWARD GOALS AFTER SIX MONTHS
(Local News ~ 08/28/00)
Old Town Cape is on track and moving toward goals established during the past year. Old Town Cape Inc., the name selected for a local Main Street program that covers a wide area of downtown Cape Girardeau, was founded more than a year ago. Cape Girardeau became a Main Street Community in February. Six months after joining 13 other Missouri communities as a Main Street City, Cape Girardeau has made what OTC representatives believe is significant progress...
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SOUTHEAST MULLS GARDEN SCHOOL CHARTER PROPOSAL
(Local News ~ 08/28/00)
Kay Mantia thinks a charter school is just what her St. Louis city neighborhood needs. She is president of the board of directors of the Garden School, a proposed charter elementary school that would be situated near the Missouri Botanical Garden. The Missouri Botanical Garden would help develop the math and science curriculum, as well as provide horticulture knowledge...
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SOUTHERN NATIONALIST GROUP SETS MEET IN CAPE
(Local News ~ 08/28/00)
An organization that advocates the South should secede from the United States again and whose leader claims the first Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan as a hero will meet in Cape Girardeau Sept. 8-9. Dr. Michael Hill, president of the League of the South, will be among the speakers when the Missouri League of the South holds its state meeting here for the first time. Another speaker will be league member W. Donald Kennedy, author of the book "The South Was Right."...
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SIKES NAMED MISS HOMECOMERS
(Local News ~ 08/28/00)
A Fredericktown teen was named Miss Homecomers for 2000. Leslie Sikes, 17, was given the honor Saturday night in Jackson, Mo. Mackenzie Price, 17, of Cape Girardeau was first runner-up, and Joleta Ludwig, 17, of Oak Ridge was second runner-up. Friday, singer Katie Boyer won first in the talent show's junior division, ages 6 to 12...
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MARSHALL PAYING SOUTHEAST $120,000
(College Sports ~ 08/28/00)
Southeast Missouri State University's football Indians will be heavy underdogs Thursday night when they begin the Tim Billings era with a game at Division I-A powerhouse Marshall. But no matter what happens in the season-opening contest in Huntington, W.Va., Southeast's athletic department will be coming out ahead -- at least financially...
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BRIEFLY: ST. LOUIS SIXERS RECLAIM CROWN AT SLAMFEST
(High School Sports ~ 08/28/00)
Last year, the St. Louis Sixers had their string of four straight Slamfest titles ended when a team from Cairo, Ill., won the championship. But the Sixers reclaimed their Slamfest crown Sunday when they beat a Southern Illinois squad based out of Ullin 50-41 in the finals of the 16-team, outdoor basketball tournament held at Indian Park...
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BRIEFLY: WOODLAND VOLLEYBALL TOURNEY OPENS TUESDAY
(High School Sports ~ 08/28/00)
Tuesday's action will feature Bell City vs. Leopold at 5 p.m., Notre Dame vs. Woodland at 6, Bell City vs. Zalma at 7 and Notre Dame vs. Leopold at 8. There will be three more round-robin matches both Wednesday and Thursday, leading up to the finals Friday. The third-place match will be at 6 p.m. Friday, followed by the championship contest at 7:30...
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NEVA WALKER
(Obituary ~ 08/28/00)
ANNA, Ill. -- Neva Estrid Walker, 94, of Anna died Sunday, Aug. 27, 2000, at the City Care Center at Anna. She was born Oct. 27, 1905, at Lick Creek, Ill., daughter of Elbert O. and Minnie Thornton Gallegly. She and Audie D. Walker were married March 28, 1936. He died May 6, 1985...
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LLOYD N. SIMPSON
(Obituary ~ 08/28/00)
ST. CHARLES, Mo. -- Funeral Mass for Lloyd N. Simpson, 77, of St. Charles was held Friday at St. Robert Bellarmine Church. Burial was at Calvary Cemetery in North Florissant, Mo., with graveside military rites. Simpson died Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2000, at his home...
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ROBERT ELLEDGE
(Obituary ~ 08/28/00)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Robert Glenn Elledge, 27, of rural Cass County in Nebraska died Friday, Aug. 25, 2000, from an accidental drowning. He was born Oct. 1, 1972, at Cape Girardeau, son of William Glenn and Melba Louise Long Elledge. Elledge was a forklift driver for Lucent Technologies in Nebraska and was a member of the Boilermakers union...
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REVA TROLINGER
(Obituary ~ 08/28/00)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Reva J. Trolinger, 62, of Grassy, Mo., died Saturday, Aug. 26, 2000, at her home. She was born Sept. 13, 1937, at Belgrade, Mo., daughter of Thomas and Elsie Brooks Dobbs. She and Sam Trolinger were married Dec. 23, 1955, at Bellevue, Mo...
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GEORGE CAVE
(Obituary ~ 08/28/00)
CAIRO, Ill. -- George A. Cave, 79, of Cairo died Saturday, Aug. 26, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 19, 1921, at Louisville, Ky., son of Sam and Alice Cave. Cave retired from Service Master at Cairo after 20 years service. He was a past Exalted Ruler of the Cairo Elks Lodge 651, a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and a member of the Cairo VFW Post 2649...
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ELVA WEIBRECHT
(Obituary ~ 08/28/00)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Elva M. Weibrecht, 77, of Perryville died Sunday, Aug. 27, 2000, at the Perry County Nursing Home. She was born Feb. 18, 1923, in Perry County in Missouri, daughter of Daniel J. and Mary Urthel Welker Zahner. She and Alvin P. Weibrecht were married April 19, 1941. He died May 8, 1977...
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JOHN GIBBS
(Obituary ~ 08/28/00)
JACKSON, Mo. -- John L. Gibbs, 69, of Jackson died Sunday, Aug. 27, 2000, at his home. He was born Nov. 16, 1930, son of J.A. and Alma Eggimann Gibbs. He and Marie Slinkard were married July 23, 1948. She survives. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Jackson. ...
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BLANCH PRATER
(Obituary ~ 08/28/00)
THEBES, Ill. -- Blanch Prater, 76, of Thebes died Thursday, Aug. 24, 2000, on arrival at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Ky., following an auto accident. She was born April 26, 1924, in McDowell, Ky., daughter of Wilborn and Katie Moore Tackett...
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J.D. ANDREWS SR.
(Obituary ~ 08/28/00)
HOWARD, Ohio -- J.D. Andrews Sr., 83, of Howard and formerly of Delta, Mo., died Sunday, Aug. 27, 2000, at Laurels Nursing Center at Mount Vernon, Ohio. He was born March 2, 1917, in Cape Girardeau County, son of Herman and Eula Helderman Andrews. He and Syble "Vina" Hester were married April 25, 1941. She died Dec. 23, 1982. He then married Frances Kolthoff on Dec. 28, 1984...
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WILLIAM CORRIGAN
(Obituary ~ 08/28/00)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- William Sikes Corrigan, 90, died Saturday, Aug. 26, 2000, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center at Sikeston. He was born July 20, 1910, at Popular Bluff, Mo., son of John Charles and Effie Sikes Corrigan. He and Margaret Barth were married Aug. 17, 1938, at St. Louis. She died Sept. 13, 1984...
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LOUIS POBST
(Obituary ~ 08/28/00)
ORAN, Mo. -- Louis M. Pobst, 87, of Oran died Saturday, Aug. 26, 2000, at his home. He was born Feb. 26, 1913, at Caney, Mo., son of Andrew and Theresie Menz Pobst. He and Christena M. Hahn were married April 22, 1941. Pobst was a retired self-employed farmer. He was a member of the Guardian Angel Catholic Church at Oran and a member of St. Joseph Sodality and Knights of Columbus Council 4311 of Oran...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 08/28/00)
Just two words I have two words in response to Richard Bruce's letter to the editor about the Jackson school vote: Amen, brother. Let them loose The president of the United States released from federal prison over objections from the Justice Departments 11 Puerto Rican nationalists guilty of setting off bombs in Washington, D.C., killing innocent bystanders. ...
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SAXONY LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL, UP AND RUNNING, CAN ONLY GROW WITH TIME
(Editorial ~ 08/28/00)
Imagine, if you can, attending a high school with a total enrollment of seven students. It would be an unusual experience. But that will be the experience for the seven students enrolled at Saxony Lutheran High School, which today begins the second week of its first year in existence...
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VOTERS MUST BE INFORMED ON COUNTY ZONING
(Editorial ~ 08/28/00)
Cape Girardeau countians are being given the opportunity to express their opinions and learn more about a plan to once again implement countywide planning and ultimately zoning. Since the matter will be put to a vote at the Nov. 7 general election, every voter in Cape Girardeau County should take advantage of a series of public meetings between Sept. 19 and Oct. 3...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: JACKSON BOARD ONLY WANTED TO HEAR ONE SIDE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/28/00)
To the editor: Just as expected, the Jackson Board of Education voted last Tuesday to place the proposed $6 million bond issue back on the ballot for the November general election. For all you Jackson voters, this will be the third time this year. The first two times the issues on the ballot were soundly defeated. The proposal to be placed on the ballot this time has been modified from the original configuration to something thought to be more conservative and appealing to taxpayers...
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