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MEMO: KENNETT MAN ATTENDS RICE LEADERSHIP CLASS
(Business ~ 07/09/01)
Paul Combs of Kennett, Mo., a member of the 2001 Rice Leadership Class, attended a recent weeklong class session, which visited rice production and marketing workshops in Arkansas. The six-member class also visited the John Deer corporate offices in Moline, Ill., and the Chicago Board of Trade...
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PERSONNEL: NEW COORDINATOR JOINS TANSPLANT PROGRAM
(Business ~ 07/09/01)
Breita V. Church has joined Mid-America Transplant Services as a donor program development/ donor family services coordinator. She will be responsible for increasing donor hospital participation, including professional and public information, in the Cape Girardeau area...
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PERSONNEL: FUNERAL DIRECTOR HONORED FOR YEARS OF SERVICE
(Business ~ 07/09/01)
William T. Crain of Murphysboro, Ill., was recognized recently as a 40-year licensee of funeral service. Crain was honored for his contribution to funeral service and to the Southern Illinois community. More than 40 funeral service operators were honored by the Illinois Funeral Directors Association during its state convention in Springfield, Ill...
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PERSONNEL: MARKETING GROUP INSTALLS NEW OFFICERS
(Business ~ 07/09/01)
Tracey Glenn is new president of the Tri-State Advertising & Marketing Professionals. Glenn, who works for the City of Cape Girardeau, was installed as president recently during the club's meeting at the River Ridge Winery. Other new officers include: Keith Whitworth, Southeast Missouri Hospital, vice-president; Ann Hayes, Southeast Missouri State University, secretary; and Marilyn Kneir, Horizon Promotional Products, treasurer. ...
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PERSONNEL: LAPE GRADUATES FROM TRUCK-DRIVING SCHOOL
(Business ~ 07/09/01)
Jeremy Lape has graduated from a four-week, 192-hour tractor trailing driving course at Malden, Mo. Industrial Park. Chester Graham, an instructor with the Southern Missouri Truck Driving School, taught the course.
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PERSONNEL: ACCOUNTANT EARNS CEP DESIGNATION
(Business ~ 07/09/01)
Holly A. Thomas, CPA with Schott & Van de Ven Certified Public Accountants, recently earned the professional designation of certified specialist in estate planning (CEP). This designation was awarded by The National Institute for Excellence in Professional Education, LLC, in conjunction with the Missouri Society of CPAs and Surgent and Associates, LLC...
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PERSONNEL: PATIENT EDUCATOR RECEIVES ADA AWARD
(Business ~ 07/09/01)
Janet Stewart, Southeast Missouri Hospital patient educator, received the Southeast Area Chapter of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) award for "Outstanding Community Service Award in Reaching People" during the recent ADA banquet. Stewart, registered nurse and certified diabetic educator, has served as the local ADA president for the past two years and on the ADA Board for a total of five years...
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MEMO: HAIR SEMINAR COMING UP AT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
(Business ~ 07/09/01)
ULLIN, Ill. -- A hair seminar will be held Aug. 13 at Shawnee Community College near Ullin, Ill. Tracey Nugent, cosmetology education at Mr. John's Schools, with locations in Decatur, Champaign and Jacksonville, and a national platform artist with Wahl Clipper Corporation, will be the guest speaker...
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GADGET GIDDY: THE TYPICAL FAMILY SPENDS $595 A YEAR ON INTERNET ACCESS AND CELLULAR SERVICES
(Local News ~ 07/09/01)
Don Hinkebein stays in constant communication with his office and his family by way of an alpha-numeric pager, voice mail on his cellular phone and an answering service. His phone calls at home are forwarded to his cell phone and voice mail from work often get sent to his pager as well. That's why his daughter, on vacation with the family in Naples, Fla., can get a phone call from a friend in Cape Girardeau...
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MEMO: 'WHERE'S WESTIE?' TO BE PART OF MALL PROMO
(Business ~ 07/09/01)
"Where in the World is Westie?" will be asked as part of a wall-sized mural at Westfield Shoppingtown West Park, which is a special promotion at the shopping center. Sarah Geringer, who will receive a bachelor of fine arts degree in graphic design/illustration at Southeast Missouri State University in December, is painting the giant mural of the world at Shoppingtown...
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MEMO: PERRYVILLE BANK MERGER ANNOUNCED
(Business ~ 07/09/01)
Perry County Financial Corp., 14 N. Jackson St., in Perryville, Mo., has announced that its shareholders approved the "Agreement and Plan of Merger" with Jefferson County Bancshares Inc. The corporation is the parent company of Perry County Savings Bank, F.S.B...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: FRESH VEGETABLES COMING TO DOWNTOWN CAPE GIRARDEAU
(Business ~ 07/09/01)
A new business venture will start in downtown Cape Girardeau Sunday. The Downtown Merchants Association Scholarship Garden will be in operation from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Pavilion, located in the parking lot in front of Hutson's Furniture Store. "The tomatoes are ready," said William "Bill" Dunn, who will head up the new garden market, which will include cucumbers, six different kinds of peppers -- chili, hot, bell, banana, cayenne and jalapeno -- and six varieties of tomatoes...
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MEMO: CIGAR 'TASTING' PLANNED AT TOBACCO LANE FRIDAY
(Business ~ 07/09/01)
A cigar tasting and pipe tobacco sampling will be held at Tobacco Lane, 244 South Silver Springs Road, from 4 -6 p.m. Friday. Light refreshments and door prizes will be presented to those attending the event. Many cigar tasters keep their own logbook, listing information regarding their cigar preferences -- strength of tobacco, country of origin, and other data...
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HOLDEN HAS FEW DAYS LEFT TO SIGN BILLS
(Local News ~ 07/09/01)
Gov. Bob Holden has until Saturday to take action on remaining unsigned bills passed in his first legislative session. Holden has already signed most of the high-profile legislation that cleared the Missouri General Assembly this year, but a few noteworthy bills remain, including a proposal to commit future state funding for a new University of Missouri sports arena and a ban on same-sex marriages...
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RICE AT RECORD LEVEL OF ACRES
(Local News ~ 07/09/01)
This year is the biggest yet for rice, according to the Missouri Agricultural Statistics Service, while fewer acres are planted in corn and wheat. Soybean and cotton acreages are holding steady. An estimated 210,000 acres, a record high, have been in planted in rice, 14 percent more than the 1999 totals and about 25 percent more than a year ago...
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'HARRAH'S METROPOLIS' MOVING IN
(Local News ~ 07/09/01)
METROPOLIS, Ill. -- Players Riverboat Casino in Metropolis has been a win-win proposal for both the gaming company and this Southern Illinois town of 7,500. The casino has profited from the more than 10 million visitors, while Metropolis has taken in more than $45 million as the boat's host city...
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HONOR ROLLS: MERIDIAN HIGH SCHOOL
(Honor Roll ~ 07/09/01)
Meridian High School Second-semester honor roll High honors 12th grade: Erica Dumas, Jennifer Leak, Crystal Palmisano, Adam Thurston. 11th grade: Nicole McClellan, Evonnia Woods. 10th grade: Ryan Casper, Regina English, Rebekah Herring, Michael Palmisano, Clottee Woods...
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CAPAHAS CAPTURE EVANSVILLE TOURNEY
(High School Sports ~ 07/09/01)
EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- The Craftsman Union Capahas captured the 12-team Evansville Tournament on Sunday, avenging a loss to Lebanon, Ind., in the championship game. The Capahas defeated Lebanon 4-3 as it won its fourth straight game since encountering a 5-4, 10-inning loss to the same squad on Friday...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 07/09/01)
CONCERNING THE photograph of Joe Burton on the front page of the Southeast Missourian and his frustration over the reassessment of his property on Lexington Avenue: He might as well get used to it. The county assessor and the county commission love this arrangement. ...
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COMING SOON TO A SCHOOL NEAR YOU
(Column ~ 07/09/01)
KENNETT, Mo. -- Very soon now we will learn what role our federal governments wants to play in improving the nation's premier challenge: how to make our kids smarter. We have our new president to thank for this much anticipated transformation in how our Johnnys and Janes acquire sufficient knowledge in a world that is increasingly driven by high technology, leaving absolutely no room for dunderheads and simpletons...
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ELK WOULD POSE TOO MANY PROBLEMS IN MISSOURI
(Editorial ~ 07/09/01)
The Missouri Conservation Commission has suspended a plan to bring elk into the state primarily because of fears that chronic wasting disease, a variant of mad cow disease, might also be introduced. Chronic wasting disease, or CWD, also infects deer and livestock...
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DECISION TO DROP P&Z LAWSUIT IS BEST FOR ALL
(Editorial ~ 07/09/01)
Unless plaintiffs decide some day to refile a lawsuit that alleges Cape Girardeau County illegally spent money to develop planning and zoning regulations before last November's vote on countywide planning and zoning, the question of whether the county acted legally in spending $29,000 for the plan will remain unanswered...
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ROBERT M. FISCHER
(Obituary ~ 07/09/01)
ANNA, Ill. -- Robert M. Fischer, 81, of Anna, died Sunday, July 8, 2001, at his home in Anna. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Lutz & Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna.
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JAKE R. POGUE
(Obituary ~ 07/09/01)
Jake R. Pogue, 78, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, July 6, 2001, at St. Anthony Medical Center in St. Louis. He was born July 20. 1922, in Patton, Mo., son of Henry Francis and Mella Alzada Tinnin Pogue. He married Wilda Louise Green on July 3, 1947, in St. Louis. She died on Sept. 1, 2000...
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FLORA L. HEINS
(Obituary ~ 07/09/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Flora L. Heins, 89, of Perryville, died Sunday, July 8, 2001 at her residence. She was born June 21, 1912, in Jacob, Ill., daughter of Theodore and Molly Stueve Grode. She and Alfons L. Heins were married on May 27, 1931, and he preceded her in death on Aug. 25, 1973...
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