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CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNCIL AGENDA
(Local News ~ 12/04/95)
Agenda, Monday, 7:30 p.m., City Hall Public Hearings Request of Red Oak Estates for special use permit for a model home as a sales office. Request of East Missouri Action Agency for a special use permit to operate community action programs including Head Start at 1111 Linden...
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TOWN AND COUNTRY GROCERS; COMPANY EXPANDS FROM ONE TO 28 SUPERMARKETS IN QUARTER-CENTURY
(Local News ~ 12/04/95)
Work continued last week outside the new Country Mart, which will open in Jackson Sunday. Alan Twedell, left, and Tina Perdue worked at preparing the video department for the opening of Country Mart. Bob Hufford has been in the grocery business more than 40 years. Twenty-five of those years have been with Town and Country Grocers of Fredericktown Inc., which operates 28 supermarkets -- 19 of them in Southeast Missouri...
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GOVERNOR IN CAPE TUESDAY TO DISCUSS `SAFE SCHOOLS'
(Local News ~ 12/04/95)
Gov. Mel Carnahan will be in Cape Girardeau Tuesday to discuss his "Safe Schools Initiative." Describing the new program as a "major new initiative to make our schools a safer place to learn and teach," Carnahan will visit with the student advisory committee, consisting of student representatives from each grade level, at Cape Central High School at 9 a.m. Tuesday...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: AFTER 8 MONTHS AND LOTS OF HARD WORK, AG CAT ROLLS OFF LINE
(Business ~ 12/04/95)
James Krepps was in a familiar position Friday afternoon, behind the controls of a 600-horsepower, G164B biplane which had just rolled off the assembly line of the new Ag Cat Corp. manufacturing plant in Malden. Krepps, president and CEO of Ag Cat, was the first pilot for the new plane during a special open house ceremony held at the company's facilities on the site of an old Air Force base...
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ON THE STREET
(Local News ~ 12/04/95)
This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "How would you feel about the City of Cape Girardeau funding the cost of operating the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport control tower?" Marla Summers, Cape Girardeau "Well, if we lose the funding then I would say yes, it would need to be done."...
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LETTER-WRITING SISTERS NEED STAMPS, STATIONERY
(Local News ~ 12/04/95)
Two elderly sisters, Mrs. H and Mrs. I, live together and care for each other in their old age. Mrs. H is barely able to walk. she has severe arthritis and in the past suffered a broken knee. Mrs. I suffers with congestive heart failure. Between the two, the sisters manage to care for themselves. Neighbors help out by occasionally cooking dinner or mowing the lawn...
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TOY BOX DONATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PICK UP
(Local News ~ 12/04/95)
Donations to the 1995 Toy Box toy drive are coming in a little slower than normal. Kerry Reeves, co-chair of the drive for the Cape Girardeau Jaycees, said she's sure donations will pick up now that it's December. "I think people are starting to get into the Christmas spirit," she said. "People just don't have their minds on Christmas in November. When people start getting out to the mall to shop, they see our barrel and they remember to make their donation."...
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AIRPORT TOWER CALLED `2ND PAIR OF EYES'
(Local News ~ 12/04/95)
From four stories above the ground, the decision to eliminate federal funding for the air traffic control tower at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport makes little sense to Larry Davis. Davis, who supervises tower operations, can see the construction work taking place just beyond the terminal building. The $2.17 million project involves reconstruction of ramp areas, recabling of runway lighting, and construction of additional ramp space and a new taxiway...
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IT'S A GIRL WHO TOOK HER TIME, SPENT LOTS OF PARENTS' MONEY
(Local News ~ 12/04/95)
She's a $40,000 baby five years in the making. Cleo and Joyce Johns joke about it, but when the Jackson couple decided to become parents it took a whole lot of money and half a decade to finally see results. And results came in a special way; the birth of a biological daughter...
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MAKING CUSTODY DECISIONS DIFFICULT (LAST OF TWO PARTS)
(Local News ~ 12/04/95)
People can be at their worst when fighting over their children. Beautiful weddings, romantic honeymoons and joyous births are ancient history as people rush to end marriages gone bad. They want out, they want their kids and sometimes they want to hurt their spouses...
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CHRISTMAS SHOPPING TAKES PRESENTS OF MIND
(Column ~ 12/04/95)
It's December, so I've been spending more time than usual wandering through local hardware stores. Translated, that means I have to find a Christmas present for my father. He's issued a moratorium on aftershave, sweaters, ties and handkerchiefs, so I've had to actually set foot inside a hardware store in a desperate attempt to find something he might want...
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RIVERSIDE LIBRARY: 40 YEARS OF INFORMATION
(Local News ~ 12/04/95)
JACKSON -- Just as the quality of life improved in Southeast Missouri during the last 40 years, so did the quality of information available to library patrons. To celebrate its 40th anniversary, the Riverside Regional Library held an open house Sunday afternoon at its central branch in Jackson...
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TREE SALES BRISKER THAN WEATHER
(Local News ~ 12/04/95)
Weather over the weekend did little to instill the yuletide spirit but may have made the task of selecting a Christmas tree a bit more pleasant. "It's been great," Dave Kinder, operator of a Christmas tree lot in front of Schnucks on S. Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau, said of the warm weekend weather...
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JOHANNA E. GERINGER
(Obituary ~ 12/04/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Johanna Elizabeth Geringer, 78, of Perryville died Saturday, Dec. 2, 1995, at the Perry County Nursing Home. She was born Aug. 14, 1917, at Biehle to Joseph and Julia Bohnert Renner. She married Lonnie L. Geringer April 11, 1950. She was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville...
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VELDA P. BOLLINGER
(Obituary ~ 12/04/95)
The Amaranth chapter of Cape Girardeau will hold a service for Velda P. Bollinger at 7 p.m. today at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. Bollinger, 80, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Dec. 2, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4 to 8 p.m. today. Service will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. The Rev. O. David Griffin will officiate, with burial in Cook Cemetery at Scopus...
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CLAIRE A. SCATES
(Obituary ~ 12/04/95)
JACKSON -- Claire A. Scates, 98, of Jackson died Saturday, Dec. 2, 1995, at the Deal Nursing Home. She was born Jan. 19, 1897, at Oak Ridge to John and Mary Ann Faust Kassel. She married Herbert Scates May 17, 1917. He died July 2, 1970. She was a member of Emmanuel United Church of Christ in Jackson and taught Sunday school for a number of years...
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R.F. "PEG" MEYER
(Obituary ~ 12/04/95)
R.F. "Peg" Meyer, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Dec. 2, 1995, at the Lutheran Home. On Jan. 7, 1926, he married Helen Ruth Evans at Steeleville. She died Jan. 30, 1992. Graveside service will be today at New Lorimier Cemetery at 11 a.m.
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LOIS E. MOONEY
(Obituary ~ 12/04/95)
BLOOMFIELD -- Lois E. Mooney, 73, of Bloomfield died Sunday, Dec. 3, 1995, in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 28, 1922, near Dexter to Randal and Zora Jarrell Evans. She married Elvis A. Mooney Nov. 10, 1941. She was a graduate of Bloomfield High School and attended Abilene Christian College in Abilene, Texas. She had been a secretary at her husband's law practice in Bloomfield since 1947...
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ROBERT WELLAND
(Obituary ~ 12/04/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Robert "Buddy" Welland, 64, of Perryville died Sunday, Dec. 3, 1995, at St. Louis University Medical Center. He was born Aug. 5, 1931, at Perryville to August and Mabel Fassold Welland. He married Thelma M. Weinkein Sept. 1, 1951. He retired from Sabreliner Aircraft Assembly. He was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville, where he was also an usher; a third-degree member of the Knights of Columbus 1263; and a member of the American Legion Booster Club...
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MARKETING FORUM AT SHAWNEE COLLEGE
(Local News ~ 12/04/95)
ULLIN, Ill. - Dr. Darrel Good, University of Illinois specialist in agriculture economics will be guest speaker at a marketing outlook conference, to be held at Shawnee Community College Thursday. The meeting, sponsored by the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Services AJMPU Unit and Consolidated Grain and Barge, will be held in the AJMPU Union office on the college campus from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m...
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MISSOURI WATCH: IN DEFENSE OF RESPONSIBLE PASSION ABOUT POLITICS
(Column ~ 12/04/95)
A recent letter from a reader in outstate Missouri produced this sentence: "I love it when you get mad and blast those (blankety-blanks) in Jefferson City." I appreciate the kind words, and I must confess that I enjoy a degree of anger myself now and then. It's like that good old southern custom of serving a little sorbet before the meal to cleanse the palate. Anger cleanses most political subjects these days, there being such a surplus of events to condemn in our modern world...
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TALKING IS BETTER
(Editorial ~ 12/04/95)
There were no surprises in the comments of Southeast Missourians who were asked to comment about the recent partial shutdown of the federal government. In most cases, folks said they weren't affected one way or the other. Callers to Speak Out have drummed a repetitive theme: If the nation's government is going to close for a while, it ought to produce some benefit for taxpayers. ...
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CHRISTMAS FOR THE ELDERLY
(Editorial ~ 12/04/95)
Christmas is so much a part of children's lives, and much of the seasonal rush seems to center on youngsters and their happy thoughts. But the holidays are for everyone, and it is too easy to overlook the needs and concerns of the elderly at this time of year...
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BUSINESS MEMO: AMERITECH CUTS RATES
(Business ~ 12/04/95)
Ameritech is slashing roaming rates in 30 U.S. cities, which will make cellular telephone calling more affordable for customers in the St. Louis area, including Cape Girardeau. Ameritech customers traveling to select cities can access cellular services for only 50 cents a minute. As a new addition, Missouri Ameritech customers who travel to the Paducah, Ky., or Carbondale, Ill., areas can use their phones on the B-band for 50 cents a minute with no daily roaming rate...
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BUSINESS MEMO: TWO ILLINOIS OFFICES OPEN
(Business ~ 12/04/95)
Quality of Life Services Inc. of Carbondale, Ill., has opened two new satellite offices at Olmsted and Anna, Ill. The Anna office, which will serve residents of Union and Southern Jackson counties, is at 1000 N. Main in the Choate Mental Health Center Clinical Services Building. Jane Sauerbrunn, a registered nurse from Anna, will staff the Anna office. She previously worked at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau...
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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: HEAVENLY HAM TO OPEN
(Business ~ 12/04/95)
Heavenly Ham, which specializes in baked, spiral-sliced and honey-spiced hams and smoked turkeys, will open this week at 3443 William, Suite A. The business also will offer fully-cooked barbecue ribs, specialty bacon, a number of condiments and a variety of side dishes...
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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: AUTO ZONE WILL RELOCATE
(Business ~ 12/04/95)
Auto Zone is moving to a new Cape Girardeau site. "We're expanding the Cape Girardeau operation," said Laura Nevins of Auto Zone public affairs department in Memphis, Tenn. "The new store will be 7,000 square feet." The new building at the intersection of Bloomfield Road and South Kingshighway will replace the 5,000-square-foot store at 835 N. Kingshighway...
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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: NEW PRE-SCHOOL OPENS
(Business ~ 12/04/95)
Friends Forever Pre-School has opened at 1749 Independence. Patty Turner, who has more than seven years of pre-school experience, is owner of the new business, which will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. "We take students from 2 to 10 years of age," said Turner. "We have a great facility here. We have learning centers, large indoor and outdoor play areas and state-approved snacks and meals."...
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BUSINESS MEMO: BUILDING TO BE INSPECTED
(Business ~ 12/04/95)
David J. Hyman, managing broker and senior vice president of Benj. E. Sherman & Sons, will be in Cape Girardeau Tuesday to provide inspections of the former Central Hardware building, which will be sold this month. The 85,320-square-foot building, owned by Spirit Holding Co., which is offering it for auction with the approval of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, is located on a 7.14-acre site at 371 S. Broadview St. and is being offered for sale in a sealed bid auction...
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BUSINESS MEMO: COMPANY RECEIVES AWARD
(Business ~ 12/04/95)
Delta Ford New Holland of Charleston has received the Zimmatic distinguished performance award for outstanding Zimmatic Top 20 sales award in 1995. Lindsay Manufacturing Co. presented the award during its annual dealer convention in Vail, Colo. Lindsay Co. produces automated irrigation equipment, including Zimmatic center pivot, corner and lateral move systems, as well as computerized monitor and control units...
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BUSINESS MEMO: EMINAR WILL BE HELD HERE
(Business ~ 12/04/95)
"Basics of Recruiting and Retaining Good Employees," will be the topic of a seminar to be held Feb. 22, starting at 1 p.m., in the Tiffany Room of the Holiday Inn in Cape Girardeau. Dr. Steven M. Cohen, senior consultant of Lawrence-Leiter and Co. of Kansas City, will discuss strengths and weaknesses of recruiting methods, obtaining employee commitment and development of educational programs...
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BUSINESS MEMO: ROWN TO SPEAK TUESDAY
(Business ~ 12/04/95)
Randy L. Brown, the 1995 "Missouri Merchant of the Year," will be guest speaker for a retail conference Tuesday at the Dexter High School Auditorium. "The Detail of Retail" is the topic for Brown's address. Brown, formerly with the Missouri Highway Patrol, became president of Brown's Family Shoe Store in Washington in 1980. Under his direction, the store has grown by more than 200 percent...
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BUSINESS MEMO: HAMBER PLANS EXPO '96
(Business ~ 12/04/95)
Dates have been established for the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce Business Expo '96 and Business Conference, co-sponsored by the Chamber's University Relations Committee and the Harrison College of Business. The two-day extravaganza is scheduled for April 16-17. Additional information will be announced soon...
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BUSINESS MEMO: IRPORT PASSES TEST
(Business ~ 12/04/95)
The Cape Girardeau Regional Airport was put to a test recently. It passed. An FAA Airport Division inspector performed the annual "Part 139 Certification Inspection," the safety standards the FAA uses to insure that all airports that serve air carriers are maintained and operated to the maximum safety criteria...
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BUSINESS MEMO: NEW GAME SYSTEM UNVEILED
(Business ~ 12/04/95)
More than two years after announcing they were working together, Nintendo Co. and Silicon Graphics Inc. took the wraps off the new video game system they created. The system, to be called Ultra 64, will go on sale in April for about $250. The companies displayed it Friday for the first time at Shoshinkai, a trade show Nintendo sponsors in Makuhari, Japan...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 12/04/95)
Alan W. Foust, owner of QPI Security Systems Inc. at Jackson, has earned recognition as a Certified Protection Professional. The certification, sponsored by the American Society for Industrial Security, requires a battery of mandatory and specialty examinations after having met strict experience and/or educational prerequisites...
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