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IPOs: CALCULATED RISK OR PURE CHANCE
(Local News ~ 04/20/98)
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. Some investors regard investing in stocks as "playing the market." In fact, all stocks are not created equal. Each company that issues stocks has a unique history of growth, earnings and paying dividends. Thus, each stock offers a different level of risk as well as reward...
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NEW BUSINESS: NEW FINANCIAL FIRM
(Business ~ 04/20/98)
Beneficial Missouri Inc., a financial company that makes personal and home-equity loans, has opened a new office at 121 S. Broadview, Suite 3. The international company, which has more than 1,200 offices in the United States and two other countries, was established in 1913, and is one of the oldest finance companies in the United States...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 04/20/98)
M. Luther Hahs of Cape Girardeau has been honored by Northwestern Mutual Life, marking 50 years as an agent with the company. Hahs, who joined Northwestern Mutual as an agent April 1, 1948, received an engraved bronze tray from Edward T. Hempstead, Northwestern general agent from St. Louis...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: CATCHING UP: BEANIE BABIES AT BALL GAME
(Business ~ 04/20/98)
The Beanie Babies craze has landed on St. Louis Baseball Cardinal turf, and it is creating a stir. "Stretch the Ostrich" and "Smoochy the Frog" will be promotion items for Cardinal games May 22 and Aug. 14. Cardinal officials say sale for the two dates are brisk, actually making the dates the most popular after opening game and the Cubs weekend in August...
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NEW BUSINESS: BUSINESS PURCHASED
(Business ~ 04/20/98)
Stereo One Inc. of Cape Girardeau has purchased the assets of Planet Car-Fi in Springfield. Planet Car-Fi is Springfield's leading mobile electronics (car audio) dealership and shares in many of the product lines offered by Stereo One, such as Alpine, Clarion, Rockford Fosgate, Boston Acoustics and Viper auto security...
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IRRIGATION PAYS; WATERING LANDS BY ARTIFICIAL METHODS GOOD INVESTMENT
(Local News ~ 04/20/98)
Lumsden showed the "poly pipe" he used last year that will be sent to a recycler. Irrigation pays! A 10-year analysis shows that irrigation is a good investment for farmers in Southeast Missouri. The study, a comparison of irrigated and non-irrigated crops, show that irrigation more than pays for itself most years...
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NEW BUSINESS: NEW OWNERS OF FUNERAL HOME
(Business ~ 04/20/98)
SIKESTON -- A funeral home at Sikeston is under new ownership. Jim Blanchard, who has been involved in the funeral home business more than 20 years, and his wife, Dianne Blanchard, have purchased Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at 403 N. Kingshighway. Blanchard Funeral Chapel will be a family business. ...
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BUSINESS MEMO: `AWARD OF EXCELLENCE'
(Business ~ 04/20/98)
Employees of Jackson Manor will receive an "Award of Excellence" from health-care management. The award, based on quality of resident care, budget compliance and accounts receivable, will be presented and all employees honored during a special banquet May 7...
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BUSINESS MEMO: GOLD STAR RATINGS
(Business ~ 04/20/98)
Aid Association for Lutherans Branch 637 of Altenburg and Branch 659 of Frohna have been awarded a Gold Star rating by the fraternal benefit society in recognition of exemplary volunteer service in the community. To achieve the highest AAL rating, gold or silver stars, branches must annually sponsor at least one benevolent activity or fund-raising event or work project, conduct at least nine meetings, sponsor one educational activity and one member-awareness event, and comply with AAL's attendance, voting and reporting requirements.. ...
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NEW BUSINESS: A&A SECURITY OPENS
(Business ~ 04/20/98)
A&A Security Alarms and Electric has opened at Jackson. Dale Amelunke of Pocahontas, who has more than a dozen years in the security alarm business, recently founded his own company. The new company offers security alarm and electrical services. "We sell and install security alarms, fire alarms," said Amelunke. "We will install and work on any type of security alarm. We offer the 24-hour, UL-approved Central Station for the alarm system."...
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BUSINESS MEMO: `MOST ADMIRED' COMPANY
(Business ~ 04/20/98)
Northwestern Mutual Life has been recognized as "America's Most Admired" life insurance company by Fortune magazine. T. Ronald Hahs, Northwestern district agent in Cape Girardeau, said Northwestern was one of four companies that have maintained its No. 1 position in its respective industries over the past 16 years that Fortune has ranked "Most Admired." Others include Boeing, J.P. Morgan and Kimberly-Clark. Fortune recognizes "Most Admired" in 49 industry groups...
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BUSINESS MEMO: RECORD EARNINGS
(Business ~ 04/20/98)
Commerce Bancshares, with assets of $10.4 billion, is a registered bank holding company operating at 280 sites in Missouri, Illinois and Kansas. The company has total loans of $6.4 billion and total deposits of $8.7 billion...
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BUSINESS MEMO: DANA ACG MEETING
(Business ~ 04/20/98)
Dana's Automotive Components Group recently held a meeting at the Cape Girardeau Dana facility. The ACG is one of four strategic business groups formed last year to focus on specific product lines. The group includes Dana's Spicer Axle and Parts divisions, and has an annual sales volume of $4 billion. That includes $2 billion for light axles and $1.3 billion in drive trains, with the rest in frames and modular assemblies...
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BUSINESS MEMO: MERCANTILE EARNINGS
(Business ~ 04/20/98)
Mercantile Bancorporation Inc. has reported first-quarter net income at $103,892,000 or 77 cents a share, an increase of 20.3 percent from first-quarter results of a year ago. First quarter results included the merger with Roosevelt Financial Group Inc., which was completed in July...
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SELF-DEFENSE: POLICE, MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOL TO OFFER CLASSES FOR WOMEN
(Local News ~ 04/20/98)
In February, a 44-year-old Oran woman managed to escape serious injury after a man wearing black and a ski mask abducted her from the parking lot of the West Park Mall in Cape Girardeau. Although police said the attack was an isolated event, such attacks do occasionally occur in Cape Girardeau...
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DOG OWNERS PURSUE OBEDIENCE FOR PETS
(Local News ~ 04/20/98)
Editor's note: This is the first of two stories about dogs and their owners beginning obedience training. The second will appear after graduation day. Precious the boxer has had four years to develop her bad manners. Ransom, the Labrador retriever, has a reputation for being spooky around other dogs. Smitty, a golden retriever, has started acting like a teen-ager, his owner complains...
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SEARCH FOR STUDENTS: UNIVERSITY COLLECTS DATA TO HELP BOOST ENROLLMENT, DESIGN PLAN
(Local News ~ 04/20/98)
Southeast Missouri State University might give a tuition break to students from Southern Illinois and other Missouri border states to help boost enrollment. Dr. Robert Parrent, associate vice president of enrollment management, said the university is considering the idea, and a decision could be made in the next six months...
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RESEARCH KEY TO RECRUITMENT
(Local News ~ 04/20/98)
Dr. Robert Parrent doesn't just talk about boosting enrollment, he preaches it. Southeast Missouri State University's associate vice president for enrollment management is leading the charge in the university's effort to boost enrollment to 10,300. Enrollment last fall stood at just over 8,200...
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CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE: I'LL PROCRASTINATE LATER: PROJECT TABLED FOR LACK OF ACTION
(Column ~ 04/20/98)
Ever notice that planning a project is a lot more fun than actually doing it? Several months ago, a friend of mine gave me a battered little table left behind by the previous owner of her just-bought house. It's not too badly battered. It is, however, peeling paint that is the shade of those green after-dinner mints, and the green paint covers water-stained wood...
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MODOT RESPONDS TO LOCAL HIGHWAY VIEWS
(Editorial ~ 04/20/98)
Regardless of the route ultimately chosen to better move traffic through or around Jackson toward Cape Girardeau, the Missouri Department of Transportation deserves credit for promptly responding to concerns of local government officials and coming up with an alternative that not only addresses those concerns but satisfies those who expressed them...
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CONFISCATED DRUG MONEY HELPS AGENCIES
(Editorial ~ 04/20/98)
Three Southeast Missouri police organizations and the federal Drug Enforcement Agency were handsomely rewarded for good police work recently. The rewards came from more than $1 million in drug money that the agencies seized from a van. The money went to the Missouri Highway Patrol, Mineral Area Drug Task Force and Southeast Missouri Drug Task Force. ...
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LETTERS: SUICIDE ISN'T DYING WITH DIGNITY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/20/98)
To the editor: It is almost Mother's Day, and soon after it will be Father's Day. Many thoughtful people don't want to burden their loved ones with the expense of their funerals. They may choose such a special occasion to purchase one of the many funeral plans or a burial plot...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU CITY COUNCIL
(Local News ~ 04/20/98)
Agenda 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 20 Study session 5 p.m. Public hearing -- A public hearing on the request for transfer of the cable communications system from TCI Cablevision of Missouri, Inc., to Falcon Holding Group, L.P. and Falcon Communications, LP/TCI Cablevision of Missouri, Inc., a for-profit limited partnership...
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JACKSON BOARD OF ALDERMEN
(Local News ~ 04/20/98)
Agenda 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 20 Power and Light Committee -- Consider a motion accepting certified election results. -- Consider a motion accepting the bid of Drake-Scruggs of Springfield, Ill., in the amount of $38,167 and authorizing the purchase of one Versalift Model VST-36001 Aerial Unit...
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ON THE STREET
(Local News ~ 04/20/98)
The Southeast Missourian asked, "How do you think Cape Girardeau should improve its tornado warning system?" Ava Allen, Cape Girardeau "It would be nice if we had alarms that would sound like sirens. That would be the one thing that I would think of."...
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STEELERS CALL ON RUBIO IN 7TH ROUND
(College Sports ~ 04/20/98)
Angel Rubio was thrilled to be selected in the 1998 National Football League draft Sunday. But the Southeast Missouri State University product realizes that now begins the hard part. "Now I have to go and make the team," he said. "People don't realize that just because you get drafted doesn't mean you're on the team. You still have to make it."...
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HUESGEN AVOIDS HOOK, GETS WIN
(College Sports ~ 04/20/98)
Dan Huesgen figured he might have been precariously close to being knocked out of the game in the fourth inning. Instead, the Southeast Missouri State University sophomore wound up righting his ship and pitching all nine innings Sunday as the Indians grabbed a big 8-4 victory over Middle Tennessee State...
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BRIEFLY: CAPE CENTRAL FRESHMEN TRACK TEAM WINS
(High School Sports ~ 04/20/98)
NEW MADRID -- Cape Central's ninth-grade boys captured a five-team meet at New Madrid Saturday, outdistancing the host by 28 points. Cape Central finished with 143 points, followed by New Madrid 115, Poplar Bluff 98, Sikeston 66, and East Prairie 43...
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BRIEFLY: LUEBBERS SHOOTS HOLE-IN-ONE
(High School Sports ~ 04/20/98)
JACKSON -- Jack Luebbers of Jackson fired his first hole-in-one while playing Friday at Kimbeland Country Club. Luebbers used a pitching wedge to ace the No. 4 hole, which is a 142-yard par-3. Playing along with Luebbers were his wife Cindy Luebbers and Ernie and Judy Nordman...
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PAUL CLAXTON
(Obituary ~ 04/20/98)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Paul B. Claxton, 88, of Pompano Beach, Fla., formerly of Cairo, died Saturday, April 18, 1998, at his home. He was born Sept. 28, 1909, in Pulaski, son of John and Leona Claxton. He was married to Helen Vena Dagenhardt, who preceded him in death...
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VERDA PLACHER
(Obituary ~ 04/20/98)
PUXICO -- Verda Placher, 80, of Pacific, formerly of Puxico, died Saturday, April 18, 1998, at the Pacific Care Center. She was born on Jan. 24, 1918, at Kinder, daughter of William H. and Minnie Behymer Cox. She and James H. Placher were married on Nov. 27, 1935, at Puxico...
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LILLIAN BARRINGER
(Obituary ~ 04/20/98)
Lillian Barringer, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, April 19, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel.
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