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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: RECEIVES EXECUTIVE AWARD
(Business ~ 01/31/00)
ServiceMaster Residential/Commercial Services presented the Executive Award in the President's Recognition program to Virgil Jones, owner of ServiceMaster Professional Cleaning Services, at its national convention recently in Memphis, Tenn. Jones serves all of Southeast Missouri from locations in Cape Girardeau and Sikeston. He serves both residential and commercial customers through complete fire and water damage restoration services, and carpet and upholstery cleaning...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: FINISHES TAX WORKSHOPS
(Business ~ 01/31/00)
Cheryl Morris, CPA, and Howard Poston, staff accountant with Schott & Van de Ven, Certified Public Accountants, have received continuing education focused on tax preparation. Morris attend the Individual Income Tax Returns Workshop to enhance her ability to advise clients on new developments and tax savings ideas. Poston attended the 1040 Tax Clinic and learned about maximizing deductions, exemptions and tax credits for 1040 returns...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: JOINS TOTALLY YOU HAIR SALON
(Business ~ 01/31/00)
Becky Drury has joined Totally You Hair Salon located at 42 N. Spanish Street in Cape Girardeau. She is a graduate of Stage One Beauty School and has been practicing cosmetology for three years. She was manager at Regis Salon for two years and specializes in hair color, trend haircuts and styling...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: JOINS LEEROWAN
(Business ~ 01/31/00)
Scott Terry has joined LeeRowan in Jackson as Industrial Engineer. Terry holds a B.S. degree in Industrial Technology from Southeast Missouri State University. Nancy Pope has been named as General Accountant at LeeRowan. She previously served as Accounts Payable with Workforce in Farmington. She holds her B.S. in Accounting from Southeast...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: PROMOTIONS AT DANA CORP.
(Business ~ 01/31/00)
A number of people have been promoted to the Cutter Grind Department at Dana Corporation in Cape Girardeau. They are: John Kaufman, who began his career with Dana Corporation in 1992. Cara Crowden who began her career with Dana Corp. in 1998. Harley Horrell who began his career with Dana Corp. in 1994...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: DEPARTMENT REACHES GOAL
(Business ~ 01/31/00)
In 1999, LeeRowan's purchasing department set a goal for all of the buying agents to achieve Certification in Purchasing Management by the National Association of Purchasing Managers by the end of the year. This goal was achieved with Greg Temperly, Joe Figler, Bill King, Brandi Smith, and Geoff Smith completing all requirements for certification...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: BOYERS TO CHAIR COUNCIL
(Business ~ 01/31/00)
The state's largest small-business group, the National Federation of Independent Business, recently named Poplar Bluff business leader Patty Boyers to chair the organization's leadership council. The 32-member leadership council is made up of small-business owners from across the state. ...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: FINISHES FEDERAL TAX CLINIC
(Business ~ 01/31/00)
Holly A. Thomas, Timothy J. Schwent, and David M. Plassman, all CPAs with Schott & Van de Ven, Certified Public Accountants, attended continuing education on "Current Developments in Federal Taxation" recently in St. Louis. The class featured recent changes in the Internal Revenue Code and rulings pertaining to individuals and close-held businesses. It was sponsored by the Missouri Society of CPAs. Schwent and Thomas are professional members of the association...
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DON'T TRY TO OUTGUESS YIELD CURVES (FINANCIAL FOCUS)
(Local News ~ 01/31/00)
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. Are you a good guesser? If so, you might be tempted to apply your skills to the investment world. For example, if you're interested in investing in bonds, you might want to try outguessing the "yield curve." But be careful making the wrong guess could be expensive...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: NAMED TO LEADING EDGE
(Business ~ 01/31/00)
Marilyn Duffey of Prudential Bridgeport Inc., Realtors, has been named to Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, Inc. prestigious Leading Edge Society, Resident, for 1999. The award recognizes residential sales associates who closed 30 or more residential transactions for the year. Sales associates who qualify for this award place in the top 5 percent of the Prudential Real Estate Network. This is the second time that Marilyn has earned this award...
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FORMER UNIVERSITY CHIEF HONORED AT 90TH BIRTHDAY
(Local News ~ 01/31/00)
Dr. Mark Scully returned Sunday to Wildwood, the home he and his family shared from 1956 until his retirement as president of Southeast Missouri State University in 1975. University president Ken Dobbins and his wife, Jeanine, were hosts at an open house in honor of Scully's 90th birthday. Present and former university personnel, former students and friends were among the estimated 250 guests...
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CHAMPIONS! AMAZING RAMS BEAT TITANS TO CLAIM FIRST SUPER BOWL FOR ST. LOUIS; SUPER BOWL PARTIES THROUGHOUT CITY RING IN 23-16 RAMS' WIN
(Local News ~ 01/31/00)
Whatever the reason, few people in Cape Girardeau strayed from their homes and television sets Sunday. They were preparing to watch the St. Louis Rams capture the Super Bowl XXXIV title. The Rams defeated the Titans 23-16 in a game that found the Titans on the 1-yard line as time ran out. It was St. Louis Rams' first Super Bowl win...
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ARTS DIRECTOR GUIDES STATE'S INNOVATIVE CULTURAL TRUST PROGRAM
(Local News ~ 01/31/00)
SIKESTON -- Missouri is on the cultural cutting edge. The Missouri Cultural Trust, an inventive grant program created to help arts organizations sustain themselves, is viewed as a model by other states trying to offset deep cuts in the National Endowment for the Arts funding mandated by Congress...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 01/31/00)
I'M CALLING about the blackbird situation around the Jefferson School area and Minnesota Street to Highway 74. I know my family has turned in four complaints to the city to be turned over to animal control. Nothing has been done yet. We use cap guns and other noisemakers to try to scare away the birds. ...
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COUNTY P&Z PLANS DESERVES TO BE AIRED FULLY
(Editorial ~ 01/31/00)
Cape Girardeau County voters once again will have an opportunity to decide on countywide planning and zoning. The County Commission last week placed the issue on the April 4 ballot. The commission's action ended three years of work by a temporary county Planning and Zoning Commission to develop a master plan that would be considered suitable for the county. ...
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HERBSTS WIN TOP NATIONAL FARMING AWARD, SHOWING FAMILY FARMS ARE MAINSTAY IN OUR AREA
(Editorial ~ 01/31/00)
Area farm families and city folk alike can be proud of the showing of David and Leslie Herbst in the American Farm Bureau Federation's Young Farmers and Ranchers Achievement Award. The Chaffee-area couple was chosen recently for the top national honor, which awarded a new pickup truck, an all-terrain vehicle and other prizes...
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VALUES OF SCOUTING REMAIN UNCHANGED, BUT THERE ARE NEW CHALLENGES TO MEET
(Editorial ~ 01/31/00)
In 1961, the Berlin Wall went up, Alan Shepherd became the first American in space with a 15-minute ride and Patsy Cline sang "I Fall to Pieces." No one had ever walked on the moon, used an ATM or played a video game. I was in the first grade. Back then, the boy who lived across the street from me was Daryl Wagoner. Daryl was my best friend in the whole world...
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ARDELL LALUMONDIERE
(Obituary ~ 01/31/00)
PERRYVILLE -- Ardell A. Lalumondiere, 75, of Perryville died Saturday, Jan. 29, 2000, at his home. He was born July 18, 1924, at Ste. Genevieve, son of Harry J. and Catherine Trottman Lalumondiere. He and Christine LaRose were married Nov. 19, 1959...
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HUBERT BROCK
(Obituary ~ 01/31/00)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Hubert Harvey Brock, 60, of Dongola died Saturday, Jan. 29, 2000, at his home. He was born March 28, 1939, at McCroy, Ark., son of Orgel and Letha Cantrell Brock. He and Doris Eddleman were married May 21, 1966, at Metropolis. Survivors include his wife of Dongola; three sons, Mike Brock and Wesley Brock, both of Dongola and Jerry Brock of Arkansas; two daughters, Carol Jones and Kerry Jean, both of Arkansas; six brothers, Wayne Brock of Cutler, Odell, Kenny and Ralph Brock, all of Arkansas, Leon and Bobby Brock, both of Texas; five sisters, Laura Bedow and Ruth Ann Campbell, both of Arkansas, Sheila Lunsford, Kathy Scrivner and Wanda Kellam, all of Texas; and 11 grandchildren.. ...
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JARMES DEJARNETT
(Obituary ~ 01/31/00)
CAIRO, Ill. -- James David DeJarnett, 86, of Cairo died Sunday, Jan. 30, 2000, at the Bertrand Nursing Facility at Bertrand, Mo. He was born Sept. 27, 1913, at Old Cypress, Ky., son of James and Anna Ward DeJarnett. DeJarnett attended the First Southern Baptist Church at Cairo. He was a retired foreman for the Valley Steel Co. and served in the Conservation Corps. He served with the U.S. Army in World War II and was a member of Cairo VFW Post 2649...
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REV. THOMAS ALLEN
(Obituary ~ 01/31/00)
KANSAS CITY -- The Rev. Thomas E. Allen, 78, priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Jan. 29, 2000, at Kansas City. He was born Nov. 22, 1922, at Kansas City. He attended St. John's Seminary at Kansas City, the St. Louis Prepatory Seminary and Kenrick Seminary at St. Louis. Allen was ordained April 4, 1948, at Kansas City by Bishop Edwin V. O'Hara...
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LAURA ROBINSON
(Obituary ~ 01/31/00)
ST. LOUIS -- Laura Elizabeth Robinson, 92, of St. Louis died Saturday, Jan. 29, 2000, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. She was born Dec. 22, 1907, in Illinois, daughter of Frank and Martha E. Bailey. She was a homemaker. Survivors include a brother, Walter Baily of New Madrid and a sister, Irene Davis of East Prairie...
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ANTON HESS
(Obituary ~ 01/31/00)
CHAFFEE -- Anton "Tony" Hess, 76, of Chaffee died Saturday, Jan. 29, 2000, at his home. He was born Dec. 28, 1923, at Kelso, son of Anton and Mary Petz Hess. He and Jo Ann Dees were married Sept. 23, 1961. Hess was a retired machine operator with the Florsheim Shoe Co. at Chaffee and had also retired as a maintenance man with the Chaffee Water Department. He served with the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a member of Chaffee VFW Post 3128...
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CHARLOTTE KOGGE
(Obituary ~ 01/31/00)
Charlotte Ann Kogge, 98, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Jan. 30, 2000, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born Aug. 13, 1901, at La Salle, Ill., daughter of Thomas and Mary Ernest McAley. She and Vincent Kogge were married Sept. 12, 1922, at La Salle. He died Nov. 27, 1985...
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LILLIAN FUEHLER
(Obituary ~ 01/31/00)
SHAWNEETOWN -- Lillian Ernestine Caroline Fuehler, 85, of Shawneetown died Sunday, Jan. 30, 2000, at The Lutheran Home at Cape Girardeau. She was born March 29, 1914, at Brazeau, daughter of Otto and Clara Roth Thauwald. She and Ernst O. Fuehler were married May 5, 1935, at Shawneetown. He died March 9, 1991...
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MARGARET SHRUM
(Obituary ~ 01/31/00)
Margaret Ruth "Hope" Shrum, 58, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Jan. 30, 2000, at her home. She was born July 8, 1941, at Cape Girardeau, daughter of Oliver A. and Bernice Mosley Hope. She and Samuel D. Shrum were married Oct. 15, 1966, at Cape Girardeau...
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SULA BAGGOTT
(Obituary ~ 01/31/00)
ANNA, Ill. -- Sula Alice Baggott, 99, of Anna died Friday, Jan. 28, 2000, at her home. She was born Jan. 1, 1901, in Union County, daughter of John Wesley and Josephine Treece Baggott. She was a member of the First Baptist Church at Cobden. Survivors include a sister, Rita Williams of Cobden...
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