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BUSINESS MEMO: SERVICE RECOGNITION
(Business ~ 02/28/00)
Vaughn's Sales & Services Inc., Illinois 3, Olive Branch, Ill., has been recognized for outstanding consumer service by General Electric Customer Care, a division of GE Appliance's Consumer Service, for a second straight year. Larry Vaughn is owner and operator of the business, which was established in 1968 by Larry Vaughn, Jerry Vaughn and the late Frank Vaughn...
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NEW BUSINESS: CAPE JANITOR SUPPLY MOVES
(Business ~ 02/28/00)
Cape Janitor Supply, founded more than 30 years ago in downtown Cape Girardeau, has moved. The company, previously located at 26 N. Spanish, is in new quarters at 612 S. Kingshighway. "We have more space and better parking facilities," said Terry Young, president of the company...
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NEW BUSINESS: PLANT LADY MOVES OFF CORNER
(Business ~ 02/28/00)
The Plant Lady's Corner has moved into new quarters in downtown Cape Girardeau. The business, previously located at 1 S. Main, has moved up the street to 221 Independence. Debbie Naeter, a certified Master Gardener, has operated the Plant Lady's Corner, a plant-care service for homes and businesses, for a number of years...
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BUSINESS MEMO: COMING UP0
(Business ~ 02/28/00)
Coming up Friday Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce First Friday Coffee, 7:30 a.m. Show Me Center. March 16 Bootheel Regional Planning Economic Development Commission meeting, site and time to be announced.
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BUSINESS MEMO: SPARTECH EARNINGS
(Business ~ 02/28/00)
Spartech Corp. announced record sales and earnings for the first quarter that ended Jan. 29. Bradley B. Buechler, Spartech president and chief executive officer, reported first-quarter sales at $198.5 million, up 18 percent from the $167.8 million first quarter last year...
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BUSINESS MEMO: BED & BREAKFAST MEETING
(Business ~ 02/28/00)
The Beds & Breakfast Inns of Missouri will hold its annual conference March 12-14, at the Goldenrod Showboat on the Missouri River in St. Charles. Internet marketing, public relations, industry trends, special breakfast ideas and landscaping are topics to be discussed during the session...
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HOW MANY YEARS OF RETIREMENT CAN YOU AFFORD? (FINANCIAL FOCUS)
(Local News ~ 02/28/00)
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. When do you plan on retiring? You might have said "65" -- if the question had been asked a generation ago. ...
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BUSINESS MEMO: FISH FARM WORKSHOP
(Business ~ 02/28/00)
A fish farming workshop will be held Thursday at the Anna Soil and Water Conservation District Office in Union County in Illinois. The seminar is one of several being held in Illinois by the Illinois Fish Farmer's Co-op. A fish farmer seminar was held at in the Alexander and Pulaski County area last week. Workshops will be scheduled later for Pope and Hardin and Massac and Johnson counties...
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BUSINESS MEMO: ELECTRONIC FILINGS
(Business ~ 02/28/00)
Twice as many taxpayers have electronically filed tax returns than they did themselves so far this year compared with 1999, a factor in the overall 10 percent e-filing increase reported Thursday by the Internal Revenue Service. Through Feb. 11, 1.2 million taxpayers had done their own tax returns -- usually with tax preparation computer software or an Internet-based service -- and zapped them via the World Wide Web to the IRS. ...
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BUSINESS MEMO: HALLMARK REVENUE UP
(Business ~ 02/28/00)
Hallmark Cards Inc. reported a 9 percent increase in sales in 1999, the highest growth rate for the greeting card company since 1995's 12 percent jump in revenue. Hallmark, the world's largest greeting card maker, had sales of $4.2 billion last year. Kansas City-based Hallmark is a privately held company and releases only sales figures...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS; VICTORIA'S SECRET AT TOP OF 'MOST WANTED' LIST
(Business ~ 02/28/00)
"A store for her that he loves." That's the way one person described Victoria's Secret, a ladies intimate apparel shop group which has swept the nation since it was founded a few short years ago. Victoria's Secret is one of the most requested stores at West Park Mall...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: CDA DESIGNATION
(Business ~ 02/28/00)
Sandy Jones of the Easter Seals Child Development Center has received child development associate credentials in recognition for outstanding work with young children. Jones received the CDA designation from the Council for Early Childhood Professional Recognition of Washington...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: ATTEND WORKSHOP
(Business ~ 02/28/00)
Dr. J. Thomas Critchlow and Karen Kibby, a certified licensed aesthetician at Elan Day Spa and Esthetic Centre, recently attended a BioMedic "hands-on" advanced training session in Phoenix. BioMedic procedures and products, available only through doctors, were introduced...
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AQUACULTURE IS AGRICULTURE; FISH-GROWING A YOUNG INDUSTRY IN MISSOURI AND NATION
(Local News ~ 02/28/00)
The aquaculture industry has been described as "fragile" because it's still a young industry in the United States, but aquaculture is one of the fastest growing segments of the U.S. economy -- increasing more than 15 percent a year since 1980. What's aquaculture?...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: BANK PROMOTION
(Business ~ 02/28/00)
DeVonne Glastetter has been promoted to mortgage loan officer at Wood & Huston Bank at the SEMO Banking Center in Cape Girardeau. Glastetter has more than 16 years experience in a loan and deposit administrative position in the banking industry. She has an associate degree and is a licensed real estate agent. She also is a member of the Cape Girardeau County Realtors Association...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: IN NEW POSITION
(Business ~ 02/28/00)
Jordan D. Drury, a Cape Girardeau native, has accepted a position with the Cole County Sheriff's Department in Jefferson City. Drury recently completed four years with the U.S. Navy. He will serve as a correctional center guard at the maximum security prison at Jefferson City...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: JOINS EYECARE CENTER
(Business ~ 02/28/00)
Brenda Plassman has joined Regional Eyecare Center Inc., 1749 Independence, Cape Girardeau as an optometric technician. Plassman of Cape Girardeau previously worked with a title insurance company.
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: JOIN WIESER HONDA
(Business ~ 02/28/00)
Mike McKinnis and Garry Frey have joined Wieser Honda, 385 Siemers Drive in Cape Girardeau. McKinnis of Cape Girardeau is a salesman. He has more than 14 years experience in automotive retail sales. Frey is a mechanic in the Wieser Honda service department...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL: ATTENDS SEMINAR
(Business ~ 02/28/00)
Dr. Shanon Kirchhoff recently attended a training session at Jefferson City for Missouri's Disaster Dental Identification Team. The DDIT is made up of 52 volunteers trained to perform forensic identification in the event of a mass disaster, such as airline disasters or bombings. The group is a joint mission of the Missouri Dental Association, Missouri Department of Health and the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency...
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OFFICIALS PLAN TO EDUCATE PUBLIC ON SCHOOL VOTES
(Local News ~ 02/28/00)
Area school officials are doing their homework and legwork to win voter-approval of tax levy and bonding proposals being considered in April elections. Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Delta and Perryville school districts all could benefit financially if voters give the nod to a combined seven ballot issues on April 4...
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TEEN-AGER RESCUED FROM MUDHOLE
(Local News ~ 02/28/00)
Saturday's rain couldn't keep Johnny Simmons, 15, from trying to catch a few fish on Sunday, but his fishing trip ended in a three-hour ordeal that ended in his rescue from a muddy creek bank. About 20 firefighters and emergency rescue personnel worked for two hours Sunday evening to dig Simmons from a slick, muddy bank along Juden Creek near Twin Trees Park. The more they dug into the creek bank, the more he sank...
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COOKING GIFT TURNS INTO WOMAN'S MINISTRY
(Local News ~ 02/28/00)
There were no world-famous chefs, prepared food props or stage crew in this kitchen, but there was an abundance of delectable smells and great food. Although it seemed like one of those cooking shows you see on television, it was just a group of women gathered in hopes of learning how to be better bakers and cooks...
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ST. FRANCIS RIVER SITE OF OLYMPIC WHITEWATER TRIALS
(Local News ~ 02/28/00)
FREDERICKTOWN -- The roaring, boulder-strewn St. Francis River is a delight for canoe and kayak enthusiasts. It also is expected to draw the attention of as many as 5,000 spectators on March 18 and 19 when the Millstream Gardens Conservation Area on the river near Fredericktown plays host to the mid-continent qualifier, part of the competition to select the U.S. whitewater canoe and kayak team for the summer Olympics in Australia...
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ASSESSMENTS IMPORTANT TO MAIN STREET
(Local News ~ 02/28/00)
Cape Girardeau was ripe to become a Main Street community, says John Bry, coordinator of the Main Street program for Columbus, Ind. Bry is familiar with the Cape Girardeau area, having graduated from Missouri State University with a historic preservation degree...
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STATE-SPONSORED INSURANCE MAY LOSE ITS FUNDING
(Editorial ~ 02/28/00)
Missouri's special health insurance program for children of families that meet certain income guidelines expires July 1, 2002. If the state is to continue to offer the welfare program to the nearly 57,000 children currently enrolled and thousands more who are considered eligible, the Legislature must pass a law to extend and fund it...
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IN SHORT TIME, PANEL ESTABLISHED TO SET SALARIES OF STATE OFFICIALS HAS PROVEN IT'S NOT NEEDED
(Editorial ~ 02/28/00)
The Citizens Commission on Compensation for Elected Officials, a panel that sets salaries for lawmakers, judges and statewide elected officials, was supposed to have taken controversy out of state lawmakers voting salaries for themselves and other officials, but it hasn't done so. There now is an effort under way to repeal a constitutional amendment approved by voters in 1994 that established the commission...
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TIE-BREAKERS DETERMINE OVC TOURNEY SEEDS
(College Sports ~ 02/28/00)
Things weren't nearly as crazy as last year, when six teams all finished within a game of one another and the third through eighth seeds were basically not determined until the final date of the regular season. But Saturday's end of regular-season Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball once again held plenty of intrigue and suspense as virtually ever team jockeyed for position in this week's OVC postseason tournament...
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SE SWEEPS SMS, EXTENDS WIN STEAK TO 8
(College Sports ~ 02/28/00)
Right now, it's hard to imagine Southeast Missouri State University's baseball team playing any better. The Indians pushed their winning streak to eight games Sunday afternoon with an impressive doubleheader sweep of perennial powerhouse Southwest Missouri State...
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BRIEFLY: SE GYMNASTS 4TH
(College Sports ~ 02/28/00)
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Southeast Missouri State University's women's gymnastics squad finished fourth out of four teams during Saturday's Michigan State Spartan Invitational. Michigan State was first with 194.900 points, followed by New Hampshire (194.400), Bowling Green (192.125) and Southeast (190.175)...
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BRIEFLY: EAGLE RIDGE WINS
(High School Sports ~ 02/28/00)
JOPLIN -- Seventh-seeded Eagle Ridge Christian downed eighth-seeded Cross Point Christian 54-39 in the consolation game of the MCSAA State Tournament Saturday. Toby Shreve led the way for Eagle Ridge (8-10) with 16 points. Mike Probst added 14 and Brandon Sparkman had 13...
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IDA GOETZ
(Obituary ~ 02/28/00)
ORAN -- Ida M. Goetz, 92, of Oran died Sunday, Feb. 27, 2000, at the Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Services at Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 6, 1908, at Parma, daughter of John and Viola Frances Paxton Clevenger. She and Claude Elmer Cambron were married March 20, 1926. He died March 14, 1964. She and William John Goetz were married June 6, 1970. He died Oct. 29, 1984...
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INEZ DURING
(Obituary ~ 02/28/00)
Graveside service for Inez Hopkins During, nee Howard, will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Park Cemetery, with the Rev. Dr. Larry Gallamore officiating. Hopkins died Friday, Feb. 25, 2000, at Owensville. Survivors include two daughters, Joan H. Hegedus and J. Sharon Adkison; a son, George "Skip" Hopkins; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren...
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ANNA MEYER
(Obituary ~ 02/28/00)
JACKSON -- Anna E. Meyer, 101, of Jackson died Sunday, Feb. 27, 2000, at the Jackson Manor. She was born June 23, 1898, at Jackson, daughter of William and Augusta Meier Peetz. She and Daniel Meyer were married Dec. 10, 1921. He died Aug. 2, 1981. She was a member of the Emanuel United Church of Christ at Jackson...
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WINFRED BAUDENDISTEL
(Obituary ~ 02/28/00)
PERRYVILLE -- Winfred P. "Wick" Baudendistel, 59, of Perryville died Saturday, Feb. 26, 2000, at Barnes Jewish Hospital. He was born Jan. 8, 1941, at Cape Girardeau, son of Clarence and Stella Moonier Baudendistel. He and Sharon Vernon were married Jan. 10, 1983...
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HERMAN SCHWARTZ
(Obituary ~ 02/28/00)
BENTON -- Herman Louis Schwartz Sr., 78, of Benton passed away Saturday, Feb. 26, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital at Cape Girar, owned and operated Schwartz Motor Sales and was an avid fisherman. He was a member of St. Denis Catholic Church and the Benton Chamber of Commerce where he had served as president and treasurer. He was active in the Benton Neighbor Day celebrations and was instrumental in the return of this annual event...
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RAYMOND URHAHN
(Obituary ~ 02/28/00)
BENTON -- Raymond S. "Pat" Urhahn, 79, of Benton died Sunday, Feb. 27, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was a retired businessman in Benton. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Chapel in Benton.
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