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NEW BUSINESSES: NEW OWNERS MAKE PLANS FOR CHILD CARE CENTERS
(Business ~ 01/29/01)
Jeff and Megan Graviett of Chaffee, Mo., are new owners of the Friends Forever preschool and three After School Kids' Club in Cape Girardeau. Friends' Forever, 1749 Y Independence, is a preschool for ages 2 through 5. The After School Kids' Club, 2424 Kingsway, is a school designed for older children, 5-12...
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PERSONNEL: POSTON COMPLETES CPA REQUIREMENTS
(Business ~ 01/29/01)
Howard J. Poston, of Schott and Van de Ven, Certified Public Accountants, has completed requirements and received his license as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) from the Missouri State Board of Accountancy. Poston, a native of Cape Girardeau and graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, is one of 13 CPAs on the Schott and Van de Ven staff, located at 1020 N. Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau. The firm has satellite offices in Marble Hill, Mo., and Marion, Ill...
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PERSONNEL: THREE HONORED FOR SERVICE AT COMPANY
(Business ~ 01/29/01)
Bud Barks, Gary McKown and Richard Eeftink were recently honored by Auto Tire and Parts for 30 years service with the company. A number of other employees were honored. Scott Elder was recognized for 25 years service, and Dot Ayers received the Pat Tlapek Distinguished Service Award...
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PERSONNEL: ILLINOIS NAMES BUSINESS PERSON OF YEAR
(Business ~ 01/29/01)
Denise Maloney of Eldorado, Ill., has been named Illinois' Small Business person of the Year. The award was presented last week at the Governor's Small Business 2001 Summer at the Crowne Plaza in Springfield, Ill. Maloney owns Just for Kids Day Care in Eldorado...
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MEMO: EXTENSION CONFERENCES ON SOYBEANS, BEEF
(Business ~ 01/29/01)
Two meetings will be held at the Cape Girardeau County Extension Center next week at Jackson. Improving production methods and increasing profits will be the focus of the Missouri-Illinois Beef session, featuring speakers from University of Illinois Extension, University of Missouri Extension and private industry...
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NEW BUSINESSES: COMFORT KEEPERS PROVIDE SENIOR CITIZEN SERVICES
(Business ~ 01/29/01)
Comfort Keepers provide senior citizens with an extra assistance that they and their families may need to manage everyday life. "We offer an array of non-medical, in-home services," said Linda Bass of the new service for the elderly in the Cape Girardeau area. "We'll do simple, daily tasks, like getting people to doctor appointments, shopping for groceries and clothing, running errands and even preparing meals...
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NEW BUSINESSES: DOCTOR LOCATES IN NEW OFFICE
(Business ~ 01/29/01)
Dr. Thomas Gibbons moved into his new offices at 2851 Professional Court in Cape Girar-deau. Gibbons, of Cape Girardeau, was formerly associated with the Regional Eye Care Center. He offers vision examinations, contact lens services, treat various eye diseases and perform vision therapy programs. The new office will feature a showroom of assorted eye-wear frames...
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NEW BUSINESSES: BURRITO-VILLE OPEN AT 1027 BROADWAY
(Business ~ 01/29/01)
Burrito-Ville is open at 1027 Broadway in Cape Girardeau. The restaurant, owned and managed by Justin Denton, offers burritos, tacos and taco salads. Denton made a career and moving change to open the new restaurant. A Chicago native, Denton moved to the area and graduated from Jackson High School and Southeast Missouri State University here...
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MEMO: RICE PRODUCERS TO HOLD MEETING AT DEXTER
(Business ~ 01/29/01)
The annual Missouri Rice Producers Conference will be held Feb. 7 at Dexter. Weed control, fertilizer costs, and the rice market are among items to be discussed. The conference starts at 8:15 a.m. at the Eagles Club, on Highway 25, a quarter mile south of U.S. 60. The conference and noon meal are free...
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MEMO: MOST SHOPPERS GOT GOOD HOLIDAY SERVICE
(Business ~ 01/29/01)
Ninty-two percent of shoppers said they received excellent service while shopping during the recent holiday season, and 75 percent of them said they enjoyed the shopping season, according to a study commissioned by the better Business Bureau of St. Louis...
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MEMO: BIG ATTENDANCE AT AGRICULTURE SHOW
(Business ~ 01/29/01)
More than 10,000 people attended the 15th annual Ag Expo last weekend at Poplar Bluff. The two-day event, held at the Black River Coliseum, featured events and programs for all ages.
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PERSONNEL: IVERS JOINS NEW FINANCE PRACTICE
(Business ~ 01/29/01)
Phil Ivers has established a new financial planning practice, associating himself with First Financial Planers, Inc., and its branch office, 720 Forest in Cape Girardeau, managed by Rick Cuba, CFA. His practice focuses on working with individuals and families...
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PERSONNEL: DOCTOR JOINS SURGEON GROUP
(Business ~ 01/29/01)
Dr. Randy G. Brown recently returned to Southeast Missouri to join Cardiac and Vascular Surgeons. Brown, originally of Perryville, has been in private practice in Kansas City, Mo. since 1996. Brown earned a baccalaureate degree in biology and a medical degree from the University of Missouri in Kansas City, through its combined bachelor's, doctor of medicine six-year program...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: MOST HAPPY WITH THEIR JOB
(Business ~ 01/29/01)
Most employed Americans are satisfied with their jobs and employers. That's the census of a recent nationwide telephone survey conducted by Opinion Research Corporation. A lot attention has been given to "job-hopping" over the past decade, says Diane O'Meally. "But the fact is that people are pleased with their jobs and many workers have found that the grass is not always greener with a new employer."...
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MEMO: CHAMBER DAY AT CAPITOL COMING UP
(Business ~ 01/29/01)
Missouri Chamber Day will be held at the Missouri State Capitol Feb. 28. The one-day program starts at 9 a.m. at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Jefferson City, featuring a panel of state legislators. Following a luncheon, programs are scheduled at the Capitol, which will end following a legislative reception at the hotel, from 5:30-7 p.m...
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BETTER BENEFITS: SICK-KID CARE SERVES AS BASKUP TO WORKING PARENTS
(Local News ~ 01/29/01)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Meg Crisp knew she and her husband had a problem when their feverish youngest daughter climbed into bed with them. Crisp could tell 7-year-old Leslie wouldn't be able to go to school in the morning. Yet Crisp, director of administration at Arthur Andersen, the consulting firm, and her husband, a public relations executive, both faced important meetings that would make it difficult for them to stay home with Leslie...
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PERSONNEL: DOCTOR EARNS INVISALIGN CERTIFICATION
(Business ~ 01/29/01)
Dr. Terry M. Spence of Innovative Orthodontics, 2103 Broadway, recently attended an Invisalign specialized training course in Atlanta, Ga. Invisalign uses clear, removable "aligners" in place of the traditional braces to straighten teeth. Spencer is certified to treat patients using the new technique. Invisalign offers adults who want straight teeth an alternative to brackets, bands and wires...
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BOWL PARTY SCORES WITH TEENS
(Local News ~ 01/29/01)
Josh Wright and Matt Hart could have watched the Super Bowl -- complete with clever advertisements for beer, soft drinks, insurance and dot-coms -- from the comfort of their living rooms Sunday evening. Instead, the Jackson, Mo., duo opted to make their own Super Bowl commercial and watch as it was screened to a room full of other teen-age football fans...
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RAIDING AND ENTERING: SPECIAL POLICE UNIT SHARPENS SKILLS IN CRISIS SITUATIONS
(Local News ~ 01/29/01)
BENTON, Mo. -- Seeing the Cape Girardeau Police Special Response Team practice storming houses is like watching a ballet. It is a more noble art form -- there is nothing of consequence at risk in a ballet, but perfecting the house entry movements could save an SRT officer's life...
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SEMO MAY ADD HOUSING
(Local News ~ 01/29/01)
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. -- Southeast Missouri State University may build a new residence hall for students to handle the school's growing enrollment. The Board of Regents discussed that possibility during a weekend retreat at the Lodge of the Four Seasons...
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GRANT WILL AID PULASKI COURT REPAIR
(Local News ~ 01/29/01)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Court cases could resume at the Pulaski County Courthouse next fall, following renovations to century-old building. An elevator leading to the second-floor courtroom should be finished soon, and a renovation of the courtroom could be completed by September...
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INDIANS HOPE TO BUILD ON BIG WIN
(College Sports ~ 01/29/01)
RICHMOND, Ky. -- As exhilarating as Saturday night's 74-71 overtime victory over Morehead State was, Southeast Missouri State University men's basketball coach Gary Garner knows that huge comeback triumph will all but be negated if the Indians don't keep Eastern Kentucky winless in Ohio Valley Conference play tonight...
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OTAHKS LOOK FOR FIRST WIN EVER AT EKU
(College Sports ~ 01/29/01)
RICHMOND, Ky. -- Southeast Missouri State University's women's basketball team will attempt to pull off a first in the program's history today. The Otahkians have never won a game on Eastern Kentucky's home court, losing 10 times at McBrayer Arena since the squads began playing when Southeast joined the Ohio Valley Conference in 1991...
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BASEBALL POLL HELPS WARM UP JANUARY
(High School Sports ~ 01/29/01)
It's not yet February, but it's not too early to talk some baseball. A handful of area baseball teams appeared in the Missouri High School Baseball Coaches Association preseason poll. Last year's Class 1A state champion, St. Vincent, garnered the top spot in 1A. The Indians return several key components of last year's surprise team, including all-state catcher Ryan Brown and all-state pitchers Tyler Wengert and Derek Kutz...
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RON OZMENT
(Obituary ~ 01/29/01)
THEBES, Ill. -- Ron Ozment, 57, of Thebes died Saturday, Jan. 27, 2001, at his home. He was born June 30, 1943, in Cairo, Ill., son of Orval and Martha Mixen Ozment. He and Susie Culkin were married Dec. 7, 1988. Ozment was a construction laborer and a member of the Laborers Local 773. He was a member of Mill Creek Baptist Church...
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ELAINE MCCAMMON
(Obituary ~ 01/29/01)
Elaine Pautler McCammon, 75, of Ladue, Mo., and formerly of Ste. Genevieve, Mo., died Friday, Jan. 26, 2001, at St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield, Mo. She and John P. McCammon Jr. were married July 25, 1964. She and her husband were ardent conservationists and owned land and a second home at Lawrenceton, Mo., near Ste. Genevieve...
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LENORE LOHMANN
(Obituary ~ 01/29/01)
Lenore Marie Lohmann, 83, formerly of St. Louis, died at Hospice House in Fort Worth, Texas. She was the daughter of Arthur and Mary Sackett Ochs. Lohmann was a homemaker and piano teacher. She was a former church pianist and choir director at Trinity Tabernacle Assembly of God in St. Louis and First Assembly of God in Cape Girardeau...
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RUBY SHANKS
(Obituary ~ 01/29/01)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Ruby Pauline Shanks, 73, of Marble Hill, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 27, 2001, at St. Frances Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 4, 1927, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., daughter of William and Sawrah Montgomery Beck. She and Roscoe Shanks were married Aug. 10, 1946, in St. Louis...
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JAMES WHITE
(Obituary ~ 01/29/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- James D. White, 81, of Perryville died Friday, Jan. 26, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 30, 1919, in Ripley, Tenn., son of Miles A. and Berty Ann Moore White. He married Laveda Snoddy Wengler, and she died June 30, 1995...
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SCOTT JAIL PROBLEM REMAINS UNSETTLED
(High School Sports ~ 01/29/01)
Scott County won't have a new jail for at least a year, and already officials are concerned it won't be large enough to handle all the prisoners. Sheriff Bill Ferrell is so concerned about the number of county prisoners that he suggested the county's 69-year-old jail may have to stay open after the new one is built. ...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 01/29/01)
PRESIDENT BUSH wants to hold schools and teachers responsible for students making poor grades, or they will withhold federal help. What about the parents' responsibilities? All classes I've been in have some students making high grades, some medium and some low grades. ...
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BRIDGE WORK IS PROGRESSING, BELIEVE IT OR NOT
(Editorial ~ 01/29/01)
A recent break in the winter weather allowed concrete to be poured again on the Missouri-side pier of the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge. Until that work resumed, it didn't appear much work was taking place on the new bridge across the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau. But a lot of work, primarily shoring up bedrock for a mid-river pier and building the approach from the Illinois side, has been going on. The work just hasn't been so noticeable...
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LETTERS: ABORTION TAKES AWAY SOMEONE'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/29/01)
To the editor: I've read about all I can stand about the right to choose and the uproar these women are in because they think John Ashcroft and George Bush are taking that right from them. Please let me address these women. Ladies, please allow me to remind you it is not our right to deny anyone the right to life. ...
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