Business notebook: Perryville KOA becomes Jellystone Park franchise

A campground in Perryville, Missouri, is reopening under a new name and management. The Perryville KOA campground now is a Jellystone Park Camp-Resort and will hold an official grand opening Memorial Day weekend, according to a news release.

The park has 90 sites for RV and tent camping and will have upgrades with the reopening, including improved water, sewer and electrical hookups; a remodeled park store and restrooms; landscaping; and re-graveled campsites. There are also full-service and primitive cabins and access to a 4-mile-long hiking trail around Perry County Lake.

There are two other Jellystone Parks in Missouri in Forsyth and Eureka. They are part of a national chain based in Ohio.

The campground held a special Easter egg hunt event Saturday.

Jellystone Parks feature daily appearances by Yogi Bear, and the Perryville park also will expand its arts and crafts program, according to the release. Nathaniel Gabriel is the park manager.

More information about the campground is available at the park's Facebook page for Semo Jellystone Park.

HR, management event at Isle Casino

Empower 2015, a special training event for businesses, will be April 22 at Isle Casino Cape Girardeau's event center.

The event, presented by the Sikeston, Missouri, chapter of the Society of Human Resources and the Cape Area Personnel Association, invites owners, managers, safety and security staff, human resources and leadership teams to hear educational presentations and view exhibits, according to a news release.

Speakers will tell how to hold employees accountable and discuss diversity awareness, managing health care reform, tactical communication, requirements for when employees use their mobile devices and conflict resolution techniques, according to the release.

Registration information is available at capamo.org.

Extension to offer hiring tips

A class on "How to Hire the Right Person" will be hosted April 23 by the University of Missouri Extension Small Business Technology and Development Center of Cape Girardeau County.

The extension office in Jackson will offer "methods to improve a company's hiring process and identify the top performer out of the applicant pool," according to a news release.

Constance Hoffman of Social and Business Graces Inc., a company that trains on business topics, will present to the class.

Registration information is available by calling 243-3581 or emailing profferrd@missouri.edu. April 16 is the registration deadline.

Health, social worker protections updated

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration last week released new guidelines designed to protect health-care and social-service workers from workplace violence. The Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2013 reported more than 23,000 significant injuries because of assault at work, according to a news release, and more than 70 percent of those assaults took place in health-care and social-service settings.

The updates apply to guidelines from 1996 and 2004, and according to OSHA, "incorporate research in the last decade into the causes of workplace violence on health-care and social-service settings, risk factors that accompany working with patients or clients who display violent behavior and the appropriate preventive measures that can be taken, amid the variety of settings in which health-care and social- service employees work."

Developing a written workplace violence prevention program also is supported by the new guidelines.

Magazine lauds area restaurants, event

Rural Missouri, a monthly publication of the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives, recently named several local restaurants and an event as favorites among readers and editors in the magazine's annual Best of Rural Missouri Readers' Choice Contest.

Winners were named in the April issue.

Mary Jane Burgers & Brew in Perryville, Missouri, was runner-up for best burger, and Schindler's Tavern in New Hamburg, Missouri, was the editor's choice in that category. The Pie Safe Bakery and Cafe in Pocahontas was editor's choice for best dessert. Lambert's Cafe of Sikeston, Missouri, took first place in the unique dining category.

The Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo was runner-up for best rodeo.

Business briefs

• First Commercial Bank recently opened its 10th location with a branch at 1300 State Highway W in Oran, Missouri. The full-service bank has served Southeast Missouri since 1920, according to a news release.
• Appraisal Consultants, a Scott City company offering professional appraisal services, recently celebrated 20 years with a ribbon-cutting. The company is owned by Kathy J. Schlosser.

Business licenses

• Medx Medical Equipment, 1005 N. Kingshighway, Suite 12, Cape Girardeau, offers delivery of medical equipment, beds and oxygen. Curt Mowney is listed as the owner.
• M+S Enterprises, 902 S. Kingshighway, Cape Girardeau, sells portable buildings and small tractors. Mark Whitaker is listed as the owner.
• DBold Enterprises, Kage House Rentals. 120 Broadway, Cape Girardeau, is a short-term rental property. Keith Diebold is listed as the owner.

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