BUSINESS PERSONNEL

Jesse Teague of Cape Girardeau has joined West Park Motors, 3427 William.

Teague has more than 10 years of experience in auto sales.

Richard H. "Dick" Schaefer has joined MetLife as sales representative.

Schaefer, who was with Procter & Gamble for 28 years, will sell a wide range of insurance and investment products.

He is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia, with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.

Schaeffer is a member of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce.

Mary K. Daniel and Chris Richmond have joined ERA Cape Realty, 1409-A N. Mount Auburn Road in Cape Girardeau as sales associates.

David S. Glastetter, broker-owner of the company, announced the new associates recently.

The ERA Franchise System Inc. includes 2,500 offices in the United States and abroad.

W. B. "Bill" Pinnell has submitted his resignation as executive director of the New Madrid County Port Authority, effective Dec. 31. A search for his successor is under way.

Pinnell, who has held the position since April 1983, oversaw the port's construction of the slack water harbor along the Mississippi River. Under his direction, a general cargo dock and warehouse have been built along the harbor, which houses Louis Dreyfus Corp., Missouri's only rice mill. He was instrumental in the forthcoming addition of Consolidated Grain.

Jeff Hoehn, Bernie Kirn and Kathy Williams have received promotions at Dana Corp.'s Spicer Light Vehicle Axle Division, 20785 Corporate Circle in Cape Girardeau.

Hoehn was promoted to cell leader of Department 600, Heath Treat, on B Shift. Hoehn has been with Dana since April 1994.

Kirn has been promoted to cell leader of Department 500, Ring and Pinion, on B Shift. He started with Dana in December 1994.

Williams has been promoted to cell leader of Department 250, Differential Cases, on B Shift. She started with Dana in July 1996.

Pat Hagan, excellence in manufacturing facilitator and trainer for Dana Corp's Spicer Light Vehicle Axle Division in Cape Girardeau, recently received the "Certified Dana Supervisor" award.

Hagan completed six Dana University business courses to receive the designation. Courses completed were How to Use Supervisory Skills to Get Results, How to Develop Your Personal Strengths for Effective Managing, Product Cost Analysis, Financial Planning for Business Success, Problem Solving and Decision Making, and Developing the 9.9 Style of Manager.

The Cape Girardeau Dana facility has eight "Certified Dana Supervisors."

Dr. Thomas C. Sparkman of Cape Girardeau has completed continuing medical educational requirement to retain active membership in the American Academy of Family Physicians, the national association of family doctors.

AAFP members are required to complete a minimum of 150 hours of continuing medical study every three years.

Sparkman has been an active member of AAFP since 1967. As one of today's family physicians, he is qualified to work in all major areas of health care and trained to treat patients of all agree for the vast majority of health problems.

Scott Van de Ven, a certified public accountant with Schott & Van de Ven, Certified Public Accountants, 1020 N. Kingshighway, Suite D, Cape Girardeau, recently attended the Heart of America Tax Institute in Kansas City.

The course, coordinated by the University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Law, covered issues in regards to the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 and featured topics presented by 14 of the top CPA's and attorneys in the nation.

Van de Ven, a graduate of the University of Missouri, holds a certificate of Educational Achievement in tax planning from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He specializes in business entity selection, mergers and acquisition, and audits of health care and mutual insurance companies.

Four LeGrand Brothers Transmission technicians recently attended a transmission seminar, sponsored by Automatic Transmission Rebuilding Association.

David LeGrand, Darryl LeGrand, Wayne Givens and Harold Stone attended the session at Las Vegas.

A number of topics were discussed, including late model and electronic transmission controls for later model vehicles and transmission repairs.

Kevin Greaser, of Commerce Brokerage Services Inc., 160 S. Broadview, Cape Girardeau, has been named a member of Fidelity Investments Advisor Council, a group of top-performing investment professionals who have reached $1 million in gross sales.

Greaser, who has been in the securities industry since 1992, is a fully registered general securities representative and licensed with Commerce Brokerage, a subsidiary of Commerce Bancshares Inc.

Fidelity Advisor Funds are offered by Fidelity Investments Institutional Service Co. Inc., a provider of investment products and services to diversified groups that includes brokers/dealers, banks, financial planners and insurance companies.

Bruce Jansen of Chaffee MFA Agri Services Center has earned the designation, certified crop adviser.

Requirements for the certification, a program of the American Society of Agronomy, include a mix of education and experience, and full-day test of 300 questions covering four main areas -- nutrient management, soil and water management, crop management, and pest management.

MFA, headquartered in Columbia, has 85 certified crop advisers in its trade territory.