REAL ESTATE UPDATE

Mary Arendt of Jackson and Liz Merrill of Cape Girardeau have joined Coldwell Banker Blanchard & Associates Realty, Inc., which has offices at Cape Girardeau and Jackson.

Arendt has six years experience as a real estate agent and will join the Jackson office of the firm. She previously taught school.

She has a bachelor's degree in business administration from Southeast Missouri State University.

Merrill has joined the Cape Girardeau office of the firm.

She is a member of the Cape County Board of Realtors and the Missouri State Board of Realtors.

Merrill, her husband, Pace, and children, Clay and Lauren, moved to Cape Girardeau from Minneapolis in 1988.