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Don't wait until the last minute to nominate an outstanding young businessperson for SBJ's 40 Under 40 recognition. Since 1999, the Business Journal has yearly honored 40 up-and-coming business leaders under the age of 40, and the celebration just gets bigger every year. This year's event will be held April 25 at Wonders of Wildlife The American National Fish & Wildlife Museum. To nominate an outstanding individual or for more information about 40 Under 40, call SBJ Special Products Coordinator Debra Fickbohm at 417-831-3238, e-mail her at dfickbohm@sbj.net, or drop by the SBJ office, 313 Park Central West, to pick up a nomination form.|ret||ret||tab|

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MILITARY OPTION|ret||ret||tab|

While their brothers- or sisters-in-arms may be crawling through dark, dank caves in Afghanistan looking for nasty hooligans, local military personnel face a much more attractive scenario Fantastic Caverns, 4872 N. Farm Road 128. All through the year, uniformed, active-duty military personnel can take a complimentary 55-minute tour through the cave the easy way by Jeep. Dubbed by its owners, the Campbell family, as "America's Ride-Through Cave," it's the only cave to offer a riding tour in the United States, according to a new release from Kirk Hansen, the cave's media person. The cave is one of only 18 caves in the country that are open to visitors, and it offers the free tours to "promote a positive image of caves ... much different than the ominous overseas coverage we've grown accustomed to," Hansen said in the release.|ret||ret||tab|

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HERSCHEND HONORED|ret||ret||tab|

As one who inspires others, Peter Herschend was to carry one of the most inspirational symbols in the world the Olympic Torch Jan. 9 in the Union Station area of Kan-sas City. Last edition, Heards reported that two other Ozarkers, Carolyn Cruise and Alvin Rohrs were to carry the torch as it passes through Missouri in the St. Louis area. Herschend, co-owner and co-founder of the Silver Dollar City Corporation, was chosen through a na-tional call-for-nominations program, ac-cording to a SDC news release. Her-schend, who described the honor as a "once in a lifetime opportunity" was chosen because of his 13-year commitment to the Multiple Sclerosis 150 bicycle ride and is a top fund raiser for that event. He also nominated Robin Creemer, an Ozarks woman with MS, to carry the torch. She was his inspiration to support the MS cause. Creemer was to carry the torch Jan. 8 in St. Louis, aided by Herschend in her portion of the relay. |ret||ret||tab|

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KEEPING IT GREEN|ret||ret||tab|

Local developer Lon Goff will receive the 2001 Development of the Year Award on Jan. 15 at the Home Builders Association is monthly meeting. The award from the Little Sac Watershed Project recognizes developments within its watershed area that preserve natural resources. Goff's development, Golden Oaks, features a trail that winds through 20-plus acres of undeveloped land, which serves as an amenity for residents. The subdivision was the first conservation development in Greene County in which lot sizes could be smaller than normally required because 40 percent of the land was set aside as open space. |ret||ret||tab|

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SLICE OF NICE|ret||ret||tab|

A donation from the Ameri-can Postal Workers Union En-dowment fund will be presented at 1 p.m. Jan. 19 at an open house for the Ozarks Labor Un-ion Archives. The open house, which runs from noon to 3 p.m., will be at the archive site on the third floor of the Meyer Library addition at Southwest Missouri State University. The joint ef-fort of the library and unions has created a special collection to preserve the history of labor in this region. It's Missouri's chief repository of records that document area labor union history and contains 1,300 linear feet of records including un-ion constitutions, bylaws, contracts, letters, grievances, financial records and apprenticeship programs as well as union pins and badges, photographs and oral histories. Funding has come from the Jack F. Moore La-bor Archives Endowment, SMSU, Springfield's Labor Council, Springfield Area Postal Workers and the Neal Moore Ozarks La-bor Leader Endowment. [[In-content Ad]]