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|bold_on|SOLD. The former Mid-America Dairymen building at 3253 E. Chestnut Expwy. has sold to Springfield Underground, said company president Louis Griesemer. Springfield Underground will own the building under a separate limited liability company and will manage it as rental property, for now. The new owners will remodel the building, removing asbestos that has been the subject of a federal court case. Two of the building's tenants, Dairy Farmers of America (formerly Mid-Am) and Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad, are in dispute over asbestos removal in the building. BNSF sold the property to DFA; now DFA is selling it to Springfield Underground. Griesemer declined to disclose the selling price for the property, but said he thinks there is a market in Springfield for tenants who need more than 10,000 square feet of office space, which is the kind of tenant the building will attract. The building has a total of 154,000 square feet, with BNSF, DFA and O'Reilly Auto Parts as tenants and 17,000 square feet available. Bill Beall Co. brokered the sale.|ret||ret||tab|

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|bold_on|IN A NAME. M-D Pneumatics and M-D Precision Products, both located at 4840 W. Kearney in Springfield, have been combined and renamed Tuthill Pneumatics Group, according to an announcement from the company. The new name reflects the Tuthill Corporation's desire to have Tuthill as the primary name in all of its national and international lines of business. Tuthill Pneumatics Group manufactures rotary positive displacement blowers that are used for various tasks, including wastewater aeration, pumping gases and unloading dry bulk materials from tank trucks. |ret||ret||tab|

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|bold_on|CARDED. The Missouri Division of Liquor Control has received funding that will continue its Alcohol Safety Awareness & Prevention Program for another year. The program is designed to provide three phases of training server training, badges in business and party patrol to licensees and communities, with the goal of deterring alcohol sales to minors. The ASAP program is a joint effort between the Missouri Division of Liquor Control and the Missouri Division of Highway Safety. Agents of the Missouri Division of Liquor Control will be teaming up with the Downtown Dining and Entertainment Commission and Ozarks Fighting Back Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse to prevent alcohol sales to minors during Fat Tuesday and St. Patrick's Day celebrations in Springfield. Two server-training seminars that will show ways to detect false IDs will be held March 7 at Wil Fisher Distributing, 3539 W. FR 132. The first session will be held 10 a.m.-noon, and the second will be held 1-3 p.m. More information is available by calling 895-6730.|ret||ret||tab|

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|bold_on|VOTE. Missouri Secretary of State Bekki Cook is predicting that more than a million Missouri voters will participate in the state's March 7 presidential preference primary. Cook said she believes about 30 percent of the 3.5 million registered voters in the state will vote in the primary, but she said many of the factors that determine whether voters will go to the polls are still developing, and that number could increase. There are 18 candidates in the presidential preference primary. Polls will be open across the state 6 a.m.-7 p.m. So get out and vote, already.|ret||ret||tab|

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|bold_on|RECORD. That's the verb, not the noun. Real estate recordings in Greene County decreased in 1999 by about 12 percent compared to 1998, according to statistics from the office of Greene County Recorder Linda Montgomery. There were 17,096 home mortgages recorded in 1999, compared to 21,046 recorded in 1998. Warranty deeds recorded in the county rose about 2.1 percent in 1999, with 10,217 warranty deeds recorded in 1999, up from 9,993 in 1998. The number of lots available in Greene County increased by 29.2 percent in 1999, and the number of plats recorded increased from 106 in 1998 to 120 in 1999.|ret||ret||tab|

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|bold_on|JUDGED. The Greene County Democratic Central Committee has forwarded the names of three attorneys to Gov. Mel Carnahan's office in nomination to fill the new associate circuit judge position here. Greg Dorshorst, Mark Powell and Cynthia Rushefsky will be considered for the appointment. The new judgeship was created in 1999 by the state legislature. The governor's staff will conduct at least one round of interviews with the contenders. The nominee chosen will stand for election in November.|ret||ret||tab|

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|bold_on|SLICE OF NICE. The Third Annual Cox Security-James River Bass Club Fishing Tournament to benefit the Children's Miracle Network will be held 7 a.m.-3 p.m. March 25 at Table Rock Lake Port of Kimberling. All participants are eligible for a drawing to win a 2000 Skeeter SX186. Entry fee per team is $100. Children's Miracle Network provides assistance to sick and injured children in the Ozarks. To receive a registration form, call 269-6120.|ret||ret||tab|

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