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|bold_on|YOUNG ACHIEVERS. Do you know someone who won't turn 40 until after April 17? Is she a remarkable contributor to the community? Is he a stunning example of entrepreneurial success? The Springfield Business Journal editorial staff is accepting nominations for 40 Under 40, our salute to 40 individuals with exceptional business credentials who just happen to be younger than 40 years old. Consider your nominations carefully and submit them by name, company affiliation and age. Please also include a short description of the achievements that merit recognition. Mail those nominations to the Business Journal at PO Box 1365 65801, fax them to 831-5478, or submit them via e-mail to sbj@sbj.net by Feb. 18.|bold_on||bold_on||ret||ret||tab|

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|bold_on|GO LONG. Local phone carrier SBC Communications Inc. applied Jan 11 with the Federal Communications Commission to offer long-distance service in Texas. Mike Peterson, spokesman for Southwestern Bell, said the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) in Texas gave its approval to the application about three weeks ago, but it could be a month or two before the FCC makes its decision.|ret||ret||tab|

Peterson said SBC has had an application on file for long-distance in Missouri with the Public Service Commission. He said it's difficult to say whether the ruling by the Texas PUC will set a precedent for other states, but he noted that because systems in Texas and Missouri are so similar, company officials feel that they're in a better position for the Missouri application than they would have been had the Texas regulators ruled differently.|ret||ret||tab|

Peterson said he's not sure which criteria for approval are being examined in Missouri, but he said the PSC asked last week for a request-for-proposal to hire a third-party vendor to take a look at performance measures of Southwestern Bell in Missouri and set a list of criteria.|ret||ret||tab|

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|bold_on|PUMP IT UP. City Utilities produced more than 11 billion gallons of water in 1999 a record year for the utility. Dr. John Witherspoon, manager of water treatment and supply for CU, said of that 11 billion, 36.9 percent came from Fellows Lake, 23.7 percent from the James River, 17 percent from Fulbright Spring and 15.6 percent from McDaniel Lake. He said 1.05 billion gallons of the 11 billion gallons used were pumped from Stockton Lake into Fellows and McDaniel lakes.|ret||ret||tab|

Witherspoon said the total water usage for City Utilities in 1998 was 10.9 billion gallons. He said the total number of gallons only increases a little bit each year, and he's not expecting that to change in 2000.|ret||ret||tab|

He added that as part of a regional water supply study conducted in 1998, CU looked into supplying water to communities located within 15 miles of Springfield. He said CU concluded that it would be able to provide water to those communities, should they need it, without any detrimental effects. Witherspoon said if CU supplied water to municipalities within that area, it would only increase daily usage by about 10 percent. |ret||ret||tab|

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|bold_on|SEMIRETIRING. Tom Wirt, owner and president of The Wirt Development Corp., resigned in December, Wirt said his son-in-law, Tim Flavin, essentially will succeed him as president of the company. The Wirt Development Corp. will merge with Flavin's company, Wirt Construction. Flavin has been running that company for about three years.|ret||ret||tab|

Wirt said no date has been set for when he'll step down as president, and he plans to stay on and help Flavin with the company "for as long as he wants." He said in his spare time, he plans to do a lot of fishing and volunteer work. |ret||ret||tab|

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|bold_on|NUMBER 3. A third location of the Family Medical Walk-In Clinic has opened at 2619 N. Kansas Expwy., in the Town and Country Shopping Center. The clinic is owned by Daniel J. Burke, DO, who also owns Family Medical Walk-In Clinics on South Campbell Avenue and in Nixa.|ret||ret||tab|

"We've seen such an increase in our patient load at the south-side clinic of patients from those ZIP codes that we knew there was a medical need," said Cyndi Dancey, marketing director for the clinic.|ret||ret||tab|

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|bold_on|SLICE OF NICE. One Missing Link, the organization that assists families with missing loved ones, will hold its first Broomstick Pool Tournament Jan. 25 at Betty's Billiards, 1504 S. Glenstone. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m. and the tournament runs 7-10 p.m. A $100 cash prize will be awarded for first place and $50 for second place. Teams and individual participants are needed. You must be 18 or older to participate. Entry fees are $10 per participant and $2 per spectator. All proceeds go to One Missing Link. For more information, contact Betty's Billiards at 889-8866.|ret||ret||tab|

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Are newsworthy events happening at your business? Send entries to Heard on the Street, Springfield Business Journal, PO Box 1365, Springfield, Mo. 65801. Or fax it to 831-5478.[[In-content Ad]]