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|bold_on|Aldermen interested in monorail|bold_on||ret||ret||tab|

The Branson Board of Aldermen has indicated continued interest in proceeding with contract negotiations with TRANSCO Holding Inc., to build a monorail system in Branson. According to Branson Communications Director Jerry Adams, about 75 people attended a public work session Dec. 12 at Branson City Hall, including citizens, city officials and Ron Watson, president of TRANSCO, along with other company representatives.|ret||ret||tab|

TRANSCO, located in Waimanalo, Hawaii, has proposed to build a $150 million monorail system extending along Highway 76 from the junction with Shepherd of the Hills Expressway on the west side of Branson to the junction with Business Highway 65 downtown. A second line of the monorail system would turn south, cross Lake Taneycomo at Hollister and terminate at the College of the Ozarks Airport.|ret||ret||tab|

According to Adams, TRANSCO would provide six, four-car trains which would run 6 a.m.-midnight and would serve 15 stations, carrying up to 10,000 passengers a day. Passengers would wait no more than two minutes for a car. |ret||ret||tab|

TRANSCO estimated a one-day, unlimited pass would cost $7; a one-time ticket would be about $2.50. About 400 employees would be needed to service the system including janitors, hostesses, maintenance and repair workers and administration and office support. TRANSCO could add up to six more trains as needed.|ret||ret||tab|

Adams said TRANSCO also met Dec. 13 with the Missouri Department of Transportation and area utility companies to discuss right-of-way issues. He said most of the needed right-of-way for monorail construction is on public property. Adams said that before the city will approve the contract with TRANSCO, the company will have to show proof of a performance bond and insurance. He added that, according to TRANSCO, financing for construction of the monorail will come from Merrill-Lynch.|ret||ret||tab|

If city aldermen approve the construction of the monorail early next year, construction could begin next summer with completion scheduled in February 2003.|ret||ret||tab|

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|bold_on|Two physicians join Skaggs staff|bold_on||ret||ret||tab|

Two physicians, Roy P. Neimark, MD, and Marian Stewart, DO, joined the medical staff of Skaggs Community Health Center. The doctors opened their practice, Institute for Beauty & Women's Health, in Skaggs Outpatient Center. Neimark specializes in obstetrics and gynecology, while Stewart's specialty is plastic- and reconstructive surgery.|ret||ret||tab|

Neimark, with 24 years of OB/GYN medical experience, most recently practiced three years with Tenet HealthSystems in St. Louis and two years with St. Louis Regional Medical Center and Clinics. He also had a private practice for two years in Sedalia, and for 17 years in Florida. Neimark is certified by and a fellow of the American Board of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. He is a member of the American Association of Gynecologic Laproscopists and the Missouri State Medical Association.|ret||ret||tab|

Stewart has 22 years of health care experience, including work as a surgical assistant, health care administrator and trauma surgical assistant in Kansas City and St. Louis, before earning her medical degree from the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in Downers Grove, Ill., in 1992. |ret||ret||tab|

Before coming to Branson, she was employed for two years at Plastic Surgery and Weight Loss Center in St. Louis and for two years at St. Mary's Medical Center in Langhorne, Penn. |ret||ret||tab|

Stewart's expertise is in cosmetic surgery and cosmetic dermatology, She is a member of the American Osteopathic Association, American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, American College of Osteopathic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Missouri State Medical Society and Missouri Osteopathic Association of Physicians and Surgeons.|ret||ret||tab|

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|bold_on|Missouri Southern earns award|bold_on||ret||ret||tab|

The Council for the Advancement and Support of Education has presented Missouri Southern State College with a CASE Silver Award for a bilingual presentation.|ret||ret||tab|

The presentation, titled "Involving Your Alumni in the Affairs of the Institution," was given by Alumni Association Director Lee Pound to 27 university administrators from Central and South America in October 1999. |ret||ret||tab|

The administrators took part in a series of sessions through the Institute of University Management and Leadership. The officials discussed management problems with their peers and observed different management models and practices to gain information to take back to their institutions.|ret||ret||tab|

The Silver Award will be presented Jan. 16 in Kansas City during the CASE District 6 Awards dinner.|ret||ret||tab|

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