CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - The Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the addition of Kim Voelker as Membership Development Specialist.

Voelker will work with membership of the Chamber to maintain quality programs and services offered.

­“As a former member and chair of the Chamber Ambassadors Committee, Kim already understands the mission of the Cape Chamber,” said John Mehner, Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce President and CEO. “We are fortunate to have someone with Kim’s strengths and skills to join our team.”

Voelker’s work history includes over 10 years in the field of banking and most recently fundraising in the non-profit sector. Through her previous employers, Voelker brings a solid background in relationship building, experience in management, sales and training. She previously worked with United Way of Southeast Missouri and Montgomery Bank. 

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - Cape Girardeau Guardsmen nominate their employers for Patriot award in recognition of their extraordinary support of employees who serve in the National Guard and Reserves.

For Spc. David Vaughn and his wife, Tricia, the support they receive is more than just helpful, it’s life saving. 

Vaughn is currently deployed with the 1138th Engineer Sapper Company in Afghanistan conducting route clearance missions since September 2012.

Every day he’s gone it’s emotionally difficult for himself and Tricia with their two children, Logan, 6, and Caitlin, 4.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS)  – Saint Francis Medical Center announces that after 35 years of dedicated practice, Michael C. Trueblood, MD, orthopedic surgeon and Saint Francis Board member, has elected to retire.

“For decades, Trueblood served this Medical Center and the entire Cape Girardeau community with skill and grace,” says Steven C. Bjelich, FACHE-D, President and Chief Executive Officer of Saint Francis. “We are incredibly proud of his many accomplishments as a physician and board member, and we wish him well with his future endeavors.”

In 1978, after completing his medical degree, internship and residency at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tenn. – in addition to a special projects residency in kinesiology at Rancho Los Amigos Hospital in Downey, Calif. – Trueblood moved to Cape Girardeau and started his career as an orthopedic surgeon at Saint Francis.