Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, MO) back issues from September 2007:
Ice Chalet owners to shut antiques mall operation.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Kevin Coleman Sep. 1--The Ice Chalet Antique Mall on Grindstone Parkway near Highway 63 will close Oct. 15, but many of the antique and collectible dealers who have leased space at the complex will relocate to The Market Place at 1100 Business Loop 70 W., mall owner Jim ...
PSC pushes water dispute toward court: Service to Bon-Gor subdivision at issue.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: T.J. Greaney Sep. 1--The Missouri Public Service Commission directed its legal counsel this week to seek penalties in circuit court against a local water and sewer company. Since at least 2005, according to the PSC, Columbia-based Suburban Water & Sewer Co ....
Bomb threats moves schools to different tactics.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Janese Heavin Sep. 1--While Hickman High School students were hunkered down inside locked classrooms during a bomb scare Thursday, students at a south-central Missouri high school were evacuating for a similar incident. A student at St. James High School ...
Old school ties: Alums recall all-black education.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Jonathon Braden Sep. 1--BOONVILLE -- Bill Fisher made a left turn after entering the headquarters of Concerned Citizens for the Black Community. But Fisher was visiting his alma mater, the old Sumner High School on Rural Street. He took a few steps and saw a ...
Tracking down ticks.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Sara Agnew Of The Tribune'S Staff Sep. 1--FULTON -- The first time Christy McPherson met Mary Spratt, McPherson was a high school senior in Vista, Calif. The 18-year-old had been offered a scholarship to play soccer at a small liberal arts school in central Missouri, but ...
OPINION: School lawsuit: A reasonable decision.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Henry J. Waters III Sep. 1--Cole County Circuit Judge Richard Callahan made the right decision in the lawsuit brought by Columbia and some 230 other Missouri public school districts alleging state appropriations are constitutionally inadequate and inequitable. ...
UM insurer's performance spurs change: Dumping UnitedHealthcare to cut costs.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Sara Semelka Sep. 1--The University of Missouri system is dumping its health insurance plan administrator for what UM officials described as "unacceptable" service in processing claims. Starting Jan. 1, more than 40,000 people insured through the UM system ...
Winners and sinners?: Confrontational style of preaching debated by evangelists at MU.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Annie Nelson Sep. 1--It's not unusual for tempers to flare at the University of Missouri-Columbia's Speaker's Circle when confrontational evangelist George Smock is ridiculing women passing by, saying they look like prostitutes, or telling homosexuals their sexual ...
Permit OKs hog CAFO near Arrow Rock.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Sara Semelka Sep. 1--Despite the stink raised over a proposed 4,800-head hog operation, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources yesterday issued a permit that will allow a Saline County farmer to construct a concentrated animal feeding operation about two miles from ...
Bruins earn split in Great 8: Kewpies open tourney with two losses.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Alex Radman Sep. 1--The Rock Bridge girls tennis team found itself in a difficult situation yesterday in the Great 8 Tournament. The Bruins were without their top player, Elizabeth Worsowicz -- who was out of town on a college visit -- and were about to play some of the ...
Aggressive Tigers wear down Irish.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Matt Nestor Sep. 1--Boom! Juliana Klein's serve rocketed over the net and suddenly sank into the heart of Notre Dame's defense. Smash! Na Yang's next kill attempt dropped another Fighting Irish player back on her heels. Hit after hit, serve after ...
Civil War home in a modern fix: Foreclosure sale set for Guitar Mansion.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Kevin Coleman Sep. 1--Columbia's historic Guitar Mansion, perhaps the city's oldest residence, might not be haunted as some have said, but it has put a financial hex on recent owners. After spending more than five years and hundreds of thousands of dollars in ...
Rivalry rekindled: After three years off, Tigers, Illini meet again.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Dave Matter Sep. 1--Every year, the Missouri-Illinois rivalry turns a December night into an electric atmosphere -- on the basketball court. On the football field, the schools' 20 previous meetings have spanned more than a century with a smattering of games in the late ...
Bruins draw a blank in opener: DeSmet routs mistake-prone Rock Bridge.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Rus Baer Sep. 1--Replacing all but three starters from last year's entertaining 9-1 football team, the Rock Bridge Bruins were looking for new standouts to emerge entering last night's season opener against DeSmet. After a stunning 33-0 loss on Rock Bridge ...
Kewpies keep it close but still fall to Flyers: Two big plays help East St. Louis get past improved Hickman team.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Keener Tippin Sep. 1--After a disappointing 3-7 campaign a year ago, the Hickman football team was looking for a return to glory. The Kewpies' road to redemption hit a speed bump last night at Hickman Field against East St. Louis, Ill. Two big plays -- a ...
Lindenwood exposes Cougars' weaknesses.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Ryan Nilsson Sep. 1--Columbia College's volleyball coach and a few veterans viewed last night's 3-1 loss to Lindenwood in the Best Western Volleyball Classic as a good development. Not good in the sense that the Cougars played well against a quality opponent, but good in ...
Thompson leads Southern Boone rout.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Joel A. Erickson Sep. 1--ASHLAND -- Before the Southern Boone Eagles even stepped onto the field for their season opener last night, the team had the key to breaking in young quarterback Tyler Thompson: plenty of experienced players surrounding him. ...
Hornets duo runs over Cuba.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Troy Schulte Sep. 1--FULTON -- Pat Kelley is glad that both Kaharri Ray and Jon Sidney are on his team and he doesn't have to choose between the two. Ray, a speedy senior who can play any of three offensive positions effectively, and Sidney, a bruising ...
Inspired instruction.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Sara Agnew Sep. 2--FULTON -- Kelley Martin can't resist the colorful thingamajig in the middle of the gallery. Her face brightens at the sight of it: A curious vertical sandwich built from an upside-down yellow stool stacked between two backless chairs, one ...
The other side: ?Meeting Resistance' filmmakers focus on struggles, hopes of ordinary Iraqis.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Sara Agnew Sep. 2--Photojournalists Molly Bingham and Steve Connors say their film about the war in Iraq tells a story most of the world has never heard. "Meeting Resistance" is an 83-minute piece set in the streets, alleyways and tea shops of Baghdad's ...
J. Brett Grill and Nathan Boyer.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Annie Nelson Sep. 2--For years, MU's youngest full-time art professors, J. Brett Grill and Nathan Boyer, struggled to make paintings that showed a worldview that they believed in. "After I was done, they would seem overly sentimental," Grill said. "They ...
'Dude, that's a scooter': Gas prices fuel transportation trend.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Kevin Coleman Sep. 2--Max Hartz is getting accustomed to the ridicule he usually gets from friends when they see his new scooter for the first time. "They laugh and say, Dude, that's a scooter,' " he said. But Hartz, 18, said they stop laughing ...
Permit no surprise to CAFO critics.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Sara Semelka Sep. 2--As news spread Friday that the Missouri Department of Natural Resources had granted the Gessling family a permit to build barns capable of holding 4,800 hogs about two miles from Arrow Rock, opponents of the concentrated animal feeding operation said ...
Exhibiting ideas for Shelter: Gallery theme pushes aid for abuse survivors.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Sara Semelka Sep. 2--Spare Parts Gallery co-owner Doug Freeman described his current offering to the public as a "trial run with advocacy art shows" and said he's happy with the turnout of artists and attendance for the "Gimme Shelter" show. The show at 8 S ....
Pig in slop saves Tigers: Safety's huge day keeps MU from collapsing in Arch Rivalry.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Dave Matter Sep. 2--ST. LOUIS -- With 58 seconds left in yesterday's resumption of the Arch Rivalry and another Missouri meltdown in order, Pig Brown had one goal in mind. "I just wanted to come down with the ball and end the game for my teammates," said ...
OPINION: Iraq: Will 9/15 make a difference?
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Henry J. Waters III Sep. 2--What's magic about Sept. 15? Nothing, really. That's the date President George W. Bush picked out of the air for assessing progress in his Iraq "surge" campaign. His operatives on the scene will make a report, the details of which won't ...
Obituaries.(Obituary)
Sep 02, 2007 ... Sep. 2--Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo., Obituaries Roy Charles Owen Jr., 45, passed away in his sleep Saturday, Aug. 29, 2007, at his home. The family invites you to join a celebration of life service at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, at Parker Funeral Service, 22 N. Tenth ...
Koster's gamble.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Terry Ganey Sep. 2--JEFFERSON CITY -- State Sen. Chris Koster might have seemed like the odd man out recently when for the first time he walked into a caucus of Senate Democrats. Koster had just made Missouri political history when on Aug. 1 he switched from ...
Rock Bridge girls can't come back in Great 8.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Alex Radman Sep. 2--The Rock Bridge girls tennis team was in a hole yesterday in the third-place match of the Great 8 Tournament. The Bruins trailed John Burroughs 4-2 after the singles matches, and there were only three doubles matches left to play. "You ...
Transfer Taylor gets early taste of Big 12: Guard is hoping work will pay off by '08-09 season.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Steve Walentik Sep. 2--He stood hunched over with his hands resting on his knees near the middle of Mizzou Arena. Zaire Taylor needed to catch his breath. It was Wednesday afternoon, and the newest member of the Missouri basketball team had spent ...
Bad Bruins unfamiliar sight.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Rus Baer Sep. 2--As I watched the soon-to-not-be-fifth-ranked Rock Bridge football team sleepwalk its way through a 33-0 season-opening loss to DeSmet on Friday, I struggled to recall a more lackluster Bruins' performance. The best -- err, worst -- I could ...
School of Blues: Grant students tune up for festival.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Janese Heavin Sep. 4--Hands were clapping and toes were tapping this morning at Grant Elementary School, where blues musician T.J. Wheeler gave students a sample of this weekend's Roots 'N Blues 'N BBQ festival. Wheeler took youngsters on a musical journey ...
Former in-law held in slaying: Hallsville man had feuded with victim.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Joe Meyer Sep. 4--A Hallsville man who allegedly shot and killed his former brother-in-law in an east Columbia McDonald's parking lot during the weekend had been involved in a longstanding feud with the victim and might have tried to kill him before, police said. ...
Math curriculum critic takes issues to national group: Mother objects to teaching techniques.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Janese Heavin Sep. 4--A critic of Columbia Public Schools' math curriculum will take her concerns to a national math panel this week. Michelle Pruitt is on a waiting list to speak Thursday at the National Mathematics Advisory Panel's public hearing at the Eric ...
One Read speaker finds history in the center ring.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Lynn Israel Sep. 4--Bill Stolz enjoyed reading Sara Gruen's "Water for Elephants" -- Columbia's 2007 One Read choice -- about a caretaker for a traveling circus during the Great Depression. The historical accuracy of the novel delighted Stolz because he knows ...
Public chats catch on among council members.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: T.J. Greaney Sep. 4--It seems like a simple idea. A politician is available for conversation a few hours every month at a coffee shop. Not exactly earth-shattering. But in the world of Columbia city government, where average citizens are demanding greater access than ...
Economic plan fires up Mexico: Tax credits, incentives could help brick plant reopen.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Jason Rosenbaum Sep. 4--The signing of an economic development package is welcome news to a Mid-Missouri town pining to reopen one of the region's most dominating structures -- the A.P. Green Brick Refractory. The massive complex in Mexico closed in April 2002 ...
Obituaries.(Obituary)
Sep 04, 2007 ... Sep. 4--Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo., Obituaries Jean Loretta Nunnelly, 77, of Mexico, Mo., passed away Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, at Arnold Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. until time of ...
Tigers get surprising challenge.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Ryan Nilsson Sep. 4--The Missouri soccer team's 5-2 victory over Western Michigan on Sunday at Walton Stadium was expected. After all, Western Michigan was 3-15-1 last season and picked to finish last in the Mid-American Conference by league coaches in 2007. ...
OPINION: Local access television: Questions of funding.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Henry J. Waters III Sep. 4--Now that a new state law removes any obligation from local cable television providers to help with funding, Columbia Access Television is scrambling to stay alive. Its best hope seems to lie with the Columbia City Council, which ...
Another day, another marathon: Engle wins HOA marathon to cap busy weekend.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Joel A. Erickson Sep. 4--Chuck Engle spent Sunday morning running in Tupelo, Miss. He finished 26.2 miles in about 2 hours, 37 minutes, good enough to win his sixth Tupelo Marathon. After that kind of effort, some people would have taken Labor Day off. Most ...
Pinkel admits error on conversion: Misread chart led to odd decision to go for 2 points.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Dave Matter Sep. 4--Missouri's players weren't alone in contributing to the "comedy of errors" as Coach Gary Pinkel referred to Saturday's 40-34 victory over Illinois. During his radio show last night, Pinkel admitted the decision to try a 2-point conversion in the ...
Panthers' two-step stuns MU: Tigers fail to hold a two-game lead in tourney final.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Joel A. Erickson Sep. 4--Coaches and players say volleyball is a game of rhythm. If that's true, the final three games of Sunday's match between Missouri and Florida International were a slow, torturous three-count, the same beat played over and over again. ...
Victim target of litigation: Suspect's family filed ?frivolous' lawsuits.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Joe Meyer Sep. 5--The Rocheport man who was shot to death over the weekend was victimized during the preceding year by the suspect's family through frivolous litigation, the victim's attorney said. Fayette attorney Greg Robinson represented Jeremy Bohannon in ...
City annexes elementary school site.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Janese Heavin Sep. 5--The Columbia City Council last night approved annexation of a 20-acre site for a proposed elementary school in northeast Columbia. Columbia Public Schools plans the new school along the Waco Road path, east of Brown Station Road, between ...
Dispute with city keeps new rooms at church in dark.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Sean Sposito Sep. 5--As the Korean Baptist Church makes an expensive effort to expand, church members are finding themselves at odds with Columbia city officials. "The property needs to have a sprinkler system," Water and Light Department Director Dan Dasho ...
CenturyTel enters TV market: Company will offer video this month.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Jason Rosenbaum Sep. 5--CenturyTel, best known as a local provider of telephone and Internet service, will add television programming to its menu of offerings at the end of the month, putting the agency on a collision course with cable and satellite companies. ...
OPINION: Campaign money: A hot potato for ethics panel.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Henry J. Waters III Sep. 5--The Missouri Supreme Court reinstated Missouri's campaign funding limits then told the Missouri Ethics Commission to decide whether money collected by candidates during the interim period should be returned to donors. This is a hot ...
Corrections.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Sep. 5--A story yesterday about Columbia City Council members holding regular office hours at local coffeehouses included misleading information about how often the meetings are held. Fourth Ward Councilman Jerry Wade and Third Ward Councilman Karl Skala talk with constituents on the first ...
Obituaries.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Sep. 5--Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo., Obituaries Natasha "Nikki" Steffenauer Atterberry, 28, of Columbia passed away Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, at Maupin Funeral Home in Fulton with visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday ....
Council mows down green roof proposal.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: T.J. Greaney Sep. 5--Mayor Darwin Hindman wanted the 10,000-square-foot roof on the new addition to the Daniel Boone city hall building to be innovative, symbolic and reflective of a city that has been on the cutting edge of environmental awareness. For now, ...
Attention, please: Brown gets noticed for spectacular game.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Dave Matter Sep. 5--Missouri safety Pig Brown walked the halls of the Edward Jones Dome on Saturday night, his eyes glued to a stat sheet that didn't tell the full scope of his heroics in the game just played. Soon after the Tigers' 40-34 victory over Illinois, Brown's ...
Baker's birthday gift is Hickman win: Kewpies rally to beat Smith-Cotton.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Ryan Nilsson Of The Tribu Sep. 5--At the beginning of Monday's practice, Hickman boys soccer Coach Larry Thornburg asked his players to perform a standard drill. One player lobbed the ball to his teammate, who was supposed to trap it with his thigh and volley ...
Spartan foils Rock Bridge's senior party.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Rus Baer Sep. 5--After a 5-4 senior-night loss to Moberly yesterday, the Rock Bridge softball team still celebrated its lone senior, Ashley Farmer, by watching her sign a letter of intent to accept a softball scholarship to Columbia College. Maybe Farmer ...
Cougars work out kinks in rout.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Matt Nestor Sep. 5--Any fan at the Southwell Complex could see that Coach Melinda Wrye-Washington had something up her sleeve last night. Luana Branco, the All-American setter for the Columbia College volleyball team, was at the end of the bench looking over ...
Serving a tough crowd: In the school cafeteria, choices are key to getting kids to eat healthy.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Janese Heavin Sep. 6--Fish treasures and potato smiles might pique children's interest with catchy names while meeting the government's nutrition guidelines, but how do they taste? If the fish sandwich and round potatoes don't appeal to young diners, there's ...
No dust alights on Makino with new album, big tours.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Mary T. Nguyen Sep. 6--Even though touring musicians are living their dreams of life on the road and sharing their work with the masses, they get homesick too. Such was the case for Blonde Redhead's guitarist and frontwoman, Kazu Makino. The three-piece band from New ...
Path shared in shooting: Suspect, victim belonged to same church.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Joe Meyer Sep. 6--Homicide victim Jeremy Bohannon and the former brother-in-law accused in his shooting death both moved to the Rocheport area to become members of the same church, a pastor said. Bohannon moved to Rocheport from Louisville, Ky., about 10 years ...
Scam lures victims through classifieds.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Kevin Coleman Sep. 6--Carrie Strickland thought she'd found the perfect buyer for her golden retriever pup: a deaf person in need of a companion. Strickland recently placed a classified ad in the Tribune offering to sell the dog for $100. Shortly afterward, ...
First wind energy flows to city: Alternative power source goes online.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: T.J. Greaney Sep. 6--Columbia got its first dose of wind power yesterday. It wasn't much more than a puff, but for those working to make it happen, it felt great. "This is a terrific step forward and a demonstration of our attitude and responsibilities on ...
Transportation alliance not yet in county's budget picture.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Sara Semelka Sep. 6--With sales tax revenue slumping as the Boone County Commission heads into its budgeting process this month, commissioners were unable to commit $120,000 for a pilot public transportation program. Members of the Mid-Missouri Transportation ...
Newsletter offers prevention tips.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: T.J. Greaney Sep. 6--The Columbia/Boone County Health Department launched its first e-newsletter this week, with a healthy dose of information about infectious diseases and ways to avoid getting sick. In addition to tips on avoiding illness and striving for ...
Looking for daylight: Rushing game still frustrating Tigers.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Steve Walentik Sep. 6--Tony Temple didn't seem to share the joy of so many of his teammates on the Missouri football team after Saturday's 40-34 season-opening victory over Illinois. When players met with reporters afterward outside the Tigers' locker room in ...
Bruins hope not to be haunted by opener.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Rus Baer Sep. 6--As a video clerk at Gerbes, about the toughest question Rock Bridge senior Mike Petrik gets asked during a shift pertains to where the horror section is. This weekend was a little different. "I don't know how many times I was ...
Andrew Graham remembered for civic dedication: Mayor recalls him as ?warm person.'.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Jason Rosenbaum Sep. 6--Rich Blakley recalled Andrew Graham's generosity and fun-loving spirit during a blustery MU football game. Blakley, who serves as executive director of the Disabled Citizens Alliance for Independence, was too cold to continue watching ...