Columbia Daily Tribune back issues from July 2006:
AREA SCENE
Jul 01, 2006 ... Rockers win state championshipThe 12-and-under Rockers softball team recently won first place inthe Missouri ASA Class A State Championship Tournament inSpringfield. The Rockers went 4-0, and the championship qualifiedthem for the ASA National Tournament in Bloomington, Ind ....
SPORTSCENE
Jul 01, 2006 ... Nowitzki asks Cuban to back off refsDirk Nowitzki has all but acknowledged that Mark Cuban's anticsare a distraction to the Dallas Mavericks, saying that the team'sowner must "learn to control himself as well as the players do." In a stories posted last night on the Web ...
Edwards gets back in the chase
Jul 01, 2006; ... One measure of greatness is the ability to make the difficult lookeasy. Another measure is the ability to succeed even when nothingcomes easily. For Carl Edwards, 2005 was an example of the former. He hopes 2006will be evidence of the latter. Last year - his first full season ...
Hot commodity Max Askren already gaining elite status.
Jul 01, 2006; ... When Brian Smith received a phone call a couple of weeks agotelling him how Max Askren performed at the FILA Junior World TeamTrials, he wasn't the least bit surprised. Though the Missouri wrestling coach didn't accompany Askren toColorado Springs, Colo., he knew the redshirt ...
Internal strife threatens Hamas Exiled leader raises conflict with attack.
Jul 01, 2006; ... GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Three months after Hamas assumed theleadership of the Palestinian Authority, the Hamas-led government isin danger of disintegrating. The fatal blow might have come fromwithin. Analysts say the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier on Sunday byHamas-led ...
Cyclists pedal their point in tour of downtown
Jul 01, 2006; ... Drivers beware: Bicyclists are getting organized. About 50 bike riders took to the streets of downtown Columbiayesterday as part of a Critical Mass event. Meant to assert a placefor bicyclists on the roadway, Critical Mass events are heldnationwide. Although they're intended ...
Facing the future Razing of canopy ahead of schedule.
Jul 01, 2006; ... For a structure that appeared as sturdy as an interstate off-ramp, the concrete canopy downtown is coming down surprisingly fast. Removing each block-length portion of the canopy - at a cost of$150 per linear foot by Professional Contractors & Engineers Inc. ofColumbia - was ...
Fisher shines at All-Star Game
Jul 01, 2006; ... SPRINGFIELD - Kyle Fisher found himself in a familiar positionyesterday inside the Hammons Center during the St. John's SportsMedicine Missouri Basketball All-Star Game. With his Blue Team clinging to a two-point lead in the game forClass 1 and 2 players, the 2006 Harrisburg ...
Jessie Garner, 1903-2006
Jul 01, 2006 ... Iris Garner, 103, departed this life on Wednesday, June 28, 2006. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday, July 3, at BroadwayChristian Church. Visitation will be at 1 p.m. Monday, withinternment at 4:30 p.m. She was born on June 16, 1903, near LaPlata, the youngest of ...
Moccia a unanimous selection for SIUC opening
Jul 01, 2006; ... A few months ago, a shakeup within Missouri's athletic departmentseemed imminent. Change came yesterday, but not how most expected. Mario Moccia, Missouri's senior associate athletic director, wasintroduced as the new athletic director at Southern Illinois-Carbondale, replacing ...
Dennis Newland 1942-2006
Jul 01, 2006 ... Dennis L. Newland, 64, of Fulton died Thursday, June 29, 2006, atCallaway Community Hospital in Fulton. Services with military honors will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, July3, at Debo Funeral Home in Fulton. Family will ...
Robbery suspect has history of allegations
Jul 01, 2006 ... A former Indiana police officer and disbarred attorney wasindicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Jefferson City forallegedly robbing the Jefferson Bank South, according to a newsrelease from the U.S. attorney's office in Kansas City. The indictment alleges Clifton Bruce ...
Extremely high PMI can cost one's home
Jul 01, 2006; ... Q. We purchased a home Jan. 31, 2003, for $174,000. We had soldour home the day before and because of a "lost piece of paper," wehad to wait until the next day to close on our new home. We werecalled by our mortgage broker about two hours before our closing. Heinformed us that the ...
SPIRITUAL LIFE IN BRIEF
Jul 01, 2006 ... Church of England rejects divestment LONDON - A Church of England body has reaffirmed its support forcontinued investment in Caterpillar Inc. despite concern aboutreports that Caterpillar tractors had been used by Israel to knockdown Palestinian homes. The Ethical Investment ...
TRIB TALK
Jul 01, 2006 ... Call 815-1776 to contribute. Or visit TribLog online. JimRobertson, managing editor "Since our March hailstorm, I have left three messages with sevendifferent roofing companies and contractors, and not one has returnedmy call. Do these people want my business, or is just minor ...
Flight change 90 days away, Watkins says City subsidy discussed as possible option.
Jul 01, 2006; ... Passengers could be leaving Columbia Regional Airport on AirMidwest planes by this fall, City Manager Bill Watkins said. Air Midwest, a subsidiary of Phoenix-based Mesa Air Group, willtake over passenger service at the airport from existing carrierTrans States Airlines under the ...
DRUNKEN DRIVING DISPOSITIONS
Jul 01, 2006 ... - Keith Charles Barnett pleaded guilty as a prior offender and wasgiven a suspended one-year jail sentence. - Katharine Bassell pleaded guilty as a prior offender and wasgiven a suspended one-year jail sentence. - Galen Cutter Baxley pleaded guilty as a prior offender and ...
GRAND OPENING: NEW BUSINESS IN COLUMBIA VanMatre Lanscape Design
Jul 01, 2006 ... - Owner: BrennanVanMatre - Address: 4108 Congo Circle - Telephone: 808-4858 or 442-3049 - Nature of service offered: VanMatre Landscape Design gives afinishing touch to a homeowner's yard. "We can design your curb ...
ANNIVERSARIES Russell and Doris Taylor
Jul 02, 2006 ... Russell and Doris Taylor of Centralia will celebrate their 40thwedding anniversary on July 3, 2006, with a trip to Branson. Russell Taylor and Doris Gibler were ...
ANNIVERSARIES Dorathy and Otto Griessel
Jul 02, 2006 ... Otto and Dorathy Griessel of Columbia celebrated their 70thanniversary on June 28, 2006, with a reception attended by family andfriends at the Terrace Apartments. The Griessels were married June ...
Drug testing for students is up for debate
Jul 02, 2006; ... Some Columbia residents denounce the idea of testing students fordrugs at schools, while others say such policy could be key toalleviating a growing problem. Columbia Public Schools is not considering a drug-testing policy,officials said, but more Missouri school districts are. The ...
CITY/COUNTY CALENDAR
Jul 02, 2006 ... MONDAY Boone County Commission, regular meeting, 9:30 a.m., commissionchambers, followed by a staff meeting and then a work session in Room243, Boone County Government Center, 801 E. Walnut St. Columbia City Council, pre-council work session, 6 p.m., fourth-floor conference ...
OPEN COLUMN Open contract offices' books across the board
Jul 02, 2006 ... Editor, the Tribune: Your June 14 editorial lauds State AuditorClaire McCaskill and calls for public disclosure of the profits ofMissouri's 183 contract offices because "they enjoy a valuable publictrust." This might be a good idea. If it is a good idea, it ought tobe applied across the ...
WEDDINGS Cox-Calvin
Jul 02, 2006 ... Tara Calvin and Michael Cox were married June 14, 2006, inFayette. The bride is the daughter of Eva Sue Calvin of Boonville, JodyCalvin of Columbia and the late David Calvin. The groom is the son ofJack Cox of Blytheville, Ark., and the late Mary Lou Cox. The couple was ...
ENGAGEMENTS Casper-Summers
Jul 02, 2006 ... An Oct. 7, 2006, wedding at St. Luke Lutheran Church in Chicago isplanned by Carrie Summers and John Casper. Parents of the engaged couple are Jan and Gerald Summers ofColumbia and Mary and Michael Casper of Cleveland. The future bride, a 1996 graduate of Hickman High School, ...
Small town honors long run Sturgeon cheers for its 150 years.
Jul 02, 2006; ... STURGEON - The determination of Sturgeon's original 14 families tosucceed remains a central part of town lore 150 years later, localresidents say. The town celebrated its sesquicentennial yesterday with a downtownparade and small carnival at the city fairground. Sturgeon ...
Live & learn Program in Pakistan helps parents and children improve literacy.
Jul 02, 2006; ... What if home schooling were the only way to educate your children,and you didn't know how to read or write? Quite a dilemma! Localchild psychiatrist Arshad Husain, director of the Columbia-basedInternational Medical and Educational Trust, or IMET, has developed amodel for solving this ...
COUNTY COMMISSION AGENDA
Jul 02, 2006 ... The Boone County Commission will hold its regular meeting at 9:30a.m. tomorrow in the commission chambers of the Boone CountyGovernment Center, 801 E. Walnut St. The meeting is open to thepublic. A. Second reading of a bid for a hydraulic sliding axle trailer. B. Second ...
OPEN COLUMN Destruction of park geese bodes ill for city's future
Jul 02, 2006 ... Editor, the Tribune: Imagine that one day the geese in ourcommunity decided to gather together, file a complaint against us,deem us a nuisance and assassinate us like we are going to do to ourlocal geese at Stephens Lake. I suppose we would call that aninsurgency and unleash our weapons ...
WEDDINGS Patchett-Scott
Jul 02, 2006 ... Trisha Scott and James Patchett were married June 20, 2006, inOcho Rios, Jamaica. Sheldon Anderson performed the double-ringceremony for the daughter of Gilbert and Janice Reed of Troy and theson of James and Nancy Patchett of Columbia. The bride, a 1994 graduate of Clopton High ...
ENGAGEMENTS Perrigo-Williams
Jul 02, 2006 ... A Sept. 9, 2006, wedding at Mary Immaculate Catholic Church inKirksville is planned by Kisha Perrigo and Tysen Williams. Parents of the engaged couple are Dennis Perrigo of Oak Grove,Mike and Cathy Collop of Kirksville and Jim and Rita Williams ofKirksville. The future bride, ...
Pop! goes the holiday Public safety officials counsel caution on fireworks.
Jul 02, 2006; ... His shopping basket teeming with rockets, firecrackers and devicesnamed "Blast from the Past" and "Multicolor Shogun," Justin Hillerwas ready to celebrate the nation's birthday by blowing up a smallpart of it. "I like the big tubes," he said yesterday as he and his two ...
THIS WEEK IN LOCAL HISTORY Fire department honored teens who rescued man
Jul 02, 2006; ... 10 years ago July 2, 1996 The Columbia Fire Department announced it will honor fourteenagers who saved the life of 48-year-old Frederick Brown. Meghan McDonald noticed her uncle was on the bottom of aneighborhood pool on Wheaton Court. Meghan, age 15, her ...
OPEN COLUMN Stem cell research gives false hope for quick cures
Jul 02, 2006 ... Editor, the Tribune: Embryonic stem cell research proponents havecreated unrealistic hope in people expecting to see near-future cures(June 8 letter). The reality is "clinical benefits of the research are years ormaybe decades away. This is a message that desperate families ...
ANNIVERSARIES Lynn and Kenneth Frerking
Jul 02, 2006 ... The Rev. Dr. Kenneth and Ethelyn "Lynn" Frerking of Columbiacelebrated their 50th anniversary with a weekend trip with theirfamily. The Frerkings were married July 2, 1956, ...
ENGAGEMENTS Swanson-McGary
Jul 02, 2006 ... A Sept. 16, 2006, wedding at Westminster Chapel in Fulton isplanned by Eryn McGary and Michael Swanson. Parents of the engaged couple are Terry and Linda McGary ofColumbia and Mike and Pat Swanson of Mount Prospect, Ill. The future bride, a 1997 graduate of Rock Bridge High ...
Visioning plan likely includes a hired guide City staff wants help from an expert.
Jul 02, 2006; ... Columbia city officials appear poised to pay experts to help guidean ambitious "community visioning" project. In a report sent to the Columbia City Council latelast week, Assistant City Manager Paula Hertwig Hopkins writesshe will "strongly recommend" that ...
OPEN COLUMN Burkett letter hypocritical in judgment of presidents
Jul 02, 2006 ... Editor, the Tribune: In response to Frank Burkett's June 15letter: I realize that in your mind, lying about sex is a crimepunishable by impeachment. In mine, it is none of my business. I also realize that in your mind, anyone who questions or, Godforbid, criticizes the president of ...
WEDDINGS Fildani-Hessler
Jul 02, 2006 ... Angela Hessler and Andrea Fildani were married May 29, 2006, atSanta Croce Church in Sasso, Italy. The Rev. Don Pedro Piccoliperformed the double-ring ceremony for the daughter of Richard andAnne Hessler of Columbia and the son of Amadeo and Julianna Fildaniof Rome. The bride's ...
Groups seek a vote on city hall project
Jul 02, 2006 ... A local advocacy group and a neighborhood association are teamingup to oppose the multimillion-dollar plan to renovate and expand cityhall. Grass Roots Organizing and the Ridgeway Neighborhood Associationhave launched a petition drive calling for a citywide vote on whether$21 ...
The real corruption is campaign finance reform
Jul 01, 2006; ... Campaign finance reform is what it pretends to combat: corruption.The U.S. Supreme Court should have said something like that when itstruck down, as unconstitutional abridgments of free speech,Vermont's severe limits on contributions to and spending bycampaigns. Instead, the ...
Ongoing investigation delays MU credit card case
Jul 01, 2006; ... A preliminary hearing for a man accused of making personalpurchases on a University of Missouri-Columbia credit card has beendelayed as officials continue sifting evidence in the case. In December, Robert W. Osman, 34, the former assistant facilitiesdirector at the MU Student ...
OPEN COLUMN Neighborhood position has prepared Noce well
Jul 01, 2006 ... Editor, the Tribune: When I was a Columbia City Council member, Ioften found it very difficult to balance and represent the manydiverse interests and concerns of the various neighborhoods in theSixth Ward. One neighborhood that was a microcosm of these challengeswas the East Campus, with ...
Search of homes yields no arrests
Jul 01, 2006 ... Police last night searched two homes in central Columbia forevidence of drug activities and made no arrests, although theyreported finding a misdemeanor quantity of marijuana at one address. At about 7 p.m., officers went to 200B Lincoln ...
MFA finds alternative fuels close to home Local oil co-op expects growth in ethanol, biodiesel made from homegrown crops.
Jul 01, 2006; ... Earlier this week, officials at MFA Oil learned that localactivists had planned a protest against big oil companies and thatthey had chosen to rally in front of the company's Big O Tire/Petro-Card 24 outlet off East Broadway near Providence Road. An employee called the organizer, ...
OPEN COLUMN New York Times must be held accountable
Jul 01, 2006 ... Editor, the Tribune: It's another instance of big media arrogance,but this time it might border on treason. The New York Times shouldbe prosecuted for divulging details of the government's bank recordssurveillance activities - a highly classified program that has beenimplemented to ...
Lunker tips global scale Black crappie now a world record.
Jul 01, 2006; ... MOKANE - John Horstman hooked a 5-pound, 19-inch crappie thisspring, tossed it in the live well of his boat and went on fishing,not anticipating he had a world record on board. Fried crappie is a favorite in the Horstman household, saidHorstman's wife, Pat. "That's probably what ...
STREET TALK Planned subdivision features `estate lots'
Jul 01, 2006; ... A preliminary plan for the 144-acre Copperstone subdivision at thesoutheast corner of Scott Boulevard and Vawter School Road has sailedthrough the Columbia City Council. The next step for the project is a land disturbance permit andfinal plan approval, expected within a month, ...
Tritium reported low-risk Radioactive element seeps into manholes.
Jul 01, 2006; ... Inspectors have discovered traces of radioactive tritium in sevenmanholes at the Callaway Nuclear Plant. The contamination is confined to property owned by AmerenUE, whichoperates the plant, and is not a health threat, said Mike Cleary,spokesman for the utility. "What we've ...
I-70 police effort tickets 42 drivers
Jul 01, 2006 ... Columbia police issued 42 summonses yesterday afternoon forspeeding during a special enforcement effort along Interstate 70. The Columbia police Traffic Unit and Community Action Team joinedup in the assignment, which was a response to resident complaints, ahistory of serious ...
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Jul 01, 2006 ... The following people have applied for licenses in the Boone Countyrecorder of deeds office: - Antonio Rico, 26, of Columbia and Kimberly Kay Athey, 24, ofColumbia. - Christopher Martin Atler, 21, of Columbia and Elizabeth GayleDewitt, 24, of Columbia. - Timothy Alan ...
Gasoline prices in selected cities
Jul 01, 2006 ... Yesterday's average price of a gallon of self-serve regularunleaded gasoline at selected Missouri cities, based on AAA Auto Clubof Missouri's survey: Cape Girardeau: ...
SPIRITUAL LIFE CALENDAR
Jul 01, 2006 ...Saturday First Church of Christ, Scientist, 800 W. Broadway,christiansciencecolmo.org, provides healing messages 24 hours a dayat 442-4288. This week's message is "Spiritual Nourishment." Sunday First Presbyterian Church, 16 Hitt St., ...
THE TRIBUNE'S VIEW Limiting executive power
Jul 01, 2006; ... The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-3 decision that would have been 5-4 had newly seated Chief Justice John Roberts been able to vote,found the Bush administration overstepped legal bounds with plans totry Guantanamo prisoners in military tribunals instead of regularcourts. This is ...
Experts eye effect of new justices Kennedy takes over court's middle ground.
Jul 02, 2006 ... WASHINGTON - At the U.S. Supreme Court, they say each group ofnine justices is different, that a switch in just one seatfundamentally alters the dynamic among them all. As the court closesits 2005-06 term, when two new members, including the chief justice,took their seats after a 12-year ...
ROAD CLOSURES
Jul 02, 2006 ... The following public agencies announced traffic restrictions andurged pedestrians and motorists to exercise caution. Alternativeroutes are encouraged whenever possible. Completion dates are subjectto weather conditions. Missouri Department of Transportation - Interstate 70, ...
A-Rod has only himself to blame for boo-birds
Jul 02, 2006; ... NEW YORK - The relentless parade of apologists insisting thatthese Yankees fans are wrong about Alex Rodriguez, that theirfeelings, their instincts - their judgments - aren't merely mistaken,but are out of line. This is some kind of finger wagging they'repassing out on his behalf, a ...
Ain't it grand that our city is in demand? Thriving community can cope with growing pains.
Jul 02, 2006; ... "Big box" stores, tree ordinance violations, traffic, empty stripmalls and cut-and-fill controversy - development everywhere! Butain't it grand? Twenty years ago, I had been elected as Sixth Ward Columbia CityCouncil representative. Residential development was ...
WEDDINGS Hill-Jenkins
Jul 02, 2006 ... Jennifer Hill and Kyle Jenkins were married at 6 p.m. June 25,2006, at First Presbyterian Church in Columbia. The Rev. RichardRamsey performed the double-ring ceremony for the daughter of Gregand Diane Hill and the son of Larry Jenkins and Kathy and Leo Kemper,all of ...
ACADEMIA
Jul 02, 2006 ... Megan Haffey Irwin, a 2001 graduate of Hickman High School anddaughter of Jan and Ron Haffey of Columbia, graduated summa cum laudefrom Truman State University in Kirksville with a bachelor's degreein visual communications. - Angela Zhang, a sixth-grader at Smithton Middle ...
VENTURE BOUND Cypress Gardens still blooming near Orlando
Jul 02, 2006; ... Ice skating was not exactly what I had expected to see at theCypress Gardens near Orlando, Fla. My memory of pictures I had seenof the park included Southern belles in hoopskirts, beautiful girlson water skis and lots and lots of flowers. But here I was sitting ina theater with the sun ...
NICHE: A WEEKLY PEEK AT AN EMERGING ARTIST Gail Shen
Jul 02, 2006; ... Setting foot inside Gail Shen's Chinatown is like walking into akaleidoscope. Now in its third incarnation in a Walnut Streetstorefront, Chinatown offers a variety of internationally flavoredgoods with a tendency toward all things Asian. It's the kind of storethat's appealing to kids and ...
Bad Elvis alive, well in Ireland
Jul 02, 2006; ... I recently spent a week in Ireland, and I can honestly say I havenever been to any place in the world where it's so easy to partake ofthe local culture, by which I mean beer. Ireland also containshistory, nice people, enormous quantities of scenery and a richcultural heritage, including ...
THE TRIBUNE'S VIEW Billionaires' conspiracy
Jul 02, 2006; ... Can private entrepreneurs with billions of dollars to spendnoticeably improve the world condition? Warren Buffett and Bill Gatesare giving it a try. In an unprecedented move, and one not likely to be repeated anytime soon, the two billionaires are combining resources to ...
WEDDINGS Crane-Call
Jul 02, 2006 ... Valerie Crane and Travis Call were married at 2 p.m. June 6, 2006,at Couples Negril in Hanover, Jamaica. The Rev. Keith Gordonperformed the double-ring ceremony for the daughter of Dale Crane andDonna Lanham and the son of Erman and Donna Call, all of Columbia. The bride, a 1996 ...