Columbia Daily Tribune back issues from March 2007:
CMU baseball splits at home
Mar 01, 2007 ... The Central Methodist baseball team lost its home opener butrallied in the nightcap to split a doubleheader yesterday againstMount Marty. Game 1 was a pitchers' duel as the teams combined for 20strikeouts in the Lancers' 2-1 victory. Mount Marty starter Rand Thygeson struck ...
Movie Guide
Mar 01, 2007 ... MPAA ratings and reasons: G: General audiences; PG: Parental guidance suggested; PG-13: Parents strongly cautioned: some material unsuitable forchildren younger than 13 R: Restricted; children under 17 admitted with parent/guardian; NC-17: No children ...
TicPick - CALL ME LIGHTNING
Mar 01, 2007 ... So steelguitar's not for you. That's OK. It can be an acquiredtaste. If you prefer your guitars not of steel but still metal - andplugged in - you'll find ...
Down the same hole Bruins fall short of lofty potential one more time.
Mar 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON, Mo. - Logan Gray could not imagine it happening again.When last night's Class 5 boys basketball sectional at St. FrancisBorgia High School was over, he couldn't believe it just did. Another athletic season that held so much promise for Rock Bridgecame crumbling to a ...
Warren Elfrank, 1923-2007
Mar 01, 2007 ... Warren W. Elfrank, 83, of Columbia passed away Tuesday, Feb. 27,2007, at Boone Hospital Center. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 2, at MemorialFuneral Home, with visitation from 10 a.m. until the time of theservice Friday at the funeral home. Warren was born on ...
Reno's worst
Mar 01, 2007 ... In their full-length debut film titled "Reno 911!: Miami," Reno'sfinest heads south to Miami, where they've been invited to, andsubsequently barred from, a national police conference. When an evilband of terrorists attacks the conference venue, trapping a country'sworth of law ...
Doris Wootton, 1930-2007
Mar 01, 2007 ... Doris Hilda Wootton, 76, of Columbia passed away Tuesday, Feb. 27,2007, at her home. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, at Our Lady ofLourdes Catholic Church in Columbia. Private burial will be atMemorial Park Cemetery. Doris was born on April 26, 1930, in ...
Bovines and blast-offs
Mar 01, 2007 ... Build it, and they will come. And you won't want them there because they'll try to take it away. Such is the premise of "The Astronaut Farmer," a contemporary sci-fi fantasy in which a former astronaut who never got to go into spaceconstructs his own rocket on his Texas ranch ....
Long film puts you at mercy of serial killer and a director
Mar 01, 2007; ... "Zodiac" serves up a big plate of whodunit for hard-core detectivefans but might be too drawn out and dry to sustain the averageviewer's interest. Despite many strengths, it's a film you admiremore than enjoy. For those out of the cultural loop, the Zodiac Killer was ...
Kewps girls run right by dazed Holt Hickman advances to quarterfinals with dominant effort in sectionals.
Mar 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON, Mo. - Only one player on the Hickman girls basketballteam had ever played in a playoff game entering last night's Class 5sectional against Holt at St. Francis Borgia High School. All 13 Kewpies on Tonya Mirts' varsity roster are now full-fledged playoff ...
Ella Rountree, 1915-2007
Mar 01, 2007 ... Ella Rountree, 91, of Raymore, formerly of Stephens, died Friday,Feb. 23, 2007, at Beautiful Savior Nursing Home in Belton. Graveside services were held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28, at OldCedar Cemetery in Stephens. Ella was born Sept. 14, 1915, in Millersburg to Thomas and ...
New on DVD
Mar 01, 2007 ... - Stranger than Fiction - The Heart of the Game - Tideland - The Return - A Good Year - A ...
Reel fun with real kids
Mar 01, 2007 ... The True/False Film Festival kicks off today and runs throughSunday with documentary films, lectures, musical events and more atvenues throughout Columbia. But one particular event is designedjust for children. The Reel Kids Film Camp starts at 5 p.m. tomorrowat MIssouri United ...
Watkins busts out for Tigers on senior night Strong effort in start helps MU hold off pesky Colorado.
Mar 01, 2007; ... Marcus Watkins has always had to wait and watch. First at TexasA&M. Then at Missouri. He's spent the better part of the past five years going throughdrills in practice and running wind sprints until his lungs burnedonly to wind up wearing his warm-up shirt when it really mattered: ...
Lucille Burch, 1914-2007
Mar 01, 2007 ... B. Lucille McKenzie Burch, 92, of Columbia passed away Wednesday,Feb. 28, 2007, at Columbia Healthcare Center. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 3, atMemorial Park Cemetery. Lucille was born on Dec. 13, 1914, in Columbia, the daughter ofWillie Lewis ...
Lecture tonight tackles taboo subjects
Mar 01, 2007 ... The Museum of Art and Archaeology presents "(Not) Bringing UpBaby: Infant Abandonment and Infanticide in the Roman Imperial Law,"a lecture at 6 p.m. today by Judith Evans-Grubbs of the Department ofClassics at Washington University. The talk will be in the ...
Rock Bridge again suffers `One of those nights'
Mar 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON, Mo. - Jim Scanlon was starting to catalog a lengthylist of problems in Rock Bridge's 56-46 sectional basketball loss toFort Zumwalt South last night when his wife interrupted for a moment. She passed along the news that the Raytown team coached by Jim'sbrother, Mark, ...
McCrary's miracle shot lifts Cougars
Mar 01, 2007; ... Taking the ball 90 feet from his basket with 11.1 seconds left inregulation, Louis McCrary pushed the ball up the court. With theColumbia College men's basketball team trailing 67-64, McCrary headedto the top of the key to get a screen. Williams Baptist switched thepick, and suddenly the ...
Wallace Estes, 1916-2007
Mar 01, 2007 ... Wallace Martin Estes, 90, of Bosworth died Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007. Burial took place at Big Creek Cemetery in Bosworth. Wallace was born Dec. 7, 1916, in Boone County, the son of JohnEstes and Lou Smith Estes. He ...
Festival's fun, eclectic music includes punk marching band
Mar 01, 2007; ... More than fine films, the True/False Film Festival brings inmusical performers who entertain not only the ears but also the eyes.Last week, columnist Pete Bland highlighted just some of the bignames breezing through town, including steel guitar-playing star BabyGramps and 30-piece punk ...
Thunderbirds feel the Love
Mar 01, 2007; ... ASHLAND - Samantha Heck spent the first three quarters of lastnight's Class 3 District 8 semifinal keeping sixth-seeded NorthCallaway a half-step ahead of second-seeded Boonville. By the time the fourth quarter rolled around, Laura Love was readyto give Heck a little ...
Ethanol, weather feed demand Some producers feel pinch of rising cost of raising livestock.
Mar 01, 2007; ... If there is anything that bothers Nathan Martin right now, it ishis low supply of hay that will only last him for the next 30 days.The Centralia farmer owns 200 cows, but he said he hasn't quite feltthe pinch of the rising feed cost yet. To Martin, who is one of the owners of ...
Riddle eyeing life in WNBA Tigers senior drawing attention.
Mar 01, 2007; ... As the calendar turns from February to March, life for collegeseniors becomes a little more hectic. As graduation approaches, therealization that the real world awaits has soon-to-be alums puttingtogether resumes for their new careers. It's a little different when your ...
Columbia Public Library, 100 W. Broadway, is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Call 443-3161 or visit www.dbrl.org.
Mar 01, 2007 ... - Design a Bookmark Contest will be held from Monday throughMarch 31. Pick up an entry form at any DBRL facility or download onefrom the library's Web site. One entry per person. For children inkindergarten through fifth grade. - Rhymes and Rhythms for Walkers will be held from ...
THE TRIBUNE'S VIEW Nice things
Mar 01, 2007; ... The Crane farm will become a public park. The city has made a dealto buy more than 300 acres just south of the new Bristol Lakedevelopment on Gans Creek Road. A new highway overpass will be builtnearby. This is a major step forward. The new park will become the south-side version ...
OSU suspends Boggan for incident
Mar 01, 2007 ... Oklahoma State Coach Sean Sutton suspended leading scorer MarioBoggan yesterday for a head-butting incident in the Cowboys' 84-70win against Kansas State on Tuesday night. "After reviewing the film numerous times, there's no question thatMario used extremely bad judgment in ...
Lillian Blakemore, 1916-2007
Mar 01, 2007 ... Lillian Jerry Stapel Blakemore, 90, of Columbia passed awayMonday, Feb. 26, 2007. A private family service will be held. Burial will be at ColumbiaCemetery. Lillian was born Sept. 30, 1916, in Topeka, Kan., to John C. andPortia Penwell Stapel. Lillian graduated from ...
HOLLYWOOD HEADLINERS
Mar 01, 2007; ... Divine honor for Richards Bette Midler is the favorite girl of Verdant magazine, apublication dedicated to things like "The Greening of ChristopherBuckley" and other choices for better living. There are lusciousphotos inside of the Divine Miss M. Now Bette tells me her New ...
Weekend Calendar
Mar 01, 2007 ... thursday Stark Raving Calm, Thunder Clap Douglas and the Eight Track Groove8:30 p.m. at Mojo's, 1013 Park Ave.; $5. Chris Hatfield, solo, jazz, pop, 7 to 9:30 p.m. at Jazz, ALouisiana Kitchen, 1605 Chapel Hill Road. Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano, 3 p.m. at Whitmore ...
Ashland reacts to tragedy Teenage girl called `ideal daughter.'
Mar 01, 2007; ... Teachers and students at Southern Boone County High School aregrieving the loss of a junior cheerleader who was killed in a caraccident yesterday on her way to school. The news of 16-year-old Amanda Nowlin's death hit the Ashlandschool the morning after Southern Boone celebrated a ...
TV SHOWS TO WATCH
Mar 01, 2007 ... - Today at 9 p.m. on USA: While "American Idol" takes its sweettime in figuring out a winner, its country cousin, "Nashville Star,"is on the accelerated plan. Tonight, in what seems like no time, welearn who wins the singing contest and nabs the record deal. CarrieUnderwood, you just ...
63 crash kills pedestrian Fatality is second at site in four months.
Mar 01, 2007; ... Another fatal accident involving a pedestrian just south ofColumbia has highlighted safety issues involving people crossingHighway 63 to get to a convenience store. Residents of Sunset Mobile Home Park, 4130 S. Lenoir St., saycrossing the busy four-lane highway is becoming a part ...
Bulldogs' dynamic duo shines again
Mar 01, 2007; ... STURGEON - When Harrisburg girls basketball Coach Angie Enochsspeaks of teammates Laken Enochs and Erica Akins, she often jokesthat it doesn't matter how you say it: Either way, they form aterrific combination. "Erica-Laken or Laken-Erica," Enochs said, laughing. "You canhardly ...
Gayle Mansfield, 1952-2007
Mar 01, 2007 ... Gayle Elaine Mansfield, 54, of Centralia died at her residenceTuesday, Feb. 27, 2007. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, March 2, at Fenton FuneralChapel in Centralia, officiated by Ronald Beard of First BaptistChurch in Centralia. Interment will be at Glendale Memorial ...
OPEN COLUMN Math curriculum flies in face of centuries of knowledge
Mar 01, 2007 ... Editor, the Tribune: Of all the disciplines, success inmathematics education is the most easily measured. The students caneither add, subtract, multiply and divide, or they cannot. Grade thetests, count the scores, and you will immediately know whether thestudents have mastered the ...
Ashland teen hurt in rollover accident
Mar 01, 2007 ... An Ashland teenager remained in good condition this morning atBoone Hospital Center after a rollover accident yesterday in BooneCounty. Jessica Brooks, 18, was driving a Ford pickup westbound at about ...
OPEN COLUMN Printing university salaries a waste of time, newsprint
Mar 01, 2007 ... Editor, the Tribune: As a former employee of University ofMissouri Health Care and still permanent resident of Columbia, Iwould like to express my concern about the questionable worth ofUniversity of Missouri employees who make more than $100,000 a year. First of all, do most ...
Hugo's amazing invention will have you turning pages
Mar 01, 2007; ... I've just read - or should I say found - one of the mostextraordinary books I've ever come across, and that's saying a lotconsidering I've been reading and reviewing many, many books for morethan eight years. "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick has to be one ofthe ...
Midwife ban leaves family scrambling Proponents revive legalization effort.
Mar 01, 2007; ... Today was the earliest Ben and Rebekah Sherman expected theirthird child. The Shermans had their first two children at home inWisconsin with the help of a midwife and intended to do the same withthe third. Nathan Sherman had other plans. Rebekah's water broke last week while ...
OPEN COLUMN Missouri commission doing no service for public
Mar 01, 2007 ... Editor, the Tribune: The Missouri Public Service Commission iswrong as it moves to regulate new technologies, thus harming advancesin technology, service to customers and state competition. The commission's opinion is that an Internet voice product beingoffered by Comcast should ...
Opening act features look at moonwalkers
Mar 01, 2007; ... David Sington wants to take people to the moon. His documentary "In the Shadow of the Moon," is the featurepresentation of the True/False Film Festival's opening night gala,but Sington said his movie isn't about rockets, technology or spacemodules. "It's about people and ...
OPEN COLUMN CAFOs are profitable only because public foots the bill
Mar 01, 2007 ... Editor, the Tribune: Concerning CAFOs in Missouri, here are somefacts: - Missouri law protects CAFOs from civil suits. Landowners, whoseproperty values decline as a result of a neighboring CAFO, must hirean attorney who will be pitted against a team of high-dollarattorneys hired ...
Keep an open mind about new education
Mar 01, 2007; ... Q: I have a 5-year-old daughter, and I keep hearing about the waymath is taught now. I am afraid I will not understand it. Why is this stirring so much controversy? A: Change in education is hard. But if business resisted changelike education does, we would do accounting like ...
Blunt defends actions over ag chief firing Nixon's office drawn into controversy.
Mar 01, 2007; ... JEFFERSON CITY - Gov. Matt Blunt defended his decision to fireDepartment of Agriculture Director Fred Ferrell this week as opposedto last May, citing a "general belief" that a settlement could bereached with the former department employee who accused Ferrell ofsexual ...
Unfettered democracy resembles tyranny
Mar 01, 2007; ... Does democracy really deserve the praise it receives? According toWebster's Dictionary, democracy is defined as "government by thepeople; especially: rule of the majority." What's so great aboutmajority rule? Let's look at majority rule as a decision-making tooland ask how many of our ...
Two faded ladies primp for a grand reopening
Mar 01, 2007; ... Because of the good news in Tuesday's Tribune regarding theMissouri Theatre's capital campaign, I have been requested to rerun acolumn of April 4, 1982, when the future looked dim indeed. Happily, the lovely old lady is getting a much-needed face-lift,plus a few other ...
Loveless gives Skala a lesson on state e-mail
Mar 01, 2007; ... When Karl Skala used a Web-based message board last week toannounce plans for an upcoming campaign function, he didn't thinkmuch about it. The candidate for the Third Ward seat on the Columbia City Councilsimply thought the listserv would provide him the best opportunity toreach ...
SECOND THOUGHTS
Mar 01, 2007 ... Second Thoughts includes corrections, clarifications andelaboration associated with Tribune news articles. When you seesomething that bothers you, call Managing Editor Jim Robertson at ...
Al Gore should run again - but doesn't need to
Mar 01, 2007; ... Now, somebody ought to make a movie about Al Gore. I would call it"An Uncomplaining Life." The movie would be about a man who did not quit, who came off thecanvas after a painfully close election - he won the popular vote,after all - who accepted defeat graciously and tried to ...
COOL DRY PLACE Amid the bustle, make way for The Broken West
Mar 01, 2007; ... The buzz quickly struck then faded. The West Coast guitar-pop sound is considered too straight-aheadby many, too safe, too standard. It's all much too clean, polished, packaged, they say. All you need to know, however, is that on a weekend when the True/False Film ...
Mennonites to leave state over photo IDs
Mar 01, 2007; ... RANDOLPH COUNTY - When Frank Christner and others from hisMennonite community near Sedalia moved their families here sevenyears ago, they planned to lay down roots and raise up theirchildren. They built homes, a church and a school. Leo Kempf opened a meatprocessing plant; ...
ARRESTS AND SUMMONSES
Mar 01, 2007 ... Authorities made the following arrests and issued summonses from 7a.m. Feb. 28 to 7 a.m. March 1 COLUMBIA POLICE - Kendra Rene Ayers, 22, of 8 Leslie Lane, out-of-county warrant,$500 bond. - Ronald Eugene Bond, 39, of Hallsville, first-degree trespassing,$500 ...
Columbia trust firm has debut Spinoff opens with $2 billion in assets.
Mar 01, 2007; ... Columbia has a new $2 billion company. Central Trust & Investment Co., a company spun off by JeffersonCity-based Central Bancompany Inc. and headed by local bank executiveBob Roper, began operation today. The company, owned equally by Boone County National Bank andaffiliate ...
`It's no fun to watch' Volkus adds spark from MU's bench.
Mar 01, 2007; ... Marcus Watkins wasn't the only unexpected contributor in theMissouri basketball team's 91-82 victory over Colorado last night atMizzou Arena. Coach Mike Anderson also turned to junior forward Vaidotas Volkusfor seven minutes in the second half as the Tigers tried to put awaythe ...
Marlyn White, 1925-2007
Mar 01, 2007 ... Marlyn Ray White, 81, of Fulton passed away at his home on Monday,Feb. 26, 2007. Interment was held at Callaway Memorial Gardens. He was born April 12, 1925, in Lyons, Ind., the son of John W.White and Marie Byers Brooks. On June 28, 1947, he was united inmarriage to Juanita ...
SNAPSHOTS
Mar 01, 2007; ... More than 200 people filled the Stoney Creek Inn ballroom onTuesday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of First National Bank'sRegency Club and to honor Kay Dinwiddie, the club's director forevery one of those years. Guest speaker for the occasion was Dawn Wells, who, as ...
New releases
Mar 01, 2007 ... Dr. Dog "We All Belong" (Park the Van Records) Manowar "Gods of ...
Tiger men can't wait to go Carroll-ing Transfer improves prospects for next season.
Mar 02, 2007; ... The speculation has come most often in the moments when theMissouri men's basketball team can't seem to get a rebound, as wasthe case in losses to Kansas State; or when it can't slow down a postplayer, like at Nebraska; or when it needs an inside bucket becausethe perimeter jumpers ...
A chance for history Douglass can capture first district since '55.
Mar 02, 2007; ... STURGEON - Douglass has yet to play an opponent with a winningrecord in the Class 2 District 5 Tournament, but if the Bulldogs arecrowned district champions for the first time in more than half acentury, they will have certainly earned the title. Standing between Douglass and its ...
AREA SCENE
Mar 02, 2007 ... Tigers add another from South Harrison The pipeline at South Harrison High School continues to producefor the Missouri football team. Wednesday night, South Harrison lineman Brad Madison called the MUcoaches and accepted a scholarship offer, becoming the second in-state ...
Perfect tonic for Ginn Martin putting team on map.
Mar 02, 2007 ... CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Results speak for themselves. Ginn Racing General Manager Jay Frye maintains the organization'ssuccess so far this season didn't happen overnight but was built onthe foundation of the 11-year existence of the organization. Yet there is still little doubt Ginn ...
John Frame 1928-2007
Mar 02, 2007 ... John David Frame, 78, of Fulton died Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007. A celebration of life will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 4,at First Christian Church, 6 E. 7th St. in Fulton. An organ concert by Karolyn Dickson Erwin will begin ...
Columbia College women in AMC title game Widaman leads Cougars past Illinois-Springfield.
Mar 02, 2007; ... Let's get this clear: Whitney Widaman is OK. Despite suffering a hip flexor injury earlier in the week, theColumbia College women's basketball team's 5-foot-6 spark plug was amenace on the court in the Cougars' 82-73 victory over Illinois-Springfield last night in the semifinals of ...
John Gregg, 1954-2007
Mar 02, 2007 ... John Manning Gregg, 52, of Columbia passed away Wednesday, Feb.28, 2007, as a result of a pedestrian-vehicle accident on Highway 63South. A private inurnment will be held at a later date. John was born July 21, 1954, in Nevada, Mo., the son of Erna Pauland Ouida Wilson ...
Big 12 wrestling to offer brothers in arms Familial bond tight in sport.
Mar 02, 2007; ... By necessity, the coaches at tomorrow's Big 12 WrestlingChampionships at the Hearnes Center will be on a first-name basiswith their athletes. The Nebraska wrestling team includes three sets of brothers. IowaState has two pairs of twins, and its coach, Cael Sanderson,instructs his ...