Columbia Daily Tribune back issues from May 2007:
Hallsville settles for fifth-place game
May 01, 2007 ... Playing in Auxvasse, Hallsville split its first two games in theFulton Tournament. The Indians lost the opener to Mexico 2-1 when Ryan Hollenbergscored on a throwing error by Hallsville pitcher Austin Church.Hollenberg had been hit by a Church pitch to lead off the bottom ofthe ...
NHL playoffs
May 01, 2007 ... - Sharks 2, Red Wings 1: In San Jose, Calif., the Sharks shuffledtheir lines and upped their intensity midway through the game, yetthey owed their Game 3 comeback against the Detroit Red Wings to oneconstant factor in this postseason. No matter the opponent or the situation, Joe ...
Raymond Kewley, 1916-2007
May 01, 2007 ... Raymond W. Kewley, 91, of Columbia passed away Sunday, April 29,2007, at South Hampton Place. Memorial services will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 3, atMemorial Funeral Home. The family will greet friends from 5 p.m.until service time. Ray was born March 20, 1916, in La ...
Looks are deceiving on links Hickman golfer frustrated despite advancing to state.
May 01, 2007; ... NEW BLOOMFIELD - Chris Johnson wore a discouraged look as hewalked off the 18th green yesterday at Meadow Lake Acres CountryClub. Anyone who saw it would have had a difficult time believing theHickman senior had just tied for second place in the Class 4 District5 Tournament. In ...
NBA playoffs
May 01, 2007 ... - Cavaliers 97, Wizards 90: Down by three points with 51/2minutes left in Game 4, the Cleveland Cavaliers needed someone to putthe Washington Wizards away. Time to turn to LeBron James, right? Not exactly. Actually, Larry Hughes and Zydrunas Ilgauskas combined forCleveland's ...
Larry Atkisson, 1939-2007
May 01, 2007 ... Larry Dale Atkisson, 67, of Columbia, formerly of Siloam Springs,Ark., died Sunday, April 29, 2007, at South Hampton Place. There will be no services. Mr. Atkisson was born Aug. 22, 1939, in Ava, the son of Elmer Earland Clara Opal Albright Atkisson, and they preceded him in ...
Louise Lowry, 1938-2007
May 01, 2007 ... Dr. Roberta "Louise" Lowry, 69, of Columbia passed away Monday,April 30, 2007, at Boone Hospital Center. There will be no services. Louise was born on March 19, 1938, in Mercer, the daughter of JohnLeslie and Gladys Roberta Brummett Lowry. She was an anesthesiologist ...
NFL draft report card
May 01, 2007 ... Don Pierson of the Chicago Tribune grades the 2007 NFL draft. AFC EAST New England Patriots: They're way ahead of the curve. They had 10picks, more than they needed, so they started trading them and woundup with Randy Moss. Remember him? They also added first-round ...
Borgia bests Hickman soccer Kewpies can't take advantage of opportunities.
May 01, 2007; ... In a season that has become exceedingly rough for the Hickmangirls soccer team, last night's loss was especially hard to swallow. Despite thoroughly dominating possession and continually forcingthe play offensively, the Kewpies squandered their chances while St.Francis Borgia made ...
Terry Davis 1942-2007
May 01, 2007 ... Terry Lee Davis, 64, of Cairo, Mo., died Sunday, April 29, 2007. Services are at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 2, at Cater Funeral HomeChapel with interment at Liberty Cemetery. Visitation is from 4 to 7p.m. Tuesday at Cater's ....
PC INFO Tackling memory troubles
May 01, 2007; ... Memory can be a tricky thing, especially if you're a computer. It's not always how much you have, but how well you use it. This week's topic was sparked by a rather urgent e-mail I receivedfrom a reader. The reader has a computer that has been acting slowfor some time and recently ...
Administration scapegoats critics With Bush crowd, watch your back.
May 01, 2007; ... In the game of dodgeball, you try to avoid being hit from thefront. But you don't expect to be hit from behind. The longer we live with the Bush administration, the bigger thepile of bodies on the sidelines, stunned by the hit from its ownteam. In the last few weeks, we saw ...
Virginia Dobbs, 1922-2007
May 01, 2007 ... Virginia Mae Dobbs, 85, of Fayette died Monday, April 30, 2007, ather home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 3, at Friemonth-FreeseFuneral Home in Fayette with burial at Ashland Cemetery near ...
The fire inside Personal turmoil has fueled Mayweather's fury.
May 01, 2007; ... LAS VEGAS - Floyd Mayweather Jr. stood toe-to-toe with Sugar RayLeonard. Twenty years ago and in a boxing ring, this would have beenone of the greatest matches in boxing history. But on this night twoyears ago at the annual boxing writers' dinner in Las Vegas with thetwo men dressed in ...
GET INVOLVED
May 01, 2007 ... - Camp Hickory Hill needs help with facility maintenance andoffice work. Call Ken at 289-6792. - Community Hospices of America needs volunteers to providesupport for terminally ill patients and their families. Call Dale at443-8360. - The Shelter for Victims of Domestic ...
City draws up $450 million wish list
May 01, 2007; ... As Columbia grows, the city has more need for roads and otherpublic construction projects than it has money to pay for them, CityManager Bill Watkins said. The comments came this morning as Watkins unveiled the city'sdraft 2008 capital improvement program, an annual planning ...
ARRESTS AND SUMMONSES
May 01, 2007 ... Authorities made the following arrests and issued summonses from 7a.m. April 30 to 7 a.m. May 1 COLUMBIA POLICE -Marilyn M. Botkins, 20, of Rocheport, second-degree propertydamage, third-degree assault. - Jeremy M. Callaway, 25, of 110 Dillon Drive, public nuisance ....
STATE OF THE BOONE COUNTY ECONOMY Commercial interruption
May 01, 2007; ... Boone County long has been thought of as having a Teflon economy.As the markets on Wall Street ebb and flow, and as the state'seconomy dipped after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, BooneCounty seemed protected. The area's roots in higher education,insurance and medical care seemed ...
Harold Overstreet, 1917-2007
May 02, 2007 ... Harold Yates Overstreet, 89, of Fulton died Tuesday, May 1, 2007. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 3, at Debo Funeral Homein Fulton. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 1 p.m. until time ...
Evalee Atkins, 1927-2007
May 02, 2007 ... Evalee Atkins, 80, of Columbia passed away Monday, April 30, 2007,in Southaven, Miss. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, May 4, at MemorialFuneral Home. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until time of services at the ...
It's hip to be square Newest trend in golf aims to improve accuracy.
May 02, 2007; ... PHILADELPHIA - Nary a year goes by that the golf clubmanufacturers don't come out with something new, improved, radical ormaybe only tweaked that they hope will send us running out the doorto spend a few bucks to save a few strokes. Some years, the innovations are more compelling ...
NBA playoffs
May 02, 2007 ... - Mavericks 118, Warriors 112: A terrific regular season was alittle more than three minutes from a horrendous end. The largestcrowd the Dallas Mavericks have ever had was witnessing one of thebiggest upsets in NBA playoff history, with a blown 21-point lead tocap it. Then Dirk ...
AREA SCENE
May 02, 2007 ... Blue Jays learn tennis opponent The Westminster College men's tennis team faces TransylvaniaUniversity on Friday in the first round of the NCAA Division IIIMen's Tennis Championships in Greencastle, Ind. The fifth-seeded Blue Jays went 9-5 in dual competition and earnedtheir ...
Janet Whitaker, 1946-2007
May 02, 2007 ... Janet Lee Whitaker, 60, of Columbia passed away Tuesday, May 1,2007, at University Hospital. Memorial services will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 3, atUnitarian Universalist Church. Janet celebrated eight years of sobriety and was loved by ...
Slumgullion fun dish with Gold Rush roots
May 02, 2007; ... Slumgullion is said to be old Gold Rush slang for stews made fromleftovers, according to "The New Food Lover's Companion." My motheralways started hers fresh. The recipe was almost always the same.Also a requisite: a separate bowl of buttered macaroni. SLUMGULLION11/2 ...
NEIGHBORHOOD ROUNDUP Columbia bikers should use their heads, wear helmets, activists say
May 01, 2007; ... Charlie Digges Jr. could have died. A well-known local insurance agent, Digges was riding his bike inMarch with some friends on Forum Boulevard in south Columbia. He was training to compete in a cycling/swimming competition to beheld in Florida. But what happened next ...
Missing jewelry is kid's stuff Responsibility shared in mixup.
May 01, 2007; ... A fellow teacher at my elementary school sells jewelry. A studentcame to deliver $80 worth of merchandise to a woman with whom I sharea classroom. She was not in, so I said he could leave the package onher chair. The next day she inquired about her jewelry: She neverreceived it. Someone ...
Fannie Hammett, 1910-2007
May 01, 2007 ... Fannie Coleman Hammett, 96, passed away Saturday, April 21, 2007,in Odessa, Texas. Services were April 25 at Bethany Christian Church in Odessa.Burial was at Sunset Memorial Gardens. She was born July 3, 1910, to Whortley H. and Una M. WigglesworthColeman in Cynthiana, Ky ....
Hudelson is masterful vs. Smith-Cotton Versatile Kewpie keeps Tigers at bay in victory.
May 01, 2007; ... As a reliable relief pitcher, solid middle infielder and the No. 5hitter in Hickman's batting order, you could call junior JamesHudelson a jack-of-all-trades. Yesterday, Hudelson demonstrated all of those skills in a 4-0victory over Smith-Cotton on Hickman Field. Making his ...
Cap Bockting 1916-2007
May 01, 2007 ... Cap Bockting, 90, of Fayette passed away Sunday, April 29, 2007. Services are at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 3 at Carr-Yager Funeral Homein Fayette with visitation at noon Thursday. Burial with military honors will be at Fayette City ...
Bruins win duel of future Missouri pitchers
May 01, 2007; ... JEFFERSON CITY - Helias senior Kelly Fick is headed to Missouri ona baseball scholarship. Rock Bridge senior Erik Darkow accepted aninvitation to walk on for the Tigers. After yesterday's pitching performance at American Legion SportsComplex, Darkow might want to hit up MU baseball ...
John Beamer 1918-2007
May 01, 2007 ... John Beamer, 88, of Centralia died Monday, April 30, 2007. Services are at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 3, at Fenton Funeral Chapelin Centralia with visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Born Oct. 1, 1918, to John and Amanda Dennison ...
$500,000 gift boosts Fayette schools
May 01, 2007; ... Schoolchildren in Fayette will become more tech-savvy in thefuture thanks to a sizeable contribution from a former student. Jay Jacobs, a 1988 graduate of Fayette High School, has donated$500,000 to the Fayette R-III School District to be used for academicimprovements ....
OPEN COLUMN Columbia not the place for deadly germ labs
May 01, 2007 ... Editor, the Tribune: New Yorkers are finally getting rid of theircontroversial Plum Island facility, and our governor wants torelocate it in Columbia! The facility will house the deadliestorganisms in the world and be an obvious terrorist target. PlumIsland is an 800-acre deserted ...
Blunt revives cancer center funding plan Robb predicts '08 supplemental funds.
May 01, 2007; ... JEFFERSON CITY - Gov. Matt Blunt is giving new life to a $31.2million project for a new Ellis Fischel Cancer Center that wasstripped from a higher education funding bill in the GeneralAssembly. Blunt plans to include money for the University of Missouri-Columbia project, as well ...
OPEN COLUMN Foundation honors public school excellence
May 01, 2007 ... Editor, the Tribune: So many people benefit from and contribute toour excellent public schools. To recognize their achievements, theColumbia Public Schools Foundation honors outstanding alumni,volunteers, and retired educators each fall. This is the time tonominate someone you believe ...
Development bonds pay a dividend Not-for-profits invited to apply for grants.
May 01, 2007; ... The board of the Boone County Industrial Development Authoritylast night unanimously approved plans to dish out money to localagencies and not-for-profits that push for economic development andcreate jobs. IDA Chairman J. Scott Christianson said this morning that fundshave been ...
OPEN COLUMN Conference addresses need for mental help for soldiers
May 01, 2007 ... Editor, the Tribune: The recent unearthing of the disturbing newsthat the Walter Reed Army Medical Center has been less thanefficacious with the mental health needs of veterans and theirfamilies found national and local resonance. Sen. Barack Obama'sstatement further underscores the ...
Stem cell measure defeated Bill would have overturned key parts of Amendment 2.
May 01, 2007; ... JEFFERSON CITY - A resolution that would have allowed voters toessentially overturn a recently passed amendment protecting embryonicstem cell research was voted down in the House Rules Committee. The move could prove fatal to the measure's chances thislegislative session. The ...
OPEN COLUMN History competition offers lesson in unfairness of life
May 01, 2007 ... Editor, the Tribune: My child learned a valuable lesson at thestate finals to the National History Day: Life is unfair. The people who put on National History Day are biased againstchildren who present PowerPoint presentations. These children whospend hours putting together a ...
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
May 01, 2007; ... The Moving Ahead Program is an after-school tutoring programdesigned to serve "at-risk" students living in Columbia PublicHousing. The program is sponsored through the Columbia HousingAuthority and held at the J.W. "Blind" Boone Community Center. Many of the tutors at MAP, now in ...
OUR TOWN
May 01, 2007 ... Little else might draw more attention to an up-and-coming charityevent than Imperial Stormtroopers. About a dozen members of the 70 Explorers Garrison took part inthe recent Columbia Great Strides Walk, volunteering their time andeye-catching garb. It was the first Columbia charity ...
Boomers, the joke is on you
May 01, 2007; ... Appearances to the contrary, Americans have less mobility,economically and physically, plus more stress, worse health and waytoo many Doritos. Everything we thought was good is actually going quite poorly forus. In Christopher Buckley's latest satire, "Boomsday," the ...
THE TRIBUNE'S VIEW The future of Iraq
May 01, 2007; ... More than a year ago, al-Qaida operatives bombed the Shiite GoldenDome shrine in Samarra, setting off the rising tide of horrificsectarian bloodletting that has plagued Baghdad ever since. In a continuing round of tit-for-tat revenge, bombs keep goingoff. On the anniversary of the ...
Peggy Craig, 1938-2007
May 01, 2007 ... Peggy Delores Craig, 69, of Hartsburg passed away Sunday, April29, 2007, at Boone Hospital Center. Services will be held at noon on Thursday, May 3, at RobinsonFuneral Home, with visitation from 11 a.m. to noon. Burial willfollow at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Hartsburg ....
Rock Quarry Road wreck injures driver
May 01, 2007 ... Police suspect alcohol played a role in a one-vehicle wreck thatinjured a Columbia man last night. Zachary King, 21, was driving south at about 11:30 p.m. on RockQuarry Road near Hinkson Creek when the vehicle he was driving leftthe west side of the roadway and overturned at least ...
BIRTHS
May 01, 2007 ... - Nicole Carter and Vance Johnson of Columbia are the parents ofa 5-pound, 14-ounce boy, Vance Kole Van Sae Chon Johnson II, bornApril 15, 2007 at Boone Hospital Center. - Leslie and Scott Head of Moberly are the parents of an 8-poundboy, Brooks Ashden Head, born April 16, 2007 ...
AREA SCENE
May 01, 2007 ... Undrafted Tigers sign as free agents Brian Smith won't be the only rookie from Missouri in NFL trainingcamps this summer. After Smith was a fourth-round selection by the JacksonvilleJaguars on Sunday, some former Tigers have signed free-agentcontracts after going undrafted ....
First casualty of war Military should have told the truth about Lynch, Tillman.
May 01, 2007; ... This editorial appeared Friday in the Kansas City Star: Jessica Lynch and the family of former NFL star Pat Tillman bothdeserve answers to the nagging questions they raised in a recentcongressional appearance. Lynch wondered why the story of her capture and rescue in theearly ...
Frances Bates 1923-2007
May 01, 2007 ... Frances Bates, 83, of Mexico, Mo., died Sunday, April 29, 2007. Services are 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, at Ellis Prairie BaptistChurch, with burial at Ellis Prairie Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Arnold Funeral Homeand ...
Centralia cops arrest three as illegal aliens
May 01, 2007 ... Centralia police arrested three suspected illegal aliens thisweekend after a driver presented a fake identification card during atraffic stop. A police officer stopped a car with Kentucky license plates atabout 9:30 p.m. Saturday on Highway 22 for having defectiveequipment, ...
BUSINESS CALENDAR
May 01, 2007 ... A peek at what's ahead for businesspeople in Columbia. The Columbia Board of Realtors will sponsor an economic forumcovering the Columbia-Boone County at 9 a.m. Friday at the Elk'sLodge, 4747 E. Elk Park Drive. Economist William Fruth will share hisinsights into the local economy ...
SECOND THOUGHTS
May 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 815-1707. The final paragraph of an April 24 Open Column letter by RichardSwindell should have ...
MOHELA monster attacks lawmakers
May 01, 2007; ... The great MOHELA monster has finally emerged from its den in theMissouri Senate and has lumbered over to the House ofRepresentatives. Soon it might be released into the wilds ofMissouri's higher education system. For months this creature has been growing, mutating, and, dare ...
In this job, crime does pay Forensic specialists uncover evidence to lock up offenders.
May 02, 2007 ... SANTA ANA, Calif. - Tune in to "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" onCBS and see forensic experts investigate a murder, unravel the tracksof a crime ring and get tangled up in their own personalrelationships. The television show's a hit, but it had little influence on MarthaLeon's ...
Make way for Gayer Aggressive Kewpie leaves opponents in wake.
May 02, 2007; ... Alex Litofsky knew what was coming from 10 yards away. There wasn't anything for her to do but brace for the impendingcollision. Hovering near midfield during the first overtime of a 0-0 tie withthe Hickman girls soccer team on April 9, Litofsky moved to collect aloose ball ....
Timothy Farmer, 1970-2007
May 02, 2007 ... Timothy M. Farmer, 36, of Louisville, Ky., died Friday, April 13,2007, in Lexington, Ky. Memorial services were held Saturday, April 28, at HighlandBaptist Church. He was a native of Columbia. He was a student of the NationalSchool of Technology and Business in Lexington ....
Recorders warn of property deed scam
May 02, 2007; ... Homeowners beware: If you receive a letter from a Washington D.C.-based company offering copies of your property deed for $59.50, throwit out and call the Boone County recorder's office. Chances are it's a scam. Property deeds are public record andreadily available for about $2 or ...
Take a fresh look at dried apricots
May 02, 2007 ... No doubt you've heard fresh is best. But in the case of an apricot, the dried fruit contains anadvantage over fresh. Apricots are an excellent source of vitamin A, a nutrientessential to good vision. But fresh or dried apricots that have beencooked contain even more beta ...
OPEN COLUMN Critical thinkers stay cool to global warming theory
May 02, 2007 ... Editor, the Tribune: Ken Midkiff accuses Columbia of neglecting tomake the changes necessary to prevent global warming. Many people in this country are still skeptical of the claims madeby global warming doomsayers. Most of us have heard that the sky isfalling twice a year since ...
Sheriff's drug search leads to man's arrest
May 02, 2007 ... A Columbia man was arrested on drug charges after Boone Countysheriff's deputies executed a search warrant early today. Willie B. Whitley, 29, was arrested on suspicion of manufacturinga controlled substance just after midnight after deputies searched705 Cunningham Drive, Apt. 1 ....
YOUR OFFICE COACH Micromanagement calls for mediation
May 02, 2007; ... Q: I am the director of a large project management group. Mymanager's boss, "Ellen," frequently redirects my employees'activities without talking to me about it. She just tells them todisregard my assignments and start working on hers. Recently, Ellen asked a member of my staff to ...
OPEN COLUMN Racial double standard doesn't respect the heart
May 02, 2007 ... Editor, the Tribune: The article written by Mona Charon inThursday's paper was well said. I am a black woman, and no, I am nota "ho" or a "b." The young men who sing - or "rap," as they call it - seem toforget they have mothers, daughters and sisters. The question is: ...
COOKIN' WITH HOSS Asparagus stalks great in soup
May 02, 2007 ... Well, it seems that we've all survived the early April freeze. Itook great care to cover my meager attempt at a garden, and it seemsto have been successful. The lettuce, spinach, radish and snap peasprouts that were just poking through the soil after that balmy lastweek of March have ...
FOOD SLEUTH Iowa trip reinforces importance of local food
May 02, 2007 ... Wendell Berry rarely makes public appearances. So when I heardthat the nationally renowned farmer, writer, conservationist andphilosopher was going to be speaking last week at Iowa StateUniversity, I did what any Berry fan would have done: I hopped in thecar and headed to Ames ....