Columbia Daily Tribune back issues from June 2007:
Blair Oaks repeats as Class 2 champs
Jun 01, 2007 ... With an undefeated season and its second straight Class 2 title injeopardy, the Blair Oaks baseball team scored five times in the topof the seventh inning to rally for a 13-10 state-championship victoryover Houston yesterday in Springfield. Blair Oaks (22-0) entered its final ...
AREA SCENE
Jun 01, 2007 ... MU soccer team signs transfer Goalkeeper Emily Zaler has transferred to Missouri, Coach BryanBlitz announced today. Zaler, who played her freshman season atOregon, will join the Tigers for the upcoming fall season. "We are extremely excited about the addition of Emily to ...
SPORTSCENE
Jun 01, 2007 ... Former Tech basketball coach dies Former Texas Tech basketball coach Gene Gibson, who led the RedRaiders to the NCAA Tournament in his first year, has died. He was82. Gibson, of Dallas, died Saturday at Presbyterian Hospital inPlano, Texas, from complications of five ...
Hickman's quiz bowl team heads to nationals
Jun 01, 2007; ... A group of Hickman High School students will have a chance toprove just how smart Kewpies can be at a national quiz bowl contestthis month. A dozen members of the school's Knowledge Master team will face 50other quiz teams in the National Academic Championship on Thursdaythrough ...
ARRESTS AND SUMMONSES
Jun 01, 2007 ... Authorities made the following arrests and issued summonses from 7a.m. May 31 to 7 a.m. June 1 COLUMBIA POLICE - Matthew Stephen Akins, 18, of 2401 W. Broadway, failure toappear in court, $500 bond. - Vernon James Barkey, 55, of Hallsville, driving while license ...
UNDER THE HOOD Things that go bump need not be costly to fix
Jun 01, 2007; ... Q: I've noticed my Ford pickup has begun to clunk loudly when Ishift from park to reverse as I back out of the driveway eachmorning. Any ideas on how to fix this? Is the transmission going out? It shifts fine during the rest ofthe day, but I do hear a softer clunk once in a while ...
TRIB TALK
Jun 01, 2007 ... Call 815-1776 to contribute. Or visit TribLogonline. JimRobertson, managing editor "It would be interesting to know whether the Board of Curators hasa litmus test for the president that he has to be a Republican andthat he has to be anti-stem cell research. I believe there's ...
GARDENING CALENDAR
Jun 01, 2007 ... The Master Gardeners hot line is open at the Boone CountyUniversity of Missouri Extension Center to answer questions ...
PARENTING
Jun 01, 2007; ... Culture is preserved by parents who pass commonly held customsalong to their children. For generations, one such preserving customwas the picnic. When my wife and I were kids, the picnic was a fairlyregular good-weather ritual for our respective families. These mini-vacations were ...
"I do" want my wedding to be personal
Jun 01, 2007 ... When Mexico, Mo., resident Dana Henke started planning for her May27 wedding, she and groom Jesse Rogge decided they wanted a carefree,relaxed affair. "Some girls are picking out more detail or incorporating thedesign of their dress into ...
Government volunteers deserve thanks
Jun 01, 2007; ... Quite often, the Columbia City Council takes what I consider to besome rather stupid actions, and those actions are held up for publicview - and ridicule - in this column. I usually attend city council meetings, but realizing that noteveryone has the same level of tolerance for ...
Rock Bridge students chat with laureate Nobel winner tells them to create a perfect world.
Jun 01, 2007; ... Rock Bridge High School students chatted this morning with a NobelPeace Prize winner on a mission to eradicate poverty. Muhammad Yunus spoke to the teens over a speakerphone fromBangladesh. Social studies teacher Matt Cone arranged the call, whichattracted about 150 Rock Bridge ...
THE TRIBUNE'S VIEW University president
Jun 01, 2007; ... On the eve of a decision by University of Missouri curators toselect their next system president, Gov. Matt Blunt is not hesitantto promote U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof. He said so publicly in Columbiaseveral times Wednesday. Doug Russell, a prominent GOP operative and Blunt appointee, ...
FERTILE MIND Diverse seed dispersal ensures plants' survival
Jun 01, 2007; ... Plant reproduction by seeds began in the late Devonian Period, 365million years ago. Those little packets of life - the plant embryo,stored food and a seed coat - are largely responsible for theevolutionary achievements of plants. Seeds offer protection for their embryos, not ...
Police find loaded gun on school bus
Jun 01, 2007; ... Columbia police are looking for a suspect who planted a loaded .22-caliber revolver in the front of a First Student school bus that tookstudents to school Tuesday morning. Police found the gun just before 9 a.m. after Smithton MiddleSchool received an anonymous call from a man ...
Curators to start from scratch in search for new president
Jun 01, 2007; ... University of Missouri curators today decided to start over intheir search for a new president of the university system after theirtop choice for the job withdrew from consideration. Curators aren't saying whom they wanted for the job, but sourceshave told the Tribune it was Terry ...
TRIBUNE COLUMN Troutner keeps hectic pace to be ubiquitous
Jun 01, 2007; ... Sue Troutner is an admitted ragtime music junkie. She's alsoprobably the most familiar face in Columbia's crowd of concert andtheatergoers. Look for her Sunday through Tuesday at the John William "Blind"Boone Ragtime and Early Jazz Festival at the Missouri Theatre. She'llbe ...
Regional to hinge on arms Depth on mound could turn bracket.
Jun 01, 2007; ... Missouri's path through the Malibu, Calif., Regional last seasonis not the blueprint most teams want to follow. Ace pitcher Max Scherzer lost the opening game and No. 2 pitcherNathan Culp didn't factor in the decision in a 14-inning victory onthe second day. But Missouri's ...
Isabelle Cochran, 1917-2007
Jun 01, 2007 ... Isabelle Cochran of Harrisburg passed away Wednesday, May 30,2007, at Boone Hospital Center at the age of 89. Funeral services, under the direction of Carr-Yager Funeral Homein Fayette, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 2, at HarrisburgChristian Church. Visitation will be from noon ...
Model citizens Builders try to inject life into sagging sales with showcase homes.
Jun 01, 2007 ... ORLANDO, Fla. - Builders in the new Sawgrass subdivision south ofOrlando are adding to what is already the fastest-growing segment ofthe housing market in Central Florida: model homes. Builders have significantly cut the number of homes, condominiumsand town houses they're putting ...
An underdog with bite Beating odds is recurring theme for MU's coach.
Jun 01, 2007; ... By many standards, the Missouri baseball program is one of the bigboys. It is historically successful, with a national title and sixCollege World Series appearances. It is incredibly stable, with justthree head coaches since 1937. And it is recently productive - one ofonly two ...
Kitty May, 1974-2007
Jun 01, 2007 ... Kitty Diane Slavens May, 32, of Wellsville, formerly ofMartinsburg and Columbia, passed away at 1:39 a.m. Thursday, May 31,2007, at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico, ...
Carl Turner, 1950-2007
Jun 01, 2007 ... Carl E. Turner, 57, of Columbia died Sunday, May 27, 2007, atBoone Hospital Center. Services are at noon Monday, June 4, at St. Luke United MethodistChurch, officiated by Elder Wendell E. Day Sr. Burial will be atRockbridge Cemetery. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon ...
It's time to walk away from U.N. cesspool
Jun 01, 2007; ... The United Nations is increasingly becoming a parody of itselfwhile American taxpayers last year provided $439 million to theregular U.N. budget - plus a headquarters in New York that the U.N.management wants to expand. Not only has this dysfunctional and occasionally ...
Police investigate report of gunfire
Jun 01, 2007 ... Police are investigating shots fired early today in northColumbia. Officers at about 12:30 a.m. responded to the 1400 and 1500 blocksof Sylvan Lane after police officers and residents heard four or fiveshots in the area, according to a news release from the ColumbiaPolice ...
OPEN COLUMN River efforts valiant, if ultimately in vain
Jun 01, 2007 ... Editor, the Tribune: Spencer Turner was right on the money when hesaid that Missouri River flooding is an encroachment issue whereincreased constriction of the river channel leads directly toincreased flood heights. The magnitude of this encroachment has been known since the ...
Veterans, senator talk health care McCaskill on 15-city listening tour.
Jun 01, 2007; ... Stephen Webber of Columbia is worried about the well-being of hisfellow soldiers who fought in the Iraq war. Webber, 23, recently completed a tour of duty in Fallujah, Iraq,for the U.S. Marine Corps. Before returning, Webber and a number ofother soldiers received a five-hour ...
OPEN COLUMN `Probably' safe doesn't justify disease lab plan
Jun 01, 2007 ... Editor, the Tribune: Columbia is obviously an attractiveresidential, educational and medical center. If you live here long,you will love it. However, this city also has a nuclear facility and another suchfacility in a neighboring county, which might pose danger in thefuture. But ...
Wachovia buying out A.G. Edwards Combined brokerage trails only Merrill Lynch & Co.
Jun 01, 2007 ... NEW YORK - Wachovia Corp. said yesterday it would acquirebrokerage firm A.G. Edwards Inc. for $6.8 billion, expanding itsnational reach and creating the nation's second largest retailbrokerage. The cash and stock deal values A.G. Edwards at a 16 percentpremium and extends a ...
University candidate withdraws Sutter to take another job, source says.
Jun 01, 2007; ... Terry Sutter, a business executive considered to be the No. 1choice as the next president of the University of Missouri, haswithdrawn from consideration to take another job, a source familiarwith the search process said today. Sutter's withdrawal might send the University of ...
Larger high schools graduate 1,133 today
Jun 02, 2007 ... Today marks the end of an era for more than 1,000 Columbia teens. Hickman and Rock Bridge high schools are both celebratingcommencement at Mizzou Arena on the University of ...
SECOND THOUGHTS
Jun 02, 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. A headline over a news ...
STREET TALK Broadway remodeling extends to alleyway
Jun 02, 2007; ... A downtown remodeling project continues on a row of buildingsalong Broadway that local businessman John Ott purchased severalmonths ago from Vicki Puckett. The design features a standardized look of restored brickstorefronts and original ornamental designs. One highlight is on ...
Iraq policy change is in the wind
Jun 02, 2007; ... While the rest of us enjoyed our holiday, 10 more Americans werekilled in Iraq on Memorial Day - adding to the human toll of thataccursed war. This summer threatens to bring more such grim days as the expandedground forces move deeper into Baghdad neighborhoods while ...
Sturgeon voters can vote absentee today
Jun 02, 2007 ... The Boone County clerk's offices will be open from 9 a.m. to 1p.m. today for residents casting an absentee ballot in the Sturgeonrace for mayor. The election is set for Tuesday. The clerk's office is in Room 236 at the Boone County GovernmentCenter, Eighth and Ash streets in ...
DRUNKEN DRIVING DISPOSITIONS
Jun 02, 2007 ... - Billy Don Baker pleaded guilty and was given a suspended 30-dayjail sentence. - Frank Ray Barnes pleaded guilty and was given a suspended one-year jail sentence. - Lucas Wayne Branstetter pleaded guilty and was given a suspendedfour-month jail sentence. - Timothy ...
Hawaii deal a long-term investment
Jun 02, 2007 ... HONOLULU (AP) - Real estate is often a long-term investment. But10,000 years? Lo'ihi Development Co. will soon start offering oceanview lotsspeculators won't even be able to stand on for many millennia. That'sbecause they're now submerged more than 3,000 feet below sea level -on ...
TOP DRAWER
Jun 02, 2007 ... ONWARD & UPWARD Erica Hopkins-Wadlow has joined D&H Drug Store as a pharmacist.Hopkins-Wadlow has worked at D&H as a pharmacy intern for the pastfour years and, having passed her state boards, is now employed fulltime as a licensed pharmacist. Eric Payne has joined Reece ...
Cardinals pounce on mistake-prone Hurricanes
Jun 02, 2007; ... The Miami baseball team came to Columbia having won 13 straightNCAA Regionals. The Hurricanes won their regional opener each of thelast 10 years. Apparently, the Louisville Cardinals don't have a lot of historymajors. Yesterday, the Hurricanes looked like nervous newcomers ...
A real crowd-pleaser Packed house parties as Tigers smash Flashes.
Jun 02, 2007; ... Aaron Crow's reputation preceded him. Kent State was aware of whatMissouri's sophomore right-hander was going to bring to the mound inthe opening round of the Columbia Regional. The community seems to have gotten the message, as well. The dominant pitching of Crow and a grand ...
Housing task force fades away Group focused on Park Avenue project.
Jun 02, 2007; ... When the Columbia Housing Authority task force was reconfigured in2005 and began discussing the future of 70 public housing units onPark Avenue, Chairman Richard Mendenhall was quoted saying theproposal "could be a failed exercise or one of the neatest thingsColumbia has ever ...
GOOD QUESTION Look to IRAs when saving for retirement investment
Jun 02, 2007; ... Q: How many kinds of Individual Retirement Accounts can I choosefrom? A: Individual Retirement Accounts, also known as IndividualRetirement Arrangements, or IRAs, are tax-favored savings vehiclesthat can be a good choice for retirement savers. "Fewer companies are offering ...
Ethel Cobb, 1911-2007
Jun 02, 2007 ... Ethel Jewell White Cobb, 96, of Moberly died Thursday, May 31,2007. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, June 3, at CarpenterStreet Baptist Church, with interment at Chapel Grove Cemetery.Visitation will be from 2 to 5 ...
Crashes bracket city Three hurt in two wrecks along I-70.
Jun 02, 2007 ... Three people were injured in two separate crashes at about thesame time yesterday afternoon that clogged traffic on Interstate 70on the east and west sides of Columbia. The two wrecks happened within a half-hour of each other, backingup traffic in both directions. At about 2 ...
BIZ BOOKS: A WEEKLY PEEK AT WHAT'S ON THE SHELVES Know a dip from a dead end
Jun 02, 2007; ... Funny, the things that stick in your head. Years ago, I waschatting to a colleague who said that he planned to make a lot moremoney in the next few years. Cluelessly, I blurted, "But we only get7 percent raises!" He gave me a pitying smile and said, "Not if I take a job ...
Longtime MU coach dies Cooper was an assistant for 29 seasons.
Jun 02, 2007; ... A prominent link to Missouri's football past was lost on Thursdaywhen longtime assistant football coach Clay Cooper died at BooneHospital Center. He was 89 years old. No assistant coach in more than a century of MU football coachedmore seasons than Cooper, a Hickman and MU ...
Barbara Love-Reno, 1961-2007
Jun 02, 2007 ... Barbara Love-Reno, 46, of Columbia passed away on Friday, June 1,2007, at University Hospital. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 6, atMemorial Funeral Home. Barbara was born on Jan. 3, 1961, in Lincoln, Neb., to William andMary Yoksh Love, and they ...
McKee's slam is decisive blow in regional win.
Jun 02, 2007; ... It still had all the makings of a pitcher's duel when John McKeestepped to the plate in the bottom of the sixth inning in lastnight's NCAA Regional opener on Simmons Field. Sure, Kent State starter Chris Carpenter had misplaced hiscommand, walking a pair of Missouri batters to open ...
OPEN COLUMN Complain about gas prices, but it won't get any better
Jun 02, 2007 ... Editor, the Tribune: I think it's funny that someone calls TribTalk twice a week to complain about rising gas prices. It's echoed onthe 24-hour news channels, investigating increases at the pump. It'seven infected our youths, as depicted in Kasey Lewis' rightfullyconcerned letter as ...
Health bill's midwifery stirs talk of suit
Jun 02, 2007; ... Gov. Matt Blunt yesterday signed legislation that contains severalprovisions meant to help low-income workers get health insurance. But the Missouri State Medical Association said it will likely sueto strike down language in the bill that aims to expand midwifery. Blunt signed ...
WEEK IN REVIEW
Jun 02, 2007 ... Front-runner declines UM system presidency It's back to the drawing board for University of Missouricurators. The board's top pick to replace Elson Floyd as the head of theuniversity system dropped out of the hunt this week to take a job inthe private sector, and Board of ...
OPEN COLUMN Anti-Salvation Army letter nothing but a series of lies
Jun 02, 2007 ... Editor, the Tribune: I was appalled to read accusations that theSalvation Army only hires evangelicals in Will Morris' letter. I aman employee of the Salvation Army, a committed Jew and a card-carrying member of the ACLU. Morris' letter is a series of lies.Morris demonstrated more ...
Motorist flees crash in injury accident
Jun 02, 2007 ... A Columbia motorist fled the scene of an accident on footyesterday after he struck the rear of a Michigan driver's car at theintersection of Brown Station Road and Lawnridge Court. Just before 4 p.m., James Houston, 41, of Mount Morris, Mich.,turned right from Lawnridge Court onto ...
Barry brings needed rain to Florida Tropical storm opens '07 hurricane season.
Jun 02, 2007 ... MIAMI - That didn't take long. With exquisite - if worrisome - timing, Tropical Storm Barrydeveloped yesterday right over south Florida and only 17 hours intothe hurricane season. It could be a long, blustery, anxious six months. "Well, we knew the tropics were active," ...
GRAND OPENING: NEW BUSINESS IN COLUMBIA JERRY'S INSTRUMENT REPAIR
Jun 02, 2007 ... SPECIALTY: MUSICAL INSTRUMENT SERVICE AND SALES - Owner: Jerry Rowden - Address: 111 E. Walnut St., Suite B - Phone: 443-4676 - Email: jrowden@socket.net - Nature of service offered: Jerry's Instrument Repair is amusical instrument repair shop ...
OPEN COLUMN City projects neglect lower-income citizens
Jun 02, 2007 ... Editor, the Tribune: The poor people and senior citizens on fixedincomes are getting the short end of the stick from the Columbia CityCouncil and city offices. With all the parks and trails costing many millions of dollars,the smoking ordinance is costing the city extra for the ...
Columbia police oppose annexation
Jun 02, 2007; ... It's not particularly unusual that annexation plans by the city ofColumbia are met with skepticism or outright opposition. But a proposal recently aired to annex more than 20 acres near abudding commercial center in southeast Columbia is drawing complaintsfrom perhaps the ...
OPEN COLUMN Size, name won't fix our airport problems
Jun 02, 2007 ... Editor, the Tribune: I am not opposed to eminent domain inprinciple when it is used judiciously for the good of the whole, butthe idea of using this tool to expand Columbia Regional Airport isjust terrible. If we had a well-run airport with good service, usefulschedules and personnel who ...
UM resumes quest to find a president Curators snub Hulshof as a finalist.
Jun 02, 2007; ... The University of Missouri Board of Curators is restarting itssearch for a new president after the leading candidate for the job,business executive Terry Sutter, rejected the university's offer totake a job in the private sector. "I think he just decided he wasn't ready to enter to ...
Girl power Girl Boutique owner Lori Guy opened her first clothing store five years ago. Now they're popping up all over.
Jun 02, 2007 ... Lori Guy launched her first Girl Boutique five years ago, and thebusiness continues to grow. Life in the ever-changing fashion industry can be stressful, butGirl Boutique owner Lori Guy seems to take it in stride. Even with a schedule packed with appointments and two ...
Hedbergs sell two weeklies to corporation Centralia, Hallsville lose local link.
Jun 02, 2007; ... In a deal that closed yesterday, the family of Publisher CharlesHedberg sold the 138-year-old Centralia Fireside Guard to LakewayPublishers Inc. of Morristown, Tenn. The sale includes The HallsvilleTop, a weekly revived in 2004 by the Hedbergs. The sale of the 3,700-subscription ...
New court
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
Jun 02, 2007 ... The following people have applied for licenses in the Boone Countyrecorder of deeds office: - Kevin Montgomery Scott, 23, of Columbia and Anja Aimee Ashton,19, of McConnell, Kan. - Benjamin Carl Cornelius, 28, of Columbia and Megan Brooke Smith,28, of Columbia. - ...
THE ENTREPRENEUR NEXT DOOR Entrepreneur has a lark running Songbird Station
Jun 02, 2007; ... Mel Toellner gets tears in his eyes when he tells how hisdaughter, who was 14 at the time, explained to him why he could neversell the family business, Songbird Station/Gold Crest Distributing. "You could never sell the business, Dad," young Becky said. "Noone would ever treat our ...
Give second home a second thought Realtors report big drop in investment house sales.
Jun 02, 2007 ... PHILADELPHIA - If you were thinking about investing in thevacation home market, it appears you have missed the boat, so tospeak. The National Association of Realtors reports that vacation homesales rose 4.7 percent to a record 1.07 million in 2006, from 1.02million in 2005. But ...