Columbia Daily Tribune back issues from October 2007:
AREA SCENE
Oct 01, 2007 ... Tigers add basketball commitmentThe Missouri basketball team appears to have added a fifth memberto its 2008 recruiting class after receiving a verbal commitment from6-foot-5 swingman Kim English. English, a Baltimore-area prospect playing this season at NotreDame Prep in ...
Flossie Hasenbach 1911-2007
Oct 01, 2007 ... Florence "Flossie" Hasenbach, 96, of Boonville passed away Friday,Sept. 28, 2007, at Cooper County Memorial Hospital. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, at DavisFuneral Chapel. Visitation will be Tuesday, Oct. 2, from 6 to 8 p.m.at Davis Funeral Chapel in ...
Surging Tigers beat Baylor
Oct 01, 2007 ... The Missouri women's soccer team continued its successful seasonwith a 4-2 victory over Baylor yesterday in Waco, Texas. "Any time you can get a win on the road in the Big 12, you'rehappy," MU Coach Bryan Blitz said. "Our team showed a good effort,and, as you can see, Baylor gave ...
Bill Whitworth, 1929-2007
Oct 01, 2007 ... William E. "Bill" Whitworth, 77, of Harrisonville, formerly ofWindsor, died late Friday evening, Sept. 28, 2007, at Camden NursingHome in Harrisonville. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, atHadley Funeral Home in Windsor, with the Rev. Dennis ...
SPORTSCENE
Oct 01, 2007 ... Germany keeps World Cup title Germany won its second straight Women's World Cup yesterday inShanghai, China, defeating Brazil 2-0 behind second-half goals byBirgit Prinz and Simone Laudehr. Prinz scored in the 52nd minute and Laudehr added a cushion latein the game, helping ...
William Bates, 1921-2007
Oct 01, 2007 ... William Harrison Bates, 86, of Columbia died at home on Wednesday,Sept. 26, 2007. There will be no funeral services per Mr. Bates' request. Mr. Bates was born April 27, 1921, in Lexington to Worth and FayeBates. He graduated from Lexington High School, Wentworth ...
Sarah Crowson 1933-2007
Oct 01, 2007 ... Sarah D. Crowson, 74, passed away Friday, Sept. 28, 2007.Services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2. Visitation willbe held from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday at Debo Funeral Home in Fulton. Survivors include children David ...
Tracie Tempfel, 1975-2007
Oct 01, 2007 ... Tracie Lee Tempfel, 32, of Columbia passed away Sunday, Sept. 23,2007, at her parents' home in Creede, Colo. Memorial Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, at FirstPresbyterian Church in Boonville, with the Rev. Clarinel Nervick ofHartsburg UCC and the Rev. Mary Harris-Koth ...
Biffle sputters to victory lane Edwards ends rough week with wreck.
Oct 01, 2007; ... KANSAS CITY, Kan. - A wild day of racing came to an end yesterdaywhen Greg Biffle, low on fuel, coasted across the dimly lit finishline under caution at Kansas Speedway to take the checkered flag inthe NASCAR Nextel Cup LifeLock 400. Biffle might have captured his first victory of ...
Eva Benedict, 1928-2007
Oct 01, 2007 ... Eva Ruth Benedict, 79, of Ashland passed away Saturday, Sept. 29,2007, at University Hospital. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, at RobinsonFuneral Home. Burial will be at Little Bonne Femme Cemetery.Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral ...
Personal empowerment Home innovations keep man's electric bill at zero.
Oct 01, 2007; ... FARMINGTON - Many people might like to have an electric bill thatreads zero on the line where electric use is listed. Jeffrey Ward actually does. The Farmington resident has taken control of his energy bill in abig way with the installation of three solar panels in the ...
OPEN COLUMN District shuns responsibility for PE injury, notification
Oct 01, 2007 ... Editor, the Tribune: In April, my son participated in anonelective physical education wrestling unit at West Junior HighSchool. Elbowed in the jaw, he suffered injuries to his frontpermanent teeth. Repairs were made, and the dentist said one toothmight be cracked and could fall out ...
Experts warn of possible student loan credit crisis More look toward private lenders to cover rising tuition.
Oct 01, 2007 ... The near doubling in the cost of a college degree the past decadehas produced an explosion in high-priced student loans that couldhaunt the U.S. economy for years. Although scholarship, grant money and government-backed studentloans - whose interest rates are capped - have taken up ...
MILITARY NOTES
Oct 01, 2007 ... Army National Guard Pvt. Larry Collins graduated from basic combattraining at Fort Sill in Lawton, ...
OPEN COLUMN Roaring River State Park hangs in hearing's balance
Oct 01, 2007 ... Editor, the Tribune: There was an operating hearing Sept. 19 inJefferson City on the factory farm 11/2 miles from our beautifulRoaring River State Park. We will not know what the Administrative Hearing Commission'sdecision is for a while because the attorney general's office ...
Wall Street smells bonanza in VEBA
Oct 01, 2007 ... So, does Wall Street now go from cursing unions to courting them? Wall Street types are looking at the potential for managing a pileof money now that the United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp.have reached a tentative agreement for the creation of a retireehealth-care ...
GRANNY'S NOTES Da Vinci sketch got bikes rolling
Oct 01, 2007; ... The concept of living beings riding a two-wheeler dates back to a16th-century engineer, scientist, inventor and artist, Leonardo daVinci. He imagined a two-wheeled vehicle in spite of the fact that,by the laws of physics of his time, the thing would be expected totopple over. Da Vinci ...
OPEN COLUMN Nixon's words don't match actions on e-mail requests
Oct 01, 2007 ... Editor, the Tribune: I am responding to the many recent articlesregarding whether e-mails are public record. The office of Missouri's attorney general has been quoted assaying: "There should be no debate - e-mail communications are publicrecords." On June 28, I submitted a ...
NOTES FROM BOOMERANG CREEK Myanmar unrest recalls past Burmese struggles
Oct 01, 2007; ... Recently, Buddhist monks and pro-democracy activists marched inthe streets of Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar. Myanmar?Yangon? Where in the world are they? Try their more familiar names:Burma and Rangoon. Follow your mental map to a remote corner ofSoutheast Asia untouched by the ...
THE TRIBUNE'S VIEW War and peace
Oct 01, 2007; ... The largest subjects often are ones we routinely ignore. Considerwar and peace, about as large a subject as one could contemplate. My own simple-minded conclusion: War is inevitable, ubiquitous andeternal. Stock market investors take note. You can't go wrong bettingon war ...
Rift widens on design rules Neighborhood defends added regulation.
Oct 01, 2007; ... Tom Atkins, owner of Atkins Inc. and several commercialproperties, fully supported the North Central Columbia NeighborhoodAssociation's idea to create an urban overlay district to preservethe character of homes in the area. He even helped raise $10,000 ofthe $15,000 the association ...
ARRESTS AND SUMMONSES
Oct 01, 2007 ... Authorities made the following arrests and issued summonses from 7a.m. Sept. 28 to 7 a.m. Sept. 29 COLUMBIA POLICE - David M. Bressman, 17, of 1628 Kathy Drive, possession ofcontrolled substance, use or possession of drug paraphernalia. - Monica Sue Chamberlain, 26, of ...
THE THIRD AGE Elderly deserve control over lives, even deaths
Oct 01, 2007; ... How do you feel about taking charge of the way you die? Myresearch and work as a medical sociologist and my affiliation with agroup of medical ethicists in Kansas City quite often allowed me tobe present when folks left us behind and moved on into the worldbeyond. What happens at that ...
Rules apparently don't apply to N.Y. Times
Oct 01, 2007; ... Two days before Christmas in 1967, President Lyndon Johnson,visiting the Vatican, presented Pope Paul VI with a foot-high bust ofLyndon Johnson. Small choices can reveal the character of a person. Or of an institution. Consider The New York Times' choicesconcerning MoveOn.org's ...
Writer fights stigma of mental disorders Youths' drug use often masks illness, he says.
Oct 01, 2007; ... After being diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 16 andhospitalized for trying to take his own life, Ross Szabo now toursthe country speaking to students about breaking down the stigmassurrounding mental illness. Szabo, who has a bachelor's degree in psychology from ...
TRIBUNE COLUMN No bones about it, former footballer has a good life
Oct 01, 2007; ... Hiram College produced two outstanding student-athletes in the1950s well known to Columbia sports enthusiasts and a few hundredother folks whose lives have been enhanced by the replacement of badjoints. The first was Bill White, a first baseman for Hiram College, andthe second, ...
COMING UP
Oct 01, 2007 ... TuesdayColumbia Kiwanis Club will meet at noon in Stamper Commons atStephens College. Jim Browman, newly installed president, will speakon his plans for the coming Kiwanis year. Mizzou hockey and Jefferson City Capitals hockey will offer freehockey lessons for ages 4 and ...
Republicans' herd mentality fails children
Oct 01, 2007; ... The spectacle Tuesday of 151 House Republicans voting in lock stepwith the White House against expansion of the State Children's HealthInsurance Program (SCHIP) was one of the more remarkable sights ofthe year. Rarely do you see so many politicians putting their careersin jeopardy. ...
DEBT ADVISER Service members have special rights
Oct 01, 2007; ... Dear Debt Adviser, I have a debt of about $4,000 from a cell phone company that saidI was using my minutes and phone while I was in Iraq. I am still inIraq. The debt is now in a debt collector's hands. I talked to themwhile I was home on leave, and all it did was give me a ...
Kudos to all those who support our troops during time of war
Oct 01, 2007; ... I had thought this column would be about transportationhere, butsomething else came up. As I wrote in my last dispatch, I needed totravel home because of a death in the family. I have since returnedto Iraq and had time to reflect on the subject. First, I need to commend reporters ...
Fire evacuates employees
Oct 01, 2007; ... A two-alarm fire broke out this morning at the Gates Rubber Co.factory in southeast Columbia, generating a major emergency responseto one of the city's major industrial areas but apparently noinjuries. Firefighters responded at about 11 a.m. to 3015 LeMone IndustrialBlvd ....
SECOND THOUGHTS
Oct 01, 2007 ... Second Thoughts includes corrections, clarifications andelaboration associated with Tribune news articles. Call ManagingEditor Jim Robertson at 815-1707. A photo caption in ...
Bruins players make state golf tournament
Oct 02, 2007 ... The Rock Bridge girls golf team placed second in the Class 2District 4 Tournament yesterday at Innsbrook Resort Golf Club. RockBridge freshman Meghan Mueller and sophomore Jackie Davis qualifiedfor state tournament individually. Hickman's scores were not reportedto the ...
Charles Barnum 1923-2007
Oct 02, 2007 ... Charles Lee Barnum, 83, of Columbia passed away Monday, Oct. 1,2007. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, at CollierFuneral Home in Louisiana, Mo., with visitation from 11 a.m. untiltime of service. Burial with military honors will ...
David Eravi 1947-2007
Oct 02, 2007 ... David Eravi, 60, of Moberly died Friday, Sept. 28. 2007. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Million-Taylor Funeral Homein Moberly with burial at Sugar Creek Cemetery. Visitation will befrom 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday. Survivors ...
Bruins' Harrison hopping happy New serve technique serves libero well.
Oct 02, 2007; ... Rock Bridge senior libero Alex Harrison's "hop-footer" serve willbe subject to ridicule no more. Harrison, who learned the jump serve at an offseason camp inNebraska, has slowly been working it into live matches. With theBruins on the verge of breaking open Game 1 last night ...
Dale Simpson 1962-2007
Oct 02, 2007 ... Dale Alan Simpson, 45, of Kansas City, Kan., died Saturday, Sept.29, 2007. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, at Chapel Hill-ButlerFuneral Home in Kansas City, Kan., with burial at Chapel HillMemorial Gardens. Survivors ...
Paul Drummond, 1947-2007
Oct 02, 2007 ... Dr. R. Paul Drummond, 60, of New Franklin entered into eternalrest Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007, after a courageous battle with cancer. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, in PaulH. Linn Memorial United Methodist Church on the campus of CentralMethodist ...
Topsy-turvy weekend shuffles Big 12 deck North Division race appears wide open.
Oct 02, 2007; ... With the Big 12 Conference turned upside down by Saturday's doublestunner, has the league's balance of power shifted northward?Missouri players like to think so. The Tigers were idle on Saturday, but that didn't stop them fromsharing Big 12 bragging rights after upset victories by ...
Thelma Foster 1942-2007
Oct 02, 2007 ... Thelma J. Foster, 64, of Cairo died Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007, at herhome. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Central ChristianChurch with interment at Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will befrom 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Cater Funeral ...
Timothy Maurice, 1939-2007
Oct 02, 2007 ... Timothy J. Maurice, 68, of Columbia passed away Sunday, Sept. 30,2007, in Columbia. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, atMemorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m.Friday at Nilson Funeral Home. Mr. Maurice was born Sept. 29, ...
Missouri completes 2008 class Juco forward picks MU over Arkansas.
Oct 02, 2007; ... Mike Anderson had been awaiting a phone call from Keith Ramsey fortwo weeks, ever since the highly regarded junior college forwardvisited Missouri on Sept. 14-15. Anderson's phone finally rang yesterday evening, when Ramsey toldthe MU basketball coach he'd accept a scholarship ...
Dorothy Moseley 1909-2007
Oct 02, 2007 ... Dorothy Louise Moseley, 98, of Columbia passed away Monday, Oct.1, 2007, at Lenoir Woods. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, atEpple ...
Louis Burt, 1930-2007
Oct 02, 2007 ... Louis Everett Burt, 76, died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007, at TrumanMemorial Veterans' Hospital. Private services will be held in Marshfield, Wis. He served in the Korean War and was honorably discharged inOctober 1952. He was employed at ...
AREA SCENE
Oct 02, 2007 ... Hansman makes hole-in-oneJohn Hansman made a hole-in-one at The Club at Old Hawthorne onSaturday. Hansman aced the 278-yard par-4 eighth hole with a driver. IrvingAsher witnessed the shot. Beaty records ace at Eagle Knoll Ashland's Glenda Beaty made a ...
U.S. rhetoric toward Iran needs taming
Oct 02, 2007; ... One of the most unfortunate and unhelpful aspects of the UnitedStates' approach to foreign policy dilemmas is our tendency todemonize those who oppose our interests or our views. Maybe it's ahuman trait common to all nations, but when combined with an enduringsense of American ...
CITY COUNCIL ACTION
Oct 02, 2007 ... The Columbia City Council met last night in the Daniel BooneBuilding. In attendance were Mayor Darwin Hindman, First WardCouncilwoman Almeta Crayton, Second Ward Councilman Karl Skala, ThirdWard Councilman Chris Janku, Fourth Ward Councilman Jerry Wade, FifthWard Councilwoman Laura ...
MAKING A DIFFERENCE Kay Allen
Oct 02, 2007; ... Some people might be thinking ahead to Halloween parties andtreats, but many individuals have been making plans all year tocelebrate New Year's Eve. For the 13th consecutive year, The Districtwill be filled with revelers attending First Night activities andentertainment, a ...
Police seek motive in Memphis shooting
Oct 02, 2007 ... City police said the fatal campus shooting of a University ofMemphis football player may have been random, though school officialshad earlier said it was a targeted attack. Police have not determined a motive or identified any suspects inthe attack on Taylor Bradford. "We ...
Tricia Linneman 1964-2007
Oct 02, 2007 ... Tricia LaMoine Linneman, 43, died Monday, Oct. 1, 2007, atUniversity Hospital. There will be no services. Survivors include a son, Bradley "Chris" Linneman of Salisbury; adaughter, Damra Linneman of Shawnee, ...
Dolores Secrist, 1934-2007
Oct 02, 2007 ... Dolores Threasa Secrist, 73, of New Florence died at 2:05 a.m.Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007, at her home in rural New Florence. A Funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, atImmaculate Conception Church in Montgomery City. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m ....
What's your worry? Debate about wiretapping is warrantless. The following column appeared in the Aug. 22 New York Times.
Oct 02, 2007; ... Congress just passed, and President George W. Bush hurriedlysigned, a law that amends the legal framework for the electronicinterception of various kinds of communication with foreign sources.Almost immediately, commentators concluded that the law wasunnecessary, that it authorized a ...
David Parker, 1935-2007
Oct 02, 2007 ... David Dwight Parker, 72, of Columbia passed away Monday, Oct. 1,2007, at Boone Hospital Center. Services will be held at a later date. He was born April 27, 1935, in Westfield, Ill., to John WilliamAustin and Martha Alice Ledbetter Parker. He married Marilyn J.Henderson, and ...
Learning aid tests student Better academics through chemicals.
Oct 02, 2007; ... A friend and I will soon take the LSAT. His father, apsychiatrist, gave him Adderall to help him take the test. I asked ifhe could share some with me, and he said that would be unethical. Isit? Isn't his dad's giving him the Adderall unethical? - Name Withheld, Austin, ...
PC INFO My Book external drive a bargain for storage
Oct 02, 2007; ... The best parts of a computer might be hidden from view, butthere's certainly no shortage of interesting things you can plug intoa computer. High on my list of favorite plug-and-play peripherals isWestern Digital's My Book Essential Edition 500 GB external harddrive. It's definitely a hot ...
City pushes growth costs to developers Fee increase opens age-old debate.
Oct 02, 2007; ... After approving a plat to add 152 residential lots in the northpart of town last night, the Columbia City Council came to areoccurring issue of business: deciding who pays for the costs ofgrowth. Council members voted unanimously to increase both wastewater andwater connection ...
OPEN COLUMN Tiger fans need to realize win over Huskers no given
Oct 02, 2007 ... Editor, the Tribune: I feel like the only Tiger fan who has notbought into the idea that it will be a cakewalk for the Tigers onSaturday. I am glad the Tigers are 4-0, but they should be! The schedule wasset up that way. Now the real season begins. The Tigers are on the right ...
Three new West Nile cases logged Boone County is showing a big increase in virus this year.
Oct 02, 2007; ... Three Boone County men are the most recent victims of West Nilevirus, bringing the total number of cases reported in the county thisyear to eight. Boone County is still in the midst of this year'smosquito season, but confirmed West Nile cases already are double the2006 total. The ...
Ford, Chrysler set to deal with UAW Union takes GM model to remaining automakers.
Oct 02, 2007 ... SAN FRANCISCO - The United Auto Workers union is slated toinitiate talks this week with Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler aimed atstringing together labor contracts modeled along the lines of the onethey reached last week with General Motors Corp. Ford and its biggest union have been in ...
OPEN COLUMN Travel nurses deserve respect for their work
Oct 02, 2007 ... Editor, the Tribune: Thanks to Stella Lindsay, who stopped me inthe hallway at work to invite me to a MONA meeting. I wonder whethershe would have had she known I am a travel nurse. I would like to address comments made by Allison Kellenberger.Ihave been a nurse for more than 25 ...
Walk to School Day is set for tomorrow
Oct 02, 2007 ... The city of Columbia is encouraging elementary school students totake advantage of International Walk to School Day tomorrow. The event is meant to stoke physical fitness among youngsters andsupport the city's multimillion-dollar investment in the PedNetProject. Elementary ...
Baby rattles recalled on choking hazards
Oct 02, 2007 ... About 82,000 plush baby rattles, manufactured in China andimported by Target, are being recalled because they can break openand release small beads, which pose a choking hazard for youngchildren. The ...
News media remiss in their civic duties
Oct 02, 2007; ... Gee, I thought the world was facing some rather serious problemsuntil I turned on the TV. Apparently, paradise arrived and I missedit because the only important things the major cable news networkshad to report were the troubles of Britney Spears and O.J. Simpson. Oh, I forgot. An ...
History at play in alley name game
Oct 02, 2007; ... When it comes to alleys in downtown Columbia, Fourth WardCouncilman Jerry Wade wants more than just five names. At last night's Columbia City Council meeting, Wade made a motionto direct the Historical Preservation Committee to revisit the issueof naming five alleys and consider ...
Mother Teresa didn't deserve hatchet job
Oct 02, 2007; ... Whenever I start feeling sorry for myself about personal attacksby my far-left media opponents - and those have been known to happen -I think of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Here's a woman who devoted heradult life to helping the poor and sick in one of the worst hellholeson Earth. In ...