Columbia Daily Tribune back issues from December 2007:
Big 12 championship game recaps
Dec 01, 2007 ... 1996 Texas 37, Nebraska 27 St. Louis, Trans World Dome The unranked Longhorns stunned No. 3 Nebraska in the inauguralBig 12 championship game, taking the lead on James Brown's 66-yardtouchdown pass to Wane McGarity in the fourth quarter then addingPriest Holmes' 11-yard score in ...
SPORTSCENE
Dec 01, 2007 ... NU mum on report of Pelini's hire Nebraska interim Athletic Director Tom Osborne refused to commenton a report last night that LSU defensive coordinator Bo Pelini willbe introduced as the ...
Oklahoma roster
Dec 01, 2007 ... No.__ Name__ Pos.__ Ht.__ Wt.__ Cl.__ 1__ Manuel Johnson__ WR__ 5-11__ 180__ Jr.__ 2__ Brian Jackson__ DB__ 6-0__ 197__ So.__ 3__ Reggie Smith__ DB__ 6-0__ 196__ Jr.__ 4__ Malcolm Kelly__ WR__ 6-4__ 219__ Jr.__ 4__ Jonathan Nelson__ DB__ 5-10__ 175__ ...
Defenseless? Numbers say otherwise ; Missouri has been best in Big 12 play at stopping its foes.
Dec 01, 2007; ... The best defense in the conference will be represented intonight's Big 12 championship game in San Antonio. It might surpriseyou to know that it will be wearing black and gold. In league games, Missouri led the Big 12 in total defense,allowing 354 yards per game. Tonight's ...
REMATCH REWIND: OKLAHOMA 41, MISSOURI 31 ; Give or take: Turnovers were the difference
Dec 01, 2007; ... SAN ANTONIO - As the ball skittered away on Owen Field,Missouri's chance at victory went with it. Back on Oct. 13, Oklahoma linebacker Curtis Lofton snatched upChase Daniel's bungled handoff to Jeremy Maclin and jogged it 12yards into the end zone, pushing OU's lead to 11 with ...
INJURY REPORT
Dec 01, 2007 ... Missouri - Out: SS Pig Brown (torn Achilles' tendon) - Questionable: TE Chase Coffman ...
Keith Lindsay, 1942-2007
Dec 01, 2007 ... Keith Hooker Lindsay, 65, of Ozark passed away Wednesday, Nov.28, 2007, in St. John's in Springfield. Visitation will be held from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, atGorman-Scharpf Funeral Home in Springfield. No services are planned. He was born May 20, 1942, in Rolla, ...
Get it straight: OU's been here ; Sooners aim for fifth title; Tigers have eye on first.
Dec 01, 2007; ... SAN ANTONIO - As Bob Stoops made his way to the dais to join GaryPinkel for a photo op, he stopped and asked someone to check out histie. "Is this even straight?" the Oklahoma coach said, letting anacquaintance tighten the crimson knot. "You know, I'm not used towearing these ...
Missouri roster
Dec 01, 2007 ... No.__ Name__ Pos.__ Ht.__ Wt.__ Cl.__ 1__ Jimmy Jackson__ TB__ 5-9__ 200__ Jr.__ 1__ William Moore__ SS__ 6-1__ 215__ Jr.__ 2__ Connell Davis__ LB__ 6-3__ 215__ So.__ 2__ William Franklin__ WR__ 6-2__ 205__ Sr.__ 3__ Darnell Terrell__ DB__ 6-3__ 205__ ...
Finis Britt, 1929-2007
Dec 01, 2007 ... Robert "Finis" Britt, 78, of Fulton passed away Thursday, Nov.29, 2007. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, at DeboFuneral Home in Fulton. Burial will follow in Callaway MemorialGardens. Family will ...
FOUR QUESTIONS
Dec 01, 2007 ... Can Missouri handle the spotlight? The Tigers had no trouble performing on the big stage last weekagainst Kansas. The stakes are even greater this time with a Big 12championship and BCS National Championship Game appearance on theline for Missouri. Other than some second-tier bowl ...
GETTING TO KNOW ; OU Coach Bob Stoops
Dec 01, 2007 ... Age: 47 Hometown: Youngstown, Ohio Alma mater: Iowa (1983) Record at Oklahoma: 96-21, ninth season - A four-year starting defensive back under Iowa Coach HaydenFry, Stoops began his coaching career immediately after graduating.He served five years at Iowa as a ...
Leona Cotton, 1973-2007
Dec 01, 2007 ... Leona May Cotton, 34, of Columbia passed away Thursday, Nov. 29,2007, at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, at Memorial FuneralHome. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at the funeralhome. Leona was born on Oct. 11, 1973, in Wynn, Ark., to Ronnie ...
Cougars fail to close out Raiders
Dec 01, 2007; ... When the season started, Maria Omondi had high expectations forthe Columbia College volleyball team. When people asked thesophomore middle hitter what she thought about her team's chances,she said this could be the year. This could be the year the Cougars win their fourth ...
PREDICTIONS
Dec 01, 2007 ... Missouri 31, Oklahoma 28 Why not? In a college football season that has rarely gone asexpected, why not Missouri and West Virginia playing for thenational championship? If Texas Tech's spread offense can carvethrough the Sooners, then so can Missouri's. - Dave Matter ...
Larry Palmer, 1942-2007
Dec 01, 2007 ... Larry E. Palmer, 65, of Columbia passed away Thursday, Nov. 29,2007, in St. Louis. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 3, at ParkerFuneral Service with Dennis Stewart officiating. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 pm. Sunday at the funeral home.Burial will be in ...
TOP DRAWER
Dec 01, 2007 ... A listing of the honorable, noteworthy, new and what's ahead forbusinesspeople in Columbia. ONWARD & UPWARD Mike Kelly has joined the advisory board for Columbia's HawthornBank. Kelly works for The Insurance Group and is the voice of theMissouri Tigers. Michelle ...
Top four advance to semis
Dec 01, 2007; ... Biola is playing in its first national championship since 2003.Across the net was a National American program that has advanced tonine straight tournaments. Last year, the Mavericks captured thenational championship. Their quest to repeat came to an end against Biola. The ...
AREA SCENE
Dec 01, 2007 ... Bruins advance to championship The Rock Bridge boys basketball team survived a barrage of 3-pointers to defeat host Lebanon 61-52 last night and advance to thechampionship game of the Central Bank Tournament. The Bruins willface Waynesville tonight. Rock Bridge (2-0) led ...
KEY MATCHUPS
Dec 01, 2007 ... Missouri NT Lorenzo Williams vs. Oklahoma LG Duke Robinson It's a battle of first-team All-Big 12 players in the trenches.Williams finished the regular season with six sacks, second-best inthe Big 12 among interior linemen, and sits in third place all-timeat MU with 181/2, ...
Homer Acton, 1929-2007
Dec 01, 2007 ... Homer Dalton Acton, 78, of Columbia passed away Friday, Nov. 30,2007, at South Hampton Place. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3, at Memorial FuneralHome. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation willbe from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Homer ...
Loose on the world ; Jacked-up, unruffled leader Daniel shines in spotlight for No. 1 MU.
Dec 01, 2007; ... SAN ANTONIO - As the quarterbacks warmed up before kickoff, ABC'scameras captured a split-screen shot that would reveal all you'dneed to know about what was going to unfold in the Border Showdown:On the right, Kansas' Todd Reesing stared straight ahead, his eyesfrozen on his target while ...
SPIRITUAL LIFE CALENDAR
Dec 01, 2007 ... Saturday Missouri United Methodist Church, 204 S. Ninth St., will holdworship service at 5 p.m. in the multipurpose room. The sermon willbe "Why Pray?" with five different prayer stations. Community United Methodist Church, 3301 W. Broadway, will holdcontemporary worship at 5 ...
Troops deserve nation's help, gratitude
Dec 01, 2007; ... Now that the holiday season has arrived, many Americans will bepreoccupied with festivities and celebrations. Meanwhile, more than200,000 of our fellow citizens are serving overseas in the military,preoccupied with surviving. So what do we Americans owe thesepeople? First of all, ...
STREET TALK ; Kroenke and MoDOT are set to close on land deal
Dec 01, 2007; ... A land swap between local billionaire developer and professionalsports team owner Stan Kroenke and the Missouri Department ofTransportation closes next week, local attorney and Kroenkespokesman Craig Van Matre said. Under the deal, Kroenke will deed over to MoDOT a 14.8-acre ...
WEEK IN REVIEW
Dec 01, 2007 ... Jefferson City banker gives $2.55 million for economics Jefferson City banker Sam Cook recently donated $2.55 million tothe economics department at the University of Missouri to fund anendowed chair in macroeconomics. Cook, who is 85, graduated with special honors in economics ...
Teens' firewood lot runs afoul of inspector
Dec 01, 2007; ... After-school jobs are notoriously tough to keep. Homework,girlfriends and sports all tend to get in the way. But two Columbiateens are finding an unlikely foe to their startup business: cityhall. Columbia protective inspection officials said recently that theteens selling ...
Sewer bonds to ease wastewater squeeze
Dec 01, 2007; ... Needing to replace old sewer mains and expand the capacity ofColumbia's wastewater treatment plant, the city is preparing to askresidents in an April election to put their money down the drain. The Columbia City Council listened during a work session Mondayto suggestions on ...
Giuliani, Romney a study in contrasts
Dec 01, 2007; ... BEDFORD, N.H. - Call them Mr. Rough and Mr. Smooth. Or maybe Mr.Nasty and Mr. Nice. The intense battle between Rudy Giuliani andMitt Romney for supremacy in the Jan. 8 New Hampshire Republicanpresidential primary is more a contrast in personalities than adifference on ...
Police in Centralia surprised by second robbery this week
Dec 01, 2007; ... A Centralia movie rental store was robbed at gunpoint Thursdaynight, marking the second armed robbery this week in the north BooneCounty town. At about 9:45 p.m. Thursday, Centralia police said, a man with abandage on his head entered the Movie Gallery at 420 W. Highway 22and ...
THE TRIBUNE'S VIEW ; Visioning implementation
Dec 01, 2007; ... As Columbia's visioning project moves from design to whatevercomes next, volunteers talk excitedly about how to "ensure" citygovernment will take action matching the Vision Committee'sintentions. If members of the volunteer committee really expect citypolicymakers to surely ...
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Dec 01, 2007 ... "Unfortunately, with our violent crime going up the last sixmonths in Columbia, they have become targets."- Columbia police Officer Tim Thomason talking about thevulnerability of local hotels after last ...
GRAND OPENING: NEW BUSINESS IN COLUMBIA ; A STEP JANITORIAL
Dec 01, 2007 ... SPECIALTY: RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CLEANING SERVICES - Owners: Matthew and Heather Foster - Address: 7732 N. Sharidan Blvd. - Phone: 214-0028 - E-mail: heather_d_birch@yahoo.com - Nature of services offered: A Step Janitorial provides a rangeof ...
`The Crib' is too loaded for Hickman gym's name
Dec 01, 2007; ... The Hickman High School gymnasium will remain unnamed afteradministrators nixed the idea of naming it "The Crib." Kewpies staff and students were expected to unveil the new nameduring a news conference Tuesday afternoon. Administrators canceledthe event after fielding phone calls ...
TRIB TALK
Dec 01, 2007 ... Call 815-1776 to contribute. Jim Robertson, managing editor "You might be a redneck if your hometown newspaper's headlinesthe day after Thanksgiving are all about shopping at 4 in themorning." "I take issue with the caller who says everyone litters, not justsmokers. I'm sure ...
Here's looking at you, Tigers ; Mizzou Arena to offer fans free view of game.
Dec 01, 2007; ... For Tigers fans unable to trek to San Antonio, there areopportunities in Columbia to gather and watch tonight's matchup asthe No. 1-ranked University of Missouri football team takes on theUniversity of Oklahoma Sooners for the Big 12 Conferencechampionship. The Mizzou Alumni ...
County tax idea draws criticism in government
Dec 01, 2007; ... When the Boone County auditor announced this week that theproposed 2008 budget included an option to raise property taxes nextyear to pay federal election costs, a county commissioner and adepartment head questioned whether it was a good idea. Auditor June Pitchford said adding 2 ...
GOOD QUESTION ; Be sure to read the fine print on gift cards
Dec 01, 2007; ... Q: OK, I surrender - this holiday season I'm going to geteveryone gift cards. Should I be worried about limits, fees orexpiration dates? A: People increasingly are turning to gift cards as spendinghours in a crowded mall looking for that last Xbox, iPod or Elmogrows less and less ...
Bear out of hibernation ; After kidney scare, Cal's Randle ready for all challenges.
Dec 01, 2007; ... Before sophomore forward Ryan Anderson gets a chance to show offthe all-around talents that will soon get him to the NBA, beforesophomore guard Patrick Christopher can start slashing to the basketor senior center DeVon Hardin - another NBA-level talent - canbatter the offensive glass, ...
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Dec 01, 2007 ... The following people have applied for licenses in the BooneCounty recorder of deeds office: - Issac Jacob Daniel Wadlow, 27, of Hallsville and Angela MarieSpano, 23, of Hallsville. - Andrew Joseph Cowherd, 26, of Washington, Ill., and LaurenJohanna Merryfield, 25, of ...
PROFILE: BROCK AND BRANt BUKOWSKy ; Entrepreneurial elan
Dec 01, 2007; ... Revenue for Mortgage Research Center has grown more than 3,000percent since 2003, landing the business on the Inc. magazine listof the nation's fastest-growing private companies. It didn't take long for math student Brock Bukowsky to figure outthat winning a University of ...
Panel weighs state financing options for transportation
Dec 01, 2007; ... Even though Missouri's transportation system appears to beimproving, state Department of Transportation Director Pete Rahnsees trouble below the surface. "Right now, you look around and you see orange barrelseverywhere," Rahn said. "And we've had a significant increase in ...
MEDIA MATTERS ; Missing TV show leaves voice mail inbox dancing
Dec 01, 2007; ... Never doubt the power of television, or at least the power of theviewers who count on watching stars do the tango, salsa and foxtroton TV. Here's the story of Monday night's "Dancing With the Stars"episode and KMIZ: It was the first day after the Thanksgiving holiday, our ...
Missouri volleyball ousted in thriller
Dec 01, 2007; ... SEATTLE - Four points. The Missouri volleyball team came within four points of pullingthe upset of the decade, falling 30-23, 28-30, 30-22, 32-34, 15-11to sixth-seeded Washington last night. Led by Na Yang's 26 kills, the Tigers had the Huskies on theirheels all night ....
Tigers thriving thanks to impressive accuracy
Dec 01, 2007; ... Last week, during the 11-on-11 portion of practice, Chase Danielthrew an incompletion. One. All week. "That was the best week of practice throwing and catching thefootball as receivers, tailbacks and tight ends and quarterbacksthat we've had all year long," Daniel ...
LIFTING THE CURTAIN ; Fiorello!
Dec 02, 2007 ... Venue: Macklanburg Playhouse, 100 Willis Ave., on the StephensCollege campus Genre: Musical Story: If New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia had not existed,some playwright certainly would have made up his character, but onlyif he or she had enough imagination - and faith in ...
WEEKLY POLL
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Up-and-down Tigers beat Bobcats ; Missouri slacks, allows Texas State to hang around.
Dec 02, 2007; ... It's still early in the season for the Missouri women'sbasketball team. But already, Cindy Stein has seen a lot of greatplay. Now it's just a matter of getting her players to put it alltogether at the same time. At times yesterday against Texas State, the Tigers looked as ...
Missouri can't top Cal in Big 12/Pac-10 tilt
Dec 02, 2007; ... BERKELEY, Calif. - Both the Missouri and California basketballteams had a chance to bring their respective fan bases some measureof redemption after their football squads each lost their own "BigGame" - the Tigers the Big 12 Conference Championship againstOklahoma, the Bears their annual ...
Hulk faces lawyermania
Dec 02, 2007 ... Hulk Hogan's wife said in a divorce petition that she wants ashare of the family's two Florida properties plus alimony and childsupport for their 17-year-old son. Linda Bollea filed for divorcefrom Hogan - whose real name is Terry Bollea - last ...
Holiday calendar
Dec 02, 2007 ... - Today and next Sunday: Access Arts Holiday Benefit Salefeaturing fine artwork and crafts, pottery, weaving, jewelry,photography, art equipment and more from 1 to 5 p.m. All proceeds goto outreach programs and scholarships. 1724 McAlester St. - Friday and Dec. 14: Augusta ...
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Dec 02, 2007 ... Can Missouri handle the spotlight? It was a festive bowl-game atmosphere throughout San Antonioduring the weekend, and the setting inside the Alamodome was nodifferent. But the Tigers were different. They lacked the offensiveproficiency they had shown all season, settling for field ...
Sportscene
Dec 01, 2007 ... Tribune Picks of the Week Week 14 - Dec. 1, 2007 Picks made against the spread GAME __ JOE WALLJASPER__ RUS BAER__ PETE BLAND__ MATT NESTOR__DAVE MATTER__ RYAN NILSSON__ STEVE WALENTIK Oklahoma (-3) vs. Missouri__ Missouri__ Missouri__ Missouri__Missouri__ ...
PC Info
Dec 01, 2007; ... It's not just your imagination. Things really are moving faster.Where radio and television had been the prime accelerants during thepast century, the Internet is indisputably the main catalyst for therapid spread of ideas, memes, cultural tics - and commerce. It also opens up new ...
Keith Lindsay, 1942-2007
Dec 02, 2007 ... Keith Hooker Lindsay, 65, of Ozark, formerly of Columbia, passedaway Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007. No services are planned. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m.Sunday, Dec. 2 at Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home ...
COVER TO COVER
Dec 02, 2007; ... Before there was Catherine Willows or Gil Grissom, there was KayScarpetta, running the medical examiner's office in Richmond, Va.,and solving serial murders via cutting-edge science. Patricia Cornwell's first novel, "Postmortem," introduced us to ahyperprofessional, a woman with ...
NICHE: A WEEKLY PEEK AT AN EMERGING ARTIST ; Katie Barnes
Dec 02, 2007; ... Photographer Katie Barnes worried she'd burned her retina afterstaring directly at the sun for 45 seconds to capture a picture of arainbow colored kite stuck in a tree at Stephens Lake Park. The sunwas perfectly positioned just behind the kite, lighting it up likestained ...
MU wrestling settles for 2nd in Vegas
Dec 02, 2007 ... The seventh-ranked Missouri wrestling team fell three points shyof defending its Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational Title, finishingsecond (125) to No. 10 Michigan (127.5). Tony Pescaglia (125 pounds), Nicholas Marable (165) and MaxAskren (197) lost in the finals of their respective ...
SPORTSCENE
Dec 02, 2007 ... NW Missouri State moves into semis Xavier Omon ran for a school-record 309 yards and threetouchdowns yesterday, leading Northwest Missouri State to a 26-13victory over turnover-plagued Chadron State in the NCAA Division IIquarterfinals in Chadron, Neb. It was the second ...
Cap Grimes Jr., 1914-2007
Dec 02, 2007 ... V.E. "Cap" Grimes Jr., 93, of Slater passed away Friday, Nov. 30,2007, at Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, at RidgePark Cemetery in Marshall. Friends may ...
Boom! It's bust ; No. 1 MU folds against Sooners; title dream ends.
Dec 02, 2007; ... SAN ANTONIO - So much for the Big Easy. Missouri came to this river city with dreams of playing inanother ... dreams of following a conference title with the chanceto win the bigger one ... dreams of playing for the BowlChampionship Series National Championship on Jan. 7 in New ...
Missouri can't top Cal in Big 12/Pac-10 tilt
Dec 02, 2007; ... Editor's note: This article contains Web exclusive content. BERKELEY, Calif. - Both the Missouri and California basketballteams had a chance to bring their respective fan bases some measureof redemption after their football squads each lost their own "BigGame" - the Tigers the Big ...
GAME NOTES
Dec 02, 2007 ... Coming up short Missouri had an opportunity to take a 10-7 lead midway throughthe second quarter after a series of running plays gave the Tigersfirst-and-goal at the Oklahoma 9. Most of the yards on the drivecame from Chase Daniel, who burst through a hole in the left side ofthe ...
LIVING OUT LOUD ; Do your homework before changing your look
Dec 02, 2007 ... Hair is the one fashion accessory you must live with. Earringscan be taken out, a necklace left in the jewelry box, but hair staysput. Sometimes it behaves, but most of the time it doesn't. A few weeks ago, I was driving around on my lunch break when Icaught a glimpse of something ...
BEYOND THE GAME
Dec 02, 2007 ... Caption ...