Columbia Daily Tribune back issues from February 2008:
WIN honors Columbia athletes
Feb 01, 2008 ... After Vonetta Flowers' speech, the Women's Intersport Networkhanded out awards at its 11th annual luncheon. The award winnerswere as follows: Rock Bridge girls basketball Coach Jill Nagel was named coach ofthe year. In her first two years, the Bruins had the best win-lossrecord ...
Flowers preaches resolve
Feb 01, 2008; ... Vonetta Flowers is famous for becoming the first athlete, male orfemale, of African descent to win a gold medal in the WinterOlympics. Flowers accomplished that feat in 2002 when she and herpartner, Jill Bakken, won the inaugural women's bobsled event inSalt Lake City with a two-run time ...
O'Brien cleared to return to coaching
Feb 01, 2008 ... Jim O'Brien, fired by Ohio State and essentially banned fromcoaching by the NCAA for paying a recruit, can return to the collegesidelines after an appeal changed his punishment. An NCAA ruling March 10, 2006, all but prevented any collegesfrom hiring O'Brien until May ...
AREA SCENE
Feb 01, 2008 ... Changes in prep hoops schedules The Hickman girls basketball game against Jefferson City in theFischer's Pro-Line Tournament has been moved to Hickman gym. Thecontest is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. The boys semifinals in the Southern Boone Classic, postponedyesterday, will ...
Anne Gamboa 1918-2008
Feb 01, 2008 ... Anne L. Gamboa, 89, of Hartsburg died Thursday, Jan. 30, 2008. Services will be at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4, at Robinson FuneralHome. Visitation will be from 5 to 6 p.m. Monday. Survivors ...
Here's 22 things to consider on Super Bowl Sunday
Feb 01, 2008; ... As the countdown to the Super Bowl approaches, here are 22 thingsto consider. In this report, we'll examine why Eli Manning is no longer on acertain list with Michael Vick, which one of the Patriots has plansto make Alabama a little sweeter and what's behind LaurenceMaroney's ...
Mets close to contract with hurler
Feb 01, 2008 ... Another day of dealings moved the New York Mets closer to acontract extension with Johan Santana. As long as they can get itdone by the 5 p.m. EST deadline today to complete the deal, the Metscan then consider if their winter work has completed a turnaroundfrom last year's ...
Play provides lessons in quest for power
Feb 01, 2008; ... With Super Tuesday just around the corner, the University TheatreDepartment's production of "Tango" by Polish playwright SlawomirMrozek is perhaps just what the doctor ordered for those who need tobe reminded about the consequences of crummy leadership. The play, an absurdist foray ...
PARENTING
Feb 01, 2008 ... Q: Our 17-year-old son doesn't want to go to college because hehates school and says nothing interests him and that going would bea waste of our money. He plans to get a job instead. How should we handle this if he still hasn't changed his mind bythe time he graduates from high ...
Blues fest hinges on city money ; Organizers asking for $100,000.
Feb 01, 2008; ... Organizers of the Roots 'N Blues 'N BBQ Festival say they'lllikely bring the event back for a second year if their request for$100,000 in funding from the city's Convention and Visitors Bureauis approved. The funding would be a one-time appropriation to get the festivalthrough a ...
Ruth was anchor of Jays' line ; Missouri continues to add depth at front five.
Feb 01, 2008; ... If there's one thing Jefferson City Coach Ted LePage would likeyou to know about future Missouri offensive lineman Travis Ruth,it's this: Ruth suffered a foot injury midway through last seasonthat was serious enough he could have justifiably called it quitsfor his high school ...
Katy Trail's KC extension very much in doubt
Feb 01, 2008; ... Ever since the Katy Trail has been in place from Clinton to St.Charles, Kansas Citians have been longing for the trail to beextended to their town so they could hop on their bikes. The dealrecently reached between Missouri and AmerenUE - having mostly to dowith the catastrophic failure ...
Kenny Kleasner, 1929-2008
Feb 01, 2008 ... Ken "Kenny" Kleasner, 78, of Columbia died Nov. 17, 2007, inHouston. Services were held Nov. 19, 2007. He was born in Fayette and attended Hickman High School andgraduated in 1947. He was fondly called the "mayor" of McBaine. Kenny played baseball with the ...
Bill Clinton to visit MU tomorrow ; Former president stumping for wife.
Feb 01, 2008; ... Former President Bill Clinton will pay a visit to Columbiatomorrow to campaign for his wife's presidential bid. Carly Lindauer, a spokeswoman for U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton'scampaign, confirmed that Bill Clinton, president from 1993 to 2001,will speak at 4:30 p.m. at the Student ...
OPEN COLUMN ; Ticketing smokers a waste of police time, resources
Feb 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: As a 20-year law enforcement veteran in thiscommunity, I was absolutely shocked to read two on-duty ColumbiaPolice Department officers were recently used to enforce the city'sban on smoking in bars and restaurants. Officers have their hands full with armed ...
OPEN COLUMN ; Reckless Mustang driver needs her keys taken away
Feb 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: I am writing to the parents of the youngwoman who drives a light green Ford Mustang with Missouri licenseplates. This past Saturday morning, your daughter twice crossed thedouble yellow line on Stadium Boulevard to pass other vehicles. At10 to 20 miles per ...
Stimulus package is just a drop in the bucket
Feb 01, 2008; ... Some Democratic and Republican presidential hopefuls arepreaching about economic doom and gloom, a disappearing middle classand a failing health-care industry. What's their solution? The shortanswer is give them more control over our lives. Baltimore'spolitical satirist, the late H.L ....
Police arrest man after knife attack
Feb 01, 2008 ... A Columbia man was arrested yesterday after he was accused ofcutting a woman's throat with a knife. Kenneth J. Stapleton, 53, of 206 Sanford Ave., was arrested onsuspicion of armed criminal action and first-degree domestic assaultafter Columbia police were dispatched at about 5:56 ...
School board candidate Arch Brooks arrested
Feb 01, 2008; ... Arch Brooks, a candidate for the Columbia Board of Education, hasbeen arrested on a charge of third-degree domestic assault. Brooks surrendered to sheriff's deputies Wednesday after awarrant was issued Jan. 25 for his arrest. The victim, a woman identified only as R.G. in court ...
Campuswide referendums take criticism
Feb 01, 2008; ... ST. LOUIS - University of Missouri curators challenged thepractice of using campus referendums allowing students to vote onfee increases imposed on future students. Last year's Senate Bill 389 explicitly capped UM tuition and feeincreases at the rate of inflation, but student ...
PAID ELECTION LETTER ; Huckabee is GOP's best bet in November
Feb 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: Missourians need to look long and hard atthe last five candidates still seriously contending for thepresidency. Democrats will have no difficulty uniting behind theirchosen standard bearer, but neither could be further from the moldof a Truman Democrat. This reality ...
UNDER THE HOOD ; Brake dust tells a story of its own
Feb 01, 2008; ... Q: Why is it that some cars have very dirty front wheels, but notthe back ones? I've also noticed some cars have black dirt andothers more of a red. I was told it's brake dust, but I'm assumingyou have brakes on the back too? A: You're right about this being brake dust, certainly ...
TRIB TALK
Feb 01, 2008 ... Call 815-1776 to contribute. Jim Robertson, managing editor "I'm just calling to find out if it ever has been published howmuch the new MU president will be paid? Floyd only got some $200,000a year. Is his more? Less? You know that could have been one of thereasons why Floyd left ...
Field might close as a K-5 school ; Many students would go to new elementary.
Feb 01, 2008; ... Columbia Public Schools administrators are considering closingField Elementary School as a K-5 school and using it for some otherpurpose. That's because the opening of a new elementary school at Waco andBrown Station roads in fall 2009 would be able to serve many of theelementary ...
HEART STRINGS ; Every little step
Feb 01, 2008; ... As far back as I can remember, I've felt like I'm on the outsideof life looking in. I think that is why I am so comfortable being a reporter. I getto watch other people live life and then write about it. I've been doing that all my life. It doesn't cost me anythingbecause I ...
2007 Columbia Public School Salaries
Feb 01, 2008 ... The Tribune requested Columbia Public Schools' salary datathrough the state's Open Records Law. Following is the district'scomplete ...
THE TRIBUNE'S VIEW ; Zero tolerance
Feb 01, 2008; ... After senior point guard Stephon Hannah's season-ending injuryoutside Athena Night Club, University of Missouri Coach MikeAnderson received a bit of early-inning criticism for merely givinglip service to his "zero tolerance" discipline policy. The next day he suspended ...
Curators approve student fee hike ; Board vote on additional increases set for April.
Feb 01, 2008; ... ST. LOUIS - University of Missouri curators today approvedstudent fee increases totaling $230 beginning this summer but heldoff on passing additional increases after students protested thatthey had not had a chance to vote on them. "The issue that I had here is more with ...
Belichick, Brady a perfect combo
Feb 01, 2008; ... GLENDALE, Ariz. - Let's not forget how their foundation wasinitially built on quicksand, that at one point in a decade that'sgone beyond their silliest dreams, Bill Belichick and Tom Brady hada combined five wins and 13 losses together. One was a head coach struggling to fix his ...
ARRESTS AND SUMMONSES
Feb 01, 2008 ... Authorities made the following arrests and issued summonses from7 a.m. Jan. 31 to 7 a.m. Feb. 1. COLUMBIA POLICE - Abraham Aaron Alapo-op Adads, 37, of Centralia, ex-parteviolation, $1,000 bond. - Ansur Patrick Adams, 43, of 4904 Olympic Court, third-degreedomestic ...
Detroit automakers adapt to global market
Feb 01, 2008 ... DETROIT - U.S. automakers and suppliers have long looked overseasfor inspiration, investments and occasionally executives. Butthere's a new focus for the U.S. auto industry: survival. Engineering, money, technology - much of what Detroit'sautomakers and suppliers will need to ...
Let's get physical ; Giants plan to hit Pats' receivers.
Feb 01, 2008 ... CHANDLER, Ariz. - They could just die a slow death, sitting backand letting Tom Brady pick them apart with his short passes. But there is little upside to that approach, because if you giveBrady time, he will kill you - like he did to them in the regular-season finale. The ...
Cougars provide a buzz-kill
Feb 01, 2008; ... FULTON - The William Woods student section was screaming, jackedup at the sight of reserve forward Lucas Dahl throwing down an alley-oop midway through the second half. And like a shot of Red Bull, Dahl's dunk kept the students ampedas their team cut into the Columbia College ...
Good, bad, intriguing models hit the show circuit
Feb 01, 2008; ... DETROIT - Money can't buy happiness, and it won't even make adown payment on good sense. Some of the best-looking and most exciting new wheels at lastmonth's 2008 North American International Auto Show were small andaffordable, while two of the biggest head-scratchers came ...
TRIBUNE COLUMN ; Big Top's walls higher, lifters better than outside
Feb 01, 2008; ... The Kansas City Star recently ran a story about Michael Vick'snew residence - the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan. That's "The Big Top," folks. Sam Mellinger wrote the story. He's one of the Star's sportsjournalists blessed with literary skills. But Sam evidently ...
Again under pressure, Bruins beat Kirksville ; Rock Bridge girls finish with a flourish.
Feb 02, 2008; ... The last two times the Rock Bridge girls basketball team playedteams that liked to press, it lost. Last night, the Bruins again hadtrouble with a full-court press, this time, from Kirksville. It wasn't until Kirksville Coach Kendall Ponder called off histeam's press with about a ...
Tesfamikael has hot hand ; against Jays
Feb 02, 2008; ... After last night's 46-38 victory over Jefferson City, Hickmansenior Miriam Tesfamikael emerged from the locker room carrying abag of ice in her right hand. She said the ice wasn't for her hand. After getting scorched by Tesfamikael's sizzling shooting, theJays might have a ...
Temple will carry on family tradition at MU
Feb 02, 2008; ... Earlier this week, Tony Temple officially became a formerMissouri football player when he dropped his NCAA appeal for a fifthyear of eligibility. The roster won't be Temple-free for long. On Wednesday, Temple's younger brother, Drew, like Tony atailback from Rockhurst High School ...
Lloyd Roullett, 1923-2008
Feb 02, 2008 ... Lloyd George Roullett, 84, of Ashland passed away Thursday, Jan.31, 2008, at Boone Hospital Center. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3, atMemorial Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Memorial ParkCemetery. Visitation will be held from noon until time of ...
Undermanned quest resumes ; In wake of arrest, Tigers play host to Big 12 leaders.
Feb 02, 2008; ... Mike Anderson has been noncommittal on the question of whetherMissouri's suspended basketball players will be reinstated in timefor today's 12:45 p.m. tip-off against No. 22 Kansas State. "How long is it going to last? It may be one game. Right now,we're going through a series of ...
AREA SCENE
Feb 02, 2008 ... MU track teams succeed at Penn StateThe Missouri track team overcame weather-related travel problemsand made a good showing at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup in StateCollege, Pa. The Tigers left for the meet Thursday morning, had tounexpectedly spend the night in Chicago ...
Research to aim bursts of energy at IEDs
Feb 02, 2008; ... University of Missouri engineers believe the next greatinnovation in defense technology might come from pulses of energyaimed at hidden bombs. MU engineering Professor Randy Curry will head a $3 millionDepartment of Defense-funded project to develop the use ofcompressed, short ...
GRAND OPENING: NEW BUSINESS IN COLUMBIA ; CARTER COUNSELING
Feb 02, 2008 ... - Specialty: Individual and group counseling - Owner: Dana Carter - Address: 19 E. Walnut St., Suite G - Phone: 441-2900 - Nature of services offered: Carter is a licensed clinicalsocial worker who provides emotional, behavioral, substance abuseand spiritual ...
Gaw joins Democratic field in Ninth District
Feb 02, 2008; ... Former state House Speaker Steve Gaw's entry into the NinthCongressional District race began last March at a Hannibal hotel. At the annual Democrat Days, the then-Public Service Commissionmember made a scathing speech against the Bush administration policyin Iraq. It was striking ...
OPEN COLUMN ; Convicted killer deserves death penalty's execution
Feb 02, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: This is in reference to the front-pagearticle in the Jan. 16 Tribune.I could not believe my eyes when Iread that another appeal of Ernest Lee Johnson's death sentence isgoing to be filed. Former Prosecuting Attorney Kevin M.J. Crane -now the Honorable Kevin M.J ....
McCain's `straight talk' sounds Democratic
Feb 02, 2008; ... In 2004, one of John McCain's closest associates, John Weaver,spoke to John Kerry about the possibility of McCain running asKerry's vice presidential running mate. In "No Excuses," Bob Shrum'smemoir of his role in numerous presidential campaigns, includingKerry's, Shrum writes that ...
Curators give push to Fischel ; Designer switch affirms new plan.
Feb 02, 2008; ... ST. LOUIS - The University of Missouri Board of Curatorsyesterday moved to establish the new home for Ellis Fischel CancerCenter in a surgery tower built adjacent to University Hospital.Curators also approved modification of the design for a newOrthopaedics Institute. Plans for a ...
Scott sparks Douglass surge
Feb 02, 2008; ... Watching the Douglass basketball team's 79-61 victory overMissouri Military Academy last night at Smithton Middle School wouldhave led you to believe the Bulldogs had two separate teams takingturns on the floor. Douglass (12-4) got off to a slow start, but thanks to ...
Following the lead of Brady's bunch ; Khederian, Tigers show dominance.
Feb 02, 2008; ... Last night's meet had just ended when Missouri gymnast andMassachusetts native Ashley Khederian turned her attention to theweekend's next big event. "Oh yeah, they're going to win. Patriots by 10," she proudlypredicted in the Hearnes Center interview room, of course referringto ...
James Harlow 1919-2008
Feb 02, 2008 ... James Harlow, 88, of Mexico, Mo., formerly of Centralia, diedFriday, Feb. 1, 2008, at Pin Oaks Nursing Center. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4, at FentonFuneral Chapel in Centralia with visitation at 1 p.m ....
Coffee shop lends a table to candidate
Feb 02, 2008; ... School board candidate Ines Segert is kicking off a series ofinformal "office hours" today, launching what is likely to be a two-month campaign that centers on improving communication. Segert, a professor at the University of Missouri, will bestationed from 1 to 3 p.m. at Lakota ...
OPEN COLUMN ; Abortion simply is death of human life
Feb 02, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: The silence is almost deafening. I amreferring to the silence of pro-abortion activists who fail torespond to the only issue that finally counts in the pro-abortion,anti-abortion debate, and that is simply that a human life is beingdestroyed. It is the ...
Counting the unsheltered ; HUD seeks census as basis for funding.
Feb 02, 2008; ... Temperatures this week were some of the coldest of the year, withlows dipping to 7 degrees. Even so, some people in Columbia treatedit as camping weather. "I'm really hoping we won't find too many people out here today,"said Denise Heet, homeless veterans coordinator at Truman ...
OPEN COLUMN ; Pongal/Sankranti event a successful fundraiser
Feb 02, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: A diverse group of 300 people attended the13th Annual Pongal/Sankranti Celebration. Around 24 Tamil familieswith the help of other Indian families hosted a potluck dinner aftera well-received variety of entertainment programs. The participants - mostly ...
STREET TALK ; Robinson's Cleaners goes automated with new store
Feb 02, 2008; ... The future of dry cleaning is here, and it's automated. Kit and Casey Smith, sister-and-brother owners of Robinson'sCleaners, are opening an innovative dry cleaning outlet next to theStarbucks at Fairview Marketplace on Monday. The 1,000-square-foot store will feature an ...
Cost-cutting maneuver to shutter Ethan Allen
Feb 02, 2008; ... Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. is closing its Stadium Boulevard storeas part of a cost-cutting plan. The Columbia store at 400 N. Stadium Blvd. is one of 12 retailcenters that will be closed by Danbury, Conn.-based Ethan Allen. Themanufacturer and retailer of high-end home furnishings ...
Creative expressions
Feb 02, 2008; ... Dressed in a black T-shirt and track pants, Columbia paintingcontractor Rebecca Showinsky worked hard last week glazing a fauxstone finish on a fireplace in Jill Lesperance's residence in theVanderveen subdivision. A self-taught painter, Showinsky said she is an expert ...
Crash hurts women on Ballenger Lane
Feb 02, 2008 ... A Columbia woman's split-second decision while driving her caryesterday afternoon landed her in the hospital after an accident innortheast Columbia. Lanesha Rhodes, 23, was northbound in a Chrysler LeBaron onBallenger Lane at about 1:30 p.m. when she began to turn left ontoRice ...
THE TRIBUNE'S VIEW ; Politics of choice
Feb 02, 2008; ... The issue of abortion choice has come to the top among the bigpolitical issues of 2008. Pro-choice defenders of Roe v. Wade have had a hard timebelieving it could be so. The persistent anti-choice chorus has beenloud and virulent but seemingly unlikely to seriously affect ...
THE ENTREPRENEUR NEXT DOOR ; Rising stars share their promise and potential
Feb 02, 2008; ... In the "Peanuts" comic strip, Snoopy always began his novels withthis line: "It was a dark and stormy night." That's how I'll beginmy story. Last Tuesday was a dark and stormy night. But in a warm banquetroom at an area hotel, 200 people were oblivious to the weather asthey ...
DRUNKEN DRIVING DISPOSITIONS
Feb 02, 2008 ... - Aron L. Broomhall pleaded guilty and was given a suspended 30-day jail sentence. - J. Dexter Busby pleaded guilty and was given a suspended 60-day jail sentence. - Dennis Ray Bussell pleaded guilty as a persistent offender andwas given a suspended three-year jail ...
An agenda of abstinence ; MU students raise funds to visit South Africa, spread True Love Waits message.
Feb 02, 2008; ... Three University of Missouri students plan on spending theirspring break encouraging teenagers in one of the African nationshardest hit by AIDS - South Africa - to abstain from sex untilmarriage in the hopes it will protect them from the epidemic. In 2006, the World Health ...
Obama offers sense of promise to admirers
Feb 02, 2008; ... I was 6 when John F. Kennedy was killed. I don't remember much about that time, but do I recall thatpeople felt as if hope had died. The murdered young president hadembodied transformation, the startling power of the new, a sense ofpromise, optimism, new frontiers. Four decades of ...
Franta leaving job with United Way, citing family move
Feb 02, 2008; ... After 17 years at the helm of the Columbia Area United Way, DavidFranta announced yesterday that he will step down in June asexecutive director of the not-for-profit service organization. Franta's wife, Pamela Franta, was recently hired as vicepresident of organizational consulting ...
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Feb 02, 2008 ... The following people have applied for licenses in the BooneCounty recorder of deeds office: - Clay Robert Pummill, 37, of Columbia and Jennifer SusanneRueter, 31, of Columbia. - Andrew Paul Kropf, 29, of Columbia and Angela Marie Troesser,36, of Columbia. - Aaron ...