Columbia Daily Tribune back issues from August 2008:
Wal-Mart warns employees of Democratic win
Aug 01, 2008 ... Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is mobilizing its store managers anddepartment supervisors around the country to warn that if Democratswin power in November, they'll likely change federal law to make iteasier for workers to unionize companies - including Wal-Mart. In recent weeks, thousands ...
UNDER THE HOOD ; Minor leak is likely cause of burning odor
Aug 01, 2008; ... Q: I've begun smelling a burning odor from the front of my carwhile in traffic. I've had the oil and water checked and nothingseems amiss, nor is there any significant leakage on the groundwhere I park. Do you have any idea of what the cause could be? Am Iat risk of a fire or damage to ...
New stock listings
Aug 01, 2008 ... Starting tomorrow, Saturday Business will feature an improvedfinancial package called Money & Markets Extra. The new package, aservice of The Associated Press, is more reader-friendly, withfeatures that combine data, text and graphics.In addition to a stocks recap and weekly ...
Bush leaves airline mess in holding pattern
Aug 01, 2008; ... With less than six months left in office, George W. Bush hasalready been branded one of the worst presidents in history by somein the left-wing press. To them, Bush is the worst thing to happenin America since the advent of talk radio. To be fair (something the liberal media rarely ...
THE TRIBUNE'S VIEW ; Obama in Iraq
Aug 01, 2008; ... Lotsa talk about the visit of Barack Obama to Iraq and elsewherein the Middle East. Was it a campaign coup or a publicity stuntstaged for fawning network television anchors? Did the Democraticpresidential candidate actually make important foreign policystatements? Did his comments help ...
Missouri's streams are not open sewers
Aug 01, 2008; ... Flat Branch doesn't exist. That's according to the MissouriDepartment of Natural Resources and its policy-making body, theMissouri Clean Water Commission. Neither does Brush Creek, whichflows through Crown Center Plaza in Kansas City. Same with River DesPeres in St. Louis. And similar ...
PAID ELECTION LETTER ; Spence is a responsive, accessible legislator
Aug 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: I would like to encourage folks in the 25thDistrict to consider voting for Sean Spence for their staterepresentative. Sean is proposing strong, credible, long-termsolutions for many of the problems facing Missourians today. Unlikemany candidates, Sean is putting his ...
PAID ELECTION LETTER ; Richards has necessary stamina, care, optimism
Aug 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: I am enthusiastically endorsing CathyRichards for public administrator. I have been privileged to serveas the Boone County public administrator for the past 151/2 yearsand know what type of person it takes to do this job. It takessomeone with stamina, care and ...
PAID ELECTION LETTER ; Jacob would be a strong, fierce congressman
Aug 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: On Aug. 5, Democrats in the NinthCongressional District have an opportunity to send Ken Jacob tobecome the strongest and fiercest member of Congress! With thethreat of losing at least one congressional seat after the census in2010, it is important that Missouri elect ...
PAID ELECTION LETTER ; Jacob a consistent champion of environment
Aug 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: State Rep. Judy Baker should not get yourvote. At a congressional debate in Kirksville, Baker argued nuclearpower plants should be a part of a new, green energy portfolio. Rep.Baker did not address the problem of spent fuel rods or the long-term implications of ...
PAID ELECTION LETTER ; Jacob's personal strength needed in Congress
Aug 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: In a recent editorial, Hank Waters praisedcongressional candidate Sen. Ken Jacob. In the editorial, Watersargued, "In the Missouri House and Senate, (Ken Jacob) fought andscratched and bulldozed" for the issues he cared about. I agree withthis evaluation of the ...
PAID ELECTION LETTER ; Jacob not a politician; he's a champion legislator
Aug 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: I do not believe my father, Ken Jacob, is agood politician. Having been involved with politics for 26 years, Ihave learned that great politicians are those who have a warmpresence and have no qualms with asking people for their money.Unfortunately for Ken, he posses ...
PAID ELECTION LETTER ; Bright Flight bill spurs student vote for Jacob
Aug 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: I go to the University of Missouri becauseof Sen. Ken Jacob. Sen. Jacob authored the largest scholarship billin Missouri history, the Bright Flight Scholarship Program. Thispolicy endeavor allowed thousands of students like myself to attendcollege in Missouri. Sen ....
PAID ELECTION LETTER ; Jacob opposes Iraq war, backs vets' health care
Aug 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: I OPPOSE THE IRAQ WAR. I wanted to emphasizethat point. Sen. Ken Jacob is the only candidate brave enough to saythe same thing. Jacob has not backed down at Democratic debatesacross the district. In every speech and debate, he's expressed hisopposition to funding the ...
PAID ELECTION LETTER ; Voters should be greedy and demand Ken Jacob
Aug 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: I'm tired of politics, as usual. Candidateswho speak generally and do nothing have had their day, and its timewe, the voters, have ours. As voters, we should be greedy. We shoulddemand the highest level of discourse from our candidates. We shoulddemand substance and ...
PAID ELECTION LETTER ; Jacob has the ability to change Congress
Aug 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: In Sen. Ken Jacob's stump speech, he argues,"We've been brokered to death by small deals, and it's time to sendsomeone to Washington to champion great causes." I could not agreemore. Congress has the lowest approval rating in a generation, andmost Americans, myself ...
PAID ELECTION LETTER ; Pund has necessary life experience for the job
Aug 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: The views of the candidates for the 25thDistrict are almost exactly the same, but Bob Pund has distinguishedhimself from the other candidates with the life experience needed inJefferson City. Bob has been tested in life like no other candidate,which gives him the ...
PAID ELECTION LETTER ; Jacob will represent our values loud and clear
Aug 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: I have heard people call Ken Jacob arrogantand pompous. It makes me so mad! Ken has dedicated his life tomaking the world a better place and upholding our principalDemocratic values. Ken did not have to fight hard in order to passmiddle-class tax cuts and the ...
PAID ELECTION LETTER ; Ken Jacob's experience clearly speaks for itself
Aug 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: In this election, the choice for voters isclear: experience v. inexperience. There are no candidates runningfor U.S. Congress that compare to Ken Jacob. He served as theexecutive director for a troubled youth counseling center - not aneasy job. Ken was a school board ...
PAID ELECTION LETTER ; Strong candidates like Jacob needed in D.C.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: Congressional candidate Judy Baker has beena disappointment. During a recent debate in the state legislatureregarding a constitutional amendment to allow prayer in school,Baker voted "present." That's not for or against - it's maybe. Iexpect more from a legislator ....
PAID ELECTION LETTER ; Ken Jacob has energy to shake up Washington
Aug 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: When Sen. Ken Jacob talks about the issues,you can feel his enthusiasm. Jacob, never short on words orsubstance, is an excellent communicator. The depth of his answersand his honesty are rare in politics. In the race for the NinthDistrict, Ken Jacob rises above the ...
PAID ELECTION LETTER ; Jacob is the progressive that Washington needs
Aug 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: Sen. Ken Jacob is the only real progressiverunning for Congress. Let's look at his opponents' records: JudyBaker voted for Ronald Reagan Appreciation Day and retroactiveapproval for a utility power plant; Steve Gaw supports off-shoredrilling; and Lyndon Bode is ...
PAID ELECTION LETTER ; Jacob is a leader, not a lightweight
Aug 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: It took leadership to take the helm duringthe Democrats' darkest days in Jefferson City. As Democratic leader,Sen. Ken Jacob rallied his troops and fought to prevent the GOPagenda. At a recent congressional debate, Jacob was armed with hisnatural charisma and a ...
OPEN COLUMN ; Spence's views on education are impressive
Aug 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: I have spent time with Sean Spence andsupport his bid for Missouri's 25th House District because he is athoughtful, progressive, grass-roots Democrat that will work hard torepresent our community and solve serious problems for allMissourians. As a parent and ...
PAID ELECTION LETTER ; Still knows Missouri like Idahoans know spuds
Aug 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: When it comes time to choose arepresentative to replace Judy Baker, only one name warrants trueconsideration: Mary Still. No other candidate combines Mary's uniquecredentials of experience, knowledge, assertiveness and compassion.Voters looking for a candidate ...
PAID ELECTION LETTER ; Spence will work hard to clean up environment
Aug 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: In the past eight years, the environment hastaken a terrible beating. It has become more and more obvious thatwe need action, and we need it now. Sean Spence will fight for theenvironment in Jefferson City. He wants to create a Cabinet-levelposition, Missouri ...
PAID ELECTION LETTER ; Hulshof's stance on gas trumps Steelman's
Aug 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: Kenny Hulshof realizes our reliance onforeign oil is driving up all consumer prices, including food, andhas stood firm in his support of biofuels. Much of the world'sagriculture and food transportation are reliant on oil, anddrastically higher oil prices increase ...
PAID ELECTION LETTER ; Baker's kindness is a virtue, not a vice
Aug 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: After the Tribune endorsed Judy Bakerbecause of her sterling record and wonderful personal attributes,Baker's two chief political rivals took shots at her for having anice personality, insinuating that she was "too nice" to make it inWashington. What these two ...
PAID ELECTION LETTER ; I promise to go extra mile for all Missourians
Aug 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: My name is Sean Spence. I'm a second-generation MU graduate, business owner and a progressive grass-roots Democrat running to represent Missouri's 25th House District.Last year, I rode my bicycle by myself for 1,500 miles from Missourito New York City to raise money ...
Study links genes, life of crime ; Research revives theory with dark past.
Aug 01, 2008 ... RALEIGH, N.C. - Maybe some boys really were born to be wild. Researchers at UNC Chapel Hill announced last week that they hadfound three genes that appear to affect the probability of a life ofcrime. The study looked at roughly 1,100 boys in middle school and highschool, ages ...
Iowa team rolls past Columbia ; DBLL suffers loss in regional opener.
Aug 01, 2008; ... INDIANAPOLIS - Columbia's Daniel Boone National All-Stars droppedtheir opener yesterday in the Little League Midwest Regional, a 12-2, four-inning defeat at the hands of Iowa champion, Urbandale. All 12 players on the Urbandale roster reached base at leastonce, and two Urbandale ...
OPEN COLUMN ; MU athletics shoots itself in the foot again
Aug 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: I just read the story about the orthopedicmess the athletic department - and Don Walsworth - has again gotteninto. I have had personal contact with the university's orthopedicdepartment, and also with William Allen. I cannot conceive of theidea that an outside clinic ...
OPEN COLUMN ; All four UM schools need curator representation
Aug 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: Before getting exercised about having avoting student member on the Board of Curators, maybe we shouldaddress another problem. As noted in a letter published in OpenColumn Oct. 27, 2007, there are no board members who receiveddegrees from the University of ...
OPEN COLUMN ; Happy Tails is here to provide animal rights
Aug 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: I am responding to a June 14 letter in theTribune. The person wrote regarding a dog that was euthanized by theCentral Missouri Humane Society. The person says that "organizationslike CSC and Happy Tails can continue because the CMHS takes thefall." More than half the ...
OPEN COLUMN ; Support our Columbia by patronizing local businesses
Aug 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: We live in a true community in this city inMid-Missouri. During the past six months, I have walked into threesmall locally owned shops to have three small jobs done (a musicalinstrument repair shop, a tailor-alteration shop and a jewelryrepair shop). Two of these ...
OPEN COLUMN ; YouZeum discriminates against low-income families
Aug 01, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: In response to the July 7 letter by JaneEllen Ashley, on behalf of Shelley Allison, Dorotha Jones and LindaRussell. Here are the facts: - There is no program in place that allows families of low-income to come to the YouZeum; therefore, not all of our ...
Putting the car in park
Aug 01, 2008; ... Tom Algiere was already trying to save gas by changing hisdriving habits. He was even coasting down hills and rolling up tostop signs. But in a Lincoln Town Car, there is only so much a guycan do to make a difference.It was time for drastic measures. Algiere bought a ...
TRIBUNE COLUMN ; Small-town America relies on its printed newspaper
Aug 01, 2008; ... Come with me into the future to Aug. 18, 2043. It is Ol' Clark's 111th birthday anniversary. He is approachingthe end of his life. When he was 75, he had surveyed what projectshe had remaining to complete and concluded that he'd need to live to125 to finish them. In 2043, he has ...
PARENTING
Aug 01, 2008 ... Q: My husband read our 7-year-old daughter's composition bookthat she had been using as a diary and became upset at some of thethings she had written about loving a boy; wishing her sister, veryill preemie, had died; hating life without her cousin around; andseveral curse words written ...
ARRESTS AND SUMMONSES
Aug 01, 2008 ... Authorities made the following arrests and issued summonses from7 a.m. July 31 to 7 a.m. Aug. 1. COLUMBIA POLICE - Randall Lee Brewer, 37, of 2 Granada Blvd., first-degreeproperty damage, third-degree domestic assault, $5,500 bond. - Ronald Elwood Brown Jr., 32, of 710 ...
SECOND THOUGHTS
Aug 01, 2008 ... Second Thoughts includes corrections, clarifications andelaboration associated with Tribune news articles. When you seesomething that bothers you, call Managing Editor Jim Robertson at815-1707. A story yesterday about arrests in a burglary case should havesaid three juveniles ...
Schools lag in new MAP test results ; Latest scores show little improvement.
Aug 01, 2008; ... Columbia Public Schools students continue to outperform theirpeers statewide, but the gap is narrowing. State test scores released yesterday show fewer Columbia studentsare considered at least proficient in math and reading than inprevious years. Meanwhile, higher percentages of ...
Four more firefighters headed to California
Aug 01, 2008 ... Four more volunteer firefighters from the Boone County FireProtection District are heading to California to battle wildfires. They will join other wildland firefighters from around the regionand fly out of St. Louis tomorrow morning en route to Redding,Calif., the operations ...
Fayette fee office temporarily closes
Aug 01, 2008 ... The Fayette motor vehicle and driver's license fee office will beclosed for at least the next three weeks while Farm Bureau FinancialServices searches for a new manager. Farm Bureau is the agentselected by the Missouri Department of Revenue to run the Fayettecontract office ....
Woman arrested twice in domestic incidents
Aug 01, 2008 ... A Columbia woman was taken into custody twice after she allegedlychoked a neighbor and threatened a family member with a knife in twoseparate incidents. Jeanette Marie Clopper, 25, of 2401 Clark Lane, was arrestedtwice Wednesday on suspicion of two separate counts of assault ...
Medical dean impresses faculty in Arizona
Aug 01, 2008; ... Bill Crist is one step closer to Arizona. The University of Missouri School of Medicine dean dazzledfaculty in a public forum yesterday as the lone finalist for a topexecutive position at the University of Arizona, said a doctor whoattended the event. "The talk was an ...
Lake Ozark sewage spill leads to guilty plea
Aug 01, 2008; ... A former public works director in Lake Ozark has pleaded guiltyin federal court to failing to report the discharge of raw sewageinto the Lake of the Ozarks to the state Department of NaturalResources. Richard L. Sturgeon, 52, of Eldon waved his right to a grand juryand entered ...
More elementaries miss requirements
Aug 01, 2008; ... Four Columbia elementary schools will have to allow parents totransfer their children elsewhere this year because the schoolsfailed to meet federal achievement requirements. Blue Ridge and Benton are on a federal "needs improvement" listfor the first time because not enough ...
Tracking where the campaign money comes from
Aug 01, 2008 ... Throughout the campaign, candidates are required to file financereports to disclose donors and expenditures. Below are the reportsfrom the candidates for the Aug. 5 Democratic primary forcountrywide races. The information is compiled form reports filedwith theMissouri Ethics Commission ...
Campaign Financing Reports
Aug 01, 2008 ... Karen Miller January Quarterly Reporthttp://www.mec.mo.gov/Scanned/PDF/2008/54408.pdf April Quarterly Report http://www.mec.mo.gov/Scanned/PDF/2008/55994.pdf Amended Statement of Committee Organization http://www.mec.mo.gov/Scanned/PDF/2008/56960.pdf July ...
Norlee Smith, 1923-2008
Aug 01, 2008 ... Norlee Smith, 85, of Columbia died Saturday, July 26, 2008, atColumbia Manor Care Center. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, at St. PaulAME Church in Columbia. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.Friends may call from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at the church ....
Mr. Smith goes to Columbia ; Former standout visits alma mater to work at camp.
Aug 01, 2008; ... Doug Smith stood on the sidelines of a makeshift basketball courtin the Hearnes Center fieldhouse yesterday morning, only a shortwalk from the main floor where he once wowed fans throughout some ofthe best years in Missouri basketball history. In front of him, a collection of high ...
TAKE 2: An alternative look at the day in sports
Aug 01, 2008 ... All right, so it's not exactly a sport. It does involve bicycles,however, and it definitely promises to be one heck of a spectatorevent. Tomorrow night, just around the time the Cardinals should befinishing up with the Phillies over at Busch Stadium, the realaction gets under way ...
AREA SCENE
Aug 01, 2008 ... Cougars excel in classroom The Columbia College volleyball and softball squads were namedNAIA scholar teams for the 2007-08 school year for compiling grade-point averages above 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. The Cougars posted a 3.11 GPA in volleyball and a 3.2 GPA ...
Dixon's pledge a long time coming ; Prep point guard eager to join Tigers.
Aug 01, 2008; ... Michael Dixon, the heralded point guard from Lee's Summit West,waited until Wednesday night to tell Missouri Coach Mike Anderson heintended to play for the Tigers. But the 6-foot, 165-pound senior actually made up his mind a weekearlier in Las Vegas, where he was playing in an AAU ...
Missouri ranked seventh in preseason coaches' poll
Aug 01, 2008 ... The Missouri football team is ranked seventh in the preseason USAToday coaches' poll, which was released today. The preseason ranking is the highest in school history, eclipsingthe No. 10 preseason mark in The Associated Press poll at the startof the 1969 campaign. The Tigers ...
With Manny gone, Yanks are favorites again
Aug 01, 2008; ... Henry Kissinger was riding in the elevator to GeorgeSteinbrenner's box at Yankee Stadium last night, his thumbs hookedaround the canary-yellow suspenders he was wearing, when WFANreporter Sweeny Murti couldn't resist asking Kissinger if he wassurprised that Boston had traded Yankee ...
Green Bay offers Favre PR role
Aug 01, 2008 ... The $20 million offer that Green Bay Packers President MarkMurphy made to Brett Favre on Wednesday, aimed at making a long-term commitment to him regardless of whether he plays this season,might be enough to keep the quarterback on the sideline. Late last night, ESPNews reported ...
GRAND OPENING: NEW BUSINESS IN COLUMBIA ; ROMANCIERGE
Aug 02, 2008 ... - Specialty: Romantic counseling and services to add spice to arelationship. - Owner: Kalia Hill - Phone: (573) 673-2743 - E-mail: kaliahill@romancerge.com - Web site: www.romancerge.com - Nature of services offered: Romancierge offers ...
Delta Force
Aug 02, 2008; ... Delta Systems Group started in the mid-`80s as a company thathelped businesses learn the ins and outs of computers. Today, it isone of Mid-Missouri's foremost Web design and tech support firms,with a satellite office in Colorado and ventures that extend tomusic distribution and ...
TOP DRAWER
Aug 02, 2008 ... ONWARD & UPWARD Stephen Parshall has been promoted to business developmentofficer in the relationship banking department at Boone CountyNational Bank. Parshall has been with the bank for four years. Hegraduated from the University of Missouri in December 2002 with abachelor of ...
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Aug 02, 2008 ... The whole adventure just got a shot of adrenaline and is a bitmore intimidating now. It made me a little more nervous, but I'mstill very excited." - Columbia artist Paul Jackson on being the only American tocompete ...
STREET TALK ; Blockbuster stores offer home movie digitization
Aug 02, 2008; ... Ashland-based Home Movie Depot has teamed up with a Blockbusterfranchise company to offer its film and tape digitization servicesin 44 Blockbuster movie rental stores in the Midwest. Last month, three Mid-Missouri Blockbuster stores - Clark Laneand Peachtree Drive in Columbia and ...
SPIRITUAL LIFE CALENDAR
Aug 02, 2008 ... Saturday Community United Methodist Church, 3301 W. Broadway, contemporaryworship at 5 p.m. The Rev. Kevin Shelton will continue the series"Jonah." Sunday Calvary Episcopal Church, 123 S. Ninth St., will celebrate theservices of the Holy Eucharist at 8 and 10:30 a.m ....
THE TRIBUNE'S VIEW ; Lieutenant governor
Aug 02, 2008; ... Well, no. But there it is, listed on your ballot, so we might aswell make the best of it. The office of lieutenant governor is a make-work position withoutany vital function in Missouri state government. Yes, the LGpresides over the Senate in case of tie votes and ...