Columbia Daily Tribune back issues from October 2008:
Dads juggle jobs, kids' sports
Oct 01, 2008 ... MIAMI - Dirk Stealy knew it would create chaos in his life whenhe landed a lucrative contract remodeling Bob Evans stores incentral Florida. But there was no way he would let his work schedulekeep him from coaching his son, Kole, in football. Each night after his son's team ...
Disability presents opportunity
Oct 01, 2008 ... MIAMI - One of Andrew Goodyear's clients, a recent amputee,didn't want to leave the house because of the stress of having tomaneuver out of a wheelchair and into a car. For another customer, the trouble came when she tried to help herhusband from his chair into a car but wasn't ...
Experts offer tips on effective resumes, interviews
Oct 01, 2008 ... FRESNO, Calif. - You're jobless. Now what? It's a situation more and more people are finding themselves in.But career consultants say that as dire as prospects might appear,there are measures people can take to get ahead in their job search. Consultants don't always agree, but ...
YOUR OFFICE COACH ; Spouse must leave role of boss at work
Oct 01, 2008; ... Q: At work, my husband is the boss. Everyone in his office thinkshe is The Man. He also coaches a softball team, and his playersthink he's the greatest. The problem is that when he comes home, he continues to act likea boss. How do I get him to stop this? A: People often ...
COUNTY COMMISSION AGENDA
Oct 01, 2008 ... The Boone County Commission will hold its regular meeting at 1:30p.m. tomorrow in the commission chambers of the Boone CountyGovernment Center at Eighth and Ash streets. PURCHASING A. First reading of a contract for topographic and planimetricmapping. B. First reading ...
THE TRIBUNE'S VIEW ; Bicycles
Oct 01, 2008; ... The Columbia PedNet Coalition promoted a No-Car Diet Challengeduring September, at which time residents were encouraged to travelby other means. Even without a diet, the use of bicycles is increasing. Columbiais developing better facilities for bikes with the help of a ...
TRIB TALK
Oct 01, 2008 ... Jim Robertson, managing editorCall 815-1776 to contribute. "I called in the last day or two, and I missed the point on theidea of renting bicycles downtown. I said, number one, that ifyou're downtown, downtown's what, about seven blocks long and fourblocks wide? You could walk ...
Bad regulation caused financial mess
Oct 01, 2008; ... We have not seen a real financial panic for 80 years - but thatdoesn't mean we couldn't. Just as the psychology that createsbubbles (whether for tulips or real estate) does not change overtime, neither does the psychology that stampedes for safety duringcrashes. If large numbers of ...
Obama failed to get under McCain's skin
Oct 01, 2008; ... OXFORD, Miss. - The first debate seemed like the perfect momentfor Barack Obama to re-enact the Code Red courtroom scene from "AFew Good Men," to slide under John McCain's skin and irritate untilhe goaded McCain into doing exactly what he really wanted to do:tell off the whippersnapper ...
TRIBUNE COLUMN ; A team's need for speed quickly becomes obvious
Oct 01, 2008; ... Branch Rickey was the wisest man in the history of baseball. Hebrought the farm system to the game, developed nationwide scoutingstaffs, broke the color line by signing Jackie Robinson and builtdynasties in St. Louis and Brooklyn. Branch Rickey once said, "Speed never goes in a ...
KITCHEN NOTES
Oct 01, 2008 ...Gift idea for localvores "Food Sleuth" columnist Melinda Hemmelgarn and her photographerhusband, Dan, will be at the Columbia Farmers Market signing theirlabor of love from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. this Saturday. The couple metwith a dozen farmers and their families ...
Adventures in beer ; An eclectic local group explores the heady world of brews
Oct 01, 2008; ... One Monday every month, after the dinner crowd clears out atSycamore, 800 E. Broadway, an eclectic group of folks file inclutching "bombers" (22 oz. bottles of beer) and six-packs. Snifter glasses are laid out, and pitchers of water are filled.Palate-cleaning crackers wait in the ...
5 things to know about ; Beer
Oct 01, 2008 ... 1 The oldest recorded beer recipe is about 4,000 years old andwas recorded in the form of a poem to a Sumerian beer goddess. FritzMaytag at Anchor Brewing replicated the recipe several years ago andsaid it tasted more like apple cider than beer. 2 In ancient Mesopotamia - ...
THE FRONT BURNER ; Hoppy brewing
Oct 01, 2008 ... I'm not much of a beer drinker, but spending a little time withChristine Proulx and Jamie Smith helped me to glimpse the pleasuresof a microbrew beer and how it can enhance a conversation, a mealand even a marriage - or at least keep it hoppy. Proulx, 31, is an assistant professor ...
Pick a peck of persimmons
Oct 01, 2008 ... October is my favorite month. The cooler temperatures and thechanging of the foliage colors make for some beautiful days. Thenuts are falling. Deer and other wildlife enjoy the harvest, and theflocks of migrating birds signal that winter weather is soon toarrive. Persimmons are in ...
COOKIN' WITH HOSS ; Forbidden fruit, seasonal treat still remains the apple of our eye
Oct 01, 2008 ... It's come a long way, baby, from the legendary "forbidden fruit"that plunged humankind into sin and misery to the beloved fruit oftoday. There must have been some juncture in time that word was sentdown to one of the prophets to inform the faithful that the applewas granted ...
RECIPE OF THE WEEK ; Fennel adds intrigue to fall
Oct 01, 2008 ... One of the least familiar and most intriguing vegetables of fallis fennel (sometimes labeled sweet anise), a Mediterranean favorite.It looks like a bulbous head of celery and has a licorice-liketaste. A member of the same family as carrots, celery, caraway andcumin, fennel is ...
If you eat meat, consider the source
Oct 01, 2008; ... In her first book, "Hit by a Farm," author Catherine Friend wrotewith eloquence and humor about how her city slicker self came tolove life on a Zumbrota, Minn., sheep farm. In her new book, "The Compassionate Carnivore: Or, How to KeepAnimals Happy, Save Old MacDonald's Farm, ...
WOLFGANG'S KITCHEN ; Cupcakes offer a little comfort food
Oct 01, 2008 ... Food lovers are always excited to talk about the latest cookingtrends. What I find interesting, as someone who grew up speakingGerman, is that the word "trend" comes from an old Germanic wordthat means to turn or revolve. This implies that food trends are often something old that ...
Simmer dogs in beer, top with chili
Oct 01, 2008; ... Add kick to your tailgating hot dog. With tailgate season here, I'm thinking chili dogs. I make mineupscale by steaming the vegetarian dog in beer and using a homemadespicy chili topping using smoky chipotle chili peppers. There are a number of great whole-grain hot dog buns ...
Hickman volleyball sleepwalks in loss ; Crusaders pounce on listless Kewpies.
Oct 01, 2008; ... There was no smiling, no laughing. All the little things theHickman volleyball players normally do to stay loose and relaxedduring a match were missing. If it looked like the Kewpies were a step or two behind Helias,it's because they were. Coach Greg Gunn said he could tell early ...
FOOD SLEUTH ; The best medicine is good nutrition, walk in the woods
Oct 01, 2008 ... If you've ever felt refreshed, calm and better able to focus onyour work after taking a walk in the park, welcome Frances Kuo'sworld. Kuo directs the Landscape and Human Health Laboratory at theUniversity of Illinois, where she and her colleagues study the"connection between ...
ARRESTS AND SUMMONSES
Oct 01, 2008 ... Authorities made the following arrests and issued summonses from7 a.m. Sept. 30 to 7 a.m. Oct. 1. COLUMBIA POLICE - Jarius Javon Bush, 26, of 1646 Towne Drive, fraudulent use of acredit device, forgery, $9,000 bond. - Corey Daniel Casto, 17, of 5796 Limoges Drive, ...
INSPECTING THE EATERIES
Oct 01, 2008 ... The following establishments that serve or prepare food wereinspected by the Columbia Health Department from Aug. 21 to Sept.25. The first score comprises critical violations, which must becorrected at the time of violation or within 10 days. These violations are more likely ...
CRIMESTOPPERS' MOST WANTED
Oct 01, 2008 ... Area law enforcement agencies have warrants for the followingpeople. If you see them, call CrimeStoppers at 875-8477 ....
Alcohol linked to crash that injured 2-year-old ; Man accused of felony assault of grandson.
Oct 01, 2008; ... A Boone County man is charged with second-degree assault inconnection with an alleged drunken driving collision in August thatinjured his 2-year-old grandson. Analysis of a blood sample from Roger W. Poe, 46, after the Aug.28 wreck determined Poe's blood alcohol level was .169, or ...
YouZeum bike ride raises nearly $17,000
Oct 01, 2008 ... The annual YouZeum Starlight Bike Ramble set an attendance recordand raised nearly $17,000 for the downtown interactive healthscience center. More than 600 people attended the event that featured bike ridesdowntown and on area college campuses as well as the Fall FitnessForum, ...
Machens buys local competitor
Oct 01, 2008; ... In a move that will make the largest seller of new and used carsin town even larger, Joe Machens today took over the LegendAutomotive Group at 500 Vandiver Drive. Legend is a licensed franchisee of Cadillac, Mercedes, Pontiacand Mazda vehicles. The dealership, like many others, ...
Coast Guard hears support for Boonville bridge
Oct 01, 2008; ... BOONVILLE - Preservationists who want to keep the old railroadlift-bridge over the Missouri River at Boonville need to gainownership of the structure from Union Pacific Railroad if they hopeto save it, a U.S. Coast Guard official said last night. Roger Wiebusch, a Coast Guard ...
Deputies investigate thefts north of town
Oct 01, 2008 ... Boone County sheriff's deputies are investigating threeresidential burglaries on O'Neal Road north of Columbia in the pastthree weeks. Two of the break-ins occurred Sept. 12, and the latest wasyesterday, when intruders made entry through force two times andonce through ...
Bluesman inspires kids before festival ; T.J. Wheeler a fixture at Grant this week.
Oct 01, 2008; ... Grant Elementary School students are singing the blues this week,but don't worry, they're not a bit sad about it. Instead of having to sit through a regular social studies classyesterday, Kristen Palmer's fourth-graders got to drive pretendrailroad stakes in the ground and sing an ...
Vivian Gipson, 1913-2008
Oct 01, 2008 ... Alma Vivian Gipson, 95, of Mexico, Mo., died at 4:40 a.m.Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008, at the King's Daughters Home in Mexico. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, atArnold Funeral Home with the Rev. Randy Jones officiating.Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until ...
Ann McMullen 1925-2008
Oct 01, 2008 ... Ann McMullen, 83, of Ashland passed away Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008,at Ashland Healthcare. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, ...
Annie McSparran 1932-2008
Oct 01, 2008 ... Annie Ruth McSparran, 76, of Columbia died Monday, Sept. 29,2008, at University Hospital after a long illness. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, atJacksonville State Veterans Cemetery in Jacksonville. Survivors include her husband, ...
Kinderknecht carries Bruins to big victory
Oct 01, 2008; ... Rock Bridge tennis Coach Ben Loeb didn't watch too much ofsophomore Kelsey Kinderknecht's match yesterday. But from the waythat she controlled the match, he really didn't have to. "She was winning so handily, so I focused on the ones that wereclose," Loeb said. "But I thought that ...
Heck casts her lot with Evansville ; North Callaway star gives verbal pledge.
Oct 01, 2008; ... One of the most dominating high school girls basketball playersthe area has seen has decided where she'll be playing in college. Samantha Heck, a 6-foot-2 senior from North Callaway, has given averbal commitment to Evansville University. She plans to make herdecision official when ...
Turning the corners? ; MU secondary eager for redemption.
Oct 01, 2008; ... Missouri assistant football coach Cornell Ford spent one night ofhis team's recent bye week addressing a booster club in St. Louis,and for a while, as he stood at the lectern answering questions -sometimes candidly, other times with careful diplomacy - Ford musthave felt like his ...
Centralia collects 12 hits in win ; Tolliver's bat, arm defeat Hallsville.
Oct 01, 2008 ... Jordyn Tolliver went 3 for 3 with three doubles and pitched fourinnings to lead Centralia to a 9-6 home victory over Hallsvilleyesterday. Jordan Meyers collected two of Centralia's 12 hits, including ahome run. Sam Bowne went 1 for 1 with a double. Centralia improved to 17-2 ...
AREA SCENE
Oct 01, 2008 ... MU tennis team hosts `Ace for a Cure' The Missouri tennis team will host the "Ace for a Cure"tournament Friday through Sunday at the Green Tennis Center. Missouri, Illinois, Louisville and Southern Methodist willcompete. The participants are encouraged to wear pink, and they ...
TAKE 2: An alternative look at the day in sports
Oct 01, 2008 ... This is the first and probably last edition of something I'llcall: Enough Already (Things I've Been Telling My Television ForWeeks). Enough already with helmets flying off the heads of footballplayers. This never used to happen, and now I see it 10 times agame. I propose ...
Cougars give Klein 101st win
Oct 01, 2008 ... The Columbia College soccer team beat Westminster 5-1 on a nightthe school honored Coach John Klein. Before the start of the game, Columbia College Executive VicePresident and Dean for Academic Affairs Terry Smith presented Kleinwith a signed game ball commemorating his 100th ...
Potter wields magic ; MU junior produces birdies to repeat as Imes champion.
Oct 01, 2008; ... Julia Potter strolled casually around the course yesterday at TheClub at Old Hawthorne, conversing with her playing partners andsoaking in the early autumn sun. Her steps were so carefree, her face so calm, that someone whodidn't know better might have figured Potter was just ...
SPORTSCENE
Oct 01, 2008 ... Cost of hunting, fishing licenses risesThe cost of hunting and fishing is going up in Missouri. The higher prices for most hunting and fishing licenses takeeffect next March. They're the first increases in five years andamount to $2 or $3 each. The Conservation Commission ...
KIDSTUFF
Oct 02, 2008 ... Columbia Public Library, 100 W. Broadway, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondaythrough Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. 443-3161 or www.dbrl.org. - Rhymes and Rhythms for Walkers, 9:30 to 10 a.m. or 10:30 to 11a.m. tomorrow; ages 24 months or ...
NEXT WEEK'S SCHOOL MEALS
Oct 02, 2008 ... COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Milk and salad bar are served with all hot meals. Salad bar andmilk also are available as a meal. Peanut butter and jellysandwiches, deli sandwiches, pretzels, fresh fruit and cookie treatsare available every day. Breakfast includes orange or apple ...
TRIB TALK
Oct 02, 2008 ... Jim Robertson, managing editorCall 815-1776 to contribute. "It's 9 Thursday night, and we just came from downtown TwilightFestival, and it had to be the most horrifying, fearful time sincewe've been here going anyplace. Now I know why they're getting ridof the Twilight Festival ....
Public not innocent in financial debacle
Oct 02, 2008; ... "His name was George F. Babbitt. He was 46 years old now, inApril 1920, and he made nothing in particular, neither butter norshoes nor poetry, but he was nimble in the calling of selling housesfor more than people could afford to pay." - "Babbitt" by Sinclair Lewis (1922) ...
THE TRIBUNE'S VIEW ; College costs
Oct 02, 2008; ... At the University of Missouri, more students need financial aid.College costs are rising everywhere. Governments continually talkabout more funding but can't keep up. Politicians litter the countryside promising to make highereducation "more affordable." They offer subsidies and ...
OPEN COLUMN ; Midkiff muddies waters for real environmentalists
Oct 02, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: Ken Midkiff's Sept. 12 column makes theconnection between chlorine and trihalomethanes. Good for him. It is interesting to note that Ken, the Sierra Club and theMissouri Coalition for the Environment were vicious advocates forrequiring the disinfection of ...
OPEN COLUMN ; History decides if leaders were right or wrong
Oct 02, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: Peeved again - here comes some BS from BillWickersham about a conference to prosecute our president for warcrimes. You do know the Democratic VP nominee and other leadingDemocrats will go to the gallows with George W. Bush as accomplices.You don't recall that 17 ...
OPEN COLUMN ; Reverse Robin Hood effect needs to stop
Oct 02, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: Some Republicans accuse Democrats of tryingto redistribute wealth with tax-cut proposals. They call it theRobin Hood effect. What they refuse to acknowledge is that under theBush administration, wealth is being redistributed from the middleclass to those in powerful ...
OPEN COLUMN ; Local projects should be funded with local money
Oct 02, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: I read with dismay Hank Waters' endorsementof earmarks and pork spending. To be fair, Hank would preferbringing this out-of-control spending into the light of day. But theprocess is corrupt and would continue to be corrupt in the daylight.I advocate elimination of ...
OPEN COLUMN ; Waters should criticize candidates' ideas, not faith
Oct 02, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: I've always believed what a candidateintends to do for my state is what's most important, not theirreligion. With his editorial endorsing Jay Nixon, Hank Watersappears to have employed some sort of religious litmus test. I'm not disappointed that Hank picked ...
OPEN COLUMN ; Department did great job repairing trail after storms
Oct 02, 2008 ... Editor, the Tribune: As a daily four-mile walker on the MKT Trailfor more than 20 years, I am very grateful to have such a greatexercise spot available in Columbia. Today I need to express ...
Show kids stuff isn't happiness
Oct 02, 2008; ... Q: How can I keep my 10-year-old and 12-year-old daughters fromwanting so many material things? A: Our society now seems to be very involved in materialism.Children see all the things that other children have, and they wantthem, too. This is encouraged by television ads children ...
THIS WEEK IN LOCAL HISTORY ; Mayor canceled trip to sister city in Japan
Oct 02, 2008; ... 10 YEARS AGO From the Tribune Oct. 2, 1998 Mayor Darwin Hindman and councilmen Chris Janku of the SecondWard and John Coffman of the Sixth Ward would not be going to visitsister city Matto City, Japan, as planned. Matto City Mayor Kumeo Hosokawa had visited Columbia ...
FEATURED TEACHER ; Erin Rose
Oct 02, 2008; ... BACKGROUND Erin Rose's passion for education comes naturally: Her dad was ajunior high school teacher, and her mom taught fourth grade in herhometown of Quincy, Ill. Growing up, Rose never questioned whethershe'd follow in their footsteps. "I always wanted to do it," she ...
LET'S TALK ANTIQUES ; Wooden bowls are still valuable and useful
Oct 02, 2008; ... One of the most versatile tools in an early American home was awooden bowl. It could be found in the kitchen, the garden, thelaundry room and even the barn. It was sturdy and relatively easy tocome by.The wooden bowl on the left is an early handmade bread bowl. Theone on the ...
AGAINST THE GRAIN ; I was a teen at camp the first time I met the blues
Oct 02, 2008; ... It seeps into your skin, runs up your spine and blooms into asour taste in the back of your mouth. This is the blues. And if the weather holds up this weekend, tens of thousands willfeel this sensation as they flock to the Roots 'N Blues 'N BBQFestival in downtown Columbia ....
Festival nurtures sense of family
Oct 02, 2008; ... Former students came back to see their old stomping grounds, pastemployees returned to say hi, and parents had a chance to meet andmingle. Midway Heights Elementary School's annual Fall Festival was a lotlike an extended family reunion Saturday as hundreds gathered forfood, games ...
SMILE AWHILE ; Borrowing from the Bard, here's much ado about nothing
Oct 02, 2008; ... The old brain is blank. My think tank has gone dry, and my usualsources have evidently vamoosed. Therefore, since I have no ideawhat to write about, today this column will be about nothing ...absolutely nothing. This is not a new theme. It's been done before by other people,with ...
NEWTON'S BOOK NOTES ; Fiction can be fun to read aloud
Oct 02, 2008; ... Kids are always on the lookout for great fiction books to read,and parents and teachers are always on the lookout for great fictionbooks to read aloud. Below are some outstanding books from severalgenres. "The Captain's Dog: My Journey With the Lewis and Clark Tribe" byRoland ...
ARRESTS AND SUMMONSES
Oct 02, 2008 ... Authorities made the following arrests and issued summonses from7 a.m. Oct. 1 to 7 a.m. Oct. 2. COLUMBIA POLICE - Adam Rhea Boaz, 18, of 211 S. College Ave. Apt. 1, first-degree statutory sodomy, $90,000 bond. - Dekendrick Dewayne Butler, 23, of 1409 Fox Run Drive, ...
The odyssey continues
Oct 02, 2008 ... The Odyssey Chamber Music Series celebrates its fifth concertseason tomorrow with a strong lineup of guest artists who will fillFirst Baptist Church with the glorious sounds of such composers asGiovanni Bonaventura Viviani, Johannes Brahms and Hans Brehme. At this series ...
Find drama, chills at Stephens play
Oct 02, 2008 ... For those mystery lovers in Columbia, don't miss the eerie drama"Snake in the Grass," a play exploring murder and blackmail, whileasking the question: Whose body will be hurled down the well? ...