Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, MO) articles from August 2001

Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, MO) archives from August 2001

Sluggish Sales Bruise Stock of Small-Appliance Maker Salton.
August 1, 2001... Byline: Steve Friedman Aug. 1--Salton's reputation as a hard-charging stock market star has diminished somewhat over the past 18 months. After peaking at $60 in January 2000, the small appliance company's stock price fell as low as...

UMB Financial Acts to Expand Mid-Missouri Bank Operations.
August 1, 2001... Byline: B.C. Jones Aug. 1--After 10 years with First National Bank and Merrill Lynch in Columbia, Chuck Menke became president of six UMB banks in Mid-Missouri in May -- and he hit the ground running. Despite the highly competitive...

Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo., Street Talk Column.
August 1, 2001... Byline: Andrew Waters Aug. 1--Ed Johnson knew it would be trouble to move his Broadway Diner two blocks to its new resting place at Fourth and Cherry streets. He had no idea how much trouble. "We feel like we've been jinxed from Day...

Forensic Science Program in Place at Columbia, Mo., College.
August 3, 2001... Byline: Cory de Vera Aug. 3--Blood Stain Evidence is Terry Smith's favorite class at Columbia College. He's not a ghoul. He's the college vice president and dean of academic affairs, and he is just excited about the college's new...

Union Seeks to Organize Missouri Parole Officers, Other State Workers.
August 3, 2001... Byline: Josh Flory Aug. 3--JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.--Taking advantage of new collective bargaining rights for state employees, union representatives yesterday delivered more than 600 signatures to the state Board of Mediation, seeking to...

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to Fund Private Emergency Services.
August 3, 2001... Byline: Chris Birk Aug. 3--An emergency care benefit engineered by the Department of Veterans Affairs will provide reimbursement to non-VA hospitals for emergency services sought by eligible veterans. The benefit, part of the Veterans...

New-Home Development Booming in Columbia, Mo., Area.
August 5, 2001... Byline: Didi Tang Aug. 5--Carl Johnson has called northeast Columbia home for 21 years. A network engineer at University Hospital, he lived on Leeway Drive and Rutledge Drive before moving to Fox Valley Court in Springdale Estates last...

Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo., Top Drawer Column.
August 7, 2001... Aug. 7--A listing of the honorable, noteworthy, new and what's ahead for business people in Columbia. ONWARD & UPWARD TAMARA PARKS has joined the McAfee Construction Inc. as its new secretary/treasurer. Parks has been in the...

Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo., Street Talk Column.
August 7, 2001... Byline: Andrew Waters Aug. 7--More than 15 years in the making, a massive underground warehouse complex at Boone Quarries in north Columbia finally is taking shape. The city has granted approval for quarries owner Con-Agg of Mo. to...

Columbia, Mo., Mayor Names Committee to Work on Bottle-Deposit Ordinance.
August 7, 2001... Byline: Justin Willett Aug. 7--Mayor Darwin Hindman announced an 18-member deposit ordinance task force today, nearly five months after the city council directed him to name a committee to make the ordinance fairer to retailers. ...

Wider Stretch of Highway Opens in Moberly, Mo., Area.
August 7, 2001... Byline: Josh Flory Aug. 7--The long process of widening Highway 63 between Boone County and Moberly was scheduled to take another small step forward today. The Missouri Department of Transportation is working to widen Highway 63 from...

Missouri Hog Farmers Hope New Processing Plant Will Help Them Survive.
August 7, 2001... Byline: Steve Friedman Aug. 7--There's profit in pigs for farmers today, unlike the ruinous years of the late '90s. Cheap feed prices coupled with sufficient consumer demand have led to advantageous market conditions for producers. But...

Spicy Pepper Jelly Sales Heat Up for Fulton, Mo., Couple.
August 7, 2001... Byline: Ty Hawkins Aug. 7--Although the bustle of Highway 54 is merely a few miles of winding gravel road away, the sound of whizzing motorists and the smell of exhaust are all but forgotten on the Price farm just outside of Fulton. ...

Columbia, Mo., Rule Aims to Avoid Repeat of Mobile Home Park's Mass Evictions.
August 7, 2001... Byline: Justin Willett Aug. 7--A proposed ordinance meant to spare mobile home park tenants from the type of quick, mass evictions that struck residents of the Walnut Woods and Cedar Oak parks will come before the Columbia City Council...

Visitors Help Columbia, Mo., Tourist Agency Study Spending Habits.
August 7, 2001... Byline: Steve Friedman Aug. 7--When the Good Sam's recreational vehicle organization wrapped up its three-day stopover in Columbia last month, members dumped a trash bag off at the Columbia Convention and Visitor's Bureau. Bureau...

Columbia, Mo.-Area School Construction Projects Race against Clock.
August 7, 2001... Byline: Cory de Vera Aug. 7--With less than a month before public schools swing back into regular session, the rush is on for work crews who are hammering, sawing, pouring asphalt and laying tile to complete various projects funded by the...

Columbia, Mo., Quaker Plant Part of New PepsiCo Unit.
August 11, 2001... Byline: Steve Friedman Aug. 11--Columbia's Quaker Oats plant will become part of a snacks division that its new parent company, PepsiCo Inc., has created. The Quaker plant, 4502 Paris Road, has made rice cakes and the bite-size Crispy...

Columbia, Mo., Radio Station Suitors Have Ties to Convicted Sex Offender.
August 11, 2001... Byline: Steve Friedman Aug. 11--Two of the radio groups that have applied to run the 98.3 FM frequency on an interim basis have connections to current owner and convicted sex offender Michael Rice. The Federal Communications Commission...

Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo., Top Drawer Column.
August 14, 2001... Aug. 14--ONWARD & UPWARD: Kenny Ewers has joined Ewers Tires & Service Inc. as sales and operation manager. He has a bachelor's degree from the University of Missouri-Rolla and a master's degree from Michigan State University in East Lansing....

Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo., Street Talk Column.
August 14, 2001... Byline: Andrew Waters Aug. 14--Chili's Grill & Bar plans to open one of its Tex-Mex restaurants in east Columbia next year. The local Chili's is expected to open sometime next summer at the Broadway Marketplace shopping center at...

Missouri Transportation Department Head Pleads Case for Highway Money.
August 14, 2001... Byline: Justin Willett Aug. 14--The message from this morning's state transportation forum was clear: The Missouri Department of Transportation needs more money to improve the state's road system. What was not so clear was how that...

Columbia, Mo., Storm-Water Proposal Irks Homebuilders.
August 14, 2001... Byline: Didi Tang Aug. 14--The first draft of countywide stream-buffer regulations has upset the executive director of the Home Builders Association of Columbia. The county released the draft regulations yesterday after weeks of...

Developer Gets Deals on Homes in Columbia, Mo.
August 14, 2001... Byline: Justin Willett Aug. 14--Two of the five Park de Ville Drive residents who were informed in June that an "upscale department store" was imminent in their back yards have reached deals with attorney Craig Van Matre to sell their...

Boone County, Mo., Lumber Builds on New Generation.
August 14, 2001... Byline: B.C. Jones Aug. 14--Boone County Lumber Co. has been spending a lot of time and money lately on capital improvements and employee development. And it's paying off in automated product handling, a unique showroom and a national...

Mostly Vacant for Years, Columbia, Mo.'s Once-Great Mall Gains New Attention.
August 14, 2001... Byline: Steve Friedman Aug. 14--Biscayne Mall was expected to get a Wal-Mart Supercenter about seven years ago, and talk of one resumed in mid-1997 when Montgomery Ward closed its doors at the mall. Today, plans for a Supercenter -- or...

University of Missouri President to Retire in September 2002.
August 14, 2001... Byline: Josh Flory Aug. 14--The University of Missouri is in the market for a new president. Manuel Pacheco, leader of the four-campus system since 1997, said yesterday he will leave the post in September 2002. Pacheco has spent 30...

Missouri Governor Adds Week to State Session to Discuss Prescription Drugs.
August 17, 2001... Byline: Josh Flory Aug. 17--State lawmakers will put in an extra week of official duty this year. Gov. Bob Holden announced this morning that he will convene the General Assembly a week before the September veto session in order to...

Construction on New Library in Columbia, Mo., 45 Days Behind.
August 17, 2001... Byline: Didi Tang Aug. 17--Construction on the rebuilt Columbia Public Library is 45 days behind schedule, but library officials said they are optimistic that the project will be completed on time by late spring. The harsh winter,...

Restaurants in Columbia, Mo., Lose Sign Variance Requests.
August 17, 2001... Aug. 17--Local restaurant Grand Cru and the chain restaurant Chili's both lost bids for sign variances from the Board of Adjustment Tuesday night. Grand Cru owners George and Mariel Liggett wanted permission to build a 24-foot sign for...

University Students Bring Economic Boost to Columbia, Mo.
August 17, 2001... Byline: Chris Birk Aug. 17--Another year, another dorm room for Erin Tucker. Returning for her sophomore year at the University of Missouri-Columbia, Tucker, along with her parents, sojourned from O'Fallon this morning in a pickup...

Five-Year Drop in Missouri's Tax Take Blamed On Credits, Cuts, Economy.
August 17, 2001... Byline: Josh Flory Aug. 17--State officials have been caught off guard by slowing revenue collections, and one of the most striking declines has come from the business sector, which has seen a steep drop in its state tax payments in recent...

Missouri Insurance Officials Discuss Workers Compensation Costs.
August 17, 2001... Byline: Steve Friedman Aug. 17--The cost of workers' compensation insurance has been going up this year but rates are still lower than before the industry was deregulated in 1994, the Missouri Department of Insurance announced this week....

Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo., Top Drawer Column.
August 21, 2001... Aug. 21--ONWARD & UPWARD: Missouri Highway Patrol announced that Trooper Mark Wilson, formerly of Linn, was promoted to the rank of corporal. He will transfer to Zone 10, Boone County, and assume the responsibilities of assistant zone...

Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo., Street Talk Column.
August 21, 2001... Byline: Andrew Waters Aug. 21--Rose Hayden and Kenna Morris have always wanted to open a bakery. Now they're doing it. The two plan to open a shop called Wild Flour Bakehouse at The Village of Cherry Hill, the neo-traditional...

Boonville, Mo., Casino Nears Completion.
August 21, 2001... Byline: Cory de Vera Aug. 21--BOONVILLE, Mo.--There were new T-shirts for last night's party, but the three people who wore the purple ones warmed Jack Gallaway's heart. "They went to Jefferson City with us when we went to the...

Boone County, Mo., Receives Federal Grant to Provide Dental Care.
August 21, 2001... Byline: Cory de Vera Aug. 21--If they can hold out until January, low-income Boone County residents who get medical care at the Family Health Center will finally have some dentists who can help them, too. The U.S. Department of Health...

Missouri Hopes to Develop Advanced Manufacturing Industry.
August 21, 2001... Byline: Steve Friedman Aug. 21--Life sciences has a new buzzword companion. One of the latest hot topics in economic development is "advanced manufacturing." State and local officials say it's becoming just as important for Missouri's...

OPINION: Government Manipulation of Milk Prices Hurts Economy.
August 21, 2001... Byline: Craig Van Matre Aug. 21--Ken Bailey and Jose Gamboa of UMC's Commercial Agriculture Program published a study in 1999 titled "Economic Impact of Missouri Joining A Southern Dairy Compact." This study expanded on a 1997 preliminary...

Columbia, Mo., to Discuss Parking Rate-Hike Plan at Meeting.
August 21, 2001... Byline: Justin Willett Aug. 21--Downtown parking rate increases are now inevitable, but at Monday night's city council meeting the public will have an opportunity to comment on a rate-hike plan that would raise nearly $290,000 a year to...

Price of Columbia, Mo., Recreational Center Increases with Delays.
August 21, 2001... Byline: Justin Willett Aug. 21--A wet spring and changes to the original plan have caused the community recreation center's first change order, which would add $100,000 to the price of the center and delay the completion date 14 days. ...

Blackwater, Mo., Begins to Succeed in Redevelopment Efforts.
August 21, 2001... Byline: Steve Friedman Aug. 21--BLACKWATER, Mo.--In a compact city hall building in the heart of downtown, Bobby Danner and Bonnie Rapp admire a wall of awards this small western Cooper County town has received over the past several years....

Jury Rules against Columbia, Mo., School in Contract Case; Awards No Money.
August 21, 2001... Byline: Josh Flory Aug. 21--A former University of Missouri -Columbia administrator won a breach of contract case against MU this week, but the jury declined to give him any money. Keener Tippin, formerly the university's assistant to...

Columbia, Mo., University Welcomes Large Freshman Class.
August 21, 2001... Byline: Chris Birk Aug. 21--Despite expecting a decrease in overall enrollment because of the waning economy, the University of Missouri-Columbia welcomes its largest student population in a decade as classes begin today. According to...

University of Missouri Continues to Seek New President.
August 21, 2001... Byline: Josh Flory Aug. 21--As a new wave of students descends today on the University of Missouri-Columbia, administrators are taking the first steps toward identifying a new president of the four-campus system. The university has...

Missouri Governor Outlines Education, Social Services Cuts.
August 24, 2001... Byline: Josh Flory Aug. 24--JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.--Efforts to trim the state budget advanced this morning as Gov. Bob Holden outlined withholdings that will take place in two of the state's biggest departments. Earlier this year, Holden...

Columbia, Mo.-Area Bus Union Approves New Deal.
August 24, 2001... Byline: Cory de Vera Aug. 24--Bus drivers for First Student ratified a three-year contract with the company by almost a 2-to-1 margin yesterday, said Mike Seaton, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local 833. Drivers who left yesterday's...

Boone County, Mo., Architect to Make Changes to Development Proposal.
August 24, 2001... Byline: Didi Tang Aug. 24--Rejected by county planners, the Boone County Commission, and the Boone County Planning and Zoning Commission, local architect Nick Peckham is taking his NewTown development back to the drawing board. ...

Columbia, Mo., Firms Watch Retail, Residential Development Plans.
August 24, 2001... Byline: Steve Friedman Aug. 24--At least two Columbia companies are closely monitoring the plans a Dallas-based developer has for a retail and residential development on North Stadium Boulevard. The property is the current site of...

Development Plans Slow to Jell in Columbia, Mo.
August 24, 2001... Byline: Steve Friedman Aug. 24--As details emerge about a Texas developer's plan to build a shopping center featuring a Famous-Barr department store on more than 50 acres on North Stadium Boulevard, the tenant status of other planned...

Store-Hotel Plan Unveiled in Columbia, Mo.
August 24, 2001... Byline: Steve Friedman Aug. 24--A retail and residential development anchored by a Famous-Barr department store could be open along North Stadium Boulevard by spring 2003. Dallas-based developer The Herring Group's announcement...

New Study Released Regarding Columbia, Mo., Interstate Options.
August 24, 2001... Byline: Justin Willett Aug. 24--While the draft of the first tier environmental impact statement for Interstate 70 only narrows the three options in Columbia to two, some city officials think the study raises a whole new set of questions....

University of Missouri Officials Strive for Greater Safety at Nuclear Lab.
August 24, 2001... Byline: Josh Flory Aug. 24--An ombudsman program, twice-monthly lunch meetings and a locked mailbox are among the steps that will be taken to combat a "chilling effect" at the MU Research Reactor that prevents employees from raising safety...

Office Copier Maker Reduces Dealer Duplication in Missouri.
August 24, 2001... Byline: Steve Friedman Aug. 24--Office copier maker Minolta has awarded authorized dealer status to Image Technologies of Missouri for a 15-county region in Mid-Missouri. The only other local Minolta dealer, Lang Business Equipment,...

Columbia, Mo.-Area Residents Are Worried About Traffic; Zoning Battle Looms.
August 24, 2001... Byline: Justin Willett Aug. 24--Some Valley View Gardens residents are concerned that a 50-acre mixed-use development south of their neighborhood might be too much for the area's infrastructure. Larry Hine said he and three other...

University of Missouri Mediator Will Lead Deposit Task Force.
August 24, 2001... Byline: Justin Willett Aug. 24--Mayor Darwin Hindman walked his deposit task force through the history of the controversial ordinance yesterday during its first meeting and told the members to find a way "at least as effective" as the...

Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo., Street Talk Column.
August 28, 2001... Byline: Andrew Waters Aug. 28--Otto's Corner Bar & Grill is the latest restaurant venture to land in the Guitar Building at Eighth and Walnut streets, and it promises to be a more casual affair than its upscale predecessors. Otto's...

New College Students Use Cellular Phones to Stay in Touch with Family, Friends.
August 28, 2001... Byline: Steve Friedman Aug. 28--A brief walk around the University of Missouri-Columbia's Brady Commons can reveal a lot about today's student. In a 10-minute span recently, more than 20 students in that area were enjoying cell phone...

'Lazy Eye' Detection Is Made Easier by Missouri Ophthalmologist, Professor.
August 28, 2001... Byline: Chris Birk Aug. 28--Little children love to squirm, and no one knows that better than Gerhard Cibis. A pediatric ophthalmologist in Kansas City, Cibis has seen many a fidgety 4-year-old. And while unbounded restlessness is...

Free Tuition Fills Moberly, Mo., Christian College.
August 28, 2001... Byline: George Mazurak Aug. 28--MOBERLY, Mo.--In an era of rising college tuition, a small school here is taking a stand. For the first time since its founding in 1957, students pay no tuition at Central Christian College of the Bible....

Missouri Cabinet chief Leads Effort to Improve State Efficiency.
August 28, 2001... Byline: Josh Flory Aug. 28--JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.--Quentin Wilson has been known to think outside the box. In recent days, in fact, his thoughts have spilled outside the box in and covered a fair-size portion of his desk in the form of...

Columbia, Mo., Library Panel Plans for Grand Opening.
August 28, 2001... Byline: Liz Van Hooser Aug. 28--Think of it as a debutante ball. It's a coming out party -- the public's first glimpse at a library they'll be paying for until 2019. Even though its opening is almost a year away, a subcommittee of the...

Columbia, Mo., Grocery Store Recalls Some Ground Beef Shipments.
August 31, 2001... Aug. 31--Schnucks Markets is notifying its grocery customers that some of its meat shipments are affected by the recall of 500,000 pounds of contaminated ground beef. Recent shipments from meat processor IBP Inc. have been found by federal...

Columbia, Mo., Hotel to Undergo Another Name Change.
August 31, 2001... Byline: Steve Friedman Aug. 31--The former Holiday Inn East-Holidome hotel soon will undergo its third name change in a year. George and Ramesh Patel, partners in the 142-room Columbia Dome Hotel at 1612 N. Providence Road, are in the...

Columbia, Mo., Craftsman, Contractor Dies at 86.
August 31, 2001... Byline: Steve Friedman Aug. 31--Unique is a common word that colleagues of Paul Reno Prost use to describe the Columbia craftsman and contractor. For 40 years, Prost was a leader in the eight-generation, Mid-Missouri building firm...

Columbia, Mo., Residents Eagerly Participate in Interstate Planning Meeting.
August 31, 2001... Byline: Justin Willett Aug. 31--Even though the Missouri Department of Transportation doesn't have any money to rebuild Interstate 70 through Missouri, a public meeting yesterday evening drew more than 130 Columbians curious about the...

University of Missouri Continues to Pay Research Reactor Director.
August 31, 2001... Byline: Josh Flory Aug. 31--The former director of the MU Research Reactor will continue working at the university in a research position. In July, Ed Deutsch announced that he would step down July 31 as director. As late as this week,...

Missouri Governor Freezes State Openings, Staves Off Layoff Specter.
August 31, 2001... Byline: Josh Flory Aug. 31--JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.--Some middle management vacancies will be frozen and Missouri's tax credit programs will be scaled back, but Gov. Bob Holden says layoffs will not be necessary to balance the state's budget....

Advocacy Group Opposes Missouri Governor's Position on Federal Tax Rebate.
August 31, 2001... Byline: Josh Flory Aug. 31--Some opposition has surfaced to the idea of exempting federal tax rebate checks from state tax. When Gov. Bob Holden called for next week's special session of the General Assembly, he asked legislators to...