Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, MO) articles from July 2003

Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, MO) archives from July 2003

Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo., Street Talk Column.
July 7, 2003... Byline: Andrew Waters Jul. 7--HUSBAND-AND-WIFE CHEFS TO CLOSE LE PETIT BOUCHON: Le Petit Bouchon has been open at Seventh Street and Broadway for five years, and owners Brian James and Carri Risner say that's long enough. The...

Former Columbia, Mo., Farrier Forges Career as Blacksmith.
July 7, 2003... Byline: B.C. Jones Jul. 7--After decades as a machinist and self-employed farrier, David Williams decided his future lay in the past. About two years ago, Williams devoted himself full-time to the ancient art of blacksmithing, and he's...

Columbia, Mo., Center Receives Federal Grant for Career Development Program.
July 7, 2003... Byline: John Sullivan Jul. 7--The Intersection community center under construction at the corner of Sexton Road and Grand Avenue received a $25,000 grant this week from the U.S. Department of Labor. The grant will be used by the...

Mother Considers Son's Motive in Jefferson City, Mo., Factory Killings.
July 7, 2003... Byline: Nate Carlisle Jul. 7--The mother of Jonathon Russell, the gunman who killed three co-workers at a Jefferson City factory, believes her son went to the Jefferson City Police headquarters to surrender. "I saw a pic of him laying...

Columbia, Mo., Housing Development Owner Searches Apartments.
July 7, 2003... Byline: James Goodwin Jul. 7--Unusual, yes. Illegal, apparently not. A security firm's search for drugs at Columbia Square Apartments on Tuesday raised the ire of some residents and the concern of First Ward Councilwoman Almeta...

Columbia, Mo., Council Mulls Land Appraisal.
July 7, 2003... Byline: Dave Moore Jul. 7--How much is the property at Philips tract and adjacent land owned by the Crane family worth? The Columbia City Council will likely address that question at its meeting tomorrow night and ask city staff to...

Merchants at Columbia, Mo., Festival See Significant Sales Increase.
July 7, 2003

Administrative Cuts Planned at University of Missouri.
July 10, 2003... Byline: Nate Carlisle Jul. 10--As one career headed toward its finish this morning, a major new initiative between the University of Missouri system and its Columbia campus was just getting under way. In a ceremonial news conference...

Growth Marks University of Missouri-Columbia Chancellor's Tenure.
July 10, 2003... Byline: Josh Flory Jul. 10--Richard Wallace has been a fixture at the University of Missouri for almost 40 years, but his most visible mark has come during seven years as chancellor at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Arriving on...

Critics Seek Reform in University of Missouri Bureaucracy.
July 10, 2003... Byline: Steve Friedman Jul. 10--It's news that John Campbell says he was thrilled to hear. Campbell, a former president of Oklahoma State University and former agriculture professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia, is hardly...

University of Missouri Curators Plan Public Revote on Administrative Structure.
July 11, 2003... Byline: Josh Flory Jul. 11--When University of Missouri curators authorized Elson Floyd to make historic, sweeping changes in the institution's administrative structure, they did so in a meeting that was closed to students, faculty and the...

Former University of Missouri Leaders Think Consolidation Plan Promising.
July 11, 2003... Byline: Steve Friedman Jul. 11--Kee Groshong is intrigued by the idea of one person holding the chancellorship of the University of Missouri-Columbia and the presidency of the four-campus university system. After all, these are intense...

University of Missouri Campus Faculty Crave Details on Potential Merger.
July 11, 2003... Byline: Nate Carlisle Jul. 11--Thomas Zweifel was an undergraduate student at the University of Missouri-Rolla in the early 1970s when another type of consolidation was discussed. Then, the issue was whether to consolidate some...

Builder Sues over Zoning in Columbia, Mo.
July 15, 2003... Byline: Dave Moore Jul. 15--When the Columbia City Council voted down a variance that would have allowed developer Joseph Greaves to build an apartment building behind the Miles Manor subdivision, Fifth Ward Councilman John John warned...

Farmers Rally against Zoning Language in Boone County, Mo.
July 17, 2003... Byline: Miglena Sternadori Jul. 17--Local farmers and agricultural interests are rallying against Boone County efforts to regulate zoning and create stream buffers. A letter to area farmers urges them to oppose proposed zoning and...

Firms Wait for Word on Whose Rock Wall Was Linked to Missouri Fatality.
July 17, 2003... Byline: James Goodwin Jul. 17--As state and university investigators continue looking into the death of Christine Ewing, members of the country's small community of climbing-wall manufacturers wait and wonder from whose product the...

Central Missouri County Fair Gives Kids Exposure to Agriculture.
July 21, 2003... Byline: Didi Tang Jul. 21--To 8-year-old William Nowlin, it doesn't matter much that his 250-pound bucket calf steer is quite a bit bigger than he is. "If he doesn't listen, I smack him," said the Hallsville boy, a veteran cow-show...

Rock Wall Owner Disputes Reports about Missouri Fatality.
July 21, 2003

Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo., Top Drawer Column.
July 22, 2003... Jul. 22--A listing of the honorable, noteworthy, new and what's ahead for business people in Columbia. ONWARD & UPWARD: Environmental Dynamics Inc. announces the promotion of three employees. Michael Korman has been promoted to "Diffuser...

Funding for University of Missouri Crop-Genetics Center Awaits Senate Vote.
July 22, 2003... Byline: Nate Carlisle Jul. 22--The University of Missouri-Columbia might add to its collection of life science research facilities and help fight terrorism with federal money earmarked for a National Plant and Genetics Security Center. ...

Fearing Congestion, Columbia, Mo., Council Turns Back Developer's Request.
July 22, 2003... Byline: Dave Moore Jul. 22--Saying they didn't want a repeat of the intensely developed Clark Lane, members of Columbia City Council voted down annexation of 5.3 acres that would have allowed the construction of duplexes, four-plexes and...

Columbia, Mo., Bond Board Considers Student Housing Project.
July 22, 2003... Byline: Steve Friedman Jul. 22--For 24 years, Columbia's Industrial Development Authority has helped give a financial boost to manufacturers, associations and hospitals. Now the group's nine-member board of directors is considering a...

Police Identify Maker of Climbing Wall Linked to Missouri Fatality.
July 22, 2003... Jul. 22--Police yesterday revealed the manufacturer of the climbing wall involved in a fatal accident on July 15, and the Mid-Missouri Mavericks held a moment of silence for victim Christine Ewing before the team began its first home game since...

Columbia, Mo., Group Pushes Mediacom for Public-Access Channel.
July 24, 2003... Byline: Dave Moore Jul. 24--Beth Federici certainly wouldn't describe her efforts to bring public-access cable channel to Columbia as a Wayne-and-Garth-like "party time." For about two years, she and fellow members of the Columbia...

'Grow Native' Ecosystem Preservation Effort Begins to Take Root in Missouri.
July 26, 2003... Byline: John Sullivan Jul. 26--More than a century ago, westward-bound pioneers emerged from the forests and savannahs of the East and came upon tall midwestern prairies. Halting their creaking wagons, the travelers might have wondered for...

Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo., Street Talk Column.
July 26, 2003... Byline: Andrew Waters Jul. 26--WALLS SELLS SMOKEHOUSE; BUYERS PLAN NIGHTCLUB: Local restaurant veteran Dick Walls finally has made a breakthrough in his thus-far unsuccessful effort to retire. Walls last week sold Smokehouse, 1412...

Former Missouri Budget Director Calls Looming Shortfall A 'Train Wreck'.
July 26, 2003... Byline: Nate Carlisle Jul. 26--Clear the track, says Jim Moody, this is going to be a bad one. "There is a train wreck on the horizon, and it's coming July 1, 2004," he said. Moody, a state budget director under former Gov. John...

Bass Pro Inks Deal for Columbia, Mo., Shop.
July 28, 2003... Byline: Dave Moore Jul. 28--The mechanical bull has sat far too idle at Cody's this summer. It always does this time of year, when students are on break and everyone else is on vacation or hanging out on their porches and decks. But...

Cell-Phone Companies Face Boone County, Mo., Deadline for Data.
July 28, 2003... Byline: Miglena Sternadori Jul. 28--Only one of seven cellular-phone companies operating in Boone County is fully capable of providing location data for wireless calls to the local 911 center, said Jim McNabb, emergency management director...

Columbia, Mo.-Area Fair Holds Ham Auction.
July 28, 2003... Jul. 28--If you saw it, Matt McAdams said, you'd probably want to bulldoze the shed beside his home. But the structure is rapidly developing a reputation for curing some of the best hams in Boone County. It was good enough to help McAdams'...

Emergency 911 Operators in Columbia, Mo., Area to Begin Using High-Tech Maps.
July 29, 2003... Byline: Miglena Sternadori Jul. 29--New software purchased by Boone County will allow 911 emergency operators to use digital maps enhanced by aerial photos to help pinpoint the location of callers and direct help their way. The...

Missouri Attorney General Sues as Florida Firm Questions 'No Call' Law.
July 29, 2003... Byline: Steve Friedman Jul. 29--A Florida telemarketing firm is lying when it claims Missouri's "no call" law has been made obsolete by a new federal registry, Attorney General Jay Nixon says. The company, Family Trip Travel.Com, was...