Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, MO) articles from June 2000

Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, MO) archives from June 2000

Columbia, Mo., University Insurance Offer Appeals to Local Hospital's Trustees.
June 30, 2000... Byline: Josh Flory Jun. 30--Boone Hospital Center trustees this morning praised an insurance proposal offered by the University of Missouri, but a hospital spokesman was more reticent. University officials yesterday proposed a plan...

University of Missouri Officials Work to Fix New Virus Problem.
June 21, 2000... Byline: Lynde Hedgpeth Jun. 21--A new computer virus similar to the "ILOVEYOU" bug has infected computers around the world, including some in Columbia. Computer users can download the virus by opening e-mail attachments called...

Columbia, Mo., Bank Supports Outdoor Art Installation.
June 20, 2000... Byline: Kathleen McLaughlin Jun. 20--Adults stretch their fingers toward the mosaic depictions of plant and animal life. Children swarm over the curving forms. Two planter-benches stand outside First National Bank's Broadway...

AT&T Threatens Suit If Columbia, Mo., Requires Open Access to Internet Cable.
June 20, 2000... Byline: Kathleen McLaughlin Jun. 20--AT&T's campaign against proposals that would require the company to open its cable to unaffiliated Internet providers will go live tonight. While threatening to sue and withdraw high-speed...

Chemicals Improve the Columbia, Mo., Bee Population.
June 20, 2000... Byline: Tim Higgins Jun. 20--Art Gelder's bathroom is full of bees. Even the wallpaper in the Columbia beekeeper's home pictures his friends. He and his wife, Vera, have kept honeybees at their bee farm on Route PP for the past seven...

Contractor Blames Union for Flap at University of Missouri Renovation Site.
June 17, 2000... Byline: George Mazurak Jun. 17--A pay dispute that resulted in a labor walkout this week at an MU construction site developed from a misunderstanding, said a representative for the general contractor on the job. The $10.5 million...

Ozark Air Lines Offers Summer Discounts on Flights from Columbia, Mo.
June 14, 2000... Byline: Christopher Leonard Jun. 14--Traveling to Chicago and Dallas-Fort Worth has just gotten cheaper. When Ozark Air Lines opened last year, it brought direct flights to the two airports. Now, the airline has partnered with Summit...

Missouri Employers Participate in Exchange Program with Northern Ireland.
June 14, 2000... Byline: Tim Higgins Jun. 14--If things work as planned, Columbia could help bring peace to Northern Ireland. A group of 21 students from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland is in town this summer to pick up some hands-on job...

Columbia, Mo., Hospital Is Likely to Accept University's Insurance Plan.
June 9, 2000... Byline: Josh Flory Jun. 9--Boone Hospital Center officials are close to accepting an MU proposal on employee benefits. Last week, the university said it would allow MU employees in the point-of-service health plan to receive...

Columbia, Mo., Council Meeting to Focus on Parkland, Street Design.
June 9, 2000... Byline: Kathleen McLaughlin Jun. 9--The Columbia City Council will try to decide tonight how ideas about parkland and street design, among other things, fit into a proposed land-use guide. At this point, a section called "Community...

Group Urges Missouri Companies to Clean Up Coal-Burning Power Plants.
June 9, 2000... Byline: Pierrette J. Shields Jun. 9--A national push for legislation to force power plants to meet standards of the Clean Air Act made a pit stop in Columbia this morning. But at least one representative of one of the target...

Columbia, Mo., City Council Sees Designs for Recreation Center.
June 9, 2000... Byline: Kathleen McLaughlin Jun. 9--The community recreation center is on track to meet its $10.5 million budget, triple-spiral water slide and all. A team of architects last night unveiled schematic drawings before the Columbia City...

Missouri Panel Gives Broad Recommendations on Timber Industry.
June 9, 2000... Byline: Christopher Leonard Jun. 9--A draft final report from the Governor's Advisory Committee on Chip Mills contains almost no recommendations that deal specifically with how the state should handle the newest branch of Missouri's...

Activist Wins Five-Year Stint on Columbia, Mo., Planning Commission.
June 9, 2000... Byline: Kathleen McLaughlin Jun. 9--A neighborhood activist is the newest member of the Columbia Planning and Zoning Commission. Cyndy Jones says her vision isn't much different from those in the business of development, who packed...

Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo., Top Drawer Column.
June 6, 2000... Jun. 6--ONWARD & UPWARD: SHELTER MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. has named the managing director of a Spanish reinsurance company to its board of directors. Andres Jimenez, 49, of Madrid, Spain, replaces Columbia attorney David Oliver, who retired...

Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo., Street Talk Column.
June 6, 2000... Byline: Andrew Waters Jun. 6--NEW JOB: Paul Medley has left the construction company he started more than 35 years ago to supervise building projects for Tom Atkins. Medley founded Little Dixie Construction Co. in 1965, then sold the...

Boonville, Mo., Military Academy Cuts Junior College Program.
June 6, 2000... Byline: Pierrette J. Shields Jun. 6--The board of trustees of the financially strapped Kemper Military Academy decided Thursday that the school would drop its junior college program. The decision comes as the 156-year-old academy in...

Missouri Non-Profit Electric Co-Op Evolves with New CEO.
June 6, 2000... Byline: Kathleen McLaughlin Jun. 6--Roger Clark will oversee a new age for Boone Electric Cooperative. The new CEO met with public- and private-sector leaders this morning as the rural power distributor prepares to enter the...

Food, Festivities Kick Off Centralia, Mo., Three-Day Event.
June 6, 2000... Byline: Tim Higgins Jun. 6--CENTRALIA, Mo.--It was smokin' yesterday evening at the Anchor Festival. With roughly a dozen stands set up to sell barbecued food of various sorts at the 14th annual Centralia Chamber of Commerce event,...

New Gym Planned for North Columbia, Mo., Site.
June 6, 2000... Byline: Andrew Waters Jun. 6--As a production leader at Square D, Eddie Schoennoehl took it upon himself to start an employee fitness center. He started small, with little more than an old universal weight set and an empty upstairs...

Habitat for Humanity May Ask Columbia, Mo., Council for Deal on Lots for Homes.
June 6, 2000... Byline: Kathleen McLaughlin Jun. 6--Habitat for Humanity has spotted city land as the ideal location for homes for working poor families, and the volunteer organization hopes to buy several lots below market value. The city owns...

Feds Add 380 Acres of Boone County, Mo., Land to National Forest.
June 6, 2000... Byline: Josh Flory Jun. 6--A good walk heretofore spoiled will benefit from a purchase of land today by the U.S. Forest Service. The Mark Twain National Forest obtained 380 acres of property in southeastern Boone County. Using $1.14...

Columbia, Mo., University, Hospital Cooperate to Handle Neurosurgeon Shortage.
June 6, 2000... Byline: Christopher Leonard Jun. 6--Competition might be the backbone of a free economy, but it's starting to become a headache for neurosurgeons at the University of Missouri Health Sciences Center. The staff of neurosurgeons at MU...

Competitors Merge to Create Largest Travel Agency in Columbia, Mo., Area.
June 6, 2000... Byline: Martha Brendel Jun. 6--Faced with shrinking airline commissions and the imperative to continue providing top-notch service in the Internet age, two women joined forces last year to establish Columbia's largest travel agency -...

Plans for Columbia, Mo.-Area Water Tower Draw Opposition.
June 6, 2000... Byline: Cory de Vera Jun. 6--A plan to construct a 180-foot water tower near Olivet Christian Church is drawing opposition from neighbors and some church members just days before Public Water Supply District No. 9 is scheduled to open...