This isn’t your grandmother’s retirement community. Or is it? If your grandmother likes to play cards with her friends, go to parties and hang out at wineries, then The Terrace Retirement Community, at 1408 Business Loop 70 West, is exactly her kind of place. The recently renovated independent-living facility is bursting with active, fun-loving seniors […]
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I’m dedicating this Odd Jobs column to those working the graveyard shift, with only a pot of black coffee and the radio to keep them company. I’ve been there. This time, however, I wasn’t listening to the radio; I was filling in as a late night programmer on 89.5 FM, KOPN. These people, who keep
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Although nationwide indicators point to a softening of the burgeoning U.S. housing market, some area real estate agents and developers see the slowdown in Columbia as a temporary trend. “The overall housing market is very strong, as strong as it has been in the last two years, but there is an over-in-ventory of new construction,
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Last of a three-part series As debate continues over use of the tract of land next to Columbia’s Activity and Recreation Center, proponents of two plans, for an ice rink and for an enclosed farmers market, say their ideas have been part of the city’s master plan for 14 years and it’s time they were
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There are a few mystery shops I shy away from; bikini waxing and root canals top the list. Automobile dealers also scare the bejesus out of me. My friends and family would be all too happy to sit you down and tell you tales of why I, a.k.a. the “crash princess,” never should have been
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Columbia’s radio market has had a shakeup, both in the latest Arbitron rankings and among the management personnel at Zimmer Radio Group and Cumulus Media, the two companies that own nine of the market’s top-10 stations. “It’s a crazy business, but it can be a lot of fun,” said Jerod Bast, who became the sales
Small businesses across the state may feel the positive repercussions of one of the final acts of the 2006 legislative session — the passing of House Bill 1827, which assists small businesses in providing health insurance for their employees. On July 14, Gov. Matt Blunt signed the group insurance bill into law in Springfield. It
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Gwen Robbins Executive Director, YouZeum AGE: 39 KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: As executive director, I am responsible for administrative functions and operations, overseeing permanent and traveling exhibits, financial management and educational programming of the science center. YEARS LIVED IN COLUMBIA: 1 ORIGINAL HOMETOWN: Bozeman, Mont. EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in speech communications from the University of Washington, Seattle.
It cost Mid-Mo Recycling $6,000 to find out whether individuals and companies are willing to recycle their old computers, monitors, televisions and other techno-trash. The company learned they were, to the tune of 39 tons that included 1,000 monitors. As an experiment throughout June and July, Mid-Mo Recycling waived its charge for taking computer monitors
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One look at the home-based office of INTERIORS by Decorating Den shows customers what they can expect from the interior-design franchise’s owners, Janet Chance-Hetzler and TammyBurgher. The team works out of Chance-Hetzler’s home in Lake Arrowhead Estates, an ornate 8,000-square-foot French Country manor built in Southern Boone County by Chance-Hetzler and her husband, award-winning builder
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