If you carry anything that allows someone to find you wherever you are, if you enjoy an evening at home watching television or listening to the radio or if you work or play on the Internet, you are a consumer of the huge communications technology industry that literally touches every aspect of our busy lives. […]
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The young patrons of Déjà Vu Comedy Club, equipped with increasingly sophisticated cell phones, digital cameras and iPods, had managing partner Matt Istwan concerned. How hip was the technology of the club’s Web site? “We feel like every generation, each new class coming to MU, is more computer-savvy,” Istwan said. “We want to give them
What’s your favorite flower? Mine is the lilac. During my childhood, each year after spring cleaning my mother and I filled the house with lilac bouquets. It was joyous. Ruth LaHue, owner of My Secret Garden, understands. She started her floral business 18 years ago, knowing she was doing more than just selling flowers —
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The Columbia Regional Airport held an open house on Oct. 5, the first day of service for the new airline, Mesa Air Group’s Air Midwest, which operates flights as US Airways Express. Rusty Strodtman of Forum Development Group (above, with pilot Jeffrey Job) toured the Beechcraft 1900D used by Mesa, as did Suzi and Richard
Media reports might lead you to believe our civic organizations rarely get along, but nothing could be further from the truth. One of the best examples of cooperation that has brought great benefit to our area is Regional Economic Development Inc., or REDI. A successful experiment that sprang from economic development efforts, REDI was created
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TreecePhillips has a knack for picking winners when it comes to advising political candidates, and a reputation for keeping corporations on top of election consequences. During the last four years in Boone County, more than 25 political candidates and leaders of issue elections have sought the services of the communications consulting firm owned by Columbians
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In a university town like Columbia, the G.I. Bill that kicked in at the end of World War II is spoken of reverently for the most part. The law provided a seemingly endless stream of new students and income to campuses across the nation. When a bill becomes a law, more often than not it
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Operations Manager, City of Columbia Public Works AGE: 45 KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Management of the fleet maintenance, sewer utility, solid waste utility and street divisions in Public Works. YEARS LIVED IN COLUMBIA: 12 1/2 ORIGINAL HOMETOWN: Steelville, Mo. EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in physical geography and master’s degree in environmental resource management from Missouri State University WHY
Dr. Debbie Leach, who opened My Zoo veterinary hospital this year on the north side of Columbia, has been an animal lover since early childhood. She has helped take care of pet dogs and a parakeet, along with livestock on her extended family’s farm. “I’ve wanted to do this my whole life,” said Leach, who
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In his editorial on the proposed tobacco tax increase, Tim Lee’s analysis is flawed regarding some of the proposal’s components. The essence of Mr. Lee’s argument is that the tobacco tax proposal would create new spending programs, mandated by the Constitution, and that these programs could not be funded by the increased tobacco taxes. Mr.
