Executive Director, MIZZOU Flagship Council AGE: 57 YEARS LIVED IN COLUMBIA: 32 ORIGINAL HOMETOWN: Carrollton, Ill. EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in economics and master’s degree in agricultural economics, plus postgraduate work in economics—all from Missouri’s flagship University: MU. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Co-chair of Columbia’s Vision Committee; co-chair of the Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee; member of […]
During his 12 years as a private investigator, Ron Rugen has learned that husbands and wives are usually right to suspect infidelity if they feel strongly enough about it to dial his number. “More often than not, if someone calls me and they think their spouse is cheating on them, they probably are,” Rugen said.
Answers are from (in order) Jeff Harris, District 23, Patrick Crabtree, District 23, Ed Robb, District 24, Jim Ritter, District 24 What legislation, in general, is needed to stimulate business growth and create jobs? With Missouri lagging in the bottom third in unemployment in America, we need more jobs. We should make public university tuition
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I took this picture on Sunday, March 16, 1969, from the rear car of a Norfolk and Western Railway train headed toward Centralia, where it connected, after a 50-minute ride, with a mainline train to St. Louis. We’d just crossed Brown Station Road, and the highway on the left was Route B. Columbia was about
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So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. – F. Scott Fitzgerald. At an intersection on a hill overlooking the Missouri River in Boonville, there is a confluence of the past, present and future sheathed in brick and glass. It’s as real as it is sturdy yet is filled
“Thank God, it is almost over!” That seems to be the collective sentiment of the voters who have had to endure weeks of attack ads and drivel dished out by candidates for political office in Missouri. First, there was the barrage of “our side” commercials. Particularly in the U.S. Senate race, voters were treated with
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“Thank you, Mr. Knox, for coming in today and interviewing with our organization. We appreciate your interest. In closing, do you have any questions?” “Yes, just one. Why would I want to work for your organization?” Has this question left you speechless before? If you are not sure how you would answer this question, then
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The Columbia Business Times asked the owners or managers of four employment services companies in Columbia to give us their views of the staffing industry. The following answers were provided by Andrew Brooks, branch manager of Adecco Employment Services at 805 E. Nifong Blvd.; Caroline Gower, owner and founder of Caroline & Company at 31
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Ask business owners what their most valuable asset is, and they’ll tell you it’s their employees. More than facilities, equipment or inventory, it’s people who can make or break a company. But finding good people is getting harder and harder. In spite of the fact that there are more workers than ever before, owners and
A large government agency that will remain nameless (its motto is “The world’s greatest science protecting America”) recently sponsored a safety campaign encouraging employees to hold handrails when using the stairs. Two human resources employees stood at the top of the stairs and handed out candy bars to employees who used the banister as they
