March 2007

Ralph Kalberloh chuckles remembering a discussion that took place four decades ago when he was heading the Chamber of Commerce and Jefferson City was about to land its largest private employer. Kalberloh, a retired association executive, was having lunch at the Jefferson City Country Club with the president of Scholastic Inc., who was stunned by […]

The Columbia City Council campaign is in full swing. On March 15, the Columbia Board of Realtors and the Boone County Smart Growth Coalition sponsored a council candidate forum in the CBOR conference room, attended by 3rd Ward candidates Gary Kespohl and Karl Skala, 4th Ward candidates Mike Holden and Jerry Wade, and mayoral candidates

Dr. Jason Cafer is a bit frustrated with work. As University of Missouri psychiatry resident, he has been struggling with the huge stacks of medical records lying around his office. Cafer finds that these unmanageable records force him to spend too much time poring over the paperwork of each patient he sees, leaving less time

Local fur buyer Bill Geiger stood in a crowd of buyers, trappers and spectators at Missouri’s last fur auction of the season and carefully examined the lots. Low prices at the Fur Harvester Auctions, which took place the day before in North Bay, Ontario, Canada, gave Geiger high hopes that raccoon, coyote and bobcat prices

It was one of those landmark city decisions, barely noticed by some, but millions of future federal dollars were at stake. That decision was whether to form an area transportation committee, the Columbia Area Transportation Study Organization (CATSO). Under the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1962 and the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, any