It’s not too early to reserve your spot for Wynton Marsalis’s winter concert. Tickets for the sure-to-be-sold-out Feb. 10, 2008, “Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis” show at Jesse Auditorium go on sale to the general public July 2. But anyone who makes a tax-deductible contribution of $50 or more to the nonprofit […]
Business Development Officer, The Callaway Bank AGE: 40 JOB DESCRIPTION: Responsible for developing new business relationships of all types and strengthening existing bank relationships within the Columbia/Boone County market. YEARS LIVED IN COLUMBIA: My entire life. ORIGINAL HOMETOWN: Columbia, and very proud of that fact! EDUCATION: Graduated from Hickman High in 1984, and graduated from
A typical week at work for Steve Twitchell is anything but typical. The tasks at Steve Twitchell Production can include anything from making a historical video for The Callaway Bank, to producing a program on developmental disabilities for the Center for Human Services in Sedalia, to creating productions for defense contractor General Dynamics about computer-based
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At a recent meeting, a long and emphatic lament decried the treatment of the Columbia campus of the University of Missouri. Local sophisticates, Democratic minority leaders and select business types have dug in on the hill of academic freedom and university autonomy. Appearances indicate that though their position may be correct, the appropriation of vast
You might call this a matter of putting the “pig in the parlor.” Greater Columbia is trying to persuade federal government officials to relocate the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility from its spot in Plum Island, N.Y., to a 100-acre tract on New Haven Road in Southeast Columbia. Columbia is one of 17 communities in
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From rural one-room schoolhouses to sprawling university campuses, school security is a growing concern. Part of that concern is rooted in a lack of communication to outsiders. In Columbia, when gunfire was reported in the south part of the city recently, parents received a text message letting them know nearby school buildings were locked down
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Columbia Turf owner Bill McWilliams is not a spur-of-the-moment kind of guy, despite his low-key explanation about how he came to buy a lawn-care business from a couple of college students who had two trucks and several accounts. “I liked the name of the company, and I always liked working in my own yard and
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One day in early August 1965, shortly after my return from a meeting on the West Coast, City Manager Don Allard called me into his office. “Guess what?” he said. “What?” I answered, awaiting the news. “The city council took the city bus ordinance off the table and approved it, and guess whose department it’s
Jon “T.K” Livingston wants to raze his three aging rental properties just east of the intersection of Locust and Hitt streets and erect a mixed-use building. The structure, which would provide first-floor business/retail space, basement storage and second-floor residences, falls within the downtown area included in the recently completed Columbia Campus/City Opportunity Study conducted by
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The Wabash Depot addition is expected to be ready later this summer, just in time to celebrate large increases in bus ridership this year, says Ken Koopmans, transportation manager for Columbia Transit. “Originally, we were aiming for late June, but now it looks more like July 31 or August 1,” Koopmans said. “We’re hoping to
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