“I never knew the power that a little bit of time and a little bit of myself would have in a kid’s life,” Tom, a Big Brother, said. “My little brother told me he feels like he can do anything when we’re together,” Tom said. “He’s gone from skipping school to getting mostly Bs (and […]
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*People You Should Know*John DeSpain of DeSpain Cayce Dermatology Center
Ten-year-old Amiyha, a fourth-grader at Field Elementary, shines. She’s tall and athletic — a shoe-in for the basketball team — and she loves math. She’s also willing to embrace her feminine side. Every week, she carries to and from school a pink backpack emblazoned with the word Princess. Inside is the kind of gift every
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*Business Profile*Get Lost Bookshop owner Meghan Gilliss keeps Columbia reading.
*Customer Service*In business, image is everything — and so is marketing.
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Now it’s up to the voters to decide whether downtown Columbia will be equipped with surveillance cameras. The ballot issue apparently ranks in gravity with the 25-year quest for a city charter, animal control issues and periodic tussles over cable television franchises. Voter consideration of this city-sanctioned snooping will undoubtedly factor in races for mayor
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If you’re in the market for a wireless e-reader that delivers newspapers as well as books, you will have five models to choose from this holiday season. Three companies — Sony, iRex and Barnes & Noble — have recently introduced e-readers that they hope will give the Amazon Kindle and Amazon’s online store some serious
Lucille Salerno knows the value of education. She holds an M.A. from City University of New York and a Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Missouri. But for Salerno, education is more than letters after a last name or a long college experience. Rather it’s an ongoing process of challenging and sharpening the
As a state it is critical we are always looking for ways to invest in human capital to build our infrastructure. These investments are the focus of my administration. We do this because, ultimately, doing so in a strategic, targeted and consistent fashion can produce big returns for Missouri. As part of this goal to
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The demand for social services generally increased by double digits this year in Columbia, where the unemployment rate rose as high as 8 percent. Donations to many individual charities decreased, and the city’s overall allocation to social services declined by 1 percent.
There was, however, a saving grace in 2009; contributions to the Heart of Missouri United Way remained steady. (And unemployment has dropped to about 6 percent.)
