April 2013

Erica Beshore

Who is Dr. Erica Beshore? Age: 31 Occupation: group fitness instructor at Wilson’s Fitness Years lived in Columbia: 9 years Original hometown: St. Louis, Mo. Community involvement: United Way Health Advisory Board, Dancing with the Missouri Stars 2012, Former Board Member for the Boys and Girls Club of Columbia A favorite recent project: Winemaking in […]

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Artsy Eggs

Tired of the same old dye job year after year on your family’s Easter eggs? Spice up the hunt this year with some egg-cellent decorating ideas. Using everyday items such as masking tape and rubber cement, you, too, can transform blank canvases into works of art. Before you begin, create a drying rack from foam

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with one wearing a striped dress and another in jeans with a colorful jacket. An abandoned building and hills are in the background.

Whole Foods

With the push to live longer, healthier lives, new and improved diet programs flood an already saturated market on a daily basis. Yet, an increasing number of people are turning away from fad diets altogether and starting to pay attention not just to the foods they eat, but where their food comes from…

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Taxi!

On Thursday afternoon at about 3:45 p.m., Tracy Westbrook arrives for her shift. A bail bondsman for many years, she started driving for Taxi Terry’s in November 2012. Today, she’ll sit behind the wheel for the rest of the afternoon and into the night — for up to 12 hours — while picking up and

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Money in the Sky

On the long gray tarmac, a handful of metallic planes glint against a white sky fifteen minutes south of Columbia. “That one belongs to a bank, and that gent owns hotels,” says Randy Clark, general manager at Central Missouri Aviation, or CMA. “These people are in sporting goods—they got a car and went to MC

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Skills to Compete

On Feb. 12, minority business owners gathered with city officials to discuss problems facing minority-owned businesses in Columbia. The luncheon, sponsored by the Columbia Business Times, aimed to be yet another step in a series of efforts to address barriers to a successful business community and assess the state of local minority-owned businesses. “For me

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Beer Me

Tiny River Brewing Co.’s Old Town Porter, Tall Grass Brewing Co.’s Buffalo Sweat and even Shocktop’s Wheat IPA have, for now, made it on Tom Bradley’s elusive list. For the organizer of the Missouri Beer Festival, playing favorites is impossible. The Shocktop was a surprise that knocked Bradley “on his keister” at last year’s festival.

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Travel COU

When Kristi Ray boarded a 50-seat Delta plane at Columbia Regional Airport (COU), the well-connected executive vice president for the Columbia Chamber of Commerce expected to see at least some familiar faces. “When I looked around, I didn’t know anyone — and I know everyone in town,” she says, laughing. “You can’t pinpoint who’s traveling

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