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Originally from Shady Grove, Louisiana, Lester Woods Jr. moved to Missouri in 1993 to pursue…
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For more than 30 years, the Columbia Chamber of Commerce has aimed to acknowledge and…
Although Just Jeff’s started as a one-man show — hence the name — Jeff Spencer…
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