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Mentor & Mentee: The Mizzou Venture Mentoring Service Grows Entrepreneurs

Sarah Hill had an epiphany right in the middle of a mentor meeting. The former news anchor and chief storyteller at Veterans United came to a meeting of...

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Service With Selfies: Fresh Ideas Breaks into Tech

What’s in a name? For Columbia-based food service company Fresh Ideas, quite a lot, actually. “I think our name, in itself, pushes us every day to keep it...

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Columbia’s Innovators Keep Pushing

Perhaps because of its long history as a college town, a dedication to critical thinking and creative problem solving permeates Columbia’s businesses and institutions. With strong ties to...
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A Working Mom’s “Me Time”

It’s the little things that keep you sane. by Monica Pitts I remember when weekends meant getting lost in a book and lounging in the sun. I consumed...

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Jill Orr: Lessons in Social Media

Is the web world really so nasty? Parenting in the age of social media is a tricky business. Most of us with kids who are old enough to...

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Healing & Gratitude

One woman shares her story of overcoming illness and the power of the human spirit. In September of 2015, Elisabeth Trumbower felt a lump in her breast. “It...

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Embracing Differences – Fostering Independence

by Beth Bramstedt photos by Angelique Hunter Jeff and Dana Sharland share their 16-year journey with daughter Katie’s spinal cord condition. Dana Sharland sips a cup of coffee,...

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Embracing Differences – One of a Kind

Kyle and Andrea Lisenby embrace the uniqueness of daughter Logann’s genetic condition. photos by Laura Rowe When you have a child with special needs, there’s more of everything,”...

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Embracing Differences – Advocating for Acceptance

by Beth Bramstedt photos by Angelique Hunter Tara Arnett claims she’s known for telling it like it is, and she honestly admits that raising her 4-year-old daughter, Reagan,...

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Love Your Library: DBRL’s March to the Future

Ten minutes before 9 a.m. on a hot and humid summer morning, dozens of patrons wait patiently outside the Daniel Boone Regional Library to start off their day....