Starbucks Shift Manager serves up your morning coffee with a smile. Photos by Keith Borgmeyer “Unsung”: not celebrated or praised “Hero”: a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character. A typical morning in the life of Brielle Bayless: 5:30 a.m. — Brielle’s alarm clock goes off. Sometimes, she’s already awake with her son, […]
photos by Keith Borgmeyer “Unsung”: not celebrated or praised “Hero”: a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character. On a hot, sunny Monday morning, MU Police Officer Joan Haaf met us outside the police station on Virginia Avenue. As she pulled her white SUV out of the garage, I smiled. I
Programs around COMO to keep your kids healthy and active. When did telling your kids to “go play”, turn into them grabbing their iPad and sitting on the couch? Today, society tells kids that they don’t need to be active. Laziness and unhealthy habits can affect kids’ positive attitudes and mindsets as well as their
If you’ve ever seen the movie “The Devil Wears Prada,” (which just so happens to be one of my favorites), then you know that the amazing Meryl Streep plays an absolutely unbearable character that we would all loathe working for. Well, let’s just say she doesn’t make a magazine editors look evil. SPOILER ALERT:
Art in the Park www.artintheparkcolumbia.org What is it? A weekend long art fair featuring 110 juror-curated booths from local and national artists and artisans. Basically, the Columbia Art League builds an outdoor mall full of beautiful things in a beautiful setting and invites everyone to come…for free. When is it? June 4-5, 2016 Where is
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Some people wake up in the morning with an alarm clock. The process usually goes: hit snooze approximately five times before finally being lured out of bed by the sweet aroma of coffee. Some people… but for Aundrea Bezler that typical morning routine was abruptly different. Instead of coffee, there was a proposal. “I
Recently Engaged? Check out this list of 10 popular wedding venues in and around Columbia. Alpine Park & Gardens, Columbia, 573-443-7106 Blue Bell Farm, Fayette, 314-220-7120 Les Bourgeois, Rocheport, 573-698-3401 Columbia Country Club, Columbia, 573-449-4115 Country Club of Missouri, Columbia, 573-449-7201 Kimball Ballroom, Stephens College, Columbia, 573-876-7257 Serenity Valley Winery, Millersburg, 573-642-6958 Stoney
Photos by Casey Buckman Rob Roach and Kaitlyn Kohley have never met. Despite being comparable in age, they grew up in different towns, attended college in separate states and have led very independent lives. Yet in 2016, the two young professionals share the same city streets, expound kindred values and live and breathe a parallel
When Ron Widbin went on a mission trip to Guatemala in 2011, he realized God had other plans for him and his wife, Sally. They traded traditional retirement from their respective jobs at KMIZ-TV and Columbia Public School District for a two-room cinder block home high up in the mountains of Chichicastenango, a Guatemalan
