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Artist Dennis Murphy fastens a head onto a “Caroling Scarecrow” yesterday on the lawn at the Unity Center, 1600 W. Broadway. AmeriCorps teamed up with local artists, community members and developmentally disabled residents to create the work, which will be on display until Dec. 26. Afterward, other community groups are welcome to use the scarecrow frames for their own artwork.
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Exhibit gives volunteers something to crow about
By ANNIE NELSON
of the Tribune’s staff
Motorists slowed to gawk at the front lawn of the Unity Center at 1600 W. Broadway yesterday as a colorful group of scarecrows took their places in an art installation titled "Caroling Scarecrows."
Unauthorized spending miffs commissioner
By JACOB LUECKE
of the Tribune’s staff
Outgoing Boone County Presiding Commissioner Keith Schnarre is criticizing the county clerk for spending $230,000 in county funds without permission.
Election brought out the big spenders
By JASON ROSENBAUM
of the Tribune’s staff
Candidates running for state representative seats in Boone County raised and spent far more money than they did in 2004, an analysis of campaign finance reports shows.
Visioning organizers
want more diversity
By MATTHEW LeBLANC
of the Tribune’s staff
White, middle-age people with college degrees and incomes of more than $50,000 a year made up most of the participants at two recent "big idea gathering" meetings to help determine a course for the city’s visioning project.
Bank exec a possibility for curator
By TERRY GANEY
of the Tribune’s staff
A name mentioned frequently last week as a possible new appointment to the University of Missouri Board of Curators was Bo Fraser, the former chief executive officer and chairman of Boone County National Bank.
Former commissioner plans city council run
Karl Skala, a former member of the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission, plans to run for the Columbia City Council.
Three women injured in weekend accident
Three women were injured in an accident late Saturday at Providence Road and Carter Lane.
Attack with frying pan leads to man’s arrest
A Columbia man was in custody this morning after allegedly attacking two women with a frying pan and a steak knife.
