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A fish swims past in an aquarium as Buddy Stang of Elwood City, Pa., uses a slate caller to mimic the cutting of an excited hen in the friction division competition yesterday during the Missouri State Turkey Calling Championship at Bass Pro Shops in Columbia.   Read the Article

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Callers strut their stuff
By ANNIE NELSON of the Tribune’s staff
Brandon Pendergrass’ face appears calm and unreadable, but his hands shake with nervousness as he stands on the stage at the first Missouri State Turkey Calling Championship.

City officials mystified by phone glitch
By MATTHEW LeBLANC of the Tribune’s staff
City officials say they still don’t know what’s causing phone problems that have plagued several municipal offices for more than a week.

Third candidate will run for judgeship
By SARA AGNEW of the Tribune’s staff
A former Boone County assistant prosecutor says she will join the race for a new judgeship on the associate circuit bench.

Police seek arrest of driver in wreck
By the Tribune’s staff
Columbia police have issued a warrant for the arrest of a 27-year-old Columbia man who was the driver of a car that was involved in a one-vehicle crash Jan. 19 that injured him and his passenger.

Head-on collision kills Fulton woman
A Fulton woman was killed and three others were injured yesterday in an accident in Callaway County.

Pedestrian issued ticket after accident
A 39-year-old Columbia man who was struck by a car Saturday night while crossing Business Loop 70 at I-70 Drive S.W. was in fair condition today at University Hospital.

$1 million donation funds MU position
Paul and Dianne Shumaker of Olathe, Kan., have donated $1 million to the "For All We Call Mizzou" campaign to finance a professorship at the University of Missouri-Columbia’s College of Engineering.

Stolen firearms found in county subdivision
Boone County Sheriff’s Department deputies recovered several firearms from homes in a residential area just southwest of the Columbia city limits, and authorities believe at least some of them had been stolen during a string of burglaries in the neighborhood.