Sparky’s laps up ice cream connoisseurs
By ANNIE NELSON of the Tribune’s staff
The owner of Sparky’s Homemade Ice Cream can calculate his gross for the day based on the weather.

FUNNY BUSINESS

STREET TALK
Kingdom’s pepper jellies getting kicked up a notch
By KEVIN COLEMAN of the Tribune’s staff
Two Mid-Missouri food producers have joined forces to make and market a popular brand of locally produced hot pepper products.

GRAND OPENING: NEW BUSINESS IN COLUMBIA
Spanish Fly

Good fiscal policy strives to find the middle ground
By BRUCE BARTLETT
One of the problems with our political system today is a tendency to view things as totally good or totally bad, with no middle ground. Among the problems with this perspective is that both positions can be right at different times.