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YouZee, the YouZeum mascot, draws a laugh from Lee Elementary School second-graders Sabrina French, left, and Danielle Schneider as they hold a banner Lee students made for a ribbon-cutting yesterday.
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Center coming of age
By JOE MEYER
of the Tribune’s staff
Jim Ritter drew a few laughs after recognizing fellow board members during a ribbon-cutting yesterday at the new
YouZeum.
ABC Labs near transition to Discovery Ridge
By JORDAN RAUBOLT
of the Tribune’s staff
The first team of scientists at Analytical Bio-Chemistry Laboratories Inc. will begin moving this month to the company’s new $15 million facility at the University of Missouri’s Discovery Ridge Research Park.
Petition drives to end soon
By T.J. GREANEY
of the Tribune’s staff
Tomorrow is the last day that pedestrians will face gantlets of clipboard holders who are gathering signatures in an effort to place issues on the November state ballot. And if it seems as if there are more petitions this election cycle, experts say, that’s probably because there are.
Surgeon endows cancer research chair
By ABRAHAM MAHSHIE
of the Tribune’s staff
Seeking to extend the University of Missouri’s impact on cancer research, alumnus and general surgeon Michael Bukstein and wife Sharon have donated $1.1 million for an endowed professorship at the School of Medicine.
Small-business event shifts luncheon site
The Columbia Chamber of Commerce’s 2008 Small Business of the Year Award luncheon will be held Friday at the Courtyard by Marriott at 3301 Lemone Industrial Blvd.
Sex offender jailed in library incident
A former Columbia resident has been charged in Marion County with possession of child pornography after his arrest early this week in Hannibal.
Callaway sheriff adds detail for mystery body
A woman whose body was found April 20 in a shallow grave near the Mokane access along the Missouri River in Callaway County had been dead three to 30 days before the body was discovered, according to a report by a forensic anthropologist that was released yesterday by the Callaway County Sheriff’s Department.
‘Homecoming’ set
for shelter canines
The Central Missouri Humane Society is hosting a "homecoming" for dogs adopted from the Central Missouri Humane Society.