Sun. 05/11/08
Bridge for sale?
By TERRY GANEY
of the Tribune’s staff
BOONVILLE - One day last month, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill huddled in her Washington, D.C., office with Jim Young, CEO of Union Pacific Railroad.
TRIBUNE COLUMN
Service clubs helped city flourish after World War II
By WARREN DALTON
In writing about the late 1940s and ’50s, I wondered whether Columbians were aware of all the wonderful projects and services rendered over the years by the service clubs in our great city.
Moms’ favorite memories not always the rosy ones
By MICHELLE MARSHALL
Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there. Some mothers have human children, some have children with fur or feathers, and some have both. Today is a great day to let each of our mothers know how much they mean to us, just as our pets let us know every day that we are loved.
SAT. 05/10/08
Emerging phenomenon
By RACHEL ZOLL
of The Associated Press
NEW YORK - Author Brian McLaren is among the most influential American religious thinkers of the last decade.
SPIRITUAL LIFE IN BRIEF
SPIRITUAL LIFE CALENDAR
fri. 05/09/08
The sales of our lives
By ANNIE NELSON of the Tribune's staff
Putting on a garage sale can save you the time and effort of hauling off
unwanted things to Goodwill or the dump — and can make you some money.
HEART STRINGS
Back in
Grandma’s house
By SARA AGNEW
of the Tribune’s staff
When I can’t sleep at night, I close my eyes and visit her house.
TRIBUNE COLUMN
Concert Series’ Mouser makes scheduling season look easy
By BILL CLARK
The schedule for the 2008-09 University of Missouri Concert Series has been announced, and, once again, it has something for everyone, beginning with Willie Nelson on July 22 and finishing with "The Little Mermaid" on May 9, 2009.
PARENTING
THURS. 05/08/08
AGAINST THE GRAIN
Man’s death leaves void in those who loved him
By T.J. GREANEY
Ed Johnson says whenever he’s short on help at Broadway Diner, he calls the Salvation Army to see who wants to make a quick buck. Through the years, he has found some of his best workers that way. Guys who don’t mind flipping burgers for drunken college students at 1 a.m. Guys who treat a greasy meal after a long night’s work like a feast to be savored.
LET'S TALK ANTIQUES
One woman's collectible another woman's antique
By NANCY RUSSELL
“I wish you’d clear something up for me, once and for all!” said a man who stopped me in the hardware store the other day. “I want to know exactly how you know what’s an antique and what’s a collectible.”
THIS
WEEK IN LOCAL HISTORY
Medicaid wouldn’t treat Dole’s male dysfunction
By BILL CLARK
Front page story: "Medicaid will cover the use of Viagra in some states."
GO-GETTERS
WEB. 05/07/08
TRIBUNE COLUMN
Ashland’s history told around Rice’s Corner
By BILL CLARK
When Gravel Eye Bittle of Wilton and Puffy Christian of Ashland hooked up in Sunday pitching duels that thrilled everyone in Boone County south of Deer Park?
TUES. 05/06/08
OUR TOWN
Photo and story by JULIA ROBINSON
of the Tribune’s staff
Casey Chasteen, 18, is a two-time Missouri state champion in goat tying. The Rock Bridge High School senior is up early on a Saturday. Most of her classmates are probably sleeping in, especially on this cold, windy spring morning, but for Casey every weekend is another rodeo.
GET INVOLVED
MON. 05/05/08
TRIBUNE COLUMN
Writing tasks touch on the later chapters in life
By BILL CLARK
"Class," the instructor said, "your last assignment this semester is to write your own obituary. I want it to be written by an omniscient third person, not your personal perspective of yourself.
GRANNY'S NOTES
Evenings on dock take angler back in time
By SUE GERARD
There’s an old woman who used to sit in a lawn chair on my dock at the farm, at sundown. She was wishing and reminiscing and not caring whether the fish were striking. She dreamed of a little kid in bib overalls who was nicknamed Billie by the two hired men who worked in her father’s dairy.
THE THIRD AGE
Business solutions must consider older employees
By ANN GOWANS
The time might be right to take a look at how the growing challenges of population aging are seen throughout the world and what we might learn from the experience of others.
NOTES FROM BOOMERANG CREEK
Fickle Virginia spring not unlike Central Missouri’s
By CATHY SALTER
In the spring of 1987, I wrote a letter to syndicated columnist and grammarian James J. Kilpatrick. It was addressed simply: "Scrabble, Virginia" - the byline for the columnist’s periodic observations on life from rural Rappahannock County. At the time, Kit and I were deeply involved with the National Geographic Society’s efforts to promote geographic education in American classrooms.
MILITARY NOTES
