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August 23, 2007
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Kay Buck, a literary support teacher at Lee Elementary School, escorts students to the bus. Like many other schools in the area, Lee Elementary let students out at noon Wednesday because of the heat and humidity.
Tommy Chavis set for bigger role on MU defense
MU junior Tommy Chavis takes a break during drills at the Tigers' practice Tuesday.
Flattened Boone County corn field shows wind’s might
Raymond Wood estimates that more than 50 percent of his cornfield off Route J in north Columbia was damaged by an Aug. 12 storm.
Folk group and fundraiser rally sustainable farmers
Casi Lock, 26, of Columbia, finishes dinner as folk group The Ditty Bops take the stage at the Missouri Rural Crisis Center’s fundraiser for mid-Missouri farmers Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007.
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Walker Claridge, who leases a couple of acres on Tera Bella Farm, shows his 2-year-old son, Lushen, some dance moves.
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Leftover corn ears will become compost on Terra Bella Farms, a small, sustainable farm in Hatton.
Shoe drive a success for local teens
Amanda Perry, 18, left, and Sarah Ginsberg, 19, box shoes to ship to Africa as part of the "Shoe Away Poverty" shoe drive Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007 in Columbia. Ginsberg and others created the drive and started collecting shoes in July.
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More than 2,800 shoes have been donated and will be sent to needy families in Kenya.
Amateur actors perform 'Oklahoma' in Nifong Park
Sonya Stark practices her violin backstage during a dress rehearsal for “Oklahoma!” at the Maplewood Barn Community Theater. The musical begins Friday and ends Sept. 9.
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Sarah Perez-Swofford and other members of the musical cast strike a final pose at the end of a song.
Thespian Hall unveils new Steinway
August 22, 2007
Missouri Theatre launches<br>renovation efforts</br>
Missouri Theatre’s upper balcony is being renovated as part of the theater’s transformation process.
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The Ninth Street sidewalk is blocked off in front of the Missouri Theatre. The bricks by the building’s entrance, circa 1928, are being moved to the north side of the theater.
August 21, 2007
Columbia schools begin push toward new school year
Music teacher Judy Brown, left, gets some help from media specialist Jaque Schaller to install a new teaching tool called a smart board.
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Students walk alongside Francis Quadrangle Monday afternoon during the first day of class for MU students.
Broadway’s new aesthetic
Shoppers walk past A La Campagne on Broadway in downtown Columbia on Monday. Downtown businesses used to be covered by concrete canopies, but they were removed in 2006 as part of a city plan to enhance the look of businesses located in The District.
State's highest court won't hear Ferguson appeal
Ryan Ferguson's appeal for a new trial in the killing of Kent Heitholt, a Columbia Daily Tribune sports editor, was denied by the Missouri State Supreme Court on Tuesday.
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Click here to see the court document.
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Earl Salmons, a seventh-grader at Columbia Independent School, takes part in an acting warm-up exercise as part of Molly Davin’s, far left, performing arts class on Tuesday.
Columbia Public Schools students go back to class
Hanna Stockwell, 8, center, and her sister Summer Stockwell, 9, left, greet their mother, Roxana Brown, at the bus stop after their first day of school at Fairview Elementary on Tuesday. Columbia police warn drivers to watch for children going to and from school.
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