May 04, 2008

From harsh winter to budding spring

By ZACHARY SIEBERT We met the first April day of sun and pleasant temperatures. An appointment had been made with April’s glorious potential. Spring had undeniably arrived. In Boone County, we are blessed with a climate that provides the opportunity to experience all four seasons.

April 27, 2008

Donning the dancing shoes

By KATHLEEN BUHRMANN Chester and Marian Hilgedick navigate a two-step on the gym floor at the Ashland Senior Citizen Prom in perfect time with a grace acquired through 59 years as partners. The story goes that Marian tagged along with a girlfriend who was going to a dance in Jefferson City. Chester spotted Marian in the room and quickly walked over and asked her to dance with him.

April 20, 2008

Wii bowling tournament strikes against autism

By KATHLEEN BUHRMANN On a drizzly Friday evening, 6-year-old Duke Newsted was all smiles as he learned how to bowl on a Wii at Jayden Roberts’ Wii Bowling Tournament at Friendship Place Youth Center in Centralia. Nicole Henry and Jordan Roberts, Jayden’s brother, helped teach Duke how to use his hand to control, swing and release the virtual bowling ball. After a few practice swings, Duke was giggling and clapping as he knocked over virtual pins.

April 13, 2008

Satin & Chenille enchant through the power of love duets

By ZACHARY SIEBERT The most elaborate item on the bandstand stage at CAT 3 television studios on the Stephens College campus was a simple black lectern — the kind one finds in high school music rooms and cheap hotel conference areas. Often overlooked, a lectern will typically lead an anonymous life lest it find itself bestowed with a national seal or a religious emblem.

April 07, 2008

Guitar Hero Tournament rocks Columbia

By Heather McGuire Families lined up around the block for the second Guitar Hero Tournament on March 15 at the Blue Note.

March 17, 2008

Small dog, big wins at Columbia Kennel Club dog show

By Meghan Krane Carly won Best in Show at the Boone County dog show on March 9. Carly travels with her owner and handler to more than a hundred dog shows a year.

March 09, 2008

Husband and wife befriend, feed stray and feral cats

By Kathleen Buhrmann Christina and David McCullen have been looking after a stray and feral cat colony since 2006

March 02, 2008

Love and bean soup

By Zachary Siebert A couple that met over 50 years ago at Ashland’s American Legion Post 152 is still active there today.

February 24, 2008

The gift of art

By SAIT SERKAN GURBUZ Expressive first-grader Lisa Zhou inspires classmates with her detailed artwork.

February 17, 2008

Rocheport couple collect, create artworks

By KATHLEEN BUHRMANN In addition to their own original work, Christina Reisberg and George Robb II’s collection has grown to include estate jewelry, antique linens, Oriental carpets, Victorian furniture, tintype photographs and sterling silver accessories.

February 10, 2008

Even in cold weather, disc golf has appeal

By ZACHARY SIEBERT Skyler Babcock takes advantage of Oakland Park, one of the city’s two public disc golf courses, even in the dead of winter.

December 16, 2007

A party for a princess for a day

By SHEILA JOHNSON Wearing gold sparkle eye shadow, a pink dress with swirls and a rhinestone-studded princess crown, Ashton Hall is having her shining moment.

December 09, 2007

Serving up smiles at Lucy’s Diner in downtown Columbia

By Amber Brinker Just like ‘Cheers,’ everybody really does know your name at Lucy's Diner.

December 02, 2007

Cooking up community from scratch

By SHEILA JOHNSON/Missourian When Kim Phillips and her sister, Stacey Karabegovic, peeked through the cracks in the window coverings of a former ceramics shop on historic Rocheport’s Central Street, they knew that they’d found something special.

November 25, 2007

School days and play

By Amanda Lucier

November 22, 2007

Weaving tales and friendship

By Sheila Johnson As a little girl, Navajo weaver Sarah Natani remembers watching her mother, who was a weaver and potter, work.

November 11, 2007

Philosophy and Alexander the Great

By Katie Barnes Sara Chant, an MU philosophy professor, talks about her job and Alexander the Great, one of her five Great Danes.

November 04, 2007

Divided drivers

By Amanda Lucier Two brothers are brought together despite a difference of opinion on motorcycles.

October 28, 2007

Good hits, big smiles accompany grandfather, grandson at shooting range

By AMY RYMER “Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!” Jack shoots four in a row at an object in the dirt on the range. “That got dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt in my eye, eye, eye, eye,” Zach jokes as some dust blows back toward them.

October 21, 2007

Comic artists burn the midnight oil for 24 Hour Comics Day

By SHEILA JOHNSON About 12 people burned the midnight oil to participate in the international 24 Hour Comics Day at the Quinlan Keep comic book store at 315 N Eighth St. from noon Saturday to noon Sunday.