Columbia Daily Tribune

150 Years Ago: Brig. Gen. Schofield Allows Cole County Court to Stay in Office

ST. LOUIS -- The Cole County Court could continue in office but it should be watched for signs of disloyalty after appointing known secessionists to the county police patrol, Brig. Gen. John Schofield ordered. Schofield approved a decision by Brig. Gen. James Totten in Jefferson City removing five of six members of the police patrol. Schofield was commander of the Missouri State Militia and in command of all Union military authorities in the state while Maj. Gen. Henry Halleck was leading tro...

Bike, Walk and Wheel Week Starts with Safety

The 11th annual Bike, Walk and Wheel Week got started yesterday with safety classes for cyclists and will continue through May 19 with a series of events intended to encourage residents to use alternative forms of transportation. READ MORE

Board of Education Agenda

The Columbia Board of Education will have its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow in the council chambers at City Hall, 701 E. Broadway. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

Bruins Track Team Wins District Title

JEFFERSON CITY -- The Rock Bridge boys track and field team won five events and medaled in all but one to defend its Class 4 District 5 championship yesterday at Adkins Stadium/Licklider Track. Jefferson City actually won the most boys events -- seven -- but the Jays couldn't overtake a deep Bruins squad that advanced at least one entry in every event except the 300 hurdles for Saturday's sectional at West Plains.

City/County Calendar

MONDAY Southern Boone High School gift presentation from G-Tec, 9:45 a.m., Southern Boone High School, 14520 South Crump Lane, Ashland.

City Near End of Federal Grant Money for Energy Efficiency

Work will begin tomorrow on one of the final two projects funded through a $1 million federal stimulus grant received by the city in 2009 to improve energy efficiency in city-owned buildings. Meyer Electric, which was contracted by the city to complete the two jobs, will install energy-efficient lighting in the city parking garage at Eighth and Cherry streets, and the company will do similar work in the parking garage at Seventh and Walnut streets.

County Commission Agenda

The Boone County Commission will be in session at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in the commission chambers at Eighth and Ash streets. HUMAN RESOURCES

Deeper Bruins Team Among Favorites at State Golf Tournament

Rock Bridge seniors Will Echelmeier and Austin Evans would like nothing more than to cap their high school golf careers by leading the Bruins to a second consecutive MSHSAA Class 4 championship. Echelmeier acknowledged the Bruins won't tee off as the favorite tomorrow at Silo Ridge Country Club in Bolivar the way they were a year ago in Sedalia. But the play of sophomore Jackson Dubinski and freshmen Jack Knoesel and Matt Echelmeier filling out the lineup throughout the spring gives them hope...

Dennis Groves, 1956-2012

Dennis T. Groves, 78, of Hartsburg passed away Friday, May 11, 2012, at his home. Groves

Desire to Help Drives New Doctors

They took different paths to get to the title, but nearly 90 University of Missouri graduates all officially became medical doctors yesterday. Sure, they still have another three to seven years, depending on their specialty, to complete residencies, get licensed and practice on their own.

Elizabeth Windmiller, 1915-2012

Elizabeth Batterton Douglass Windmiller, 97, died on Monday, April 23, 2012. Elizabeth requested no funeral services be held.

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Harry Snyder, 1929-2012

Harry Richard Snyder, 82, of Rocheport, and formerly of Clarence, passed away Monday, May 7, 2012, at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia. Services were held Friday, May 11, 2012, at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Jacksonville.

Highways, Lost and Found

"On the old highway maps of America, the main routes were red and the back roads blue. Now even the colors are changing. But in those brevities just before dawn and a little after dusk -- times neither day nor night -- the old roads return to the sky some of its color. Then, in truth, they carry a mysterious cast of blue, and it's that time when the pull of the blue highway is strongest, when the open road is beckoning, a strangeness, a place where a man can lose himself." Edgar Ailor III, Un...

Howard Pemberton, 1919-2012

Howard L. Pemberton, 92, of Storm Lake, Iowa, and formerly of Columbia, passed away Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, May 14, at Memorial Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 15, at the funeral home. Interment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery.

John Burdick 1932-2012

John Dudley Burdick Jr., 79, of Columbia, passed away Saturday, April 28, 2012, at his home. He was born Dec. 11, 1932, in Calwood, the son of John Dudley Burdick Sr. and Clarice Jewel (Breckenridge) Burdick.

Kewpies Lose in District 9 Baseball Tournament

The fourth-seeded Hickman baseball team scored its only run in the bottom of the seventh inning yesterday but could not rally past Class 4 District 9 host Troy Buchanan in a 2-1 loss. Troy scored all of its runs in the second inning off Hickman starter Jordan See, who allowed four hits and one earned run over six innings for the Kewpies (15-10).

Lessons in the Lies My Mother Told Me

Forget candy. Forget corporal punishment. My mother had a better way to get my sisters and me to behave. She told the most horrendous stories.

Lola Calvin, 1935-2012

Lola Mae Brueckner Calvin, 77, passed away Friday, May 11, 2012, as a result of a car accident. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, May 14, at Little Bonne Femme Baptist Church. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 15, at the church.

Miles Pitches Missouri to Victory

Missouri pitcher John Miles' off-speed pitches weren't working, so he was going to have a hard time getting Memphis batters to chase. BASEBALL