Columbia Daily Tribune

Borduin Picks Hoyas ; Announcement Worth Wait for Bruin.

During a spectacular high school track career, Lauren Borduin has proven to be one of the best athletes to ever roam the halls of Rock Bridge. It appears she's also really good at keeping a secret.

Raymond Olson, 1928-2008

Raymond E. Olson, 80, of Columbia passed away Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008, at his home. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at Memorial Funeral Home. Burial with military honors will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation is from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

State Wrestling Berths On Line

The Rock Bridge and Hickman wrestling teams will head to Jefferson City High School today for the Class 4 District 3 Tournament. Berths in next week's MSHSAA Wrestling Championships will be on the line during the two-day tournament that features 13 teams. The top four finishers in each weight class advance to state.

Doris Andrews 1927-2008

Doris Jean Hoard Andrews, 80, of Glasgow died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, at Beverly Living Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, at Carr-Yager Funeral Home in Fayette with visitation at 1 p.m. Burial will be at Log Chapel Cemetery.

Sportscene

Greinke, Teahen agree to 1-year deals Right-hander Zack Greinke and outfielder Mark Teahen agreed yesterday to one-year deals with the Kansas City Royals, getting the team's final two arbitration-eligible players under contract for 2008.

Bill Coleman 1920-2008

William Lynn "Bill" Coleman, 87, of New Franklin passed away Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, at Markland-Yager Funeral home in New Franklin with visitation at 1:30 p.m. Burial will be at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in New Franklin.

Missouri Likes Look of Deep Pitching Staff ; Compacted Schedule has Tigers Making Adjustments.

Missouri baseball Coach Tim Jamieson envisions having two pitching staffs. One group of pitchers would work exclusively on the weekends, especially during Big 12 play, and the other pitchers would throw the midweek games.

Marjorie Thomas, 1923-2008

Mrs. Marjorie L. Thomas, 84, of Hartsburg died Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008, at Boone Hospital Center. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at Hartsburg Baptist Church with the Rev. Don Snyder officiating. Interment will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Boone County. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Buescher Memorial Home and 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Hartsburg Baptist Church.

Linda Williams, 1950-2008

Linda Gayle Williams, 57, of Centralia died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, at her home. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 11, at Fenton Funeral Chapel in Centralia with the Rev. Greg Ogden of Pella, Iowa, officiating.

Area Scene

CMU's Karhoff 10th at Millrose Games Central Methodist's Geoff Karhoff placed 10th in the 1-mile race walk at the Millrose Games on Feb. 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Karhoff finished in 7 minutes, 30.48 seconds.

Rock Bridge Looks for New Soccer Coach

When the Rock Bridge boys soccer team hosted Hickman on Sept. 26, there was one glaring absence: Bruins Coach Kirby Keth. Keth could not be on the sideline at Rock Bridge Field for his team's 13th game because the players had accumulated a combination of 10 off-the-ball yellow cards and red cards through their first 12 games.

Victim has Friends in Columbia

Although everyone knows it could happen, it doesn't make it any less horrifying when it does. That was one of many sentiments Mayor Darwin Hindman expressed today after last night's Kirkwood City Council shooting that left six dead and two injured, including Mayor Mike Swoboda.

Open Column ; Indiana's Homeless Centers Managed by Central Group

Editor, the Tribune: Recently we received a letter from "Center for the Homeless" in South Bend, Ind., an organization not familiar to us, thanking us for a generous donation. We searched our records for such a donation and came up with nothing. The center gave a telephone number. We called and spoke with an officer, who explained that the center serves as a public professional organization that takes responsibility for the financial affairs of most of the non-professionally managed homeless ...

School Film Festival Planned for Tonight

Lee Elementary School is hosting a silent auction and film festival from 6 to 9 tonight at The Blue Note. The school fundraiser will feature live music and donated artwork from local artists that will be up for bid.

Butch Weston 1938-2008

Barry "Butch" Lee Weston, 69, of Sturgeon passed away Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008, at his home. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at Sturgeon Methodist Church.

Trib Talk

Call 815-1776 to contribute. Jim Robertson, managing editor "In regard to the 2008 Missouri mandate for 10 percent ethanol in all fuels, it's a wonderful thing our state is trying to do whatever it can to help conserve gas, and this is also helpful to the farmers planting the corn. But something they seem to have forgotten is it takes gas to plow the fields, it takes gas to go buy the seeds, it takes gas to plant the seeds and it takes gas for the sprayer truck to come in and spray the field....

Flanner Takes Control ; Guard Leads Second-Half Charge.

That voice. The kind that sends a chill down everybody's spine. It belongs to Columbia College men's basketball Coach Bob Burchard, and last night it was aimed at Joe Flanner with a couple of minutes left in the game.

Run with It ; New to Spotlight, Tiller Makes Most of Increased Role.

J.T. Tiller is still getting used to all the attention. The notion of taking part in postgame press conferences and having reporters lined up to talk to him after practice is still all so new.

Ruth Scott, 1921-2008

Ruth Amanda Scott, 86, of New Franklin died Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008, at Lenoir Woods in Columbia. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11, at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in New Franklin. Visitation will be 1 p.m. until time of service Monday at Markland-Yager Funeral Home.

Police: Give Internal Reviews Time to Work

Rather than just getting a letter in the mail saying their complaint has been received, residents who file complaints with the Columbia Police Department will now get a personal contact from the investigating officer within seven days. It's one feature of the department's newly adopted process to improve how it responds to complaints and handles issues internally.