Columbia Daily Tribune

Alice Behrens 1926-2008

Alice Thelma Behrens, 82, of Columbia passed away Thursday, April 17, 2008. Memorial services are at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 26, in Sioux City, Iowa.

Convicted Murderers Compile a Tough Lesson for Youths

"Lost Innocence: Understanding Youth Who Kill" by Christopher Bowers, K. Gilbert, S. Johnson, E. Padilla and J. Yeager; After studying as research subjects 126 murderers in the Missouri prison system in the early 1980s, Bill Holcomb and I published a number of reports in psychological journals. In 1999-2001, I facilitated programs at the Therapeutic Community at the Jefferson City Corrections Center for drug and alcohol abusers who appeared likely to benefit from treatment. The participant...

Mu's Collins Shows Scoring Instincts

It's hard to tell from the statistics, but Missouri soccer player Michelle Collins' first instinct is to pass. This is the same forward who finished second on the team and third in the Big 12 Conference with 12 goals in 2007.

Jack Merideth, 1912-2008

Jack Whittle Merideth, 96, a Columbia native and last surviving member of the Hickman High School Class of 1930, died March 22, 2008, in Glendale, Calif. He was laid to rest Saturday, March 29, at Rose Hills cemetery in Whittier, Calif. He is buried beside his sons David and Dick, and Jack will be missed by all who knew, loved and admired him.

Live Music

Sunday Molly Gallamore Combo 5 to 8 p.m. at Jazz.

Best Sellers

FICTION 1 Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster). A young woman tries to unravel the mystery of a family tragedy.

Exhibits

The University of Missouri Museum of Art and Archaeology: "Daumier'sParis: Life in the 19th-Century City" on display through May 25 at University of Missouri campus. Learn more at maa.missouri.edu. - "Before Columbus: Iconography in the Ancient Americas" through May 18.

Where There's Smoke ... ; Missouri Fans Create Game-Day Setting.

It wasn't quite the crowd of more than 92,000 that showed up for Alabama's spring game last year to sneak a peek at Nick Saban's first Crimson Tide team. And fans weren't shelling out the $95 they were in Nebraska to see Bo Pelini's first Cornhusker outfit. But the 26,322 fans who crowded into the west side of Memorial Stadium yesterday on a cool, overcast, windy day - after handing over $3 or a donation of three cans of food - served notice that Missouri's football program has arrived on the...

Homesteading Saga Dips Into Author's Family History

"Wolves at the Door" by Thomas Chown Thomas Chown, in his inaugural novel "Wolves at the Door," taps into his own family's history to pen this engaging saga of homesteading across Kansas and Colorado in the 1800s.

The Film Pitch, Does It Work?

Todd Sklar and crew blew in to Lawrence, Kan., April 2 - averaging 87 mph on the trip from Columbia - with two hours to do street, meet and greets, and get people to come see their movie, "Box Elder." Spilling out of their green GMC van conversion, the five 20- something guys hit Massachusetts Street to work the early Friday evening crowds.

What's Missing Are `Ifs'

In April, there is usually some separation anxiety between a college football team and its departed seniors. The memories of their heroics are still fresh. Their skills seem irreplaceable. Several former Missouri Tigers who picked up their Cotton Bowl rings at halftime of yesterday's Black and Gold Game - tight end Martin Rucker, wide receiver Will Franklin, tailback Tony Temple, center Adam Spieker and nose tackle Lorenzo Williams, to name five - fit into that category, except that, in reali...

Area Scene

MU hands out academic awards The Missouri athletic department held its spring academic awards breakfast Wednesday. MU athletes compiled a 2.81 grade-point average in the fall semester, and 50 percent of them had a GPA of 3.0 or better.

Stanley Cup Playoffs

- Capitals 3, Flyers 2: Slowly but surely, the young Washington Capitals are getting the hang of playoff hockey. They're rattling the opponent with physical play and playing the right mind games with timely complaints about the officiating. The Philadelphia Flyers can only hope it doesn't become too much of a habit.

Reader Adventures

Eco-Chic Makeup Hits Mass Market

Physicians Formula is taking a big step toward "greener" cosmetics with its new line, Organic wear, the first certified organic makeup from a mass-market retailer. Pressed and loose powder, bronzer, blush and concealer constitute the line that Physicians Formula says is "100 percent natural," a phrase that is unregulated in the United States.

Subsidies Daft Given Food Costs ; Farm Bill Sends Funds to the Wrong People.

The following appeared Wednesday in the Orlando Sentinel. Crop prices for U.S. farmers are soaring. Farm income and land values are climbing. Agricultural exports are booming.

Venture Bound ; Heroes or Villains: Take Your Pick at History Museum

ST. JOSEPH - Forty-two large paintings on wood of famous Western lawmen and outlaws line the walls of the Blue Room of the Patee House Museum in St. Joseph. The character of the men shows clearly in artist George L. Warfel's work, which has the veracity of photographs. Emmett Dalton, Wyatt Earp, Cole Younger, Bat Masterson, Frank James, Pat Garret - these are handsome people. Those who didn't get killed young often went on to become solid citizens in later life.

Blackballing Hollywood

At the ripe old age of 19, local filmmaker Todd Sklar decided to beat Orson Welles' record of making a full-length film by age 26. He did that this spring with "Box Elder" and has set out to break down Hollywood's last hold on the movie business: distribution. After a more-than-two-week run at Ragtag Cinema that grossed more than $12,000, Sklar, 24, hit the road on a 41-city tour with his film in mid-March on a grass-roots guerrilla marketing mission.

Glover-Scoggin

Ginnie Glover and Jameson "Jamie" Scoggin were married Feb. 25, 2008, in Perry, Okla. The ceremony was performed for the daughter of Alan and Lottie Glover of Newark and the son of Randy and Karen Scoggin of LaBelle.

Wedding ; Beckers-Sullivan

Laura Sullivan and Oliver Beckers were married on March 29, 2008, in Ponca City, Okla. The Honorable Philip Ross performed the double- ring ceremony for the daughter of Michael and Marta Sullivan of Ponca City and the son of Matthias and Ingeborg Beckers of Feucht, Germany. Maid of honor was Sarah Brown of Brooklyn, N.Y. The groom was attended by best man Dietmar Hillman of Winkelheid, Germany.