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Members of the Candace Ingram Dance Ensemble perform a Rwandan dance this morning during the 2009 Columbia Values Diversity Celebration at the Columbia Expo Center.
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Local News Stories
MU cuts to affect all areas
By JENNA YOUNGS
of the Tribune’s staff
University of Missouri Chancellor Brady Deaton expects MU employees to "severely curtail" nonpersonnel expenses in an effort to protect students’ educational experience as well as campus jobs.
Diversity free-for-all
By T.J. GREANEY
of the Tribune’s staff
Near the end of the dance routine that closed the city’s Columbia Values Diversity breakfast this morning, students from the University of Missouri’s Cultural Association of India were on stage beating drums and weaving in and out of formation to the driving rhythm of the traditional Garba dance.
Shelters full as mercury breaks zero
By JODIE JACKSON JR.
of the Tribune’s staff
Local homeless shelters were full last night as a blast of arctic air sent temperatures plunging below zero. Wind chills of 15 to 20 degrees below zero were expected throughout the day.
Effort seeks to broaden pill license
By JANESE HEAVIN
of the Tribune’s staff
Renee Stucky at Rusk Rehabilitation Center sees patients with chronic health issues and sometimes urgent mental health-care needs, but when they need prescription medication, she has to send them elsewhere.
Seventh school board candidate a math devotee
By JONATHON BRADEN
of the Tribune’s staff
Marc Bledsoe and his wife, Ann, love math so much they named their two children after mathematicians: Seven-year-old Isaac’s name recalls Isaac Newton, and 10-year-old Cayley was named after British mathematician Arthur Cayley.
Graffiti artists need not apply
By SARA SEMELKA
of the Tribune’s staff
The city is expanding its Traffic Box Art program launched two years ago to spruce up the downtown landscape and deter crime-provoking graffiti.
Kelly wants voters to decide question over Ameren rates
By JANESE HEAVIN
of the Tribune’s staff
Rep. Chris Kelly wants voters, not lawmakers, to decide whether to repeal a state law that prohibits utility companies from using rate hikes to pay for construction projects such as the second reactor at AmerenUE’s Callaway Nuclear Plant.
Police to use DNA in homeless death inquiry
By T.J. GREANEY
of the Tribune’s staff
The Columbia Police Department has requested DNA samples from family members of a man they believe to have died in a homeless camp in east Columbia.
Parkland set to burn in management effort
The Columbia Parks and Recreation Department is planning a series of prescribed burns at parks and nature areas in the city through April 15.
City council to hold
hearings on sewers
During the Columbia City Council meeting Tuesday, the council will hold two public hearings on planned sewer district projects.
City, VAC promote
used-computer event
The Voluntary Action Center, city of Columbia and the Downtown Optimist Club are hosting the sixth annual Homes for Computers giveaway to provide about 35 computers to VAC clients.
High school marks ‘Year of Astronomy’
Rock Bridge High School will host the first of its monthly events celebrating 2009 as the International Year of Astronomy and marking the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s discoveries with a telescope.
