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Fall/Winter 8 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 13 DIFFERENCE MAKERS Volume 4 Meet Angela Speck, Brad Stag, and Kara and 13 DIFFERENCE MAKERS Benjamin Hook. Ordinary people who accomplish extraordinary things by creating positive change 16 UNIQUE LIVING in their community and in the lives of others. Heart & Sole American Shoe keeps mid-Missouri 19 HOMES & LIFESTYLE UNIQUE LIVING decked out in fashionable footwear. 16 Page 38 Jordan and Violeta Douce talk about changing Unique 26 MILITARY LIFE the path of foster parents at Coyote Hill, and its Living: many rewards. Coyote Hill 29 BOOMER LIFE Page 16 26 WELCOME HOME UNIVERSITY SUBARU 32 SPIRITUAL LIFE Local shelter helps homeless veterans, families, get back on their feet. 42 EDUCATION Step by step, American Shoe 58 HEALTH CARE has served Mid-Missouri for nearly 100 years, and continues 67 JOBS & BUSINESS to invest in the community. 68 RECREATION SEE PAGE 38 72 LOCAL RESOURCES
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ART GALLERIES Artlandish Gallery 573-442-2999 artlandishgallery.com Bluestem Missouri Crafts 573-442-0211 www.bluestemcrafts.com Columbia Art League 573-443-8838 www.columbiaartleague.org George Caleb Bingham Gallery, University of Missouri 573-882-3555 art.missouri.edu/current.html Melissa Williams Fine Art 573-449-4493 Marilyn Cummins’ “The Aermotor” in Columbia Art League’s exhibit Quintessence melissawilliamsfineart.com | Sarah Bell/Columbia Daily Tribune Orr Street Studios 573-875-4370 orrstreetstudios.com Sager Braudis Gallery 573-442-4831 sagerbraudisgallery.com
MUSEUMS State Historical Society of Missouri 573-882-1187 shsmo.org/about/columbia University of Missouri Museum of Anthropology anthromuseum.missouri.edu University of Missouri Museum of Art and Archaeology 573-882-3591 maa.missouri.edu Walters-Boone County Historical Museum 573-443-8936 Miranda DeCourley, 6, sketches the artwork in the European and American Gallery of the University boonehistory.org of Missouri Museum of Art and Archaeology | Staff/Columbia Daily Tribune
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MUSIC VENUES THEATER/ The Blue Note PERFORMING ARTS 573-874-1944 Arrow Rock Lyceum Theater www.thebluenote.com 660-837-3311 lyceumtheatre.org Café Berlin 573-441-0400 Choral Arts Alliance of cafeberlincomo.com Missouri choralartsallianceofmissouri.com Cooper’s Landing 573-657-2544 Columbia Entertainment www.cooperslanding.net Company Bartender Emily Holtzman pours shots during a show at Cafe Berlin 573-474-3699 | Tim Tai/Columbia Daily Tribune Mizzou Arena www.cectheatre.org 573-884-7297 Jesse Auditorium www.mutigers.com/facilities University of Missouri campus Maplewood Barn Rhynsburger Theatre/ Rose Music Hall 573-882-3781 Community Theatre MU Department of concertseries.missouri.edu/ 573-227-2276 573-874-1944 Theatre www.rosemusichall.com venue/jesse-auditorium www.maplewoodbarn.com 573-882-7529 Macklanburg Playhouse/ Missouri Contemporary Whitmore Recital Hall theatre.missouri.edu MU Fine Arts Building Stephens College Ballet 573-882-2604 Performing Arts 573-219-7134 Talking Horse 573-876-7199 music.missouri.edu missouricontemporaryballet.com www.stephens.edu/services/ Productions box-office Missouri Symphony Society 573-268-1381 573-875-0600 talkinghorseproductions.org mosymphonysociety.org Missouri Theatre TRYPS Theatre Institute 573-882-3781 at Stephens College Walters-Boone County concertseries.org/concert/ Children’s theater HISTORICAL MUSEUM venue/Missouri-theatre 573-449-4536 Odyssey Chamber Music trypskidscom.com The MONTMINY COLLECTIONS CONCERTS Series ART GALLERY 573-825-0079 University Concert Series HISTORIC HOMES BOOK TALKS EXHIBITS odysseymissouri.org concertseries.missouri.edu
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OCTOBER NOVEMBER Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival Columbia Jaycees Holiday Parade Held the second full weekend in On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, October in Hartsburg, the event this kid-friendly event includes a parade features craft vendors and a variety with visits by Santa and Mrs. Claus. of pumpkin-related activities, plus www.columbiamojaycees.com lots of pumpkins for sale in all shapes, sizes and colors. Black Culture Awareness Week www.hartsburgpumpkinfest.com Centered on the mission of the University of Missouri Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Homecoming Center at MU, the weeklong event Celebrate with a parade and features a soul food dinner, musical tailgates, plus myriad campus performances, guest speakers and activities over the preceding week, discussions. including extravagent Greektown gobcc.missouri.edu house decorations. www.missouri.edu DECEMBER “We Always Swing” Jazz Series Living Windows Festival The jazz program brings in top On the first Friday in December, the talents to Columbia, offering an downtown district hosts live window educational program and films to promote, preserve and celebrate displays, strolling carolers, visits with jazz. Performances generally start in Santa and more. October and are scheduled through www.discoverthedistrict.com the following spring. www.wealwaysswing.org Holiday Homes Tour Serving as the primary fundraiser From left, Sandy Leticky, Genevieve Ray, 5, and Adalyn Ray, 8, daughters of Odyssey Chamber Music Series for the Women’s Symphony League, This concert series presents Adam and Corissa Ray of Columbia; sing in the window at Bluestem Missouri the tour featres some of Columbia’s Crafts | Staff/Columbia Daily Tribune intimate yet ambitious chamber music performances at First Baptist most decorated homes to celebrate Church. The series consistently the holiday season. The event hosts a calls on local talent, yet mingles silent auction and bake sale. in guest performers from across www.mosymphonysociety.org/womens- the country and world. Concerts symphony-league generally get underway in October City Kwanzaa Celebration and run through May. Odyssey This annual event celebrates the also works with a number of other cultural organizations to present black holiday based around family The Plowman Chamber Music and community. A free holiday feast, Competition and Festival during the entertainment and community spring of odd-number years. awards will be given at the event. www.odysseymissouri.org www.gocolumbiamo.com Citizen Jane Film Festival Stephens College and other venues JANUARY host this film festival that features Martin Luther King Jr. independent films made by women. Events include workshops, Celebration discussions, parties and more. Through art, music, dance, awards, www.citizenjanefilmfestival.org discussion and food, residents celebrate diversity and the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. www.gocolumbiamo.com EVERY MONTH
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ANGELA SPECK
AGE: OCCUPATION: FAVORITE COMO ACTIVITY: 46 Director of Astronomy, University of Missouri Visiting Sparky’s Ice Cream
I RUN THE OBSERVATORY AT There’s so much to do in CoMO – it’s My favorite little-known fact about THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI never boring. It’s is such a locavore place Columbia is that coming here turned and conduct talks and activities related to – so many great Harlow Shapley from journalism astronomy. local businesses and artists all doing to astronomy. He went on to be an I moved to Columbia 15 years ago to stuff for the local community. Sparky’s is important name in astronomy and is as work at MU. At the time, I was not all that one of my favorite places; it’s fun and silly, important as Edwin Hubble, who is also keen on being in the Midwest. But it didn’t and who doesn’t love weird ice cream from Missouri. And a contemporary of take long for me to love CoMO. flavors? Shapley.
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BRAD STAG
AGE: OCCUPATION: FAVORITE COMO ACTIVITY: 54 Senior Minister at First Christian Church Palm Parade
I MOVED TO COLUMBIA FIVE but with small- town spirit and an easy openness and awareness of diverse faith YEARS AGO to become the senior commute. My Houston friends envy that perspectives. minister at First Christian Church. In I can make it anywhere in Columbia in 20 I always tell my friends in Texas that addition to preaching, teaching, leading minutes or less; movies, concerts, church, what makes Columbia such a great place and pastoring the congregation of First games, parks and trails. Everything is so is that the people here are genuinely Christian, I provide the Bright Spot accessible! good, loving trusting people. From messages on KFRU 1400AM radio and My favorite Columbia event is the their goodness, love and faith, comes KBXR 102.3FM and serve on the board Palm Parade at Ninth and Broadway their spirit of compassion, mercy and of trustees for Columbia College. First every Palm Sunday, in which downtown generosity! Christian Church provides 26 ministries churches of all faiths join together for I like to remind people that one of “the ranging from Sunday morning worship song, prayer and a blessing! Not only is it other schools” in town, Columbia College services to housing 12-Step Groups which an ecumenical moment that makes my is a Disciples of Christ affiliated college average 500-plus attendees per week. heart sing, but all the local merchants formed by the leaders of First Christian Having moved from Houston, which each year give permission for this faith Church with a current nation-wide is such a sprawling metro, I love that event to take place in the public square, enrollment of 25,000 students. CC is not Columbia provides big-city opportunities which speaks volumes about Columbia’s as “little” as many people think!
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KARA & BENJAMIN HOOK
AGE: OCCUPATION: FAVORITE COMO ACTIVITY: Kara, 35 / Benjamin, 40 Owners/Directors/Teachers at The Atelier Berlin Bazaar
BENJAMIN GREW UP IN a school of creative learning, offering more. We have something to offer for COLUMBIA AND KARA MOVED TO preschool and primary school programs every interest. with a process-based, hands-on, holistic TOWN IN 2000 to attend MU. After We are thrilled about the growth of the approach to all learning through and meeting in 2007, we moved to Virginia, North Arts District. It is awesome to see artistic and musical lens. We also offer where Benjamin completed his master’s the downtown community come together music and art classes for babies and degree, and then on to Toronto to earn to support the arts, theatre, music, the toddlers with a caregiver. his doctorate. We returned to Columbia farmer’s market, and more. in 2013. Whether you are from a bigger city or smaller town, we know you will find Our newest favorite event is the Berlin Columbia has been a long-time that Columbia is a relaxed community Bazaar, a crazy cornucopia of local artisans, epicenter of creativity, education, and with a lot of activities going on all year taking place at Café Berlin (10th and Park). energy, bringing together people from round, including True/False Film Fest, We will be there this year, hosting some fun all backgrounds. We opened The Atelier Roots, Blues, and Barbecue, Show Me art projects for kids. Come on out and bring one and a half years ago. The Atelier is State Games, and Art in the Park, and lots the whole family!
FALL/WINTER 2017 / 15 Coyote Hill (left) / parents Jordan and Violeta Douce (right) | Sarah Bell unique living Coyote Hill By Katherine Cummins
JORDAN AND VIOLETA DOUCE WERE LIVING IN CHICAGO, pursuing careers in engineering and clinical research, respectively, when they said they became disillusioned with their pursuit of the traditional American dream. They decided they wanted to pursue something that would have a bigger impact. So when a friend from church brought up the possibility of working at Coyote Hill, they decided it was just what they had been looking for. “It gave us the ability to help children who found themselves in difficult situations, most of which were out of their control, and it allowed us to work alongside each other in ministry,” Jordan said. The couple moved to Columbia and began living and working at Coyote Hill, in July 2016 and have been making an impact on children’s lives ever since. Have you always worked in a foster home setting, or did you start off fostering children in your own home? Yes and no. I (Jordan) grew up with foster brothers and sisters. My parents have always worked with children/youth at risk through several different organizations. As an adult, I did not see myself immediately following in my parent’s footsteps, but my experience in working with foster children always left me with great compassion toward them. Violeta grew up in Ecuador and did not have the same experience with foster children, but she did work extensively with several organizations that focused on children in poverty. Her heart had always been to work in ministry. What made you decide to go the route of serving as house parents in a foster home environment? We felt disillusioned with what we were pursuing in Chicago. Even though on the outside we started to look like “successful” 20-somethings, inside we did not feel like we were accomplishing anything outstanding. We felt empty and like the work we were doing lacked meaning and purpose. It took a lot of time to trust that quitting our jobs and pursuing something different would be worth it, but eventually we did and now we are here.
FALL/WINTER 2017 / 17 on road trips together. We eat meals at the table together and talk about our favorite parts of our day. We try to have an atmosphere where kids feel free to be themselves and feel safe to make mistakes. We do this by not pretending like we are perfect and by being genuine and vulnerable. We argue, cry and laugh like any other family. What are the qualities/traits that it takes to be a good foster parent? Being good at confrontation and quick to let things go. Hurt people hurt people, and with our children it is no different. We have learned that being quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry will get us far in building Coyote Hill | Sarah Bell a relationship with our kids. Having thick skin and the ability to avoid power struggles are also two very helpful The biggest reason for choosing to work contact with us when they are up on qualities. Ultimately, I think one of the as home parents was a selfish one, it gave stage receiving an award or performing biggest qualities to be a good foster my wife and I the ability to work together a recital. When they look for us to make parent is to have the ability to love a every day. As teammates, we would sure we saw them shoot that basket at a foster kid like you would your own child. take on each day’s challenges knowing basketball game. When we are swimming that we would have each other’s backs. at our lake and all you can hear from all What brought you to the Columbia area/ We were also looking for something full of them is, “watch me Miss V!” and, “watch Mid-Missouri? time, we didn’t want to volunteer or work me Mr. Jordan!” I (Jordan) grew up in Columbia, and part-time in ministry; we were at a place When a child comes in with their arms despite moving to Ecuador at the age of where we were ready to jump in with crossed and an angry face that says, “my 14 and then living in Chicago for a few both feet. Coyote Hill became an open walls will never come down,” but four years, I have always felt like this is home. door, and after many conversations and months later they are asking you for hugs It was exciting to think about coming weighing our passions and goals, we back with my wife and reconnecting with or to be tickled, and you know somehow decided to walk through it. family and people in the area. the life of this child has a little more hope What are some of the biggest challenges than it did before. I (Violeta) grew up in Ecuador (where I of serving as house parents a foster home? met Jordan, long story) and then went to The excitement in their eyes when they college in Chicago. After college, Jordan Many times, our impact seems small. experience something for the first time or and I got married and worked there We love, invest, care for and protect the when we teach them something new. children in our home, but eventually they for a few years, but we always felt far It is so rewarding to see a child make a move on and it’s hard to know what kind from family. My family is still in Ecuador, habit out of something that we have tried of impact we’ve had on them. A lot of the which is over 2,000 miles away, so I to teach them. Little things like being kids who come here do not want to be in always felt like the closest family I had kind to others, making their beds, using foster care and they resist relationships was Jordan’s family. Columbia always felt table manners or letting others be first in and connection. It is challenging to give like a second home, especially since we line. Though these may seem like small so much of ourselves and our time to visited whenever we had a day off and on accomplishments, to us these are huge! someone who does not want it. Even many weekends. When we decided we though we are here for them and love It is also very rewarding to us knowing no longer wanted to pursue the glamour and care for them, instead our kids we are fulfilling our call to live for that a big city like Chicago had to offer, desire the love and support from the very something greater than ourselves. We moving to Columbia felt natural. people that have hurt them or caused no longer feel empty like we mentioned What do you enjoy the most about living them so much pain. Every day we have earlier; we are now overflowing with here? to remind ourselves that our calling is purpose and meaning in what we do. I (Jordan) enjoy the city feel without to continue to love them, even if all we What goes into making a foster home feel living in a big city. You are never further are met with is resistance and animosity. like home for the children you work with? than 15 minutes away from wide open We remind ourselves that whether they spaces and the peace of the countryside. show it or not, love changes lives and is A lot of throw pillows and pretty curtains impacting them even if we can’t see it. (Violeta)! We have found that the more I (Violeta) enjoy how approachable and at home we feel, the more at home the friendly people are. My first week in What are some of the rewards? children will feel. We treat this space like Harrisburg I waved at so many people The rewards are so many! The smiles it’s our home and we treat the kids like while driving through our little town that and the laughter. The moments where they belong here and encourage them my hand started to get tired! I love the we see them enjoy life and enjoy being to treat this like their home, too. We do stars and the fresh air and the weather. kids. The moments when they make eye family activities together as well as go Chicago was cold!
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Homes in El Chaparral neighborhood | Travis Gallup/Columbia Daily Tribune Columbia real estate market continues to grow
THE COLUMBIA REAL ESTATE MARKET CONTINUES TO The cost of homes continues to rise. In 2016, single-family HOLD STEADY. Sales in early 2017 already are on track to home sales averaged $210,335—up from $205,328 in 2015 and match or exceed those of 2016, according to Columbia Board of $196,571 in 2014. Realtors (CBOR) President Jim Meyer. One factor that might affect future numbers, especially Single-home sales fell slightly in 2016, with 2,198 homes sold those surrounding new construction, is the revised Unified compared to 2,205 in 2015, according to numbers from the Development Code under review by City Council. Columbia Board of Realtors. Although sales remained fairly steady in 2016, the Columbia Among existing homes in the central part of the city, price and Boone County market saw a lower level of inventory appreciation has been noticeable, Meyer said. “There is a lot throughout the year compared to 2015, Meyer said. of upscale renovation to the ’40s and ’50s bungalows, so those He has seen more sellers on the market so far this year. prices are going up,” he said. “Last year was a little tight for buyers, but I think it’s going to be For more information and projections on the local real estate a little more balanced this year,” Meyer said. economy, visit the CBOR website at cbormls.com.
FALL/WINTER 2017 / 19 homes & lifestyle NEIGHBORHOODS
Neighborhoodsnapshot
El Chaparral
AVERAGE HOME SIZE: 2,112 SQ. FEET AVERAGE HOME SOLD PRICE: $145,214 AVERAGE DAYS ON MARKET/ CUMULATIVE DAYS ON MARKET: 52/54 SCHOOLS: CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY OAKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL BATTLE HIGH SCHOOL VOTING WARD: OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS
JUST OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS down East Broadway, El Chaparral offers convenient access to both Interstate 70 and Highway 63. It is also just a few miles away from the Conley Road shopping area, which includes a variety of businesses ranging from grocery and clothing stores to restaurants. Bob Dierks, who has lived in El Chaparral for more than five years, said he and his wife, Jen, enjoy that it is a quiet and calm neighborhood with a sense of community. “This is seen most often in group events – neighborhood garage sales, a neighborhood barbecue and most especially at Halloween.”
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El Chaparral
Bearfield Meadows
Thornbrook
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FALL/WINTER 2017 / 21 Neighborhoodsnapshot
Thornbrook
AVERAGE HOME SIZE: 3,818 SQ. FEET AVERAGE HOME SOLD PRICE: $424,911 AVERAGE DAYS ON MARKET/ CUMULATIVE DAYS ON MARKET: 58/126 SCHOOLS: BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY ANN HAWKINS GENTRY MIDDLE SCHOOL ROCK BRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL VOTING WARD: WARD 5
RESIDENTS DESCRIBE THORNBROOK AS
A FRIENDLY welcoming neighborhood that is a Thornbrook neighborhood | Sarah Bell/Columbia Daily Tribune community within itself. “It has a very neighborly feel, a very community feeling,” said resident Gerardo Pico. “We have electronic communication, our own newsletter, the pool and a community area to help people get Supporting together. They make a parade for the Fourth of July, activities for kids at Halloween. It’s a very close-knit Quality community within the Columbia community.” Pico said Thornbrook is where his colleagues and Residential friends told him to move when he and his family came City of Columbia - Community to Columbia from Puerto Rico in 2016. Development Department Life Office of Neighborhood Services He said the houses are nice and the neighborhood is 573-817-5050 [email protected] well kept, which makes buying a home in Thornbrook www.GoColumbiaMo.com “a good investment.” “The prices of the houses tend to stay very competitive, and houses do well on the market,” he said. Wanda Gebhardt described herself and her husband The Office of Neighborhood Services... as the grandparents of what she said is a “young • Registers and inspects all rental properties neighborhood.” They moved to Thornbrook in 2015 • Enforces health issues including tall grass, unlicensed because they wanted to live in the 65203 zip code. cars, and nuisances in residential areas She said one of the advantages of Thornbrook is its • Responds to property maintenance issues in position at the edge of Columbia. our neighborhoods “We’re in the city, but not really in the ‘city,’” Gebhardt • Supports neighborhood groups said. We have the amenities of the city – water and Let us know if we can assist you sewer and electric -- but feel like we’re living in the country.”
22 / LIVE VIBRANTLY IN COLUMBIA, MO Como Housing Breakdown Data from Columbia Board of Realtors. Single Family Homes
2014 2015 2016
Single family homes sales in Boone County 2,017 2,203 2,198
Existing single family homes sales in Boone County 1,758 1,907 1,923
New Construction single family homes sales in Boone County 259 296 275
Single family homes average sold price in Boone County $196,571 $205,345 $210,335
Existing single family homes average sold price in Boone County $183,801 $193,086 $198,543
New construction single family homes average sold price in Boone County $277,456 $287,791 $279,627
Single family home average days on market 73 63 56
Single family homes average cumulative days on market 93 83 70
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Bearfield Meadows
AVERAGE HOME SIZE: 1,861 SQ. FEET AVERAGE HOME SOLD PRICE: $175,566 AVERAGE DAYS ON MARKET/ CUMULATIVE DAYS ON MARKET: 12/33 SCHOOLS: NEW HAVEN ELEMENTARY JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL ROCK BRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL VOTING WARD: WARD 6
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IN ADDITION TO BEING A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE and buy a home, Columbia offers a unique lifestyle that includes an active art scene, the world renowned True/False film fest, the Roots N Blues music festival that draws big name acts each year and was recognized by Forbes magazine in 2015 as one of the Top 25 places to retire. Columbia is home to Missouri’s Show-Me State Games, the largest state games in the country, with more than 32,000 amateur athletes of all ages competing in Olympic-style competition.
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IN 2015 • Obrella.com ranked Columbia No. 16 in the Best Commuter Cities in Missouri, citing the city’s high rate of carpoolers and mass transit users and noting 88 percent of Columbia locals get to work in 29 minutes or less, with an average commute time of 17.4 minutes. • Columbia was once again included in Livability.com’s Top 10 College Towns — No. 3 for 2015 — ahead of destinations such as Berkley, Calif., Cambridge, Mass. (home of Harvard University and MIT) and Gainesville, Fla. (home of the University of Florida).
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FALL/WINTER 2017 / 25 homes & lifestyle MILITARY LIFE Welcome Home Local organization provides shelter, services to veterans
ESTABLISHED IN 1994 BY and with the Food Bank for FOUR VIETNAM VETERANS, Central and Northeast Missouri. the mission of Welcome Most clients arrive at Welcome Home is “to reduce veteran Home based on referrals from homelessness by providing the Veterans’ Association (VA) or services and resources from community members. A to meet basic needs and majority of clients are between improve overall quality of ages 35 and 50, and they stay life.” It is the only shelter in 190 days, on average, Swyers Columbia dedicated specifically said. to providing emergency and transitional living services to Welcome Home has served veterans and their families. 161 homeless veterans since 2010 and 63 veteran families “They deserve any help we since 2012. Of those served, can give them,” said Sophia 95 percent have attained Swyers, director of shelter or maintained housing. The services. The organization helps shelter housed 62 veterans clients access Social Security and service-related benefits, in 2016, up from 39 in 2015. food stamps and substance- In part, that’s because fewer abuse treatment, among other veterans are staying for the full services. The organization also six months allowed under the has a peer-mentoring program VA grant that funds many of the and small groups that help shelter’s activities. veterans get involved in the The organization’s emergency community and expand life shelter has a capacity of 13 skills. male veterans, though it “We try to do as much as we sometimes provides hotel Zoe Alsbury, second from left, flips her rifle in the air with other members of the MU ROTC Pershing Rifles Drill Team during the seventh annual can to help them build on their rooms for veterans and their Military Recognition Day | Staff/Columbia Daily Tribune lives in the time we have them families. Construction is here,” Swyers said. underway on a new facility that will have 32 bed spaces, The organization works closely ACCORDING TO THE VETERANS ASSOCIATION, including space for families and with Supportive Services for BOONE COUNTY IS HOME TO 10,702 VETERANS. female veterans. The facility is Veterans’ Families, which helps set to open this summer. Kim Wischmeyer, quartermaster at VFW Post 280, veterans and their families obtain and sustain stable For more information said the post has more than 600 combat veterans in housing. Welcome Home also on Welcome Home, visit the area who are members. He estimated that about works with Feeding America welcomehomelessveterans.org. 20 percent of area veterans are women. According to the Veterans Association, as of Sept. 30, 2014, Missouri has 494,346 veterans.
Of those: • 365,367 are wartime veterans • 22,201 are World War II veterans • 42,481 are Korean War veterans • 167,248 are Vietnam War veterans • 147,496 are Gulf War Veterans • 128,979 are peacetime veterans • 38,277 are female • 456,070 are male Welcome Home building | Photo courtesy of Welcome Home
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Missouri Veterans Commission veterans special 601 Business Loop 70 W., Suite 214A 573-882-5135 ‘thank you’ mvc.dps.mo.gov U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs By Katherine Cummins Columbia Vet Center 4040 Rangeline Street, Suite 105 573-814-6206 or 877-927-8387 www.va.gov
Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital 800 Hospital Drive 573-814-6000 www.columbiamo.va.gov
VFW Post 280 1509 Ashley Road 573-442-8413 vfw280.org
American Legion Herbert Williams Post 202 3669 Legion Lane 573-442-2950 www.americanlegionpost202.org
Central Missouri Women, Post 1111 PO Box 7482 Meets the third Tuesday of each month at Harry St. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital, third floor conference room B3444. STARTED IN 2005 shortly after memorials and the Iwo Jima, Air completion of the World War II Force and Women in Military Service Richard T. Kelly Post 238 Memorial, Honor Flight is a national memorials as well as a visit to PO Box 7733 network of volunteer groups that Arlington National Cemetery for the 573-896-5079 fly veterans to the nation’s capital. Changing of the Guard. Priority is given to World War II Welcome Home, Inc. veterans, followed by Korean War Honor Flight also provides the 1206 Rangeline Street and Vietnam War veterans. community with an opportunity to 573-443-8001 show its appreciation. Each veteran welcomehomelessveterans.org Central Missouri Honor Flight was receives a packet of cards and started in 2008, and the group’s first letters from local schoolchildren. flight was in May 2009. Since then, Ousley Family Veterans Service Center, A large group of motorcycle riders more than 2,000 local veterans have Columbia College accompanies each bus as an honor made the trip to Washington D.C. 226 Missouri Hall, 1001 Rogers Street guard for the last leg of its return 573-875-7504 or 800-231-2391 ext. 7504 “It needed to be done,” founder trip from the airport in St. Louis and web.ccis.edu/Military/veteranscenter Mary Paulsell said of starting Central a large crowd of family, friends and Missouri Honor Flight. “My brother community members await them at MU Veterans Center and I jumped in as co-founders their return point. N-5 Memorial Student Union, 518 Hitt Street because our dad was a World War II 573-884-4383 Honor Flight is funded entirely veteran — Silver Star in the Battle of veterans.missouri.edu the Bulge — but he did not live long by private contributions from enough to see it built.” individual donors and groups. Show-Me Heroes Veteran Employment Each Honor Flight veteran is Services, Missouri Job Center accompanied by a volunteer FOR MORE INFORMATION 800 Cherry Street “guardian” who is a medical about Central Missouri Honor Flight 573-441-6361 or 888-728-5627 professional or younger veteran. or to volunteer or donate, visit jobs.mo.gov/jobseeker/veteran-employment- The tours include the war centralmissourihonorflight.com services
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LSS complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. homes & lifestyle Senior services BOOMER LIFE Senior Network The Senior Network of Columbia is composed Osher provides opportunities of representatives of area organizations, agencies and businesses, as well as individuals for lifelong learners who are interested in promoting the quality of life for the senior citizens of Boone County. By Katherine Cummins A directory can be found online at www.silcolumbia.org. The directory has listings HENRY FORD ONCE SAID, Washburn first got involved for everything from food and home-delivered “Anyone who stops learning is old, with Osher at the suggestion of a whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who neighbor shortly after moving to meals to volunteer opportunities. keeps learning stays young.” If Columbia. All of the literature classes intrigued her, and she soon became learning keeps a person young, the 50+ Program and 50+ Trips hooked. University of Missouri Extension’s 1907 Hillcrest Drive Osher Lifelong Learning Institute “What I soon discovered is the (Hillcrest Community Center, is Columbia and Boone County’s people in the classes are as Waters-Moss Memorial Wildlife Area) fountain of youth. interesting as the instructors,” said 573-874-7475 Osher offers a variety of classes Washburn, noting the institute has aimed at helping those over age more than 500 members. “People Activities: Music, dances, painting, crafts, 50 keep their minds active. Various are really engaged in the classes. instructional classes, social activities, travel membership levels are available, They do the reading and come with opportunities. A function of Columbia Parks allowing people to take as few or as questions and opinions.” and Recreation. many classes as they are interested Columbia is lucky to have the Osher in. Volunteers teach courses such as program to help keep its active AARP Missouri “Cycles of Poetry and Song,” “Bees, community members engaged, 9200 Ward Parkway, Suite 350 Flowers and Pollination,” “French Porter said. Kansas City Conversation” and “Terrorism and “We have people that take two, 573-449-4181 Contemporary Cultures of Violence.” three, four courses a session. Their Special discussions and events also Local meetings at 10 a.m. every second Monday only complaint is they have two are held. On Fridays, Osher hosts a classes they want to take scheduled of the month at Boone Electric Cooperative’s brown bag seminar series and a free at the same time,” he said. “It’s a community room for Mid-Missouri Chapter 5390, film class complete with popcorn in good problem to have, and that’s our 1413 Range Line St. the afternoons. The institute also has biggest compliment.” offered classes at the senior center. Services: Advocacy, travel, tax assistance, Most of the funding for Osher driver safety program “We try to have a variety of comes from member fees, but the literature, science and politics, and program also receives University Adult Day Connection we often have something related Extension funding. Many instructors MU campus, 137 Clark Hall to computers and genealogy,” said are retired teachers and professors, Helen Washburn, chair of the Osher though Washburn said educational 573-882-7070 Advisory Council. “Besides classes, experience is not necessary. adcshp.missouri.edu there also is a social element. We Hours: Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. have parties and gatherings and The institute’s mission of promoting encourage people to bring a guest.” lifelong education builds on the Services: State-licensed adult day health care legacy of people such as Ford and program that includes nursing supervision, Among the most popular courses Bernard Osher, the philanthropist are public-events classes focused who started the national program. hot lunches, daily activities and therapeutic on local- or state-related issues and exercise, respite for caregivers. religion classes. “All the research says mental development is crucial to keeping
Course subjects largely are you active and engaged and avoiding Alzheimer’s Association dependent on what the instructors Alzheimer’s,” Washburn said. “The 2400 Bluff Creek Drive want to teach, said Michael Porter, more you stretch your brain, the 573-443-8665 | help line: 800-272-3900 chair of Osher’s outreach committee. better the payoff. We’ve had people www.alz.org/mid-missouri come and say, ‘My doctor told me I “Every session is something new. Services: Referrals, help line, patient and needed to take a class.’” We have teachers with such a caregiver support groups, newsletters and breadth of knowledge it boggles my To read more information on educational materials, respite funds, advocacy. mind,” Porter said. “I think our Osher Osher and to view a schedule of program benefits greatly from being courses, visit extension.missouri.edu/ in a college town.” learnforlife.
FALL/WINTER 2017 / 29 Central Missouri Area Agency on Aging Experience Works Meals on Wheels 1121 Business Loop 70 E., Suite 2A 573-442-0067 or 573-445-4509 800 Hospital Drive 573-443-5823 | TTY: 573-443-0105 www.experienceworks.org 573-886-7554 www.cmaaa.net Services: Training, employment and Email: [email protected] www.mealsonwheelscolumbia.org Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. community service opportunities for workers 55 and older. Services: Meal delivery to Columbia Eligibility: Age 60 and older A federal/ residents, hot noon meals, box suppers state/private-funded not-for-profit Family Support Division organization that serves 19 Central 573-882-9180 Missouri Veterans Commission Missouri counties. 1500 Vandiver Drive, Suite 103 601 Business Loop 70 W., Suite 214A Services: Information and assistance, www.dss.mo.gov/fsd/ 573-882-5135 care coordination, case management, Food stamps, supplemental aid to the mvc.dps.mo.gov options counseling. Respite assistance blind, Blind Pension, nursing home program. Long-term care ombudsman No-fee services for honorably discharged assistance, MO HealthNet (based on age veterans, their dependents and program for nursing home residents. eligibility or disability). Transportation assistance (call for survivors. Assists in filing for VA benefits, details). Medicare education and compensation pensions, death benefits/ assistance with enrollment. burial allowances, military grave markers, education and training. Applications for Central Missouri Community Action state veterans’ homes and the Missouri 807B N. Providence Road Veterans Cemetery System. 573-443-1100 www.showmeaction.org Primaris 200 N. Keene Street, Suite 101 Services: Emergency utility assistance, 573-817-8300 weatherization, tax assistance, foster www.primaris.org grandparent program. Services for Medicare or Medicaid beneficiaries. Assists with concerns about Central Missouri Regional Arthritis quality of care, educational materials Center on HMOs, reviews quality complaints 1205 University Avenue, Suite 1100 regarding Medicare. 573-882-8097 www.moarthritis.org Services for Independent Living Arthritis Foundation exercise program; 1401 Hathman Place arthritis self-management program; 573-874-1646,TDD 800-766-1968 chronic disease management program; www.silcolumbia.org other services. Services for seniors and people with mental or physical disabilities, with Central Pantry door-to-door transportation for grocery 1007 Big Bear Boulevard shopping and medical appointments. 573-874-7848 Call for intake process. Hours: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Yoga instructor Jackie Schneider leads chair yoga, a gentle form of yoga that is practiced Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. sitting on a chair, or standing using a chair for Provides supplemental food to low- support. | Staff/Columbia Daily Tribune income individuals; emergency food Other resources assistance; shopping assistance can be arranged. LEAD Institute (Leadership through Columbia Disabilities Education and Advocacy for the Deaf) Commission: Columbia Senior Activity Center 2502 W. Ash Street 573-874-7235 1121 Business Loop 70 E. Phone/TTY 573-445-5005 573-874-2050 Crisis line: 800-380-3323 Division of Senior and www.columbiaseniorcenter.com www.deaflead.com Disability Services: 573-441-6222 Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Education, advocacy, crisis intervention services, free counseling and other direct Sunday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Elder Abuse Hotline: services for the deaf, hard of hearing or 800-392-0210 Services: Daily meals, blood pressure deaf and blind. and glucose screenings, volunteer Free counseling for hearing and deaf Osher Lifelong Learning Institute: opportunities and activities, including individuals who are victims of domestic 573-882-8189 cards, dances, dominoes, exercise, pool violence, sexual assault, rape, incest and and educational seminars. child abuse.
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FALL/WINTER 2017 / 31 homes & lifestyle SPIRITUAL LIFE
COLUMBIA IS HOME TO AN ACTIVE AND DIVERSE FAITH COMMUNITY. The city has more than 130 places of worship in religions ranging from Christianity and Judaism to Buddhist and Islam. Those include 20 non-denominational Christian churches, 16 Baptist churches, nine United Methodist churches, four Lutheran churches, three Catholic parishes, two Jewish synagogues, a Hindu temple, a Baha’i church and an Islamic center among many others. For a full listing of places of worship visit our website at www.themovecolumbia.com
Synagogue at Jewish Congregation Beth Shalom | Staff/Columbia Daily Tribune Worship Listings AFRICAN METHODIST ASSEMBLY OF GOD Columbia Korean Baptist Church EPISCOPAL 3601 I-70 Drive N.W. First Assembly of God 573-446-6036 St. Paul AME Church 1100 N. 7th Street Cornerstone Baptist Church 501 Park Avenue 573-443-3626 20 E. Green Meadows Road 573-449-5823 New Life Community Church 573-443-8833 1300 Blue Ridge Road Countryside Baptist Church 573-443-5433 ANGLICAN 11171 N. Highway VV New Evangelical Church (ACNA/CANA) Praise Assembly of God 573-443-1076 4300 Clark Lane 333 E. Clearview Drive First Baptist Church 573-474-0911 562-728-3079 1112 E. Broadway 573-442-1149 APOSTOLIC BAHA’I Liberty Baptist Church 7461 N. Brown Station Road Landmark Christ Jesus Apostolic Baha’i Faith 573-474-9392 3203 Brown Station Road 23 S. 8th Street 573-447-7530 573-693-2326 Little Bonne Femme Baptist Church 5350 E. Boone Femme Church Road Refuge 573-443-0617 5310 E. St. Charles Road 573-489-5166 BAPTIST Memorial Baptist Church The Latter House Kingdom Ministries Bible Baptist Church 1634 Paris Road 4914 Prairie Ridge Street 4275 E. Highway WW 573-443-1408 573-474-5885 573-447-4558 Mount Hope Baptist Church God’s People Ministries Charity Baptist Church 6881 E. Mount Hope Road 6401 S. Sinclair Road 1401 N. Ballenger Lane 573-474-9783 573-474-6895
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FALL/WINTER 2017 / 33 Open Door Baptist Church Northwood Baptist Church CHRISTIAN SCIENCE 4838 E. Meadow Lark Lane 2345 E. Northwood Drive 573-499-0705 573-214-0030 First Church of Christ, Scientist 800 W. Broadway Parkade Baptist Church 573-442-0800 2102 N. Garth Avenue BAPTIST SOUTHERN 573-443-4585 Calvary Baptist Church Pueblo De Dios 606 Ridgeway Avenue CHURCH OF CHRIST 6401 S. Sinclair Road 573-449-3144 Eastside Church of Christ 573-445-3707 Heritage Baptist Church 5051 Ponderosa Street Sugar Grove Baptist Church 7201 E. Highway WW 573-449-7131 5400 E. Sugar Grove Road 573-489-8412 Fairview Rd. Church of Christ 573-449-1629 Midway Heights Baptist Church 201 S. Fairview Road Victory Baptist Church 6801 W. Rollingwood Boulevard 573-445-2213 9401 I-70 Dr. N.E. 573-445-3622 Rice Rd. Church of Christ 573-886-7834 Mizzou BSU Ministries 4710 Rice Road 812 Hitt Street 573-474-9975 573-449-3843 BAPTIST AMERICAN BIBLE Valley View Church of Christ New Providence Church 2606 Rose Drive Bethel Church-American Baptist 4641 N. Route E 573-446-4182 201 E. Old Plank Road Open Heart Baptist Church 573-442-4775 2519 N. Lake of the Woods Road Grace Bible Church 573-474-1802 CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST 601 Blue Ridge Road Prairie Grove Baptist Church Monument of Grace Church of 573-449-6794 960 E. Park Lane God in Christ 573-474-5106 700 W. Sexton Road 573-875-4074 BAPTIST FREE WILL BUDDIST Step of Faith Ministries Rejoice Free Will Baptist Church 1414 Rangeline Plaza, Suite H 1900 Chapel Hill Road SGI-USA, Nichiren Buddhist 573-424-8149 573-447-1685 573-446-2651 • 573-449-6419 Wright’s Temple of God in Christ 8 E. Sexton Road BAPTIST INDEPENDENT CATHOLIC ROMAN 573-449-3206 Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Bethlehem Church 903 Bernadette Drive 4250 E. Highway WW 573-445-1688 COMMUNITY OF CHRIST 573-443-1383 Sacred Heart Catholic Church Faith Baptist Church Fairview Rd. Community of Christ 1115 Locust Street 1111 S. Fairview Road 3909 Brown Station Road 573-443-3470 573-474-3490 573-445-6313 St. Thomas More Newman Center The Latter House Kingdom Ministries 601 Turner Avenue 4914 Prairie Ridge Street 573-449-5424 DISCIPLES OF CHRIST 573-474-5885 Northeast Area Christian Church Northwood Baptist Church 2700 E. Nifong Boulevard 2345 E. Northwood Drive CHRISTIAN 573-442-5815 573-214-0030 Blue Ridge Christian Church 2400 Blue Ridge Road Dripping Spring Christian Church 573-474-8046 2701 W. Dripping Springs Road 573-442-8217 BAPTIST MISSIONARY Columbia Chinese Christian Church Mount Celestial Baptist 3316 Rock Quarry Road Fifth St. Christian Church DOC 1410 Grand Avenue 573-442-3957 401 N. 5th Street 573-443-3514 573-442-7713 Progressive Missionary Baptist Church First Christian Church 702 Banks Avenue CHRISTIAN INDEPENDENT 101 N. Tenth Street 573-443-0611 Columbia Christian 573-449-7265 Second Missionary Baptist Church 4802 E. St. Charles Road Oakland Christian Church 407 E. Broadway 573-474-3285 2929 Oakland Church Road 573-449-4703 573-474-6860
34 / LIVE VIBRANTLY IN COLUMBIA, MO HINDU LUTHERAN Hindu Temple & Community Center- Alive in Christ Lutheran Church Mid Missouri 201 Southampton Drive 2006 Holly Avenue 573-499-0443 573-814-1286 Campus Lutheran Church 304 S. College Avenue HOLINESS 573-442-5942 Rock Bridge Church of God Holiness 3515 Valencia Drive Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church WELS 573-443-4015 4540 N. Oakland Gravel Road 573-474-8755
INTERDENOMINATIONAL St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church 914 West Boulevard S. Karis Church 573-449-5674 1703 W. Worley & 1020 E. Walnut Trinity Lutheran Church 2201 W. Rollins Road ISLAM 573-445-2112 Islamic Center 201 S. 5th Street 573-875-4633 Islamic School of Columbia Missouri Islamic Center | Staff/Columbia Daily Tribune 408 Locust Street 573-442-1556 Olivet Christian Church 1991 S. Olivet Road 573-442-0336 JEHOVAH’S WITNESS Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall Rock Bridge Christian Church 301 W. Smiley Lane 301 W Green Meadows Rd. 573-817-0181 573-777-3594 Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses 350 E. Old Plank Road 573-256-5065 EPISCOPAL Calvary Episcopal Church 123 S. Ninth Street JEWISH 573-449-3194 Chabad Jewish Center 313 E. Brandon Road 573-442-5755 EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH Jewish Congregation Beth Shalom OF AMERICAN 500 W. Green Meadows Road 573-499-4855 Compass Evangelical Free Church 600 Silvey Street 573-445-7206 LATTER DAY SAINTS International Community Church The Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 1107 University Avenue 904 Old Highway 63 S. 573-256-1720 573-875-2800 • 573-815-9945 The Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 305 S. College Avenue GREEK ORTHODOX 573-442-6922 St. Luke Greek Orthodox Church The Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 510 Audubon Drive 4708 Highlands Parkway 573-817-0050 573-443-2048 Second Baptist Church’s 150th Celebration | Staff/Columbia Daily Tribune
FALL/WINTER 2017 / 35 MENNONITE Destiny Pointe Church Korean First Presbyterian Church of 3300 Vandiver Drive Columbia Columbia Mennonite Fellowship Discovery Church 16 Hitt Street 573-479-0370 3681 Mexico Gravel Road 573-777-3410 Columbia Mennonite Mission 573-814-3880 The Crossing 6320 Riverbirch Place 3615 Southland Drive 573-445-3330 Family Worship Center 4925 E. Bonne Femme Church Road 573-256-4410 573-441-1140 Trinity Presbyterian Church METHODIST UNITED Forum Blvd. Christian Church 1600 W. Rollins Community United Methodist Church 3900 Forum Boulevard 573-445-4469 3301 W. Broadway 573-443-3900 573-445-6131 LifeRock Church Fairview United Methodist Church 10 W. Nifong Boulevard PRESBYTERIAN PCA 3200 Chapel Hill Road 573-228-9036 Christ Our King Church 573-445-5391 New City Church Moss Building, 1905 Hillcrest Drive Mid State District Office United 1020 E. Walnut 573-723-1323 Methodist Church 573-239-6948 Redeemer Presbyterian Church 3601 Amron Court New Hope Church 101 N. Grace Lane 573-441-8878 4201 I-70 Drive S.E. 573-443-2321 Midway Locust Grove United 573-443-3777 Methodist Church New Jerusalem Outreach Ministry 2600 Locust Grove Church Road 1301 Vandiver Drive, Suite S QUAKERS 573-445-4667 573-356-4200 Quaker-Columbia Friends Meeting Missouri United Methodist Church Office of Creative Ministries 6408 E. Locust Grove Drive 204 S. 9th Street 3009 David Drive 573-474-1827 573-443-3111 573-474-7155 New Horizons United Methodist Church Revolution Church 1020 S. El Chaparral Avenue 211 E. Leslie Lane REFORMED 573-443-7058 Shiloh Christian Worship Center Grace Reformed Church Russell Chapel C.M.E. Church 11 E. Worley Street 3100 Falling Leaf Court 108 E. Ash Street 573-875-1875 573-446-9270 573-443-6028 United Community Catheral St. Luke United Methodist Church 5210 S. Cowan Road 204 E. Ash Street 573-449-0340 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 573-443-5423 Unity of Columbia Sunnydale Seventh-Day Adventist Wilkes Blvd. United Methodist Church 1600 W. Broadway Church 702 Wilkes Boulevard 573-447-0414 6964 Audrain Road 9137 573-449-4363 Valley View Community Church 573-682-5313 2900 Barberry Avenue Columbia SDA Church NAZARENE 573-446-1410 1100 College Park Drive 573-445-2712 Columbia First Nazarene Victory Christian Church 2601 Blue Ridge Road 212 Portland Street 573-474-5787 573-499-9087 SOVEREIGN GRACE Woodcrest Chapel 2201 W. Nifong Boulevard Redeeming Grace Church NON-DENOMINATIONAL 573-445-1131 4115 S. Providence Road All Peoples International Ministries 219 McBaine Avenue 573-449-9991 PENTECOSTAL UNITED UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST Calvary Chapel of Columbia United Pentecostal Church Unitarian Universalist Church 601 Business Loop 70 West, Suite 104 211 Benton Street 2615 Shepard Boulevard 573-356-8702 573-442-4121 573-442-5764 CenterPoint Church 1900 N. Providence Road, Suite 120 573-256-1229 PRESBYTERIAN UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST Christian Fellowship First Presbyterian Church Columbia United Church of Christ 4600 Christian Fellowship Road 16 Hitt Street 3201 I-70 Drive N.W. 573-445-8561 573-442-1164 573-445-7931
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Heart & Sole American Shoe keeps Mid-Missouri decked out in fashionable footwear
By Nate Birt
STEP BY STEP, AMERICAN SHOE HAS CLIMBED ITS WAY TO SUCCESS on the heels of a uniquely youthful energy. Its founder, Lebanese immigrant Elias Thomas, arrived on Ellis Island as a teenager knowing barely any English and worked his way across the U.S. to friends in central Missouri. He opened his first shoe store in 1919 in Jefferson City. “He did pretty well for the education that he had,” says Sara Quinn, third-generation partner in the business, which opened its Columbia location in 1976 under the watch of her father, James. “My dad kind of picked up the business and ran with it.” The family continues to invest in its youth, as evidenced by the newly remodeled Columbia store at 816 E. Broadway. The fourth generation of American Shoe leaders—including two of her sons, Luke and Michael, and her niece, Sara Norden—spearheaded the changes introduced in June. The boutique space features dark wood floors offset by pristinely white walls, golden orb light fixtures suspended from the ceiling and rugs and chairs with bold black-and- white geometric patterns. “It was extremely organized. It looks phenomenal,” Quinn says. “It’s very upscale, warm, very approachable.” Family Ties. Business isn’t always easy, particularly when colleagues are blood relatives. But for the American Shoe team, the tireless spirit of the founder—who grew up repairing shoes in Aintoura, about 25 miles northeast of Beirut—has inspired the family to persevere. “He worked hard at that trade and then decided that the grass looked greener across the ocean,” says Quinn, who works with her husband, Dan, and her sister, Ann. “He took it upon himself and took off.” American Shoe partners, from left back, Dan Quinn, Luke Quinn, Mike Quinn, Sarah Slay, Ann Slay and She likens running a business to raising children. It requires Sara Quinn | Sarah Bell discipline and the ability to develop built on a healthy give and take. “The work ethic that trickled down from my grandfather to my father to myself is unlike any I’ve ever seen. We work as a team,” Quinn says. “We’re a big family.” A Good Fit. American Shoe has found a fit in Columbia much like patrons of the company fit into shoes from the dozens of fashionable and functional brands.
FALL/WINTER 2017 / 39 “We are a sit and fit,” Quinn explains. “We try to accommodate the customers who walk through the door. If there are needs, we definitely want to help.” Just as customers’ shoe preferences and needs change over time, so too has the vibrant city that surrounds American Shoe continues to grow. “We have a really good local base that continues to shop with us, which we are just so appreciative of,” Quinn says. “That family atmosphere is one of the things that draws customers back, knowing that they’re seeing the same friendly faces, the same great customer service.” The family also remains active in the community through work at their respective churches. For years, they have supported local fundraisers by fraternities and sororities, providing donations and raffle items. In April, they sponsored a fundraiser for juvenile diabetes research because their grandson (one of their son Robert’s children) has Type 1 diabetes. “We’re proud to help out with that one event, and hopefully people will step up and take notice of kids that are living with that illness,” Quinn says. Timely Trends. Fashion is always on the move, and few businesses are as capable of keeping up with the times as American Shoe. The stores will continue to stock brands that appeal to all ages, including young professionals that increasingly have cash to spend. “Sometimes I have to shake my head and say ‘I can’t believe we’re doing this,’” jokes Quinn, referencing some of the up- and-coming shoe brands the stores carry. “There’s the oldies but goodies, and then there’s the new blood coming in, and it’s great.” American Shoe will celebrate 100 years
in business in 2019. Photos | Sarah Bell
40 / LIVE VIBRANTLY IN COLUMBIA, MO IT’S GOOD TO BE HERE Come see what’s happening in The District in 2017. discoverthedistrict.com Graduates applaud others while sitting with their medals and awards during commencement | Staff/Columbia Daily Tribune
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WITH THE STATE’S FLAGSHIP UNIVERSITY, award-winning public schools and a slew of private options, education is one of the cornerstones of Columbia. With more than 13,000 full-time faculty and staff members, the University of Missouri is Columbia’s largest employer. As a member of the Southeastern Conference and a major research university, the campus is a $2.1 billion enterprise that makes a big impact on the local economy. Columbia College and Stephens College — which together serve more than 4,000 undergraduate students — also count among Columbia’s cultural and educational assets and are a big part of why Columbia was named among the Top 10 Best College Towns by Liveability.com. The seventh-largest district in the state, Columbia Public Schools has an enrollment of 18,015 students and is another top employer with 2,417 faculty and staff. The district’s ACT and SAT scores exceed state and national averages, and 80-90 percent of Columbia students extend their education beyond high school. Columbia Public Schools has been recognized as a District of Distinction by District Administration magazine, a Top 15 School District ranking by Niche.com and has been nationally recognized by SchoolMatch with a “What Parents Want” award. Columbia also offers a number of private school options from preschool through high school, with two Catholic schools and three other faith-based academies, several Montessori options for early childhood education and a secular independent school.
FALL/WINTER 2017 / 43 education in columbia HIGH SCHOOLS
BATTLE HIGH SCHOOL 7575 St. Charles Road | 573-214-3300 | www.cpsk12.org/Domain/26
OPENED IN FALL 2013, Battle High School was named in honor of Dr. Muriel Battle, an educator who served Columbia Public Schools for 40 years. Battle was a pioneer in the desegregation of both the school district and the community at large. Starting as a social studies teacher at Douglass High School, Battle spent the bulk of her time with CPS at West Junior High School, where she worked as a teacher, department chairperson, assistant principal and principal. The motto at West Junior High while Battle was at the helm was, “We’re glad you’re here.” She retired as the first female associate superintendent of Columbia Public Schools. The Battle Spartans have achieved success in the short time they have been competing, with a state championship in football in 2014.
Mascot: Spartans Year opened: 2013 Number of students: 1,393 Students per classroom: 19 Feeder Schools: 2 Lange Middle School: Alpha Hart Lewis Elementary, Blue Ridge Elementary, Derby Ridge Elementary, Eliot Battle Elementary, Two Mile Prairie Elementary Oakland Middle School: Alpha Hart Lewis Elementary, Blue Ridge Elementary, Cedar Ridge Elementary, New Haven Elementary, Shepard Boulevard Elementary
44 / LIVE VIBRANTLY IN COLUMBIA, MO DOUGLASS HIGH SCHOOL 310 N. Providence Road | 573-214-3680 | www.cpsk12.org/Domain/15
FREDERICK DOUGLASS HIGH SCHOOL has been many things since it was first incorporated into the Columbia School District in 1865 as an all-black school. The high school program is believed to have been started around 1887. After Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954, Douglass was designated one of Columbia’s seven elementary schools and the junior and senior high programs were slowly phased out. In 1967, Douglass became the home of the district’s new continuing education program created by former principal Eliot Battle. The district’s Secondary Learning Center — recognized by the district and by former Gov. John Ahscroft as a model program — was relocated to the Douglass building in 1985. In November 1992, the Columbia School Board voted a name change for the Secondary Learning Center back to Frederick Douglass High School. Douglass once again became an official, accredited high school in 1993, and its mascot was changed to the original bulldog. Douglass’ mission is to “re-engage students at risk of dropping out to achieve successful high school completion and design a positive, productive post-secondary transition plan.”
Mascot: Bulldogs Year opened: 1885 Number of students: 189 Students per classroom: 10
FALL/WINTER 2017 / 45 FR. TOLTON HIGH SCHOOL 3351 E. Gans Road | 573-445-7700 | www.toltoncatholic.org
OPENED IN FALL 2011, Fr. Tolton Catholic High School was the result of years of grassroots fundraising and planning efforts by local Catholic parishes and families. The high school was named for John Augustin Tolton, America’s first black priest. Tolton was born a slave in Brush Creek, Mo. In 1854, he escaped to join the Union Army. He was ordained to the priesthood in Rome because no American seminary would accept him. Fr. Tolton High School started off with just over 50 ninth and tenth graders, expanded the next year to serve grades 9-11 and graduated its first senior class in spring of 2014. The school’s mission is to educate students “within a community of faith founded upon the teachings of Jesus Christ and His Church” and “facilitate the growth of the whole student: spirit, heart, mind and body.” Fr. Tolton has nationally-recognized AdvanceED accreditation. The girls’ track team secured the Trailblazers’ first team state championship in 2015. The school also has a state title in cheerleading.
Mascot: Trailblazer Year opened: 2011 Number of students: 300 Students per classroom: 16 Feeder School: Our Lady of Lourdes Interparish School
46 / LIVE VIBRANTLY IN COLUMBIA, MO HICKMAN HIGH SCHOOL 1104 N. Providence Road | 573-214-3000 | www.cpsk12.org/Domain/19
COLUMBIA’S OLDEST OPERATING HIGH SCHOOL is named for David Henry Hickman, who donated part of his estate — which had formerly been home to a horse race track and grandstand — for construction of the new school in 1927. Legend has it the school gained its Kewpie mascot after a school secretary placed her Kewpie doll in the center of the court during a basketball game and the entire game was played around it without it being broken — as the team won, it became a good luck charm. The school’s motto is “Keep smiling.” As a two-time Blue Ribbon School and a Missouri Gold Star School and being named in the top 5 percent of high schools in the nation by “Newsweek” magazine in 2006, Hickman has had a lot to smile about.
Mascot: Kewpies Year opened: 1927 Number of students: 1,689 Students per classroom: 18 Feeder Schools: 2 Smithton Middle School: Alpha Hart Lewis Elementary, Derby Ridge Elementary, Midway Heights Elementary, Parkade Elementary, Paxton Keeley Elementary, Russell Boulevard Elementary, Shepard Boulevard Elementary, West Boulevard Elementary West Middle School: Benton Elementary, Fairview Elementary, Grant Elementary, Parkade Elementary, Russell Boulevard Elementary, West Boulevard Elementary
FALL/WINTER 2017 / 47 ROCK BRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL 4303 S. Providence Road | 573-214-3100 | www.cpsk12.org/Domain/32
OPENED IN 1973 to meet the needs of a growing Columbia, Rock Bridge is named for the state park just two miles away. The school’s original architectural design won a national award in school design. It was the student body who decided on the Bruins mascot (patriots, turtles, road runners and rebels were also considered) and the Kelly green and new gold school colors. Student Sam Smith also designed the Bruin logo. Continuing that student-led theme, in 1973 a humanities class created the school crest with the motto, “Omnes Vincent Ursi” or “Bruins Conquer All.” The Bruins have indeed conquered all with a number of state athletic titles.
Mascot: Bruins Year opened: 1973 Number of students: 1,906 Students per classroom: 22 Feeder Schools: 2 Gentry Middle School: Grant Elementary, Lee Elementary, Midway Heights Elementary, Mill Creek Elementary, New Haven Elementary, Paxton Keeley Elementary, Rock Bridge Elementary, Russell Boulevard Elementary Oakland Middle School: Benton Elementary, Blue Ridge Elementary, Fairview Elementary, Grant Elementary, Lee Elementary, Mill Creek Elementary, New Haven Elementary, Paxton Keeley Elementary, Russell Boulevard Elementary, Shepard Boulevard Elementary
48 / LIVE VIBRANTLY IN COLUMBIA, MO School Listings
HIGH SCHOOLS Benton STEM Elementary Ridgeway Elementary Good Shepherd Lutheran (GRADES 9-12) 1410 Hinkson Avenue 107 E. Sexton Road School 573-214-3610 573-214-3550 573-445-5878 Battle High School www.cpsk12.org/bee www.cpsk12.org/rwe www.columbialutheran.org 7575 St. Charles Road Beulah Ralph Elementary Rock Bridge Elementary 573-214-3300 Heritage Academy 5806 S. Hwy. KK 5151 Highway 163 S. 573-449-2252 www.cpsk12.org/bhs 573-214-3840 573-214-3290 heritageacademyofcolumbia.com Douglass High School www.cpsk12.org/beu www.cpsk12.org/rbe Our Lady of Lourdes 310 N. Providence Road Blue Ridge Elementary Russell Boulevard Interparish School 573-214-3680 3700 Woodland Drive Elementary 573-445-6516 www.cpsk12.org/dhs 573-214-3580 1800 W. Rollins Road www.cpsk12.org/bre 573-214-3650 ollisk8.org Hickman High School www.cpsk12.org/rus Shalom Christian Academy 1104 N. Providence Road Cedar Ridge Elementary 573-256-4824 573-214-3000 1100 Roseta Avenue Shepard Boulevard shalomchristianacademy.com www.cpsk12.org/hhs 573-214-3510 Elementary www.cpsk12.org/cre 2616 Shepard Boulevard Stephens College Children’s Rock Bridge High School Derby Ridge Elementary 573-214-3660 School 4303 S. Providence Road www.cpsk12.org/she 573-876-7260 573-214-3100 4000 Derby Ridge Drive 573-214-3270 stephens.edu/services/youth- www.cpsk12.org/rbhs Two Mile Prairie Elementary www.cpsk12.org/dre 5450 N. Route Z programs/childrens-school Eliot Battle Elementary 573-214-3560 The Community Montessori www.cpsk12.org/tmp MIDDLE SCHOOLS 2600 Battle Avenue 573-777-3131 www.facebook.com/ (GRADES 6-8) 573-214-3790 West Boulevard Elementary www.cpsk12.org/bes 319 West Boulevard columbiacommunitymontessori/ Gentry Middle School Fairview Elementary 573-214-3670 The Islamic School www.cpsk12.org/wbe 4200 Bethel Street 909 Fairview Road 573-442-1556 573-214-3240 573-214-3590 www.theiscm.org www.cpsk12.org/gms www.cpsk12.org/fve PRIVATE SCHOOLS Tolton Catholic High School Jefferson Middle School Grant Elementary 573-445-7700 713 Rogers Street Apple School 10 E. Broadway www.toltoncatholic.org 573-214-3210 573-214-3520 573-449-7525 www.cpsk12.org/jms www.cpsk12.org/gre www.appleschoolmo.org Windsor Street Montessori School Lee Expressive Arts Children’s House Montessori Lange Middle School 573-441-9767 Elementary of Columbia 2201 E. Smiley Lane windsorstreetmontessori.com 573-214-3250 1208 Locust Street 573-443-2825 www.cpsk12.org/lms 573-214-3530 www.comomontessori.com www.cpsk12.org/lee Oakland Middle School Christian Chapel Academy 3405 Oakland Place Midway Heights Elementary 573-874-2325 8130 W. Highway 40 Other education 573-214-3220 www.cca-columbia.com 573-214-3540 www.cpsk12.org/oms Columbia Area www.cpsk12.org/mwe Christian Fellowship School 573-445-8565 Career Center Smithton Middle School Mill Creek Elementary www.cfsknights.org www.career-center.org 3600 W. Worley Street 2200 W. Nifong Boulevard 573-214-3260 College Park Christian 573-214-3280 Center of www.cpsk12.org/sms www.cpsk12.org/mce Academy 573-445-6315 Responsive Education West Middle School New Haven Elementary www.cpchristian.org www.cpsk12.org/core 401 Clinkscales Road 3301 New Haven Road Columbia Christian 573-214-3230 573-214-3640 Field School www.cpsk12.org/wms www.cpsk12.org/nhe Academy (Gifted Education) 573-441-1140, ext. 206 Parkade Elementary www.cpsk12.org/eee www.fwcacademy.org 111 Parkade Boulevard ELEMENTARY 573-214-3630 Columbia Independent Center for (GRADES K-5) www.cpsk12.org/pke School Early Learning - North 573-777-9250 Alpha Hart Lewis Mary Paxton Keeley (Preschool, Early Childhood Special www.cislions.org Education and Parents as Teachers) Elementary Elementary www.cpsk12.org/domain/6540 5801 Arbor Pointe Parkway 201 Park DeVille Drive Columbia Montessori School 573-214-3200 573-214-3570 573-449-5418 www.cpsk12.org/ahl www.cpsk12.org/pax www.columbiamontessori.org
FALL/WINTER 2017 / 49 education in columbia STUDENT LIFE
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Want to get out of the dorm for a study break, but don’t have THE CANVAS ON BROADWAY much money? Here are some fun activities in and around Location: 706 E. Broadway, Ste. 100 Columbia that won’t break your piggy bank: Call: 573-443-2222 Check their website, www.canvasonbroadway.com for a schedule THE MUD ROOM of classes with specific paintings and to reserve a spot. They also have open painting during class times. Location: 1103 E. Walnut St. Cost: Depends on the size of the painting; ranges from $15 for (inside the Central Missouri Computer Center building) an 11”x14” canvas to $35 for a 16”x20” canvas. Call: 573-441-1683 Hours: Tue-Thur | 11 am-5 pm Fri & Sat | 11 am-7 pm Sun | Noon-5 pm
While you’re hitting up the art district, try making some of your own. At The Mud Room, you can paint pottery to make a custom piece to decorate your dorm (or a great gift for Mom) or get PAINT THE TOWN even more creative in the hands-on clay working studio. There is Location: 2703 E. Broadway a $5 painting fee, with pieces ranging from $5 to over $40. Call: 573-777-7795 Check their website, www.paintthetowncolumbia.com for a schedule of classes with specific paintings and to make a LEARN HOW TO PAINT reservation. They also have open painting during class times. Cost: Depends on the size of the painting and class time; ranges Have you always wanted to paint but aren’t necessarily from $15 for an 11”x14” canvas to $40 for an 18”x24” canvas for artistically gifted? Columbia is home to two locations where you 5 p.m. classes and from $30 for an 11”x14” or 12”x16” canvas to can tap into your inner Picasso with guided classes. $45 for an 18”x24” canvas.
50 / LIVE VIBRANTLY IN COLUMBIA, MO EMPIRE ROLLER RINK Location: 1305 Business Loop 70 E. Call: 443-7375 Flash back to your childhood as you roll around the hardwood. Skate rental is $1.50 for quad skates or $3 for inlines/speed skates, or you can bring your own, as long as they are clean.
Empire has public sessions throughout the week: Our focus, from preschool to adult career education, is excellence. Wed | Noon-2 pm & 6:30-8:30 pm for $5.50 (per session) Our vision is to be the best district in the state and our mission is to provide an excellent education for all students. Family Fun • Ranked in the Top 10 percent of school districts nationwide Fri | 7-10 pm for $8.50 Sat | 2-4 pm or 7-9 pm for $7.50 (per session) by Niche.com Sun| 1:30-3:30 pm for $7.50 • Nationally recognized as a District of Distinction by District Administration magazine They also have special events throughout the week: • Nationally recognized by SchoolMatch with the Hardball Pick-up Hockey 8-9 p.m. on Tuesdays for $6 “What Parents Want” award Wednesday is Pizza Night during the public sessions. • Top 10 school district ranking for exemplary and innovative For $25 you get four admissions, a large pizza and four sodas. Adult Pick-up Hockey 8-9 p.m. on Thursdays for $6 use of technology by the National School Boards Association • Nationally ranked high schools by Newsweek magazine • Student graduation rates are above 90 percent, exceeding LAZER LANES GALACTIC FUN ZONE state and national averages Location: 3412 Grindstone Pkwy. Call: 447-6021 • ACT and SAT scores exceed state and national averages Hours: Mon-Wed | 4-10 pm • Of the students taking advanced placement courses, Thur | 4-11 pm 75 percent earn college credit Fri | 4 pm-Midnight Columbia Public Schools (573) 214-3400 Sat |10 am-Midnight 1818 West Worley Sun |Noon-10 pm Columbia, Missouri 65203 www.cpsk12.org Lazer Lanes is a three-for-one center of fun, with bowling, laser tag and an arcade. Bowling is $4.25 per person per game, plus $1.99 shoe rental. Laser tag is $6.50 per person per 12-minute “mission.” The arcade charges 25 cents per token, with games ranging from one to four tokens.
DISC GOLF Columbia is home to three 18-hole disc golf courses. Two are located at Albert-Oakland Park, 1900 Blue Ridge Rd. in northeast Columbia. The third is located at Indian Hills Park, 5009 Aztec Blvd.
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FALL/WINTER 2017 / 53 METERS UNIVERSITY The city has 138 metered off-street parking spaces and 1,683 metered on-street spaces. Time limits on most downtown BODY SHOP spaces ranges from 24 minutes to four hours, with some as long as 10 hours. There are also 71 disabled access parking spaces. Metered parking enforcement is from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Meter rates are 60 cents per hour downtown and 75 cents per hour in the campus zone. We Offer: • Free estimates • Direct repairs for 6 Major Insurance Companies • Loaner Vehicles available with authorization
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COLUMBIA COLLEGE 1001 Rogers St. | 573-875-8700 www.ccis.edu STEPHENS COLLEGE ORIGINALLY FOUNDED IN 1851 AS CHRISTIAN FEMALE 1200 E Broadway | 573-442-2211 www.stephens.edu COLLEGE, the school was the first women’s college west of the Mississippi River to be chartered by a state legislature. STEPHENS COLLEGE HAS BEEN EDUCATING WOMEN Today, Columbia College is a four-year, coeducational liberal for more than 180 years. arts and sciences college that prides itself on its faculty, quality Founded in 1833 as Columbia Female Academy, Stephens is educational programs and small class sizes. the second-oldest women’s college in the country and prides The school offers 10 associate degree programs, 59 bachelor’s itself on its emphasis on leadership. degree programs and four master’s degree programs in The school offers 21 undergraduate degree programs Columbia and at 36 extended campuses in 13 states and Cuba, and seven graduate and continuing education programs as well as an online program. — including the master in strategic leadership and health Columbia College has accumulated a number of accolades, information administration programs, which are both 100 including being named to U.S. News and World Report’s list percent online. of best online programs for its bachelor’s degree offerings, Stephens is also home to the TRYPS Institute —a children and criminal justice, education and MBA programs and as a “best youth theater program — and the Children’s School — a lab buy” by GetEducated.com for affordability and for its business, school embedded within the teacher education program that criminal justice, MBA and psychology and human services educates children from preschool through fifth grade. programs. It was named a “college of distinction” by Student Horizons Inc. and was recognized with a “most affordable” Pride points for Stephens include being the only private award and as the most popular online school in Missouri by college in Mid-Missouri to be included in the Princeton Review’s Online U. Best 378 colleges; its theater program is rated 11th in the Columbia College also has received recognition for its service nation by The Princeton Review; its fashion program is ranked and educational support for veterans. The school made Military 13th in the world by Business of Fashion, London and rated Times’ lists of “Best for Vets: Colleges” and “Best for Vets: first for long-term investment; consistently ranked among the Business Schools” and was named a top school for military and top regional colleges in the Midwest by U.S. News and World veteran education by Military Advanced Education and was Report; and its master’s program in strategic leadership is named to the Military Friendly Schools list. ranked No. 2 in the country for quality and affordability by GetEducated.com. Columbia College is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and of the American Midwest Stephens is a member of the National Association of Conference. The Cougars compete in 13 sports, including Intercollegiate Athletics and is a member of the American baseball, softball and men’s and women’s basketball, soccer Midwest Conference. The Stars compete in eight sports, and track and field. The school has earned national titles in including basketball, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball and volleyball and men’s basketball. others.
56 / LIVE VIBRANTLY IN COLUMBIA, MO BRYAN UNIVERSITY 3215 Lemone Industrial Blvd. www.bryanu.edu A private institution that offers focused, career-based training for students with campuses in Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas. The Columbia campus has been in operation since 2010 and serves about 100 students.
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI Columbia, MO | 573-882-2121 www.missouri.edu
FOUNDED IN 1839, the University of Missouri was the first CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY land grant university west of the Mississippi River. 1400 Forum Blvd. | 601 Business Loop 70 W., Suite 216 Other firsts for the university include the world’s first School of www.centralmethodist.edu Journalism, founded in 1908; Missouri’s first College of Veterinary The private, four-year university was founded in 1854 Medicine, founded in 1946; the first engineering program west of and educates more than 5,000 students in Fayette, and the Mississippi, founded in 1849, and the nation’s first College of about 700 students work on their bachelor’s degrees Education at a public university, founded in 1868. on the Columbia campus. CMU has two Columbia Also known as MU and Mizzou, the school is a major land- campuses; one in the Forum Shopping Center and grant institution and is the state’s largest public research another in the Parkade Center in partnership with university, conducting millions of dollars in federal research Moberly Area Community College. each year. It is one of only 34 public universities (and the only in Missouri) selected for membership in the Association of American Universities. Mizzou offers more than 300 degree programs and is among only five institutions in the country with law, medicine, veterinary medicine and a nuclear research center — the most powerful university research reactor in the country — on one campus. The campus itself is designated a botanic garden, with more than 42,000 plants and trees, and serves as an outdoor laboratory for 10 academic programs. MU also operates a Museum of Art and Archaeology and Museum MOBERLY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE of Anthropology, both of which are open to the public. 601 Business Loop 70 W., Suite 216 The university has been nationally recognized by the National www.macc.edu Science Foundation as one of the top 10 universities in the The two-year college provides day and evening classes country for undergraduate research opportunities. Other to about 5,000 students. The school is based in Moberly accolades include being designated “Research University/Very but has satellite locations, including a Columbia campus High” and “Community Engaged” by the Carnegie Foundation in the Parkade Center on the Business Loop. for the Advancement of Teaching; accreditation through the Higher Learning Commission; named a veteran-friendly school by G.I. Jobs, U.S. News and World Report and other national media; the university, the Trulaske College of Business and the College of Education’s graduate program are all listed in the top 50 by the U.S. News and World Report; the Journalism School is consistently a top ranked program by organizations and publications such as the NewsPro-Radio Television Digital News Association, USA Today and College Magazine and the Energy WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY Star CHP Award from the Environmental Protection Agency for 218 Parkade Center, 601 Business Loop 70 W. significant pollution reduction and energy efficiency. www.williamwoods.edu The University of Missouri is a Division I member of the NCAA The coeducational, professions-oriented institution and joined the Southeastern Conference in 2012. Since making serves more than 1,000 students at its Fulton campus the switch, the athletic department budget has grown to more and at a campus in the Parkade Center on the Business than $90 million. The Tigers compete in 18 sports and have Loop in Columbia. achieved notable success in everything from gymnastics and wrestling to football and basketball.
FALL/WINTER 2017 / 57 Corey Koch, a dentist at Family Dental Center in Columbia; applies fluoride varnish to Armani Buckhalter, 5, daughter of Trevor and Kelli Buckhalter of Columbia. | Staff/Columbia Daily Tribune health care
WHETHER YOU ARE A TODDLER WITH AN EAR INFECTION, a senior in need of a hip replacement, a cancer patient undergoing treatment or any of a myriad of other conditions, Columbia has a health care provider who can cure what ails you. With two full-service hospitals that each have their own affiliated cancer centers, a top-ranked veteran’s hospital and multiple options for family care, women’s health, pediatrics, orthopedics and surgical care, Columbia is home to a thriving medical community. Outside of general health, there are numerous providers for vision, dental, chiropractic and mental health needs as well as a plethora of pharmacy options. There is no need to travel elsewhere for medical care, Columbia has you covered. health care HOSPITAL LISTINGS
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BOONE HOSPITAL CENTER consistently hospital outcome scores—signifies that “The interdisciplinary team at Boone ranks as a top health-care provider in the Boone is in the top 17 percent of U.S. Hospital Center works and communicates region, the state and even the nation. hospitals offering obstetrics. closely with the patients and family. It has earned special recognition for its “Our award gives a woman the Our common goals are to provide rapid nursing staff, obstetrics and stroke care. confidence that her choice of a hospital intervention to save brain, implement Boone is a 397-bed, full-service regional for her delivery will be the best in terms care to prevent further strokes and referral center covering 26 counties. of quality care and patient safety for her initiate early rehabilitation to get our It ranked No. 1 among mid-Missouri and her baby,” said Delia Passi, founder patients back to their lives at home,” said hospitals in 2015 and No. 3 among state and CEO of the Women’s Choice Award. stroke program coordinator Donna Pond, hospitals in 2016, according to U.S. News “As the trend of women waiting longer to BSHA, RN, CEN. and World Report. Boone is one of only start their families continues, having the Boone has worked to achieve high- 64 hospitals in the nation to rank high- Women’s Choice Award seal is especially quality facilities, as well. In 2011, the performing in all nine U.S. News and important for older moms who face hospital completed work on a state-of- World Report categories. increased risk and need a top hospital to the-art addition that provides patients Boone is the only Magnet hospital provide her care.” with private rooms. Boone continues to for nursing excellence in the area. It U.S. News and World Report also rated expand its services. It leads the market has received the designation three Boone at Stroke Award Gold Plus and consecutive times, placing its nursing in imaging technology and in minimally named the hospital to its Stroke Elite invasive robotic surgery. staff in the top 1 percent worldwide. Honor Roll in 2015. The ratings reflect This year, the Women’s Choice Award consistent 85 percent or higher adherence Improving patient access to quality care named Boone one of America’s Best to quality measures and at least four is a priority moving forward. Boone is Hospitals for Obstetrics. The award— consecutive quarters of 75 percent or growing its primary-care and specialty- based on national accreditations, higher achievement of door-to-needles care clinic networks, including with a new consumer assessment surveys and times within 60 minutes, respectively. specialty clinic in Moberly.
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When it comes to having a baby, the Boone Touch is your touch. We don’t tell you how to have your baby. We listen to how you want to have your baby. From low intervention to high risk and everything in between, your trusted family of Boone Hospital professionals is with you. That’s the Boone Touch. And whether it’s breast feeding or formula, rooming in or nursery, that’s your touch.
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AS THE STATE’S PREMIER Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). MU Health Care a leader in the areas of ACADEMIC HEALTH CENTER, Expectant mothers can choose to have a sleep disorders, stroke, and epilepsy and University of Missouri Health Care birthing experience with minimal medical movement disorders. intervention through mid-Missouri’s provides patient-centered care that is at At the Missouri Orthopaedic the forefront of medical research and first and only low-intervention birthing Institute, Missouri’s largest and most technology. With five hospitals and more program. comprehensive freestanding orthopaedic than 55 outpatient clinics throughout Ellis Fischel Cancer Center’s medical center, more than 30 expert orthopaedic central Missouri, MU Health Care offers teams work together with a common patients a full spectrum of care. surgeons offer team-approach care. goal: to provide the latest cancer Mizzou BioJointSM is the first and only Patients and families who choose MU treatments and to improve and extend treatment of its kind, bringing biological Health Care also have access to more quality of life for thousands of people solutions to knee, hip, shoulder, ankle than 600 physicians trained in more than each year. Ellis Fischel is the first and other joint problems. Rather than 60 specialties and subspecialties, whether academic certified member of MD using artificial joint replacements, our they are receiving primary care or highly Anderson Cancer Network, a program surgeons utilize natural tissue grafts of specialized, multidisciplinary treatments of the University of Texas MD Anderson tendons, ligaments, cartilage, menisci for the most severe illnesses and injuries. Cancer Center. Ellis Fischel offers and bone to improve joint function. MU Health Care’s family medicine patients access to specialists who provide University of Missouri researchers have physicians are recognized as national treatment for a wide range of cancers developed the Missouri Osteochondral including colorectal cancer, breast cancer, leaders in their field. The MU School of Allograft Preservation System. It more melanoma and skin cancer, prostate Medicine’s Department of Family and than doubles the storage life of bone and cancer and pediatric cancer. Community Medicine has been ranked cartilage grafts from organ donors. among the top 10 family medicine MU Health Care offers the region’s only At MU Health Care, we recognize that programs for 23 consecutive years by U.S. American College of Surgeons-verified a patient-centered approach is not just News and World Report. Level I trauma center and a Level I stroke about providing quality care but also MU Health Care’s Women’s and center at University Hospital. about being accessible to patients in Children’s Hospital is the only dedicated MU cardiovascular specialists were women’s and children’s hospital within person, online and via secure messaging. the first in mid-Missouri to offer Through our robust patient portal, 120 miles. Its pediatric specialists Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement offer exceptional care in more than 30 patients can go online to view their (TAVR), a heart valve-replacement pediatric subspecialties. MU Women’s physician notes and lab results, request procedure for high-risk surgical patients and Children’s Hospital earned the medication refills and pay bills. By global Baby-Friendly® designation from MU Health Care’s neuroscience offering online registration forms, we give the World Health Organization (WHO) specialists provide care through our patients more face-to-face time with and the United Nations International nationally recognized programs, making their health care team. Submitted by MU Health Care 62 / LIVE VIBRANTLY IN COLUMBIA, MO The BIG authority on little teeth.
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FALL/WINTER 2017 / 63 Photo | Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital TRUMAN VETERANS’ HOSPITAL 800 Hospital Drive | 573-814-6000 | www.columbiamo.va.gov
IN A TIME WHEN VETERANS’ Truman has 398 medical staff members, Jefferson City, Osage Beach, Kirksville, SERVICES are often in the news because 123 operating beds and provides both Marshfield, Mexico, Sedalia, St. James inpatient and outpatient services in of issues with the quality of service and Waynesville. The hospital also primary care, medical and surgical provided, Harry S. Truman Memorial has affiliations with the University of specialty care, behavioral health, physical Missouri’s School of Medicine, the Sinclair Veterans Hospital continues to receive rehabilitation and pharmacy services, as School of Nursing and the School of recognition for the opposite. well as serving as a referral center for Health Professionals, among others, heart care services. They also offer home- Truman is a four-star facility and was providing training opportunities for about based primary care, a seamless transition among only 32 VA medical facilities clinic for newly enrolled combat veterans, 900 students each year. recognized as a “top performer” by The an addiction treatment program, suicide Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital is Joint Commission and continues to be awareness and prevention and support landlocked, which limits opportunity for ranked in the top 30, which Public Affairs for homeless veterans among other expansion, but there are plans to build a Officer Larry S. Gaither attributed to services. new ICU unit on top of the OR extension the overall quality of patient care. He Serving about 38,000 veterans, that was completed less than two years said Truman consistently ranks high in Truman maintains eight community- ago, and plans are also underway to add satisfaction for customer service. based outpatient clinics located in a new floor to ambulatory care.
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EMERGENCY Boone Plaza Pharmacy MU Student Center 1600 E Broadway 911 E. Rollins Street No matter what your Boone Hospital Center 573-815-6255 573-884-4373 medical needs are, you 1600 E. Broadway D&H Drugstore Orthopaedic Institute have options in Columbia. 573-815-3501 1001 West Broadway 1100 Virginia Avenue Here’s a look at licensed Boone Hospital Center 573-777-7333 573-884-3020 health care providers by 1600 E. Broadway the numbers, according 1814 Paris Road Smiley Lane 573-815-3501 to the Missouri Division of 573-777-7373 2325 Smiley Lane Professional Registration: Flow’s Pharmacy 573-817-3555 URGENT CARE 1506 E. Broadway Sam’s Club Pharmacy Chiropractors: 45 573-449-5366 101 Conley Road Boone Convenient Care 573-875-1095 601 Business Loop 70 303 N. Keene Street Dentists: 76 573-447-8093 573-874-0008 Schnuck’s Pharmacy Gerbes Supermarket 1400 Forum Blvd. Broadway Urgent Care Dental Specialists: 25 Pharmacy 573-446-2804 2003 W. Broadway No. 100 1729 W. Broadway # 1 573-777-5880 Target/CVS Pharmacy EF Orthodontics: 35 573-445-9451 2400 Bernadette Drive 401 N. Keene St. 2900 Paris Road 573-445-9544 573-876-1677 573-474-9418 Physical Therapists: 143 Walgreens Pharmacy Columbia Urgent Care 205 E. Nifong Blvd. 222 E. Broadway 619 N. Providence 573-442-2951 573-874-3562 Psychologists: 157 573-234-1070 Hy-Vee Pharmacy Walmart Pharmacy Mizzou Quick Care Clinics 25 Conley Road Medical Physicians, 415 Conley Road 573-442-7703 Conley Hy-Vee 573-499-1933 pediatricians and Surgeons: 25 Conley Road 3100 W. Broadway 901 1201 Grindstone Parkway 573-884-0169 573-447-0133 573-442-9989 Rock Bridge Hy-Vee 405 E. Nifong Blvd. Optometrists: 40 405 E. Nifong Blvd. 573-442-2951 1000 Club Village Drive 573-449-8330 573-884-0146 Interlock of Columbia West Broadway Hy-Vee 1812 Paris Road 3100 W. Broadway 573-814-1365 573-884-0036 Kilgore’s Medical Pharmacy After-hours call 884-2401. 700 N. Providence 573-442-0194 Mizzou Urgent Care Toll Free: 877-442-0194 551 E. Southampton Drive 573-882-1662 1608 Chapel Hill Road 573-447-4444 Providence Urgent Care Toll Free: 877-591-4706 202 E. Nifong Blvd. Mizzou Pharmacy 573-874-6824 University Hospital Lobby 403 N. Stadium Blvd. 1 Hospital Dr # 1L29 573-818-6500 573-882-8600 2910 Trimble Rd. Ellis Fischel 573-397-7434 One Hospital Drive University Physicians 573-882-8890 Urgent Care Fairview 1020 Hitt Street 101 S. Fairview Road 573-882-1662 573-884-1100 Keene Street 404 N. Keene Street PHARMACIES 573-499-6022 Dr. Daniel Hoernschemeyer, left, gets a high five from Accurate Rx Pharmacy S. Providence Brycen, two and one-half years; with his parent 103 Corporate Lake Drive 551 E. Southampton Drive Steven McCool | Staff/Columbia Daily Tribune 573-256-4279 573-882-3151
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66 / LIVE VIBRANTLY IN COLUMBIA, MO Top Employers in Columbia UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI & 105 Jesse Hall jobs 573-882-2121 Number of Employees: 10,700 this number includes MU employees as well as UM System and extension employees. MU HEALTH CARE business 1 Hospital Drive WITH MAJOR INDUSTRIES like health care, education, 573-882-2121 financial services, construction and manufacturing providing Number of Employees: 5,447 a healthy mix of large corporations and small businesses, Columbia’s economy is thriving. COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS According to Regional Economic Development Inc., Columbia 1818 W. Worley Street has a labor force of more than 200,000. Top employers include 573-214-3400 the University of Missouri and MU Health Care, Columbia Number of Employees: 2,524 Public Schools, Boone Hospital Center, Veterans United Home Loans and Shelter Insurance. Small and mid-size locally owned BOONE HOSPITAL CENTER businesses also have a strong presence: Columbia and Boone 1600 E. Broadway County are home to more than 225 businesses that each 573-815-8000 employ between 51 and 500 workers. Number of Employees: 2,000 The city is No. 4 on Forbes’ list of best small places for businesses and careers in 2016. Nerdwallet.com named Columbia VETERANS UNITED HOME LOANS the fifth-best midsize city for women in the workforce. 1400 Veterans United Drive Residential and commercial construction are on the 800-884-5560 rise, about $73 million worth of public and private school Number of Employees: 1,442 construction is underway or in the planning stages, and local technology service providers have recently invested millions TRUMAN MEMORIAL VETERANS’ HOSPITAL in infrastructure upgrades — all signs that Columbia only 800 Hospital Drive continues to grow. 573-814-6000 Number of Employees: 1,400 Announcing the fresh new look of Moresource® CITY OF COLUMBIA 701 E. Broadway 573-874-7111 Number of Employees: 1,360
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MBS TEXTBOOK EXCHANGE 2711 W. Ash Street, 573-445-2243 Number of Employees: 851 PAYROLL | HR With the launch of our new STATE FARM INSURANCE optimized cloud based business 4700 S. Providence Road RECRUITMENT and employee services it was 573-499-2000 BOOKKEEPING also time to exemplify ourselves Number of Employees: 850 with an identity that reflected INFO TECH what we now offer. Columbia and Boone County are also home to 25 businesses that employ 251-500 employees and 207 businesses with 573.443.1234 VISIT: thenewmoresource.com | 401 Vandiver Dr., Columbia, MO 65202 51-250 employees. moresource-inc.com
FALL/WINTER 2017 / 67 Masen Gallup, 10, collects rocks from a stream at Rock Bridge State Park | Staff/Columbia Daily Tribune recreation in columbia
A group of visitors walks on the Greenbriar Trail in Columbia | Staff/Columbia Daily Tribune
WITH MORE THAN 3,200 Park — which includes the addition ACRES of parks, green spaces and of a skate spot, replacement of Things to do recreation facilities — not to mention playground equipment and a over 53 miles of trails — Columbia new shelter — and continued offers a plethora of options for development of Gans Recreation ATHLETIC GROUPS individuals and families seeking to Area, Columbia’s newest regional AMF Town&Country Lanes park. spend a little time outdoors. The city www.amf.com maintains 32 neighborhood parks, On the recreation side, the Big Tree Cycling Team two regional parks, eight nature department is working on growing www.bigtreecycling.com parks, 14 community parks and five popular events such as the Splat! special-purpose parks. Amenities youth mud run and adding new Columbia Bike Club include two golf courses, an archery programs like Yappy Hour — a social www.columbiabikeclub.com range, three disc golf courses, 10 hour at Twin Lakes Recreation Area Columbia Disc Golf Club garden plots available for rent, a for dogs and their owners — as well www.cdgc.org skate park, three pools, two water as expanding events that use the play areas and a swimming lake. city’s trail system, such as the Roc 7k Columbia Multisport Club Whether you want to have a picnic, trail run and the Bear Creek Run half www.columbiamultisport.com go fishing, play anything from soccer marathon. Columbia Rugby Football Club to roller hockey or simply take your “In the past few years, our www.pitchero.com/clubs/ kids to the playground, Columbia has programs geared toward active columbiarugbyfootballclub what you’re looking for. lifestyles have been very popular,” CRFC Black Sheep Women’s Rugby Club After the successful renewal of a said Tammy Miller, marketing www.facebook.com/MidMoRugby quarter-cent sales tax for capital specialist with Columbia Parks improvements, Columbia Parks and Recreation. “Our enrichment Como Polo and Rec has plans for a number of programs — martial arts, dance and www.facebook.com/groups/comopolo projects, including completion of fitness at the ARC also continue to be Columbia Track Club Atkins Park, Phase II of Douglass well-received and well-attended.” www.columbiatrackclub.com
FALL/WINTER 2017 / 69 Deuce Pub & Pit Old Hawthorne Douglass Family Aquatic Cosmo Park www.deucepub.com/leagues 573-442-5280 Center 1615 Business Loop 70 W. Ultramax Sports www.oldhawthorne.com 573-442-5019 Includes Cosmo Nature Trail, www.ultramaxsports.com Poe Golf Co. www.visitcolumbiamo.com/ directory/douglass-family- 1.75 miles; Cosmo Fitness 573-445-7546 Show-Me Pickleball Club aquatic-center-2 Trail, 1.25 miles and Rhett’s www.facebook.com/ Run Mountain Bike Trail, ShowMePickleballClub Hickman Pool PARKS 573-874-7476 2.4 miles www.como.gov/ParksandRec/ A. Perry Philips Park Parks/Hickman_Facilities County House Trail GOLF 5050 Bristol Lake Parkway Twin Lakes Recreation (PUBLIC COURSES) Lake of the Woods Pool www.como.gov/ParksandRec/ Area, Stadium Boulevard at Parks/Philips 573-474-7878 L.A. Nickell Golf Course www.visitcolumbiamo.com/ College Park Drive, 2 miles 1800 Parkside Drive Albert-Oakland Park directory/lake-of-the-woods-pool 573-499-4653 1900 Blue Ridge Road Garth Nature Area Trail Little Mates Cove www.gogolflan.com www.como.gov/ParksandRec/ 2799 N. Garth Ave. 573-445-8839 Parks/Albert-Oakland 1.1 miles Lake of the Woods Golf www.visitcolumbiamo.com/ Bethel Park Course directory/little-mates-cove-at- Grindstone Nature Area and 4500 Bethel Street 6700 St. Charles Road twin-lakes www.como.gov/ParksandRec/ Capen Park Trail 573-499-4653 Stephens Lake Park Parks/Cosmo-Bethel 2011 Old 63 S. www.gogolflow.com www.como.gov/ParksandRec/ Bonnie View Nature Aquatics/facilities.php#SL 3 miles Sanctuary Flat Branch Sprayground Hinkson Creek Trail 3300 Rollins Road www.como.gov/ParksandRec/ 2011 Old 63 S. www.como.gov/ParksandRec/ Aquatics/facilities.php#flatbranch Parks/Bonnie_View_Nature_Area 1600 Capen Park Drive Douglass Park Sprayground 2 miles Cosmo Park www.como.gov/ParksandRec/ 1615 Business Loop 70 W. Aquatics/facilities.php#DFAC Indian Hills Park Trail www.como.gov/ParksandRec/ 5009 Aztec Boulevard Parks/Cosmo_Park STATE PARKS 1.25 mile Douglass Park 400 N. Providence Road Finger Lakes State Park MKT Nature/Fitness Trail www.como.gov/ParksandRec/ 1505 Peabody Road Access points at: Parks/Douglass 573-443-5315 Fourth and Cherry streets 501 Open: 6am to 10pm Nifong Park S. Providence Road www.mostateparks.com/park/ 2900 E. Nifong Boulevard 800 S. Stadium Boulevard finger-lakes-state-park 3700 Ponderosa Street 2701 Forum Boulevard Rock Bridge Memorial www.como.gov/ParksandRec/ 3662 Scott Boulevard Parks/Nifong State Park 5901 S. Highway 163 4.7 miles of city trail, plus Shelter Gardens Office: 573-449-7402 another 4.2 miles of county- 1817 W. Broadway Dan Frost chips out of the Trail Hotline: 573-442-2249 owned trail sand on the 12th hole at the www.shelterinsurance.com/ Open: Sunrise to Sunset Country Club of Missouri aboutshelter/sheltergardens | Staff/Columbia Daily Tribune www.mostateparks.com/park/ Nifong Park Trail Stephens Lake Park rock-bridge-memorial-state-park 3700 Ponderosa Street 2001 E. Broadway Katy Trail State Park 1.3 miles www.como.gov/ParksandRec/ www.mostateparks.com/park/ (PRIVATE COURSES) Philips Lake Trail Parks/Stephens_Lake katy-trail-state-park A.L. Gustin Golf Course, 5050 Bristol Lake Parkway University of Missouri 1.44 miles 573-882-6016 POOLS & TRAILS WATER PARKS South Providence Trail www.gustingolfcourse.com Albert-Oakland Park Trail Runs alongside Providence Columbia Country Club Albert-Oakland Family 1900 Blue Ridge Road Road between Old Plank 573-449-4115 Aquatic Center 1 mile 573-474-5331 and Green Meadows roads, www.columbiacc.net Bear Creek Trail www.como.gov/ParksandRec/ Access points at: 1.7 miles Country Club of Missouri Parks/Albert-Oakland/ 573-449-7201 1615 Business Loop 70 W. Stephens Lake Park Trail oaklandaqua.php 3201 Creasy Springs Road www.ccmo.net Old 63 S. and Broadway, 0.4 ARC Water Zone 2799 N. Garth Ave. Midway Golf 573-874-7700 2304 Northland Drive mile lake trail and 1.7 mil park 573-445-8100 www.como.gov/ParksandRec/ 1900 Blue Ridge Road perimeter trail www.midwaygolfcomplex.com ARC/arc_water_zone.php 4.8 miles
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ANIMAL SERVICES GOVERNMENT Columbia Police Department (CITY) All Creatures Animal Ken Burton, Chief Hospital Columbia City Council [email protected] 1300 Business Loop 70 W. Mayor (executive assistant to the chief) 573-875-0907 Brian Treece 573-874-7402 (chief) Bed and Biscuit, LLC [email protected] 573-874-7652 (main office) 1412 Jade Road 573-874-7222 (daytime) Columbia Fire 573-474-3515 First Ward Councilman Department Columbia Pet Hospital Clyde Ruffin Randy White, Chief 400 Nebraska Avenue [email protected] [email protected] 573-443-7274 573-268-4783 (daytime) 573-874-7391 573-874-7450 (weekends Creekside Pet Center Second Ward Councilman and after-hours) 5820 Missouri Hwy. 163 Michael Trapp 573-256-7387 Office of Neighborhood [email protected] Services Dog Daze Playcare, LLC 573-256-0174 (daytime) 573-817-5050 815B Blue Ridge Road Third Ward Councilman 573-999-5077 Public Works Karl Skala Department Greenridge Farm [email protected] David Nichols, Director Pet Resort and AKC 573-474-2195 (home) [email protected] Handling Fourth Ward 573-874-7250 9535 I-70 Dr. N.E. Councilman Columbia/Boone County 573-474-7500 Ian Thomas Department of Public [email protected] Horton Animal Hospital Health and Human 573-239-7916 (cell) Central location: Services 1700 I-70 Dr. S.W Fifth Ward Stephanie Browning, Director 573-445-4466 Councilman 573-874-7355 Northeast location: Matt Pitzer 2608 Paris Road [email protected] 573-474-9508 573-823-7037 GOVERNMENT Noah’s Ark Animal Sixth Ward (COUNTY) Hospital and Bird Clinic Councilwoman Betsy Peters Boone County 1003 N. Fairview Road Commission 573-445-1388 [email protected] 573-874-7812 (home) 573-886-4305 Pet Center Ltd. showmeboone.com/ 2504 W. Worley St. City Departments commission 573-445-3000 and Leadership City Manager Presiding Commissioner The Pet Fair Dan Atwill 1706 I-70 Dr. S.W. Mike Matthes [email protected] 573-445-7783 Northern District 573-874-6338 Commissioner South Paw Acres, LLC City Clerk Janet Thompson 5500 W. Gillespie Bridge Rd. Sheela Amin Southern District 573-446-2733 [email protected] Commissioner 573-874-7208 Fred Parry
FALL/WINTER 2017 / 73 County Clerk Downtown Columbia, known as The District U.S. Senate Taylor Burks | Travis Gallup/Columbia Daily Tribune Sen. Claire McCaskill 573-886-4375 Washington, D.C. showmeboone.com/clerk 202-224-6154 Recorder of Deeds mccaskill.senate.gov Nora Dietzel 573-886-4345 Columbia office: showmeboone.com/recorder 573-442-7130 Sen. Roy Blunt GOVERNMENT Washington, D.C. 202-224-5721 (STATE) blunt.senate.gov Missouri House of Columbia office: Representatives 573-442-8151 43rd District Rep. Jay Houghton Jefferson City PRESCHOOLS/DAYCARES 573-751-3649 [email protected] A Discovery Zone Child Care 44th District adiscoveryzonechildcare.com Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch A Good Start Jefferson City agoodstartpreschool.com 573-751-1169 [email protected] Academy of Early Childhood 45th District Learning - East Rep. Kip Kendrick academycastle.com Jefferson City Academy of Early Childhood Other Elected Officials 573-751-4189 Learning - South [email protected] County Assessor academycastle.com Tom Schauwecker 46th District 573-886-4270 Rep. Martha Stevens Apple School showmeboone.com/assessor Jefferson City appleschoolmo.org County Collector 573-751-9753 Big Steps Early Learning Center, Inc [email protected] Brian McCollum bigstepselc.com 573-886-4285 47th District Bright Star Learning Center, LLC showmeboone.com/collector Rep. Chuck Basye brightstar-kids.com Prosecuting Attorney Jefferson City Dan Knight 573-751-1501 Bright Start Academy (East) 573-886-4100 [email protected] bsacolumbia.com showmeboone.com/pa 50th District Bright Start Academy (West) Currently Vacant Public Administrator brightstartcolumbia.com Sonja Boone Missouri Senate 573-886-4190 Building Blocks Learning Center District 19 showmeboone.com/publicadmin 573-445-9768 Sen. Caleb Rowden Cannery Row Preschool Sheriff Jefferson City Dwayne Carey 573-751-3931 573-445-1600 573-875-1111 [email protected] Carousel Playschool showmeboone.com/sheriff carouselplayschool.com Treasurer Columbia’s Finest CDC Tom Darrough GOVERNMENT columbiafinestcdc.com 573-886-4365 (NATIONAL) showmeboone.com/treasurer Columbia KinderCare Missouri House of County Auditor kindercare.com/our-centers/columbia/mo Representatives June Pitchford Columbia Montessori School 573-886-4275 U.S. House of Representatives columbiamontessori.org showmeboone.com/auditor Rep. Vicky Hartzler Washington, D.C. Countryside Nursery School Circuit Court 202-225-2876 cnskids.com Christy Blakemore, Clerk 573-886-4000 hartzler.house.gov Discovery Days Preschool-MUMC www.courts.mo.gov/hosted/circuit13 Columbia office: 573-442-9311 facebook.com/discoverydayscolumbia
74 / LIVE VIBRANTLY IN COLUMBIA, MO Down to Earth Preschool A World of Discoveries American Airlines offers two Alliance Water Resources, Inc. downtoearthpreschool.com Daycare daily round flights between 573-874-8080 aworldofdiscoveries.com Columbia Regional Airport alliancewater.com Garden Gate School (COU) and Chicago O’Hare gardengatepreschool.org Ameren Missouri International Airport (ORD) (electric and gas) Grant Montessori Preschool TELECOMMUNICATIONS and two daily round trip flights 800-552-7583 rollinsreading.org/grant_ between COU and Dallas/Fort Bluebird Network, LLC ameren.com montessori.php 573-777-4200 Worth International Airport (DFW). Boone County Regional Green Meadows Preschool bluebirdnetwork.com Sewer District greenmeadowspreschool.com Boone Electric Satellite Additional transportation 573-443-2774 Humpty Dumpty Preschool Systems services include Amtrak out Boone Electric Cooperative humptydumptypreschool.org 573-876-1266 of Jefferson City, Greyhound, 573-449-4181 booneelectric.coop limousine, shuttles to the King’s Kids booneelectric.coop CenturyLink airports at Kansas City and www.facebook.com/ St. Louis along with local taxis. Public Water Districts kingskidscomo 573-886-3336 centurylink.com Consolidated Water Supply No. 1: Latter House Childcare 573-443-7494 SOCKET UTILITIES Center Consolidated Water Supply No. 9: 573-817-0000 City of Columbia Utilities latterhousekingdomministries.org 573-474-9521 socket.net 573-874-7380 Little Miracles Preschool como.gov/Finance/Utilities Charter Communications littlemiraclespreschool.webs.com 888-438-2427 Lots of Love Preschool charter.com Childcare Center Mediacom 573-818-6343 573-489-1919 Luke’s Treehouse Child Care Mediacomcable.com & Preschool Charter Business lukestreehousechildcare.com 314-706-7572 Nora Stewart Early Learning charterbusiness.com Center Lamm Tech norastewart.com 660-827-9944 lammtech.com Panda Pals Preschool & Daycare Towner Communications 573-445-0512 Systems 573-874-3339 Precious Hearts Learning calltcs.com Center preciousheartslearningcenter.com Quantum Wireless Internet 573-256-1166 Ready Set Learn Early quantumwirelessinternet.com Childhood Learning Center readysetlearnpreschool.com Sprout Academy Preschool TRANSPORTATION sproutacademypreschool.com Go COMO Bus Service Stephens College Children’s 573-874-7282 School gocomotransit.com stephens.edu/childrens-school Columbia Paratransit 573-874-7290 Tiger Tots Academy of Early [email protected] Learning tigertots.com OATS, Inc. 573-443-4516 TigerSide Intergenerational oatstransit.org Preschool tigersideigp.com OATS is a public transportation for medical, essential shopping, Trinity Lutheran Child business and nutrition Learning Center purposes that is available to tlclckids.com everyone. Turn the Page Child Columbia Regional Airport Passengers form a line to go through security at the Development Center 573-874-7508 Columbia Regional Airport | Staff/Columbia Daily Tribune turnthepagecdc.com flycou.com
FALL/WINTER 2017 / 75 YES makes a difference.
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