Central Missouri Community Action: Women Mean Business
After discovering there was only a week left to apply for a small grant through the Small Business Administration in July 2015, executive director of Central Missouri Community Action Darin Preis figured that funding his most recent brainchild wasn’t in the cards. “After I picked myself up off the floor and figured that it probably […]
April and Daniel
April Joy and Daniel Church met in January 2011 while working at University Hospital. April had just moved to Columbia for graduate school, and Daniel was training April at her job, which called for a lot of time spent together. April was definitely interested in Daniel to begin with, noticing how great he was […]
Kids on Track
Boone Hospital Center challenges families to get moving this summer. The best new health trend of the past few years could be training for marathons. With the increase in the number of charitable and competitive runs, now more than ever it is becoming easier and more fun to get healthy and prove your progress. […]
Brenna and Blake
Blake Toppmeyer and Brenna McDermott met while studying journalism at Truman State University. They worked together at their college newspaper, The Index, and soon became good friends. That friendship has been the foundation of a six-year relationship full of Rummy 500, beach vacations and rum and Cokes. Brenna is originally from St. Louis, and […]
Day in the Life: Meet Morgan Cranford
Sleeping in Teepees, wake boarding and canoeing. It all happens at Kanakuk. Some campers at Kamp Kanakuk, a Christian summer camp in Branson, Missouri, grow up dreaming of marrying a fellow camper. “We call them Kanacrushes,” Morgan Cranford says. “It’s a thing that everybody that goes there knows about.” Morgan has spent every […]
Aundrea and Caleb
Some people wake up in the morning with an alarm clock. The process usually goes: hit snooze approximately five times before finally being lured out of bed by the sweet aroma of coffee. Some people… but for Aundrea Bezler that typical morning routine was abruptly different. Instead of coffee, there was a proposal. “I […]
Jill Orr: Time Waits for No Mom
Jill Orr talks about going through “the middle.” I’ve been writing the “Mommy Chronicles” column in this magazine for over six years. In that time, I’ve reflected upon everything from tantrums to tournaments, food issues to friendships and milestones to minivans. Because my kids were relatively young when I started writing about them, many […]
Couple You Should Know: Tim and Toby Rost
Toby and Tim Rost, Owners, Rost Landscaping How did you two meet? Toby: We met on our first day of work at Dillard’s while in college here in 1985. We met in “Cash Register Training” class, so we’ve had a long history of working together. Tim had started Rost Landscaping in 1985 but […]
Strong Woman: Kate Gray
Photos by Anthony Jinson Kate Gray is an assistant professor of graphic design at Stephens College, where she has been teaching since 2007. Originally from Texas, Kate has her degree in advertising art and spent over 10 years in New Mexico before moving to Missouri. Since her first day at Stephens College, Kate has […]
10 Places Around Mid-Missouri to Tie the Knot
Recently Engaged? Check out this list of 10 popular wedding venues in and around Columbia. Alpine Park & Gardens, Columbia, 573-443-7106 Blue Bell Farm, Fayette, 314-220-7120 Les Bourgeois, Rocheport, 573-698-3401 Columbia Country Club, Columbia, 573-449-4115 Country Club of Missouri, Columbia, 573-449-7201 Kimball Ballroom, Stephens College, Columbia, 573-876-7257 Serenity Valley Winery, Millersburg, 573-642-6958 Stoney […]
Job Point: On Point
In 1965, Missouri senators Stuart Symington and Edward V. Long made a $9,000 donation to the Columbia Cosmopolitan Luncheon Club to support a new program teaching men and women how to, respectively, repair Pepsi cases and iron clothes. Today, the program supports nearly 500 members of the Columbia community as Job Point: a nonprofit community […]
Roadblocks to New Terminal Takeoff
The most important item on the City of Columbia’s “to-do” list of municipal projects is the construction and development of a new terminal facility at Columbia Regional Airport. With the University of Missouri faced with unprecedented enrollment declines — tantamount to a major factory closing — the overall significance and promotion of COU as a […]