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Food safety tips help keep unwelcome guests from Thanksgiving dinner table   COLUMBIA, Mo. – Thanksgiving is a great time to get together for a special dinner, but the last thing you want is any unwelcome visitors, such as salmonella, a kind of bacteria that can cause food-borne sickness. “Food safety is a big thing…

MEAT GOAT PRODUCERS CAN EXPECT TO HEAR USEFUL INFORMATION AT 2007 MISSOURI LIVESTOCK SYMPOSIUM         “Meat goat production is up and with the number of goat producers rising it is critical we provide those producers, and those contemplating getting into the business, with practical and applicable information–and that is exactly what we intend to do…

Beef Cattle Producers to be Treated to an “Informational Smorgasbord” At 2007 Missouri Livestock Symposium November 30 and December 1         Doors to the popular Missouri Livestock Symposium open at 4 p.m. on Friday afternoon, November 30, according to Committee Chair Garry Mathes.  Mathes indicated “the Missouri Livestock Symposium is the best deal around.”  That…

William B. Wilson and Adolphus Busch inducted  into Labor Hall of Fame U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao presides over ceremony   WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao today hosted the 19th Labor Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. This year’s honorees were the first secretary of labor and former secretary-treasurer of…

An Easy Click Takes You Back to Missouri Cities in the 1880s Maps from 1880 to 1920 of Missouri Cities Are Now Digitalized at University of Missouri Library’s Website By Kelsey Jackson COLUMBIA, Mo. – With a quick computer search by city or street name, people can now study historical maps of every Missouri city…

Lock failure on either the Mississippi or Illinois rivers carries with it the potential economic damage that could exceed more than half a billion dollars for corn and soybean producers, according to a University of Missouri study.

Eyeglasses transformed to allow those without speech capability to communicate  COLUMBIA, Mo. – They look like a pair of everyday eyeglasses, but University of Missouri students have turned them into a device that allows people without speech capability to communicate. “For people of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease), traumatic brain injury, stroke or spinal…

Celebrate the Versatility of Pork   Governor Matt Blunt Helps Kick Off Pork Month During Lunch at Missouri Department of Agriculture   Columbia, Mo.,—The National Pork Board and the Missouri Pork Association will be celebrating Pork Month throughout October.  This month serves as an opportune time to enjoy “The Other White Meat,” as well as…

Farmers should check fields

The Board of Aldermen met in regular session on Monday, September 10, 2007, at 7:00 p.m., with Mayor Hackemack advising of an established quorum: Jennifer Owen, Amy Hoffman, Gene Huebotter, Cecil Morrow, and Justin Parrish.  Don Zahn was absent.   City Clerk Karen Lasswell, Star reporter Emilie Rumble, three Citizens and Bartlett and West Engineer Randy Clarkson and Project Manager Bob Gilbert were also in attendance at the meeting.