well, hello.
It’s been a while. I am slacking on the construction updates that I promised this girl I would post. (She can’t read well so I told her I’d put up pictures).
It was going to be a change over time view of the J-school. But, obviously, that has not been done. So to update you— the building is looking fabulous! No more watching the construction workers as they sit around and look worthlessly at a half-constructed building. I’ll just leave you all in anticipation.
In other news, you may have missed this story on the warren funeral chapel, which was not getting rid of bodies properly. Slightly disturbing.
Other local news you may have missed:
1. Outside magazine voted Columbia, MO one of the top 10 places to live in the country. (#1 is DC). Really.
2. Columbia’s water did not pass safe water testing levels, and I starting using my Brita.
3. Columbia schools did not pass MAP (testing) standards, which is part of the No Child Left Behind Act.
4. A man fell off an I-70 overpass after being tasered by a police officer. The man was apparently on the overpass to commit suicide; he had been deciding whether or not to jump before he was shocked. This report states that some watchers “urged him to jump” prior to the taser incident.
5. There is a national rock, paper, scissors contest? …
6. People in Mid-Mo really care about the Anheuser-Busch buy-out.
7. Como’s first murder of the year went down this summer. I could not find the article I originally read about this, but I remember that he was about 22 and was shot inside his home.
8. Moe’s Southwest Grill in downtown Como closed, probably because the food was terrible.
9. This was news to me- Columbia has a lake that you can swim in. Stephen’s Lake Park is like a mini Lake of the Ozarks! I went there to lay out, play in the water and swim laps today. It was lovely. There’s even some sand!
10. Lists of 10 always look more complete.
-Jess
