Comobuz.com publisher Mike Murphy has spent a good portion of this year reviewing detailed information about voter-approved Columbia bond issues in 2015 and 2018. The 2015 bond issue was a 63-million dollar plan to primarily finance improvements to the electric grid. The 2018 bond issue was a 43-million dollar plan to primarily finance renovations to the city’s water treatment plant near McBaine. Mr. Murphy joined host Fred Parry in-studio for the hour Saturday on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Round Table.” He and Fred say there’s been little action taken on these two major projects:
(AUDIO): Comobuz.com publisher Mike Murphy discusses Columbia utilities on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Round Table”
Comobuz.com publisher Mike Murphy has spent a good portion of this year reviewing detailed information about voter-approved Columbia bond issues in 2015 and 2018. The 2015 bond issue was a 63-million dollar plan to primarily finance improvements to the electric grid. The 2018 bond issue was a 43-million dollar plan to primarily finance renovations to the city’s water treatment plant near McBaine. Mr. Murphy joined host Fred Parry in-studio for the hour Saturday on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Round Table.” He and Fred say there’s been little action taken on these two major projects:
Toys for Tots celebrates 75th anniversary; a famous Missourian designed its logo
Missouri’s governor is praising the legacy and impact of the popular Toys for Tots program, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary.
Governor Mike Parson presented a proclamation this week to retired U.S. Marine Corps Master Sergeant Jon Morgan, who’s the assistant coordinator of Jefferson City’s Toys for Tots chapter. Morgan’s nickname is “Master Klaus”, and he conducts community toy collection drives for needy children in Cole, Miller, Maries and Moniteau counties.
Toys for Tots distributes about 18-million toys to seven-million less fortunate children annually across the nation. Its website says that since 1947, it has distributed 627-million toys to 281-million children.
The popular program has Missouri ties.
Toys for Tots began in 1947 as the idea from Marine Corps Reserve Major Bill Hendricks, who was also the public relations director at Warner Brothers Studios and knew many celebrities. As a personal favor to his friend Bill, Marceline Missouri’s Walt Disney designed the first Toys for Tots poster that had the miniature three-car train. That is still on the Toys for Tots logo. Governor Parson praises the impact from Toys for Tots.
Columbia’s Ronald McDonald House is more than just a bed for sleeping
Supporters of the capital campaign to raise $6.5 million to build a new Ronald McDonald House in Columbia say the home has had a major impact on residents across mid-Missouri.
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Mid-Missouri executive director Terri Gray tells 939 the Eagle that the home has impacted many who have not stayed there.
“It’s always so heartwarming to me when we meet people who say I have a personal story or I knew a friend or I went to church with someone who benefited from the Ronald McDonald house,” Gray says.
The campaign has already secured $4.4 million in commitments.
Columbia’s new Ronald McDonald House will have warm meals prepared each evening, family play areas, outdoor gardens and walking trails. Construction is expected to begin this fall on the project at Stadium and College, and it’s expected to open in the spring of 2024. It will be built within walking distance of the new $200-million Children’s Hospital being built by MU Health Care.
Ms. Gray emphasizes that the home is more than just a bed for sleeping.
“One of our goals is to take that stressor away so when a family is already dealing with a child in medical crisis, they can focus on the health and the well-being of their child instead of where am I going eat. How am I going to pay for this,” says Gray.
The new Ronald McDonald House will accommodate up to 24 guest families per night, which is up from the current number of 18.
A September 26 golf tournament in Columbia is planned to raise additional money for construction costs.
67-year prison sentence recommended by Boone County jury in Columbia kidnapping and rape case
A Boone County jury is recommending decades in prison for a Columbia man convicted of the robbery and sexual assaults of two different sex workers in separate incidents.
The 67-year prison sentence the jury is recommending includes 18 years for rape and another 18 years for sodomy.
The jury has convicted 26-year-old Xavier Blake Gee of Columbia of seven felony counts, including kidnapping. Both victims took the witness stand, saying they thought Gee would kill them. Prosecutors say one of them was forced to perform oral sex on Gee, as he videotaped the incident with his phone. That video was shown to the jury during the trial. That victim was also placed in the trunk of a vehicle and driven around, and she testified that she begged for her life.
Gee testified at the trial’s penalty phase that he’s remorseful, and blamed what happened on his significant drug use.
Boone County Circuit Judge Jeff Harris will sentence Gee this fall. A sentencing date hasn’t been set yet.
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