Columbia Today: Oct. 29, 2009
Today's News
The race for Jerry Wade's Fourth Ward seat is on, as Tracy Greever-Rice joins Sarah Read in the competition for the seat. Read the whole story at the Columbia Missourian [here] (http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/10/29/tracy-greever-rice-associate-director-office-social-and-economic-data-analysis-running-fourth-ward-city-council-seat/).
Gov. Jay Nixon announces plan for over $200 million in additional cuts to state budget, including major cuts to Medicaid. Get the full breakdown [here] (http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/10/29/gov-nixon-announces-204-million-new-budget-cuts/).
A flood watch has been announced for Boone County through Friday morning. Read more here.
Pink Hijab Day, a breast cancer awareness event through the MU Muslim Student Organization, was a success Wednesday. Watch the Missourian's audio visual slideshow [here] (http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/10/29/pink-hijabs-promote-breast-cancer-awareness-break-steroeotypes/).
What's Happening
A children's performance of "The Diary of Anne Frank" starts tonight at 7 p.m. at the Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children and $7 for students.
A reinterpretation of Federico Garcia Lorca's "The Shoemaker's Prodigious Wife" will be performed tonight at 8 p.m. by the MU Department of Theatre.