Sept. 17, 2009
Today's News
A proposed city ordinance would loosen restrictions on noise in downtown Columbia. The proposal involves making loud music and yelling illegal if it can be heard from 300 feet away at night and 500 feet away during daytime hours. This would be a change from the current ordinance, which restricts noise to 100 feet and 50 feet from the property, respectively. Get the whole story here.
Fifty million more Americans would have access to health insurance under the health care bill introduced today in the U.S. Senate. The $856 billion plan would take 10 years to come to completion and would consist of a collection of nonprofit cooperatives, instead of President Obama's original idea for a government-run plan.
The Columbia Board is cutting its gift-card incentive program for summer school students this year due to a change in management. The summer program will no longer be run by Edison Learning, a private business. Instead, the school district will take over the program, and is legally unable to hand out cash incentives to its students. Read more here.
What's Happening
Woodcarving Workshop, free to all Learn carving techniques and meet other enthusiasts from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Columbia Area Senior Center on 211 Business Loop 70 E.
Author Andrea Barrett signs her book, "The Air We Breathe," this afternoon at the Columbia Public Library from 2 to 3 p.m.
MU Museum and Gallery Crawl, free to all Come and explore exhibitions and enter drawings at all five MU galleries this afternoon from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Find more information here.
Farmer's Market at Lowry Mall Stop by the Farmer's Market from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for locally grown fresh produce, baked goods, ice cream and more.
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