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Looking Back at Boone County
The photo to the right is the Columbia Opera House, also later known as the Columbia Theatre. It was built by Josiah W. Stone. According to “The Writing of North Todd Gentry,” it featured 1,100 seats for "theatrical entertainments,…
Exercising Their Retirement Options
Chuck and JoAnn Wilson are sitting together at 10:30 a.m. in the living room of their villa at Old Hawthorne. Their dogs, Dotty and Coali, are lying down nearby. Outside, a brisk winter wind is blowing across part of the golf course that is…
Weddings To Remember
Date: July 14, 1956
Location: The Methodist Church in Kiowa, Kansas
Interesting tidbit:
The groom, Charlie, missed the rehearsal dinner as his friends kidnapped him to Oklahoma (a half mile away). While it may have started on a low…
Warm Up Your Winter
Sweaters and scarves aren’t the only ways to brace yourself against blustery weather. There’s no time like winter to putter in the kitchen, where the cozy heat from the stove and the aromas of mouthwatering dishes can warm you from the…
Yesteryear – Looking Back at Boone County
Can you guess the year this photo was taken in downtown Columbia? This photo depicts four stores on this street that were torn down and replaced in 1917 by a brand new hotel. Can you identify the name of the hotel, and what is in that…
Exercising For Good Health
This issue of Prime focuses on healthy living. Alberta Smith is closing in on 89 years old and exercises almost every day.
When she was younger, her exercise was chasing her seven children. As the wife of former Columbia mayor and county…
Dancing Through Life
Columbia’s long history has many unique and long-standing traditions, but would you believe ballroom dancing is one of them?
In the fall of 1936, three University of Missouri faculty wives (Novella Calvin, Margery McKinney…
Wonderful Weeknight Dining
With school, work and evening activities all spiraling in different directions, most families find that some things have to give. Make sure quality time around the dinner table isn’t one of them with these savvy solutions that can help make…
Tell Me About It
WITH ANGEL DONNETTE ROBERTSON
My father is turning 70 next month, so my mother has planned a party with the extended family. Unfortunately, I have a few aunts who have never approved of my decisions and remind me at every gathering…
Mattie Hon
Like a lot of other 12-year-old girls, Mattie Hon was a daydreamer and always looked forward to her family’s vacations at their cottage on Tybee Island, just off the coast of Savannah, Ga. Their little beach house had once belonged to a sea…
How to Choose a Physical Therapist
Physical therapy focuses on treating musculoskeletal disorders.
One goal of physical therapists is to alleviate pain in their patients. In patients with back pain, physical therapy helps to strengthen the core muscles in their back,…
Threading The Needle
Photos by LG Patterson
According to the Washington Post, about 10,000 Baby Boomers retire every day—that’s nearly four million people a year.
After planning and investing and saving for most of their lives, they are looking forward to…
Fit Fido, Fit You.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that adults should engage in 150 or more minutes of moderate physical activity per week.
Among adults 60 years of age or more, walking is the most common form of leisure-time…
