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Encouraging growth
John Boucher, 22, pots pazazz red flare flowers at Central Missouri Subcontracting Enterprises on March 19. Boucher has been
preparing plants for the company’s greenhouse opening, which is scheduled for mid-April.
Giving Gardens employs
people with disabilities
By Alison Gammon
C
news@ColumbiaMissourian.com
hristy Craig giggles a lot as she goes about
her work, but she focuses hard on the task
at hand. She carefully fills a pot with soil
— about two-thirds full is the perfect amount.
She delicately places a stem into the soil, right in the cen-
ter of the pot. Then she gives it the final touch, a plant
tag, as a wide smile spreads across her face.
House tries to regulate cyberbullying
Some state representatives
say the bill is too vague.
By Trevor Eischen
news@ColumbiaMissourian.com
JEFFERSON CITY — Legislation
to regulate cyberbullying passed the
Missouri House of Representatives on
Thursday, but vague language has some
Missouri representatives questioning its
effectiveness.
“There’s really no question that we all
care about whether children are safe or
not,” said Rep. Sarah Lampe, D-Spring-
field. “But the cyberbullying legislation
that is a part of this bill is not strong
enough.”
Living it
up in the
sun at the
skate park
JESSICA BARNETT/Missourian
Josh Hancock skates at the
Cosmopolitan Park skate
park Thursday. Hancock, 23,
said he has been skating for
about 17 or 18 years.
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Under the bill, cyberbullying covers
the use of the Internet or text messaging
to “ridicule, harass, intimidate, humili-
ate or otherwise bully a student.”
The state’s harassment law was expand-
ed in 2008 to include cyberbullying. This
bill would require school districts to
have an anti-cyberbullying policy. The
issue could then be addressed by schools
as well as the courts.
Lampe and Rep. Ed Emery, R-Lamar,
said the bill doesn’t clarify for schools
what should be done to find and stop
cyberbullies. She said the lack of speci-
ficity will leave school districts unsure
about how to implement anti-bullying
policy, and without clear guidelines,
Schools
to receive
upgrades
from bond
Officials and community
members cite communication
as reason for passage.
By Kourtney Geers
news@ColumbiaMissourian.com
School leaders and voters attribute the
Columbia Public Schools bond issue’s 77
percent approval rating to early and fre-
quent communication with stakeholders
throughout the city.
The vote on Tuesday was 17,252 to 5,086
in favor of the bond issue, but only a 57
percent majority of the vote was needed to
pass.
In mid-March, Lorenzo Lawson, found-
ing director of the Youth Empowerment
Zone, attended one of the district’s near-
ly 130 presentations over a three-month
period to school and
community groups
about the bond issue. “I think it does
Superintendent Chris
Belcher made the show increased
presentation at the confidence in
Youth Empowerment
Zone. the decisions
Photos by WONSUK CHOI/Missourian At the presentation,
Belcher explained
the board and
that the bond issue administration
would be used to
improve buildings, are making.”
construct a high Tom Rose
school and elemen- School Board vice president
tary school, build
new gyms at Hick-
man and Rock Bridge high schools, improve
technology, provide air conditioning and
pay for interests and fees associated with
this type of funding.
He also explained that the plan for a
three-part bond issue, at $60 million each,
was developed a few years ago after a
report from the district’s Long-Range Facil-
ities Planning Committee said schools were
impaired by crowding and needed repairs
and trailers. Voters approved phase one in
2007. In 2009, interim Superintendent Jim
Ritter recommended combining phases two
and three into the $120 million bond issue.
Along with the information provided by
Belcher, Lawson said his decision to vote
“yes” on the issue was also influenced by
op-eds written by school board members
such as Jan Mees and the support shown by
James Whitt in his campaign for his first
three-year term on the board.
“I think we did a good job of explaining
Pazazz red flare flowers are displayed the bond issue and its purpose, and we
at Central Missouri Subcontracting went face-to-face with over 7,000 people
Enterprises on March 19. and developed other ways to educate the
population, and I think those built some
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Services for Clyde Wilson
A memorial service for former
Mayor H. Clyde Wilson Jr. is
cyberbullying in Missouri will continue.
“(Schools) are not responding because
scheduled for 4 p.m. Sunday at
the Missouri Theatre Center for the
they don’t have explicit policies to fol- Arts, 203 S. Ninth St.
low,” Lampe said. “We haven’t given
them the ammunition they need to be Dr. Wilson founded the anthropol-
able to protect our children.” ogy department at MU in 1966
Rep. Maynard Wallace, R-Thornfield, and served in a number of leader-
sponsored the bill. He has had experi- ship positions. He also served four
ence in school administration, serving as terms on the Columbia City Council
a junior high principal for 4½ years. and one two-year term as mayor.
Wallace said junior high students are Dr. Wilson helped develop the Katy
extremely sensitive and volatile to taunts
and insults. Trail system, advocated for civil
rights and recommended plans for
“You talk to school people — they
either love or they hate junior high kids,” land use and energy conservation.
Wallace said. “I loved it because you
Please see Cyber, page 6a Missouri Women’s Basketball
Former Illinois State women’s basketball coach Robin Pingeton
was named the Missouri women’s basketball coach Thursday.
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Deaton details
past for students
The MU chancellor’s
wife tells women to be
honest with themselves.
By Katelyn Amen
news@ColumbiaMissourian.com
When she was growing up in
Brooklyn, N.Y., Anne Deaton orga-
nized all the kids on her street into a
summer school that charged 10 cents
a day. She named herself principal,
and her friends were the teachers.
Even then, Deaton knew she wanted
to be a teacher.
Education, public policy and service
have been at the forefront of Deaton’s
career, as she explained Thursday
evening in a conversation at Stephens
College for “True Confessions of a
High-Heeled Leader.” The event was
put on by the Graduate and Continu-
John Boucher pots pazazz red flare flowers at Central Missouri Subcontracting Enterprises on Friday ing Studies program at Stephens,
morning. Boucher has been preparing plants for CMSE’s greenhouse opening. which features successful profession-
al female leaders in the community.
and the College of Education.
“I think one of the toughest things
for women is to be honest with them-
selves,” she said. “Each individual
really has to search for her own
heart.”
Deaton’s own heart has led her to
volunteerism. She has volunteered
at a number of local community
service organizations, including 4-H
and Rotary Club of Columbia. She
also serves on the Thompson Center
for Autism and Neurological Studies
Advisory Board and the American
Association of University Women.
Stephens College President Dianne
Lynch said Deaton’s spirit “perme-
ates the community.”
Past speakers at “True Con-
fessions” have included Lynda
Baumgartner, owner of Image
Technologies of Missouri, former
Stephens College president Wendy
Libby, former Columbia Public
Schools superintendent Dr. Phyllis

Garden: Many employees enjoy

Deaton, wife of MU Chancellor Chase and Commerce Bank presi-
Brady Deaton, taught at MU and dent Teresa Maledy.
worked in state government before “I love coming to hear about pro-
becoming MU’s first lady. She holds fessional women,” Jefferson Junior

gardening more than desk work

adjunct faculty positions in the Sin- High ninth-grader Maria Kalaitzan-
clair School of Nursing, the College donakes said. “Teenagers should
of Human Environmental Sciences come and see these things.”

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Craig, 45, exudes a sense of accomplishment,
but she has more plants to pot, so she continues
with the routine at the Giving Garden, the new-
est business at Central Missouri Subcontracting
Enterprises, formerly Sheltered Enterprises. Pot-
ting plants and working alongside friends are her
favorite parts of the job, but on this day she also
was excited about her paycheck.
“I’m going to buy crayons,” said Craig, an avid
colorer.
Giving Gardens is to open as a retail green-
house in about two weeks. CMSE provides jobs to
people with disabilities who otherwise might have
trouble finding work. About 130 employees with
various disabilities perform greenhouse labor and
work in manufacturing-type jobs for major com-
panies such as 3M and Otscon.
Aside from the obvious benefits — a job and a
paycheck — working in the greenhouse is healthy
and therapeutic, said Julie Krugg, a professor in
the MU department of occupational therapy.
“In a workshop, you’re not as invested in the out-
come,” Krugg said. “In horticulture, people tend to
get much more invested in the outcome.
“Seeing something go from nothing to some-
thing to something sellable can be very meaning-
ful to individuals. Engaging the mind and body
makes people feel purposeful and has a huge
impact on quality of life.”
Like many of her colleagues, Craig far prefers
working in the greenhouse.
“I love it,” Craig said, wearing a magenta shirt,
latex gloves and a sparkling floral hair clip.
Employee manager Fran Schneider sees the
difference between employees who work in the
greenhouse and those who do assembly line work.
She watched as one man worked diligently potting
plants.
“When he’s in the building, he’s not terribly
motivated,” Schneider said. “When he’s out here,
he’s working and he’s happy.”
The greenhouse started as a means to create
income after many companies were forced to
drop CMSE from their payrolls amid a growing
recession.
“Because of the economy, some pulled back into
Photos by WONSUK CHOI/Missourian
Christy Craig, 45, pots mandevilla at Central
Missouri Subcontracting Enterprises on Friday
morning.
years. He decided to come out of retirement to
help Young make the greenhouse a reality.
“I kind of needed a job, and it all fell into place,”
Reagan said.
With help from ABC Labs, CMSE was able to
store its plants through the winter as the green-
house was prepared.
“They learned of our plight and loaned green-
house space,” Reagan said.
New employee Mike Pitts, 40, also enjoys work-
ing in the greenhouse. Pitts moved to Columbia
from Marshall to be closer to his family, which is
in St. James.
He struggled to make ends meet on $30 a month
for two years while he waited for an open position
with Central Missouri Subcontracting Enterprises.
“I sat at home and did nothing,” he said.
Pitts was hired in January when Central Mis-
souri renewed contracts with major companies
and started the greenhouse. With nursery experi-
ence under his belt from a previous job at a Mar-
shall greenhouse, he likes to teach his co-workers
how to work with plants.
“Some people just don’t know how to do it,” he
wpeople.”
With the money he earns working with the Cen-
tral Missouri Subcontracting Enterprises, he is
saving up for a plane ticket to California to visit
Faculty discusses MU’s
right to members’ work
The Faculty Council also
spoke about the future
of partner benefits.
By Nicole Lebsack
news@ColumbiaMissourian.com
Ownership of intellectual prop-
erty created by college faculty
members can be a sticky issue, and
the MU Faculty Council discussed
possible changes to such rules at
their Thursday meeting.
The university now owns the
copyright in the following catego-
ries:
n Works that are commissioned
for university use by the univer-
sity
n Works that are created by
employees if the production of the
materials is a specific responsibil-
ity of the position for which the
employee is hired
n Sponsored works, or works
resulting from grants (but not if
the production of the copyrighted
work is ancillary to the purpose of
the grant)
n Works created with the use of
substantial university resources
Chairwoman Leona Rubin said
that under current rules, faculty
can negotiate with department
chairs for copyright ownership.
Amended rules would leave some
departmental control but would
also add more levels of approval.
Rebecca Johnson of the nursing
school questioned who would own
the copyright of journal articles
and other published works that are
required of some faculty.
“How much of that work, just by
the fact that I’m expected to pub-
lish, is the university’s property?”
she asked.
The possible changes will be dis-
cussed further at the next Inter-
campus Faculty Council meeting
and the May 4 MU Faculty Council
meeting. The UM System Board
of Curators would make any final
decision.
Also at the meeting:
n Following the council’s March 4
vote of support for domestic part-
ner benefits, Rubin said Chancel-
lor Brady Deaton is looking into
other ways to provide benefits for
employees’ domestic partners.
Deaton’s goal, according to Rubin,
is to extend more “soft benefits”
to domestic partners, which could
include access to the MU Student
Recreation Complex, Ellis Library
and other activities on campus
that currently restrict benefits to
spouses.
n The MU Faculty Council read-
dressed UM’s proposed academic
integrity statement. Council mem-
bers again expressed concerns
with the wording of the document,
which will be addressed at the
next Intercampus Faculty Council
meeting.

School: Bond passed

house,” Executive Director Bruce Young said. “A his brother.
number of companies sent jobs overseas.” “I haven’t seen him in 10 years,” Pitts said.
A few companies have since renewed their Now that the employees are at work, Reagan
contracts, but the greenhouse has allowed CMSE is focusing on an April 23 ribbon cutting at the
to hire even more employees who had waited for
work during a hiring freeze.
“We didn’t hire anyone for 16 months because
of the lack of jobs,” Schneider said.
greenhouse at 4040 S. Bearfield Road.
“We plan to sell our product and be a successful
business in our own way,” he said.
The employees are excited about meeting cus-
with 77 percent approval
Young was talking with his friend Bill Reagan tomers and selling their bedding plants, herbs, CONTINUED from page 1A progress we are making. I think it
at a Rotary Club meeting about losing a major vegetables and hanging baskets when the green- trust,” Belcher said. “We told the story does show increased confidence in the
contract when Reagan suggested the greenhouse. house opens. Although the ceremony is set for well and hit the pavement.” decisions the board and administration
Reagan has a master’s degree in horticulture April 23, plant sales are set to begin Thursday, Sarah Read, who was a Fourth Ward are making.”
from MU and ran his own greenhouse for 35 according to its Web site. candidate and a Columbia Parents for Read said that the issue comes along
Public Schools member, said the bond with the board’s developing relation-
issue’s approval could not be chalked ships with the public. “It’s how the com-
up to communication alone. Rather, munity wants or expects to be commu-
Read cited four factors that created a nicated with and that has changed over
“Seeing something go from nothing to something to something sellable package “in terms of it being the right time,” she said. “The board has lagged
can be very meaningful to individuals. Engaging the mind and body thing to do for kids, right thing to do somewhat in recent years with the
for the community, the right thing to changed needs of the community and
makes people feel purposeful and has a huge impact on quality of life.” get the economy back on track” as well they’ve now caught up. They’ve inte-
Julie Krugg as an “underlying trust foundation.” grated pieces that have worked before
professor of occupational therapy at MU In response to the 77 percent voter and they have changed them, they’ve
approval of the bond issue, School let them evolve.”
Board Vice President Tom Rose said, Missourian reporter Katy Bergen
“The community is pleased with the contributed to this report.

$500 million budget cuts go to full Senate
The Senate budget mittee chairman Sen. Rob Mayer,
R-Dexter.
committee proposed The governor had proposed a
education cuts, including $23.86 billion operating budget in
January for Missouri’s 2011 fis-
more for universities. cal year, which begins July 1. But
By DAVID A. LIEB he said last month that his plan
The Associated Press needed to be trimmed by about
JEFFERSON CITY — A Senate $500 million because of declining
committee declared Thursday that state tax revenues and uncertain
it has sliced more than $500 million federal funding.
from Missouri’s proposed budget Senate committee staff said
for next year — meeting a target Thursday that the panel had cut
set by Gov. Jay Nixon to bring it in $506 million of general revenue
expenses. Nixon’s administration
balance.
backed many of those cuts.
The Senate Appropriations Com-
mittee wrapped up its work after “Gov. Nixon appreciates the Sen-
making hundreds of individual ate rolling up their sleeves and
spending cuts, ranging from just making some real progress on the
a few dollars for some programs to budget,” said gubernatorial spokes-
tens of millions for others. man Jack Cardetti.
“We’re in a horrendous economic But Nixon hopes to reverse
time, and we’re having to do things one cut in particular. The Senate
we normally would not support and reduced higher education funding
would not want to do,” said com- by more than 7 percent — jeopar-
dizing a deal brokered by Nixon
in which colleges and universities
agreed to freeze tuition so long
as they weren’t cut by more than
about 5 percent.
The budget is to go before the full
Senate next week. It must then be
reconciled with a version already
approved by the House that is about
$200 million smaller than Nixon’s
plan. Lawmakers must pass a final
version by May 7.
Through two weeks of hear-
ings, the 11 members of the Sen-
ate Appropriations Committee
frequently expressed angst over
cuts they were making. That was
especially true for the elimination
of the Career Ladder program,
which was established in 1985. The
program pays teachers between
$1,500 and $5,000 annually for per-
forming extra duties, such as tutor-
ing and developing curriculum.
Cyber: Teens’ deaths discussed
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got to see these young people develop
and they were just fascinating every
day. But every day you had some
issues.”
Wallace said too much specificity
takes away the power from local school
boards to create their own policies. He
said school boards and school adminis-
trations know how to implement policy
better than legislators because each
school district has its own needs.
Lampe invoked the death of 15-year-
old Phoebe Prince in Massachusetts.
The high school freshman committed
suicide in January after classmates
relentlessly insulted and taunted her.
Lampe said she worries that without
clear and defined policies for schools,
deaths like Prince’s will persist.
Missouri is no stranger to the hor-
rors of cyberbullying.
In 2006, the state experienced
one of the most well-known cases of
cyberbullying in the country when
13-year-old Megan Meier hanged her-
self after a 16-year-old MySpace user
called Josh sent her hurtful messag-
es. The MySpace bully turned out to
be Lori Drew, a family acquaintance.
Rep. Joe Aull, D-Marshall, said the
legislation is a good start.
“It’s not perfect, but it goes a long
way to make our schools safer,” Aull
said.
Aull said the legislation will pro-
vide education for Missouri schools
to prevent further violence. The bill
requests $500,000 for the School
Safety and School Violence Preven-
tion Fund, which will create a state-
wide center to provide resources for
bullying prevention.
But Lampe said the weak language
will cost the state money in lawsuits.
“We’re putting our schools in line
for more litigation when we have
weak school policies,” Lampe said.
“Schools are going to be sued.”
The bill now heads to the Senate.