Prime Inc. owner Robert Low’s racehorse Magnum Moon wins the Arkansas Derby, qualifying him for the Kentucky Derby. Low, right, is pictured with his wife Lawana and jockey Luis Saez riding Magnum Moon.
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NAMING RIGHTS
Missouri State University’s health and wellness center is renamed after the Bill and Lucille Magers. The name change is in honor of an undisclosed donation from the Magers’ two sons, Bryan and Randy Magers. Above, MSU President Clif Smart, right, thanks Randy Magers.
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NAMING RIGHTS
Missouri State University’s health and wellness center is renamed after the Bill and Lucille Magers. The name change is in honor of an undisclosed donation from the Magers’ two sons, Bryan and Randy Magers. Above, Bryan and Chris Magers stand outside the newly renovated building.
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TUITION TALKS
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri, meets with representatives from Ozarks Technical Community College to discuss the Year Round Pell Grant Restoration Act. Following her College Affordability Tour, McCaskill backed the act, to restore year-round resources for low-income college students to use toward summer courses.
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STAND OUT
Nixa High School student Sophia Jackson receives the Outstanding Achievement in Citizenship Award from The Missouri Bar Association, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Missouri National Education Association and The Missouri Bar Young Lawyer’s Section. Jackson is pictured with Missouri Bar president Morry Cole, right, and DESE interim commissioner Roger Dorson. [Editor’s note: Jackson is the daughter of SBJ Publisher Jennifer Jackson.]
SBJ photo by Wes Hamilton
TIME’S NOW
With the addition of its $26 million Time Traveler roller coaster, Silver Dollar City President Brad Thomas, right, says the park projects 100,000 more visitors. During the April 17 live interview at Springfield Business Journal’s 12 People You Need to Know event, Thomas says officials are finishing an eight-year master plan.
SBJ photo by Wes Hamilton
TIME’S NOW
With the addition of its $26 million Time Traveler roller coaster, Silver Dollar City President Brad Thomas, right, says the park projects 100,000 more visitors. During the April 17 live interview at Springfield Business Journal’s 12 People You Need to Know event, Thomas says officials are finishing an eight-year master plan.
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HUNGER HEROES
Volunteers, above, donate time to Ozarks Food Harvest during National Volunteer Month in April – sorting nearly 92,000 pounds of food each week to distribute to 270 agencies. Volunteers also help create Senior Food Boxes and facilitate the Weekend Backpack Program. Last fiscal year, 4,600 volunteers donated more than 31,000 hours to Ozarks Food Harvest.
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Nixa High School student Sophia Jackson receives the Outstanding Achievement in Citizenship Award from The Missouri Bar Association, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Missouri National Education Association and The Missouri Bar Young Lawyer’s Section. Jackson is pictured with Missouri Bar president Morry Cole, right, and DESE interim commissioner Roger Dorson. [Editor’s note: Jackson is the daughter of SBJ Publisher Jennifer Jackson.]](/uploads/original/20180423-153850-ots nixa.jpg)
