Spokespeople for the military
Missouri National Guard / Air National Guard: Maj. James Ray
2nd Lt. Tammy Spicer (573-638-9846)
Internet: www.moguard.com
Whiteman Airforce Base (Knob Noster): Capt. Brett Ashworth (660-687-6133)
Home of the 509th wing of B-2 bombers
Internet: www.whiteman.af.mil/home.htm
Fort Leonard Wood : (573) 596-0131
(573) 596-0841 (US Army Reserve Center)
Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC), on MU campus @ Crowder Hall
Air Force: Col. A.J. Briding (882-7621)
Army: Lt. Col. Avalle (882-7721 / AvalleR@missouri.edu)
Navy: Chief Petty Officer Lorene Capers (882-6693)
National Guard / University of Missouri - Lincoln University
Telecommunications Community Resource Center
TCRC Coordinator Keith Crumley
Missouri National Guard
6900 N. Boundary
Jefferson City, MO 65101-1203
Phone: (573) 638-9500, ext.7113
Coast Guard Command (St Louis): (314) 539-3900
FBI: (573) 691-8200
SEMA : (573) 526-9143
Real people in the military
Lt. Jamie Melcher (Nat. Guard) - Missourian circulation desk
Politicians
Sen. Christopher Bond, R-Mo
Co-chairman of the Senate National Guard Caucus
308 east High Street #202
Jefferson City, MO 65101
(573) 634-2488
Refugees and Immigration
Missouri, including Columbia, is home to a growing number of refugees - some of whom come from countries hostile towards the USA. Many refugees could make great sources for stories about their home countries, but they must always be accessed through the proper channels.
In Columbia:
Refugee and Immigration Services - Diocese of Jefferson City
Barbara Tucker - case manager
201 W. Broadway Street
Building #3 Columbia, MO 65203
Phone: (573) 442-7568 ext. 1
Fax: (573) 256-4424
Riscolumbia1@home.com
In Jefferson City (where cases for mid-Missouri are initially handled):
Refugee and Immigration Services - Diocese of Jefferson City
Alice Wolters - director
1130 E. Elm Street
P.O. Box 417 - Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: (573) 635-9127, ext. 244
Fax: (573) 256-4424
International Institute Saint Louis (main refugee/immigration service in an increasingly multi-cultural city):
Ann M. Rynearson - senior vice-president Culture & Community
3654 S. Grand Blvd. Saint Louis, MO 63118
Phone: (314) 773-9090 ext. 127
Fax: (314) 773-6047
rynearsona@intlinst.org
Internet: www.intlinst.org
Police in charge of protecting /informing/monitoring “new Americans” in the Southside of St Louis, where most refugees are located
St Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Officer Barry LaLumandier, DSN 8187
South Patrol Liaison to New America Communities
South Patrol Division 3157 Sublette St Louis, MO 63139
Phone: (314) 444-0100
Pager: (314) 507-4940
Economic Actors
Missouri State Employees’ Retirement System (MOSERS)
Gary W. Findlay - executive director
907 Wildwood Drive
Jefferson City, Missouri 65109
Phone: (573) 632-6100
Fax: (573) 632-6101
Garyfind@mosers.org