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