Stories from Monday, March 4, 2002

A Lafayette County jury has convicted a former Napton man on multiple counts of sexual misconduct. The trial of David Sanders, 41, was heard Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of last week under Circuit Judge Dennis Rolf, presiding judge of the 15th Judicial Circuit. The case was heard in Lafayette County on a change of venue...

Friday, March 1 BOYS District 18A Tournament, Glasgow (Championship) Cairo 58, Sturgeon 51 - District 24A Tournament, Tina (Championship) Tina-Avalon 65, Northwestern 48 - District 25A Tournament, Lexington (Championship) Wellington-Napoleon 49, Orrick 40 ------------------------------ GIRLS District 18A Tournament, Glasgow...

It took the third week of the season, but someone finally picked a NASCAR Winston Cup winner for the Democrat-News' "The Race is On" contest. However, none of the five players -- Matt Huston, Kevin Boock and Steven Wansing of Marshall, Jackie Hibbard of Gilliam and Rick Garrett of Napton -- who had Sterling Marlin coming in first in the UAW-Daimler/Chrysler 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway was able to come up with the second- and third-place finishers...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. -- With entries in just three events, the Missouri Valley College men's track and field team finished in the top 20 at the NAIA Indoor Championships at Johnson City, Tenn. The Vikings were 17th in the 52-team field with 12 points during the three-day meet which ended Saturday. The MVC women had only one entry. Valley picked up three medals, but none were gold -- despite having two No. 1 seeds...

ALMA -- So they meet again. Early in the season, the Santa Fe boys' basketball team handed Green Ridge, coming off the championship of the Northwest Tournament at Hughesville, its first loss of the season after seven wins. "We caught them at the right time," noted Chiefs head coach Gary Littrell. ...

Evelyn Roepe Wodrich, 80, of Concordia, died Friday, March 1, 2002, at St. Mary's Hospital in Blue Springs. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 5, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Concordia. Rev. Gary R. Clayton will officiate...

Raymond Malan, 80, of Marshall, died Friday, March 1, 2002, at his home. Cremation. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 5, at Campbell-Lewis Chapel in Marshall. William W. Harlow will officiate.

Henry L. Fizer, 76, of rural Slater, died Sunday, March 3, 2002, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, at the Weiker Funeral Home in Slater. Rev. Robert Sisney will officiate.

The county auditor's office has a big task ahead of it as workers prepare for the implementation of new accounting regulations for all U.S. governmental bodies. The new regulations are recommended to be in place by June 2003. "What we will start doing is on financial statements beginning Jan. 1, 2004, it will be like GASB 34 (Governmental Accounting Standards Board) is recommending," explained Saline County Auditor Kathy Austin last week...

The Arrow Rock State Historic Site's Black History Month celebration, which will run through March 24, celebrates jazz and its roots as a purely African-American art form. An exhibit depicting the history of jazz will be open to the public depicting the earliest jazz, which appeared in New Orleans at the turn of the 20th century, and its progression as Memphis, St. ...

Fourth-graders at Alexander Elementary School in Slater have started a Save Our Statue project, petitioning and raising money to fix the replica of the Statue of Liberty that has stood on the school grounds since 1951. The students had been learning about national symbols in social studies and when they got to the part about the Statue of Liberty, they became interested in the "lady" standing in front of the school. ...

MSHSAA Class Quarterfinals BOYS (Class AAA) KC-Westport 65, Chillicothe 45 Borgia vs. New Madrid Co. Central, ppd. (today) StL-Country Day 45, St. Charles West 43 Nixa 74, Logan-Rogersville 53 - (Class AAAA) Liberty 63, Lee's Summit North 41 StL-DeSmet 70, Hazelwood Central 48...