Stories from Thursday, May 23, 2002

Each year since 1958, the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership seminar program has set about to recognize and develop tomorrow's leaders. This year, Marshall sophomore James Chevalier will be among those traveling to the Central Missouri State University campus in Warrensburg for the Missouri West HOBY seminar to be held May 31 through June 2...

MSHSAA Sectionals (Class A) at Oran 15, Bernie 2 (5) Advance 3, at Southern Reynolds 2 (8) Sparta 7 at Dadeville 1 Morrisville 3, at Stoutland 2 New Haven 12, at Madison 0 (5) Atlanta 6 at Bevier 3 at Sacred Heart 15, Amoret-Miami 14 (8) Santa Fe 16, at Ludlow-Southwest 5 (5)...

CHILLICOTHE -- The Santa Fe baseball team has had trouble recently in hitting junk-ball pitchers in bandbox fields, such as the cozy confines in which it won the District 15A Tournament. Given a hurler of solid reputation in an expansive park, such as Chillicothe's Danner Field for Wednesday's MSHSAA Class A Sectional, the Chiefs were in their element. They banged out 11 hits, including three no-doubt-about-it homers, to whip Southwest of Ludlow in five innings, 16-5...

First Team GK Kira Reyes Sr. Rock Bridge GK Amanda Lake Sr. Moberly F Rachel McCarville Sr. Rock Bridge F Danielle Shannon Jr. Helias F Terressa Kusick Sr. Helias MF Addie Arment Sr. Rock Bridge MF Denise Knaebel Sr. Moberly MF Leslie Brondel Sr. Helias...

Kenneth "Ken" L. Elliott, 67, of Marshall, died Wednesday, May 22, 2002, at University Hospital and Clinics in Columbia. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 25, with Masonic services at Campbell-Lewis Chapel in Marshall. William W. Harlow will officiate...

Myrtle M. Gibson, 87, of Marshall, died Wednesday, May 22, 2002, at Golden Oaks Residential Care in Marshall. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, May 25, at Campbell-Lewis Chapel in Marshall. Dr. N. Paul Callahan, Rev. Wayne Doolin and Rev. Vernon Maxted will officiate...

Belma Lee Duffey, 90, of Sweet Springs, died Wednesday, May 22, 2002, at the Sweet Springs Villa. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 25, at Fairview Cemetery in Sweet Springs. Rev. Charles R. Ahlemann will officiate.

St. Peter School in Marshall will hold registration for the 2002-03 school year from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 25. The school is located at 365 S. English.

Ryan Ott of Sedalia takes some time out after work to try his luck fishing in the Marshall Habilitation Center Lake Tuesday. A number of anglers cast into the water there as they took advantage of the sunny weather this week. Democrat-News photo by Jack Tynan...

A Marshall man charged with felony drug distribution has pleaded guilty in Saline County Circuit Court. Jeffrey Milligan, 28, had been arrested in February and charged with class A felony distribution of a controlled substance near public housing. His arrest followed a search of his home which recovered marijuana as well as drug paraphernalia...

Some changes are inevitable. The historic town of Arrow Rock, carefully preserved to retain its historical features, is currently being visited by backhoes and trench diggers as a public sewage system is installed. "We've been working on it since earlier this year as far as ground-breaking, but we've been working on the overall project since 1994," said Bruce McGlaughlin, chairman of Arrow Rock's Board of Trustees...

The Missouri Department of Transportation has announced that Route VV in Saline County will be closed beginning Tuesday, May 28, to replace the Davis Creek Bridge just north of Emma. The project is expected to be completed by Aug. 20, weather permitting...

In his younger days he was a tall, slender man. The black hair had started to gray around the temples by the time my own memories of him began. Before he retired and moved back to the 100-acre piece of pasture, woods and creek bottomland in the hills of Arkansas, he drove a truck in the city. ...