Stories from Thursday, October 17, 2002

About 140 adults, besides teachers and other staff members, went through the lunch lines Tuesday at Marshall's elementary schools and Bueker Middle School. The cause for such a lunch line was National School Lunch Week, which the schools are celebrating all week. Coordinated by the American School Food Service Association, National School Lunch Week, Oct. 14-18, brings parents, grandparents and friends into the schools to meet students in their own "work" environment...

With two of NAIA Region V's top-five men's soccer teams facing off, victory was critical for playoff hopes -- especially for Missouri Valley College. The Vikings, ranked fifth in the region, sent the Heart of America Conference standings into a spiral Wednesday with a 2-1 decision over visiting William Jewell -- dropping the No. 4 Cardinals into a five-way tie in the loss column with two each...

SOFTBALL MSHSAA Sectionals Class 1 Purdy 4, Delta 2 Morrisville vs. Hermitage, susp. St. Elizabeth 8, New Franklin 7 North Shelby 12, Harrisburg 2 (6) Cairo 9, Macon Co. 2 Lone Jack 12, Tina-Avalon 0 Princeton 17, North Daviess 2 (4) Jefferson vs. Stewartsville, ppd...

Football Offense: QB John Booth, MidAmerica Nazarene, Jr. MVC nominations: none Defense: DT Jerald Groves, Avila, Soph. MVC Nominations: none Special Teams: K Massimo Scaccia, Avila, Soph. MVC Nominations: none Men's Soccer Player: F Barry Cummings, Baker, Jr...

ALMA -- Shane Cavanah is the traveling man of area football coaches. Since leaving his powerhouse Marceline program for Sweet Springs in 1995, Cavanah has coached at Trenton, Richmond and now Brookfield. There's been one constant, though: everywhere he goes, he wins -- at least as much as any of his predecessors...

NCMC Boys' Soccer Conference Overall School W L T W L T Marshall 4 0 0 18 1 0 Rock Bridge 3 0 0 11 4 2 Moberly 4 1 1 11 8 1 Helias 3 2 1 12 4 3 Fulton 3 3 0 10 5 0 Hannibal 1 3 0 7 12 0 Mexico 1 4 0 3 8 0 Kirksville 0 6 0 0 15 0 I-70 Conference Volleyball Conference Overall...

Lyle C. "L.C." Hayes, 74, of Marshall, died Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2002, at Big Bend Retreat in Slater. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at Sunset Gardens Cemetery in Marshall. William W. Harlow will officiate.

Shirley Schelp, 69, of Emma, died Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2002, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Emma. Pastor Walter Snyder will officiate.

Responding to concerns from an area contractor, the Marshall Municipal Utilities Board of Public Works voted Wednesday to create a new construction sewer bill adjustment policy. MMU Administrative Services Director Ken Gieringer explained the contractor had argued that when trying to establish grass at a newly-constructed home a large amount of water is used, but it goes into the ground and not into MMU's sewer system...

The Saline County Commission approved two contracts for the county health office and a bill for road work at its Thursday meeting. Health Office Administrator Jill Hieronymus presented the contracts to the commission. The first would provide the county with about $6,500 in funding from the state for administration of the immunization action plan. Due to state cutbacks, the contract was about $12,000 lower than anticipated...

The Marshall Municipal Utilities Board of Public works is offering a reward for information about the person or persons who destroyed an MMU light pole. Sometime between 1 and 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 25, someone used a chain saw to cut down the light pole located near the intersection of Cypress Boulevard and Odell Avenue in the southern part of the city...

A pair of repair projects for Marshall Municipal Utilities Environmental Services Department have been delayed while the MMU Board of Public Works gives them further consideration. MMU Environmental Services Director Ginny Ismay discussed the projects at Wednesday's regular board meeting. ...

A number of electric production and distribution projects will be getting under way after receiving final approval from the Marshall Municipal Utilities Board of Public Works. The board met in regular session Wednesday and heard presentations by Electric Production Superintendent Kyle Gibbs and Electric Distribution Superintendent Carl Johnson...

Although state officials are encouraging all Missouri law enforcement entities receiving 911 calls to require full dispatcher training in order to answer emergency calls, some local officials are interpreting the 911 Training Standards Act differently...

The Bush administration recently approved a regulation, to go into effect in November of this year, which identifies fetuses as "unborn children." As the kids would say - Well, duh! Isn't that like saying that Earth is round? The regulation is said to extend prenatal health benefits to the pre-born poor by allowing states to use the State Children's Health Insurance Program to provide benefits to pregnant mothers, including illegal immigrants. ...