Stories from Wednesday, September 15, 2004

MEXICO -- Mexico put up a good fight against the unbeaten Marshall girls' tennis team, but couldn't prevent an 11-1 loss on its home court Tuesday. The Lady Bulldogs (3-4) did manage to end Marshall's string of five straight shutout victories, as senior Jordan Tanzey and junior Kim Hoagland nipped freshman Amy Durham and sophomore Sydne Parkhurst at No. 3 doubles, 10-8...

SEDALIA -- It wasn't exactly the way she wanted, but Marshall head volleyball coach Becky Harrold could at least saw her team won its fourth match in a row Tuesday with a 25-16, 27-25 non-conference decision at Smith-Cotton. In Harrold's mind, the Lady Owls "continued the flat play of the second game" from the previous night, a 25-12, 25-19 victory over winless Knob Noster. ...

CALIFORNIA -- There's considerable evidence that the Marshall girls' golf team is making gains. However, the gap between the Lady Owls and the teams against which they must compete in the Class 1, District 7 Tournament next month at Indian Foothills Golf Course remains substantial. Marshall got to take on four of those foes Tuesday at the California Tournament, finishing in the middle...

COLUMBIA -- For three of the four Marshall men who competed in the 45th annual Heart of America Marathon Sept. 6 at Columbia, it was their first foray into a 26-mile event. As it was, all four local entries ran nearly together in a what Runner's World magazine calls the most difficult non-mountainous marathon in the U.S. Leading the delegation was Stewart Hooper, 40, who covered the course in four hours, 30 minutes and 52 seconds to finish 84th out of a field of 116 runners...

KEYTESVILLE -- Senior Ashley McNeall was a one-girl wrecking crew Monday during Keytesville's 12-5 non-conference victory over visiting Malta Bend. McNeall pitched over six innings of relief, striking out 13 batters and giving up only two runs, and knocked in six runs with a triple and a homer as Keytesville came back from a 3-0 deficit produced by junior Jordan Gorrell's three-run shot in the top of the first inning...

SEDALIA -- With several Marshall boys' soccer players out of action or being limited in playing time because of aches and pains, Smith-Cotton was able to score four first-half goals to take a 4-1 non-conference decision Tuesday at Sedalia. The Tigers scored three minutes into the contest when a free kick by senior Dru Bloess deflected off a Marshall defender to senior Quentin Koetting, who directed into the corner of the net. ...

SLATER -- Freshman Taylor Pemberton was thrown into the Hornet's nest in her pitching debut for the Slater softball team Tuesday. Powerful Westran banged out 18 hits over four innings during a 20-0 Lewis and Clark Conference road rout. Senior Annie Johnson had three of those hits, including a double and a single, and drove in five runs for the Lady Hornets...

The Missouri Valley College women's volleyball team went the distance Tuesday with visiting Culver-Stockton, but for the second time this season dropped a fifth game against a Heart of America Conference foe for a 30-21, 28-30, 30-20, 26-30, 15-11 setback...

NORBORNE -- Once again, the young Sweet Springs volleyball team gave a solid foe a push, but came up on the short end. Sophomore Jennifer Vogelsmeier had six kills Tuesday during the Lady Greyhounds' 25-21, 25-22 non-conference loss at Norborne (4-3-2). Sophomore Kara Kreisel pulled up 10 digs, senior Alyssa Horman dropped in three aces and senior Leslie Keesaer made six saves for Sweet Springs...

BOYS' SOCCER NCMC at Fulton 2, Moberly 0 at Hannibal 3, Kirksville 0 Non-conference at Smith-Cotton 4, Marshall 1 VOLLEYBALL I-70 at Concordia 25-25, Wellington-Napoleon 22-23 Non-conference Marshall 25-27, at Smith-Cotton 16-25 at Norborne 25-25, Sweet Springs 21-22...

Mary Belle Boling, 95, of Slater, died Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2004, at Big Bend Retreat in Slater. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 17, at Weiker Funeral Home in Slater. Rev. Robert Sisney will officiate. Organist Bethany Weiker will play "How Great Thou Art" and "It is Well With My Soul." Pallbearers will be Richard L. ...

Emil O. Rippley, 94, of Sweet Springs, died Monday, Sept. 13, 2004, at Sweet Springs Villa in Sweet Springs. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 17, at Campbell-Lewis Chapel in Sweet Springs. Rev. Gene Smith will officiate. Pallbearers will be Larry Duncan, Wendell Olsen, Tim Scott, David Esser, Leonard Taylor and Robert Guier. ...

Clara M. Stober, 75, of rural Marshall, died Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2004, at Sweet Springs Villa. Funeral arrangements are pending at Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Sweet Springs.

Many of us sew or know someone who sews and have the common problem of what to do with leftover fabric scraps. Not all of us are the quilting type, but most of us still feel bad about throwing away perfectly good pieces of fabric. One solution is to recycle this abundance of material into creative activities children can do or projects you can do for them to play with or use at home or school. ...

The Marshall Public School District's (technology) mission is to integrate aspects of technology into the educational environment as an ongoing process by acquiring and maintaining adequate equipment, appropriate training, embedding it into our curriculum concepts, and to be used as a tool for school management by using available money and personnel resources for the benefit of students and staff...

A quote to ponder "Independence now and independence forever!" -- Daniel Webster A note from the director I want to start with a reminder that the library is currently closed and will be closed until Saturday, Sept. 18. When we reopen on Saturday we will be celebrating the Mexican and Central American Independence Days with a program at 1 pm. ...

More than 20 young people gathered at Bueker Middle School Wednesday morning for the annual See You At The Pole event. Above: A participant holds a card with the order of service in fron of promotional materials. Below: Brandon Pace reads a prayer request. Among those taking part in the event were BMS Assistant Principal Derek Lark, standing behind Pace...

Trees hung heavy with apples mark September as the fruits ripen and that can mean only one thing -- it's Waverly Apple Jubilee time. Kicking off Thursday, Sept. 16, the celebration of the rich local history of apples has come a long way from its beginnings as the Waverly Street Fair. Now it has blossomed into a three-day event, with live entertainment, a parade, greased pig contest and more...

The Marshall-Saline Development Corporation is putting the finishing touches on a retail shopping survey. "This is the initial step of our retail recruitment effort," said Roy Hunter, MSDC executive director, at Tuesday's meeting of the MSDC Board of Directors...

If an action approved by the Marshall Planning and Zoning Commission Tues-day is ratified by the Marshall City Council, commercial property owners will have a little room to grow. The zoning commission voted unanimously to approve an amendment to the city's zoning ordinance reducing setbacks required from property lines in commercially-zoned properties...

With only a single council member in attendance -- out of four and therefore a quorum of three -- the Malta Bend City Council took up discussion of the property tax rate for next year, but took up no other business. The tax rate was tentatively set at .7828 cents per $100 assessed valuation for next year. No vote was taken during the regular monthly meeting of the council...

On Thursday, Sept. 16, the Saline County Entrepreneurship Coalition will hold a free informational forum about opening a small business. With back-to-back sessions, the forum will include speakers discussing information of interest to those starting a business such as grant money, getting personal finances in order and the advantages and disadvantages to creating one's own business...

The Missouri Department of Transportation announced Monday that Route E in Saline County is again open to traffic following a bridge replacement over Camp Creek. The road had been closed since early May for work on the bridge. The new, wider bridge includes a driving surface 26 feet wide and concrete barrier curb. Approximately 500 feet of roadway was also resurfaced as part of the project. Total cost of the project was estimated at $390,000...

Marshall Police Chief Jim Simmerman reported that Justin E. Scharnhorst, 15, of Marshall, who was listed as missing has been found. Simmerman said no foul play occurred in Scharnhorst's disappearance and he is unharmed.