Stories from Tuesday, August 1, 2006

For Jake Bakert of Owl TV the job of filming a skateboarding demonstration Thursday, June 15, at Indian Foothills Park was a plum assignment. The skaters were members of the Emerica team, considered one of the best skateboarding teams in the country, making a stop in Marshall on their Wild Ride summer tour...

Editor's note: This is the second article about contested races in the Tuesday, Aug. 8, primary election. Today we focus on the Democrat candidates for 15th Judicial Circuit Court judge serving Saline and Lafayette counties. Dennis Rolf Dennis Rolf grew up on his family's dairy farm near Alma and went on to attend the University of Missouri where he received a bachelor's degree in agricultural economics. ...

Marshall Municipal Utilities officials Tuesday, Aug. 1, renewed a call for public energy conservation this week as a second heat wave pushes electricity demand up. The situation is more difficult because one of Marshall's main generating units is off line until at least Wednesday, Aug. 2, because it developed leaks Friday and again on Monday, according to Kyle Gibbs, electric production superintendent...

Native American games program at Van Meter On Saturday morning, Aug. 5, Van Meter State Park staff will hold a program about Native American games. The interpreter will demonstrate a variety of games played by tribes throughout the country. Several of our modern-day games have originated from these early games, organizers said...

"I feel at this point I've been used," remarked Lori Godsey about her dismissal as coach of the Salt Fork YMCA Swim Club. "It's like, 'Let's let her hang on until we just get rid of her." Godsey's position, which she has held the last 12 years, had been in jeopardy since she resigned as the Y's aquatics director in early 2004. ...

Christina L. Hamline, 33, of Sweet Springs, died Sunday, July 30, 2006, in Fayette. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006, at Campbell-Lewis Chapel in Sweet Springs. Rev. Gene Smith will officiate. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Memorials may be made to family choice...