Stories from Wednesday, November 7, 2007

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The 2008 season has gotten off to a rough start for the Missouri Valley College men's wrestling team. The first meet was wiped out by two deaths in the family -- including that of freshman J.D. Steenburgen, killed in an Oct. 10 car wreck near his home town of Sapulpa, Okla. -- which forced the withdrawal of the Vikings from the season-opening Lindenwood Open to attend their teammate's funeral...

One of the six major goals of the Marshall Public School District's Comprehensive School Improvement Plan reads: "The Marshall Public School District will promote involvement and awareness of the diversity and commonalities among all students and encourage inclusion in our school community."...

George C. Pannell, 84, of Marshall, died Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, at Mar-Saline Manor in Marshall. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007, at Campbell-Lewis Chapel in Marshall, with Rev. Mike Brown and Rev. Vernon Maxtedofficiating. ...

Walter John Kuschel, 92, of Grand Pass, died Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, at University Hospital in Columbia. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007, at St. Luke's United Church of Christ in Grand Pass, with Pastor Jeff Jernigan officiating. ...

The Missouri Department of Transportation announced Oct. 30 that asphalt repair operations will begin on I-70 in Saline County on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 7 a.m. and will be completed on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 5 p.m. The first project will begin at the junction of I-70 and Route EE east of Sweet Springs and will continue east to end at the junction of I-70 and Route YY west of Marshall Junction...

Sheriff's deputies investigate report of stolen exhaust stacks Saline County Sheriff's Department officers were notified of the theft of two six-inch chrome exhaust stacks for a Kenworth semi-trailer truck at a Gilliam residence. Mike R. Haynes of Independence reported the theft on Saturday, Nov. 3. The value of the two stacks is approximately $1,200...

"Throw your mittens around your kittens!" Directors Mike Brennan and Ron Sayer invite the community to join Danny, Rizzo, Sandy, Kenickie and the rest of the Pink Ladies and T-Birds in the Marshall High School production of Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey's 1950s musical "Grease."...

Imagine standing on a crowded downtown Anchorage street on runners attached to a sled, with 16 dogs barking and anxiously waiting to run a race that goes day and night for 14 days until they reach the finish line, in a race that is the same distance as a trip from Indianapolis, Ind., to Miami, Fla...

When Carol Raynor agreed to do some interviews for a history of Marshall's First United Methodist Church, she had no idea what she was getting into. One thing she's sure of, though -- it was a project that really fed her addiction. Raynor is seriously addicted to peoples' personal stories...

It has been quite some time since I have had the opportunity to write about the Martin Community Center/Nicholas-Beazley Aviation Museum. Work has been steady, as weather would allow, and of this date, the target for completion of the Community Center is the end of January...