Stories from Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Editor's note: This story is the latest in a series looking at the history of Saline County's Century Farms, farms that have been in one family for 100 years or more. Tyrus Frerking of Leawood, Kan., has fond memories of summer visits to Blackburn, especially the time spent with his grandfather, Herman Miller...

The Fitzgibbon Hospital Community Cancer Center Capital Campaign is entering its final stages of the $4 million fund development campaign, according to campaign officials. The campaign has raised 86 percent of the original goal -- or just over $3.4 million...

Missouri Valley College presented its 2008 Crisis Response Plan to city and county officials during a dinner on Friday, Feb. 22. The purpose of the document is to provide information, guidelines and procedures to the MVC community. Bonnie Humphrey, president of MVC, said, "It's a shame we have to deal with these problems. But we are fools if we think we're immune."...

The Saline County Pachyderm Club will host its annual Lincoln Day Dinner Friday, Feb. 29, at the Club House on the Marshall Square. Fellowship will begin at 6 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m. Special guest speaker will be Speaker Pro Tem of the Missouri House of Representatives Bryan Pratt...

Luis M. Benavides, 47, of Marshall, died Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008, at his home in Marshall. Visitation will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008, at Iglesia de Dios MVE Church in Marshall. Burial will be in Pasaquina Cemetery in Pasaquina LaUnion, El Salvador. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Sweeney-Reser-Wills Funeral Home in Marshall...

Glen Chastine, 77, of rural Blackburn, died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008, at Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008, at St. Paul's United Church of Christ in Blackburn, with Rev. Glenn Nowack officiating. ...

Lois L. Dove, 82, of Marshall, formerly of Great Bend, Kan., died Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, at Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall. Memorial service will be held Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008, at 6:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Marshall, with Rev. ...

Q.P. Dye, 84, of Boonville, passed away Monday evening, Feb. 25, 2008, at Lakeview Healthcare and Rehab in Boonville. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008, at Davis Funeral Chapel, with visitation one hour prior to the service, from 10 a.m. until service time. Burial will follow at Arrow Rock Cemetery. Memorials suggested to Friendship Four Square Church in New Franklin...

William "Woody" Mabary, 93, of Higginsville, died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008, at his home. Funeral services will be held at First Baptist Church in Higginsville Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008, at 11 a.m. Friends may call Thursday from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the church. ...

Greg A. McWhirter, 30, of Marshall, formerly of Slater, died Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008, at University of Colorado Hospital in Denver. Graveside services will be held Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008, at 10:30 a.m. at Slater City Cemetery. Pastor Mark Hass will officiate. ...

Patrick J. Rogers, 58, of Marshall, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008, at Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall. Memorial graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008, at Ridge Park Cemetery in Marshall, with William W. Harlow officiating. Memorials may be made to Marshall Habilitation Center Mental Health Trust Fund in care of Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall. Online condolences may be sent to www.campbell-lewis.com...

CONCORDIA -- This is the tale of two teams. Both of the girls' basketball squads which played the nightcap in Monday's opening round of the Class 2, District 8 Tournament at Concordia are very young, Sweet Springs with only one senior starter and Santa Fe with no upperclassmen on the roster. The slight edge in experience possessed by the Lady Greyhounds proved decisive in their 49-37 victory...

CONCORDIA -- Northwest of Hughesville scored the game's last eight points Monday to pull out a 49-43 decision over the Slater girls in the Class 2, District 8 Basketball Tournament at Concordia. The Lady Wildcats went into the final two minutes hanging on to a slim lead, but came up empty on its final five possessions -- two of them ending in turnovers...

NORBORNE -- District basketball games between Nos. 1 and 8 seeds are typically ugly, and Monday's such match-up in the girls' bracket of the Class 1, District 7 Tournament at Norborne was no exception. Favorite Tina-Avalon has two players who each score nearly what the entire Malta Bend team averages per game, and both exceeded their norms during an 86-14 first-round victory. ...