Stories from Friday, March 14, 2008

The year was 1947 and I had just graduated from Marshall High School. I was 17 years of age, just a country girl, but I needed a job. We began watching the Democrat-News "Help Wanted" ads. Soon we read a blind ad requesting a written application. Having no idea as to where I was applying for work, I sent in my qualifications...

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- The brawl between the Missouri Valley College and Tennessee-Martin men's rodeo team wages on. The Vikings assumed the top spot in the NIRA Ozark Region standings before the mid-season break, but the Skyhawks took it back in the opening event of the second semester by winning the Mississippi State Rodeo last week. Valley was second, but saw its 50-point lead turn into a 95-point deficit by trailing in points, 870 to 625...

Boys MVP First Team Second Team Honorable Mention Girls MVP First Team Second Team Honorable Mention...

A wet forecast has not daunted the Marshall Park Department. The first ever "Flashlight Egg Hunt" for 11- to 14-year-olds is still on for 8 p.m. Friday, March 14, in the Lyon Bowl at Indian Foothills Park. The annual Easter Egg hunt for younger children is Saturday, March 15, at 10 a.m., also at Indian Foothills Park, and children participating should meet at the tennis courts...

Mildred I. Tygart, 89, formerly of Marshall, passed away Thursday, March 6, 2008, at Golden Living Center in Smithville. Funeral services will be held Sunday, March 16, 2008, at 2 p.m. at Williams Funeral Chapel in Warrensburg, with Rev. Wayne Doolin officiating. ...

Aaron Lee Schneider, 25, of Independence, died Tuesday, March 11, 2008, at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence. Cremation. Funeral service will be held Saturday, March 15, 2008, at 1:30 p.m. at Advantage Funeral Home in Kansas City. Friends may call from noon to until time of service at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to help defray funeral expenses...

Helen Marie Chevalier, 85, of Marshall, died Thursday, March 13, 2008, at University Hospital and Clinics in Columbia. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 17, 2008, at Campbell-Lewis Chapel in Marshall, with William W. Harlow officiating. ...

The Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has allocated $13,220 for Saline County in the new program year. These funds are to be used for emergency food, shelter and utility assistance for homeless or potentially homeless families or individuals...

Missouri Department of Transportation officials said Friday, March 14, that repairs to the Missouri River bridge at Miami are still scheduled to proceed in spite of a wet weather forecast. Officials said the project is weather dependent, however, and still could be postponed if the weather deteriorates...

Construction projects keep the landscape of a community continually changing and growing. Marshall's "skyline" has changed in the past year. Some of the projects are very visible, some less so, but all are potentially significant in their contributions to the local economy. In this issue of Progress in Motion, we focus on some of the recent key building projects...

Two Saline County Commissioners were the guest speakers Thursday, March 13, at the Marshall Rotary Club meeting. Northern District Commissioner Norvelle "Brownie" Brown gave a presentation on why the 1/4-cent sales tax should be passed to preserve the 125-year-old courthouse...

Writers live by the credo, "write what you know." It's certainly easier to write about your own experiences than to try to fit yourself into someone else's shoes. It's not often a good fit.. And for the past two weeks, with four more to follow, I'm actually not fitting into my own shoes very well...

According to unofficial circuit court records on the Web, Saline County Prosecutor Don Stouffer has filed a motion to revoke the bond of Jerry George, 38, of rural Gilliam. George was arrested in August and charged with six felony drug-related offenses, including possession of a controlled substance and manufacture of a controlled substance with intent to deliver...

The Saline County 9-1-1 Commission has hired a director for the centralized emergency dispatch center and released a list of proposed sites for the facility at its meeting Thursday, March 13, in Miami. The commission announced Friday, March 14, that it has selected Pamela Teague, who has experience implementing 9-1-1 services in Benton County and is currently operations manager and training coordinator of the Barry County enhanced 9-1-1 organization in Cassville...