Stories from Monday, June 29, 2009

Arrow Rock's Fourth of July Impromptu Parade has been delighting townsfolk and visitors for more than 20 years, according to a news release from Friends of Arrow Rock. The tradition continues this year when the National Historic Landmark village kicks off its July 4 festivities with a parade down Main Street at 2 p.m...

The Marshall Travelers varsity baseball team has had a hard time winning games this summer, but the word "quit" is not in its vocabulary. The Travelers battled back from deficits twice over the weekend to split a pair of doubleheaders with late-inning heroics, the first victory snapping a seven-game losing streak -- and avenging an earlier sweep at the hands of the Macon USSSA squad...

The 19th Annual Fitzgibbon Hospital Pete H. Rea Memorial Golf Tournament will be held Saturday, July 11, at Indian Foothills Golf Course on Watermill Road in Marshall. Shotgun starts at 8 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. This year, the proceeds from the tournament are earmarked to go toward the new digital mammography program, which is important to the future cancer program...

Karen Teeter of Kansas City had her name picked in the drawing for an autographed Ibanez AS73 hollow-body guitar with a transparent cherry finish during the Bear Creek Blues Festival Saturday, June 27, in Slater, making her the excited new owner of the guitar...

Larry Lee Self, 67, of Laurel, Miss., died Friday, June 19, 2009. Cremation. No services are planned. He was born June 3, 1942, in Marshall, the son of Lelain Self and Martha Self. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Marshall, and was a truck driver for over 30 years...

Jesse L. Logan Sr., 81, of Columbia, died Wednesday, June 24, 2009, at his home. Memorial services were held at 11 a.m. Monday, June 29, 2009, at St. Luke United Methodist Church in Columbia. Burial will be at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of H.T. May and Son Funeral Home in Columbia...

Carroll Deal, 72, of Marshall, died Friday, June 26, 2009, at his home. Funeral services are pending at Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall.

Cub Scout Pack 45, in conjunction with Missouri Valley Human Resource Community Action Agency, will be conducting a fan drive to benefit elderly residents in the area. Anyone who wishes to donate new or used fans or window air conditions can drop them off at Wal-Mart entrances Wednesday, July 1, from 6 to 8:30 p.m...

Bishop Harold G. Long addressed community members at the NAACP Annual Freedom Fund and Awards Banquet Saturday, June 27, which this year marked the 100th year of NAACP's existence and the 70th year of the Mar-Saline Branch's operation...

Interesting news and features published in our print edition and e-edition June 29. On page 2: Comics, puzzles and the astrograph. On page 3: A story about Anthony E. Navarrete of Slater who will intern with Sen. Bill Stouffer this summer...