Stories from Thursday, September 26, 2013

Five of six MHS players have career-best scores

Fitzgibbon Hospital is pleased to announce the expansion of its Marshall Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Clinic with the addition of a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and a certified athletic trainer. Orthopedic surgeon Brian Ellefsen, D.O., has an extensive sports medicine background and most recently was in private practice in Carthage, Mo. ...

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One of the first steps to a healthy pregnancy is good nutrition. Some of the foods which are healthy and good for you may present an issue for the baby. Because of this, great caution should be taken with your diet. It is well known that alcohol can cause damage to the developing baby's nervous system and should be universally avoided. It may surprise you that some of the foods that we list below are potentially dangerous as well...

September is National Suicide Prevention Month, when health care organizations and mental health professionals focus on the causes of suicide, as well as what can be done to prevent it. Every 14 minutes, someone commits suicide in the United States, a startling statistic that can be lowered, but only if people are aware of the signs of suicide...

CRP reminders CRP participants with managed haying and grazing are required to certify to the acres hayed or grazed by Sept. 30. If the ground was grazed, livestock must be off by Sept. 30. If the ground was baled, hay bales must be removed by Oct. 30...

On Saturday, Sept. 21, the Marshall High School Band competed in the Higginsville Country Fair Parade Competition. The band was led in the competition by Senior Drum Major Hannah Pace and is under the direction of Kate Farris.The band took first place and earned a total of 248 points out of a possible 300...

Marshall Public School Superintendent Ryan Huff gave a presentation about the need to update MPS facilities at the Tuesday, Sept. 24, Inter-Agency Council meeting. Huff played a YouTube video titled "Shift Happens" to show how technology is changing and why he feels there is a need for updated facilities. The video showed different statistics about how technology is used today and how it will change the future...

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, six Carrollton residents were traveling southbound on U.S. Highway 65 south of Route N after 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, when the accident occurred. The 1996 GMC Yukon, driven by Kurtis R. Sims, 24, traveled off the right side of the roadway and the driver overcorrected, the report stated. The Yukon rotated clockwise and traveled off right side of the roadway a second time and overturned. Two passengers were ejected...

Imagine if you were given the opportunity to save a dog's life. The Puppies for Parole program in the state of Missouri makes that opportunity a reality. Marshall's Puppies for Parole program allows six dogs a month to be sent from the Marshall Animal Shelter to Boonville Correctional Center. This process allows more space for the shelter to accept a larger number of dogs at a time...

The Saline County Commission approved an order for a $2 surcharge in all proceedings as provided under section 488.5026 RSMo at the Wednesday, Sept. 25, meeting. Presiding Commissioner Tom Stallings noted the surcharge would be to create an "inmate prisoner detainee security fund" for the purpose of developing a biometric verification system and information sharing...

Matthew T. Gass, former alumni of Marshall, and recent graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Law, has passed the Missouri State Bar exam. Gass will be worn in as an attorney at law in Jefferson City on Friday, Oct. 4. He will be joining the Law Offices of Dennis Bonner and Associates in Lee's Summit...

The United States government is drawing down troops in expectation of a 2014 conclusion of combat operations in Afghanistan. More than 1,653 service members have lost a limb to amputation since hostilities began in Iraq in 2001. Segs4Vets is a project that is actively supported by Wood & Huston Bank, and others, and is dedicated to restoring independence and productivity to our severely injured service members by providing Segways to increase the veterans' mobility...

Ruth Ann Canida Howell, 47, of Sweet Springs, died Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013, at University Hospital and Clinics in Columbia. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, at Campbell-Lewis Chapel in Marshall. Graveside services will be held at 2:30 p.m. ...

Janice Kay Aholt, 66, of Marshall, formerly of Glasgow, died Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, at Boone Hopsital in Columbia. Funeral arrangements are pending at Friemonth-Freese Funeral Home in Glasgow.

Zachary and Rachel Wilson, of Marshall, announce the birth of their daughter, Raylee Dawnell Wilson, who was born at 5:57 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013, at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia. She weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces and was 21.5 inches in length...

In March of 1999, while directing an International Affairs Seminar trip with a group of high school juniors and seniors from Kansas, I found myself with them on the observation deck of the World Trade Center. We timed our trip to the deck, 110 floors above the streets of New York City, to arrive 30 minutes before the sun went down. ...

Albert Eugene Hayob, 81, of Lee's Summit, died Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013, in the Cardiac Care Unit of Saint Luke's Hospital. Rosary will be said at 5:30 p.m. with visitation to follow from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013, at St. Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church in Lee's Summit. ...