Stories from Friday, May 24, 2002

Although Sweet Springs' new water tower is now up and running, there could still be some controversy surrounding the structure after the city's Board of Aldermen voted to fence the tower in an enclosure, with a 17-foot radius around the structure...

Marshall Owls Schedule Friday, May 24 Time Athlete Yr. Event Sectional Best # 11:00 Derik Lavers Sr. Triple Jump 42-6.25 42-11.75 1:25 Linze Leimkuehler Soph. 100 * 12.72 12.37 5:10 Linze Liemkuehler Soph. 200 * 26.75 25.90 5:55 Marshall 4x400 * 3:29.74 3:29.74 Justin Cary Soph. Jay Ritter Sr. Derik Lavers Sr. Shaun Berning Soph...

BASEBALL MSHSAA Sectionals (Class AAA) Sikeston 2 at Bonne Terre-North Co. 1 (12) at Pacific 11, Sullivan 5 (8) StL-St. Mary's 10 at StL-Country Day 6 St. Charles West 1, at Helias 0 at Ozark 2, Buffalo 0 at Webb City 17, Branson 12 Boonville at Harrisonville, susp. (1)...

Friday, May 24 BASEBALL MSHSAA Quarterfinals (Class A) Oran (18-4) at Advance (7-6) Sparta (14-1) at Morrisville (17-5) New Haven (14-9) at Atlanta (9-2) Sacred Heart (15-3) at SANTA FE (15-3) (Class AA) CG-Notre Dame (17-5) at Park Hills-West Co. (22-2)...

The Missouri Valley College women's wrestling team retained their No. 1 ranking during the final poll of the 2001-02 season released Monday by TheMat.com. The Lady Vikings held that position throughout the first year of the rankings, finishing second by one point to the Sunkist Kids club team at the U.S. Women's National Championships last month in Las Vegas...

Robert L. Hoy Jr., 61, of Atlanta, Ga., died Monday, May 20, 2002. A memorial service will be held Tuesday, May 28, at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church in Atlanta.

Virgil W. Smith, 90, of New Florence, died Wednesday, May 22, 2002, at New Florence Nursing and Care Center in New Florence. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 25, at Schlanker Funeral Home in Montgomery City. Rev. Gerald Kaimann will officiate...

Van Meter State Park's interpreter will be showing a slide show titled "Prehistoric and Present-day Mammals" for free to any interested visitors at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 25, in the park's small shelter house. Following the slide show, visitors can participate in a mammal hide match program...

A Sweet Springs woman received minor injuries in a single-vehicle crash early this morning in Jackson County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that the crash took place at 6:53 a.m. today (Friday) on Interstate 470 about one mile north of Bolin Road...

County Aid Road Tax (C.A.R.T.) receipts for the month of April were slightly lower than last year's revenue for the second month in a row. In total, $60,692.42 was collected this year compared to $62,998.44 in April of 2001, a difference of $2,306.02...

For many, summer unofficially begins with the Memorial Day weekend, but for others it is the end of the road. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that last year 16 people died and 632 were injured in 1,255 traffic crashes over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. That is one person killed or injured every 7.2 minutes during the counting period...

As the nation observes its first Memorial Day since Sept. 11, two separate ceremonies will be held locally. A memorial service will be held in the Malta Bend Cemetery and a second observance will be staged on the Saline County Courthouse lawn in Marshall. Both services will begin at 10 a.m...

"One-hundred fifty challels - and they're all in color!!" That was the refrain of astonishment this week from the kids after we finally succombed to the temptation and had a satellite dish installed. Our youngest has never known cable or satellite TV in his own household and our second-born was only about a year old when we pulled the plug on our Nebraska cable service...