Stories from Thursday, October 23, 2003

Clarona E. Barrett, 77, of Slater, died Thursday, Oct. 23, 2003, at her home. Funeral arrangements are pending at Weiker Funeral Home in Slater.

All classes at Marshall public schools will be dismissed for parent-teacher conferences at the elementary schools and Bueker Middle School Friday, Oct. 24. Marshall schools will also be dismissed early Thursday, Oct. 30, for high school parent-teacher conferences and in-service training for other teachers. Classes will be dismissed that day at 12:30 p.m. and classes will not be held Friday, Oct. 31...

While in Jefferson City for an ethics meeting Wednesday, the Saline County commissioners stopped at the Missouri Highway Patrol headquarters and bought a pickup truck, they said Thursday. The truck, a 2000 model which cost $9,250, will join six others for the county road and bridge department. The commissioners said Maurice Moore, county road and bridge supervisor, needed another truck to carry a portable fuel storage tank to fuel the department's road graders...

The Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash which occurred in Saline County in the early morning hours Wednesday. Details about the crash have not been released pending notification of the victim's next of kin. The Democrat-News will report further as information becomes available...

While Slater's beautification efforts might be more apparent, work on the town's infrastructure hasn't gone unnoticed. Assistant City Administrator Gene Griffith reported at Tuesday's Slater City Council meeting that the city's public protection classification has improved. A survey by ISO Commercial Risk Services shows considerable improvement to city's fire protection capabilities...

The Slater School District will have a Missouri School Improvement Plan review in the spring, so what better time to focus on preparations and improvements than the present? During the monthly Board of Education meeting Tuesday night, Superintendent Paul Vaillancourt reviewed the preliminary Annual Performance Report (APR). ...

After three businesses were named as possible violators of the city's nuisance ordinance, the Slater City Council is rethinking how it conducts business in open session. At the council's meeting Tuesday, Councilman Ron Monnig said he had a problem with the businesses being named in open session at the Oct. ...

National Guard soldiers from several central Missouri units, including the one based at the Marshall armory, will be mobilized in mid-November. Over half of the soldiers from the Missouri Army National Guard's 128th and 129th Field Artillery battalions will join Operation Enduring Freedom, sources confirmed this week...

High school students could talk to recruiters from about 30 colleges, plus branches of the armed services at Marshall High's Schools College and Career Night Tuesday. Public and private universities throughout the state were present and a 1956 graduate of West Point, the Army officer training school and academy in upstate New York, represented his alma mater...

BOYS' SOCCER Non-conference Kirksville 8, at Canton 2 Helias 2, at Washington 1 VOLLEYBALL I-70 at St. Paul 25-25, Sweet Springs 15-18

First Team Player School Yr. Pos. Lynnzie Trustee Westran Sr. 3B Kristina Ramsey Salisbury Jr. OF-C Chelsea Fuemmeler Salisbury Soph. P Kensie Cavanah Marceline Fr. P Megan Summers Westran Fr. P Lacey Porter Fayette Sr. P Jessica Ramsey Salisbury Jr. 3B...

CONCORDIA -- Just when it looked like the Sweet Springs volleyball team was about ready to call it a season, a bright light emerged. It didn't produce a victory -- the Lady Greyhounds falling to defending I-70 Conference champion St. Paul, 25-15, 25-18, Wednesday at Concordia -- but the effort drew rave reviews from head coach Redd Rennison...

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