Stories from Wednesday, October 29, 2003

Miguel Angel Linares-Trujillo, 37, of Marshall, died Monday, Oct. 27, 2003, in Saline County. A mass will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, at St. Peter Catholic Church in Marshall. Friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, at the church. Burial will be in El Salvador at a later date...

Beatrice M. Norris, 82, of Marshall, died Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2003, at The Living Center in Marshall. Funeral arrangements are pending under the direction of Sweeney-Reser-Wills Funeral Home in Marshall.

Matilda Josephine Jones, 73, of Pilot Grove, died Sunday, Oct. 26, 2003, at her home in Pilot Grove. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, at Concerned Citizens for the Black Community Center in Boonville. Rev. Edwin Donaldson will officiate. ...

The Morrison Fine Arts building on the Missouri Valley College campus and the Eckilson-Mabee Theatre are where theater and music majors spend most of their time preparing for upcoming shows in the season. As the season progresses, they hope to not only hone their skills but share their talents with others...

The changing color of the leaves signals the start of another concert season for the Marshall Philharmonic Orchestra. Its 41st season begins with a concert on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2003, with a performance featuring Neal Seipp on trumpet. The concert will begin at 2:30 p.m. in the Harold R. Lickey Auditorium at Bueker Middle School in Marshall...

The Salt Fork YMCA in Marshall will be closing at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, in preparation for its annual Halloween party, which will be from 6 to 9 p.m. The gym and other areas of the YMCA will be decorated with spooky creatures and tombstones. Children and their supervising caregivers will be able to play games and win candy at a variety of sponsored booths and, at 8 p.m., participate in a Halloween costume contest. Costume winners will be decided in age groups by judges selected by the YMCA...

Ever wonder if you're in the wrong profession? Nearly 200 Marshall High School juniors spent Tuesday watching and learning from businessmen and women in an effort to choose the right career path ahead of time. Approximately 60 Marshall businesses sponsored job shadowers, who spent over four hours trying to discover if they wanted to pursue a similar occupation to the one they observed...

BOYS' SOCCER Non-conference at Rock Bridge 3, Jefferson City 1 at Mexico 2, Elsberry 0 VOLLEYBALL Class 3, District 13 Tournament (Oak Grove) (1st Round) Grain Valley 25-24-25, Marshall 18-26-23 Odessa 25-25, Richmond 10-10 Class 1, District 12 Tournament (Green Ridge)...

LAURIE -- Waverly's Tommy Jones and Brad Closterman of Higginsville formed a winning team during the Top Gun Bass Club's Year End Classic Championship Oct. 18-19 at Lake of the Ozarks. The Jones-Closterman duo came in with a total weight of 4.51 pounds over the two days. ...

SPRINGFIELD -- The hopes of the Missouri Valley College women's volleyball team to host a first-round match in the Heart of America Conference Tournament took a blow Tuesday with a 31-29, 32-30, 30-20 league loss at Evangel. The Lady Vikings had won the previous meeting at the HAAC Preseason Tournament in five games, but the rematch found them without one of their leading hitters: freshman Cassie Keenan. That allowed the Lady Crusaders (23-12, 4-5 HAAC) to pull even with Valley in the standings...

NORBORNE -- The Concordia volleyball team's season of frustration against Santa Fe turned itself around in an uplifting manner when it counted the most Tuesday. The Lady Orioles appeared to be in the process of losing to their I-70 Conference rivals for the fifth time this season when they finally caught fire and rallied for a 13-25, 26-24, 25-8 victory during the semifinals of the Class 1, District 14 Tournament at Norborne...

LIVINGSTON, Ala. -- Missouri Valley College won the men's championship and the Lady Vikings tied for first place over the weekend at the University of West Alabama Rodeo Showdown at Livingston. With five of seven official entries scoring, Valley (325 points) beat the host Tigers by 30 points and closed the gap between the teams in the season standings -- moving from third place to second in the NIRA Ozark Region...

GREEN RIDGE -- The Sweet Springs volleyball team had more offense than usual Tuesday, but it wasn't enough against a hot opponent. Northwest of Hughesville took the opening round contest in the Class 1, District 12 Tournament at Green Ridge, beating the Lady Greyhounds for the second time this season, 25-14, 25-23 -- nine total points closer than the first meeting...

OAK GROVE -- The immovable object beat the irresistible force Tuesday night. The Marshall volleyball team kept pounding away, but found the openings few against Grain Valley during a 25-18, 24-26, 25-23 loss in the first round of the Class 3, District 13 Tournament at Oak Grove. The Lady Owls were continually playing catch-up, never leading in two of the three games, in what head coach Becky Harrold described as "a battle."...