Stories from Wednesday, September 8, 2004

BOYS' SOCCER NCMC Hannibal 7, at Mexico 0 Non-conference Helias 7, at Fulton 2 Moberly 4, at Sacred Heart 1 VOLLEYBALL I-70 at Crest Ridge 25-25, Santa Fe 22-20 Non-conference Marshall 25-25, at Grain Valley 20-19 at Sweet Springs 25-20-25, LaMonte 17-25-21...

PARIS -- Slater committed 11 errors, allowing the first 13 runs to score unearned, during a 15-2, five-inning loss at Paris to begin its Lewis and Clark Conference softball schedule Tuesday. Defense plagued the Lady Wildcats, although they were even in hits with the home club, four apiece. ...

GLASGOW -- This time it was the other team doing the giving for the Malta Bend softball squad. Former CAC rival Glasgow's seven errors meant all the runs it allowed were unearned during the Lady Tigers' 8-6 non-conference road win Tuesday. The Lady Yellowjackets, thanks to three Malta Bend errors and freshman Hayley Ferguson's RBI single, took a 3-0 lead into the fourth inning...

The Marshall girls' tennis team demonstrated that the 12-point format of the upcoming NCMC Tournament may not pose particular difficulty for the Lady Owls. The new arrangement has the top six singles players coming back to play doubles along with three other teams from the seven through 12 spots in the lineup. That alignment was tried out for the first time Tuesday during the Lady Owls' 12-0 victory over league rival Moberly...

GRAIN VALLEY -- Even in the wake of her team's NCMC romp over Fulton last Thursday, Marshall head volleyball coach Becky Harrold reflected on the need of her players to "get past that mental part" against opponents from their district. The Lady Owls had their chance Tuesday at Grain Valley, which had eliminated them in two hard-fought sets of the Class 3, District 13 Tournament a year ago, and cashed in with a 25-20, 25-19 victory...

COLUMBIA - What began on a high note ended badly for the Missouri Valley College women's volleyball team over the weekend at the Best Western/KMIZ Classic in Columbia. The Lady Vikings opened the meet Friday with a 30-27, 30-18, 30-27 sweep of William Woods (0-1), but then were overwhelmed by the rest of the competition -- losing nine games in a row. ...

A single-vehicle crash in Saline County late Tuesday left a Pacific man with moderate injuries. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, the crash occurred at 9:25 p.m. on Interstate 70 about two miles east of its intersection with Route EE...

The Saline County Mental Health Association will soon own its offices. At its regular meeting Wednesday, the Saline County Commission approved a resolution to sell the association the building it has been using at 33 E. Jackson Street for the sum of $1...

The Slater City Council set the 2004 real estate and property tax rates at $1.1353 for every $100 of assessed value during Tuesday's meeting. The rate breaks down to 20 cents toward the park fund, 22.27 cents for the library fund and 71.26 cents going to the general fund...

During an average shift, about a third of Saline County's sheriff's deputies are on duty, but Tuesday afternoon was no ordinary day. Tuesday was President George W. Bush's swing through western and central Missouri, including stops in Lee's Summit, Sedalia and Columbia. That trip took him on an 80-mile-per-hour tour of southern Saline County and helping ensure his safety were Saline County's men and women in brown...

Once a month, Marshall School District students are dismissed early so that teachers may be involved in "professional development" activities. Have you ever wondered why professional development is a necessary activity or what teachers actually do on those early release days?...

A quote to ponder "Remember always that all of us are descended from immigrants." -- Franklin D. Roosevelt  A note from the director Next week we have two important events. The first is the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from Sept. ...

The bottom line is it's all about the bottom line -- as in tickets sold. Glyn Laverick, in charge of booking artists to appear in Marshall's Crossroads Amphi-theater and marketing those acts for concert promotion company Full Circle Leisure, said the cancellation of a Labor Day concert by country star Clint Black was simply a result of ticket sales lagging far short of a break-even point. Black's concert would have been the third staged at the new venue during the 2004 season...