Stories from Wednesday, April 13, 2005

BASEBALL NCMC Mexico at Fulton, ppd. (4/27) Hannibal at Moberly, ppd. (Wed.) Non-conference Helias at Marshall, ccd. at New Franklin 3, Santa Fe 2 at Windsor 4, Sweet Springs 2 Kirksville at Rock Bridge, ppd. Crest Ridge 7, at Concordia 6 Salisbury at Madison, ccd...

NEW FRANKLIN -- When playing the eighth-ranked New Franklin baseball team, there's little margin for error -- even for No. 7 Santa Fe. The Chiefs committed a couple of critical boots in the early innings Tuesday, the difference in a 3-2 road loss. A flub put the Bulldogs' leadoff batter on board in the bottom of the first inning, with back-to-back doubles by sophomore Ryan Tucker and junior Cote McClellan producing two runs...

It was back to whitewashing Tuesday for the Marshall boys' tennis team. Coming off a 7-2 loss to Jefferson City five days earlier, the Owls romped over an NCMC foe during a 12-0 shut-out -- their fourth of the season. Marshall took command during a doubles play, which began the match due to an activity scheduled for later in the day. ...

Margaret Frances Shaver, 84, of Marshall, died Tuesday, April 12, 2005, at Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall. Arrangements are pending at Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall.

Pauline McCorkle, 82, of Marshall, died Wednesday, April 13, 2005, at The Living Center in Marshall. Arrangements are pending at Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall.

Benjamin R. Hartwig, 85, of Higginsville, died Sunday, April 10, 2005 at Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 13, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Higginsville. Rev. Marcus Jauss will officiate. ...

Doris Mae Cook, 81, of Marshall, died Monday, April 11, 2005, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, April 15, at Campbell-Lewis Chapel in Marshall. William W. Harlow will officiate. Visitation will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14, at Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall. Burial will be in Englewood Cemetery in Clinton. Memorials are suggested to Fitzgibbon-Mary Montgomery Hospice...

Between 8 and 9 a.m. Thursday, April 21, weather permitting, crews will detonate charges to bring down the third span of the old U.S. Highway 65 bridge over the Missouri River at Waverly. Anderson Excavating and Grading is in charge of the bridge demolition...

By Matt Heger Staff Writer Dissolving the old board and reforming with one new face, the Sweet Springs Board of Education kept its regular meeting fairly brief on Tuesday. It took the board a little over half an hour to complete its agenda for the evening...

Equipment will be moved in starting Friday and asphalt laying on Sweet Springs streets is expected begin next week, Public Works Superintendent Hank Taber told the Sweet Springs Board of Aldermen Monday. The board nixed a proposal to have workers pave a downtown alley when Taber reported an estimated cost of $5,500 for the project...

The Marshall-Saline Development Corporation Board of Directors reviewed a proposal to develop a strategic operating plan during its regular meeting Tuesday. Roy Hunter, MSDC executive director, said the proposal was supplied by Smart Solutions Group of West Des Moines, Iowa. Based on the preliminary information, the board is interested in scheduling a meeting with representatives of the company...

The staff who work within the Missouri Valley Community Action Agency's [MVCAA] Head Start program have their fingers crossed in hopes of obtaining a $300,000 state-awarded Community Development Block Grant. The funds would enable MVCAA to purchase and renovate an existing building that will ultimately be transformed into a new facility for the 80 children currently served between two Marshall Head Start locations...