Stories from Tuesday, June 21, 2005

CENTRALIA -- The Salt Fork YMCA Swim Club didn't bring a large contingent to Thursday's triangular meet at Centralia, but those who went fared well against the host Hurricanes and powerful Jefferson City. That was especially true for the Marshall boys, winning nine of the 10 races in which the three entries competed. ...

AMES, Iowa -- The Missouri Valley College women's wrestling team won't have any members at the World Championships at Budapest, Hungary, in September, but one of them made a valiant run for a berth. Freshman Rachel Billerbeck of Pflugerville, Texas, was one of the surprises at the U.S. World Team Trials last weekend in Ames, Iowa, reaching the challenge tournament 63-kilogram finals before being stopped by an Olympic medalist...

Dorothy C. Frazier, 98, of Sweet Springs, died Monday, June 20, 2005, at Sweet Springs Villa in Sweet Springs. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 22, at Highland Park Cemetery in Kansas City, Kan. William W. Harlow will officiate. Memorials are suggested to Wesley United Methodist Church in Sweet Springs or the charity of donor's choice in care of Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Sweet Springs...

Robert W. "Bob" Finley, 46, of Gilliam, died Friday, June 17, 2005, in rural Gilliam. Graveside services were held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, June 20, at Mt. Carmel Cemetery north of Marshall. William W. Harlow officiated. There was no visitation. Memorials are suggested to the family's choice in care of Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall...

The Saline County Commission announced on Tuesday morning that the County Aid Road Trust [CART] report for the month of June shows a year-to-date total of $386,123.29, an increase of $1,628.66 over the same period in 2004.

A Sweet Springs man suffered minor injuries in a single-vehicle accident in Johnson County Monday afternoon. According to a preliminary report released by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 45-year-old Richard D. Plummer was driving west on Route E when the crash occurred at 1:30 p.m...

Monday evening's Malta Bend Board of Education meeting included information that board members will take into their first meeting with incoming district Superintendent Ryan Nowlin on July 18. Scott Huddleston, the outgoing superintendent, leaving Malta Bend at the end of this week, expressed his pleasure and gratitude to the board members, who wished him well in his future endeavor as the new superintendent of the Washington school district near St. Louis...

With no objections voiced during a public hearing Monday, the Marshall City Council cleared the way for the development of a healing and visual arts center in the former Fitzgibbon Hospital building. The council voted unanimously to approve a rezoning plan put forth by Donna "Dee" Yoh and her partner, Pat O'Hanlon. The building was formerly zoned for single-family residential use, but will now be set for planned unit development...

The Marshall school district's summer food service program, which makes free meals available to all children in Marshall, has grown over the years, a fact that has not gone unnoticed by program administrators. Marshall's program was recently recognized with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Central Region's 2004 Summer Sunshine Award. The award, which covers a 10-state region, was given to Marshall for its outreach in serving children throughout the community...