Stories from Thursday, July 21, 2005

SLATER -- Brunswick's seven-run rally in the bottom of the eighth inning for a 9-8 decision over visiting Slater on July 10 clinched a share of the Central Missouri Adult Baseball League championship. The Purple began the contest with a 6-0 lead, thanks to five runs in the top of the first on Matt Green's two-run homer and Paul Alberson's three-run shot...

AMES, Iowa -- The Marshall wrestling team tied for first place in a field of 32 teams last week in the Cyclone Team Camp at Iowa State University in Ames. The Owls only lost one match, 23-16 against a composite team comprised of wrestlers who were attending the 24-day Cael Sanderson Intensive Training Camp. That came in the opening round of pool play and was followed by victories over Keokuk, Iowa, 30-26, and another "renegade" squad, 17-15...

Newspapers are reporting that more and more baby-boomers (read older guys and chicks) are discovering -- or rediscovering -- the joys of motorcycle riding. They also report that more and more folks are dying on these two-wheeled contraptions. Hmmm. I wonder if that means we should all be a little more careful when driving down the road in our cars and trucks...

Cora Alice Warner, 88, of Waverly, died Wednesday, July 20, 2005, at Carroll House in Carrollton. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 23, at Victory Christian Fellowship Church in Waverly. Rev. Mike Walker will officiate. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Burial will be in Grand Pass Community Cemetery in Grand Pass. Memorials are suggested to Victory Christian Fellowship Church in care of Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall...

Mary Evelyn Dawes, 79, of Lee's Summit, formerly of Marshall, died Saturday, July 9, 2005. Cremation. Memorial services will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday, July 24, at the rose garden at Unity Village in Lee's Summit. Graveside services will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, July 30, at Ridge Park Cemetery in Marshall. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested towards a memorial plaque at Powell Gardens, 1609 NW U.S. Highway 50, Kingsville, MO 64061...

David Fiedler, author, scholar and lecturer, will be the guest speaker for the 2005 Santa Fe Trail Days kickoff luncheon at noon Friday, Aug. 5. Fiedler's address will be "The Enemy in the Cornfield: How German and Italian POWs Kept Missouri Agribusiness Afloat During World War II."...

The unofficial theme for Monday's Malta Bend Board of Education meeting could have been "out with the old and in with the new." The district has made several changes for the upcoming school year that start at the very top, with Ryan Nowlin replacing Scott Huddleston as principal and superintendent...

Going deep into a planning session Tuesday morning, the Pioneer Trails Regional Planning Commission emerged with major priorities and direction for the future. The commission members met at the Concordia Community Center early in the day to define goals for future efforts and evaluate current services. Molly McGovern, economic consultant, facilitated the meeting...

Tuesday evening's Slater City Council meeting may have been brief, but the members who comprise the council covered a lot of ground in a short period of time. The city's financial report showed portions of the budget to be slightly in the red, such as the city park. But, according to Assistant City Administrator Gene Griffifth, the figures are right about where they normally are at this time of year...

It was in 1917 that the United Daughters of the Confederacy donated a six-foot, lighted U.S. flag to be displayed on the side of the Saline County Courthouse. Other major events that year included Jeannette Rankin becoming the first woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and Russia finding itself embroiled in revolution, catalyzed by World War I...