Stories from Thursday, November 17, 2005

EMPORIA, Kan. -- The Missouri Valley College women's basketball team went to Emporia State (Kan.) seeking its first victory of the season Tuesday, but it wasn't going to happen against the ninth-ranked unit in NCAA Division II. The Lady Hornets, after suffering at the hands of Big 12 Conference members Kansas and Kansas State in their pre-season outings, were more than happy to demolish Valley to open their season, 110-59, before 1,600 home fans...

First Team Player School Yr. Pos. Joel Davidson Moberly Sr. GK Ryan Back Fulton Sr. D Adam Orscheln Hannibal Sr. D Myles Yokeley Marshall Sr. D Garreth Cooksey Moberly Jr. D Brandon Russell Fulton Jr. MF Cory Scott Hannibal Sr. MF Rick Bryson Moberly Sr. MF...

Every year about this time, I get the urge to make a mental list of what I am thankful for. The list is rather long this year. I am thankful for many things, but most of all -- at least at the moment it seems -- I am thankful for memories. And they, too, are many...

Allie Marian Chase Thomas, 73, of rural Carrollton, died Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, at Liberty Hospital in Liberty. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, at Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Marshall. Pastor I.B.S. Groves Jr. will officiate. ...

Alice V. McDaniel, 87, of Slater, died Thursday, Nov. 17, 2005, at The Living Center in Marshall. Arrangements are pending at Weiker Funeral Home in Slater.

From left: Rob Gordon, superintendent for the Marshall School District; Cynthia Farris, parent/school coordinator for the Marshall public schools; and Jamie Goodman, Marshall public schools director of elementary education, watch as Mayor Connie Latimer signs a proclamation recognizing Thursday, Nov. 17, as national Parental Involvement Day...

A volunteer will be available from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each Wednesday, starting Nov. 23, at the Marshall Senior Center, 72 W. Morgan, to help seniors with questions about Medicare Part D enrollment. No appointment is necessary. Seniors will need to bring a list of prescription medicines they are currently taking and their Medicare claim number...

The Saline County Commission opened bids Wednesday morning for a pair of vehicles, a 2004 extended cab diesel pickup truck and a road groomer for the county highway department. A bid was received from Ted's Auto in the amount of $27,300 for the purchase of the pickup truck, which has 13,578 miles on its odometer. The other bid opened was $12,900 for the purchase of the road groomer from Road Groomers out of Grundy City, Iowa...

Auditors reviewing the city of Sweet Springs' financial standings issued a "clean" opinion. Allen Schelp, a certified public accountant with the office of Randall C. Fiene, discussed the audit at Monday's meeting of the Sweet Springs Board of Aldermen...

As Marshall Municipal Utilities moved into the new millennium, the economic climate was challenging and a number of cutbacks were made. Among other decisions, the MMU Board of Public Works chose to suspend a practice that replaced a number of service trucks each year. As a result, the utilities' fleet of trucks are aging and MMU managers have requested they be replaced...

Wanting to know who is willing to work in Saline County, the Marshall-Saline Development Corporation commissioned a study of the area's labor basin. The area included in the basin comprised Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis and Saline counties...

It's five years or so after harvest time, do you know where your grain is? Well, Saline County government and its agents apparently lost track of almost 6,000 total bushels of corn and soybeans harvested in 1999 and 2000, only learning about the misplaced commodity last week...