Stories from Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Beulah Waisner, 91, of Marshall, died Monday, Feb. 20, 2006, at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, at Campbell-Lewis Chapel in Marshall. Rev. Russ Johnson will officiate. Visitation will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. ...

Kathryn Ann Greenfield Smith, 77, of Liberty, died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2006, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22, at Second Baptist Church, 309 E. Franklin, Liberty. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Burial will be in Glenridge Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to International Mission Board, Southern Baptist Convention, P.O. Box 6767, Richmond, VA 23230. Park Lawn Northland Chapel is in charge of funeral arrangements...

Nellie M. Hurt, 86, of Blackburn, died Monday, Feb. 20, 2006, at the Good Shepherd Home in Concordia. Funeral arrangements are pending under the direction of Sweeney-Reser-Wills Funeral Home in Marshall.

Monday, Feb. 20 BOYS Class 4, District 9 (Moberly) (1st Round) Marshall 56, Moberly 43 Fulton 72, Mexico 49 Class 4, District 8 (Washington) (1st Round) Warrenton 72, Union 39 GIRLS Non-conference at Southern Boone 44, Fayette 41 Hardin-Central 83, at Orrick 65...

JAMESTOWN -- It was only a matter of time before the Malta Bend boys' basketball team picked up its first-ever CCAA victory. That time came Friday at Jamestown, where the Tigers used a 29-16 second half to nip the Eagles, 49-46. Behind 15 points from junior Grant Flippin, Jamestown took a 10-point lead into halftime. Malta Bend got itself back into the contest with a 17-9 third period, junior Matt Kiso draining a pair of three-pointers and freshman Ryan Armstrong adding three buckets...

MOBERLY -- Sixth-seeded Eldon was more pesky than dangerous to the No. 3 Marshall girls' basketball team in a first-round contest Monday in the Class 4, District 9 Tournament at Moberly. The main threat to the Lady Owls came from their own passivity on offense. Fortunately, Marshall's defense was suffocating, allowing the Lady Mustangs only 10 second-half points for a 44-26 decision...

MOBERLY -- The Class 4, District 9 Tournament opener at Moberly had a hauntingly familiarity for the Marshall boys' basketball team. A year ago, the third-seeded Owls were ousted by a 1-22 Moberly squad in the first round. On Monday, the 2-21 Spartans appeared ready to do it again -- at least for three quarters. This time, though, Marshall put together a 25-6 final frame for a 56-43 victory...

The Malta Bend Board of Education Monday reluctantly accepted the immediate resignation of long-time member Lee Madison. Madison did not offer a reason for her resignation in the letter she submitted to Superintendent Ryan Nowlin, but after the board meeting she said it was just time for her to move on and let some "new blood" onto the board...

Superintendent Ryan Nowlin introduced a resolution to the Malta Bend Board of Education Monday that would express the board's opposition to the "65 percent solution" idea that has been touted by Gov. Matt Blunt. The board tabled the resolution because it expresses unanimous consent of the board and two members were not present at the meeting, but Nowlin provided the board with a reading of the resolution and with the rationale for it...

It probably wasn't much like television dramas that top the ratings each week or even Court TV. But that was part of the point last Thursday when a three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals-Western District held a session in Marshall at the Saline County Courthouse...

A Malta Bend boy suffered moderate injuries Monday afternoon when he was struck by a vehicle on a street in Malta Bend. According to a preliminary Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Kathy S. Marshall, 49, of Malta Bend was southbound on Linn Street in a 1993 Ford when she stopped for children who were playing in the street. ...

During Monday's videoconference, local leaders were given the opportunity to ask questions of Smyre and the Norfolk, Neb., contingent. Questions, not surprisingly, centered around how Saline County can adapt to the changes that are forecast to occur and that may already be starting...

A group of 45 to 50 Saline Countians attended a videoconference Monday afternoon, trying to get a peek into not only what issues might arise in the second annual State of Saline County program next month but what the next decade and beyond hold in store for rural areas...