Stories from Friday, November 3, 2006

Glenn Sprigg, 70, of rural Nelson, died Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006, at Big Bend Retreat in Slater. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6, 2006, at Campbell-Lewis Chapel in Marshall. Visitation will be held from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall. Burial will be in Sunset Gardens Cemetery in Marshall. Memorials may be made to Quail Unlimited...

Robert R. "Bob" Scott, 47, of Kansas City, died Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006, at his home. Cremation. Memorial graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 6, 2006, at Ridge Park Cemetery in Marshall. Memorials may be made to family choice c/o Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall...

Marvin L. Miller, 73, of Yankton, S.D., died Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006, at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton. No local services will be held. Arrangements are under the direction of the Wintz and Ray Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Yankton. Memorials may be directed to the Yellowstone Park Foundation for Grizzly Research at www.ypf.org . To send an online sympathy card to the family, please visit www.wintzrayfuneralhome.com...

Edna L. Marks, 83, of Marshall, died Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006, at Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall. Funeral arrangements are pending at Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall.

Gladys Jansen, 80, of rural Sweet Springs, died Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006, at Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006, at the First Baptist Church in Sweet Springs. Rev. Charles R. Ahlemann will officiate. ...

Had enough? I know I have. Election 2006, the fall version, has been the most aggressive, mean-spirited and all-pervasive campaign I've seen since I covered the political wars in northeastern Ohio several years ago. In some ways, I feel right at home. In others, I am totally disgusted by the barrage of negative advertising that has surrounded me for several weeks -- whether it is the hotly-contested U.S. Senate race, Amendment 2, the minimum wage proposal or our local judge's race...

Gus Tur Climent doesn't appear to be satisfied as a "role player." The 6-foot-8, 230-pound senior center from Piles, Spain, showed he could do more than rebound Wednesday during the season opener for the Missouri Valley College men's basketball team. Tur Climent was a complete force in the paint with 14 points, 13 boards and three blocked shots as the Vikings dispatched Friends (Kan.), 93-77...

One by one, game by game, the fifth-ranked Missouri Valley College football team has been knocking out possible challengers to their top position in the Heart of America Conference race. "We've got to get one more win" to secure an NAIA playoff spot, noted Vikings head coach Paul Troth. While Valley has already claimed a share of the league title, its first since 1999, there remain two teams which can potentially catch up -- one of them being No. 16 Graceland, which hosts Saturday's tilt...

The Missouri Valley College men's wrestling team may have done better at the 2006 NAIA Championships than its No. 9 ranking going in, but veteran head coach Mike Machholz was still "not happy about where we ended up." The Vikings' seventh-place showing at the national meet was its worst since becoming a small-college power in the early '90s, although it did occur during what Machholz called a season in which the program was "obviously rebuilding" following three straight top-three finishes -- including the 2003 title.. ...

JEFFERSON CITY -- "It's an outstanding feeling," declared senior Paul Wayne Thomas before turning to a Marshall football teammate and slapping skin. "That's what we came for, baby!" What the Owls came for, and got, Thursday was a Class 4, District 13 championship -- with big plays on both sides of the ball to secure their first playoff berth since 2002 with a 28-6 victory at 10th-ranked Helias. At the halfway point of the season, that may not have appeared to be an attainable goal...

Editor's note: Saline County voters go to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 7. Today we look at the only contested race, that of 15th Circuit Court judge. On Monday, Nov. 6, we will publish polling place hours, polling places and a rundown of unopposed races...

Marshall High School students fanned out into the community Thursday, Nov. 2, for the bi-annual Career Exploration Day, visiting businesses and business professionals to learn more about the real world of work. MHS A+ Program Coordinator Dave Nelson said 210 juniors worked with 55 businesses or business professionals during this round of job shadowing, a level of participation comparable to that of recent years. ...

Mayor Connie Latimer never thought she would be less than 50 feet away from Vice President Dick Cheney, but Friday, Oct. 27, she had just that opportunity. She, along with several thousand airmen, attended Cheney's speech at Whitman Air Force Base. Latimer was given this invitation from her involvement in the Base Community Council...

By Katy Johnson and Kenzie Tichenor Special to The Marshall Democrat-News Marshall residents can help teach their young children the six basic skills which will help them become better readers and writers, using a free program from the Marshall Public Library...

No 'straight party' ballot option Tuesday On Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 7, in Missouri, voters will no longer be able to use the "straight party" ballot option when voting. The straight party option allowed voters to vote for all of the candidates in one particular party with only one mark. During this election, voters must put a mark next to each candidate that they wish to cast a vote for...