Stories from Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Richard G. "Dick" Rink, 86, of Slater, died Monday, Jan. 29, 2007, at Big Bend Retreat in Slater. Funeral services will be Thursday, Feb. 1, at 11 a.m. at Slater Presbyterian Church. Rev. Pam Sebastian will officiate. Organist Bethany Weiker will play "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" and "Going Home." She will accompany the congregation in singing "It Is My Father's World." Burial with military honors will be in Slater City Cemetery. ...

Charles William "Paris" Powell, 40, of Marshall, died Saturday, Jan. 27, 2007, in Marshall. Cremation. Private family memorial services will be held. Memorials may be made to family choice c/o Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall. Online condolences may be sent to www.campbell-lewis.com...

Gerald L. Ervin Sr., 68, of Stilwell, Kan., formerly of Kansas City North, died Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007, at KU Medical Center. Funeral services will be 1 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007, at Bethany Lutheran Stilwell Mission, 20200 Mission Road in Stilwell. Burial will follow at Johnson County Memorial Gardens, Overland Park, Kan. Friends may call at the church from noon until 1 p.m. on Thursday. Arrangements are being handled by McGilley & Hoge Chapel...

Mitchell S. Wooden, 45, of Higginsville, died Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007, at University Hospital, Columbia. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007, at 2:30 p.m., at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Higginsville, Pastor Marcus Jauss officiating. ...

Rummage sale at Hayob Building canceled A rummage sale planned at the high-rise building at 275 S. Redman in Marshall Feb. 1 through Feb. 3 to benefit the Fitzgibbon Cancer Center has been canceled due to illness and forecasts of extremely cold weather, according to organizers...

A 1,510-acre parcel of farmland in the Missouri River bottoms between Lexington and Wellington sold at auction for $3.656 million on Tuesday, Jan. 23. Michelle and Brant Neer of Welcome Home Realty, Lexington, who had the property listed, said it was a competitive auction with 29 bidders from Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri...

Marshall City Council met on Monday, Jan. 29, for an informational meeting to discuss two items that will be placed on the agenda for the regular Monday, Feb. 5 council meeting. The Chapter 31 "Vehicles For Hire" ordinance was tabled from the Tuesday, Jan. 16, meeting for the lack of time for discussion of changes...

A coalition of 14 Missouri farm organizations joined Gov. Matt Blunt Thursday, Jan. 25, in supporting state legislation to protect Missouri farmers and ranchers from nuisance suits and to preserve their opportunity to expand and modernize their farming operations, according to a news release from the coalition...

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has limited discretion in determining whether new concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) can be developed, according to a letter from Doyle Childers, the agency's director. A letter dated Friday, Jan. 26, is being sent to everyone who has communicated with DNR about Dennis Gessling's proposal to locate a new CAFO about two miles west of Arrow Rock, according to Connie Patterson, DNR director of communication...

The Marshall Tourism Web site gives visitors a quick link to information and events coming soon to Marshall. Stan Moore, Marshall Tourism Committee member, discussed some of the options the Web site, www.visitmarshallmo.com, offers at the Marshall Tourism Committee meeting Thursday, Jan. 18...

CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. -- The Missouri Valley College men's wrestling team dropped the first two matches before rallying for a pair of wins Saturday at the Campbellsville Duals. The Vikings, ranked sixth in the latest NAIA poll, fell to Carson-Newman (Tenn.), 21-14, in the opener and were edged by the eighth-ranked host team, 21-19, before defeating King (Tenn.), 37-9, and Notre Dame (Ohio), 23-16...

Two-sport all-state senior Paul Wayne Thomas last week signed an NAIA letter-of-intent to play football and baseball at Missouri Valley College. Thomas, the son of Paul and Kim Thomas of Miami, has been a three-year starting quarterback-linebacker for the 7-4 Owls -- leading them to a share of the NCMC title and the Class 4, District 13 championship last season. ...

JEFFERSON CITY -- The Marshall girls' basketball team found a Stone in its shoe Monday at Jefferson City. It was Abby Stone, a 6-foot junior post, who scored 24 points and pulled down nine rebounds during the Lady Owls' 56-44 non-conference loss to Helias. Stone made four buckets during the fourth quarter as the Lady Crusaders pulled away from the tenacious Marshall club, which trailed by only three points heading into the frame...

KANSAS CITY -- The Marshall girls' swimming team earned medals in five events Friday and Saturday at the Independent League Championships in Kansas City. The Lady Owls -- with only 16 entries -- didn't have the depth to finish higher than eighth out of 10 teams in the standings, scoring 23 points. Notre Dame de Sion of Kansas City won every race, dominating the meet with a 202-82 margin over second-place Harrisonville...

KIRKSVILLE -- Given that the Marshall wrestling team was giving up at least three open weight classes each match, winning two of five duals Saturday at the Kirksville Tiger Classic could be considered an accomplishment. The Owls claimed two of their first three contests, the tourney-opening 39-31 loss to Pleasant Valley (Iowa) directly attributable to the 18 default points allowed. ...