Stories from Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Local NAACP branch to hold annual awards banquet June 30 Mar-Saline Branch of the NAACP announces its annual awards banquet will take place Saturday, June 30, at 5:30 p.m. The theme this year is "Operation Excellence: Moving from Good to Great!"...

St. Peter Catholic School recently announced academic and other awards for the 2006-2007 school year. Students on the honor roll are: Third Grade -- Principal's Honor Roll (All B- and above): Luke Steding, Zach McGrath and Amanda Glenski; St Peter's Honor Roll (B- average and above): Rachel Wansing, Jordyn Townsend, Jacob Bosley, Taylor Anderson, Molly Harvey, Garett Harvey and Nathan Crumbaugh...

On June 30, volunteers from GE Energy's Slater facilities will help clean up the banks of South Fork Creek in Marshall. The Missouri Stream Team is hosting the event to begin at 9:30 a.m. The group of volunteers will be picking up litter that surrounds the creek...

Joan Drake, R.N., outreach education director for Staff of Life Helicopter Service of Columbia, which provides helicopter service for University of Missouri hospitals, will present an educational meeting on the many aspects of helicopter services at St. Luke United Church of Christ Fellowship Hall in Grand Pass at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 10...

The Marshall Chamber of Commerce Tourism Committee met on Thursday, June 21, to elect new officers and to make additions, deletions or corrections to the visitor's guide for next year. The committee agreed to re-elect Stan Moore to chairman and Cynthia Crawford to secretary. They also agreed to elect Angie Wells as vice chair. The final decision was tabled and will be voted on Thursday, July 19, with the approval of the officers elected...

The Marshall Atomics 14-and-under girls' fast-pitch softball team went 3-1 in games played last week, splitting a pair Tuesday in the Columbia League and claiming two shutouts Friday at Moberly. The Atomics beat the Columbia Predators 7-5 to begin the stretch, surviving some shaky defense which yielded four unearned runs. Otherwise, Chelsey Anderson allowed only four hits and contributed to a quick start by hitting an RBI single during the four-run first inning...

Things got worse before they got better Monday for the Marshall Babe Ruth Senior baseball team, splitting a pair of one-run games against Boonville League clubs Monday at Osage Field. Marshall blew a four-run lead in the late innings to drop a 9-8 decision to Citizen's Bank for its seventh loss in a row, but came from two runs down to take the finale, 5-4...