Stories from Friday, October 19, 2007

William H. "Bill" Vanderhoff, 76, of Huntsville, died Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007, at Loma Linda Nursing Home in Moberly. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, 2007, at Patton Funeral Home in Huntsville. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 19, at the funeral home. A private family interment, with military rites, will be held Monday, Oct. 22, at the Veteran's Cemetery in Jacksonville...

Orville A. Hinck, 78, of Sweet Springs, died Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007, at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, October 20, 2007, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Sweet Springs, with Rev. Dan Wing officiating. ...

Linda Lou Boland, 58, of Columbia, passed away Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007, at University Hospital and Clinics. A gathering of family and friends will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, 2007, at Memorial Funeral Home in Columbia. Memorial contributions are suggested to Jackie Patterson Burn Fund in care of Memorial Funeral Home, 1217 Bus. 70 West, Columbia, MO 65202. online tributes may be left at www.memorialfuneralhomeandcemetery.com...

Piano recital set for Oct. 20 at Covenant Presbyterian Church The piano students of Christi Bentley will present their Halloween Recital on Saturday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Marshall. Students participating in the recital include Nick Leimkuehler and Megan Leimkuehler, son and daughter of Charles and Robyn Leimkuehler; Chadron Koehn, son of Doug and Mica Koehn; Haidyn Townsend, daughter of Terry and Stacy Townsend; Shane Bishop, son of Dan and Annette Bishop; Alex Howery, daughter of Roger and Nicole Howery; Kurt Taylor, son of Kim and Lisa Taylor; Holly Wettlaufer, daughter of Bruce and Kay Wettlaufer; and Dylan Fornshell, son of Steve and April Fornshell. ...

Handy with a hammer? Slick with a saw? Ready with a wrench? Habitat for Humanity of Saline County can use your talents and they’ll even feed you lunch. They always need volunteers. If you’re age 16 or older, show up at the 200 block of East Emma in Slater any Saturday morning between 8 and noon, and in less time than it takes to tell it, someone will hand you a hammer or a saw and point you in the direction of work that needs to be done...

The Chamber of Commerce Tourism Committee met on Thursday, Oct. 18, to hear about the success of the 2007 Country Patchwork Quilt Guild that was held in September during the Missouri State Cornhusking Competition. Marlyn Martin, chair of the guild, told the committee, “Thank you all. With the help of the grant funds, we had a great turnout.”...

By Chris Allen Sports Editor The defending Heart of America Conference champions got a big lift last week by defeating 10th-ranked MidAmerica Nazarene. It wasn’t only that the win was needed to keep its playoff hopes alive after two losses in the season’s first four games, but Missouri Valley College’s 32-7 command of the high-octane Pioneers was a boost in confidence...

So what gives with these football Owls of Marshall? With the opening of the Class 4, District 13 campaign today against visiting NCMC rival Mexico, there seems to be a disconnect between the Owls who posted impressive, emotional victories at perennial nemesis Warrensburg and Hannibal -- winning there for the first time in 20 years -- and who flopped flatly at home against Fulton and Kirksville...

The old girl just ain't what she used to be. After 100 years of service, the bridge over Salt Fork Creek, roughly at the intersection of County Roads 215 and 214, was closed to traffic Sept. 18 with no date for re-opening...