Stories from Thursday, May 6, 2010

Area high school scores for Wednesday, May 5

Two arrest warrants were issued Wednesday, May 5, for Santiago Ubaldo-Rita, 38, of Marshall, who is charged in two separate cases with class C felony driving while intoxicated, once in January and once in February. Ubaldo-Rita, who has a history of DWI arrests dating from 1997, was taken into custody on New Year's Day following a complaint by a Marshall woman that she did not want him in her home...

The American Red Cross will host two blood drives in the area this week, including one Thursday, May 6, from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Depot Community Center in Blackwater, and one Friday, May 7, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Glasgow High School in Glasgow.

The Malta Bend Junior-Senior Prom will include a walk-in procession for the first time, according to Junior Class President Kelsey Forqueran. The procession will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 8. The theme of this year's prom is "Viva Las Vegas," she said...

Darlene Scharnhorst, 65, of Saline County died Wednesday, May 5, 2010, at Meyer Care Center in Higginsville. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, May 7, 2010, at Ridge Park Cemetery in Marshall, with Rev. Vernon Maxted officiating. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Friday at Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall. Memorials may be made to the Parkinson's Foundation. Friends may sign the online register book at www.campbell-lewis.com...

A food-grade tank truck's sharp turn from North Miami Avenue onto West Boyd Street left its front wheels spinning in the air Thursday, May 6, as it blocked both roadways. After the driver apparently missed the first available turn of only 90 degrees from Miami Avenue to Boyd Street, his attempt to take the following acute turn after the Sinclair gas station at about 10:35 a.m. resulted in the support stands of its tank scraping the highest point of the road, leaving it stranded...

Saline County Commissioners announced the temporary closing of 275th Road between Holly and Harvest avenues at their meeting Thursday morning, May 6. Commissioners said the road has not been draining well and is therefore washing away. Several loads of gravel have been added, but have not improved the situation. Now county road crews will install tiling in an attempt to deal with all the water...

Marshall's post office has housed medical equipment in its fallout shelter since the 1950s and 1960s, and on Tuesday, May 4, it was removed and sent to a hospital in the Dominican Republic. South Kansas City Rotary Club member John Duffey oversaw the loading of the equipment by about 10 Missouri Valley College Rodeo Team members, who carried boxes big and small, heavy and light, up a long flight of stairs and into a waiting semi trailer...

Friends of Jim the Wonder Dog is sponsoring the second Wonder Dog Day Saturday, May 8, from noon to 2 p.m. The event will take place on North Lafayette Avenue in Marshall in front of Jim the Wonder Dog Memorial Garden. The free event will include demonstrations by Boomer, the Marshall Police Department drug dog. There will be obedience training demonstrations, too...

The Marshall boys' tennis team finished running the table on the NCMC in dual matches Wednesday with a 12-0 victory over visiting Fulton. It was the Owls' third shutout in league play and 10th overall in 19 contests, but it didn't come easily against a squad which they beat last year only by tiebreaker in a 6-6 tilt...

MOBERLY -- For four innings Wednesday, the Marshall and Moberly baseball teams were hooked up in a scoreless pitchers' duel. That ended in the bottom of the fifth inning, when the Spartans tallied all of their runs for a 6-1 NCMC home win. Junior right-hander Ryan Smith yielded only two hits through four frames for the Owls, but then lost his control in the fifth -- walking the first three batters, the 7-8-9 hitters. Moberly made him pay...

ST. JOSEPH -- The Missouri Valley College baseball team pulled off the first upset in the Heart of America Conference Tournament with Wednesday's 15-4 rout of regular season tri-champion Avila. The Vikings jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning and never looked back. ...

CONCORDIA -- The slumping Santa Fe baseball team needed a lift Wednesday at I-70 Conference Tournament champion Concordia, and got one from freshman Andrew Curry for a 5-1 victory. The southpaw tossed a tidy four-hitter, walking one and striking out six batters, as the Chiefs -- still ranked No. 1 in Class 1, at least until the next poll is released -- ended a three-game losing streak, their longest since 1999...

Missouri Valley College will confer 189 degrees to students at its commencement ceremonies Saturday, May 8, at the Gregg-Mitchell Field on the MVC campus. Baccalaureate begins at 11 a.m. and commencement begins at 2 p.m. In case of inclement weather, baccalaureate and commencement ceremonies will be held in the Ashford Gymnasium...