Stories from Tuesday, June 7, 2011

The National Weather Service forecast is predicting the possibility of record crests on the Missouri River the next few weeks. "During the last half of May, the upper Missouri basin has received nearly a year`s worth of rainfall," NWS officials said in a notice posted on the agency's website. "In addition, snow pack runoff yet to fully enter the upper portion of the river system is 140 percent of normal."...

Alan Hahn, 71, of Denver, Colo., died Saturday, May 21, 2011. A celebration of life service will be held at a later date. Born March 3, 1940, in Gary, Ind., he was the son of the late Adam Hahn and Mary Jacoby Hahn. In 1968 he married Laurie Schiff, who survives of the home. ...

Bobby Joe Jewell, 65, of rural Slater, died Sunday, June 5, 2011, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 10, 2011, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Saline City, with Pastor Mark Hass officiating. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. ...

The usual interview questions didn't generate much information from young Reiner Buck minutes after he climbed from the cockpit of his first airplane ride Sunday, June 5. How'd it go? "Bad." Did you have a good time? "No." Steve Boyer, who accompanied Reiner on the flight in the 1929 New Standard biplane, was skeptical about the youngster's report, noting he appeared to be having a fine time while soaring over Marshall and the surrounding area...

The Saline County Commission met at 9 a.m. Tuesday, June 7, for its regularly scheduled meeting. Presiding Commissioner Tom Stallings reported he had received a call from a farmer in the western part of the county concerned about flooding and in need of sandbags. ...

Interesting news and features published in our print edition and E-edition June 7.

Two Louisville, Ky., men were injured early Tuesday, June 7, in a one-vehicle crash on Interstate 70 in Saline County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report. Nate Harris, 28, suffered moderate injuries and was taken by Saline County Ambulance to University Hospital in Columbia...

On Saturday afternoon, Saline County Junior Queen Candidate Bailey Fuehring joined 19 other women in a fight, but it wasn't against the other queen candidates. She fought against violence. On Saturday Bailey assisted in the defense education of 19 women at First Baptist Church. The 16-year-old beauty queen candidate has inherited her mother Sarah Fuehring's, passion for self-defense...

The "city of festivals" welcomed another event to their calendar at the Salter City Council meeting on Tuesday, June 7 at 7 p.m. Brandon Adcock and several members of the Freedom of Road Riders approached the council to request use of the high school football field for the Fire Cracker Classic. The event was scheduled July 8 and 9 at Stump Island Park in Glasgow but will need to be moved to higher ground due to expected flooding...