Stories from Wednesday, October 10, 2012

The G.F.W.C. Coterie Club met Tuesday, Sept. 25, at the 9-1-1 meeting room. Jo Eichelberger and LaJune Southard were co-hostesses. Verna Sue Gibson, president, opened the meeting and led the Pledge of Allegiance. Jo Eichelberger introduced the guest speaker, Larry Arrowood. He shared dreams and plans for Jim the Wonder Dog Museum and Marshall Welcome Center. Plans are to include a retail business with items such as antiques and crafts, a parking lot and connecting with Arrow Rock events...

September Duplicate Bridge Winners Sept. 7 -- 1st: Jo Kolks and Shirley Meuschke; 2nd (tie): Jeretta Hardison and Jane Hartley, and Ann Fenner and Pat Marshall. Sept. 11 -- 1st: Charley Peterson and Harry Satterwhite; 2nd: Ruth Ann Heinzler and Shirley Meuschke; 3rd: Wanda Elsea and Susan Robbins...

Area high school sports scores for Tuesday, Oct. 9

Jeff Bergstrom, electric distribution director, suggested that the board accept the bid from Chris Davis for new fiberglass layout arms and temporary dead ends at the Marshall Municipal Utilities Board of Public Works meeting Tuesday, Oct.9. The bid is just under $10,000, which is about half of what had been set aside in the budget for this project...

Fall behind Tennessee-Martin in regional standings

Tyler, Loges with five kills for Lady 'Hounds

MHS Round-up: Soccer, Tennis, Volleyball

Lori Godsey, chair of the Chamber of Commerce Business and Promotions Committee, spoke at the Saline County Commission meeting Tuesday, Oct. 9, to request the use of the courthouse grounds for the community Christmas. "Star Spangled Christmas" is the theme for this year's event on Friday, Dec. 7, 2012.

The final day to register to vote for the November elections is Wednesday, Oct. 10, according to Saline County Clerk Debbie Russell.

Saline County Commissioner Tom Stallings spoke at the Sweet Springs Alderman meeting Tuesday, Oct. 9, about the out of state use tax. Stallings explained that the use tax is not a "new" tax, but that it is replacing a tax deemed unconstitutional in Jefferson City. Seven other counties have it on their ballot this fall.

They gathered in the living room, three of them placing guitars on their knees while one organized his percussion instruments. Some members of The Lazarus Effect have been playing together since they were in junior high, but now that the four are seniors, their music has been refined to match the challenges and celebrations of growing older.

It was disturbing to see the ground breaking ceremony for the new addition to Fitzgibbon Hospital used for political purposes. The question is raised, why was one candidate for Congress invited to participate in the ceremony and his opponent not invited? If candidate Emanuel Cleaver was asked to participate, fairness dictates that his opponent, Jacob Turk, should have been asked also...

Candidates cut a ribbon to mark the opening of the Saline County Republican Party campaign headquarters at the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Morgan Street in Marshall Tuesday, Oct. 9. Saline County Republican Party Chairman Richard Clemens said the campaign office would be open several days this week and would be open Saturday, Oct. 13. Starting next week, the office will be open regular hours Monday through Friday...

People First of Marshall, Mo., a self-advocacy organization for disabilities, announced its participation in National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) on Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, which takes place each October. NDEAM is a campaign that "raises awareness about disability employment issues and celebrates the many and varied contributions of America's workers with disabilities," according to the United States Department of Labor website...

Marshall police officers made an arrest Tuesday, Oct. 9, in connection with the recent burglary of a Marshall business, according to a news release from MPD. Officers arrested James Allen Ray Roberts of Marshall. He was charged with class C felony second-degree burglary,...

A leaking pool and 22 water main breaks in the past two months have left the Sweet Springs Board of Aldermen with little choice but to raise the water rates because of the amount of water the city is losing on a regular basis.

Marshall High School singers will perform their fall concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11. The concert in the Harold L. Lickey Auditorium at Bueker Middle School, 565 S. Odell Ave., will feature Freshman Chorus, MHS Singers and Choraliers. "We had a surge in student enrollment this year and have 31 singers in Choraliers," Vocal Music Director Joel Schilb said. ...

The Missouri Valley College community will celebrate homecoming festivities Friday, Oct. 12, and Saturday, Oct. 13, on the MVC campus. The 2012 Homecoming theme is "Viva Los Vikings!" Festivities begin as MVC student-athletes kick off the 54th anniversary homecoming torch run when they leave Atchison, Kan., on Friday and bring the flame home to Marshall to light the bonfire...

The Marshall school board met in special session Wednesday, Oct. 10, to begin laying the groundwork for placing a bond issue on the April ballot, and it picked up an endorsement for the idea from Marshall-Saline Development Corporation Director Bill Riggins...