Stories from Monday, January 7, 2013

The following cases were heard in Saline County Circuit Court division 4 on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012: 12SA-CR00225-01: Bakert, Robert W., born 1977, 627 E. Yerby St., Marshall; class C felony possession of controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana; class A misdemeanor unlawful use of drug paraphernalia; count I -- sentenced to 7 years in the Department of Corrections with a suspended execution of sentence of 5 years supervised probation; count II -- $500 fine;...

William E. "Bill" Cromley, 64, of Marshall, died Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, in Sunset Gardens Cemetery in Marshall. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday at Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall. Memorials may be made to the Knights of Columbus Council 876 in Marshall. Friends may sign the online register book at www.campbell-lewis.com...

Wanda Verene Krause, 75, of Blackburn, died Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, at her home. Funeral arrangements are pending at Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall.

Rick Phillips of Wellsville, Kan., and Carol Phillips of DeSoto, Kan., announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Jenna Phillips, to Jacob Kissner, son of Jim and Mindy Kissner. He is the grandson of Sue Bailey, and the late Larry and Judy Pollard, all of Marshall...

The Marshall Lifestyle Clinic celebrated its opening Friday morning with a ribbon cutting ceremony. MLC Director Annex Luberisse and MLC Assistant Director Lionel Penn cut the ribbon after explaining their clinic's health care approach to approximately 20 people present for the ceremony...

Dec. 4 -- 1st: Ruth Ann Heinzler and Harry Satterwhite; 2nd: Bernadette Cleary and Charley Huddleston; 3rd: Mike Kimbrell and Mary Lenz. Dec. 7 -- 1st: Charley Huddelston and Harry Satterwhite; 2nd: Ruth Ann Heinzler and Pat Marshall; 3rd: Georgann DeMoss and Carolyn Diehm...

Registration for the 10th annual Women in Agriculture event opened on Monday, Jan. 7, at the Saline County USDA Service Center in Marshall. Set for March 15 at the Martin Community Center in Marshall, the all-day event is headlined by nationally known Temple Grandin, subject of an award-winning HBO movie. The other speakers are nationally known agriculture advocate Trent Loos, ag humorist Susie Oberdahlhoff of Bowling Green and Saline County Probate Judge Hugh Harvey...

A number of years ago, the Salt Fork YMCA's pool inflatable -- Treasure Island -- finally succumbed to the rigors of frequent use. It just wore out. Friday, Jan. 4, Y patrons officially welcomed a new inflatable, and a number of kids and adults gave it a try...

Prep Hoops Round-up: Santa Fe (B/G), Slater (G), Sweet Springs (B/G)

Both Valley teams trail by double digits at halftime

Stickels emerges as 182-pound champion

Peter Warnock, Missouri Valley College assistant professor of anthropology and study abroad coordinator, helped author a book, Olive Germplasm: The Olive Cultivation, Table Olive and Olive Oil Industry in Italy, that was published by InTech in December 2012...

Marshall City Council and the Marshall Fire Department honored retiring firefighter Bob Alfrey for 37 years of service to the community. At the conclusion of the council meeting Monday, Jan. 7, Councilman Gabe Ramsey presented Alfrey with a ceremonial ax mounted on a plaque, and Fire Chief Tony Day gave Alfrey a helmet that had been autographed by the rest of the department staff...

Marshall City Council set a special meeting at 5:15 p.m. Monday, Jan. 14, to discuss the possibility of placing a city use tax on the ballot. Councilman Dan Brandt raised the subject, citing the county's success in November getting voter approval for a use tax...

John Rosenbaum and Marilyn Rosenbaum, both of Marshall, announce the engagment of their daughter, Annie Rosenbaum, to Michael Gillespie, son of Dave and Helen Gillespie of Sedalia. The future bride is a 2000 graduate of Marshall High School and a 2006 graduate of State Fair Community College. She is currently employed as a pharmacy technician at Walgreens in Columbia...