Stories from Thursday, December 5, 2013

High school basketball scores for Wednesday, Dec. 4

Donna Ash, of Sedalia, formerly of Marshall, will celebrate her 70th birthday. Her family is asking friends and family to help her celebrate by sending her birthday wishes to Four Seasons Living Center, 2800 Highway TT, Room 217, Sedalia, MO 65301.

Mary Louise Driskell, 86, of Marshall, died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia. Funeral arrangements are pending and are in care of Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall. A full obituary will appear in next weeks paper.

Rachel C. Ess, 79, of Marshall, died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, at home. Funeral arrangements are pending at Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall.

At approximately 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, a 2002 Nissan driven by Stephanie D. Jansen, 26, of Malta Bend, was traveling northbound on U.S. Highway 65 about .8 miles north of Holiday Avenue when she struck a deer. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, after striking the deer she ran off the right side of the roadway, struck a culvert and a road hazard sign, and then came to rest. She was wearing a safety device according to the report...

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Stacy Kirchhoff, advertising account executive, is a new member of the Marshall Democrat-News team. Only in her sixth week on the job, Kirchhoff is making her impact felt around the office. A Higginsville native, Kirchhoff has brought experience she learned as a personal banker at Bank Midwest and has applied those skills to her new advertising position...

Salt Fork YMCA received $350,000 in 70 percent Neighborhood Assistance Program tax credits from the Office of Economic Development, which is equivalent to $500,000 in donations, according to Salt Fork YMCA CEO Suzanne Smith. NAP credits provide assistance to community-based organizations that enables them to implement community or neighborhood projects in the areas of community service, education, crime prevention, job training and physical revitalization, according to the Department of Economic Development website. ...

Marshall's Cargill Care Council donated $2,700 for the Buddy Pack Program to be used within the Marshall's public school system. The Buddy Pack Program fills at-need children's backpacks with nutritious, easy-to-prepare foods on the weekends. Children who participate in the program are identified by teachers and other administrators in the school system...

Saline County Commissioners approved Chris Wilson as the new county representative on the Mar-Saline Development Corporation board at the Thursday, Dec. 5, meeting. "Last year the county was able to participate in Mar-Saline Development Corporation to a point that we hadn't been able to for a few years," Presiding Commissioner Tom Stallings said. "We were able to approve enough funds to go that organization with a representative on the board."...

Saline County Inter-Agency Council's Holiday Project took place Thursday, Dec. 5, at Martin Community Center and the project saw a good sum of donations come in over the last week. Sandy Hisle, chairman of the Holiday Project committee, said the it is an annual event to help families in need over the holiday season with providing groceries, gifts and miscellaneous items. Hisle talked about the difference in donations from last year to this year...

The Marshall Chamber of Commerce Annual Christmas Parade is an event enjoyed by men, women and children on the Marshall Square and this year's theme is "Story Book Christmas." To kick off the evening of festivities, Shapes Dance and Acro Studio will provide entertainment with a performance starting at 5:20 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, on the south side of the square...