WE TOLD YOU OVER THE WINTER OF A SIZABLE DONATION TO THE FAYETTE R-3 SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE DONATION CAME FROM JAY AND KELLY JACOBS, AND TOTALED 325-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE DISTRICT.
A BULK OF THAT MONEY WENT TO IMPROVING OR UPGRADING A NUMBER OF AREAS IN THE DISTRICT INCLUDING TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES, STAFF TRAINING, ESTABLISH A DISTRICT WIDE TUTORING PROGRAM, AND TO PURCHASE INSTRUCTIONAL EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS AND BOOKS.
ABOUT 70-THOUSAND DOLLARS OF THE DONATION WAS SET ASIDE TO RENOVATE THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FIELD, AND REPLACE THE FIELD'S WOODEN BLEACHERS.
SUBSEQUENTLY THE SCHOOL BOARD VOTED TO RENAME THE FIELD AS THE THOMAS S. DAVIS MEMORIAL FIELD, AFTER A 1985 GRADUATE OF FAYETTE, WHO DIED FROM A RARE FORM OF CANCER IN 2004.
THE DEDICATION CEREMONY TAKES PLACE FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE FAYETTE'S FIRST HOME GAME OF THE SEASON AGAINST TIPTON.
A HUGE HOG PRODUCER IN NORTHERN MISSOURI HAS BEEN GIVEN TWO MORE YEARS TO RESOLVE ITS ODOR PROBLEM.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH PREMIUM STANDARD FARMS.
PRESIDENT OF PREMIUM STANDARD, BILL HOMANN SAYS HE IS PLEASED WITH THE AGREEMENT.
ATTORNEY GENERAL KOSTER SAYS HE IS CONFIDENT THE COMPANY WILL MEET THEIR NEW DEADLINES, BECAUSE IF THEY FAIL TO COMPLY THEY WILL HAVE OT PAY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY, FOR THE FIRST 30 DAYS OF NON COMPLIANCE,WITH THAT PENALTY INCREASING EVERY MONTH.
THE MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL BRIEFLY ISSUED AN ENDANGERED PERSON ADVISORY IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY THURSDAY.
ACCORDING TO THE HIGHWAY PATROL THE ADVISORY WAS FOR 1 YEAR OLD LUCIAN JENKINS OF MAYVIEW.
ALLEGEDLY THE SUSPECT IN THE ADVISORY ASSAULTED JENKIN'S MOTHER IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY, AND TOOK THE CHILD FROM THE HOME.
THE HIGHWAY PATROL ISSUED THE MISSING PERSON ADVISORY JUST AFTER 8:30AM, BUT THE SUSPECT WAS LOCATED NOT LONG AFTER, AND SO WAS JENKINS WHO WAS RETURNED UNHARMED.
THE HIGHWAY PATROL CANCELED THE ADVISORY JUST BEFORE 10AM THURSDAY.
THE SWAN LAKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE HAS RECEIVED A PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE FOR FUTURE MANAGEMENT OF THEIR OPERATION.
THIS WILL BE APART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE CONSERVATION PLAN BEING DEVELOPED FOR SWAN LAKE.
THE REFUGE INCLUDES AROUND 11-THOUSAND ACRES OF BOTTOMLAND FOREST, GRASSLANDS, AND WETLANDS ALONG WITH SILVER LAKE.
THE NEW PLAN CALLS FOR INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF AQUATIC AND WETLAND VEGETATION IN SILVER LAKE AND EXPANDING ITS ROLE FOR WATERFOWL DONE SEASONALLY BY VARYING WATER LEVELS.
THE PLAN WOULD ALSO RETAIN 400 ACRES OF CROPLAND TO NATIVE HABITATS TO PROVIDE FOOD AND COVER FOR A GREATER VARIETY OF WILDLIFE.
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO REVIEW AND COMMENT THE NEW PLAN FOR SWAN LAKE, WITH THE PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT PERIOD UNDERWAY AND CLOSING OCTOBER 4TH.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE NEW PLAN AND TO MAKE COMMENTS, CLICK HERE.
STATE REVENUE IS GETTING BETTER BUT IS STILL BEHIND LAST FISCAL YEAR AT THIS TIME.
STATE BUDGET DIRECTOR LINDA LUBBERING SAYS GENERAL REVENUE COLLECTIONS ARE DOWN 1.4 PERCENT COMPARED TO LAST FISCAL YEAR AT THIS TIME..
THE AUGUST COLLECTION SHOWED PROMISE HOWEVER,AS IT INCREASED BY 8-TENTHS OF A PERCENT OVER AUGUST OF LAST YEAR
INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAXES,ALONG WITH SALES AND USE TALES BOTH SHOWED IMPROVEMENT IN AUGUST.. BUT CORPORATE INCOME AND CORPORATE FRANCHISE TAX COLLECTIONS WERE DOWN
THE MARSHALL PARK BOARD IS WRAPPING UP ITS FISCAL YEAR AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, AND PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR JEFF STUBBLEFIELD SAYS IT LOOKS LIKE THE PARK WILL HAVE MADE IT THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR IN GOOD SHAPE.
STUBBLEFIELD ALSO UNVEILED A LIST OF PROJECTS BEING PREPARED FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR
STUBBLEFIELD SAYS THEY ARE ALSO TO CO- SPONSOR A PAINT BALL EVENT ON OCTOBER 16TH... GETTING TENNIS COURTS RESURFACED, AND LOOKING AT BIDS ON A WALKING TRAIL, THAT COULD COST IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 12-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH TENTH OF A MILE.
THE BOARD WAS ALSO TOLD LAST NIGHT THAT THE AQUATIC CENTER HAD A RECORD BREAKING YEAR WITH 24-THOUSAND 642 PEOPLE THROUGH THE DOOR THIS SEASON, AND 205 SEASON PASSES BEING SOLD
THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WILL KEEP THE SWIMMING BEACH AT WATKINS WOOLEN MILL STATE PARK NORTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY CLOSED THIS WEEKEND DUE TO E. COLI LEVELS ABOVE THE STANDARDS SET BY THE DEPARTMENT.
WATER SAMPLES DRAWN MONDAY FROM THE BEACH AT WATKINS WOOLEN MILL STATE PARK, WHEN COMBINED WITH SAMPLE RESULTS FROM THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, FAILED TO MEET THE DEPARTMENT STANDARD FOR E. COLI.
THE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYS TWO STANDARDS RELATED TO E. COLI IN DETERMINING WHETHER TO CLOSE STATE PARK BEACHES. ONE OF THOSE, KNOWN AS A GEOMETRIC MEAN, IS A FORMULA THAT INCLUDES THE RESULTS FROM ALL OF THE SAMPLES TAKEN AT A SPECIFIC SITE DURING THE RECREATIONAL SWIMMING SEASON.
THE DEPARTMENT WILL CLOSE ANY STATE PARK BEACH WITH A GEOMETRIC MEAN FOR E. COLI OF 126 COLONIES PER 100 MILLILITERS OF WATER OR ABOVE.
THE RESULTS OF MONDAY’S SAMPLES FROM WATKINS MILL BEACH WERE 18.3 AND 22.6 E. COLI COLONIES PER 100 MILLILITERS OF WATER, WHICH, WHEN COMBINED WITH EARLIER RESULTS, BROUGHT THE GEOMETRIC MEAN FOR THE BEACH TO 193.5 COLONIES PER 100 MILLILITERS.
WATKINS MILL BEACH WILL REMAIN POSTED WITH SIGNS NOTIFYING VISITORS OF THE CLOSURE AND WILL REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL BOTH SINGLE SAMPLE LEVELS AND THE GEOMETRIC MEAN FOR E. COLI FALL BELOW THE DEPARTMENT STANDARDS.
NO OTHER STATE PARK BEACHES TESTED HIGH FOR E. COLI LEVELS; HOWEVER, BACTERIAL LEVELS OFTEN RISE AFTER HEAVY RAINS AND LAKE USERS SHOULD USE THEIR JUDGMENT WHEN SWIMMING AFTER HEAVY RAINS.
THE 1,500-ACRE WATKINS WOOLEN MILL STATE PARK IS LOCATED NEAR LAWSON, NORTHEAST OF KEARNEY, IN CLAY COUNTY.
THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, THROUGH ITS DIVISION OF STATE PARKS, MANAGES 85 STATE PARKS AND HISTORIC SITES THROUGHOUT THE STATE, INCLUDING 15 WITH SWIMMING BEACHES.
WATER SAMPLES ARE TAKEN WEEKLY DURING THE RECREATIONAL SWIMMING SEASON TO HELP ENSURE A SAFE PUBLIC SWIMMING AREA.
E. COLI IS A BACTERIA FOUND IN THE INTESTINAL TRACT OF WARM-BLOODED ANIMALS, INCLUDING HUMANS. WHILE MOST STRAINS OF E. COLI ARE HARMLESS, SOME STRAINS CAN CAUSE GASTROINTESTINAL ILLNESS.
THESE BACTERIA AND OTHER PATHOGENS CAN REACH LAKE WATER FROM MANY DIFFERENT SOURCES, BOTH HUMAN AND ANIMAL. FOR SOME PEOPLE, SUCH AS CHILDREN, ELDERLY OR THOSE WITH WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEMS, EVEN LOW LEVELS OF THESE BACTERIA MAY CAUSE ILLNESS.
IT'S A SIGN OF THE TIMES, AS AN AREA COLLEGE IS OFFERING COURSES TO HELP PEOPLE SEARCHING FOR JOBS.
STATE FAIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN SEDALIA IS OFFERING THREE FREE JOB-SEARCH COURSES COVERING A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS FOR THOSE JOB HUNTING.
ONE OF THE WORKSHOPS FOCUSES ON RESUME WRITING, INCLUDING STYLES, COMMON MISTAKES, COVER LETTERS, AND DEVELOPING REFERENCES.
A SECOND WORKSHOP IS TITLED EFFECTIVE INTERVIEWING AND WILL HELP TEACH PEOPLE PROPER INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES.
THE THEIR WORKSHOP FEATURES WAYS OF LOOKING FOR NEW CAREERS THAT FIT INTERESTS, SKILLS AND WORK VALUES, ALLOWING PARTICIPANTS TO RESEARCH DIFFERENT EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND DEGREES.
"RESUME WRITING" 4-HOUR WORKSHOP DATES AND TIMES: SEPTEMBER 15TH AND 16TH FROM 9AM-11AM SEPTEMBER 15TH AND 16TH FROM 6PM-8PM NOVEMBER 1ST AND 2ND FROM 9AM-11AM
"EFFECTIVE INTERVIEWING" 2-HOUR WORKSHOP DATES AND TIMES: SEPTEMBER 21ST FROM 9AM-11AM SEPTERMBER 21ST FROM 6PM-8PM
"WHERE TO GO FROM HERE" 6-HOUR WORKSHOP DATES AND TIMES: OCOTBER 18TH, 19TH, AND 20TH FROM 9AM-11AM NOVEMBER 15TH, 16TH, AND 17TH FROM 9AM-11AM
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT STATE FAIR AT 660-530-5822.
ONCE AGAIN AREA FARMERS ARE BEING ENCOURAGED TO SIGN UP FOR A PROGRAM THAT WILL BENEFIT THEIR AREA COMMUNITIES.
THE AMERICA'S FARMERS GROW COMMUNITIES FROM THE MONSANTO FUND IS WELCOMING IN APPLICATIONS FROM FARMERS, WITH 177-THOUSAND 500 DOLLARS ELIGIBLE TO HELP RURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE.
THE MONEY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED IN 25-HUNDRED DOLLAR AWARDS TO 71 COUNTIES IN THE STATE, INCLUDING THOSE IN OUR AREA.
IN THE LAST ROUND OF AWARDS, THE MONEY WAS DONATED TO THE LIGHTHOUSE SHELTER IN MARSHALL, KIDS FIRST EDUCATION FOUNDATION IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY, THE GLASGOW FFA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, NORTHWEST OF HUGHESVILLE FFA CHAPTER, PILOT GROVE COMMUNITY BETTERMENT ASSOCIATION, CARROLLTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, NORTHWESTERN OF MENDON FFA CHAPTER, HOLDEN HIGH SCHOOL FFA, AND THE STET RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.
THE APPLICATION PERIOD OPENED WEDNESDAY, WITH THE WINNING FARMERS AND DONATION RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED IN JANUARY.
A TRIAL OF A SEDALIA MAN CHARGED WITH SEX CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN IS BEING MOVED TO SALINE COUNTY.
THE JURY TRIAL OF 47 YEAR OLD TERRY PRISENDORF WILL BE TAKING PLACE IN SALINE COUNTY ON A CHANGE OF VENUE REQUEST.
THE TRIAL IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN EARLY DECEMBER WITH JUDGE DENNIS ROLF PRESIDING.
PRISENDORF FACES FOUR COUNTS OF STATUTORY SODOMY, EIGHT COUNTS OF STATUTORY RAPE, AND TWO COUNTS OF CHILD MOLESTATION, AND IF FOUND GUILTY COULD SPEND ANYWHERE FROM FIVE YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON.
PRISENDORF ENTERED A PLEA OF NOT GUILTY IN FEBRUARY, AND IS CURRENTLY IN THE PETTIS COUNTY JAIL WITH A 500-THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND.
OVER THE WEEKEND MARSHALL POLICE SHOT AND KILLED AN ATTACKING DOG IN THE CITY LIMITS.
ACCORDING TO REPORTS OFFICERS RECEIVED A CALL OF AN AGGRESSIVE DOG, WITH OFFICERS FINDING A WHITE PIT BULL CHASING CHILDREN, WHO EVENTUALLY ENTERED A RESIDENCE IN THE 300 BLOCK OF SOUTH LAFAYETTE.
AFTER THE DOG WENT TO SIT ON A PORCH IN THAT AREA, THE RESPONDING OFFICER GRABBED A 12-GAUGE SHOTGUN FROM HIS VEHICLE, IN CASE FORCE WAS NEEDED.
OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO KEEP THE DOG PINNED IN THE AREA FOR TWO HOURS, WHILE THEY TRIED TO LOCATE THE OWNER.
THE DOG THEN GOT OFF THE PORCH AND STARTED TO CHARGE AN OFFICER, WHICH THEN PROMPTED THE FIRING OF THE SHOTGUN, KILLING THE DOG.
THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT THIS SUMMER THAT MARSHALL POLICE HAVE SHOT AND KILLED A DOG, THE PREVIOUS INCIDENT HAPPENING IN JULY.
WHILE IT MAY SEEM LIKE THERE ARE MORE CHILD MOLESTATION AND ABUSE CASES IN THE COURTS, SALINE COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY DON STOUFFER SAYS EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND ESPECIALLY CHILDREN HAS HELPED BRING MORE CASES TO THE COURTS.
IN SALINE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT YESTERDAY, 45 YEAR OLD CLIFFORD J. RAY OF RURAL MARSHALL PLEAD GUILTY TO TEN COUNTS OF STATUTORY SODOMY AND CHILD MOLESTATION.
SENTENCES ON THE VARIOUS CHARGES RANGED FROM SEVEN UP TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON.
MANY SCHOOLS ARE REPORTING RECORD ENROLLMENT THIS YEAR, AND MISSOURI VALLEY IS OUT WITH ITS ENROLLMENT NUMBERS AND FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR, VALLEY HAS SET AN ALL TIME FALL ENROLLMENT RECORD WITH ONE THOUSAND 476 STUDENTS, WHICH IS SOME 23 STUDENTS MORE THAN DURING THE FALL OF 2009.
MISSOURI VALLEY STUDENTS COME FROM 43 STATES AND 39 COUNTRIES.
VALLEY PRESIDENT DR. BONNIE HUMPHREY SAYS ONE REASON STUDENTS COME TO VALLEY IS WORD OF MOUTH
FRESHMEN WILL OFFICIALLY BE WELCOMED AT A CONVOCATION SCHEDULED FOR 10 O'CLOCK THURSDAY MORNING AT THE BURNS ATHLETIC COMPLEX.
LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN SALINE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, 45 YEAR OLD CLIFFORD J. RAY OF RURAL MARSHALL ENTERED GUILTY PLEAS TO TEN COUNTS OF STATUTORY SODOMY AND CHILD MOLESTATION.
RAY HAD BEEN SCHEDULED TO STAND TRIAL ON THE CHARGES LATE NEXT MONTH.
JUDGE DENNIS ROLF FOLLOWED THE RECOMMENDATION OF PROSECUTING ATTORNEY DON STOUFFER, AND SENTENCED RAY TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON ON EACH OF THE FOUR COUNTS OF STATUTORY SODOMY.
15 YEARS IN PRISON ON EACH OF TWO CHARGES OF CHILD MOLESTATION IN THE FIRST DEGREE, AND SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON ON EACH OF THE REMAINING CHARGES, WITH ALL OF THE SENTENCES ARE TO RUN AT THE SAME TIME.
PROSECUTOR STOUFFER TOLD THE COURT, HIS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE SENTENCES WERE DESIGNED TO MAKE CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC AND THE PAROLE BOARD THAT THE CHILDREN WERE VERY YOUNG WHEN THE MOLESTATION BEGAN AND THAT RAY'S SEXUAL ASSAULTS CONTINUED THROUGH MUCH OF THEIR CHILDHOOD.
THE MOLESTATIONS BEGAN WHEN THE CHILDREN WERE AS YOUNG AS EIGHT.
IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT, STOUFFER HAD PRAISE FOR SALINE COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF RICHARD MILLER AND THE INTERVIEWS OF THE VICTIMS CONDUCTED BY BETH JACKMAN, FORENSIC INTERVIEWER WITH CHILD SAFE OF CENTRAL MISSOURI.
STOUFFER SAYS BOTH WERE CRUCIAL IN THE OUTCOME OF THE CASE.
FIVE PEOPLE ARE LEFT INJURED FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT NEAR HIGBEE TUESDAY EVENING.
ACCORDING TO THE HIGHWAY PATROL THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AS THE VEHICLES DRIVEN BY 38 YEAR OLD 38 YEAR OLD CARRIE BELZER OF HIGBEE AND 26 YEAR OLD MATTHEW EUSTACHE WERE TRAVELING ON COUNTY ROAD 2495, THREE MILES WEST OF HIGBEE.
THAT'S WHEN THE TWO VEHICLES CRESTED A HILL, AND STRUCK HEAD ON.
BELZER AND A 12 YEAR OLD PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN MOBERLY BY PRIVATE VEHICLE.
EUSTACHE SUSTAINED MODERATE INJURIES, WHILE TWO PASSENGERS 25 YEAR OLD HILARY EUSTACHE AND A TWO YEAR OLD RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES, WITH ALL THREE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN MOBERLY.
THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AROUND 5:30PM TUESDAY THREE MILES WEST OF HIGBEE.
A ONE VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN PETTIS COUNTY TUESDAY AFTERNOON LEAVES ONE PERSON INJURED.
ACCORDING TO THE HIGHWAY PATROL THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE DRIVEN BY 38 YEAR OLD LORI HADLEY OF COLE CAMP WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 65 SOUTH OF MANILA ROAD.
THAT'S WHEN HADLEY BEGAN TO HYDROPLANE ON THE WET ROADWAY, AND WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD, STRIKING A SIGN BEFORE COMING TO REST.
HADLEY SUSTAINED MODERATE INJURIES AND WAS TAKEN TO BOTHWELL HOSPITAL FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT IN PETTIS COUNTY THAT OCCURRED AROUND NOON TUESDAY.
A NUMBER OF AREA STUDENTS WERE OFFICIALLY PRESENTED WITH SCHOLARSHIPS TODAY TO MISSOURI VALLEY COLLEGE IN MARSHALL.
THE FINANCIAL AID OFFICE AT MISSOURI VALLEY ANNOUNCED THE ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS FOR THE 2010-2011 ACADEMIC YEAR.
IN ALL 35 MISSOURI VALLEY STUDENTS RECEIVED ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS, WITH A NUMBER OF THEM COMING FROM THE AREA.
ZACHARY THOMAS OF SWEET SPRINGS, MO., JOHN W. ADAMS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP; DEVON WADE OF STONE MOUNTAIN, GA., THOMAS W. ALGEO SCHOLARSHIP; CHARLIQUE ROLLE OF FREEPORT, BAHAMAS, CHARLES AND HELEN BACON SCHOLARSHIP; MARISSA FOREMAN OF IONE, CALIF., LOUIS HALL-BAGBY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP;
NUWELTA JEAN-BAPTISTE OF FREEPORT, BAHAMAS, EZRA AND KATE BAKER SCHOLARSHIP; BRENDA HEILMAN OF SLATER, MO., LESLIE G. BOATRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP; ADAM BOURDETTE OF MARSHALL, MO., WILLIAM AND BETTY BRANDECKER SCHOLARSHIP; AMANDA SCAGGS OF FAIR GROVE, MO., DAVID L. DAUTENHAHN SCHOLARSHIP AND ALTON E. HARRIS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP;
MADISON O'SULLIVAN OF MARSHALL, MO., BESSIE FAUBION MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP; ASHLEY GASTINEAU OF STRAFFORD, MO., CORNELIA A. FLOWERS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP; JAMI SLOTE OF MARSHALL, MO., FLOYD F. GAULDIN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP; ESPERANZA REYES OF OXNARD, CALIF., FLOYD F. GAULDIN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP; SUSAN ANDERSON OF MARSHALL, MO., FLOYD F. GAULDIN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP;
RAYMOND BANKS OF KANSAS CITY, MO., FLOYD F. GAULDIN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP; AMBER DAVIS OF MIAMI, MO., HALL-BUCKNER SCHOLARSHIP; REGINA BODINE OF SPRINGFIELD, MO., FERN HICKERSON SCHOLARSHIP;
JENNIFER LAND OF MIAMI, MO., DALE AND LOUISE HUNEFELT SCHOLARSHIP; JENNIFER ASBERRY OF META, MO., LEWIS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AND VALLEY WOMEN SCHOLARSHIP; AUSTIN LARUE OF SEDALIA, MO., JOHN K. MARSHALL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP; JENNIFER PALMATORY OF CAIRO, MO., FLORENCE MCCUTCHEON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP; LORA HILL OF CARROLLTON, MO., E.D. PEARSON SCHOLARSHIP;
FLANNERY CRUMP OF MARSHALL, MO., WILLIAM MALCOLM SCHOLARSHIP; MICAH PETERSON OF LAMAR, MO., VANCE AND LENA SPECKLEMEYER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP; AMELIA FIZER OF SLATER, MO., DR. WILLIAM DONALD KLEINE SCHOLARSHIP; JESSICA MANJARREZ OF SALEM, MO., BAITY-POTEET SCHOLARSHIP;
BRITTANY HAMANN OF HOLLOWAY, MINN., HARRY HEINEMANN SCHOLARSHIP; KWABENA MENSAH OF KUMASI, GHANA, MILDRED ROE-PRESBYTERIAN FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP; DAKOTA DAY-HERRELL OF CAMDENTON, MO., LOUIS SEVERANCE- PRESBYTERIAN FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP;
ANTHONY HEAPER OF MARSHALL, MO., FLORENCE PATTERSON AND W.Y. LOCKRIDGE SCHOLARSHIP; HADLEY SIMS OF MARSHALL, MO., H. SCOTT GAULT SCHOLARSHIP; LANCE WEINHARDT OF ST. LOUIS, MO., LOUIS HANSEN SCHOLARSHIP; VALERIE SMITH OF DAVID CITY, NEB., HELEN ROSE MCBRIDE SCHOLARSHIP;
JASON CORDOVA OF MARSHFIELD, MO., BETTY L. CLEMENS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP; TISHA HARPER OF MARSHALL, MO., SALINE COUNTY NURSING SCHOLARSHIP; AND STACY BUSCHMAN OF LOHMAN, MO., WILMA REEVES SCHOLARSHIP.
THE ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS COME FROM GIFTS OF ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF MISSOURI VALLEY COLLEGE.
EARLIER THIS MONTH COUNTIES IN OUR AREA WERE APART OF A DISASTER DECLARATION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND RESIDENTS IN ONE AREA COUNTY WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO LEARN MORE ON THE AID WEDNESDAY.
OFFICIALS WILL BE AT THE CARROLL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURTROOM WEDNESDAY BEGINNING AT 9AM TO HELP WITH DISASTER AID REQUESTS.
THE FEMA REPRESENTATIVES WILL HELP THOSE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE IN THE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT FROM DAMAGE SUFFERED JUNE 12TH THROUGH JULY 31ST OF THIS YEAR.
FOR A PROJECT TO BE CONSIDERED, IT MUST HAVE A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF 1-THOUSAND DOLLARS PER PROJECT.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE DISASTER DECLARATION CONTACT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AT THE CARROLL COUNTY COURTHOUSE, HARRY BARNETT AT 660-542-3004.
HEALTH EXPERTS ARE BEGINNING TO LOOK TOWARDS THE UPCOMING FLU SEASON, AS FLU VACCINATIONS WILL SOON BE COMING TO THE AREA.
THE SALINE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT DOES NOT PLAN ON GETTING ANY OF THEIR VACCINATIONS UNTIL LATE SEPTEMBER OR EARLY OCTOBER.
COMMUNICABLE NURSE AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ELIZABETH FRERKING SAYS ALTHOUGH GETTING A FLU SHOT IS IMPORTANT, IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOT GET YOUR SHOT TOO EARLY.
FRERKING SAYS MOST HEALTH EXPERTS ARE NOT WORRYING TOO MUCH ABOUT THE H1N1 FLU THIS SEASON, AS PEOPLE HAVE BUILT UP AN IMMUNITY TO THE BUG, AND THE VACCINE THIS YEAR WILL CONTAIN VACCINATIONS FOR BOTH THE SEASON AND H1N1 FLU.
IN SALINE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT JAMES WESLEY GOODE OF MARSHALL ENTERED A PLEA OF GUILTY TO CHARGES OF ASSAULT.
A PRE-SENTENCE INVESTIGATION WAS ORDERED, AND HE IS TO BE SENTENCED OCTOBER 12TH.
ALSO IN COURT BRIAN L. WILLIAMS OF CONCORDIA HAS HIS PROBATION REVOKED ON A CONVICTION OF NON SUPPORT AND WAS SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
CHAUN NEBBITT ENTERED A PLEA OF GUILTY TO CHARGES OF POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE.
HE WAS ARRESTED BY MARSHALL POLICE IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, AND HE WAS PLACED ON FIVE YEARS PROBATION WITH A SUSPENDED IMPOSITION OF SENTENCE.
AND BRIAN HEFFEL OF RURAL MARSHALL PLEADED GUILTY TO CHARGES OF FAILURE TO REGISTER AS A CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER AND WAS FINED 35- DOLLARS AND COURT COSTS.
THE MARSHALL BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS HELD THEIR REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY MORNING DISCUSSING SOME RECENTLY COMPLETED AND SOON TO START SEWER PROJECTS IN THE CITY.
THE BOARD WAS UPDATED THE SEWER MAIN REPLACEMENT ON HAMNER STREET WAS COMPLETED, WITH THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PROJECT BEING A WATER MAIN RELOCATION ON LAFAYETTE STREET.
ALSO THE BOARD APPROVED A WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT ON COLLEGE STREET FROM ODELL TO LAFAYETTE, THAT ACCORDING TO UNDERGROUND FACILITIES DIRECTOR MONTY CHASE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR SOME TIME.
THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE PROJECT IS 33-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR MATERIAL AND LABOR.
THE BOARD ALSO WAS INTRODUCED TO THE UTILITY'S NEW SAFETY AND TRAINING SPECIALIST, JUSTIN BEGEMANN, WHO STARTED EARLIER THIS MONTH.
THE MARSHALL BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS RECEIVED A DRAFT OF THE 2011 BUDGET AND RELATED LISTING OF PROPOSED MAJOR PROJECTS FOR EACH DEPARTMENT.
AS THINGS STAND NOW, THE WATER PLANT IMPROVEMENT PORTION OF THE BUDGET HAS A NEGATIVE PROJECTED CASH FLOW OF OVER 1-MILLION DOLLARS, WITH THE WASTEWATER BUDGET HAVING A NEGATIVE CASH FLOW OF 765-THOUSAND DOLLARS.
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIRECTOR KEN GIERINGER SAYS ALTHOUGH IT IS VERY EARLY IN THE PROCESS NOW, RATE INCREASES MAY HAVE TO BE DISCUSSED.
GIERINGER SAYS THE ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT IS IN BETTER SHAPE, AS THEY ARE PROJECTED WITH BEING AHEAD 800-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THEIR CASH FLOW FOR NEXT YEAR.
NO FINAL DECISIONS WERE MADE AT THE MEETING TUESDAY, AS BOARD MEMBERS WERE PRESENTED WITH A DRAFT COPY FOR REVIEW.
ANOTHER SAFE AND SOUND BRIDGE PROJECT IS GOING TO AFFECT MOTORISTS WHO USE ROUTE 127 IN SALINE COUNTY.
MODOT PLANS TO CLOSE TO TRAFFIC THE MO 127 BRIDGE OVER ELMWOOD BRANCH IN SALINE COUNTY ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, AT 7:00 A.M.
THE BRIDGE IS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF ROUTE W, AND THE CLOSURE IS WEATHER DEPENDENT AND COULD BE DELAYED OR RESCHEDULED.
THE BRIDGE WILL BE CLOSED TO ALL TRAFFIC UNTIL WORK TO REPLACE THE BRIDGE IS COMPLETED, AND THE BRIDGE IS ANTICIPATED TO REOPEN OCTOBER 5, 2010.
THE NEW BRIDGE ON MO 127 WILL BE FOUR-FOOT WIDER AND WILL ACCOMMODATE TWO-WAY TRAFFIC.
THE MO 127 BRIDGE IS PART OF THE SAFE & SOUND BRIDGE PROGRAM TO REPLACE OR REHABILITATE 800 BRIDGES ACROSS THE STATE WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS; MOST OF THE BRIDGES WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC.
THE CONTRACT FOR THE MO 127 BRIDGE REHABILITATION WAS AWARDED TO KTU CONSTRUCTORS.
DURING THIS TIME, MOTORISTS MUST CHOOSE ALTERNATE ROUTES. A SUGGESTED DETOUR MAP CAN BE FOUND BY CLICKING HERE.
A JUNIOR ELEMENTARY EDUCATION MAJOR AT NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY IN MARYVILLE HAS BEEN CROWNED QUEEN OF THE MISSOURI STATE FAIR..
20 YEAR OLD MEGAN WESTHOFF IS FROM MEMPHIS MISSOURI .. SHE WAS SELECTED FROM AMONG 59 CANDIDATES FOR THE TITLE DURING THE QUEEN PAGEANT AT THE STATE FAIR YESTERDAY.
MISS BOONE COUNTY, AMY WILSDORF WAS NAMED FIRST RUNNER UP, WITH MISS FRANKLIN COUNTY, TRINA STRUMPE NAMED SECOND RUNNER UP..
VERY HOT AND HUMID WEATHER IS GOING TO HOVER OVER THE AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS, AND PEOPLE WITHOUT WAYS OF STAYING COOL WILL BE SEEKING OUT AIR CONDITIONING.
THE SALT FORK YMCA IS LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW THEY WILL BE OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY AT NO CHARGE AS LONG AS THERE IS A HEAT ADVISORY UNDER AFFECT.
ANYONE 16 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER MUST SHOW A PICTURE ID, ANYONE AGED 10 THROUGH 15 MUST BE SIGNED IN BY AN ADULT, AND ANYONE UNDER 10 YEARS OLD MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT.
ADDITIONALLY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES COOLING CENTERS ARE SET UP THROUGHOUT THE AREA, AND CAN BE FOUND BY CLICKING HERE.
TROY YOCUM IS AN IRAQ WAR VETERAN, AND IS HIKING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 7-THOUSAND MILES IN OVER A YEAR, TO RAISE AWARENESS AND MONEY FOR MILITARY FAMILIES HIT HARD BY THE RECESSION. FOR MORE ON YOCUM'S ENDEVAOUR, CLICK HERE.
HERE'S THE FULL INTERVIEW WITH YOCUM WHEN HE STOPPED IN MARSHALL ON JUNE 18TH, 2010.
Lou Michaels
