St. Joseph News-Press back issues from April 2004:
Graves diet can work
Apr 01, 2004 ... Northwest Missouri Congressman Sam Graves wants to put the federalgovernment on a special diet. The federal government already owns about 655 million acres,according to the Tarkio Republican. That amounts to about 20 percentof all American land. "That is outrageous," he told ...
Your letters April 1, 2004
Apr 01, 2004 ... Picking the right path I want to remind everyone that the St. Joseph School District isat a financial crossroads. Over the past two years, the district has cut $5 million from itsbudget, eliminated 97 jobs and frozen salaries and hiring. Another $4million to $7 million in ...
Blaze strikes store in mall
Apr 01, 2004 ... A two-alarm fire at the East Hills Shopping Center late Wednesdaycaused rolling smoke to fill part of the building. Few details were released Wednesday night, but the St. Joseph FireDepartment said there was a small fire in a storage room behind theGeneral Nutrition Center in the ...
Business Digest, April 1, 2004
Apr 01, 2004 ... Higher crop prices promote planting Missouri farmers reported they planted more winter wheat and hopeto plant more soybeans, corn, cotton and rice than last year,according to Missouri Agriculture Statistics Service. "Although fuel and other costs continue to trend ...
Vital statistics, April 1, 2004
Apr 01, 2004 ... Births The following births were reported at Heartland Health. Thegeneral public visiting hours are noon to 8 p.m. daily. David Guess and Brittany Dodge, St. Joseph, a son born Wednesday,March 31, 2004. Jack and Jannette Neel, Savannah, Mo., a daughter born ...
Western lags incoach salaries
Apr 01, 2004; ... Missouri Western men's basketball coach Tom Smith has a warningfor his school: What happened Tuesday with women's basketball coachDave Slifer could happen again if compensation isn't improved forWestern coaches. "I think we need to make up for not rewarding some of ...
Gilstrap, 6th District race candidate as Democrat, has Republican links
Apr 01, 2004 ... Another candidate with Republican Party roots enlisted in theDemocratic Party primary for Missouri's 6th Congressional Districtseat. At 5 p.m. Tuesday, as registration for the August primary closed,David Gilstrap filed to run as a Democrat for the U.S. House seat.Mr. Gilstrap ...
Central breezes past Benton in city tennis dual
Apr 01, 2004; ... There is a youth movement in the tennis programs for both Centraland Benton, but the Indians seemed to be growing a bit faster. Central pummeled their cross-town rivals 8-1 at Noyes TennisCourts on Wednesday. The Indians only loss came in the No. 1 doublesmatch when Brian Huff and ...
Western looksat hiring options
Apr 01, 2004; ... Missouri Western's women's basketball program remains in limbo, asthe school begins searching for a new head coach. Athletic director Mark Linder began sorting through humanresources policies Wednesday to determine his next course of action.Linder also met with the players at 4 ...
List, April 1, 2004
Apr 01, 2004 ... City Deaths Kurtis D. Gentry* Lee's Summit, Mo. Lucille F. Nelson* St. Cloud, Minn. Judy M. Throckmorton* Cameron, Mo. *Former St. Joseph resident Missouri Deaths Barbara L. Asher Lathrop, Mo. Lucille A ....
Handmade lampshades offer elegance for less
Apr 01, 2004; ... Eva Cobb has been making elegant, Victorian-style lampshades formore than 10 years. But what started out as a hobby, quickly became amodest enterprise. "You can't make a living at it," Mrs. Cobb says leading alampshade-making demonstration at Rolling Hills Consolidated Libraryin ...
Rex likes to talk rodeo
Apr 01, 2004; ... The brown-striped behemoth was named Tiger Rag. Just the sight of the 2,000-pound brindle bull bucking, snortingand pawing at the dirt gave the young, pencil-slender, blond-headedkid second thoughts. "I said, 'Nah, that's not for me,' so I went to the rodeosecretary and told ...
CHP records its 1st profit
Apr 01, 2004; ... Despite a drop in enrollment, St. Joseph's Community Health PlanHMO saw its first profit in 2003, posting a 237 percent increase innet revenue. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, CHP earned more than $1million, compared with a $753,344 loss in fiscal year 2002. CHP ...
Agencies' battle for funds begins
Apr 01, 2004; ... Let the lobbying, grousing and backbiting begin. A group of more than a dozen St. Joseph citizens met last week tomake recommendations for distribution of federal grants to localsocial-service agencies. Letters announcing the committee's recommendations have been sentto each ...
Graves wants to extend tax credit for teachers
Apr 01, 2004; ... Cheryl West, in her 29th year of teaching, spends as much as $800of her own money on students each year. She claims no uniqueness inthis. "All teachers do this, at least all of them that I know," shesaid. "It's just to make the learning experience more enjoyable -Sometimes, you ...
It's your call, April 1, 2004
Apr 01, 2004 ... On with the show I would like to thank whomever was responsible for bringing WillieNelson to St. Joe. This was a fantastic, sold-out show right here inour hometown. The parking was not a problem. The crowd was very nice,and it was an all-around great evening. Way to go, St ....
Correction, April 1, 2004
Apr 01, 2004 ... A story on Page A10 of Wednesday's edition, "2 beat filingdeadline for Missouri House seats," needs clarification. FiveDemocrats and one Republican are vying to replace state Rep. MauriceLawson in the Missouri House 29th District seat. n The circuit court records reported on Page ...
Jump Start, April 1, 2004
Apr 01, 2004 ... Trust fund to benefit young crash survivor A trust fund has been established for 8-month-old Zdenko Bullert,the only survivor of Saturday's accident that killed his parents andthree others on Interstate 29 in Andrew County. Any donations should be sent to: The Zdenko ...
Tourism tax issue goes to voters in Weston
Apr 02, 2004; ... WESTON, Mo. - There are visitors to this historic Platte Countytown all the time. If voters give the OK, some of the money thosetourists leave behind could help bring even more business to thecity. Voters in Weston will decide Tuesday if the city should enact athree-eighths-cent ...
Students seek items to help troops
Apr 02, 2004 ... The Public Achievement Kids of Neely and St. Patrick elementaryschools are at it again this Saturday. The young people have chosen another project - Support Our TroopsDay - to help America's soldiers and veterans. To succeed in their project, they need the help of people from ...
Jump Start, April 2, 2004
Apr 02, 2004 ... Apple Blossom royalty will be chosen tonight The 2004 Apple Blossom Queen and Princess Pageants will begin at 7tonight at the Missouri Theater, 717 Edmond St. Women from ages 16 to 20 will compete in the queen pageant in fourcategories - sportswear, modeling ...
What's up for the week of April 2
Apr 02, 2004 ... A is for Alice Cobblestone Theatre Company, 103 W. Francis St., has opened a newmusical comedy, "A- My Name Is Alice." Kansas City actresses Debra Glagola, Taylor Gass, Sage Kimbroughand Cody Angelene and St. Joseph actress Anita Meehan make up the all-female cast of the ...
Monks provide cultural insights
Apr 02, 2004; ... MARYVILLE, Mo. - Shorn Asian men in bulky saffron robesintermingled with young co-eds this week on the campus of NorthwestMissouri State University. The 11 robed men were Tibetan monks from the Drepung GomangMonastery in south India. They are six months into a yearlong tour ...
Lager relents on merger
Apr 02, 2004; ... JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The House sponsor of a bill to bringNorthwest Missouri State University into the University of Missourisystem has admitted to lingering reservations over terms thatsurround the proposed merger. Nevertheless, state Rep. Brad Lager, R-Maryville, filed a draft ...
Crowd rallies for levy at Central
Apr 02, 2004; ... The bleachers may not have been packed Thursday night, but anenthusiastic crowd still gathered inside the Central High Schoolgymnasium to voice its support for the St. Joseph School District's63-cent levy increase on Tuesday's ballot. Excitement abounded as a mix of students, ...
St. Joejoblessrate risesto 5.8%
Apr 02, 2004; ... Unemployment in the St. Joseph area hit 5.8 percent in February,the highest level in about a year. The jobless rate in the St. Joseph metropolitan area, whichincludes Andrew and Buchanan counties, increased from 5.4 percent inJanuary. Unemployment, which was 6.6 percent in ...
An 'Evening in the West' returns for ninth year
Apr 02, 2004; ... Tales of the West are spun into our minds with images of proud,dusty cowboys, hard at work from sun up until sun down. Their hands, rough leather, their eyes, squinting in the sun. It's poetry. No, really, it's cowboy poetry. "It's very important because the ...
National Federation of Professional Bullriders Finals returns to the Civic Arena this weekend
Apr 02, 2004; ... Every year, the National Federation of Professional Bullridersholds about 140 sanctioned events in 26 states and in Canada. And outof all those places, they chose St. Joseph as the location to holdtheir annual finals. So- why, exactly? "It was an accident," says Clint Jackson, ...
Co-ops could ease finances
Apr 02, 2004; ... Co-operating activities programs could alleviate some costs forSt. Joseph's public schools, according to district superintendent DanColgan. Currently, Missouri school districts are not allowed to "co-op"high school activities with other schools within or outside theirdistrict. In ...
Tough task in Big Easy for Western A.D.
Apr 02, 2004; ... Missouri Western will conduct a national search before naming itsnext women's basketball coach. That search belongs to Western athletic director Mark Linder,who'll depart today for New Orleans and the NCAA Division I women'sFinal Four. He'll spend today, Saturday and Sunday ...
Open boundaries could bulge if SJSD levy fails
Apr 02, 2004; ... Barring a closing at one of the city's three high schools, the St.Joseph School District's open-enrollment policy is here to stay. The problem is, if Tuesday's 63-cent levy increase doesn't pass,then the district's board of education could vote to close Lafayette,Benton or Central, ...
Artist of the week: Highway 59
Apr 02, 2004 ... During its long history, just about everything in country musichas changed but the name. So even though newly formed St. Joseph band Highway 59 classifiesitself as a country group, that means the group is capable oftackling quite a few styles, from the simple love songs of ...
Uzbekistani performer comes to the Missouri Theater
Apr 02, 2004; ... Stanislav Ioudenitch doesn't live far from St. Joseph now, but hestarted his life in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and has taken his talent atthe piano all over the world. The winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in2001 will bring his intense music to the Missouri ...
Allegiance debate started here
Apr 02, 2004; ... Never, in his wildest dreams, did Congressman William Cole, St.Joseph Republican, imagine the bill he introduced in 1952 and whichwas signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, would bechallenged before the U.S. Supreme Court this year. The bill called for inserting the ...
Letters defined Clark as person
Apr 01, 2004; ... ATCHISON, Kan. - In 1988, a batch of 54 letters written by famedexplorer William Clark to his older brother turned up in aLouisville, Ky., attic. Among the first people to study those letters was Louisvillehistorian James Holmberg. The letters shed new light on America'smost ...
Winn honored for aid to children
Apr 01, 2004; ... When it comes to helping children, Dave Winn is more than happy tolend his support. So when a member of the 139th Airlift Wing at Rosecrans MemorialAirport approached him about donating some money to the children ofthe troops from St. Joseph who were deployed overseas last year, ...
Albany voters get 2nd chance at tax to build new community center
Apr 01, 2004; ... ALBANY, Mo. - Albany residents on Tuesday will get a second chanceto pass a half-cent sales tax to fund a new community recreationcenter. The same tax failed by seven votes in August 2002. While the taxhasn't changed, the proposed project has been cut down to about halfits ...
Accreditationprods St. Paulto look at self
Apr 01, 2004; ... Ask a person to submit a 92-page report detailing their past,present and future - voluntarily - and the request likely will fallon deaf ears. The administrators, teachers and parents at St. Paul LutheranSchool tackled the task with enthusiasm. For more than a year, committee ...
Flour-milling worker undergoessurgery following 40-foot fall
Apr 01, 2004; ... ATCHISON, Kan. - An MGP Ingredients employee remained hospitalizedafter falling about 40 feet at work last week. Steve Pickman, vice president of corporate communications at MGPI,said Steve Eagle suffered several broken bones after falling from aconveyor-operated elevator known as ...
Gower man, 21,hurt in truck crash
Apr 01, 2004 ... GOWER, Mo. - A 21-year-old man was injured after he was ejectedfrom his pickup during a one-vehicle crash early Wednesday morning. Grant Schuster of Gower was listed in good condition lateWednesday at Heartland Regional Medical Center. According to a Missouri State Highway ...
Area voters facing a number of important decisions on April 6
Apr 01, 2004 ... Voters throughout Northwest Missouri will tackle a number of localquestions on April 6. Here's a sampling of some of the important issues: n The Tri-County Ambulance District, serving parts of Clinton,Buchanan, Platte and DeKalb counties, will seek its first taxincrease in 20 ...
Zoning plan sent back to planners
Apr 01, 2004; ... The St. Joseph City Council has sent a recommendation to rescindzoning for a new business park back to the Planning Commission. Clint Thompson, planning and community development director, saidif the council had followed the original plan rescinding the zoning,the applicant would ...
Judge Robb named in sexual impropriety complaint
Apr 01, 2004; ... Sexual improprieties are at the core of recently surfacedaccusations against Judge Patrick K. Robb, a 16-year-veteran judge atthe Buchanan County Courthouse. A complaint against Mr. Robb, who presides over the Fifth JudicialCircuit of Andrew and Buchanan counties, has been filed ...
Fire leaves family of 5 homeless;wiring in child's room blamed
Apr 01, 2004 ... A family of five was left without a home Friday following an early-morning fire. The one-and-a-half-story home at 2617 Buehler Ave., sustainedheavy smoke and fire damage, nearly destroying the structure. "It's not a complete loss, but it's close," said St. Joseph ...
In the courts, April 1, 2004
Apr 01, 2004 ... Last man pleads guilty in meth lab raid case GALLATIN, Mo. - The last of three men facing charges following amethamphetamine lab raid last summer pleaded guilty. Scott Virtue, 26, of Ridgeway, Mo., pleaded guilty in DaviessCounty Circuit Court to manufacturing meth, a ...
Prep Notebook: Activities director named football coach to replace Fagg
Apr 01, 2004; ... Polo found a familiar face to accept the school's head footballcoaching position. Chris Johnson, who is currently Polo's activities director andhead wrestling coach, was named to replace Jerry Fagg, whose contractwas terminated in January following a sexual harassment ...
Central's Peterson, Varma announced as top scholar-athletes at sports banquet
Apr 01, 2004; ... Central's Blake Peterson took home the St. Joseph Sports Inc.,Boys Scholar-Athlete Award on Wednesday night. But the senior wrestling standout didn't have much time tocelebrate. "I'm leaving at 5:30 (this morning) to go to the Senior HighSchool Nationals (wrestling meet) in ...
Obituaries, April 1, 2004
Apr 01, 2004 ... Barbara L. Asher 1946-2004 LATHROP, Mo. - Barbara L. (Harrison) Asher, 57, Lathrop, diedMarch 27, 2004. Surviving: husband, David; son, Jeff Miller; daughter, Debi Love;stepson, Clinton Asher; stepdaughter, Rachel Asher; brothers, BobHarrison, Bill Unruh, Rick ...
Services, April 1, 2004
Apr 01, 2004 ... Richard Dean Abrams, 67, Skidmore, Mo., 10 a.m. today, PriceFuneral Home, Maryville, Mo. Burial: Hillcrest Cemetery, Skidmore.Arrangements: Price Funeral Home, Maryville. Mollie R. Branson, 85, Richardson, Texas, formerly of Fillmore,Mo., 3 p.m. today, Restland Funeral Home, ...
Head for the hills to hunt for spring turkey
Apr 01, 2004; ... The April 19 Missouri spring turkey opener is coming soon. It'sthe time of the year every turkey hunter you know speaks with a bitof difficulty because of the diaphragm call sitting on his/hertongue. Discussions among turkey hunting veterans and novices cover thegambit of topics ...
Peacock wins Pony Express opener
Apr 01, 2004; ... Dave Peacock of St. Joseph won the first Pony Express Bass Clubtournament of the season with a catch of nine bass weighing 29.74pounds. The Lake of the Ozarks opener produced a total of 74 bass weighing226.05 pounds for an aveage of 3.05 pounds over Saturday and ...
St. Joseph police briefs, April 1, 2004
Apr 01, 2004 ... Arrests Steven E. Crets, 26, 730 S. 10th St., at 1:28 p.m. Monday on aparole violation. Regina S. Riley, 46, 3418 Monterey St., at 3:55 p.m. Monday on astate warrant charging failure to appear in court. Teresa K. Ford, 48, 804 Mansfield Road, at 6:30 p.m. Monday on ...
Circuit court, April 1, 2004
Apr 01, 2004 ... Court costs are not included in the figures below. The usual courtcost is $89.50. Added into this are other costs, such as the cost ofarrest for a charge of driving while intoxicated. The additional feescan bring the court costs up to $200 or more. Division 4 Judge Daniel ...
Prep Sports: tennis, soccer, track and field, and baseball
Apr 01, 2004 ... TENNIS Central 8, Benton 1 At Noyes Tennis Courts Indvidual Results 1. Williams (C) def. Pendleton 8-2 2. Clark (C) def. Talbot 8-1 3. Loving (C) def. Peters 8-0 4. Sheth (C) def. Goss 8-0 5. Debyah (C) def. Wicker 8-0 6 ....
Your Letters, April 2, 2004
Apr 02, 2004 ... Voting on the facts As a candidate for the six-year term for the St. Joseph PublicSchool Board I've been amazed at the lack of clear ideas about thisrace and the levy issue. Specific ideas are replaced with phraseslike "I want to do what's right for the children." Well 99 percent ...
Vital Statistics, April 2, 2004
Apr 02, 2004 ... Births The following births were reported at Heartland Health. Thegeneral public visiting hours are noon to 8 p.m. daily. Alan and Jill Barr, Savannah, Mo., a daughter born Wednesday,March 31, 2004. Chris McCoy and Dana Miller, St. Joseph, a daughter born ...
It's your call, April 2, 2004
Apr 02, 2004 ... Editor's note: In keeping with tradition, today is the last daythe News-Press will publish "It's your call" comments concerningcandidates and issues in Tuesday's elections. We invite your commentson other topics. Christians one, lions zero Congratulations to the St. Joseph ...
Pay-parity resolution finds Graves, Ryun splitting their votes in House
Apr 02, 2004; ... Republicans in the U.S. House split in their views Wednesday onthe so-called pay-parity resolution, a measure that keepscompensation increases for civilian federal employees in line withraises for members of the military. Northwest Missouri Congressman Sam Graves separated from the ...
Worth Co. seeks fire district
Apr 02, 2004; ... SHERIDAN, Mo. - Worth County has for years defied convention bynot creating an organized fire district. A look at the ballot forApril 6 proves they are trying to change that fact. The Sheridan and Grant City volunteer fire departments areresponsible for extinguishing a large ...
Shopping center blaze apparently deliberate
Apr 02, 2004; ... A fire at East Hills Shopping Center Wednesday night apparentlywas set deliberately. The small fire, discovered at about 10 p.m., was in a storage roomowned by the mall. The storage room, between the GNC store andWaldenbooks, was not used much and damage was estimated at ...
Obituaries, April 2, 2004
Apr 02, 2004 ... Lucille M. Droze 1918-2004 HIAWATHA, Kan. - Lucille Mae (Eder) Droze, 85, Hiawatha, formerlySt. Joseph, died April 1, 2004. Mrs. Droze was a florist and worked for Quaker Oats. Born near St. Joseph, she attended schools there. She was preceded in death by ...
List, April 2, 2004
Apr 02, 2004 ... City Deaths Lucille M. Droze Hiawatha, Kan.* Kurtis D. Gentry Lee's Summit, Mo.* Alice M. Scott *Former St. Joseph resident Missouri Deaths Charles Boatwright Ridgeway, Mo. Lawrence Fox Cainsville, Mo ....
Late Notices, April 2, 2004
Apr 02, 2004 ... Charles Boatwright RIDGEWAY, Mo. - Charles Boatwright, 82, Ridgeway, died Tuesday,March 30, 2004, at a Bethany, Mo., health-care center. Graveside service: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Masonic Cemetery,Eagleville, Mo., with military rites. Visitation: after 9 a.m.Tuesday, at Roberson ...
Services, April 2, 2004
Apr 02, 2004 ... Lucille A. Baker, 82, Kansas City, Mo., formerly of Chillicothe,Mo., graveside service: 10 a.m. today, Utica, Mo., Cemetery.Visitation: 8 to 9 a.m. today, at Lindley Funeral Home, Chillicothe. Thelma D. Cross, 92, St. Joseph, formerly of Osborn, Mo., 10 a.m.today, Poland-Thompson ...
In brief, April 2, 2004
Apr 02, 2004 ... Humane Society, club booth to be at East Hills The Humane Society of St. Joseph and the St. Joseph Kennel Clubwill have their humane education booth at East Hills Shopping Centerfrom 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Forms for the upcoming pet walk, "WALK-N-WAG," will be ...