St. Joseph News-Press back issues from November 2005:
Corrections, Nov. 1, 2005
Nov 01, 2005 ... A story that appeared on Page B3 of Monday's Metro section about aRyan's employee who was robbed contained an error, because ofincorrect information submitted to the newspaper. The employee, JohnArcher, said he wasn't outside smoking when approached by thesuspects. He said he was ...
It's your call, Nov. 1, 2005
Nov 01, 2005 ... Parking between the lines Hey, St. Joseph. Downtown, where you've got all those no-parkingsigns, it's terribly confusing. Some of them have a two-hour limitand some of them have a 30-minute limit. You've also got the spacesmarked off where you park your cars at. Unfortunately, you ...
Services, Nov. 1, 2005
Nov 01, 2005 ... Clayton Beaver, 104, Maryville, Mo., graveside memorial service:10:30 a.m. today, Elmo, Mo., Cemetery. The body was cremated.Arrangements: Price Funeral Home, Maryville. Nancy Corrine Dietzschold, 72, Cameron, Mo., 2 p.m. today, UnitedMethodist Church, Cameron. Burial: Cameron ...
Jump Start, Nov. 1, 2005
Nov 01, 2005 ... Planned Growth Committee to meet The Planned Growth Committee will hold a work session today beforeit makes a final recommendation to the St. Joseph City Council. The committee will meet from 3 to 7 p.m. at the St. Joseph AreaChamber of Commerce. The committee was ...
Clinic struggling to meet demands
Nov 01, 2005 ... An increase of Spanish-speaking patients and people with seriousmental health problems put new demands on St. Joseph's free healthclinic in 2005, while cuts to Medicaid and local agencies brought asteadily increasing stream of patients. "We are just swamped," Executive Director ...
'Tis not the season - but this couple's yule decorating is done
Nov 01, 2005 ... Cars whir by on St. Joseph Avenue, and many of the drivers pass asmall white house where an aging couple has made their home for 43years. This year, however, they might take a second look. Blooming fake red and white poinsettias fill pots and plots aroundthe house. Gold ...
State misses a bet in discounting creative solution to perilous I-70
Nov 01, 2005 ... Nostalgia turns vital in your very presence. The relic proves tobe not that at all. Here is a Brit of wartime birth, too old technically to qualifyfor the Baby Boom generation. Yet he defined the generation, suppliedits soundtrack. And he still entertains this crowd into the ...
Vital Statistics, Nov. 1, 2005
Nov 01, 2005 ... Births These births were reported at Heartland Health. The general publicvisiting hours are noon to 8 p.m. daily. Chavon Lillie and Charles Lawton, St. Joseph, a daughter bornThursday, Oct. 27, 2005. Joshua and Ann Matthys, St. Joseph, a son born Thursday, Oct ....
In the courts, Nov. 1, 2005
Nov 01, 2005 ... Hit-and-run suspect appears in court again A St. Joseph man charged with involuntary manslaughter and leavingthe scene of accident in the hit-and-run death of 13-year-old EdwardMeeks appeared in court again Monday for a hearing on a probationviolation. Benjamin Horn, 28, had ...
In brief, Nov. 1, 2005
Nov 01, 2005 ... Students will learn ways to succeed MARYVILLE, Mo. - Northwest Missouri State University's series ofcentennial alumni presentations continues at 8 p.m. Wednesday in theJ.W. Jones Student Union Ballroom. The featured speaker will be Matthew Borgard, a Northwest ...
Unemployment rate rises slightly
Nov 01, 2005 ... St. Joseph's unemployment bumped up a tenth of a point to 4.7percent in September, compared to 4.6 percent in August. The city also added 300 jobs during the month, according to theMissouri Department of Economic Development. "As long as we stay below 5 percent, that's a sign ...
This threat could work
Nov 01, 2005 ... Missouri Republican Jim Talent joined a growing number of farm-state senators ready to put Japan's feet to the fire for thatcountry's two-year ban on U.S. beef exports. Mr. Talent joined 20 other Republican and Democratic senators insending a letter this month to U.S. trade ...
Waste oil used to heat service facilities
Nov 01, 2005 ... Heating costs are expected to rise up to 50 percent for naturalgas customers this winter, but Frank Leone isn't sweating it. Mr. Leone is using waste oil to heat all of the service facilitiesthis winter at Car City Motor Co. Mr. Leone's dealership added asecond waste-oil furnace ...
Halloween class parties not as common
Nov 01, 2005 ... Football players, fairies and "Star Wars" characters circledColeman Elementary School's playground Monday afternoon. Cheerleaders shook pompoms, beauty queens practiced the "MissAmerica wave" and pirates sneered - when they weren't laughing. Coleman's annual Halloween ...
List, Nov. 1, 2005
Nov 01, 2005 ... City Deaths Jesse Barger Bennie M. Kallauner Helen L. Lefevere Missouri Deaths Richard E. Flanery Edgerton, Mo. Patricia A. Gowan Lake of the Ozarks, Mo. Karen R. Inman Savannah, Mo ....
Late notices, Nov. 1, 2005
Nov 01, 2005 ... Marie M. Marti SABETHA, Kan. - Marie M. Marti, 83, Sabetha, died Sunday, Oct. 30,2005. Service: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Popkess Mortuary, Sabetha.Visitation: a half hour prior to the service, at the funeral. Anita R. McGhee KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Anita ...
Guidelines keep heat on during cold times
Nov 01, 2005 ... Missouri's cold-weather rule, which is designed to help customerskeep their homes heated during the winter months, takes effect today. The rule prohibits regulated utility companies from disconnectingservice if the temperature is predicted to drop below 32 degrees in a24-hour ...
Business digest, Nov. 1, 2005
Nov 01, 2005 ... Workshop teaches online banking basics Does the idea of using on-line banking scare you? Do you travelaway from St. Joseph frequently throughout the year and for longperiods of time? Rebecca J. Travnichek, family financial education specialist, andMeridith Berry, ...
It's your call, Nov. 1, 2005
Nov 02, 2005 ... Parking between the lines Hey, St. Joseph. Downtown, where you've got all those no-parkingsigns, it's terribly confusing. Some of them have a two-hour limitand some of them have a 30-minute limit. You've also got the spacesmarked off where you park your cars at. Unfortunately, you ...
Hirter's camp goes after a big win
Nov 02, 2005 ... Kenny Reeder patiently stood his post across the street fromColeman Hawkins Park Friday morning, armed with a friendly smile anda clipboard. A couple hundred loyal Joetowners gathered to wave andmug for the Fox News 4 morning crew from Kansas City. Kenny camedowntown to gather signatures ...
Your letters, Nov. 2, 2005
Nov 02, 2005 ... Our days are numbered Let's face it! So many of our problems in America are caused bypeople who take advantage of us, misuse us or are just plain hard toget along with. If you are a Christian, you can be sure you will bepersecuted for holding our basic beliefs and we will be ...
In the courts, Nov. 2, 2005
Nov 02, 2005 ... Princeton felon indicted on firearms charges KANSAS CITY - A Princeton, Mo., man was indicted by a federalgrand jury Tuesday for illegally possessing a firearm. Terry Keith Wendt, 45, was charged with being a felon inpossession of a firearm in an indictment returned by ...
By doing the right thing, life can still be sweet if you have the 'sugar'
Nov 02, 2005 ... No one said diabetes. Folks just called it "sugar." Back when Iwas a kid, if someone had trouble controlling his diabetes, they'dsay "his sugar is bad" or his "sugar is acting up." I didn't know anything about diabetes. But I knew that if you hadthe "sugar" real bad, it wasn't ...
Halloween quiet, police say
Nov 02, 2005 ... Aside from at least 12 bullet holes found in two St. Joseph houseson Halloween night, police say the evening was relatively quiet. The evening yielded about 11 vandalism calls, which isn't atypical load for Oct. 31, according to the St. Joseph PoliceDepartment. "That's heavy ...
Closed meeting held over lawsuit
Nov 02, 2005 ... The St. Joseph Museums Board of Trustees held a special meetingTuesday to respond to the latest developments in the lawsuitchallenging the voting rights of museum members. After a few brief introductions of a new artifact and newemployee, the board met in closed session for nearly ...
Obituaries, Nov. 2, 2005
Nov 02, 2005 ... Joshua P. Biggerstaff 1986-2005 SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas - Joshua Paul Biggerstaff, 18, SulphurSprings, formerly St. Joseph, died Oct. 30, 2005. Joshua was a freshman at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. Survivors: parents, Jim and Julie ...
List, Nov. 2, 2005
Nov 02, 2005 ... City Deaths Joshua P. Biggerstaff* Sulphur Springs, Texas Randall W. Goff Elaine M. Grant* Denver, Colo. Hazel Nickols Harvey E. Smith Jr. Ernest A. Webster,* Page B4 Pasadena, Calif. Helen Wood, Page ...
Services, Nov. 2, 2005
Nov 02, 2005 ... Harold D. Chamberlin, 82, Atchison, Kan., 10 a.m. today, St.Mark's Lutheran Church, Atchison. Burial: Sunset Memory Gardens,Atchison. Arrangements: Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, Atchison. Jim R. Crist, 66, Stover, Mo., formerly of St. Joseph, 1 p.m.today, Hixson-Klein Funeral ...
Late notices, Nov. 2, 2005
Nov 02, 2005 ... Pansy Fleener MOUND CITY, Mo. - Pansy Fleener, 99, Mound City, died Tuesday,Nov. 1, 2005, at the Fairfax, Mo., hospital. Arrangements are pending at Chamberlain Funeral Home, Mound City. Everett C. Gnegy LIBERTY, Mo. - Everett Cline Gnegy, 66, Liberty, died ...
Northwest sorts out its jarring loss
Nov 02, 2005 ... MARYVILLE, Mo. - Andre Rector probably spoke for all members ofNorthwest Missouri State's football team when he talked about the bustrip home from Arrowhead Stadium last Saturday. "That ride back felt like 10 hours," Rector said Tuesday about the2-hour journey Northwest made after ...
Aloha Missouri
Nov 02, 2005; ... On Madona McGhee's birthday she was treated to lunch at a Hawaiianrestaurant, where she savored fresh Opah fish from Maui, a tropicalfruit crisp, and a special four-island blend of Hawaiian coffee. You would never guess from the fragrant Plumeria flowers (used tomake Hawaiian ...
It's your call, Nov. 2, 2005
Nov 02, 2005 ... Deflecting accountability To "No blame for Bush": You stated that Democrats in Congressvoted to go to war and you are right. Congress made the mistake ofbelieving Mr. Bush about weapons of mass destruction. After 9/11, theRepublican administration was quick to label anyone who even ...
Vital statistics, Nov. 2, 2005
Nov 02, 2005 ... Births This birth was reported at Heartland Health. The general publicvisiting hours are noon to 8 p.m. daily. Jesse and Andrea Walsh, St. Joseph, a son born Saturday, Oct. 29,2005. Crystal Guthrie, St. Joseph, a daughter born Saturday, Oct. 29,2005. Dennis ...
Sheriff totals patrol car after running into deer
Nov 02, 2005 ... PATTONSBURG, Mo. - Halloween was an unforgettable occasion for theDaviess County sheriff, whose county vehicle was demolished Tuesday. Sheriff Kevin Heldenbrand spent the night hours working the crimescenes for three barn burnings when a report of a deer lying onInterstate 35 ...
Police will review Midtown zero-tolerance zone
Nov 02, 2005 ... St. Joseph Police Department officers will meet this week toreview its Midtown zero-tolerance zone, which still is in effect. Part of the Weed and Seed grant program, Chief Mike Hirterinstituted the zero-tolerance zone in September. In light of Monday's convenience store ...
Jump start, Nov. 2, 2005
Nov 02, 2005 ... Library 'Friends' fall book sale this week The Friends of the Rolling Hills Consolidated Library will havetheir fall book sale Thursday through Saturday in a storefront at1906 N. Belt Highway, above the Belt Library. The sale will feature used hardcover books for $2, ...
Dearborn park project falls behind
Nov 02, 2005 ... DEARBORN, Mo. - The city of Dearborn needs to better monitor andmanage its $540,000 park project, according to a report by theMissouri State Auditor's Office. The audit, released at a public meeting Tuesday evening, foundthat no major components of the project have been finished, ...
DOMINATING AT THE DEN
Nov 02, 2005; ... Central simply could not penetrate the "Trojan Wall" on Monday. Park Hill blanked the Indians 3-0 in the Class 3 District 16quarterfinals at The Den. Park Hill advances to meet top seed ParkHill South at 7 p.m. today. Against Central, the Trojans struck quickly, taking a 1-0 ...
Partridge fired up about rankings
Nov 02, 2005 ... Missouri Western has a chance to prove something on Saturday. With a win at home in the regular season finale against Washburn,Western can prove the ranking committee - and the system - wrong. Butif they prove them right, the Griffons will likely slip quietly intobasketball season ...
Violent crimes engulf Midtown area
Nov 01, 2005 ... Violent crime - including the robbery and torching of aconvenience store and a fatal stabbing minutes later - engulfedMidtown St. Joseph Monday afternoon, leaving authorities scramblingto determine a connection, if any, between the incidents. The unusual events began when a man ...
Matzke might be ready on Saturday against Washburn
Nov 02, 2005 ... Missouri Western would love nothing more than to get a victorySaturday against MIAA frontrunner Washburn. Coach Jerry Partridge would love to see his injured middlelinebacker play almost as badly. Tony Matzke practiced some last week, and even took pregameSaturday before the ...
Fat tax debated
Nov 02, 2005 ... Wal-Mart officials recently caught criticism after the leak of aninternal memo outlined steps to lower health-care costs that includedhiring more healthy workers. Wal-Mart is an easy target, with a gaggle of activists perched tojump on the mega-corporation's every slip. In this ...
Healthcare notes for the week of Nov. 1
Nov 01, 2005 ... Clinic has new hours and new physicians Heartland Urgent Care is welcoming physicians Oge G. Chukwu andAdam Wineinge. The clinic is a resource for minor illnesses andinjuries when a primary physician is not available. To better meet patient needs, the care center will be open ...
Municipal court, Nov. 2, 2005
Nov 02, 2005 ... The figures below include a $24.50 court cost in most instances.Those who are ticketed for seat belt violations are not charged courtcosts. By Judge John Boeh ACCIDENTS INVOLVING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE OR PROPERTY Tamyra L. Colbert, $176.50. Sheryl D ....
Senators laud Bush's new nominee to high court
Nov 01, 2005; ... WASHINGTON - Republican members of Congress from Missouri andKansas said Monday they were pleased with President Bush's new pickfor the Supreme Court, Samuel Alito. But abortion rights advocates strongly opposed the choice becauseof the federal appeals court judge's rulings to ...
City's bid for Aquila amounts to $525K
Nov 02, 2005 ... The bills are in, and the city of St. Joseph spent more than halfa million dollars in its attempt to buy Aquila's St. Joseph Light andPower Division. Nine consulting firms will receive a total of $525,480 for thepursuit, which went on for about five months. The amount is ...
Obituaries, Nov. 1, 2005
Nov 01, 2005 ... Jesse Barger 1929-2005 Jesse Barger, 76, St. Joseph, Mo., died Monday, Oct. 31, 2005, athis home. Mr. Barger was born March 25, 1929, in St. Joseph and had remaineda lifelong resident. On Aug. 8, 1946, he married Alice Joan Burnett. She survives ofthe ...
Circuit court, Nov. 1, 2005
Nov 01, 2005 ... Court costs are not included in the figures below. The usual courtcost is $104.50 for misdemeanors and $281.50 for felonies. Added intothis are other costs, such as the cost of arrest for a charge ofdriving while intoxicated. The additional fees can bring the courtcosts up to $400 or ...
St. Joseph police briefs, Nov. 1, 2005
Nov 01, 2005 ... Arrests Robert W. Pollard, 42, 3602 Pickett Road, at 3:53 a.m. Friday oncharges of stealing and tampering with a motor vehicle. James T. Marsh, 33, 921 N. Sixth St., at 5:45 p.m. Friday by theBuchanan County Sheriff's Department on a probation violation. Curtis L ....
Man caught after fleeing from custody
Nov 01, 2005 ... GALLATIN, Mo. - An accused felon who escaped police custody inGallatin was recaptured after about two hours Monday. The man, wanted for felony burglary, was caught in Kidder, Mo. Harry S. Olsen, 18, was recaptured after he fled the DaviessCounty Courthouse Monday at 2:45 p.m., ...
Your letters, Nov. 1, 2005
Nov 01, 2005 ... Zoning debate This is written in reply to the news story written that appearedin your Oct. 7 newspaper covering the Grand River zoning boardmeeting and the Fuller request for a permit to place 17 manufacturedhomes on 18 acres (not a trailer park request) for retired couples.This ...
In this edition of Young at Heart
Nov 01, 2005 ... In this edition of Young at Heart we are catching up with abacklog of stories ...
The science behind the medicine
Nov 01, 2005; ... When it comes to beating disease, the standard course of action istreatment, in the form of drugs, and vaccines to cut the bug off atits source. But with the avian flu, the typical may not be enough. VACCINES Vaccines work by injecting a tiny amount of a virus in to ...
Flyways could become fluways
Nov 01, 2005; ... In March of 1918, an army cook in Fort Riley, Kan., complained tohis superiors about a bad cold. Within days, more than 100 sick menreported to the infirmary, and by the end of the year, more than500,000 Americans would be dead from influenza. This epidemic, which spread like ...
Missouri football district scenarios
Nov 03, 2005 ... Class 5 District 8 Park Hill South 3-0 +35 Park Hill3-0 +39 Central2-2 -6 North Kansas City0-3 -29 Winnetonka0-3 -39 SCENARIOS-Park Hill South clinches with win against Park Hill.Park Hill clinches with win against Park Hill ...
Obituary list, Nov. 3, 2005
Nov 03, 2005 ... City Deaths Grace E. Gifford Randall W. Goff Irene C. Hutchison* Savannah, Mo. *Former St. Joseph resident Missouri Deaths Gary Cooper Stanberry, Mo. Pauline Dannar New Hampton, Mo. Frances Farmer ...
Draft permit open to public comment
Nov 03, 2005 ... The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is placing the draftair pollution permit for Kansas City Power and Light's proposed IatanII plant on public notice today. The department is soliciting public comment on the permit until 5p.m. Dec. 5, and has scheduled a public hearing ...
Cleanup starts at Wood's store
Nov 03, 2005 ... The cleanup process is under way at Wood's Mini-Mart, 1334Frederick Ave., after a robber set fire to the store Monday. Don Saunders, director of operations for Wood Oil, said theearliest the store will reopen is Jan. 1, although he said that's anoptimistic goal. Insurance agents ...
Correction Nov. 3
Nov 03, 2005 ... n Due to an editor's error, the wrong story on natural-gas rateswas published in the News-Press on Wednesday. The correct version ison Page D3 of today's News-Press. The ...
City officials expect Triumph to be operating in 2 months
Nov 02, 2005 ... Triumph Foods may begin pork processing operations within twomonths, St. Joseph city officials believe. Construction work has resumed at the unfinished plant on StockyardExpressway in St. Joseph following a deadly explosion on Oct. 12. The portion of the building facade damaged ...
PSC says natural-gas bills will rise
Nov 02, 2005 ... Home heating bills could jump 50 percent this winter because ofrising natural-gas costs, the Missouri Public Service Commissionsaid. Commission Chairman Jeff Davis said the wholesale price of naturalgas is nearing $15 per 1,000 cubic feet, a fivefold increase from thewinter of ...
Former Northwest coach 'Bud' Elliott dies
Nov 02, 2005 ... PORTALES, N.M. - Former Northwest Missouri State football coachHarold "Bud" Elliott has died. Elliott, 73, passed away Tuesday of heart and kidney failure whilehospitalized in Lubbock, Texas. He has been battling health issuesfor five years, including heart problems and a broken ...
Bearcat Notebook: Tjeerdsma, Bearcats confident in bid
Nov 02, 2005 ... MARYVILLE, Mo. - Monday's regional rankings have created quite astir within the Southwest Region. Northwest Missouri State dropped from second to fifth after its 56-35 loss to Pittsburg State at Arrowhead Stadium last Saturday. MIAAfoe Missouri Western slipped from sixth to ninth ...
Doniphan West advances with victory at Troy
Nov 02, 2005; ... TROY, Kan. - Doniphan West came up with the big plays it needed toearn its first playoff victory on Tuesday. The Mustangs beat Troy 28-21 in the Kansas 1-2A bi-districts. Doniphan West scored three first-half touchdowns on plays of 40yards or more, including a pivotal 40-yard ...
Man stabbed set store on fire
Nov 02, 2005 ... A 41-year-old man involved in a fatal stabbing at a Midtownapartment Monday is being heralded as a hero by those who witnessedthe incident. Authorities released Robert Johnson from custody Tuesdayafternoon. They also confirmed that the stabbing victim was the sameman who robbed ...