St. Joseph News-Press back issues from March 2008:
Western men match worst season ever
Mar 01, 2008; ... In a mostly forgettable season, the Missouri Western men ensuredthey'll at least be remembered for something after Saturday night. Hello, history. Goodbye, mediocre anonymity. Following their 87-80 loss to Missouri Southern, the Griffonsjoined coach Gary Filbert's 1980-81 team ...
Unexpected stars shine in South Harrison's big win
Mar 01, 2008; ... ALBANY, Mo. -- With his team's leading scorers sputtering, SouthHarrison coach Colin McCampbell urged someone to step up and score. He didn't expect the answer he received. Starters Tommy Pettijohn and Tye Lydon poured in 14 and 13points, respectively, and boosted the Bulldogs ...
Saturday's prep basketball
Mar 01, 2008; ... BOYS BASKETBALL Class 1 District 13 At Meadville, Mo. Monday's Results Stewartsville 80, Breckenridge 57 Stet 53, Osborn 49 Tuesday's Results Tri-County 43, Winston 42 Meadville 73, Southwest Livingston 34 Wednesday's ...
Northwest women finish bad week with a limp
Mar 01, 2008; ... HAYS, Kan. -- Going into the regular season finale Saturday, theNorthwest Missouri State women's basketball team had just one thingto decide -- whether the Bearcats would be wearing green or white inthe first round of the MIAA Tournament. Fort Hays State had more important issues ...
Western women earn MIAA tourney berth
Mar 01, 2008; ... No one on Missouri Western's bench knew the Fort Hays-NorthwestMissouri score. No one bothered asking either. The Griffon women didn't want any help when it came to an MIAAtournament berth, and they didn't need it against Missouri Southernon Saturday. Western earned the eighth and ...
Hamilton girls survive battle of ranked teams ; Roe powers West Platte boys
Mar 01, 2008; ... LATHROP, Mo. -- Hamilton hit big shots at the end of the firstand second quarters to stay close. Freshman Lindsay Vollmer snappedout of her funk to start the second half to bring the Hornets backto even. It was the kickstart Hamilton needed against North Platte inSaturday ...
LeBlond boys overwhelm Lawson in district title game
Mar 01, 2008; ... CAMERON, Mo. -- Lawson's 6-foot-6 Joe Kassanavoid rained in apair of 3-pointers during Saturday night's first half against BishopLeBlond. Normally, outside shots from the Cardinals' bulky inside forcewould be cause for concern. In the Class 3 District 16 title game,they were ...
Confession is good for the soul ; Fewer people going to confession, but it's still an important part of faith
Mar 01, 2008; ... Lent is a time of reflection and penitence, a time to ask forforgiveness. It's usually one of the busiest times of the year forconfession, but that doesn't mean a lot of people are going. Churches are seeing a drop in the number of people who regularlyattend confession. "It ...
Sylvia says: Curious Cookies are intriguingly good -- and good for you
Mar 01, 2008; ... Cookies and good for you are words you never used to use in thesame sentence. Try it and you would have to take out the word"yummy." But since I love cookies, I am always willing to giveanything considered healthful a try. And who wouldn't be intriguedby something called Curious ...
Circuit Court, March 1, 2008
Mar 01, 2008; ... Court costs are not included in the figures below. The usualcourt cost is $106.50 for misdemeanors and $283.50 for felonies.Added into this are other costs, such as the cost of arrest for acharge of driving while intoxicated. The additional fees can bringthe court costs up to $400 or ...
Your letters March 1, 2008
Mar 01, 2008; ... Museum board suffered needlessly Sometimes well-intended people do more harm than good. Often whenthis happens other people, who have dedicated half their lives tothe public good, are harmed. Even institutions can suffer permanentdamage. Indeed, such a drama has played out in our ...
St. Joseph Police Briefs, March 1, 2008
Mar 01, 2008; ... ARRESTS Tabatha I. Hahn, 30, 3507 S. 40th St., at 9:16 p.m. Tuesday bythe Buchanan County Sheriff's Department on a charge of possessionof a controlled substance. Kevin T. Warner, 43, at 9:42 p.m. Tuesday by the Buchanan CountySheriff's Department on a charge of possession of ...
It's your call, March 1, 2008
Mar 01, 2008; ... TV stars Hardly a week goes by that some kind of serious crime happenshere in St. Joe. The Police Department does a fine job trying tobring the perpetrators to justice. But on the other hand, a few ofthe police officers are quick to give step-by-step details to themedia about the ...
State audit 'just an opinion'
Mar 01, 2008; ... Monday's crawl toward a decision on the Wyeth-Tootle Mansion sagagot more interesting when City Manager Vince Capell dropped a nuggetof his thoughts on the looming state audit of city finances,including the museum. "The state audit's opinion is just an opinion. It's ...
Kosovo mission grows more complex ; Guard deploys to 'potential tinderbox'
Mar 01, 2008; ... Fears that independence in Kosovo could trigger violence haven'tmaterialized. But the region remains a political hot spot where Missouri issending some of its finest sons and daughters. The Missouri ArmyNational Guard begins deploying its 110th Maneuver EnhancementBrigade, the ...
Religion in brief for March 1
Mar 01, 2008; ... Concert at DeKalb Christian The W.J.J.M. Radio Gospel Quartet from Holt County, Mo., will bein concert at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 9, at DeKalb Christian Church. The group, which has been performing for 15 years, is composed ofWendel Wright, Jim Brown, James Dudeck and Mark ...
Casino could be sold ; Terrible's owner evaluating financial and strategic alternatives
Mar 01, 2008; ... Terrible's St. Jo Frontier Casino might be up for grabs. Herbst Gaming, which owns the St. Joseph casino and 15 others,recruited financial advisers to assist the company in the evaluationof financial and strategic alternatives, according to a pressrelease. These alternatives ...
Two school officials to leave at year's end
Mar 01, 2008; ... Kay Denver, who has served as the St. Joseph School District'sdirector of special services (also known as special education) forfour years, announced her retirement Friday. She has been with the district for about 18 years, and herretirement is effective June 30. Doug ...
Short tale of one address
Mar 02, 2008; ... Find here the story of an address. St. Joseph has thousands ofthem, creates new ones with each budding subdivision. Just numbers and street names. But more than that. Addresses have ghosts. Maybe not the full-blown metaphysicalsort. Just a minor specter of spatial ...
Complaints against officers drop in 2007 ; 100 complaints filed
Mar 02, 2008; ... At work, we all got scored on our performance last year. But whenit comes to St. Joe's finest, that information has public relevance.And the messenger is a one-woman office at the St. Joseph PoliceDepartment. Sgt. Janice Rothganger, the department's internal affairsofficer, said ...
New development carrying own road fees
Mar 02, 2008; ... A solution for St. Joseph's growing pains could create othergrowing pains. The city of St. Joseph for the first time is charging road impactfees and sewer connection fees on a new development -- the Greystonehousing development in far northeast St. Joseph. But the legalitiesof ...
Bartlett Center kicks off program
Mar 02, 2008; ... The Bartlett Center kicks off its Public Achievement program at 7p.m. Thursday at its facility at 409 S. 18th St. The program is designed to teach citizenship and show students infifth through 12th grades how to become community leaders. "It empowers the youth to better serve ...
St. Joseph Police Briefs, March 2, 2008
Mar 02, 2008; ... Jason R. McDaniel, 32, 1604 S. 27th St., at 10:47 a.m. Friday ona warrant charging failure to appear in court. Samir Ibrahimovic, 24, of Kansas City, at 12:31 p.m. Friday on awarrant charging failure to appear in court. Trevor J. Langley, 21, 2501 Mary St., at 8:52 p.m. Friday ...
St. Joseph woman dies from injuries in wreck
Mar 02, 2008; ... A 48-year-old St. Joseph resident critically injured in a three-vehicle wreck on U.S. Highway 169 died early Saturday. Karen Ezzell died following surgery at Heartland Regional MedicalCenter. Mrs. Ezzell was driving south on U.S. 169 at about 5:15 p.m.Friday when a ...
Osborn woman in serious condition after accident
Mar 02, 2008; ... DEKALB COUNTY, Mo. -- An elderly woman suffered serious injuriesafter the vehicle she was a passenger in traveled off U.S. Highway36 for unknown reasons on Saturday, according to the Missouri StateHighway Patrol. William Gitthens, 82, lost control of his 2005 Chrysler at ...
Your Letters, March 2, 2008
Mar 02, 2008; ... Western should publicly recognize Ronald Reed Ken Newton's recent interview with former state Rep. Ronald Reedon the origin of Missouri Western State University as a four-yearschool hopefully will lead to a formal recognition that has longbeen overdue. It is time for the ...
Burden of debt weighs down college graduates
Mar 02, 2008; ... Those who bemoan the price of higher education are often asked toconsider the cost of ignorance. Ignorance has never looked better. The average college graduate in Missouri who has debt leavescampus $20,000 in the hole. About 15 years ago, only one-third ofstudents graduated ...
More dining out, more often
Mar 02, 2008; ... Lindsey Douglas' schedule is hectic. By the time she gets offwork, picks up her kids and runs errands, it's late. She knows itwould be nice to have a hot meal at home, but there just isn't time. She doesn't know how her mother did it. Ms. Douglas, a 39-year-old mother of three, ...
Make yourself at home
Mar 02, 2008; ... St. Joseph is a nice place to work, but I wouldn't want to livethere. That's what many executives seem to be saying about the city. It's been a puzzle for years. Despite apparent signs of growth --new housing developments, new stores, road extensions -- St. Josephis fighting ...
Wanted: A home for one sad cat
Mar 01, 2008; ... No one knows the gray and black striped cat's name. It's justMike Feurt's cat. And the only thing Mr. Feurt told his longtimefriend, Sandee Chesser, about the cat was that it was Amish. "He told me it wanted a horse and buggy to haul her around," Mrs.Chesser said. "I told him he ...
Two killed in Kansas accident
Mar 01, 2008; ... Two Kansas motorists in their 20s were killed Thursday afternoonafter their vehicle traveled off the roadway in Leona, Kan.,according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. The victims were identified as Logan D. Johansen, 21, ofHiawatha, and Lindsey A. Jones, 22, of Sabetha. Mr ....
City, County work well together
Mar 01, 2008; ... The impression can be that the city of St. Joseph and BuchananCounty look for reasons to squabble. Whether it's the battle toexpand the Law Enforcement Center or occasional crossfire over sometax increment financing proposal, there is just enough history tosupport that ...
'The Plan' gets a new name
Mar 01, 2008; ... It's been called Great Things Happen, The Community's Plan andnot effective. Now the city's pulse-taking consortium has a newname, the Community Alliance for Progressive Strategies. And,according to Ted Allison, St. Joseph Area Chamber of Commercepresident and chief executive officer, a ...
Police officer back on duty after shooting investigation
Mar 01, 2008; ... The St. Joseph Police Department officer who shot a fleeingrobbery suspect returned to full street duties on Wednesday after hewas cleared by an internal police investigation. Sgt. Janice Rothganger said the unnamed officer had undergone apsychological evaluation per department ...
Leap day brings surprise for area couple
Mar 01, 2008; ... Gabriel Clark Crouse will get his driver's license on his fourthbirthday. It's a joke his father, Taylor Crouse, admits he will enjoyteasing his newborn son about. The son was born at 4:59 a.m. Fridayat Heartland Regional Medical Center. Gabriel is a leap year ...
Keeping parents informed ; St. Joseph School District looking into alert system
Mar 01, 2008; ... An increasingly common way for schools to alert parents mighthave come in handy Thursday -- when an apparent meth lab fire near aschool rerouted some students. St. Joseph School District staff contacted more than 100 parentsindividually by phone to let them know where they could ...
Charges filed in apparent meth lab fire ; Overturned propane heater ignited fumes, officials say
Mar 01, 2008; ... CORRECTION: Due to a reporter's error, a mistake appeared inSaturday's story "Charges filed in apparent meth lab fire." The nameof Jeannie Swope should have been identified as allegedly supplyingpseudoephedrine to the operation. Authorities say an overturned propane heater lit the ...
Six injured in wreck involving tractor-trailer
Mar 01, 2008; ... CORRECTION: Due to incorrect information submitted to the News-Press, in "Six injured in wreck involving tractor-trailer," thetractor-trailer jackknifed and entered just one lane of southboundtraffic. A pregnant mother was among six people injured Friday afternoonafter a ...
Saturday's Missouri Western Tennis Box Scores
Mar 02, 2008; ... Women's Tennis From Saturday University of South Dakota 8 Missouri Western 1 At St. Joseph Tennis and Swim Club Singles 1. Rijalda Zejnic (USD) d. Kristy Pechous 4-6, 6-2, 10-6; 2.Jenny Lewellen (USD) d. Laura Rutten 6-0, 6-0; 3. Maggie ...
GAME BLOG: Western women 70, Southern 58
Mar 02, 2008; ... Riding the wave of confidence that comes with doing something noother MIAA team could this season, Chemia Woods didn't botherstopping with Western's newly earned trip to the MIAA tournament. "The way things are going if we keep getting better, we might bein the NCAA tournament, ...
GAME BLOG: Southern 87, Western men 80
Mar 02, 2008; ... I promise to put more effort into this blog entry than theGriffons put into playing defense in the second half Saturday. Ialso promise not to waste any more of Western fan's time when itcomes to this team than has already been lost to watching all theuninspired efforts the past two ...
Western men's coach talks about plan to rebuild
Mar 02, 2008; ... When it became clear all the yelling he could muster wouldn'tsave Missouri Western, Tom Smith sat head in hands during the finalminutes of Saturday's season finale. That pose became as familiar as the impending results on thescoreboard during the Griffons' 8-19 campaign that ...
The secret's out ; PostSecret blogger and author to speak at Northwest
Mar 02, 2008; ... In November of 2004, a man in Washington D.C. handed out blankpostcards to strangers, asking them to decorate them and to includea secret. Soon, those postcards came back to Frank Warren. Hedisplayed them in an art show. The art show ended, but the secretsdidn't. "I knew that the ...
Doing good from your couch ; Web sites that keep on giving
Mar 02, 2008; ... If you can define the word "sanguineous," you could donate 20grains of rice to hungry families. It's a simple way to make a difference. All you have to do isvisit www.freerice.com, answer vocabulary questions and watch therice donation accumulate. And it isn't the only Web site ...
Family friendly ; Branson caters to more than just grandmas
Mar 02, 2008; ... Branson, Mo., often conjures up images of busloads of grandmasand grandpas pulling up in front of the theater where a crooner likeAndy Williams is performing. And while that perception is still very much a reality, Bransonis evolving into a family-friendly destination. "It's ...
Holt County hosts women's conference
Mar 02, 2008; ... The Holt County Women's Conference will offer tips on personalfinance, business planning, health care and home maintenance forwomen of all ages. The conference is open to everyone and the organizers invitewomen from other counties to participate. Even men are invited. The ...
High Stakes ; Farmers must invest big to reap returns in grain market
Mar 02, 2008; ... Everyone that eats knows a little about rising food prices. And because farmers provide food, it's natural for the averageshopper to assume that their rural neighbors are all getting rich. Farmers like Gene Estes beg to differ. "I've been farming more than 40 years, and ...
Careers 03/02/08
Mar 02, 2008; ... ELLEN FITZPATRICK has been promoted to tax manager at GrantThornton in Kansas City, Mo. Ms. Fitzpatrick was previously a taxsenior associate with the company and has been there for six years.She received her bachelor's degree in accounting and business/finance from Benedictine College ....
Guard unit bound for Kosovo ; Departure ceremony held for 40 area citizen-soldiers
Mar 02, 2008; ... First Lt. Matthew Martz leads the departure ceremony. Thebattalion will receive additional training at Camp Atterbury inEdinburgh, Ind., before the unit heads to Kosovo. Photo by Ryan Gladstone / St. Joseph News-Press / Purchase thisphoto First Lt. Matthew Martz leads the ...
Changing dreams into plans should be priority
Mar 02, 2008; ... Another big dream won first-round approval from the bobble-headquorum of the City Council last week. Our dream du jour starts with a new, $32 million conventioncenter to operate in conjunction with Civic Arena. The icing on thisdream is a new, $16 million second hotel that could ...
Remember, August is hot
Mar 02, 2008; ... St. Joseph School District students will get a first-handopportunity to test the theory of global warming starting next fall. The school board voted at its last regular meeting to bump up theopening of St. Joseph schools by a week starting with the 2009-10school year. The proposal ...
Unique, cheap places to consider when eating out
Mar 02, 2008; ... It's a vicious circle. You don't have enough money for food, soyou work. But since you work all the time, you have no time to cook. What do you do? A growing number of Americans have found theanswer is eating out. But on a tight budget, it can add up. The News-Press found some ...
It's Your Call, March 2, 2008
Mar 02, 2008; ... Don't blame Smith This call is in response to the letters to the editor criticizingDr. Melody Smith. Please keep in mind that superintendent Smith wasgiven a mandate by the board of education. This mandate was how tocut costs and save money in order to stay financially solvent in ...
Give me a break ; Spring break means different activities for high students
Mar 02, 2008; ... Cold weather. Winter classes. Summer break barely on the horizon. All of these factors make the idea of the upcoming mid-Marchspring break pretty appealing for high schoolers, and the time givesthem the opportunity to plan trips, see family or just veg out. Ellie Rosene, 17, a ...
MIAA standings and post season honors
Mar 03, 2008; ... men's basketball Miaa Standings MIAA Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. z- SW Bapt. (23) [3] 14 4 .778 21 6 .778 x- Northwest [4] 12 6 .667 20 7 .741 x- Central 11 7 .611 18 9 .667 x- Southern 11 7 .611 17 10 .630 x- Fort Hays [8] 10 8 .556 18 ...
Western women like their draw for the MIAA tourney
Mar 03, 2008; ... Western missed out on the seventh seed in the MIAA tournamentwhen Truman State won Saturday. The Griffons aren't disappointed with the eighth seed. It earns them a date Thursday with top-seeded and No. 17Washburn. The Lady Blues swept Western this year by a combined 37points, ...
High school playoff matchups
Mar 03, 2008; ... JEFFERSON BOYS vs. MOUND CITY n When -- 8:45 tonight n Where -- MWSU Fieldhouse n Radio -- 97.1 FM (KNIM), 1580 AM (KNIM), 95.5 FM (KAAN), 870 AM(KAAN) n Records -- Jefferson 25-2, Mound City 20-7 n Players to watch -- Jefferson: G/F Craig Mattson ...
Kansas sub-state surprises emerge
Mar 03, 2008; ... Two local schools advanced to the Class 3A brackets in Kansas'eight-team state tournament. Both ACCHS' girls and Horton's boysshocked the sub-state to get there. ACCHS' girls moved to the postseason for a second straight yearbut own the No. 8 seed. The Tigers (12-11) play 23-0 ...
High school coaching vacancies spring up
Mar 03, 2008; ... The football coaching carousel in the Grand River Conferencecurrently sits in another frantic revolution. Four GRC schools have posted openings, after five first-yearcoaches patrolled the sidelines this past season. Gallatin'sposition opened recently when Mark Cole accepted ...
The Best and the Rest: Final standings
Mar 03, 2008; ... In honor of the MIAA tournaments, which tip off Thursday andFriday at Municipal Auditorium, I thought I'd let Fats Dominointroduce the final power rankings of the 2007-08 academic year withhis thoughts on ole K.C. KANSAS CITY I'm going to Kansas City Kansas City here ...
All-MIAA all the time
Mar 03, 2008; ... The conference released its All-MIAA teams Monday afternoon.Michelle Stueve is the obvious headliner of the women's team. CoryAbercrombie earned player-of-the-year honors on the men's team. You can catch Western coaches Lynn Plett and Tom Smith's ballotsin Tuesday's paper ....
Bridge out causes motorists to find alternate routes over river
Mar 03, 2008; ... An Andrew County bridge was closed to traffic today after itpulled away from the bank. The bridge on County Road 325 somehowpulled away from the bank on the Andrew County side sometimeSaturday. The bridge crosses over the Nodaway River and is nowsagging toward the river. A dispatcher ...
Muddy roads cause problems for bus routes
Mar 03, 2008; ... Buchanan County Commissioners and the County Emergency ManagementAgency have contacted area rural school districts about soft andmuddy roads. With the rain and thawing conditions, many county ...
St. Joseph chosen as a top city for kids and teens
Mar 03, 2008; ... St. Joseph is an outstanding place for kids and teens to live,that is according to America's Promise Alliance, who named St.Joseph on of its best communities for young people in 2008. Threehundred cities entered the contest from around the nation. St.Joseph was chosen because of its ...
Truck rolls into house knocking gas meter off
Mar 03, 2008; ... If you run over a gas meter, please no smoking. Police and fireunits were called to 218 West Chesnut Sunday night around 7:30 aftera truck reportedly rolled into a house. Apparently the truck slippedout of gear and hit the house causing minor ...