St. Joseph News-Press back issues from May 2009:
Benton tennis finds its footing
May 01, 2009; ... Benton tennis coach Bob Nash never thought a second-place finishwould feel so good. His third-seeded Cardinals shrugged off a dismal stretch ofrecent losses by finishing as runners-up at Thursday's Benton-Savannah Invitational at Noyes Tennis Complex. Brandon Richeyreturned to ...
Northwest tennis schedules a little extra action ahead of playoffs
May 01, 2009; ... The have four first-team all-conference players and the MIAA'swomen's coach of the year, but Northwest Missouri State's tennisteams are not going to rest on those laurels on the days leading upto the NCAA Division II Championships. Instead, the Bearcats have scheduled a pair of ...
Royals take series from Blue Jays
May 01, 2009; ... KANSAS CITY -- John Buck has a term for the type of triples hewas knocking around Kauffman Stadium on Thursday. "Well placed," the 230-pound catcher said with a big grin. Buck tripled twice and drove in five runs, and the Kansas CityRoyals turned six double plays in an 8-6 ...
Royals' Greinke breathes easy under the spotlight
May 01, 2009; ... KANSAS CITY -- Zack Greinke doesn't like attention. Never has.And not just a mild aversion to it, either. Enough to chase him frombaseball, make his bosses wonder if he'd ever come back. So as the spotlight grew with all those zeros he kept putting upon the scoreboard, how did the ...
Circuit Court, May 1, 2009
May 01, 2009; ... 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 ...
Ag Expo board plan laid out
May 01, 2009; ... While no land was broken, the groundwork for the committees ofthe Buchanan County Agribusiness Expo Center board was laid outThursday evening at its first meeting, held at the St. JosephConvention and Visitors Bureau. The board, which consists of 10 people, appointed four people ...
Bargains brewing in Kansas ; Flea markets lure shoppers to two towns
May 01, 2009; ... Knickknacks galore will beckon thrifty shoppers to twotraditional flea markets in Doniphan County this weekend. The biannual White Cloud Flea Market is observing its 39th fullyear of operation, composed of almost 80 sales events, said promoterJan Tracy. A shrinking economy and the ...
She was a 'tough ol' bird'
May 01, 2009; ... You can't hold a good woman down. If Jeanne Gertrude Kanady lived by a quote, that one would havebeen fitting. Born in 1923 in Chickasha, Okla., Ms. Kanady was raised in afamily whose motto was to never take anything for granted.Considering it was during the time of the ...
Arts Fund telethon raises $4,700
May 01, 2009; ... The Allied Arts Council didn't reach its 2009 Arts Fund goalafter a telethon Thursday evening, but it got a little closer. The telethon brought in $4,718, bringing the total raised duringthe drive to ...
In the courts, May 1, 2009
May 01, 2009; ... 3 charged in Central High break-in A police investigation has led to the arrests of three suspectsin an April 4 break-in at Central High School. The Buchanan County prosecutor's office charged Jeremy Hayden,20; Courtney Kline, 22; and Justin M. Hughes, 19, with felony ...
Class-action suit filed against tannery
May 01, 2009; ... A class-action lawsuit has been filed against a St. Josephtannery on behalf of all residents in Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton andDeKalb counties. Lawyers for four residents in those counties allege Prime TanningCorp. gave farmers sludge from its St. Joseph plant to use as afertilizer ...
Scroggins speaks in Jeff City ; Prosecutor discusses crime victims' rights
May 01, 2009; ... JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Buchanan County Prosecuting AttorneyDwight Scroggins called on lawmakers Thursday to hold the legalsystem more accountable to respecting crime victims' rights. Mr. Scroggins, president of the Missouri Association ofProsecuting Attorneys, was a featured ...
Schaaf's antics fuel criticism ; Doctor dons mask to make point on swine flu
May 01, 2009; ... JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A St. Joseph doctor wore a face mask onthe Missouri House floor Thursday to illustrate a point about swineflu that didn't sit well with all lawmakers. Missouri health officials discovered the first probable case ofthe virus Wednesday in a specimen from a ...
Schools, businesses ponder worst-case scenarios ; Measures in place to protect students
May 01, 2009; ... Messages in red marker on public bathroom mirrors spell out thebenefits of hand washing. Fliers strewn around campus remindstudents how to cough and when to wash. And school nurses keep aneagle eye on their ailing pupils. While the precautionary mode is in full tilt, area ...
Central instructor receives Teacher of the Year award ; Several educators honored during ceremony
May 01, 2009; ... The St. Joseph School District Foundation, the board ofeducation, administrators and local businesses honored schooldistrict educators and employees Thursday. A Central High School language arts teacher and departmentalchairwoman, Dawn Smith, won recognition as the 2009-10 teacher ...
Atchison sprinter dominates at Hiawatha Invitational
May 01, 2009; ... HIAWATHA, Kan. -- Andre Harris clapped and greeted spectators asthey exited the bleachers at Hiawatha High School. After the Atchison senior anchored the Redmen's 4x400-meter relayto a gold medal, Harris wanted to leave another final thought withthe fans. Harris blazed around the ...
A profitable cycle
May 01, 2009; ... A few bucks here and there for your used cans can't be a badthing in a tough economy. St. Joseph can collectors saw a little bit of an increase lastmonth: The cost of aluminum cans was up to 30 cents a pound, from 25cents. "This whole thing is a gamble," said Dave Petty, ...
Our Opinion: Parade works its magic
May 01, 2009; ... In a community where it seems everybody truly loves a parade, theApple Blossom Parade and Festival stands out. Few events try as hard to bring the entire city and region underone unifying banner. And hardly any do it as well. There issomething about the arrival of late spring and ...
Your Letters, May 1, 2009
May 01, 2009; ... Giving back to the taxpayer The past couple of weeks have seen a major debate in the GeneralAssembly on how to best spend the federal stimulus dollars that arenow being sent to Missouri. I believe a portion of this money shouldbe sent back to the taxpayers in the form of an ...
Entertainment calendars for May 1, 2009
May 01, 2009; ... Tonight In St. Joe LM The Motors, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Magoon's, 632 S. Eighth St., 232-3611 GO Copperview, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Hammerjacks Rock-N-Roll SportsBar, 512 Felix St., 676-0037 LM The Early Brothers Band, 10 p.m., $3, The Rendezvous, 619Felix St., ...
It's Your Call, May 1, 2009
May 01, 2009; ... Way to go Tony Gonzalez, tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs: If there issuch a thing as a role model in professional sports, Tony Gonzalezis it. First class all the way. Way to come back and say goodbye inperson and take the time out of your busy schedule to do that. Wewill ...
Track and Field Leaderboards -- April 30
May 01, 2009; ... BOYS 100-meter dash 1. Andre Harris, Atchison 10.87 2t. John Farmer, Maryville 10.89 2t. Camron Leupold, Hiawatha 10.89 4. Josh Rockhold, Chillicothe 10.93 5. Ethan Boyer, Maysville 10.98 200-meter dash 1. John Farmer, Maryville ...
This is: Copperview
May 01, 2009; ... The first time the St. Louis hard rock quintet Copperview playedin St. Joe at Hammerjacks Rock-N-Roll Sports Bar two months ago, ithad to compete for an audience. But it wasn't with another band. Itwas with a UFC pay-per-view fight. "We're like, 'How are we going topull these people ...
Entertainment briefs for May 1, 2009
May 01, 2009; ... Art fascinated with history Gallery 7 is featuring two artists with different styles andmedia but with a uniting thread of inspiration running through theirwork. Mary Korneman is a watercolor artist working in a realisticstyle, while Brenda Reilly does collages which she ...
Review: 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' ; An aspiring blockbuster that declaws a comic franchise
May 01, 2009; ... There's a lot of pressure for the first film of the summerblockbuster season. It tends to be the pacesetter. This is the time"Iron Man" came out last year and when the first "Spider-man" bustedout of the gate to shatter the box-office records of the day in2002. With this to live ...
The Shuffle: Festivals schmestivals
May 01, 2009; ... The weather's getting warmer. The temperature is getting hotter.And as if right on cue, the concerts are getting bigger in the wayof huge summer music festivals. We already saw the Coachella Valley Music and Art Festival setthe bar pretty high two weeks ago with a lineup that ...
Mining for melody ; Wild Light bets it all on songcraft and pop sensibility
May 01, 2009; ... Many people who go to see new wave rockers The Killers at 7:30p.m. May 2 at Capital Park at Sandstone may be tempted to skip theopening act. They probably think they're not missing much. But ifthey don't see New Hampshire indie rockers Wild Light, they may bemissing out on their new ...
Hold hands, relax and exhale ; Jim Brickman brings Ultimate Love Songs tour to St. Joseph
May 01, 2009; ... One of the top questions women have about composer and pianistJim Brickman is his marital status. "'He's so good looking. Is he single?' They always ask that,"says Brickman's publicist, Claire Anter. And who can blame them? Brickman's good looks combined with hisromantic ...
Schaaf thanks his bashers
May 01, 2009; ... Rep. Dr. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, thanked his critics andcontinued to advise school groups to avoid the Capitol on Friday. Dr. Schaaf on Thursday wore a face mask on the Missouri House ofRepresentatives floor while asking lawmakers to practice coughetiquette to prevent the spread ...
Airmen sent to Afghanistan
May 01, 2009; ... While April showers have brought May flowers, out at RosecransMemorial Airport the winds of changes have detachments of the 139thAirlift Wing heading overseas for Afghanistan. "Air Expeditionary Force deployments began nine years ago," saidCol. Stephen Cotter, Wing commander. "This ...
Central Educator Wins Teacher Of The Year
May 01, 2009; ... The St. Joseph School District Foundation, the board ofeducation, administrators and local businesses honored schooldistrict educators and employees Thursday. A Central High School language arts teacher and departmentalchairwoman, Dawn Smith, won recognition as the 2009-10 teacher ...
Swine flu case confirmed
May 01, 2009; ... U.S. health officials have confirmed the first case of swine fluin Missouri. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that awoman in her 30s has contracted the virus, making hers the firstconfirmed case of swine flu in Missouri. The Platte County woman, who ...
Float on ; The Apple Blossom Parade and Festival gets reading and rolling this weekend
May 01, 2009; ... If you haven't seen a parade in St. Joseph, it's not becausethey're lacking. Every couple of months, people find some occasion that requiresfloat construction, closing off city streets and spectators joustingfor a curbside seat. But the Apple Blossom Parade and Festivalsomehow ...
Review: 'Ghosts of Girlfriends Past' ; A playboy's love life comes back to haunt him
May 01, 2009; ... We've all been haunted by our romantic past at one point. In"Ghosts of Girlfriends Past," Matthew McConaughey is haunted notonly by his romantic past, but his present and future as well. Conner Mead (McConaughey) is a photographer who's as successfulin the bedroom as he is in the ...
Larry the Cable Guy: Nervous, courteous and sleeveless ; Blue Collar comedian returns to St. Joseph Sunday
May 01, 2009; ... Larry the Cable Guy is a household name, and anyone who watchedhis roast on Comedy Central recently knows that he made $30 millionlast year. So why would Larry grace St. Joseph with his presence? "Well, he was here a few years ago and he did two shows that soldout," says Kathy ...
Treasurer sets up site for un-claimed property
May 01, 2009; ... You might have some money coming to you, and the Missouri StateTreasurer's website has made it easier for you to find out. The sitelists more than $550 million in unclaimed assets. About one in tenMissourians have money being held for them from unclaimed orabandoned safe deposit boxes ...
Landfill will continue to accept sludge
May 02, 2009; ... Industrial sludge that is the focus of lawsuits will continue togo into the St. Joseph Sanitary Landfill. The sludge is produced at National Beef Leathers, formerly knownas Prime Tanning, in St. Joseph. Bruce Woody, director of public works for the city, said in amemo to the ...
Dillon enjoys lottery position ; St. Joe resident on state panel
May 02, 2009; ... Pat Dillon hadn't been on Missouri's Lottery Commission very longbefore he got to make someone's day. The St. Joseph man was accepted to the state position in 2008 andin January 2009 presented a $1.6 million check. "That was fun," he said. After a few vacancies, Mr ....
Our Opinion: Beware of mileage tax
May 02, 2009; ... Midland Empire residents should take note of a push this weekfrom a powerful U.S. House member who wants to immediately enact a"vehicle miles traveled" tax. To understand why this idea gets traction, you need to know thatgas tax revenues have dropped sharply in the last two years ...
Circuit Court, May 2, 2009
May 02, 2009; ... 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, May 2, 2009
May 02, 2009; ... An insincere apology In his recent letter to your paper, Rep. Rob Schaaf defended hisdepiction of Medicaid as a government-based enslavement oftaxpayers, and indicated that members of the Black Caucus wereoffended by the comparison. I am not a member of the Black Caucus. I ...
Guard members headed overseas ; Crew from 139th deployed to Afghanistan
May 02, 2009; ... While April showers have brought May flowers, out at RosecransMemorial Airport the winds of change have detachments of the 139thAirlift Wing heading overseas for Afghanistan. "Air Expeditionary Force deployments began nine years ago," saidCol. Stephen Cotter, Wing commander. "This ...
It's Your Call, May 2, 2009
May 02, 2009; ... Clever swine I was reading "It's your call" today and I had a big chuckle oversomeone in St. Joseph believing that swine flu is caught from pigs.You can't be that stupid. What's worse is the newspaper printed thatcomment. Someone needs to tell that person that you don't get ...
Religion in brief for May 2, 2009
May 02, 2009; ... Financial Q&A at Wesley UMC Wesley United Methodist Church, 3409 Ajax Road, will host afinancial question and answer session with Curt Logan of New York at5:30 p.m. May 4. Mr. Logan has offices in St. Joseph and is anendorsed local provider for Dave Ramsey. This event is not, ...
Nixon announces work force development program
May 02, 2009; ... Gov. Jay Nixon announced a program Friday that could getthousands of Missouri students introduced to more high-tech, high-paying careers. Missouri's Next-Generation Jobs Team is a summer employmentprogram to help youths, ages 16 to 24, obtain summer internships andwork experience ...
Silver-Haired Legislature, aging board elections set
May 02, 2009; ... Elections for local representatives to the Missouri Silver-Haired Legislature and Northwest Missouri Area Agency on Aging boardare set for Tuesday. The elections will be from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. In St. Joseph,seniors can cast a ballot at InterServ's Calvin Center Senior MealsSite, ...
St. Joseph police briefs, May 2, 2009
May 02, 2009; ... ARRESTS Timothy R. Reeves, 27, 2611 Olive St., at 10 a.m. Tuesday on acity warrant charging failure to appear in court. Steven R. Estes, 58, 2816 Edmond St., at 11:28 a.m. Tuesday on acity warrant charging failure to appear in court. David E. McCollum, 45, 5307 Red Barn ...
Project funding up in the air ; Universities await Senate, voter action on bond proposal
May 02, 2009; ... JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Core funding for universities in NorthwestMissouri is holding steady as lawmakers enter the final laps of thestate budget process. But some local higher education money has lostground or remains in question. Still up in the air are a $27 million expansion of ...
Northwest board approves student fee increase ; Measure aims to balance budget
May 02, 2009; ... MARYVILLE, Mo. -- Doing what they could to arrive at a balancedbudget, Northwest Missouri State University officials approved astudent fee increase Friday. A total of $4 per credit hour, plus a 3 percent increase in roomand board rates, will be implemented this fall. The measure ...
District to receive $5M in funds ; Money may help save, create jobs
May 02, 2009; ... The St. Joseph School District learned recently that it willreceive about $5 million in federal stimulus money. But districtofficials were adamant in saying the new money comes withrestrictions. The money can't be used to build new schools or increasesalaries, but it may save or ...
Missing St. Joseph teenager found
May 02, 2009; ... The St. Joseph Police Department confirmed Friday night that amissing St. Joseph teenager was found. Samantha Ferguson, 15, was found in Elwood, Kan., and is nowbeing held at the Doniphan County Detention Center, St. JosephPolice ...
Stories to tell ; St. Joseph woman documents miraculous transformations in the lives of at-risk boys
May 02, 2009; ... Janeen Burnham didn't want to go on the mission trip BrookdalePresbyterian Church was taking to a place in the Ozarks for troubledboys. The St. Joseph woman just couldn't see that she'd be able toserve any purpose there -- at Lives Under Construction Boys Ranch inLampe, Mo. -- ...
Health department hopes to take inspections online
May 02, 2009; ... Health records for St. Joseph's largest Chinese buffet speakdread: an allegation the owner tried to bribe an inspector, rats inthe kitchen, cross-contaminated foods in the cooler, dirty utensilsin the dining room, an entire buffet at an unsafe temperature. The St. Joseph-Buchanan ...
Sylvia says: Borghese nail polish is something to get excited about
May 02, 2009; ... I had pretty much given up on polishing my nails. Usually afterjust one day, the polish chips and it never looks smooth, so mynails end up looking worse than if I just left them alone. And whohas the time to sit around waiting for the polish to dry? But as Iwas shopping at CVS, I made a ...
Conservation program aids food plot plans
May 02, 2009; ... Outdoorsmen, landowners, sportsmen and conservationists fromthroughout Northwest Missouri came to the Missouri Department ofConservation Headquarters on April 22 to help improve their propertyfor wildlife. By 7 that evening, MDC officials had given out 3,800 pounds offorage ...
Outdoors column: Fungus is among us again
May 02, 2009; ... In Japan, some consider Tempeh, a treat of fermented moldysoybeans, to be delicious. In Korea, you might see people purchasinglive sea slugs from street vendors, fillet and eat them raw. Incertain parts of Mexico, many consider cooked grasshoppers to be atasty treat. Here in the ...
Dead body found in Andrew County ; Police searching for SUV, 2 males in shooting death
May 03, 2009; ... AMAZONIA, Mo. -- A gunshot to the head ended the life of a youngman found Saturday on a gravel road between Interstate 29 andSavannah's new water works. The department received a 911 call at 6 p.m. that two white menwere dumping a body on County Road 417, north of Amazonia, ...
Carl E. Curtis ; May 11, 1929
May 03, 2009; ... Carl E. Curtis of Savannah, Mo., will be 80 years old on May 11.He was born in 1929 to Martha and Oral C. Curtis in St. Joseph,where he also grew up. He served in the U.S. Navy with one assignment on the U.S.S.Valley Forge. He is retired from Farmland Industries (Coop). He's ...
Mildred "Toots" Rapp ; May 14, 1919
May 03, 2009; ... Mildred "Toots" (Carrel) Rapp was born May 14, 1919. She married Jess Rapp in 1939 and they lived on their farm atEaston together until he passed away in 1987. Mildred and Jess have two children: Bob Rapp and Linda Rapp whoboth live at Easton. All family and friends are ...
Ellouise Robinson ; May 7, 1919
May 03, 2009; ... Ellouise (McDonald) Robinson of Mound City, Mo., was born on May7, 1919, near Skidmore, Mo. She married Harold Robinson in 1942; he passed away in 1982. She is the mother of ...
Politics tailors surprises
May 03, 2009; ... The Del Floria tailoring and dry cleaning shop resided just belowstreet level in New York City. Maybe the proprietors could get aspot out of cashmere, maybe they couldn't. Rather, Del Floria served an entertainment function by admittingcertain men into a fitting room at the shop's ...
Commencement at Northwest ; 200-plus obtain degrees
May 03, 2009; ... MARYVILLE, Mo. -- Jessica Murry's foray into teaching lasted twoyears before she returned to the familiar. She worked in the financial aid office as an undergraduatestudent at Northwest Missouri State University. When she returned towork on a master's degree, she got her old job ...
Uptown to show off properties today ; Homes tour shows perks of rehab work
May 03, 2009; ... People willing to look past a few empty lots can find signs ofgrowth today in Uptown St. Joseph. The Uptown St. Joseph Redevelopment Corp. will show off aselection of rehabilitated properties from 2 to 5 p.m. during thegroup's annual homes tour. Examples range from historic ...
A man with brains: Q&A with Larry the Cable Guy
May 03, 2009; ... I talked to Larry the Cable Guy about his show Sunday at theCivic Arena, among many other things. Here's the interview: Shea: Who were some of the comedians that inspired you to get into comedy? Larry: None. I hate comedy. Shea: (Laughs) No, no. Come ...
Boy injured after driving 3-wheeler into ditch
May 03, 2009; ... A 4-year-old Cainsville, Mo., boy is in serious condition after athree-wheeler accident occurred in Mercer County on Saturdayevening. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, the childwas driving a Honda 3-Wheeler northbound on Falcon Street, sevenmiles northwest of ...