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Christian signs with Kansas community college
Smith-Cotton High School senior Dalton Christian has signed a letter of intent to play baseball at Coffeyville (Kan.) Community College. Seated with him are his parents, Darrin and Susan Christian. Standing are S-C baseball coach Jeff Mays and S-C principal Steve Triplett.
Keck signs with New Orleans college
Megan Keck signed a letter of intent to play golf for the Loyola University Wolf Pack in New Orleans. Front row, from left: Dr. Kevin Gwaltney, Megan Keck and Tamara Keck. Back row: Cole Camp athletic director William Smart and Loyola coach Lisa Tinkler.
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Kalie Edwards, left, and Blue Springs South's Kayla Ellis react to a ball kicked past them during the first half Monday in the first round of the Class 3, District 9 girls soccer tournament at Susie Ditzfeld Field. Blue Springs South won 7-0.
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Whitney Hurt, a 2005 Whittier High School graduate, delivers the keynote address during Friday's commencement ceremonies for Whittier's Class of 2013, held in the auditorium at Smith-Cotton Junior High. Hurt said, "When most people turned their back on me, Whittier did not."
Prep baseball: S-C's Dotson signs with Hannibal-LaGrange
Smith-Cotton High School senior Ian Dotson on Friday signs his letter of intent to play baseball for Hannibal-LaGrange University in Hannibal. Seated with him are his grandfather, J.O. Dotson, and his mother, Marcella Dotson. Back, from left, are Smith-Cotton Activities Director Rob Davis…
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Smith-Cotton goalkeeper Ashlee Slack, front left, her teammate, Megan Lollis, and Blue Springs SouthÕs Madison Chappell watch as the ball rolls over the end line. Chappell scored Blue Springs SouthÕs only goal in the first half.
S-C graduation Elena Sharp and Alyssa Weikal
Student council president Elena Sharp, left, and senior class president Alyssa Weikal give remarks during the Smith-Cotton Class of 2013 graduation ceremony on Saturday at the Mathewson Exhibition Center.
Posted on May 18, 2013
S-C graduation Harriet Wolfe
Harriet Wolfe, the superintendent of the Sedalia School District, gives introductions during the Smith-Cotton Class of 2013 graduation ceremony on Saturday at the Mathewson Exhibition Center.
Posted on May 18, 2013
S-C graduation Ryan Akin
Ryan Akin prepares to receive his diploma during the Smith-Cotton Class of 2013 graduation ceremony on Saturday at the Mathewson Exhibition Center.
Posted on May 18, 2013
S-C graduation Zach Wolf
Valedictorian Zach Wolf holds up a Rubik’s Cube during the Smith-Cotton Class of 2013 graduation ceremony on Saturday at the Mathewson Exhibition Center. He used the cube as a metaphor for the challenges students overcame.
Posted on May 18, 2013
Center for Human Services Picnic
Glen Lee Cromley, left, gives his friend Michele Zgiet a napkin as the two make their way through a food line that served hot dogs and sides.
Posted on May 16, 2013
S-C graduation choir
The Smith-Cotton choirs perform “Credo” during the Smith-Cotton Class of 2013 graduation ceremony on Saturday at the Mathewson Exhibition Center.
Posted on May 18, 2013
Jose Escudero
Luis Carmona, a guitarist with Austin, Texas, band Fall II Rise, performed on Friday at the Missouri Big Ass Rock Festival south of Cole Camp. Fall II Rise, which originally hails from Puerto Rico, was the opening band of the inaugural festival, which features 26 bands from around the world.
Posted on May 17, 2013
Boys prep tennis: Knob Noster places 2nd in district
The Knob Noster Panthers boys tennis team placed second in the Class 1, District 12 tournament last week in Warrensburg. Front row, from left: John Abernathy, Charles Gardner and Garnett Williams. Back row: Coach David Robinson, Kyle Zimmerschied, Cole Lankford and Jared Yates.
S-C graduation Elena Sharp and Alyssa Weikal
Student council president Elena Sharp, left, and senior class president Alyssa Weikal give remarks during the Smith-Cotton Class of 2013 graduation ceremony on Saturday at the Mathewson Exhibition Center.
Posted on May 18, 2013
Smith-Cotton show choirs
The Smith-Cotton High School show choirs’ final performance for the 2012-13 school year was May 9 in the Heckart Performing Arts Center. Vocal music director Christopher Kindle leads the combined choirs in the traditional performance of “What Would I Do Without My Music.”
SPD honors fallen officers at event
The Sedalia Police Department Honor Guard, led by Cmdr. Larry Ward, far left, stand at attention before performing a 21-gun salute during the Peace Officer’s Memorial Ceremony on Wednesday at the Municipal Building.
Posted on May 15, 2013
Sacred Heart Gremlins baseball
Sacred Heart's Clint Spangler capitalizes on a Windsor infield error to score in the Class 2, District 15 championship game last week in Concordia. In the background, at bat, is Gremlins outfielder Blake Nichols. Defending on the play is Greyhounds catcher Mason Briggs.
Posted on May 18, 2013
S-C graduation mortar boards
Mortar boards and tassels fly into the air at the conclusion of the Smith-Cotton Class of 2013 graduation ceremony on Saturday at the Mathewson Exhibition Center.
Posted on May 18, 2013
S-C graduation choir
The Smith-Cotton choirs, accompanied on piano by Katie Dake, perform during the Smith-Cotton Class of 2013 graduation ceremony on Saturday at the Mathewson Exhibition Center.
Posted on May 18, 2013
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Michal Herrington, of Sedalia, recently took this photo of a beautiful sunset. He wrote, “This was taken from the Katy Trail where it crosses Highway O in Beaman. I had just finished a five-mile walk with my friend and found this glorious sunset when we returned to our vehicles. I pulled …
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Windsor’s John Daugherty is out at second as Sacred Heart shortstop Caleb Tanguay completes a 4-6-3 double play to end the fourth inning Tuesday in the championship game of the Class 2, District 15 baseball tournament at Concordia.
Center for Human Services Picnic
Robert Barnier, who is blind, is handed several magnetic tipped darts to throw, by Erica Rennison, a supervisor for service coordinators with the Center for Human Services, at an outdoor picnic Thursday for more than 100 CHS clients and staff at Centennial Park. "We have seven social leis…
Posted on May 16, 2013
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Smith-Cotton High School engineering and technology teacher Michael Wright, second from left, was surprised that his students, from left, Cameron Harris, Keegan Kendrick and Josh Mefford were able to complete their electric motorcycle. The bike has a top speed of 40 mph and can go more th…
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With work on the roof completed, the building’s supporters are looking to move to the interior and plan drywall, plaster and painting work through the summer.
House fire
Collette Pollard holds two of her rescued kittens as she watches Sedalia Fire Department firefighters mop up Thursday afternoon after they extinguished an attic fire at her rental home on West Henry St. No one was home at the time of the fire.
Posted on May 9, 2013
Inaugural S-C Academic Hall of Fame class touts benefits of Sedalia education
Smith-Cotton High School assistant principal Ted Suhr, right, introduces S-C Academic Hall of Fame inductee Dr. Diane Cordry Golden, center, as S-C principal Steve Triplett looks on during an induction ceremony Monday night in the Heckart Performing Arts Center. Golden, a doctor of specia…
Posted on May 13, 2013
Alexus Krumroy
St. Paul Lutheran’s Devon Michelle Heins, right, takes it on the chin as she deflects a kick by the Gremlins’ Alexus Krumroy during the Class 1, District 9 championship game on Wednesday in Concordia.
Posted on May 15, 2013
Inaugural S-C Academic Hall of Fame class touts benefits of Sedalia education
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Posted on May 13, 2013
Windsor-Soendker
Windsor's Lane Soendker pitches against the Sacred Heart Gremlins in the Class 2, District 15 championship game Tuesday at Concordia.
Sedalia progress
SYDNEY BRINK/DEMOCRAT New decking is installed on the south side of the Washington Avenue Bridge.
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Alex Rivera, left, owner of AR Construction, of Sedalia, lays down a new layer of shingles to patch problem areas in the church’s roof on Wednesday with an assist from AR employee Noe Bimentel.
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Electrical work to repair wiring damaged by a lightening strike last June wrapped up at the end of April, and a crew was on site Monday through Wednesday this week repairing the church’s roof. The nearly 100-year-old church looked likely to be decommissioned and demolished until a communi…
Posted on May 15, 2013
Missouri State Rabbit Producers Show
Tom Willis, of Independence, shows off his sandy Flemish Giant rabbit that he brought to the show. He has three others at home and raises the breed because, he says, they are gentle and he likes their large size.
Posted on May 11, 2013
Center for Human Services Picnic
Randy Jones catches a large fabric flying disk thrown by Kenny Gillaspie, a direct care worker with Bridges of Missouri.
Posted on May 16, 2013
Justin Wiskur
Northwest head coach Justin Wiskur, blue shirt, chats with his district-champion Mustangs during practice on Thursday in Hughesville.
Sedalia progress
Jason Osburn, an electrician with C & C Electric, of Sedalia, reconnects and rewires lines in the library's basement that were torn out during reconstruction phase.
Posted on May 10, 2013
"Sedalia Day at the Daum" Mimi Mergen
Mimi Mergen, 10, of Sedalia, left and Amelia Schott, 10, of Sedalia, create brooches and necklaces for their moms on Sunday at the “Sedalia Day at the Daum” event.
Posted on May 12, 2013
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