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Maclin And Rucker Named First Team All-Americans

December 12, 2007 By

A day after Missouri punter Adam Crossett was named an academic All-American, Freshmen Jeremy Maclin and Senior Martin Rucker were  named to the First team AP All-American list. 

Maclin makes it with his NCAA record 2,813 all-purpose yards.  He led the Tigers in receiving with 1,023 yards, he rushed for 349 yards, and had 1,441 return yards on kicks and punts. 

Rucker led the team with 81 catches and was a finalist for numerous post-season awards.  The senior decided to stay one more year at Missouri in hopes of reaching the national title game.  No doubt, Rucker will move up on NFL draft boards this spring. 

Quarterback Chase Daniel, named second team All American.

 

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Nearly 160,000 Missouri Households Remain Without Power

December 12, 2007 By

Efforts to restore electricity to nearly 160,000 Missouri households should get a boost from the weather with precipitation finally tapering off and sunshine back in the forecast.

AmerenUE reports a bit more than 13,000 households remain without power from Sunday’s ice storm, nearly 6,000 in Jefferson City. Ameren’s Mike Cleary says the ice really wrecked the system. He says the extreme amount of damage and the large amount of repairs that must be made are holding things up.

Aquila reports that nearly 47,000 customers remain without power this morning in wake of the second storm that hit the state. Aquila’s Al Butkus is looking forward to a better weather forecast as the Kansas City-based utility sends extra crews to St. Joseph, which took the brunt of the second storm.

Empire Electric of Joplin reports 42,000 customers remain without power. The Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives reports the various rural electric co-ops have nearly 47,000 still without electricity and Kansas City Power and Light reports fewer than 10,000 do not have power. The total number of Missouri households without electricity Wednesday morning totaled 158,713.

One aspect could hold up homeowners hoping to have power restore. Damage at the household might prevent the utility from getting power restore. Ameren says it is up to the homeowner to make repairs to such things as the meter base, weatherhead or point of attachment, which all could have been damaged by a power line pulling them away from the house.

Ameren has a diagram on its Web site to help customers determine if they need to contact an electrical contractor to make repairs before the lights can be turned back on. 

Download/listen Brent Martin reports (:60 MP3)

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Phillies Howard Donates $10k To Missouri State

December 12, 2007 By

From Ben Adamson, Missouri State Athletics  www.missouristatebears.com  

Former Missouri State baseball player and current Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard has chosen MSU to receive $10,000 from the Major League Baseball Players Trust on his behalf as the winner of the 2006 Players Choice Awards for Player of the Year and Outstanding Player. Each year, the MLB Players Trust makes a donation to one or more charities of the winner’s choice.

Howard won the National League Most Valuable Player award in 2006 after slugging a Phillies record 58 home runs and totaling 149 RBIs. That award came on the heels of Howard winning the Century 21 Home Run Derby title at the 2006 All-Star game and the 2005 N.L. Rookie of the Year.

"We are really appreciative of Ryan and his generosity," MSU baseball head coach Keith Guttin said. "He had the opportunity to donate to the organization of his choice and we appreciate his loyalty to Missouri State."

Howard, who played at MSU from 1999-2001, finished his career fifth in school history with 50 home runs and fourth with 183 RBIs.

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Blues Lose Shootout To Edmonton

December 12, 2007 By

The Blues held four one-goal leads, but ended up falling in a shootout, 5-4, to the Edmonton Oilers Tuesday night at the Scottrade Center. Doug Weight scored two goals, extending his scoring streak to four games and Brady Boyes added a goal and two assists.

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PSC Chairman Urges Patience as Power is Restored

December 12, 2007 By

Tens of thousands of Missourians remain without power, the result of two ice storms that left a lot of destruction in their wake. The top state utility regulator is urging Missourians to have patience as power is restored.

Public Service Commission Chairman Jeff Davis says an ice storm wins out over emergency planning every time. He says the recent winter storms remind us that no matter how well a system is built and maintain, there will still be power outages at times. Davis says power lines are manufactured to hold up under a half inch of ice. He says many withstood even greater amounts of coating, but came down when tree limbs broke and fell on them.

The first ice storm hit portions of southwest, central and northeast Missouri Sunday, knocking power out for more than 50,000 households. A second ice storm tore through northwest Missouri early Tuesday morning, cutting off electricity for around 70,000. Once scattered outages in the rest of the state, including rural Missouri, are counted as many as 170,000 Missouri households were left without power.

Davis says it’s time now to let the utility crews do their work. Davis lost power to his home when the ice storm hit Jefferson City this past weekend. He says he walked his neighborhood to observe restoration efforts and is satisfied the utilities are doing all they can to restore electricity. He says the PSC will conduct a more formal review of the response later. 

Download/listen Brent Martin reports (:60 MP3)

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