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2B October 9. 2005 Sunday News-Leader AIDSWalk proceeds help struggling patients 4 me. AIDSWalk 2009 participants Phelps Grove Park. II yi.y.,pr., Murney Associates 5K Open Category MALE: First place: Vincent Topiwo of Lenexa, Kan. Age: 23.

Time: 15:50 Second place: Matt Wegenka. Age: 40. Time: 16:10 Third place: Tim Brown. Age: 41. Time: 16:53.

FEMALE: First place: Kimberly Jacobs of Republic. Age: 31. Time: 19:52. Second place: Jodie Hamilton Age: 31. Time: 20:29.

Third place: Kandy Trotnic of Joplin. Age: 20. Time: 22:06. Masters Category (Note: Top three open winners are excluded from Masters awards.) MALE: First place: Dan Mostrom, Age: 43. Time: 17:47.

Second place: David Nokes of Republic. Age: 44. Time: 18:44. Third place: Rod Phillips of Branson. Age: 56.

Time: 18:46. FEMALE: First place: Kelly Ash. Age: 41. Time: 22:41. Second place: Marsha Forrest of Norwood.

Age: 40. Time: 25:17. Third place: Liz Mitchell. Age: 44. Time: 26:02.

Only online For a complete Ost of race participants and results, click Hon this story on from rage IB said. Earlier this year, the foursome competed together in The Kitchen 5k. "My son plays basketball, so anything we can do to help keep him in shape, we do," she said, as Breanne crept in for a pre-race hug. "And this one likes basketball and volleyball, too." Allen Bird and his son Charlie, of Willard, took on the 5K as a team, as well. "Charlie's in a running club at school, and they've been training and getting ready for a while," Allen Bird said.

"He tricked me into running with him." Trick or not, the first-time duo represented the family name well. Dad placed second in the 40-44 age category, and Charlie placed third among the 10- to 24-year-olds. "Actually, it was easier than I thought it would be," Charlie said after accepting his trophy. "I think next time I do it I'll do the 10K." The group of Willard students had a strong and vocal showing at the awards ceremony following the race, but the youngsters had another goal: remembering Josh Thompson, a former classmate who suffered severe burns and later died as a result of a gas can explosion about a year and half ago. "We just kind of do it in mem ory of Josh," said Carla Thompson, Josh's mother.

She, her husband, Michael, and her mother, Helen Votaw, walked with the group in the 5K. "It means a lot," Carla Thompson said of the Willard students' participation. "Some of them might not have known Josh, but it's nice that they want to remember him." 'Every doixar counts AIDSWalk, too, serves as a memorial for those who have died, said Melissa Tiffany, clinic manager at AIDS Project of the Ozarks. More importantly, it provides a reminder that HIVAIDS has not gone away. "The walk highlights the fact that there are still people in the Ozarks living with HIV and AIDS Tiffany said.

"It's going to be with us for a long time. We haven't conquered it, but we're not going to let it conquer us." The clinic has seen a rise in new cases this year, she said, and the financial difficulties facing existing patients have also increased following cuts to the state's Medicaid program. "Some of our clients are actually having to choose between working and not working so they can pay for their medications." Money raised Saturday will help provide those medications, which Tiffany said can cost as much as $2,000 a month. "Every dollar counts right now." Top finishers Winners are from Springfield unless otherwise noted. St John's Sunshine Run 10K Open Category MALE: First place: Vincent Topiwo of Lenexa, Kan.

Age: 23. Time: 30:57. Second place: Brian Lyons of St. Louis. Age: 25.

Time: 31:03 Third place: Shadrack Kimeli of Manhattan, Kan. Age: 28. Time: 31:37. FEMALE: First place: Amy Pinegar. Age: 30.

Time: 38:37. Second place: Dana Nippes. Age: 28. Time: 39:22. Third place: Anna Assenmacher.

Age: 36. Time: 40:22. Masters Category (Note: Top three open winners are excluded from Masters awards.) MALE: First place: Matt Wegenka. Age: 40. Time: 34:00.

Second place: Lullel Hickman of Walnut Grove. Age: 43. Time: 36:57. Third place: Jon Van Arkel. Age: 47.

Time: 3724. FEMALE: First place: Marion Miller. Age: 40. Time: 42:32. Second place: Rosie Laughli.

Age: 40. Time: 42:45. Third place: Karen Plucinski of Joplin. Age: 42. Time: 43:00.

N0PPA0OL PA0IH0NC NtKS LEAOlH Vincent Topiwo approaches the finish line to take first place among male runners in the Sunshine Run 10K. Topiwo also won the 5K. Publisher bypasses conflict-of-interest rules Exemption to policy allows Don Walsworth to continue printing materials for Mizzou. By Alan Scher Zagier THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBIA When University of Missouri curators approved a new conflict-of-interest policy in July, the stated goal was to shut a revolving door that allowed retiring legisla NOFPADOl PAOIHONONtmi-UAUH make their way along the route at are the Walsworth-produced glossy programs and thick media guides delivered to thousands of Tiger fans and recruits at each home game. The university has turned over that responsibility and its other multimedia marketing rights to Learfield Communications Inc.

of Jefferson City, which in turn hired Walsworth Publishing Co. for its printing services. As a private business, Learfield does not disclose financial details, said Laird Veatch, general manager of the company's Missouri Sports Properties. But when the company hires Walsworth Publishing it's because the printer offered the most competitive bid, not favoritism toward one of the university's most generous athletics boosters, he said. last year Pleasant Hope Police Department Sunrise Beach Police Department Washburn Police Department Dade County Sheriff's Department Wright County Sheriff's Department sheriffs departments also are losing money.

Representatives of those agencies who could comment on the witholdings could not be reached Saturday. Columbia Springfield) tors to get on the state's higher education payroll. The new rule also prevented the nine curators, appointed by the governor, from making money off the university system until they were out of office for two years. But thanks to an exemption in the policy, curator Don Walsworth's publishing com- "We make our decisions based on the competitiveness of the business," Veatch said. "Walsworth always comes back extremely competitive." Democratic political activist Roy Temple isn't so sure.

He called the exemption for curators doing business with the university a blatant form of political patronage for a favored soa He contrasted the treatment afforded Walsworth, who like Temple is a Democrat, with the broader conflict-of-interest policy. Temple, a former chief of staff for US. Sen. Jean Car-nahan, said the policy is driven by curator Doug Russell, the chairman of the state Republican Party. Temple said Russell wanted to prevent former Democratic legislators from getting hired by the university.

Lottery PICK 3 1-5-2 (midday) 6-4-5 (evening) PICK 4 0-0-4-0 (midday) 9-6-0-1 (evening) Correction policy The News-Leader strives for accuracy and fairness. We will correct any errors or misunderstand LENNO)Q pany which for years has printed most of the Tiger athletic department's big-ticket items, including football and basketball media guides and game programs continues to profit from the university. Walsworth, 70, is a 1957 Missouri graduate and former chairman of the state Highway and Transportation Commission appointed to the Board of Curators in 2003 by then-Gov. Bob Holden. Walsworth said he had no role in crafting the exemption to the conflict-of-interest policy, which prohibits curators from entering into any contract The law requires the reports to include the motorists' age, sex and race, the reason for and location of the stop, whether a search was conducted and whether anything was discovered during that search.

They also must report whether they issued a warning or a ticket, the violation cited, whether anyone was arrested and, if so, what crime was alleged. Police departments losing a portion of their funding are: Brunswick, Diamond, East Lynne, Elsberry, Eminence, State withheld total Fallen firefighters to be honored today NEWS-LEADER STAFF The names of two Missouri firefighters will be added to the National Memorial Wall today during a ceremony at the National Fire Academy in Emmits-burg, Md. Steve Fierro of the Carthage Fire Department and Gerald McGowan of the Kansas City Fire Department will be remembered during the National Memorial Weekend event. Gov. Matt Blunt announced Friday that flags on state facilities would fly at half-staff through Monday in recognition of the two men and other fallen firefighters.

"We should all take time this weekend to recognize the loss of our fallen heroes and be thankful for the service of our firefighters," Blunt said in a prepared statement. SHOW-HE 5 3-5-8-34-41 (midday) 8-10-21-25-41 (evening) LOTTO 3-4-5-6-7-23 POWERBALL 26-31-35-46-50-28 ings created by stories, headlines or photographs. Readers may request a correction by calling the assignment desk at 836-1199, day or night. to "provide goods or services" to the university unless the contract conforms with "the university's rules and regulations pertaining to acquisition of goods and services" and its competitive bidding practices. "I didn't have anything to do with it," Walsworth said.

"I'm just trying to be a good donor and support the university. There's nothing there." The full extent of payments by Missouri to the Walsworth Publishing Company is difficult to determine. Purchase orders obtained by The Associated Press under the state's public records law show that the Marceline-based business received $82,387 from the university system since 2000, primarily to print 1,000 copies annually of a Missouri athletics yearbook Far more lucrative, though, of $7,200 Ozarks agencies Law enforcement agencies in the Ozarks that will lose a portion of their state funding because they failed to file racial-profiling reports include: Eminence Police Department Jasper Police Department Gower, Hardin, Hawk Point, Jasper, Lowry City, Maysville, Montrose, Oran, Pleasant Hope, Sunrise Beach and Washburn. The Dade and Wright county 'fit HE -i1Hl Philip lnrxMrUinnM HAVE A HERNIATED DISC? Goff Heating Air Conditioning "Specializing in heat pumps" It's getting cooler outside. Are you ready to cozy up? Receive up to $1 20000 i Instant Discountl YES, that's right.

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