St. Joseph police briefs, Sept. 8, 2008

Municipal court, Sept. 8, 2008

RIVER HILLS, Wisc. — Brian Haskell stood at the top of the leaderboard after the first day of the 2005 U.S. Mid-Amateur and seemed to be in great position to advance. But things fell apart the second day.
Back this year at the same tournament, the St. Joseph golfer worried for a moment that this history might repeat itself.
After shooting in the top seven of 264 golfers on the first day, Haskell started Sunday with bogeys on three of the first six holes at the Milwaukee Country Club.
“My caddie, Matt Thrasher, was with me last time, and at that point we just talked about how we were in the same position,” Haskell said. “I started out last time on the second day with a few bogeys, it snowballed and I let it get away from me. We both said we weren’t going to let it get away from us this time.
“I just kept my composure. It wasn’t a low score, but it was good enough to get in the top 64.”

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Your letters, Sept. 7, 2008

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It's your call, Sept. 7, 2008

KANSAS CITY — Gil Meche got his ERA under 4.00, set a season high for strikeouts and won for the first time in more than a month.
Not a bad night for the Kansas City right-hander.
Meche pitched three-hit ball for seven innings and struck out 10, pitching the Royals past Cleveland 3-1 on Saturday night to snap the Indians' 10-game road winning streak.
Cleveland hadn't lost away from home since Aug. 6 at Tampa Bay.

RIVER HILLS, Wisc. — St. Joseph golfers Brian Haskell and Brad Nurski finished in the top 25 after Saturday’s first round of the U.S. Mid-Amateur.
Played on two separate courses, Haskell fired a 1-under 69 at Milwaukee Country Club and will start today’s second round tied for seventh with three other golfers. Nurski’s even-par 70 at Brown Deer Park has him in a 12-way tie for 11th.
The top 64 after two rounds of stroke play advance to single-elimination match play.

The Clinton County Sheriff’s Department recovered nearly $100,000 in stolen merchandise Wednesday.