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New electronic features highlight upcoming Community Bank anniversary

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New electric signage added in the summer of 2016 outside Community Bank of Marshall's College Street location highlights community events in addition to advertising for the bank.

By Arron Hustead Staff Writer

Though features change, the name stays the same for Community Bank as it approaches 40 years in Saline County.

Among the changing features, one in particular stands out to motorists passing by the bank's College Street location. A new electric sign, like those along U.S. Highway 65 through Marshall, allows the bank to draw attention from those at the intersection of College Street and Miami Avenue to the sign's changing messages.

Along with sharing information from the bank to the public, Bank President Robbie Fuchs said the sign was intended to highlight

community events and is available to civic organizations in the community.

"We really want to use that as much as possible for community events," he said. "We feel… the products that we have are similar to others, but we just want to be able to give the community access to advertising."

Future plans are in place, Fuchs said, to update bank facilities and also to add other electric signage at the bank's Odell Avenue location, which was freshly landscaped in 2016.

Evolving operational features, such as Community Bank's Shazam Bolt$ mobile app, have granted customers with more tools to combat consumer fraud. By

using the app, customers can receive notificatransaction tions and new in 2016, they gained the ability to block transactions from their account at any time with the press of a button. They can then remove that block whenever they're ready.

"They can do it, obviously, just in general, but at the first sign that there's a potential fraud on their card, they can put that block on their card so it doesn't continue," Bank Security Act Officer Julie Schwetz said.

Some people, Fuchs said, choose to keep their card locked at all times, unlocking it only at times when they are personally preparing to make a transaction.

Other newly added online features include

account electronic statements, or e-statements, and the ability for person-to-person payments.

"That just rolled out quite recently," Fuchs said of the person-toperson payment feature. "It's sort of like a PayPal, except all you've got to do is have my email address or a phone number or text, then I can go into the system and put my banking information in.

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It's just a secure way to conduct e-business."

As things continue to change, including transitions in staff due to retirement and the addition of two new members of the bank's board of directors, Fuchs noted one thing that has never changed about Community Bank has been the name.

That's something he said will be celebrated along with the bank's anniversary in 2017.

"The banking environment in Saline County has changed quite a bit over the last five years," Fuchs said.

"Names have increased the competition. Some banks have changed names. And the one thing that we feel we are — our bank has never changed the name. Can't say that's never going to happen, but we certainly, the intent is to keep on doing what we've done in our market area."

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After 20 years in Marshall, Salt Fork YMCA is still growing

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Events at the Salt Fork YMCA's 20th anniversary carnival included face painting and a petting zoo Saturday, Aug. 27.

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Tr i c k - o r - t r e a t e r s gather candy and play carnival games during Salt Fork YMCA's annual Halloween Party Saturday, Oct. 29.

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A 20-year long mainstay of the Marshall community saw numbers on the rise in 2016.

As it celebrated two decades in Marshall, the Salt Fork YMCA reports an uptick in membership and event participation numbers.

Salt Fork Y also exceeded the $70,000

goal for its annual fundraising campaign, part of which goes to provide financial assistance with membership for individuals of all ages. In 2016, it provided $45,868.35 in full

or partial financial assistance for memberships and $15,893.96 in indirect assistance. Indirect assistance is described as allowing facilities to be used by community groups or nonprofit organizations, outreach or support to other community groups, community outreach programs or other community support.

"Those dollars that we raise go right in to ensure that nobody is ever denied the opportunity to participate due to inability to pay," Salt Fork Y CEO Kirk Alexander said. "If we had to sustain the organization solely off of membership, we couldn't do that. ‌The membership, honestly, doesn't even cover the operational cost of the organization. We understand that if we had to price our membership at a price point to support the organization, we would be shutting a lot of folks out.

They just could not afford it, and then that would put an even bigger burden on our financial assistance program."

The year also saw Ys throughout the state join together through "My Y is every Y," a reciprocal membership program which allows individuals with a membership at any Y in the state to visit any other in Missouri and Kansas and enjoy full membership benefits there at no additional cost.

Alexander noted a number of existing Y activities in Marshall, such as summer camp and the annual Halloween party, had been successful throughout the year. Also, he said the Y had started branching out into a new range of activities.

"Good, bad or indifferent, I think the perception is the YMCA is just for members," Alexander said. "Again, we are a membershipbased organization, but we're trying to do more things to kind of lend ourselves, or invite the community to participate as well."

Breakfast with Santa, a new Y program in partnership with the Knights of Columbus, reportedly attracted 70 kids to participate, which Alexander said was great for the first time doing it. The daddy/daughter dance had an estimated 130 couples participate.

Cookies and canvas was another new event hosted by the Y, which Membership Director Kelsey Mumm described as a mommyand-me painting project.

"It was a really cool hands-on activity that you got to do with a parent, which a lot of parents just don't take the time to do at home," Mumm said, adding that including more family programs was a future goal.

Additionally, in celebration of its 20th anniversary in Marshall, the Y hosted a carnival

in August that Alexander said had received great feedback from people wanting to do it again next year. However, he said such an event might have to wait to return in five years for the 25th anniversary.

Also in celebration of the anniversary, a black tie/tennis shoe event was organized with invites sent to original board members, campaigners, founders and others who had an early influence on the Y in Marshall. The event was so well received, Alexander said, that it was decided it would be an annual event which the Y would use in the future to focus on the Y's endowment.

"Marshall, I think, is really fortunate, really blessed to have a Y, but having a Y in a community the size of Marshall — it can be a bit of a struggle too, to support it," Alexander said.

"I've heard people say the easiest thing to do is to raise the seed money to build the building — what's really hard is finding all the revenue that you need to maintain the building. Nobody wants to give to a new roof.

So, it's going to be really critical for us to have a nice, strong endowment to ensure the success of the organization as we move forward."

The Y's endowment also benefits from a portion of the proceeds from the annual piccadilly auction.

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County fairgrounds staying up on current trends

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Above Left: A roof addition is constructed at Saline County Fairground on the facility's hog barn.

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Photo left and above: Upgrades to the entrance of Saline County Fairground’s multipurpose building were completed early this year, including new doors, stacked rock and car siding finishes.

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General Manager The Saline County Fairground is a host site for long-standing and traditional events; but fairground association members know they have to look ahead to keep up with drawing both traditional events and new.

From its Denim & Diamonds fundraising dinner and auction, as well as private donations, the fairground has been able to steadily expand and

improve. In 2016, that began with remodeling some of the multipurpose building.

“We remodeled the end walls with rock and car siding,” fair association member Gary Dowell said.

From floor to ceiling, the north and south interior walls have been resurfaced with modern stacked stone and stained wood, helping to bring the aesthetic from a functional space to a designed look. Additionally, the lowered ceiling

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was removed, insulation was added to the peaked ceiling, and new lighting was installed, as well as ductwork and acoustic tile.

“Part of that building is (more than) 40 years old, some is newer,” Dowell said. “We want to make it all the same. The livestock barns are 40plus years old. It needs a facelift.”

Those multipurpose building alterations were finished in January of 2016. Toward the end of last year, the organiza-

tion began the newest capital improvement for the building: revamping the entryway.

The $15,000 project included introducing the same new materials, rock and car siding, to both the interior and exterior of the entrance.

Contractors also built in new doors.

“We’ve had a lot of good comments,” Dowell said.

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For now, association and community members will enjoy the progress that has taken place at Saline County Fairground. But association members are also thinking about the future in an effort to stay on the front edge of current trends and changing needs.

“We’re getting the long-range planning committee to see what the next project is,” Dowell said. “We want to put the community’s contributions to good use.”

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Elmer Hare Ford, before and after the summer 2016 renovations completely transformed the building's appearance.

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The difference inside Elmer Hare Ford is night and day following a fiverenovation month process, according to General Manager Matt Hare.

A project that had been in the planning stages for a couple of years, Hare said the numerous upgrades were all focused on providing better customer service.

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Projects give park a refreshed look

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Above: Renovations to the Lyon Bowl fields at Indian Foothills Park were discussed at the Marshall Parks and Recreation Board meeting Wednesday, March 2, 2016. At that point, the Marshall Parks and Recreation Department had received a $10,000 royalty fields grant, which was received from Royals Charities Monday, Feb. 15. Ideally, park officials had hoped reconstruction would begin at the end of the 2016 ball season, but it was pushed back. Also pictured is the progression of the renovation of two of the baseball and softball fields at Indian Foothills Park's Lyon Bowl Thursday, Feb. 16. The first phase of renovations includes leveling the fields and altering the direction of the infields, as well as installation of an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant ramp from the south parking lot to the fields. Parks Director Jeff Stubblefield estimated roughly 95 percent of the dirt on the fields had been moved around at the time. The nearly $400,000 project is financed with the help of donations from the Optimist Club of Marshall, Royals Charities, and the estate of William M. Huston.

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Left: A new expression swing installed at Indian Foothills Park was reportedly a big hit with the public, according to park officials. An expression swing allows an adult to swing with a small child or toddler. The adult sits on a normal bench swing with a bar that wraps around above, ending with a booster seating, facing in the opposite direction. This allows the adult and child to face each other and maintain eye contact while enjoying playtime together. The swing without a frame costs approximately $1,500. Due to the swing’s popularity, Director Jeff Stubblefield announced in March 2017 that a second swing would be added in the park later in the year.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2017

New sirens put to test during March storms

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Above left: Saline County Buildings and Grounds Supervisor Bill Sleeper installs window louvers for the new severe weather sirens in the courthouse in late October.

Above right: One of four new storm sirens sits in the bell tower of the Saline County Courthouse after Blue Valley Public Safety Inc. installed them on Oct. 20.

Bottom left: Jeff Edgington, with Blue Valley Public Safety Inc., instructs fellow workers on the best installation for new sirens in the bell tower of the Saline County Courthouse on Thursday, Oct. 20.

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Four new storm sirens in the Saline County Courthouse were put to the test earlier in March as a line of severe storms traveled across the Midwest.

According to Emergency Management Director Tony Day, the new sirens worked very well after the storms caused a tornado warning to be issued for the county.

“I think it’s a great addition to our system,” he said. “They’ve been

working out great.”

The sirens are also voice-capable, though that feature was not used during the tornado warning.

Day said voice capability will help direct listeners, instead of a siren sounding without any information about why it is sounding. The feature will be geared more toward events that draw large crowds, and will be used “to warn crowds of people that there is an imminent danger and that they need to evacuate, take cover or go one direction or another.”

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The sirens can also warn people of other dangers besides a tornado or high winds, like an anhydrous leak.

The new sirens were installed in the bell tower of the courthouse in late October 2016, and a siren testing ceremony was held on Nov. 2.

During the ceremony, Emergency Management Director Tony Day explained the reasoning behind the new storm sirens. He said that approximately two years ago, a big storm was headed for Saline County and had the po-

tential to produce tornadoes. At the time, a concert was in progress at the fairgrounds, as well as a local high school football game.

Day said because of that occurrence, he looked into new sirens that could be installed “at places where people gather — the courthouse, fairgrounds and school parks.”

He then explained the process of getting the new sirens, including speaking with the Marshall City Council and Saline County Commission for use of the courthouse. Addition-

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“That would be a great addition out there by the sports stadiums to be able to get specific warning information about what the hazard is,” he said. “That way, you could give them specific voice instructions about where to go and what to do.”

A portable voice-capable siren is also at the Saline County Fairground and can be used during those events, or could be deployed to surrounding towns if needed.

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ally, he spoke with Mark Thompson, Wood & Huston Bank’s president and CEO. “If it wasn’t for Mark Thompson, I probably wouldn’t have done this,” Day said during the ceremony. “He thought it was a good project and he would support it.”

Others who contributed to the project were Community Bank, Cargill, Mid-Missouri Energy, Exchange Bank, Fitzgibbon Hospital and McDonalds.

Day said he hopes to get another siren similar to the new ones by

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