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Volume 104 • Number 10 • Wednesday, January 15, 2014 • PO Box 188 • 111 E. Jenkins • Maryville, MO • 75¢
Council shifts course on bar-age issue Debate back before Student leader city’s leadership responds to vote
Editor’s note: In response to this week’s decision by the Maryville City Council to revisit a proposal raising the age limit for legal entry into bars and taverns, Northwest Missouri State University Student Senate President Cody M. Uhing on Tuesday issued the following statement, which the Daily Forum has elected to publish in its entirety. “I am deeply concerned about the unintended consequences that could arise from raising the bar entry age and losing a public environment for underage students. “While a bar may not be the safest environment, it is better than a unsupervised house party. This was an opinion many students shared with me over the last year and a half of Cody Uhing discussion on this topic. “I am disappointed that the council has disregarded the overwhelming opposition to this from a large constituency within the city. “In regards to the rest of the comprehensive (alcohol consumption) plan, I think the council is working toward a goal of making our community safer and curbing underage drinking. “I support the comprehensive approach, but I think all parts of the plan should be beneficial to the safety of students. “I think raising the entry age will negatively impact the goal of creating a safer community. It isn’t cutting down underage drinking, but rather forcing students into environments that foster an irresponsible mindset to drinking.” Cody M. Uhing, President, 91st Student Senate
By TONY BROWN News editor
In a reversal of a decision made last spring after nearly a year of public meetings, debate and input by municipal staff and officials at Northwest Missouri State University, the Maryville City Council on Monday voted 4-1 in favor of revisiting a proposal to raise the city’s bar entry age minimum to 21. The vote came following a discussion of proposed ordinances designed to inaugurate a “comprehensive” alcohol enforcement policy containing several provisions aimed at Northwest students and the bars and taverns that cater to them. Last May the council voted 3-2 to leave the longstanding age-19 entry standard alone. But on Monday Councilman Jeff Funston and Mayor Jim Fall switched sides, leaving Councilwoman Renee Riedel as the sole supporter of the status quo. Councilmen Glenn Jonagan and Ron Moss, reaffirming their earlier stance, voted to bring the age-21 ordinance back for a vote at the next council meeting on January 27. Technically Monday’s vote means only that the ordinance can be voted on
for a second time. But in reality, majority opinion on the council appears to have shifted toward excluding 19- and 20-year-olds from entering establishments primarily in the business of selling alcohol. If passed, the restriction would not apply to restaurants that serve liquor by the drink but derive most of their sales from food. Public hearing, then vote According to Fall and City Manager Greg McDanel, here is what will likely happen the next time the council convenes: First, a public hearing will take place during which members of the public will be able to voice their opinions about the bar age entry standard. Then an ordinance proposing an age21 limit will be read by the city clerk. Assuming there is a motion and a second from the council, the proposal will be opened for discussion by the council only, read for a second time and submitted to a vote. In addition to the age21 ordinance, the council on January 27 is also to hear “first readings” of alcohol-related ordinances that would set up new rules governing drinking in public, “nuisance”parties, and cooperative enforcement procedures to be adopted by
Nelson selected as ‘Busch Hero’ By STEVE HARTMAN Staff writer
A local man has been selected as one of eight national “Busch Heroes” for an advertising campaign by brewing giant AnheuserBusch InBev honoring individuals who work hard for themselves and their families and communities “on and off the job.” Dennis Nelson, who owns a home construction business in Maryville, joins seven other individuals from across the United States who will be featured in digital and print advertisements, on regional billboards, and on special-edition packaging used for Busch and Busch Light beverages. “Our goal with Busch Heroes is to shine a spotlight on those who aren’t afraid to roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty, on and off the clock,” said Edison Yu, Anheuser-Busch’s vice president for value brands.
Nelson, who has been in the construction business for about 15 years, says he’s not exactly certain how he was chosen as a Busch Beer poster person. “Someone had asked my brother Jason if he knew of anyone in this area who was the type of person they were looking for, and he gave them my name,” Nelson said. Nelson was a bit overwhelmed by how quickly things got off the ground once he was chosen. “They called and interviewed me, and then over the summer they contacted me on a Wednesday, congratulated me for being selected, and told me they would be here to film me on Friday, so everything happened pretty quickly.” “Dennis said he’d been building houses for 15 years, and no one had ever called him a hero,” said See SELECTED, Page 6
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Bar owner
Local bar owner Paul Thompson, standing, speaks before the Maryville City Council Monday during a revived debate over bar entry age limits and other proposed restrictions on public alcohol consumption. Maryville Public Safety and the University Police Department. Unless the council decides otherwise during the meeting, votes on all three of those measures would wait until the next council meeting on Feb. 10. Should any or all of the ordinances pass it is likely they would not be implemented until
late next summer prior to the start of a new school year. Legwork by municipal staff indicates this city is less proactive than other Missouri college towns with regard to restrictions on public drinking. According to Public Safety Director Keith Wood, Maryville is See BAR AGE, Page 6
At Northwest
Area students on honor rolls
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Northwest Missouri State University has released it’s honor roll list from the fall semester. Many students from the surrounding areas made the list, their names are as follows:
‘Busch Hero’
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Maryville resident Dennis Nelson has been selected as one of eight nationwide “Busch Heroes.” The Busch Heroes’ advertising promotion created by the Anheuser-Busch InBev brewing company, features people from different walks of life who work multiple jobs, follow a special passion or do volunteer work in their community. Nelson, a Maryville area builder, will be featured in digital and print advertising, as pictured above, and Busch Beer and Busch Light packaging.
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Albany: Jacob Davis, Academic Honor Roll; Jordan Davis, Presidential Honor Roll; Paige McGinley, Academic Honor Roll,; Grant Parman, Presidential Honor Roll, and Laecie Workman, Presidential Honor Roll. Barnard: Lisa Beattie, Academic Honor Roll, and Brandon Cozine, Academic Honor Roll. Bolckow: Rachelle Beattie, Presidential Honor Roll, and Jacki Wiederholt, Academic Honor Roll Clearmont: Lauren Buholt, Academic Honor Roll; Bryce Evans, Aca-
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demic Honor Roll; Heath Harris, Academic Honor Roll, and Korbin Jones, Presidential Honor Roll. Conception: Darcy Schieber, Presidential Honor Roll. Conception Jct.: Jillian Henry, Presidential Honor Roll; Colton Holtman, Presidential Honor Roll; Rachael Schmitz, Presidential Honor Roll; Jacob Stoll, Presidential Honor Roll, and Shanna Welch, Presidential Honor Roll. Elmo: Amanda Dye, Academic Honor Roll. Gentry: Meredith Evans, Academic Honor Roll. Grahman: Jodi Holmes, Academic Honor Roll; and Patrick O’Riley, Academic Honor Roll. Hopkins: Cody Bix, Academic Honor Roll; and Nichole Larabee, Academic Honor Roll. See AREA, Page 3
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