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Volume 104 • Number 29 • Wednesday, February 12, 2014 • PO Box 188 • 111 E. Jenkins • Maryville, MO • 75¢
City delays action on alcohol ordinances By TONY BROWN
of what city officials have called a “comprehensive” liquor consumption policy geared toward cutting down on alcohol-related offenses, binge drinking and “nuisance parties.” A fourth ordinance, raising the bar-entry age minimum in Maryville from 19 to the legal drinking age of 21, was passed by the council two weeks ago and goes into effect July 1. Jasinski told the council he supports the city’s efforts to promote responsible drinking. But he added that significant conceptions, or misconceptions, exist among students with regard to the possibility of overly tough enforcement of the proposed new rules by police. “I think we’re all aligned on the what,” said Jasinski, referring to the shared goal of convincing more young people to drink responsibly. “Where we are not aligned is on the how and the when, especially the when.” Jasinski said more time is needed for city officials to meet with student leaders so
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More deliberation needed
Northwest Missouri State University President John Jasinski addresses the Maryville City Council on Monday — in front of a couple of video cameras — urging the governing board to delay voting on two alcohol consumption ordinances pending further discussion with student leaders.
A plea from Northwest Missouri State University President John Jasinski at Monday’s City Council meeting derailed, at least temporarily, passage of a couple of ordinances that would have significantly changed the way local residents, including college students, are allowed to consume alcohol both in public and at social gatherings held on private property. Jasinski’s remarks were followed by responses from several council members, all five of whom voted to table both ordinances pending further discussion with university students and other “stakeholders.” A third ordinance, setting forth ground rules for increased cooperation between Maryville Public Safety and the Northwest Missouri State University University Police Department, especially in neighborhoods adjoining the university, passed unanimously. Together, the three ordinances make up the core
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Winter of 2014 may stake claim to Top 10 coldest By DEBBIE JOHNSON MU Extension
Missouri saw an unusually windy January, frozen soil with a deep frost line and temperatures that may make this winter among the top 10 coldest on record. “The preliminary data for Missouri are indicating a January that ran nearly 5 degrees below normal,” said Pat Guinan, climatologist for University of Missouri Extension’s Commercial Agriculture Program. “We tied January of 2010.” Those low temperatures combined with blustery winds to create stinging wind chills for January. “It was the windiest start to the year in a generation,” Guinan said. “Using Columbia as Missouri’s midpoint, the monthly average wind speed from the
regional airport was 12.6 mph and ranked the windiest January since 1985.” That cold has also settled deep into the soil. “Cold temperatures, lack of extended snow cover and dry soils this winter, especially across northern and central Missouri, allowed the frost line to go unusually deep,” Guinan said. “The frost line in northern Missouri may go down a foot or more into the soil.” It’s not just cold; the air has been extremely dry. “Cold air typically has very little atmospheric moisture. This January it was unusually low,” Guinan said. “When I talk about moisture content of the atmosphere, I’m talking about humidity or dew point.” According to Guinan, January 2014 had the lowest average See WINTER 2014, Page 6
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All smiles over new fire truck
Volunteer and professional members of the Maryville Public Safety fire division stand outside City Hall Monday night beside the city’s new pumper truck, recently delivered by Iowa-based manufacturer Toyne Inc. The $281,000 pumper is equipped with a 1,000-gallon tank and contains a number of upgraded safety features. Pictured from left are Bryan Williams, Corey McVinua, Capt. Phil Rickabaugh, Shana Wallace and Firefighter Shaun Wiederholt
Fire crew gets new truck Barnard buys old pumper
By TONY BROWN News editor
Several Maryville Public Safety firefighters, including fire division supervisor Capt. Phil Rickabaugh, gathered at City Hall prior to
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this week’s City Council meeting to show off the department’s new pumper truck. There were smiles all around as the truck stood parked curbside on Market Street, illuminated in the winter darkness by a
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blaze of trailer- and cabmounted searchlights and floodlights. Manufactured by Toyne Inc. of Breda, Iowa, the truck was to be delivered this spring but was completed well ahead of schedule, early
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enough in fact to be displayed earlier this month at the Missouri Fire School & Expo in Columbia. The $281,000 pumper was purchased with revenues from the city’s half-cent capital improvements sales tax and comes equipped with a
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