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Volume 104 • Number 33 • Wednesday, February 19, 2014 • PO Box 188 • 111 E. Jenkins • Maryville, MO • 75¢
FOR SALE Firm retained to sell facility By TONY BROWN News editor
In the market for a wellmaintained 486,000 squarefoot factory capable of bringing several hundred jobs to Nodaway County and portraying “a corporate image with a significant number of existing infra-
structure/improvements in place for a manufacturing user”? Has Maryville got a great deal for you. The former Energizer battery plant at 3131 E. First, vacant since late last year, is now officially listed by Colliers International, a large See ENERGIZER, Page 9
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Energizer Holdings Inc. has hired Colliers International, a real estate group specializing in corporate and industrial properties, to seek a buyer for its now-vacant battery plant on the east edge of Maryville. Josh McKim of Nodaway County Economic Development said bringing Colliers on board is a positive development in the effort to recruit a buyer that will be a good fit for both the regional manufacturing community and the local workforce.
Wood chip supply restocked By JIM FALL
Executive editor
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Published writer
Avery Baker, a fourth-grader at St. Gregory’s School in Maryville, is pictured holding the “Scholastic News,” which featured her writing on its debate page. The topic of the debate was “Should kids be on Facebook?” a proposition that Avery argued against.
Student’s writing is published by ‘Scholastic News’ By STEVE HARTMAN Staff writer
St. Gregory’s School fourth-grader Avery Baker, who recently submitted a response to a “Scholastic News” debate question, has had her piece published by the national student magazine. Avery’s response was chosen out of several thousand nationwide, and she was featured in a recent issue of the popular classroom periodical. Baker’s teacher, Marcy Sobotka, sends home a form with her students every time “Scholastic News” sponsors a debate, a regular feature of the magazine. The form gives students instructions on how to respond to debate topics via the Internet. The question Avery responded to was, “Should
kids be allowed on Facebook?” She argued against it. “I couldn’t sleep one night,” said Avery, the daughter of Matt and Jill Baker. “So I got on my iPod and looked at the instructions on how to respond. The form said I had to argue against letting kids on Facebook, which is the side I would have chosen anyway, so I decided to do it. I had to write my reasons against it in 75-100 words, so I did it and sent it in.” Shortly thereafter, Avery’s mother received a call from “Scholastic News” informing her that her daughter’s response had been chosen for publication. “When Mom told me, I was very excited,” Avery said. “Scholastic News” was See STUDENT’S, Page 3
Workers at Northwest Missouri State University spent a good part of Tuesday converting scrapped wooden pallets and other waste material into fuel to be used at the university’s boiler plant to produce thermal energy to heat — and cool — the campus. The estimated 30 tons of collected wooden material processed by the university’s grinder this week will be combined with an additional five trailer-loads of chips purchased from various venders throughout northwest Missouri, southwest Iowa and northeast Nebraska that were delivered to the Maryville campus Tuesday. James Teaney, manager of the Northwest power plant, said the wood fuel supply had not been replenished since the beginning of the heating season. “We’ve not used the grinder to shred pallets and other materials since November,” Teaney said. “I thought we needed to get some more material in since it is getting to the time of year when our drivers are busy with bus trips, and the roads can get slick,” he said. “And our supply was getting low.” See WOOD, Page 9
Replenishing the supply
JIM FALL/DAILY FORUM
The wood-chipper owned by Northwest Missouri State University was in operation Tuesday for the first time since November as university crews began restocking the supply of chips used to power the school’s boilers.
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Chips galore
Wood chips used to provide energy to heat and cool the Northwest Missouri State University campus are unloaded from two of five trailer-loads of material delivered Tuesday to the stockpile on Icon Road.
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