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Volume 103 • Number 244 • Tuesday, December 17, 2013 • PO Box 188 • 111 E. Jenkins • Maryville, MO
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Third sculpture installed on Maryville square ‘Hey, Mary Lou!’ is newest of downtown artwork additions By KEVIN BIRDSELL Staff Writer
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Lee Leuning and Sherri Treeby’s “Hey, Mary Lou!” was installed last week on the west side of the courthouse square. The installation is part of a Maryville Public Arts Committee plan to bring new pieces of leased sculpture to the square on an annual basis.
Steiner to head Arts & Sciences College By STAFF REPORT
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Michael Steiner, chair of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Northwest Missouri State University since 2008, has been named dean of the University’s College of Arts and Sciences. He replaces Charles McAdams, who resigned earlier this month Michael to become provost and vice president for academic affairs at Delta State University in Cleveland, Miss. “I am delighted that Dr. Steiner has accepted the position of Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences,” said Northwest Provost Doug Dunham. “His breadth of experience, his demonstrated ability to bring people together to work on a common goal, and his character, among other qualities, will
contribute to what I know will be a successful tenure as dean.” Steiner joined the history faculty in 1997, and his teaching assignments have included American history, U.S. economic history, American folk life and constitutional history. During his tenure as department chair, Steiner oversaw the department’s Steiner move to the renovated Valk Center in 2009. He also led the department through a merger as part of the University’s 2012 academic realignment in response to state budget cuts. Steiner, an accomplished amateur musician, said he believes his interest in other academic disciplines will serve him well as he works with faculty members, staff and students in a college See Steiner, pg. 5
Attention all motorists and pedestrians passing by Carson’s Sports Grille and the Simply Siam restaurant on the Main Street side of the courthouse square — prepare to experience an art attack. Artist Lee Leuning and Sherri Treeby’s sculpture “Hey, Mary Lou!” is now installed at that location. And the artwork’s oldtime gridiron theme — two leather helmet-era football players meeting up for an open-field tackle — is just the ticket for this football crazy town. The sculpture is the last of three pieces to be installed on the square. The others are Gregory Johnson’s “Common Ground,” an abstract work consisting of several partial circles made of stainless steel and welded to either end of a single vertical form, and “Gray Hawk,” a bronze image of a large raptor rendered by Nebraska sculptor Del Pettigrew. “Our biggest thing going into this was to make it fun and interesting,” Leuning said of his contribution to
Maryville’s revitalized public art program. “The name ‘Hey, Mary Lou!’ points to how tough it was handling our hormones when you hit puberty. You’re easily distracted. One minute you’re a third-stringer heading around the right side, the next moment you’re piled over the cheerleader into the second row.” The depiction of leather helmets, a broken nose on the defender and mix-andmatch pads adds to the sculpture’s vintage Americana charm, which was sufficient to net “Hey, Mary Lou!” a People’s Choice Award from the Sioux Falls (South Dakota) Sculpture Walk program in 2011. The Maryville Public Arts Committee acquired “Mary Lou!” and the other two artworks through Sculpture One, which also supplies sculptures by nationally recognized artists to the Sioux Falls initiative. “We were familiar with the program,” MPAC member Diane Sudhoff said. “It’s one of the top programs in the country. I brazenly picked up the phone and called Jim Clark, the founder, for an interview. See Artwork, pg. 5
Legislative Issues Set for the Region’s Visit to Jefferson City By TONY BROWN News Editor
As legislators are gearing up for a new season in Jefferson City, so too are the citizens of Northwest Missouri. Over the past few months, the Great Northwest Day at the Capitol Steering Committee gathered and prioritized legislative issues for the region’s annual visit to the state capitol city on February 4-5, 2014. At this event, approximately 350 people from the 18-county region will visit Jefferson City to make their regional voice heard in a single, cohesive message. Great Northwest Day’s legislative platform for the upcoming event includes the following priorities: • Transportation Infrastructure and Funding: Quality transportation infrastructure is important for the viability, growth and safety of our Northwest Missouri communities. Northwest Missouri has 5,263 miles of roadway cared for by the Missouri Department of Transportation and 11,373 miles by the GNW counties. Adequate funding for the economic development, maintenance, and care of the transportation system creates a stronger competitive base from which to grow and attract businesses to northwest Missouri. Therefore, we encourage the support of initiatives that support increased
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transportation funding for State and County systems. • Water Supply & Wastewater Infrastructure: Access to affordable, quality, and dependable water sources are of highest priority to all Northwest Missouri communities. Additionally, the pressures to comply with governmental regulations materialize into great monetary stress upon our local governments. Therefore, we encourage State government’s assistance in partnering with local governments in their efforts to deal with the regulatory and infrastructure needs associated with water and wastewater concerns.
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• Flood Impacted Infrastructure/ Levees/State Parks: Protection and restoration of property from flood damage is and has been vital to many of our Northwest Missouri communities. The economic base of the entire region is greatly built around the management of rivers. Additionally the restoration and protection of our Missouri State Parks, many of which are closely associated with rivers, is of vital economic importance. • Education Funding: Preschool thru 12 and Higher Education Funding: Adequate and sustained funding See Great, pg. 3
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