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Title Town 2.0 Volume 103 • Number 248 • Monday, December 23, 2013 • PO Box 188 • 111 E. Jenkins • Maryville, MO
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Maryville native and Bearcat head coach Adam Dorrel hoists the NCAA Division II championship trophy after his team’s 43-28 victory over Lenoir-Ryne.
Maryville football teams go 60-0 By JASON LAWRENCE Sports Editor
The City of Maryville finished out 2013 without a blemish on its record – a perfect 60-0 with the Bearcats’ fourth national title victory last Saturday afternoon. “I think it’s pretty cool that Maryville went 60-0 this year in football from junior high all the way up to our University,” Northwest head coach Adam Dorrel said. “I don’t know if any other town in America
can say that. That’s pretty cool. It means a lot to me.” Northwest came out strong and put up the most points in the Division II national title game since 2000 with its 43-28 victory over Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C). The defense set the tone early, forcing a three-and-out, which gave way to the offense that wasted little time putting a score on the board. Senior quarterback Trevor Adams capped a six-play, 59-yard drive with a 29yard touchdown pass to junior wide
receiver Reuben Thomas, who broke a couple tackles and raced into the end zone on fourth down. “The way they were playing, really allowed us to take some chances early and really be aggressive,” Adams said. The defense quickly forced another three-and-out and RS-freshman kicker Simon Mathiesen banged home a 28-yard field goal to give Northwest a 10-0 lead, only the defense wasn’t done. “Usually when you play and option
team, it may take you a few series’ to get the speed, get the flow of the option and I thought our defense just came out and did some great things early,” Dorrel said. Senior defensive tackle Bryant Hummel recovered a Lenoir-Rhyne fumble at the 15 yardline and three plays later, senior running back Billy Creason, who ran for a team-high 79 yards, somersaulted his way into the end zone to give Northwest the most points scored in the first quarter of a See BEARCATS, Page 7
City digs out after nine-inch snowfall By TONY BROWN News Editor
The first major winter storm of the season dropped nearly nine inches of snow on Nodaway County Saturday night. Temperatures dropped into the teens as township grader operators and the sevenmember Maryville street crew hustled through the pre-dawn hours to clear both rural gravel roads and the town’s 81 miles of paved streets. Maryville Street Superintendent Jay Cacek said Friday that his crew was ready to respond to the incoming storm, and that the city’s snow-removal arsenal of three salt trucks and four plow-equipped dump trucks were ready to go. As usual after a big snow, the crew attacked designated snow routes first, and residents living along those streets were asked to refrain from parking vehicles curbside in order to give the plows a clear shot.
A list and map of Maryville’s snow routes is available at www.maryville.org/pView. aspx?id=22801&catid=506. Major arteries in Maryville were mostly cleared by early Sunday morning, however work on side streets continued well into the day. Cacek said it usually takes at least eight hours for his crew to completely clear the city’s street network after a major snowfall. With the completion of two new reconstructed streets this year, South Depot and South Munn Avenue, City Hall has changed up its snow strategy by switching from a beet-based “bio-melt” salt treatment to a corn-based substance designed not to corrode concrete. Cacek said adding either beet or corn extract to salt makes it about 70 percent less corrosive, but that the beet compound can’t be used alone and the corn additive can. Keeping salt off the new roadways, he said, should add significantly to the fresh paveSee SNOWFALL, Page 3
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Karl Ritterbusch uses a snow-blower to clear a sidewalk near the Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church in the 900 block of South Main Street.
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and E1/2 W1/2 SW1/4 All in Sec 14-64-34 Marilyn Y. Coulter to Allen Ray and Carol Hersh – All that Part of NW1/4 NW1/4 Lying South of the Norfolk and Western RR R/W Sec 8-63-34 December 19. 2013 Forrest E. Fannon to Charles Swinford – Lots 11, 12, Blk. 18 Comstocks 2nd Add to New Conception Now Called Conception Junction, Nod. Co. Mo. Janis and Robert Colville Family Revocable Trust to Barnes Nodaway Mo. LLC – ¼ Int All That Part of the West 100 Acres of the SW1/4 Sec 13-65-35… See record Helen R. and Duane C. Quinn Family Trust to Barnes Nodaway Mo. LLC – ¼ Int All That Part of the West 100 Acres of the SW1/4 Sec 13-65-35… See record Catherine M. Harmon Trust Agreement to Barnes Nodaway Mo. LLC – ¼ Int All That Part of the West 100 Acres of the SW1/4 Sec 1365-35… See record Helen R. and Duane C. Quinn Family Trust to Barnes Nodaway Mo. LLC – ¼ Int All That Part of
the West 100 Acres of the SW1/4 Sec 13-65-35… See record Connie L. and James E. Colville Family Revocable Trust to Barnes Nodaway Mo. LLC – ¼ Int All That Part of the West 100 Acres of the SW1/4 Sec 13-6535… See record December 20, 2013 Edmund B. and Margaret A. Schieber to Ed Schieber Revocable Living Trust, Peggy Schieber Revocable Living Trust – Lot 70 Plat 3 Sunset Hill Add to Maryville Dennis E. and Suzanne M. Schlake to Dennis E. Schlake Trust, Dennis E. and Suzanne M. Schlake Trustees– ½ Int S1/2 SW1/4 Sec 36 and 12 Acres Off the S Side of N1/2 SW1/4..See record Tobin Brothers LLC to David E. and Teresa D. Blackford – E1/2 NE1/4 Sec 2866-35 R. Keith and Christina A. Wood to Michael L. and Linda M. Pitzenberger – See record Joyce B. and Paul E. Kerber, Norma R. and Paul F. Shea, Kenneth A. and Nancy Barnes to Gary D. Stiens Revocable Inter Vivos Trust
Municipal Court December 17 Municipal Court Brett Siebeneck, Pleasant Hill – Miscellaneous peace disturbance - $300 Catharine Ginther, Stanberry – Failed to yield - $100 Andrew Kridler, Maryville – Miscellaneous ordinance violation - $200 Noel Garabita, Jr., Chicago – Miscellaneous ordinance violation - $1800 Luke Edick, Barnard – Miscellaneous ordinance violation - $200 Kathryn Binder, Maryville – Failure to drive on right half of roadway when roadway was of sufficient width - $500; Disorderly conduct - $300 Dalton Edmisten, Kansas City – Disorderly conduct - $500; Littering - $300 Kyle King, Maryville Littering - $300 Oliva Herzberg, Villisca, Iowa – Disorderly conduct $300 Jeremiah Gomez, Maryville – Expired plates - $100; Failure to appear $100 Randi Myers, Kearney – Expired plates - $500; Taylor Breen, Kansas City – Failure to yield $500; Jason Latham, Parnell Failure to appear - $150.50 Brianna Dawson, Maryville – Defective equipment- $250 Nicole Adamson, Pickering – Defective equipment$250; Failure to appear $100 Michelle Verbick, Maryville – Defective equipment - $250 Sara Thompson, Lucerne – Speeding (16-19 mph over) - $55 Wesley Greenhaw, Maryville - Driving while suspended/revoked - $500;
Expired plates - $50 Traci Davenport, Maryville – Littering - $100 Saurav Bhattacharyya, Grimes, Iowa – Failure to appear - $204; Terrill Matthews, Kansas City – Failure to pay fines and costs - $100 Byron Walker, Maryville – Failure to pay fines and costs - $100 Alberto Trevino, Maryville – Failure to pay fines and costs - $100 Harold Langley, Maryville – Failure to pay fines and costs - $50 Ryan Spire, Maryville – Expired plates - $75 Dustin Price, Maryville – Disorderly conduct $100; Stealing - $250 Cody Price, Maryville – Disorderly conduct - $100; Stealing - $250; Property
damage- $250; Littering $100 Jeremy King, Greenwood, Neb. – Operating vehicle on highway without valid or no license - $250; Vehicle license/inspection/ title - $25; Operating vehicle without maintaining financial responsibility - $175 Shannon Staples, Maryville – Defective equipment - $300 Michelle Gascoigne, Maryville – Expired plates - $50; Equipment violation $50; Gave false information to officer - $200 Geoff Smith, Ravenwood – Speeding, 11-15 mph over - $38 Jua Jia Tao, Maryville – Expired plates - $75 Chad Carlson, Ottumwa, Iowa – Supplying alcohol to a minor- $250
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Land Transfers December 16, 2013 US Bank to James L. and Keitha Nance – N1/2 Lots 3, 4 Blk 11 MG Roseberry’s Add to Maryville December 17, 2013 Charles Dale Adamson to Nicole Leigh Adamson – Tr of Land Beginning at NW Cor of the E 14.28 Acres of NW NE Sec 6-65-35..See record December 18, 2013 Bruce White to Ronda White – Lot 20 Blk 18 OT Burlington Jct. Bruce White to Ronda White – Com 1356 Ft E SW Cor NE1/4 Sec 15-65-37… See record Bruce White to Ronda White – Lot 19 Blk 18 OT Burlington Jct., Mo. Dorothy Ivalee Johnson, Doyle L. Johnson, Deceased to Nodaway County – Permanent Right of Way Easement to that Part of SE1/4 Sec 7-66-33 Nod. Co., Mo James T., Cathy J., Leslie W. and Rebecca New to James T. and Cathy J. New Revocable Living Trust – Lot 3 Archers Sub/Div to Maryville Alfred and Mary Anne Jones Revocable Living Trust to Patrick M. and Kenna S. O’Connell – E1/2 SW1/4
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Missouri Highway Patrol Arrests December 15 1:08 a.m. – Kenneth A. Scott, 51, Maryville – Driving while intoxicated,
Class B misdemeanor; speeding, 84 mph in a 65 mph zone December 18 11:16 a.m. – Nancy S.
Morris, 42, Maitland – St. Joseph misdemeanor warrant FTA Stealing; No valid operator license; No insurance
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Life Beyond Breast Cancer Support Group meets from 7 to 8 p.m. on the 2nd Monday of the month in the Hospitality Room at St. Francis Hospital Never Alone Narcotics Anonymous, Wesley Foundation, 549 W. 4th St., 6pm. Over Eaters Anonymous meets 5:30 p.m. weekly @ Franciscan Rm. of St. Francis Hospital SAFE: Stop Abuse for Everyone (men’s support), meets upon request noon1:30 p.m. & 5:15-6:45 p.m. weekly @ the Children & Family Center, 1220 E. 2nd St., Maryville; 562-2320 if you plan to attend Maryville Pride Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m. on the 2nd & 4th Mondays at Hy-Vee. Manna Kitchen 5 pm-6 pm, St. Gregory’s Catholic Church 333 S. Davis St, a free community meal open to all. AA at Wesley Center, Noon AA at Methodist Church Room 203, 6:00 p.m. Al-Anon at Methodist Church Room 205, 6:00pm.
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Wilcox United Methodist Church Christmas Eve Service, December 24, 6 p.m. Nodaway County Senior Center Tai Chi 5:00 to 6:00 pm. Today’s Civic Women meets 6:30 p.m. every first Tuesday @ Maryville Public Library basement, 5629833, 582-4294 Living Free Narcotics Anonymous, Countryside Christian Church, 16th & Country Club Rd. 6pm. No Eagles Bingo, WINGS: Women in Need Gaining Support (women’s support-domestic violence & sexual assault), meets noon-1:30 p.m. & 5:156:45 p.m. weekly @ the Children & Family Center, 1220 E. 2nd St., Maryville TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets weekly 5:30 p.m. for weigh-ins, 6 p.m. meeting @ First Christian Church, Maryville Maryville Public Library Board of Trustees meets the second Tuesday @ noon in the conference room Alzheimer’s Support meets @ 6 p.m. third Tuesday @ Laura Street Baptist Church, Maryville
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Christmas Dinner, Nodaway County Senior Center, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dementia, Alzheimers support group 3rd Wednesday of each month. 6-7pm. Presbyterian Church, Maryville, MO. Jessica Loch, 816-261-2440. Tina Baker, Nodaway Nursing Home 660-562-2876. Never Alone Narcotics Anonymous, Wesley Foundation, 549 W. 4th St., 6pm. Community Meals First United Methodist, 5 p.m. 6 p.m., 1st/Main. St. Francis Retirees will meet, the first Wednesday of every month at 9am at the Nodaway County Senior Center. Breast Cancer Support Group meets @ noon every second Wednesday @ First Christian Church, Rm 106, Maryville AA meeting at 6 p.m. weekly @ Davison Square. AL-Anon meeting at 6 p.m. weekly @ Davison Square. Eagles Closed
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Nodaway County Senior Center Hand and Foot AM Living Free Narcotics Anonymous, Countryside Christian Church, 16th & Country Club Rd. 6pm. Grief Support Group Six week session begins Thursday, August 1st, from 6:30 - 8:00 PM. Meeting will be in the board room at the hospital. Contact Michele at 660-541-5157 for questions, registration, or information. Nodaway County Federated Republican Women meet 11:30 a.m. 1st Thursday of the month at Carson’s, Maryville AA meeting at 7:30 p.m. weekly @ Parnell United Methodist Church. AA at Wesley Center at Noon Maryville Business & Professional Women’s Organization meets 6 p.m. every 4th Thursday @ First Christian Church, Maryville, 660-582-4959 or 582-4898 Diabetic Support Group Location changed to South Hills Medical Building, in the Front Lobby. Shepherd’s Kitchen offers a free supper from 5 to 6 p.m. weekly @ the First Presbyterian Church, Maryville
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Center Pinochle Tournament $.50 12:30pm. Living Free Narcotics Anonymous, Countryside Christian Church, 16th & Country Club Rd. 8 am. Never Alone Narcotics Anonymous, Wesley Foundation, 549 W. 4th St., 8pm. BJ American Legion Beef & Noodles every 2nd Friday, 5-7pm at the Methodist Church in BJ. No Meal in December. January will be Ham & Beans and Vegetable Beef Soup. Open Mic Nights every week; music, comedy, poetry drama @ The Rose Theater, Maryville; sign in 6:30 p.m., begin 7 p.m. $3 cover chg ADHD Support Group meets 6-8 p.m. third Friday in Hospitality Rm. @ St. Francis Hospital, info 660254-4369 AA meeting at 8PM weekly @ Conception Abbey
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Never Alone Narcotics Anonymous, Wesley Foundation, 549 W. 4th St., 12pm. Fish Fry 5-7 p.m. second Saturday of month @ Elmo Comm. Bldg. MS Support Group meets 10:30 a.m. on 2nd Saturday of the month in the Lietner Rm. of St. Gregory’s Church (except July & August) Over Eaters Anonymous meets 9 a.m. weekly in the St. Francis Hospitality Room, 2016 S. Main St.
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Cowboy Christmas, December 29, 6:30 p.m., Wibholm Hall, Clarinda, Iowa Fairgrounds Canto Chorale “The Winter Rose”, 3 p.m., Conception Abbey Pancake Breakfast, January 12, 7 to 11:30 a.m., American Legion Hall, Conception Jct. Never Alone Narcotics Anonymous, Wesley Foundation, Tuesday 6pm. Northwest Opry 2 p.m. weekly @ Nodaway Co. Senior Center, 1210 E. 1st Maryville, MO. 10-Point Pitch Tournament 6 p.m. every third Sun day in St. Columba Church Hall, Conception Jct AA meeting at 7PM weekly @ Apple House in Clyde, MO Eagles - Forney & Paxson, 7-10pm.
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Bill would extend school
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A proposal in Missouri would ensure schools don’t start until September and end before June. The bill also seeks to require students to spend more time in the classroom and participate in summer school if they do not perform up to snuff. Legislation filed for the upcoming session would require districts make summer school attendance mandatory for students who score less than proficient on statewide tests. School districts also would need to complete their regular term between Sept. 1 and May 31 while the state’s minimum class time would increase from 1,044 hours to 1,085 hours. It would leave August for professional development and training. Rep. Steve Cookson, chairman of the House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee, said summer school would help reach students who are starting to fall behind and that less variance in school calendars makes sense as families move between communities.
Horse survives dip
Man charged with theft
PLATTE CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 38-year-old man is charged with driving a stolen vehicle to the Platte County Courthouse to pay his personal property taxes. Shawn Simmer of Platte City was charged Friday with first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle. The Platte County sheriff ’s office said Simmer was in the courthouse in Platte City paying his taxes Thursday when a deputy spotted a lost cellphone on the ground near the car. In an effort to identify the phone’s owner, the deputy called in the car’s license plate number to dispatchers and discovered the 1985 vehicle was stolen. Simmer was arrested as he tried to drive away.
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Continued from Page 12 gether every Christmas.” Lucille’s favorite part of “John’s Town” is the courthouse. The figurine is not only shaped like the Nodaway County Courthouse but it is also dated 1882, the year that the landmark brick structure on the
Maryville square was completed. Both courthouses have special significance for John Zimmerman. The model has a small door labeled “County Clerk,” and the one downtown used to have a similar door that he walked through every weekday morning while serving in just that office for more than 30 years.
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The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, is shown during a traveling session on the campus of Northwest Missouri State University in 2010. Pictured left to right are Appeals Court Judges Joseph Ellis and Victor Howard and Supreme Court Judge Zel Fischer. Court of Appeals and Supreme Court judges in Missouri have been appointed by the governor for more than 70 years, but supporters of an ongoing petition drive are hoping their efforts will lead to a constitutional amendment requiring such jurists to be elected.
Thomson critical of petition By TONY BROWN
that is generally spent to buy influence.
A local attorney is helping mount a statewide effort by the Missouri Bar to defeat a proposed state constitutional amendment that would erase Missouri’s nonpartisan system of selecting Court of Appeals and Supreme Court judges. Doug Thomson, who serves as counsel for the city of Maryville, and who this fall was elected to a second two-year term as a member of the Missouri Bar’s Board of Governors, said Friday the initiative to get the amendment on the November ballot is misguided and threatens the integrity of the state’s judicial system. The Missouri Non-partisan Court Plan — usually referred to simply as the Missouri Plan — has governed judicial selection above the Circuit Court level for more than 70 years. It has also been hailed as one of the nation’s best systems for keeping politics and influence peddling out of the judiciary. Since its incorporation into the Missouri Constitution during an anti-corruption campaign whose leaders included Rush Limbaugh, grandfather of the conservative radio talk show host, various forms of the Missouri Plan have been adopted by more than 30 states. For much of the past decade, however, the plan has come under attack by conservatives and special interest groups who want to see all Missouri judges elected at the polls. Thomson said the motives of those seeking repeal of the Missouri Plan are vague, and that the organizations themselves are keeping a low profile with regard to exactly who they are and what they want. But what is certain, he said, is that big money is behind the petition drive, the kind of money
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According to Thomson, the concept behind the Missouri plan evolved during the 1930s as the public became increasingly disenchanted with the growing role of politics with regard to the selection of judges and the decisions those judges handed down from the bench. In many parts of the state, especially Kansas City where elective offices were brazenly bought and sold during the corrupt reign of Democratic boss Tom Pendergast, even honest jurists often found themselves subject to inappropriate, and sometimes criminal, influence. Also, in order to keep their jobs, judges had to spend a lot of time campaigning and raising money rather than hearing cases, a situation that led to congested dockets and other inefficiencies. This state of affairs resulted in a campaign, led mostly by Republicans, to rid the state of corruption rooted in the power of Democratic political machines holding sway in both Kansas City and St. Louis. One fruit of the reform effort was approval by voters of the Missouri Plan in 1940. In the seven decades since, Thomson said, the plan has bequeathed to Missouri a legacy of judicial integrity largely unblemished by the sort of widely reported scandals in states where special interests have managed to win beneficial court decisions after massive spending aimed at swaying judicial elections.
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said, the effort represents an attempt by special interests to pack Missouri’s higher courts with politically biased or beholden judges. If an organization doesn’t like the way a judge is performing, Thomson said, it can always campaign against his or her retention. “But they’re not interested in getting that person out,” he said. “They want to get their person in.” Thomson added that going back to judicial elections would make it almost impossible for attorneys from outstate Missouri, such as Supreme Court Judge Zel Fischer from Tarkio, to serve on an upper-level bench. Instead the judicial branch would likely be dominated by big-city lawyers backed by big-city dollars. “These are the judges who make decisions that interpret our laws,” Thomson said. “They should run on their record, not against a well-funded opponent.”
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becomes open, the commission provides a slate of three finalists to the governor, who makes the final appointment. Three of the commission members are picked by the governor, and three are selected by members of the Missouri Bar. The seventh member is the chief justice of the Missouri Supreme Court, who presides over the panel for a two-year term. All other members serve staggered terms of six years each. After one year gubernatorial judicial appointments must be ratified by voters, who decide whether or not the new judge is to be retained. After that, appellate and Supreme Court judges stand for retention at the end of each 12-year term. The system does not apply to most of the state’s circuit judges, who stand for election every four years. However, lower-court jurists in Kansas City, St. Louis and Springfield have all been brought under the Missouri Plan’s non-partisan umbrella.
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ment’s lifespan. Maryville started the winter off with about 350 tons of salt on hand, and, after a couple of minor early storms, is now down to around 300 tons. Saturday’s storm will put a dint in that supply, since Cacek said each six inches of snow requires about 50 tons of melting agent. Purchasing salt to help keep streets clear of ice costs the city around $62 a ton, though that price usually climbs upward during a hard winter as suppliers grow short on inventory. Corn-based bio-melt costs $2.20 a gallon and is mixed with salt at a ratio of five gallons per ton. Cacek said it takes about 50 gallons of bio-melt to treat both lanes of a mile-long street. In addition to its seven-truck fleet, Maryville also uses two large loaders and a giant snow-blower to remove the white stuff from city streets, paved trails and parking lots. The crew manning that gear divides the town up into five sections with a driver assigned to each section. That leaves two equipment operators to fill in on various tasks as needed. Nodaway County and Nodaway County Economic Development contribute to snow removal efforts downtown and have responsibility for the shared city/county lot behind City Hall and the interior sidewalk around the courthouse square.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A horse gave his owner a scare after falling into a central Missouri swimming pool in freezing weather. The gelding, named Hershey, escaped Friday night. Owner Melody Whitworth quickly called 911 after the horse tumbled through the tarp of the pool on her neighbor’s Hallsville property. She says rescuers used fire hoses to hoist up the horse’s head. Crews also cut the remaining straps that held the tarp in place and used the tarp to guide Hershey to the shallow end. Eventually, Hershey was able to walk up the pool’s stairs. Boone County Fire Protection District Battalion Chief Gale Blomenkamp said that although the horse was in the water for 30 to 40 minutes, he was doing well. Whitworth called the experience “traumatic.”
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Hail the champions! During the past several months, there have been those who would deride Maryville by attempting to bestow unsavory titles upon us. There were times when we were singled out as being everything but a great place to live. But, as those kinds of diversions usually do, those, too, have passed from being foremost in the public eye as cooler heads have prevailed, and not surprisingly, steps are being taken to properly resolve whatever real, or perceived, injustices exist. Today, there is only one way to accurately describe Maryville. It is a designation our high school, our university, the entire community has earned, the old-fashioned way, the hard way — the right way. Say whatever you want, Maryville, Missouri truly is Title Town 2013. Unequivocally. The Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats decisively won their fourth NCAA Division II football championship Saturday. That victory followed by three weeks a similarly resounding 50-28 win by the Maryville R-2 Spoofhounds over Seneca in the state Class 3A championship in St. Louis. Both teams completed perfect 15-0 seasons And both championships are products of programs that place a strong emphasis on winning, that much is readily obvious. The leadership of both programs is also adamant about playing by the rules, about achieving success in the classroom as well as on the football field. They stress “student” in the sometimes abused “studentathlete” description. Look no further than the head coaches of both programs. Matt Webb at MHS and Adam Dorrel at Northwest are Maryville products, former Spoofhounds, MHS graduates. But, most of all, both are outstanding young men whose personal dedication to unquestionably high principles, and their emphasis of those standards to their players, give real credence to Maryville’s claim. It has a nice ring, doesn’t it. Title Town.
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Resolve to create a better retirement financial plan in 2014 Another New Year is just around the corner, offering a new opportunity to improve your life in any number of ways with a wise New Year’s resolution or two. (No doubt, for most of us the possibilities are endless.) But one good idea for many might be creating (or updating) a long-term financial plan. According to a 2013 survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute, “the percentage of workers confident about having enough money for a comfortable retirement is essentially unchanged from the record lows observed in 2011.” Only 13 percent are very confident of being able to afford a comfortable retirement, while 28 percent are not at all confident. If you are among those with lower financial confidence and you haven’t started to save for retirement already, now is the time to begin — no matter what your age. If retirement is near, you’ll want to jump into the fast lane right away. If you’re younger and retirement seems a lifetime away, it’s still in your best interest to begin saving now, as compound interest will work to your advantage. Experts agree that saving when you’re young will make a world of difference when the time comes to draw on your retirement savings. Don’t take our word for it. You can check out the numbers yourself. A great place to start figuring out how much you will need for retirement is to learn how much you could expect from Social Security. You can do that in minutes with Social Security’s online Retirement Estimator. The Retirement Estimator
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Here’s a quote from someone cool. Don’t just read it; apply it to America’s current economic situation. “One of the most astounding spectacles is the complacency with which people permit themselves to be plundered by extravagant governmental expenditure under the pretense of taxing the rich to help the poor. The poor are not helped but hurt. . . . A higher tax means real wages are lower. The cost of living is higher. The chance to work is less. Every home is burdened. Its value is decreased. The quality of the food, clothing, and shelter of the children is reduced.” Those remarks would never pass the lips of Barack Obama who does not see economic reality the way commonsense folks do. The preceding comments were written by former president Calvin Coolidge on February 23, 1931. Then, as now, America was struggling with stubborn economic issues, most of which were caused by a confusion of government policies and bad behavior on Wall Street. America was in the midst of its worst economic decade in history, much worse than now although some outcomes of current practices have yet to be fulfilled. Barack Obama is a proponent of raising taxes on the wealthy as a solution not to government overspending but to “social justice.” The tired old tenet is if the rich pay more, there will somehow be less poverty in the country. Wealth redistribution is achieved through higher taxes. That is deeply and profoundly wrong. Calvin Coolidge knew it; JFK knew it; Ronald Reagan knew it. All these presidents brought prosperity to America through a reduction in taxes, not an increase. In all three presidencies there was an economic upswing. Unemployment went down; tax revenue went up. That was not coincidental or anecdotal. It is a fact.
The way to stimulate an economy is to cut taxes while simultaneously reducing government spending. How does that not make sense? For some reason, Obama seems not to get that, as simple as it is. He will not change his position on high taxes and Big Government nor will his heir apparent, Hillary Clinton. Tax and spend doesn’t work, has never worked, and never will work
Larry Anderson economically, but that matters not to this regime. I read up on Calvin Coolidge because I knew his presidency (1923-1928) was one of prosperity. Coolidge was the last president to reduce the national debt while growing the economy. It has been ninety years since Washington has accomplished what should be standard practice. I read Charles C. Johnson’s book Why Coolidge Matters which focuses on the statesman’s political acumen rather than the totality of his life. It is easy to understand why many Progressives of his era scorned Coolidge’s quiet intellect. He made sense and performed his duties as president through the thoughtful guidance of the Founders’ intentions. Coolidge revered the Declaration of Independence and the Constitu-
tion. While Progressive predecessor Woodrow Wilson saw the Constitution as a hindrance in need of fluidity and convenience, Coolidge saw it as a source of inspiration. Barack Obama is Wilsonian in his approach to the Constitution as evidenced by his methodology. Obama is a Constitutional scholar, but his skills regarding it has more to do with circumvention than it does with guidance. Quite a contrast to Coolidge. Coolidge said, “Let everybody keep at work. . . .Our salvation lies in putting forth greater effort, in manfully assuming our own burdens, rather than in entertaining the pleasing delusion that they can be shifted to some other shoulders. Those who attempt to lead people on in this expectation only add to their burdens and their dangers.” Coolidge believed the primary purpose of government was to defend Constitutional rights and protect the public safety. He wanted small, efficient government that was accountable to the people. Sounds almost quaint doesn’t it? We live in an age of extravagant government that delivers most those things we don’t want. Coolidge also spoke to blame shifting, a common practice these days. Coolidge was labeled Silent Cal by his rivals because of his political reticence, but behind that quiet demeanor was a substantial political mind. He understood what a president didn’t say couldn’t be distorted and that his word when given was an honorable contract. All great men, after all, have been good men, quiet and deliberate in their purpose. We can all learn from the quiet man with his insight, big brain, and sense of directness and goodness. Barack Obama could’ve learn from him too. But he didn’t, hasn’t, and won’t. Better to pull the weeds that suffocate growth and ruin all that is beautiful.
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So the trendy pawn in the political discourse on mini- sic quantities whether the person cooking our burger has mum wage seems to be the poor, lowly fast food worker, worked there a week, a month or a year. High employee who evidently represents the lowest tier of employment by turnover will not hurt them a bit: In fact, their strategy inmodern standards. cludes grabbing the best workers that come They’re the example the Left parades along, promoting them beyond minimum out as the great example of income inwage and therefore reducing turnover of the equality. Both the Right and Left, by the employees they are invested in keeping. The way, are becoming infamous for trotting rest quit on a pretty regular basis. out poor Jane Doe from Somewhereville, Sound harsh? There will never be a subSouth Dakota, who can’t live on her wagstitute practice for cutting costs and raising es and, thus, becomes the living example sales. Fast food franchises will not stop being that vindicates one way of thinking, while greedy if they are forced to pay higher wages; simultaneously condemning the other. I think the last several years of watching Wall It’s as if one side is proposing we pull Street sitting on $1 trillion of expendable the string and watch the yo-yo rise, and capital speaks volumes. the other asks us why we don’t just grab Burger King will pass on the expense of the yo-yo and lift it, then wind the string any minimum wage increase—remember, and start over. Think it’s a stupid metathis is not a raise for the owners: it’s an inphor? crease in their wages paid to many employWell, stop electing yo-yos and I’ll give ees—to the consumer. With prices higher, Matt Pearl it a rest. we’ll buy less. Their profits will suffer. Their As I’ve grown fond of doing with many issues of po- CEO will have to work harder, and will not be taking a litical debate during my adult life, I look for a middle-of- pay cut. They will cut workers and close less productive the-road solution: What else will keep the yo-yos bouncing franchise stores. With fewer drive-thrus and restaurants, long enough to generate economic prosperity? (Last time; they will make less profit. What comes next? You know I promise). it, right? I’m not generally opposed to minimum wage, but I don’t Lay-offs. Unemployment rises. So fast food’s worker think it should be especially competitive. It should put food bees are all making more money, and fewer of them have on the table and pay the utility bills, perhaps, but compla- jobs. So, if your job is what society has come to consider cency will destroy a free market seven days a week and ‘bottom-tier,’ where do you land when the lay-offs come? twice on Sunday. The unemployment line. In other words, if the working class becomes accustomed Anti-minimum wage ideas bring with them the danger of to using minimum wage employment as a permanent solu- promoting slave labor for big corporations. And an inflated tion, we’ll just create more permanent problems. minimum wage is guaranteed unemployment disguised as Remember, the success of McDonald’s is not predicated economic growth. on employee loyalty or employment longevity—the conMatt Pearl is the owner and publisher of the Tri-County sumers, you and I, will buy Happy Meals in the same ba- News in King City.
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Vying for the ‘nice’ list
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Well over 100 children and their parents braved single-digit temperatures for their chance to visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus at the Maryville Hy-Vee supermarket recently. Four-year-old Kynnadi Damgar, a preschool student at Eugene Field elementary school is shown in this photo, making her best attempt at getting her name placed on the ‘nice’ list. When Kynnadi inquired about the whereabouts of Santa’s reindeer, Mrs. Claus responded promptly, explaining that with deer season still open in Missouri, Santa simply couldn’t take any chances and was forced to leave his reindeer at the North Pole.
Potential victims of credit card fraud tied to Target’s security breach said they had trouble contacting the discounter through its website and call centers. Angry Target customers expressed their displeasure in comments on the company’s Facebook page. Some even threatened to stop shopping at the store. Target’s CEO Gregg Steinhafel apologized through a statement issued on Friday. The retailer also said it’s working hard to resolve the problem and is adding more workers to field calls and help solve website issues. And the discounter began offering 10 percent off for customers who shop in its stores on Saturday and Sunday and free creditmonitoring services to those who’ve been affected by the issue. Target’s statements come after the nation’s second-largest retailer acknowledged Thursday that data connected to about 40 million credit and debit card accounts was stolen as part of a breach that began over the Thanksgiving weekend. Jim Davis, Chief Financial Officer at Nodaway Valley Bank said they are aware of the recent Target card data breach being reported in both local and national news. Nodaway Valley Bank uses a suite of sophisticated fraud tools to monitor their cardholder’s transaction activity for any suspicious transactions.
“With our fraud monitoring tools in place, our customers do not need to worry about replacing their current debit cards.”
Siblings with Santa (and Mrs. Claus)
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Three-year-old Addisyn and four-year-old Dominik Gordon of Maryville were among more than 100 children who had the opportunity to visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus at the Maryville Hy-Vee supermarket during a recent ‘Breakfast with Santa’ event.
Obama: 1 million signed up for health care JULIE PACE
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His health care plan facing a dicey transition, President Barack Obama said Friday that insurance sign-ups are surging now that the government’s website is working better for consumers. But it was too soon to say the rollout has turned the corner. More than 1 million people have enrolled since Oct. 1, Obama said at his end-of-the-year press conference. That’s more than two-and-a-half times the number on Nov. 30, when major fixes to the website were completed. At that point, only 365,000 had signed up through new federal and state markets offering subsidized private insurance. “That is a big deal,” Obama said of getting coverage for uninsured people. “That’s why I ran for this office.” Separately, officials said 3.9 million people have qualified for government health care through the law’s Medicaid expansion. Even so, things aren’t exactly humming along. HealthCare.gov was down for part of the day Friday, as technicians attempted to fix an error that occurred
Thursday night when the site was undergoing routine maintenance, officials explained. The administration cannot afford for the balky website to crash this weekend. Because of Monday’s deadline to sign up so coverage can take effect Jan. 1, unusually heavy traffic is expected on the federal site and those run by states. Largely hidden from consumers, another set of technical problems is frustrating insurers, who say the government continues to send them inaccurate data on some enrolled individuals. Insurers call some of those jumbled enrollment files “orphans” and others “ghosts.” They could turn into gremlins after Jan. 1 for some patients trying to use their new coverage. Consumers might show up at the pharmacy counter or doctor’s office only to be told they’re not in the system. That’s not the only potential issue. Administration officials are scrambling to prevent breaks in coverage among more than 4 million people whose individual policies were cancelled this fall because they did not
meet the law’s requirements. An estimated 500,000 have yet to secure new coverage. On Thursday, the administration said those individuals would not be penalized for remaining uninsured, and that they could also have access to special bare-bones catastrophic insurance plans. The president minimized the significance of that accommodation Friday, calling it a net to catch a small number of people who may slip through the cracks. Still tinkering with the website, the administration now faces crucial deadlines within a two-week stretch. The last day to sign up for coverage to take effect with the new year is Monday. And Jan. 1 is the day the people can start using their new policies. Starting then, the law forbids insurers from turning away people with preexisting medical conditions. The law’s mandate that virtually all Americans carry coverage also goes into place, although uninsured people can avoid a tax penalty if they pick a plan by Mar. 31. The stakes are much higher now See Obama, Page 6
“Although this type of activity occurs from time to time in the payments industry, we want to assure our customers that the bank protects our cardholders from fraud loss,” Davis said. “We promptly respond to any unauthorized transactions and stand behind our customers 100% should something come through unauthorized to their account.” Davis asked that that their customers closely monitor their accounts and immediately report anything suspicious, especially if their card was used at Target between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15. “With our fraud monitoring tools in place, our customers do not need to worry about replacing their current debit cards,” Davis said. We encourage them to continue using their cards and to feel secure in knowing that the bank has them protected.” Target disclosed the theft a day after reports that the company was investigating a breach. The retailer’s datasecurity troubles and its ensuing public relations nightmare threaten to drive off holiday shoppers during the company’s busiest time of year. Target’s credit card breach poses a serious problem and threatens to scare away shoppers who worry about the safety of their personal data. “This is close to the worst time to have it happen,” said Jeremy Robinson-Leon, a principal at Group Gordon, a corporate and crisis public relations firm. “If I am a Target customer, I think I would be much more likely to go to a competitor over the next few days, rather than risk the potential to have my information be compromised.” Target advised customers Thursday to check their statements carefully. Those who see suspicious charges should report them to their credit card companies and call Target at 866-852-8680. Cases of identity theft can also be reported to law enforcement or the Federal Trade Commission. On Friday, Target reiterated that the stolen data included customer names, credit and debit card numbers, card expiration dates and the embedded code on the magnetic strip found on the backs of cards, Target said. There was no indication the three- or four-digit security numbers visible on the back of the card were affected, Target said. It also said Friday there was no indication that the stolen data included a customer’s birth date or social security number. The data breach did not affect online purchases, the company said. Target also said it didn’t believe that PIN numbers to customers’ debit cards have been compromised. So that means someone cannot visit an ATM with a fraudulent card and withdraw cash, it said.
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School closing policies require timing, judgment
Collision on First Street
By KEVIN BIRDSELL Staff Writer
A two-hour delay kept Maryville students home for a couple of extra hours on Friday. Thursday night’s relatively minor ice storm kept other young people in the area completely out of school. Maryville R-II opted for a late start, but the buses eventually rolled. Many factors go into determining wether or not schools remain in session during inclement weather.
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Maryville Public Safety and county ambulance personnel responded to an injury accident at 11:45 Friday at the intersection of First and Walnut streets. According to information gathered at the scene, a red Ford SUV was northbound on Walnut when it struck the passenger side of a silver Toyota sedan that was eastbound on First. Rescue personnel were forced to cut the the door off the Toyota, which contained a driver and a passenger. The Toyota passenger was apparently the only person injured in the mishap and was transported to St. Francis Hospital & Health Services. The driver of the Ford was the vehicle’s sole occupant. The names of those involved were not immediately available from Maryville Public Safety.
“Student safety is our number one priority.” Larry Linthacum
“Student safety is our number one priority,” said Maryville Superintendent Larry Linthacum. The process of deciding whether or bot to close school begins the night before. Administrators check the forecast for the next day to determine wether or not unsafe conditions are likely. Variables include everything from gravel roads to state highways as administrators touch bases with officials from the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Patrol and the city of Maryville. Usually, district officials climb behind the wheel during the early morning hours and check out conditions for themselves. And the input isn’t limited to officialdom. Linthacum said that before declaring schools closed he has cruised to area truck stops and convenience stores to talk with big-rig drivers and others who are out on the road.
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Spirit of giving
Lucille and John Zimmerman stand beside a large nativity scene outside their Maryville home. The family, which takes much pride in its many holiday traditions, acquired the creche from St. Gregory Barbarigo Catholic Church.
MHS store makes presents under tree possible for all Student, staff gift giveaway returns for third year By KEVIN BIRDSELL Staff writer
For the third year in a row, students, teachers and staff at Maryville High School have worked together this month to make sure no one connected with the MHS community wakes up Christmas morning without a present under the tree. The Santa Store, set up last week on the stage of the high school gym, offered a collection of gift items donated to help families whose tight budgets can make Christmas gift-giving a heart-rending experience. “Shoppers” at the Santa Store simply choose from a wide variety of donated gifts that include clothes, toys, kitchen accessories, DVDs, jewelry and other items.
Special education teacher Laureen Graves spearheaded the Santa Store idea back in 2011. “I got the idea from a friend,” Graves said. “I proposed it to the rest of the faculty and they loved it.” Graves said one student visited the store who had never gotten gifts for members of his family. He was skeptical about taking items from the store, but once he got started, he left with presents for all of his loves ones. “Kids have walked out with bags full of wrapped presents,” Graves said. “It’s so nice to see them happy.” At first the store is not open to everyone. Faculty members decide which students have the greatest need, and those young people have priority when it comes to choosing gifts. Later, the entire student body gets a
turn amidst a celebratory atmosphere after teens complete their final exams and prepare to leave campus for the holiday break. In addition to students and teachers, local stores such as JC Penney and Maurices donate gifts to the Santa Store as well. This year’s Santa Store also benefitted from the generosity of a local couple. Ryan and Paisley Zerr took a group of 11 students shopping, giving them $50 each. Such generosity is more than a measure of the heart, it is also part and parcel of the kind of education MHS faculty view as their mission to provide. “That’s why we teach,” Graves said. “We want to help our students experience the good things in life.” And the good things in life, after all, are free.
“Everyone is generally very helpful,” Linthacum said. “They are concerned with student safety as well.” Once the road conditions and forecast have been evaluated, Linthacum will look at the forecast for the rest of the day. If the weather is bad but looks like it will probably improve, the call may be for a delayed start.
than Oct. 1, when HealthCare.gov went live. It’s not just that the president’s political reputation has been tarnished by website woes and insurance cancellations. The risk now is that ordinary people with pressing medical needs will suffer harm if the transition to coverage is fumbled. If that happens, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will face a new round of demands for her resignation. “Implementing the website is the relatively easy part,” said Mark McClellan, who oversaw the problematic rollout of the Medicare prescription drug benefit for President George W. Bush. “Implementing the coverage itself involves a
Other factors come into play as well, like the calendar. “This was a unique situation,” Linthacum said. “This was the last day before Christmas break, and students still had finals to take.” Once the decision is made, Linthacum will send out a message on Spoofhound Mobile, which sends a text message to the phones of people who have signed up for the service. The school district also has a phone tree in order to makes sure that all 210 employees in the district get the message. Finally calls go to area radio and television stations. “People always question the decision,” Linthacum said. “They wonder why we’re out when we should be in or why we’re in when we should be out. The most important thing we take into consideration is the safety of our students and staff.”
lot more things that could go wrong, and there’s a lot more at stake. “It was possible for people to wait a month or two to use the website,” McClellan added. “People who need care on Jan. 1 are not going to be able to wait a month or two to get it.” McClellan is now a health policy expert with the nonpartisan Brookings Institution, a Washington think-tank. Obama was feeling optimistic Friday. In first three weeks of December, more than 500,000 people signed up through the federal website, he noted. On Oct. 1, only a handful managed to enroll successfully. Crossing the 1 million mark was a milestone, but the administration’s own estimates called for 3.3 million to enroll by Dec. 31. The target now is 7 million by the end of open enrollment on Mar. 31.
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Northwest embraces the concept By JASON LAWRENCE Sports Editor
Family. Such a simple concept took on greater meaning for the Northwest football team more than two years ago and culminated with Saturday’s Division II National Championship. With the death of late head coach Scott Bostwick in June 2011 and the subsequent naming of offensive coordinator Adam Dorrel as head coach, the team starting taking the ‘Family’ slogan a little more to heart than the already close-knit program already did. “Northwest Missouri State football has always been a very tight-knit community,” Dorrel said. And Dorrel said that was taken to another level this spring when he noticed how much closer this team, led by 12 seniors, was. Senior quarterback Trevor Adams, who won several individual awards this season for academics and was also named the MIAA Offensive Players of the Year, said none of the individual awards compared to winning the national title with
his family. “It’s just unbelievable,” Adams said. “It’s cool to win the individual awards for academics and stuff like that — I’m very grateful for that — but to be able to win this team award with all these brothers and guys that have developed us as men, it’s incredible.” That family concept took on a new life of its own Saturday, when the Bearcats came out sporting new jerseys with the word ‘Family’ on the back where Northwest traditionally puts its players names for the title game. “They were walking in all week and wanting their names on the back,” Dorrel said. “I was like, ‘No, we’re not putting our name on the back of the jerseys.’ It was pretty neat to see their faces.” Dorrel put in a call last Sunday to the team’s Adidas representative to get more socks and some of the tech fit cold weather gear. What he got back the next day was something pretty special. “I just asked him for some socks and tech gear and within about 24 hours, he had sent back some mock up
jerseys and pants,” Dorrel said. “They don’t have any idea what that means to our kids. I wish you could have seen them when we showed it to them.” Adidas put the jerseys together Monday night and the team got its first look at them Friday night after they were delivered to the team’s hotel in Alabama. “I had them turn around and coach (Joe) Quinlin, our strength coach who’s all ripped up, came out fully dressed in one of the uniforms,” Dorrel said. “That’s been our mantra all year: family. We’ve broken to that every time. We thought instead of their individual name, putting that on the back would be a pretty cool way to honor Scott.” And they did just that. The jerseys also featured several of the new logo aspects that the University released last year and stickers remembering Bostwick as well as the late Harlon Hill, Grady Liles and Danny Killen adorned the back of their helmets. Hill is the namesake of Division II’s equivalent of the Heisman Trophy, which was won this year by
Bloomsburg running Franklin Quiteh. Liles is the man credited with bringing the national title game to Florence 28 years ago and Danny Killen, who was a member of the Shoals National Championship Committee and hosted Northwest during several of its previous championship game visits. “It’s important to us,” Dorrel said last week. “Harlon Hill passed away. Grady Liles, who was instrumental in bringing the game there, passed away and the Danny Killen, who was a hostto-site rep for us for years, passed away, too. It’s been a hard year for that community and then losing the game.” The Division II national championship game will be played at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan., for the next four years after the NCAA awarded the bid to a group led by the MIAA and the Kansas City Sports Commission and Foundation on Dec. 11. Now, with the family adding a new trophy to the case, Dorrel is just happy to continue the legacy of Northwest football and the standard that was set before him
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Jersey of champions
Northwest sophomore cornerback Tyshaan Alleyne sports the Bearcats’ championship game jerseys, which were created to reflect the team’s mantra and honor late head coach Scott Bostwick.
when Athletic Director Mel Tjeerdsma was at the helm of the Bearcats. “There’s been a lot of coaches on our staff that have won a national cham-
pionship before,” Dorrel said. “I was just trying to build on what we’ve done at Northwest and I thought this group of guys and coaches did that.”
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national title game since 1983. “I thought we did some really good things in the first quarter,” Dorrel said. “I thought we executed at a really high level. One of our goals as a football team today was to try to get and early lead. We’ve found we’ve had success with that against triple-option teams we’ve played in the past.” Lenoir-Rhyne wasn’t going away that easy, though, as they found some holes around the outside and capped a nine-play, 75-yard drive with a threeyard touchdown dive by Chris Robinson, to cut the Bearcat lead to 17-7. “It was just a momentum thing,” Bears quarterback Josh Justice said. “They got the momentum
first and that’s what made them look comfortable.” On Lenoir-Rhyne’s second drive of the second quarter, which began at its own 11, negative plays backed the Bears up to their own one yardline and Northwest’s special teams came through with its 11th blocked kick of the year as RS-freshman safety Kevin Berg came through to block the punt out of the end zone for a safety. “I thought special teams were huge today,” Dorrel said. “We had a goal today to score points or block a kick and we did both on the same play.” Northwest bled the last 5:56 of the first half off the clock and Mathiesen’s 20-yard field goal banged off the left upright and through to give the Bearcats a 22-7 lead at halftime.
Hummel, who finished with six tackles and a sack, recovered his second fumble on Lenoir-Rhyne’s first possession of the third quarter and said it was his best game ever. ““I think it was. It definitely was my best gave ever,” Hummel said. “Our whole game plan was to stop the dive and make them be two-dimensional on the outside. That’s what we did and when they had those miscues, I just took advantage of it.” Adams, who completed 15of-25 passes for 277 yards, and Thomas connected again to open the third-quarter scoring with a 30yard touchdown, where Thomas snuck behind the Bears defense. “I know I’m playing with the most efficient quarterback in Division II, so if I run my routes to the best of my ability, he’ll put
the ball right there on the money,” said Thomas, who finished with five catches for 92 yards. That’s when Justice came in for the Bears and on his second play in the game hooked up with Greyson Wells on a crack route, which he bobbled before catching, for a 59yard score to keep Lenoir-Rhyne within striking distance at 29-14. It was only the Bears’ third pass attempt and first completion. Sophomore quarterback Brady Bolles, who ran for 55 yards, got in on the action in the fourth quarter, scoring on a four-yard keeper after Adams connected with senior wide receiver Clint Utter for 37 yards on the play before. But Lenoir-Rhyne just wouldn’t go away and let the Bearcats breathe easy, as they came right back on a pitch to running back
Corron Boston, who found Wells running alone behind the Bearcat defense for a 34-yard touchdown, cutting the Northwest lead to 3621 with 8:35 to play. Northwest whitled away nearly six minutes of clock and Adams hit junior wide receiver Jason Jozaites on a fade route for a 17-yard score. Justice ran in a score with 1:04 to go in the game, but it was too little, too late as Northwest kneeled out the clock to claim its first national title since defeating Grand Valley State 30-23 in 2009. “It’s every team’s goal at the beginning of the year, but to achieve something this great is an unbelievable feeling, said junior linebacker DJ Gnader, who finished with 12 tackles. “I really can’t describe it. It was the best way to send the 12 seniors out.”
Athletes of the Week Reuben Thomas
Thomas hauled in five catches for 92 yards and two scores as Northwest claimed its fourth national title on Saturday with a 43-28 victory over LenoirRhyne.
Bryant Hummel
Hummel recovered two fumbles, registered six tackles and a quarterback sack in Northwest’s 43-28 victory over Lenoir-Rhyne Saturday in the national title game.
DeShaun Cooper
Cooper scored a gamehigh 26 points and had nine assists to help the Bearcats stay perfect in conference play at 3-0 after Saturday’s 88-74 victory over Fort Hays State.
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COLLEGE SPORTS Cooper’s 26 leads Bearcats over Fort Hays State, 88-74 Hays, Kan. — Northwest Missouri State senior guard DeShaun Cooper scored 26 points to lead the Bearcats to an 88-74 victory over Fort Hays State on Saturday afternoon in MIAA action at Gross Memorial Coliseum. The win moves Northwest to 8-4 overall and a perfect 3-0 in league play. Fort Hays drops to 8-3 and is now 0-3 in MIAA action. Joining Cooper in double digits were: junior forward Grant Cozad with 14, senior guard Bryston Williams with 13 and senior center Dillon Starzl with 11. Cozad and Starzl each had seven rebounds to lead the team. Northwest hit 13 three pointers, shooting 65-percent from beyond the arc (13-for-20). Northwest also hit 21-of-24 free throw attempts and the Bearcat bench outscored FHSU 32-9. Northwest’s biggest lead of 17 came at the end of the first half with the Bearcats leading, 48-31. The Bearcats return to action on Jan. 4, 2014 when Northwest hosts Central Oklahoma at 3:30 p.m. in Maryville.
Bearcats fall in double overtime Hays, Kan. — The Northwest Missouri State women’s basketball team fell to the Fort Hays State Tigers in a double overtime thriller on Saturday, 79-69, at Gross Memorial Coliseum. Northwest is now 3-7 overall and 0-3 in MIAA play. Fort Hays improved to 8-1 on the season and 2-1 in the MIAA. Junior guard Ariel Easton played a game-high 47 minutes and scored 20 points to lead the Bearcats. She also had seven rebounds and two steals. Junior guard Ashleigh Nelson had 15 points and senior guard Monique Stevens had 13 points in her return from injury. Freshman post Shelby Mustain recorded her first career double-double, securing 10 rebounds to go along with 10 points. The Northwest defense held Hays to just 39.7-percent shooting (31-for-78). The game featured 14 lead changes and the score was tied 11 times. Northwest had a two-point lead, 57-55, with 2:06 left in regulation, but a Fort Hays jumper with 30 seconds remaining sent the game into extra time. In the first extra session, the lead would change hands six times, eventually ending in a 65-65 tie. FHSU had an opportunity to win it with a pair of free throws with seven seconds remaining. The Tigers’ Beth Bohuslavsky missed the first shot, but tied it up with the second. Northwest was unable to find its offense in the second overtime, getting out-scored 14-4. The Bearcats will return to action on Jan. 4, 2014 against Central Oklahoma at 1:30 p.m. in Maryville.
Adams wins Elite 89 award Florence, Ala. — Northwest Missouri State senior quarterback Trevor Adams was named the recipient of the Elite 89 Award for the 2013 NCAA Division II Football Championship last Friday. Adams, a biology/psychology major, graduated last week in Bearcat Arena with a 3.94 GPA. Adams was presented with the award at the Division II Football National Championship in Florence, Ala. Adams was awarded the Capital One Division II Football Academic All-America award and was an National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete. He is a three-time Academic All-America selection and was the 2013 MIAA Offensive Player of the Year. The Elite 89, an award founded by the NCAA, recognizes the true essence of the student-athlete by honoring the individual who has reached the pinnacle of competition at the national championship level in his or her sport, while also achieving the highest academic standard among his or her peers. The Elite 89 is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA’s championships. Eligible student-athletes are sophomores or above who have participated in their sport for at least two years with their school. They must be an active member of the team, traveling and a designated member of the squad at the championship. All ties are broken by the number of credits completed. For more information on the Elite 89 award winners, visit NCAA.com/elite89.
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Spoofhounds pick up pair of wins Maryville picked up a pair of dual victories last Thursday at Albany, adding to coach Joe Drake’s record number of dual wins. In their first dual of the night, against Stanberry, the Spoofhounds claimed a 46-24 win. Brendan Weybrew pinned his opponent in 25 seconds, Dane Hull also pinned his Stanberry opponent and Logan Zimmerman won a 13-5 decision. The rest of Maryville’s points came from forfeits, as Stanberry had six open classes — the first team to have more open classes than the ‘Hounds. The Spoofhounds won via tie-breaker against Albany as each team had 36 points and four open weight classes. Nathaniel Alexander, Dane Hull and Cody Jackson each claimed victories via fall. The Trenton Tournament, scheduled for last Saturday, was cancelled due to the weather. The Spoofhounds will be back on the mats Jan. 9, 2014 against Savannah, Cameron and St. Joseph Lafayette.
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South Nodaway’s Zeb Coleman goes up over Nodaway-Holt defenders for a layup in the Northwest Missouri Tournament championship game. Coleman had two points in the 40-23 championship game loss.
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Nodaway-Holt came into the Northwest Missouri Tournament as the No. 1 seed in both the boys and girls brackets and left the same way — as tournament champions. The South Nodaway and NodawayHolt girls teams took center stage in Friday night’s finale and the Lady Trojans ran away with the title early. Nodaway-Holt jumped out to a 17-8 lead to end the first quarter and piled it on the rest of the game. The Lady Trojans hoisted the Northwest Missouri Tournament trophy with a convincing 60-42 victory over the Lady Longhorns. Megan Rosenbohm led NodawayHolt with a game-high 22 points, nine in the first quarter alone, while Kalli Devers chipped in with 15. Andrea Henggler led the Lady Longhorns in scoring with 14 points and Mallory McConery added 10 points. The boys followed a similar path in Saturday’s nightcap, running away with a 40-23 championship game victory, behind lockdown defense. South Nodaway’s boys only made five field goals the entire game of the defensive matchup that saw NodawayHolt score just three points in the third quarter. Drew Albertson led all scorers with 14 points and Ryan Ginther added 10
points in the Trojan victory. The Longhorns were led by Nick Bloom’s seven points. Nodaway-Holt is back on the court Jan. 7, 2014 hosting North Andrew in a double-header. South Nodaway hosts Stanberry on Jan. 6, 2014 in its first action of the new year. Friday night matchups The rest of Friday night’s lineup consisted of the girls consolation match between Craig/Fairfax and West Nodaway and the boys third place contest. The Lady Rockets came out of the gate strong, posting a 10-4 first quarter lead. However, West Nodaway’s lead dwindled in the second quarter and the Lady Bulldogs pulled out a 36-31 win. West Nodaway’s Emily Cordell led all scorers with 14 points. Alyson Dye chipped in with eight points. In the boys game, West Nodaway took control in the first half against Northeast Nodaway and never looked back, taking a 31-20 lead at halftime and turning it into a 52-38 victory. The Rockets were led by Jaden Gillenwater, who put 21 points on the board. Trevor Meyer and Justin Chitwood helped the cause with 16 and 10 points, respectively. Northeast Nodaway got 22 points from Joel Scroggie and 10 points from Steve Schulte. West Nodaway is off until Jan. 6, 2014 when the Rockets take on South Page (Iowa) in an away double-header. Saturday night contests
The boys consolation game was first on Saturday’s docket as Craig/Fairfax used a big second quarter to run away from North Nodaway for a 59-33 victory. North Nodaway hang close in the first, trailing just 10-6, but in the second quarter, the Hornets scored 21 points to start pulling away. Grant Hopkins led Craig/Fairfax in scoring with 24 points. North Nodaway’s leading scorer was Peyton Coleman, who finished with nine points. Tournament host Northeast Nodaway faced off against North Nodaway for the girls third place trophy Saturday night, as well, in a game that was close throughout. North Nodaway led 21-20 at halftime, but then the Lady Jays went on a 14-4 run in the third quarter and held on for the 44-39 victory over the Lady Mustangs. Holly Redden led the Northeast Nodaway in scoring with nine points. Jill Spire and Dallas Coffelt both added eight points. Cambry Schluter was the leading scorer for the Lady Mustangs, with a game-high 14. Madison Thompson also had eight points in the loss. Northeast Nodaway returns from winter break Jan. 3, 2014 to host mercer in a girls and boys double-header while North Nodaway will hit the court again Jan. 6, 2014 at South Holt.
Luck, Brown lead Colts past Chiefs By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts took Round 1 against the Kansas City Chiefs. Depending on how things shake out, Round 2 could come in the playoffs in two weeks. Andrew Luck threw for 241 yards and a touchdown, Donald Brown ran 51 yards for another score and the Colts beat the Chiefs 23-7 on Sunday in a potential preview of an AFC wildcard game. The Colts (10-5), who have already wrapped up the AFC South, took advantage of four turnovers by the Chiefs (11-4) to win for the fifth time in their last six tries against Kansas City. If Indianapolis ends up as the No. 4 seed in the playoffs, and the Chiefs are the fifth seed, the two teams will meet again in the warmer environs of Lucas Oil Stadium. Kansas City’s hopes of winning the AFC West and earning the No. 1 seed were dashed when Denver beat Houston on Sunday. Alex Smith threw for 153 yards, but fumbled once and was picked off twice after throwing just six interceptions
his first 14 games. Jamaal Charles ran for 106 yards and the game’s opening score, but Kansas City failed to keep him involved as the Colts scored the final 23 points. Both teams came into the game with a league-low 14 turnovers and the Chiefs had been plus-21 in turnover differential. The Colts did not commit a turnover in the game. After missing his first field-goal attempt, Adam Vinatieri hit his next three despite frigid temperatures and swirling winds at Arrowhead Stadium. He came into the game needing just one point to pass fellow kicker Jason Elam (1,983) for the seventh-most points in NFL history. Early on, the Chiefs appeared as if they were going to pick up right where they left off last week, when they hung 56 points on the Raiders. They marched down the field on the opening drive and Charles took a carry around the right side 31 yards for a score. The Colts defense stiffened after that, though, and the closest Kansas City came to scoring again in the first half came when Ryan Succop yanked a 47-yard field goal wide left. Meanwhile, Indianapolis kept taking
advantage of breakdowns in the Kansas City pass defense, the most glaring one coming after running back Knile Davis fumbled in the second quarter. Brown leaked out of the backfield unnoticed by the Kansas City defense, Luck hit him with a dump-off pass that he took virtually untouched 33 yards for a score. Vinatieri’s second field goal pushed the Colts’ lead to 13-7 at the break. The definition of disciplined most of the season, the Chiefs came unglued with a series of turnovers and inopportune penalties that ruined any chance of a second-half comeback. Smith was picked off on the third play of the third quarter when he was hit from behind by Robert Mathis and the ball was caught by linebacker Jerrell Freeman. Two plays later, Brown raced through a gaping hole and then tight-rope walked down the sideline 51 yards for a score. Vinatieri added to the Colts’ cushion with his third field goal, capping a drive kept alive by a holding penalty on cornerback Sean Smith and a taunting penalty on defensive tackle Dontari Poe after an incomplete pass on third down.
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Bearcats bring championship back home Photos from the Bearcats’ championship win vs. Lenoir-Rhyne
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Northwest Missouri State University claimed the school’s fourth Division II national championship with Saturday’s 43-28 victory over Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.). Even young fans made the long trip to the final national title game to be hosted in Florence, Ala., to see (top) senior wide receiver Clint Utter (8) set up a touchdown with a big-time catch. Freshman wide receiver Haden Bryan (17) and junior linebacker Cody Matthewson (47) were two of the first Bearcats to hoist the trophy after junior wide receiver Reuben Thomas (12) provided a lot of offense with a pair of touchdown receptions from senior quarterback Trevor Adams. photos by Jason Lawrence
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ASTRO-GRAPH MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2013 by Bernice Bede Osol Aim high in the year ahead. Make big, lavish plans, and prepare to fulfill them. Move forward with conviction and push for what you want. Concentrate on all that you stand to gain personally and professionally. If you have the right attitude, success will touch your every endeavor. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Be strategic and maintain a paper trail. Once you know what direction you’re heading in, you’ll be able to enjoy time with the people you love. Be attentive to your heart and work to make someone else happy. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Your cheerfulness and optimism will be infectious. Have fun and enjoy the festivities in your community. Participation in various activities or projects will result in new opportunities and friendships. Love and romance are highlighted. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Review your personal papers and professional strategies. Make certain that everything is in order and that you haven’t forgotten anything that may cost you financially next year. Avoid overreacting, and be honest with yourself and others. ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Boost your confidence with a personal change. You are likely to meet a like-minded soul. Romance is apparent. Someone you’ve helped in the past will reciprocate with a needed favor. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Meeting up with friends or making last-minute purchases will add cheer to your day. Attending an event and sharing your ideas for next year will prove informative. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Evaluate
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man or woman fit company for partner. Bridge bidding also revolves around fit -- fit is fantastic; misfit is miserable. For example, look only at the North hand. West opens one spade, North passes, East raises to two spades, South makes a takeout double, and West jumps to four spades. What should North do? The North hand is good news and bad news. It has 10 high-card points when it might have had none. And all of those points are in the suits where partner has promised length. But the balanced nature of the hand and doubleton spade suggest that there might be three or four losers (although West’s jump to game with relatively few points suggests a lot of trumps). However, bidding has two potential pluses: Five of a minor might make; and even if it would not, perhaps the opponents will misjudge and bid five spades, which surely will be too high. So North ought to bid -but what?
He should advance with four no-trump, showing at least two places to play and asking partner to select the trump suit. (It cannot be Blackwood; how could North be thinking about a slam?) Here, South would bid five clubs. If left there, South will probably ruff the spade-king lead, draw trumps ending in his hand, play a diamond to dummy’s queen, and return a diamond to his 10. If so, he will make the contract. And if West bids five spades, North can double and collect 500 for down two.
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Festive Family Tradition lights couple’s home By KEVIN BIRDSELL Staff writer
Christmas is a special time, and the Zimmerman family of Maryville strives to make the season meaningful not just for themselves but for as many friends and neighbors as they can reach. Lucille and John Zimmerman live on North Dewey Street, and you won’t have any problem in December figuring out which house is theirs. Just look for the yard with the red ribbons decorating almost everything. It’s the same story inside the couple’s welcoming walls. Christmas joy just seems to ooze from the place. “Lucille does all the decorating,” John said. “I just furnish the money.” Three years ago the Zimmermans added a new piece to their Christmas collection. After St. Gregory Barbarigo Catholic Church purchased a new nativity scene it decided to auction off the old display. Lucille and John found the creche irresistible, and, along with their daughter and son-in-law, Deb and Stan Snyder, snapped it up. Ever since, the creche has had pride of place among the family’s extensive Christmas decorations. As soon as Thanksgiving dinner ends, the nativity scene goes up on the Zimmermans’ back porch.
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Lucille and John Zimmerman stand beside a large nativity scene outside their Maryville home. The family, which takes much pride in its many holiday traditions, acquired the creche from St. Gregory Barbarigo Catholic Church. John and Lucille have been trying to date the creche but have so far been unsuccessful. “It was the first one I remember seeing when I was two or three,” said John, 76. A family friend, Roy Seipel, nearly 90 years old, says he also recalls seeing the creche as a small child. Of course, the Zimmermans’ Christmas is about more than mere decorations. For
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