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Volume 104 • Number 46 • Monday, March 10, 2014 • PO Box 188 • 111 E. Jenkins • Maryville, MO
CIE named Innovation Center By STEVE HARTMAN Staff writer
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Missouri Innovation Center
Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander addresses the media following a tour of Northwest Missouri State University’s CIE facility, which has been designated as a Missouri Innovation Center.
The Missouri Technology Corporation has designated Northwest Missouri State University’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship as a Missouri Innovation Center, a designation that prompted a visit on Friday by Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander. MTC seeks to commercialize developments in technology and commerce statewide, and its Innovation Center program embraces nine other centers throughout the state charged with providing assistance to entrepreneurs and early-stage technology-based business ventures. Job poaching across state borders has drawn much public attention of late, but Kander said Friday he sees the development of the Innovation Center program as a more positive use of state funds with regard to economic development. “Job poaching drains state resources,” Kander said. “Politicians often reap benefits when established businesses announce plans to cross state See KANDER, Page 6
Coleman depositions released By BILL DRAPER
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Depositions in a northwest Missouri teen sex assault case show contradictions in statements between a girl who says she was raped by an older schoolmate and her mother, who waged a high-profile fight late last year to have the case reopened. The special prosecutor in the case released depositions on Friday of Daisy Coleman and her mother, Melinda Coleman,
taken in July 2012. Jackson County prosecuting attorney Jean Peters Baker served as special prosecutor after Nodaway County Prosecutor Robert Rice asked for someone else to review the evidence amid questions about why he dropped charges against the teenager Daisy said assaulted her. In more than 100 pages of testimony, the Colemans described the night in January 2012 when Daisy — at the time a 14-year-old Maryville High School freshman — drank with
a girlfriend before asking Matt Barnett, a then-17-year-old senior, to come pick them up after they sneaked out of Daisy’s home. Daisy says Barnett took her to his house, plied her with alcohol and raped her when she blacked out. Melinda Coleman found her daughter shivering on the front porch around 5 a.m. the next day, her hair wet. According to the depositions released Friday, Melinda Coleman told Rice that Daisy had See COLEMAN, Page 6
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Plants similar to Energizer not ‘a dime a dozen’ By JIM FALL Executive editor
If you believe the 486.000-squarefoot former Energizer plant on the eastern outskirts of Maryville is a unique commercial real estate listing, you might want to think again. Currently, there are 129 similar listings available on the primary Internet site dealing with that segment of the real estate market in the central and Middle Atlantic sections of the United States. “That number would include some speculative locations, so, realistically, there are probably somewhere around 100 to 110 competitive facilities on the market at this time,” Josh McKim, executive director of Nodaway County Economic Development, said Friday. As he works in cooperation with Colliers International, the massive commercial/industrial firm retained as listing agent by Energizer to facili— tate the sale of its now-abandoned Maryville building, McKim says the local plant is “one of probably 11 of that size currently available in Missouri,” including one speculative opportunity in the St. Louis area that is not yet built. And there are ample potential buyers, according to national statistics. Across the country, as many as 1,700 prospective purchasers compete for 5,000 different comparable proper-
ties on an annual basis. McKim said, however, that prospective buyers are probably not all in the market for a building the size of the Energizer plant. There could also be interest because of its potential for future expansion, or it also has the potential to be subdivided into two or more separate, but probably related, types of businesses. The size of the Maryville facility, as well as its physical attributes, will figure into how quickly it is converted into another use. “There are not really a lot of 400,000-plus-square-foot buildings available,” McKim said. “There are more in the 200,000-to-250,000-foot range, but we are still very much in play in that area because the layout is wide open.” The building is constructed with load-bearing walls mostly on the exterior, and uniform floor levels and ceiling heights, “the way they did it Josh McKim was the best thing for Maryville,” he said. McKim said his personal experience with buildings as large as Energizer is “very, very limited. I have dealt with a handful in my career that large.” The Maryville site has additional positives, McKim said, not the least of which is the potential work force that is readily available, at least for now.
‘There are not really a lot of 400,000-plussquare-foot buildings available.’
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MARYVILLE CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE PROFILE
Rachael Martin one of three seeking two available positions EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of three Daily Forum profiles on candidates seeking election to the Maryville City Council in the April 8 municipal election. Those running include Rachael Martin, Tim Shipley and Adam Switzer. Of the three candidates, the top two vote-getters will fill seats on the city’s five-person governing board currently held by Jim Fall and Ron Moss, who announced earlier that they would not seek re-election. The profiles are based on answers to questions submitted to each candidate by Daily Forum News Editor Tony Brown. Rachael Martin, 27, grew up in Villisca, Iowa, and moved to Maryville in 2005 as a freshman attending Northwest Missouri State University. She has made her home here ever since and currently works at the downtown branch of Bank Midwest. She is married to Spencer Martin.
Her previous community involvement has included raising funds for local charities, including Koats 4 Kids and Toys 4 Tots through her association with Today’s Civic Women She is a graduate of Villisca Community High School and holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Northwest. I want to serve on the City Council because ... “I love where I live, and I care to maintain and improve our community. My age group represents the largest number of residents in Maryville and the future of our city. I want to be part of a movement to inform and involve more citizens on the topics that City Council faces. “Regardless the outcome of the April 8 election, the younger generation will be better represented on the council, and I could not be more pleased with that.”
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If elected, my top priorities are ... “My number one priority is to shed more light on the interests and opinions of the younger generations in Maryville. A crucial part of this goal will be ensuring the continued and improved collaboration between the city and the university. Maryville would not be Maryville without Northwest, and Northwest would not be Northwest without Maryville.” The biggest challenge facing Maryville is ... “Awareness. College students often think that Maryville is only comprised of students. Long-time residents may forget how important the student population and their interests are to our community.” I am qualified to sit on the council because ... “Understanding the meaning of a City Council position means being considerate and mindful of the opinions and welfare of those living here. Being a concerned listener and a transparent candidate are my most advantageous qualifications.” The best thing about living in Maryville is ... “We can meet a stranger every day, but you will have a mutual friend.”
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Rachael Martin What changes would you like to see? • “I would like to see my generation become more involved in ideas and outcomes of City Council meetings and votes. Let’s make Maryville a more desirable place to stay after college.” • “I will boost the transparency of the goals our council wishes to accomplish. Citizens of Maryville need to trust that there are no hidden agendas. Straight answers, honesty and clarity are fundamentals.”
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Obituaries JAMES R. “JOHN” ABBOTT 1940-2014
Adventure Land Video stores, and for seven years was the Director of Transportation for the Maryville R-II School District. James R. “John” AbJohn and Suzanne Bonel bott, 74, of Maryville, Mo., were united in marriage on passed away on Thurs- June 25, 1960, at St. Anday, March 6, 2014, at the thony’s Church, in RathBarnes Jewish Hospital in burn, Iowa. While in the St. Louis, Mo., surrounded hospital, John would often by his family, following a correct his nurses stating lengthy illness, that he and Suzanne had John was born on Janu- been together since age 15 ary 6, 1940, in Cole City, and that she was his high Iowa, his parents were Lee school sweetheart, the love Roy and Evelyn (VanDyke) of his life, and not just his Abbott, and preceded him wife. in death. He was also preJohn was of the Cathoceded by his brother, Ed- lic faith. He was a past ward Abbott, and two sis- member of the Maryville ters, Gracia Jean Johnson, Chamber of Commerce, and Ellen Sleeth. the Maryville Host LiJohn delivered papers ons Club, the Maryville in his youth, and by age Public Library Board; he 14 was working at his lo- volunteered for Meals on cal Hy-Vee Food Store. Wheels, and had been a 32 years later John retired member of the Nodaway as the Manager from the Archery Club, now known Maryville Hy-Vee Store. as NODAHO. He had several appointJohn leaves behind ments with Hy-Vee prior his wife, Suzanne, of the to moving to Maryville in home; three children, his 1981. son, Jeff (Vickie) Abbott, Later John and Suzanne Lee’s Summit, Mo. and owned and operated two children, Bryce and Blake
Abbott; his two daughters, Lorraine Bowers (Matt Rock), St. Joseph, Mo., and children, Jessica and Rachel Bowers; and Dena Gross, and children, Alex and Brett Gross, St. Joseph, Mo.; his brother, Arthur “Sonny” (Jean) Abbott, Wayland, Iowa, and his sister in law, Kathy Martin (Marlin Wineland); and numerous nieces and nephews. Celebration of Life services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, March 10, 2014, at the Bram-Danfelt Funeral Home, Maryville, Mo. The burial will follow in the Oak Hill Cemetery, also of Maryville. The family will receive friends from 4-6:00 p.m., Sunday, March 9, 2014, at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the American Heart Association, or the Maryville Public Library, 5th and Main Streets, Maryville, MO 64468. For online condolences and guest book, visit www. bramfuneralhome.com
Birth Announcement Kayna Reagan Kahre Hannah and Daniel Kahre, Salisbury, Mo. are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Kayna Reagan. She was born Friday, February 28, 2014
at Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall, Mo. She weighed 9 pounds 3 ounces and joins a brother, Kaiser. Maternal grandparents are Steve and Jackie Harris, Clearmont, Mo.
Paternal grandparents are Tim and Peggy Kahre, Mount Vernon, Mo. Great-grandparents are Mary Kahre, Lockwood, Mo. and Don Vess, Mount Vernon.
toxicated, 10 days Nodaway County jail, credit for time served; careless and imprudent driving, 10 days Nodaway County jail, credit for time served Christian Geer, Resisting/interfering with arrest, detention or stop, one day Nodaway County jail with credit for time served Ryan Leon Gift, Driving while intoxicated, operating a motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner, involving an accident, failure to appear, warrant issued John Monahan, Property
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Phylis Ann Howard, 70, of Graham, MO, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 8, 2014, at her sons home in Amazonia, MO.
damage second degree, suspended imposition of sentence, two years probation, 25 hours community service Joyce Nicholas, Theft/ stealing (value of property or service is less than $500) suspended imposition of sentence, two years probation Matthew O’Dell, Unlawful use of drug paraphernalia, suspended imposition of sentence, two years probation, two days shock Dustin Patterson, Passing bad check, less than $500, failure to appear, warrant issued Alex Roberts, Property damage second degree, suspended imposition of sentence, two years probation, 25 hours community service Kenneth A. Scott, Driving while intoxicated, alcohol, two days Nodaway County jail Ki’ara A. Trice, Theft/ stealing (value of property or service is less than $500) suspended imposition of sentence, two years probation, two days shock Kelsey Williams, Driving while revoked/ suspended, failure to appear, warrant issued Jeremy Q. Young, Fraudulent use of a credit/debit device, failure to appear, warrant issued
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Mickey (Mildred) Murphy, Barnard, MO; and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, at the Bram-Danfelt Funeral Home, Maryville. Phylis’s body will be cremated after the services. The family will receive friends from 6-8:00 PM, Monday, March 10, 2014, at the funeral home. Inurnment will be at a later date in the Prairie Home Cemetery, Graham, MO In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Ascera Care Hospice, 301 East Price, Suite B, Savannah, MO, 64485. For online condolences and guest book, visit www. bramfuneralhome.com
Commission Minutes The Nodaway County Commission met in regular session Wednesday, March 5. The complete board was in attendance, including Presiding Commissioner Robert Schieber, North District Commissioner Robert Westfall and South District Commissioner Robert Stiens. Also present was County Clerk Beth Walker. The session included a
presentation by presiding Circuit Judge Roger Prokes who requested support from the county for the Fourth Judicial Circuit’s Treatment Court. All three commissioners agreed in writing to continue the board’s support for the program, which is designed to encourage people convicted of substance abuse crimes to seek treatment and abstain from drug
use. In other business, a bid opening was held for a slab bridge, after which the commission awarded the contract to Oden Enterprises. The county is currently seeking bids for another bridge contract. All bids in connection with Bid No. 03212014 must be received in the county clerk’s office no later than 10 a.m. Friday, March 21.
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Court News February 24 Judge Glen Dietrich Bryan D. Twaddle, Driving while intoxicate, prior offender, 120 days County jail, suspended execution of sentence, 30 days shock and two years probation February 25 Judge Glen Dietrich Kennedy Collier, Passing bad check, less than $500, suspended imposition of sentence, one year probation Devin Gage, Property damage, 10 days Nodaway County jail, credit for time served; driving while in-
PHYLIS ANN HOWARD 1943-2014
Phylis was born on August 18, 1943, in Elmo, MO, her parents were Louis Dow and Maude (Reynolds) Murphy. They preceded her in death. She was also preceded by her husband, Charles Howard, in 1999. Phylis retired in 2004 as an Enviromental Services Supervisor at NWMSU in Maryville, MO. Survivors include her children, Michele Hankins, St. Joseph, MO, Lisa (Jeff) Blackford, Hopkins, MO, Donald (Michelle) Howard, Amazonia, MO, Penny Howard, Falls City, NE, Jackie (Shawn) Abraham, Osceola, IA; 12 grandchildren, 1 great grandchild; 2 brothers, Jerry (Mary) Murphy, Barnard, MO, and
Melanoma & Skin Cancer Program, 7 p.m., Maryville Public Library , March 10 Drive for Your School, West Nodaway School fundraiser sponsored by TriState Ford, Burlington Jct., March 17. Widowed Persons Meeting, 11:30 a.m., Applebees, March 31 Life Beyond Breast Cancer Support Group meets from 7 to 8 p.m. 2nd Monday, Hospitality Room, St. Francis Hospital Never Alone Narcotics Anonymous, Wesley Foundation, 549 W. 4th, 6 p.m. Over Eaters Anonymous meets 5:30 p.m. weekly, Franciscan Rm., 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, 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. 2nd & 4th Mondays at Hy-Vee. Manna Kitchen 5 p.m.-6 p.m., St. Gregory’s Catholic Church 333 S. Davis St, a free community meal open to all. AA at Wesley Center at Noon AA at Methodist Church Room 203 at 6:00 p.m. Al-Anon at Methodist Church Room 205 at 6:00 p.m.
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Nodaway County Senior Center Tai Chi 5 to 6 p.m..; Line dancing, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. March 11 Story Hour, 6:15 p.m., Maryville Public Library,
Mar. 18. Maryville Blood Drive, noon to 6 p.m., United Methodist Church, March 25. Maryville Garden Club Mtg., 6:30 p.m., First Christian Church, “Plant on the Wild Side”April 1. Eagles Bingo, 7 p.m. weekly, Hwy. 71 South, Maryville Today’s Civic Women meets 6:30 p.m. first Tuesday, Maryville Public Library basement, 562-9833, 582-4294 Living Free Narcotics Anonymous, Countryside Christian Church, 16th & Country Club Rd. 6 p.m. WINGS (women’s support-domestic violence & sexual assault), meets noon1:30 p.m. & 5:15-6:45 p.m. weekly, Children & Family Center, 1220 E. 2nd St., Maryville TOPS meets weekly 5:30 p.m. for weigh-ins, 6 p.m. meeting, First Christian Church, Maryville Diabetic Support Group second Tuesday, South Hills Medical Building, Front Lobby. Maryville Public Library Board of Trustees mtg., 2nd Tuesday, noon, conference room Alzheimer’s Support meets, 6 p.m. 3rd Tuesday, Laura Street Baptist Church, Maryville
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Nodaway County Senior Center, Tai Chi 5 to 6 p.m.; Dutch Luke & Friends Band, 11 a.m., March 12 Dementia, Alzheimers support group, 3rd Wednesday, 6-7 p.m. Presbyterian Church, Maryville. Jessica Loch, 816-261-2440. Tina Baker, Nodaway Nursing
Home 660-562-2876. Never Alone Narcotics Anonymous, Wesley Foundation, 549 W. 4th St., 6 p.m. Community Meals First United Methodist, 5 p.m. - 6 p.m., 1st/Main. St. Francis Retirees will meet, 1st Wednesday, 9 a.m., Nodaway County Senior Center. Breast Cancer Support Group, noon, 2nd 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 & Foot 9 a.m.; Line dancing, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. March 13 Nook Book Club, 4 p.m., Maryville Public Library, Mar. 13. Film & Lit. Club, 3:30 p.m., Maryville Public Library, Mar. 20. Optimist Club, Maryville meeting, 7 a.m., Holiday Inn Express meeting room Living Free Narcotics Anonymous, Countryside Christian Church, 16th & Country Club Rd. 6 p.m. Nodaway County Federated Republican Women meet 11:30 a.m. 1st Thursday of the month at Carson’s, Maryville Maryville Business & Professional Women’s Organization meets 6 p.m. 4th Thursday, First Christian Church, Maryville, 660582-4959 or 582-4898 Shepherd’s Kitchen offers a free supper from 5 to 6 p.m. weekly, First Presbyterian Church, Maryville
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STATE NEWS Spelling bee comes to close — F-I-N-A-L-L-Y KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A marathon spelling bee between two Kansas City-area students who exhausted the initial word list last month ended after 29 more rounds Saturday when the eventual runner-up stumbled over the word “stifling.” For more than an hour, seventh-grader Kush Sharma and fifth-grader Sophia Hoffman went toe-to-toe in the continuation of the Jackson County Spelling Bee, which began two weeks ago but had to be extended after the two breezed through the word list provided by the Scripps National Spelling Bee. But at the end of the 28th round, Sophia appeared puzzled when attempting to spell “stifling,” and even more so when the bell rang to indicate she had gotten it wrong. After being given his final word, “definition,” Kush drew chuckles from spectators watching from a different room in the Kansas City Public Library when he asked for the definition. He promptly spelled it correctly and won the bee. Three days after they finished in a tie on Feb. 22, the young people and their families were flown to New York to make appearances on CNN and “Good Morning America.” “I was pretty sad when she got that word incorrect,” said Kush, who now moves on to the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. “That’s the game, you know? It’s going to come down to one person, whether you’re friends or not.”
Two charged after baby’s body found WARRENSBURG, Mo. (AP) — The discovery of an infant’s body in a cave has led to arrests and charges against two residents of Warrensburg in west-central Missouri. Police and the Johnson County prosecutor announced Friday night that 19-year-old Latasha Wilson is charged with abandoning a corpse, and 20-year-old Zakary Carter is charged with tampering with physical evidence. Two University of Central Missouri biology students found the decomposing body Tuesday in a cave at Pertle Springs, a university-owned public recreation area in Warrensburg. Authorities are awaiting autopsy results to determine if more charges will be filed. They would not comment further on the case, including a possible relationship between the suspects and the infant.
CAPITOL NEWS State revenue hit by declining casino visits JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A recent decline in Missouri’s casino revenues has created funding shortfalls for public schools and state-run veterans’ nursing homes, raising questions among lawmakers about the extent to which the state can continue to rely on gambling to fund key programs. Missouri relies on two sources of casino revenues. A portion of a per-patron casino fee is used to pay for the operations of the Missouri Veterans Commission, which oversees seven nursing homes for 1,350 retired service members. A state tax on casino revenues helps fund public schools. But fewer people are visiting and spending money at Missouri’s 13 casinos, leaving lawmakers to scramble for a solution. Missouri’s veterans’ homes are funded through a combination of casino fees, federal dollars and an average $2,000 monthly resident’s fee. Concerns about long-term funding for veterans homes led lawmakers in 2012 to dedicate a larger share of the casino fees to the homes. But a decline in casino attendance is causing lawmakers to revisit the issue. A recent report from the Missouri Gaming Commission shows that patronage at casinos decreased about 9 percent through the first seven months of Missouri’s 2014 fiscal year.
Panel backs firearms nullification proposal JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Federal agents would be sent to jail for enforcing some federal gun control laws under legislation endorsed by a Missouri House panel. The House General Laws Committee advanced the measure Thursday. It passed the Missouri Senate last month. The bill would declare federal laws that the state considers infringements on gun rights to be null and void. Federal agents enforcing those laws could face civil penalties and be prosecuted for a new crime, punishable by up to one year in jail and a $1,000 fine. Courts have consistently ruled that states cannot nullify federal laws. The bill would also allow designated school personnel to carry concealed weapons in school buildings. It now heads to the House Rules Committee before moving to the floor.
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Transition Skill Day
Carrie Ragsdale gives a PowerPoint presentation about Individual Education Programs, usually referred to as IEPs, during the Transition Skill Day on Friday. The gathering was held to help special education students prepare for the future by making a plans and setting goals.
Special ed students plan futures
By KEVIN BIRDSELL Staff writer
Some people may think that students with disabilities don’t have many options after they graduate from high school. But last week’s Transition Skill Day was meant to dispel that notion among those most affected by it — the students themselves. “Transition Skill Day is an opportunity to give kids, teachers and parents information about services they might need as they transition from high school into adult living, whether that’s employment, post-secondary education or independent living,” said Jodie Kurtz, a diagnostician for the Area Cooperative for Educational Support. Students participating in the event included individuals facing a wide range of cognitive and physical challenges. “There’s a range of disabilities represented here and (each have different needs),” Kurtz said. “We want to provide information that will touch on all of those different areas that they might be needing assistance in.” The event was organized by staff from the Area Cooperative for Educational Support, which is administered by the Maryville R-II School District. “I work with the community transition team,” Kurtz said. “These teams are set up throughout the state to work with students on these transition issues and help make the transition more successful as the kids leave high school. The ACES coop facilitates the transition team in the area.” The event was expected to draw around 75 students, but more attended than anticipated. Kurtz said she was pleased to see the higher numbers, and especially more parents. ACES hosted similar events in 2010 and 2011, but they were scheduled during the evening and attendance was low. Kurtz said switching to daytime made it easier for both students and parents to participate. The Albany Regional Office of the Department of Mental Health has put on several such workshops in Bethany and helped ACES organize the event.
“I feel it’s important to have this so the students have somewhere to come and get the resources,” said Stacey Law, youth transition and employment resource coordinator for the Regional Office. “They can hear the stories and learn how to plan their lives. They learn they have choices and there are things they can do. It’s not just about graduating and going to a group home or a workshop. But, they can chose to go into employment, to go to Vo-tech or go to college, and they can live independently as best they can and make a life for themselves.” Living in a region like northwest Missouri can be problematic for students with disabilities after they graduate. “We don’t have a lot of the services available in our rural area that a lot of the city schools and communities have,” Kurtz said. “We’re really looking at helping kids. When they’re in high school, they have a lot of support. But when they leave high school a lot of those services go away. The whole realm of adult services is very different than it is in the public schools, so we want to help kids be more prepared for that move.” Vendors for those services included colleges and universities, vocational schools, assisted living providers and rehabilitation services. “We want to help the students have some contact with some of these agencies,” Kurtz said. “That way they know what services they might need, they know where to go find them, and hopefully some of those kids will be able to set up some of those contacts before they leave school so that is a smoother transition.” For some students, the transition involves attending a post-secondary school in either a twoyear or four-year program. “When kids go on to college, they have an Individual Education Plan they can take on to college from high school,” Kurtz said. “But at the college level (the college is not) required to provide all of the services that a public school has
to provide through the IEP. If they need services, it’s up to the student to work within the colleges to get services that they need.” But some higher education institutions are proactive when it comes to students with special needs. The University of Central Missouri, for example, has a program called THRIVE, which stands for Transformation, Health, Responsibility, Independence, Vocation and Education. “THRIVE program is a program for students who would not normally be going to college,” said program coordinator Karen Fahrmeier. “They might have Down syndrome, be on the autism spectrum or be somewhere in between that still needs support for the college experience. It puts students in classes that get them ready for job situations.” THRIVE is a two-year program that allows students to stay on campus and share many of the experiences enjoyed by their nonhandicapped classmates, including internships that can lead to employment. “When they come back
in their second year, they are having two separate internships,” Fahrmeier said. “It’s a college experience, learning skills that will help them with their jobs and help them become more independent. It’s kind of like a stepping stone program. “We do have some students that are able to finish our program and come back as a typical student on campus. But we have other students where that wouldn’t be possible, but they are getting a post-secondary educational experience and becoming more independent by living on campus.” Another area addressed by Transitions Skill Day was Supplemental Security Income, a benefit provided to many people with disabilities through Social Security. To help students make the most of this program, Law gave an interactive presentation titled “Show Me the Money,” which posed different scenarios based on budgeting decisions. The scenarios included living with roommates, buying groceries and going out to the movies.
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Show me the money
Stacey Law (standing) of the Albany Regional Office of the Department of Mental Health and Jeff Dunn present a program called “Show Me the Money” during Transition Skill Day, an event designed to help special education students prepare for life after high school.
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SOCIAL SECURITY
Social Security is the umbrella for ‘rainy days’
You’ve probably noticed the unusually cold and stormy weather we’ve been experiencing this year. That makes it more appropriate than ever to recognize National Umbrella Month during March. National Umbrella Month is a time to celebrate a useful invention used by most everyone. It’s no coincidence that the month comes at the beginning of the rainy
Danny Zimmerman season. April showers may bring May flowers, but the rain starts pouring in March. When the rain pours, an umbrella has you covered. If you work and pay Social Security taxes, we have you covered too. Whether the storm that hits you unexpectedly is a disability, the loss of a loved one, or an unexpected early retirement (such things can sneak up on you like a sudden storm), Social Security’s umbrella of coverage will keep you protected from the harsh weather. You qualify for Social Security benefits by earning credits when you work in a
job or are self-employed and pay Social Security payroll taxes. In 2014, you receive one credit for each $1,200 of earnings, up to the maximum of four credits per year. Most people need 10 years of work (40 credits) to be eligible for retirement benefits. The number of credits you need for disability benefits depends on how old you are when you become disabled. For example, if your disability occurs before age 24, you generally need a year and a half of work (six credits) in the three years before you became disabled. At age 31 or older, you generally need at least 20 credits in the 10 years immediately before you became disabled. In most cases, you need to have worked about 10 years for surviving family members to qualify for survivors benefits. Survivors of very young workers may be eligible if the deceased worker was employed for 1 1/2 years during the three years before his or her death. Umbrellas have been around for thousands of years. Social Security has only been around since 1935. Yet the Social Security umbrella covers an expanded range of services for you and your family. When you need to learn more about disability, survivors or retirement, the place to go is www.socialsecurity.gov. And you don’t even have to grab your umbrella on your way to apply—just do it online from the dry comfort of your own home or office computer. Danny Zimmerman is the Social Security District Manager in Maryville.
Contact Your Lawmakers STATE SEN. BRAD LAGER: R-Maryville, Room 429, State Capitol Building, Jefferson City, MO 65101; Ph.: (573) 751-1415; brad.lager@senate. mo.gov. STATE REP. MIKE THOMSON: R-Maryville, Room 406A, State Capitol Building, Jefferson City, MO 65101; Ph.: (573) 751-9465; mike.thomson@ house.mo.gov. U.S. SEN. ROY BLUNT: R-Missouri; B40C, Dirksen Senate Office Bldg., Washington, D.C.; Ph.: (202) 224-5721. Kansas City Office: 911 Main St., Suite 2224 Kansas City, MO 64105; Ph.: (816) 471-7141 U.S. SEN. CLAIRE McCASKILL: D-Missouri; Hart Senate Office Building, Suite. 506, Washington, D.C. 20510; Ph.: (202) 224-6154 Kansas City Office: 4141 Pennsylvania Ave., Suite. 101, Kansas City, MO 64111; Ph.: (816) 421-1639 U.S. REP. SAM GRAVES: R-Missouri 6th District Washington Office, 1415 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515; Ph.: (202) 2257041 Kansas City Office: 11724 NW Plaza Circle, Suite 900, Kansas City, MO 64153; Ph.: (816) 792-3976 St. Joseph District Office: 411 Jules St., Room 111, St. Joseph, MO 64501; Ph.: 816-749-0800 GOV. JAY NIXON: D, P.O. Box 720, State Capitol, Jefferson City, MO 65102; Ph.: (573) 751-3222.
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Selective enforcement of laws is leading to serious problems
You may be aware the Department of Justice, headed by Attorney General Eric Holder, is selective in its administration of law. This has been evident in the DOJ’s foot-dragging regarding the Internal Revenue Service’s treatment of conservative group’s tax-exemption applications, the department’s position on voter identification rules, and its failure to pursue instances of voter intimidation However, the DOJ’s agenda is most obviously partisan and Leftist in its position toward drugs. Under federal law, it is illegal to own, use, or sell marijuana, the most traditionally identified “introductory drug” to more harmful ones such as heroin. The DOJ is not enforcing that law in the many states that have legalized medical marijuana and the two that have legalized it for “recreational purposes.” The stated position is the department will look the other way even though its sworn duty is to uphold existing federal statutes. This position will not change as long as Holder is attorney general. Twenty states have legalized medical marijuana despite the substantial scholarship that argues its value as medicine is exaggerated and its potential for harm is great. Some of these are Washington, California, Nevada, Colorado, Illinois, Vermont, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, and Massachusetts. The District of Columbia also permits medical marijuana sales. Washington and Colorado have approved so-called recreational sales of marijuana; in other words, the drug can be purchased and used without legal consequences as long as the purchaser is 21 years of age. In Colorado, retail stores have opened and are doing a brisk business with its substantial stoner population. Specious arguments for this phenom-
enon are the drug is now taxed and will lessen crime and incarceration numbers. The DOJ could stop all this cold. Once more: The justice arm of our legal system under liberal Attorney General Eric Holder is not enforcing federal law which trumps state law. Got it? The law is not being enforced because Holder doesn’t want to, and because his boss, Barack Obama, could
Larry Anderson not care less. Perhaps Obama sniffs a constituency. All this has been grouped under the personal freedom without responsibility flag so honored by the Left. They would have us believe open drug use is good for society, that there are way too many drug dealers doing hard time unfairly and unnecessarily, that the consequences of illicit drug use is really tied to race, not destruction. What it really has to do with is weakness, lack of political character, and not wanting to be bothered with all that human damage. I submit the DOJ’s position and the President’s attitude toward legalized
drug use has to do with votes, power, and the dogmatic stance that law doesn’t matter if it is in the way of the liberal agenda. Now, you may think this has nothing to do with little ol’ Maryville, that Colorado’s problems aren’t ours, that this is all a passing fad that doesn’t touch you or yours. I can tell you this is a trend already mandated in 40 percent of the states; this is a movement encouraged by our government, not a passing fad. This will get to Missouri soon, and the pressure will be on to conform. Unless something changes, a pot shop on a corner of this town’s square is a very real possibility one day. Are you ready for that? More importantly, are your kids and grandkids? If you ask any expert on drugs, or any law enforcement officer with experience, what the first step into drug abuse is, he/she will tell you it is marijuana, a drug far more potent now than it was a few years ago. Think about this too: According to the Federal Drug Administration, “… people die everyday as a result of drug overdose involving heroin or pharmaceutical opiates.” That amounts to 38,325 deaths per year. Drug abuse is increasing in this country. In Maine, three times as many died of heroin in 2012 as 2011. There is one heroin overdose per day in NYC; recently, the victim for the day was Philip Seymour Hoffman, the renowned actor. In Hennepin County, MN, in 2013 there were 37 heroin deaths; in 2008 there were four. The statistics go on and on. While this is unfolding, Eric Holder and his Department of Justice are pretending it doesn’t matter. He is joined in this view by his boss, the President of the United States. You should be angry. And they should be fired. Larry W. Anderson has lived in the ’ville 45 years.
PEARLS
Our choices in life are easy, we are either growing, or dying
Never can I remember being so ready for winter to be Now, we tend to forget this is how things were, and over. I’m sure most of you agree. how they could still be, if we chose to do what our anI’ve shared with you before my distaste for people cestors did in terms of taking care of one another. foolishly expecting winter to be anything other than Were there crooks back then? Freeloaders? cold. It’s setting yourself up for disappointment when Of course there were. But we just have to deal with you ignore the fact that our part of the that, the same as we do now. Historically, country has true seasons. the greatest amount of work is done by Still, when it’s time for a season to a middle class group, which allows the change, I’m usually ready. When March higher class to live better and the lowest 20 rolls around, I’m going to be ready for class to exist on what is left. the chirping of those birds. How can we avoid this kind of ecoBut the bitter cold does teach us lesnomic stratification? I’m not sure there is sons—not fun lessons, but instructions a way. The best we can do is to work to we need, nonetheless. We must prepare, improve our world; the economy tends to think ahead, plan, save our money and rise to the level of human excellence. our resources. This is not a bad thing. If indeed we’re all playing defense right As a matter of fact, many of us (myself now — and by that I mean going through included) have become very dependent the motions of our work to keep our jobs upon others’ planning and thinking ahead during a tough economic time — then we to keep us safe and warm. It’s good for don’t deserve to see growth. us, from time to time, to have to plan for For now, it’s going to take continthe cold, and to direct our minds toward ued hard work. I get discouraged, as do Matt Pearl a time when things aren’t as comfortable you, about a system that seems to take and convenient as we might like. from our efforts, returning very little to us directly. But I have great neighbors on Empire Prairie who tend there are only two choices here in this life: either we are to spoil the rest of us. A snowy driveway gets plowed growing, or we are dying. before you can even get out to thank the neighbor who’s We can give up because we think there is governmengiving you his time and help. It’s help I didn’t have to tal corruption, or some sort of inequality that favors plan on, but I enjoy receiving. some and penalizes others — and we might even be I sometimes get jealous hearing stories from my par- right in some cases. ents’ and grandparents’ childhoods, tales of neighbors But we cannot quit. Freedom has no greater advocate helping one another. They fed one another’s kids, and historically than it has seen from the United States of helped cut timber. They worked as peers, not as com- America. petitors or rivals. Essentially, we carry a burden in the modern world Most importantly, no one was keeping score. No one that at times grows heavy, but remains vital to the prosowed anyone for the favors given and received. They perity of this planet. We must carry the standard of freehelped because it was the right thing to do, and they let dom, even when crisis seems always to loom. their neighbors help them. Society was a brotherhood Matt Pearl is the owner and publisher of the Trihere in the Midwest. County News in King City.
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A BACKWARD GLANCE…
Kennedy assassination shocks the nation
Friday, Nov. 22, 1963
Liquor store loses $21 Burglars abandoned part of their loot when they fled after being surprised in the act of burglarizing Ole’s Tobacco Shop, 130 N. Depot St., by owner Rex Phillips at 12:36 a.m. today. The burglars made good their escape with $21 in cash and 47 1/2 cartons of cigarettes valued at $107.34, but in their haste to make a quick exit they left a gunny sack full of opened cigarette cartons from the display counter of the store. Phillips told investigating officers that he stopped by at 12:36 a.m. to check his business which had closed earlier in the evening. Upon entering the front door he heard muffled noises from the rear of the shop. When he went to the rear of the building he discovered that the safe was open and that cigarette cartons were scattered about the floor. He immediately summoned Maryville police officers. … Entry to the store was gained by prying open the west storm door. Also the wooden inside door was kicked in and the door jam(b) torn loose permitting entry to the rear of the store. Cable TV comes to Maryville Come Mar. 1, 1964, Maryville TV viewers will have a community antennae service available on a subscription basis that will give them three Kansas City channels, three from Omaha and one from St. Joseph, along with four FM channels and a closed circuit for
weather reports and one for educational TV. Such was the statement made Thursday by Alex Shniderman, Kansas City, following the letting of a contract to Foster Contractors, Maryville, for the construction of a 10- by 20-foot concrete block building to house electronic equipment on land leased from Homer Ogden on the east side of U.S. 71 south of Maryville. A 400-foot tower will be constructed there for reception of TV and FM programs, which will then be sent out on lines running on St. Joseph Light & Power Co. poles, and in some instances on United Telephone Co, poles, to all areas of Maryville and its immediate environs. Work will start next week on the building and the tower will be constructed in December. First Christian calls new pastor The Rev. Tom Peake, Jr., Dallas, Tex., has accepted a call to become minister of the Maryville First Christian Church, according to Dwight Gates, chairman of the church board. A committee composed of Don Robey, chairman; Ed Gray; and Robert Geist flew to Dallas Nov. 10 to make the original contact with the Rev. Peake. He was invited to visit Maryville and came the next day, remaining until the morning of Nov. 13 when he returned to Dallas. While in Maryville he met with the church board. Last Sunday a proposal to call the Rev. Peake to Maryville was presented to the church
congregation by Gates and accepted unanimously. The Rev. Peake, his wife and two sons, ages 12 and 16, will move to Maryville sometime before he assumes his new pastorate on Feb. 1, 1964. … During the Korean conflict (Peake) served as an Air Force chaplain, and for the past four years he has served as minister of the Highland Christian Church, Dallas, Tex., which he organized in 1959. When he organized the church it had an initial membership of 64 and began meeting in a high school auditorium. The church now has a membership of over 300 … ‘Running Man’ at Tivoli Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick and Alan Bates star in “The Running Man” which will be shown Sunday and Monday at the Tivoli. The picture shows an attempted insurance fraud. The film was shot in London, Paris and in the Mediterranean areas. Playing Friday and Saturday are “The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze” and “Siege of the Saxons.” The Three Stooges star in another boisterous screen Residential Glass Replacement • Storefronts
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Kander visits CIE Continued from Page 1
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Laboratory applications
Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander observes while Northwest CIE analytical chemist Abdul Mottaleb demonstrates some of the laboratory applications available at the CIE facility.
lines, but the best stories are usually overlooked. “The fact is, when two individuals decide to start a business in their garage, they don’t generally hold a ribbon-cutting that a public official can go to.” Kander said he wants to encourage entrepreneurial growth and business development from within the state and sees the Innovation Center program as a catalyst for such growth. “The Secretary of State’s office is the front door to business,” Kander said. “I believe businesses who start here have the best chance to thrive here and stay here.” Larry Lee, director of the CIE, led a tour of the combination business incubator and academic facility, and showed Kander a laboratory where a contractor is working to create technology for the Department of Defense. Kander, a U.S. Army veteran, took interest in one particular application where touch-screen monitors and Xbox Kinect-based programs were being used to develop technology that could one day link command posts to soldiers in the field.
He also spoke with CIE analytical chemist Abdul Mottaleb about laboratory services available at the center for both research or commercial use. The Innovation Center designation was granted on a provisional basis through June 2014. At that time, the MTC board will consider granting full designation to CIE for fiscal 2015. Full designation is based on goals set by economic development indicators, including capital investment and job creation. “It is a distinct honor to have the designation of Missouri Innovation Center at Northwest’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship,” Lee said. “I look forward to working with MTC to stimulate technology entrepreneurship in northwest Missouri. The CIE, located at the north edge of the Northwest campus, is a 46,679 square foot facility that includes three lab analysis research areas, a shared scientific instrument room and 9,000 square feet of tenant office space. The academic wing contains more than 16,000 square feet of highly specialized teaching and research labs and offices.
Prosecutor releases depositions in Coleman case Continued from Page 1 been less than truthful on some things in her deposition and attributed that to the girl’s embarrassment over the ordeal. For example, Rice at one point had asked Daisy about an incident in which she burned the name of a boy into her skin. Melinda Coleman said that it was Barnett’s name; Daisy said in her deposition that it was another boy’s name.
At one point, the mother suggested that the contradictions likely would keep the case out of a courtroom. “I don’t — I don’t think that you probably can try this case now. I think there’s been too many lies,” Melinda Coleman said, according to the documents released Friday. The Colemans and their supporters later claimed Rice dropped a felony assault charge against Barnett
because of insensitivity, prosecutorial ambivalence and political pressure from the boy’s grandfather, a retired state trooper and fourterm state legislator. Melinda Coleman told The Associated Press on Friday that she hadn’t seen the depositions — which she said Rice had denied even existed — and she didn’t believe some of what was purported to be in them. “Quite frankly, Robert
Rice is a liar and I wouldn’t be surprised if he put that
‘I don’t think that you probably can try this case now. I think there’s been too many lies.’ — Melinda Coleman
in there himself,” Coleman said. Daisy’s story made headlines nationwide and beyond after The Kansas City Star published a 4,000-word article in October detailing the girl’s claims against Barnett. In January, Barnett pleaded guilty to misdemeanor child endangerment after Baker concluded there wasn’t enough evidence for a felony conviction. Barnett
has not denied the two had sex but has insisted it was consensual. Robert Sundell, an attorney who initially represented Barnett after he was charged, said Friday he was glad the documents were released. “If all of the records and all of the evidence were made public, I think it would be pretty easy for anyone to recognize why the case didn’t go forward,” he said.
Blood Center honors local effort By TONY BROWN News editor
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Never-ending effort
Local Community Blood Center volunteer Evie Church displays two awards recently presented to Maryville by the center in recognition of their continuing efforts.
For the second straight year, Maryville has been honored by the Community Blood Center of Kansas City with the Community Star award, which is bestowed on cities and other governmental entities and institutions whose residents donate at least 400 units of blood over a 12-month period. The center also presented Maryville with the Outstanding Community Award for 2013, an acknowledgment that total blood donations for the year were actually almost twice that — more than 700 units. Volunteer Evie Church, who coordinates local Community Blood Center efforts, including the regular blood drives held at the United Methodist Church,
accepted both awards during the center’s annual Celebration of Giving luncheon March 6 in St. Joseph. The church, located at 102 N. Main St., hosts at least five blood collection events a year, Church said, and helps, along with such institutions as Northwest Missouri State University, make Maryville one of the center’s most relied-upon communities. The next Community Blood Center drive at the church will take place from noon-6 p.m. Tuesday, March 25. To make a donation appointment, go to savealifenow.org and enter maryvillecomm as the sponsor code. For more information about donating, call Church at (660) 582-2671 or email edchurc@embarqmail.com. All registered donors giv-
Energizer plant faces competition Continued from Page 1 “There are 250 to 300 capable, quality employees who produced a quality product efficiently,” he said. “Those are neat qualities that set people apart. “Just the fact that to the end, they took pride in what they did, that says a lot about the character of the employees who are now potentially available for the next occupant.”
He said many of those employees are still in the market area and he estimated that circumstance would continue for “probably up to a year.” Maryville and the surrounding area provide a comparatively small workforce, compared to those available in other areas of the state, but the quality of that workforce is difficult to match, according to McKim.
So, how long before it sells? “That is a good question, a very good question,” McKim said. “Some take years,” he said. “I had one I was involved with that took three years — and one that took six months. We just have to try to be realistic,” he continued. “I am definitely optimistic. “There are a lot of positives to the building. It is
a great building, in great shape.” And the economic climate is obviously improved over what it was in recent years. “The fact that 127,000 new jobs were added during February, with the cold and its being a traditionally slow time of the year, is encouraging,” McKim, said. “But you never know,” he concluded. “You just never know.”
ing blood on the 25th will receive a free Community Star T-shirt. Founded in 1958, Community Blood Center is the sole-source supplier for hospitals and clinics throughout much of northwest Missouri, including St. Francis Hospital & Health Services. In order to meet demand — and save thousands of lives each year — the center must collect blood from a minimum of 580 donors daily. One reason for the ceaseless demand is that blood
products have a limited shelf life. Red blood cells can only be stored for 42 days, and platelets last only five days. Plasma can be frozen and stored for as long as a year. Each donation provides enough blood and blood products, on average, to treat two patients. Over the past 56 years, the center has collected two million pints of blood and currently sends out approximately 3,600 units each week to more than 70 area hospitals.
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Bulldogs in Final 4 Stanberry will face Scott County Central By KEVIN BIRDSELL Staff writer
Despite struggling from the foul line throughout the game, Stanberry junior guard Issac Heddinger hit two free throws with nine seconds to play, putting the quarterfinal contest out of the reach of Wellington-Napoleon. The game was tough for both teams throughout, but Stanberry came away with the 51-47 victory and advanced to the Class 1 State Final Four for the second year in a row. Stanberry opened up the game strong, forcing turnovers and taking good shots, leading 11-6 after the first quarter. The Tigers cut into the Bulldogs’ lead early in the second quarter, getting the lead down to two points on a couple of occasions. Stanberry righted the ship and closed the first half leading 23-14. “They just picked up their pressure and we didn’t handle it like we talked about,” Stanberry head coach Nick Groomer said. “We let the pressure get to us and we turned the ball over way too much and we just didn’t get done what we needed to. Then we talked about going back to what works instead of forcing things. Finally, we were able to get that done.” Free throw struggles plagued the Bulldogs throughout the first half, as they only hit two of their seven attempts from the line. “Free throws would have been big early and given us a little cushion,” Groomer said. “But, as long as they go down when it matters, that’s what’s important.” The third frame of the game belonged to Wellington-Napoleon throughout. The Tigers’ physical play and speed allowed them to outscore the Bulldogs 16-7 in the quarter and take a 31-30 lead into the final period.
“Again, we were having turnovers and taking bad shots,” Groomer said. “Our third quarter was miserable. We weren’t doing what we were supposed to and we can’t do that if we want to do anything down at state.” In both periods of the second half, both teams stepped up the physical play. Bodies were hitting the floor on both ends, but the Bulldogs didn’t let it get the best of them. “I told them not to worry about it,” Groomer said. “They’re not going to stop in the middle of the game and call it (because of physicality), so I just told our team to focus on the next thing.” The fourth quarter was a fireworks show with both teams putting up points at a high pace. Stanberry used an early run to get the lead back and rode its lead into the final seconds of the game. With nine seconds to play and Stanberry up by only two, Heddinger sunk two free throws to put the game out of reach. Stanberry outscored Wellington-Napoleon 2116 in the high-scoring fourth quarter. “I was telling myself to just shoot it straight and make them so we could go back to state,” Heddinger said. Stanberry was led by senior center Ryan Jensen, who scored 16 points, grabbed seven rebounds and dished out three assists. Sophomore forward Daniel Hailey contributed 11 points and seven rebounds in the win. Heddinger, who sealed the game for the Bulldogs, finished with eight points, eight assists, four rebounds and two steals. Stanberry moves on to face the Scott County Central Braves in its Final Four matchup. The game will be played on Thursday at Mizzou Arena in Columbia with tipoff at 3:20 p.m.
Through the contact
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Stanberry sophomore Daniel Hailey puts up a shot through contact in the first half of the Bulldogs’ Class 1 State quarterfinal matchup with Wellington-Napoleon on Saturday. Stanberry won the game 51-42 and Hailey scored 11 points.
Bearcats earn regional bid, will travel to Minnesota By JASON LAWRENCE Sports editor
There is a light at the end of the tunnel for the Northwest men’s basketball team despite losing in the MIAA Tournament semifinals to Missouri Southern on Saturday. Sunday night, Northwest earned the fifth seed in the Central Regional Tournament that will be hosted by top seed Minnesota State-Mankato, and one of four MIAA teams to make the field. Mankato (29-4) will take on eighth-seeded Harding (15-14) in the first round while Northwest (22-8) drew defending regional champion Winona State (26-7) of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference in the other matchup on the top side of the bracket. On the bottom half of the bracket, No. 3 seed Missouri Southern (23-6) will take on Fort Hays State (22-7) while Central Missouri (245), the No. 2 seed, will play Arkan-
sas Tech. (20-9). In the first round of the MIAA Tournament, the second-seeded Bearcats started out slow, but righted the ship to knock off the seventh seed, Emporia State on Friday night. The Hornets went up 8-0 early before Northwest finally got on the scoreboard nearly three minutes into the game on a three-pointer by senior guard Bryston Williams. “Coming out, I thought our guys were a little confused,” head coach Ben McCollum said. “I think they thought it was a 2-3 zone. It wasn’t, it was a matchup zone. It took us a few possessions to figure it out, that’s why we got down 8-0 early.” Williams scored the first eight points for the Bearcats, but the Cats didn’t take the lead until only 1:58 remained in the half on another three-pointer, this one by senior guard DeShaun Cooper. Northwest (22-7) took a 29-25
lead into halftime and never trailed in the second half as Emporia State’s bigs got into some serious foul trouble. In the second half, Cooper found more creases in the Emporia State defense, scoring 14 points in the second half. Posts Dillon Starzl and Grant Cozad also did most of their damage in the second half, combining for 20 points in the second half. In total, Cooper finished with 21 points while Starzl added 17 and Cozad chipped in 11. “I like being physical. We battled in (the post),” Starzl said. “I got hit in the mouth about 20 times that game and I was pushing back. It was a fight, but it was fun.” Emporia State guards Kaleb Wright and Terrence Moore combined to score 45 of the Hornets’ 57 points. “Wright hit tough shots. He had 19 points, but he had to shoot it 22 times to get it. I thought we
did an unbelievable job on him,” McCollum said. “Terrence Moore, on the other hand, killed us. He played excellent. He has an uncanny knack to get layups. It is the strangest thing I’ve ever seen. … He’s a good basketball player and they do a good job of putting him in position to do that.” The Bearcats also dominated at the foul stripe, shooting 38 foul shots compared to just 19 for Emporia, which also shot just 1-of-19 from three-point range. In the semifinals, Northwest had a shot late to try and force overtime, but it bounced off the left side of the rim and Missouri Southern, the eventual MIAA Tournament champion, escaped with a 70-67 victory. Northwest beat Missouri Southern on a buzzer beater earlier this season, after letting Cooper make a decision. That one ended with Cooper nailing a step-back jumper with
three seconds to play. Saturday night’s situation was different, but the play call — or lack thereof — was the same. “I’d still hang by that, that’s what we always do,” McCollum said. The Bearcats trailed 70-67 with 12 seconds left and attacked the basket before kicking out to sophomore guard Conner Crooker who made the extra pass to Williams, who launched the shot for the tie. “(My thought was) to get a shot, but once he left the lane open, I had no choice but to drive,” Cooper said. “I just wanted to get somebody a kick-out three and I saw Conner wide open and I kicked it to him.” Williams’ shot hit the left side of the rim as the buzzer sounded, sending Northwest to its second defeat at the hands of the Lions this season. “What a great college game,” See NORTHWEST, Page 8
Athletes of the Week Ryan Jensen
Jensen recorded seven blocks against Rock Port in Stanberry’s sectional game. Jensen has scored 26 points and recorded eight blocks in two state tournament games.
Eric McGlauflin
McGlauflin went 8-for17 against Lincoln on Thursday and Friday, helping Northwest to a sweep. He hit four doubles and drove in six runs during the fourgame sweep.
Isaac Heddinger
Heddinger hit two free throws with nine seconds left in Stanberry’s state quarterfinal game on Saturday to seal their win. The Bulldogs advanced to the state Final Four with the win.
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Cats drop pair of double headers The Northwest Missouri State softball team fell in four MIAA contests over the week, losing two games to Washburn on Saturday and dropping a pair against Emporia State on Sunday afternoon. Against Washburn, the Bearcats out hit the Ichabods, but lost game one 7-6 and dropped game two 11-4. Washburn scored early in game one as the Ichabods put up two runs in each of the first two innings to take a 4-0 lead. The Bearcats got on the board and took the lead in the top of the third inning as they scored five runs on RBIs from Jordan Ereth, Stephanie Mark, Baylee Scarbrough and Chantel Adams. A homerun and an RBI single gave the Ichabods the lead back in the fourth. Northwest was able to answer with a run in the top of the sixth to tie the game at 6-6. Washburn got its leadoff hitter on and with two outs, hit a single up the middle to score the runner from second and claim the 7-6 victory in game one. Northwest scored first in game two when Taszia Roseberry hit her team-leading, fifth homerun of the season in the top of the second. Three more Bearcats crossed the plate to take a 4-0 lead. The Ichabods answered with four runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning to tie it up. They added one run in the fourth, two runs in the fifth and four runs in the sixth to take a an 11-4 lead.
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Against Emporia State, Northwest lost in the final inning of game one for the second day in a row, losing 7-5 and then falling 6-0 in game two on Sunday. Roseberry hit a two-out single in the second inning that plated Scarbrough to put the Bearcats up 1-0. Torri Blythe led off the third inning by getting hit by a pitch and then stole second base. Ereth doubled to right center, scoring Blythe from second. Ereth later scored in the inning. Emporia State tied the contest in the bottom half of the inning, scoring three runs. The teams were locked up for the next three innings with Taylor Blackford in the circle for Northwest. Blackford pitched three innings giving up three hits, allowed no walks, no runs and struck out one. Emporia State got one runner on before hitting a game-winning homerun to end game one with a 5-3 win. The Hornets were able to silence the Bearcats’ offense in game two, as they managed only three hits in the contest. Emporia State plated two runs in the first inning, three in the third and one more in the fourth to secure the 6-0 victory. The Bearcats move their season record to 3-10, 0-4 in the MIAA. Northwest will head to St. Joseph to take on rival Missouri Western on Tuesday in a double-header, with game one beginning at 2 p.m. and game to set to follow.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Northwest Missouri State baseball team went into Jefferson City this weekend to play four games against the Lincoln Blue Tigers and swept all four games. The sweep moves Northwest to 11-5 on the regular season and 8-2 in MIAA play. Northwest won the first double header on Thursday 9-2 and 7-1. In the first game, Ryker Fox went five innings to pick up his third win of the year, giving up two runs on just three hits with four strikeouts. Tanner Smith finished off the last two innings of the seven-inning first game. The Bearcats jumped out to an 8-0 lead, scoring in the second, third, fourth and fifth innings. In the second, a Zack Ferreira double cleared the bases, scoring Derek Meyer, Jon Pomatto and Steve Garber. In the third, Austin Wulff hit a sacrifice fly, scoring Paul Johnson. That same inning Eric McGlauflin scored on a wild pitch. Ferreira picked up another RBI in the fourth, doubling to score Meyer to give Northwest a 6-0 lead. In the fifth,Garber singled to score McGlauflin and Wulff scored on a fielder’s choice by Pomatto. Lincoln scored two runs in the sixth, but Northwest tacked on an insurance run in the seventh as Pomatto scored on a Brandon Huske groundout. The second game was more of the same. Austin Warren turned in a complete game performance to give Northwest a 7-1 victory to close out the day. Warren, who allowed just one unearned run, walked just one batter and gave up five hits while striking out three for his first victory of the year. Northwest picked up 12 hits and drew four walks. In the third, Northwest scored the first run of the game as McGlauflin doubled to center scoring Johnson. Neither team was able to score again until the eighth when the Bearcats came alive, scoring four times to take a firm hold on the game. With the bases loaded, Pomatto doubled to score Wulff and McGlauflin. Blake Hardegree grounded out, scoring Garber and a Ferreira single scored Pomatto to give Northwest a 5-0 lead. In the top of the ninth with Lincoln still scoreless,
Wulff blasted his team-leading third home run, scoring Abernathy after a Blue Tiger error extended the inning. The lone blemish on Warren’s day on the mound came in the ninth as an error to lead off the inning eventually came back to score on a single with one out. Warren got the last two Lincoln batters to fly out to end the nine inning game. On Friday, Northwest put up two even bigger wins over the Blue Tigers, winning the first game 12-3 and the second game 11-7 to close out the weekend series. The Bearcats jumped out early in the first game, scoring the first three runs of the game and never trailing the rest of the way. Johnson, Ryan Abernathy and Wulff each recorded three hit games. Wulff crossed the plate three times and pinch hitter Luke Wilkinson hit a three-run homerun in the ninth to seal the win. The Bearcats collected 14 hits and seven different players scored on the day. Hondo Pearcy went six innings, allowing just three runs, two earned, on five hits. Andrew Trout finished out the final inning. Northwest again jumped out to an early 6-0 lead on the Blue Tigers in game two, but Lincoln responded with four runs in the third, one in the fifth and two in the sixth to take a 7-6 lead into the seventh. Timely hitting for the Bearcats pushed across three runs in the top of the seventh and added two more in the eighth. Northwest finished the game with 14 hits. Blane Reutter picked up his second win of the season, coming in relief of starter Kole Klocko and Rob Henrichs. Reutter pitched 2.2 innings, allowing no runs on two hits with three strikeouts. Klocko and Henrichs each had four strikeouts on the day. Abernathy continued his hot hitting, going 3-for5 with four runs scored and a pair of RBI. Johnson was 3-for-4 with three runs scored, an RBI and a walk. McGlauflin was 3-for-5 with four RBI and one run scored. Northwest will play a Wednesday game at William Jewell (1-4) on this week in Liberty before returning home to host a series against Southwest Baptist (5-9) beginning on Friday.
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Above: Northwest senior point guard DeShaun Cooper twisted his body to get his shot off under the basket during Friday night’s 70-57 victory over Emporia State in the second round of the MIAA Tournament at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City. Cooper scored a team-high 21 points in the win. Right: Northwest senior forward Dillon Starzl fights his way past the arm of Missouri Southern’s Slim Magee for two of his team-high 17 points in the Lions’ 70-67 victory over the Bearcats in the semifinals on Saturday night.
Northwest falls in MIAA Tournament semifinals to Southern Continued from Page 7 Missouri Southern head coach Robert Corn said. “Northwest is an excellent basketball team. This is what college basketball is all about. Whoever was going to lose this game, whether it was us or them, was going to be a very disappointed team and the winner was going to be very appreciative because it was a hard-fought game.”
Early on, it looked like Northwest would pull away as the Bearcats went up 18-8 early. Southern answered with a 7-0 run and took a 22-21 lead with 4:37 to play before Cooper came back with a three-pointer to put Northwest back up. Cooper shook his defender just above the free throw line to give the Bearcats a 30-28 lead the break.
The second half was more back and forth action as All-MIAA first-teamer Marquis Addison found his shot in the second half after shooting just 2-for-9 in the first half. Addison went 6-of-10 in the second half, repeatedly coming up with clutch threes when the Lions needed them, scoring a game-high 22 points. “That was the only way they could score was him hitting tough
shots,” McCollum said. “He shot it 19 times to get 22 points, so it’s not great, but he was kind of their only offense because we had kind of shut down every other avenue defensively.” Cozad scored all nine of his points in the second half, helping the Bearcats hold a slim lead during the middle portion of the half. Starzl also scored eight of his team-high 17 points in the
second half. Northwest trailed 67-63 with 1:23 to play and layups from Cooper and Crooker tied it at 67 before Southern’s Cameron Cornelius hit a pair of free throws and Addison converted 1-of-2 to provide the final margin. “It’s unfortunate. I thought we outplayed them, (we) just didn’t get the win or hit enough shots to beat them,” McCollum said.
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Barbara Crossland
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MARYVILLE, Mo. — Six faculty members of Northwest Missouri State University have announced that they will retire at the end of the spring term. Taken together, the veteran teachers have served Northwest for a total of 162 years. The university will honor the soon-to-be emeriti during a reception set for 3:45 p.m. Friday, April 18, at The Station on the Northwest campus. Refreshments will be served.
Those who will be retiring include: Barbara Crossland, associate professor of professional education. Crossland began her career at Northwest in 2002 and will retire July 3. She taught children’s literature, elementary mathematics and reading and language arts practicums, among other education courses. She also was the faculty sponsor for the Northwest Powwow from 2004 to 2010.
Margaret Drew, professor of professional education. Drew came to Northwest in 1996 and will retire July 3. She taught courses in diagnostic and corrective reading, language arts practicum and analysis and correction of reading disabilities. She also was a freshman seminar instructor for 13 years. Linda Heeler, assistant professor and fifth- and sixth-grade teacher at the Horace Mann Laboratory
School. Heeler began working at Northwest in 1981 and will retire May 31. During her career she also taught early childhood and kindergarten as well as second, third and fourth grades. Phillip Heeler, professor of computer science and information systems. Heeler has been at Northwest since 1981 and will retire July 31. He has served as professor and chair of the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Computer Sci-
ence and Information Systems. He also was interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Patrick McLaughlin, professor of finance. McLaughlin started teaching at Northwest in 1978 and will retire May 31. He has taught business law and insurance and risk courses. McLaughlin is a recipient of the Governor’s Award for Teaching Excellence, the Dean’s Award for Teaching and the Alumni Award
Kim Spradling
Six faculty members to retire at Northwest for Exemplary Teaching. Since 2006, McLaughlin has served as coach of the women’s golf team. Kim Spradling, professor of art. Spradling began working at Northwest in 1984 and will retire May 5. His courses have included principles of art education, visual arts concepts, papermaking, design with fibers and senior exhibition. He also served as faculty advisor for the Art Education Club.
More than 40 vendors slated for chamber home show Correction: The date of the Northwest Missouri Home and Better Living Show was incorrectly reported as Saturday, March 30 in a story that ran in Thursday’s Daily Forum. The correct date is Sunday, March 30. The Forum is running the story again in its entirety. The Maryville Daily Forum regrets the mistake. By KEVIN BIRDSELL Staff writer
The Northwest Missouri Home and Better Living Show returns to Maryville from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, March 30, when more than 40 vendors are expected to show their wares at the Maryville Community Center,
located at 1407 N. Country Club Road. “The show is a business showcase that features Chamber members and community businesses from a variety of backgrounds,” said Melanie Smith, executive director of the Greater Maryville Chamber of Commerce. “It’s for those who think of spring as a time to work on our homes, lawns and gardens, so we have vendors who represent that. It also focuses on personal wellness. We have some vendors that are retail based and service based. We will have a little bit of everything.” In 2013, the home show attracted 25 vendors. This year, the event already has more than 40 vendors signed up, a number that could still grow.
“Last year, when the event was coming together, the chairperson had to move in the middle of the process so things were loosely organized,” Smith said. “But this year we have a really strong planning team that’s been meeting and visiting with people. Obviously that shows, with nearly twice the amount of vendors this year.” Businesses can register for a booth through March 14. To register, call the Greater Maryville Chamber of Commerce at (660) 582-8643 or register online at www. maryvillechamber.com. During the event itself, vendors will provide information about their products, and some will offer direct sales of goods and services. The day will also feature promo-
tions and performances on stage that will change every 30 minutes. “We are going to have some of our local dance academies and studios put on performances on the stage,” Smith said. “We also will have cooking demonstrations as well as some of our vendors, who will have displays and product demonstrations.” Headlining at 1 p.m. will be children’s entertainer Mr. Stinky Feet, known to adults as Jim Cosgrove. Mr. Stinky Feet proved a hit with Maryville audiences during earlier performances as part of the Chamber’s Downtown Sounds summer concert series. “We just hope that people mark their calendars and come out,” Smith said. “We’ve lined up some great booths.”
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Each row, column and set of 3-by-3 boxes must contain the numbers 1 through 9 without repetition.
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The answer might be at the start (sometimes), in the middle (occasionally), or never (rarely). There are also two ways to play trumps in a bridge deal: two by two while drawing those held by the opponents; and one by one, as in this deal. How should South play in seven hearts after West leads the club queen? North’s four-diamond rebid is a splinter: at least four-card heart support, the values for game and a singleton (or void) in diamonds. South uses two doses of Blackwood before bidding seven. (If you use Roman Key Card Blackwood, North would answer five diamonds, zero or three key cards. Then, over five no-trump, which guarantees possession of all four aces and the king-queen of trumps, North would bid six clubs to show the club king.) South has four tricks outside hearts: one spade, one diamond and two clubs. So he needs
to take nine trump tricks. The deal requires a complete crossruff. And in this situation, declarer should first cash all of his sidesuit winners. He wins with dummy’s club king, takes the club ace (discarding a spade from his hand) and spade ace, plays a diamond to his ace, ruffs a diamond with the heart four (whew!), and claims on a crossruff. Note finally that it was lucky West did not have a trump to lead, taking two of declarer’s ruffs away from him.
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Kason Teale and a group of Dominican Republic youths take time from their daily baseball game for a group picture. Many in the group own baseball gloves and clothing that Kason collected and distributed to them over the Christmas holiday.
Family ministers to Dominican’s poor By STEVE HARTMAN Staff writer
Maryville residents Adam and Anna Teale are planners, especially when it comes to vacations. But a spontaneous holiday travel decision turned out to be a rewarding experience for all four family members. “Adam is a planner, and we normally have our vacation trips planned out a year or more in advance,” Anna said. “So our family Christmas trip was out of character for us in terms of how spontaneously everything happened.”
Two of the Teales’ friends, Rick and Carie Bernard, have a ministry in the Dominican Republic, where they manage a center in San Cristobal called “Bread of Life,” which includes a child nutritional assistance program and an orphanage. The Teales were invited as a family to travel to the Dominican Republic and help out, but the decision to go had to be made quickly. “Kaia (the Teale’s 12 year old daughter) and I had been once before,” Anna said, “but at that time Adam and I felt Kason (their son, now 8) was too young for such a
trip. “We brought back pictures of the local boys playing baseball, and Kason noticed they didn’t have any uniforms, and the baseballs they were using were simply taped-up rags. Kason’s a baseball player, and he really wanted to go and take some baseball equipment with him to give to the boys.” Kaia had learned during her initial trip to the Dominican Republic that students wear uniforms to school, and that those uniforms include black dress shoes, so she decided to collect those
for gifts as well. “Once we saw how excited the kids were, we knew this was a trip we had to take.” Anna said. “We saw an opportunity to teach our kids first-hand the difference between a ‘need’ and a ‘want’ and at the same time really understand the true meaning of Christmas.” “We had some money budgeted for next year’s vacation,” Adam said, “so we decided to use it and plan the trip.” The trip was confirmed on Dec. 4, and less than a month later, the family was on their way to San Cristobal. “The Dominicans celebrate their Christmas around Three Kings Day, which is Jan. 6,” Adam said. “We spent 10 days total there before, during and after Three Kings Day.” The family did much of its work with the feeding program at the orphanage. Those partaking in the charity meals include children from a nearby camp set up for families displaced by hurricanes as well as local youngsters. “Eighty to a hundred children a day came in for a single meal,” Anna said. “No adults were allowed in. You would see 5- and 6-year-olds carrying a younger sibling on their hip to the feeding facility. They would sit the younger sibling on their lap and share the meal with them, like a parent would do in more normal circumstances. It really demonstrated the level of responsibility that is demanded of these children at such a young age.”
For most of the children, this was their only meal of the day. And a lack of food is just one of many hardships created by the tiny nation’s widespread poverty. “I was taking a shower one night,” Anna said, “and I started thinking about how many people living there will never take one shower in their entire life that will have clean, warm water and soap. That’s when it hit me that not only are Kaia and Kason learning the difference between needs and ‘wants, but Adam and I were being reminded, as well.” Kaia distributed the nearly 200 pairs of black dress shoes yet noticed the same children coming back barefooted the next day. “When Kaia asked them where their new shoes were, they all said they had to take care of them and save them for school only,” Anna said. Kason’s gift of baseball equipment was well received, since baseball is seen by many Dominican boys as a long-shot escape from a life of poverty. “When we toured the camp for displaced families, we noticed that most of the living structures were barely adequate as shelter,” Anna said. “But the baseball field right in the middle of the camp was very well maintained. You could tell it was important to the entire camp to have a nice field for the youth to play baseball on.” Kason’s friends had cleaned out their equipment bags and garages and given him balls, bats and gloves to distribute, and Bryce Buholt of Jock’s Nitch donated jerseys.
Providing for ‘need’
“It was fun watching them get to play with a real whiffle ball or baseball instead of just a taped-up rag, and they were so appreciative,” Adam said. Anna and Kaia also spent time working in a maternity ward at the local hospital. Adam’s aunt had crocheted hats and blankets, which were distributed to the newborns, along with some basic toiletries. While there, Anna found out another gift proved very popular. “When a baby was born, I would take a picture with my camera and give it to the mother,” Anna said. “They don’t have any photographs down there, so in most cases this would be the only picture a mother would ever have of her child. “The fathers are not allowed in the hospital, so they don’t see their newborn until mother and child arrive home. One day as we were leaving the hospital a car started honking at Kaia and I, and a man got out waving one of the photographs. He was so excited to see his baby before it arrived home, and he wanted to thank us.” Despite all they were able to accomplish, the Teale family came away from the trip knowing there’s more to be done. “I would like to take a medical group back,” Anna said. “They have such a need for medical care and supplies.” “We will go back,” Adam said. “Our kids will insist on it.” To learn more about the Bread of Life mission, go to http://drmissions.homestead.com.
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Kaia, Kason and Anna Teale, along with a young friend from San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, prepare to unload boxes of supplies and gifts the Teale family distributed while spending their Christmas vacation in the Caribbean island nation.