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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.’
See ENERGIZER, Page 6
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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660-562-2424
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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