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Volume 104 • Number 49 • Thursday, March 13, 2014 • PO Box 188 • 111 E. Jenkins • Maryville, MO
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Newly formed group will boost downtown By STEVE HARTMAN Staff writer
One of the recommendations of a 2008 Downtown Revitalization and Economic Assistance for Missouri (DREAM) initiative plan for Maryville was formation of an organization of advocates for the city’s central business district. Six years later, that recommendation has come to fruition with the formation of the Maryville Downtown Improvement Organization. The group, which adopted
bylaws during a Monday meeting, will select a ninemember board. One member of the board will be a City Council member. Officers include Matt Gaarder, president; Brian Schieber, vice president; Keitha Clapp, secretary; and Marlene Carmichael, treasurer. “We still need to register the group with the state for non-profit purposes,” Gaarder said. “We’ve talked with (NCED Executive Director) Josh McKim, and for now we’re going to use the Nodaway County Economic
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President Gaarder
Rapid Refill owner Matt Gaarder has been selected president of the newly formed Maryville Downtown Improvement Organization. The organization was formed in response to a recommendation from a 2008 Downtown Revitalization and Economic Assistance for Missouri (DREAM) Initiative.
Development organization as an umbrella for any 501. C3 grant activities we wish to pursue.” Gaarder said the group’s focus in the short-term is simple — bring more people downtown. “We think the organization will give downtown a unified voice,” Gaarder said. “There are no fees to join the organization. If you live within or own property within the designated boundaries, just tell us you wish to join, and we will welcome your ideas and opinions.” The group will host a social at Carson’s Sports Grill from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. Monday, March 24. Gaarder urged those interested to stop by whenever convenient, as the event will be come and go as you please. Gaarder said the organization is not just for business owners but also for those who own businesses or residential property within the designated area. “We urge those who either own property or live within the designated boundaries to stop by,” Gaarder said. “We welcome all opinions and ideas, not just from business owners but homeowners as well.” Gaarder said Greater Maryville Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Melanie Smith welcomed the formation of the See DOWNTOWN, Page 3
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Downtown focus
This map shows the area of downtown Maryville, highlighted in yellow, that will be the focus of the newly formed Maryville Downtown Improvement Organization (MDIO).
Local student named top Missouri scholar By TONY BROWN News editor
Top achiever
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McKenzie Wallace, a senior at Maryville High School, has been named to this year’s Missouri Scholars 100, a statewide program that honors the top-achieving high school seniors in the state.
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Maryville High School senior McKenzie Wallace has been selected for Missouri Scholars 100, a statewide program that honors 100 of the state’s top-achieving students slated to graduate in 2014. Wallace and her fellow honorees will be recognized April 27 during luncheon ceremonies at the Holiday Inn Executive Center in Columbia. Sponsored by the Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals, Missouri Scholars 100 recognizes students that have been nominated by their schools and selected using a formula based on gradepoint average and ACT or SAT scores. Minimum exam scores to become are Missouri Scholar are 29 for the ACT and 1,900 for the SAT. However, MHS Principal Jason
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Eggers said in practice, due the high caliber of the young people nominated, significantly higher scores are needed to qualify. To be selected, each student nominee must also meet criteria associated with an “academic decathlon” designed to measure excellence in various subject areas, including science, mathematics, English and foreign language. Students must also have compiled a consistent record of attendance, participation is extra-curricular activities and good school citizenship. The daughter of Paul and Gayla Wallace of Maryville, Wallace, 18, has already been accepted by a number of universities but has yet to make a decision about where she will attend next year. Once in college, however, she plans on majoring in neuroscience, biology or psychology and intends to pursue a medical degree af-
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ter graduation. In addition to her accomplishments in the classroom at MHS, Wallace has also competed as a member of the Spoofhounds track and cross-country teams, running the 100- and 300-meter hurdles, triple jump and 400-meter relay. Her other extra-curriculars include the National Honor Society, of which she is currently president, and the Octagon and Leo clubs. The two teen service organizations are associated with Optimists International and Lions Clubs International. “Students who are selected to this program have taken a rigorous course of study and have maintained the highest academic standards,” said Jim L. King, director of the principal’s association. “The Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals wants to celebrate the achievement and success of these students and their schools.”
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P.O. Box 188, Maryville, MO, 64468
JOHN L. WEIPERT 1966-2014 John L. Weipert, 47, of St. Joseph passed away Monday, March 10, 2014. John was born on March 13, 1966 in St. Joseph to Lloyd Lawrence and Mary Etta (Kempa) Weipert.
of the Carbolytic Materials Company plant and grounds, which is to take place Wednesday, March 26, beginning at 11 a.m. The former scrap tire processing facility, which is located on the east edge of Maryville, is currently in receivership, and the company is being sued by the county for approximately $350,000 in unpaid personal property taxes. Advantage Capital is the lien holder on the equipment but not the plant itself, which is being held in foreclosure by Pulaski Bank of St. Louis. Other items on the commission’s agenda included submission of tax receipts by the Missouri Department of Revenue. Totals
than, Anne, Kenneth and Kaitlynn, and his buddy, Duke. Mass of Christian Burial 10:00 a.m. Saturday at Seven Dolors Catholic Church, Hurlingen, Missouri. Interment St. Mary Cemetery. Parish Rosary 5:30 p.m. Friday at Heaton-Bowman-Smith & Sidenfaden Chapel. Visitation will begin after 12:00 Noon Friday at our chapel, where the family will receive friends following the rosary until 8:00 p.m. Friday evening. Memorial contributions may be made in care of the family.
were: $197,983 in sales tax, which was $12,416 lower than February 2013, and $17,305 in use tax, which was $7,754 lower than at the same time last year. Also, the commission reappointed Damian Auffert to the Enhanced Enterprise Zone board for a term of four years. Reappointed to the Northwest Nodaway Enhanced Enterprise Zone board for four-year terms were Brooke Kinsella and Nell Cowden. Additional appointments included the NoCoMo Industries Inc. sheltered workshop board. Ed Seipel, Jeanette Schieber and Monica Spire were all reappointed to three-year terms.
Land Transfers March 11, 2014 Lawrence A. and Doris A. Schreck to Lawrence A. and Doris A. Schreck Revocable Living Trust – See record Happy 1st birthday, Heidi Marie Cady!
Love Daddy, Mommy & Lily
Heidi is the daughter of Joe and Ashley Cady of Maryville.
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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. Nodaway County Assoc. of School Employees meeting, 1st Thursday, MarchJune, Sept.-Dec., 9 a.m., Nodaway County Senior Center. 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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Fish Fry, 5 to 7:30 p.m., Parnell United Methodist Church, March 14. Burlington Jct. Auxiliary Corn Beef, Cabbage & Potato Supper, 5 to 7 p.m., BJ Methodist Church, Mar. 14 Widowed Persons Mtg., 11:30 a.m., KFC, Mar. 14 Nodaway County Senior Center Pool tournament, 12:30 p.m., March 14 Living Free Narcotics Anonymous, Countryside Christian Church, 16th & Country Club Rd. 8 a.m. Never Alone Narcotics Anonymous, Wesley Foundation, 549 W. 4th., 8 p.m. Open Mic Nights every week; music, comedy, poetry drama, The Rose Theater, Maryville; sign in 6:30 p.m., begin 7 p.m. ADHD Support Group meets 6-8 p.m. 3rd Friday in Hospitality Rm., St. Francis Hospital, info 660-2544369 AA meeting, 8 p.m. weekly, Conception Abbey
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Cobb Publishing, LLC Phil and Chaundee Cobb, Owners Publisher: Phil Cobb • Executive Editor: Jim Fall News Editor: Tony Brown Sports Editor: Jason Lawrence Business Manager: Lana Cobb Office Manager: Rita Piveral Advertising: Twyla Martin • Kaity Holtman Composition: Gary Darling Reporters: Kevin Birdsell • Steve Hartman Distribution: Tyler Piveral Office Assistant: Kelsey Cobb
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Commission Minutes The Nodaway County Commission met in regular session Friday, March 7. 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. Business before the governing board included a report from Collector/ Treasurer Marilyn Jenkins in which she stated that her office has been in contact with Advantage Capital Partners about the possibility of including personal property, in the form of machinery and fittings, in the upcoming auction
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Obituary He graduated from Central High School in 1984 and Northwest Missouri State University in 1992. John was a farmer and owned and operated John Weipert Backhoe Services. He was also a member of Seven Dolors Catholic Church and “The Geezer Gang”. John was preceded in death by his parents. Surviving family includes daughters, Jennifer (Christopher) Gatrel and Mary Weipert, sisters, Rosemary (Kevin) Schieber and Julie Weipert, grandchildren, Elivia Gatrel and ShayLynn Gatrel, nieces and nephews, Na-
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Boy Scout Spaghetti Supper, 5 to 8 p.m., Parnell Legion Hall, Mar. 15 Pump the Color 5K Run sponsored by North Nodaway Student Council, 9 a.m., March 29, 778-3315. Never Alone Narcotics Anonymous, Wesley Foundation, 549 W. 4th St., noon. Fish Fry 5-7 p.m. 2nd Saturday of month, Elmo Comm. Bldg.
MS Support Group meets 10:30 a.m. 2nd Saturday, Lietner Rm., Gregory’s Church (except July & August) Over Eaters Anonymous meets 9 a.m. weekly, St. Francis Hospitality Room, 2016 S. Main St.
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Mires Family Reunion, 12:30 p.m., Nodaway Senior Center, March 23 Home & Better Living Show, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Maryville Community Center, Mar. 30 Pulled pork dinner Red Cross fundraiser, Hopkins Community Building, 11 am to 1 pm, April 6 Never Alone Narcotics Anonymous, Wesley Foundation, Tuesday 6 p.m. Northwest Opry 2 p.m. weekly, Nodaway Co. Senior Center, 1210 E. 1st Maryville. 10-Point Pitch Tournament 6 p.m. 3rd Sunday in St. Columba Church Hall, Conception Jct AA meeting at 7 p.m. weekly, Apple House, Clyde Eagles - Forney & Paxson, 7 to 10 p.m.
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Drive for Your School, West Nodaway School fundraiser sponsored by TriState Ford, Burlington Jct., March 17, 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. 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.
– TUESDAY – Nodaway County Senior
Center Tai Chi 5 to 6 p.m..; Line dancing, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. March 18 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.
–WEDNESDAY– Nodaway County Senior Center, Tai Chi 5 to 6 p.m.; Bingo sponsored by Golden Living, 12:30 p.m., March 19 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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LOCAL NEWS Drum show set for Friday, Saturday at middle school
The Maryville High School Band percussion section will host a drum show Friday and Saturday at the Maryville Middle School. Both shows begin at 7 p.m. Student musicians will perform both solos and as members of small ensembles. Highlights are to include a drum set trio and selections from the fall drum line show. Admission is a free, but donations will be accepted with proceeds going for the purchase of new percussion equipment.
CAPITOL NEWS Bill bars camera ‘points’
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri drivers would not have points assessed against their license for tickets issued by automated traffic cameras under legislation endorsed by the state House. The House gave initial approval to the bill Wednesday that would regulate red-light and speeding cameras. Photo traffic enforcement systems for Missouri municipalities have been the subject of ongoing court cases and many cities have temporary halted enforcement. The measure would require cities to meet certain standards in order to operate speeding or red-light cameras. Supporters say the measure would streamline traffic enforcement across different municipalities and give guidance to the courts. Opponents say it circumvents the point system and could keep dangerous drivers on the road. The bill needs one more affirmative vote before moving to the Senate.
Senate panel advances $10 minimum wage bill
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A state Senate committee has advanced legislation that could raise Missouri’s minimum wage to $10 an hour. Tuesday’s vote by a Senate business committee means the proposed increase could be brought up later for debate by the full Senate. But there is no guarantee that will occur, because the measure has been opposed by many Republicans who control the Legislature. The bill by Democratic Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, of St. Louis, would raise Missouri’s minimum wage to $10 an hour in 2015 and continue to adjust it annually for inflation. The state’s minimum wage currently stands at $7.50 an hour — 25 cents more than the federal minimum wage. Missouri’s minimum wage already is adjusted annually for inflation, as a result of a 2006 law approved by voters.
House backs parent rights
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s House has endorsed a proposed amendment to the state Constitution that would enshrine a fundamental right for parents to raise their children as they see fit. The House gave the measure initial approval Tuesday. It states that parents have a right to make decisions involving the “discipline, education, religious instruction, health, medical care, place of habitation, and general well-being” of children. Sponsoring Republican Rep. Todd Richardson, of Poplar Bluff, says parents should have constitutional protections when it comes to raising children. The proposal needs one more House vote before moving to the Senate. If it passes there, the proposed constitutional amendment would go on the November statewide ballot.
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New doctor at St. Francis
Dr. Ramon Nichols recently assumed the position of occupational medicine specialist at St. Francis Hospital & Health Services. The hospital has not had a physician serving in that post for nearly a decade.
St. Francis welcomes physician By KEVIN BIRDSELL Staff writer
Back in September, St. Francis Hospital & Health Services filled a physician position that had been vacant for nearly 10 years. Since last fall, Dr. Ramon Nichols has been serving as the local health center’s occupational medicine specialist. “If someone comes into a company that is new, they send them to us to make sure they will be physically fit to do the job,” Nichols said. “Or if someone already has a job, (their employer) can send them to us to make sure they are fit for that job. “We review their past medical history, including injuries and surgeries. We can review it with the company to make sure they can do the job. It also helps to if someone gets injured on the job, it could be associated with previous problems that they already had.” Nichols’ office also helps drivers
meet requirements set forth by the state and federal departments of transportation. He said there are a lot of new regulations coming out for drivers, and that only certified physicians, such as himself, are allowed to file the necessary paperwork. Nichols grew up in the Kansas City area and lives in Lee’s Summit but is working finding a place to live in Maryville. Before accepting the position at St. Francis, he served as medical director for the Ford Motor Co.’s plant in Claycomo for more than 20 years. He also worked with Occupational Health Services at clinics in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Nichols attended college at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and got his M.D. at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn. He interned at St. Luke’s Health Hospital of Kansas City and did his residency at Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Mich. St. Francis had been without an
occupational medicine specialist for about the last 10 years, Nichols said. “If I had known that, I would have been here already,” Nichols said. “I like the work environment here and I enjoy the people. They are very nice people.” The doctors who were doing Nichols’s job before he arrived were either family doctors or orthopedic surgeons called in whenever there was an injury or when surgery was required. However, the job’s scope is really larger than that. “They also couldn’t do DOT physicals,” Nichols said. “I’m also a medical review officer. That deals with people coming in for pre-appointment and post-accident drug testing. I review their medications to make sure they are actually authorized to take those medications.” As the designated occupational specialist, Nichols is also called in for cases that formerly would have been handled through the emergency room.
House seeks regulations on tanning for teenagers
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Teens younger than 17 would need parental consent to use tanning machines that emit ultraviolet rays at salons under legislation endorsed by the Missouri House. The bill given first-round approval Tuesday would penalize tanning salons $500 for providing services to teenagers without parental consent. The legislation needs another House vote before moving to the Senate. State health officials would be charged with developing a standardized consent form for parents to use. Sponsoring Republican Rep. Gary Cross, of Lee’s Summit, says the bill would protect children from exposure to ultraviolet rays that can cause skin cancer. Opponents argue that it is a burdensome government regulation on tanning businesses.
STATE NEWS NKC pawn shop sued for selling gun to shooter NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A western Missouri woman is suing a pawn shop that sold her mentally ill daughter a gun that she used to fatally shoot her father. Janet Delana of Wellington appeared at a news conference Wednesday with attorneys for the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence to announce the suit filed that morning in Lafayette County Circuit Court. The lawsuit alleges Colby Sue Weathers was schizophrenic and had a history of serious mental illness when she went into Odessa Gun & Pawn in Odessa, 40 miles east of Kansas City, and purchased a gun June 27, 2012. Just over an hour later she is accused of shooting her father in the back of the head. A manager at the pawn shop had not seen the lawsuit and declined to comment.
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A vision for downtown
Improvements to downtown Maryville will be the focus of the newly formed Maryville Downtown Improvement Organization (MDIO).
Downtown group gains focus Continued from Page 1 newly formed organization. “Melanie’s focus is to help all Maryville businesses,” Gaarder said. “Our focus is more narrow, but still within the focus of the Chamber.” Gaarder said veteran downtown business owners Kathy Rice and Rod Couts
have been invaluable in giving advice to the group, as both were involved in a similar downtown improvement movement twentyplus years ago. “They’ve seen the downtown improvement movements come and go,” Gaarder said. “They’ve given us some great information on what
worked and what hasn’t worked. The annual Downtown Trick or Treat Night is one thing that came from the earlier movement, and it’s still with us today.” Gaarder believes a strong downtown advocacy effort will help attract future building owners and tenants. “If potential owners and
tenants know there’s a unified effort to get more people downtown and improve the downtown area, it can’t help but improve property values and increase foot traffic in the downtown area,” he said. “Both of those factors will be attractive to potential new property owners and new tenants.”
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FROM YOUR CHAMBER
Spring better be just right around corner
Wow, what a difference a week can make when we are talking about spring weather. In our house, we are optimistic that spring is really here and winter has moved on to other parts. To celebrate, we have switched out the heavy coats for hoodies on our coat hooks, stocked the freezer with popsicles and started making our long overdue spring “to-do” list. I don’t know about you, but my spring “to-do” list includes both personal goals — exercise and eating better — and home improvement goals — painting, decluttering, and gardening. I would bet that I am not alone when I say that I may have been postponing many of the home improvement and personal wellness projects because I have been waiting for warmer weather and the end of “March Madness.” Well, I am now out of excuses and the time has come for me to start tackling those jobs and checking them off the list. Once the list is established, the next question is always, ”Where do I even start?” It can be very overwhelming, but the Greater Maryville Chamber of Commerce is here to help you. We can actually help in many ways. If you know what you need, but not who can provide the supplies or expertise, give us a call at 660-582-8643. We can refer you to one of our more than 240 members, and the chances are excellent we have a chamber member who can help you. Our members are happy to help you with everything from gardening equipment to home remodeling. Melanie Smith If you are interested in personal wellness this spring, they can help you with fitness, nutrition or even finding your motivation to get started. We have members who represent more than 200 various categories of businesses, and they are happy to help you and your family. If you need information about our chamber members and our offices are closed, you can always visit our website, www.maryvillechamber.com, where you can find member listings, alphabetically and by category, as well as information about all of the scheduled fun happenings on our community event page. If you are not exactly certain what you need, then you should come out to the 2014 Northwest Missouri Home and Better Living Show on Sunday, March 30. This event is the premier business expo for Northwest Missouri. It includes more than 40 booths from businesses right here in Maryville and several surrounding communities that offer a variety of services and products. I think you will be amazed at the wide array of products and services that can be found in Maryville. We have vendors who can help you with everything from HVAC repair to gardening to home improvement to looking your best for spring. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Maryville Community Center, 1407 N. Country Club Dr. And, the best part is this event is FREE to the public, so it is a great place to look for ideas and/or assistance for all those spring “to-do-list” items. Why go anywhere else, if you can get your projects finished with help from our local experts? In addition to having all this helpful information available from our vendors, the event will also feature a lineup of entertainment throughout the day with kid rocker Jim Cosgrove, a.k.a. “Mr. Stinky Feet,” taking the stage at 1 pm. If you have not been to a Mr. Stinky Feet show, you are in for a real treat because his interactive show pulls the audience in with song, dance and activities that include something for kids of all ages. The show also features prize giveaways, including a flat screen television. It will be a fun day guaranteed. The Northwest Missouri Home and Better Living Show is sponsored by the Greater Maryville Chamber of Commerce, Tri-State Ford, Maryville Daily Forum and The Post, St. Francis Hospital and Health Services, KNIM/97.1 The Vill, Suddenlink, Nodaway Valley Bank, Hy-Vee, Kawasaki, KCP&L and Northwest Missouri State University. On behalf of our sponsors, vendors and planning committee, I invite you to discover what the Northwest Missouri Home and Better Living Show has to offer. Hope you see you there.
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Happy birthday, Dad …
Friday, March 7 would have been Bob Cobb’s 74th birthday. Man, how I wish he was alive today. The recent spring-like weather has made me wonder what I wouldn’t give to make one more trip to Kauffman Stadium (he hated it being called ‘The K’) with him, or play nine more holes at Stanberry’s golf course — sand greens or grass — or better yet, one more game of catch in the backyard. I originally wrote this tribute to my dad when he was posthumously inducted into the Odessa High School Hall of Fame and later the Missouri Newspaper Hall of Fame, but many who read this newspaper will be exposed to this information for the first time My dad, Bob Cobb, was born in 1940 to Henry and Evelyn Cobb, farmers of rural Darlington, Mo. At birth, he was diagnosed with Spina Bifida. Doctors told my grandparents that he would not live past a year. Beating all odds, he did grow up, on a farm, doing as much to help out as a handicapped farm boy could. However, much of his childhood was spent reading, fantasizing about The Lone Ranger, Batman, Hopalong Cassidy, Zorro and other fictional characters popular during the time. He spent hours listening to St. Louis Cardinals baseball games and idolizing the great players, like Stan “The Man” Musial. Dad went to country school near Ford City before transferring to Stanberry. Despite his deformity and rather pronounced limp, he played baseball and basketball, faring quite well from stories I’ve been told. He was manager for the football team. He loved fishing and swimming in ponds scattered across my grandpa’s property. Golf may have been his favorite of all his sports. He played French horn in the high school band. Dad graduated from Stanberry High School and went to Northwest Missouri State College, where he earned degrees in English, journalism and Spanish. He was chaplain of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. He was accepted into the prestigious Blue Key honor society as was student body president in 1963. Despite his handicap, he pitched fast-pitch softball and played town-team basketball. I’m told
he had a deadly set shot from deep in the corner. Considering the relatively short time he spent in Maryville, he made a lasting impression on the community. Living in Maryville today, it is rare to find anyone who was around when he was who doesn’t have a fond recollection of my dad. I think Bob made a similar impression everywhere he went. I don’t know the exact order, but he was a teacher and Daily Forum editor in Maryville. As a journalism teacher at Maryville High, he followed in the footsteps of the legendary Opal Eckert, his college professor and mentor. He student taught at South Nodaway and taught nd coached in Barnard, Plattsburg and Odessa. He started Quill & Scroll at Plattsburg and Odessa. I think many in Odessa remember him as the yearbook and school newspaper advisoras he was one of the top journalism instructors in the state. Many of his former students went on to become teachers and journalists. As newspaper advisor, he traveled to Richmond to have the paper printed at The Richmond News. It was there that he met my mom, Lana Wilson. They were married soon after and following the 1974 school year, he joined the staff of The Richmond News. A little more than a year later, doctors told my dad that he would have to have his entire left leg and hip removed due to complications from his condition. He was 35. Faced with such adversity, most would have thrown in the towel. He could have easily applied for disability, but my dad charged full-speed ahead. My mother and father both lost their jobs at The News and things looked bleak until Herman Gross, publisher of The Tri-County News in King City gave him a job as news editor. Shortly after, Herman sold the Tri-County to my parents. They published the newspaper for 21 years, winning numerous awards for news coverage from the Missouri Press Association. Eventually, my parents owned all three newspapers in Gentry County, acquiring The Stanberry Headlight and the Albany Ledger for a period of time. Dad served as president of the Northwest Missouri Press
Association and was awarded the Merrill Chilcote Award for outstanding service to journalism in northwest Missouri. He was a fixture at high school athletic events, taking pictures at the end of the basketball court. He wisely left the football photography to my mom. Dad became well known for his weekly opinion columns, “Off The Cobb” and “Chalk Talk.” Golf continued his biggest passion. He designed an apparatus for his golf cart that allowed him to play after losing his left leg. He played a lot of golf and was good at it, better than many able-bodied players. I would put his putting up against anybody. It wasn’t enough for him to publish a newspaper. For much of his 21 years in King City, he taught high school Spanish. He founded the boys and girls golf programs and served as coach of both for 11 years. When the school needed a girls softball coach, guess who they called. He coached the Lady Kats for the first three years of their existence. The team is now a perennial district champion and appeared in the State Championship following the 2012 season. As a family, we traveled all over the country on summer vacations, to Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Washington and more. We attended about 20 Royals games every season. He often visited the Royals’ locker room and became friends with Frank White, George Brett and others. In his later years, he fulfilled dreams of deep-sea fishing and cruising to Alaska. At 54, he became a grandfather. He now has three granddaughters. What I remember most about my dad is that he never let his crippling physical condition stop him from doing anything he wanted to do. The routine that he and my mother went through to get him into his artificial leg each morning was grueling at best. But he never let any of that get in the way of being my dad. He spent countless hours with me, playing catch, baseball and football. I bet he pitched me 100,000 pitches to hit in our backyard. We probably shot that many baskets on the hoop next to our driveway. My dad was an inspiration to a lot of people. He was, and always will be, my hero.
GEEKOLOGY 101
Swing away, Liam, swing away It is that time again. The time when the sun starts to shine a little brighter and stay out a little longer. For me, that means the start of baseball season. I may even get in some softball, if my knees hold up. Getting older can be the pits. Just ask Jim Fall. (See Jim’s column from earlier this week for more details). Now, usually I am a little leery about baseball season. I mean, I am a Royals fan. This year, though, I have this sense of optimism that I haven’t felt in a long time. I feel that this year is going to be a little bit different, and we may see the Royals playing a few extra games at the end of the season. Wouldn’t that be grand to see this revered team finally make it all the way back? Plus, maybe, I can finally get Steve Hartman to stop rubbing his St. Louis Cardinal fandom in my face. Although he does it very coyly. But the main reason I am excited about this upcoming baseball season is that my first born has signed up for baseball. Joy to the world! Now, I am not one of those dads who feel my future fortunes can be won if my son develops into the next great Royals second baseman who
plays like Frank White. In recent years, though, Chris Getz has made achieving this goal seem much more attainable. Seriously, though, I just want him to go out and have a blast, make new friends, and to come back home with as few bumps and bruises as possible.
Being Royal! Now if he develops into a Major Leaguer, I won’t complain. I remember when my dad would take me out and teach me the game, this great American pastime. This was an exciting moment in my life and brought about memories that I still, to this day, hold dear. Now I look forward to passing that
same knowledge on to my two boys and my daughter. Yes, my daughter, too. She doesn’t have to just play with dolls you know. Maybe she will be the first woman MLB player ever. You never know. If she did, that would be pretty stinking cool. Either way, I am looking forward to going on this journey with my kids. I look forward to instilling in them the ideals of fair play and sportsmanship. I look forward to seeing them looking for me in the stands as they saunter up to the plate to take their first swing, dig in for their first face-off, or line up for their first kickoff. I look forward to the frustration that they will struggle to overcome as they attempt to learn the sport of their choosing. I look forward to seeing them succeed. I look forward to taking them for ice cream after a job well done, win or lose. And I look forward to seeing the joy in their eyes when they accomplish something great. It is a good time, in my life, to be a dad. These are the moments dads live for and I hope I am up to the task. So take me out to the ball game, and Liam — swing away.
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The First Green Pop of Spring By REBECCA FRENCH SMITH Missouri Farm Bureau
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Assessing the land
Nodaway County is home to many acres of rowcrop, pasture, and other farmland. All of Missouri’s farmable acress will see an increase in property taxes in 2015.
Property taxes on Missouri farmland set to rise next year CHRIS BLANK
Associated Press
Missouri farmers will get a larger property tax bill next year under a plan state lawmakers are allowing to take effect. Property taxes paid for Missouri farms are based on the land’s productive value rather than its market value. The Missouri State Tax Commission recommended increasing productive values by 5 percent, and state lawmakers’ deadline for rejecting the proposal was this past weekend. That means the new productive values will take effect for the 2015 and 2016 tax years. The commission estimates the change could mean about 10 cents more tax per acre. Property taxes are calculated by taking the productive value, multiplying it by 12 percent and
then multiplying that figure by the local tax rate. Commission Chairman Bruce Davis said Monday income from each acre has increased in recent years. The last change in productive value for Missouri agriculture land took effect in 1995. The proposal “represents what’s happening in the farm economy,” Davis said. “So I think it’s an accurate depiction of that, and it’s just like somebody’s house or commercial property that rises in value.” More than 37 million acres of agricultural land in the state is categorized into eight categories based on land quality, with the best farms in Grade 1 and the worst in Grade 8. Better grades have higher productive values. Land in the best category is nearly level, with deep
soils that are easily worked and produce dependable crop yields. On the other end of the scale, land in the worst category is capable of limited plant growth and can be extremely dry, rough, steep, stony, sandy, wet or severely eroded. It includes rivers and swamp areas. Nearly 24 percent of agricultural land falls in Grade 6, which will increase from $150 per acre to $158 per acre. About 23 percent of land falls in Grade 7 and will go from $75 to $79. The largest dollar increase will be for the roughly 0.6 percent of agricultural land in Grade 1, which is going from $985 per acre to $1,035. Agricultural land in Grade 8 will increase from $30 to $31. Missouri lawmakers in 2010 and 2012 blocked tax commission proposals.
The plan rejected in 2012 would have increased productive values for the top four grades while the proposal turned back in 2010 would have increased the productive value for the top four grades, lowered it for the next three categories and kept it unchanged for the lowest category. The Missouri Farm Bureau this past December urged the tax commission to consider the effects of the weather and the markets upon productivity. It took no position about whether the proposal should be enacted. “Productivity can vary greatly from year to year,” said Leslie Holloway, the Farm Bureau’s state and local governmental affairs director. “The recommendations in the past we felt were out-of-line with the conditions. And this year that was not the case.”
Legislation introduced to prevent EPA from releasing producer information WASHINGTON – Last week, United States Reps. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.), Lee Terry (R-Neb.), Mike McIntyre (D-NC) and Jim Costa (D-Cal.) introduced legislation to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from disclosing the private and confidential information of livestock and poultry producers to the public. The Farmer Identity Protection Act (H.R. 4157) comes in response to the EPA’s release of livestock and poultry producers’ names and other personal information to three radi-
cal environmental groups through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in February and again in April 2013. The release divulged names, addresses, geographic coordinates and in some cases telephone numbers and email addresses of more than 80,000 producers in 29 states. EPA has plans to release information on thousands more farmers and ranchers in the future. “There is no justification for the blatant disregard of our privacy,” said NCBA President Bob McCan. “To turn this type of informa-
tion over to anyone who has a computer is not just reckless, but it poses serious agro-terrorism threats.” EPA claims it lacks statutory authority to protect livestock producers’ personal information. The Farmer Identity Protection Act would unequivocally provide the agency with the ability to prevent such farm-specific releases from happening in the future, allowing the agency to provide information to outside parties only in aggregate without individual identifying information, or with the producer’s consent.
“Once this information is released, you cannot take it back,” McCan said. “With EPA planning to release more information as soon as it is able, Congress must step in and provide relief to livestock producers. We applaud the representatives that have introduced this bill to help protect the health and safety of cattle producers and their families.” H.R. 4157 is the companion bill to S. 1343 introduced in the Senate by Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) in July 2013.
There is something about this time of year. When you know spring is coming, but it’s still below freezing in the evenings. When passing the seed packet stand at the garden shop gives you reason to pause, and dream of the fresh produce you might grow this year. When the days start getting longer and the sun rises a little higher each day. What I look forward to the most is that first pop of green. It has long been a little game I play with my kids, though they may have never realized it. To show them how to look forward to something good and to persevere through something tough, I have them look for the first pop of green each spring. Can you see it? Can you name the day that you woke up and the grass was green and the trees were budding? It always seems to happen overnight, or perhaps I am guilty of being too busy and preoccupied to notice it in progress. I also admire the straight rows farmers plant with corn, soybeans, wheat, rice and cotton. The thin green lines will come soon enough as the seedlings start to emerge across Missouri. Ever the optimists, farmers know spring is coming. They anticipate it when they order seed for the planting season. They tend their tractors so they are in racing form once warm-enough
weather hits. But even for the farmer, spring planting and warmer weather are no less magical. As they plant, fleeting concerns of the unexpected will cross their minds. They will wonder if they’ll get a good price for their crop this year. What pests or disease should they be preparing for? Will Mother Nature throw any curve balls or will she be kind? At least they will have some peace of mind knowing a new five-year Farm Bill is in place. Even so, there is uncertainty. As they plant, farmers will not know the specifics of the Farm Bill’s new safety net. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is working through and prioritizing implementation of the bill’s many programs-programs that touch the lives of virtually every American. While farmers will need to be patient in waiting for more information, at least they know they can continue to purchase crop insurance in the event Mother Nature has some surprises up her sleeves. By several accounts, this winter has been one of the top ten harshest on record in Missouri. Maybe she is tired and ready for a rest. Farmers are ready, too, and hoping for a good year. Rebecca French Smith is a multimedia specialist for the Missouri Farm Bureau. This editorial column is part of the federation’s ‘Cut to the Chase’ series.
‘Rabbit 101’ to prepare spring bunny buyers ROCK PORT, Mo. – Farm stores and individuals are starting to sell rabbits just in time for Easter. Although small and cute, they are much different than a dog or cat in how they behave and what they require. Whether a family has purchased a rabbit or are just thinking about it, potential rabbit owners should be aware of the responsibility they’re taking on. University of Missouri Extension will be offering a program on March 26 in Maryville to help educate new and potential rabbit owners. “Rabbit 101” will cover how to select a rabbit, supplies needed, basic care, what to expect, and opportunities. The program will be held from 7-9 p.m. at the Northwest Technical School in Maryville.
The fee to attend is $10 per adult or $5 for youth (17 years and under). Registrations are required by March 25. To register, contact the Northwest Technical School at 660-582-8311 or visit http://www.nts. maryville.k12.mo.us/adulteducation.html. For more information about the program, contact Amie Schleicher at the Atchison County MU Extension Center at 660-7446231 or schleichera@missouri.edu. If accommodations are needed because of a disability, if there is emergency medical information to share, or if special arrangements are needed in case the building must beevacuated, please inform the Atchison County MU Extension Center immediately.
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ASTRO-GRAPH THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2014 by Bernice Bede Osol Refrain from taking unnecessary risks in the coming year. Be methodical and systematic in your efforts. Acting in haste could cause you to miss some important details. If you go slowly, you’ll be able to consider all factors as well as take advantage of opportunities that will lead to success. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Financial or career gains could be heading your way. Approach your boss for a raise or send out your resume. Discussing opportunities with someone you’ve previously worked with will pay off. ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Consider reconnecting with an old friend and take advantage of any travel deals that turn up. Romance is on the rise. A positive personal change is apparent. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Look after your interests. Some information you receive will be inaccurate. To save costly delays, you should verify every piece of information before moving forward. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -Change is in the air. You’d be wise to check out real estate opportunities. Find a property or location you are interested in and make some inquiries. Relocating now could prove beneficial professionally. CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Keep your dealings with others to a minimum. Someone will consider your goals to be unrealistic. Don’t waste time trying to persuade others to see
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BRIDGE BY PHILLIP ALDER
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It’s hard to resist the temptation
Each row, column and set of 3-by-3 boxes must contain the numbers 1 through 9 without repetition.
George Bernard Shaw said, “I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.” At the bridge table,
things your way. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Put your creativity to good use. Channel your energy into a project that interests you. If you do something that you find stimulating, you will make new friends along the way. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Your plans are gaining momentum. It’s important to keep up the pace if you want to avoid being sidetracked by someone trying to outmaneuver you. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- If you keep an eye out, you will find an attractive deal. Muster up some courage and go after your dreams. You are likely to redeem some surprising benefits, as well as some recognition. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- You will run into several pitfalls if you don’t take measures to ensure your success. Be happy with the results you achieve, however long it takes you to get them. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -Let your adventurous side take over. Feel free to try something new, but don’t overestimate your abilities. If you let people with experience lead the way, you will reach your goal. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -Some of your relationships may have grown stale or unfulfilling. Take a step forward, and look for new people, places and pastimes to stimulate your mind and get you back in the game. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- It’s time to effect some necessary changes. Whether you have to make an adjustment to your financial, intellectual or physical situation, it’s a good day to take action.
though, it can be difficult to recognize bids and plays that will prove to be bad for you. In this deal, for example, defending against a contract of four spades, West leads the club ace: three, two, eight. What should he do next? The auction was straightforward. North made a three-spade game-invitational limit raise, showing 10-12 support points (highcard points plus shortage points, not that he had any of those here) and eight losers (one spade, one heart, three diamonds and three clubs). South had an easy raise to game. One of the most irresistible temptations for a defender is to cash a winner. Here, less experienced players would take the club king at trick two, then look around for inspiration. But declarer would be in clover, losing only two clubs and one heart. Instead, West should trust his partner’s trickone signal. East dropped
the two, his lowest card being discouraging. (If you and your partner use upside-down signals, East should play the nine at trick one.) This denies the queen (unless he has exactly queen-two-doubleton, which is very unlikely). So West should shift at trick two, hoping his partner can get on lead early enough to push a club through South. Here, any lead other than a spade at trick two defeats the contract, assuming East leads a club when he gets in with his heart ace.
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QUOTABLE “We all know what it takes now. ...You’re not anxious to be there anymore, you’re anxious to win now. At first we had that luxury of just getting there. We were so happy to be there. Now it’s time to win.” -Northwest senior point guard DeShaun Cooper
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NATIONAL CHAMPIONS OPEN SPRING PRACTICE
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Gearing up for a repeat
Northwest Missouri State head football coach Adam Dorrel, center, preps his team for its second practice of the spring in just helmets Wednesday afternoon. The Bearcats opened spring practice on Monday and will have 13 total practices before the annual Spring Game at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 12. Northwest will open the 2014-15 season on either Sept. 4 or 6 at home against MIAA foe Nebraska-Kearney to begin its quest to repeat as Division II national champions.
Cats ready for NCAA Tourney By JASON LAWRENCE Sports editor
The Northwest men’s basketball team is ready for something a little different, something unfamiliar, something that’s not the grind of the MIAA. After wrapping up the MIAA Tournament last Saturday with a 70-67 semifinal loss to eventual MIAA Tournament champion Missouri Southern, the Bearcats are about to get it, too. Northwest (22-8) earned the fifth seed in the NCAA Tournament’s Central Region, which is being held at Minnesota StateMankato over the weekend. “Every national tournament is kind of the same regardless of where you’re at,” head coach Ben McCollum said, “it’s going to be tough. It’s a neutral site game, so no one really has an advantage outside of Mankato. Again, in the national tournament setting, I don’t know if that homecourt advantage really plays that much into it outside of not having to travel.” The Cats drew an unfamiliar opponent in Winona State (26-7), with the only similarity being that both teams lost to Southwest Minnesota State this season. The Bearcats and Warriors tip off at 7:30 p.m. Saturday night, the final game of a quadruple-header. “I would rather have the fifth seed than the third seed that (Missouri) Southern has because South plays (Fort) Hays,” McCollum said. “It helps the guys kind of refocus. It feels like a new season rather than a second conference tournament. That other side (of the bracket) is basically a conference tournament with Central Missouri, Hays and Southern.” With a win, the Cats would play Sunday night against another non-conference opponent, host Minnesota State-Mankato (29-4) or eighth seed Harding (15-14). The regional title game, or the Sweet 16, will be played Tuesday evening in Mankato.
It is the grind of the MIAA season, however, that has gotten the Cats ready for the NCAA Tournament. Every night in the MIAA is a battle, something a majority of the other conferences in the country cannot say. “It’s a tough league top to bottom,” McCollum said. “I think the biggest difference between our conference and others, others may have those top-end teams that run through their league and have one or two losses, but they don’t play anybody except for one or two times a year. Ours is every single night, everyone can beat you and I think that’s the big difference in out league. … It’s a different deal in the MIAA, where night in and night out everybody has the same resources and everybody is good.” McCollum did compare the Warriors to a Washburn-type of team with big guards. “Kind of a Washburn-type where they have big guards and really pound the boards,” McCollum said. “Obviously, they’re better than Washburn, but that kind of style.” The Warriors do have big guards, though. Actually, they’re big throughout the lineup, with only one player listed under 6-feet tall. Winona State starts three redshirt freshmen, a sophomore and a senior and four of the five players stand 6-5 or taller. The lone starter under that mark also happens to be the only player under 6-foot, redshirt freshman guard Josh Mangon. “They’re like a lot of the other Minnesota schools — big, physical team,” McCollum said. “They’re big at every single position. They wanna beat you up and go to the offensive glass. That’s just kind of how that Minnesota league plays, they’re just very, very physical up there.” Redshirt freshman Riley Bambenek, 6-7, leads the Warriors in scoring at 14.2 points per game and senior Kellen Taylor leads the efforts on the boards, hauling in 7.8 See Bearcats, Page 8
Avoid the contact
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Northwest sophomore guard Conner Crooker twisted his way past a Missouri Southern defender during last week’s MIAA Tournament in Kansas City. Crooker and the Bearcats leave for Minnesota Thursday for Saturday night’s regional matchup with Winona State.
Chiefs’ free agents find big deals elsewhere By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — As the first hour of free agency came to a close Tuesday, the flood of players headed out of Arrowhead Stadium for big-money deals had finally slowed to a stop. Pro Bowl left tackle Branden Albert was a Dolphin. Pro Bowl punt returner Dexter McCluster was a Titan. Defensive tackle Tyson Jackson and guard Jon Asamoah were headed for the Falcons, while fellow guard Geoff Schwartz appeared on his way to the Giants. All of them were significant contributors to last year’s dramatic turnaround, when Kansas City went from two wins in 2012 to an 11-5 record and the playoffs.
Meanwhile, the only move Kansas City made Tuesday was to resign defensive back and special teams star Husain Abdullah to a two-year deal. The Chiefs had earlier brought back linebacker Frank Zombo. None of that was surprising for the cash-strapped Chiefs, who turned over about half of their roster after the arrival of general manager John Dorsey and coach Andy Reid last season. The Chiefs only have about $9.6 million available under the salary cap this year, and roughly $5 million of that will be used to sign rookies following May’s NFL Draft. So, while a handful of their former players agreed to deals elsewhere worth more than $100 million, the Chiefs were forced to
start considering the second tier of free agents. Those deals may develop in the coming days and weeks. The Chiefs need help at several spots, including wide receiver, free safety and offensive guard. Perhaps the least surprising move Tuesday was the Dolphins agreeing to terms with Albert on a $46 million, five-year deal. Kansas City franchised Albert last season before nearly working out a trade to Miami. Negotiations eventually fell through, and Albert played well enough — when he was healthy — to earn his first trip to the Pro Bowl. The Chiefs at least have options to replace him on the roster. Right tackle Eric Fisher, the first overall pick in last year’s draft, could
swing to the left side, or up-andcoming backup Donald Stephenson could step into the void. The departures of Jackson, Asamoah, McCluster and Schwartz are more troublesome. The Chiefs already lacked depth at defensive end, wide receiver and the interior of the offensive line. There was some interest from the Chiefs in bringing back McCluster, who flourished as a slot receiver and punt returner last season. But the two sides never appeared close to a deal, and the dynamic return man ultimately signed a $12 million, three-year deal with Tennessee. The Titans had no immediate comment on the contract, but McCluster wrote on Twitter, “Very excited to join the @TennesseeTi-
tans.” Jackson and Asamoah landing in Atlanta was hardly a surprise. Both players were drafted by former Chiefs General Manager Scott Pioli, who has since joined the Atlanta front office. “They are good football players and solid in many ways,” Falcons General manager Thomas Dimitroff said in a conference call. “They add to the toughness, the size and the grittiness of our team. That was a goal we had set out at the beginning of the offseason to accomplish.” It may have made the Falcons tougher, but it also weakened the Chiefs, who were unable to be much of a player given the amount of money that was being tossed toward their former players.
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2014 NCAA Division II Men's
BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP March 15
Regionals March 16
March 18
Quarterfinals March 26
Semifinals March 27
National Championship March 29
Semifinals March 27
Quarterfinals March 26
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1 Southern Conn. St. (27-2)
Regionals March 16
March 15 Drury (25-3)
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Wis.-Parkside (23-6)
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Lake Superior St. (26-5)
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Findlay (24-5)
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Southern Ind. (25-5)
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6 Le Moyne (17-11)
Michigan Tech (22-7)
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7 Bloomfield (20-8)
Bellarmine (23-7)
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2 New Haven (21-8)
Indianapolis (23-4)
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1 Minn. St. Mankato (29-4)
East Stroudsburg (28-1)
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8 Harding (15-14)
Livingstone (21-7)
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5 Northwest Mo. St. (22-8)
Gannon (19-9)
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Charleston (WV) (21-8)
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Indiana (PA) (23-4)
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6 Fort Hays St. (22-7)
West Chester (20-9)
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7 Arkansas Tech (21-9)
Glenville St. (18-10)
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2 Central Mo. (24-5)
West Liberty (26-3)
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4 Winona St. (26-7) 3 Mo. Southern St. (24-5)
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1 Fla. Southern (26-4)
ATLANTIC
S.C. Aiken (29-3)
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8 Tuskegee (18-11)
Limestone (21-8)
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5 Tampa (20-9)
GRU Augusta (23-7)
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Anderson (SC) (22-9)
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Montevallo (24-5)
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6 Barry (19-8)
Ga. Southwestern (20-10)
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7 West Ala. (17-10)
Carson-Newman (19-8)
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2 Saint Leo (23-8)
Lincoln Memorial (27-2)
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3 Delta St. (24-6)
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Cal St. San B'dino (23-4)
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8 UC-Colo. Springs (21-8)
Chaminade (19-12)
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5 St. Mary's (TX) (19-8)
California Baptist (24-3)
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4 Colorado Mines (24-4) 3 Midwestern St. (22-7)
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Cal Poly Pomona (21-6)
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6 Ark.-Fort Smith (21-6)
Dixie State (21-6)
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Continued from Page 7 rebounds per contest to go along with 9.8 points per game. Senior guard Bryston Williams said the Bearcats are equipped to battle a bigger team. “They’re just gonna play tough and physical and things like that. I feel that’s what we have to beat them at,” Williams said. “We have our bigs and our team is tough overall. I feel when we have to battle that it makes us play at a higher level.” Northwest’s starting lineup is a little bit smaller overall, although
runs 6-10 and 6-8 down low in seniors Kyle Schlake and Dillon Starzl. Williams (6’), sophomore guard Conner Crooker (6-2) and senior guard DeShaun Cooper (58) round out the starters. In addition to being big across the board, the Warriors are used to winning. They claimed the NCAA Division II national championship in 2006 and 2008 with a runnerup finish in between. They are the only team to win multiple championships in the last decade. However, that success has continued on since the late 2000s as
the Warriors have made the NCAA field in nine of the past 10 seasons, including winning the region last year and advancing to the Elite Eight. “They’re well coached,” McCollum said. “Obviously, the kids are used to winning. That’s what they expect. They’ve been to many national tournaments, won the regional last year. It’ll be tough, but I think any team that we play is going to be difficult to beat.” The Bearcats feel they belong, too, after making the NCAA field in 2012, losing 69-60 to Washburn
in the first round after bowing out in the MIAA Tournament semifinals. “I feel we belong here,” Cooper said. “We worked hard in the preseason, worked hard during the season, got enough wins to get into the postseason and now it’s time to put everything that we learned into effect. “We all know what it takes now. We all knew what it takes then, but once you get your feet wet, it’s a different feeling going into it. You’re not anxious to be there anymore, you’re anxious to win
now. At first we had that luxury of just getting there. We were so happy to be there. Now it’s time to win.” The seniors on this team also know more than the season is at stake. At this point, Cooper, Williams, Starzl, Schlake and guard Tyler Funk are playing for their careers. “We’re lucky enough to be in the postseason, but now that we’re here, we might as well keep going,” Cooper said. “We just wanna win our last game,” Williams said.
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Planet Comicon 2014 opens this weekend in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Planet Comicon 2014 opens this weekend at Bartle Hall in Kansas City, Mo. This will be the biggest convention in Kansas City history with dozens of spectacular guests from movies, television, comics, cosplay, and beyond. This year the annual con is xpanding to three days and will run Friday, March 14 through Sunday, March 16. Media guests that will be appearing include: Margot Kidder (Superman), Lee Majors (The Six Million Dollar Man). John Ratzenburger (Cheers and every Pixar movie ever made), and the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation (not including Patrick Stewart). Creator guests include: Scott Snyder (Batman), Neal Adams (Batman, Superman, and Green Arrow), Phil Hester (T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents), and Greg Horn (Marvel cover artist) to name a few. Planet Comicon is Friday, March 14, noon-7pm, Saturday, March 15, 10am - 7pm, and Sunday 10am-5pm.
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Sherman (Max Charles), Penny (Ariel Winter) and, Mr. Peabody (Ty Burrell) face unique challenges as they race through history. © Dreamworks Animation, LLC. All rights reserved.
‘Mr. Peabody & Sherman’ is a boy & dog story that works Mr. Peabody & Sherman By Gary Darling Staff Writer
Going into this weekend there was a film I was looking forward to seeing and one I wasn’t. Considering the other was the ‘300’ sequel, ‘Mr. Peabody & Sherman’ wasn’t really high on my list of must-sees. I went to it because I have kids. That was my only reason for going. I had no preconceived notion about it and I hadn’t seen anything about the film leading up to it. As an adult, it didn’t really seem like it would appeal to me. Sure, I have liked animated features before, so there was always a chance that I was going to find something of value in this one. Even if it was just that my kids
enjoyed it. Then a funny thing happened. I watched it and found this film to be quite enjoyable. This could quite possibly be the best animated film that I have seen this year and ‘The Lego Movie’ was pretty darn good too. There was something about this one, though, something deeper than just the silly adventure of a dog (Ty Burrell) and his adopted son, Sherman (Max Charles). If you really delved deeply enough imto what the movie was trying to convey, you would see what I am talking about. Things like bullying, racism, and mixed families are all covered in this film. Yes, sure, with a light-witted twist to it, but thy are there, nonetheless. I like that in a film that stimulates a child’s imagination. As
far as the story, it was brilliant, funny, and kept my interest from the beginning until the very end. Secretly, I wanted it to be longer because I was enjoying it that much. The animation, itself, is top notch and incredibly well done. I couldn’t find a flaw or rough-edge in the entire film. Also, be sure to get there on time. There is a very cute and well-done animated short at the beginning of the movie that is almost as good, if not better, than the original. In the end, it all came down to how my kids enjoyed the film and they all gave me thumbs up on this one. And I would agree. If you are looking for an animated feature to take the kids to, you might want to get out to our local theater and see ‘Mr. Peabody & Sherman’. It is pretty good.
NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s latest book project is a collection of magazine columns by a writer she knows quite well. Oprah Winfrey. “What I Know for Sure” features the monthly essays that Winfrey has written for O, the Oprah Magazine over the past 14 years. Flatiron Books, a new nonfiction imprint of Macmillan, announced Wednesday that “What I Know for Sure” will come out Sept. 2. It will be the imprint’s first release. According to Flatiron, the book will be organized around such themes as joy, gratitude and possibility. Winfrey has said she named her column “What I Know for Sure” after film critic Gene Siskel asked her “What do you know for sure?” during an interview. She has called the columns a way of “taking stock” of her life. Winfrey will write the book’s introduction.
Spike Lee to attend Roger Ebert film festival
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Director Spike Lee will attend a 25th-anniversary screening of “Do The Right Thing” at late movie critic Roger Ebert’s film festival. The festival announced Tuesday that the screening will take place April 25 during the 16th annual Ebertfest at the Virginia Theatre in Champaign, Ill. Ebert gave “Do The Right Thing” four stars when it debuted in 1989. The festival previously announced that director Oliver Stone would attend a 25th-anniversary screening of his film “Born on the Fourth of July.” Comedian Patton Oswalt will attend a screening of his 2011 movie “Young Adult.” Ebert died last April at age 70. The year’s Ebertfest is April 23-27. The full lineup will be announced soon. Ebert’s alma mater, the University of Illinois, is based in Champaign and neighboring Urbana.
David Cripe to Chair the Leno, Murdoch among 2014 Arts Fund Campaign TV Hall of Fame inductees ST. JOSEPH, MO— The Allied Arts Council proudly announces David Cripe as the chair of the 2014 Arts Fund campaign. Cripe is very involved in the community through his position as the Community Bank President, at UMB Bank, n.a., and through his community involvement with St. Joseph Downtown Rotary Club, Performing Arts Association, Family Guidance Center, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Saint Joseph Symphony and the Rolling Hills Consolidated Library. David, his wife Dina, and their three children, Michael, 18, Jenna, 13 and Jack, 11, moved to St. Joseph in 2009, and now proudly call St. Joseph their home. The arts are a part of everyday life for the Cripes. “The parental philosophy I was raised under, and the philosophy Dina and I believe in, is that to deny our children an education of the arts including a consistent exposure to a wide spec-
trum of art forms is on par with denying them decent balanced nutrition. I was taught at an early age, and I still believe, that children involved in art programs
David Cripe in school (band, choral, theater, etc.) generally perform better than those that do not. It’s simply good for you—psychologically and physically,” said Cripe. Cripe truly believes in the Arts Fund campaign, and wants this year to be truly successful. “The economic impact of the arts in our community is tremendous—not to mention
the cultural impact which may be immeasurable. Many non-profit organizations would not exist or at least would not be as capable to support their mission without the support of campaigns such as the Arts Fund. The arts are what make us human—the creativity, beauty, precision and emotion of quality art can define quality of life to some people, myself included,” said Cripe. The Arts Fund is an annual united campaign in support of the activities of the Allied Arts Council, Creative Arts Productions, Midwest Artist Association, Perfor ming Ar ts Association, RiverSong, St. Joseph Community Chorus, and Saint Joseph Symphony. For additional information about the Arts Fund Drive or related activities please call the Allied Arts office at 816-233-0231, visit the office at 118 South Eighth Street in St. Joseph, or the website http://www. stjoearts.org.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Bill Maher took advantage of pal Jay Leno’s Television Academy Hall of Fame induction to offer a spirited attack on what Maher called undeserved “bad publicity” for the former “Tonight Show” host. Introducing Leno at Tuesday night’s ceremony, Maher said his behavior never warranted the brickbats tossed at him over Conan O’Brien’s shortlived tenure as “Tonight Show” host. “Jay Leno reminds me a little bit of Israel,” Maher said. “He’s not perfect, but he’s held to a standard nobody is expected to live up to but him.” The media helped fan the myth that Leno “stole Conan’s dream” when NBC brought Leno back to host “Tonight” after the show’s ratings dropped in 2009 with O’Brien at the helm. Maher, host of HBO’s “Real Time,” used an expletive to dismiss the idea that such a theft is possible, then offered himself as a tongue-in-cheek
example: He claimed that Tom Cruise robbed him of the starring role in “Top Gun.” Leno’s reputation among critics as a bland host compared with supposedly “edgy” predecessor Johnny Carson also is a falsehood, Maher said, and called Leno suited to his time just as Carson was when he hosted “Tonight.” After Maher’s introduction, Leno’s remarks proved mild. Repeating assertions he made when he ended his 22-year tenure as host in February, Leno, 63, said it was the right time to turn “Tonight” over to the younger Jimmy Fallon, who is 39. Leno said he watches Fallon’s show, and the two talk a couple of times a week. The other inductees included media baron Rupert Murdoch; Julia Louis-Dreyfus; prolific writer-producer David E. Kelley (“Boston Legal,” ‘’The Practice,” ‘’Ally McBeal”); and former ABC executive Brandon Stoddard, who shepherded breakthrough shows
including “Roots.” Sound pioneer Ray Dolby was inducted posthumously, with his wife, Dagmar, and son David accepting the honor. Murdoch noted that the TV academy ceremony fell on his 83rd birthday, which he called an annoyance: “As you well know, I’m not fond of looking back,” he said. The chairman of News Corp. and 21st Century Fox did offer reflections on his career, which he said has focused on providing consumers with more choices and taking the risks needed to do so — such as starting the Fox network in 1986 to compete with the big three broadcasters. Louis-Dreyfus, the Emmy-winning star of “Seinfeld,” ‘’The New Adventures of Old Christine” and “Veep,” was saluted by friend Amy Poehler as “the best one on ‘Seinfeld’” and always the funniest in a room. Louis-Dreyfus shared advice she learned from her physics high school teacher: “Have fun at all costs,” she said.
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For more details and to apply go to www.altec.com/careers.php. Job #8079 Applications will close March 14, 2014. Applications WILL NOT BE TAKEN at Altec Industries. EOE Statement Altec Industries, Inc. and its affiliates are equal opportunity employers and maintain affirmative action plans to recruit, retain, develop, and promote qualified individuals without unlawful consideration of race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Altec strives to maintain a work environment free from unlawful discrimination and harassment, where associates are treated with respect and dignity.
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Legals March 12 & 13, 2014 LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT Invitation For Bid No. B201434, Access Control Res Hall & Union, will be received by the Purchasing Dept., Northwest Missouri State University until 2:00 p.m. local time April 3, 2014. A prebid conference will be held on March 19, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. local time commencing in the Support Services Conference Room. Plans and specifications can be obtained from Northwest Missouri State University. Direct inquiries to: Purchasing Department Northwest Mo. State Univ. 800 University Drive Maryville, MO 64468 660-562-1570 ----------------------March 13 & 20 2014 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the Director of OATS, Inc. Northwest Region on April 17, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. to consider a project partially funded with federal funds to be
1. Purchase of one (1) lift-equipped vehicle with communication device and to serve the county of Grundy. 2. Requesting financial assistance in an amount necessary to complete funding and operate in OATS’ Northwest service region. 3. The location of the project will be to serve residents in OATS Northwest Region, comprised of 17 counties in Missouri. The total project will be 87 counties in Missouri. 4. The total estimated cost of the project is $2,852,977 ( c a p i t a l and operating) Federal Funds $1,134,326 Local Funds $1,718,651 5. The source of the local match will be from privately generated local funds (capital); unrestricted federal funds, lo-
6. At the hearing, OATS will afford an opportunity for interested persons or agencies to be heard regarding social, economic, environmental aspects of the project and the needs of limited English proficient persons. Interested persons may submit orally, or in writing, evidence and recommendations with respect to said project. If no person(s) request to give either oral or written statements three days prior to the public hearing, the applicant is not required to hold the public hearing. 7.Organizations interested in the proposed service may request information concerning the project from the applicant. 8. OATS, Inc. does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, sex, or age in employment or provision of services. 9. Any person requesting information or requiring special accommodations to attend the hearing may contact Beth Langley, Northwest Region OATS Office, 1306 S. 58th St., St. Joseph, MO 64507, (816)279-3131.
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Girls Scouts, Guys and Dolls benefit Locks of Love MARYVILLE, Mo. — Girl Scout Troop 805 of Maryville and Guys and Dolls Hair Studio are working together to give back to children in need. The troop will host a Girl Scouts for Locks of Love event from 4-6 p.m. Saturday, March 15, at the Guys and Dolls salon, which is located at 921 S. Main St. Anyone interested in donating at least 10 inches of hair will re-
ceive a free blunt cut by the stylist at Guys and Dolls. Hair must be at least 10 inches long, clean, dry and bundled in a ponytail or braid. Bleached hair cannot be used, but hair that has been dyed or permed is acceptable. Monetary donations will be accepted during the event, as will hair care products, which will be donated to the Children and Family Center of Northwest Missouri.
Locks of Love is a national charity that provides vacuum fitted hairpieces fashioned from human hair to financially disadvantaged children suffering from long-term medical hair loss. Most children helped by Locks of Love have lost their hair due to a condition called alioecia areata, which has no known cure. Others have suffered severe burns or injuries or endured radiation treatment.
The organization, founded in 1998, provides hair prostheses to children under age of 21. Each hairpiece requires six to ten ponytails and takes up to six months to manufacture. For more information about Locks of Love, go to locksoflove. org. For details about the local event, email Lesley Schulte at lesleyaschulte@yahoo.com or Tillie Stanton at tlstanton16@ gmail.com.
Deer test negative for wasting disease JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Conservation has announced that following the testing of 3,666 free-ranging deer harvested during and after the 2013 deer-hunting season, wildlife biologists have detected no additional cases of chronic wasting disease. The total number of confirmed cases in Missouri free-ranging deer remains limited to 10 found in 2012 and early 2013. All were from a small area of northwest Macon County near where CWD was confirmed in 10 captive deer in 2012 at a private hunting preserve. Missouri’s first case of CWD was discovered in 2010 in a captive deer at private hunting facility in southeast Linn County owned by the same private hunting preserve. “While I am cautiously optimistic that these latest test results suggest our efforts to limit the spread of CWD may be working, the
threat of this infectious disease remains significant,” said MDC State Wildlife Veterinarian Kelly Straka. “Therefore, continued surveillance is important.” Of the 3,666 deer tested, 1,520 were from Department’s CWD Containment Zone of Chariton, Randolph, Macon, Linn, Sullivan and Adair counties. Of the 1,520, two hundred and six were from the 30-square-mile CWD Core Area around the private hunting preserve in Macon County. The remaining 2,146 test samples were gathered from deer harvested outside of the six-county Containment Zone as part of an ongoing statewide sampling effort. As it has for the past two years, MDC worked with private landowners to harvest and test 147 freeranging deer as part of 206 samples collected in the CWD Core Area. “More than 90 percent of Missouri land is privately
owned, so landowners are vital to deer management and to our ongoing efforts to limit the spread of CWD,” Straka said. The Associated Press reported early this year that the “severe” outbreak of hemorrhagic disease during the summer of 2012 hit hunters hard and led to accusations that the department had been caught off guard after years of easing hunting regulations in ways that allowed hunters to take unlimited does in many counties despite prolonged drought and reduced habitat. Missouri, long renowned for its deer hunting, may no longer be a land of plenty when it comes to whitetails, according to the report by the AP. In the wake of the CWD outbreak, 2013-’14 turned out to be something of a wake-up call with hunters bagging a dramatically reduced number of animals. Only 157,272 deer were tagged statewide during the 11-day November 2013 firearms season. That’s
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Following testing of 3,666 deer harvested during and after the 2013 deer-hunting season, the Missouri Department of Conservation has detected no additional cases of chronic wasting disease in Missouri free-ranging deer. That’s good news for hunters who experienced a significantly reduced whitetail harvest during the fall 47,396 fewer than in fall 2012 and the lowest total for a regular firearms season since 1993. According to the conservation department, deer hunting is an important economic driver in Missouri and provides a $1 billion annual boost to the states economy. “Lower deer numbers from infectious diseases such as CWD could hurt 12,000 Missouri jobs and many businesses that rely
on deer hunting as a significant source of revenue, such as meat processors, taxidermists, hotels, restaurants, sporting goods stores, and others,” stated a Conservation Department release. “CWD also threatens the investments of thousands of private landowners who manage their land for deer and deer hunting, and who rely on deer and deer hunting to maintain property values.” Chronic wasting disease
infects deer and other members of the deer family by causing degeneration of the brain. The disease has no vaccine or cure and is 100-percent fatal. CWD is spread both directly from deer to deer and indirectly to deer from infected soil and other surfaces. Deer can have CWD for several years without showing any symptoms. Once symptoms are visible, infected animals typically die within one or two months.
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A Maryville Public Works crew was dispatched to the 500 block of West Halsey Wednesday in response to a call in connection with backed-up sewage in a basement. The problem was eventually traced to a lateral line on private property, which is to be repaired at homeowner expense. However, since the crew was forced to open up the street to check the sewer main, workmen went ahead and installed a new cleanout as a preventive measure to avoid problems in the future.