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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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