Forum Your Non-Stop Source for News in Nodaway County
maryville Daily
Online at:
F
Online
maryvilledailyforum.com
Volume 104 • Number 73 • Wednesday, April 16, 2014 • PO Box 188 • 111 E. Jenkins • Maryville, MO • 75¢
New council seated; Riedel named mayor By TONY BROWN News editor
TONY BROWN/DAILY FORUM
Oath of office
New Maryville City Council members Tim Shipley and Rachael Martin are sworn in during Monday night’s city council meeting.
A new, younger era in Maryville municipal government began Monday as two new City Council members were sworn in by City Clerk Sheila Smail following the recording of certified results from the April 8 election. Assuming their seats on the dais were Tim Shipley, 36, and Rachael Martin, 27, who replaced outgoing Mayor Jim Fall and veteran Councilman Ron Moss, both in their 70s. Elected by the newly constituted council to serve a one-year term as mayor was former Mayor Pro Tem and downtown businesswoman Renee Riedel. Shipley was selected as the new pro tem. Both received unanimous votes from the five-member governing board. As mayor, Riedel acts as an ordinary voting member of the council, except for the traditional role of serving as the municipal panel’s presiding
Maryville Mayor Renee Riedel officer, which includes steering the agenda and calling for motions and votes. In leaving the council, Fall, who serves as executive editor of the Maryville Daily Forum, issued “sinSee COUNCIL Page 3
University of Missouri ‘Value Tour’ visits MMS By STEVE HARTMAN Staff writer
University of Missouri Systems President Tim Wolfe was in Maryville Tuesday to address Maryville Middle School seventh- and eighth-grade students about the importance of higher education. The day also included a visit to Kawasaki Motors, tours and meetings with top officials at Northwest Missouri State University and a conversation with the editorial board of the Maryville Daily Forum. Wolfe’s stop in Nod-
away County was part of a 14-school statewide “Show Me Value” tour organized to communicate the importance of higher education to more than 4,000 young people attending middle and junior high schools. In remarks at MMS, Wolfe, who serves as chief executive of Missouri’s four-campus flagship university system, told Maryville R-II youngsters that national statistics show for every dollar spent on a college education graduates earn a 15.2 percent return. “There is no greater investment you can make in
Successful artist
yourself,” Wolfe said. “I firmly believe that a college education is a person’s greatest opportunity for a successful life.” Wolfe also told the students that, on average, a worker with a college degree will pocket $540 more dollars per week than an employee without a diploma. “Imagine what you could do with an extra $540 in your pocket each week,” he said. Other points made by the UM president claimed that college graduates live an average of nine years longer than non-graduates, that un-
employment rates are lower among those with degrees, and that finishing a postsecondary program provides greater employment flexibility during tough economic times. “Choice not chance determines destiny,” Wolfe said. An Mizzou alum himself, Wolfe said he is concerned that reports about increasing student debt and declining job placement rates may cause some young people to walk away from the opportunities college offers. “One of the focuses of my address is to send the message to these students that
they shouldn’t lose hope in regards to a college education,” Wolfe said. “Eight out of ten students in our system receive some type of financial aid. “If a student has prepared for college, we don’t want financial concerns to be a hurdle. To that end, state scholarship funding is increasing, and we are continuing to work with the business community as a source for additional funding. “As a son of two college professors, a college graduate myself, a university president, and most importantly
the father of two college freshmen, I urge all Missouri students to think about college when they consider their future. Whatever their life ambition, a college education can truly help make their dreams a reality.” Wolfe said seventh- and eighth-graders were the perfect group to hear his “Show Me Value” message. “Our focus is to challenge students to find their path to success,” Wolfe said. “Middle school is a great time to plan and prepare that path, and we want them to understand why college should be an important future step.”
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Maryville native Mitch Gallagher has had two EPs break the top 50 on the iTunes Top 200 Country Albums and made the Billboard Heatseekers list.
Singer climbing Nashville ladder By KEVIN BIRDSELL Staff writer
A native-born local country music artist has a hot recording on his hands
now that Mitch Gallagher’s second EP (extended play) has broken into a Billboard top albums list. See GALLAGHER Page 3
STEVE HARTMAN/DAILY FORUM
Show Me Value
University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe addresses students at Maryville Middle School on Tuesday as part of a statewide “Show Me Value” tour. The tour, which promotes the value of higher education along with the academic and professional programs offered by the state’s flagship university, is traveling to 14 middle schools across the state.
OFFICE NUMBER
660-562-2424
INSIDE
Record....................... 2 News................ 3, 6, 12 Opinion..................... 4
Entertainment.......... 5 Sports.................... 7, 8 Classifieds......... 10, 11
OUTSIDE
Today High: 64° Low: 35°