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Volume 104 • Number 77 • Tuesday, April 22, 2014 • PO Box 188 • 111 E. Jenkins • Maryville, MO
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Branching out
Arboretum took roots 20 years ago
By KEVIN BIRDSELL Staff writer
Designated the Missouri State Arboretum by the Legislature in 1993, Northwest Missouri State University on Monday celebrated 20 years of maintaining one of Missouri’s most diverse and valuable tree stands. To commemorate the anniversary, landscaping and grounds crews, assisted by more than a dozen campus organizations and visiting dignitaries, planted 20 trees across the street from Forest Village Apartments. At a luncheon prior to the tree planting, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jean Brennan addressed a group of spectators about the arboretum and noted the rarity of having so many different species of trees in one place — more than 135, according to Northwest landscape/sustainability manager Travis Stokes. “This is about pride,” said Northwest President John Jasinski. “Our faculty, staff and students take such pride. But it’s not just them; it’s the community. It’s a much larger community, for when alumni and other visitors come in. It’s huge. We will take walks throughout the summer and visit all kinds of people that come specifically to campus to see the Missouri Arboretum.” Of the 20 new trees planted on Monday, one brand-new species was brought to campus, a Dragon Eye Pine. Overseeing what amounts to a managed campus forest is See ARBORETUM Page 3
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Celebrating 20th Anniversary and Tree Campus designation
Participants in the Missouri State Arboretum 20th anniversary celebration at Northwest Missouri State University hold a Tree Campus USA flag after adding a new sapling to the campus’ tree stand. Pictured second and third from left are former Northwest President Dean Hubbard and former first lady Aleta Hubbard. Current first lady Denise Jasinski and President John Jasinski are shown third and second from right.
Rural Missouri applauds Mozingo golf By TONY BROWN News editor
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Tee to green
A Mozingo Lake Recreation Park golfer tees off on hole No. 8. Hailed by city officials as a growing attraction across northwest Missouri, the city-owned course was recently recognized as an “Editor’s Choice” by “Rural Missouri” magazine.
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Recent recognition by a statewide magazine means that the municipal golf course at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park is beginning to meet expectations as a regional recreation destination, Assistant City Manager Ryan Heiland said Monday. Mozingo was picked this spring as the “Editor’s Choice” for golf courses in a special Best of Rural Missouri Edition of “Rural Missouri,” a widely circulated magazine produced by the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives. Heiland said the recognition was both welcome and unsolicited, and that the magazine’s editors made their pick after coming to Maryville and playing the course. The publication chose Bent Creek Golf Course in the southeast Missouri city of Jackson as its premier golfing destination in the state. Its No. 2 pick was the Ste. Genevieve Golf Club. As the Editor’s Choice, Mozingo was described as an “ award-winning championship course that is fun for the beginner and challenging to the advanced player. Designed by Donald Sechrest, the 18-hole course is nestled among rolling hills, native grass-
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lands and wooded areas and has established itself as a premier golf destination …” An e-edition of the magazine featuring Mozingo can be viewed at www.ruralmissouri.coop/digitalrm/ story1.php. “This just came about from the editors having golfed here before, and they obviously liked the course and its amenities,” said Heiland, who acts as the city’s point man for golf operations at the 3,000-acre park, where the 1,-000-acre lake also serves as the city’s primary water supply. “I think it’s a good thing whenever people recognize the quality of the work our staff members do out there and just the quality of the course itself,” Heiland said. “And when you can reach a statewide audience, it certainly improves our ability to become a regional park.” Heiland said a number of behind-the-scenes changes and improvements have taken place at Mozingo this year in preparation for a new golfing season, including the arrival of GolfNow as the course’s new website host. Upgrades mean that golfers can now book tee times online and gain access to other information with regard to special outings and clubhouse promotions, he said.
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