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Volume 104 • Number80 • Friday, April 25, 2014 • PO Box 188 • 111 E. Jenkins • Maryville, MO
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Traffic being monitored along South Main Street By JIM FALL
Executive editor
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Counting cars
John Selb, a Lawrence, Kan., consulting engineer, is spending more than five hours each day recording traffic movements at primary intersections along South Main Street in Maryville as part of the initial information-gathering process for a comprehensive municipal traffic study. The study is being developed for the city by SK Design Group of Overland Park, Kan., under terms of a “not to exceed” contract that tops out at $65,000.
Maryville “rush minute” traffic streams past John Selb as he anticipates a red light’s changing to green at the McDonald’s intersection Wednesday morning. When the signal does change to green, and then back to red again, Selb is still sitting at the intersection, unquestionably one of the busiest in Maryville. He’s not going anywhere. At least not for the next hour or so. Selb, a consulting engineer from Lawrence, Kan., is conducting a traffic count along South Main from the intersection at South Avenue south to where the thoroughfare merges into
Highway 71 at the Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp. USA plant. The information he gathers will become an integral part of the overall comprehensive traffic plan for South Main being developed by SK Design Group of Overland Park, Kan. The information making up the traffic count has been gathered during both morning and afternoon peaktraffic periods over the past seven days. Checkpoints have been positioned at South Main and the intersections of South Avenue, South Hills Drive, East Summit Drive, Highway 71 and at the entrances to HyVee, Walmart and a couple of other high-volume destinations.
The raw information Selb has gathered and entered into a computer will be available in a few days, he said. It will then be entered into a traffic simulation program provided by MGineering Solutions in hopes of deriving solutions to South Main’s periodic congestion. Selb, himself a retired consulting engineer who operated his own firm and once did some of the preliminary work for the current Maryville R-II High School complex, said one of the obvious problems in Maryville’s case is the number of access points onto South Main. “There are 54, I believe, between here (South Avenue) and South Hills Drive, See TRAFFIC Page 3
Cleanup days are returning to Maryville By KEVIN BIRDSELL Staff writer
The City of Maryville is working in conjunction with Northwest Missouri State University’s Big Green Move Out, which takes place April 28 through May 1, to promote its own cleanup project. The Maryville Citywide Clean-Up will take place May 5 through May 9 in all parts of town. Public Works Director C.E. Goodall said this is the second consecutive year for the clean-up following several years during which the initiative was not held. Citywide Clean-Up May 5 - May 9 All over town “This year we’ve tried to coordinate with the Big Green Move Out at the University, but the week after so maybe we can get some stuff left over from that,” Goodall said. “We’re going to be looking mainly for yard debris and waste. We will take some furniture that the normal trash collectors won’t pick up.” City crews will pick up tree limbs, lawn and garden waste, and furniture. Items not on the approved pickup list include household trash normally picked up by commercial haulers, concrete and masonry, construction and demolition waste, tires, lead-acid batteries, paint cans, iron products and
“white goods” such as microwaves and appliances. “It helps us clean up and gives residents the opportunity to get rid of some stuff that they normally wouldn’t have the chance to get rid of,” Goodall said. “The furniture can sometimes get to be a guessing game at times, but everyone pretty well understands what we want.” If crews come up on something they aren’t sure what to do with, Goodall said the city will try to work through the problem. “We are just trying to help prepare our local trash haulers,” Goodall said. “If they run up on anything not tagged as part of the moveout, they can give us a call, or Habitat for Humanity ReStore in St. Joseph can come by and pick it up so they can keep it out of the landfill.” Goodall said the best thing people can do to prepare for the citywide cleanup is to prepare early. “I would say to just take it a little bit at a time to get things bundled up and prepared,” Goodall said. “The biggest problem we run into is that we try to get it picked up early in the day, and a lot people set stuff out later in the afternoon. If folks could get stuff out the day before it would make things a lot easier.” Goodall also asked that residents cut limbs and branches into 4-foot lengths and bag them, which will help crews move quickly. Items for the cleanup should be placed curbside.
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Knights of the RAD Table
Merlin (Peter Kempf) oversees a meeting of the Knights of the RAD Table, a group that included, from left, Gawain (Zane Stone), Bedivere (Will Andel), King Artie (Patrick Baker) and Tristan (Zach Patton). The scene was part of Thursday’s play performance by the eighth-grade class at St. Gregory’s School. For story and additional photos, see The Back Page.
Tobin Classic returns to Mozingo MARYVILLE, Mo. — Celebrating its 24th year, the Tobin Benefit Golf Classic sponsored by the St. Francis Hospital Foundation will return to Mozingo Lake Golf Course on Thursday, May 22, and Friday, May 23. The event has raised more than $850,000 over nearly a quarter century with proceeds benefiting various departments at St. Francis Hospital & Health Services. Proceeds from 2014 will be used for improvements planned at the hospital’s Childbirth Center. In addition to new beds for the unit,
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new technology to maintain the high standards of safety and quality will also be funded. Golfers will have a choice of two tee times, 12:30 p.m. Thursday, May 22, and 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 23. Players will be divided into three categories: men, women and seniors. Each golfer’s registration includes green fees, golf cart rental, use of practice facilities, lunch and other snacks, beverages, gift package of golf items including team photo, tee-off social/reception reservation,
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all on-course contests and one mulligan per nine holes of golf. Sponsors include Northwest Missouri Cellular, which will again offer a hole-in-one contest. Various sponsorship opportunities are still available, ranging from cart sponsorship of $50 to Platinum sponsorship of $2,500. Individual donations can also be made directly to the Tobin Benefit Golf Classic. Associated events include a Thursday evening reception at the Mozingo clubhouse. Those coming off
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the course both Thursday and Friday will enjoy hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar and various contests and games in addition to a silent auction and raffle. The 2013 tournament drew 240 golfers and raised $36,000. For more information about the event and sponsorship opportunities, call the St. Francis Hospital Community Relations & Development Office at (660) 562-7933 or go to www. stfrancismaryville.com and click on the Foundation page.
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