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Volume 104 • Number 62 • Tuesday, April 8, 2014 • PO Box 188 • 111 E. Jenkins • Maryville, MO •
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School bond, council seats at stake County seeking 1-cent sales tax MARYVILLE, Mo. — Voters across Nodaway County head to the polls today for a series of municipal elections that will decide seats on town governing councils and school boards in addition to a number of tax questions. From a fiscal standpoint, the largest issue to be decided is a $10.25 million bond issue tied to proposed construction of a high school performing arts center and other capital improvements within the Maryville R-II School District. Also in Maryville, three people are running for two open City Council seats, which are being vacated by incumbents Jim Fall and Ron Moss, who decided not to seek re-election. The candidates are Rachael Martin, Tim Shipley and Adam Switzer. Citizens countywide will vote on a proposed half-cent sales tax that the Nodaway County Com-
mission estimates will raise $1 million a year in additional revenue for the purchase of gravel used to maintain rural roads in all 15 Nodaway townships. There is no election for Maryville R-II School Board, since none of three incumbents — Roger Baker, Jason Haer and Sean Wiedmaier — faced opposition. In other Nodaway County districts, six candidates are seeking three open board seats in Nodaway-Holt R-VII. None of the six are currently board members. Names on the ballot include T. Scott Clement, Gayle Saxton, Jane Hanson, Jared Holmes, Andrew Lance and Jim Fuhrman. Clement, a 55-year-old business owner and farmer, attended Nodaway-Holt High School and also studied at Northwest Missouri State University. Fuhrman is a 52-year-old farmer
R-II issue requires 4/7 voter approval.
Rachael Martin
Tim Shipley
Adam Switzer
who attended Nodaway-Holt High School and the University of Missouri. Hanson, 37, works as a sales representative for Dow Agra Services and attended high school in Conrad, Iowa, and college at Iowa State University. Holmes is a 29-year-old farmer who attended Nodaway-Holt High School. Lance, 26, is a district manager for Stine Seed. He attended Nodaway-Holt High School and Northwest Missouri State University. Saxton is a 66-year-old retired elementary teacher who works part-time for American Greeting cards. She attended Savannah
R-IV High School and holds degrees from Missouri Western State University and Northwest Missouri State University. In North Nodaway R-VI, two candidates are running for a single seat carrying a one-year term with incumbent Samantha Brown seeking re-election against Jenny Snyder. Brown is a 36-year-old nurse practitioner who graduated from Worth County R-III High School and the University of MissouriKansas City. Snyder, 32, is a homemaker and North Nodaway alumna. The South Nodaway R-IV School Board has three open spots on the ballot, and all three incum-
bents — Rick Holtman, Chris LaMaster and Janet Hilsabeck — are in the race. Other candidates include Kimberley Violett and Coby Wiederholt. LaMaster, 43, has been on the South Nodaway Board of Education for the last five years. He works as a branch manager for a local wholesale supply. Rick Holtman, 39, lives in Guilford and attended high school at Jefferson C-123 and college at North Central Missouri College in Trenton. He is a registered nurse. Hilsabeck, a 52-year-old Barnard resident, attended high school at South Nodaway and college at Northwest Missouri State UniverSee ELECTION Page 3
Patrol families in good hands
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Crafted by a local Amish family, this quilt is being raffled by the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in Clyde. Raffle tickets are available now, and the drawing will be held May 10, on the second day of the monastery’s second annual auction.
Raffle, auction benefit sisters CLYDE, Mo. — The Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in Clyde are hosting a quilt raffle in preparation for their second annual spring auction next month. The auction will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on both Friday, May 9, and Saturday, May 10, at the monastery, which is located at 31970 Route P fifteen miles east of Maryville. The drawing for the queen-sized quilt crafted by a local Amish family will take place May 10. As was the case last year, the auction will feature surplus items that have been in storage since completion of the monastery’s Sacred Stones, Sacred
Stories renovation project, which was completed in fall 2012. Items for sale on both days will include building supplies, electrical switches, doors, windows, antiques, furniture, metal display shelving, bathroom fixtures and various household-related items. Proceeds from the auction and raffle will benefit the Benedictine Sisters’ general fund, which helps support the order’s monastic life. Raffle tickets are available for a suggested donation of $10. For more information about the raffle, or to order tickets, go to www.benedictinesisters. org.
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MARYVILLE, Mo. — Peace officers take care of their own. And turning the spirit of that precept into reality is the stated goal of the Masters, an organization that works to assist the families of Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers who have lost their lives in the line of duty. Founded in 1979, the group has given more than $1.16 million in support of 20 patrol families who have lost a trooper husband or father. Of that amount, $258,000 has gone for college scholarships for surviving children The most recent patrol death occurred here in northwest Missouri when Trooper Fred Guthrie and his police dog “Reed” were swept away by Missouri River floodwaters on Aug. 1, 2011, near routes 118 and 111 in Holt County. Guthrie is survived by his wife, grown daughter and two teenage sons. The family, along with the loved ones of other departed troopers, has received financial assistance through the Masters, which in addition to scholarships includes help with household bills, car and house payments, funeral expenses and subsidized transportation to services at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in
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Washington, D.C. Locally the Masters is represented by former Sgt. Bill Hollingsworth, who retired from the patrol after a 32-year career. Hollingsworth serves as one of two Masters directors from Troop H, which embraces 15 northwest Missouri counties. Statewide, the board consists of two members from each of the patrol’s nine troops plus two directors from the General Headquarters in Jefferson City. While the Masters welcomes donations, it won’t take money from just anyone. Members, Hollingsworth said, are vetted for probity, a proven sense of ethics and good moral character. He said the organization has ten members in Maryville and about 80 members across the Troop H service area. Nearly 1,400 Masters support the organization’s efforts across Missouri. Hollingsworth said the Masters consists of several membership levels. Annual memberships require an initial $50 donation and a $100 gift during each subsequent year. Family memberships cost $75 then $125 each year thereafter. Lifetime memberships are bestowed following a one-time donation of $2,500. “Patrons” and “Benefactors” donate $5,000 or $10,000 respectively.
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