Wednesday, July 27, 2016 • morgancountypress.com • Vol. 106 No. 21
MORGAN COUNTY
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See you at the Morgan County Fair! Tuesday, July 26-Saturday, July 30
Meetings July 27-Aug. 3
The Public Water Supply District 2 board is scheduled to meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2 at the Ivy Bend Water Department office. The Morgan County Health Center board is scheduled to meet 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug.
3 at the health center in Versailles. The Ivy Bend Fire and Rescue board is scheduled to meet 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3 at Fire Station 1 in Ivy Bend.
Next issue will be a day late The Morgan County Press will print one day late next week in order to publish results of the Tuesday, Aug. 2 primary election.
The newspaper is scheduled to be in stores and at the local post office Wednesday, Aug. 3. Mail deliveries may be delayed.
Turkey grill Sunday
The Rev. James Butterfield, right, asks for a show of hands to see who brought a friend during the opening devotion Tuesday, July 19 at the vacation Bible school at First Baptist Church in Stover. There were 30 children and 12 youth, besides workers, at the VBS that evening. The week-long program, titled “Submerged,” was about “finding A grilled turkey breast dinner the community center. the truth below the surface,” with daily Bible lessons featuring Jesus’ encounters with Zacchaeus, the woman at is scheduled 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Seniors age 60 and older and the well, Nicodemus, a blind man, and little children. Butterfield prompted the students to recite together, “Jesus Sunday, July 31 on the lower children age 5 and younger eat knows everything about me and still loves me.” (photo by R. D. Fish) level of the Stover Community free. Admission is $8 for adults Center. younger than 60 and $5 for chil The event is both a free senior dren age 6-12. meal provided by senior benefit The menu includes turkey, funds, and a fundraiser for the posh potatoes, green beans, cole The Morgan County R-I “Come Together - Keep Together was added to the gutter along pane from Heet Gas at $1.25/galStover Community Betterment slaw, and more. School board Wednesday, July - Work Together.” the street, plus a two-foot gravel lon; pint cartons of milk and juice Council, which administrates 20 reviewed its food service pro- Unger said this theme came French drain to prevent water from KLM Distributing at $.29 gram and set a date for an annual from a statement by Henry Ford: from the road washing onto the for whole milk, $.28 two-percent, public hearing about its property “Coming together is a beginning. sidewalk. $.27 one-percent, $.29 chocolate tax levy. Keeping together is progress. Unger said the school will skim milk or strawberry milk, The tax hearing is scheduled Working together is success.” work with the city to better di- $.19 for apple or orange juice. 6:55 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17, His memo recognized commu- rect water to the culvert down The board agreed to sell two immediately before the school nity contributions and education- the street, in an effort to improve surplus buses: a 2003 Bluebird board’s regular monthly meeting al initiatives to enhance the dis- water flow and keep runoff from with 215,368 miles for $51,185, scheduled 7 p.m. in the Stover trict, such as new textbooks and school grounds from crossing and a 2005 Ford short bus with a benchmark tests, 1:1 computers, into neighbors’ yards. school library. wheelchair lift and 72,356 miles Food service director Cheryl Project Lead the Way, the Fifth- Unger noted the elevator near for $29,900. Marriott reported in writing her and Sixth-Grade Center, and the elementary office, installed The board evaluated simi1997, needs repair due to an elec- lar bids from Citizens-Farmers program’s goals are to increase various facility improvements. district students’ participation in Unger listed district-wide com- tric door lock that failed an in- Bank of Cole Camp and Citizens mittees that will involve students, spection. An initial repair quote Bank of Eldon and Versailles school breakfast and lunch. Strategies to meet these goals staff, board members, parents, came in at $6,000, but it was re- to serve as the district’s deposiinclude kitchen improvements and community patrons in 2016- quoted at $2,700. Unger advised tory institution. Both bids were making service faster, offering 2017. They include the facilities, looking into replacing the 20- within the district’s guidelines. additional menu choices includ- technology, sunshine, and 21st year-old elevator, which is used Following Unger’s recommendaing a full-service salad bar, and Century Learning Grant commit- daily to help students with mobil- tion, the board accepted the Citiusing new equipment to improve tees, plus monthly “superinten- ity issues reach classrooms in the zens-Farmers bid due to the more convenient location of its Stover quality and variety of items dent town hall” meetings before elementary basement. served. Other business branch. each board meeting. Comparing the food service Unger also gave the board a Unger reported the district Unger announced this month’s program’s revnue, expenditure, preview of agenda items for the is in a sound financial position. winner of the Stover Star award and percentage of students par- monthly school board meetings Its revenue during June totaled was Kelly Black, who was not ticipating during each of the through June 2017. $558,741.40, and expenses to- present to receive the award. The Maintenance report taled $873,312.97, leaving a bank award recognized Black’s dedilast six school years, the report cation and pride as a patron of showed the program operated at Unger updated the board on balance of $3,820,048.73. a net loss all six years, but the ap- summer maintenance work. He The school board adopted a the school community, shown by proximately $18,000 difference said the company hired to top- policy on the use of district-is- serving as president of the boostbetween revenue and expendi- coat the floor in the elementary sued technology, particularly of er club, coaching youth softball tures in 2015-2016 was its small- gym could not do it, so the work laptop computers that students and basketball, and “allowing her est loss in at least six years. was done in-house. He advised may take home for school use. home to become a community Superintendent Matt Un- the board the gym’s flooring ma- The policy called for an insur- kitchen for a recent Lions Club ger noted this decrease in the terial “lends itself to slickness,” ance deposit of $50, which may fundraiser.” Black must choose program’s operating deficit hap- and will eventually need to be be reduced for students eligible next month’s Stover Star award pened at the same time as several replaced. for free or reduced lunch, and winner. Ray Whittle of Whittle Flooring in Versailles lays tile for capital-fund improvements, such Unger noted the metal roof included guidelines for care and The school will open Monday, Aug. 8 for teachers who want Goetze Bros. Carpet & Furniture Monday, July 25 in the as kitchen and cafeteria renova- over the school library and a use of the computers. Morgan County R-I School cafeteria in Stover. Working tions and equipment upgrades neighboring classroom is show- The school board approved to begin working in their classwith him is Goetze Bros. employee Aidan Rottmann, not purchased out of the 2015-2016 ing its age, and may be rusting continuing with the Community rooms, Unger announced. Teachbudget. due to a lack of ventilation from Eligibility Program, which offers er orientation begins Wednespictured. (photo by R. D. Fish) While last year saw the highest below. Its condition will need to free breakfast and lunch to all day, Aug. 17, and classes start total of lunches served at 88,216, be monitored. students. The program is reim- Wednesday, Aug. 24. as a percentage of student enroll- Unger informed the board of a bursed on a prorated basis tied to In closed session, the school ment it was a 2-percent decrease change order regarding the side- district-wide income criteria and board accepted the resignation of from 2014-2015. The percentage walk drainage upgrade on the students’ participation. elementary teacher Lexie Noltof breakfasts served per student Oak Street side of the school. The board approved the fol- ing; hired elementary teacher In addition to the planned six- lowing bids: Bus fuel from MFA Trish Payne; and approved a list went down 17 points. Unger noted a few corrective inch pipe draining water from at a $2.06/gallon rate locked in of substitute teachers. A public test of electronic vot- The Verification Board for the actions the food service program the courtyard, an eight-inch pipe for the year; 1,600 gallons proing equipment will be conducted Aug. 2, 2016, Primary Election, will take during the 2016-2017 10:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 1, at will meet noon Friday, Aug. 5, at school year. the County Clerk’s office in the the County Clerk’s Office in the For one example, breakfasts Morgan County Courthouse. Morgan County Courthouse. served must be counted at the point of sale, rather than by teachers asking their students whether they ate while taking attendance. The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education calculated the attendancebased counting system resulted in an overclaim of $2,787.77 that Versailles First Assembly of nership with MCCKC. Other would be deducted from future God Church and the Morgan assemblies of God organiza- reimbursements. County Caring for Kids Coali- tions such as Rural Compassion DESE also advised the district tion (MCCKC) are working to- and Sole Mission have helped to it must make a minor nutritional gether to provide shoes for more build this ministry. adjustment to its meal plan, and than 700 children for the upcom- The “One Step at a Time” mis- it instructed the school to dising back-to-school fair sched- sion is to help each child start out able its vending machines during uled Aug. 6 at Morgan County the school year feeling confident school hours to comply with fedand ready to learn, by providing eral nutrition guidelines. R-I school in Stover. This is the fifth year for the each with a new pair of shoes. Superintendent goals “One Step at a Time” shoe min- The ministry takes monetary Unger presented the board a istry. The church’s children’s donations to purchase new shoes draft of his goals as superinten- Stover Boy Scout Troop 23 members Joshua Fischer, left, and Adam Corpening learn minister, Tresa Newkirk, real- in specific sizes. For more infor- dent for the 2016-2017 school firearms safety and practice firing a Remington 87 .20-guage shot-gun with firearms ized Morgan County’s need and mation or to help, call 573-378- year, with the district theme specialist Jerry Walters Monday, July 18 at the Hohn Boy Scout Camp in Laurie. pursued fundraising and part- 5225. (photo by Janet Dabbs)
School board reviews food service, plans hearing
Public test and election verification in August
‘One Step at a Time’ provides shoes to kids