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Officeholders give opinions on Courthouse future During the quarterly county officeholder meeting on January 29,
much of the discussion centered around the future of the 124-year-old
Nodaway County Courthouse.
Jasinski sees Northwest’s future bright, continuing positive paths By Dustin Henggeler
Since taking office as Northwest’s new president in July 2009, Dr.
John Jasinski has been asked countless times to present his vision for
Northwest. President Jasinski says he will never verbalize his vision
as it would be a disservice to Northwest to even attempt. Instead, he
will gladly share his views on Northwest’s future and what he thinks
would be a good idea for the university. Jasinski knows that
Northwest’s vision reaches much further than he alone can visualize,
which is why he gets excited speaking about so many different positive
avenues with the future of Northwest Missouri State University.
Personal property lists due March 1 Nodaway County Assessor Rex Wallace reminds property owners,
including businesses, that they must report all personal property owned
or held on January 1 to the assessor’s office by March 1.
JPT speaks to this spring street construction plans Representatives from the City of Maryville, Nodaway County and Polk
Township gathered on January 19 for their quarterly Joint Planning
Taskforce meeting.
‘Mama’ Merrill and her Eagles nest By Dustin Henggeler
For more than two decades, Jean and Dave Merrill have been involved
some way in Boy Scouts. From their first son David, to DJ, Derek,
Dakota and finally Dannen, Scouting was a major part of the Merrill
household. But the Boy Scout family tree doesn’t start there for Jean,
but instead, years earlier in Hawaii, where her father, James Patee,
was heavily involved in Scouting. From there, the family moved to
Germany where Scouting continued, finally to land in Fort Knox, KY.
Leaders celebrate adventure, continue journey, too By Jacki Wood
With 100 years of Scouting comes 100 years of leaders helping to shape the lives of those youth involved.
And Nodaway County is not without its own great Boy Scout leaders.
State Senator Shields encourages Scouts to come to the Capitol for special 100th anniversary recognition Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields wants to
encourage all Scouts, Scout leaders and Scout alumni to come to the
State Capitol and hear a proclamation recognizing the Boy Scout’s 100th
anniversary. The special proclamation will be read by both the Missouri
Senate and the Missouri House of Representatives on Monday, February 8,
starting at 4 pm.
Elmo man charged with child porn possession On January 22, the Nodaway County Sheriff’s Department arrested
Wilbur Leo Long III, 45, Elmo, for felony of possession child
pornography.
Pumpkin Center Charlie's Girl: No new to me By Kay Wilson The Washington Post broke a story this week that really was not
that earth-shattering news to me, but it seems to have shook some
people’s worlds.
Maryville foundation issues first grants The Maryville R-II Education Foundation has awarded their inaugural
round of classroom grants, which assist faculty members to finance
creative projects for their classrooms.
Rockets hope to learn from Courtwarming sweep By Scott Erickson
Facing an opponent not unlike themselves, the West Nodaway Rockets
girls basketball team celebrated their 2010 Courtwarming by going
toe-to-toe with the Rock Port Blue Jays.
Trojans face defeat during Homecoming By Dustin Henggeler
Nodaway-Holt boys lose to Tarkio this time
It may have been the best period Nodaway-Holt has played all season
long, but three periods of defeat kept them from a victory against the
Tarkio Indians on January 29. To make things more difficult for the
Trojans was that it was during Homecoming, against a team they defeated
earlier in the season. But Tarkio looked ready for a victory, and the
Trojans just couldn’t match the intensity that the Indians brought
three out of the four periods of the game.
