Month: March

Bernetta Lee Cushman Younger

Bernetta Lee Cushman Younger, 91, passed away Sunday, March 26, 2017, at her home in Maryville. She was born January 4, 1926, in Maryville, at the old St. Francis Hospital to HB and Althea Myers Cushman. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 am, Thursday, March 30 at Price Funeral Home, Maryville, with funeral services

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Nodaway-Holt BOE

Nodaway-Holt R-VII’s School Board accepted resignations and hired personnel during its regular meeting on March 15. The school board accepted the resignation of Taylor Blevins, third grade. The following individuals were approved for hire: Alex Garst, second grade; Katie Falconer, first grade; Loren Messer, high school English, play sponsor, varsity track and sophomore sponsor; Derek

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MPAC announces BIG Art III locations, artists

The Business Indoor Gallery of Art (BIG Art) sponsored by the Maryville Public Art Committee (MPAC) has launched the third art show in Maryville businesses. Purchases may be made by contacting the individual artists. The works will be on display until June 1. Accent Advertising and Signs, 114 East Third Street, has the photography of

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NCMC works with Maryville manufacturers to provide skilled workforce

North Central Missouri College (NCMC), Trenton, is helping manufacturers in Nodaway County gain the skilled and ready workforce they need through training and advancement. This training helps manufacturing workers advance in their career or obtain the skills they need for employment. NCMC in collaboration with Northwest Technical School, Maryville R-II School District and Nodaway County

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South Nodaway BOE

The South Nodaway R-IV Board of Education met in open and closed sessions on March 15. After the closed session where teacher contracts were discussed, the board: • Accepted the resignation of Dan Collins as Platte Valley head football coach and outdoor teacher. • Hired Cree Beverlin, Jefferson’s social studies teacher and track coach, as

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‘Amazing’ Liz makes TV debut

What started out as a simple Instagram post of her dog, Trixie, became a life-changing experience for 25-year-old Liz Espey, Maryville. It was in February 2016 when she received a call asking if she would consider appearing on the CBS television show “The Amazing Race.” “I thought it was a joke or maybe a scam,

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Northeast Nodaway BOE

Northeast Nodaway R-V’s board of education met with architects to discuss track designs during its regular meeting March 16. Senior Associate Project Manager Patrick Smith, Incite Design Studios, Kansas City, which specializes in building architecture, and Owner/Landscape Architect Vance Rzepka, VSR Design, Overland Park, KS, which focuses on landscape design, addressed board members about the

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Home Show showcases businesses

The Northwest Missouri Home and Better Living Show will be from 10 am to 2 pm, Sunday, March 26, at the Maryville Community Center, 1407 North Country Club, Maryville. The show is free and open to the public. Some of the vendors attending the show will be Maryville Daily Forum, Local 26 Freedom of Road

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Edward Meyer

Edward Francis Meyer, 82, Miami, OK, formerly of Maryville, died Thursday, December 15, 2016. Funeral services were December 28, 2016, at the Miami Senior Center, Miami, OK. Memorials may be made to Friends of the Library, 200 North Main, Miami, OK 74354; Miami Senior Center, 2104 Denver Harner Drive, Miami, OK 74354; or Integris Hospice,

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