Month: October

Senior Center to replace lighting

At the September 20 meeting of the Nodaway County Senior Citizens Senate, Inc., the board accepted the McGinness Electric quote of $7,038 to replace the ceiling lights with LED bulbs. There are 69 fixtures. Evergy has a $2,700 rebate program for which the senior center qualifies. With the savings in energy costs, Administrator Amie Firavich

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Clearmont council contacted by EPA

The Clearmont City Council met on September 19 to discuss city business. The new water meters have been ordered, but have yet to be delivered. The city will contact the company to inquire about an estimated time of delivery, and will also check into purchasing water meter lids. The city has been contacted about new

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NOCOMO appoints Heideman to board

New board member Shirley Heideman attended the September 26 NOCOMO Industries meeting. NOCOMO received $477.22 from the SB40 board on September 18. This money was to be used for certified and non-certified employees’ wages. No reimbursement funds from the average daily attendance were received from Missouri Department Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). The sheltered workshop

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Optimist Club hosts diversity speaker

Brian Mills will be presenting “A New Kind of Diversity” at 6 pm, Thursday, October 19 at the First Christian Church, 201 West Third, Maryville. The event is free due to the sponsorship of the Maryville Optimist Club. Mills’ message, fitting for all age groups, will speak to the ability to understand by learning to

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MPR approves budget

At the September 18 Maryville Parks and Recreation meeting, the board approved the FY 24 budget, which was also approved at the September 29 Maryville City Council Meeting. The MPR estimated expenses for the budget are the following categories. Personnel services, contractual services, commodities, other charges and capital improvements. Personnel services. Five percent COLA for

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Health Board makes financial decisions

At the September 20 Nodaway County Health Center Board meeting, the board looked at the financial picture of the health healthcenter. Administrator Tom Patterson reviewed how bills were paid by the health center. These methods include online pay, auto pay, debit card and check payment, he presented the timing of payment to accounts payable. After

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Walk with a Doc is at Mosaic

“Walk with Doc” brings doctors and patients together to walk at noon, Wednesday, October 11 on the walking path at the north end of Mosaic Medical Center – Maryville. The walk is open to the community.

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NEN is a Heart Safe School

Northeast Nodaway has been working with Children’s Mercy Hospital: Project Adam to become a Heart Safe School. Nurse Terry Runde recently organized the first Project Adam CERT (Cardiac Emergency Response Team). There were local EMS personnel and they reviewed the 911 call protocol questions that are asked in a real situation. The team will have

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Judge Rice spends day with school children

Fourth District Associate Circuit Court Judge Robert Rice explained how the court system operates to two groups of school students, September 27. First up was Eugene Field Elementary third graders who had read the book, “The Trial of Cardigan Jones” by Tim Egan. Vocabulary words were matched to real objects as Rice went through the

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