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JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway answered campaign-related questions after a video press conference, just as her opponent, Gov. Mike Parson, has done with questions from this paper.

EXS – During the successful campaign to replace Westview Elementary School and make improvements at other schools, suggestions arose that the district would raise the tax rate. The school board proved those suggestions had no merit last week by setting the same tax rate as last year.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – About two dozen Excelsior Springs High School soccer players and support staff personnel turned out to remove litter from streets in the vicinity of Jesse James Road. “Me and my mom adopted this highway about six years ago,” Excelsior Spring senior Emilie Barrera said.

EXS – The city has hired a finance director, Vonda Floyd. “I’ve always loved Excelsior,” she said Monday.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Tigers defeated the Savages, 33-21, last week, but Excelsior Springs could not beat the Savannah team’s brush with COVID-19.

“We are not playing this Friday at Warrensburg for sure,” Excelsior Springs Superintendent Dan Hoehn said Wednesday.

Acting in coordination with the Clay County Health Department, the Excelsior Springs varsity players are quarantined until further notice.

All Tiger coaches had been released from quartantine Wednesday.

The first day of the new school year is Sept. 8. 

CRYSTAL LAKES – After allegedly stealing a vehicle and playing “demolition derby” with two Excelsior Springs Police Department vehicles, being knocked off the highway and overturning, and then trying to escape on foot, twice, Bobbie Marie Bauman, 37, Excelsior Springs, is in the Ray County Jail.

■ AID FOR MARSHALS ■ ARREST IN HARDIN ■ SEVERAL OFFENSES HARDIN – The Ray County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the arrest of a murder suspect in Hardin. Sheriff Garry Bush said Aug.

■ PROP T PAYS FOR WORK ■ COST PUT AT $18 MILLION ■ FALL ’21 OPENING PLANNED EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Proposition T funds are being put to used to build a replacement for Westview Elementary School. Voters in June agreed 11,142 to 8,528 to spend $23.5 million to build a Westview replacement and make improvements to other buildings.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – If you cannot be at Tiger Stadium, the Excelsior Springs High School gymnasium, or the softball and baseball fields this year, you can still watch the Tigers play. In cooperation with the National Federation of High School Sports, Activities Director Joe Greim has linked those facilities to have capabilities to live stream all events that take place.