August 2020

■ 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.

■ 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.

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.

Karon Louise Woodside, 70, Excelsior Springs, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, at her brother Bud Woodside’s home in Kansas City.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Tigers are looking to build upon the thrill they felt last season from getting Hope Chappel to the Class 1 state tournament. David Stalder, who is in his third season of leading Excelsior Springs girls golf, expects Chappel and her teammates to contend for the Missouri River Valley Conference title this season.