November 2020

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The city has set fee schedules for residents who want their water meters tested. The City Council set fees based on two meter types: turbine and positive displacement.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – For almost 30 years, the Mineral Water Bowl has been a mainstay in Excelsior Springs. But not this year.

WARRENSBURG – The University of Central Missouri Alumni Foundation announced 1973 alumnus Frank “Chip” Deel made a trust estate gift valued at $15 million to UCM – the largest in school history.

The new mask “guidance” for schools issued by Gov. Mike Parson’s administration last week is not the kind of decisive leadership Missourians deserve.

MILES TO GO Ruminations, ramblings about matters foreign and domestic, ripping, gripping, sweet, snarky, relevant, irreverant, fun, serious, nutty... You know, stuff.

PREP TO PRO High heat, drop kicks, random observations and points that amuse are all part of the wide, wide world of sports at the community and national levels. As prep winter sports get underway, I am filled with wonder.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The city may change grave-decorating rules at Crown Hill and Hillcrest cemeteries. On Nov.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS –Barbee Memorial Presbyterian Church members will observe the four Sundays of Advent starting Sunday and invite everyone to help celebrate in preparation for the Christmas Eve service.

Patricia Lou Calvin, 89, of Excelsior Springs, passed away on Nov. 15, 2020, at Liberty Hospital from complications of COVID-19.

At 8:15 a.m. Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, Jerry Ray Sanson, 80, departed this world to continue his kind, caring and gentle demeanor in heaven. Although he was a strongwilled man, his strength could not overcome the complications compounded by a stroke.