March 2022

Janet Delores Coble

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Janet Delores Coble, 69, of Excelsior Springs, MO gained her wings on March 12th, 2022, lovingly surrounded by her family, after bravely battling cancer. She was born on September 9, 1952, in St. Joseph, MO to the late Elsie Lee and JD Coble. 

 

Janet Delores Coble

Kenneth Stephen Fousek

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Kenneth Stephen Fousek hated to leave this world which he loved - but nonetheless God has now welcomed him home.  Ken passed from this life on Thursday, March 10, 2022 at North Kansas City Hospice.  He is survived by two sisters, Janice Ozane (Rodney) of Mitchell, South Dakota and Pam Waldner (Zach) of Huron, South Dakota, as well as several beloved nieces and nephews.  

 

Kenneth Stephen Fousek

Dorothy Elizabeth Farris Bratton

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Dorothy Elizabeth Farris Bratton, 91, of Blue Springs, Missouri (formerly of Excelsior Springs) passed away on Tuesday, March 8, 2022 from complications following a fall. Funeral services will be held at 11:00am Saturday, March 19, 2022 at Royer Funeral Home in Grain Valley. The family will receive friends beginning at 10:00am until service time.

Council agrees to treadmills

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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Excelsior Springs Community Center will get six new treadmills to support fitness at the community center. The City Council approved Parks and Recreation Director Nate Williams’ request for the machines Feb.

Missouri needs Medicaid

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Our Missouri legislators really do not seem to care for the poor or the will of the people. We the people voted to expand Medicaid to cover about 200,000 more poor Missourians.

Excelsior Springs big-hearted city

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■ HEARTS DISPLAY UNITY ■ BENEFIT AREA CHARITIES ■ ONE AT THE ELMS HOTEL EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The city is included in the metrowide Parade of Hearts: A Heartland Celebration. Excelsior Springs Mayor Sharon Powell said she participated in the unveiling of the Excelsior Springs heart, one of 154 hearts, all about 5 feet tall by 5 feet wide, and made by 123 community artists.
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS has a heart, as rendered by artist Blake Bryant, who stands beside Mayor Sharon Powell at the art heart unveiling at Hale Arena at the American Royal in Kansas City.

A BRIGHT IDEA?

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Proposed bill would gut Mo. Sunshine Law It has been almost 50 years since the original Missouri Sunshine Law was adopted by Missouri.
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