April 2022

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The city is buying and replacing 400 residential water meter bases. Per a request by Public Works Director Chad Bird Per a request by Public Works Director Chad Birdsong approved April 18 by the City Council at the Hall of Waters, the meter bases will cost $35,304 – $88.26 each, Birdsong stated in an April 12 memo to city leaders and reiterated before the vote.

Each form of mass communication has advantages and disadvantages. There is no secret about that. Proponents of each medium, at various times in history, have claimed accurately they are better than the others. But is any medium better in all ways? No. As a media history buff with a master of arts degree in mass communication-journalism, I can report the invention of radio did not doom newspapers, no matter how hard radio advertising staff members tried to broadcast that narrative to consumers in the early days of the once-mighty NBC Red and Blue networks. Both radio networks are defunct today. But radio continues. So do newspapers.

I am an outsider who has never run for public office before, and getting an inside look at the “political process” has been a real eye opener. Simply put, “the powers that be” have every intention of always being the power. This is the definition of the “Deep State” and the “Swamp.” The party only recruits from within, and even from within the club, only the anointed ones are considered worthy of election.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Dollar General is open at 1653 Meadowlark Lane in Excelsior Springs, the company announced. The new store will employ up to 10 people.

CLINTON – When it came to varsity boys golf this spring, Excelsior Springs was difficult to beat in Missouri River Valley Conference West Division play. The Tigers went 6-1 in divisional matches, with their only loss coming to Pleasant Hill by one stroke in their opening triangular.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – An estimated 200 people attended the Excelsior Springs Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast. Hosted by Mayor Sharon Powell on April 19 at The Elms Hotel and Spa, the event brought together a variety of business and area government leaders, along with community members.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Tigers are trying to find their winning ways again in varsity girls soccer. After winning four straight from March 31 to April 11, Excelsior Springs had lost five out of six through Monday’s 2-1 road loss to Savannah.

I was a single mom during Obama’s first campaign. I worked two jobs which barely covered (the) rent. Even while working more than 40 hours a week in a hospital, I didn’t have health care. I pieced together community supports, a sliding scale clinic when I had the flu, a visit to Planned Parenthood to address a lump in my armpit (it was fine), lots of consulting Dr. Google.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Kevin and Sonya Morgan received the McReynolds Award from the Missouri Alliance for historic preservation for their long-term work promoting historic preservation in Excelsior Springs and Clay County.