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North American Savings Bank (NASB) is bringing financial literacy education to students and residents in several Missouri counties. Students at Excelsior Springs High School, Lewis Elementary, Missouri City Elementary and the surrounding communities will have free access to Banzai.

Last week we looked at Dee Amos Ellet, who operated the Star Bath House in Excelsior Springs. However, Ellet’s bath house wasn’t the only black bath house in the city.

Over the past six years, an area runner has issued a challenge to help people get a jumpstart at the beginning of each year on improving their fitness. The runner is Russell Wenz.

On Feb. 3, another winning streak in Orrick varsity boys basketball ended.

Delta Dental of Missouri recently awarded $70,000 in oral health grant funding to Swope Health Services to purchase equipment for the new KidsCare dental, vision and medical clinic coming to the Excelsior Springs Early Childhood Center.

Trends and Unwanted Consequences in the Community was the theme of February’s Substance Abuse-Free Environments (SAFE) coalition meeting. Concerning data was presented by Missouri Poison Control Center’s Community Outreach Coordinator, Amanda Ruback.

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If asked to describe the favored foods of Valentine’s Day in a single word, “decadent” might prove the most apt descriptor. This Valentine’s Day, couples can share their love for decadent delights by working alongside one another to whip up this recipe for “Devil’s Food Layer Cake” from Elisabeth M. Prueitt and Chad Robertson’s “Tartine” (Chronicle Books).

The Immunization clinic is March 2 for high school and middle school students. Students entering twelth grade are due for second Meningococcal vaccine, students entering eighth grade are due for Tdap and first Meningococcal vaccine.

Although a December 2021 audit of City of Homestead Village financial records revealed theft of “at least $4,348” had occurred, city officials report there has still been no action taken by the prosecuting attorney against Homestead Village’s former city clerk. During the latest Homestead Village Council meeting, members discussed their desire to have legal action taken against the clerk.