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■ OUTDOOR CLIMBING WALL ■ OUTDOOR DIVING BOARD ■ FIT FOR SCHOOL TEAMS EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – An outdoor pool with a removable roof and other amenities is coming between the Excelsior Springs Community Center and the nearby soccer fields. The construction cost is about $6 million, Parks and Recreation/Community Center Director Nate Williams said.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Downtown Excelsior Partnership, or DEP, is getting Placer.ai software to monitor downtown area visitor traffic. Per City Council approval April 18 at the Hall of Waters, the DEP received a $7,000 matching grant to buy the software.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Superintendent Travis Hux foresees “a happy ending” to what “feels like a horror movie”: Excelsior Springs School District’s deficit spending. An amended budget approved April 11 by the Board of Education at the Support Services Center might be a step toward that happy ending.

AFTER WINNING a three-way race for an Excelsior Springs City Council seat, Mark Spohn takes the oath of office. Spohn replaces Brent McElwee.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The latest Excelsior Springs Board of Education is in place. Kalyn Goode and Tray Harkins took the oath April 11 at the Support Services Center to begin serving new terms.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Excelsior Springs Cultural Guild’s Annual Gatsby Day Festival to raise scholarship funds returns from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Denise Rainey is committed to feeding her neighbors. From noon to 2 p.m.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Scores of children participated in the Community Easter Egg Hunt April 15 at Excelsior Springs Nursing and Rehab, 1003 Meadowlark Lane. Activities Director Chris Young said probably 200 people attended.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Funding windfalls from the state government’s expanding coffers probably will not come to Excelsior Springs or other school districts, Superintendent Travis Hux warned district leaders April 11 at the Support Services Center.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Allegedly firing and then pointing a weapon in Excelsior Springs resulted in Kaleb G. McIntosh, 19, Excelsior Springs, facing a felony charge.