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Body LIBERTY – With a controversial $20 million annex replacement project in progress, and with two out of three commissioners out after the Nov. 3 elections, Presiding Commissioner Jerry Nolte wants to put the annex project on hold.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The first day of the last year at Westview Elementary School found Hunter Happy, 9, walking with his mother, Kayla Happy, to the door. He wore a camouflage mask, and matching clothes.

Body LIBERTY – Voters will determine Clay County’s future at the polls Nov. 3.

Body GILBERT, Iowa – After the day’s meals are done, Deb Purcell, Gilbert Community Schools director of food service, shuffles through a stack of papers. Gilbert, a town north of Ames in central Iowa, serves about 1,400 to 1,600 meals a day.

Body WASHINGTON – Stimulus funds and the U.S. Postal Service affect millions of Americans – from Ray and Clay counties to all points across the nation – and Congress is divided along party lines about handling each issue.

Body WASHINGTON – If a low-income family’s child cannot go to school to learn, then denying that child access to the free or reduced-price school food programs is unacceptable, U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II said last week.

Body LIBERTY – Voters who decide Clay County’s future at the polls Nov. 3 may be influenced by the political campaigns conducted by opponents and supporters.

Body JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway answered campaign-related questions after a video press conference, just as her opponent, Gov. Mike Parson, has done with questions from this paper.

Body EXS – During the successful campaign to replace Westview Elementary School and make improvements at other schools, suggestions arose that the district would raise the tax rate.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – About two dozen Excelsior Springs High School soccer players and support staff personnel turned out to remove litter from streets in the vicinity of Jesse James Road.