MARYVILLE, Mo. – Northwest Missouri State University’s Student Activities Council will host Holocaust survivor Dr. Inge Auerbacher at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, in the Charles Johnson Theater as the next guest of is SAC Speaks lecture series.

SAC Speaks lectures are free and open to all Northwest students, employees and community members. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Lectures take place in the Charles Johnson Theater at the Olive DeLuce Fine Arts Building.

Auerbacher was born Dec. 31, 1934, in Kippenheim, Germany, as the last Jewish child born in her village and experienced the Holocaust throughout her childhood. As a 3-year-old, she witnessed Kristallnacht (the Night of Broken Glass). She then spent three years in the Terezin concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.

She survived these tragic events despite many family losses. Auerbacher lost 13 immediate members of her family. Distant relatives were also killed, bringing the total loss of her family to more than 20. She is the only child survivor from the State Wuerttemberg deported to the concentration camps.

Auerbacher and her parents immigrated to the United States in 1946. From the result of the terrible conditions in the concentration camp, she spent eight years recovering from tuberculosis through hospitalization and chemotherapy.

Eventually, she earned her bachelor’s degree from Queen’s College in New York City. She retired after 38 years working as a chemist in medical research and clinical work.
She now travels the world to share her story about the Holocaust, tolerance and human rights.

Auerbacher has authored six books, published in nine languages. She has received several awards and honors for sharing her experiences in the Holocaust and for her time in the chemistry field.
The mission of the Student Activities Council is to plan and administer activities for Northwest students; in order to contribute to a more well-rounded social, recreational and cultural life for the campus and community. SAC provides entertaining alternatives to students with late night activities and events throughout the year including concerts, lectures, movies and comedians.

A St. Joseph business has broken ground on a $1.2 million warehouse and dock expansion project.

BioZyme, manufacturer of natural feed supplements for cattle, commercial poultry and swine, and show livestock, broke ground last month on the expansion to its main supplement production facility in St. Joseph, MO.

The 14,000-square-foot addition, under construction at 6010 Stockyards Expressway, is expected to be completed in Spring 2016. The business said this will provide space for the increasing number of trucks needed to pick up orders. BioZyme relies entirely on outside carriers to transport its products to customers.

“BioZyme has grown approximately 30 percent annually over the past couple of years, so additional room was desperately needed to transport our products more efficiently,” said Lisa Norton, BioZyme Vice-President of Sales and Marketing. “The end goal of the expansion is providing better customer service.”

In addition to the warehouse expansion, BioZyme has expanded the facility’s office space to accommodate its growing staff. In the past 18 months, BioZyme has hired 25 people, in addition to initiating a double shift in March.

JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Jay Nixon today appointed Karen Leader, of Maryville, as the new Nodaway County Clerk. The position became vacant upon the resignation of former Clerk Beth Walker.

Leader, a Democrat, has served as the deputy clerk for Nodaway County since 2003 and has served as the interim clerk since the resignation of Walker. She also has provided seasonal assistance in the County Assessor’s office for several years to enter values on assessment sheets. Leader is a Maryville native.

“Karen Leader is familiar with the operations of the Clerk’s office and will be able to transition from her interim status to becoming the County Clerk,” Gov. Nixon said. “I am confident she will ably serve the people of Nodaway County in this position.”

The 20th Annual Downtown Trick or Treat Night is the biggest ever. The event is scheduled for 5-7 pm, October 29 in Maryville. The annual event is for costumed children, their parents and relatives and interested spectators.

Sixty-seven merchants, organizations and officials will be handing out candy or other treats to the children.

“We have set a new high with 67 participants in this year’s event,” said Kathryn Rice, the event’s coordinator. “It has become a Maryville tradition with everyone from the kids and parents to the downtown merchants and businesses looking forward to it each year.”

The Maryville Chamber of Commerce will be handing out treats from their new location at 408 North Market. The Elks Lodge 760 on Main Street will be providing free hot dogs and drinks. The Maryville DARE officer and role models will once again be at Third and Main Streets with glow necklaces for trick or treaters.

A Cameron man is recovering from moderate injuries after a single-vehicle crash early Wednesday near Stewartsville.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 32-year-old Joseph Smith lost control of his SUV along US-36 highway, three miles west of Stewartsville at about 3:45 a.m. Wednesday.

The vehicle left the highway and came to rest on its top. Mr Smith was transported to Cameron Regional Medical Center for treatment.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released the names of the victims in a huge, chain-reaction crash on I-70 in mid-Missouri Tuesday morning.

Two people were killed and five others were injured in the crash near the Kingdom City exit.

Killed in the accident were Robert S. Brainerd, 46, of St Louis and Charles S. Moore, 46, of Nicholasville, Kentucky.

According to the MSHP’s online crash report, five people were injured. All were transported by ambulance to University Hospital:

Clara Conn, 71, of Moorehead, Kentucky (serious)
Sonny Conn, 71, of Moorehead, Kentucky (serious)
Mark D. Goddard, 54, of Osawatomie, Kansas (serious)
Aaron M. Shipps, 23, of Osawatomie, Kansas (moderate)
Brandi R. Clements, 42, of Williamsburg, Missouri (moderate)

Three tractor-trailers, three pickup trucks and a sport utility vehicle were involved in the crash at the eastbound Kingdom City exit.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A woman is charged with two counts of second-degree murder and one count of first-degree arson in a fire that killed two Kansas City firefighters.

Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced the charges Tuesday against Thu Hong Nguyen, an employee of a nail salon and spa that was one of several businesses and apartments destroyed in the Oct. 12 fire.

Firefighters Larry Leggio and John Mesh died when a wall collapsed on them while they were fighting the blaze. Two other firefighters were injured.

An investigator with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says the fire was intentionally set in storage room of the salon.

Nguyen was arrested Monday night. She’s being held on $2 million bond.

A judge this week rejected a call for probation for a 27-year-old St Joseph man convicted of statutory rape.

In a sentencing hearing this week, Judge Patrick Robb ordered Justin Stufflebean to serve a 15-year prison term for continuing sexual activity with a 13-year-old girl last year.

Mr Stufflebean pleaded guilty in August to an amended complaint that included one count of first-degree statutory rape.