CRAIG, Mo. – Bridge maintenance will close a portion of Route 111 in Holt County next week, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation.
Beginning Monday, March 16, 2015, the road will close at the bridge over the Tarkio River, west of Craig, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. each Monday through Thursday through Thursday, April 2, 2015, as local crews perform routine maintenance on the bridge.
All planned work is weather permitting and schedules could change.
Several applicants have applied for the St. Joseph School Board vacancy left by the resignation of Dr. Dan Colgan last week.
According to board secretary Debbie Consolver letters of intent have already been received by Eric Bruder, Matthew Brock, Jeff Bird, Brian Cronk and David Mason.
Applicants wanting to apply to be considered for school board have until 4 p.m. March 23rd to submit their letters of intent to the Superintendent’s Office.
Consolver said after the closing date the Board will review all of the applicants at the April 13th Board Meeting.
She said once the board has reviewed the applicants they will conduct interviews to determine the best match for the vacancy. The term will end April 11, 2016.
Consolver expects the board to make its decision during the May 11th board meeting but said it is possible that a special meeting could be called to speed up the process. However, according to the district’s website the vote will be made in open session.
Individuals wanting to submit letters to the Board of Education can deliver or mail it to:
Debbie Consolver, Board Secretary
SJSD
925 Felix Street
St. Joseph, MO 64501
Students packed the Lake Contrary Elementary School gymnasium Thursday afternoon to congratulate their principal Dr. Jasmine Briedwell on being named the St. Joseph School District Principal of the Year.
“I was very surprised and very happy,” said Briedwell. “We vote as a group at the beginning of the school year so I knew that part of it but this was a complete surprise.”
Briedwell was nominated and chosen as Principal of the year by her peers in the Northwest District. She is now headed to a conference this weekend for the Missouri Association of Elementary School Principals to see who will win at the state level out of around 11 other candidates.
“I think you always have to be a teacher at heart and not forget what that’s like,” said Briedwell. “And really understand what it’s like to be a student and not forget that either.”
ST. JOSEPH, MO—The Allied Arts Council proudly announces Rich and Barb Crumley as the chairs of the 2015 Arts Fund campaign. The Crumleys are very involved with many aspects in our community. “I like to keep busy and therefore it always involves Rich,” said Barb Crumley. Both Rich and Barb served as the Trails West!® chairs from 2005-2006, with Rich going on to serve as the Allied Arts Council board president from 2008-2010.
The entire Crumley family truly believes in the arts. “Our son David was involved at Central High School in drama and art. Our daughter Angela loved art, music and creating items for gifts. Our family has been involved for years with the New Generation Singers. Rich was active in the Pony Expressmen Barbershop Chorus for many years. Our son David and his friends also joined, and his son Ben joined when it transitioned to Voices of America. It became a family event,” said Barb.
The arts in our community are very important to the Crumleys. “We appreciate what St. Joseph offers in the way of arts and we want it to continue. We love working with people and want it to continue being strong,” said Barb.
“Everyone we contacted said yes to being a part of this campaign. We have a full slate of awesome members on our cabinet. We plan to have fun along this journey, and reach our goal of $202,500,” said Barb.
St. Joseph Habitat for Humanity (SJHFH) is hosting 19 student volunteers from University of Wisconsin-River Falls during week of March 15th through the 21st.
SJHFH will provide them with most of their meals and a few nights of entertainment thanks to the generosity of local businesses and community partners.
Stoney Creek Inn will provide them with lodging during their stay.
Kerra Flatt, Stoney Creek Inn Manager, said, “We are glad St. Joseph Habitat for Humanity thought to ask us and we are glad to help because Habitat is such a worthy cause.”
“We are honored that St. Joseph was chosen as their spring break destination and look forward to having these student volunteers build with us,” said Rita Boyer, St. Joseph Habitat’s Volunteer Coordinator. “They will be working alongside future Habitat homeowners, volunteers and staff on a house that is currently under construction, located at 723 S. 14th St. and putting decking on two other foundations. The work they’ll do during this week will have a lasting impact on our community.”
St. Joseph Habitat for Humanity has partnered with 59 families and made their dreams of homeownership come true. With a requirement of 400 hours of homeowner labor and purchase of the home, SJHFH offers a hand-up, not a hand-out. For more information, to donate or to volunteer, call 816-279-2552, stop by the office at 827 S. 9th Street, visit www.habitatstjoe.org and follow us on facebook.com/StJosephHabitatForHumanity.
The Allied Arts Council announced the finalists for the fifth, annual St. Joe’s Got Talent Thursday.
The community voted on 17 acts including vocal performances, singer/songwriters, drummers, musicians, and dancers. This year all of the contestants advanced to the live show, but also had the chance to win live television spots! The contestants include (in no particular order) Mykal Duncan, Austin Wethered, Gabriel Barton, James Kindred, Marcus Whitmill, Deir Montiel Dominguez, Benjamin Johnson, Jake Southard, Sky Lux and Maxwell Hudson, RiverSong, Odyssey, Ashlyn Ford, Spincycle (Spencer Kerns), Brandon Kusilek and Grace Chester, Jae Kerns, Mary Beth Rosenauer, and Western Appeal.
On March 21 at 7:00 p.m. the finalists perform on the Missouri Theater stage. Each act will have up to five minutes to perform before judges and a live audience.
Four awards will be given: First Place, Second Place and Third Place, to be determined by the judges; and the People’s Choice Award.
The First Place winner receives $250, and a chance to perform on the Family Stage or City Stage at the 2015 Trails West!® festival.
To determine the People’s Choice Award there will be a jar for each contestant and the audience will cast their votes by putting money into the jar of their favorite contestant. At the end of the night, the act with the most money wins the People’s Choice Award. The winner of the People’s Choice Award also receives $250. Bring your friends, family and entire fan club to vote for you. Don’t forget to remind them to bring their change, dollars, and checkbooks!
Admission for St. Joe’s Got Talent is $5 for adults, children 10 and under $3. All proceeds from the night’s event benefit the Arts Fund Campaign, which raises money for the Allied Arts Council, Creative Arts Productions, Performing Arts Association, RiverSong, St. Joseph Community Chorus, and the Saint Joseph Symphony.
Four suspects were taken into custody Wednesday in Maryville in connection with an ongoing drug investigation.
According to a news release issued by the Maryville Department of Public Safety officer from the Maryville DPS and the Buchanan County Drug Strike Force arrested two adult females and two adult males in the 1200 block of South Main Street around 5 p.m. Wednesday in Maryville.
Officials said the arrests were the result of an ongoing drug investigation and that the suspects have no apparent ties to the Maryville area.
The release said probable cause statements are being forwarded to the Nodaway County Prosecutor’s office for the filing of criminal charges.
The Saint Joseph Board of Education made it official Monday night, it has reviewed and approved the full report from the Missouri State Auditor.
St. Joseph School District Acting Superintendent Dr. Jake Long said the public is invited to keep track as the district complies with the audit recommendations.
“We’re going to update that at least on a weekly basis on the progress we make towards the state auditor’s recommendations,” said Long. “Every committee meeting we went back to the state auditor’s report and the recommendations that he put in and then I was able to update the board on what we’re doing and making progress towards that and so that action plan is online for people to follow and to see what we’re doing.”
Director of Communications Joey Austin said it makes it easy for people to check on.
“It is the first thing that you see when you go to the website and we will keep it there for quite awhile and so right when you get to the website it says view our audit report and you can see the board of education statement there, you can read our action steps, you can read the full audit report, all of that is there right when you click on our website,” said Austin.
In the statement of response Monday night, the Board apologized for turmoil in the district and pledged to remain committed to being good stewards of financial resources.
“We welcome the community to join us and to hold us accountable in that en-devour and the intentions of the board include complying with the audit findings and recommendations, the intention that our superintendent, administrators, and support staff all comply with the audit findings and recommendations, that outside professionals hired by the district to provide legal accounting, personnel or any other services comply with the findings and also that any outside vendors chosen by the district to provide products or services comply with the audit findings,” said Austin.
One of the audit recommendations is to conduct a comprehensive salary study. That has not started yet.
“Because it is going to be a fairly comprehensive study it’s going to be pricey and so with it being more than $15,000 we have to do a formal request RFP,” said Long. “That RFP is being drafted right now to be put out there for companies to bid on to provide this service for us.”
Long said it’s important that the study be done by an outside group.
“I think it’s a benefit to our community, to our tax payers and to our people that it is an outside firm,” said Long. “Obviously there is a lack of trust with the people of the school district and so that third party coming in and taking a look at the full scope and compensation I think is going to be a positive thing for the school district and the community.”
Long said turmoil in the district may also discourage some candidates from applying to be teachers and administrators to a point.
“I think we are able to look past some of that because St. Joe is home to a lot of people that we employ,” said Long. “I certainly think that it is an issue that we need to be aware of and to see how we can make sure that we continue to make sure that we not only hire the best people but retain the people that we have.”
The statement from the school board accepting the audit recommendations concluded with this, “We believe the district is on a continuous improvement path to strengthen the daily operational systems of the Saint Joseph School District. The good work that goes on in our classrooms will continue, and we pledge we will return pride to this school district.”
MARYVILLE, Mo. – Northwest Missouri State University’s Student Activities Council has announced Lupe Fiasco will headline its annual spring concert Saturday, April 18.
Boogie will perform as the opening act for the concert, which is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. in Bearcat Arena. Doors will open at 7 p.m.
Student tickets are $10 and available at the Student Services Center on the first floor of the Administration Building, beginning at 8 a.m. Thursday, March 12. Remaining tickets will be available to the general public for $25, starting at 8 a.m. Thursday, March 19, at the Student Services Center, by calling 660.562.1212 or online by clicking here.
Lupe Fiasco, originally known for his breakout hit “Kick Push” in 2006, has been dubbed as one of the foremost lyricists in pop culture and was once named GQ Magazine’s “Man of the Year.”
Fiasco’s album “Food and Liquor” reached No. 8 on the “Billboard 200,” and his album “LASERS” debuted as the No. 1 album in the country and received an RIAA Gold certification.
Fiasco’s fourth studio album, “Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1,” was named one of the best albums of 2012 by USA Today. His fifth album called, “Tetsuo & Youth,” was released in January.
Boogie, an up-and-coming rapper from Long Beach, Calif., released a mixtape last summer called “Thirst 48.” The mixtape was commended by outlets such as Pigeons and Planes, The Fader, LA Weekly, Hot New Hip-Hop and the UK’s Fact Mag.
“This will be a fun concert for both hip hop and pop lovers,” SAC Director of Concerts Zachariah Bradley said. “This will be the ‘it’ concert of the year.”
The Student Activities Council is comprised of Northwest students charged with planning and administering activities for students, who pay an activities fee as part of their tuition costs. In addition to lectures and late night activities, SAC annually plans a spring concert that features performers selected from a rotation of genres to appeal to students’ varied tastes.
For more information about the concert at Northwest, contact the Student Activities Council at sac@nwmissouri.edu or call 660.562.1226.
St. Joseph, Mo. —Tim Fisher, cofounder of the design and filmmaking collective MK12, will give an artist’s talk at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 24 in Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall on the campus of Missouri Western State University. The talk is free and open to the public.
Fisher cofounded MK12 in 2000 in Kansas City, Missouri. The collective has evolved into a full-service creative studio, adapting their unique brand of filmmaking to title sequence design, game cinematics and promotion, music videos and network and advertising projects, along with original content.
Their work has included title sequence design and in-film effects for feature films like “Quantum of Solace,” “The Kite Runner,” “Stranger than Fiction,” “The Internet’s Own Boy” and “Particle Fever.”
MK12’s experimental and short film catalogue has been featured in many international film festivals and exhibitions, including Sundance, South by Southwest, the Sao Paulo Biennial, the Zurich Design Museum, the Walker Arts Center, Art Basel and Prix Ars Electronica, among others. Their film “Overload,” a collaboration with New York-based painter Brian Alfred, was inducted into the Guggenheim’s permanent collection.
Their music video for Common’s single “Go” earned an MTV Video Music Award nomination for “Best Hip Hop Video” in 2005, and their collaborative video for the Jack White and Alicia Keys single “Another Way to Die” earned a Grammy nomination for “Best Short Form Music Video” in 2009.
The artist’s talk is funded by the Missouri Western State University Foundation and sponsored by the Department of Art.
