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NWS: 2014 Skywarn Spotter Training

The following schedule reflects the dates, times and locations of upcoming SkyWARN spotter talks in 2014. This schedule will be modified regularly as new talks are added or as more information for a location becomes available. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend these talks. The presentation is usually 1.5 hours or less and at no cost to the general public. A National Weather Service meteorologist will discuss various aspects of severe weather, storm spotting, and severe weather safety. Becoming an active, trained SkyWARN storm spotter is an excellent way to serve your local community. Hope to see you soon!

 

February, 2014 – Upcoming
Day City, State Time Location
18 Clinton, MO
(Henry County)
7:00pm CST Clinton Senior Center 970 East Sedalia St. Clinton Mo. 64735
19 Albany, MO
(Gentry County)
7:00pm CST Fire Station, 302 N Polk St Albany, MO
20 Sedalia, MO
(Pettis County)
7:00pm CST First United Methodist Church, 1701 West 32nd Street, Sedalia, MO
24 Mound City, KS
(Linn County)
7:00pm CST Bunker Hill Community Center 6th & Main Street Mound City, KS
27 Atchison, KS
(Atchison County)
7:00pm CST Atchison County Elementary School 607 8th Street Effingham, KS 66023
March, 2014 – Upcoming
Day City, State Time Location
03 Leavenworth, KS
(Leavenworth County)
7:00pm CST Warren Middle School 3501 New Lawrence Rd, Leavenworth, KS 66048
06 Lee’s Summit, MO
(Jackson County)
7:00pm CST Crown Pointe Church, 5950 NE Lakewood Way, Lee’s Summit, MO
10 Liberty, MO
(Clay County)
7:00pm CDT Pleasant Valley Baptist Church 1600 North 291 Highway Liberty, MO 64068
11 Chillicothe , MO
(Livingston County)
7:00pm CDT Calvary Baptist Church Family Life Center 3rd and Washington Street, Chillicothe Mo
13 Peculiar, MO
(Cass County)
7:00pm CDT Lions Community Center 500 Schug Ave Peculiar, MO 64078
18 Kansas City, KS
(Wyandotte County)
7:00pm CDT Kansas City Kansas Community College Performing Arts Building 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112
19 Milan, MO
(Sullivan County)
7:00pm CDT Milan Community Center, 205 North Market Street, Milan, MO, United States
25 St. Joseph, MO
(Buchanon County)
7:00pm CST Missouri Theater 717 Edmond Saint Joseph MO 64501
26 Kirksville, MO
(Adair County)
7:00pm CDT Rehoboth church 100 Pfeiffer Ave Kirksville, MO
31 Platte City, MO
(Platte County)
7:00pm CDT Platte City Civic Center 900 Fourth Street, Platte City, MO 64079
April, 2014 – Upcoming
Day City, State Time Location
02 Cameron, MO
(Clinton County)
7:00pm CDT Goodrich Auditorium 423 N Chestnut, Cameron, MO 64429

January, 2014 – Completed
Day City, State Time Location
27 Olathe, KS
(Johnson County)
7:00pm CST Olathe North High School Auditorium 600 E. Prairie, Olathe, KS 66061.
February, 2014 – Completed
Day City, State Time Location
03 Brunswick, MO
(Chariton County)
6:30pm CST Brunswick Fire Station 201 N. Small Brunswick, MO 65236
10 Macon, MO
(Macon County)
7:00pm CST Macon County Expo Center 1303 S Missouri St Macon, MO 63552
11 Maryville, MO
(Nodaway County)
7:00pm CST NW Vocational School 1503 South Munn, Maryville, MO
12 Odessa, MO
(Lafayette County)
7:00pm CST Fire Station, 301 W. Dryden St., Odessa, Missouri
13 Princeton, MO
(Mercer County)
7:00pm CST Mercer County Fire Protection District Training Room 201 N Fullerton St, Princeton, MO 64673

Scholars: Roosevelt the best first lady, Obama 5th

Michelle Obama(AP) — A survey of academics has found that Eleanor Roosevelt was the nation’s best first lady. Michelle Obama ranks fifth.

The findings from the Siena College/C-SPAN poll were released Saturday.

Hillary Clinton dropped from fourth to sixth since the last survey in 2008.

Abigail Adams kept her second place standing, and Jacqueline Kennedy retained third place. Dolley Madison was fourth.

Clinton is seen as the former first lady with the most presidential potential.

The poll is based on interviews with 242 historians, political scientists and other scholars questioned from Oct. 10 to Nov. 25 by mail and online.

The Siena College survey has been conducted five times since 1982. Roosevelt has come out on top each time.

This year’s poll is being released alongside C-SPAN’s “First Ladies” TV series.

 

Dried egg products recall

USDALACEY, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state company is recalling more than 100 tons of dried egg products over concerns about salmonella contamination.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the products from Nutriom LLC of Lacey, Wash., were shipped nationwide and to American military bases abroad as well as to Canada, mostly under the “OvaEasy” brand.

There have been no reports of illness. The recall was issued Saturday as a Class 1 recall, meaning it carries a high health risk.

Symptoms of salmonella-related illness include diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and fever within 12 to 72 hours after eating the contaminated product. The illness usually lasts 4 to 7 days, and most people recover without treatment.

 

State returns $1 million in unclaimed property

Money(AP) Seven account owners have retrieved more than $1 million in unclaimed property from the state treasurer’s office since November.

Treasurer Clint Zweifel has $810 million in unclaimed property belonging to 4.7 million account owners. That includes 71 accounts with more than $100,000.

 Zweifel announced a program in December that allows Missouri residents to donate their unclaimed property to one of 20 charitable organizations.

More than half of all Missouri residents can search, claim or donate their property online.

Death of inmate being investigated

Screen Shot 2014-02-15 at 11.04.55 AMBEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of an inmate in southeast Nebraska’s Gage County Detention Center.

Police were summoned to the jail just before 4 a.m. Saturday.

Deputy Gage County Attorney Amanda Spracklen-Hogan has confirmed that a male inmate had died at the jail. She and other authorities are not releasing the man’s name or details on how he might have died pending notification of his family.

Spracklen-Hogan says officials tried to revive the man, but couldn’t.

The Nebraska State Patrol will investigate. State law requires a grand jury investigation any time a person died in state custody or during in the process of being detained.

 

 

Mo. Lawmakers Target Municipal Traffic Cameras

red light camera (AP) – Missouri lawmakers could clear up a legal thicket entangling communities’ red light cameras while also applying the brakes to cameras designed to nab speeders.

State approval would be required for speed or red light cameras on state highways, and communities seeking to place them elsewhere would need to follow specific requirements. Speed cameras on local roads would be limited to school zones, work zones and areas where serious traffic accidents are excessive.

Legislation endorsed by a House committee also seeks to address recent court cases over red light cameras. Appeals courts have focused on how points are assessed for violations caught by red light cameras.

The bill would specify that traffic infractions captured by speed or red light cameras would not lead to points on a motorist’s driving record.

 

 

Teen injured in Friday night crash

Missouri Highway Patrol MHPA teenager was injured in a Friday night crash in Ray County.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol 19 year old Devan M. Hughes of Lawson was driving a 2004 Ford F150 on Highway C at Highway M just after 9 p.m.

Hughes drove off the right side of the road, overcorrected and drove off the left side of the road and down into an embankment.  Hughes was transported to Liberty Hospital. He was wearing a seat belt.

Gov. Nixon applauds UCM Board of Governors

UCM campuis
UCM campuis

As part of continued effort to make Missouri a leader in college affordability, Gov. Nixon has called on Missouri’s public universities to freeze tuition for the upcoming school year

Warrensburg, MO

Gov. Jay Nixon today visited Warrensburg to applaud the University Of Central Missouri Board Of Governors for answering his call to freeze tuition for Missouri undergraduates for the 2014-2015 school year.  As part of his continued efforts to make Missouri a leader in college affordability, the Governor has proposed a significant funding increase for Missouri’s public four-year universities in his Fiscal Year 2015 and called on those institutions to freeze tuition for Missouri undergraduates.

“The evidence is clear, good schools help create good jobs,” Gov. Nixon said. “By investing in our universities and freezing tuition, we’re going to make sure students graduate from college with the skills to compete for good jobs, not a load of debt.”

Earlier today, the University of Central Missouri Board of Governors voted to answer the Governor’s call and freeze in-state undergraduate tuition for the 2014-15 academic year.

“I appreciate the UCM Board of Governors for taking action to keep college affordable by freezing tuition for next year,”Gov. Nixon said. “I encourage our other four-year universities, who haven’t already, to take action and hold undergraduate tuition flat next year.”

“The significant investments Gov. Nixon is making in higher education will help us to hold the line on undergraduate tuition next year while continuing to prepare students to find good jobs after they graduate,” said UCM President Chuck Ambrose. “The University of Central Missouri offers a world class education at an affordable price, putting a college degree and quality career within reach for thousands of students.”

Gov. Nixon has made the quality and affordability of higher education in Missouri a top priority of his administration. Over the past five years, Missouri has led the nation in holding down tuition increases at its public universities. The College Board’s 2013 Trends in College Pricing report shows that tuition and fees at Missouri’s public four-year institutions increased just 5 percent since 2008, lower than in any other state in the nation.

Gov. Nixon’s Fiscal Year 2015 balanced budget proposal includes an additional $36.7 million in funding for Missouri’s public universities, through Missouri’s performance-based funding model for higher education, implemented for the first time last year.  The Governor’s STEM initiative would also provide an additional $22 million in core funding for Missouri’s public universities to help these institutions purchase equipment, expand lab space and produce more graduates in fast-growing STEM fields.

To address a critical shortage of mental health professionals in many communities across the state, the Governor has proposed a strategic investment of $20 million investment to help Missouri’s community colleges and universities train 1,200 students in high-demand mental health fields.

Last year, Gov. Nixon set a goal of giving every student in the state the opportunity to earn a Missouri A+ scholarship. Under the A+ program, Missouri students can earn a scholarship to cover the cost of tuition and academic fees for two years at any public two-year community college or technical school in the state. To be eligible for the program, students must meet academic achievement standards, conduct and attendance requirements, and perform 50 hours of tutoring or mentoring service.

Since the Governor took office, 266 schools have been added to Missouri’s A+ Schools program and 99 percent of public high school students in Missouri now have the opportunity to earn an A+ scholarship and attend two years of community college tuition free.

Gov. Nixon’s Fiscal Year 2015 budget proposal increases funding for all of Missouri’s major scholarship programs including Bright Flight, A+ and Access Missouri.

US probes Mazda for brake problems

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (AP) — U.S. safety regulators are investigating problems with the power brakes in the Mazda CX-9 crossover SUV.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it has seven complaints of unexpected loss of power-assisted brakes. No crashes have been reported.

The probe covers about 62,000 of the SUVs from the 2010 and 2011 model years.

The agency says people have complained about increased brake pedal effort and reduced brake effectiveness. Some have heard a hissing noise when they step on the brakes.

Investigators will check into whether the problem is big enough to cause a recall.

Two injured in Friday I-435 crash

KHP logoA Valentine’s Day crash sent two people to the hospital.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol sixty-one year old Larry W. Kirby of Kansas City was driving a 1994 Dodge Stealth southbound on I-435 at milepost 10 in Wyandotte County. For an unknown reason the vehicle slid into the bridge wall and went off the right side of the Interstate.

Kirby and a passenger Mary J. Kirby age 74 of Kansas City were transported to Providence Medical Center. They were wearing seat belts.

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