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July 30, 2010
More bridges closing in ES
As if the closed bridge at the east end of town wasn’t enough for local drivers to handle, another bridge is now being replaced. And a third will be closed starting next Tuesday, Aug. 3.
The bridge on Tiger Drive between Excelsior Springs High School and St. Ann Catholic Church was closed to traffic Thursday, as city crews began the process of replacing the culvert and putting down a new road surface.
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July 27, 2010
Board votes to raise convalescent rates
The Excelsior Springs Hospital Board of Trustees voted unanimously Monday afternoon to increase rates for the Convalescent Center starting Oct. 1.
Rates were also increased slightly last year, and hospital officials review the rates each year, comparing them to rates charged at similar facilities throughout the area.
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July 23, 2010
E. coli found in Watkins Mill lake
The strain of bacteria which has shut down numerous swimming beaches throughout Missouri over the past year or so has now made an appearance at Watkins Mill.
The swimming beach at Watkins Mill State Park was one of three Missouri state park facilities closed to the public due to E. coli levels higher than the standard set by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
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July 20, 2010
Council OKs engineering for shelter
A new animal shelter came one step closer to reality Monday night, as the Excelsior Springs City Council endorsed a recommendation to fund engineering services for the new facility.
The Excelsior Springs Capital Improvements Authority had originally set aside $15,000 for a needs assessment for the building, but city staff decided they knew what they needed and that money could be better spent toward engineering. The authority agreed, adding another $25,000 to the amount to bring the total to a maximum of $40,000.
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July 16, 2010
Authority grudgingly OKs cost overruns
The Excelsior Springs Capital Improvements Authority approved change orders for the rehabilitation of the north and west terraces at the Hall of Waters—but they weren’t particularly happy about it.
The changes, the cost of which comes nearly 20 percent of the $400,000 price tag for the project as a whole, was due to a variety of unforeseen circumstances, according to Planning Director Nick Pappas and Public Works Director Chad Birdsong.
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July 13, 2010
Board okays new lighting
The Excelsior Springs School District’s common spaces will be a little “greener” when school starts this fall, thanks to new lighting approved by the Excelsior Springs Board of Education Monday night.
The board voted 5-0 to replace the metal halite lights now in use in the gymnasiums at Westview and Lewis elementaries, Excelsior Springs Middle School and Excelsior Springs High School, as well as the commons area at ESHS, with new fluorescent lights that use half the energy.
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July 9, 2010
More signs will clarify detour route
Due to the increased number of concerns expressed by Standard readers, we are reprinting the detours for Missouri 10 Hwy. at the East End Hill’s Fishing River bridge.
MoDOT closed the East End Hill Fishing River Bridge, just east of Y Hwy., on Tuesday, to replace the bridge deck.
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July 6, 2010
Hunan fire caused by grease in vent
Employees at Hunan’s, located at 1101 N. Jesse James Road, were in for a surprise Saturday morning as they began food preparation for the day.
Grease inside the restaurant’s hooded ventilation system caught fire Saturday morning causing damage to the system and the business’s attic, according to Excelsior Springs Fire Chief Kent Cantrell.
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July 2, 2010
WWI footlocker transforms into Lodwick tribute
The idiom “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure” is evident in the display currently visible in the storefront window of Cabinets, Vanities and More, owned by Don Collins. Collins made his find one Wednesday, when he met Dave Lodwick outside the city dump.
“I saw that he (Dave Lodwick) was carrying a box.” After explaining how he had to make the tough decision to get rid of the box, Collins offered to take it off his hands. Collins restores and sells furniture at his store on Broadway.
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