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September 30, 2008
Drama, culture among highlights of Scotland trip
 Our time in Edinburgh was spent going to and from rehearsals, shopping on the Royal Mile, attending professional and other AHSTF shows, going on a tour of the Scottish Highlands and Stirling Castle and having meetings at St. Giles's Cathedral after a lovely day of sightseeing and shopping. We also had the opportunity to see the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, a showcase of world-renowned bands, dance teams and drill teams that came from every corner of the earth. There were performers from India, Norway, Scotland and there was even a band from Southeast Missouri State University. We also went on a tour of Edinburgh Castle to see the crown jewels of Scotland and the castle stronghold of Edinburgh.
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September 26, 2008
ESHS theatre group takes trip to Scotland
On July 29, 18 students and three sponsors boarded a plane bound for Chicago, where they would change planes to an international flight headed for London. I was lucky enough to be among them. And it wasn't just an ordinary group of students and sponsors; it was a theatre troupe bound forthe mother of all theatrical festivals: The International Fringe Festival in Edinburgh Scotland.
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September 23, 2008
Projects, picnic wrap up PRIDE
Nearly two dozen people turned out Saturday morning for the PRIDE Beautification Day, then stuck around for a picnic lunch catered by Wabash BBQ.
The effort was the final event in the Standard and Town & Country Leader's month-long PRIDE celebration, and was a coordinated effort between the newspaper and the city of Excelsior Springs.
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September 19, 2008
Authority considers animal shelter
City leaders may be building a new animal shelter for Excelsior Springs -- but they don't want to build just any animal shelter.
The Excelsior Springs Capital Improvements Authority voted 7-0 Monday afternoon to earmark up to $15,000 for a study to determine the needs of the community and the features that should be included in a new animal shelter.
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September 16, 2008
Former AIPC heads plead guilty
John Wood, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced yesterday afternoon at a press conference that two former executives from the American Italian Pasta Company both pleaded guilty to felonies.
Former CEO Timothy Webster and former CFO Warren Schmidgall pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud each.
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September 12, 2008
Good Sam grows to meet demand
More than two decades ago, the Good Samaritan Center began distributing clothing to clients on a limited basis from their original location on Broadway. A small room in the basement held four or five boxes of donated clothing that was given to people who needed a shirt or pair of pants to wear to work.
It quickly became apparent that the demand for this was great. With the idea in mind of better serving their clients' needs, the Good Samaritan Center began planning to open a second location dedicated to assisting people with clothing and basic household needs, such as clothing, pots, pans, bedding and blankets.
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September 9, 2008
School construction in final weeks
It's almost done, and just a few weeks past the target date.
The final certificates of occupancy had been issued for every school building in the Excelsior Springs School District but two, after a summer full of renovations funded by a bond issue voters approved in April 2007.
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September 5, 2008
Steering group starts on Master Plan
About a dozen and a half local residents, business people and officials will be in the driver's seat for the next year, as the city of Excelsior Springs formulates a Master Plan.
The group met as a whole for the first time Thursday afternoon, but their task will only grow as the months pass -- and they'll be asking for input from the other residents and business people in Excelsior Springs.
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September 2, 2008
Board, Council have joint meeting
In Excelsior Springs, a total of 12 elected individuals run perhaps the two most important facets of our community -- the city and the public school district.
But rarely do the seven members of the Excelsior Springs Board of Education and the five members of the Excelsior Springs City Council sit down together to ask and answer questions, plus talk about matters that affect them both.
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