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School board hears reports on math, money

Janet Morales — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:18:26 +0000

It was a night of numbers as the Moberly Board of Education met for its regular monthly meeting Tuesday night.

Math

In the program evaluations, Ken Bailey, assessment coordinator, presented information about the district mathematics program. The goal, of course, is to improve test scores. Some of the strengths of the current

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Cairo requests donations, pledges for intersection project

Janet Morales — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:16:26 +0000

The village of Cairo is now accepting pledges as well as donations to go toward the construction of a new intersection.

The proposed intersection is a cross-over intersection connecting the Cairo Outer Road & County Road 1635, currently both dead-end roads, with Highway 63 north of the MidAmerica/Enterprise Products Pipeline. This intersection is

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PSC holds Ameren rate hike hearing

Janet Morales — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:15:33 +0000

By Janet Morales

Moberly Mirror

About 30 persons turned up to ask questions and expression their opinions during a public hearing Monday held by the Missouri Public Service Commission in regards to an AmerenMissouri rate increase. The meeting was held in the MACC auditorium.

Ameren is asking for an increase of

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PSC to hold public hearing in Ameren electric rate case

Submitted — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:41:35 +0000

The Missouri Public Service Commision will hold a public hearing in MoberlyMonday, March 7 in an electrice rate case filed by Union Electric Company d/b/a Ameren Missouri.

The meeting will be held in the Blue Room at Moberly Area Community College. A PSC staff public information/question and answer session will start at 5:30 p.m. with… Read the rest

Kara Myers wins Miss Moberly

Janet Morales — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:37:17 +0000

The 2011 Miss Moberly Scholarship Pageant was held Saturday night with Kara Myers named Miss Moberly 2011. Myers, 17, is the daughter of Diana Hakola and John Myers. She is a senior at Moberly Senior High School and performed a vocal solo for her talent presentation. Her platform was “Reach for Dreams.”

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Snow, winds, gas price hikes hit RC

Janet Morales — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:34:02 +0000

They say things happen in threes and it seems to have happened in Randolph County in the past week.

On Tuesday, there were actually people out in their shorts. It was colder Thursday and a few playful flakes could be seen in the morning. People who went out to lunch, did some shopping over… Read the rest

Gas prices increase; crisis or speculation?

Roy Morales — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:32:46 +0000

Libyan unrest, the threat of demonstrations against several oil producing nations and general unstable governments in the mid-East are adding to the spike in oil prices. Reading across the industry one can find a whole series of possible causes for the price per barrel of crude oil soaring past $100. Some of this is based… Read the rest

Informational meetings for new high school begins with Pachyderms

Roy Morales — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:02:10 +0000

“The high school was built on a floating river.”

This was a fact presented by newly appointed superintendent of Moberly schools, Gena McCluskey when asked why a new high school was needed in Moberly. Mrs. McCluskey, who will assume the duties of superintendent on July 1 of this year, spoke at the

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Moberly Ameren hearing rest for March 7

Submitted — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:00:46 +0000

Due to last Thursday’s snowstorm, the date for the Missouri Public Service Commission local public hearing in Moberly has been rescheduled for Monday, March 7. The hearing is in regards to an electric rate case filed by Union Electric Company d/b/a Ameren Missouri.

The hearing will be held in the Blue Room of

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MPD to offer Citizen’s Police Academy

Submitted — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:58:50 +0000

The Moberly Police Department is now accepting applications for the upcoming Citizen’s Police Academy.

The Citizen’s Academy will begin on Tuesday, March 15, 2011. Classes are held on Tuesday nights from 6:00pm to 10:00pm for 10 weeks.

A full class will consist of eight people. Each week, students will experience a different facet of law… Read the rest