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Judy Norvell Passes
Lathrop mourns the loss of a well-known community member and volunteer, Judy Norvell, who has passed at 88. || PAGE A5
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CITY OF GOWER
City council places marijuana tax on April ballot by jim bonebrake leader reporter
Members of the state champion East Buchanan football program were on hand for the Gower City Council meeting on Mon-
day, January 9, for a special recognition. East Buchanan head coach Dan Ritter and four players (one for each class), Brazon Pryor, Gage Busby, Finley Fisher and
Kade Webb, were presented with a proclamation from Mayor Ken Pike and the council, honoring the Bulldogs’ second-consecutive Class 1 state football championship. The procla-
mation declared January 9 through January 14 as East Buchanan Football Week. Also that night, the council voted to place a three-percent sales tax on the retail sale of recreation-
PINS & TAKEDOWNS
The Plattsburg Tigers basketball survives a brush with Excelsior to stay undefeated, Lathrop hosts its Classic. || PAGE A9
al marijuana on the ballot for the April Municipal Election. The question will need to receive a majority of the votes cast to approve this measure. ||Continued on A2
COUNTY
Sheriff ’s Department sees more service calls in 2022 by brett adkison leader editor
The Clinton County Sheriff’s Department posted last week its activity report for 2022, which outlined an increase for calls for service over the previous year. The department received 8,652 calls for service in 2022, up from 8,282 calls in 2021. The department conducted 138 arrests (three fewer than 2021) and wrote 420 total reports (compared to 628 reports the previous year). The department conducted 1,015 traffic stops resulting in 203 traffic summons. The K9 unit was called out 51 times for the year. The report also outlined an uptick in the county’s inmate population. The jail saw an average daily occupancy of 37 inmates, up from 30 inmates in 2021. The high-water mark was 46 inmates, while the lowest population for the year was 22 inmates. Though the sheriff’s department, itself, saw an increase in calls for service, the total call volume through the sheriff’s dispatch center actually dropped in 2022, down to 21,886 (approximately 60
Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. In this annual tradition, publisher emeritus Steve Tinnen looks back at the iconic civil rights speech, I Have a Dream. || PAGE A5
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Wrestlers from throughout Northwest Missouri travelled to Plattsburg for the Sam Martin Invitational on Saturday and Monday. For results, turn to page A9 of this edition. (Above) Plattsburg senior Wyatt Moran with the double-leg takedown. (Right) Lathrop senior Sierra Brassfield was first in her weight class on Monday. brett adkison
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VOL. 128, NO. 12
LATHROP R-II SCHOOLS
Carlock, Lewis won’t return next school year by brett adkison leader editor
Two more long-time employees at the Lathrop R-II School District – including one high school varsity coach – have announced they won’t be re-
turning next year. During the regular monthly meeting of the Lathrop R-II Board of Education on Thursday, January 12, the board officially received letters from Norman Carlock, the dis-
trict’s technology director, and Nita Lewis, a middle school English teacher and head coach of the LHS volleyball team, announcing their departures. Carlock is retiring at the end of the school year
and wrote that he’s grateful for the opportunity to work at the district for 26 years. “I feel I have learned a great deal from my experience and grown with the technology that has been brought into and config-
ured in the district under my tenure as IT Director,” he wrote. “It was a pleasure to work with you all as a board and some of you as students.” Lewis wrote that she ||Continued on A2