Football Season Ends
Both Plattsburg and Cameron football fall in district championship contests.
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CITY OF CAMERON
Leibrandt speaks on unsafe downtown buildings by jamey honeycutt leader publisher
The Cameron City Council met Monday night with a moderate agenda. In public participation, Heath Gilbert, a local activist, shared concerns re-
garding the private school resource officers used by the Cameron R-1 School District. “I believe the school police department is corrupt and is routinely used to intimidate and retaliate against those the district
CITY OF PLATTSBURG
City deals with cost of subpar effort on new tower by brett adkison leader editor
The City of Plattsburg is paying additional money to its engineering consulting firm on the new water tower project after a subcontractor allegedly failed to perform quality work. The Plattsburg City Council voted Monday, November 18, to pay an additional $54,012 to Allstate Consultants for their oversight on the tower project. According to Cary Sayre of Allstate Consultants, who was in attendance on Monday, the additional
costs resulted from the extra time and expenses that were deployed in an effort to get a subcontractor, Pelley Civil, to provide quality, up-tospecification work on the subgrade and foundation on the tower. Ultimately, Pelley Civil was fired from the job and a different subcontractor was brought in to provide the work. Sayre suggested Monday that the council either back-charge or withhold payment from the project’s contractor, Maguire, to pay the ad||Continued on A3
CITY OF GOWER
Council OKs bid to clear city property by jim bonebrake leader reporter
There was just one visitor at the Gower City Council meeting on Monday, November 11. Apparently, the council had previously discussed with MOKAN Regional about producing a new zoning map for the city. The last map was drawn in 2009, and there have been at least two annexations since that time. MO-
KAN started the process, but the old software was incompatible with the new software used. The city was on the hook for about $1,375 for staff time already spent, and the estimated cost for the completed map would be $55 per hour, with a probable total cost of about $5,375. The council directed the mayor to negotiate with MO-KAN to see what could be done
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does not like,” said Gilbert in his five minute address. “Are they putting the City of Cameron at risk for possible litigation if they involve you with their corruption?” His concerns were centered around legal liability during
future mutual aid situations and encouraged the council to scrutinize any agreement or choose to not sign the agreement the next time it came up. Councilman Feighert asked City Manager Ras-
mussen to make sure the council had time in advance of a vote to properly discuss any mutual aid agreement with the school. Legal counsel Padraig Corcoran pointed out the date the agreement would be needed was
April 30, 2025. Next up during public participation was Steve Leibrandt, owner of Leibrandt Jewelry, a multigenerational jeweler in Cameron. Leibrandt was ||Continued on A2
BACK ON THE COURT
The air is turning colder and high school sports are returning to the gym for the winter months. Both the Lathrop girls and boys basketball teams hosted a preseason warm-up on Monday, inviting teams to LHS for a jamboree. The first games of the regular season begin later this week. (Above) Lathrop senior Trinity Goodman figures to be a key player for the Lathrop Lady Mules this year, providing a spark at the top of the line-up. brett adkison | the leader
CAMERON
Academy opens in former prison by marcus wilkins
mo. dept. of corrections
In the Academy for Excellence in Corrections, new staff are trained in environments that mirror those in which they will be working. Staff practice cell searches, counts and other functions in real housing units. garry brix | missouri department of corrections
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Cameron board mulls change
Geroge’s Legacy Lives On
The Cameron schools board could make a change when it comes to public participation
Steve Tinnen on the late John George’s support for PharmDog, and how it lives on today.
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As Jaecey Hill surveyed career paths in early 2024, the Northwest Missouri native had ample options in the post-pandemic market. But one thing was not optional: choosing a job that would make her late grandfather— who served as a firefighter— proud. “I really wanted to do something meaningful that would make a difference in the community, not some boring 9-to-5 job,” said Hill, a corrections officer at Maryville Treatment Center (MTC). “Training for this job has made me a better communicator and overall, a ||Continued on A3
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