THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2023
MARYVILLE, MISSOURI
NWMISSOURINEWS.COM
VOL. 111, NO. 16
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Options in search for 11th president narrow SIDNEY LOWRY Managing Editor | @sidney_lowry
The search for Northwest’s 11th president has continued throughout winter break and is looking to bring finalist candidates to campus in February and to announce the new president this spring. The Presidential Search Committee, composed of 15 members that represent different groups on campus and the community, met in early December to review 16 applicants after a screening process from search firm Anthem Executive. Of those 16 applicants, nine semifinalists will be going through interviews. Board of Regents Chair John Moore said after those interviews, they hope to bring three or four on campus for interviews. “We will basically have about one hour interview sessions with nine different candidates over a two day period,” Moore said. “After we’re done with those, we’ll decide who to move on to the on campus phase, which becomes the public phase of the interviewing.” Moore said following the interview of the nine candidates and the selection of the finalists, the names will be released to the public along with a schedule for on campus interview groups. Similarly to the input sessions toward the beginning of the search, there will be select times for different groups. “You go from the confidential phase, now you’re going into the public phase. You know, it’s a pretty big commitment on somebody’s part of having to let their employer know that they are interviewing for a job somewhere else, so it will probably be around a week before the first candidates come onto campus that we would be providing that information,” Moore said. He said the on campus interviews with the candidates would be like a ‘town hall’ meeting where everyone within the designated group for that time could come and ask the candidate questions. If a person is not able to make it to their specific time, Moore said there would be a meeting for the general public. Student Senate President Elizabeth Motazedi was selected for the search committee as the only representative for students on the committee. She’s been trying to push for a candidate that will be involved with student life. “My biggest thing is that I want someone who is going to be keeping the students’ voice and perspective in mind,” she said. “Even someone who is just going to be very involved with the students. I have definitely expressed that when it comes to searching for people, and there’s been times where I have seen that in some candidates.” The committee will continue to be involved throughout the next phase of interviews with the semifinalists. “I would just say that this a great experience and that students on campus, even faculty and staff, they can definitely trust that we are going to find the best candidate for this position,” Motazedi said. “The future is really looking bright for this. I’m really excited.” Moore said the new president would likely start at the beginning of the next fiscal year on July 1, 2023. More coverage to come on the selection of the 11th Northwest president.
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ballot business Council approves marijuana 3% sales tax for April voting SIDNEY LOWRY Managing Editor | @sidney_lowry
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aryville City Council passed its first ordinance of the year with the approval of a 3% sales tax on adult-use marijuana within the city to appear on the April 4 municipal election ballot. After Missouri voters passed Amendment 3 in the Nov. 8 election, the use of recreational marijuana officially became legal Dec. 8. With the
passed amendment, cities are allowed to impose a tax on all tangible personal property retail sales of marijuana if approved in the election. City Manager Greg McDanel said this is not unheard of, as there are at least a couple dozen of cities looking at imposing a tax on recreational marijuana on the April ballot. City Clerk Stacy Wood said there have been multiple cities that have reached out to the city to share its tax ordinance. “I believe research probably shows in
Colorado that the communities that passed the sales tax earlier on were in a better position to go ahead and take advantage of the initial sales tax,” McDanel said. If the sales tax passes, the Missouri Cannabis Trade Association estimates it to bring in nearly $13,000 a month in revenue for the city, around $150,000 annually. “The additional revenue would go to the General Fund, which supports critical services — police, fire, street maintenance in the city of Maryville,” McDanel said. After discussion in the last two Council meetings, it was unanimously approved. Councilman Benjamin Lipiec asked if there would be education provided to people for the ballot question. McDanel said there will be meetings with staff and information to the general public near the end of February. “I think it’s good so everybody realizes it’s just a use tax, not an everybody tax,” Lipiec said.
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Donut shop sees successful start LAKEN MONTGOMERY News Reporter | @lmontgomerymiss
Recently the Maryville community has welcomed a new business, Daylight Donuts, owned by Chanbora Chhauv and Sony Sun. The business that is located at 624 S. Main quickly became popular in the community. It opened for business Dec. 30, 2022. Since then, it has seen a steady flow of business that comes to enjoy fresh baked donuts. “The goals I have for this location is to become stable and sell more products,” Chhauv said. This location has been in the works for quite some time. The store was bought two years ago from an old, abandoned Dairy Queen. The owners have been working on it since, getting it ready to open to the public. “The construction has been taking a while because of COVID and budgeting everything, we had to keep setting the opening date further back,” Chhauv said. Chhauv expects an increase in customers as more college students and community members are returning from break. He hopes that with an increase in customers, Daylight Donuts can remain open and in Maryville. The Daylight Donuts chain business has been around since Sept. 22, 1954. The first shop opened in Joplin, Missouri, and has since spread across the United States with 346 locations, with 18 being in Missouri. Some locations include St. Joseph, Pleasant Hill and Harrisonville. Daylight Donuts opens from 5 a.m. to 1 p.m. It offers takeout and dine-in and even takes special orders. The menu includes fresh baked donuts, breakfast sandwiches, croissants, energy drinks, coffee and other refreshments. “There isn’t any product that sells better than the others since new customers like to try all of the different products we have,” Chhauv said. Chhauv’s inspiration to start a business in town began when he was driving from Nebraska and noticed opportunities in Maryville and eventually decided to open up shop here.
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Inside of newly opened Daylight Donuts sits rows of freshly baked donuts for its new customers. After tearing down the previous building that used to be an old Dairy Queen, Daylight Donuts built its new location off of Main Street.
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