Thursday, March 8, 2018 $1.00 2:00 a.m. March 11th Cameron, Missouri For more, log on to: www.mycameronnews.com Please be advised that the City of Cameron and Cameron Fire Department are issuing a Burn Ban until further notice. Upcoming meetings/events Read Across America Day celebrated March 8-9 Cameron High School Drama Department will be hosting their spring throughout Cameron play, Awesome 80s Prom, at 7 p.m. in Goodrich Auditorium. March 8 TOPS will meet at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. at the Community of Christ Church in Cameron. March 9 The Cameron Public Library will be hosting Get Board – games for adults from 10 a.m. – Noon. March 10 Cameron FFA will be holding the Cameron Ag Supporters Labor Auction Officers Bryson Janovec and Jonathan Bransfield read to CIS students. at 6 p.m. at Cameron High School The Cameron Public Library will be hosting Project Linus from 10 a.m. – 2 By Tori Foster Library held events throughout officers, retired teachers and really happy with the turn out p.m. Asst. Editor the week to celebrate this annual Cameron High School students, and excited adults weren’t just [email protected] event. came to CIS and read to various reading to children, but children Along with a spirit week classrooms. were reading to each other. March 12 In May of 1997, the National featuring hat day and pajama day, The Cameron Public Library Cameron Parents as Teachers The Cameron Planning and Zoning Education Association (NEA) Parkview welcomed storyteller invited the community on Friday, partnered with the Cameron Commission meets in regular session at created Read Across America Will Stuck to reinforce the March 2 to celebrate Read Public Library to host a City Hall, 205 N. Main, beginning at 6 Day to encourage reading for importance of reading with Across America Day. 35 parents “Seussical Birthday Brunch” at p.m. all children in every community. stories, songs and laughs. Also, and children attended the event the library. Approximately 60 Read Across America Day is Parkview hosted a Title Reading and were encouraged to read people attended to eat snacks, March 13 held on March 2, Dr. Seuss’ event, Favorite Author Night, on to each other. Amy Schroeder play games, make crafts and The Missouri Shoal Chapter of the birthday. Monday, February 26. and Jennifer Ensign share listen to story time featuring DAR will be hosing a Vietnam program Parkview Elementary, On Tuesday, February responsibilities for the children “Would you rather be a at 1:30 p.m. at the home of Judy Wright, Cameron Intermediate School 27, several members of the and youth programming at the Bullfrog.” 5821 NE 284th St, Turney. (CIS) and the Cameron Public community, including police library. Schroeder said she was Photos submitted Parkview Elementary will be holding Kindergarten Round-up from 5-7 p.m. at Parkview. March 15 TOPS will meet at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. at the Community of Christ Church in Cameron. The Cameron Public Library will be hosting Cricut Crafter’s Night from 6 – 8 p.m. March 16 DRGN, CHS broadcasting students, will be hosting the 3rd annual Mom Prom at 6 p.m. in the high school commons. Cameron Chamber of Commerce Amy Schroeder reads “Would you rather be a Bullfrog” Storyteller Will Stuck performs to Parkview students for will be hosting their annual Chamber to several families who attended the Seussical Birthday Read Across America week. Banquet. Brunch on Saturday, March 3 at the Cameron Public Pretender’s Playhouse will be hosting Library. Mystery of the lost gold, or how to get rich quick. The Cameron Public Library will be hosting Get Board – games for adults City Council from 10 a.m. – Noon. By Annette Bauer of the new focus, they will be Foundation and Lela Grubel the remaining Council members Editor turning over the community of North Star Housing were voted to on a Resolution in March 17 [email protected] events they have run to the City before the Council to explain support of the project. The Cameron St. Patrick’s Day and Tim Wynes, Economic and request support for planned Part of the unfinished business During the first City Council parade will be held at 4:03 p.m. at Development Director for the development of new senior before the Council was a liquor meeting of March on Monday McCorkle Park. city will spearhead the events. housing for Veterans near the license for Anna Seba LLC. The March 5, Pam Ice, the current St. Munchin and St. Aloysius Altar The Chamber will support and Missouri Veterans Home. This liquor license had expired on Chamber of Commerce Society will be hosting a St. Patrick’s assist the city in those events, project is only in the planning December 17, 2017 and City President read a press release Day Luncheon from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. St. but will not longer be in charge stages currently, but according to Staff received information from regarding the future plans of Rita Gym, 301 N. Cedar. of them. Ice’s full statement is Denney, there is such support in a citizen stating Lucky’s Bar and the Chamber. According to the in this edition of the paper as the Cameron community for the Grill was continuing to operate prepared statement Ice read the the Chamber of Commerce press veterans, it is a perfect place to without the license. On January Chamber is shifting their focus release. build the housing. Councilman 17 the establishment was closed to promoting and mentoring Dr. Joel Denney of the Clark recussed himself from the businesses in Cameron. As part See COUNCIL on page 2 Missouri National Guard vote later in the meeting, but 2 - Citizen-Observer The Jump Thursday, March 8, 2018 COUNCIL ________ from front page until a liquor license could be obtained. discussion the Council voted unanimously City staff was informed by the State Liquor to approve the bill. Control that the State had concerns about A bill was before the Council to write the LLC, specifically that there may be off the uncollected utility accounts for the person(s) associated with the LLC that would city. The total amount to be written off this disqualify it from obtaining a liquor license. year was $20,491.59, a decrease from last The LLC has submitted all the documents year of $4,555.83. Last year 98 accounts and fees for the liquor license and staff were written off, this year 95 were. There recommended approving the licenses until was some discussion by the Council about if the State investigation is complete. Should there are other efforts to be made to collect the State conclude the State liquor license more of the debt or if there might be another is not valid or is revoked, the City license way to calculate deposits differently. will no longer be valid. The Council voted to Zac Johnson Utilities Director said it is approve the license with three in favor and something they can look at moving forward. two opposed. Counilmembers Sloan and The bill was approved unanimously. Feighert were opposed. There was a resolution before the During the City Manager Mark Gaugh’s Council to enter into a contract with Surdex report he informed the Council the staff is Corporation for new Digital Ortho Imagery. working on a list of dilapidated houses for The last imagery was done in 2011. The the demolition projects this year. Gaugh also imagery will be available to anyone with reported Cameron will host the NW Regional computer access via the City of Cameron Meeting on April 12 at the YMCA – which website. The costs will be $18,100 with an will bring municipal officials from around expected delivery date of 60 days from the the area. Gaugh also reported the animal date of Council approval. The Council voted shelter working group will be meeting with unanimously to approve. city staff and an architect for one of the final There was also a resolution before the meetings and to get some solid answers on Council to offer support of the Dollar costs for a new shelter. Before meeting with Tree store project at 2202 N. Walnut. Tim the architect the working group will meet Wynes requested the resolution be tabled with city staff to determine how much of as during the construction of the retaining the plans are feasible from the staff point wall a gas line was discovered and the plans of view to attempt to be certain the plans will have to be altered. The Council voted requested of the architect are in line with unanimously to table the resolution. what staff can manage. During the miscellaneous portion of Terry Rumrey was before the Council the meeting at the end Shellie Blades, City to give the Economic Development report. Clerk informed the Council she has been According to Rumrey the acquisition of the selected to be the City’s representative for land for the business park has resulted in a the Kiwanis Club which is trying to get busy month for requests for information. started in Cameron. Senior Karley Shanks participates in Read Across America Day. Most of the requests were unable to be filled Councilman Feighert said he appreciated because there is no infrastructure to the all the tree removal from the recent ice storm business park yet and according to Rumrey, but asked if perhaps there could be a second until there is water, sewer and electricity to day scheduled in the future for limb removal, the business park, there will not likely be because as was in the case this year, there as much interest in it, but that interest will was a second ice event not long after the first become more once that infrastructure is in which may have prevented citizens from place.