A Royal Collapse, City Overlay, Teacher Award Winner, and More in this week's Excelsior Citizen

ESMS 7th Grade ELA Teacher Gina Calvin won the Regional Teacher of the Year Award! MO DESE recognizes only 34 teachers out of approximately 66 thousand in the stat each year with regional accolades! This year, Ms. Calvin was one of only six to receive the honor from the Kansas City region!

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Coming Soon

The ES Animal Clinic announced this week that they would be moving to their new location at 1740 US Hwy 69 (formerly Annie's Furniture) and will plan to reopen on Tuesday, July 13th at 8:00am!

Word on the Street

Diggers Liquidation has announced that it will be closing.

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Rite-Way Auto and Nance's Auto have joined and Nance's staff will now be working for Rite-Way.

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The pool at the Community Center has been closed because it was hit by lightning in a storm!

A Royal Collapse

June couldn't leave without hitting the town one more time with bad luck when there was a partial collapse of the Royal Hotel. Why we weren't surprised, it's still disappointing to see. Citizens have been sharing their feelings on the building all week.

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Recent News Headlines

Here's a collection of various news stories that have appeared online in the past couple of weeks that have to do with Excelsior Springs!

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Excelsior Streets Get a Facelift

The City of Excelsior Springs has been busy with an overlay project extending from Dunbar all the way to West Jesse James! Here's an interview with Public Works Director Chad Birdsong to give us a behind the scenes look at what is taking place!

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Weekly Updates from the City Manager

City Manager Molly McGovern offers a weekly report to give citizens a better idea of what is happening on a local level weekly.

This week she outlines the policies in regard to serving on City boards and commissions. She also gives insight on the Royal, has updates to key projects, and gives thanks to those who are deserving these past few weeks!

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Caption Contest

Congrats to

Brenda Mosley

for being this week's Caption Contest winners with the following caption for this picture:

"Pull over by that bank. I need to leave a deposit!"

Winners get a free drink from

The Mug Coffeehouse!

You can play every Tuesday at 8:00am in the Excelsior Springs Area News, Events, and Daily Deals Facebook Group!

This week we celebrated the retirements of both Chief Clint Reno (27 yrs) and Lt. Paul White (24 yrs).

City Manager Molly McGovern

said it best:

"Both men demonstrate the best example of public service and dedication to the Law Enforcement profession. We hold both individuals in high regard and wish only the best."