August 15, 2021
This Week's Local Events
Monday, August 16
6pm - ES City Council Meeting, Hall of Waters
(Watch council meeting via livestream
on our Facebook page)

Tuesday, August 17
10:30-11:30am - Free Blood Pressure Checks
at the ES Community Center
7pm - Stronger Together NA Meetings
at the Good Samaritan Center Great Hall

Wednesday, August 18
7-12pm - Farmers Market at the
ES Community Center

Thursday, August 19
1pm - Paint with Lynn Workshop at Bliss
7pm - Stronger Together NA Meetings
at the Good Samaritan Center Great Hall

Friday, August 20
10am - Legislative Forum 2021 at
Lakeview Event Center, Lawson, Missouri

Saturday, August 21
9am - Cars and Coffee at The Mug Coffeehouse

Sunday, August 22
at Fence Stile Vineyards and Winery
Best Week Ever
The Excelsior Springs Parks Foundation is having the
Best Week Ever after they had the public opening of the new Rainbow Splash Park!
Coming Soon
Mark your calendars now and start cleaning out your closets, the City-Wide Garage Sale
will be on Sept 10th & 11th!
Thanks to Griffey Insurance Agency, you can call the paper and have your sale put on the map for FREE!


Word on the Street
ES School District announced this week that school lunches will be covered for all students this year! Also, Homecoming will be October 8th and 9th!

A little bird also told us that Kilgore's Vintage & Design may be opening downtown soon!
Excelsior Springs Animal Clinic Revitalized by Rucker
For more than forty years Dr. Pete Rucker and the Excelsior Springs Animal Clinic have served the community of Excelsior Springs. He gave us an inside tour of his new clinic and told a little more about their story.

Dr. Hux says Excelsior Springs is “The Right Place, the Right Time”
When it comes to his new role as Superintendent for the Excelsior Springs School District Dr. Travis Hux is taking some advice from his seven-year-old daughter, Bella. Dr. Hux says she’s not nervous at all.
ES School Board Makes Masks Optional



At Monday night's School Board meeting the board did not take a formal vote but said they would only "recommend" masks at the beginning of this school year.
July Curb Appeal Winners
Congratulations to Kim and Gary Sanson who were awarded the July Curb Appeal Award from the Thrive Excelsior's Housing Committee!
Excelsior Springs Celebrates Missouri's 200th Anniversary
Citizens came together at the Excelsior Springs Museum and Archives this week to showcase both Missouri history and Clay County history.
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!
ESPD Police Arrests
Here's a copy of this week's arrests provided by Excelsior Springs Police Department
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.
Caption Contest
Congrats to
Kathy Twitchell
for being this week's Caption Contest winners with the following caption for this picture:

"Leavin' on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again"

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!

Excelsior Newsletter Archives
Have a great week, Excelsiorites!