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30 Years Ago–October 12, 1990

Ivan Foley by Ivan Foley
October 9, 2020
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Kim Johnson was crowned Platte County R-3 Homecoming Queen at halftime of Friday night’s football game between the Pirates and the Cameron Dragons. Kim is the daughter of James and Frances Johnson. The Pirate Homecoming King, Aaron Eckerberg, was crowned at the Powder Puff football game last week.


The student newspaper at Platte County R-3 High School, the “Pirate Clipper” has been named a First Class Paper for the 1989-90 school year by the National Scholastic Press Association.

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Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Inc. will receive a loan of $1,690,600 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to construct housing for the elderly and handicapped in Platte County, Senators Jack Danforth and Kit Bond announced.


State Auditor Margaret Kelly will bring her re-election campaign to Platte County on Tuesday, Oct. 16. The Kelly campaign announced that Mrs. Kelly will appear in Platte City for a 4:30 p.m. rally at the Platte County Courthouse.

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Ivan Foley

Ivan Foley

Ivan Foley is owner/editor/publisher of the Platte County Landmark. Foley has been on the news beat in Platte County with The Landmark for 38 years, specializing in local government issues and accountability journalism. He has penned multiple award-winning investigative pieces. He provides weekly observations and editorial commentary in his Between the Lines column and serves as host of Landmark Live, a light-hearted videocast featuring newsmakers and events in the Northland. During his time at the helm of The Landmark, the newspaper has been awarded on multiple occasions for General Excellence in the Missouri Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. In 2016, Foley won the Tom and Pat Gish Award, a national honor given by the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Kentucky for displaying courage, tenacity and integrity in rural journalism. A big fan of the Chiefs and Royals, Foley resides in Platte County not far from KCI Airport.

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