At the annual reorganization meeting held on April 15 for the Platte County R-3 School Board, board secretary Vicki Diggs administered the oath of office to newly elected board members, incumbent Doug Doll and new board member Karen Bryant. Members re-elected Buffy Smith as board president and Gary Brown as board vice president. Shown from left are board members Bobby Vann, Alisha Elliott, Doug Doll, Buffy Smith, Gary Brown, Sharon Sherwood and Karen Bryant.
45 Years Ago–May 23, 1980
Former President Gerald Ford, in a Platte County appearance Saturday, described President Jimmy Carter as a man who “tries to make himself a hero out of disasters he has created” and likened him to an arsonist “who starts fires and...
