Platte County’s proposed half cent sales tax for parks, promoted by a county commission comprised of three Republicans, will get no love from the official representatives of the Republican party in the county That became clear at a meeting of the Platte County Republican Central Committee Monday night. The central committee, by an overwhelming margin, passed a resolution to oppose the county’s half cent sales tax extension for parks. The committee’s opinion is that the tax rate is too high.
Sydney Cameron and Clayton Silber were united in marriage on May 31, 2009 during a ceremony held at Paradise Park in Oregon, Mo. Sydney is currently a nursing major at Missouri State University. She is employed at Homeward Bound Health Services. She is the daughter of Tracy and Diane Cameron of St. Joseph. Her grandmother is Evelyn Mapel of St. Joseph. Clayton is employed with the St. Joseph School District, teaching fourth grade at Eugene Field Elementary School. He is the son of Rick and Mary Silber of Camden Point. His grandparents are John and Dorothy Silber of Waterloo, Iowa.
Platte County Community Center swimming pools will be safer, officials say. Brian Nowotny, parks and recreation director, said the pools at each center will be closed for a week to allow installation of new drain covers. The project will ensure the pools’ drain covers comply with a law from Congress.
