A copy of The Landmark accompanied Frank Offutt, former longtime mayor of Platte City, on a recent trip to Alcatraz Island. Alcatraz is a 22-acre rocky island located a little more than a mile offshore from San Francisco, Calif. Best known for its infamous former maximum-security federal penitentiary, it also features a layered history that includes a 19th-century military fort and the West Coast’s first lighthouse. While near the former penitentiary, Offutt, currently executive director of Public Water Supply District No. 4 in Platte County and a member of Gov. Mike Kehoe’s Safe Drinking Water Commission, noted that the prison’s water tower “could benefit from a paint job.” Headed somewhere noteworthy? Take a copy of The Landmark and snap a photo with the newspaper prominently displayed. Email your picture and information to ivan@plattecountylandmark.com.
Independents Day
FOUR SEEKING INDEPENDENT STATUS ON NOVEMBER BALLOT Four candidates seeking to be on the November ballot as independents filed their signature petitions with the Platte County Board of Elections Friday morning, July 17. Filing paperwork with their gathered signatures were...
