City seeks new Mozingo board member

By Phil Cobb | June 25, 2014 |

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The city of Maryville and Northwest Technical School will host an open house Saturday afternoon to celebrate the completion of two new rental cabins at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park constructed by NTS building trades students. Here, retired Mozingo staffer Mike Hill, left, and current employee Dave Logsdon carry a dining table Hill made into one of the new facilities, designated as cabin No. 7.

The city of Maryville is currently seeking applicants for one open seat on the Mozingo Lake Recreation Park Advisory Board.

The board provides input to the City Council on issues related to park maintenance and development.

Once selected, the new member will serve the unexpired term of resigning board member Lesley Schulte, which ends Oct. 1, 2015. At that time, he or she will have the option of being considered for reappointment.

The Mozingo Lake Recreation Park Advisory Board consists of nine members, all of whom must be Nodaway County residents and at least 21 years old. They are appointed to three-year terms by the mayor with the consent of the council.

Anyone interested in serving on the board can access an application at www.maryville.org. Applications are also available from the city clerk’s Office, located on the first floor of City Hall at 415 North Market St., or by calling (660) 562-8001.

The application deadline is Wednesday, July 9, with the council expected to choose the new members at its next regular meeting on Monday, July 14.

Open house at cabins

In other Mozingo news, the city of Maryville and Northwest Technical School will host an open house from 1-4 p.m. Saturday to celebrate the completion of the two new rental cabins at city-owned Mozingo Lake Recreation Park.

The event marks the end of a year of cabin construction that was carried out as a partnership between NTS and the city.

Most of the work involved in building the cabins was carried out by tech school building trades students in exchange for a parcel of land inside the city limits that was provided by the city, and that will become the site of a future building trades-constructed residence.

The cabins, numbers 6 and 7, are located lakeside behind the Kiwanis shelter house just off the main lake road leading from the check-in stand to The Point.

Occupancy begins July 1, but Mozingo Recreation Coordinator Brandon Cartwright said the new cabins are essentially booked through July, though some openings are still available on weekdays during August.

For more information, go to www.mozingolake.com and click on the “cabins” button or call Cartwright at (660) 562-2323.