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Published November 02, 2009 10:18 pm - R-7 Schools Foundation’s annual Distinguished Citizen Dinner. “It’s a big honor,” Foos said Monday. “In our community, we probably have more pride in our schools than anything else.” Dave Collard, who has been on the school board for 20 years and is a past board president, called Foos “a longtime supporter of Webb City.” Webb City set to honor newspaper editor By Emily Younker eyounker@joplinglobe.com WEBB CITY, Mo. — Bob Foos, longtime editor of the Webb City Sentinel, will be honored Thursday night at the Webb City R-7 Schools Foundation’s annual Distinguished Citizen Dinner. “It’s a big honor,” Foos said Monday. “In our community, we probably have more pride in our schools than anything else.” Dave Collard, who has been on the school board for 20 years and is a past board president, called Foos “a longtime supporter of Webb City.” He said Foos has remained loyal to the town, including during tough times. “Webb City kind of considers him like its own son,” Collard said. “He is well-respected in our community as being fair and honest.” Foos, in his 30th year with the Sentinel, began his newspaper career at The Carthage Press, where he worked during the mid-1970s. After two years at the Press, he and his wife, Ann, moved to Illinois, where he was a photographer for the Joliet Herald. By 1979, they had moved back to Southwest Missouri. “My goal was always to get to a larger market, and then when I got there, I realized I was more of a community person,” Foos said. Foos, who received a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism, helped buy the Sentinel that year. He initially did photography and layouts. Now Foos’ official title is editor, though he also is a photographer, reporter and page designer. “I had an instructor in college who kind of encouraged us to be a one-man band, being able to do everything,” Foos said. “And I suppose that fits my skills.” Co-owner Merle Lortz handles printing and advertising, Foos said. Vicki Groff, the Sentinel’s bookkeeper, said the paper at times resembles a one-man show. “Bob not only covers what’s going on with city government, but what’s going on in the city, the schools,” said Groff, a six-year Sentinel employee. “He’s always at every football game, and when the (high school) band goes to Pasadena (for the Tournament of Roses Parade in January), he’ll be there.” 
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