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Republican-Clipper photoFiremen save Blythedale home: Eric Richardson and Seth Pottroff of the North Harrison Fire Dis-trict scrub off their gloves after putting out a fire at the home of David and Kathy Jacobs on Monday morning on East 177th Street, southeast of Blythedale. Pictured to the right is Rick Booth, a firefighter from Ridgeway. The fire broke out in an overloaded outlet. The Jacobs used a fire extinguisher in an attempt to put out the fire but had to get help from area firefighters. “It was a good thing that they were home at the time and could quickly call for firemen,” said Pottorff. “Otherwise it would have burned down the house.” The three-story home dates from the 1890s where Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs have lived for 20 years. The fire caused extensive interior damage at the house. Cainsville firemen also re-sponded to the fire. The fire broke out just after a windstorm hit Blythedale, knocking out power for several hours in the Eagleville and Blythedale areas.

Retired Bethany postmasterkilled in head-on accident

Diane Gibson was avolunteer at food pantry

The long-awaited guidelines for fall sports from the Missouri State High School Activities Association finally arrived last week but left more questions than answers for school admin-istrators attempting to find a safe way to conduct athletics amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

With football teams begin-ning their fall practices on Mon-day, the activities association cleared the way for the playing of sports this fall. But left vague were policies regulating atten-dance of sporting events such as football games which tradition-ally draw large crowds.

“Schools are encouraged to offer live streaming of games, contests and performances to reduce attendance at events so that current gathering size and social distancing can be met,” the MSHSAA guidelines state.

Many of the rules, MSHSAA said, will depend upon what lo-cal health restrictions are in ef-

fect at the start of the season.South Harrison has a contract

with a company to live-stream basketball games. Cameras were installed in the high school and middle school gymnasiums to bring games into the homes of subscribers to the service.

But, having the same capabil-ity to stream football and soft-ball games, could be a problem, according to Superintendent Dennis Eastin. “We don’t have any equipment down at the foot-ball field,” Eastin said, although KAAN radio broadcasts some games on TV.

The MSHSAA guidelines were discussed at a Grand Riv-er Conference administrators’ meeting on Thursday at Polo. Eastin said the administrators were unable to reach a consen-sus on how sports will be con-ducted this fall.

MSHSAA has advised schools to “group people into tiers from essential to non-es-

sential and decide which tiers be allowed at an event if local and/or state health department departments lift restrictions on mass gatherings.”

Tier 1 includes participants, coaches, officials, staff, medi-cal staff and security. Tier 2 is media, while Tier 3 is spectators and vendors.

Courtney Cross, adminis-trator of the Harrison County Health Department, said com-plex issues are involved in the policies announced by MSH-SAA. “There are so many things to consider for each sport and to have a set guidance that pertains to near all is near impossible,” she said.

Cross said if the teams follow the athletic association’s guid-lines, it will help by “applying as many mitigation strategies as possible and keeping everyone safe.”

MSHSAA issues vague guidelines for playing fall high school sports

Retired Bethany Postmaster Diane Gibson was killed in a head-on accident Thursday night on Highway 136, west of Beth-any. Current Albany Postmaster Lesa Gard of Bethany, the driver of the other car involved in the collision, was seriously injured and was flown by Lifeflight med-ical helicopter to Truman Medi-cal Center in Kansas City, Mo.

Even though both drivers were traveling in opposite ve-hicles, Diane and Lesa had been longtime friends and had been colleagues at the Bethany Post Office for many years.

News about the accident be-gan circulating on Thursday eve-ning, shocking friends and postal workers in both the New Hamp-ton and Bethany communities.

The Highway Patrol reported that the accident occurred on Highway 136, about two miles west of Bethany, at about 5:10 p.m. on Thursday night. An east-bound 2012 GMC Yukon driven

by Mrs. Gard crossed the center line and struck the driver’s side of a 2011 GMC 3500 driven by Lucas Holcomb, 28, of Albany. The Yukon then collided head-on with a westbound 2013 Buick Verano driven by Ms. Gibson. The Buick went off the north side of the roadway and down an embankment.

Diane Gibson, 68, of New Hampton was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash by Har-rison County Coroner Zac Wil-son.

Mrs. Gard, 55, of Bethany re-ceived serious injuries and was transferred to Truman Medical Center. Diane Gibson’s body was taken to the Roberson Fu-neral Home.

The driver of the third ve-hicle, Lucas Holcomb, was not

injured. All three drivers were wearing safety devices.

Ms. Gibson had been a volun-teer at the Harrison County Food Pantry following her retirement. Mrs. Gard is the wife of Paul Gard, longtime superintendent of the city of Bethany’s motor pool department.

Robert Skeens, president of the food pantry board, said Di-ane will be hard to replace. She worked several hours a week at the pantry, preparing the paper-work and serving as the floor manager.

“She was a delight to work with,” Skeens said.

The food pantry still is re-covering from the loss of Cathy Smith, longtime volunteer trea-surer of the pantry, who died earlier in the year.

Ted Keck, who served 14 years as South Harrison’s band director, has been named the director of the North Harrison high school and junior high bands, according to NHHS Prin-cipal Alan Koch.

Keck resigned as South Har-rison’s instrumental director at the end of the 2019 school year. His band won numerous awards during his tenure at South Har-rison, and his resignation came

as a surprise to band parents and others in the community. He did not give a reason for his resigna-tion.

Koch, in his announcement, said Keck has accumulated a to-tal of 30 years in education. He was band director at Braymer, Mo, for 13 years before coming to South Harrison. He was in-vited back by students to be the speaker at the 2020 South Har-rison graduation.

Since leaving South Harrison, Keck has continued his involve-ment in music. He was a mem-ber of the Cameron and Lib-erty community bands and the Northwinds Symphonic Band.

He and his wife, Tanya, are parents of two daughters, Kait-lyn who is the band director at Webb City and Sarah who is completing her master’s degree in music at UMKC.

Ted Keck to lead Shamrock band

Highway Patrol officers have faced some unique challenges this year responding to the coro-navirus pandemic and confront-ing demonstrators in Kansas City and St. Louis.

Jake Angle, public informa-tion officer for the Highway Pa-trol, said troopers had to revise their contacts with motorists during vehicle stops on high-ways. Angle talked about some of those changes in a talk last Thursday to the Bethany Rotary Club.

“Some officers were in the custom of bringing the motor-ists back to their patrol car for li-cense checks,” Angle said. “That immediately stopped,” he said, “because it wasn’t a good idea to have them seated next to us” when they could be ill. Now, the officers ask the drivers to remain in their vehicles and put on their masks.

In case violators were arrest-ed, “We had to ask ourselves is whether any of the jails will ac-cept the violators. It is a mindset change and it still is.”

When COVID-19 hit the country in March, “there was a scramble for PPE (personal protective equipment) and hand sanitizer,” he said.

The patrol had to discontin-ue offering driver’s exams and most license offices had to close.

“We had a lot of our person-nel working from home,” Angle said.

Troop H Captain Clark Strat-ton, a native of Bethany, ordered Angle to work out of his home. “The spring is one of the busi-est times of the year for me” be-cause of the safety programs offered in school, Angle said.

Highway Patrol officers face unique challenges on road

“I found myself out helping the guys on the road.”

While there was reduced traf-fic early in the nationwide shut-down, the Highway Patrol found that the fatality rate actually went up on Missouri highways “You would think with less traffic you would see fewer fatalities,” but they went up about 17%.”

One of the problems was that motorists felt free to run “at in-credible speeds” on the open roadways. “We have had some motorcycles that run 140, and you can’t do much about that.”

Angle joined other officers in responding to Kansas City and St. Louis when Black Lives Matter demonstrations broke out following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The dem-onstrations were much more violent in St. Louis when some

Republican-Clipper photoSgt. Jake Angle

A recommendation from hospital nurses and the health department for South Harri-son to require children to wear face coverings while attending school failed to sway the South Harrison Board of Education on at its meeting on Monday night.

Board member Terry Dan-iel’s motion to include the mask mandate as part of the school’s re-opening plan failed to get a second from any of the other six members of the board.

Courtney Cross, administrator of the Harrison County Health Department, had urged the school board to require students to wear masks in classrooms and on school buses to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

“We know this mitigation strategy works,” Cross said.

Tammy Easton, director of nurses at the Cameron Regional Medical Center, and Cassi De-skins, a nurse who has children in the school system, appealed for the school board to mandate

S.H. boardrejects maskmandate

Republican-Clipper photoSouth Harrison players line up for passing drills during the first practice of the fall football season. State athletic officials have cleared the way for fall sports but with several conditions.

See fall sports on Page 3.See troopers on Page 3.

When the market crashed in 1975, Richard had a ranch, feed-lot, dairy, potatoes, alfalfa and a packing house.

Here we sit 45 years later and not much has changed. Today less than 1.3% of the American population, (and 7% in Canada), is involved in production agricul-ture. We, who are left with the responsibility of feeding the ev-er-growing population that now stands at 331 million people. We do it. It is lots of work. We have an enormous amount of scientific, technical, medical, and mechani-cal research and dedication look-ing over our shoulder as we break the ground, plant the wheat, brand the calf or drive the truck.

Imagine a ‘Nóngmín’ bent over in a rice field a thousand years before Christ came, not much different than a farmer bent over a furrow, feeling the soil today. What is our motive…inspiration? Do we say, “We’re feeding the world”? “I’ll get fa-mous!” “The big money”?

No. It is as simple as “It’s what I do.”

There are people who have a deep heart, have a conscience, are dedicated to those we work

for, are close to God, maybe have guilt, or just kindness and care. They don’t think ‘money first’. Occasionally, the consumer has a chance to make farmers’ lives easier, nicer, more satisfying.

Let me suggest…their own television channels. Television

waves are controlled by a handful of global companies. They have brought wonderful communica-tion worldwide with hundreds of channels. 99.9% are dedicated to the majority polled, which are suburban folks.

The ag rural television, which is not ‘about us’ but ‘for us’, are

limited to pillars like US FARM REPORT and Orion Samuelson and some local weeklies that are an hour long.

RFDTV Channel is the only exception; RFDTV contents are exclusively rural and agriculture, 24 hours a day. They are leading the effort to have Congress vote on HR 2682 that would ensure at least one percent, 0.1…1%, is de-voted exclusively to the ag rural market.

Like ag publications and ag ra-dio, ag television is part of what holds all of our ag community together. To those of us in ag media, it’s not just a job. I think it has something to do with our souls.

If you want to help, contact your Representative or Senator about passing HR 2682.

HR 2682:Agricultural News and Rural

Content Act of 2020This bill requires certain

video programming distributors, such as cable providers, to use at least 1% of their channel capac-ity to transmit channels of pro-gramming that serve the needs and interests of rural areas.

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ON THE EDGE OF COMMON SENSE

80 Years AgoAugust 21, 1940

Tickets will go on sale at one of the local stores in Bethany for all-Missouri all-star high school football game to be held in Jef-ferson City on Aug. 30, in which Phil Everling of Bethany, Allen of Princeton and Willhite of Grant City will be playing. The game will be between players for the north part of the state and others from the south part.

Three new traffic lights have been placed by the city. One will be at the southeast corner of the square; another at the southeast corner and third will be at East Main and 20th.


Misses Sue Hessemyer, Caro-lyn Crabtree and Suzanne Bauer left Saturday for Dallas, Texas, where they are attending the one-week Southern Methodist University cheerleaders’ school.

The annual trip is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club.

W. Varner Mayse was elected lieutenant governor of District No. 2 at the Missouri-Arkansas district of Kiwanis Monday night at a meeting of the division in Maryville.


Last minute hitches in the completion of the new North Central, Mo., Vocational-Tech-nical School apparently will delay the opening of the new building by more than three weeks.

The Grand River Telephone Corp. plans to build a new busi-ness office in Bethany within the next one or two years, accord-ing to Robert McArton, general manager of the Princeton based firm.


Acts performing at the North-

west Missouri State Fair, which opens Aug. 31, will have a new and drier place to put on their shows when they take the stage for the 2000 fair.

The Bethany Fair’s board of directors have been building a new covered stage which will be used for grandstand perfor-mances.

The Federal Aviation Agency apparently has killed plans by the Harrison County Historical Society to build a new county museum on the east outer road of Interstate 35 in Bethany.

Neighborhood opposition has caused two brothers from Spick-ard, Mo., to abandon plans to build a pig-finishing farm near Bethany, Harrison County com-missioners were told.

The Harrison County Com-mission appears to be on the verge of passing an ordinance regulating concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in the county.

Bruce Williams

Reflections

1911-1920Some decades were quiet and

peaceful, some were not. This was a monumental decade in American history, and by ex-tension, for Harrison County as well. In the decade of the ‘teens’, the Titanic was launched and was sunk. The Panama Canal opened, movies and theaters came to nearly every small town, and one top movie was “The Birth of a Nation”. The first commercial radio broadcast took place before the end of the decade.

The U.S. Constitution had been in effect for 130 years, and had been amended 15 times: ten almost immediately in the Bill of Rights, two to take care of a couple of oversights, three to deal with slavery and citizen-ship and voting rights of those who had been freed. This decade brought four more amendments: the creation of an income tax, di-rect election of Senators, prohibi-tion of alcohol and extended the right to vote to women. The addi-tion of Arizona and New Mexico made 48 stars on the flag of the United States.

President Taft ran again in 1912, but was opposed by his

predecessor, Theodore Roos-evelt. Roosevelt created a third party that came to be known as the ‘Bull Moose Party’. This split in the Republican party led to the election of only the second Democrat since the Civil War, Woodrow Wilson. Taft and Wil-

son are the only two Presidents during this time.

The big news was ‘The Great War’. The US tried desperately to stay out of what we know as World War I. Continued sub-marine warfare by the Germans against ocean-going vessels,

Harrison County lost 36 soldiers in the ‘Great War’including the sinking of the Lu-sitania, and an attempt by Ger-many to get Mexico to attack us brought the U.S. into the conflict in 1917. The 1921 “Wanamaker History of Harrison County” lists nine full pages of names from Harrison County WW I veterans, thirty-six of whom gave their lives. More than half of those deaths came, not from combat, but from influenza and related pneumonia in the last great pan-demic.

The war caused much sacri-fice on the home front, as well. Shortages of food items led to ‘Meatless Mondays’ and ‘Wheat-less Wednesdays’. Daylight Saving Time made its first ap-pearance in an attempt to save energy. The streets of Bethany, particularly and other communi-ties as well, were often crowded with people seeing the soldiers board the trains that would take them to training camps. Words associated with Germany were forbidden, which led to German Shepherds being called ‘Liberty Pups’, sauerkraut became ‘Lib-erty Cabbage’ and frankfurters became ‘Liberty Sausage’.

The addition of American soldiers brought new life to the Allied Powers fighting in the trenches of Europe, and the war ended on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month: November, 11, 1918. President Wilson set about the task of ne-gotiating the peace, but fears of entanglement in every new con-flict kept the U.S. out of the new ‘League of Nations’.

In the midst of the war, the Bethany Fair went on, and its first year at the fairgrounds we all know today was during the war. The growth in automobile ownership led to the desire for more and better places to drive them. One of the nation’s first highways bisected Harrison County. It was known originally as the ‘Jefferson Road’,and was essentially completed by 1917. In Harrison County, some of the new highway was paved on only one side. All traffic traveled on that side until they met another vehicle. One of them would have to move to the side.

Cainsville’s population peaked in 1920 at 1,051, and Gilman City at 618. I can’t find information for communities that are no longer incorporated. There were three new high schools, in Mt. Moriah, New Hampton and Martinsville, and nearly all schools now offered a four-year program by this time. Harrison County’s population dropped by nearly one thousand, to 19,719.

The golden days of drive-in movie theaters are coming back in this era of social distancing. Oh, what memories this trend brings.

Movies were projected onto a billboard-sized screen for fami-lies and couples who watched from their cars—in splendid iso-lation. The only distraction were the mosquitos buzzing through the car. And, even then, there was an app for that. It was a coil called a Pic that that could be lit to emit fumes that seemed to chase the offending bugs out the window.

In my youth, Bethany had one of the best drive-in theaters on the planet. It was called the Fron-tier Drive-In. In keeping with its theme, it had a log entrance that made it look like you were enter-ing a fort on the western frontier.

The theater had a projection booth and a snack bar that car-ried the calvary fort theme even further.

The genius behind this outdoor theater was Frestle Chenoweth, who owned both of the down-town theaters, the Noll and the Roxy (yes, Bethany had two of them in those days.)

In his early years in the the-ater business, Frestle was a little conservative and for years re-sisted the idea of serving food in his snack bar. But, when the Frontier opened, the snack bar was fully loaded with everything from pizza, nachos, hotdogs and,

of course, buckets of popcorn.A friend of mine ate his way

through all of those delicacies and never gained an ounce. I saw him a few years ago. It caught up with him.

The Frontier even had a small playground down in front for the little kids.

The sound was broadcast into cars through speakers placed through the window of the car. It was a little tinny, but you could still follow the dialogue in the movie. In later years, the sound was broadcast into the car by transmitting an FM signal on the car radio.

There was usually a double feature with a heavy play of John Wayne and Elvis Presley movies.

It was sometimes a cat-and-mouse game when teenagers would sneak their friends into the drive-in in the trunk of their car. I’m talking about you, John. As far as I can remember, no one died of carbon monoxide poison-ing.

When the film broke, of course, there was a din of honking horns. But usually there weren’t many hitches.

Some churches held drive-in worship services on Sunday morning, just like they did in the early days of the virus outbreak when churches had to meet re-motely.

While the Frontier was a fine place in most respects, on the oc-casion when the prevailing wind was from the west, the pungent odor from Bethany’s sewage la-goon drifted through the cars. But most nights, the air was clear.

One night after I attended a movie at the Frontier, a wind came through and blew down the log entrance that held the marques and split the movie screen.

To the relief of the customers, the screen was soon replaced, but the unique log design never re-turned.

After Mr. Chenoweth’s death, attempts were made to keep the drive-in open, but it never was the same. More people stayed at home watching Gunsmoke on their TVs. Finally, the Frontier was plowed under to become a soybean field.

It was a big loss for everyone. We need it back.

Maybe it’s time to reopen the FrontierTalesfrom

Buck’s Branchby Phil Conger

David and Goliath of television

If you get a chance to go to Jefferson City and play tourist, you definitely have to stop by the capitol building. I have had the opportunity to visit about 30 state capitols around the country, and ours is one of the nicest. The art, history, and architecture are amazing. And it is the 2nd larg-est capitol building in the country (of course, the Texas capitol had to be the biggest). The capitol staff gives free tours every couple of hours during normal business hours seven days a week.

If you take the tour, one of your stops will be in the center of the third floor at the Hall of Fa-mous Missourians. Here you will find 47 busts of famous people who were born in or spent a sig-nificant part of their lives in Mis-souri. There will be some obvi-ous faces you will recognize, like Harry Truman, Walt Disney, and

Mark Twain. But there are also some lesser known people who made a major mark on history like Tom Bass, who was a horse trainer for kings and presidents,

and Susan Elizabeth Blow, who started the first kindergarten in America.

The hall contains military leaders like Omar Bradley and John J. Pershing, actresses like Ginger Rogers and Betty Gra-ble, musicians like Scott Joplin and Porter Wagoner, sports fig-ures like Stan Musial and Buck

O’Neill, and businessmen like Joyce Hall (Hallmark Cards) and J.C. Penney.

All of the busts are cast in bronze, and have a plaque with a short bio of the famous Mis-sourians. The busts of Emmett Kelly and Stan Musial are differ-ent in that if you photograph them with your flash on, you can see pigmented color in the busts in-stead of the plain bronze. Emmett Kelly was the first “hobo clown” performer, so his nose lights up in red. Stan Musial’s red St. Louis Cardinals ball cap appears under the light of the flash.

Other Missouri honorees in-clude George Washington Carv-er, Walter Cronkite, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Marlin Perkins. The oldest member is Sacajawea, who helped guide Lewis & Clark through the Louisiana Purchase.

Hall of famous Missourians

Letter to the

districtby J Eggleston,

State Rep., 2nd District


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A 24-year-old boy was seri-ously injured in a car accident on Aug. 1 near Cainsville

The Mercer, Mo., juvenile, who wasn’t identified because of his age, was a passenger in a 1997 Chevrolet Silverado that traveled off Route N and struck a bridge support located in a creek The accident occurred about two miles east of Cainsville. The

Highway Patrol reported that the boy was not wearing a safety de-vice. The driver, also a juvenile, was not injured.

The 14-year-old boy was flown by medical helicopter to a hospital in Des Moines.

Highway Patrol Corporal K. J. Cool investigated the ac-cident, assisted by the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department.

Due to safety concerns re-garding COVID-19, Grundy Electric Cooperative held a Spe-cial Drive-Thru Annual Mem-bership Meeting. The meeting was held August 6, at the South Harrison R-II High School park-ing lot. GEC employees reg-istered 204 members for the Special Annual Membership Meeting. Members who attend-ed were able to vote for three di-

rectors and received an Annual Meeting Report of the Coopera-tive. Those in attendance also re-ceived a $30 electric bill credit and a flashlight.

Members who were unable to attend had the opportunity to vote at the GEC Trenton or Princeton business office July 20 through the end of business on August 6 and receive the reg-istration gifts. There were 674

members who voted absentee. Members elected three direc-

tors to each serve a 3-year term. Re-elected were board incum-bents:

Rodney Ewing of rural Lin-eville, representing Area 3; Richard Moore of Princeton, representing Area 4; and Marvin Harding of rural Ridgeway, rep-resenting Area 5.

The Harrison County Clerk’s office has made changes in the unofficial results from the Aug. 4 primary election with the ad-dition of absentee votes that weren’t included in Tuesday night’s report.

County Clerk Greta Bottcher said the county’s tabulating equipment omitted the absentee count from the totals reported on

Tuesday night and reported by media. The revised vote totals did not change the outcome of any elections.

In elections of local interest, Sheriff Trevor Place defeated Eric Rimmer by 1,359 votes to 633; County Assessor Lila Craig was returned to office by a 1,210 vote over Hannah Thompson, and Mike Smith defeated incum-

bent North District Commission Rick Smith by a margin of 515 to 446.

Those were the only contest-ed offices on the county level.

Some 37.13% of the county’s 5,767 registered voters turned out for the election, according to the updated figures.

Crews working on the se-ries of scrub seal projects mov-ing across Northwest Missouri are wrapping up on Route 13 in Daviess and Harrison coun-ties, between U.S. Route 69 and Route 6 and will soon move to their next route, Route W near Bethany.

Vance Brothers, Inc., working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, plan to start Tuesday, Aug. 11, on the scrub seal on Route W between U.S. Route 69 at Bethany and Route M west of Eagleville. Work on that section of Route W is antici-pated to continue through Mon-day, Aug. 17.

During the scrub seal op-

eration, the roadway will be re-duced to one lane with flaggers and a pilot car directing motorist through the work zone. Drivers will experience delays, both di-rections, as they must wait for a pilot car. Drivers entering from a side road onto the route being sealed must also wait for a pilot car.

Bethany’s Board of Alder-men has asked MoDOT not to scrub seal the concrete portions of Main Street. City Adminis-trator Jake Taylor said MoDOT doesn’t consider Main Street part of Route W, despite the sig-nage, and will not include it in the scrub seal project. “It won’t be striped for scrub sealed un-

less we do it,” Taylor said.A scrub seal is a preventative

maintenance treatment which rejuvenates the road surface and helps extend the life of the road-way by filling and sealing cracks in the existing asphalt with an emulsified asphalt/aggregate seal. MoDOT said it does its best to be good stewards of the monies provided by taxpayers. One of the ways is to employ many preventative maintenance methods, such as this.

These are part of a larger project to seal roads across 13 counties in Northwest Missouri. All routes should be complete in early October.

A Lamoni, Iowa, man was charged with stabbing another man in an altercation on Friday at Blythedale.

Andre Bird-Pierre, 23, was charged with a Class D felony of assault in the second degree.

In a probable cause statement, Deputy Sheriff Jack Hutton said Pierre stated that Colton Baxter had struck his car several times with his pickup truck in the 600 block of Maple Street in Blythe-dale. Baxter admitted he crashed his vehicle into Pierre’s car but only after he had been stabbed by Pierre.

Prosecuting Attorney Johna-than Meyer filed a complaint ac-cusing Pierre of causing physi-cal injury to Baxter by means of

Aug. 3—Daniel L Corrigan Jr., 36, Ridgeway, possession of controlled substance class D fel-ony (methamphetamine), unlaw-ful possession of drug parapher-nalia class A misdemeanor (prior offender), no insurance, no seat belt. Taken to Harrison County Sheriff’s Office on 24-hour hold.

Aug. 8—Josiah T. Brown, 20, Bethany, DeKalb County Sher-iff’s Office warrant for failure to appear on traffic charges. Held at the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office.

Aug. 7—Ronald F. Gibson, 41, Ridgeway, DWI chronic of-fender, no valid license, third or subsequent offense, endangering welfare of child second degree. Taken to Harrison County Law Enforcement Center on 24-hour hold.

Aug. 9—Dalton J. Clem-mons, 23, St. Joseph, driving while intoxicated prior offender window tint. Taken to Harrison County Law Enforcement Cen-ter on 12-hour hold.

Vote precinct totals change from the Aug. 4 primary election

MoDOT plans scrub seal project on Route WGrundy Electric Cooperative held special membership meeting

Teen injured in car wreck

Lamoni resident charged in stabbing incidenta deadly weapon.

Pierre was being held on a $5,000 bond pending a court hearing.

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restrictions on crowd sizes but continues to encourage social distancing and wearing masks. But that could change if there is a surge of new cases this fall.

MSHSAA has already made some revisions in the initial regulations that were announced a couple of weeks ago. At that time, high schools holding only virtual instruction and no face-to-face classes would be prohib-ited from offering sports. During a virtual meeting last week,

the board granted relief which allowed member schools to par-ticipate in activities if the school begins the school year or transi-tions entirely to virtual instruc-tion. The new regulations also provide guidelines for schools if a player or coach tests positive for COVID-19. All participants who have had close contract or direct contact with the indi-vidual or direct exposure up to 48 hours before they started showing symptoms should be excluded from practice or play for 14 days.

Fall sports approved

(Continued From Page 1)troublemakers threw frozen

water bottles and bricks and shot mortar rounds at the officers.

“The vast majority that we deal with were from the local areas but there were some that came in from outside,” Angle said.

Highway Patrol officers had prepared for crowd control dur-ing training sessions in Georgia. “In confronting crowds, there is a lot of noice. Communicat-ing by voice is practically non-existent. We have to use hand signals.”

“I saw officers operating with extreme restraint in Kansas City and St. Louis,” he said.

“Before there is any gas de-ployed and bean bags fired, there are multiple warnings give to clear the area,” he said. The officers were careful to avoid trapping demonstrators by offer-

ing them a clear path for leaving the scene.

The authorities also worked to communicate with the pro-testers’ leaders to cool down the

tensions. He added that the “me-dia was absolutely great to work with” as were most of the protest leaders.

Troopers face challenges this summer

Submitted photoRegistration day: Grundy Electric Cooper members drive up to register for the annual meeting last Thursday at South Harrison.

(Continued From Page 1)masks.

“I want my kids to wear masks because it protects the other kids and the teachers,” Deskins said.

Tammy Easton said, “We need to do everything we can to make sure it is safe in the class-room.”

The school board also re-ceived letters signed by the Harrison County Community Hospital’ supporting the mask requirement.

But board member C. F. Rain-ey said most of the coronavirus cases have occurred in St. Louis and Kansas City and not in rural Missouri and questioned wheth-er youngsters are vulnerable to the disease.

In answer to Rainey’s ques-tion about the number of cases involving children in the county, Cross said six or seven adoles-cents have been diagnosed with the virus in the last month.

Board member Jack Mc-Call, who wears a mask all day in his dental practice, said the mask requirement could not be enforced among students. He also said that in his observation many people don’t wear masks properly.

McCall and board President Nick Fitzgerald said they have heard from some parents who said they would withdraw their children from school if they were required to wear masks.

“We are going to lose some kids,” McCall said.

In making his motion to re-quire masks, Daniel said older persons and those with health risks will be vulnerable if chil-dren bring home the virus.

After the issue was debated for about 45 minutes, Fitzgerald called for a second to Daniel’s motion and hearing none let the matter die without a vote.

The school board went on to approve the district’s re-opening plan, which was presented last week, on motion of McCall and a second by Mark Plymell. The board approved the plan, which recommends but doesn’t require masks, on a 6-1 vote, with Dan-iel voting against.

Mask mandate fails at board meeting


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Eagleville United Methodist Rev. Kathryn Morrison, pastor

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Wed. 7 pm Bible StudyFairview Community Church

Gloria Caulkins, pastor4 miles S. on Hwy 146 east of Bethany

10:30 am ServiceFaith Community Christian

602 South 15th St., Bethany Rev. Olin Slaughter, pastor9:45 a.m. Sunday school;

10:45 a.m. worship5 p.m. Supper; 6:30 p.m. Bible Study

Tuesday 6 pm Women’s meeting 7 p.m. Bible study

Gilman City First Baptist Gavin Roberts, pastor

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Andover Community of Christ Lisa Stobbe; 641-784-3730

9:45 am Sunday school; 11 am worship; 7 pm Wednesday prayer service

Bethany First Assembly of God Rev. Richard Birdsong, pastor

22311 East Hwy. 1369:45 am Sunday school

9:45 am new converts class; 10:45 am worship & children’s ministry;

6 pm Evangelistic service;Wed. 7 pm Hour of Power service

3rd Thursday 7 p.m. “Gospel Music Jubilee”Bethany Community of Christ

Richard Jackel, pastor9:30 a.m. pre-worship;

10:30 a.m. worshipBethany First Baptist Bro. Ryan Kunce, Senior Pastor

Casey Joyce, Assoc. Pastor9:30 am Sunday school;

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Wed. 6:30 p.m. Awana/Youth Wheelchair accessible; Nursery provided

Bethany First Christian 1901 Alder StreetBrad Clark, Pastor

9:40 am Sunday school; 10:30 am worship;

Wed. 5:30-6:30 pm W.I.L.D. Youth GroupThurs. 5 - 6 pm Open Prayer Time

Handicapped accessibleBethany United Methodist

2703 Crestview, Bethany9:30 a.m. Worship

10:40 am Sunday SchoolWheelchair accessible.

Bible Baptist Matt Deardorff, pastor, 12th & Miller, 425-777510 a.m. Sunday school;

11 a.m. Worship; 2 p.m. afternoon service Sunday;

Tuesday, 7 p.m., bible study, prayer time, Kids Club

Blessed Sacrament Catholic 1208 S 25th St., Bethany

5 pm Saturday Mass; 8:30 am Sunday MassBlue Ridge Church Trent Willhite, pastor

9:30 am Sunday school; 10:45 am Worship

Wed. 6:45 pm Kids Club Bread of Life

Non-Denominational Church1603 Central StreetBethany, MO 64424

Bryan Weatherwax, pastorand Cynthia Weatherwax, worship leader6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Sunday evening Services

Everyone Welcome1Cainsville Assembly of God

Bart Skroh, pastor; 10 am Sunday school; 10:50 worship

Wednesday 7 pm Children/Youth programCainsville First Christian

Rich Piper, pastor10 am Sunday school; 11 am worship

Gilman City United Methodist Pastor Bendi Burgin

10 am Coffee & Sunday School; 11:00 am worship

Kids Group to be announcedHeath Chapel

Rural McFallCristy Clark, pastor

9 am worship; 10 am Sunday school;

Highway Christian I-35 exit 88, 1/2 mile S. on Hwy. 13

Darian Catron, pastor 10 am Sunday school;

11 am worshipHope Lutheran

Rev. Walter Peckman, pastor9:00 a.m. worship

10:15 am Bible StudyImmanuel Baptist

Bruce Williams, PastorEvan Johnson,Assoc. Pastor/Youth Dir.

8:30 a.m. Prayer Time 9:00 a.m Sunday school

10:15 a.m.worship; 5:30 p.m. Youth;6:30 p.m. worship

Wed. 6:15 Youth; 6-7:30 p.m. Team Kid; 6:30-7:30 p.m. Adult Bible study

Jehovah’s Witness10 am public talk;

MId Week Tuesday 7 pm Kirkley Chapel Tom Hogan, pastor


Wed. 7:00 p.m.Martinsville Christian

Fred Flesher9:30 am Sunday school;

10:30 am worship each Sunday Martinsville United Methodist

Mark Morehouse, pastor 10 am Sunday school;

11 am worship, 2nd & 4th SundaysMelbourne Baptist

10 am Sunday school; 11 am Worship;

Mitchelville Methodist Richard Wilson, pastor 10 am Sunday school;

worship 1st & 3rd SundaysMorris Chapel

Harold Wilson, pastor 5 miles N on Hwy 699 am Sunday School

10 am worshipWed.. 7 pm Bible Study

Mt. Moriah Baptist Rev. Victor Buntin, pastor9:30 am Sunday school;

10:30 am & 8 pm worship; Discipleship training 6:30 pm;

Wednesday 7 pm worshipMt. Pleasant No. 2Rev. Robert Skeens, pastor9:30 am Sunday school;

10:30 am & 6:30 pm worship; Wed. 7 pm prayer & Bible study

Coffey Baptist 10 a.m. Bible study;

11 a.m. & 6 pm worship;6 p.m. Wed. Bible Study Church of Christ

17th & Central, Bethany10 a.m. Sunday Bible Study

11 a.m. Worship Eagleville Baptist Church

9:30 am Sunday Bible class; 10:30 am & 7 pm worship

Eagleville Church of Christ10 am Sunday Bible classes; 10:45 am & 6 pm worship

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Well, as of Sunday, the Royals have a four game winning streak. They are still under .500 but you gotta start somewhere. Go KC Royals!

Kim and Maurice Erwin’s grandson, Cameron spent the week at their home. They went swimming a couple times. They attended a memorial service for Kim’s uncle Saturday in Vesta, Minnesota then traveled to Ar-lington, Minnesota to watch Kim’s nephew race. After all that, they headed to Holland, Minne-sota, to celebrate Cameron’s 4th birthday.

Optimist Club members So-phie Ryan, Julie McElroy, and Liz Carpenter took a trailer load of glass bottles to the Ripple Glass recycling bin in Kearney, Missouri, on Tuesday evening. It was quite an adventure as they had a tire go bad on the trailer just

south of Eagleville. Thanks to the very helpful folks at Love’s in Eagleville, the ladies finally got the tire changed and home before midnight!

Wednesday morning, after a stop in Lamoni to replace a cou-ple of trailer tires, Optimist Club members Liz Carpenter and Julie McElroy took a load of alumi-num cans and plastic bottles to the Can Due Redemption Center in Corydon, Iowa.

Carrie Richardson visited Ivan Lane on Saturday. They were working on filling out Ivan’s 2020 Census form. Filling out government forms can be a has-sle. Thanks for helping out, Car-rie.

Gary, Cotton, and Coy, Os-born stopped by Liz Carpenter’s Thursday evening to pick up some eggs.

Kenny and Marilyn Craig

stopped by Liz Carpenter’s on Thursday evening. They were there to pick up Bryan Craig who was dropping off haying equip-ment. Liz said it was good to see them and visit with them.

Not much going on with Dylan, Holly, and Benson Parkhurst this last week.

Cassie Daleske says she didn’t have any news this week. I’d say she’s pretty busy with Axel and baby brother Kipton.

Liz Carpenter and Julie McEl-roy made a quick trip to Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday morn-ing to take care of some business.

Have a good week, be kind to each other, and keep the school kids, teachers, and all the people working at the schools and in education in your prayers as they try to figure out the best and saf-est way to get back to the busi-ness of educating our youth.

Submitted photoStudent receives FBLA hon-or: Anderson Rogers, a 2020 South Harrison graduate, placed seventh in agribusiness at the FBLA National Leader-ship Experience this summer. The event was held virtually.

By Andy Luke, Field Special-ist in Agronomy, MU Exten-sion

Farmers should scout their cornfields for tar spot this grow-ing season. Tar spot, a fungal disease, is common in Central and South America but was first identified in the United States in 2015. Since then it has spread throughout the Corn Belt and was found in three counties in Northeast Missouri in 2019.

Tar spot can be found on up-per and lower leaf surfaces and appears as small raised black dots that look very similar to tar (those who named it weren’t very creative). The spots do not bust through the leaf epidermis so can’t be scraped off of the leaf surface, unlike rust or other dis-ease pustules. Tan to brown le-sions can surround the tar spots,

Tar spot disease identifiedand occasionally in heavy infes-tations the spots can be found on the husks and leaf sheaths.

The pathogen that causes tar spot overwinters on infested corn residue and can be spread via wind and rain splashing. Dis-ease symptoms have been ob-served as early as V3, but have been seen most often on corn during mid-to-late grain fill on leaves at or below the ear level. Cool temperatures and high rela-tive humidity are thought to fa-vor infection, and periods of per-sistent rain have been shown to promote disease development. In heavy infestations, yield loss-es of up to 30 bushels per acre have resulted from reduced ear weight, poor kernel fill and loose kernels.

Best management practices for tar spot are still being devel-oped. Fungicides have shown to reduce tar spot, but the best application timing and effective modes of action are still being researched. Because the inocu-lum survives on residue, tillage of infected fields and crop rota-tion are the best management options at this time for fields with tar spot.

Scouting for tar spot will help researchers track the spread of the disease and understand its behavior and severity. If you suspect you have tar spot in your corn fields, contact me, Andy Luke, at (660) 425-6434.

Kay and Randall Thomas were supper guests Tuesday the 4th of August of Lila McLain they came to help do some yard chores and some stuff on the farm. Friday, August 7th Kay Thomas and Lilas great-grand girls Kaylyn and McKinley Wolf came to visit.

Sympathy to the family and friends of Dean Thompson who recently passed away.

Please keep Junior Evans and Nelson Ray in your thoughts and prayers they are having some medical issues.

Don’t forget City Hall will be closed the 14th through the 21st of August for vacation.

School starts August 24th at Cainsville if there are any ques-tions or concerns please contact the school.

BV Chapter P.E.O.BV Chapter of P.E.O. will

meet at 6:00 P.M., Monday, August 17, at the shelter house of Bethany Memorial Park. Social distancing will be prac-ticed, and masks required. Each member should bring her own wrapped snack. Co-hostesses are Anna Beth Fish and Roberta Fish.

Bethany T.O.P.S.Bethany T.O.P.S. (take off

pounds sensibly), #1146, meet every Tuesday evening from 5:30 to 6:30 at the First Christian Church basement.

Elizabeth Harrison Chapter of the D.A.R.

The Elizabeth Harrison Chap-ter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will hold their monthly meeting Saturday, August 15, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. at the Harrison County Genealogy Library. Dixie Alexander will present a program on The Bald Eagle and the Great Seal.

Cancer Support GroupCanceled until further notice

due to COVID-19. Fraternal Order of

Eagles #2534 AuxiliaryThe Fraternal Order of Eagles

auxiliary meetings are held at 6:00 p.m. on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month at 104 S. 16th Street.

Harrison County Genealogy Society

Please call 660.425.6535 to make an appointment.

NA-AA Meetings AA meet on Wednesday & Saturdays 7-8 p.m. at the Faith Community Christian Center, 602 S. 15th St, Bethany (the old Methodist Church building). Call Mary 661-839-2063.

Box 46, Bethany, Mo. 64424. Online condolences may be left at www.robersonfuneralhome.com

Billie Dean “Bill” Fisher

Bill was born on August 15, 1932 in Lincoln, Nebraska to Willie and Hazel Katheryn (Weir) Fisher. He was a gradu-ate of the College View High School in Lincoln, Nebraska. He served in the Korean War and was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation, Korean Service Medal with two Battle Stars, and the UN Service Medal.

He started a glass company with his business partner in Beatrice, Nebraska in 1966 and expanded that business to Maryville, Missouri with the purchase of Maryville Glass in 1977. In 1985 his partnership with Larry McKee (a Nodaway County native) ended. He con-tinued to operate what became Maryville Glass and Lock until his retirement in 1999, selling the business to his son, Greg Fisher.

He married Janice Pettit on May 2, 1999 in Gallatin, Mis-souri. She survives of the home.

During retirement, Bill and Janice enjoyed travelling all over the United States for nine years in their motorhome.

Beginning in the mid-1960s thru the early 1990s Bill was an avid dog trainer, breeder and field trialer. He was an ac-tive member of the Vizsla Club of America for over twenty five years many of those years spent serving on the board of direc-tors. He traveled extensively na-tionwide participating in and lat-er judging field trials for many pointing breeds but his love was always his “red dogs”.

He was a member of the VFW, Masons and the American Legion.

On May 27th, 1956 Bill mar-ried Patricia Farr in Lincoln, Ne-braska, they had two children; son Gregory (Kathy), Maryville and daughter Holly Jo, Atlanta, Georgia.

Additional survivors include: sister, Wilma Uden, Hastings, Nebraska; four step-children, Terri (Charlie) Wells, Bethany, Missouri, Tammy (Greg) Ste-vens, Bethany, Missouri, Toni (John) Peck, Waterloo, Iowa and Bill (Kathy) Wright, Fairhope, Alabama; two grandsons, Wil-liam (Jodi Throckmorton) Fish-er, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Henry (Jackie Anderson) Fisher, Maryville, Missouri; granddaughter, Gigi Fisher, Atlanta, Georgia; seven step-grandchildren; twenty-three great-grandchildren; two broth-ers-in-law; and one sister-in-law.

He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, two sisters-in-law, and four brothers-in-law.

Bill will be sadly missed by family and friends. In lieu of flowers, his family suggests me-morials to the Salvation Army.

Mr. Fisher has been cremat-ed under the care of Price Fu-neral Home, Maryville. There will be no visitation or service held. www.pricefuneralhome-maryville.com

Bill D. HensleyBill D. Hensley, 90, of Lib-

erty, Mo, died Saturday, August 1, 2020, at the Norterre Assisted Living Residences in Liberty, Mo.

Bill Dale Hensley, son of Elza and Anna Marie (Grace) Hens-ley, was born November 16, 1929 in Lone Star, Mo, one of six children. He attended school at Lone Star, graduating in 1948 from Martinsville High School in Missouri.

Bill was a veteran of the Ko-rean War. He served honorably in the U.S. Army, achieving the rank of Staff Sergeant.

After his military service, Bill went to work for Nate Lindsey as a truck driver. It was there that he met the love of his life, San-dra Kay Lindsey, Nate’s daugh-ter. Sandra liked to tell the story of how they met, saying that “he asked me out and then quit his job”. They were married on Sep-tember 21, 1958, and raised two children, Lisa and Charles.

Bill and Sandra moved from Martinsville to Kansas City, Mo, where Bill worked as District Service Manager for the Gen-eral Tire & Rubber Company for many years. After retirement from General Tire, Bill accepted a supervisor position in the TBA Adjustment Center at Farmland Industries, Inc. in 1980 and worked there until his second retirement.

After moving to Liberty, Mo in 1970, Bill and Sandra at-tended both the Liberty Chris-tian Church and the First Pres-byterian Church and were very involved in both congregations. Bill was also a Scottish Rite Ma-son and a member of the Shri-ners. He was a supportive Boy Scout parent, Honorary Warrior in the Tribe of Mic-O-Say, and proud father of an Eagle Scout. Bill and Sandra enjoyed travel immensely, taking full advan-tage of the flight benefits that his daughter had as a flight at-tendant, venturing to fascinat-ing places like Russia, Italy, and Australia. He humored Sandra by helping her in the garden and accompanying her in square dancing. Many a family vaca-tion was spent camping or snow skiing in Colorado. He fully enjoyed hosting friends at their lake house at Lake Viking and was a patient boat captain, as we all learned to ski. He made the best peanut clusters ever. After becoming empty nest-ers, Bill and Sandra joined St. James Catholic Church in Lib-

erty. With their Small Christian Community group, they volun-teered many hours at St. Mary’s Church, feeding the homeless.

Bill and Sandra spent many winters in Yuma, AZ as “snow-birds” with a great group of friends. Family and friends meant everything to Bill, and he adored his children and grand-children. He was the nicest man you’ll ever meet.

Bill was preceded in death by his parents, Elza and Marie, and four siblings, Eldon, Junior, Leola, and Robert Hensley.

Bill is survived by his wife of 62 years, Sandra; his children, Lisa Hensley Blanchard (Rich) of Denver, Colo. and Charles Hensley (Wendy) of Houston, Tx; his grandchildren, Max Blanchard (Hannah), Tucker Blanchard, Sabre Hensley, and Isabelle Hensley; step-grand-children, Kelly Childers and Anna Childers. He also leaves his brother, Kenneth Hens-ley (Joan); step mother-in-law, JoAnn Lindsey; sister-in-law Maxine Hensley; as well as a multitude of nieces and neph-ews, and countless friends. He will be missed every day.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the American Heart Association (www.heart.org). Due to Covid-19 precau-tions, a Celebration of Life will be announced later. You may send a message to the fam-ily or sign an online guest book via www.parklawnfunerals.com. Arrangements: Park Lawn Northland Chapel (816) 781-8228.

Billy Marvin Dinsmore

Billy Marvin Dinsmore, 87, Mt. Moriah, Mo. passed away Thursday, August 6, 2020 at a Cameron Missouri Veteran’s Home in Cameron, Mo.

He was born on June 8, 1933 on the family farm west of Mt. Moriah, Missouri the son of James Ernest and Mary Ollie (Bane) Dinsmore.

Billy attended grade school at the Fairview Country School close to home. Then the family moved to Bethany where he fin-ished his schooling and gradu-ated with the class of 1951. They continued to farm while living in town.

On June 21, 1953, he mar-ried his one and only love, De-leta Hudson of Mt. Moriah. Two weeks later, Bill went into the United States Army. After basic training, he was stationed in Wi-esbaden, Germany where Deleta joined him. In April of 1955 they returned to the farm where they spent the rest of their years until ill health affected their lives.

Bill and Deleta adopted two children, Carma Leta in 1958 and James Richard in 1963.

Bill was a member of the Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. He loved the Lord and served as Deacon and in several other po-sitions.

He was a proud steward of the land and loved farming. He was the first no-till farmer in

Harrison County and later sold the “Buffalo” brand machinery. He had served on the Harrison County Soil Conservation Dis-trict Board.

He had received the Good-year Award and other various farming recognitions. The farm was recognized as a “Century Farm” by the University of Mis-souri Extension Center.

As a lot of local people were aware, Billy “loved” drag rac-ing. He spent many hours work-ing on several different drag cars and he was an accomplished driver with many trophies to show for it. When the dragstrip closed down at one point, he organized Thunder Valley Fun Run which lasted for a few sea-sons. He also enjoyed music and tried to never miss the kids’ and grandkids’ concerts or to go en-joy a gospel group.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Billy leaves behind his wife of 67 years, Deleta Dinsmore, of the home; daughter, Carma (Tom) Hansel, Bethany, Mo; son, Jim Dinsmore, Ridgeway, Mo; grandchildren, Mandy Brown, Brett Hansel (Amanda) and Steiger Dinsmore; great grandchildren, Kaci Brown, Jaxcynn Hansel, Karter Brown, Meric Hansel, Paige Lane, Brooke Lane and Gracie Young and a brother-in-law, Gineth (Jane) Hudson.

Funeral Services were August 10 at Roberson Funeral Home, Bethany, Mo. Burial in Miriam Cemetery, Bethany, Mo.

Memorials may be made to the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home and/or The Missouri Vet-eran’s Home Assistance League in care of Roberson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 46, Bethany, Mo. 64424. Online condolences may be left at www.robersonfu-neralhome.com

Diane Renea GibsonDiane Renea Gibson was

born April 7th, 1952, at home to her parents Vern and Lois (Meyer) Dill in New Hampton. She was blessed with the very best parents anyone could have asked for.

She attended grade school in New Hampton and graduated high school from South Harri-son. She continued her educa-tion at Northwest Missouri State College, where she graduated Suma Cum Laude with a Bache-lor’s in Math and Science. Upon graduation, she did student teaching in Arizona, which may have sparked her love for trav-eling the country with her girls. She returned to the Northwest Missouri area and taught around St Joseph. Her love for learning never ended.

She married Stan Gibson on May 31st, 1975. From this union came her greatest joy in life, be-ing a mother. Tawni Michelle Gibson was born October 27, 1977, followed by Taryn Chan-tel on August 7, 1982.

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Editor’s note: I don’t know how many times I have heard lately how the news media is benefiting from the coronavirus pandemic. The media is accused of exaggerating the impact of the pandemic in the interest of increasing viewership and read-ership. This is far from the truth because, like everyone else, we have been hurt by the events that have occurred over the last sev-eral months. The following com-mentary, written by a newspaper editor, describes what all of us in the news business are feel-ing—and it isn’t any different than you.—Phil Conger.By Julia M. DendinerAssistant editor, Valencia, N.M., News-Bulletin

Well here it is, early August and we’re staring down the end of summer. It’s been a weird one, but most of us are still ar-rive right? So everything’s OK, yeah?

Sure, sure things are all good.

I mean, yes, local businesses are suffering, crashing and burning all over the nation, but that’s the price you pay for thrilling head-lines, right?

I mean, the newspaper indus-try is just loving this economic crisis, you know? You do know that, right? This is our idea of fun, apparently.

At least, that seems to be the going theory—that “the media” is somehow reveling in this un-precedented national health cri-sis. That the mainstream—oh, excuse me “lamestream” media is super excited to see our com-munities financially suffer.

Let’s discuss that shall we? For those of you who unaware, our basic business model is this—local businesses pay us for advertising space in the pa-per. That’s pretty much it.

There’s different prices for different sizes, different rates based on how many weeks the ad runs, if it goes into a special

section, or so on.We also make a little bit of

money from subscriptions and newspaper sales at locations around the county, resulting in many shiny quarters in the bank.

And that’s it. That’s where our money comes from. So, yeah, when our local businesses are down entirely or operat-ing under restrictions and can’t make the money they usually do, that affects us.

But hey, it’s all part of the plan, right? No seriously, we’re “in” on it. The vaccine that’s go-ing to be announced on Novem-ber 4? Yep, totally real. Oh, and about that microchip . . . don’t worry, you’ll hardly feel it.

Or more likely, COVID-19 cases and deaths will just take a nosedive around then and just cease to exist. After the election of course.

Yep, we are totally watch-ing our community go down in flames, risking our own finan-

cial ruin and closure. It’s fine.And let’s not forget the emo-

tional and mental damage this whole mess is doing to our friends, families and communi-ties. The hurt being dealt to our fellow human beings that we absolutely don’t care about and only want to exploit for clicks.

Remember, we have no con-cern for your children or even for our own. Their future pales in comparison to our part in the effort to utterly ruin this state and nation.

Because The Depression just looked so darn fun, we thought—and by “we” I do mean the inter-national, all-powerful cabal of journalists manipulating things behind the scenes in case that was unclear—we thought, hey, let’s do that again.

I’m going to shift gears now and tell you something very important. Really, listen up. If you’ve read this far, and if you have any inkling of who I am

as a person, I hope like hell you realize I’m being sarcastic. Seri-ously, if you don’t realize that . . . well, that’s worrisome, to say the least. I don’t know where people have gotten the idea that reporters are part of some vast conspiracy to burn the world down. I really don’t get it.

Exactly what are we sup-posed to get out of the financial ruin of the very businesses and people we rely on to stay in business ourselves? How does that even work?

A lot of people seem to think newspapers and other news out-lets have millions in the bank. Well I’m here to tell you that’s not the case, especially for small, community newspapers like this.

Yes, we keep the lights on. My paycheck has never bounced We still print a newspaper every week and deliver it, neither of which is cheap.

But seriously, if the economy,

as a whole or even just here in Valencia County, tanks, what then? Do people think there’s some newspaper version of a sugar daddy waiting in the wings? I assure you there isn’t.

There’s this idea that the me-dia is bought and paid for by wealthy influencers. I mean, maybe some publications are. I can’t say that’s 100 percent false, but I can definitely say that’s not the case here and in many other communities. I mean, have you seen what I drive?

So please, let go of the idea that we’re enjoying any of this. I’m so very tired of writing about the pandemic and its fall-out. Everything is now tied to it, influenced by it, changed by it and I’m sick of it—and truly over it.

We take no joy in watching the world come apart, in seeing people struggle more that they should. Because ultimately, we are you, and we hurt, too.

Newspapers also face the burden of COVID-19

as the Postmaster in Bethany. A lifelong member of the New Hampton United Method-ist Church, she was a woman of strong faith and amazing moral character. She has served the church in many capacities through the years and was al-ways involved in church activi-ties. She served on the Rotary Board and was the first woman to serve on the New Hampton City Council. She was very in-volved in the Harrison County Food Pantry and was currently serving on the Board.

She was a woman capable of any task, and she passed that on to her daughters. If she didn’t know how to do something, she taught herself. She loved to learn and continued to learn and read her whole life. Diane loved with her whole heart. If she knew you, she cared for your wellbe-ing. She especially loved kids.

On December 31, 2005, she became Grandma to Blake. Al-though she was already well-practiced at spoiling young ones, this boy brought a whole new light to her eyes and her life. She was Grandma Diane to many children, including her great nieces and nephews.

Diane was preceded in death by her father, Vern Dill; grand-parents, John and Mable (Ma-gee) Meyer; grandparents, Joe and Pearl (Sallee) Dill and un-cle, Lynn Meyer.

Diane is survived by daugh-ters Tawni Gibson and Taryn (Gibson) Johnson and grand-son Blake Johnson; mother, Lois (Meyer) Dill; sister, Linda (Dill) Daniel and her husband Terry; nieces and nephews, Beth (Doug) Mitchell, Marissa (Bri-an) Spillman, Ryan (Jennifer) Daniel and Brad (Stacy) Dan-iel and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

Funeral services were August 11 at Roberson Funeral Home, Bethany, Mo. Burial in Foster Cemetery, New Hampton, Mo.

In lieu of flowers, memori-als may be made to the Harrison County Food Pantry in care of Roberson Funeral Home, P.O.

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North Harrison School has begun the process of finishing their all weather track that has proved to be a long process so far.

The school had received a Land and Water Conservation grant to help with the cost of the project, which was administered by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

Monday the school began work pouring asphalt, which will take about two days. After that there is a 30-day cure time before they can apply the all weather surface.

Submitted photoNew track: North Harrison School track is getting closer to completion now that the asphalt has begun to be poured. The next step will be a 30 day cure time before the all weather surface can be applied.

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Fall is in the air: South Harrison senior quarterback Austin Lasher, left photo, prepares to throw a pass during the first day of fall football practice at the high school. The Bulldogs will open the season on Friday, Aug. 28, in a non-conference game with East Buchanan. Chance Corbett gets ready to catch one of Lasher’s passes while watched by Coach Chris Schoning. The Bulldogs tied with Princeton and Gallatin for the conference championship last season. They advanced to the state quarterfinals before losing to Mid-Buchanan at Gower.

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The 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (Members) of the Common Stock of

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August 19, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.in the conference room of the

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be met to conduct the business meeting.


New Hampton News Melanie Hall-Rowley 439-2804<[email protected]>

Among the thousands of other events being canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Missouri Press Association an-nounced last week that its 154th convention will not be held in September in Jefferson City as originally planned.

MPA President Trevor Ver-non of Eldon said the decision to cancel the convention was based

on the state’s rising number of COVID-19 cases and feedback received from members. Some business and other events will be carried out on-line.

The 2021 convention and trade show will be held at the Elms Hotel in Excelsior Springs.

The induction of the latest class of the Hall of Fame will be delayed until next year’s con-

vention. The inductees are the late Laura Rollins Hockaday, longtime society editor of The Kansas City Star; Kia Breaux, Midwest regional director for The Associated Press, and Dane Vernon, former publisher of Ver-non Publishing and former MPA president.

The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Mis-souri Department of Transporta-tion has planned in the Harrison County area for the week of Au-gust 10 – 16.

Route A – CLOSED until further notice from Route T to Route B due to a culvert wash-out

Route W – Scrub seal project from U.S. Route 69 at Bethany to Route M west of Eagleville, Aug. 11 – 17. Traffic will be re-duced to one lane and flaggers and a pilot car will guide motor-

ists through the work zone.I-35 – Resurfacing project

from U.S. Route 136 (Exit 92) to Route C (Exit 78, Daviess County) through September.

SAD NEWS New Hampton lost one of its citizens Thursday night, and her loss has stunned the community. Diane Gibson was killed in a traffic accident on Highway 136. I last saw her when Mike and I went up to help clean Donar’s house in June, she and Tawni and several others all pitched in to tidy up, she was a dynamo at cleaning. She opened her home up, and was helping Donar with aftercare after he was allowed to come home to New Hampton so he could re-cover from burns he suffered in a grass fire March 8th. She was active not only in our town, but also in the county, helping out at the food pantry in Bethany, attending all of the functions in New Hampton and she will be missed greatly by our town, and our county. A very sad day for all of us. Please keep her fam-ily in your thoughts and prayers. I was looking through photos of some events in the past and found several photos of her among them. She was a special person. Mema and I talked about her and she said that Diane was such a hard worker for the town.

EXHAUSTED PETERS CLAN In between FEMA, city business and the wedding....thinking that the Peters clan and extended members need to be sent on vacation and spa. Jug-gling lots of things for town and family Kerri and Nate!

WEDDINGS! Seth Peters and Maggie Baker got married on August 8th and Hunter Lang-fitt and Morgan Mulnix got mar-ried on August 8th. Will have more on this next week when I have all the details to share. Stay tuned. Congratulations to both of these couples are in or-der from all of us.

MEMA HAS THE BEST TOYS That was the verdict from Jude Wright, three year old son of Logan Wright. He got out the toys Mema keeps for the little ones to play with, and he told her when he was leaving that “I sure loved your toys” which made her laugh, she said he picked every single one of them up and put them away. Other guests coming in for Maggie Baker and Seth Peters wedding stopped in to see Mema including Cole Wright and his girlfriend Addy who had come from St. Charles, Emma Christopher (Wright) and son River, Anna Higley and her family, and Sarah and her chil-dren all stopped by also, the Ford family just lives down the street so come frequently. Shirley had fixed some stuffed peppers and brought those over Friday so that was a good treat. Shirley had gone to Hunter and Morgan’s wedding and then on to Maggie and Seth’s wedding Saturday, so Maria and Luke stopped by and picked Mema up to attend Mag-gie’s wedding. She said the wed-ding was lovely, Maggie made a beautiful bride and that Maggie was so glad Mema had come to her wedding. She also said the

food was superb and that she told Kerri that too. She said she didn’t do any dancing and was glad to get home and relax. Hal-ey Ruff also stopped in several times or called her.

BEAU ADAMS HAS VISI-TORS The little black dog seen walking with Lanora Adams through town has had visitors for the first weekend in August. Friends LadyBug and Lucy Lou came up from Kearney, and were there over the weekend while their owners Gary and Ann went to a retreat in IL LadyBug is a young energetic girl and wanted to play, Lanora wasn’t sure on breed but said she looked like a poodle. Beau being a slightly older fellow wasn’t as much into it as she was. Lucy Lou the Shih Tzu had the indignity of hav-ing ear chewed on by the young whippersnapper. Beau seemed glad to see his company depart and get back to being an only dog.

HAPPY BIRTH-DAYS Through August 12th: August 1st, Charles Samuel; August 2nd, Elvis Allen and Elshanna Mann; August 4th, Bill Wyatt; August 6th, Christy Clark and Cheryl Osman; Au-gust 7th, Amber Abernathy, Tim Murray and Taryn Gibson; August 8th, Maury Meadows and Barbara Meadows; August 10th, Sydney Nichols and Brady Osman; August 12th, Brandon Hunter.

BLACK VULTURES A member of News Talk posted on FB that they were losing calves to these here in our area. A dis-cussion ensued over whether or not you could legally shoot them. The answer is no, you have to have a wildlife depreda-tion permit. The Missouri De-partment of Conservation has information on the attacks in other areas of Missouri on their website, and USDA/APHIS has a PDF on the problems these black vultures cause, which isn’t just the loss of newborn ani-mals but their mothers as well. Also mentioned was the damage done to structures by them. On the USDA website there is more information as well as how to

obtain the necessary permit if you are losing stock. These are a whole ‘nother thing from our fa-miliar Turkey Vulture with their red heads. The Black Vultures kill living creatures, and since where one or two gather an en-tire flock shows up, they can be devastating to ranchers.

GROTTO IN WEST BEND Iowa Lanora Adams and friends Jean Thrailkill and Marilyn Huit took a road trip to see this at-traction the last Tuesday and Wednesday of July. They stayed overnight, but got there early enough on Tuesday morning to see The Grotto, which has been described as The Eighth Won-der of the World. The Grotto is nine different scenes that depict the life of Christ. Lanora said it was about a five hour trip for them but that they had a good time visiting and that it was well worth seeing. It takes up an en-tire block so quite a bit of walk-ing but there were places to rest.

OUR NEWSPAPER One thing as a lifelong reader that you notice is that the words are getting more simplistic and words with more than two syl-lables are scarce. Books now appear to be written for the Dick and Jane series and not for adults. “Look John, look. See that knife? Look, look John. Does Spot see the knife? Look Spot, look, look.” Well maybe not quite that bad but pretty darn close in too many of the books I have tried to read. Are they now writing for third graders I can’t even count the books I have started reading and have had to just shut the cover on due to that very thing. You also notice it in the newspapers, if you can find the big daily ones anymore, they are disappearing quickly, with some dropping home de-livery and others cutting days they publish. Sad state of af-fairs. Nothing more satisfying to hear than the crisp SNAP of the newspaper being folded into sections as it was being read. But the writing in the ones you do find have many mistakes and Dick and Jane writing now too. Not in this paper though. Plenty of polysyllabic words

and weaving of thoughts and in-formation so that you get a good story, understand the news and feel as if you have learned some-thing when the weekly edition comes out. And the little tidbits scattered here and there such as the FACT not OPINION are needed. I also like the addition of Baxter Black’s column. I’ve read him for years. For years we looked to the newspapers for correct spelling, usage of words and sentence structure, and we still can with ours. Shame more of them don’t take pride in what they print. Thanks Phil and staff for all your hard work.

HAPPY ANNIVERSA-RIES Through August 12th: August 5th, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Clark; August 6th, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Akers and Mr. and Mrs. Greg Humphrey; August 8th, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Coots, and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Stevenson; August 9th, Mr. and Mrs. Richie Eaton; August 11th, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Nagle.

STAY SAFE And hug your loved ones a little bit tighter.

Missouri Press Assn.’s convention is canceled Harrison County roadwork planned August 12 - 16

August 10 - 14August 10 - Broccoli or tomato soup, ham or turkey

sandwich, carrot and celery sticks, mandarin oranges, bread

August 11 - Taco Salad, refried beans, lettuce, tomatoes, fruit in gelatin, tortilla chips

August 12 - Chicken Parmesan, peas, lettuce salad, apple-sauce, chocolate sheet cake, bread

August 13 - Hamburgers, scalloped potatoes, Cali blend vegetables, pears, bun

August 14 - Fried chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans, strawberries with bananas, bread

Senior Citizens' Menu

The Senior Center shows no discrimination because of race, sex or religion. Meals subject to change accord-ing to supply hand or time for preparation. Bread, butter or margarine, milk, tea or coffee served daily. To order a meal, call 425-3220 before 9:30 a.m.

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a unique role both in American History and in the process by which this country’s democracy is preserved. Its one premise is that people must be informed if they are to govern themselves competently. Public Notice advertising first came into being with the Congress of 1792. That body, recognizing its responsibility to the people, required the Postmaster General to advertise for bids for the construction of new post offices. From that inauspicious beginning to the complex publication requirements in federal, state and local laws today, government officials have come more and more to understand their obligations to inform the public through Public Notice advertis-ing. Newspapers over the years have been the vehicle by which these obligations have been fulfilled. They will continue to be as long as the public demands that it be informed frequently and by the best means possible.)

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IN THE 3RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT,

HARRISON COUNTY, MISSOURIJudge or Division: PROBATE

Case Number: 20AH-PR00028

In the Estate of HAROLD L FRAME, Deceased.

Notice of Letters ofAdministration Granted

(Supervised Administration)

To All Persons Interested in the Estate of HAROLD L FRAME, Dece-dent:

On JULY 10, 2020, the following individuals were appointed the per-sonal representatives of the estate of HAROLD L FRAME, decedent, by the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Harrison County, Missouri.

The personal representative’s busi-ness addresses are: SHERI ALEX-ANDER, P O BOX 827, OXFORD, KS 67119; KATHI KENYON, 18312 TURNING STREAM LANE, PFLUGERVILLE, TX 78660.

The personal representatives’ attor-neys’ names, business addresses are: MARTIN DAY MILLER, 113 NORTH POLK, P O BOX 499, MAYSVILLE, MO 64469-0499; DAVID BERNIEL PARMAN, PO BOX 187, 108-110 S SMITH ST, ALBANY, MO 64402.

All creditors of said decedent are notified to file claims in court within six months from the date of the first publication of this notice or if a copy of this notice was mailed to, or served upon, such creditor by the personal representative, then within two months from the date it was mailed or served, whichever is later, or be forever barred to the fullest

extent permissible by law. Such six-month period and such two-month period do not extend the limitation period that would bar claims one year after the decedent’s death, as provided in Section 473.444, RSMo, or any other applicable limitation periods. Nothing in Section 473.033, RSMo, shall be construed to bar any action against a decedent’s liability insurance carrier through a defen-dant ad litem pursuant to Section 537.021, RSMo.

Date of the decedent’s death: 01-MAR-2020

Date of first publication: JULY 22, 2020

/s/Carla Hillyard, Deputy Clerk

Receipt of this notice by mail should not be construed by the recipient to indicate that the recipient nec-essarily has a beneficial interest in the estate. The nature and extent of any person’s interest, if any, can be determined from the files and records of this estate in the Probate Division of the above referenced Cir-cuit Court.

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NOTICE

TO ALL PERSONS interested in the Estate of Billie Joe Findley, Decedent. The undersigned, Alan Rober-son, is the acting Successor Trustee under a Trust, the terms of which provide that the debts of the dece-dent may be paid by the Successor Trustee upon receipt of proper proof thereof. The address of the Succes-sor Trustee is: Alan Roberson, 1107 S. 25th St., Bethany MO 64424. All creditors of the decedent are noticed to present their claims to the undersigned within six (6) months from the date of the first publication of this notice or be forever barred.

/s/ Alan RobersonSuccessor Trustee of the

Billie Joe Findley TrustDated March 15, 2016

CHAPMAN AND COWHERD, P.C.903 Jackson - P.O. Box 228

Chillicothe, MO 64601Telephone: 660/646-0627

ATTORNEY FOR SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE

Publish: [Publish once a week for 4 consecutive weeks]

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Tax Rate HearingGilman City R-IV School

The Gilman City R-IV School District will hold its annual Tax Rate Hearing at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, August 19, 2020 in the Board Room, Gilman City, Missouri. The 2020-2021 Budget is available for public view in the school office.

Assessed Valuation By Categories Prior Tax Year 2019 Current Tax Year 2020 Real Estate $8,362,520.00 $8,465,321.00Personal Property $3,944,202.00 $4,043,517.00Total $12,306,722.00 $12,508,838.00 New Construction & Improvements $ 99,289.00 (27-2tc)

Trail Creek Townshipwill hold a

Public Tax Rate Hearing at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday,

August 16, 2020 at the

Trail Creek Township Barn

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NoticeCypress Township

2020 Tax Rate HearingCypress Township will hold the

2020 Public Tax Rate Hearing onWednesday, August 19, 2020 at 7:30 P.M.

The meeting will be held at Amy Holloway residence, 20950 W. 397th PL, Pattonsburg, Mo 64670

Assessed Valuation Current Tax Year Prior Tax Year Real Estate $ 2,152,321 $ 2,159,562Personal Property $ 928,052 $ 966,441Total $ 3,080,373 $ 3,126,009

New Construction & Improvements $ 0

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NoticeGrant Township

2020 Tax Rate HearingGrant Township will hold the

2020 Public Tax Rate HearingThursday, August 20, 2020 at 10:00 A.M.

The meeting will be held at Debra Ware residence, 26276 East State Hwy T, Ridgeway, Mo 64481

Assessed Valuation Current Tax Year Prior Tax Year Real Estate $ 3,035,593 $ 3,015,740Personal Property $ 1,546,061 $ 1,518,547Total $ 4,581,654 $ 4,534,287 New Construction $ 13,940

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NoticeHamilton Township

2020 Tax Rate HearingHamilton Township will hold the2020 Public Tax Rate Hearing

Thursday, August 20, 2020 at 8:00 P.M.The meeting will be held at the Terry Cox residence,

19885 W. 150th St., Eagleville, MO. Assessed Valuation Current Tax Year Prior Tax Year Real Estate $ 2,562,027 $ 2,349,552Personal Property $ 1,168,725 $ 1,241,060Total $ 3,730,752 $ 3,590,612

New Construction $ 7,290

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NoticeMadison Township

2020 Tax Rate HearingMadison Township will hold the2020 Public Tax Rate Hearing

Thursday, August 20, 2020 at 8:00 P.M.The meeting will be held at the Cainsville City Hall,

Cainsville, MO Assessed Valuation Current Tax Year Prior Tax Year Real Estate $ 3,667,602 $ 3,612,335Personal Property $ 1,833,993 $ 1,856,048Total $ 5,501,595 $ 5,468,383

New Construction $ 18,790

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NoticeNew Hampton Fire Protection District

2020 Tax Rate HearingNew Hampton Fire Protection District will hold the

2020 Public Tax Rate Hearing onMonday, August 17, 2020 at 7:00 p.m.

The meeting will be held at the New Hampton Fire Station, 103 East Lincoln Way, New Hampton, MO

Assessed Valuation Current Tax Year Prior Tax Year Real Estate $ 8,410,647 $ 8,287,770Personal Property $ 3,706,339 $ 3,482,646Total $12,116,986 $11,770,416

New Construction & Improvements $ 166,920

Section 106 Public NoticeWindstream is proposing to modify an existing telecommunications facility on an existing pole located at the below address in Gentry County, MO with associated coordinates and overall structure height. Windstream seeks comments from all interested persons on the impact of the proposed action on any districts, sites, buildings, structures, or objects significant in American history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, or culture, that are listed or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Specific information about the project, including the historic preservation reviews that Windstream is conducting pursuant to the rules of the Federal Communications Commission (47 C.F.R. Sections 1.1307(4)) and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (36 C.F.R. Part 800) will be made available to interested persons who request the information from the contact below. All questions, comments, and correspondence should be directed to Mary Bryant at Dynamic Environmental Associates, Inc., 3850 Lake Street, Suite C, Macon, GA 31204, 877-968-4787, [email protected] within 30 days from the date of this publication.

Project # Project Name Address City Overall Height Latitude Longitude

22020037 PTBG-RL02 614 Main Street McFall 100’ 40° 06’ 39.07” N 094° 13’ 33.49” W

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NoticeJefferson Township

2020 Tax Rate HearingJefferson Township will hold the2020 Public Tax Rate Hearing

Wednesday, August 20, 2020 at 7:00 P.M.The meeting will be held at Toot-Toot Restaurant

Assessed Valuation Current Tax Year Prior Tax Year Real Estate $ 3,836,975 $ 3,732,495Personal Property $ 1,654,554 $ 1,715,630Total $ 5,491,529 $ 5,448,125

New Construction & Improvements $ 137,920

Current Tax Year Prior Tax YearReal Estate Property $67,157,241 $65,786,738Personal Property $30,746,951 $29,579,085

$97,904,192 $95,365,823

$723,761 $513,401

John Barclay - Secretary/Treasurer

New Construction:

Rev. Noel T. Adams Memorial Ambulance District2020 Tax Rate Hearing

A tax hearing will be held at 1:00 PM, August 21th, 2020 at the NTA Ambulance District Office 1000 South 25th St., Bethany Mo. At which

time the 2020 property tax rates will be set to zero.

NOTICE

Total

Assessed Valuation

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGA public hearing before the City of Bethany Board of Ad-justments is scheduled for Thursday, August 27, 2020 at 5:15 p.m., at City Hall, 206 N. 16th Street, Bethany, Mis-souri. Any objections should be presented at the public meeting.

The purpose of the public hearing is to consider the request for a variance to the City code, Section 405.120 Schedule of District Regulations. This variance is requested by Gary and Jessie Elder, for property commonly known as 1805 Vandivert Street and legally described as:

Elmwood Addition, Lots 18, 19 & the W 25’ of lot 20 Blk 7

Comments will be accepted at City Hall for consideration by the Board of Adjustments. For additional information, contact the City Clerk, 206 N. 16th Street, Bethany, MO 64424 or phone 660-425-3511.

Harrison County Weekly Report

Beginning Fall 2020, North Central Missouri College is of-fering up to six free dual credit hours of tuition per semester to students who qualify and meet eligibility for the free lunch pro-gram. This waiver covers classes taught by high school faculty during fall and spring terms. (Courses offered completely on-line or on NCMC’s campus are not eligible).

“Affordable education is part of our mission here at NCMC. We are pleased to offer this waiver program to our area qualifying dual credit students,” said Whitney Trump, Director of Regional Programs. “We be-

lieve that every student deserves access to a great education, and this waiver program will pro-vide low-income high school students the opportunity to take advantage of dual credit cours-es offered at their local high school.”

To participate, students must attend a school that offers NCMC dual credit, qualify for the federal free lunch program, be a junior or senior, meet grade point average requirement, ob-tain recommendations and pa-rental permission, and meet course prerequisites if applica-ble. Students will need to regis-ter by September 4 to be eligible for the waiver.

For more information, vis-it www.ncmissouri.edu and con-tact Whitney Trump at 660-359-3948 x1318, or your high school counselor.

Marriage LicensesWilliam Arthur Seales II, 47,

Bethany, Mo. and Sierra Marie McCrary, 20, Bethany, Mo.

James Cody Banister, 28, Beth-any, Mo. and Veronica McKensey Pruitt, 26, Bethany, Mo.

Zachary Taylor Wilson, 30, Beth-any, Mo. and Keri Sue Stoner, 31, Bethany, Mo.

Real Estate TransfersAmos L. Hochstetler, Mary N.

Hochstetler to Alvin Borntreger, Katieann Borntreger

Randy Gentry, Terri Gentry to Gentry family trust

Justin West to Jeffrey A. Wiley, Kayla D. Wiley

Jeffrey A. Wiley, Kayla D. Wiley to NL Holdings LLC

City of Bethany to Fischer Con-crete Services LLC

Shirley Jean Colvin to Charles Martin Pobst, Debra Lyn Pobst

Suits FiledState of Missouri vs. Tyler Lee

Verela, possession of marijuana/synthetic cannabinoid

State of Missouri vs. Toni Loren Guernsey, possession of marijuana/synthetic cannabinoid

State of Missouri vs. William James Vangerpen, DWI

State of Missouri vs. Kodie Lee Smith, DWI

State of Missouri vs. Christian F. Sosa, possession of a controlled substance

State of Missouri vs. Eric Robert Lee, possession of marijuana/syn-thetic cannabinoid

State of Missouri vs. Jarod R. Hillyard, delivery or possession of a controlled substance

Midwestern Health Management vs. Randall and Jennifer Whisler, suit on account

Midland Credit Management vs. Royce D. Bowen, suit on account

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2020 TAX RATE HEARINGLincoln Township will hold the2020 Public Tax Rate Hearing

Saturday, August 21, 2020 at 6:00 p.m.The meeting will be held at Lincoln Township

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Assessed Valuation Current Tax Year Prior Tax Year Real Estate $1,939,772 $1,847,558 Personal $854,787 $883,906 Total $2,794,559 $2,731,464 New Construction: 2510

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Salary is based upon qualifications and experience. Applications are due by 4:00 p.m., Friday, August 21, 2020

The City of Bethany is an EEO employer660-425-3511

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Daisy Coleman, who was the target of bullying after telling authorities that she was raped by students at a party in Maryville, was found dead last week of an apparent suicide.

Ms. Coleman said she had been assaulted by a group of fellow students while she was intoxicated. One student was charged with sexual assault, but the case was later dropped by the Nodaway County prosecu-

tor. The alleged perpetrator, who was 17 at the time, said the sex was consensual. He later plead-ed guilty to a lesser charge of child endangerment.

Ms. Coleman’s experience was chronicled in a Netflix doc-umentary, Audrie & Daisy.

Ms. Coleman’s mother Me-linda, a former Albany veteri-narian, notified the public of her 23-year-old daughter’s death on social media.

Captain Clark N. Stratton, commanding officer Troop H, St Joseph, announces the Mis-souri State Highway Patrol will be conducting a Community Al-liance Program at the Troop H Headquarters beginning Tues-day, September 22, and conclud-ing with an awards banquet on Tuesday, October 20.

The mission of the Com-munity Alliance Program is to provide personal interaction between area citizens and the Patrol. The program is designed to allow the public to learn more about the Patrol’s purpose and role within the law enforcement

community. The Highway Patrol is seek-

ing responsible citizens, com-munity leaders, students, and professional/business associates who are willing to commit to a program that provides a unique opportunity.

The classes will meet from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday evenings at the Troop H Head-quarters in St Joseph.

Successful completion of the program will require attendance at each Tuesday evening session (one absence will be allowed with prior approval from the program coordinator).

The curriculum will familiar-ize participants with many Patrol policies and procedures, utiliz-ing teaching techniques similar to the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy in Jefferson City.

These sessions will cover traffic stops, firearms familiar-ization, marine operations, and many other aspects of the Patrol.

The Patrol is accepting ap-plications for the Community Alliance Program Through Sep-tember 7.

There is no cost to participate in the program. Selection of the 20 participants will be on a first come, first served basis and will be made following an evalua-tion of an application form and a criminal record check.

If selected, participants will be required to wear a mask and adhere to social distancing guidelines throughout the pro-gram.

Any parties interested in par-ticipating in the program can contact Sergeant Jake Angle at (816) 387-2344 ext. 3847.

Harrison County Community Hospital officials said approval by Missouri voters of Medicaid expansion in last Tuesday’s elec-tion will help save many rural hospitals across the state.

While the expansion proposal was rejected by a 603-1,449 vote in Harrison County, Mis-souri voters approved Medicaid expansion by a 53.25% majority vote.

In a statement issued last week by HCCH, officials said, “Partnering with primary care providers, hospitals will have new opportunities to manage the health of Missourians better.”

Medicaid expansion will en-able hospitals to recover more of the uncompensated care that

they provide patients who cur-rently are not covered by Medic-aid or private insurance. HCCH currently writes off about $2 million a year in charges for uncompensated care. Medicaid expansion, which goes into ef-fect on July 1, 2021, will reduce those losses, hospital officials said.

“Medicaid expansion will provide an essential new tool for hospitals in our efforts to pro-vide the right care, at the right time and in the right setting,” HCCH said in its statement.

Rural communities face a number of health challenges. Since 2014, ten rural hospitals have closed in Missouri and others struggle financially. The

COVID-19 pandemic has placed even more pressure on rural hos-pitals. Research has shown that a hospital closure in a small town results in a decline of more than $700 per year in per capita in-come and an increase in the lo-cal unemployment rate of 1.6%.

Besides reducing uncompen-sated care costs, Medicaid ex-pansion will reduce the number of Missourians who use expen-sive emergency department care as a substitute for primary care.

“This expansion vote is an important new tool to help hos-pitals sustain economic recovery while mounting a strong defense against COVID-19.

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