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Thursday • May 3 • 2012

NEWSMound City

Family fun night to be held May 3

A Family Fun Night for preschool and Parents As Teachers (PAT) children will be held on Thursday, May 3, at the Mound City School playground start-ing at 5:30 p.m. There will be food, games, prizes and lots of fun! Come join in for an evening of excite-ment and entertainment for the whole family!

City-wide garage sales to be held in Maitland this Saturday

The city of Maitland, MO, will hold its City-Wide Garage Sales this Saturday, May 5.

Mound City Alumni Banquet to be May 26

Come share an evening of memories and friends at the 114th Mound City Alumni Banquet on Satur-day, May 26, in the Mound City R-2 Gym (entrance in the west doors only). Reg-istration will begin at 5:30 p.m. with the dinner and program following at 6:30 p.m. The meal is being ca-tered by FC Food Country of Rock Port, MO.

Reservations are strong-ly encouraged and are $16 per person in advance if made by Tuesday, May 22, or $20 at the door. They can also be made at the Nodaway Valley Bank in Mound City or by calling 660-442-2014.

92nd Oregon-South Holt Alumni Banquet to be held May 26

The 92nd Annual Oregon-South Holt Alumni Banquet will be held on Saturday, May 26, in the South Holt Gymnasium. Social hour will begin at 6:00 p.m. with the banquet following at 7:00 p.m. The cost of the meal is $10 and dues are $5.

Reservations can be mailed to Oregon-South Holt Alum-ni Association, PO Box 161, Oregon, MO 64473. Please include year of graduation.

Questions can be emailed to [email protected] or call Corey Howell at 660-446-3549.

Down on the farm primitive sale to be held May 5, 2012

Red, White and You near Mound City, MO, will be hosting a down on the farm primitive sale this Satur-day, May 5, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Primitives, hand-mades, Americana, furni-ture, flowers, jewelry and more will be offered.

Red, White and You is located at 28969 Hwy. 159 (1.5 miles East of Squaw Creek Eagle Nest Truck Plaza on Hwy. 159).

WildHeart, an Emmy Award-winning musical duo, will appear at the State The-ater in Mound City at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 10.

Jan and George Syrigos are singers and conservationists who perform their unique programs throughout Mis-souri, capturing audiences with musical adventures ex-ploring wildlife, habitats and natural history. They will give daytime programs for students, then appear at the theater in the evening with a program for adults called “WildSongs”.

WildHeart’s visit to Mound City is spon-sored by Nauman Construction and Cabinet Shop, the State Theater Arts Council and the Mis-souri Arts Council. WildHeart is on the Missouri Arts Coun-cil’s roster of Touring Performers.

Jan and George are University of Mis-souri graduates with degrees in forestry and fish and wild-life management, re-spectively. They have worked many years in conservation educa-tion and both are pro-

fessional singers. Jan is also a songwriter whose original children’s CD and music vid-eo, Critter Rock, won a chil-dren’s programming Emmy Award and a Parent’s Choice Award.

WildHeart will give a performance at 10 a.m. for Mound City and Craig el-ementary students at the State Theater. At 4 p.m. Jan and George will present a different concert outdoors at Squaw Creek National Wild-life Refuge near Mound City.

WildHeart musical duo to perform at the State Theater May 10

This familiar site at Big Lake State Park- Is one that was forever changed by the Flood of 2011. Not only was the personal property of the park changed, but also that of the half century old landscape.

Lake is forever changedA drive around Big

Lake, MO, still warrants a shake of the head and a somber sigh at the dev-astation that was left in the wake of the Flood of 2011. With summer just around the corner, another pang of sadness is felt as a great number of trees and shrubs quietly remained unchanged as spring broke forth.

Dead trees, saplings and shrubs all around the lake have not come back after the flood and by all ap-pearances are dead. Big Lake State Park alone re-cords 729 dead trees on its 66 acres of mowable area. Of those dead, 396 are walnut trees and 263 are cedars. The walnut trees were planted by Renick Stuart, Kenny Hale and John Karsten in 1965. They were working for the Department of Natu-ral Resources and planted hundreds of thumb-sized seedlings on the State

Park property. Many, if not all of those trees that mea-sure some 10-20” in diam-eter with 45 years of growth, are now dead.

That number, 729, does not account for the many trees that are dead on the other 60 acres of timber and shoreline area that is part of the park grounds. Also, one should take into account the nu-merous other dead trees and vegetation owned by private property owners all around the lake and throughout the Missouri River bottom. It’s a real travesty.

Debris clean-up has been the major focus at the Big Lake State Park. Twenty-five acres of timbered area is being cleaned up by employ-ees with the Disaster Job Re-covery program. The park is still closed, but officials are hopeful that a portion of the campsites may be open by Labor Day. The boat ramps are open at the park.

Still no decision has been finalized as to the future of

Big Lake State Park. The three public meetings asking for patron input concerning two different options for rebuilding the lake have been taken un-der advisement. Option 2 is the proposal that gar-nered the most votes. It included a new multi-pur-pose building, new cabins and a remake of the camp-sites. The option is in the process of approval.

One Mound City orga-nization has voiced an interest to lake officials committing to assist in planting new trees, but a resource for purchasing them must come first. It also remains to be seen if the dead trees can be cut and sold for lumber, as that process could take time and a minimum di-ameter is necessary. One thing is for sure, removal of all the dead trees will forever change the scen-ery at Big Lake.

Patrick Schumacher- Made many a head turn as he trav-elled horseback along Highways 59, 111 and 159 through the southern portion of Holt County to the Rulo Bridge. The trek through Holt County was just a small window of the nearly 1,500 mile trip he was on.

A stranger ridin’ through

Patrick Shumacher, atop his trusty horse, Dillon (named after “Gunsmoke’s” Marshal Matt Dillon) and packing his dog, Buford, caused many a turned head by those passing him on his trek through Holt County on Thursday, April 26.

Schumacher rescued Dil-lon, a half mustang and half quarterhorse, from illegals in Utah who were mistreat-ing him. The two have been inseparable since the event three years ago. Patrick bragged on him, and as he unwrapped a peppermint, Dillon perked his head up at the rustling of paper and threw his head back for the familiar treat.

Patrick Schumacher had traveled from Nebraska to Alabama after the murder of his twin sister, Patricia. After seedy dealings with family members and a loss of family inheritance in Ala-bama, Schumacher headed back to Nebraska. He left Montgomery, AL, headed for Uehling, NE, where he said a friend of his had offered him a 25’ RV. This friend made him the offer when he

found out that Schumacher didn’t have a place to live.

The trip is a little more than 1,000 miles as the crow flies, but Shumacher’s trip is a little longer since he takes the back roads. The pace is slow. The dog always rides, either riding in front of Schu-macher at the saddle horn or on top of the backpack.

“We can ride about 25 miles or so on a warm day, and 30 miles or so if the weather is cooler,” Schumacher stated. “Buford (his 11 year-old pug) always rides, because his legs are too short.”

Schumacher said he looks for odd jobs along the way to help finance the trip, provid-ing food and water for him-self and his companions, and relies on the help of strang-ers. They camp on the road-side when necessary, his tent and sleeping bag bundled in the pack on his back, and occasionally sleep in places where people will let them stay and rest.

The trio rises with the sun to head out on what he called ‘an enjoyable journey through the countryside’.

It will be the final program in a series of After School Nature Programs for Mound City, Craig and South Holt students sponsored by the Mound City Public Library and the refuge, and led by Amanda Griffin, naturalist.

All programs are free as a thank you to the community from the State Theater Arts Council for all the support given to the theater this sea-son, which ends in June. For more information, call 660-442-5909 or 816-294-4016.

Mound City Scholar Bowl team headed to state

The Mound City Scholar Bowl team is headed to state competition in Columbia, MO, after thrashing the North Andrew Cardinals in sectional scholar bowl competition on Wednesday, April 25, in Mound City. The Mound City team hosted the sectional meet.

“We were very pleased with our performance at sec-tionals,” stated Coach David Reiter about the Mound City team. “We are excited to go on to state again this year.”

The Mound City team de-feated the North Andrew team in two matches, out-scoring the opponents, 660-60 and 530-90.

The Mound City team, which boasts a 43-3 record, leaves on Thursday after-noon, May 3, for competi-tions that is held on Friday, May 4. The first round at state will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday morning at Memorial Union against the

St. Joe Christian Lions. A win would see Mound City playing again at 2:00 p.m. The championship game will be held at 3:00 p.m.

“State will be a whole dif-ferent level of competition, but I feel we’re up to it,” stat-ed Coach Reiter. “Paul has really done a phenomenal job this year, and the team just fills in as is necessary.”

Panthers varsity and ju-nior varsity members in-clude Paul Grant, Jake Meyer, Chelsea Killin, Paige Kunkel, Carina Metzgar, Elijah Poe, Abbey Fore-hand, Lily Forehand, Emily Thomas, Merkin Karr, Hai-ley Garman and Eryn Acton. The entire team, along with Coach Reiter and assistant coach, Joel Karr, will be go-ing to state competition.

The team finished 2nd at state in 2011, having not been to state competition since 2007.

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Come share an evening of memories and friends!

114th Mound Ci ty A lumni Banquet

Dear Editor and Holt County Citizens,I'm making this kind of a laundry list of dates, things to remem-

ber and ways to participate. There are a lot of details, so please read carefully.

The 2012 American Cancer Society's Relay For Life of Holt County will be on the Oregon, MO, Square June 2 from noon to midnight. Our first Bank Night for Relay was held on Monday, April 30.

Corporate sponsor request letters were mailed out and if you did not receive one and would like to contribute, please drop by Karen's Beauty Salon in Oregon or mail to address at end of this letter. Please make any checks payable to American Cancer Soci-ety with 'RFL Holt County' in memo.

Cuts For A Cure will be Sunday, May 6, from noon to 4 p.m. at Karen's in Oregon. There will be manicures, haircuts, massages and treats.

Luminaria will be $5 this year. These may be purchased at any-time from Karen's or by calling for information. We will again be putting canned food in them and donating the cans to charity af-ter the event.

The day of our event we will be having a Survivor's Reception at 4 p.m. in the courtyard. We are inviting ALL survivors to come and enjoy the refreshments. We would also like to invite any care-giver or survivor to give a short account of their experiences be-tween 7-8:30 p.m. This is a very inspiring time and sets the mood for the beautiful Luminaria Ceremony at 9 p.m.

The South Holt Firemen will be serving hamburgers and hot dogs starting at 5 p.m. Pizza will be available at 11 p.m. from King & Proud Roadhouse.

We are requesting each team, or any individual, to bring a pie for a Pie Contest to be judged at 3 p.m.; to get creative and come up with a Food-On-A-Stick idea (the Food-On-A-Stick contest will be similar to a Penny War) with the final money count for that at 10 p.m.; and bring ANYTHING (again be creative) for a Silent Auction that will run through the entire event.

Our next Relay For Life planning meeting will be May 14 at 5:30 p.m. at Karen's and the final Bank Night is on May 24, also at 5:30 p.m. at Karen's.

Things are getting exciting and coming together very well due to a great and very dedicated bunch of volunteers!

Thanks to all!

Brynda Cotton Howell, ACS-RFL of Holt County Co-ChairBox 272, Oregon, MO 64473, [email protected]

Letter to the editor

Schools have rash of faculty turnovers for 2012-2013

A myriad of teachers throughout the local school systems has made moves to other districts for the 2012-2013 school year. Vacancies at some schools have not yet been filled, but the following is an up-to-date list at this point in the year. In the fall, the Mound City News will carry a complete list with pictures of new school per-sonnel.Mound City R-II School• High School Principal,

Mr. Chris Sharp (retired), re-placed by Korey Miles, mid-dle school science teacher

• Korey Miles replaced by Mound City elementary spe-cial education teacher, Caro-lyn Hall

• Carolyn Hall replaced by Kate Noland, a graduate of Missouri Western State Uni-versity in St. Joseph, MO

• Physical education teacher and varsity girls’ basketball coach, Brook Crawford, took a position in Albany, replaced by Derek Petty

• Kindergarten teacher, Miss Noble (resigned), re-placed by Sarah Osburn, re-turning to the work force

• Title reading teacher, Mrs. Melissa Nelson, re-signed - position not filled, terminated

• Gage Rosier hired as an assistant for the varsity boys’ and girls’ basketball teams

• Paraprofessional Joel Karr replaced by Jill Asher

• Paraprofessional and PBS analyst, Kate Drew, not replaced at this time

• Food service employee, Elaine Rose, replaced by part-time service employee, Amy Baker

Craig R-III• Principal Craig Walker

went to Rock Port, replaced by Ken Grove of Albany

• Language Arts teacher, Kerri Acton, went to Rock Port, replaced by Heather McCoy, a graduate of Wil-liam Jewell

• Science teacher, Trudy Heitman, went to Rock Port, replacement not hired

• Physical education teacher and coach, Mark Bolger, went to South Holt, replacement not hired

• Business teacher, Daniel Atkinson, went to Savannah, replacement not hired

South Holt• Middle school math

teacher and coach, Steve Waigand, went to Minnie Kline as principal, replaced by Betsy Hingeveld of Min-nesota

• Physical education teacher and social studies teacher, Dana Dill, went to-Brookfield, replacement not hired

• Music instructor, Rhon-da Applegate, replaced by Tim McFarland of Kenai, Alaska

• Middle school science teacher, Brad Johnson, went to Pittsburg, KS, replace-ment not hired

• K-12 counselor, Diane Vernon, retired, replacement not hired

• Elementary special edu-cation teacher, Bryana Hau-gen, went to Belton, replace-ment not hired

• Paraprofessional, Deb Samuelson, replacement not hired

• New kindergarten teacher hired because of large numbers, Kristen Mendenhall, came from the St. Joseph district, lives in Oregon

Nodaway-Holt• Social studies teacher

and coach, Roy Noellsch, went to North Andrew, re-placed by Josh Petersen of Mound City

• Math and science teach-er, Melissa Jackson, classes dispersed to current math and science teachers

• Brittany Phillips hired as a business teacher, a pro-gram that has not been of-fered since Susan Douglas taught

• Early childhood/ elemen-tary special education teach-er, Becky Hanna, is retir-ing after 30 years with the district, replaced by Jayme Koop from Fairfax School

• 4th grade teacher, Sarah Lammert, moved to TN, re-placement not hired

High school baccalaureates and graduations at the four county schools will take place in the span of two weeks, with only two graduations sched-uled at the same time.

The first of four area gradu-ation exercises will be held on Friday, May 11, in the Craig R-3 School gymnasium at 7:00 p.m.

Seniors at Mound City R-2 High School are invited to participate in a baccalaure-

Area schools to host graduations

ate ceremony on Sunday, May 6, at 4:00 p.m. at the First Christian Church in Mound City, MO. Graduation exercis-es will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 13, at the school gymnasium.

Nodaway-Holt R-VII 2012 seniors will graduate at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 13, at a ceremony held in the school gymnasium in Graham, MO.

South Holt R-I seniors are invited to attend baccalaure-ate services on Sunday, May 13, at 5:00 p.m. at the Presby-terian Church in Oregon, MO. Graduation exercises will be held at the school gymnasium on Sunday, May 20, at 2:00 p.m.

Last summer, the Missouri River was out of its banks and causing bridge closings, inter-rupting highway traffic and af-fecting the livelihoods of farm-ers and small town businesses. This year, however, the corri-dor between the metro areas of Omaha, NE, and Kansas City, MO, is rebounding and “open for business”.

That’s the message being carried by a coalition of com-munities and organizations in the states of Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas (MINK). The members are in counties two deep on either side of the river and they call themselves “MINK”.

MINK intends to take that “open for business” message to local, metro, regional, na-tional and international me-dia again. The coalition mem-bers will hold a major news conference on Thursday, May

17, at Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge near Mound City, MO. Squaw Creek is the premier national recreational site in the MINK corridor and is working hard to restore the wetland damage done to much of the more than 7,000 acre refuge. Squaw Creek has been featured in international cov-erage by the BBC for the last three years and by Japanese media.

MINK began meeting in 2010, in Nebraska City, NE, Bigelow, MO, and Hamburg, IA, to concentrate on market-ing the corridor and highlight-ing its assets in local foods, his-torical culture and attractions, and small town businesses. The Missouri River floods be-gan in June, 2011, extending through the summer. Bridges across the river were closed from Plattsmouth, NE, to St. Joseph, MO. The MINK meet-ings were suspended until this spring, with a four-state meeting at Hiawatha, KS, last month.

The attendees shared their stories of the effect of the floods in their states, but also concen-trated on the positive responses from businesses, manufactur-ers, farms and tourism desti-nation points. All four states were not affected equally, with some communities actually seeing an increase in sales tax revenue when highway traf-fic was re-routed on the west side of the river because of the closing of Interstate 29 in Iowa

Missouri River Corridor “Open for Business” after last year’s historic floods

and Missouri.Some communities were af-

fected by mis-information about highway closings. Brownville, NE, merchants, for example, reached out to the news media to let them know that there was access to their community from the west, even though the Missouri River bridge into Missouri was closed.

Representatives of busi-nesses and tourism sites from the four states will be present at the news conference to tell their experiences in both flood-ing and recovery. They will be available for media interviews. After the news conference, MINK members will join the media in a luncheon featuring foods from the area, including locally produced root beer. It will be catered by Sportsman’s Lodge at Bigelow, MO. Owner Bill Hutting, a Missouri busi-ness person who will share his flood recovery story. Registra-tion for the MINK events on May 17, including the lunch, can be made by calling the Squaw Creek National Wild-life Refuge at 660-442-3187.

The corridor wants to en-courage city neighbors in met-ro Omaha and Kansas City to consider tourism and recre-ation activities along the Mis-souri River this summer. It is an economical trip in this age of high gasoline prices. Sup-port of the local businesses by area residents will help speed the recovery.

Major news conference set for Squaw Creek on May 17


THE NORTHWEST MISSOURI

Robert T. “Bob” Elliott of St. Joseph, MO, was born in Holt County, MO, on April 16, 1925. He was one of twelve children of John P. “Bob” and Eunice M. (Hughes) Elliott. On January 3, 1945, Bob married Cathryn L. Timmons in Troy, KS. They became parents of two daugh-ters.

Bob farmed, drove trucks hauling grain and livestock, and owned and operated El-liott Feed Store in Oregon, MO. They moved to St. Joseph in the late 1970’s.

Bob passed away on Satur-day, April 28, 2012, at his St. Joseph home at the age of 87. Preceding Bob in death were his parents; six brothers; and four sisters.

Survivors include Bob’s wife of 67 years, Cathryn, of their St. Joseph home; daughters, Evelyn Smith and Betty Pen-land, both of Oregon; brother, Ronald Elliott of San Antonio, TX; four grandchildren; step-grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends.

Services were held on Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. at the Chamber-lain Funeral Home in Oregon. Interment was held at the Highland Cemetery in Oregon. Memorials may be directed to Kendallwood Hospice. On-line condolences may be left at www.chamberlainfuneral.com.

Robert T. “Bob” ElliottLyle A. Smith

Lyle Allen Smith was born on November 3, 1966, in Fair-fax, MO, to Lyle E. and Nadine R. Smith.

Lyle grew up working for his dad at Smith’s Sawmill. He was a 1985 graduate of Craig, MO, R-3 School and at the age of 18, began college at North-west Missouri State University in Maryville, MO. During his freshman year, Lyle felt pain in his neck and was subsequently diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. He underwent treatment only to experience a recurrence of the disease one year later. Lyle walked out of the hospital following a lengthy hospital stay from which his physicians advised he would not survive.

Due to the treatment Lyle underwent for his cancer start-ing in 1985, he began experi-encing physical problems and eventually was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. This heart failure subsequently ended his life on Tuesday, April 17, 2012.

Lyle was married to Gina Howard on September 12, 1987, and they resided in the Big Lake, MO, area. In 1989, Lyle started Midwest Wood-N-Pallet Inc. out of his dad’s shop until 1993 when he built a new building at their home near Big Lake. Lyle and Gina owned and operated The Shake Shack, a seasonal restaurant at Big Lake State Park, during this period. Because of linger-ing illnesses, Lyle moved out of the pallet and sawmill business and secured his real estate li-cense. He also started a small outdoor advertising business, but his real love was ministry. He eventually had the privilege of pastoring the Whitesville Baptist Church in Whitesville, MO, from 2000 to 2006. Even at the end of his life while he was in his last hospital stay, he requested that his friends pray that he might speak to those who were attending him about Christ and his saving work.

Lyle was preceded in death by his father. Survivors include Lyle’s wife of 24 years, Gina G. Smith, Woodbridge, VA; mother, Nadine Smith, Mound City, MO; sisters, Rhonda (Jim) Krueger, Mound City, and Vicki (Dan) Pruch, Omaha, NE; brother, Donnie (Karra) Smith, Mound City; and several nieces and nephews.

Services were held at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24, at the Christian Fellowship Church in Mound City. Interment was held at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Craig. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the Lyle Smith Medical Ex-pense Account at Citizens Bank & Trust in Craig, Rock Port or Mound City. An online guest book and obituary are avail-able at www.meierhoffer.com. Services were under the direc-tion of Pettijohn and Crawford Funeral Service, Mound City.

Nutrition site newsVolunteers at the Nutri-

tion Site in Mound City dur-ing the week of April 23, 2012, were: Pat Groves, Sue Schmidt, Tami Paulson, Ad-die Trimmer, Lela Boyd, Dee Ann Heck, Loren and Karen Dorman, Marla Riley, Aaron and Alaina; Art Davis, Keith Knaak, Marta and Mallory Burton, Yogi Swymeler, Vir-ginia Oppenlander, Jan Seitz and the Mound City Middle School; Paul and Yvonne Markt, Susan Rippen, Louel-la Riley, Jerry Zembles, Caro-lyn Roberts and Jacob Andes.

Delivering meals the week of May 7, 2012, will be:

Craig - Monday - Pat Groves and Sue Schmidt.

Mound City - Monday and Tuesday - Christian Fel-lowship Church; Wednesday - Mound City Schools; Thurs-day and Friday - Fred and Kim Kling.

Oregon and Forest City - Monday through Friday - Faith Fellowship Church.

The Mound City Nutrition Site recycles cell phones, ink cartridges, aluminum cans for cancer (Helping Hand) in two purple cans by the front door. There are also drop boxes for box tops for the school and donations to the food pantry.

The May product of the month is flour. The drawing will be held Thursday, May 31.

May is Older Americans’ Month, “Never Too Old to Play!”

Upcoming activities at the Mound City Nutrition Site

are:May 7 - Exercises from 8:30

a.m - 9:30 a.m.; Luau and beach volleyball sponsored by Tiffany Care Centers from 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

May 9 - Exercises from 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.; Free glauco-ma screening from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., administered by Rehabilitation Services for the Blind of Kansas City, MO (teacher, Rekha Nanchal); Cartoon character trivia at 11:40 a.m.

May 11 - Cinnamon rolls and donuts, 8:00 a.m. until gone; Mini garage sale from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

If anyone can volunteer with preparing or serving cinnamon rolls and/or donuts, please call Addie Trimmer at 660-442-5889.

The upcoming menu at the site is:

Monday, May 7 - Goulash, lettuce salad, fruit blend juice, garlic bread and ba-nana cream pudding.

Tuesday, May 8 - Beef and noodles, mashed potatoes, green beans, cucumber and onions, hot rolls and chunk pineapple.

Wednesday, May 9 - Meat-balls with rice, broccoli with cheese, carrots and peaches.

Thursday, May 10 - Smoth-ered pork chops, mashed po-tatoes, winter blend, harvard beets and applesauce cake with topping.

Friday, May 11 - Chicken fillet on bun, oven potatoes, lettuce/pea salad, sliced to-matoes and ice cream.

News from Tiffany HeightsResidents enjoyed a

beautiful afternoon lis-tening to the musical tal-ent of Kristine Smith on Monday, April 23, at Tiffa-ny Heights in Mound City. Kristine plays the guitar and sings a variety of songs including those old country ones that are well known. Everyone enjoyed cookies and lemonade af-ter the entertainment.

Residents enjoyed Tues-day afternoon with a vari-ety of games. There were several tables of competi-tive pitch and also avail-able were dominos, check-ers, puzzles and other games. The public is wel-come to join in for fun and games every Saturday.

Another month is quickly approaching and Wednesday afternoon was spent getting ready for

this special month.Bingo volunteers on

Thursday were Mary Lee Privett, Jean McCall, Shirley Jackson, Gordon Robbins, Barbara Hanlon, Judi Scarbrough, Lucille Stull and Audrey Heck.

A relaxing afternoon was held on Friday. Residents enjoyed their favorite af-ternoon treat. They got a chance to create their own ice cream sundae. A vari-ety of toppings were used and the most popular top-ping was butterscotch.

Saturday afternoon is always games of choice. Again, residents got a chance to choose their fa-vorite games to play.

Larry Brickey and the Baptist Church family provided Sunday morn-ing worship. Afternoon services were conducted by the New Life Apostolic Church.

Kristine Smith of Mound City- Entertained the resi-dents and staff of Tiffany Heights on Monday, April 23.

Helen Hatch, a resident of Tiffany Heights in Mound City- Will be celebrating her 105th birthday on Thursday, May 10, with a card shower.

Hatch to celebrate 105th!

The Theater Camp to be held June 11-15 and June 18-22 from 9 a.m. to noon

at the State Theater in Mound City is $20 per session.

State Theater Arts CouncilSponsored by: Tiffany Care Centers, Inc.

TheaTer Camp


Cliff McNair, Minister

St. Peter’s Lutheran Church

Church of GodSunday School, 10:00 a.m., Worship, 11:00 a.m.

Area Church

Oregon Church of the Naza rene207 W. George • Keith Knaak, Pastor

Sunday School, 8 a.m., Worship Service, 9 a.m.

First Christian Church402 E. 5th Street • Paul Grant, Pastor

Sunday School, 9:30 a.m., Worship, 10:30 a.m.

St. Patrick’s Catholic Church303 Grand, Forest City • Father Peter Ullrich, OSB

Pastor and Parish Administrator

Mound City United Methodist Church312 E. 7th St. • Pastor Crystal Karr

Sunday School, 9 a.m., Sunday Service, 10 a.m.

The Lighthouse Exit 65 on I-29 • Pastors Tim and Faith Uzzle

Sunday Worship: 10 a.m., Thurs. Bible Study: 7 p.m.www.fillmorelight housechurch. org

Sharp’s Grove United Meth odist Church4.5 mi. north of Craig on Hwy. 59 • Rev. Crystal Karr

Worship Service, 8:45 a.m.

Craig Community Church of the Nazarene105 S. Ensworth Street • Keith Knaak, Pastor

Sunday School, 10 a.m., Worship Service, 11 a.m.Wed. Night Bible Study, 5:30 p.m., Wed. Kingdom Kids, 3:30-5:00 p.m.,

Wed. Night Youth Group, 6:30-8:00 p.m.

First Christian Church4th and Ash • Bill Gazaway, Pastor

Sunday School, 9:15 a.m., Worship Service, 10 a.m.Sunday Night Worship, 7 p.m., Wed., Youth Rallies, 7 p.m.

St. John’s Lutheran Church112 Walters Street

United Methodist Church217 S. Maple Avenue • Connie Ury, Pastor

Worship Service, 9 a.m.

Graham Union ChurchSunday School, 9:30 a.m., Morning Worship, 10:30 a.m.

Evening Service, 6:30 p.m., Wednesday night, 7 p.m.

United Methodist ChurchConnie Ury, Pastor

Sunday School, 9 a.m., Worship, 10:15 a.m.

St. Oswald’s-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church30996 X Avenue, Skidmore, MO

2nd Sundays - 11 a.m., Morning Prayer service by Lay Reader4th Sundays - 11 a.m., Eucharist Service

New Liberty and Big Lake Baptist Churches

County Road 140 • Richard Lionberger, PastorSunday School, 9:45 a.m., Worship, 10:30 a.m.

Churches have now combined.

New Life Apostolic AssemblyU.P.C.I. - 307 E. 6th, Mound City • Pastor Scott Jordan

Worship Service, 11 a.m.Life Night Bible Study & Revolution Youth Group

Thursdays, 6:30 p.m.www.newlifeapostolicassembly.org - 660-442-3441

Mound City Baptist Church1308 Savannah Street • Pastor Nathan Lowe

Sunday School, 10:15 a.m., Worship Service, 11:15 a.m.Tuesday Bible Study, Larry Brickey, 6:30 p.m.;

Sl@m City Youth Group, 6:30 p.m. - 816-616-0347

Community of Christ1410 Nebraska Street • Theresa Mackey, Pastor 660-446-2048

Sunday School, 10 a.m., Worship Service, 11 a.m.

Concordia Lutheran Church

River of Hope FellowshipPresently meeting at: 304 East 4th St., Mound City442-0197 or 442-6305 • Pastor David ShowalterSunday School, 9:15 a.m., Worship, 10:30 a.m.

Craig Presbyterian Church

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New Point Christian Church24135 Stone Hill Rd. • Brian Buck, Minister

Sunday School, 9:30 a.m., Worship, 10:30 a.m.Fellowship Dinner, 4th Sunday of month following church

Christian Fellowship18080 Hwy. 59 • Jim Brown, Minister

Sunday School, 9:30 a.m., Worship, 10:30 a.m.Senior High Youth, 7:00 p.m. • www.christian-fellowship.net

Worship Service, 9:15 a.m.

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Thelma McKenzie of Fairfax, MO, will be celebrating her 80th birthday on Saturday, May 5, 2012. She was born on May 5, 1932, in Mound City, MO, to Samuel and Mina Gel-vin. Thelma and her husband, Charles, were blessed with 6 children, 7 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

In honor of her birthday, Thelma’s family would like to surprise her with a card shower. Cards may be sent to the honoree at Pleasant View Nursing Home, Room 12, 470 Rainbow Dr., Rock Port, MO 64482.

Thelma McKenzie to celebrate 80th birthday May 5

Crouses to celebrate 70th anniversaryRobert C. “Bob” and Jeane

I. (Foster) Crouse of Mound City, MO, will be celebrating their 70th wedding anniver-sary on Friday, May 11. They were married May 11, 1942, in the parsonage at the First Christian Church in Mound City. The couple owned Crouse Motors for 58 years, retiring in 2004.

Bob and Jeane have two children, three grandchild-ren and one great-grandchild. Their children are Robert L. Crouse (Christina) of Jeffer-son City, MO, and Deborah J. Loucks (Steve) of Mound City. Their grandchildren are Lauren E. Loucks of Em-poria, KS; Carly J. Edwards (Steven) of Mound City; and Courtney R. Crouse of

Couple celebrates 65th anniversary

Eldon and Wilma Jean Da-vis of Mound City, MO, cel-ebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on Friday, April 27, 2012. They were married on that day in 1947.

The couple has lived their entire married life in the Mound City area, where Eldon ran a trucking busi-ness for many years. Wilma was a homemaker for their five children, and worked as a secretary at the United Methodist Church in Mound

City for several years.The couple has five chil-

dren: Andy and Sherry Davis of St. Joseph, MO; Lloyd and Shannon Davis of Joplin, MO; Glenn and Terri Davis of Mound City; Peggy Horse-man (deceased); and Patty and Bill Judy of Mound City. The couple has 7 grandchil-dren and 12 great-grand-children.

Cards may be sent to the honorees at 401 E. 6th Street, Mound City, MO, 64470.

Chicago, IL. They have one great-grandchild, Jaxon Lee Edwards of Mound City.

Cards of congratulations may be sent to Bob and Jeane Crouse, 909 Savannah Street, PO Box 336, Mound City, MO 64470-0336.

KC and Annissa Brandon of Mound City, MO, have 3 children, Daniell, age 9, Quinton, age 6, and Graclyn, age 2.

Many read Graclyn’s sto-ry in the Mound City News on March 15, so just a little background...Graclyn has a medical condition called laryngeal cleft; it occurs in approximately 1 in 10,000 to 20,000 births.It means there is a gap between the esopha-gus and trachea, which al-lows food or fluid to pass into the airway. This condition makes the simple process of swallowing most difficult for Graclyn.

Graclyn has been through several treatments and op-erations and now she is be-ing scheduled for yet anoth-er. Graclyn will begin testing on May 14 and surgery to re-pair the hole is set for May 29.

To help KC and Annissa with medical and travel ex-penses, the Craig, MO, Com-munity Committee (CCC) is sponsoring a community fundraiser on Saturday, May 5. The community support supper will begin at 6 p.m. at the Story-Hardin Legion Hall Post 164 in Craig on 3rd Street. The menu is barbecue pork, baked beans, coleslaw, dessert and drinks. This will be a free will offering to the Brandons. Now is the time to help when the need is so visible, please join to sup-port the people that live in the neighborhood.

If anyone should have any questions please con-tact Charmaine Flint at 660-623-0697. Anyone un-able to attend can also make donations at the Nodaway Valley Bank in Mound City, earmarked, “The Brandon Fund”.

Community fundraiser to be held for Graclyn Brandon

Carl Carver, right- Was in for a surprise on Tuesday af-ternoon, May 1. Paul Roberts, director of outreach for the Missouri Dental Association, left, came to Carl’s Mound City second grade classroom to present him with awards for his 1st place state finish in the Missouri Dental Poster Contest.

Carver wins state dental poster contest

Carl Carver, a second grader in Mrs. Krista Burge’s Mound City class-room, was in for a very unexpected and exciting surprise on Tuesday, May 1. Family members, faculty, school nurse Susan Lentz and art teacher Cate Kenny gathered in his classroom to hear about Carl winning the 2012 Missouri Dental Poster Contest.

Paul Roberts, director of outreach for the Missouri Dental Association, drove to Mound City from Jeffer-son City, MO, to make the presentation to Carl, his classroom, the school and his classmates. They were all recipients of gifts from the Missouri Dental Asso-

ciation.Carl was the recipient of

a $100 gift card to Walmart. Mrs. Burge’s classroom was awarded a $100 check for classroom needs. The Mound City school received a check for $200, and each of the 19 second grade stu-dents were given a dental kit. The dental kit was con-tained in a drawstring bag that included a toothbrush, toothpaste, flossing strips, coloring book, disclosing tablets and a timer.

Carl, along with all his classmates, were treated to an ice cream party under the shelter house outside the school folowing the pre-sentation.

Abbey Forehand, left- A junior at Mound City High School, was among the first to give blood at the Blood Drive held at the Community Building in Mound City on Thurs-day, April 26.

Community Blood DriveMound City’s National

Honor Society partnered with the American Red Cross and held a blood drive on Thursday, April 26, at the McRae Community Building in Mound City, MO.

The blood drive was a huge success. Thirty-nine donors contributed 36 pints of useable blood. Members of the National Honor Society assisted the Red Cross with various aspects of the drive.


This Week’s History

• Nearly 500 people attended the first production of the Community Theatre Group at the Mound City gymnasium, entitled “No, No, a Million Times No!”. James Crawford, Marilyn McCrory, Marguerite Grif-fith, Ann Patterson, Rube Dahlman, Bill Moorman, Si Allen and Marion Thompson were all part of the cast. Dorothea Sharp was the director, Marcella Young the choreographer, L.D. Darnell was makeup and Ellouise Robinson was the pianist. Admission costs were $.50 for adults and $.25 for children.

• Fairfax was the returning 275 Conference track champions with 61 points. Rick Wake broke records in the low and high hurdles, and Kent Lawrence broke the 220 record. Oregon had 39 points and Mound City had 34 points. For Mound City, Dean Wilkin-son threw the discus 139’6” and broke the school record. Jack Crowley slammed the shot 45’7”. The mile relay team of Wilkinson, Max Goolsby, Steve Thompson and Greg White ran a 3:59.0 to win.

• The Mound City FFA Soils Judging Team, comprised of Ronald Rhoades, Jim Hagee, Harvey Haynes and Ronald Bennington, earned a first at state and trav-elled to Oklahoma City, OK, to compete at nationals where they earned seventh place.

50 Years Ago - 1962

25 Years Ago - 1987• Congressman E. Thomas Coleman was slated to give the address at the Craig R-3 graduation.

• Sixteen teams were scheduled to attend the 2nd annual Panther Relays in Mound City. A new timers’ and pickers’ stand was nearing completion for the event.

• The Division of State Parks was asking for addi-tional funds, which had been set aside, to be used to make up the difference in the joint bid price for dredging Big Lake State Park and Lewis and Clark State Park. The budget committee sought an addi-tional $300,000 for each lake to continue the dredg-ing project.

• The Mound City Public Library was awarded a $570 grant to purchase large print books. Sue Har-vath, librarian, was able to purchase 40 books to en-large the current collection.

• Jamie Miles earned first place in a meat judging workshop held at Dougan’s Processing in Graham, MO. He was a member of the Mound City FFA Meats Judging Team.

• Kimberly Tally was chosed to attend Girls State.

10 Years Ago - 2002

From the Mound City News archives

• A 15 year-old youth was apprehended by Holt County authorities at The Mint in Forest City, MO, after a report indicated someone wearing a ski mask was inside the establishment at 2:00 a.m. The youth was turned over to juvenile authorities and was not suspected of being involved in the prior burglaries reported at several locations in Holt County.

• The first of three Holt County men, Shawn Rauch, 25, of Oregon, MO, was convicted of first-degree murder, armed criminal action and attempted arson in connection with the Halloween slaying of Ran-dall Crawford of Savannah, MO, in 1998.

• A first ever household hazardous waste collection in Holt County was held. The event was held jointly by the Northwest Missouri Regional Solid Waste Management District and Holt County.

• Jeremy and Penni Seigel opened a gas station and car repair business in Graham, MO. Starr’s Process-ing and Taxidermy, owned by Jay and Jodi Starr, also opened for business in Graham.

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92nd AnnualOregon - South Holt

Alumni BanquetSaturday, May 26th

South Holt GymnasiumSocial Hour - 6:00 p.m.

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Tuesday Club met for dinner at The Klub in Mound City, MO, on Tuesday, April 24, for its last meeting of the club year, with Kasey Miles as hostess. A brief business meeting was held.

Brenda Ryan, who was un-able to attend, had prepared a written program on “Colorado by Train”. She related her in-teresting experiences traveling on Amtrak’s California Zephyr to California and to sites in Col-orado. The program theme for the club year has been “Travel and Technology”.

Attending were Leisa Bier-mann, Linda Boultinghouse, Linda Creed, Patty Davis, Wava Duncan, Sandra Fuhrman, Su-san Laukemper, Judith Long, Debbie Loucks, Judy McIntire, Jane Meadows, Kasey Miles, Jeanne Moore, Phyllis Parker, and Kay Sitherwood.

Tuesday Club holds last meeting

The Mound City Kiwanis Club met at the United Meth-odist Church in Mound City, MO, on Wednesday, April 25, 2012, with 10 members and 16 guests present - Pete Jo-sendale and Frank Pekarske - Health and Safety represen-tatives from Exide, as well as 12 students and 2 sponsors (David Reiter and Merkin Karr)from the Mound City School Academic Bowl Team.

Pete and Frank presented a program about tornado safety. The Kiwanis Club do-nated $600 to the Academic Bowl Team that will be going

to the Nationals in Atlanta, GA, during the Memorial Day Weekend.

On Wednesday, April 18, the Kiwanis Club met at the Mound City Nutrition Site and sponsored the April birthday party for the senior citizens. Members played bin-go, had a birthday party for those born in April, gave out prizes to bingo winners and provided cake, a card and a small gift for the April birth-day attendees. This served as a Kiwanis One Day Project. A total of 9 Kiwanis members participated.

Mound City Kiwanis Club news

Early planted soybeans have potential for bean in-jury. First emerging soy-beans have the opportunity to be hit by adult beetles overwintering. Volunteer spring germinating soy-beans have had feeding damage resulting from the early warm temperatures. Treat when five or more beetles are present per foot of row. Treatment is rarely needed.

Growers should also watch winter wheat, and grass and hay pastures for armyworm. Cutting of seed

heads has occurred in the southwest part of Missouri so there may be some iso-lated fields affected locally.

Dry weather has reduced spring growth of pastures. Growers have to graze pas-tures shorter than they like. Prepare accordingly while moving forward and consider options if reduced rainfall continues. The rains that have occurred will help, but some areas did not receive a substan-tial amount.

For more information, contact Wayne Flanary at 660-446-3724 or Heather Benedict at 660-425-6434, Regional Agronomists, Uni-versity of Missouri Exten-sion.

Scouting area fields

Chief Operating Officer of the Heartland Founda-tion, Judith K. Sabbert of St. Joseph, MO, will be the commencement speaker at North Central Missouri Col-lege (NCMC) in Trenton, MO, on Saturday, May 5.

Approximately 360 can-didates for graduation will receive diplomas and certifi-cates at the ceremony, which is set for 10 a.m. in the Ket-cham Community Center on the NCMC campus. NCMC’s Student Senate President, Caitlyn McFee, will give the evocation and Dr. Neil Nut-

tall, College President, and Dr. James Gardner, Vice President of Instruction and Student Services, will confer the degrees. Christopher Hoffman, Vice President of the Board of Trustees and alumnus of North Central Missouri College, will wel-come the graduates as new alumni.

Area students who will be participating in the com-mencement are as follow:

• Kendra E. Yeager, Mai-tland, MO, AAS- Pharmacy Technology

• Scott W. Anderson, Or-egon, MO, AAS- Nursing

Area students to graduate May 5

TransCanada Corporation recently advised farmers and anyone considering ex-cavation activities in parts of Holt County, MO, to call the Missouri One Call Sys-tem (either by dialing “811” or 1-800-344-7483) before beginning any activities that would disturb the ground. Excavators are required to call 811 whenever they plan to dig. The reason for the extra precaution with farm-ers is that flooding in Holt County last year changed the amount of earth cover-ing pipelines in certain parts of the county. The attached map shows the general area of concern. TransCanada is asking the farming and ex-cavating public to partner with it for pipeline safety.

The Missouri One Call System will transmit locate requests to member utili-ties that have underground facilities at the affected dig sites or areas in question,

within a matter of minutes. The information is received at the member's mapping or dispatch office. In some cases, the utility may be able to determine from the information that it has no underground facilities at the dig site. In these cases, the members will notify re-quests that they are clear.

TransCanada ANR Pipe-line staff will come to the site within three working days – at no cost to the caller – and consult with the land-owner or farmer about next steps. The technician will be able to locate the pipeline facilities, and if they are not in the proposed work area, work can begin immediately. If the pipeline is in the af-fected area, the technician will collect data about the depth of the pipeline. This information is particularly important in instances in which the pipeline might be susceptible to strikes by

Attention farmers and excavators in Holt County

TransCanada ANR Pipeline- Advises farmers and ex-cavators in Holt County to call Missouri One Call System before digging. TransCanada has pipeline throughout the county as shown in the dotted lines above.

deep tillage, land leveling, ditching or any other kind of excavation.

TransCanada is commit-ted to ensuring public safety and environmental protec-tion in the operation of all its assets, including its 35,500 miles of underground natu-ral gas pipeline. TransCan-ada is proud of its record of safe and reliable operation of its pipeline assets.

With more than 50 years’ experience, TransCanada is a leader in the responsible development and reliable operation of North Ameri-can energy infrastructure including natural gas pipe-lines, power generation, gas storage facilities, and proj-ects related to oil pipelines.

TransCanada’s network of wholly owned pipelines extends more than 36,500 miles, tapping into virtu-ally all major gas supply basins in North America. TransCanada is one of the continent’s largest providers of gas storage and related services with approximately 370 billion cubic feet of stor-age capacity. A growing in-dependent power producer, TransCanada owns, or has interests in, over 11,800 megawatts of power genera-tion in Canada and the Unit-ed States. TransCanada’s common shares trade on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges under the symbol TRP. For more information visit www.transcanada.com.

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) announced recently that Holt County MO 111 two miles south of Craig at the Old Channel of the Big Tarkio Bridge closed Monday, April 16, for a bridge replacement project. The bridge will re-main closed at this location for approximately six weeks during construction. Due to the ongoing flood repairs to MO 111, it will be necessary to route traffic over a signed county road detour.

This bridge project is be-ing completed under the Mis-souri Safe & Sound Bridge Improvement Program which is replacing 13 bridges in Holt County. The most recent bridge completed in the coun-ty was the MO 111 Cannon Creek bridge, which was com-pleted on Wednesday, April 4, after being closed for 30 days. The completion of the MO 111

Old Channel bridge will mark the 13th bridge replacement project in Holt County under the Safe & Sound program.

The Safe & Sound Bridge Improvement Program is re-placing 190 bridges in the 20 county area of northwest Mis-souri by the end of 2012, more than any other area of the state. One hundred and fifty-five of the 190 bridges were completed last year. The re-maining 35 bridges are sched-uled for completion by the end of 2012.

For a complete list of bridg-es scheduled for improvement in Holt County, visit the fol-lowing webpage: www.modot.mo.gov/north west/safeand-sound/index2.htm#Holt

For more information about this or other projects being handled by MoDOT, please call the toll-free customer ser-vice hotline at: 1-888-ASK-MoDOT (1-888-275-6636).

Holt County MO 111 closed for Safe and Sound Bridge Project


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The Mound City Panthers hosted the 27th Annual Pan-ther Relays under extreme wind and cooler tempera-tures at Panther Field in Mound City, MO, on Friday, April 27. The wind prevented athletes from competing in the pole vault. Athletes from thirteen schools participat-ed, including: Mound City (MC), Craig/Fairfax (CFX), South Holt (SH), Nodaway-Holt (NH), Tarkio, Rock Port, West Nodaway, DeKalb, Tri-County, St. Joseph Chris-tian, North Andrew, North Nodaway and Northeast Nodaway. The top six finish-ers in each event recorded points. Those results for lo-cal schools are listed below.Girls’ Results

The Mound City Lady Panthers had a great scor-ing day despite the blustery conditions and finished with a 104 point first place finish. St. Joe Christian was second with 94 points. Craig/Fair-fax was sixth with 29 points, South Holt and Nodaway-Holt ladies finished in a tie for 11th with 8 points.100M Dash- 2. Whisper Par-rish, MC- 14.46, 3. Katie Beck, CFX- 15.20, 4. Karee-na Shuman, SH- 15.72200M Dash- 3. Tori Ingram, MC- 28.87, 4. Whisper Par-rish, MC- 29.94400M Dash- 4. Lily Grant, MC- 1:14.83, 6. Rachel Kurtz, SH- 1:15.91800M Run- 3. Jordyn Pankau, MC- 2:44.351600M Run- 4. Jordyn Pankau, MC- 6:08.04100M Hurdles- 1. Tori In-gram, MC- 18.21300M Hurdles- 3. Grace Newcomb, MC- 55.13400M Relay- 1. MC (Tori In-gram, Jessica Kronenwett, Grace Newcomb, Whisper

Lady Panthers run away with 27th annual Panther Relays

Parrish)- 55.08, 5. SH- 1:01.67800M Relay- 2. MC (Jessica Kronenwett, Alex Phillips, Whisper Parrish, Carina Metzgar)- 2:02.97, 6. SH- 2:20.471600M Relay- 1. MC (Tori In-gram, Grace Newcomb, Alex Phillips, Jordyn Pankau)- 4:44.583200M Relay- 3. MC (Haylee Clifton, Lily Grant, Grace Newcomb, Jordyn Pankau)- 12:01.46High Jump- 3T. Rebecca Geib, CFX- 4’6”Long Jump- 1. Jessica Kro-nenwett, MC- 15’6”, 3. Alex Phillips, MC- 13’6.75”, 4. Re-becca Geib, CFX- 12’8.25”Triple Jump- 4. Rebecca Geib, CFX- 29’3.25”, 5. Ni-cole Heits, CFX- 28’11”Shot Put- 3. Jessica Kronen-wett, MC- 30’6”, 4. Krysta Beattie, NH- 30’6”Discus- 2. Nicole Heits, CFX-97’6”, 4. Krysta Beattie, NH- 96’6”Boys’ Results

The St. Joe Christian Li-ons had a phenominal scor-ing day, as they took first place with 130 points. The Mound City Panthers came in second scoring 112 points. South Holt was sixth with 28 points, Nodaway-Holt was tenth with 10 points and Craig/Fairfax finished in 11th place with 9 points.100M Dash- 1. Kylynn Sisk, SH- 11.67, 6. Logan Kephart, CFX- 12.81200M Dash- 4. Kase New-comb, MC- 25.11, 5. Logan Kephart, CFX- 25.86

400M Dash- 3. Dalton Dreher, MC- 58.28, 5. Jer-emiah Bragg, SH- 1:00.15800M Run- 1. Spencer Sta-ples, MC- 2:16.07, 5. Hayston Wilson, MC- 2:31.391600M Run- 4. Derek Lem-on, NH- 5:16.36, 5. Josh Johnson, MC- 5:33.813200M Run- 3. Brandon Kehl, CFX- 12:48.95, 6. Luke Sanders, MC- 13:23.0110M Hurdles- 3. Zach Kahle, MC- 18.88, 4. Dalton Dreher, MC- 19.51300M Hurdles- 2. Zach Kah-le, MC- 44.43400M Relay- 1. MC (Brett Johnson, Dayne Messer, Lu-cas Schawang, Kase New-comb)- 47.75800M Relay- 1. MC (Brett Johnson, Dayne Messer, Lucas Schawang, Kase Newcomb)- 1:39.66, 6 SH- 1:49.571600M Relay- 2. MC (Dayne Messer, Brett Johnson, Kase Newcomb, Spencer Staples)- 3:47.93200M Relay- 1. MC (Brett Johnson, Dayne Messer, Hayston Wilson, Spencer Staples)- 9:29.27High Jump- 5. Hayston Wilson, MC- 5’2”, 6. Dalton Dreher, MC- 5’Long Jump- 2. Lucas Scha-wang, MC- 19’2”, 3. Thomas Shifflett, MC- 17’9”Triple Jump- 3. Mitch Muel-ler, SH- 37’2.5”, 5. Hayden Marrs, MC- 35’2.25”Shot Put- 2. Cutler Derr, SH- 39’3.5”, 3. Justin Dearmont, NH- 38’6”, 4. James Walker, MC- 37’11.75”Discus- 2. James Walker, MC- 116’8”, 6. Cutler Derr, SH- 99’6”

Panthers place second

South Holt’s Cutler Derr- Heaved out his personal best shot put toss at the Panther Relays on Friday, April 27. His throw of 39’3.5” earned him a second place finish at the meet.

Knight Mitch Mueller- Lept 37’2.5” in the triple jump at Panther Relays on Friday, April 27, for a third place finish for the South Holt athlete.

Braving not only the weather- But eight laps around the track, South Holt Knight Paul Barclay persevered during the open 3200M run at the Panther Relays on Friday, April 27.

Kareena Shuman- Took off around the corner of the 200M dash prelims for the South Holt Lady Knights during the Panther Relays on Friday, April 27.

Emily Cox- Pushed the shot for a distance of 26’11.5” during Panther Relays in Mound City on Friday, April 27. The South Holt freshman finished in seventh place.

Sophomore Logan Kephart- CFX sprinter, raced down the track at the Panther Relays in the 100 meter dash. His 6th place final time on April 27 was 12.81.

Panther Brett Johnson- Ran out the 800 meters in his leg of Mound City’s 3200M relay. The Panther team took first place with a time of 9:29.27 at the Pan-ther Relays on Friday, April 27, in Mound City.

Senior Lucas Schawang- Lept 19’2” in the long jump at the Panther Relays in Mound City on Friday, April 27. The jump by the Mound City Panther earned him a 2nd place overall finish.

Mound City Panther, Kase Newcomb- Bolted out of the starting blocks in the prelims of the open 200M dash on Friday, April 27, at the Panther Relays. Sister Grace New-comb, right, stayed bundled up as she held the blocks for her brother. Kase placed fourth in the finals with a time of 25.11.

Mound City runner, Dayne Messer, left- Made his move to pass Tarkio run-ner, Seth Fletcher, right, during this leg of the 3200M relay at Panther Relays on Friday, April 27. The Mound City team finished in first place, and the Tarkio team came in second.

Lady Panther Tori In-gram- Got a great start out of the blocks during the 200M dash at the Panther Relays on Friday, April 27, in Mound City. Tori’s time qualified her for the finals where she finished in 3rd place with a time of 28.87.

Senior sprinter Whisper Parrish- Raced down the straightaway for the Lady Panthers on Friday, April 27, at Panther Relays in Mound City. Whisper took 2nd place in the finals of the 100 meter dash with a time of 14.46.


May 3 - Preschool/PAT Family Fun Night at Mound City R-2 Playground - 5:30 p.m.May 3 - Men’s Drug and Alcohol Recovery Program at 304 E. 4th St. in Mound City - 7-8 p.m.May 4 - Farmers’ Market in Lot East of McIntire Building Center - 4-6 p.m.May 5 - Varsity Track at District Meet in Grant City - TBAMay 6 - Mound City R-2 Baccalaureate at First Christian Church - 4 p.m.May 7 - Friends of the Library at Mound City Library - 5 p.m.May 7-11 - End of Course Exams at Mound City R-2 for Grades 9-12May 8 - Story Time at Mound City Library - 10:30 a.m.May 10 - WildHeart Musical Duo at State Theater - 7:30 p.m.May 10 - Mound City City Council at Mound City City Hall - 7 p.m.May 10 - Men’s Drug and Alcohol Recovery Program at 304 E. 4th St. in Mound City - 7-8 p.m.May 12 - Varsity Track at Sectional Meet in Albany - TBAMay 13 - Graduation at Mound City R-2 Gym - 2 p.m.May 14 & 15 - State Golf at Fremont Hills Country Club in Nixa, MO - TBA

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Lobby Hours: Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.Drive-In Window: Monday-Thursday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Friday 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m.-12 noonAutumn Murry, right, and Halle Clement, second

from right- Are ready to be presented with their medals for their first and second respective finishes in the 100M dash in the 3rd and 4th grade girls’ division. Handling the check-in, and handing out ribbons for the event were vol-unteers, Debi Clifton, left, and Jan Seitz, second from left. They were among the over 40 volunteers that assisted with the first annual Mound City Elementary Track Meet held on Saturday, April 28, at Panther Field in Mound City.

Good turnout for 1st Annual Mound City Elementary Track meet

The 1st Annual Mound City Elementary Track Meet was held at Panther Field on Saturday, April 28, under sunny, cool tempera-tures. The event was orga-nized as a fundraiser for the new weight room that will be built this summer at the Mound City School.

The event was well attend-ed, with nearly 140 students preregistered in events for preschool through 6th grade students. Ribbons or med-als were awarded to partici-pants in all age divisions.

In all, the track meet raised over $2,700 including entry fees, admission, conces-sions, raffles and a generous donation. The project is well on its way, as the pavement has been removed from the site area. The Weight Room Fund is still accepting dona-tions. Anyone desiring to do-nate can drop monies by the the school, or can make a tax deductible contribution via the Mound City Community Booster Club.

The following is a list of the top three finishers in each of the events at the 1st Annual Mound City Elemen-tary Track Meet.

GIRLS’ EVENTSPreschool &

KindergartenStanding Long Jump1st- Paycee Slusher 4’5”2nd- Kadee Crider 4’3.5”3rd- Kenedie Summers 4’3”Tennis Ball Throw1st- Kadee Crider 47’10”2nd- Kenedie Summers 40’8”3rd- Paycee Slusher 32’3”50M Dash1st- Paycee Slusher 10.562nd- Kadee Crider 11.003rd- Kenedie Summers 11.01

1st & 2nd GradesStanding Long Jump1st- Chloee Prussman 5’1”2nd- Hattie Jo Luce 4’5.5”3rd- Bailey Long 4’5”Tennis Ball Throw1st- Kendall Hux 61’2”2nd- Chloee Prussman 48’10”3rd- Emma Long 38’3”50M Dash1st- Kendall Hux 9.882nd- Emma Long 10.063rd- Taylor Quilty 10.63100M Dash1st- Chloee Prussman 18.41 2nd- Kendall Hux 19.533rd- Abigail Gibson 20.34

3rd & 4th GradesRunning Long Jump1st- Kaci Billings 8’3”2nd- Rachel Ottman 8’.5”3rd- Dara Young 8’Softball Throw1st- Katelynn Brashears 79’11”2nd- Sara Wilson 69’3”3rd- Halle Clement 68’1”

100M Dash1st- Autumn Murry 15.972nd- Halle Clement 16.973rd- Sara Wilson 17.01200M Dash1st- Autumn Murry 34.162nd- Aviree Roup 37.53rd- Halle Clement 38.78

5th & 6th GradesRunning Long Jump1st- Emma Gibson 11’4”2nd- Kelcie Gaines 10’6”3rd- Sydney Billings 10’5”Softball Throw1st- Sadie Prussman 103’2nd- Kelcie Gaines 92’8”3rd- Mikala Hankins 91’8”100M Dash1st- Sydney Billings 15.812nd- Emma Derr 15.843rd- Paige Quilty 17.14200M Dash1st- Victoria Nauman 33.52nd- Emma Derr 34.323rd- Emma Gibson 37.09400M Dash1st- Sydney Billings 1:20.412nd- Phoebe Gard 1:20.593rd- Victoria Nauman 1:24.39800M Run1st- Victoria Nauman 3:05.782nd- Allie Binder 3:08.563rd- Phoebe Gard 3:20.81

BOYS’ EVENTSPreschool &

KindergartenStanding Long Jump1st- Maverick Binder 4’9”2nd- Keaton Zembles 4’4”3rd- Kendall Noland 4’3”Tennis Ball Throw1st- Maverick Binder 68’6”2nd- Jacob Hall 53’6”3rd- Cole Gillenwater 45’11”50M Dash1st- Kendall Noland 9.822nd- Maverick Binder 10.53rd- Keaton Zembles 10.8

1st & 2nd GradesStanding Long Jump1st- Will Young 5’1.5”2nd- Bryson Tenney 5’.5”3rd- Chase Goff 5’Tennis Ball Throw1st- Brendan Tubbs 82’10”

2nd- William Heck 74’8”3rd- Gavin Summers 69’8”50M Dash1st- Brendan Tubbs 8.942nd- Trevor Tubbs 8.973rd- Gannon Phelan 9.03100M Dash1st- Brendan Tubbs 16.632nd- Trevor Tubbs 16.843rd- Gannon Phelan 17.13

3rd & 4th GradesRunning Long Jump1st- Drew Quinlin 11’5”2nd- Parker Staples 11’1”3rd- Tyler Phillips 10’Softball Throw1st- Parker Staples 105’6”2nd- Cameron Binder 102’7”3rd- Logan Noland 91’1”100M Dash1st- Drew Quinlin 15.722nd- Tyler Phillips 15.943rd- Parker Staples 16.22200M Dash1st- Tyler Phillips 34.912nd- Drew Quinlin 37.063rd- Conner Derr 38.40

5th & 6th GradesRunning Long Jump1st-Dylan Faller 13’1”2nd- Westyn Williams 12’3”3rd- Tristan VanDerHeide 11’11.5”Softball Throw1st- Westyn Williams 127’8”2nd- Dylan Marrs 123’4”3rd- Quentin Lenz 114’5”100M Dash1st- Tucker Schwebach 15.632nd- Tristan VanDerHeide 15.903rd- Westyn Williams 15.91200M Dash1st- Dylan Faller 30.282nd- Austin Pankau 31.603rd Noah Young 37.75400M Run1st- Austin Pankau 1:10.782nd- Dylan Faller 1:10.903rd- Eric Ottman 1:17.87800M Run1st- Austin Pankau 2:44.872nd- Eric Ottman 2:49.783rd- Tucker Schwebach 2:50.76

The 100M Dash- Was run by a number of 1st and 2nd grade boys during the 1st Annual Mound City Elementary Track Meet held on Saturday, April 28, at Panther Field. Pictured above are runners, left to right, Mathew Grover, Clayton Binder, Will Young, William Heck, Alex Calkin (lane 2) and Preston Saxton.

The 5th and 6th grade girls- Went head to head in the 100M Dash at the 1st An-nual Mound City Elementary Track Meet held on Saturday, April 28, at Panther Field in Mound City. Pictured left to right, were, Sydney Billings, Brylie Schwebach, Paige Quilty, Maggie Baker, Emma Derr and Sadee Prussman. Sydney Billings finished 1st in the race with a time of 15.81, Emma Derr finished in second place with a time of 15.84, and Paige Quilty was third with a time of 17.14.

The South Holt Power Lifting Team partici-pated in the North Nodaway Invitational on Saturday, April 28, in Hopkins, MO. A total of 64 participants took part in the tournament.

South Holt took nine athletes to the tourna-ment and finished the day with a second place team plaque and brought home 24 individual medals. Kylynn Sisk won every lift in his divi-sion and was Overall Champion. Both Rachel Kurtz and Billy Brock finished as Division Champions. Medal recipients include:

• Mac Kelly - A bronze medal for bench press.• Linden Stucky - Two bronze medals for

bench press and squat.• Cody Dozier - A gold for bench press, silver

for squat, and gold for hang cleans.• Gavin Graupman - A gold medal for top

bench press, silver for squat, and a bronze for hang cleans.

• Pierce Elifrits - A bronze medal for bench press, and gold for squat. He was third in his division.

• Billy Brock - A silver medal for squat, and golds for bench press and hang cleans. He fin-ished as the Division Champion.

• Rachel Kurtz - Four gold medals, winning every lift in her division. She was Division Champion.

• Kylynn Sisk - Four gold medals, winning ev-ery lift in his division. He was named Overall Champion.

South Holt students participate in power lifting tournament

The South Holt Power Lifting Team - Competed well at the North Nodaway Invita-tional on Saturday, April 28. Pictured above, sporting individual medals and the second place team plaque, are, left to right: Back row - Coach Dana Dill, Errick Greene, Billy Brock, Cody Dozier, Mac Kelly, Gavin Graupman, and Pierce Elifrits; and front row - Ra-chel Kurtz and Linden Stucky. Not pictured is Kylynn Sisk.

Kylynn Sisk - South Holt power lift-er, strained under the weights at the North Nodaway Tournament on Sat-urday, April 28. Kylynn came home with four gold medals, winning every lift in his division, as well as being de-clared the Overall Champion.


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May 5 - Varsity Track at District Meet in Grant City - TBAMay 5 - Graclyn Brandon Community Fundraiser at American Legion

Building - 6 p.m.May 11 - Graduation at Craig R-3 - 7 p.m.May 12 - Craig City Council at Craig City Hall - 9 a.m.May 12 - Sectional Track at Albany, MO - TBAMay 12 - Craig R-3 Alumni Banquet - 6 p.m.May 14 & 15 - State Golf at Nixa, MO - TBAMay 15 - Craig Community Committee at American Legion Building - 6:30 p.m.

Panthers take first at district golf; Craig/Fairfax is second

The Mound City Panther boys’ golf team travelled to Savannah, MO, to play in district golf competition at Duncan Hills Golf Course on Wednesday, April 25. Nine schools, including Mound City, competed in the Dis-trict 8 play, with a total of 39 golfers, participating in the meet on the par 71 course.

Mound City won the dis-trict meet shooting a 345. Other teams and standings include: 2nd- Craig/Fairfax, 372; 3rd- Albany, 383; 4th- Rock Port, 393; 5th- Tarkio, 393; 6th- Stanberry, 399; 7th- South Harrison, 417; and no team scores recorded for West Nodaway or Ridgeway. Both the Mound City and Craig/Fairfax teams will ad-vance to sectional play with their first and second place

finishes, respectively. Individual places and

scoring results for Mound City included: 4. Jeff Atkins- 81; 7T. Kelton Kurtz- 86; 9T. James Walker- 88; 12T. Levi Staples- 90; and 22T. Miles Loucks- 103.

Craig/Fairfax golfing re-sults included: 2. Tristan Ray- 77; 12T. Spencer Gib-son- 90; 18T. Grant Hopkins- 98; 25. Willie Bates- 107; and 34. Keifer Nemyer- 124.

Sectional 4 play was held on Wednesday, May 2, at the Mozingo Golf Course in Maryville, MO. Rock Port hosted the meet which in-cluded winners from District 7 and 8. Sectional winners will advance to state compe-tition. Results can be found in the May 10 issue of the Mound City News.

Panther Jeff Atkins- Made a nice drive off the teebox during District 8 golf competition on Wednesday, April 25, in Savannah, MO. Jeff finished fourth overall, shooting an 81, with the entire Mound City team ad-vancing to sectional play on May 2.

Freshman Panther golfer Miles Loucks- Sunk this put on hole number 18 at the District 8 Golf Tourna-ment in Savannah, MO, on Wednesday, April 25.

Junior James Walker of Mound City- Finished district golf competition on Wednesday, April 25, in 9th place overall shooting an 88. The Mound City golfer dropped this put early in the meet.

Junior golfer Kelton Kurtz of Mound City- Teed off on the second nine after finishing the first nine holes at district golf in Savannah, MO, on April 25. He finished the day tied for 7th place overall, shooting an 86.

The Mound City golf team- Claimed the 275 Conference Championship on Monday, April 30, at the Rock Port, MO, Golf Course. Team members above, include, left to right, James Walker, Kelton Kurtz, Levi Staples, Miles Loucks and Jeff Atkins.

Panthers claim 275 Conference titleThe Mound City Panther

golf team continued to play well and sealed the 275 Conference Championship on Monday, April 30, at the Rock Port, MO, Golf Course. The Mound City team de-feated Craig/Fairfax (CFX), Rock Port, Tarkio and West Nodaway for the title.

The Mound City Panthers shot a 355 to win the confer-ence title. Rock Port finished second with a 380, Tarkio was third with a 389, Craig/Fairfax was fourth with a 391 and West Nodaway fin-ished with a 511.

Individual scorers for the Mound City team included Kelton Kurtz and Levi Sta-ples, both with an 85. Kelton was 3rd and Levi was 4th, individually. Jeff Atkins shot a 90, James Walker shot a

95 and Miles Loucks shot a 100.

Craig/Fairfax golfer, Tristan Ray, finished as con-ference individual champi-on, shooting a 78 for the day. Other CFX golfers included: Spencer Gibson with a 103, William Bates with a 103 and Grant Hopkins with a 107.

The teams competed in sectional play on Wednes-day, May 2, at Mozingo Golf Course in Maryville, MO. The top two qualifying teams, along with the top 12 individual finishers, will compete at the 2012 State Golf Tournament at the Fre-mont Hills Country Club in Nixa, MO, on May 14-15. Re-sults from the meet will ap-pear in the May 10 edition of the Mound City News.

Faculty and staff of the Mound City R-II School, the Craig R-III School and South Holt R-1 School attended the Hat's Off Banquet held on the campus of Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, MO, on Monday, April 23, 2012. The banquet is sponsored by the Northwest Regional Professional Development Center and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).

Each of the schools received the award for Distinction in Performance at the banquet. The award is given as a result of exceptional scores on the Annual Performance Report which includes all MAP and EOC testing, drop out rates, at-tendance rates, vocational completers and advance course credits. The Mound City School has received this award 12 of the past 13 years.

Local schools honored

Accepting the award for Distinction in Performance- For the Mound City R-2 School were, left to right, Federal Program Supervisor Alan Stephens; Mound City Superin-tendent Ken Eaton; Northwest District Supervisor Larry Price; Mound City middle school science teacher, Korey Miles; and Mound City Elementary Principal Jan Seitz.

Accepting the award for Distinction in Performance- For the South Holt R-1 School were, Federal Program Su-pervisor Alan Stephens; Northwest District Supervisor Larry Price; and South Holt elementary teachers, Melissa Anderson, Ashley Myers, Janah Kent and Nola Russell.

Accepting the award for Distinction in Performance for Craig R-III- Were, left to right, Federal Program Super-visor Alan Stephens; Northwest District Supervisor Larry Price; Craig Principal Craig Walker; and Craig professional development chairman, Kerri Acton.

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Jake Kurtz of Oregon, MO, received the State FFA Degree, the highest degree members can re-ceive at state level. The South Holt chapter mem-ber was one of 773 degree recipients receiving the honor during the State Degree Ceremony at the 84th Missouri FFA Con-vention. The annual con-vention was held on April 19-20 at the Hearnes Cen-ter, Columbia, MO.

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Mound City Junior High track athletes travelled to Tarkio, MO, to participate in the Little Indian Relays on Tuesday, April 24, on Kyle Field at M. David Palmeiro Stadium. Eleven teams, in-cluding Tarkio, Rock Port, Mound City, Craig/Fairfax (CFX), South Holt, North Andrew, West Nodaway, Jefferson, North Nodaway, Worth County and South Nodaway participated in the meet. The top six fin-ishers in each event were awarded points.

The Mound City Lady Panthers had quite a show-ing at the meet, placing first as a team with 124 points, and breaking three individ-ual meet records and one relay meet record. Kendey Eaton broke the pole vault record with a height of 8’9” (the previous record was 8’0). Emily Wedlock broke two records, the 75 meter hurdles’ record with a time of 12.56 (the previous record was 12.67) and the 200 me-ter dash record with a time of 27.44 (the previous record was 27.54). The Mound City girls’ 1600 meter relay team of Emily Wedlock, Kenzie Ashford, Kendey Eaton and Mae Sanders broke the re-cord with a time of 4:38.49 (the previous record was 4:39.12). The relay time also broke the 2002 Mound City school record that stood at 4:41.76.

Girls’ Results Other team finishes for

the girls include Rock Port-

Lady Panthers make a clean sweep at Little Indian Relays

2nd with 75.50 points, South Holt was 6th with 38 points and Craig-Fairfax (CFX), finished 9th with 18 points.100M Dash- 6. Carley Bak-er, MC- 14.95200M Dash- 1. Emily Wed-lock, MC- 27.44, 4. Carley Baker, MC- 29.60, 6. Court-ney Sharp, SH- 30.12400M Dash- 2. Carley Baker, MC- 1:09.52, 3. Mae Sand-ers, MC- 1:09.84, 5. Ryan Hopkins, CFX- 1:13.24800M Run- 2. Kendey Eaton, MC- 2:43.87, 3. Adri-enne Messer, MC- 2:53.85, 5. Hailey Bomar, CFX- 2:57.971600M Run- 1. Kendey Eaton, MC- 6:02.39, 5. Jo-eigh Eaton, MC- 7:04.0975M Hurdles- 1. Em-ily Wedlock, MC- 12:56, 3. Mae Sanders, MC- 13.62, 5. Ryan Hopkins, CFX- 14.27, 6. Brook Gray, SH- 14.64400M Relay- 3. CFX (Alys-sa Garrison, Ryan Hopkins, Hailey Bomar, Emma Mor-ris)- 58.37, 4. SH (Court-ney Sharp, Ashley Hun-ziger, Abby Egbert, Hailey Markt)- 59.74800M Relay- 4. MC (Ken-zie Ashford, Jessica John-son, Hillary Russell, Tess Phillips)- 2:13.95, 5. CFX (Alyssa Garrison, Jocelyn Clayton, Hailey Bomar, Emma Morris)- 2:17.63, 6. SH (Emma Ezzell, Brook Gray, Hailey Moore, Ashley Hunziger)- 2:19.261600M Relay- 1. MC (Emily Wedlock, Kenzie Ashford,

Kendey Eaton, Mae Sand-ers)- 4:38.49High Jump- 4. Courtney Sharp, SH- 4’4”, 6. Abby Eg-bert, SH- 4’.25”Long Jump- 1. Emily Wed-lock, MC- 15’11”, 6. Carley Baker, MC- 12’11”Triple Jump- 3. Mae Sand-ers, MC- 29’8”, 4. Ryan Hop-kins, CFX- 28’1”, 5. Kenzie Ashford, MC- 27’11.75”Shot Put- 1. Hailey Markt, SH- 32’10”, 3. Emma Ezzell, SH- 31’5”, 4. Brittany Web-ster, MC- 30’3”Discus- 2. Ashley Hunziger, SH- 71’, 5. Emma Ezzell, SH- 66’9.5”Pole Vault- 1. Kendey Eaton, MC- 8’9”, 3. Tess Phillips, MC- 6’6”Boys’ Results

The Worth County boys’ team came in first with 122 points, followed by Rock Port in second with 119 points. Mound City finished 5th with 30 points, South Holt was 6th with 22.50, and Craig/Fairfax (CFX) was 8th with 18.50 points.100M Dash- 4. Garrett Ball, CFX- 13.39, 5. Tobin Sisk, SH- 13.54200M Dash- 4. Tobin Sisk, SH- 27.78, 5. Garrett Ball, CFX- 28.01400M Dash- 3. Hunter Hol-stine, MC- 1:05.05, 4. Jay-ton Johnson, CFX- 1:06.23800M Run- 5. Blake Shif-flett, MC- 2:42.57, 6. Alan Ottman, SH- 2:51.57

Four records broken by Lady Panthers

Mound City’s Megan Grover, right- Handed the baton off to Kimberly Corbin, left, during the first exchange of the 400M relay on Tuesday, April 24, at the Little Indian Relays in Tarkio, MO. Valerie Karr and Ashley Tudor were the other two members of the junior high Mound City relay team.

Ben Shifflett, left- Prepared to receive the baton from Kyler Miles, right, in the exchange zone of the junior high 400M Mound City relay team. The team finished with a time of 56.50 at the Little Indian Relays on Tuesday, April 24, in Tarkio, MO.

This long stride- Helped earn Emily Wedlock of Mound City a record breaking time in the 75M hurdles on Tuesday, April 24, at the Little Indian Relays in Tarkio, MO. She fin-ished with a time of 12.56.

Pantera Womeldorff of Craig/Fairfax- Cleared 4’ in the high jump event on Tuesday, April 24, at the Little Indian Relays in Tarkio, MO. She tied for 7th place.

CFX sprinter, Garrett Ball, left, and South Holt’s Tobin Sisk, right- Went head to head in the finals of the 200M dash at the Little Indian Relays in Tarkio, MO, on Tuesday, April 24. Tobin finished in 4th place with a time of 27.78, and Garrett finished 5th with a time of 28.01.

South Holt’s Emma Ez-zell, right- Handed off to Hailey Moore, left, in the first exchange zone of the 800M relay. The junior high team finished in 6th place at the Little Indian Relays on Tuesday, April 24, with a time of 2:19.26.

400M junior high runners Carley Baker, right, and Mae Sanders, left- Both of Mound City, finished with 2nd and 3rd place finishes, respectively, at the Little Indian Re-lays on Tuesday, April 24, in Tarkio, MO. Carley’s time was 1:09.52, and Mae’s time was 1:09.84.

Mound City’s junior high 1600M relay team- Broke the meet record at Tarkio, MO, at the Little Indian Relays on Tuesday, April 24. The team finished with a time of 4:38.49. The previous record was 4:39.12. Team members, left to right, include: Kendey Eaton, Kenzie Ashford, Mae Sanders and Emily Wedlock. The team also set a new school record at Mound City. The old record was set in 2002 with a time of 4:41.76.

100M Hurdles- 2. Hunter Holstine, MC- 16.911600M Relay- 3. MC (Colton Dean, Ben Shifflett, Blake Shifflett, Kyler Miles)- 4:45.43High Jump- 6. Jordan Fra-dy, SH- 4’6”Long Jump- 4. Garrett Ball, CFX- 15’6.5”, 6. Kyler Miles, MC- 15’0.5”Triple Jump- 1. Tobin Sisk, SH- 34’3.25”Shot Put- 4. Garrett Ball, CFX- 35’7”, 5. Tyler Brock, SH- 35’2.75”Discus- 3. Hunter Holstine, MC- 101’3.5”Pole Vault- 4. Alan Ottman, SH- 7’6”, 6. Ben Shifflett, MC- 7’

Ethan Karsten of Platte City, MO, finished his youth folk-style wrestling career on Saturday and Sunday, April 14 and 15, when he represented the state of Missouri, wrestling with the Missouri Storm at the AAU Middle School Na-tional Wrestling Duals in Des Moines, IA. The team finished in fifth place out of a field of 38 teams. Ethan finished with a personal re-cord of 8-1 in this tourna-ment.

In November, Ethan wrestled at the Big Horn National Wrestling Tour-nament in Loveland, CO, where he finished in third place. Later that month, he traveled to Tulsa, OK, where he wrestled in the Cliff Keen Kick-Off. He fin-ished in third place there also.

In December, Ethan was

the champion at the Dixie National Wrestling Tour-nament in Atlanta, GA.

In January, Ethan fin-ished in first place at the K a n s a s T o u r n a -ment of Champions in Salina, KS. In the champion-ship match he defeated the young man who was ranked third in the nation.

In March, E t h a n wrestled at the Liberty Nat iona ls in Kansas City, MO, where he finished in second place. This tournament is suppos-edly the toughest in the na-

Maitland grandparents proud of Ethan Karsten for ranking nationally in wrestling

tion. Ethan wrestled in the Missouri State Youth Folk-style Wrestling Tourna-ment in Columbia, MO, in March. He finished in sec-

ond place, losing by a score of 2-1 to a s i x - t i m e Missouri S t a t e C h a m -pion. He has quali-fied for the state t o u r n a -ment ev-ery year and fin-ished in f o u r t h p l a c e

once, second place twice, and was the champion in 2011. He also wrestled at the AAU Asics National

Tournament in Cedar Falls, IA, in March, where he fin-ished in seventh place.

In April, Ethan wrestled at Brute Nationals in In-dependence, MO, where he finished in second place. This is the third time he has finished in second place in this tournament. He was featured in the 2011 edi-tion of “The Best Athletes in AAU”.

Ethan is currently ranked fourth nationally by USA Wrestling in the 15 and under 101 pound class. His record this season is 111-11.

Ethan is the son of Jeff and Christy Karsten of Platte City and the grand-son of Daryl and Cindy Karsten of Maitland, MO, and Larry and Genie Snuggs of Lacona, IA.


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Shining bright this week is Katie Portman. Katie is the daughter of Steve and Brandy Portman. Her hob-bies are spending time with family and friends (and Kelby), reading and going to St. Joe. Katie’s favorite food is fried chicken and her fa-vorite color is purple. When asked what being a se-nior means, she replied, “It means being the upperclass-man and soon getting out of high school and getting out of Mound City to experience something new.”

Katie’s favorite Panther memory was annoying Mr. Lenz and hearing him say “oh please” and “I’m so awe-some”. Also, she remembers winning conference, dis-tricts, and then playing vol-leyball at sectionals.

“All about Katie”

By Kirstan Buckles

“All about Kelby”

Shining bright is Kelby Siekmann. Kelby is the son of Brad Siekmann and Shel-ley Skidmore. His hobbies are hanging out with his dad, working, and spending time with Katie. Kelby’s favorite food is steak and his favorite color is green. When asked what being a senior means to him, he replied, “Getting out of high school soon.” His favorite Panther memory is going to Vo-Tech.

By Kirstan Buckles

“All about Trevor”

Standing in the spotlight this week is Trevor Tobin-Boyd. Trevor is the son of Bub and Sharon Boyd. His hobbies are fishing, hunting, shooting, and sports. Trev-or’s favorite food is Zack’s momma’s rattlesnake and mac & cheese. His favorite color is “Good ol’ red, white and blue!” His favorite quote is “I wanna go FAST!” When asked what being a senior means to him, he replied, “It means it’s my last year to enjoy high school, because this could be the last time I see my classmates.”

Trevor’s favorite Pan-ther memories are going to state football for four years, Hollywood Undead concert with the guys, and the long nights.

The FCCLA chapter re-cently had a meeting to elect next year’s officers. Becom-ing an officer requires a lot of dedication and leader-ship. The officers elected for the 2012-2013 school year include: President, Jorden Miller; Vice President, Carina Metzgar; Secretary, Megan Grover; Treasurer, Montana Kunkel; Public Re-lations, Ashley Tudor; and Activity Leader, Ashley Van-DerHeide.

FCCLA officers elected for 2012-2013

In 1971, David Roach re-ceived the Personal Science Award, Sherry Shubert re-ceived the High on National Math Test, and Leslie Heck received the DAR award.

In 1989, Bill View was the superintendent, Terry Vest was the secondary principal, and Cheri Patterson was the elementary principal.

In 1979, Wilma Brickey was the school nurse.

Remembering the past

The National Honor Soci-ety (NHS) organization part-nered up with the American Red Cross and held a blood drive on April 26, 2012. The blood drive took place from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the McRae Community Center. The blood drive was a huge success collecting 36 pints of useable blood from 39 do-nors.

Someone, somewhere, needs blood every 2 seconds. Approximately 4.5 million

NHS blood driveAmericans will need a blood transfusion in the next year and only one pint of blood can save up to 3 lives! So, if you do the math, the do-nations taken during the blood drive could save up to 108 lives! NHS would like to give a huge thank you to all of those who donated; and there will be more blood drives coming up at the McRae Community Center.

On April 10, 2012, Jorden Miller participated in the annual Sophomore Pilgrim-age event held in Jefferson City, MO. She was selected by teachers and the counsel-or to represent the Mound City School District. She was selected based on class scho-lastic display, leadership, and citizenship qualities. The group left at 2:30 a.m. and arrived back in Mound City around 8:30 p.m.

While Jorden was there

Sophomore pilgrimageBy Dalton Honea

she was able to see how the state government works, took a tour of the state capi-tol building, toured the room where the supreme court cases take place, and the group of students toured the governor’s mansion. Jorden commented, “It was fun to see how our government works and to get a real un-derstanding of it.”

The ProwlPage Courtesy of Mrs. Nichole Hux’s Mass Media Class at Mound City R-II

Rick Dozier, of Oregon, MO, received top honors at the 57th Annual Firefight-ers’ Association of Missouri (FFAM) Convention Satur-day, April 28, 2012, in Hanni-bal, MO. Dozier received the Fire Chief of the Year award for his role with the Missouri State Fair Fire Department.

The Missouri State Fair Fire Department (MSFFD) is the only known fire de-partment in the United

States that operates for only 11 days each year, providing fire and emergency medical services. The MSFFD pro-tects 45 permanent build-ings, hundreds of temporary structures, travel trailers, and tents throughout the 400-acre fairgrounds. The fair’s attendance averages between 30,000 and 50,000 daily, totaling nearly 350,000 attendees annually. The de-partment is staffed by 75

Rick Dozier of Oregon, MO, center- Received the Fire Chief of the Year award at the 57th Annual Firefighters’ Association of Missouri Convention in Hannibal, MO, on Saturday, April 28.

Dozier receives Fire Chief of the Yearmembers daily, representing nearly 50 different agencies, serving in shifts to provide 24-hour fire suppression and ALS services throughout the fair. Personnel come from a variety of paid and volunteer agencies; all chief and com-pany officers and firefighters donate their time.

Chief Dozier began his career in the fire service in 1987. He has served the Southern Fire Protection District of Holt County for all 25 years of his career, with eight of those years at the rank of Assistant Fire Chief. Chief Dozier has served the MSFFD since 1994 and has served as Fire Chief since 2010.

During Chief Dozier’s ten-ure as Fire Chief, he has led the MSFFD through several severe weather incidents that caused widespread damage and numerous inju-ries to fairgoers. Under Doz-ier’s leadership, the MSFFD, along with fair administra-tion and the Missouri State Highway Patrol, developed a new emergency action plan that addressed safety dur-ing severe weather incidents. This plan was utilized and garnered national attention during the 2011 Fair, af-ter the stage at the Indiana

State Fair collapsed killing and injuring many attend-ees. With Dozier’s leadership and assistance from an expe-rienced command staff, the MSFFD has created a one-of-a-kind operation for prepar-ing and responding to emer-gencies during large-scale fair events.

“This is a humbling award to receive from the Firefight-ers’ Association of Missouri. It is an honor to be selected as the Chief of the Year from the entire state of Missouri, and an honor to serve with the men and women at the Missouri State Fair each year,” said Dozier.

Along with Dozier’s con-tributions to the MSFFD, he currently serves as the Firefighters’ Association of Missouri District 14 Direc-tor, as well as serving as the Education Committee Chair and member of the Fire Pre-vention Committee. Dozier is also the Local Emergency Planning Committee Chair (Holt County, MO), an in-structor for the University of Missouri Fire and Res-cue Training Institute, Red Cross CPR instructor and is employed full-time with the Missouri Department of Con-servation.

Imagine sitting at home, thinking about work or din-ner plans, when suddenly being struck with intense pain, and in the next few seconds, dizziness causes a fall and disorientation.

Imagine being Larry Brickey, a retired Mound City, MO, farmer, who just after Christmas in 2011, was sitting at his kitchen table when sharp pain began above his eye and he became dizzy and fell while trying to get up.

When his son insisted he go to the hospital, Larry said he thought about re-fusing. “I thought, I don’t have time for this, and did not want to go anywhere,” he said.

“When we got to Commu-nity Hospital-Fairfax, MO (CH-F), staff members told me I was having a stroke and they had a drug that could help me. I am a God-fearing man and I knew it was in His hands, so I told them to do what they needed to do,” Larry said.

Because he was at the hospital so quickly after experiencing symptoms, Larry was eligible to re-ceive a drug called Acti-vase, a “clot buster” medi-cine for stroke victims. He was then quickly on his way to the Nebraska Med-ical Center in Omaha, NE, for more care. His experi-ence is a perfect example of why a fast reaction to a stroke is so important.

The National Institute for Neurologic Disorders and Strokes (NINDS) states that this life-saving medicine requires rapid response and diagnosis. NINDS found stroke pa-tients who received Acti-vase within three hours of the beginning of stroke symptoms were at least 33 percent more likely to recover from their stroke with little or no disability after three months.

Since implementing the stroke protocol in 2011, CH-F has successfully used it to treat several stroke victims.

“Our stroke protocol goes into play the second we find out a stroke victim is coming or has arrived in the E.R. Time is of the essence and our staff is trained how to implement

CH-F celebrates first anniversary of stroke protocol

the plan, from arranging a CT scan to preparing a helicopter for transpor-tation,” Rhonda Evans, CH-F Chief Operating Of-ficer said.

The stroke protocol does not end when the patient exits the building. “I keep a record of the stroke cases for the staff to review and use as a learning experi-ence. We constantly work on being efficient in our re-sponse times,” Evans said.

The stroke team has been working hand in hand with the Nebraska Medical Center (TNMC) to draft the protocol. TNMC has received the gold seal of approval from the Joint Commission as the first nationally certified stroke center in the state of Ne-braska.

“I am excited to have worked with the medical experts at the Nebraska Medical Center to prepare state- of-the art stroke treatments for our pa-tients. We hope this never happens to you or your family, but if it does, Com-munity Hospital-Fairfax is ready,” assures Aron Burke, MD, Chief of Staff at CH-F.

Rhonda considers Lar-ry’s experience a success. Today, Larry is back work-ing at his mowing service he runs with his wife. He continues to work on his farm, mending fences and growing a garden for his family to enjoy.

“I am doing much better than I was just after the stroke. I went to rehab at CH-F’s Holt County Out-patient Services for my leg that was injured when I fell. I guess I can say that I wasn’t done with my work around here and the Lord decided I could stay, which I am thankful for,” Larry explained.

The staff at the Commu-nity Hospital-Fairfax E.R and Holt County Outpa-tient Services is equally happy to have been a part of Larry’s successful story and wants to remind the public to call 911 when signs of stroke occur. To learn more about CH-F’s stroke protocol and how to be ready for a stroke, visit www.FairfaxMed.com.

Missouri hunters shot more turkeys during the first week of the spring hunting season than they did during the same period last year. This is the first in-crease since 2004.

This year’s first week har-vest of 21,765 represents a 15.8 percent increase from 2011. It also is 2.1 percent more than the previous five-year average. Top coun-ties were Franklin with 467 turkeys checked, Ste. Gen-evieve with 439 and Texas with 433.

Resource Scientist Jason Isabelle supervises wild turkey management for the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC). He says the increase is in large part due to the good hatch that was observed through-out much of Missouri in 2011. He notes that jakes, as one year-old male turkeys are commonly known, made up 26.4 percent of this year’s first week harvest. That is a substantial increase from last year.

“Hunters checked 5,748 jakes during the first week of the season,” says Isa-belle. “That is a 61 percent increase from 2011. The number of mature gobblers in the harvest was only up

by about 800 birds, so birds hatched last year accounted for nearly three-quarters of the harvest increase.”

Isabelle says weather, which can significantly in-fluence turkey harvest, probably was a wash dur-ing the first week of Mis-souri’s 21-day spring turkey season. The week included some rain and wind, which typically reduces hunter success, but these conditions were interspersed with ideal hunting weather.

First week harvest figures were up in all eight regions of the state, ranging from an increase of 11.3 percent in the Central Region to 21.3 percent in the Ozark Re-gion.

Isabelle says he is hoping that Missouri’s weather will remain favorable for tur-key nesting for the next two months. Good nesting and brood-rearing conditions could enable the state’s tur-key flock to build on gains made last year.

Missouri hunters also had an above average first week in terms of safety. MDC re-corded two firearms related hunting incidents, compared to an average of 3.4 over the past 10 years.

First-week turkey harvest reboundsJakes make the difference


Legal Notices

REQUEST FOR BIDSThe City of Mound City, Missouri, will accept sealed

bids for sale of real property located at 611 State Street, Mound City, MO and described as:

All of a parallel strip of 20 feet wide off the North side of Lot 5, in Block 8, as designated by the plat of the Original Town of Mound City, Holt County, Missouri.

Interested bidders are required to contact the City Clerk at 442-3447 for a list of restrictions on the sale of the property. The City will provide a clean title but oth-erwise the property will be sold as is with no representa-tions as to fitness. Submit sealed bids to the City Clerk at City Hall, 205 E. 6th St., Mound City, MO, 64470, by 7:00 p.m., Thursday, May 10, 2012. The city reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informalities in the bids received, and to accept the bid or bids that, in its judgment, will be in the best interest of the City of Mound City, MO. 41/1tc & 43/1tc

PUBLIC NOTICECITY OF MOUND CITY BUDGET HEARING

Thursday, May 10, 20127:00 p.m. at Mound City City Hall

The City of Mound City is beginning its budget prepara-tion process. All interested residents are invited to attend the budget hearing to make comments or ask questions about the budget which begins July 1, 2012. 42/2tc

ROAD WORK NOTICE TO CONTRACTORSPaper bids not exceeding a monetary value of $250,000 and

electronic bids submitted through the BidExpress website for constructing or improving Route Various, Job J1P2223, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clinton, Da-viess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Holt, Linn, Livingston, Mercer, Nodaway, Putnam, Sullivan, and Worth counties, will be received by the Commission until 11:00 o'clock a.m. (prevailing lo-cal time) on 5/25/2012. Paper bids not exceeding a monetary value of $250,000 addressed to:

STATE OF MISSOURI, acting by and through THE MISSOURI HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, Jefferson City, Missouri, will be received at the office of the Secretary to the Commission in the Missouri Department of Transportation Central Office Building, 105 West Capitol Avenue, Jefferson City, Missouri.

The proposed work includes: Job Order Contract - Guardrail and Guard Cable Repair on the above state road at various locations in the NW District.

Special Needs: If you have special needs addressed by the Ameri-cans with Disabilities Act, please notify Pamela Harlan, Secretary to the Commission, at (573) 751-2824 or through Missouri Relay System, TDD 1-800-735-2966, at least five (5) working days prior to the bid opening you plan to attend.

The wage rates applicable to this project have been predeter-mined as required by law and are set forth in the appendices. When federal wage rates are applicable and included, this con-tract is subject to the "Work Hours Act of 1962", (P.L. 87-581, 76 State. 357) and implementing regulations.

By virtue of statutory authority, preference shall be given on other than Federal Aid Projects, to materials, products, supplies, provisions, and other articles, produced, manufactured, made or grown within the state of Missouri, where same are of a suitable character and can be obtained at reasonable market prices in the state and are of a quality suited to the purpose intended and can be secured without additional cost over foreign products or prod-ucts of other states.

The commission hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirma-tively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, ancestry, or national origin in consideration for an award.

Plans and specifications may be inspected in the offices of the Commission at Jefferson City, or the district engineer at St. Jo-seph, Missouri. Plans may also be viewed on the Internet at http://modot.indoxservices.com/. Complete instructions to bidders and bidding documents may be obtained at the Jefferson City office. All questions concerning the bid document preparation shall be directed to the Central Office – Design Division at (573) 751-2876.

Bids must be on forms provided. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids.

THE MISSOURI HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION - Chief Engineer 43/1tc

IN THE 4TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT, HOLT COUNTY, MISSOURI - PROBATE CASE #11HO-PR00025-01

In the Estate of FLORETTA I. KARSTEN, Deceased.NOTICE OF LETTERS TESTAMENTARY GRANTED

(Independent Administration)To All Persons Interested in the Estate of FLORETTA I.

KARSTEN, Decedent:On April 30, 2012, the last will of the decedent having been admitted to

probate, the following individual was appointed the personal representative of the estate of FLORETTA I. KARSTEN, decedent, by the Probate Divi-sion of the Circuit Court of Holt County, Missouri. The personal representa-tive may administer the estate independently without adjudication, order, or direction of the Probate Division of the Circuit Court, unless a petition for supervised administration is made to and granted by the court. The personal representative’s name and business address are:

DARYL KARSTEN, 32280 HOLT 200, MAITLAND, MO 64466.The personal representative’s attorney’s name, business address and

phone number are:STEPHEN J. BRIGGS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 400 JULES ST., SUITE

320, ST. JOSEPH, MO 64502, 816-232-8411.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 rep-resentative, 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 defendant ad litem pursuant to Section 573.021, RSMo.

Date of decedent’s death: September 1, 2011.Date of first publication is: May 3, 2012.

Karen L. Frede, Clerk Receipt of this notice by mail should not be construed by the recipient to

indicate that the recipient necessarily 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 Circuit Court. 43/4tp

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Hazardous waste collection event successfulArea residents from Atchison, Gentry, Holt, Nodaway and Worth counties- Participated in the Household Haz-ardous Waste and Electronics Waste Collection on Saturday, April 28, hosted by the Northwest Missouri Regional Council of Governments and the Holt and Nodaway county commissions. It was funded by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the Northwest Missouri Regional Solid Waste Management District. A variety of acceptable wastes was collected at the event.

The Kansas City District is pleased to announce that the Missouri River Bank Stabilization and Navigation Project (BSNP) has received over $31 million of Disaster Relief Appropriations Act (DRAA) funding to repair flood damage to the river rock structures that com-prise the BSNP. This is in addition to over $45 million already received in DRAA funds to repair damaged le-vees within the district.

The structures of the Mis-souri River BSNP were au-thorized and designed to provide a reliable naviga-tion channel and prevent meandering of the river. The project was completed in 1981 and is maintained by the Corps of Engineers using annual appropria-tions from Congress. Dam-ages to the project from the 2011 flood required DRAA funding because annual ap-propriations of $4 million are insufficient for required repairs. The BSNP struc-tures will be repaired to the elevations as specified in the maintenance criteria established in the 1970s and to the lengths that existed prior to the flood. Despite

sustaining significant dam-age during the 2011 flood, the structures performed as designed, preventing cutoffs or river channel re-routing that would have occurred without the BSNP.

The DRAA funds will be used for repairs to river structures in the Kansas City District’s area of re-sponsibility, which extends from Rulo, NE, to St. Louis, MO. Throughout the past winter and into the spring, the Kansas City District has been actively evaluat-ing the condition of the river after the historic 2011 flood event and assessing system vulnerabilities prior to the start of the commercial nav-igation season. Inspections of the Kansas City District structures have shown that approximately 400 of the ex-isting 5,000 river rock struc-tures have significant dam-age; eight locations have navigation channel impacts; and substantial erosion of the bank line has occurred along the entire length of the river.

Riverbank erosion from the 2011 flood event was much greater than normally expe-

Corps making repairs to rock structures along Missouri Riverrienced. Although the BSNP structures tend to reduce bank erosion, they were not explicitly authorized or de-signed for this. Some level of erosion occurs during every flood event. Direct repair of the flood-induced bank ero-sion is not part of the BSNP authorization or DRAA funded repairs. However, repairing the BSNP struc-tures will assist in restora-tion of eroded banks and will restore the equivalent level of erosion protection that ex-isted prior to the flood.

The first construction contract using these DRAA funds has been awarded, and work has started on river structures at Missouri River mile 475 to river mile 480 in Holt County, MO, and Doniphan County, KS. Ad-ditional contracts will be issued and awarded to com-plete identified repairs. The last of the repair contracts is scheduled to be awarded by September 30, 2012, and will take several years to com-plete due to extensive dam-ages from the 2011 flood.

Another component of work on the river consists of mitigating for environmental

In a victory for communi-ties across rural Missouri, the U.S. Senate recently gave broad bipartisan approval to a plan made by Senator Claire McCaskill that will protect rural towns from los-ing their post offices.

“This is a win for rural communities in Missouri and across the country,” said McCaskill, who was born in Rolla, MO. “Protecting our rural post offices is about more than just maintain-ing brick and mortar—our post offices are the lifeblood for towns across our state and a source of good-paying jobs in areas hard-hit by the economic downturn. This amendment protects rural post offices, with a realistic eye toward the future. It’s fair to rural communities in a way that’s predictable, and that brings some real accountability to the postal service.”

The Senate is currently de-bating legislation to address the fiscal challenges of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). McCaskill, who helped win the current short term mora-torium on post office closures late last year, won approval of a bipartisan compromise amendment which would bar the USPS from closing rural post offices during the next 12 months. Thereafter, the USPS could only close a rural post office if strict criteria are met—including that seniors who rely on the post office to receive life-saving prescription drugs

would have the same or sub-stantially similar service.

McCaskill rallied support for her amendment on the Senate floor, urging her col-leagues to give the signifi-cant cost-cutting measures in the larger legislation time to produce results before shutting down rural post of-fices—closures which could devastate small towns, but which would only produce about one percent of neces-sary savings.

Under McCaskill’s plan, the USPS would be prohib-ited from closing rural post offices at anytime in the next 12 months—unless there is not significant oppo-sition from the affected com-munity—while other postal reforms are put in place to shore up the USPS finances without harming rural com-munities. Under McCaskill’s amendment, after the one-year moratorium expires, rural post offices will still be shielded from closures, un-less the USPS can meet all of the following strict crite-ria:

• Seniors and persons with disabilities would receive the same or substantially simi-lar service, including access to prescription medication sent through the mail.

• Jobs and businesses in the community would not suffer economic loss, and the economic loss to the com-munity resulting from the closure would not exceed the savings obtained by the postal service.

McCaskill wins bipartisan approval of her plan protecting rural post offices from closure Senate approves McCaskill’s amendment for one-year

moratorium on closures, followed by strict criteria for when the postal service can close facilities

• The area served by the post office has access to wired broadband Internet service.

• The next nearest post of-fice is no more than 10 miles driving distance, using roads with year-round access.

In Kansas City earlier this year, McCaskill announced that she would fight for the state’s rural post offices at risk of being shuttered as

damages caused by the con-struction of the BSNP. Miti-gation includes building of side channels and some rock structures to create shallow water habitat. Constructed chutes that have eroded ex-cessively due to prolonged high flows or due to compro-mised grade control struc-tures are being addressed in seven locations in the Kansas City District. When appropriate, Missouri River Recovery Program (MRRP) funds are used for actions to address the amount of flow in chutes and/or erosion con-cerns associated with MRRP projects. To date, two of the seven chute sites have al-ready been addressed, and work is ongoing at a third site. Detailed assessments of the performance of shal-low water habitat sites and the effects on other autho-rized purposes will be ongo-ing as additional concerns are identified.

For additional informa-tion on flood response by the Kansas City District, visit the website at www.nwk.usace.army.mil/Flood/index.cfm, or call the Public Affairs Office at (816) 389-3486.

the U.S. Postal Service seeks to cut expenses.

McCaskill, a member of the Senate Homeland Se-curity and Governmental Affairs Committee, which oversees the postal service, is also working with her colleagues to better protect mail processing facilities from closure, and to preserve six-day mail delivery.

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Thank You/Remembering

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FOR SALE- 1991 Ford Taurus, 102,000 miles, new tires, runs very good. $600. Call 660-446-3276. 43/1tp

MOUND CITY FARM-ERS’ MARKET- Friday, May 4, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., east of McIntire Building Center. Fresh lettuce, green onions, radishes, homemade bread, jams and jellies. 43/1tp

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Thank you to all who helped during my route

inspection and mail count. The value of

door to door delivery was shown through your efforts. All your

help was appreciated.

Kevin Staples

GRATEFUL FOR COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Only in small town living would families, such as ours, receive the overwhelming love, support and strength that we have experienced over the past few weeks. It would be

impossible to thank all of you individually, so please accept this as our sincere, heartfelt appreciation to the entire com-

munity, including Community Hospital-Fairfax, Three Rivers Hospice of St. Joseph and Chamberlain Funeral Home for

making this difficult time more bearable. Thank you!

Edna Pearl ClosePeggy Jo and Families

Chris and Brian Close and Families

It has been 20 years since you left us, but you are still in our hearts.

Darline, Larry, Darla, Joella, and Joyce

In memory of

Kenneth HendricksFebruary 24, 1919 -

May 7, 1992

We want to express our sin-cere 'thanks and apprecia-tion' to the Tiffany Heights Staff/Employees, Dr. Fer-nandez, and Price Funeral

Home for their services extended to Mary Margaret Rosenbohm-Crain and us.

Thanks for the food brought to our home, telephone

messages, to our friends, for the memorial donations, to Graham United Methodist

Church for the delicious meal, and to Rev. Connie

Ury for her message.

God Bless All of You,Family of Mary Margaret

Rosenbohm-Crain

Love, Debbie and SteveAnd Family

MOM & DAD,CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 70TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!

THANK YOUI would like to thank everyone

for the prayers, calls, visits, cards and flowers while in the hospital

and since returning home. Special THANKS to my family

for NEVER giving up.

Jimmy Yeager

Dear Friends,Thank you so much for all the acts of kindness given to our family. The prayers,

visits, calls, cards, food and flowers have been

so encouraging. We appreciate you so

much and are thankful to live in a caring community.

Fondly,Larry, Elaine

and Kerri

We extend our sincere thanks to all our family and friends for your prayers, calls, visits, lovely cards, delicious food, beautiful flowers, memorials and

other acts of kindness shown to us during Bob’s illness and at his passing. We will never forget your love and concern. God bless each of you for sharing with us.

Dorothy - Scott & Mary - Janet & Rick - Gay and FamiliesRonny - Guinnedeane - Shirley - Rita and Families

Gina Smith, wife of Lyle Allen Smith, and all the members of Lyle’s family would like to offer sincere and deep thanks to all of our friends for your overwhelming displays of love

and caring upon Lyle’s passing. The expressions of kindness and sympathy, the beautiful flowers, monetary gifts, food and prayers have meant more than words can

express. We are deeply moved by your generosity. Lyle loved people and would rejoice in the love and

friendship shown to us in his honor. Your thoughtfulness will live in our hearts forever.

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Davis Creek Bridge- In Mound City, MO, has been in great need of repair for some time now. Determining who is responsible for the job has been a hot item for quite awhile in the city and county. On Monday, April 30, the Missouri Department of Transportation began to repave the bridge.

A much needed resur-facing job on Davis Creek Bridge, as well as a brand new bridge being reopened on Route C, are just a few of the projects completed by the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) this week.

The work to repair the bridge on Route C (Mid-Branch Squaw Creek bridge), north of Mound City, has been completed. MoDOT anticipated the bridge to be open no later than Wednes-day, May 2.

A MoDOT inspector decid-ed that the project needed to be done, so that’s what was done. On Monday and Tuesday, April 30 and May 1, highway crews resurfaced the marred Davis Creek Bridge at the south end of

Davis Creek Bridge gets a needed face-lift

Mound City. MoDOT began applying a

1” overlay from the corner at Highway 59, near Dol-lar General in Mound City, all the way to Highway 159. The overlay included the Da-vis Creek Bridge, which was in great need of repair. The bridge, apparently owned by the county, now has a new top coat that far outweighs the large potholes that once marred its surface.

MoDOT has already com-pleted an overlay project that included Highway 159 from the interstate (the Ea-gle Nest Truck Stop) over to Highway 59. More MoDOT overlay projects are planned that include resurfacings on Highway 159, 111, and Route P.

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The regular Board of Edu-cation meeting for Mound City R-2 was held Wednes-day, April 18, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. in the junior high build-ing. Those present were Mr. David Reiter, Paige Kunkel, Paul Grant, Jake Meyer, Hai-ley Garman, Jeff Holstine, Chad Derr, Mitchell Corbin, Jayson Johnson, Brian Tubbs, Mrs. Jan Seitz, Mr. Chris Sharp, Mrs. Deborah Loucks, Mr. Ken Eaton, and Karma Metzgar (by phone).

Mitchell Corbin, presi-dent, called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m. Mr. Eaton stated the agenda needed to be amended by adding Res-ignations as Item VIII. Jeff Holstine moved and Brian Tubbs seconded to approve the amended agenda. Alan Yocum entered the meeting.

Deborah Loucks gave the oath of office to incumbent board members Karma Metz-gar (by phone) and Alan Yocum. The Board of Educa-tion reorganized as follows: Mitchell Corbin asked for nominations for president. Jayson Johnson nominated Mitchell Corbin for president. Second: Chad Derr. Mo-tion carried. Mitchell Corbin asked for nominations for vice-president. Jayson John-son nominated Alan Yocum for vice-president. Second: Brian Tubbs Motion carried. Mitchell Corbin asked for nominations for treasurer and secretary of closed ses-

sion. Jeff Holstine nominat-ed Chad Derr for treasurer. Second: Brian Tubbs. Motion carried. Jeff Holstine moved and Chad Derr seconded to appoint Deborah Loucks as board secretary by acclama-tion. Motion carried.

David Reiter, Scholar Bowl Coach, reported the Academ-ic Team won conference and districts and will host the sectional game. The winner of that match will go on to state. The Savannah Tourna-ment was a NAQT qualifying event for the national tour-nament in Atlanta, Georgia. The last time the Academic Team went to nationals was 15 years ago. The approxi-mate cost to take eleven stu-dents and two sponsors will be $6,600: Registration is $555, four rooms at the hotel for 3 nights is $85/night per room, and the cost for airline tickets. Paul Grant stated their Academic Team record was 48-3. Mr. Eaton stated that because the school is not a member of the national or-ganization, the board needed to approve a national trip. Jayson Johnson moved and Alan Yocum seconded to ap-prove the Academic Team to attend nationals and to give $1,500 to the academic team towards expenses. Motion carried.

Mrs. Harrison, Family and Consumer Science instructor, discussed her classes as well as activities of FCCLA and

National Honor Society that she sponsors. National Honor Society has 27 members and is sponsoring a Blood Drive on April 26th. FCCLA has 63 members. Twenty students attended Regional STAR events and three students were elected regional officers. Mrs. Harrison is considering adding WAIT training into her curriculum next year if approved by the board. The board will discuss all cur-riculum revisions at the June board meeting.

The board reviewed ACT results and the conference comparison, activity partici-pation rates, and the facili-ties and safety needs assess-ment. A thank you card was read from the family of Fred Stephens.

Chad Derr moved and Brian Tubbs seconded to ap-prove the following items on the consent agenda:

• Approve the minutes of March 21, 2012;

• Approve the financial re-port; and

• Approve the fund balance transfer.

Mr. Eaton recommended accepting a bid from Apple Bus to replace First Student as transportation provider for the 2012-13 school year. Apple Bus is located in Cleve-land, Missouri, and it guar-anteed a service barn will remain in Mound City. Brian Tubbs moved and Chad Derr seconded to approve Apple Bus Company as transpor-tation provider for one year. Motion Carried: 7-0.

Mr. Eaton read a letter of resignation from Mr. Joel Karr and Mrs. Melissa Nel-son for 2012-13. Chad Derr moved and Brian Tubbs sec-onded to accept letters of res-ignation from Mr. Karr and Mrs. Nelson. Motion Carried: 7-0.

Mrs. Seitz reported the staff has been reviewing handwrit-ing programs, Language Arts materials, changes in prog-ress monitoring, and MAP tests.

Mr. Sharp stated the acu-ity testing should improve MAP scores. Panther Relays will be held April 27, Confer-ence Track – May 1, Athletic Banquet – May 2, FCCLA Banquet – May 3, FFA Ban-quet – May 4, and Music/Art

Show Concerts on May 9 and 10. End of course exams will be May 7-11, Senior Trip – May 9, Honors’ Assembly – May 10, Graduation - May 13, State Music – April 27, State Golf – May 14 and 15, State Academic Bowl – May 3, and State Track – May 18 and 19.

Mr. Eaton reviewed the re-port from MUSIC Insurance.

Jeff Holstine moved and Brian Tubbs seconded to ad-journ from the regular meet-ing of the Board of Educa-tion into closed session for the purpose of discussion of personnel matters and legal matters, per Section 610.021, (3) of Revised Statutes of Mis-souri, and that the minutes of any vote that may occur per-taining to the same be made part of the closed session re-cord and be maintained as such. Mitchell Corbin asked for roll call vote: Karma Metzgar – yes, Brian Tubbs – yes, Jeff Holstine – yes, Jay-son Johnson- yes, Chad Derr – yes, Alan Yocum – yes, and Mitchell Corbin – yes. Motion Carried: 7-0.

Meeting adjourned at 7:52 p.m.

Following the closed ses-sion, the board went to open session.

Chad Derr moved and Bri-an Tubbs seconded to hire Gage Rosier as Varsity Girls’ Basketball Assistant for the 2012-13 school year. Motion Carried: 5-1 and 1 absten-tion.

Alan Yocum moved and Brian Tubbs seconded to hire Gage Rosier as Varsity Boys’ Basketball Assistant for the 2012-13 school year. Motion Carried: 5-1 and 1 absten-tion.

Chad Derr moved and Bri-an Tubbs seconded to hire Gage Rosier for Summer Weights. Motion Carried: 5-1 and 1 abstention.

Alan Yocum moved and Jeff Holstine seconded to approve the 2012-2013 Extra-Curric-ular Duties as presented. Mo-tion Carried: 7-0.

Jayson Johnson moved and Jeff Holstine seconded to ad-journ. Motion Carried: 7-0.

Meeting adjourned at 8:31 p.m.

School board approves academic bowl trip to nationals

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St. Francis Hospital Foun-dation is pleased to announce the 22nd Annual Tobin Ben-efit Golf Classic will be held Thursday, May 24, and Friday, May 25, at Mozingo Lake Golf Course in Maryville, MO. The tee-off social and reception will be held Thursday evening, May 24, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Maryville Country Club in Maryville.

This year’s tournament will raise funds for equipment needs of the St. Francis Family Health Care and the anticoagu-lation (Coumadin) clinic.

The Tobin Benefit Golf Clas-sic is an 18-hole, four-person scramble with shot-gun starts at the two tee times, Thursday at 12:30 p.m. or Friday at 8:30 a.m. The Tobin Golf Committee invites golfers, sports enthusi-asts, and volunteers to join in as it celebrates this 22nd event. The 2011 tournament raised over $29,000 and the committee hopes to top last year’s success.

One can register online at the St. Francis Hospital & Health Services website at www.stfrancismaryville.com. Click on the “Tobin Benefit Golf Clas-sic” button on the left side of the page. The fee includes gift package, golf cart rental, use of practice facilities, tee-off social/reception, team photo, lunch and other snacks.

For more information on par-ticipation or sponsorships at the Tobin Benefit Golf Classic, please call the Community Re-lations/Development office at St. Francis at 660-562-7933.

22nd Annual Tobin Benefit Golf Classic

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