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BRIEFS Ice Cream Social At Crowder
Crowder State Park staff will host an ice cream social on Tuesday, Aug. 10 to commemorate the Missouri bicentennial day at the park. The event will be held at 2 p.m. at the park office. The public is strongly encouraged to follow social-distancing guidelines and be proactive in protecting themselves and others. This is one of many events Missouri State Parks is hosting to commemorate the state's bicentennial. To see a complete list of bicentennial-related events and learn more about the commemoration, visit mostateparks.com/bicentennial.
Gallatin Back To School Bazaar
All Gallatin R-5 students and families are invited to the Gallatin Bright Futures Back to School Bazaar, which will be held Thursday evening at Dockery Park. The event is scheduled from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., and will include a free hot dog cookout, a community resource fair as well as several needs-based options, such as a sign-up for school supplies, haircuts on site, shoes, clean start kits and Pass the Pride Bulldog apparel.
No Park Board Meeting
The Trenton Park Board will not hold its regular monthly meeting this week as planned. The meeting was to have been held Wednesday. No information was available as to when the next meeting will be held. R-T Photo/Seth Herrold
RODEO DRIVE The North Central Missouri Fair kicked off Friday night with a rodeo at the grandstand. The event, sanctioned by MRCA/URA/IRA, was put on by Duckworth Rodeo Productions and included events such as mutton busting, breakaway roping, team roping, barrel racing and bull riding. Grandstand entertainment at the fair resumes on Wednesday with a horse pull. That event is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.
COVID Surge In Springfield Hospital Sets Highwater Mark For Number Of Coronavirus Patients SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Springfield hospital reached a “sad new record” on Sunday when the number of coronavirus patients in its care rose to 187, an administrator said. CoxHealth CEO Steve Edwards urged residents via Twitter to get vaccinated “to protect others, to protect children, to protect our community.” On Saturday, Edwards wrote on social media that the hospital had 180 infected inpatients, which at the time was a new record, according to the Kansas City Star. The number was as low as 28 patients about eight weeks ago, he said. “I can’t understand the motivations of people disparaging healthcare providers and diminishing the reality of this pandemic,” Edwards said on Twitter, as health officials continue to urge Missourians to get vaccinated as the more aggressive delta variant added to recent spikes in infections and deaths. In Greene County, where Springfield is located, 42.5% of the population has initiated vaccination and 36.2% has completed the vaccination process. Statewide, 48.1% of the population has initiated the vaccine and 41.3% has completed it, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. In the past week, 887 more people tested positive for COVID-29 in Greene County, according to state data. Increasingly, hospitals are admitting children with the virus.
Local COVID-19 Situation There are 29 active cases of the COVID-19 virus in Grundy County as the percentage of those fully vaccinated remains low. Grundy County Health Department Administrator Elizabeth Gibson said the percentage of residents who are fully vaccinated is 26.9 percent, which is 2,650 individuals. As for the number of people who are hospitalized for COVID, Ms. Gibson said it is difficult to get reliable figures as some seek help in the emergency room, possibly because they become more seriously ill during a time when they cannot see their regular physician, and others are hospitalized after the health department staff has spoken to them. Since the pandemic began, 1,348 Grundy County residents have tested positive for the virus. Those interested in finding out how and where to get a vaccine are encouraged to call the health department at 660-359-4196. On Thursday, more than 300 people were hospitalized for COVID19 across the two health systems in Springfield, including three patients under age 10. That day, there were 145 COVID19 patients at Mercy Springfield, said chief administrative officer Erik Frederick. Five of those patients were under the age of 20 and three were under age 10. Ninety-three percent of the patients were unvaccinated. Meanwhile, officials in St. Louis asked people who attended a Tuesday city council meeting to quarantine, including five council members, the county executive and director of the county health department, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Most of those at the meeting came to protest the joint city and county mask mandate and were not wearing face coverings. A city resident who attended the meeting began experiencing symptoms the following day and underwent a test for COVID-19 on Thursday, according Dr. Fredrick
Echols, acting director of health for the city. The city health department received notification of the positive result on Saturday, sparking the advisory asking that everyone who attended the meeting — even those who are fully vaccinated — to quarantine for the next nine days to complete the 14-day quarantine period. The restrictions have drawn a fierce response. St. Louis County Health Director Faisal Khan said he was assaulted and bombarded with racial slurs after defending a new mask mandate. One county councilman questioned whether Khan was telling the truth. Khan spoke at the St. Louis County Council meeting on Tuesday, when the council voted 5-2 to end a mask mandate imposed by Democratic County Executive Sam Page. The resurgent coronavirus began its summer assault in under-vaccinated rural areas of Missouri, but has increasingly led to new cases and hospitalizations in St. Louis.
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Wednesday: Horse Pull, 7 P.M.
Exhibit At Rider Art Gallery
A collection of works by area artists will begin the 2021-2022 exhibition schedule in the Dorris Rider Art Gallery at North Central Missouri College in Trenton. “Local Artists Showcase 13” will open on Tuesday Aug. 31 and run through Oct. 8. Artists can submit up to two pieces of original art that have not previously been shown in the Rider Gallery. Any media is acceptable, but some pieces may not be accepted due to size constraints or content. Artwork may be delivered Friday August 27 from noon until 3 p.m., Saturday Aug. 28 from 10 a.m. until noon and any time before by appointment. “The Local Artists Showcase is always one of the high points of the year in the gallery,” said Gallery Director Jim Norris. “And I think this time around will be even more special since we weren’t able to do the show last year due to the pandemic.” For more information, please contact Norris at 3576345 (office) or 660-635-2189 (cell), or by email at jnorris@mail.ncmissouri.edu. The Rider Art Gallery is located in the Frey Administrative Center on the NCMC campus. Regular hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, as well as selected weekend and evening hours by appointment.
Vincent Tickets On Sale
Grammy Award-winning bluegrass singer-songwriter Rhonda Vincent will be in concert Wednesday, Oct. 6 in Trenton to benefit The Dream Factory. Tickets for the concert, which will be held at the Trenton R-9 Performing Arts Center, are on sale at the Trenton Hy-Vee customer service counter and at Ron Dougan Insurance Agency (660-359-0100) and the Trenton Downtown Improvement Association office, both located at 903 Main St., in Trenton. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. Ms. Vincent, a member of the Grand Ole Opry, is a Kirksville native who was raised in Greentop. She performs with her band, The Rage, and together they are the most awarded band in bluegrass history. The Dream Factory is a volunteer-driven organization that works to fulfill the wishes of children with chronic or life-threatening illnesses.
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