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North Central Missouri College in Trenton has named students with outstanding academic achievements to the academic honors lists for the 2019 summer semester. Students named to the president’s list have earned at least six credit hours and achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average and students on the dean’s list have earned at least six credit hours and achieved a grade point average of at least 3.50. Named to the president’s list were Chandler Anderson, Benjamin Arthaud, Jacob Ashford, Bethany Bailey, David Beasley, Brittany Berry, Amie Boswell, Aubrey Brown, Lauren Burkhead, Nicholas Caraway, Kacie Carman, Matthew Chaney, Anna Clariday, Katelyn Clariday, Emma Clark, Taylor Cockriel, Sean Corbett, Connor Cotton, Ashley Crosley, Allie Crouse, David Curtis, Hannah Cypert, Joseph Danner, Jesus Diaz, Khaylee Dixon, Brittni Ebrecht, Craig Foster, Lexi Fujinami, Daniela Grabianski Vidal, Rebecca Grandpre, Melody Grooms, Sheridan Guilford, Colten Hamilton, Malainee Hilsabeck, Michael Horton, TJ Hudlemeyer, Christy Hunt, Leeann Hurst, Terryn Hutchings, Spencer Ice, Joshanna Johnson, Latorrie Johnson, Brianna Justice, Karson Keithley, Raelee Kemp, Andrew King, Stetson Klise, Marci Knisley, Gloria Ku, Hannah Larson, Audra Lee, Joshua Logan, Mariana Lowrey, Aaron Maberry, Amy Maize, Heather Majors, Taylor McCumber, Jerod McLain, Laurie Morrison, Danielle Nurski, Melanie Oakleaf, Emily Otto, Sierra Packard, Lauren Price, McKauley Prothero, Howard Pyle, Austin Rash, Ellen Reis, Whitley Richman, Morgan Riley, Kerri Rose, Ian Russell, Jenika Schreck, Declan Schweizer, Karlie Shanks, Nicole Shell, Marcella Smith, Beth Snow, Brett Sooter, Kati Stafford, Dallas Steele, Claire Stuedle, Brock Swindler, Sarah Tate, Sierra Thibodeau, Delanie Uehlin, Halle Vanatta, Jena Warren, Ashten Whitaker, Ralee Wilson, Darion Wolfe, Rocel Wright and Lory Zuptich. Named to the dean’s list were Katie Banner, Shauna Berwaldt, Brenna Bontrager, Ashton Bueltman, Rayonte Childs, Lauren Cox, Cheyeene Dana, Ryan Dawson, Heidi Deardorff, Jamie Degase, Jeremi Dierenfeldt, Hannah Domon, Sarah Dryer, Hunter Holifield, Jennifer Hudgins, Mallory Hughson, Jennifer Hurst, Miranda Hurst, Valeri Kitchen, Crystal Krentz, Kylee Larson, Brooke Leeper, Jamie Liese, Michaela Little, Marshall Lunsford, Megan McCormick, Jaylee McGinness, Alexis Meyer, Kirsten
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Administrator Leaving Post On Oct. 15
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The Carl Woodard family of Trenton (Carl, Leslie, Claire and Layla) was among the families honored during the 61st annual Farm Family Day on Aug. 12 at the Missouri State Fair. The University of Missouri Extension in Grundy County and the local Farm Bureau selected the Woodard family as the Grundy County State Fair Family, recognizing their involvement in the community and agriculture as well as their participation in local outreach and extension programs such as 4-H or FFA. The Woodard family operates a cattle backgrounding, feed to finish operation. They also produces corn, soybean and hay.
TRENTON HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI
The administrator of Sunnyview Nursing Home and Apartments will be leaving her position, effective Oct. 15. Donita Youtsey will be stepping down as administrator after 11 years. According to information provided by the Groundy County Nursing Home District Board of Directors, which oversees operations of the facility, the board will be conducting a search over the next few months to find a replacement. During this transition period, the board stated it would be their priority “to find the best individual to lead while still maintaining a stable and effective organization.” The board said Mrs. Youtsey has agreed to
stay through Oct. 15 to help with the transition. “Since 2008, Mrs. Youtsey has played a critical role in the development and success of the organization,” according to a written statement provided as part of the August board minutes. “And while we will miss her and her inspiring leadership, we wish her the best luck in her new endeavors. We want to thank her for the 11 years of dedicated service which involved many significant accomplishments.” Accomplishments listed by the board included helping support the creation of the Sunnyview Foundation and its See Sunnyview, Page 4
Celebration Kicks Off With Decorated Windows
Classes Scheduling Special Events Trenton High School alumni will be returning home to celebrate class reunions during the annual THS Alumni Weekend celebration set for Thursday, Aug. 29 through Sunday, Sept. 1. A number of activities are planned, beginning on Thursday with the “Welcome Home Alums” celebration and unveiling of decorated windows in the downtown area. Music and food are also scheduled to be featured that evening. The all-alumni mixer will kick off Friday’s schedule. Hosted by the THS Class of 1965, the mixer will be held at the Riverside Country Club, beginning at 6 p.m. and is open to all alumni and friends. Light snacks will be provided and there will be a cash bar available. For football fans, the THS Bulldogs will be holding their season opener at home on Friday night. Trenton will take on Lathrop in a 7 o’clock matchup at C.F. Russell Stadium. The all-alumni open house and registration takes place at the THS com-
mons on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. Alumni are invited to stop by and meet with members from other classes who will be gathering and visiting. The THS Class of 1970 will be hosting the event. Round-robin tennis competition will take place at the THS courts, beginning at 9 a.m. Randall Hutchinson and Mitch Dougan are in charge of the event, which is open to the public. The all-alumni dance will be at the Black Silo Winery from 9 p.m. to midnight featuring the band Centerline. Sunday’s schedule features the allalumni brunch from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the THS commons, hosted by the THS Class of 1975. There will be a $7 charge to cover food costs. All alumni are invited to attend. There will also be golfing all weekend at the Riverside Country Club. Those participating will be required to pay the greens fee. Individual class events, all to be held on Saturday, include: Class of 1951 - noon luncheon at
Tenth Street Baptist Church. Class of 1952 - noon luncheon at Dino’s Diner. Class of 1953 - 11:30 a.m. luncheon at Royal Inn Pizza. Class of 1954 - noon luncheon at Pizza Hut. Class of 1959 - 1 p.m. class gathering at Moberly Park enclosed shelterhouse, bring appetizer. Class of 1961 - 2:15 to 5 p.m. class reunion at Royal Inn Pizza. Class of 1963 - 5 p.m. meal at Royal Inn Pizza. Class of 1964 - 5 p.m. class social, followed by a 6 p.m. dinner in the Sugg Room of the Ketcham Community Center. Class of 1969 - noon luncheon at Cross Hall. Class of 1974 - 5 p.m. social and dinner at The Space. Class of 1979 - 11 a.m. class luncheon and get-together at 2003 Tower St. Class of 1994 - class BBQ at home of Brandon and Tammie Coon Spencer.
Class of 1999 - class event Class of 2014 – 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. reunion in Sugg Room of Ketcham Community Center with noon catered luncheon. Classes that do not see their alumni information in this listing and would like to have it included when the list is published again are asked to submit it to the Republican-Times newspaper office as soon as possible by calling 3592212 or bringing it to the office during regular business hours, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. A story about the alumni event will appear in the Wednesday, Sept. 4 edition of the Republican-Times. Classes wanting to include their information in that story are asked to leave their information at the newspaper over the Labor Day weekend or bring it into the office no later than 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 3. We ask that classes do not wait on class photos to include their information. Photos will be published later on a space-available basis.
Briefs... R-9 Project Bids Received
Hickory Threshing Event
Four bids have been received from companies wanting to serve as the general contractor for the Trenton R-9 construction project. Bids were opened on Thursday afternoon, Aug. 22, and, according to Project Manager Dennis Gutshall, Lawhon Construction of St. Joseph was the apparent low bidder. He noted that in addition to the main project work, there are seven alternate bids to be considered and school officials will be reviewing all bids before a contractor is selected during a special meeting of the R-9 Board of Education at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 28. Ellison-Auxier, which is the architect for the project, will be present at the meeting to make a recommendation to the board. Voters in April approved up to $7 million in bonds for construction of a new performing arts center as well as a new concession stand/restroom at C.F. Russell Stadium and renovation work in the high school/middle school media center and the Rissler Elementary School entrance area. The board, at a meeting last week, approved the sale of the bonds and is anticipating having over $7.7 million in its project fund for the work.
Old-time threshing, bailing and blacksmithing demonstrations will take place at the Hickory Threshing and Tractor Show on Saturday, Aug. 31. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Hickory and will also include an auto and tractor show. Threshing will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There is no cost to attend, however, persons are asked to bring lawn chairs for seating. Food and refreshments will be available. For more information, persons can contact David Key at 660-635-0613.
National Weather Service Mostly sunny through mid-week with highs in the lower 80s and lows in the mid-60s. The high at Trenton on Thursday, Aug. 22 was 82, Friday’s high was 83 and Saturday’s high was 79. Sunday’s high was 68 and the low was 64. A total of .58 of an inch of rain was recorded on Sunday. The high on Sunday at the Government Weather Station near Spickard was 66 and the low was 64 with .72 of an inch of rain recorded.
Labor Day Schedule With the Labor Day holiday falling on Monday, Sept. 2, the Republican-Times will be moving forward its publication date by one day. Instead of being published on its normal day of Tuesday, Sept. 3, the newspaper will be published on Wednesday, Sept. 4. News to be included in the Sept. 4 edition must be submitted to the R-T office no later than 8 a.m. on Tuesday. The Friday, Sept. 6 newspaper will be published as scheduled.
Road Issue On Ballot Voters in the Spickard Special Road District will go to the polls in April 2020 to determine if the entity will continue to exist or be dissolved. According to the Grundy County Clerk Betty Spickard, a petition has been presented to her with 63 verified signatures, more than the 50 that is required to put the issue on the ballot. If the issue passes, the district would be dissolved and all assets would be transfered to the county, with the county commission to decide how the streets within the district’s boundaries would be maintained. The city of Spickard or Franklin Township would take over the maintainance of roads and the 35-cent levy would continue to be collected until all outstanding financial obligations have been met. Mrs. Spickard said the reason the issue will not appear on a ballot until April 2020 is due to the cost of holding the election. If the issue was put on an earlier ballot that does not contain other issues, the road district would be required to pay the entire cost, rather than having it split with other entities that will have races or issues on the ballot for the municipal elections. The April 2020 election will take place on Tuesday, April 7.
What’s Inside... The THS football, volleyball and softball teams took part in jamborees over the weekend. See page 2 of today’s Republican-Times for comments from coaches as to how their teams performed as they prepare for their season openers.
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SPORTS HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
Brookfield Jamboree
Trenton Softball Team Looks Solid At BrookďŹ eld Jamboree Going into Saturday’s jamboree in Brookfield, the Trenton High School softball team knew Putnam County a conference foe - would be one of the three opponents the Bulldogs would face. Just 24 hours before the event, Trenton also found out that Putnam and host Brookfield would be district rivals as well. Trenton played its varsity in both the Putnam and Brookfield sessions, but held out its number-one pitcher, McKayla Blackburn, in the match-up with the Midgets, whom Trenton opens the season with on Monday, Sept. 2 in a league contest in Unionville. “Friday districts came out and we
found out that Putnam was in our district as well, so we had to move some things around at the last minute,� Trenton Head Coach Joel Hultman said. “We didn’t throw McKayla and (Putnam) didn’t throw their number one. They threw their number two and I was happy our varsity got to see her because she is a really good GRC, Class 2 pitcher. But, yeah, strategically we wanted to make sure we had our ducks in a row for next Monday.� Trenton came out on top in both of its match-ups against district foes, topping Putnam County 3-2 and Brookfield 3-1. The Bulldogs also battled Schuyler County at the jamboree, where Trenton allowed its jun-
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15-8 in the second to pick up a split. Trenton had three aces in the split with Cameron, coming from Ava Simpson, Mackenzie Klinginsmith and Olivia Roberts. Simpson had an ace and two assists against Lathrop and added another assist in the opening session with Savannah. Allena Allen and Roberts each had a kill in the Savannah session and Allen added a kill and an assist against Lathrop as well. Evy McCullough had a team-high two kills in the Lathrop session and Klinginsmith added a kill also to give the Bulldogs four kills against the Mules. Trenton will open the season on Tuesday, Sept. 3, traveling to Lawson to take on the Cardinals. First serve for the volleyball match-up is scheduled for 5 p.m.
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At the start, it wasn’t pretty. By the end, the Trenton High School football team had some reasons to be hopeful that 2019 will be a bounce back year for the Bulldogs. Trenton started slow at the jamboree on Friday night, falling three scores to none against Knob Noster before turning the night around in its next two sessions. The Bulldogs held their own in a two scoresto-one loss to Windsor before capping the night with a win over Summit Christian, one score to none. “We got better,� Trenton Head Coach Kevin Hixson said. “And, that’s what I told the kids at the end. We just can’t wait until the third quarter to start playing. But we are growing and I think that would be the thing that I walked away with - we are
or two techniques away,� Hixson said. “We are going to coach them up this week, coach up those techniques. The linebackers have to stop trying to run backwards and run down hill. So, we are a few fundamentals and a few techniques away from being competitive.� Trenton has this week to fix the techniques that were a step off at the jamboree before opening the season on Friday night against the defending Class 2 state runnerup Lathrop Mules. “For the first year in, especially the first game out and having to play a state qualifying team, if we can go out and compete respectfully then we can walk away holding our heads up,� Hixson said. Kickoff on Friday at C.F. Russell Stadium is set for 7 p.m.
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ing Blackburn. “Jenna Reeter came in versus Putnam and pitched really, really well,� Hultman said. “She got into some trouble, but with two quick outs she got out of it. So there were a lot of positives and there were a lot of things, that (Assistant) Coach (Kameron) Cool and I are going to take from the jamboree and put into practice to help get us ready for our first game next Monday. The first pitch for Trenton’s Grand  River Conference showdown with Putnam County on Monday in Unionville is set for 5:30 p.m.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
Volleyballers Struggle Early, Finish Strong The Trenton High School volleyball team was in jamboree action on Saturday in Cameron. Trenton came out flat as its young team adjusted to the varsity level of play, falling 15-4, 15-10 to Savannah in the first session and 154, 15-7 to Lathrop in the second. But the day ended on a positive as Trenton drew a split with Cameron, winning the first set 15-12 before falling
ior varsity to take the field in what would be the lone loss of the day for the Black and Gold, a 7-0 defeat. “The JV got to play against Schuyler and there is a gap right now,� Hultman said. “They got to play against some varsity players and what I told them after that part of the jamboree was ‘make sure you try to really work to close that gap between being a JV player and being a varsity player so you can compete to be a varsity player, if not this season, then definitely next season’.� Blackburn looked good during her time in the circle against Brookfield. Hultman and his number-one pitching option were able to work through
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because of the radical new scoring format — McIlroy made it clear the FedEx Cup should be more about accomplishment than cash. And then it became personal. A year ago, he was lost in the chaos surrounding Tiger Woods as they walked up to the 18th green at East Lake as thousands of spectators came under the ropes to celebrate the return of Tiger Woods in his Sunday red winning a tournament for the first time in more than five years. "I never enjoyed that walk last year like everyone else did," he said. He appreciated Woods winning. McIlroy did not appreciate that he didn't make Woods work terribly hard for it. Recent motivation came from a World Golf Championship last month in Memphis, Tennessee, where he had a one-shot lead over Brooks Koepka, the No. 1 player in the world who had won as many majors in three years as McIlroy had won in the last nine years. Koepka shot 65. McIlroy laid an egg. Sunday at East Lake was his
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chance for redemption on a number of levels, and he added another one by his questioning of the new format in which not everyone started on the same score. The new system, designed to eliminate confusion by having only one winner on Sunday in the FedEx Cup finale, meant players started more under par depending on their position in the FedEx Cup. McIlroy's only goal going into the week was to post the lowest score in the 30-man field regardless of whether he won. He closed with a 4-under 66, a command performance on a long day of 31 holes because the third round had to resume Sunday morning. That gave him a 13-under 267 for the week, the best of anyone. Check. Because of his birdie on the 18th hole of the third round, that put him in the final group with Koepka, who beat him soundly in Memphis. That was a strong memory, and being at East Lake, he still thought about the 74 he shot in the final round a year ago while paired with Woods. "I thought about the final group with Tiger last year, the final group with Brooks in Memphis a few weeks ago, and I really wanted to go out there and play well and really take it to him," McIlroy said. "And I did that for the most part. I shot 66 on a really tough golf course and got the job done." Koepka lost the lead with a lost tee shot in the trees and a double bogey on No. 7, and then consecutive bogeys on the back nine as McIlroy made birdies. Koepka closed with a 72, six shots worse. Check. The FedEx Cup? That was a big deal for other reasons. McIlroy joined Woods as the only players to win the FedEx Cup twice since it began in 2007. He struggled to hoist the silver trophy during the presentation on the 18th green, perhaps from a long day of 31 holes. Paul Azinger, the lead analyst for NBC Sports, jokingly suggested that "as
hard a time as he had lifting it up, I thought the money was in there." For every box he wanted to tick on Sunday, he was asked which made him the most proud. McIlroy never mentioned the money. "Winning the tournament if everyone had started even," McIlroy said. "My goal at the start of the week was to just shoot the lowest score. If that happened to work out the right way, then so be it. But I never strayed from that thought process. I was playing a little tournament inside my head. ... And then going out in the final group and shooting 66 alongside the No. 1 player in the world, when he got the better of me a few weeks ago." The majors are over, and there's nothing McIlroy can do it now. Not even a $15 million payout — $14 million in cash, $1 million deferred — or a trophy talked about all year by the PGA Tour can change that kind of legacy. Majors matter the most. For McIlroy, no major matters more than the Masters, the only one keeping him from a Grand Slam. This year's biggest disappointment was a British Open in his home country of Northern Ireland. He hit his opening tee shot out-of-bounds and made quadruple bogey, rallied the next day with a performance that had the gallery near hysteria, and wound up missing the cut by one shot. That should define his year. He won three times, including The Players Championship against the strongest and deepest field of the year. He won the FedEx Cup. He won the Vardon Trophy for the third time for having the lowest scoring average. He finished in the top 10 in 14 out of his 19 starts on the PGA Tour, his most consistent year ever. His best year? No. That would be 2014, when he finished the year with consecutive majors. Considering what he set out to do with what he had left, it was no less rewarding.
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LOCAL DEATHS Charles F. Allen Jr. Charles F. Allen Jr, a 92year-old resident of Trenton, died at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019 at Sunnyview Nursing Home in Trenton. The body was cremated under the direction of SlaterNeal Funeral Home in Trenton. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Mr. Allen was born March 26, 1927 in Grundy County, the son of Charles F. and Alta Lee Pilcher Allen. He was a World War II veteran, serving in the U.S. Army. He enjoyed watching westerns and working crossword puzzles. He was the father of four sons, Michael Allen and Charles Allen III of California, John Allen of Wisconsin and
Patrick Allen as well as several grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. He was married on Dec. 12, 1975 at New London to Norma Jean Allen, who died on Aug. 20, 2019. He is survived by three stepchildren, Tim Allen and his wife, Karen of New Mexico, Terri McCraner of Michigan and Becky McAtee and her husband, Larry of Trenton; three step-grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, Viola Hatfield and Jewel Catherine Lee; and one brother, Melvin Allen. Online condolences may be left at www.resthavenmort.com
Norma J. Allen Norma J. Allen, a 90-yearold resident of Trenton, died at 5:13 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019 at Saint Luke’s on the Plaza in Kansas City. The body was cremated under the direction of SlaterNeal Funeral Home of Trenton and a private memorial service will be held at a later date. Mrs. Allen was born on Sept. 23, 1928 in Tindall, the daughter of Roscoe and Erciel Crigler Bain. She was postmaster for the U.S. Postal Service at Brimson and later at Laredo until she retired in 1989. She attended elementary school in Brimson and graduated from Trenton High School. She married in 1948 to James Everett Allen Jr., who preceded her in death on Dec. 9, 1969. She was married on Dec. 12, 1975 in New London to Charles F. Allen Jr., who preceded her in death on Aug. 11, 2019. She enjoyed her family, music, reading and gardening in that order. After retirement she enjoyed traveling to visit
her children. Survivors include two daughters, Becky McAtee and her husband, Larry of Trenton and Terri McCraner of Dowgiac, MI; one son, Tim Allen and his wife, Karen of Albuquerque, NM; two brothers, Billy Joe Bain and his companion, Ann Harvey and Jack Bain and his wife, Marilyn, all of Trenton; four grandchildren, James McCraner and his wife, Larissa of Cassopolis, MI, Jeannie Little and her husband, Doug and Aaron McAtee, all of Trenton and Jonathon McAtee and his wife, Shania of Gilman City; six great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands; one sister, Duane Powell and her husband, Charles; and one brother, Lawrence Bain and his wife, Pauline. Memorials may be made to Willis Chapel Cemetery and may be left at or mailed to the funeral home. Online condolences may be left at www.resthavenmort.com
George Warren Mitchell George Warren Mitchell, a 77-year-old rural Gilman City resident, died on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019 at his home. Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019 at the IOOF  Cemetery at Edinburg. The services will be preceded by a family visitation from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the Resthaven Mortuary of Trenton. Open visitation began at 9 a.m. today (Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019) at the mortuary. Mr. Mitchell was born on Jan. 30, 1942 in Montgomery City, the son of Willis W. and Willamene Hampton Mitchell. He was a member of the Tribe of Mic-O-Say and was the youngest Eagle Scout in Missouri in 1954. He graduated from Gilman City High School in 1960 and attended the Kansas City School of Engineering. He also served his country in the United States Army in 1964 and 1965. Mr. Mitchell was a farmer and raised registered quarterhorses. He also was an overthe-road professional truck
driver from 1960-1983 and was a member of the Union Local 41 Teamsters. He held a real estate broker’s license from 1973 until his death and was a lifetime member of the American Quarter Horse Association. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Cheryl; two daughters, Penny Roberts and her husband, Rodney and Misty Brazzell and her husband, Tim; a son, Justin Mitchell and his wife, Michelle; four grandchildren, Logan and Lauren Brazzell and Ashley and Boyd Mitchell; a great-granddaughter, Braelyn Brazzell; an aunt, Althea Hampton; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Wesley Mitchell. Memorial donations are suggested to the Edinburg IOOF Cemetery and may be left with or mailed to Resthaven Mortuary at 310 North Hwy 65, PO Box 587, Trenton, MO 64683. Online condolences may be left at www.resthavenmort.com
Anthony Earl Patti Anthony Earl Patti, a 51year-old Trenton resident, died at 2:05 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 at Saint Luke’s Hospital on the Plaza. Memorial services are scheduled for 10 a.m. today (Tuesday, August 27, 2019) at Slater-Neal Funeral Home of Trenton. Mr. Patti was born on June 24, 1968 in Cicero, IL, the son of Leroy A. and Kathleen Ann Whalen Patti. He graduated from Cicero High School. He moved to Colorado at age 23 and opened a mechanic shop. He was married on March 26, 2011 to Cathy Sue Grieves. They moved to Trenton in 2014. He was employed
at ConAgra. Survivors include his wife of the home; brothers, Steven Patti and his wife, Carmella and Rich Patti and his wife, Monique, both of Illinois; sisters, Leanne Moringlanes and her husband, Ralphie of Florida and Michelle Culley and her husband, Charles of Colorado; and step-daughters, Joy and Toni Orndorff of Trenton. He was preceded in death by his parents. Memorial donations are suggested to the funeral home for expenses. Online condolences may be left at www.resthavenmort.com
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Chanse Elliott, a 56-yearold Trenton resident, died on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019 at his home in Trenton. Memorial services are scheduled for 10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019 at
Resthaven Mortuary of Trenton. Memorial donations are suggested to Resthaven for funeral expenses. Online condolences may be left at www.resthavenmort.com
Tina Roxene Totten Tina Roxene Totten, a 55year-old resident of Chillicothe, died on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 at her home. A celebration of life will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019 at the Mooresville Community Center. A Simplified Funeral Solution of Green Castle is in charge of arrangements. Ms. Totten was born on Sept. 2, 1963 in Chillicothe, the daughter of Ivan and Elizabeth Mann Dolan. She grew up in the Mooresville and Chillicothe area, graduating from Southwest High School in Ludlow and William Woods University. She spent her career in education, retiring from North Central Missouri College in Trenton as the director of academic resources.
She is survived by her daughters, Alecia Totten of Mooresville and Jamie Trent and her husband, Clint of Chillicothe; riding partner and love, Bari VanDyke of Chillicothe; sisters, Crystal Sitton and her husband, Thomas of Monroe, LA and Crystine Reese and her husband, Bill Reese of Carrollton; one brother, Rodney and his wife, Kim of Breckenridge; four grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Lina Reed; and one niece, Amy Musgrave. Memorials are suggested to Bikers for Babies and can be mailed to the March of Dimes, Donation Processing Center, PO Box 18819, Atlanta, GA.
SERVICES SET Betty Sue Brassfield Funeral services for Betty Sue Brassfield will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 30, 2019 at Resthaven Mortuary of Trenton. Burial will be in the Resthaven Memorial Gardens, north of Trenton.
Mrs. Brassfield, a 91-yearold resident of Trenton, died on Saturday, Aug, 17, 2019 at the Sunnyview Apartments, where she had been residing since February 2011.
FUNERALS Warren Eugene Griffin Funeral services for Warren Eugene Griffin were held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019 at Resthaven Mortuary of Trenton. Bro. Doug Crawford officiated. Mr. Griffin, an 84-year-old Trenton resident, died at 3:40 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019 at home. Recordings of “Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast�, “Daddy’s Hands�, “The Beau-
tiful Garden of Prayer�, “Amazing Grace� and “Grandpa, Tell Me About the Good Old Days� were played. Pallbearers were David Dinsmore, Freddie Griffin, Justin Chaney, Kallen Boyle, Brett Heuett and Trevor Leeper. Burial was in Resthaven Memorial Gardens, north of Trenton.
Fiber Project Is Rotary Topic Representatives from Grundy Electric Cooperative presented the program at the Thursday, Aug. 22 meeting of the Trenton Rotary Club. Michael Ormsby was the program chairman. Troy Slagle and Terry White talked about the fiber optic service being installed throughout Trenton, allowing both residential and business customers to receive faster internet connections. Slagle said 73 miles of fiber has been run throughout the community during the past year using the existing Trenton Municipal Utilities electric poles as well as running some line underground. Once the city project is done, GEC anticipates extending fiber optic to the rural areas already being served by the company with electric service. Slagle and White also gave an overview of how the fiber system operates and how it allows for much faster uploading and downloading of materials. During the business meeting, a short film was shown featuring District 6040 Gov. Marc Horner, who discussed district goals for the next year.
He challenged clubs to encourage $12 per month/per member giving to the Rotary Foundation as well as establish a fundraising project to help in the Rotary’s polio eradication project. He also asked clubs to work on increasing membership and have at least one club member graduate from the district’s leadership academy. Literacy is the focus of the district this year and Horner told of activities planned to promote this effort. Tickets were also distributed for the annual Rotary Fish Fry, which will be held on Saturday, Sept. 21 at the Rock Barn. The event is the club’s main activity to raise foundation funds. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for children and can be purchased from any Rotary member. There will also be a silent auction and musical entertainment. The program chairman for the Aug. 29 meeting will be Micah Landes who, in her role as executive director of the North Central Missouri Development Alliance, will give an economic development update.
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Laredo Man Hurt In Mishap A Laredo resident received serious injuries in an ATV accident early Sunday morning in Livingston County. Clint Foster, 24, was taken by air ambulance to Truman Medical Center for treatment of his injuries. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported Foster was the driver of an ATV that was eastbound on County Road 504, five miles east of Chula, when the vehicle went out of control and travelled off the north side of the road. The ATV then overturned down an embankment and came to rest on its top in the ditch, facing west. The vehicle received extensive damage. Foster was ticketed for driving while intoxicated. The accident was investigated by Sgt. Joe Rongey, who was assisted by the Livingston County Sheriff’s Department and the Chillicothe Emergency Services.
Commissioner Gives Program The Trenton Lions Club met on Tuesday, Aug. 13 in the First Christian Church Family Activity Center. President Seth Cox led the pledge to the U.S. flag, followed by prayer by George Moore. Moore also served as “tailtwister.� Grundy County Presiding Commissioner Phil Ray updated club members on the duties and focus of his position. He recently attended the annual meeting of all county commissioners in the state of Missouri. The focus at that meeting was the disbursement of flood disaster relief monies and workforce development. The biggest challenge, according to Ray, is economic development. He expressed the desire to promote and revitalize northwest Missouri through the Highway 6 tourism program in conjunction with the new lake currently being constructed at Milan. He noted a concern with Grundy County’s dispatch software, adding that current software does not support rapid, strong interagency communication among the various law enforcement entities.
Man Charged In Weekend Crash A Trenton man is facing two felony charges and two misdemeanor charges after being involved in an accident on Hunter Road early Saturday morning. According to the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office, Mark W. Trump, 49, has been charged with first degree property damage, a class E felony; leaving the scene of an accident with property damage exceeding $1,000, a class E felony; second degree property damage, a class B misdemeanor; and driving while intoxicated, also a class B misdemeanor. The charges stem from an accident in which Trump allegedly drove his truck into a parked car owned by Alyssa Gibson, pushing it approximately 80 feet. He then left the scene of the accident without notifying the car’s owner or law enforcement and drove his vehicle into the lawn of a residence owned by Larry Smith in the 2700 block of Hunter Road. The vehicle struck a culvert in that yard. Trump was allegedly under the influence of alcohol when the crash occurred. He has posted $4,000 cash-only bond and is scheduled to appear in court Aug. 27.
Vehicle Towed After Mishap No injuries were reported in an accident investigated Sunday, Aug. 25 by the Trenton Police Department. According to Officer Kami Nelson’s accident report, the mishap occurred just after noon when a car driven by Tanner G. Blundell of Gallatin was traveling eastbound around the curve on Oklahoma Avenue while a car driven by Kathleen Robinson of Trenton was stopped at the stop sign, southbound on Lord Street. Mrs. Robinson failed to see Blundell’s vehicle approaching and pulled into its path, with Blundell’s car striking Mrs. Robinson’s car. Blundell’s car had damage to the front bumper, with Mrs. Robinson’s car having damage that made it unsafe to drive from the scene. No tickets were listed on the accident report. republican-times.com
Tri-County R-7 OKs Tax Levy The Tri-County R-7 Board of Education approved its 2019-20 tax levy during a meeting on Thursday night at the school in Jamesport. According to information provided by Superintendent David Probasco, the levy was set at $4.5482 on the $100 assessed valuation. The levy includes the temporary tax rate of $.2665 being used by the
district for general operations. The 2019 tax is $.0445 higher than the rate set a year ago. In other business, the board agreed to seek bids for reinvestment of a certificate of deposit. An executive session was also held for personnel with no announcement made. The next regular board meeting will be at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 11.
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If you walk down the hallways of S.M. Rissler Elementary School, you will probably hear teachers and students referring to BARK. This is the Positive Behavior Support, or PBS, which helps structure the learning environment to support academic and social success for all students. The acronym stands for the following: B-Be Safe; A-Act Responsibly; R-Respect Others; and K-Kind Actions. The staff has spent their first couple of weeks teaching PBS lessons to ensure students understand how to use BARK in every area of the school. There have been some changes made to the reward side of the PBS this school year.
Students are no longer receiving individual bones for their good choices, but instead are working as a classroom to achieve a goal. Each classroom has a paw chart on display with their classroom goal. These charts contain 30 paw prints, which can be colored in as an individual or the entire class displays positive behavior. When the chart is complete, the class will participate in a celebration together. Along with the paw chart in each classroom, staff members also have the opportunity to give students positive office referrals. These office referrals are for students that have shown distinct BARK behavior. Each Friday, five positive office referrals are
announced during the morning over the intercom. These students get to make a phone call home, wear a jersey for the day and receive a coupon to have lunch with a friend. PBS is a system that students and staff use during the entire school year.Students also have the opportunity at the end of the year to attend celebrations for displaying excellent behavior throughout the school year. One of the celebrations include a trip to Crowder State Park. Park rangers make this opportunity very exciting for students as they get to walk a trail, play games, and hold some reptiles if they choose. In addition to the Crowder trip, students with zero safe seats, buddy room, and office referrals during the entire school year will be awarded with a “Night With the Stars’ ceremony. If you have any questions about the Positive Behavior Support system that we use at Rissler, please check out the Trenton R-9 website. You can find the PBS details under the elementary links on the S.M. Rissler Elementary site.
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The Pleasant View R-6 School has announced its Blue Jays of the Week for Aug. 21-23. They include, from left, Adaline Anderson, third grade; Ivy Allnutt, third grade; Scott Slater Maberry, third grade; and Noah Boyd, second grade. Adaline is the daughter of Clayton and Hayley Anderson and was selected for showing great leadership among her classmates by including a new student in a group without being asked. Ivy is the daughter of Nick and Brenda Allnutt and was chosen for great leadership among her classmates by including a new student without being asked. Scott is the son of Jeff and Kayla Smith and Casey Maberry and was chosen for helping other students in the classroom. Noah is the son of Chad and Trudi Boyd and was chosen for helping a new preschooler navigate the school.
Jamesport will be celebrating “Play Music on the Porch Day” on Saturday, Aug. 31. The event will be held on the porch at Farmhouse Collections, located on Broadway Street. Musicians of all types gather to play music for the public to enjoy and area residents are being invited to par-
ticipate at the Jamesport event, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Both instrumentalists and singers are invited to take part. “Play Music on the Porch Day” is held worldwide on the last Saturday of August each year. This is the fourth year for the event at Jamesport.
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continued fundraising efforts; increased resident/family communications through the creation of the Resident Family Council; increased community awareness of the nursing home and apartments by membership in the chamber of commerce and involvement in a variety of community activities, such as floats in parades, decorating the home and yard for holidays/events; and partnering with government agencies to obtain loans/grants to help subsidize critical improvements in the aging nursing home infrastructure. Anyone with questions or concerns during the transition process are asked to reach out to board members directly, according to the written statement. During the board meeting held on Aug. 20, the board set the tax levy at $.1470 on the $100 assessed valuation. The levy, which is the same as a year ago, is anticipated to generate around $198,985 based on the assessed valuation of $132,599,802. The assessed valuation was up from last year by $209,533. Approval was given to the annual conflict of interest resolution and the board continued discussion on energy projects, including upgrading the boiler to a new HVAC system and window replacement. Mrs. Youtsey also presented the administrator’s report, which included information regarding the more than 90 exhibits taken to the North Central Missouri Fair.
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COMMUNITY Southside Farm Club Meets At Ole’ Blue The Southside Farm Club members met at Ole’ Blue for lunch on Aug. 21 with Janice Belvel as hostess. Marie Dolan led the group in the blessing. The hostess gift was won by Sue Brewer. Roll call was answered by each person telling about a favorite park memory. President Robin Meservey conducted the business meeting. Mrs. Dolan passed around inspirational cards for members to sign. The mystery gift was guessed by Mrs. Dolan.
Mrs. Belvel began her local historical presentation with an egg basket that belonged to her grandmother. She had lined the basket, spray painted and weaved baling twine between the wires to create a useful planter, which received a blue ribbon at the fair. She then informed the group about the Four Square Club of Farmersville, a local club her mother and grandmother had belonged to which began in 1936. This was a home economics club that met once a
month at a member’s home for a lesson. The first meeting was in the home of Mrs. Oscar Mack and the first group project was to restore Tolle Cemetery and to continue maintaining it yearly. Extra funds were needed so the group sold cookbooks in 1951. The last meeting was in the 1970’s. The next meeting of the Southside Farm Club will be on Sept. 18 at the home of Sue Brewer.
Grand River Garden Club Holds Meeting The Grand River Garden Club met on Monday, Aug. 19 at Grundy County-Jewett Norris Library. Linda Carman was the hostess. President Ginny Johns led the members in the club collect. Luanne Oneal was a guest. Cards of caring were sent to Doris Provorse, who is recovering from shoulder surgery; Betty Rumbley, who is under cancer treatment; and Annie Forman, who is undergoing tests. Trish Wendt sent the members a thank you for the work at the flower show. Ron
Dougan donated his blue-ribbon entry money to the club’s treasury. It was announced that the Yard of the Month was awarded to Les and Lora Jackson and Mark’s Barber Shop received the Business Beautification Award. Members discussed changes to the entry list for the 2020 fair flower show. Members completed a “name the yellow flower� quiz., Future meetings were planned. In October, members will view the Wright Memorial Hospital gardens with Joyce and Gary Schuett, with
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Families and Friends of the Developmentally Disabled-Grundy County held its monthly cooking class on Aug. 8 at the First Christian Church in Trenton. Ten students and FFDD volunteers learned to make mini pizzas and fruit salsa. Tina Marrs, Bridget Maloney and the Maloney children from the First Christian Church coordinated all of the activities and cooking lesson. The cooking class is a vocational/educational activity where participants can improve on their skills and learn new recipes that are easily prepared.
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Terri Reid During the Sunday, Aug. 25 service, Crystal and Randy Oneal led the congregation at Dockery Chapel Church in singing "Happy Day" and "How He Loves.� Betsy and Lucy Price lit the candles. During announcements, Dockery will host a fish fry from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 7. Karen Rorebeck read the scripture taken from Psalm 118. In a continuation of the sermon series, “New Places for New People,� Pastor Jim King talked about facing fears. The closing hymn was "Trust and Obey," followed by the benediction. The Trenton Fire Department is seeking volunteer firefighters. Those selected will be trained through the Basic Firefighter course. For more information, call 359-5552.
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On Aug. 20, Anna Persell presented information about her job at Crowder State Park to the THS conservation class. Anna talked about activities provided at Crowder State Park and how persons can get involved. At Crowder State Park, persons can go camping, hiking, kayaking and can also go to different nature programs. She encouraged students to look at their Facebook page and website to find out more about the different programs they offer throughout the year. One of the activity nights she talked about was the reptile night and the night hike. Anna also talked about her job responsibilities which include paperwork, spraying for weeds, burning and so much more. Anna talked about how she has to communicate with the state in order to get any improvements or maintenance issues worked on. Anna talked about some of the benefits she gets through working for the state such as sick leave and vacation. (Submitted by conservation student Maci Moore)
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Trenton Area Calendar of Events WEDNESDAY Adult Blood Draw Clinic by Appointment, Grundy County Health Department, 9 to 11 a.m. Green Hills Alcoholics Anonymous, 10th Street Baptist Church, noon. For more information, call 359-2704 or 357-2367. Narcotics Anonymous, St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, 7 p.m. North 65 Center: Cards and Token Bingo, 12:30 p.m. THURSDAY Trenton Rotary Club, First Christian Church Fellowship Hall, noon.
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THS Alumni Mixer, Riverside Country Club, 6 p.m. Church Women United Thrift Shop, 17th & Harris, noon to 4 p.m. North 65 Center: Line Dancers, 9:30 a.m.; Cards, 12:30 p.m.
FRIDAY WMH Memorial Wall Dedication and Ribbon Cutting, Wright Memorial Hospital 1:30 p.m. Green Hills Alcoholics Anonymous, 10th Street Baptist Church, 6 p.m. For more information, call 359-2704.
SATURDAY THS Alumni Open House, THS Commons, 9 a.m. to noon. THS Alumni Dance, Black Silo Winery, 9 a.m. to midnight. Explorer Hour, Crowder State Park Amphitheater, 10 a.m. Grundy County Museum, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
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STRAIGHT TALK WITH SAM Sixth District U.S. Rep. Sam Graves 1415 Longworth House Bldg. Washington D.C. 20515 Phone: 202-225-7041 HELPING OUR TEACHERS With kids heading back to am proposing we double the inschool, parents are scrambling come tax deduction for full-time to pack lunches, double-check teachers to $500. This would school supply lists, and make bring the amount they can sure everyone gets where they deduct more in line with what need to be on time - right after they are actually spending on snapping some first day of classroom supplies. Currently, the deduction is school photos. At the same time, teachers limited to elementary and secare busy preparing for a suc- ondary education teachers. cessful school year. Preparing However, with the growth of lesson plans, arranging class- early childhood education, it only rooms, stocking supplies, and so makes sense for pre-school much more - all to help prepare teachers at state-recognized a healthy learning environment schools to also be able to deduct their expenses. for our children. Many schools rely on teachOften teachers dig into their own pocket to make sure all stu- ers who only work part-time. dents have the supplies neces- Those teachers aren’t currently sary for a successful school eligible to take the deduction eiyear. On average, they spend ther. My proposal would make $479 a year on everything from them eligible, for the first time, to tissues to crayons to pencils and take the deduction on up to $250 notebooks. That’s just the aver- of expenses. Teachers are on the front age with some spending far more of their hard-earned lines of our children’s futures. money purchasing supplies that They devote their time, energy, would otherwise not be provided heart and soul to our kids. Yet, we ask them to also kick in a bit for their classrooms. Currently, teachers can of their money to ensure a qualdeduct $250 of the cost of the ity classroom learning experisupplies they purchase for their ence. Our teachers joyfully classroom. Obviously, many of shoulder the burden of educatthem are spending far more than ing our children; the least we can do is help them cover much that. To help cover those costs, I of that cost.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Robbie Makinen, CEO of the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, has more important matters to discuss than his inability to see. Ask about his vision loss, and he'll redirect the conversation. Yes, he said, he woke up completely blind one morning in 2013, but, "let's talk about free transit." In the four years that he's led the KCATA, he's pushed for zero-fare public transportation. He and other advocates began by giving veterans free rides — two million rides and counting. They've also added free rides for high school students in certain parts of town, and for clients of safety net providers with the Health Forward Foundation. In all, these three groups account for 25% of the KCATA's ridership and are serving as a test market. The initiative is a top priority for Makinen, and not only because it serves the blind. In 2012, Makinen had already lost vision in one eye to Ischemic Optic Neuropathy, that is, the blood supply to his optic nerve was cut off. Doctors at the Mayo Clinic said not to worry; usually, just one eye goes. But that wasn't the case for him.
Unable to drive, Makinen found himself using the city's paratransit system at a time when no comprehensive map existed of the various modes of public transportation, and at every city border, the cost and rules changed. "From a paratransit standpoint, I could go to the courthouse in Independence, and then once I'm there, I'm stuck. I don't qualify for their service, so I can't get around. I'm standing on the corner about crying, like what do I do now?" he said of his long-ago attempt to ride as a blind person. Under his leadership, free apps clear up the confusion. Makinen has been in the lifelong business of helping others, so while he did spend some time mourning the loss of his vision, the turn of events didn't derail him. "You're either a boat anchor or sail. Pick one, right? And I'm not going through anything any different than anyone else is going through. Everybody has their traumatic experience, everybody has stuff happen to them," he said. "Am I going to lay back in the fetal position and cry? Well, that didn't work. Or am I going to be a sail and get up and use it?" Growing up in Independence, Makinen took in stray
dogs and, at his father's urging, donated the contents of his piggy bank to the Muscular Dystrophy Association's Labor Day telethon. He became an Eagle Scout. As an adult, he sought jobs in social work in his early 20s, then later directed the learning center at Ozanam Children's Services and served as the chair of the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority board. He serves on the board of the Boy Scouts of America Heart of America Council. So, the significant change in his life was not his passion, it was his perspective. He'd been a ladder-climber, he said, always wanting a bigger car, a bigger house, more money. "But if you only eat from that side of the plate," he said, "you're never going to get full. You've got to eat from the other side of the plate, which is, what is it that feeds your soul?" He thinks that it usually takes trauma for people to gain that kind of perspective. "Your wife comes home with a lump on her breast; your father has Alzheimer's; you lose your vision, whatever that may be. Then all of a sudden, everybody gets perspective. My prayer to everybody is: get it sooner," Makinen said.
When community members are able to move about the city easily and inexpensively, he said, their access to healthcare, jobs, and education improves, and with it, their lives, KCURFM reported. "Public transit is either the biggest barrier or the biggest asset. We just have to pick which side we want to be on," he said. Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas backs the idea of zerofare transportation, even mentioning it in his August 1 inauguration speech. Less than 10% of the KCATA's annual $106 million budget comes from the $1.50 bus fares. Makinen said that figure is not a big deal when measured against the cost of processing the fares and maintaining the fare boxes. Best of all, he said, a family spending $2,000 a year on public transportation would be able to use that amount other necessities. And, he pointed out, that money would stay right here in Kansas City, so nothing is lost. He asked, "When you can affect more people's lives in a day than most people get to do in a lifetime, what are you going to do with that?" Makinen's answer to his own question? Be a sail.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Four years after hundreds of students protested a racist campus culture at the University of Missouri, the number of minority faculty has ticked up slightly, but numbers still lag the national average and the school acknowledges it struggles to retain non-white staff. Frustrated by the poor response of university leaders to complaints of racist slurs and other slights on the predominantly white flagship campus, the November 2015 protest movement demanded the president's resignation and a more diverse faculty. In early 2016, the school hired Kevin McDonald as its first chief diversity equity and
inclusion officer. By 2018, nine more black faculty worked at MU than two years earlier, raising the proportion of black people on staff to 3.4% from 3%. That year, less than 6% of full-time U.S. college faculty members were black, The Kansas City Star reported . "Kevin came soon after 2015 and righted the ship," said Clark Peters, a professor of social work who chairs the MU Faculty Council. "He provided thoughtful leadership" and pushed the folks doing the hiring to "cast a wider net." His formula was to embed diversity, inclusion and equity into the fabric of the university, every aspect, including the sur-
rounding community. The university has also seen an increase in Hispanic, Asian and multi-race faculty. At the same time, the much higher white faculty numbers have decreased every year, from 1,503 in 2015 to 1,446 in 2018, according to the most recent numbers available on the university website. "It is impressive because these numbers haven't been increasing in years past," said Christian Basi, spokesman for MU. McDonald, who's black, recently took a diversity role at the University of Virginia. He didn't respond to a request for comment from The Star. Higher education leaders
across the country acknowledge that changing the hiring culture is a challenge. Universities are well aware that staff and student bodies often don't reflect each other. Johanna Kramer, a member of the university's Diversity Enhancement Committee of the Faculty Council, said MU is making "a very honest effort" to hire faculty of color. However, retention poses an issue. "My understanding is that one of the things we are working on is getting people to feel that they are not just welcome but that they belong at this institution. That's something that has been missing here in the past."
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Low Wages, Student Debt Fuel Vet Shortage ST. LOUIS (AP) — Low wages and the burden of student debt are leading to a critical shortage of large-animal veterinarians in rural Missouri, industry experts said. This is particularly a problem in areas such as Vernon County, where there is one veterinarian for every 206,000 food animals, according to documents filed by the acting state veterinarian with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The greatest need appears to be for veterinarians who treat cattle, horses and pigs. Jim Reed, a retired farmer and president of the Washington County Farm Bureau, said in emergency situations, an animal may need to see a veterinarian within 15 minutes. "You're sitting there dialing every number" and trying to provide the animal with first aid at the same time, Reed said. The problem seems to begin before veterinarians have even graduated college. Costs are rising and the young vets can't cope. Between 2008 and 2017, the median amount of debt among vet school graduates rose 44%. "Tuition expenses have exploded," said Richard Antweiler, executive director of the Missouri Veterinary Medical Association. The number of Americans graduating with
veterinary medicine degrees also increased by about 6% between 2014 and 2017, data from the Association of American Veterinary Medical College indicates. Those graduates are, in large part, forgoing employment in rural areas to pursue careers in cities that promise higher salaries. Bureau of Labor Statistics data indicates veterinarians in rural Missouri earn tens of thousands of dollars less than the national average, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. The lack of veterinarians can be dangerous for animals in remote places. When a cow is giving birth and a vet is two hours away, the cow and the calf could both be dead by the time help arrives, said Carol Ryan, the president of the Missouri Veterinary Medical Association. The scarcity of vets imperils not just the health of farm animals but also the safety of food distributed for human consumption, said John de Jong, the former president of the American Veterinary Medical Association. "If we don't have enough veterinarians inspecting our food and making sure that our food is safe, that puts the entire American population at risk," de Jong said.
HIGHLIGHTS WITH HEGEMAN 12th District State Sen. Dan Hegeman Room 332, State Capitol Jefferson City, MO 65101 Phone: 573-751-1415 dan.hegeman@senate.mo.gov
BACK-TO-SCHOOL TIME IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI t may be hard to believe, but many of our locals schools have either already started or start back into classrooms this week. All of the hard-working teachers in our districts have been preparing in preparation for the new school year to begin. They start much sooner than the official first day of school, preparing lesson plans and getting their classrooms ready for the influx of students who will be returning in the days and weeks to come. Public education is a one of the most essential functions of your state government. Part of
why I chose to serve in public office is to help make our education system better in Missouri, not just for this school year, but for decades to come. We should always strive to make sure our students have the best education possible, no matter where they live. As chair of the Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee, I work to ensure the money that is used to fund our schools, colleges and universities across our state is targeted toward those areas most in need, and with the best track records. This year, we
were able to secure record funding for both elementary and secondary education, which will help prepare the next generation for the real world. To our teachers, I say thank you and have a great year. To our students, enjoy your time in school. You only get to be young once. And to all the parents and folks on the road, make sure you watch out for the new drivers and all of the children who will be walking to and from school, or getting on and off the buses for the next nine months. Each of us has a role to play in ensuring our children have a safe and successful school year. As always, please feel free to call, email or write with your ideas or concerns. My capitol office number is 573-751-1415, my email address is dan.hegeman@senate.mo.gov and my mailing address is Room 332, State Capitol Building, Jefferson City, MO 65101.
The St. Louis Bat-Saving Queen: Donna Mowery FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mo. (AP) — Donna Mowery really ought to have her own bat signal. In the last seven years, Mowery has become the go-to bat rehabilitation expert for greater St. Louis, helping panicked people remove bats from homes and answering nonstop calls to take in bats in need. "Someone's got to do it," she said on a recent morning wearing a T-shirt with the message: "I love bats to the moon and back." Bats are vital to the ecosystem, Mowery said. They are pollinators, the earth's only flying mammals, and a natural insect repellent — one bat will kill thousands of mosquitoes a night. "Their filet mignon is mosquitoes," she said. But they're also in trouble. Some face habitat loss, others serious threats like White Nose Syndrome, a fungal disease that has wiped out millions of bats across the country. So Mowery takes them into her eastern Franklin County home, raising some for months. Others need quick care, like water and a good meal. She puts in about eight to 10 hours a day caring for infant bats every spring. In the creatures' first weeks, she and her husband wake up every three hours to give them the round-the-clock feedings they need to survive. The Mowerys raise them until the bats are old enough to fend for themselves. They first feed the little mammals from a dropper and allow them to learn to fly from side to side in mesh dog carriers. Finally the bats are put in an outside enclosure where they learn to hunt insects and are released. Mowery's record year was 2017, when she raised 18 bats at once. Mowery does all her rehab work as a volunteer, on top of a full-time job in operations management and her role as a grandmother to eight. But to her it's worth it. "I want to make sure there are still bats around for them," she said pointing to her grandkids. Mowery's home is no gothic bat lair. The couple live in an airy country house with a big porch in Catawissa, about 40 miles southwest of St. Louis. The only signs of Mowery's volunteer work are her stores of mealworms, which she orders by the ten thousand; the baby food applesauce that goes into a mix to feed her youngest patients; and the three juvenile big brown bats she is rehabilitating in a puppy carrier in a
spare room. Mowery always loved bats as a girl growing up in Missouri, but came to actually welcome them in her home after she and her husband completed the Missouri Master Naturalist program nine years ago. Through the program, the couple met Kirsten AlveyMudd, who runs the Missouri Bat Census, a network of volunteers working on bat conservation around the state. Mowery started by accompanying Alvey-Mudd on bat surveys. In the middle of the night, the group sets up nets to capture bats. By the light of flashlights, they take measurements and record key information before releasing the bats back into the wild. The data help track trends in bat species diversity and monitor the spread of diseases like White Nose Syndrome. Mowery soon began helping with Alvey-Mudd's rehab work raising bats, learning everything that goes into their care. "I started to realize maybe this is something I want to do," she said. As far as she knew, there were no bat rehabbers in the St. Louis region. The biggest reason was likely the cost of the rabies vaccine, Mowery said. Mowery estimates she spent about $6,000 to get a series of three rabies shots so she could begin her work. Mowery said she's likely been bitten about 1,000 times. Though, she notes, getting rabies from a bat is rare. About 6% of sick or weak bats were found to have rabies in one study, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Mowery gets plenty of interesting calls on her cellphone, which over the last seven years has become a de facto hotline for bat questions and emergencies. Most calls come by word of mouth and through referrals
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In The Face Of Death, The Party Of A Lifetime SEATTLE (AP) — The day he picked to die, Robert Fuller had the party of a lifetime. In the morning, he dressed in a blue Hawaiian shirt and married his partner while sitting on a couch in their senior housing apartment. He then took the elevator down three floors to the building's common room, decorated with balloons and flowers. With an elaborately carved walking stick, he shuffled around to greet dozens of well-wishers and friends from across the decades, fellow church parishioners and social-work volunteers. The crowd spilled into a sunny courtyard on a beautiful spring day. A gospel choir sang. A violinist and soprano performed "Ave Maria." A Seattle poet recited an original piece imagining Fuller as a tree, with birds perched on his thoughts. And when the time came, "Uncle Bob" banged his walking stick on the ceiling to command attention. "I'll be leaving you in a little over an hour," he announced. A sob burst. Fuller turned his head sympathetically toward its source. "I'm so ready to go," he said. "I'm tired." Later that afternoon, Fuller plunged two syringes filled with a light brown liquid — a fatal drug combination mixed with Kahlua, his favorite alcohol — into a feeding tube in his abdomen. He was one of about 1,200 people who have used Washington's Death with Dignity Act to end their lives in the decade since it became law. As such laws grow more popular — they have taken or will take effect in Hawaii, New Jersey and Maine this year, making it nine states where "aid in dying" is allowed — more people who are suffering and terminally ill have the option of hastening their death. Those who do cite a variety of reasons — fear of losing their autonomy or dignity, becoming a burden to loved ones, becoming unable to enjoy life — but they are united in a desire to take control of their own ends. The Associated Press documented one man's story in the days surrounding his death, spending time with him and those around him. In an interview the day before he died, Fuller said he wanted to demonstrate for people around the country how such laws work. For him, the decision to end his life at 75 was, if not easy, never in doubt. A Long Relationship With Death Death did not frighten Bob Fuller. It had been
with him since he was young. He grew up in Hooksett, New Hampshire, the second of four children. His father was a furniture maker, his mother a homemaker. He described their relationship as loveless and unhappy, but he was close to his ailing grandmothers and would frequently sit with them. When he was 8, he said, his father's mother, severely depressed, drowned herself in the Merrimack River after leaving her glasses and slippers on the shore. He recalled seeing her body in the water, a trauma that began his long, matter-of-fact relationship with death. He called it his "default setting": "If life gets painful, you go to the Merrimack River." Fuller's friends described him as playful, wise, witty and vibrant, a wonderful singer and the type of person who collected friends everywhere. He sponsored people in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction after quitting drinking in 1983. In retirement he ran a voucher program — now named for him — through the LGBTQ support organization Peer Seattle that provided music and theater tickets to those who couldn't afford them. As a former nurse, he was like an unofficial assistant manager at his building, helping residents change bandages or picking them up when they fell in their kitchens. But his old default setting persisted through much of his life, a sort of undercurrent to the way he lived "out loud," as he put it. He tried to kill himself in 1975, he said, when he was drinking too much and despondent after his marriage ended; he had revealed to his wife he was gay. Fuller had moved to Seattle for nursing school, and he was working as a psychiatric nurse at Harborview Medical Center when he swiped handfuls of narcotics, went to a nearby park, swallowed them and lay down to die. He called for help when it started raining, he said. He didn't want to die cold and wet. In the mid-1980s, Fuller helped care for friends suffering from AIDS and administered a fatal dose of medication to one at the end of his fight, he said. But his own sexual behavior was so risky it verged on suicidal. He contracted AIDS, then lived long enough to benefit from the AIDS drug mixture when it was developed in the mid-1990s. "I think I wanted to get AIDS," he said. "All my friends were dying." For critics, that sort of fatalism is a key problem with aid-in-dying laws. Some AIDS pa-
tients who chose to end their lives might have lived long enough to benefit from the AIDS drug mixture as Fuller did, said Wesley J. Smith, an author and prominent critic of the laws. But beyond that, to allow people to hasten their deaths represents an abandonment, a signal to the terminally ill that their lives are not worth living, he said. "We should be very concerned that we are normalizing suicide in our society, especially at the very time during which, practically out of the other side of our mouth, we are saying suicide is an epidemic," Smith said. Whether such deaths do constitute suicide is a semantic debate. In Washington and other states with aid-in-dying laws, coroners are forbidden from categorizing the deaths as suicides; instead, they list natural causes. Opponents, including the American Medical Association, maintain that "assisted suicide" is more accurate. ‘Why Should I Suffer?’ Fuller had long thought that if he were ever to become terminally ill, he would want to control his death. That notion was reinforced two years ago, when a woman in his building used Washington's law, he said. She explained the requirements for him, including that two doctors must certify you have less than six months to live, that you must be competent, and that you must request the fatal drugs twice verbally and once in writing, witnessed by two people. Last summer he went to the doctor with a sore throat. It turned out to be an aggressive cancer at the base of his tongue. He began a round of chemo but abandoned it, saying it was killing his soul. Instead, early this year, he picked a date — May 10 — and began planning. "Why should I suffer?" he said. "I'm totally at peace with this." In the ensuing months he put his affairs in order. He went up the Space Needle and took a road trip down the Pacific Coast Highway with his partner and caretaker of the past few years, Reese Baxter. The cancer was closing his throat, making it difficult to eat, but he had the flan from the Mexican restaurant around the corner one last time. On Facebook he described his pain, his falling weight and his final visits with old friends. Fuller began returning more often to the Catholic church he had long attended. His spiritual views were hardly orthodox — he considered himself a shaman, and described his impending death as a state of "perpetual meditation" — but Seattle's St. Therese Parish was known for accommodating a range of beliefs.
Fuller was beloved there, and he craved the community. He had sung in the gospel choir and read scriptures from the lectern during services, sometimes delivering insightful or funny remarks off the cuff, said Kent Stevenson, the choir's director. Stevenson credited the "tenacity and clarity" of Fuller's choice. "It was hard to even cry because he was so forthcoming and so sober about it," Stevenson said. "He was just so outrageously unique and such a character, this was completely in keeping with who Bob was." The Roman Catholic Church opposes aid-indying laws, citing the sanctity of life. But Fuller's decision was widely known and accepted among the parishioners. At the service where he received his last communion on May 5, the Rev. Quentin Dupont brought over a group of white-clad children who were receiving their first communion. They raised their arms and blessed him. The End As he hugged friends and sang along at his party, Fuller appeared serene, betraying no sign of reconsideration. He also kept his sense of humor, greeting a reporter by saying: "I'm dying to read your story." "You can find me in God's eyes. You can find me in beautiful music," he told the crowd. "You can find me in terrible, terrible farts." He invited those who wished to be with him for his death to come upstairs. Friends packed into his bedroom. He changed into satin, navy blue pajamas and lay down in his bed. "It's hard to be here, but I wouldn't miss it," said Yvonne Kilcup, of Tacoma, whom Fuller began sponsoring in recovery 24 years ago. "He gave me a good solid kick in the butt. Now I'm going to hold his feet as he passes." In the kitchen, two volunteers with the nonprofit End of Life Washington mixed the drugs and Kahlua in a glass measuring cup. They said they considered themselves to be like midwives, helping usher people out of the world instead of into it. "You know if you do this, if you put this in your system, you'll go to sleep and you won't wake up?" one, Stephanie Murray, told him as she delivered the syringes. "I do," Fuller answered. Fuller plunged the syringes. After a few moments of tense quiet, he led his friends in singing, "I'm so glad we had this time together," the sign-off from the old Carol Burnett television show. His eyes closed for longer and longer periods. "I'm still here," he said. And then, he wasn't.
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When They Go Low? Dems Navigating Nasty Race Against Trump HAMPTON, S.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump told American congresswomen of color to "go back" to where they came from. He vowed to revive a racial slur to tear down Elizabeth Warren, promoted a wild conspiracy theory linking a past political opponent to the death of a highprofile sex offender and blamed Friday's stock market slide on a lowpolling former presidential candidate. And that was just over the past six weeks. With 435 days until the next presidential election, the Democrats seeking to oust Trump are bracing for the nastiest contest in the modern era, one that will almost certainly tear at the moral and cultural fabric of a deeply divided nation. Knowing what lies ahead once their own divisive primary is decided, Democrats are confronting a critical question: Just how low should they go to push back against Trump? Political strategists and recent history suggest there may be more risk than reward for candidates wishing to fight Trump on his terms. But Democratic primary voters, energized and enraged by Trump's turbulent presidency, are increasingly calling for the candidates to fight fire with fire. "The high road isn't going to win this time," Blake Caldwell, a 71-yearold retired physician, said at a recent event hosted by candidate Pete
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New Hampshire. Sanders' chief strategist, Jeff Weaver, said the senator would not shy away from aggressive criticism of Trump when necessary. Especially on issues of race and immigration, he said, calling Trump a racist shouldn't be something candidates are afraid of. "You can't give into the bully. You gotta lean in and tell it like it is," Weaver said. "That's what people appreciate about Bernie." Jef Pollock, a pollster for New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's campaign, concedes that "there's a lot of nervousness about how you attack Donald Trump." While primary voters may want toughness, persuadable general election voters are more likely to say they want bipartisanship and civility. Yet it's not so simple, Pollock said. "I think it would be a mistake for a candidate to think they could just go high. We're not in the age of Barack Obama anymore," he said. "It'd be a mistake to think you can just rise above it all and not engage him at his level." There are obvious risks. Just ask Marco Rubio. Alex Conant advised the Florida senator's 2016 presidential primary campaign against Trump, which took a nasty turn near the end. Among other personal attacks, Rubio seized on Trump's hand size.
Conant believes that nothing matters so much as authenticity when going up against the brash billionaire. "If you're not the kind of person who makes personal attacks on other people, don't try it for the first time against Trump," Conant said. "You feel so much pressure from your supporters, from your donors, from the media to punch back. The key is to find ways to do it that are authentic and consistent with your image." Some Democratic allies are urging candidates to stay away from attacks against Trump's character and temperament altogether. That was a pillar of Hillary Clinton's message against Trump in 2016, and it ultimately failed. The pro-Democrat super PAC Priorities USA, which backed Clinton, instead wants the 2020 candidates to focus on the policies enacted under Trump and their effect on voters' lives. "Our strategy is not to go nasty," said Josh Schwerin, the super PAC's senior strategist. "It's much more effective to say you're paying more for your medicine every month and Don-
ald Trump gave drug companies a massive tax cuts than to say Donald Trump is a jerk." Republican pollster Frank Luntz has studied the art of negative campaigning extensively over the last 18 months. He insists there's far more risk than reward for candidates who go negative — especially against Trump. It's all about context and subtlety. "Do they appear pained as they deliver the body blow? Do they look and feel like they don't want to be there, like they've been forced into it? It's one of the most subtle arts at a time when politics feel so much like championship wrestling," Luntz said. "Most candidates don't know the difference." But back in South Carolina, Caldwell says she isn't interested in a cautious candidate. She wants the ultimate Democratic nominee to be someone who can confront Trump with force. "We've been too meek," she said. "This is going to be the most vicious campaign in history."
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Dear Annie: I'm a 30-yearold male in my first year of marriage to a charming, beautiful woman, "Sonny." I am madly in love with this woman, and she says the same to me. This is a second marriage for both of us. Unfortunately, I'm finding out that she has lied to me about a number of things, and my love for her is being weakened by these revelations. We met shortly after she had broken up with another man. She told me that it was over. However, during our dating prior to marriage I learned that she was still seeing him, and sleeping with him on nights we were not together. At one point, she even suggested that we three should live together, and she would alternate nights with each of us. I wasn't about to accept that. We're married now, but I know she still has at least a phone relationship with him. Her mother has recently moved in with us because I was told that circumstances in her life created that need. I've since learned that those dire straits were untrue. Most nights I go
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to bed alone because Sonny is chatting with her mother, with whom she's always had a close relationship, and with whom she lived when we first met. Recently, Sonny has contacted a man she met during her first marriage. She set up a meeting with him. I have no idea what transpired between them, neither initially nor at this time. I do know he has a child named for her. I've just learned that one of her children, supposedly from her first marriage, was fathered by another man during a period of separation in that marriage. On a recent romantic long weekend to a tropical destination, Sonny wanted no part of any sexual romance. Of course, this crushed me. Though I always think of "Sonny" as an enthusiastic sexual partner, she never initiates intimacy between us. We have been to a marriage counselor, whose concluding comment to me was, "Some beautiful women are like that," meaning they need attention from other men, I think. I'm seriously considering divorce,
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Investor Warren Buffett is having trouble finding something to buy at a reasonable price, so more than $122 billion cash has piled up at Berkshire Hathaway. The amount of cash and short-term investments Buffett is sitting on has grown steadily because Berkshire’s businesses and investments generate roughly $2 billion a month, and the conglomerate hasn’t made a major acquisition in several years. Berkshire’s last major acquisition came in early 2016, when it bought aviation parts maker Precision Castparts for $32.36 billion.
Since then Buffett hasn’t found another deal that meets his criteria: large, proven companies that he understands with an enduring competitive advantage selling at a reasonable price. Part of why it has been difficult to find deals is that many other prospective buyers, including hedge funds, are bidding on potential acquisitions and driving up prices. Buffett has said he will always keep at least $20 billion on hand at all times in case Berkshire’s insurance companies have to pay a big claim or some other need arises, so not all of the company’s cash is available for acquisitions.
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though I'm still in love with her. I'm feeling used, and find myself responding to some situations between us with anger. Can this marriage be saved? -Feeling Torn Dear Torn: You are not painting a very sunny picture of Sonny. Unless the two of you had a previous understanding that infidelity was part of the deal, her actions would leave anyone feeling used. Your therapist's observation that "some beautiful women are just this way" seems dismissive and flippant. You might consider seeing another therapist. Unless you are OK with Sonny's infidelity, this marriage will only bring you darkness and hurt. It's time to find a new therapist who helps you better understand what you would like out of a marriage. And then you need to tell Sonny in no uncertain terms what that is, perhaps being faithful. And what's with her mother? Is she enabling or encouraging Sonny to split the two of you apart? When I read your letter, I couldn't help but wonder why you married her if you knew she was cheating on you when you were dating. With good therapy, you can both decide if you want to stay together and make it work, or go your separate ways. Best of luck to you.
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AREA Your Trenton HyVee Floral Department specializes in • Everyday Arrangements • Wrapped Bouquets • Custom Orders • Weddings • Centerpieces • Sympathy Pieces including Silks, Green Plants and Casket Sprays
Shop online: WWW.HY-VEE.COM
Store: 359-2278
$
Black & Decker model BCRK32 Compact Refrigerator Plus a FREE $2500 meat 3.2 cf. bundle
00
99
LU# 95603
FREE $25 Meat Bundle with Purchase of B&D Compact Refrigerator at $99.00! Meat Bundle includes: 6 - 4 oz. Hy-Vee Midwest Pork Boneless Pork Loin Top Loin Chops, 2 - 1 Pound Packages Ground Chuck (85% lean, 15% fat), 2 - 1 Pound Packages Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts Limit 1 coupon per transaction. Limit 1 bundle per coupon. Coupon valid while supplies last.
MARS FUN SIZE CANDY BARS
MAMMOTH 7-10 DAY COOLER
$
$ 00
2 7
125
(Yeti comparable) 65 qt. Save $74.99 While supplies last
Select Varieties - 9.9 - 10.83 oz.
HY-VEE CHOICE RESERVE KC STRIP
HOME GROWN TOMATOES
$ 49
2
00
$ 99
4
lb.
Save $1.00 lb. Grown within 15 miles from the store
8 oz.
SALE AD Wednesday, August 28 through Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Extended Hours Sunday, September 1, 2019 ONLY 10am - 8 pm
MICHELOB ULTRA
12
$
FINAGREN’S IRISH WHISKEY
Matured In Hand-Crafted Barrels
$
2099
99
14
12 pack 12 fl. oz. cans or bottles
JACK DANIELS
FIREBALL CINNAMON WHISKEY
$
99
$
750 ml. Select Varieties
750 ml.
1499
750 ml.
BUD LIGHT LIME, ORANGE or PLATINUM
$
12
STELLA ROSA WINE
9
$ 99 750 ml.
Select Varieties
99
TUESDAY SPECIAL
THURSDAY ONLY • AUG. 29 • 4 - 7 P.M. * 4 - 7 P.M. HY-VEE MARINATED * * TENDERLOIN, HAMBURGER, * CHEESEBURGER OR BACON CHEESEBURGER ** • Baked potato W/BOTTOMLESS FRIES * • Choice of vegetable * * 8 oz. * 12 oz. * 00 * $ * Each * Dine In Or Carry Out! ONLY * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Add * *a pint* of* * WHOLE SMOKED mashed potatoes, baked beans or CHICKEN cole slaw for TH
RIBEYE STEAK
$ 00
12 pack 12 fl. oz. cans or bottles
BUDWEISER or BUD LIGHT King of Beers
20
$
88 30 pack
12 fl. oz. cans
8
SEPT. 2ND
8
$ 00
12
First Come First Served Limited Quantities
$ 00
ONLY
5
200
$
Each
Minimum $50.00 purchase required. Some exclusions apply. See store for details. The more you purchase, the more cents off per gallon you earn.
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