January 18th 2023 complete issue

Franklin County Adult Detention Center after he was arrested Sunday following a car chase in St. Louis.

Timothy

St. Louis County Police spotted Kalter’s vehicle earlier in the afternoon and gave chase but lost the vehicle when it entered St. Louis city. Pelton said a weapon was recovered in the

car Kalter was driving. Kalter has been indicted by a Franklin County Grand Jury with two counts of first-degree murder, one count of first-degree robbery and two counts of armed criminal action in the Jan. 4 shooting deaths of Ronald G. Kline Jr., 39, and Leslie Barstow, 34, both of Pacific. Kline Jr., died at the scene and Barstow died later at a St. Louis area hospital. Pelton said he believed Kalter shot both victims while sitting in the back seat of their car at a home in the 2400 block of Spring Valley Road the couple were sharing with Kline Jr.’s father. The car crashed into the home following the shooting. Pelton said Kalter was “associated” with the victims and had been at the home before. Investigators believe Kalter intended to rob the victims and was aware Kline Jr. was known to carry large sums of cash in a backpack he of-

ten carried. Prosecutors charged Kalter with stealing Kline Jr.’s backpack in the incident.

Pelton said police began searching for Kalter over a wide area immediately after the shooting. The suspect has a St. Louis city address but is known to stay in Franklin, Jefferson and Crawford counties. A Highway Patrol trooper spotted Kalter in a vehicle near the intersection of Highway MM and Highway 100 on Jan. 13 at approximately 4:30 p.m. Pelton said the trooper pursued Kalter who later crashed his vehicle and fled on foot, triggering an extensive manhunt in the Villa Ridge area which included the Franklin County SWAT team. The manhunt continued overnight and into the next day according to Pelton but police were unable to locate Kalter.

In custody

Purcells give $1M to Borgia High School

Commission puts pot sales tax on April ballot

By Geoff Folsom folsomg@emissourian.com

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“When

agenda, revenue from the tax would go to public safety, general revenue “or such other purpose as the County Commission may determine from time to time is

necessary and appropriate.”

“This tax generated, if passed, would go to public safety first and foremost,” Brinker said.

That means designating the tax for law enforcement and communications.

Brinker said after the meeting that marijuana tax revenue could go toward helping offset some of the lost revenue from the county’s landline 911 tax, which has been decreasing due to residents switching to cell phones and businesses using internet-based phones.

After commissioners voted to approve placing the tax on the ballot, Brinker praised Franklin County

Donation deemed largest in school’s history

By Bill Miller Jr. billmillerjr@emissourian.com

A 1952 graduate of St. Francis Borgia High School who hit it big in the tire business has given $1 million to his alma mater.

Robert G. “Bob” and Juanita Purcell’s gift to the St.

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“A gift of this magnitude tells us we are on the right track ... ”

Matt Schutte

Borgia School President

Francis Borgia Regional High School Endowment Fund is the largest individual gift in the school’s history, according to remarks made by endowment and school officials at an announcement event at the Bank of Washington Monday morning. “St. Francis Borgia really straightened me out which is one of the reasons I feel obligated to give something back,” Robert Purcell said after the formal announcement. “Father Erwin, (Rev. Erwin Huntsha, O.F.M.) the nuns and all of the teachers were mentors to me. I hope it (the gift) helps continue the higher principles that were instilled into me at the school to future generations.”

Purcell, of Potosi, is chairman of the board of Purcell Tire & Rubber Company, which was founded by his father, Robert M. Purcell, in Washington in 1935. Bob and his

Franklin County Sheriff Deputy Gage Turk, left, and Corporal Hunter Barnes, right, take Timothy J. Kalter into custody at the Franklin County jail Monday evening. Kalter has been charged with murder in the double homicide that happened outside

Pacific on Jan. 4. Submitted Photo.

Generous donation

Robert and Juanita Purcell, owners of Purcell Tire & Rubber Co., seated in center, donated $1 million to the St. Francis Borgia Regional High School endowment fund. The announcement was made at the Bank of Washington’s downtown branch Monday morning. Shown are members of Purcell’s staff, SFBHS staff and SFBRHS endowment board of trustees members. Pictured behind the Purcells from left, are Janell Hill, Mike Marquart, Dan Cape, Steve and Margrette Narup, Ellen Vossbrink, Bishop Mark Rivituso, Kurt Unnerstall, Moira Vossbrink, Matt Schutte, Fr. Kevin Schmittgens, Fr. Mike Boehm, Collene Unerstall, Bonnie Eckelkamp, Msgr. Mike Turek, L. B. Eckelkamp, Msgr. Ted Wojcicki, Donna Grahl and Mike Dempsey. Missourian Photo/Julia Hansen.

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wife, Juanita, took over the operation of Purcell Tire in 1964 when it had two locations. Under their leadership, Purcell Tire has grown from those two locations to become the third largest independent commercial tire dealership in North America, the nation’s largest retreader of off-the-road tires and one of the 10 largest independent

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and said his department was committed to bringing justice to the victims’ families. “No one deserves this to happen to them,” he noted. The sheriff said his department had logged over 1,000 man-hours investigating the case but said capturing the suspect was a “team” effort involving multiple law enforcement agencies in several counties, the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the U.S. Marshals Service.

tire dealers in the United States, according to a statement from the Purcell company.

Members of the school’s endowment committee thanked the Purcells at the event, which was attended by a number of clergy, including Bishop Mark Steven Rivituso and former school administrators.

“Your gift helps ensure the future of St. Francis Borgia High

“Truly this is a prime example of teamwork among law enforcement agencies. Everyone who worked on this case was committed to finding this guy. I need to thank the Sheriff’s office investigators, Sullivan police, Union police, Washington police, Pacific police, St. Clair police, Eureka police, the U.S. Marshals Service and the Missouri Highway Patrol as well as the Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney’s office and all of the law enforcement officers that assisted in Crawford, Jefferson and St. Louis coun-

School for many years to come. That was the idea when we started the endowment,” Monsignor Ted Wojcicki, president of the endowment committee said.

Since its inception in 1989, the endowment fund has distributed over $3 million to Borgia. As of January 2020, the fund has grown to $4 million, according to the school’s website.

“This is one of the most important gifts

ties for their dedication in the first steps of bringing justice for the victims and their families.

Pelton said Kalter had an extensive criminal history including assaulting a law-en-

the school has ever received,” L.B. Eckelkamp, secretary of the endowment committee, said while announcing the gift. “We have so much appreciation for the Purcells, we can’t say ‘thank you’ enough.”

“A gift of this magnitude tells us we are on the right track, as people invest their charitable dollars in causes they believe in. We hope this encour-

forcement officer and was well-known to his department. Kalter’s criminal history includes the following felony guilty convictions: stealing a motor vehicle, 1998; first-degree tampering, 2005; damage to jail property, 2005; theft of a credit card/letter, 2012; possession of a controlled substance, 2013; stealing a motor vehicle, 2013; felony theft, 2014; second-degree assault of law enforcement, 2015; and unlawful possession of a firearm, 2019.

ages others to consider supporting our school,” Borgia High School President Matt Schutte said Tuesday.

“Thank you for all of the kind words,” Robert Purcell said. “For a person who started as a tire changer working for my father, and a poor one at that, to be in this position to give back to a place that is very important to me, is really gratifying. It’s humbling.”

After the event, Purcell credited his success to Juanita, who is from Warrenton. “Really the best thing that ever happened to me came from across the river. We’ve been married 67 years. One of the things people say is that she is the smart one in this relationship. I know that, but I had the good sense to marry her, so that makes me pretty smart too.”

By Reid Glenn glennr@emissourian.com

The Beaufort-Leslie Fire Protection District is planning on building a new “decontamination room” at Fire House No. 2 in Leslie, which will decrease firefighters’ risk of cancer.

The district is seeking architectural proposals for an about 500 square foot addition that will include a laundry area and showers at Fire House No. 2 on the corner of Rennert Ave. and Main Street in Leslie.

“The showers are going to get the guys cleaned up faster and get their gear cleaned

up and ready for the next call faster, and not have to take this stuff to their private residences,” Chief Terry Feth said. “As far as showering and cleaning their personal uniform or clothes, they were having to take it home.” It is unclear how

much the project could cost, but Feth said funds for the project would come from the district’s regular budget.

“It should free up some other space and gain us some storage space,” Feth said.

The deadline to submit a bid is Jan. 31.

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ery year.”

While Friday was the last day to pay in person at the collector of revenue’s office at 400 E. Locust St., Room 103, in Union, some opted to pay at a drop box outside until Sunday’s deadline. Trentmann said he was there at midnight Sunday to empty the box, with any payments coming after that considered late.

“It wasn’t packed full,” he said of the drop box. “I’ve seen it where it was busting at the seams. It wasn’t that bad this year.”

Trentmann said that Friday, the last day his office was open before the deadline, it was not as busy as past years on the last day to pay in person. “It was busy but not crazy busy, steady busy all day,” he said.

Trentmann’s office was still processing mail payments Tuesday.

While bills likely had to be mailed Saturday to be postmarked by the deadline, they were still coming in Tuesday. Trentmann said they had a tub and a half of mailed bills to process Tuesday morning, which is about 5,000 bills.

The deadline to pay taxes was pushed back from its traditional Dec. 31 after issues with the county’s computer system led to bills not being ready on time.

As of Friday morning, 38,767 tax bills were still outstanding, meaning more than 96,000 of the 135,000 accounts that owed taxes had paid them. While they have not had an official update, around 2,000 more payments were received Friday plus what has

us in prayer for this student’s recovery,” read a message he sent to guardians of St. Clair students.

The driver of the van, 60-year-old Anita Nunnery, of St. Clair, was wearing a seat belt and was uninjured.

Kruse said the bus had not yet stopped at the time of the crash, but was slowing to approach the stop. The highway patrol reports that the school bus had yellow flashing lights.

“The district has checked and confirmed that we followed all of our normal safety procedures and the bus was operating normally,” Kruse said.

He added that the bus was uninvolved and undamaged.

come in since.

Typically, about 25 percent of taxpayers pay on the last day, Trentmann said.

“Numbers wise, we are a little ahead of that,” he said, noting that his office will continue to get mail payments that are postmarked in time well into this week.

The collector’s office was busy with people paying taxes at the end of December and has remained busy in January, Trentmann said.

Those who did not pay by the deadline will owe penalty and interest of 2 percent each month for up to nine months, after which a final 9 percent penalty will be added, if not paid.

While the county’s correct website for tax payments is billpay.forte. net/FRANKLINCOMOTAX, the collector’s office mistakenly sent out a second address on bills that took at least one user to a website called BillPayIt that is no longer in service. After The Missourian was alerted by email about the expired website, we forwarded the email to Trentmann.

Trentmann replied that this was the first he had heard of the incorrect website being on bills, and he tried the website, and it took him to a page that said “error.” Trentmann notified the vendor and was told the website expired in September.

“(Collector’s staff) resolve the same issue hundreds of times a day when people call and report ‘it doesn’t work’, these are always a user issue,” Trentmann wrote the man who emailed about the issue. “You truly are the first person to have pointed out this link is not working.”

Creative design

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Missourian Photo/Julia Hansen.

Pacific approves traffic study on roundabout

By Geoff Folsom folsomg@emissourian.com

Earlier this month, the Pacific Board of Aldermen approved a traffic study that could lead to the construction of a roundabout at a busy intersection off Interstate 44.

The city will retain George L. Crawford & Associates, known as CBB, of St. Louis, to conduct the traffic engineering study for the streets around Pacific’s exit and entrance ramps for westbound Interstate 44. The study includes Viaduct Street, which connects with the ramps at a current all-way stop just north of its intersection with Osage Street, or old Route 66; Hogan Road, which connects into Viaduct Street just north of the interchange and runs west to Gray Summit; and Thornton Road, which Viaduct Street runs into north of Hogan Road. Thornton Road has a truck stop and other truck-related businesses, while also connecting to hous-

ing developments.

The study will cost $19,900.

The project has an estimated cost of $3 million, with the city responsible for $600,000. According to minutes from the board of aldermen’s Dec. 20 meeting, Pacific cannot afford that cost but has discussed a cost-sharing agreement with the Missouri Department of Transportation.

Despite approving the agreement, some aldermen indicated they would like options other than a roundabout to be considered.

Alderman Andrew Nemeth asked if the city had received clarification about the possibility of traffic backing up from Osage Street into the roundabout.

“In a lot of the roundabouts that you see, whether it’s the ones at (Highway) 100 in Wildwood or some of the ones that are around, there’s really not a stoplight that affects those,” he said. “The traffic is just consis-

tently moving through.

… The reason for this is to get rid of the stacking issue that we have. My worry is that if that light sits there for a minute or two, however long that sits, could that back into the traffic circle and cause even more problems?”

City Administrator Steve Roth said the planned study would also evaluate traffic at the intersection of Osage and Viaduct streets.

The study is incorporating a “modest” level of growth into it, including a potential 200 new single family homes off Thornton Road, as well as a hotel, small retail center and restaurant off Hogan Road, Roth said.

“In my conversations with the consultant, if we were to have a major development along the lines of Gravois Bluffs, something just huge, then, obviously, it would be a type of game-changer, in which you would have to do further traffic impact studies to understand what you would need

to do to accommodate that,” Roth said.

With trucks using the intersection because of the Pilot truck stop north of it, Alderman James Cleeve said “a roundabout is the worst thing you can do for truck traffic.”

“I agree something needs to be done there for sure, I can’t find anything that says a roundabout’s the way to go there,” he said. “With five entrance points makes it even worse.”

Officials said the study could come back with ideas other than a roundabout.

“Once they do the traffic study on this portion of the area, that could potentially negate the idea of a roundabout being the best alternative for that intersection,” Mayor Heather Filley said. “Or they could continue to say, yes, that is the best approach. This is just to allow them to get more information and make a more ‘finalized’ plan to put in front of the board for discussion.”

Benito, right, leans over to look at another child’s kindness rock Jan. 16 as she and Kenna Huenink design their own at the Four Rivers YMCA in Washington. The kids were coloring designs onto the rocks with reminders to be kind in honor of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

Schools’ graduation rates above state average

By Reid Glenn glennr@emissourian.com

Class of 2022 graduates of Franklin County school districts attended two-year colleges at a much higher rate than others across the state, according to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

At the end of 2022, DESE released report cards for individual districts throughout the state with data on graduation and dropout rates and data showing what area graduates chose 180 days after the 2021-2022 school year. The report cards also included data on test scores that will be included in a forthcoming Missourian article.

Meramec Valley R-III Superintendent Dr. Carrie Schwierjohn called the data “a look in the rearview mirror” but she and other superintendents from the Washington, St. Clair R-XIII and New Haven school districts said they use the data to examine how schools operate and the services they offer.

St. Clair had 39.3 percent of graduates respond that they were in an associate program. Though there weren’t enough St. Clair graduates to go to technical school for DESE to list the district’s data,

Kruse said the two-yeardegree figure “tells him that our building trades program is a pretty applicable thing to have.” St. Clair High School added the program in the fall of 2022.

Nearly 15 percent of St. Clair grads went to a four-year college. Washington High School sent 29.9 percent of its 2022 alumni to earn an associate degree and 28.6 percent enrolled at a four-year institution.

Many Pacific High School graduates went to college too, with 23.7 percent going to a two-year and 20.2 percent enrolling at a four-year university.

New Haven sent the highest percentage of students to college in The Missourian’s coverage area, 39.5 percent went to a two-year and 27.9 percent attended a four-year college.

In Washington, a further 29.6 percent of respondents said that they were employed full time 180 days after graduating and 1.9 percent said they were in the military. Pacific sent 34.3 of its graduates into the workforce and 2.5 percent went to a technical institution.

Six percent of St. Clair High School graduates responded that they had entered the military, while 27.9 percent are employed. New Haven had

16.3 percent of graduates enter the workforce.

Statewide, 34 percent of graduates go to a fouryear school and 23.9 percent go to a two-year college. The military is a route chosen by 2.3 percent of students statewide and 2.5 percent go to technical schools after high school.

The figure for technical schools is not available for Washington, St. Clair and New Haven because of low participation. The same is true for Pacific and New Haven students who went into the military.

It makes sense that Franklin County students, especially those who live closer to St. Louis, seek more education after leaving college — it’s readily accessible. Within 60 miles of Washington there are 21 four-year colleges and seven two-year colleges, including seminaries and for-profit institutions, according to the U.S. Department of Education. There are also 14 technical or career colleges, including cosmetology, masseuse and health schools, within the same distance.

Washington had 292 graduates in the class of 2022. Its four-year graduation rate — the percentage of students who graduated on time — was 92.4 percent, near 2020-21’s total of 93

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Prosecuting Attorney

Matthew Becker, while taking a shot at St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner. Brinker cited a KSDK report that a 54-year-old woman who allegedly traded gunfire with police and threatened to shoot up a Social Security office Friday was released Saturday after Gardner’s office declined to charge the woman, saying it needed

more police follow-up.

Brinker said he planned to write the offices of Gov. Mike Parson and Attorney General Andrew Bailey to “step in and take over for St. Louis’ ineptness in the prosecutor’s office.” “It’s time to act, we can’t sit back any more and allow this to happen to our greatest economic engine in Missouri, the city of St. Louis,” he said. “It’s what

makes all things tick in this block of Missouri’s economy. And when you have things like this going on, you’re going to have agencies, corporations and businesses not wishing to locate here or not wishing to remain here for fear of their lives and law enforcement’s lives.

So again, thank you to Matt Becker’s office and the law enforcement folks that do prosecute crime here.”

Congrats for community service

Life post-grad

Emma Dysche, center, reacts as confetti falls on her and her classmates May 12, 2022, at the culmination of the St. Clair High School’s 2022 commencement ceremony. Districts around the area recently received their “report cards” from the state that tracks various data including graduation rates and what students do after high school. Missourian File Photo/Ethan Colbert.

percent, and higher than the state average of 89.7 percent. St. Clair led the readership area in graduation rate — 94 percent with 141 students — but the figure was a 1.3 percent drop from 2021. Meramec Valley graduated 205 seniors in 2022 at a rate of 91.1 percent. In 2022, 35 students graduated from New Haven High School, the district had a graduation rate of 88.7 percent, less than last year’s mark of 93.3 percent.

Superintendent Dr. Kyle Kruse said district administrators

were “happy to see” both the graduation rate and dropout rate at St. Clair are better than the state average. St. Clair’s dropout rate was 1.7 percent, compared to the state average of 1.9 percent. Last year the district posted a dropout rate of just 1.2 percent. The most recent rate for Washington students was close: 1.8 percent, on par with the year prior, when it was 1.7 percent. Meramec Valley posted a dropout rate of 1.5 percent and New Haven’s was 0.6 percent.

Data for the Union R-XI School District was previously covered in print and is available online at emissourian.com.

Jocelyn Allender, 3, peaks through playground equipment at Phoenix Park Jan. 16 as she attempts to climb ropes up to one of the slides. Despite some cloud coverage in the morning, as the weather warmed later in the day, people were out and about visiting Washington’s parks.

Missourian Photo/Julia Hansen.

From left, Darryl Holtmeyer, Knights of Columbus district deputy, recently presented the Columbian award to Knights of Columbus Council 16213 retiring Grand Knight Mark Monroig. The council was given the award for community work it had done including: donating $5,800 and two pickup loads of canned goods to a local food pantry, donating $3,000 to Washington Pregnancy Assistance Center, donating $2,500 to Special Olympics, donating $12,000 to area catholic schools, hosting a youth fishing derby and installing two wheelchair ramps.

Submitted Photo.

Making good on their word

Lee Parks, center, with Hope Ranch, is pictured with Washington Rotary Club members Jan. 12 after giving a presentation to the club. Hope Ranch in a home for foster children located near Stanton and the Washington Rotary Club has recently completed the third of five $10,000 payments, totaling $50,000, it pledged to the organization.

New Haven district buys new signs

By Reid Glenn glennr@emissourian.com

The New Haven School Board approved the purchase of two new signs with four full-color LED video boards.

Constructed of brick or fauxbrick, the signs will be placed in front of New Haven Elementary and New Haven High School replacing the current old-school letter boards. They’ll be purchased from and installed by Ziglan Signs, of Washington, for a total cost up to $120,000.

“It allows us to communicate with the community and it also dresses up the front of the (high school) building, with it just being cars in front during the day,” Superintendent Josh Hoener said. Funding is coming from a few different places in the district’s budget, including about $18,000

in credit card rewards, and money raised by the class of 2020, and some donated by the Parent Teacher Organization. Installation is pending approval from the city, but Hoener was confident there would not be problems. Board member Tim Schuck expressed concern for vandalism if the video boards were constructed at the planned height of two feet off the ground. He suggested raising the boards out of kicking range, considering popular events at the City Park and American Legion facilities that neighbor New Haven High School. Hoener said planned landscaping would prevent immediate access to the boards and that a camera on the front would capture vandalism, but the board agreed to raise the budget for the project. For an additional $107,571, the sign would be raised several feet.

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Pacific students to elect board representative

By Reid Glenn glennr@emissourian.com

Pacific High School students will vote this month for the Meramec Valley R-III School District’s first student representatives after the school board approved adding the positions to the district in December.

Dr. Carrie Schwierjohn

Superintendent Dr. Carrie Schwierjohn said the district wants “more student voice” when it comes to planning future programming, course offerings and other programs. Two juniors will be nominated by students at Pacific High School and will serve one-year terms on the board.

“It’s a good opportunity for us to stay connected with the students,” current board President Matt Trower said. “Having them be an active participant in our meetings allows us to get direct feedback as we talk through things.”

During the December Meramec Valley School Board meeting, members discussed the role and responsibilities of a representative.

“Those students will prepare a student report every month,” Schwierjohn said. “They would work through a student organization — most likely student council — where they report back on issues that the school board is looking for input on.”

Schwierjohn said more and more school districts nationally are adding the position. The Washington School District has had two representatives who each served for a year. They have presented at every meeting and on Jan. 12, the district announced on social media the election of Blake Deppe, the third student representative.

Schwierjohn said a good fit for the position would be someone who is interested in local government, but also someone who is representative of the student body. She has never worked with student board representatives before, but will be meeting with them prior to board meetings to prepare them for questions and topics the board is discussing.

“As we’re talking through new initiatives or trying to come up with different things or assessing how we’re doing specific things that are student-impactful, it gives us a sounding board and somebody we can ask questions to,” Trower said.

Missourian Photo/Julia Hansen.

St. Clair board OKs building maintenance work at schools

By Reid Glenn glennr@emissourian.com

The hallways at Edgar Murray Elementary in St. Clair will be water tight soon — the board of education unanimously agreed to replace the 20-year-old leaky rubber roof.

St. Clair R-XIII School District Superintendent Dr. Kyle Kruse said at the board’s Jan. 12 meeting that because of the age of the roof at the building, the roof started shrinking at the seams and could not be patched further. The board approved repairs by Beachwood, Ohio company Tremco Roofing, as recommended by their five-year roofing maintenance plan.

Tremco has contracted with the district “for a couple years,” Kruse said, and the company reported several issues with cracking, patches and failed brick joints. The rubber roof needs to be replaced and the walls require tuckpointing.

The board approved a $675,000 budget for the project, as recommended by Tremco, but contractors estimated it to cost $485,599. The new roof will come with a 10year warranty but can be resealed to prolong its lifetime, just like the current roof.

Another repair the district needs to make soon is to seal some leaks around the gutter scuppers on the preschool wing of St. Clair Elementary School, according to Tremco. However, the board decided the

Dr. Kyle Kruse

$282,394 cost was out of its budget. Members directed maintenance staff to use their budget to patch the leaks with a stopgap solution, which they had been doing for several years.

“We try to get as much done as we can each year, but of course there are constraints and we have not been able to keep up with the recommended five-year list in terms of us keep pushing on down the line a bit,” Kruse said.

Later in the meeting, Kruse broke the news that The Garland Company, of Cleveland, would be replacing, for free, the sheet metal roofing it previously installed over the junior high gym. The metal is starting to rust where it is fastened to the roof and it doesn’t work right, especially in the wind. Kruse said the thin roof warps and isn’t watertight as air moves around the metal.

The original cost of the material was $33,544, and that price has nearly tripled, according to an email from a Garland representative.

Union man hurt in Hwy. 61 crash near Wentzville

A Union man was injured Jan. 11 in a two-car wreck on Highway 61 northwest of Wentzville in St. Charles County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

The highway patrol reports that at 8:35 a.m., 58-year-old Steven Corio was driving a 1997 Chevrolet Silverado northbound when he failed to yield to southbound traffic at Highway W. The side of his pickup truck was struck by a southbound 2009 Volkswagen Jetta, driven by 20-year-old Cyleigh Pickering, of Moscow Mills.

Both Pickering and Corio were injured, despite wearing seat belts, and received treatment from the St. Charles County Ambulance District.

Corio was transported to Mercy Hospital St. Louis with moderate injuries and Pickering was transported to SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital with minor injuries, according to the highway patrol.

Advancing to nationals

Members of the Pacific High School Marine Corps junior ROTC Marksmanship Team, from left, Annabelle Schneider, LilyAnn Shuls, Robert Quade Jr., Malissa Dailey and Brooke McKay, stand at the high school after qualifying for Nationals last week following their Secondplace finish at the Midwest Regionals. The nationals competition will be held at Ft. Benning, Georgia, Jan. 18. During regionals Dailey finished second overall amongst 150 competitors, McKay was first in the new shooter category and third overall, Schneider, was second in the new shooter category.

ABiLITY

Submitted Photo/Meramec Valley R-III School District.

Ameren Missouri

American Family Casey Zastrow Agency

American Family Thomas Holdmeier Agency

American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 297

Animal Hospital of Washington B&B Barbeque

B & J Printing Bank of Franklin County Bank of Washington

Bayer

Baywash Car Wash

Bleckman Machine & Supply, Inc.

Boy Scouts of America

Carol Stieffermann Agency, LLC

Citizens Bank

City of Washington

Clemco Industries

Coldwell Banker Premier Riverview Office

Compass Health Crawford Electric CSC

D & J Vending

DAN Enterprises LP

One of the good guys

Washington lost a civic leader, ambassador, shrewd businessman and all around solid citizen last week when Randy Brown passed away at the age of 73.

Brown was all of those things but just as importantly, he was a good person, a family man and a straight-shooter who cared deeply about the things that mattered in life. He was a small town guy with a big heart who loved Wash ington, the Boy Scouts and telling stories. We will remember him with a smile on his face because he was almost always smiling.

Brown stepped into the footwear industry in 1979, joining the family foot wear business founded by his parents, Ransome and Lois Brown. Brown’s Family Shoe Store in downtown Washington was already something of an institution due to his parent’s hard work and the indomitable spirit of his mother, “Ma” Brown when he took over the business.

tice of using special devices and footwear to help ease and treat those with foot-related problems in his stores. If you were one of those experiencing the myriad of toe, foot or ankle pains, Browns was the place you went for relief.

Brown, a certified pedorthist, figured out that a lot of people experienced foot problems and needed shoe modifications. So did New Balance. It was a prescient association on Brown’s part. Once chided as “Dad Shoes” and deemed uncool, New Balance is one of the hottest brands on the market today. Brown figured out the potential of the internet before many of his retail contemporaries. Because of his leadership, Brown Enterprises gained a national reputation. A member of the National Shoe Retailers Association since 1982, Brown served 20 years its board of directors and was elected chairman in 2004. He received many awards from the organization and was inducted into its hall of fame in 2021.

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From a single family-owned store in Washington, Brown expanded the business into a major enterprise after forming a key relationship with one of the world’s major sports footwear and apparel manufacturers, New Balance. His company, Brown Enterprises, grew rapidly. The company would go on to open retail stores in St. Louis, Branson, Overland Park, Kansas, and Fairview Heights, Illinois.

Few around here had probably heard of the term pedorthics before Brown began widely incorporating the prac-

Brown gave back to the community he called home. He served on the boards and was president of both the Washington Area Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Washington, Inc. A graduate of Washington High School, Brown was a lifelong advocate of the school and served on the Washington board of education and was active in many other civic causes and initiatives.

Brown was one of the good guys in our community. He was a great ambassador for Washington. He will be missed.

Letter to the Editor

“We the people” means all of us

To the Editor:

Let’s clear up one thing about the goals of the current Republican Party. When they say they are working to improve the lives of “the American people,” they never say which people. It’s hard to deny that, for the past 30 years, with increasing devotion, they have been working for corporate America and individual billionaires.

The current tug of war between the Treasury Department and the U.S. House of Representatives over increasing the debt ceiling is case in point. The new Speaker, Kevin McCarthy, promised the insurrectionists in his caucus that he wouldn’t raise the debt

ceiling without cuts in spending. Rather than raising taxes on his billionaire buddies, he would cut programs that millions of American families rely on for survival.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned House members that not raising the debt ceiling will negatively affect global financial stability and the very livelihoods American workers depend on. This game of cat and mouse has gone on long enough. It’s time to demand that Republican leaders recognize that “We, the people” means all of us, not just their top campaign donors.

Susan Cunningham Pacific

President Joe Biden’s Labor Department recently announced a new rule that will permit money managers to play politics with trillions of dollars of people’s retirement savings.

The administration is pushing environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, which allows retirement fund managers to select stocks of companies based on their positions on social and environmental issues.

Put simply, retirement savings will be used as leverage to force companies to reduce their carbon emissions and establish racial and gender quotas and other social justice fads completely unrelated to securing a high return on workers’ lifetime savings.

For example, to reduce greenhouse gases, money managers have divested in traditional oil and gas companies such as Exxon or Chevron. How has that worked out so far? Last year, these were two of the highestperforming stocks.

Socially conscious investing has been around for decades. I have no problem with individual shareholders choosing stocks that comport with their personal values.

I have friends, for example, who refuse to invest in Starbucks because the coffee company is fighting unionization by employees. Fine. It’s a free country.

But it’s an entirely different matter when trillion-dollar investment and retirement funds such as BlackRock inject their own biases into the way they invest people’s savings without their knowledge or consent.

It’s even worse when these biases rob investors of a high rate of return on their nest eggs.

Terrence Keeley, a former executive at BlackRock, blew the whistle on this scam in the Wall Street Journal by noting that since 2017, when the ESG fad took hold, these funds have had an annual rate of return of 6.3% — versus 8.9% for the stock market as a whole. Investors lost 2.6% per year on their retirement funds. There goes the down payment on that retirement home in Arizo-

na or Florida. What is insidious about the new Biden administration ESG rules is that they permit and even tacitly encourage portfolio managers at firms such as BlackRock to violate their fiduciary duty to their clients by allowing ESG factors to trump sound investment decisions. Federal regulators are supposed to be ensuring the soundness of retirement funds, not shrinking them.

To make matters worse, researchers at Columbia University and the London School of Economics found ESG funds may not even be achieving their goals. The study compared the ESG records of American companies in 147 ESG fund portfolios to ones in over 2,000 non-ESG portfolios and found that the ESG companies were often worse when it came to labor and environmental law compliance.

The good news is that there is a backlash emerging against ESG. Late last year, one of the largest money managers, Vanguard, wisely announced it was withdrawing from the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative, a major climate change alliance.

Going forward, ESG investment policies should be illegal (SET ITAL) unless (END ITAL) individual investors check the box to have their money invested in such politically motivated investments.

By the way, victims of the law policies are often unionized workers — America’s truckers, factory workers and teachers — whose lifetime savings are put at risk.

Bravo to Vanguard for pulling out of the ESG scam. If you’ve invested your money with BlackRock or State Street, you might want to ask why they haven’t done the same.

Stephen Moore is a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation and an economist with FreedomWorks. His latest book is “Govzilla: How the Relentless Growth of Government is Devouring our Economy.”

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If classified documents found at Biden’s place are no big deal, then let’s see them

PARIS — So it turns out that classified documents have now been found in the garage of the Wilmington, Delaware, home of U.S. President Joe Biden. They were caught red-handed, rooming with his Corvette, but he’d like everyone to know that it’s “a locked garage, OK? So it’s not like they’re sitting out on the street.”

Oh, in that case, carry on, then. Maybe just put them inside the Corvette, in a child’s car seat, and make sure that the car has a wheel lock on it. Unfortunately for Biden, having classified material under lock and key at home doesn’t actually excuse its presence there. But if it’s really not that big of a deal, then let’s see it and judge for ourselves. I won’t hold my breath.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre used passive language to describe the discovery, acknowledging that a “small number of documents were found,” as though the material somehow traveled over 100 miles away from Washington, DC, on its own. So who put it there? We don’t yet know with absolute certainty. That’s what a Justice Department special counsel probe, which has since been announced, will hopefully find out.

The precise nature of the documents is also unclear.

But it’s not a stretch to assume that there would be a link between their contents and the motivation for memory-holing them next to a hot rod in a neighboring state. What we do know, however, is that they were found in late December as a result of a search conducted by Biden’s personal attorneys - and that the search was sparked by a prior finding of even more classified documents found by Biden’s attorneys earlier in November at the president’s Washington-based think tank, the “Penn Biden Center.” Those documents reportedly relate to Ukraine, Iran, and the UK, and date between 2013 and 2015, during Biden’s time as U.S. vice president during President Barack Obama’s administration. What they say could be highly relevant to present-day challenges and realities.

The current conflict in Ukraine popped off in ear-

By Rachel Marsden

nest with the Western-backed Euromaidan protests in November 2013. Both before and after, the country has been exploited as an outpost of the State Department and the Pentagon against Russia through low-intensity regional conflict that only went red-hot in February 2022. But before that, U.S. special interests were crawling all over Ukraine positioning themselves for profit, including Biden’s own son, Hunter Biden, who somehow landed a job on a Ukrainian company board.

“The Vice President has been leading the administration’s effort to support a sovereign, democratic Ukraine, visiting the country three times in 2014,” reads the Obama administration’s archives about Biden’s role at that time. So the selectively removed Ukraine-related documents from that particular period that found their way into Biden’s personal possession could perhaps shed some light on how the world ended up in its current mess.

Far too often, classification is abused. Rather than being used strictly as a means of protecting noble national interests, it has also been used to cover up corruption, wrongdoing, and other nefarious activity — the kind that could present a threat to the establishment if the public ever became aware. The disclosures made by NSA and CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden back in 2013, exposing a massive, excessive dragnet of gratuitous information collection on American citizens were a case in point.

So were many of the revelations made by Wikileaks and its founder, Julian Assange, the first of which was a classified video of U.S. military personnel sounding like they were playing a video game while gunning down 12 people, including a couple of Reuters journalists in Iraq, who had all been treated as armed insurgents far too casually - raising questions of how often this sort of thing happens.

A lack of information can also be hidden behind classification to start wars, like when the President George W. Bush administration cited classified U.S.

intelligence related to weapons of mass destruction as the justification for invading Iraq. Rather than concrete and transparent evidence, the entire argument on which Congress voted 96 percent in favor of sending Americans into another foreign war amounted to, “Trust me, bro.”

So given the potential for abuse of classification, how many among the classified documents found in Biden’s possession were labeled as such to hide embarrassing shadiness that could harm personal interests? Biden isn’t even alone among recent Oval Office occupants to have shared a private residence with secret documents in the way that normal people do house pets. Former President Donald Trump is also under investigation after boxes of top secret documents were removed from his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, reportedly related to Iran and China.

At least whistleblowers like Snowden and Assange, who have both been charged under the US Espionage Act for misuse of classified documents, ultimately served the public interest in exposing what they considered to be government wrongdoing. At the height of the Snowden fiasco, in 2014, even Snowden’s boss, former NSA deputy director John Inglis — now Biden’s National Cyber director — told me that he accepted that Snowden had concerns, but that he went about addressing them in a totally inappropriate way. So however misguided one may consider Assange’s and Snowden’s methods, their actions ultimately weighed in favor of the public good

While whistleblowers Assange and Snowden face penalties of decades in prison, Biden (who called Assange a “high-tech terrorist” back in 2010) and Trump, whose mishandling of classified material appears to be for purely selfish reasons, continue to enjoy their freedom and the backing of their respective partisan supporters and cheerleaders, both inside the Beltway and beyond. This glaring double standard proves just how backward and self-preserving the whole system is. (C)2023 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

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Pirates plunder Borgia

St. Charles defeats Knights

By Arron Hustead husteada@emissourian.com

Two of the winningest teams in the history of the Washington Boys Basketball Tournament clashed in its championship game Friday.

St. Charles (14-2) claimed its seventh championship in the tournament’s 52-year history Friday, besting St. Francis Borgia (151), 73-60.

Borgia, the 13-time champions of the tournament, finished second in the event for the second year in a row.

Only Washington (eight wins) and the crosstown Knights have won the tournament more times than the Pirates.

St. Charles raced out of the starting gate to claim a 25-10 lead in the first quarter and doubled up Borgia at halftime, 44-22.

“They came out and played with some purpose,” Borgia Head Coach Dave Neier said. “They were a lot more aggressive than we were. They got better shots. We weren’t really flying around on defense, and they came out to win the ball game. It looked like our kids were worried about losing the game instead of doing the things they needed to (do) to win the game.”

St. Charles capitalized on early Borgia mistakes with hot shooting. The Pirates shot 46.2 percent from threepoint range for the contest, a number that was See St. Charles Page 5B

Crashing down

Wrestling Lady Jays win Sherri Lance Invitational

By Arron Hustead husteada@emissourian.com

A fourth girls wrestling tournament championship was in the cards for the Washington Lady Jays Friday.

Washington captured the tournament title at Rockwood Summit’s annual Sherri Lance Invitational with 191 points.

The win adds to Washington collec-

tion this season, which also includes wins at Parkway South’s Chip Allison Patriot Classic, the Raytown South Invitational and the Gateway Athletic Conference Tournament. Marquette was the runner-up Friday with 161 points. Northwest (158), Lafayette (151) and Lindbergh (95) rounded out the top five teams at Summit. Union (50.5) ranked 10th and Pacific

(28) 15th at the event.

Washington’s Nina Zimmermann (105 pounds) and Annelise Obermark (135) each won their weight classes at the event.

Lindsey Mueller (100) and Ava Griffey (120) both took second place.

Kendra Bliss (125), Bri James (140) and Loren Thurmon (170) each claimed their place on the podium by winning third.

Brenna Langenberg led the New Haven Lady Shamrocks to the Union Tournament consolation title Saturday with a 46-45 win over Blair Oaks.

Battleline

By | BILL Battle

Trip back into time

If you’re old enough to remember it, “The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show” used to have a segment called “Peabody’s Improbable History,” where the Wayback Machine took Sherman and Mr. Peabody to historical events.

I’m going to borrow the Wayback Machine and set it to 1987, the year which today’s two tales took place. Last week the National Sports Media Association (formerly National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association) announced its 2022 award winners. Making the hall of fame was former St. Louis Blues broadcaster Dan Kelly. It’s a well-deserved honor.

You’ve probably heard Kelly’s voice on many historic hockey calls. The iconic Bobby Orr game-winner in overtime of the 1970 Stanley Club against the Blues is one. In the 1980s, Kelly got many of the big assignments.

I grew up watching and listening to the Blues and was thrilled to get my first chance to attend a Blues game at the old Arena as a media member.

I was the sports editor of the Meramec Montage, the student paper of St. Louis Community College-Meramec. The Blues PR department, under Susie Mathieu, graciously allowed college journalists to attend games as a learning experience, as long as they had room in the old cramped press box.

Going around

Union’s Mya Minor tries to fight her way around Jefferson City’s Emmarie Graham Saturday during the Union Tournament championship game. Jefferson City won. Both Minor and Graham made the all-tournament team. Missourian Photo/Bill Battle.

Jefferson City halts Lady’ Cats

By Bill Battle battleb@emissourian.com

For the third season in a row, the Jefferson City Lady Jays are the Union Girls Basketball Invitational champions. Jefferson City (10-4) held off host Union (104) for the event title, 4129.

“I thought their defense was the difference,” Union Head Coach Brian Karvinen said. “We’ll see them again in the district. I thought it was a good high school basketball game. We just have to figure out a way to score.”

The title was Jefferson City’s 15th since 1992. The Lady Jays have captured 11 in 13 title game appearances since 2004.

Union, on the other hand, was making its first championship game appearance since 1986.

Union was able to limit Jefferson City defensively, holding the

Lady Jays to 41 points.

You entered the old Arena through the ramp on the south side. While everything had its place in that area under the stands, it had an air of being in disarray. Once in a while, if you looked in the right place, you would see one of the cats they kept around, likely for rodent control.

Between the entry and the media room, one went past the Zamboni spot and the visiting team’s locker room.

To say the locker room was small was an understatement. The visiting team was crammed in pretty good. That meant the coach generally had to find some extra space. And, the visitors that night were the Boston Bruins.

Sitting outside the locker room on a couch which looked like it had been claimed from somebody’s curb was no other than Terry O’Reilly, the Tasmanian Devil himself.

Collecting hockey cards growing up, O’Reilly had been a favorite of mine as an allstar right winger. Guy LaFleur was another favorite. This is well before his additional cult status of being Happy Gilmore’s favorite player.

Karvinen said 40 was the goal.

“Our goal before the game was to hold them to 40,” Karvinen said.

Somehow, I ended up chatting with Terry about the car he bought with his first signing bonus. We’re sitting there See Battleline Page 5B

Borgia junior Tate Marquart (23) draws a foul from St. Charles Blake Wiggs (1) on this drive to the basket in the first half Friday at the Washington Tournament. Chris Ketchum (pictured, back right) was named the tournament MVP as the Pirates beat Borgia. Missourian Photo/Arron Hustead.

Lady Shamrocks rally to edge Blair Oaks, 46-45

By Bill Battle battleb@emissourian.com

Trailing by as much as 11 points, the New Haven basketball Lady Shamrocks fought back to edge Blair Oaks Saturday in the 43rd Annual Union Girls Basketball Invitational consolation game, 4645.

“It took a big run to close the gap,” New Haven Head Coach Austin Peirick said. “It was a great second-half effort. Again, it’s going to be a matter going forward of putting four quarters together. It was nice to see that real strong second half. We had some girls hit shots who need to hit shots.”

New Haven improved to 7-5 with the win while Blair Oaks dropped to 3-8.

The game was tied after eight minutes, 1111, but Blair Oaks used a nine-point run to take a 24-17 lead at the half.

Blair Oaks took an 11-point lead with 5:22 to play in the third quarter when Belle Boessen hit the second of backto-back baskets.

Peirick called a timeout and New Haven responded after the break.

New Haven scored the next 17 points, including the final 15 of the third quarter, to move in front.

“We kept getting stops and we finally were able to convert on the offensive end,” Peirick said.

Aubri Meyer hit a basket with 56.5 seconds to play in the quarter, giving New Haven

a 29-28 lead. The Lady Shamrocks were up after three quarters, 3228.

Blair Oaks wasn’t finished either. The Lady Falcons came back and took a 44-41 lead with 3:17 to play after Emma Wolken hit a three-point basket.

Liz Luecke buried a three for the Lady Shamrocks, tying the game with 2:25 to play.

Boessen hit a free throw with 1:33 to go, and that gave Blair Oaks a 45-44 lead.

That’s how it stood until Meyer hit a long two-point shot with 35 seconds to play, putting New Haven back on top, 46-45.

Blair Oaks worked the ball to Boessen, but her shot went off the rim and New Haven gathered the rebound. After a missed free throw on the other end, Blair Oaks had one final chance, but couldn’t score.

Brenna Langenberg led New Haven in scoring with 25 points. She knocked down three three-point shots and went 2-5 from the freethrow line. She scored 14 points in the second half.

“Brenna had a great tournament,” Peirick said. “She averaged 24 points a game and she worked really hard. She was patient with some of the growing pains we had in different quarters. She showed up in the scoring column, but also distributed the ball really well and was active on the defensive

end of the floor. In that last timeout, I needed someone to step up and take on the ball without fouling. She said she wanted it before I could get the words out of my mouth. She’s stepping into that leadership role. She wants the ball and wants the opportunity to impact the game in a positive role. We appreciate it and hope it continues.”

Meyer was next with eight points, all in the second half.

Tressa Carver finished with six points. Alayna Lagemann added four and Luecke scored three.

New Haven had four three-point baskets and went 2-14 from the freethrow line.

“We spend a lot of time on free throws and our girls know the importance of it,” Peirick said.

Wolken and Baley Rackers each scored 14 points to lead Blair Oaks. Rackers hit four of her team’s three-point shots and Wolken had the other two.

Autumn Bax was next with eight points. Boessen had five points while Chesney Luebbering and Taylor Groner scored two points apiece.

The Lady Falcons were 5-11 from the freethrow line.

Langenberg was named New Haven’s alltournament team representative.

Boessen represented the Lady Falcons on the all-tournament team.

Blue Jays rank third at 141 rumble, Olszowka wins title

By Arron Hustead husteada@emissourian.com

Washington junior

Casey Olszowka remains unbeaten on the season after adding another tournament title to his resume Saturday.

Olszowka won the 157-pound weight class at Rockwood Summit’s annual 141 Rumble, helping the Blue Jays place third in the team standings with 138 points.

Northwest was the team champion with 193 points. Hannibal finished as the runnerup with 180 points.

Windsor (131.5) and Oakville (107) completed the top five. Pacific scored 102 points and ranked eighth.

Olszowka pinned down all three opponents in his bracket, defeating Pacific’s Mason Lucas (1:23), Vianney’s Owen Dalpoas (3:47) and Windsor’s Cameron Busch (5:23).

Devon Deckelman (126 pounds) was the next-best finisher for the Blue Jays, ending third.

not make it to the medal rounds.

Deckelman went 2-1 in the tournament. After a semifinal loss to Marquette’s Brody Rudman (2:55), he came back to beat Windsor’s Luke Patterson for third in a 3-0 decision.

Parker Kelpe posted a 2-2 mark. After back-toback wins in the first two rounds, he was pinned in the last two matches. De Soto’s Brenton Drummond won the thirdplace match (4:28).

Deckard had a 4-1 record for the tournament. His setback came in the quarterfinal round. He finished with an 8-2 decision victory over De Soto’s Thomas Bradley for fifth place.

Hendrix won three of his four encounters, suffering the loss in the quarterfinal round. He finished the tournament with a 2:04 pin of Festus’ Blake Sexton in the medal round.

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Parker Kelpe (113) placed fourth.

Couper Deckard (120) and Nolan Hendrix (175) each took fifth place.

Will Kelpe (132), Tristen Koehmstedt (138), Alec Pecka (144), Jackson Thornton (150), Tanner Schwoeppe (190) and Mac Ruoff (285) all earned a sixth-place finish.

Chase Houston (106), McLaine Graham (165) and Tyrese Thurmon (215) also represented Washington, but did

Will Kelpe wresteld to a 2-2 record, reaching the medal round by way of a 7-1 decision over Vianney’s Jimmy Striler. Marquette’s Gavin Lingafelter won the fifthplace match in 3:55.

Koehmstedt went 3-2, reaching the medal round by virtue of a 10-7 decision win against Marquette’s David Sems. North County’s Jon Moore took fifth place over Koehmstedt in 4:59.

Pecka had a 3-2 record. He pinned Marquette’s Trevor Rhoten (1:57) in the bubble round, but fell to Normandy’s Kelvin Saffo (0:42) in the fifth-place

Up for two

New Haven’s Aubri Meyer puts up a shot in the Union Tournament consolation game Saturday. Among those watching are teammates Alayna Lagemann (21) and Brenna Langenberg and Blair Oaks’ Baley Rackers. New Haven prevailed, 46-45. Missourian Photo/Bill Battle.

Shamrocks hold off MMA to win in double overtime

By Bill Battle battleb@emissourian.com

match.

Thornton finished with a 2-2 mark. He shut out Northwest’s Drew Spratt, 7-0, in the bubble round and fell to Parkway West’s Tommy Wehrmeister (4-0) in the fifth-place final.

Schwoeppe posted a 2-2 record, defeating Rockwood Summit’s Charles Klenke (3:56) to get on the podium, but falling to Windsor’s Colin Carter (1:58) in the fifth-place matchup.

Ruoff wrestled his way to a 2-2 record. He bested Normandy’s Jacorie Maclin (1:44) to reach the medal round where he was edged out in a 5-4 decision by Hannibal’s Ryan Ross.

Thurmon had a 2-2 record despite not advancing to the medal round.

Houston and Graham did not record a win for the Blue Jays.

Washington has a conference tri-meet scheduled for Wednesday on the road at Ft. Zumwalt North. Wentzville Liberty is the third school.

It took two overtimes, but the New Haven boys basketball Shamrocks prevailed over visiting Missouri Military Academy Friday, 62-59.

“What a game,” New Haven Head Coach Aaron Peirick said. “Little more exciting than I would have liked but it was a fun one to win.”

Andrew Rethemeyer led the Shamrocks with a double-double, scoring 41 points with 11 rebounds. He hit 16 of the team’s 17 two-point baskets and went 9-13 from the free-throw line. Rethemeyer also blocked two shots.

“Andrew was a beast from start to finish,” Peirick said. “Eventually they put 2-3 guys on him at all times and he still found ways to finish some tough shots for us late in the game.”

New Haven improved to 5-8 on the season with the win. The Colonels dropped to 4-5.

New Haven opened the game with a 15-10 lead through one quarter, but MMA fought back to tie it at the half, 28-28.

The Shamrocks held a 44-42 edge through three quarters.

MMA was able to grind through again, and the game was tied at the close of regulation, 52-52.

“We had a chance to win it in regulation, score tied, with the ball, but we missed a catch in the corner with about seven seconds left,” Peirick said. “Luckily, they missed on the other end.”

Peirick said it looked like New Haven

“We rebounded the second one, outletted it to Luke (Strubberg) and he hit Andrew streaking down the floor for what everyone in the gym thought was going to be the gamewinning layup,” Peirick said. “Their best player jumped from what seemed like the free-throw line to pin it against the backboard. We ran a picture-perfect fast break, but their guy made just as good defensive play.”

game winner after the set we drew up didn’t work,” Peirick said. Panhorst ended with 14 points. He hit two three-point baskets and went 6-9 from the freethrow line. Panhorst just missed a doubledouble, ending with nine rebounds to go with five assists and a steal.

Strubberg netted four points, including a crucial three-point basket near the end of the first overtime. He also grabbed six rebounds and had four assists.

“Luke hit a huge three from the corner to put us up one at the end of the first overtime,” Peirick said. “He played that possession perfectly. He passed it up the first time he touched it and then got the same look a few seconds later and knocked it down.”

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Jacob Gerdes contributed three points and three rebounds. He also absorbed two charges.

Each side scored six points in the first overtime. New Haven outscored the Colonels in the second overtime, 4-1, to claim the win.

“At the end of the second OT we ended up running almost a minute off the clock to hold for the last shot, and then Emmett (Panhorst) hits the

David Otten ended with four assists, four rebounds, three steals and a blocked shot.

Andrew Noelke had four rebounds, an assist and a steal.

For the night, New Haven went 16-26 from the free-throw line and knocked down four three-point baskets.

Lady ’Cats vanquish Southern Boone in semifinals

By Bill Battle battleb@emissourian.com

Thanks to a 55-41 win over Southern Boone County Friday, the Union basketball Lady ’Cats advanced to the championship of their own tournament for the first time since 1986.

“That was a huge win,” Union Head Coach Brian Karvinen said. “I couldn’t be more proud of our girls. They hon-

estly give us everything they have in their tank.” Union (10-3), seeded second, jumped out to a 12-3 lead after one quarter. Southern Boone (8-6) cut the gap to 2322 after one half, but Union bounced back to grab a 39-27 lead through three quarters.

Three Union players reached double digits in scoring.

Kelsey Brake and Mya Minor each scored 13

points, but reached that total in different ways. Brake hit two threepoint baskets and went 5-10 from the freethrow line. Minor knocked down nine of 14 free-throw attempts. Sophia Helling checked in with 12 points, hitting one three-point shot and going 3-4 from the freethrow line.

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concluded the game with nine points. She was 5-8 from the freethrow line.

Ava Eagan and Fallyn Blankenship both scored three points. Each hit a three-point shot. Isabelle Gilbert went 2-2 from the free-throw line for her scoring. For the game, Union hit five three-point shots and went 24-38 from the free-throw line.

Pattonville claims fifth place over Blue Jays

By Arron Hustead husteada@emissourian.com

Washington was unable to break the pattern Friday in the final round of its home boys basketball tournament.

The Blue Jays (7-7) fell to Pattonville (5-8), 55-49, in the consolation final of the 52nd Annual Washington Tournament.

“So close, yet so far is I think the way to look at it,” Washington Head Coach Grant Young said. “We didn’t take a step back tonight. Credit Pattonville, they really were aggressive and did a great job pressuring our passing lanes, but we had too many unforced errors. Lackadaisical is the perfect word for it, committing turnovers to where we couldn’t get our inside presence the ball.”

The pattern during the tournament was early leads for Washington with the Blue Jays’ opponents charging back soon after.

Washington fell to Priory in the first round Monday, 55-53, after holding multiple double-digit leads. After leading by 20 against Francis Howell Central in the second round Wednesday, the Blue Jays had to fight for breathing room late in a 59-53 win.

Friday, Washington overpowered Pattonville in the first quarter, 142.

However, the Pirates counter-punched in the second period, outscoring Washington, 19-5,

to take a 21-19 edge into the intermission.

Pattonville stretched its lead in the third quarter to 39-33.

“The difference between the game happened in the third quarter,” Young said. “We missed a dunk and a layup for four points and they go down and hit a three. That was the difference between us being tied or being down seven points. That’s a huge hump to create a three-possession game going into the fourth quarter and have to make up for it.”

Adyn Kleinheider and Sam Paule each tallied 14 points to lead Washington.

Paule connected on three triples in the first half.

Mark Hensley also hit

double figures with 12 points. He was named to the all-tournament team.

Wyatt Bobo contributed six points and Kaner Young finished with three on a third-quarter triple.

Tory Allen paced Pattonville with 15 points, adding three rebounds, three assists and three steals.

Kameron Eleby posted 10 points with three steals and three rebounds.

Elijah Maritz added seven points, four rebounds and a block.

LaKeith Davis and Rashad Smith added six points apiece. Smith blocked two shots.

Jayden Essex dropped in four points and passed for seven assists.

Jordan Redden tallied three points and was named to the alltournament team. His top performance of the week was in Wednesday’s semifinal round win over the St. Louis Homeschool Blue Knights, in which he scored 19 points with five steals and hit three triples.

Al-Amin AndersonEl and Jordan Miller each tallied two points to round out the Pattonville scoring.

Washington has backto-back home games to open this week, hosting Wentzville Liberty in GAC Central play Tuesday and then Pacific in a nonconference showdown Wednesday. Both games tip off at 7 p.m.

Straatmann secures title at Sherri Lance meet

By Bill Battle battleb@emissourian.com

Gracie Straatmann won the 140-pound weight class Friday to lead the Union wrestling Lady ’Cats at Rockwood Summit’s Sherri Lance Tournament. In the team standings, Union placed 10th among 22 teams, scoring 50.5 points.

Windsor was ninth at 55 while Parkway West was immediately behind Union at 50.

Washington was the team champion at 191 points. Marquette (161), Northwest (158), Lafayette (151) and Lindbergh (95) rounded out the top five.

Straatmann, 26-9 on the season, received a first-round bye and then edged Taya Stanford of Parkway South in the quarterfinals, 4-3. Straatmann posted a 6-1 decision over Kirkwood’s Josie Hosea before securing a technical fall, 17-2, over Parkway West’s Lydia Brazier.

Josey Alfermann (105) was Union’s next finisher, taking fourth. Alfermann pinned Parkway South’s Rylee Brawner in 0:14 to start. She then pinned Maggie Lewellen of Northwest in 2:26 before losing to Park Hills Central’s Addison Wells in the semifinals by a pin in 5:44. Sarah Gazaway of

Festus pinned Alfermann in 1:44 in the third-place bout.

Lillie Zimmermann (110) ended fifth. After losing to Natalie Ford of Lindbergh in 4:29 in the opener, she won her remaining matches. After a bye, she pinned Northwest’s Taylor Wenneker (3:03) and Park Hills Central’s Chloe Yount (3:40) in the fifth-place match, Zimmermann secured a 4-2 decision over Jackson’s Josephine Collins.

Destiny Vlcek (190) was pinned in her two contested matches.

Union returns to action Tuesday at Four Rivers Conference rival Pacific.

Link scores rumble crown for Pacific, team places eighth

By Arron Hustead husteada@emissourian.com

Despite a few missing pieces to the puzzle, the Pacific wrestling Indians were able to make into the top 10 at the 141 Rumble.

Pacific scored 102 points Saturday at Rockwood Summit’s annual tournament, ranking eighth.

Timothy Link (113 pounds) led the Indians with an individual title. He pinned all four opponents — Marquette’s Aiden Strobel (0:40), Hannibal’s Chase Youngwirth (0:33), De Soto’s Brenton Drummond (3:21) and Northwest’s Eli Porter (1:40).

“Tim Link dominated his weight class,” Pacific Head Coach Jesse Knott said. “Other than one reversal, he controlled each match. His toughest match was his semi against a district opponent in Drummond from De Soto. This kid has been wrestling well all year. Tim went out, imposed his will and picked up the fall. This is what I expect Tim to

do at 113 especially now with the two-pound allowance coming in. He is big at this weight.”

Lucas Tennyson (150) placed second with a 3-1 record. In the semifinals, he defeated Webb City’s Aidan Rose, 12-5.

“Lucas Tennyson had his best tournament to date,” Knott said. “He was able to pick up a big decision win in the quarters against a returning qualifier from Parkway West and then pick up another in the semis against a tough opponent from Webb City. He looked dominant on top all day and far more effective on both bottom and on his feet.”

Hannibal’s Koen Ramage won the 150-pound title over Tennyson, 7-2.

Blake McKay (215) earned a fourth-place finish and a 2-2 record. He defeated his first two opponents before falling in the final two rounds. Windsor’s Riley Weisner notched the thirdplace victory in 2:36.

“Blake McKay had some up and down results,” Knott said. “(I) really felt like we

Up for a second chance

Washington junior Adyn Kleinheider (3) attempts to grab an offensive rebound against Pattonville’s Rashad Smith (10) and Jordan Redden Friday at the 52nd annual Washington Tournament. Pattonville won, 55-49. Missourian Photo/Arron Hustead.

Hillsboro wins at St. Clair Monday

By Arron Hustead husteada@emissourian.com

Hillsboro rallied Monday in the second half to defeat the St. Clair Bulldogs, 70-59. The teams wrapped the first quarter in a 15-15 tie, and St. Clair (5-7) ended the first half with a 36-34 edge.

Hillsboro (11-5) turned the tables in the third quarter to take a 52-48 lead. The Hawks won the fourth quarter, 18-11, and the second half overall, 36-23.

“I thought we played as hard as we have all year,” St. Clair Head Coach Tim Isgrig

said. “They’re a really good team and we battled them all the way through. It wasn’t the result that we wanted, but our kids gave it all they had and competed all night.” Carter Short scored 17 points and pulled down eight rebounds to lead the Bulldogs.

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Name: Brenna Langenberg

should have won the two matches we dropped. Got in a bad position in the semis against the Northwest kid and got caught. In the thirdplace match, we were dominating the Windsor kid for the most part with a decent early lead.

That kids one hope was a throw and that’s exactly what he got. We will see Windsor again on Thursday so I’m hopeful we can get the rematch.”

Mason Link (106), Mason Lucas (157) and Cameron Shouse (165) all placed sixth.

Mason Link was 1-3, ending on a pin loss to Parkway South’s Tyre Valiant (2:27) for fifth.

Lucas posted a 2-2 record, pinning Parkway South’s Joshua Quezada (0:28) to reach the medal round. He then lost to Parkway West’s Aaron Deblasi (4:02).

Shouse recovered from a first-round loss to finish with a 2-2 record. He reached the medal round with a 0:50 pin of Webb City’s Bronson Collard, but fell to Oakville’s Justin Venable (0:21) for fifth.

Sport: Basketball

Grade: Senior School: New Haven HS

Reason for Nomination: Brenna led the Lady Shamrocks to the Union Invitational consolation title. An all-tournament selection, she averaged 24 points per game with 19 against Sullivan, 28 against St. Clair, and 25 against Blair Oaks.

Reason for Nomination: After winning the Four Rivers Conference title at 138 pounds last Tuesday, Gavin was ranked fifth in Class 2 at his weight. At Lafayette’s Fred Ross Invitational, Gavin earned the award for most pins in the least time. Gavin is a two-time returning state qualifier.

Name: Gavin Shoemate

Sports: Wrestling

Grade: Junior School: St. Clair HS

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Lady Knights stop St. Clair for seventh place at Union

By Bill Battle battleb@emissourian.com

St. Francis Borgia managed to capture seventh place Saturday at the 43rd Union Girls Basketball Invitational.

The Lady Knights (5-9) defeated St. Clair (2-11) to start the final day’s action.

“St. Clair and Borgia are both struggling, so we knew it was going to be a battle of who could put some points on the board,” Borgia Head Coach Stacia Houlihan said. “Fortunately, it was enough for us.”

St. Clair Head Coach Travis Johnson said his team worked hard throughout the game.

“We fought back,” Johnson said. “We got the game down to single digits, but then they put it back up to about 15. They didn’t give up. They kept going.”

Borgia used a ninepoint run to take a 17-9 advantage over the Lady Bulldogs through one quarter.

At the half, the Lady Knights held a 35-26 advantage. It was 49-31 through three quarters.

“Sometimes we struggle through stretches, which hurts our team, but we’ll have good runs and bad runs, but they never give up,” Johnson said.

Houlihan used her full lineup, giving reserves extended playing time.

“It was a 10-point game and I wanted the younger players to feel how to finish a game in this scenario instead of later on down the road when it’s a big playoff game,” Houlihan said. “We’ve got to learn how to manage a lead and we don’t have too many opportunities to do that.”

Borgia’s two seniors each scored 11 points.

Natalie Alferman hit a pair of three-point baskets among her 11 points.

Celia Gildehaus also posted 11 points.

Tatum Scheer concluded with eight points, including a three-point basket.

Clara Nowak netted seven points with a pair of three-point baskets in the third quarter.

Sydney Kessler chipped in with six points.

Amanda Dorpinghaus, Maddie Lieberoff and Kate Snider each scored four points.

Claire Turgeon hit a three-point shot for her scoring contribution.

For the game, Borgia hit six three-point shots and went 6-15 from the free-throw line.

“The good news was that we didn’t get into

too much foul trouble,” Houlihan said. “They did in the first half, which really hurt them. That really didn’t put points on the board for us. It just keep players off the floor for them. We did a good job of handling their pressure and they had to take it off. We did a good job of pressuring them and making them do some things that they were uncomfortable with doing.”

Emma Thompson scored 11 points while going 3-5 from the freethrow line.

Emma Talleur netted eight points and was 2-2 from the free-throw line.

Sicily Humphrey connected on two threepoint shots in the second half for her six points.

Ava Brand also concluded with six points.

Vada Moore got into early foul trouble and finished with four points.

Gracie Moore scored four points while going 2-4 from the free-throw line.

Charli Coello and Lillie Coello each knocked down a three-point shot.

Bella Shelden added two points.

St. Clair hit four three-point shots and went 7-12 from the freethrow line.

Pacific pair procures third

2x2 for Week of October 23, 2022

By Arron Hustead husteada@emissourian.com

A pair of third-place finishes resulted in 35 team points for the Pacific wrestling Lady Indians Friday.

The Lady Indians placed 15th at the annual Sherri Lance Invitational, hosted by Rockwood Summit. Washington won its way to the top of the team standings with 191 points. Marquette (161), Northwest (158), Lafayette (151) and Lindbergh (95) each cracked the top five.

Union (50.5) ranked 10th.

Zoe Fisher (120 pounds) and Dani Gullet (145) each placed third.

Fisher pinned Lafayette’s Sophie Wade (0:33) and Park Hills Central’s Hannah Allen (0:50) before falling to Washington’s Ava Griffey (5:42) in the semifinals.

Fisher came back to win a 13-2 major decision over Parkway West’s Ella Childress in the third-place match.

Gullet started with pins of Park Hills Central’s Martha Krans-

tanoff (0:11) and Webster Groves’ Isabel Duvall (1:33) before she was pinned by Northwest’s Lily Shaffrey (5:33) in the semifinals.

For third place, Gullet edged out Marquette’s Akayla Hunt by a 4-3 decision.

Don’t look back

Union boys wrestlers conclude 15th at Branson Tournament

2X2s for March

Marissa Johnson (190) also wrestled for Pacific, but exited after two losses to North County’s Brooke Bennett (0:42) and Park Hills Central’s Ella Mitchem (5-2).

Pacific has a home dual Tuesday against Union at 6 p.m.

Borgia girls finish seventh at MICDS

By Bill Battle battleb@emissourian.com

Scoring 105 points, the St. Francis Borgia girls swimming Lady Knights finished seventh in last Saturday’s MICDS Invitational.

eighth in the 100 butterfly (1:07.50).

and Bishop DuBourg team was third at 46.

By Bill Battle battleb@emissourian.com

Getting the chance to see some district opponents, the Union wrestling Wildcats competed over the weekend in the Branson Tournament.

Sophia Sullentrup finished ninth in the 100 freestyle (1:01.94).

“With five girls out of town, and another out sick, it was a small group, but they managed to get some great races in,” Borgia Head Coach Diane Jones said. “Super proud of Lucy Shaefer who PR’d in both her events. She is really coming along.”

Schaefer placed 12th in the 100 freestyle (1:04.32) and 16th in the 200 individual medley (2:51.07).

Borgia’s top performances in the meet were: Brennan Pfeiffer was fifth in the 200 freestyle (2:08.70). Pfeiffer ended

• Sullentrup placed 10th in the 50 freestyle (28.24).

Peyton Lackey was 14th in the 100 breaststroke (1:28.22).

In relay races, the 200 freestyle team finished fifth in 1:55.70 and the 400 freestyle relay team was fifth in 4:25.77.

Cor Jesu Academy was the team winner with 496 points. St. Joseph’s Academy was second at 433. MICDS took third at 388 and Washington was fourth at 195 points.

The Lady Knights finished second at a trimeet hosted by John Burroughs Thursday.

John Burroughs won the meet with 145 points. Borgia scored 123 and the Rosati-Kain

“A number of our swimmers were going out of town for the weekend, so we really aimed for times in this meet Jones said.”

Borgia won four races. Winners were: Ava Mohart was first to the wall in the 50 freestyle (25.57). Mohart also won the 100 butterfly (1:02.26).

In the team standings, the Wildcats scored 52 points to place 15th, ending between Cassville (55) and Monett (40).

losing a 10-8 decision to Ozark’s Brock Sundlie. Ladymon earned a 9-3 decision over Ozark’s second-team wrestler Kody Shepard and pinned Ben Perkins of Rolla in the fifth-place bout in 2:55.

Mitchell and pinned Rolla’s Brody Teel (4:52).

Alvarado was pinned in his other two bouts.

Traven St. Clair (190) ended 10th, winning two of his five matches. He pinned Har-Ber’s Lehi Tominiko in 3:52 and Smithville 2’s Avery Krahn in 1:04. St. Clair lost twice by pins and once by major decision.

Ozark was the team champion at 210.5 points while Neosho (180.5) and Helias (165.5) were next. Carl Junction (139) and Bolivar (138.5) rounded out the top five.

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Malachi Frazier (144) was Union’s top finisher, taking fourth in his weight division.

Kurl Conato (132) ended sixth. He won two of his three pool matches, pinning Cassville’s Kaid Williams (0:43) and Har-Ber’s Keith Samuel (0:31). He dropped a 1:43 pin to Moberly’s Landon Morris. Conato advanced with a 4:55 pin of Helias’ Justin Wieberg, but lost in the fifth-place bout to Neosho’s Hunter Butler in 3:37.

Killian Cordia (285) ended 11th, winning two matches. He pinned Cayden Painter of Ozark 2 in 0:48 and Bolivar’s Braden Campbell in 0:37.

Cordia lost his other three bouts by pins.

“Ava Mohart wanted to take one last stab at the 100 fly during high school,” Jones said. “Her previous high school best was 1:07, but she had a better time from FRAY. Up against one of the best swimmers in the state, she swam a 1:02.26 and won the race. It was her best time ever.”

Frazier pinned his first two foes, Smithville’s Nate Lawhon (0:32) and Branson’s Sy Rosipal (1:04) before taking a medical forfeit over McDonald County’s Levi Smith.

Michael Alvarado (157) ended ninth, winning three of his matches. Alvarado pinned Reeds Spring’s Aiden Broomfield (0:31). He posted a 14-8 decision over Smithville’s Owen

Brody Sitze (175) ended 13th. He lost one contested match by a decision and the other two by pins.

Union’s girls wrestled at Rockwood Summit.

Union wrestles again Tuesday at Pacific.

In the championship bracket, he was pinned by Cassville’s Colton Roark in 2:53. Wrestling for third, Rolla’s Kayden Kinder pinned Frazier in 3:00.

• Hunter Mohart won the 500 freestyle (6:52.90).

Trey Ladymon (165) ended fifth. He split his pool matches, pinning Springdale, Arkansas, Har-Ber’s Byron Figueroa in 1:05 and

2x2 for Week of May 29 / June 5, 2022

St. Clair’s Emma Thompson has her shot attempt blocked by Borgia’s Celia Gildehaus during the Union Tournament seventh-place game Saturday. Borgia won, 58-47. Missourian Photo/Bill Battle.

Lady Jays swim to fourth place at MICDS Invitational

By Arron Hustead husteada@emissourian.com

The top finish of the day came in the final race for the Washington swimming Lady Jays.

Washington finished with 195 points to rank fourth in the team standings at the MICDS Invitational Saturday.

“I couldn’t be prouder of our team’s performance,” Washington Head Coach Tracy Moreland said. “These girls have been working hard and the proof of their determination really showed this weekend. As one parent put it, our girls found their fast today.”

Cor Jesu Academy won the meet with 496 points. St. Joseph’s Academy (433) and MICDS (388) finished second and third.

Visitation Academy (177), Lutheran-Christian (139) and St. Francis Borgia (105) were also in attendance.

The Lady Jays finished the meet with a third-place finish in the 400 freestyle relay. Ellie Williams, Maddie Henderson, Zoey Ziegler and Ava Kauffeld swam the race in 4:01.85, a new school record.

The same foursome swam the 200 medley relay in 2:00.67 and placed fourth.

Kauffeld individually ranked fourth in the 200 individual medley (2:17.64) and seventh in the 100 butterfly (1:03.41).

“Ava Kauffeld broke her own records in the 200 IM and the 100 fly,” Moreland said. Ziegler finished fifth in the 100 freestyle (57.73) and seventh in the 100 backstroke (1:07.21).

“Zoey Zieger clocked a state qualifying time in the 100 back and bettered her 100 free state qualifying time,” More-

land said.

Washington’s 200 freestyle relay team of Lexi Perriman, Darcy Koch, Mia Mahon and Dayton Griesheimer placed seventh in 2:04.5.

Henderson swam to eighth place in the 50 freestyle (27.81) and ninth in the 100 butterfly (1:07.77)

“Maddy Henderson achieved a State consideration time in the 100 fly, her career first individual qualifying time,” Moreland said.

Griesheimer earned eighth place in the 500 freestyle (6:14.42) and 11th place in the 200 individual medley (2:37.54).

“She dropped almost seven seconds (in the 500 freestyle),” More-

St. Charles

skewed toward the first 16 minutes of play.

Of St. Charles’ six three-point makes in the contest, five came in the first half.

Borgia didn’t have the same good fortune, faring only 27.8 percent from three-point range.

The Knights carved a chunk out of St. Charles’ lead in the third quarter, outscoring the Pirates, 2212, making it a 10-point game to start the final period, 56-44.

“The second half, we played with a lot more intensity,” Neier said. “We got after it, got to the basket a little bit more and actually made a few shots. In the first half, it just seemed like nothing was going in. Even underneath the basket, it just felt like we couldn’t put it in the hole. Then, on the other end, they were making shots, getting a foul on us and making the free throw to keep expanding the lead.”

The teams were fairly even from the free-throw

line, stretching out the length of the contest as the programs combined to take 64 free-throw attempts.

St. Charles shot 23-33 from the stripe while the Knights went 21-31.

Grant Schroeder powered the Knights with 25 points, five steals, four rebounds and four assists en route to earning all-tournament team honors.

Adam Rickman posted 12 points, four rebounds, two steals and a blocked shot.

Nathan Kell tallied 10 points, one assist and one block.

Sam Dunard scored seven points with five rebounds and two steals.

Brody Denbow chipped in for five points.

Kaden Patke recorded one point, one rebound, one assist and one steal.

Tate Marquart posted two rebounds, one assist and one steal.

Drew Fischer picked up one steal.

Nick Pugh delivered some of St. Charles’ biggest shots of the champi-

Lady ’Cats

“I told them before the game that if we hold them to 40, we win. I just can’t remember the last time we scored 29 points.”

However, Union struggled to find scoring as well. Union’s 29 points were its lowest production in a game this season.

Union previously had scored 40 points in a game twice.

“You can’t score 29 points and expect to beat good teams,” Karvinen said.

The early part of the game was even. The score was tied at 8-8 through one quarter and Union grabbed its largest lead, 17-12, on a Sophia Helling three-point basket with 6:11 to go in the half.

Jefferson City chipped back to lead at the intermission, 25-22.

The Lady Jays extended the lead to 33-27 through three quarters.

“In a game like this, our girls have to realize they’re not going to be five-feet open,” Karvinen said. “It’s going to be more like two

land said.

Williams took 10th in the 100 freestyle (1:02.22) and 14th in the 50 freestyle (28.59). Mahon clocked in 12th for the 100 butterfly (1:14.77) and 14th for the 200 freestyle (2:20.32).

“Mia Mahon swam over six seconds faster in her 200 free and dropped another three seconds off her 100 fly after just dropping time in the event on Tuesday,” Moreland said.

Perriman took 16th place in the 100 breaststroke (1:32.04) and 20th in the 50 freestyle (31.01).

Cierra Loepker ranked 18th in the 100 backstroke (1:29.52) and 19th in the 200 freestyle (2:47.83).

Emma Braun placed 18th in the 100 breaststroke (1:34.65) and 21st in the 100 freestyle (1:21.1).

Koch picked up a pair of 19th-place finishes in the 100 freestyle (1:12.78) and 100 breaststroke (1:36.71).

Rye Gammon placed 24th in the 50 freestyle in 44.34.

Washington swims next in a dual meet against Ft. Zumwalt West at the St. Peters Rec-Plex Tuesday at 3:30 p.m.

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onship game, leading the team with 17 points.

Evan Murphy posted 13 points.

Elijah Leech scored 12 points and earned an alltournament selection.

Chris Ketchum recorded 10 points, eight rebounds, five assists, two blocks and a steal in the final game and was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player.

James Warner (nine points), Blake Wiggs (eight) and Jadon Salamone (four) rounded out the St. Charles scorebook.

“We were more worried about their inside game than their outside shooters and the outside shooters were killing us in this game,” Neier said. “Plus (forwards Ketchum and Leech) did their jobs too. They kept us from getting any fast break points as when we got a rebound, they were right on top of us and their guards got back.”

The game ended a 15game undefeated run for the Knights, who play Cardinal Ritter Tuesday.

Lady Jays

Stella Secor (130), Kristin Sprung (145) and Maggie Ortmann (155) all placed fifth. Zimmermann pinned all four foes, in order topping Lafayette’s Yasmin Hassan (1:38), Park Hills Central’s Allie England (2:38), Festus’ Sarah Gazaway (1:33) and Park Hills Central’s Addison Wells (1:04).

Obermark faced three opponents, pinning each. She defeated Webb City’s Kylie Jennings (3:36), Lafayette’s Layla Gardner (1:01) and Park Hills Central’s Addisyn Gasaway (3:15).

Mueller picked up two wins by pin, reaching the championship round by covering Lafayette’s

Battleline

and this unmistakable voice comes up from behind. Dan Kelly’s voice could make the hair on the back of your neck stand up. So, within five minutes of walking into the Arena, I’m talking with Terry O’Reilly and Dan Kelly. That was quite the rookie welcome.

Just getting to the press box in the Arena was a journey. It was like a maze, and someone easily could get lost.

Ashlee Dakin (2:56) in the semifinals. Festus’ Mya Hairson scored the pin in the final round in 1:00. Griffey pinned each of her first three opponents, including semifinal foe Zoe Fisher of Pacific (5:42). In the finals, she fell to Jackson’s Mallorie Metzger (5:19).

Bliss posted a 2-1 record, bouncing back from a 9-7 semifinal loss to Lafayette’s Toby Goertz to pin Lindbergh’s Leila Hobson (0:55) for third. James won two matches by pin before falling to Parkway West’s Lydia Brazier (5:11) in the semifinals. She took third place over Kirkwood’s Josie Hosea in a 2-1 decision.

days, not only for that, but for something else which went on around the same time, which brings me to Part 2 of the story.

Over the weekend, I’m sure many of you read about the passing of Ted Savage. Savage enjoyed a journeyman career in professional baseball, including nine in the majors. In 1987, he joined the Cardinals as an assistant director of community relations and minor league instruction.

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Thurmon pinned each of her first two foes before a 2-0 decision setback against Lafayette’s Jayla Jones in the semifinals. Thurmon then pinned Oakville’s Aydan Squires (1:18) in the medal round. Secor finished with a 3-1 record. She finished with a 13-0 major decision win over Lindbergh’s Kaylin Homfeld. Sprung posted a 3-1 record, ending with a pin of Webster Groves’ Isabel Duvall (3:36). Ortmann also went 3-1, ending on a pin of Oakville’s Talia Reed (1:20) in the medal round. Keira Soos (110) and CJ Trevino (190) both ended the tournament 0-2.

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Neeman, Jim Donohue, Bud Zipfel, Mark Littell, Mike Tyson, Jerry Buchek and Phil Gagliano as retired players and current players Tom Lawless and Pat Perry. I’m sure there were more. The league was a hit during the first season and the pro players were great to work with.

feet. You’re just not going to have as much separation as against other teams.”

Union’s scoring came from three players.

Helling concluded with 19 points, including four three-point shots. She also went 5-5 from the freethrow line.

Mya Minor was able to drive to the lane and score against Jefferson City’s bigger players, netting all seven of her points in the first half.

Both made the all-tournament team along with Kelsey Brake. Lucy Koenigsfeld hit a three-point shot for her scoring.

All three scorers were shaken up at different times during the game, Minor and Helling were able to return. Koenigsfeld left the game after being injured in the second half.

Jefferson City had success working the ball to the tournament MVP, 6-3 senior forward Hannah Linthacum.

She ended the game with 24 points, including

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going 4-6 from the freethrow line.

“Linthacum is a handful,” Karvinen said.

We still have Dan’s legacy as his sons John and Dan have served long stints in the sportscasting industry. I was lucky enough to cover several games that year. Usually, I sat next to Larry Wigge of The Sporting News, and I learned quite a bit.

Reagan Nilges knocked down two three-point baskets for her six points.

Bri Avery was next with four points.

Lyric Hearn scored three points and Natyiah Ewing and Emmarie Graham each scored two points.

Jefferson City knocked down three three-point baskets and went 6-11 from the free-throw line.

Avery and Graham also were named to the all-tournament team.

A lot took place that season. St. Louis hosted the NHL All-Star Game and Mario Lemieux was the MVP. It was the year of the Bob Probert-Craig Coxe fight which was the talk of the league press boxes for quite some time.

At the trade deadline, the Blues traded for a kid with a famous name and some promise. The Blues paid a premium to bring in Brett Hull.

Those were interesting

Ted was one of the guys in the Sunday indoor softball league at Jamestown in 1987-88. The north county sports complex had converted a soccer field to softball and a league was formed with former and current professional baseball players as part of the draw for teams. Each game was filmed with commentary and stats were kept. That’s where I came in. I was “hired” to handle to announce and keep stats.

Each week, a team would get anywhere between one and three pro baseball players as additions to their team.

Ted Savage was one of the former big leaguers. Others I can remember are Roy Sievers, Jimmy Delsing, Frank Baumann, Cal

At the end of the first season, there was a charity softball night and the pros put together a team along with some of the top regular players. The All-Stars played KPLR with Bob Ramsey leading that team. My job that night was to be the first base coach and courtesy runner for the former pros. Once they made it to first, we normally would trade places and I would run the bases. I was familiar with the role as much of my high school baseball career was as a courtesy runner.

Those were fun times.

In the second session, the league expanded to two days, but hit a roadblock when the league leadership left. We finished the session with enough time before I headed off to Cape Girardeau and my next adventures.

That should be enough Wayback Machine for now.

Union parks staff costs increase

By Geoff Folsom folsomg@emissourian.com

The Union Parks and Recreation Department is forecasting large increases in seasonal staff costs due to state-imposed minimum wage increases.

Missouri’s state minimum wage increased to $12 an hour in 2023, up 85 cents per hour from 2022.

The city budgeted $266,634 for part time employees in 2022. Parks Director Chad Pohlmann said they are currently projecting costs to increase to $329,229 in 2023, a 23.5

percent jump. Seasonal positions include summer camp workers, pool lifeguards, concession workers at ballfields and the pool and maintenance workers.

“Looking at the budget, our time needs for parttime salary keep going up with what we need them to do,” Pohlmann said. “The summer camp was a new addition, more responsibilities throughout the parks and maintenance aspects — that coupled with the cost of minimum wage going up is significant.”

The parks department will typically hire between

80 and 100 seasonal workers, Pohlmann explained. It did not fill all of its seasonal positions in 2022.

“We had several camp positions that were open, and we also had park maintenance positions that were still open,” he said.

Pohlmann hopes the higher pay will lead to more people wanting to work in 2023.

“We knew this was coming so we budget a little more every year,” he said.

Wages could impact what the city ends up charging for the summer camp. The city’s

Spa night

Erica Gerlemann, left, and Lana Rose make body butter using essential and coconut oil at spa night Thursday at Scenic Regional Library’s Union branch. Participants in the class mixed and colored their bath product and placed it in a decorative jar. Missourian Photo/Geoff Folsom.

Auditorium fitness classes can continue

By Geoff Folsom folsomg@emissourian.com

An independent contractor will be permitted to keep teaching fitness classes rent-free at the Union City Auditorium but will have to limit the classes to more popular ones, according to a recommendation by the Union Park Advisory Board.

In July, Parks Director Chad Pohlmann presented statistics to the park board showing that 85 percent of classes scheduled by Lifeforce Fitness in 2021 and the first part of 2022, were canceled because of a lack of par-

ticipation. Pohlmann said half of the people who signed up for the classes had their money refunded because the classes were not held. While Pohlmann suggested having Lifeforce Fitness pay to rent the auditorium for classes, the board opted to table the question, which was revisited at the park board’s Jan. 5 meeting.

Lifeforce Fitness, which has held classes with the city for decades, retains 70 percent of the revenue from the classes, with the city getting the remaining 30 percent, parks Program Director Angie Breeden explained.

Union rink to reopen as palace

By Geoff Folsom folsomg@emissourian.com

The park board voted to recommend that yoga, water aerobics and cardio strength cross training classes can be taught. But if at least one person signs up, the class cannot be canceled because of nonparticipation. “If you’re going to offer the class, and somebody signs up for it, you’re going to do it for however many people are there, one or 20,” board member Dan Hittson said.

The recommendation needs final approval from the board of aldermen.

City employees have had to devote time dealing

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Park Advisory Board discussed earlier this month the possibility of raising camp fees for 2023 after the camp lost $23,680 in its first year back after a long hiatus. “I’ve got to put it together on what I think would bring us closer to breaking even,” he said. “I don’t know if we’re going to be able to make it affordable and break even. But it’s going to impact the pool, it’s going to impact concessions. It impacts my entire budget.”

The city is not looking at raising costs for the pool and concessions for 2023

“as of right now,” Pohlmann said last week. “The entry to the pool, we’re not looking to raise that,” he said. “And the pricing on concession items, kind of, fluctuates periodically due to availability and the cost of food items.”

The minimum wage law does not apply to public employers, according to the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.

But the parks department still follows the $12 minimum wage. “We want to stay competitive with other employers,” Pohlmann said.

Union hires consultant on roundabout

By Geoff Folsom folsomg@emissourian.com

The city of Union has hired a consultant to complete a grant application for money to make improvements on Denmark Road, including a new roundabout at the intersection with Progress Parkway.

The city will pay Cochran Engineering, of Union, $3,000 to complete the application and submit it to the East-West Gateway Council of Governments for a federal funding request.

Aldermen approved the agreement with Cochran at their Jan. 9 meeting. The agenda packet included total cost estimates from Cochran of $911,351 for the project, with the city of Union responsible for 20 percent of that total, or $182,270. The federal government will pay the remaining $729,081.

The project is not expected to be built until 2025 or 2026, City Administrator Jonathan Zimmermann previously said. It will include construction of sidewalks, pavement repairs and intersection improvements, including a roundabout at the intersection of Denmark Road and Progress Parkway, located just south of Progress Parkway’s intersection with Highway 50.

The intersection, which now has stop signs on Denmark Road with no stops on Progress Parkway, has become busier in recent years according to city officials. It is expected to get even busier after a new Aldi store opened Jan. 12.

The sidewalk addition will complete the “missing link” on Denmark Road between Prairie Dell Road and Progress Parkway, Zimmermann said previously.

Services provided by Cochran

in the agreement include a project map showing the limits of the improvements, a written description of the project, a discussion of how the project enhances the overall transportation system network and complements other improvements, holding public involvement activities, conducting average daily traffic counts, a description of bicycle and pedestrian elements and an implementation schedule for the project, according to a letter from Cochran Vice President Dave Christensen to Zimmermann.

“The application is a very detailed and involved process,” he wrote.

This is considered the fourth phase of Denmark Road improvements.

The first phase was completed in 2014 and included new lanes and shoulders from Prairie Dell Road to just east of St. Andrews Drive. Sidewalks also were installed along that stretch of road.

The second phase was finished in summer 2018 and included a new bridge near St. Andrews Drive constructed over a tributary of the Bourbeuse River.

As part of that project, a new roundabout was built at Denmark Road and St. Andrews Drive. The roundabout is designed to address speeding issues in the area.

The third phase was a 101foot bridge over Birch Creek on the eastern end of Union that opened in summer 2022.

Aldermen approved a contract in January 2022 with Pace Construction Co., of St. Louis, to complete the work on the Denmark Road bridge over Birch Creek, located just west of Interstate 44 and south of Highway 50, for just over $1 million.

The Fussbudget

by Geoff Folsom

n Gee-off

I got a shock when reading the recent obituary of Jeff Beck, and not just because of the loss of a legendary musician.

“Geoffrey Arnold Beck was born in Surrey, England, and attended Wimbledon Art College,” the Associated Press wrote.

Jeff Beck. Guitar god. Two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member. Geoff denier.

I can understand Beck trying to hide the first name we share. It leads to a great deal of anguish.

But, in my opinion, going by “Jeff” if your full name is Geoffrey is the cowardly route. While “Jeff” and “Geoff” are pronounced similarly (I tend to think the “G” is emphasized a little more in “Geoff,” but it’s not a big deal), Geoff is my name, so I’m sticking with it. I’ve only personally known one person whose given name was Geoffrey with a “G” but shortened it to Jeff, with a “J,” instead of shortening it to Geoff, like I do. That was a candidate for a minor political office when I worked in Odessa, Texas.

My mother told me I was named for English poet Geoffrey Chaucer, author of “The Canterbury Tales.” She even tried to pronounce my name at times the old English way, “Joffrey.” I’m glad she gave up on this before the evil King Joffrey on “Game of Thrones” became a big deal.

Really, I think she got my name from Geoffrey the Giraffe, the mascot of Toys “R” Us. We had lots of items with the giraffe on it, including a record album called “Geoffrey’s Talking Doorbell,” where the Geoffrey drove a car that runs on potato chips.

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venture on the first day of school, waiting for the teacher to try to pronounce my name when she called roll for the first time.

In my early years, I think the biggest error people made in reading my name was calling me “Joffrey.” That one is understandable, since it is a legitimate pronunciation. I’ve always also been called “Greg” a lot. But recently, something much worse has come along, “Gee-off.”

While I admit my name is unusual, why on earth would someone pronounce their name “Gee-off?” But, for some reason, more and more people are reading my name this way.

I try to save money and get my hair cut at “clips” places. A while back the industry started letting customers check in ahead online, which is convenient and lets you know how long you have to wait to get your haircut. Unfortunately for me, it has led to much more being called “Gee-off.”

It started when I got my hair cut in Oregon years ago. The hair stylist read my name “Gee-off” in front of everyone. Back then, her coworkers rushed to my defense and said, “It’s probably pronounced ‘Jeff.’ ”

That stylist was a good sport about it, and we joked about the pronunciation on my next couple visits.

But it’s continued to happen, and, unfortunately, no one corrects the insanity anymore. It’s to the point now where I am not getting my hair cut enough because I want to avoid the embarrassment.

I went to get my hair cut in Washington several months ago. After telling the guy my name and that

I’d checked in online, he looked down at the names and asked me to spell it, like he couldn’t believe Geoff was pronounced “Jeff” instead of “Gee-off.”

Not wanting to deal with that again, I went to a place in High Ridge for my next haircut. When I arrived, the stylist asked my name. I told her “Jeff.” Even though I gave her the pronunciation, she came back to get me a few minutes later and read my name “Geeoff.”

It’s gotten to the point where I am choking when checking in for haircuts.

On my most recent cut (I tried Eureka this time), I accidentally spelled my name “Goeff” when I checked in online (this is a common misspelling of Geoff). I realized my mistake when I arrived and wanted to change it but not lose my place in line.

Too late — “Geeyoff,” the stylist called me. That one wasn’t as bad. It has a bit of a Japanese feel.

There seems to be a larger anti-Geoff movement. I even got grief for my name on Twitter after making a bit of fun of Texas and Oklahoma losing to Texas Tech in football during the 2022 season. A fan of one of those teams replied “You spelled your name wrong Jeff.” (like I would name myself this).

On a positive note, I did learn of one musician recently who did the opposite of Jeff Beck. Geoff Tate of Queensryche was born Jeffrey but changed it to Geoffrey. I don’t know why anyone would invite that scorn if he wasn’t born with it.

Sadly, Queensryche does not have the legacy of Jeff Beck, but I need all the name victories I can get.

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with refunds for the classes.

“It’s just not costconducive. You guys are getting all the calls,” park board member Edwin Van Weelden told parks department staff.

While the city has promoted the classes on its Facebook pages, board members wanted to see Lifeforce do more promotion of its own.

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ing it all back together yet,” Schuh said. “It will be all together different on the inside. ... Once we get the plans drawn and approved, then we can start putting it back together.”

Schuh said he is getting architectural drawings completed and approved and hopes to have the rink open by April.

Once the building reopens, it will be much more than a skating rink, Schuh explained. “Whatever I can put in there — arcades, virtual reality,” Schuh said. “I’d like to put a bar in.”

The remodeled rink will be called Piccadilly Palace.

“The skating rink will be the backbone of it,” Schuh said. “I don’t know what this (architect) can squeeze in — escap e rooms, laser tag rooms? Ax throwing, you name it.”

next scheduled offering is a beginning yoga class from Jan. 17 to Feb. 7. According to the city’s website, five of the 15 places in the class had been claimed on Thursday.

A free introductory class held Jan. 10 was full, Breeden said.

“People want to try yoga, but their scared if they have to pay,” she said. “If they don’t have to pay, they’re more than likely going to come

Also important will be good food, beyond what is normally in a skating rink.

“Not just pizza and pretzels and hot dogs, but sandwiches — a meal,” Schuh added.

Schuh said he decided to buy the building because he couldn’t stand to see the skating rink go away.

“There’s no sense in wasting it like that, so we decided to rejuvenate it,” he said. “And, hopefully, we can manage and operate it a little more efficiently than it was.”

Schuh does not yet know how much the project will cost or how many employees the Piccadilly Palace will have. “It’s costing a fortune just to get it torn apart,” he said with a laugh.

James Schmieder, Union assistant city administrator and economic development director, sees the renovated skating rink as

in and check it out.”

While the yoga and summer water aerobics classes were popular, Lifeforce offered other classes that did not do as well.

“They’re offering too many classes, not enough people are signing up,” City Administrator Jonathan Zimmermann said. “There needs to be better marketing to try to draw more people, and that’s hard.”

a positive addition to the community.

“It’s a great addition to the city and a great update,” he said. “I like when businesses expand or grow. What I don’t want to see is businesses that are retracting or closing. That’s the wrong direction. And even if it’s just, ‘Hey, we’re rehabbing or refreshing what we’ve always been, it can be a benefit to the community.”

Along with regular skating, the Nothing Fancy rink hosted roller derby lessons and a regional roller skating competitions, according to Missourian archives. In 2017, the Union Board of Aldermen made an amendment to its ordinance regarding the keeping of wild animals to allow the rink’s then-owner Peggy Piotraschke to keep a Java macaque monkey named Wyatt exhibited at her business.

Family restaurant

Dahlia Cafe co-owner Dina Lobaco laughs after cutting the ribbon Friday at the new family-owned breakfast and lunch restaurant at 1595 Denmark Road, Suite 4 in Union. Also pictured, from left, are Union Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Kathryn Gaither, Dahlia Cafe co-owners David Velazquez, Emily Velazquez and Alfonso Velazquez, Union Alderman Barbara Laberer, the chamber’s board president, chamber board member Chris Dieckhaus and cafe co-owner Esteban Velazquez. Missourian Photo/Geoff Folsom.

Anderson died Jan. 15

Susan Anderson, nee Buescher, 81, Washington, passed away Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. Visitation will be held Thursday, Jan. 19, from 3-7 p.m. at Oltmann Funeral Home, Washington.

A funeral service will be held Friday, Jan. 20, at 11 a.m. at St. Peter’s United Church

of Christ, Washington, with burial in the church cemetery to follow. She is survived by her husband, Hank Anderson; two sons, Scott Anderson and wife Kristy, Webster Groves, and Jim Anderson and wife Amy, Wildwood; other family members and friends.

Timmerman Mass Jan. 23

Scott Timmerman, 73, Washington, passed away

Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023.

Visitation will be held

Monday, Jan. 23, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. at Oltmann Funeral Home, Union.

A funeral Mass will follow at 1:30 p.m., Jan. 23, at Immaculate Con-

ception Catholic Church, Union. Burial will follow in St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery, Villa Ridge.

He is survived by his significant other, Steven Manhart, Washington; other relatives and friends.

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Michael Eastham Dinan was born in 1941, in Santa Ana, California. Surrounded by his lovi ng family, he passed away Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023 in Leslie at the age of 81 years.

Michael grew up in the San Diego, Cali fornia area and graduated in 1959 from Kearny High School in San Diego. He continued his education at San Diego Univ ersity and completed a degree in marine biology. After completing his education, Michael followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather to pursue a career in aviation. Michae l trained to become a pilot and began working for Trans World Airlines

Michael was united in marriage to Lana Raso, Nov. 9, 1968 at Wayfarers Chapel in Palos Verdes, California. The couple made their home in Redondo Beach, California, and their marriage was blessed with four children. The family moved to Leslie in 1985.

Michael enjoyed a successful career as a commercial airline pilot for many years He retired from American Airlines in No vember 2001 and began focusing on his second career as a carpenter and buil der. Michael built seve ral custom homes and commercial buildin gs over the course of his second career. He was passionate about cars and enjoyed spending time building cars. In his youth, Mich ael participated in soapbox derbies and, in later years, helped local youth build and race soapbox derby cars Michael was a longtime member of the St. Louis Jaycees. He lo ved his family dearly and enjoyed spending time with his wife, children and grandchildren.

Michael was preceded in death by his parents and daughter, Denae Dinan.

He is survived by his beloved wife of 54 years, Lana Dinan, Lesli e; three sons, Timothy Dinan and wife Christina, Murietta, California, Ryan Dinan and wife Angela Grassi-Dinan, Leslie, and Jason Dinan and wife Sarah, Nazareth, Pennsylvania; nine grandchildren, Antonia Dinan, Sofia Dinan, Blake Dinan, Adriana Grassi, Gabriella Grassi, William Grassi, Addison Dinan, Neva Dinan and Declan Dinan; two brothers Patrick Dinan, Oregon, and Christopher Dinan and wife Betty, Mira Lom a, California; sister-in-law, Nola Marco and husband Michael, Pine Bush, New York; nieces; nephews; other relatives and dear friends.

A funeral service w ill be held at noon Wednesday, Jan. 18, at Oltmann Funeral Home, Washington, with Pastor Roger Johnson officiating Interment will be private.

Memorial donation s may be made to the Alzheimer's Association or Mercy Health Foundation Washington.

The Dinan family is being served by Oltmann Funeral Home, Washington.

Charles M. D. “Mike” Callaway Sr. - 1 979 – 2 023Charles Michael David Callaway Sr., known to all as Mike, 43, St Clair, depart ed this life Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, at

Mike was born Sept 15, 1979, in St Charles, the so n of Charles L. Callaway and Debbie Suzanne Callaway, nee Johnson. On Aug 12, 2005, he was united in marriage to Jessica Lynn Aker s, and tw o children came to bless this union. Mike was a Christian, being raised in the Baptist faith and believing in the Lord as his Savior. He recently was employed by Eastern Missouri Concrete Company as a batchman, serving the company for over 10 years He was a past member of Masonic Lodge 119 in De Soto and past vol unteer for Cedar Hill Fire Protection District.

Mike loved spending time outdoors, whether fishing, hunting hiking or camping. He also enjoyed coaching his son's little league baseball team. What meant most to him was time spent with his family. The love they shared and many precious memories they created will forever be cherished by all of them.

Mike is surviv ed by his wife Jessica Callaway, St Clair; his children, Teresa Callaway and Charles Callaway Jr., both of St. Clair; his parents, Charles Callaway, known to all as Mike, and wife Nancy, Dittmer, and Debbie Kral De Soto; his grandmother Carol Church, Fieldon, Illinois; his parents-in-law, Pamela Clynes and husband Tim, Potosi, and Burlie Akers, Herculaneum; his half sister, Kimberly Martin and husband Brian, De Soto ; his sister-in-law, Shauna Carney and husband Chad Hillsboro; aunts; uncles; nieces; nephews; cousins; and many friends

Mike was preceded in death by his grandparents, the Rev Charle s A. Callaway Jr., Velma Grace Callaway Albert Johnson and Duke Church; and his stepfather, Boyd Kral

A funeral service was held at 10 a.m Monday, Jan. 16, at Russell Colonial Funeral Home, St. Clair, with the Rev Raymond Laramore officiating Interment was in Green Mound Cemetery, St. Clair. Memorials may be made to the family

The Calla way fa mily was se rved by Russe ll Co lonial Funeral Home, St Clair.

Althage died Jan. 13

Howard F. Althage, 86, Washington, passed away Friday, Jan. 13, 2023.

A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, at St. Peter’s UCC Cemetery, Washington. Interment with full mil-

itary honors will follow.

He is survived by his daughter, Lori Kleekamp and husband Roger, Washington; other relatives and friends.

The Althage family is being served by Oltmann Funeral Home, Washington.

Dwyer Mass Jan. 23

Antonina Dwyer, nee Genovese, 92, Gerald, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. Visitation will be held Monday, Jan. 23, from 10 a.m. until time of funeral Mass at 11 a.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church, New Haven (Port Hudson).

Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

She is survived by two children, Alexander J. (Christine) Dwyer and Mary Louis Dwyer; other relatives and friends.

The Dwyer family is served by Oltmann Funeral Home, Union.

Robinson died Jan. 9

Jermaine Robinson, 36, Las Vegas, Nevada, formerly of Union, passed away Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. Visitation was held Tuesday, Jan. 17, from 3 p.m. until time of funeral at 5 p.m., at The Ridge Church, Villa Ridge. Burial was scheduled

for Wednesday, Jan. 18, at Union City Cemetery.

He is survived by his father, Carl Robinson and wife Lisa, Union; his mother, Lurcine Johnson, Peoria, Illinois; other relatives and friends.

The Robinson family is served by Oltmann Funeral Home, Union.

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Randy L. Brown, 73 Labadie passed away Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023.

Randy, son of the late Ransome Brown and wife Lois, nee House, was born Jan. 9, 1949, in Springfield. He graduated from Washington High School and Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg, where he completed a graduate degree in criminal justice. On Feb. 28, 1971, he was united in marriage to Margit Noelke

Randy served as a trooper in the Missouri State Highway Patrol for five years before moving back to Washing ton in 1979 to take over his family's shoe store, a business he expanded to include New Balance stores in St Louis, Branson, Overland Park, Kansas, and Fairview Heights, Illino is He loved the community and served as president of the Washington Ar ea Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Washington. In 1982, Randy became a member of the National Shoe Retailers Association (NSRA) and served 20 years on the board of directors He was named retaile r of the year by the organization in 2014 His highest honor came in November 2021 when he was inducted into NSRA's Hall of Fame. Because Randy appreciated what Boy Scouts had pe rsonally done for him in his youth, in his retirement, he became involv ed with the scouting program as Osage District Chairman, Great er St. Louis Area Council.

Throughout the years, Randy was legendary for his storytelling that brought people to gether in a real way His stories were inspiring, well planned and funny. All who knew him recognize d his love for family and friends, as well as his loyalty to God and country.

Randy is survived by his wife Margit Brown, Labadie; two sons, Chad Brown and wife Melissa, Oakville, and Kurt Brown and wife Elizabeth, Labadie; mother- and father-in-law, Alfred and Doris Noelke, Washing ton; sister, Suzanne Brown; grandchildren, Sam Brown, Elle Haefner, Ruby Brown, Marshall Brown, Violet Brown and Ivy Brown; sisters- and brothers-in-law, Jerri Hoffmann and husband Dave, St Albans, Mike Noelke and wife Re-Re, St Louis, Patty Lamke and husband Sam, Washington, and Tom Noelke and wife Lu Ann, Germantown, Tennessee; other relatives and friends.

Randy was preceded in death by hi s parents.

A memorial Mass will be held Thursday, Jan. 19, at 10 a.m. at St. Francis Borgia Church.

Interment will be private.

Memorial donations can be made to STLBSA.or g (Osage

District Boy Scouts – Greater St Louis Area Co un cil) or FranklinCount yCASA.com

Arrangements are in care of Nieburg-Vitt, Miller Funeral Home, Washingt on.

Meyer passed Dec. 28

Dianne R. Meyer, nee Ray, 89, Washington, formerly of Marthasville, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022.

A celebration of life was held Tuesday, Jan. 17, from 10 a.m. until time of funeral at noon, at Martin Funeral Home,

Marthasville. A burial followed at the UCC Holstein Church Cemetery. She is survived by her children, Rich Meyer (Janey), Becky Meyer, Dave Meyer (Jenn Graves), and Sandy Cockrell (Steve); other relatives and many friends.

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David Keith Waldo, 81, St. Clair, passed away peacefully at his home late Tuesday, Jan 10, 2023, surrounded by his family.

David was born Sept 7, 1941, in Kirkwood, the son of Lester Waldo and wife Alice, nee Mitche ll. He grew up and attended school in House Springs before moving with his family to the Sullivan area. David graduated in the Class of 1959 from Sullivan High School After attending the Univer sity of Missouri briefly, he came back to work on the family farm. Eventually David went to work in the mechanical field with his dad and un cle. David was un ited in marriage to Judith Helms, May 28, 1961, at First Baptist Church Sullivan. They were blessed with two children, Crystal and Darren.

In 1969, along with his father Lester, Warren Hulsey, Bryce Hulsey and Bob Hulsey, together they founded Associated Crafts The company became a resource for many local young men working in the trades As time went on, David was involved in seve ra l business endeavors, and in 1986, he solely inves ted his efforts into their fam ily business, Pro-Tec Mechanical The ye ar 2002 brought a move for David and Judy when they relocated to their home at Lake of the Ozarks. During their time at the lake, they immensely enjoyed the la ke and also worked some too. In 2009, they decided to leave the lake li fe and returned back to the family farm in St. Clair.

In his younger years David enjoyed driving fast boats riding dirt bikes and enjoyed the “need fo r speed”in his later years according to his family David was a hardworking individual and throughout his life learned how to play hard too. When David had spare time, he enjoyed farming, hunting and fishing. Above all, he treasured the moments he could spend with his family , especially his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

David is su rvived by his wife of 62 years Judith; his children, Crystal Hamer and husband Bob, and Darren Waldo and wife Caren, all of St. Clair; five g randchildren, Jane Buchanan and husband Jason, St Clair, Rob Hamer and wife Sarah, Washington, Tiana Benningfield and husband Nick, Tawny Taylor and husband Joe, all of St Clair, and Kyler Waldo (Piper Jones), Union; 10 greatgrandchildren, Nakota, Jaxon, Aubrey, Miles, Griffin, Ophelia Chleo, Henley Merritt and Jensen; numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Lester and Alice, and two sisters, Pauline Palecek and Dorothy Bailey. Visitation was held from 4-8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 16, at Eaton Funeral Home, Sullivan.

A service was held at 11 a.m Tuesday, Jan. 17 at the funeral home, with Pastor Mary Ann Hamer officiating.

Following the service, cremation arrangements took place.

Memorial contribut ions may be given in David's memory to Mercy Hospice.

Friends may share online condolences with David's family at www.eatonfuneralhome.com.

All arrangements were under the care of Eaton Funeral Home & Cremation Center of Sulli van.

Jo an H. Fa rren

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Joan Helen Farren, nee Stuckenschneider, 73, lo ngtime resident of Platte City, passed away We dnesday, Jan. 11, 2023.

Joan was born Feb. 3, 1949, in Unio n to Larry and Helen Stuckenschneider. She was marri ed in 1972 to Chris, the love of her life. They had two children, Jessica and Michael. For many years, she worked as the cafeteria manager at Chinn Elementary School in Kansas City, touching thousands of lives. She is surviv ed by her husband Chris; children, Jessica and Michael; father, Larry; and sister, Jane.

Joan was preceded in death by her mother, Helen, and brother, James Stuckenschneider.

Visitation was held from 2-4 p.m. Monday Jan 16, at Rollins Funeral Home, Platte City.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Wayside Waifs Animal Rescue or City Uni on Mission of Kansas City.

Arrangements were in care of Rollins Funeral Home,Plat te City, 816-858-2129, www.rollinsfuneralhome.net.

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A look back to when pipe smoking enthusiasts descended on Washington

Story by Ethan Colbert, Missourian Editor

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It is not the prize money that attracts the contestants — it is the spirit of competition in one of the most unique events held anywhere.

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FFew may remember when the International Association of Pipe Smokers’ Clubs hosted its 17th annual convention and contest at the Washington Town & Country Fair in 1965, but a soon-to-be published photo gallery on The Missourian’s Lens of Time digital photo archive may trigger some memories.

Since its launch in September 2021, scores of images from the community’s past have helped residents relive moments from the past or learn more about local history.

“Washington is known as the corn cob pipe capitol of the world, and I think people appreciate that. But some people may not know how prominent corn cob pipes were in Washington’s culture at one time. We hope the photos from 1965 stir some memories of another era of corn cob pipes in our community,” said Bill Miller Jr., publisher of The Missourian

Since its launch, the photo archive has published more than 1,140 photos.

The published photos range from snapshots of now-adult children sledding in the snow, to photos of the Washington American Legion Post’s baseball teams, to images of daily life in Washington and the surrounding area throughout the last century. Now, the digital archive will include 30-plus photos of the people who traveled from across North America to compete in the pipe smoking competition.

Here is what The Missourian had to say about the pipe smoking competition in early August, ahead of the event.

“The contest was brought here mainly through the efforts of George Buescher, who was a judge last year at the world contest at New York World’s Fair. The Corn Pipe Club of Washington is the host for the contest and the convention, which will have its business sessions at the Elks Club,” The Missourian wrote at the time. The world champion would receive

a cash prize of $100, while the second place finisher would receive $75 and third place would receive $25. The top three finishers would also receive a number of other prizes, including pipes, pipe sets, tobaccos, lighters and smoking accessories. These prizes were provided by merchants from across the U.S., including some in Washington. Contest officials noted at the time that “it is not the prize money that attracts the contestants — it is the spirit of competition in one of the most unique events held anywhere.”

Under the rules of the contest, each contestant was permitted to use his or her own pipe. Each contestant was given the same amount of tobacco, exactly 3.3 grams, and two wooden matches. The object of the contest was to see who could smoke the longest and without having to light up more than twice.

According to The Missourian’s print archives, anyone could register for the event even if they had not won a qualifying event like Earl Miller had in April. Miller had won the Washington Corn Cob Pipe Club’s “warm up competition” with a time of 71 minutes and 3 seconds.

Ultimately, 49 people participated in the contest that was held in the merchants’ tent at the fairgrounds despite it being well over 100 degrees at the time of the contest start. The contest drew a large number of press photographers and even a television cameraman from Columbia. Serving as judges for the event was then-State Senator Don Owens, of Gerald, then-State Representative Norbent Jasper, of Washington, and then-Superintendent Dr. Don Northington, of the Washington School District.

“The first contestant to go out was Charles Pecka, Fair chairman. He lasted only 32 seconds,” The Missourian reported at the time. Meanwhile, Washing-

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The new champion, Frank Frankenberg, of Crestwood, poses for photographers after he was proclaimed a world champion pipe smoker by then-Rep. Norbert Jasper, who was one of three judges for the contest.

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Wanda Neier Washington

Edna Bohrer Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Alfred Kampschroeder Washington

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ton native, Frank Frankenberg, of Crestwood, was the winner of the contest. He kept his new corn cob pipe lighted for 93 minutes and 27 seconds. Second and third places went to former world champions. Paul Spaniola, of Flint, Michigan, won second when he smoked his pipe for 91 minutes and 47 seconds. John Ulmer, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, who was the defending champion, bowed out with a time of 87 minutes.

After winning the contest, Frankenberg told The Missourian he had used a corn cob pipe that he purchased for 59 cents the morning of the contest and that he only hoped to “make a fair showing” in his hometown. Frankenberg, who was a 1945 graduate of St. Francis Borgia High School, said he was a regular corn cob pipe smoker and that he likely could have continued smoking had his bowl not become disconnected to the stem of his pipe and fallen to the floor.

While the contest was dominated by male competitors, there were a handful of women also participating. That included Edna Bohrer, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who smoked her pipe for 48 minutes and 31 seconds and led all women.

Among the locals competing in the contest were: Wilbur Redhage, of Union, 80 minutes, 48 seconds; Allen Wagner, of Washington, 77 minutes, 52 seconds; E.K. MacDonald, of St. Clair, 74 minutes, 52 seconds; Earl Miller, of Washington, 71 minutes, 31 seconds; William Van Vactor, of Washington, 65 minutes, 45 seconds; William Schuetz, of Washington, 49 minutes, 27 seconds; Roy Hoemann, of Washington, 44 minutes, 51 seconds; Everett Turner, of Washington, 43 minutes, 38 seconds; Ronald Hoemann, of Washington, 39 minutes, 23 seconds; Wayne Welge, of New Melle,

pipe smokers who are here for the 1965 World Championships gather to admire the large trophy that the champion will receive. From left are Cliff Lamoureux, the Canadian Champion from Virginiatown, Ontario; John Ulmer, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the defending champion; Dick Austin, of Flint, Michigan, who is the 1960 world champion; and Paul Spaniola, of Flint, Michigan, who was the 1951 world champion.

39 minutes, 10 seconds; William Harty, Jr., of Washington, 38 minutes, 43 seconds; James Clayton, of Concord Village, 38 minutes, 15 seconds; Floyd Turner, of Washington, 37 minutes, 45 seconds; Elmer Fleer, of Washington, 37 minutes and 31 seconds; Robert Hendrix, of Washington, 36 minutes, 15 seconds; Fred Wehmeyer, of Washington, 35 minutes, 27 seconds; and Nelson Hall, of Washington, 34 minutes, 51 seconds.

Also representing the local area in the competition were Lorraine Wesselschmidt, of Washington, 34 minutes, 43 seconds; Cornelius Sieges, of Washington, 33 minutes, 10 seconds; Wanda Neier, of Washington, 32 minutes, 33 seconds; Henry Meier, of Washington, 32 minutes, 20 seconds; Alfred Kampschroeder, of Washington, 32 minutes, 58 seconds; Jerome Zimmerman, of Washington, 30 minutes, 23 seconds; Veronica Shipley, of Washington, 27 minutes, 31 seconds; Frank Friese, of Union, 27 minutes, 19 seconds; Joe Ravo, of Union, 26 minutes, 58 seconds; Dave Buescher, of Washington, 26 minutes, 38 seconds; Marin Westhoelter, of Washington, 25 minutes, 51 seconds; David Ouellet, of Pacific, 24 minutes, 31 seconds; Whit Scheidegger, of Gerald, 22 minutes, 56 seconds; Bernie Strubberg, of Washington, 6 minutes

In this file photo, Frank Friese, of Union, smokes his corn cob pipe during the International Association of Pipe Smokers’ Clubs Inc.’s World Championships in 1965. Freise smoked his pipe for 27 minutes and 19 seconds.

for his virtuoso choir at Venice’s famed church and includes works from one of his last publications, Selva morale e spirituale

Documentary: “Summer of Soul”

February 8 • 6 p.m.

and three seconds; and Charles Peca, of Washington, 32 seconds.

“Like all of the Lens of Time galleries, we hope this photo feature stimulates some fond memories for our community and our readers,” Miller said. At least one new photo gallery is added to the Lens of Time photo archive every month.

Recently published photo galleries include “Deck The Halls,” which includes images of city workers hanging strands of tinsel and garland in downtown Washington, of school children constructing gingerbread houses, and other yuletide moments of yesteryear.

Since its launch in September 2021, the Lens of Time photo archive has garnered nearly 200,000 page views. In addition to viewing the photos online, the Lens of Time photos can be purchased directly from the photo archive website. A link to the galleries can be found on the newspaper’s website.

PAM BAUER’S ANTIQUE SHOP

DOWNTOWN NEW HAVEN

January 19 thru January 29

9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Antique furniture, braided rugs, glassware, quilts, wicker, wool yardage, display cabinets, 1930s large rolltop desk, trunks, cabinets and much more.

Champion

Among those competing in the International Association of Pipe Smokers’ Clubs Inc.’s World Championships in 1965 were, from left, Lorraine Wesselschmidt, Veronica Shipley, and Wanda Neier, all of Washington. The championships were held in conjunction with that year’s Washington Town & Country Fair.

In this file photo, newly-crowned world champion pipe smoker Frank Frankenberg, left, is congratulated and presented with some of his winnings by Washington Town & Country Fair Queen Karen Woomack and George Buescher, who helped bring the international competition to Washington. In Buescher’s hand is a cannister of Arrowhead Pipe Club tobacco.

Roy Hoemann, of Washington, smokes away on his pipe during the International Association of Pipe Smokers’ Clubs Inc.’s World Championships in 1965, which were held in Washington. Hoemann ended up in 19th place with a time of 44 minutes and 51 seconds.

The oldest contestant in the 1965 contest was 90-year-old William Schuetz, of Washington. He puffed away for 49 minutes and 27 seconds, which gave him a 14th place finish in the contest. He had to drop out when his pipe became overheated and burned through the briar.

In this file photo from August 1965, two of the local contestants in the International Association of Pipe Smokers’ Clubs Inc.’s World Championships were Bob Hendrix, left, Washington Town & Country Fair manager, and Charles Pecka, that year’s Fair chairman. Pecka was the first contestant to exit, going out in 32 seconds.

In this file photo from August 1965, the three judges for the International Association of Pipe Smokers’ Clubs Inc.’s World Championships watch as competitors prepare to light their pipes at the start of the contest. Pictured are, from left: Dr. Don Northington, then-superintendent of schools; then-State Representative Norbet Jasper, and then-State Senator Don Owens.

Dealerships report UTV sales revved up

By Reid Glenn glennr@emissourian.com

Traditionally used to haul tools or supplies off-road, side-by-sides have captured the hearts of many recreation enthusiasts and, in the past few years, sales of the machines have skyrocketed locally and across the country.

Tony Tumminello is the lead mechanic at Lippert Powersports, which is currently building a new showroom in Union. A four-wheeler rider for 30 years, Tumminello had thought of utility task vehicles (UTVs) as something for less hardcore motorsport fans.

“I always thought getting in a side-by-side was an old man’s thing because you’re too old to drive your four-wheeler,” he said. “Well, we went to Kentucky two years ago and I was going to be the only one that had a four-wheeler. All my other buddies had side-by-sides so I went out and bought a used one and had a blast and we’ve had a blast ever since.”

Tumminello still has his fourwheel all-terrain vehicles (ATV) but he upgraded his 2016 Polaris RZR and he often takes it out on the weekends, sometimes with a group of a dozen friends’ families and their UTVs.

“It’s a lot of family fun,” Tumminello said. Tumminello’s story isn’t unique. UTVs have infatuated thousands in recent years. The breadth of customers is what dealership owner Joe Lippert attributes the high sales figures to.

Global Market Insights (GMI), a market analysis and consulting firm, valued the market for ATVs and UTVs at more than $7 billion in 2020 and predicted annual growth at an average of 6 percent per year until 2027.

A few UTVs hit the markets in the late 20th century, but sales really started to take off in the late 2000s, according to Marthasville’s Motorcycles and More owner Jay Driemeyer.

Making sales

Jay Driemeyer, owner of Motorcycles and More, stands next to some of the UTVs offered for sale at his business Jan. 16 in Marthasville. UTVs hit the markets in the late 20th century, but sales began to climb in the late 2000s and they recently have been marketed more to outdoor recreation enthusiasts.

Originally meant for working applications, UTVs often feature a bed for hauling and a tow hitch and recent models have been marketed to outdoor recreationalists, “I just think that people want to get out of their workplace, be able to travel to parts of the wilderness that they never could get to before,” Driemeyer said.

Lippert founded his business in 2021 after retiring from carpentry. He said before that he bought a UTV for himself, he was surprised by the cost and popularity of the machines. His dealership sells mostly work UTVs made by Dallas-based Massimo Motor Sports and his most popular models are four seaters with dump beds and 550 or 750 cubic centimeter engines. They start at around $10,000 and can

be used on the farm, job site, or hunting land, but the group of owners with the most enthusiasm for UTVs are those who use their vehicle for recreation. About a fifth of UTVs were purchased for recreation in 2020, a figure that GMI predicts will grow.

UTVs are only street legal in Missouri with a permit issued by a local municipality, and they’re still illegal on state roads. Because of this, all-terrain parks, such as Moonlight Racing Off Road Park in Sullivan and others around Missouri are popping up all over the rural U.S., offering sometimes thousands of acres of trails, mud pits, obstacle courses, hill climbs and jumps.

The parks are relatively inexpensive, often under $50 per day, and

many have been adding facilities for camping, swimming, and other outdoor activities.

“It’s reasonably priced so a young family with kids that are 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, whatever, can go and camp all weekend, have all this fun, make memories that they’ve never had and spend less than $200,” Lippert said.

Sales really took off during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite supply issues especially for electronic parts. The industry experienced many of the same symptoms that emptied the lots of car dealerships such as delayed cargo ships and semiconductor chip shortages. Tumminello said there are still long wait times for some parts, but demand for service and for new machines has stayed strong except for a recent slowdown during the winter months.

“When COVID hit and people started working from home, the powersports industry realized a 300 percent increase per year for the past two years,” Lippert said. Driemeyer, too, has seen large increases in UTV sales.

They are concerned that a recession will cause some potential buyers to be more frugal with their nonessential spending, but Lippert is optimistic that sales will pick up as usual when people catch spring fever and receive their tax refunds.

Motorcycles and More is a Can-Am dealer and carries models that range from the more utilitarian to the sporty Maverick.

UTVs can also be outfitted with countless practical or sport add-ons. Lights, bigger tires, enclosed cabs and snow plows are popular additions, according to Lippert.

Driemeyer said anybody can find some use out of the Swiss-army vehicle.

“There’s all kinds of aspects to it. It just depends on what the individual likes best,” Driemeyer said. “People can find something that they like to do and (in the past few years) they’ll spend the money to own one.”

Ask the Expert Why does my small business need Cybersecurity?

By Jon Lober jonl@noctechs.com

I was recently asked by a small business owner in the agriculture industry, “Why does a small company like mine need cybersecurity?” This is a great question and one I get often. With the ever-increasing reliance on technology in all aspects of operations, it’s important to protect sensitive information and assets from cyber threats.

One of the main reasons that a small business needs cybersecurity is to protect customer data. As a business, you likely collect and store personal information such as names, addresses, and payment information. When this data falls into the wrong

hands, you and your customers could suffer identity theft and financial fraud. Cybersecurity measures, such as firewalls and encryption, can help prevent cybercriminals from accessing this information.

Jon Lober, Vice President

Another reason a small business needs cybersecurity is to protect against ransomware attacks. Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts your files, making them inaccessible until you pay the ransom. If your business’s point-of-sale or inventory management system were to be compromised

and made unusable, what would you do?

A small business also needs to protect its online presence. Online stores and social media accounts are targets for phishing, spear-phishing, and or website defacement attacks. This can damage your reputation and the trust of your customers.

Finally, it’s important to remember that small businesses are targeted by cybercriminals precisely because they are less likely to invest in cybersecurity and are seen as low-hanging fruit. By implementing

cybersecurity measures, your business will be a less attractive target and better protected from cyber threats.

In summary, a small business needs cybersecurity to protect customer data, guard against ransomware attacks, protect its online presence and reputation, and make itself less vulnerable to cyber-attacks.

If you are interested in seeing how vulnerable your business is to cyber-attacks, contact NOC Technology to request a free security assessment. We will identify the weaknesses in your network and provide you with a detailed report at no cost.

Missourian Photo/Julia Hansen.

By Allison Kite

Independent

Missouri

The

Missouri regulators handed a setback to a proposed silica sand mine south of St. Louis earlier this month when they revoked a pivotal permit. But the fight isn’t over for opponents of the mine.

While state regulators denied one permit to NexGen, the would-be owners of the proposed mine, they almost simultaneously granted the company a wastewater permit for the site. And even the Missouri Mining Commission’s decision to revoke the first permit wasn’t as decisive as opponents hoped.

“This was a great victory. Like, we won this battle. But we still have a long, long road ahead of us,” said Jillian Ditch Anslow, a high school biology teacher and representative of Operation Sand, a citizens’

group organized in opposition to the mine.

NexGen received its land reclamation permit last year despite objections from neighbors who fear the mine will mean toxic dust particles in the air, contaminated water and noisy disruptions to the rural community. But following an appeal, the state’s Administrative Hearing Commission recommended environmental regulators vacate it.

The commission said in a November order that NexGen didn’t comply with the requirement to list all owners of property the company would mine and didn’t show a source saying it had a legal right to mine.

The Missouri Mining Commission agreed in part and voted 4-1 to vacate the permit.

NexGen declined an interview request but said in a statement that

it was disappointed in the decision.

“However, the development of our overall plan is a long process,” said Clark Bollinger, NexGen Silica’s general manager, “and we are confident that we will acquire our required permits to move forward with our original plan.”

NexGen’s site is proposed in Ste Genevieve County about two miles from Hawn State

main in place. She did not offer a time frame for when it might end. An unusually fast start to the annual U.S. flu season, plus a spike in other respiratory illnesses, created a surge in demand for fever relievers and other products people can buy without a prescription.

Shortages of medicines like Children’s Tylenol developed, varying around the country and sometimes even within communities.

Experts who track medicine shortages said in December that the problem could persist through the winter cold-and-flu season. But they noted that it should not last as long as other recent shortages of baby formula or prescription drugs.

NO. 171

NO. 172 (This tract now combined

171.)

TRACT NO. 173 SE-1/4 NE-1/4 Section 12, except right of way of public road and further excepting right of way of Missouri Pacific Railway. Excepting therefrom property acquired for right of way of Berger Levee

District. TRACT NO. 174 Part NE-1/4

SE-1/4 Section 12, lying North of the Missouri Pacific Railway, except right of way of Public Road. Excepting therefrom property acquired for right of way of Berger Levee District. TRACT NO. 175 That part of the following land lying within the Levee District: The SW-1/4 of the NE-1/4 containing 40 acres; the NW-1/4 of the SE-1/4, containing 40 acres; the W-1/2 of the SE-1/4 of the SE-1/4 containing 20 acres in Section 6, Township 45 North Range 3 West of the 5th P.M., containing 100 acres. The S-1/2 of the NW-1/4 of the SW-1/4 containing 20 acres; the NE-1/4 the SW-1/4, excepting therefrom a strip of the uniform width of 12 chains off the West side, leaving 16 acres; that part of the N-1/2 of the SE-1/4 which lies West of the Missouri River, excepting therefrom a strip of the uniform width of 250 feet off the North side, leaving approximately 53 acres in Section 5, Township 45 North, Range 3 West of the 5th P.M. and containing in Section 5 approximately 89 acres. Also that part of the NW-1/4 of the SW-1/4 of Section 4, Township 45 North, Range 3 West of the 5th P.M. which lies West of the Missouri River, containing approximately 1 acre. Containing in the aggregate approximately 190 acres. Together with easement. TRACT NO. 176 That part of the following land lying within the Levee District: The SE-1/4 of the NE-1/4 containing 40 acres; the S-1/2 of the SW-1/4 of the NW-1/4, containing 20 acres; the N-1/2 of the NW-1/4 of the SW-1/4 containing 20 acres; the West 12 chains off of the NE-1/4 of the SW-1/4 containing 24 acres; the S-1/2 of the SE-1/4 of the NW-1/4 containing 20 acres and that part of the S-1/2 of the S-1/2 of the NE-1/4 which lies West of the Missouri River, containing approximately 15 acres; that part off of the North 250 feet off of the N-1/2 of the SE-1/4 which lies West of the Missouri River, containing approximately 7 acres in Section 5, all in Township 45 North, Range 3 West of the 5th P.M., containing in the aggregate approximately 146 acres. Together with easements. TRACT NO. 176A The E-1/2 of the SE-1/4 of the SE-1/4 of Section 6; the W-1/2 of the SW-1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 6; the W-1/2 of the SW-1/4 of the SW-1/4 of Section 5, all in Township 45 North, Range 3 West of the 5th P.M., containing 40 acres. Together with easements. TRACT NO. 177

A tract of land being part of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 6,

Township 45 North, Range 3 West of the 5th

P.M. in Franklin County, Missouri to wit:

Commencing at an iron rod at the Southeast corner of said Section 16, thence along the East line of said Section 16 N00°-37’’E 2,692.80 ft to a point at the East Quarter corner of Section 16; thence along the East/ West center section line of said Section 16 S89°-43’W 2,684.90 ft. to an old axle at the center section corner of said Section 16, said point also being the Southwest corner of a tract of land belonging to Marvin Pehle, formerly belonging to R. Krattli; thence leaving said center section line N70°-36’W 1,144.24 ft. to an iron rod at the point of beginning; thence S71°-04’W 230.00 ft to an iron rod in the center line of Lower Berger Bottom Road; thence along said center line N36°-43’W 596.72 ft. to an iron rod; thence leaving said center line of Lower Berger Bottom Road N71°-04’E 230.00 ft. to an iron rod; thence S36°-43’E 596.72 ft. to the point of beginning; containing 3.00 acres. Subject to any and all easements, conditions, restrictions, etc. of record.

TRACT NO. 178

The South half of the Northwest qr. in Section 16, Excepting Therefrom all that part that lies West of the Lower Bottom County Road, Excepting Therefrom Lot 1 of New Holland Subdivision, plat of which is of record in Plat Book N, Page 270 in the office of the Recorder of Deeds. All in Township 45 North, Range 3 West of the 5th P.M. that a Petition of Board of Supervisors of Berger Levee District to Extend Duration of Corporation for the Berger Levee District of Franklin County, Missouri under the provisions of sections 245.010 to 245.280, RSMo, has been filed in the Circuit Court of Frank-

Counsel of both sewer districts appear.

At the election held on November 8, 2022, a majority of voters within the

Sewer District approved the proposition to

the

Sew-

District and have the area immediately annexed by the Calvey Creek Sewer District. At the same election, a majority of voters within the Calvey Creek Sewer District approved the proposition to annex the Crestview area upon dissolution of the Crestview Sewer District.

Last month, the Board of Supervisors of both district enacted ordinances approving the simultaneous dissolution of the Crestview Sewer District and annexation of such area by the Calvey Creek Sewer District.

Before this Court may render a final Judgment dissolving the Crestview Sewer District and approving the annexation of such territory by the Calvey Creek Sewer District, a notice must be published once a week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in Franklin County, the last insertion to be made at least fifteen days prior to the court date when the merits of the Petition will be decided.

This matter is hereby set for final hearing on 1-6, 2023, at 9 a.m.

Pursuant to Sections 249.765, 249.807 and 249.810

RSMo, the following notice is hereby ordered to be published in a newspaper printed and published in Franklin County once a week for four consecutive weeks, the last publication shall be not less than fifteen days prior to the court date set forth above.

NOTICE OF PETITION SEEKING THE SIMULTANEOUS DISSOLUTION OF THE CRESTVIEW SEWER DISTRICT AND THE ANNEXATION OF SUCH TERRITORY BY THE CALVEY CREEK SEWER DISTRICT Notice is hereby given to

QR., ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE NORTHEAST QR. OF THE SOUTHWEST QR. IN SECTION SEVEN (7), TOWNSHIP FORTY-ONE (41) NORTH, RANGE THREE (3) WEST OF THE 5TH P.M., DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT AN OLD IRON ROD IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER THEREOF, RUN THENCE ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT, NORTH 89 DEGREES EAST 699.9 FEET TO AN IRON ROD, THENCE NORTH 2 DEGREES 03 MINUTES EAST 1,119 FEET TO AN IRON ROD IN THE SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE COUNTY ROAD, THENCE ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE, SOUTH 61 DEGREES 34 MINUTES WEST 100 FEET, SOUTH 52 DEGREES 05 MINUTES WEST 100 FEET, SOUTH 48 DEGREES 06 MINUTES WEST 100 FEET, SOUTH 57 DEGREES 07 MINUTES WEST 133.7 FEET, SOUTH 57 DEGREES 31 MINUTES WEST 100 FEET, SOUTH 61 DEGREES 14 MINUTES WEST 100 FEET, SOUTH 62 DEGREES 54 MINUTES WEST 100 FEET AND SOUTH 56 DEGREES 17 MINUTES WEST 123.2 FEET TO AN IRON ROD AT THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE WITH THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 1, RUN THENCE ALONG SAID WEST LINE SOUTH 2 DEGREES 03 MINUTES WEST 642.5 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING 14.02 ACRES, ACCORDING TO THE SURVEY BY ROMUALD L. BUESCHER, REGISTERED LAND SURVEYOR, DURING JULY, 1973. TRACT 2: PART OF LOT TWO (2) OF THE SOUTHWEST QR. OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 41 NORTH, RANGE 3 WEST OF THE 5TH P.M., IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSOURI DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE NORTHEAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY "H" WITH THE CENTERLINE OF MILL ROCK FORD COUNTY ROAD, THENCE WITH THE CENTERLINE OF SAID COUNTY ROAD NORTH 58 DEGREES EAST 40.9 FEET AND NORTH 18 DEGREES EAST 246 FEET, THENCE NORTH 73 DEGREES 30 MINUTES WEST 452.14 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE IN THE NORTHEAST LINE OF SAID HIGHWAY "H", THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY ON A CURVE HAVING A RADIUS OF 613.70 FEET, A DISTANCE OF 545.50 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. TRACT 3: ALL THAT PART OF LOT TWO (2) OF THE SOUTHWEST QR. OF SECTION 7 TOWNSHIP 41 NORTH RANGE 3 WEST OF THE 5TH P.M., IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSOURI, LYING NORTHEAST OF MISSOURI

relinquishment, along with an explanation that within thirty days of such public notice, the non-relinquishing parent wishing to establish parental rights shall identify him/herself to the court and state his/her intentions regarding the child/ren.

The name of the court in which this action is pending and the names of all the parties to said suit are stated above in the caption hereof and the name and address and telephone number of the Juvenile Officer of FRANKLIN County, Missouri is: NIKKI HOLDMEIER 120 S. Church Street

Union, Missouri 63084

St. Clair.

JTI Davis Properties LLC to Jeffrey T. and Tracy E. Davis, Cherry Creek Homes, now known as Green Valley Creek.

JTI Davis Properties LLC to Jeffrey T. and Tracy E. Davis, Cherry Creek Homes now known as Green Valley Creek.

Harold E. Dunn to Catherine and Steven Stumpe.

Terri Crvkovich to Ryan, Ryan S. Hope.

John R. Sommers to John and Michelle Debroeck.

McBride West Lake LLC to Christopher G. Keller,

Villages at West Lake.

Harriett Ann and Charles A. Hurth III to 301 Real Estate Holdings LLC.

Wilson Realty Inc. to William L. Clark.

Summer Hill Estates Subdivision Properties LLC to Summer Hill Estates Plat 4, Summer Hill Estates.

David, David A. and Debra Brune to Dawns Acres, Dawns Acres.

Vanessa Jane Leone to Andrew Michael Jablonowski and Vanessa Jane Leone, Crest View Acres.

Daniel Bret and Mary Kay Bowman to WashMo Rentals LLC.

Megan and Travis S.

Harris, Gloria L., James F. and Megan Martin to Jimmy H. Smith, Gray Summit Hills Subdivision.

Mary T. Biermann Properties LLC to White Owl Properties LLC, Jefferson Heights Condominium.

Chris

Please

MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

high school diploma, enthusiastic and good communication skills.

This is a full-time position with excellent benefits and retirement plan.

Please email resume to melissas@necins.com

ment Number: 1517358

the undersigned Successor Trustee, at the request of the legal holder of said Note will on Monday, February 13, 2023 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., (at the specific time of 11:00 A.M.), at the North Front Door of the Court House, City of Union, County of Franklin, State of Missouri, sell at public vendue to the

(42) NORTH, RANGE TWO (2) EAST OF THE 5TH P.M., MORE FULLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 124 OF LAKE SERENE SUBDIVISION, THENCE NORTH

10 DEGREES 40 MINUTES EAST 73.99 FEET TO THE SECTION LINE, THENCE EAST ALONG THE SECTION LINE, SOUTH 88 DEGREES 19 MINUTES

36 SECONDS EAST 167.7

FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT, THENCE SOUTH

22 DEGREES 11 MINUTES

14 SECONDS WEST 112.62

FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 123, THENCE ALONG THE NORTHERN LINES OF LOTS 123 AND 124 NORTH

56 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 37 SECONDS WEST 69.97

FEET AND SOUTH 87 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 09 SECONDS WEST 69.75 TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. to satisfy said debt and cost.

MILLSAP & SINGER, P.C., Successor Trustee

612 Spirit Drive St. Louis, MO 63005 (636) 537-0110

File No.: 208035.012323.427115 FC NOTICE

Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no information concerning the collection of this debt may be given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Publish in The Missourian December 28, 2022, January 4, 11 and 18, 2023.

612

File No.:

212420.013023.427021 FC NOTICE

Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no information concerning the collection of this debt may be given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector or the express permission of a

SALE WILL COMMENCE AT 1:00 P.M.

WASHINGTON TRUSTEE CORP.

By: Timothy W. Tobben, Vice President Trustee

Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 1692c(b), no information concerning the collection of this debt may be given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Publish in The Missourian January 11, 18, 25 and February 1, 2023.

OF SOUTH HILLS, A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF UNION, AS PER PLAT OF RECORD IN PLAT BOOK G, PAGE 24 IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF DEEDS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSOURI.

SUBJECT TO BUILDING LINES, EASEMENTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD AND TO ANY ZONING LAW OR ORDINANCE AFFECTING SAID PROPERTY. to satisfy said debt and cost.

MILLSAP & SINGER, P.C., Successor Trustee

612 Spirit Drive St. Louis, MO 63005 (636) 537-0110

File No.: 210479.012323.423363 FC NOTICE

Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no information concerning the collection of this debt may be given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Publish in The Missourian December 28, 2022, January 4, 11 and 18, 2023.

THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK J PAGE 26 IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OR DEEDS. to satisfy said debt and cost. MILLSAP & SINGER, P.C., Successor Trustee NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE

For default in the payment of debt secured by Deed(s) of Trust executed by Teresa J. Smith, dated March 27, 2009, recorded in Document #0906629, Office of Recorder of Deeds, Franklin County, Missouri, at Union, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will on Monday, January 30, 2023, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., approximately 1:00 p.m., at the north door of the Franklin County Courthouse, Union, Missouri, sell at public vendue, subject to any unpaid real property taxes or special assessments, without regard to race, creed, color, sex, age, or national origin, to the highest bidder for 10% non-refundable certified funds with the balance payable in secured funds within 30 days of the date of the sale:

Lot 2 of the Resubdivision of Lots 5 and 6 in Block 2 of Peter's addition to the City of Union, as per plat of record in Plat Book N, Page 918 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds.

Located at: 605 E. Park Avenue, Union, MO 63084 to satisfy said debt and costs.

Pamela A. Scott Substitute Trustee Phone Number (573) 919-3333

in The Missourian January 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2023.

Publication Dates: January 4, 11, 18, 25, 2023.

Date

Date

Receipt

mail should not be construed by the recipient to indicate that the

TESTAMENTARY GRANTED

(Supervised Administration)

To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Mary Jane Marquart, Decedent:

On December 20, 2022, the last will of the decedent having been admitted to probate, the following individual was appointed personal representative of the estate of Mary Jane Marquart, decedent by the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Franklin County, Missouri. The name and business address of the personal representative is:

LEONARD E. MARQUART, 812 CAMP STREET, WASHINGTON, MO 63090

The personal representative’s attorney’s name and business address is: LOUIS B. ECKELKAMP JR., BANK OF WASHINGTON, P.O. BOX 377, WASHINGTON, MO 63090.

IN THE 20TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT, FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSOURI Judge or Division: PROBATE Case Number: 22AB-PR00467

In the Estate of: LYLE BARTON, Deceased. NOTICE OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION GRANTED

(Supervised Administration)

To All Persons Interested in the Estate of: LYLE BARTON, Decedent: On December 16, 2022, the following individual was appointed the personal representative of the estate of LYLE BARTON, decedent, by the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Franklin County, Missouri. The personal representative’s business address is:

KIMBERLY MUELLER, 2141 MANOR COURT, BARNHART, MO 63012.

The personal representative’s attorney’s name, business address and phone number is: GREGORY BROUGH, 9666 OLIVE BLVD., SUITE 690, OLIVETTE, MO 63132, 314-725-0001. All creditors of said decedent are notified to file claims in court within six months from the date of the first publication of this notice or if a copy of this notice was mailed to, or served upon, such creditor by the personal representative, then within two months from the date it was mailed or served, whichever is later, or be forever barred to the fullest extent permissible by law. Such six-month period and such two-month period do not extend the limitation period that would bar claims one year after the decedent's death, as provided in Section 473.444, RSMo, or any other applicable limitation periods. Nothing in Section 473.033, RSMo, shall be construed to bar any action against a decedent's liability insurance carrier through a defendant ad litem

All creditors of said decedent are notified to file claims in court within six months from the date of the first publication of this notice or if a copy of this notice was mailed to, or served upon, such creditor by the personal representative, then within two months from the date it was mailed or served, whichever is later, or be forever barred to the fullest extent permissible by law. Such six-month period and such two-month period do not extend the limitation period that would bar claims one year after the decedent's death, as provided in Section 473.444, RSMo, or any other applicable limitation periods. Nothing in Section 473.033, RSMo, shall be construed to bar any action against a decedent's liability insurance carrier through a defendant ad litem pursuant to Section 537.021, RSMo.

Date of the decedent's death: 28-NOV-2022

Date of first publication: January 4, 2023

BILL D. MILLER, CIRCUIT CLERK BY: SCARLETT BORGMANN, DEPUTY CLERK

Receipt of this notice by mail should not be construed by the recipient to indicate that the recipient necessarily has a beneficial interest in the estate. The nature and extent of any person's interest, if any, can be determined from the files and records of this estate in the Probate Division of the above referenced Circuit Court. Publish in The Missourian January 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2023.

Notice to Bidders

Feth for

or

information. (314) 971-3443. Writ-

bids must be

mail before January, 31, 2023. Mailing address is Ford Truck, Beaufort-Leslie Fire

6486 HWY. 185, Beaufort, Missouri 63013. The BLFD board reserves the right to reject all bids. Winning bid will be notified after the regular scheduled February BLFD Board meeting. Publish in The Missourian January 11, 18 and 25, 2023.

NOTICE TO BIDDER

Beaufort-Leslie Fire Protection District will be accepting bid proposals for the construction of a Segmental Block Retaining Wall. The segmental block retaining wall will be constructed along the east property line of fire house No. 2 located in Leslie Missouri. The

washmo.gov, or through the Missouri Relay System, 800 735-2966 [TTY] or 800 735-

The City of Washington hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids

creed, sex, age, ancestry, or national origin in consideration for an award.

Employment of Unauthorized Aliens Prohibited

(a) Contractor agrees to comply with Missouri Revised Statute Section 285.530.1 in that it shall not knowingly employ, hire for employment, or continue to employ an unauthorized alien to perform work within the State of Missouri.

(b) As a condition for the award of this contract, the Contractor shall, by sworn affidavit and provision of documentation, affirm its enrollment and participation in a federal work authorization program with respect to the employees working in connection with the contracted services. The Contractor shall also sign an affidavit affirming that it does not knowingly employ any person who is an unauthorized alien in connection with the contracted services.

IN THE 20TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT, FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSOURI Judge or Division: JOSEPH W. PURSCHKE

Case Number: 22AB-PR00488

Written bids must be received No later than January 31, 2023. Envelopes addressed to, Beaufort-Leslie

(c) Contractor shall require each subcontractor to affirmatively state in its contract with Contractor that the subcontractor shall not knowingly employ, hire for employment or continue to employ an unauthorized alien to perform work within the State of Missouri and shall not henceforth do so. Alternatively, Contractor shall require each subcontractor to provide Contractor

Request for

mation. (314) 971-3443

The written prospectus must be received No later than January 31, 2023. Envelopes addressed to, Beaufort-Leslie Fire Protection District, Fire House 2 Addition, 6486 HWY. 185, Beaufort, Missouri 63013. The BLFD board reserves the right to reject all RFQ and Proposals. BLFPD reserves the right to continue to the contract with the chosen firm until a successful completion of the project. BLFD also reserves the right to terminate the project at any time. Winning RFQ and Proposals will be notified after the regular scheduled February BLFD Board meeting. Publish in The Missourian January 11, 18 and 25, 2023.

PROPERTY TRANSFERS

Samel to Elizabeth

A.

McKinley Publish in The Missourian January 11, 18, 25 and February 1, 2023.

IN THE 20TH JUDICIAL

CIRCUIT COURT, FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSOURI Judge or Division: PROBATE

Case Number: 22AB-PR00479

In the Estate of: DELLA BAKER, Deceased.

NOTICE TO

CREDITORS (Small Estate)

To All Persons Interested in the Estate of DELLA BAKER, Decedent. On a small estate affidavit was filed by the distributees for the decedent under Section 473.097, RSMo, with

Receipt

IN THE 20TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSOURI

Judge or Division: PROBATE Case Number: 22AB-PR00483

In The Estate Of: GALA MARIE YORK, Decedent NOTICE OF HEARINGDETERMINATION OF HEIRSHIP

To: All unknown heirs of the decedent and all persons known or believed to claim any interest in the property outlined below as an heir or through an heir of the decedent.

You are hereby notified that you are entitled to appear and be heard at a hearing to be held on February 8, 2023, at 10:00 A.M. in the Probate Division

Arthur Joseph and Dana D. Cornejo to Robert Andrew Hines, Mercer Acres.

Sally Anne Parker to Virginia Satchell, Lichte’s Subdivision.

Virginia Satchell and Aaron Stiebler to Gardens on Oak LLC, Lichte’s Subdivision.

Redbone Properties LLC to James and Samantha Derbyshire.

Dorothy and Elmer Krome to Sarah Yager, Wheel Estates Lake Subdivision.

Laura Beth Bohannon and Trenton Brown to Alicia Anne and Daniel Lee Parker, Estates at Eagles View.

Flower & Fendler Inc. to Barry L. Hagar, Villages at West Lake.

Donna E. and Steven J. Katzung to Andrew G. Katzung. Lauren M. Seeber to Robert W. Seeber Jr., St. Andrews Place.

Helen and Richard

Proehl to Shannon and Thelma Elizabeth Buschjost, St. Johns Meadow.

Courtney E. and Daniel J Olson to E. B. Hammack’s Plat 9, E. B. Hammack’s. Gloria Mae and Terrill Douglas Struttmann to Nathan John Grellner, Chamber of Commerce Subdivision. Kassandra E. Robertson to Andrea K. Swebilius, Evergreen Lakes.

Antoinette M. Meyers to Logan Denise and Joseph Lee Dorhauer Jr., Ad Deum.

Laurie and Timothy S. Shelton to Jackie Stevens, Villa Ridge Estates.

Karen J. and Steven J. Berra to Berra. Joanne M. and Robert J. Kinnison Sr. to Elise and Jesse Lavin.

Lenny Ashley, Lenny Ross Westbrook to Strategic Streams LLC, Terra North Estates.

Mary J. and Ryan J. Glastetter to Jared Sprick.

Genita L. and Mark P. Wehner to Laura L. and Rickie L. Merkel.

Dana and Matthew Smith to Shyanne Dean.

Carolyn S and Ransom W. Dudley to Delrae M. and Timothy K. Privratsky, Woodlawn Acres.

Sherri, Sherri J., Sherri Joan Bell to Sherri Joan Bell. Denette and Steve Jahnsen to Charles E. Gray and Daniel E. and Mary Anne Snyder, Shannon Hills.

Juanita and Sarina Scott to Sarah M. Loggins.

Ruby Lynn Pagel and Lloyd B. Wallach to Steven J. Seyer, Lake Thunderbird.

John Sbarboro to John Sbarboro.

Leann K. Maercker to Leann K. Maercker.

Corner Place Development LLC to Corner Place Subdivision, Corner Place Subdivision.

Don and Dorothy Schowe to Douglas Apprill, Heritage Valley Estates.

Miranda Patterson to Andrew B. Forbes, Hyde Park Manor.

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gil J. Bliss to Cathy and Coral McDaniel.

William A. Juengel to William A. Juengel Jr., Camelot Estates.

William A. Juengel to William A. Juengel Jr. and Barbara A. Peters.

Ramona Eilers to Dennis G. and Michael W. Eilers and Diana S. Fischer.

Jacob D. Rohrer to Cathy L. Rose, Cripple Creek Estates.

Freedom Mortgage Corporation to Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Northwood.

Connie L. Scheer to Joseph A. and Karen S. Maniaci, Overlook at Weber Farms. Eastland Oaks Inc. to Rombach Contracting LLC, St. Johns Meadow. Mark A. Gromer to Hugh Allen and Mark A. Gromer, St. Andrews Place.

Betty, Betty S. Lawrence to Genita and Mark Wehner, Twin Lakes.

Carey A. and Jeffrey D. Knapper to Katie and Matthew Saeger.

Katherine J. and Matthew D. Saeger to Anacleto and Angela Benito, Forest Oaks.

Jess W., Jesse W. Altenbernd to Altenbernd.

Barbara A. and Jess W. Altenbernd, Jesse W. Altenbernd to Altenbernd.

Connie J and William A. Juengel Jr. to Connie J. and William A. Juengel Jr., Camelot Estates.

Joan Elaine Buehrle to Rebecca Lee Gremmer. Jason Blue and Mary Grace Buehrle to Rebecca Lee Gremmer.

Andrew Henry and Rebecca Lee Gremmer to Michael W. and Trisha L. Mounce.

Lauryn N. Cunningham, Lauryn N. Overschmidt to Lauryn N. Overschmidt, Brookmoore.

Joseph, Joseph Jr., Joseph Lee Jr. and Logan Dorhauer to Robert and Theresa Russell, Cedars.

New Town Center LLC to BW Real Estate LLC, New Town Center. Kelly Christan Kruse to Michael Charles Kruse, Baltimore Subdivision.

Elizabeth A. and Michael R. Snider to Darla, Darla G. and Morgan, Morgan P. Ouellette, Kee Estates.

Unnco Development Corp to ELS Homes LLC, Stone Crest Subdivision.

Edna M. and Garry R. Miller to Schmanke Real Estate Holdings LLC.

Schmanke Real Estate Holdings LLC to Edna M. and Garry R. Miller.

Fawn Lake Estates to Meagan and Thomas Adams, Fawn Lake. Ozark Diversified LLC to BW Real Estate LLC.

Doug A., Douglas A. and Sharon R. Holtmeyer to Douglas A. and Sharon R. Holtmeyer, Holly Hills Estates. Daniel D. and Tori

Anne and John Andrew Bell, Samel Acres.

William F. Hagen to April and William Rombach.

Linda F. and Marion David Matthews to Linda F. Matthews, Lake Thunderbird.

Corey Smith to Corey and Jennifer A. Smith, Williams Valley. Rainbow Lake Estates Inc. to Edward and Lynn Williamson, Rainbow Lake Estates. Kane Property Development LLC to Discovery Properties LLC, Walnut Ridge.

Rebecca S., Rebecca Sue and William E. Denny to Rebecca Sue Denny, Hermosa Vista. Dennis Fricke to Dennis Fricke, Oakshire Farms Subdivision and Crestview Subdivision. Joyce A. Byrd to Joyce A. Byrd, W. P. Mattox Subdivision.

Barbara A., Barbara L., Kevin and Ronald Camden to Camden, Cross Roads Acres Subdivision. S K Contractors Inc. to Mary H. Hughey, Hanover Place. Anne E. and Rodney R. Johnson to Spring Management LLC. Lauren Glenn Drumm to Kimberly A. and Randal K. Meilink, Overlook at Weber Farms. Bruce Wayne and Karen Besselman, William Ray Melcher, Colleen Elizabeth and John Robert Stubits to Karen Besselman. Bruce W. and Karen, Karen F. Besselman to Jeanne and Mike McQueen. 20 E. Springfield (Sullivan) MM LLC, 20 E. Springfield (Sullivan) SM-2 LLC, 20 E. Springfield (Sullivan) SM-3LLC, 20 E. Springfield (Sullivan) SM-4 LLC, 20 E. Springfield (Sullivan) SM-5 LLC, 20 E. Springfield (Sullivan) SM-6 LLC, 20 E. Springfield (Sullivan) SM-7 LLC, 20 E. Springfield (Sullivan) SM-8 LLC to Sullivan 6 E. Springfield Rd. LLC. Charlotte Wilken to Shirley Dintelman, Melody Lake Subdivision. Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission to City of Washington. Betty L. Griffin to St. Andrews Drive Development LLC. Betty L. Griffin to St. Andrews Drive Development LLC. David Sheldon and Sarah Katherine Johnson, Susan Montebello, Clare Griffin, Rose Marie and Thomas Frederick Neher, Beverly and Tom O’Brien and John Wohlgemuth to City of Union Missouri, Stablestone Estates. Gloria J. and Howard R. Marquart to Gloria and Howard Marquart. RMJ Properties LLC to Bria Jones and Jason J. Miller, Kate Springs. Mark E. and Ruth E. Johnson to Mark E. and Ruth E. Johnson, Ruth’s Acres. Keith A. Kleekamp to Keith Allen Kleekamp. Caron and Donald Schuh to Judy Davis, Rainbow Lake Estates.