Harrison County’s five schools have had to adapt their plans for honoring their gradu-ates this year because of the school closures during the pan-demic.

The Gilman City R-4 School took a unique approach when it held a virtual graduation cer-emony for their Class of 2020 on the school’s Facebook page on Friday night. The gradua-tion was followed by a parade in front of the school building honoring the three graduates, Tiffany Gilbertson, Jeremiah Newton and Michael Sutton.

Gilman City Superintendent Roger Alley and Principal Jill Sperry addressed the gradu-ating class in a ceremony at-tended by family groups who were spaced apart in the gym-nasium.

Alley told the graduates, “You will always have a home in Gilman City.”

Sperry recognized each member of the class before the diplomas were presented. Tif-fany will be attending North Central Missouri College next year. Michael will report for basic training in the U.S. Army on May 19. And Jeremiah will be joining the National Guard.

South Harrison postponed its commencement until 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 14, at Memo-rial Stadium.

The school district will have a virtual full day of learning this Thursday, May 14, in an effort to connect with all stu-dents.See graduation on Page 2.

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A joyful event at Gilman City even in a time of social distancing.

Gilman City seniors throw their caps in the air while getting ready for their commencement on Friday night in the school gymnasium. Only relatives were admitted to the graduation ceremony because of social distancing requirements due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Seniors Michael Sutton, Tiffany Gilbertson and Jeremiah Newton received their diplomas from Superintendent Roger Alley in a cer-emony that was shown on the school’s Facebook page, left photo. A parade for the new graduates was held after the ceremony.

Schools change their plans for graduation due to pandemic

County looking for guidancein developing COVID budget

Republican-Clipper photoOpen for business: Bethany barber Wiatt Hodge trims Jesse Crump’s hair after the local barbershop reopened for business last week with the expiration of the state and county stay-at-home order. Crump, who lives at Gilman City, came to Bethany for his first haircut in several weeks. Hodge, who has the only barber-shop in the county, had shaggy headed customers line up all week long. The county’s beauty salons were also back in busi-ness.

Brandi Hurt of Eagleville joined the frontline fight against Covid-19 when she left for Gal-lup, New Mexico, on Friday, May 1, to treat patients on the In-dian reservation Window Rock. Gallup resides within McKinley County where over 1,500 posi-tive cases have been detected, the highest county total in New Mexico to date.

Hurt took time off from her nurse’s duties at Dr. Terry Hall’s office to travel to New Mexico where she is working with pa-tients from the Navaho Reserva-tion.

During her first week in New Mexico, the city of Gallup was shut down with all roads com-ing and going closed with police officers and National Guards enforcing those rules. The city was released from lockdown as of Monday morning, May 11, af-ter more than a week of turning travelers away.

When asked what her experi-ence has been like so far, Brandi said “Busy! I can’t even imagine how many times I don and doff PPE in a shift, let alone every-one else.” The process, she ex-plains, is time consuming.

“You can’t just walk in and do anything, you have to put on your gown, face shield and gloves every single time and then remove everything without contaminating anything.”

She shared that the process and gear make doing her job much harder. Tasks such as start-ing IV’s, drawing labs and even communicating with anyone are more difficult than normal.

“We wear N95 masks with surgical masks and eye protec-tion the entire shift. It’s hot and uncomfortable, but the staff here are incredible and they are thankful for the help, which fills my heart to know that I am re-ally helping.”

The Harrison County Com-mission is waiting for more guidance from the state treasur-er’s office on the distribution of CARES Act funds received dur-ing the Coronavirus epidemic.

Harrison County’s portion of funds from the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES) is $979,856 which was transmitted to the county on Wednesday, May 6.

“We are asking for more clar-ification” on the distribution of the funds, said Presiding Com-missioner Jack Hodge.

The Harrison County com-missioners signed and returned a federal funding certification on April 30 requesting to be in-cluded in the distribution by the state treasurer.

With state and local govern-ments beginning to lift or relax stay-at-home orders on social distancing and group gatherings, the Missouri Supreme Court has issued new operational direc-tives for courts to follow before resuming court activities that had been suspended by the state court.

The new rules recognize that conditions vary across the state under which precautions and safeguards in metropolitan areas may not be necessary or appro-priate in less-populated commu-nities.

According to the Supreme Court, the purpose of the new operational directives “is to fa-cilitate local solutions appropri-ate to local conditions.”

The Harrison County Circuit Court will put into effect new procedures for conducting court on May 16, according to a state-ment from the court. The court will proceed as follows:

Social distancing will be en-forced with a limited number of persons present in the courtroom in both civil and criminal pro-ceedings. The baliff will regu-late the number of persons who enter the courtroom.

Seating areas will be spaced to provide adequate distance which will be clearly marked on the benches. Those appearing are encouraged to wear masks, although the Supreme Court does not require them. Those who are exhibiting signs of ill-ness, whether it is COVID-19 or any other illness should call the Circuit Clerk’s Office and have their case continued.

The Harrison County Health Department has been provided with a copy of the new direc-tives.

Since the early days of the outbreak, attorneys representing clients in the Associate Division (Judge Jay Hemenway) have en-tered into an agreement with the state in criminal cases encourag-ing them to file written guilty pleas with the court rather than have a required presence involv-ing their client as well. In addi-tion, attorneys in the Associate Division who have not resolved their criminal matter are encour-aged to request a continuance prior to court to minimize the numbers coming to the court-room. If a defendant decides to have a trial, then that case will be taken up in the courtroom

with the parties appearing while observing safe distancing prac-tices.

Arraignments and bond hear-ings in the Associate Division have been held by Zoom video-conferencing and will continue to be held in that manner. Like-wise, cases have been heard by video conferencing in Division 1 (Judge Tom Alley’s court) and will continue to be held in that manner to protect the health of participating parties and court personnel.

Court officials said that dur-ing this entire period of shut-downs, the courts have remained open for filing of all cases. Court proceedings in certain matters—juvenile proceedings and adult abuse proceeds, to name the most recent—have proceeded in both Division I before Judge Alley in the Associate Division before Judge Hemenway.

The Associate Division will go forward with its domes-tic docket at 9 a.m. on May 18 and with the Associate Division Docket at 1:30 p.m. on May 18. The Bethany Municipal Court Division will have cases set for 1:30 p.m. on May 20.

Brandi Hurt helps out on reservation

As of Monday, May 11, McKinley County had 1,522 positive cases with 46 deaths. Brandi expressed that the num-ber of cases has started to trend down, but there were still some very sick people coming into the emergency department.

While in New Mexico, Brandi is residing in a hotel close to the hospital. She shared that the city is also sheltering a lot of people with positive cases in motels and hotels in town. “They are either homeless people that they are trying to keep off the streets to stop the spread or simply people that are quarantining and trying not to take it home to their fami-lies.” She explained.

Asked about the similarities between Gallup and back home and whether a similar situation

could happen here, “It very well could if people aren’t careful. If did, our little hospital would be hit like this one and have to transform like they have here with outside tents and likely transform the clinics to care sites also. The differences I see here are the number of homeless peo-ple that have spread it to each other and the multigenerational homes where family members have given it to each other.”

She added that there is also a large number of people on the reservation that don’t even have running water, so that makes hand washing one of the key preventatives in spreading ill-ness non-existent.

Brandi will return home May 15th and have to quarantine her-self for two weeks.

Submitted photoThanks for your service: Eagleville registered nurse Brandi Hurt received this certificate for helping treat COVID-19 patients from an impoverished region of New Mexico.

The county’s allotment from the federal CARES Act will be used to fund unexpected pan-demic-related costs. Bethany and other communities, as well as agencies such as the hospi-tal, are expected to share in the county’s portion of the grant.

The commission will hold a public hearing on the proposed budget adjustments resulted from the CARES grant at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 19, in the County Clerk’s office. Those documents are now available for public inspection at the clerk’s office.

The county commission is-sued a press release last week stating that it will utilize the guidelines provided by the U.S. Department of Treasury and the

state of Missouri in making de-terminations about the use of funds, including allocation and awarding of the funds.

“Harrison County is in the process of reviewing the CARES Act requirements and guidelines issued by Treasury and will de-velop policies addressing issues related to the next anticipated steps in the process, including who can apply to receive these funds and the process and re-quirements for doing so,” the new release said.

Officials said further infor-mation will be released to the public on the county’s allocation and distribution of CARES Act funds as more information is gathered.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major changes in our state government. The biggest change involves the degree to which the legislature is giving the governor enormous powers over the state’s budget to pick winners and losers.

Lawmakers had little choice. The economic consequences of COVID-19 from closed busi-nesses and unemployed Missou-rians hit the state so late in the legislative process that the full impact on state tax collections was unclear.

In the few weeks after the COVID-19 economic impact began emerging, estimates of budget shortfalls ranged from $300 million to $1 billion. Cre-ating an entirely new budget with detailed program-by-pro-gram spending allotments of more than $30 billion in just a few weeks proved difficult to achieve. “We don’t know how long it will last or bad it will be. We know it’s not good, but it’s impossible to know where we’re at or where we’re going,” House Budget Committee Chair Cody Smith, R-Jasper County, conceded to the House about the economic situation.

Compounding the problem are questions about federal CO-VID-19 relief funds allocated to the state. It’s a huge amount,

potentially several billion dol-lars. But on the closing days of legislative action on the budget, details about the amount and how the money could be used were still emerging.

Lawmakers choose to appro-

priate as much as they thought the state could receive. But that hands power to the governor to use his legal authority to decide where to restrict spending when the administration concludes there will not be sufficient funds for what the legislature appro-priated.

That makes it unclear how much money various programs actually will get. State Auditor Nicole Galloway has charged the governor’s administration with refusing to comply with her request to state agencies about how they plan to spend those COVID-19 federal funds.

When the legislature consid-

ers a realistic balanced budget, the legislative process gives Missourians and interested par-ties ample opportunity to voice concerns before final passage. Not so if tentative administration plans are kept secret. Another major change in the legislative process has been the degree to which lawmakers piled com-pletely unrelated issues onto the parent bills in the closing weeks of the session.

I used the term “bloated whales” in an earlier column to describe bills that the legislature bloats up with unrelated issues as the approaching end of a leg-islative session limits how many bills can get passed.

But this year, creating bloat-ed whales became a legislative frenzy, to a degree I’ve not seen before. A prefect example was a relatively simple bill to include fentanyl among the state’s ille-gal drugs. But it grew to include juvenile court certification, ban-ning drones at prisons, witness protection, letting cops hold suspects longer in jail, vehicle hijacking, street gangs, city dog ordinances, physician assistant licensing, feral hogs, liquor sales and public record exemp-tions -- all in one bill!

I understand the drive for bloated bills. The legislature’s extended, multi-week recess

because of COVID-19 signifi-cantly compressed the time law-makers have to pass bills before adjournment. In the past, those weeks of early spring had been critical in reaching compromises to move measures forward for final passage. But listening to hours upon hours of debate as bills got bloated, I wondered if simply taking up the individual bills actually might be quicker, even if it required daily sessions into the late evening.

Maybe it will take another Missouri Supreme Court case reaffirming the unanimous 1995 decision that the state constitu-tional provision that prohibits a bill from containing “more than one subject” really means “one subject.” Obviously, the historic challenges from COVID-19 re-quires unprecedented actions. But I wonder whether these precedents will lay a foundation for the future.

Health officials predict this virus will be with us in 2021 and legislative budget leaders warn the financial problems facing the state government likely also will continue next year.

So, does that mean the gov-ernmental short cuts of this year will continue into next year?

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80 Years AgoMay 22, 1940

Miss Martha Scott, who for-merly was a grade school pupil at Jamesport, and later a high school teacher at Bethany high school, is now in Hollywood, acting in the starring role of “Our Town”, Broadway Stage hit in which she was a success.

An appeal for donations from individuals and organizations has been issued by A.C. Flint, county chairman of the Red Cross, to aid homeless and other sufferers in the European War. It is to help non-combatants, many of whom are women and chil-dren.

60 Years AgoMay 18, 1960

Miss Joan Mitchell daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Mitch-ell of Gilman City, was chosen as one of two attendants to the queen at the Apple Blossom

queen contest in St. Joseph. Valedictorian at the Mt.

Moriah School was Mary Ann Stoner, salutatorian, Vicky Hamilton.

40 Years AgoMay 7, 1980

Members of the Bethany Rotary Club will be conduct-ing a guided tour of the com-munity for six young men from India who presently are visiting the United States as Guests of Rotary International.

Arthur L. Mallory, commis-sioner of education for the state of Missouri, will deliver the commencement address for the Gilman City R-IV graduation ceremony.

Missy East was named the recipient of the W.R. Culp award at the South Harrison awards assembly. The scholarship rec-ognizes a student who demon-strated athletic and academic

excellence.

20 Years AgoMay 24, 2000

Stephen Palmer, who is a gravestone preservationist by trade, has contacted several agencies along the Third District Representative David Klindt about funding to restore and maintain gravestones in Mis-souri cemeteries.

Concern over drought condi-tions in Northwest Missouri has prompted agriculture officials to initiate the ECP (Emergency Conservation Program), and to release CRP (Conservation Reserve Program) land for graz-ing in five northern counties.

Amid tears and hugs, the New Hampton Elementary School held its final awards assembly last Thursday morning, clos-ing out more than a century of educating the community’s chil-dren.

To the editor:HINDSIGHT is 2020:In a few years, when peo-

ple look back at the dark cloud known as the Corona Vi-rus, they may be able to see a sliver lining to that dark cloud.

In hindsight, we will realize that letting ourselves become very dependent on China for much of our medical needs was not such a good idea.

In hindsight, allowing China to purchase the American pork producing giant, Smithfield, was not a good idea either.

Why did China buy Smith-field in 2013? A virus had wiped out a huge amount of their pork producing capabilities.

Also, while oil prices were low, China was trying to buy up a big Texas oil field.

In hindsight, hopefully we will realize that selling off valuable national resources to a foreign country is not a good idea.—Irvin Israel

Missouri government precedents from COVID-19

ON THE EDGE OF COMMON SENSE

Phill Brooks

Capitolperspectives

Behind a mother’s eyes

After months of study, discus-sion and hearing from people all over the state, the Legislature has approved the state’s operat-ing budget for the upcoming fis-cal year. As a result of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, putting together a blueprint for Fiscal Year 2021 has been one of the most difficult experiences of my life. As chairman of the Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee, I can tell you dozens of people have spent hundreds of hours working to find the best way to construct a budget that funds state government and pro-vides important services to the citizens of our state.

First and foremost, the FY 2021 budget fully funds the foun-dation formula for Missouri’s K-12 schools and holds fund-ing for public higher education institutions the same as current levels. The budget passed by the Legislature also includes federal CARES Act funding. Within the budget, we provide the gover-nor authority to provide up to $30 million in grants for small businesses and $20 million for Missouri meat processing plants from federal COVID-19 relief

funds. The budget also contin-ues to provide increased funding for nursing home rates as these organizations continue to deal with the COVID-19 virus. In an attempt to reduce spending, next year’s budget eliminates numer-ous vacant positions in several state departments.

In addition, below are several other areas that received funding through the FY 2021 state bud-get:

- A full year of funding for county prisoner per diem rates;

- Funding to eliminate the current fiscal year waiting list for the developmentally dis-abled;

- $12 million in federal fund-ing for the expansion of broad-band Internet services;

- $26 million in funding for opioid treatment services;

- $33 million for Area Agen-cies on Aging;

- Up to $35 million in federal funding for rural hospitals; and

- $12 million in funding for water resources and infrastruc-ture.

The Legislature has also giv-en the governor flexibility to use federal funds for cash flow pur-poses to make sure our state has the ability to pay tax refunds and our bills, despite the delayed tax date in July.

Fiscal Year 2021 will start on July 1, 2020. Between now and then, lawmakers may have to come back to Jefferson City to address any new issues, whether revenues get worse or we re-ceive additional federal help. Rest assured, I will be working extremely hard to keep Missouri ready for anything that comes our way.

As always, please feel free to call, email or write with your ideas or concerns. My Capitol office number is (573) 751-1415, my email is dan.hegeman@sen-ate.mo.gov and my mailing ad-dress is Room 332, State Capitol Building, Jefferson City, MO 65101.

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Graduation(Continued From Page 1)

Cainsville’s graduation will be held at 6 p.m. on June 20 in the school gymnasium.

Ridgway’s seniors will re-ceive their diplomas at 2 p.m. on May 24 in the city park.

North Harrison’s commence-ment has been delayed until 2 p.m. on June 20 at the school.

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft began delivering face masks, distancing strips, sanitizer, face shields and post-ers to local election authorities for their polling locations in the upcoming 2020 elections.

On May 19, he will visit and deliver supplies to the Harrison County Clerk’s office at 2:15 p.m. while on rounds to several

Northwest Missouri counties.Harrison County will be hold-

ing a municipal election on June 2, a primary election on Aug. 4 and the general election on Nov. 3.

During the day of visits, Ashcroft will deliver 846 face masks, 2,355 distancing stripes, 78 bottles of sanitizer, 846 face shields and 942 posters.

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Cameron Budget Motel was heavily damaged in a fire on May 4, according to the Cam-eron Citizen-Observer.

Firefighters from Cameron, Lathrop and Hamilton battled the blaze that completely en-gulfed the structure. The fire broke out at about 12:45 p.m. on Monday. The state fire marshal’s office is investigating the cause of the fire.

City of Cameron officials closed the structure following the fire.

Michael Eugene Frisbie, 34, of Albany faces charges in Har-rison County Circuit Court for allegedly resisting arrest on a warrant accusing him of bur-glary and evidence tampering.

Harrison County Officer Aar-on Parkhurst attempted to arrest Frisbie at a trailer park on 14th Street in Bethany on April 18 when the Albany resident fled from the scene. Parkhurst called

for backup and found Frisbie hiding behind a refrigerator in a trailer unit, according to a probable cause affidavit filed by Parkhurst.

Officers were attempting to arrest Frisbie on charges of bur-glary, stealing and tampering with physical evidence.

Frisbie’s bond was set at $15,000 pending a hearing in Harrison County Circuit Court.

Dustin Freeman, who has been superintendent at the Ridgeway R-5 school for the past year, has been hired as the

The Red Cross collected a total of 34 units of blood during its blood drive on May 5 at the Bethany Community Center.

Blood drive officials were expecting to collect 25 units but were surprised with several late walk-ins.

The drive had 26 whole blood donors and 4 power red donors who provided two units per do-nor, according to Jackie Spain-hower of University Extension.

The blood drive included 24 first-time donors. The final tally held the potential of saving 102 lives.

May 8—Judith A. Worstell, 53, Princeton, Mo., possession of controlled substance, meth-amphetamine, misdemeanor marijuana, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, misde-meanor driving while suspected. Released from Harrison County Law Enforcement Center.

MarriageBrice Scott Groom, 24, Kidder,

MO. and Megan Jean Saul, 22, Kidder, MO.

Real Estate TransferDavid K. Polley, Brenda Polley to

Robert C. SmithScott Kisner, Katherine J. Kisner

to Jack Clark, Kathryn Clark Jack L. Leazenby to Kristi Ging-

erichDarin J. Huitt, Karla S. Huitt to

Richard A. Jacobs, Cheryl Y. JacobsYork Rentals LLC to Judy BoothKevin D. Lawson, Karen L.

Lawson to Jim F. Alden, Paul J. Alden

Danie Darby to Cyle Lee FewinsCyle Lee Fewins to Karen Gon-

zalez, Cyle Lee FewinsSuits Filed

State of Missouri vs. Nolan Ken-neth Hamilton, domestic assault, unlawful possession of drug para-phernalia, property damage

State of Missouri vs. Lawrence Wulu, possession of marijuana/syn-thetic cannabinoid

Midland Credit Management vs. Amber D. Merritt, suit on account

UNI of Kansas Health Systems vs. Misty F. Ward, suit on account

Circuit CourtDivision II

Exceeded posted speed limit: fined $70.50, Abraham De Anda, Watauga, TX; fined $181.50, Mack-enzie Jo Lamp, Shakopee, MN; fined $155.50, Slade B. Priest, Cen-terville, MS; fined $155.50, Donald G. Saso, Garden Prarie, IL; fined $70.50, Dawn R. Solis Toledo, Des Moines, IA; fined $70.50

Driver/front seat passenger fails to wear properly adjusted/fastened safety belt: Naomi Marie Chris-tensen, Coffey, MO; fined $10.00

Failed to equip vehicle with muffler/adequate muffler/prop-erly attached muffler: Brenda Jean Miller, Kansas City, MO; fined $181.50

Building PermitsApril 29 – Richard Easton, 1302

Central, new buildingApril 29 – Everett Burrows, 1009

Miller St., eletricMay 1 – Joe Salmon, 605 South

St., deckMay 1 – James LeRette, 1503 S

14th, roofMay 1 – Tim Collins, 1008 Gar-

land, electric

Ridgeway superintendent moving to Albany

Red Cross has successful blood drive

new superintendent of the Alba-ny R-3 School District, accord-ing to the Albany Ledger.

Freeman came to Ridgeway after beginning his educational career at Putnam County. He was later principal at Newtown-Harris.

He will take his position at Albany on July 1 for the 2020-2021 academic year.

Dick Smith of Bethany has been serving as the interim su-perintendent at Albany during the last several months.

Harrison County Weekly Report

Albany man charged with resisting arrest

Cameron motel damaged in fire

Republican-Clipper photoField of delayed dreams: The new stadium at Babe Adams Field has been completed awaiting the resumption of baseball games, hopefully by next fall. The sidewalk in front of the bleachers pays tribute to the field’s namesake, Babe Adams. Nichols Landscape recently completed work on the statium’s concrete block seating.

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Bethany First Assembly of God Rev. Richard Birdsong, pastor

22311 East Hwy. 1369:45 am Sunday school

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

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

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

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

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

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

10:30 am worship; 6:30 p.m. worship

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

Bethany First Christian 1901 Alder StreetBrad Clark, Pastor

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

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

Handicapped accessibleBethany United Methodist

2703 Crestview, BethanyMichael Dunlap, pastor

9:30 a.m. Worship 10:40 am Sunday School

Wheelchair accessible.Bible Baptist

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

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

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

Blessed Sacrament Catholic 1208 S 25th St., Bethany

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

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

Wed. 6:45 pm Kids Club Bread of Life

Non-Denominational Church1603 Central StreetBethany, MO 64424

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

Everyone Welcome1Cainsville Assembly of God

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

Wednesday 7 pm Children/Youth programCainsville First Christian

Rich Piper, pastor10 am Sunday school; 11 am worship

Gilman City United Methodist Pastor Jim King

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

Kids Group to be announcedHeath Chapel

Rural McFallCristy Clark, pastor

9 am worship; 10 am Sunday school;

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

Darian Catron, pastor 10 am Sunday school;

11 am worshipHope Lutheran

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

10:15 am Bible StudyImmanuel Baptist

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

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

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

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

Jehovah’s Witness10 am public talk;

MId Week Tuesday 7 pm Kirkley Chapel Tom Hogan, pastor

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

Wed. 7:00 p.m.Martinsville Christian

Fred Flesher9:30 am Sunday school;

10:30 am worship each Sunday Martinsville United Methodist

Mark Morehouse, pastor 10 am Sunday school;

11 am worship, 2nd & 4th SundaysMelbourne Baptist

10 am Sunday school; 11 am Worship;

Mitchelville Methodist Richard Wilson, pastor 10 am Sunday school;

worship 1st & 3rd SundaysMorris Chapel

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

10 am worshipWed.. 7 pm Bible Study

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

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

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

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

Coffey Baptist 10 a.m. Bible study;

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

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

11 a.m. Worship Eagleville Baptist Church

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

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

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Mt. Zion New Hampton

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New Hampton Christian Paul Drummond

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

Wednesday 6:30 pm Bible studyNew Hampton Methodist

Guest Speaker, pastor9:30 am worship;

10:30 am Sunday schoolNew Hope Baptist Church

Rural McFallJason Crowley, Pastor

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Supper 6 p.m. Meeting 7 p.m.Otterbein Gospel

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4 miles N. on Hwy. 69, 1/2 miles westSunday school 10 a.m.;

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Pattonsburg Methodist Cristy Clark, pastor10:30 am WorshipPrairie Chapel Pastor Tim Wilson9:00 a.m. Worship

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10 am Sunday school; 11 am & 6 pm worship

Ridgeway United Methodist David Stuckey, pastor; 9 am worship;

9:45 am Sunday schoolRidgeway Baptist 9:45 am Sunday school;

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Wed. 6:00 Bible StudySeventh Day Adventist

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Shady Grove Christian Bible 10 am Sunday school;

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Love is only rarely the idyllic blisspictured in the movies and in romancenovels. Often love requires patience,

perseverance and sacrifice. Those whom weare called to love are often underserving of ourlove if judged by the standards of this world,but by God’s standards, all are deserving of ourlove as fellow children of God. And even whenour beloved is deserving of our love and easy tolove, it still hurts when we have to say goodbyeor contemplate that our beloved will one dayleave us through death. Love is hard work andit often hurts. It is doubtful that the pleasuresand comforts of love will always outweigh thepains and discomforts that it inevitably brings,and yet, we must go on loving. For what is thealternative? To become a hater? To give up onlove and sink into a state where we neitherlove nor hate? By no means, for a life withoutlove is truly meaningless. When we say thatGod is love, we are essentially saying that themeaning and purpose of life and existence islove. –Christopher Simon

The HardWork of Love

“Love is patient, love is kind. Itdoes not envy, it does not boast, itis not proud. It does not dishonorothers, it is not self-seeking, it isnot easily angered, it keeps norecord of wrongs. Love does notdelight in evil but rejoices withthe truth. It always protects,always trusts, always hopes,always perseveres.”1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NIV

Submitted photoHonored: Bobby Watts of

Bethany recently was pre-sented an award for 50-year membership in the American Legion Post 2176. The award was announced at Monday night’s Legion meeting.

It sure has been windy this last week. I thought we were in May and not March. The good thing about the wind is it is keeping the fields dry enough for farmers to get their crops in the ground. Little showers every now and then are helping out as well. Maybe we will have a bumper crop this year. Wouldn’t that be nice!

Dylan, Holly, and Little

Benson Parkhurst had lunch at Grandpa Larry’s with Grandma Traci and Papa Lonny last week-end. They also ate supper with Grandma Nicky to celebrate Mother’s Day. Good to see folks getting out and about to visit family.

Philinda Snethen continues to enjoy visiting over the phone with family and friends. She did get out for a bit to deliver some flowers to her sister Kay Herring. She did practice social distancing and wore a mask and gloves. The flowers were from the Andover congregation for moms on Mother’s Day.

Karen Lozier and Lisa Stobbe stopped by Liz Carpenter’s on Saturday afternoon to drop off some of the Andover congrega-tion’s Mother’s Day flowers for Liz. Thank you, Andover, for

Church Services in the Cains-ville community have resumed inside the churches as of Sun-day, May 10. Several people in the community enjoyed services this Sunday all while still per-forming social distancing.

Mothers Day dinner guests of Lila McLain were Kay Thomas, Bethany, Sierra Wolf, Kaylynn and McKinley of Weatherby MO, Ronda Pash of Bethany and Walker Thomas of Odessa Mo.

Randal Thomas was a Moth-ers Day guest of his mom Doro-thy Thomas at her home for din-ner.

There is a plan for a prom-enade the night before a gradu-ation ceremony planned for the Cainsville graduating class of 2020 to be held later in June as long as the state and county con-tinue to stay under control from the Covid 19 virus and continues to open up. I will have more in-formation later.

Sympathy to the family and friends of Randal Power who passed away recently.

Well, since the state has opened back up, I am guessing people are out doing more stuff, so let me know about any activi-ties or people you have finally got to see!

Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conser-vation (MDC) shows that turkey hunters checked 38,730 birds during Missouri’s 2020 regular spring turkey season, April 20 through May 10. Top harvest counties were Franklin with 899 birds harvested, Callaway with 699, and Laclede with 651.

Harrison County led among Northwest Missouri counties with a total of 623 birds. This included 541 adult gobblers, 74 juvenile gobblers and 8 bearded hens. Totals for other area coun-ties were: Mercer, 451; Grundy, 400; Gentry, 229; Worth, 138, and Daviess, 480.

Young turkey hunters also harvested 2,724 birds during the 2020 spring youth season, April 4 and 5, bringing the overall

2020 spring turkey harvest to 41,454.

Last year, young turkey hunt-ers harvested 2,546 birds dur-ing the spring youth season and hunters harvested 36,249 during the regular spring season for a 2019 spring season total harvest of 38,795 birds.

“Even though nonresident permit sales were down this year, there were about 9,600 more spring turkey hunters overall than in 2019 due to an increase in resident permit sales,” said MDC Turkey Biologist Reina Tyl. “When turkey hunting par-ticipation increases, we expect to see a subsequent increase in turkey harvest. It’s great to see that more Missourians were able to get out into the turkey woods this year.”

continuing a years long tradi-tion.

Liz Carpenter made a trip to town last week for groceries and other supplies.

Ivan Lane got out of the house for a bit last week to fill up his vehicle at the gas station. On the way home he stopped by Liz Carpenter’s for a short visit. Liz was out mowing the lawn so it was easy to maintain social dis-tancing while visiting outside.

Thursday afternoon Liz Car-penter went to Maid Rite for a free cup of ice cream courtesy of Lamoni Schools and Maid Rite for teacher appreciation week.

Have a good week, be kind to each other, and let’s pray that our great country will be back up and running smoothly and safely in the very near future for the benefit of everyone.

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Harrison County leads region in turkey harvest season numbers

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

pounds sensibly), #1146, meet every Tuesday evening from 5:30 to 6:30 at the First Christian Church basement. For informa-tion call Lesa Gard at 425-2340.

Cancer Support GroupYou are invited to come to

an informal meeting the second Thursday of every month at 6:30 p.m. A supportive environment for current oncology patients, family members and survivors. Located at the Blessed Sacra-ment Catholic Church next to Hy-Vee in Bethany, Mo. Con-tact Julie, 660-373-0176; Susan, 660-358-2116 or Joyce, 660-654-3114 for more information. Meeting dates will vary.

Fraternal Order ofEagles #2534 Auxiliary

The Fraternal Order of Eagles auxiliary meetings are held at 6:00 p.m. on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month at 104 S. 16th Street. If you have an interest in learning more about our organization or chari-ties we support, we welcome you to join us at a meeting!

Harrison County Genealogy Society

The Genealogy Society library is open for summer hours at 1617 Main Street, Bethany. Reg-ular hours will be Tuesday 1-5 and Thursday 1-5 and Saturday from 2-4. Also open for appoint-ments. Please call 660.425.6535 to make an appointment.

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

OA MeetingOA meeting Mondays at 7:30

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Garrett Ray HillGarrett Ray Hill, 27, New

Hampton, Mo., passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at his home.

He was born on February 4, 1993 the son of Terry and Cathy (Ainsworth) Hill.

Garrett was a graduate of South Harrison High School and later obtained his Associate De-gree and then began working for MoDOT in Albany, Mo. As an avid farmer, he was so good at working cows, he made it look easy. He enjoyed showing cows at many fairs. He obtained his State and American FFA De-grees and was an officer for his local chapter as well as the Post-Secondary Agriculture Students in Trenton, Mo. He also enjoyed golf and being involved at the racetrack. He loved making ev-eryone smile and it didn’t take much effort. He cherished time with his dog, Cocoa.

He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Mal-colm Ainsworth and paternal grandparents, Donald and Wil-ma Jean Hill.

Garrett is survived by his fi-

ancé, Lauren Eivins; father, Ter-ry Hill (Mendy); mother, Cathy Hill (Matt); sister, Taryn Hill; maternal grandmother, Joyce Ainsworth; uncles, Ronnie Hill (Peggy), Gary Hill (Cheryl); aunt, Jeanette Sprague (Benny); uncles, Brad Ainsworth-Chinn (Maurice); many cousins and friends and his favorite canine companion, Cocoa.

Private family graveside ser-vices and burial will be held in Foster Cemetery, New Hamp-ton, Mo., under the direction of Roberson Funeral Home, Beth-any, Mo.

Memorials may be made to the Garrett Hill Memorial Fund to sponsor a person to National FFA Convention or a Bucket Calf at the Northwest Missouri State Fair in care of Rober-son Funeral Home, P.O. Box 46, Bethany, Mo. 64424. On-line condolences may be left at www.robersonfuneralhome.com

Billy Max “Bill” Sharp

Billy Max Sharp, 93, of Cam-eron, passed away April 22, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family. Bill was born July 26,

1926 in Hatfield, Mo., to Clay-ton and Elsie (Payne) Sharp.

Bill married Phyllis Elaine Kies April 9, 1950 in Bethany Mo., she preceded him in death January 31, 2005.

Bill was a veteran of the US Army and served in World War II where he was stationed at the US Army Base, Manila Philip-pines. He was a lifetime member of both the American Legion and the Elks Lodge, and a long-time member of the Cameron United Methodist Church.

A natural entrepreneur, Bill was involved in many business industries. He owned and oper-ated Implement dealerships in-cluding International Harvester and John Deere, Sharp’s Chev-rolet, Dodge, and Sharp’s Ford, Lincoln, Mercury. He was a franchisee with Hardee’s, own-ing and operating 12 restaurants in Missouri. He owned and oper-ated two Super 8 Motels, several convenience stores and “Mobil”, BP’s gas stations. Among other business he owned and operated were, car washes, laundromats, Quik Lube, storage units and Sharp’s Used Cars, all in Mis-souri.

Bill enjoyed spending time with his family at their lake home at the Lake of the Ozarks and he had a love for fancy cars, trucks, etc. One of his favorite hobbies was flying with his wife Phyllis on their own plane.

Bill is preceded in death by his parents, wife Phyllis, two sons, Aaron and Phillip.

He is survived by his daughter Teri (Jim) Carroll of Maysville, Mo.; grandson, Brennan (An-gela) Carroll, Cameron; grand-daughter, Lanelle Carroll (Tyler Whiteaker), Cameron; three great grandchildren, Daxton, Krew and Taylen.

Friends are welcome to stop by sign the book at the funeral home.

Graveside services for friends and family will be held at 2:00 p.m., May 16, 2020 at Cameron Memory Gardens, Cameron, Mo.

Memorials may be made to the Cameron United Methodist Church. Arrangements are under the direction of Poland-Thomp-son Funeral Home Cameron, Mo. For online condolences please visit www.polandthomp-son.com

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!!! Plenty of mothers in our town, and we hope all of them had a great day.

WEEKEND WITH THE LITTLES!!! Little people that is. Nate and Kerri Peters visited with family on the first weekend in May, eating and getting to handle the newest member of the Peters family, Tripp!! Due to the virus, family hadn’t had a chance to get their hands on the little fel-low. This was rectified and he was examined, cooed over and loved on by everyone! Great photo of Nate and Tripp inspect-ing each other on her FB page too. Linda Magee and Tripp were also in a Kodak moment. Lots of little folks everywhere!

MEMA’S MOTHER’S DAY Busy day today for Mema, she had just gotten back from a taco dinner at Shirley’s. Sarah and Jared Ford and her family were there, Paulie McKinny, Anna and Matt Higley and Luke and Maria Shively and all of the little kids were there too. Mema said first time they had all been together since this virus thing started so was a big day. A real treat was a video that had been made last year at Mema’s 95th birthday, first time she saw it as there were technical difficulties and Luke had to format it differently so everyone could see it. Mema was tickled pink with this, she said so sweet seeing all the family and hearing what their memories of her were. Also during week Shirley brought her 3 candles that don’t have to be lit and they are on a timer, Friday Paulie and Wendy brought over a big potted flower, and she also had Maggie Baker, Shirley and Dianna Con-stable as visitors. She said it was a great treat seeing everyone and thoroughly enjoyed herself.

QUACK QUACK~~THE RACE IS ON!!! Gentlemen and ladies will need to purchase their ducks for our Annual Duck Der-by, which will go on! Get your tickets for the little Quackers at Good Old Days, City Hall now so you will be doing swimmingly on May. Don’t be a lame duck and stand around shaking your tail feathers, get in there and grab at first prize! They might have had to cancel the Kentucky Der-by but Quacker Bakers are made of sterner stuff!!! This fantasti-cally thrilling even will be held May 23rd and ducks will be re-leased at 1 PM. Get your tickets this week. You can get one ticket/duck for three dollars. Best to buy them separately as they are three for 10 dollars?

CITY PARK FUNDRAIS-ER Will now be held June 27th and it promises to be a lip smack-ing event! BBQ, funeral beans and desserts galore, the money raised will go towards improve-ments for our city park!

LANGFITT FAMILY EN-JOYS SPRING!! First week-end in May was also filled with grands, youngest one Ada got a new car, but no driver license needed yet as she is turning one

this month. Car is cute though, purple and pinks. All cute kids and looks like much fun was had too. Some great photos of all of the little girls, and what a great weekend last weekend was too, but this past weekend? Very cool and breezy too.

KEEP DOGS UP We had several dog bites last year, all of those were adults not children, and now that weather is warmer we don’t want any people bitten this year. New Hampton does have a law requiring dogs to be leashed off your property and some type of restraint on your dogs while on your property, be it fence, chain, cable or pen. Please be a responsible pet owner and set a good example.

UPDATE ON DONAR. He is now in rehab and has physical address to send cards to, didn’t know about if the email cards would still work, but here is the address to mail cards. Donar Jor-dan C/O KU In Patient Rehabili-tation Level two RM 2220 3910 Rainbow Blvd. Kansas City, KS 66160 Keep the cards and prayers coming. The fundraisers that were delayed due to ongo-ing virus problems hasn’t helped but at this point Kerri says they have reached close to 70% of the $6,000 goal that was being raised for him, still a ways to go but this will be a help while he has to be off work.

SLOW SUMMER FOR DO-ING THINGS Tractor shows canceled. Kentucky Derby can-celed. Everything pretty much has been canceled it seems. But we are having our Duck Derby so there is that! At this point I would settle for watching concrete set.

SHAZAM! Remember Gomer Pyle saying that when he saw something just too awesome to factor in?? Well that is how I felt this past Friday when Alice and I went down to meet my oldest daughter and my youngest grand-daughter in NKC. Nice seeing those two, as hadn’t seen them for several months now. Katie who turned four in February in-formed me that she was no longer Katie, but is now Peach Ball. She had her shoes on the wrong feet but informed me when I enlight-ened her that they were on the right feet. Peach Bowl, no telling where she came up with that one. But now to the SHAZAM mo-ment. Alice and I went into Price Chopper and all shelves were full, there weren’t any gaps that I saw from their meats to their breads and anything in between, they even had toilet paper. I was overwhelmed and thought about having an attack of the vapors and needing smelling salts but I pulled through. On the other hand, we are spoiled by our Hy-Vee folks. Women’s restroom needed attention and I mentioned that to an employee coming in as I was drying hands. She spit out “It’s not MY fault”....well chickadee, no one said you were the one that did it, but a simple “I’ll let someone know” would more than have sufficed. Sadly,

found out where gets that attitude as I did find what appeared to be a manager and told him same thing and he wasn’t much whip-pier, he said would let someone up front know. They can keep their well-stocked store, I would rather browse our now somewhat limited store in Bethany and have nice people to deal with; even with bare shelves they are al-ways smiling and friendly! Hy-Vee where everyone knows your name!

FATHER’S DAY COMING UP Don’t know how many know Tyler King but if you don’t, you are missing out on his wonderful knives, hand made by him. 4K Knife Designs is his FB page, and you need to get over there and look at his work. He has an awesome Chef’s Knife that is to die for and is working on a mini cleaver too. See what he has, not sure what his turn around time is for a custom order but there is always Christmas coming up, so get your order in. Stunning work by someone here in our own county!!!

WATER BILL HEART FAILURE ANYONE? Called Kerri and told her to put warn-ing label when water bill goes up, mine went up about 30 dol-lars and I opened it at 10 p.m. Thursday night and about went to floor. Kerri said not to worry as they didn’t read four weeks apart but five so there was in-crease. But had me panicking all that night.

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS through May 20th. Missed a few last week so will say sorry to have missed them.

May 2nd, Kelly (Findley) Hodge; May 4th, Janet Noble; May 5th, Ron Green, Jade Peters and Catherine Caley; May 6th, Spenser Naylor, Debbie John-son and Janice Groves; May 7th, Drake Naylor; May 8th, Nancy Allen, Herb Menneke and Alan Moore; May 11th, Ginger Bridg-er, Joey Findley and Allison Du-ley; May 14th, Logan Miller and Mike Wilson; May 16th, Nate Peters, Dixie Starmer, Casey Nichols and Rachel Olson; May 17th, Jerry Clark, James Parman and Kristine Ruch; May 18th, Rodger Johnson, Terry Baker and Zachariah Shock; May 19th, Tony Daleske.

FEMA They have been here and inspected all but one of our sites, and council will be work-ing to complete repairs, city will let us know where they will be as needed. The old bridge is closed due to road caving in last spring due to the flooding. Hoping it can be repaired. West Washington has been fixed! So travel on that one is going good. Elm Street has been rebuilt and graveled from end to end. Which brings me to another point. Respect the money, time and effort put into our streets and don’t tear them up with four wheelers, or any vehi-cle. Rutting up our roads means water doesn’t drain right and ru-ins what has been done.

HAPPY ANNIVERSA-

RIES Through May 20th: May 3rd, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Sims; May 5th, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nail and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Malloy; May 9th, Mr. and Mrs. Corey Nichols; May 11th, Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Neff; May 13th, Mr. and Mrs. Rick Findley; May 17th, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gard; May 20th, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Groves.

BLUE BUNTING??? Spou-sal unit came in and said he saw a dark blue bird, black mask and some white underneath, we looked around online and may have been a blue bunting. I’ve seen people on Missouri Birders Facebook group sharing photos so this is a first, wish I had seen it.

NEW HAMPTON MEMO-RIES Doorbell rang, I still have it sealed off from the winter, so have sign saying to go around to back, was in middle of cooking and this was second interrup-tion so went to door and hollered “What do you want, read the sign, go to the back” like a fishwife from the Bowrey. Well it was Betty Magee Nicholls who was bringing by some things from the Centennial celebration in 1968 that they had come across when going through family member’s things who had passed. Three plaques for draft pulling winners, some red and white ribbons and T-shirts, white with red Little Town with the BIG HEART on them. We laughed over their greeting at my door, but times just are different, and this past week had someone wandering around the driveway, and things go missing in the town now, and elsewhere, so friendliness has gone the way of the Dodo bird it seems. I will get these things up to the museum so they can be displayed properly. Treasures to be sure.

Have a good week and don’t forget to join Living in the Hamptons Facebook group.

The city of Bethany has sold two of its vintage fire trucks that had been advertised on the website Purple Wave, the Beth-any City Council was told at its meeting on May 4.

City Administrator Jake Tay-lor said the city received $1,900 for its 1981 Grumman Tiger Cat fire truck and $4,800 for its 1968 Chevrolet pumper truck.

The fire department recently received delivery of a new fire truck from a South Dakota man-ufacturer and purchased a used pumper from a town in Iowa.

Taylor reported that the city has applied for public assistance for costs related to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The board received an update on action concerning dangerous buildings. Code Enforcement Officer Norman Newlin has sent out certified letters to five prop-

erty owners concerning hearings on demolition of the structures.

A final change order for a wa-ter and sewer main extension on 39th Street has been sent to the Howe Company engineers. The new lines will serve property north of Bartlett Street and west of 39th Street. The project will facilitate the development of a property at that site. The busi-ness has not been disclosed.

The council approved a change in its employer paid life insurance policy from Kansas City Life to Principal Life Insur-ance. Principal offered a $20,000 in life insurance for each em-ployee. The previous policy had $10,000 in coverage.

The council members also ap-proved the boring of a four-inch gas line for the Ag-Power build-ing project across 30th Street. The cost will be $8,300.

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The Bethany Community Gym reopened on Monday morning with some restrictive measures in place to protect the health of the staff and patrons.

The Gym, which had been closed because of the stay-at-home order, held a “soft open-ing” that will limit hours from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The facility will be closed on the weekends for the first couple of weeks.

Park Director Aaron Baker said those who have paid yearly membership fees will receive a two-month extension to make up for what they have lost. For those who do not have a yearly membership, it will cost 50 cents to walk around the track in the gymnasium and $3 to use the cardio room or weight room. There is an option to sign up for

a monthly fee.Baker said basketball will not

be played there at the present time. There will be sign-ups for time slots for the cardio room, weight room and walking track (sign up for one time slot to be courteous to others.)

Because of social distancing guidelines, only three persons can be accommodated at the same time in each room. Each visitor must maintain the six feet of distance no matter what part of the Community Gym they are in, Baer said.

Persons will be responsible for wiping down the equipment they use.

There will be no classes at The Gym or reservations or rent-als of the facilities until further notice.

Eight Missouri Western State University students have re-ceived 2020 Nursing Fellowship scholarships from the Mosaic Life Care Foundation.

In honor of Nurses’ Week, the Foundation has announced their commitment to the annual fel-lowship that will award $10,000 each up to ten qualifying ap-plicants. This year’s recipients were chosen from applicants currently enrolled in nursing programs throughout the Mosaic service region.

The Nursing Fellowship lays the foundation for a successful nursing career. Following grad-uation and obtaining a Missouri State Nursing License, each Mo-saic Life Care Foundation Nurs-

ing Fellowship recipient will be partnered with a professional mentor throughout their first three years of employment with Mosaic, participate in communi-ty engagement opportunities and develop clinical and leadership skills in a supportive, hands-on environment.

Eight of the nine recipients this year are students at Missouri Western. They are:

Jennifer Buch, of St. Joseph; Kourtney Chaney, of St. Joseph; Shelbie Gaines, of Watson, Mis-souri; Jaileigh Hamlin, of St. Joseph; Lauren Hill, of Troy, Kansas; Alyssa Hough, of Gow-er, Missouri; Ashley Moeck, of St. Joseph, and Holly Poppa, of Bethany, Missouri.

Submitted photoQualifies for national FBLA event: Anderson Rogers, a member of the South Harrison FBLA chapter, won second place in agribusi-ness at the Future Business Leaders of America State Leadership Contest. A total of 19 SHHS chapter members competed on the state level. The National Leadership Conference was originally scheduled to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, but now will be held virtually.

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

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TO ALL PERSONS interested in the Estate of Letty Mae Milligan, Decedent.

The undersigned, James M. Milligan and Dwight Milligan, Jr., are acting as Successor Co-Trustees under a Trust, the terms of which provide that the debts of the decedent may be paid by the Trustees upon receipt of proper proof thereof. The address of the Successor Co-Trustees are as follows: James M. Milligan 22257 E. 315th St., Bethany MO 64424 and Dwight Milligan, Jr., 20732 W. St Hwy Z, Ridgeway MO 64481.All creditors of the decedent are noticed to present their claims to the undersigned within six (6) months from the date of the first publication of this notice or be forever barred.

/s/ James M. Milligan and Dwight Milligan, Jr.

Successor Co-Trustees of the Dwight Walton Milligan, Sr. and

Letty Mae Milligan Revocable Trust Agreement

Dated December 27, 2004CHAPMAN AND COWHERD, P.C.

903 Jackson - P.O. Box 228Chillicothe, MO 64601

Telephone: 660/646-0627ATTORNEY FOR SUCCESSOR

CO- TRUSTEESPublish: Publish once a week for 4 consecutive weeks]

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NOTICE OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE’S SALE

WHEREAS, Jerry Lee Newman and Marta Leanne Newman, hus-band and wife, by their first Deed of Trust dated May 14, 2003, recorded in Book 606, Page 64, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds within and for Harrison County, Missouri, conveyed to Missouri Land Title Corporation the following described real estate situate, lying and being in Harrison County, Missouri, to wit:

All of Lots Twenty-five (25) and Twenty-six (26) in Block Four (4), in Daily Country Club Estates Sub-division, in Section Two (2), Town-ship Sixty-three (63), Range Twenty-eight (28), Harrison County, Missouri.

In trust to secure the payment of one certain Promissory Note of even date therewith in said Deed of Trust more fully described:

WHEREAS, default has been made in the payment of said note and the legal holder thereof has elected to declare the entire indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust due and payable;

AND WHEREAS, the therein named Trustee has refused to act as such Trustee.

NOW, THEREFORE, at the request of the legal holder of said note and pursuant to the conditions of said Deed of Trust, I, David B, Parman of David B. Parman, LLC, as Suc-cessor Trustee will sell the above-described property at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash at the South door of the Courthouse in the City of Bethany, County of Harrison, State of Missouri on June 5, 2020, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., (and at the specific time of 2:00 p.m.) for the purpose of satis-fying said debt, costs and expenses provided therein.

David B. Parman, LLC By: David B. Parman Successor Trustee 108 W. Wood Street,

P.O. Box 187 Albany, MO 64402 (660) 726-5500

May 5, 2020.(15-4tc)

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to File ApplicationThe White Oak Township hereby

publicizes their intent to file a loan and/or grant application with the United State Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA/RD). The loan/grant will be used for the financing of a motor grader that will serve the White Oak Township. For further information plan to attend our special board meet-ing/council meeting on May 25, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. at the New Hampton Fire Station.

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SEEKING BIDSThe Green Hills Women’s Shelter is seeking bids for tiling, dirt work and rock at both our Trenton and Cameron shel-ter sites. If you are interested, please contact Lisa Dicks, at (816) 724-3992 for more information and to set up a time

to meet and discuss the details. We need this project to be completed by mid-June, 2020. The Green Hills Women’s

Shelter reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to modify or change contractual requirements, or to accept any bid

which it believes to be in its best interest.14-2tc Aff

TO: Raymond L. Wells , Occupant or Lessee, and/or mortgagee, agent or other persons having an inter-est in the described building as shown by the land records of the Recorder of Deeds of Harrison County, Missouri. You are hereby given notice by the undersigned that your 2109 Main St and located on the following described real property lying and situated in the City of Bethany, County of Harrison, State of Missouri, to wit:

Commencing at a point Eight-five (85) feet East of the southwest corner of Lot Four (4) of Schnat-terly's First Addition to the City of Bethany, running thence East Forty-eight (48) feet, thence North Eight-one (81) feet; thence West Forty eight (48) feet, thence South Eighty-one (81) feet to the place of beginning.

After inspection by the undersigned and upon complaint thereof received by the undersigned, has been found to be in violation of Section 510.020 of the Municipal Code of the City of Bethany, Missouri, relating to dangerous and unsafe buildings, structures and objects that are detrimental to the health, welfare, and safety of the residents of the City of Bethany, Missouri, and as such, in the opinion of the undersigned, constitutes a public nuisance as defined by said Municipal Code. You are further notified that the conditions of said structure or premises which cause the same to be in violation of said Municipal Code, constituting a public nuisance, are those defects indicated below:

1. Those that have improperly distributed loads upon the floors or roofs, or in which the same are overloaded, or that have insufficient strength to be reasonably safe for the purpose used.

2. Those that are so dilapidated, decayed, unsafe, unsanitary or that so utterly fail to provide the amenities essential to decent living that they are unfit for human habitation, or are likely to cause sickness or disease, so as to work injury to the health, safety or welfare of those occupying such building.

3. Those that have parts thereof that are so attached that they may fall and injure members of the public or property.

4. Those that because of their condition are unsafe, unsanitary or dangerous to the health, safety or general welfare of the people of this City.

The owner must vacate, vacate and repair or vacate and demolish said building and clean up the lot or property on which the building is located in accordance with the terms of this Chapter. Any occupant or lessee must vacate said building or have it repaired in accordance with this notice and remain in possession. Any mort-gagee, agent or other persons having an interest in said building as shown by the land records of the Recorder of Deeds of Harrison County may, at his/her own risk, repair, vacate or demolish the building and clean up the property or have such work done. Any such work must be commenced within thirty (30) days.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGCOUNTY OF HARRISON

Pursuant to Section 50.600 Rev. Statutes of Missouri, notice is hereby given that the proposed budget adjust-ments for the aforesaid County, including newly created Fund 23 Cares Act Election and Fund 27 Coronavirus Re-lief was made available for public inspection Thursday, May 7, 2020. A public hearing will be held in the County Clerk’s Office on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. for the purpose of reviewing and approving the proposed bud-get adjustments.

Greta BottcherHarrison County Clerk

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Public Hearing

The Bethany Housing Authority announces that on May 6,

2020 it shall make available for public review a draft copy of components of its annual agency plan per guidelines

of 24CFR903 a requirement of the Quality Housing & Work

Responsibility Act of 1998. These documents will be available for a period of approximately 45 days.

They can be reviewed Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Bethany Housing Authority Office located at 2602

Crossan Street, Bethany, Missouri.

The Bethany Housing Authority has scheduled a public hearing to be held on June 22, 2020 at 1:00 P.M. in the conference room at

2602 Crossan Street. At this time the Bethany Housing Authority

will welcome any comments prior to finalization of their agency

plan for submission to HUD on or before July 31, 2020.

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BID NOTICEThe Parks and Recreation Board is accepting Closed Bids for the

Linch Field Concrete Project.Vendors will need to supply information on price per unit, ton,

cubic yard and list of materials.W-9 and general liability insurance required. All Bids due by May

29th 2020 at 5:00 p.m.For details on the project contact Aaron Baker 660-425-3414 or

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WANT TO BUY: “Young family relocating to Harrison County wanting to purchase 600-800 acres of combination farm/grass/woodlands close together. Please Contact Zach at 660-973-2866 if you have any of the aforementioned land avail-able” (wk13-4tp)WANTED: Looking for deer hunting lease in Harri-son, Mercer, Putnam or Worth County for 2020 season and beyond. Will pay top dollar, not an outfitter. Fully insured, ref-erences available. 1-715-495-3241. (14-4tp)

AUCTIONEERS: If you have an upcoming public sale, place your listings in the Pony Express, the best way to reach customers along the I-35 cor-ridor. Your advertisement will also appear on our web site, www.bethanyclipper.com at no extra charge. (wk1-tfn)CLASSIFIED advertising placed in the Bethany Republi-can-Clipper by 2 p.m. on Friday automatically appears in the Pony Express, the Republican-Clipper and also on the Internet at www.bethanyclipper.com. Multiply your sales opportuni-ties by reaching households in northern Missouri and southern Iowa and on the World Wide Web. (wk1-tfn)BUSINESS OWNERS: The Pony Express provides total market coverage along the I-35 corridor. Take advantage of the local “pull factor”. Make sure you are reaching the customers that have made Bethany the “top draw” in Missouri. (wk1-tfn)SUBSCRIBE to Harrison County’s official newspaper, the Bethany Republican-Clipper, for $31.00 per year in Harrison and surrounding counties. Call us at 660-425-6325 to set up a year’s subscription. (wk1-tfn)

HELP WANTEDHELP WANTED: Bethany Head Start Teacher, Full time. Visit http://www.greenhills-headstart.org for job description and application or call 660-359-2214. E.O.I. (15-2tc)

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Card ShowerPlease join us in celebrating Curt & Shirley Baker’s lives! Curt is turning 86 years old and Shirley is turning 80 years old this

year. They have lived out this verse from Proverbs 21:21. It says, “He who pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity

and honor”. Would you honor them by writing down a favorite memory you have with them?

You may mail the cards to:R.G.B.I.Curt & Shirley Baker4300 S. Business Highway 281Edinburg, TX 78539

By Chet QuerryThe first race of the season

at Bethany Speedway started off with record setting numbers. More race cars in the pit area than has ever been, including the Northwest Missouri State Fair. The biggest count of fans that has attended Bethany Speedway since they reopened for regu-lar racing in 2018. And drivers representing 12 different states from as far away as Pennsylva-nia, Ohio, Indiana and Arizona.

Hot laps and heat races were first up on the schedule with 2 B features and 6 A features on hand. All the heat races came, except IMCA Stock Car heats. As heat one went to green, Moth-er Nature felt the need to drop some rain on the Speedway. Of-ficials decided to wait it out and see what happened. After rough-

ly 45 minutes of waiting for it to stop, track prep personnel took to the surface with a tractor and sheepsfoot. Only 15 minutes of that and the Stock Cars making laps, and the track was ready to go. But not just ready to go. It came around quickly to be more tacky than it had been all night. And as smooth everywhere. So heat races were finished and B features ran in the IMCA Sport-mod and IMCA Modified class-es.

With the rain, the sched-ule was adjusted and that put the IMCA Sprint Cars up first. 16 sprint cars made up the list with 15 starting the A feature. #10, 15 year old, Saban Bibent from Cincinnati Ohio led early. Bibent was challenged by #76 Jay Russell. Lurking back just a little was #12 Tyler Drueke. On

a restart Drueke went to the top lane and slowly starting to pick off cars and cutting distance to the leaders. Bibent started drift-ing just a little high and opened the door from Drueke to take the lead. #03 Shayle Bade had set in the top four the entire race, worked herself passed Russell for 2nd. #91 Adam Gullion fin-ished 4th and Bibent 5th.

24 Emods made up a full field of cars. Only 21 were able to start the feature. #33 Jeremy Curless and #55J Josh Marshall lead the field to green and the first couple laps but drifted back as the feature went on. #23B Casey Burnett started to show his strength and battled with #28 Shawn Burns thru the middle of the feature. After Burns had taken the lead #74 Justin Asher had been setting in third watch-ing. Asher moved to the bottom and passed Burns for the lead. Asher went on to win the Emod feature. Burns finished second with Burnett third, #5k Kieth Simmons fourth and #742 Bran-don Beam fifth,

The Pure Stocks took to the track next with 10 of the 11 cars that were signed in. #11s Tyler Starmer of New Hampton took the early lead and held it for much of the race. Late though, Starmer found a slick spot and got turned around, putting him to restart at the back. #23 Logan Headley picked up his 1st ever feature win at Bethany Speed-way. Throughout the entire fea-ture, #91 Jack Turner, who start-ed ninth, had been working his way to the front. Turner made a pass with just a couple laps to go to finish second. First appear-ance for #18K Kasey Ayers pro-duced a third place finish.

20 IMCA Sportmods signed in the pits. All 20 cars made the feature. And the feature went

green to checkered with no yel-low flags. Shuffling early in the feature finally settled down about half way through the fea-ture. #73 Truman Asher took the win with #T25.

IMCA Modified had the most cars signed in with 27. A B fea-ture would leave seven cars out of the A feature, and of those seven, three were top five points finishers from last year at Betha-ny Speedway. The Modified fea-ture was one of the best there’s been. It took two tries to get it going, but once they did, they also went green to checkered. 2019 National points champion, #30 Jordan Grabowski, had to qualify through a B feature. As the feature started, Grabowski started moving up quick. #21c Chad Clancy had jumped into the lead quick from his fifth place starting spot, while right behind him came #77 Steven Bowers Jr. #99 Jesse Sobbing, who started 12th, went right to the top and passing cars. Clancy had a little bit of a lead most of the race but Bowers kept work-ing his way around in a little higher like than Clancy. Bow-ers took the lead and went on to win his fourth feature in five ap-pearances at Bethany Speedway.

Clancy held on to second as he was beginning to get a challenge from #08 Dakota Sproul, who slowly snuck his way up thru the field to finish third behind Clancy.

24 IMCA Stock Cars made an appearance with 23 starting the feature. Other than several cars getting turned around in turn one on lap one, the Stock Car feature wasn’t bad. But little things like single car spins or debris kept slowing the race. In the first two rows were two IMCA Stock Car champions. Defending National champion #30 Jordan Grabows-ki and eight-time National champion #63 Mike Nichols. But, on the inside of row two was #46 JJ Baumli. The green flag came out and on lap one Baumli, Nichols and Grabowski made it three wide. A quick yel-low put Baumli in front for the restart. Nichols and Grabowski would go back and forth for second. Nichols would get a run

in the middle and Grabowski would fight back. Every once in a while one of them would get a nose up beside Baumli. Around mid race Nichols sailed it into the third corner and tried to dive

to the inside of Grabowski. It didn’t stick and it resulted in Nichols getting turned around. #37 Brad Deery had been work-ing his way up and on the restart sat in third. Baumli would hold of Grabowski diving to the in-side and pick up his first win at Bethany Speedway ever, which also happens to be the first track he ever raced at. Grabowski was second with Deery right behind him. #20x

Next race is on May 16 as Bethany Speedway opens the 2020 season with back to back Saturday night races. Then on June 6, the track will have the re-turn of the Wingless Sprint Cars along with Wing Sprint Cars and two other classes.

Bethany Speedway has record turnout

Republican-Clipper photoRace night at the fairgrounds: Drivers and spectators look over cars prior to Saturday night’s car races at the Bethany Speedway. There was a record turnout for the event that drew cars from as far away as Pennsylvania.

Racers came from 12states including Ohioand Pennsylvania.