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Beyond the
For the Leader

Jefferson County voters set at least

classroom
three records in the Nov. 3 general elec-
tion.
The number of votes cast –
117,218 of the county’s 159,355

Fox Middle
registered voters – set a new
mark in a presidential election,

Spanish teacher
and those historically draw the most
interest. The previous high vote
for the county was 107,702 four
connects with years ago.
Second, the number of votes
large audience cast this year in advance of Elec-
tion Day – 32,719 – was almost
triple the previous record of 11,319,
By Tony Krausz
also from four years ago.
For the Leader
The percentage of voters who
opted to vote via absentee or mail-in
Fox Middle School Spanish teacher
ballots, predictably, also set a new
Katherine Bluemel provides educational
mark (20.53 percent, compared with
opportunities far beyond her classroom.
7.75 percent in 2016).
Bluemel, a native of Colombia who
Despite those records, County
now lives in Arnold, has created numerous
Clerk Ken Waller said the election
YouTube videos that connect her with others
went smoothly. His office had all ballots
around the world, including educators, students
counted by 9:38 p.m., about two hours
and anyone else interested in learning her native
earlier than he had predicted.
language and other topics.
“Considering the coronavirus, the
“I want people to understand the Spanish culture,
large crowds, the early voting, new equip-
embrace other cultures and fall in love with languages,”
ment and new poll workers, to have it
Bluemel said. “That is the legacy I want to leave.”
wrapped up by around 9:30 p.m. is fan-
Bluemel, 39, took a big step in building her educational
tastic,” he said.
legacy on Oct. 17, when she posted a video titled “Dia De Los
While the number of votes cast on
Muertos Day of the Dead Learn Everything About It with Fox Nov. 3 set a record, the percentage of
Spanish Audio and English Subtitles” on her YouTube chan- Middle registered voters who turned out this time
nel, which is called “Seño Bluemel Que Chevere” and loosely School
did not, Waller said, because there were
translates to “Professor Bluemel, how awesome.” Spanish teacher
about 13,306 more registered voters this
As of Monday, the Day of the Dead video had been viewed Katherine Bluemel
wearing traditional
year than in 2016.
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2 Jefferson County Leader News Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020

Parson stops in Arnold before election Inside

By Tony Krausz
For the Leader
Arnold was one of Gov. Mike Par-
son’s 33 stops on a statewide tour leading
up to his re-election on Nov. 3.
Parson, a Republican who became
governor in 2018 after Eric Greitens
resigned, won his first full, four-year
term by taking 57.17 percent of the votes
(1,713,152).
Democrat Nicole Galloway, the
state auditor, received 40.59 percent of
the votes (1,216,192), according to final,
unofficial results.
Parson, along with numerous other
Republicans, spoke Oct. 27 to about 75
supporters under a darkening gray sky
on a rainy, chilly day. The rally was
held in the Kiwanis Pavilion at Arnold
City Park.
“Everywhere we are going, we are
having big crowds showing up,” Parson
said. “I think people are concerned about
losing their freedoms. They want good
people in there who have experience and
understand what the American dream and
freedom are about.”
Dan Shaul of Imperial, who was
elected to his fourth and final term as the
District 113 representative on Nov. 3,
hosted the event.
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Autumn Scoby of Arnold poses for a
picture with Gov. Mike Parson at his rally
at Arnold City Park.
ning unopposed for a fourth term, led the
Pledge of Allegiance.
Aliana Good sang the national an-
them.
Mike Deering, the executive vice
data. On Oct. 14, the Department of Labor
reported that the state’s unemployment
rate was 4.9 percent for September after
being at 7 percent in August. Missouri’s
unemployment rate was 3.3 percent in
September 2019.
“We need to get back to where we
were,” Parson said. “Before COVID-19,
we had the lowest unemployment rate in
our state’s history. There were 40,000
new jobs and companies investing in
Missouri. I think by taking a balanced
approach, we are seeing that come
back.”
Parson said it will be important to
focus on workforce development, in-
frastructure and preserving freedoms.
He said the state cannot afford another
shutdown, and he mentioned the need to
defend the right to own guns under the
Second Amendment.
“The two things that are not political
issues are you have to be able to do work-
force development and infrastructure to
move your state forward,” Parson said.
“All of those have been key for me since
I have been governor.
“These are all common sense, as I
govern. I think we have proven it is a
successful combination.”
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Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020
City of Herculaneum to take over fire department
By Russell Korando
and Steve Taylor
For the Leader
The city of Herculaneum soon will
take over control of the Herculaneum Fire
Department.
The Herculaneum Board of Alder-
men voted 5-0 Nov. 2 to assume owner-
ship of the fire department assets, effec-
tive Jan. 1.
“We’re giving them $1,” City Ad-
ministrator Jim Kasten said.
The department, which organized in
1951 as an independent governmental
unit recognized by the state, will disband,
and the city will take over management of
the department after the first of the year,
Kasten said.
The department primarily provides
fire protection service to older portions
of the city, as well as a part of Providence
subdivision.
Parts of the city that were annexed
later are in the Dunklin Fire Protection
District, an independent agency that lev-
ies a property tax to its residents.
The city has been funding the Her-
culaneum Fire Department, under a
year-to-year contract, since the city was
incorporated in 1972.
Kasten said the current contract, for
about $215,000, runs from July 1 to June
30, 2021, so the city will pay about half
of that amount before taking over the
department.
The department is run by a three-
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member board, with Fire Chief Kevin
Baker serving as the president. The board
chooses its own members. It pays for
equipment, upkeep, audits, salaries and
insurance for Baker, its lone paid em-
ployee. He has been the chief since 2017.
The department also has 11 volunteer
firefighters.
Kasten said the benefit of taking
over the department for residents is cost
certainty.
“We’ll have the benefit of knowing
how every expense has been arrived at
and paid,” Kasten said. “It’s not that
there’s been a problem in the past, but
we’re looking to the future.”
In June, Herculaneum voters ap-
proved a 1-cent property tax increase to
add full-time firefighters to the Hercula-
neum Fire Department and police officers
to the Herculaneum Police Department.
“We’re hoping that, depending on
how the sales tax comes in and if we can
experience some growth, we can make
that three firefighters and three police
officers,” Kasten said.
Jefferson County Leader
He said the city soon will interview-
ing for the additional firefighters and
police officers, with hopes to hire them
after the first of the year.
Adding more full-time firefighters
means buying more insurance policies.
“There’s power in numbers and we
hope to get more and better insurance
policies,” Baker said.
Kasten said Baker’s benefits also will
be assumed by the city under its employee
retirement system.
He said he believes Baker is being
paid about $60,000 a year, and that once
he is an official city employee, his pay
won’t go down, but may increase depend-
ing on the duties he will be assigned.
Ward 2 Alderman Chris Baker, a
volunteer with the department and the
brother of Kevin Baker, abstained from
the vote.
“When it comes to voting on fire de-
partment issues, I try to keep myself out
of them so it doesn’t look like a conflict
of interest,” Chris Baker said.
He said absorbing the fire department
3
should net some cost savings.
“It saves our citizens some money
for administrative work for an organiza-
tion like that,” Chris Baker said. “It’s not
going to be millions of dollars, but it will
be $10,000 to $15,000.”
Kevin Baker said none of the signage
on the firetrucks or firehouse will have
to change.
“The citizens won’t see a difference,”
he said. “It’s really a formality and hope-
fully savings to them in the long run.”
The city will take ownership of the
department’s firehouse, 151 Riverview
Plaza Drive, which was built by the
Doe Run Co. in 2008 and donated to the
department.
The department was founded nearly
70 years ago by a dozen men from VFW
Post 5168 in Herculaneum following a
fire on Christmas Day 1947, when the
old Herculaneum Public School building
burned down.
Before that, workers from the St.
Joe Lead Co. (now Doe Run) provided
fire protection to the area using six two-
wheeled hose carts scattered around the
town.
Mayor Bill Haggard’s father, Casey
Haggard, was one of the original 12
members. Bill Haggard served as the
department’s chief for 35 years before
stepping down in 2018. He joined the
department as a charter member of its
junior firefighter program in 1965.
He declined to comment on the city’s
takeover of the department.
4 Jefferson County Leader News Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020

County schools close due to COVID-19 outbreak

By Tony Krausz
and Kevin Carbery
For the Leader
Several Jefferson County public
school districts, including Fox, Crystal
City and Grandview, have closed build-
ings over the past week or so because of
the COVID-19 pandemic.
In addition, St. Pius X Catholic High
School in Crystal City also is closed.
The St. Pius school building was
closed Tuesday because some students
had tested positive for COVID-19.
The school is scheduled to reopen
Nov. 17. In the meantime, all students
will learn online from home.
No classes were held at the school
on Monday, but students were allowed in
the building to pick up books and other
supplies to use at home.
“We got a few positive cases at the
end of last week,” Principal Karen De-
Costy said Monday. “It created a quaran-
tine bigger than we’ve been experiencing.
I felt (going all-virtual) was in the best
interests of our students.
She said students who tested posi-
tive should have completed quarantine
by Nov. 17.
The school has 281 students enrolled,
and until Monday that had been attend-
ing classes in person five days a week,
DeCosty said.
She said the virtual classes are being
conducted as if the students are in school.
“The teachers are at school each day.
All of the students are required to have
laptop devices,” DeCosty said. “They
have to be on for live feeds of their
classes.”
Fox
The Fox C-6 School District closed
all its buildings on Monday, and students
will not be in classrooms until Monday,
Nov. 16. They will learn from home until
then.
Superintendent Nisha Patel said the
decision was a proactive step to stem the
spread of COVID-19 in the district.
The schools already were scheduled
to be closed on Wednesday because that’s
been an at-home instruction days for all
students since school started this year,
and the students already were scheduled
to have Thursday and Friday off because
of parent-teacher conferences.
“The nine days is to give us time to
get stronger,” Patel said. “The decision
was made because it is a time we can
take advantage of with only two in-person
days scheduled.”
The district has 11 elementary
schools, four middle schools and two
high schools, along with the Don Earl
Early Childhood Center and the Bridges
Alternative School.
Simpson and Clyde Hamrick el-
ementary schools, both part of the Fox
district, already had been closed since
Nov. 4 because more than 5 percent of
those schools’ staff had tested positive for
COVID-19. Like the rest of the district’s
schools, Simpson and Clyde Hamric are
expected to resume in-person instruction
on Nov. 16.
The district has 11,163 students,
with 8,511 participating in the Flexible
Learning Plan, which has about half of
those students attending class in person
on Mondays and Tuesdays, the other half
on Thursdays and Fridays and all of them
learning online at home on Wednesdays.
The district’s other 2,652 students are in
the district’s Virtual Academy, which is
Fox’s online-only instruction program.
The district was scheduled on Nov.
5 to expand in-class instruction from
two days a week to four days a week for
students in kindergarten through second
grade.
However, that plan was put on hold
after the Jefferson County Health De-
partment announced on Nov. 2 that the
county had moved into the red status
on its COVID-19 warning system – the
highest level on the system, which calls
for more mitigation to curb the spread
of the virus.
Now, Nov. 16 is the earliest date the
district could increase in-person instruc-
tion for kindergarten through second-
grade students. However, the district will
only increase in-person instruction on that
date if the county is no longer in the red
status, school officials said.
“We have gone through more than
a quarter of some level of in-person
learning now at Fox C-6,” Patel said.
“That is due to the diligence shown by
all of our students and staff in adhering
to the mitigating factors we have put in
place. However, the high rate of uncon-
trolled transmission in the community is
definitely beginning to have its impact
on the schools.
“My hope is this time away will slow
the spread of illness and quarantines so
we can resume our hybrid schedule on
Nov. 16. I know that it is because of the
support of the entire Fox C-6 family that
we will continue to thrive and support
our community’s most valuable resource,
our children.”
Other districts
■ The Grandview School District
closed its high school on Nov. 6 be-
cause some staff members and students
were in quarantine. District officials
said the school will remain closed until
Nov. 30 and students will learn online
until then.
However, the district’s middle school
and elementary school students will con-
tinue attending in-person classes, Grand-
view Superintendent Matt Zoph said.
■ The Crystal City School District
closed its two schools on Nov. 3 because
of a rash of students and staff who were
quarantined because of possible exposure
to COVID-19. The district’s schools are
expected to be closed for two weeks,
reopening on Nov. 17. In the meantime,
students will learn virtually.

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Pevely man dies while working on St. Charles bridge
A Pevely man died Tuesday morn-
ing while working on a construction
project at the Blanchette Memorial
Bridge on I-70 that connects St. Louis
and St. Charles counties, authorities
reported.
At about 7:55 a.m., Alan Jackson,
59, was operating a piece of machin-
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Festus mobile home
owner reports
linoleum stolen off floor
A 42-year-old Festus man told police
he returned to his mobile home in the
100 block of Scenic Drive after several
weeks away and discovered someone had
stripped the linoleum off his floor and
stolen it, Festus Police Chief Tim Lewis
said. The victim reported the incident on
Oct. 27.
“He noticed the front door kicked in
and the linoleum on the floor was gone,”
Lewis said. “He had been out of town for
three weeks. (The thief) pulled it up. It’s
the weirdest thing.”
Lewis said nothing else was reported
stolen.
The linoleum was valued at $700,
Lewis said.
As of Nov. 3, the flooring had not
been recovered, and no suspects had been
identified, he said. Anyone with informa-
tion is asked to call Festus Police at 636-
937-3646. -- Leader staff
Crystal City man
seriously hurt when
struck by car on I-55
A Crystal City man was seriously
injured Nov. 2 when he was standing out-
side a stalled car on I-55 and was struck
by another vehicle. Three St. Louis resi-
dents also were hurt in the three-vehicle
accident, which happened at 10:40 p.m.
on the interstate south of Union Road
in St. Louis County, the Missouri State
Highway Patrol reported.
Rachelle C. Abt, 22, of St. Louis
was driving a 2010 Nissan Rogue north
on the interstate and struck the rear of a
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and Jackson fell about 75 feet, Mis-
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Thompson said.
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TC that was stalled in one of the lanes,
the report said.
After that collision, the front of the
Altima struck Thomas M. Flowers, 58, of
Crystal City, who was standing outside
the stalled Scion. The front of the Altima
also struck the rear of the Scion, which
then spun and was struck by the Rogue,
according to the report.
Harrison L. Moen, 24, of St. Louis
was driving the Altima, and it’s unknown
who had been driving the Scion, the
report said.
Flowers was seriously injured and
taken by ambulance to SSM Health St.
Louis University Hospital, where he was
listed in critical but stable condition today
(Nov. 4), a hospital spokeswoman said.
Abt was moderately injured and
taken by ambulance to Mercy Hospital
South in south St. Louis County, where
she was treated and released, a hospital
spokesman said.
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“We don’t see any foul play or had won the $33 million project to
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be an accident.” . -- Leader staff
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Abt and both the Moens were wear-
The three vehicles were totaled, the
report said.
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6 Jefferson County Leader
Health officials urge countians to take more steps to curb COVID-19 spread
By Katelyn Mary Skaggs
For the Leader
Jefferson County Health Department
officials say the number of COVID-19
cases and the percentage of positive test
results in the county have been surging.
“The seven-day average new cases
per day topped out at 142.86 with a
county positivity test rate of 23 percent on
Nov. 5,” the Health Department reported.
For the week that ended Nov. 7, the
county had a seven-day rolling average of
65.02 cases per day per 100,000 people
in the county, which has a population of
250,000, the Health Department reported
Monday.
In addition, the county had a COV-
ID-19 positivity test rate of 27.52 percent.
Both the rolling average and positiv-
ity rate are the highest the county has seen
since the pandemic began, according to
the Health Department.
“We are experiencing levels of com-
munity transmission and resulting new
cases that have not been experienced pre-
viously in the pandemic for our county,”
Health Department Director Kelley
Vollmar said Nov. 6. “This is particularly
concerning right as we start the holiday
season where thousands of residents are
expected to travel and spend time with
vulnerable loved ones.”
The danger of gathering with others
over the holidays was illustrated in three
clusters of cases tied to separate Hallow-
een gatherings, the Health Department
reported.
“One gathering has already been tied
to 10 separate positive tests in different
family units,” the agency reported. “In-
formal social gatherings, like Halloween
parties, are ideal transmission sites for the
virus because people let their guard down.
They usually don’t social distance or wear
a mask because they are with people they
know and presume to be safe exposures.”
The Health Department continues
to “strongly encourage” preventive
measures to stem the spread of the virus,
including avoiding crowds, physical
distancing, wearing masks, frequently
washing hands and staying home if you
are sick.
“Protective measures continue to
demonstrate effectiveness in the face of
widespread, uncontrolled community
transmission,” Vollmar said Nov. 6. “St.
Louis city and St. Louis County are
experiencing test positivity rates of 11.4
percent and 10.4 percent respectively
with community mask mandates and
additional restrictions in place. The sur-
rounding counties of Jefferson, Franklin
and St. Charles (non-restriction counties)
all have twice the positivity rates of St.
Louis city and County.”
More prevention needed
As of midnight Monday, the county
had a total of 8,000 COVID-19 cases
since the first ones were reported in
March.
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“We are experiencing levels of community transmission and
resulting new cases that have not been experienced previously in
the pandemic for our county. This is particularly concerning right
as we start the holiday season where thousands of residents are
expected to travel and spend time with vulnerable loved ones.”
Vollmar said the number of cases
in the county has overtaxed the Health
Department.
“The capacity of the public health
system has been exceeded, and the hospi-
tal systems are getting closer to capacity
each day,” she said. “The public health
and health care systems have been try-
ing to warn the community for weeks
that this day would come. The virus is
real. The weight now rests on residents
taking personal responsibility for slow-
ing the spread of the virus. Only through
mass adoption of individual protective
measures will we see a change in the
trajectory of the growth of cases through
the end of the year.”
The Health Department recently
awarded a contract for up to $1.63 million
to a company called Maximus Federal
Service Inc. to help with case investiga-
tion and contact tracing.
“JCHD case investigators can cur-
rently complete an average of 40 cases
per day depending on the circumstances
of the cases. The significant increase in
cases has created a substantial backlog of
cases left for investigation,” the Health
Department reported. “The Maximus
contract will add 30 case investigators
to work seven days a week, which will
increase capacity to complete approxi-
mately 125 investigations per day. Those
contracted investigators will begin phas-
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ing in starting November 18 and will be
fully implemented by the Thanksgiving
holiday.
“JCHD resources have had to be
prioritized to meet the state-ordered
mandates to complete case investigation
for school age youth, cases associated
with a school exposure, individuals 65+
years old, and cases associated with a
long-term care facility. Cases that do not
fall into these mandated groups are not
currently able to be investigated before
the individual’s isolation period ends.”
“It is imperative anyone who re-
ceives a positive COVID-19 test result
self-isolate and notify individuals who
may be contacts so they can quarantine
per CDC (Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention) guidelines, even if they
are not directly contacted by the Health
Department,” Vollmar said.
Guidance for CDC isolation
and quarantine may be found at cdc.
gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-
are-sick/isolation.html and cdc.gov/
coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/
quarantine.html.
The Health Department offers rapid
COVID-19 testing at its Arnold office,
1818 Lonedell Road. Residents may
register for that testing on the Health
Department website, jeffcohealth.org.
“The demand for testing is another
area that is exceeding resource capacity,”
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testing team received over 100 requests
for tests in the last 24 hours. The team
can only complete 20 tests per day with
current resources. Other testing sites are
available within the county and can be
found on the Health Department website.
As of Tuesday, the county was still in
the red status on the Health Department’s
COVID-19 warning system – the highest
level on the four-color system.
The red level indicates widespread
and uncontrolled transmission.
County COVID-19 stats
As of Monday night, the county also
had 90 COVID-19-related deaths since
the pandemic began.
In addition, the county had 2,106 ac-
tive cases – the highest number of active
cases the county has seen.
Of the 8,000 cases in the county,
7,390 were lab confirmed and 610 were
probable cases. A case is considered prob-
able when a person has been exposed to a
positive case and is exhibiting symptoms,
the Health Department reported.
As of Monday, 1,366 people were
quarantined, which means they had a
confirmed exposure to the virus and were
in the process of completing a 14-day
quarantine period.
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Trailblazing teacher Willa McCullough dies at 89
By Kevin Carbery
For the Leader
Willa (Haney) McCullough, who be-
came the first Black teacher for the Festus
R-6 School District in the 1950s, died at
age 89 on Oct. 24, 2020, in Fayetteville,
N.C., where she was living at the time.
She previously lived in Festus.
During the 1954-1955 school year,
McCullough taught one typing class a day
at Festus High School and worked the rest
of the day at the old
Douglass Coopera-
tive High School in
Festus, where area
Black students were
enrolled before inte-
gration.
The next school
y e a r, M r s . M c -
Cullough became
the first Black edu-
cator to work full time at Festus High,
a formerly all-white school. She taught
English there until her retirement in 1994.
Tom Wells of Festus said both Mrs.
McCullough and her late husband, Adam
McCullough, were role models in the
community.
“I knew Mrs. McCullough even
before she was a teacher at Festus High
School,” Wells said. “Her hair was always
immaculate and she was just so educated.
I never had her as a teacher. But, being a
Black kid growing up, it was very inspir-
ing to see her. She was like a queen to me.
“In 2017, we did a program for the
McCulloughs, to honor them. By all
means, they deserved all the honors.”
Mrs. McCullough helped found
the Jefferson County Cultural Diversity
Committee, which helps put on a Black
History Luncheon in the county each
year. The event raises funds for college
scholarships and assistance for local
residents in need.
Jim Sparling of Crystal City, current
president of the committee, praised Mrs.
McCullough for her efforts on behalf of
the organization.
“She was just a dear person. This was
the first year she wasn’t able to attend the
Pandemic
Continued from Page 6
A total of 5,782 people had been
released from isolation, according to the
Health Department.
Of the county’s total coronavirus
cases, 757 had been at long-term care fa-
cilities, which includes residents and staff
members who live in Jefferson County.
Of the county’s 90 deaths from the
disease, 54 had been at long-term care
facilities.
The county has had at least 20 COV-
ID-19 outbreaks in long-term care facili-
ties, according to the Health Department.
The Missouri Department of Health
and Senior Services (DHSS) defines an
outbreak as one or more residents testing
positive for the virus or one or more staff
members who have worked within a facil-
ity in the 14 days before testing positive.
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luncheon because she was in a nursing
home in North Carolina.
“She was a very strong person. She
was just a great person, along with her
husband.”
Denise Brown of Festus, also a
member of the committee, said Mrs. Mc-
Cullough will be greatly missed.
“There is so much to say because
she left such a big hole,” Brown said.
“She and her husband were involved
in so much. I was friends with her for a
long time. It’s most definitely a personal
loss for me.
“She always was willing to help Gordon Bess photo
the young kids. She’s paved the way for Mrs. McCullough speaks at a May 2018 celebration honoring her and her husband, the
many.” late Adam “Coach” McCullough. Mike Kinder, right, was emcee of the event.
Festus R-6 School District Super-
intendent Link Luttrell said Willa Mc-
Cullough left a trailblazing legacy in the
district.
“She definitely was a treasure in
terms of an educator,” Luttrell said. “She John
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Leigh Ann Cornman, left, and Roger
Barrentine, center, are awarded the Linda
K. Johnston Excellence in Assessment
Award by Assessment Committee chair
Anastasia Luettecke.
Two from college get
assessment awards
Leigh Ann Cornman, an assistant
director of Jefferson College’s Area
Technical School Early Childhood
Center, and Roger Barrentine, the
college’s marketing and public relations
director, recently received the Linda
K. Johnston Excellence in Assessment
Award for their efforts to use assessment.
Recipients of the award communicate
a positive attitude about assessment, help
foster the concept of assessment at the
college, use a variety of assessment
measures and techniques, and use results
of assessment to impact the curriculum
and student learning.
Cornman was cited for requiring
her students to present written and
oral assessments covering a variety of
instructional methods.
Barrentine was recognized for
implementing an annual Student Media
Preferences survey to learn more about
students’ attitudes, opinions and media
consumption habits.
Police cars disinfected
in Detter’s memory
ServiceMaster Restoration by
MMCT recently donated its services by
disinfecting 12 vehicles for the Hillsboro
Police Department.
Joe Detter, one of the victims of a
recent house fire in De Soto, earlier had
requested the service as a precaution
against the pandemic.
Management at ServiceMaster,
which is in Hillsboro, decided to donate
its services to protect the police force
while also honoring Detter’s memory.
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Jefferson College vice president of
student services Kimberly Harvey-Manus,
left, presents the Dr. B. Ray Henry Service
and Innovation Award to Miriam Helms.
Helms receives
college’s Henry Award
Miriam Helms, senior administrative
assistant to the vice president of
instruction, recently was awarded the
Dr. B. Ray Henry Service and Innovation
Award during the annual Jefferson
College Opening Week meeting of
faculty, staff and administrators.
The award is given in recognition of
superior, innovative participation by an
employee in the governance of the college.
Helms is a member of the Employee
Support Committee and the Council of
Institutional Committee Chairs. She has
been extensively involved in planning
holiday parties and staff appreciation
picnics. She also has served on several
search and screening committees and
volunteers at college functions.
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The facility, in Herculaneum, ranked
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state.
The Newsweek ranking compares
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data, peer recommendations and the
facility’s handling of COVID-19.
Jaimee Allen is the director of
nursing and Tyler Czarnecki is executive
director of the facility.
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Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020
Syberg’s to open
new eatery in Arnold
The Syberg’s Family of Restaurants
business group plans to open another
restaurant in the city of Arnold.
The group will open Twisted Tavern
and Burger at 3606 W. Outer Road, where
a Ruby Tuesday restaurant once operated
in the city.
Tracy Stamper, marketing director for
the restaurant group, said the group hopes
to open the restaurant soon, but there is no
set date for the opening. She said construc- Tony Krausz photo
Crews remodeling the building at 3606
tion and remodeling work has begun at
the building. W. Outer Road.
On Oct. 15, Arnold City Council greater St. Louis area, including a loca-
members voted 7-0 to approve a liquor tion at 249 Arnold Crossroads Center in
license for the new restaurant. Ward 1 Arnold. The group also operates Helen
Councilman Jason Fulbright was not at Fitzgerald’s Irish Grill and Pub and the
the meeting. Twisted Tree Steakhouse, both in St. Louis
The Syberg’s Family of Restaurants County. --Tony Krausz
operates seven Syberg’s restaurants in the
Deer Widows Shopping Day in De Soto
The De Soto Chamber of Commerce Vendor Fair, which will be open from 10
will hold a promotion, Deer Widows a.m. to 4 p.m. Receipts will be accepted
Shopping Day, on Saturday, Nov. 14. through 4:15 p.m.
On that day, shoppers who make The shopper with the most points will
purchases at any store or restaurant in win a grand prize. Attendance prizes also
De Soto will earn points, which will will be awarded.
be doubled if the business is a chamber Several places with backdrops for
member. fun photos will be located throughout
Receipts from purchases (including town.
texts and email receipts) can be turned in For information, call 636-586-5591
to the chamber’s booth at the Arlington during business hours.
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Celeb couples is a popular category at trivia nights

I
used to host trivia night events – mous rock singer in 1992? tor in 1987?
back when there were trivia night 2. Model Camila Alves is the wife of 10. Ric Ocasek, lead singer of the
events – and a popular category was Trivia which actor? Cars, married which model in 1989?
“Famous Couples.” Two 3. Actor Harrison Ford wed which ac-
tress in 2010? ANSWERS: 1. David Bowie. They re-
This came to mind when rock star Ways 4. Actress Lisa Bonet married which mained married until his death in 2016. 2.
Gwen Stefani and country music stand- actor in 2017? Matthew McConaughey. 3. Calista Flock-
out Blake Shelton recently announced Kevin Carbery 5. Actor Mark Consuelos married which hart. 4. Jason Momoa. 5. Kelly Ripa. 6.
their engagement. Outside of the actress and future talk show host in 1996? Ryan Reynolds. 7. Russell Wilson. 8. Jer-
presidential election, it may have been 6. Actress Blake Lively is the wife of ry Stiller. They were married for 61 years,
one of the most-covered news stories of For this week’s quiz, the topic is fa- which actor? until her death in 2015. 9. Mark Harmon.
7. The singer Ciara married which NFL 10. Paulina Porizkova. This marriage has
the fall. mous couples. For five more questions star quarterback in 2016? been pointed to by various comics as a
Stefani and Shelton are coaches on on the topic see myleaderpaper.com. 8. Comic actress Anne Meara and prime example that even the plainest-
the TV competition show “The Voice” which comic actor had a long marriage? looking guy in a rock band can land a hot
as well as being recording artists, so 1. The model Iman married which fa- 9. Actress Pam Dawber wed which ac- woman.
their romance is about as public as it
can get. I can only imagine what it’s
like to live your life under media scru-
tiny at all times. I wish them well.
Of course, this scrutiny goes for
all celebrity couplings. Their time
dating, getting married, having babies
and almost inevitably getting divorced
receive all kinds of coverage from all
kinds of media.
One of the more interesting of
these relationships was the marriage of
Ernest Borgnine and Ethel Merman. It
lasted a little over a month in 1964 and
reportedly ended with the two of them
despising each other.

Santa’s Virtual
Workshop goes live
Comtrea and the Children’s
Advocacy Center of East Central
Missouri will hold Santa’s Virtual
Workshop, an online fundraiser from
Nov. 13-22, during which the public
can schedule virtual visits with Santa,
enjoy an online shopping experience,
watch holiday DIY videos and make
a donation at Santa’s Virtual Sweet
Shoppe.
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reservations for personalized
10-minute video calls with Santa.
Parents can provide the child’s name,
interests and other individualized
information. Donations are
appreciated, but are not required. To
sign up, go to comtrea.org/events.
Participants also can bid on
more than 50 silent auction items
and gifts and can learn how to make
custom holiday cards, wreaths and
other crafts and activities through
DIY videos.
The fundraiser website, bidpal.
net/santasworkshop, will go live on
Nov. 13.
Proceeds will benefit the
Children’s Advocacy Center, which
strives to improve responses to
allegations of child abuse and neglect
with child and family advocacy,
mental health services, crime victim
services, case review and tracking,
child interviews, sexual abuse
forensic examinations, training
and community awareness and
education. Services are free.
Learn more about Santa’s Virtual
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Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020 Community Jefferson County Leader 11

Super Bunco Night
set for Nov. 13
A Super Bunco Night will be held
Friday, Nov. 13, at the De Soto Amvets.
Doors will open at 6 p.m., and bunco
will start at 7 p.m. at the post, Hwy. 21
and Amvets Drive. There will be raffles,
prizes, and cash and gift baskets. Cost
is $15.
Light refreshments will be served.
Proceeds will benefit the Auxiliary’s
hospital projects.
For information, call Lila at 314-
401-7781.
Pony Bird kicks off
annual campaign
Pony Bird is holding its annual
fundraising appeal through Jan. 31.
Pony Bird provides 24-hour care
for developmentally disabled, non-
ambulatory children and adults. Money
raised through the campaign will provide
medical and therapy equipment.
Donations may be made online at
ponybird.org or sent by mail to P.O. Box
190, Mapaville MO 63065.
To learn more about Pony Bird, go
to ponybird.org.
Sign up now for
Thanksgiving meal
Faith Baptist Church in Festus
plans to deliver meals on Thanksgiving
Day.
Those who live in the 63028 ZIP code
who need or would like a meal delivery are
asked to call the church at 636-937-9260
by noon on Thursday, Nov. 19.
For information, call the church.
Trinity Mount Carmel
schedules giveaway
Trinity Mount Carmel Church will
hold a food and clothes giveaway from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21.
The church is at 321 S. Adams St.,
Festus.
For information, call 314-456-9452.
Red Cross schedules
blood drives in area
The American Red Cross has
scheduled the following blood drives in
the area:
Monday, Nov. 16: 7:45 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
Jefferson High School, 7 Blue Jay Way,
Festus.
Tuesday, Nov. 17: 1-6 p.m., Hercula-
neum Amvets, 690 Joachim Ave.; 2:30-7
p.m., St. Joseph Catholic School, 6024 Old
Antonia Road, Imperial.
Monday, Nov. 23: 2-6 p.m., Festus-
Crystal City Elks, 4 Elks Drive, Crystal City.
Friday, Nov. 27: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., First
Baptist Church, 2012 Missouri State Road,
Arnold.
Monday, Nov. 30: 2-6 p.m., Festus
Public Library, 406 W. Main St.
Appointments can be scheduled at
redcrossblood.org or by calling 1-800-
733-2767.
Join us at The Flower Patch
for our annual
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Retired Marine to
speak in Festus
David Sommerdorf, a veteran of the
U.S. Marine Corps, will be the featured
speaker Nov. 15-18 at Second Baptist
Church of Festus, 723 Horine Road.
Services will begin at 9:45 a.m.,
10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 15,
and at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, through
Wednesday, Nov. 18.
For information, call 636-937-5227.
Rummage sale Nov. 21
The De Soto KC will hold an indoor
rummage sale on Saturday, Nov. 21.
The sale will be open from 7 a.m. to
noon at its hall, 13225 Hwy. E.
Table rental is available for $25.
For information, call Amanda at
636-586-2594.

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DID YOU KNOW?

Article III of the Constitution in-
vests the judicial power of the U.S.
in a federal court system. Section 1
creates the U.S. Supreme Court and
gives Congress the authority to cre-
ate the lower federal courts; mem-
bers are nominated by the president
with the “advice and consent” of the
Chapter 4: July decisions Senate. Supreme Court justices

T
he following day, Father was still
sputtering over what Sam had
said.
“Ben Franklin has been an advocate
for those of us who work hard to make
a living. I was an educated youngest son
of a well-to-do family but look where we
are now. I invested in shipping but pri-
vateers stole the cargoes and sunk some
of the ships. Now here I am, renting this
building to run my business.
“I didn’t know that,” Bess said in
sympathy.
“That was before you were born.
By the way, the new government must
do something about those pirates. Some
of them are British privateers who still
raid our ships and bankrupt good men
like me with their thefts.”
“Yes, Father, we see how difficult it
has been for you to raise the two of us
by yourself,” Bess said.
I nodded in agreement.
***
A few days later, Bess casually
asked Father: “Have you heard any
more news about the convention?”
“I have heard a few rumors. Bess,
I’m really surprised you are suddenly
so interested.”
Bess smiled. “What these men do
will influence my life and Jem’s.”
“I’ve heard that fewer delegates
showed up than were appointed,” Fa-
ther whispered. “And they come and go
as they please because many have busi-
ness interests to attend to in their own
states. Someone told me there were
only 30 delegates in the room when he
made a delivery last week.
“Some were arguing about whether
to have a weak executive-in-chief, one
to organize paperwork and pay the bills.
They want to keep the head of state
from becoming too powerful. And they
want a system of judges to be impartial
rather than influenced by the legislators.
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the powers of the other two branches in
check.
“But then that Alexander Hamilton
from New York challenged them. He
wants a strong chief executive and took
six hours making no bones about it.”
“Finding a balance that works must
be quite a challenge, Father.”
“What do you know of challenges,
Bess?”
“I’ve been reading your books.”
“Yes, I’ve guessed it was so. But
who taught you to read such difficult
books?”
“Mother got me started. Since
then, our neighbor, Mistress Allen, has
helped me.”
“I can’t believe women understand
Voltaire and Montesquieu.”
“Why not? I lived through the
Revolution too, when our family fled
Philadelphia and stayed with your
brother’s family. I want to understand
the philosophy too.”
“I tried to shelter you and your
mother, Bess.”
“Yes, you did. But you came back
two years later, thin as a rail, clothes
bloodied and missing toes.”
“Too bad your brother can’t learn
like you do.”
Bess bit her lip.
***
The following day, I strolled into
the tavern. “I need enough ale for eight
people,” I signed to Bess. “And two
bottles of Madeira wine.”
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While I waited, Bess checked to
see if we were alone. “I took some food
to Mistress Allen for Seci this morn-
ing,” she whispered. “She’s talking now
and follows Mrs. Allen around like a
lost dog. She can’t be older than 6 and
she has no idea where her family lives.”
“I hope we can find out,” I signed.
Then I proudly handed Bess a small
piece of paper and grinned from ear to
ear. She read: “One of the delegates is
helping me to write like they do.”
“I’m so excited for you,” Beth said,
smiling.
Later in the day, Beth softly asked
Father what he was hearing about slavery.
“Slaves are part of men’s wealth,”
he grumbled.
“Well then, shouldn’t the legisla-
tors count our horse, too?” Bess asked.
“He’s part of our wealth.”
“You just don’t understand,” her
father explained. “The compromises the
assembly is trying to make can give the
South at least a dozen additional con-
gressmen and make them more willing
to agree on other problems.”
But what about ‘all men are created
equal?’” Bess demanded.
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also serve for life, contingent upon
“good behavior” and subject to re-
moval for corruption or abuse. Those
who disagreed accused him of being
a monarchist sympathizer. Hamilton
insisted on taking the idea of self-
government out of the Constitution,
claiming that power should go to the
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had become dissatisfied with the
weak national government and wrote
his Virginia Plan prior to the Conven-
tion. That plan served as the basis
for the discussion and deliberations
of the assembly.
“It’s something we aspire to,”
Father said, crossly. “It’s not a perfect
world.”
A few moments later, I overheard
Bess whisper to our father, “Why won’t
you let me teach Jem to read and write?
Without those tools, he’s no better than
a slave.”
“A doctor told me there is no hope,”
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Spec. 4 Colleen Green on the shooting range in Arkansas in 1987, taking part in the
machine gun portion of the annual National Guard marksmanship competition. She
was the first female to qualify for the competition.
A sharpshooter takes aim
Gabrielle Colleen Green Lopez
Crocker of Pevely served in the Army
from 1981 through her medical discharge
in 1993. She grew up in Horine as Colleen
Green, attended Zion Lutheran School
and graduated from Herculaneum High
School.
“I enlisted in February 1981 and
left for basic at Fort Leonard Wood in
March,” she said.
When she graduated from AIT at Ft.
Gordon, Ga., that September, she was
assigned to an Air Defense Artillery Unit
in Geissen, Germany, under Cold War
conditions.
“One of our officers bought a new car
and parked it in the family living area,”
she recalled. “Unfortunately, our friends
in the Red Brigade decided they wanted
to plant a bomb, and it heavily damaged
13 cars. I saw that young lieutenant the
next morning in tears.”
She recalls the uneasiness of the frag-
ile relationship between the two sides.
“Those were scary times,” she said.
“Watching the radar, locking on targets
and praying we would not get told to
‘Fire!’ and start World War III.”
Back in the U.S., Crocker was as-
signed to Ft. Riley, Kan., briefly before
going to tech school. She got a job in
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to basic training or anything like that.”
In 1987, she began shooting com-
petitively with the State Combat Match
M60 Team, and went to the national level
competition.
“My battery also went out to Nellis
Air Force Base in Nevada to take part in
multi-service exercises in 1988 and 1989,
where I was field promoted to sergeant.”
Injured during a training exercise
earlier, she struggled through several sur-
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fore taking a medical discharge in 1993.
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then-and-now photos of her grandfather, back to my grandma,” Zoellner said. “He
Myrl Hook, who served with the Army has told us many stories about his years
from 1952-1954. in the Army. Another includes how he ran
The first photo was taken at the request miles for a can of cold beans and ended
of his sweetheart back home, Patricia up winning an additional prize of serving
“Patsy” Hook, to whom he would be mar- KP. Turns out he would run for two things
ried for 64 years until her death in 2018. at that time: my grandma and a good can
“He says he had to walk several miles of beans!”
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Tom Bowden in the ring.
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Discovering the lost art of war
Brenda Pigg of De Soto submitted
this painting of her father-in-law, Lloyd
Pigg.
“About 15 years ago, my husband,
Bob, was helping his parents clean out
the attic of their Hillsboro home. They
found this painting on silk rolled up in
tissue paper. My father-in-law had all but
forgotten that it existed.”
Lloyd Pigg, then 22, and his buddy,
Arthur Puckett of Mount Vernon, Ill.,
were both stationed in Tudo, Japan be-
tween 1945 and 1946.
“We believe this painting was done
in Kobe, Japan by a street vendor,” Pigg
said. “Lloyd and Puckett were Army Tech
4, 179th Ordinance HAM Co. During my
father-in-law’s deployment, he was cho-
sen to drive a high ranking official into the
town of Nagasaki to do damage assess-
ment after the bomb was dropped. Lloyd
was one of the first Americans to see the
destruction but he never spoke of the
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Salute to veterans
Still grappling
after 60 years
Staff Sgt. Tom Bowden served
with the Air Force from 1967 to 1970,
stationed at Binh Thuy in the Mekong
Delta in Vietnam.
“I took third at the World Air Force
Wrestling Tournament, losing to the
Olympia coach in the semi-final,” he
said. He is a longtime resident of Festus
and taught at Ritenour High School for
31 years.
He helped start the wrestling pro-
gram at Festus High School, serving as
its head coach for the first few years.
“I still volunteer coach,” he said.
“I am in my 60th year with wrestling.”
Lloyd Pigg, left, then 22, and his buddy,
Arthur Puckett of Mount Vernon, Ill.
carnage he observed. Lloyd was awarded
the Asian Pacific Theater Ribbon, Victory
Medal and Army of Occupation Medal.
His skills were Auto Mechanic, Sharp
Shooter M1 and Expert Machine Gun.”
Mr. Pigg and his friend and their
families stayed in contact with cards and
letters over the years. Mr. Puckett died in
about 2014 and Mr. Pigg in January 2017.
Jefferson County Leader 15
Russel McKenzie while working at Russel McKenzie in a Marine Corps
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. portrait.
Honoring ‘one of our own’
Christy Gay submitted these photos lived and raised their four children in
honoring her good friend and co-worker, Festus. He joined the Marine Corps in
the late Russel McKenzie. 1997 and was honorably discharged in
“Russ worked at Jefferson Barracks
National Cemetery for 12 years,” Gay
said. “His hard and dedicated work al-
2001. After his death in April at age 44, he
was laid to rest in the National Cemetery
where he had worked.
lowed him to climb through the ranks as “Everyone who works at the Na-
a caretaker, equipment operator, work tional Cemetery is a veteran,” Gay said.
leader, and recently be promoted to “What we do every day is honoring
grounds foreman.” those who have served. When it comes
Cpl. McKenzie grew up in Crystal to honoring one of your own, it is more
City and graduated from Grandview High than a challenge, it hurts and he is greatly
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Letters
Science, not politics, On matters of race,
will deliver us blame the Dems
To the editor:
The only thing more irritating than
political ads is the nonstop coronavirus
coverage.
We have been inundated with the
media spin for 10 months. We have been
told to wash surfaces, wash hands, wear
a mask, stay 6 feet apart, stay at home.
Please stop.
The do-this, do-that has done nothing
to stop the virus. We really don’t under-
stand the transmission. The problem now
is that it is no longer about science; it is a
political talking point.
Before the election, Joe Biden wore
his mask and spoke to people in parked
cars, while free-wheeling Donald Trump
was on a continuous political rally circuit,
addressing large outdoor crowds.
COVID-19 is a virus and will not
be eradicated until an effective vac-
cine is found. So what should we do
until then?
Is shutting the economy down, thus
harming the poor and middle-class, the
answer? This will only spawn a host of
other problems – bankruptcy, alcoholism,
depression, abuse, suicide, delayed health
care, etc.
The number of deaths from these
will far surpass the virus. Science will
overcome the disease.
The real tragedy of this virus is that
it has not united us as a country, but has
torn us apart into a political view.
We spend our energy pointing fin-
gers and criticizing to gain a political
advantage. We will rise above this over
time, but history will shame us all for
our conduct during this world pandemic.
Vance Garber
Festus
Look to Nebraska
for better idea on
Electoral College
To the editor:
Nebraska has the answer for an im-
proved Electoral College system that better
represents the popular vote in each state.
The winner of the popular vote earns
two of the state’s five electoral votes, but
the other three votes are decided by the
winners of the three congressional dis-
tricts. Thus in the most recent election,
one of the five electoral votes (the Omaha
district) went blue.
If all of the states would adopt this
system, normally blue states would
provide red electoral votes. Candidates
will start campaigning throughout the
country rather than in just a half-dozen
battleground states.
And presidents wouldn’t treat select
states like they are the enemy.
Douglas Canady
Hillsboro
Opinions
To the editor:
Democratic Party matron Barbara
Marco certainly is a prolific propagandist
on the Letters page. Her recent effort was
true to form. Marco selectively revised
American history to fit her party’s cur-
rent talking points. History, however, is
not kind to the Democratic Party and its
centuries-long abuse of Black people and
everybody else.
Former and future Democrats pre-
cipitated the Civil War by seceding from
the United States in determination to
sustain slavery’s filthy wealth.
Although Democratic President Lyn-
don Johnson succeeded in passing the Civil
Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act in the
1960s, those measures were vigorously op-
posed by other Democrats, including one
of the longest Senate filibusters in history.
The Democrats instigated the War
on Poverty fiasco that destroyed Black
families, and other families, to make them
party-faithful government wards.  one-on-one instruction. Twice a week,
If we want to talk of reparations to
Blacks, let’s entertain having Democrats pay
for it. Don’t try to fool us with Black Lives
Matter sloganeering. To the Democratic
Party, Black votes matter, or the party is dead.
The Republican Party was founded to
oppose slavery and win American liber-
ties for all races. May the party prosper
and make America great, at last.
Edward B. Graham
De Soto
Likes the humor
To the editor:
Thanks for the Oct. 22 issue, which
included Patrick Martin’s column about
how few undecided voters remained in
the days before the Nov. 3 election.
What a pleasure to find some humor
in our contentious times.
As always, we start with letters and
the Opinions page. I wonder how many
readers bother with these two sections of
the Leader. Those who don’t are missing
out on some sharp analysis and the oppor-
tunity to better understand their neighbors.
Thanks again for a well-written,
well-balanced and informative paper.
Kate and Chuck Bigelow
De Soto
Hats off to County
Clerk and his staff
To the editor:
I would like to applaud Jefferson
County Clerk Ken Waller and his entire
staff for all the hard work they did pre-
paring and conducting the process for the
Nov. 3 election. They made it possible for
voters to make their choices in an easy
and effective way.
Cyndi Weiss
Imperial
Jefferson County Leader 17
Hillsboro R-3 is diligence to keep everyone safe, and so
far, infections among the staff and stu-
doing a good job; dents who attend school have not been
let’s all help out an issue.
Hopefully, that will continue. But,
unfortunately, it is not really under the
To the editor: district’s control. Cases are surging in
I would like to thank and congratu- Jefferson County, just like they are in
late the Hillsboro R-3 School District many other areas.
for all of the time and effort its officials It is up to all of us to do the best we
and employees are putting in during can at this time to control the virus: Wear
this pandemic to continue to educate a mask, social distance, stay away from
our children. large groups and wash your hands.
My child is a second-grader. We are
doing virtual classes; everything is be-
Dale Scott
ing done online using a district-supplied
Chromebook. Hillsboro
Our day begins with the morning an-
nouncements. There is a joke of the day,
thought for the day and then the Pledge
of Allegiance. Letter policy
We then get into the classes – math, Letters must be signed and include
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more than 31,500 times on her YouTube
channel, which has nearly 1,600 subscrib-
ers, or followers.
Bluemel, who started teaching at Fox
Middle in 2018, also has a blog and uses
other social media, like Facebook, Twitter
and Instagram, to spread her love of the
Spanish language and culture.
“I am so proud of her and where she
has come in three years,” Fox Middle
School Principal Marilyn Jackson said.
“She was super talented when she started,
but in three years’ time to see what she has
created with her YouTube channel and
Twitter page and what she shares, she is so
connected throughout the world.”
The channel
Before starting her career as a teacher,
she worked 11 years as a medical inter-
preter in major St. Louis hospitals.
When she began teaching at Fox, she
started her first YouTube channel, using
the school district’s email account, but
later scrapped that and started the current
channel.
Bluemel’s channel features a photo of
her wearing a traditional Colombian dress
and the words “Stories, Cultures, Espanol,
Technology and Education.”
‘Crazy Town’
at Festus High
opens this week
The Festus High School Theater
Department will return this week after
a year’s absence from the stage with
its presentation of the comedy “Crazy
Town.”
Performances will begin at 7 p.m.
Thursday through Saturday (Nov.
12-14) in the Festus High gym, 505
Westwind Drive.
Admission is $5 at the door.
Masks are required for entry and
volunteers will sit families and groups
together, but socially distant from other
groups.
The play, written by Jonathan
Rand, takes the audience on a tour of
the most messed-up town in America,
from the police interrogation room
where the nicest guy in town is issued
a strange ultimatum, to the elementary
school for a heated political debate on
critical issues like tater tots.
The play will be directed by Wil-
liam Borgmeyer and Erin Pruneau.
Cast members include Grant Otto,
Abby Ohlau, Kyle Schackmann, Trin-
ity O’Leary, Simon Wallace, Chaz
Seitz, Amanda Allen, Joshua Johnson,
Luke Wallace, Emily Reed, Rebekah
Kauffmann, Kaidyn Stanfill, Logan
Kuykendall, Kyle Schackmann, Saigel
Mickan, Madison Griffin, Kamaryn
Stanfill, Rachel Acey, Maya Smith,
Mackenzie Weston, Mackenzie Stock-
ton and Marley Shepherd.
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Katherine Bluemel, right, with sons Lucas, Anthony and Mateo, and husband, Daniel.
“I picked five words to define the
purpose of my channel,” said Bluemel,
who grew up in Barranquilla, Colombia,
and moved to the U.S. when she was 18.
“Obviously, Espanol, which is Spanish;
cultures because I am huge with cultures;
stories because I am always looking for
inspirational stories; technology because
I am huge with technology in the class-
room; and education is in general because
anything that supports education, I am all
for it.”
While many of the videos offer les-
sons on the Spanish language and culture,
Bluemel branches out from her own heri-
tage and the subject matter she teaches at
Fox Middle.
She has created videos about using
technology and about strabismus surger-
ies designed to improve eyesight. She also
has made videos featuring interviews with
Fox Superintendent Nisha Patel, World
Language Proficiency Project founder Tina
Hargaden and others.
“I do my best to watch her YouTube
videos when they are released,” Patel said.
“She is working hard to build content that
inspires and offers different perspectives
to not only our community but to a global
audience.”
Bluemel said she wants her channel
to not only provide Spanish lessons for
students and resources for other Spanish
teachers but also to tell stories about other
cultures.
“I would love to interview students
from the Middle East or China or wher-
ever,” Bluemel said. “I am always looking
for a story. My channel will highlight and
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the growth it has had. It is moving in the
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So far, Bluemel’s most-watched
video has been the Day of the Dead video,
which is 9 minutes and 51 seconds long
and provides a tutorial on the holiday
celebrated in Mexico and elsewhere Nov.
1 through Nov. 2. The holiday involves
family and friends gathering to pray for
and remember friends and family members
who have died.
“(The Day of the Dead video) went
crazy, and that was exciting,” Bluemel said.
She said it took more than 50 hours
to create the video, mainly because of the
extensive research she did on the subject.
“There are hundreds of thousands of
videos on it,” she said. “If you search for
Day of the Dead on YouTube, you will be
overwhelmed with what you see. Some of
them are great and show you the celebra-
tion, but I have never found a video that
told you in 10 minutes the history in an
interactive way, something that goes fast,
like a movie with pictures and visuals and
is accurate.”
Jackson said the Day of the Dead
video is her favorite creation on Blue-
mel’s channel. The principal said she also
enjoyed Bluemel’s interview with Patel,
who was born in Kenya and is of Indian
descent. Patel’s father lives in India, and
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video) was so student-and-kid centric.
I thought it was something kids would
love,” Jackson said. “She interviewed
Dr. Patel, and I love the story she created
with her.
“It (Bluemel’s channel) is not just
about her and the Spanish culture and lan-
guage; she just loves to connect to people
and share their stories. That is who she is.
She uses her platform to promote others
and raise others up.”
More than YouTube
Many of Bluemel’s videos provide
worksheets or links to instructional ma-
terials teachers may use to continue the
lessons she offers on her channel.
She also shares this information
on her social media and her blog at
espanolconlasenobluemel.home.blog.
“It is all free,” Bluemel said. “The
only thing I ask is they subscribe to the
channel and share the videos so my chan-
nel can grow.”
Bluemel’s classroom at Fox Middle
is filled with flags, souvenirs, artwork,
soccer jerseys and other items celebrating
Spanish and Latino cultures.
“Katherine is a passionate educator
who simply loves what she does, and it
shows every single day in the classroom,”
Patel said. “We are honored she is part of
our Fox C-6 family.”
Jackson said she’s amazed by how
much Bluemel gets done.
“I wonder when she sleeps,” Jackson
said. “She is constantly working, and she
has a family. It is like, ‘Oh, my gosh, how
does she have time to do all of these dif-
ferent things?’
“She is just incredibly global minded
and passionate. She is so appreciative
of being a teacher and to have that plat-
form to share everything she can about
her Spanish culture and language. Her
YouTube channel is an extension of her.”
Bluemel has been married for 20
years to Daniel Bluemel, and the two
have three sons – Mateo, 19, Anthony,
17, and Lucas, 15.
Mateo, who graduated from Fox
High School and now goes to Jefferson
College, is featured in one of Bluemel’s
videos about a band called Brave New
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Election: More than 1 in 5 Jefferson Countians voted early in the election
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Waller said he and chief of staff Jean-
nie Goff were expecting voter turnout to
be north of 75 percent, but, in final, official
tallies, it closed out at 73.56 percent.
That mark fell short of the 73.74
percent posted four years ago, when there
were 146,049 registered voters.
“It (the Nov. 3 election) is still the
third-highest turnout rate since 1980,”
Waller said.
The top turnout in the last 40 years
came on Nov. 3, 1992, when 81.86 percent
of the county’s registered voters showed
up at the polls. Topping the ballot that year
was the campaign in which Democrat Bill
Clinton won his first term as president
against incumbent Republican George
H.W. Bush and independent Ross Perot.
Goff said polling places were busy
for much of the day Nov. 3, but not at
closing time.
Normally, there’s a large rush to the
polls after people get out of work, and with
so many voters expected to turn out for this
election, she and Waller were expecting
long lines at 7 p.m., when polls closed.
Any voter in line at 7 p.m. is allowed to
cast a ballot.
“We were figuring at some places
we’d have a line of about an hour,” Waller
said. “We maybe had a couple of places
with one or two people in line at 7 p.m.,
but that was about it.”
Absentee balloting heavy
More than one in five Jefferson
Countians voted early in the election –
either by a mailed-in absentee ballot, by a
no-excuse-needed mail-in ballot allowed
this year because of fears of spreading
the coronavirus, or by voting absentee in
person in advance of Election Day.
Goff said 18,121 people cast absentee
votes in person in the weeks leading up to
the election either at the County Clerk’s
Office in Hillsboro, or at one of the two
satellite locations – Rickman Auditorium
in Arnold or the Jefferson County Health
Department in High Ridge.
“The remote locations turned out to
be better than we expected,” Goff said.
“We didn’t know that we could pull
it off, but we got literally hundreds of
compliments from people, thanking us
for making (the alternate sites) available
to them,” Waller said. “I think this shows
people really do like the option of voting
early.”
He said he might consider setting up
satellite sites for the August and November
2022 elections, but not for April municipal
elections.
“The turnout in April is usually 15 to
18 percent, and I don’t think that would
warrant the cost,” Waller said.
Goff said that while the expenses are
still being added up, the satellite sites prob-
ably cost about $5,000 to $6,000 to run.
“It was worth every penny,” Waller
said.
Goff said all extra expenses to deal
with the challenges of COVID-19 during
the election will probably run $60,000 to
$70,000, and hopefully will be reimbursed
through the federal CARES Act.
News
Patty Meyer photo
With ballot in hand, Becky Langelier
goes to find a seat to fill out her ballot at
Herculaneum Amvets Post 42.
Of the returned absentee ballots,
Waller said, 1,280 were dropped off at the
door of the Jefferson County Administra-
tion Center in Hillsboro, checked over
primarily by Jim and Teena Staggs of De
Soto.
“That’s 1,280 people who didn’t have
to check in and have their temperatures
checked, who could just drop off their
ballots and leave,” Waller said.
Waller said he didn’t have statistics on
curbside voting in Hillsboro, but thought
as many as 500 people, mostly people
under quarantine and those with other
illnesses, took advantage of the service.
“And everyone was so thankful,” he
said. “They said they didn’t know if they’d
be able to vote, but they could.”
Waller credited the efforts of Dale
Waites and the county’s cleanup crew and
Matt Stinchcomb and the maintenance
department with keeping the building safe
during the pandemic.
“Over the last six weeks, we had about
12,000 people come into our office who
would not have come in regularly,” he
said. “And I think they fogged the building
(with disinfectant) every day.”
Waller said he didn’t believe the
county had significant problems with bal-
lots not arriving in the mail on time.
“We were told that if there were bal-
lots in St. Louis, we could go get them
and have them in the office by the time
polls closed,” Waller said. “We never got
that call, so I presume they didn’t have
any. We picked some late ballots up at the
Hillsboro Post Office, and I think they
might have worked with the other offices
to collect them.”
As of midday Friday, only nine ballots
were received after the polls closed, mak-
ing them ineligible to be counted.
Any ballots from military posts,
which had to be received by Friday, how-
ever, would still be counted.
Waller said state officials have told
him Jefferson County is a model for the
state’s election system.
“The governor, the secretary of state –
they were all looking at Jefferson County,”
he said. “They heard about everything we
were doing, and they saw how smoothly
it went.”
Jefferson County Leader
No problems on Election Day
Waller and Goff said they heard of few
problems at the county’s 53 polling places.
“Some people were complaining
about the lack of social distancing (in
check-in lines), but that was something
people needed to do themselves,” he
said. “We got the odd report of someone
complaining that someone was wearing a
Trump hat or Trump shirt into a polling
place, but that’s typical.”
State law prohibits people from elec-
tioneering in polling places, and that law
has been interpreted to include wearing
clothing promoting a particular candidate
or issue.
“What I mainly heard and saw was
people being kind, considerate and civil,”
Waller said. “The crowds were patient.
They wore masks and people from both
sides seemed to be able to get through the
process while being good to each other.
“When someone came in and obvi-
ously couldn’t stand for a long time, or
was in a walker or used a cane or was in
a wheelchair, people would let them go to
the front before them. Hearing those kinds
of things makes me proud to be a Jefferson
Countian.”
The results
Waller said he wasn’t surprised by the
results themselves.
President Donald J. Trump pulled
down 66.04 percent of Jefferson Coun-
tians’ votes, a little better than the 64.52
percent he attracted in 2016.
Democrat Joseph Biden got 32.16
percent of the vote, a bit better than the
29.5 percent that Jefferson County gave
to Hillary Clinton four years ago. (Fewer
votes were cast for third-party candidates
this time around.)
Counting absentee and mail-in votes
only, Trump still carried the county, but by
a margin of 53.18 percent to 45.64 percent
for Biden.
In races for the state House of Repre-
sentatives, Republican incumbents Shane
Roden (District 111) and Dan Shaul (Dis-
trict 113) easily won their fourth two-year
terms.
In the open seat for District 115, Re-
publican Cyndi Buchheit-Courtway easily
defeated Democrat Cynthia D. Nugent.
“Jefferson County has been trending
Republican for a while, so I wasn’t sur-
prised by how the races turned out,” Waller
said. “I expect the county will continue to
lean Republican for the near future.”
Olympian Village voters split their
decision on a pair of ballot issues in
Olympian Village. A proposal to annex a
small piece of land along Hwy. 67 was ap-
proved, but voters turned thumbs-down on
a request to establish a utility business tax.
Jefferson County voters mirrored the
outcome statewide on a pair of constitu-
tional amendments, turning down a pro-
posal to extend term limits to a number of
statewide offices but voting for a rollback
of a redistricting format approved in 2018.
“None of that surprised me,” Waller
said. “You know what did surprise me?
The number of first-time voters I ran
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Election results
Final, unofficial results from the Nov. 3
election. Winners in bold. Incumbents
listed with an (I). Ballot issues required a
simple majority for passage. Party desig-
nations: (R) Republican; (D) Democrat; (L)
Libertarian.
U.S. PRESIDENT
(Jefferson County vote only)
Donald J. Trump (R) (I) 77,021 66.04%
Joseph R. Biden (D) 37,507 32.16%
Jo Jorgenson (L) 1,633 1.40%
STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
District 110
Dottie Bailey (R) (I) 14,099 65.46%
John Kiehne (D) 7,440 34.54%
District 111
Shane Roden (R) (I) 13,308 70.87%
Daniel (Vern) Cherry (D) 5,469 29.13%
District 113
Dan Shaul (R) (I) 11,146 63.10%
Terry Burgess (D) 6,518 36.90%
District 115
Cyndi Buchheit-Courtway (R) 11,855 72.51%
Cynthia D. Nugent (D) 4,494 27.49%
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
District 2
Ann Wagner (R) (I) 230,617 51.97%
Jill Schupp (D) 201,520 45.41%
Martin Schulte (L) 11,158 2.60%
District 3
Blaine Luetkemeyer (R) (I) 282,424 69.40%
Megan Rezabek (D) 115,909 28.48%
Leonard J. Steinman II (L) 8,328 2.05%
District 8
Jason Smith (R) (I) 253,646 76.86%
Kathy Ellis (D) 70,504 21.36%
Tom Schmitz (L) 5,846 1.77%
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 1
(Term limits on state offices)
(Jefferson County vote only)
Yes 47,757 43.02%
No 63,263 56.98%
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 3
(Revisions to Clean Missouri)
(Jefferson County vote only)
Yes 57,248 51.24%
No 54,468 48.76%
OLYMPIAN VILLAGE PROPOSITION A
(Annexation)
Yes 172 63.47%
No 99 36.53%
OLYMPIAN VILLAGE PROPOSITION U
(Utility business license fee)
Yes 90 33.09%
No 182 66.91%
across. We had a lot of college students
come in here and vote in-person absen-
tee during their fall breaks. When I was
working up at the Arnold (satellite site),
I’d ask a young person if this was their
first time voting, and if they said yes, we
would all applaud. But we had a 72-year-
old woman and an 80-year-old woman
come through and it was their first times,
as well.”
Waller and Goff said they and their
staff dedicated the election to the memory
of the Detter family, four of whom died in
an Oct. 11 house fire in the De Soto area.
“Sherri Detter worked as an election
clerk in our office for 13 years,” Waller
said. “But they all helped out. Joe Det-
ter worked on elections, and the family
helped load and unload our trucks. They
are sorely missed, and we all worked
through our grief.”
20 Jefferson County Leader News/Obituaries Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020

Festus Tigers roll to seventh straight cross country crown
By Russell Korando
For the Leader
Festus High School sophomores
Cullen Krieg and Ian Schram are
friendly rivals on the cross country
course. When the starter’s pistol fires,
each wants to beat the other.
And in pushing each other, they
helped propel the Tigers to their record-
tying seventh consecutive state champi-
onship on Nov. 6, this time in Class 4, at
Gans Creek Course in Columbia.
At about the 3,500-meter mark,
Krieg passed Schram, who finished
ninth in 16:18.
“That’s when I really wanted to see
what I could do today,” Krieg said after
finishing in second place in 15:56.5,
which was 17 seconds behind West
Plains senior Riley Simpson. “We al-
ways want to see how far we can push
each other to help each other out during
the races.”
The Tigers won with 45 points, not
quite to the standard of the Festus team
Champions
that started the title streak in 2014 with
24 points (finishing 1-2-3-6-12), but good
enough to withstand a move up from Class
3 to Class 4 this fall. Webb City and West
Plains tied for second with 97 points, and
the Web City Cardinals won the sixth-man
tiebreaker.
Festus not only tied the legendary
seven-time champion Herculaneum boys
(1977-1983) for consecutive crowns but
also they did it with nary a senior in sight.
The top seven runners may return to shoot
for a historic ‘eight straight’ in a hopefully
coronavirus-free environment in 2021.
“The coaches told us at the begin-
ning, the team we have now hadn’t done
anything to support this legacy, so we had
to prove we were worthy,” Krieg said.
“Next year we’re going to be an even bet-
ter family.”
Krieg’s time at state matched the one
from his first meet of the year at the Fort
Zumwalt North Twilight Invitational.
“This entire season I’ve had knee
problems, but the coaches helped me out
to make sure I was staying in shape,”
he said. “I really wanted a PR (personal
record) today, but I’m alright with it. We
were motivated to tie (Herky’s) record and
we had a positive attitude we could do it.”
Juniors Jacob Meyers and Nathan
Wolk have jockeyed for the Tigers’ No. 3
man all year, and this time Meyers seized
it, finishing 12th in 16:24.3. Wolk was 15th
in 16:27.6. Juniors Anthony Pittman (37th,
17:11.1), Peyton Willis (58th, 17:32) and
Ethan James (67th, 17:46.3) ran in their
first state meet for the Tigers.
“We saw Webb City coming on strong
and that worried us a little bit,” said Festus
head coach Bryant Wright, who now has
11 state titles under his belt when counting
the two he won coaching the Tiger girls in
2014 and 2017. “When it was time to go,
the boys went. We knew if we gave 100
percent, we’d be happy and we’re state
champs.
“We have a chance to break the record
next year which would be fitting for this
group. I asked them over the summer
what they wanted to do, and they said
they wanted to be state champions. I told
them we’d have to change some of their
workouts and asked them if they were
prepared for that and they said, ‘Coach,
whatever you think it takes to win.’”
Krieg’s older brother, Jonah, was
on three of the Tigers’ state champion-
ship teams and won an individual medal
twice. Successful programs like Festus
and the Valle Catholic football team keep
winning state titles in large part because
they don’t want to disappoint siblings,
fathers and uncles who’ve come before
them and set a very high standard.
“He’s just a gamer,” Wright said of
Krieg. “When the situation requires his
best, he gives it. I knew he’d be there,
and it was fun watching him today.
“(Simpson’s) an amazing athlete
and he ran a great race today. Our guys
tried to go with him, but it wasn’t meant
to be. Ian could have given up after he
started falling back and he didn’t.”
The last team to beat Festus at state
was Potosi in 2013. The Tigers have
averaged 44.1 points in their winning
streak.

William H. ‘Billy’ Harness, 85, De Soto
William Howard “Billy” Harness, 85, of De Soto died Nov.
2, 2020, at his home. Mr. Harness was a retired carpenter and
member of the Carpenters Union and was regarded as a highly
skilled craftsman by all those who worked alongside him. He was
a founding organizer of and a longtime volunteer with Jefferson
County NextStep for Life, formerly the JCARC. He served with
the Missouri Army National Guard and was called to active duty
during the Berlin Crisis of 1960-61. He enjoyed fishing, hunting
and caring for his dogs, but his greatest joy came from time spent
with his family. Born March 6, 1935, in De Soto, he was the son
of the late Deck and Alice (Henry) Graham.
He is survived by his wife: Stella L. (Yarbrough) Harness of De Soto; a son:
Michael (Jody) Harness of De Soto; two daughters: Debbie (Bob) Duncan of Festus
and Patrice (Scott) Parson of Farmington; a sister: Candy Jones of Gloucester, UK;
eight grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and numerous other relatives, friends
and neighbors. He was preceded in death by a son: Dexter Harness.
A funeral service was held Nov. 7 at Mahn Funeral Home in De Soto. Burial was
in the Woodlawn Cemetery in De Soto. Memorials may be made to Jefferson County
NextStep for Life, PO Box 97, Mapaville, 63065. Arrangements were under the direc-
tion of Mahn Funeral Home.
Rose Marie Morris, 87, De Soto
Rose Marie Morris, 87, of De Soto died Nov. 1, 2020, at
Mercy Hospital St. Louis in Creve Coeur. Mrs. Morris was
a homemaker and a longtime member of St. Rose of Lima
Catholic Church in De Soto, the Daughters of Isabella and the
Columbian Anns. She enjoyed visiting casinos, taking road trips,
listening to music and dancing, but her most favorite thing was
spending time with her family. She was born Dec. 10, 1932, in
Old Mines, the daughter of the late Herbert Henry and Lucille
Agnes (Politte) Pratt. She was preceded in death by her husband:
Robert Lee Morris.
She is survived by two sons: Robert (Joanie) Morris of Port
St. Lucie, Fla., and James Morris of De Soto; two grandchildren: Melissa Risk of St.
Louis and Robert (Krista) Morris of St. Louis; two brothers: Charles (Ann) Pratt of
Old Mines and Sylvester “Pill” (Verna) Pratt of Crystal City; a sister: Carolyn Baugus
of De Soto; and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and many dear friends.
She was preceded in death by a brother: John Pratt; and five sisters: Bernadette
Wall, Doris Burr, Nancy Weiss, Margie Miller and Elaine Baldridge.
Funeral Mass was held Nov. 7 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in De Soto,
officiated by Father Alexander Anderson. Burial was in the Calvary Catholic Cemetery
in De Soto. Memorials may be made in the form of Masses in Mrs. Morris’ honor.
Arrangements were under the direction of Mahn Funeral Home in De Soto.
Fay I. ‘Mickey’ Huskey, 93, De Soto
Fay I. “Mickey” Huskey, 93, of De Soto died Nov. 7, 2020,
at her home. Mrs. Huskey was a homemaker and farm wife. Born
Oct. 15, 1927, in St. Louis, she was the daughter of the late Carl
Leslie and May Hannah (Stallard) Tyner. She was preceded in
death by her husband: Walter H. “Jiggs” Huskey.
She is survived by six children: Darlene Huskey of
De Soto, Alfred E. “Buggs” (Kay) Huskey of De Soto, Eric
(Helaine) Huskey of Festus, Pauline Gorman of Fredericktown,
Carlen (Flavin) Spruell of De Soto and Brian (Becky) Johnson
of De Soto; a daughter-in-law: Mary Ann Huskey of De Soto;
a brother: Ralph “Bud” (Lettie) Tyner of Houston, Texas; 10
grandchildren: Bonnie (Butch), Leslie (Laura), Shannon (Dee), Christy (Jim), Becky,
Lindsey (Jessie), Casey (Zach), Crystal (Rich), Madison (Ryan) and Mason; 12 great-
grandchildren: Kansas, Ava, Taylor, Wyatt, Jesse, Dominic, Rheanna, Ashley, Harper,
Ben, Rich and Eleanor; a great-great-granddaughter: Maddie; and several nieces and
nephews. She was preceded in death by a son: Gary Huskey; a sister: Loretta Johnson;
a brother-in-law: Richard Johnson; a grandson: Christopher Gorman; and a grandson-
in-law: Jonathon Wilson.
A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. today (Nov. 12) at Dietrich-Mothershead
Funeral Home, 220 N. Main St., in De Soto, officiated by Ron Follmer. Burial is in
the Mt. Olive Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Shriner’s Hospital for Children,
4400 Clayton Ave., St. Louis, 63110. Arrangements are under the direction of Dietrich-
Mothershead Funeral Home in De Soto.
Mark Robert Sunkel Sr., 64, Barnhart
Mark Robert Sunkel Sr., 64, of Barnhart died Nov. 3, 2020.
Mr. Sunkel enjoyed reading books, cross stitching, St. Louis Car-
dinals baseball, Blues hockey, collecting stamps, baseball cards
and fishing with his family. Born March 22, 1956, in St. Louis,
he was the son of Dolores (Sucher) and the late Robert Sunkel.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife: Cindy
K. (Young) Sunkel; two children: Amanda Kay (fiance Chris-
topher Gruendler) Sunkel and Mark Robert Sunkel Jr.; a sister:
Linda (David) Engle; a sister-in-law: Sherry (the late Mike)
Murray; 11 nieces and nephews: Teresa, Angie, Josh, Matt, Dani,
Brittany, Kelsey, Timothy, Matthew, Ryan and Robbie; nine
great-nieces and nephews: Dylan, Rachel, Hunter, Justin, Jacob, Jackson, Madelyn,
Cooper and Garrett; and a great-great-nephew: Camden. He was preceded in death
by his parents-in-law: Larry and Jean Warren; a sister: Kathleen (Wesley) Seay; two
brothers: Steven Sunkel and Kevin Sunkel; and a sister-in-law: Belinda Lewis.
A funeral service was held Nov. 9 at St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church in St.
Louis. Arrangements were under the direction of Hoffmeister South County Chapel
in St. Louis County.
Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020 Obituaries Jefferson County Leader 21

Todd S. Thomas, 51, Festus Dalton Lynn Roney, 25, Festus

Todd S. Thomas, 51, of Festus died Oct. 23, 2020, at Mercy
Hospital Jefferson in Crystal City. Mr. Thomas was a security
guard. Born May 15, 1969, in St. Louis, he was the son of the
late Dewey E. and Carolyn M. (Abel) Thomas.
He is survived by four siblings: Christy (Tim Brown)
Niemann of Festus, Mark (JoAnn) Thomas of St. Louis, Tracy
(Susan) Thomas of Tennessee and Rick (Sharon) Thomas of
Victoria; six nieces and nephews: Troy Thomas Jr., Robert
(Shery) Lang Sr., James (Amber) Niemann, Sherry Lang, James Medows and David
“Bird” Medows; two great-nephews: Robert Lang Jr. and Justin Lang Jr.; and several
aunts and uncles, including Fred (Debbie) Abel of St. Charles. He was preceded in
death by two brothers: Dennis Thomas and Troy Thomas.
A memorial service was held Nov. 7 at Dietrich-Mothershead Funeral Home in
De Soto, officiated by Barry Lakes. Arrangements were under the direction of Dietrich-
Mothershead Funeral Home.
Donald E. Marshall Sr., 84, Crystal City
Dalton Lynn Roney of Festus, who was 25 when he went
missing Feb. 1, 2018, was found dead Nov. 2, 2020, in House
Springs. Mr. Roney was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps
and had worked in the construction industry. He was born Feb.
29, 1992, in St. Louis, the son of Darren Roney and Melissa
(Lawrence) Burr VanMeter.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by a son: Brayden
Roney, and his mother, Katie Johnson; three siblings: Mariah
(Ricky) Woods, Makayla Roney and Samantha VanMeter; his
grandparents: Kathleen (John Hought) VanMeter, Phil and Linda Humphries, Bob
and Mary Roney and Rita Penberthy; and two nieces: Willow and Meadow. He was
preceded in death by a brother: Jacob Roney; and his grandfather: Henry VanMeter.
Memorial visitation is at 3:30 p.m. and a memorial service is scheduled for 6:30
p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, at Dietrich-Mothershead Funeral Home, 220 N. Main St.,
in De Soto, officiated by the Rev. Dan Pitchers. Burial is in the Peaceful Meadows
Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Dietrich-Mothershead Funeral
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Wade E. Stuart, 56, De Soto
Wade E. Stuart, 56, of De Soto died Nov. 1, 2020, in
De Soto. Mr. Stuart was retired after a 30-plus-year career with
the Missouri State Highway Patrol. He was a veteran of the U.S.
Navy and the Naval Reserves. Born Aug. 10, 1964, in St. Louis,
he was the son of Joan Stuart-Malin of Kalamazoo, Mich., and
the late Wallace Stuart.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife: Jeri
Elizabeth “Beth” (Rowh) Stuart of De Soto; two children: Staff
Sgt. Brandon Eric (Elizabeth) Stuart, USAF of Abilene, Texas,
and Megan (Neal II) Finch of De Soto; five siblings: Lori (Kurt) Patterson of Mapaville,
Lara (Joshua) Shuey of Washington, D.C., Leah (Mike) Hose of Portage, Mich., Lois
(Paul) Cella of Hillsboro and Wally (Kathline) Stuart of Greenville, Texas; and three
grandchildren: Adelaide, Elle and Liam Eric, with another on the way.
Visitation was held Nov. 10 at Dietrich-Mothershead Funeral Home in De Soto.
A graveside service was held Nov. 10 in the National Cemetery at Jefferson Barracks,
officiated by Jim Richman. Arrangements were under the direction of Dietrich-
Mothershead Funeral Home.
Ronald Steven Siebert, 78, Festus
Ronald Steven Siebert, 78, of Festus died Nov. 9, 2020, at
Mercy Hospital St. Louis in Creve Coeur. Mr. Siebert retired
after 34 years at River Cement Co., working a variety of posi-
tions, last as a maintenance mechanic. He was a veteran of
the U.S. Navy, serving his country as a Radioman Third Class,
and served his community for several years as a member of the
board of directors of the Jefferson R-7 Fire District. He also
was a member of the American Legion. Born Sept. 11, 1942,
in Festus, he was the son of the late Martha (Hogenmiller) and
Russell “Pete” Siebert.
He is survived by two sons: David “Scott” (Lisa) Siebert of Nixa and Steven W.
(Wendy) Siebert of Festus; two grandchildren: Payton Siebert and Paige Siebert, both
of Festus; a sister: Mary (John) Belgeri of Fenton; and four brothers: Jim (the late
Charlotte) Siebert of Crystal City, Richard (Scottie) Siebert of Springfield, Michael
(Jessica) Siebert of San Antonio, Texas, and Robert Siebert of St. Louis.
Mr. Siebert chose not to have a visitation or funeral service; a private family
gathering will be planned at a later date. Memorials may be made to Backstoppers
or to any veteran program such as Wounded Warriors. Arrangements were under the
direction of Vinyard Funeral Home in Festus.
Amber M. Lewis, 37, Caledonia
Amber M. Lewis, 37, of Caledonia died Nov. 5, 2020, in
St. Louis. Ms. Lewis was a CNA. She loved music and dancing.
Born Oct. 1, 1983, in Beckley, W Va., she was the daughter of
Scott and Kimberly (Bailey) Hammon of Caledonia.
In addition to her parents, she is survived by five siblings:
Chassity Lewis of Pevely and Hannah, Hailey, Madison and
Kaden Hammon, all of Caledonia; two stepsisters: Brittany
Hammon and Taylor Hammon; her grandparents: Mickey Bailey
of Clear Creek W.Va., Maxine (Ray) Ara of Cool Ridge, W.Va.,
John and Nancy Drew of De Soto and Bill (Olga) Hammon of
Costa Rica.
A funeral service was held Nov. 9 at Dietrich-Mothershead Funeral Home in
De Soto, officiated by Scott Hammon. Arrangements were under the direction of
Dietrich-Mothershead Funeral Home.
Maurice ‘Reece’ Much, 83, Little Rock, Ark.
Maurice A. “Reece” Much, 83, of Little Rock, Ark., died
Nov. 1, 2020, in Little Rock. Mr. Much was a veteran of the
U.S. Army, honorably discharged in 1964. He worked in St.
Louis as an auto body repairman for Ford Motor Co. for 21
years. After retiring in 1983, he moved to Little Rock to join
other family members in running the family clothing business.
When he retired from that, he spent much of his time fishing on
Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Ark., and spending the winters
in their home on Sanibel Island in Florida. He enjoyed working
on jigsaw puzzles, wood carvings and word search puzzles. He
was a member of First Christian Church in Sherwood, Ark.,
a 30-year member of the Elks Lodge Fraternal organization in Little Rock and Hot
Springs and a member of the Sanibel Carvers Club. He was born Jan. 27, 1937.
He is survived by his wife: Geraldine Much; a daughter: Sandy (Jeff) Weggenmann;
a son: Scott (Nancy) Much; three grandchildren: Celeste Much Alvarado, Jessica
Weggenmann Ingargiola and Jeffrey Weggenmann; and two great-grandchildren: Norah
Alvarado and Noah Ingargiola. He was preceded in death by five sisters; a brother;
and a great-grandchild: Elizabeth Ingargiola.
Due to COVID-19, services will be private. Arrangements were under the direc-
tion of Griffin Leggett Rest Hills Funeral Home in Little Rock.
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Kenneth Thomas De Clue, 79, De Soto
Kenneth Thomas De Clue, 79, of De Soto died Nov. 7,
2020, in Fenton. Mr. DeClue was a retired truck driver and
a parishioner at Our Lady Queen of Peace in House Springs.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a member of the
American Legion, the VFW and the High Ridge Elks Lodge.
He was born March 25, 1941, in St. Louis, the son of the late
Lucy (Pashia) and Thomas C. De Clue Sr. He was preceded in
death by his wife of 52 years: Janet (Jung) De Clue.
He is survived by one child: Daron De Clue of House
Springs; five siblings: Diann De Clue of Cedar Hill, Darlene
Chambers of Old Mines, Thomas De Clue Jr. of Antonia, Deborah De Clue of Potosi
and DeeAnn Politte of Festus; two grandchildren: Danielle (Mark) Otto of House
Springs and Cassidy (Nathan) Hodge of Catawissa; and two great-grandchildren:
Connor and Thomas Hodge of Catawissa. He was preceded in death by three siblings:
Doris Price, Donna Gardner and Dena Hill.
Visitation is scheduled from 4-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at Kutis Funeral Home,
10151 Gravois, in Affton. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 20, the
funeral home, officiated by Father Dennis Schmidt. Burial is in the National Cemetery
at Jefferson Barracks. Arrangements are under the direction of Kutis Funeral Home.
Cynthia M. Kannady, 54, Barnhart
Cynthia M. Kannady, 54, of Barnhart died Nov. 4, 2020, in House Springs. Ms.
Kannady was an occupational therapy assistant. Born Oct. 27, 1966, in St. Louis, she
was the daughter of Olga and Stanley Coad.
In addition to her parents, she is survived by a son: Andrew Kannady of Festus;
a daughter: Alyssa Kannady of Maryville, Ill.; a granddaughter: Emelia Stark of Fes-
tus; two brothers: David Coad of Wellington, Colo., and Dennis Coad of Red Rock,
Ariz.; and two sisters: Marianna Renshaw of St. Peters and Laura Platter of Imperial.
She was preceded in death by her grandmothers: Mable Blanch Coad and Marianna
Salarano; an uncle: Wayne Coad; and an aunt: Rosemary Jordan.
Funeral services were held Nov. 7 at Kutis Funeral Home in south St. Louis County.
Memorials may be made to St. Louis Ovarian Cancer Awareness. Arrangements were
under the direction of Kutis Funeral Home.
John Winston Brooks Jr., 53, High Ridge
John Winston Brooks Jr., 53, of High Ridge died Nov. 1,
2020, at SSM Health St. Clare Hospital in Fenton. Mr. Brooks
was a machinist and a computer enthusiast who held an associate
degree in business from the University of Phoenix. He loved
animals of all kinds, but especially St. Bernard dogs, and was
the proud owner of four of them throughout the years.
He was a strong, gifted, artistic man with a gentle soul,
a believer in being kind to everyone he met and yet quite the
trickster. He had a love for all things Halloween and also loved
Christmas, Elvis Presley, WWE/WCW/ECW wrestling orga-
nizations, MMA fighting, 80s hair bands, classic cars and above all else, his family.
Born June 11, 1967, in St. Louis, he was the son of Joan (Bryant) Brooks and the late
John W. Brooks Sr.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by a sister: Jamie Brooks; his best friends:
former wife Lori Princivalli and Nancy (Knight) Brooks; two daughters: Ashley (Tra-
vis) Princivalli Wheeler and Erin Tynes; two granddaughters: Piper Roberts and Willow
Boelling; three grandsons: Derrick Renfro, Brendam Wheeler and Grayson Wheeler;
a niece: Scarlett Brooks-Sanders; and many other family members and friends.
He was preceded in death by a son: John Aaron Brooks.
Memorials may be made to the Illinois St. Bernard Rescue, 3328 Mars Ave,
Springfield, IL 62707; or Stray Rescue of St. Louis. Arrangements were under the
direction of St. Louis Cremation.
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Earl E. ‘Gene’ Greenlee, 87, Hillsboro
Earl E. “Gene” Greenlee, 87, of Hillsboro died Nov. 3,
2020, at Kindred Hospital St. Louis South. Mr. Greenlee was a
mechanic and worked with large machinery for St. Louis Ship
and Archer Daniels Midland in St. Louis. He was a member
of the Boilermakers Union Local 27 and served with the Mis-
souri National Guard. He attended Parkton Assembly of God
in Barnhart. Born Oct. 25, 1933, in Pevely, he was the son of
the late Lulabelle (Thomas) and Earl Greenlee.
He is survived by his wife: Cecilia (Rosemann) Greenlee;
two daughters: Pamela Meese of Crystal City and Angela
“Angie” Greenlee-Martin of Festus; a sister: Charlotte (the late Ed) Merritt of Per-
ryville; five grandchildren: Jeremy (Julie) Greenlee, Amanda (Cory) Sprous, Brouke
(Cody) Asher, Christopher (Amy) Meese and Rhonda (Matt) Politte; and 15 great-
grandchildren: Kaeden, Ella and Harrison Greenlee, Phoenix Sprous, David and Logan
Mollak, Austen Bunch, Ryker and Zach Asher, Laven Moore, Nolan Meese, Sawyer
and Hudson Politte and Baylen and Nevaieh Wright. He was preceded in death by
his first wife: Eileen (Reece) Greenlee; a daughter: Rhonda S. Greenlee; three sons:
Terry Greenlee, Jerry “Rodney” Greenlee and Michael Greenlee; six sisters: Bernice
(the late Edwin) Bollinger, Wanita (the late Kenneth) Cartee, Earlene Hochstatter,
Ruth Hulvey, Doris (the late Clyde) Nash and Rosemary Greenlee; a granddaughter:
NaTasha LaVonne Crady; and a great-granddaughter: Morgan Lynn Sprous.
A funeral service was held Nov. 9 at Vinyard Funeral Home in Festus, officiated
by Pastor Gary Eubanks. Burial was in the Zion Lutheran Cemetery in Pevely. Me-
morials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Arrangements were
under the direction of Vinyard Funeral Home.
John Bob Elders, 85, De Soto
John Bob Elders, 85, of De Soto, formerly of Corning,
Ark., died Nov. 6, 2020, in De Soto. Mr. Elders retired from the
receiving department of White-Rodgers, then worked 12 years
at Wease Distributing in De Soto. He was a faithful member
of First Free Will Baptist Church in De Soto, working in the
teen department and serving as a trustee and an usher. He was
born Aug. 17, 1935, in Corning, the son of the late Luther and
Yulas (Pollard) Elders.
He is survived by his wife of 40 years: Margie (Isgrigg)
Elders of De Soto; a son: Robert (Trena) Elders Sr. of Granite City, Ill.; two stepsons:
Chip (Liz) Johnston and Richard “Rick” (Marty) Johnston, both of Valles Mines,
who referred to him as “Pop”; a stepdaughter: Sherri (Greg) Besore of Festus; three
siblings: Donald (Judy) Elders of Granite City, Paul (Judy) Elders of Scott City and
Donald Richard Meyer Sr., 80, De Soto
Donald Richard Meyer Sr., 80, of Oak Hill, Fla., and
De Soto died Aug. 31, 2020, in Edgewater, Fla. Mr. Meyer was
a retired auto worker and musician. He was a veteran of the U.S.
Army and a member of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in
De Soto and of the De Soto Elks Post 689. Born Sept. 9, 1939,
in Ste. Genevieve, he was the son of the late Leo and Erline
(Lalumondier) Meyer. He is survived by his wife of 57 years:
Theresa Ann (Price) Meyer of Oak Hill, Fla.; a son: Philip
Michael Meyer of De Soto; three siblings: Erline (the late Jes-
sie) Martin, Marilyn (the late Harry) Figge, and Arthur (Viola)
Meyer; four grandchildren: Lindsey (Price) Pierce of Festus,
Dustin Meyer of St. Louis, Hannah Rahe Meyer of De Soto and Kendal Elise Meyer
of De Soto; and one great-grandchild: Rory Pierce. He was preceded in death by a
son: Donald Richard Meyer Jr.; and three siblings: Leo Meyer, Albert Meyer and
Ervin Meyer.
A celebration of life will take place at a later date at the De Soto VFW Hall.
Jerald Wayne Page, 71, formerly of De Soto
Jerald Wayne Page, 71, of Dixon, formerly of De Soto,
died Nov. 6, 2020, at Mercy Hospital in Lebanon. Mr. Page
was a member of the Living Word Worship Center in Dixon.
He enjoyed classic cars and playing guitar and was often quoted
as saying, “Might as well; can’t dance.” He was born June 15,
1949, in St. Louis, the son of the late Claude W. and Geraldine
L. (Tiepelman) Page. He was preceded in death by his wife of 48
years: Mary Elizabeth (Dillon) Page, who died March 2, 2016.
He is survived by a daughter: Patricia Ann (Timothy) John-
son of Tarpon Springs, Fla.; two sons: Joseph William (Karen)
Page of Ironton and Matthew John (Sarah) Page of Dixon; three sisters: Lois (Jay)
Tice of Pinellas Park, Fla., Sue (Pat) Dooley of Lemay and Darlene (Xavier) Baca of
Maplewood; two brothers: Danny (Debbie) Page of Fenton and Tim (Laura) Page of
St. Louis; nine grandchildren: Kevin Shaw, Meghan Green, Dakota Johnson, Bobby
Page, Katie Page, Kjella Acosta-Page, Jonny Page, Nora Page and Hannah Page; and
five great-grandchildren.
Visitation is at 10 a.m. and a funeral service is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Saturday,
Nov. 14, at Vinyard Hillcrest Funeral Home, 9115 Commercial Blvd., in Pevely, of-
ficiated by Pastor Tom Cromwell. Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes
Association. Arrangements are under the direction of Vinyard Funeral Home.

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■ Read The County Line by
Russell Korando to find out how
Fox reached the state football
semifinals at myleaderpaper.com
Rita the ‘Cheetah’ captures Class 2 title
By Russell Korando
For the Leader
For almost three miles, St. Pius X
senior Rita Eimer, West Platte freshman
Julia Pattison and Brookfield junior Alex
Sharp battled for the lead of the Class 2
state cross country championship race
on Nov. 6.
It was time for “The Cheetah” to
pounce.
With St. Pius fans packing the
wooden fence leading up to the finish
chute, Eimer lived up to her nickname,
launching a furious kick that propelled
her to victory in 19:37.2, more than two
seconds ahead of Pattison on the five-
kilometer (3.1 mile) Gans Creek Course
in Columbia.
Sharp had led most of the race but
faded to third, no match for Eimer’s
withering sprint.
Eimer is the first cross country run-
ner – boys or girls – to win a state title
for the Lancers.
“We passed (Sharp) a little after the
4K,” Eimer said. “I don’t think I would
have passed her that soon if (Pattison)
hadn’t made a move. That helped me.”
None of this surprised Lancer head
coach John Daly, the architect of a running
renaissance that produced the school’s
first-ever state trophy in the sport. Pius
took third Saturday with 128 points, 42
behind champion Arcadia Valley; North
Platte was second with 106 points.
“If she’s within contact in the last
400 meters, she doesn’t lose,” Daly
said. “She’s got 57-second quarter-
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The senior running back carried
nine times for a season-high 212
yards (23.5 yards per carry) and had
touchdown runs of 33, 39 and 59
yards in the Warriors’ 49-28 victory
over Lafayette in the Class 6 District
1 semifinals in Arnold on Friday
night. Fox’s ground attack gashed
the Lancers for 465 yards as the
Warriors improved to 9-1. For the
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St. Pius X senior Rita Eimer closes in on the finish line at the Class 2 state cross
country championships at Gans Creek Course in Columbia on Nov. 6. Eimer won the
school’s first state championship with a time of 19:37.2.
mile speed.”
Eimer qualified for state all four
years and made progress each time: 58th
as a freshman, 27th as a sophomore and
22nd last year for her first state medal.
Following her Friday, on the course
that will host the collegiate Southeastern
Conference championships next year
and the NCAA Division I championships
in 2025, were senior Hannah Schappe
(40th, 23:07.2), sophomores Michaela
Eimer (44th, 23:11.4), Rachel Eimer
(83rd, 24:11.4), Reagan Edwards (99th,
24:48.5) and Sophia Schappe (152nd,
29:18.8) and freshman Mya Seek (150th,
28:01). Michaela and Rachel Eimer are
twin sisters of Rita.
“Today we wanted to work for our
team and get a spot on the podium for the
first time. It’s amazing. We’re so excited,”
Rita Eimer said.
Daly likes to cite one of his favorite
quotes: “Cross country is a summer sport
that’s played out in the fall.”
“That was certainly true for us to-
day,” he said. “It’s about effort. You may
not have the place that you wanted, but if
you’re out there giving everything, that’s
what warms a coach’s heart.
“We think this is a great start to build
our program for the future. Jefferson
County is a powerhouse in cross country.
We are part of that now.”
Vogelsang earns third medal
After finishing fourth in 2018 and
second last season in Class 3, De Soto had
no trophy shot this time with just three
runners in the Class 4 championships on
Nov. 6. But the Dragons could point with
pride to Kayla Vogelsang.
The junior finished 18th in 19:40.5
for her third state medal. Running at state
in Class 3 the past two seasons, Vogelsang
Russell Korando photos
was 16th in 20:34.14 in 2018 and 12th in
19:26.1 last year.
“She has more to build on next year,”
De Soto head coach Aaron Young said.
“Between the years, sometimes she lacks
self-confidence, but when we get into the
meets, she turns it on and she did today.
I saw her at the 4K and she was in 25th
place and she had a fantastic finish in the
last kilometer.”
Senior Erika Mellor was part of the
Dragons’ two state trophy teams and
competed for the third time at state on
Nov. 6, finishing 31st in 20:10.8. Her
previous finishes at state were 45th and
47th. Her state time this year beat her PR
by 14 seconds.
“She has been a leader for years,
especially this summer,” Young said of
Mellor. “I couldn’t ask for a better leader
and she’s going to have a great college
career wherever she goes. I’m so thankful
De Soto junior Kayla Vogelsang finished
18th in 19:40.5 at the Class 4 state cross
country championships in Columbia.
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to have her in this program. She’s been
in it since seventh grade. We’ll be sad to
see her go, but she capped off her career
today with a great finish.”
De Soto freshman Jailey Pigg was
90th in 21:27.5.
“With everything that was going on,
districts didn’t end up the way we wanted
it to, but to have three individuals make
it through was fantastic. For them to rep-
resent us today, I can’t ask for anything
more,” Young said.
West Plains won the Class 4 cham-
pionship with 53 points. It’s the Zizzers’
first title since 2008 and their state-record
13th overall.
Tigers finish sixth place
Since winning the Class 3 champi-
onship in 2017, Festus has been second
(2018), seventh (2019) and sixth this year
after moving up to Class 4.
At times during the state Class 4 race on
Nov. 6, the Tigers flirted with fourth place
and another state trophy, but to no avail.
“The girls ran a great race today and
I’m proud of them,” Festus head coach
Bryant Wright said. “Obviously, everyone
wants to win a trophy but what our girls
did today was exceptional. They put it on
the line as much as any team I’ve ever had
and the top five gave 100 percent.
“We really thought our girls could
run like this and they put it together. If we
would have been the class schedule as it
was last year, there’s no doubt we would
have been in the top three.”
With the top 25 individuals earning
a medal and all-state recognition, Festus
senior Demi White fell just short, placing
27th in 20:00.6. Teammates following
her were junior Allison Faerber (37th,
20:14.5), sophomore Dari White (54th,
20:30.5), sophomore Lauren Hartman
(58th, 20:36.6), freshman Madison Cas-
kanett (66th, 20:54.9), sophomore Ava
Leftwich (94th, 21:33.3) and freshman
Jeanie Thornborrow (102nd, 21:45.4).
“She brought us together the last two
weeks and was the one who stepped up
and was an example for the other girls,”
Wright said about Demi White. “She was
one of the reasons we ran the way we did
today. She’s been on a state champion-
ship team.”
Hillsboro senior Abby Couch was
the lone Hawk to compete at the Class 4
meet and finished 76th in 21:07.9, a big
improvement from 131st a year ago.
De Soto junior exceeds top 10
state expectations
Before competing in the Class 4 state
championships on Nov. 6, De Soto junior
Will Kaempfe said he wanted to finish in
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State: Windsor junior pushes hard at finish line to capture last state medal
Continued from Page 24
the top 10.
He was off by more than half.
Kaempfe used a late surge to finish fourth
in 16:06.7, earning his second state medal
after last year’s 22nd-place finish in Class
3. Sophomore teammate Orville Mann
just missed the medal cut, placing 27th
in 16:48.1, up from 37th in Class 3 a
year ago.
“It’s more than I could have asked
for,” Kaempfe said of his finish. “I didn’t
quite break the goal of breaking 16 min-
utes, but the motto we’ve been living by
the last several years is ‘happy not satis-
fied.’ It was a hell of a day and I’m ready
to go break 16 next year.”
Kaempfe had a strategy for this
year’s state run.
“I was focusing on downhills,” he
said. “I passed several people on those by
lengthening my strides. I didn’t notice a
lot of people doing that, but I saw a lot of
coaches yelling at guys to do it. I probably
passed 10 guys going downhill fast.”
After looking at the back of Festus
rival Ian Schram in previous races this
season, Kaempfe said he didn’t expect
to catch him, with the Tigers in search
of history.
“I think that’s something that pushed
me when I (passed Schram),” Kaempfe
said. “I realized I had a shot at beating
him. For most of the race he was ahead
of me, but around the 4K he started to fall
back and I got him on a downhill. I felt
the adrenaline shoot through me when I
passed him. I looked at his times this year
and I didn’t think I could do that.
“Festus is an amazing team and quite
honestly, I hope De Soto is the team to
knock them off the podium.”
Kaempfe said he was disappointed
when the Dragons finished fourth in the
district meet and didn’t qualify for state as
a team. He added that the underclassmen
at De Soto had better be prepared to go
to work in the offseason.
“I think that’s going to put some fire
under our freshmen and sophomores and
this team will be in a better place than
we’ve ever seen,” he said.
Ahrens medals for Owls
As the runners in the Class 4 race
came down the stretch toward the finish
line, one spot remained for a medal.
De Soto’s Mann and Webb City
junior Dustin Brockmiller were challeng-
ing Windsor junior Bradley Ahrens. The
lanky blond was the only Owl, boy or
girl, competing at state this year and like
everyone else he has run in the envelop-
ing shadow of Festus this fall. But he’s
been gaining ground on the rest of the
state. He held off Mann and Brockmiller
by two seconds and captured 25th place
in 16:46.8.
“I went out pretty fast but toward
the end I was getting pretty tired,”
Ahrens said. “Toward the end of the
second mile, I didn’t think I had much
left in me but I pushed a lot toward the
end and somehow I got into the top 25.
I was trying to hang on with the top
Sports
Russell Korando photos
De Soto junior William Kaempfe chugs
toward the finish line at the Class 4 state
championships at Gans Creek. Kaempfe
has medaled twice at state.
Festus and De Soto runners.”
Ahrens’ best performance this fall
was 16:40 at Arcadia Valley. He said after
finishing three spots out of a state berth
last year, he was motivated to do better.
“The awesome thing about compet-
ing against De Soto and Festus (is that) if
I do well at conference and districts, I’m
going to do well at state.”
Hillsboro was the other local Class 4
boys team to qualify for state and finished
seventh with 177 points. Sophomore Josh
Allison won Hillsboro’s only medal in
eighth place in 16:17.2. His twin brother,
Jonah, was 40th in 17:15.1.
Blackcats fall just short of
more state trophies
Herculaneum senior Cody Glisson
will take a lot of fond memories with
Windsor junior Bradley Ahrens grabbed
the 25th and final medal in 16:46.8 at the
Class 4 cross country championships in
Columbia on Nov. 6.
Jefferson County Leader
him after running on the Blackcat cross
country team for four years.
He won state medals the past two
years and ran three times at the Class 3
state championships, once at Oak Hills
Golf Course in Jefferson City and the
past two seasons at Gans Creek Course
in Columbia.
Herculaneum finished fifth on Nov.
5 in the Class 3 race with 150 points,
eight points behind fourth-place John
Burroughs. Fatima took the title with 98
points. It was Herky’s first time to miss
a state trophy since 2016.
Glisson, who finished eighth in
16:08.2 last season, fell back this time to
13th in 16:53.4. El Dorado Springs junior
Daelen Ackley won the championship in
15:41.1.
“I’m fine with my time today. I’ll
take it. I do think I had more in me,”
Glisson said. “From the 3K to the 5K last
year, I passed 15 or 16 kids. It felt more
spread out this year with less people to
go for, but I’m not too mad about it. This
finishes six years of running for me.”
Glisson didn’t rule out running in
college, and said he’d prefer to compete at
Mineral Area College, where some of his
former teammates attend. With his career
over and thinking about what might come
next, Glisson became emotional.
“Some of my best friends and men-
tors were seniors last year,” he said. “I
miss them a lot. The start of the season
was rough without them. I pulled from
them and I learned from them.”
Sophomore Keith Vance (36th,
17:33.4), freshman Damian Luther (48th,
17:55.3), sophomore Baden Costlow
(51st, 17:58.6), senior Austin Jackson
(85th, 18:33.8), freshman Sam Vaughn
(86th, 18:34.2) and junior Will Pierce
(129th, 19:32) came in behind Glisson
for the Blackcats.
The Herculaneum girls are one of the
most storied programs in Missouri, col-
lecting 11 state championships – second
only to West Plains’ 13 – and finishing in
the top four 24 times.
The Blackcats lost the Class 3 state
championship to Festus by two points in
2017 and then dropped off the podium the
past two seasons with Nautica Stricklin
(2018) and Laura Maddox (2019) as their
only state qualifiers.
After finishing second in District 1,
Herculaneum was looking to get back into
the trophies in the state championships on
Herculaneum senior Cody Glisson finished eighth in 16:08.2 at state last season and
was 13th in 16:53.4 at the Class 3 state meet in Columbia on Nov. 5
25
Nov. 5. Without any runners in the top
25, however, the Blackcats finished sixth
with 186 points. John Burroughs won the
championship with 59 points.
“I felt like we were complacent in
the middle of the race,” Herculaneum
head coach Kyle Davis said. “We were
in ninth at the 1K, 10th at the 2K, ninth
at the 3K and 4K and we dropped close
to 30 spots. It wasn’t enough to meet our
expectations to reach the trophy podium,
but the effort was there.”
Sophomore Raven Vance led the
Blackcats, placing 42nd in 21:43.6. Vance
said she started the race with a stitch in
her side. Davis said he could see the pain
on her face at times on the course.
“I let (state) get in my head a little
bit,” Vance said. “I’ve been good about
that all season until today. I had a really
bad side stitch and I was praying to God,
I really was. Toward the end the stitch
went away. There was a big pack of girls
I was running with and that was a little
intimidating. I knew state was going to be
big, but I didn’t know how big.”
“She held on to our No. 1 spot but she
was off a little and didn’t give up,” Davis
said. “She had a look on her face that it
wasn’t her day, but she got her composure
back and ran for her team.”
Junior Samantha Maddox (52nd,
22:00.4), senior Laura Maddox (60th,
22:08), senior Persepheni Berry (83rd,
22:47.5), sophomore Brianna Pinson
(93rd, 22:59.8), freshman Kendall Huber
(111th, 23:28.7) and senior Arielle Prince
(132nd, 24:19.1) rounded out the Herky
runners.
Wearing their trademark candy-
cane-striped shorts is a status symbol
for the Blackcats. If they’re not com-
peting to form, they don’t wear them.
The team took awhile to earn its stripes
this year.
“I had a couple of seniors come to
me early in the year and said the effort
just wasn’t there and the team needed a
spark,” Davis said. “We took (the stripes)
away until districts and they got their
pride back. (State) was probably our
second-best performance of the year and
we’ll take it.
“Arielle has been a great leader. It
goes to show you, you don’t have to run
at the front to be that. Down the stretch
Read about Festus beating De Soto
in district football action on page 31.
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Pay NOTHING Until Job is Complete!
APPLIANCE REPAIR, all ma-
jor brands, all work guaranteed, Hatchet
Dennis 314-420-8542
work, Roy 314-805-4716
636-937-2130
or (636) 479-7017 (Pevely)
27+yrs 636-797-8019.
Throwing
Votaw Construction
HANDYMAN painting, electrical,
small moves, power washing, Since 1999 CLEANING SERVICE NOW
OPEN
GRAHAM PAINTING: interior,
yard work. Ray 314 598- 6135 • Replacement Windows
exterior, drywall finish, wallpaper HHHHH
• Siding • Gutters
Decks, interior/exterior painting,
• Doors • And More
removal, decks, powerwashing,
GOLD STAR Brandy’s Time Slots
trees trimmed/removed, 40yrs+
exp, free estimates, 314-920-
cabinets. Insured. Call, text 314-
769-3332.
ROOFING & EXTERIORS, LLC
Cleaning serviCe, llC Available For You
0446 636-399-4875 Insured, thorough,
SENIOR DISCOUNT, fall clean-
PLUMBING SERVICE
“THE ROOFING
PROFESSIONALS”
trustworthy, experienced, 636-628-2128
up, yards, power washing, gut- references, residential/
ters, decks new and repair, paint-
ing, etc 636-543-1927. 636-296-0110 commercial,
also carpet shampooing.
BOSS snowplows: v, straight,
UTV, ATV. Parts, used plows 636-
• RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL
HAULING SERVICE • INDUSTRIAL 314-852-1661 479-4993.
• Fully insured • No Money Up Front WITNESS ACCIDENT: Boyd/21,
• Warranty • In Business 38 Yrs. Shingles, EPDM Rubber, TPO De Soto 10/20/20, 8am-8:30am
Fully Insured 636-725-6897.
• Free Estimates • Senior & Veteran Discounts Serving Jefferson County for 30 years.
NICHOLE’S CLEANING, com-
JLH Co. LLC CAMERA/LOCATING & HYDROFLUSHING mercial, residential, construction,
“Perfect Residential Delivery” (636) 337-7733 GOLDSTAREXTERIORS@YAHOO.COM estimates, low rates, reliable,
The Sacred Heart ST. Vincent
De Paul Clothing room is open
Single 636-212-0515
Axle
EverythingDecks.net Tuesday and Saturday from 9-12
Dump DEEVERS ROOFING, LLC: LISA’S CLEANING: residential, located in the Sacred Heart an-
Truck Roofing, Siding, Gutters. Free es- nex behind Sacred Heart Church
Sand • Gravel SITTING FOX Services: Remod- Collins timates, insured 314-607-1359.
commercial, construction clean-
(555 Bailey Road, Crystal City).
Dirt • Rock • Mulch Drain Cleaning & up, dependable, affordable, flex-
eling, kitchens, basements, paint- ible 636-215-1592. This clothing room is opened
Horse Bedding Plumbing Repair LLC
314-313-4324 Etc. ing, repairs. 636-671-2984. www. Festus, MO 63028 for all to shop. We sell new and
sittingfoxservices.com Specializing in drain STUMP REMOVAL used clothes that are reasonably
TAPE, paint, textures profession- cleaning and plumbing repair GARAGE DOOR priced. If you haven’t been to our
SERVICE clothing room please come by
DAVE PETTIBONE’S al job, reasonable prices, free es- Darwin Collins, Owner • 28 Years Experience FREE phone estimate, prompt,
multi stump discount, insured. and check us out.
HAULING timates 636-586-8177.
314-698-7033 Tom 314-566-8886. Yamaha 70hp outboard motor,
& LAWN CARE AFFORDABLE HANDYMAN
Crabby’s Stump Removal and 24/7 Same Day Emergency 1999 stainless steel prop $2500
Small job specialist. Honest & de-
Brush, leaves, appliances, junk
pendable. 636-209-7732
JONES PLUMBING: drain clean- shrub removal, free estimates. Service Available obo, 636-208-0632
removed. Houses and garages ing, sewer lines, water lines re- Veteran, locally owned. Call Rick
cleaned out. Eviction clean up. BROOKS TUCKPOINTING, paired, replaced, water heaters, 314-795-5020.
636-535-5090 • 314-960-7389 chimney repair, glass blocks, garbage disposals. 636-586- FIREWOOD
brick, stone, 636-797-2947, 314- 3799.
910-3132. GVM Plumbing: can’t beat my TREE SERVICE FREE FIREWOOD, call Bob 636-
Mike’s Hauling Service prices! Residential repair, remod-
el 636-288-7002.
208-5990.

Single Axle
LANDSCAPING
Dump Truck SERVICE • New Residential and Commercial
Garage Door/Opener Installation,
HAY
Rock, Dirt, ROOFING SERVICE Service, and Repair
Mulch & More • Continuous Hinges • Door Closers 4x6 net wrapped hay bales 573-
* Perfect Residential Delivery *
Amazing Walls Veteran & 1st Responder Discounts
631-9995.
J. Contracting Ben Secrease
314-799-1889 and Waterfalls Call Nate at 314-246-0449
• Walls and Flower Beds D. Exterior Specialist - TRIMMING
Check us out at SameDayDoor.net JEWELRY
• Paver Patios and Sidewalks
• Fencing • Stone Veneer ROOFING - TOPPING - REMOVAL
• Sod Installation • Concrete Flatwork • Emergency Repairs • Free Roof Inspections - STUMP REMOVAL Diamonds, jewelry repair, bat-
• Insurance Claims • Powerwashing teries. McKinley Jewelers, 308
A CHRISTIAN FAMILY BUSINESS 25+ YEARS EXPERIENCE HEATING/COOLING
(636) 937-5998 • (314) 401-7586 Text a request for a bid! Locally Owned SERVICE S.Main, De Soto, 636-586-3342.

Call Jim 314-723-0027 • Insured - FULLY INSURED - Water heater tank clean-out/re- LAWN & GARDEN
Check us out on Facebook
FREE ESTIMATES pair. Furnace clean/check $60,
636-375-0225
DEMOLITION SPECIALIST
937-2100 314-302-0195.
Jeff Co. Lawn
Commercial/Residentail
Houses, Buildings, Garages
PHR Tree Care: complete ser-
UPHOLSTERY Mower Repair
Fully Insured • FREE ESTIMATES SERVICE
Commercial • Residential vice, stump grinding, reasonable, Repair riding and push mowers,
insured 314-874-9172. chainsaws, snow and leaf
LEAF REMOVAL AND
Skip’s Hauling FALL CLEAN UP SERVICES General tree service, cutting, BONNE TERRE blowers. Repairs, parts and
used lawn mowers available.
& Demolition UPHOLSTERY
Call 636-274-4800
trimming, removing, free esti- Veteran owned/operated,
mates, insured 636-485-2567. ANTIQUES & GIFT SHOP credit/debit cards accepted.
JUNK www.precisionlawnonline.com Top To Bottom: professional tree Furniture Stripping and Refinishing
636-551-0534
DISPOSAL trimming, removal, brush/leaf
removal, 10yrs experience, rea-
• 41 years same location
• Upholstery fabric in stock
sonable, free estimates 636-232-
• Replace foam cushions Lawn mower, chainsaw, small
• Appliances • Furniture • Debris • Re-gluing chairs
engine repair/blade sharpening,
• Construction Demolition 6993. 1467 Hwy. 47, Bonne Terre
reasonable rates, 636-253-8167
• Yard Waste • Mobile Home Removal GREGA TREE Service: insured, 573-760-4948
Open Wed.-Sat. 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Affordable & Dependable professional 636-797-5826.

10 - 35 cu. yd.
dumpsters WATERPROOFING
SERVICE
Toll Free: 1-888-STL JUNK
314-644-1948 INSURANCE SERVICE INSURANCE SERVICE
• Roofing • Siding • Guttering
KING CONTAINERS, LLC: roll- Fully Insured
off dumpster rental and hauling,
636-492-1358. Find us on face-
book@kingcontainerLLC. GENERAL Home Maintenance,
FREE ESTIMATES!
FREE upgrade with purchase
Sump pumps, drain tiles, foundation
crack injections and carbon fiber.
Storm water mitigation, down spout
1STOP Insurance
(636) 429-0001
handyman, landscaping, tree ser- of full roof replacement.
INSURED, OUTDOORS, ga- vice, insured 636-375-0987. Serving Jefferson County extension and more.
rages, basements, foreclosures, for over 30 Years!
314-556-5797
more. 636-375-6505 com- 636-942-2300 Kevin Weaver
pletepropertycleanout.com
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PETS
Anheuser
Animal Clinic
285 US Hwy. 61
Bloomsdale, MO 63627
Mon. 9-5, Tues. 7-4, Wed. 8-5,
Thurs. 7-5, Fri. 8-5, Sat. 8-12
573-483-5034
Vaccine Clinic
Reduced prices at
Circle of Life
Animal Hospital
2150 Hwy. 67, Festus
Saturday, 11/21 • 8am-Noon
There WILL be longer waiting periods.
Masks are required to enter building.
636-937-7673
GAY LYNN’S in my home day-
care, boarding, pet sitting 636-
343-1469.
LOST
REWARD: MAN’S silver chain
necklace, 3 crosses, sentimental
value 636-524-3074.
WANTED
Junkers Towed FREE!
Woody’s
CASH
4
CARS &
TRUCKS
636-296-1618
WE BUY
UNWANTED CARS,
TRUCKS, VANS
Running or not, $50-$2,000.
Quick cash paid for complete
vehicles. Free towing.
Call Jason Now At:
636-208-7061
Looking to purchase investment
property. Multi family or single
family. Call John 314-578-7953
WANTED TO buy: 120 gallon,
250 gallon, 500 gallon and 1000
gallon propane tanks, call 636-
475-9450.
Will haul off old lawn mowers of
any kind, must have wheels, no
junk! 573-483-9608.
We buy diabetic supplies Call/text
314-300-9454 to get a quote!
BUYING Old fishing stuff. Rods,
reels, lures, tackle boxes. Free
appraisals. Cash offers. 314-973-
2966.
NOTICES
Festus R-VI School District
Technology Department
is seeking proposals for the
purchase of Chromebooks.
Request for Proposal (RFP)
Documents may be found at
https://bit.ly/2U9C7Zy
Questions may be directed to
Director of Technology,
Josh Bauman at
baumanjosh@festusedu.com.
The deadline for sealed bid
proposals is December 3, 2020
at 10:00 a.m.
The Festus R-VI School District is an
equal opportunity employer and does not
discriminate on the basis of age, sex, creed,
color, national origin, or handicap.
CLASSIFIED 636-931-7560 Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020
NOTICES NOTICES NOTICES HELP WANTED HELP WANTED
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION TO SATISFY OPERATORS LIEN,
HOUSEKEEPERS Earn While
items will be sold to highest bidder at: You Burn
CITY OF DE SOTO Storage For Rent FRONT DESK Up to $14
per hour
CANDIDATE QUALIFYING PERIOD FOR THREE 11349 Pounds Rd., Festus, MO Quality Inn & Banquet Center plus tips!
at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, 11-28-20 • Driver Supervisors $17/hr.
POSITIONS ON THE DE SOTO CITY COUNCIL now accepting applications for • Movers $13/hr.
(Sale subject to tenant satisfying lien) experienced housekeepers • Weekly pay
The undersigned City Clerk will receive statements of A-9 J. Carter M-12 A. Werner and front desk staff. • Fully equipped new trucks
candidacy from individuals desiring to fill three vacancies C-18 M. Hancock R-4 W. Bryant Full and part time available.
• Truck assignments for regular drivers
• Part and Full Time • Sundays off
occurring on the City Council of De Soto, Missouri. Two Applications available at
Council positions are to be elected for a three-year term, K-13 J. Blagg Z-1 L. Beelman • A great team-oriented atmosphere
which will expire April, 2024. One Council position will be for
location: 1200 West Gannon, If interested please apply in
person with Tom Schopp
Festus, MO 63028. 10966 Gravois Industrial Ct.
a remainder of a term that will expire April, 2022. Statements Possible same day interview Sunset Hills, MO 63128
of candidacy will be received by the City Clerk at De Soto To enforce warehouseman lien for Or online at
default in payment, Pond Creek Monday-Friday. twomenandatruck.com
City Hall, 17 Boyd Street during normal business hours Mini Storage, the listed locker
between 8:00 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., Monday - Friday, beginning
December 17, 2020 and continuing through the close of
contents will be sold at Pond
Creek’s discretion if full payment
business on January 21, 2021. City offices will be closed is not received prior to release HELP WANTED HELP WANTED
on December 24, 2020, December 25, 2020, and January 1, date. Bonne Terre, MO 63628.
now
2021. The City General Election will be held on April 6, 2021. Release date: Friday, Nov. 27, 2020
M. Arnold #42 300 FORBY ROAD
EUREKA, MO
A. Keller #45 63025
T. Jenkins #131 Paramount for 636-938-5151
BID NOTICES BID NOTICES G. Hintz #97 LMC Industries dshular@standrews1.com
Machine Operator ON-SITE INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED
Positions Available Positions Available:
BID NOTICE YARD SALES
2nd & 3rd shift temp to hire positions
The City of De Soto is accepting bids for the sale of available. $11.05 to $12.55/hr. • CNA • Dietary/Server
depending on work experience!
multiple City owned properties. Additional information INDOOR Background, drug screen • Housekeeping
and list of all parcels will be available at City Hall, 17
Boyd St., De Soto, MO 63020. Each bid must be
RUMMAGE SALE! and E-verify required.
Call for an interview or apply in person: • RN • LPN
individually sealed with the parcel number written on Saturday, Nov. 21 3500 Jeffco Blvd., Suite 110,
Arnold, MO 63010
• Activity Assistant
the envelope. Each sealed bid must include the parcel 7am - Noon Monday - Friday, 8:00 am-4:00 pm Benefits: FREE Employee
Meals, 401k, Medical/Dental,
number, legal description, amount of bid, as well as Knights of Columbus 866-720-9675 (00) Vision, Homelike Atmosphere EOE
buyer’s plans for the property. Bids must be delivered 13225 Hwy. E, De Soto
to City Hall at 17 Boyd St., De Soto, MO 63020 by
December 3, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. Bids will be opened Tables
Available!
immediately after. The City of De Soto has the right to
refuse any and all bids. 10 Tables
for $25
Seeking in-home caregivers
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES to join our team in St. Louis
& Jefferson County areas. We
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Call Amanda 636-586-2594 Now hiring capable attendants/
aides for help with personal
provide training and support!
Requirements:
care, housekeeping, meals,
Valid driver’s license, insured
Jefferson R-VII School District is requesting competitive running errands, etc. The job
CRYSTAL CITY, Wed 11/11 vehicle, passing background
proposals for the purchase of 400 HP 11 Chromebook G8 and 8am-5pm, Fri 11/13 7am-6pm,
requires a valid driver’s license
check
400 Google Apps for Education Device Management Licenses. and must be able to pass a
Sat 11/14 7am-noon, 223 Wil- background screening. Pay ranges from $11 to $16/
Proposals will be accepted no later than 2:00 p.m. CST on liamsburg. Booth owner down- If you are interested in caring hour, based on client difficulty
January 5, 2021. Contact Wayne Donjon at r7technology@jr7. sizing! Massive inventory: decor, for people in their home Call our office today
k12.mo.us for any questions. Look for the RFP – Chromebook antiques, furniture. Basement/ please contact us today! to learn more!
Request for Proposals link at htttp://www.jr7.k12.mo.us. garage!
Vendors must comply with all terms and conditions described DE SOTO, Fri-Sat 11/13-14,
Call 314-639-0900 314-835-1100
therein. Proposals shall be addressed to: Jefferson R-VII School 4306 Park (Sunrise Lake), 8am-
District, Attention: Technology Department, 1250 Dooling Hollow 4pm. Multi! Many antiques, funri-
Road, Festus, MO 63028, and received before 2:00 p.m. on ture, pinball machine, quilts. RECEPTIONIST
January 5, 2021 in an envelope sealed and marked “BID FOR HILLSBORO, Thurs-Fri 11/19-20, DOCTORS’ OFFICE
CHROMEBOOKS” and shall bear the name of the bidder. Hillsboro R-3 Alternative School, Growing optometric
Intermediate Gym South, 10486 practice looking to hire a Baisch Nursing Center,
Highway 21, 8am-noon. Receptionist. Applicant a FIVE STAR facility, is
should have a professional accepting applications for
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL appearance and friendly,
ESTATE SALES caring attitude, excellent CNA’s all shifts.
Jefferson R-VII School District is requesting competitive attention to detail. Willing New starting rate $11/hr. with
proposals for the purchase of 55 personal computers. to train, but previous shift differential.
Proposals will be accepted no later than 2:00 p.m. HUGE ESTATE SALE medical office experience a MA-1
CST on December 1, 2020. Contact Wayne Donjon at Sat., Nov. 14, 7am-3pm plus. 30-33 hours includes
r7technology@jr7.k12.mo.us for any questions. Look for
Sun., Nov. 15, 8am-3pm
Monday and/or Tuesday LPN or RN - Night Shift
the RFP – Jefferson HS Lab PC Request for Proposals evenings and Saturday Apply in person at:
link at htttp://www.jr7.k12.mo.us. Vendors must comply 5287 State Road H, De Soto, MO morning hours.
Baisch Nursing Center,
with all terms and conditions described therein. Proposals Antiques, furniture, vintage Apply in person at:
records, books, linens, over 3260 Baisch Drive,
shall be addressed to: Jefferson R-VII School District, Arnold EyeCare Center De Soto, MO 63020
100 Longaberger baskets,
Attention: Technology Department, 1250 Dooling Hollow wrought iron, and pottery, 1235 Water Tower Place or fax resume to
Road, Festus, MO 63028, and received before 2:00 p.m. on housewares, Fostoria China, Arnold, MO 63010 636-586-2292 EOE
December 1, 2020 in an envelope sealed and marked “BID stereos, woofer combination
FOR JHS LAB PCS” and shall bear the name of the bidder. speakers, and much, much,
much, more! Cash and/or Marymount Manor
cards accepted. 313 Augustine Rd. Cori
ADVERTISEMENT FOR PROPOSAL FESTUS, Sat-Sun 11/21-22,
Eureka, MO 63025
Contact Amanda
636-938-6770
Manor
410 Sunshine Drive, 9am-1pm. Due to increased census, the
The Community College District of Jefferson County is soliciting sealed Antiques, collectibles, furniture, following employment opportunities
proposals for equipment and installation of an IP camera surveillance kitchenware, linens, jewelry,
LPN- 7pm-7am are currently available:
system at the Arnold and Imperial campus locations. clothing, misc. All must go! Cash New Pay Scale!
A proposal package may be obtained beginning November 12, 2020. Please only. Work every other weekend LPN - Days
request via email to sbell6@jeffco.edu. $6,000 Sign-On Bonus
Dietary Aides
A mandatory pre-proposal conference will be held at 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, HELP WANTED CMT
December 2, 2020, at the Jefferson College Arnold Campus, 1687 Missouri
State Road, Arnold, Missouri in Room 103. Sealed proposals will be received
8am-8pm • 6am-2pm CMT - Day/Eve
LABORERS: Force Cable Con-
at the Business Office on the Hillsboro campus until 2:00 p.m., December
struction, starting $15hr, own CNA - Evenings/Nights Transportation/
15, 2020.
Jefferson College reserves the right to reject any and all bids, in whole and
transportation 314-581-2670
NA - All Shifts/Will Train Appointment Setter
in part, and to waive any informality. Union contractor seeking jour- New Pay Scale!
It is the policy of Jefferson College that no person shall, on the basis of
neyman/apprentice carpenters
FA - Evenings Groundskeeper
for framing, trim, siding crews.
age, ancestry, color, creed, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion or Experience a plus but not neces- Housekeepers - CNA - All Shifts
veteran status, be subject to discrimination in employment or in admission sary. 314-574-7182. EEO/drug 7:15am-3pm CNA Classes
to any educational program or activity of the College. screen required. Dietary - 6:30am-3pm, Starting Soon!
All inquiries pertaining to this project shall be directed to: 12pm-8pm & 4:30pm-8pm
CHORES around house for dis- Interested applicants may apply online at:
Director of Purchasing, Jefferson College abled person, Hillsboro area 636- New benefit and
sbell6@jeffco.edu, 636-481-3119 corimanor.jobapponline.com
208-5990. vacation package! 636-343-2282 EOE
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LOADERS, IMMEDIATELY. Must MECHANIC for trucks including CHRISTIAN DAYCARE: Toddler DRIVER POSITION: now hir-
Up to $300 Sign On Bonus Available be 18, good physical condi-
tion, benefits available after 60/
but not limited to diesel, hydrau-
lics, welding, some light fabrica-
teacher part-time 12pm-6pm,
full-time 8am-5pm. Paid vaca-
ing, local trash company, class B
CDL, clean record, benefits avail-
Sunnyhill, Inc. is NOW HIRING days. Local trash company. Call
8:30am-3pm 636-464-3393.
tion knowledge. Call 9am-2pm,
636-464-3393.
tions, holidays. Fenton 636-343-
2255 ext.11.
able after 60/days. Call 8:30am-
3pm, 636-464-3393.
Direct Support Professionals (DSPs)!
Direct Support Professionals work in the homes
of people we support to help them with daily living skills such
as cooking, cleaning, hygiene, and accessing the community. Festus R-VI School District is accepting
• Immediate openings for all shifts
• Full and Part time positions available
De Soto Fuels Inc. Applications for an Immediate Opening:
School Bus Driver
• Paid training and certification provided
• Bonus payable after completion of training TRANSPORT DRIVERS Individuals interested in this position may apply via Appli Track at http://
www.applitrack.com/festus/onlineapp/. Individuals may also pick up a paper
• House Springs, Dittmer, Fenton, Imperial, application at 1515 Mid-Meadow Ln, Festus, MO 63028. Drivers work
De Soto and Bonne Terre areas WANTED approximately 20-25 hours per week on average during the school term
with a minimum salary average of more than $14,500/year. Opportunities
Apply online at:
sunnyhillinc.org/careers
Class A CDL Tanker, Hazmat also exist for additional earnings through extra-curricular trips. Individuals
interested in substitute or part-time driving are also encouraged to apply.
Sunnyhill, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.
Full Time Positions • Benefits Offered Experienced drivers welcome but the District will also train new personnel
willing to make a commitment to learn. Experience Credit given for previous
Nights & Weekends Required. bus driving experience. Questions may be directed to Mrs. Joan Rupp at
636-937-5716 or ruppjoan@festusedu.com
Call for details 636-337-5500. The Festus R-VI School District is an equal opportunity employer and does not
discriminate on the basis of age, sex, creed, color, national origin, or handicap.

Graphic Packaging International, Pacific, Mo., a leading NOW HIRING

manufacturer of food packaging, is currently accepting
online applications with resume for hourly production
positions. These Beginner progression jobs have the
Have you ever thought about making a change in your life? A change that
will affect other people’s lives? We are a premier senior living community,
with an increasing census, needing dedicated staff to care for our residents.
Crystal Oaks
potential to progress to Machine Operator. GPI offers R.N./L.P.N.s - All Shifts, $2,000 Sign-On Bonus Skilled Care & Assisted Living
an excellent pay & benefits package, including: $19.20
per hour starting wage, Health Insurance, 401K, C.N.A. - All Shifts
Life Insurance, STD and more. Good color acuity, the C.M.T. - Evenings HOUSEKEEPER
ability to lift up to 50 pounds, work overtime & satisfactory Activities Assistant Full-Time & Part-Time • Days
completion of a substance screen are required.
Job Requirements include: HS diploma or GED, prefer 2 or
Housekeepers - Days
Physical Therapist - PRN
The We offer:
Woodlands
• NEW SALARY RATES! • attendance bonus program
more years of recent manufacturing or machine operator Restorative Therapist - F/T • employer-sponsored health insurance • holiday bonus
work experience, mechanical aptitude, with technical Laundry - Day/Evening Shifts • free life insurance • paid sick leave
college classes or training highly preferred. These
Floor Tech - Day/Evening Shifts
100 Woodland Ct., • weekend differential
• years of service bonus
• paid time off
• annual merit increases
positions are available on 2nd & 3rd shifts. If you are 18 (next to 1st Baptist Church)
years or older, possess a strong work ethic and thrive in Receptionist - P/T Apply online at www.crystaloaks.org
a fast paced work environment and desire a real career Cooks/Servers - All Shifts
Arnold, MO 63010 or on-site Monday - Friday from
opportunity, you may apply at: www.graphicpkg.com
GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL is an Equal Opportunity Employer
We offer: 401K • Paid Vacation & Holidays •
Health & Dental Benefits • Tuition Benefits • 636-296-1400 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
1500 Calvary Church Rd., Crystal City, MO 63019
Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled Apply in person today to start making a difference in someone’s life tomorrow! A local independent not-for-profit corporation. EOE.

WE ARE
HIRING!
High demand general production
positions available
Starting pay $16.53/hr
Medical/Dental/Vision/Life
e/401K/Profit
Sharing/Tuition Assistance/Paid
Vacation/90 day pay increases
first 15 months/Advancement
Opportunites
Apply Today
https://www.weg.net/in
stitutional/US/en/career

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All

qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without
regard to age, race, color, religion, sex,
sexual orientation, gender identity, national
origin, disability, or protected veteran status
30 Jefferson County Leader Classified 636-931-7560 Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020

HELP WANTED HELP WANTED HELP WANTED HELP WANTED HELP WANTED HELP WANTED

M.D. Sebastian Custodial Positions Meat Cutter Wanted The Jefferson R-VII School District ATTENTION: SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS
Construction hiring is seeking candidates for a BUS COME WORK WITH US!
for Rockwood Save A Lot. Must have experience DRIVER. Starting salary of $12.89 per ROCKWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT SIGN-
$1000
leadmen and laborers. School District or have similar experience hour with potential for extra trip hours
Specializing in exterior. – WEST ST. LOUIS CO. AREA – ON ON
40 hrs./wk. cutting fresh meat. Full time plus benefits. Must have CDL with BONUS
Must have transportation Apply at: www.rsdmo.org position with benefits. Jefferson Passenger S endorsement (will train). NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED FOR
and hand tools. or call 636-733-3270 County location. Send resume or Contact Jim Almany, Transportation WE HAVE OUR OWN TRAINING PROGRAM LICENSED
636-586-3904 contact at office@qsstores.com Director at 636-933-6976 if interested.
EEOC
PAY FROM $16.94 TO $25.90 PER HOUR SCHOOL BUS
WE PAY FOR EXPERIENCE DRIVERS
Permanent P.T. Janitorial NEWEST FLEET IN THE AREA • BE A PART OF A WINNING TEAM
Fast Growing Company
in Jefferson County and Landscape work in PEERS RETIREMENT PROGRAM, PAID HOLIDAYS, PAID SICK DAYS
South St. Louis County. RESIDENTIAL CLEANING
Immediate Openings Immediate Team Openings! EEOC BUSINESS
Baisch Nursing Center, About 15-20 hrs. per week. Looking for full time APPLY AT
a FIVE STAR facility, is DRIVER/SERVICE Near S. Lindbergh and dependable people.
Days, no weekends. rsdmo.org/departments/transportation/Pages/Bus-Drivers.aspx
accepting applications for TECHNICIANS Hwy. 21. Early a.m. hours. Top pay, paid weekly.
LPN or RN We are now accepting full time/ Must have own transportation. INCLUDES 30 DAY & 60 DAY
SIGNING BONUS!
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courier service. Preferably truck Festus running back Landen Yates gets past De Soto defender Dom Bourn for a touchdown in the Class 4 District 1 semifinals on Nov. 6. The
or van. Immediate start. Please
contact 314-971-8028 for more Tigers beat the Dragons 35-7 and will host North County in the district final on Friday night.

Tigers host Raiders in district final

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By Kevin Kraus  and knowing my assignments,”  Ricker- County district football scores
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Festus and De Soto met for the second playing, I don’t know who’s going to stop North County 36, Hillsboro 28

CASH us. I just have to make my throws.” 

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time this season, this time in the second round
of the Class 4 District 1 playoffs.
Displaying their trademark offensive
balance and stout defense, top-seeded Festus
rolled past the No. 5 Dragons 35-7 last Friday
to advance to the district championship game
Friday night at home against North County
(No. 3), a 36-28 winner over Hillsboro in the
other district semifinal.
De Soto had advanced to the semifinals
after No. 4 Cape Girardeau forfeited because
of COVID-19 concerns. But the Dragons,
who lost to Festus 36-13 in their league
game in September, still had no answers for
the 9-1 Tigers.
Festus started the scoring on a four-
yard touchdown run by Landen Yates with
4:51 left in the first quarter. That followed
a 33-yard pass from  quarterback Cole
Rickermann to Cole Wagner on fourth-and-
long. Jack Uskiwich kicked the extra point,
the first of his five on the night for Festus.  that, but our kids did everything possible to
On De Soto’s ensuing possession, quar-
terback Ethan  Reissing  was intercepted by
Dalten Yates, who returned it to the 8-yard
line. Two plays later, with 3:09 to go in the
first quarter,  Cayden Glaze found the end
zone from 1 yard out for a 14-0 lead.   “You lose your routine with the bye
The Dragons had a touchdown nullified
in the second quarter. Cody Petty returned
a botched Tiger punt to the end zone, but
De Soto was penalized for running into the
punter and Festus maintained possession. The
Tigers closed out the first-half scoring
when Rickermann hit Isaac Stucke in stride
The junior has done that with 27 touch-
down passes and only seven interceptions
this fall. In this latest win, he completed 10
of 18 passes for 233 yards and a pair of
touchdowns. Glaze led the rushing attack
with 65 yards on 13 carries, while Kaian
Roberts-Day (64 yards on  4 carries) and
Landen Yates (8-for-51) also chipped in.  negated by a penalty. Glaze eventually scored
After the game, both head coaches
addressed the sluggish and at times sloppy
play in the first half.
“It was gut-wrenching,” De Soto head
coach Chris Johnson said. “When you look
back, it could easily have been a tie game.
Three plays dictated the score, like the punt
return that came off the board.
“When you have talented players like
they do, and three or four things don’t go
your way, it can change the whole complex-
ion of the game. It was tough to overcome
give us a chance to win. And that’s not a
knock on our guys. I’m not mad or disap-
pointed at them.”  “I was just trying to do what I had to in
Ofodile said he thought the Tigers
would be better prepared to start the game.
(week), which is good at this time of the
year, and then we had the whole week off
school (with fall break), so it looked more
like a practice there for a while,” he said.
“I know Cole would like to have some
of the throws he missed back. But he is a
really talented guy and he didn’t miss a lot
Class 5 District 1
Farmington 24, Seckman 6
Class 6 District 1
Fox 49, Lafayette 29
scrambling Reissing  connected with Caleb
Coleman for a 22-yard touchdown. Festus
responded with 5:35 to go in the quarter, but
a 50-yard touchdown run by Rickermann was
from four yards later in the drive.
The final touchdown for the Tigers came
on a 27-yard pass from Rickermann to Collin
Doyel with 11:51 left in the game. Doyel wound
up with 91 yards on four grabs, while Stucke
caught two passes for 86 yards.  
The Dragons, who lost top receiver Levi
Fischer to an injury in the first quarter, man-
aged just over 200 yards of offense. The Festus
defense once again was led by senior defensive
tackle Desmond Davis, who transferred to Fes-
tus this year from Caruthersville.
Davis flew around the field all night, amass-
ing 12 tackles, including six for loss, and a pair
of sacks.
order to get my team to the district champion-
ship game,” Davis said. “We just take things one
game at a time, but I know if I play hard, my
team will play hard.” 
On Friday against North County (6-3), the
Tigers will look to recapture the magic of their
thrilling 39-35 win over the Raiders on Oct.
2. Festus overcame a 28-14 deficit behind the
aerial prowess of Rickermann, who completed
19 of 30 passes for 336 yards and four touch-

636-931-7560 for a 59-yard touchdown pass and a 21-0 lead.  of his reads all night.”  downs. A win for the Tigers would give them
“(Festus head coach A.J. Ofodile) has The Dragons got on the board three their first district title since the advent of the
taught me so much about reading defenses minutes into the third quarter when  a current state playoff system in 2012.   
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