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CORONAVIRUS
GOV.: ‘STAY HOME’
CASES • None recorded in county yet
SCHOOLS • working to keep education going
RELIEF • Government Checks coming soon
Gov. Mike Parson, center, looks on as Missouri Department of Public Safety Director Sandy Karsten speaks during a briefing on Saturday.
A day earlier, the governor issued a “stay at home order” that applies to counties, like Texas County, that weren’t currently under such
an edict.
EDUCATION
Districts hope Checks set
to keep learning for distribution
continuing soon, govt. says
A “stay-at-home” order
will keep Texas County
school children away from
classrooms at least under
after April 24.
Gov. Mike Parson, in a
reversal, announced Fri-
day that Missouri would
shut down except for a
long list of essential ser-
vices.
Here’s a roundup of in-
formation on school dis-
trict plans:
SUMMERSVILLE
The Summersville
School District is closed
through April 24. Students
can pick up meals from 10
to 11 a.m. Mondays and
Wednesdays.
See SCHOOLS, A2
HAIL STORM
LEAVES MAJOR
MARK LOCALLY
A number of people and
local businesses are still
feeling the effects. A5
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THE LATEST
CUTOFFS
City of Houston to
pause electrical cutoffs,
council decides. • A5
FOOD HELP
Houston district food
distribution moves to
Tuesday. • A5
SCHOOL HOURS
The Houston School
District announces new
office hours. • A5
EDUCATION
Board discusses how
to educate without
students present. • A5
UNEMPLOYMENT
Tips on filings a claim
with Missouri agency.
• A5
Your questions on
Congress’ stimulus
package. • B3
Houston district head
CHECKS VIRUS TOLL Missouri
3,037/53
Texas Co.
0/0
Howell Co.
3/0
Wright Co.
7/0
Pulaski Co.
12/0 makes statement on
Laclede Co. Douglas Co. schedule. • A5
0/0 0/0
Dent Co.
0/0
Laclede Co.
0/0
Greene Co.
67/6
SOURCE: State
of Missouri - April 7
Businesses may
qualify for help due to
economy. • B3
Texas County residents
can expect to start seeing Foundation begins
direct deposits from the grant process for non-
$2 trillion  stimulus pack-
age  within two weeks, profits. • B3
Treasury Secretary Steve
Mnuchin said last week. Health department
“Within two weeks the explains ‘stay at
first payments will be di- home’ order. • B3
rect deposit into taxpay-
ers’ accounts,” Mnuchin
said during the White Ozarks Food Harvest
House coronavirus task to aid county food
force press briefing. “We pantry. • B7
want to get this money
quickly into your hands,”
he said.
How to get free help
The Treasury Depart- on legal questions by
ment expects to process state bar . • B7
about 60 million direct de-
posits  the week of April To our readers: Check
13, according to the Asso- DOUG DAVISON | HOUSTON HERALD houstonherald.com,
ciated Press. Texas County Sheriff’s Department deputy Bennie Cook holds up a coronavirus which is updated continuously
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Schools Checks payment amount drops

Continued from Page A1
The April 8 meal includ-
ed grilled hamburgers
and hotdogs from 11 a.m.
until noon.
The first 100 students
driving through the el-
ementary received three
Easter eggs. The prizes
are at Cathy’s Creations
from 9 a.m. until noon Fri-
day. Children not in the
first 100 will receive candy.
Online educational op-
portunities are available
as well as hard copy pack-
ets for students on meal
pickup days. Graduation
is still scheduled for 2 p.m.
May 3. If postponed, there
will eventually be some
sort of event.
LICKING
SCHOOL DISTRICT
It is closed at least
through April 30. Break-
fast and lunch pickup is
available from 10:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. New instruc-
tional materials are avail-
able Thursday and Friday
with meal pickup.
Kindergarten screening
is now May 7-8.
Prom will be resched-
uled.
PLATO
SCHOOL DISTRICT
Classes are adjourned
through April 30. All
school-sponsored activi-
ties are cancelled, and the
district will try to resched-
ule. Graduation is May 15.
If postponed, there will
be an event at some point.
The next food distribution
with learning packets is
April 17.
SUCCESS
SCHOOL DISTRICT
Classes are cancelled
until April 30. Food pick-
up and drop off occurs 9:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every
Tuesday. Learning pack-
ets are available April 14.
HOUSTON
SCHOOL DISTRICT
A pre-kindergarten and
kindergarten registration
is postponed until July
(dates to be determined).
CABOOL
SCHOOL DISTRICT
It is closed through
April 24. Instruction pack-
ets were distributed Tues-
day, April 7. It is the in-
tent to eventually have all
events for seniors.
RAYMONDVILLE
SCHOOL
It is adjourned through
April 24. Meals can be
picked up from 10 a.m.
until noon Mondays and
Wednesdays. Instructions
plans are being developed.
Continued from Page A1
But people who do not
get a direct deposit could
have to wait weeks or
months to get a paper
check, the AP reports.
If you included your
bank account informa-
tion on your 2018 or 2019
tax return, the IRS al-
ready has what it needs
to send you the direct de-
posit.
Mnuchin said the
Treasury Department is
working to get a web por-
tal up so people who have
not given the IRS direct
deposit information on a
recent tax return will be
able to send in their ac-
count information.
The IRS will start send-
POLICE
The following are ex-
cerpts from just some
of the reports recently
generated by the Hous-
ton Police Depart-
ment:
nSara L. Silberg, 30,
of Jamestown, N.D.,
and Jory M. Iwen, 35,
of Amenia, N.D., were
each issued citations for
stealing under $750 after
allegedly shoplifting at
Walmart on March 31.
nAmy J. Jackson, 36,
of 11305 Reed Road at
Licking, was issued cita-
tions for stealing under
$750 and trespassing af-
ing out paper checks the
week of May 4, the AP
reports. According to a
memo obtained by the
AP, the IRS will send out
about 5 million paper
checks a week, “which
means it could take up
to 20 weeks to get all the
checks out. That time-
line would delay some
checks until the week of
Aug. 17.”
The stimulus package
passed includes $1,200
checks for taxpayers
making less than $75,000,
plus $500 for each depen-
dent under the age of 17.
Married couples will re-
ceive $2,400 if they make
less than $150,000. The
ter allegedly shoplifting
at Walmart on March
21. Jackson had been
banned from all Walmart
properties following an
incident in January 2015.
nRebecca S. Fountain,
51, of 17137 Rusty Road
at Houston, was arrested
April 4 for having an ac-
tive probation and parole
warrant on an original
charge of possession of
a controlled substance.
An officer on patrol
made the arrest after
observing a black Ford
Mustang parked in the
McDonald’s parking lot
for people making more
ONLINE
EXCLUSIVES
than that.
Mnuchin also clarified
a recent change that peo-
ple who receive Social
Security will not have to
file a tax return to get a
stimulus check.
Most people who re-
ceive Social Security do
not have to file a tax re-
turn.
“Social Security recip-
ients who are not typi-
cally required to file a
tax return do not need to
take an action, and will
receive their payment
directly to their bank ac-
count,” Mnuchin said.
Social Security recipi-
ents will get the payment
by mail or direct deposit,
depending on how they
typically get their checks
from the government.
at about 11:50 p.m. and
making contact with the
driver, Fountain. A com-
puter check revealed the
warrant.
She was taken to the
Texas County Jail and
held without bond.
nCasey J. Martin, 28,
of 220 Dorsey St. in Lick-
ing, was issued a citation
for fraudulent use of a
credit device after alleg-
edly using another Lick-
ing woman’s debit card
information to make
an unauthorized trans-
action at the Houston
Walmart on Feb. 5.
Read these stories at
houstonherald.com:
nMLB pondering
playing games in
Arizona
Owners and players
are considering an idea
that would open the
season as early as May
and have all 30 teams
playing at facilities in
the Phoenix area and in
front of empty stands.
nSpringfield’s
‘Artsfest’ post-
poned until
September
Organizers of the event
which draws thousands
of visitors to historic
Walnut Street each
spring, are postponing
the annual celebration of
arts until September in
light of the coronavirus
public health crisis. It
was originally planned
for May 2-3.
nAlton’s mayor
told police to
crack down on
‘stay-at-home’ vio-
lators. They cited
his wife at a bar.
The mayor of Alton, Ill.,
revealed in a Facebook
post that one of several
people cited at a down-
town bar early Sunday
was his wife. The Alton
police chief said officers
were investigating and
stopping a gathering at a
bar downtown that was
in violation of Illinois’
stay-at-home order.

ARRESTS
The following arrest
was reported by the
Missouri State High-
way Patrol:
nA Summersville man
was arrested late last
Tuesday night in Shan-
non County.
Curt M. Belew, 22,
ACCIDENTS
The following acci-
dents were reported
by the Missouri State
Highway Patrol:
nA Success ATV rid-
er was injured Monday
night in a crash south of
Roby.  by Neontha M. Lorenz,
Sgt. Dale Pounds of the
Missouri State Highway
Patrol said the 15-year-
old boy fell off the 2006 Po-
laris ATV that was driven
eastbound on Highway
AP by Lane A. Cotrel, 17,
of Success.  Hospital. They had minor
The boy, who was not
identified, was treated at
the scene by EMS after
the 8:05 p.m. accident. He
had moderate injuries.  and Tpr. Marty Wiseman.
of Summersville, was
charged with felony pos-
session of a firearm,
driving while suspended,
unlawful possession of
drug paraphernalia and
wearing no seat belt.
The patrol said he was
cited and released.
nA Plato woman and
two children were in-
jured Monday morning
in crash about 1.5 miles
north of Roby on High-
way 17. A 2009 Ford Es-
cape driven northbound
29, ran off the roadway
and overturned.  Department officers af-
Lorenz and two chil-
dren, a 5-year-old boy
and a 2-year-old girl, were
taken by ambulance to
Texas County Memorial
injuries.
The vehicle was totaled.
The crash was investigat-
ed by Tpr. Jacob Sellars
SHERIFF
The following are ex-
cerpts from just some
of the reports recently
generated by the Tex-
as County Sheriff’s De-
partment:
nDeputies responded
April 5 to a report of a
16-year-old boy who had
run away from a Mal-
berg Road residence at
Cabool.
A woman who lives
there told officers the
boy was under her care
via the state and that she
believed he was on his
way to Mountain Grove.
After deputies respond-
ed, they were advised
the boy had been appre-
hended by Cabool Police
ter a foot pursuit.
He was taken to a juve-
nile detention facility in
Mountain Grove based
on a Division of Family
Services warrant issued
for absconding.
nJena M. Ringwell, 28,
of 14133 Highway AW
at Plato, was arrested
April 4 for having an ac-
tive Texas County felony
warrant for stealing $750
or more.
A deputy on patrol
made the arrest at her
residence after observ-
ing her car parked out-
side.
A man who lives there
told officers at the scene
that Ringwell wasn’t in
the house, but she was
located in the basement
after attempting to es-
cape through a window.
Ringwell was taken to
the Texas County Jail
and held without bond
on the capias warrant.
nA 75-year-old West
Plains man reported on
March 30 that several
tools with a total value
of $325 had been stolen
from a house he was re-
modeling on Highway U
at Elk Creek.
nA 64-year-old Roby
man reported on March
24 that someone had de-
stroyed fencing on his
Bell Road property.
The man showed an
investigating deputy
that all four strands of
barbed wire had been
cut on both sides of each
post for about 300 feet.
The officer observed
ruts from a dually truck
that had driven onto the
property through the
area of cut fence. There
are no suspects.
nA 55-year-old Moun-
tain Grove woman re-
ported on March 23 that
catalytic converters
had been stolen from
two vehicles at her Dog-
wood Road property. A
32-year-old man who
lives near the woman is
a suspect and a probable
cause statement was
sent to the county pros-
ecutor seeking charges
against him.
JAIL
ADMISSIONS
View a list of Texas
County Jail admissions
online at www.houston-
herald.com.
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RECORDS
OBITUARIES
IRJA MILES
Irja Severy Kangas of
Houston was born July
18, 1919, in Zim, Minn.
She is the 12th of 14 chil-
dren.
Her parents, Charles
and Siiri Hakulinen
Kangas, immigrated
from Finland separately
to the U.S. in the early
1900s, and later meeting
in Michigan and marry-
ing. They homesteaded
wilderness land in Zim,
Minn., in 1915. Due to
the harsh wilderness life,
her parents separated.
Her mother moved
the family into Eveleth
where the state’s social
services deemed her un-
able to properly care for
the eight children that
remained with her. Af-
ter many attempts to
seize them, they were
eventually caught leav-
ing school and the five
youngest were sent to the
state orphanage at Owa-
tonna, Minn.
Her mother, Siiri, had
always told them to run
and hide when the so-
cial services workers
were near to evade be-
ing caught. This worked
while on the homestead
with forest cover but not
in town. Irja was 10 years
old when she was sent
to the orphanage and
lived a very regimented
life with the hundreds of
children that lived there
at that time. She was
not allowed to live in the
same cottages with her
siblings but did get to see
them on Sundays.
From age 15 through
17 she became an inden-
tured worker on farms
as a house maid in the
southwest part of the
state. She worked for sev-
eral families during this
PAULETTE SUTTON
Paulette Faye Karnes
Sutton was born Aug.
18, 1942, in Kimble, Mo.,
in a log cabin built by
her parents, Paul and
Lois Karnes. She had
four siblings, Wayne
Karnes, Carol Sutton,
Janet Karnes and Gerald
Karnes.
Mrs. Sutton traveled
around Missouri and Il-
linois with her family
so her dad could provide
for them. They settled in
Licking, where she grad-
uated from high school.
She married Joe Sut-
ton on Aug. 8, 1966. He
DEATH NOTICES
CYNTHIA BORDEN
Private graveside ser-
vices for Cynthia Lorene
Borden, 58, of Houston,
are 11 a.m. Saturday,
April 11, at Dykes Cem-
etery.
Mrs. Borden, a medical
technician, passed away
April 5, 2020.
She will lie in state from
time and would have to
return to the orphanage
between placement. It
was at the last farm she
worked at that she met
Harry Miles who was a
hired hand on the same
farm. Harry had come a
few years earlier to Min-
nesota from his home
state of Illinois to work
with the traveling com-
bine crews and decided
to remain in the area.
Harry and Irja were
married on June 17, 1937,
at Lynn, Minn., they
shared 63 years of mar-
riage before his passing.
They resided in a rented
farm near the same area
where they met. Irja was
a hard-working mother
and farmer’s wife. They
later purchased a farm
outside of Russell where
they spent 20 years farm-
ing. Irja loved this com-
munity and made many
long-life friends there.
She took a few temporary
jobs at couple of restau-
rants, and tried her hand
as a cosmetic sales lady
arranging for parties to
sell her wares. They had
all their nine children
in this same area before
moving to Clearbrook,
Minn., in 1963, and then
to Salem, Mo., in 1966.
They purchased a farm
at Gladden and lrja dur-
ing this time did work as
a nurse’s aide at Salem
Care and then at Salem
Memorial Hospital when
it first opened.
As a young woman she
and her husband Harry
were confirmed in the
Lutheran Church at
Lynn, Minn. She re-com-
mitted her life to Christ
in 1980 at the First As-
sembly of God in Salem,
Mo. When she moved to
Houston in February of
2005 where she attended
Faith Fellowship Church
until her hearing began
to diminish. Irja has al-
ways been a very active,
hard working wife and
mother.
She was always will-
ing to help her children
and grandchildren in
any way she could. If
she ever found out that
you needed or was look-
ing for some item you
couldn’t find she would
passed away December
2008.
They had four chil-
dren, Robby Sutton of
Salem, Andy Sutton of
Licking, Michael Sutton
of Branson, and Kayla
Woods of Edgar Springs.
Mrs. Sutton loved to
yard sale, embroidery,
sewing, crafts, watch-
ing birds, reading, fish-
ing and was involved in
the 4-H clubs. Most of
all she loved spending
time with her family and
friends.
She is survived by four
children, nine grand-
children, seven great-
9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Friday,
April 10, 2020, at Evans
Funeral Home, Houston.
Mrs. Borden is sur-
vived by her husband,
Duane, of Cabool; her
mother, Roberta Lybyer,
of Houston; four daugh-
ters, Melissa Horton, Ful-
ton, Erin Smith, Houston,
Kayla Wheat, Fulton and
begin the search for it
until she found it shop-
ping local stores or flea
markets.
Her family was very
important to her and
she made every effort to
stay in contact with them
through letters, cards,
phone calls and travel-
ing to visit. She had a
wealth of life experienc-
es and wisdom that she
was always passing on to
those who would listen.
She enjoyed reading and
always learning of cur-
rent events and interest-
ing life stories and his-
tory. She loved shopping
at flea markets, attend-
ing her grandchildren’s
school programs, histori-
cal parks and communi-
ty events. She continued
to raise chickens, ducks
and geese if possible un-
til she had to move into
an apartment.
Irja is survived by
her children, Charles
William Miles, and wife
Pim, of Thailand, Harry
Eugene Miles of Spring-
field, Colo., James Owen
Miles, of Blackhawk,
S.D., Lester LeRoy Miles,
of Rapid City, S.D., Da-
vid Lee Miles, and wife
Kathy, of Estes Park,
Colo., Deryl Leon Miles,
of St. Helena, Neb., Ja-
net Akers, and husband
Dave, of Houston, Mo.,
JoAnn Petty, and hus-
band Paul, of Salem, Mo.,
and Mary Ann Miles, of
Willow Springs, Mo.; 31
grandchildren, 64 great-
grandchildren and 32
great-great-grandchil-
dren.
She was preceded in
death by her husband,
parents, 13 siblings, five
granddaughters, and one
great-granddaughter.
lrja is loved by her fam-
ily and friends and will
be greatly missed and
always remembered, as
she was one of a kind.
Funeral service for
Irja Miles were Tues-
day, April 7, 2020, with a
graveside at North Lawn
Cemetery at 1 p.m., with
Pastor Bill Villapiano of-
ficiating.
Visitation was at North
Lawn Cemetery before
the service from noon
until service time.
grandchildren; one
brother, Gerald Karnes;
many nieces, nephews
and friends; along with
many adopted kids and
grandkids.
Visitation was held
from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 2, 2020,
at Fox Funeral Home in
Licking. Graveside ser-
vices followed at Hut-
chason Cemetery with
George Robbins officiat-
ing.
Arrangements en-
trusted to Fox Funeral
Home. Online condo-
lences may be left at
www.foxfh.net
Allex Borden, Houston;
two brothers, Mark Ly-
byer, Houston, and Steve
Lybyer, Licking; and a
sister, Donna Harper,
Ava.
In lieu of flowers, the
family suggests memori-
als to Dykes Cemetery.
Send an online condo-
lence at evansfh.com.
1969. He attended college
at Southwest Missouri
State University and re-
turned home to Houston.
Don and Janet (Haney)
were married March 29,
1975, in Houston, Mo.
From this union two sons
were born. In 1976, Don
began his business, Rust
Excavating, and with
his sons he served Texas
County for 40 years.
Don joined the Houston
DON RUST Fire Department in 1976.
Donald Robert Rust, In 1983, he became the Fire
age 68, son of Edgar and Chief of the City of Hous-
Majorie (Flowers) Rust, ton. He dedicated a total
was born July 31, 1951, in of 38 years volunteering,
Houston, Mo. He passed serving and protecting.
away April 4, 2020, at his During those years,
home in Houston, Mo. some of his greatest ac-
Don is preceded in death complishments included:
by his mother. replacing safety equip-
He is survived by his ment, improved training,
wife, Janet; two sons, upgrading equipment and
Daren (Pattie), and David to obtain better compen-
(Amanda) of Houston, sation for the volunteers.
Mo.; three grandchildren, In 1992, Don started the
Mackenzie, Madeline and Junior Fire Fighter Pro-
Jackson Rust of Houston, gram. One achievement
Mo.; his father, Edgar of he was most proud of was
Houston, Mo.; brother, the purchase of the Pierce
Charles Rust of Licking, Quint Ladder Truck in
Mo.; and sister, Lesa Kin- 2006, which contributed
ney of Houston, Mo. to the major reduction of
Don graduated from Houston’s ISO rating.
Houston High School in Don was dedicated to the
of Mt. Carney Church.
Grover served two years
in the Army from 1950
to 1952 where he served
in the 101st Airborne Di-
vision. After his return
from Germany, he and
Margarette moved to St
Louis, Mo., but only for a
short time. Grover’s heart
was in the country. They
soon returned to Texas
County, Mo. where they
built a home. In 1959, Gro-
ver and Margarette pur-
GROVER LEE chased a farm in Laclede
WILLIAMS County where they lived
Grover Lee Williams and farmed for 61 years.
was born Aug. 29, 1927, in He worked as a truck
Pulaski County, Mo., to driver for Howard Ready
Leonard and Mary Etta Mix during the construc-
(Lancaster) Williams. He tion of military housing
passed away April 3, 2020, at Fort Leonard Wood,
at the age of 92. eventually finding work
He married Margarette as a Department of the
Caudle April 29, 1950. Army Civilian (DAC). He
They were united in mar- retired after 25 years of
riage by Hayden Dewbart service.
Thomas, Margarette’s Grover was affection-
maternal grandfather in ately known as the wood-
Plato, Mo. They were mar- cutter. He spent many
ried 68+ years. Grover hours clearing his farm
grew up on a farm in Pu- the old fashion way, cut-
laski County, current day ting it for fence posts,
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. heating and even selling
Both his paternal and ma- some for folks that were in
ternal grandparents had need. He always had a pot
farms there. When the in- of beans cooking on his
stallation was purchased old pot belly wood stove,
by the government, the where family and friends
family moved to Evening were always welcome. He
Shade and then to Roby, always planted a large
Mo., where his parents garden, sending surplus
purchased another farm. to family, friends and to
During his teenage local nursing homes that
years, Grover accepted always welcomed fresh
Christ as his Savior at produce. He loved little
Pleasant Hill Christian children, and on Sunday
Church and was baptized morning he often had a
at Rock Creek. After mov- little change to give the
ing to Lynchburg, Mo., little ones. Grover had a
Grover became a member wonderful sense of hu-
No Hunting or Trespassing
Notice is hereby given that hunt­ing with either dog or gun, trapping, fishing or
trespassing on land belonging to or in care of the undersigned is strictly forbid-
den and viola­tors of this notice will be li­able to prose­cution.
No hunting or trespassing
nNo trespassing on property of K.L. Kidwell, 6167 Highway 137, Yukon.
nF.E. and Ellen Lee property. Absolutely no trespassing, no hunting, no fishing,
no dogs on property at Sand Shoals or Licking. Violators will be prosecuted!
nAbsolutely no trespassing, no hunting, no dogs on the Dan Christie property
(formerly the Bill Christie property) in the area of North Grand Avenue, Spruce
Street, Airport Road and Forrest Drive, Houston. Violators will be prosecuted!
Properties added to this list at the rate of $2.50 each per week paid in
advance.
community and served on
various boards and com-
mittees. In 2007, he re-
ceived the U.S. Presiden-
tial Service Award which
recognizes volunteerism
in the Fire Service. Don
included his two sons
in all aspects of his life,
from the family business
to firefighting. Without
fail, he always found the
time to be involved with
their individual interests,
whether it be cheering on
or coaching their various
sports and activities.
Don’s family devotion
carried on to his grand-
children. He loved and
cherished just spending
time with them and he was
always there to encourage
and support them.
Don will be greatly
missed by his family and
the community he served.
Memorials are suggest-
ed to Union Cemetery. On-
line condolences may be
expressed at www.evans-
fh.com. A private family
graveside service was 11
a.m. Wednesday, April 8,
2020. at Union Cemetery
under the direction of Ev-
ans Funeral Home.
PAID
mor and loved teasing and
pulling practical jokes on
his family. When asked
what he was proudest of,
he would always say, his
two daughters, Irita and
Peggy, and his grandchil-
dren.
He is survived by his two
daughters, Irita (Marty)
Barnard of Lynchburg,
Mo., and Peggy (Mark)
Bennett of Lebanon, Mo.;
grandchildren, Thomas
(Melanie) Miller, Aaron
(Christy) Miller, Irita Ni-
cole (David) Cooper and
Steven (Jessica) Bennett;
six great-grandchildren:
Wiley Miller, McKayla
Miller, Garon Miller, Kay-
lee Miller, Ariel Cooper
and Zoley Cooper; three
sisters, Hester (Delbert)
Kinnaird of St. Louis, Mo.,
Patsy (Jim) Niebruegge
of Plato, Mo., and Emma
Lou Garrett of Columbia,
Mo.; and a multitude of
nieces and nephews. He
was preceded in death by
his parents; his wife; and
his brothers, Chester Wil-
liams, Leland Williams,
Garry Williams, Hadley
Williams and Troy Wil-
liams.
In lieu of flowers, me-
morials are suggested to
Shiloh Christian Chil-
dren’s Ranch, 601 N. Cen-
ter St., Shelbina, Mo.,
63468. Online condolences
may be expressed at www.
evansfh.com. A private
family graveside service
with military honors was
at 2:30 p.m. Monday, April
6, 2020, at Palace Cem-
etery under the direction
of Evans Funeral Home.
PAID
5-21-20
2-4-2021
12-3-2020
A4 Thursday, April 9, 2020 n HOUSTON HERALD
COMMUNITY
Good Friday to bring “Carry the
Cross” to Texas County
The annual Good Friday event that
unites Christians across the county is
Friday.
There are several restrictions in
place because of the spread of coro-
navirus across the country. There
have been no confirmed cases in Texas
County.
The event —  which stretches along
U.S. 63 from Licking to Cabool —  is
sponsored by the Houston Ministerial
Alliance,
Here are guidelines in place:
nA 6 a.m. rally at Hiett Gymna-
sium is cancelled. Everyone should
go directly to their locations at 7 a.m.
Crosses will be in place as they have in
past years.
nThe number of cross holders in
one location is limited to two people,
if they are not members of the same
household. These two are asked to
Council holds video meeting on Monday
Members of the Houston City Coun-
cil met by video on Monday —  with
half in the building and the remainder
off site amid the threat of the corona-
virus.
Members purchased two new trucks,
discussed a survey of the city’s electri-
cal pole system and debated whether
to change an ordinance that would
give the mayor additional appoint-
ment powers.
Members:
nApproved transfer of a matured CD
to a bank account that will earn addi-
tional interest. Certificate of deposit
rates have dropped after the dramatic
decrease in interest rates.
nApproved payment of $29,335 for a
new truck for the public grounds de-
partment.
nOkayed purchase of a truck for
the Houston Police Department from
Piney River Ford, which beat the price
under a state contract. The price is not
to exceed $34,811.
nAuthorized a bid from Pace Con-
struction for the city’s annual asphalt
MDC reports youth weekend
turkey hunt numbers
Data from the Missouri
Department of Conserva-
tion shows that young tur-
key hunters in Missouri
harvested 2,712 birds over
the past youth weekend,
April 4 and 5.
Top harvest counties
were Miller with 74 birds
checked, Franklin with
62 and Callaway and
Sainte Genevieve with
60 each.   Texas County
had 43 killed —  25 adult
gobblers and 18 juvenile
birds.
Young hunters checked
2,546 turkeys during the
2019 spring youth week-
end. Get more harvest
information by county
at extra.mdc.mo.gov/wid-
gets/harvest_table/.
The regular spring tur-
key season remains open
as scheduled and runs
April 20 through May 10.
For more on spring tur-
key hunting in Missouri,
visit  mdc.mo.gov/news-
room/mdc-forecasts-chal-
lenging-spring-turkey-
hunting-season-0.
Hunters who harvest
their first turkey can have
the accomplishment rec- Michael Ingram bagged this turkey Saturday in Success.
ognized through a special
certificate from MDC, Learn more at  huntfish.
complete with a photo. mdc.mo.gov/hunting-
practice social distancing as they
stand with their cross.
nIf you are standing with members
of your household, limit your number
to 10 people.
nIf you planned to stand with a
group of people, you can coordinate
taking turns at particular locations;
such as one family or two unrelated
people standing from 7 to 9 a.m. and
others standing from 9 to 11 a.m. If you
were standing with a large group and
would like to secure more locations to
accommodate your group, call First
Baptist Church in Houston at 417-967-
2297 or contact the “I carry the cross”
Facebook page. There are plenty of lo-
cations available.
Persons also asked to use Clorox
wipes or spray disinfectants to clean
the cross before and after others using
it.
overlay program that is paid by a quar-
ter-cent sales tax. The city will benefit
on pricing because a plant is set up lo-
cally due to a U.S. 63 job.
nHired The Overlay Guys, a local
firm, to make structural repairs to
maintenance area on Park Street at
the Houston Municipal Pool. The cost
is $11,300 and also includes addition of
an entry door and wider roll-up door.
nTabled an ordinance that would al-
low the mayor to appoint some depart-
ment heads. City Administrator Scott
Avery said the intent is clarify organi-
zation procedures on the books. In the
end, the council will continue to study
the matter. The options are to either to
make the change, clarify that the ad-
ministrator has that power or make no
changes.
nApproved spending another $10,000
for a firm to develop an assessment
on the condition of utility poles, de-
termine a replacement schedule and
mapping. The increase comes after it
was discovered the city has about 1,200
poles and not an earlier estimated 650.
SUBMITTED PHOTO
trapping/trophies-certifi-
cates/certificates.
Houston school board hires instructor
The Houston board of education hired an employee Tuesday to act as the high
school health science/occupations instructor next year. 
She is Shasta Head. 
Work planned on U.S. 60 in county
U.S. 60 in Howell and 63 in Willow Springs to extreme caution while
Texas Counties will be Business 60 in Cabool. traveling near the area.
reduced to one lane as Weather permitting, For additional infor-
Missouri Department of work will continue mation, contact Mo-
Transportation crews through 4 p.m. Friday, DOT’s  Customer Ser-
perform concrete re- April 10. vice Center toll-free at
placement. The work zone will be 888-ASK-MODOT (888-
This section of road- marked with signs. Mo- 275-6636) or visit  www.
way is between Business torists are urged to use modot.org/southeast.
Progressive Ozark Bank donates to TCMH
Youth Ambassadors scholarship frund
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Progressive Ozark Bank, Houston, donated $250 in support of the Texas Coun-
ty Memorial Hospital Youth Ambassador Endowed Scholarship Fund. From
left: Jay Gentry, TCMH Healthcare Foundation director; Samantha Bathon, per-
sonal banker; and Cynthia Ramsey, Progressive Ozark Bank vice president/
market manager.
BBB warns: Hire trusted roofer
When spring storms ing them for this critical prevent or repair such
cause roofs to spring a work.” damage?
leak or the house needs Homeowners should nPlan for bad weather.
a new roof altogether, be cautious after a What happens if there is
a roofer is one of the storm, when fly-by-night bad weather while your
most critical contractors contractors often go roof project is under-
a consumer can hire. door-to-door with offers way? Ask your roofer
A March 27 hail storm to make repairs or clear about what they will do
swept through the Hous- debris. BBB complaints to protect your home
ton area and caused describe contractors from rain or snow.
considerable damage to who, in these situations, nCheck your insur-
roofs. took deposits from con- ance coverage. If your
Better Business Bu- sumers and did little or project will fix damage,
reau (BBB) received no work. Some couldn’t check your homeown-
more than 6,000 com- be reached when con- er’s insurance to see if
plaints about roofing sumers wanted refunds your project is covered
contractors in 2019. Roof- or were dissatisfied with and how you should pro-
ers ranked among the 10 the repairs. ceed if it is.
most-complained-about Consider the following nVerify the contrac-
business categories in when hiring a roofer or tor’s license and insur-
eastern and southwest any contractor: ance. Be sure that the
Missouri and southern nMake sure you un- company you decide to
Illinois last year. derstand the full scope work with has the nec-
Many complaints in- of the project. Will the essary licenses and in-
volved the quality of roofer be doing spot re- surance to work in your
work, failure to complete pairs or replacing the region.
jobs and failure to issue whole roof ? Will they be nInquire about a lien
refunds. An Arnold, Mo., removing the old roof or waiver. A lien waiver is
man told BBB in Septem- covering it with the new a statement from your
ber 2019 a contractor left roof ? Read your contract contractor that says all
new roofing unattached thoroughly before sign- suppliers and subcon-
to his home, causing it to ing. tractors have been paid
blow off in a storm and nDo your homework. for their work.
damage other areas of Review BBB’s business nArrange a payment
the roof. The company profiles to find a compa- schedule. For major
did not respond to his ny you can trust. jobs, never pay in full
requests to clean up the nAsk about clean-up up front. Stagger your
mess and correct it, nor and waste removal. Con- payments so your final
to his eventual request firm that your contrac- payment is not due until
for a refund. tor will be responsible the work is complete and
“Repairing or replac- for taking away all old you have fully inspected
ing your roof is one of materials and cleaning it. Do not pay cash; make
the biggest home proj- up your site after their sure your check is writ-
ects a homeowner may work is complete. ten to a company, or that
have to consider,” said nConsider your gut- you use a credit card.
Stephanie Garland, BBB ters and landscaping. nGet a receipt. Request
Springfield regional di- A roofer’s ladders can a receipt marked “Paid
rector. “It’s vital that cause damage to your in Full” when the job is
consumers research gutters or landscaping. completed and your final
companies before hir- How will the company payment is made.

NEWS
COVID-19: A roundup of information
Houston pauses electric disconnections
The Houston City Council on Monday decided to pause any electric disconnec-
tions in the city after some residents have lost their jobs and others had employ-
ment hours reduced during the rocky economic climate.
The halt will be for the next 30 days, and any penalties will be waived.
The city also is expected to look at utility assistance once sales tax revenue
numbers are clear.
Information related to the virus
nHouston School District meal dis-
tribution will occur next week from 10
a.m. to noon Tuesday.
Elementary and middle school in-
struction packets can also be picked up
Tuesday at the elementary gym.
nOffice hours have changed at the
Houston School District. There will be
no office hours. All school buildings
are closed to the public during the next
three weeks, at least. The district’s cen-
tral office is closed to the public. Mail
and deliveries will still be accepted.
nThe Missouri Milk Board and the
Missouri Department of Agriculture
on Monday night asked that grocers not
place limit on milk purchases.
nOzark Action Inc. has new hours,
including an office at Houston. Ozark
Action Inc. will have new, temporary of-
fice hours. They are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Thursday, and closed
Friday, Saturday and Sunday. “OAI is
committed to continuing to serve Mis-
souri families with essential services,
however first and foremost we are com-
mitted to protecting the health and safe-
ty of our staff and their families,” said
OAI Executive Director Terry Sanders.
“By closing the office for 85 hours be-
tween Thursday afternoon and Monday
morning we believe we can maintain a
healthier work environment.”
nAt Monday’s briefing, Gov. Mike
Parson announced he has signed an
executive order suspending a statu-
tory requirement that a notary public
must conduct the notarization of of-
ficial documents while the signer ap-
pears personally in front of him or her.
As requested by Secretary of State Jay
Ashcroft, the order allows for the use
of audio-video technology to complete
the personal appearance requirement,
protecting the health and safety of both
notaries public as well as Missourians
who otherwise would have been re-
quired to have close contact with the
notary.
nThe U.S. Army at Fort Leonard
Wood has temporarily delayed the
movement of future soldiers to Basic
Combat Training effective Monday.
Those who are currently in Basic Com-
bat Training and Advanced Individual
Training will continue training under
the screening and monitoring guide-
lines established last month and will
proceed to their next assignments upon
graduation. This tactical pause will al-
low commands to ensure appropriate
safety measures are in place and are
operating effectively at training instal-
lations, officials said.
nSome area school districts are mov-
ing to distribute assignments in their
local newspapers.
nThe Texas County Library system
Businesses can find relief
with Paycheck Protection Program
Texas County businesses may find re-
lief under a Small Business Administra-
tion (SBA) program that helps them meet
their payroll obligations.
The Paycheck Protection Program is a
$349 billion emergency loan program that
started last week as part
of the Coronavirus Aid,
Relief and Economic Se-
curity Act (CARES). The
program provides for-
givable loans up to $10
million to small businesses left financial-
ly distressed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The loans, which will be administered at
the local level by a national network of
banks and credit unions, are designed
to maintain the viability of millions of
small businesses struggling to meet pay-
roll and day-to-day operating expenses.
will host a story time from children.
Stories will be posted on its Facebook
page at 10 a.m. Tuesdays and Thurs-
days.
nThe Fort Leonard Wood Post Ex-
change Pharmacy is set to begin offer-
ing curbside, drive-up service Monday,
April 6.
nThe Missouri State Highway Patrol
is extending the suspension of all writ-
ten and skills-based driver road testing
at all locations until April 15. This in-
cludes operator, commercial driver li-
cense and motorcycle testing.
In addition, the patrol is extending
the suspension of all salvage inspec-
tions at all locations and all bus inspec-
tions until April 15. This does not affect
local businesses that are the providers
of safety and emission inspections for
the public and may continue to be open
for services depending on their circum-
stances.
nChancellors at all four University
of Missouri campuses announced that
in-person spring commencement exer-
cises would be postponed and that each
university will celebrate graduates,
whether virtual or in-person in the fu-
ture.
“We know how disappointed our stu-
dents, parents and families are that we
won’t be able to hold our commence-
ment ceremonies in May,” said Mun
Choi, president of the University of
Missouri System. “Hundreds of UM
faculty and staff take part in these cer-
emonies each year, and it brings us
great pride to celebrate our students’
accomplishments alongside them and
their families. This May, we will have to
adjust how we celebrate to ensure the
safety of our university communities.”
In place of the in-person ceremonies,
each university will celebrate their
graduating class in some way virtually
and/or set in-person opportunities at a
later date. University leaders will share
details of their plans to students and
families in the near future.
All students who completed require-
ments for graduation will still have
degrees conferred upon the regular
schedule.
nOpportunity Sheltered Industries,
the county’s sheltered workshop, is
closed until at least April 30. Details on
how employees might receive a percent-
age of their pay is being determined,
said Sharon Tyger, manager, in a state-
ment.
nThe Ozark Trails Council, Boy
Scouts of America, answered that call
to action by donating more than 30,000
gloves to CoxHealth in Springfield.
Originally, the gloves were a donation
to the council to be used at camp or oth-
er youth activities, as needed.
“These loans will bring immediate eco-
nomic relief and eight weeks of financial
certainty to millions of small businesses
and their employees,” SBA Administra-
tor Jovita Carranza said. “We urge every
struggling small business to take advan-
tage of this unprece-
dented federal resource
— their viability is criti-
cally important to their
employees, their com-
munity and the coun-
try.”
The loans, which are 100 percent backed
by SBA, are being provided to small busi-
nesses without collateral requirements,
personal guarantees, SBA fees or credit
elsewhere tests.
See SBA, A8
HOUSTON HERALD n Thursday, April 9, 2020 A5
DOUG DAVISON | HOUSTON HERALD
What is normally Houston’s busiest intersection is almost void of vehicles at about
8 a.m. Monday as a lone tank truck waits to head north on U.S. 63.
School board discusses
education of students during break
Members of the Houston board of edu- period of time, it is hoped that adminis-
cation learned on Tuesday of last week trators will have a better handle on les-
that educating students remotely comes son completion rates.
with lots of logistical planning and much Moss complimented administrators
uncertainty. and staff on its planning and felt optimis-
The board heard from administrators tic that the district was making progress.
at the meeting that highlighted the dis- Houston students won’t be return-
trict’s response to the Covid-19 outbreak ing any time soon to classrooms, as ad-
in the country. Houston classrooms are journment through April 24 has been
closed, and food is being delivered to stu- announced. At some point in 2020, the
dents during a weekly distribution. district will hold graduation and prom.
Superintendent Dr. Allen Moss gave In other matters:
detailed information to the board. The nMoss reported that the district sus-
district is handling education of students tained some damage during a hail storm
with either the delivery of instruction Friday, March 27. A roofer was set to be
packets or they log online. Within a short on campus Wednesday, April 1.
State urges online applications
for unemployment benefits
Unemployment offices have been vision of Employment Security Director
swamped by the flood of workers apply- Chris Slinkard encouraged people to file
ing at once. claims online at UInteract.labor.mo.gov.
Some out-of-work people had said they “Our staff is taking an unprecedent-
have been put on hold for hours and it ed number of phone calls, but many
has taken days to file a claim. calls are related to questions and new
The Missouri Division of Employment law changes and not the filing of a
Security said last Thursday that it has claim,” Slinkard said in a statement.
hired temporary workers, using work- “This consumes precious staff time
ers from other state labor department and blocks assistance to those who
divisions and is paying overtime so staff need to file a claim, but do not have ac-
can process the increased workload. Di- cess to the internet.”
Houston Schools to be closed
at least until April 24
Editor’s note: This statement was is- ID-19 virus throughout our community.
sued Wednesday, April 1, by Dr. Allen While we understand that Texas
Moss, superintendent of the Houston County does not have any positive cases
School District. currently in the county, it is a question
After consulting with the of when, not if this begins.
Houston School Board, Tex- April 24 is a tentative date
as County Memorial Hospi- that most schools in the state
tal, the Texas County Health have set. All SCA schools
Department and other sur- will be using this date. Some
rounding school districts, we
have made the decision to ex-
around us will be extending
closure for longer. We know
tend school closure to at least
April 24. We know this deci-
this could and probably will
change. We will continue to
sion will create a hardship monitor recommendations
for many. The purpose of from our local health depart-
this certainly is for the safe- MOSS ment, TCMH, DESE (Depart-
ty of our students and staff, ment of Elementary and Sec-
but also to avoid bringing together 1,200 ondary Education), as well as guidance
students and staff on a daily basis to in- and recommendations from the state
crease the risk of spreading the COV- and federal levels.
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A6 Thursday, April 9, 2020 n HOUSTON HERALD
OPINION
Senator defends
governor’s
crisis handling
BY SEN. MIKE
CUNNINGHAM
The Capitol has been
mostly dark for the past
few weeks. The halls are
empty. Office doors are
locked tight while leg-
islative staff members
work from their respec-
tive homes during the
coronavirus shutdown.
Aside from cleaning
crews methodically dis-
infecting the building,
there is only one hub of
activity in Missouri’s
Statehouse: the second-
floor offices of the gover-
nor.
I believe there is no
greater sign of the gov-
ernor’s leadership than
his 3 p.m. coronavirus
updates, which he has
faithfully conducted
throughout the crisis.
Originally begun as a
daily press briefing,
the address has become
something of a statewide
chat, livestreamed on
Facebook every day. The
governor begins each
briefing with an update
on the spread of the vi-
rus and a review of steps
taken during the previ-
ous 24 hours. Following
his own remarks, he then
invites various members
of his cabinet to the mi-
crophone to provide in-
formation relating to
that agency’s mission.
The press, no longer al-
Opportunities may exist
for farmers to aid food supply
BY ERIN
SCHOENBERG
As the coronavirus
continues to spread and
disrupt society, life on
farms and ranches does
not skip a beat. For many,
it’s calving season. For
others, seeds will soon
be planted. Regardless of
volatility, the rest of the
year depends on these
essential tasks.
Comfort can also be
FROM OUR FILES
Ten Years Ago
Karolyn Jeffries re-
ceived an excellent rat-
ing in public speaking
at the state speech and
debate contest at Co-
lumbia. Superior ratings
were received by Lugene
Rust (one each in story-
telling and poetry) and
Mark Freeman, dramat-
ic reading.
Jerold Pursifull re-
ceived a one rating in
the senior division of the
District Industrial Arts
Awards Program at SMS.
Dave Bressie received a
one rating in the junior
section.
A $500 donation to
Houston’s Little League
baseball park has been
made by the Houston
HOUSTON HERALD NEWS STAFF | 113 N. Grand, Houston, Mo. 65483 • 417-967-2000 • news@houstonherald.com
BRAD GENTRY
Publisher
DEANNA MCKINNEY
Assistant to the publisher
lowed to attend in person
due to the governor’s so-
cial distancing restric-
tions, submits questions
electronically.
The open doors of the
governor’s office pro-
vide both a visual back-
ground for the briefing
and a powerful meta-
phor. Throughout the
coronavirus crisis, I be-
lieve the governor has
been honest and forth-
right in all his actions.
He tells us each day, in
frank and unvarnished
terms, the situation in
Missouri and what is be-
ing done to address it.
The governor’s man-
agement of the corona-
virus outbreak began
in early March, nearly a
week before Missouri’s
first “presumptive” con-
firmed case of COVID-19
was reported on March 7.
Immediately, steps were
taken to slow the spread
of the virus. On March
11, the Department of
Health and Senior Ser-
vices established a 24-
hour hotline, so citizens
without internet access
could get answers. The
governor declared a state
of emergency on March
13, an action that allowed
him to more freely mobi-
lize state resources and
suspend regulations that
might inhibit a rapid re-
See RESPONSE, A7
found by staying busy
and productive in a
time of increased stress.
Rancher Deb Frank com-
ments that while calving
season can be an “un-
relenting marathon,”
this year it brings relief.
She’s thankful for “good
reasons to keep my mind
off the virus and the ev-
er-swirling cycle of bad
news.”
See PRODUCE, A7
Business Women’s Club.
Dr. James R. Whit-
ley, supervisor of Water
Quality Investigations
for the Missouri Depart-
ment of Conservation,
has informed the Hous-
ton Herald that “the ab-
sence of a normal popu-
lation of aquatic organ-
isms and the general ap-
pearance of the stream
(Big Piney) immediately
below Cabool show that
the river is polluted by
sewage lagoon drain-
age.” The statement
comes following an in-
vestigation conducted by
the Conservation Com-
mission after numerous
complaints had been
lodged concerning the
water quality of the Big
Piney below Cabool.
SHARON HAYES
Bookkeeping/composition
AMANDA YORK
Office assistant/marketing
Suspected then, known now COLUMN
SIX
This installment of the
column I’ve been writing
on a consistent basis for OFF THE nIn what was a first,
about 10 years doesn’t
come from an “I told you
CUFF
Monday night’s Houston
City Council was limited
to just members and staff,
so” standpoint.
On the contrary, it’s in accordance with a gov-
presented with a sincere ernment order that limits
hope that a few minds DOUG DAVISON just 10 at a public gather-
Herald writer/photographer
might be opened and ing. The session was made
hearts softened. available online.
Way back in Novem-
can’t overcome.” what’s coming.”
ber 2011, I wrote about nFilings closed last
But the reality is, that’s Working recently with
how there was a feeling week for several offices
not how it works in a Craig Wiles (founder and
growing and spread- that will appear on ballots
world created and over- owner of Preferred En-
ing amongst numerous later this year.  
seen by a completely sov- ergy in Wright County,
Americans that some- Voters will select party
ereign entity we call God. a firm that installs solar
thing big was going to nominees in August. The
What happens over a pe- power systems in homes
happen that was way General Election is Nov. 3. 
riod of a billion years or and businesses around
out of the ordinary and Here are candidates
the next 10 seconds isn’t the Ozarks) was a defi-
would result in wide- filed:
based on human whim, nite pleasure for me.
ranging hardship and U.S. representative,
but rather God’s will. Not only because Wiles
difficulty. People sharing District 8: Incumbent
There’s no disputing is an expert in the alter-
that feeling didn’t know Jason Smith, Salem,
that. Just look at all of native energy field and I
what that “something” Republican; Kathy Ellis,
human history. Never got to put together a cool
was, but they collectively Festus, Democrat; and
have things gone 100-per- story about yet another
felt it coming and knew it Tom Schmitz, Rolla,
cent “as planned,” be- out-of-the ordinary cir-
wouldn’t be good. Libertarian.
cause our plans don’t cumstance in the amaz-
Now we know. State representative,
really don’t amount to ingly diverse piece of
Not everyone had that District 142: Terry
squat. Only His do. the American Midwest
feeling back then. Some, Brown, Cabool; Bennie
Anyway, here’s a con- that is Texas County, but
I guess, were more or Cook, Houston; and
densed version of what I also because I found him
less encased in a cocoon David Giarratano,
wrote in late 2011. Some to be a deep-thinking,
of false security and fig- Raymondville. All are
portions have been omit- philosophical man with
ured, “heck, we’ll just Republicans.
ted (for a lack of rel- loads of wisdom regard-
elect the right person State senator, District
evancy), but none of ing the misguided ways
and they’ll make sure the 33: Rep. Robert Ross,
what’s included has been of the world and where
government fixes every- Yukon, Republican; Rep.
changed. it’s all leading.
thing,” or “there really Karla Eslinger, Wasola,
The piece was titled,
isn’t anything to worry Republican; Van Kelly,
“Preparedness and
about that technology See VIRUS, A7 Norwood, Republican;
and Tammy Harty,
FROM THE ARCHIVES Grandin, Democrat.
Assessor: Debbie
James, incumbent, Solo,
Republican.
Collector-Treasurer:
Tammy Cantrell,
incumbent, Houston,
Democrat.
Texas County
Commissioner, District 2:
Doyle Heiney, incumbent,
Summersville,
Republican; and John
E. Mitchell, Licking,
Democrat.
Coroner: Marie Lasater,
incumbent, Licking,
Republican. 
Texas County
Commissioner, District
1: Brenda Jarrett,
Cabool, Democrat; and
John Casey, incumbent,
Houston, Republican.
Sheriff: Scott Lindsey,
incumbent, Licking,
Republican.
HOUSTON HERALD ARCHIVES | HOUSTONHERALD.COM/ARCHIVES Public Administrator:
50 YEARS AGO — It was a big job, loading 183 entries to compete in the SCA In- Tina Garrett of Licking,
dustrial Arts Fair Saturday at Willow Springs. But it was worth the trouble because Ashley Applegate of
Houston senior and junior high students returned home with 46 I-ratings plus 11 Houston and Shalena
II-ratings and 20 III-ratings. Purcell, Raymondville.
Incumbent Connie
Thompson did not seek
FROM THE EASEL re-election. All are
Republicans.
Surveyor: Incumbent
Chuck Manier.
n Thank a teacher or a
school administrator next
time you see one amid
extraordinary times for
trying to figure out how
to educate our school
children.
At Houston, along with
many other districts in
the county, school is out
until at least April 24. In
the meantime, packets of
instruction are going to
students. Others will log
in to do school work in an
area that has notoriously
poor internet service.
It is a major challenge
for all those involved.
DOUG DAVISON TYSON TROUTMAN
Reporter Printing manager
PAYTON GUNTER ISAIAH BUSE
Composition High school employee

About-face: Social Security recipients will
automatically get stimulus pay
The U.S. Treasury
Department, clearing
up confusion, has an-
nounced Social Secu-
rity recipients will not
have to file a tax return
in order to receive the
economic stimulus pay-
ments the government
is preparing to send out
amid the coronavirus
pandemic.
It was unclear in guid-
ance posted earlier last
week whether Social
Security recipients who
don’t normally file taxes
would have to in order
to receive the money.
But the Treasury De-
partment said later that
those beneficiaries will
automatically receive
the money. The IRS will
use the information that
the Social Security Ad-
Response
Continued from Page A6
Throughout the past
three weeks, the gover-
nor has taken numer-
ous steps to combat CO-
VID-19. There are now
nearly four dozen testing
sites around the state.
He issued guidelines on
large gatherings of peo-
ple, closed casinos, post-
poned municipal elec-
tions, eased state regula-
tions to allow healthcare
providers more flexibility
in treating patients and
issued an order requir-
ing all Missourians to
follow strict social dis-
tancing practices. He has
mobilized the Missouri
National Guard to help
with transportation and,
potentially, setting up
Virus
Continued from Page A6
In conversing with him,
one can tell that Wiles tru-
ly believes in what he’s do-
ing and that he’s not just
helping people sign up for
an “alternative” to any-
thing, but rather getting
on board with the “pre-
ferred” form of energy.
But he also loves to talk
about his world view, and
what he refers to as “pre-
paredness” and “what’s
coming.”
Now, I find guys like
Harold “Multiple Dooms-
days” Camping to be little
more than crackpot buf-
foons who tarnish the
name of the Lord God Al-
mighty. It’s easy to claim
some cataclysmic event
is going to take place on
such-and-such a date and
build a big case around
the claim. But that kind of
baloney has been going on
for centuries and I think
it’s more about attention,
fame and greed than real-
ity.
But I had no trouble re-
lating to what Wiles was
getting at, because like
many people these days, I
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ministration has on file.
Social Security recipi-
ents in the county won’t
have to take any action.
Those who normally
receive their benefits di-
rectly in their bank ac-
count will receive the
stimulus money in the
same way. Others will
receive a check in the
mail — though it will
likely take longer to re-
ceive the payment than
those who use direct de-
posit.
The change came after
Democratic lawmakers
sent a letter urging the
Treasury Department to
send the payments auto-
matically to Social Secu-
rity recipients —  some-
thing the law gives the
IRS the power to do.  adjusted gross income,
A $2 trillion stimulus
temporary healthcare
facilities. He has person-
ally visited warehouses
to observe as the Depart-
ment of Public Safety
distributed vital personal
protective equipment
supplies to health are fa-
cilities across the state.
Rather than impos-
ing edicts from on high,
I believe he has offered
steady guidance and
trusted Missourians to do
the right thing. Heavily
populated communities
in Missouri have issued
their own stay-at-home
orders. Many small towns
have not. Maybe these
folks have a better handle
on what’s needed in their
own communities than
have a feeling something
is going to happen. I don’t
know exactly what, and
I’m not sure when, but it’s
something not so good and
it may not be long.
I can’t really put a fin-
ger on it, but I can’t shake
the feeling that there’s still
some big-time stuff in the
offing before we realize just
what “the new normal”
looks like.
I’m not so sure we’ll be
all be driving teams pull-
ing buckboard wagons,
washing clothes by hand
in the creek and eating lots
of squirrel and walnuts,
but I’m also not so sure
we’ll be ordering as many
mochas from Starbucks,
driving as many gas-guz-
zling SUVs, or planning
as many cruises to remote
tropical islands.
We’ll see.
So what do we do to get
ready for “what’s com-
ing?” Like the old Boy
Scouts of America motto
states, “be prepared.”
Wiles recalls how his
grandmother always had
rows and rows of canned
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bill signed by President
Donald Trump recently
includes money for the
direct payments. Indi-
viduals are due up to
$1,200 and couples will
receive up to $2,400 —
plus $500 per child. Up-
dated guidance posted
said that Social Security
recipients who don’t file
tax returns would not re-
ceive additional money
for children at this time
because the IRS won’t
have information on de-
pendents.
But payments start
phasing out for individu-
als with adjusted gross
incomes of more than
$75,000. The amount will
then be reduced by $5 for
every additional $100 of
and those making more
others give them credit
for. As I prepare this re-
port, there have been
nine confirmed cases of
the coronavirus within
the 6,300 square miles of
my, mostly rural, Senato-
rial District. Four of the
eight counties I serve are
yet to report a single in-
fection. Truthfully, I be-
lieve it’s probably only
a matter of time before
COVID-19 reaches these
remote counties, if it
hasn’t happened yet. But
should those counties
already be subject to the
same severe restrictions
imposed in Kansas City
and St. Louis, where the
spread of virus is more
advanced? I don’t think
so. Apparently, the gov-
ernor doesn’t either.
Personally, I believe the
governor is doing a great
food stored in the base-
ment. One time he made
the comment to her, “looks
like you’re stocking up.”
She replied, “What,
stocking up? This is just
normal.”
Back then it was.
“A hundred years ago
we called all this stuff com-
mon sense,” Wiles said.
“Now we think those peo-
ple are extremists.”
The average super-
market has about three
days worth of food on the
shelves. That’s not much
if “what’s coming” makes
it such that those shelves
won’t – or can’t – be re-
stocked.
Even though she was
just being “normal,” may-
be grandma Wiles was
onto something. And may-
be now is a good time to
make some preparations.
Could be the time is right
to put up and outhouse in
the yard and stock up on
.22 shells.
Could be that now is the
time to learn how to hunt
and fish.
Could be a good time to
buy a few extra cans of
beans and bags of rice.
Might even be a good
idea to put up a few solar
HOUSTON HERALD n Thursday, April 9, 2020 A7
Man on motorcycle faces felony
charges after high-speed pursuit
A high-speed pursuit
involving officers from
than $99,000 will not re- multiple law enforce-
ceive anything. The in- ment agencies just be-
come thresholds would fore midnight on April 1
be doubled for couples. has resulted in a trio of
Generally, the income felony charges against a
will be based on either Missouri man, who had
your 2019 tax return —  a 29-page criminal record
if you’ve already filed it with eight past DWIs and
—  or your 2018 return. 15 charges of driving
The IRS says that pay- while revoked.
ments will go out auto- Dustin J. Hooper, 39, of
matically to those who Odessa, is charged with HOOPER
authorized a direct de- driving while intoxicated
posit for their refunds, – habitual, resisting ar- committed several lane
within three weeks. Oth- rest by fleeing and driv- violations while traveling
ers may receive a check ing with a revoked or sus- on U.S. 60 and U.S. 63, and
in the mail or may be pended license. his bike struck a patrol
able to enter their direct A Cabool Police De- car at the end of an exit
deposit information on- partment officer involved ramp leading to Highway
line —  but there is little in the incident reported 181.
information about how being asked to assist a The officer reported
that might work. The Wright County deputy that Hooper traveled
Treasury is planning to with a chase of a black through the Cabool busi-
develop a “web-based Harley Davidson motor- ness district at about 70
portal” in the coming cycle coming into Cabool miles per hour, went back
weeks. city limits. The deputy re- onto U.S. 60, and eventu-
portedly advised the Ca- ally came to a stop after
bool officer that the bike, exiting at Dunn.
driven by Hooper, had After being taken to the
been clocked at speeds
job. He and his office have as high as 105 miles per
Cabool station at about 1
a.m., he was transported
been responsive at every hour during the pursuit. to the Texas County Jail.
turn. There’s never been Hooper reportedly He is held without bond.
a time when I’ve reached
out to the governor’s
office with a question
and not received an im-
mediate answer. I trust Produce
his leadership, and I’m
happy he’s at the helm. I Continued from Page A6
encourage all Missouri-
ans to support him as he Farmers and ranchers tate an equal change in
guides our state through have an enduring abil- production.
these difficult times. ity to hang on through With food safety and
Please include the gov- thick and thin, and adapt shopper proximity fo the
ernor and First Lady in to ever-changing circum- mind, many people seek
your prayers. stances. Amidst the un- out regular shipments,
For more information settling time of not know- pickups or subscriptions
about the coronavirus ing to what extent the full direct from local farmers.
in Missouri, visit www. effects of COVID-19 will Many others are expand-
health.mo.gov, or call the bring to supply chains, ing their own gardens, or
state COVID-19 hotline at producers will work to starting seeds for the first
877-435-8411. If you are dial in their systems, fo- time.
connected, I encourage cus on making good deci- Shortening the food
you to tune into the gov- sions while strategizing chain and strengthen-
ernor’s 3 p.m. briefing for the long-term, and ing the links can bring
each day on Facebook. employ human creativity food security and peace
to full force. of mind to consumers,
Direct sales producers and a welcome income
have seen increased in- for farmers whose liveli-
panels.
terest from consumers
concerned about a stable
hoods may be on the line.
Established in 1973, the
Like I said, we’ll see. food supply. Products Center for Rural Affairs
Since it’s apparent that that have been taken for is a private, non-profit
the COVID-19 pandemic granted on year-round organization working to
is that thing many people grocery store shelves are strengthen small busi-
have long felt was ap- being given more con- nesses, family farms and
proaching, and we have sideration. Will this be a ranches, and rural com-
no choice but to deal with turning point for change munities through action
it, it’s interesting as heck in awareness and behav- oriented programs ad-
that we really don’t know ior? If so, change in con- dressing social, economic,
how. But then, how can a sumer demand may dic- and environmental issues.
person “be prepared” for
something that literally
affects everyone, every-
where in so many ways?
So here we are, and
like everyone else, I don’t
know what the future
holds, but I’m pretty sure
it will differ in a lot of
ways from what we’ve all
become accustomed to. I
think it’s safe to say there
truly is going to be a “new
normal” and it’s not going
to fully resemble the old.
But while we may not
know what exactly comes
next, I do know this: God
does. It’s His deal from be-
ginning to end.
Doug Davison is a
writer, photographer and
newsroom assistant for
the Houston Herald. His
columns are posted online
at www.houstonherald.
com. Email: ddavison@
houstonherald.com.
A8 Thursday, April 9, 2020 n HOUSTON HERALD

NEWS
Rare hail storm leaves a lasting mark
By DOUG DAVISON
Houston Herald
ddavison@houstonherald.com

F
ollowing the surprise hail storm
that dropped huge balls of ice in
parts of Texas County on the eve-
ning of Friday, March 27, almost every
resident of the area (whether long-time
or new) was in shock over a weather-
related event they had never before ex-
perienced.
And the storm’s aftermath resulted in
a lengthy recovery period that’s still in
progress. Many area businesses were
greatly affected by the calamity caused
by the heavy, rock-hard projectiles from
the sky, not the least of which are in-
surance companies, glass companies
and automotive dealerships and repair
shops.
“I’ve never seen hail like that, and
I’ll have lived here 58 years in July,”
said Rick Dixon, co-owner of Piney
River Ford (PRF) in Houston. “I’ve lived
through three direct hits by tornadoes,
but I don’t think they did as much dam-
age as this hail storm.”
All but three of 49 new vehicles on the
lot at PRF were damaged, and the three
that were spared were indoors in the DOUG DAVISON | HOUSTON HERALD
showroom. Mike Jones, of Mobile Auto Glass in Simmons, prepares to replace a windshield on a 2012 Ford Focus last Thursday morning
Three new vehicles were totaled out at Piney River Ford in Houston.
by Ford Motor Co. insurance adjusters,
and several pre-owned vehicles also re- BROKEN GLASS GALORE County and in several surrounding Shelby said State Farm’s National Ca-
ceived blows. counties. He said he truly dislikes hav- tastrophe Team was deployed and was
Dixon said the estimated cost of dam- Traveling around these days, it’s easy ing a boost in business caused by other in Texas County to assist customers to
age to vehicles was about $400,000. to notice vehicles in many locations peoples’ hardship. recover from the historic event.
“Out of all the vehicles we have here, with tarps covering the space where “I stay busy as it is,” he said, “and I “This is very different for us trying to
only half a dozen windshields didn’t get their windshields or back windows used take absolutely no pleasure in the cir- follow social distancing guidelines due
broken,” he said. “The building also got to be. cumstances I find myself in profiting to COVID-19,” Shelby said. “We’re try-
hit – it broke the windows out of the ga- Replacing glass in that many vehicles from other folks’ disaster. I have been ing to find new ways to help service our
rage doors and tore up the roof.” is a daunting task. receiving a flood of calls from Seymour customers with virtual inspections and
The hail damage unexpectedly cre- “I’ve been putting in windshields for to Raymondville, and many of these drones to inspect damage. Of course,
ated a positive situation for prospective 30 years and I’ve seen a lot of hail dam- people don’t have full coverage insur- we are still doing physical in person in-
PRF customers. age,” Jones said, “but I’ve never seen ance. This is very sad, as many folks spections as well.”
“It’s going to be a really good time to anything as widespread as this.” find themselves out of work because During an already abnormal period
buy a new vehicle for people who aren’t Jones has worked on several vehicles of this coronavirus, and the timing of caused by the coronavirus, the hail
concerned about a few dents or dings,” at Piney River Ford and said he’s doing such an event – although never good – simply compounded the disruption in
Dixon said. “They’ll get a lot of money seven or eight windshield replacements is obviously rather pointed right now – many peoples’ lives.
off.” per day. pointed as in a pitchfork or knife.” “Most of our customers have never
Not surprisingly, the dealership’s “Trying to keep up with this is like seen anything like this,” Shelby said.
body shop is as busy as ever. trying to drink from a fire hose,” he HELPING FUND THE RECOVERY “Everyone just seems to want things to
“We’re just asking people to be pa- said. “It’ll take months to take care of go back to normal as soon as possible.
tient,” Dixon said. “This won’t be a quick everything.” Of course, with all the damage to ve- Our catastrophe team is doing every-
process because there are so many.” Sam Wetzel, of Ozark Glass & Mirror hicles, buildings and other possessions, thing we can to get our customers ve-
“It’s increased business about 100-per- in Houston, has also been busier than local insurance companies are bearing hicles, homes and businesses repaired
cent,” said PRF body shop manager ever replacing windshields. a much heavier load than usual. as soon as possible.”
Scott Kohl. “It’s keeping us busy. It’s “It’s pretty much overwhelming,” Houston State Farm agent Justin Shelby recommends care and caution
definitely different.” Wetzel said. “Business was slow because Shelby said that as of the middle of last in choosing contractors and repair fa-
Dixon said the public’s reaction im- of the coronavirus, and now it’s up more week, more than 360 new claims had cilities.
mediately after the storm was a pleas- than 250-percent. It’s crazy, but most been filed due to the hail. “There are many companies coming
ant surprise. people seem to be pretty understanding. “And we expect that number to from out of town or even out of state,”
“We probably had 50 people come up “But it makes me wonder if we won’t keep rising over the next few days he said. “While they may do good work,
here asking what they could do to help,” end up facing a shortage of glass at and weeks,” Shelby said. “Locally, we if they’re not a local company it could
he said. “We appreciate that and we’d some point.” haven’t seen a storm like this in many be hard to get them to come back and
like to help them back.” Jones typically works all over Texas years.” stand behind their work.”

SBA YOUR VIEWS

Continued from Page A5
Those eligible for the program include small
businesses, certain non-profits, veterans’ organi-
zations, self-employed individuals, independent
contractors and other businesses meeting size
standards based on their North American Indus-
try Classification System code.
The Paycheck Protection Program’s maximum
loan amount is $10 million with a fixed 1 percent
interest rate and maturity of two years.
The loans are available to cover up to eight
weeks of average monthly payroll (based on 2019
figures) plus 25 percent and payments are de-
ferred for six months (interest does accrue). The
SBA will forgive the portion of loan proceeds
used for payroll costs and other designated oper-
ating expenses for up to eight weeks, provided at
least 75 percent of loan proceeds are used for pay-
roll costs. Eligible expenses for the eight-week
forgiveness include:
nPayroll costs (excluding the prorated portion
of any compensation above $100,000 per year for
any person. Payroll costs include salary, commis-
sions, tips; certain employee benefits including
sick leave and healthcare premiums, and state
and local taxes.
nMortgage interest (not prepayment or princi-
pal payments) and rent payments on mortgages
and leases in existence after Feb. 15, 2020.
nUtilities such as electricity, gas, water, trans-
portation, phone and internet access for services
that began before Feb. 15, 2020.
nAdditional wages paid to tipped employees.
Additional resources are available online at
www.SBA.gov/Coronavirus.
Residents urged to use caution regarding storm repairs
To the editor:
That was quite a hail storm on Friday, March 27.
The staff at Burch Insurance volunteered to work Sat-
urday. They knew the clients would need us. We’re glad
the employees were working that day. Because claims
were reported earlier than those of some agents, the
adjusters are scheduling our clients first. The adjusters
were in the area early Monday morning. They worked
all last week and are continuing to schedule appoint-
ments through next week.
Our staff continues to assist and guide our clients
through the claims process. It’s been a lot of work, but
claims are what proves our worth to our clients. It’s one
of our most important roles as insurance professionals.
Clients are concerned about their homes, auto, busi-
nesses and other property. This storm hit while the na-
tion is monitoring the coronavirus. Health precautions
must be maintained during the claims process and dur-
ing the repairs. There are many concerns about how the
repairs will be done and how quickly they can be done.
It’s important to remember that any short-term repairs
needed to prevent additional damage may be done. We
understand the concerns our clients have and will do
whatever we can to help.
We’re especially concerned about some of the people
who showed up in our community offering to do work
without showing any credentials. We’ve seen this during
Local news updated daily online at www.houstonherald.com
past storms. Few do the quality of work our local con-
tractors do.
Some are working scams. We’re hearing reports of
out-of-town contractors going door-to-do offering to
do repairs. We caution people to be very careful when
working with those contractors. Ask for a business card.
Ask for references or contact the Better Business Bu-
reau. Call the local Chamber of Commerce office. Ask to
see their insurance papers. Or, ask them to add you as
an additional insured on their policy. Get a written esti-
mate, or even better, write up a contract. You can ask for
a warranty. NEVER pay cash and don’t pay in advance.
Get a paid in full receipt when the final payment is made.
Some of these “contractors” say they will do the job, but
only do minimal work.
For example, they may say they will remove the old,
damaged shingles, but will apply the new shingles di-
rectly over the old. Don’t be intimidated. Report them to
the authorities if they become aggressive.
There are many local contractors who are willing to do
quality work to repair hail damage. They do good work
because they plan to stay in this area and their reputa-
tions mean a lot to their business. Our office has a list of
local contractors. We’ll gladly give business cards to our
customers for the local contractors.
DAWN SPENCER,
BURCH INSURANCE
 HOUSTON HERALD n Thursday, April 9, 2020 B1

SPORTS
City golf course gets new name

DOUG DAVISON | HOUSTON HERALD

The 9-hole facility owned by the City of Houston is now called Houston Municipal Golf Course.

Facility takes major hit from hail storm, but play continues
By DOUG DAVISON “Improving this golf course WHAT’S HAPPENING ing taken to promote safety at
Houston Herald has been a complete team proj- the course during the coronavi-
ddavison@houstonherald.com ect,” Evetts said. Evetts said a new metal build- rus outbreak.
Evetts credited numerous ing for equipment and chemical No more than three people

T he City of Houston’s golf

facility is now named Hous-
ton Municipal Golf Course.
Formerly Oakwood Golf Club,
the 9-hole course was founded
in the early 1980s. Earlier this
year, the Houston purchased it
from previous owners Doug and
Michelle Moseley for $291,500.
Following the hail storm that
hit some of the area Friday,
March 27, the greens at Hous-
ton Municipal looked as if there
were dozens of golf balls and
baseballs plugged in their sur-
faces. The course was forced to
temporarily close.
“It kind of made me sick to
my stomach when I saw the
damage,” said City of Houston
public grounds and parks work-
er Bill Ramsey. “We had put so
much work into them.”
During that closure, city of-
ficials took advantage of the
lack of traffic to significantly
improve the facility’s entrance
road by building up and grading
its surface. Heavy rollers were
employed to smooth out the put-
ting surfaces, sand was used to
fill in low spots and pieces of
turf from the practice green
were cut out to repair the more
badly damaged spots.
City parks and recreation
department director Stetson
Evetts announced the course
had reopened last Thursday af-
ternoon.
people for being involved in the
process.
n“Bill Ramsey and Doug
Sutton have spent an amaz-
ing amount of time replacing
around 2,000 square feet of sod
on the greens. They have also
been spreading and spraying
chemicals, mowing greens and
fairways, painting the club-
house and installing new trim,
fixing bathrooms and more.”
n“City maintenance worker
Darren Ice has fixed every
piece of equipment necessary
to maintain the golf course.”
n“Harley Coulter and the
water crew have tracked and
repaired leaks (some major) in
the irrigation system so that we
can properly water the greens
and fairways.”
n“Chief Robbie Smith and
the city’s fire department came
out multiple times to do con-
trolled burns and manage the
rough.”
n“Mike Williams and the
electric guys have installed
new LED lights throughout the
clubhouse and banquet facil-
ity, traced wires for the sprin-
kler system, and provided the
course with an opportunity to
have wi-fi in the clubhouse.”
n“Joe Kirkman and his guys
have removed brush, cleaned
out pond banks, sprayed, grad-
ed the road and hauled gravel.”
n“Tyler Fischel and Greens
EVETTS
Pro from Marshfield have pro-
vided us with a great chemical
plan to improve the greens. He
was one of the first people at
the course to create a plan to
repair our hail damage.”
n“Local course greenskeep-
ers – like Dave Guyll from Wil-
low Springs, Edgar Scantlin
from Salem, and Scott Elliot
from West Plains – have let us
borrow equipment, given us
sod and provided their time,
advice and knowledge.”
“All these crews have brought
out equipment and helped in so
many other ways,” Evetts said.
“And we have had great sup-
port from the city administra-
tor, the city council, our mayor
and members of this commu-
nity who donate their time
and resources. We all want to
see Houston Municipal Golf
Course be an important part of
our community.
“I think the past members of
the community and golf course
who invested so much into this
course would be very proud of
the direction it’s headed in.” Evetts said several steps are be-
storage is being built at Houston
Municipal.
“Our plan right now is to get
the course and clubhouse and
banquet facility in good shape,”
he said, “then later we can ex-
plore how we can improve or
make changes to the course. I
would love to have the First Tee
program be a big part of this
community and golf course. It’s
a fantastic program for kids and
gets them out in the sunshine.”
Evetts said the price of an-
nual memberships has been
lowered, and opportunities exist
for juniors, seniors, individuals
and families (including a five-
payment plan for each level).
“Golf is for everyone,” Evetts
said. “Anyone at any age can
play; if you have any interest
at all in golf then we will have
something for you. I can prom-
ise if you are respectful of the
course you will be welcome
here, regardless of what you’re
wearing, relatively speaking, or
your skill level. You can even
sign up for free lessons.”
DEALING WITH COVID-19
Thanks to an exemption for
outdoor recreation, Houston
Municipal Golf Course will re-
main open during the stay-at-
home order issued by Gov. Mike
Parson that took effect Monday.
will be allowed in the clubhouse
at one time, and golfers will be
instructed to wait outside main-
taining six feet of space until the
number inside the clubhouse
drops below three.
“This allows people to freely
use the bathroom and provides
a safe total number with our
staff,” Evetts said.
Pool noodles have been cut
and placed inside the cups on
each green so golfers don’t have
to touch flagsticks or place their
hands inside the cup to retrieve
a ball.
Groups of golfers will be lim-
ited to four per hole and asked to
maintain the six-foot minimum,
unless members of the group
reside in the same household.
The clubhouse will be dis-
infected every two hours, and
carts will be disinfected before
play and every time they are re-
turned to the clubhouse.
Evetts said that when CO-
VID-19 regulations are eased,
league play will return to Hous-
ton Municipal, including senior,
men’s, women’s, church and
couples’ leagues.
“If we get to the point where
we can gather safely again, then
we would love for everyone to
come out and play on our league
nights,” Evetts said.
The phone number at Hous-
ton Municipal Golf Course is
417-967-0791.

DOUG DAVISON | HOUSTON HERALD
City of Houston grounds department worker Bill Ramsey
points to a spot that took a serious hit from a large hail stone
on the green at the 5th hole at Houston Municipal Golf Course.
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Looking like a plugged golf ball, a
large hail stone rests in a hole it
DOUG DAVISON | HOUSTON HERALD caused during the March 27 hail
Those aren’t ball marks in a green at Houston Municipal Golf storm that wreaked havoc at Houston
Course. They’re impact scars left by hail stones. Municipal Golf Course.

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COVID-19: A roundup of information

Details on distribution First round of grants announced
of government money for COVID-19 assistance
Checks from the coronavirus stimulus package could start going out in the next
three weeks, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Services said. The Community Foundation of the Delta Dental and the Darr Family Foun-
Most people won’t have to do a thing to get the stimulus payment deposited di- Ozarks awarded nearly $100,000 Friday dation. The fund also has been supported
rectly in their bank accounts, the IRS said this week, but there are some exceptions. to nine regional nonprofit agencies in by generous individual donors. Gifts can
The direct checks are separate from the new unemployment benefits in the stimu- the initial grants made from the COV- be made at cfozarks.org/donate.
lus package. ID-19 Response and Recovery Fund. “We are eager to see these funds start
People who made up to $75,000 and married couples making up to $150,000 will get Groups in this area are expected to working to address the needs of our most
the full stimulus payment of $1,200 for individuals and $2,400 for couples. Parents also seek funding. vulnerable citizens during this crisis,”
will get an extra $500 per child. The grants from this fund are focused CFO President Brian Fogle said. “Unfor-
“For filers with income above those amounts, the payment amount is reduced by on agencies providing support to vul- tunately, the requests coming in already
$5 for each $100 above the $75,000/$150,000 thresholds. Single filers with income ex- nerable citizens during this are exceeding our current
ceeding $99,000 and $198,000 for joint filers with no children are not eligible,” the IRS pandemic emergency across funding capacity. Our expe-
said. the CFO’s 58-county service rience shows us that our re-
To be eligible, people have to have filed taxes for 2018 or 2019. If you have not filed region of central and south- gion’s nonprofit community,
taxes for either year, the IRS says people should file as soon as possible and include ern Missouri, which includes especially in the rural Ozarks,
direct deposit information on the return. Texas County. can make these dollars go a
The tax filing deadline for this year has been pushed back to July 15, but the IRS The grant proposals are long way. We are working to
said the stimulus payments will be available to taxpayers through the end of 2020. reviewed by a committee of build our resources for both
community volunteers sup- these immediate needs and
WHAT IF THE IRS DOESN’T HAVE MY BANK INFORMATION? ported by CFO staff members. FOGLE many more coming.”
On March 20, the CFO an- Grant applications are be-
According to the IRS: “In the coming weeks, Treasury plans to develop a web- nounced an initial $1 million commit- ing accepted on a rolling basis with an-
based portal for individuals to provide their banking information to the IRS online, ment for COVID-19 response and re- nouncements anticipated weekly for the
so that individuals can receive payments immediately as opposed to checks in the covery needs, supported by the CFO’s near future. Locally, the Houston Com-
mail.” discretionary grantmaking funds, the munity Foundation is working with its
Missouri Foundation for Health and the affiliates.
WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO DON’T NORMALLY FILE? Louis L. and Julia Dorothy Coover Char- The application process is open to non-
itable Foundation managed by Com- profits and IRS-equivalent organizations
Many people, including those on Social Security, some veterans and people with merce Trust. Since then, funders making like faith and civic agencies. The CFO
disabilities and others don’t normally have to file a tax return. Those people “will commitments of $25,000 or more include does not make grants directly to indi-
need to file a simple tax return to receive an economic impact payment.” White River Valley Electric Cooperative, viduals.
“IRS.gov/coronavirus will soon provide information instructing people in these
groups on how to file a 2019 tax return with simple, but necessary, information in-
cluding their filing status, number of dependents and direct deposit bank account
information,” the IRS said.
Agency sounds alarm on reduction
WHAT IF I OWE BACK TAXES?
in hotline calls; plea goes out
Owing back taxes to a state or the IRS will not change your stimulus payment, ac- Since March 11, the state has had a some daycares have also closed and
cording to Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. 50 percent decline in the number of after-school activities and churches,
The only thing that could change the amount of the check is owing for unpaid calls to the Child Abuse and Neglect which are some of our other pretty im-
child support that has been reported to the Treasury Department, Grassley said. Hotline – another mark left by the portant reporting parties.”
coronavirus. The Children’s Division is also very
Sara Smith, deputy director of the concerned that social isolation and the
Missouri Children’s Division, says the unprecedented pressures parents and
Texas County Health Department provides hotline had about 154,000 calls last fis- families are experiencing are elevat-
cal year. ing the risk for child abuse or neglect.
information on Missouri’s ‘stay-at-home’ order “I mean average right now would be “There are some stressors that would
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson an- functions. around 650 (daily calls) and we’re see- definitely be a concern during this pe-
nounced Friday night a “Statewide Stay The order mandates schools remain ing about less than half of that,” Smith riod of unchartered time,” Smith said.
At Home” order would go into effect at closed through the end of the order. said. Children’s Division workers are still
12:01 a.m. April 6, and continue through The order does not prohibit the schools Mandated reporters, at schools and connecting with families, providing
11:59 p.m. April 24, to protect public from continuing daycare and food dis- some daycares and churches, are not assistance and helping to ensure that
health and prevent the further spread tribution plans to students by delivery seeing kids in person like they nor- kids are safe.
of COVID-19. or pickup. mally do. Smith is pleading to schools, church-
It is important that everyone follow Food and drink purchases from res- “This is even lower than what we es and daycares to check in on their
the local public health guidance and the taurants, bars and food courts is lim- even see in the summer when school kids from time-to-time by telephone or
governor’s order to protect our commu- ited to the use of drive through, pickup is out,” Smith said. “Probably because online.
nity. The more that people reduce their or delivery options.
public contact, the sooner Covid-19 will Visiting nursing homes, long term
be contained and the sooner this order care establishments and retirement
will expire. homes is prohibited unless you are pro-
What the order means for Texas viding critical care services.
County citizens is you should stay at The order does not prohibit or re-
home unless it is necessary for: strict the lawful possession, transfer,
nAccessing food. sale, transportation, storage, display or
nPrescriptions. use of firearms or ammunition howev-
nHealthcare. er social distancing applications must
nEngaging in outdoor activity. be used for sporting activities.
nAttending your place of worship State office buildings are closed, but
provided that limitations for social essential state functions will continue.
gatherings and social distancing are In summary, the order does not keep
adhered to. people from accessing important essen-
Travel to and from work is allowed as tial services such as grocery stores, gas
set forth in the essential worker func- stations, banks or engaging in outdoor
tion guidelines. Check with your em- recreations, but it does require people
ployer if you have questions regarding to stay home to protect themselves and
your work functions. the community if they do not need to be
Retail sales establishments will ap- going out.
ply social distancing practices by lim- Our community has already made a
iting the number of people in the store lot of voluntary sacrifices to reduce the
at any given time. You may see changes transmission of COVID-19 and protect
in how the retail stores operate during our vulnerable population. The state-
this time. wide order that was enacted, reinforces
The stay at home order states that the need to continue these measures for
no social gatherings, public or private, reducing the impact of Covid-19.
should include more than 10 people in If you have additional questions about
a single space at the same time. This in- the Missouri’s “Statewide Stay at Home
cludes any planned as well as spontane- Order,” contact the health department
ous gatherings. at 417-967-4131.
Social distancing requirements in-
clude maintaining six feet of space be- JACKIE SMITH,
tween individuals. This provision does DIRECTOR,
not apply to family members or indi- TEXAS COUNTY
viduals performing essential worker HEALTH DEPARTMENT

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301 West Steel • Seymour Sunday Morning 10:00 a.m. Blvd., Houston
Wednesday Bible Study 6:00 p.m.
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I raise a hallelujah,
in the presence of my enemies “Raise a Hallelujah”
I raise a hallelujah,
- Bethel Music
louder than the unbelief
 HOUSTON HERALD n Thursday, April 9, 2020 B5

WORSHIP GUIDE
FAITH-BASED EVENTS
The following are listings of activities and events hosted by area churches and
ministries. To list yours, email news@houstonherald.com by 5 p.m. each Monday.
CARRY THE CROSS • APRIL 10
nLocation: U.S. 63 in Texas County
nTime: 7-11 a.m.
nFacebook: faithfellowshipcr
nDetails: There will be no 6 a.m. rally. Go directly to your cross location and
follow guidelines set forth by CTC Texas County. Visit the Facebook page for
more information.

LAUNCH STUDENT MINISTRIES • EVERY WEDNESDAY

nLocation: Faith Fellowship, Houston
nTime: 7 p.m.
nFacebook: launchstudentministries
nInstagram & Snapchat: launch54
nDetails: Launch meets for youth group each Wednesday inside the Launch
Student Center. Teenagers in grades 7-12 are welcome. Doors open at 6 p.m.
with pool, basketball, video games and a full snack bar available.
CABOOL 417-962-4206
MTN GROVE 417-926-4206
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Church of Christ Cabool Victory Faith Fellowship

401 S. First Bill Villapiano, pastor
Houston Worship Center 7804 Highway 17, Houston TCMH Chapel &
Church 121 S. U.S. 63, Cabool
417-967-3694 Pastor Bill Kelley
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. Volunteer Chaplains
of Christ Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Sunday Evening 6:00 p.m.
Highway 38, Bendavis Celebrate Recovery

We want to be
Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m.
Edward Williamson, minister Wednesday Evening 7:00 p.m. Available 24/7 for
Sunday Morning 10:30 a.m
Fairview Pentecostal Launch Student Ministries Your Spiritual Health
YOUR tire store! Church
Holiness Church
John Emery, pastor
SuperKids
Adult Teaching
Small Groups Meet Weekly in Homes
OPEN SATURDAY MORNING of Christ Highways 38 and M
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Texas County
(Temple Lot)
Morning Worship 10:55 a.m.
Hillside Memorial Hospital
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Worship Service 11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening 6:00 p.m. Wedding Chapel
210 S. Fourth St., Houston 1333 S. Sam Houston Blvd., Houston
Sunday Evening 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening 7:00 p.m. www.tcmh.org | 417-967-3311
Sunday Bible Study 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday Evening 6:00 p.m.
Midvale Pentecostal
Church of God Holiness Church Orthodox Christian
Michael L. Brown, pastor Church
PESTS TAKING OVER? First Church of God Sunday School 10:00 a.m. General Leonard Wood
Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Army Hospital Chapel
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening 6:30 p.m. Sunday Service 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 p.m.
Call Stallcup Sunday Evening
Wednesday Evening
6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. Palace Union Church
Exterminating New Life Ministries Wesley Wallace, pastor
117 Hwy 32
Termite and Pest Control! Lutheran Highway 17 North, Roby
1/4 mile from Fort Wood Licking, MO
Judy Routh, pastor
Southgate Hwys. AW at TT
Holy Cross Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
573-674-3734
417-967-2575 Lutheran Church
Morning Worship
Sunday Evening
10:45 a.m.
6:30 p.m.
Sunday School
Worship
10:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
Toll free 866-967-2575 David Kettner, pastor Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. 719 Ozark Ave.
Worship Service 8:00 a.m. Raymondville
Steve and LeAn Stallcup
Sunday School 9:15 a.m. Souls Harbor Community Cabool, MO
Owners
Methodist Family Worship Church 573-962-3100
Cody Neugebauer, pastor Greg Berglund, pastor
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Cabool United Morning Worship and
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
Methodist Church Children’s Church 10:30 a.m.

Texas CounTy TeChniCal College

Rev. Terry Lippstreu
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Worship Service 10:40 a.m.
Houston United
Methodist Church
Rev. Terry Lippstreu
Worship Service 9:00 a.m.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Raymondville
United Methodist
6915 S. Highway 63, Houston MO
417-967-5466 or 800-835-1130 Church
Guest pastors
www.texascountytech.edu Morning Worship 10:00 a.m.
Sunday Evening 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Services 6:30 p.m.
Various Denominations
Bado Community
Church
Randle Scheets, pastor
417-260-2303
Broken Chain
Church
408 Walnut St.
Pastor Ivan Breedlove
Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m.
Evening Worship 6:00 p.m
Wednesday Evening 6:00 p.m
Evening Worship 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday
Bible Study 5:30 p.m.
Houston
Seventh-day
Adventist Church
Brett Randall, pastor
417-967-4121
Sat. Sabbath school 9:30 a.m.
Saturday service 11:00 a.m.
Thursday Prayer Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Summersville
Mennonite Church
Bishop Joe Weirich — Stoops Road

PROUD
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Mormon Big Creek

David Jett, pastor
Trinity Worship Center
Pastor Michael Wasson
Church of Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Non-denominational
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
Jesus Christ of Evening Worship 7:00 p.m.
15015 Highway AW, Evening Shade
Sunday Service 10:00 a.m.
Latter-day Saints Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 p.m.
Sunday Evening 6:30 p.m.
Houston Ward
Wednesday Service 7:00 p.m.
Sacrament Meeting 10:00 a.m. Clear Springs
Sunday School 11:00 a.m.
Primary 11:00 a.m. to noon Community Church Union Chapel
1717 U.S. 63, Houston Priesthood and JD Mattison, pastor Tim Cantrell, pastor
417-967-9797 Relief Society Noon Jerry Barton, associate pastor
1981 Bradford Rd
Sunday Morning 11:00 a.m.
800-977-2155 Family history center 6-8:00 pm Sunday Evening 7:00 p.m.
(Wednesdays or by appointment by Willow Springs Wednesday Evening 7:00 p.m.
calling 417-458-1505) Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
FAX 417-967-2122 Wednesday Service 7:00 p.m.
EMAIL: dawn@burchins.com Wellspring Church
Nazarene Community Bill Wright, pastor
Sunday Bible Study 9:45 a.m.
New Horizon Church Crossroads Church Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m.
Junction of Highways B Wednesday 7:00 p.m.
of the Nazarene Covering
and 137, Raymondville
Ken Lawson, pastor Jim Root, pastor Southwest Missouri
GARY AND BRENDA GENTRY • 401 S. GRAND, HOUSTON Willow Springs Since 1958
16697 Amber Dr., Houston Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
417-967-2172
Elaine’s Tax Service
Sunday Fellowship 10:00 a.m. Sunday Services 11:00 a.m. Presbyterian
Sunday Service 10:30 a.m. 210 N Center St, Willow Springs 417-935-4236
Countryside Sunday Service 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Bible Study 10:30 a.m. 2680 Main Lane • Mountain Grove
Pentecostal Worship 417-926-4565 ets.traci@gmail.com
Rick Dixon, pastor
Apostolic 18429 Highway B, Raymondville New Life Ministries
Sunday Services 9:30 a.m. 13894 Highway 17, Plato
Pentecostal Church
Douglas Hampton, pastor
Sunday Morning 10:00 a.m.
Disciples
Fellowship
Sunday School
Morning Worship
Sunday Evening
10:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
5:00 p.m.
J.L. FRIEND
HARDWARE & Sunday Evening 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Evening 7:00 p.m. Everett Perkins, pastor
Wednesday Evening 6:30 p.m. LUMBER CO.
Tuesday Bible Study 6:00 p.m 205 N. Main, Licking 145 W. HIGHWAY 32, LICKING
SUPPLY Sunday Services
Morning Worship
10 a.m.
11 a.m. 573-674-3115
Wednesday Bible Study 6:00 p.m.
B6 Thursday, April 9, 2020 n HOUSTON HERALD

PUBLIC NOTICES
In the Circuit Court
of Texas County,
Missouri
Probate Division
In the Estate of:
James Francis
Jackson, Deceased.
Estate No.
20TE-PR00043
Notice of Hearing to
Determine Heirship
(Sec. 473.663 RSMo.)
To: Glendia Elizabeth
Jackson, 9204 Highway
17, Bucyrus, Mo. 65444
Tara Dawnelle Kerns,
4710 S. Winsor Dr.,
Battlefield, Mo. 65619
and all other persons,
known or unknown,
interested or claiming an
interest in the property
hereinbelow described,
as an heir, or through an
heir, of the above-named
decedent.
You are hereby notified
that you are entitled to
appear and be heard at a
hearing to be held May
5, 2020, at 9:00 o’clock
a.m. in the courtroom of
the Probate Division at
Houston, Missouri, on
the petition to determine
the heirs of the above-
named decedent, who
died Jan. 19, 2015 and
their respective interests
as heirs in the following
described property:
Real property located
in Texas County,
Missouri, more
particularly described
as follows: A part of the
South East Quarter of
the South East Quarter
of Section Eighteen
(18), Township Thirty-
one (31) North, Range
Ten (10) West, lying
North and East of
Highway No. 17, as
now located, and more
particularly described
as follows:
Beginning at the
Southeast corner
of said South East
Quarter of the South
East Quarter and run
West on the South line
thereof two hundred
thirty two (232) feet
to the East line of
the Right-of-Way of
Highway No. 17, thence
in a Northwesterly
direction following
the East line of
Highway No. 17, four
hundred seventy five
(475) feet, thence
in a Northeasterly
direction four hundred
seventy five (475) feet
to the East line of said
South East Quarter
of the South East
Quarter, at a point five
hundred seventy (570)
feet North of the place notified that an action judgment by default will to the highest bidder
of beginning, thence has been commenced be rendered against you for cash the following
South on said East line in the Probate Division insofar as your interests described real estate,
five hundred seventy of the Circuit Court of appear in this suit. described in said Deed
(570) feet to the place Texas County, Missouri, Witness by hand of Trust, and situated in
of beginning. the object and general and seal of the Circuit Texas County, State of
Said action has nature of which is a Court of Texas County, Missouri, to wit:
been designated as an request on the part of Missouri, Probate All of Lot 1 in Ozark
adversary proceeding Mary Elizabeth Smith Division, this 2nd day of Manor Estates, a
and shall be governed by to become Guardian April, 2020. subdivision of Texas
the applicable Rules of of D.A.F., minor child, (Seal) County, Missouri, as
Civil Procedure and by DOB 01/08/11, and it is /s/Marci Mosley, shown in the plat filed
Circuit Court Rule 33. alleged that the natural Circuit Clerk 50/4t in Plat Book 1, Page 11,
Dated: March 24, 2020 parent’s whereabouts Texas County Records.
(Seal) are unknown and that to satisfy said debt and
/s/Marci Mosley, he can be served only by Trustee’s Sale cost.
Circuit Clerk publication of notice. In Re: Don M. Keaton Millsap & Singer,
By: Shelly Cummins, The names of all of Trustee’s Sale: P.C., Successor Trustee,
Deputy Clerk the parties to said suit For default in payment 612 Spirit Drive, St. Louis,
Douglas R. Nickell, are: D.A.F., minor child; of debt and performance MO 63005, (636) 537-0110
Attorney for Petitioner, Amanda Dawn Smith, of obligation secured by File No:
2805 S. Ingram Mill Rd., natural mother; Bruce Deed of Trust executed by 197753.050620.399781 FC
Springfield, Missouri Fisher, natural father; Don M. Keaton dated May Notice
65804, 417-447-4400 49/4t Mary Elizabeth Smith, 13, 2013 and recorded in Pursuant to the Fair
Petitioner, Texas County the Office of the Recorder Debt Collection Practices
Children’s Division; and of Deeds of Texas Act, 15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no
the name and address County, Missouri in information concerning
In the Circuit of of the attorneys for Book 2013, Page 1512 the the collection of this debt
Texas County, Petitioner, Thomas, undersigned Successor may be given without
Missouri Birdsong, Mills, McBride Trustee, at the request of the prior consent of the
Probate Division & Osborne, P.C., 1100 N. the legal holder of said consumer given directly
In re the matter of Elm St., Rolla, Missouri, Note will on Wednesday, to the debt collector or
D.A.F., 65401. May 6, 2020 between the the express permission
D/O/B 01/08/2011 You are hereby notified hours of 9:00 a.m. and of a court of competent
Minor. that unless you file an 5:00 p.m., (at the specific jurisdiction. The debt
Case No. answer or other pleading time of 10:45 AM), at collector is attempting
19TE-PR00098 or shall otherwise appear the West front door of to collect a debt and any
Notice Upon Order For and defend against the the Courthouse, City information obtained will
Service By Publication aforesaid petition within of Houston, County of be used for that purpose.
To: Bruce Fisher forty-five days after the Texas, State of Missouri, Publish On: April 9, 16,
You are hereby 9th day of April, 2020, sell at public vendue 23, 30, 2020 50/4t

Parson freezes $180 million in spending;

coronavirus cuts to hit higher education, other programs
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said last
week the state would freeze about $180
million in planned spending as a result
of economic downturn caused by the
coronavirus outbreak.
Parson said the state faces a $500 mil-
lion budget shortfall for the current fis-
cal year, which ends June 30. In addition
to the money withheld, Parson said he
was hopeful the state would be able to
use $315 million in federal funds to plug
the budget hole.
“Doing so still may not be enough to
solve the problem,” he said, adding that
more cuts could be on the way.
Parson and state Budget Director Dan
Haug said the lagging revenue collec-
tions would likely continue into the next
fiscal year, which begins in July.
“COVID-19 has had serious impacts
on our anticipated economic growth,”
Parson said during his daily briefing.
“And now we are expecting significant
revenue declines, some of which may
be larger than those experienced dur-
ing the Great Recession. I want to assure
you that these restrictions are absolutely
necessary.”
Higher education will suffer the most.
A list of budget restrictions said the state
would restrict $61.3 million from four-
year higher education institutions and
$11.6 million from community colleges.
According to the list, the state will
withhold $2.4 million from the University
of Missouri’s Precision Science Initiative
and $5 million in lottery funds from the
Fast-Track scholarship program, which
Parson pushed last year.
In total, the plan withholds $81.6 mil-
lion from the Department of Higher Ed-
ucation and Workforce Development.
“Restrictions like that for higher edu-
cation institutions are going to be pain-
ful for Columbia and other communities
across the state,” said Rep. Kip Kendrick,
D-Columbia, whose district includes the
University of Missouri.
Kendrick, the top-ranking Democrat
on the House Budget Committee, said
he wasn’t surprised to learn that higher
education was taking a hit.
“There’s not much fat left in the bud-
get,” Kendrick said of the state’s annual
$30 billion spending plan. “Not that high-
er education’s fat, but I think that some
people view higher education funding
as more discretionary than other pots.
There’s not a whole lot of discretionary
funds that aren’t mandated expenditures
left in the budget.”
The University of Missouri System
said in a news release it would lose $36.5
million as a result of the announcement.
Mun Choi, president of the system, with
four campuses statewide, said in a state-
ment university leaders expect to “make
additional difficult decisions in the fu-
ture.”
“We appreciate everything that our
elected officials are doing during this un-
precedented time,” Choi said. “The state
is working hard to prioritize its resourc-
es, and we must all work together to get
past this crisis.”
The Parson administration also was
poised to restrict $54.2 million that had
been slated for repairs and maintenance,
and $12.2 million from the Multipurpose
Water Resource Program, a grant pro-
gram under the Department of Natural
Resources.
Within the Department of Economic
Development, the plan restricts $6.5 mil-
lion from the Division of Tourism, $2.9
million from the Missouri Technology
Corporation and $3.3 million from the
Missouri One Start Job Development
Program.
Parson, a Republican sworn in on June
1, 2018, had been able to run the state
without using his power to freeze spend-
ing.
The last time a Missouri governor an-
nounced major budget restrictions was
in June 2017, when former Gov. Eric
Greitens announced $250 million in cuts
amid lagging revenue collections. The
latest announcement affected spending
during the current fiscal year, which
ends June 30.
In January, Parson presented a budget
plan for the fiscal year beginning in July
that assumed 1.9 percent growth. He has
since promised major changes.
Lawmakers have yet to return to the
Capitol to resume budget talks. They are
scheduled to return this week to take up
debate on an emergency spending plan
that will allow the governor to spend fed-
eral stimulus money.
The supplemental spending plan ap-
proved by the House earmarked $33 mil-
lion in federal aid. Democrats had sought
to bump that amount to more than $80
million, but were rebuffed by Republi-
cans who control the chamber.
Parson’s maneuver signaled the
amount needed is significantly more
than what the GOP signed off on before
leaving the Capitol March 19 for an ex-
tended break.
Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the
state has also pushed back the tax filing
deadline from April 15 to July 15, mean-
ing many tax receipts will likely flow
later than usual — a potential cash flow
headache.

Parson highlights ‘stay-at-home’ order

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson
on Saturday discussed parts of
the stay-at-home order he re-
cently announced that allows
businesses to remain open un-
der certain requirements and
limits the number of people
entering retail stores amid the
coronavirus crisis
But some Democrats are say-
ing the order is too weak, in-
cluding House Minority Lead-
er Crystal Quade, D-Spring-
field, who stated the directive
is “so riddled with exemptions
that it differs little” from the
state’s previous order issued
to prevent the further spread
of COVID-19.
TAKE A BREAK
The statewide stay-at-home
order, announced Friday eve-
ning from the Missouri De-
partment of Health and Senior
Services, directs Missourians
to avoid leaving their homes
but does not prohibit people
from essential activities, such
as traveling for work, picking
up food and prescriptions and
seeking health care.
Parson spent some time
discussing details of the new
statewide order but did not ad-
dress criticism of it during a
livestreamed news conference
Saturday afternoon.
Parson said occupancy
rules will be put in place for
essential retail businesses to
keep people separated and to
maintain safety. According to
the state’s health department,
smaller retailers less than
10,000-square-feet are being
asked to maintain 25 percent
GOV. MIKE PARSON
or less of the authorized occu-
pancy. Larger locations, 10,000
square-feet or greater, must
maintain 10 percent or less of
the authorized occupancy.
The governor reminded Mis-
sourians that being at home
“is the safest place you can
be” at this time. Statewide, at
least 2,291 people have tested
positive for COVID-19, and at
least 24 have died from the
disease, as this past weekend.
More than 27,000 people have
been tested by state and pri-
vate laboratories.
During a question-and-an-
swer session, the governor
repeated earlier statements
that businesses considered
non-essential must continue
to follow the March 21 order
that bans gatherings of more
than 10 people and requires
social distancing. He also said
the order will be enforced at
the local level.
The stay-at-home order,
which went into effect Mon-
day, will not supersede more
stringent stay-at-home orders
previously put in place in Mis-
souri counties and cities.
Some from the state legisla-
ture, including State Sen. Lau-
ren Arthur of Kansas City,
say the new statewide order is
a step forward but does not do
enough to make a significant
impact.
“Families, businesses and
healthcare workers across
the state were counting on the
Gov. Parson to do the right
thing, but by including these
broad exemptions he seems to
get it wrong,” Arthur said in a
statement.
State Rep. Greg Razer, also
from Kansas City, said he ap-
preciates limitations to the
number of people entering
retail businesses, but worries
that allowing non-essential
businesses to stay open “sends
the signal to people that it’s
still OK to go out and carry on
with your everyday routines.”
“The message needs to be
clear — stay home.”

COVID-19: A roundup of information
Ozarks Food Harvest launches
multi-faceted response to COVID-19
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic,
Ozarks Food Harvest (OFH) has com-
mitted to providing a million meals in
90 days to families who are struggling
to make ends meet during this unpre-
dictable time.
Thousands of individuals are try-
ing to balance work,
unemployment, help-
ing high-risk relatives
and staying home with
children, making more
people than ever in
need of food assistance.
To meet this increased
demand, OFH has pur-
chased more food, started to distribute
more food through additional Mobile
Food Pantries and hired temporary
workers.
OFH serves 28 counties in southwest
Missouri – including Texas County –
and is continuing to provide safe, nu-
tritious food to anyone who needs it.
OFH partners with more than 270 hun-
ger-relief organizations in the Ozarks,
and the majority of these sites have
adopted a drive-through or walk-up
method to keep people and food safe.
OFH has suspended volunteer ses-
Fort Wood opens new urgent care clinic
The General Leonard Wood Army
Community Hospital opened a new ur-
gent care clinic to reduce wait times for
non-emergency patients.
The new clinic is open from 10 a.m. to
10 p.m. daily, and is across the hall from
the emergency room entrance. The sol-
dier-centered medical team sick call is
also now temporarily there from 6:30 to
8:30 a.m.
According to Lt. Col. Sashi Zicke-
foose, Primary Care Service Line chief,
its services are open to ID card holders,
and Tricare Prime, Select and Direct
Care can use the facility as well.
Anyone experiencing COVID-19
symptoms should visit the Harper
Screening Facility, which can be
reached by calling 573-596-3663.
Zickefoose said the addition of an
urgent care facility was necessary to
provide patients with more healthcare
opportunities.
“The purpose is to provide another
option to our beneficiaries outside
of primary care and the emergency
room,” Zickefoose said. “Wait times in
our ER have been consistently high and
a large majority of the patients seen
were non-emergency type visits.”
People seeking treatment should be
aware of the difference in urgent care
and emergency care options.
“The emergency room is intended for
things that may cause loss of life, limb
or eyesight,” Zickefoose said. “Urgent
State attorney general, hospital association
urge not to hoard medical supplies
Missouri Attorney General Eric
Schmitt and Missouri Hospital Associa-
tion President and CEO Herb Kuhn are
urging Missourians not to hoard medi-
cal supplies.
President Trump issued an executive
order recently also cautioning against
hoarding of medical supplies. The or-
der reads, “it is the policy of the United
States that health and medical resourc-
es needed to respond to the spread of
COVID-19, such as personal protective
equipment and sanitizing and disinfect-
ing products, are not hoarded.”
“Supplies like personal protective
equipment and sanitizing products
are in short supply and high demand,”
Schmitt said. “Buying these medical
supplies on an as-needed basis to keep
yourself safe from the spread of COV-
ID-19 is encouraged, but unless you re-
quire large quantities of these supplies,
Missourians are urged not to hoard
items like face masks and sanitizing
products to ensure that those fighting
the pandemic on the frontlines are still
www.houstonherald.com
sions until further notice, but thanks
to a grant from Missouri Foundation
for Health, OFH has hired 30 tempo-
rary workers to sort and pack food.
These workers were hired after previ-
ous employers temporarily closed due
to COVID-19.
Bart Brown, presi-
dent and CEO of
Ozarks Food Harvest,
is asking the commu-
nity for support with a
fund donation that will
help purchase addi-
tional food, hire more
truck drivers and buy
necessary transportation equipment.
“The need is unprecedented,” Brown
said, “and we’re having dozens of
trucks of food shipped in weekly, with-
out regard to cost, to make sure no one
goes hungry. Your help means more
than ever as every dollar donated will
help provide $10 worth of groceries to
people in need right now.”
To make a donation to the OFH COV-
ID-19 Hope Fund, log onto ozarksfood-
harvest.org/donate, and select “COV-
ID-19 Hope Fund” from the dropdown
menu.
care services are medically necessary
services which are required for an ill-
ness or injury that would not result in
further disability or death if not treated
immediately, but require professional
attention and have the potential to de-
velop such a threat if treatment is de-
layed longer than 24 hours.”
Zickefoose listed some conditions that
are suitable for urgent care, but usually
not emergency care.
“Some problems you would come to
urgent care for are urinary tract in-
fections, cuts, bruises, eye or ear in-
fections, minor fractures, strains and
sprains, and rashes to list a few,” Zick-
efoose said.
Although the facility has not been
open long, Zickefoose said they are al-
ready seeing a change.
“We have seen a decrease in the num-
ber of patients seen in the ER for non-
emergent conditions,” Zickefoose said.
“We are still monitoring the long-term
impact to both ER and urgent care wait
times, patient satisfaction and quality
of care.”
According to Zickefoose, the hospital
plans to keep the new clinic open indefi-
nitely.
As a reminder, those with COVID-19
concerns need to contact Harper In-
Processing Screening Clinic at 573-596-
3663 for information on specific instruc-
tions and not go to the post hospital, ur-
gent care or the ER.
able to get the equipment they need.”
“To deliver the safe, effective care
Missourians need, hospitals need a
healthy workforce,” said Herb B. Kuhn,
MHA president and CEO. “As the sup-
ply of personal protective equipment
grows short, hospitals are doing every-
thing possible to conserve the resource
while protecting their workers. Hoard-
ing scarce supplies makes it harder
for hospitals to do their job and puts
Missourians and the state’s healthcare
workers at greater risk.”
The attorney general’s office and the
Missouri Hospital Association also re-
cently warned about medical supply
chain price gouging.
For more information and resources
on COVID-19, visit the Missouri Hos-
pital Association’s dedicated page at:
https://web.mhanet.com/coronavirus-
disease.aspx or the Missouri Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services’
page at: https://health.mo.gov/living/
healthcondiseases/communicable/
novel-coronavirus/.
HOUSTON HERALD n Thursday, April 9, 2020 B7
Organization expands guidelines
to help Missourians in need of legal answers
Missouri lawyers are available to set guidelines and the number of ques-
help by fielding legal questions about tions individuals may ask annually
COVID-19 and its impact on our lives has increased from three to five. Pro-
and livelihoods. visions have also been made for people
Missouri.FreeLegalAnswers.org, a who have been laid off as a result of the
virtual legal clinic platform produced pandemic.
by The Missouri Bar and American It’s easy and free. So, how does it
Bar Association, has expanded its ser- work?
vices to help even more Missouri citi- 1. Log in at Missouri.FreeLegalAn-
zens of modest means receive answers swers.org and answer a few questions
to legal questions, at no cost, from li- to be sure you qualify for the service.
censed Missouri lawyers. 2. Ask your noncriminal legal ques-
“Missouri lawyers want you to know tion via the website.
you are not alone when it comes to the 3. One of our volunteer lawyers an-
legal issues in your life,” said John swers your question.
Gunn, 2019-20 Missouri Bar president- 4. You get an email letting you know
elect. “If your income has been impact- the answer has been provided. Log in
ed by the current global crisis or if you to your account to view the answer.
qualify as a low-income household, Gunn said more Missouri lawyers
you can have your legal questions an- are volunteering to help Missourians
swered for free. Missouri lawyers are in this time of crisis. He encourages
volunteering their time and legal ex- citizens to log in today to receive an-
pertise to help you.” swers to the issues related to employ-
Gunn said to serve more Missouri- ment, landlord/tenant problems, con-
ans, changes have been made to the tracts and more that Missouri citizens
virtual clinic to expand income and as- are facing.
MDC reminds people to follow health
precautions while outdoors
With many people in Missouri head- Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
ing outside to enjoy the spring weather, vention on best practices for keep-
the Missouri Department of Conserva- ing you and your family safe at gov/
tion (MDC) reminds people that it is coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html.
still critical for everyone to continue
to heed all recommendations for physi- STAY SAFE
cal distancing, avoiding overcrowding, WHILE FISHING FOR FREE
hand-washing, and other public-health
measures during outdoor activities. MDC and the Missouri Conservation
“The current public-health emer- Commission have temporarily waived
gency caused by the coronavirus has permit requirements for sport fishing
many Missourians and others looking and daily trout tags for Missouri resi-
for safe ways to get outside in nature,” dents and nonresidents whose fishing
said MDC Director Sara Parker Pau- privileges are not otherwise suspend-
ley. “Visiting conservation areas, hik- ed. The waiver of needing a permit or
ing area trails, fishing and other out- trout tag to fish will run through April
door activities are great ways for peo- 15. Seasons, methods and limits still ap-
ple to connect with nature while still ply and will be enforced. Learn more at
complying with all health mdc.mo.gov/newsroom/
and safety recommenda- mdc-temporarily-waive-
tions. Outdoor activities fishing-permits-starting-
are also great way to get friday.
some much needed physi- MDC emphasizes that it
cal and mental health ben- is still critical for every-
efits during this stressful one to continue to heed
time.” all recommendations for
MDC advises people to physical distancing, avoid-
make outdoor activities as ing overcrowding, hand-
safe and enjoyable as pos- washing and other public-
sible by taking the follow- PAULEY health measures while
ing actions: fishing.
nIf you have been sick in the last
two weeks, please stay home for your SPRING TURKEY SEASON
health and the safety of others. AND FLOODING NOTICE
nTravel in a small group of 10 peo-
ple or fewer. If a conservation area Spring turkey season in Missouri re-
looks crowded or an area parking lot is mains open and as scheduled. For more
full, do not stop and find another less- on spring turkey hunting in Missouri,
crowded location. log onto mdc.mo.gov/newsroom/mdc-
nKeep a proper physical distance forecasts-challenging-spring-turkey-
of at least six feet while visiting areas hunting-season-0.
and especially on trails. Flood-prone areas in southeast Mis-
nAvoid popular spots where people souri will be closed to all hunting dur-
congregate, such as scenic overlooks, ing spring turkey season when river
fishing docks, etc. levels exceed certain limits on local
nPack water, soap and/or hand sani- river gauges. To see if an area is closed
tizer. for hunting, visit mdc.mo.gov/semo-
Get more information from the floods.
Texas County Fair Board
cancels livestock weigh-ins
The Texas County Fair Board announced Monday that youth livestock weigh-
ins set for April 19 have been canceled due to the COVID-19 situation.
In a Facebook post, the Fair Board presented numerous guidelines for exhibi-
tors still hoping to show and sell animals at the fair.
The Texas County Fair is scheduled to take place July 28 through Aug. 1.
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B8 Thursday, April 9, 2020 n HOUSTON HERALD
A MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSTON HERALD...
As the United States faces the worst public health
crisis in a generation, we want you to know we are
here for you — and with you.
Whatever happens, whenever it happens, your
newspaper will be there for you. We’ll be there to
let you know how our community is managing
through this crisis — from business to government
to the Texas County Memorial Hospital system and
schools to the drastic impact on individuals and
families.
And we’ll be there to let you know about the
good and extraordinary things happening in the
midst of this crisis — the health workers putting
themselves in harm’s way to care for the sick, the
individuals who report to work for jobs deemed
Find what you need, when you need it.
Searching for a professional for repair or installation?
Our variety of business listings are here to help out when you need them.
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1220 S. Sam Houston Blvd., Houston
Hours: 8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Monday - Friday
(Closed for lunch - noon - 1 p.m.)
d-West Overhead Do
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• Garage Doors and Openers • Commercial and Residential
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too essential to society, the Houston Senior Center governor said recently. “This is just the beginning. We’re two
volunteers bringing food to elderly people who cannot or three months, at a bare minimum, that we’re going to
leave their homes, and the school districts working have to deal with this issue.”
to ensure their students don’t go hungry even if they
don’t go to the classroom. But we will be here to help you make sense of this
pandemic and its effect on our community.
Amidst the sadness and anxiety, there are uplifting
moments that remind us of the resilience of the human Having fact-based, reliable reporting that provides public
spirit, and we’ll be there to document those too. scrutiny and oversight is more important than ever.
Together, since 1878, this newspaper and its readers have
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said the timeline for the navigated horrific events — natural disasters, terrorism,
future of coronavirus in Missouri will be measured in financial downturns, periods of extreme political and
months, not days or weeks, and it will put a strain on societal division.
the state’s people and economy.
This challenge is greater than any of those, but, rest assured,
“We’ve got a lot of days we gotta go through,” the we’ll be here for you. Missouri is a resilient state where
people come together to build and rebuild. Let’s stick
together, and we will come through this, too.
Sharp ShooterS
“IF YOU’RE DRY...GIVE US A TRY”
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• Pawn • Gold
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• Firearms • Ammunition
• Missouri Licensed/Insured
• Honest Work/Competitive Prices 415 E. Walnut St., 417-967-0515
Seaman Don Mahan, 417-247-2503;
BUY • SELL • TRADE
or Clinton Mahan, 417-247-7728
Butcher Licking Roofing Co.
Shop Third Generation
Benny Sutton Free Estimates
“Custom Processing” P.O. Box 33 • EPDM Rubber
Beef and Hogs • Curing and Smoking No Meat Sales Bucyrus, MO 65444 and TPO Flat Roofs
• Shingle Roofing
417-926-6500 417-967-5297 • Metal Roofing
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Goulds Pumps
Arpco Pump Service Inc. Jess Campbell • Acne Treatment
8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Friday • Laser Hair Removal 417-217-0483 • Rosacea & Eczema
Treatments
“Under new management, with same great service.”
• Tattoo Removal • Skin Tag Removal
U.S. 63 south of Houston
• Fotofacials
• Scar Reduction
Secure 24-hour tanning salon.
Three beds have new,
• Spider Vein Treatment
• Body Sculpting
• Age Spot Removal high-pressure bronzing bulbs. • Teeth Whitening
417-967-2583 • 800-398-2583
www.arpcopump.com • New owner: Seth Harker Facebook/simplysmoothlaserandtan • 112 W. Main St., Houston
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MESSENGER
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Licking, Mo. 65542

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purchase

Due to the
ever-changing nature
of COVID-19, these Local Business Guide
hours and services are Hours & Services
subject to change.

DINING
nSonic
1486 S. Sam Houston Blvd.,
Houston
6am-10pm, Mon-Thurs | 6am-
12am, Fri-Sat | 9am-10pm, Sun
Drive Thru, Curbside Pickup
nThe Eatin’ Place
1450 C.W. Harry, Houston
417-967-0272
7am-3 pm, Mon-Sat
Drive Thru only and bulk foods 11am- closing varies (at least to 11pm, Fri-Sat
sold
nSavor Grill & BBQ nLilia’s Taqueria nWhispering Pines Café
305 Highway 17, Houston 112 Grand Ave., Houston 410 N. U.S. 63, Houston
417-967-5555, Facebook 417-967-0534, Facebook 417-967-2275
11am - 7pm, Mon-Sat 10am-8pm, Mon-Sat 6am-3pm, Mon-Sat | 7am-3pm,
Curbside, Takeout Take out only for now Sun
Curbside pick-up, delivery or
nPizza Hut outside dining; 10% off for law
nSpring Garden 1530 S. Sam Houston Blvd., enforcement and emergency
1030 S. Sam Houston Blvd., Houston responders.
Houston 417-967-4547 or pizzahut.com
417-967-4151 11am-10pm, Sun-Thur | 11am-
7pm), Tues-Sat Delivery or pickup

BUSINESSES
nWalmart
1433 S. Sam Houston Blvd., Houston
7 am-8:30 pm, Sunday-Saturday
*Seniors and those at risk only 6-7 am on
Tuesdays.
• Vision Center: Emergencies only | 10
am-2 pm, Sun-Sat | 7 am-2 pm, Tues.
• Pharmacy: 10 am-6 pm, Sun | 9am-7pm,
Sat | 8 am-7 pm, Mon | 7 am-7 pm, Tues |
8 am-7 pm, Wed-Fri. Pharmacy curbside
pickup now available.
nProgressive Ozark Bank
1460 S. Sam Houston Blvd., Houston
Call 9am-4pm, Mon-Fri at 417-967-4196
Drive thru hours: 7:30 am-5:30 pm Mon-Fri
| 8am-noon, Sat
Other 24/7 services: ATM, mobile deposits,
online transfers, online bill pay.
nOrscheln Farm & Home
1476 S. Sam Houston Blvd., Houston
417-967-8668
8am-6pm, Sun-Sat | Tuesday, 5% military
discount | Wednesday, 5% senior discount
Help available for loading items
nSharp Shooters Gun & Pawn
415 E. Walnut St., Houston
417-967-0515
8:30 am-5:30 pm, Tues-Fri | 8:30 am-3 pm, Detailing
Sat
Ammo arriving daily
nWhiddon’s Air & Electrical LLC
712 S. First St., Houston
417-967-2422
8 am-4 pm, Mon-Fri | evenings, weekends 404 S. Grand Ave., Houston
and holidays by appointment
Open unless local regulations require clo- 8am-5pm, Mon-Fri | 8am-noon, Sat
sure
nMike Woolsey & Sons Drilling & nBurch Insurance
Pump Service 1717 S. Highway 63, Houston
2431 Date Drive, Summersville 417-967-9797, Facebook, dawn@burchins.
417-932-4036, www.woolseypump.com com
By appointment Office closed to public; drive-up window
Business as usual with social distancing in is open 9am-3pm Mon-Fri, scheduling ap-
mind. pointments. Will be closed Good Friday.
nCHC Do It Center nForbes Pharmacy, powered by
1453 S. Sam Houston Blvd., Houston
417-967-4179, www.shopchchomecenter. Walgreens
com 100 N. Grand Ave., Houston
8:30am-4:30pm, Mon-Fri | 9am-4pm, Sat 417-967-3315
Hours are until further notice 9am-6pm, Mon-Fri | 9am-2pm, Sat
Local delivery, mail out service
nPiney River Ford
1100 S. Sam Houston Blvd., Houston nGrand Appliance
417-967-4134, 1466 S. Sam Houston Blvd., Houston
facebook.com/pineyriverford/ 417-967-4182, www.grandappliancehous-
8am-6pm, Mon-Fri (sales and service)| ton.com
8am-4pm, Sat (sales) 8am-5pm, Mon, Wed, Fri| 8am-noon Sat
Auto sales, service, parts and body shop Call for information and service
nKessler Accounting nCabool Kountry Meats
1495 S. Sam Houston Blvd., Houston
417-967-1040, www.kessleraccounting.com, 90 Industrial Park Rd., Cabool
text 417-238-0941 417-962-2112
9am-4pm, Mon-Fri 8am-5pm Mon-Fri | 9am-3pm Sat
Pick up by appointment only, client portal Normal operation or curbside pickup if de-
available sired
nDetailed Impressions Car Wash & nVIP Properties
1491 S. Sam Houston Blvd., Houston
417-967-8888, www.vipsalemmo.com
520 E. Main St., Houston
7 days a week by appointment only. The
417-217-8835
office is closed to the public
8am-5pm, Mon-Fri; Sat by appointment
Every vehicle sanitized before and after
detailing nFarm Bureau Insurance
6785 U.S. 63, Suite 3, Houston
nThe Bank of Houston 417-967-3725, Facebook (Kristie Miller)
8:30am-4:30 pm, Mon-Fri (no public access)
417-967-3351, www.thebankofhouston.com Phone/internet only. Taking after hours
calls and emails to assist customers as
Drive-up service only needed.
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TEXAS COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS

See more county-related information online at www.houstonherald.com/community/government
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ OFFICE 417-967-3222
SCOTT LONG, presiding commissioner 417-967-3222
JOHN CASEY, associate commissioner 417-962-3882
DOYLE HEINEY, associate commissioner 417-932-4486
LAURA CROWLEY, county clerk 417-967-2112
DEBBIE JAMES, county assessor 417-967-4709
TAMMY CANTRELL, collector-treasurer 417-967-2580
MARCI MOSLEY, circuit clerk 417-967-3742
LINDSAY KOCH, recorder of deeds 417-967-8438
SCOTT LINDSEY, sheriff 417-967-4165
MARIE LASATER, coroner 573-247-1672
CONNIE THOMPSON, public administrator 417-967-2669

LAND TRANSFERS
March 2020 – Janean
Miller and Kyle Miller to
Kaden Miller, part of S 5,
T 29, R 11.
March 2020 – George
L. Lockwood and Brenda
S. Lockwood to Jarrod
Lockwood, Justin
Lockwood and Samantha
Lockwood Zamarippa,
beneficiaries, part of S
13 and 24, both located in
T 29, R 7. Not effective to
transfer title until death
of owners.
March 2020 – Donald
Lee Gaston and Jean
Janet Gaston to Donald
Lee Gaston and Jean
Janet Gaston, co-
trustees of the Gaston
Family Revocable Living
Trust Agreement, part
of S 3, T 30, R 9.
March 2020 – Justin
Marcinkus and Dana
Marie Marcinkus
to Samuel Jackson
Brockman, lots 84 and
85, Golden Hills Equine
Community.
March 2020 – Linda
Evans to LMM
Enterprises, LLC, part
of S 18, T 30, R 9.
March 2020 – Vincent
L. Davis, trustee of the
Davis Family Trust,
Vincent L. Davis, Donna
Davis, Wesley Lee Davis
and Stacy Davis to
Pamela Kay Jones, part
of S 31, T 29, R 11.
March 2020 – Tracy
Stevens, Rex Anne
Galyean, a/k/a Rexann
Galyean, Sandra
Stevens, Sandra Lewis,
Denny Allen Stevens,
Rhonda Stevens, Michele
Buckner, f/k/a Michelle
Stevens, Dustin Buckner
and re Rex Stevens,
deceased, to Jimmy
Junior Ramsey and Kassi
Ramsey, part of S 2, T 32,
R 9.
March 2020 – Tamra
K. Wallace and Michael
Wallace to Joe Leon
Welch and Cecelia Jo
Ann Ennis, part of S 9, T
32, R 8.
March 2020 – Merle
C. Dixon and Lulu
Marie Dixon to Mary E.
Wayland, trustee of the
Revocable Living Trust
Agreement, part of S 35,
T 28, R 11.
March 2020 – Larry
Hayes and Bonnie J.
Hayes to Larry Hayes
and Bonnie J. Hayes, co-
trustees of the Revocable
Living Trust Agreement,
part of S 9, T 31, R 10.
March 2020 – Lori
Witzel and re Paul
Witzel, deceased, to
Zachory Cole Richards
and Makenzie Collean
Richards, part of S 21
and 22, both located in T
30, R 11.
March 2020 – Lori
Witzel and re Paul Witzel,
deceased, to Courtney
Ruscetti and Nichole
Short, beneficiaries, part
of S 22, T 30, R 11. Not
effective to transfer title
until death of owners.
March 2020 – Penny
A. Isham to Calvin
Rodell Kretsinger and
Janet Rose Kretsinger,
co-trustees, lots 24 and
25, Golden Hill Equine
Community, located in S
15, T 30, R 11.
March 2020 – Vibert
Levi Watson and
Christene Watson to
James Kelm and Sasha
N. Shoults, part of lot 5,
block 4, Days Addition,
City of Summersville.
March 2020 – Phyllis
J. Sand, trustee of the
Revocable Living Trust
Agreement, to Matthew
T. Morgn, part of S 2, T
28, R 11.
March 2020 – Matthew P.
Anderson and Kimberly
A. Anderson to Joseph
Darst Anderson and
Faith Marie Anderson,
part of S 22, T 30, R 11.
March 2020 – Heath
Head and Kelly Head to
Big Piney Properties,
LLC, part of S 7, T 30, R 9.
MARRIAGES
March 24, 2020 – Henry
John Jones, 56, and Jill
Frances Thompson, 38,
both of Licking.
ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT
COURT
The following drivers
were issued a speeding
ticket, entered a guilty
plea and paid a fine
plus court costs: Jorge
Alexander Alonzo
Sacalxot, $155.50;
Allen Christopher
Bellinger, $70.50; Levi
Austin Bernard, $70.50;
Daniel Austin Carr,
$155.50; Kristin Aaron
Cook, $60.50; Shawn
P. Coughlin, $100.50;
Valerie Rose Cover,
$70.50; Delbert Wayne
Davis, $100.50; Tyler Evan
Goforth, $100.50; Dylan
Jeffery Harralston,
$100.50; Jennifer Kaye
Miller, $60.50; Nickalos
Allen Pounders, $155.50;
Lois Elaine Rebourne,
$123.50; William Anthony
Tyler, $100.50.
The following drivers
were issued a ticket
for seat belt violations,
entered a guilty plea and
paid a $10 fine: Sonya Joy
Lewis, Clyde Dwain Pitts,
Robert Carl White.
IN OTHER
PROCEEDINGS –
STATE VS.
The following drivers
were issued a ticket
for width of vehicle
exceeding 8½ feet,
entered a guilty plea and
paid a fine plus court
costs: Michael James
Gober, $323.50; Fathom
Hefner, $173.50; Earl
Tawny Idul Hisoler,
$198.50; Hannah Evelyn
White, $323.50.
The following drivers
were issued a ticket for
operating motor vehicle
with vision reducing
material applied to
windshield/excess
vision reducing material
applied to side window,
entered a guilty plea
and paid a fine of $50.50
plus court costs: Malachi
William Scot Kojdecki,
Mackenzie Ann Rogers.
Christopher Michael
Belcher – Count one:
Assault, second degree.
Serve three years in the
Missouri Department of
Corrections concurrent
with counts two and
three. Count two:
Burglary, second degree.
Serve three years in the
Missouri Department of
Corrections concurrent
with counts one and three.
Count three: Possession
of a controlled substance
except 35 grams or
less of marijuana/
synthetic cannabinoid.
Serve three years in the
Missouri Department of
Corrections concurrent
with counts one and two,
payment of all court
costs and Crime Victims
Compensation.
James Alexander
Blackwelder – Failure to
register motor vehicle,
$50.50 fine plus court
costs.
John Caragher – four and five, payment of
Failure to wear orange–
colored clothing during
deer season, $23.50 fine
plus court costs.
James Thomas Martin –
Domestic assault, second
degree. Serve 10 years in
the Missouri Department
of Corrections, the
execution of sentence
suspended with five years
supervised probation.
Robert James Owens II
– Count one: Possession
of a controlled substance
except 35 grams or
less of marijuana,
synthetic cannabinoid.
Serve three years in the
Missouri Department of
Corrections, concurrent
with counts two, three,
four and five, payment of
all court costs and Crime
Victims Compensation.
Count two: Resisting,
interfering with arrest,
detention or stop. Serve 20
days in the Texas County
Jail, credit for time
served, payment of all
court costs. Count three:
Burglary, second degree.
Serve three years in the
Missouri Department of
Corrections, concurrent
with counts one, two,
four and five, payment of
all court costs and Crime
Victims Compensation.
Count four: Possession
of a controlled substance
except 35 grams or less
of marijuana, synthetic
cannabinoid. Serve
three years in the
Missouri Department of
Corrections, concurrent
with counts two, three,
all court costs and Crime
Victims Compensation.
Count five: Assault,
fourth degree. Serve 20
days in the Texas County
Jail, credit for time
served, payment of all
court costs.
Timothy S. Vestal –
Count one: Burglary, first
degree. Serve 15 years in
the Missouri Department
of Corrections, the
execution of sentence
suspended with five years
supervised probation.
Count two: Stealing.
Serve 15 years in the
Missouri Department
of Corrections, the
execution of sentence
suspended with five years
supervised probation.
Gary Don Welch – Take
deer in closed season,
$410.50 fine plus court
costs.

Freezing is
an option for
milk lovers
Freezing offers milk
drinkers a way to keep
nutritious milk on hand
at all times, says Univer-
sity of Missouri Exten-
sion dairy specialist Rea-
gan Bluel. She works with
producers in the heart of
southwestern Missouri
dairy land.
To extend the shelf
life of pasteurized milk,
freeze in freezer-safe plas-
tic or glass containers at
zero degrees Fahrenheit,
says MU Extension nutri-
tion and health specialist
Sarah Wood. Allow extra
space at the top for expan-
sion: at least a half inch
in wide-mouthed pint jars
and an inch for quart jars.
Allow 1 ½ inches in regu-
lar-mouth pint and quart
jars. Put lids on contain-
ers.
Thaw in the refrigerator
to keep it safe, Wood says.
After milk thaws, shake
well or run through the
blender to distribute fat
and solids that might have
settled. Use within a few
days. Frozen milk may
take on a yellow tinge.
This is because the ribo-
flavin in the milk does not
freeze as quickly as the
other ingredients. This
does not affect its safety
or nutritional value, but
the taste may change. If
the flavor is undesirable,
use the milk for cooking
and baking.

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Private Pesticide Applicator Training shifts
to video teleconference, U.S. mail options
In light of the COVID-19
situation, the Missouri
Department of Agricul-
ture and the U.S. Environ-
mental Protection Agency
approved two alternative
methods for completing
Private Pesticide Applica-
tor Training (PPAT).
“We know planting has
started in some parts of
the state,” said Missouri
Pesticide Safety Educa-
tion Program coordina-
tor Lee Miller. “We want
to make sure applicators
have the tools they need
to handle pesticides safely
this spring. Farmers, ap-
plicators, consumers and
our natural resources de-
pend on users applying
pesticides carefully. Pesti-
cide safety education pre-
vents accidents and gives
the public confidence in
their food supply.”
Applicators have the op-
tion to receive training by
attending a Zoom video
teleconference or by cor-
respondence via regular
mail.
OPTION 1:
ZOOM VIDEO
TELECONFERENCE
MU Extension field spe-
cialists converted many
in-person training events
to an online format using
the Zoom video telecon-
ferencing platform. Zoom
is free to use. This plat-
form uses computer audio
and a webcam for video
streaming. There is a call-
in number for those with
Here’s a guide to flowering trees, shrubs
The Missouri Depart-
ment of Conservation
(MDC) encourages people
to unwind in nature by
enjoying Missouri’s flow-
ering trees and shrubs.
Many of Missouri’s native
trees and shrubs bloom
in spring, putting on daz-
zling displays that at-
tract native wildlife such
as birds and pollinators.
Flowering spring trees
and shrubs can be enjoyed
while out in the yard, out
on a walk, or even from
the indoors while social
distancing. In order to
make enjoying the out-
doors as safe as possible,
it’s critical for the public
to maintain physical dis-
tancing, avoid overcrowd-
ing, and continue hand-
washing or sanitizing.
Early-bloomers in the
coming weeks include:
Serviceberry with clus-
ters of white flowers that
appear before other native
trees put on leaves, allow-
ing this often-overlooked
tree to stand out in wood-
ed areas. When you spot
a blooming serviceberry,
take note of the location.
You can return in early
June to enjoy the service-
berry’s delicious, blue-
berry-like fruits. Learn
more at  mdc.mo.gov/dis-
cover-nature/field-guide/
downy-serviceberry
Spicebush  is a small
shrub that commonly
grows in moist wooded ar-
eas and along streams. It
produces petite clusters of
pale yellow flowers in ear-
ly spring. As the host plant
of the beautiful spicebush
swallowtail butterfly, this
shrub makes an attrac-
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limited connectivity. Ap-
plicators interested in this
option need to:
Register online  at  ex-
tension.missouri.
edu (search for “PPAT re-
mote training”). Choose a
Private Pesticide Applica-
tor Training offering with
“Zoom Meeting” in the
title. Then complete the
registration, including an
email address.
Connect and partici-
pate in the Zoom meeting
when it is offered.
At the beginning of
the Zoom meeting, us-
ers will need to provide
an email address in the
Zoom chatbox, using the
same address with which
they registered. This al-
lows MU field specialists
to match email addresses
with online registrations.
After the Zoom meeting,
certification will be com-
pleted as follows.
The MU field specialist
will mail a Private Appli-
cator Training Certifica-
tion Verification Form to
the applicator.
The applicator should
fill out the form and mail
(or scan and email) the
form back to the exten-
sion specialist. The spe-
cialist will then sign the
form and forward it to
the Missouri Department
of Agriculture (MDA) for
processing.
Note: MU Extension will
not charge for this remote
training service since
there is no cost of materi-
als.
Missouri’s early spring-flowering trees and shrubs in-
clude serviceberry (1), spicebush (2), redbud (3) and
wild plum (4).
tive, wildlife-friendly ad-
dition to home landscap-
ing. Learn more at  mdc.
mo.gov/discover-nature/
field-guide/spicebush
Redbud  is celebrated
each spring for the vi-
brant pink-purple flowers
encircling the trees’ leaf-
less branches. Fun fact:
Redbud flowers are more
than eye candy. They’re
edible and make a tasty
and colorful addition to
salads and desserts! Learn
more at  mdc.mo.gov/dis-
cover-nature/field-guide/
eastern-redbud
Wild plum  produces
clusters of delicate white
flowers that are visited
by several species of bees.
This small, thicket-form-
ing tree is common along
roadsides, in old fields,
and on the edge of woods.
Wild plum is a valuable
food source for wildlife,
but people can also enjoy
the small, edible plums
that ripen in late sum-
mer. Learn more at  mdc.
mo.gov/discover-nature/
field-guide/wild-plum
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OPTION 2: gate through these un-
REGULAR MAIL precedented times,” Mill-
er said. “These new re-
Alternatively, applica- mote learning options al-
tors have the option to low us to continue to offer
certify or recertify by the high-quality training
mail. For this option ap- necessary for Missouri’s
plicators need to:
Order a copy of the
Private Pesticide Applica-
tor Training program.”
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Review the manual,
fill out the study guide
and mail the completed
study guide to the exten-
sion field specialist pro-
viding the training.
After users return the
materials, certification
will be completed as fol-
lows:
The MU Extension
specialist will review the
fully completed study
guide and return it to the
applicator along with the
verification form.
The applicator should
fill out the verification
form and mail (or scan
and email) the form back
to the extension specialist.
The specialist will then
sign the form and forward
it to the Missouri Depart-
ment of Agriculture for
processing.
The agency has rep-
resentatives available to
process PPAT paperwork
through this situation.
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For your health: Watch your
well-being during coronavirus distancing
Daily life has changed
to an amazing degree in
the last few weeks. As
individuals and commu-
nities work to contain
the spread of COVID-19,
one major adjustment
for most of us person-
ally is that we now spend
much more time at home.
This form of physical dis-
tancing, or sheltering in
place, limits contact be-
tween people, which can
help curb the infection’s
spread.
As necessary as this dis-
tancing is, it is a change
that can also be stress-
ful, tedious and isolating,
among many other things.
So, as we all work to get
used to our new and, ul-
timately, temporary real-
ity, here are eight ways
to look after your health,
your well-being and your-
self during these unique
times.
Be kind to your-
self.  The great thing
about physical distanc-
ing is that by doing noth-
ing — just staying inside
— we’re doing something
really important. Despite
what you may see on so-
cial media, you don’t need
to be writing a novel, con-
ducting your children in a
symphony or even reorga-
nizing your sock drawer
— unless you really want
to. Be kind to yourself,
and just take time to fig-
ure out what works best
for you and your family.
Take a break from the
news.  Even in normal
times, the sheer volume
of news can feel over-
whelming. These days, it’s
even worse. So, be sure to
carve out chunks of the
day when you take a rest
and shut off the news and
pandemic-related social
media feeds. Pick up a
book. Stream a TV show.
Play a board game. The
news will still be there
when you get back to it.
Keep up healthy
food choices.  When our
regular routines are up-
ended, our food choices
can be, too — and of-
ten not for the better. A
healthy diet can be a good
way to maintain some
normalcy, help keep the
immune system working
well and keep calories in
check during these times
when we’re less active
and may feel urges to eat
because of stress or bore-
dom. When stocking up at
the grocery store, focus
on nourishing and fill-
ing foods, such as whole-
grain breads and cereals,
brown rice, fruits and veg-
etables (frozen, canned or
fresh) and beans. And if
you buy sweets and less-
healthy foods, store them
out of sight so they’re
less tempting. With the
economy hard hit, food
insecurity can also be an
issue for many. For food
assistance, or to donate,
contact food banks in
your area, or visit feedin-
gamerica.org.
Keep moving.  Al-
though gyms are closed
and exercise classes can-
celed, it’s still important
to stay physically active. It
can take a little extra cre-
ativity and more planning
than before, but the payoff
in energy, mood and over-
all well-being make it well
worth it. YouTube is a
great source for free yoga,
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prescriptions or connect-
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Another kind of hunting

It is “mushroom” week I don’t know why. But

OZARKS
here in my area of the heck, there are some folks
Ozarks. I found the first who get sick from eating
ones on the second day of too many morels, so if
April, which is unusual
because the average time
OUTDOORS you are a first-time mush-
room hunter, do this: Eat
of eruption over the years only a small amount of
has been about 10 to 14 either at first. Find out if
days into the month. I
LARRY DABLEMONT you have a mushroom tol-
writer/photographer/naturalist
have what I call an “indi- erant system.
cator tree.” It is a big ash Some folks is different
tree on my place where than us normal folks, I’ve
the very first mushrooms bars and on a sand bar All around me there are heered. I once knew an
appear each spring, and beneath maple trees. squirrels, rabbits, quail, old boy at the pool hall
over a two-week period in Those sandbar morels are turkey and deer. If the that got sick ever’time he
past years it has produced worthless because there time comes that city su- ate baked possums and
from 20 to 35 mushrooms. are tiny grains of sand permarkets don’t open or another feller who was al-
I found three there a
few days back and I know
all throughout the inden-
tions and actually inside
they don’t have food, the
natural market allowing
lergic to peekans and wal-
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mushroom, and you can-
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of me as the crow flies. A grains of sand. fried mushrooms until I week in my forays into the MONTHLY STOCK COW SALE!
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ally in southern Canada April. I will fry up some those orange day-lillies
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week of June, and there, the young small ones) and that if you collect a bunch
when you find morels,
they AVERAGE 10 or 12
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of the buds before they
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Try some edgy veggies for a groovy garden this year
“Create some inter-
est in your garden patch
by adding unique veg-
etables this spring,” said
University of Missouri
Extension horticulturist
David Trinklein.
“One of the joys of gar-
dening is trying some-
thing new each year,”
Trinklein said. Less
common vegetables can
challenge your garden-
ing skills and tease your
taste buds. They also
can disappoint, so cen-
ter your garden on tried-
and-true favorites, he
says.
Salad lovers have sev-
eral robust choices to
liven up the taste and eye
appeal of garden greens.
The deep red, veined
leaves of radicchio, also
known as Italian chico-
ry, make salads pop with
contrast and color. Ra-
dicchio’s slightly bitter
taste intensifies when
the season grows hot-
ter. Start very early for a
spring crop or grow as a
fall crop so that its small
heads can mature while
it has the same cultural
requirements as lettuce.
Some plants are the
“fast food” of salad gar-
dening because they
can be picked about six
weeks after seeding.
Arugula, also known as
roquette or garden rock-
et, adds a spicy, peppery
taste to salads. However,
arugula is more than
just another pretty face
in the garden. Its high
fiber, antioxidants and
glucosinolates offers
many health benefits.
Other quick growers
include Malabar spin-
ach and an upland cress
called peppergrass, or
curled cress. Malabar
spinach, or basella, pro-
duces greens similar in
appearance to spinach.
It tastes like mild Swiss
chard. Unlike spinach, it
tolerates heat and pro-
duces throughout the
summer. This climbing
vine grows up to 6 feet on
a trellis. Start seeds in-
doors or plant outdoors
after the danger of frost
passes.
pergrass leaves offer a
pleasant, spicy flavor.
are arranged in a loga-
rithmic spiral. Closely
A member of the cab- related to broccoli and
bage family, it grows cauliflower, it prefers
best in cool weather. Its cool growing conditions.
small plantlets—micro- Its crunchy edible buds
greens—offer nutrients have a delicate, nutty fla-
and flavor only 10 days vor.
after planting. These vegetables may
Romanesco’s char- foil in the soil
treuse green buds look “Some unusual veg-
like something an extra- etables may not live up
terrestrial gardener may to their names and, un-
have left behind to de- less the gardener knows
light earthly gardeners. what to expect, may be
The unusual appearance disappointing,” said
comes from its “self-sim- Trinklein.
ilar” growth habit. One such example is
In other words, the the vine peach. This
whole is the same shape vining plant, related to
as its smaller parts. Its melons and cucumbers,
smaller buds, or curds, produces fruits about
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Milk
Continued from Page M2
Always choose high-
quality products to
freeze, Wood says. Freez-
ing does not improve
quality.
Dairy lovers will be
happy to hear that but-
ter also freezes well. Use
moisture-vapor-proof
freezer wrap or contain-
ers to keep butter from
absorbing odors and to
prevent freezer burn.
Butter in its original car-
ton can be overwrapped.
Processed and natural
cheeses also freeze well,
although some may be-
come crumbly. For best
results, grate the cheese
then freeze in an airtight
bag. Blocks should be
1 pound or less and no
Great buys on a wide variety of vehicles with hail damage.
Bluel says freezing
is an economical move
whenever butter and
cheese go on sale. Sin-
gle-person households
might save money by
buying milk by the gal-
lon and freezing it in
smaller quantities to
prevent waste.
Bluel says there is
more good news for
dairy lovers: Ice cream
freezes well for several
months.
For more information,
the MU Extension pub-
lication “How to Freeze
Meat, Poultry, Fish,
Eggs and Dairy Prod-
ucts” (GH1504) is avail-
able for free download
at  extension2.missouri.

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