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Vol. 29, No. 14 Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Tough kid
8-year-old heart patient battles rare lymphatic disorder
By Laura Marlow
For the Leader
A Jefferson County girl is in Phila-
delphia over the Thanksgiving holiday
for a medical treatment that hopefully
will let her get back to being a regular
8-year-old.
Terra Cordova, her twin sister, Luna,
and their parents will travel to Children’s
Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) so Terra
can be treated for plastic bronchitis, a rare
disorder of the lymphatic system that
causes severe respiratory issues.
A GoFundMe account has been
established to help the Festus family
with expenses.
Not your average infant
Even before her birth in 2014, Terra
was not your ordinary baby. She and Luna
are “mono-mono” twins, meaning they
shared a single placenta and amniotic sac,
a condition that occurs only in about one
out of every 20,000 pregnancies.
An early ultrasound on mom Kay-
lin Cordova showed that Luna seemed
See TERRA, Page 16
Pevely man
allegedly
shoots at
police officers
By Leader staff
A 44-year-old Pevely man has been
charged with five felonies after he alleg-
edly shot at Pevely Police officers who
See SHOOTING, Page 27
‘Once a week but never weakly’
Terra Cordova underwent heart surgery
when she was just a few days old.
Press pause
Festus R-6 wellness
center on hold due to
high construction costs
By Kevin Carbery
For the Leader
Festus R-6 school officials have
agreed to “pause” the building of a well-
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So dry
Experts say ongoing
drought will have long-
term consequences
By Steve Taylor
For the Leader
How dry we are.
Jefferson County, particularly the
southern part, has been locked into a
drought for much of the year, along with
much of the Midwest, and its effects will
reach us all, experts say.
“Looking at the big picture, the on-
going drought that we’re in really started
at the beginning of summer,” said Erin
Fanning, director of the Water Resources
Center for the Missouri Department of
Natural Resources. “We’ll likely continue
to feel the effects of it in some way or the
other for a while.”
Long-term effects include rising food
prices and supply chain issues, along with
brown lawns, trees and shrubbery.
Fanning said her center is focusing
on two main areas of concern – agricul-
tural and river transport.
Terra’s first day of third grade at Festus “It’s not a stretch to consider that
Elementary in August.
See DROUGHT, Page 26
ness center and gymnasium because esti-
mates for the construction cost have risen
from about $14 million to $27 million.
The board voted unanimously Nov.
17 to put the project on hold.
Superintendent Nicki Ruess said
the proposal to construct a 40,000- to
42,000-square-foot building that would
serve as a wellness center and gymna-
sium on the south side of Festus High
See WELLNESS, Page 27 Sherree Faries Fite photo
The Jefferson County Port at Kimmswick.
2 Jefferson County Leader
Lenhard family Christmas light show to open Nov. 26
By Kevin Carbery
For the Leader
Justin Lenhard promises that his
family’s Christmas light show at Larry
G. Crites Memorial Park in Festus will
impress those who stop by to see it.
The Lenhard Family Light Show
opens the evening of Saturday, Nov. 26.
It will run from 7-10 p.m. that night.
After that, it will be open from 6-10 p.m.
Thursdays through Sundays until Dec.
11 and from 6-10 p.m. every night from
Dec. 15 through Jan. 1.
“It’s a free show unlike anything
you’ve seen before,” Lenhard said. “It
talks to you. It’s 70,000 lights perfectly
synced to Christmas music that you lis-
ten to in your car. We’ve been working
on this all year.”
Lenhard, 42, his wife, Princess, 39,
and their sons Liam, 9, and Ethan, 7, who
live in Pevely, put the show together,
with help from Festus city employees.
They are using the same structure in the
park built by Festus city employees for
the Lenhard family’s Halloween light
show.
Lenhard said that the Halloween
light show wowed many people, but he
believes the Christmas light show will
top it.
“The props for the Christmas light
show are more high density,” he said.
“The lights are closer together, so there
are more defined characters than with the
Halloween show. It’s more dense than
the Halloween show, so you get some
really cool effects.”
Those who visit the park for the
light show may tune their radios to 99.7
to hear the Christmas music the show
is set to.
“There are 20 songs in the show,”
Lenhard said. “It depends on you (how
long the show lasts). If you stay for all
20 songs, it’s about 70 minutes.”
The family uses multiple computers
to operate the light show.
Once again, the Lenhards will set up
a donation box next to the light display to
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The Lenhard family Christmas light show is set up at Larry G. Crites Memorial Park
in Festus.
collect money for the Jefferson County
Rescue Mission.
“We collected just shy of $500 from
the Halloween show for the Rescue Mis-
sion,” Lenhard said.
He said the light show project is a
fun activity for him and his family.
“It’s our hobby,” Lenhard said. “It
teaches the kids how to build and do
computer work and coding. My wife
helps with the songs and sometimes with
the beat counts.”
Lenhard said he can only guess at
how many people saw the Halloween
display over the weeks it was open in
the park, but it had to be “thousands.”
“There were people who came all
the way from St. Charles, St. Peters, Red
Bud, Ill.,” he said.
Barb Lowry, the Festus recreation
and tourism director, said the city is
happy to provide space for the Lenhards
and their light shows.
“The Halloween lights were a huge
success,” Lowry said.
“They were so well received. People
came from other counties to see the
lights.”
For more information about the
Christmas light show, visit the Lenhard
Family Light Show Facebook page.
“It has the list, in order, of the
songs,” he said.
Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022
The Lenhard Family Light Show opens
the evening of Saturday, Nov. 26.
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In this season of Thanksgiving, we, the members of
G.S.B.T.T.C. (Giving Something Back To The Community),
want to give thanks for all of our many supporters over
the past 22 years. Because of your tremendous support
we have been able to help over 1,400 Jefferson County
families and/or individuals who have experienced
hardship. Through grants, group sponsored events,
and private donations we have been fortunate to
expend over $200,000 to assist those who needed help
paying for utilities, rent, prescriptions, groceries, finding
emergency lodging, etc.
Thank you for helping us be a help to others.
We look forward to the next 20 plus years
and your continued support.
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Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022 News Jefferson County Leader 3

Festus man dies after crash east of De Soto

Jerome Isaac Jr., 25, of Festus died
Sunday afternoon, Nov. 20, from inju-
ries sustained in a one-vehicle accident
on Hwy. 110 near Upper Plattin Spur
east of De Soto, authorities reported.
The accident happened at about
2:10 p.m., said John Scullin, spokes-
man for De Soto Rural Fire Protection,
which was called in to extricate the
victim from the vehicle.
Isaac was driving a 2015 Chrysler
200 east on the highway where he was
traveling “at a high rate of speed,”
Sheriff’s Office spokesman Grant Bis-
sell said in an email.
“For an unknown reason, the driver
engaged his brake, skidding across
into the westbound lane and onto the
shoulder.” Then, the vehicle continued
clockwise into the embankment before
striking a tree, causing the tree to fall
on top of the vehicle, Bissell went on
to say in the email.
Scullin said the tree made it dif-
ficult to extricate the man from the
vehicle.
“It took about an hour to get him
out of the car,” he said. “After we got
him out, he was in cardiac arrest.”
He said the man was transported
by Valle Ambulance to Mercy Hospital
Jefferson in Crystal City, where he was
pronounced dead.
The vehicle was totaled, authorities
reported.
-- Leader staff A 25-year-old Festus man died from injuries after a crash east of De Soto.

Festus woman dies after crash near Mercy Jefferson

Janet S. Hayes, 73, of Festus died
Nov. 17 following a two-vehicle accident
at Hwy. 61 and Beth Drive not far from
Mercy Hospital Jefferson south of Fes-
tus, the Missouri State Highway Patrol
reported.
At about 11:50 a.m., Hayes was
driving a westbound 2007 Nissan Versa
and after stopping at the intersection of
Beth Drive and Hwy. 61, she continued
on, failing to yield to a northbound 1997
Chevrolet Silverado driven by Jedidiah D.
McCormick, 40, of Festus, and the front
of the Sliverado struck the left side of the
Versa, the report said.
Hayes was transported by Joachim-
Plattin Ambulance to Mercy Hospital
South in south St. Louis County, where
she was pronounced dead at 12:21 p.m.
McCormick sustained minor injuries
and was transported by Joachim-Plattin
Ambulance to Mercy Hospital South,
where he was treated and released, a
hospital spokesman said.
McCormick was wearing a seat belt;
Hayes was not. Both vehicles incurred ex-
tensive damages, according to the report.
-- Leader staff

News briefs
Pickup, guns stolen
from Hillsboro-area
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office
is investigating the theft of a pickup from
a detached garage at a home in the 8400
block of Old Hwy. 21 north of Hillsboro.
A .22-caliber Browning rifle and
.38-caliber Browning revolver were in
the gray 2000 GMC Sierra when it was
stolen, the Sheriff’s Office reported.
found surveillance footage from the
neighborhood showing someone driving
away with the vehicle.
“Ring cameras from (other homes)
on Fourth Street showed the vehicle
traveling west on Fourth Street at about
6:15 p.m.,” he said.
Lewis said it is not known how the
thief got into and started the vehicle.
As of Nov. 8, he said, the vehicle
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tion is urged to call the Festus Police at
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The theft occurred between Oct. 25
and Oct. 30 when someone broke a win-
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4 Jefferson County Leader News Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022

The giving season

Comtrea offers pair of fundraisers for domestic violence facilities
By Steve Taylor ter,” she said.
For the Leader Comtrea offers a variety of ways
to donate to the campaign, including an
Comtrea is offering a chance to get employer match program.
into the holiday spirit while also help- For information, go to comtrea.org/
ing women who are victims of domestic donate or call 636-232-2339.
violence.

The Tree-Mendous Christmas Fest,
in which decorated Christmas trees and
wreaths will be up for bids, will be held
right after Thanksgiving.
“We’ll have this event on Black
Friday and Small Business Saturday,”
said Kim Elbl, Comtrea’s vice president
of fundraising and development. “It’s a
fundraiser for A Safe Place, which is our
domestic violence shelter. We wanted to
try something different.”
During the event, the public can
visit a viewing area on the second floor
of Comtrea’s office at 110 N. Mill St. in
Festus, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday,
Nov. 25, and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sat-
urday, Nov. 26.
“On Saturday, we’ll be part of the
Adult Stocking Stroll, which is being held
Andre’s
Steve Taylor photo
Members of the winning table in the first Trivia and Tunes trivia night, held Nov. 19 at Banquet FacilitiesTM
Villa Antonio Winery in Hillsboro, were, front row from left: Brandy Edward, Shirley
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Harris, Lisa Rothweiler and Lindsay Schaefer. Back: Mike Edwards, Phil Rothweiler,
Dale Schaefer, Sheila Schaefer and Nick Rothweiler. The event, which raised $9,700,
will bolster the day-to-day operations fund of Comtrea’s Mary’s House of Hope Now 11 Locations
transitional housing center. The winning table, which scored 95 out of 100 possible
points, won gift certificates to the Pasta House Co. restaurant in Festus donated by
owner Don Bolinger.
for a second phase,” Elbl said, “but we
“It’s important because want to put an emphasis on it now.”
Mary’s House of Hope, which opened
there is a lack of low- in 2020, offers longer-term housing than
A Safe Place for women and their families All inclusive packages
income housing in
Jefferson County, and
while the victims of domestic violence
work to turn their lives around. starting @ 19.95
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up and down Festus Main Street,” she
said. “Those who come in on Saturday
in person will be entered into a special
drawing for an item to be announced.”
The trees and wreaths, as well as a
variety of silent auction items, will be on
display during those two days as well as
at bidpal.net/treemendouschristmasfest.
“We will have some unique trees
that have been decorated by members of
the community and businesses as well
as Comtrea staff members,” Elbl said.
“There will be a Mardi Gras-themed
tree, a Grinch tree, even a breast cancer
awareness-themed tree.”
Elbl said there will be 21 trees and at
least 17 wreaths to choose from.
Only online bids will be accepted (at
the above-listed web address), even from
people who visit in person, Elbl said.
it provides a place
for women and their
families to stay.”
Kim Elbl
Comtrea
On Mary’s House of Hope
The silent auction of about 30 items
will include quilts, napkins and decora-
tions.
At the same time, Comtrea is hold-
ing a capital campaign to raise money to
build the second phase of Mary’s House
of Hope, the transitional housing program
for women.
“We’ve always been raising money
“The same services we offer at A Safe (early booking special)
Place – counseling, employment and life
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years,” she said. Ceremony and reception at same location.
The transitional housing center also
frees up space at A Safe Place, although Hotel accommodations for up to
26 people on property.
Elbl said the first phase hasn’t trans-
lated into empty rooms at the shelter that Call John Armengol Jr.
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Women who are in an abusive situation
are urged to call the hotline for A Safe
Place at 636-232-2301 or the National
Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-
799-7233. Both lines are available
around the clock.
Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022
Slate of Christmas parades to be held around the county
By Kevin Carbery
For the Leader
Several Christmas parades are
planned around Jefferson County over
the next few weeks.
The first one already was held Nov.
19 in Kimmswick.
Another one is set for next week
in the Twin City area, followed by one
in the Pevely-Herculaneum area and
then others in De Soto, Hillsboro and
House Springs.
Twin City
The Twin City Area Chamber of
Commerce’s 73rd annual Christmas Pa-
rade is set for 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28.
“I’d say this definitely is a great
kickoff to the holiday season,” said
chamber executive director Mary Ze-
browski. “It’s a great way to see every-
one who comes out to watch. The theme
is ‘It’s a Wonderful Life.’”
As of Nov. 9, the parade had 64 pa-
rade entries signed up, including floats,
marching bands, emergency response
vehicles, walking units and vehicles,
Zebrowski said.
“I expect there to be more than 70
units in the parade,” she said.
The parade starts at the intersec-
tion of North Taylor Avenue and Bailey
Road in Crystal City and finishes in
front of the Festus Public Library, 400
W. Main St.
To register or for more information
about the Twin City parade, call the
chamber office at 636-931-7697 or go
to twincitychamber.com.
Pevely-Herculaneum
The Pevely-Herculaneum Christ-
mas Parade is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 1.
The parade will line up at Hercula-
neum City Park and proceed north on
Joachim Avenue to Commercial Bou-
levard (Hwy. 61-67) to Lion’s Drive in
Pevely. Then, the parade will turn on
Old State Road to Pevely Main Street,
ending at the intersection of Main Street
and Joachim Street.
“I think people look forward to
the parade,” Herculaneum Mayor Bill
Haggard said.
He said the parade typically has
70 to 75 entries, as well as the Hercu-
laneum High School marching band.
The parade’s theme, “It’s Christ-
mas,” never changes from year to year,
Haggard said.
Parade grand marshal will be Dunk-
lin R-5 Superintendent Clint Freeman.
Linda Miles, a parade spokesperson
from Pevely, said the event is popular.
“The parade has definitely become
a tradition,” Miles said. “I got a call
this week from someone who will
bring horses, so we’ll have horses in
the parade.”
The deadline to register an entry in
the parade is Nov. 28.
To register or for more informa-
tion, call Herculaneum City Hall at
News Jefferson County Leader 5
ple take their own pictures with Santa.”
The parade chairperson is Mandy
Alley.
The deadline to register entries in
the parade is Dec. 2.
To r e g i s t e r o r f o r m o r e i n -
formation, send emails to
hillsborochamberoffice@gmail.com,
visit hillsborochamberofcommerce.
com or visit the Hillsboro Chamber of
Commerce Facebook page.
House Springs
The House Springs Lions Club will
hold its annual Christmas Parade at 7
p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10.
The theme is “It’s a Wonderful
Life.”
“We had, I want to say, about 30
units in last year’s parade,” said Kim
Fanter, a parade spokesperson. “It was
down a little, maybe because of CO-
VID. We just hope everyone comes out
to see it this year.”
The parade will begin at the Faith
Community Church parking lot, 4824
Scottsdale Road, in House Springs and
proceed right on Conrad Smith Drive
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to Dulin Creek Road and then to Hwy.
Travis Slate, of Imperial, awaits the 2022 Kimmswick Christmas Parade with his three MM, ending at the intersection of Hwy.
daughters, Theodora, 5, Lorelei, 7, and Scarlett, 9, as well as their dog, Sheldon.
MM and Hillsboro-House Springs
636-475-4447 or Pevely City Hall at Acres farm. Road.
636-475-4452. “After the parade, we will have The deadline to register in the pa-
pictures with Santa, hot chocolate and rade is Dec. 8. For more information,
De Soto additional activities at Bridle Ridge call 314-422-8788 or send emails to
Acres,” Gaudet said. “It’s all free. Peo- kimrnpat@sbcglobal.net.
The 94th annual De Soto Christmas
Parade is scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday,
Dec. 3.
The theme is “Elf on the Shelf.”
The De Soto Chamber of Com-
merce sponsors the parade, which will
start in front of Mahn’s Funeral Home,
900 N. Main St., and proceed along
Main Steet to St. Louis Street and end
at J.C. Culwell Stadium behind De Soto
High School.
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will begin at 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10.
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8 Jefferson County Leader
22 trees featured in De Soto Holiday Home Tour on Nov. 26
By Laura Marlow
For the Leader
Lori Heimos has been working since
the leaves were still green to get her De Soto
home ready for the 13th annual Get Healthy
De Soto Holiday Home Tour, to be held
from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26.
Heimos, 52, loves displaying her ex-
tensive collection of holiday decorations on
and around the 22 Christmas trees she puts
up in her house.
“It may be getting a little out of hand,”
she confessed. “Everybody walks in and the
first thing they say is, ‘Oh, my gosh, when
did you start on this?’”
Heimos and her husband, Rob, own the
2,800-square-foot home on Franklin Ridge
Road, which has a decorated Christmas
tree in every room, each with a specific
theme, like the Grinch tree, an elf tree, a
gingerbread tree and a John Wayne tree, a
tribute to Rob’s favorite actor.
The theme for this year’s tour is “Old
Time Christmas Movies, so one of the trees
at the Heimos home features ornaments rep-
resenting characters from holiday classics.
Clastique provides photo
op spot in windows
By Goldie Lowe
For the Leader
Twin City residents looking for “Insta-
worthy” locations to take photos now have
a new option. Clastique, formerly known
as “Classy Antiques,” at 1222 N. Truman
Blvd. in Crystal City has three Old West-
themed window displays decorating the
south side of the building where customers
may pose for photos.
Co-owners Stan Helms and Linda
Middleton said they decided to create the
displays after Helms saw some children tak-
ing a photo in front of one of the building’s
existing window displays.
“He got the idea of why don’t we do
the whole side of the store like that and just
do like a western theme and have a place
to do a photo op thing?,” Middleton said.
To help them bring their idea to life,
they enlisted local artist Emily Baker, and
the three brainstormed to come up with
three displays: a sheriff’s office, a general
store and a saloon.
After Baker painted the windows,
Helms added his own artistic touches, in-
cluding installing tin awnings and display-
ing western-themed items such as horse-
riding tack, a cowboy hat, cowboy boots,
chaps, wooden barrels and a wagon wheel.
Helms was an art teacher for the
Dunklin R-5 School District for more than
30 years.
“He’s always in tune with doing artistic
stuff,” Middleton said.
Helms and Middleton hope people will
take advantage of the photo op spot and
then share their pictures with the store to
News
Trees galore
The Heimoses own Rob’s Truck and
Tractor Repair shop, so of course they have
a tree with miniature vehicles.
Some trees hold special memories
for Heimos and her family, like the one
decorated with images of family members
or one filled with ornaments handed down
from her late stepmother.
“Another tree has ornaments from all
the places my husband and I have visited,”
Heimos said. “Anytime we go anywhere,
he’ll help me look for a new one.”
Heimos gets decorating help from her
daughter, Lorin Rufkahr, who lives nearby.
“My husband says there’s got to be
$10,000 worth of stuff, but I have no idea,”
she said. “I just know I love it.”
One-stop holiday fun
Tickets for the tour cost $15 each or
two for $25 and each comes with a book-
let that includes a map as well as detailed
information about each stop on the tour,
which includes eight houses, the Knights of
Columbus Hall and the La Chance Winery,
said Debby Campbell, board member for
The sheriff’s office-themed window.
its Facebook page.
While at Clastique to take photos,
customers may notice other changes at the
business.
Middleton said the business, which
has been open since 2015, has expanded
its 9,000-square-foot operation over time.
“We started at about half the building
and now it’s pretty much the whole build-
ing. It’s really blossomed,” she said.
Clastique houses about 70 booths
staffed by vendors who sell a variety of
items, including home decor, clothing, an-
tiques, vintage items, wood crafts, wreaths,
paintings, artwork and more.
The business is open from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday
and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sundays.
To share photos of yourself posing at
the window displays, e-mail them to
clastique2015@yahoo.com.
A Disney-themed tree inside Lori Heimos’
grandchildren’s bedroom.
Get Healthy De Soto, the nonprofit group
that sponsors the event.
Five of the tour’s homes are in the 300
block of Thomas Street, just off Boyd Street
on the north side of De Soto. The last two
homes are out of town slightly. One is on
Picadilly Court in the Briarwood Estates
subdivision off Hwy. Y and the other on
Stonehouse Road off Hwy. H.
A basket will be raffled at each home.
Tour participants also can get their ticket
stamped at each stop.
Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022
“If all your ticket squares are stamped,
your name goes in a drawing for a $50 gift
certificate to LaChance,” Campbell said.
Home base for the tour is the Knights
of Columbus Hall, 13225 Hwy. E, where
the annual Country Market will run from
9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Admission is free for
those with Home Tour tickets; others pay
$2 to get in.
About 20 vendors will be on hand
displaying handmade, one-of-a-kind items
and locally produced honey, baked goods
and health and beauty products.
The tour ends at the La Chance Win-
ery, 12237 Peter Moore Lane off Hwy. Y.
Campbell also encourages people to check
out the local restaurants and the shops and
boutiques along Main Street in between
house visits.
In case of inclement weather, the tour
will be held from 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 27.
Tickets are on sale at the following
locations: First State Community Bank
locations on Main Street and Boyd Street in
De Soto; the De Soto Public Library; Po-
golino’s in De Soto; the De Soto Chamber
of Commerce office; Cherished Memories
on Main Street in De Soto; Drummond’s
Florist on Hwy. 21 in De Soto; and Leader
Publications in Festus.
For more information about the home
tour, go to gethealthydesoto.org, visit the
group’s Facebook page or call Campbell
at 636-586-4570.
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love a Thanksgiving tradition many of Website Editor
us follow – the one where loved ones Steve Taylor
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what they are most thankful for. Gordon Bess
The pat answer is so common, but Associate Editor
heartfelt, nonetheless: Peggy Bess
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Our family Zoomed that year – four Production Artists
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tain when asked to express their thankful- me a lesson on administering CPR. a laugh. I laughed, too, because the big Kevin Carbery
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looking for. start to our summer. I used to be complacent about my Goldie Lowe
Reporters
It reminds me of a Sunday long ago, But here it is, six months later. husband’s health and assumed he’d be
when our family’s after-church lunch was My husband, a lifelong runner, had to the one left to grieve my departure. After Lindsay Recar
hardly thankful, but ended in uproarious give that up – for now – but has gradually Production Artist
all, he exercised assiduously, maintained
laughter, anyway. regained strength, graduated from cardiac a healthy weight and diet and has also Sherree Faries Fite
I believe I started it: rehab and exercises daily. stayed strong emotionally. Ron Rigdon
He takes an array of medications Patty Meyer
“I feel like I’m getting a cold.” I told him in another late-night Photographers
“I hardly got any sleep last night,” to control his ventricular tachycardia (a conversation that I missed that feeling of
from our daughter. condition we had never heard of before), complacency and hoped it would return Sue Singer
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the car,” from Dad. watch, and listens to his body as a way of But you know, not really. To Reach The Leader
And then, our clever middle child held life. I want to continue to treasure time.
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Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022
Letters
Heartfelt thanks
from a veteran
To the editor:
This morning, the scale revealed
there were about four pounds more of
me than there were 24 hours ago. With
Thanksgiving still to come, there can be
only one reason for my feeling fat as a tick
on an old hound dog with short toenails
– Veterans Day.
Once a year, local businesses of all
types offer goods and services to those of
us who have worn a uniform. Personally, I
partake in the free meal offerings of vari-
ous restaurants, treating the occasion like
an Olympic event (without the athletic
preparation, of course). Much like our
jolly friend from the North, I make my
list and check it twice.
Whether trying something new or
revisiting an old favorite, it’s a great
experience to share time with others who
have answered the call, many of whom
truly are heroes. I’m sure they all are as
appreciative as I am.
As grateful as I am for all who make
my annual “pig out” possible, there is one
group that has done far more to contribute
to my well-being. American taxpayers
continue to provide post-discharge educa-
tion through the current day and all health
care services.
This enriches my life long after my
national defense days have ended. For
this, along with countless scores of other
veterans, I am thankful beyond measure.
Michael J. Baumann
Arnold
There are good
reasons to ban
some books
To the editor:
Regarding Goldie Lowe’s column
and Darrell Grant’s letter, the school
library books being challenged are not
stories about LGBTQ affection nor are
they wholesome sex education.  High and High School student body was
“Gender Queer” contains explicit
drawings of young people touching
another’s genitals, engaging in oral sex
and using sex toys. If these illustrations
were of actual children, they would be
considered child pornography.
Clearly, parents should contact the
schools about such matters; however,
Rockwood Schools allowed “Gender
Queer” and other challenged books to re-
main. Once the new law took effect, they
removed them. Apparently, it took such
a law to get them to take proper action.
I think the majority of school staff
looks out for children and seeks to pro-
vide a good education. Beware, however,
of staff who attempt to indoctrinate and
push their agendas on kids.
The government has also pushed
agendas. A Fox News article, “Obama’s
safe schools czar tied to lewd readings for
7th graders,” told how Kevin Jennings
encouraged educators to use books from
Opinions Jefferson County Leader 11
the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education
Network’s recommended reading list to
Speaking up for a
teach tolerance and respect of LGBTQ daughter in need of
youth.
Some books contain explicit de-
loan forgiveness
scriptions of sexual activity involving
To the editor:
minors. “Queer 13” details public rest-
I want to address the people upset
room sex between a boy and numerous
over the bailout of student loans. Most
adult male strangers. “Reflections of a
people are not being bailed out.
Rock Lobster” tells of first-grade boys
My children had scholarships and
partnering up for sex acts then switching
student loans. My youngest child gradu- Bring the Entire Family!
partners. “Passages of Pride” details a
ated from college in 2011.
student and teacher affair. These books • Free Parade
She worked retail through high
seem to be more about sexualizing chil- • Free Concerts
school and college and just recently got
dren rather than teaching tolerance. • Free Shuttle Rides
out of retail.
If adults want to read X-rated
She now owes more than she bor- • Free Hotdogs for Kids
books, that’s their business, but such Under 12
rowed and has been paying on her loans
material is inappropriate for minors. It
since 2011. • Free Photos with Santa
corrupts their minds, possibly scarring
Only up to $10,000 will be forgiv-
them for life. 
en, and only federal loans, not private,
We should always be able to rely on
will be forgiven. Just like mortgages,
school staff to protect our kids from such
her student loans have been bought
inappropriate content by preventing it
and sold.
from slipping into their school libraries
She is hard-working, like most
or classrooms.
people her age. Like most people who
went to college 10 to 15 years ago, she
Donna Kelly was never able to get a job in her field.
Imperial If you were able to pay off your
loans within 10 years, you are blessed to
They couldn’t have found a good job that paid well. Be
proud of your accomplishments and stop
have done a thinking people are getting a free ride.
better job They are not.
To the editor: Donna Kurk
I am a Vietnam veteran with six Imperial
grandchildren, so I have been to quite
a few Veterans Day breakfasts and as-
Attention
semblies.
I just returned from one presented by
the De Soto School District and it was
fantastic; the best I have ever attended.
I was the guest of my granddaughter,
Emmy.
The breakfast was served in the
Junior High cafeteria and the food was
great. It was a full breakfast served by
friendly, happy students. There was music
Jefferson R-7
School District
provided by the De Soto High School Jazz
Band and some short speeches.
The main part of the program was in
residents:
the High School gym. The entire Junior
in attendance, plus the veterans and the
student choir. We were treated to the ex-
Look for
planation of the White Table Ceremony.
We heard the story of Taps and a student
bugler played it perfectly.
The highlight for me was the featured
speaker, Patrick Minner, a teacher at
“Blue Jay Nation”
De Soto Junior High and a former Ma-
rine. He explained perfectly for me what
it means to be a veteran, what the flag
stands for, why it is not political and why
one state star is not bigger than another.
in this issue of the
He had a detailed, non-political analysis
of the Pledge of Allegiance.
His presentation was so good he not
Jefferson County
only received a long standing ovation
from the veterans and teachers but from
the entire school body.
Leader.
Kudos to the De Soto School District
for a job well done.
Gary Clifton
Festus
12 Jefferson County Leader News Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022

Keep track with new

county library app
By Goldie Lowe
For the Leader
Debby Hodges, a reference librar-
ian at the Northwest Branch of Jefferson
County Library in High Ridge thinks all
Jefferson County library patrons should
sign up for a new program the library is
using: Beanstack.
It’s a web-based reading and activity
challenge software that allows patrons to
track their reading minutes and books,
write book reviews, participate in a va-
riety of activities and earn digital tickets
and badges.
“We use Beanstack to track a lot
of our incentives and programs and big
things that go on. Our summer reading
is tracked by Beanstack where people
can go on an app on their phone and
track and log what they’re reading,”
Hodges said.
“That’s where you’re able to earn
badges, and you can earn prizes that way
Hailee Hawn, 14, of Hillsboro will sign copies of her book from 6-9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, and come into the library and redeem
at Belle’s Book Boutique in De Soto.
them. So we really want to be promot-
participating in the Beanstack program.
Elizabeth Steffen, the Festus Pub-
lic Library director, said that she uses
Beanstack for her own reading.
“I think it’s really fun. It basically
gamifies your reading. I like to see how
many pages I’ve read since I started in the
app and how many minutes I’ve read. It’s
nice because it keeps track of the books
that you’ve read. So if you pick one up
and can’t remember if you’ve read it or
not, you can go back into your Beanstack
and see.”
Steffen said the Festus library has
had Beanstack available for patron use
since February and so far has seen the
most engagement on the app during its
summer reading program. Patrons were
able to use Beanstack in place of keep-
ing track of their reading on a paper
reading log.
Some of the prizes the library gave
out as part of its summer reading program
included tickets to the Magic House,
pencils, necklaces, bowling coupons and
coupons for free ice cream from Rich’s

Writing right
Hillsboro teen pens book
By Goldie Lowe
For the Leader
Hailee Hawn, 14, of Hillsboro wrote
a fantasy book, “Beyond the Village
Walls,” that’s available for sale through
Amazon.
Hawn, a freshman at Grandview
High School, said the 84-page, self-pub-
lished book is set in a fictional land where
humans were forced into a secluded vil-
lage by magical beings. The story centers
ing Beanstack as a thing everyone in the Frozen Custard.
community should download.” Jefferson County Library patrons
Hodges said prizes in the past have may register for the Beanstack app by
included gift cards to Busch Stadium; going to the Beanstack website at jef-
free memberships to the zoo and botani-
cal garden; tram rides and free books. All
fcolibmo.beanstack.org and Festus Public
Library patrons may register at the web-
Jefferson County library branches are site festuspubliclibrary.beanstack.org.
writing as a pastime since she was in the
fifth grade.
“She has always had a love for books,
both reading and writing. We as grandpar-
ents are super proud of her,” said Brod.
“She has a natural talent.”
Hawn, the daughter of Jordan and
Danielle Hawn, said the book took her
about a year to complete, and she has Member FDIC
plans to write several more books as part
of a series.
She said she loves writing because it

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around a village chief’s daughter who is allows her the chance to inhabit another

lured away from the safety of her village
by a mysterious orb.
Hawn’s grandmother, Carrie Brod,
57, who works at a Hillsboro Intermediate
School, said her granddaughter’s love of
writing is unusual, adding that getting stu-
dents to write often “is like pulling teeth.”
Hawn, on the other hand, has been
Hailee Hawn donated a copy of her book
to the De Soto Public Library.
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world.
“Just being able to be in more than
one world at a time, you can live multiple
lives,” she said.
Hawn will sign copies of her book
from 6-9 p.m. on Friday Dec. 2 at Belle’s
Book Boutique, 118 S. Main Street, in APY*
De Soto. The signing will be held during
the Main Street Nativity Walk that fol-
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ceremony in front of City Hall.
Copies of Hawn’s book will be avail-
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He recalls Thanksgivings from youth
I
have many fond memories of won-
derful Thanksgiving get-togethers
with family and friends, during
which we ate terrific meals and had
great times enjoying each other’s com-
pany.
Then, there was the year the fathers
in our cul-de-sac decided they would
barbecue a Thanksgiving turkey for
several families.
I talked to my Dad to refresh my
recollection of this and he said they
began barbecuing a “monster turkey”
around 9 a.m. in the backyard of a fam-
ily we were close to across the street,
the Brays.Of course, the guys barbecu-
ing were drinking beer as soon as they
started the fire.
While it’s normal to cook a huge
bird for many hours, it seemed like it
was taking exceptionally long for our
turkey to get done. With the kids getting
restless, the moms started questioning
what was going on at the barbecue pit.
The dads’ explanation was that the
fire in the barbecue pit kept going out.
The mothers pointed to the cooler of
beer as a possible explanation.
By 7 p.m., the turkey still was not
done and Mrs. Bray threw it in her
oven so that we could at some point eat
dinner. By then, the dads were loaded,
the moms were livid and all of us were
starving.
Community notes
Sign up for Herky
decoration contest
Registration for the 23rd annual
Herculaneum outdoor lighting and
decoration contest will be taken from
Dec. 1-15.
Entries will be taken at
Herculaneum City Hall, 1 Parkwood
Court, or by phone before 4:30 p.m. on
Thursday, Dec. 15, or by email at info@
cityofherculaneum.gov.
Judging will take place that evening
from 7-9 p.m.
All entries must be illuminated
during the judging time and should be
visible from the street.
The first-place display will win $100,
the second-place entry will receive $75
and third place will get $50.
The contest is sponsored by the
Herculaneum Historical Society.
For information or to sign up, call
636-475-4447.
Crystal City woman
signs books Dec. 3
Alena Moore, a hairstylist at A
Visual Impact Salon in Crystal City,
recently published a book, “The Unseen
War: The Jezebel Afflicted Soul on the
Road To Glory.”
She will hold a book signing from
noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at the
Hosting Haven, 508 N. Truman Blvd.,
in Crystal City.
Trivia Two Ways/Community
Trivia
Two
Ways
Kevin Carbery
There would be no follow-up com-
munity Thanksgiving with a barbecued
turkey, at least among our group.
With Thanksgiving coming up to-
morrow, this week’s trivia quiz deals with
Thanksgiving episodes on TV shows.
For five more questions on the
topic, see myleaderpaper.com. Happy
Thanksgiving!
1. Which sitcom has a famous “Slaps-
giving” episode involving a bet between
two characters?
2. On which animated sitcom does
a father “rent out” his family to a guy so
he could act as if they were his family at
Thanksgiving to impress a woman?
3. In which holiday TV animated special
do the characters sit down to a Thanksgiv-
ing meal of buttered toast, pretzel sticks,
popcorn and jellybeans?
4. On a Thanksgiving episode of “The
Bob Newhart Show,” Bob and several
other men get drunk and call what kind of
restaurant to order delivery?
5. From a “Friends” Thanksgiving
episode, Brad Pitt plays a character who
hates which of the main characters?
Redeemer to meet on
Thanksgiving Eve
Redeemer Lutheran Church in
De Soto will hold a special Thanksgiving
Eve service at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov.
23, at the church, 1620 Boyd St.
For information, call 636-586-8903.
Saturday devotion at
Sacred Heart
Mass, confession and a taped
program with meditations on the Rosary
will be held at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 3,
at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 555
Bailey Road, Crystal City.
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6. From a Thanksgiving episode of
“The Munsters,” which of the main charac-
ters trying to lose weight is strapped to a
table so as not to get up and eat, but gets
loose, breaks into a neighbor’s house and
devours that family’s dinner?
7. On a “Seinfeld,” Elaine obtains
for her boss the opportunity to help hold
which huge balloon character at a Ma-
cy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade – Mickey
Mouse, Woody Woodpecker or Bullwinkle
J. Moose?
8. Which of the regular characters at-
tempts to get his or her parents back to-
gether on a Thanksgiving episode of “New
Girl”?
9. In a “Modern Family” Thanksgiving
episode, which main character brings up
the topic of building a catapult to launch a
pumpkin the length of a football field?
10. The phrase “As God is my witness,
I thought turkeys could fly” comes from a
Thanksgiving-themed episode of which sit-
com?
ANSWERS: 1. “How I Met Your Moth-
er.” 2. “Bob’s Burgers.” 3. “A Charlie Brown
Thanksgiving.” 4. Chinese. They have a
particularly tough time saying “Moo goo gai
pan.” It’s a memorable scene. 5. Rachel.
6. Herman. Who else? 7. Woody Wood-
pecker. 8. Jess. 9. Cam. 10. “WKRP in Cin-
cinnati.” This is one of the greatest sitcom
episodes of all time of any kind.
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Chapter 5: War tests a soldier’s resolve
G
Battle for Corinth, Miss., October 1862
randpa continued his story.
“After the exhausting battle for
Iuka, we could not find Will in
camp. In the late-night stillness, James
and I went out to look for him, fearing
he had been wounded. He was back at
camp when we gave up and returned.
‘Will, where have you been?’ I de-
manded.
“He replied: ‘I noticed a cabin with
a smoking chimney. I thought I might
find something to eat. And I did. Here
are some biscuits made with real flour.
The Black women inside were afraid
of me and my sword but no one tried
to stop me.’ James and I looked at each
other in disgust, but we ate the deli-
cious biscuits he shared.
“While our troops rested in Iuka,
our company was quartered in a desert-
ed hotel. Because our trains could now
bring in fresh supplies, we received
plenty of crackers and pork with beef
as well as coffee and sugar. Enjoying
our comfortable lodgings in the hotel
revived us.
“The Grays had abandoned Iuka
but left behind many sick and wounded
people after instructing them to spread
Did you know?
By 1862, about half of all Union
soldiers carried either the U.S. Spring-
field Model or the British Enfield muz-
zle-loading rifles that weighed approx-
imately 9 pounds. They were difficult
to load (only three rounds per minute),
but durable. Each had an effective fir-
ing range extending up to 400 yards.
Union forces under Gen. Rose-
crans had built a three-tiered fortified
perimeter around Corinth. On Oct.
3, Van Dorn’s troops began to circle
those barriers and then attacked.
When the outer line was in danger of
being overtaken, the troops were or-
dered to retreat to the second defen-
sive line. The lines of defense were
fortified with natural barriers or built
using piled-up earth and logs. Several
great earthworks had been thrown to-
gether as field forts and were armed
with 64-pound guns. Field artillery was
positioned alongside the triangular or
diamond-shaped entrenchments.
Early in the war, private aid groups
such as Sanitary Commissions and
Relief Societies, as well as the mili-
tary, started to recruit female nurses
to work in the hospitals. Not only did
women provide a higher standard of
nursing care, but they also comforted
the wounded, prayed with them and
helped them write letters home, in-
creasing morale and assuring more
could heal and return to the battle.
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a rumor that 60,000 Confederates were
preparing to retake Corinth. We didn’t
know it at the time but Price’s Confed-
erate Army actually had joined forces
with Van Dorn and the united rebels
were marching toward Corinth, hop-
ing to recapture it and then sweep into
middle Tennessee.
“The next few days jumble together
in my memory. We groaned when we
received marching orders in the middle
of the night to return closer to Corinth.
When we neared the town, we felt relief
to see that our troops had been busy
fortifying a wide perimeter.
“After we had assembled at our
camp’s parade grounds, we three were
sent out as advance scouting pickets
to test the strength of the lurking rebel
forces. Later in the afternoon, some
of our soldiers began shouting that
Grays were creeping through the woods
around us. Soon we began exchanging
fire. Two men in our company were
slightly wounded. When our sergeant’s
knapsack was hit, the shot blew open
a can of warm butter that splashed all
over him.”
Ellie laughed.
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direction first and then quickly pull women as nurses treating soldiers began
back. There was no artillery at our side to be accepted on both sides.
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Wednesday, Nov. 23
„ Music, 8 p.m. to midnight, Herculaneum
Amvets, 690 Joachim Ave. Performer: Scott
Lucas. Call 636-479-4040.
„ Board games, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Quad Cities
Senior Center, 221 Bailey Road, Crystal City. Call
636-937-8333.
„ Bunco, 7 p.m., De Soto Amvets, 1075 Amvets
Drive at Hwy. 21. Doors open 6 p.m. Maximum
four per table. Admission: $10; benefits Ladies
Auxiliary hospital programs. Call 314-401-7781.
„ Bingo, 6 p.m., De Soto KC, 13225 Hwy. E.
Doors open 4 p.m. Door prizes, two progressive
games. Call 636-586-2594.
„ Ladies night, 7:15 p.m., Arnold VFW, 2301
Church Road. Dance music, karaoke. Kitchen
serves wings at 4:45 p.m. Call 636-296-4066.
Thursday, Nov. 24
„ Thanksgiving.
„ Thanksgiving Day dinner, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
High Ridge Fire Protection District House No.
1, 2842 High Ridge Blvd. Free. Sponsor: High
Ridge Rotary Club. Turkeys donated by Gerding
Enterprises. Homebound residents can arrange
delivery by calling Jerry Rogers, 636-677-8903.
Friday, Nov. 25
„ Tr e e - M e n d o u sChristmas Fest, 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday, Comtrea, 110 N. Mill St., Festus. Fully
decorated Christmas trees and wreaths will be
sold; silent auction. Bids online at bidpal.net/
treemendouschristmasfest. Christmas-themed
door prize drawing on Saturday. Call 636-232-
2339 or email fundraising@comtrea.org.
„ Fish fry, 5 p.m., CIA, 13468 Hwy. JJ, De Soto.
Plates: $7 with sides. Music 6 p.m.
„ Food distribution, 9-11 a.m., Herculaneum
United Methodist Church, 672 Main St. Hands-
free, drive-thru event. Call 636-479-3385.
„ Fish fry, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Festus American
Legion, 849 American Legion Drive. Cod or
catfish dinners with sides: $12 plus tax. Call
636-933-3981.
„ Bingo, 10-11 a.m., De Soto Senior Center, 221
S. Third St. Call 636-337-7578.
„ Fish fry, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., De Soto VFW, 1651
Veterans Blvd. (Hwy. E). Dine in or carry out.
„ Fish fry, 3-7 p.m., Fenton American Legion, 2
Gravois Road. Cod, catfish, shrimp and chicken
strips: $11-14. Bar open until 10 p.m. Call for
pick-up: 636-343-7330. Cash or credit.
Saturday, Nov. 26
„ Shop Small Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Kimmswick. Many of the town’s businesses and
restaurants offer special deals throughout the day.
Sponsor: Kimmswick Merchants Association. Call
636-464-6464.
„ Christmas at Hagemeister House, 10 a.m. to
3 p.m., Hagemeister Cabin, 3803 Lower Byrnes
Mill Road in Byrnes Mill Park. Free photos with
Santa and Mrs. Claus, cookies, cider, storyteller,
other holiday-themed activities. Sponsor:
Northwest Historical and Preservation Society.
Call Rhea Milisitch, 636-671-4137.
„ Shooting match, noon, De Soto VFW, 1651
Veterans Drive. Practice starts 11 a.m. Meat and
money rounds, bar open. Call 636-586-9271.
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„ Breakfast with Santa, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
Washington State Park, Hwy. 104 off Hwy. 21
south of De Soto. Fundraiser breakfast, children’s
activity, raffle, photos with Santa. Sponsor:
Friends of Washington State Park. Call 314-
853-5638.
„ Ozark Food Pantry, 8:30-10:45 a.m., No. 1
Sunset Park, Festus. Call 636-933-9974.
„ Bingo, 5:45 p.m., Fenton American Legion, 2
Gravois Road. Kitchen serves at 4 p.m., special
bingo at 5:45 p.m., regular bingo at 6:15 p.m. No
checks or outside food, drinks.
Sunday, Nov. 27
„ Pictures with Santa and Santa Paws, noon
to 4 p.m., Central Avenue Spur, 394 S. Central
Ave. Admission: Free with non-perishable food
item donation.
„ Bingo, 5 p.m., Meramec Arnold Elks. 1515
Miller Road, Imperial. No smoking. Call 636-
464-8960.
„ Meat shoot, 11:30 a.m., Meramec Arnold Elks
mini-hall, 1515 Miller Road, Imperial. Doors open
10 a.m., practice begins 11 a.m.
„ Shooting match, noon, De Soto Amvets,
1075 Amvets Drive. Practice shots 11:30 a.m.
Food available.
Monday, Nov. 28
„ Twin Cities Christmas parade, 7 p.m., Twin
City Area Chamber of Commerce Christmas
Parade, starts at North Taylor Avenue and Bailey
Road, Crystal City, ends in front of Festus City
Library, 400 W. Main St., Festus. Call: 636-931-
7697.
„ Bingo, 6:30 p.m., Arnold Eagles, 1725 Jeffco
Blvd. Doors open 3 p.m. Call 636-282-0415.
„ Card club, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays and
Thursdays, Northwest Branch of the Jefferson
County Library, 5860 Hwy. PP, High Ridge. Free
games of canasta; beginners welcome.
„ Preschool story hour, 10:30 a.m., De Soto
Public Library, 712 S. Main St. Call 636-586-3858.
„ Cards and dominoes, 10 a.m. to noon
Mondays and Wednesdays, De Soto Senior
Center, 221 S. Third St. Call 636-337-7578.
Tuesday, Nov. 29
„ Line dancing lessons, 7-9:30 p.m., High
Ridge Elks, 2808 Old Hunning Road. Doors open
6:30 p.m. Cost: $5. Soda and water available;
dancers can bring snacks. Call Carol Smith at
314-609-8610.
„ Bingo, 6:15 p.m., Meramec Arnold Elks.
1515 Miller Road, Imperial. No smoking. Call
636-464-8960.
„ Rummikub and Senior Squabble, 9:30-11:30
a.m., House Springs Senior Center, 6180 Hwy.
MM. Reservations: 636-677-4578.
„ Exercise, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Quad Cities
Senior Center, 221 Bailey Road, Crystal City.
Call 636-937-8333.
Wednesday, Nov. 30
„ Bingo, 6 p.m., De Soto KC, 13225 Hwy. E.
Doors open 4 p.m. Door prizes, two progressive
games. Call 636-586-2594.
„ Ladies night, 7:15 p.m., Arnold VFW, 2301
Church Road. Dance music, karaoke. Kitchen
serves wings at 4:45 p.m. Call 636-296-4066.
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Thursday, Dec. 1
„ Pevely-Herculaneum Christmas parade,
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7 p.m., starts at Herculaneum City Park along
Joachim Avenue and ends at Main Street-
Joachim Street, Pevely. Call 636-475-4447 or
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„ Old Fashioned Christmas Festival and
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Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday
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tickets: $35, call 636-464-6464. Pictures with
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Market streets on Saturday and Sunday, call 636-
464-6464 for times. Rivertown Sound Quartet
performs through town 5-8:30 p.m. Saturday and
noon to 3 p.m. Sunday. Sponsor: Kimmswick
Merchants Association.
„ Senior lunch, noon, first and third Thursdays,
Timbers of Eureka Recreation Center, 1 Coffey
Park Lane. Cost: $6 members, $7 residents;
$8 for others. Eureka High School Jazz Band
performs. Reservations: Ann, 636-938-6775.
„ Bingo, 10:30 a.m., Arnold Eagles, 1725 Jeffco
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Blvd. Doors open 8 a.m. Call 636-282-0415.
„ Arts and crafts, 10-11:30 a.m., Quad Cities
Tuesday
Senior Center, 221 Bailey Road, Crystal City. Call
636-937-8333.
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„ Bingo, 6:30 p.m., High Ridge Elks, 2808 Old
Hunning Road. Doors open 4 p.m. Call 636-
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„ Dominoes, 10 a.m. to noon, De Soto Senior
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fine, but Terra had hypoplastic right heart
syndrome, a serious chronic heart defect.
“We found out about the heart thing
at about 14 or 15 weeks,” said dad Jesse
Cordova, 35, of Festus. “Kaylin was on
bed rest for 88 days.”
Terra and Luna – dubbed “the twin-
cesses” by family members – were born
Feb. 9, 2014. Terra had her first surgery
at 2 weeks, and underwent a number of
hospitalizations and three more surgeries
over the next few years to help correct her
heart defect.
After the last surgery in 2017,
however, things settled down for the
Cordova family (which also includes
Alexis, 14, and Matthew, 12, who
share time with their biological father).
“After spending so much time in hos-
pitals and doctor’s offices, we had this nice
stretch of years of just follow-ups,” Jesse
said. “It was pretty much smooth sailing.”
Until this summer.
Life threatening
One day in July, Terra had a bout of
severe coughing that was unexpectedly
productive.
“She brought up this stringy mass
that was just hanging out of her mouth,”
Jesse said. “Kaylin actually reached in
and pulled it out. We thought at first it was
maybe something she had swallowed, like
a piece of her blankie she sleeps with.”
Once they realized the object was organic,
the Cordovas rushed Terra to the emergency
room at Cardinal Glennon Hospital in St.
Louis, where she was diagnosed with plas-
tic bronchitis.
Lauren Biroc, a nurse practitioner
with the Jill and Mark Fishman Center for
Lymphatic Disorders at CHOP, explained
what that diagnosis means.
“In most of us, lymphatic fluid comes
from tissues and travels up the main high-
way of the thoracic duct, where it empties
into the venous system and gets pumped
back through the body,” she said.
But, patients with heart defects often
have increased pressure in their venous
systems, which can cause lymphatic fluid
instead to leak out into nearby airways,
Biroc said.
“When the fluid comes in contact with
warm, moist air, it solidifies into something
like rubbery egg whites called casts, which
can clog the airways,” she said. “It’s defi-
nitely life-threatening.”
For the past few months, Terra has
brought up casts on a fairly regular basis.
“Her lips get blue,” Jesse said. “She’s
violently coughing and gagging – eyes
bulging, red face, the whole thing. It comes
out in a clump, but when it’s spread out you
can clearly see the way it branches.
“Then, once she gets it out, gets her
breath back, her O2 levels go up, her color
improves, she’s fine. She’s lucky – some
kids need weekly bronchoscopies to re-
move them.”
In addition to medication and inhal-
ers to loosen the casts and help her expel
them, Terra endures daily sessions with
a “shaker vest.”
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The Cordova family poses with Alice in Wonderland during a Make-a-Wish trip to Walt
Disney World in 2017. From left is dad Jesse, Matthew, Luna, Alexis and mom Kaylin
holding Terra.
“It’s like a life
vest with air hoses
that hook to a little
machine that forces
air in and out caus-
ing vibration,” Jesse
said. “It’s like sit-
ting on top of an off-
balance washing
machine. She does Lauren Biroc
that for 30 minutes
three times a day.”
Her dad said Terra is very nonchalant
about her situation.
“We’ve talked to her about her con-
dition and she understands, but she just
doesn’t worry about it,” he said. “On the bus
ride to school the first day, she coughed up
a cast. She took it to the nurse, washed her
hands and trotted off to class. It’s a normal
thing for her.”
Not a cure, but…
The Cordovas expect to be at CHOP
for 10 to 14 days.
“She will have a lot of tests. Then, if
all goes well, the embolization is the last
thing,” Jesse said.
During that procedure, done under
general anesthesia, doctors pinpoint the
location of the leaks that have allowed lym-
phatic fluid to go where it’s not supposed to.
“In the cath lab, we gain access to
the lymphatic system and inject contrast,
then go to the adjoining lab for an MRI
to image the abnormal channels,” Biroc
said. “Then it’s back to the cath lab to
put dye in while doing a bronchoscope to
track down the leaks and glue-embolize
them shut. It’s actually a medical-grade
superglue.”
Recovery is typically uncomplicated.
“My understanding is that it’s a one-
and-done thing,” Jesse said. “If it’s suc-
cessful, no more casts. Terra can go back
to being a regular kid. That’s our prayer.”
The procedure is new enough that
long-term predictions can’t be made, Biroc
said.
“The interventions we do are our bread
and butter,” she said. “We’ve gotten good at
those. But we’ve only been doing them for
five years or so, so to say it never returns
is an unknown.
“After all, we’re not curing their con-
dition of having higher venous pressure.
But the embolization does end the casting.
Typically, patients require one treatment
and the plastic bronchitis resolves.”
Stressed-out budget
While they are looking forward to
the trip, the Cordovas are struggling with
expenses.
“We’re driving, because it’s cheaper,
plus Terra has medical equipment we can’t
carry on (a plane) and we don’t want to
check as cargo,” Jesse said
Both Jesse and Kaylin work at Foot-
wear Unlimited in Fenton, which has been
supportive of the family.
“They say, ‘Faith and family first –
don’t worry about it,’” Jesse said. “When
we were in Glennon in July for more than
a week, they were concerned and checking
on us.”
But missing two weeks of work will do
more damage to an already stressed budget.
“I have some paid time off, but neither
of us qualify for FMLA right now,” Jesse
said.
Insurance will pay some of Terra’s
treatment costs, but the Cordovas aren’t
sure how much. And of course, insurance
doesn’t cover travel expenses.
The family has reservations at an
Airbnb at a cost of nearly $3,000.
“We applied to stay at the Ronald Mc-
Donald House,” Jesse said. “But we don’t
know if we’ll get that.”
A yard sale fundraiser recently brought
in $900, and the twins’ former day care,
Brain Station, chipped in more.
“We’re asking humbly for any kind
Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022
Jesse and Kaylin Cordova with twins
Luna, left, and Terra just after Terra’s first
heart surgery in 2014.
Kaylin Cordova with Luna, center, and
Terra in 2017.
of financial help,” Jesse said. “We feel bad
because we’ve already gotten a lot of help
from people with the heart thing.”
The family has set up a Facebook page
called “Philly or Bust: Help Terra Get to
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia,” which
contains both a QR code and Venmo infor-
mation for donations.
Jesse, a Freemason, said perhaps a fel-
low Mason in the Philadelphia area might
welcome him and his family to share the
Thanksgiving meal.
“And of course, we ask for prayers,” he
said. “There’s power in medicine, of course,
but the power of prayer is real, too. We’re
extremely grateful for any kind of support.”
The Cordovas hope that Terra can
soon go back to the typical concerns of a
third-grader.
“She takes medication daily and will
for life, but otherwise her outlook is great,”
Jesse said. “She shouldn’t need any other
procedures or anything. Statistically speak-
ing, after she turns 35, the risk of developing
complications will be higher than normal,
but we’ll worry about that then. For now,
her cardiologist says leave her alone and
let her live a normal life. She’s our miracle
kid.”
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Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022 Obituaries Jefferson County Leader 23

Jason E. Stockbarger, 47, Festus Richard Dale Blake, 60, Pevely

Jason E. Stockbarger, 47, of Festus died Nov. 13, 2022, in
Festus. Mr. Stockbarger was a senior project manager at Neigh-
bors Credit Union. He was born June 11, 1975, in St. Louis,
the son of Darlene (Sullens) Stockbarger of Hillsboro and the
late Lorin Stockbarger.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife: Jai-
mie (Brotherton) Stockbarger; his mother-in-law: Kathleen
Brotherton of Hillsboro; three children: Alexandria Becker, Ava
Stockbarger and Grant Stockbarger, all of Festus; a brother:
Brady (April) Stockbarger of Hillsboro; and five siblings-in-
law: Marialana (Tim) Speidel of Hillsboro, Tanya (Mark) Stoll
of Festus, Larry Brotherton of St. George, Utah, Kevin (Paola) Brotherton of Boise,
Idaho and Darin (Christy) Brotherton of Wildwood. He was preceded in death by his
father-in-law: Mike Brotherton.
A memorial service was held Nov. 20 at Second Baptist Church in Festus, of-
ficiated by the Rev. James King. Arrangements were under the direction of Dietrich-
Mothershead Funeral Home in De Soto.
Donnie Ribble, 79, Valles Mines
Donnie Ribble, 79, of Valles Mines died Nov. 19, 2022, at
Festus Manor. Mr. Ribble retired as a maintenance technician
from Buzzi Unicem (River Cement) south of Festus. He was
a member of Agape Faith Church, where he often was found
helping with mowing the grass or other maintenance projects.
He was an avid bowler, spending his evenings in competitions,
and was proud of his three perfect games. Born Aug. 15, 1943,
in Madera, Calif., he was the son of the late Fred and Ruby
(Wells) Ribble.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years: Maxine (Moses)
Ribble; a son: Bruce Ribble; two daughters: Donna Ribble and Stacey (Dustin) Lowry;
seven grandchildren: Brittany (Jon) Johanning, Cody (Anne) Radford, Kaden (Kristin
Harris) Lowry, Wiley (Joshua) Moore, Samantha Lowry, Lance (Lacey) Ribble and
Bridgette Ribble; and eight great-grandchildren: Ellsie, Easton, Isla, Bocephius, Tyler,
Patience, Maylynn and Noah, with two more on the way. He was preceded in death
by a brother: Charles Ribble.
Visitation is scheduled from 10 a.m. until a memorial service at noon Saturday,
Nov. 26, at the Agape Faith Church in Valles Mines. Memorials may be made to the
Agape Faith Church, 3255 Hwy. V, De Soto 63020. Arrangements are under the direc-
tion of C.Z. Boyer & Son Funeral Home.
Richard Dale Blake, 60, of Pevely died Nov. 13, 2022, at
his home. Born Feb. 3, 1962, in St. Louis, he was the son of the
late Donna Jean (Henry) and William Gene Blake.
He is survived by his wife: Donna Darlene (Hasty) Blake
of Pevely; six children: Amanda Michelle (Michael) Blake of
Pevely, Kattie Lynn (Leonard) Wigge of Wright City, Sara Eliza-
beth Blake of Festus, Amanda Joy (John) Atwell of Columbia,
Michael Jeffrey (Amy Jo) Huff of Valles Mines and Anthony
Leonard (Margaret Mary) Huff of Bonne Terre; two siblings:
Russ Blake of Columbia and Elizabeth (Irvin) James of Texas;
and 16 grandchildren: Lilly, Lucas, Luna, Stephen, Alexandra,
Aaron, Elizabeth, Emily, Sy, Eya, Rys, Joshua, Alicia, Eric, Michael and Payton.
He was preceded in death by two sisters: Linda Smith and Nancy Pebbles.
A funeral service was held Nov. 22 at Vinyard Hillcrest Funeral Home in Pevely.
Burial was in Glade Chapel Cemetery in Hillsboro. Memorials may be made to St. Jude
Children’s Hospital. Arrangements were under the direction of Vinyard Funeral Home.
Marion Joseph Courtaway, 93, De Soto
Marion Joseph “Joe” Courtaway, 93, of De Soto died Nov.
11, 2022, at his home. Mr. Courtaway served in the U.S. Marine
Corps during the Korean War. He retired as a bricklayer and
then worked delivering auto parts for the Napa Auto Parts store
in De Soto. He enjoyed spending time on his boat running trout
lines in the river. Born Aug. 24, 1929, in Blackwell, he was the
son of the late Edward and Estellene (Boyer) Courtois. He was
preceded in death by his wife: Nedra (Scott) Courtaway.
He is survived by two children: Connie Leas of De Soto
and Carol Shelley of Pevely; three grandchildren: David (Lisa)
Leas of De Soto, Jacob (Sarah) Shelley of Haymarket, Va., and
Nathan Shelley of Mapaville; six great-grandchildren: Isabella, Christopher, Andrew
(Jordyn), Hadleigh, Landon and Colton; and two great-great-grandchildren: Parker
and Macklyn.
He was preceded in death by two sons-in-law: David Leas and David Shelley; a
sister: Freda Courtois; four brothers: John, Walter, James and Charles Courtois; and
a granddaughter: Christina Leas.
A funeral service was held Nov. 22 at Dietrich-Mothershead Funeral Home,
officiated by Brother Bob Thebeau. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery in De Soto.
Arrangements were under the direction of Dietrich-Mothershead Funeral Home.

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cording to her friends and family.
“She was the epitome of a life-long
learner,” said Tina Basler, former teacher
and now principal at Plattin Primary in
the Jefferson R-7 School District, where
Mrs. Blaha taught for 33 years. “She
never stopped looking for new strategies
to teach, new ways to reach kids and
transfer her passion for reading to them.”
Mrs. Blaha died Nov. 2 after a year-
long battle with cancer.
She grew up in Herculaneum and
played softball and volleyball at Her-
culaneum High School. She bowled on
a high school team at Quonset Lanes in
Crystal City, where she met employee
Larry Blaha, her husband of 50 years.
The two dated through Larry’s ser-
vice in the Navy and were married just
after her graduation in 1972.
“We lived in a trailer in Pevely, then
moved it onto property we bought in
R-7,” Larry said. “We built a house there
and she worked for several years in St.
Louis as a secretary. “
Their son, Scott, came along in 1976
and was still young when she decided to
change professions, Larry said.
“She came home one day and said,
‘There’s something better for me out
there. I want to teach.’”
She earned an associate degree at
Jefferson College and a bachelor’s degree
at Southeast Missouri State University,
commuting daily to Cape Girardeau and
listening to recorded lectures on the drive.
Mrs. Blaha was hired in 1988 to fill
in for an R-7 teacher on maternity leave
and taught a year of sixth grade before
switching to first.
She believed firmly in making read-
ing fun for her students and started an
annual excursion to the nearby Festus/
Crystal City Conservation Club, where
kids slept in tents and read to one another
around a campfire. She wrote a grant
for a program that put together bags for
students to check out of the library, each
Larry and Debbie Blaha, left, with their son and daughter-in-law, Scott and Nancy, at
a formal family event.
Obituaries
Debbie Blaha earned a master’s degree
in education from Missouri Baptist
University in 2007.
containing a book plus all the materials
and supplies to make crafts and projects
associated with the book’s topic.
“She wanted to show them you don’t
have to just sit in a chair and read; you can
be comfortable anywhere with a book,”
Larry said.
When Scott went to high school at
Herculaneum, the Blahas volunteered
to help with homecoming and prom
decorations.
“She was so creative,” Larry said.
“It kind of mushroomed, and we ended
up doing it there and at R-7 for about 20
years. Working with kids and families
was our hobby.”
Mrs. Blaha exercised her creativity
in many crafts, especially scrapbooking.
“She hand-crafted Christmas cards
and greeting cards for probably close to
30 years,” Larry said. “And every one had
to have something that moved – it popped
up, slid out, unfolded into something.”
Of course, that kind of perfection
takes time.
“She drove me nuts because she’d
start something at 10 p.m. and finish at
three o’clock in the morning,” Larry said.
“She said her creative flow was better
when she was under the gun.”
In addition to teaching, Mrs. Blaha
coached junior high sports.
“She never played basketball, but
ended up coaching when (administrators)
said there would be no team that year
otherwise,” Larry said.
Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022
Multitasking on the dock of the family’s property at Table Rock Lake in 2021.
Debbie and Larry Blaha near the beginning
of their 50-year marriage.
The Blahas celebrating their anniversary
About 15 years ago, Mrs. Blaha at a restaurant in 2019.
switched from teaching first grade to
working as a certified Title 1 reading
specialist. “She worked with six kids at a
time for 30 minutes, all day, every day,”
Larry said.
What didn’t change was her relent-
less search for better ways to teach.
“She would research, read, go to
conferences, take classes, anything to find
some new way to get across to a child,”
Larry said. “She would keep at it until she
could see in their eyes that they got it.”
It wasn’t just students who benefited
from Mrs. Blaha’s mentoring hand.
“She was such a wonderful sounding
board,” Basler said.
Kindergarten teacher Stacy Glass
counted Mrs. Blaha as a mentor and a Debbie Blaha handcrafted many of the
ornaments on her holiday tree.
friend.
“She taught me ways to peel back the Larry said. “She just wanted to have
layers on a child to get to what they are more time.”
all about,” Glass said. Mrs. Blaha was hospitalized in mid-
Mrs. Blaha retired in June 2021. October, then came home on hospice.
She had accumulated hundreds of “Several of her teacher friends stayed
books, and she sorted them all by reading with her almost around the clock,” Larry
level and gifted them to students. said. “She got to read one last book to our
“Her back was bothering her a lot, great-granddaughter in the Philippines.”
and we thought it was from moving those Mrs. Blaha was honored at a cer-
books around,” Larry said. emony during Pink Week at R-7, where
In September, an MRI showed a it was announced a scholarship has been
tumor on her spine, and a CT scan found established in her name.
it had already metastasized to her bones. “She was a remarkable person,” Jef-
She underwent radiation and chemical ferson R-7 superintendent Clint Johnston
infusion treatments to slow its progress. said. “I don’t think she really understood
“She didn’t expect to be cured,” the impact she had on thousands of lives.”
Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022 Obituaries/News Jefferson County Leader 25

Richard John Cuddy Jr., 60, Pevely

Richard John Cuddy Jr., 60, of Pevely died Nov. 10,
2022, at his home. Mr. Cuddy was a carpenter and enjoyed
hunting, fishing and motocross.
He was born Dec. 26, 1961, in St. Louis, the son of
Norma (White) Cuddy of High Ridge and Richard J. Cuddy
Sr. of Pevely. He was preceded in death by his wife: Deborah
Kay (Hill) Cuddy.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by a daughter:
Heather (Doug) Hopen of Herculaneum; two sisters: Kathy
(John) Donovan of High Ridge and Cindy (Steve) Richards
of De Soto; a brother: Don Cuddy of Pevely; five grandchildren: McKenzie, Cruz,
Tucker, Rayland and Ethan; his lifelong friend: Stephanie Goodman-Gilmore; a
cousin: Kenny Speer; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorial visitation was held Nov. 20 at Vinyard Hillcrest Funeral Home in
Pevely. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association. Arrangements
were under the direction of Vinyard Funeral Home.

Vernon Diedrich II, 74, Arnold

Vernon Diedrich II, 74, of Arnold died Nov. 14, 2022, at
St. Louis University Hospital. Mr. Diedrich was the owner
of KD Auto Body Shop. He also worked as a custodian for
Silver and teal decorations may be found throughout the home’s lower level.
the Fox C-6 School District and as a dishwasher for Sunrise

Pebble Creek North home

and Denny’s restaurant.
He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and a 50-
year member of the St. Francis de Sales Benevolent Society.
He was an avid bowler at Arnold Bowl. Born Dec. 4, 1947,
in St. Louis, he was the son of the late Alice and Vernon
Diedrich. He was preceded in death by his wife of 29 years:
featured on holiday tour
Rene (Schaefer) Diedrich. By Laura Marlow Tickets are still available for the tour,
He is survived by four children: Deanna of St. Louis, Vernon (Amber) of Bi- For the Leader which will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
loxi, Miss., Carrie (James) Gowen of Festus, MO and Daniel (Jenny) of Arnold; a in locations across the Twin Cities. The
sister: Janet (Marvin) Niedbalski of Jackson; 12 grandchildren: Joshua, Cynthia, The featured home for the Jeffer- inclement weather date is Sunday, Dec. 4.
Cloie, Katelyn, James, Austin, Keegan, Aubriegh, Savannah, Evalynn, Vivian and son County Family YMCA’s Christmas Tickets for the tour are $15 per
Elliot; and other family members Cheryl and Todd Gipfel, Jennifer Johnson and House Tour set for Saturday, Dec. 3, is person and include a calendar featuring
Ray Morgan, all of Cedar Hill. Brad and Phyllis Basler’s 6,800-square- background information on all eight of
A memorial service was held Nov. 19 at St. Francis de Sales Church in St. foot Pebble Creek North house. the homes on the tour.
Louis. Burial was in the Shepherd Hills Cemetery in Barnhart. Memorials may The Baslers own and operate Crystal There will be a YMCA representative
be made in Mr. Diedrich’s name at everloved.com. Arrangements were under the Coin and Jewelers in Crystal City. at each stop to answer questions and help
direction of Kutis Funeral Home in south St. Louis County. Brad Basler said the couple’s two keep things running smoothly.
children, Sarah, 35, of Eureka and Josh, “Volunteers are doing attendance
Melissa Rena Dierks, 59, Hillsboro 39, of Festus, have done the lion’s share
of the decorating. “They’re both really
prizes, and there’s a raffle at each house,”
YMCA business manager Heather Wade
Melissa Rena Dierks, 59, of Hillsboro died Nov. 18, talented,” he said. said. “Every year we have a painting
2022, in St. Louis. Ms. Dierks worked as a nurse’s aide Basler said the focus of the holiday donated by (local artist) Coby Redfield,
for Comtrea. She was born Sept. 9, 1963, in St Louis, the decoration is a 15-foot tree in the great and we’ll be selling tickets for $5 each.”
daughter of Milidean (Whitley) Wallace of Hillsboro and the room. Other homes on the tour include two
late Ben Wallace. “It’s very dramatic, especially at in Crystal City, one each on Seventh and
In addition to her mother, she is survived by a son: An- night,” he said. “The theme upstairs is Tenth streets; and four in the Jefferson
thony Waddington of De Soto; a daughter: Jamie Wallace of silver, gold and white, and downstairs it’s R-7 area south of Festus, including one
Hillsboro; three sisters: Barbara (Ed) Lueth of De Soto, Be- teal and silver.” each in the Sugar Springs subdivision off
linda (Marvin) Marshak of Texas and Beverly (Ken) Broeker He said trains wind under several of Plattin Road, the Southgate subdivision
of De Soto; and six grandchildren. the decorations. off Hwy. 61, the Stonebridge subdivi-
Visitation is scheduled from 2 p.m. until a memorial service at 5 p.m. Mon- Basler said his home’s decorations sion off Hwy. 61 and the Howe Crossing
day, Nov. 28, at Mahn Funeral Home, 900 N. Main St., in De Soto, officiated by come from many places. subdivision off Hwy. 61.
Gary Barns. “I’ll say, ‘I like that,’ and Phyllis Tickets are available at the YMCA,
Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box says, ‘But where will we put it?’” he 1303 YMCA Drive, in Festus or online at
7023, Merrifield, VA 22116-7023. Arrangements are under the direction of Mahn said. “I just tell her we’ll figure some- gwrymca.org\locations\jefferson-county-
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Drought: Low precipitation impacts commerce, tourism, agriculture
Continued from Page 1
a long period of dryness affects the ag-
ricultural community,” she said. “But
we’re seeing the double whammy of it
also affecting the commerce on our big
rivers. And understand, this is not a local
issue – this is a regional issue all over the
Midwest.”
Fortunately, Fanning said, drinking
water is not drying up.
“We’re not seeing any significant water
supply issues at this time,” she said. “There
appears to be no significant impact to our
aquifers that we have seen.”
Fanning said the long-term effects of
the drought are tied to the weather forecast.
“If we have a dry winter, we will be
setting up for a struggle into 2023,” she said.
River commerce
Jim McNichols, executive director of
the Jefferson County Port Authority, said
navigating the Mississippi River is prob-
lematic these days.
“It’s a difficult issue for us right now.
To visualize the problem, you have to know
that the river channel for the Mississippi
River is not straight down the middle, as
you might expect. It meanders from side
to side.”
The Port Authority oversees two ports,
one at Kimmswick that opened in 2021 to
accommodate riverboat visits, and a freight
depot to be developed at Herculaneum.
“At Kimmswick,” McNichols said,
“there’s a big problem getting to that port.
The last measurement I had was that it
was 84 feet from the edge of our dock
to the river’s edge, and there, it’s prob-
ably only a half-foot deep. It’s a difficult
situation.”
Cory Schuh, the Port Authority’s
deputy director, said 13 riverboats were
scheduled to make one-day stops at Kimms-
wick this year.
“But because of the low water since
early summer, only five of them were suc-
cessful,” he said.
While talks are underway for 2023
landings, he said, a schedule has not been
set.
“Right now at Herculaneum, if the
vessel container port were up and running,
there would be no problem getting to it,”
McNichols said.
American Patriot Holdings plans to
establish a port at Herculaneum for its spe-
cialized barges that will carry large metal
shipping containers from around the world
up the Mississippi River, with plans to open
by late 2024.
McNichols said low river levels can
occur during the summer and early fall, but
usually not this late into the year.
He said the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers is maintaining a 9-foot deep
channel in the Mississippi, but it isn’t all
that wide.
“In normal times,” he said, “you might
have barges that go up the river side-by-
side. But now, they have to go up single
file, and a barge operator may have to dock
some of the barges by the side of the river
and come back later and bring them up.
It’s a time-consuming and costly problem
News
Army Corps of Engineers equipment on the Mississipi River. On the right, the Anheuser
House overlook is visible many feet above the river.
for them.”
In addition, barge operators are not
loading them fully to ensure that they stay
afloat, Schuh said.
“So far, we’re not expecting a total
closure of the river, which happened five
or six years ago,” McNichols said.
But, Fanning said, all the issues with
getting product up and down the river will
exacerbate an all-too-familiar problem.
“This will definitely cause supply-
chain problems,” she said.
Kimmswick feels the pinch
Kimmswick Mayor Phil Stang said
the tourist town is feeling the effects of the
low river level.
“The riverboat operators estimate that
when their boats dock, their passengers
spend $125 to $150 each (with much of that
spent in Kimmswick), so we’ve missed out
on eight dockings.”
Some of the boats can accommodate
up to 400 passengers.
“But the effect is greater than that,”
Stang said. “With the seven dockings we’ve
had so far, we’ve noticed that people from
the area come to Kimmswick to see the
boats. And once they’re here, they spend
money in our restaurants and our shops.”
Trees, lawns, gardens suffer
Debi Kelly, field specialist in horticul-
ture at the University Extension Service
in Hillsboro, said residents who maintain
lawns, plant gardens or simply have a tree
or two in their yards are being affected by
the drought, which she said in Jefferson
County has affected the southern part, in-
cluding the Festus, Hillsboro and De Soto
areas, the hardest.
She said most lawns in Jefferson
County consist of cool-season grass.
“Usually, what you’ll find is that with
cool season grass, your lawn begins to grow
in early spring, and at least parts of it will go
Sherree Faries Fite photo
dormant in the hot summer days, then come
back to life in the fall,” she said.
However, she said, last year’s rela-
tively dry winter prevented the natural
growth of grass in the spring, so by the time
the drought hit, common varieties of grass
were already in bad shape because the roots
hadn’t fully grown deep enough.
“Your lawn has to be rejuvenated,” she
said. “In early March, that will be the time
to overseed. Hopefully, homeowners will
come to us to get a soil test to determine
which nutrients and fertilizers your lawn
really needs. We have a calendar for lawn
care on our website.”
Trees, Kelly said, are the largely for-
gotten factor in the typical yard.
“People usually think that a tree’s roots
go deep into the ground, but that’s not the
case,” she said. “Most of the root system
for a tree go only about 12 inches into the
soil, and then grow parallel to the surface
of the ground.
“If you haven’t been watering your
trees this year,” she said, “you’re going to
see the effects next year.”
Kelly said with healthy trees, “they
may not leaf out as much next year. If
they’re a flowering tree, you won’t see as
much of that.”
If a tree was already showing signs
of stress before the drought, she said, you
might see dead branches.
Kelly suggested that homeowners wa-
ter their trees throughout the winter.
“If you don’t have a hose handy, you
can get a five-gallon bucket of water and
poke 1/8th-inch holes in the bottom. Fill it
up with water and put it at the tree’s drip
line, which is as far out as the branches
go. You can put one bucket at the 12
o’clock and one at 6 o’clock, and then
the next time at 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock,”
she said.
Alternately, she said, you can take your
hose out to the drip line and set it to drizzle.
“Set the timer on your phone for an
hour, and then go out and move the hose
Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022
from 12 o’clock to 6 o’clock, and then from
3 o’clock to 9 o’clock,” she said.
“The slow introduction of water
(from the bucket or the hose) allows it
to infiltrate the soil. If you just pour the
bucket out, it will run off rather than soak
in,” Kelly said.
“You can do this throughout the winter,
but not when the ground is frozen,” she said.
For more information, visit extension.
missouri.edu/counties/jefferson.
Down on the farm
Kendra Graham, field specialist in live-
stock for the University Extension Service,
said the drought has hit Jefferson County
farmers hard.
“Most of the farms in Jefferson County
are small, family operations,” she said.
“Most of them in the southern portion,
which has been affected more by the
drought, are cattle operations.”
Graham said because cattle farmers
feared a shortage of hay by mid-summer,
they took more of their stock to market
this year.
“The forecast was that the hay market
would be 40 percent short,” she said. “Cou-
ple that with rising costs for other inputs,
such as fuel, fertilizer and equipment – if
you can even get that equipment.”
So, Graham said, “in Jefferson County,
and really statewide, farmers were selling
a lot of their cows. And not just the older
ones. This will obviously affect what goes
on in future years with beef prices.”
“Most of the farms in this area maybe
have 25 or 30 head, so they’re not large
business operations. That means they can’t
sustain long periods of losing money,” Gra-
ham said. “Even the best of them who can
get a line of credit from a bank will end up
paying more in interest in the long term.”
Crop producers, she said, are hit hard
when it’s dry.
“Farmers here may have harvested
a less-than-expected crop of corn, then
planted wheat for the winter and they’re
finding it’s not coming up at all,” she said.
Graham said those seeking a less
volatile livestock market may consider
raising goats.
“I think goats offer a great opportu-
nity,” she said. “They’re getting high prices
at market, and they graze differently than
cattle. They will eat what the cattle won’t.
They’re comfortable in areas that can’t be
otherwise farmed.”
The downside, Graham said, is that
demand for goat meat isn’t the same as it
is for cattle.
“Around here, people don’t think of
goats as edible animals. And, kind of like
deer, it’s a challenging meat to cook because
it’s so lean. While veal is more acceptable,
sheep require more maintenance, like hav-
ing to provide shelter for them.”
Graham said the drought may hasten
the loss of family farms.
“The average age of farmers in
this area is going steadily up,” she said.
“We’re not seeing new people coming
into it. Land prices are also a factor,
with the prices of pastureland going up
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Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022
News briefs
Items worth about
$19,800 stolen from
Hillsboro-area home
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office
is investigating the theft of items worth
$19,800 from a home in the 4700 block
of Tishomingo Road north of Hillsboro.
It looked like the culprit forced open a
basement window to get inside the home,
authorities reported.
The theft happened between 8 a.m.
and 5 p.m. Oct. 27. Among the stolen
items were a Canon camera and lenses;
a 1.5-carat diamond wedding ring; and
costume jewelry, the report said.
Shooting: Domestic violence call leads to two charges of armed crime
Continued from Page 1
were investigating a report of domestic
violence. No one was injured in the
shooting, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s
Office reported.
Jason Gene Phillips was charged with
two counts of first-degree assault, each
one a class A felony punishable by 10
to 30 years or life in prison; two counts
of armed criminal action, each one an
unclassified felony that carries a penalty
of three to 15 years in prison; and second-
degree domestic assault, a class D felony
punishable by up to seven years in prison.
Wellness: Additional classrooms take priority amid high project bids
Continued from Page 1
School, 501 Westwind Drive, is not dead.
“We are not dropping it,” Ruess
said. “We are going to revisit it every six
months.”
The wellness center and gym was
one of the projects the district planned
to fund with revenue from Proposition
F, a 59-cent tax increase district voters
approved in April 2019.
Other projects promised to voters if
the measure passed have been completed,
like the $12.5 million performing arts
center, the reconfiguration of the Festus
Elementary drop-off and pick-ups areas,
the construction of a new playground at
the elementary school, safety and secu-
rity measures in district buildings and
technology upgrades across the district.
Plans for the wellness center and gym
call for a small indoor track and space for
basketball and wrestling events, as well
as seating for at least 2,100.
Ruess said that when the board con-
siders the matter again in six months,
Drought: County residents can report problems caused by dry period
Continued from Page 26
27 percent over the last year and crop
ground up 31 percent. It’s hard to get
people to consider farming with these
high land prices.”
And, Graham said, the low levels on
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As of Nov. 10, none of the stolen
items had been recovered, and no sus-
pects had been identified, spokesman
Grant Bissell said. He asks anyone with
information about the burglary to call the
Sheriff’s Office at 636-797-5515.
Eight catalytic
converters stolen
around the county
over one weekend
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office
is investigating the theft of eight catalytic
converters from four locations over the
He was being
held Monday, Nov.
21, in the Jefferson
County Jail on no
bond.
On Nov. 18,
Pevely Police of-
ficers went to a
home on Old State
Road South after a
Jason Gene Phillips woman went to the
Police Department
and reported that Phillips assaulted her
in a home the two were sharing. She
told police Phillips became angry when
those plans will remain in place.
“At this time, it would be the same
design package we have,” she said.
Ruess said district officials looked
hard at the matter before voting to delay
the project.
“While we are disappointed, we feel
it’s the most fiscally responsible thing to
do at this time,” she said.
On Nov. 18, Ruess sent a message to
R-6 parents explaining the board’s deci-
sion to put the project on pause and said
just one general contractor had submitted
a bid for the project, and it came in at
$24 million.
“That’s 65 percent over what we
had budgeted,” she said. “There were
additional alternative items that totaled
a little more than $1.5 million (locker
rooms and a school-based health clinic)
and items that the district was to purchase
(like basketball goals, a scoreboard, nets
and so on) that would add another $1.5
million. All told, the wellness center/
gymnasium project was going to cost
about $27 million, nearly double what
the Mississippi are yet another problem to
add to a small farmer’s woes.
“They can’t get fertilizer shipped
up from the South, and they can’t fulfill
their contracts to ship their product out,”
she said.
“There are really lots of moving parts
Jefferson County Leader
last weekend of October. The cost to
replace the eight stolen converters was
estimated at $6,000, authorities reported.
Spokesman Grant Bissell said it is
unknown if the thefts, which occurred be-
tween Oct. 28 and Oct. 31, are connected.
One of the thefts happened at Lu-
minous Flooring, 2030 Southway Drive,
south of Arnold where a catalytic con-
verter was cut off a 2013 Ford E-350,
the report said.
Another was at Sunnyhill Adventures
Center, 6555 Sunlit Way, in Dittmer
where converters were cut off a 2015 Ford
bus and a 2016 Ford parked outside the
business, according to a report.
At Ace Fleet Maintenance, 4000
she asked him to move out of the home,
the probable-cause statement in the case
said.
She said Phillips punched her in the
face several times and choked her with
both hands. He also reportedly threatened
to kill her while he held a shotgun. The
woman had a laceration on her cheek and
red marks on her neck, the report said.
The woman eventually was able to
flee the home with her daughter, accord-
ing to the report.
Three officers went to the home,
and two of them found Phillips in the
basement holding a shotgun. When the
was budgeted for the project.
“The current volatile market condi-
tions, including material and skilled labor
shortages, are blamed for the higher costs.”
Ruess said those who want to see
the wellness center and gymnasium built
should not lose heart.
“I really do think (it’s going to even-
tually be built),” she said. “Right now,
it’s just timing – the volatile market. It’s
definitely not an abandoned project.”
More classroom space still in
the works
Meanwhile, plans to add classrooms
at the Festus Intermediate and Festus
Middle schools are moving forward,
Ruess said.
This project, which also is to be cov-
ered with some Proposition F funds, plus
some district operating funds – will cost
an estimated $9 million to $11 million.
That estimate also is significantly
higher than the district initially ex-
pected, Ruess said.
to this drought,” she said.
Report your drought issues
Fanning said the state is encouraging
residents to report their drought problems.
“Because a picture is worth 1,000
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Athena School Road, east of De Soto,
converters were cut off a 2014 Ford, 2007
Jeep, 2002 Chevrolet and 2002 Cadillac
parked on a fenced-in lot. It looked like a
hole was cut into the fence to get inside,
the report said.
A converter also was cut off a 2013
Mercedes parked in the 1100 block of
Gravois Road in the Jefferson County
portion of Fenton, the Sheriff’s Office
reported.
As of Nov. 10, none of the stolen
catalytic converters had been recovered
and no suspects had been identified,
Bissell said. Anyone with information
about any of the thefts is asked to call the
Sheriff’s Office at 636-797-5515.
officers told him to put down the gun, he
complied, the report said.
However, Phillips did not follow
other commands the officers gave, and
they used pepper spray in an effort to
subdue him. Phillips then picked up the
shotgun, and when he turned toward the
officers, one of the officers shot at Phil-
lips, according to the report.
Phillips then allegedly shot at the
officers, the report said.
The Sheriff’s Office SWAT team
responded to the home after the gunfire
and took Phillips into custody without
further incident, according to the report.
“Had the wellness center bid been
close to what was budgeted, the money
(would be) available to do both projects,”
she said in her message to parents. “But,
with the wellness center being close to
double what was expected, some tough
decisions had to be made.”
Ruess said she doesn’t yet know how
many classrooms will be added, but the
rooms are needed because of increasing
enrollment.
“We are just starting the design
phase,” she said. “We plan to move the
third grade to Festus Intermediate (from
Festus Elementary) and to move the
sixth grade to Festus Middle from the
Intermediate.”
She said the classroom project took
priority over the wellness center.
“At this moment, the classrooms
are a greater need. In the past two years,
the district has grown by more than 200
students. More growth is still expected.”
Ruess said Nov. 17 that the district’s
latest enrollment count was 3,314 stu-
dents.
words, we want you to upload pictures of
a dry field, trees withering, ponds with the
water level going down so we can docu-
ment local effects,” she said.
The link to submit a report is
droughtimpacts.unl.edu/Tools/Condition
Monitoring\Observations.aspx.
28 Jefferson County Leader
The
County
Line
Russell
Korando
Prep wrestling gets
more fine-tuning
from the state
N
ew weight classes, the addition of
a second class for girls wrestling
and another change in the state
format are the biggest differences for
prep wrestling in the 2022-2023 season.
The Missouri State High School
Activities Association adopted the Na-
tional Federation of State High School
Associations’ new weight guidelines
(see chart). Changes to the 14 weight
classes mostly impacted the middle
weights; the lowest and highest weight
classes for boys and girls are the same.
For this fifth year of girls wrestling
in the state, a much-needed second
class was added.
But while MSHSAA also had
planned on holding separate boys and
girls state championships, that will have
to wait another year.
Two weeks before the country went
on lockdown because of COVID-19 in
See RULES, Page 31
Leader
Athlete
of the
Week
Preston Brown
Hillsboro football
On a team filled with senior leaders,
the sophomore quarterback piloted
the Hawks to a record of 10-1 going
into a Class 4 quarterfinal contest
against St. Mary’s. In his team’s
55-6 win over Festus for the Class 4
District 1 championship on Nov. 11,
Brown threw a 28-yard touchdown
pass to senior running back Austin
Romaine and rushed for 67 yards
on eight carries. Through 11 games,
Brown completed 46 of 72 passes
(64 percent) for 759 yards, 11
TDs and one interception. He also
rushed for 706 yards (nine yards
per carry) and eight touchdowns.
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Class 4 Quarterfinals: St. Mary’s 55, Hillsboro 34
End of an era
Hawks fall to Dragons; seniors leave their mark
By Russell Korando
For the Leader
Hillsboro’s 55-34 loss to St. Mary’s
in the Class 4 quarterfinals Saturday in St.
Louis wasn’t just the end of the season for
the Hawks, it marked the end of an era.
The Hawks began their march to a
2022 district championship four years
ago with a group of young, dedicated
freshmen. Those players developed into
a senior class that led the Hawks to 19
wins over the last two seasons, a sec-
ond straight Mississippi Area Football
Conference Red Division title and four
straight victories over archrival Festus.
Despite the loss to the Dragons, who
scored 21 unanswered points in the final
9:09 of the game to crack open a 34-34
tie, Hillsboro’s large, boisterous crowd
spilled onto St. Mary’s field to pass out
hugs and congratulations to the players.
“It seems like it’s going to go on
forever,” Hillsboro head coach Bill
Sucharski said, his voice choked with
emotion. “We’ve won a lot of games on
effort alone. I love these kids. I wouldn’t
want to coach any other group of guys.
“The next time we get to this game
we have to win it.”
Collegiate Division I recruits battled
on both sides on a sunny afternoon with
near-freezing temperatures. The Drag-
ons were playing under the shadow of
school closure in 2023 announced by the
Archdiocese of St. Louis but apparently
forestalled by alumni donations and a
transition plan. An all-boys school, St.
Mary’s opened in 1931.
At 10-2, Hillsboro’s only losses this
season were to private schools from St.
Louis. Their other defeat was to unbeaten
Cardinal Ritter (12-0), which advanced
to the Class 3 semifinals after beating
Park Hills Central in the quarterfinals.
The Dragons (10-2) won the Class 3 state
title in 2021 and were moved up a class
this year, partly because of that win. St.
Mary’s plays Smithville (12-1) in the state
semifinals on Saturday.
Hillsboro led St. Mary’s 20-14 at
halftime. The Hawks yielded two passing
touchdowns in the first quarter playing
man-to-man defense, but switched to a
zone scheme and senior defensive back
Canyon Stout intercepted two David
Leonard passes in the second quarter. Both
picks led quickly to Hawk touchdowns.
St. Mary’s players headed to the half-
time locker room looking for guidance.
“(The Hawks) are a tough ball club.
We knew that,” St. Mary’s head coach
Ken Turner said. “We had some penalties
that hurt us, but I’m glad we had that kind
Hillsboro junior Payton Brown blocks a St. Mary’s punt during the Class 4 state
quarterfinals in St. Louis on Nov. 19. The Hawks led the Dragons 20-14 at halftime
but St. Mary’s, last year’s Class 3 state champions, roared back for a 55-34 victory.
Hillsboro players, from left, Payton Brown,
Austin Romaine and Jaxin Patterson join
their teammates after the quarterfinals.
of game because it let me see what kind
of kids I really have.
“I told them at halftime, ‘I’m not
mad. It’s up to us to do what we feel like
we can do.’ We came out in the second
half and went blow-for-blow with them
and came out on top.
“After 20-plus years (in coaching),
before the game I thought we’d get the
nerves out because I’ve coached in so
many quarterfinal games. But I had to
be poised so the kids would be. We were
only down six points at halftime.”
On their first series of the game, the
Hawks marched down the field, convert-
ing twice on third down. Senior running
back Austin Romaine capped the drive
with a four-yard touchdown reception
from sophomore quarterback Preston
Brown. Junior kicker Nick Marchetti
kicked the extra point and Hillsboro led
7-0 with 8:16 left in the first.
But just as quickly, the Dragons tied
the game on a 40-yard TD pass from Leon-
ard to senior receiver Farand Washington.
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St. Mary’s 55, Hillsboro 34
Hillsboro 7 13 7 7 – 34
St. Mary’s 14 0 20 21 – 55
First quarter
H: Austin Romaine 4 pass from Preston
Brown (Nick Marchetti kick), 8:16
S: Farand Washington 40 pass from David
Leonard (Robert Schillinger III kick), 7:00
S: Chase Hendricks 23 pass from Leonard
(Schillinger kick), 4:03
Second quarter
H: Jaxin Patterson 39 run (Marchetti
kick), 10:29
H: Romaine 28 run (kick failed), 7:17
Third quarter
S: Jamal Roberts 76 run (kick blocked),
11:42
S: Roberts 4 run (kick blocked), 10:17
S: Roberts 4 run (Leonard run), 5:51
H: Nick Doerner 3 pass from Brown
(Marchetti kick), :48
Fourth quarter
H: Patterson 3 run (Marchetti kick), 9:25
S: Hendricks 89 kick return (Schillinger
kick), 9:09
S: Kaliel Boyd interception return
(Schillinger kick), 7:42
S: Hendricks 59 pass from Leonard
(Schillinger kick), 4:41
Robert Schillinger III kicked the PAT to
tie the score 7-7 with 7:00 left in the first.
St. Mary’s took a 14-7 lead three
minutes later on Leonard’s 23-yard
scoring pass to senior receiver Chase
Hendricks. Then it was Stout’s time to
shine. On his first pickoff, senior defen-
sive lineman Alex Medina slammed into
Leonard just as the lefty QB was throwing
the ball. Stout got a bead on the wobbly
pass and lunged to snag it. One play later,
senior running back Jaxin Patterson burst
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Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022
Hillsboro has been climbing state ladder, finished second last year
By Russell Korando
For the Leader
After three seasons of climbing the
tall Class 3 ladder, the Hillsboro boys
wrestling team is one rung away from a
state championship.
The Hawks finished 10th three years
ago, third in 2021 and second in February
at Mizzou Arena in Columbia. Whitfield,
a private school in St. Louis County, has
won the last two Class 3 state titles. The
Missouri State High School Activities
Association released class and district
assignments last week and Hillsboro
(District 1) and Whitfield (District 2) are
again in Class 3.
With two state champions – seniors
Gavin Alexander (106 pounds in 2020)
and Evan Morris (152 in 2022) – and a
host of medalists returning, Hillsboro is
poised to win the school’s second team
state championship across all sports. The
Hawk boys cross country team corralled
the first one at the Class 4 state meet in
Columbia earlier this month.
Alexander and two-time state medal-
ist Griffin Ray, a senior, were still playing
for Hillsboro’s football team, which lost
to St. Mary’s 55-34 in the Class 4 state
quarterfinals on Saturday.
“We’re not so much focused on the
idea this is our year or we have to win
state, it’s more how do we get better each
day,” Hillsboro head coach Matt Mitchell
said. “These guys have established them-
selves at the highest level and they hold
each other accountable.”
The Hawks sent 10 wrestlers to the
state meet in Columbia last season and
half of them won medals. Coinciding
with its rise at the state level, Hillsboro
has won the last three Jefferson County
Activities Association championships.
The format has changed for this
year’s state meet. Classes 1-2 for the boys
and Class 1 for the girls will take place at
Mizzou Arena on Feb. 22-23, while the
Class 3-4 boys and Class 2 girls competi-
tions are set for Feb. 24-25.
Hillsboro’s boys have plenty of tal-
ent in the middle of the 14 weight classes
that have subtly changed this year (see
The County Line column). But on the
low and high ends, the Hawks will rely
partly on freshmen who are “program
wrestlers,” athletes entering high school
with plenty of competitive experience.
That pipeline feeds Hillsboro’s consistent
improvement.
Freshmen Carter Wallis and Evan
Litzsinger wrestle at 106 pounds. Litzsinger
is the brother of 2022 Hillsboro graduate
Dalton Litzsinger, a three-time state med-
alist. Sophomore Gabe Barnett posted
31 wins last year, including a 106-pound
match at state, and is back at 113. Sopho-
more Jordan Penick won 32 matches and
two 113-pound bouts at state and is in
the mix at 120 or 126 with senior Blake
Jackson and junior Aidan Black. Jackson
Sports
Wrestling Outlook
One more step
Hillsboro’s Gavin Alexander has a hold of Whitfield’s Porter Matecki during the Class
3 state championships in Columbia in February. Matecki won the state title with a 3-2
decision. Alexander won state his freshman year.
was 31-11 and a state qualifier at 132 and
Black qualified for state as a freshman.
Alexander and sophomore Jackson
Tucker will wrestle somewhere between
126 and 138. Alexander, a three-time
state medal winner, lost a 3-2 decision in
the state final at 120 last season. Tucker
won 44 matches as a freshman and lost
a memorable 5-2 decision to Whitfield’s
Alexander Rallo in the state title match
at 126.
“Between 120 and 138 we have work
to do to figure out where they’ll all line
up,” Mitchell said.
“Gavin’s gotten better every year and
we expect that again this year. He hasn’t
been on the mat in a while. He brings so
much experience to the practice room.
Because we’re so deep at those weights,
he can partner with all those guys and it
makes everybody better.”
Senior Nate Barnett is a two-time
state qualifier (138 last year) and moves
up to the new 144-pound weight class.
Mitchell said Barnett is motivated to win
his first state medal.
The 152-pound class has been re-
placed with intervals at 150 and 157.
Morris and junior Sam Richardson, a state
qualifier at 145 last year, will wrestle at
one of those two new classes. Seniors
and two-time state medalists Eddie Hines
and Griffin Ray fit into the new 165 and
175 weights.
Senior Wyatt Johnson, junior Hunter
Rhodes and sophomore Aidan Petit will
compete at 190 or 215. Johnson, a prod-
uct of the Hawk little league program,
gets his first shot at the varsity. Morris’s
brother, freshman Griffin Morris, is at
285.
In an early-season test, the Hawks
will host Seckman on Dec. 1. The Jaguars
finished second in Class 4 last season
and also return several state qualifiers,
Jefferson County Leader 29
at state last season. Mills, a two-time state
qualifier, finished third at 130, beating
Buffalo’s Skyler Maverick in a sudden
victory.
After rising from 56th in the state in
2021 to 13th last season, and adding an-
other state-caliber wrestler, Festus could
move up again this year in the Missouri
State High School Activities Associa-
tion’s new classification system for girls
wrestling. The continued increase in par-
ticipation in the sport prompted the addi-
tion of a second class. The Tigers and the
other girls teams
from the JCAA –
De Soto, Hercula-
neum, Hillsboro,
St. Pius X and
Windsor – are all
in Class 1 District
1. The three largest
Russell Korando photo
large high schools
in the county –
Fox, Northwest
and Seckman – are Lauren Mills
in Class 2 District 1.
including senior state champion Cole
Jarad Sheppard, a former state med-
Ruble (160).
alist for Hillsboro, was an assistant coach
Mitchell said he and Seckman head
for Ryan Moyer at Seckman for three
coach Ryan Moyer hatched the idea for
years before becoming the Festus boys
the battle of the state runners-up last
and girls head coach two years ago.
spring.
“With the addition of a second class
“Both teams will be ranked in the top
of girls wrestling and having a larger girls
two or three in the preseason,” Mitchell
team this year, my hope is for our girls to
said. “We’ve had this in the works for a
make an impression at districts and push
while. COVID delayed it. There will be
more through to state than we ever have
some of the best wrestlers in the county
before,” Sheppard said.
and the state. We thought it would be a
“(Girls) numbers are growing expo-
great idea to showcase those kids.”
nentially every year. (Splitting girls into
This is the fifth season for girls wres-
two classes) will even the playing field
tling and the first time they’ll compete in
between boys and girls and allow girls
two classes. Jason West, communications
a better opportunity to qualify for state.
manager for the Missouri State High
Our girls district last year had a weight
School Activities Association, said last
class with 28 girls in it, (whereas) our
week there were around 1,000 girls in the
largest bracket at our boys district had
state’s weight management system, with
only 13. I think it’s only going to con-
more to be added, so it’s still too early
tinue to increase, especially as more and
to tell how many girls will hit the mats.
more opportunities become available for
Heaven Webb was the Hawks’ first
girls to wrestle each other at the youth
girls state qualifier last season, but isn’t
level.”
on the team this year. Juniors Alleigh Cul-
With the Tiger boys staying put in
ley (170) and Ella Bingman (135) return
Class 3, state qualifiers from the two
as leaders among the 12 girls on the team.
teams will wrestle on separate days
Culley finished first in their first meet of
because MSHSAA changed the state
the season at St. Clair on Nov. 19.
format to split two-day events. Classes
1-2 for the boys and Class 1 for the
Girl Tigers are ready to prowl
girls are scheduled for Mizzou Arena
in Columbia on Feb. 22-23, while the
With the addition of a state medalist,
Class 3-4 boys and Class 2 girls will be
the Festus girls wrestling team is aiming
on Feb. 24-25.
for its best season since the sport began
Among the leaders for the Festus
in the state in 2018.
boys is sophomore Peyton Shaver, who
Sophomore Mya Hairston finished
finished 44-8 and came within one win
sixth at the state championships at 100
of qualifying for the state medal round
pounds last season wrestling for Windsor,
at 160 last year. Alex Nickelson (138),
a Tiger rival in the Jefferson County Ac-
Bobby Buehre (144) and Lucas Mercurio
tivities Association. Hairston transferred
(157) are the other top Tigers. MSHSAA
to Festus and joins senior returning state
adopted new weight classes this year (see
qualifiers LeeAnn Dobbs and Lauren
The County Line column) and Buehre
Mills. Hairston beat Dobbs by technical
fall in the second round of wrestlebacks
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30 Jefferson County Leader
Jags have talent to compete for state title
By Russell Korando
For the Leader
Before the Seckman boys wrestlers
open their Christmas presents, they’ll
unwrap a grueling December tournament
schedule that includes the Ron Sauer
meet at Fox, the Ironman in Ohio and the
Stampede in Kansas City. And before all
that, the Jaguars will open their season
with an unusual dual meet at intra-county
rival Hillsboro.
The match against the Hawks on
Dec. 1 is the joint brainchild of Seckman
head coach Ryan Moyer and Hillsboro
head coach Matt Mitchell. The dual will
be the centerpiece of a school assembly,
so most of the spectators will be the Hawk
wrestlers’ classmates. Seckman (Class
4) and Hillsboro (Class 3) each finished
second in the state last year.
“This is a great idea and a way to
grow the sport and get people excited,”
Moyer said. “It’s two of the top five teams
in the state in all classes. I never heard of
a setup (like an assembly) until Coach
Mitchell brought it up. I talked to my AD
(Tracy Schmidt) and said we should get
it set up next year.”
The individual matchups be-
tween the nonconference opponents
(Hillsboro is in the Jefferson County Ac-
tivities Association, Seckman in the Sub-
urban Conference Yellow pool) intrigue
Moyer because they could pit state med-
alists and champions against each other.
“You could have Matt Cook (Seck-
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Continued from Page 29
and Mercurio are in two of them.
“I have key wrestlers on the boys
team who were right at the threshold of
qualifying (for state) last year, who I feel
have made the improvements to qualify
for state this season,” Sheppard said. “As
a program we have grown going into this
season, but are still not quite to the level
of having an overly competitive dual
team, so I am continuing to place a large
emphasis on how we perform on Fridays
and Saturdays.”
Twins lead Dragons
De Soto seniors Asa and Isaac Foeller
are not only twin brothers, they’re state
medalists as well.
Last season, Asa finished 37-7 and
placed fifth at 195 (Class 3), while Isaac
went 30-3 after a fourth-place finish at
220. Both Foellers will wrestle in differ-
ent weight classes this season, Asa in the
new 190 and Isaac at 285. Isaac lost a
3-2 decision in the state semifinals to Van
Horn’s David Lewis, who in turn fell 2-1
in the championship to Platte County’s
Jake Fernandez.
Brenton Drummond (113), Thomas
Bradley (126), Trenton Hunter (132) and
Drake Peller (145) will give the Dragons
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Wrestling Outlook
man) vs. Gavin Alexander (Hillsboro),
Cole Ruble (Seckman) vs. Griffin Ray
(Hillsboro), Evan Morris (Hillsboro)
against Drake Jenkins (Seckman) or
John Bamvakais (Seckman) against Sam
Richardson (Hillsboro).”
The excitement surrounding Jaguar
wrestling comes from the team’s highest
finish ever at state last year, with only three-
time defending state champion Liberty
posting more points (214.5) than Seckman
(114) in Class 4. The Jaguars qualified ath-
letes in 11 of the 14 weight classes at state
and five brought home medals, including
Ruble’s championship at 160 pounds. He
pinned Carthage junior Davion King in 52
seconds in the title match.
Ruble just completed another out-
standing football season, setting school
records in rushing and touchdowns. He
has committed to play football at South-
east Missouri State University.
The Missouri State High School
Activities Association changed some of
the weight classes for the boys and girls
(see The County Line column) and got
rid of 160. Moyer said Ruble will wrestle
at 175 or 190.
“He is a competitor. He’s been wait-
ing for this,” Moyer said. “The burden
of choosing a college is off his shoulders
and he’s here to have fun his senior year
and win all over again.
“He’s always trying to grow. One of
the reasons I toughened up our schedule
was so he could get tough matches early
(and be) ready for another dominant finish
a strong nucleus at the lower weights.
On the girls side, De Soto junior Ella
Bradley was 44-3 and finished third in the
state at 159. Hannah Eberhardt was sixth
at state at 149 but graduated in the spring.
Girls weight class-
es changed as well.
Bradley will be at
155.
De Soto head
coach John Brown
said the high
school program’s
participation has
stayed the same,
but the junior high
numbers have in- Asa Foeller
creased.
“We have a young team overall but
have two returning state placers for the
boys team and one state placer for the
girls team,” said Brown, who has guided
the Dragons for 11 years. “I believe if we
stay healthy, the team can mature and be
very successful.”
Blackcats return boys, girls
state qualifiers
The Herculaneum boys remain in
Class 2 District 1 and have two returning
wrestlers who have qualified for state.
Shea Eberhardt (220 pounds) was
Russell Korando photo
Seckman’s Cole Ruble flexes to the crowd
at Mizzou Arena in Columbia after winning
the Class 4 state championship at 160
pounds in February.
like last year.”
Junior Matthew Cook won his
113-pound state semifinal match last year
by fall with 29 seconds to go and finished
second in the state after being pinned in
the final. He’ll wrestle at 113 or 120.
“He’s pretty focused,” Moyer said.
“He has a goal of winning state. He
wrestled a smart (state quarterfinals)
match (last season). He can be dominant
all year, not just at state.”
Senior John Bamvakais was fourth in
the state at 145 and returns at 150 or 157.
Senior Xander Harris and juniors Jayden
Ashlock and Drake Jenkins all reached
third at districts and moves up to heavy-
weight. Josh Hurt qualified for state for
two years and returns in the 120-126 range.
Hurt should exceed 100 career wins this
season. Three-year varsity veteran C.J.
Asinger, a state qualifier in track and field,
returns at 113-120. Lucas Bach (120-126),
Keaton Reeves (145), Payton Light (165),
Devon Hagan (175) and James Mouyassar
(215) are works in progress among the
team’s other top boys wrestlers.
The girls squad will look to Eddyson
Reeves for leadership because she’s come
close to qualifying for state the last two
years, and she’s back at 125, along with
returnee Julie Britton (130).
Chris Bahr, an assistant coach at
Herky for three years, has taken the reins
as head coach of both Blackcat teams.
Bahr said girls participation is growing
slowly but surely.
“The progression of girls wrestling
is amazing,” Bahr said.  “The level of
participation continues to grow and the
caliber of wrestlers is great. Many of
these girls are competing at a very high
level and that can only (help) the sport
of wrestling.”  competing with one year of experience.
Lancers begin Year 2
St. Pius X is the new kid on the JCAA
wrestling block after adding the sport to
Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022
the third-round consolation “bubble
match” at state and Moyer sees no reason
all three can’t take that next step. Harris
will go at 113 or 120, Ashlock drops from
the defunct 182 to 165-175 and Jenkins
will compete at 150 or 157. Sophomore
Wyatt Bamvakais qualified for state at
138 and will return either there or at 144.
Seniors Matt Zeller (285) and Mi-
chael Stivers (190, 215) join the var-
sity this year, along with freshmen
Colton Fowler (120-132), Eli Woods and
Braeden Williams (106).
“We’re going to be one of the top
teams,” Moyer said. “We’ve got a bunch
of great kids. The seniors came out and
made our room scrappy. They’ve been
leaders (for) the last few years.
Moyer also is coaching 21 girls this
season.
“We’ll have all (girls) weight classes
full,” Moyer said. “I think we are a front
runner for a conference and district final.”
Madison Conrad graduated from
Seckman this spring after becoming
the first and only female four-time state
qualifier in Jefferson County. Shelby
Lundstrom returns for the Jaguars after
qualifying for state at 115 and she’ll
remain there or go up to 120. Destiny
Brown made state at 159 and is back at
155 or 170. Senior Andrea Karagiannis
was one match away from state qualifica-
tion last year and returns at 110.
Emily Palos (120-125), Lily McBride
(100) and Kaylee Horman (110-115) will
help Seckman field a deep squad.
its winter athletic menu in 2021.
R.J. Eberhart brought years of coach-
ing experience at O’Fallon, Ill., to jump-
start the Lancer program and saw Jon
Halfmann (126) and Andrew Boltd (132)
qualify for the Class 1 state champion-
ships.
St. Pius starts the new campaign
with more girls (nine) than boys (eight)
on the mat. Hayden Hill (120), Jack
McKinley (138), Justin Lehn (215) and
Allen Reed (285) lead the boys while
Marlee Carter (105), Ava Gilbreth (110),
Rylee Bohnert (135), Sierra Hill (135),
Ella Chote (170) and Sophie Meyer
(190) are the top girls.
Eberhart said girls wrestling in the
state will grow for the foreseeable future.
“We have seen tremendous growth
both at the youth level and the high school
level,” he said. “Girls belong in the sport
and work and compete at just as high a
level as the boys, from youth to college
to world competition.
“We are still very young, with a ma-
jority of our team being underclassmen
who have either never wrestled or are
We continue to develop the team, work
hard and maintain high standards. With
that in mind, we hope to compete hard
and get some kids to the state tourna-
ment.”
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through the defense for a 39-yard touch-
down gallop and Marchetti’s extra point
tied the game 14-14 with 10:29 remaining
before halftime.
Stout’s second interception in Drag-
on territory set up Romaine’s second TD,
this time on a 28-yard run with 7:17 left
in the half. Marchetti uncharacteristically
missed the extra point but the Hawks nev-
ertheless led 20-14 at the break, jogging
to the locker room amid loud cheers from
the Hillsboro faithful.
St. Mary’s running back Jamal Rob-
erts scored the game’s next three TDs,
on one run of 76 yards and two four-yard
bursts as the Dragons surged to a 34-20
lead. But the Hawks battled back to tie
the game on a three-yard touchdown
pass from Brown to senior tight end Nick
Doerner and Patterson’s three-yard scor-
ing run with 9:29 left in the game.
The stadium was primed for another
big play and the hosts delivered. Hendricks
took the kickoff near one sideline at about
his 10-yard line and immediately broke
across the field, wove his way through
loose coverage to the other boundary and
sprinted to the end zone for what turned
out to be the game-winning score.
“I had to reverse field and it was a
tight game and my team needed a touch-
down,” Hendricks said. “As soon as I
scored, I knew the defense would get a
stop and we’d score another touchdown.”
Sucharski said the pivotal TD re-
sulted from the athleticism of Hendricks
and bad kick coverage.
“It’s a game of momentum and (Hen-
dricks) bobbles the ball, and it seems like
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Continued from Page 28
February 2020, the boys and girls state
finals were held at Mizzou Arena in
Columbia, site of state wrestling since
2006. With COVID still raging a year
later, MSHSAA moved the state tourna-
ments to Independence and spread them
out over five days.
This season, the Class 1-2 boys and
the Class 1 girls will be at Mizzou Arena
on Feb. 22-23,
followed by the
Class 3-4 boys and
Class 2 girls there
on Feb. 24-25.
Northwest co-
head coaches Ron
and Bob Wilhelm
begin their 24th
year with the
team. Ron is on
the state wrestling
Ron Wilhelm
rules committee.
“(NFHS) assured us this is the last
time boys and girls weight classes will be
changed,” Wilhelm said. “The girls are
heavy at the bottom (weights). They went
in five-pound increments to 145. The
changes to the boys at 144, 157 and 165
are historically college weight classes.”
MSHSAA had informed schools
Sports
Hillsboro senior running back Austin Romaine breaks through the St. Mary’s line on the
Hawks’ first drive in the Class 4 quarterfinals. Romaine capped the drive by catching
a touchdown pass from sophomore quarterback Preston Brown.
that always leads to big returns on kick-
offs,” he said. “We had guys who didn’t
stay in their lanes and (Hendricks) is a
great player. He’s their leading receiver
and he’s fast enough to take it back all the
way across the grain.”
Before the Hawks knew what hit
them, St. Mary’s struck another heavy
blow. Senior defensive back Kaliel Boyd
returned a Brown pass for a touchdown
to give the Dragons a 48-34 lead.
“We weren’t going to just run the
clock out, and they got a pick-six,”
Sucharski said.
Another interception set up Leon-
ard’s 59-yard TD pass to Hendricks to
2022-2023 MSHSAA
wrestling weight classes
Boys weight classes 106, 113, 120,
126, 132, 138, 144, 150, 157, 165, 175, 190,
215 and 285
Girls weight classes 100, 105, 110, 115,
120, 125, 130, 135, 140, 145, 155, 170, 190
and 235
this summer of their intention to hold a
four-day, all-classes tournament for the
boys and girls, but backed out of that
plan in an Oct. 22 email announcement.
Basically, the state officials decided
a four-day tournament wasn’t a good
idea after all and offered a laundry list
of reasons why.
“A four-day tournament is not
a tournament setting that wrestlers
experience during the regular season,”
MSHSAA stated in the email. “Wres-
tlers would be making weight for four
consecutive days with some wres-
tlers competing in one match on each
day. Due to NFHS rules regarding
weight allowance, wrestlers would not
have received another additional pound
on day 4. Under the two-day tourna-
ment plan, wrestlers will be required to
make weight for two consecutive days
versus four consecutive days.
“Under the four-day tournament
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make it 55-34.
“Coach called the ‘go’ route and we
knew we had the seams all week because
the safeties were on the other hash. I saw
that and made a play,” Hendricks said.
Brown completed eight of a season-
high 16 passes, but the two snagged by
the guys in green snuffed out any notion
of a Hawk comeback. Sucharski said the
fourth quarter provided Brown with some
“teachable moments.” The Hawks also lost
two fumbles on plays in their backfield.
“(Brown) is a super-tough kid. He
works his tail off,” Sucharski said. “He’ll
be out throwing the ball in 30-degree
weather with my son (Chase). He’s a
plan, coaches would have potentially had
wrestlers eliminated early in the tourna-
ment (day 1 or day 2) and other wrestlers
still participating in the tournament. This
results in eliminated wrestlers still being
onsite for two more days and possibly
not remaining engaged in the event in
a positive manner, creating additional
supervision burden for coaches.
“The four-day tournament plan cre-
ates a burden on officials to get off work
an additional day for availability to of-
ficiate at the state tournament. The four-
day tournament also creates a concern
with officials working four straight days
and expecting them to be at their best
during the state finals on the last day.
“The four-day tournament plan
would have resulted in additional night
hotel expense (for school districts),
additional day of meal money expense
for coaches and wrestlers, additional
transportation expense (bus drivers),
additional substitute teacher expense
and ability to secure subs for coaches
being gone an additional day.”
Wilhelm said this will be the last
year the boys and girls tournaments will
be held together.
“I’ve been making that push,” he
said. “Having 52 teams in one district
31
resilient kid.
“We were open (on the interception
returned for a TD), but we just didn’t put
it over the top of (Boyd) – we underthrew
it. We’ll learn from it. The sky’s the limit
for (Brown) and he’s going to do great
things for us.”
Accustomed to outgaining and out-
scoring teams by double or more this
season, the tables were turned on Hillsboro
as the Dragons put up 512 yards of total
offense to 259 for the Hawks, although
Hillsboro held the ball twice as long on
offense. The Dragons kept drives going de-
spite being penalized 17 times – including
numerous holding calls – for 160 yards.
In the final game of their four-year
careers, Romaine and Patterson rarely left
the field, as usual. Romaine led Hillsboro
with 93 yards rushing on 17 carries, giv-
ing him a team-best 1,171 for the season.
It would have been more had he not
missed two games on offense with a hand
injury. Patterson’s 89 yards on 10 carries
Saturday put him over 1,000 (1,081) for
the fourth season in a row. He finished
with 5,141 for his career.
Roberts led the Dragons with 217
yards on 20 carries. Leonard completed
seven of 14 passes for 187 yards, Hendricks
hauling in three of them for 102 yards.
The Dragons’ only losses this season
were to outstate schools, in Illinois and
Kentucky. They haven’t fallen to a Mis-
souri team since Kennett nicked them
13-0 in November 2020.
“They don’t have 12- or 13-play
drives,” Sucharski said. “You get a stop
on them and they’ll hit you with a big
play. They did that against Summit and
against us in the second half.”
was crazy and it’s more equitable now.”
Although health restrictions across
the state have ended, Wilhelm said the
impact of the virus is still felt.
“Two years of COVID hurt partici-
pation across the board for all sports,”
Wilhelm said.
It didn’t hurt girls wrestling,
however, with the need to add a second
class. Wrestling brings athletes in close,
prolonged contact far more than any
other sport. The threat of catching CO-
VID hasn’t been a deterrent at all.
So much for the technical stuff.
Excitement is building for the Hills-
boro (Class 3) and Seckman (Class 4)
boys teams because they are poised to
challenge not just for a state trophy but
for a championship, the first for either
school in the sport. Both the Hawks and
Jaguars are loaded with returning state
qualifiers and medal winners.
On the girls side, De Soto’s Jaycee
Foeller set the standard for girls wres-
tling in the state with three undefeated
state championship seasons. At the team
level, however, none of the schools in the
county with girls wrestling has seriously
challenged for state honors – yet. Leba-
non is the defending girls state champ and
has won three of the four state titles.
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be sold at Pond Creek’s discretion if
full payment is not received prior to
release date. Bonne Terre, MO 63628.
Release date:
Monday, November 28, 2022
interested in running for office may pick up a packet in the City
Clerk’s Office, 205 Kronos, beginning on Tuesday, December
6, 2022, at 9:30 a.m. Filings must be returned to the City
Clerk’s Office by December 27, 2022, filings will close at 5:00
p.m. City Hall will be closed December 23 and December 26,
for Christmas. Qualifications: No person shall be a mayor or
councilman unless he\she is at least twenty-one (21) years of
age prior to taking office, a citizen of the United States, and an
inhabitant of the city for one (1) year next preceding his\her
election. Candidates shall not be arears of any taxes or utilities

If you’re
G. Hintz Unit 97 owed to the City of Olympian Village. Filling fee is $50.
on the following dates: December 24 & 25, 2022. In B. Alvey Unit 109
the event of an emergency, the Administrative office P. Zumwalt Unit 142

may be closed. For further questions or to inquire if NOTICE OF FILING DATES FOR 2023

looking
the Administrative office is open, please contact Fire
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION
Chief Dave Brown at 636-937-6302.
The Windsor C-1 School District encourages qualified persons interested
in running for a position on the School Board to file to be a candidate in the

to buy or
JEFFERSON R-VII SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS
Public Notice of Filing
The Reorganized School District Jefferson County R-VII
encourages qualified persons interested in running for
April 4, 2023 election. Interested persons may file at the superintendent’s
office located at 6208 Highway 61-67, Imperial, MO 63052. For more
information, contact central office at 636-464-4400.
Filing will begin at 8:00 a.m. on December 6, 2022, at the central office,
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sell, the
a position on the school board to file to be a candidate in
the April 4, 2023, election. Interested persons may file
at the superintendent’s offices located at 1250 Dooling
Hollow Road; Festus, Missouri 63028. There are three (3)
in the Leader Classifieds!
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unwanted items into cash!
and will continue during the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except for the first and last day of filing. Filing will not
occur on days when school is closed due to inclement weather. Filing
will also not occur on the following holidays and breaks when the school
district’s central offices are closed: December 23 and 26, 2022. The last

Classifieds
positions available with three-year terms. Filing will begin on
December 6, 2022, at 8:00 a.m.; the office will be open to
receive candidates on the first day of filing from 8:00 a.m.
through 5:00 p.m. Filing will continue during the district’s
day for filing is December 27, 2022 from 12:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Candidates
should call 636-464-4400 or email lkunz@windsorc1.com to inquire if
offices are open.

have
regular business hours, which are Monday through Friday
from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Except for the first and last day NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
of filing, filing will not occur on days that the school district’s PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT #12
central offices are closed due to inclement weather. Filing will JEFFERSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
also not occur on the following holidays and breaks when the
636-931-7560
everything
CANDIDATE QUALIFYING PERIOD
school district’s central offices are closed: December 21, 22,
23, and 26, 2022. The office hours on December 27, 2022, myleaderpaper.com FOR TWO OPENINGS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
will be from 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm. Filing will end on December Public Water Supply District #12 will receive statements of candidacy
27, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. For more information, contact Clint D. from individuals desiring to fill the vacancies on the Board of Directors

you need.
Johnston, Superintendent of Schools at 636-937-7940. NOTICES of the District
Sub-District #2 – one (1) vacancy
Sub-District #3 – one (1) vacancy
NOTICE OF FILING DATES FOR 2023

So, get the

SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION
Notice is hereby given to the general public that the opening filing date for school board
elections will be Tuesday, December 6, 2022, beginning at 8:00 a.m. Interested parties may
file at the Superintendent’s Office during regular business hours. Individuals will be chosen
The Board members are elected for three-year terms. Statements
will be received by the District at the District office, 12301 State Road
TT, Festus, MO, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday
beginning on December 6, 2022, and continuing through close of
business, December 27, 2022, except for December 23 and 26, 2022.

scoop and to serve as members of the Board of Education for a term of three years. Individual school
districts may have adjusted business hours during the holiday season. The closing
date for filing shall be Tuesday, December 27, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. NOTICE OF FILING DATES FOR 2023 SCHOOL BOARD

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To qualify for the position of Board Director, a candidate must be a citizen of the United
States and resident taxpayer of the district, who has resided in this state for one year
preceding his/her election or appointment, and who is at least twenty-four (24) years of age.
Publication of this notice fulfills the requirements of RsMO Section 115.127, Subsection
ELECTION - HILLSBORO R-III SCHOOL DISTRICT
Notice is hereby given to the general public that the opening
filing date for school board elections will be Tuesday, December
6, 2022, beginning at 8:00 a.m. Interested parties may file at the

the
5, done at the regular monthly meeting during November 2022, by order of the Boards of Superintendent’s Office during regular business hours. Individuals
Education. will be chosen to serve as members of the Board of Education for a
term of three years (3 openings) or a term of one year (1 opening).
District Name Superintendent's Office Board Secretary The school district may have adjusted business hours during
the holiday season. The closing date for filing shall be Tuesday,

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1100 Mississippi Avenue December 27, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. To qualify for the position of Board
Crystal City 47 Crystal City, MO 63019 Vickie Eisenbeis Director, a candidate must be a citizen of the United States and
resident taxpayer of the district, who has resided in this state for
610 Vineland School Rd. one year preceding his/her election or appointment, and who is at
De Soto 73 Dawn Selsor

for
De Soto, MO 63020 least twenty-four (24) years of age. Publication of this notice fulfills
the requirements of RsMO Section 115.127, Subsection 5, done at
497 Joachim Avenue the regular monthly meeting during November 2022, by order of the
Dunklin R-V Herculaneum, MO 63048
Laura Campbell Boards of Education. Betsy Noack, Board of Education Secretary,
5 Ridgewood Drive, Hillsboro, MO 63050, (636) 789-0006

yourself. Festus R-VI

Fox C-6
1515 Mid-Meadow Lane
Festus, MO 63028

745 Jeffco Blvd.

Arnold, MO 63010
Lynn Stanley

Susan Graham
NOTICE OF ELECTION
The City of Crystal City does hereby notify the public that candidate
filings for the April 4, 2023, General Municipal Election, will be open
Grandview R-II 11470 Highway C Jason Van Houten on Tuesday, December 6, 2022. Vacancies for Councilpersons in
Hillsboro, MO 63050 all four wards, all seats are two-year terms. Individuals interested
in running for office may pick up a packet in the City Clerk’s Office,
130 Mississippi Ave., beginning on Tuesday, December 6, 2022,
1250 Dooling Hollow Rd.
Jefferson R-VII Festus, MO 63028
Lori Andrews at 8:00 a.m. Filings must be returned to the City Clerk’s Office by
December 27, 2022, filings will close at 5:00 p.m. City Hall will be
closed December 23rd and December 26th, for Christmas.
4290 Gravois Road Lisa Barnhart
Northwest R-1 House Springs, MO 63051 Qualifications: No person shall be a councilman unless he/she is at
P.O. Box 159 least twenty-one (21) years of age prior to taking office, a citizen
4485 Sunrise School Road Rebecca Hooper of the United States, and an inhabitant of the city for one (1) year
Festus, MO 63028 Sunrise R-IX De Soto, MO 63020 next preceding his/her election, and a resident of the ward from
636-937-7501 6208 Hwy. 61-67 Laurie Kunz
which he/she is elected six (6) months next preceding his election.
Candidates shall not be in arrears of any taxes or utilities owed
Windsor C-1
636-931-7560 Imperial, MO 63052 to the City of Crystal City. Filing fee of $50.00 for Councilperson.
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PUBLIC AUCTION
Roseart Auctions
Christmas
Auction!
Wednesday,
November 30 at 5 p.m.
Pastime Club
5557 US Highway 61/67
Imperial, MO 63052
Come help support Toys for
Tots and have a chance to
win a money tree!
Roseartauctions.com
314-324-0079
Christmas auction for Thanks-
giving Night 11/24 at 6pm will
have a huge assortment of toys,
home deco, decoration, name
brand purses, tools and a lot
more doors open at 4:30 auction
starts at 6pm for information call
636-208-6415 Auction House
3401 Hwy Y Valley Mines
Christmas auction for Black Fri-
day sale with Mike & Tom 11/25
starting at 6pm, they will have
a huge amount of all new toys,
Christmas decor, generators,
tools, and a lot more gifts for the
entire family. This will be one of
the largest sales of the year. For
information call 636-208-6415.
DDF Auction House 3401 High-
way Y, Valles Mines.
NOTICES
DUNKLIN R-5 SCHOOL DISTRICT -
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS
(PUBLIC NOTICE OF FILING)
YARD SALES
ARNOLD 3937 W Outer Rd,
Fri-Sat 11/25-11/26, 9am-5pm,
Home & Holiday Decor Resale
Shop. SALE - 25% off Christmas
decor purchase of $15 or more.
FESTUS, Sat., 3796 US High-
way 61, 9am-2pm, climate con-
trolled bldg, everything priced
to go.
HELP WANTED
Now Hiring!
Wayside BP Gas Station
Full-time/Part-time
Deli Clerks & Cashiers
Paid Vacation • Competitive Wages
Please apply in person:
5150 State Route 109, Eureka, MO
Land Survey
Technician
Entry level position with
an established surveying
company. Candidate must
possess the ability to work in
all types of weather. Benefit
package to include: quarterly
bonuses, major medical, IRA,
vision and dental. This position
offers on-site job training, with
opportunity to advance. Some
reimbursement on survey-
related courses.
Apply:
m.marlersurveying@gmail.com
NOTICES
HELP WANTED HELP WANTED HELP WANTED HELP WANTED
The City of Hillsboro is accepting applications for full-time patrol
officer positions. Qualified candidates must be MISSOURI POST
Administrative
Assistant CARPENTERS
CERTIFIED and hold a Class (A) Law Enforcement license. Candidates Land surveying company seeks Experience with deck
must be willing to work 12-hour shifts, holidays, weekends, fairs, and motivated individual to assist construction, weekly pay.
enjoy working with the public in a professional manner. Candidates will
be required to pass a background check, medical exam, psychological in daily office tasks including: Must have valid
phones, scanning, land
exam, and drug test. Starting salary for full-time is $43,000 annually.
research, work flow operations.
driver’s license,
After probation there is a salary step matrix plus CoL adjustment. Also, up to $27 to start,
all education incentives are included. Excellent benefits.
year-round work.
Benefits include: Employee Health Insurance, Dental and Vision Care, Apply:
sick leave, vacation program and LAGERS retirement. All uniforms
provided. The City of Hillsboro is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
m.marlersurveying@gmail.com (636) 337-7733
Applications may be picked up at the Hillsboro Police Department, 101
Main Street, Hillsboro MO 63050 Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. They must be submitted to the Chief of Police.
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Is seeking applicants for the position of
Come Be A Part of the Construction Worker
Rockwood Experience! Shift: Mon. through Thurs. (4 –10 hour days per week)
Assignments located over large geographic area of Missouri
ROCKWOOD SCHOOL and requires travel and overnight stays. Hotel and Meals
DISTRICT HIRING FOR included during travel status.
Benefits include paid time off: 3 weeks of annual leave per
THESE POSITIONS: year, 3 weeks of sick leave per year, 13 paid holidays
• Mowing & Landscaping Technician We also offer health, vision, and dental
coverage and life insurance.
in Grounds Department
For more information and to apply visit
• Custodian www.mocareers.mo.gov
• HVAC Maintenance Technician Deadline to apply is December 11, 2022. EOE
• Plumbing Maintenance Technician
40 hrs./week, 12 months/year and Competitive Salary
FULL BENEFIT PACKAGE INCLUDES:
• Retirement through the Public Educational Employee Retirement
System (PEERS) of Missouri
• Paid Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts • Life Insurance • Long-Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program • Sick Leave Compensation
• Vacation Compensation • 12 Paid Holidays
Supported Employment Case Manager
Apply at https://rockwood.ted.peopleadmin.com/hire/index We are seeking a Case Manager for our Supported
Employment Program to assist individuals with
or Call 636-733-3270 EEOC
disabilities to develop job goals, oversee job
placement, and provide on the job supports.
Starting at $19.00 per hour / Great Benefits
PUBLIC AUCTION PUBLIC AUCTION
Apply at ponybird.org or call HR at 636-282-4400
REAL ESTATE & PUBLIC AUCTION
Pony Bird is an Equal Opportunity Employer

The Dunklin R-5 School District will accept declarations

of candidacy from any person interested in running for a
position on the School Board in the April 4, 2023 election.
Persons interested may file at the Superintendent’s
office located at 497 Joachim Ave., Herculaneum, MO
63048.
Filing will begin on December 6, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. and
will continue during the district’s regular business hours
which are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Except for the first and last day of filing, filing will not
occur on days that the school district’s offices are closed
due to inclement weather. Filing will also not occur on
the following holidays when the school district’s offices
are closed: Friday, December 23, 2022 and Monday,
December 26, 2022. Filing hours on December 27,
2022 will be 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. December 27, 2022 is the
last day to file. There are three positions available with
three-year terms.
BID NOTICES BID NOTICES
Sunday, November 27 at 11 a.m.
4027 Wilkinson Rd., De Soto, MO 63020
DIRECTIONS: From Festus take Hwy. 67 south, make a right onto Route 110, make left
on Main Street, left onto Miller St., cross the tracks, continue straight onto Flucom Rd.,
make left onto Wilkinson Rd., auction will be on the left. WATCH FOR SIGNS.
The Estate of the late Jeff Pyrtle
REAL ESTATE - TOW TRUCK - WRECKER - ZERO TURNS -
ATVS - COLLECTIBLES - HOUSEHOLD - SHED - GUNS
REAL ESTATE TERMS: BUYER MUST PUT 10% DOWN DAY OF SALE NON-
REFUNDABLE MONEY. THE 10% DOWN WILL COME OFF OF THE TOTAL
PURCHASE PRICE AT CLOSING.
REAL ESTATE: BEAUTIFUL 1500 SQ. FT. BARNDOMINIUM HOME BUILT IN 2019 Part Time Driver
WITH 2 BEDROOMS, 2 BATHROOMS, SHOWER ROOM, MUDROOM, LOFT FOR
STORAGE, 40X60 ATTACHED GARAGE SITTING ON 16 ACRES. (must see). TOW Local Not-For-Profit has one part-time driving position
TRUCKS/WRECKER: 2014 Hino flatbed rollback, 1997 3500 rollback with Jerr- available. Candidates must have a clean driving record
Dan bed, 2012 5500 Dodge Ram Cummins diesel 4x4 Wrecker. ZERO TURNS/ and pass a criminal background check. This position
ATV: Hustler XR-7 Zero turn mower with a 60 in. cut, 29 HP, and 432 hours, will require the ability to assist passengers with mobility
Zero-turn mower, Swisher 66” cut with 27 HP Kohler Zero-turn, Sportsman 550
4x4 ATV, CF Moto 500 ATV. HOUSEHOLD/COLLECTIBLES: Beautiful leather
difficulties. This position will work approximately 16-24
couch and recliners, GE freezer, 3 like new 65-inch flatscreen TV’s, Fireplace, hrs/wk. You must have or be able to obtain a chauffeur’s
Antique tables and chairs, beautiful king bedroom set, desk, area rugs, Robo or CDL license with passenger certification. Please apply
vacuum, new laminate flooring, lamps, stools, collector Seiko clocks-(Melodies in person. Disability Resource Association is an Equal
in Motion), new unique puzzle boxes, Quilts, new Insta-pots, new Gliders, Opportunity Employer. Disability Resource Association,
tablecloths, new bedding sets, sheet sets, paintings (Betty Byron), new Nintendo
Wii, Oriental doll, several Hummels, Precious Moments, China, Crystal, copper 130 Brandon Wallace Way, Festus, MO 63028.
sprinklers, Margarita machine, home decor, solar lights, Irish wool sweater.
SHED/OUTDOOR/TOOLS: 12X16 shed with loft and garage door, dog kennel

TRAVELING SALESPERSON
with heat & AC, dump bed lift, several shipping containers,40 ft. Mega carrier,
generators, several motors and transmissions, brand new Crate 454 motor 10
miles with paperwork, fuel tanks, tires, scrap metal. GUNS: Tracker .22 LR,
Super Red Hawk 44 mag, 10 mm Glock, Browning .22 LR, Firefly .22 LR, Ruger This position requires sales experience
450 Bushmaster, Mossberg tactical 12 ga, Ruger .22 AR with scope, Browning and traveling out of state weekly.
.22 lever action, Browning .308 lever action with scope, Ruger American .308
with scope, CZ .22 WMR with scope, Browning .358 with scope, Mossberg 12 ga, Competitive Starting Salaries
CZ WMR .22, Marlin .22 lever action, Browning A-Bolt 3in. with scope, Savage
300 Win. mag with scope, Browning gold hunter 12 ga, Browning 450 marlin,
Ruger 7.62, Ruger M77 30-06 with scope, Winchester super X pump, Remington Must be efficient, detail
12 ga, Century Arms 7.62, DPMS partner arms .223, Tikka T3 30-06 with scope, oriented and good attendance
DPMS partner arms .308, Browning .308 with scope. AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: is required.
This is a beautiful home and nice clean estate. We are still finding more as we
are going through everything. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VIEW THE HOME CALL TO Position requires a Drug
Screen and a background
We’re
SET UP A SHOWING.
ALL PROPERTY TO BE PAID FOR DAY OF SALE AND REMOVAL. ANNOUNCEMENTS check. Benefits are
Hiring
TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER ALL OTHER PRINTED MATERIAL. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR
THEFT OR ACCIDENTS. REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE DAY OF SALE. WE ACCEPT
available upon
CASH, DEBIT/CREDIT WITH PROPER ID. WE NO LONGER ACCEPT CHECKS. qualification (Medical,
Dental, 401, Aflac and Life).
JARVIS AUCTION SERVICE
JIMMY JARVIS 636-524-3115 Applications available at
DAVID FARRIS 1-573-305-6664 www.diebenterprises.com.
VIEW FULL LISTING AND PHOTOS ON AUCTIONZIP.COM, (JARVIS ID #31825) Send application & resume to
OR JOIN OUR FACEBOOK PAGE “JARVIS AUCTION SERVICE” dieb@diebent.com
36 Jefferson County Leader Classified 636-931-7560 Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022

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

The City of Pevely, Missouri is accepting applications for experienced Sunnyhill - Leading the Way
Operators in the Water and Wastewater Departments. in Direct Care for over 40 years!
Seeking in-home caregivers
The applicant must have the appropriate certification. Pay is based on qualifications, to join our team in St. Louis Hiring compassionate and dependable individuals to join our
& Jefferson County areas. We team in making a difference in the lives of people we support.
experience, and certification level. provide training and support!

Benefits include vacation, personal, and sick time, ability to earn paid overtime,
Requirements:
Valid driver’s license, insured
All Jeffco DSP positions start at 18/hour $

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check
covered by the City of Pevely. Pay ranges from $11 to $17/ Apply NOW and JOIN
An application must be completed to be considered for
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the Sunnyhill Family!
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located at 401 Main Street, Pevely, MO 63070 or by visiting 314-835-1100 Sunnyhill, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.
our website at www.cityofpevely.org/Jobs.
Applications and resumes should be submitted in person or HELP WANTED HELP WANTED HELP WANTED
by mail to Ashton Cooke, City Clerk at the City of Pevely, 401
Main St., Pevely, MO 63070.
The City of Pevely is an EOE/ADA employer.

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work ethic? Do you have an excellent attendance record? If so, this is the job for you!

Big News: We have increased the pay to

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• 3 weeks PTO • 11 Paid Holidays
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Along with the sign on bonus, this position also offers: AND HOUSEKEEPING
• Shift differential for all 2nd shift positions (RATE BASED ON EXPERIENCE)
• Participation in the quarterly bonus program
• Holiday bonus program SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL FOR EVENINGS/NIGHTS
Not only does Behr have great monetary benefits, some of our
other benefits are: REFERRAL BONUS FOR NURSING
• 15 days of vacation (ETO) earned in the first year of employment $2000 FOR YOU AND THE PERSON YOU REFER
• 10 paid company holidays & 1 paid floating holiday
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• PTO Payouts
Don’t miss out on these great benefits!
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Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022 Classified www.myleaderpaper.com Jefferson County Leader 37

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

Genuine Appliance The Windsor C-1 School District JOIN THE REUTHER FORD
HERCULANEUM is looking for
Now Hiring is seeking applicants for the GOOD EARTH TOOLS TEAM! FULL TIME PORTERS
Applicants must be willing to
Multiple Positions! following open positions for the
2022-2023 school year Good Earth Tools is an innovative submit to a pre-employment
background check and drug
Part-Time/Full-Time manufacturing company specializing in wear-proofing test, must possess a valid
BUS DRIVERS AND CUSTODIANS industrial products. We have a clean, state of the art driver’s license and have a
WAREHOUSE/ Please access the district website at facility where we are pioneers in the engineering and
satisfactory driving record.
DELIVERY windsorc1.com and seek “Human Resources” to application of solid tungsten carbide.
Responsibilities include
new and pre-owned vehicle
“Employment Opportunities” to access the “Recruit & Hire” detailing, overall dealership
SALES Portal to complete the application process. Why you’ll love working here: cleanliness and organization,
shuttle customers to home
Earn more – We offer competitive wages and the opportunity for
Will train, competitive NURSES AND SUBSTITUTE NURSES annual merit increases as you progress in your career. Hourly and/or work, perform other
pay, benefits available Please contact Kathy Smith at employees are eligible for quarterly performance bonuses! duties as assigned by
ksmith@windsor.k12.mo.us for information (must be LPN or Excellent Benefits – Our benefits package offers group health management. Apply in person
Apply In Person: RN or have current Missouri Nursing License). insurance, a company-funded profit sharing retirement plan, paid or e-mail application to
holidays and vacation, and company paid uniforms just to name a few. matts@reuther-auto.com
639 North Creek Drive SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS Stay Active – You’ll be on the move during your shift in this fast-paced,
Festus, MO 63028 exciting environment! You can get your steps in and also participate
Please contact Julie Martin at
jmartin@windsor.k12.mo.us for information.
in our company wellness program!
Be Part of a Team – Every position plays a key role in meeting Cori
customer needs and we all work together as a team to get things done
in our family-run organization! Manor
We are seeking the right candidates to fill the following positions: Due to increased census,

JEFFERSON R-7 SCHOOLS CNC Machine Operator

the following employment
opportunities are
currently available:
NOW HIRING! Quality Control Supervisor
CNC Plasma Table Operator Dietary

KIDS KORNER P/T AIDE: Brazing Technician

Industrial Maintenance Supervisor
RN/LPN
Charge Nurses
15-18 hours per week between Metal Fabricator/Welder
CNA’s
2:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Must be 18 years of age. Heavy Equipment Technician/Mechanic
Evening
Shall be of good character and be qualified to Jr Desktop Support Specialist
Receptionist Housekeeping/
provide care conducive to the welfare of children. Please apply online via our Good Laundry
FBI background check required. Earth Tools Career Opportunities
Interested applicants
Page at www.goodearthtools.com may apply online at:
or follow our QR code for more
For additional information and to apply online!
corimanor.jobapponline.com
560 Corisande Hill Rd.
information, please Fenton 63026
check our website: 636-343-2282 EOE

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Public Notice Representative

Job Description
BridgeTower Media is seeking a Public Notice Representative in our Public Notice Department.
The ideal candidate will be detail oriented, punctual, computer savvy, be able to multitask, and
possess excellent customer service and time management skills. This individual will act as a
liaison for our clients seeking newspaper placement for notices within multiple states.
What skills does the job require?
• Proficiency at proofreading, remarkable attention to detail, and ability to hit daily deadlines
• Articulate and professional in communication with many clients
• Strong typing skills (80 WPM minimum)
• Basic computer knowledge

Now
• 1–3 years general office and data entry experience
• The work in this position is tedious. You must be focused and exhibit exceptional efficiency in
processes and proofreading.
• Reliable home internet connection with minimum 50mbps up/10mbps down
What will you be Responsible for?
• Assisting our clients with all their legal ad placement needs including but not limited to
deadlines, ad submission, proofreading, confirming publication, cancellations, affidavits, and
Hiring
invoices
• Demonstrate attention to detail, punctuality, multitasking, computer knowledge, excellent
customer service and time management skills
• Ideal candidate must be able to work independently with little supervision
CNAs
What does BridgeTower Media offer?
CNA Evenings 3p-11p, Full-Time
• A competitive benefits package that includes health, vision, dental, life, short- and long-term CNA Nights 11p-7a, Full-Time
disability coverages
• Free 24-hour TeleMedicine and TeleCounseling Services Both with $5,000 Hiring Bonus after 90 days, first pay out
• Unlimited PTO
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Weekly Pay
RN Nights 7p-7a, Full-Time Hiring Bonus $10,000
• 401K with a company match
• Growth opportunities to build your career LPN Nights 7p-7a, Full-Time Hiring Bonus $8,000 first pay out after 90 days
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Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022
Fall deer hunting totals follow consistent trends
G
oing into the final days of the
November portion of firearms
deer season, Missouri hunters
had tagged about 150,000 bucks and
does, including more than 93,000 dur-
ing the opening weekend. Gun hunters
in Jefferson County had removed more
than 2,200 deer from the landscape as
of Friday, Nov. 18.
The first segment of the archery
deer hunting season closed prior to
the opening of the primary firearms
season on Nov. 12. Jefferson County
found itself in familiar territory with the
highest archery harvest total (including
crossbows) in the state at 1,149. The
next closest was Franklin County with
996. Statewide, archery hunters
Telechecked 47,090 deer. The archery
season reopens on Nov. 23 and contin-
ues until Jan. 15, 2023.
Franklin County had the highest
harvest total during opening weekend
of the November firearms portion with
2,015 deer harvested. Texas County in
south-central Missouri – by area the
largest in the state and almost twice the
size of Jefferson County – was second
for the first two days with 1,724. Cal-
laway County was third at 1,692.
The 93,355 opening weekend num-
Windsor hires head coach for growing girls
By Russell Korando
For the Leader
It’s the fifth season of girls wrestling
in Missouri, and Windsor has hired a
coach exclusively for the Owl girls.
Ryan Nuspl is the new girls head
coach after serving as an assistant in
the program the previous four seasons.
Nuspl said participation is increasing for
the sport, with more than 1,000 female
wrestlers across the state. That led the
Missouri State High School Activities
Association to add a second class to girls
wrestling this year.
“We’ve increased in (our) numbers
since the inception of the separate girls
wrestling season,” Nuspl said. “In years
past, we have had one to three girls, and
now we have seven. I hope the sport
Ray to wrestle at Nebraska
Hillsboro senior Griffin Ray signed a letter of intent to wrestle at the University of
Nebraska. Seated with Ray, center, are his parents, Frank and Krista Ray. In the
back, from left, are Hillsboro head coach Matt Mitchell and Ray’s brother, Harrison.
Outdoor News/Sports
Outdoor
Outlook
John J.
Winkelman
ber is an average total. Reaching six fig-
ures is not unprecedented, but numbers
in the 90,000 to 100,000 range are the
standard. The opening weekend usually
accounts for about half of the Novem-
ber portion total. When the archery, two
youth seasons, antlerless and alternate-
methods seasons are all wrapped up for
the year, the total harvest should be in
the 300,000 range.
In 34 counties, including Jefferson,
where mandatory testing for chronic
wasting disease was required, hunters
provided more than 19,000 deer in the
two-day opening weekend.
“We greatly appreciate the partici-
pation and support of the many thou-
sands of hunters who presented their
deer for CWD sampling during opening
weekend,” said Jason Isabelle, state
Department of Conservation cervid
program supervisor. “Hunters play a
critical role in MDC’s efforts to find
Wrestling Outlook
continues to grow at Windsor just like
it is growing in the rest of the state. It’s
exciting to see.”
Reilly Baughman was the trailblazer
for the Owls as their first state qualifier in
2019 and 2020. Then in February at Miz-
zou Arena in Columbia, Mya Hairston
won Windsor’s first girls state medal,
finishing sixth at 100 pounds. She reached
the medal round by winning a 7-0 deci-
sion in her “bubble match.” A freshman
last year, Hairston chose not to come out
for the Owls this season.
Windsor’s female wrestlers this
year include Lily Pauley (105), Delaney
Rapp (110), Riley Merchant (135), Reese
Ronzio (145), Maddie Patrick (155), Leah
McRoy (155) and Alyssa Calbreath (170).
“If we can stay healthy and I continue
to see the effort the girls are putting in, I
Jefferson County Leader
and manage CWD in Missouri.”
Opening weekend is the most
popular two days for deer hunters in
Missouri. Focusing on these busy days
gives the department the best opportu-
nity to collect the most tissue samples
during a very concentrated time period.
“Finding CWD as early as possible
in new areas allows for rapid manage-
ment intervention to slow the spread of
the disease,” Isabelle said. “The high
number of samples collected during
opening weekend gives us a much bet-
ter understanding of the distribution and
prevalence of the disease — where the
disease is located and what percentage
of the deer population is affected.”
The late youth portion of firearms
season is Nov. 25-27 statewide. The
antlerless portion of firearms deer
season is scheduled for Dec. 3-11 in 99
of Missouri’s 114 counties. The only
areas excluded are in the northwest tip
of the state and from the Bootheel up
toward Iron and Reynolds counties. The
alternative-methods portion, unofficial-
ly called the muzzleloader season, is 11
days from Dec. 24 through Jan. 3, 2023.
During the early youth portion
Oct. 29-30, hunters ages 6 through 15
harvested 13,759. Nice weather on Sat-
could see one or two making it to state,”
Nuspl said.
“I want to see improvement from all
my wrestlers. Right now, we are still in the
infancy stage of the program. We are work-
ing on getting more girl wrestlers out.”
Windsor landed in Class 1 under the
state’s just-released two-class structure
for the girls. The Owls will compete in
District 1 with Jefferson County Activi-
ties Association rivals De Soto, Festus,
Herculaneum, Hillsboro and St. Pius X,
along with 28 other schools.
The boys program has enjoyed some
recent success. Jacob Warren won Wind-
sor’s first wrestling state title in 2017 at 145
(Class 3). The next year, Ryan Yarnell was
53-0 and won the 182-pound state title.
All four boys state qualifiers from
last year return. Juniors Brayden Belding
Allison twins to run at SIU-C
Hillsboro seniors Josh and Jonah Allison signed letters of intent to run at Southern
Illinois University-Carbondale. In the front, from left, are Heath Allison (father) Josh,
Jonah and Sara Allison (mother). In the back, from left, are coaches Joe McCraith,
Dina Holland, Tom Gordon, Katie Lauterwasser and Todd Medley.
39
urday that weekend was followed by a
rainy Sunday, tamping down the hunter
success rate compared to the 15,608
total in the 2021 early youth portion.
The fall firearms turkey hunting
season was open from Oct. 1 through
31. Preliminary numbers indicated
that hunters statewide took a total of
1,846 birds this year, almost identical
to last year’s total of 1,836. In Jeffer-
son County, the shotgun crew bagged
eight gobblers and 13 hens. Statewide
the totals included 712 male birds and
1,134 females.
Archery hunters have the opportuni-
ty to harvest two turkeys along with their
deer tags. During the first half of that
season, hunters arrowed 2,053 turkeys,
including 873 males and 1,180 hens. In
Jefferson County, archers took home 27
turkeys, split evenly between male and
female at 13 and 14 respectively.
John Winkelman has been writ-
ing about outdoors news and issues
in Jefferson County for more than 30
years and is the Associate Editor for
Outdoor Guide Magazine. If you have
story ideas for the Leader outdoor news
page, e-mail ogmjohnw@aol.com, and
you can find more outdoor news and
updates at johnjwink.com.
and Cam Busch and sophomores Luke
Patterson and Brice Henry will attempt to
take the next step toward the medal stand
when the Owl boys and girls compete in
the newly formatted state meet.
Belding finished 43-8 a year ago and
was a first-team member of the all-JCAA
team. He pinned his first state opponent
at 106 but lost 7-0 in the quarterfinals
and 10-4 in the consolation wrestlebacks
to fall one win shy of the medal round.
Busch also made first-team all-
JCAA, finishing 34-15 and qualifying for
state at 170. Patterson qualified for state
at 113 and Henry lost a 3-1 decision in
the 160 wrestlebacks, just missing the
medal round.
“We’re lucky to have a young but
solid group of dedicated wrestlers,” said
boys head coach Tom Ford.
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