Edwin Wendell King was born July 4, 1920 to Ray L. and Lois (Remmington) King in Hopkins, MO. He departed this life Friday, August 16, 2013 at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center.
He attended school in Hopkins and graduated in 1938. He joined the United States Army in 1943 and was in the 150th Battalion, 34th Squadron, stationed in the Philippines and New Guinea. When he returned from the service in 1946, he returned to farming with his parents.
On October 12, 1946, Edwin was united in marriage to Luetta Lorraine Cavin in Atchison, KS. They had over 66 years together. He was of the Christian faith, a member of the Blockton American Legion, Clearfield Lions Club, and Masonic Lodge.
He is survived by their two sons, Phillip (Myrna) of Bedford and Daniel (Esther) of Redding; grandchildren Elicia (David) Rople and Heather King of Des Monies, Sydney King of LaCrosse, WI, Christopher (Megan) King of Corning, Lacey and Jennifer King of Redding, great-grandchildren Benjamin and Catherine Rople, step-grandchildren Cynthia and Charles, sister Margaret Florea of Hopkins, and nieces and nephews.
Edwin was preceded in death by his parents Ray and Lois, wife Lorraine (May 7, 2013), brother-in-law Orlin Florea, nephews Larry and Wayne Florea, and niece Lois Janell Florea.
Edwin and Lorraine were both cremated and will be buried together at the Rose Hill Cemetery in Blockton following a Memorial Service at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of the Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home of Grant City.
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Five Teens Injured in Sheridan Wreck [UPDATED]
Five Worth County and Northeast Nodaway students were coming home from football practice Tuesday night between 6:30 and 7 p.m. when they were all injured in a head-on collision. Injured were Gavin Hawk, Andrew Faustlin, Andrew Mullock, Justin Parker, and Rowdy West. Gavin Hawk had just dropped another football player home and was returning home when he had a head-on collision with a car driven by Andrew Faustlin in front of MFA. The collision was audible from one mile away. The accident was investigated by the Worth County Sheriff's Office, Missouri Highway Patrol, Sheridan Fire Department, and the Worth County Ambulance.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports that a 1998 Chevy Monte Carlo driven by Faustlin and a 2008 Ford F250 driven by Hawk both changed lanes into the opposite lane. The Patrol says they both made illegal lane changes into oncoming traffic. The Faustlin vehicle crossed back into the westbound lane. Both vehicles left the north side of the road attempting to avoid each other, but hit head-on according to the Patrol's account of the accident.
Faustlin was seriously injured and taken to Heartland Regional Medical Center by the Mercy 1 Helicopter of Clarinda, IA. Andrew Mullock received moderate injuries and was taken by private vehicle to St. Francis. Parker received serious injuries and was taken to Heartland Regional Medical Center by the Worth County Ambulance and later to Children's Mercy in Kansas City. Rowdy West received moderate injuries, and was taken by Ambulance to St. Francis Hospital in Maryville. Gavin Hawk received moderate injuries and was taken by personal vehicle to St. Francis Hospital.
Gavin Hawk resumed practicing Thursday and participated in most of the drills at practice Friday. Andrew Mullock returned to school Thursday and was at practice that day. He will resume participating in practices in two weeks. Rowdy West came to practice Friday. Both Andrew Faustlin and Justin Parker were home from the hospital as of Sunday and are on the road to recovery.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports that a 1998 Chevy Monte Carlo driven by Faustlin and a 2008 Ford F250 driven by Hawk both changed lanes into the opposite lane. The Patrol says they both made illegal lane changes into oncoming traffic. The Faustlin vehicle crossed back into the westbound lane. Both vehicles left the north side of the road attempting to avoid each other, but hit head-on according to the Patrol's account of the accident.
Faustlin was seriously injured and taken to Heartland Regional Medical Center by the Mercy 1 Helicopter of Clarinda, IA. Andrew Mullock received moderate injuries and was taken by private vehicle to St. Francis. Parker received serious injuries and was taken to Heartland Regional Medical Center by the Worth County Ambulance and later to Children's Mercy in Kansas City. Rowdy West received moderate injuries, and was taken by Ambulance to St. Francis Hospital in Maryville. Gavin Hawk received moderate injuries and was taken by personal vehicle to St. Francis Hospital.
Gavin Hawk resumed practicing Thursday and participated in most of the drills at practice Friday. Andrew Mullock returned to school Thursday and was at practice that day. He will resume participating in practices in two weeks. Rowdy West came to practice Friday. Both Andrew Faustlin and Justin Parker were home from the hospital as of Sunday and are on the road to recovery.
Saturday, August 10, 2013
Obituary -- Thelma Gladman 1916-2013
Thelma Christine Gladman was born near
Grant City, Missouri on January 1, 1916, the daughter of Owen and Martha J.
(Sowards) Weigart. She attended school in Worth County.
Thelma married Edward Glee Gladman on
September 16, 1931, and they became parents of 12 children. They moved to Holt
County in 1955.
Thelma passed away on Thursday, August 8,
2013 at a Mound City care center at the age of 97.
She was preceded by her parents; her
husband; sons, LaVerne Gladman and Marvin Gladman; daughters, Leta Emrich, Betty
Steinman and infant Mary Gladman; brothers, Dale and Harold Weigart; and
sisters, June Daugherty, Helen Evans and Mabel McDonald.
She is survived by her sons, Carroll
(Charlene) Gladman of Hopkins, Missouri, Melvin (Sandra) Gladman of Mound City,
Ronald (Danute’) Gladman of St. Petersburg, Florida, and Dennis (Tina) Gladman
of Skidmore, Missouri; daughter-in-law, Barbara Gladman of Riverton, Wyoming;
daughters, Vera Lawson of Olathe, Kansas, Sheri Mackey of Hiawatha, Kansas, and
Beverly (Mike) George of Oregon, Missouri; numerous grandchildren, great
grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren; and nieces and
nephews.
Thelma enjoyed reading, sewing, and playing
the harmonica. She was an excellent homemaker, mother and grandmother. Thelma
was a member of the New Point Christian Church.
Services
were held on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013 at 11:00 am at the Chamberlain Funeral Home
in Mound City. Interment was held at the Isadora Cemetery near Grant City,
Missouri at 3:00 pm, also on Saturday. Memorials may be directed to The Deaf
Missions, 21199 Greenview, Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503-4190.
Online condolences may be left at www.chamberlainfuneral.com.
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Editorial – Tax Cut Bill Could Cost Worth County $180,000
The other day, we went into the office to touch base with the new Worth County Superintendent, Matt Martz. He presented us with some sobering figures – House Bill 253, the massive tax cut bill passed by the Missouri Legislature, could cost Worth County as much as $180,000 annually. He did not even want to think about the cuts that he would have to recommend if the legislature overrides Governor Jay Nixon’s veto of this irresponsible bill. This bill caters to lawyers and special interests at the expense of our children and our future as a country.
It is highly ironic that HB 253 gives special tax breaks for the benefit of lawyers, who already make enough income as it stands right now. Rush Limbaugh has been crying the blues for the last 20 years over all the frivolous lawsuits that he says are clogging up the courts. But HB 253 gives a 50% deduction on business income on businesses that are set up in the same manner as law firms, accounting firms, or lobbying firms. So, as an aside, given that the legislature is so willing to give tax breaks to lawyers all of a sudden, maybe there was never a problem with that in the first place.
There are three priorities that have to be on every person’s list in order for society to function – family, state, and the larger community. Since this is a capitalist society where people are responsible for their own well-being, it therefore follows that a well-educated public is necessary for our capitalist society to flourish as it is imperative that people are given the resources early in life that they need in order to succeed. And in order for our country to remain competitive with powerful nations such as the Russians and Chinese and emerging regional powers such as Iran, it is an imperative for our government to give our schools the resources that they need in order to develop the best education possible for their students.
Supposing for the sake of the argument that HB 253 would bring more jobs to the state, given that this is being done at the expense of our children and schools, it follows that these jobs are not likely to be the kind of quality jobs that would attract more people to this state or raise the quality of life. In order for us to compete with the Russians and the Chinese and the Iranians, we have to have world class schools and world class colleges providing a world class education to our people.
The St. Joseph News-Press, in a recent article, presented conflicting accounts of whether or not HB 253 would benefit our schools. But there was a clear difference between the two sides. Opponents of HB 253 presented exact figures showing how these tax cuts would hurt our children and our schools. The supporters did not present any such figures showing how it would help. We would have been a lot more convinced of the merits of the bill had supporters been able to present tangible figures showing businesses who were willing to locate to Missouri including Worth County and Northwest Missouri if this bill were to pass, figures showing how our schools would benefit, and figures showing how the state would benefit financially.
On the other hand, the State of Kansas already tried this sort of thing a few years ago and the results have been a disaster. Kansas’ revenues have only grown by 2.7% in 2013, compared to 10% for Missouri. Kansas has underfunded schools by over $1 billion since a similar bill was passed. And credit bureaus recently dropped Kansas’ credit rating, making it harder for the state to do business or to borrow money. The same would happen if the legislature were to override Governor Jay Nixon’s veto.
Missouri already has one of the most tax-friendly environments in the country. They have the 7th lowest state taxes as a percentage of personal income, 5th lowest in per capita state taxes in the country, and 8th lowest business tax rate. The legislature has always been able to present a balanced budget in a timely fashion year in and year out. And the legislature can fully fund the Funding Formula that is being underfunded annually by around $620 million by getting rid of most of the $700 million worth of annual tax credits that are going to special interests. Given the massive amounts of your taxpayer dollars that are going towards tax credits for special interests, it is obvious that there is a culture within the statehouse worse than a lot of other statehouses where special interests are catered to.
In the meantime, the politicians have repeatedly broken promises made to our schools and our children to fully fund education. We were told back in the 1980’s that if we would vote to approve the lottery, it would fully fund our schools. In fact, it barely funds a small portion of school revenues. The Funding Formula was another such promise, made and broken by the politicians of Jefferson City.
We have one request of the people who represent us. We realize that our legislators don’t have all the answers and that it is an annual challenge to balance the budget. We get it. All we want is for our legislators to keep the promises made to the people over the years. The fact that none of us have all the answers means that it is even more important than ever to develop a well-informed public who is actively engaged in the political process. That way, by working together, all of us can come up with much better answers than one or two of us. Having a free public education in this country is a right. Special interests do not take priority over our children and schools.
To do otherwise threatens the foundations of the basic freedoms that are found in the Bill of Rights. There are certain political, governmental, and corporate interests who would be happy with a public that is easily manipulated. In many ways, it would be much easier to live in a dictatorship, where decisions are made for us and not by us. But we did not take the easy way out when we revolted against the British back in 1776. We were a well-educated society well-versed in the lessons of those who had gone before us. Many of us came here because we did not want Kings to make decisions for us anymore. For us to continue to be a free society, we must give our schools the resources they need to develop productive well-informed citizens.
It is highly ironic that HB 253 gives special tax breaks for the benefit of lawyers, who already make enough income as it stands right now. Rush Limbaugh has been crying the blues for the last 20 years over all the frivolous lawsuits that he says are clogging up the courts. But HB 253 gives a 50% deduction on business income on businesses that are set up in the same manner as law firms, accounting firms, or lobbying firms. So, as an aside, given that the legislature is so willing to give tax breaks to lawyers all of a sudden, maybe there was never a problem with that in the first place.
There are three priorities that have to be on every person’s list in order for society to function – family, state, and the larger community. Since this is a capitalist society where people are responsible for their own well-being, it therefore follows that a well-educated public is necessary for our capitalist society to flourish as it is imperative that people are given the resources early in life that they need in order to succeed. And in order for our country to remain competitive with powerful nations such as the Russians and Chinese and emerging regional powers such as Iran, it is an imperative for our government to give our schools the resources that they need in order to develop the best education possible for their students.
Supposing for the sake of the argument that HB 253 would bring more jobs to the state, given that this is being done at the expense of our children and schools, it follows that these jobs are not likely to be the kind of quality jobs that would attract more people to this state or raise the quality of life. In order for us to compete with the Russians and the Chinese and the Iranians, we have to have world class schools and world class colleges providing a world class education to our people.
The St. Joseph News-Press, in a recent article, presented conflicting accounts of whether or not HB 253 would benefit our schools. But there was a clear difference between the two sides. Opponents of HB 253 presented exact figures showing how these tax cuts would hurt our children and our schools. The supporters did not present any such figures showing how it would help. We would have been a lot more convinced of the merits of the bill had supporters been able to present tangible figures showing businesses who were willing to locate to Missouri including Worth County and Northwest Missouri if this bill were to pass, figures showing how our schools would benefit, and figures showing how the state would benefit financially.
On the other hand, the State of Kansas already tried this sort of thing a few years ago and the results have been a disaster. Kansas’ revenues have only grown by 2.7% in 2013, compared to 10% for Missouri. Kansas has underfunded schools by over $1 billion since a similar bill was passed. And credit bureaus recently dropped Kansas’ credit rating, making it harder for the state to do business or to borrow money. The same would happen if the legislature were to override Governor Jay Nixon’s veto.
Missouri already has one of the most tax-friendly environments in the country. They have the 7th lowest state taxes as a percentage of personal income, 5th lowest in per capita state taxes in the country, and 8th lowest business tax rate. The legislature has always been able to present a balanced budget in a timely fashion year in and year out. And the legislature can fully fund the Funding Formula that is being underfunded annually by around $620 million by getting rid of most of the $700 million worth of annual tax credits that are going to special interests. Given the massive amounts of your taxpayer dollars that are going towards tax credits for special interests, it is obvious that there is a culture within the statehouse worse than a lot of other statehouses where special interests are catered to.
In the meantime, the politicians have repeatedly broken promises made to our schools and our children to fully fund education. We were told back in the 1980’s that if we would vote to approve the lottery, it would fully fund our schools. In fact, it barely funds a small portion of school revenues. The Funding Formula was another such promise, made and broken by the politicians of Jefferson City.
We have one request of the people who represent us. We realize that our legislators don’t have all the answers and that it is an annual challenge to balance the budget. We get it. All we want is for our legislators to keep the promises made to the people over the years. The fact that none of us have all the answers means that it is even more important than ever to develop a well-informed public who is actively engaged in the political process. That way, by working together, all of us can come up with much better answers than one or two of us. Having a free public education in this country is a right. Special interests do not take priority over our children and schools.
To do otherwise threatens the foundations of the basic freedoms that are found in the Bill of Rights. There are certain political, governmental, and corporate interests who would be happy with a public that is easily manipulated. In many ways, it would be much easier to live in a dictatorship, where decisions are made for us and not by us. But we did not take the easy way out when we revolted against the British back in 1776. We were a well-educated society well-versed in the lessons of those who had gone before us. Many of us came here because we did not want Kings to make decisions for us anymore. For us to continue to be a free society, we must give our schools the resources they need to develop productive well-informed citizens.
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Lisa Sanders Krone Named Kansas Assistant Principal of the Year
Lisa Sanders Krone has been named Assistant Principal of the Year by the KAMSA for the State of Kansas. She has been assistant principal at Robert E. Clark Middle School in Bonner Springs, KS for the past nine years. She is responsible for the 6th to 8th grade building, which has around 580 students. Before that, she was the physical education teacher for girls PE. Lisa was also a finalist with the National Association of Middle School Principals for Assistant Principal of the Year. She was a graduate of Worth County High School and a graduate of Northwest Missouri State, where she received her Masters in Education Administration. She is the daughter of Charles and Connie Sanders of Grant City.
Mel Tjeerdsma to Co-own Championship Motors
After many years of building winning football teams, former Bearcat Coach Mel Tjeerdsma is now venturing into the business world, where he will be the co-owner of Championship Motors along with Rich Mendenhall. They have bought out Schreck Motors, located near the Hangar and Wal-Mart in Maryville. They will have an open house on August 17th; there will be food served from 12-2 along with drawings and giveaways. Bill McCully will serve as general manager, Bridget McMullan will be office manager, and Chad Petersen and Jesse LeMar will serve as the sales team.
Friday, August 2, 2013
Midnight Playboys, Duck Dynasty to Highlight Ravenwood Festival
The Midnight Playboys will be in concert for the Ravenwood Festival this year on Saturday night from 8-10 and the parade theme will be “Duck Dynasty” this year.
Events will start off Friday night at 6 with a supper as well as a “Hit, Pitch, and Run” sponsored by the Ravenwood Park Board. There will also be a baby show as well as the annual Little Mr. & Miss Jackson Township, both sponsored by Grand River Mutual Telephone. There will also be a scavenger hunt sponsored by the Northeast Nodaway Booster Club.
On Friday evening and Saturday, there will be a water slide and bounce house for kids to play in.
Events will start early Saturday morning with a breakfast sponsored by the Ravenwood United Methodist Church from 8-10. At 11, the “Duck Dynasty” parade will start, immediately followed by a money drop sponsored by Tri State Ford. At 11:30, there will be an antique tractor show at the park.
Both the Park Board and Methodist Church will be serving lunches starting at 11:30. Throughout the afternoon, there will be Bingo sponsored by the NEN Senior Class, an ice cream social sponsored by the NEN Junior Class, slushies and funnel cakes sold by the Sophomores, a dunk tank and soda sponsored by the 7th graders, Betsy Bingo by the Northeast Nodaway FFA, kids games at the park provided by the Christian Church, a pedal pull sponsored by FCS Financial, a Closest to the Pin competition sponsored by Northwest Cell, and the Junior Farmer Olympics.
The Midnight Playboys will perform from 8-10. Following the entertainment, the Jackson Township Fire Protection District will provide fireworks.
Events will wrap up on Sunday evening with a gospel singspiration at 6:30 and an ice cream social at 7:15.
Events will start off Friday night at 6 with a supper as well as a “Hit, Pitch, and Run” sponsored by the Ravenwood Park Board. There will also be a baby show as well as the annual Little Mr. & Miss Jackson Township, both sponsored by Grand River Mutual Telephone. There will also be a scavenger hunt sponsored by the Northeast Nodaway Booster Club.
On Friday evening and Saturday, there will be a water slide and bounce house for kids to play in.
Events will start early Saturday morning with a breakfast sponsored by the Ravenwood United Methodist Church from 8-10. At 11, the “Duck Dynasty” parade will start, immediately followed by a money drop sponsored by Tri State Ford. At 11:30, there will be an antique tractor show at the park.
Both the Park Board and Methodist Church will be serving lunches starting at 11:30. Throughout the afternoon, there will be Bingo sponsored by the NEN Senior Class, an ice cream social sponsored by the NEN Junior Class, slushies and funnel cakes sold by the Sophomores, a dunk tank and soda sponsored by the 7th graders, Betsy Bingo by the Northeast Nodaway FFA, kids games at the park provided by the Christian Church, a pedal pull sponsored by FCS Financial, a Closest to the Pin competition sponsored by Northwest Cell, and the Junior Farmer Olympics.
The Midnight Playboys will perform from 8-10. Following the entertainment, the Jackson Township Fire Protection District will provide fireworks.
Events will wrap up on Sunday evening with a gospel singspiration at 6:30 and an ice cream social at 7:15.
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