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Election Notice The Caldwell County News Volume 152 issue 6 July 21, 2020 www.mycaldwellcounty.com 75¢ Including Tax 816-583-2116 Left: Valedictorian Garrison Woods. Right: Kristian Moore, Salutatorian Braymer 2020 Graduation Polo historic building collapses after storm Braymer Tait Park was the setting for the 2020 Braymer C-4 Graduation Sunday A historic building in Polo collapsed overnight because of heavy rains. Crews afternoon, July 19. Speaker for the event was Keith Edmonston, Braymer English worked to demolish the rest of the building. Polo Police told county management teacher. Several awards were given out before the seniors were presented their that the collapse was likely the result of the age of the structure, combined with diplomas. the storms and rainfall from early Wednesday morning. The building stood on the corner of Hwy. 13 and 116 and was built in 1897 and at one time housed an opera theater upstairs. No one was hurt or in the building at the time of the collapse according to Caldwell County Emergency Management. AREA NOTICES Braymer Water July 31-Aug. 1: Braymer rates going up Street Fair. July 28: The Caldwell Mayor Michelle Kelley called County Clerk’s office will the meeting of the Braymer City be performing a Public Test Council to order with council of the voting equipment for members Roger Murray, Mi- the August 4, 2020 Primary chelle Haughton, Lois Bigham Election. This will be held on and Dennis Batchelar present. Tuesday, July 28, 2020 in the Employees present included Commissioner’s room of the Conda Kincaid and Michael courthouse at 2 p.m. Gray. The council voted to approve Aug. 22 Hamilton bulk the agenda, last month’s min- pickup. utes and pay bills. The City of Hamilton and In old business: R&W Container will con- Farrel Clevenger was pres- duct the Fall City Wide Bulk ent on behalf of the Shoal Creek pickup on Saturday, August Fire District to discuss the wa- 22. Items must be taken to ter meter to be put on a fire hy- the curb by 7 a.m. and will drant to meter the fire districts be picked up there. Materi- water usage. The council voted als that can’t be picked up to purchase a meter from Win- include: tires, yard waste, water for $1424.41. waste oil, batteries, anti- The council voted to pay the Braymer C-4 2020 Prom Royalty freeze, items containing Fre- electric bill from AT&T, as long Braymer prom was held Friday evening, July 17, with the crowning on the stage in downtown Braymer. The dance was on, and construction materi- as the city received a lease pay- later held at the Stet Fire Barn. al. Another clean up day will ment from AT&T. Left to right: First runners up: Brett Stephenson and Brianna Shepard; Queen Jasmine Taylor, King (not pictured, Dylan be scheduled in the spring. Chief Clevenger also in- Haughton; second runners up Kristian Moore and Kegen Hays and third runners up Sam Jordan and Kayla Henry. formed the council that there is Crown bearers were Poppy Moore and Maverick Park. More pictures on page 8. Reminder of Election not a fire hydrant near Oak Tree The Caldwell County Square. Midwest Assistance Program Clerk’s office will be open Darcy Emmanuel was pres- has been working with the city INDEX on Saturday, August 1, 2020 ent to discuss having a workout to put together a CMOM for the from 8 A.M. until noon for session at Tait Park on Saturday wastewater. Classifieds ............................14 absentee voting for the Pri- mornings throughout the sum- The council voted to raise Local News ............................8 mary Election to be held on mer. She would provide her water rates for inside and out- August 4, 2020. Note: The own insurance. The council side the city limits by 5%. Inside Weekly Record........................4 Lincoln Township polling lo- voted to allow Emmanuel to city limits will be 84¢ per 100 Braymer Graduation snapshots.....9 cation has been relocated to hold workout sessions at Tait gallons used and outside city Cowgill R-6 School. See the Park. limits will be $1.24 per 100 gal- Caldwell County Livestock snapshots....4 New Business: sample ballots in this edi- Continued on page 16 tion. News and Advertising deadline for The Caldwell County News is Monday at 10:00 a.m. The Caldwell County News July 21, 2020 - Page 2 Opinions understand the situation at hand, develop a plan of ac- Air Force has 2,805 cases, the National Guard has 2,614 Letter to the Editor tion, and implement the plan. Sometimes, it is having cases and the Marine Corps has 2,124 cases. There are the courage to decide without knowing all the facts. approximately 2100 additional cases per week being I wanted to share some information regarding the For the good of all, they need to make a decision, and reported. story on the Hamilton shooting. Christian Cooper ACT. confessed to driving the truck, shooting at the victims Some troops may not survive; others will be injured. Upcoming Events and Meetings and fleeing the scene. He gave a signed confession to Regardless, the reasons for this action are vital to the American Legion - 3rd Wednesday at Legion Hall the police. He stated he acted alone. You would think overall success of the mission. The commander, what- – 1900 Hours a confession would lead to the release and dropped ever level they are in the chain of command, also needs VFW – 3rd Monday of month at Cameron Veteran’s charges of the innocent bystander that was arrested the self confidence that if they are following their train- Home Chapel -1900 Hours (Cancelled) along side Cooper. Alas, no. Benjamin Marshall has ing and sound principles of leadership, they will not Kidder Post 140 -3rd Monday at Kidder City Hall cooperated with the authorities and verified Cooper’s be second guessed after the battle by their superiors. – 1900 Hours story but he still remains behind bars. He was injured During this pandemic, the analogy has been that we August 8, Ice cream social at Kidder City Park 1700 in the crash that Cooper created and has yet to receive are at war with this virus. I pray that our leaders in the Hours proper medical care, a shower or even the opportunity communities, county, state and federal government to brush his teeth. He requested legal council and still will show these same leadership qualities to develop Contact information has not been granted a lawyer. He went to court to- a plan of action and make the tough decisions for the For more information or to offer help: Contact Pat day and was told they would have a bail hearing in 3 benefit of all. I also pray that our citizens will become O’Connor (816) 575-2568 weeks. Does this sound like justice? like good soldiers and carry out their assignments Veterans Clinic (CBOC) @ MVH (816) 632-1369 (again, for the good of all). Veterans Crisis Hotline 1-800-273-8255 Amy Marshall Anyway, if you know of a current veteran, or their A good website is www.va.gov. It has some of the family, who is having trouble and needs some help, latest news information as well as explaining veteran Braymer Hometown Hero please contact us at the numbers listed below. At the benefits.Also try www.military.com. I live at Oak Tree Square housing center, and yester- very least, please, be kind to others and PRAY FOR day I saw the neighbor lady Kim Silkwood, run over PEACE! here, and grab the garden hose. She was spraying wa- ter on the front of our building; it was on fire. If she had Our Military Hero’s - Lt. John F. Kennedy- US Wykert convicted in Nodaway not put the fire out there could have been some lives Navy lost. She had the fire out before the fire department got John F. Kennedy’s strength of character and leader- County Court here. We are very thankful for her. It is just one little ship was influenced by many aspects of his life. One Thursday Kenneth Wykert, of Maysville, was con- thing we do for each other here in Braymer. of the most influential periods could easily have been victed of first-degree involuntary manslaughter and his tenure as a naval combat officer in the South Pa- abandonment of a corpse in Nodaway County Court. Yvonne Murray cific fighting the Japanese following the attack on Pearl Wykert was originally charged with second degree Harbor. His ability to make quick decisions under murder for the death of Leah Dawson. Wykert’s sen- stress with the welfare of those around him would be tencing is scheduled for September 1. put to the test like no other on a fateful August night in 1943. Scuttlebutt It was one of those moments he learned you do what By Pat O’Connor you’ve got to do. He was lauded a hero for which he Courthouse News said: “It was involuntary, they sank my boat.” Yet, he is Welcome to the Scut- also the first and possibly only US President to be faced tlebutt. We strive to pro- with one of the world’s most critical moments when Commissioners Minutes for vide information to local the United States and the Soviet Union were on the veterans and share a little verge of engaging in global nuclear thermal warfare June 1-15, 2020 bit about life in the mili- in 1962. This would be a post-World War II event that tary.
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