Throwback Thursday 5.6.21

1971
Receives 50-Year Pin from P.E.O.

Miss Bess Gant has been a member of Chapter DF PEO for 50 years. A reception was held in her honor last Thursday evening at Oakridge with representatives of the chapter present. She was presented a pearl 50 year pin by the chapter president, Mrs. Emmett Fulkerson.

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1991

Front left to right: Boone Palmer, Joey Hetrick, Derek Carder, Justin Wilson.
Back left to right: Angela Martin, Randy Proskocil, James McCurley, Jesse Simmons.

Students From Ellis Participated in MCTM

Eight students from Ellis Elementary participated in the Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics (MCTM) Regional Math Contest held in Gower on Saturday, April 20.
Fourth grade entrants were Joey Hetrick, Boone Palmer, and Justin Wilson. Scott Johnson was the alternate. Representing the fifth grade were James McCurlery, Derek Carder, and Jesse Simmons. Randy Proskocil and Angela Martin were participants from the sixth grade. Fifth and sixth grade alternates were Terry Shinabarger and Kally Dye. Teams were sponsored by teachers Linda Hoover and Anna Wilson.

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2011

Defibrillator Donations

On Friday, April 29, the police departments of Gower and Holt each received a Samaritan Pad automated external heart defibrillator with an extra set of pads to be carried in a police vehicle.
Both units were presented by Doug and Kathy Lowe of Trimble. The defibrillators were purchased and donated by their business, Smithville Lake Storage, located in Trimble.
Each defibrillator will be put on the street in a duty car for possible response to a heart attack in the event the police may be more quickly available the an ambulance.
The Lowe's decided to begin donating these machines after a good friend suffered a massive heart attack and was revived with a defibrillator in 2007. The Lowes' business has purchased and donated six defibrillators and a seventh defibrillator was purchased with donations from a few community individuals and organizations in Clinton County
Above, L to R: Holt Police Chief Bob Smock, Gower Police Chief Joe Wellington and Doug and Kathy Lowe.