October 2021

Joyce Ann McCrery

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Joyce Ann McCrery, 87, of Excelsior Springs, MO, passed away on September 29, 2021, surrounded by her loving family. She was born to the late Lawrence Willard Jones and the late Beulah Ester Longenbaugh.

Leonard Eugene (Abner) Easley

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Leonard Eugene (Abner) Easley, 85, passed away on September 30, 2021 at his home in Lawson, MO, after a three year battle with cancer. He was born December 5, 1935 to Leonard Morton and Livie Alpha (Waters) Easley in Excelsior Springs, MO. He was the youngest of seven children. He was a 1954 graduate of Excelsior Springs High School where he was a member of the football and field and track teams. He held the school record for the discus throw for 30 years. His record was finally broken by an athlete who came to him for pointers.

Leonard Eugene (Abner) Easley

THREE-PEAT

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RICHMOND – For the third time in as many years, The Richmond News, sister paper of The Excelsior Springs Standard, won the Missouri Press Association’s Gold Cup Sweepstakes Award. The newspaper achieved 13 first-place, 11 second-place, seven third-place and six honorable mention awards.
THE 2021 Missouri Press Association Gold Cup Sweepstakes Award goes to The Richmond News for the third year in a row. The award is received Saturday at the Elms Hotel and Spa during the association’s annual three-day convention. From left are sports Editor Shawn Roney, Editor-in-Chief Jack “Miles” Ventimiglia, association President Liz Irwin, Publisher Brian Rice and Excelsior Springs sports writer Dustin Danner. PATRICIA M. VENTIMIGLIA

NEWSPAPER HALL OF FAME

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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Missouri Press Association inducted the editor-inchief of The Excelsior Springs Standard and the Richmond News, Jack “Miles” Ventimiglia, into the Missouri Newspaper Hall of Fame on Sept. 24.
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS Standard and Richmond News Editor Jack “Miles” Ventimiglia is inducted into the Missouri Press Association’s Hall of Fame during the group’s convention Friday at The Elms, Excelsior Springs. BRIAN RICE | Publisher