December 2021

LAWSON – World War II veteran Lindell Jarman, Lawson, celebrated his 100th birthday surrounded by family on Thanksgiving. Having spent three years in college, Jarman, then 21, volunteered for service July 30, 1942, in Kansas City, Kansas, based on National Archives information.

I don’t understand why some voters in Missouri are so against Congress passing a bill that will benefit those same voters and their children. The Build Back Better bill passed by the House but languishes in the Senate behind a wall of obstruction that just doesn’t make sense.

I took out the trash Nov. 30.

JEFFERSON CITY – Under legislation filed by state Sen. Denny Hoskins, R- Warrensburg, illegal gaming devices now in use in businesses and clubs would be replaced with regulated and transparent video lottery terminals, VLTs, overseen by the Missouri Lottery Commission.

HIGGINSVILLE – The Tigers’ first win of this varsity boys basketball season came sooner than it did last season. And the 2019-2020 season.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Putting together four good quarters was an issue for the Tigers the first four games of the varsity girls basketball season. The Tigers dropped three of their first four, falling to Lafayette County of Higginsville, Richmond and Oak Grove, and defeating Lexington.

KANSAS CITY – The end of Excelsior Springs’ varsity volleyball season in October did not end the careers of seniors Kyli Crowley and Rylie Stottlemyre.

PLEASANT HILL – The Tigers produced one champion, one runner-up, one third-place finisher and one fourthplace finisher in their first girls wrestling tournament this season. Junior Vada Burton pinned her way to the 135-pound title at the Steve Leslie Invitational Tournament, held Dec.

KANSAS CITY – A day of grappling Dec. 4 at the Park Hill Duals ended with the Excelsior Springs boys wrestling team going 2-3 and finishing third.