CANTON MO.
THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2009 - PAGE 11
by Dan Steinbeck
More fun at the hospital
In our last exciting episode, a humor columnist bid
his appendix farewell. The story continues here.
One nurse put heart leads on the patient's chest hair.
She said "I can put them there and rip them off really fast,
or you can pay $28 for a shave." The former choice was
taken, and most of the leads were removed at the hospital
with slight pain. Some leads, for whatever reason were
left on the sides of the patient's chest, maybe because
they were affixed with industrial-strength adhesive and
probably have to be surgically removed.
All patients wear gowns, regardless of gender or their
familiarity in wearing them. One size fits no one. These
muumuus add new meaning "held for observation."
Hospital beds with big wheels are tricky for one nurse
to steer. Patients get joyrides to x-rays, cat-scans and sur-
gery. When some one-nurse crews had trouble, the pa-
tient almost - almost, but not really - wants to help Fred
Flintstone style, pushing with the feet on the ground.
If not in a bed, a patient may wall halls with the
tubes of liquid refreshments (steak-and-eggs-in-a-bag),
while wearing the afore mentioned stylish gown. In some
bigger hospitals, patients have wandered for days, seek-
ing their room again. (Just kidding).
Hospital humor: A nurse turns off a patient's room
light and tells him to sleep. Then one of the two patient
roommates needs to void wastes or needs a drink, anoth-
er nurse comes to take 4 a.m. vitals; a perky phlebotomist
comes for a 5 a.m. blood draw; a patient down the hall
begs for a nurse, and then it's out of bed into a chair by 6
a.m., even for a night owl.
More humor: Lunch was brought the same time a
male roommate - bless him - was having a catheter re-
inserted, when it was removed too soon, and his bladder
hurt from build-up. Student nurses were brought in to
learn how to insert a difficult catheter. The nurses ex-
plained to the students in too great a detail what was oc-
curring and were all agog: Gee, his bladder was full. The
columnist's stomach stayed empty.
When it is time to leave a hospital, one nurse encour-
aged the patient to keep the souvenirs - the footies, the
plastic breathing thing, the water cup, the urine jug. "You
paid for them."
(To verify much of this and last week's column on
appedicitis, just ask Linda or the poor roommate.)
Backward Glances
First District
Rep. Report
by Brian Munzlinger
I am glad to hear of no
injuries during the storms
that hit our area last week.
It is that season and re-
minds me of when my farm
got hit in 1999. In situation
like that friends and neigh-
bors help and prayers mean
a great deal. The people
in our part of the state are
great to help in situations
like these.
Our top priority in the
house is to fast track eco-
nomic development in our
state. We must get Missou-
rians back to work and we
must do it quickly.
A month didn't go by
before we passed House
Bill 191 and expanded the
Quality Jobs Program that
has had a successful his-
tory in Mo. We sent that
to the Senate in February
where it stalled for months.
We didn't let that stop us.
Since mid-session, we have
continued to send the Sen-
ate bill after bill seeking to
improve economic devel-
opment. We passed House
Committee Substitute to
Senate Bill 377. This sub-
stitute included many of
the economic development
provisions proposed by the
House this session.
As we entered the last
week of session, the House
was still determined to pass
legislation to help turn our
economy around.
Just like House Bill
YESTERYEAR PICTURE
VFW POST AT LA-
BELLE, 1946 - The fea-
tured photo this week in-
cludes men from the VFW
Post from LaBelle, Mo., in
1946.
The men pictured on the
front row are: Roland Wil-
son, Robert "Onice" Wil-
son, Amos Slagel, (WWI),
Raymond McBrayer, and
Lawrence "Fat" Green.
Back row includes
John Haley Spicer, Kenneth
Byers, Delmer Bailey, Del-
mer Waller, Ollie Gilbert,
Fritz Lumley, Bill Gilbert,
Royal "Bill" Wilson, Elmo
Davis and Glover Davis.
Lumley is the father of Sue
191, the House Substitute credits. The bill caps these
for Senate Bill 377 would tax credits at $165 million
expand our highly-success-in 2010 and increases the
ful Quality Jobs program, cap each year to account
The substitute increases for inflation. The substi-
Sayre from Lebanon, Mo.,
who loaned the pictured.
At one time LaBelle
had several American Le-
gion Posts. The first one
was named for Homer E.
Wallace, who was lost at
sea while serving in the
Navy. The post name was
changed October 1, 1920
to Wallace-Chambers Post
No. 89, honoring Roscoe
Chambers, whose body was
the first of a serviceman re-
turned to Lewis County for
interment.
The Wallace-Chambers
post was active until the
depression when it surren-
dered its charter. Veterans
of LaBelle and Lewistown
communities organized
a new American Legion
Post, LaBetle-Lewistown
Post 200, which was char-
tered December 1931.
In 1948 the post split.
Lewistown members with-
drew and formed a post
of their own. The name of
Post #200 was renamed
and rechartered LaBelle
Post #200, as it still is cur-
rently.
The LaBelle Post #200
and the auxiliary as well as
other Lewis County VFW
are still providing Memori-
al Services at several cem-
eteries on Memorial Day.
State Senator District 18 Report
by Wes Shoemyer
The First Regular Ses- and places. Make official
sion of the 95th Missouri recommendations to and
helping our research and for his final signature.
development community Creating jobs and pro-
From the pages of early County newspapers the cap from $60 million tute sets out requirements General Assembly con- cooperate with the United
to $100 million on the tax for those applying for the cluded May 15. The final States Board on Geograph-
20 YEARS AGO ,-- credits that can be offered tax credits such as proof of days of the legislative ses- ic names.
The Press News JournalConnie O Dear of Ewing to companies that create ownership and sets out a sion see a flurry of bills Maintain a list of ad-
May 18, 1989 was named valedictorian of good jobs. This program time frame for the start of and resolutions coming to visers who have special
- Commencement cer- the 1969 graduating class creates the kind of jobs the rehabilitation, the floor as lawmakers try interest and knowledge in
emonies for the 166 Cul- of Lewistown High School. Mo. needs I am proud to announce every conceivable way to Mo. history, geography Or
ver-Stockton seniors was Joy Beth Van Meter was The substitute places the Senate has finallyget their legislative priori- culture and consult with
Saturday 'in Canton at El' salutatofiaff' of 'the class, an emphasis on assisting passed HB 191 and will be ties approved, and that s such advisers.
lison Poulton Stadium.Commencement exercisesstart-up companies and sent totheGovernor'sdesk just what happed this Develop and revise
This class had the first ever were held for 24 graduates.
week. The Senate worked state priorities for geo-
moting growth of the busi-
nesses within Mo. is our
top priority. It gives you
and your family the abil-
ity to work and provide for
one another, and stimulates
the progress of our state.
Last Tuesday I was do-
ing an interview on the side
gallery of the Chamber
with the Bureau Chief of
a Tokyo newspaper, about
a bill that I had sponsored
when the electricity went
off in the Capitol. I heard
the Senate recessed but we
carried on without micro-
phones or the electronic
voting boards. It was very
nostalgic and a lot slower
process than what we are
accustomed to. I wish ev-
eryone a very good sum-
mer.
Contact me at 573-
to grow and flourish. One
part of the bill allows up
to $100,000 in tax credits
each year to encourage an-
gel investors to help start-
up companies expand into
full-fledged businesses.
Another portion al-
lows the Mo. Department
of Econ. Development to
issue up to $10 million in
tax credits each year to
offset expenses related to
scientific research and de-
velopment in fields such as
agricultural biotechnology
and prescription pharma-
ceuticals. We believe the
credits will strengthen our
research community and
help promote even more
of the entrepreneurial ideas
that so often come from our
researchers.
The substitute also in-
cludes new requirements 751-7985 or at brian.mun-
for historic preservation tax zlinger@house.mo.gov
late into the night every
night this week and sent
a bushel basket of bills to
the governor to be signed
into law. Several measures
I sponsored were includ-
ed.
The resolution I spon-
sored this session to urge
Congress to support the
continuation of horse
processing in the United million to $20 million.
States was approved by This measure basically
both chambers and sent to benefits one big developer
the governor. This resolu- in St. Louis. At the sanie
introduced in Congress
that would restrict horse
processing.
The legislature ap-
proved and sent to the gov-
ernor my bill changing the
graphic records projects.
The legislature ap-
proved an economic devel-
opment bill on the final day
of session that will
create jobs to get our state
economy moving forwar l.
During debate on the bill, I
voiced my objection to
increase in the land asserd-
blage tax credit from $1t3
acre parcel in the big city
but just three times that
amount of all of the farmers
in our state. I think that:s
outrageous. On the othrr
hand, I have been promised
graduates of the Blessing-
Reiman College of Nursing
with 13 students receiving
the Bachelor of Science in
Nursing.
United States Congress-
man and 1988 democratic
presidential candidate
Richard Gephardt, was
the featured speaker for
the Lewis County Truman
Birthday Bash.
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farmer and served as pre-
siding judge of the county
for several terms.
H
Albert Warning of Do-
ver community is at home
again after ten months of
service as a seaman in the
"suicide Fleet" on board
the U.S. cargo ship "Beau-
fort", formerly-a German
vessel in the fighting zone.
The Board of Education
at LaGrange has hired all
of last year's teachers ex-
cept Mrs. A. L. Ford who
did not apply. Dr. J.T, Muir
is again superintendent and
Prof. W. K. Moore is prin-
cipal. All salaries are the
same. Dr. John W. Crouch
has been chosen president
of the LaGrange College,
a position he held from
1903-1910.
directors, the district will
be named as a defendant
and a copy of the peti-
tion will be served upon
the district by certified or
registered mail at least 35
days before the hearing.
Current law requires
notice of the petition to
detach to be published in a
newspaper in each county
containing any portion of
the proposed territory. The
act instead requires that
notice be published in a
newspaper in the county in
which the hearing will be
held as well as in a news-
paper with circulation in
the proposed territory.
Lawmakers approved
and sent to the governor
my Senate Bill 480, which
creates the Missouri Board
on Geographic Names
within the office of the
Secretary of State charged
with the following duties:
Evaluate propos-
als for changes in names
of geographical features
forward to getting together
with agriculture groups and
my colleagues in the legiS-
lature over the summer to
try to find issues of com-
mon agreement to move
agriculture forward and
secure profitability for our
family farmers.
Contact me at 573-
751-7852 or email at wes.
shoemyer@senate.mo.gov
or write to Room 434, State
Capitol, 201 West Capitol
Ave., Jefferson City, Mo.
65101.
$27 gives a PNj
subscription for
a whole year
Lewis and
adjoining
Missouri
counties;
$30 elsewhere
573-288-5668
PICNIC SEASON
40 YEARS AGO
The Canton Press-News
May 22, 1969
The badly burned body
of a man believed to be the
fifth victim of the LaGrange
explosion, was found in the
Mississippi River" near St.
Louis May 22. The body
has tentatively been iden-
tified as Louis Hagenhoff,
38, of Martinsburg, Mo., a
truck driver who was seen
walking to the scene of the
explosion of Triangle Oil
Co. docks Monday evening
just before the blast oc-
curred.
Canton Board of Alder-
man heard a lengthy re-
port about a possible port
authority Monday night.
River traffic is one of three
types of transportation, the
others being highway and
railroad.
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80 YEARS AGO
The Lewis Co. Journal
May 23, 1929
The old officers of the
Lewis County Fair have
issued a statement that the
fair will be continued. The
people of the county did
not want the fair to close
and donations were liberal
and sufficient to pay off all
the indebtedness and have
a sum sufficient to make
some needed repairs on the
grounds and buildings.
Judge Frisby L. Lloyd,
one of the most widely
known and most respected
residents of Lewis County,
died at his home near Can-
ton May 16. For many years
he was connected with the
Canton Trust Company
and held the position of
president of that institu-
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Martin J. Shuman, con-
struction chief master in
the Seabees, has visited
his mother, Mrs. Florence
Shuman of Williamstown.
Shuman has been with the
Seabee for 26 years. He
recently served two tours
in Vietnam for 21 months
attached to the Marines.
Shuman holds 20 ribbons,
including four for service
in Vietnam.
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90 YEARS AGO
The Lewis Co. Journal
May 23, 1919
Among the Canton boys
who have recently returned
and Wade Condit. Return-
ing home to LaGrange are
Walter Butler, Lawrence
Patterson, Walter Wise-
mann and Wilbert Wolf-
meyer.
ter supply district, when the gate next year. Rural !
tion until its reorganization . from service are John a petition for detachment lawmakers will have to II
a few years ago. He was a King, Walter Haggerty, Ev- is submitted to the circuit get our heads together to
well known and prosperous erett Hampton, Albert Con- court by someone othercome up with issues we all
stantz, Durkee Hawkins, than the district's board of can agree to support. I look
tion asks Congress to offer time, the state is proviC]- !
incentives to help create ing just $66 million for
horse processing plants our largest industry-agr]-
throughout the country, culture. So we re spendir g
and oppose any legislation up to $20 million on an 80i
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procedure for detaching a that a major agriculture bill
territory from a public wa- will be the first one out of ii
