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A bit of normalcy has resumed at City Hall, the Community Center, and city parks with the reopening of some facilities and programs. The Grain Valley Aquatic Center opened Saturday, June 13th, and City Hall reopened June 15th. The Community Center resumed normal hours of operation on June 8th.
“We still have some programs/classes that we just are not able to offer due to social distancing restrictions but the Fitness Center and Gymnasium are open again and we are taking room rentals,” Parks and Recreation Director Shannon Davies said. “The first weekend of the pool went really well. We never reached capacity, but we had a nice steady flow of patrons both Saturday and Sunday and are really appreciative of everyone's patience with the COVID-19 restrictions that we had to implement.” While playgrounds remain closed, all other park amenities are currently open to the public with some restrictions per Phase 2 of Jackson County's Recovery Plan. Davies is hopeful playgrounds can reopen in Phase 3 of the County’s plan. Baseball/softball field rentals have been very popular this month, according to Davies. “We can allow practices on our fields in Phase 2, just no tournaments. So several of these youth teams have been practicing in preparation for tournaments scheduled in surrounding counties where tournaments are allowed.” One popular program not returning in the near future are the monthly senior luncheons. The July senior luncheon has been canceled, and future luncheons have been postponed until further notice. Mayor Mike Todd concludes his term on June 22nd after 16 years of service to Grain Valley. Todd began his service to the City of Grain Valley in 2004 as an Alderman and has served as Mayor since 2010.
Grain Valley has seen historic growth during Todd’s tenure. Todd and the Board of Aldermen were part of the planning and infrastructure of the development of the area surrounding the I-70 interchange area and Rosewood Hills and Woodbury subdivisions. Todd has also been involved in several community building efforts in the City, including the Trail or Treat event established 8 years ago, establishing the Mayor’s Christmas Tree Fund two years ago, and the formation of the Grain Valley Youth Engagement Services (GV YES). “It has been a great experience for myself and my family. We got to experience a lot of wonderful things from lighting the Mayor's Christmas Tree to dressing up at Trail or Treat to many more. It has given me a chance to really give back to my community and at the same time has shown my daughter what service to one's community is,” Todd said. “There are lots of things I'm proud we accomplished as a community. We have had tremendous commercial and residential growth while at the same time keeping Grain Valley one of the safest cities in Missouri. We've lowered our tax levy several times while keeping our services at a great level for our residents. Over the last several years we have really seen community pride when it comes to our events. Attendance at these events has gone up and it really helps to keep that small town feel. Throughout all of this, it is also important to me that we have continued to be able to offer senior citizen discounts on water along with free Community Center memberships. One of the things I'm most proud of is our staff. I'm probably biased, but I truly believe our city employees are the best group of city staff you will find in the state of Missouri.” Todd and his wife Tosha have worked alongside a team of volunteers to coordinate the Grain Valley Fair and parade for several years. The Fair added a 5K event two years ago, the proceeds of which benefit local nonprofit organizations. Todd will remain active with the Fair committee, who has recently teamed with the Grain Valley Partnership to offer Food Truck Fridays in downtown Grain Valley beginning June 19th. As Todd steps away from City leadership, he says he is proud of the work completed and will miss working with the community and City staff in this capacity. As for things he won’t miss, he could only think of one thing. “Unfortunately, with the rise in social media we have seen negativity increase as well. Not just in Grain Valley, but everywhere. I won't miss the negative attacks based on half-truths and inaccurate information. After these years, it’s still difficult to sit back and see it occurring, but in the position of an elected official you can't really respond for a number of reasons.” Mid-Continent Public Library (MCPL) resumed select in-branch services on Tuesday, June 16th. The first hour of in-branch service will be reserved for customers ages 60+ and other members of populations vulnerable to COVID-19. Curbside service, launched on May 18th, will continue to be available for customers to pick up items they have put on hold.
During this next phase of Library service, customers will be allowed inside MCPL branches for no more than 90 minutes per day. Limited public computers will be available for use as well as printing, copying, and faxing services and indoor use of Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi continues to be available outside of each of the Library’s branches 24-hours a day. Customers are asked to maintain social distance while utilizing all available library services and are encouraged to wear masks inside the branches. Customers without masks may be asked to put on a library-provided mask if they need staff assistance while using a public computer. Services that are still not available include: browsing shelves, meeting room usage, gathering in large groups, and using children’s computers. Prizes for the Summer Reading program will be mailed rather than picked up at the branch, and in-person library events are postponed. Virtual events are available on MCPL’s social media pages. Library services will end one hour prior to each branch’s normal closing time to allow for additional cleaning. All returns must continue to be placed in the outdoor book drops. Returned items will be retrieved from the book drops and quarantined for at least 72 hours before being checked back into the Library’s collection. This time will not count against due dates and fines will not be assessed until July 1st. I am guessing it just started as one trip to a ballpark on one of their vacations, likely to catch that team playing his beloved Cardinals, which led to my dad to decide to visit almost every major league ballpark in the country and one in Canada, all with my mom as his co-pilot.
My parents made swings out west and swings to the northeast, and many swings through St. Louis, dutifully pin-marking each stop on a map displayed at home. Friendly patrons snapped their photo at each game, and dad frequently reported back to me on the beer and peanuts quality at the ballpark. Mom was a good sport through that and his many adventures: repairing old MGB and Triumph cars, a brief stint with camping, a two round a week golf habit, and learning to play a couple of instruments. He returned the favor by supporting her interest in the arts and music. We lost my dad to this earth in December, but sadly, we had gradually lost his spirit and his mind to dementia prior to that. It was arduous, particularly on Mom, who had to provide almost round the clock care the last couple of years, and to see the man we loved reduced to sometimes garbled thoughts and speech. The cruelty of diseases effecting the mind is almost unbearable. My dad was a patient, yet impatient man. He had the patience to research and publish a book about his beloved hometown country club, the patience to faithfully rehab his arm after a shoulder surgery, and the patience to apply fertilizer, winterizer, and weed and feed to his yard each year, a task I have yet to accomplish. He was patient enough to fly fish a little and to hunt quail and ducks, but told me he never had the heart to hunt deer. He loved a good piece of fried quail with drippings gravy. So do I. He was patient when letting grandkids pull on his ears and nose and crawl all over him or when giving them rides on his John Deere lawn tractor. He enjoyed an occasional episode of Peppa Pig or Thomas the Train long after the kids no longer watched them. He was much less patient with drivers who failed to use turn signals or obey traffic laws, students at the medical school where he worked who didn’t want to study, and occasionally his children, who for some reason could never remember to turn off lights when they left a room. My dad was a funny, yet serious man. He loved one-liners, waited for the minister’s joke each week during the sermon, and wrote clever song lyrics to sing while he played his guitar. In his younger days, according to Mom, he and his college buddies got a kick out of The Three Stooges and their antics, so he wasn’t above some of the sophomoric stuff. In later years, he loved Cheers and could recite many of Norm and Cliff’s lines from memory. He was not stand-up-comedian type funny, but he was mischievous, and he had pretty good timing. I can picture his face and a little sideways smirk he gave right before cracking wise. He loved a funny greeting card almost as much as the present that accompanied it. I remember he would answer the phone when my sis and I were in junior high and high school by saying “Colton’s summer home. Some are home and some are not. Who do you want?”. Or maybe if a boyfriend said, “Is Cathy home?” when they called, he might just say, “Yes, she is” and hang up. After all, he had answered the question, right? He invited a couple of my dates to the back deck to have a beer with him while I finished getting ready. The ones I was able to forewarn refused the beer and made it through the test, but a couple of really cute ones couldn’t resist a sip. Here’s to potential lost loves! My brother is an absolute hoot, and I can’t help seeing a little of dad in him. Somebody told me the other day that I was funny, and somehow it made me miss my dad a lot. I would do anything to hear him tell a joke again. He was more serious about his faith, first as an altar boy, then as an usher, and always a regular attender at church. He was also pretty serious about being on time. He was always the first one ready, urging us all out the door (see reference to impatience here…). And I bet I could count on one hand the number of times he didn’t work his 9 to 5 shift, at his desk in at least a sport coat and a worst a collared shirt, shoes with a coat of polish applied the night before, taking exactly one hour for lunch. I can attest to the fact that if Dad worked for you, you got your money’s worth. My dad was loyal, almost to a fault. You learn a lot about loyalty when you are a Missouri Tiger football and basketball fan. A season ticket holder at Mizzou for many years, sometimes my dad’s misery over their performance was almost palpable. But when he passed away, his closet still contained plenty of Mizzou gear, and he wore a Tiger watch on his frail arm until the very end. My dad was also loyal to his St. Louis Cardinals and spoke fondly about games with his dad and grandad at old Sportsman’s Park. I have a highly treasured picture of my dad and me on the way to probably the last game he watched at Busch Stadium, his ball cap placed jauntily on his head, clothed in a Musial jersey. You would have been hard pressed not to find a Card’s game or pro golf event on his TV at home on a Sunday afternoon, the time of day when he checked the insides of his eyelids for cracks. He saw many of the greats play golf and proclaimed Scotland to be too beautiful to describe after he went to St. Andrews. His collection of books about baseball and golf would embarrass most sports libraries. My dad was a purist, but he liked to try new things, too. He followed the rules of golf the way they were written in Bobby Jones days, scoffed at baseball’s designated hitter rule, liked a baked potato with his steak, and told me once he preferred a wrapped gift to a gift bag delivery. But when KFC came out with crispy chicken in addition to original, he would have a piece of both. And he had a Callaway and one of those fancy longer putters in his golf bag, even though he preferred the old clubs he had re-gripped multiple times. My dad gave me lots of gifts, both the tangible and metaphorical kinds. He gifted all of us with intelligent conversation and the knowledge that home was a safe, loving place to express an opinion or learn one. He enjoyed the gift of music, and in particular James Taylor and saxophonists who could play jazz, but he could name lots of classical pieces by ear. He and mom gifted me my first car, a yellow VW Bug, whose heater was questionable and whose floorboards were thin. I loved that car and the freedom it gave me, and he piddled with it just enough to keep it running. He gifted me the example of strong work ethic, and my own work ethic has been a point of pride through the years. He gave us the gift of believing in all of us. The best story I have about that was when as a young driver I was in an accident that was not my fault. The adults involved blamed me, but Dad believed me. He turned into Perry Mason, entering a plea in small claims court. We sat at the intersection, timing the traffic lights, had my engineer uncle help us with a to-scale diagram of the accident site, complete with tiny moving cars, and rehearsed his opening statement. We ate Chinese at the fanciest place in town to celebrate our less than $500 victory. Perhaps the greatest gift he gave our whole family was loving my mom. Even this last fall, when many things were hard for him to do, he attended her choral concert and almost cried when he heard their beautiful songs. He claimed he could hear mom’s voice amid them all, and my guess is he truly could. I wanted to type this column before he passed away and never did it, a regret I will live with a long time. I have been telling myself that it was perhaps because my dad was hard to quantify, but in reality, a tribute seemed such a small gesture of what I felt for him. I can only hope that by sharing him with you now, near a time we celebrate our fathers, I have honored him in some way. Cathy is a retired public school English teacher and Public Information Officer. Eastern Jackson County resident Sam Luttrell has been the owner of Absolute Automotive in Grain Valley since October of 2008. Luttrell’s first taste of success as a mechanic occurred at 14 years of age when he replaced his first head gasket on a motor. It was out of necessity for his father’s vehicle to assure he could still get back and forth to work. Luttrell was hooked and that has blossomed into a 30 year career.
“My Mom would tell you that I took my Tonka truck apart and put it back together out of curiosity to find out how it works at the age of five. I’ve always had a natural mechanical aptitude,” Luttrell said. The decision of location on where to open Absolute Automotive was not an easy one for Luttrell. There were already auto mechanic shops in Grain Valley with established reputations. The building at 104 East AA Highway in Grain Valley was the most economical fit. “Some of the buildings in the area that I was looking at to rent or buy wanted between $5,000 to $6,000 a month. I was able to secure our current location for significantly less. That was the difference, as the larger amounts would have left me wondering how we would have made the monthly payment,” Luttrell said. Grain Valley News recently received a nomination for Luttrell to be featured as a Community Profile. The recommendation highlighted Luttrell’s honesty and his ability to communicate well with his customers. It would go on to also mention Absolute Automotive’s up front pricing and their timeliness of service in completing auto service and repair jobs. A complete menu of maintenance, diagnostic, and repair service descriptions and costs are found on Absolute Automotive’s website (www.absoluteautomotive.net). Everything from used car pre-purchase inspections for $67.50 to a tire rotation for $25.00. Looking for the phone number to Luttrell’s shop (816-847-5252) via Yellow Pages online will also reveal an A+ Better Business Bureau rating. The coronavirus pandemic and recent flow of business has led Luttrell to put off getting a haircut. The result was being mentioned as a Jerry Garcia look alike of the Grateful Dead by a recent customer. Luttrell accepted the observation with his usual smile and deep chuckle. “The Saturday when they announced the shutdown was when I was supposed to have my last haircut. My wife is a fan of actor Sam Elliott and that’s the look she wanted me to go for. I said okay and I’ve let it grow. It’s pretty shaggy right now,” Luttrell said. Satisfaction after three decades in the industry still comes for Luttrell when he solves a problem that’s been a mystery. Especially, a complicated electronic problem. Computers have made the diagnosis of these types of issues easier. However, they still often involve the process of elimination and problem solving by a skilled human who pays attention to detail “Figuring out the right answer is rewarding. I’ll have something that I’ve been fighting all day long and then wake up at 3 or 4 in the morning and realize what I should check next,” Luttrell said. “Finding what works will lead you to what doesn’t. We get a common powertrain control module code P0171 or that the oxygen sensor is lean on bank one. That doesn’t necessarily mean the oxygen sensor is bad. It’s a possibility, but what usually causes the code is unmetered air entering the engine. All engines today measure how much air is going into them. This allows them to know how much fuel to add and how the oxygen sensor should like when it gets the correct amount.” Luttrell continued, “If you have a vacuum line off, a hose that deteriorates, the oxygen sensor will go lean and when it goes out of it’s operating window, the computer will send the code. It’s not an exact science. Provided diagnostic codes point you in a direction and you have to confirm the issue and cause.” Luttrell works by appointment at Absolute Automotive and is open from 7am to 5pm Monday through Friday. Have a suggestion for a community profile? Email news@grainvalleynews.com by John Unrein Grain Valley resident Doug Link summed up his current post-quarantine boredom well when he stated, “I’d watch two turtles race at this point. I’m glad racing is back in the Valley.”
Unseasonably warm early summer weather was not enough to deter those who gathered to watch a Saturday night full of racing at Valley Speedway on June 13th. Link was joined by friends Jeff Kappelman and Chris Monk to take in an evening of fun and checkered flags. “I love sprint cars. The smell, the noise that comes from a giant engine in a small car. You can’t beat it,” Link said. “Midget car racing is the best show here. Not the taxi cabs you see in NASCAR, instead sprint cars are the original extreme sport. Dirt tracks like these are the proving grounds and the minor leagues for those ascending to stock car racing.” Link concluded, “I don’t race personally though because that’s a good way to go broke.” Valley Speedway track owner Dennis Shrout wears many hats in preparation for and during racing. The labor of love it takes to organize things to promote the best experience possible for racing is apparent. Shrout can be seen on a tractor prior to racing, pulling an aerator to keep the track smooth and avoid compacting. Next, Shrout will support the ground crew in rolling the hose and getting the track moistened to the right level in limiting dust and dirt debris. The final step occurs when Shrout leads All Terrain Vehicle racers around the infield, so they are certain of the layout of the course. High atop the stands is the press booth at Valley Speedway. Inside resides public address announcer Greg Clemons. A former racer himself, Clemons has announced racing for 25 years and is an ambassador for the sport that has an unbridled enthusiasm for the competition that occurs on the track. “And with the green flag waving, the drivers will drop the hammer on the pedal,” is a catch phrase that Clemons delivers with spunk at the start of racing. Clemons will remind you that Valley Speedway is 221 miles from Knoxville, Iowa, the hub of dirt track racing for may fans. Clemons is also honored to point out talented drivers that frequent racing in Grain Valley. “Jeremy Curless in the #33 car, racing E Mods, is from Grain Valley. Gene Claxton also on the track tonight was first here in overall points last season at Valley Speedway. We’ve also had well known drivers like Tony Stewart and Brian Brown race here before,” Clemons said. “The friends that are made during racing and in the pits make this feel like a family. I went to the races as a young kid because my father was a pastor and he said the pre-race prayer. That hooked me.” “When I started racing, I asked my dad to attend and say a prayer. He responded by saying, ‘No, I talked to the Lord about it and he said you guys were on your own’ with a big smile. He definitely had a good sense of humor.” Clemons continued, “Once you’re a racer, you’re always a racer. There’s just something about going as fast as you can with others around you. You want to beat those guys and that’s all there is to it. That leads to a lot of respect between competitors.” “Open wheeled racing can lead to drivers going over one another’s tires and send cars tumbling during crashes. Safety has strengthened over the years and drivers spend a lot of money on things like full containment seats, better helmets, and HANS devices (Head and Neck Support device that help reduce the likelihood of skull fractures).” Safety is also on the mind of Emergency Medical Staff at Valley Speedway. Cold towels are available to cool down with at the first aid station. The Shrout family has also installed misting jets to shower fans as they visit the concession stand or on their way in and out of the track. Families, friends, dates, and children of all ages are present for racing in Grain Valley. Here are results from racing at Valley Speedway on June 13th. B Modifieds A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 5-Dakota Foster[5]; 2. 81A-Austin Charles[2]; 3. 81X-Dan Charles[4]; 4. 91J-Jaylen Wettengel[6]; 5. 11P-Jeremy Price[8]; 6. 73T-Truman Asher[1]; 7. 22-Steve McDowell[10]; 8. 42-Gene Claxton[11]; 9. 73M-Charles McCartney[9]; 10. 57-Randy Ainsworth[3]; 11. 55-Ryan Medeiros[12]; 12. 23-Danny Thompson[7]; 13. (DNF) 73-Bobby Grove[13]; 14. (DNF) 33-Chad Risinger[15]; 15. (DNF) 11-John Murray[14] Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Randy Ainsworth[1]; 2. 73T-Truman Asher[6]; 3. 91J-Jaylen Wettengel[5]; 4. 11P-Jeremy Price[4]; 5. 42-Gene Claxton[3]; 6. 22-Steve McDowell[8]; 7. 73-Bobby Grove[7]; 8. (DNF) 33-Chad Risinger[2] Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 81X-Dan Charles[1]; 2. 5-Dakota Foster[3]; 3. 81A-Austin Charles[6]; 4. 73M-Charles McCartney[2]; 5. 23-Danny Thompson[7]; 6. 55-Ryan Medeiros[4]; 7. (DNF) 11-John Murray[5] E Mods A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 74-Justin Asher[1]; 2. 28-Shawn Burns[2]; 3. 10 4-Colton Couch[4]; 4. 2-Kit Bailey[3]; 5. 86-Doug Brisbin[5]; 6. 33-Jeremy Curless[6]; 7. (DNF) 42-Dalton Krysa[8]; 8. (DNF) 75-Rayce Martin[9]; 9. (DNF) 96-Zach Mason[7]; 10. (DNS) 59-Alex Crawford; 11. (DNS) 23T-Tyler Cochran Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 28-Shawn Burns[1]; 2. 86-Doug Brisbin[2]; 3. 10 4-Colton Couch[5]; 4. 42-Dalton Krysa[4]; 5. 75-Rayce Martin[6]; 6. (DNF) 23T-Tyler Cochran[3] Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 2-Kit Bailey[1]; 2. 74-Justin Asher[4]; 3. 33-Jeremy Curless[2]; 4. 96-Zach Mason[5]; 5. 59-Alex Crawford[3] Dirt Demons A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 2C-Cody Munkers[1]; 2. 117-Levi Cox[7]; 3. 10B-Jeremy Byfield[3]; 4. 2-Mikel Folbert[10]; 5. 5-Nick Deoliveira[6]; 6. 121-Eric Schmidt[5]; 7. (DNF) 1-Jason McCaulley[2]; 8. (DNF) 31-Joseph Mick[4]; 9. (DNF) 14-Robert Chase[9]; 10. (DNF) 51M-Trevor Digby[8]; 11. (DNS) 63-Shane Digby Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 2C-Cody Munkers[4]; 2. 10B-Jeremy Byfield[2]; 3. 117-Levi Cox[1]; 4. 5-Nick Deoliveira[5]; 5. (DNS) 63-Shane Digby Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 1-Jason McCaulley[3]; 2. 31-Joseph Mick[1]; 3. 121-Eric Schmidt[2]; 4. 51M-Trevor Digby[4]; 5. 14-Robert Chase[6]; 6. 2-Mikel Folbert[5] Pure Stocks A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 10-David Schrills[2]; 2. 23-Bobby Ohrenberg[5]; 3. 42-Dakkota Brisbin[3]; 4. 14-Cody Ohrenberg[4]; 5. (DNF) 19-Richard McCaulley[1]; 6. (DNF) 117-Jim Cox[6] Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 19-Richard McCaulley[2]; 2. 10-David Schrills[4]; 3. 14-Cody Ohrenberg[1]; 4. 42-Dakkota Brisbin[5]; 5. 23-Bobby Ohrenberg[3]; 6. (DNS) 117-Jim Cox ATV Open Amateur A Feature 1 (6 Laps): 1. 78-Tyler Werle[1]; 2. 00-Aron Meek[2]; 3. 16-Ashton Mullins[3] Heat 1 (5 Laps): 1. 78-Tyler Werle[3]; 2. 00-Aron Meek[2]; 3. 16-Ashton Mullins[1] ATV Open Money A Feature 1 (6 Laps): 1. 00-Jonathan Roberts[1]; 2. 11-Chris Stout[2]; 3. 2-Danny Pliler[3]; 4. 45-Aaron Stephens[4]; 5. 420-Mathew Eppenauer[5] Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 00-Jonathan Roberts[3]; 2. 11-Chris Stout[5]; 3. 2-Danny Pliler[1]; 4. 45-Aaron Stephens[4]; 5. 420-Mathew Eppenauer[2] by Marcia Napier, Grain Valley Historical Society When Grain Valley’s first brick school burned in 1925 it was replaced by a new $75,000 building considered to be one of the finest schools in Jackson County. The new building had both a gymnasium and a stage. Any one graduating from GVHS between 1926 and 1964 received their diploma on that very stage.
Students also performed on that stage. From vocal music and band concerts to musical revues and plays, it was the cultural center of Grain Valley where many of us “old-timers” remember with fondness our “great times” on stage. The photo above of the 1932 May Festival was undoubtably one of those great times. While we will never know how the yearly festival began, it may have been influence by the famous Ziegfeld Follies. The follies, a musical spectacular, were the American version of Folies Bergere of Paris. Begun by Florenz Ziegfeld in 1907, the follies came to the Amsterdam Theater in New York in 1913. They lasted into the 1930s and had a tremendous influence on American musical theater. Since we will never know her motivation for producing and directing the May Festival, I am going to believe Mrs. Scott, the music teacher, was influenced by Ziegfeld, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin and others to bring entertainment and culture to our town. As for the photo, there are no names but I do recognize Linnea Snow and Paulina Farley, the first two girls on the front row. I also know their dresses, along with many others in the photo, were made from crepe paper. Costumes made from crepe paper was very popular back them. The rabbits on the front row are wearing long underwear, but judging from the size of it, I’m thinks it must have belonged to an older, and much bigger, brother! Visit the Historical Society to see this and many other photos from Grain Valley “back in the day.” by Tracey Shaffer, RDN, LD Grilled foods can be a very healthy choice, but you may have heard that grilled foods may increase the risk of cancer. So what are the facts? Are grilled foods healthy or not?
Grilling over high heat releases fat from cooking meat. While this way of cooking can be very heart healthy due to the release of these fats from meat, according to the National Cancer Institute some potentially harmful chemicals can form when fat burns over an open flame. Other chemicals form when high heat causes a chemical reaction in the cooking meat. Animals exposed to very high levels of these harmful chemicals, called carcinogens, may develop cancer. The jury is still out on whether these carcinogens affect humans, but there are some limited scientific studies suggesting that high consumption of well-done, fried, and barbecued meats is associated with various types of cancer. Don’t let these studies scare you away from grilling. There are some general guidelines to make grilling safer. Here are some tips: Clean the grill before cooking! The leftover char from that last cookout contains the chemicals we are trying to avoid. Avoid direct exposure of meat to open flame and avoid prolonged cooking times. Cook your meat thoroughly, but don’t overcook it – use a thermometer to achieve the proper internal temperature. Flip meat frequently as it cooks. This reduces the amount of harmful chemicals produced during cooking. Cook lean meats. Remove skin and visible fat before grilling and choose leaner cuts to reduce the amount of fat that releases from the meat. Remove heavily charred or burned crust from the meat before consuming. Try grilled vegetables and fruits instead of meat. Vegetables and fruits are not only tasty when grilled, they contain little to no cancer-causing chemicals Grilled meats can be healthy and delicious. By following the tips above you will avoid any potentially dangerous chemicals and enjoy your outdoor summer meals. Try this delicious recipe for your summer outings: Each semester, students at Missouri State University who attain academic excellence are named to the dean’s list. The following students from Grain Valley were named to the Spring 2020 Dean’s List:
Paityn Forgey Kaylyn Gasser Mackenzie Jenkins Christopher Minx Angelina Navarro Kaitlyn Petty Jakob Rogers Skylar Schmidt For undergraduate students, criteria include enrollment in at least 12 credit hours during the fall semester and at least a 3.50 grade point average (on a 4.00 scale). Metropolitan Community College has released the Dean's List for the Spring 2020 semester. The 3,265 students who received Dean's List recognition this semester earned a GPA of at least 3.5 while being enrolled in six or more credit hours.
Grain Valley: Jessica Arends Gregory Allen Armstrong Julia Marie Bagby Cortnee Jean Barnett Bianca Bautista Taffy Ann Beachner Stephanie Sue Branson Bailey Michelle Burney Breanna Bunney Breanda Carlton Angel Castillo Amanda Nicole Cole Jadalyn Crozier Morgan Elizabeth Crozier Ryan Leann Erwin Elizabeth Louise Favor Alana Maria Gorman Matt Ryan Green Ethan L Grisham Kyle R Hammond Jackson Adam Hoover Andrea Marie James Brittney Rose Konko Lisa Kay Kutzner Payton Rylee Lawhead Elizabeth Lawrence Jacquelyn Renae Lowe Kaylee Michelson Aby Leann Miller Hayden Dallas Mitchell Spencer Owens Sam Petralie Andy Andres Reyes Allison Ericka Riker Rebecca Rubak Maria Cruz Ruiz Albor Brenda Salgado Jake Anthony Spangler Peyton William Temple Montana Vaughn Jill Breanne Wenger Hillary Danielle Wheeler Robert Hayden White Adam Christopher Williams |
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