By Editor | May 5, 2021
By MARK EVANS
STE. GENEVIEVE HERALD
Two years worth of honors were handed out April 23 at the 97th Annual Ste. Genevieve Chamber of Commerce Gala at the DuBourg Centre.
The gala had to be called off in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 AWARDS
Small Business
Loida Ag Service opened in 1967. It sold out to Gateway Ag Center last year.
Russ and Tom Loida accepted the award and both made brief remarks.
“We appreciate the chamber recognizing us,” Russ Loida said. He noted that the demands of the business and family farming have kept them from being especially active in the chamber over the years. “We’re very grateful.”
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By Editor | December 30, 2020
By MARK EVANS
mevans@stegenherald.com
Discussion of the Caronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act took up much of the Ste. Genevieve County Commission’s abbreviated Dec. 23 meeting.
The commission met for about two hours that Wednesday, since the courthouse was closed on Christmas Eve.
The commission was feeling the stress of not knowing how things would play out in Washington, D.C. between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
The $2,099,323 in CARES Act money the county received came with some strings attached. One notable string was that it must be spent by Dec. 31 or returned.
By Editor | December 23, 2020
By MARK EVANS
mevans@stegenherald.com
Since Jeanette Wood agreed to take on the duties of Ste. Genevieve County Health Department administrator the first week in September, a cloud had hung over her head.
That cloud, the County Commission’a concern that she could not legally hold the position after having just served on the county health board, finally burst last week.
Wood agreed to resign during last Thursday’s County Commission meeting after Presiding Commissioner Garry Nelson and Prosecuting Attorney Wayne Williams discussed the situation with her.
“The problem is we’re breaking the law and we know it,” Nelson told Wood. “I took an oath to support the Missouri Constitution and the laws that go with it. That man (Williams) did the same thing. We have nothing against Jeanette Wood. You’ve been a community pillar for 40 years, we’ve been friends for 20 years. If it was Randy Bahr sitting here, it would be the same thing.”
By Editor | December 17, 2020
By MARK EVANS
Ste. Genevieve County leaders want to be prepared for the launch of COVID-19 vaccines.
The County Commission discussed the situation with Jeanette Wood, provisional health department administrator, as well as Felix Meyer, county emergency management director at last Thursday’s commission meeting.
Pfizer’s vaccine, created in conjunction with BioTech, appears likely to be the first one on the market. Moderna, however, is expected to have a vaccine available almost as soon.
While both are said to be 95 percent effective against the novel coronavirus, the Phizer vaccine has some logistical issues.
According to one source, it needs to be stored at temperatures of 158 degrees below zero, Fahrenheit, or by another source, 94 below, Fahrenheit. It will only last 24 hours in standard (36 to 46 degree) refrigeration.