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tschram

  • Joined: August 30, 2022
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NEW CHALLENGE

As Kiersten Playter walked to the stage at William Chrisman High School to sign her national letter to compete in rowing at Kansas State University, it marked the end of an era for the three-sport student-athlete.

Fight hate with speech, not with censorship

The man accused of killing 10 African Americans at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket was virulently antisemitic as well as a racist. Indeed, he blamed Jews for the so-called “great replacement” — a belief based on a racist conspiracy theory that nonwhite people are being used to replace white people.

Thank you for informative article on abortion

Brandon Coffman, Independence To the editor: I wanted to send you a letter with my feedback. I especially liked your article on abortion and the current events around that, showing actions from both parties and what they plan on doing.

Betty B. Watters

Betty Bernice Watters, 89, of Independence, MO passed away on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Betty was born to Benjamin Drew and Velma (Purdun) Clark in Cainesville, Missouri on November 11, 1932 during a snowstorm that left drifts as high as the fence posts. Velma always said Betty was actually born on the 7th, but the doctor couldn’t get through the roads until the 11th and for some unknown reason it was reported as the 11th on her birth certificate. Betty graduated high school in Bosworth, MO, then went on to work for Harzfeld’s department store in Kansas City, MO. She then met and married the love of her life, Leo Wright “Bud” Watters of Wakenda, MO in 1953, with two children born to this union: Dianne and Patricia. Betty was a busy lady and continued to work at various jobs after her marriage, from Banquet Foods in Carrollton, MO, to Sears Roebuck & Company in both retail and contract sales until the store closed, before finally retiring from the City of Independence Water Pollution Plant as an Executive Secretary for many years. Later in life Betty lived with her youngest daughter, Patricia and son-in-law, Michael in Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Wisconsin until health issues brought her back home to live at The Groves in Independence, MO, and close to her oldest daughter, Dianne and son-in-law, John. Betty is survived by her daughters, Dianne Lehman and Patricia Larson; granddaughters, Jennifer Larson and husband Sam Blake, Jessica (Larson) Newell and husband Jon, Julieanne (Larson) Dunlap and husband Adam; great-grandchildren, Adam Dunlap, Corbin Dunlap, Dominic Dunlap, Hunter Walters and Natalie Walters; and a niece, Sandra Neufeld Jensen Noe of the Springfield, MO area. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 32 years, Leo Watters; sisters, Ruth Clark and Irene Neufeld; son-in-law, Michael Eugene Larson; and parents, Benjamin and Velma Clark. A graveside service to honor Betty will be at 2:00 p.m., Monday, May 23, at Mound Grove Cemetery in Independence, MO. Online condolences may be left at www.speakschapel.com (Arrangements: Carson-Speaks Chapel 816-252-7900)

Julianne Gordon

Julianne Gordon, 83, of Independence, Mo. passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2022 at NorthCare Hospice House in Kansas City, Mo. Funeral services will be on Friday, May 27, 2022 at 3 p.m. at Church of Christ-Temple Lot in Independence with visitation beginning at 2 p.m. Burial in Orient Cemetery in Harrisonville, Mo.

Margaret Elizabeth Turley

Margaret Elizabeth Turley passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. She was 90 years old. A visitation will be held on Tuesday, May 24 from 6-8 p.m. at 18020 E. 39th St. S, Independence. Her funeral service will begin at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 25 with burial to follow at Floral Hills Cemetery in Raytown, Mo.