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INSIDE NEWS LaTempt becomes VP at Peoples Bank & Trust. See page A4

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Residents, businesses denied federal flood assistance By KRIS SCHEFFEL Greene Prairie Press It was announced last week that the Federal Declaration for flood assistance had been signed; however, for the 22 counties affected including Greene, individual assistance has been denied. Last week, it was announced that public assistance would be available to Adams, Alexander, Bureau, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Fulton, Greene, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jackson, Jersey, Knox, Madison,

Mercer, Monroe, Morgan, Pike, Randolph, Rock Island, Schuyler, Scott, St. Clair, Stephenson, Union and Whiteside. For individual federal assistance, the same cannot be said. According the federal government, the amount of damages for residents and business owners was not sufficient to warrant federal assistance. FEMA’s associate administrator Jeff Byard said federal officials “determined the impact to individuals and households from this event is not of such severity and magnitude to

warrant the designation of Individual Assistance,� a news release states. Upon receiving the denial, Gov. JB Pritzker has made an appeal stating that there was $8.2 million in damages to individuals. There are two types of assistance, public and individual. The governor requested funding for both from the federal government. Typically, when public assistance has been granted, so too has individual. The costs go beyond damages incurred by flood waters to include prevention costs. Business impacted

Welcome, baby Blaine. See page A8

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Tigers take victory over Hawks. See page A7

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ext summer the Roodhouse Police Department will be showing movies in the park after purchasing an outdoor movie system.

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by the flooding will not receive assistance unless the decision is successfully appealed. Even if it is, however, that assistance may only cover damages, not prevention measures. This is largely up to the discretion of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Public assistance will be used for public infrastructure as well as churches and private non-profits. Those under public assistance have been given 30 days to complete

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North Greene royalty

“We were fortunate enough to raise and save approximately $8,000 over the last several years through large donations from various businesses, t-shirt fundraisers and from individual contributions from people such as the Sitton family who live in our community,� Roodhouse Police Chief Kyle Robison said. “Right now, we are in the process of learning how to use and set up the system.�

Prior to Friday night’s football game against West Central, North Greene crowned new royalty. Lakeleigh Brown was chosen as Queen for the coming year, and Sammy Bush was named King

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Banghart named County Clerk of the Year By CARMEN ENSINGER Greene Prairie Press Greene County Clerk Debbie Banghart has been named the 2019 County Clerk of the Year. Banghart received the award last Tuesday, Sept. 24 at the Illlinois Association of County Clerk and Recorders Conference in Springfield. Banghart said the state is broken up into four different zones, and each zone had the opportunity to nominate someone from their zone. “I had to submit a biography chronicling everything I have done since I have been in office,� Banghart said. “They have four or five questions they ask about your family and what you have done I your community.� Banghart has been County Clerk for the past 30 years, and she has seen some big changes take place over this time. “Technology is the biggest change I’ve seen happen,� she said. “When I first came in here back in 1990, we were still using typewriters to write

out documents. Computers were just coming out, and I would say my office used computers more than the other offices did back then.�

“It is such a great honor for them to think that I deserve Clerk of the Year. The southern counties tend to not get chosen very often.�

Debbie Banghart Greene County Clerk Banghart had no problem adapting to the use of computers. “I used to have a sign up here in my office that said ‘change is constant – therefore learning must be continuous,’� she said. “And it’s true – you have to be learning all the time. I always felt as

long as I could learn then I could always continue and the past few years have been a very big learning experience for me.� That is because everything is changing from the state level down, she indicated. “They are demanding everything be on computers these days,� Banghart said. “We just changed to a new recording system, and the next two years are going to be demanding as far as getting all these changes in.� Prior to being elected in 1990, Banghart was in the banking profession where she was over compliance. “My boss at the time kept telling me I wouldn’t like the work and why didn’t I just stay where I was at,� she said. “I said ‘well, I have been asked to run and I kind of like the idea of the different types of work that goes on in the County Clerk’s office.’ I wasn’t really sure if I was going to like it, but once I settled in, it was something I have really enjoyed doing.� (See, BANGHART, A2)

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Greene County Clerk Debbie Banghart holds award for being named the 2019 County Clerk of the Year.

Boyd Hospital offers physical therapy along with new procedure By CARMEN ENSINGER Greene Prairie Press Thomas H. Boyd Memorial Hospital in Carrollton has a lot to offer including a new procedure in pain management called Needling. Boyd Hospital CEO Debbie Campbell said there are many things the hospital has to offer that people don’t necessarily realize. “We have an excellent physical therapy program that a lot of people don’t even realize we have,� she said. “We have two full-time physical therapists on staff and offer physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy.� The newest pain management program being offered is called “dry nee-

dling.� This uses a filiform needle to penetrate the skin and stimulate underlying myofascial trigger points, muscular and connective tissues for the management of neuromuscular pain and movement impairments. “One of our therapists went to school to learn how to do this new technique,� Campbell said. “We have had several people that have done it and it really made a difference. This gets down deeper into the trigger point and takes care of the pain without drugs.� Dry needling is especially helpful in relieving back and knee pain. “You have it done for two or three weeks, and your back pain is usually gone,� Campbell said. “It’s also good

to relieve knee pain.� This is just another way Boyd Hospital is keeping up with the newest in technology. Earlier in the year, they purchased a state of the art 3D mammogram machine. “My goal is to start educating the public on what all we have to offer here at the hospital,� Campbell said. “A lot of people don’t know we have a walk-in clinic or that we have a swingbed program. “Let’s say you have a procedure done and you need specialized care – why go to a nursing home? You can do your rehabilitation right here and get your physical therapy. You have your own private room and we’ve been offering it for years but people just don’t realize its here.�

Something else that Campbell is advocating is for everyone, of age, to get the Medicare Wellness Exam. “This is something else that not many people know about,� she said. “When you first turn 65, Medicare will pay for you to have this wellness exam. It is all about prevention and catching issues early.� This wellness exam includes a baseline EKG and a Triple A aneurysm check. Then a doctor will sit down and talk about the results of those tests. It is suggested that this wellness check is performed each year. In fact, many insurance companies are adopting the same protocols. “Some of the insurance companies (See, BOYD, A2)


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