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PC Health Department has Full Slate of Events for Public Health Week, April 1-7, 2024 Submitted by Jill Payne, PC Health Dept. April 1-7, is designated as Public Health Week. The theme for this year’s celebration is, Protecting, Connecting, and Thriving: “We Are All Public Health.” The Putnam County Health Department was founded in March of 1975 and was originally located on the first floor of the Putnam County Courthouse. The first Board of Directors were appointed on October 4, 1976. Since its charter, the health department has relocated two times and grown to employ six full-time employees and two part-time /PRN employees. The health department provides a variety of health services to the citizens of Putnam County including vaccinations, lab draws, home health services, child safety seat inspections, confidential STD/STI testing, restaurant/ lodging inspections, health screenings, CPR/AED certifications, and more. In celebration of Public Health Week, we have scheduled a variety of events at no cost to our community: o Monday, April 1st -Open House from 8am4pm o Tuesday, April 2ndLiverSTAT lab draws from 8am to 2pm by appointment. o Wednesday, April rd 3 - Child Safety Seat Inspections from 9am12pm by appointment. o Thursday, April 4th - Blood Glucose Screenings from 8am-10am, no appointment necessary. o Friday, April 5th Blood Pressure Clinic at PC Café & Resource Center 11am-12pm. In addition to these weekly events, we are partnering with the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office to hold a Prescription Drug Take Back
Event on Friday, April 5th from 11am to 1pm at the Putnam County Café and Resource Center. The Putnam County Sheriff’s office will be onsite to collect unused or expired medications. Inhalers, lancets, insulin syringes, and liquids cannot be collected at this event. Remove the risk of accidental use of expired medications by participating in this event. There is no limit to the amount of medications you may bring in. We are also excited to announce the return of Rabies Vaccination Clinics. Monday, April 1st through Saturday, April 6th the Unionville Veterinary Clinic and Putnam County Veterinary Clinic will be accepting a limited number of appointments for free rabies vaccinations of dogs and cats. These appointments are for Putnam County residents only. The fee for the vaccine and office visit will be covered by our office. An appointment will be required with the veterinary clinic of your choosing. Their contact information is listed below: Putnam County Veterinary Clinic 16840 MO-5 Unionville, MO 63565 (P) 660-947-2015 Unionville Veterinary Clinic 312 N. 27th St. Unionville, MO 63565 (P) 660-947-4040 We hope to see you all at our open house on Monday and later throughout the week at our other events. The Putnam County Health Department is located at 103 N 18th St. in Unionville, MO. We are open Monday-Friday, 8am to 4pm and can be reached by phone at 660-9472429. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
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Volume One Hundred Fifty-seven, Issue Number 39
An End Of An Era
McCormack’s Service Closes Its Doors At The End Of The Month
Mike and Tina McCormack pose with their children Shawn and Shayla in front of their landmark business, which is closing at the end of this month. Photo credit: Dennie Sheehan In 1963 Dean Mc- operated MSM (McCor- 70’s. Dean was allowed Cormack saw a need in mack, Smiley and Mil- so many gallons of fuel, Putnam County and he ner) Trucking from the and that was all. He saw acted on that need open- station dispatching truck no need to stay open on ing McCormack’s MFA drivers for a period of Sundays after that. at the location housing time. In 1978 Mike started Buzz’s Auto on west Son Mike found Mc- full time at the station Highway 136 in Union- Cormack’s MFA Service and worked six days a ville. His wife JoAnn to be his vocation and week, keeping the stawas his number one sup- has fond memories of the tion open until 9:00 each porter and was the book- years and changes that night. It wasn’t until keeper for many years. have taken place. 2023 that Mike stopped Dean was at that cor“At one time there being open on Saturdays. ner the rest of his career, were probably eight or Dean operated a sucmoving across the high- ten employees working cessful wrecker service way in 1976. at the station. Then, they with two big trucks able As they grew older, offered full service gas to handle getting even Dean and JoAnn’s boys and full service auto and the biggest semis and got involved in the busi- truck repairs, including tractors out of some pretness as well with son tires. Then in the 80’s ty tough spots. “Dad had Mike purchasing the they added propane to two big trucks and he business in 2005. the list of products to be would drive the bigger Randy worked after purchased at the station. truck and I would follow school, weekends and Dean worked the sta- in the slightly smaller whenever needed while tion seven days a week truck,” explains Mike. in high school. Upon and was open until 10:00 “We would travel as far graduation, Randy at- pm each night. “I didn’t as 100 miles on occatended college and had see my dad much in sion but we worked a success in the electronics those early years,” Mike lot of hours on Highway field. recalls. “I would ride my 63 around Lancaster.” Larry worked at the bike from Lemons up to Mike explained. Truckstation before leaving the station on occasion.” ers would pull over and the station and going Closing the station on with little to no shoulder into the trucking busi- Sundays came as a result would often go right into ness for himself. He of gas rationing in the the ditch.
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Dean and one of his wreckers would often be called to help Unionville Granite Works set the larger monuments in area cemeteries. “That was a job I never got involved with,” Mike said with a smile. Dean also was the one to set the goal posts at the new football field. Lawn mowers came to McCormack’s in the 1980’s when Marvin Abbott went out of the business and Dean took on the Wheelhorse and White dealership. Mike noted that Toro bought out those companies and the requirements they put on the dealers made it too difficult to continue with the mowers. In 1986 Missouri Conservation Agent Roger Peecher approached Dean about being the check-in station for the conservation department. Between 1999 and 2001 Mike said they would check in over 1000 deer opening weekend. An event that would draw many spectators to the station in hopes of see a big buck. “We sold hunting and fishing licenses and those were hand written in the beginning, and then they went to a machine that was similar to a credit card machine and now it’s all done online,” states Mike. When asked what the biggest changes have been in his business Mike is quick to state the transition to computers. “You have to have a computer these days to work on most vehicles,” says Mike. He would go to classes to learn how
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