Press Release      Date: 05-16-2021        Prepared by: Captain Dyon Harper

One Dead, One in Custody, Following Shooting

Raytown, MO – On 05-16-2021, at approximately 7:25 a.m., Raytown police officers were called to a report of shots fired at a residence in the 6800 block of Hawthorne. Officers arrived at that location and found an adult male, who appeared to have been shot, deceased in a vehicle. An adult male was taken into custody at the scene. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the Tips Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).

COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics

We’re offering COVID-19 vaccine appointments Monday-Friday of every week at various locations throughout the community. We're accepting walk-ins (no appointment required) at all of our COVID-19 vaccine clinics. Here are this week’s COVID-19 vaccine clinics:

• Monday through Friday, May 17-21 (Johnson & Johnson)
  • John Knox Village Pavilion - 520 NW Murray Rd, Lee's Summit, MO 64081
    • 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., accepting walk-ins until 3:30 p.m.
    • Registration link
• Monday, May 17 (Pfizer)
  • Connection Point Church - 10500 E State Rte. 350 Raytown, MO 64138
    • 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., accepting walk-ins until 3:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, May 18 (Pfizer)
  • SniValley Fire District - 1600 S. Broadway Oak Grove, MO 64075
    • 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., accepting walk-ins until 3:30 p.m.
    • Registration link
• Wednesday, May 19 (Pfizer)
  • The City House - 14300 E US Hwy. 40 Independence, MO 64136
    • 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., accepting walk-ins until 3:30 p.m.
    • Registration link
  • Mike Onka Hall – 11520 Putnam Sugar Creek, MO 64050
    • 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., accepting walk-ins until 4:30 p.m.
    • Registration link
• Thursday, May 20 (Pfizer)
  • The View Community Center - 13500 Byars Rd Grandview, MO 64030
    • 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., accepting walk-ins until 3:30 p.m.
    • Registration link
• Friday, May 21 (Pfizer)
  • New City Church - 8622 Blue Ridge Blvd Raytown, MO 64138
    • 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., accepting walk-ins until 3:30 p.m.
    • Registration link

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Baby Fox 2 a No Show (so far)

BY GREG WALTERS

Trapper Jayne and I have been watching for signs of new activity from Baby Fox 2 for the last eleven days. We had learned the mother fox had been struck and killed by an automobile at the intersection of 59^th and Lane Streets.

Early on we were optimistic that we would capture both kits of a two fox litter.

We have learned a lot from our experience. Foxes are not real picky in what they eat as long as it is rich in protein. Baby Fox 1 was baited with cat food. That attempt reaped rewards on the first night.

ENTRANCE TO THE FOX DEN 

The mother fox had located her two kits under a large front porch. The cavity was created by a family of ground hogs many years ago. It measures at least 3' x 10' on the inside.

We checked with the good people at Lakeside Nature Center located in Swope Park. They suggested we use tuna fish, or any kind of raw meat. As the time stretched from a few days to a many days they told us Baby Fox 2 was probably still in the area. Or, possibly hunkered down and simply refusing to come out of the den. Apparently a fox can be as stubborn as some breeds of dogs. They also told us that sometimes an abandoned kit will simply wander off.

After a week of failed attempts they suggested we put the food directly in front of the entrance to the den to coax the fox out. Then, to keep feeding it until it grew enough to fend for itself.

Out attempts at that had mixed results. Following instructions from Lakeside Nature Center, we baited the fox den (and the trap) with tuna fish. The food was being eaten each night.

The first nigh of this plan we captured a cat!

We had released the cat because we believe it to be a pet of one of the neighbors. As anyone living near a city park can tell you, there are always plenty of cats living around neighborhood parks.

On our second attempt we used hamburger. To our delight the hamburger was gone the next morning. Had another cat eaten the hamburger meant for the fox?

Last night we set the trap with tuna fish and the entrance to the fox den with hamburger. There was not any evidence of the food being tampered with by morning. Was it the incoming rainstorm we are experiencing today (Sunday) that kept the animals away?

One observation of note is that when I walk my dog by the house where the fox den is located my dog insists on inspecting every bit of the yard. Sniffing every branch, tree and shrub – her investigations always lead her to the entrance to the fox den.

We have decided to continue our efforts for a while longer. Any suggestions from our readers will be greatly appreciated. Or, if you see what looks like a small dog with appears to be a reddish tint to its fur wandering the neighborhoods around Colman Park please text to 816 517 6852.

BY PAUL LIVIUS

More Than Just a Name PART TWO

Pen names are pseudonyms for writers who do not want their identity known for any number of reasons. Their real name may not have the flair a writer believes will attract attention. They may want to share their views, but not their identity because they fear consequences for voicing their view(s).

Gender can be a problem in writing. Statistically speaking men read books written by who they believe is a man. Women give the same edge to female writers.

Here some names many of you will recognize. Some are clever in their origins.

SAMUEL CLEMONS (aka Mark Twain): "Mark Twain" (meaning "Mark number two") was a Mississippi River term: the second mark on the line that measured depth signified two fathoms, or twelve feet - safe depth for the steamboat. In 1857, at the age of twenty-one, Samuel Clemons became a "cub" steamboat pilot.                 

ALISSA ZINOVIEVNA ROSENBAUM (aka Ayn Rand) was born in Russia in 1906. She emigrated America in 1926 when she adopted the pseudonym of Ayn Rand, taking her first name from a Finnish writer and her last from her Remington Rand typewriter. Rand detested the Communist system that spread rapidly throughout Russia and adopted her new country with a passion. In America, she enjoyed the freedom of writing and saying whatever she thought without fear of government retribution. She is best known for her ground-breaking book championing capitalism “Atlas Shrugged”.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (aka Mrs. Silence Dogood) was the most memorable of pen names used by Fanklin during his life. He created the name to get his work published in the New-England Courant, a newspaper founded and published by his brother James Franklin. This was after Benjamin Franklin was denied several times when he tried to publish letters under his own name in the Courant. Franklin also wrote under the names Harry Meanwell, Alice Addertongue, Richard Saunders, Busy Body,and Timothy Turnstone.

Franklin loved to tell a story with every name he used. He truly deserves to be on the $100 bill.

THEODORE S. GEISEL (aka Dr. Seuss) was a famous author of the Dr. Seuss series of children’s books. The publisher of the Dr. Seuss books recently announced they will quit printing some of the books that have been deemed to be politically incorrect. No doubt, Mark Twain, Ayn Rand, and Benjamin Franklin, were they alive, would have concerns about the future of their highly successful works.

DEAN KOONTZ (aka Aaron Wolfe, Anthony North and many more . . .) is a prolific writer who has used over 11 different pen names as an author of his many books. Most would recognize his stories as “horror stories” somewhat along the same vein as Steven King (aka Richard Bachman).

Now that he is a successful established author he writes exclusively under his own name. Two of his most successful series of books include the Odd Thomas series and his Frankenstein series. And many, many more.

A few other names of note.

STANLEY LIEBER (aka Stan Lee) Creator of the Avengers series of what have become known as graphic novels (aka Comic Books).

JOANNE ROWLING (aka J. K. Rowling) is the creator of the Harry Potter series of books. She also publishes a crime fiction series under the name of Robert Galbraith. Ms. Rowling is credited to be the most successful author (monetarily speaking) of current authors on the planet.

PAUL LIVIUS is a combination of two names of historical note we use as a pen name here at the Raytown Report.

Paul the Apostle in the New Testament was the great writer of the epistles. Paul, who started out as Saul of Tarsus, who persecuted Christians until God got his attention on the road to Damascus and opened up his mind to the Truth. Upon his conversion to Christianity he changed his name to Paul.

Livius, is in reference to a Roman historian credited with writing 142 documents that recorded the history of Rome from its genesis to seven years before the birth of Jesus Christ. Livius is considered to be the “father” of historical writing in the western world.

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