New Madrid News Briefs

__COVID Update__

New Madrid County Health Department’s COVID-19 Update as of Jan. 17

Confirmed cases: 1,947

Out of Quarantine: 1,907

Deaths: 40

Active: 40

By gender: Female 1,138; Male: 809

Race: African American, 341; Caucasian, 1,567; multi-race, 14; other, 25

Age groups: 0-19, 270; 20-29, 229; 30-39, 272; 40-49, 265; 50-59, 278; 60-69, 273; 70-79, 202; 80+, 158

To be included on the New Madrid County Health Department’s vaccine waiting list, New Madrid County residents should register at the following web site: www.newmadridcountyhealthdept.com/covid-waiting-list.php

__What’s cooking at the Oaks Nutrition Center?__

925 Pinnell Lane, New Madrid

748-2577

Monday, Jan. 25

Country steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, vegetable blend, hot roll, pears

Tuesday, Jan. 26

Baked potato with ham, cheese and broccoli, hot roll, fruit salad or chocolate pudding

Wednesday, Jan. 27

Oven fried chicken, masked potatoes, green beans, hot roll, fruit crisp

Thursday, Jan. 28

Pork loin, baked beans, seasoned cabbage, bread slice, applesauce

Friday, Jan. 29

Fish sandwich with tartar sauce and pickle, potato salad, coleslaw, Jell-O with fruit

__New Madrid Family Resource Center events__

• A parenting workshop will be held from 2-4 p.m. Jan. 21 at the New Madrid County Family Resource Center. The event is free to the public.
• A kinship support group will be held via Zoom Jan. 21 at 10 a.m. Call the New Madrid County Family Resource Center at 573-748-2778 for more information.
• A Missouri Mentoring Partnership Advisory Board meeting will be held at 10 a.m. Jan. 21.
• A 4H Youth in Action meeting will be held from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Jan. 22.
• Becoming a Responsible Teen class will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 27.

__Birthdays this week__

Jan. 20

Sam Faulkner, Jared Jones, Micah Anne Nesselrodt

Jan. 21

Bailey Fuller, Helena Madden Hunter, Stella Frances Hunter, Carolyn Porter Allred

Jan. 22

Chuck Langley, David Forbush, John Garrett Harris, Claire Shy Winter, Jayana Gilspie, Billy Paul Scobey, Renee Bloomfield

Jan. 23

Channing Bess, Dewayne Stanley, Howard E. Crisler Jr., James Ryan Harris

Jan. 24

Megan Hayes Smith, Ellie Grace Cravens, Harley Jane Lyons, Jerris Waddell Baker

Jan. 25

Dr. Holly Sloas, Conner Alan Nichols, Beth Brotherton, Emma Karafa-Ivie, Joshua Logan Johnson

Jan. 26

Reed White, Landon Matthew Poore, Chris Huckstep

(Calendar courtesy of the New Madrid Historical Museum)

__New Madrid deaths last week__

Danny Decker Jan. 7

(Obituaries can be found in the Standard Democrat print edition as well as online at www.standard-democrat.com)