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RICHMOND – Actor Jayce Nielsen takes center stage – stage right, stage left, upstage and down, and all points in between – in the Central Missouri Repertory Theatre’s free production of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland.”

RICHMOND – “Bikers welcome” is the message sent with four new bicycle stands recently installed around Richmond’s downtown square. The community beautification project, funded by the city of Richmond, includes four new bike racks and four matching park benches, one on each side of the downtown square.

RICHMOND – Voters broke two ties during Tuesday’s special elections, with 4.6% of the registered voters choosing a Ward 1 council member and a Richmond R-XVI Board of Education member. Jim Hardison took the vacant Ward 1 council seat with 18 votes.

The Richmond News welcomes Sophia Bales, a 2022 Missouri Valley College graduate, to its staff as a newsroom reporter. “I was very excited - over the moon (about accepting this position)… When I was younger, I always knew that I wanted to write,” said Bales. Bales will serve as general assignment reporter for the Richmond News and its sister newspaper, The Excelsior Springs Standard.

RICHMOND – The Ray County Community Arts Association’s Annual Fine Arts and Photography Show drew dozens of entries at the Friends Gallery, 110 S. Camden St., event coordinator Melinda White said.

RICHMOND – Nearly three dozen vehicles, owners and supporters gathered during the Richmond Mushroom Festival for the Mini Cooper Rally in front of the Farris Theatre, 215 W. Main St.

RICHMOND – Richmond Middle School sixthgraders and teacher Murray Dennis attended the Blue Springs School of Economics with several parent volunteers. The students had specific tasks and assignments prior to attending the field trip to get their shops set up.

A SECOND restaurant featuring Mexican cuisine, Taco Jalisco, has opened with food and liquor at 1006 E. Main St. in the former Oink and Moo building across from the Richmond School District’s offices. At front, Jesus Diaz is among the waiters who serve at the counter. The original Taqulia Jalisco restaurant, which has a more comprehensive menu, closed because of a fire and has remained closed longer than expected for repairs, but it is expected to reopen by the end of June. J.C. VENTIMIGLIA

RICHMOND – Tradition, honor, memories, family, friends… Walt Smith, Lexington, bends and lays red and pink chrysanthemums at a grave to remember a man – a former patient, a friend, a veteran – on Memorial Day at Woodland Cemetery. Before retiring after more than 30 years, Smith worked as a physical therapist and in that role met and assisted Fred Newman.