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"Ray County Voices" host Shawn Roney talks with Army National Guard soldier and Excelsior Springs coach Cale Lyons. Topics include the experience of being deployed during the holiday season, and baseball and football. Recorded Dec. 19, 2025, in Richmond, Mo.

Notes:

• Miranda Jamison's story on Lyons' military service was published Dec. 26 in the print edition of the Richmond News and its sister newspaper, The Excelsior Springs Standard. To read it, visit https://www.richmond-dailynews.com/news/local-service-member-shares-impact-holiday-deployment or https://www.excelsiorspringsstandard.com/news/local-service-member-shares-impact-holiday-deployment (subscription required for both websites).
• Clarification: Pitch clocks have been in use since 2011 in NCAA baseball. The NAIA began using pitch clocks during the 2020s.
• Shawn might have learned about 20 and out becoming commonplace in the U.S. military while considering joining the Coast Guard Reserve, rather than the story written about the Coast Guard's recruiting efforts.

Credits:

• Host: Shawn Roney
• Producers: Sharon Donat, Miranda Jamison, Shawn Roney
• Editing: Shawn Roney
• Music director: Shawn Roney
• Music: "Auld Lang Syne," "Picardy," "Greensleeves," all traditional and arranged by Shawn Roney; performed by Sacred & Secular (solo incarnation). Released by Mo-Mutt Music. Used by permission.

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Cathy Gottsch, Ray County Museum director, returns to the podcast studio at the Richmond News/Excelsior Springs Standard offices in Richmond, Mo. Topics she discusses with co-hosts Micah Dillman and Shawn Roney include Halloween, ancestry and recent events staged by the museum.

Notes:

• The name of the Los Lobos album Shawn was trying remember is, indeed, "La Pistola y El Corazon," released in 1988.
• Retired singer Linda Ronstadt has confirmed Mexican ancestry.
• Research shows that Czechs and other European groups also settled in Mexico during the 1800s and are responsible in part for the polka influence on Mexican popular music.
• "Finding Your Roots" was the TV program on which singer-songwriter Roseanne Cash appeared and learned there was no Cherokee heritage in her family line, not "Who Do You Think You Are?"
• The boxing champion Shawn's paternal grandfather fought might've been a flyweight champion, rather than a bantamweight or featherweight champion.
• The U.S. government shutdown ended a few days after the recording of this episode.

Credits:

• Hosts: Micah Dillman and Shawn Roney
• Producers: Sharon Donat, Miranda Jamison, Shawn Roney
• Sales director: Sharon Donat
• Editing: Shawn Roney
• Music credits: "Main Theme from 'The Nun Disappears,' an Imaginary Film by Alfred J. Hermann," composed by Shawn Roney; "Last Rites for Emily D's Mind, Loop No. 1," composed by Shawn Roney; "We Gather Together," traditional, arranged by Shawn Roney; "Archangel Chamuel Appears to the Lonely During the Holidays," composed by Shawn Roney. All songs performed by a solo incarnation of the music collective Sacred & Secular and used by permission of Mo-Mutt Music.
• Audio cleanup provided by Auphonic. Mastering provided by LANDR.

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Regular co-hosts Miranda Jamison and Shawn Roney talk with part-time co-host Micah Dillman about their recent trip to cover the Kansas City Chiefs at training camp in St. Joseph, Mo. They also share their thoughts on pro football, baseball and other sports. The episode also features excerpts of the following ...

• Press conferences with Dave Toub, Chiefs assistant coach/special teams coordinator; Rashee Rice, Chiefs wide receiver; and Ashton Gillotte, Chiefs defensive end.
• An interview with Richmond High School varsity football coach Nick Persell, and Richmond teammates Mack Misenhelter and Nolan Quick following the Spartans' Red and White Game Aug. 18.
• From June 2023: A postgame interview with then-Excelsior Springs varsity baseball player Brendan Blackburn following the Tigers' comeback win in the third-place game at the Class 4 state tournament.

Updates:

• Since the Rashee Rice press conference, the NFL has announced it's suspending him for six games, effective with the regular-season opener.
• About a week after the recording of this episode, the Chiefs placed Ashton Gillotte on their 53-man regular-season roster. In addition, Excelsior Springs graduate Sam Webb was waived by Las Vegas, but then signed to the Tennessee Titans' practice squad.
• Katie Pierson, the Richmond graduate who signed with North Central Missouri College, is listed on the Pirates' roster as an infielder. She also has been issued a jersey number, No. 3.

Credits:

• Hosts: Miranda Jamison, Shawn Roney
• Producers: Sharon Donat, Miranda Jamison, Shawn Roney
• Sales director: Sharon Donat
• Editing: Shawn Roney
• Edited, mixed and mastered using Audacity, Auphonic and LANDR