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Charles Becker, board chair, Will Carne, board member and Cheryl Andzejewski, executive director of the Community Foundation presents the Dr. Mary L. Cretens annual distribution check in the amount of $159,776.15 to the Gladstone City Clerk Kim Berry. Becker stated, “Dr. Mary Cretens was a lifelong resident of the City of Gladstone and she loved her community. She exemplified the Community Foundation’s motto “For good. For ever.” such that, upon her passing she had her trust and philanthropic giving turned over to the Community Foundation for Delta County to make her gifts to a number of organizations that she cared deeply about.”