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www.NorthMissourian.com — FREE with your print subscription ink © GALLATIN PUBLISHING CO. Car show winner turns out to be ‘Home Grown’
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There’s hardly a better fit to the 2018 Chautauqua theme “Home Grown” than this. Sam Caselman of Edinburgh won the Best in Show car award during the 2018 Chautauqua held Sept. 15 in Gallatin. His car, a 1969 Ford Torino GT, was bought from Swofford Ford Motor Company in Gallatin in 1970. “I’m feeling pretty good about it,” Sam says of the trophy. “It’s been a long journey.” The pretty powder blue car started as a family car, then was
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Sam Caselman, Edinburgh, receives trophy from Car Show Chairman James Wilson
$359,366 awarded to Daviess County PWSD#2 by MDNR Daviess County Public Water Supply District #2 is among eight community water systems in Northwest Missouri who will receive funding from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) in northwest Missouri counties hardest hit by drought. MDNR announced the funding on Sept. 13. Daviess County Public Water Supply District #2 (PWSD #2) will receive $359,366 to construct a permanent emergency connection to Caldwell County Public Water Supply District No. 2 to provide an additional 30,000 gallons of water per day. The department made this emergency funding available in response to Governor Parson’s Executive Order No 18-05. The funding will assist with construction projects intended to ensure drought-impacted small communities are able to maintain an adequate supply of drinking water for their citizens. The department is working closely with the Missouri Department of
Lake’s incorporation not recommended
An informational meeting was held prior to the regular board meeting of the Viking Valley Association on Sept. 9, 2018, to discuss the research of incorporating Lake Viking. The Incorporation Study Committee presented an overview of their findings of what benefit it would be for Lake Viking to incorporate. The Incorporation Study Committee made the following recommendations: 1) Do not incorporate, but review the consideration at least every 10 years to coincide with the 10-year census data, or if a population of 1,000 is reached. 2) A board member and a study committee member should meet with Winston and Gallatin school officials to share information about financial contributions from Lake Viking homeowners. 3) A board member and a study committee member should meet with Daviess County Commissioners to share information about the contributions to the county from Lake Viking and to develop a strong working relationship with county officials. These recommendations by the Incorporation Study Committee were accepted by the Viking Valley Association Board.
Economic Development to leverage state dollars with Community Development Block Grants to provide assistance to public water systems with critical supply needs in drought alert areas. The funding will help communities provide drinking water to citizens. “We began to see serious drought impacts this summer,” said Governor Parson. “We will continue to be proactive in addressing local infrastructure needs to deliver much needed water to communities with critical supply needs.” In addition to Daviess County PWSD #2, these community water systems are set to receive the emergency drought funding: • King City: The city will construct an emergency connection to DeKalb County Public Water Supply No. 1 to access an additional 35,000 gallons of water per day. The department committed $101,000 for this project. • North Central Missouri Regional
Water Commission with Grundy County Public Water Supply No. 1: The systems will upgrade the Trenton pump station monitoring and install equipment to enhance the Trenton emergency connection to maximize the flow of finished water. The department committed $100,250 for this project. • Milan: The city will install an emergency intake and construct piping to pump raw water through force mains from East Locust Creek to city lakes. The department committed $92,113 for this project. • Sullivan County Public Water Supply No. 1: The system will construct a booster pump station at the South Milan Tower, provide enhancements to the Trenton Pump Station and construct an interconnection with Linn/Livingston Public Water Supply District No. 3. The department committed $69,898 for this project. • North Central Missouri Regional Water Commission: The commission will repair the Big Locust Creek intake to El-
mwood Reservoir. The department committed $44,579 for this project. • Caldwell County Public Water Supply No. 3: This system will construct an emergency connection to the city of Hamilton to provide an additional 30,000 gallons of water per day. The department committed $41,000 for this project. • City of Hamilton: The city will construct an emergency connection to Caldwell County Public Water Supply No. 3 to receive an additional 30,000 gallons of water per day. The department committed $27,000 for this project. In August, MDNR awarded Caldwell County Public Water Supply No. 2 and the Cty of Cameron grants totaling $77,380 to help their systems maintain an adequate supply of drinking water. To date, the 10 grants awarded through MDNR for emergency drought funding totaling $912,568. “Shortage of drinking water is a seri-
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Local man among those deployed for Hurricane Florence by T.L. Huffman
There when you need them… and when you’re lucky and don’t. David Roll, Daviess County’s Emergency Management Director, was deployed to Virginia in preparation for the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. But, fortunately, emergency services were not needed in that state.
The Category 5 hurricane was due to strike the east coast with catastrophic flooding, tropicalstorm force winds, and massive amounts of rainfall. “I felt better prepared after last year’s experience with Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria,” said David, who spent a 28-day hurricane deployment in
New patrol car for Gallatin Police The Gallatin Police Department recently received its new patrol vehicle. This is the first new patrol vehicle purchased since a 2002 Explorer that was used from 2002 until 2011. The 2018 Ford Interceptor SUV was delivered by Republic Ford two weeks ago. This vehicle was purchased on the Missouri Highway Patrol vehicle bid. It has been equipped with all the emergency equipment needed for patrol and was available for public viewing during the Touch-A-Truck event at Chautauqua on Sept. 15.
2017 with most of his team’s assignments in Texas and Florida. “Things were very rushed this year with lots of standby and stand-downs in the days leading up to deployment, which in of itself is very stressful.” With sendoff messages of “Good luck” and “Safe travels” from his friends in Gallatin, David deployed on Sept. 11 to arrive at the American Medical Response (AMR) Office of Emergency Management (OEM) operation in Stone Mountain, GA, outside of Atlanta. There, they were divided up between paramedics and EMTs. The majority of paramedics coming into Stone Mountain were either sent to Virginia (like David and his coworker) or stayed at Stone Mountain. “The intention was to have us operate in what is known as ‘fixed sites,’” David explained. “Fixed sites were evacuation centers and shelters to support doctors and nurses, who would also be sent there.” David took a nine hour bus ride to Fort Lee, VA, just outside of Richmond. He spent the night there. The next day he arrived at an army base at Fort Lee, VA. David, along with several hundred first responders, paramedics and ambulance operators from across the country, loaded
County library joins largest digital book club Patrons can enjoy ‘The Girl with the Red Balloon’ ebook with no wait list Daviess County Library patrons can join thousands of readers worldwide in the largest global digital book club, Big Library Read, through the local library. From Oct. 1-15, booklovers can borrow, read and discuss award-winning author Katherine Locke’s The Girl with the Red Balloon ebook with no waitlists or holds by visiting www.daviesscountylibrary.org; https://molib2go.overdrive.com/ or downloading the Libby app. More than 19,000 libraries and schools around the world are participating.
Big Library Read is facilitated by OverDrive, the leading platform for ebooks, audiobooks and magazines available in more than 90 percent of public libraries in the US and Canada. The Girl with the Red Balloon was chosen by a popular vote of readers and librarians. “I grew up on family stories and to me, they were as powerful, transformative and magical as the fiction I read in books,” states Locke. “I hope you enjoy the story and, more importantly, I hope you swipe to the last page thinking about your family sto-
ries, the magic of your own story, and the magic of storytelling.” The Girl with the Red Balloon tells the story of 16-year-old Ellie Baum who accidentally time-travels via red balloon to 1988 East Berlin and becomes caught up in a conspiracy of history and magic. She meets members of an underground guild in East Berlin who use balloons and magic to help people escape over the Wall — but even to the balloon makers, Ellie’s time travel is a mystery. When it becomes clear that (continued on page 3)
the ambulance with supplies and headed to the aftermath zones. “We were staged in Virginia awaiting assignments when the storm turned and headed west and not north as first predicted,” David said. “There was virtually no impact to Virginia and our services were not needed.” Florence left at least 32 people dead in storm-related incidents -- 25 in North Carolina, six in South Carolina and one in Virginia. About 500,000 homes and businesses are still without power, mostly in North Carolina but some in South Carolina. Florence was quickly downgraded to a tropical storm and is now a tropical depression, but its rainfall of 24 inches set a record for a hurricane, surpassing 1999’s Hurricane Floyd. The National Weather Service warned that flash floods, landslide warnings and “prolonged” and “significant” river flooding will continue for the next few days. David was deployed and arrived back home on Sept. 15. “Fortunately the impact of Hurricane Florence was not as large as had been anticipated,” he said. “So for now, laundry has been done, bags repacked and made ready for the next adventure. It is back to business and life as usual.”
JC Penney Days next The J.C. Penney Festival in Hamilton will be held Sept. 22. Events begin with a pancake breakfast at the fire station from 6-11 a.m., a cornhole tourney at Levi Garrison and Sons Brewery at 8 a.m. and Drum Safari on the Patio at 11 a.m. Inflatables will be in Penney Park 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Magician David Sandy will be at UMC Family Life Center at 2 p.m. Green Hills Martial Arts Tae Kwon Do Demonstration will be on the Patio at 4 p.m., Drew Miller at 5 p.m., and The Motors at 8 p.m, both at Levi Garrison and Sons. There will be vendors, music, food and fun.