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March 7, 2018
UPSP 213-200 Vol. 153, No. 41
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High speed internet access in future for 255 unserved Daviess County homes? Some 255 homes and businesses in Daviess County that are currently unserved by highspeed internet service could get connectivity in the near future. These homes and businesses are among 105,500 unserved rural areas across Missouri eligible for financial support from the next phase of FCC’s Connect America Fund (CAF), which helps offset the high cost of extending broadband service into rural areas. The FCC will be distributing these funds through an innovative “reverse auction,” which is scheduled to launch on July 24. “Connecting the unconnected in rural America is my top priority,” said FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. “I’m excited that our CAF auction will provide opportunities for innovative companies and cooperatives to bridge the digital divide for the Missouri consumers and small businesses that lack high-speed access today.” Nationwide, providers will compete for up to $2 billion in
support to expand access to broadband to nearly one million homes and locations in unserved rural areas over the next decade. The auction will provide opportunities for new entrants to the marketplace, regardless of technology, including phone companies, fixed wireless service providers, satellite providers, cable companies and electric utility broadband providers. By harnessing market forces, the auction is designed to provide consumers with highquality, broadband service in an efficient, cost-effective way. The application period for providers seeking to participate in the auction runs from March 19-30. Broadband access is essential in the 21st Century for jobs, education, information and economic development. Since 2011, the FCC has targeted more than $9 billion in support for rural broadband expansion to over 4 million homes and small businesses through its Connect America Fund.
Cast members of the Gallatin Theatre League production of Church Basement Ladies include, from left to right, Lance Rains, Dena Plant, Glennie Peery, Annie Gibson. Not pictured is Kali Burrell.
GTL cooks up laughs in the church basement kitchen
The Gallatin Theater League cordially invites you to meet the Church Basement Ladies of the East Cornucopia Lutheran Church of the Prairie in Minnesota. You will immediately identify with the widow, Mrs. Lars (Vivian) Snustad, who is the matriarch of the church kitchen; Mrs. Gilmer (Mavis) Gilmerson, the farmer’s wife who knows the genealogy of everyone in town; and the warm and charming Mrs. Elroy (Karin) Engleson, the best cook in the kitchen. As they work their magic in the church basement kitchen, providing food for the congregation’s many activities, and dealing with the church’s cantankerous freezer and furnace, they are joined by Pastor E.L. Gunderson, who recently married a
new young wife, and Karin’s daughter Singe who is going to school at the “U” and brings home some big new ideas for the church kitchen. Directed by Jan Stout, who gave us the hilarious Drowsy Chaperone, Church Basement Ladies is a delightful, family-friendly comedy full of music, laughter and gentle humor, provided by characters we have all worked with in our own church kitchens! Please support local live theater and join us for an evening of music and laughter with Church Basement Ladies at the Courter Theater. Show time is at 7 p.m. on March 15, 16, and 17. Tickets are available at Eileine’s Beauty Shop in Gallatin and at the theater the night of performance.
Free ‘Deer Spectacular’ March 24 at Jamesport
Jason Holmes, center, with his son, Riley, and daughter, Saige
New flooring company now open in Gallatin Midwest Floors LLC officially opened in Gallatin on Feb. 8 and is now fully stocked and ready for business. The store is located at 400 North Main Street, Suite One (the former licensing office). Midwest Floors is a family owned business, run by Jason Holmes, with help from his daughter Saige and his son Riley. Jason’s mother, brother and sister also pitch in when needed. Midwest Floors LLC offers flooring of all types, including carpet, vinyl, wood and tile, along with sales and installation. Jason was raised in Bethany. He’s been in the business since 1994, when he began working for an aunt and uncle in Kansas City after graduating from high school. He traveled all over the country laying floor for 15 years. “I pondered going on my own
for awhile, and decided to open this store in Gallatin,” he says. “I felt there was a need in this area. There’s nobody close that offers flooring.” Jason says he has distributors out of Kansas City and can get anything and everything by way of flooring product that is available on the market. He bought a lot at Lake Viking in 2015 and the family moved in September of 2016. When not laying floor Jason works as a crop adjuster; Saige is in college; and Riley is a junior in high school. Midwest Floors is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; evenings and weekends by appointment. Call 660-663-9635; cell 660868-1886; email jason@midwestfloors.net or visit the facebook page at Midwest Floors LLC.
Deer hunters can get their trophy antlers measured in the morning and learn how to grow big deer in the afternoon at the White-tailed Deer Spectacular on March 24 in Jamesport. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is hosting the free event at the A.V. Spillman Event Center, 308 Broadway. The first event will be antler measuring 9 to 11:30 a.m. Representatives from Show-Me Big
Bucks and the Boone and Crockett Club will score trophy antlers for honors by those organizations. A white-tailed deer management workshop will be held 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Presenters will include: Jon McRoberts, a University of Missouri at Columbia researcher working on a major deer study in partnership with MDC; Kevyn Wiskirchen, MDC private lands deer biologist;
Alex Foster of the Quality Deer Management Association, talking about predator population dynamics; and Dave Brothers, a Mercer County landowner who will talk about habitat management. Participants are asked to register by March 21. For more information or to register, call Scott Roy at 660-359-5685, ext. 114, or call Nate Mechlin at 660663-3703, ext. 133.
March for Meals to receive boost from Active Aging Center The Active Aging Resource Center will be participating in the 16th Annual March for Meals. This is a month-long, community-by-community celebration of Meals on Wheels and the vulnerable seniors who rely on the vital service to remain independent at home. The Active Aging Resource Center’s celebration will include various activities throughout the month of March, including a community luncheon and Meal Champions sponsoring Meals on Wheels. “The services that we provide the seniors of Daviess County are critical and the need is rapidly
increasing,” said Deanna Lewis, administrator of the Active Aging Resource Center. “Together, we can keep seniors living independently, healthier at home and feeling more connected to their community as they age.” The Active Aging Resource Center (Daviess County MultiPurpose Senior Center, Inc.) has delivered meals in Daviess County since 1974. Last fiscal year, the center served approximately 11,200 Meals on Wheels. The annual March for Meals commemorates the historic day in March 1972 when President Nixon signed into law a measure (continued on page 3)
Come see library’s basement remodel! The Daviess County Library invites you to an open house to view the results of the basement community room remodel. The open house in Gallatin will be held 5-7 p.m. Friday, March 9. Cookies and juice will be served.
Century Farms in Daviess, Caldwell counties take center stage. See page 12