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Use tax fails at Jamesport
The Wooden Candle opens doors today Kathline Rhoades says opening day for her new store, The Wooden Candle, is today, Wednesday, April 3. The Wooden Candle, located at 110 South Main, offers ladies and girls accessories and home décor, including handmade crafts from local vendors. Kathline and her husband Raymond make the wooden candle holders themselves. Local crafters include Krista Clark with crochet items; and Nancy McBride, Sonya Tabbert and Dana Landes with handmade items. Kathline was invited by Judy Elbert to look over the space behind Elbert’s Department Store to see if it was suitable for her store. “I was planning to start small, anyway,” she says. “I thought I could make the little rooms work.” The store is ready for Easter with lots of bunny rabbits. The Wooden Candle will also offer seasonal items as well as special occasions like prom, graduation and Mother’s Day. Gift wrapping is available for special occasions. Kathline will run the store along with a cousin, Linda Vyrostek. Raymond is a Gallatin native. Kathline is from Hamilton. She worked at the Ellis Fischell Cancer Center in Columbia and Raymond was in construction. They retired four years ago and moved to a farm outside of Gallatin. Kathline says she retired to babysit their grandson Paxton, (continued on page 12)
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In a spring election that attracted just 14% of those eligible to vote, the ballot decision with the most economic impact occurred in Jamesport where voters defeated a proposal to implement a municipal use tax. The count of 39-no, 29-yes was somewhat surprising. Jamesport officials hoped to put a use tax in place in order to benefit from legislation trickling down from the federal government, to the state level, and now to municipalities. The idea is to allow local governments to collect new tax revenue from
Rev. Kyle Taft with his wife, Amy
Rev. Kyle Taft now leads Gallatin Christian Church Kyle Taft began as the new pastor at Gallatin First Christian Church on April 1. The Rev. Taft was born in Tennessee. He was raised and went to high school in Virginia. He received his B.A. degree at Johnson Bible College in Knoxville, TN, and his master’s at Emmanuel Christian Seminary in Johnson City, TN. He was the pastor at Mount Bethel Christian Church in Limestone, TN, and most recently the pastor at Town and Country Christian Church in Cameron, where he served for about two years. He and his wife, Amy,
have been married for six and a half years. She is a licensed therapist and has a practice in Cameron. “I’m excited to meet everyone and get to know the community and hopefully be able to serve it and show everyone the love of Christ,” Pastor Taft says. New Children’s Pastor Emily Miller began her first day as Children’s Pastor at the Gallatin First Christian Church on April 1. Emily was born and raised in Gallatin and graduated from (continued on page 10)
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out-of-state retailers who sell to Missouri residents, especially in regard to internet sales. The use tax, as proposed, would immediately affect purchases on the popular online retailer Amazon, which is participating voluntarily as states across the nation look at ways to level the playing field between traditional “brick and mortar” businesses and those online. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has been a proponent of the measure. Voters in Jamesport said “No,” perhaps reflecting a gener(continued on page 3)
Repairs soon underway on five bridges on I-35 A bridge rehabilitation project will begin in April on five bridges located over Interstate 35 in Daviess and Clinton counties. Contractors from Capital Paving and Construction, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, plan to begin work Monday, April 8. The Rehabilitation schedule is as follows: Daviess County ● ● ● ●
Route KK Bridge – Late May thru mid-July Route DD Bridge - Late June thru early Sept. Route B/N Bridge – Mid-Aug. thru late Oct. Route C Bridge – Late Aug. thru early Nov.
Clinton County
● U.S. Route 69 Bridge south of Cameron – April 8 thru early June
During the bridge projects, motorists should follow signed detour routes. For safety reasons, no traffic will be permitted under the bridge during demolition. Interstate traffic will be narrowed to one lane in each direction, and all traffic will be routed up and over the on and off ramps at the exit. Any reduction of lanes on I-35 will be completed during nighttime hours between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. Pothole work & lane closures Pavement repairs planned for the next few weeks will require onelane closures on Interstate 35 south of Bethany. Crews from Herzog Contracting Corporation, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, will have intermittent lane closures on both north and southbound lanes of I-35 between U.S. Route 136 (Bethany) and Route C (Pattonsburg) beginning April 1. Lane closures may remain in place around the clock to allow the concrete to cure. Throughout the work a 14-foot width restriction will be in place. Work is expected to continue through mid to late April. The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in Daviess County for the week of April 1-7: ● Route 6 – Bridge maintenance at the Grand River Bridge, April 1-4 ● Route Z – Bridge inspection at the Grand River Bridge, April 1-5.
Continued flooding may cause schedule changes in some of the planned work. There may also be moving operations throughout the regions such as pothole patching, striping, signal work. Gallatin Mayor Barb Ballew with members of Gallatin R-5 National Honor Society, from left: Jessica Hart, Z oe Bradford, Essie Williamson, Katelinn Lowe, Ally Johnson, Macie McNeely, Mic Warner.
NHS students put spotlight on Autism The Gallatin National Honor Society conducted an Autism Awareness Assembly for grades 5-12 on April 1 during homeroom as a way to help promote awareness through Gallatin and the school district. Autism is a developmental disability that can cause significant social, communication, and behavioral challenges. The learning, communication, and problem-solving abilities of people with autism can range from gifted to severely challenged. Those living with autism and their families face a number of challenges, often needing supports and accommodations in their daily lives. Signs of autism begin during early childhood and usually last throughout adulthood. The Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) most recent data indicates autism impacts 1 in 58 children, which is a 30 percent increase from the previous estimate in 2012. The reason for the Autism Awareness Assembly at GHS was not to help raise funds to
“cure” autism, but rather to raise awareness that comes from diagnosing young children and raising funds to provide them with the resources that they need. The assembly was organized by the NHS Autism Awareness Committee and sponsor, Kim Johnson. To start the assembly, Mayor Barb Ballew presented the proclamation declaring April 2019 as Autism Awareness month in Gallatin. Make sure to drive uptown to see the courthouse LIT UP BLUE all month long. Committee members shared information on the autism T-shirts and expressed appreciation to the following business donors: Royal Donors — Humphrey Dental, Wall Street Station, Farmers Bank of Northern Missouri, Gallatin Family Medicine and Lake Viking Marine, Inc. Acceptance Donors — Worrell Construction, BTC Bank, Dungy’s and Landmark Manufacturing. Hope Donors — Lockridge Insurance, Auto Advantage and Gallatin Publishing Company. (continued on page 12)
Access I I g if ts playg round eq uipment to S earcy R - 5 E lementary S ch ool Access II Independent Living Center, located at 101 Industrial Parkway in Gallatin, presented the Gallatin R-5 School District with an $11,000 check for playground equipment on April 3. The equipment includes a swing set and an interactive play wall or “hideout” and should be constructed this summer. The play equipment is for children with or without disabilities. Shown, from left, are Superintendent Dr. Bryan Copple; Heather Swymeler, Executive Director at Access II; Nicole Thogmartin, Searcy Elementary Principal; and Jessica Adkins, Marketing Director at Access II.
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