Outstanding!
M
North Missourian
Gallatin’s Hayley Michael is about to cap her 2nd term as State FBLA officer. See page 8
ink © GALLATIN PUBLISHING CO.
GPC
Election Results Voter turnout for yesterday’s election attracted 665 eligible citizens or about 13% of the 5,124 registered voters in Daviess County. Perhaps the most significant decision was in the Tri-County R-7 School District where Jamesport area voters approved a 25-cent taxy levy to finance improvements for the next five years. Lists below summarize yesterday’s decisions where ballots presented voters with actual choices.
Schools Jamesport R-7 Tax Levy A 25-cent levy through 2023
► Yes......................................59 No ...........................................20
Gallatin R-5 District Vote for 2 Board Members
► Pamela Critten ..................170 Jesse Bird .............................159 ► Trent Dowell .....................167
75¢
...69¢ delivered anywhere in Missouri if you subscribe!
April 4, 2018 UPSP 213-200 Vol. 153, No. 45
Serving Daviess County Since 1864 — Our Best To You Each Week! www.NorthMissourian.com — FREE with your print subscription
Pattonsburg man fatally injured in ATV accident as 10-year-old escapes unharmed; 2nd driver arrested A Pattonsburg man was fatally injured in an accident in Winston involving two all terrain vehicles. A Hamilton man received moderate injuries, and a 10-yearold girl received minor injuries in the crash. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred at 6:54 p.m. on April 2, as Robert Vessar, 29,
MM M
Hamilton, was driving a 2004 Yamaha Raptor east on Highway 6. Dallas Allen, 30, Pattonsburg, was also eastbound on Highway 6, driving a Polaris Sportsman. His daughter, Carlie Allen, 10, Pattonsburg, was a passenger on his vehicle. At 140th Street, the city limits of Winston, Mr. Vessar slowed to make a left turn. Mr. Allen struck
the rear of his vehicle. Both vehicles overturned and all occupants were ejected. Robert Vessar and Carlie Allen were wearing helmets. Dallas Allen was not wearing a helmet and was pronounced deceased by Daviess County Coroner David McWilliams at 7:35 p.m. Carly Allen was transported by Cameron EMS to Cameron
Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. Mr. Vessar was transported by Daviess County EMS to Cameron Regional Medical Center with moderate injuries. The accident was investigated by Tpr. M.W. Neely, assisted by Sgt. G.D. Ward, Cpl. P.M. Kimball, and the Daviess County Sheriff ’s Office.
Utah man who made terrorist threat extradited A Utah man who called the Daviess County Circuit Clerk and threatened to “shoot up the courthouse” has been extradited to Missouri to face a felony charge of making a terrorist threat. The man was transported here from Mesa County, CO, by two Daviess County deputies,
Winston R-6 District Vote for 2 Board Members
John Muessig .........................51 Lisa A. Piburn .........................71 ► Trey Mullikin .......................74 Craig K. Vaughn .....................19 ► Rebecca (Becky) Caldwell ....80
Pattonburg R-2 District
who left Daviess County at 4 a.m. March 29 and returned with the prisoner at 11:08 p.m. on March 30. He was taken to the DaviessDeKalb County Regional Jail on $35,000 cash bond. Brinton Bingham, 34, Provo, Utah, made a call to the Daviess County Circuit Clerk on March 14 because he was upset about a
$150 fine that he was ordered to pay after he was found guilty in Daviess County of unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, a misdemeanor. As the conversation continued, Bingham made threats, and the court contacted a deputy sheriff, who then talked with the individual on the phone. During
the conversation, Bingham identified himself and stated that he was coming to the courthouse to shoot deputy sheriffs. Following the phone call the Daviess County Courthouse was placed on lockdown. During the course of the investigation, deputies were able (continued on page 3)
Vote for 2 Board Members
Steven Pankau .......................43 ► Brian Teel............................67 ► Lyle (Briggs) Hoover ...........52
Special Districts Community Ambulance Vote for 1 Board Member
► Wayne McNeely .................40 Greg Cole ...............................25
Municipal Village of Jameson Continue 20-cent tax levy
► Yes......................................13 No .............................................1
Village of Altamont Vote for 3 Trustees
► Roger Price ........................26 ► Crystal Rogers ....................21 ► Lonnie Norris ......................19 Edward Miller ............................9 Ryan Clark ..............................18
Village of Lock Springs
‘Million Dollar Meatballs’ hits the Courter Theater stage this weekend
► Troy Williams ........................9 ► Kyle Gaunt ............................9 Deborah Abdill ..........................2 ► Luke Perkins .........................9
The Gallatin R-5 High School Drama Club, under the direction of Laurie Walton-Roll, will be presenting “Million Dollar Meatballs” on Friday, April 6, and Saturday, April 7, at the Courter Theatre in Gallatin. Friday’s performance will begin at 6 p.m. and a Saturday matinee at 1 p.m. Ticket price is $5. No advance tickets will be available. Tickets are only on sale one hour before each showing. Please come and support the students from the fine arts. Cast members are pictured, front row, left to right, Ayden Irvin, Karina Hacking, Savannah Riley, Theresa France; back row, Cindy Hacking, Jade Wayne, Mic Warner, Abigail Marble, Briar Roll, Garrett Lewis, Sarabeth Michael. Not pictured, Caleb Fawson.
Vote for 3 Trustees
Ali Kemp fought hard for her own life, now she fights for others by T.L. Huffman
Roger Kemp’s world was turned upside down in 2002 when a stranger viciously murdered his young, beautiful daughter, Ali. Since then he has worked tirelessly to bring his daughter’s murderer to justice. He came up with a new, eye-catching way to catch criminals — billboards. The billboard campaign has apprehended fugitives by the hundreds. He also started a defense program which has trained over 67,000 girls and women ranging in age from 12 to 90. Mr. Kemp recently shared the story of how his introduction into a “new world.” Trenton Police Chief Tommy Wright and Green Hills Women’s Shelter presented the 6th Annual Chief ’s Tea on March 23 at the First Christian Church in Trenton. Roger Kemp was the keynote speaker. Roger Kemp, a native of King City, along with
his wife Kathy and three children, Alexandra, Tyler and Drew, lived in Leawood, Kan. Leawood is a quiet suburb of Kansas City. Roger describes it as “the safest place in the world.” His daughter Alexandra, or Ali, as she was called, was 19 and a freshman at Kansas State University. She had graduated from Blue Valley North High School. In both high school and college, Ali was involved with sports and numerous activities; she was an honor student and a member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority; she was a volunteer in her church and community. “She was a wonderful daughter,” says Roger. Home from college for the summer, Ali worked at a local pool. The pool, located on State Line Road, was only a few blocks from her home. It was a windy, cloudy day, with the temperature in the 60s on June 18, 2002. It was chilly and nobody was swimming at the pool. Ali was there by herself.
Later in the morning, her brother Tyler went to the pool to take over the pool shift from Ali. He saw her things — a cell phone and purse — but he couldn’t find her and called their father. Roger then went to the pool. He looked around the pool and inside the pump room, which was dark. Behind the pumps he saw a tarp. He took off the tarp. There was Ali. Roger is not able to describe what he saw, except to say Ali fought hard for her life: “There was a terrific struggle,” he says. Later he would be told that Ali had been confronted by her attacker in the pool’s pump room. She was beaten and strangled. The act of senseless violence would stun the community and even the veteran metropolitan police officers. The next day the officers would tell Roger they were looking for a “subhuman, a trophy hunter.” He had taken Ali’s necklace and (continued on page 16)
Ali Kemp