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County prepares emergency plan, task force focus on mass fatalities David Roll, Daviess County’s Emergency Management Director, is co-chairing a Region H Mass Fatality group with Jason Smith, Daviess County Coroner.

The team has been working together since late April to develop a mass fatality plan and put together a task force. Adam Wineinger M.D., Buchanan County Medical Examiner, will lead the task force.

Popular Gallatin events fall victim to the coronavirus Although Jamesport still has Halloween activities going on, two popular Gallatin events have been cancelled, due to the pandemic. Scare on the Square and Christmas around the Square have been cancelled for 2020, according to the organizers. In addition, Lake Viking has canceled all activities through to year end.

Still scheduled: The Jamesport Community Association will sponsor Octo Boo Fest in Jamesport on Saturday, Oct. 31 from 4-6 p.m.

The Driveway Drive-In Halloween Show, presented by the Parasol Puppets, will take place on Thursday, Oct. 29 and Friday, Oct. 30, from 7-9 p.m. You must have a reservation for the 7-minutes COVID-safe driveway show.

Additional information can be found elsewhere in this issue.

Coronavirus Update

County Statewide Rank per 100k population:

Caldwell (90th) ...... (+8 since 10/21) 170 Gentry (45th) ......... (+9 since 10/21) 183 Harrison (71st) .... (+10 since 10/21) 189 *Daviess (51st) ....(+16 since 10/21) 222 Grundy (54th) ...... (+11 since 10/21) 259 Dekalb (65th) ...... (+42 since 10/21) 301 Clinton (64th) ...... (+66 since 10/21) 502 Livingston (20th) ... (+9 since 10/21) 558 State to date: 172,717 cases, 2,838 deaths Statewide change (last 7 days): +11.4% Source: Missouri DHSS at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 28

USA: 8.85M confirmed cases, (u) recoveries, 227K deaths Worldwide: 44M cases, 29.8M recoveries, 1.17M deaths

Source: Wikipedia & NY Times; daily reports available via the World Health Organization

*NOTE: Daviess County locally reports 250 cases (103 active, 142 recovered), (u) hospitalized. To date there have been 5 deaths recorded in Daviess County.

Questions? Call the County Health Dept.:

660.663.2414

Past Missouri disasters, such as the Joplin tornado on May 22, 2011 (161 fatalities) and the Hyatt Regency walkway collapse on July 17, 1981 (114 fatalities), significantly challenged local resources and capabilities. The plan is being created so that regional partners can provide support and coordination within a jurisdiction(s) impacted by a mass fatality incident.

“The concept behind our workgroup is to develop a way for the coroners in Region H, or Northwest Missouri, to have a support system in place within the region,” says Roll.

Some incidents of mass fatalities may not be large enough to warrant the State Disaster Mortuary Team (DMORT) but could easily overwhelm a local/county coroner.

“For example, a large passenger bus crashing on the interstate with 10 fatalities can tax most of our rural coroners,” says Roll.

He explains that the Mass Fatality Team would be called upon

to support the local coroner Special to “Our plan mimics a lot of the Mitigation plan presented Christmas recover, identify, and handle themessages state plan; it’s just refined for our Looking at yet another angle in the remains of someone’s loved one 2nd region,” Roll says. of disaster-planning during the section! in a dignified manner, while also The first draft of the plan was LEPC meeting, Randy Railsback doing the job they need to do. ready for review on Oct. 23. and Jennifer Wyckoff with Green ‘Sew-in’ this Monday at Gallatin; see page 5 This process can include bringThe next step will be to for- Hills Regional Planning presenting in resources malize the Region ed the Daviess County mitigation such as a tempoH Mass Fatal- plan to the LEPC. A mitigation rary morgue to ity Strike Team, plan contains an analysis of the handle up to 25 which Roll says county’s hazards, risks and vuldeceased. will be a larger nerabilities, and describes the “This is already a resource challenge …”It will involve es- manner in which mitigation is we have at our disposal in Re- tablishing who will be on the planned, programmed, and cargion H,” Roll says. “The plan team, what kind of rotation they ried out. just helps to fine tune how we go will have for on-call personnel, Both state and federal emerabout supporting each other.” what training they should have gency management agencies Additionally, the plan will pro- and need, then incorporating the (SEMA and FEMA) request the vide guidance in those situations plan and team through various plan be presented every five that possibly are a criminal act, types of exercises to see what years. The plan determines possuch as a mass shooting. The does and does not work.” sible grant money that can be plan will cover victim informaHe says he’s had great sup- used for natural disasters and tion centers and grief counseling port and interaction with leaders even a pandemic. for families who have lost a loved from State Emergency ManageGreen Hills will be contacting one in any type of mass fatality. ment Agency (SEMA) and the city and county leaders, includThe workgroup is comprised state Disaster Mortuary Opera- ing the schools, to complete the of members from coroners/ tion Response Team (DMORT). plan. It does not cost anything to medical examiners, emergency Roll reported on the plan to participate in the survey. Green management, law enforcement, the Local Emergency Planning Hills compiles all the information emergency medical services, Commission (LEPC) at their Au- and formulates a mitigation plan fire, hospital association, and the gust meeting. to be approved. A copy goes to (continued on page 3) healthcare coalition.

Final approval for Little Otter Creek Lake All agencies sign off on construction of project in Caldwell County After nearly 25 years of planning, design, reviews and permitting, the Little Otter Creek Lake has been approved by all the agencies involved to move forward to begin construction. The contractor bidding process will begin this fall to prepare for the construction of the 344-acre multipurpose reservoir.

The primary purpose of the Little Otter Creek Lake is to provide a source of drinking water to communities in Caldwell County and surrounding areas, with the secondary purpose of providing flood control and recreational opportunities such as fishing, hunting, camping, hiking, biking, and the enjoyment of nature.

Construction plans have been completed and approved and the land for the lake has been acquired. The construction of the lake project has proceeded much slower than originally planned but is on schedule for similar projects of this size.

The Little Otter Creek Lake will be the first water supply lake that the Corps of Engineers has approved in over 25 years in Missouri. Mozingo Lake in Nodaway County was the last community lake to be approved and was built in the early 1990s. That lake took over 20 years for approval and construction. The permitting requirements are much more stringent now.

The federal government has committed over 16 million dollars and over 5.5 million from the state and local government toward the lake project. The local citizens of Caldwell County overwhelmingly passed a ½ cent county sales tax in 2004 for the lake and have contributed over four million dollars of local tax money to date. Most of those funds have been used for land acquisition, surveys, permit-

ting and other preliminary activities. The state of Missouri has also provided financial support and assistance from the Department of Natural Resources as well as several other state agencies.

Plans are to start land clearing of the pool area this winter. Construction of the dam and reservoir will begin next summer. As part of the permit approval, in conjunction with the lake construction, five low water crossings will be removed and replaced with span structure bridges as part of the mitigation requirements.

Other mitigation requirements include purchasing stream credits and wetland credits along with riparian plantings on some of the county owned lake property. It is estimated that clearing and construction will take approximately two years. Based on average rainfall, it may take up to two years for the lake to fill. The end is in sight and the dream of the Little Otter Creek Lake is becoming a reality.

The Little Otter Creek Lake is to be located approximately 3 miles east of Hamilton on the south side of Highway 36. Additional plans are being developed in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Conservation and other agencies for future land use and recreational opportunities around the lake.

The Caldwell County Commission would like to thank all the individuals and agencies that have supported this project. Caldwell County Commission meetings and Little Otter Creek lake project meetings are open to the public. For more information, contact the Caldwell County Commission at 816-586-2571 or visit the county website at: https://www.caldwellco.missouri.org

Summarizing the state amendment proposals ‘in plain English’ Missourians will vote on two statewide ballot issues on Nov. 3, after approving one statewide issue at the polls on Aug. 4. The two ballot measures to be decided Nov. 3 include the topics of state legislative redistricting and statewide officeholder term limits. Both issues were placed on the ballot by the General Assembly.

One proposal (Amendment 3 on the ballot), passed by legislators in May 2020, is a constitutional amendment that would regulate the General Assembly and change redistricting methods by making modifications to Article III of the state’s constitution (also known as “Clean Missouri” which was approved by voters statewide in November 2018).

Included among Amendment 3’s proposals, if approved by voters:

• A total ban (currently $5) on gifts as they can be; communities must be prefrom lobbyists or lobbyist principals to a served; and districts must be drawn to member, staff member or employee of the achieve partisan fairness and competiGeneral Assembly. tiveness.

Sample ballots for next • A campaign con• Timelines for tribution limit to any Tuesday’s election were published filing tentative redisState Senate canditricting plans and proin last week’s edition. date or committee of posed maps with the $2,400 or less (currently $2,500 or less).

Secretary of State would be set.

• Removal of the post of “nonpartisan • Actions challenging redistricting state demographer,” and giving all redis- plans must be filed in the Cole County Cirtricting responsibility to existing commis- cuit Court in Jefferson City, according to sions, renamed as the House Independent the amendment.

Bipartisan Citizens Commission and the The other constitutional amendment Senate Independent Bipartisan Citizens on the Nov. 3 ballot (known as Amendment Commission.

1) would extend the two-term restriction • Redistricting criteria would include that currently only applies to the Missouri that districts shall be as nearly equal as Governor and to the State Treasurer. practicable in population and as compact Amendment 1, if approved by voters,

would prohibit any person from being elected more than twice to the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Auditor, State Treasurer, or Attorney General. Any person who holds such an office for more than two years of a term for which another person was elected shall not be elected more than once to that office.

Service in the offices of Governor and State Treasurer resulting from an election or appointment prior to Dec. 3, 2020, shall count towards the term limitations. The term limit proposal for the statewide ballot was passed by the General Assembly in 2019.

Editor’s note: This report is provided to this newspaper as a member of the Missouri Press Assn., compiled by Lathrop GPM Consulting.

Don’t forget to Fall Back! Daylight Saving Time ends 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1

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OPINION

Oct. 28, 2020

Dichotomies of Halloween How strange this holiday called Halloween.

My wife refuses to make pumpkin pie on the grounds that she likes pumpkin pie about as much as she likes sour-cream raisin pie (not at all). Thus, we don’t raise pumpkins (we don’t even garden — which, I know, I know, is a blasphemy in rural America).

But we’re still expected to get a pumpkin, disembowel it, and stuff candles inside the carcass to highlight the disfigurement of the hideous face we carve in its flesh — then display these bodiless heads on the front porch to encourage kids we don’t know (that’d be them) to take candy from a stranger (that’d be us).

Now that is spooky.

They say about 70% of Americans celebrate Halloween. That includes Christians even though the history of Halloween goes back to a pagan Gaelic festival

by Darryl Wilkinson called Samhain. Go figure. The word “Halloween” comes from “All Hallows’ Eve” and means “hallowed evening.” Hundreds of years ago, people dressed up as saints and went door to door, which is the origin of Halloween costumes and trick-or-treating.

I guess if you can’t beat ‘em, join in.

Recently, a conversation overheard between young mothers was all about having to get costumes the kids would agree to wear. One mom was ecstatic about finding just the right get-up for $10 ... which is about the cost of a king-sized candy bar (...er... only a slight exaggeration). I suppose the rising cost of chocolate makes dollars spent on costumes seem like the cost of doing business, depending on how much loot your trick-or-treater can pack back home.

How will COVID affect 2020 Halloween (we’re already wearing masks, right)?

The bean counters say revelers across the United States will spend about 50 cents less per person on average than they did last year — $86.27, down from $86.79. The total works out to about $8.8 billion in anticipated spending across the country, down from about $9 billion last year ...whew! If COVID has us worried about the economy, maybe we should schedule a Halloween once a month for a while (with apologies to Herbert Hoover, Trump or Biden could have campaigned on... “A pumpkin for every pot”).

It’s no wonder you see vacant stores in strip malls down in the city reopen as “Halloween City” or whatever. These places are packed with “essential” what-nots ... “to cover all of your Halloween needs!” The problem, of course, is about our getting “needs” mixed up with “wants.”

Don’t get me wrong. I have boyhood Halloween memories beyond just a pumpkin with candles and a popcorn ball made by grandma. Do you remember getting chewing gum shaped like a cigar wrapped in clear cellophane with a paper ring wrapped around it near one end in your Halloween loot? We even passed around a few mint-flavored candy cigarettes which we pretended to smoke right in front of the folks (if you quickly crunched ‘em down and swallowed before they could say much of anything). That’s not acceptable today; how did we ever survive all “the bad things we done”?

What’s next to go by the Halloween wayside? Well, maybe brooms.

Broom handles never fit easily into the hands of kids nowadays (compared to Xbox controllers and the like). Brooms have been replaced

Off the Editor’s Spike...

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Why I’m Voting “YES” on Amendment 3

by State Sen. Dan Hegeman

Amendment 3 is an alternative to “Clean Missouri” placed on the ballot by the Missouri General Assembly. If approved by Missouri voters this November, Amendment 3 would completely ban lobbyist gifts to legislators, lower campaign contribution limits and place ordinary Missouri citizens in charge of drawing state legislative districts.

Clean Missouri was a constitutional amendment that created an untested, unprecedented redistricting process in Missouri.

According to the Missouri Ethics Commission, 90% of Clean Missouri’s contributions came from outside Missouri; with hundreds of thousands of dollars funneled through secretive, dark money groups.

In my opinion, these wellfunded backers of Clean Missouri played a bait-and-switch with Missouri voters, using promises of ethics reforms and nonpartisan professionals, but delivering something entirely different.

Bipartisan, citizen-led commissions led Missouri’s previous redistricting process. Groups of ordinary Missourians drew legislative districts that had to be

compact, contiguous and follow commonsense boundaries like city limits, county lines, major roads and natural features like rivers. Furthermore, this process gave the public at-large an opportunity to offer input and scrutinize the commissions’ work (both during the process and afterwards in the courts).

I believe this process was fair, proven and delivered districts that maintained the unique voices of individual communities — especially rural and majorityminority communities.

Clean Missouri tossed out Missouri’s citizen-led redistricting process and placed redistricting in the hands of an unelected state demographer.

While proponents promised a nonpartisan, professional demographer would draw fair and competitive districts, I believe Clean Missouri’s vague language offers little to ensure this actually takes place. Clean Missouri does not list any job qualifications for the demographer.

Furthermore, Clean Missouri switched the criteria for drawing legislative districts from “compact” and “contiguous” to “fair” and “competitive.” What does

that mean for Missouri voters?

From where I stand, it means instead of honoring municipal and natural boundaries, communities across the state would be sliced up into districts designed specifically to dilute and diminish individual communities’ voices. In my opinion, districts drawn under this process would possibly snake in and out of large urban centers, through the suburbs, and into rural Missouri.

I believe this is insulting, it’s ridiculous and it’s gerrymandering, plain and simple. It will diminish the voice of rural Missouri in the legislature.

As a result of this process, the Missouri General Assembly passed an alternative to Clean Missouri: Amendment 3.

While Clean Missouri capped lobbyist gifts, Amendment 3 bans them completely. While Clean Missouri capped campaign contributions, Amendment 3 lowers those caps.

In my opinion, a “yes” vote on Amendment 3 will deliver stronger ethics laws and, most importantly, a cleaner, carefully vetted redistricting process that all Missourians can trust and scrutinize.

Can we ever return to ‘…the better angels of our nature?’

by Phill Brooks

Before proceeding with this column, I want you to think about what you’ve read, seen or heard from the candidates running for state office during this campaign season.

How often have you heard detailed proposals to deal with the major issues facing our state like COVID-19 including steps to reduce infection, addressing complications of reopening schools or dealing with a budget crisis of historic proportions?

Other issues include bridging the partisan divide to deal with rising homicide rates in major cities, the continuing problem of inadequate funding for our highways and expanding Medicaid health-care coverage.

Instead, we’ve been bombarded with ideological simplicities and near-mindless “feel-good” TV advertisements about how great is a candidate. Then, there are the attack ads that level vague, and sometimes misleading charges, against opponents.

Some of these attack-ads are from “independent” organizations that do not have to disclose their contributors, leaving voters in the dark as to the special interests involved. Those ads allow a candidate benefiting from a “dark-money” funded attack to deny responsibility.

I miss the era when candidates issued detailed policy proposals and then held extended news conferences to explain their plans. I fondly remember decades ago when the TV studio in my former Capitol newsroom was used by candidates to provide reporters with detailed written proposals followed by lengthy questioning.

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by Phill Brooks That issue-focused approach had several major advantages.

It obviously provided Missourians with a more solid foundation to make voting decisions. But it also helped Missouri citizens, as well as reporters, to better understand the complexities of policy issues facing government.

Further, a winning candidate who stressed a significant policy issue was handed a mandate by the voters to overcome governmental inaction. Two governors stand out as perfect examples.

In 1972, Kit Bond campaigned on a plan to restrict special interest influence in government. His victory empowered him to lead

the successful, bipartisan legislative effort for campaign and lobbyist disclosure requirements, as well as the state’s “Sunshine Law” requiring public access to government meetings and records. Cleaning up government was an easy and safe campaign theme so soon after Watergate.

Two decades later, Mel Carnahan campaigned for governor on what appeared to be a sure election killer -- a tax increase for education. Although Carnahan conditioned his proposal on voter approval, his election victory made it easier for the legislature to adopt an education tax increase without voter approval.

Carnahan and Bond demonstrated that a campaign based on substantive issues can leave a lasting legacy. But not every candidate has won by making a potentially unpopular public policy proposal a campaign issue.

In 2000, Republican Jim Talent narrowly was defeated by Democrat Bob Holden, who attacked Talent’s idea for a highway-improvement bond issue.

As governor, Holden’s alternative plan, worked out with Republicans, was overwhelmingly defeated by Missouri voters.

To be honest, I’m not optimistic we ever will return to an era when the campaign season was a time for a meaningful public

policy discussion on detailed proposals. The growing focus on purist ideology has been a factor. So too has been the growing pressure for partisan loyalty by candidates.

Social media plays a role with the meaningless, sometimes snarky, posts that often dominate public attention. Compounding the problem are the secretly funded special interests with so much money that they can dominate discussion with ads designed to further their financial interests, rather than educate the public.

It all contributes to an environment that I suspect leads many candidates to focus their

campaigns on simply getting elected rather than using their campaigns to champion ideas to improve government.

This current political environment is so different from Abraham Lincoln’s plea in his 1861 inaugural address that his country be “touched ...by the better angels of our nature.”

Editor’s note: Phill Brooks has been a Missouri statehouse reporter since 1970, making him dean of the statehouse press corps. He is the statehouse correspondent for KMOX Radio, director of MoDigitalNews and an emeritus faculty member of the Missouri School of Journalism. He has covered every governor since the late Warren Hearnes.

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Broken logic, cold calculations

by Congressman Sam Graves

COVID relief for businesses still hangs in the balance this week as Sen. Schumer and his caucus blocked critical aid for American workers and small business owners, not once, but twice.

On Oct. 20, they blocked a plan to get the highly successful Paycheck Protection Program back up and running and the next day they blocked a broader measure that would provide increased unemployment benefits, resources to help our schools reopen and stay open safely, and continued funding for testing and vaccines.

Sen. Schumer and Speaker Pelosi claim that they only oppose these efforts because they want more coronavirus relief.

Let me repeat, they’re actively blocking coronavirus aid for American workers and small businesses because they want more of it.

If that doesn’t twist your brain in a knot, I’m not sure what will.

It appears that the driving force behind their broken logic isn’t a desire to help Americans in need, but a cold political calculation that they believe will help them in November.

In exchange for a few billion dollars to help American workers and small business owners, they’re demanding trillions to fund new stimulus checks for illegal immigrants and massive bailouts for states. Not federal funds to help states and cities patch short-term budget troubles brought on by this pandemic, but unprecedented, enor-

mous bailouts for states that have been failing to properly balance their budgets for decades.

Meanwhile, American workers and small business owners are being left in the lurch. While the Paycheck Protection Program helped support 51 million American jobs and 5.2 million American small businesses, the program shut its doors to new applicants on Aug. 8 and it wasn’t for a lack of funding.

The program still has more than $130 billion in its coffers, money that could be used today to help small businesses and workers struggling to get by during this pandemic.

When the program was originally created, few imagined that the shutdowns and difficulties faced by small business owners would last for months, and certainly not well into November or later.

While I’m glad that Missouri hasn’t locked down and kept businesses closed like other states continue to do, it’s obvious that business is still slow in some places. We’ve got to ensure that they are able to continue operating in the midst of the pandemic.

Enough is enough.

It’s time to put the politics aside and do what’s right. We need to reauthorize the Paycheck Protection Program and get targeted aid to Americans in need now and we need to do it without bankrupting our country. American workers and small business owners simply can’t wait any longer.

Emergency plans (continued from page 1)

the courthouse with the county clerk. This plan will be shared with the public for approval and the plan is revisited annually.

The cost of mobile weather stations for Hazmat was discussed. The cost with a data connector is $1,200. The weather stations can be used anytime needed. If training is needed, it can be done with Chemical Emergency Preparedness Fund (CEPF) money.

Emergency Planning Director Roll reported he re-submitted CEPF grant with corrections to Missouri Emergency Response Commission (MERC). He will do an after-action report about the Jamesport Post Office collapse.

He noted that Cameron is having a training in structural firefighter training; he will provide more information and cost later. He is working on Incident Command Forms (ICF) for fire districts and

incident command and officer command school.

The treasurer report was read

by Ronetta Burton. There was no revenue. Amounts paid out: May $99.99; $2 postage, $31.09 meals.

The treasurer will send actual balance at a later date but at this time $4,600 was reported.

The Jamesport generator has been taken back to Jamesport.

Trent Brewer reports he will do a maintenance schedule. David Roll asked if a fuel bid is needed if the cost is less than $10,000.

Ronetta Burton said no but the county already has an MFA fuel card.

Cheryl Alexander gave the COVID-19 report. She also talked about a mask mandate, with no action taken.

The above are the unapproved minutes of the Aug. 26 meeting of the LEPC. Those in attendance were Wayne Uthe, county commissioner; Jim Ruse, presiding county commissioner; David Cox, county commissioner; John Hobbs, Jamesport

Fire and Rescue; Adam Albert, Pattonsburg Fire and Rescue; Ronetta Burton, Jameson Fire Department; David Roll, Daviess County Emergency Management Director; Deanna Lewis, Active Aging Resource Center; Mark Richards, Gallatin Police Chief; Jennifer Wyckoff and Randy Railsback, guests, Green Hills Regional Planning; Gary Alexander, Jamesport city council; Trent Brewer, Jamesport city superintendent; Cheryl Alexander, Daviess County Health Dept.

LEPC meets Oct. 30 The Local Emergency Planning Commission will hold a meeting at 12 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30, at Subway upstairs, 107 North Main Street in Gallatin.

Old business will cover CEPF funds and Covid-19 Update. New business items include state surplus storage boxes, MRE’s and bottled water staged Covid-19 Vaccine POD (Point of Dispensing), and Election 2020. HMEP trainings are upcoming.

Spike: Dichotomies of Halloween (continued from page 2) by vacuums, Swiffer mops and Roomba robots. How long do you think it will take for Makita, Shark or some other manufacturer to feature a Halloween witch riding a Roomba in their next commercial?

Yes, Halloween is weird. Was it always this way?

The question came up recently in casual conversation with a 90-something-year-old. I was curious about what childhood memories the generation of that vintage might hold. There was a long pause and a blank stare before, finally, an explanation.

She seemed to apologize. She said she was an only child. What’s more, she was the only child in her class for the first two years attending a one-room school. So, nobody came to trick-or-treat at their home. The farm was at the end of a dirt road. Their farmhouse was without electricity, and there was no problem distinguishing “wants” from “needs.”

Halloween? She had nothing to remember.

So, what are Halloween wants and needs supposed to be? My guess is somewhere between the extremes.

All this said, I’m going to miss Gallatin’s “Scare on the Square” this Saturday, aren’t you? I like seeing activities that create funfilled hometown memories. It’s a void this holiday weekend that’s going to be hard to fill.

Who knows how many little tykes will ring doorbells this COVID year. Certainly, at my age, I don’t need sugar candies nor the calories from even a small slice of pumpkin pie for this Halloween holiday. Saturday night may be a bit dull around our house.

But then, there’s always next year.

Remembering WWII: ‘The _ _ _-damned infantry’ This year marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. To help mark this historic milestone, the Ernie Pyle World War II Museum in Dana, IN, provides this article written by the famous Pulitzer Prize winning war correspondent. The following earned Pyle the Pulitzer Prize in 1944.

This dispatch, sent by wireless from the front lines west of Mateur in North Africa, describes exhausted American infantrymen moving along a hilly Tunisian road.

It is reprinted here as reminder to all about the sacrifices made by so many Americans to maintain the freedoms we enjoy.

by Ernie Pyle (Column 2095 - Dispatch May 1, 1943)

IN THE FRONT LINES BEFORE MATEUR -- (by wireless) -- We’re now with an infantry outfit that has battled ceaselessly for four days and nights. This northern warfare has been in the mountains. You don’t ride much any more. It is walking and climbing and crawling country. The mountains aren’t big, but they are constant. They are largely treeless. They are easy to defend and bitter to take. But we are taking them.

The Germans lie on the back slope of every ridge, deeply dug into fox holes. In front of them the fields and pastures are hideous with thousands of hidden mines.

The forward slopes are left open, untenanted, and if the Americans tried to scale

those slopes they would be murdered wholesale in an inferno of machine-gun crossfire plus mortars and grenades. Consequently we don’t do it that way. We have fallen back to the old warfare of first pulverizing the enemy with artillery, then sweeping around the ends of the hill with infantry and taking them from the sides and behind. ***I’ve written before how the big guns crack and roar almost constantly throughout the day and night. They lay a screen ahead of our troops. By magnificent shooting they drop shells on the back slopes. By means of shells timed to burst in the air a few feet from the ground, they get the Germans even in the foxholes. Our troops have found that the Germans dig foxholes down and then under, trying to get cover from the shell bursts that shower death from above. Our artillery has really been sensational. For once we have enough of something and at the right time. Officers tell me they actually have more guns than they know what to do with.

All the guns in any one sector can be centered to shoot at one spot. And when we lay the whole business on a German hill the whole slope seems to erupt. It becomes an unbelievable cauldron of fire and smoke and dirt. Veteran German soldiers say they have never been through anything like it. ***Now to the infantry -- the Goddamned infantry, as they like to call them-

selves. I love the infantry because they are the underdogs. They are the mud-rainfrost-and-wind boys. They have no comforts, and they even learn to live without the necessities. And in the end they are the guys that wars can’t be won without.

I wish you could see just one of the ineradicable pictures I have in my mind today. In this particular picture I am sitting among clumps of sword-grass on a steep and rocky hillside that we have just taken. We are looking out over a vast rolling country to the rear. A narrow path comes like a ribbon over a hill miles away, down a long slope, across a creek, up a slope and over another hill.

All along the length of this ribbon there is now a thin line of men. For four days and nights they have fought hard, eaten little, washed none, and slept hardly at all. Their nights have been violent with attack, fright, butchery, and their days sleepless and miserable with the crash of artillery.

The men are walking. They are fifty feet apart, for dispersal. Their walk is slow, for

they are dead weary, as you can tell even when looking at them from behind. Every line and sag of their bodies speaks their inhuman exhaustion.

On their shoulders and backs they carry heavy steel tripods, machine-gun barrels, leaden boxes of ammunition. Their feet seem to sink into the ground from the overload they are bearing. They don’t slouch. It is the terrible deliberation of each step that spells out their appalling tiredness. Their faces are black and unshaven. They are young men, but the grime and whiskers and exhaustion make them look middle-aged. In their eyes as they pass is not hatred, not excitement, not despair, not the tonic of their victory -- there is just the simple expression of being here as though they had been here doing this forever, and nothing else. The line moves on, but it never ends. All afternoon men keep coming round the hill and vanishing eventually over the horizon. It is one long tired line of antlike men. ***There is an agony in your heart and you almost feel ashamed to look at them.

They are just guys from Broadway and Main Street, but you wouldn’t remember them. They are too far away now. They are too tired. Their world can never be known to you, but if you could see them just once, just for an instant, you would know that no matter how hard people work back home they are not keeping pace with those infantrymen in Tunisia.

Editor’s note: Permission to re-publish Ernie Pyle’s column was given by the Scripps Howard Foundation and distributed by the Ernie Pyle World War II Museum in Dana, IN

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Regional jail plans ‘Officers for Kids’ Christmas shopping event, reviews improvements The Regional Jail made plans for its traditional Officers for Kids event in which local children go shopping just before Christmas with a local law enforcement officer.

A tentative date of Dec. 12 was set for Officers for Kids during the Oct. 2 meeting of the Daviess-DeKalb Regional Jail Board. At this time, the jail has $4,100 available for the children’s Christmas event. Jail Director Edmon Howard and the Daviess and DeKalb County sheriffs will schedule a time to get together to discuss the way to hold this event in accordance with the COVID-19 safety guidelines.

Turning to other events on the agenda, Director Howard advised the board that the jail improvement project has been

completed. He will provide a utilities comparison from last year to the next board meeting.

Deputy Director Timothy Carder gave the financial report, which was approved as follows: Sales Tax revenue for July $95,105.35; Sales Tax revenue for August $131,947.32; Sales Tax revenue for July 2019-December 2019 $619.30; Sales Tax balance $94,943.58; Commissary grossed $15,039.01 in July; Commissary grossed $15,005.65 in August; Commissary grossed $17,646.04 in September; Operating Account balance $145,699.72; Payroll balance $1,130.13; Accounts Receivable: $599,009.40; Accounts Payable: $16,823.69.

The regional jail temporarily housed for Clinton County. All Clinton County detainees have been returned to Clinton Coun-

Village of Lock Springs trees to be trimmed The Jackson Township Road Board has asked the Village of Lock Springs to trim all the tree limbs away from the roads throughout the village. The trustees decided to first contact Evergy to clean up around all the power lines throughout the village. After that has been finished, the board will ask the land owners to clean up trees/limbs over the roadways.

In other business at the Aug. 26 meeting of the Village of Lock Springs, Troy Williams was sworn in as a new board member.

The tax levy was reviewed, and the board voted to keep the tax revenue budget at 0.4107%.

Work on the roads throughout the village was tabled as new business.

Financial reports are as follows: Revenue to General Fund — Evergy Franchise Taxes: June - $189.55 and July - $200. Daviess County taxes: PP - $14.80 RE- $0.00 – DRE- $0.00 – DPP: $0.00. Bills Paid from General Fund — Evergy Street Lights: June $226.65 –July $224.49. Current General Fund Balance = $9,521.49. Revenue to Road Fund: DOR.: June - $134.54 July $191.10; Interest paid to account: June -$0.67 and July - $0.69. Bills Paid from Road Fund: Trager Limestone - $221.73. Current Road Fund Balance = $8,256.50.

Total Balance $17,777.99.

The above are the unapproved minutes of the Aug. 26 meeting of the Village of Lock Springs. Present were Paul Fields, chairperson; LaTisha Perkins, clerk; Kyle Gaunt; trustee; Luke Perkins, trustee; Troy Williams, trustee.

Winston R-6, NCMC blood drives soon

The Winston R-6 School District, in partnership with the Red Cross, will host a blood drive from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 2 at the school on 200 West Third Street.

The North Central Missouri College (NCMC) Student Senate will host a blood drive Wednesday, Nov. 4, from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Alexander Student Center-lower level, 1204 Main Street.

The blood drives are open to all students, staff and the public. No appointment is necessary but can be made by visiting www.redcrossblood.org or calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800733-2767).

The American Red Cross is urging healthy donors of all blood types to give blood or platelets to ensure a strong blood supply for patients as the U.S. braces for flu season while in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ty, and per the agreement, they have paid the board bill.

Carder reported that firearms and taser certification has been completed, and 40-hour new hire training is complete.

Board members signed the memo to Farmers State Bank and BTC Bank giving authorization to add Sheriff Keesaman to the accounts.

Carder has been working with the Community Mental Health Liaison, Jen Gentry, to increase mental health counseling for the jail at no additional cost. This coverage would be in addition to the four hours the jail has weekly through Advanced Correctional Health.

Upon receiving authorization from the board via phone earlier in September, a 2014 Mitsubishi Outlander was purchased to replace the Chevrolet Trailblazer.

Howard would like to possibly add new contracts with surrounding counties. Sheriff Becerra requested that the issue be tabled until the next meeting.

Howard requested that a

new bank account be created for commissary revenues in accordance with state statutes. A detainee security fund account was created.

Howard requested that the jail continue the life insurance coverage for staff members who retire with a minimum of 10 years tenure as part of their retirement benefit. The board approved the benefit.

A motion was carried to apply for Cares Act funds through Daviess County. Commissioner Ruse abstained from this vote.

A motion was carried to apply for Cares Act funds through DeKalb County. Commissioners Carroll abstained from this vote.

The annual memos regarding limited vendors in the area was completed and shared with the board.

The next regular meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 6, followed by the budget meeting on the same date.

The above are the unapproved minutes of the meeting of the Regional Jail Board held Oct. 2. Present: DeKalb Coun-

Jamesport council considers road closure

ty Sheriff Kasey Keesaman; DeKalb County Presiding Commissioner Kyle Carroll; Daviess County Presiding Commissioner James Ruse; Edmon Howard, Jr., Director; Timothy Carder, Deputy Director; Lori Burke, Administrative Assistant. Sheriff Ben Becerra attended the meeting via phone conference.

Octo Boo Fest in downtown Jamesport Octo Boo Fest is scheduled in downtown Jamesport for Saturday, Oct. 31 from 4-6 p.m. Children and adults are encouraged to wear their best costumes and go trick or treating. Businesses, individuals, churches or organizations are welcome to come and decorate a table and pass out candy. Hot dogs and hot apple cider will be provided.

The event is sponsored by Jamesport Community Association.

Ray Bontrager approached corner of Main Street, where the Jamesport City Council on the water tower used to sit. He Oct. 12 with a request to close also suggested that the city Bailey Street east of the inter- consider having fire extinguishsection of Grant and Bailey. He ers in all the city buildings and No Winston meeting The Village of Winston did discussed that the street had equipment.

In attendance at the meet- not hold a meeting of the Board been plotted and had never been used. Mayor Dana Urton ing were city council members of Trustees in September. suggested that the city send Gary Alexander, Rob Murphy letters to all property owners and Mayor Dana Urton, along involved advising of the possi- with visitors Wayne Scott and employees Trent Brewer and bility of the road closure.

Wayne Scott from the Jame- Ray Bontrager.

A section of Daviess County sport Community Association Route M will be closing for a discussed having another Halculvert replacement. Local loween wienie roast at the old maintenance crews from the Nylen Lewfire station building next to city Missouri Department of Transis of Winston hall. The group agreed it was a will celebrate portation will close the road fun time and would also like to his 80th birthbetween Route 13 and 265th hold the event again. day.

Send Street on Wednesday, Oct. 28, Council member Rob Mur- birthday wishand Thursday, Oct. 29, from 8 phy brought up the problem es to P.O. Box a.m. to this 3 p.m.ad. daily. During the Save to current week folder before altering with parking north of the four- 217, Winston, closure, motorists will need to way. He had suggested creating MO 64689. use an alternate route. a parking area on the northwest

Route M to close for culvert work

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October 28, 2020

Gallatin Police offer Halloween tips The Gallatin Police Department is urging families to follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advice for Halloween this year. Among the key guidance: A Halloween mask is not an appropriate substitute for a protective cloth mask.

You should wear a protective cloth mask of at least two layers of breathable fabric — not a costume mask. Protective masks should never be worn under a costume mask because it can become hard to breathe. Here are some additional tips just for your kids, to help keep you safe on Halloween night! Some of these ideas are called “common sense” ideas. That means that they are things that you should know and use every day in life. You are never too young to learn!

The Gallatin Police Department will once again be handing out candy from the patrol vehicles so be sure to say hi before they run out.

Have fun on Halloween but keep it safe.

Drive-in Halloween puppet show

Medicare open enrollment is from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7. Staff at the center can check your current prescription drug plan to see if you have better options for 2021.

Worksheets are available at the center, or call 660-663-2828 to have one mailed to you.

The center is still offering grab & go meals along with dinein meals. Meals are served from 11-12 and you can pick up during that time.

If you prefer, the Active Aging Center can deliver Meals on Wheels to you; or if you know an older adult that could use Meals on Wheels, please contact the center.

Menu Nov. 2-6 Monday: baked herb chicken, parmesan potatoes, spinach, roll, peach crisp; Tuesday: pork roast with gravy, baked sweet potato, baby lima beans, cake w/strawberries; Wednesday: tuna noodle casserole, green peas, buttered carrots, banana, oatmeal cookie; Thursday: hamburger on bun, potato wedges, cole slaw, apple; Friday: chicken tenders, roasted potatoes, cauliflower w/cheese sauce, roll, pumpkin cheesecake.

Puppeteers Debbie Lutzky Allen and Peter Allen of Parasol Puppets are planning (and busy rehearsing) a special COVID Safe Halloween Shadow Puppet Show to be seen from your car in Jamesport.

Pack your family and friends in the car and make sure everyone can see out of the front window. Come on down at your reserved time and enjoy a slightly spooky, funny, and unique (and Free) driveway drive-in Halloween Shadow Show from the comfort of your own vehicle. Only one car per performance. Each performance of the Driveway DriveIn Halloween Shadow Show will last about seven minutes. Make your reservations now to insure a time slot.

The Driveway Drive-In Halloween Show will take place on Thursday, October 29 and Friday, October 30, 2020 from 7-9 pm. There will be only seven performances each night (7:00, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8:00, 8:15 and 8:30) in a driveway just outside of Jamesport.

Call Debbie or Peter at 660684-6825 to reserve your time spot and find out the location of this Driveway Puppet Show.

Due to electrical equipment, a large shadow screen, and a deep commitment to self preservation, this event will be cancelled if it is raining or too windy. No

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drop-ins. No video or photos. No peeking backstage. Donations will be accepted but not expected. If “sold out” there will be a waiting list to fill in any cancellations.

1. Never, ever go into a stranger’s house or even ring their door for treats unless your parents are with you and say that it’s okay. There are some people in life that aren’t very nice to kids and you have to be careful. Always make sure that your mom or dad or another trusted adult is within sight when you go out trickor-treating.

2. Be careful when you cross a street. Make sure to look in both directions and make sure that there are no cars coming. If you have a little brother or sister with you, take their hand and help them get across the street, too.

3. If you are an older kid or young teen, and going out with friends, make sure that your parents know where you are going and who you are going with. This may seem like a pain, but they are your parents, and they love you. They just want you to be safe 4. If you can drive and are taking a bunch of friends to a party, make sure that you have enough gas to get there. You don’t want to run out on a dark street, all alone, like a bad horror movie!

5. If your parents give you a curfew, be home when they say. It builds trust between you and them and they are doing it for your own safety. If you are going to be late, call them and let them know.

6. Vandalism is never cool! Throwing eggs at cars and houses is not cool. Someone has to clean it up and it could be you, if you get caught. You can also be arrested and punished as a juvenile. So, don’t think that it’s fun only if you can get away with it.

It’s never the right thing to do! Think about how you would feel if someone did that to your house and how bad it would make you feel.

7. Hurting animals is never acceptable behavior! Some people use Halloween as an excuse to hurt cats

and that is just wrong! Not only is it illegal in most places to hurt or torture animals and punishable by law, you should never hurt a helpless living thing.

Birth

Oakley Rhyne Douglas Zach and Taryn Douglas of Chillicothe are the parents of a daughter born at 4:12 p.m. Oct. 15, 2020, at Liberty Hospital.

The baby weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces, and was 18 inches long at birth. She has been named Oakley Rhyne and is the couple’s first child.

Taryn is a teacher at Gallatin High School, and Zach is a teacher at Braymer High School.

Maternal grandparents are Sandy Dustman of Jamesport and Richard Dustman of Jamesport. Paternal grandparents are Cecil and Carol Douglas of Wheeling. The great grandmother is Ruth Harrington of Jamesport.

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October 28, 2020

Commissioners approve multiple CARES funding applications COUNTY

Discussion was held regarding multiple CARES Act COMMISSION funding applications.

Wayne Uthe made a motion to accept the following list of applications; Jim Ruse seconded, and the motion passed, 2-0: Daviess County Circuit Court, City of Gallatin, 2nd Request, Daviess DeKalb Regional Jail, Daviess Co Security 2nd Request, Daviess County, Pattonsburg Senior Center, Humphrey Dental 2nd Request, Viking Valley Association, Community Ambulance pending additional paperwork.

Jim Ruse made a motion to accept the following list of applications; Wayne Uthe seconded, and the motion passed, 2-0: Gallatin R-5 2nd, Request, and an additional $170. 37 Pattonsburg R-2.

James Lewis, bridge supervisor, spoke to the commission by phone to update them on ongoing work. James advised his crew will be working on repairing and replacing bridges in Union, Harrison and Jefferson townships this week.

The commission discussed the CART follow-up. Marion is the only township that has not submitted their financial statement for 2019.

Cheryl Alexander, county health director, spoke to the commission by phone to advise them on ongoing Coronavirus cases in Daviess County. Cheryl advised, as of Oct. 21, the county had 230 total cases with 112 active, many in the hospital and four deaths. The health department is no longer updating their Facebook page on a daily basis, but instead only once a week.

Wayne Uthe made a motion to accept Blue Cross Blue Shield for 2021 with same $31 employee contribution with two PPO offerings, one with a $3,000 deductible and one with a buy-up option to a $1,000 deductible; Jim Ruse seconded, and the motion passed, 2-0.

Jim Ruse submitted the specs for a bid for sealing and tuckpointing the outside of the courthouse. A bid notice will be put in the paper. The issue was continued.

Ronetta Burton, county clerk, advised the commission that the County Commissioner Association of Missouri (CCAM) mandatory training was cancelled due to COVID-19. They will be able to watch 20 hours of videos from the upcoming MAC conference to fulfill their training requirements.

Discussion was held regarding the 2021 CERF contribution for employees. Wayne Uthe made a motion to leave the CERF contribution as is for the upcoming year; Jim Ruse seconded, and the motion passed, 2-0.

Kenny Dinwiddie, Washington Township landowner, met with the commission to advise them he had put the base rock on 893 feet of Elmwood Avenue west of Highway K, and was now ready to have that portion of Elmwood Avenue added to the CART roads in Washington Township. The commission will check the road.

James Cowan, Washington Township resident, spoke to the commission regarding a bridge on Forest Avenue that needs some repair. The commission will notify the bridge depart-

Daviess County Sheriff’s Incident Report

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THIS INCIDENT SUMMARY DOES NOT INCLUDE ROUTINE PATROL ACTIVITIES Scott Robinson, 35, James- 11:40 am – Pattonsburg well-being check. port, was arrested and trans10/22/20 ported to Daviess DeKalb County Regional Jail (DDCRJ) and 9:32 am – Winston well-being check 4:23 pm – Gallatin investigation. charged with domestic assault, 9:01 pm- Assisting Caldwell County. due to an assault at a James10/23/20 port residence on Oct. 24. Rob- 2:21 pm -- Pattonsburg investigation. inson resides with the victim 10/24/20 of the assault. He is currently 10:57 am - Jameson investigation. on probation on a prior convic- 4 pm - Jamesport investigation.

10/25/20 tion for domestic assault fourth THIS INCIDENT SUMMARY DOES NOT INCLUDE ROUTINE PATROL 11:09 am - Possible roadACTIVITIES rage with degree and has an expired drivmultiple vehicles occurring on Higher’s license. According to court way 6. Vehicles detained in different documents, Robinson admitted areas. Ambulance required at one that he would test positive for of the stops. methamphetamine. Bond was 1:03 pm - Jamesport investigation on denied. motor vehicle stop.

Rudys Monterroso Castro, 10/26/20 44, Hemet, CA, was arrested Weather related motor vehicle acciOct. 26 and transported to DDRJ dents.

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for leaving the scene of an accident which occurred near Missouri 190 and Route V in Daviess County. He was charged with leaving scene of accident and failure to maintain financial responsibility. According to the probable cause statement prepared by Trooper K. Cool, Castro spoke very little English.

He appeared to be intoxicated and a preliminary breath test revealed a .173% blood alcohol content. He did not have a social security number and stated that he was in the U.S. illegally. He could not produce proof of insurance. Bond was set at $5,000.

10/20/20 9 am – Court in session.

10/21/20 3:17 am – Report of cows out on 6 Highway.

9 am – Report of cows out on Highway K. 9:14 am – Jamesport investigation.

Arrests This Week: • Treyonna Palazzo, 19, Springfield, was transported from Howell County to DDRJ on outstanding warrant of traffic violations.

• Rocky Arnelle Botts, 19, Cameron, was transported to DDRJ for failure to appear for a previous warrant of DWI. • Frank Bostic 37, Hamilton, was arrested and transported to DDRJ and charged with persistent DWI, E felony. Bond denied.

• Scott Robinson, 35, Jamesport, was arrested and transported to DDRJ and charged with domestic assault. Bond was denied.

• Rudys Monterroso Castro, 44, Hemet, CA, was arrested and transported to DDRJ for leaving the scene of an accident.

Bond was set at $5,000.

ment.

Eric Corwin met with the commission to ask permission to train Wes Bridgeman, custodian, as a backup for winding and maintenance of the clock.

Permission was granted.

The commission approved and signed the quarterly reimbursement application for the assessor.

Ronetta Burton advised the commission that the county internet account with Blue Bird Communications had been updated to 50 MB at no charge due to a change at Blue Bird.

In the afternoon, commissioners looked at culverts, bridges and roads in Harrison, Washington and Sheridan townships.

The meeting adjourned at 3:45 p.m. This information is taken from the minutes of the Oct. 21, 2020, meeting of the Daviess County Commission. Jim Ruse and Wayne Uthe were in attendance. David Cox was absent.

Suit on account: Midwestern Health Management vs. Jerome C. Barton et al was dismissed by the parties.

Assessor’s Office A representative from the State Tax Commission (STC) was in the field with the assessor’s staff on Oct. 27, in Liberty Township. The assessor and her staff will continue reviewing and picking up new construction in Liberty Township and will then progress to Jamesport and Union Townships. The assessor has also been working with the STC on ratio studies.

The assessor’s website is up and running. This website will allow you to look at your personal property data and file your assessment sheet online next year. It will also allow you to look up basic real estate data, deed information, sale information, and personal property. Check it out at: www.daviess.missouri assessors.com

Recorder’s Office Cases bound over Marriage licenses issued: from the Associate DiDanielle Ann Myers, 27, and vision: State vs. Ryan Heather Nicole Pickett, 29, both P. Massey, Trenton, of Fulton. possession of controlled subWarranty Deeds stance, D felony, DWI Prior, A Tracts in Benton misdemeanor, failure to drive Township from Yelright half of roadway, C misdelow Goose Farm LLC meanor, and a headlamp infracto McBee Farms LC; tract in Union Township from Khation.

Civil cases filed: Division of zar Family Limited Partnership to Employment Security vs. Mi- Brian and Nancy Peterson; tract in chael J. Cutler of Hopkins, cer- Washington Township from Jack tificate of assessment of over- Prindle and Brenda Bennett, successor trustees of the Prindle Trust, paid benefits; Overhead Door to Vincent G. Prindle for his full Company vs. McBee Farms LC, life with remainder in fee to Mindi mechanics lien.

Mansfield and Wendee McKenzie Associate Division Taylor C. Smith pled guilty to an amended charge of operating motor vehicle with brakes not in good working order, an infraction on Oct. 20 and was fined $200 plus court costs. A jury trial which had been scheduled for Oct. 23 was canceled.

Civil Court www.daviesscountysheriff.com Breach of contract: A change of venue was granted in Easy Cash ASAP LLC vs. Christine Lofgren.

LDPS; tract in Washington Township from Jack Prindle and Brenda Bennett, successor trustees of the Prindle Trust, to Jack L. Prindle for his full life with remainder in fee to Daniel Prindle LDPS; tract in Benton Township from Valerie Dawn Engelken, Rhett and Kelly Johnson, Marcus and Dorwina Johnson, Jared and Kimberly Johnson, and Simbra Shae Johnson to Jim and Karen Smith; Lake Viking lot #642 from Rodney and Alicia Saunders to Rustic Rendezvous LLC; lot in Jamesport from Stanley and Joyce Peery to Barbara G. Hewitt; Lake Viking lot #503 from Timothy and Karla Michener to Ronald E. Bachman Jr., trustee of the Ronald Eugene Bachman jr. Revocable living Trust Agreement, and Elisabeth F. Bachman, trustee of the Elisabeth F. Bachman Revocable Trust, as tenants in common; Lake Viking lot #1743 and #S-126 from Jeffrey and Katherine Henderson to Peggy and James Embrey.

Quit Claim Deeds Tract in Colfax Township from Harold D. Anderson to Christopher W. Eldredge; tract in Benton Township from William and Brooke Crawford to William and Brooke Crawford, trustees of the Corey and Brooke Crawford Revocable Trust.

Beneficiary Deeds Tracts in Union Township from Robert and Zella Barnes to Benjamin Pryor Barnes, David Leon Barnes and Clint Adam Barnes as tenants in common and not as JTWROS. Trustee’s Deed Lake Viking lot #558 from Clifford McFadden Jr., trustee of the Clifford L. McFadden Jr. Declaration of Trust, and Donna McFadden, trustee of the Donna J. McFadden Declaration of Trust, to Clifford L. McFadden Jr. and Donna J. McFadden.

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Deaths

Jack Dowell 1931-2020 A celebration of life is planned for Jack Dowell of Gallatin. Jack passed away on April 4, 2020, during the outbreak of COVID and a life tribute was delayed. His family invites you to come and celebrate with them for what would have been Jack’s 89th birthday.

The celebration of life is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. The service will be at 3:30 p.m. at the First Christian Church located at the south end of Gallatin on Highway 13. Masks are suggested for the service.

Thelma Marie First 1930-2020 Thelma Marie First, 90, Hamilton, died on Oct. 25, 2020, at the Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home, Hamilton. She lived in Caldwell and Daviess Counties her entire life.

Thelma was born on July 2, 1930, in Hamilton, to Garry T. and Eva E. (Mathews) Henricks. She graduated from the Hamilton High School and was a member of the Lick Fork Baptist Church. She was a homemaker and member of the Hamilton American Legion Ladies Auxiliary.

Thelma was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John Evans First; sister, Ruth Helen Richardson; and three young brothers.

Survivors are daughter, Linda Kay Daniels, Hamilton; son, John Evans First, Jr., Chillicothe; five grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; greatgreat-grandchildren; and sister, Frances Jean Bradley, McDonough, GA. Graveside Committal will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at the Lick Fork Cemetery, Gallatin.

There is no formal scheduled visitation. A memorial service will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospitals.

Lee Graber 1964-2020 Lee Graber was born March 18, 1964, to Melvin and Sarah (Shrock) Graber in Hicksville, OH. He died on Oct. 22, 2020. He was 56 years old.

When Lee was four, his family moved to Jamesport. Lee has resided on the same farm for the last 52 years. On Sept. 25, 1986, he was united in marriage to Sylvia Stutzman in Jamesport.

Lee was a farmer, growing sweet corn, pumpkins and squash amongst other things.

He and Sylvia started Graber’s Greenhouse in the spring of 1999.

Lee felt the call of God at age 22 while in the Amish faith. He was baptized into Church of God in Christ, Mennonite on Easter Sunday in 2004.

Lee was preceded in death by his parents; mother-in-law, Ida Stutzman; two brothers-in-law, two nephews and one niece.

Those left behind with grieving hearts include his wife, Sylvia of the home; daughter, Regina (Kent) Koehn of Jamesport; son, Nathan (Karianna) Graber of Jamesport; son, Marcus Graber of Jamesport; four grandchildren; one foster grandchild; three brothers and ten sisters, Emma (Jonas) Yutzy of Jamesport; Rebecca Kramer of Jamesport; Mose (Ida) Graber of Jamesport; Menno (Verna) Graber of Jamesport; Rachel (Reuben) Gingerich of Wakarusa, IN; Martha (Urial) Miller of Jamesport; Melvin Jr. (Katie) Graber of Hillpoint, WI; Ada Mae (Owen) Gingerich of Gallatin; Anna Mary (David) Kramer of Jamesport; Leona (Floyd) Hostetler of Jamesport; Marjorie (Andy) Shetler of Mountain Grove; Margaret (Syl) Kauffman of Jamesport; Sara (David) Kauffman of Jamesport.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to the Jamesport Mennonite School for playground equipment.

Funeral services were held Oct. 26, 2020, at the Jamesport Mennonite Church with burial in the Jamesport Mennonite Church Cemetery. Arrangements were entrusted to the care and direction of Stith Fu-

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Abraham Riggs 1961-2020 Abraham Riggs, 59, Winston, died Oct. 19, 2020. He was born on Sept. 29, 1961, in Harrisburg, AR, to Robert H. and Roziela (Stewart) Riggs. Abe was a graduate of Kirkwood High School and attended the University of Missouri. He was a Marine Corps veteran.

He married Janis Ayres on Oct. 14, 1989, in Winston. Abe was an entrepreneur, and owner and operator of Hidden Quail Creek Carts in Winston.

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Survivors are his wife, Janis Riggs of the home; daughters, Kirstin (Jerad) Schlorff, Smithville, and Courtney (Derek) Nagel, Kansas City; brothers, Robert (Patty) Riggs, Dittmer, and Gary (Mellanie) Riggs, Fort Worth, TX; sister, Martha (Mike) Walsh, Fenton; and one granddaughter.

Services were held Oct. 23, 2020, at the Poland-Thompson Funeral Home, Cameron. Visitation was held one hour prior to the service.

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He was born July 23, 1929, in Leavenworth, KS, to John and Sophia (Fehrenbach) Lang.

Leo was a United States Army Veteran, serving in the Korean War. He worked at the water plant for the City of St. Joseph until his retirement.

Preceding him in death were his parents, John and Sophia Lang; son, Mike Lang; sister, Mary Carson and brother, Stanley Lang.

Survivors are his wife, Beverly Lang of the home; sons, Mark (Connie) Lang and Justin (Monica) Lang, both of Winston; daughter-in-law, Cindy Lang, Gallatin; six grandchildren, Brett, Ashley, Cody, Courtney, Paige, and Landen; six great-grandchildren; brother, Norman (Joann) Lang, St. Joseph; and sister, Florence Pulley, St. Louis.

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Eastern Division All-Conference Softball 2020-21 Final Standings

Gallatin R-5 Winter Sports

Varsity Basketball Tipoff 6 pm unless noted

Nov. 20 .........................at Lathrop Nov. 24 Pattonsburg JVB/VG/VB Nov. 30-Dec. 5 ... Gallatin Tourn.

Dec. 8 ................. at North Andrew Dec. 15 .............. Putnam County Dec. 18 ........................ Princeton Jan. 5 ........................... at Trenton Jan. 8 ................................ at Polo Jan. 11-16 .......... Lawson Tourn.

Jan. 19 ....................... at Maysville Jan. 22 ................ South Harrison Jan. 25-30 ........... Hamilton Tourn.

Feb. 2 ................................. Milan Feb. 5.............................at Albany Feb. 10 ......................... Hamilton Feb. 13 ............ GRC Conference Tournament Feb. 15 ............... East Buchanan Feb. 18 ...................... at Stanberry Feb. 22-27 ............. District Tourn.

Mar. 3........................... Sectionals Mar. 6....................... Quarterfinals Mar. 11 ...................... State Tourn.

Junior Varsity Basketball Tipoff 4:30 pm unless noted

Nov. 24 ... Pattonsburg JVB 5:00 Dec. 8 ................. at North Andrew Dec. 15 .............. Putnam County Dec. 16-19 ....... Lathrop JV Tourn.

Dec. 18 ........................ Princeton Jan. 7 ....................at Trenton 6:00 Jan. 8 ...................at Polo HS 5:00 Jan. 19 ....................... at Maysville Jan. 21-23 ..... Gallatin JV Tourn.

Feb. 1.............. at S. Harrison 6:00 Feb. 2 ......................... Milan 5:00 Feb. 10 ......................... Hamilton Feb. 18 .............. at Stanberry 5:00

Junior High Basketball Tipoff 4:30 pm unless noted

Nov. 3 .......................... Princeton Nov. 5 ...........................Maysville Nov. 10 ................ at Winston 6:00 Nov. 12 ............... South Harrison Nov. 13 ..........at Pattonsburg 5:00 Nov. 17 ............. Princeton Tourn.

Nov. 19 .............. Princeton Tourn.

Nov. 20 .................. at Albany 5:30 Nov. 23 .........................at Penney Dec. 3 ..Cameron 8th Grade 6:00 Dec. 7 ...........................Polo 5:00 Dec. 10 ........................ at Trenton Dec. 11-12 .......... Hamilton Tourn.

Varsity/JV Wrestling

Dec. 5 ................ Marceline Tourn.

(Girls & Boys) Varsity 9:30 Dec. 8 .................. Trenton/South Harrison Tri 5:30 Dec. 17 ...............at Hamilton 6:00 Dec. 22 .................. Benton Tourn.

(Girls) Varsity Jan. 5 ... at Lawson/St. Pius X 5:30 Jan. 7 ......... at Mid Buchanan 5:30 Jan. 8 ................ Mid- Buch Tourn.

(Girls) Varsity Jan. 9 ................... Marshall Tourn.

(Boys & Girls) Varsity 9:00 Jan. 12 .............................. at Polo w/Albany/Wayne 5:00 Jan. 14 ..................... at Chillicothe w/Brookfield 5:30 Jan. 15-16 ......... Chillicothe Tourn.

(Boys & Girls) Varsity Jan. 19 ...... Stanberry/Savannah/ North Andrew 5:30 Jan. 21 ................. Marceline 5:30 Jan. 23 .............. Brookfield Tourn.

Varsity 9:30 Feb. 5-6 .... Districts (Girls) Varsity Feb. 12-13 ........... Districts Varsity Feb. 18-20 ........................... State (Boys & Girls) Varsity

Junior High Wrestling 5:30 pm unless noted

Nov. 10 ........ at Trenton/Marceline Nov. 12 ....... Trenton/S. Harrison Nov. 17 .........................at Lathrop w/S. Harrison/Savannah 5:00 Nov. 23 ........................ Hamilton/ Maysville/Lathrop Quad Dec. 3 .........................at Hamilton w/Brookfield/Mid-Buch Dec. 7 .......................... at Lawson w/Trenton/Maysville

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Wright brothers, Draven and Gage, combine for a tackle of Henke.

Bulldogs struggle against Tigers and themselves in 28-18 loss Penalties, turnovers and missed opportunities told much of the story of Gallatin’s 28-18 loss to Princeton in Friday night’s GRC finale. It was a contest that appeared to always be just out of the reach of the Bulldogs, who finish the regular season locked into a fourth place finish in the conference and fifth place standing in their district.

Gallatin, 5-4 overall, will travel to Hamilton this Friday night to square off in a rematch with the Penney Hornets, who closed out their regular season with a convincing 40-12 victory over Lawson. The Bulldogs are looking to avenge a 6 point overtime loss in a Sept. 4 contest held at Bulldog Field.

Friday’s winner will likely make the trip to South Harrison

Princeton 28, Gallatin 18 Gallatin Princeton

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Scoring Summary:

18 28

P: Henke 1 yd. run (Henke run).

G: Safety P: Henke 8 yd. run (run failed).

G: Vandiver 4 yd. pass to Meeks (Vandiver to Meeks).

P: Berwanger 7 yd. run (run failed).

P: Henke 29 yd. run (Henke to Schreffler).

G: Vandiver 11 yd. pass to Baker (Vandiver to Bird).

GHS Statistics:

Passing: Vandiver 13-27-108, 2 TD; 4 Int. Rushing: Meeks 16-48, D. Wright 3-35, G. Wright 2-3, Vandiver 5-(-19).

Receiving: Feiden 6-55, Meeks 5-32, TD; Baker 2-31, TD. Leading tacklers: G. Wright 5/5, Feiden 4/4, Bird 4/3, Lang 3/6, Meeks 3/5, Vandiver 3/4, Maize 2/3, Parker 2/3, Hemry 1/3.

Takeaways: QB sack — Maize. Interception — Bird. Fumble recovery — Vandiver. G. Wright. Forced fumble — Maize, Feiden.

GRC East Standings-Week 9

Milan S. Harrison Princeton Gallatin Maysville Polo Putnam Co. Trenton

GRC 6-1 6-1 5-1 4-3 2-5 2-5 1-5 0-5

Oct. 23 Results

ALL 8-1 7-2 6-2 5-4 3-6 2-7 2-7 0-7

Princeton 28, Gallatin 18 Milan 43, Maysville 6 Putnam Co. 40, Polo 8 S. Harrison 48, Trenton 6 Oct. 30 District Schedule (5) Gallatin at (4) Hamilton (8) Putnam Co. at (1) South Harrison *(6) Scotland County at (3) Princeton (7) Knox County at (2) Milan

GRC West Standings-Week 9

North Andrew Stanberry Albany Pattonsburg Worth Co. King City

GRC 5-0 4-1 2-3 1-3 1-3 1-4

Oct. 23 Results

ALL 9-0 7-1 4-4 5-4 4-4 4-5

Albany 80, Pattonsburg 12 North Andrew 58, Schuyler Co. 0 Stanberry 44, Worth Co. 14 Southwest Livingston 84, King City 66

Oct. 30 District Schedule

D3: (8) DeKalb at (1) North Andrew *D3: (5) LeBlond at (4) Pattonsburg D4: (8) Platte Valley at (1) Stanberry D4: (6) Worth Co. at (3) Mound City D4: (5) Rock Port at (4) Albany

*Bishop LeBlond has forfeited its game against Pattonsburg due to Covid-19 cases in the LBHS program. Pattonsburg advances to the district semifinal round against the winner of the DeKalb-North Andrew contest

to face the 7-2 Bulldogs, who finished tri-champions in the GRC with Milan and Princeton. South Harrison will host Putnam County this week in Bethany.

Gallatin struggled through many twists and turns on the way to Friday’s final horn. Following a 3-and-out by the Bulldog offense, Princeton showed off a power running game that marched down the field in 9 plays, capped by Eli Henke’s one-yard plunge. Henke added the 2 point conversion.

A safety after a fumbled punt snap put the Bulldogs on the board late in the first quarter.

Gallatin wasted a scoring opportunity with seconds to go in the opening quarter after a 36-yard pass reception by Payton Feiden spotted the ball at the Tiger 7. A fumble, one of 5 GHS turnovers on the night, ended the series right before the break.

Gallatin’s defense rose to the occasion in the third quarter when Jacob Maize sacked the Tiger quarterback on a 4th and 7 gamble from the Bulldog 17, but an interception followed.

Princeton would threaten again before the end of the second period but Isaac Bird returned the favor by intercepting a pass and returning it to the Tiger 3.

But the merry-go-round continued with yet another Tiger interception that ended the first half.

Princeton took a 14-2 lead in the third after a near-bobbled Tiger punt return. Henke took scoring honors by capping a series aided greatly by back-toback 15-yard penalties against the Bulldog defense.

A late-hit penalty and Draven Wright pass reception put the ball inside the Tiger red zone. (continued on Page 12)

Maysville .............................................6-0 Polo ....................................................5-2 South Harrison ....................................4-3 Putnam County ...................................3-4 Princeton.............................................3-4 Gallatin................................... 2-4 Milan ...................................................2-5 Trenton ...............................................2-5 *Denotes unanimous selection

First Team *Caragan Baker Sr. Gallatin *Chloe Gilbert Soph Polo *Maci Moore Sr. Trenton *Jillian Hurt Jr. S Harrison *Cadence Pauley Jr. Milan *Lauren Krohn Jr. Princeton *Sadie Smith Sr. Maysville *Ashley Brown Jr. Maysville *Claire Tipton Jr. Putnam Co *Carsen Sporleder Sr. Putnam Co Second Team Betty Rogers Fr. Gallatin Kayla Larkins Jr. Polo Hanna Vaught Fr. Polo Chandler Lynch Jr. Trenton Madi Nichols Sr. S Harrison Avery Pickering Fr. Milan Megan Spencer Soph.

Princeton Rylie Boyer Jr. Maysville Ashton Willis Jr. Maysville Samantha Daniels Jr. Putnam Co Honorable Mention Mallory Clevenger Sr. Polo Jade Meisel Soph.

Polo Kenley Moore Soph.

Polo Gracyn Rongey Jr. Trenton Hannah Carter Fr. S Harrison Kaliska Madison Soph. S Harrison Jasmine Allen Sr. Princeton Makenzie Dunkin Soph.

Princeton Claire Catlett Jr. Maysville

Class 2 All-Region 2 Softball First Team

Caragan Baker Ireland Bloss Devyn Keller Abbey Redd Chandler Lynch Carly Youngblood Kiarra Brunk Ciarrah Bell Cassi Rodgers Riley Quinn Cadence Pauley Jazlin Gottman Claire Tipton Bailee Hays Maci Moore Gracey Jordan

IF IF IF IF IF OF OF OF P P P P P C C UT

Gallatin Marceline Van Far Palmyra Trenton Monroe City Clark County Marceline Marceline Monroe City Milan Palmyra Putnam County Monroe City Trenton Marceline

Second Team

Adriona White IF Jansen Juette IF Addison Huber IF Jillian Hurt IF Emma Hershberger IF Samantha Daniels OF Madilyn Ingram OF Sarah Kussman OF Alexis Ellison P Carsen Sporleder C Amber Megee C Kailynn Fuemmeler UT

Monroe City Palmyra Marceline South Harrison Highland Putnam County Van Far Marceline Clark County Putnam County Highland Monroe City

2020 All-HDC Conference Softball Final HDC Standings HDC 6-0 5-1 3-3 3-3 3-3 1-5 0-6

N. Harrison Mercer Gilman City Winston Tri-County E. Harrison Grundy Co.

(*denotes unanimous choice)

First Team

*Emma Craig *Rainey Fordyce *Carly Rinehart *Kami Gibson *Camden Castleberry *Jayleigh Robins *Kaydee Hill *Megan Christensen *Carly Turner *Rikki Cook *Lindsey Snuffer Jordan Coon Marrissa Uthe

Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. So. So. So. Jr. Sr. Sr. So. Fr.

ALL 20-6 13-7 9-8 8-11 5-7 1-9 0-19

N Harrison N Harrison N Harrison N Harrison N Harrison N Harrison Mercer Winston Tri-County Tri-County Gilman City Mercer Winston

Honorable Mention

Summer Martin Maddi Fisher Kortny Estes Sidney Gibson Anissa Williams Alexis Booth Grace Larson

So. Fr. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. Sr.

Mercer Mercer Winston Gilman City Tri-County E Harrison Grundy Co

Coach of the Year: Brandon Craig, North Harrison

Class 1 All-Region 13-16 Softball First Team

Regan Robinson P Carly Rinehart P Jessi Miller P Lauren Krohn P Emma Craig C Maggie Collins C Alaina Officer C Malia Collins IF Jayleigh Robins IF Gabby Newman IF Megan Spencer IF Jackie Bryant IF Carissa Martin OF Rainey Fordyce OF Lexi Craig OF Michaela Martin OF Sydnee Dee At Large

Stewartsville/Osborn North Harrison Platte Valley Princeton North Harrison Platte Valley North Andrew Platte Valley North Harrison Albany Princeton Stewartsville/Osborn DeKalb North Harrison Stanberry Albany Platte Valley

Jasmine Allen Sierra Anthony Webby Bailey Katie Beam Megan Cassavaugh Ashton Crockett MaKenzie Dunkin Kami Gibson Jill Hardy Sloan Lewis Kayce Messner Riley McQueen Katlyne Pappert Jillian Plymell Sadie Runde Faith Siemer Mercedes Todd Paige West

Princeton Pattonsburg Pattonsburg Bishop LeBlond Worth County DeKalb Princeton North Harrison Worth County Bishop LeBlond Albany Stanberry Stanberry Pattonsburg Stanberry Princeton North Andrew Platte Valley

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North Harrison joins GRC West Division next year It was reported last week that North Harrison was unanimously approved by the Grand River Conference to become the newest member of the league’s Western Division, beginning in 2020-21. North Harrison was given the invitation to join the GRC

and accepted with the benefit to students in mind.

“We felt this was a great opportunity for our students,” said North Harrison Superintendent Todd Willhite, “but at the same time, it was a difficult decision because of the history North

Harrison has with the schools in the HDC and the conference itself,” he added. “While we think this move will benefit our programs, a couple of programs specifically we think will benefit from this move are our baseball program and our music program.”

Mr. Willhite said that there are no plans to host a North Harrison football program and the district is satisfied with the cooperative agreement in place with Pattonsburg and Gilman City.

North Harrison also has a new track and field venue that will benefit its students and the Grand River Conference.

Three Lady Bulldogs pick up softball honors

Post season softball honors fell to three Lady Bulldogs in recent announcement of conference, district and region teams. Pictured from left are AnnaBelle Ball (second team all-district), Caragan Baker (unanimous all-GRC, 1st team district and 1st team region) and Betty Rogers (second team all-GRC and second team district).

Robinson fans 17 in S/O victory

Lady Panthers fall, 5-1, in Class 1 softball sectional Pattonsburg’s Lady Panthers battled the cold and rain in Wednesday’s (Oct. 21) Class 1 sectional softball game, but that was nothing compared to trying to put bat on ball against Stewartsville/Osborn pitcher Reagan Robinson.

Robinson put together four 3-strikeout innings and finished with 17 K’s to lead her team to a 5-1 victory in a near repeat performance of a Sept. 14 contest in which she fanned 15 PHS batters during her team’s 3-2 win.

Lady Panther hurler Webby Bailey stranded 5 Stewartsville runners through the first 2 innings but the Wildcards broke through with 4 runs in the third with Reese Walker’s 3-run double coming with no outs.

The Lady Panthers threatened in the bottom of the first when Jillian Plymell rapped a lead off double and stole third base. Jaden Gannan drew a oneout walk but both runners were

left stranded on bases. Jenna Heath singled with 2 outs in the second. Pankau led off with a double in the fourth but failed to advance past second.

Pattonsburg’s lone run came in the sixth inning when Brynn Teel singled and immediately advanced to third on a 2-base throwing error. Kayleigh Pankau brought her home with a sacrifice fly to left field.

Stewartsville capped scoring with one run in the top of the seventh inning.

The Lady Panthers finished the season 5-13 with 3 victories coming in their final 2 weeks of action.

Lady Redbirds named all-conference

Three Winston Lady Redbird softball players made HDC allconference. Marissa Uthe, left, and Megan Christensen, middle, were named to the first team, and Kortny Estes, right, received honorable mention.

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of John Edward and Anna Lee (Loney) Street. She attended Christian Church organizations.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Floyd Street; three brothers-in-law, Don Riddle, Ray Falter, and Jerry Roberts; and her husband, Ben Martin.

Eva is survived by her daughter, Beth (Brian) Briggs; son, David Delameter; three sisters; and one brother.

Eva has been cremated under the direction of Roberson Funeral Home, Princeton.

There are no scheduled services. Online condolences may be left at www.robersonfuneralhome.com Shyrl Jean (Gilbert) Sweiger 1939-2020 Shyrl Jean “Jeannie” (Gilbert) Sweiger, 81, of rural Weatherby, died Oct. 26, 2020, in Maysville.

Jeannie was born in rural Gentry County to J.R. and Florencetine LaJune “June” (Jestes) Gilbert on March 12, 1939. She went to high school in King City and graduated in 1957.

On Mar. 1, 1959, Shyrl Gilbert and Charles Sweiger were united in marriage at Pleasant Hill Church in rural King City.

He survives of the home.

Shyrl Jean was a farm housewife, a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She liked to cook, and was quite amazing at her culinary craft. She was a long-time member of the Bethel United Methodist Church, and served in many capacities including as District UMW president.

Shyrl is also survived by children, Brian L. Sweiger, Michael K. (Jamie) Sweiger, six grandchildren; one great granddaughter; brother, Jerry (Loretta) Gilbert, and many other relatives.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Funeral service was held at Turner Family Funeral Home in Maysville, on Oct. 28, 2020, with burial at Bethel Cemetery, Weatherby. An open visitation was also held prior to the service. Memorials may be made in Jeannie’s honor to the Bethel Cemetery or the donor’s choice in care of Turner Family Funeral Home, Box 350, Maysville, MO 64469.

Robert E. “Rob” Strong 1968-2020 Robert E. “Rob” Strong, 51, Gilman City, died Oct. 24, 2020, at a Kansas City hospital.

Continued from Page 7 He was born on Nov. 8, 1968, in Kansas City, KS, the son of Richard and Mellanie (Roberts) Strong.

On Feb. 13, 2016, he married Krista Moulin in Gilman City.

She survives of the home.

He was preceded in death by his father and his brother, Aaron Strong.

Rob is also survived by his children, Hayley (Daniel) Burnett and Jacob Burnett both of Gilman City; mother, Mellanie Strong, Gilman City; sister, Joy (Jack) Stotts Gilman City; and grandmother, Mona Roberts, Bethany.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at the First Baptist Church, Gilman City, under the direction of Roberson Funeral Home, Bethany.

Inurnment will be held at a later date in Springer Cemetery, Gilman City. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Friday at the church where social distancing will be observed and masks are recommended.

Memorials may be made to Springer Cemetery in care of Roberson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 46, Bethany, MO 64424.

Jonas A. Yoder 1926-2020 Jonas A. Yoder was born March 11, 1926, and died Oct. 22, 2020, at the age of 94 years.

Jonas was united in marriage to Mary Ann Fry on March 8, 1951 in Plain City, OH, where they made their home. Jonas and Mary Ann moved to New Glarus, WI, in 1966 for several years, later moving to Jamesport in 1973.

They lived in matrimony for 58 years and six months until she passed away on Sept. 9, 2009.

He was also preceded in death by his brothers, Allen, John, and Ezra; sisters, Bertha, Fannie, Emma, and Ruby; and grandson, David Yoder.

Survivors include three daughters and three sons and their families: Emma Mae (Alvin Mast, Jr.) Union Grove, NC; Frieda (Alvin Hershberger) Clare, MI; Miriam, La Jara, CO; Alfred (Sylvia) of Chouteau, OK; Raymond (Bertha) of Jamesport; Howard (Barbara) of Garnett, KS; siblings, Lester, Garnett, KS, Henry, Kalona, IA, and Alma, IN; 46 grandchildren, 181 great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Oct. 25, at the Jamesport Produce Auction Building, State Highway F, Jamesport, with David Bontrager officiating. Burial was in Meadowview Cemetery, Jamesport.

North Daviess students will benefit from Festival of Sharing North Daviess R-3, through Resource Representative Vera Nelson and the school’s Knight Pride Program, was accepted to participate in the Festival of Sharing Program in September.

The Festival of Sharing goal is to promote and support projects and programs by providing resource goods. The interfaith gathering of resources connects the state of Missouri with a common goal of providing resources and support for neighboring communities. Sharefest events are held throughout the state of Missouri through the coordinating team, located in Columbia.

Mrs. Nelson had previous networking experience from this program, and decided to

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apply directly for the school.

Through some joint efforts, including those of Principal Kelly Hightree, the school’s application was approved.

North Daviess was able to attend a drop-delivery located in Cameron. As part of the program, resources of blankets, school supply kits, paper products, dental hygiene and personal hygiene kits were provided for distribution at North Daviess R-3, with the value estimated at over $500 to assist students and families for school/ home needs.

Mrs. Nelson stated that the once a year program will help students and families for months to come in this difficult and unprecedented school year.

Friends in Christ Shonna Morrison welcomed the group, and Peggy Earnst led the opening prayer. The praise song was “So Will I.” We concluded the sermon series “Parenting in the 21st Century” by Andy Stanley of North Point Church in Atlanta, GA. The message “A Wock and a Hard Place” was based on 1 Corinthians 13:5-7 and James 4:1. Small group time followed the message.

Gallatin First Christian “Wet, Soaked, and Drenched” was Pastor Kyle Taft’s sermon Sunday, based on Ephesians 4:255:2. Announcements and opening prayer were given by Dennis Croy.

Lois Carter gave the children’s message. Prayer requests are for the families of Wilton Adkins and Karen (Warnes) Clarke, Katie Iddings, and Tom Crouse.

Thirteen youth enjoyed a scavenger hunt Sunday evening. The next youth event for grades 5-12 is flashlight tag on Nov. 8.

Children and families are invited to an “Outdoor Movie Night” on Sunday, Nov. 1. Arrive at 6 p.m. for the movie “The Adventures of Ociee Nash”. Popcorn and drinks are provided; bring blankets, chairs, warm clothes, family snacks. In case of bad weather, the movie will be shown inside Fellowship Hall.

The next general board meeting is at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4.

Our annual congregational meeting is Nov. 8 following worship.

Check out our website at gallatinmofcc.org for the sermon archive, previous Sunday’s complete worship video, church calendar, latest newsletter, etc.

Gallatin United Methodist Sue Bird played the prelude as Pastor Brad Dush opened the service with prayer and Kendra lit the altar candles. His message “All Work and No Play” was based on Deuteronomy 34: 1-12.

Bible study continues each Wednesday night at 7 in the sanctuary. Oct. 29 at 6:30 is planning meeting for 2021. Sign up for helping with Meals on Wheels for November.

Olive Baptist Brother David’s morning message was “Show Yourself in Integrity, Reverence and Incorruptibility” from Titus 2:7. This Sunday our morning worship service held inside the church. This coming Sun-

day, Nov. 1, worship service will be held outside, weather permitting.

Changes in church scheduling will be posted by 8 a.m. the morning of Sunday service. We are having a “Thanksgiving Fellowship” dinner on Nov. 22.

Seventh Day Adventist The church community began with singing the hymns “How I Love Jesus” and “Tell Me the Story of Jesus.” Mike Huffman led the prayers and praises sessions.

Vivan Hunsucker led the discussion of lesson 4: “The Eyes of the Lord: The Biblical World View.”

Memory text was from Proverbs 15:3. A video named “Answers in a Time of Confusion” by Tim Saxson completed the church services. We invite anyone to come to our fellowship lunch of soup and sandwiches next Sabbath.

Gallatin First Baptist On Nov. 1, Pastor Daniel Pelichowski will lead morning worship and present a message, “Degradation and Near Extermination,” from Genesis 5:1-6:8. Live-Stream option will be available. Trustees meeting is at 12 p.m. Evening prayer service is at 6 p.m. Deacons meeting is at 7 p.m.

Pioneer Club and REACH Youth Group will meet on Wednesdays from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Choir will practice at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

Medicare open enrollment is here

Grab a book … little library is free

The little free library has been restocked with new books.

The free library dispenser is located near the city pool and was installed by the Gallatin Rotary Club.

The little library is full of children’s books and adult books and is available to anyone. Known as “take a book, leave a book” the idea is to promote literacy and the love of reading through the free book exchange. The little library is open all the time and children and adults are invited to walk by and grab a book. Rotary members monitor the library to ensure there are always quality books inside.

Fall is here. It may mean football and jacket weather for some but for people with Medicare, it also means Open Enrollment.

Open Enrollment began Oct. 15 and ends Dec. 7. During this time, people with Medicare can change their Prescription Drug (Part D) Plan or Medicare Advantage plan. Changes will be effective Jan. 1.

Although change is not always fun, it is a good idea to at least explore your options for next year. You want to make sure your current coverage is still the best place for next year.

Where to start? Check your mail.

Starting in October, insurance companies are required to send you an Annual Notice of Change/ Evidence of Coverage form. Although it might look intimidating, it is a good idea to check it over for changes to co-pays and out-of-pocket costs. Also check

your mailbox for your Medicare & You Handbook. They will usually be mailed in late September but if you haven’t received one, you can call 1-800-Medicare to get a copy or go online to download one.

The lowest monthly premium for next year is $7.20 which is a brand-new plan in Missouri.

There are two brand new plans, one discontinued plan, and four plans with name changes.

No matter how busy you are watching the fall colors, take a little time to check your Medicare options. It can make a huge impact in your pocketbook and your mental health.

For a customized comparison on plans available to you for 2021, call Deanna Lewis, administrator at the Active Aging Resource Center, between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. at 660-663-2828 at the Active Aging Resource Center.

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October 28, 2020

‘Drop-ins’ by officers are a good thing!

If you drive by a school and see a patrol car parked in the parking lot, don’t assume there’s a problem.

Superintendent Dan Street talked with the North Daviess School Board about how oftentimes visits by local law enforcement are a good thing, certainly not something to be alarmed about.

“It is much more likely that law enforcement is at the school for positive reasons,” Street says. “The Daviess County Sheriff’s office is planning to stop by from time to time to be more visible and help nurture positive relationships with school-aged children. The Highway Patrol has done something similar in recent years.”

Superintendent Street says that, depending on what time they stop by or how busy they are, the officers may stay and have lunch at the school.

“Law enforcement will typically just be informally interacting with students and staff,” he notes. “The ‘drop-ins’ will give our students a great opportunity to positively interact with law enforcement, as well as highlight our students and their achievements to our local law enforcement.”

Aden Woodward’s poster goes to state

Aden Woodward will be representing Pattonsburg in the Missouri Bicentennial Poster contest. Aden’s work was selected from all 3rd-6th grade art entries by the Daviess County Library.

Searcy celebrates Red Ribbon Week

Searcy Elementary students are celebrating Red Ribbon Week, beginning Oct. 26. Students will participate in a week of spirit to celebrate their choice of staying safe and healthy.

Monday: Proud to Be Me. Wear red to help kickoff Red Ribbon Week.

Tuesday: Don’t get mixed up in bad choices, mixed-up clothing day.

Wednesday: Your choices are the key to your dreams. Wear your pajamas to school.

Thursday: We are absolutely PAWS-itively responsible students. Our school chooses to make safe and healthy choices.

Wear red and black.

Friday: Say Boo to bad choices. Bring your Halloween costume to school. All party treats and costumes must come to school with children Friday morning.

In other business at the Oct. 19 meeting, Superintendent Street shared COVID updates and plans with North Daviess School Board.

Principal Kelly Hightree was reappointed as the English Language Learner (ELL) Coordinator.

Bids for snow removal will be solicited.

Principal Hightree reported enrollment is now 50.

Lauren Struthers from Northwest Regional Professional Development Center (NWRPDC) was at the school for teacher inservice on Sept. 28 to discuss modifications for students.

The senior class held a fundraiser at Heritage Days in Jamesport. Four students took the ACT test. School dismissed early on Oct. 6 for the funeral of Deanna Nelson. New solar lights for the flag pole were purchased with the help of a donation from the Class of 2019 . FFA Week and Barnwarming were held. FFA members had pumpkin decorating with the elementary. Trunk or Treat was held. ParentTeacher conferences are Oct. 29 with no school on Oct. 30. Red

Ribbon Week started Oct. 26.

Superintendent Street reported a change in bus routes to accommodate new students.

The next board meeting was set for 6 p.m. on Nov. 16.

The board went into an executive meeting to discuss employee and student matters.

The above are the unapproved minutes of the meeting of the North Daviess School Board held Oct. 19. Board members present: Paul Caven, Amy McMahon, David Lainhart, Jim Duly and Jason Lewis. Also present Superintendent Dan Street, Charlotte Claussen and Principal Kelly Hightree.

Pattonsburg ‘Panther Characters’ have a mural Jillian Plymell designed and painted this mural for the Pattonsburg R-2 ‘Panther Character’ students. [Submitted photo]

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Show me what it means

Winston R-VI Elementary students practice the September Character Trait - RESPECT. Students of the month are pictured, left to right: Alaina Williams, preschool; Aubrey Escueta, kindergarten; Zelda Periman, first grade; Nala Quehl, second grade; Gracie Youtsey, third grade; Davie Kimble, fourth grade; Kaitlyn Estes, fifth grade; Zoey Ball, sixth grade.

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Paid for by County Republican Committee Facing 4thDaviess and 4, Vandiver connected to Meeks in the front corner of the end zone for a TD and a repeated connection for the 2-point conversion narrowed the lead to 14-10 early in the fourth quarter.

Princeton battled back with its ground game as Henke took the pigskin 5 times straight before handing off to Berwanger for a 7-yard TD. The conversion run failed but it was now a 2-possession deficit for Gallatin, 20-10.

With time waning, Gallatin failed to convert a 4th and 33 situation and Princeton was able to tack on an insurance score by Henke, a 29-yard run and 2-point conversion.

Jacob Maize chases down Tiger quarterback Eli Henke for a sack.

The Bulldogs scored with less than a minute to play on an 11- to Peyton Baker, plus a 2-point to Bird. Gallatin successfully yard connection from Vandiver conversion pass from Vandiver executed an on-side kick with 30 seconds left on the clock but an interception on a tipped pass allowed the Tigers to sit on the clock.

Pumpkin carving night for FFA members.

Y R E EV Pumpkin carving for the FFA kickoff Winston poster artists going to state

Winston Elementary had three students qualify their Daviess County Soil Conservation posters for state.

Winners were Enzo Filley, 4th grade, poster shown at left; Brayden Barlow, 3rd grade, pictured; and Ella Filley, 6th grade, poster shown at right.

Attention y a d s e Tu NOV. 3

Gallatin FFA members kicked off the 2020-21 FFA year with a pumpkin painting/carving night! The chapter held the event on Oct. 24, 2020 in the ag shop. Seventeen members attended and painted or carved pumpkins. Members enjoyed snacks and an evening helping each other. The winner of the pumpkin painting contest was Tristan Hamilton and the runner up was Hadley Jumps. The winner of the carving portion of the contest was Cloey Waterbury and the runner up was Hayden Jumps. The chapter will be holding a harvest hayride on Sunday, Nov. 1.

Daviess County Voters!

VOTE REPUBLICAN

FOR PRESIDENT & VICE PRESIDENT FOR CONGRESS

Donald J. Trump Michael R. Pence for President FOR MISSOURI STATE OFFICES

for Vice President

Sam Graves

for United States Rep. Dist. 6

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FOR MISSOURI STATE OFFICES

Mike Parson for Governor

Mike Kehoe

for Lieutenant Governor

John R. (Jay) Ashcroft for Secretary of State

J. Eggleston

for State Rep. Dist. 2

VOTE REPUBLICAN on Tuesday NOV. 3

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FOR DAVIESS COUNTY OFFICES Scott Fitzpatrick for State Treasurer

David Cox

Eric Schmitt for 1st District Commissioner

for Attorney General

Larry Adams, JR for Sheriff

Aaron Piburn for Assessor

Jason Smith for Coroner

Kayla Michael

for Public Administrator

Wayne Uthe

for 2nd District Commissioner

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Connectivity grants for R-2 Pattonsburg School District has received a Missouri Student Connectivity-Access grant (MSC-A) in the amount of $7,826.53 for perimeter wifi equipment, and an MSCConnectivity grant for chrome books in the amount of $9,000.

The grants are part of CARES Act funds.

Superintendent Bill Pottorff talked about the district receiving the grants during the meeting of the Pattonsburg School Board on Oct. 22. He discussed the wireless access points which were installed outside of the building and sports complex to allow students to access the internet from the parking lots.

Preparedness event in Coffey well-attended The old school in Coffey was host to over 50 people who came to view displays and learn from experts on coping in these uncertain times during the “Traversing Troubling Times” held Oct. 17. The program consisted of 14 different display areas covering topics including solar energy capture; wood-stove heating; home and gun safety; educating your children; and preparing for the food, water, clothing and health needs of the whole family.

Held in a venue that once was the gym of the big, old school building in Coffey, the open house format provided plenty of space to comply with social distancing. Although nothing else is currently planned, attendees were asking, “When is the next one going to be?”

A G-Rate grant will provide the district $50,000 in the next five years. This federal grant must be used for technology.

Diana Closterman, auditor with Westbrook and Company, presented the audit which was approved.

Principal Alan McCrary gave his report. September attendance for the elementary is 96.72% and the high school is 96.08%. He discussed the Backpack Buddies program, the ACT test given on Oct. 6 and ASVAB on Oct. 23, Parent Teacher Conferences, and regulations for the conferences. October 27-30 is Red Ribbon Week. Oct. 30 will be Halloween parties.

The board also approved adding a component to their software unlimited accounting system. This would allow the district to build salary schedules which would blend together with the accounting system.

In executive session the board approved Jacqueline Reed as assistant junior high and varsity girls basketball coach as well as 12th grade sponsor. They also approved Scott Cavin as ninth grade sponsor, FBLA sponsor and head track coach for the 2021 school year.

The board accepted a resignation from Heather Jones as head track coach for the 2021 track season and made her the assistant track coach for the season.

The above are the unapproved minutes of the meeting of the Pattonsburg School District on Oct. 22. Present were Stephanie Mason, Laura Booth, Lyle Hoover, Greg Coin, Brian Teel, Brooke Johnson and Steve Pankau via Facetime.

Tri-County cashes maturing CD pending tax $$

Pictured left to right are Zoe Taylor, treasurer; Trinaty West, reporter; Asher Vaughn, parliamentarian; Hannah Hullinger, secretary; and Kailey Caldwell, president. Not pictured: Madisyn Beaty, vice president.

Winston FBLA Chapter Officer Team selected

Winston’s Future Business Leaders of America Chapter offered congratulations to the new 2020-2021 chapter officer team. Each member of the team submitted an application, letter of recommendation, and interviewed in front of a panel of judges. On Oct. 20, the judges named Kailey Caldwell as president; Madisyn Beaty as vice president; Hannah Hullinger as secretary; Zoe Taylor as treasurer; Trinaty West as reporter; and Asher Vaughn as parliamentarian.

“Our chapter officers are outstanding members of the school and community,” said Rylan Purdun, business teacher at Winston. “In November, they will be hosting a school-wide food drive. Please stay tuned for details and help me congratulate our new officers.”

Campus Cupboard program at N. Daviess Second Harvest is continuing another year of Campus Cupboard at the North Daviess R-3 School.

Campus Cupboard not only feeds the student for the weekend with three meals, it also provides a meal for the immediate family. Second Harvest wants to make sure no child goes hungry. This volunteer program involves no cost to the school, nor does the school have to solicit for donations for sponsorship.

The program is run through volunteer efforts. North Daviess has had great participation since the program start this

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year in September.

North Daviess has promoted and facilitated this program as part of the “Knight Pride” program. This program is continually looking for sources for the school to utilize to not only support the students at North Daviess, but to support the household and community.

If you have a student at North Daviess and would like to participate in the Campus Cupboard program, which has no income guidelines, please contact resource representative Vera Nelson at 660-828-4123.

FOR MISSOURI STATE OFFICES

Nicole Galloway for Governor

Alissa Canady for Lieutenant Governor

Daviess County Democrats urge you to VOTE DEMOCRAT on NOV. 3

Your vote counts!

FOR MISSOURI STATE OFFICES

Rich Finneran for Attorney General

Vicki Lorenz England for State Treasurer

Mindi Smith

for State Rep. District 2

The Tri-County R-7 Board moved to cash a maturing CD to maintain necessary cash on hand until local tax dollars are received in December and January at their Oct. 7 meeting, held in the old gym. The money will be reinvested at that time.

The board approved the bills and consent calendar. The superintendent and principal reports were given. A discussion was held concerning COVID plans, procedures, and impacts.

The board also approved the 2020 Part A MSBA update as presented by the administration.

The board reviewed substitute teacher pay with no action taken. The board entered into an executive session for personnel and student matters.

At the Sept. 16 meeting of the board, a bid was accepted from Home Exchange Bank for a CD investment in the amount of $500,000. The 12-month term was selected at a rate of .75%.

The board also reviewed plans and procedures to address COVID-19 and approved an intergovernmental agreement with Daviess County. The board discussed maintenance equipment, with no action taken.

Other topics of discussion were Missouri School Board Association updates, fund-raising requests, and the budget. Executive session was held to discuss personnel.

The next regular meeting will be Nov. 9 at 6 p.m. in the old gym.

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Lacey Corwin for Collector/Treasurer

Greg Houghton

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CRP/Pasture Clearing With Skid Loaders. Tree/Brush Removal, Fence Removal, Brush Cutting, Food Plots, ATV Trails, Dirt Work, Etc. Call Gabe Buzzard 816-6783918

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Apartments for rent. 1 and 2 bedroom. Good reference and deposit required. 660-707-3862 GALLATIN, MO; Mary Arlene Apartments. 2 BR apartment, 1 bath, stove, refrigerator, trash & water paid, onsite laundry facility.

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STORAGE UNITS: Outside lighting, surveillance cameras, insulated to prevent large temperature variances, different sizes available. Located Hwy. O east of Gallatin. Critten Country Storage, 660-605-3350.

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Help Wanted Management positions available, full and part time. Over 21 only need apply, application may be picked up at Dungy’s Market, 401 N Main St., Gallatin MO. GPC is looking for a few good men or women! This delivery job is perfect for anyone who would like to have a monthly project and a reason to see some different scenery while earning some spending money. Routes are 1012 hours long, and there are a lot of stops to make, as we deliver our monthly real estate publication over a wide area. You must be GPS proficient & pass a background check! If you’re interested, give us a call at 660-663-2154 or email your application/questions to ads@gpcink.com CDL-A Drivers in the Gallatin Area. We are a reefer carrier and WE ARE BUSY! Increased Sign On Bonus! 2500mi/wk Guaranteed! Minimum $1250 Guaranteed! 6mo OTR T/T Exp 660224-0402 ACCOUNTANT: Farmers’ Electric Cooperative, Chillicothe, has an immediate opening for an Accountant. Details available at http://fec-co.com/careers.

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GRAPHIC DESIGN: New position for dependable team player with proficient attention to details and deadlines. Experience in InDesign and Photoshop on PC preferred. Full-time position designing print advertising, pagination of publications, online posting and various other office tasks. Must have good people skills. Will train the right person.

Weekday business hours. Paid vacation. Hourly wage commensurate to experience. Submit resume to: brookelee@GPCink. com

NEWS EDITOR: News gathering, reporting and editing for producing Gallatin’s weekly newspaper.

Part time (24 hrs/wk) can lead to full time with right skill set: Word document, file management and photography; computer skills required. Pay depends on your ability to communicate logically and handle details accurately. If you like people and want to serve this community, let’s talk! Submit resume to: brookelee@GPCink. com Chillicothe: Grand River Health Care currently seeking part time med tech, CNA’s and a night RN/ LPN. Apply at 118 Trenton Rd, Chillicothe or online at Indeed.

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Daviess County Food Bank, 1210 S. Willow, Gallatin. Hours: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Wednesdays. All business will be conducted outside.

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Moving Sale! Every day at 8 a.m., except Tuesdays. Two miles south of Altamont on J. Large collections, all holiday collections, bedroom sets, kitchen, all furniture.

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Estate Sale. Everything must go!

Sat. Oct. 31, 8-2. Inside. Lots of household items, furniture, kitchenware, home decor, men’s & women’s clothing. 13512 Drake Ave, Pattonsburg.

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Three new staff members join Health Department The Daviess County Health Department recently welcomed three new faces to the staff.

Sarah Clark, RN, received her BS in Agriculture from Iowa State and her RN from NCMC. Sarah worked in the Liberty Emergency Room (ER) before starting a job performing ER coding and documentation review. At the health department here, Sarah works part-time. She fills in on public health days and helps with drive through flu clinics and is school nurse for Jamesport, Pattonsburg and Winston Sarah Clark, RN schools. She enjoys the variety and relationships working with the students. Her husband Justin works on the family farm. They have two children, Abby and Aiden. Sarah enjoys helping with the cattle, going to livestock shows, working with horses and reading.

Tiffany Provance-Barger, RN-BSN, started in August. She hit the ground running doing COVID-19 cases and contact tracing. Tiffany graduated from nursing school with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from William Jewell College in 2003, and has worked in a hospital setting in the city since then. She grew up in Pattonsburg and now resides in Daviess County. She is married and has two daughters. Tiffany says she chose to move back to the country setting so her children could understand the meaning Tiffany Provance-Barger, RN of a “genuine wave” and to be close to family. She said she feels privileged to be able to serve Daviess County.

The newest addition is Kimberly Koch, RN, who started at the beginning of October. Kim will be the Maternal Child Health Nurse and will also be involved with other public health programs. Kim completed her nursing degree at Hannibal La-Grange University and has been a registered nurse for seven years. Her prior work experience was in Women’s Health and Medical-Oncology. Kim’s parents are Ralph and Debbie Ray. She grew up in Coffey and graduated from Kimberly Koch, RN North Daviess R-3 High School. Her husband Alan is the high school principal at North Harrison School.

They have two children, Kaden and Karley. Kim says she is excited to be working here and looking forward to working in public health.

WIC Online • WIC Online • WIC Online

The WIC application process through the Daviess County Health Department can now be done online. An online interest form is available if you are: • A pregnant woman • A parent, stepparent, foster parent, grandparent, or guardian of a child under five years of age • In need assistance with food, breastfeeding, nutrition education, and/or health care referrals Visit the health department’s facebook page for more information.

Flu Season!

Flu season will begin soon and the staff has been busy giving flu shots. Lots of them! The department has done drive-through clinics, and has given shots in the parking lot and by appointment in the office. If you missed out on a flu shot call for an appointment!

The Daviess County Health Department is located at 609A South Main in Gallatin. If you have any questions or need an appointment, call 660.663.2414. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

FOCUSED ON WHAT COUNTS, BEING FAIR & EQUITABLE TO ALL TAXPAYERS! “I first got to know Sally when she worked upstairs in the County Clerk’s office. Our offices worked alongside each other with the tax assessment process. Sally was meticulous in her work and I learned firsthand just how knowledgeable she really is with County Government and the Statutes when she came to work for me in 2014, which was a huge blessing.

Sally treats everyone with respect and when it comes to doing the job as Assessor, she is impartial and fair to every taxpayer. Sally is a very conscientious individual and stays on top of deadlines and I know she has put in many hours above and beyond in order to do the best job for Daviess County taxpayers. Her legal/abstracting knowledge and experience is very beneficial to the Assessor’s office because there are over 100 tax districts in our county and Sally knows the importance of making sure that legal descriptions are placed in the correct taxing district. We need to KEEP someone in office who has the Knowledge and Experience to do the job and Sally’s record speaks for itself. We are in GOOD HANDS!” - Betty Harmison, retired Daviess County Assessor.

“Sally Black worked with me in the County Clerk’s office for many years.

Our office worked in tandem with the Assessor’s office on the same computer system. Sally is very knowledgeable of the statutes applicable to the complicated tax assessment process. In those years, she proved to be resourceful, reliable, fair and accurate in that process. Always going the extra mile, the quality of her work was always excellent. Daviesss County is well served by her diligence.” - Linda Steward, retired County Clerk

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE MATTER!

Your Vote ON NOVEMBER 3rd for Daviess County Assessor would be GREATLY appreciated!

Paid for by Committee to Elect Sally Black -Sue Bird/Treasurer -Linda Critten/Deputy Treasurer