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Friends of Gallatin will flip the switch on the Daviess County Courthouse holiday lights at 6 p.m. this Saturday, Nov. 28. All are invited to this festive holiday event but the Friends ask that you remain in your parked vehicles as the lights come on.
The first annual Pattonsburg tree lighting will be at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28, on Central Street in Pattonsburg. Ornaments made by Pattonsburg art students will be displayed, and the Pattonsburg Fire Department will be providing hot chocolate. The lighting is sponsored by the City of Pattonsburg and the mayor's office.
Christmas light contest a ‘glow’
COVID has stripped away many community activities in 2020 but not so with one Gallatin tradition. As in years past, the Friends of Gallatin and City of Gallatin will sponsor the annual “Light Up the Night” decorating contest during the upcoming Christmas season. The 5th Annual ‘Light Up the Night’ Contest awards a $75 credit on January 2021 electric billing to those selected as the winner in one of two categories — residences and commercial. This is a “just for fun” event; rules are few and the effort brightens many. There is no entry fee. Registration forms are available at 2 Broads Salon, at Gallatin City Hall, at Gallatin Publishing Company, or you can complete registration online by completing the form on FriendsofGallatin.org. You must register on or before Dec. 28. A team of out-of-town and local judges choose winners. Contest results are announced soon after Christmas day. With so many things out of our control due to the pandemic, we can control our holiday spirit as the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ approaches. Local businesses and homeowners are encouraged to decorate windows and entrances both at home and at stores in yuletide spirit. Bethany Vandiver at 2 Broads Salon spearheads this local annual event. For more information or to register to enter, visit the website FriendsofGallatin.org.
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Judge suspends jury trials in circuit, returns to Phase One COVID guidelines Ryan Horsman, Presiding Judge of the 43rd Circuit, entered two administrative orders on Nov. 23 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. One order suspends all jury trials in the 43rd Circuit, which comprises Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb and Livingston counties. Circuit clerks in those counties were ordered to suspend summoning and impaneling all petit jurors for all jury trials set to be heard through Dec. 31, 2020. The trials will be rescheduled to a later date by the judicial officers presiding over the cases. A second order issued by Judge Horsman returns Daviess County to Phase One COVID-19 guidelines, as set forth in the Order and Operational Directives issued by the Supreme Court of Missouri on July 24, 2020. Judge Horsman’s order was issued due to confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Daviess County courthouse. Missouri courts were initially
Special Christmas messages the under a Supreme Court order are in monitoring local circumsection! and conditions to deissued March 16, 2020, which 2ndstances suspended most in-person court termine which operating phase ‘Sew-in’ thisPhase Monday at should Gallatin; apply see page proceedings at Operating to 5each circuit and Zero, which is the most restric- each local court. tive phase. The initial order was in reCoronavirus Update sponse to the governor’s declaCounty Statewide Rank per 100k population: ration of a state of emergency *Daviess (80th) ....(+25 since 11/18) 319 due to the spread of COVID-19. Caldwell (71st) .... (+47 since 11/18) 367 Additional versions of the SuHarrison (52nd) ... (+48 since 11/18) 377 preme Court guidelines were isGentry (24th) ....... (+58 since 11/18) 393 sued on May 4, 2020, and on July Grundy (36th) ...... (+58 since 11/18) 488 24, 2020. The guidelines lay out Dekalb (55th) ...... (+71 since 11/18) 557 four different operating phases Livingston (37th) . (+62 since 11/18) 752 for Missouri Courts, with Phase Clinton (68th) ...... (+68 since 11/18) 847 Zero being the most restrictive State to date: 282,792 cases, 3,776 deaths and Phase Three being the least Statewide rate change (last 7 days): +20.0% restrictive. Source: Missouri DHSS at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 25 Daviess County has been USA: 12.7M confirmed cases operating in Phase Two of the (recoveries unreported); 260K deaths restrictions, but with this order, Worldwide: 59.9M cases, Phase One guidelines will be fol38.4M recoveries, 1.41M deaths Source: Wikipedia & NY Times; daily reports lowed. available via the World Health Organization The operational directives is*NOTE: Daviess County locally reports sued by the Supreme Court are 354 cases (106 active, 239 recovered). To date there have been 9 deaths designed to assist courts to enofficially recorded in Daviess County. sure public safety when making Questions? Call the County Health Dept.: decisions at the local level. 660.663.2414 Accordingly, presiding judges
but it didn’t last
Linda Primm took this picture on Nov. 23 of the winter wonderland in Northwest Missouri. Linda was raised in Daviess County and graduated from Gallatin High School. She now lives in Ravenwood. The forecasters called for rain, but not necessarily snow; however, this skiff of snow didn’t last long as temperatures were not cold enough to freeze.
Shown from left are Nora Chadwick, Milly Gay, Jaidynne Lane, Lillian Johnson, Brooklyn Hathcock, Amy Curtis; front row: Aaliyah Jones, Khloe Huston, Aryana Tanner.
Girl Scouts give back just in time for holidays
Local Girl Scout troop #2832 donated a box of goodies to Bright Futures-Gallatin as part of their “Give Back” community project. The troop represents Daisies and Brownies (kindergarten through
third grades). The scouts meet two times a month, learning life skills, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), and projects that focus on making a difference in their community.
With so many businesses, maybe Route M stands for Mennonites by T.L. Huffman, staff writer
The first families of the Horse and Buggy Mennonite community moved to their new location off Highway M, southeast of Gallatin, in March of 2008. Mr. Zimmerman and his family moved in 2012, representing the ninth family to leave Tunas, in south Missouri, for the new location. Mr. Zimmerman says everyone seems happy with the move. The crops are growing, the sheep and cattle and other livestock are thriving, and their several diverse businesses are doing well situated on the highway. Mr. Zimmerman was good enough to help us map the many Mennonite businesses located along M Highway. A few are
off the beaten path down gravel roads, but ber their forefathers and the reason they well worth the drive if you’re in the mar- came to America. ket for things that are mostly homegrown “We are thankful every day,” says Mr. and handcrafted. Zimmerman, “and A look at 27 Mennonite The Mennonites at Thanksgiving, sell products like addresses placed on the map we are especially eggs, raw milk, thankful for our reappears on page 12 and grass-fed beef. ligious freedoms.” Many of the families do carpentry and New bakery, fencing, deer processing construction work. The grand opening for Galen Stauffer’s The Mennonite families are looking Grand River Feed-N-Supplies will be held forward to celebrating Thanksgiving. The Saturday, Nov. 28. Products include animal holiday festivities are not much different feeds, animal health, gates, fencing, feed than that of their “English” neighbors. bunks, hay rings, stock tanks, and much They will first have church services. Then more. Free coffee, donuts and pulled pork the families will gather for the traditional sandwiches on opening day! Look for Mr. Thanksgiving meal. They will remem- Stauffer’s ad on page 12.
Show Your Spirit! Enter the light up the night Contest before dec. 28 to win $75!
Mr. Zimmerman owns Pleasant View Greenhouse and Produce Market, a popular stopping place for gardeners and landscapers and anybody who enjoys fresh vegetables and flowers. He also has Daviess County Metal Roofing and Siding. His family is presently getting a building ready, and they will have a new bakery open by spring of next year. Deer hunters will be happy to know that another new business is located within a mile or so of Highway M — Menno Stauffer’s Meadow Lark Farm Deer Processing. A list of families and Mennonite businesses located along M Highway appears on page 12. Register online:
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