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Nov.7, 2018

UPSP 213-200 Vol. 154, No. 24

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DAVIESS COUNTY

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Election Results

Votes cast yesterday in Daviess County are below, showing only those results where voters had choices. The overall election winners are noted by ►.

For U.S. Senator

► Josh Hawley (Rep) ........2,063 Claire McCaskill (Dem) .........815 Japheth Campbell (Lib) ..........45 Jo Crain (Grn) .........................23 Craig O’Dear (Ind) ..................56

For State Auditor

Saundra McDowell (Rep) ....1,718 ► Nicole Galloway (Dem) ..1,068 Sean O’Toole (Lib) ..................74 Don Fitz (Grn) .........................26 Jacob Luetkemeer (Cst) .........57

U.S. Congress, 6th District

► Sam Graves (Rep) ........2,321 Henry Robert Martin (Dem) ....587 Dan Hogan (Lib) .....................92

State Senate, 12th District

► Dan Hegeman (Rep) .....2,216 Terry Richard (Dem) .............723

Daviess County Clerk

Daviess County voters largely mirrored statewide decisions during yesterday’s general election. The exceptions where county vote totals ran counter to overall election results involved State Auditor and Amendment 4 concerning bingo games. The only contested county election yesterday was for county clerk. Republican Ronetta Burton defeated Independent Teresa Eaton by a 668-vote margin. Eaton registered as an independent candidate after failing to declare as a Democrat by filing deadline. Burton was criticized for using “Re-elect” in her campaign when yesterday was her first election victory since being appointed to serve in office. Yesterday’s election tallied a

total of 3,031 ballots cast from the 5,359 registered voters eligible to participate. That is a 56.56% voter turnout. It may be of some interest to consider the number of write-in votes cast. Seldom do write-in ballots affect an election outcome, but the counts become interesting if write-in votes are interpreted as a token of voter dissatisfaction. Write-in votes cast for county offices, where winning candidates were officially unopposed, were for circuit judge (61), associate circuit judge (58), prosecuting attorney (54), circuit clerk (34), recorder (30), presiding commissioner (24). Obviously, these counts are very small against the total votes cast, and thus may not indicate discontent.

Decisions to retain two Supreme Court judges and a judge on the Western District Court Appeals are much easier to discern discontent because the “no” votes jump measurably higher. In Daviess County, ballot results show “no” votes garnered between 22.48% and 27.01% of the votes cast concerning judges up

for retention in office.

For Amendments, Propositions District 8 a thicket of stateVoters faced wideFootball, ballot questions yesterday. see page 8 results mirrored Daviess County statewide outcomes in all but one instance. While voters locally failed to pass Amendment 4 involving bingo games, voters (continued on page 13)

Tribute to WWII veterans on Friday

A program will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 9 in the Gallatin R-5 High School gym. All veterans and service members from Gallatin and across the area are invited to attend. After the assembly all veterans and service members in attendance are invited to attend a reception to be held in the library hosted by the Gallatin D.A.R. There will be a special tribute to WWII veterans during this year’s assembly. If you are a veteran of WWII or know a WWII veteran, please contact Amy Holder at the Gallatin High School so more information may be obtained, to help make the presentation extra special for our WWII veterans.

► Ronetta Burton (Rep) ....1,776 Teresa Eaton (Ind) .............1,108

Amendment 1

the “Clean Missouri” initiative petition

► Yes.................................1,599 No ......................................1,325

Amendment 2

Medical marijuana with 4% tax

► Yes.................................1,514 No ......................................1,451

Amendment 3

Medical marijuana with 15% tax

Yes ........................................759 ► No ..................................2,172

Proposition C

Medical marijuana with 2% tax

Yes .....................................1,007 ► No ..................................1,916

Amendment 4 Bingo advertising

► Yes.................................1,332 No ......................................1,509

Proposition B

Increase on minimum wage

► Yes.................................1,525 No ......................................1,426

Proposition D

Increase on motor fuels tax

Yes .....................................1,235 ► No ..................................1,712

Supreme Court Judges Retain Judge W. Brent Powell

► Yes.................................2,042 No .........................................592 Retain Judge Mary Rhoades Russell

► Yes.................................1,913 No .........................................693

Appeals, Western District Retain Judge Edward R. Ardini, Jr.

► Yes.................................1,878 No .........................................695

A ceremony recognizing Daviess County as a Purple Heart County was attended by Daviess County Commissioners, Wayne Uthe, David Cox and Jim Ruse, and County Clerk Ronetta Burton. Pastor Robert Nelson, Lake Viking Church, gave the invocation. Gary Jones, chaplain with the local VFW, welcomed the Military Order of the Purple Heart. Walt Schley, Commander, presented the Purple Heart County Sign. Several members of the military attended along with Daviess County deputies, courthouse employees, and family and community members.

Daviess is the 81st Purple Heart County in Missouri Daviess County is now a Purple Heart County, honoring the service of all veterans and Purple Heart recipients who live here. Daviess is the 81st county in Missouri to receive the honor of the Purple Heart County. Walt Schley, Commander, Chapter 115, said the designation means that the sacrifices of the county’s military men and women will be remembered. Schley is Senior Vice Commander, Kansas City, for the Department of Missouri Military Order of the Purple Heart. He noted that Purple

Heart cities and counties are part of the Purple Heart Trail, which creates a symbolic and honorary system of roads, highways, bridges and other monuments giving tribute to the men and women who have been awarded the Purple Heart medal. The Purple Heart is the medal awarded to all U.S. military members who have been wounded or killed in combat. Two Purple Heart recipients were among the veterans attending the ceremony at the courthouse Wednesday. Darral

Crabtree, Albany, formerly of Pattonsburg, received the Purple Heart as a Marine in Vietnam in 1970 when he received a gun shot wound. Kenneth Mort, Jamesport, served in the Second Korean War (1966-1967) as a commanding officer in the Army, second infantry division. He received the Purple Heart when he lost his foot stepping on a land mine. The Purple Heart design was first created by Gen. George Washington as the Badge of Military Merit in 1782. The current

Purple Heart, which features a profile of Washington in gold, was developed by Gen. Douglas MacArthur in 1932. The Daviess County Commission signed a resolution to make Daviess County a Purple Heart County during their Oct. 10 meeting. The plaque will be displayed on the first floor of the courthouse in the lobby. The county commissioners have also purchased a Purple Heart County sign, which will be displayed in the northeast flower bed by the civil war cannon.

Mike Beck, plant manager at Gallatin MFA Oil, presents a check to NCMBF President Mark Baker, who represents Clinton County. Mike Beck, plant manager at Gallatin MFA Oil, with Deanna Lewis, administrator at Ac- Others, from left, are Duane Kohlstaedt of Clinton County; Vickie Corwin of Daviess County; Bob Hughes, consultant; Mr Beck and Mr. Baker, Susie Rollheiser, of Harrison County; and Stephanie Williams, facilitator. tive Aging Multipurpose Center in Gallatin

MFA Oil awards grants to Daviess County Multi-Purpose Center, North Central Missouri Business The MFA Oil Foundation awarded two grants on Oct. 31. One grant to Daviess County MultiPurpose Senior Center, Inc., is to assist with purchasing base cabinets, countertops, can rack shelving and paint. A grant to North Central Missouri Business Facilitation (NCMBF) is to assist with purchasing a new laptop, software, printer, and projector.

NCMBF is a nonprofit organization offering business coaching in North Central Missouri. The NCMBF Business facilitator, when invited, meets one-on-one with current and prospective entrepreneurs to help them discuss and understand the needs to operate a successful business and help connect them to the needed resources. This program is targeted to help any

person who aspires to create or expand a business in one of the six counties served: Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Grundy or Harrison. The MFA Oil Foundation provides support to nonprofit organizations that are working to improve communities where MFA Oil has a significant concentration of members and employees. Since it was established in 1998, the

MFA Oil Foundation has awarded more than one million dollars in grants. MFA Oil President and CEO Mark Fenner described the MFA Oil Foundation as “a program that allows our company to give support back to the rural communities that are the foundation of our business. The grants help support many youth programs and organizations active in addressing quality of life concerns.


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