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Property taxes largely fund public schools and are the main source2nd sectio of revenue for many of Missouri’s special purpose political subdivisions and county boards, according to Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway.

GHS ‘15 grad Jacob Boyd The State Auditor’s helps Benedictine enter Saturday’sOffice and county officials assist local governmentChampionship. officials in determining the data necessary to complete the tax NAIA Football See page 9 rate computations. Taxing authorities are required to file final proposed tax rates and data supporting the proposed property tax rates with the county, using forms prescribed by the State Auditor. The counties submit the supporting data received to the State Auditor for review. The data is reviewed and a finding is returned to both the See p county and the taxing authority advising whether the proposed rates comply with Missouri law.

Rate ceilings set the limit for the amount of taxes that can be Gallatin R-5 High School levied. Each tax rate ceiling is determined Gallatin, annually and is adjusted Missouri to ensure revenue neutrality. The review of each tax rate ceiling is based on the assessed valuation for the entire political subdivision and is not calculated on an individual taxpayer basis. The 2018 tax rate ceilings were determined based on the requirements of Section Christmas dinner was a huge hit at the Active Aging Resource Center in Gallatin last Friday, Dec. 21. 137.073, RSMo, and Missouri Constitution, Article X, Section 22, comFriends and neighbors packed into the dining area to enjoy a meal together. Table decorations added to the monly referred to as the Hancock Amendment, which limits taxation festive buffet style meal. A total of 125 meals were served. The Active Aging Resource Center provides adult by the state and local governments.

In 2018, the State Auditor received supporting data and reviewed dining and fellowship Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to12:30 p.m. All are welcome. [photo/Cris Coleman] 4,814 property tax rates for 2,798 taxing authorities. Of the rates reviewed, 495 are debt service tax rates, 106 are new property tax rates approved by voters, and 52 are existing property tax rates that were increased by voter approval. The remaining 4,161 tax rates were reThe Gallatin R-5 Board of The 2017-18 school calendar FFA report. viewed for revenue neutrality. This is the fourth year since the review Education agreed to add another was updated. Two snow days for The board entered into closed of property tax rates started in 1985 that no taxing authorities levied year to Dr. Bryan Copple’s super- the makeup days will be Jan. 21 session to discuss personnel. a tax rate that exceeded the tax rate certified. intendent contract, extending it and May 21.

Board members present were The State Auditor’s Office has no authority to determine or review through June 30, 2022.

December bills were paid.

Tim Bradford, Jeffrey Donovan, individual tax assessments. All individual tax assessment matters In other business at their Jacob Wilson was recognized Trent Dowell, Amy Heldenbrand, are the responsibility of the county assessor and board of equalizameeting held Dec. 17, the school for performing with the National Pam Critten, Bill Irby and Brice tion. Appeals to the state on tax assessment matters are handled by board accepted resignation let- Band along with Macie McNeely Terry. the Missouri State Tax Commission. ters for retirement from Lori and Bethany Bailey who perDr. Copple, Principal Burke, McLaughlin, technology coordi- formed with the National Chorus Collins, Thogmartin. Activities Daviess County nator, on March 1, 2019, and from at the National FFA Convention Director Gann and Board Secre- Political Subdivision Purpose Assess Value Ceiling Levied Revenue Community Ambulance District General Revenue 120,518,508 0.3477 0.3477 419,043 Joyce Cox, high school coun- on Oct. 24-27, 2018. tary Corwin were in attendance.

West Fork of Big Creek WSD General Revenue 1,318,798 0.1490 0.1490 1,965 selor, at the end of the 2018-19 Dr. Copple, Principals Burke, Other staff present were Ni- Jamesport SRD Daviess County Road & Bridge 13,050,954 0.3852 0.3852 50,272 school year.

Collins and Thogmartin, and Ac- cole Curtis, Jenni Adkison, Amy Special Road & Bridge 13,050,954 0.2700 0.2700 35,238 Road & Bridge 4,876,166 0.3129 0.3129 15,258 Rick Kuhl, WSKF architect, tivities Director Gann presented Holder, Ron Alden and Amanda Lock Springs SRD Daviess County Special Road & Bridge 4,876,166 0.3523 0.3523 17,179 discussed walkway construc- their reports.

Durbin. Guests were Rick Kuhl Daviess County SRD 1 Road & Bridge 24,618,330 0.2122 0.2122 52,240 Special Road & Bridge 24,618,330 0.3522 0.3522 86,706 tion and shared the construction The final 2017-18 audit report from WSKF Architects, Mar- Village of Altamont General Revenue 866,296 0.6500 0.6500 5,631 report and the oversight of the from Conrad & Higgins LLC was tin Sweatman, Macie McNeely, City of Coffey General Revenue 526,273 0.9967 0.9967 5,245 General Revenue 13,943,520 0.6322 0.6322 88,151 project. The project is on sched- approved.

Wayne McNeely, Jacob Wilson, City of Gallatin

Parks & Recreation 13,943,520 0.2249 0.2249 31,359 ule and should be completed by Ron Alden and Amy Holder Abbie Wilson and Bethany Bai- Band 13,943,520 0.0200 0.0200 2,789 end of January 2019. presented their vocational and ley. (continued on page 12)

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No better place to find Christmas cheer than right here!

Board extends R-5 superintendent’s contract

Sissy (the mule) poses with Allee Prescott as Mrs. Claus, Josh Prescott as Santa, Sammie Jo Blanchard as the Christmas tree and Bo Eads as the elf

Miss N Selena (the horse) with Allee as Mrs Claus, Blake Eitel as Santa, Ella Terhune as the tree; Sammie Jo, Cheyenne and Katie Blanchard and Rebecca Urich as elves, Kelsey Eitel as the reindeer

Merry Christmas from Allee Prescott and all her manger friends

by T.L. Huffman

Allee Prescott, like all little girls, likes to play dress up. Only Allee’s dolls weigh about half a ton and stand about 15 hands high.

Allee loves horses. She loves to ride horses, train horses, and take care of them.

Allee competed in the Missouri State Fair Horse Show the past three years and brought home several awards. One of her very favorite classes to compete in there is the costume class. She usually dresses up herself and her horse, and she has a group of friends who dress up with her to compete in the class.

Sometimes they dress up as Santa and the elves and her horse — and even her mule — don’t mind pretending to be Santa’s helpers … at least for a day!

Allee, 10, is the daughter of Josh and Mandy Prescott. She is in fifth grade at Tri-County in Jamesport.

Allee has been riding since she was big enough to sit up, her mother says, but she has been showing in competitions since she was five.

Fuzzy, her first pony, is currently loaned out to a friend. Then she trained Popcorn, then Mini, who she still shows occasionally.

Currently, she shows two horses: Miss

N Selena and BayBee by Texas. These two bay quarter horses are half sisters. Miss N Selena is Allee’s speed and ranch horse.

BayBee by Texas is her pleasure and reining horse. They were raised and trained

by Joe Heim from Thackerville, OK. Allee goes and visits Joe once or twice a year and gets tips and lessons.

Allee has held the title of Miss Missouri Mule Princess, Miss Missouri Rodeo Sweetheart 2013 and 2014. She has won high point mule and rider overall at the Missouri State Fair, high point mule and rider at the Lathrop Mule Show in 2015 and 2016. She won high point overall pleasure in 2013 at the MSSCA Circuit.

She won Reserve Champion Youth 2016 and 2017 at the King City Summer Barrel Series. She has won several first place classes at Green Hills Horse Show Circuit. She has won high point pleasure overall ages 12 and under for the past four years and this year she also won high point speed ages 12 and under.

She won the Neal Corbin overall speed horse trophy (all ages) this year with Miss N Selena as well as the Caleb McCracken overall pleasure horse trophy (all ages) with BayBee by Texas. She won high point overall ages 10-13 at the North Missouri Saddle Club Series this year with Miss N

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Thanks to the man My friend, Dan Lockridge, didn’t exactly ask for permission to announce his retirement. Maybe that’s because he might not have gotten it. But I suppose it’s appropriate for such announcements at this time of year, you know, “Out with the old and on with the new...”

But this one bothers me. Maybe that’s because I fully understand how things change every time I glimpse my own mirror.

Banking is not universally perceived as a heart-warming vocation; various levels of interest literally comes into play, not to mention how “No” can be exactly the right answer despite whatever you may prefer to hear. Responsibilities can make for enemies. But somehow Dan refuses to look at life through those blinders.

Dan began his banking career as a teller for the First National Bank of Gallatin on July 15, 1974. Over the years Dan has put nine different nameplates on his desk: teller, assistant cashier, assistant vice president, cashier, vice president and cashier, executive vice presiby Darryl Wilkinson dent, and president.

Then in 2000 the financial institution joined the Farmers Bank of Northern Missouri organization. That has proved to be beneficial to both the employees and its customers. With Farmers Bank, Dan has been the chief financial officer and now serves as the chief investment officer. Here’s how Dan puts it: “The big changes that I have seen in the banking industry have come in the areas of technology and regulations. While the burden of additional forms, rules, and regulations have been things that we have learned to live with, the changes in technology have increased our efficiency and let us provide much more information to our customers. We’ve gone from manual posting machines to multi-pocket high speed proof machines, to online banking, and now mobile banking where we can take a picture of a check with our smart phone and deposit it into our account.”

Ponder that a little. Compare the condensed statement for Farmers Bank of Northern Missouri from 1974 reprinted here. Today’s bank: now part of a $375,000,000 organization with eight branches in north central Missouri and south central Iowa.

But those are just titles and numbers.

Dan has been an important cog in the wheels that make community go. Dan was the man who kept Gallatin’s flea market going while it was wildly successful, before it began to fade.

His voice was respected on the school board. He promoted community betterment in practical ways — from yard mowing down at the Rotary Jail to helping line up the Chautauqua parade.

It’s a Chautauqua memory shared with Dan that is special to me. We’d just risked every available donated dollar in hopes of good weather in booking Clyde Foley Cummins as entertainment for that Saturday night in September now years ago. It is no exaggeration to say this was a make it or break it decision, made in hopes of elevating the festival into a real community event.

When a full moon shone over one of the largest crowds Gallatin ever attracted, relief was only amplified by the satisfaction of knowing we guessed right. And, once again and in no small way, Dan was the man mostly responsible.

It’s entirely wrong to write this salute to Dan in past tense. Dan continues to lead, even as he enters into retirement. For instance, he’s secretary/treasurer for the North Central Missouri Shooters Association, Inc. Want more?

Dan continues as a community leader as an alderman at city hall and he’s active in First Christian Church. But I still don’t quite know how to write this up without it sounding like an obituary. I suspect my quandary only makes Dan grin.

Dan answered an inquiry posed by reporter Tammy Huffman as you might suspect, focusing the spotlight on others and on the ways of getting things done.

“I’ve enjoyed working with so many great employees and customers,” Dan says, “but I look forward to whatever the future may hold for me.”

Dan’s a respected family man and father, a community leader, a financial professional, and perhaps most special to me, a friend. In many respects, I look forward to seeing him in his bib overalls doing things around town more than the times past when I’ve interrupted this busy man in his office at the bank. I fully expect Debbie will have a tougher time with the laundry, trying to keep Dan’s bib overalls clean.

Dan didn’t ask my permission for him to retire, so I didn’t ask his permission to write what you’ve been reading here. Respect is hard to put into words. Sometimes it’s things left unsaid between men that have an even greater meaning. After all, it’s what you do even more than what you say for life well-lived.

Thanks, Dan. You’re the man.

Off the Editor’s Spike...

Deal with facts, not false perception Have you ever wondered how many lobbyists spend dollars on our own state senator and state representative? Or wanted to follow your local legislators’ bill proposals or votes? What about reviewing their campaign contribution lists?

Things just got easier.

Missouri Digital News (MDN) has just released a new online program that puts all this information at your fingertips.

The new program is actually an update to an older one. In fact, MDN has collected such data since 1995. But now the program delivering this information has been enhanced and made available to you.

Bookmark this for future use: https://mdn.org/MoXGR Financial disclosure information for legislators (lobbyist gifts and campaign contributions) will not be available until about halfway into the 2019 legislative session.

That’s a serious problem with lobbyist expenditures. The public won’t know what lobbyists gave to legislators in 2019 until the legislative session is nearly half over. It’s an issue not addressed by Clean Missouri.

Further, except for a few exceptions, contributions in 2019 will not be available for legislators until the April 2019 quarterly report.

Finally, the titles for the House speaker and Senate president pro tem because unlike floor leaders, chamber leaders don’t take office until elected by their colleagues on the legislature’s opening day, Jan. 9.

Information compiled for this service is performed by Phill Brooks, a pundit regularly

Poosey Digest

CONTRIBUTIONS 2018 Hegeman For Senate -- 132 contributions totalling $122,710 2017 Hegeman For Senate -- 107 contributions totalling $76,250 2016 Hegeman For Senate -- 69 contributions totally $61,375 2015 Hegeman For Senate -- 53 contributions totally $45,750 2018 J. Eggleston -- 44 contributions totalling $19,545 2017 J. Eggleston -- 10 contributions totalling $3,325 2016 J. Eggleston -- 53 contributions totalling $18,575 2015 J. Eggleston -- 44 contributions totalling $12,310

LOBBYIST EXPENDITURES 2018 Hegeman -- 36 expenditures totalling $518.41

(ranked 83rd of 194 legislators; average is $797.85 per legislator)

2017 Hegeman -- 27 expenditures totalling $443.90

(ranked 106 of 202 legislators; average is $979.98 per legislator)

2016 Hegeman -- 46 expenditures totalling $686.31

(ranked 87th of 196 legislators; average is $997.35 per legislator)

2015 Hegeman -- 39 expenditures totalling $1,024.69

(ranked 89th of 199 legislators; average is $1,417.21 per legislator)

2018 Eggleston -- 10 expenditures totalling $989.55

(ranked 56th of 194 legislators; average is $797.85 per legislator)

2017 Eggleston -- 2 expenditures totalling $99.05

(ranked 130th of 202 legislators; average is $976.68 per legislator)

2016 Eggleston -- 8 expenditures totalling $186.52

(ranked 138th of 196 legislators; average is $997.35 per legislator)

2015 Eggleston -- 10 expenditures totalling $78.70

(ranked 164th of 199 legisltors; average is $1,417.21 per legislator)

featured in this newspaper. Mr. 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 MDN and an emeritus faculty member of the Missouri School of Journalism. He has covered every governor since the late Warren Hearnes.

There’s nothing else like this being offered in Missouri. Do not interpret this new tool as something directed specifically at the state officials representing Daviess County or, for that matter, targeting any legislator. Our two legislators, State Sen. Dan Hegeman and Rep. J. Eggleston, actually compare favorably to their peers in many respects.

Journalists, like Mr. Brooks, think this is something we need

Della and her husband visited their kids avorites on Christmas just like always. “But,” she said, Timeless musings from “well… the kids got iPads for Christmas, and evFrieda Marie Crump eryone had their iPhones. I just felt like I was interrupting every time I wanted to talk to someone.” When they took the kids shopping their mother had tossed her phone into the back seat so they’d have something to play with during the drive. “We used to talk, Freida. In fact, the dinner table and car is where I learned the ins and outs of conversation. Nobody talks anymore.

We’re all working our thumbs.”

Della is the sort of grandma whose only desire is to make the rest of the family happy, and she felt mightily guilty telling us all this.

“I guess I just need to adapt,” she said. “It’s a new world and things are always changing.” She sat there staring at her coffee cup. “But,” she added, “I miss my family.”

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to know. Intelligent conversations about matters in the public arena need to be based on facts, not groundless perceptions. The website now makes facts readily available to us all in order to make decisions in voting booths.

Some of the data now conveniently available for viewing on the website is listed. Totals are only shown here; the actual report identifies campaign donors by name and location.

Consider “MoXGR” as a Christmas gift, thanks to Phill Brooks. It’s a tool long overdue.

Wouldn’t it be great if something similar were as conveniently available on federal officials?

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Church of Christ (108 E. Johnson St.) — Charles Ross, Evangelist; Lord’s Day

services 10 a.m.; Evening services 6 p.m. For transportation, call 663-4061 or 663-3957.

First Baptist Church (511 W. Richardson St.) — Bro. Garrett Trunk, pastor; Bro. Wood

Marshall, youth pastor. Bible Study 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.; Worship 10:40 a.m. (nursery provided). Evening Worship at 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study 6 p.m., Adult Choir 8:05 p.m. For transportation, call church office at 663.663.2331.Office hours: 8 a.m. to noon weekdays. Email: fbchurch@windstream.net Visit: www.firstbaptistgallatinmo.org

First Christian Church (1501 S. Main St.) — Pastor Corey Norman; Youth Pastor Ryan Beenken. Sunday services at 8:20 a.m. and 10:50 a.m.; Sunday school at 9:40 a.m.; Wednesday Prayer Meetings at 5:30 p.m. followed by Bible Study at 6 p.m.; Stickin’ with Jesus practice 5:30 p.m. Sundays; Men’s Bible Study 6 p.m. Sundays; Youth groups at 6 p.m. every second Sunday monthly. Visit our website: www.gallatinmofcc.org, and also join us on Facebook: Gallatin First Christian Church

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Friends in Christ (400 N. Main St.) — Sunday morning worship 9:30 a.m. and small groups at 11 a.m. For more information, call Shonna at 660.663.5427 Gallatin First Assembly of God (208 S. Willow St.) — Rev. Wayne Smith, Pastor, ph: 660.663.3213. SS 9:45 a.m., Celebrations 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesdays 6 p.m.

Lake Viking Church (East Entrance to Lake) — Rev. Robert Nelson, Pastor; Sunday

School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study and prayer service 7 p.m.; Email: lakevikingchurch@gmail.com

Mary Immaculate Catholic Church (409 S. Main) — Fr. Tom Hermes; Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m. on holiday weekends only; Sunday Mass 10:30 a.m. (all year) Olive Baptist Church (Route V, east of Gallatin) — David Leeper, Minister; Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.; Wednesday prayer service 7 p.m.

Presbyterian Church (201 S. Main St.) — Alvin Hillman, Minister; Fellowship 10:30 a.m. and Worship 11 a.m.

Seventh-day Adventist Church (1207 S. Clay St.) — Mike Carner, Pastor, ph: 660.

772.3306; Saturday Sabbath School 9:15 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (211 Ash) — David Marble, Bishop, ph: 660.663.9258. Sunday Sacrament Service 10 a.m.; Wednesday youth activities, 7 p.m.

United Methodist Church (111 S. Market) — Pastor Brad Dush; Sunday School and Worship 11 a.m.; www.galjamesumc.webs.com; Email: gallatin_umc@hotmail.com

ALTAMONT

United Methodist Church — Marilyn Dorst, Minister; Worship 9:30 a.m., SS following on 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays; Sunday School 9:30 a.m. on 1st and 3rd.

WINSTON

First Baptist Church — Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.; Sunday &

Wednesday services 6:30 p.m.; church ph: 749.5577

Fairview Community Church

10:45 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m.

— Pastor Shadrach Landry; Sunday School 9:45-

United Methodist Church — Eugene Keats, Pastor; Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m.

Alta Vista Baptist Church (NW of Winston on Hwy. 6) — Rev. Robert Dean, Pastor; Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship service 10:30 a.m.

JAMESPORT

United Methodist Church (109 E. Main) — Pastor Brad Dush; Worship 9:30, Sunday School 10:35 a.m., nursery provided. Website: www.galjamesumc.webs.com Baptist Church (708 W. Auberry Grv) — Rev. Jim Whitley, pastor. Sunday School 9:45 a.m.; Worship 10:45 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study and prayer meeting 7 p.m.

Church of Christ (108 N. Williams)

— Sunday Bible study 9 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study 7 p.m.

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Liberty Baptist

— Pastor Ray Offerdahl; Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:15 a.m.

PATTONSBURG

United Methodist — Christy Clark, Pastor; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Heath United Methodist (2009 Oak St.) — Christy Clark, Pastor;

Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 10 a.m.

First Baptist Church —

a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Chase Roberts, Pastor; Sunday School 9:30

Christian Church — Terry Oliphant, Pastor; Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Fellowship 10:15; Church and Communion 10:30 a.m.

Oak Ridge Church (north of Old Pattonsburg) — Dwight Schell, lay

speaker; Sunday worship 10:30 a.m.

Word of Life Christian Fellowship — Clyde Hulet, Pastor; Sunday

School 9:15 a.m.; Worship 10 a.m.; Wed. Bible prayer meeting 7 p.m.

JAMESON

Christian Church —

Kirk Pugsley, Pastor; Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship (includes Communion each Sunday) 10:15 a.m.

Scotland Church of Christ (26300 Flint Ave.) — Worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.

COFFEY

Baptist Church — Bible study 10 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;

Wednesday Bible study 6 p.m.

Highway Christian Church (I-35, Exit 88, south 1/4 mile on Hwy. 13)

— Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m. Ph: 660.425.6836

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by Dr. H. Wade Paris Christmas is a microcosm of God's relationship with humanity. First, it is proof positive that God is seeking us. Think about it. God Himself came to us. Not only did he come to us, He became one of us, so we could know and understand Him, i.e. God with us.

In his book, “The Language of God,” Francis Collins notes an important truth, “Of all the world religions, only in Christianity is God seeking us. In other religions, man must seek God.” In Christianity, mankind can seek God; but when he finds Him, he discovers God was also seeking him. When God and man connect, it is as though each says, “Oh, there you are.” This truth gives new meaning to the phrase, “He's coming to get you, aha!”

Thank God, He is.

Given the power and majesty of God, one would imagine you need to be erudite to “hang out” with Him. No, Jesus was born in simplicity. God sent angels to simple shepherds to announce His birth in a barn. Still, kings visited Him. These are but examples of God for all -- rich and poor, great and small. Indeed, the angel told the shepherds, “I bring you good tidings of great joy for all people.”

Good tidings, great joy, one would think we all want that. Alas, it is not so. It would be only a few days before a wicked King Herod would seek to silence God's joyous plan for us.

The poet Longfellow wrote, “In despair I bowed my head; there is no peace on earth, I said.”

Unseen by most, God was in charge, even orchestrating the Nativity events.

Angels announced Jesus' birth to Mary and Joseph before it happened. Angels informed the shepherds of Jesus' birth; an angel advised Joseph to take Mary and Jesus to Egypt to avoid Herod's wrath and sometime later told them when to return. The wise men were divinely advised not to go back to Herod.

As I do most every Christmas, I have been remembering my Christmases past.

They are scattered from New Orleans, to Jackson, Mississippi, to Adamsville, Tennessee, to Meridian, Mississippi, to Atlanta, Georgia, to Durham, North Carolina, to Jackson, Tennessee, to Sikeston, Kirksville, and Kansas City, Missouri and beyond. Sometimes in those different times and places I was aware of Jesus' birthday -- He is with us. At other times, I was not so aware. But whether I was aware or not, He was there. After all...

His name is Immanuel, God with us.

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Irene Frost 102nd birthday party Irene Frost’s 102nd birthday is Jan. 1, 2019, and her family is sure that she would enjoy seeing visitors and getting cards.

Irene is in room #311 at Daviess County Nursing and Rehab Center, 1337 Business Highway 6, Gallatin, MO 64640.

Irene’s children are Duane and Ruth Frost, Jerry and Kathy Frost, and Linda Frost Madison, all of Gallatin.

Irene is shown holding her great-great-grandson on Oct. 6.

Pictured above is scholarship recipient, Graydee Rains of Gallatin (right) and Dual Credit Coordinator Whitney Trump.

NCMC dual credit scholarship to Rains North Central Missouri College recently presented dual credit scholarships to 25 students in counties that fall within NCMC’s service area on behalf of the NCMC Foundation, including one to Graydee Rains of Gallatin. The recipients of the Jack N.

Young, Mildred M. Young, Noble J. Young, and Myra A. Young Dual Credit Scholarship were given a one-time $300 scholarship to use toward their tuition. There were over 100 submissions reviewed and winners were selected by the NCMC Scholarship Committee.

Winston prizes for lighting contest The Winston Board of Trust- ing is scheduled for 6 p.m. on ees discussed the lighting con- Monday, Jan. 7, 2019. test for the village and decided Trustees present: Arvella to hand deliver the prizes. The Eaton, Brenda Goll, and Nichole winners for the annual holiday Gregornik. Trustees absent: Tim lighting contest are as follows: Caldwell. Others resent: Amber Brent and Joanna Wagaman White, Melvin McFee, Quentin (first place - $75 prize), Wayne Hunt, Elizabeth Plotner, and and April Wollam (second place Dana Coots.

- $50 prize), and Allen and Angel Rhoades (third place - $25 prize).

In other business at the Dec. Foresters with the Missouri 3 meeting, the clerk informed the board that filing for the upcom- Department of Conservation ing election begins Dec. 11, 2018, (MDC) have confirmed the at 8 a.m. and ends Jan. 15, 2019, presence of Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) in six new counties at 5 p.m.

Elizabeth Plotner approached across Missouri. New detections the board on behalf of the Daviess have been confirmed in Caldwell, County Library in order to renew Gasconade, Harrison, Hickory, the contract to continue the pop- Webster, and Wright counties. up library program. She spoke to Since EAB was first detected in the board about new programs Missouri in July 2008, the exotic, the library would be offering dur- tree-killing pest has spread to a total of 59 Missouri counties and ing the summer.

Financial reports detailing the City of St. Louis.

You can help MDC track deposits and expenses were presented by the village clerk and the spread of this invasive pest the board approved the income by keeping an eye out for bark blonding on ash trees. Bark and expense report.

The utilities clerk distributed blonding is caused by woodpecka new list of delinquent custom- ers removing a tree’s outer bark while searching for insect larvae. eight due for shutMatchers, $$including item message with online banner from Carquest On ash trees, this feeding activoff. ity reveals a white inner bark that Melvin McFee reported everything is working properly as is highly noticeable. Reports can far as sewer maintenance and be made by using the online form at eab.missouri.edu or by calling there are no new problems.

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Pictured is Dr. Lenny Klaver, President and Kristi Harris, Chief of Staff giving the Green Hills Women Shelter staff a monetary donation and presents for children collected by NCMC employees and constituents.

NCMC donates to Women’s Shelter

North Central Missouri College recently collected gifts for children and monetary donations for the Green Hills Women’s Shelter in Trenton. NCMC employees and constituents donated approximately 20 gifts for boys and girls of various age ranges and over 200 dollars.

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Jail board meeting The Daviess-DeKalb County Regional Jail at Pattonsburg will meet at 10 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 28, at the training center. Old business will cover an update on the budget proposal and “Shop flyer with a cop.” New business items will include officer rotation for 2019 and the purchase of a Kawasaki Mule. A closed session may be held.

NCMC,” said Kristi Harris, Chief of Staff. “When we put the call out for donations, we were immediately flooded with responses to help. We hope to continue this partnership with the Green Hills Women’s Shelter and provide donations each Christmas season.”

According to AAA, texting increases the risk of a car crash by 50 percent.

Sending or receiving a text takes a driver’s eyes from the road for nearly five seconds. At 55 mph, that is the same as driving the length of an entire football field blindfolded.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, distracted driving is a leading cause of car crashes in the United States.

In 2017, 932 people died in crashes on Missouri highways.

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Gadberry receives Darr scholarship Ashley M. Gadberry, West Plains, formerly of Gallatin, has been awarded the Darr Scholar Award from Missouri State University-West Plains.

Gadberry, a 2017 graduate of Winston High School in Winston, is a sophomore general studies major at Missouri State-West Plains. She is the daughter of Mark Gadberry, St. Joseph, and Brandy Rhodes, Gallatin.

Dockery pond freed of lily pad weeds Kids, families, and community members will now be able to fish off the bank of the Dockery Park pond while enjoying the wildlife and all the rest of the park’s natural landscape.

Park Board member Ira Sloan says it has been a problem keeping the park’s pond clean for years. It had become overgrown with lily pads.

“We wanted to get it cleaned up so people can enjoy the pond and go fishing with their families from the bank, not just the dock,” he says.

After discussing the issue over the summer and deciding on a plan of action, the board bid out the work of removing the lily pads. Will Salmon of Salmon Excavating won the bid.

The pond has slowly been overtaken with the lily pads, which tend to branch out underwater.

The plants have an aggressive growth rate and can out-compete other beneficial plants. They be-

come noxious weeds, damaging to the fish and other plant life as well as an eyesore.

Mr. Salmon delayed the job until he had access to an extended track hoe so he could get out in the water further to scoop out as many of the lily pads as possible.

He piled the mud on the banks of the pond and as soon as it dries out he will spread it out on the back of the pond bank.

Mr. Sloan said about 90% of the lily pads are out now. The park board will treat the pond chemically once in the spring next year and once in the fall, and after that about once a year to keep the lily pad population under control.

Mr. Sloan said that along with the work on the pond, the park’s bathrooms have been remodeled, the bleachers fixed up, and a new fence added on the upper ball field.

“We want people to know that we are making changes for the good at the park,” he says.

Renew pesticide license at ag meeting

By Tim Baker, MU Regional Horticulturist

Every year, extension agricultural specialists in the Northwest Region conduct meetings that we call “ag updates.” These are held in almost all of the counties in our region.

The idea behind these meetings is to provide another place for pesticide applicators to obtain or renew their private applicator’s license. In addition, the agronomist will update the farmers on new research, insects, diseases, or anything else of interest. Likewise, specialists from the other disciplines of our ag team (livestock, agriculture business, horticulture, and ag engineering) may give updates as well.

If you want to obtain or renew your private pesticide applicator’s license, you must own a

copy of the book, “Private Pesticide Applicator Reference Manual.” The book costs $12, and is available from University of Missouri Extension. The book will be available for sale at the ag update meetings. If you already own a copy, you must bring it to the meeting and show it when renewing your license. Our agronomist cannot sign your application without seeing your book in hand.

At the time of this writing, the schedules for all the meetings have not been finalized, although many have been. Be watching for one in your county. Ag updates are held from January into early March.

Be sure to call the local MU Extension Center in the county that you choose to visit, for additional information.

Kylie Collins named to dean’s Kylie Collins of Gallatin has been named to the Southeast Missouri State University dean’s list for academic achievement during the fall 2018 semester.

Students named to the list earned at least a 3.75 grade point average on a 4.0 scale, completed at least 12 hours of standard graded credit, achieved no grade below a B and received no failing grades in enrolled courses, including credit/no credit or pass/ fail courses.

Active Aging Resource Center Dec. 26: Blood Pressure checks 11-12. Jan. 1: Closed New Year’s Day. The Active Aging Resource Center is pleased to announce their eighth annual Light A Candle fundraising event. Donations can be mailed to AARC, PO Box 272, Gallatin, MO 64640 or dropped by our center at 109 S. Main Street in Gallatin.

Menu Dec. 31-Jan. 4 Monday: chili and crackers, relish tray, cornbread, pears; Tuesday: closed; Wednesday: roast beef, baked potatoes, vegetable blend, hot roll, peaches; Thursday: pork cutlet and dressing, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, strawberry shortcake; Friday: seasoned baked chicken, rice pilaf, peas and carrots, hot roll, apple cobbler.

Dressed for their parts in the Great Passion Play are Cary and Julie Tate and daughters Beth and Rachel.

Passion Play has Gallatin connections

Almost eight million people have seen The Great Passion Play in Eureka Springs, AR, since it opened in 1968, including many from our area. But did you know some of the characters in the play have a Gallatin background? Cary Tate, a 1982 graduate of Gallatin High School, and his wife Julie and daughters Rachel and Bethany are all in the play.

“We play different parts as needed,” says Cary.

Cary is often the high priest; Rachel usually plays Salome; Julie and Bethany have different rotating non-speaking parts.

“It’s a way for family to do something together plus the kids earn a little money,” Cary says.

Cary is the son of Judy and the late Steve Tate, formerly of Gallatin. He is Nancy and Phil Tate’s nephew.

The Great Passion Play is the largest attended outdoor drama in America according to one study. Located in the picturesque Ozark Mountains, the amphitheater transports you over 2,000 years ago to witness Jesus Christ’s miraculous life, sacrificial death, and glorious resurrection.

Route TT closed The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in Daviess County planned for the week of Dec. 24 – 30 from the Missouri Department of Transportation: Route TT – closed for a culvert replacement a 0.25 miles north of Route J, Dec. 27, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Going to jail isn’t free ...you pay for it

by Titus Wu Photo by Jennifer Mosbrucker Editor’s note: This article is provided by the Columbia Missourian, distributed for reprinting by the Missouri Press Association for its member newspapers.

On a typical Thursday in November, in a rural circuit court slightly northeast of Kansas City in Kingston, people trickle in and out of a largely empty Caldwell County courtroom.

They come for a variety of reasons: speeding tickets, driving without a license, car accidents and occasionally more serious crimes. But at the end of almost every case, the judge asks the same questions.

“How long do you think it’ll take you to pay?”

“What’s a reasonable amount for you to pay each month?”

The fees and fines imposed ranged from a couple hundred dollars to a few thousand. Many of them promised to pay in time by mid-December, but that can be a hard promise to keep for those who are poor.

And when those fees aren’t paid off quickly, you’re ordered to show up in court again.

Whether they have been guilty of any past crimes is already determined. They were now all in court for the same crime: being too poor to pay for their jail time.

For many of them, the punishment is even more jail time and, as a result, an even higher board bill. In or out of jail, many remain imprisoned — by debt.

But such a situation, which tends to happen in rural areas, is being challenged in the courts themselves.

Richey peers down the street while on a walk in Appleton City. Without anywhere to be, Richey usually goes on a walk mutiple times a day. Often, he takes Rodney’s dog, Chewy, along for the trip. “That’s the toughest part about being down here -- there’s nothing to do,” Richey says. “As soon as I get done with court, I’m getting the hell out of here.”

Justice, 43 states charge “pay to stay” fees, which are essentially board bills. About a third of U.S. counties charge room-and-board fees at the local level as well.

Sometimes, such board fees are voluntary. In parts of California, for instance, an inmate is offered to upgrade to more comfortable jails at a cost per day. But for most who are poor, fees are slapped onto them.

Neither is the issue a new one. In 1983, the case Bearden v. Georgia went up to the U.S. Supreme Court because many people were being put in jail or in debtor’s prisons for failing to pay court fees and fines.

Missouri’s county jails are no exception. Of the 114 counties, only seven in fiscal year 2017 did not collect any money related to board bills, according to figures from the Missouri Office of State Courts Administrator. The total amount from all counties that year in board bill disbursements was near $4.7 million.

Shoveling snow in a blizzard Inmates inside and outside Missouri are rarely charged with only a board bill. A package of other fines and fees that increases their debt is included, too. George Richey of Appleton City is one of Mueller’s clients who was found guilty of violating a protection order in 2014, per a probable cause statement. A look at his bill of costs shows a variety of fees assessed against him, from an inmate prisoner detainee security fee to a $10 charge for a crime victims’ compensation fund.

But as in most cases, the board bill makes up the majority of the costs. Of the $3,226 assessed to Richey in 2015, $3,150 is for board at $35 a day.

Almost 2½ years later, Richey is still paying for that bill, with a balance of around $1,600 left as of May. That is, until he was hit with a new board bill in 2016 of an additional $2,275 — the result of being jailed because he couldn’t fully pay the first bill.

Richey doesn’t know when he’ll ever pay all of it.

“I’m on disability. I make $600 a month,” Richey said. “When you’re on a fixed income, that’s pretty hard on your budget. They just keep hounding me for the money.”

‘Pay to stay’

Six cases have been filed by public defender Matthew Mueller in all three Missouri appellate courts, all on behalf of clients who Mueller says should never have been charged in the first place.

Other solutions that will help combat this problem are in the works in some Missouri jurisdictions, by lawmakers in Jefferson City and in other states. In some cases, those efforts focus on the cost of running crowded jails, which is a main driver behind these charges.

A nationwide problem Forcing the incarcerated to pay for their own incarceration is not unique to Missouri.

According to a 2015 study by the Brennan Center for

The board bill issue primarily comes up on the county and state level. In both cases, the county plays an important role.

Inmates like Richey, who are charged with only a misdeameanor, are handled by the county. The Missouri statute that governs such cases states that when the defendant is sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail and is unable to pay the costs, it is the county that has to pay.

“Well, not surprisingly, the county never (bills) the costs against the county,” said Mueller, who has seen countless cases like Richey’s.

Inmates charged with felony crimes are subject to the Missouri Incarceration Reimbursement Act, where the state of Missouri can draw out money from inmates for their time in state prison.

But the county can sometimes have a role in what state prisoners are charged, as many prisoners often wait in county jails first for their judgment before transferring to prison.

Shanda Ganaway of Canton pleaded guilty in 2014 to a felony of distributing a controlled substance. Before that, she was held in Lewis County Jail for four months while

awaiting a final judgment.

Per statute, if the person is deemed innocent, the state doesn’t have to reimburse counties. But if found guilty, and the defendant is too poor to pay, then the state is required to reimburse that cost.

In this case, Ganaway pleaded guilty but was deemed indigent. So the county sent a reimbursement request to the Missouri Department of Corrections.

Many states reimburse counties when it comes to holding state prison overflow. But Missouri is one of the few to reimburse counties for a defendant’s local jail time as the person’s case goes through the judicial system.

At this time, had the judge sentenced Ganaway to probation instead, no reimbursement would come in. This gives incentives for more prison sentences, said Bryan Furst, an expert with the Brennan Center who is keeping track of certain Missouri cases involving debt coercion.

However, there’s a caveat — Missouri law also caps the amount that counties can be reimbursed for the cost of incarceration by the state at $37.50 per day.

Because of the cap, Lewis County didn’t get its full amount back, so it billed Ganaway the remaining costs.

Mueller argues that this shouldn’t happen, because Ganaway was already deemed unable to pay.

Furst agreed.

“In this case, what makes it particularly egregious is that they already deemed her indigent,” he said. “But they’re still going after her.”

Mueller has noticed instances where the same person was deemed too poor for felony cases, so the state would pay, but then wasn’t deemed poor for other misdemeanor cases. In those cases, that person would bear the costs.

“The counties have effectively absolved themselves of all responsibility for the payment of costs,” Mueller said.

The statutes have already made it clear that whoever bears the costs depends on if the defendant is too poor to pay. What is unclear is how the courts determine that, or if they even have to.

Ability to pay Through the Bearden v. Georgia case, the Supreme Court has ruled that lower courts must make indigency determinations, where the court has to decide if someone is “willfully” failing to pay a fine or fee.

But across the nation, that isn’t followed properly.

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digency determinations are not done quickly or upfront,” said Noah Atchison, a research associate at the Brennan Center for Justice.

It’s only after a warrant is issued for failure to pay after all the debt has accumulated that the court later determines one is indigent.

“It’s legally compliant because the courts can say, ‘Oh, we didn’t know they were indigent at the time we charged them because we didn’t do the indigence determination until after they failed to pay the original fee,’” he said.

The Missouri Supreme Court has addressed indigency hearings.

In 2017, it heard a case where a lower court improperly revoked William Fleming’s probation for failure to pay his board bill and other costs. Fleming pleaded guilty to domestic assault in 2008. In the ruling, it told trial courts they had to hold inquiries into ability to pay.

In fact, the Missouri Supreme Court cited the Bearden case. Despite these two binding decisions, in Richey’s case and many others, the court didn’t determine indigency, Mueller said.

Public defender Amy Lowe, who represented Fleming, doesn’t see the lack of indigency hearings as counties avoiding paying costs.

“I don’t think judges are purposely ignoring the rulings,” Lowe said. “I think there is confusion over the steps that they have to take and where this analysis applies, and I think it’s a matter of the decades where Bearden wasn’t enforced.”

Even if indigency determinations are done upfront, how to determine it is unclear, as the Supreme Court did not explicitly define “willfully” in Bearden.

“Many times when the hearings are done, it is not being done in a systematic way,” Furst said. “We’ve seen this happen before: A judge looks at the defendant, saying, ‘You could afford a suit for today, so you could afford to pay the fine.’”

There is currently no law in Missouri that states explicitly what the standards for “ability to pay” are. Neither is there a statute that explicitly requires indigency hearings in every case.

However, Mueller argues the aforementioned statutes that govern who has to pay in felony and misdemeanor cases implicitly require meaningful inquiries into ability to pay.

“And most of these defendants are necessarily indigent by virtue of the fact they are represented by the Missouri Public Defender,” Mueller added.

Data from the Brennan Center shows that 80 to 90 percent of those charged pay-to-stay fees are eligible for a public defender.

The closest Missouri law gets to explaining indigency determinations is when deciding who qualifies for a public defender. The public defender system has its own rules of how to determine indigency, based on federal poverty guidelines.

The Missourian reached out to current judges to see how they determined indigency, if they did so at all.

Judge Russell Steele, who presided over Ganaway’s case, wrote in an email that he couldn’t comment on any pending cases.

Questions to Judge Jerry Rellihan, who presided over Richey’s case, were instead answered by his circuit court clerk, Karen Hubbard.

“Typically, if a person doesn’t have any money, they would set a payment review date,” Hubbard said, “and 99 percent of the time they do have the money later.”

On that review date, if the person still doesn’t have enough money, he or she would set another review date.

“We give folks plenty of time to make those payments,” Hubbard said.

When asked about Mueller’s case, Hubbard said she could not provide any comment on the pending case.

Barriers to reentry Although Hubbard views the payment review dates as ample time to pay what is owed, Richey, who has had to go to multiple review dates, sees it differently.

“It’s stressful,” he said, “a court date every month for me. I have to find a ride, but I don’t have a car or driver’s license.”

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house isn’t just a few minutes away. For Richey, it can take up to half an hour.

Mueller sees review hearings, which Ganaway also faces, as a form of harassment since they can continue until the amount is paid. And if just one date is missed, it could have consequences, such as arrest for failure to appear in court.

“These courts are threatening these people with arrest if they don’t pay,” Mueller said. “No one else has this power. ...

That’s just scary.”

A reason these review hearings occur is that many who owe usually end up on payment plans, where they pay small increments month by month. The court wants to ensure it’s keeping track of how far along they are in paying.

“The last time I didn’t pay enough, I tried to explain to the court that I can’t afford this with housing costs and everything else,” Richey said. “But they just keep grilling me for the money. I’m paying it down, but I’m not paying fast enough for the judges.”

...one can go back to jail again for simple failure to pay. It can sometimes feel like extra time for the same crime.

This is only one of the obstacles those charged with board bills face when trying to re-enter society. And like Richey, one can go back to jail again for simple failure to pay. It can sometimes feel like extra time for the same crime.

As was the case with Fleming, probation is also often threatened for failure to pay, meaning jail time.

For Ganaway, because she hasn’t finished paying off what she owes, she’s unable to get off probation.

“Now, this probation keeps me from going out of county, and there’s really no jobs here in Canton at all,” she said.

That’s one side effect of the review hearings — for Ganaway, an unemployed single mother, she is stuck where she is in order to appear at these hearings, which prevents her relocation elsewhere to get the job needed to start paying the bill.

Beyond all that, there’s just the added pressure of balancing debt and trying to survive.

“It’s affected me tremendously,” Ganaway said. “I can’t do things with my family. It’s affected my children because we’re not financially stable. It’s just hindered me from a lot of things.”

The need for money Both Ganaway and Richey live in rural places. In fact, most cases don’t occur in urban counties, Mueller observed.

For example, Boone County doesn’t usually charge board bills to those in its jail; most of the time, it gets waived.

“These rural counties would never seek to do that,” said Mueller, who has practiced in Columbia. “I think it’s because they don’t have a large tax base.

They don’t have a lot of revenue like these urban counties do.”

Figures from the Office of State Courts Administrator seem to back Mueller up.

In fiscal year 2017, Platte and Clay counties in the Kansas City area and St. Charles and St. Louis counties in the St. Louis area collected no money from board bills. Boone County and Greene County, which contains Springfield, collected significantly less in board bills, under a thousand dollars.

Compare that to the overall average of

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$41,860 that Missouri counties collected in board bills last year. Laclede County collected the highest amount — around $260,000.

The idea that certain counties in particular face financial pressures was used as an argument by an attorney representing the state in one of the cases Mueller filed. In a brief, the respondent for the state said, “There is no way counties could sustain immediately bearing the cost of every defendant represented by the Public Defender’s office or who may be found unable to pay at the time of sentencing.”

But the money issue goes beyond the size of a tax base.

In 2017, former Gov. Eric Greitens created a Justice Reinvestment Task Force to examine all aspects of the state’s prison and jail system. One of the findings was if prison population growth trends continued, operating costs would balloon and two new prisons would have to be opened.

“Law enforcement is eating counties alive. It’s a huge drain,” said Dick Burke, executive director of the Missouri Association of Counties, which took part in the task force. “There’s just more people going to jail in all areas, and a lot of it is because of the opioid crisis.”

Other factors play a role, such as increased length of jail stays and lack of proper mental health treatment, per the task force’s report. Now, rural county jails that used to only house five or 10 people suddenly had to house much more, around 35 to 40, Burke said.

Missouri’s jail population, which grew 50 percent from 2000 to 2015, is only exacerbated by the fact that, for many with drug felonies like Ganaway who don’t end up going to state prison, taxpayers have to bear that cost for housing them in local jails.

In addition, because of the growing population, the task force reported that the number of days it takes for those with felonies to be sentenced increased by 10 percent from 2010 to 2017, meaning more time spent waiting in local jails for which counties have to bear the cost.

Counties have been complaining that with this increasing cost of jailing people, reimbursement rates from the state for housing felons haven’t kept pace.

The cap on reimbursements is $37.50 a day. But Lewis County Sheriff David Parrish says that rate has never been reached. Currently, it’s around $22.50 per diem.

“The statute says ‘may’ pay up to 37 dollars (and 50 cents),” he said. “What we needed was a ‘shall’ pay.”

In fact, according to the Department of Corrections website, since 1998, the reimbursement rate has never been higher than $23 per day, while it costs around $45 to $50 per day to hold an inmate. The rate is usually set by how much funding is appropriated by legislators and the final ap-

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Because of this gap, Parrish said his jail had to make some difficult adjustments, diverting money from higher staff salaries, health care, equipment and jail maintenance.

Burke says he isn’t surprised when he hears about what happened to Ganaway, having seen many similar situations across the state. He noted that judges, many of whom are elected by popular vote, are the ones who make these type of decisions.

“They understand the position local taxpayers are in if the county doesn’t get the full cost,” Burke said.

Ongoing solutions A multifaceted problem requires multiple solutions, and a variety of them have already been implemented nationwide.

For instance, in 2014, Colorado began requiring ability-to-pay hearings along with pre-established standards. Michigan did the same shortly after. Just last year, the Texas legislature passed a law requiring indigency hearings; the state of Washington recently did so, too.

The elimination of cash bail, a monetary amount required to be released from jail pretrial to ensure one will show up in court, recently passed in California.

Experts argue that would have kept poor defendants like Ganaway out of county jail in the first place, eliminating the need to pay for those board costs later.

Beyond the legislative arena, lawsuits have generated results. On the municipal level, St. Louis-based Arch City Defenders won a settlement of $4.7 million with the city of Jennings, which had been systematically jailing and fining its majority black population.

Part of the results of the case included a fundamental transformation of Jennings’ judicial practices, including conducting meaningful inquiries into ability to pay and establishing some basic standards. The city also agreed to pursue fees and fines through the civil process, so one can’t be jailed for not paying.

Reports from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch showed how such reforms had an impact, with mostly empty jails now.

Proposed legislation that aims to reduce jail costs passed recently, one bill sponsored in part by state Sen. Caleb Rowden, R-Columbia.

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Big price increase for metal & poly culverts Rip Anderson, Metal Culverts, left a message for the commission that a COMMISSION big increase in the cost of metal and poly culverts was going to take place Jan. 1, 2019. James will check county inventory and see what needs to be ordered.

Commissioners Cox and Uthe will each contact their township boards and advise them of the increase in price.

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North Daviess fifth graders ‘traveling’ for Christmas this year North Daviess teacher Taylor Ingerson’s fifth grade classroom has definitely been traveling for Christmas. One of North Daviess’ newest teachers wanted to challenge her students with extra knowledge of Christmas. She incorporated into her classroom a curriculum called “Christmas around the World.”

Students were allowed a country of their choice. Then the work began. Students had to research such things as traditions, gift giving, history and holiday food of the country.

A report by each student was part of the learning circle not only for the student who was doing the research, but for the other students who then were presented with the country and their Christmas traditions.

Mrs. Ingerson gave this study not only as a research project but also as a speech and presentation. The finale for each student was the making of a food item from the chosen country.

Mrs. Ingerson said that her students had so much fun gathering all the information that many went above the requirements simply because they wanted to learn more. One student chose to return to her roots of Holland and brought in wooden shoes, while another student’s country choice of Ireland led them to prepare some traditional Irish buttercream cookies.

ing repairs to tubes and bridges in Union and Jefferson Townships. Discussion was held regarding the price increase coming Jan. 1 for road tubes.

Bills were approved and minutes from the last meeting were approved.

Dan Hegeman, Missouri Senator, met with the commission to discuss the new “Wayfair law” regarding sales tax collection on internet sales that will be debated this upcoming session of the Missouri Legislature. He also discussed funding for roads and bridges, lobbying rules, PACE protections, and other issues coming up this next session.

Sally Black and Diane McLey from the assessor’s office and Danny Kincaid and Sean Connelly with Dancomp Computers, LLC, met with the commissioners regarding their assessment of the county’s IT structure and the assessor’s office issues.

Brent Elliot, circuit judge, and Pam Howard, circuit clerk, met with the commission to discuss 2019 preliminary budgets.

Sally Black, assessor, Jane McKinsey, recorder, and Pam McNeel, collector-treasurer, each met with the commission to discuss 2019 preliminary budgets.

Andrea Patterson, circuit court reporter, met with the

commission to discuss 2019 budget for court reporters.

Sheriff Ben Becerra met with the commission to discuss 2019 preliminary budgets.

Ryan Nelson and Melissa Ward, Key Refrigeration, along with Janet and Jay Hart of Grand River Heating, met with the commission to discuss options for updating the HVAC system for the courthouse.

Ronetta Burton, county clerk, updated the commission on the ongoing phone project. All of the new phones are installed.

Magnets with the new number are available in each office in the courthouse as well as many businesses around the county.

The next phase is to fine tune some of the phones and how they ring for a few of the offices, and to install and finish moving the fax machines to the new service. This should be completed in the next week. As soon as that is complete, the county will be working on finishing the cleanup of the main IT structure and security.

An invoice for electrical wiring work on the first floor was approved to be paid out of building renovation funds.

Discussion was held in regard to appointing an interim coroner effective Jan 1, 2019, as well as the coroner budget for

2019. Jim Ruse will contact prospective candidates. The issue was tabled until next week.

David Cox made a motion to approve a contract with Daviess-DeKalb Regional Jail to provide courthouse security on an on-call basis when necessary; Wayne Uthe seconded, and the motion passed.

The commission instructed the county clerk to pay the 2018 Maintenance Agreement fee to the Daviess County Soil and Water Conservation office. The 2019 fee will be due in March 2019.

After discussion, David Cox made a motion to increase the yearly payment for clock winding

and maintenance from $1,350 to $1,400, effective for 2018; Wayne Uthe seconded and the motion passed.

All three commissioners will be attending the mandatory County Commissioners Association of Missouri (CCAM) meeting Feb. 6-8, 2019, in Columbia.

The commission discussed Section 106 filings received this week for telecommunications monopoles being installed in four locations in the county.

This information is taken from the minutes of the Dec. 19, 2018, meeting of the Daviess County Commission. All commissioners were present.

Successful ‘Jammie Jingle’ drive by NHS

The Gallatin R-5 National Honor Society “Jammie Jingle” pajama drive for Children’s Mercy patients was a huge success. This unique and worthwhile cause was started last year by then NHS President, Courtney Shubert. For this year, the method of collecting donations was changed. Donations were accepted at the Dec. 11 basketball game versus Putnam County in lieu of a gate entrance fee. In addition, the Tree of Warmth collected donations of hats, scarves, gloves, socks, etc. All items collected were donated to Bright Futures. Both service projects were planned and organized by the following NHS members: John Gibson, Graydee Rains, Karley Salmon, Zoe Bradford, and Madalyn Shubert. NHS extends appreciation to all who were able to donate. [Submitted photo]

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Judy M. Scott 1953-2018 Memorial services for Judy Scott will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018, at Turner Family Funeral Home of Maysville. Visitation is from 12 to 1 p.m. at the funeral home.

Judy Marie Scott, 65, Winston, was born March 26, 1953, in Oklahoma City, OK, the daughter of Dale and Julian (Pruitt) Smith, passed away Dec. 22, 2018.

Judy drove a semi-truck with her family for several years and later was a correctional officer at Crossroads Correctional Center in Cameron.

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Kimber Paige Roe Kimber Paige Roe, precious baby girl of Nicole and Brian Roe of Gallatin, was born Dec. 22, 2018, at the Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe. Kimber weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces, and was 19 inches long. Although Kimber never spent time with us on earth she was very loved and touched many lives. Kimber will forever live in our hearts and minds. Heaven’s gain was our loss.

Kimber is also survived by her brother and sisters, Kylie, Karley, Jaycie and Greyson all of the home.

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Blood drive Jan. 7 at Gallatin church The American Red Cross urgently needs blood and platelet donors to make an appointment between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Jan. 7, 2019, at the First Baptist Church, 511 West Richardson in Gallatin.

Now is an important time to give blood and platelets. A seasonal decline in donations occurs from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day when donors get busy with family gatherings and travel. In addition, severe winter weather can cause blood drive cancellations and negatively affect the blood supply.

Give the gift of life – make an appointment to donate blood and platelets by downloading the free American Red Cross Blood Donor App, or calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-7332767). You may also call Myrlene Heldenbrand at 660-663-5400 to make an appointment.

As a special thank-you for helping meet the urgent need, those who come to give Dec. 20 through Jan. 6 will receive a long-sleeved Red Cross T-shirt, while supplies last.

In November 2016, a 100-foot maple tree fell on Mike McMahon, causing life-threatening injuries. He needed 11 units of blood during emergency surgery and another seven units to treat complications after. Six weeks following the accident, McMahon was released from the hospital – just in time to spend the holidays with his family.

“I’m grateful for the donors who gave me such an amazing gift – the gift of life,” said McMahon. “I was an occasional blood donor before the accident. Today, I donate as often as I can to help ensure others receive blood when they need it most.”

December 26, 2018

Knox County Sheriff pled guilty, ordered to resign

Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley announced Dec. 19 that Knox County Sheriff Robert Becker, 51, pled guilty to charges of sexual abuse and domestic assault and will resign. He pled guilty to sexual abuse in the second degree and domestic assault in the fourth degree in the Circuit Court of Knox County.

Knox County Associate Circuit Judge Tom Redington sentenced Becker to one year in the county jail for each offense, suspended execution of the sentence, and placed Becker on two years probation under the supervision of the Missouri Board of Probation and Parole. Becker was also suspended from his duty as sheriff effective immediately. As a condition of his probation Becker must resign from his position as Knox County Sheriff by Dec. 31, 2018, surrender his Peace Officer Standards and Training license, and enroll in sex offender treatment.

Knox County is a county located in the northeast portion of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,131, making it the third-least populous county in Missouri. Its county seat is Edina.

“There is no place for law enforcement officers who abuse their power,” Hawley said. “As a result of today’s plea, Mr. Becker can no longer serve in any law enforcement capacity. The Knox County community is safer as a result of today’s action.”

The Attorney General’s Office was appointed special prosecutor due to a conflict of interest. Assistant Attorneys General Katharine Dolin, Christine Krug, and Gregory Goodwin handled the case in cooperation with the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Area churches report holiday services, activities Altamont United Methodist Worship theme was about how Christmas brings God’s light into a dark world. Lighting of the Advent candles and devotion “Light a little candle in your heart today; say a prayer for Jesus born on Christmas day” was done by Lisa Daniels and Channing McBroom.

Choral call to worship was “His Name is Wonderful.” Children baptized into Christ Jesus were Rayleigh Kennedy and Titus John Hoffman. Their families gathered around them for the blessing.

We rejoice in the new membership of Ryan and Krista Clark.

They will be loyal to Christ and our congregation. Krista and her father James Wilson blessed us with Christmas vocal music, “My Son Became My Savior Tonight” and “Breath of Heaven.”

Sharon Anthuis, James Wilson and Beverly Hunter provided homemade candy and cookies.

Laurie Walton Roll is recovering from knee replacement at Cameron Regional. The mighty one has done great things for us, Luke 1:49.

Gallatin United Methodist Jan Johnson played the prelude as Andrea Dush lit the altar candles and the Praise Team led the congregation singing “Here I Am To Worship.” The fourth Advent candle was lit by Amy and Kendra McMahon. Pastor Brad’s sermon, “Advent Ensemble: Joseph,” was based on Luke 2:1-7.

The children’s Christmas program, under the direction of Anita Riley, was presented during worship service. Bill Hunt gave the Dush family Christmas gifts from the congregation. Dec. 30 will be a Sunday Sing Fest during church

service. Kids Quest begins Jan. 9 after school. The next dine in/ carry out will be Jan. 27.

Spoken prayer concerns by name were for Laurie Roll and Scott Peters.

Friends in Christ The service was opened by Shonna Morrison, and Peggy Earnst led in prayer. Praise songs were “Silent NIght” and “Noel.”

Grant Burger did the advent reading from James 1:17. We were in week three of the sermon series

by Andy Stanley of North Point Church in Atlanta, GA, called, “The Unsettling Solution for Just About Everything.” The message was entitled “Do You See What I See?” and was based on Matthew 7:3-5 and Romans 5:8. The service concluded with the Lord’s Prayer.

We concluded our “Be Rich” giving campaign with donations to local organizations.

Lake Viking “Glory to God in the Highest” was the title of Pastor Robert Nelson’s sermon. The main scripture was Luke 2:1-20. The choir sang three Christmas carols. There will be no Ladies Bible Study on Dec. 26 and Jan. 2. However, the evening Adult Bible Study will meet at 7 p.m. and the youth group will meet as usual at 6:30 p.m.

Gallatin First Christian Pastor Corey Norman’s message for his last Sunday in the pulpit completed an Advent series based on Isaiah 9:6-7, “He Will Be Called ... Prince of Peace.” We welcomed Ivonne’s parents, Jun and Shirley Magsino, as visitors.

A doughnuts-and-coffee reception was held between services in honor of the Normans. We wish them well as they transition to their call-

ing in missions work with a home base in Jonesboro, AR. Lighthouse Learning Center will be closed Dec. 24-25 and Dec. 31-Jan. 1. The church office will be closed Dec. 25 and Jan. 1.

Sunday, Dec. 30, is a combined worship service at 9:30 a.m. with carry-in fellowship meal following at 11.

Prayer requests this week include the family of Judy Scott, Trudi Burton, Carl McBee, Sarah Campbell, Laurie Walton-Roll, Deby Gann, Taylor Bond, and Joe Griffin.a Gallatin First Baptist Wood Marshall gave the welcome and announcements, and read the scripture and lit the Advent candle. Micah Sidebottom led intercessory prayer time. Lacey Henry presented the special music. Rick Willett read the scripture, and Bro. Garrett presented a message entitled “Your heart shows that your treasures are stored in one of two places,” Matthew 6:19-21.

A Christmas Eve candlelight service was held with the Lord’s Supper being served. Renee Hood and Sharon Burke played Christmas music throughout the service.

This was truly a beautiful service in observance of Jesus’ birth.

There will be no Pioneer Club or JOY Youth on Wednesday, Jan. 2. They will resume meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 9. The Celebration Choir will meet for practice on Jan. 2 at 6 p.m. The Keenagers luncheon will be held on Thursday, Jan. 3.

There will be a Red Cross Blood Drive at Gallatin First Baptist Church on Monday, Jan. 7, from 3 to 7 p.m.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF DAVIESS COUNTY, MISSOURI Case No. 18DV-CC00005 ROSALIE UTSLER Plaintiff, v.

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NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE IN PARTITION TAKE NOTICE THAT on January 11, 2019, at 2:00 p.m., on the order of the Honorable R. Brent Elliott, Circuit Judge of Daviess County, Missouri, the sheriff of Daviess County, Missouri will sell to the highest bidder, for 10% in cash, certified funds or wire transfer on the date of sale, with the balance to be paid in cash, certified funds, or wire transfer within 30 days thereafter, the real property described as: The Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 24, in Township 60 of Range 28, in Daviess County, Missouri.

Said sale shall take place and be conducted at the south door of the Daviess County courthouse in Gallatin, Missouri.

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Defense, rebounding keys to Lady Bulldog win at Holiday Hoops Gallatin’s girls held East Buchanan to 22% shooting from the field and took a huge edge in rebounding on their way to a 34-29 victory last Saturday in Holiday Hoops action in Trenton.

Caragan Baker and Karley Salmon led GHS scorers with 8 points each. Claire Hemry, Addison Burns, Kelsey Maxwell and Madalyn Shubert each chipped in 4 points for the winners. Maxwell pulled down a game-high 14 rebounds, as well. Burn also came up big on the boards with 8 rebounds.

Gallatin led by as many as 10 points in the third quarter. East Buchanan cut the lead to 30-29 with 2:45 to play in the game but a bucket by Burns and free throws from Shubert and Hemry closed out scoring.

East Buchanan’s boys hit 8 of 13 three-point shots on their way to a 74-30 win in Saturday’s nightcap in the Holiday Hoops event held on the NCMC campus. The KCI Tournament champs built a commanding 3313 lead at the break and padded their advantage with a 27-point third quarter.

Dylan Burns led Gallatin, now 4-4, with 11 points. Landon

Corwin added 8 for the red and black Bulldogs.

Gallatin teams take on Lathrop on Friday in more Holiday Hoops action at 7:30 and 9 p.m.

The Lady Bulldogs take on Southwest Livingston at 3 p.m. on Saturday. The Bulldogs close out the boys’ Holiday Hoops competition next Monday at 4:30 p.m. against Hardin-Central.

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(continued from page 1) Assess Value 4,012,655 4,012,655 505,552 505,552 374,049 1,919,636 1,162,162 1,162,162 137,886,393 6,942,943 6,942,943 7,062,383 7,062,383 7,062,383 5,561,426 5,561,426 5,561,426 4,272,765 4,272,765 4,272,765 13,155,770 8,252,994 8,252,994 13,050,954 5,893,101 5,893,101 5,893,101 31,406,370 6,788,040 5,026,221 5,026,221 5,026,221 5,033,557 5,033,557 5,033,557 3,845,006 3,845,006 3,845,006 6,742,345 6,742,345 6,742,345 5,573,592 5,573,592 5,573,592 20,653,499 20,653,499 3,661,808 3,661,808 3,661,808 30,260,475 6,476,483 5,361,021 14,486,084 31,814,915 137,886,393 14,866,298 14,866,298 24,300,768 24,300,768 11,783,904 47,017,262 22,072,760 22,072,760 137,886,393 137,886,393 137,886,393

Ceiling 0.7021 0.1663 0.5000 0.2056 0.4107 1.0000 0.5000 0.3071 0.1837 0.1000 0.5000 0.0987 0.4938 0.2519 0.1000 0.5000 0.3571 0.0782 0.3863 0.3508 0.0898 0.5000 0.3611 0.0912 0.1000 0.4757 0.3552 0.0642 0.5000 0.0997 0.4982 0.3590 0.0791 0.4842 0.3585 0.0999 0.4957 0.3537 0.1000 0.5000 0.3527 0.0963 0.4474 0.3539 0.0498 0.3791 0.1000 0.5000 0.3570 0.5047 0.3000 0.2959 0.2964 0.2965 0.2407 4.6199 1.5844 2.9501 1.2500 5.2838 4.4029 4.2372 0.2665 0.1193 0.0926 0.0498

Levied 0.7021 0.1663 0.5000 0.2056 0.4107 1.0000 0.5000 0.3071 0.1837 0.1000 0.5000 0.0987 0.4938 0.2519 0.1000 0.5000 0.3571 0.0782 0.3863 0.3508 0.0898 0.5000 0.3611 0.0912 0.1000 0.4757 0.3552 0.0642 0.5000 0.0997 0.4982 0.3500 0.0791 0.4842 0.3585 0.0999 0.4957 0.3537 0.1000 0.5000 0.3527 0.0963 0.4474 0.3539 0.0498 0.3791 0.1000 0.5000 0.3570 0.5047 0.3000 0.2959 0.2964 0.2965 0.2407 4.6199 0.5623 2.9501 1.2500 5.2838 4.4029 4.2372 0.2665 0.1193 0.0922 0.0498

Revenue 28,173 6,673 2,528 1,039 1,536 19,196 5,811 3,569 253,297 6,943 34,715 6,971 34,874 17,790 5,561 27,807 19,860 3,341 16,506 14,989 11,814 41,265 29,802 11,902 5,893 28,033 20,932 20,163 33,940 5,011 25,041 17,592 3,982 24,372 18,045 3,841 19,060 13,600 6,742 33,712 23,780 5,367 24,936 19,725 10,285 78,297 3,662 18,309 13,073 152,725 19,429 15,863 42,937 94,331 331,893 686,808 83,593 716,897 303,760 622,638 2,070,123 935,267 58,824 164,498 127,131 68,667

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Selena. She won Reserve Champion Youth Overall with Miss N Selena at CKT Barrel Racing Series for 2018 with Miss N Selena.

She qualified for the Bonus Race World Finals three times this year in Lincoln, NE, for 2019.

Allee recently won Daviess County Overall Pleasure Champion for 2018 at the Jamesport Junior Livestock Show as well as Daviess County Speed Champion and Daviess County Champion Overall.

Allee rides every day that she possibly can as long as the weather cooperates. It’s not uncommon to find her out in the pasture riding bareback with just a halter after school if she doesn’t have time to fit in a full ride. She often helps move cows or just trail rides quite a bit with her Papa, Randy Eads.

Her mother rides with her occasionally, when she has time.

Her dad doesn’t like to ride.

Allee raised her very own foal, Arrow Has My Heart, for the first time this spring and is currently training him.

“If she can’t ride, she is working with them in some way every single day, no matter the weather,” her mother says.

She also shows mules and a donkey. The mules she has shown are Joker, whom she currently has loaned out, and Sissy, that she has shown the past few years. Her donkey is Gypsy Mae. She has done all of the training on Gypsy Mae herself. She is currently teaching her to pull a cart.

Allee also has her own herd of Pygmy goats and some chickens.

Not surprisingly, she wants to be a veterinarian when she grows up.

Allee does all of the caretaking on her own of all of these animals. She grooms them and cleans their stalls. Her father and mother only help if she is

gone or needs an extra hand, which is rare.

Will Allee ever outgrow her love for horses?

“I think horses will always be a part of her life,” her mother says.

“Horses aren’t my whole life,” Allee says. “They just make my life whole!”

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