Lock Springs Alumni Banquet May 8
The Lock Springs Alumni Banquet will be held Saturday, May 8, at the Lock Springs schoolhouse.
Dispose of old tires April 22 at Cameron
If you have old tires to dispose of, mark April 22 on your calendar.
New employees at Green Hills Telephone
Green Hills Telephone of Breckenridge announces three new employees who began work there during the first quarter of this business year. Two of the employees, Brandon Hoover and Steve Gann, reside at Gallatin, and a third, Vicky Howe, is a resident of Chillicothe.
Senate addresses $16.8 billion budget
The Missouri State Senate this week began intensive floor work on state government’s $16.8 billion budget for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1. Twelve appropriation bills comprise the budget, which pays for all public services provided by the state of Missouri.
Missouriana
Now that you have spent hours gathering records, watched a tax preparer sift through your totals and mailed your check to the IRS, don’t forget the folks who made it all possible.@list = Supporters of Proposition B spent about four million bucks on the concealed...Is payday just around the corner?
by Jack Stapleton, Jr.
More than five decades have passed since the Englishman John Maynard Keynes conveniently provided a rationale for the deficit financing by the federal government that President Franklin Roosevelt had stumbled onto. FDR was trying by every means possible to pull our country out of the Great Depression.
GHS girls sprint at Trenton relays
Julie Macy takes th btaon from Rebecca Stith during a leg of the 2×220 -yard race at the Trenton Relays.
GHS girls sprint at Trenton relays
Julie Macy takes th btaon from Rebecca Stith during a leg of the 2×220 -yard race at the Trenton Relays.
Family Daze: Easter Basket Case
By Debbie Farmer
Meth lab busted
Authorities made one arrest in a bust of a methamphetamine lab on Tuesday, April 6, at a rural residence northwest of Pattonsburg. The investigation leading to the arrest was a cooperative effort of the Mo. State Highway Patrol, Drug Strike Force, and the Daviess County Sheriff’s Dept.
Family Daze: All You Remember About Your Child
by Debbie Farmer
Forgivable student loans to attract teachers to rural areas
This legislative bill will provide the incentive to move out to our rural areas, and once there, show them the benefits of raising their families in our safe, clean communities.
Decisions now on Internet issues
Nobody knows how many households in Daviess County are wired to the Internet, probably less than 500. So, Internet issues may not interest many of us now. Yet the decisions many of us shrug off today have consequences for our tomorrow.
‘Little Shop of Horrors’ this week
Gallatin Theatre League will stage the musical comedy “Little Shop of Horrors” at Courter Theater with performances at 7:30 p.m. on April 8-9-10. The production features the talents of Doug Nichols as Seymour, Anita Malo as Audry, and Rhonda McCann as Mrs. Mushnik.
Hot issues prompt decisive votes
Daviess County voters turned out in good numbers yesterday and, in many instances, made decisive choices on various issues affecting pocketbooks, schools, and local government. Local voters bucked against statewide results, endorsing Proposition B to authorize concealed weapons by a 287-vote margin.
Sarah Short d. 1999
Sarah Lucetta “Sadie” (Strickland) Short, 83, Hamilton, died March 25, 1999, at her residence.
Mrs. Short was born on a farm northwest of Hamilton. She graduated from the Altamont high school.
Edwin Peniston d. 1999
Edwin Peniston, 83, Oceanside, Calif., died March 29, 1999.
Mr. Peniston had moved to California from Gallatin last year.
Delbert Plymell d. 1999
Delbert J. Plymell, 96, died March 29, 1999, at his home. Mr. Plymell, a farmer, was born in Daviess County. He was a resident of Pattonsburg.
Mary Hannah Ray d. 1999
Mary Hannah Ray, 97, died March 30, 1999, at the Baptist Home, Chillicothe. Mrs. Ray, a homemaker, was born in Gilman City. Mrs. Ray was a charter resident of the Baptist Home in Chillicothe since 1988. She had also been a member of the First Baptist Church, Gallatin, for 58 years.
David Nible d. 1999
David L. Nible, 66, Cameron, died March 30, 1999, at his home. Mr. Nible was born at Cainsville. He lived in the Lake Viking area of Gallatin before moving to Cameron two years ago.