Letter to the Editor – Kenneth C. Nordvall

I am presently the stated supply minister for the Gallatin Presbyterian Church, driving there Sunday mornings from Independence.

The reason for this letter is because of the absence of signs for Gallatin on I-35, while approaching the Hwy. 69 exit. Not one sign along the way. Yet, in that one mile stretch, just before the turn to Hwy.69, there are two large signs for Winston and others for Jamesport, Trenton, North Central College and Crowder State Park. None for Gallatin. The same is true coming from the north. The Hwy. 69 exit has no sign for Gallatin, yet several for other locales.

Earlier this summer I had a first-hand "out of town" experience at the Hwy. 69 exit. That Sunday morning my son-in-law was driving and we zoomed past the exit. (I’m a poor back seat driver.) We were surprised at the next exit, Hwy. 6, to see a Gallatin sign, but then we had to angle back in order to reach town.

Something important is missing. The smaller communities have their signs, but the county seat with its colorful history has strangely been bypassed. This matter should be easy to change.

Let’s get signed up.

Thank you for this opportunity.

Kenneth C. Nordvall, Independence