The annual Easter Egg hunt sponsored by the Pattonsburg United Methodist Church this year was one of the best attended ever. Parents and children gathered at the church Saturday afternoon under bright sunny skies to not only hunt eggs but enjoyed crafts and refreshments in the fellowship hall. The church appreciates all the parents for making it such a fine day for the children. [Submitted Photo]
An economic impact study of Premium Standard Farms (PSF) and Farmland Foods has been completed by the Commercial Agriculture Program, University of Missouri Extension.
Gallatin City Administrator Zac Johnson said he had received the survey information for the CDBG grant. It is very important that the citizens who receive the survey complete it and return it in order for the water plant project to continue.
Easter morning Jim and Sally Kirkpatrick hid some plastic eggs for their daughter Kelsey, 10, to find. She had found all but one so everybody set out to find the last missing egg. Jim was looking around in the backyard of their home on Main Street in Gallatin and found about 45 morel mushrooms! [Submitted Photo]
The City of Pattonsburg’s Industrial Development Authority ( IDA), Department of Economic Development and K-Bar Incorporated recently announce the opening of a new manufacturing business to be housed in the former "Headwear USA" building in Pattonsburg’s Industrial District.
The Spanish classes at North Daviess High School had the opportunity to take part in the Foreign Language Film Festival at the Central Missouri State University campus this year.
Each script had to be written entirely in Spanish, and the student actors had to speak fluently enough to get their point across. The video also had to have subtitles in English so that everyone could enjoy it.
The movie for Spanish I, whose members are Ashley Cromer, Anna Morris, Suncirae Merrit, Allen Moore, Brandon Lewis, Rachel McMahon and Heather Claibourn, was a comedy whose characters were vegetables. The movie for Spanish II, whose members are Breanna Jones and Brittanie Southard, was also a comedy. The movie for Spanish III, whose members include Jeannette Loftin, Kelsey Brown, and Grant Hartley, was a romantic comedy.
Lions All-Star Basketball Classic will be held Saturday, June 4, at the Ketcham Center in Trenton.
2011 Boys Teams players from Daviess County are — Purple Team: Taylor Eoff of Gilman City; Gold Team: Nick Wilson of Gilman City and Josh Curtis of Pattonsburg. 2011 Girls Teams include — Purple Team: Hannah Sweet of Tri-County; White Team: Sarah Emerson of Pattonsburg and Rachel Brice of Winston; Black Team: Amber Mullen of Winston.
Gallatin will hold its Evening of the Arts on Wednesday, Mary 4, with a spring band concert and art show.
The band will perform several different genres of music. They will also feature the band’s contest pieces and some of the state solo and ensemble performers.
The art students will have work on display in the gym and can be viewed from 6:30 p.m until the concert begins at 7. After the concert, there will be a dessert bar in the commons.
The Gallatin R-5 School District was among 43 schools throughout Northwest Missouri to be recognized recently for their outstanding results on the Annual Performance Report, compiled by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). This school improvement model recognizes schools that have promoted the achievement of students through success in testing on core subjects on the annual MAP tests.
Members of the Gallatin Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Chapter recently attended the 2011 Missouri FBLA Leadership Conference held on April 17, 18 and 19 in Columbia.
Gallatin students placing in the top 10 at state were:
Becca Mott, Ashley Burns, and Molly Mott — 5th American Enterprise Project; Taylor Sheldon, Cali Welch, and Len Deutschman — 2nd Business Plan Project; Lauren Taylor — 3rd Digital Design and Promotion; Bo Malo — 9th Digital Video Production; Bailey Morrison – 1st Intro to Parliamentary Procedures; Bailey Bozarth — 2nd Job Interview; Chris McNickle – 10th Intro to Technology Concepts; Kaymon Witt, Breanne Brammer, Mattie Burge, Michael Youd, and Chaz Green – 5th Parliamentary Procedures; Breanne Brammer — 2nd in Who’s Who in Missouri FBLA and 8th in Ms. Future Business Leader.
Bailey Morrison, Bailey Bozarth, Kaymon Witt, Breanne Brammer, Michael Youd, Chaz Green, Taylor Sheldon, Cali Welch, and Len Deustchman will be representing GHS at national competition in Orlando this June.
FBLA is a career and technical student organization for all high school students participating in business programs. Over 2,750 members and advisers representing 426 chapters throughout the state met to elect state officers, transact business of the state chapter, participate in leadership and career workshops, and compete in the state leadership awards program.
Pictured, left to right, are Cali Welch, Len Deutschman, Taylor Sheldon, Mattie Burge, Bailey Bozarth, Breanne Brammer, Lauren Taylor, Michael Youd, Bailey Morrison, Kaymon Witt, and Chaz Green. [Submitted Photo]
The 2011 men’s golf league at Daviess County Country Club is slated to begin Wednesday, May 18, at 5:45 p.m., and will continue each Wednesday through mid-August.
Results for the Worth County Relays (4/20/11), Albany Relays (4/21/11), and Albany Junior High Relays (4/18/11) are listed below.
Despite wet weather that limited golfers to only nine holes, Gallatin linksters performed well at the Grand River Conference Tournament held Monday in Bethany.
County Commission
The commission discussed the bridge in Jefferson Township destroyed by a gravel truck in 2010. The truck’s insurance carrier contacted the commission offering to settle for $24,000. David Cox moved to accept the settlement in order to proceed with the re-construction as soon as possible. Danny Heldenbrand seconded. Cox – yes; Heldenbrand – yes; Sims – yes.
The Daviess County Sheriff’s Office has a website available for viewing. It includes information regarding CCW permits, paper service fees, identity theft, the administration and much more. The web address is www.daviesscountysheriff.com.
The sheriff’s office is selling Torch Run t-shirts. If you are interested, please stop by the office or call 660-663-2031. The shirts are priced from $10 to $15.
MoDOT contest educates Missourians about rail safety
The North Daviess R-3 Board of Education eliminated some positions and cut hours on others during their meeting held April 18.
The Winston R-6 Board of Education discussed installing a security surveillance system for the school, but no action was taken.
An animal control plan was presented to the Village of Winston Board of Trustees during their meeting April 4.
Pattonsburg R-2 Board of Education rehired all non-certified staff for the 2011-2012 school year during a meeting held April 19.