A summary of what made the news during the past year (July – December)
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July
When Scott Critten takes a road trip — it’s the company, not the journey; Upward Bound provides help to college-bound; Daviess County Junior Livestock Show opens; Trooper Keenan J. Cool has been assigned to Daviess and DeKalb; Park board having a blast planning July 4 event; Gallatin Police with residents a safe holiday; over 10,000 tires roll into dump; Winston Historical Society will present the 27th Annual Jesse James Days Festival; Gallatin Hardwood opens sawmill in Gallatin, plans to expand; All tracts in industrial park now sold; Ron Ellis BBQ of Cameron was the Grand Champion at the 2014 Smoke in the Park; Children’s Theater will present “Blackbeard the Pirate”; Alex Richards to star in “Hairspray: The Musical”; Daviess County youth tobacco usage is higher than the state average; city seeks interim financing for water plant; VFW Post 2172 earns “All State” status; FEC area youth benefit fund dinner/auction, golf tournament; Lake Viking Marine hosts charity event for the Wounded Warrior Foundation; Gallatin pool party: Splash back to the 70s; R-5 Board of Education introduced to new faculty; Access II celebrates 24th anniversary of ADA PSA; Regional jail contemplates locking out other counties; 123rd Annual Jameson Picnic will be held Aug. 7, 8, and 9; History of Margaret Jean (Truitt) Ferguson by the Daviess County native published; MDC encourages Missourians to share opinions on protecting deer; Gallatin Theater League presented a check for $550.87 to the Gallatin Fire Protection District.
August
Daviess County Chautauqua is back on track; Access II will hold Back to School Bash; Chief Mark Richards discussed “No Parking” signs on Park Street; Mike Tipton new pastor at Gallatin and Jamesport United Methodist Churches; Carl Carder retired after 32 years in the military; Active Aging holds Scamboree; Vietnam Veterans Memorial “Moving Wall” to visit Gallatin in August; Vietnam veteran Chris Uhlenhopp, Jamesport, did his basic training at San Antonio, Texas; AYBF annual fundraising events net $42,000; Thomas Auberry first settler in Jamesport; Jamesport High School 100 years old; Can you imagine it being too cool to swim in July in Missouri; August’s full moon — called a supermoon; Fourth annual “Access to Art” show and sale; Coffey Fire station overhauled; Daviess County Nursing and Rehab fundraiser “You’ve Been Flocked”; VFW Post 2172 receives All American Award; Amy and Travis Heldenbrand discover power and beauty of Moving Wall; Salmons celebrate 75th wedding anniversary; Elaine Kettring moved to service by Moving Wall; Gallatin Fire Protection District announces fire station groundbreaking; City sends notices to owners of burned building on square; For the Steigerwalt family “everything means something.”
September
Frances Whitt turns 100; Jail pays off debt one year early; You’ll find the thrill of the race at U.S. 36 Raceway; Gallatin city crews replace underground electric line that feeds courthouse; Fairview celebrates 130th birthday; home of Gene Prindle, Jameson, lost to fire; City conducts electric study, pool still draining funds; Hamiltons from Gallatin First Christian went on mission trip to Central America; Pattonsburg celebrates 20 year anniversary of move out of flood plain; Kase Critten, Tannah Terry crowned GHS Homecoming King & Queen; Civil Bend has been 150 years in the family; Lorene McDonald will lead Chautauqua Parade as Grand Marshal; Megan and Sawyer DeWitt race Missouri for 340 miles; Reality show features Tim Wilson local cabin builder; Pattonsburg’s first homecoming since 1982; PSF/Murphy-Brown celebrates 25th anniversary; BTC Bank donates $10,000 to Gallatin Fire District; Gallatin considers building inspector; Vic and Kelli Koelling opened Hamilton Home on the Range; Gallatin Methodist Men’s Prayer Group hold Kickin’ Cancer with Kindness; Paul and Terry Pierce buy T&D Auto.
October
Vivian Bowman pens first book; Streets around Courthouse square resealed; Tommy McWilliams took a notion to put up a cross; GFG purchases ag companies at Jamesport, Trenton; Jail staff, inmates will help with Pattonsburg car show, anniversary; Local administrators hope Amendment 3 is a losing proposition; Tanner Johnson and family represent county at state fair;
Brice Garnett joins MWSU Hall of Fame; Gallatin License Office contract up for bid; Gallatin Fire Protection District purchases ladder; 141-year-old Elbert’s building gets a facelift; Health departments experience funding cuts at scary time; CRMC to sponsor 12th annual health fair; Malinda Daniel fatally injured after vehicle leaves road; Gallatin city administrator receives statewide MPUA award; Dale Christensen, Jameson, seeks presidency in 2016; Despite lower crop prices, survey shows land prices up in 2014; Gallatin school’s A+ program may not be fully funded; Active Aging Resource Center at Gallatin offering second PEPPI; Plans underway for construction of middle school on Gallatin campus; Friends in Christ Church celebrates opening; Hug your trees — city getting ready to trim; Courter Theater gets new curtains; Veterans Breakfast Set for Nov. 11; Daviess County Fine Arts Council is presenting Scare on the Square; Fatal fire in Trenton Sunday night led to standoff in McFall; Lighter side of cemetery work — funeral directors’ headstone; Gabrielle Gibson chosen for All-State Choir; Thirty years of theater now on DVD; Joe Flanders of Gallatin, Union Pacific, repaired crossing on Unity Avenue.
November
Voter turnout measured 38% at yesterday’s election; Eric Corwin recognized for 30 plus years winding courthouse clock; Booking room may be moved from courthouse to regional jail; Numerous wrecks at Jamesport intersection lead to safety study; Winston R-6 celebrated National Red Ribbon Week with balloon release; Second change in rates to reflect gas cost changes; Theatre production of “All Aboard…” on track; Community Thanksgiving held at First Christian; Escapee taken into custody in Gallatin; Bailey Shea Williams puts the spice in Monster Jam; Kenny Critten uses irrigation system in Grand River bottoms; Military means life of duty, sacrifice for Gallatin’s Plotner family; Gallatin’s second annual Christmas Around the Square unfolds; Gilman City man fatally injured in accident; Three local schools gladly shoulder Backpack Buddies program; Gallatin water rates increase dramatically; Celebrate 50 years of American Family Insurance in the Ward family; Nathan Moore on target for National Team in shooting sports; Gilman City man fatally injured in accident at Crowder Lake; Amish farmers discuss organic egg farming in Jamesport; Gettin Place in Breckenridge opened Nov. 15; Volunteers from every church help 50 families a week through Seventh Day Community Service Center.
December
Clean up of cemeteries offers challenges and rewards; People Service to take over Gallatin sewer plant; Livestock Market opens under new ownership; Deer totals up for state, down for county; Construction continues on Gallatin Fire Protection District’s new fire station; Georgia Maxwell retires from courthouse; Dockery Park Board approves budget for 2015; Bids go out for construction of water plant; Stan and Denise Ray (the “Raywolds”) win first place in lighting contest; PFC John David Macy, with the 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, isn’t sure what he is having for dinner for Christmas; Missing Jamesport tournament monies under investigation; Home birth, once a community norm, now a rare choice; City accepts real estate as gift; Lucille Bruce looks to Christmas future; Gift from Lake Viking Quilting Club is the wrapping; State Farm opens for business on square; L. Dean Reno, Daviess native, publishes poetry.
See January through June HERE.