Community lunch planned to support Meals on Wheels

Join the Active Aging Resource Center in Gallatin for a community lunch to support Meals on Wheels on Friday, March 29, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at BTC Bank in Gallatin. The Gallatin R-5 FBLA chapter and BTC Bank are sponsoring the pulled pork sandwich, chips, cookie,...

Election Choices: Jamesport places use tax on ballot

Voters in Jamesport will have the opportunity to vote on a use tax at the April 2 municipal election. The Jamesport City Council approved placing an ordinance regarding the use tax on the April ballot during a meeting last December. City Clerk Shelley Page reported...

Water plant blows its top; city requests road oil quotes

Public Works Director Mark Morey reported that operators have had more issues at the new water plant. Three days after a load of CO2 (carbon dioxide) was received, the valve blew off and released 11,000 pounds of CO2. The contractor is scheduled to be onsite April 1...

Anna Uthe marks 100th birthday

Friends and family of Anna Viola (Allen) Uthe, formerly of Winston, are invited to join the celebration for Mrs. Uthe’s 100th birthday. The birthday party will be held from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, April 6, in the dining hall at Cameron Manor, 801 Euclid Avenue, Cameron,...

Pattonsburg Multi-Purpose

Menus April 1-5 Monday: ham and beans, fried potatoes, spinach, peaches, cornbread; Tuesday: BBQ ribs, cole slaw, baked beans, ambrosia; Wednesday: hot turkey on bread, mashed potatoes w/gravy, buttered broccoli, pears, oatmeal cake; Thursday: fried chicken, mashed...

Free gas cards still available at banks

Free gas cards are still available for cancer patients at Farmers Bank and BTC Bank in Gallatin. You may pick up the gas cards in the bank lobby or drive-up window at either bank to help with transportation costs when going to treatments. The Kickin’ Cancer with...

Active Aging Resource Center

Community lunch to support Meals on Wheels on Friday, March 29, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at BTC Bank in Gallatin. Calendar March 29: March for Meals 11 to 1. Menus April 1-5 Monday: sausage gravy and biscuit, hash browns, spinach, fruit cup; Tuesday: hot beef sandwich...

OATS bus schedule for April

OATS April April 3 – To Chillicothe April 9 – To Gallatin April 12 – To Jamesport April 16 – To Cameron April 19 – to St. Joseph April 23 – To Gallatin April 30 – To Bethany To schedule a ride on any of these routes, call —...

Do you know what to look for during storms?

The Daviess County Emergency Management Agency is hosting a National Weather Service (NWS) Storm Spotter Class at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 4. The class will be held at the Dockery Park building in Gallatin. It is open to the public for those persons interested in...

Water drive

In less than two days, organizers from the Gallatin Middle and High School Bottled Water Drive collected their goal of 200 cases of water from area citizens to help victims of the catastrophic flooding in Northwest Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska. Amy McNeely noted in a...

Jack and Francie Toney celebrate 60th

Jack and Francie Toney of Gallatin will be celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary on March 28, 2019. Family and friends are welcome to celebrate with the couple for refreshments following services at Altamont United Methodist Church on March 31. The celebration...

Looking ahead to the second half of the session

by State Sen. Dan Hegeman The Missouri General Assembly has passed the mid-point of the 2019 legislative session, which began in January and ends in May. During the first half of session, the Senate discussed and debated dozens of proposed bills, sending many of them...

Graves backs Trump emergency

Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06 led the House Floor debate on March 26 for the Republicans in support of President Trump’s National Emergency Declaration to address the border crisis. Earlier this month, President Trump vetoed H.J. Res. 46, a resolution that would...

150th anniversary

by Darryl Wilkinson This year marks the 150th anniversary of a noteworthy event. On Dec. 7, 1869, the Daviess County Savings Association in Gallatin was robbed. Frank and Jesse James were then branded as wanted outlaws for the first time. Thus, the robbery here marked...

Taking Flight

by Vila Gingerich Editor’s note: Vila Gingerich penned this winning essay for “Why the Novel Matters” contest, hosted in 2012 by the website www.Novel-Matters.com The novel has always mattered to me. As a child, I climbed the Swiss Alps with Heidi and discovered...