MORE THAN 600 VETERINARIANS, VETERINARY TECHNICIANS AND PRACTICE STAFF AND STUDENTS ATT ENDED THE 120TH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE MISSOURI VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION IN ST. CHARLES MISSOURI...
TH CONVENTION OFFERED 60 CONTINUING EDUCATION LECTURERS TO PARTICIPANTS.. AND ALSO INSTALLED NEW OFFICERS, AND ELECTED OFFICERS FOR VARIOUS GROUPS...
AMONG THOSE FROM THIS AREA, DR. TOM BLUMHORST OF MARSHALL WAS NAMED PRESIDENT ELECT OF THE MISSOURI ACADEMY OF VETERINARY PRACTICE, AND DR. DANA GILLIG OF SEDALIA WAS INSTALLED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE MISSOURI VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
THE MISSOURI HOUSE REDISTRICTING MAP IS BEING CHALLENGED IN COLE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, AND THE JUDGE HAS DECIDED NOT TO HEAR ORAL ARGUMENTS IN THE CASE BUT WILL DECIDE BY THE WRITTEN BRIEFS.
ATTORNEY HARVEY TETTLEBAUM IS INTERVENING IN THE CASE, REPRESENTING THREE REPUBLICAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE WHO SAY THE MAP IS OKAY.. TETTLEBAUM DEFENDS THE MAP SAYING IT MEETS THE CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATE
THAT IS THE MAP THAT SPLITS SALINE COUNTY DOWN THE MIDDLE, DIVIDING THE COUNTY INTO EAST AND WEST, WITH THE SIDES IN DIFFERENT HOUSE DISTRICT..
JUDGE PAT JOYCE SAYS A DECISION WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY THE MIDDLE PART OF THE MONTH.
FILING FOR DISTRICTS BEGINS AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, UNLESS THE LEGISLATURE VOTES TO PUSH THAT DATE BACK.
MEETINGSMONDAY NIGHT AROUND THE KMMO LISTENING AREA:
- THE MARSHALL CITY COUNCIL MEETS AT 5:15 AT THE CITY OFFICES BUILDING, ON THE AGENDA IS AN ORDINANCE ADDING A NEW TWO DOLLAR SURCHARGE IN ALL PROCEEDINGS IN MUNICIPAL COURT, AND ORDINANCES GRANTING EASEMENTS TO SOUTHERN STAR CENTRAL GAS PIPELINE.
-THE CARROLLTON TOWN COUNCIL MEETS AT 6:00 O'CLOCK TONIGHT. ON THE AGENDA IS A DISCUSSION ABOUT TWO HOUR PARKING AROUND THE SQUARE, AND BIDS FOR LABOR.
-THE SLATER SCHOOL BOARD MEETS IN SPECIAL SESSION TONIGHT AT 6:30 TO GET A SCHOOL FINANCE UPDATE AND DISCUSS PRELEMINARY BUDGET ISSUES. THE BOARD ALSO HAS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL AND LEGAL MATTERS
-THE CONCORDIA BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEET AT 7 O'CLOCK TONIGHT. THE BOARD WILL AGAIN DISCUSS THE USE OF ADDITIONAL ACREAGE AT THE NORTH LAGOON..DISCUSS AQUATIC OPERATIONS... GENERAL FUND REVENUES AND EXPENSES, AND A RESIGNATION FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD
- THE SEDALIA CITY COUNCIL MEETS AT 7 O'CLOCK AND WILL REVIEW AND AWARD BIDS FOR YARD WASTE GRINDING FOR THE COMPOST FACILITY.., A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A COMPANY TO PUT UP A CELLULAR RELAY TOWER, AND AN ORDINANCE DEFINING A HISTORIC MARKER, MEMORIAL OR TABLET, AND ESTABLISHES GUIDELINES FOR THEIR POSTING
- THE HIGGINSVILLE BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEET TONIGHT AT 7:30.. ON THE AGENDA IS THE 2011 AUDIT REPORT..,AND ADOPTION OF THE HIGGINSVILLE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN..
AN EXECUTIVE SESSION DEALING WITH REAL ESTATE IS ALSO ON THE AGENDA
THE STATE'S COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS HAVE OFFERED THE HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE THEIR PREDICTIONS ABOUT TH THE IMPACT OF THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED 12.5 PERCENT CUT TO HIGHER EDUCATION.
ONE OF THOSE SPEAKING FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES, EVELYN JORGENSEN IS PRESIDENT OF MOBERLY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE.. SHE TOLD THE COMMITTEE THAT COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN THIS STATE DO MORE THAN JUST SEND PEOPLE OUT THE DOOR WITH AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE
AND JORGANSEN SAYS THOSE AREAS FOR TRAINING FILL A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE STATE
SHE SAYS THEY FOUND THAT THOSE WITH NEW TRAINING FOR JOBS WILL TEND TO STAY IN THE STATE AND NOT MOVE AWAY.
SOME LOTTERY JACKPOTS ARE CONTINUING TO GROW AFTER NO ONE HIT THEM SATURDAY NIGHT..
THE POWERBALL JACKPOT WILL CLIMB TO 250-MILLION DOLLARS AND THE MISSOURI LOTTERY JACKPOT WILL INCREASE TO THREE MILLION DOLLARS FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT'S DRAWING
GOVERNOR NIXON HAS LAUNCHED THE 2012 GOVERNOR'S JOPLIN HABITAT CHALLENGE.
THE CHALLENGE, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH JOPLIN AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND MISSOURI'S MAJOR ATHLETIC ORGANIZATIONS, AIMS TO BUILD 35 NEW HOMES IN THE HEART OF JOPLIN TO PROVIDE CONTINUED AID TO THE CITY'S RECOVERY.
THE CHALLENGE IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MAJOR SPORTS ENTITIES IN MISSOURI... THE ROYALS, CHIEFS, CARDINALS, RAMS, ST. LOUIS BLUES, MISSOURI TIGERS AND NASCAR.
THE EFFORT WAS LAUNCHED SATURDAY IN COLUMBIA AMID ALL THE BUILD UP TO THE MISSOURI/KANSAS BASKETBALL GAMES..
THE 35 HOMES WILL BE DIVIDED INTO SEVEN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, WITH EACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSIGNED A SPONSOR AMONG THE SEVEN MISSOURI ATHLETIC ORGANIZATION.
VOLUNTEERS WILL BE NEEDED IN THE EFFORT AND MISSOURIANS CAN VISIT MO.GOV TO SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER WITH THE TEAM OF THEIR CHOICE IN JOPLIN OR TO CONTRIBUTE IN SUPPORT OF THE CHALLENGE.
AN ODESSA MAN HAS BEEN INJURED IN A ONE CAR ACCIDENT IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY.
17 YEAR OLD AARON LEMEN RECEIVED MODERATE INJURIES WHEN HIS CAR WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, STRUCK A UTILITY POLE, THEN SLID DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND STRUCK A TREE STUMP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO THEN GO AIRBORNE AND OVERTURN.
LEMEN WAS TAKEN TO CENTERPOINT HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF INJURIES.
THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ABOUT 9 O'CLOCK SATURDAY NIGHT ON HIGHWAY 131 AT VARNER ROAD IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY.
THE SALINE COUNTY HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AT A RECENT MEETING, BEGAN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP AN ADVISORY BOARD, AND RECRUITING MEMBERS FOR THAT BOARD.
THE COMMISSION ALSO DISCUSSED AT RISK HISTORIC PROPERTIES, AND HOW THEY NEEDED TO FIND OUT WHICH PROPERTIES WERE AT RISK..
COMMISSION CHAIRMAN IS ERIC CRUMP
AND CRUMP SAID THE SURVEY WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO PEOPLE INTERESTED IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION A WAY TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE PROCESS
THE BOARD ALSO WILL LOOK AT MOVING THEIR SCHEDULED MONTHLY MEETINGS TO DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE COUNTY TO FURTHER EXPOSE THOSE WITH INTEREST IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
STATE SENATOR BILL STOUFFER OF SALINE COUNTY SAYS IT'S TIME THAT REALITY CATCHES UP TO SOME REGULATIONS IN THE STATE.. SO HE'S INTRODUCED A NO FAULT MOUNTAIN LION SHOOTING MEASURE IN THE STATE SENATE
STOUFFER SAYS PEOPLE SHOOT THEM ANYWAY, AND HE DOESN'T WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE TO HAVE TO MAKE UP AN EXCUSE..
THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS HAS AWARDED A CONTRACT FOR REPAIRS TO THE A LEVEE DAMAGED BY FLOODS LAST YEAR IN CARROLL COUNTY.
ROBIN WONKUM IS WITH THE CORPS OFFICE FOR THE KANSAS CITY DISTRICT.
THE CONTRACT FOR THE WAKENDA LEVEE WAS AWARDED FOR 722-THOUSAND DOLLARS.
A TOTAL OF THREE CONTRACT HAVE NOW BEEN AWARDED IN THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER BASIN FOR REPAIR OF FLOOD DAMAGES..
CHAIRMAN OF THE STATE SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, SENATOR BILL STOUFFER OF SALINE COUNTY, SAYS HE WANTS TO GIVE THE HIGHWAY PATROL ANOTHER TOOL TO FIGHT DISTRACTED DRIVING.
STOUFFER GAVE AN EXAMPLE OF DISTRACTED DRIVING THAT HE CAME ACROSS RECENTLY.
THE BILL IS IN COMMITTEE AND WILL SOON COME TO THE FULL SENATE FOR CONSIDERATION.
FIRE OFFICIALS IN BOONVILLE BELIEVE THAT A FIRE AT THE BOONVILLE SHELTERED WORKSHOP, "UNLIMITED OPPORTUNITIES" YESTERDAY STARTED IN THE BACK OF THE BUILDING IN A RECYCLING CENTER WHERE THERE WAS CARDBOARD AND OTHER COMBUSTIBLES.
THE FIRE COULD HAVE STARTED FROM A SPARK BY A FURNACE.
THERE WERE NO INJURES REPORTED IN THE FIRE, THAT BROKE OUT A LITTLE BEFORE 8 O'CLOCK YESTERDAY MORNING.
THE BUILDING ON ASHLEY ROAD, IS DESCRIBED AS A TOTAL LOSS.
THE LAFAYETTE COUNTY C-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD THEIR A WORK SESSION MEETING THURSDAY EVENING AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING.
THE BOARD WAS GIVEN AN OVERVIEW OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2013 SCHOOL BUDGET FOR THEIR INITIAL REVIEW.
WORK WILL CONTINUE ON THE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, AS THEY GET CLOSER TO ADOPTING THE BUDGET.
THE BOARD WAS ALSO PRESENTED WITH INFORMATION ON THE DISTRICT'S DUAL HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT PROGRAM FOR REVIEW, AND POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION DURING THE BOARD'S REGULAR FEBRUARY MEETING PLANNED FOR THURSDAY THE 16TH.
SENATOR BILL STOUFFER OF SALINE COUNTY SAYS WHAT STARTED OUT THIS WEEK AS A FIGHT BETWEEN SENATE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS OVER GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENTS, BY THE END OF THE WEEK HAD A DIFFERENT FLAVOR.
STOUFFER SAYS IT IS MORE A FIGHT BETWEEN THE LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE BRANCH WITH THE LEGISLATURE TRYING TO RETAIN ITS POWER.
AS TO THE APPOINTMENT OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE STATE, STOUFFER SAYS THE MAN THE GOVERNOR WANTED WAS BRIGHT, BUT HAD NO EXPERIENCE.
STOUFFER SAYS, WITH SOME EXPERIENCE UNDER HIS BELT, THE GOVERNOR'S CHOICE COULD POSSIBLY DO A GOOD JOB IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
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SEVERAL INJURY ACCIDENTS IN THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING.
A ONE CAR ACCIDENT IN HOWARD COUNTY HAS INJURED TWO PEOPLE.
A CAR DRIVEN BY 31 YEAR OLD MYLES JUDY OF HALLSVILLE FAILED TO NEGOTIATE A TURN, TRAVELED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WENT AIRBORNE, AND OVERTURNED, THROWING THE DRIVER FROM THE VEHICLE..
THE CAR THEN CONTINUED TO OVERTURN AND CAME TO REST IN A CORNFIELD.
THE DRIVER OF THE CAR, JUDY, AND A PASSENGER 29 YEAR OLD JANETTE SMITH OF HALLSVILLE BOTH SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WERE TAKEN BY AIR AMBULANCE TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN COLUMBIA FOR TREATMENT.
THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE TWO THIS MORNING ON HIGHWAY 5 AT ROUTE 40 IN HOWARD COUNTY.
ALSO THIS MORNING IN JOHNSON COUNTY CARS DRIVEN BY 25 YEAR OLD PAUL MILLER OF CUSHING, OKLAHOMA, AND 73 YEAR OLD MYRON CARTER OF WARRENSBURG COLLIDED.
BOTH DRIVERS RECEIVED MODERATE INJURIES AND WERE TAKEN TO CENTERPOINT HOSPITAL.
THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON COUNTY ROADS IN NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY ABOUT 8:30 THIS MORNING.
A HEAD ON COLLISION BETWEEN TWO TRACTOR TRAILERS ON INTESTATE 35 IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI'S DEKALB COUNTY HAS KILLED THE DRIVER OF ONE OF THE TRACTOR TRAILERS.
A PASSING MOTORIST PULLED THE PASSENGER OF THE TRACTOR TRAILER FROM THE VEHICLE.
THE PASSENGER WAS TAKEN BY AIR AMBULANCE TO K.U. MEDICAL CENTER.
THE DRIVER OF THE SECOND TRACTOR TRAILER WAS TAKEN TO CAMERON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.
BOTH VEHICLES BURNED TO THEIR FRAMES AND 600 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL SPILLED INTO THE DITCH ALONG THE INTERSTATE.
THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF INTERSTATE 35 IN DEKALB COUNTY WERE CLOSED UNTIL THE VEHICLES WERE REMOVED, AND THOSE LANES HAVE SINCE REOPENED.
IN SALINE COUNTY ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT COURT CHARGES OF ASSAULT IN THE FIRST DEGREE OR IN.
THE ALTERNATIVE ABUSE OF A CHILD HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST 26 YEAR OLD JOSHUA WAYNE PABST OF MARSHALL.
SALINE COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY DON STOUFFER HAS FILED CHARGES AGAINST PABST ALLEGING THAT HE KNOWINGLY CAUSED SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY TO A YOUNG CHILD BY SHAKING AND DROPPING THE CHILD ONTO THE FLOOR.
COURT DOCUMENTS INDICATE THE CHILD WAS LIFE FLIGHTED TO A KANSAS CITY HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF A BRAIN BLEED INJURY.
BOND FOR PABST HAS BEEN SET AT 25-THOUSAND DOLLARS CASH ONLY.
THE INCIDENT IS ALLEGED TO HAVE HAPPENED THE LAST WEEKEND OF JANUARY.
WHILE WE STILL HAVEN'T SEEN ANY REAL WINTER YET IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS ALREADY PLANNING FOR SPRING WEATHER AND THE TURBULENCE IT BRINGS WITH IT.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ANNOUNCED ITS SCHEDULE OF SKYWARN SPOTTER TALKS, WITH A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DISCUSSING VARIOUS ASPECTS OF SEVERE WEATHER, STORM SPOTTING AND SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY.
THE MEETINGS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
THE FIRST MEETING THIS YEAR IN THE KMMO LISTENING AREA IS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 2ND IN SEDALIA AT THE FIRST UNTIED METHODIST CHURCH.
ALSO ON FEBRUARY 7TH AT CHILLICOTHE AT THE CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH, AND ON FEBRUARY 22ND IN FAYETTE AT THE FIRE STATION ON WEST MORRIS.
ANOTHER SKYWARN SPOTTER TALK IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 1ST IN HIGGINSVILLE AT THE CITY HALL AUDITORIUM, AND IN SALISBURY ON MARCH 13TH AT THE CHARITON COUNTY AMBULANCE BASE ON SOUTH WEBER.
ALL OF THOSE MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED TO START AT 7 O'CLOCK ON THEIR RESPECTIVE DAYS.
A CIVIL WAR EXHIBIT SHOWCASING MISSOURI'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE WAR, IS COMING TO MARSHALL NEXT MONTH.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S TRAVELING EXHIBIT, TITLED "DIVIDED LOYALTIES: CIVIL WAR DOCUMENTS FROM THE MISSOURI STATE ARCHIVES" WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT MURRELL LIBRARY ON THE MISSOURI VALLEY COLLEGE CAMPUS IN MARSHALL.
THE EXHIBIT INCLUDES MORE THAN 9-MILLION PAGES OF CIVIL WAR RELATED DOCUMENTS, SOME OF WHICH HAVE NEVER BEEN SEEN BY THE PUBLIC BEFORE.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXHIBIT TOOK THREE YEARS TO COMPLETE, AND EXPLORES OTHER ASPECTS OF THE CIVIL WAR, INCLUDING THE ROLE OF SLAVERY, THE LIVES OF SOLDIERS, AND HOW THE COURT SYSTEM PLAYED A ROLE AFTER THE WAR.
THE EXHIBIT WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT THE MURRELL LIBRARY FROM JANUARY 9TH UNTIL FEBRUARY 24TH.
Brian Sowers
