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69 N. Bethany, MO 660-425-6331 75076960 As he talks to county residents, he said he of- ten hears people say they want to see more depu- ties patrolling the county roads. Fisher also said he wants to see more person- able law enforcement of- ficers, but he added depu- ties be too important, he said, for the department to be hard on crime and to work toward getting stolen property back to its rightful own- ers. background in- cludes 25 years with the St. Joseph Police Depart- ment, earning the rank of sergeant.

He worked as a detective during that time. He also worked with the county in the court- house, handling prison- ers. And he worked part time with U.S. Marshalls as a guard in Kansas City, Kansas. Pat Grove Grove said he also has heard concerns from county residents that more deputies should be patrolling county roads.

On Friday, Grove began circulating his 180-day plan via social media, outlining a couple initial steps he would take as sheriff. plan is to spend time with every employee of the depart- ment looking at those things that work well right now and things we can do better, where that employee may want to be in five years and what their goals are within the Grove said. plan is com- prised of talking to ev- ery employee of the de- partment to gain insight while also forming a slew of committees to explore seven topics. Committees would discuss road patrol expansion, law enforce- ment coordination related to officer and community safety, youth services, community relations, pro- fessional standards, work- agreements and benefits. 180-day plan also stated he has no in- tention of firing anyone.

Grove is hoping to squash rumors he has heard dur- ing the campaign that as sheriff, he would fire most of the department and re- place deputies with law enforcement officers who currently work in Kansas City. Grove said that is not the case. experience in- cludes time in the Marine Corps, and he has worked for the St. Joseph Police Department and the Kan- sas City Police Depart- ment, serving in a vari- ety of roles there. He was involved in SWAT, patrol, the records unit and other departments.

Bill Puett Puett, the current un- dersheriff for the county, agreed the community needs change and said that as sheriff, he would get feedback from resi- dents and deputies on what that change should look like. He said change needs to be made with a purpose. He has worked with the depart- ment for more than 29 years. Puett said as sheriff he would focus on cutting down crime, engaging the community and finding ways the department can be more efficient in its op- erations and budget. on) violent crimes, drugs, all of those things that are coming into the community, ad- dressing those, looking at ways to be more effective, more efficient, hopefully streamline some resourc- Puett said.

some resources in other ways to serve He also said mentoring officers is an important part of the job. Puett said the department can improve when it comes to taking a community ap- As sheriff, he would host town hall meetings in different ar- eas of Buchanan County, aiming to hear from every section of the community the department serves. All three candidates will spend the next week making their last stops to community organizations and speaking with more residents, asking for their vote. Buchanan County Sher- iff Mike Strong is not seek- ing re-election this year. Megan Favignano can be reached at megan.favignano@newspressnow.

com. Follow her on Twitter: Three-way sheriff race hits the home stretch CONTINUED FROM Page A1 is the reason be- hind the success, said Craig Boyer, who owns the business with his wife, Robin. defi- nitely try to be full service as far as sizing, to ques- tions about boots and how they are put Boyer has worked at the family business for de- cades, spending 34 of those years repairing boots and shoes and doing leather work. He took over St. Joe Boot from his mother, Car- ol Crouser.

She was the first manager of the busi- ness back in the 1970s be- fore buying the company. The children al- ready are centered in the store, too. Their son, Kyle, learned his shoe repair trade and runs the repair shop. The daughter, Breanne Akers, is a store manager along- side long-time employee Jeannette Smith. The family said there are so many things the re- pair shop can do besides fix a sole or heel.

Staff are able to stretch a boot to fit better, add a zipper, elas- tic or just about anything to make a shoe or boot more customized. But there are several rea- sons St. Joe Boot continues to grow, one of which is the fact that Western ware has gone mainstream, espe- cially on apparel, Boyer said. have to be country to wear Akers said. Going back to a na- tional boot maker, Corral Boots, Boyer said where things started.

were able to do a lot of inlays (on the leath- er), a lot of extra stuff, details that the only way to get it done before, the cost was he said. brought it down to where it was a whole lot more afford- able, still comfortable and it really took Evidence can be found in the endless rows of boots, from infants to men and women. Each pair is different from the next. tall and short, traditional and tie-dyed. In all, there are around 17,000 pairs in the store, including 5,000 pairs of boots.

Akers believes their chil- inventory is the largest in the country. so many dif- ferent Akers said. a different boot for every person no matter what your style is, wheth- er it be completely plain, no stitching, to fancy, cra- zy, wild, skulls, fringe. So I think cool. And they last Customers come to the St.

Joseph store from all over the area and even further. right off 36 Highway, so we really catch a lot of people off the Smith said. actually have a lot of people who deliberately stop just to see what we have, and they call and have special A majority of the cus- tomers are from Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa, but Boyer said a regular cus- tomer comes from Penn- sylvania on the way to see family in Texas. have a good expe- rience Smith said. they like the custom- er service and the fact that willing to Four years ago, the company decided to ex- pand to meet demand.

were extremely Boyer said. thought we had plenty of room (after the expansion), but we filled it right St. Joe Boot doubled in space at that time from 5,000 square feet to 10,250 square feet. The business was able to purchase the property on top of the hill, tear down the struc- ture that once housed La- bor Max and make way for a new parking lot. And the new store is do- ing well.

To celebrate its 40 years in business, cus- tomers can come in and register during the entire month of November to win 40 free pairs of boots. Jenn Hall can be reached at jenn.hall@newspressnow.com. Follow her on Twitter: St. Joe Boot Co. celebrates 40 years of business CONTINUED FROM Page A1 a different boot for every person no matter what your style is, whether it be completely plain, no stitching, to fancy, crazy, wild, skulls, fringe.

So I think cool. And they last forever. BREANNE AKERS, store manager 21; DISH 41; Rainbow 11; and United 16 and HD 1016. Eric Bradley, general manager of News-Press TV, said many reasons went into the decision to bring KNPG to the re- gion. The move comes years after the successful launch of FOX 26 KNPN which repre- sented its initial broadcast investment in the commu- nity.

is the strongest network in the Bradley said. saw an opportunity for the most-watched network in America to provide large audiences into our local He added the channel and NBC affiliation rep- resent a major investment in the community, with a stated goal of becoming the most-viewed station in the area. NOW pro- vides the community with in-depth, enterprising stories from the largest newsroom in Northwest Missouri and Northeast he said. The channel will enable those resources to reach new audiences for newscasts at both 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.

weekdays. local viewership has shown they are look- ing for an alternative in local news on said Bradley. Research conducted by the company revealed an appreciation of the shared resources with the St. Joseph News-Press. Bradley said KNPG provides the opportunity to tell new and more rel- evant stories with the 6 p.m.

and 10 p.m. time slots for the newscasts. The weekend newscasts will air at 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. The lineup of local, syndicated and NBC pro- gramming officially starts at 5 a.m.

Tuesday. More information is available at www.newspress- now.com/KNPG. Ray Scherer can be reached at ray.scherer@newspressnow.com. Follow him on Twitter: NBC 21 KNPG launches Tuesday CONTINUED FROM Page A1 By NIELS LESNIEWSKI Tribune News Service leading Senate Democrats want additional details about the interest in a new batch of emails that may be related to the investigation of Hillary private email server by Monday. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs ranking member Thomas R.

Carper of Delaware, Intelligence ranking member Dianne Feinstein of California, Judiciary ranking member Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont and Foreign Relations ranking member Benjamin L. Car- din urged the release of more information in a let- ter they sent Saturday to Attorney General Loretta Lynch and FBI Director James Comey. light of the timing of Director let- ter and the confusion and speculation that has re- sulted, the American peo- ple deserve to know that the FBI and the Depart- ment of Justice are work- ing around the clock to determine the basic facts about the emails in ques- the senators wrote in the Saturday letter. Senate Democrats want details of Clinton email query.