Bethany Republican-Clipper from Bethany, Missouri • 1

Harrison County armers air holds Bethany city employee Robert Russell successful livestock show i suffers bums from hot road oil Story pictures page 7 Story page 14 Bethany Republican Clipper Lillian Olson starts her new job as Gilman City school superintendent Story picture page 10 50 Cents tax included Harrison County Missouri Wednesday July 27 1994 Vol 53 No 26 il lb tmTMr wi ia I I 1 1 i ki i CT OMT T'J A A Republican Clipper photo Governor Mel Carnahan top picture addresses the crowd interested in learning details about the planned relocation of the town of Pat tonsburg Carnahan announced that the community had been awarded $1 15 million for relocating busi nesses and homes to a 600 acre tract of land located near 1 35 Carnahan's announcement was greeted enthusiastically by the crowd attending the event in the business district of Pattonsburg bottom picture official! Pattonsburg to move out of Grand flood plain by Marion Meeks The townspeople of Pattonsburg Mo gathered on main street riday July 22 at 1:00 pm to hear Governor Mel Carnahan announce the amount of the planned buyout for the relo cation Cheers and applause from the audi ence greeted the announcement that Pattonsburg has been awarded $115 million for the relocation of 18 busi nesses and 142 homes according to the official figures This is the largest buyout in the state of Missouri The money will come from funds from a diverse source representing a unique partnership between federal state and local funds With the buyout funds the city of Pattonsburg plans to relocate to a 600 acre parcel of land 15 miles northeast of the existing town near the intersec tion of Daviess County Route and Interstate 35 The distance from the proposed Pat tonsburg site and the Harrison County line is about five miles The city of Bethany is about nine additional miles away by way of the interstate for a total of 14 miles between the towns A preliminary site plan is already prepared by Larkin and Associates an architecture firm well acquainted with Northwest Missouri They were in strumental in drawing the sites for two of the Bethany city lakes including the newest one west of Route The amounts from each funding agency that make up the $1 15 million for the Pattonsburg buyout include: Community Development Block Grant ($5075000) the Department of Natu ral Resources ($450000) EMA ($3650000) Economic Development Administration ($2050000) Rural Electric Administration ($320000) and the City of Pattonsburg ($30000) for a total of $11 575 000 program will save taxpayers at least $200 million over the next 15 Carnahan said Gov Carnahan congratulated the townspeople Pattonsburg Mayor David Warford and State Rep Phil Tate for their work in preparing all the neces sary papers which brought the buyout program to its present stage The governor emphasized that a partnership in this program from the home owner to the local state and federal government agencies was what produced the completed program With the project a reality for the people of Pattonsburg Carnahan said it repre sented to those who suffered through this tragedy have been 42 approved buy outs in the state of Missouri Pattonsburg is number commented Gov Car nahan James Lee Witt the ederal Emer gency Management Agency (EMA) director from Washington DC trav eling with Gov Carnahan brought greetings on behalf of President Bill Clinton He commented that Congress made available the funds for the buyout with the approval and support of President Clinton Mayor Warford said he expects the first residential buyouts to begin in September or October of this year And the land acquisition could happen within the next 30 days The buyout resulted from months of meetings figuring trips to Jefferson City help through the office of Rep Phil Tate and with the aid of Jill ried men of the office were turned down the first time we proposed a figure for a stated Mayor Warford He added that when the governor and riedman came on board it the ball really The buyout became necessary after the great flood of 1993 inundated Pat See page 2 7 hope you will never be flooded again Governor Mel Carnahan Candidates enter stretch of primary marathon GOP candidates to meet with voters Harrison County residents will have the opportunity to he the views of Republican candidates for office at a candidate night forum at 7 pm Thursday July 28 in the Bethany Community Center The Democratic party held a similar candidate forum earlier in the month at the South Harrison High School The candidate night will be sponsored by the Harrison County Republican Committee A picnic supper will be served during the event with a $5 donation Harrison County voters will en counter the largest selection of candi dates in recent memory when they go to the polls next Tuesday Aug 2 to cast ballots in the Democratic and Republi can primaries our county courthouse races and a three way battle to succeed retiring Circuit udge Morgan Donelson have dominated most of the interest during the final days before the voting But the election will also have two important local issues including a proposal to establish a Ridgeway fire protection district and another vote on a half cent sales tax for capital improvements in the city of Bethany The polls will be open from 6 ajn The candidates for contested office are profiled in a series of stories appearing inside this week's newspaper until 7 pm next Tuesday across Har rison County The location of the 11 voting precincts can be found in the county election notice which appears elsewhere in this news paper The county office will be open from 8 am until noon on Satur day to provide additional time for the casting of absentee ballots Two incumbent county commis sioners Boyd Baker in the north district and Drexel Hatten in the south district both face challenges in the Republican primary election Baker serving his first term as com missioner has been challenged by Mick Parkhurst James Jennings and Ron Smith for re election to the County Commission The winner will face unopposed Democratic candidate Mick Pottorff in the November general elec tion ive candidates three on the Re publican ticket and two on the Demo cratic ticket have filed for the south district nomination On the Republican side Hatten will be running for his fourth term on the County Commission against Charles Crabtree and Lyle oster oster is a former member of the commission A two man race has developed on the Democratic ticket between Dean Th ompson and Daryell Sperry Incumbent Presiding Commissioner Isaac Cox who was appointed to the position by Governor Mel Carnahan following the resignation of Harold Walker lint will be unopposed for renomination in the Democratic pri mary He will take on unopposed Re publican presiding commissioner can didate Kenneth Rucker a former county assessor Two other county positions also are hotly contested in next pri mary election County Clerk Barbara Gates a Republican will be in a four woman race for renomination She faces Melba Wheeler Ramona Hamilton and Shelly (Wade) Smith in the Republican county primary Competing for the county nomination on the Democratic ticket are Lisa A Dishman and Tina Selby Laura DePriest a Republican with 1 6 years on the job will face two other candidates Verna Herzog and Jeanie Thrailkill for renomination as circuit clerk and ex officio collector The Republican nominee will be unopposed in the November general election The only county offices which are not contested are those of prosecuting attorney where Democrat Cristine Stallings is the only candidate and associate circuit judge where Repub lican Richard Parker is unopposed for re election Three attorneys in the third judicial circuit are competing for the Repub lican nomination to succeed Judge Donelson who is winding up a 36 year career on the bench The candidates are Jack Peace an attorney from Trenton James Holcomb also of renton the Grundy County prosecutor and Wil liam Esely a Bethany attorney and former Harrison County prosecutor and state senator See page 2 All's quiet on the front to gain approval for sales tax issue Bethany city officials are uncertain what to think about the silence from the electorate concerning next second vote on a half cent sales tax for capital improvements City Administrator Dave Haugland said City Hall has had very little in dication one way or the other how the sales tax is being received by the pub lic Most voters he said are talking about the election for county office and not the sales tax But city officials are encouraged that some members of the business com munity have stepped forward to sup port the sales tax The Bethany Area Chamber of Commerce for instance last week appropriated $150 to purchase adver tising in support of the campaign to secure approval for the sales tax David Tribble Chamber president said KAAN radio also will be holding a call in show on the tax issue from 9 to 9:50 am Thursday morning Haugland and other city officials will be taking questions from the public concerning the vote The sales tax failed by only a 74 vote margin in a special election in April and the City Council decided to bring the measure back before the electorate in the hopes of swaying local residents to support the capital improvement program City officials have been reluctant to target specific projects which would be undertaken with the $200000 a year which would be raised by the sales tax They will leave those rec ommendations to a nine member citi zens advisory committee which will suggest a spending plan to Mayor Perky Premer and the City Council Haugland said the reservations of some local residents concerning the See page 2 4 I Republics CJIpper photo Manon Mecka Ride cowboy Rider Jeff Evans hangs on to a bucking bronco during the rodeo held over the weekend at the Harrison County armers air in Ridgeway A large crowd was on hand for both nights of the rodeo contest sponsored by the Ridgeway Lions Club Meet me at the fair RepuDbcan Glipper pnoto Mirlon Meeks These future livestock handlers Clare Guernsey and Josh Young check out the livestock judging from the vantage point of a fence rail at the Harrison County armer's air in Bethany More pictures about the fair can be found inside this week's newspaper Town Country Day to have a new look Bethany Town Country Day celebration set for Saturday Aug 6 will have a new look according to the sponsoring Bethany Area Cham ber of Commerce An A petting zoo and a water fight between fire departments have been added to the event which cen ters around a parade starting at 4 pjn on the Bethany square Chamber President David Tribble said the North Central Area Voca tional Technical chap ter will be bringing form animals to town for a petting zoo from 8 to 1 1 am John Gannan Bethany fire chief is coordinating a competitive event between area fire departments which will start at 6 pm on the square Gannan said the contest will in volve three person teams which win use fire hoses to push a barrel back and forth on a suspended cable is something like a tug of war except we will be using fire hosea" he said The firechief said invitations have been sent out to several area fire de partments to participate in the con test and civilians also will be al lowed to enter will get soaked" Gan nan said hopefully it will be a hot night" Another new event will be a contest at 8 jn sponsored by the Harrison County Community Hospital The contest will involve formers competing in a number of See page 2 Pettijohn Auto to expand for vehicle lines The Pettijohn Auto Center will un dergo a major expansion this fall to accommodate a new line of Pontiac cars and GMC trucks Tom Pettijohn general manager of the Bethany auto and truck dealership said a 2944 square foot addition will be constructed to provide a showroom for the new cars and trucks intends to add four to five employees to its staff in Bethany as a result of being approved as an author ized dealership for Pontiac and GMC trucks The company currently employs about 60 persons in Bethany Pettijohn said the Bethany area has long been a strong market for truck buyers saying he is pleased that the dealership has been approved for the new GMC line am really looking forward to some great Pettijohn said He said Pontiac also will offer a new dimension to the Bethany dealership has some of the really hot lines of he said Pettijohn already sells ord Mer cury and Lincoln cars Jeep and Eagle vehicles and Chrysler Dodge and Plymouth vehicles Pettijohn said about 25 to 30 Pon tiacs will be on hand at the dealership and about 70 GMC trucks have been ordered The new showroom will be attached to the northern end of the present deal ership building The construction should begin in early September and will be completed by Christmas The company will be adding a GM service and parts department Pettijohn said.