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First Baptist Church in Gainesville will host an apologetics conference Friday and Saturday, April 20-21. Speaker Rob Phillips, with the Missouri Baptist Convention, will lead the sessions on apologetics, defined as “the defense of the Christian faith.”Sessions will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m....
Voters approve increase in ambulance tax levy
Ozark County voters on April 3 approved a proposal by the Ozark County Ambulance District to reset the district’s current levy rate of .1242 cents per $100 of assessed valuation up to a maximum of 28 cents per $100 assessed valuation starting in the...
Jim Brown
James “Jim” Brown, Jerry Smith and Randall Unruh were elected April 3 to two-year terms on the Village of Theodosia Board of Trustees. Brown and Unruh are incumbents. Another incumbent, Robert Bochert Jr., also filed for re-election.These votes were cast: Randall Unruh, 28; James Brown, 27; Jerry...
Jabet Wade
Mason Eslinger and Jabet Wade were elected to the Gainesville school board April 3 to fill the two expiring terms currently held by Billy Pippin and Wes Ucthman. Pippin had filed for re-election; Uchtman did not. David Pointer and Derek Alms also filed.These votes were cast: Mason Eslinger, 255;...
Tony Johnson
In Bakersfield, voters re-elected incumbents Tony Johnson and Jodi Burns to the village board. Stephanie Guffey was also elected; they will fill the two-year terms currently held by Johnson, Burns and Albert Gargione, who did not file for re-election.Tony Schaab and Jonathan Belt also filed, so...
Mike Zimmer
When the votes were totaled on election night, Christopher Bales had been elected to the Bakersfield school board with 104 votes, but the other two candidates, Michael Scott and Mike Zimmer, were tied for the second seat with 100 votes each. After the election was certified Friday by Ozark County...
Gail Reich
Deanna Gail Reich was re-elected April 3 to another two-year term as Gainesville mayor, receiving 83 votes to opponent Carroll Wise’s 55. Four write-in votes were cast.No one filed for the east ward alderman seat currently held by Lyndell Strong. Fifteen total write-in votes were cast, with Lana...
The Smith Chapel Cemetery meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday night, April 14, at Smith Chapel church on N Highway north of Gainesville.Donations for cemetery upkeep can be mailed to Colene Rose, 7067 St. Highway 181, Gainesville, MO 65655.
April Menus
Lunch is served daily from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and is open to everyone. The cost is $6 for those younger than 60; a $3.50 donation is requested for those over 60. Call 679-4746 to order take-out for 25 cents more.
Wednesday, April 11: Thai chicken over rice with kale blend, meadow-...
Missouri Department of Transportation employees Shannon Huff, left, and Kane Thomas show the yellow trash bags available from MoDOT’s Gainesville maintenance shed for volunteers picking up trash along the roadsides.
Ozark Countians are showing their appreciation for their beautiful home in the hills – and their disdain for the litter that takes away from its beauty. Reports are coming in of residents working along its winding roadsides during April, which has been designated “Clean Up Trash month” by the...