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Liquor
Ordinance Back To Committee.
Recent work by the
Public Safety Committee to clarify the City
liquor license ordinance was rendered unconscious
by an unexpected amendment offered by Council
member Larry Ross at Tuesday’s regular
Council meeting in City Hall.
Discussions at the Committee
level have moved toward a less restrictive
interpretation of the requirement that retail
liquor establishments be at least 300 feet from a
church or place of worship. The ordinance
proposed Tuesday evening would have allowed
businesses with a liquor license a guaranteed
renewal for up to a year even if the business
changed owners and a church was currently within
the 300 foot distance. Although the intent of the
bill was not to modify existing language, but
only add the "grandfather" clause. To
simplify the change, the bill was drafted to
repeal the current ordinance and replace it with
identical language except for the added clause.
This simple "out and in" procedure
allowed any language in the bill to be modified.
Council member Ross moved to
amend the new bill and reduce the required 300
feet to 100. Member Jackie Boyer seconded and Jim
McPheeters, Don Stearnes and Jim Woestman voted
in favor of the amendment. Members Chuck Tobrock,
Bill Fortune, Ronnie Wells and Public Safety
Chair J.D. Whitledge voted against. Member Bill
Putnam was absent.
When the amended bill came to a
vote, Whitledge requested that the Council defeat
the bill and let the Public Safety Committee
readdress the bill. Woestman voted against the
bill along with the four who were against the
amendment and the bill failed. Woestman’s
vote would not have changed the outcome either
way due to the required six votes it takes to
pass a Council bill.
Several public discussions were
held before the Council voted to put the 300 foot
rule in place.
Member Boyer told the Council
once again that she was not in favor of the three
hundred foot requirement from the beginning, but
records indicate she voted for the ordinance back
in the spring when it was initially approved by
the Council.
Annual
4-H Awards Banquet.
news release
At the annual awards banquet
held November 10, 2001, the Jasper County 4-H
Parents’ Association honored 4-H members for
their accomplishments during the past
4-H year. Volunteer leaders with five, ten,
fifteen, and twenty years of service were also
recognized.
Outstanding Members of the Year
were selected for their overall achievements and
participation during the past year. Members may
receive the award only once in each age category.
This year’s honorees
include: First Year Member, Katelyn Graham;
Second Year Member, Emily Anderson & Caleb
Russell; Third Year or more Member (13-years-old
and under), Wesley Budd; Third Year or more
Member (14-years-old and over), Vanessa Budd.
Officer of the Year honors are
based on the members’ summary of their work
as well as supporting materials, such as
notebooks or scrapbooks. Officers of the Year for
2000-2001 were: President, Bradley Moll;
Secretary, Dana Bridges; Treasurer, Amanda Payne;
Reporter, Kandice Woodmansee; Recreation Leader,
Caleb Russell.
The I Dare You award is
presented annually by the I Dare You Foundation.
To be considered, members must be at least
14-years-old.
Nomination is made by the club
leader, and it stresses the development of
physical, mental, social, moral and leadership
qualities. This award may only be received once
and was presented this year to Amanda Payne.
Bradley Moll, Lisa Rees, Wesley
Budd, Vanessa Budd, Matthew Tosh and Veronica
Budd were honored as the Jasper County Teen
Leaders of the Year for their leadership in the
4-H program.
Members commended for their
outstanding work were: Beef, Lisa Rees; Breads,
Amanda Payne; Bucket Calf, Caleb Russell; Cats,
Wesley Budd; Child Development, Amanda Payne
& Abbey Graham; Clothing, Amanda Brinkhoff;
Computers, Bradley Moll; Dogs, Vanessa Budd;
Environmental Stewardship, Lisa Rees; Exploring,
Shaun Athey; Foods, Emily Anderson; Global
Education, Amanda Brinkhoff; Goats, Abbey Graham;
Home Environment, Megan Payne; Horsemanship,
Caleb Russell; Horticulture, JoHanna Brinkhoff;
Leadership, Bradley Moll & Lisa Rees;
Photography, Caleb Russell; Poultry, Wesley Budd;
Rabbits, Matthew Tosh; Sheep, Katelyn Graham;
Shooting Sports, Wesley Budd; Vegetable
Gardening, Bradley Moll; Vet Science, Bradley
Moll; Visual Arts, Lisa Rees; Welding, Bradley
Moll.
Note for Note
sponsored by Main Street Mercantile
No Apparent Reason, the house
band for the Woodshed, is comprised of 4 guys
devoted to playing a mix of fun-filled songs,
bluegrass style, with a few familiar old songs
mixed in.
The members are Rick Rector on
guitar, Randy Macy on banjo, Randy Wagner on bass
and Chris Johnson on mandolin. You may come to
hear the music, but the guys have a way of making
everyday things funny and uplifting.
Woodsong, Sounds of The Past is
dedicated to preserving a time-honored tradition
of playing old time instruments gracefully. Lloyd
Woods and his lifelong partner Joyce play the
mountain dulcimer and autoharp, and occasionally
Joyce will entertain the audience with her
accordian or concertina.
Playing guitar is Randy Corbin
while Darrell Anderson keeps time on the upright
bass.
NASCAR
to the Max
Although far from being
NASCAR’s longest or largest track, this
week’s race takes the drivers to
NASCAR’s fastest track, Atlanta Motor
Speedway. The track is a 1.54-mile, D-shaped oval
with extremely high-banked turns and a very
smooth racing surface. Cars will qualify at over
190 miles per hour with race speeds approaching
200 mph. NASCAR has discussed using carburetor
restrictor plates, which slow cars by restricting
air flow into the carburetor, in an effort to
keep the speeds below 200 mph in the interest of
fan and driver safety.
Atlanta has been kind to first
time winners of late with Kevin Harvick gaining
his first NASCAR win, in only his third start, in
the Spring and Jerry Nadeau gaining his first in
this race last year. For the 43 starters, that
trend could bode well for current flashes Mike
and Kenny Wallace and Casey Atwood who are all
winless. Rick Hendrick’s team, which fields
cars for Nadeau, Jeff Gordon and Terry Labonte,
also runs well here. This could be the race where
Labonte breaks his string of races started
without leading a lap.
Last weeks race from Homestead,
Florida helped extend the record of different
drivers to win during a season to 18 when Bill
Elliott took the checkered flag for his first
victory since 1994. The race was not free of
incidents.
During a round of caution
period pit stops Casey Atwood bumped Ward Burton.
The contact knocked Burton into Ricky Rudd’s
pit stall and injured three crewmembers plus one
NASCAR official. One of Rudd’s crewmen is
still hospitalized in serious condition. The rest
were treated and released. Jeff Gordon has
experienced an uncharacteristic late season
slump. Gordon finished in 28th while his nearest rival in the season
points championship chase, Rudd, finished 21st. Though Rudd
closed to within 305 points, Gordon need only
finish last or better of the 43 starters in the
last two races to clinch the season championship.
Missourian Danny Lasoski won
the World-of-Outlaws Sprint Car season points
championship. Lasoski’s team and car owner
is current NASCAR superstar Tony Stewart.
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