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November 8, 2024 • Volume 5, Issue #45
INSIDE:
• Around Town.... 12B • Churches............ 9B • Classifieds......... 10C • Education........... 6B • Food.................. 8C • Fun & Games.... 12C • Pets for Adoption �� 3A • Obituaries........ 11A • Voices................. 1B • Weather........... 11A
PLUS:
The Parade, a poem by Shawn Murphy – SEE PAGE 1B 92nd VETERANS DAY PARADE – Starting at 11 a.m. on Saturday, November 11, the Veterans Day Parade will follow the route above, with some road closures: Commercial Street (north & south) as well as Sycamore and Long Street around the Convention Center will be closed in the morning. East/West roads will remain open until Parade time (11 am). All parade floats are to enter the Convention Center parking lot off of Price Street. Both parking lots for Branson Landing (by Belk and Bass Pro) will remain open for business during the parade. SEE MORE VETERANS WEEK NEWS STARTING ON PAGE 6A.
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Hopeful Hilarity in Branson – SEE PAGE 1C.
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BY K.D. MICHAELS, Staff Writer With just over 66.76 % of registered voters heading to the polls in Taney County and 74.2 % of voters in Stone County, a few local races were decided on Tuesday. For State Representative District 155, Matthew Overcast (Republican) defeated opponent Courtney
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Sweeney-Legore. In Stone County, Overcast received 82.64% of the vote, and 80.41% in Taney County. Brian Seitz (Republican) retained his position as State Representative for District 156, defeating Janis Beacham, with 78.93% of the Taney County vote. Voters in both Taney and
Tuesday’s Stone counties agreed that Eric Burlison (Republican) will remain in office as U.S. Representative District 7. Burlison defeated Missi Hesketh (Democrat) and Kevin Craig (Libertarian), receiving 81.06 % of the vote in Stone County and 78.78 % in Taney County. Brad Hudson (Republican)
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was unopposed as State Senator District 33, as was Jeff Merrell (Republican) for Circuit Judge Circuit 46. Circuit Judge David Cole (Circuit 39, Division 1) and Alan Blankenship (Circuit 39, Division 2) ran unopposed, as well. In both counties, most local races were decided in the August Primary election.
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In Stone County, the Stone County question on the ballot passed, with 89.77% voting yes. The Marionville Proposition passed with 73.45% voting yes, and the Indian Point Village Proposition A was defeated, with 82.45% of voters voting against the Proposition.
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BY GARY J. GROMAN, Independent Journalist Full transparency requires this reporter to disclose he voted for Donald Trump as the next President of the United States in the November 5, 2024, election. Further, in the October 31, 2024, edition of this paper, in his position as “Columnist Emeritus,” he wrote an opinion column entitled, “KISS–The 2024 election may decide the future of the American dream!” In that column, he expresses
his belief that “both of the candidates for President in 2024,” were “lying to his face and that the only hope he has is to vote on the issues that he believes will impact our country the most and pray that the candidate espousing how they will handle those issues will do what they say.” He planned to write a news article after the election. The article would list the major promises made by the winner. This would give readers a reference point to hold the winner
accountable. This is a list of the major promises the Trump campaign made: Ending the war in Ukraine quickly: One of his most ambitious promises involves ending the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. He repeatedly stated that he could settle the war before taking office. During a September presidential debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump called this conflict “a war that’s dying to be settled.” Massive deportation
plan: On the domestic front, Trump spoke about putting together the most extensive deportation campaign in U.S. history. The plan involves targeting areas like Aurora, Colorado, and Springfield, Ohio, as starting points. A spokesperson said that Trump would use all federal and state resources necessary to deport illegal criminals, drug dealers and human traffickers. This proposal reflects his hardline stance on immigration issues. Changes to school
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funding: Trump has also promised to cut federal funding to schools that teach topics like “critical race theory” and transgender issues, the latter of which he refers to as “transgender insanity.” He suggested launching civil rights investigations against schools supporting transgender rights. Rolling back electric vehicle incentives: He said that he would reverse the incentives associated with electric vehicles SEE PROMISES, PAGE 2A
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