Qulin News

Archive for September, 2009

Where: Qulin, Missouri, Lions Club Park

When: October 3^rd, 2009

 Events

 Friday, October 2

Beauty Pageant: 6:00 PM

 Saturday, October 3

Early Bird Breakfast, Qulin Senior Citizens Center:  7:00 AM

Opening Ceremony: 9:45 AM

Parade: 10:00 AM

Music by Pure Country: 10:30 – 11:00 AM

Fried Chicken Dinner, Qulin Lions Club: 11:00 AM

Qulin Cemetery Cake Auction: 11:00 – 11:30 AM

Music by Pure Country: 11:30 AM – 3:00 PM

Drive Time Blue Grass Band: 3:00 PM

 Crafts – Food – Games

Bring your lawn chairs and spend the day celebrating our town.

A new web site is available that gives tips and information on how we can help each other and our neighborhoods. Check out Create the Good DIY Toolkit for a list of tips, videos, and other information.

Operation Energy Save Individual HR with Flyer

NBC — The United States House has passed a resolution against representative Joe Wilson, who heckled President Obama during a speech last week.

Representative Wilson shouted, “you lie!” during President Obama’s speech to congress last week on health care.

Today, democratic leaders introduced a “resolution of disapproval” against Wilson on the house floor. The resolution passed with 240 members voting for it, and 179 voting against.

Democrats had called the action necessary, because Wilson’s behavior was disrespectful. Republicans fired back, calling the resolution a partisan act and saying it diverts attention from the real issues.

Wilson apologized to the president shortly after the speech, which Mr. Obama accepted.

NBC
Read KSDK article

St. Louis – Fresh from the family farm restaurant fundraiser

Metromix – Top restaurants across St. Louis will participate in Farm Aid’s “Fresh from the Family Farm” restaurant fundraiser on Tuesday, September 15. Participating restaurants will feature food from family farms on their menu during the fundraiser and will donate proceeds of the event to Farm Aid in support of its mission to keep family farmers on the land and thriving. The event is sponsored by Sauce Magazine and Metromix. The restaurant fundraiser is one of several events, yet to be announced, that will lead up to Farm Aid’s all-day music and food festival on Sunday, October 4 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Maryland Heights.

Check out all of the restaurants participating…

Submitted by .Sean (Fired Up! Missouri)

A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows an even split among American voters about the President’s proposed health care reforms, but a significant difference in who’s trusted to handle health care, the economy and the deficit.

Overall, “Dems hold an overwhelming 20-point lead on which party is most trusted on major issues, with Obama preferred over Republicans by 12 points on health care.”

The poll also shows that “a big majority, or 62%, believe Republicans have not made a good faith effort to cooperate with Dems on health care.”

(H/T on the image to Matthew Yglesias)

Governor Mel Carnahan came to rely on a special young man as both employee and close friend. The young man was Christopher Dale Sifford, who served the Missouri governor as Communications Director, Chief of Staff, and senior aide. Chris Sifford knew his place was by the side of Carnahan when the governor decided to run for the United States Senate. Sifford resigned as Chief of Staff and took on the job of senior aide.
On October 16, 2000, as they rode to a Democratic rally in New Madrid, MO, on a Cessna plane piloted by the governor’s son, Roger “Randy” Carnahan, the plane dropped off radar and crashed just southwest of Hillsboro, MO. They never made it to the Democratic rally in New Madrid that night. Read the biography and story of Chris Sifford, 18 Minutes and a Lifetime, written by Linda Sedrick Pearson.

by Sean (Fired Up! Missouri)

Cynthia Davis laments the loss of “freedom, property and economic security” in her most recent “Capitol Report,” citing three specific examples of freedom-destroying developments in American history: the creation of the Federal Reserve; the passage of the 16th Amendment to allow a federal income tax; and the passage of the 17th Amendment to allow direct elections of U.S. Senators.

That’s right: Cynthia Davis has a problem with allowing citizens to vote for their Senators, instead of allowing state legislatures to select them for the voters.

The U.S. Constitution’s 17th Amendment prohibited state legislatures from selecting their national senators. This reduced accountability and loyalty to the states from the U.S. Senators to the states.

Davis leaves unexplained how Sens. Kit Bond and Claire McCaskill are less loyal and accountable to Missouri, now that they’re elected and held accountable by actual voters.  Read the rest of this entry »

by Timahoe (Fired Up! Missouri)

The Associated Press has an analysis piece this afternoon focusing on Peter Kinder’s failure to wean his bike race from taxpayer funding and how his fundraising failure places its return in doubt.

As Cynthia Davis once said, however, “hunger can be a powerful motivator.”  And if nothing else, Kinder is hungry for European-style bike racing.  But is he so hungry to make the ultimate political sacrifice for his race?

If so, watch for Kinder to deliver a version of this speech at tonight’s taxpayer funded TOM Closing Gala: 

“With European sons leaving our roads, with My Bicycle Race’s future under challenge right here at home, with our hopes and the world’s hopes for the future of novelty, European-style bicycle racing in the balance every day, I do not believe that I should devote an hour or a day of my time to any personal partisan causes or to any duties other than the awesome duties of this office – the Chairmanship of the Tour of Missouri.”

“Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your Lt. Governor. But let men everywhere know, however, that a strong and a confident and a vigilant Tour of Missouri stands ready to ride again; and stands ready tonight to defend an honored cause, whatever the price, whatever the burden, whatever the sacrifice that duty may require.”

 City of Qulin
Board of Alderman
Saturday, September 5, 2009

City of Qulin, Board of Alderman met in a special meeting on Saturday September 5, 2009 at 3:00 pm at Qulin City Hall. Those present were Board members Mayor Gary Long, Otto Griffin, Sherry Goff, Linda Johnson, and Barbara Head. Citizens present were Cheryl Johnson-Carter and Mary Ann Corlee.

MaryAnn Corlee presented her case for Steve Phillips of First Choice insurance.

The question before the Board is “Do we want to continue our City Insurance with First Choice Insurance (Steve Phillips) or do we want to renew our policies with Bell Insurance (Jim Rayburn)?”

Vote was as follows:

Barbara Head-Bell Insurance

Sherry Goff-First Choice

Linda Johnson- First Choice

Otto Griffin- Bell Insurance

Mayor Gary Long- Bell Insurance

Bell Insurance will carry the City’s Insurance Policies.

Barbara Head made a motion to adjourn. Otto Griffin seconded the motion. Mayor Long adjourned the meeting. City Clerk Margaret McDonald will make sure that this is taken care of before 11/01/09.

City of Qulin
Board of Alderman
Thursday September 3, 2009

City of Qulin, Board of Alderman met in open session on Thursday September 3, 2009 at 6:30 pm at the Qulin Lion’s Club. Those present were Board members Mayor Gary Long, Otto Griffin, Barbara Head and Linda Johnson, Chief of Police Art Fisher, Maintenance Supervisor Raymond Russell, City Advisor Glen Sedrick, accountant Jim Pearl and City Clerk Margaret McDonald. Citizens in attendance were Cheryl Johnson Carter, Shawnee Russell, Ty Pearson, Maryann Corlee and Steve Phillips of “First Choice insurance”.

Mayor Gary Long called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm. Otto Griffin lead the invocation.  Read the rest of this entry »