Day: November 8, 2022

UNITED STATES SENATOR

Eric Schmitt  4,222

Trudy Busch Valentine  1,362

Jonathan Dine  125

Paul Venable  52

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STATE AUDITOR

Scott Fitzpatrick  4,448

Alan Green  1,076

John A. Hartwig, Jr.  171

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UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE DIST. 4

Mark Alford  4,647

Jack Truman 987

Randy Langkraehr  119

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STATE REPRESENTATIVE DIST. 62

Sherri Gallick  1,721

Jim Hogan  604

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STATE REPRESENTATIVE DIST. 125

Dane Diehl  2,929

Robert E. Smith  424

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ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT JUDGE

Julie A. Highley  4,894

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PRESIDING COMMISSIONER

Jim Wheatley  4,644

Write In  114

COUNTY CLERK

Jamie Page  4,835

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CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT

Shelli White  4,841

Write In 54

RECORDER OF DEEDS

Danyelle Baker  4,722

Write In 55

PROSECUTING ATTORNEY

Hugh C. Jenkins  4,684

Write In 103

MISSOURI SUPREME COURT JUDGES

Shall Judge Zel M. Fischer be retained in office?

Yes 3,456

No 1,608

Shall Judge Robin Ransom be retained in office?

Yes 3,392

No 1,620

MISSOURI COURT OF APPEALS JUDGES, WESTERN DIST.

Shall Judge Alok Ahuja be retained in office?

Yes 3,002

No 1,979

Shall Judge Karen King Mitchell be retained in office?

Yes 3,185

No 1,739

Shall Judge Mark D. Pfeiffer be retained in office?

Yes 3,166

No 1,747

Shall Doug Thomson be retained in office?

Yes 3,365

No 1,584

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 1

Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to:

• Allow the General Assembly to override current constitutional restrictions of state investments by the state treasurer; and

• Allow state investments in municipal securities possessing one of the top five highest long term ratings or the highest short term rating?

Yes 2,102

          No 3,343

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 3

Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to:

• Remove state prohibitions on purchasing, possessing, consuming, using, delivering, manufacturing, and selling marijuana for personal use for adults over the age of twenty-one;

• Require a registration card for personal cultivation with prescribed limits;

• Allow persons with certain marijuana-related non-violent offenses to petition for release from incarceration or parole and probation and have records expunged;

• Establish a lottery selection process to award licenses and certificates;

• Issue equally distributed licenses to each congressional district; and

• Impose a six percent tax on the retail price of marijuana to benefit various programs?

Yes 2,574

         No 3,189

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 4

Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to authorize laws, passed before December 31, 2026, that increase minimum funding for a police force established by a state board of police commissioners to ensure such police force has additional resources to serve its communities?

Yes 3,894

No 1,700

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 5

Shall the Missouri National Guard currently under the Missouri Dept. of Public Safety be its own department, known as the Missouri Depart of the National Guard, which shall be required to protect the constitutional rights and civil liberties of Missourians?

Yes 3,751

No 1,794

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

Shall there be a convention to revise and amend the Constitution?

Yes 1,682

No 3,798

NATIONWIDE GAP BETWEEN THE NEED FOR BLOOD AND

WILLING AND ACTIVE BLOOD DONORS WIDENS.

Community Blood Center declares 2nd blood emergency in 75 days;

4th blood emergency in 2022.

KANSAS CITY – Community Blood Center (CBC) announced another blood emergency today, their second in 75 days and 4th in 2022, as the region’s blood supply is once again at a 1-2 day supply. “It isn’t that folks are not donating blood,” explains Patsy Shipley, Vice President of Community Blood Center, “but that there is a small group of loyal blood donors who are representing the entire community and shouldering the burden for all.” Despite new and innovative strategies to encourage the scheduling of more community blood drives, to inspire new and youth donors, and to regain lapsed blood donors, the gap between what hospital patients need and the available blood supply is growing.

This isn’t a local problem; for over 2.5 years, blood centers across the nation have been struggling. There was always a surplus of blood in the U.S., so if one region of the country was short, not-for-profit blood centers could help one another. There is no surplus in the U.S. anymore.

Perhaps the most significant contributing factor is the lack of first-time donors. As older generations age out of the donor pool and become ineligible to donate, they are not being replaced by donors from younger generations, creating a significant challenge in our ability to meet hospital need. In 2019, CBC saw over 20,000 first-time donors. Now, we are expected to end the year with approximately 9,000 fewer first-time donors, further burdening a blood supply that is already stretch thin.

Blood emergencies in the last decade typically happened twice per year around the 4th of July and December holidays. However, we haven’t had the ideal blood supply of 5-7 days in over 30 months. Repeated blood emergency messaging is also not helping as our community become desensitized to the urgent need.

Community Blood Center is asking the community, especially youth and first-time or former blood donors who have not given in the last few years, to step up and take some of the burden off those that have been giving blood. Even if you cannot donate, you can help the blood center by spreading the word about the critical national shortage and need for local blood donors. Tell your friends, post on social or bring a first-time blood donor.

CBC hosts blood drives every day, in addition to their 7 area donor centers, in order to reach donors and meet local hospital needs. We are taking extra precautions to help

prevent the person-to-person spread of COVID-19. As always, people are not eligible to donate if they’re experiencing a cold, sore throat, respiratory infection or flu-like symptoms. Additional information on donor eligibility and COVID-19 precautions is available here.

To make an appointment at a blood drive near you, donors can call 877-468-6844 or visit savealifenow.org. Can’t donate blood? You can still support CBC’s mission by texting ‘CBCKC to ‘20222’ to give $20.

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About Community Blood Center of Greater Kansas City (CBC) Founded in 1958, Community Blood Center (CBC) provides over 90% of the blood used by hospitals throughout the Greater Kansas City metropolitan area, as well as eastern Kansas and western Missouri. CBC provides nearly 200,000 blood products each year to over 60 area hospitals and relies on volunteer donors each day to meet the need for lifesaving gifts of blood. CBC operates 365/24/7 to deliver safe, high quality products to meet transfusion needs for routine care and emergencies. CBC is a Division of New York Blood Center, Inc. (a family of operating Divisions known as New York Blood Center Enterprises). For more information, visit savealifenow.org. Connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedI

A Boil Order Advisory has been issued for Public Water District #7. This will affect the Papinville, Prairie City, and Rockville areas. The advisory has been issued for the next 3 days.

A car/truck/and bike meet for Kameron Williams aka “Hot Wheels” will be held this Sunday, November 13^th at the Bates County Fairgrounds from 10-6 pm. 

There is a $20 admission fee per participating vehicle and they will have a burnout competition with a $10 admission fee.  In addition, there will be a live auction and food trucks to keep your engines revving. 

All proceeds will go to Kameron’s love fund that is set up at c

Community 1^st Bank in Butler to help the family cover expenses. 

Show your support for Hot Wheels at the car/truck/and bike meet this Sunday at the Bates County Fairgrounds starting at 10 am.