Sarah Kuschel
Special to Boonville Daily News
Addison Ray, daughter of Aaron and Tammy Ray of Speed, and a member of the Mid-Missouri Aces softball team was recognized Jan. 10.
She has played on the team for a couple of years and was named offensive player of the year and pitcher of the year for 2020.
Michael Gregory, son of Jason Gregory of Bunceton, had a double promotion to the rank of sergeant. He is a sophomore at Bunceton High School and a member of the JROTC at Boonville Technical School. Gregory is the grandson of MIke and Susan Gregory of Bunceton.
Bozeman Librarian wins Montana Librarian of the Year
Every year the Montana Library Association recognizes librarians throughout the state that have made significant contributions to libraries and the service they provide. This year, our very own head of the Bozeman Public Library’s Children’s Department, Cindy Christin, won the Sheila Cates Librarian of the Year Award.
Christin has focused on early literacy for kids throughout her 33 years at the Bozeman Public Library. As part of this, she has spearheaded Books with Babies, Early Childhood Community Council, Child Advancement Project, and the Bozeman Public School’s “Read 100” project.
Photo courtesy City of Bozeman
A divided nation made its choices in the elections. A long-running zoning dispute over housing on the Tap Root Dairy property finally came to an end while the land-use fight over an asphalt plant in East Flat Rock fizzled to an uncertain resolution. Downtown could be transformed by hotel and parking deck plans that neared the dirt-turning stage as the year drew to a close. Cloaked over every hour of every day from March 3 on was the coronavirus and its wide-ranging impacts. Covid-19 cases devastated long-term care facilities as the virus swept in. The pandemic claimed the Flat Rock Playhouse and Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra seasons, the North Carolina Apple Festival, prep football and more. Here is the Lightning’s annual Top 10 news stories from an unforgettable year.
The new council members, elected unanimously and sworn in via Zoom, are Susan Gregory, a retired FBI agent who is active in Historic Flat Rock, and Pam Tiles, a retired speech pathologist who lives in Kenmure. They replace Paige Posey and Sheryl Jamerson, two of the three remaining council members who voted in favor of the Highland Lake Road project in June 2018, who resigned last month. Although they opposed the Highland Lake Road widening, both Gregory and Tiles described the project as a decided issue that needs to be put in the past.
After the two council members were sworn in, the council elected Coletta vice mayor, replacing Jamerson.