Editorial Comment - We don't threaten our readers and subscribers!

Published by Jimmy Oldsun, NDRIRSRWRAFTC & Editor

Date:  8/9/2010

During the course of just the past two days, another local online "news" service has threatened their readers and subscribers NOT to:

1. copy articles and photos (8/9), nor
2. transfer subscriber account privileges (8/7).

Ha ha ha!  Can you believe it?!  Well, we surely can't!

Loyal readers and subscribers of Hermann Hearsay, please be advised of the following:

1. We will never threaten you for ANY reason!  You are our friends and loyal subscribers!  IF we were to threaten you, we suspect you wouldn't be our friends and loyal subscribers for very long!  Threatening people (especially customers) is downright stupid!
2. You may copy and share any Hermann Hearsay article or photo you want!  In fact, we encourage it!  Copy all of them you wish!  We want as many people as possible to know about us!  (Special offer:  Make 100 copies of any Hermann Hearsay article you want and distribute the copies to friends and relatives.  Provide us proof of your copying and/or mailing expenses, and we will give you a one-year Premium Subscription complete with a premium quality Hermann Hearsay logo golf cap!)
3. You don't have to worry about transferring your subscriber account privileges to friends and relatives since our basic subscriber account package is FREE!  Everyone can be a Hermann Hearsay subsriber FREE OF CHARGE!  Heck, we even have a computer literate cat ('Tator_Tot') who is a loyal subscriber!

GCCS Annual Meeting Notification

Published by Dick Schaefer, Unpaid, Part-time Contributing Writer and Investigative Reporter

Date: 8/9/2010

As a member of the GCCS (Gasconade County Courthouse Society), I received the following notification in the mail earlier this week. I thought I would post it here as a reminder to our readers who may also be GCCS members as well as those who are not yet members of the GCCS but may be interested in attending a GCCS meeting to learn more about membership.

Official Notice of Annual Meeting

of the

Gasconade County Courthouse Society

Notice is hereby given that the second Annual Meeting of the Gasconade County Courthouse Society will take place on the first floor of the Gasconade County Courthouse located at 119 East First Street in Hermann, Missouri.

The meeting will start at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, August 9, 2010. The purposes of the meeting are to transact business of the Society, to elect members of the Board of Directors, and to consider other business that may properly come before the meeting.

The annual meeting is also the time to renew your membership. The dues are $10 per year for individuals and $15 per family. If you are not able to attend the annual meeting, you may mail your dues to: Gasconade County Courthouse Society / P.O. Box 41 / Hermann, MO 65041.

The public is encouraged to attend and join the Society.

Dated: July 30, 2010

Dale Ritter, President & Boulware Township

Olan Stemme, Vice-President & At-Large Member

Glenn Warnebold, Treasurer & At-Large Member

Sharon Meyer, Secretary & Boeuf Township

Ron Jost, County Commission Ex-Officio Member

Joy Kallmeyer, Adviser

Muriel Brison, Hermann Chamber of Commerce Liaison

Don Althauser, Legal Adviser

John Estes, At-Large Member

Dave Fagerness, At-Large Member

Clark Glaser, Bourbois Township

Edith Jost, Brush Creek Township

Sam Bennett, Canaan Township

Kathy Kuehler, Richland Township

Holly Bickmeyer, Roark Township

Vacancy - Third Creek Township

Hermann Hearsay Local Advertisers

Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor

Date: 8/9/2010

Just a reminder to local business owners ..... We offer FREE ADVERTISING! "What's the catch?" you're probably asking? Here's the deal ..... We'll give you one FREE DISPLAY AD exposure, once per day (6 days) for 5 weeks. After that IF you like our service and choose to continue advertising with us, we will charge you at a rate not to exceed one-half of the rate you would be charged by our lowest-cost competitor. You call 'em, inquire about their advertising rates, and then call us and tell us to run your ad for ONE-HALF of the lowest rate you were quoted! It's just that SIMPLE! We guarantee that we will reduce your ADVERTISING expenditures! Then pass along your AD savings to your customers. Many of your customers are our readers, and we think they deserve a break too!

YOUR DISPLAY AD WILL APPEAR (along with others)

IN THIS SPACE DAILY

Here are three current display ads:

For information about VeMMA ultra-premium liquid nutritional drinks, contact:

Richard H. Schaefer

573-225-2582

http://www.dschaefer.vemma.com/

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www.hermannhearsay.blogspot.com

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For information regarding the Watkins Home Business Opportunity, contact:

Richard H. Schaefer

Independent Associate #378589

573-225-2582

richardhschaefer@yahoo.com

or

Visit www.tsginfo.com and enter code GD4279.

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If you just want to advertise your website link on Hermann Hearsay, we will do that for you as a free service, a professional courtesy if you will. We would, of course, like for you to reciprocate and publish our website link on your website, but we won't push you on that. You can reciprocate if you think we're providing you a good service by listing your website on our website.

YOUR WEBSITE LINK WILL APPEAR (along with others)

IN THIS SPACE DAILY

Our current list of website links is as follows:

Reciprocal Websites:

www.bergerbaloneywithmayo.blogspot.com/ (Berger News)

www.dschaefer.vemma.com/ (Ultra Premium Nutritional Drinks)

www.heart2heartlyrics.blogspot.com/ (Song Lyrics)

www.hermannhookups.blogspot.com/ (Social Networking)

www.mid-mo-mule-rides.blogspot.com/ (Family Fun)

www.ngnn.com/ (Hermann, New Haven and Owensville NEWS)

www.rivertownrecipes.blogspot.com/ (Food & Drink Recipes)

www.vemmadrinker.blogspot.com/ (Premium Nutritional Drinks)

www.watkinsonline.com/richardhschaefer (Watkins Products)

Non-Reciprocal Websites:

www.dorasspinningwheel.com/ (Embroidered Caps, Shirts, Etc.)

www.hermannadvertisercourier.com/ (The Hermann A-C)

www.hermannchamberofcommerce.com/ (Hermann C of C)

www.timeforpie.com/ (Pie, Rolls, Scones, Coffee, Lattes & More)

Hermann Hearsay wants to help you with your advertising needs! Leave a comment, send us an email at richardhschaefer@yahoo.com or contact us at 573-225-2582. Let's get together!

Hermann Hearsay Performance Metrics

Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor

Date: 8/9/2010

Performance Metrics:

Total # FREE Subscribers: 000,348

Total # Premium Subscribers: 000,030

Total # Ultra Premium Subscribers: 000,004

Total # Platinum Lifetime Subscribers: 000,003

Subscribers Currently Online: 000,110

New Visitors Currently Online: 000,038

Alexa U.S. Traffic Ranking: 177,493

Alexa World Traffic Ranking: 897,158

Total # Subscriber Telethons, Raffles & Bake Sales: 0

Total $'s Recv'd From Politicians For Promotional Consideration: 0

The Beatles - Shea Stadium (1965)

Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor

Date: 8/9/2010

The Beatles' U.S. tour opened on August 15, 1965 with a concert scheduled in New York City at Shea Stadium, home of the New York Mets baseball team. This was the first time in the history of music that a sports stadium was used for a rock concert ! Seen by 55,600 fans, it created a new world record for a pop concert in terms of attendance and gross revenue. The Beatles' share of the $304,000 box-office takings was also a record .... $160,000.

It's "Beatles Monday", and I hope you will enjoy this YouTube video clip of the Beatles' first concert in America .....

Photo Of The Day - Monday, 8/9/2010

Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor

Date:  8/9/2010

'57 T-Bird

(Photo sent in to us by subscriber Johnny Fever.)

Laugh Of The Day - Monday, 8/9/2010

Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor

Date:  8/9/2010

Anyone old enough to remember 'The Amos n' Andy Show'?

Quote Of The Day - Monday, 8/9/2010

Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor

Date: 8/9/2010

"It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare."  ~ Edmund Burke, Observations on a Late Publication on the Present State of the Nation (1769)

Remembering The Sabbath Day .....

Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor

Date:  8/8/2010

For some time now, Hermann Hearsay has followed the policy of giving our employees the day off on Sundays.  Like everyone who works hard during the week, they need a full day of rest and a full day of leisure time to be with family and friends.  We also support giving them Sundays off so that they may observe the sabbath day according to their own personal religious faith and beliefs.

Recognizing that, at least for Christians, Sunday is the sabbath day, we have decide to devote a posting each Sunday to Bible verses.  We hope that these postings will be a blessing to all of our readers. 

The Hermann Hearsay staff will choose a Bible verse to post each Sunday.  For our first Bible verse posting, we thought it appropriate to post "The Ten Commandments" as found in the Old Testament of The Holy Bible.

The Ten Commandments

As found in The Book of Deuteronomy

Chapter 5, Verses 1-33 (KJV)

1 And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.

2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
3 The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
4 The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
5 (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,
6 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
8 Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:
9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
10 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
11 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.
13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
17 Thou shalt not kill.
18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
19 Neither shalt thou steal.
20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.
22 These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
24 And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.
25 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die.
26 For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
27 Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.
28 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken.
29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
30 Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.
31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
33 Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.

Willie Nelson - "Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground"

Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor

Where does the time go?!  It's "Willie Nelson Sunday" once again!  The staff here at Hermann Hearsay are taking the day off, but they'll all be back Monday morning.  Have blessed and restful Sunday!

Here's Willie in concert with "Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground" .....

Only The Shadow Knows .......

Published by Dick Schaefer, Unpaid, Part-time Contributing Writer and Amateur Investigative Reporter

Date:  8/7/2010

"We've been waiting on them and waiting on them!"  ~ The Shadow

NEWS FLASH from CNL!

Published by Dick Schaefer, Unpaid, Part-time Contributing Writer and Amateur Investigative

Date:  8/7/2010

BREAKER!  BREAKER!  THIS JUST IN!

CNL, the propaganda "news" agency for Jerry Lairmore and Ron Jost,  is reporting ....... (brace yourself for this SHOCKING NEWS FLASH) ........ that "County Commission majority shoots down Penning's ideas for Road Department meetings"!

And this is "news"?  Hello?  Earth to Jeff Noedel?  The County Commission "majority" has been shooting down ALL of Penning's ideas since he was first elected Northern District Associate Commission TWO YEARS AGO!

It's because of shallow "news" reporting like this that I am drinking FIJI artesian water instead of buying a subscription to CNL!  Ha ha ha!  FIJI artesian water is refreshing and satisfying!  Especially good with Macallan 12 single-malt scotch!

By the way, I can't read the entire article on this subject since I'm not a subscriber, but I'm wondering if Jeff Noedel is hammering Lairmore and Jost about Missouri Sunshine Law violations with respect to the "road department meetings" just like he hammered the GCCS Board of Directors about alleged sunshine law violations?  Perhaps a CNL subscriber can let me know.

The GCCS is a private 501(3)c corporation which accepts and spends no public/taxpayer funds.  They are free to have open meetings or closed meetings.  No law, however, compels that they must have open meetings.  Nevertheless, they are very transparent and welcome members and non-members to their meetings.  You can come to any of their meetings!  They will welcome you with open arms!  They want you to know what their objectives are and they'd like for you to join their organization.  Nevertheless, Jeff Noedel inexplicably raised holy hell about the GCCS violating the sunshine laws several months ago! 

On the otherhand, the County Commissioners represent the public, all the taxpayers in Gasconade County.  They authorize the expenditure of public/taxpayer funds.  They are therefore subject to the Missouri Sunshine Laws.  So-called "road department meetings" are no exception.  Because official business of the County Commission is presumed to be conducted anytime two or more Commissioners are gathered together, the Commissioners must notify the public of these "road department meetings" and open them to the public.  The principle is "transparency in government".  I wonder what Jeff Noedel has to say about the county's "road department meetings"?

Boning Up On The Missouri Sunshine Laws

Published by Dick Schaefer, Unpaid, Part-time Contributing Writer and Amateur Investigative Reporter

Date:  8/7/2010

There's been a lot of people citing the Missouri Sunshine Laws here in Gasconade County.  I thought I'd spend some time this weekend "boning up" on the various provisions of Missouri law.  Perhaps you'd like to "bone up" as well.  If so, you can go to the Missouri Attorney General's website.  Pour yourself a glass of Macallan single-malt scotch and light up a Cohiba cigar.  Then click on the following link and knock yourself out reading the law:

http://ago.mo.gov/sunshinelaw/sunshinelaw.htm

Doncha be callin' me a racist, bro!

Published by Dick Schaefer, Unpaid, Part-time Contributing Writer and Amateur Investigative Reporter

Date:  8/7/2010

A few postings back, a particularly bold and brave commenter named "Anonymous" had the audacity (and poor judgment) to call me a RACIST.  Can you imagine that?!  Little ol' loveable fuzzball me?!

Sometimes when people don't like what you're saying and they don't have any factual rationale to refute what you're saying, they go mad with rage and they resort to personal attacks.  Calling someone a RACIST is a typical intimidation tactic used by bullies and it is often the last refuge for those whose minds are completely exhausted. 

No one wants to be called a RACIST.  No one wants to think of themself as bigoted.  We all want to think of ourselves as fair-minded.  And I am no different!

Maybe "Anonymous" called me a RACIST because I posted a photo of the notorious gangsta rapper, 'Snoop Dogg'.  ('Snoop Dogg' just happens to be BLACK.)  I can't find anything else in my posting which might have elicited such an accusation by "Anonymous".  That's why I am now (hereinabove) posting a photo of 'Eminem', a notorious WHITE gangsta rapper.

So ya see, we are an equal opportunity critic of gangsta rappers here at Hermann Hearsay.  We don't like any of 'em ...... BLACK or WHITE!

So "Anonymous", doncha be callin' me a RACIST ..... bro!

Patsy Cline - "Crazy"

Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor

Date:  8/7/2010

The world lost Patsy Cline when she was barely 30 years old.  What a shame! 

Today is "Patsy Cline Saturday" at Hermann Hearsay.  Here's Patsy singing one of her most recognizable songs, "Crazy".

Hermann Hearsay Local Advertisers

Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor

Date: 8/7/2010

Just a reminder to local business owners ..... We offer FREE ADVERTISING! "What's the catch?" you're probably asking? Here's the deal ..... We'll give you one FREE DISPLAY AD exposure, once per day (6 days) for 5 weeks. After that IF you like our service and choose to continue advertising with us, we will charge you at a rate not to exceed one-half of the rate you would be charged by our lowest-cost competitor. You call 'em, inquire about their advertising rates, and then call us and tell us to run your ad for ONE-HALF of the lowest rate you were quoted! It's just that SIMPLE! We guarantee that we will reduce your ADVERTISING expenditures! Then pass along your AD savings to your customers. Many of your customers are our readers, and we think they deserve a break too!

YOUR DISPLAY AD WILL APPEAR (along with others)

IN THIS SPACE DAILY

Here are a couple sample display ads:

For information about VeMMA ultra-premium liquid nutritional drinks, contact:

Richard H. Schaefer

573-225-2582

http://www.dschaefer.vemma.com/

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www.hermannhearsay.blogspot.com

If you just want to advertise your website link on Hermann Hearsay, we will do that for you as a free service, a professional courtesy if you will.  We would, of course, like for you to reciprocate and publish our website link on your website, but we won't push you on that. You can reciprocate if you think we're providing you a good service by listing your website on our website.

YOUR WEBSITE LINK WILL APPEAR (along with others)

IN THIS SPACE DAILY

Our current list of website links is as follows:

Reciprocal Websites:

www.bergerbaloneywithmayo.blogspot.com/ (Berger News)

www.dschaefer.vemma.com/ (Ultra Premium Nutritional Drinks)

www.heart2heartlyrics.blogspot.com/ (Song Lyrics)

www.hermannhookups.blogspot.com/ (Social Networking)

www.mid-mo-mule-rides.blogspot.com/ (Family Fun)

www.ngnn.com/ (Hermann, New Haven and Owensville NEWS)

www.rivertownrecipes.blogspot.com/ (Food & Drink Recipes)

www.vemmadrinker.blogspot.com/ (Premium Nutritional Drinks)

www.watkinsonline.com/richardhschaefer (Watkins Products)

Non-Reciprocal Websites:

www.dorasspinningwheel.com/ (Embroidered Caps, Shirts, Etc.)

www.hermannadvertisercourier.com/ (The Hermann A-C)

www.hermannchamberofcommerce.com/ (Hermann C of C)

www.timeforpie.com/ (Pie, Rolls, Scones, Coffee, Lattes & More)

Hermann Hearsay wants to help you with your advertising needs! Leave a comment, send us an email at richardhschaefer@yahoo.com or contact us at 573-225-2582 cell. Let's get together!

Hermann Hearsay Performance Metrics

Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor
Date: 8/7/2010

Performance Metrics:

Total # FREE Subscribers: 000,348

Total # Premium Subscribers: 000,030

Total # Ultra Premium Subscribers: 000,004

Total # Platinum Lifetime Subscribers: 000,003

Subscribers Currently Online: 000,110

New Visitors Currently Online: 000,038

Alexa U.S. Traffic Ranking: 177,493

Alexa World Traffic Ranking: 897,158

Total # Subscriber Telethons, Raffles & Bake Sales: 0

Total $'s Recv'd From Politicians For Promotional Consideration: 0

Photo Of The Day - Saturday, 8/7/2010

Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor

Date:  8/7/2010

Red-headed Woodpecker

Photographed by Hermann Hearsay subscriber Richard Smoker

Laugh Of The Day - Saturday, 8/7/2010

Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor

Date:  8/7/2010

"Be true to your teeth and they won't be false to you."  ~ Soupy Sales

Quote Of The Day - Saturday, 8/7/2010

Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor

Date:  8/7/2010

“First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me.”  ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer