Night Desk Report - Friday Night, 6/4/2010

Published by Jimmy Oldsun, NDRIRSRWRAFTC & Editor

I decided to cover the night life in Hermann tonight.  The Cardinals were leading 8-0 over the Brewers in the top of the 9th with Adam Wainright going for a complete game and shutout, so I felt comfortable heading downtown.  (Update:  Wainright got his first complete game shutout and the Cardinals won 8-0.)

It's a warm, muggy night here in Hermann.  There is absolutely no breeze stirring.  The mosquitos are getting thick, and I do believe I saw a lightning bug or too.  I decided to drive through town and make a quick assessment of the nightlife situation.  When I go into all the bars, I tend to get into a little trouble.  Either I spend all my money buying drinks or I drink too much myself and end up with a headache the next morning.  So I stayed out of the bars.

• Hermann's street lights were all burning!  Kudos to whoever keeps the lights burning in Hermann!
• Quincy McGoo stumbled out of The Barrel Bar.  I think he'll make it home. He lives just two blocks away!
• Elmer Hugz was stumbling down 5th Street.  I suspect he had been at The Eagle Hall.
• No feral cats were spotted.  Presumably the "Ferals In Peril" non-profit group has solved this problem once and for all.
• I didn't see any auto accidents, home fires, meth lab explosions or knife fights.  A relatively calm night in Hermann!
• I saw Henrietta Horschwagel and Elmer Fudd going into The Sharp Corner Tavern.  But don't tell anyone since they're married and not to each other.

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Hermann Hearsay Announces Endorsement of Larry Miskel for Presiding Commissioner

Published by Jimmy Oldsun, NDRIRSRWRAFTC & Editor

The editorial board here at Hermann Hearsay met last night and decided to announce our unqualified endorsement of Larry Miskel (currently Mayor of Hermann) for the position of Presiding Commissioner of Gasconade County.  Other local news publishers are withholding their endorsements, but we have decided to come out early in the political campaign with the announcement of our support for Larry Miskel in the August Republican Primary.

Ron Jost, the current Presiding Commissioner of Gasconade County, has failed to gain our trust or confidence.  We are recommending a vote AGAINST Jost and a vote FOR Miskel.

For more information on this story including our rationale for endorsing Miskel, our two Platinum Lifetime Subscribers (Louise "Leggy" Litzenfeldner and Clyde Kadiddlehopper) may click on the following link:

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All the rest of our readers are just screwed!  If the rest of you cheapskates want to know the latest and greatest on the hottest stories of the day, then pony up $199.95 for a Platinum Lifetime Subscription so you can join "Leggy" and Clyde! 

Be in the know!  Impress your friends and relatives with late breaking inside information!  Become a Hermann Hearsay Platinum Lifetime Subscriber today!

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Photo Of The Day - Friday, 6/4/2010

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Louise "Leggy" Litzenfeldner

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Laugh Of The Day - Friday, 6/4/2010

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"I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either."  ~ Jack Benny

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Quote Of The Day - Friday, 6/4/2010

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"Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."  ~ John 8: 31-32

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"Puff and Spin" Journalism - Reporting On The Reporters

Published by Jimmy Oldsun, NDRIRSRWRAFTC & Editor

"Puff and spin" journalism is alive and well in Gasconade County.  And I'm getting tired of it!

We used to call it "yellow journalism".  The really great journalists of America have been able to avoid employing the "yellow journalism" or "puff and spin" journalism tactics.  The really good journalists rely instead upon hard work and talented writing.

I really hate "puff and spin" journalism!  Henceforth every time our staff here at 'Hermann Hearsay' runs across it, we will point it out to you, our loyal readers.  You deserve to know the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth when we report local stories to you.  And if some reporters are twisting the story, puffing one particular aspect of the story or spinning the story in order to lead the readers to draw a conclusion they want readers to draw rather than presenting factual information so the readers can draw their own conclusion, then we will point this out to our readers.  Over the course of time, "puff and spin" reporters will fall by the wayside.  They will lose readership and fade into the dust bin of history along with all the rest of the "puff and spin" reporters.

There are, of course, some professional, fair and balanced journalists in Gasconade County.  They work very hard and they try extremely hard to report the local news accurately, fairly and without personal bias.  Unfortunately, there will always be some who will pretend to report the news while putting their own "puff and spin" on the stories they cover.  For whatever reason, they will favor one side of the story over the others.  Because of their personal biases, their ideologies and their alliances with the story-makers they cover, they will "spin" the story so as to make certain people look "good" and at the same time make others look "bad".  This crap is going on right here in Gasconade County!  Our readers need to know about it!

I want to illustrate what I'm talking about by asking you to read and critically analyze two reports on the very same local story.  The following links will take you to reports published by Anna Wiegenstein, a young reporter at 'Hermann News' (http://www.ngnn.com/) and by Jeff Noedel, publisher and owner of 'County News LIVE' (http://www.countynewslive.com/).  In addition, I have included a link to the Official Minutes of the 5/27 County Commission Meeting (written by County Clerk Lesa Lietzow) and pulished on 6/4 by 'Hermann News' (http://www.ngnn.com/).

• 5/27 Gasconade County Commission Meeting (Anna Wiegenstein, Hermann News @ http://www.ngnn.com/):  http://www.ngnn.com/65041/content/2010/may/27/heated-debate-closes-commissioners-meeting
• 5/27 Gasconade County Commission Meeting (Jeff Noedel, County News LIVE @ http://www.countynewslive.com/):  http://countynewslive.com/content/2010/jun/03/better-late-never-last-weeks-gasconade-county-commission-report 
• Official Minutes of the 5/27 County Commission Meeting (written by County Clerk Lesa Lietzow):  http://www.ngnn.com/65041/content/2010/jun/04/gasconade-county-commission-minutes

Thanks for reading these three articles!  Now let me ask you a few questions:

1. Which report on the 5/27 Gasconade County Commission Meeting is fair and balanced?
2. Which report comes closest to covering everything which was discussed in the County Commission Meeting as summarized by Clerk Lietzow's Official Minutes?
3. Which report seems to interject personal bias?
4. Which report is most factual and informative?
5. Which reporter seeks to "spin" the story without regard to the facts of the story?
6. Which reporter will you trust in the future to bring you all sides of an important local story?

Having critically compared these two reports on the 5/27 County Commission Meeting to the Official Minutes written by Clerk Lietzow and having listened to an audio recording of the 5/27 Gasconade County Commission Meeting, my answers to the above questions are as follows:

1. Anna Wiegenstein's report seems more fair and balanced to me.
2. Neither report covers the County Commission Meeting as thoroughly and completely as does the Official Minutes of the meeting.
3. Jeff Noedel's report reveals his personal biases.
4. Anna Wiegenstein's report is more thorough and it includes more factual information.
5. Jeff Noedel is "spinning" in such a way as to favor Commissioners Jost and Lairmore over Commissioner Penning.  Why he does this has continued to be a puzzlement to me!
6. I will trust Anna Wiegenstein to give me fair, balanced and factual reports on future Gasconade County Commission Meetings.  I will trust Ms. Wiegenstein to put her personal biases and opinions aside in order to report all sides of a story fairly.

Now please tell me, what do you think?  How do you see it?

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Photo Of The Day - Thursday, 6/3/2010

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Clyde Kadiddlehopper

Berger, MO

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Laugh Of The Day - Thursday, 6/3/2010

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"My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn't pay the bill he gave me six months more."  ~ Walter Matthau

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Quote Of The Day - Thursday, 6/3/2010

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"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers."  ~ Thomas Jefferson

(I suppose ol' Tom might have said the same about online daily "news" websites.)

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The Streets And Sidewalks Of Hermann - The Fourth Day Of An Engineering Field Survey

Published by Jimmy Oldsun, NDRIRSRWRAFTC & Editor

On May 10th, Hermann Hearsay undertook a thorough survey of Hermann's streets and sidewalks.  We were forced to suspend our survey when the rains fell and when flood waters covered some city streets.  Those obstacles have come and gone, so we are now resuming our survey. 

While others in the local media have conducted opinion polls with small sample sizes, we are actually undertaking to walk every street and every sidewalk in Hermann and then document our findings.  When we have completed our street and sidewalk survey, we will turn over our findings to anyone in the city administration who may care to review them. 

 Our first three reports may be accessed by clicking on the following links:

5/10:  http://www.hermannhearsay.blogspot.com/2010/05/streets-and-sidewalks-of-hermann-five.html

5/11:  http://www.hermannhearsay.blogspot.com/2010/05/streets-and-sidewalks-of-hermann-day.html
5/12:  http://www.hermannhearsay.blogspot.com/2010/05/streets-and-sidewalks-of-hermann-day.html

Our findings on the fourth day of our survey are as follows:

1. 2nd Street walking west from Gutenberg to Schiller Street - Sidewalks on both sides of street are in reasonably good condition.  But there are some cracks and broken pavement in a few spots on the north side and south side of the streets.  The asphaltic street surface is in reasonably good condition.  We oberved no potholes, no patches and no alligatoring.  The street suface is well sealed.  It looks nice!  A standard for all of Hermann.
2. 2nd Street walking west from Schiller Street to Market Street - Sidewalks on both sides of street are in fair condition but busted up in a few spots.  The asphaltic street surface is in reasonably good condition.  Very little patching, alligatoring and no potholes.  The street surface is well sealed.
3. 2nd Street walking west from Market Street to Mozart Street - Sidewalks on both sides of street in average condition for the most part but are busted up in a few spots.  There is some heaving of the concrete slabs in a few spots creating trip hazards.  The asphaltic street surface is in good condition.  No potholes.  A few cracks in the street surface and some patching
4. 2nd Street walking west from Mozart Street to Washington Street - Sidewalks on both sides of street are in fair condition but the concrete sidewalk slabs are busted up in a few spots.  A few trip hazards were observed where the slabs have heaved.  The asphaltic street surface is not in as good a condition as it is from Gutenberg Street to Mozart Street.  We observed more patching of and some cracks in the asphaltic street surface.

More reporting to follow.  Next we will walk 3rd Street from Gutenberg Street to Washington Street.

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Photo Of The Day - Wednesday, 6/2/2010

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Sergeant Schultz, our very first ULTRA PREMIUM Subscriber

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Laugh Of The Day - Wednesday, 6/2/2010

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"A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke."  ~ Groucho Marx

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Quote Of The Day - Wednesday, 6/2/2010

Published by Lois Lame, Subscriber Services, Lifestyles Reporting, Cool YouTube Music Videos and Custodian In Training

"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."  ~ George Washington

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

http://www.mid-missouri-mule-rides.blogspot.com/ (Family Fun)

http://www.ngnn.com/ (Hermann NEWS & New Haven NEWS ONLINE)

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

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

"Mission Accomplished", Frank Furter Leaving Hermann Hearsay

Published by Jimmy Oldsun, NDRIRSRWRAFTC & Editor

Frank Furter, Hermann Hearsay's custodian, coffee brewer and IT man, will be leaving our employ effective June 11.

Frank has done a great job for us, and he will be sorely missed.  Frank is the #1-rated news room custodian, coffee brewer and IT man in Gasconade County.  We will miss his friendly and insightful help with our laptop questions, and we will certainly miss Frank's special New Orleans' chicory-flavored coffee!  Frank has found a better paying job at the Best Buy store in Columbia.  We always knew that Frank would be with us for only a short period of time until he found a better job.  Congrats and best wishes to ya Frankie old boy!

When we recruited Frank about a year ago, we promised him a big salary, great benefits and paid membership in the Loutre Shore Country Club.  Unfortunately we were not able to make good on any of our promises.  We don't blame Frank one damned bit for leaving us!

We will be knocking off at 3 p.m. next Friday to host a farewell party for Frank.  We will be gathering at the Bank Bar on Schiller Street.  If you wanna bring Frank a farewell gift, bring cigars.  Frank generally smokes Swisher Sweets.  He really likes Cohibas, Macanudos and Arturo Fuentes.  It's just that he can't afford 'em on the meager salary we pay him.

Until we can find a suitable replacement for Frank, I will brew the coffee and Lois will sweep up and dust around here.  For the time being if we have any laptop questions, we will call HP's 1-800 number and talk to some barely intelligible computer tech from India.  Someday when we are "in the black", we will conduct a nationwide search for Frank's replacement.  Who knows, we might hire one of those hi-tech computer geeks from India!  I only hope he/she won't mind sweepin' the floors and makin' coffee!

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

http://www.mid-missouri-mule-rides.blogspot.com/ (Family Fun)

http://www.ngnn.com/ (Hermann NEWS & New Haven NEWS ONLINE)

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

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

http://www.watkinsonline.com/richardhschaefer (Watkins Products)

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

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

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

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

Hermann Hearsay Expands Subscription Options

Published by Lois Lame, Subscriber Services, Lifestyles Reporting, and Cool YouTube Music Videos

Hermann Hearsay has just added third and fourth subscription options.  No other local online news website currently offers as many subscription options to their readers!  We are leading the way with innovative options for our valued subscribers!

The subscription options now offered are:

1. FREE Subscription - No annual cost.  Simple streamlined sign-up process.  Just leave us a comment and you are immediately enrolled as a subcriber.  You will be able to read 99% of our articles.  Unlike one of our competitors, we hide very, very few articles from our FREE subscribers!  A good way to start out reading Hermann Hearsay if you are on a limited budget!
2. PREMIUM Subscription - $24.95 annual subscription fee.  For this amount, you will receive one of our highly-prized 100% cotton golf caps with Hermann Hearsay logo.  You'll be the envy of everyone in your foursome.  Hermann Hearsay mascot 'Herkimer' adorns our premium quality golf caps which are supplied by Dora's Spinning Wheel in Hermann, MO.  You will be able to read 100% of the articles we publish, even the hidden ones!  In addition, we will contact you quarterly to get your input on the quality and content of Hermann Hearsay.  You will have a voice in our business!
3. ULTRA PREMIUM Subscription - $39.95 annual subscription fee.  For this amount, you will receive one of our highly-prized 100% cotton golf shirts with Hermann Hearsay logo.  We just received our first embroidered shirt last Friday from Dora's Spinning Wheel.  We are already receiving many compliments from people around Hermann!  With this subcription level, you will be invited to a quarterly meeting with Hermann Hearsay staff.  And we'll even supply the coffee and soft drinks!  Access to 100% of our articles is assured!  Want to work with one of our reporters on a story of your own?  At this subscription level, you will be able to try your own hand at news reporting!
4. PLATINUM Subscription - $199.95 LIFETIME subscription fee.  Pay us one time and never pay us again!  Not even if you live to be 110 years old!  You will receive one of our premium quality 100% cotton golf caps with Hermann Hearsay logo, one of our premium quality 100% cotton golf shirts with Hermann Hearsay logo, a lifetime subscription and all other benefits received by FREE, ULTRA and ULTRA PREMIUM subscribers!  In addition to all of this, you will be entitled to have your photo taken with 'Herkimer', our mascot!  This is our best-value subscription!  We urged all readers who can possibly afford it to opt for this subscription package.  You won't regret it!

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

http://www.mid-missouri-mule-rides.blogspot.com/ (Family Fun)

http://www.ngnn.com/ (Hermann NEWS & New Haven NEWS ONLINE)

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

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

http://www.watkinsonline.com/richardhschaefer (Watkins Products)

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

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