Gasconade County Courthouse Society Meeting - 12/27/2010

Published by Dick Schaefer, Award-winning, Unpaid, Part-time Contributing Writer; Amateur Investigative Reporter; and Aspiring Photo-Journalist

Date:  12/28/2010
Post:  1,352

Last night, Monday, 12/27, the Board of Directors of the Gasconade County Courthouse Society (GCCS) met at 7 p.m. in the Gasconade County Courthouse at the request of GCCS President Dale Ridder.  The purpose of the board meeting was to discuss and consider the conveyance of property adjoining the Courthouse property and valued at approximately $700,000 to Gasconade County.  The property was purchased by and deeded to the GCCS by Joe and Judy Roetheli.  After a serious and deliberate discussion of the wishes of Mr. and Mrs. Roetheli and consideration of statements made on behalf of the Roethelis by former Hermann City Administrator Steve Mueller, the GCCS voted unanimously to initiate the legal work necessary to transfer ownership of the property to the county with local attorney Donald K. Althauser.  The motion to procede was made by GCCS Vice-President Olan Stemme and seconded by GCCS Secretary Sharon Meyer.  Presiding Commissioner Ron Jost (and ex-officio member of the GCCS) was in attendance at the meeting, and he agreed to accept the property on behalf of Gasconade County subject to a review of the legal instrument of conveyance and the property use stipulations therein by the county's attorney and a subsequent vote of approval by the Gasconade County Commission.

I was in attendance at the meeting.  The foregoing is a bried and factual accounting of the meeting discussion and outcomes, without inclusion of my own personal editorial comments and opinions.  The foregoing is "hard news" reporting.

We have in our community a person who represents himself as a "news publisher", a journalist of sorts.  He publishes his "news reports" at http://www.countynewslive.com/.  This "news publisher" went way beyond reporting the facts of this important story, including his own personal opinions, his own personal interpretations of past and present actions and motives of certain individuals in attendance at the meeting as well as his own personal observations of people attending the meeting, all of which have little or nothing to do with the facts of the story.  He seems to have used the occasion of the meeting to praise and promote certain individuals with whom he is known to be unusually "friendly" while taking gratuitous swipes at others with whom he is definitely not.

Take a look at this so-called "news report" (link provided hereinbelow) which was posted at CNL last night and evaluate it.  You be the judge!  Does it represent fair and balanced, factual "hard news" reporting?  Is it "hard news" coverage or is it an "op/ed" piece with an obvious personal agenda?   Is it a political promotion piece favoring persons with whom the publisher is known to be "friendly"?  Is it "muckraking", "excrement agitation", "sensationalism" for the purpose of increasing readership?  Again I say to our readers, read the CNL account of the meeting, and you be the judge!

http://countynewslive.com/content/2010/dec/27/historic-event-courthouse-society-votes-unanimously-deed-all-land-gasconade-coun

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GCCS Annual Meeting

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

Date:  8/10/2010

I attended my Second Annual GCCS Membership Meeting last night. The meeting was held at the courthouse.  Hi-lites from the meeting were:

1. President Dale Ridder led the meeting through a one-hour agenda. 
2. Secretary Sharon Meyer read the minutes from the 2009 Annual Meeting.  The minutes were approved as read.
3. Treasurer Glenn Warnebold gave a financial report.  The GCCS had expenses of $3,397 for the period of 8/1/2009 to 7/31/2010.  The GCCS remains solvent with a bank balance of about $1500 not counting membership renewal fees which were accepted last night.
4. President Ridder discussed by-law changes which the current board of directors has been working on.  He received input from members on two versions of the GCCS proposed mission statement.  President Ridder stated that it his intention to ask for a meeting with the County Commission to discuss how the GCCS can assist the Commission with efforts to move ahead with the courthouse preservation and restoration project.
5. Two "at-large" board member positions were up for election.  The current board nominated current members John Estes and Glenn Warnebold for the two positions.  Mike Jacquin nominated Danny Baumstark.  Before the vote could be taken, Glenn Warnebold withdrew his name from consideration.  A motion was then made and seconded that the membership accept the nominations of John Estes and Danny Baumstark and elect them by acclimation.  The motion carried by voice vote unanimously.
6. Vice-President Olan Stemme gave the membership a report on the status of the clean-up work on the Holland Property.  The clean-up work is continuing, and it is expected that the work will be ompleted within a couple more months.
7. Under "new business", member Mike Martens asked if ways could be found to keep the general membership updated on the progress being made by the Board of Directors.  Secretary Sharon Meyer will collect everyone's email address and send out copies of board meeting minutes.

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

GCCS Annual Meeting Notification

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

Date:  8/6/2010

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

"No Show Jost" Misses Second Consecutive GCCS Board Meeting

Published by Jimmy Oldsun, NDRIRSRWRAFTC & Editor

The Board of Directors of the Gasconade County Courthouse Society (GCCS) met at the county courthouse this evening at 7 p.m.  Notable by his conspicuous absence was Gasconade County Presiding Commissioner Ron Jost.  Jost was also absent at the previous meeting of the GCCS Board of Directors held back on  May 27.

In fairness to "No Show Jost", he was a "now show" on May 27 because he claimed he "didn't get any of the email meeting announcements" and "had a meeting conflict when finally notified in person by another board member".  "No Show Jost" was a "now show" again tonight because he "had a meeting conflict".  Or at least that's what he told GCCS President Dale Ridder.

Jost accepted the position of ex-officio GCCS board member nearly a year ago.  In this position, Jost is suppose to be the point of contact for the GCCS with the Gasconade County Commission.  The only problem is that he's been absent for most of the meetings.  I guess his heart just isn't in it!  Surprise, surprise!

That's OK though.  "No Show Jost", you will no longer have a problem reading all those email meeting invitations nor will you have to read all those lengthy meeting minutes which Secretary Meyer sends out nor will you have a problem juggling all those meetings after the August 3rd Republican Primary. 

"Na na na na, na na na na,
Hey hey ey, goo-ood bye!
Na na na na, na na na na,
Hey hey ey, goo-ood bye!"

The GCCS presses on with or without "No Show Jost".  I have a good feeling about the leadership of the GCCS.  I like the fact that we now have diverse board membership from every township in the county.  When the composition of the County Commission changes, we will finally make progress on a plan for the maintenance, preservation and restoration of our historic county courthouse.  And in this, every registered voter in the county can help.  Please get out and VOTE on August 3rd!

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Special Meeting ALERT For Ron Jost And Jeff Noedel

Published by Jimmy Oldsun, NDRIRSRWRAFTC & Editor

ALERT ..... ALERT ..... ALERT ..... ALERT ..... ALERT ..... ALERT ..... ALERT ..... ALERT .....

Notice is hereby given to Presiding Commissioner Ron Jost and CNL Publisher Jeff Noedel that the Board of Directors of the Gasconade County Courthouse Society (GCCS) will gather together for a meeting at 7:00 p.m. on Monday evening June 21st.  The meeting will be held in the 2nd floor courtroom at the Gasconade County Courthouse in Hermann, MO.

Hermann Hearsay has confirmed the meeting date, time and location with Sharon Meyer, GCCS Secretary.  Ms. Meyer told us that GCCS President Dale Ridder has personally notified Ron Jost, an Ex-Officio Board Member of the GCCS.  Therefore there should be absolutely no repeat confusion on the part of Mr. Jost as to the date, time and location of this meeting.

Jeff Noedel of CNL is being alerted so that he too may make plans to attend.  Mr. Noedel has beat his chest in recent articles on his website about the need for greater openness by the GCCS and about the need to complete the clean-up work on the property immediately west of the courthouse grounds.  We suggest that Mr. Noedel attend the June 21st meeting so he can address his concerns directly with the GCCS Board of Directors rather than sneaking around "stirring the pot" and making meddlesome inquiries of building demolition permits at Hermann City Administration Offices.

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Editorial Comment: CNL Publisher Jeff Noedel Up To Old Tricks Once Again!

Published by Jimmy Oldsun, NDRIRSRWRAFTC & Editor

Local publisher Jeff Noedel is now famous around the Hermann area for his yellow journalism techniques which include ambush journalism, ambulance chasing, factual misrepresentation of news stories, one-sided biased reporting, hype, self-aggrandizement and self-promotion of his faltering online CNL "news" site , and frequent attempts to MAKE the news vs. just reporting the news.

The most recent example of Mr. Noedel's yellow journalism tactics came yesterday in his piece on the Gasconade County Courthouse Society (GCCS).  For easy reference, you can click on the following link and read Mr. Noedel's "report" for background before reading what I have to say about it:

http://www.countynewslive.com/content/2010/may/27/courthouse-society-meeting-scheduled-tonight-thu-may-27-ex-officio-board-member-

(Note:  As of 7:45 p.m. Friday, 5/28, the above link was broken.  Error message:  Page not found.  Alternatively, you can find this report at http://www.countynewslive.com/.  It was posted at 3:38 p.m. on Thursday, 5/27 ..... 3 hours and 22 minutes prior to the start of the GCCS board meeting which was the subject of so much criticism.)

Let's examine his "report" bit by bit, shall we?  Mr. Noedel, you are not going to like what I have to say about your report.  You are not going to like it at all.  But I'm going to say it anyway.  It needs to be said.  Another side of your story needs to be told!

First of all, it is inaccurate and a gross misrepresentation of the facts to report one side of the story and not report the other side of the story.  Facts:  While it is true that Presiding Commissioner Ron Jost did feign ignorance of the GCCS Board Meeting during yesterday's County Commission Meeting, it is also true that he was sent a timely email message of invitation to the meeting by both Sharon Meyer, Secretary of the GCCS, and Glenn Warnebold, Treasurer of the GCCS.  Glenn Warnebold even called Commissioner Jost ahead of the meeting to make sure he had received the email.  Apparently Mr. Jost doesn't read his email messages or call other board members IF he really is confused about the time and date of meetings.  I have received a copy of the email sent to him by Secretary Sharon Meyer on 5/18/2010.  The header of the email follows:

From: Sharon Meyer pms_meyers3@yahoo.com
To: Ron G. Jost rgjprescommgc@yahoo.com
Sent: Tue, May 18, 2010 6:22:01 AM
Subject: Fw: Gasconade County Courthouse Society Meeting - 5/27/10

This email details the time, date and place of the 5/27 board meeting.  Along with the email, the agenda for the meeting and minutes from previous meeting were attached.

No, my friends, Presiding Commissioner Ron Jost was well aware of the scheduled GCCS Board Meeting.  Why then did he feign ignorance of the board meeting during the 5/27 County Commission Meeting.  And why is CNL Publisher Jeff Noedel "carrying water" for Mr. Jost?  Certainly if I (a self-admitted non-journalist and broken-down recovering mechanical engineer) can obtain the facts from the principals involved, Mr. Noedel, who purports to be a "real journalist", should be able to gather these same facts before he shoots off his mouth and publishes untruths!  I mean if I can pick up the phone and call Sharon Meyer and Glenn Warnebold to get their side of the story, one would think that an accomplished "journalist" like Noedel could do something so simple

Second of all, if Mr. Noedel wishes to file a complaint with the Office of the Missouri Attorney General regarding his assertion that the GCCS is somehow violating the Missouri Sunshine Laws, Mr. Noedel should pursue that avenue rather than waste time grandstanding during a County Commission Meeting and distract the County Commissioners from their official duties of office.  Mr. Noedel asked Jost and Lairmore their opinions on the matter.  This had no doubt been pre-arranged among the three of them.  Jost and Lairmore apparenly relished the opportunity to take an unprofessional swipe at the GCCS.  When Northern District Commissioner Matt Penning was asked by Noedel to respond his question, Penning appropriately and professionally responded "No comment".  Penning's response was made to look negative in Noedel's report, something Noedel has attempted to do on numerous occasions.

It is Hermann Hearsay's opinion that Commissioner Penning was wise to offer NO comment.  I contacted Commissioner Penning today to get his take on Noedel's grandstanding during the County Commission Meeting.  Penning told me he thought Noedel was out of line in bringing that discussion into the Commission Meeting.  He felt it was inappropriate and not a part of the County Commission's legitimate business.  Further, Commissioner Penning told me that he recognizes that he himself is not an attorney and that Noedel, Jost and Lairmore are not attorneys either.  Therefore, it doesn't really matter what any of them think about this fine legal point.

It seems to me that Mr. Noedel, Mr. Jost and Mr. Lairmore are "teaming up" to discredit the Gasconade County Courthouse Society, its directors and its members and that they are attempting to obtruct any constructive progress toward restoration of the County Courthouse by so doing.  People of Gasconade County, I urge you to look beyond Mr. Noedel's sensational smokescreen reporting on CNL and ask yourself why he is "carrying water" for Commissioners Jost and Lairmore and why he is attempting to publicly discredit the GCCS.  Hermann Hearsay will stand guard against such sensational yellow journalism and biased reporting, and we will report the truth when we see others reporting untruths!

The real story which everyone in Gasconade County should be discussing is:  "Why are Noedel, Jost and Lairmore conspiring to publicly discedit the GCCS and why do Jost and Lairmore continue to drag their heels and obstruct any meaningful progress by a growing group of concerned Gasconade County citizens who sincerely want to restore and upgrade the current Gasconade County Courthouse so that it can better serve the citizens of this generation and of future generations?"

Hermann Hearsay urges citizens to contact Noedel, Jost and Lairmore and express your thoughts.  We have expressed ours!

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GCCS Board Meeting

Published by Jimmy Oldsun, NDRIRSRWRAFTC & Editor

The GCCS (Gasconade County Courthouse Society) Board met on Thursday night for the first time since the Annual Membership Meeting of August 10, 2009.  Thursday night's meeting was held in the second floor courtroom.  The board elected its officers who will serve one, two and three year terms from board members elected during the 2009 Annual Membership Meeting.  The GCCS officers elected are:

Dale Ridder - President
Olan Stemme - Vice-President
Sharon Meyer - Secretary
Glenn Warnebold - Treasurer

The group worked through a meaty 2.5 hour agenda, and there was a lot of great discussion.  The impression of this reporter and GCCS member is that this board will become a very cohesive and effective team under the able leadership of their new President, Dale Ridder.

The only disappointment for the board members and this reporter was the fact that Ron Jost, Gasconade County Presiding Commissioner and ex-officio member of the GCCS board, failed to make the meeting.  This reporter hopes that this is not a harbinger of problems yet to come.

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BREAKING NEWS - GCCS Schedules Meeting For Thursday Evening

Published by Jimmy Oldsun, NDRIRSRWRAFTC & Editor

Hermann Hearsay learned at 1 p.m. today that the GCCS (Gasconade County Courthouse Society) is calling a meeting at the Gasconade County Courthouse for this Thursday evening, 5/27.  It was unclear when we learned about it what time the meeting would start, and it was unclear whether this would be a meeting of the Board of Directors or a meeting of the General Membership.  Our source was also unclear who called the meeting.  We understand that Jon Held, former Vice-President and acting President had resigned his position on the Board of Directors some time ago, so we presume that Mr. Held has not called the meeting.  This information was provided to us by one of our sources.  He prefers to remain anonymous.

We called one of Hermann Hearsay's Premium Subscribers who also happens to be a member of the GCCS to see what he might know about the meeting.  Dick Schaefer told us around 2:30 p.m. this afternoon that he had not received notification of the meeting either by cell phone or by email.  As a member, Mr. Schaefer provided his contact information last year when he became a member.

We also attempted to contact Glenn Warnebold, GCCS Treasurer.  We left a message at Oak Glenn Winery, but Glenn has not returned our call as of this report.  We then contacted Sharon Meyer, GCCS Secretary.  Sharon confirmed to us that there will in fact be a Board of Directors meeting at 7 p.m. this Thursday.  The meeting will be conducted in the 2nd floor courtroom and all members are welcome to attend.  Agenda topics are the filling of two vacancies on the board and planning for the 2010 General Membership Meeting.  Sharon also confirmed to us that this will be the first meeting of the GCCS since August of 2009.

Hermann Hearsay will be in attendance Thursday night and will report the outcomes of the meeting on Friday.

UPDATE!  We appreciate that Glenn called back at 7:30 p.m. this evening and confirmed that the meeting is a GCCS Board of Directors meeting at 7 p.m. in the Gasconade County Courthouse.  He confirmed that GCCS members and members of the media are not prohibited from attending the meeting.

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