Candidates for April 6th Election

We have just received the attached information that was acquired and compiled by students at Bunceton School. We are posting this information here and on our website under public notices at the request of the public for the upcoming election to be held on Tuesday April 6th.

We have just received the attached information that was acquired and compiled by students at Bunceton School. We are posting this information here and on our website under public notices at the request of the public for the upcoming election to be held on Tuesday April 6th.

Nancy Krutzsch (46 yo) works as a Sr. Sales Rep for Animal Health.
Please vote for me, Nancy Krutzsch, on April 6th! I am excited to be running for a position on the Cooper County Public Health Board of Trustees. A little about me...l have lived in Cooper County since 2005. I am married and have three sons; two of them are in college and the youngest is a senior at Tipton High School. My family recently purchased and moved to a small farm in the Bunceton area. We have a cow/calf operation and also raise beef for butchering. My Bachelor's degree in Business Management came from Mizzou. Currently, I work as a Certified Veterinary Practice Manager in central Missouri, and it is my passion. It's hard to believe I have been in the veterinary industry for over 12 years, including working as a pharmaceutical sales representative traveling all over the state. If given the opportunity, I would be a proactive member of the health board because I understand the importance of health, science, and health-related programs provided by the county. I frequently attend health board meetings as an involved citizen, offering the board support for the important role they serve. Please message me with any questions. Thank you for reading! (Taken from candidates Facebook page)
Interview Responses: What are you most looking forward to in serving as a Trustee on the Board of Health? "Participating/providing healthcare for citizens that need/use it." What are you dreading or concerned about?
"Publicizing the services of the Health Department." Do you consider yourself a liberal or a conservative? "l don't consider my views as distinctly labeled." Is there anything else you would like the voters to know about you? "l am really excited to help and participate in the community."
Report by Emily Breece

Clark Williamson Owns Welcome Home Locksmith & Pest
Control 660-888-8587 Lives in Boonville. He used to be a Scout Master. He previously worked at Caterpillar. His wife is a school teacher at David Barton Elementary. He has four children, 2 still in High School. What brings you to Cooper County? "l have been a life-long resident for 54 years". What are you most looking forward to in serving as a Trustee on the Board of Health? " I am looking forward to volunteering and making sure people get their immunizations; and helping economically depressed mothers and fathers." What are you dreading or most concerned about? "l don't really have any concerns. I just want to do my part to help the community." What did or do you do for a living? "l am self-employed. I have my own locksmith & pest control business."
Do you consider yourself a liberal or conservative? "I'm not really either, I'm more of in the middle." Is there anything else you would like the voters to know about you? "Nothing else."
 
John Fangman
What brings you to Cooper County? Moved here in 62 with my parents. What are you most looking forward to and serving as a trustee on the board of health? Keeping the public informed on issues that they need to be aware of. What are you dreading or concerned about? At this point mainly covid. Would you mind telling me a little bit about your family? Are you married? Do you have any kids or grandkids? Yes, my third time twins from the first, Stacy from the 2nd, and none with the present. April 6th I will be a grandpa for the first time What do or did you do for a living? Retired from the post office. Do you consider yourself a liberal or conservative? Conservative. What do you believe about your background makes you qualified for this position? Firefighter and first responder and working with the public. When you said that you work with the public could you be more specific? Worked at the post office 26 years and with the city of Bunceton with water and sewer. Is there anything else that you would like voters to know about you? Mainly keeping the public awareness and working with businesses helping them to maintain safe practices for the Covid.
 
Patty Dick is a Farmer who says "Getting there is half the fun" in her Linked-in account. She is the current President, and the only Incumbent that is running.

Patty Dick
What brings you to Cooper County?
I was born and raised here and moved away then came back
What are you most looking forward to and serving as a trustee on the board of health? Continuing, I have been on the board of health since origination in the early 2000's and I would like to continue in that role and help the citizens of Cooper County get better health resources. What are you dreading or concerned about? I'm concerned that we have 9 candidates and that will split the vote lots of different ways. I am also concerned about low voter turnout at one time it was even announced that Bunceton voting site wouldn't be open. Would you mind telling me a little bit about your family? I live here, my husband was a farmer, I worked for the government then retired. My son Jason lives here, my two daughters live away, Deanne is in Salt Lake City and Dana is in St. Charles. What do or did you do for a living? I am retired from my government job. I now farm locally. Do you consider yourself a liberal or conservative? I'm kind of middle of the road person. I have some conservative values but then some of my beliefs are more liberal than conservative. Is it true that you currently are on the health board? That's Correct. Is it true that there is a lawsuit against the Health department? There is or has been yes. It reflects a confined animal control operation and a red health regulation that was passed with some local farmers that sued the health board because they feel that the regulation was not legal. Is there anything else that you would like voters to know about you? That I will do the best for them.

WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET A PICTURE FROM Ms. PAINTER
Mary K. Painter is in her 50's, she has a loving family, and she's running for the Cooper County Board of Health.
What brings you to Cooper County? "My first husband and my work from the 1980's" What are vou most lookinq forward to in servinq as a Trustee on the Board of Health? "Learning more about County Public Health" What are you dreading or concerned about? "The lawsuit currently involved with Public Health Can you tell me about your family? "I am a mother of two grown boys, I have three grandkids, and we love to garden and go horseback riding" What did or do you do for a living? "l was what you would call a computer person, I used to work in the Public County School District, but I am now retired and I have been watching my grandkids" Do you consider yourself a liberal or a conservative? "l lean more towards conservative because public health is for everyone" Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you? "No, I am running because I'm very passionate about public health"

We received NO RESPONSE from David Booker after repeated efforts to contact him. All the information below is a matter of public record. David Booker lives in Pilot Grove. He was the Cooper County District Commissioner but did not get re-elected. He was previously a Hwy. Patrolman. He obtained a Bachelors degree in Criminal Justice from University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg.

Robert Graves is a Retired Veterinarian from the state of California. He is married and lives in Boonville. Robert has training in medical health from when he was in the Air Force. He has no major concerns about anything he might face while serving on the Board. He believes that Cooper County is doing a great job with Covid.
Robert is married with three children. He considers himself a conservative. He wants everyone to know that he wants to be on the board because he has training in medical health.
 
Paul Keller is 52 years old and lives in Boonville. He is Retired Air Force. He volunteers and teaches soccer for the local school children. He has 4 children. Two of his children are in University, the remaining two are married. What brings you to Cooper County? "l came to Cooper County after I got remarried." What are you most looking forward to inserving as a trustee on the Board of Health?
"l am 100% looking forward to serving as a trustee." What are you dreading or concerned about? "l am not concerned about anything. I want to help residents and help them grow." What did you do for a living? "l am retired from the Air Force. I was a microbiologist and an engineer." Do you consider yourself a liberal or conservative?
"l have conservative values." Is there anything else you would like the voters to know about you? I want voters to know that I am here for them and want to help them grow.

Persephone Lundolos
What brings you to Cooper County? My family grew, and our house in Columbia was really small. We wanted to stay in the Mid-Missouri area because my husband and I work here, but we couldn't really afford most of the places in Columbia so we started looking in the surrounding areas and we thought Boonville was a super cute town. A great house came up that was within our budget so we jumped on it and moved out here.
What are you most looking forward to in serving as a Trustee on the Board of Health?-What I would most look forward to is hearing from people and inviting different voices into the conversation. I think I could be useful and I think my professional background could be helpful. I'm an open person and I like to hear from all sides, from all perspectives, and inviting people into the conversation, and being part of the solution. I would most enjoy building those community bonds through service.
What are you dreading or concerned about if anything?-
I feel like if my fellow community members believe that I could be useful, then I would just get in there and do the absolute best I could do. I don't have any fears about that because I know that what I can do is good work and I know that I have a lot to bring to the table, and a lot to offer. Can you tell me about your family?-
My family growing is what caused us to move out here to Cooper County. I have my wonderful husband who has been so supportive and so helpful. And I also have two amazing kids. What did or do you do for a living?- I've been in communication since I graduated from Mizzou in 2008, and I've been in communications since then for non-profits, government agencies, and quasi-government agencies. So I've actually done a lot of communications work which means, especially working for non-profits, you end wearing a ton of hats because they don't usually have a lot of money for a lot of staff so you get into things like web development, and event promotions, and event management. It's not what I necessarily had in mind, but I actually found out I was good at these things and I enjoy them. So that led me to this path of serving these organizations that don't necessarily have a huge budget, and finding a way to serve them, get their message out, help promote, and so I've been doing that for a while now. But I currently work for the University of Missouri's system. In addition to communications, I also do course development; we develop online courses for people and part of my job is to help communicate very complex subjects in ways that they can better understand. I found that very fulfilling. Do you consider yourself a liberal or conservative?-
I will be perfectly honest, I've always considered myself a democrat, but I withdrew from the party completely in the past few years and I've just been considering myself an independent because I truly know that conversation and communication is important. What I'm seeing from both parties is not productive and it's not how we solve the problems that we need to solve as a community. So, for me, I'm more focused on how we can work together to solve these issues and I just view the parties as them being in it for business, they're in it to prolong themselves, and to make money for themselves, and I've seen it from the inside of my own party and I was thoroughly disgusted. I feel like if there's ever a way for us to grow and improve together, we've got to do it here and it has to start in our own communities. It can't start from these political parties which are only trying to further themselves. I was just so disgusted with everybody that I was just done with it. So yeah, I'm sitting here in the middle as an independent and I'm proud to say I don't belong to either political party or spectrum. I just want to solve problems and I don't care who has a great idea, I want to hear from them. Is there anything else you would like the voters to know about you?-My husband is such a supporting guy! Thank him for his support and thank my crazy kids for really putting me through the gauntlet every day. And thank you guys for giving me a call and reaching out. I'm so excited!

We have just received the attached information that was acquired and compiled by students at Bunceton School. We are posting this information here and on our website under public notices at the request of the public for the upcoming election to be held on Tuesday April 6th.