Daviess County Central 911 employees have a lot of stress in their lives. Now they can add another — money — their own and other people’s.

The Daviess County Health Department is offering a stroke screening on Monday, May 21, at their office located at 609A South Main in Gallatin. Appointments are necessary and can be made by calling toll free 877-732-8258.

Repairs are pending in the third floor courtroom of the Daviess County courthouse, where extensive damage occurred when a radiator valve failed on April 23. The malfunctioning valve allowed steam to vent into the courtroom unchecked for over 24 hours.

Mi Mexico opened in Gallatin on Thursday afternoon, May 10. The restaurant is owned by Sal Hernandez and his father Salvador Hernandez.

Memorial Day services will be held at Brown Cemetery at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 28. The event is sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. After the Gallatin ceremony, the veterans will travel to Jamesport to perform at the Masonic Cemetery at around 11:30 a.m.

The public is invited to the lighting of the Special Olympics torch at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, May 21, to start Missouri’s Law Enforcement Torch Run through Daviess County. The event will be held on the lawn of the courthouse in Gallatin. This year Special Olympics athlete Kris Critten will light the torch.

A roofing bid from Worrell Constructions for $7,500 plus materials for the city hall roof replacement was accepted by the Gallatin Board of Aldermen during their meeting held Monday, May 14, at city hall.

A Winston man was moderately injured while driving a Kidder-Altamont-Winston fire truck to a fire in an accident that happened at about 5:14 p.m. in Daviess County, according to a report by the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

A Gallatin teenager received moderate injuries in a one-car accident that happened at about 8:20 a.m. on Saturday, May 12, in Daviess County.

Carolyn Huston, 59, Jamesport, received minor injuries when she ran into the back of a semi in an accident that happened five miles west of Cameron at about 8:50 a.m. on Tuesday, May 15, in DeKalb County.

crEATed Cooking Team will hold a cooking class at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 20, at the Gallatin Seventh-day Adventist Community Center. This is the second year the team has brought their mission of living healthier by eating healthier to Gallatin. This year’s focus will be on outdoor cooking.

I have organized a number of Extension meetings on the topic of beekeeping over the past several years. I am always amazed at the amount of interest people have in these tiny, beneficial insects. It seems that there is always someone calling us wanting information on how to raise bees.

The National Archives at Kansas City will be offering two free genealogy workshops in June. Can’t Catch Me: Locating Ancestors in Court and Prison Records will be held on Saturday, June 2, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Introduction to Genealogy: Using Federal Census Records to Find Your Ancestors will be held on Friday, June 8, from 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) invites women to get hands-on training in various outdoor skills at its "Discover Nature Women Summer Workshop" June 1-3 at the Windermere Conference Center along the Lake of the Ozarks in Roach.

Building on the success of the inaugural Missouri Snapshots Photo Contest in 2011, Rural Missouri and Missouri State Parks have teamed up again this year to sponsor the amateur photo contest. Photographers across Missouri will have a chance to showcase their talents and win one of five State Park Getaway Packages each valued at $500.