BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org

INDEPENDENCE — Montgomery County taxpayers can expect to see a slight drop in the tax rate assessed for county programs and services in 2011.

Montgomery County commissioners voted unanimously to propose a 2011 budget that calls for the county’s mill levy, also known as a tax rate, to decline from 52.10 mills in the current 2010 budget year to 47.09 mills in 2011.

That 5.01-mill decrease represents an 9.6 percent decrease in the county’s mill rate.
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BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org

INDEPENDENCE — Two Montgomery County 4-H youths earned the titles of king and queen of the 89th Annual Montgomery County 4-H Fair during coronation ceremonies on Tuesday night.

Held in the Independence Memorial Hall, the ceremony saw Aaron O’Brien of the Peppy Progressive 4-H Club earn the king title while Jerica Hall of the Valley Victors 4-H Club received the queen title.

They will preside over the 4-H fair events that will be held through Monday at Riverside Park in Independence.
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BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org

INDEPENDENCE — Candidates for the Montgomery County Commission, First District, made their views known on a variety of governmental issues during a forum sponsored by the Independence Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday.

Attending the forum were Republican candidates Leon Rau of rural Liberty and Mike Seller of Independence and Democrat candidate Tim Myers of Cherryvale. Rau and Seller will face off in the Aug. 3 general election with the winner facing Myers in the Nov. 2 general election.
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BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org

Montgomery County Sheriff Robert Dierks is warning county residents about a scam that has begun to reach local residents.

Dierks said his department has received calls in reference to scam praying on people by trying to get them to send money by Western Union or other means. Dierks stated that while this scam has several variations, the scam basically works with people receiving a telephone call from someone claiming to be the people’s grandchild. The so-called grandchild then tells the people that he or she has been arrested and needs money for bail.
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The Montgomery County Chronicle publishes death notices on this website at no charge to the family of the deceased. Complete obituary can be found in the print edition of the Montgomery County Chronicle. Complete obituaries are printed at $20, which is billed to the funeral home handling the funeral and burial arrangements.

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