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10 candidates seek three offices in Jasper County GOP primary Mitchell, now retired, said work in road construction, and experience in founding and running two businesses have prepared him for work on the commission. That background, he said, includes job bidding, budget, payroll and personnel management.
Mitchell said he believes his experience as a business owner would serve county residents in making responsible decisions about how tax dollars are spent. If elected, he said his goals would be to listen to residents’ concerns and respond in an honest, timely manner, and work with the other commissioners in making responsible decisions. Honey, 63, rural Carthage, previously was a vocational agriculture teacher and director of the Carthage Technical Center. He has lived in Jasper County all but three years of his life. He is a graduate of Carl Junction High School and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in agriculture education from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Putnam, 54, controller for Carthage Radiologists, lives at 2842 W. Morgan Heights Road, Carthage. He has lived in Jasper County for 24 years and holds an associate’s degree in business education and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Truman State University, Kirksville. A county resident for 46 years, Mitchell, 59, is now retired, but started, owned and operated Mitchell Construction Co. and JBM Manufacturing Inc., both of Carthage. He lives at 1870 E. Bailey Drive, Carthage. Public administrator In the race for public administrator, one-term incumbent Rita Hunter is being challenged by Angie Casavecchia Ashens and J.L. “Monty” Morgan. Hunter cites as her qualifications for office her four years in the post in which she said she has gained “hands-on experience in caring for the wards,” and training through the Missouri Public Administrator’s Association and other groups. Ashens said she completed an internship with the public administrator’s office under Janice Tusinger, the former administrator. She said she has worked at Ozark Center as a case manager for people with mental illness, then for the past 13 years has worked for the Missouri Department of Mental Health as a case manager and quality assurance specialist for people with mental retardation or developmental disabilities. She said she has served as the guardianship coordinator for many years with the Department of Mental Health. Hunter said she wants to continue serving “to provide the best services” and round-the-clock availability of her office. If re-elected, she said she would continue lobbying for the state to restore Medicaid services, and obtain dental and optical care, and push for more residential care homes and emergency psychiatric beds in the area. Ashens said she is seeking the office “because it is vitally important in the lives of Jasper County’s most vulnerable citizens. I have a desire to serve these citizens, and I know I am well-qualified.” If elected, she said she will strive to ensure the health and safety of all wards of the office, and will preserve and protect their assets. She said she also will ensure wards are living in the least-restrictive environment possible, and that they are able to participate as fully as possible in decision making for their lives. Morgan said he is running “to help wards of the office, and to be a fair and honest advocate.” He said his priority, if elected, would be to make sure the rights of the wards are not diminished because of disability, and to help people not able to help themselves. Hunter, 55, lives near Joplin. She is a longtime county resident who attended Joplin High School, received a GED certificate and has computer training from Franklin Technical School. Ashens is a graduate of Diamond High School and holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology form Missouri Southern State University, with graduate work at Pittsburg State University. 
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