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Jessie GaschStaff Reporter

The Kirksville City Council has become a hot topic during the last several weeks, and it seems the debate will continue.

On April 5 Kirksville residents will choose among nine candidates hoping to replace council members Martha Rowe and Mayor Pro Tem Ralph Cupelli, whose terms soon will expire. As of Monday, 10 people had filed with the city clerk to compete for the two positions, but one has since left the race.

“[The number of candidates] is pretty unusual,” Adair County Clerk Jon Cook said. “However, theyʼve occasionally had that many candidates in the past ... Iʼm sure it s̓ because of the attention the council s̓ been getting, and people think they can help out.”

The candidates are Kevin Alm, Charles Cannaday, Greg Guffey, Mark Lowry, Jeff Newton, Rowe, Sterling Ruddy, Corey San-ford and Ronald Stewart.

The city used to hold a primary election, but it was eliminated because it was too ex-pensive, Cook said. Instead, all nine candi-dates will appear on the ballot, and the two who receive the highest number of votes will be elected, he said.

Rowe, the only incumbent in the race, decided to file two or three weeks ago.

“We need people on the council who have the big picture in mind,” Rowe said. “I hope that we can have a council that is interested in seeing the whole community grow. Iʼm very interested in the quality-of-life issues.”

Like many of his opponents, Stewart, former Kirksville fire chief, said he was in-terested in the community involvement.

“I think it s̓ just a commitment to the community,” Stewart said. “Being a part of the community for my entire life, I just wasnʼt ready to retire. Having worked for the city for 30 years, I wasnʼt ready to walk away from [civil service].”

Local automobile dealership owner and landlord Greg Guffey said his decision to run was influenced by his 10-year-old daughter.

“I want to have some impact on the fu-ture of the city so that the younger genera-tion has something to hold on to,” Guffey said.

Guffey said the Hazel Creek issue did not impact his decision to run.

“I think the controversy is unfortunate,” he said. “Issues like that will always be problems that city governments will face.”

Candidates must be 21 years of age, a U.S. citizen, a resident of the city for at least one year prior to the election and have paid all of their municipal fees and taxes in order to run, Kirksville City Clerk Vickie Brum-baugh said.

City Council hopefuls must follow Kirksvilleʼs filing process by submit-ting his or her name to the city clerk, who verifies his or her qualifications and sends the official list of names to the office of the county clerk. Preparations for the election then can begin, such as assembling ballots, notifying the Secre-tary of Stateʼs office and accounting for last-minute changes.

Cupelli said he chose not to run again

Fraternity alumnus diesMissouri police officer, former Pi Kap president involved in fatal car crash

Alan ReiningerStaff Reporter

Senior Michael Brovey said what he remembers most about alumnus Stephen Bastean is the time they spent fishing together.

Bastean, a 2001 Truman gradu-ate, allegedly was driving drunk when he caused a fatal accident in St. Louis on Jan. 12, according to a Jan. 21 article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Bastean and Scott Armstrong, a Bridgeton, Mo., on-duty police offi-cer, died in the accident.

Bastean worked as a police offi-cer for University City, Mo. Bastean was a member of social fraternity Pi Kappa Phi while attending Truman and served as president in 2000.

Bastean was engaged to Elena Ko-rynta, a Truman alumna.

Senior Michael Brovey said he met Bastean while pledging the Pi Kaps in 2001.

“We kept in pretty close contact, once every few weeks anyway,” Brovey said. “Heʼd check in to see how things were going with the fra-ternity and see how life in Kirksville was still going. Heʼd tell me funny cop stories or when he was coming back to go fishing.”

Brovey said Bastean had several favorite fishing spots around Forest Lake at Thousand Hills State Park.

Brovey said Bastean and his younger brother visited Kirksville this summer to fish at the lake, de-spite Broveyʼs admission that the fishing was not good. Bastean and his brother hadnʼt been on the wa-ter for 20 minutes before they came back in to show off a 7-pound bass, Brovey said.

“I guess he had enough time to put out to the dam at the lake, two casts, catch that thing and put back in,” Brovey said. “I donʼt think Iʼve ever seen a fish that big. It was huge and it looked pregnant, so of course we let it go. A few pictures and brag-ging rights.”

The two worked together as cooks for the Lodge at Thousand Hills. Brovey said Bastean returned to Kirksville several times a year to see

how things were going and make sure the house was not falling apart.

Brovey said he considered Bas-tean a role model while he served as Pi Kap president in 2004.

“As the last president of our chap-ter, I would envision, or try to en-vision, how Steve would do things while he was in office and try either to mimic those or not stray too far from the same perspective,” Brovey said.

Brovey said the chapter has pre-liminary plans to rename an award in Basteanʼs honor.

“Itʼs the Brother of the Year, which is pretty high held,” Brovey said. “In the past it has gone to the president, but not necessarily. All the alumni make sure to talk to the guy that got Brother of the Year, every year.”

Bastean graduated from Truman with a bachelorʼs degree in Justice Systems. He worked at Fortelʼs Pizza Den before attending the Missouri Police Corps academy.

Pi Kap president senior Nick Hart said he met Bastean at an alumni weekend and recently talked about his job as a police officer.

“He was really excited to finally have his real job,” Hart said. “He was very excited to be serving in that ca-pacity.”

Basteanʼs death has caused changes within the Pi Kap fraternity. Winston Vanderhoof, senior graphics designer for the Publications Office and adviser to the Pi Kaps, said that if any good was to come out of this tragedy, it was getting the Pi Kaps seriously talking about the dangers of drunk driving.

He said the national fraternity has recently distributed DVDs about an alcohol-related death of a Pi Kap at a different university.

“Seeing them discuss and watch the DVD and to talk about Steve and some of the other things that have happened while there have been par-ties going on is a really great step in the right direction,” Vanderhoof said. “And thatʼs all that I ask, is discus-sion to be had and then to let that motivate and push them to what they feel needs to be done.”

Brovey said the accident can en-courage people to be more careful.

“And we are taking this to heart, especially now, and trying to put it to work, maybe change how things are working in our house,” Brovey said.

What is happening: Nine candi-dates registered for Kirksville City Council Elections.

What will happen: Elections will take place April 5

INDEX update

because of job commitments.“My jobs have changed here at the Univer-

sity,” Cupelli said. “I have to spend more time in [Jefferson] City. With the current make up of the council, I think you need more of a time commitment.”

He said learning about the management of the city is an important aspect of the job.

“I think you need a good understand-ing of the services the city provides,” Cupelli said. “But also, if the city didnʼt provide those services, who would? These things cost money, but if we didnʼt train a S.W.A.T. team, who would do it?”

Cupelli said he hoped the council will look toward the future.

“I hope that [the council] is concerned about representing all the citizens of Kirksville,” he said.

Mayor Debbie Masten s̓ term expires in April 2006, and council members Tim Crist s̓ and Richard Scott s̓ terms end in April 2007.

Other positions that will appear on the April ballot include the School Board and the Nursing Home Board.

Caribbean Grooves

Junior Steven Chau (left) and sophomore Eric Wooten (middle) groove along to the tunes of Coconut Dave on Wednesday night in the SUB Activities Room.

Nine in running for city council seatsRoger Meissen/Index