WELDON MACKE FILES FOR RE-ELECTION

Cape Girardeau County Auditor H. Weldon Macke filed for re-election Tuesday, the first day of filing for the 1998 fall election.

"When I entered office in 1969, I made a pledge that my office would always be open to all the public. I have kept that promise," said Macke.

"When I was first elected to the office of auditor, Cape County was borrowing money in March in order to operate until tax collections were received in the fall," said Macke.

Today, Cape Girardeau County is so financially sound that it operates without a property tax for general county operations, Macke said.

When the county became a first-class county, the auditor's office became the budget office and the financial adviser to the county commission.

Macke is past president of the Missouri Association of Counties. He has served on the taxation and finance team of the National Association of Counties.

He is president of the Southeast Missouri Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission and treasurer of the Missouri Councils of Government.

He is a member of the National Association of Regional Planners and the National Association of Development Organization.

Macke also serves on the Southeast Missouri University Foundation board.

The Gordonville-area Republican served on the university's last presidential search committee.

He is chairman of the agriculture school advisory board and is a member of the Southeast Missouri Crime Laboratory Committee.

He also serves on the Southeast Missouri Hospital Board of Trustees and the board of directors of the Cape Mercantile Bank. He is a member of the Jackson Chamber of Commerce.

He and wife, Bonnie, are active in United Methodist Church of Gordonville, as are their three daughters and their families.

Macke is chairman of the church board and chairs the Clergy Support organization within the Missouri East Conference of the United Methodist church. He also serves on the General Church Council of Finance and Administration.