WEEKLY HISTORY NOTES •

Five Years Ago

Thursday, August 9, 2018

• Republican challenger Patrick Clark defeats incumbent Clinton County Presiding Commissioner Wade Wilken, Jr. (Republican) in the primaries to win the county’s top-elected seat.

• Voters in the City of Lathrop approve a use tax on internet purchases and a bond issue to fund street improvements.

• Residents in Grayson vote against dissolution of its village by a vote of 13-3.

• School officials at the Clinton County R-III School District break ground on the new track south of the middle school.

• Roger Pritchett of Lathrop reaches the 20-gallon mark for his blood donation career .

10 Years Ago

Thursday, August 8, 2013

• The Lathrop Friendship Festival celebrates its 49th annual show with a Duck Dynasty theme; Les and Bev Bowles are named Lathrop Rotary Citizens of the Year after operating Video Plus for more than a quarter century, Mike and Toni Shrewsbury serve as Festival Grand Marshals.

• Voters in the Clinton County R-III School District shoot down a proposed 30-cent levy increase that would have generated $200,000 annually to bolster salaries.

20 Years Ago

Thursday, August 7, 2003

• A Turney man is charged with murder and arson in the shooting death of two people in

Lathrop the previous week.

• Construction crews begin work on the new municipal pool next to Ellis Elementary in Plattsburg.

• Plattsburg’s 14 and under baseball team wins the Tri-County League championship, finishing 12-1.

• Lathrop celebrates the 39th Annual Friendship Festival.

• Jim and Alice Woodward to cut the ribbon on new Plattsburg High School expansion.

30 Years Ago

Thursday, August 5, 1993

• A powerful storm smacks Plattsburg with 80 mph winds and more than an inch of rain in just a half hour, knocking out windows and power lines, and downing trees throughout town.

40 Years Ago

Thursday, August 11, 1983

• President Ronald Reagan issues a proclamation congratulating Plattsburg for its 150th anniversary.

• Community members continue preparation work for Plattsburg’s sesquicentennial celebration, which will run from August 14 through August 21.

• The Plattsburg Alumni football team plays the Cameron Alumni to a 6-6 draw.

• Charles and Rita Kilgore travel to the Wold Horseshoe Pitching Championships, where Charles wins his division and places 13th overall in the world.