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Lewis County
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
(USPS 088-820) Vol. XL New Series, No. 2 Canton, Mo. 63435 • 12 Pages • 2 Sections • 55 cents
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MONDAY IS HOLIDAY FOR SOME
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 16, is a holiday for some entities. Post Offices, banks, and government offices are closed that day. There will also be no school at Canton R-V or Lewis County C-1 School Districts, or Culver-Stockton College. The Press-News Journal will be among the businesses open. People submitting payments or news/photos by regular mail should note the closing and mail early, to meet the Monday at 10 a.m. deadline.
TWO C-SC CAMPUS BUILDINGS GETTING MAJOR RENOVATIONS
Photo by Sabrina Sparks, lifeadventurephoto.com
Highland High school hosted a week long basketball tournament from January 2-7, and its very own Lady Cougars came up victors in the championship game. Larry Post, Assistant Principal/Athletic Director of Highland High School, states emphatically, “We, at Highland, are very excited for our Lady Cougars and their Highland Tournament victory!” Head coach, Brad Dance shared, “Saturday was a great environment for our girls to play in. We were able to take care of business and get the victory.”
Minor fender-bender in LaGrange By Dan Steinbeck, Editor dan@lewispnj.com
Two Culver-Stockton College campus buildings are getting major renovations. The buildings are the Carl Johann Building and the Herrick Foundation Center. The library in the Johann Building is getting a new front desk, which will replace separate circulation, and reference desks. A glass wall around the former reference desk has been removed. In addition, new rooms are being partitioned in the east part of the library.
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EAGLE DAY EVENTS ARE BEING PLANNED By Dan Steinbeck, Editor dan@lewispnj.com
The events for the Canton’s Annual Eagle Day have been expanded for this year. Eagle Day is February 4, with viewing of eagles along the riverfront through binoculars and telescopes. A talk about eagles by Dr. Joe Coelho from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lock 20 lockhouse. A slide show of other local birds will be presented at the Lewis Street Playhouse at 1:45 p.m., and the movie “The Big Year,” which includes bird watching, will be shown at 2 p.m. The movie stars Steve Martin, Jack Black, and Owen Wilson. That day will also be the kickoff for a local photo contest, with the details still coming. The Eagle Day events are sponsored by the Canton Tourism Commission.
Photo by Allen Searson
A minor accident occurred Monday at the one lane bridge just North of LaGrange. There were no major injuries.
A minor accident Monday in LaGrange inconvenienced motorists for a short time. The accident happened near the Wakonda Bridge. Pictured above is one of the vehicles involved in the accident. The car collided with the rear of a van as it yielded to oncoming traffic at the bridge, which is a one lane. There were no major injuries, however there was a four year old child who complained of shoulder discomfort due to the seat belt. Another person was treated at the scene.
Singer sentenced for threat on school
School was sentenced Jan. 5 in Lewis County Circuit Court. Heather Singer, who was 17 in September, 2011 when she made a threat to the school, received a suspended imposition of sentence and five years supervised probation by Judge Russell Steele. She also was ordered to pay court costs, the crime victim compensation fund, and public defender lien. Singer was also ordered to have no contact with Canton R-V School, not to attend any R-V school events, and not to be on the R-V property. SINGER Singer had posted on a social network site her intentions By Dan Steinbeck, Editor to burn down the Canton R-V dan@lewispnj.com School, and confirmed the threat A Canton teenager who threat- to a school official and a law enened to burn the Canton R-V forcement officer.
DRY WEATHER NOT A MAJOR FACTOR YET, BUT...
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Low river levels are not the only concern if the recent trend of dry weather continues.
By Dan Steinbeck, Editor dan@lewispnj.com
There has been less than three inches of precipitation in Lewis County since
Dec. 1. There is also a soil moisture deficit from southwest Missouri to northeast Missouri, due in part to mild weather from the La Nina weather patterns. It’s not a huge concern to weather officials, or those in agriculture just yet, but without some precipitation, it could have an effect. Jayson Gosselin, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in St. Louis said winter in the area is typically the driest of the seasons, and there is an average of a half-inch variation from normal. “Without a snow pack or a decent rain, it will hurt more in the spring,” Gosselin said. Gosselin said the soil moisture is near normal for the area, and said the precipitation is comparable to last year, but there has been less snowfall. Gosselin said it’s not a big outdoor
fire danger, but “it would be nice to get some precipitation in the next seven to ten days or so.” He said a fire danger could increase without the moisture. John Wheeler of the Lewis County Farm Service Agency in Monticello said farmers are starting to talk about sub-soil moisture, and said it could be a problem for farmers if it continues. But Wheeler said the mild weather and lack of precipitation has had some advantages. “It has let people accomplish things they normally couldn’t do this time of the year – dirt work, terraces, cleaning out ditches. It (the mild weather) has also been easier on livestock.” Wheeler said if the fair weather continues, he expects some farmers will get in the fields somewhat earlier than normal.