A SALUTE TO LEWIS COUNTY FFA
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Lewis County
Serving the communities of Lewis County, Mo. since 1862 (USPS 088-820) Vol. XL New Series, No. 7 Canton, Mo. 63435 • 28 Pages • 4 Sections • 55 cents
BREAKING NEWS UPDATES AT
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Local Teams Show Support With Pink, Purple Nights BY RITA COX Reporter rita1@lewispnj.com
COMMUNITY MEETING SET TO DISCUSS BUILDING Community meeting set to discuss building. A Canton community meeting will be held in a building, which will be the topic of discussion. In a Monday, Feb. 13 email to individuals, the community is invited to the building at 314 Lewis Street, formerly known as the Saturday Store building. The meeting held by the Canton Community Betterment Group, who has inherited possession to the building, will address the possibility of using the building for a community center. The town hall public meeting is Thursday, March 1 at 7 p.m. at the building. The email said people who feel the project is “doable” should come and show support and help prepare a plan of execution. Without such a plan, the building may be sold on an on-line auction in April.
Highland High School cheerleaders form the familiar breast cancer awareness ribbon with their pom pons during pink night held during the varsity basketball games on Feb. 6. Canton High School held purple night Feb. 10 for cancer awareness. The two schools had fundraisers and sold t-shirts to support cancer awareness. This is an annual event for both schools, and the community has always shown their support with these events. Highland and Canton fans wore various shades of pink and purple, and the Highland basketball team wore pink uniforms during their game Tuesday night. Look for more photos from Highland Pink Night in this edition of the PressNews Journal.
Highland cheerleaders perform during Pink Night.
Photo by Sabrina Sparks, lifeadventurephoto.com
YES, IT REALLY IS STILL WINTER
CANTON SCOUTS TO BE “SCOUTING FOR FOOD” MARCH 3
Canton boy Scouts will again be “Souting for Food” March 3. They will collect non-perishables placed at front doors by door hangers. Te4h foood collected will got to a local food pantry. Food bins will be set up at Orschelns, County Market, and Dollar General from 9-11 a.m. Feb. 25 and March 3.
Photo by Dan Steinbeck
Donald Goodwin, Canton, removes the snow from the windshield of his car Monday afternoon.
MINOR INJURIES REPORTED IN ONEVEHICLE ACCIDENT One person had apparently slight injuries in a one-vehicle weather-related accident in Lewis County Feb. 8. Brandon M. Dean, 23, Canton, was taken to Blessing Hospital by Lewis County ambulance with apparently minor injuries. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Dean was northbound on U.S. 61 three miles south of LaGrange, when his 1999 Chevrolet slide off the east side of the road and overturned at 12:30 a.m. The vehicle was totaled. Also assisting the Patrol were LaGrange Police, LaGrange Fire and Rescue, and Roberts Garage.
CANTON IN PATH OF PROPOSED NEW CRUDE OIL PIPELINE BY DAN STEINBECK Editor dan@lewispnj.com
A major crude oil pipeline has Lewis County as part of its proposed route. Enbridge has announced the construction of a nearly 600 mile line connecting current facilities in Flanagan, Illinois to Cushing, Oklahoma. The company calls it the Flanagan South project. Company spokesman Kevin O’Connor said the “open season” ended Friday, Feb. 10. This is when shippers say how much they’ll use
the line. O’Connor said Enbridge is negotiating with the shippers, and therefore, it’s not immediately known the capacity of the line. O‘Connor said the pipeline would be 30 inches in diameter, and would be roughly five to six miles in length from Illinois to the exit into Marion County. He said landowners and elected officials have been contacted, and in March, property owners will be contacted again for permission to allow survey teams onto the properties. The pipeline would be
south and east of the Wakonda State Park, and would be south of 280th Street in Lewis County. He said pipelines are typically buries three to four feet from the ground surface to the pipe. “We’re looking to follow a current Spearhead Oil pipeline built in 1952 by the Sinclair Company. Enbridge bought 90 percent of that in 2003, and the rest of it from BP in 2005,’ O’Connor said. The project, while it includes new pipelines, does not include new sources for the oil. The oil to be pumped
through the lines would come from existing facilities in North Dakota, Montana, and in the oil sands of Alberta, Canada. O’Connor said it is likely other lines will be built from Cushing to refineries in southern states, where it would likely be exported. After the contracts are worked out with shippers, then Enbridge would begin contacting permit agencies. Construction likely will not start until mid 2013, and the project is expected to be complete by mid 2014.