ANTI-DRUG MESSAGE IN LAGRANGE
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Lewis County
Serving the communities of Lewis County, Mo. since 1862 (USPS 088-820) Vol. XL New Series, No. 9 Canton, Mo. 63435 • 16 Pages • 2 Sections • 55 cents
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Record crowd attends Pheasants Forever meeting
WOMAN BUSTED FOR TRYING TO SMUGGLE DRUGS TO INMATE
POLAK A Williamstown woman is in the same jail where she tried to deliver a controlled substance to a current inmate. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office arrested Eileen C. Polak, 43 of Williamstown on one class B count of attempting to deliver a controlled substance (hydrocodone). Law enforcement say she tried to deceive an alert jail staff member into delivering the hydrocodone to an inmate already in the Lewis County Jail on Feb. 26. Polak remains in the Lewis County Jail in lieu of a $50,000 cash only bond.
FORMER LAGRANGE MAN DIES IN SUNDAY CRASH IN IOWA A former LaGrange man was killed and his wife injured in an accident Feb. 26 in Henry County Iowa. The man has been identified as Robert Ozell Bradshaw Jr., 62, of Burlington, Iowa and formerly of LaGrange, Mo. The Iowa State Patrol said a 2004 Chevrolet Tahoe SUV, driven south on Highway 218 by Pamela Marie Bradshaw,62 of Burlington, went on the west shoulder of the road, came back to the road, and back to the west of the road and overturned in a ditch, trapping both occupants. Air Care took her to the University of Iowa hospital. The accident happened at 12:30 p.m. Both occupants were wearing seatbelts. The vehicle was totaled. Funeral arrangements were pending at press time.
SCOUTING FOR FOOD The LaGrange Cub Scout Pack 173 is participating in the 2012 Scouting for Food campaign. The LaGrange Cub Scouts went door to door on Feb. 25 and placed door tags on homes notifying residents. The Cub Scouts will collect the food on Saturday, Mar 3. Participating residents should place their bags of donated food by their front doors. All food donated stays in the LaGrange community. If the food donation hasn’t been collected by noon on March 3, contact Tiffany Blickhan at (660) 341-7846.
ABOVE - Shon Stark, LaGrange, writes his name on raffle tickets for the gun on the table at the Pheasants Forever banquet Saturday. RIGHT - More than 300 people attended the annual Pheasants Forever banquet Saturday at the Caldwell building west of Canton.
BY DAN STEINBECK Editor dan@lewispnj.com
A record number of people attended the ninth annual Ten Rivers Chapter Pheasants Forever banquet Saturday. “It was a big success. We had more than 300 people, the largest number of attendees we’ve ever had. It’s the best fundraiser we’ve ever done,” said club president Rob Power. The amount of money taken in by the auctions of hunting related items and eight raffles of 16 firearms, - all donated by sponsors - was still being tabulated, according to
Power. Power said this year, the group had 40 Gold sponsors, each who provided at least $300. “That gave us more money to start with than we’ve made in some years,” Power said. He said all money raised after expenses will be used for local projects. “We’ll use it for a focus group that is being developed. We have a 12,000 acre area we’re targeting for habitat nesting birds in partnership with the Missouri Department of Conservation, who will pay for 90 percent of the project and Pheasants Forever will
pay for 10 percent,” Power said “there should be no cost to the co-operators (land owners). “The focus group is bringing attention to our county,” he said. Power said several other area counties have such focus groups. In addition, proceeds also help pay for cost-share projects and seed for local landowners for habitat growth; for a college scholarship for both a Canton and Highland
student; covering 4-H shooting events and the Highland and Canton FFA sports shooting events; and the cost of the Lewis County 4-H team for rifle, shotgun, and archery competing at state. Tim Coy has been the Lewis County coach. Power said the chapter is researching a recent endowment from Pheasants Forever Nationally to earmark $20,000 for the Canton and Highland shooting teams, with the national chapter covering 75 percent of the costs.
Man arrested on firearms charge A rural Wyaconda man was arrested for possession of a firearm by a felon. James A. Kerfoot, 51, of Monticello was arrested Feb. 20 on an outstanding Lewis County warrant of one count for class C felony of a possession of a firearm by a felon.
This stems from incidents on Feb. 1 near 165th and Holly Avenue in rural Monticello. Kerfoot fled from authorities in the early morning of Feb. 1, but was caught and questioned about the firearm charge and conservation violations. Kerfoot was lodged in the
Lewis County Jail after the Feb. 20 arrest, but has since posted the $10,000 cash only bond. The Missouri Department of Conservation has assisted with the investigation.
KERFOOT
COUPLE FACE CHARGES AFTER DRUG BUST A LaBelle husband and wife have each been arrested on drug charges Feb. 22. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, Northeast Missouri Drug Task force, and Missouri State Highway Patrol executed a search warrant at the home of Clayton A. Wainwright and his wife Connie M. Wainwright. Law enforcement discovered items used to make methamphetamines. Clayton Wainwright, 36 is charged with the class B felony of attempt to C. A. WAINWRIGHT C. M. WAINWRIGHT manufacture a controlled substance
(meth). He has numerous prior felony convictions and is on parole from the Missouri Department of Corrections. He is in the Lewis County Jail in lieu of a $100,000 cash only bond. Connie Wainwright, 34, was also charged with the class B felony of attempting to manufacture a controlled substance (meth). She remains lodged in the Lewis County Jail in lieu of a $50,000 cash only bond.