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FFA FARM MACHINERY AUCTION See Page 7A
Lewis County
Serving the communities of Lewis County, Mo. since 1862 (USPS 088-820) Vol. XL New Series, No. 13 Canton, Mo. 63435 • 20 Pages • 4 Sections • 55 cents
Thursday, April 5, 2012 HUNTING FOR EASTER EGGS
BREAKING NEWS UPDATES AT
LEWISTOWN TO HOLD EGG HUNT There will be an Easter Egg Hunt in Lewistown Park on April 7 at 2 p.m. Children ages through third grade are invited. There will be refreshments and prizes. The Egg Hunt is sponsored by the Park United Methodist Church. On Saturday April 7th at 2:00 p.m.there will be an Easter Egg Hunt in the Lewistown Park. Children up to and including the 3rd grade are invited to come and hunt for eggs. There will also be refreshments and prizes. The Egg Hunt will be sponsored by Park United Methodist Church. Other Holy Week activities of Lewistown Park United Methodist Church will be Good Friday Services at 7:00 p.m. on the 6th. The church will be holding a Bake Sale at County Market Express on Saturday the 7th beginning at 7:00 a.m. On Easter Sunday the 8th there will be a brunch at 10:00 a.m. before the worship service. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend any or all of the activities.
MOREL MADNESS
Photo by Rita Cox
Eggs filled with candy and prizes were snatched up by youngsters during the Easter Egg Hunt held at Washington Park in LaGrange and sponsored by the LaGrange Community Youth Center.
Issues narrowly pass in Tuesday’s election BY DAN STEINBECK EDITOR dan@lewispnj.com
Photo by Rita Cox
Lewis County Resident have reported finding several morel mushrooms. The annual arrival of the delicacies is always anticipated throughout the county.
NECAC TO TAKE APPLICATIONS FOR HOUSING RENT ASSISTANCE The not-for-profit North East Community Action Corporation (NECAC) will resume taking applications April 24 until further notice for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program for residents of 11 counties and the Vandalia/Farber area. NECAC is a 12-county area not-forprofit social service, community health and public housing Community Action Agency headquartered in Bowling Green, with client service centers operated in each county. NECAC is one of 19 non-profit Community Action Agencies in Missouri and part of a national network of more than 1,000 independent agencies. NECAC has not been able to accept applications since January 2011 due to all program vouchers being fully issued with all monies allocated. Applications will be taken from 8 a .m. to 5 p.m. weekdays at the NECAC County Service Center in Lewis County, 408 South Fourth Street, Canton, Mo. Call 573-288-3969 for more information.
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(All votes unofficial pending certification) Three tax issues in Lewis County passed narrowly in moderate voting Tuesday. A Lewis County Health Department .15 cent increase passed 916-505. A three-eighths cent County Road and Bridge tax continuation passed 1,156263. A LaBelle .35 street tax continuation passed 72-21. In the Lewis County C-1 School Board race incumbent E.H. Smith and Neil Jennings and were apparent winners with 599 and 517 respective votes. Incumbent Robert Reed Miller had 497
votes; Donna Collier had 407 votes, and Jamie Brennan had 223198 votes. In the R-4 Fire Board, Tom Stark defeated Terry Faulconer and Bryan Jennings. Stark had 198 votes; Faulconer had 141; and Jennings had 100. In the Southern District of Lewis County E-911 race, incumbent Terry Faulconer beat Chris Heimer 495-429. In the LaBelle South Ward Alderman race, Paul Harvey and Justin Parrish were elected with 43 and 36 votes respectively. Norman Strickland also ran and had 11 votes. Here are winning candidates non-contested elections: Canton alderman – Peggy Wolf 43 for Ward 1; Jeff Janney, 48 for Ward 3. Richard Dodd was elected by 9 write-in votes for Ward 2.
Ewing aldermen – Dan Ray for Ward 1 with 38 votes and Dean Wagy for Ward 2 with 40 votes. LaBelle alderman – Chris Parrish for North Ward with 40 votes. Lewistown city posts – Stephen McKenzie for mayor, 117 votes; Denise Goodwin, City Collector, with 113 votes; David Goodwin for North Ward Alderman 55 votes; and Aaron Lay for South Ward Alderman, 65 votes. Village of Monticello – (all by write in, xx people got votes) Vancell Scifres, 14; Tom Darnell, 13; Tim Grgurich, 12; Sean Burchette, 11; and Allen Caudill, 8. Lewis County Nursing Home, District 2 - was to be determined at the official canvass. Voter turnout was 21 percent for Lewis County.
GOVERNOR TOUTS JOB CREATION IN UPCOMING PIPELINE PROJECT BY DAN STEINBECK EDITOR dan@lewispnj.com
Governor Jay Nixon touted the job creation for the proposed Flanagan south crude oil pipeline project in a conference call with media Thursday, March 29. “Today, we have another clear opportunity to create construction jobs, support local communities and boost America’s energy independence with the Flanagan South pipeline,” Nixon said. “Enbridge US is one of North America’s largest pipeline companies. Earlier this week, Enbridge announced that it will move forward with the construction of a new pipeline that will run from Flanning, Illinois to Cushing Okalahoma.” That 600 miles pipeline will enter these 11 Missouri Counties: Lewis, Marion, Shelby, Macon, Randolph, Chariton, Saline, Lafayette, Johnson, Cass, and Bates. “This project will create good paying construction jobs for Missouri workers and provide a significant boost to local economies,” Nixon said. Nixon projected the project would create “thousands of jobs” statewide.
“They won’t build it one piece at a time. There will be project folks throughout the region. It will add to the work base very quickly,” Nixon said. When further questioned about from where people would be hired, Nixon said it would be “Missouri region contractors.” “Enbridge is not a company that has many contractors. How it (the project)will be divided up and the sites of it are being worked on right now. Clearly their intention is to hire localbased contractors with excellent skilled craftsmen. This has to be built very smart and very well,” Nixon said. Missouri will serve as a pass-through state for the crude oil to be transported. Nixon said it would come from the northern part of the United States and Alberta Canada, including from some oil sands. After it gets to Cushing, Oklahoma, it will go to refineries in Texas and Louisiana. “We don’t have the refining assets in the Show-Me State,” Nixon said. Nixon admitted some of the oil might be exported. “Transportation costs will be smaller (transporting from nearby states), there will be more oil available and quite
frankly the oil on the open market are all three clear downward pressures on the price of gas,” Nixon said. “Not only will it create construction jobs, but it will help to ensure these reliable fuel supplies for generations to come so we are not relying on the whims of folks in other parts of the world as to what we pay for gas and fuel at the pump,” Nixon said. Enbridge not only gave the go-ahead on the project, they also upsized it from original projections. Instead of the original 30-inch pipe diameter, Enbridge is now saying 36inch diameter pipes, for a larger capacity – initially some 585,000 barrels of oil a day – and bumping the cost from $1.9 to $2.8 billion dollars. Nixon said Enbridge and state officials would be out holding informational meetings in the communities near the pipeline in the coming weeks, and necessary permits would be secured. Construction will not start until 2013 and expected to be completed by 2014. The construction is expected to generally follow a current Spearhead Oil pipeline built in 1952 by the Sinclair Oil Company, now owned by Enbridge.
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