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Sugar Creek Bridge Work The bridge on Route 16 is a part of the Missouri Department of Transportation’s Safe and Sound Program. SEE PAGE 4A
Lewis County
Serving the communities of Lewis County, Mo. since 1862 (USPS 088-820) Vol. XL New Series, No. 26 Canton, Mo. 63435 • 20 Pages • 2 Sections • 55 cents
Thursday, June 28, 2012
STEAK ‘N SHAKE NOW OPEN! BREAKING NEWS UPDATES AT
CITY OF CANTON ISSUES REMINDER TO RESIDENTS The City Of Canton would like to remind our residents and businesses within Canton to please post their street address number in an easy to read location. Emergency responders have had difficulty locating the address of people needing help in an emergency. We want to make sure that, when seconds count, our police, fire fighters, and ambulance crews can easily identify the appropriate house or business. We would ask that you please have you address posted by August 1, 2012. If you have any questions, please call Canton City Hall at 288-4413.
CRENSHAW PLEADS GUILTY TO CREDIT CARD STEALING A former Culver-Stockton College employee pled guilty to one count of stealing in Lewis County Circuit Court June 7. James K. Crenshaw, 41 was ordered to pay $35,767.82 in restitution to the College, plus court costs. He was also given five years supervised probation. In November, 2011, Crenshaw was arrested on the class B felony stealing charge, which reportedly occurred over several years. Crenshaw had apparently used a college credit card for personal purchases. Crenshaw had also served a number of years as Second Ward Alderman, but did not run again in April.
HOLIDAY TRASH PICKUP SCHEDULE
Photos by Rita Cox
Dakota Blackburn and Courtney Nelson welcome customers at the “Family and Friends” opening of Steak ‘N’ Shake on June 26. Canton, Mo., is only the second Signature Steak ‘N’ Shake location to open in the U.S. The other location is in New York. The brand’s new quick-service concept differs from “classic” Steak ’n Shake locations chiefly in its counter-service-only format and menu of the chain’s staples, like steakburgers, fries and milk shakes. Right- Steve Ayers of Ayers Oil Co. helps the very first customer, Mrs. Eloise Hawkins, with the first meal served. The store will open to the public on June 28 and features a drive-thru. The new Ayerco 32 is now open for business also.
Ewing man dies in traffic accident On Sunday, June 24, Ewing resident Russell L. Patterson, 55, was heading westbound on Missouri Highway 6 in
Ewing in a Ford F150 when his vehicle traveled off the roadway and struck a grain bin. The truck overturned and
came to rest on its top. The F150 was totaled and Patterson was pronounced dead on the scene. He was not wearing a seatbelt.
LEVEE WALK UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN CANTON
The project should be completed by late August or early September
Allied Waste will be running all residential routes one day behind schedule after the 4th of July holiday. This will only affect those whose normal pick up days are Wednesday through Friday. There will not be any trash pick up on July 4.
BY DAN STEINBECK Editor dan@lewispnj.com
LEWIS COUNTY JULY 4 EVENTS For a listing of holiday events in Lewis County, see page 1B. Photo by Dan Steinbeck
Jeremy Burch, of CE Contractors, of Ste. Geneveive, uses sledge hammer to pound stake to hold concrete form on the Canton levee walk. It will run between two railroad flood gates atop the Canton flood-protection levee.
A levee walk is under construction in Canton. The levee walk will run about 2,200 feet between the north and south river floodgates. CE Construction of Ste. Genevieve was the successful of eight bidders on the project and got the go-ahead notice June 11. The project will cost $155,067.25, the bulk of that comes from a Missouri Department of Transportation grant, with a match by the Canton Tourism Commission. Joe Clark, Canton, who has worked to get the project to MoDOT said the project might be complete by late August or early
September. People will be able to access the levee walk at the north end by parking in the South Riverfront Park and take yet-to-be-built concrete steps to the four-foot wide walk. At the south railroad gate will be a sloped ramp for wheelchair access. People will be also able to park on a hard-surface lot at Front and Lewis Street, near where a former Union Electric power plant and the former Ice Plant business A concrete pad serving as a scenic overlook will also be near an old water intake near the Lewis Street parking. There will also be some benches and an information sign to alert visitors to what they are seeing.
Remember, Money That’s Spent In Lewis County Stays In Lewis County!
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