Curtis Rasco of Laurie applies some caulking Friday, Sept. 3, to an outside wall of the Morgan County License Bureau on Monroe Street in Versailles. Working with “Handyman Rowe,” a business owned by T.J. Rowe of Gravois Mills, Rasco said a powerwash was performed to the side of the building, then it was scraped, new boards put up and the building soon will be ready to prime and paint. The project should take four days, he said, and that day was the second. His supervisor on the project, he said, is his father, Johnny Rasco. “It’s kind of cool working with your dad,” he said. (photo by John Deatherage)
Death to drugs
Morgan County Sheriff Jim Petty, from left, Detective Jason Yeager and Morgan County CLEAR representative Donna Chapman, use an incinerator to destroy a collection of 10,017 prescription pills Thursday, Sept. 2 outside the Sheriff's Office in Versailles. The drugs were acquired through three prescription drug "take-back" days organized by CLEAR, Community Leaders Educating About Resistance. The incinerator is a charcoal-fired unit with a blower that reaches temperatures of approximately 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit. (photo by Bryan E. Jones) ***CLICK PHOTO FOR VIDEO OF THE INCINERATOR IN OPERATION***
Making way for progress
Craig Brown with C&C Bridge and Concrete of Pilot Grove operates a track-hoe Thursday, Sept. 2, clearing land prior to the demolition of the Sims Road bridge off Route D near Versailles. The construction of a new bridge is slated to begin the week of Sept. 13, according to Chris Childress, president of C&C. A phone line and poles have to be rerouted before work on the bridge can commence. (photo by Bryan E. Jones)
Sims Bridge work begins this week
Construction on the Sims Bridge, off Route D in Morgan County, was scheduled to begin this week, according to information provided by the Morgan County Commission following a pre-construction bridge meeting Thursday, Aug. 26.
Republican Club to meet
The Morgan County Republican Club will meet Wednesday, Sept. 8, at Lehman’s Restaurant in Versailles.
Soap Creek Bridge concerns prompt
Mo-DOT to reschedule construction
The demolition and replacement of the Soap Creek Bridge on Highway 5 in Gravois Mills has been the source of some recent community complaints and concerns. Construction on the project was set to begin Oct. 25, but objections, mostly due to the negative effect on school bus routes in the county, prompted the Missouri Department of Transportation (Mo-DOT), Thursday, Sept. 2, to move the construction start date to April 2011.
Meetings scheduled Sept. 2-9
The following meetings will take place this week and next:
Driving tests Sept. 7
Written and driving tests will be offered 9:30 a.m. to noon and 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7 at the Morgan County Courthouse in Versailles.
Healing school starts Sept. 7 in Laurie
“Two Guys and a Bible” has scheduled the Lake of the Ozarks Healing School 6 p.m. every Tuesday starting Sept. 7 at Omega Coffee, Highway 5, in Laurie.
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Nutrition Site Menus
Sept. 2- Sept. 10
Offices closed Labor Day, Sept. 6
The following offices will be closed Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 6: Morgan County Courthouse, Circuit Court, Morgan County Associate Circuit Court, Morgan County Division of Family and Senior Services, Division of Employment Security, Morgan County R-II schools, Morgan County License Bureau, Versailles City Hall, Laurie City Hall, Sunrise Beach City Hall, Morgan County Farm Service Agency, West Central Missouri Community Action Agency, Morgan County Health Center, Versailles Post Office, Morgan County Library, Burrell Behavioral Health Services, and the offices of The Versailles Leader-Statesman.
September clinics at the county health center
The following clinics are scheduled at the Morgan County Health Center in Versailles.
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