Beat the rain
City of Stover worker Gary Garr digs out a meter before the rain hit Friday, Feb.3 on the soccer field at Morgan County R-I school in Stover. (photo by Jami Mathis)



Six more weeks of what?
Sisters Samantha Whisler, left, and Hailey Whisler rode their bikes while accompanied by their grandmother, Maryann Farr, back left, and mother Jessica Smith Thursday, Feb. 2, Groundhog Day, at Legion Memorial Park in Stover. The high temperature for the day reached 66 degrees. (photo by Jami Mathis)



Future City
Stover Middle School S.T.E.P. students, from left, Heather Fields, Destinee Wilson, Garret Louiselle and, not pictured, Remington Verts competed in the Future City Engineering Competition Saturday, Jan. 21 in Lawrence, Kan. The students had to design a virtual city and maintain it for 150 years, write a narrative about their city, write a research paper about energy, build a scale model of a portion of their city using recycled materials and give a presentation about their future city, Windigstadt. Fields, Wilson and Louiselle gave their presentation before three different panels of judges and then answered questions from them. One of their presentations was in an auditorium before an audience of approximately 200 people. The students won fifth place out of both Missouri and Kansas. "The students put an incredible amount of work into this project including researching, problem solving, decision making and budgeting," said S.T.E.P. sponsor Kim Buck. "They did an awesome job and I'm very proud of them." (submitted photo)



Midstate Construction employee Jesse Meyer removes the old roof from the Stover City Hall building Wednesday, Feb. 1 in Stover. "The roof will be off in no time and as long as there is nothing damaged underneath then we will have the new roof on by the end of the day," said Midstate Construction owner J. D. Knight. (photo by Jami Mathis)



Save the FSA office
Versailles resident Ken McCutcheon, standing center, was one of several citizens who spoke out in favor of keeping the Morgan County Farm Service Agency office in Versailles open during a public meeting Tuesday night, Jan. 31 at the library in Versailles. The United States Department of Agriculture has listed the Versailles FSA office, along with 130 other offices nationwide, for closure in a consolidation proposal. The proposal must still be approved by congress before going into effect. See the related story in this week's Leader-Statesman. (photo by Bryan E. Jones)


FSA office defended
The possible closure of the Versailles office of the Farm Service Agency (FSA) due to budget cuts within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) was likened to the “dismantling of rural America” by recently retired FSA Morgan County Executive Director Dennis Schad, who spoke against the closure Tuesday, Jan. 31 at a public meeting in Versailles.




February 2012 clinics at health center
The following clinics are scheduled at the Morgan County Health Center in Versailles.


Voting test, verification
next week
A public test of electronic voting equipment will be conducted 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 6 in the Morgan County Clerk’s office in the county courthouse in Versailles.


Presidential primary election Tuesday
Voters in Morgan County will have the opportunity Tuesday, Feb. 7 to cast a vote for their pick for their party’s nominee as candidate for president of the United States. Winners in primary races typically receive delegates which will vote at the party’s national convention, leading to nomination as a candidate for president. The general election is Tuesday, Nov. 6.


Nutrition Site Menus
Thursday, Feb. 2 to Friday, Feb. 10


SAMPLE BALLOT
Feb. 7 Presidential Primary