Day for history book as Lincoln School Monument dedicated
9/8/2010
It was a grand occasion Saturday morning as a good crowd turned out for the dedication and unveiling of the new monument in memory of Fayette’s historic Lincoln School.
The monument is located at the approximate site of the school on east Hackberry adjacent to the Fayette Manor apartments.
Keynoting the event was Bernard Ashcraft, former Fayette resident, Lincoln School graduate and chief organizer of the monument project. He lives in Oakland, Calif.
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‘A field that became a reality’
9/8/2010
The culmination of a gift to the Fayette community that was first announced in February became reality Friday evening just before kick off of the Fayette Faclons first home football game of the 2010 season. As part of brief pre-game ceremonies, the heretofore unnamed FHS playing surface officially became the Thomas S. Davis Memorial Field.
Fayette native Jay Jacobs of Laguna,Niguel, Calif., president of Commercial Trust Co, welcomed fans and visitors. It was his gift which made the improvements possible. As part of the donation, he had requested that the field be named in honor of his high school classmate and close friend.
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Teen is endangered runaway
9/8/2010
Law enforcement personnel from Howard County and beyond have been enlisted in the search for a local teenager who was reported missing Monday.
Attractive and described as being popular and intelligent, Lindsay Nicole Shubin was reported missing from her grandparents’ residence around 5 p.m. Monday.
Except for the first 18 months of her life, Nicole has been reared here entirely by her maternal grandparents, Gary and Karen Conrow, who live in rural Fayette near the intersection of Highways 5/240 and Highway 3 (262 County Road 221).
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Good crowd enjoys annual Boonslick Folk Festival Monday
9/8/2010
Under nearly ideal weather conditions Monday, some 500 Mid-Missourians visited the eighth annual Boonslick Folk Festival sponsored by the Boonslick Tourism Council, with the assistance of the State Parks Division of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
A number of local residents, in addition to others from various parts of the state, were among those with exhibits and demonstrations at the Boone’s Lick State Historic Site in southwest Howard County.
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Betterment team to visit Monday
9/8/2010
Fayette will retain its status as a Missouri Community Betterment city as the result of an extensive report submitted as the city’s entry in the annual statewide betterment competition.
The competition is sponsored by the parent organization which is based in Branson.
The last time Fayette entered the state competition was in 2007. It is not necessary for a community to win an award (which are announced in October) to remain as an offical “betterment community.” However, it is necessary to enter the competition at least every three years.
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Progress as promised
9/8/2010
New Franklin drivers on West Broadway from the carwash to Clifton Heights Circle are having a smoother ride thanks to a 1½-inch asphalt resurfacing applied last week by Higgins Asphalt of Tipton.
Other New Franklin streets which received resurfacing include South Union from Broadway to Sulphur Streets and Sulphur Street from Union Street to Highway 5.
The cost to the city was $42,510.
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CMU faculty members honored
9/8/2010
Four Central Methodist University faculty members were honored by students and faculty during ceremonies which were part of the university’s opening convocation Aug. 20.
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Local 4-H member presents at State Fair
9/8/2010
Carley Brucks of the Steinmetz 4-H Club demonstrated how to make “Heart Healthy Chicken Wraps” at the State Fair on Aug. 20.
She was one of 300 youth selected to give a demonstration in the 4-H Building.
A sophomore at Glasgow High School, she is the daughter of Deborah and David Brucks.
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Local 4-H members compete in state trapshooters contest
9/8/2010
The Howard County 4-H Shotgun Team competed in the Missouri Trapshooters Association Shoot Aug. 28 near Linn Creek. From left: Sam Zimmel, David Wells (project leader), Colin Holloway, David Pumel, and Dallas Pumel.
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Area news briefs
9/8/2010
With this issue, the Fayette Advertiser begins its 171st year of operation. Started in 1840, it is believed to be the second-oldest continuously published weekly paper west of the Mississippi River.
The paper was known as the Howard County Advertiser until 1916, when the name changed that year to the Fayette Advertiser (without any printed explanation).
It was merged under a single ownership with the (then) competing Democrat-Leader in 1925.
Currently, Fayette is believed to be the smallest community in Missouri to still have a twice-a-week newspaper presence.
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New computer software will aid in 2011 county real estate review process
9/6/2010
Howard County Assessor John “Woody” McCutcheon has announced that he will soon begin to conduct the state-mandated required review of all real estate property in the county for the year 2011. And to assist him in the job, McCutcheon is going to have some new state-of-the art computer software at his disposal.
The assessor notes that he will visit “each and every parcel in the county to check” for improvements to the parcel — or anything that might have been taken off the property. He also will take digital pictures of homes and buildings and then place those pictures in the new computer software which is expected to be operational by Dec. 1.
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$3.6 million water upgrade begins
9/6/2010
These new pipes, stored at the Fayette City Park, will be laid alongside Park Road, Besgrove and North Church Street within the next several weeks. MECO Inspector Kevin Ashby predicted on Thursday that the pipe installation will reach North Church Street in three to four weeks. Weather will affect the work schedule.
City crews and the contractor do not anticipate North Church Street having to be closed to through-traffic during construction, although there will be times when it will be restricted to one lane. There is still uncertainty whether parking will need to be prohibited. “We’ll have to see when we get there,” Ashby said.
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Fayette man serves with National Guard in Afghanistan
9/6/2010
After two months of training and preparation; five days of travel with long delays and little sleep; and stopping in two countries before he finally arrived in Afghanistan on Aug. 10, Sgt. Eric Fizer has landed in Nangarhar Province with the Missouri National Guard Agri-Business Development Team.
Fizer is the team’s human resource sergeant and works for Company A, 1/138th Infantry Regiment, Boonville, as unit supply sergeant. He has served in the military 10 years; seven of those have been on active guard reserve.
He lives in Fayette with his wife, Kim, and their four children – Tyler and Jason Fizer, and Brandon and Haley White; with number five due soon. He is a graduate of Slater High School and his parents, Ervin and Santa Fizer, live in Slater.
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Local farm couple honored
9/6/2010
Frank and Pam Flaspohler of rural Fayette have been awarded the Area IV “Grassland Farmer of the Year” by the Missouri Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts. Making the presentation Aug. 25 in Sedalia is Beverly Dometrorch, left, Area IV director. Also attending were Howard County Soil and Water Conservation board members and employees: Liz Brown, Mike Zekoll, Cody Martin, Eric Monnig and Megan Felten.
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Contract is awarded to reclaim abandoned coal mine land in Howard and Boone Counties
9/6/2010
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the Land Reclamation Commission have awarded a $1.2 million construction contract to reclaim approximately 75 acres of abandoned coal mine lands near Harrisburg in Boone and Howard counties that were surface mined in the 1940s and 1950s.
The department has awarded the Harrisburg/Thornhill Reclamation Project to C.L. Richardson Construction Co. Inc., of Ashland.
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Wanted: Names for proposed Santa Fe Trail monument
9/6/2010
The Boonslick Outdoor Arts Committee and the South Howard County Historical Society are sponsoring a naming contest for the proposed monument to be placed in the New Franklin Parkway alongside Highway 5 and the Katy Trail.
The monument will depict early Howard County pioneers: William Becknell, Father of the Santa Fe Trail; Ezekiel Williams, Santa Fe Trail Captain; Josiah Gregg, author of “Commerce on the Prairies;” Kit Carson, mountainman; George Caleb Bingham, artist; and Millie Cooper, the 15-year-old who rode horseback to save Cooper’s Fort.
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Noted soprano will perform at CMU Sept. 12
9/6/2010
Soprano Stella Dayrit Roden, recognized as a vocal artist of both classical and contemporary music, will be the guest artist performing Sunday in the Willie Mae Kountz Recital Hall at Central Methodist University.
The recital begins at 4 p.m. There is no charge.
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Howard County farmers eligible for disaster relief loans
9/6/2010
As previously reported in the Democrat-Leader, Howard County has been designated a natural disaster area because of losses coming as the result of excessive rainfall, flooding and high winds that occurred between Feb. 1 and July 15.
More than 50 other counties in the state were also designated natural disaster areas including Chariton, Cooper, and Moniteau Counties.
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Area news briefs
9/6/2010
Though the local Parents As Teachers Program was forced to cut back on staff this year due to a 57 percent reduction in the statewide budget, PAT Administrator, Nancy Holtwick, assures parents that PAT will continue to offer group activities, Play Center times, the toy library and screenings.
So far this year, 36 families within the Fayette R-III School District have already received at least one personal visit by a PAT parent educator. About 60 district families are served by PAT each year.
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Lincoln School Monument dedication set for Saturday
9/1/2010
A dedication ceremony for the Fayette Lincoln School Monument is scheduled for next Saturday, Sept. 4, beginning at 11 a.m. Ceremonies will take place at the site of the former Lincoln School on East Hackberry Street. The public is invited to attend.
Bernard Ashcraft, former Fayette resident, Lincoln School graduate and chief organizer of the monument project, will be the keynote speaker.
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