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Today's News - July
21, 2008
Study Shows
County Needs To Expand Jail A recently completed study conducted by consulting firm Durrant of St. Louis was presented Monday morning to the Monroe County Board of Commissioners. Based on the growing inmate population, especially female individuals, it was recommended an addition to the jail was needed in three to five years. The current jail was built in 1986 and has 22 cells. According to Durrant’s study, the proposed new jail would have 40 cells with the expansion capability for 80. The initial price tag on this proposal is $4.6 million. The county commissioners took copies of the study and said they would look further into the matter and address it at an upcoming meeting.
Big Box Ordinance To Be Discussed By Columbia City Council: Columbia resident Joe Cotton is scheduled to speak at Monday night’s Columbia City Council meeting to request the alderman consider an amendment onto the proposed mixed use development district. The amendment would not allow “Big Box” retailers to be located within the district. The meeting starts at 7 p.m., at city hall.
The Clubbers of southern Illinois took home the first place trophy Sunday evening at the 10th annual Fults Softball Tournament. The Sandy Ridge Outsiders of Millstadt finished in second place.  During Sunday afternoon action at the Fults Softball Tournament, Miller Lite slugger Todd Papenberg hits a long fly ball against the Sandy Ridge Outsiders. David Uhler of rural Fults was ticketed with a driving under the influence following a Sunday morning roll-over accident on Bluff Road. Uhler lost control of his Ford Ranger in the 3800 block of Bluff Road, between Maeys Station and Fults. He was not injured.
County Fair
Is Filled With Equestrian Events by Carol Floarke Looking for something different to do with your family at this week’s Fair? Check out the horse shows, scheduled for five of the eight fair days. Opening night yesterday featured the junior horse show for entrants under 18. This was the first of the light horse shows, with horses commonly used for pleasure riding and speed events like pole bending, in which horse and rider weave in and out of zigzag poles as quickly as possible without knocking them over. The open class horse show begins Tuesday at 6 p.m. It features plenty of classes to display riding skills. The senior show, Thursday at 6 p.m., includes lightning-fast events like the ribbon race, in which two separate horses and riders race around the arena while holding on to a ribbon. On Saturday, there are dual shows at opposite ends of the arena, one featuring mules and the other heavy horses. Heavy horses are larger equines which are well suited to pulling carts and wagons. The open class mule and heavy horse shows begin at 10:30 a.m. and features showmanship events. Around 1:30 p.m., the heavy horse and mule hitch classes begin. Equines from singles to four to six horse teams pull everything from primitive farm equipment to fancy large wagons. The heavy horses are subdivided into two categories featuring large draft horses like Clydesdales and draft ponies like Haflingers. An event in only its second year is an expanded mini horse and mini donkey show, held in the dairy barn Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Minis participate in events ranging from showmanship to jumping. The minis are a great way to introduce youngsters to horse shows if they are fearful of full size horses.
 Youth rock band Morland Drive packed the house Saturday night at Main Street Bar and Grill in Columbia. The band is, left to right, Kirstie "Gerty" Tilley, Brendan Wicklein, Adam Unnerstall and Blake Stumpf. Their upcoming shows include Music at Metter in Columbia on Aug. 3, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., and Six Flags on Aug. 15, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Missing Dog
Recent Obituaries Margaret Swanson, 107, of Waterloo, died July 21, 2008, at Oak Hill Care Center in Waterloo. She was Monroe County’s oldest residents. Margaret was born Jan. 28, 1901, in Chicago, the daughter of the late Michael and Theresa (Frank) Neuens. She was the widow of the late Gilbert Swanson, who died in 1961. She was an entrepreneur who owned several businesses in Missouri and Illinois and was active in supporting the U.S.O., at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., from 1939 to 1961. Mrs. Swanson is survived by grandchildren Bruce Swanson, Scott Swanson, Kim Egbert, Dawn Peters, Sharon Hipkiss, Cindy Jorns, Ron Swanson, Bob Swanson, Joan Haushalter and Eric Swanson; and sisters, Sr. Ann Pierre Swanson and Mary Downing; along with many great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her sons Gilbert and Kenneth Swanson, along with four brothers and a sister. Mrs. Swanson will be cremated according to her wishes. Funeral arrangements were handled by Lawlor Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of St. Louis, Mo. Jeffrey Mark Mitchell, 54, formerly of Waterloo, died July 17, 2008 at his home in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He was born Dec. 23, 1953, to Jeffrey E. Mitchell, who survives, and Rosalyn (Wente) Mitchell, who preceded him in death. Mr. Mitchell is survived by his wife, Jo Linda Cochrum; stepdaughters Kimberly Wilson of Akin, Jama Pickering of Elizabethtown and Susan Kirk of Benton; seven step-grandchildren; and sisters Karen (John) Moon of Champaign, Kathleen (Robert) Emery of Waterloo and a brother, Clay (Rita) Mitchell of Cobden; along with an aunt, nieces, great nephew, cousins and friends. Mr. Mitchell was a graduate of Waterloo High School and Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He was avid hunter, worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a Resource Conversationalist and was a U.S. Army veteran. Visitation is Monday, July 21, from 6 p.m. until time of the memorial service at 7 p.m. at Gilbert Funeral Home in Christopher. He will be cremated. Memorials may be made to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, National Turkey Federation, Ducks Unlimited or donor’s choice.
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