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The Monroe City Police Department responded to the following calls.
On Aug. 17 Raymond E. DeLaporte was issued a summons for failure to show proof of insurance.
There was a report of two males going door to door trying to buy a lawnmower wheel. Subjects were reported to be in a small red Chevrolet with Missouri license plates.
Officers reported a vehicular collision in which a vehicle missed the turn into BP and struck the embankment between Hardee's and BP. No one was injured.
An officer observed a vehicle driving into a ditch.
There was a report of property damage at the 700 block of East Cleveland Street on Aug. 18.
A citation was issued to Joshua S. Hetheriton for driving 19 over the speed limit on Highway 36.
There was as report of possible domestic disturbance in the 300 block of North Vine Street. It was a verbal disturbance only and one subject had already left for the night.
The police department proceeded with a stop and hold on a careless and imprudent semi truck driver until the Monroe County Sheriff's Department arrived on the scene on Aug. 19.
There was a report of a juvenile throwing rocks at a street light on the 500 block of East Cleveland. The juvenile was contacted and advised not to throw items at street lights and related equipment.
On Aug. 20 there was a report of property damage at Thomas Avenue.
A verbal argument took place at the Dollar General parking lot and the parties were asked to leave the property.
Jeffrey R. Younger was arrested on a Monroe County warrant for a DWI and driving while revoked. He was transported to the Monroe County Jail.
A scam was reported at the 700 block of Tugboat.
There was a report of a subject shooting at BB gun at the 300 block of Catherine. The subject was contacted and advised not to shoot in town.
On Aug. 21 there was a report of a motorcycle traveling at a high rate of speed along the city limits and US Highway 24. The driver was not located.
Renee C. Lam of San Marino, Calif. was issued a citation for speeding on US Highway 36.
Burglary was reported in the 700 block of Dixie Street.
There was a report of a car being egged on Aug. 22 at the 300 block of W. Summer. According to the log, an additional report was not needed.
There was an assault reported at Main Street Bar on Aug. 23 and the victim did not wish to press charges.
There was a report of a drive-off at Abel's and the driver was not found.
Police responded to a fire at the 100 block of Lawn Street that was already extinguished when the officer arrived.
Miranda R. Kessler was issued a citation for speeding at Highway 36 and Route Z.
On Aug. 24 a south side door at the middle building of Addison Storage Building on Front Street was open. No one was around and two rolls of wire fence were inside. The department was awaiting contact by the owner to see if a crime occurred.
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County Commission discusses bridges
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The Monroe County Commission reviewed progress on the courthouse foundation drainage project in its first order of business Monday, Aug. 17.
The commission and 911 coordinator conducted a personnel work session.
The commission executed the funding approval and grant agreement for the Community Development Block Project. The project is for improvements to the water distribution system in the Granville Area operated by Monroe County Water District No. 2.
The commission contacted Dan Buckman with Great River Engineering to discuss the 205/Columbia Bridge replacement project.
The commission reviewed funding options for a proposed bridge replacement and also for resurfacing access blacktops in the lake area.
Routine processed payroll and routine bills to start Friday, Aug. 14.
The commission traveled to inspect Columbia Bridge 205 and Bridge #446-BRO-(33).
The commission contacted Bonnie Higdon of the Department of Natural Resources in regards to the Mark Twain Florida Trail.
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Marion County Court
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The following offenses were recorded in Marion County.
Robert Bernard Schluss, Hermann, failed to register commercial property/passenger carrying vehicle for beyond local operation, $15; Leah Foss Johnson, Elbow Lake, Minn., speeding; Oscar Wayne Brumbaugh, Durham, no seat belt; Debra L. Ritchie, LaGrange, failed to maintain financial responsibility, no seat belt; Michael L. Patterson, Decatur, Ill., speeding 16+; Patricia A. Blair, Dexter, failure to register; Carey Beth McDaniel, St. Peters, speeding 16+, no seat belt; Tad Montgomery Luebbehusen, Ewing, speeding; Richard Ira Bates, Palmyra, failure to register; Angela L. Myers, Chicago, Ill., speeding, $50; William Harland Bolton, Missouri City, Texas, speeding 16+, $60; Tyler Lee Mersman, Shelbyville, no seat belt; Jason Kyle Bichsel, Leonard, no seat belt; Amber G. Epping, Payson, Ill., speeding, $55; James Alan Burchell, LaGrange, no seat belt; Peter Joseph, Palmyra, speeding 20+; John William Fugeat IV, Shelbina, failed to drive on correct half of roadway, causing an immediate threat of accident; Fatema Shanae White, Eagan, Minn., speeding; David L. King, California, excessive vision reducing material, $25; Joseph Colin Rudd, Edina, failed to maintain financial responsibility, no seat belt; Glenna R. Sims, Hannibal, no seat belt; Annalicia E. Woodson, Palmyra, failed to display certificate of vehicle inspection, no seat belt, failed to maintain financial responsibility; Nathan M. Gauss, Ann Arbor, Mich., speeding, $50; Matthew J. Martin, Monroe City, no seat belt, $10; Kyla L. Minter, Monroe City, no seat belt, $10; Dillon N. Watson, Monroe City, failed to maintain financial responsibility, no seat belt; Brandan A. Kramer, Springfield, Ill., speeding 16+; David J. Kemp, St. Paul, speeding; Susan Teresa Orne-Wilkins, Liberty, speeding, $45; Nancy Anne Kaiser, Hannibal, speeding 16+; Matthew W. Weiland, Quincy, Ill., speeding; Blake Curtis Gardner, Quincy, Ill., speeding 16+; Mihir Rajesh Patel, Harleysvile, Pa., speeding; Mike W. Hindbaugh, Ursa, Ill., speeding 20+; Rodney C. Lord, Camp Point, Ill., operated as motor carrier without medical certificate; Calvin Gordon Finley, Camdenton, failed to register commercial property/passenger carrying vehicle for beyond local operation; Samuel Allen Bailey, Atascadero, Calif., speeding; Randolph L. Sparkman, Monroe City, no seat belt; Henry L. Terrell, Gary, Ind., speeding; George Robert Lane, Lake St. Louis, speeding; Mona Lisa Osborn, Independence, speeding 20+; Michael J. Novak, Monroe City, failed to maintain financial responsibility; James A. Hales, Burlington, Iowa, speeding; Heather D. Hayes, Paris, failed to maintain financial responsibility, no seat belt; Sarah A. Lehman, Bourbonnais, Ill., speeding; Anthony P. Buckley, Belton, no seat belt; Christopher D. Cannon, Macon, no seat belt; William Benjamin White, Monroe City, failed to maintain financial responsibility, no seat belt; Herbert Dean Smith, St. Charles, speeding 16+; Felicia Lea Shults, LaGrange, excessive vision reducing material, no seat belt; Travas Shane Hudnut, Canton, no seat belt; Myeisha Woolery, Hannibal, operated motor vehicle owned by another knowing owner of vehicle has not maintained financial responsibility; Bryant Leon Boyd, St. Louis, operated commercial vehicle without seat belt, $10; Donna Kay Douglas, Monroe City, speeding; Stephen M. Kendrick, Hannibal, speeding 16+; Henry G. Maize Jr., Taylor, failure to register; Jeffery S. Happel, Quincy, Ill., failed to drive on correct half of roadway; Jenna Mae Jackson, Shelbina, failure to register; James Irwin Fogle, Hannibal, failure to register; Branton Terry Dale Ellison, Hannibal, failure to register.
Civil Court
Division of Employment Security V Mailin Outpost, $358.52 plus court cost, interest and penalties;
Citi Financial Service Inc V Dan L. Baker, $6,582.06 plus court costs and interest;
GE Money Bank V Sharon Davis, $2,516.69 plus court costs and interest;
GE Capital Financial Inc V Sharon D. Davis, $3,495.62 plus court cost and interest;
HSBC Bank Nevada V Kevin D. Paxton, $768.32 plus court costs and interest;
GE Money Bank V Colletta E. Daly, $838.93 plus court cost and interest;
Annalicia E. Woodson V Tyrone Henley Jr., child support and medical support;
Division of Employment Security V Rumor Has It, $1,743.13 plus costs and penalties;
Division of Employment Security V Tamera Dittmer, $3,756.18 plus court costs and penalties;
Perry State Bank V Bobbie J. Beatty, $2,071.03 plus court costs and interest;
Perrry State Bank V Gary L. Fessenden, $4,254.43 plus court costs and interest;
Perry State Bank V Travis J. Ferreira, $6,605.99 plus court costs and interest;
Perry State Bank V Eugene L. Haynes, $18,770.53 plus court costs and interest;
Perry State Bank V Richard and Holly Bergheger, $1,260.15 plus court costs and interest;
Hannibal Regional Health Care V Randy G and Brenda Brown, Count I: $4.550.30, Count II: $639.45 plus court costs and interest;
Hannibal Regional Health Care V Richard I and Betty Bates, Count I: $4,996.01 and Count II: $700.20 both counts with court costs and interest;
Hannibal Regional Health Care V Vickie and Randy McReynolds, $4,175.75 plus court costs and interest;
Hannibal Regional Hospital V Leona R. and William Forbes, $1,270.94 plus court costs and interest;
Marion County Ambulance V Tiffany and Curtis J. Lasley Jr., $781.50 plus court costs and interest.
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Ralls County Court
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The following offenses were recorded in Ralls County.
Lawrence M. Purpich, New London, failed to drive on correct half of roadway resulting in an accident, operated motor vehicle owned by another knowing owner of vehicle has not maintained financial responsibility, no seat belt, operated vehicle on highway without valid license first or second offense, drinking alcoholic beverage while operating moving vehicle on highways; Susie Meranda, Perry, animal at large, animal license; Dale Alan Rhodes, Hannibal, failure to register motor vehicle; Michael D. Yakes, New London, speeding 20+; James Alan Tallman, Palmyra, nuisance violation; Jonathan T. Pugh, Monroe City, no seat belt; Landon Erwin Williams, Welch, Minn., speeding; Marilyn Ritchie, Lawrence, Kan., speeding, $100.50; William J. Crain, Monroe City, failed to yield to approaching vehicle; Sharon Ruth Kennedy, Louisiana, failed to maintain financial responsibility, vehicle under 18,000 pounds followed another vehicle too closely; Toni Renee Golian, New London, no seat belt; Jennifer C. Masters, Waterloo, Iowa, speeding; David Scott Drayton, Bolivar, truck 18,000 pounds or more/bus followed another vehicle too closely; Bonnie Lynn Lewton, Stoutsville, speeding 16+; Alyssa Anne Couch, Bowling Green, speeding; Jason M. Graff, Moscow Mills, failed to register; Benjamin J. Lixey, Harrisburg, speeding; Joshua Herbert Martyn, Fort Dodge, Iowa, speeding, $50.50; Michael Marion Dattilo, O’Fallon, speeding; Ryan P. Cauley, Pendelton, Ind., speeding 20+; Douglas R. Mettelbuscher, Perry, no seat belt; Roberta R. Warning, El Paso, Ill., speeding; Derek J. Hankins, Litchfield, Ill., speeding; Michelle K. Lavery, Clayton, speeding; Amy E. Ellixson, Canton, speeding; Joshua A. Inlow, Hannibal, failed to drive on correct half of roadway, no seat belt; operated vehicle on highway without valid license first or second offense, drinking alcoholic beverage while operating moving vehicle upon highways; Cassandra A. Kirtlink, Center, failed to yield to vehicle that had entered intersection with no traffic control; Charles A. Gipson, Marissa, Ill., operating commercial motor vehicle without seat belt; Amy Lucille Turner, Bowling Green, speeding, no seat belt; Lloyd Edward Lodgewegen, Hastings, speeding; Kevin Richard Meckley, Bonita Springs, Fl., speeding; Randall Lee Phillips, Chesterfield, speeding; Scott Michael Hayward, Aurora, Ill., speeding; Evelyn Perkins, New London, speeding 16+; Allen E. Denton, Kirksville, speeding; Carrie Nicole Purol, Monroe City, speeding.
Circuit Court
Kevin H. Bossman, Hannibal, insufficient personal flotation devices, $42.
Civil Court
HRH V Archie and Adeline Gail Whittaker NKA Gibbons, $1,715.53 plus court costs and interest;
Midland Funding LLC V Debra L. Barnhill, $5,727.32 plus court costs and interest;
Capital One Bank V Anthony L. Shepherd, $574.11 plus court costs and interest;
Cody W. Nesbitt V Penny L. Nesbitt, Marion County Case #08MR-CV2078 transcribed to Ralls Co: Real estate at Lot 9 Moore’s Acres SD, Ralls Co, MO 31 & 36-56-5 to be sold & proceeds divided 55 percent to respondent and 45 percent to petitioner. Petitioner owes respondent $9948 for property division offset and $1375 for attorney fees;
Asset Acceptance LLC V James Parrott, $10,982.93 court costs and interest;
Perry State Bank V Andrew J. and Dottie Harbit, Count 1 1208.95 principal 40.00 late charges 76.03 interest @11% 300.00 atty fees $1624.98 total on Andrew J. Harbit ONLY parties received copies this date;
Perry State Bank V Brandon R. and Nicole S. Donovan, $24,778.83 plus court costs and interest;
Perry State Bank V David Miller and Brad M. Kendrick, Count I $17,450.34 jointly & eventually interest 12 percent; Count II $7549.92 12 percent interest on David Miller Count III $5516.93 10 percent interest on David Miller and costs asssessed against defendants;
Perry State Bank V Kevin L. Rickey, Count I: $7,828.79 plus court costs and interest, Count II: $3,257.14 plus court costs and interest;
Perry State Bank V Vernon M. Saxbury, Count I: $10,838.66 plus court costs and interest, Count II: $2.354.37 plus court costs and interest, Count III: $3.293.36 plus court costs and interest, Count IV: $7,115.11 plus court costs and interest;
Perry State Bank V Dawn M. Saylor and David D. Watkins, Count I: $1,239.39 total jointly and severally plus interest, Count II: $1,434.86 total on Dawn M. Saylor plus interest;
Perry State Bank V John A. Watkins and John A. Watkins Jr., Count I: cost to both $10,769.32, Count II: John A Watkins only $1,893.85, Count III: Possession 12 percent interest and $66 cost;
Perry State Bank V Megan P. Stokes, $4,933.12 plus court costs and interest;
Perry State Bank V Shelika Thomas, $4,730.71 plus court cost.
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Buying the land to create Mark Twain Lake
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By Nancy Stone
Today the United States of America is once again the largest single land-owner in Monroe and Ralls Counties. The way of life along the Salt River that began when pioneer settlers purchased land from the Federal Government in the early 1800s changed dramatically with the building of Canon Dam and Mark Twain Reservoir.
A map of the area that would be impacted by the proposed Joanna Dam, was published in December 1956 by the Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army Office of the District Engineer, St. Louis District. It not only shows the outline of the maximum flood control pool at an elevation of 638 feet, but illustrates the amount of planning that had already been done before final approval was given by Congress in 1962.
At normal pool the level of Mark Twain Lake is 606 feet above sea level. The lake’s surface normally covers 18,600 acres and has a shoreline of about 200 miles. At flood stage, or 638 feet, the lake covers 38,400 acres. The Corps of Engineers needed to buy 52,985 acres of land in Ralls and Monroe County and obtain flowage easements on an additional 11,235 acres before the flood gates were closed. Many landowners in the predominantly rural area did not give up their farms willingly even after the project was changed to a multi-purpose dam and reservoir.
The Joanna Dam Association was formed with Monroe City realtor Warren G. See as president March 10, 1958. The Association’s members, primarily business leaders in Ralls, Monroe and Marion Counties, believed construction of a multi-purpose dam and reservoir on the Salt River would not only provide much needed flood control, but bring in industry and check the rural population loss of northeast Missouri. See served in that capacity for 27 years. The Spillway at Cannon Dam was named in honor of the man who never quit believing in the future of the area.
By December 1958 topographic engineers of the United States Geological Survey, in cooperation with the State of Missouri and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, were engaged in field survey operations to prepare accurate topographic maps of the area, including the upper Salt River Basin. In addition to aerial surveys and maps that had already been made, field survey work was required to make accurate maps that showed buildings, roads, streams and even graves that would be covered by water.
By July 1962 it was clear that Joanna Dam and Reservoir would be approved. Congressman Clarence Cannon and the Corps of Engineers said there was still much work to do before actual construction of the dam could begin. In addition to a detailed survey of the area, master plans had to be made to relocate roads, highways, telephone lines, railroads, bridges, electric and other utility lines.
Plans also had to be designed for not only the main dam but a re-regulation dam 9 ½ miles below the main dam that was key to keeping the lake filled during dry periods and thus facilitate the multi-purpose design of the project. It was tested twice in 1984, but the level of the lake since then has remained high without pumping water back through the main dam into the lake.
By January 1965 a total of $1,200,000 had been appropriated for the planning phase of Joanna Dam.
In addition to federal funding, the authorization act specified that a non-federal agency had to contribute 3.01 percent of the total cost of the project, plus 1.75 percent of the annual operation and maintenance costs of the project, or an estimated $2 million for the project’s water supply features. The Joanna Dam Association began to lobby the State of Missouri to accept that responsibility. March 11, 1965 Missouri Governor Warren Hearnes signed the “water bill” which guaranteed that work would continue on Joanna Dam and at least eight other federal water impoundment projects in the state.
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed legislation that gave the project $1 million on Oct. 21, 1965. The Corps began buying land in Ralls County for the site of the dam in January 1966. An office opened in Hannibal in September 1966 to buy Ralls County land then moved to Monroe County which had more acres involved in the project. Acquisition of the land was not always easy or pleasant.
Dee Paul West owned 74 acres that had once been the village of Joanna. In his book “The End of A Way of Life,” which documented the history of the Joanna area, he said, “The Army Engineers came in to build the dam and condemned my place when I would not sell at their price. In the long run they got my place and I got what the court made them pay for it which was much more than they had offered.”
The Joanna Community was the first casualty of the project. It was never very large, but like most communities in the rural Salt River basin held fond memories for former residents and their families. The first post office was opened on Sept. 2, 1844 and was named New Portland, Missouri. It was closed in April 1853 but reopened by John B. Utterback on Feb. 18, 1886 and named Utter. His store burned Sept. 4, 1891. The last post office was opened May 20, 1895 by Theodor F. Burnet who named it Joanna in honor of his mother. The Oakland Baptist Church at Joanna was built in 1892. The cemetery at the original site was one of the largest relocated before water covered the area. The congregation rebuilt in 1971-72 on Route J, a mile north of the old church.
Stoutsville was once the third largest community in Monroe County, with two banks, a newspaper, a Baptist, Methodist and Catholic Church, and a prosperous business district. It had, like other towns that sprang up around railroad depots in the 1870s, lost population over the intervening years, but was still home to those who chose to remain in the village. Even though the trains no longer stopped at her depot, freight trains rumbled through town. About 3 ½ miles of railroad track and most of the remaining buildings had to be moved as the town would be under water. The Stoutsville Baptist Church was by then the only surviving congregation. They rebuilt on high ground just south of Highway 24 at the intersection of Stoutsville’s main street which now ends in water. The Stoutsville Cemetery was not relocated, but is separated from the town by the Lake. A new community center helps keep the memories alive in the tenacious little village that refuses to die.
The Moberly Monitor-Index of March 28, 1973, reported that on March 2 the town board of Stoutsville voted unanimously to send a $222 federal revenue sharing check back to Washington, D.C. The mayor, W. A. Moutray, told the reporters, “We have had the U.S. Government in our town for the past three years, trying to abolish it. The federal money has strings attached. Strings are for puppets, and we are not puppets, nor do we have any freedom for sale. Thanks a lot, but No Thanks.”
The Village of Victor, originally called Eureka, south of Highway 154 near the Elk Fork bridge, was once a thriving community with a barber shop, drug store, two blacksmiths, an ice house, a set of stock scales, three grocery stores and from 1881 to 1914 a post office. The neighborhood children attended Bonsall School which, like the other one-room country schools in Monroe and Ralls County, was closed before 1960 by consolidation. Times changed and when it came time for the lake to cover the memories of those who had long since moved to town, only the Blair country store in the 100-year-old Hattersley building was left. Ben and Oneva Blair opened a store on the old Louisiana-Paris Road in 1934. In 1939 they moved to a corner store in Victor, then in 1946 moved to the Hattersley building. It was also their home. Ben died in 1974 and on a cold wintry day in January 1977, Oneva watched while the contents of Monroe County’s oldest store were sold at auction.
The Monroe City NEWS of April 16, 1976 reported that The Corps had acquired 93 percent of the total lands needed for the project, and only 4,600 acres remain to be purchased to complete the total 64,220 acre acquisitions. By Jan. 16, 1978, not all the land had been purchased but there were no additional budget requests for acquisition of the remaining property.
Buying the land was just the beginning.
Next week in the final segment of this series we’ll look at the construction phase. It was estimated that after construction began it would take five or six years to complete the work and fill the lake with water for a total of between seven and nine years before the public would reap the benefits of the project. In reality, it was another 22 years after the original approval in 1962, before all facets of the project were sufficiently in place for the dedication of Clarence Cannon Dam and Mark Twain Reservoir September 8, 1984.
The original projected cost of the project ballooned from the original $63.3 million to $320 million by 1984. In an interview with the Hannibal Courier Post, Otto Steffens said that he had been with the Corps of Engineers for over 40 years and resident engineer on the Cannon Dam project since January 1971. He “was involved with the Apollo space program, the Titan and Minuteman missile programs and SAC air force bases, but they all had less dollar value than the Cannon Dam and lake.”
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