05-17-2012

TWO FARMINGTON RESIDENTS AND A FREDERICKTOWN WOMAN WERE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. 59 YEAR OLD FAYE HACKER WAS TRAVELING IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANE OF HIGHWAY 67 AROUND 5:20 WHEN DRIVER, 21 YEAR OLD LARRY PRATTE AND PASSENGER, 19 YEAR OLD KAYLA MENGWASSER ATTEMPTED TO CROSS 67 AT THE HILDEBRECT ROAD INTERSECTION. HACKER’S FORD ESCAPE HIT THE 2012 KIA OPTIMA DRIVEN BY PRATTE.

PRATTE HAD NO INJURIES; HOWEVER HACKER WAS TAKEN BY ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY EMS TO THE PARKLAND HEALTH CENTER WITH MINOR INJURIES. MENGWASSER WAS TAKEN BY ARCH HELICOPTER TO MERCY MEDICAL CENTER IN CREVE COEUR. HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS SHOW MENGWASSER’S INJURIES AS SERIOUS AND LISTED DAMAGE TO THE KIA SHE WAS A PASSENGER IN AS A TOTAL. EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT WERE WEARING THEIR SEATBELTS.

FIRE TAGS ARE SOON DUE IN PARK HILLS FOR ALL OF THEIR RURAL CUSTOMERS, CITY ADMINISTRATOR JOHN KENNEDY SAYS THIS YEAR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THEY ARE PERSONALLY DELIVERING THE TAGS TO CUSTOMERS.

KENNEDY SAYS THEY ARE SENDING THE TRUCKS OUT FOR A COUPLE OF IMPORTANT REASONS, TO ENGAGE THEIR CUSTOMERS AND TO LOOK AT PROPERTIES TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO REACH THE PROPERTY TO BATTLE POSSIBLE FIRES.

FIRE TAGS FOR PARK HILLS RURAL FIRE CUSTOMERS ARE DUE ON OR BEFORE JUNE 1ST.

RESIDENTIAL TAGS ARE $35 DOLLARS.

THE CITY OF FARMINGTON, ALONG WITH GATEWAY DISC SPORTS, ARE BRINGING THE 21ST ANNUAL GATEWAY OPEN PDGA DISC GOLF TOURNAMENT TO TOWN.

THE TOURNAMENT WILL TAKE PLACE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, MAY THE 19TH AND 20TH AT THE ENGLER PARK DISC GOLF COURSE IN FARMINGTON.

EVERYONE IS INVITED TO PLAY, AND YOU DON’T NEED TO BELONG TO A CLUB OR THE PDGA TO PARTICIPATE.

REGISTRATION IS SATURDAY FROM 8-9:40AM, WITH A PLAYERS MEETING AT 9:45AM.

TO PRE-REGISTER OF FOR MORE INFORMATION YOU CAN CALL 314-487-5204.

THE BONNE TERRE LIBRARY HAS BEGUN AN AMBITIOUS NEW PROJECT TO AID THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY IN FINDING THEIR ROOTS. THE DIRECTOR OF THE BONNE TERRE LIBRARY, DORIS SMITHER, SAYS THE LIBRARY’S NEW PROJECT WILL HELP GIVE PEOPLE A START INTO RESEARCHING THEIR FAMILY HISTORY.

THE LIBRARY IS HAVING A WORKSHOP TO HELP GET PEOPLE STARTED WITH WRITING DOWN THEIR FAMILY HISTORY AS PART OF THE COLLECTION OF STORIES TO BE PUT IN AN UPCOMING BONNE TERRE HISTORY BOOK.

THE WORKSHOP TAKES PLACE THURSDAY, MAY 31ST AT 4 O'CLOCK AT THE BONNE TERRE MEMORIAL LIBRARY.

U.S. 67 IN NORTHERN ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE LANE WITH A 12 FOOT WIDTH RESTRICTION AS CONTRACTOR CREWS CONSTRUCT TURN LANES AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS.

THE SECTION OF ROADWAY IS LOCATED FROM ROUTE JJ IN JEFFERSON COUNTY TO CASH LANE.

THAT WORK IS SET TO BEGIN TODAY AND RUN THROUGH JULY 27TH FROM 7AM-6PM DAILY.

THE WORK ZONE WILL BE MARKED AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH THE AREA.