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Lamar boil order's cause traced
LAMAR, Mo. — A collapsed intake pipe led to a boil order in the city of Lamar last week, Lynn Calton, city manager said Monday.City officials said they hope the boil order affecting the town’s 4,600 residents will be lifted no later than today. Calton said the problem was discovered early Saturday and has since been corrected. He said the water system was being flushed Monday and new water samples would be drawn for testing in a Joplin laboratory.“We’ll drive them there and tell them to hurry,” Calton said. “It depends on how quickly they can do the analysis, but we’re hoping the boil order can be lifted soon.”
The Joplin Globe – Jul 15, 2008 04:54 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
LAMAR, Mo. — A collapsed intake pipe led to a boil order in the city of Lamar last week, Lynn Calton, city manager said Monday.City officials said they hope the boil order affecting the town’s 4,600 residents will be lifted no later than today. Calton said the problem was discovered early Saturday and has since been corrected. He said the water system was being flushed Monday and new water samples would be drawn for testing in a Joplin laboratory.“We’ll drive them there and tell them to hurry,” Calton said. “It depends on how quickly they can do the analysis, but we’re hoping the boil order can be lifted soon.”
The Joplin Globe – Jul 15, 2008 04:54 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Mike Pound: It's all on the bright side at the game
As major league baseball teams go, the Kansas City Royals aren’t great.They’re not bad; in fact, they are better this year than they have been in a while and actually have the makings of being very good in the near future. It’s just that right now they aren’t so great, although they did manage to beat the St. Louis Cardinals three games in a row earlier this year.So there is that.
The Joplin Globe – Jul 15, 2008 04:54 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
As major league baseball teams go, the Kansas City Royals aren’t great.They’re not bad; in fact, they are better this year than they have been in a while and actually have the makings of being very good in the near future. It’s just that right now they aren’t so great, although they did manage to beat the St. Louis Cardinals three games in a row earlier this year.So there is that.
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Tomorrow’s News Now for Tuesday
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Retreat to Woolaroc
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. — It doesn’t take days of driving or hundreds of dollars to visit the Old West.A taste of it can be found within 120 miles of Joplin in the Osage Hill country of north-central Oklahoma at Woolaroc, oilman Frank G. Phillips’ 3,700-acre ranch-turned-museum 12 miles south of Bartlesville.
The Joplin Globe – Jul 14, 2008 03:52 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. — It doesn’t take days of driving or hundreds of dollars to visit the Old West.A taste of it can be found within 120 miles of Joplin in the Osage Hill country of north-central Oklahoma at Woolaroc, oilman Frank G. Phillips’ 3,700-acre ranch-turned-museum 12 miles south of Bartlesville.
The Joplin Globe – Jul 14, 2008 03:52 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Free physicals on tap for area athletes
Students in the Joplin-area are gearing up for another fall sports season, and some local health-care professionals are making sure there isn’t anything standing in their way.
The Joplin Globe – Jul 14, 2008 03:52 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Students in the Joplin-area are gearing up for another fall sports season, and some local health-care professionals are making sure there isn’t anything standing in their way.
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Cyclists say bike tour as rough as promised; long, rugged route helped raise funds for Red Cross
Newt Sharp, of Joplin, was roughed up pretty well on Saturday.“How would I describe my legs,” Sharp said on Sunday. “It feels like someone beat me up. I’m pretty toasted.”Sharp was one of more than 500 riders who participated in the Much MO Bettah Tornado Alley 110, held Saturday. The riders came from as far away as Florida, Maryland and Wisconsin to ride.The ride was not for the faint-of-heart, organizer Steve Cooper said. A Web site advertised the route as “hillier, hotter and harder” than last year’s inaugural event.
The Joplin Globe – Jul 14, 2008 03:52 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Newt Sharp, of Joplin, was roughed up pretty well on Saturday.“How would I describe my legs,” Sharp said on Sunday. “It feels like someone beat me up. I’m pretty toasted.”Sharp was one of more than 500 riders who participated in the Much MO Bettah Tornado Alley 110, held Saturday. The riders came from as far away as Florida, Maryland and Wisconsin to ride.The ride was not for the faint-of-heart, organizer Steve Cooper said. A Web site advertised the route as “hillier, hotter and harder” than last year’s inaugural event.
The Joplin Globe – Jul 14, 2008 03:52 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Clerk, commissioner aspirants to be tabbed
COLUMBUS, Kan. — The Aug. 5 primary election in Cherokee County will decide party nominees for county clerk and 2nd District county commissioner.County ClerkJack Johnson and Rodney Edmondson are competing for the Republican nomination for Cherokee County clerk. The winner of the Republican primary will face Democrat Crystal Gatewood, of Columbus, on Nov. 3. The county clerk is paid $33,033. Both said they think the job is important because of how much interaction workers have with residents and because the clerk is the chief election officer for the county.
The Joplin Globe – Jul 14, 2008 03:52 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
COLUMBUS, Kan. — The Aug. 5 primary election in Cherokee County will decide party nominees for county clerk and 2nd District county commissioner.County ClerkJack Johnson and Rodney Edmondson are competing for the Republican nomination for Cherokee County clerk. The winner of the Republican primary will face Democrat Crystal Gatewood, of Columbus, on Nov. 3. The county clerk is paid $33,033. Both said they think the job is important because of how much interaction workers have with residents and because the clerk is the chief election officer for the county.
The Joplin Globe – Jul 14, 2008 03:52 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Kansas U.S. Senate race an underdog story
Lee Jones has no problem admitting he’s an underdog to former U.S. Rep. Jim Slattery in the race for the Democratic Party’s nomination to challenge Pat Roberts for his U.S. Senate seat in November.“I feel like an underdog,” said Jones, 57, a former railroad engineer who lives in Overland Park, in a telephone interview. “But I feel like I’m the best candidate because I’m a farmer and I’ve lived in Kansas this whole time, unlike Congressman Slattery.”
The Joplin Globe – Jul 14, 2008 03:52 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Lee Jones has no problem admitting he’s an underdog to former U.S. Rep. Jim Slattery in the race for the Democratic Party’s nomination to challenge Pat Roberts for his U.S. Senate seat in November.“I feel like an underdog,” said Jones, 57, a former railroad engineer who lives in Overland Park, in a telephone interview. “But I feel like I’m the best candidate because I’m a farmer and I’ve lived in Kansas this whole time, unlike Congressman Slattery.”
The Joplin Globe – Jul 14, 2008 03:52 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Dem aspirants say budget priority for commission
GIRARD, Kan. — While they don’t necessarily agree on a solution, the four candidates vying for the 2nd District commission seat in Crawford County all agree that the No. 1 problem facing the county is controlling spending.Chuck Ales, a 74-year-old retired schoolteacher; Linda Grilz, a 57-year-old instructor at Pittsburg State University; John Kovacic, a 57-year-old former county treasurer; and Vincent Saia, a 44-year-old title abstractor, are all vying for the Democratic party nomination, after incumbent Democrat Tom Moody decided not to seek re-election.
The Joplin Globe – Jul 14, 2008 03:52 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
GIRARD, Kan. — While they don’t necessarily agree on a solution, the four candidates vying for the 2nd District commission seat in Crawford County all agree that the No. 1 problem facing the county is controlling spending.Chuck Ales, a 74-year-old retired schoolteacher; Linda Grilz, a 57-year-old instructor at Pittsburg State University; John Kovacic, a 57-year-old former county treasurer; and Vincent Saia, a 44-year-old title abstractor, are all vying for the Democratic party nomination, after incumbent Democrat Tom Moody decided not to seek re-election.
The Joplin Globe – Jul 14, 2008 03:52 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Jo Ellis: Sitting down with our new police chief
As a reporter covering four Carthage police chiefs over the past 30 years, I still didn’t know what to expect when I interviewed our newest chief, Greg Dagnan.Even though he is still quite young (by my standards), he has worked in some type of law enforcement since graduating in 1990 from Missouri Southern State University.
The Joplin Globe – Jul 14, 2008 03:52 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
As a reporter covering four Carthage police chiefs over the past 30 years, I still didn’t know what to expect when I interviewed our newest chief, Greg Dagnan.Even though he is still quite young (by my standards), he has worked in some type of law enforcement since graduating in 1990 from Missouri Southern State University.
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