Missouri Treasurer Vivek Malek will be the keynote speaker at next Monday evening’s (April 17) Boone County Lincoln Days event at Columbia’s Stoney Creek Inn and Resort. Dinner begins at 6, and the program starts at 6:30. Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft will be the special guest speaker. Mr. Ashcroft is running for governor. Mizzou atmospheric science professor Tony Lupo joined us live this morning on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” to preview the event. Mr. Lupo tells listeners that the speaking lineup for next week is impressive. He also says the 19th state senatorial seat is winnable, despite the fact Cooper County is no longer in the district. Former State Rep. Stephen Webber (D-Columbia) is expected to be the Democratic nominee, and he’s been raising money for the race. The seat has been in GOP hands since Kurt Schaefer (R-Columbia) unseated then-State Sen. Chuck Graham (D-Columbia) in 2008:
(AUDIO): Mizzou atmospheric scientist Tony Lupo previews Boone County Lincoln Days
Missouri Treasurer Vivek Malek will be the keynote speaker at next Monday evening’s (April 17) Boone County Lincoln Days event at Columbia’s Stoney Creek Inn and Resort. Dinner begins at 6, and the program starts at 6:30. Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft will be the special guest speaker. Mr. Ashcroft is running for governor. Mizzou atmospheric science professor Tony Lupo joined us live this morning on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” to preview the event. Mr. Lupo tells listeners that the speaking lineup for next week is impressive. He also says the 19th state senatorial seat is winnable, despite the fact Cooper County is no longer in the district. Former State Rep. Stephen Webber (D-Columbia) is expected to be the Democratic nominee, and he’s been raising money for the race. The seat has been in GOP hands since Kurt Schaefer (R-Columbia) unseated then-State Sen. Chuck Graham (D-Columbia) in 2008:
April grand opening set for MU Health’s Boonville urgent care and medical building
MU Health’s new Boonville medical building and urgent care has opened to the public.
The 14,000 square foot Jackson road medical building opened on Monday and is MU Health Care’s largest outpatient facility outside of Columbia. A formal grand opening is scheduled for April 11.
The facility includes an urgent care that’s open seven days a week, primary care, a lab and Mizzou Therapy Services.
Boonville and Cooper County had been without an urgent care since Pinnacle Regional Hospital near I-70 closed its doors in February 2020.
MU Health’s family medicine clinic in Boonville has relocated to the Jackson road medical building. It features former Pinnacle doctors Mona Brownfield and Robert Koch and nurse practitioner Lori Weekly.
MU Health also offers clinics in Ashland, Fulton, Fayette and Mexico.
Missouri’s Senate leader optimistic about funding for Wooldridge
Missouri’s Senate President Pro Tem has met with Governor Mike Parson’s chief of staff to discuss possible state assistance for fire-damaged Wooldridge.
State Sen. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) is optimistic. The October blaze destroyed at least 23 structures in Wooldridge, damaging at least 3,000 acres of land in the rural Cooper County village.
“You know, kind of the ongoing trying to figure out ways to plug in resources that are available when it makes sense and where it makes sense,” Rowden says.
There were no fatalities nor serious injuries in the October fire, a point both Governor Mike Parson and Senator Rowden have emphasized. Pro Tem Rowden joined the governor and State Rep. Tim Taylor (R-Speed) during a late October tour of Wooldridge. Smoke permeated the air that day.
Senate President Pro Tem Rowden tells 939 the Eagle’s “Randy Tobler show” that he discussed Wooldridge this month with Governor Mike Parson’s chief of staff, Aaron Willard.
“You know part of it is just an uncertainty at this point as to exactly in some cases what the need is, who’s going to rebuild who’s not. You know, how you tap into dollars for that purpose. You know there’s community-wide dollars potentially available for certain types of kind of revitalization,” Rowden says.
Senator Rowden says part of the struggle is fully understanding what Wooldridge residents want the community to look like. Rowden says Wooldridge residents are resilient.
At least 28 Tolton students to spend Monday cleaning up fire-damaged Wooldridge
More than two dozen students at Columbia’s Tolton Catholic high school will travel to rural Wooldridge on Monday morning to help clean up the fire-damaged community. An October wildlife destroyed at least 23 structures in Wooldridge, which is in Cooper County. It also damaged at least 3,000 acres of land.
Tolton high school dean of academics Tim Scherrer says today’s cleanup is an opportunity to help residents who’ve been devastated by the blaze.
“And with all the needs that are down in the community of Wooldridge, we thought it would be a good opportunity to give back to the community with a spirit of the holidays. So we’re calling it Toltonsgiving,” Scherrer says.
Mr. Scherrer says 41 people have already signed up. That includes 29 students, three alums, six parents and three staff members. Today’s cleanup will begin at about noon and will primarily involve cleaning up properties and placing debris into trucks and dumpsters.
Mr. Scherrer tells 939 the Eagle that it’s the first time Tolton students have had the full Thanksgiving week off.
“I think we would have more people come but some have already planned to go out of town. And we’ve got staff that have already planned vacations and they’ve earned that. But for people who are here in town, this is what the school is all about. It’s about being thankful and giving to others,” says Scherrer.
Participants will be wearing work gloves and closed toe shoes. State Rep. Tim Taylor (R-Speed) tells 939 the Eagle that he’s elated that Tolton students will be in Wooldridge today, saying it will help immensely. Taylor says there’s a lot of work to be done, noting many of the town’s residents are older.
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