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Written by Jaime Mowers
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Wednesday, September 01 2010 |
SULLIVAN – After losing money in 2009, the Meramec Community Fair turned a profit this year. But not without a $35,000 shot in the arm from a city grant that may be ending. Final numbers are still being tabulated, but the Meramec Community Fair Board estimates a profit between $10,000 and $12,000, Board President Jim Bartle told the city council at it’s meeting last week. “I feel the fair was a great success for 2010,” he said, noting a combination of factors led to that success. That wasn’t necessarily the case in 2009 when the fair lost roughly $30,000. That fair was poorly attended when temperatures hovered near 100 degrees and heat.....
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 30 2010 )
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Written by Photo by Heather Johnston
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Sunday, August 29 2010 |
STANTON - A Florissant teen is dead after trying to swim across the Meramec River Sunday afternoon to a rope swing, reports the Missouri State Water Patrol. According to reports, Joseph Barnes, 17, drowned sometime around 3 p.m. Sunday near Meramec Caverns while swimming in the river. The Water Patrol reports that Barnes was on his way across the river when he called out for help and then submerged, but failed to come back up. His body was recovered in 7 feet of water at 4:25 p.m. by a diver from the Sullivan Fire Protection District. Also responding to the scene, which is about three miles east of Interstate 44 in southwest Franklin County, were law enforcement officers from the Missouri State Highway Patrol and Franklin County Sheriff's Office. The stretch of river that meanders past the...
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