Owensville

MORIT, MOAC, Lions combine for cleanup

Published by The Republican on Wed, 05/30/2018 - 11:00am

With permission for access to the Rock Island rail bed corridor through Owensville, about 40 volunteers spent several hours Thursday picking up debris from the property proposed as a walking and biking trail. The group was organized by the Owensville Lions Club, the Missouri Outdoor Activity Coalition(MOAC) and Missouri Rock Island Trail (MORIT). The group gathered afterward for a meal at Krooked Moon and viewed videos of sections of the trail already in development and aerial drone footage of the bridges over the Gasconade and Osage rivers.

R-2 directors adopt changes to high school handbook designed to promote student safety

Published by The Republican on Wed, 05/23/2018 - 11:39am

Gasconade County R-2 board members voted Monday night to expand the definition in the Owensville High School (OHS) student handbook of students who may be randomly pulled for drug testing to include, “dances, prom and parking on campus,” in addition to extracurricular activities.

Opening today

Published by The Republican on Wed, 05/23/2018 - 11:38am

Friends of the Library toured the new Scenic Regional Library building in Owensville on Monday evening ahead of the scheduled opening today (Wednesday). Books have been moved from the downtown library building and cleaning, installation of computer stations, the check-out desk and furniture was being completed on Tuesday. Wright Construction, headquartered in St. Peters, Mo., is the general contractor for the library’s seven current building projects. A grand opening ceremony will be held in June. 

MORIT plans work party Thursday

Published by The Republican on Wed, 05/23/2018 - 11:32am

Missouri Rock Island Trail enthusiasts are invited to a “sneak peek” work party starting at 5:15 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday) from The TherapySource. A group photographs kicks off the festivities.

Permission has been granted to access the trail through Owensville and participants are invited to help remove small pieces of railroad ties from the 3.5-mile long railbed through town.

New library facility expected to open May 23; work nears completion

Published by The Republican on Wed, 05/16/2018 - 12:45pm

Final preparations are being made for the scheduled May 23 opening of the new Scenic Regional Library Owensville branch facility on East Madison Avenue at Highway 19 South. Carpenters (above) were cutting and installing (below, left) the final sections of wall and ceiling paneling in south and west seating areas of the 6,800-square foot facility. Landscapers had trees and shrubs planted and seed sowed on the grounds (below, on right) ahead of rainfall on Monday night. A relief “LIBRARY” sign was installed Friday (middle, on left).

Veteran’s Memorial park plan meets city approval

Published by The Republican on Wed, 05/16/2018 - 12:38pm

Plans for development of a veteran’s memorial park in Owensville are continuing with a pledge from the city for $10,000 in “seed money” to help construct the facility on donated ground behind First State Community Bank.

E. Louise Baker pitched the proposal to Owensville’s Board of Aldermen earlier this winter and again on May 3.

Mayor John Kamler, noting he was speaking for himself at the time, suggested the city could contribute $10,000 of “in-kind match” on the project.

Owensville High School’s Class of 2018 includes 16 summa cum laude graduates

Published by The Republican on Wed, 05/16/2018 - 12:37pm

Owensville High School Class of 2018 members graduating summa cum laude include (in front, from left) Emma Nicks, Mackenzie Hoffman, Kelsey Ryerson, Adriene Aubuchon, Renee Elliott and Alex Ryals; middle row, Taylor Wildebrandt, Rylee Powell, Brannon Brocato, Richard Nelms and Grace Tayloe; and, in back, Michael Lahmeyer, Adam Koepke, Anthony Terry, Jr., Dane Thompson and Nickolaus Hinch. The Class of 2018 is scheduled to graduate at 7 p.m. Friday, May 18, outdoors on Dutchmen Field.

R-2 athletes make strong showing in Special Olympics

Published by The Republican on Wed, 05/09/2018 - 1:22pm

Gasconade County R-2 School District students were among more than 800 children participating in the Gasconade County R-1 School District’s Special Olympics track and field meet on Friday at Hermann High School’s Bearcat Memorial Stadium. Perfect weather greeted Special Olympians from more than a dozen schools. R-2 students (in yellow team shirts this year) parade down the track during the opening ceremony.

Completion nears

Published by The Republican on Wed, 05/09/2018 - 1:21pm

Workers with Flooring Systems, Inc., of St. Louis, were finishing up installing carpet squares Monday in colorful patterns for the new Scenic Regional Library branch in Owensville.  The new 6,800-square foot library is expected to open Wednesday, May 23. Friends of the Owensville Library will have a chance to take a 30-minute tour of the facility with Steve Campbell, executive director of the library system, from 7 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, May 21.

Cardiac arrest cited in death of mushroom hunter at Bay

Published by The Republican on Wed, 05/09/2018 - 1:12pm

A Rosebud man on a mushroom hunting outing with his brother last Wednesday died from an apparent sudden cardiac event, according to Gasconade County Coroner Benjamin Grosse.

Thomas L. Julius, 76, was pronounced dead at 5:04 p.m. May 2. He and his brother had been hunting with permission on private land near the Bay community since about 11 a.m. when he suffered the cardiac event later in the afternoon.

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