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Members of the 4175th receive commission from Adj. Gen. Steve Danner
A full deployment ceremony has been held at the Missouri National Guard headquarters in Jefferson City for four men heading for Iraq.
The posting of the colors, the singing of the National Anthem by Lt. Colonel Regina Kilmer and speeches send the remaining members of the 4175th Criminal Investigation Division based in Fulton to their mission. They will join six members who deployed to Iraq in May. [Read more...]
A major hog producer in northern Missouri hopes its proposed solution to odor problems will resolve a long-standing dispute.
A motion has been filed in Jackson County Circuit Court by Premium Standard Farms to implement methods to reduce pollution and odor at its hog farms in northern Missouri.
PSF President Bill Homann hopes the proposal satisfies agreements reached with the Attorney General’s office in 1999 and 2004; even though Homann admits PSF can’t meet a July 31st deadline.
“Premium Standard Farms and the Attorney General; we definitely have the same objective in mind here and that’s to protect our environment and future generations while safeguarding the economic viability of animal agriculture in northwest Missouri,” according to Homann.
PSF reached a settlement with the state in 1999, agreeing to implement Next Generation Technology at 11 of its hog farms in Daviess, Gentry, Mercer, Putnam and Sullivan Counties. A special three-member Management Advisory Team has been created to evaluate and guide PSF’s compliance with the settlement. A revision of the agreement in 2004 lifted a $25 million cap on PSF’s obligation and imposed a July 31, 2010 deadline.
The equipment PSF is costly, in excess of $ 7 million. Homann says pollution regulations and legal fees have added seven dollars a head to the cost of producing hogs.
“Missouri is a tough state to do business in,” Homann says. “It has very strict environmental standards and the nuisance litigation that we’ve experienced in the state has been a significant challenge as well.”
Homann says that while there is a breaking point on the expense of complying, PSF has no plans at this time to leave Missouri.
Jeff Francoeur and Jose Reyes each homered as the New York Mets made a successful return to Citi Field by roughing up Adam Wainwright and the Cardinals, 8-2, in the opener of a three-game series. The Mets shook off their debilitating 2-9 road trip by scoring as many runs as they had in their previous four games combined. The total was the most the club scored since a 9-5 win over Washington on July 4. Carlos Beltran aided the rare offensive outburst with two hits, a run scored and another driven in, while Jon Niese (7-4) gave up just one run on seven hits and two walks over six-plus innings to get the win. Wainwright (14-6) came in sporting a 25-inning scoreless streak but was knocked around for a season-high six runs on six hits and three walks in five innings, his second shortest stint of the year. St. Louis has dropped four of five following an eight-game winning streak.
Danny Valencia knocked in three and collected four more hits while Carl Pavano turned in his eighth consecutive winning decision in an 11-2 Twins victory over Kansas City. Valencia was coming off a 4-for-4 performance in Monday’s 19-1 shellacking of the Royals and is 8-for-9 in the series. Joe Mauer, who was 5-for-5 with a career-high seven RBI on Monday, drove in another two runs with two hits in the middle test to this three-game set. J.J. Hardy hit a solo home run and added a run- scoring single amid a three-hit game and Michael Cuddyer added three hits and two RBI to the win, Minnesota’s fourth straight and sixth in the last seven games.
University of Central Missouri golf squad senior-to-be Matt Miller won the Kansas City Amateur Sectional Qualifier on Monday at Oakwood Country Club with scores of 64 and 71, and will now advance to play with 312 others in the prestigious U.S. Amateur Championship.
With his 135 total score, Miller (Eldon, Mo.) edged Will Hogan by two shots, and Matt Ewald by three. All three players qualified for the Championship, with two alternates selected. There are 101 sectional sites across the nation, with anywhere from one to four qualifiers at each.
The U.S. Amateur Championship will be played August 23-29 in University Place, Washington at Chambers Bay Golf Course, as well as The Home Course in Dupont, Washington. The first two rounds will be stroke play. The field will then be cut to the top 64, and played over the final five days in match-play format.
The tournament will be televised live nationally on the Golf Channel during the first five days, and on NBC during the final two rounds.
One of the oldest tournaments in the country, The U.S. Amateur has been played since 1895. Past champions include Bobby Jones, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Phil Mickelson, and Tiger Woods.
