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of Tom Vicat, City Administrator
Hello again from City Hall
NOTE:
Board of Aldermen meets at 7PM on the 1st
& 3rd Monday of each month
Shopping in Strafford Makes $ense!
July 27, 2010
ROUTE 66 DAYS UPDATE:
Make plans now to come out to Strafford’s 19th annual “Route 66 Days” on Saturday, September 11! From 9am to 5pm, historic Pine Street will be home to a lively community-wide festival, complete with delicious cozy dogs, refreshing Route 66 Root Beer, a tractor pull, car and motorcycle shows, a cake and pie contest, crafts, artwork, and Pineapple Whip! For general information or to rent a booth, contact Craig Coppenbarger at (417) 350-4811 or craig@harvesthill.org. For information on the tractor pull, contact Kelly Hunt at (417) 736-2526. To enter your car in the car show, contact Tom Masteller at (417) 859-2201. To enter your motorcycle in the motorcycle show, contact Odie Lowrey at (417) 839-1894. If you'd like to participate in the cake and pie contest, contact Chris Rockafellow at (417) 736-3686. We hope to see you on September 11!
BACK2SCHOOL BASH:
The “Back2School Bash” will feature FREE school supply giveaways, games, haircuts, books, popcorn, cotton candy, drinks, and more to all Strafford kindergarten and elementary students! The event will take place on Saturday,
July 31st from 1pm to 4pm at the Lucille Cogdill Early Childhood Center at 218 W. McCabe St. This event is sponsored by
Harvest Hill Baptist Church (www.harvesthill.org).
BUSINESS ITEMS:
-Main Street Salon (Christina's) has a new barber, Scott Franklin. Set up an appointment by calling (417) 736-2882.
-Creation Museum of the Ozarks will soon open in Strafford on Pine Street between Main Street Salon and Family Pharmacy. This will be a free, Christian based venue, similar to their operation in Branson. Strafford’s own Curtis Baker serves as secretary/treasurer, Dr. Rod Butterworth is the president, and Barry Dullum is the vice president. Watch for further announcements soon. Give them a call at 866-771-TRUE (8783) for further details.
CITY HALL NEWS:
-A number of you have expressed some concerns over your monthly sewer bill. The sewer charge for a customer is based on the customer’s water consumption the first three months of the year (January through March). That consumption is then averaged, for the April billing, and this average is then charged for the remainder of the year. However, you can elect (per city ordinance) to be changed from the current “averaged” system to the “actual rate”
system. The actual rate system bills on the actual monthly water usage. To request this service, you can simply fill out a form at City Hall.
-The “SprayGround” at Howard Smith Park is finally in operation again. An agreement was finally reached between the city and the company who installed the facilities. A big thank you is due to the water and sewer department as well as Tommy Vanhorn for being persistent and not taking “no” for an answer.
SCHOOL NEWS:
Be sure to be on the lookout for kids as the 2010 school year will begin on August 19. Several sports will begin in the month of August including football, softball and volleyball. Visit StraffordSchools.net for a full schedule.
A NOTE FROM HARVEST HILL BAPTIST CHURCH:
We invite you to join us as we celebrate our very FIRST worship service on Sunday, August 8th at 10:30am at the Lucille Cogdill Early Childhood Center (218 W. McCabe). We will have a free fellowship meal for all those in
attendance immediately after the service. To find out more about our church, please visit www.harvesthill.org.
A NOTE FROM THE STRAFFORD AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE:
Thank you to all that were able to join us for our recent event, “Meet the Candidates 2010,” held Thursday, July 15. The event ended up being standing room only as the Strafford Area Chamber of Commerce hosted an opportunity
for citizens-voters to meet 28 candidates running for offices in the 2010 August 3rd, primary election. A Welcome by Alice Delcour, Chamber President, was followed by School Board President Steve Bodenhamer, who moderated and introduced 28 Candidates as follows (listed in alphabetical order):
-Circuit Clerk - Steve Helms
-Commissioner - Dave Coonrod, Conrad Griggs, Mark Jones, Jim Viebrock
-Prosecutor - Steve Fenner, Dan Patterson
-Recorder - Michelle Bunge, Cheryl Dawson, Chris Hampton, Larry Maddox, Paula McGee
-Representatives - Stacy Atkison, Darin Chappell, Tim Davis, Scott Eckersley, Lyndall Fraker, Jack Goodman, Lincoln Hough, Billy Long, Mike Moon, Darrell Moore, Gary Nodler, Michael Wardell, Jeff Wisdom
-Senators - Terry Traw, Jay Wasson
-State Auditor - Allen Icet
The topics in the candidate platform included:
-Topics of interest for county offices: zoning and land uses; countywide utilities; enterprise zones and development incentives; catastrophe management plans
-Topics of interest for state offices: economic incentives and tax credits for development; senior programs and funding options; highway and rail transportation plans
-Topics of interest for federal offices: energy policy and carbon taxes; economic stimulus vs. national debt; family values vs. legislated morality
The Chamber of Commerce would like to thank the candidates and citizens-voters for making this event a success. When was the last time you saw standing room only at City Hall? Your Chamber of Commerce is working to bring business to Strafford. The Chamber Connection’s next meeting will be held on August 18 at 11:30am at City Hall. Join us today and get involved – influence the future of this area.
IN REMEMBRANCE:
Strafford lost more good people over the last several weeks. Our heartfelt condolences go out to the families of the following individuals: Rance Dale Batson, Sr. – 64; George Essary, Jr. – 84; Hester Smith – 88; Ronald Albert Smith – 71.
These obituaries can be found on the Springfield Newsleader’s website at www.news-leader.com and clicking on “obituaries” and searching keyword “Strafford.”
PLEASE call or e-mail us with items of interest that you would like to see in this newsletter: announcements, births, deaths, marriages, military news, etc. This is YOUR newsletter.
Get Behind Our Veterans or Feel Free To
Stand In Front Of Them!
All
gave some & some gave all.
We owe them our gratitude.
Respectfully,
Tom Vicat
City Administrator
TomVicat@PeoplePC.com
Charlie Buchanan
Community Relations Officer
CBuchanan@StraffordMissouri.org
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