Forsyth, Mo -- This excerpt is from KSPR 33 - A piece of history in the Ozarks is now a safety hazard.
Yellow
caution tape now surrounds the iconic homestead at Shadow Rock Park in
Forsyth. After almost 50 years in that location right next to the water,
city officials say it's seen at least 20 floods and now they have
deemed it unsafe.
The homestead cabin was originally built in 1886.
That makes it 131 years old. It was restored and moved to Shadow Rock
Park in 1969.
While it was an actual house historical experts say
there isn't a lot of the original features left. They even call it a
“replica.”
City officials have been keeping a close eye on the building over the past few years.
“Over
the years, we’ve inspected it after each flood and seen that each time
it's gotten a little worse. This time we've had the historical society
look at it, we've had FEMA look at it and we've had several people who
know cabins have looked at it and they’ve all agreed it’s in disrepair
to either repair or to move,” said Forsyth Public Works Director Chris
Robertson.
The City of Forsyth wants to hear what you think they
should do with the building. They are open to options and are going to
be talking about that at Monday night’s city council meeting.
A call was made to City Hall to inquire in what manner should interested parties communicate with the council and was told that someone would get back to me.... I'll post an update when that happens...
Update: I received a callback from Public Works Director Chris Robertson who divulged to me that there were a couple of options already being considered. He indicated that a final decision would be made at the October 13th Council meeting. In the meantime, Mr. Robertson urged me to tell one and all, that if they would like to offer constructive opinions as to what to do with the building, to please give him a call at 417-251-1380 during regular business hours.
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Bull Shoals bridge project may get webcam!
I received a note from the head
engineer of the Bull Shoals bride project who informed me that they
were 'looking at getting an Ox Blue construction webcam' if one was
available. These are Internet accessible cameras that can allow the
public to view to see what the traffic and overall construction
progress looks like. Very cool if that were to happen.
He also wanted to reiterate that they
were not anticipating back-ups beyond the normal morning and
afternoon commutes since the contractor cannot 'close the road during
peak hours'. He stated that it is also the 'contractor’s intent is
to conduct flagging operations during non-peak hours while they pour
the intermediate bents in the lake'.
Finally, he reiterated that 'the only
road closure intended for the project will be the time it is needed
to make the final tie-ins which can take up to 2 weeks'. But, that
they intend to do everything they can ahead of time to greatly
reduce this inconvenience.
I was very happy to hear from them and to know that MODOT and Lehman Construction are doing the absolute best they can to resolve public concerns during the construction phase of a multi million dollar effort that is sure to cause some problems with commuters and emergency personnel even as the engineering experts will be striving to mitigate the pain. www.taneyweather.com
Saturday, September 16, 2017
Hoofing it to the grocery store!
A few miles from my home is one of two
grocery stores in the small town of Forsyth Missouri. The one I
prefer (and which is also the closest) is called Country Mart. I like
this store for the great variety of foodstuffs offered not to mention
the very efficient checkout staff.
As I am also a very OCD kind of
individual, I like to keep good records on what I purchase there. I
keep the records in a data file and am about to produce a number of
useful reports as a result. This report shown at right, reflects my
purchases on a typical Saturday in September. I generally like to shop about twice a week, getting only the items I would need for the next several days. And, as a person living on a fixed income, I look for generic or for stuff on sale. Still, I've noticed that the cost of groceries has slowly crept upwards over time. Seriously, twenty bucks just don't buy all that much anymore.
If I were to state any complaints, it would be the manner in which you 'save' on particular items. I've always felt that these supposed savings are somewhat contrived. Just give me the best deal you can and I would be happy!
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Bridge construction side benefits?
Forsyth MO. – The long awaited
building of a new bridge that will span Bull Shoals has finally
begun. And, while some people were already complaining, it came to me
that there might be some side benefits to the businesses in and
around Forsyth!
While enjoying a libation at Charlie's
Steak Ribs and Ale near Y Highway, I overheard one of the servers
stating that their lunch time crowd had swelled a bit due to a number
of bridge workers who showed up with empty stomachs and bulging
wallets. It suddenly occurred to me that the nearly year long project
would see a goodly number of workers from MODOT and Lehman
Construction. I also guessed that some of them would be staying in
town for varying periods of time, and so, might help bolster the income
of many businesses by their presence...
I've formally requested that Lehman Construction set up a live camera feed on the Internet so that commuters and emergency personnel could be aware of traffic conditions on the bridge while construction is underway!
I've formally requested that Lehman Construction set up a live camera feed on the Internet so that commuters and emergency personnel could be aware of traffic conditions on the bridge while construction is underway!
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