ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the Northwest Missouri region planned for the week of Oct. 3 – 9 from the Missouri Department of Transportation.

In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs and other road work conducted throughout the region. Many of these will be moving operations and could include lane closures with delays.

MoDOT reminds the public to stay alert, watch for road work, buckle up, slow down, and drive with extreme caution through work zones and in changing weather conditions.

For more information about a project, please contact MoDOT at 1-888-ASK-MoDOT or visit modot.org/northwest. You can also follow MoDOT’s Northwest Missouri District on Twitter and on Facebook.

 

Andrew County

Route 48 – CLOSED at the Platte River Bridge near Whitesville for a bridge replacement project. The road will be closed through mid-November.

Route H – CLOSED from County Road 36 to County Road 27 for a culvert replacement, Oct. 5, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Atchison County

U.S. Route 59 – At the intersection of U.S. Route 59 and U.S. Route 136 for pavement repair, Oct. 4 – 5.

Buchanan County

Route DD – At the I-29 Overpass Bridge for maintenance, Oct. 3 – 4

U.S. Route 36 – One mile east of Route AC for a bridge project, intermittent closures in the westbound lane, Oct. 3 – 5, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

U.S. Route 36 – One mile east of Route AC for a bridge project, Oct. 3 – 7

Route 116 – At the I-29 Overpass Bridge for maintenance, Oct. 3 – 7

I-229, U.S. Routes 36 and 169 – Sweeping and flushing bridges, Oct. 3 – 7

Route 116 – From Route 371 to Route Y for shoulder work, Oct. 4 – 6

Route 116 – At the I-29 Overpass Bridge for maintenance, Oct. 4 – 6

Caldwell County

Route 13 – CLOSED at the Log Creek Bridge near Kingston for a bridge deck replacement project. The bridge will be closed through November.

Route 13 – From Route F to the Ray County line for shoulder work, Oct. 4 – 5

Carroll County

Routes P and FF – Fog seal, Oct. 3 – 4

Clinton County

Route F – CLOSED from U.S. Route 169 to 214^th Street for pothole patching, Oct. 3, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Route 116 – From U.S. Route 169 to Route E for pothole patching, Oct. 4 – 5

Daviess County

I-35 – At the Granite Avenue Overflow Bridge for maintenance, Oct. 3 – 4. Includes a 14 foot width restriction.

Route DD – At the S Big Creek Bridge for maintenance, Oct. 5

Routes B and N – At the I-35 Overpass Bridge for maintenance, Oct. 5

Route 190 – CLOSED from Prairie Avenue to Route V for a culvert replacement,Oct. 6, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

DeKalb County

U.S. Route 36 – Traffic will be head-to-head at the overpass over I-35 for a bridge replacement project. During this project, no left turns from U.S. Route 36 onto I-35 will be permitted, as the medians between east and westbound U.S. Route 36 will be closed. Please follow the signed detour route. This project will continue through mid-December.

I-35 – One lane may be closed under the U.S. Route 36 overpass for a bridge deck replacement project. During this project, traffic exiting I-35 will not be permitted to turn left onto U.S. Route 36, as the medians between east and westbound U.S. Route 36 will be closed. Please follow the signed detour route. This project will continue through mid-December.

Gentry County

Route AA – Pothole patching, Oct. 3 – 7

Route AA – CLOSED from Route E to Route V for sealing, Oct. 5 – 6, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Harrison County

Route 13 – CLOSED at the Little Pole Cat Creek Bridge for maintenance Oct. 3, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Route T – From the Ridgeway city limits to U.S. Route 136 for pothole patching,Oct. 3 – 4

Route 13 – At the Little Pole Cat Creek Bridge for maintenance, Oct. 3 – 6

Route ZZ – CLOSED from West 350^th Street to West 355^th Street for a culvert replacement, Oct. 4, 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Route ZZ – CLOSED from West 340^th Street to West 345^th Street for a culvert replacement, Oct. 5

Route B – Pothole patching, Oct. 5 – 7

Holt County

Route C – From Route D to Route 113 for pothole patching, Oct. 5 – 6

Route DD – Pothole patching, Oct. 6 – 7

Livingston County

U.S. Route 65 – From County Road 226 to the Grundy County line for pavement repair, Oct. 3 – 6

Nodaway County

Route U – CLOSED at the One Hundred and Two River Bridge for a bridge deck replacement project. The bridge will be closed through mid-October.

Route YY – CLOSED from 155^th Street to 160^th Street for a culvert replacement,Oct. 3, 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Route 5 – At the East Fork Locust Creek Bridge and the Elmwood Creek Bridge for maintenance, Oct. 3

Route 46 – From Route 113 to Icon Road for pothole patching, Oct. 3

Route 5 – From Route E to River Road for drainage work, Oct. 3 – 7

Route KK – Drainage work, Oct. 4

Competing for a cause is the mission of the Can War on Saturday.

The Can War Clean-Up Challenge was designed by the Second Harvest Community Food Bank and the City of St. Joseph Parks, Recreation and Civic Facilities department to benefit Second Harvest and the help clean up public areas in the community.

Individuals and teams of up to 10 people can compete against one another to attempt to donate the most hygiene and non-perishable food items and participate as a team to clean a small public area in the community. A free lunch will be served after the event.

The Can War takes place from 9 a.m. until noon on Saturday, Oct. 8, at the Bode Ice Arena.

Participants should register by Monday.

Anyone interested in competing, sponsoring or donating can call Second Harvest at (816) 364-3663 or visit the St. Joseph Parks Facebook page.

“This is not your father’s manufacturing.” That’s according to St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce President Pat Lilly. 

National Manufacturing Day on Friday is a day to recognize the contributions and advancements that are made possible through manufacturing companies throughout the United States. 

Lilly said about two years ago, the chamber worked with companies in the community to identify issues and concerns. 

“The one concern that I would say is somewhat universal in St. Joseph and, frankly, probably around the country is the inability to attract a good workforce,” Lilly said. “More specifically, the inability of many companies to find people that have some basic skill levels or experience that allows them to be hired.” 

Lilly said one initiative they’re pursuing is to better inform people in the community about the manufacturing industry today. 

“This is not your father’s manufacturing or your grandfather’s manufacturing,” Lilly said. “If you step into a manufacturing plant today, I think most people would be very surprised about the technology that’s there, the cleanliness, just the nature of those jobs, good jobs in this community.” 

Lilly says numerous St. Joseph companies will be participating in Manufacturing with facility tours for students. 

“We have five or six companies here in town, companies like Altec, Herzog, Gray Manufacturing are participating in the day,” Lilly said. “We will be bringing in students from the local school district to tour those facilities to talk to some of the employees to really better understand and see what manufacturing is all about today. So this is our first opportunity to do this in the community and it’s something we look forward to doing in the future but it’s really all about getting young people in particular to better understand what manufacturing is today and what opportunities for careers in manufacturing are available.” 

Lilly says with economic changes in the U.S. over the past 20 years, the manufacturing sector today represents a great opportunity for young people to pursue long term careers with good salaries. 

“For so long we have simply discounted those kind of jobs in this country,” Lilly said. “In part, because many of those jobs left, in part, many of those jobs simply didn’t have the knowledge base and the technology to do the jobs of the future. But today, manufacturing is growing and in some cases coming back to the United States. As a consequence of that, kids today in school have an opportunity to pursue several different career paths.”

Manufacturing Day takes place Friday, October 7th, For more information go the Manufacturing Day’s website or click here.

The Doniphan County Health Department/Home Health will hold a Drive-Thru Flu/Pneumonia Shot Clinic this week.

According to a press release from the Doniphan County Health Dept., the flu vaccine can protect your family from the flu, prevent you and your family from spreading the flu to others and keep your child from missing school or being excluded from childcare.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention recommends everyone six months and older get a flu shot.

The Drive-Thru Flu/Pneumonia Shot Clinic will be held from 9:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. on Thursday in the parking lot of the Troy Community Building, Last Chance Road, Troy, Kansas.

For more information, call (785) 985-3591.

 

A mainstay on the square in Savannah, Missouri, will stay open thanks in part to a loan program administered by the Center for Entrepreneurship within the Craig School of Business at Missouri Western. The Sports Page, 411 W. Main Street, was recently purchased by Leigh and Stacy Spicer. It was started by the late Terry Powell and then run by his wife Julie Powell for more than 20 years.

The Bradley Entrepreneur Loan Fund was used to secure financing from Farmers State Bank for the Spicers’ purchase of the business.

“It is wonderful that Stacy and Leigh Spicer have been able to purchase the business and continue the service to the region,” said Annette Weeks, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship. “Thank you to the Bradley family for establishing this program to support entrepreneurs.”

The Bradley family, owners of the News-Press & Gazette Company, pledged $300,000 earlier this year to establish the fund that helps Missouri Western students and alumni get financing to start or acquire a business. Leigh Spicer received a degree from Missouri Western in 2012.

“One of our goals this year is to help family-owned businesses begin succession planning early enough to bring prospective owners into the business prior to their anticipated retirement,” Weeks said. “This is a great example: we were able to bring together a current business owner and one of our alumni to help maintain a 20-year cornerstone of the Savannah community.”

For more information on the loan program or to begin the application process, contact Weeks at 816-271-4283 or aweeks@missouriwestern.edu.

The Spicers, the Center for Entrepreneurship, the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce and Northwest Missouri Enterprise Facilitation will hold a ribbon-cutting for the Sports Page at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 6.

The first St. Joseph Symphony Orchestra performance of the season will feature music from Batman, Star Wars and more. 

Music Director of the Symphony Orchestra Rico McNeela said the concert, “Meet Me at the Movies – The Sequel” will be a blockbuster. 

“It is just filled with great music,” McNeela said. “You now how they like to say that the second one is bigger and better, well this one actually is. We have a guest solo violinist, we have a guest singer, we have a guest harmonica player, we have a choir, we have a fabulous orchestra, it’s going to be just a great night filled with very familiar and big name movie music.” 

McNeela said the guest violinist Joseph Genualdi, who has played here before, will play music from The Red Violin. 

“If you remember that film, it’s hauntingly beautiful,” McNeela said. “This version of it is arranged into a piece called a chaconne which is a series of variations, but it’s variations made on music from the movie.”

McNeela said music will range from the 1930s to 2015 including pieces from a spaghetti western, a James Bond movie and an Indiana Jones movie. 

“Meet Me at the Movies – The Sequel” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Missouri Theater in St. Joseph. 

For more information on the performance and tickets, click here.