Loose Ends

First, Pam and I are going to Des Moines for a few days. We have not been back to Iowa for at least 12 years. So the Pottery and Store will be closed this weekend and I will not be making any posts until next Tuesday.

I found a link to a DNR permit to allow Ameren to build and operate a concrete mixing plant on the Taum Sauk property. Still wish that DNR and Ameren would take advantage of the net and provide timely information about the work at Taum Sauk and the Shut-Ins. DNR has not provided any information since the park closed and the last Ameren news was the FERC fine on October 2. Both these organizations should continue to provide news, both good and bad, in the same manner that they did last spring. The one thing that is missing is a single person or office that can operate as a liaison between the public and DNR and Ameren. Lesterville is not a city so it does not have a mayor. The Reynolds County leaders in Centerville have never been concerned about the event, except as it affected roads and bridges. So we sit out here in the quiet of the winter season and listen to all the unfounded rumors.