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Posted by: 30CareyBJ

What do the people who live on Jackson Lane have to do to get someone’s attention about fixing the road? Well I can’t answer that for everyone, but here are a few of my thoughts.
2007 the county put something called chip and seal on the gravel road. Although this was not a permanent solution many of the residents were happy. 1) No more dust; 2) It kept pot holes from forming as often; 3) It was less damage on your vehicle.
That worked until the fall of 2008, a notice went out in the Boonville Daily News that the Cooper County was going to prepare the road to be paved or concrete lay the next spring. The County did their part and packed in a lot of dirt and gravel of all sorts. They said next spring they would start the work. Well, spring came and work began, everyone was excited. Not for long, before we knew it work stopped as quickly as it had begun. There was a problem with electrical lines or phone lines being in the ground where the county needed to dig.
Later that year the City of Boonville requested to be put on the ballot that they wanted to annex in several hundred county acres. I personally being from this town for over 40 years couldn’t believe the thought of Boonville taking on more acreage, roads, anything more. A person running for the County Commissioners office approached me and asked my thoughts about the annexation. We happened to be standing in the middle of Spring Street during one of the festivals. My first comment to him was; how is Boonville going to take on such a large responsibility when they can’t even care for what they already have. For instance that LARGE pot hole that your standing in the middle of (it was about 3×3 feet). I went on to comment about their lack of other items that needed care. None the less, the City of Boonville was given an opportunity to put the annexation on the ballot, it was voted down by the people…
The purpose for this letter now that you have a little background is, what about Jackson Lane. I’ll admit I bought a home off this road and if I didn’t want to live on gravel then I shouldn’t have moved here. Gravel is not my issue. My issue is with the County Commissioners Office. My neighbors and I have tried several times to call them during normal business hours. I have tried calling 2-3 times per week for the last 2 weeks. But this happens every year. What I normally end up doing is calling The County Commissioner himself, Ed Brickner at his home. He always has the same answer for me, we’re always in the office, maybe you have the wrong number. He also tells me he’ll personally drive the road and see what they can do.
What have they done? NOTHING, there are potholes all up and down and side to side on this road. Their bad enough that if you have a car, and hit one of those holes you’re going to bottom out. Not to mention that the water cuts deep groves down the side and middle of the roads because there are no ditches. Now if it were only a couple bad places, I wouldn’t complain. I’ll admit that the weather hasn’t been the best this winter, but a little gravel put in those holes would help. Take a little drive down Jackson lane and tell the commissioners your thought….

County Commissioner – Ed Brickner 660-427-5336
Eastern County Commissioner – Paul Davis 660-882-7850

Posted by: mommapat

I am trying to find a song I heard several times on your station…..it’s by a female and she sings something about rosemary’s grand daughter…..or she’s not rosemary’s grand daughter I don’t know who sings it or the title…does it ring a bell to you? I think it’s not that old of a song but I’ve spent many hours trying to find it. Thanks for any help you can give me.

Bob Bosma has become the newest member of our KWRT News Team.  Bosma brings with him 10 years experience in radio and television news in the Springfield, Missouri market, as well as his cable coverage of Boonville City Council for the last 19 years.

Bob is a native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and has been married to our Party Line Birthday Singer, Joanie, for 33 years.  He is a graduate of Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois with a degree in personnel management and Bible, and recently retired as a Army Human Resources Manager with the ROTC program at the University of Missouri.

Bob is active at Santa Fe Trail Baptist church, where he teaches Bible and assists with music and media.  He is also a licensed Ham Radio operator, world traveler and avid photographer.

Listen for Bob’s reports here on KWRT as we strive to be the number one news leader to the Boonslick  region.

Welcome Bob!

Matt

Posted by: sharoninthemorning

Big annual Lions Club Auction coming up — Listen to it on KWRT from 6 p.m. to (about) 10 p.m. Tuesday, March 2 and Wednesday, March 3!! You need a bidder number to take part, so get ready by calling Pete Rodman at 660-537-3225 or emailing him at peterodman@sbcglobal.net. Gene Cummins, who visited with us this morning, said you can also call him at work at 882-5345 or on his cell at 621-1902. Find the latest list of auction items in this week’s Cooper County Voice!

postedby: jimk

Can anyone tell me who is responcible for removing the snow on the walking part of the boonville bridge? I like to walk accross it but this winter have not seen the snow removed , only when the sun melts it off.

Posted by: mommapat

This is just my opinion but I truly feel the media needs to back off. To me this is not news; it’s gossip and personally I don’t care if he had one or 50 affairs…it’s it’s still gossip to me. There have been so many programs interrupted by this stoy and it’s just ridiculous!!!! Anybody else feel the same or is it just me????

Posted by: fanofboonville

PLEASE PLAY THE BANJO MANS JINGLE SONG EVERY DAY BEFORE PARTY LINE BEGINS.IT ALWAYS MAKES ME SMILE!!

Posted by: Concerned Boonville Citizen 

I am concerned about the lack of information available regarding the changes to the Boonville School Districts budget changes. I know that there will be a public forum later this month but I feel that the school board should release more information regarding the programs they are considering cutting. The rumor mill has been a buzz with all the items they are considering cutting. I would like someone from the board to address these items. I have heard that they are considering cutting teachers next year. Cutting 7th, 8th and 9th grade sports and several other positions. All of these cuts would greatly effect our children. Cutting teachers should be an absolute last resort. I would like more information from the school board before going to the public forum so that I know what questions I want addressed. I would like to see the media outlets in Boonville to start asking the school board the hard questions regarding this issue. The little bit of information I have seen and heard is not nearly adequate.

Posted by: ERME

Thank you for being so responsive to listeners who have asked for a Saturday show. As our principal source of local news and weather, we really appreciate KWRT’s morning show, even if we don’t call into Party Line! We enjoy Dane and Sharon very much, but really appreciated hearing more music this week and your repeating phone numbers and other significant information when people call in as it is often difficult to understand the callers. And if you don’t smile when you hear Robin, there is something seriously wrong!

Appreciate your continuing efforts to make KWRT the best in local broadcasting!

Posted by: lordjack

If modat don’t make a detour for traffic coming from New Franklin, Boonville could lose some business because i have Heard people say they would go to Columbia before going on the chug hole filled road from Franklin to Highway 40