Stoddard County, Missouri - Route OO in Stoddard County will be closed as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace the culvert pipe under the roadway.
This section of roadway is located between Route 25 and County Road 307.
Weather permitting, work will take place Tuesday, Feb. 21 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The work zone will be marked with signs. Motorists are urged to use extreme caution while traveling near the area.
For additional information, contact MoDOT’s Customer Service Center toll-free at 1-888-ASK-MODOT (1-888-275-6636) or visit www.modot.org/southeast.
Dexter, Missouri - Dexter Fire Department is taking bids for the following Delco A.C. Generator MFG Model E 6197, 45 KW, 208/240 Volts, 3 phase with a GM Detroit Diesel Engine, 53 Series/4 cylinder, Model #5043-7201. 868 hours, in working condition.
Please submit sealed bids to Office of the City Clerk, 301 E Stoddard St, Dexter MO 63841 until 2:00 p.m. (local time) on Thursday, March 23, 2017.
Please mark on the envelope Generator Bid.
The City reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
Dexter, Missouri - Yellow Labrador Retriever who takes medication for seizures has gone missing on Highway F to Aid, Missouri and County Road 442 area. She was at a sitter's home when she got out on Saturday, February 11th and took off.
Her name is Ann and her family is desperately looking for her.
Jason and Carrisa Mattison have offered a reward of $100 for her safe return.
Please contact them at (573) 614-9323.
Dexter, Missouri - Jim Bollinger says, "Tax Credit Expiration Reminder," Call Bollinger & Son Heat and Air.
Don’t forget, federal income tax credits for high-efficiency heating and cooling equipment are expiring at the end of the year!
For Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHP) and Central Air Conditioners (CAC), customers can receive a $300 tax credit for qualifying equipment.
New construction is not eligible for ASHP and CAC units. For Geothermal Heat Pumps, customers can receive a tax credit in the amount of 30 percent of cost with no upper limit, and both existing homes and new construction qualify!
Visit the 2016 Federal Tax Credits page on the ENERGY STAR website for more information on amounts, eligibility requirements, and how customers can take advantage of the tax credits
A repost from the St. Louis Post Dispatch - Writer Blaine Friedlander Special To The Washington Post - Photo of Moon by good friend and photographer Jimmy Sisk!
Turn Friday evening into a cosmic experience - a full moon, lunar eclipse and the chance to see a pale green comet as it streaks by Earth.
This month's so-called Snow Moon will pass through Earth's outer shadow Friday evening. As it is shaded from the sun's light, it will turn varying shades of gray. Lunar eclipses occur when the Earth is optimally placed between the sun and the moon. With an added dose of serendipity, we're on our planet's primo dark side with front-row seats.
The eclipse will be most easily viewed from the eastern portions of North and South America, after sunset February 10.
Around St. Louis, a shallow penumbral eclipse will have to contend with the glare of evening twilight. The moon will be in eclipse at moonrise (sunset) tonight and will hard to see in evening twilight.
The full moon climbs above the horizon about 4:30 p.m., just as it enters Earth's penumbral (outer) shadow and - ever so slowly - the lunar disk will start to dim and turn gray. Late afternoon twilight gives way to the evening dark skies. For practical purposes, the Central time zone will likely perceive the gray shading about 5:15 p.m., according to Alan MacRobert and Kelly Beatty, senior editors at Sky & Telescope magazine.
By the middle of the eclipse, around 6:44 p.m. Central time, the northern third of moon will be a noticeably darker gray, said astronomer Geoff Chester of the U.S. Naval Observatory.
After mid-eclipse, the graying begins to yield to the moon's normal brightness. The moon fully leaves the penumbral shadow at 8:55 p.m.
But wait - there's more!
Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusáková makes its closest approach to Earth at 9:30 p.m. The greenish comet will be visible by telescope and binoculars, but not to the naked eye.
Of course you can still watch, because the folks at slooh.com will be webcasting the eclipse and the comet.
Slooh's live feed from various locations begins at 3:30 p.m. with the lunar eclipse. Experts will weigh in with a play-by-play around 5:30 p.m. during the eclipse maximum. Join astronomers Gerard Monteux and Bob Berman to learn about this seventh-magnitude (not visible with the naked eye) celestial object.
For both live shows, send photos of the eclipse and comet to @Slooh on Twitter for a chance to be featured during the webcast.
This eclipse is a little like deja vu. Yes, you've seen it before - eclipses are dictated by the Saros cycle, where 6,585.3 days slip in between eclipses, according to retired NASA eclipse expert, Fred Espenak. This eclipse series lasts 12 to 15 centuries.
This eclipse is Saros 114. It has been around since the year 971 and it will last until June 22, 2233 (at 22:22:33 Universal Time), according to NASA tables. The previous eclipse in this series occurred on Jan. 31, 1999, and before that, the eclipse occurred in the waning hours of Jimmy Carter's presidency on Jan. 20, 1981.
The next lunar eclipse in this series is Feb. 22, 2035 - George Washington's 303rd birthday.
