May 4, 2021 By Shelley Byrne
Property owners along the Ohio River near Olmsted, Ill., and the Corps of Engineers both agree riverbank erosion is occurring, but they disagree as to its cause.
Sandra Thornton, an Air Force veteran who has rallied her neighbors and begun a letter-writing campaign to the president, members of Congress and the media, among others, is adamant that the replacement of the former Locks and Dams 52 and 53 with the Olmsted Locks and Dam has sped up the erosion, along with the placement of four barge mooring cells and a relocated boat ramp moved due to the dam’s construction. She also believes the propulsion of passing barges has had an effect.
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GVR directors stuck to their guns Tuesday on whether they struck a good deal with the purchase of a former golf course clubhouse earlier this year.
In a special meeting they also voted to kill an investigative committee looking into who leaked information to the media during the search for a new CEO.Â
Green Valley Recreation s special meeting didn t add anything new to the fuss over the purchase of the former Canoa Hills clubhouse, and left the test of a good value tabled until the organization strikes a lease agreement with the GVR Foundation on a large parking lot next door.
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