Ella M. Crawford of Liberty and Stephen R. Fleming of Smithville announce the engagement of their daughter, Dawn Janel Fleming, to Dustin Kent Pittman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Steve E. Pittman of De Soto, Kan. Ella graduated from Smithville High School in 1990 and received a bachelor of science degree in business management from Southwest Missouri State University in May. She is preparing to enter law school in 1995. Her fiancé graduated from DeSoto High School in 1990 and received a bachelor’s degree in finance from SMSU in May. He is an analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas City.
Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) officials conducted a noise level test with guns and decibel meters last Wednesday, Aug. 10, at 10 locations surrounding a proposed shooting range site at Parma Park near I-435 and FF Road in Platte County. Officers fired off 300 rounds of ammunition in 60-second bursts of slow, sustained fire, which is similar to the type of firing that takes place at MDC shooting ranges. Decibel meters monitored sound levels of the firing and all other noise around the proposed site.
The Platte County Commission on Thursday approved the creation of a neighborhood improvement district (NID) to enable an assessment to be made on properties in Sewer District No. 23.
