March 25, 2011

Mineral Area College Bond Issue

These scenes at Mineral Area College in Park Hills, Mo. and its Fredericktown Center will improve if voters approve a no-tax-increase $8 million bond issue on April 5. Passage of the bond issue would add new classrooms and science labs, improve support services for students and improve access to campus buildings, including its library.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Corrion Johnson, standing, and Errol Isom use computers Thursday, March 24, 2011 in the C.H. Cozean Library at Mineral Area College in Park Hills, Mo. The computer cables drop from the ceiling next to a sprinkler head.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Students work in the biology lab Thursday, March 24, 2011 at Mineral Area College in Park Hills, Mo.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com The Fredericktown Center of Mineral Area College would be expanded with a new science lab, two classrooms and meeting space for students and community groups if the bond issue passes.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Room 110 at the Fredericktown Center of Mineral Area College is currently used for biology, earth science and environmental science classes. The room has no plumbing.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Russell Sanders, earth science instructor, show how water is siphoned and drained with containers under a sink without plumbing in Room 110 at the Fredericktown Center of Mineral Area College.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Computer cables are routed next to a sprinkler head down to three computers in the C.H. Cozean Library at Mineral Area College.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com A stairlift provides accessibility to the second floor in the C.H. Cozean Library at Mineral Area College in Park Hills, Mo.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com The single-pane, floor-to-ceiling windows do not insulate well in the C.H. Cozean Library at Mineral Area College in Park Hills, Mo.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com A view from the second floor in the C.H. Cozean Library at Mineral Area College in Park Hills, Mo.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com A view between the C.H. Cozean Library, right, and the Technology building at Mineral Area College in Park Hills, Mo.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com A view of the Technology building, left, and the C.H. Cozean Library at Mineral Area College in Park Hills, Mo.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Dr. Nathan Calkins, chemistry instructor, shows the crowded chemical stock room at Mineral Area College in Park Hills, Mo.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Students work in a science lab Thursday, March 24, 2011 at Mineral Area College in Park Hills, Mo.

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These scenes at Mineral Area College in Park Hills, Mo. and its Fredericktown Center will improve if voters approve a no-tax-increase $8 million bond issue on April 5. Passage of the bond issue would add new classrooms and science labs, improve support services for students and improve access to campus buildings, including its library.

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