Scott County Commission plans Sept. 11 tribute

BENTON, Mo. -- Scott County commissioners haven't forgotten the Sept. 11 attack on the United States, seven years ago, and they want to make sure county employees and residents have not, either.

At Thursday's regular commission meeting, they made plans for a tribute Sept. 11 to mark the day. "At 9:11, we are going to have a remembrance of 9/11 on the interior steps," said Jamie Burger, presiding commissioner.

Dennis Lowe, pastor of Unity Baptist Church in Benton, will speak briefly to those in attendance.

"It's for courthouse employees, as well as any other citizens who want to come," Burger said. "We would like to get a good crowd."

Commissioner Dennis Zieg­enhorn agreed, saying the service is "something good for us to do. It's something we don't ever want to forget."

Commissioner Ron McCormick added that people are still seeing the effects of the attacks. "We know there's a war going on and there are still aftermaths of that, and we sometimes forget what actually happened that day," he said. "And for the people that were directly affected or killed that day, those families still live with it every day."