Hundreds turn out for Missouri River cleanup event

Eleven-year-old Lex du Plessis's mother woke him early Saturday morning.Lex and his mother, Liz du Plessis, residents of Columbia, had to be at Wil...

October 16, 2022
2:52 PM

Eleven-year-old Lex du Plessis's mother woke him early Saturday morning.Lex and his mother, Liz du Plessis, residents of Columbia, had to be at Wilson's Serenity Point and Noren Access in North Jefferson City early in the morning.They were among more than 200 people who volunteered to help with the cleanup of a 10-mile stretch of the Missouri River.After spending a couple hours cleaning along one of its banks, he was tired, Lex said.It was Lex's first time on the river."I found this little pink butterfly barrette," Lex said.

Joe Gamm