An O’Fallon man with ties to this area escaped injury following a plane accident last Wednesday on Interstate 55 near Lincoln.
On July 11, Breese native Jeremy Kampwerth was on Interstate 55, driving home from a trip to Chicago with his 9-year-old son John to see the St. Louis Cardinals play, when his vehicle, a 2016 Chevrolet Malibu, was struck from behind by a small plane, shattering his back windshield.
“I saw the plane flying low over the northbound lane and thought it was a crop-duster,” Kampwerth said. “My initial thought was that he was trying to land the plane, but then he turned.”
And the next thing he knew was that the plane struck him in the back windshield and the glass shattered.
Kampwerth said he saw the plane go past him really quickly and he came down on the road, still upright, and he went down the overpass a little bit.
“It was probably his left landing gear that took out my car and he went through the median,” he said.
Kampwerth pulled his vehicle over and made sure he and his son were OK and then checked on the pilot of the plane, 51-year-old William Farnsley of Austin, Indiana, who said he was OK.
Police were called and arrived within minutes and they reportedly said that the plane lost throttle and then was going down, with the landing gear striking Kampwerth’s vehicle.
Kampwerth’s son was sitting in the backseat, passenger side, and was buckled in, and was not injured at the time of the accident.
His wife met them in Lincoln, where John rode home with his mom and Kampwerth drove the vehicle back home to O’Fallon.
“The car is now in the shop and will be there for a few weeks,” he said Tuesday afternoon.
Kampwerth said that he and his son were both shaken up but fine, nonetheless.
“We’re very fortunate and very thankful,” he said.
Kampwerth is the son of Aggie and Julius Kampwerth of Breese.
Ken Maschhoff is a proponent of free trade agreements. Approximately 25 percent of U.S. pork is exported annually. As the trade war heats up, the U.S. pork industry has been targeted by both China and Mexico. These tariffs have the potential to erase $18 per head, or $2.2 billion annually, from the U.S. pork industry’s value.
In the wake of the tariff announcements, Ken Maschhoff, co-owner and board chairman of The Maschhoffs, has been tapped on multiple occasions to act as a spokesperson for the U.S. pork industry. His interviews have appeared on cnbc.com and CNBC’s Power Lunch. In addition, Maschhoff has spoken on behalf of the industry to Reuters, Financial Times, Fox Business News, Bloomberg and Fox News.
According to National Pork Producers Council, a total of 60,000 U.S. pork producers market more than 115 million hogs annually. Approximately 25 percent of U.S. pork is exported. As tariffs restrict market access that means the pork value from 28.75 million hogs is at risk. Along with that value, the 550,000 jobs in the pork industry could be at risk also.
“The U.S. pork industry is extremely efficient,” Maschhoff says. “As a result, our product is high-quality, cost-effective and highly-desired across the globe.”
Maschhoff, like the majority of U.S. farmers, is an advocate for free trade. He estimates the recent tariffs could cost the family business nearly $100 million per year, based on annual sales of 5.4 million market hogs.
“When we have free trade agreements in place, they work,” Maschhoff notes. “They create a level playing field for our industry, and U.S. agriculture has proven very capable at competing on a global scale.”
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The Maschhoffs, LLC is a hog production company headquartered in Carlyle, Illinois. The company has over 100 years of hog production experience, and is the largest family-owned hog producer network in North America, with nearly 215,000 sows and market hog production sites in nine states. The company has approximately 1,200 employees who, along with about 550 independent farm partners, focus on creating environmentally and economically sustainable hog production systems. Each year, the company raises enough hogs to provide pork to more than 16 million consumer households. Visit www.TheMaschhoffs.com for more information.
by Bruce Hixon
for the Breese Journal
Bennett Lammers While they still have one more goal to accomplish for this season, the Carlyle Lakers achieved another milestone last week as they finished the regular season undefeated for the third year in a row.
Carlyle finished this year’s regular season campaign with an 8-0 record and extended its overall winning streak to 31 with two more victories. The Lakers won a hard-fought 361-302 decision at Millstadt last Monday and downed Red Bud 428-211 on Thursday in its final home meet of the season.
Carlyle will attempt to win a fourth straight Shawnee Conference championship at Pinckneyville on Saturday. Meet time is 9 a.m.
Carlyle 428, Red Bud 211: Three team records and one pool mark fell as the Lakers finished up their regular season with a triumph over the visiting Red Bud Waverunners on Thursday. It marked the fourth straight season Carlyle has gone undefeated at home.
The Lakers won 53 of the 72 events, which included 17 of 20 relay races. Those victories included a new team record by the boys 8-and-under 100-meter medley relay team of Devin Weh, Carter Nettles, Tyler Zieren and Mason Meyer at 1:54.16. Gretta Stark set a new team and pool record in the girls age 15-18 100-meter individual medley at 1:17.58. Emma Meyer established a new team record in the girls age 11-12 50-meter breaststroke at :40.93.
Stark was one of four Lakers who won three events. Besides the individual medley, she also won the 50-meter butterfly at :34.57 and the 100-meter freestyle at 1:09.59. Drew Edwards won the boys age 15-18 100-meter individual medley at 1:17.58, the 100-meter backstroke at 1:14.24 and the 100-meter breaststroke at 1:21.97. Abby Kessler won the girls age 13-14 100-meter individual medley at 1:20.49, the 100-meter breaststroke at 1:29.76 and the 100-meter freestyle at 1:13.85. Maya Zieren won the girls age 9-10 100-meter individual medley at 1:45.41, the 25-meter butterfly at :21.31 and the 25-meter freestyle at :18.68.
Emma Meyer was one of six Lakers who won two events. Besides her win in the breaststroke Meyer also won the 50-meter freestyle at :34.07. Dakota Rakers won the boys age 11-12 50-meter breaststroke at :53.16 and the 50-meter freestyle at :34.80. Mia Thompson won the girls 8-and-under 25-meter butterfly at :22.47 and the 25-meter breaststroke at :28.72. Tyler Zieren won the boys 8-and-under 25-meter butterfly at :25.16 and 25-meter freestyle at :20.49. Carter Nettles won the boys 8-and-under 25-meter backstroke at :25.06 and the 25-meter breaststroke at :31.27. Brycen Wessel won the boys 6-and-under 25-meter backstroke at :47.99 and the 25-meter freestyle at :36.04.
| Fri., July 13 |
446.56 |
| Sun., July 15 |
446.33 |
| Tues., July 17 | 446.14 |
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| July 14 |
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| July 15 |
1.15 |
| July 16 |
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