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Lindenwood shooting range irritates farmers
ST. CHARLES COUNTY — An out-of-the-way stretch of Missouri River bottomland eyed by Lindenwood University for a new shooting range isn’t remote enough, say some area farmers.
Worried that the proposed facility would cause noise and road congestion and otherwise spoil the area’s rustic nature, they recently convinced the county Planning and Zoning Commission to oppose the idea. The County Council, however, will have the final say on the issue.
“We don’t want all the commotion and traffic it’s going to entail,” said Cliff Steinmann Sr., whose sons operate his family’s farm nearby. “It’s way out there in the middle of nowhere.”
Lindenwood officials say that’s why they chose the 65-acre site north of Wiedey Road and east of Highway 94, a few miles northeast of the school’s St. Charles campus.
The range would be the home base for the school’s national championship shooting team, which now travels five days a week to practice in Pacific.
You’re telling me that an educational institution has an official shooting team, that uses firearms? Not only that, since they are national champions, this must mean that other schools do, too, and they compete with each other.
