Picher tornado accelerated plans to board up Superfund site

 
BY SHEILA STOGSDILL | Published: May 10, 2009   

PICHER — One year after a tornado ripped through Picher, destroying one-third of an already dwindling Tar Creek community, a town official said there will be no memorial service or marker remembering the seven people who died that day.

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"Most people are just trying to go on and put it behind them as quickly as possible,” said Tim Reeves, Picher mayor.

About 150 people were injured on May 10, 2008.

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