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Dedication completed for new highway interchange in Mt. Vernon Shown cutting the ribbon at the new interchange for Highway 39 and Interstate 44 in Mt. Vernon on Monday, from left, are: David Wilkens, representing contractor APAC Missouri; Becky Baltz, District 7 engineer for MoDOT; Mt. Vernon businessman Dick Healey; Presiding County Commissioner Sam Goodman; Mayor David Eden; State Representative Don Ruzicka; Jane Hood, who worked in economic development for the city when the project began; Holly Elliott, from U.S. Senator Kit Bond's office; Steve McIntosh from Congressman Blunt's office; and State Senator Jack Goodman. [Times Photo by Murray Bishoff]