January 13, 2016
Among the late Elaine N. McConnell’s focus issues as Springfield District supervisor was public safety. Here she’s pictured at the 2005 groundbreaking of the McConnell Public Safety and Transportation Operations Center.
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Former Springfield Supervisor Elaine N. McConnell Dies at 88
When the aquatic plant Hydrilla was invading Burke Lake in the mid-1980s, there was an attempt to introduce a population of grass carp to eat it. Michael Frey, former Sully District Supervisor, convinced then-Springfield District Supervisor Elaine N. McConnell to put the first fish into the lake at a press event.
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