With extreme cold weather forecast for the middle of next week, The Advertiser is publishing a list of warming stations that are available.
Mara Clement, community health manager at the Miller County Health Center, said information on warming centers or shelters in Miller County is provided by the Missouri Department of Health and Human Services and shared on the Miller County Health Center Facebook page.
For a searchable list of all the active warming centers in the entire state, visit health.mo.gov/living/healthcondiseases/hypothermia, scroll down the page and then click on the “Find a Warming Center” link.
The state advises checking with warming centers before heading there to learn about current requirements. Facilities listed are subject to being closed if their administrative authorities close during normal business operations due to weather conditions.
Miller County
warming shelters
There are several options to get out of the cold in Miller County.
The Eldon Community Center will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday as a warming center.
In Iberia, the Friendship Hall Senior Center is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays.
The director said should there be a need to close the facility it will be posted on Facebook.
Rebekah Sanders from The Well Rural Resource in Iberia said if school is in session, the thrift store and laundry mat will both be open (thrift store 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and laundry mat from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.)
If school is closed, however, so are both facilities.
There was no word on if school FEMA buildings at Eldon and Iberia would be avalable.
Other warming shelters in the county are, as follows:
Heartland Regional Library 308 East First Street in Eldon, (573) 392-6657.
Hours of operation: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Heartland Regional Library at 304 North St. Louis in Iberia, (573) 793-6746.
Hours of operation: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 1 to 5 p.m.; Thursday 1 to 7 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Eldon Library at 308 East First Street, (573) 392-6657.
Hours of operation: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Iberia Library at 304 North Saint Louis Street, (573) 793-6746.
Hours of operation: Tuesday and Wednesday, 1 to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 1 to 7 p.m.; Friday, 1 to 5 p.m.; and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
