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Florida couple's extension request on bid to buy Rockcliffe Mansion denied; bankruptcy trustee says, 'We need to start over'

Click here for a video interview with Ken Marks, who is leasing Rockcliffe Mansion.

By DAVID ADAM
Herald-Whig Staff Writer

HANNIBAL, Mo. -- The future of Rockcliffe Mansion is up in the air again.

Ken and Lisa Marks, a Maplewood couple leasing the historic home, learned by e-mail Thursday that a bankruptcy judge had denied a request by James and Robin Gillette of Fountain, Fla., for an extension on their bid to buy the home.

John Hodge, a bankruptcy trustee with Weiner Weiss and Madison in Shreveport, La., had accepted a $710,000 bid by the Gillettes on Nov. 2 to buy the 13,500-square-foot home at 1000 Bird.

The Gillettes, who paid $35,000 in earnest money, had until Thursday to complete a house inspection.

Beau Hicks, director of the Hannibal Convention and Visitors Bureau, said earlier this month that the Gillettes also expressed an interest in buying Sawyer's Creek Fun Park, which is scheduled to go on the auction block Dec. 9.

However, in an e-mail that was forwarded to The Herald-Whig by Hicks, Hodge told the Markses that the Gillettes “wanted an additional extension and I refused to grant it. Thus we need to start over. If you want to buy Rockcliffe, send me the money.”

In an e-mail sent to The Herald-Whig Friday morning, James Gillette said he has not withdrawn the contract offer. He said he had asked for a 60-day period to get an inspection finished but that request was denied, so he agreed to a 30-day period. The inspections were not completed within that ti ...
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Updated: 11/20/2009 @ 5:20 PM

 
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Quincy High School student and Quincy man arrested in connection with bomb threat

By RODNEY HART

Herald-Whig Staff Writer

A Quincy High School student and 22-year-old man were arrested Friday for felony disorderly conduct in connection with a bomb threat phoned into the school Thursday morning.

Quincy police say Parker L. Dietrich, 18, and Michael Stretz, 22, were arrested and lodged in the Adams County Jail pending formal charges being issued and initial c ...

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Updated: 11/20/2009 @ 3:20 PM
 

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