Piece by piece, VanMarter disassembles R&G grain elevator

Though he has been in and out of Malta, working, for the past 12 months, chances are good that you don't know who Paul VanMarter is, but you have, almost for certain, seen the work he has been doing.

Starting around this same time of year last year, VanMarter started climbing the stairs of the old grain elevators due west of R& G Quality Feed Supply on the north side of Malta with the sole purpose of dismantling the great, gray beast, nail by nail and board by board.

VanMarter said that he estimates the price tag on knocking down the buildings and hauling away all the material would be in the...