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It’s time for Progress

2014By MELODY METZGER

Lamar Democrat

� e Lamar Democrat “Progress Edition 2014” will be published March 26. It is time once again for the area to send in stories regarding events that took place in 2013, as well as plans for 2014.

A form was available in the January 15 edition of the La-mar Democrat and will also be published on February 12. � ose interested may also pick up a copy of the form at our o� ce, 100 E. 11th St. A� er the form is completed, they may be brought to the o� ce, e-mailed to us at [email protected] or sent by mail to P.O. Box 458, La-mar, MO 64759.

� e stories to be published this year will be categorized under three sections, Health, Government and Commu-nity. In order to publish this yearly section, the public’s help is needed. Send your sto-ry based on the questionnaire and remember there is no charge as this is a free service that the Lamar Democrat of-fers to its readers. All stories are subject to editing by the newspaper.

Stories are needed by Feb-ruary 28. � is deadline is very important in order to assure that the various sto-ries appear. Photos can also be included with the story

� e Lamar Fire Department responded to a structure � re located at 12 SE 13th Rd. in Lamar, at 8:08 a.m. on � ursday, Jan. 9. Superior Striping and Seal own the structure and the cause is currently under investigation.

Damage was moderate with no injuries. � e owner report-ed the � re.

� e � re department responded with three trucks and 16 � re� ghters and was on the scene for approximately 3 ½ hours.

� e Barton County Ambulance and the Barton County Sheri� ’s Department assisted the Lamar Fire Department.

� e Lamar Fire Department responded to a structure � re located at 1701 Cherry in La-mar at 4:10 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 15. Helen Shepard owns the structure and the cause of the � re is currently under in-vestigation.

Damage was a total loss. Four injuries were reported, with all needing medical treatment.

A neighbor reported the � re.� e Lamar Fire Department

responded with three trucks and 16 � re� ghters and was on the scene for approximately 5 ½ hours. � e Jasper Fire Department, Barton County Ambulance and the Lamar Police Department assisted the local � re department.

A frame house at 800 Maple was extensively damaged by � re, Monday morning, just before noon. The cause of the blaze remains under investigation. Three � re department vehicles and 18 � re � ghters responded to the alarm and remained on the scene approximately three hours. Assistance was provided by the Barton County Ambulance Department and the Lamar Police Department. According to the � re department report, the structure was owned by Lloyd Holtzen. No one was injured.

By RICHARD COOPERDemocrat sta� writer

LAMAR-� e Barton County Community Fund (BCCF) held its kick-o� event, January 11, at Memorial Hall, and by all standards it was a success. A large crowd � lled the hall, and many danced to the music of Sober as a Judge. Nancy Cur-less, public relations and com-munications chair, reported Winterfest cleared $5,000 for

the fund, which is designed to serve the needs of non-pro� t organizations throughout Bar-ton County.

BCCF has been two years in getting organized, and its stated objectives are to keep wealth in Barton County, transfer wealth with tax bene� ts, ensure that a family’s legacy remains alive, and keep Barton County grow-ing and strong.

Event and table sponsors for Winterfest were Pat and Carol

Barr, Bruce and Sharon Bell-ine, Charles and Nancy Cur-less, John and Sharon Gulick, Heritage State Bank, Jim and Jane McKinney, Dr. Je� and Jane Moyer, Nelson and Kel-ley Nichols, Jim and Bonnie O’Neal, Nichols & Nichols/Barton County Title Compa-ny, Steve and Debra Probert, Redneck Outdoor Products, Bob and Sheri Quillen, Seed & Farm Supply, Dave and Marsha Sorrick, and � orco.

BCCF is under the non-pro� t status of the Southeast Kansas Community Foundation and Greater Kansas City Com-munity Foundation. Admin-istrative management of all contributions will be through these two foundations. How-ever, control over awarding any funds will be under the direc-tion of a local eight member Barton County Community Fund Advisory board. All do-nations are tax deductible.

Winterfest draws big crowd, raises $5,000

Lamar Democrat/Richard CooperA large crowd turned out for Winterfest, the kick-o� fundraiser for the Barton County Community Fund. Right, music

for the event was provided by Sober as a Judge.

Fires under investigation

Lamar Democrat/Richard Cooper

Fire department responds to structure � re

New process is in practice for

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By MELODY METZGERLamar Democrat

A new process for subscrip-tion renewals is in the works at the Lamar Democrat to alert subscribers that their pa-per is due. A green postcard is now sent to subscribers that come due during that month. � is postcard will state what month the subscription is due, as well as the cost to re-new and is sent from our cor-porate o� ce, Lewis County Press LLC, out of Canton.

� ose wishing to renew their subscription may either mail the amount to the cor-porate o� ce at P.O. Box 227, Canton, MO 63435 or they see RENEWALS, page 6A

see PROGRESS, page 6A

AOK seeks assistance, but city is legally prohibitedBy RICHARD COOPERDemocrat sta� writer

LAMAR-About Our Kids (AOK) has received no federal grants for 2014 and is desperately in need of � nancial rescue. It provides a wholesome a� er school place to hangout, meals, recreation, counseling, and a quiet place to study. It is situated in two locations, grades 1-5 in the Wolf Building and grades 6-12 in Nathan’s Place on the northwest corner of the Lamar square.

Dan O’Sullivan appeared before Mon-day night’s city council meeting to seek � nancial help from the city. He has cooked for Nathan’s Place on a weekly basis for the past two years. O’Sullivan said fund raising during the past month has been remarkably successful, but it simply has not been able to raise the amount needed. � e budget for both locations is $150,000. So far, the an-nual support of $30,000 from the Fin-ley Foundation has been received, and $54,000 from other sources has been raised. � is leaves a shortage of $66,000. Since the utility costs for both loca-

tions of AOK is approximately $1,000, O’Sullivan said he was asking for $12,000 from the city.

� ere was nothing but praise for AOK heard from the council. Police Chief Ron Hager said it is hard to measure the success of AOK but implied that the crime rate would likely be higher without it. He concluded by endorsing the program. Mayor Keith Divine said it was an important project.

� e city contributing money to a private organization became the legal stumbling block. City Attorney Ste-ven Kaderly said the city must have a contract for services rendered before it can provide money to a private orga-nization. He cited a case in Livingston County where the county commission had assisted a private group and wound up in circuit court. Although eventually acquitted, the county lost $50,000 in at-torneys’ fees.

Although it has been observed a con-tribution would be legal if it bene� t-ted the public good, Kaderly consulted a copy of the Missouri Constitution and found that the exception “for pub-

lic bene� t or public good” is not to be found in the constitution. He said, “I’m sorry to disappoint you, but there is risk here, and I’m just trying to keep you out of trouble.”

� e discussion concluded when the council instructed City Clerk Traci Cox to contact the Missouri Municipal League to see if it can recommend a way to get around the legal barrier to dona-tions to private entities.

A� er failing to receive a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to demolish the Gilkey Building on the northeast corner of the city square, the council has now adopted a di� erent ap-proach. A� er an inspection revealed its condition is worse than a year ago, a resolution was adopted to seek funding through an emergency CDBG to demol-ish the building and adjacent structures. � e city will dedicate $4,000 in local funds, plus a 20 percent cash match of the total demolition costs. With $800 of in-kind labor provided by city crews, it’s estimated that a grant of $134,000 will

see ASSISTANCE, page 2A

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Coonfoot & Vicinity

By LOUISE OTT

Peeking out the door this early Monday morn-ing I was glad to see that the snow had melted so I could get my garage door open and get my vehicle out. Yesterday (Sunday) was the � rst time I got to go to church in three weeks.

Sara Payne, Olathe, Kan., spent the weekend with her mother, Louise Ott. Vanessa and Nathan-iel Hudson were dinner guests of Louise Ott.

Gary and Judy Nelson, Michael Nelson and Ella Mae Turpen enjoy going to dinner on Sunday at a restaurant.

Arbry Winans, Ray and Tristan and Nicole Wi-nans and Elvin Winans Jr. and Durella were visitors of Marie Winans.

Jane Moss visited Lou-ise Ott and we played Double 9 Dominoes. � at was fun.

Remember, the big bridge south of Alba is now open. It is so nice to go straight through, in-stead of detouring to oth-er roads to get to 96 Hwy.

David and Josh Shu-bert, Kenneth Dee and Esther Archer and Louise Ott were dinner guests on

Sunday of George Straw.Steve Patterson, pastor

of Alba Friends Church non-pro� t organization, appreciates any donations from anyone. Call him on his cell phone at 1-417-793-3308 or home phone, 1-417-525-6107 and he will tell you the days he’s open for breakfast at 212 Main in Alba.

SheldonBy DARLENE

SHERIDAN

� ere were good crowds out for church a� er the weather cancelled all ser-vices last week.

� e Vision Committee met Sunday a� ernoon to plan the presentation with Drury University architect students, which will be January 22. We are looking forward to the ideas this group will de-velop for Sheldon.

Sheldon basketball teams are playing in sepa-rate tournaments. � e boys beat Bronaugh at the Golden City Tournament.

� e Sheldon Library Board met January 11, at the city library. � e li-brary is opened Monday and Wednesday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday and � ursday, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon.

Sympathy is extended to � elma Roe’s family. � elma was a business teacher at Sheldon for several years.

� e food pantry will be in Sheldon January 23, at 10 a.m., at the Commu-nity Building in the Shel-don Park. � is pantry is open for Sheldon and Bronaugh residents.

January 13, the Sheldon American Legion and Auxiliary met for their monthly meeting at the Sheldon Lion’s Club.

For-get-me-notsBy GAIL LEAMING

Someone told me that a� er the round of doctors we were sent to with Ron, that I should write some of the things I found out about our medical sys-tem. One in particular is the AMAS test. We couldn’t � nd a doctor around here that gave the test, yet the doctors in Ar-kansas and Texas asked us if we had had one. � e other day a friend from Oklahoma said it really interested her that we had not had one. It seems that her insurance pays for a mammogram once a year, a colon screen-ing every � ve years and an AMAS test every two

years as a cancer preven-tive. � e hospital, a� er � ve di� erent calls in four weeks, has � nally stopped calling us and begging us to have surgery. Even though they didn’t know what was wrong, they just needed the business I guess.

Why does our govern-ment not want us to take vitamin B17? You have to order it from other coun-tries. We were also told by MD Anderson that you can take a biopsy with a needle from the lymp-nodes and they don’t all have to be taken out, that Ron could have lost the use of his arm if Spring-� eld had done what they said they were going to do. So why do the doctors not use the needles? Why do the doctors not rec-ommend asparagus for kidney and bladder infec-tion? Why not treat with peroxide? I have more questions the more I dig for information.

Someone sent me this little ditty, so I thought I would pass it on. 1. � e word has seven letters. 2. Preceded God. 3. Greater than God. 4. More Evil than the devil. 5. All poor people have it. 6. Wealthy people need it. 7. If you eat it, you will die. Did you � gure it out? � e an-swer is nothing. I think I get these just to prove how stupid I might be, so I will let others feel the

same.Ron went on a shop hop

last Friday with me. He loves to go and eat. Loves the strawberry shortcake and at Green Forest McK-ee’s shop there is a table full of homemade cook-ies. Faye cooks the day be-fore, all day, of every kind of cookie recipe she can � nd. Anyway, you can see why Ron loves going. We went on to see Dorothy Miller and Bill in Bella Vista and checked on her progress. She is so orga-nized with her work that she makes me feel guilty. Not!!!

Ron spent the whole day yesterday cleaning and sterilizing dog pens, giving dogs baths and medication. Boy, was it a cold day to do that. Di-anna and Lonnie Gray had spent the day in Tulsa with, as I understand it, three dog surgeries on the dog. It was caught in an explosion at their home with a pilot light. She said the house wasn’t near as bad as the dog. Guess our lives have gone to the dogs.

� anks Jackie � omas for getting out in the cold to get straw for me and opening all those gates.

His cows don’t have a chance of getting out. Jay Steele’s mother passed away in New Jersey so the family � ew out this week, even with Landon hav-ing foot surgery. He was a pretty sick puppy his self the � rst day. But I under-stand he made the plane. Clea and Louis Kleeman are helping with chores. Also, someone should ask Ron about his new dog box. Funny story. Went to the eye doctor for a check up and so did Clea and we both got good reports for the year.

Just about to � nish up a quilt that I have been working on for six months. Sometimes it is good for the cold, so I can lock myself up and get something done in the sewing room. Kamala is back to work and has new pictures on another schoolroom, so will have to go and take pictures of this wall. � ey gave her a new room in a new build-ing to do this one. Russ is back to work too a� er coming down for a week-end of hunting. He says he still has to watch his Koi pond because of the cold. As I said before. Stay warm and God bless.

CLUB NOTELAMAR

COUNTRY CLUBWINTER BRIDGE

CLUBGloria Kurtz was the

hostess Tuesday, Jan. 14, for Bridge. � e � rst place winner was Imogene Wil-liams, with Sondra Riegel placing second.

� e hostess on Tues-

day, Jan. 21 will be Ro-salee Potter. � e hostess

scheduled for January 28 is Sondra Riegel.

Assistance, continued from page 1A

be needed to complete the project.

� e city’s zoning ordi-nance was amended to omit the use (or place-ment) of manufactured homes and manufac-tured homes of residen-tial design from R-2 and R-3 zones. All new man-ufactured homes must be placed in areas desig-nated for them. When-ever an old manufac-tured home is replaced, it must be replaced with a manufactured home no more than 15 years old at time of placement. If its location is in noncompli-ance with current zon-ing regulations, it will be grandfathered in to that location.

� e council has lost all patience with failure to complete demolition of

a nuisance structure at 1700 Grand owned by Steve Tanner. All exten-sions have expired, and the structure is only par-tially removed. � e city will hire someone to de-molish and remove the building, billing the ex-pense to the taxes due on the property.

City Administrator Lynn Calton reported that weather-delayed work has resumed on the bridge replacement at 18th and Gulf. Arch-ways will soon be low-ered into place, and the bridge could be reopened as soon as the end of Jan-uary. Again, if weather permits.

A year end report on the use of the outdoor pool of the aquatic park showed a sharp decline

from 2012. Pool income dropped from $60,385 in 2012 to $40,828 in 2013. Concession sales dropped from $21,458 to $9,353. Reasons for the decline appeared to be a shorter season in 2013, 78 days, as compared to 86 days in 2012. Also, 2013 experienced six days of closure due to weather.

Calton said replace-ment of the electric line behind the west side of the square is now about 50 percent completed. Work has been done in such as manner as to limit power interruptions to customers to a mini-mum. He said its replace-ment was badly needed.

� e city’s leaf pickup program has been de-layed by inclement weather including ex-

treme cold. Barring more of the same, it should be wrapped up in about one more week.

� e council unani-mously adopted a reso-lution of intent to par-ticipate in the Barton County Multi-Jurisdic-tional Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan. � is must be renewed every � ve years in compliance with the State Emergen-cy Management Agency (SEMA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Lamar Democrat, Lamar, MO www.lamardemocrat.com Wednesday, January 22, 2014 • 3A

It’s time to be menBy ROB WILSON

Pastor Lamar First

Christian Church

The Bible doesn’t pull any punches… it tells

about the good, the bad and the ugly. King Heze-kiah was made King of Judah at the age of twen-ty-five in the year 724 B.C. He was a good king; he got rid of the idols in

the land, reopened the temple and directed the hearts of the people back to the Lord. As a result he and the country pros-pered. So far so good.

Then at the age of 39 Hezekiah got sick and Isa-iah the prophet told him, “Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.” Not so good. Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, “Remember O Lord, how I have walked before you

faithfully and with whole-hearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. God sends Isaiah back to Hezekiah and says, “You’ve got 15 more years.” It’s getting good again.

Hezekiah soon has some visitors from Babylon and was so proud of his recovery and wealth that he acted like a “show-off ”. Isaiah shows up again and tells Hezekiah that he blew it. He tells Hezekiah this prophecy: “The time will surely come when

everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day, will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the Lord. And some of your descen-dants, your own flesh and blood who will be born to you, will be taken away and they will become eu-nuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

This is bad.But look at what Heze-

kiah says to this not-so-pleasant prophecy; “The word of the Lord you have spoken is good,”

Hezekiah replied. For he thought, “There will be peace and security in my lifetime.” Now this is ugly.

When it was about him, Hezekiah prayed to the Lord for a different out-come. When it comes to his children and future grandchildren (and his entire country!) he basi-cally says, “O.K. Lord, as long as it doesn’t affect me.” This selfish attitude sunk a family and a na-tion.

In the book, “Raising a Modern-Day Knight,” the author contends that to be a real man you have these four attributes: You reject passivity (you’re going to get involved and not re-main on the sidelines), you accept responsibil-ity, you lead courageously and you expect a greater reward.

Manasseh (Hezekiah’s son) grew up to be the most wicked king of all, totally ruining the country because his dad thought, “at least it doesn’t affect me.” It’s time to be concerned about the fu-ture of the Church and our country, even if it doesn’t personally affect you… it’s time to be men!

Friends & Family

Christmas lights in Liberal

By WILLIS STRONG

Christmas is over but you can tell when Christ-mas is getting near in Liberal, as several homes

start putting out Christ-mas lights. One home that was well decorated with outside lights was the Chris Beard home on South College. There were

lights on the front and around the window, with most of the lights being white except for the win-dows that were outlined in colored lights. He had

lights along the roofline, a white tree at the edge of the yard near the road and a row of candy canes. On the north side of the house was a large white star.

Also on College Street, the house next to the Beards had an arrange-ment of colored lights. North up the street, on the corner of College and Maple, the former Fred Shaw home had a nice assortment of lights and snowmen that lit up.

Did you notice how nice Main Street looked this year with the Christmas lights downtown? When I was a kid growing up in El Dorado Springs I always looked forward to going to town at night be-fore Christmas to see the lights strung across Main Street. Just as you drove down the hill going north, the town glowed with all the lights. The bandstand down in the park also had

lights.Further north on Main

Street is the home of Mar-garet Smith, who each year decorates her home and yard with many col-ored lights. She had her windows outlined in red lights with various col-ors throughout the yard. Across the street from the Smith home, Val and Caroline Clark had many colored lights fastened to the roofline of the home, with a tree that shone with white lights in the window. On north is a house on the west side that had a multitude of

colored lights. I am also fond of blue lights and T.D. and Patsy Yount had blue icicle lights across their porch facing west.

Turning west on K Hwy you couldn’t help but no-tice the red light and big white star at Seed and Farm. A short distance down the road they erect-ed a manger scene of light figures in colored lights and across the road at the main business office hung a large wreath in white lights. Driving into Liberal from the east and

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew and Jeannie Jeffries are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Eleanor Elisabeth Jeffries, to Jordan Tad Maberry, son of Alan Maberry and Becky Backs Maberry, Lamar. Eleanor is a junior at Pittsburg State University and is the event coordinator at the Barton County Chamber of Commerce in Lamar. Jordan graduated from Missouri Southern State University with a degree in Marketing and works as a sales representative for the Cintas Corporation. A June 28 wedding is planned. The couple plans to reside in Lamar after a honeymoon in Mexico.

Jeffries-Maberry engagement

Equal Housing

Lender

Cedar County Master Gardener classes begin February 6

STOCKTON-Opportu-nities to gain and share horticultural knowl-edge is available through University of Missouri Extension’s Master Gar-dener program in Cedar County.

The Master Gardener program is an intensive horticulture course of-fered statewide by Uni-versity of Missouri Ex-tension. The 30 hours of classroom training pro-vided by area horticul-ture specialists set Master Gardeners apart from other home gardeners and programs.

The Master Gardener class sessions will be held

every Thursday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., starting February 6 and running through April 17, at the Cedar County Health Complex in Stockton. Graduation activities will be held on April 24.

A total of 12 three-hour sessions taught by trained professionals will cover horticulture principles and practices. Orna-mentals, turf, vegetable gardening, fruit crops, landscape design and turf grass are some of the sub-jects covered through this course.

Master Gardeners are volunteers who assist with horticulture educa-

tion in the community.Thirty volunteer hours

from participants are re-quired the first year af-ter training. Following that, 20 volunteer service hours are required each year to remain an active Master Gardener.

The volunteer service is usually done by vol-unteering as part of a county Master Gardeners organization activities, serving as an advisor for community gardens or helping to maintain the demonstration gardens.

Enrollment for the class is limited and there is a fee of $150 per person or $250 per couple (with one

set of materials). Regis-tration and payment are due by January 23. To register for the course or to request more informa-tion contact the Cedar County MU Extension Center at (417) 276-3313 or email [email protected].

The Master Gardener program is a popular and successful statewide volunteer community-service organization administered through University of Missouri Extension. Go to http://extension.missouri.edu/mg/ to learn more infor-mation about the Master Gardener program.

The home of Justin and Toni Johnson at 221 N. Denton in Liberal was decorated for the Christmas holiday season. The Johnson family moved into the former home of Edward and Theda Savage, who moved to Joplin after residing in Liberal for 50 years. The Savages were the editors and publishers of The Liberal News from 1955-1975. Johnson teaches in the Liberal schools.

see LIGHTS, page 6A



Well, it has been a week since my “fender bender” and hopefully life will get back to some semblance of normalcy within the next couple of weeks. I haven’t even begun to search for a new vehicle as I’m waiting to see what the settlement will be.

Hopefully I’ll be able to find one as dependable, economical and com-fortable as the one I had. I am strictly a GM per-son, having inherited the trait from my father who would buy nothing else. That at least narrows the list of what I’m looking for.

In the meantime I am driving our second car

that I affectionately refer to as "the blue bomb". It’s great for around town, but don’t know how com-fortable I would feel tak-ing it on the highway. Most anyone that knows me knows that I have al-ways loved to drive. It is something I have always been good at and proud of, until now. Oh well, accidents do happen and unfortunately you have to deal with the aftermath. I now have difficulty do-ing something that I have always enjoyed, but I am working on it.

The worst part of it all is not getting to see the grandsons! Normally this

time of year we travel north to watch Kobyn play basketball, then spend the weekend with him. It has been a whole month since we had him for Christmas and Gary and I are known to have serious Kobyn withdraw-al symptoms if we go too long without being with him. You have to real-ize that we were with Ko just about every day of his life for his first six years. We have a great relation-ship with him and are so thankful that his mom Peyton allows us to con-tinue to be a part of his life.

Unfortunately, they did

not have enough partici-pants this year for basket-ball, but that won't stop us. As soon as I purchase a new vehicle, believe me, we will be heading that way. That's what indoor water parks are made for. The last time we were there we went to St. Jo-seph for the first time and really liked the town. There is a hotel with a two story water park, close to a Chili's (who could ask for anything more!) and it's calling our name.

The other grandson is much closer, but even heading to Webb City is out of the question at this time. It's been going on three weeks since we've seen Landon and boy do I miss the little stinker. It's amazing how much he lights up our life with his smile and demeanor. He is such a happy little boy and he makes us feel good just being around him.

In order to have Jud and Meghan bring him to see us, I had contemplated bribing Jud with his fa-vorite meal of home-made chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, gravy, steamed broccoli with Velveeta and a huge salad. In fact, I did bring up the subject with Jud the last time he called to see how I was doing and he was all

for it. The problem is that this is basketball season and probably one of his busiest times of year.

As well as the other schools and tournaments he does, Jud will also be refereeing some college basketball games this year, so hopefully I will have a vehicle to get to go watch him work. I am proud of what he does and he is good at it. I've watched him for many years and hopefully for many more to come. He loves what he's doing and makes a good living at it, which is something all of us hope to attain. I believe I have finally reached that plateau in my life and it's a pretty neat feeling.

So here’s to hoping that I’m going to be mobile soon as I have too many family and friends that are far enough away, that having a dependable car helps me keep in touch with them all. And if I don’t find something soon, I can always crawl up on that proverbial saddle and hoof my way. Who knows, it just might work out the kinks that are still letting my body know that it has been abused. After all, I can’t let my grandsons forget about “Ga” as most know that have them, grand-children are the best!

Friends & FamilyMetzger’s Mutterings

Letter to editorDear editor:On January 16 we returned

home about 5:30 p.m., after din-ing out, to find our utility pole, with our neighbors and our elec-tric and telephone lines attached, leaning at a very precarious angle.

I called city hall, which con-nected me to the fire department. I informed him of my situation and he told me he’d notify the electric department. In less than 30 minutes a supervisor was at my door. He told me he had looked at the pole and he would have someone come and secure the pole with a guy line and that a crew would come the next day

and replace it.The electrician came and by 7

p.m. he had the pole secured.The next morning, at 9 a.m., the

crews were here. One of the crew came to the door and told us they were there and the electricity would be off for about 30 min-utes. Within two hours and 15 minutes those men had removed the defective pole, installed the new pole and did a very good job of reconnecting the electrical and telephone lines.

I said all that to say this… Ev-eryone I had contact with during this adventure was very polite, very professional and gave me

the feeling that they were glad to “fix my problem for me”.

My wife and I came back to Lamar in 1995, after retiring. We left Lamar in 1955 and my career moved us from the East Coast to the West and four years in the Orient. We love living here because it’s the best place in the world to live, “in our opinion”, and that is due in a very large part to the city employees, like the electrical department crews that took care of our problem.

Well done electrical depart-ment and Lamar city employees.

Mr. and Mrs. WestonBreshears, Lamar

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CAFO concerns heard by Dade County CommissionBy CAROLYN HEAD

Dade County reporter

GREENFIELD-Present at 9 a.m. Monday, Dec. 16, for the Dade County Commission meeting were Presiding Com-missioner Randy Daniel,

Western Commissioner David Rusch, Eastern Commissioner Dallas Maxwell and County Clerk Melinda Wright. The meeting was called to order by Daniel.

There were several members of the Dade-

Lawrence Agricultural Environment Associa-tion, as well as commu-nity members present. They questioned where the issue with Clinton Heading stood. The com-mission told them that they were working on it

with the sheriff and the prosecutor. Daniel stated that they can’t speak for the sheriff ’s part, but that the matter has not been dropped. Daniel added, “It is being worked on and we feel the action will be taken as headway is be-

ing made”. An individual asked for clarification on 4.9. Dry handling ma-nure practice applies only to CAF property. Once it leaves the CAF property, the health ordinance does not apply, it is then under DNR regulations.

Bob Glenn spoke to the commissioner regarding his research. The health ordinance is the only power the county has, so it must be enforced. The Dade County ordinance does not apply across the county line. Daniel made the mention that some changes needed to be made to the ordinance. Glenn said his position is in the interpretation. There is a difference in opinion regarding Glenn and the commission. Daniel informed the group present that the commission wanted to see everyone represented. A member of the group stated that the main focus of the organization was to educate citizens regarding

the ordinance.Daniel explained that

there is a committee set up from the dairy, beef, agri-culture and small farms to try to come up with a resolution for everyone regarding the CAFOs and the resident’s needs and concerns.

The minutes from De-cember 9 were unani-mously approved fol-lowing corrections. A committee of citizens to review ordinance 2007-100 was discussed. The commission reviewed the status of bridge no. 4600005. Daniel stated that the outlook on the boiler did not look good and he asked for a pro-posal to fix or replace it. The cost to replace would be approximately $60,000. The air conditioning and heating system for the courthouse was dis-cussed. The commission traveled to check on FR4.

The meeting adjourned at 4 p.m. to meet again on December 23.

Greenfield City Council votes to establish partnership with CMHGREENFIELD-Mayor

Wynes called the Green-field City Council meet-ing to order on December 4, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll call was taken and those pres-

ent were Jack Pugh, Vicki Lollar, Cathy Harrington, Beth Wright and Attor-ney Allen Rose and his wife Sherry. Bob White was absent.

Minutes of the No-

vember 19 meeting were unanimously approved as corrected. The correc-tion noted that John and Karen Daniel had just received a warning, not a ticket.

Lollar made a motion, seconded by Pugh, to give city employees Decem-ber 24 off in addition to Christmas day. Three yes votes followed.

After discussion, Pugh

made a motion, seconded by Lollar, to approve the CMH memorandum of understanding that estab-lishes a partnership be-tween the City of Green-field and CMH, in case of

a natural disaster for pri-ority to water and sewer lines. The voted passed unanimously.

With no further busi-ness the meeting ad-journed.

Greenfield

Low water bridge problems discussed by Dade County Commission

By CAROLYN HEADDade County reporter

GREENFIELD-The Dade County Commis-sion met Monday, Dec. 23, 9 a.m. Present were Presiding Commissioner Randy Daniel, Western Commissioner Davis Rusch, Eastern Commis-sioner Dallas Maxwell and County Clerk Melin-da Wright. Daniel called the meeting to order.

Dan Long, contractor, met with the commis-sion regarding bids for

2014. Daniel stated that they had set a date for a bid. Long replied, “Yes, and it’s today”, then pre-sented his bid. Long was informed by Daniel that bids would formally be opened on January 13, with the insurance bids to be opened January 27. The commission has been informed that the price of re-bar and steel are going up $1.50 per bundle.

Possible projects were discussed for the year where there is a low water bridge. Possibilities to im-

prove the area were dis-cussed. It was noted that guidance from an expert was needed.

The minutes from De-cember 16 were unani-mously approved as cor-rected.

Daniel contacted Al-len Rose, attorney, to look over the real estate contract regarding the purchase of the old bank building on South Main St. Daniel also discussed the balance of the CART funds and the purchase of re-bar for use on bridge

work this year. A mo-tion was made and seconded to purchase the discounted re-bar at a reduced cost from Viebrock for inventory regarding bridgework. Daniel then called Viebrock and confirmed the intent to purchase.

The commission checked the low water crossing at S. Dade 166 and W. Dade 115.

The meeting ad-journed at 4 p.m., to meeting again on De-cember 30.


turning on NN Hwy. the home of David and Peggy Worsley was decorated to the hilt. On south on NN Hwy., or Payne Street as it is noted for, the Mooney home was well decorated this year.

Turning west on Ma-ple was the home of Neva Meadows. There were some other hous-es on the street that also had lights. Turn-ing east on K Hwy. and turning right on Denton Street, many homes were decorat-ed. Café owner Mary

Toney had decorated her home. Down Denton St., the former home of Ed-ward and Theda Savage, had lights all over it, as well as many decorations. On down the street at the Shoemaker home, deco-rated lights were on the front of the house. Bob and Sally Fast had lights at their home and those white candles glowed in the window by the garage. Others having lights were Virginia Bunton, Don Butts, Jolene Selvey and the Chris Nichols home.

The Yale Street homes of Bazal and Collier also had lights in front this year.

Tom and Marlene didn’t put out as many lights as usual, but they were good. Brian Beard had his home aglow with lights around the roofline and in the yard. The last assortment of decorations were on each side of the road on Gross St., where the Joni Engle family lives. We counted 50 decorations!

There are probably some that I did not men-tion as when I did my drive through at night it was cold and I was tak-ing notes, so I might have missed some. I hope you enjoyed the lights as much as I did.

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can still be dropped off at the Democrat office, 100 E. 11th St., Lamar, or mailed to P.O. Box 458, Lamar, MO 64759. Those wishing to use a debit or credit card may do so by calling me at 417-682-5529, ext. 60.

Subscribers may also look at their label and at the top left it will state

the exact date that the subscription is due.

In the past second no-tices have been sent and this too has changed. Sub-scribers will now receive a follow-up phone call to remind them that their paper is due. The call will be coming from the corporate office, as well. There have been some

concerns expressed from various individuals re-ceiving these phone calls. They are legit; however, if you have any questions, feel free to verify the fact by calling me. In today’s age one can never be too careful, so if anyone is un-sure regarding the call, I will be glad to verify what you have been told.

and can be sent to us, or if needed, call 417-682-5529, ext. 60 to set up an appointment to have a picture taken. For photos that are submitted, an actual photo can be used or they can be e-mailed to the above address.

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Every year we attempt to make Progress better than the one before and your help is definitely needed to do so. Please consider a promotional display advertisement to help with the printing

of this edition. Anyone interested in purchas-ing advertising may call Melissa Little at 417-682-5529, ext. 62.

The Democrat staff ap-preciates all help and looks forward to includ-ing your story in this yearly edition.

The Liberal News and its first 50 years

By RICHARD COOPERDemocrat staff writer

LAMAR-The Liberal News has been published for 104 years, no small ac-complishment for a news-paper in a community of just 759 souls. A program covering the first 50 years of that newspaper was featured, January 12, at the first quarterly meet-ing of 2014 of the Barton County Historical Soci-ety. Presenting the pro-gram was Willis Strong, a former owner of The Lib-eral News.

The newspaper was founded by J.P. (Proctor) Moore and C.L. (Len) Delissa in 1910. Moore worked for the Liberal Enterprise, a predecessor of the News, and Delissa operated a print shop. The first issue was dated Feb. 5, 1910.

Strong spiced his pre-sentation with excerpts from a 50th anniversary copy of the News, dated Jan. 25, 1960. There were many names and events in the issue that tweaked the memories of several individuals in the au-dience. As a result, the presentation became an immensely enjoyable au-dience participation ses-sion.

Conveniently, there was an article featured on the front page written by Moore himself bearing the headline, “The Story of the Liberal News . . .” Moore was 80 years old at the time and had been retired for several years. Early in the article, he

observed, “I feel in recent years I have lost much of my punch as a writer.” Nothing in this self-dep-recating statement could be further from the truth. The sagely co-founder of The Liberal News pro-duced a lengthy and well written account of the News’ first 50 years.

When the The Liberal News began publishing in 1910, advertising began to shift away from the En-terprise to the new paper. Enterprise owner, W. A. Martin endured declining revenues for three years and sold the struggling

paper in 1913. Later the same year, the Enterprise closed its doors.

The News came the clos-est to stopping publishing in 1934 when a fire rav-aged parts of the east side of Liberal’s Main Street. Most of the News offices were destroyed, but the newspaper would pur-chase new equipment and relocate across the street in the building where it has been ever since. For a period of time follow-ing the fire the News was printed by the Lamar Leader.

One of The Liberal News co-founders, Len Delissa died in the late 1940s. Proctor Moore died in 1972, but not before he had written This Strange Town - Liberal, Missouri, which is arguably the best book written about Lib-eral to date.

Following Strong’s pre-sentation, the society elected officers for the coming year. A motion was quickly offered, sec-onded, and unanimously approved to re-elect the current board by acclama-tion. They are Mike Ora-hood, president; Pauletta Orahood, vice-president; Beth Brisbin, secretary; Patty McKay, treasurer; and Betty Gideon.

The next meeting of the Barton County His-torical Society will be at 2 p.m., April 13, at the Lamar United Methodist Church.

The sage of Liberal, Proctor Moore, co-founder of The Liberal News and author of This Strange Town - Liberal, Missouri.

Troxell distances self from Dade County Commission regarding CAFOsGREENFIELD-A special meeting

of the Dade County Commission was called to order by Randy Daniel at 10 a.m. Also present were Western Com-missioner David Rusch and Eastern Commissioner Dallas Maxwell.

The meeting was called in reference to a letter received from Gary Troxell, prosecuting attorney, regarding a letter he had submitted to the commission on December 24, informing them that he was no longer able to give legal advise to the county on the CAFO ordinance.

The letter went on to state, “As you know I own a small farm on the east side

of the county. I have been informed that the property next to me is under con-sideration for a CAFO. As such I have a personal stake in both the permitting for that place as well as the general legal advice I give you in the implementation of the CAFO ordinances on all the cur-rent pending permits.

“In order to avoid the appearance of impropriety in both the Civil advice I give the county as well as any criminal charges that may arise out of our CAFO ordinance, I am informing the County Commission that they need to seek le-gal advice from another source on all

CAFO questions. Should a prosecution request arise from our CAFO ordinance please let me know and I will have the Court appoint a Special Prosecutor in accordance with Missouri Statutes. Sin-cerely, Gary A. Troxell, Dade County Prosecuting Attorney”.

The commission responded to the let-ter with one of their own on December 26 stating, “We would like an explana-tion of what has changed. We know there has been some dialogue pertain-

ing to a CAFO permit, but to the best of our knowledge, there has been no permit filed or applied for. We would like to schedule a meeting with you to receive your reply to this, as well as any opinion you might have for hiring legal representation”. The letter was signed by members of the commission.

The commission is currently awaiting a reply.

The meeting adjourned at 11:30 a.m.

Viebrock discusses savings to Dade County Commission

By CAROLYN HEADDade County reporter

GREENFIELD-Presiding Commis-sioner Randy Daniel called the Dade County Commission to order at 9 a.m. on December 30, 2013. Others pres-ent were Eastern Commissioner Dallas Maxwell, Western Commissioner Da-vid Rusch and County Clerk Melinda Wright. The December 23 minutes were unanimously approved as corrected.

A second option from Viebrock was discussed regarding a $250 savings per ton of re-bar for the county. Maxwell made the motion, seconded by Rusch and unanimously approved the pur-chase. The total cost will be $14.002/82, which is a savings of $1300.

The health ordinance was discussed and a motion was made to approve the minutes from the special meeting on

December 26, 2013. David Heumader with Judge Bickel's

office met with the commission. Heu-mader works for the State of Missouri, in the capacity of budget and detail. He is in the area weekly regarding drug court and reported seeing a lot of suc-cess in that area. A mental health court is being started in Vernon County. Heu-mader, whose office is in Nevada, is in the area on Wednesdays. Daniel stated, “We have a sheriff now” and Heumader replied, “Yes, I am very impressed, he really cares”.

The commission met with Prosecutor Gary Troxell regarding his letter to them dated December 24, 2013. CAFOs and the health ordinance were discussed.

Following a motion to approve the December 31, 2013 bills, two yes votes followed and the meeting adjourned.

Trees to be trimmed at park in GreenfieldGREENFIELD-Mayor Wynes

called the meeting of the Greenfield City Council to order on January 8, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. The city clerk took roll call and those present were Jack Pugh, Vicki Lollar, Cathy Harrington, Bob White and Beth Wright. Minutes from Decem-ber 18 were accepted as amended.

Permission was asked to have 27 trees in the park trimmed and shaped, with two dead ones being taken out.

A bid of $1650 was unanimously ap-proved. It was also reported that the generator at the east well was down and would cost approximately $750 to have it repaired. The generator is needed to run the wells if the electricity goes out.

Various deductibles were reviewed in order to save money. It was decided to keep the $500 deductible that had been approved on December 18, 2013.

With no further business the meeting adjourned.

Wednesday, January 22, 2014 • Section BLamar Community Betterment seeks participants


Lamar Community Better-ment is in the process of get-ting information out to the area, in order to provide assis-tance where needed. As with most organizations, member-ship seems to be waning and CB is in need of new ideas in order to keep the organization as prominent as it has been in years past. This can only be done with help from the public.

In 1963 the Missouri De-partment of Economic De-velopment established Mis-souri Community Betterment (MCB) to encourage improve-ments in Missouri communi-ties with a population of 5,000 or less. The Lamar CB was formed in 1965 and provides information, connections and a 501(c)3 (federally tax exempt) umbrella to help incubate and support community improve-ment projects.

CB membership is comprised of individuals, civic and frater-

nal organizations, businesses, city and county government, churches and other private and public agencies. Current La-mar CB partnerships include the Back Pack Snack Meals, LGL Sheltered Workshop bus, Tools for School, Truman Area Transportation Service, the 10th Street Community Farm-ers’ Market, Lamar Commu-nity Theatre and CB Youth in-volvement.

Organizations that are cur-rently fostered by CB are About Our Kids Development Ser-vice, Barton County Achieving Wellness and Security Health Coalition and Community Plaza Rescue. Past projects that Lamar CB was instrumental in helping with were the Stilabow-er Observatory from 1993-94; the Plaza Theatre renovation from 1993-98; Moore Pavilion in 1999; the Wolf Community Center, 2001-03; the Constitu-tion Square Memorial Sidewalk project, 2012-13 and Plaza Take 2 projector installations, 2012-13.

The CB meets the second Wednesday of every month, at 12 noon, at the Wolf Center, 801 E. 12th St., Lamar. Their mission is “To make Lamar a better place to live, work and raise families”. Over the past 48 years Lamar has earned more youth and adult awards than any other community in Mis-souri.

The MCB State Awards Com-mittee stated the following this past year regarding Lamar, “Excellent examples of adult leadership and commitment to the welfare of the commu-nity through volunteerism and service. Outstanding youth are clearly in charge of selection and implementation of mul-tiple community projects that

positively impact various seg-ments of the community”.

All are encouraged to attend the next meeting, to be held Wednesday, Feb. 12, 12 noon, at the Wolf Center in Lamar, in order to see what can be done to assist this great organization. I know I’ll be there!

For more information call Elaine Davis at 417-682-3579.

Lamar Heights adopts surplus budget


LAMAR HEIGHTS-The La-mar Heights Board of Alder-men has adopted a surplus budget for calendar year 2014. Total estimated expenses are $10,200. From the general fund, the city expects to spend $1,000, from capital improve-ments $5,600, and from the street fund $3,600. Estimated income going into the three funds is $110,720, which cre-ates a surplus of $100,520.

A line item in the budget is a $5,000 contribution to the Barton County Community Development Corporation (CDC). Mayor Jerry Marti and the board of aldermen specified that the contribution was “up to but not to exceed $5,000” and would be designated for purchase of hard assets such as office furniture and equipment. The city will have to approve any purchases coming out of the $5,000.

CDC Economic Develop-ment Director John Adams was present to discuss the contri-bution to the CDC as well as Independent Diesel Services, which will soon set up opera-tions on a 6,000 square foot parcel of land south of the La-marti Travel Plaza. The new business will serve the needs of diesel tractor-trailer rigs travel-ling on Interstate 49.

The new clerk/secretary for Lamar Heights is Vicki Pugh,

CPA. Since she prefers keeping the records of Lamar Heights in her own computer, there is no longer a need for the com-puter purchased earlier by the city for that purpose. The board decided to offer the complete-ly unused computer to AOK (About Our Kids). That organi-zation took possession of it on January 16.

Leisa Blanchard, representing the Change Club, addressed the board about striping on the Sixth Street overpass to be built later this year. She is seek-ing striping on the overpass that will allow space for a walk-ing and bicycle lane. Since the overpass will be built under a contract with the Missouri Department of Transporta-tion (MoDOT), it is expected that they will do the striping. Blanchard said she was not seeking money for the striping, just the support of the Lamar Heights board. That was quick-ly granted unanimously by the board.

Before the meeting ad-journed, incumbent members of the board of aldermen filed for re-election, Jim Soma in Ward 1 and Erin Miller in Ward 2. The period of filing remains open until 5 p.m., January 21. Prospective candidates should file in the office of Vicki Pugh.

The next meeting of the La-mar Heights Board of Alder-men will be at 5:45 p.m., April 13, in the office of Vicki Pugh, CPA.

Bourne waives preliminary and is bound over for trial LAMAR-Bobby Bourne

waived a preliminary hearing, January 14, in Barton County Circuit Court and was bound

over for trial. Arraign-ment is set for February 3 at 1 p.m.

Bourne faces amended charges of child kidnap-

ping, statutory rape in the first degree, and mur-der in the first degree in the August murder of 12-year-old Adriaunna

Horton of Golden City. Barton County Prosecu-tor Steven Kaderly filed the amended charges, dropping a charge of forc-

ible rape. Bourne appeared in

person in court and was represented by Public Defender Joe Zuzul. He

is being held in a correc-tional facility in Bonne Terre where he is serving time on a previous con-viction.

Edwards Jones ranks No. 4 on Fortune Magazine’s list for 15th yearFinancial-services firm Ed-

ward Jones ranked No. 4 on Fortune magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For 2014" list in its 15th appearance on the prestigious list, according to Pat Barr, financial advisor in Barton County. The firm was the highest-ranking financial-services firm on the list.

Edward Jones' 15 Fortune rankings also include top 10

finishes for 11 years, top five rankings for six years and consecutive No. 1 rankings in 2002 and 2003. Last year the firm ranked No. 8 overall.

In the Fortune survey of as-sociates, 96 percent of Edward Jones associates said they are proud to work at Edward Jones.

The survey also revealed that 96 percent of Edward Jones

respondents say firm leader-ship is honest and ethical; 93 percent say they are offered the training and development they need; and 95 percent feel pride in what they accomplish.

The full list and related sto-ries will appear in the Febru-ary 3 issue of Fortune and now at www.fortune.com.

To pick the 100 Best Com-panies to Work For, Fortune

partners with the Great Place to Work Institute to conduct the most extensive employee survey in corporate America. Two-thirds of a company's score is based on the results of the institute's Trust Index sur-vey, which is sent to a random sample of employees from each company. The survey asks questions related to their attitudes about management's

credibility, job satisfaction, and camaraderie. The other third of the scoring is based on the company's responses to the institute's Culture Audit, which includes detailed ques-tions about pay and benefit programs and a series of open-ended questions about hiring practices, internal communi-cations, training, recognition programs and diversity efforts.

OATS Transportation Service welcomes the new yearBy DORRIS MAYFIELD

A happy new year to everyone! Southwest Region OATS continues the opportunity of providing transporta-tion service for medical and personal needs to the Barton and Dade county communities. OATS is dedicated to supplying service to anyone regardless of age, income, race, gender, religion, disability or national origin. Individu-als are picked up at their residences and in most instances reservations may be made as late as the evening before the intended trip. OATS prefer that you call your local contact listed below to schedule a trip instead of contacting the driver. Thank you for your coopera-tion.

For the public convenience and dis-position, contacts and scheduled trips

are as follows: Please note – the contact for Jasper has changed until further notice. Also, please be advised that a change has been made in the contact for Liberal and Mindenmines.

Lamar, Golden City and Jasper, Dor-ris Mayfield, 417-682-3842, email [email protected]; Golden City, Bob-bie Chappell, 417-537-8423 or Dorris Mayfield, 417-682-3842; Lockwood, Irma Finley, 417-232-4020; Greenfield, Anna Boyd, 417-637-2019; Arcola, Kyle Staley, 417-773-7381; Liberal and Mindenmines, Ona Mae Winship, 417-843-2585.

Craig Hackney is the driver for the following scheduled Barton County trips: * First Monday of each month, pick up in Barton County for trip to Jo-plin; * Third Thursday of each month, pick up in Barton County for trip to Jo-

plin; * Second Monday of each month, pick up in Barton County for trip to Springfield; * Tuesday of each week, pick up in Mindenmines and Liberal for trip to Lamar; * Wednesday of each week – pick up in Golden City and Jas-per for trip to Lamar; * Fourth Thurs-day of each month, pick up in Barton County for trip to Nevada.

Please note, OATS continues to pick up in Barton County for an extended trip to Galena, Kan. to coincide with the Joplin scheduled trips when medi-cal appointments dictate at the Ortho 4-States Clinic.

Kenneth Liggons is the driver for the following scheduled Dade County trips: * First Monday of each month, pick up in Dade County for trip to Springfield; * Second Monday of each month, pick up in Dade County for trip to Bolivar; *

Every Thursday of each month, pick up in Dade County for trip to Greenfield.

OATS reminds the public that all schedules and contacts can be viewed on the chamber of commerce online site, TV channel 3 and online at www.oatstransit.org. Also pertinent OATS information is also published monthly in the Barton and Dade county news-papers.

A combined Barton and Dade county committee meeting is held the first Fri-day of every other month and meetings are open to the public.

OATS wishes to thank the Barton and Dade communities for their stead-fast patronage and support throughout the year 2013 and the OATS contacts are always available to assist with your transportation questions and require-ments.

Out with the old, in with the newBy JESSICA HOUDYSHELL

Registered DieticianBarton County Memorial Hospital

Make your habits healthy this year. Begin with eating breakfast. There's no better way to start your morning - and the year - than with a healthy breakfast. Breakfast provides your body with the fuel it needs to make energy to keep you focused and active throughout the day. Not only that, but if you are trying to lose weight, fueling your body regularly will help you from possibly making unhealthy de-cisions later in the day based on hunger. The key to a good breakfast is balance. Include lean protein, whole grains and fresh, frozen or canned fruits and vegetables. For example, oatmeal cooked with low-fat milk and sliced almonds and berries or crust-less quiche with mixed veggies, low-fat cheese and a slice of whole wheat toast.

Cut back on caffeine. Too much caffeine can interfere with sleep, can make you jittery and can cause you to lose energy later in the day. Keep your caffeine intake in check by limiting regular coffee to three cups or less a day. And watch what you put into it. Skip unwanted cal-ories and sugar by drinking it as plain as possi-ble. Need to wean off? Try three things: switch to half decaf or tea, drink plenty of water and eat small, frequent meals to keep up energy.

Bring lunch to work. How do you make bringing lunch to work easy? Have a plan for the week. Have the right foods to put together by stocking up the fridge and pantry and set-ting yourself up for success. Consider prepar-

ing the week's lunches over the weekend - bake chicken, chop veggies, steam rice. Make sure your options include a combination of protein and carbohydrates. For example, whole grain bread with turkey, one cup of veggies and a piece of fruit. Or a salad with veggies and chicken, a piece of fruit and a 100 calorie cup of low-so-dium soup. It doesn't have to be a full meal, es-pecially if you’re short on time. Try yogurt and fruit, crackers and low-fat cheese or hummus and baby carrots.

Eat more fruits and vegetables. Fruits and veg-gies add color, flavor and texture, plus vitamins, minerals and fibers to your plate. Try picking a fruit or veggie you've never tried each time you go to the grocery store. Don't let winter stop you from enjoying produce either. It might be harder to find fresh options, but frozen and canned are great alternatives.

Cook dinner at home. Making meals at home doesn't have to zap the last bit of your time and energy. The trick is to plan ahead. Prepping on the weekend is a great time saver. Choose op-tions you can make in advance. For example, cook a batch of soup you can portion out for lunches or dinner during the week, or bake a whole chicken to slice for sandwiches, wraps and casseroles, suggests Crandall.

Use shortcuts such as pre-cut or frozen veggies and keep staples on hand such as low-sodium broth, herbs and lemons for flavoring. A quick and easy idea is to turn leftover beef into stew with beans, no salt added diced tomatoes and pre-cut veggies.

For more information or questions call 417-681-5263.

Lamar Democrat/Richard CooperNew technology is being used to seal the basement walls of a house at 66

Southeast 30th Lane. Soil is removed by David Johnson’s Hydro-Vac equipment. Then, the walls are cleaned and sealed by fluid from a high pressure hose, followed by installation of a perimeter drain. It is a project of Eric Jeffries.

New way to seal basement walls

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Scholarships available for 4-H and FFA youth

COLUMBIA-High school seniors active in 4-H or FFA can apply for a Missouri State Fair Youth in Agriculture scholarship by Febru-ary 1, said University of Missouri Extension 4-H youth specialist Ben Gal-lup.

� e Youth in Agricul-ture committee sponsors 30 $1,000 scholarships and the Missouri State Fair Foundation contrib-utes seven $1,000 schol-arships. Sydenstricker John Deere of Missouri and Sydenstricker Angus Genetics fund one $2,500 scholarship.

High school seniors who have been active in 4-H and FFA and plan to pursue a degree in agri-culture may apply.

Application forms and details are available on-line at www.mostatefair.com/youth-in-agricul-ture.

For more information contact Gallup at [email protected] or

573-882-3835.

SCHOOL

STAR StudentsDouglas announced to Central Methodist University Dean’s ListFAYETTE-Katlyn

Douglas from Sheldon has been named to the Central Methodist Uni-versity Dean’s List for the Fall 2013 semester.

To qualify for Dean’s List recognition, one

must be enrolled as a full time student and achieve a 3.5 or higher grade point average on the uni-versity’s 4.0 scale, accord-ing to Dr. Rita Gulstad, vice president and dean of CMU.

Area students named to Drury’s

Fall 2013 Dean’s ListSPRINGFIELD-

Earning a spot on Drury University Dean’s List is a signi� -cant accomplishment; it means a student earned a grade point average of 3.6 or great-er (on a 4-point scale)

while carrying a full time course load of 12 or more semester hours at Drury.

Area students named to the Fall 2013 Dean’s List were Marina Davis, La-mar, and Samantha Nie-ho� , Lockwood.

Truman State releases Fall 2013 Provost and

Vice President ListKIRKSVILLE-Tru-

man State University has released the Fall 2013 Provost and Vice President for Academic A� airs List. To qualify for this list, an under-graduate student must attain a semester 3.50-3.99 grade point aver-age and must complete 12 semester hours of

credit.Area students named

to the list include Ciara Morgan Sho� , Lamar, who is majoring in Ath-letic Training, and Erica Lynn Schnelle, Golden City, majoring in English, History, Pre-Education/Secondary, Pre-Educa-tion/Secondary.

Morgan Weimer, daughter of Josh Weimer and Tracy and John Candler, is the seventh grade Lamar Middle School Student of the Week. In her spare time Morgan likes to ride horses. She has a horse named Reba. Her favorite thing to do in school is read.

Ben Blalock, son of Ron and Marsha Blalock, is the sixth grade Student of the Week at Lamar Middle School. Ben spends a lot of spare time with his granny. His favorite sport is soccer. He’s usually at his friends or families home rather than his own.

Justree Laxson, son of Jesse Laxson and Lorraine Merrdith, is the eighth grade Student of the Week at Lamar Middle School. Justree likes to run for school and at home. He really likes books about ghosts and wars. He also has siblings.

STAR Students at Lamar East Primary for the week of January 20 are, third row, left to right, Darionna Robinson, Logan Kish, Kase Overstreet and Kaylynn Timmons; second row, Trent Torbeck, Caden Clark, T.J. Born and Draven Rhodifer; � rst row, Brevon Timmons, Chase Hammond, Kali Riggs and Brecken Ettleman. Not pictured is Ashley Cummings.

Lamar Democrat, Lamar, MO www.lamardemocrat.com Wednesday, January 22, 2014 • 3B

MAXINE CEARNAL BOEHNE

CARTHAGE-Servic-es were held at 2 p.m. � ursday at Weng Fu-neral Chapel for Maxine Cearnal Boehne, 94, Car-thage, who died Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, at St. Luke’s Nursing Center. Burial was in Dudenville Cem-etery.

Online condolences may be made at wengfu-neralchapel.com.

Survivors include two daughters, Barbara Tatum and husband Bob, Car-thage and Vickie Hoover Troutman and husband Don, Alba; three grand-children, Jennifer Comer, Joplin, Michael Tatum, Carterville and Danielle Yost, Galena, Kan. and six great-grandchildren, Kiytierra, Gabby, Onnika, Savanah, Riley and Xan-der.

She was preceded in death by two husbands and a son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Lynda Cearnal.

Mrs. Boehne was born July 25, 1919, in Duden-ville, to Hardy and Ber-tha (Sherrod) White. She was reared by her step-mother, Icyl Hope White, a� er her mother passed away when she was 13 months old. She worked in the Carthage Senior High School cafeteria and then the Big Smith Fac-tory until she retired. She was a former member of the Dudenville Methodist Church and a member of the Lockwood Immanuel Lutheran Church.

She married Paul Cear-nal on Jan. 29, 1938. � ey lived and farmed together until his death in 1970. She moved to Carthage in April of 1970 and in 1979 she was united in mar-riage to Delbert Boehne. He also preceded her in death.

TOMMY A. GENTRY

OAKLEY, Calif.-A me-morial service is pend-ing at the Renewed Life Church in Oakley for Tommy A. Gentry, 62, Oakley, who died Tues-day, Jan. 7, 2014.

Arrangements were under the direction of Higgins Mortuary in An-tioch.

Survivors include his wife, Lisa Gentry; two sons, David Gentry and wife Ashley and Michael Stewart; three stepchil-

dren, Chrissy Rodriguez and husband Octavio, Ronald Phelps and James Phelps and Alissia Myers and six grandchildren, Tyler Gentry, Trevor Gentry, Angelina Gentry, Jacky Barajas, Audrianna Rodriguez and Annaliese Phelps.

Mr. Gentry was born in Ventura and was a long-time resident of Lamar, Mo. He was a football fan but especially loved the Chargers and enjoyed his days � shing in the ponds of Lamar with his sons. He ventured out with his wife to travel to the states of Oregon, Arizona, Georgia, Texas and Cali-fornia. � ey later settled in Oakley, where he be-came ill with pneumonia a� er a short period of time.

For more information contact his wife, Lisa, at 925-446-7645.

CHARLES ED-WARD “ED”

LEAVELLSHELDON-A commit-

tal service was held at 2 p.m. Monday at Sheldon Cemetery, for Charles Edward “Ed” Leavell, 70, Sheldon, who died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, at Kansas Univer-sity Medical Center, Kan-sas City, Kan., following a lengthy illness. Jerod Lamb o� ciated.

Arrangements were un-der the direction of Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada.

Contributions may be made to the family, in care of the funeral home.

� e obituary may be viewed and condolences sent online at www.ferry-funeralhome.com.

Survivors include two sons, Steve Leavell and wife Melissa and Jason “Blu” Leavell, all of Shel-don; � ve grandchildren, Kelsey, Eric, Devion, Kylie and Jason Leavell; three brothers, Wayne Leavell and wife Jeanie, Lamar, and David Leavell and Gary Leavell, both of Sheldon, and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by a son, Marshall.

Mr. Leavell was born June 10, 1943, in Sheldon, to Sterling Edward “Pat” and Dorothy C. (Lathrop) Leavell. He was reared in the Sheldon area and was a 1961 graduate of Shel-don High School. He was enlisted in the U.S. Army from 1965-1967, serving in Vietnam. He worked for Texaco Pipeline for many years and retired

from � orco in Lamar in 2007. He was a mem-ber of the Sheldon Baptist Church.

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BILLIE RAY PARNELL

LAMAR-Services were held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Daniel Funeral Home for Billie Ray Parnell, 67, Lamar, who died Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, at Truman Healthcare Center. Dar-rell Doss o� ciated. Burial was in Pippenger Cem-etery in Golden City.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, in care of the funeral home.

Condolences may be le� at www.danielfuner-alhome.net.

Survivors include his wife of nearly 48 years, Marilyn Lee Parnell; a son, Brian Parnell and wife Amy, Parkersburg, W.V.; a daughter, Shan-non Lane and husband Roy, Lamar; three sis-ters, Donna Jones and husband David, Lamar, Verna Jones and hus-band Martin, Lockwood and Karen White, Lamar; three grandsons, Austin Parnell, Cade Parnell and Isaac Parnell.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Joann Willit.

Mr. Parnell was born Feb. 15, 1946, at Lamar, to Billie Raymond and Nor-ma Irene (Sullivan) Par-nell. He was a 1964 grad-uate of Lockwood High School. He had worked as a machine setter and trainer for O’Sullivan In-dustries and was also a cattle farmer. He loved hunting and � shing and spending time with fam-ily. He was also a mem-ber of Bethlehem Baptist Church.

He married Marilyn Lee Taylor on March 25, 1966.

MARTHA JOAN REED

LAMAR-Services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at Cornerstone Baptist Church for Martha “Joan” Reed, 79, Lamar, who died Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. Minister Jack Slade o� ci-ated. Burial was in Mem-ory Gardens.

Pallbearers were Lara-mie Todd, Adam Neher, John Bu� ord, George Bu� ord, Andrew Reed, Nathan Reed, Derek Reed and Kyle O’Brien. Music and vocals were by Doug-las Gripka.

Memorial contributions may be made to Corner-stone Baptist Church.

� e obituary may be viewed and condolenc-es le� online at www.konantzwarden.com.

Survivors include two sons, Michael O’Brien and wife Michelle, Eldo-rado, Kan., and Philip Reed, Kansas City; � ve daughters, Jolene Buf-ford, Fairview, Beth Reed, Lamar, Amy Driskell and husband Bill, Reeds, Donna Fritzwater, Co-lumbus, Kan., and Megan Neher and husband Lynn, Jasper; 20 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren

and a sister, Donna Reed.She was preceded in

death by her husband, John; her parents; two grandchildren, Stefanie Blair Reed and Austin Reed, and a brother, Rog-er Schell.

Mrs. Reed was born July 19, 1934, in Jasper, to Floyd and Alice (Parker) Schell. She had held sev-eral jobs and a� er grad-uating high school she worked at the Carthage Five and Dime. She mar-ried John Reed at her par-ent’s home in Jasper. � ey farmed in Iantha and she was self-employed in the pet industry involving running of kennels and sales and transporta-tion. In addition to have their own children, they opened their home to fos-ter children.

LILLIAN E. GRACE

LAMAR-A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at Daniel Funeral Home for Lil-lian Elizabeth Grace, 81, Lamar, who died Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014, at her home. Rob Wilson will o� ciate.

� e family will receive friends from 6 p.m. until service time on Friday.

Contributions may be made to Lamar First Christian Church or Bar-ton County Senior Cen-ter, in care of the funeral home.

Condolences may be le� at www.danielfuner-alhome.net.

Survivors include a son, Charles Grace and wife Michelle, Lamar; three daughters, Kather-ine Marler, Lamar, Aleta L. Dunlap, Eagle Grove, Iowa and Minetta King and husband Gene, La-mar; a sister, Georgette Edith Perata, Killeen, Texas; four grandsons and one great-grandson.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Marjorie Alice Walentine, who died Nov. 22, 2012 and a grand-daughter, Katherine Eliz-abeth Boyer, who died in 1979.

Mrs. Grace was born Aug. 30, 1932, at Rocka-way, NY, to George Wil-liam and Marjorie Al-ice (Campbell) White. She was a homemaker, a member of the Eastern Star, Rebekah Lodge and White Shrine, as well as being a member of Lamar First Christian Church.

She married Donald L. Grace in December of 1953, at Jamaica, NY. He preceded her in death.

JOYCE ANN WILLET-HYCHE BARTON COUNTY SENIOR CENTER

LUNCH MENU: January 27-31MONDAY- Sausage

patties and gravy, oven hash browns, orange juice, biscuit, mixed fruit, co� ee/tea/milk.

TUESDAY- Chili with beans and shredded cheese, coleslaw, tomato juice, crackers, cinnamon roll, co� ee/tea/milk.

WEDNESDAY- Chick-en strips with gravy,

mashed potatoes, sliced carrots, wheat roll, cake with fruit, co� ee/tea/milk.

THURSDAY- Potato soup, chef salad, tomato juice, crackers, apple crisp, co� ee/tea/milk.

FRIDAY- Baked chick-en, parslied potatoes, buttered peas, wheat roll, apricots, co� ee/tea/milk.

RECORDSDEATHS & PAID MEMORIALS BRIEFS

All briefs are also posted on the calender at www.lamardemocrat.com.

THE LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL CLASS of 1974 will hold its 40th reunion planning meeting on � urs-day, Jan. 23, 5:30 p.m., at the Davis Insurance o� ce.THE BARTON COUNTY SINGING Convention will be held Sunday, Jan. 26, 2 p.m., at Bethel Church, 2 ½ miles west of I49/71 on 126. � is is a quarterly non-denominational singing fellowship and all are welcome to join in or just listen and enjoy.THE RETIRED EDUCATORS OF the Barton County Area will meet Wednesday, Feb. 5, at the Christian Church Fellowship Hall. George Nichols will be addressing the issue of preparing wills and trusts. Breakfast will be served at 8:30 a.m., with the meeting to begin at 9 a.m. Remember to bring non-perishable items for Nathan’s Place.VFW POST 3691 AND LADIES Auxiliary will meet Monday, Jan. 27, 7:30 p.m., in the basement of Lamar Memorial Hall. A potluck supper will be held before the meeting at 6:30 p.m. All veterans are welcome.FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF LAMAR will host its Men and Boys Night Out – Wild Game Feed on Saturday, Feb. 8, 6 p.m. Everything is free. � e guest speaker will be Ralph Duren, entertain-er, humorist, wildlife impersonator, outdoorsman, two-time Grand National Wild Turkey Gobbling Champion and First World Quail Calling Champi-on. RSVPs are appreciated, but not necessary. � e church is located at 1208 Walnut. For information call 417-682-2118.THE LAMAR CLASS OF 2016 WILL HOST a tail-gate for the boys and girls basketball games versus Liberal on Tuesday, Jan. 28, in the high school com-mons. � ere will be a choice of a loaded baked pota-to or Frito pie, along with a dessert and drink for $5.A SANCTITY OF LIFE MEMORIAL Service, sponsored by Lamar Ministerial Alliance and Bar-ton County Right to Life, will be observed Sunday, Jan. 26, 2 p.m., at Memorial Hall in Lamar. � e key-note speaker will be Danelle Howard with Life Choic-es. Baby shower donations will be accepted for Life Choices. Other speakers will be Mike Kelley and Ed Emery. For information call 417-682-2891 or 417-682-5817.GOLDEN HOMES NON-PROFIT will hold its an-nual board meeting on � ursday, Jan. 24, 6 p.m., in the Golden Homes community room in Golden City. � e meeting is open to the public.“RUN FOR GOD”, part Bible study and part train-ing program, will begin February 3 and � nish with a M4M 5k on May 3, in Lamar. Participants can po-tentially run their � rst 5K race in just 12 weeks and they will learn how the sport of running relates to their faith. � e cost is $35, $15 for the book and $20 for the entry fee. For information call Mark Myers at 417-262-3488.THE LAMAR CROSS COUNTRY TEAM will hold a ra� e to earn money for summer camp. � ere is a choice of buying one ticket for $1 or six for $5, for a Holland grill, a carved deer hunting knife or a Dan Marino rookie card. Tickets are on sale by the team members during home basketball games, or call Coach Rodney Baldridge at the high school. � e drawing will be held February 22.THE LAMAR COMMUNITY BETTERMENT Group meets monthly on the second Wednesday of each month at 12 noon, at the Wolf Center in Lamar. � e next meeting will be February 12. All commu-nity organizations are encouraged to join and share how their organization is making a di� erence in the Lamar community.THE BARTON COUNTY FEDERATED Republi-can Women’s Club will meet Monday, Jan. 27, 11:30 a.m., at Denny’s party room. Join them to help them plan this year’s activities.VERN YOUNG OF LAMAR WILL TURN 90 on February 10. Cards and letters can be sent to him in care of Countryside RV Park, Lot 153, 100 N. Valley View Rd., Donna, Texas 78537 or P.O. Box 93, La-mar, MO 64759.RICHLAND TOWNSHIP WILL MEET � ursday, Jan. 23, 1 p.m., at the home of clerk Dale Huber, 694 SE 40th Lane.THE 2014 LAMAR FREE FAIR DATES have been set for August 16-23.MARY K. FINLEY LIBRARY’S WINTER Reading Program for adults began on January 15 and will run through March 12. Earn prizes for reading! Stop by the library’s front desk for more information.A FREE MOVIE MATINEE WILL BE SHOWN at the Mary K. Finley Library in Lamar on Monday, Feb. 3, 1 p.m. Call the library at 682-5355 for movie title and details. Anyone over 18 is invited to attend. Re-freshments will be served.THE BARTON COUNTY SOILS & CROPS Con-ference is scheduled for � ursday, Jan. 23, 9 a.m., at � iebaud Auditorium in Lamar. Topics will include Economics of 100 Bu. Wheat, Understanding GMOs, Corn and Soybean Pollination, Cover Crop Manage-ment, the Crop Scouting Program, A� ordable Care Act and Farmers and a representative from the Soy-bean Association will speak. � ere is no charge for the conference, but to allow for adequate food prep-aration register by calling the Barton County Exten-sion o� ce at 417-682-3579 no later than January 20.BARTON COUNTY LIBRARY WILL o� er a free training class in Google Apps for PCs on � ursday, Jan. 23, 5 p.m. � ere will be a door prize.2013 BARTON COUNTY PLAT BOOKS may be purchased at the Barton County Commission Of-� ce at the Barton County Courthouse, 1004 Gulf St., Room 102, Lamar.

MENU

see DEATHS, page 4B


LAMAR-Services will be held at 2 p.m. today (Wednesday) at the La-mar United Methodist Church for Joyce Ann Willet-Hyche, who died Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, at her home with her family by her side.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice Compassus or Freeman Cancer Institute, in care of the funeral home.

Condolences may be left at www.danielfuner-alhome.net.

Survivors include a

son, Vince Enyeart and wife Sue, Lamar; two daughters, Angela En-yeart, Lamar, and Crystal Owens, St. Louis; her fa-ther, Eugene Willet; three brothers, Robert Willet and wife Nancy, Uvalde, Texas, Mike Willet and wife Brenda, Branson and Brian Willet and wife Jac-quie, Jasper; two sisters,

Jean Harrison, Lamar and Thelma Forkner and Bill Cackley, Lamar; three grandchildren, Kimberly McDowell and husband Chris, Taylor Stanton and Zachary Franklin and a great-grandson, Yuri Mc-Dowell.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Ruth Alaire.

Mrs. Willet-Hyche was born Feb. 22, 1951, in La-mar, to Eugene Herbert and Ruth Alaire (Moore) Willet. She was a 1969 graduate of Lamar High School and worked sev-eral jobs in her lifetime, with a full time career be-ing a mom and caring for family. She was an active member of Lamar United

Methodist Church where she faithfully served the Lord and others. She loved to crochet, dance, be outside, laugh and especially loved bring-ing smiles to the people around her. She was known for her bubbly spirit and was an inspira-tion to many.

RecoRds/legals

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE

For default in the payment of debt secured by a deed of trust executed by Travis W. Russell, dated March 18, 2011, and recorded on March 18, 2011, Document No. 2011-391 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, Barton County, Missouri, the undersigned Successor Trustee will on January 27, 2014, at 12:00 PM, at the East Front Door of the Barton County Courthouse, Lamar, Missouri, sell at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash:

ALL OF LOT FIVE (5) IN SHARON'S FIRST ADDITION TO THE CITY OF LAMAR, BARTON COUNTY, MISSOURI., commonly known as 1207 East 10th Street, Lamar, MO, 64759

subject to all prior easements, restrictions, reservations, covenants and encumbrances now of record, if any, to satisfy the

debt and costs.South & Associates, P.C., Successor TrusteeFirst Publication: January 1, 2014. For more information, visit www.southlaw.com

NOTICEPursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no information concerning the collection of this debt may be given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose (Casefile No. 162603 / Invoice No. 162603-669848).

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NOTICE OFTRUSTEE'S SALE

For default in the payment of debt secured by a deed of trust executed by Tammy D. Deherrera,

dated April 13, 2006, and recorded on April 13, 2006, Document No. 2006-635 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, Barton County, Missouri, the undersigned Successor Trustee will on January 27, 2014, at 12:00 PM, at the East Front Door of the Barton County Courthouse, Lamar, Missouri, sell at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash:

All of Lot Ten (10), in RICE'S SUBDIVISION to the City of Lamar, in Barton County, Missouri, commonly known as 605 Arthur Aull Road, Lamar, MO, 64759

subject to all prior easements, restrictions, reservations, covenants and encumbrances now of

record, if any, to satisfy the debt and costs.South & Associates, P.C., Successor TrusteeFirst Publication: January 1, 2014. For more information, visit www.southlaw.com

NOTICEPursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no information concerning the collection of this debt may be given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose (Casefile No. 78348 / Invoice No. 78348-674847).

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF BARTON COUNTY, MISSOURIPROBATE DIVISION

In the Estate of: Darrel Ralph Throckmorton, Deceased. Wm. G.

McCaffree, Personal Representative. Case No. 13B4-PR00049.NOTICE OF FILING OF

FINAL SETTLEMENT AND PETITION FOR

816 W. 12th, Westview CenterLamar, Missouri 64759

417-682-6543 • www.realtor.com

CONNEE FORRESTER REALTY, LLC

YOUNG THREE BEDROOM, 2 Bath has open, split bedroom fl oor plan. CH&CA plus pellet stove. Handicap friendly. Unique covered patio, partially fenced and well landscaped. 2 car attached garage.

AWAKE to one of the neatest, cleanest 3 bed-room homes available at a modest price. Large KIT/Dining combination, recently updated bath. Low maintenance exterior. Great lot close to Lamar schools.

3-4 Bdrm, 1.5 ba, partial bsmt, newer CH/A & roof, lg corner lot.2-Story cottage, 2B, 1.5 ba, arched doorways. Frpl, great yard.

GREAT BUY close to Lamar City Lake: 3 Bdrm, 2.5 bath. Formal and casual living areas. Fireplace. Anderson windows. Newer roof, CH/A. Oversized attached garage. Fenced back yard, mature shade trees.

TWO ACRES, THREE BEDROOM, 1 bath. Spacious Kitchen-Dining combina-tion. Large Living Room. Appliances sell with home. Patio. Detached 2 car garage. Rural water. Golden City schools. $33,000.

RECENT AND EXTENSIVE REMODEL: Three Bedroom, 1.5 bath has two large family areas, one with fi replace. Plenty of hardwoods, also fi le, carpets. New garage/shop, plus car-port. Corner lot, North Lamar location.

HISTORIC BEAUTY REMAINS in 4 Bdrm, 2 bath with long list of updates. Family-sized Kit/Dining. 25' living room. Lots of storage room. Front porch, sun bathed offi ce. 44' x 20' gar/shop w/Twister Safe. Covered RV parking.

PARADISE FOUND: Approx 35 acres of natural wonderland surrounds this move-in-ready Four Bedrm, 3 ba, home (approx. 2100 sf). Beautiful KIT, formal dining, 2 living areas. Front and rear decks, 40’x30’ heated gar/shop, 3 ponds. Fruit, nut and ornamental trees. Hunt to your heart’s content.

see LEGALS, page 5B

LEGALS

Deaths, continued from page 3B

Lamar Democrat, Lamar, MO www.lamardemocrat.com Wednesday, January 22, 2014 • 5B

LegaLs/cLassifiedsDISTRIBUTION

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF:

Darrel Ralph Throckmorton, DeceasedYou are hereby notified that the undersigned Personal Representative will file a Final Settlement and Petition for determination of the persons who are the successors in interest to the personal and real property of the decedent and of the extent and character of their interest therein and for distribution of such property, in the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Barton County, Missouri, on January 31, 2014, or as may be continued by the Court, and that any objections or exceptions to such Final Settlement or Petition or any item thereof must be in writing and filed within twenty days after the filing of such Final Settlement.

/s/ Wm. G. McCaffreeWm. G. McCaffree,

MO Bar #16621128 1/2 W. Walnut,

P.O. Box 244Nevada, MO 64772TEL 417-667-2211FAX 417-667-6111

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NOTICE OFTRUSTEE'S SALE

For default in the payment of debt secured by a deed of trust executed by Sarah M. Thomason and Jeremy E. Thomason, dated November 30, 2009, and recorded on December 1, 2009, Document No. 2009-1577 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds,

Barton County, Missouri, the undersigned Successor Trustee will on February 3, 2014, at 12:00 PM, at the East Front Door of the Barton County Courthouse, Lamar, Missouri, sell at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash:

All of the North 60 feet of Lot Four (4), in Block Eleven (11), M.N. Wills 5th Addition, to the City of Lamar, Barton County, Missouri., commonly known as 1706 Poplar Street, Lamar, MO, 64759

subject to all prior easements, restrictions, reservations, covenants and encumbrances now of record, if any, to satisfy the debt and costs.South & Associates, P.C., Successor TrusteeFirst Publication: January 8, 2014. For more information, visit www.southlaw.com

NOTICEPursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no information concerning the collection of this debt may be given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose (Casefile No. 148312 / Invoice No. 148312-

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TRUSTEE’S SALEIN RE: Justin P. Weis, a single person Trustee’s Sale:For default in payment of debt and performance of obligation secured by Deed of Trust executed by Justin P. Weis, a single person dated July 21, 2008 and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Barton County, Missouri as Document Number 2008-1051 the undersigned Successor Trustee, at the request of the legal holder of said Note will on Wednesday, February 5, 2014 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., (at the specific time of 4:55 PM), at the West Front Door of the Court House, City of Lamar, County of Barton, State of Missouri, sell at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash the following described real estate, described in said Deed of Trust, and situated in Barton County, State of Missouri, to wit: A TRACT COMMENCING AT A POINT 180 FEET EAST AND 252 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION NINETEEN (19), TOWNSHIP THIRTY-TWO (32), RANGE THIRTY (30), IN THE CITY OF LAMAR, BARTON COUNTY, MISSOURI, AND RUNNING THENCE EAST 150 FEET, THENCE NORTH 78 FEET,

THENCE WEST 150 FEET, THENCE SOUTH 78 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. SUBJECT TO ALL EASEMENTS, AGREEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD.to satisfy said debt and cost.

MILLSAP & SINGER, P.C.,

Successor Trustee612 Spirit Drive

St. Louis, MO 63005(636) 537-0110

File No: 138730.020514.317749 FC

NoticePursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no information concerning the collection of this debt may be given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF BARTON COUNTY, MISSOURIPROBATE DIVISION

In the Estate of DONALD EUGENE DICKERHOOF Deceased Estate No. 13B4-PR00041NOTICE OF FILING OF

FINAL SETTLEMENT AND PETITION FOR

DISTRIBUTIONTO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF DONALD EUGENE DICKERHOOF, Deceased: Case No. 13B4-PR00041You are hereby notified that

the undersigned Personal Representative will file a Final Settlement and Petition for determination of the persons who are the successors in interest to the personal/real property of the decedent and of the extent and character of their interest therein and for distribution of such property, in the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Barton County, Missouri, on February 20, 2014 or as may be continued

by the Court, and that any objections or exceptions to such Final Settlement or Petition or any item thereof must be in writing and filed within twenty days after the filing of such Final Settlement.JAMES V. NICHOLSNICHOLS & NICHOLS206 West 10th StreetLamar, Missouri(417) 682-6003MARCY MORRISPersonal Representative

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CLASSIFIEDS

Legals, continued from page 4B

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Special Notices

Alcoholics Anony-mous meets every Sunday, 5 p.m., in the basement of Lamar Memorial Hall, 1104 Broadway. All meetings are nonsmoking.

Narcotics Anonymous Meetings - Wednes-days, 7:30 p.m., 1104 Broadway, Memorial Hall Basement.

Services Offered

Appliance Repair. Ap-

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A special “Thank You” to our family, friends and neighbors who remembered us with cards, telephone calls and gifts for our 57th wedding anniversary. Thank you to all.

Jack & Allene Noll


SportS/School

Looking back at another successful cross country campaign

By CHRIS MORROWLamar Democrat

The Lamar Tigers came off their Class 2 state championship cross country campaign in 2012 with another strong performance last fall. The Tigers were able to suc-cessfully defend their Big 8 Conference title making it three in a row with the victory at East Newton.

Zane Hull took third in the conference meet and Nicholas Ray finished fifth to earn first team all conference honors. Pey-ton Bailey finished ninth to earn second team honors. A trio of Tiger runners finished 17, 18 and 19, Jasper Messner, Jesse Compton and Chase Moore respectively.

The Tigers hosted the Class 2 District 7 meet at the Lamar Country Club and took advantage of the familiar terrain. Kaden Overstreet won the dis-

trict meet, while Hull fin-ished fourth and Ray fifth. Compton finished 24th and Bailey 26th.

The Tigers returned to Oak Hills Country Club in Jefferson City for the state champion-ship meet and Overstreet crossed the finish line first to become the state cham-pion. The junior jumped out to a lead 800 meters into the 3.1 mile race and never relinquished it. Ray, a sophomore, and Hull (a junior) also both earned all state honors by finish-ing in the top 25, taking 15th and 19th respec-tively.

Top times for the run-ners were as follows: Overstreet - 16:21.99, Ray - 16:39, Hull - 16:51, Bai-ley (a sophomore) - 17:49, Messner (a freshman) - 18:57, Compton (a fresh-man) - 18:51, Moore (a sophomore) 18:55. In all 12 boys ran for Rodney Baldridge's team.

Once again sophomore Kaelyn Sturgell led the Lady Tigers runners. Unfortunately the Lady Tigers were unable to defend their conference title because they only had four runners take part. Sturgell took third, while junior Josie Kaderly finished 23rd and junior Harley Hunt 26th. Senior Ida Aslanishvili took 28th.

Sturgell earned a spot at state by taking fourth in the district. Kaderly fin-ished 30th and Hunt 40th at districts.

Sturgell finished 57th at Jefferson City. Her top time on the season was 20:45. Kaderly's was 24:30 while Hunt's was 28:46. Aslanishvili ran a 32:57.

With only two seniors graduating from this year's teams, Kevin Clem-ents and Aslanishvili, the Tigers should be strong again next year.

The Lamar Lady Tigers won their second game of the season Tuesday when Dale Patton's crew ham-mered McAuley 46-16 Tuesday night.

The Lady Tigers stingy defense allowed only three second half points

to move to 2-5 on the sea-son. It was a team effort with nine players making their way into the scoring column. Chynna Moore led the team with nine points. Ryan O'Sullivan and Shelby Haskins each added eight.

The win came as the Lady Tigers were able to rebound from a 74-48 loss at home to Stockton.

The Lady Tigers will be taking part in the Stock-ton Tournament this week.

Lamar eighth grade boy’s basketball team wins first

The Lamar Middle School eighth grade boy’s basketball team won first place in the 2014 Greenfield Jr. High Invitational Tournament held January 10-18. Coached by Tim Tim-mons, the boys brought home the

first place plaque by defeating Stockton 60-14, Lockwood 46-20 and Greenfield 40-30.

The eighth grade team also brought home a victory against Seneca on Janu-ary 14, defeating them 58-27.

Lamar Democrat/Chris MorrowLamar’s Shelby Haskins cuts through the defense on her way to a basket

during a home game last week.

Lady Tigers win

Pictured are, back row, left to right, Hayden Bartholomew, Michael Jones, Will Medley, Mark Venable and Michael Danner; front row, Caleb Jeffries, Josiah Begley, Aaron Moenning, Stuart McKarus, Parker King and Garrett Morey. Not pictured are Ian Moore, Anthony McCulloch and Taylor Messner.

Sheldon homecoming candidates

SHELDON-Home-coming for Sheldon R-8 School District will be Friday, Jan. 24, with the Panthers in action against the Hume Hornets. The varsity girls game will begin at 5:30 p.m., with the varsity boys to follow.

Candidates include Morgan Compton, a senior that was nomi-nated by the boys’ bas-ketball team. She is the daughter of Mike

and Carolyn Compton. Her escort will be Reed Worsley, son of Boyd and Christy Worsley.

The Student Coun-cil nominated Chelsey Goodwin, a senior. She is the daughter of Tim and Tammy Goodwin and her escort will be Corey Baney, son of Larry and Amy Baney.

The girls’ basketball team nominated Melissa Handle, a junior candi-date. She is the daughter of Phil and Eva Hart and

her escort will be Cody Hicks, son of George Hicks and Melissa Kurtz.

The cheerleaders nomi-nated Beth Spencer, a junior candidate. She is the daughter of Joe and Audra Spencer and her escort will be Trenton Heckadon, son of James Heckadon and the late Joyce Heckadon.

Coronation will be held immediately following the varsity boys game. A dance with a DJ will last until 11:30 p.m.

Lamar R-I board hears technology presentation and a patron’s concern about Common Core State Standards


LAMAR-Technology in the classroom was dem-onstrated in a presenta-tion near the start of the Lamar R-I Board of Edu-cation’s monthly meet-ing, January 16. Teacher Ann Kelley conducted the presentation, assisted by student Megan Wil-son. A number of student produced videos were in-cluded.

Superintendent Dr. Zach Harris updated the board on progress being made on new building construction, which has now moved into phase two.

After routine reports from building principals, the meeting turned to a presentation from Jamie Shaver, a local resident who had asked to be included on the meet-ing’s agenda. She and her husband have lived in Lamar for three and one-half years and have four children attending Lamar schools. In ad-dressing the board, she expressed concern about the Common Core State Standards, an educa-tion initiative that has become the latest educa-tion reform and has been widely adopted across the

country. To date, 45 states have adopted Common Core or are in the process of doing so. Missouri is one of the 45 states, and Lamar R-I is one of the several hundred Missouri school districts that has signed on to implement the standards. According to Dr. Harris, Lamar R-I agreed to adopt the stan-dards approximately two years ago. Other school districts in the area that have committed to imple-mentation include Bro-naugh, Greenfield, Jasper, Joplin, Lockwood, and Stockton. Dr. Harris says East Newton is the only school district in the state to refuse the standards.

In her presentation, Shaver asserted that Common Core seeks to destroy local control of education and is not a state led initiative as it claims to be. She adds that the U.S. Department of Education has appropri-ated $4.35 billion for ed-ucation grants, and with federal money comes federal control. She went on to say that Common Core would destroy the last thread of teacher freedom. Common stan-dards will result in com-mon tests and a common curriculum, and teach-ers will be forced into

preparing students for standardized tests rather than meeting students individual needs. She as-serted, “I am absolutely not against improving standards, but common standards do not produce results, teachers and stu-dents do.”

After the meeting, the Democrat asked Dr. Har-ris to comment on Com-mon Core and its imple-mentation. He said, “Just like any new education standard, effective imple-mentation will take some time. Numerous educa-tors across the state have worked to help develop the Missouri Learning Standards (as Common Core is known in Mis-souri), and I’m hopeful that once implemented, all our students and teachers will benefit.”

He went on to say, “As long as local school boards continue to have control over curriculum being taught, I believe our schools will continue to be a great place for our students to learn.”

Shaver told the Demo-crat that a town hall meeting about Common Core State Standards will be held near the end of February. The time and location of the meeting will be announced later.

1-22-14 Lamar Democrat

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