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Celebrate Easter in

Golden CityGOLDEN CITY-The Im-

manuel Lutheran Church Golden City Satellite will celebrate Easter with a Gold-en City Community Easter Egg Hunt and Easter Sunrise Service.

The Easter egg hunt will be held Saturday, April 4, 1 p.m., at the Golden City Park. The hunt is for ages two through fifth grade. On Easter Sunday, April 5, a sunrise service will be held in the Golden City Commu-nity Building at 8:30 a.m., followed by breakfast.

Everyone is welcome to attend these Easter celebra-tions.

There will be several Easter egg hunts this year, with the ones that we know of being listed below:

The Eagles Club No. 4405 of Lamar will hold their an-nual hunt on Sunday, April 5, 3 p.m. The Eagles aerie is on E. Hwy. 160.

Orscheln's Farm & Home of Lamar will hold its annual hunt on Saturday, April 4, 10 a.m. There will be three dif-ferent age groups. Orcheln's is located at 805 W. 12th St.

An Easter egg hunt, spon-sored by Immanuel Luther-an Church Golden City Sat-ellite, will be held Saturday, April 4, 1 p.m., at the Golden City Park. This hunt is for ages two through fifth grade.

The Lamar Elks will hold its annual Easter egg hunt on Saturday, April 4, begin-ning at Noon, at the Lamar City Park. Children ages in-fant to 12 years are invited to hunt in areas designed by age groups. After the egg hunt the Elks will have a hot dog lunch for the hunters and families at the enclosed shelter.

On March 13, the Democrat mailed surveys to the two candidates for mayor of Lamar. The surveys contained five questions that have a bearing on the city’s future. A picture of the candidates was an option if they chose to send one. The deadline for returning the surveys to the Democrat was March 23, and all responses to the questions were to be printed in our April 1 issue. The questions and the candidates’ responses appear below.

Candidate Name:

Tom Shields

Q. Should the city aggressively pursue the elimination of nui-sance structures?

A. It takes several months to have a structure legally re-moved. We have to follow a city ordinance. This gives the own-ers time to refurbish or remove the nuisance structure first. We need the owners to accept their responsibility and fix the prob-lem without burdening the tax-payer. Lamar allocated $30,000 in the 2014-2015 budget to de-molish structures. $13,580 plus grant money was used to re-move the old Gilkey building on

the square. I want to keep our city a nice place to own a home and the kind of city people want to come in and live.

Q: How and when should the city go about improving Gulf Street from 12th Street south to the BNSF Railroad?

A: There are two choices: 1. Grind down two lanes of Gulf Street and repave for approxi-mately $50,000. We were go-ing to do this in the 2014-2015 budget but had to replace the bridge on Gulf Street at a cost of $120,000. The state down-graded the bridge weight limit from 40 to 15 tons, and we felt replacement was important due to safety issues.2. We could take the street down to the base and replace infrastructure (water lines, sewer, gutter, sidewalks, etc.). This would be million dol-lar project and would need to be completed in phases to do it without a loan.

Q: What do you feel is the best way to improve the city’s drinking water?

A. What do you feel is the best way to pay for such improve-ments? There have been many improvements over the years. We added three aeration pumps at the intake and treat the lake to control algae. The basins at the water plant have been cov-ered to prevent growth of algae. Other options would be to try reverse osmosis treatment (this should further reduce the taste and odor) or drill two wells. The wells would have to be drilled outside of the sulfur vein and piped to town. With those op-tions we would need to increase our water bill to pay for it.

Q: Should the city of Lamar renew its effort to annex Lamar Heights?

A: Explain your answer. No, the city of Lamar approached Lamar Heights in 1999 with a proposal to consolidate with Lamar. In the proposal Lamar would provide police and fire protection, make sewer connec-tion available to residence and business, sanitation pickup two times a week, seasonal services (leaves, limb and snow removal) landfill and city disposal area west of park, along with street maintenance. Lamar Heights rejected the proposal. I feel it is up to their board to initiate consolidation with Lamar, but it must be beneficial to the city of

Lamar, too.

Q: The total cash reserves of the city, including all checking accounts and investments, as of January 31, 2015, had an aggre-gate balance of $4,543,025. Is this sufficient to meet the city’s needs in the event of an emergency?

A: Most cities, including La-mar, like to keep a 25 percent re-serve of the annual budget. With the current amount, we would operate over four months. In an emergency, we would reduce spending until we were able to operate with an incoming cash flow. In December of 2007, our ice storm damage totaled $1,500,000. The city paid all ex-penses before being reimbursed by FEMA and SEMA. We had “out of pocket” for the city for a total of $12,000 after FEMA and SEMA claims were paid. We have city employees who have been trained to fill out FEMA and SEMA paperwork correctly. This could be as important as having the money in reserve.

Candidate Name:

Kent HarrisQ: Should the city more aggres-

sively pursue the elimination of nuisance structures?

A: Yes. My campaign flyer I have had in circulation for some time indicated this as one of the six priorities and why change is needed. Historically speak-ing, Lamar city budgets had no funds set aside for nuisance structures. However, last year’s budget designated $60,000 to help with clean up primarily for a few large projects. The current nuisance budget is now only $30,000. If we are serious about elevating Lamar to attract new families and businesses we need to devote additional resources towards this process than cur-rently provided. Lastly, we need

Lamar Democrat/Richard CooperMayoral candidate Kent Harris chatted with George

Sheat, left, and Robert Stump, right, during a recent visit to the Lamar Senior Center. Neither Sheat nor Stump is a Lamar resident and can’t vote in the mayoral election, but that didn’t seem to matter to Harris.

Kent Harris, candidate for Lamar mayor, visits senior center

see SURVEY, page 6A

Proposition 1 explainedBy RICHARD COOPERDemocrat staff writer

In the forthcoming April 7 general municipal election, Barton County voters will be asked to approve Proposition 1, placed on the ballot by the board of trustees of Barton County Memorial Hospital. Proposition 1 is a request by the hospital’s board of trustees to increase the current tax levy (which is at its allowable limit) by 32.49 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation. The cur-rent levy is 10.83 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation, which has never changed since the hospital opened in 1949. If Proposition 1 is approved in the April 7 election, the board of trustees will be authorized to increase the levy to 43.32 cents on each $100 of assessed valu-ation. The board may not use

all of that increase, but it will have the legal authority to do so.

What will such a levy in-crease amount to in increased taxes? That will vary from one taxpayer to another. As pure-ly a single example, let’s con-sider a homeowner whose home has an assessed value of $90,000. The formula for figuring the tax on that home would be $90,000 x 19 per-cent (.19), divided by 100, x the amount of the levy, which would be $0.4332. However, if the board does not choose to use all of the authorized increase, only the portion used would be the levy.

It should be remembered that the levy applies not only to real estate, but also to per-sonal property.

A simple majority is re-quired for approval.

BCMH makes case for Proposition 1 in Liberal forum

By RICHARD COOPERDemocrat staff writer

LIBERAL-About 20 Liberal area residents, plus three mem-bers of the board of trustees of Barton County Memorial Hospital (BCMH), attended an informational forum, March 26, in Liberal’s Kneeland Cen-ter. While presented in an in-formational format, the forum was designed to garner support for Proposition 1, which will be on the April 7 election bal-lot. Proposition 1 would raise the property tax levy by 32 and one-half cents on each $100 of assessed valuation. All of the additional revenue would go toward meeting operat-ing expenses of the financially troubled county-owned hospi-tal. Paul Stebbins, emergency services director, served as spokesman.

Fifty-one percent of BCMH’s income comes from Medicare reimbursement from the fed-eral government. From 2005 to April 1, 2013, the reimburse-ment was at 101 percent of the cost of providing services to Medicare patients. When the federal government imposed sequestration in 2013, Medi-care reimbursement was re-duced to 99 percent.

Reimbursement for health-care services provided to per-

sons under the state operated Medicaid program make up approximately 14 percent of BCMH services provided in 2014.

In the same year, the hos-pital expended $1,632,025 in providing medical ser-vices to persons who had no insurance coverage of any kind. The property tax levy is designed to cover these ex-penses. However, this leaves $1,445,601 of such costs that must be absorbed into the operations of the hospital. The projected property tax revenue is only $186,424. Since BCMH is a tax sup-ported public hospital, it must provide emergency ser-vices to any persons requir-ing them regardless of their ability to pay.

The question must be raised about changing pub-lic support for the hospi-tal from a property tax to a sales tax. It is possible, but difficult. The governor must be petitioned to allow it. If he approves it, the request must take the form of a bill to be introduced by a legisla-tor in the General Assembly. It must then be referred to the appropriate committees for public hearings in both see BCMH, page 5A

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2015

CLUB NOTES

“Of all the forms of tyranny, the least

attractive and the most vulgar is the tyranny

of mere wealth.”

SheldonBy DARLENE

SHERIDAN

While watching PBS, I enjoyed the story of the Monarch Butterfly and found it very interesting. With the beautiful spring weather last weekend, it was a timely program.

Vernon County voters will be voting on an is-sue to discontinue a sales tax on vehicles. This will adversely affect the funds coming into the county. In order to continue the tax collection you must vote no.

Sheldon R-8 Schools held the science fair last week and a number of friends and families stopped by to view the in-teresting displays.

Micah Swanson, se-nior, was named to the All-Conference 1st Team Boys Basketball Team, while Cody Hicks, senior, was named to 2nd team.

Micah Swanson also place first at the annual Midwest Technical Insti-tute High School Welding Competition in Spring-field and received a cash prize.

Paul and Phyllis Sp-renkle and Jimmy Dale and Judy Fast attended the birthday celebration of Paul and Judy’s 94 year old Uncle George in Sub-lette, Kan. over the week-end.

Breanna Sheridan of Columbia spent the weekend with me and on Sunday she did a photo shot for a family gather-ing.

The Sheldon Library Board met Saturday, March 21, and will con-tinue to collect Best Choice labels to benefit the library.

On March 23, the Shel-don Community Bet-terment group hosted a Meet the Candidate fo-rum. John Kirbey, John Robert Scifers, Josh Bean and Robert Moran asked

questions about why they were running and what they hoped to see hap-pen in Sheldon. Debbie Huggins was unable to attend, but submitted her responses that were read to the audience. The elec-tion is April 7 for mayor and city council mem-bers, as well as school board members, Dry-wood Township mem-bers and tax issues.

The next meeting of Sheldon Community Bet-terment will be April 27, with the discussion to be held on the damaged and deteriorating buildings in Sheldon.

The March food pantry was held March 24, with approximately 105 house-holds receiving food.

The Sheldon Jr. /Sr. Prom was held Saturday evening, March 28, at the school.

For-get-me-notsBy GAIL LEAMING

I am trying to decide who is trying to get tired first. Dorothy Miller or me. I read her notes of what she is doing and I am exhausted. Hurry up and get done Dorothy, we need to travel. Sharon is getting tired of waiting on us. Kamala and Anastazia are sure keeping the road hot to my house to work. They have now finished all the painting in the din-ing room, front room and utility room. I think Ka-mala left last night about 2 a.m. The workmen are coming in on Monday to lay the floors and it made sense to paint before the floors were down. I am so lucky to have free work-ers.

Clea Kleeman stopped by to take some pictures of my cars to get renewed insurance and we had a nice visit. I got to hear all about her trip to Sa-

die’s wedding shower in northeast Missouri. Chi-Chi and Jay Steele, to her and Louis. She got to see some new country as a passenger that way. The count down is on for Clea and Kamala for school to be out and I heard how they can’t wait. It has been a long cold year to fight the weather to get to school.

Went to Cooky's at the radio station's coffee stop. I think I heard this is their ninth straight year and the first time I had been. Went to Red Oak 2 Satur-day night for a little while, but hurried home to see what the painters were up to. I hear that Randy Banta is doing better and back to work. Janis Mar-ten is also on her way to recovery and out of ICU. The neighborhood is glad for some good news.

My grass is starting to grow. Clea said she just wasn’t ready to start mow-ing yet, even if Mother Nature was trying to get her out. She had a break in running this week, but I guess that she is back in the game this Saturday. I went to the Y to swim this week. My arm did al-right, but my foot told me it wasn’t ready to jump up and down on the concrete yet. I guess the broken foot wasn’t as far along as I thought. I sure miss the water though. I got the weirdest letter from the Oklahoma turnpike that said I had driven in the pikepass lane on the Creek turnpike, but they were not giving me a ticket just a warning. It had a picture of my car and license. I have the toll tickets and the time is the same time I was on the Oklahoma turnpike, between Oklahoma City and Tulsa. I have been trying to decide how I was in two places at the same time and when I had even been on the Creek turnpike. Evelyn Gasper do you have any clue? You and Clea were

with me at the same time.Kellie and Russ Leam-

ing came in for a stop to see how I was doing and what I was doing. They had come down to take care of Kellie’s grand-mother in Republic and run some errands for her. Wrenn is starting on his masters and Ariel is fin-ishing up on her BA this year. Anastazia is taking her exams this week in her classes. Everyone is either working at a school or going to one it seems. I even have nieces, Lynnett and Michelle Kleeman, working at the schools in Miller and Lockwood. Oh yes, a great nephew in Neosho, Mark Leaming in Webb City and several retired cousins and aunts that have retired from teaching. All I can say is this family sure supports the education system.

Diane Logan stopped by the other day and we had a nice visit. Come back soon; maybe my house won’t look like it did. Clea told me it really needed a cleaning with all the fur-niture stacked up.

Thought for the day... Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer you get to the end, the faster it goes. Live a great one!

Maxine's Musings

By MAXINE MORIN

Daughter Donna drove me to an appointment last week. It was a nice treat to see the various colors and heights of Daffodils nodding their heads as if to say, “Good morning!

Have a good day”. Next we passed a group of daz-zling yellow bushes with branches bowing down. Made me think they were saying, “Come again”. Then there is the Bradford Pears covered with white petals. Lovely. Have you noticed the trees along the path on the west side of the courthouse? They are always so gorgeous, with clouds of snow white blossoms. Take time to notice, Spring is a pretty time of year.

Wasn't that hail some-thing last Tuesday (a week ago) that covered the ground? As I looked out, it reminded me of popping corn in a skil-let. The hail was about the size of popcorn (at least it looked that way from my door) and it bounced as it hit the ground, like letting the lid slip on your skillet of popcorn. The ground was white until it started raining.

The old saying, “The squeaky wheels gets the grease” proved true for me. I was writing about leaving the morning newspaper out during

those cold, stormy days. I was not really complain-ing, just telling it like it was. Melody, the Lamar Democrat editor, picked up on it and made special trips to my house each morning, bringing up the paper. “Thanks a bunch, Melody”.

Congratulations to Henry and Carolyn Taff-ner, who celebrated their 50th wedding anniver-sary with a reception on Sunday, March 28, at the Milford Christian Church.

Henry's mother, Jane Taffner, and I worked at “Big Smith Overall Fac-tory” for several years. I also knew his father, Johnny Taffner.

Since Spring has sprung for another year, I will pass along a hint that I read. This is for gardens or flower beds. To keep the squirrels, rabbits and raccoons out of your plants, sprinkle with cay-enne pepper. The article stated that it would not hurt the plants. We will see!

Pray for our military troops. Until next time...

LAMAR COUNTRY CLUB

LADIES ASSOCIATION

Rosalee Potter was the hostess for Bridge on Tues-day, March 24. The win-ners were Joann Jones, first and Sondra Riegel, second.

The hostess for March 31 is scheduled to be Mar-garet Wattenbarger, with Dorothy Roberts to be the hostess on Tuesday, April 7.

BARTON COUNTY

FEDERATED REPUBLICAN

WOMEN & MEN ASSOCIATES

The Barton County Fed-erated Republican Women & Men Associates meet on the fourth Monday of each month. The January program was on scams that were occurring in the community, with Ron Hager speaking. The Feb-ruary program was Judd Chesnut with Lamar En-terprises, speaking on re-cycling.

The March 23 meeting was at the Lamar United Methodist Church. Prayer and the Pledge of Alle-giance were led by chap-lain Barba Parrish, with Maxine Rader welcoming the visitors to the meeting. The informative program centered around the April ballot for Barton County. Tom Shields and Kent Harris, both running for the mayoral race, were in-troduced. Randy Day and Jaimie Shaver spoke re-garding the Lamar School Board race. Paul Stebbins, Amy Neher and Karen We-gener, representing Barton County Memorial Hospi-tal, explained the hospi-tal levy on the upcoming ballot. Stebbins presented a slide show presentation regarding the need for change, as government funds have decreased the last three years. The property tax levy for 2015 is $0.1083/$100 taxable property valuation. The re-quested additional proper-ty tax levy is $0.3249/$100 taxable property valuation. The hospital has about 200 employees.

The Barton County Courthouse is now open for early absentee voting. All were encouraged to make sure their neighbors had a ride to the polls on

election day.Old business consisted

of paying yearly dues of $20 for the women and $5 for the men associates. For information or to pay contact Kristina Crockett, treasurer.

In new business, it was reported that three women would be attending the 4th District women's meet-ing on Saturday, April 18, at the Stockton Christian Church in Cedar County.

The next meeting will be April 27 (the fourth Mon-day of the month), with the time and place to be announced at a later date.

All were encouraged to vote on election day!

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EasterBy REV. GALEN

FRIEDRICHSGrace Lutheran

Church

When we celebrate Easter, what are we cel-ebrating? The answer depends on who you are. For those outside the church it is nothing more than a time to get together to eat, drink and visit with friends and family. Such times and activities are im-portant as we recon-nect with one another. For many there will be elaborate meals, choco-late bunnies and col-ored eggs. These have nothing to do with Eas-ter. The problem with understanding Easter is that it, like many church festivals, has become a secular holiday en-crusted and overshad-owed with the trappings of this world. We aren’t even sure where the name “Easter” comes from. There are a lot of theories and a lot of ar-guments, but the name’s origin remains as mys-terious as the traditions that accompany it.

The church prefers the name, “The Feast of the Resurrection of Our

Lord.” The church cele-brates the fact that the Son of God, who died upon the cross bearing and atoning for the sins of the world, rose from the dead. He died, His body was laid in the tomb, He physically rose from the dead and He presented Himself alive to the women, to the apostles and to 500 brethren at one time (Matt 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, John 20-21, Acts 1:1-11, 10:39-43, 1 Cor 15:1-8). The church re-joices that the Son of God became flesh and blood (Matt 1:18-25, 16:13-23, 27:50-54, Mark 1:1, 15:37-39, Luke 1:26-38, John 1:1-18, 3:16-18, 5:16-18, 6:35-45, 66-69, 8:48-59, 10:22-39, 20:19-31). She rejoices that the Son of God atoned for her by His death upon the cross (Matt 20:28, Mark 10:45, John 1:29, 1 Cor 5:7). She rejoices that Her beloved rose from the dead. She will rejoice forever, for her beloved will gather her to Himself to live in bliss with Him forever.

The Feast of the Resur-rection of Our Lord is not a one day event; it’s a three-day event (the Triduum). It begins on Thursday evening, which in bibli-cal time is the beginning of Friday and ends on

Sunday evening. It begins with the institution of the Lord’s Supper, Jesus’ last will and testament, where He gives to the church His body and blood: born of Mary, sacrificed upon the cross and risen from the dead (Matt 26:26-30, Mark 14:22-26, Luke 22:14-20, 1 Cor 11:23-26, Heb 9:16-22). It includes His betrayal (Matt 26:1-5, 14-16, 20-25, 47-50), con-demnation (Matt 26:57-68, 27:24-26) and death upon the cross, where He atoned for the sins of the world (John 1:29, 19:28-37). It includes His burial when He rested in the tomb, fulfilling the Sab-bath and sanctifying the graves of His saints (Matt 27:62-66, Luke 23:56, John 19:31-37, 42). It includes His physical resurrection, which is attested by many witnesses. It culminates in His appearance to the apostles when He ordains them as His apostles (John 20:19-37).

The church gathers on Sunday, the day of her Lord’s resurrection. She gathers, for on that day Jesus fulfilled the prom-ise He had made to His apostles three days earlier. In the upper room, during the institution of the Lord’s Supper, He told them that

He would be separated from them, the world would rejoice, they would be sorrowful, but their sorrow would be turned to joy for He would return for them (John 20:19-31, 14:1-3, 18-24, 16:16-24). He was separated from them when He was ar-rested, tried, crucified, dead and buried. But on the third day He rose and came for them, appear-ing to them as they hid behind locked doors. He showed them His hands and side and their sorrow was turned to joy. A week later, again on Sunday, Thomas, who was absent, was also with them. Jesus appeared again showing Thomas His hands and inviting him to put his fingers in His side. Now Thomas makes the great confession, “My Lord and my God” (John 20:24-31). Seven weeks after the res-urrection at the Feast of Pentecost, Jesus sent the Holy Spirit, who began to gather the church from all the nations under the sun (Acts 1:1-8, 2:1-15, 36-42, John 15:26-27). Pentecost was a Sunday festival, al-ways occurring on the day after the sabbath (Lev 23:15-22, Num 28:26-31). Just as Jesus came for the apostles on the Sunday of His resurrection, so on the Sunday of pentecost through the Holy Spirit He began to gather the church. Consequently the church, who can gather any day she wants for there is no law, prefers Sunday.

Each year the church looks forward to celebrat-ing the glorious resurrec-tion of her beloved. When she celebrates the nativity of our Lord (Christmas) she knows He is the one who comes to die for her. When she celebrates the Resurrection of Our Lord (Easter), she knows He is the one who died for her. When she celebrates pen-tecost she knows she is gathering with the saints and angels of heaven be-fore her beloved savior, who having died, was bur-ied and rose so that He might give her His gifts: His word, baptism and the Lord’s Supper (John 19:28-37, 1 John 5:5-8, Heb 10:19-25, 12:1-2, 22-24).

FRIENDS & FAMILYBeware of identity theftBy CHIEF RON HAGER

Lamar Police Department

With the Anthem se-curity breach, the police department has been tak-ing a higher than usual number of identity theft complaints lately. This in-formation can be helpful with any security breach, no matter what company, in an effort to help you with some of the neces-sary contacts that need to be made. One thing, be prepared to be on the phone for some time!

If your Social Security number has been com-promised, take these steps:

1. File a police report - you will be given a unique identifying number that you will need during your calls. The report may not be done immediately when you make the re-port, but you will have the number so that the report can be accessed when fin-

ished. When you make your report, make sure to bring with you all of the information you have concerning the incident.

2. File a complaint with the Federal Trade Com-mission. Just search for “Federal Trade Com-mission” and you will be prompted to “Iden-tity theft” reporting pro-cedure or they can be reached at 202-326-2222.

3. Contact one of the credit bureaus and place a fraud alert on your ac-count. (The one that you contact is supposed to no-tify the other two). www. Equifax.com – 1-800-525-6285; www. Experian.com – 1-888-397-3742; www. TransUnion.com – 1-800-680-7289.

4. Close any financial accounts opened without your permission.

5. Respond immediately to any IRS notice, accord-ing to instructions. This is the one that seems to take the longest over the

phone. No telling how many calls they are re-ceiving, but be persistent and wait it out.

6. Complete IRS form no. 14039, this is an “Identity Theft Affidavit.”

7. Continue to file your tax return, even if you have been notified that someone else already has

filed one in your name.I hope this informa-

tion is a help to you if you happen to become a victim. From one vic-tim to another, I wish we had had this information at our fingertips. Yes, my personal information was stolen and a tax return was filed in my name, and yes,

we received the refund, even though we had been told that we called early enough to have it caught. We later received a letter telling us that there was some problem with the direct deposit with the financial institution and they sent the paper check by mail. Wonder where

the financial institution was that the money was supposed to go to? One thing, if you receive a check that was sent due to a fraudulent claim being made in your name, don’t cash it. Why, because it doesn’t belong to you. Get back on the phone and see how to return it.


FRIENDS & FAMILYMETZGER’S MUTTERINGS

Letter to editorDear Editor:It seems appropriate

to point out that Barton County Memorial Hos-pital has never asked for an increase in the tax levy passed when the hospi-tal originally opened its doors in 1949. Amazing! You can be sure that if there was any other way to secure a future for this wonderful asset of our county, we would not be asking now.

Great effort has been made to make informa-tion available that explains why this has become nec-essary, but if you still have questions, please call. If I don't have an answer for your question, I will find someone who does.

Please do vote on April 7. And please vote for Proposition No. 1.

Karen Wegener, LamarChair, BCMH

Board of Trustees

Dear Editor:For quite some time I

have felt the need to share my feelings about my community with the citi-zens of Lamar, but for one reason or another nothing came of my writing. Prob-ably, due to the fact that I felt no one would really care about what this old retired librarian thought, but now is the time to talk about my community.

I left the Lamar School District after 26 years of service to the children of my town. After living in Lamar for over 30 years I have so many people say, “Where did Mrs. Yockey go?” Thankfully, and nev-er taken for granted, the

people of Carthage have hired me to be the direc-tor of their gorgeous, his-torical Carnegie Library. It is still amazing to me to this day, that these people trust my opinion and give me the will I need to lead this wonderful institu-tion into the future. I do not “have” to go to work anymore, I “get” to. This is where Mrs. Yockey is, but I will forever and al-ways have bonds with the children who were my life for 30 years. Even to-day they stop to see me in Carthage, send me letters, emails, etc., just letting me know that they are okay, they are still in school or sometimes even asking for prayers. I will always have a special bond with facul-ty members of the Lamar School system, who I refer to as my “school family.” Teaching school requires you to have that family outside your real family in order to make it through some very tough days. My school family/friends I miss terribly.

Let me tell you about the people in Lamar as a whole. My children and I went through a very dif-ficult time and the loving people of my town, La-mar, came out of places I didn’t even know ex-isted to help us. People I didn’t know fixed my car, mowed my yard, fixed my home, bought school sup-plies for my children, re-plenished my refrigerator and on and on and on. It is my duty to “pay it for-ward.” Thus this letter to the editor. I would like the citizens of Lamar to

focus on the positive of what we do have. Yes, we have taken terrible hits to our economy but most of us are still here support-ing the school, the parks, the library and now what about our hospital? I want to walk in our wonderful-ly clean beautiful hospital and hear that gorgeous piano playing again. That piano that was not paid for with our tax dollars for goodness sakes, it was a generous donation and she deserves to lighten the mood and sooth the soul for the sick, sad and ailing patients.

I believe we have taken our hospital for granted for way too many years. No one in my family does. Doctors at our hospital have saved the lives of two of my grandchildren. That point would and should be enough for one to real-ize how important it is to have a hometown hospi-tal. I dare to imagine what could have happened to those babies had there not been a hospital within 10 minutes who could ad-minister the emergency treatments they needed. I would bet there are hun-dreds of Lamar citizens, who if they would stop and think, could think of a time they needed our emergency and inpatient services. In all my life I thought I would never be so scared as the thought of losing a child or grand-child, but then it hap-pened, my husband was bit by the most poisonous spider imaginable. My son and I thought he would

surely die that night at Barton County Memo-rial Hospital, as his body was shutting down and his heart had stopped. We made a decision as a fam-ily to keep him in Lamar, because he was receiving the best possible treat-ment for his bite that we would receive anywhere. My husband wanted his “hospital family” around him during this difficult and dire time. We are for-ever grateful to God and our very own hospital that he received the fast, accu-rate attention he needed to save his life. I cannot imagine having to had to leave home and be placed in a huge hospital where we didn’t know anyone and knew we would not receive the one-on-one care he desperately need-ed.

Have you really thought about how it would be to have to drive 25-45 miles in any direction to seek emergency medical at-tention if you were in a car crash, having a heart attack, your child stops breathing, you are tram-pled by a cow, you lose a limb? You can always be stabilized in Lamar and be transported to another trauma hospital if need be, we have that intermediate step that saves peoples’ lives. Think about it, it makes me sick with worry. You need to think about this before you decide you are going to vote no and not support our hospital. Our hospital has received the highest rating in the state for satisfaction and

cleanliness. I know you can’t find this in a big hos-pital. Citizens of our town do whatever they can to keep their loved ones in our hospital when they are in their last days, as they know their family mem-ber is going to receive the most caring, professional, loving care they deserve in their final hours. Did you know that our hospital doesn’t turn anyone away? You can’t say that about a big hospital, one that you are going to have to go to if ours closes.

From personal experi-ence I know we have the best orthopedic surgeon in the four state area. Why go anywhere else? We have the best respiratory therapy and physical ther-apy clinics in the four state area, why do you want to drive out of town three days a week for therapy, spending more money in gas over the course of your treatment than this little tiny tax increase is

going to amount to? You can have in-patient, as well as out-patient, surgi-cal procedures done right here at home, why do you want to go somewhere else? I surely don’t. Barton County Memorial Hos-pital has been part of our town for 40 years, taking care of your families past and present, and we have taken her for granted. I ask that our citizens think about losing this care at home. Honestly, we sup-port the schools for our children, we should also support the hospital that is for all citizens and their children.

Where did Mrs. Yockey go? She is still right there in Lamar and very much a concerned citizen who is wanting to leave our town someday better for our children than it was when I got here. She also wants to hear that piano playing again!

Respectfully submitted,Julie Yockey

By MELODY METZGERLamar Democrat

It is hard to believe that another Progress issue has come and gone. I was thinking (which is some-times dangerous) how this was my 30th Prog-ress edition. I still have to shake my head and wonder where the time went! I'm sure we did a Progress publication ev-ery year that I have been here, as I especially re-member that during son Jud's school days, we al-ways traveled someplace

neat on his spring break. Unfortunately, Progress coincided with spring break every year, so it was always a mad dash to get everything collected and together in order to be able to take time off. Over the years we traveled on spring break to Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Texas, Mexico, Oklahoma, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming, Kansas, Colo-rado, Chicago, NYC, and many points in between. We would take the entire week of spring break, a

total of nine days, and just play.

It is always extremely hectic at Progress time and this year was no dif-ferent. Although many don't think the town is making progress, when it is in print one can see that in many ways we actually are. It is my fervent wish that Lamar begin to pros-per and grow again, and hopefully that wish will be fulfilled. Only time will tell.

Following this year's Progress edition finale Heather, Melissa and I decided to create our own fun and by doing so, we opted to treat our-selves to lunch in Jop-lin. Heather and myself had never been to the Japanese Steak House, but Melissa had always raved about their food and what a great place it

was. Leaving the office we all piled in my car and headed southwest, driv-ing through a downpour. Fortunately I have exten-sive experience, it seems, in handling downpours. By the time we reached the restaurant, thankfully the rain had ceased. We sat at the hibachi grill and enjoyed watching the chef prepare our meal and it was a very, very good meal at that! Huge pro-portions, too, as I ended up making three meals out of the one!

After leaving Joplin our next stop, in a round-about way, was Prairie Mercantile on Main St. in Lockwood. Melissa had been there, as well, but Heather and I were newbies so we were really in for a treat. If anyone has never been there, it is well worth your time.

They are open Wednes-days through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sat-urdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and have an abundance of shirts, jackets, blan-kets, PJ's and just about anything one would need, all at extremely reason-able prices. It is amazing what one can purchase for under $20. Try getting away with that anywhere else and it probably won't happen.

Leaving Prairie Mercan-tile we stopped at Lock-wood Packing, where again we piled out of the car and ascended upon them. This too is definite-ly a place worth patroniz-ing. Growing up in Texas we always bought our meat at a meat market, then after moving here we used Dale's until it burnt. Lockwood Packing is located at 511 W. 6th

St. and is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 12 noon. They had a huge selection of good-ies and I chose pre-coated catfish fillets that I plan to try out this evening.

Returning to Lamar Melissa suddenly remem-bered that her daughter McKinley needed to be picked up at East Prima-ry, so we headed that way and Kinley got to be sur-prised by all three of us picking her up. Not sure if she knew what to think! We arrived back to the of-fice at 3 p.m. sharp, well rested and ready to take on whatever comes next. The general consensus is that this should become a weekly happening, or at least we can dream. If nothing else, not sure if our pocketbooks would handle it!

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SCHOOL

Joe Kremp, son of John and Chris Kremp, is the sixth grade Lamar Middle School Student of the Week. Joe has two sisters that like to annoy him. He likes to play sports and his favorite sports are baseball and basketball.

Amara Lee, daughter of Clint and Holly Lee, is the seventh grade Student of the Week at Lamar Middle School. During her spare time Amara plays basketball at home and spends time with her family. Her favorite subjects are math, language arts and mostly choir. In choir, she is a soprano and she enjoys singing.

Truman Kaderly, son of Steven and Katie Kaderly, is the eighth grade Lamar Middle School Student of the Week. Truman likes to play basketball when he gets home from school, then plays with his dogs. Sometimes his brother Lincoln joins him in basketball and they play two on two. Truman also likes to hang out with his friends Travis Bailey, BJ Gammon, Landon Hardman, Michael Henderson and Case Tucker.

Hall of Fame in the works forLHS R-I alumni


LAMAR-The creation of a Lamar High School Hall of Fame is in the process of being formed. At first, the hall of fame is to be limited to athlet-ics, but will eventually be expanded to include other alumni endeavors that have brought recog-nition and distinction to Lamar High School. The project is headed up by Dale Patton, the school’s current athletic director and assistant principal. The criteria for eligibility states, “Many qualified individuals have played an important role in the history of Lamar High School athletics - athletes, coaches, and individu-als from the community. All have been significant in the promotion of ath-letics in Lamar.” Patton confirms that phase two of the hall of fame will include other activities of distinction.

Nominations can be

submitted at any time throughout the year. Those received prior to January 1 will be con-sidered during the forth-coming selection of can-didates by the selection committee. The individu-als chosen for induction into the hall of fame will be honored at the last athletic awards ceremony of the school year. Patton says he hopes the first in-duction into the hall can occur at this year’s final athletic awards banquet. He adds that each year’s inductions will take place at the final ban-quet. Nomination forms may be acquired from Dale Patton at Lamar High School or from the school’s website.

In its monthly meeting, March 24, the R-I Board of Education gave its ap-proval to the creation of a new Comprehensive School Improvement Plan. It will supplement and update the current plan which was created in 2006. The 23-member

committee is made up of administrators, teachers, and individuals from the community. The entire committee first met last November. Subcommit-tees have met since then, and the full committee met again in February. The updated improve-ment plan can be viewed on the school district’s website.

The board approved the second year of a four-year extension of food service for the district, covering the 2015-16 school year, by OPAA Food Manage-ment.

Also approved was ex-tension of a contract for custodial services by Operation Professional Services (OPS) of Kan-sas City. This marked the third year OPS has pro-vided the service.

The school district will undergo a significant technological upgrade next summer, starting with new wiring at the high school. Protel of Springfield was the low-

est bidder for the project at $95,627.

All probationary teach-ers and those going on tenure, plus those in the regional educational co-operative, were rehired for the 2015-16 school year.

The high school and middle school have lost their director of cho-ral music at the end of the current school year. Brian Hargrave has been with the R-I district for nine years and has be-come identified with the Dinner Cabaret presenta-tion each April, enjoyed by the general public. Hargrave has taken a po-sition with the Carthage school district.

The board also accepted the resignation of Travis Denney at the conclusion of this school year. Den-ney is a special education teacher at Lamar Middle School.

One more name has been added to the list of substitute teachers for the 2014-15 school year.

Liberal Middle School releases third quarter honor roll

LIBERAL-The third quarter honor roll has been released by Liberal Middle School.

All A Honor RollEIGHTH GRADE- Mel-

anee Beaman, Delaney Miller, Kynli Wolf.

SEVENTH GRADE- Kendall Krueth, Cailee Lake, Brandon Overman, Colton Slinker.

SIXTH GRADE- Jenna Perry.

All A-B Honor RollEIGHTH GRADE- Mary

Bean, Toby Dingman, Faith McThompson, Will

Niffen, Jessica Roby, Bryant Rose, Colby Selvey, Weston Sprenkle.

SEVENTH GRADE- Justyn Braun, Yvette Cruz, Sierra McCuis-tion, Taylor Ray, Olivia Willis, Cameron Wilson, Drew Windsor, Stepha-nie Wood.

SIXTH GRADE- Macy Bean, Gracie Bott, Coby Burchett, Hailey Gruver, Gunner Miller, Bryson Overstreet, Molly Steb-bins, Bethany Vore, Del-aney Wentland, Kayli Wolf.

Liberal Elementary School releases third quarter honor roll

LIBERAL-Liberal El-ementary School has re-leased its third quarter honor roll.

All A Honor RollFIFTH GRADE- Jon

Beaman.FOURTH GRADE- An-

nabell Crabtree, Michael Grey, Emily Hayden, Kale Marti, Payton Morrow, Mattison Mutz, Cameron Peak, Lane Pearson, Caleb Vore.

THIRD GRADE- Abby Barton, Mason Eyler, Brett Leibbrand, Kyla Por-ter, Kara Trenary.

A/B Honor RollFIFTH GRADE- AJ

Banwart, Jah'ziah Boyd, Noah Endicott, Connor Frericks, Madi Harris,

Kaden Johnson, Eliza-beth Long, Bracy Mar-tinez, Caleb Moreno, Andrew Roberts, Ragan Spurling, Connor Trout.

FOURTH GRADE- Matt Boehne, Bethany Crowe, Stormi Hunt, Keirsten Kuffler, Brady Lemmons, Ahree Lutes, Ethan Mancil-las, Bryson McBride, Dalton Pickle, Chase Ray, Nate Smith, Jordan Stone, Hannah Trenary, Braydon Wahl.

THIRD GRADE- Bailey Bland, Brynlee Frieden, Ethan How-ard, Peyton Irwin, Jus-tin Payne, Nolan Shaw, Laney Simpson, Brodie Wilson.

houses, passed by a ma-jority in each house, and

sent to the governor for his signature. A long te-

dious process, indeed. According to Stebbins, the sales tax idea has been considered with Representative Mike Kel-ley likely to be asked to introduce the bill. Should this happen, the property tax levy would have to be discontinued.

Board President Karen Wegener said the real is-sue before voters is re-taining local control over their hospital. She said if Proposition 1 fails, there is a best case scenario, and a worst case scenario. The best case scenario would be affiliation with another hospital. The worst case scenario would be closing the facility. She cited one

case of the latter in this region, closing Sac-Osage Hospital in Osceola. In the best case scenario, it was noted that Freeman Health Systems of Jop-lin has the right of first refusal due to an agree-ment a few years ago after Freeman provided some financial assistance. How-ever, the possibility was brought up that Freeman may not want to assume control of another hospi-tal.

BCMH opened its doors as the county hospital in 1949. The current struc-ture was built at a cost of $18 million, of which $13.8 million remains. Its full time employees num-bered 225 in 2013, but has now been reduced to 182. When part time and on-call personnel are added, the number returns to 225.

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to step up our City Wide Large Item Clean Up Pro-gram to a quarterly sched-ule, not just once or twice annually as is the case now. It will be surprising how our town can start look-ing better in a relatively short time if we imple-ment these strategies and everyone does their part. You can read more about my priorities in detail at: facebook.com/kentharris-formayor or I am happy to mail/deliver you a copy of my flyer.

Q: How and when should the city go about improv-ing Gulf Street from 12th Street south to the BNSF Railroad?

A: How should the im-provements be financed? This is another prior-ity item I addressed in my campaign flyer and is titled, “Street, Curbs and Sidewalks” and would be applicable to Gulf Street south of 160 to the rail-road, as well as other high traffic streets. In the past a city employee or commit-tee would drive around town and look for streets that may be in need of repair. A list is developed from that “drive by” and patchwork/overlay of the streets begins until monies are expended for this area. I recommend we take a more strategic approach: Implement a numerical traffic study and combine those results with a list of the streets that have the highest number of utility cuts, potholes and broken pavement areas. The result is a list of streets that are the “Most Used/Greatest Need of Repair” referred to in my flyer. Implement this list as a five year plan of action, along with their individual estimated costs and this will yield a more reliable and valid street repair process. The five year plan will also provide a better vision for non-emergency utility cuts be-fore the street is repaired so we can keep them in their restored condi-tion as long as possible. For the street specifically mentioned in the ques-tion, besides the total “dig out and full replacement choice” some may advo-cate, there are new tech-nologies available which may potentially be less costly and still provide a smoother driving surface. These could be more eas-ily funded in a shorter pe-riod of time and not place undue stress on any one year fiscal budget.

Q: What do you feel is the best way to improve the city’s drinking water?

A: What do you feel is the best way to pay for such improvements? The second priority item I mention in my flyer under the heading “Improve Wa-ter Quality” recommends gaining the latest research on costs of clean well wa-ter compared to current lake water filtration sys-tems. This information

(along with the most ef-fective plan to pay for each option) would be present-ed to the public for their consideration. Final step: If the current budget does not address the cost, then bring the issue to a public vote. New technologies for wells and other potential water sources may show promise of improving our current drinking water. If the majority of the public are dissatisfied, including Lamar business owners whose business may be hurt by the current taste of city water, we owe it to them to do our best and present the latest options available to improve the situation along with asso-ciated costs compared to current costs. To say “We (city officials) looked into well water years ago and it would be too expensive” provides no productive alternatives or solutions. The City of Lamar does have a high level water treatment plant, but we also recognize the La-mar City Lake has had its challenges as our primary drinking water source. Those challenges likely will not go away as time passes. Broader perspec-tives are needed to investi-gate what may be available at an economical cost to the public.

Q: Should the city of La-mar renew its efforts to an-nex Lamar Heights?

A: In 1999 this issue was researched and present-ed to Lamar Heights for consideration. The offer was declined at that time and not much energy has been devoted to it since by either city. My personal belief is that we need to reach out beyond our cur-rent boundaries for two reasons: (1) To more fully assist our neighbor com-munity with services that someday will be mandat-ed but not currently of-fered and (2) To strength-en our current and future economic condition. Cost sharing of services bal-anced with income op-portunity may serve both entities better than trying to do so independently. Many cities have recipro-cal agreements which ex-ist between certain law enforcement and utility departments in cases of high need or emergency, but annexation could pro-vide additional services where reciprocal agree-ments cannot. I believe it would be wise to begin discussing the potential benefits of pooling re-sources and sharing ex-penses. It could also mean increasing our opportu-nities of attracting future businesses that may be looking for a larger town than either of us are by ourselves. Both cities must be in agreement on annex-ation. One final thought: both cities are members of Barton County and we should be open-minded to assist one another within the limits of the law.

Q: The total cash reserves of the city, including all checking accounts and in-vestments, as of January 31, 2015, had an aggregate balance of $4,543,025. Is this sufficient to meet the needs in the event of an emergency?

A: I can recall times our reserves were under $2 million and primarily caused by major one-time expenditures. I can also recall we’ve had reserves close to $6 million. La-mar has had a history of maintaining a strong bal-ance and a good example of how that served our town well when the 2007 ice storm tested our re-serves. Lamar was able to pay “Up Front Costs” of $1.5 million and because of good bookkeeping and documentation of our ex-penses, we recouped all but $12,500 from FEMA. The balance we had at that time allowed us to act quickly and get service re-stored to our town. Con-versely, if we had an in-sufficient balance, results would have been slower reinstatement of services, loss of income from sale of the electricity and higher overall costs due to inter-est expense. Lamar was prepared for that situation and although unpleas-ant at the time has taught us we should continue to plan, prepare, practice, save and be ready to act in the event another dif-ficult situation would oc-cur. The American Public Power Association recom-mends a reserve of 45-90 days’ worth of expenses to be held as reserve. To apply this so we can un-derstand it, in Fiscal Year 2014 our expenses were close to $12 million, or $1 million per month. In this scenario the city would be wise to have $3 million in reserve and therefore the current aggregate balance is “sufficient”. The city must ensure our reserves are “sufficient”, but not to the degree money is saved in excess or underutilized as it was intended. These monies are provided for the safety and welfare of its citizens and we are responsible to disburse them the best we know how for the maximum benefit. Some citizens would contend part of our strong balance could provide additional oppor-tunity for further infra-structure improvements (streets, sidewalks, curbs, lighting, etc.). Improve-ments such as these may in turn encourage growth of business and popula-tion. Landfill income and payoff of the generator debt (scheduled in 2022) could very well have great potential for our city to be more attractive to poten-tial businesses and fam-ily relocations. This can provide a higher quality of service to our citizens. These are judgment calls and the city council has to decide where their “com-fort level” should be on actual reserve amount.

AREA NEWS

Join AOK for a summer of funSummer is right

around the corner. What will your chil-dren be doing? About Our Kids, Inc. (AOK) invites the youth and families of Lamar and Barton County to join them for a summer of fun, activity and mem-ories that will last a lifetime. Summer camp will be 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., May 18 through August 7, at both Na-than's Place (1005 Gulf) and the Wolf Building (801 E. 12th). Applications are avail-

able online (aokyouth.org), as well as at all AOK locations.

All program youth will participate in activities both on-site as well as off, including gardening, fitness centers, educa-tional enrichment classes, swimming, movies and Friday field trips. Partici-pants will attend Lamar Aquatic Park one day a week, the Plaza The-ater on Wednesdays, as well as Friday field trips to Dickerson Park Zoo, area bowling alleys, the Kansas City Chiefs Sports

lab and stadium, Joplin Aquatic facilities, Range-line Mini Golf, Wild Ani-mal Safari, Springfield Cardinals Educational Day and baseball game and Springfield Skyzone. In addition to the above-scheduled activities AOK campers will also receive breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks free of charge.

For additional informa-tion on programming, enrollment, fees, etc. con-tact Jerod Morey, AOK executive director, at 417-682-6002 or [email protected].

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 • SECTION B2015

Above, Kyler Cox and Kaitlyn and Ryan Davis take some pointers from Nick Fanning, at the Lamar City Park, before working in the

shelter house. If you would like to help the 4-H members finish up their

clean-up project, donations can be made to Lamar Community

Betterment. Top oval, spring cleaning

began at the Lamar City Park as Noah Shaw, City Clovers 4-H Club president, is power washing, with

plans to start painting soon.Bottom oval, Blaine and Trey

Shaw begin to spray down the areas for more cleaning during

spring break.

January unemployment figures are topsy turvey


JEFFERSON CITY-Unem-ployment rates uniformly rose for the month of January in the five southwest Missouri counties that the Democrat regularly tracks, but how they arrived at the increase varied widely from county to county. Barton County was a notable case in point. Its labor force

expanded by 641, which you would think would signifi-cantly boost the unemploy-ment rate. Not so, however, as Barton County posted a remarkable gain of 589 jobs. As a result, the unemploy-ment rate rose only a third of a point from December’s 5.7 to January’s 6.0 percent. The growth in jobs was greater

Missouri cost of living finishes 17th lowest in U.S. for all of 2014

JEFFERSON CITY-Missouri had the 17th lowest cost of living in the United States for all of 2014. Compared to the third quarter of 2014, Missouri slipped from an index of 93.1 to 93.3. Georgia went from 94.4 to 92.9 to force Missouri back one notch. Missouri lost ground as its cost of groceries significant-ly increased from 96..3 after the third quarter of 2014 to finish the year at 98.4. The indices are based on 100 being the nation-

al average. Only in utility costs (106.2)

was Missouri higher than the national average. It finished the year at 106.2, a slight in-crease from its third quarter index of 105.9. At year’s end, it was the 12th highest utility index in the nation.

All except one of the states bordering Missouri reported lower costs of living. Illinois

Heritage State Bank employees visit Rep. Kelley to discuss banking issues

JEFFERSON CITY-Three employees with Heritage State Bank in Lamar recently visited Rep. Mike Kelley, R-Lamar, as part of the Missouri Bankers Association’s Target Banker program. Representing Heri-tage State Bank at the Missouri State Capitol were John Gilkey, president - Barton County re-gion, Erin Harvey, compliance officer and Kayla Marti, new accounts representative. Dur-ing their visit with Kelley they discussed legislation affecting

the banking industry.“Many of the measures pro-

posed during the legislative ses-sion concern bank operations,” Gilkey said. “We shared with Rep. Kelley the effect of these bills on business operations, especially the services that we provide to customers and busi-nesses in their districts.”

Throughout the state legis-lative session, bankers from throughout Missouri partici-pate in MBA’s Target Banker program. These visits allow

legislators to hear directly from their constituents about how is-sues important to the banking industry affect their districts.

The Missouri Bankers As-sociation is a statewide trade and professional organization in Jefferson City that represents the interests of 299 banks and savings and loans in Missouri. Its members have more than 30,000 employees who work in more than 1,900 locations throughout the state.

Three employees with Heritage State Bank in Lamar recently visited Rep. Mike Kelley, R-Lamar, on March 11, as part of the Missouri Bankers Association’s Target Banker program. At the Missouri State Capitol, (from left to right) Rep. Kelley met with Erin Harvey, compliance officer, Kayla Marti, new accounts representative and John Gilkey, president - Barton County region, from Heritage State Bank. During their visit with Kelley they discussed legislation affecting the banking industry and the effects on services provided to customers and businesses in Kelley’s district.

Plat books are main topic of Dade County Commission

By CAROLYN HEADDade County Reporter

GREENFIELD-The Dade County Commission was called to order at 9 a.m., on March 16, by Presiding Com-missioner Randy Daniel. Also present were Eastern Com-missioner Dallas Maxwell, Western Commissioner David Rusch and County Clerk Me-linda Wright. The commission received a complaint on FR 173 and they planned to travel to inspect it. Dan Long met with them regarding a culvert.

The March 9 minutes were unanimously approved as cor-rected. The commission dis-cussed starting a new plat

book, although no decision was made. Dan Wadling-ton from Roy Blunt's office met with the commission, as well as Kevin Barker with Mapping Solutions, who met with them regarding new plat books.

Max Leeper with Smith Township spoke to the com-mission regarding a couple of culverts.

The commission will be taking bids on preparing the plat books, with them to be opened at 10 a.m. on April 13.

The commission traveled to check on a culvert on S. Dade 91, W. Dade 182 and W. Dade 166.

Great River & Associates rep meets to discuss bridges

GREENFIELD-Presiding Commissioner Randy Daniel called the March 9 Dade Coun-ty Commission

meeting to order at 9 a.m. Also present were Eastern Commissioner Dallas Max-well, Western Commissioner David Rusch and County Clerk Melinda Wright.

A motion was made and passed unanimously to ap-prove the March 2 minutes as written. Lindsey Chaffin with Great River & Associates met with the commission to go over the hard match and soft match credit that the commission has available through MoDOT. She

also discussed the FR 112 BRO bridge that is scheduled to begin at the end of April. Plans were also discussed for the Fiddlers Ford Bridge.

Dan Long met with the commission regarding a guardrail and railing.

Bob Kitsmiller met with the commission, as well as Gabe Cordova with EC-CHIC, who met with them regarding health insurance costs.

The commission checked on a road complaint on W. Dade 22, a culvert on W. Dade 32, N. Dade 81, S. Dade 173 and S. Dade 177.

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THE LAMAR HEIGHTS BOARD WILL MEET Thursday, April 9, 5:45 p.m., at the office of Vicki Pugh, CPA.THE BARTON COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 4, for absentee voting on the April 7 election.GORGEOUS BY DESIGN, A DAY OF HOPE and encouragement for area ladies, will be held Saturday, May 2, at the First Christian Church in Lamar. Regis-tration will be from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. A program, with speakers Laura Mullenix and Nancy Hughes, will be-gin at 9 a.m. and the event will end at 2 p.m. Coffee, donuts and juice will be served, as well as a free lunch to be catered by Party Oasis. For pre-registration or information contact Nancy Hughes at 417-262-0080. The deadline to pre-register is April 13. All ladies are invited to join in for this day of testimonies, words of hope and lots of love.LIBRARY FRIENDS WILL HOLD A BOOK Sale beginning Saturday, April 4, at Lamar Memorial Hall.TOM SHIELDS WILL HOST MEET THE CANDI-DATE on Thursday, April 2, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at Thiebaud Auditorium in Lamar. Shields is a candidate for mayor.A FREE MOVIE MATINEE WILL BE HELD Mon-day, April 6, 1 p.m., at the Mary K. Finley Library in Lamar. Refreshments will be served. For movie ti-tle and more details call the library at 417-682-5355.THE LAMAR LICENSE OFFICE WILL HOLD its Customer Appreciation Day on Wednesday, April 1, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Refreshments will be served. The office is located at 208 W. 12th St.U.S. REPRESENTATIVE VICKY HARTZLER will take a tour of Barton County Memorial Hospital on Monday, April 6, 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. She will also visit with the administration and staff. The public is invit-ed to come and visit her while she is there.THE RETIRED EDUCATORS OF BARTON Coun-ty Area will meet Wednesday, April 1, at the Lamar First Christian Church. The guest speaker will be Jack Posten, MRTA state president. Breakfast will be at 8:30 a.m., with the business meeting to begin at 9 a.m. Remember to bring items for Nathan’s Place.EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE WILL BE HELD Sunday, April 5, 7 a.m., at the Barco Drive-In. Break-fast will follow at Grace Lutheran Church, where the divine service will be held at 10:30 a.m. The church is located at 208 Poplar St., Lamar. For information call 417-682-2257.A BARTON COUNTY LIBRARY COMPUTER training class on Microsoft Word Basics will be held Friday, April 3, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., and will cover cre-ating and formatting a document. The class will be held at the Mary K. Finley Library in Lamar. To sign up stop by the library or call 417-682-5355.

DEATHS & PAID MEMORIALSEDITH

BERRYHILLJASPER-Services were

held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Weng Funeral Chapel for Edith A. Berryhill, 92, Jasper, who died Wednes-day, March 25, 2015, at Joplin Health and Re-hab. Burial was in Waters Cemetery.

Online condolences may be made at www.wengfuneralchapel.com.

Survivors include her husband, Lloyd Berryhill; two sons, Bruce Swaim Sr., Miami, Okla. and Olen Swaim, Aurora; a sister-in-law, Reba Ball; a brother-in-law, Loyal Berryhill and wife Vel-ma; 10 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grand-children.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Sam and Cecil Shelton; two sisters, Lily and Mary Call; two daughters, Do-nilda Kemper and Bar-bara Sue Swaim; a grand-son, Mark Phillip Enders; a sister-in-law, Velta Ball and three brothers-in-law, Roy Berryhill, Charles Ball and Walter Ball.

Mrs. Berryhill was born April 14, 1922, in Good-man, to Sam and Jean (Clark) Shelton. She was a homemaker and attended Bethel Church.

She was united in mar-riage to Clarence Swaim and he preceded her in death in 1961. She mar-ried Lloyd Berryhill on July 5, 1963.

ALMA JONESLAMAR-Services were

held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Konantz Warden Funeral Home for Alma Deloris (Seay) Jones, 89, Lamar, who died Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Burial was in Memory Gardens Cem-etery.

The obituary may be viewed and condolenc-es sent online at www.konantzwarden.com.

Survivors include her husband, Jack, of the home; a daughter-in-law, Shirley Jones, Fairbanks, Alaska; two granddaugh-ters, Marcie Jones, Hol-lywood, S.C. and Stacie L. (Jones) Ryman, Fair-banks, Alaska; a great-grandson, Austin Richard Ryman, Fairbanks, Alas-ka; three sister-in-laws, Olive (Jones) Pyatt and Reba (Jones) Simmons, both of Lamar and Sara (Jones) White, Boerne, Texas, plus numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by a son, Rich-ard Leroy Jones and two brothers, Virgil G. Seay and Glenn H. Seay.

Mrs. Jones was born July 26, 1925, in Lahoma, Okla. She moved to Mis-souri with her parents in 1936 and spent most of her life in Barton Coun-ty. She attended Sum-mit Rural School and Lamar High School. She worked as a secretary at Farm Bureau in Lamar and later for Al’s and LP Gas in Joplin. She also sold Watkins products and Artex tube paints for many years. She enjoyed square dancing, arts and crafts, knitting, cooking and baking. She was a Red Cross swim teacher

and taught classes, as well as giving private instruc-tion. She loved to travel with her husband.

Mrs. Jones had been a member of Hopewell Cumberland Presbyteri-an Church since 1942.

She married Curtis “Jack” Jones in 1941, in Lamar.

RUTH HUMPHREY

GOLDEN CITY-Ser-vices were held at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Golden City Mission of Encour-agement for Ruth Hum-phrey, 86, Golden City, who died Sunday, March 22, 2015. Burial will take place in Indiana.

Arrangements were under the direction of Konantz Warden Funeral Home, Lamar.

The obituary may be viewed and condolenc-es sent online at www.konantzwarden.com.

Survivors include her husband, Gregory, of the home; a brother, Roy Burton, Jr., New York; her children, Will Burton, Lilly Burns, Jerrie Mor-gan, Renita Clark and Roy Morgan, and an ad-opted daughter, Brandy Bench; 20 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren and nine great-great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Humphrey was born June 13, 1928, in Dadeville, Ala., to Roy and Lena Burton. At the age of 18 she accepted the Lord Jesus Christ into her life and 10 years later was ordained into the gospel ministry. For 12 years she was a pastor for churches in Dadeville and Annis-ton, Ala. In 1970 the fam-ily moved to Gary, Ind., and she began doing mis-sionary work and speak-ing at many churches in Gary, Ind., as well as Chicago, Ill. She met her husband, Gregory Earl, at the Living Water Church. She enjoyed reading the Bible and praying each day. When she was able to be outside, she loved to plant vegetables and flowers.

JODY MOSSLOCKWOOD-Servic-

es were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at First Pres-byterian Church, 215 N. High St., Neosho, for Jody Moss, 85, for-merly of Neosho, who died Thursday, March 26, 2015, in Lockwood, following a lengthy ill-ness. Rev. Rich Williams officiated. Burial was in Neosho Memorial Park Cemetery, with grand-sons serving as pallbear-ers.

Arrangements were un-der the direction of Clark Funeral Home, Neosho.

Online condolences may be posted at www.clarkfuneralhomes.com.

Survivors include her husband, Bob Moss; three children, Bar-bie Cope and husband Jeff, Lockwood, Brenda Piliouras and husband George, Rochester, Mich. and Bobbi Lee and hus-band Matt, Yukon, Okla.; a brother, Larry Hamlet, Indianapolis, Ind.; eight grandchildren, Arin Og-den and husband Riley,

Lockwood, Kaci Keatts and husband Jeremy, Re-public, Rene’ Lee, Okla-homa, Jessie Schrauger and husband Stephen, Florida, Lauren Keller and husband Alex, Il-linois, Kelly Brown and husband Anthony, Il-linois, Ashely Hamil-ton, Michigan and Drew Hamilton, Michigan and two great-grandsons.

Mrs. Moss was born Dec. 25 1929, in St. Jo-seph, to Lynn and Mar-garet (Hunter) Hamlet. She resided in northern Missouri as a child and in 1955 moved to Neo-sho, where she lived until 2 ½ years ago when she moved to Lockwood.

She was a homemaker and a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Neosho. She was also a member of the Rural Let-ter Carriers Association, Jaycee Wives, Flower Box City Council and Friend-ship Extension Club. She loved plants, playing the piano and crocheting af-ghans. She also enjoyed volunteering at the Neo-sho Fish Hatchery, camp-ing, fishing and traveling, but her greatest love was being with family and playing games around the kitchen table.

She married Bob Moss on Sept. 18, 1949, in Hamilton.

DONNA REEDLAMAR-Services will

be held at 10 a.m. today (Wednesday) at Oakton United Methodist Church for Donna Lee Reed, 85, Lamar, who died Satur-day, March 28, 2015, at Good Shepherd Nurs-ing Home in Lockwood. Rev. Larry Garfield will officiate. Burial will be in Barton City Cemetery, northeast of Liberal.

Arrangements are un-der the direction of Dan-iel Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Brad Reed Memorial Scholar-ship Fund, in care of the funeral home.

Condolences may be shared at www.danielfu-neralhome.net.

Survivors include two sons, Terrel Lee Reed and wife Yolanda, McKinney, Texas and Ben Anthony Reed, Jasper; two grand-sons, Adam Reed and wife Denette, Kaneohe, Hawaii and Tim Reed and wife Jenny, Virginia Beach, Va. and seven great-grandchildren, Benton, Olivia, Chloe, Whittley, Marissa, Re-

bekah and Renee.She was preceded in

death by her husband, Jim Reed, who died May 31, 2002; a brother, Roger Schell; a sister, Joan Reed; a granddaughter, Tammy Reed and a grandson, Brad Reed.

Mrs. Reed was born May 4, 1929, to Floyd and Alice (Parker) Schell. After graduating from Golden City High School she married James An-thony Reed on June 30, 1947, at Tacoma, Wash., where he was stationed in the U.S. Army. They re-turned to Barton County to farm and rear their two sons. In addition to being a devoted wife, mother, homemaker and farmwife, she had worked at Big Smith, Blue Top and Pappa’s Pizza. She was an active member of Oakton United Meth-odist Church, where she taught Sunday school and positively influenced many young families through MOPS. Even as her health was failing, she continued to be a diligent prayer warrior for family, friends, neighbors and people she had never met.

The following have filed a marriage license appli-cation with the Barton County Recorder's Office:

Chance Lee Sparks, 19, Lamar and Callea Ann Mundy, 20, Lamar.

Brent Todd Grisham, 44, Lockwood and Lau-ra Katherine Smith, 24,

Greenfield.Michael Shon Ander-

son, 44, Lamar and Sonia Rai Rozell, 45, Lamar.

Ronald E. Gardner, 35 and Teresa Mae Towne, 41.

Hiram Christo-pher Ruth, 31, Lamar, and Elizabeth Ono-lia Irwin, 31, Lamar.

James Christopher Al-len, dog at large, $33 fine.

Tanisha N Bailey, open container, $86 fine.

Jamie LaDawn Baird, defective vehicle equip-ment, $78 fine.

Zachary Eli Baldwin, stop sign/light violation, $33 fine.

Rodney Christopher Barbee, drug parapherna-lia possession, $136 fine.

Adam Paul Besendor-fer, speeding 1-15 mph over, $103 fine.

Janelle Jean Brown-field, larceny under $750 (shoplifting), $236 fine.

Roselie Ann Burr, stop sign/light violation, $33 fine.

Robert Lee Bursby, fail-ure to register motor ve-hicle, no insurance, $86 fine.

Harry Raymond Byram, failure to yield, $78 fine.

Jabeen Kalee Carter, open container, $86 fine.

Jeremiah John Casey, driving while suspended, $286 fine.

Karen Sue Claypool, stop sign/light violation, $33 fine.

Miguel Angel Contre-ras, no operator’s license, $103 fine.

Jordan Dale Finney, speeding 16-25 mph over, $78 fine.

Kasie Deann Gordon, open container, $86 fine.

Kurt Michael Gordon, no operator’s license, no insurance, $264 fine.

Catena Lanelle Gra-ham, no insurance, stop sign/light violation, driv-ing while suspended - 4th offense, $769.50 fine.

Charles Anthony Had-dad, no insurance, $203 fine.

Larry Laverene Hayes, improper backing, $33 fine.

Leo Vencent Henry, marijuana possession, $228 fine.

Kimberly Christine Hininger, stop sign/light violation, no insurance, $81 fine.

Andrew James Jaggars, driving while intoxicated, $545 fine.

Tommy J Jaggars, reg-

istration violation, $38 fine.

Whitley Leigh Jef-fries, stop sign/light violation, $33 fine.

Carlos Garcia Juarez, no operators license, $53 fine.

Kala Lou Marie Lar-rabee, larceny under $750 (shoplifting) - 4th offense, minor in possession of alcohol, $689.50 fine.

Caleb Tyler Lovan, peace disturbance, $128 fine.

Zachary James Lovell, stop sign/light viola-tion, $33 fine.

David Dwayne Ever-ett Maynard, larceny under $750 (shop-lifting), restitution, $262.15 fine.

Justin Eugene Mc-Intyre, speeding 1-15 mph over, $53 fine.

Ashley Autumn Pratt, stop sign/light viola-tion, $33 fine.

Aaron Scott Reine-mann, driving while suspended - 2nd of-fense, $436 fine.

Adam Wayne Rice, receiving stolen prop-erty, trespassing, $467 fine.

John Mikel Robinson, stop sign/light viola-tion, $33 fine.

Chandra Breann Sharp, assault, $228 fine.

Louis Michael Sin-nett, registration viola-tion, $38 fine.

Andrew Derek Smith, speeding 1-15 mph over, $53 fine.

Tony Wayne Stock-ton, driving while sus-pended, speeding 1-15 mph over, no insur-ance, $337 fine.

Hunter Hendrick Vos, speeding 16-25 mph over, $78 fine.

Darell Scott West, B.A.C., $507.15 fine.

Jeremy Michael Wil-let, driving while sus-pended - 3rd offense, careless and imprudent driving, $661.50 fine.

Zachary Gunnar Yok-ley, speeding 1-15 mph over, $53 fine.

MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS

LAMAR MUNICIPAL COURT REPORT

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than any other of the five counties.

Jasper County added 583 jobs while its labor force grew by 1,186. This held its unemployment rate to a growth of only half a percentage point, 4.7 percent, the lowest of the five counties.

The other three coun-ties posted far different figures. All lost jobs while large numbers dropped out of their labor forc-es. Dade County lost 206 jobs, while its labor force shrank by 182. This caused its unemployment rate to go up by almost a full percentage point,

from 4.6 percent in De-cember to 5.5 percent in January.

Vernon County had a similar experience. It lost 340 jobs while 234 dropped out of its labor force. Its unemployment rate increased by over a full point, from 4.1 per-cent to 5.3 percent for the month of January. l.

Cedar County experi-enced a full percentage point increase in its un-employment rate to 5.5 percent as it lost 478 jobs while 439 dropped out of its labor force.

Missouri’s unemploy-ment rate in January

edged upward slightly from 5.3 percent in De-cember to 5.5 percent in January. The national rate behaved much the same way. The January rate was 5.6 percent, compared to 5.4 percent in December.

In neighboring Kansas, the statewide unemploy-ment rate remained 4.2 percent, the third consec-utive month of no change.

The county unemploy-ment rates for January in Kansas were not available as this story was written. The December rates were 4.3 percent in Crawford, 4.0 in Cherokee, and 3.8 in Bourbon.

had an index of 96.1 and ranked 22nd. Tennessee was second in the nation at 89.3. Oklahoma was fifth at 90.8. Kentucky was sixth at 91.0. Nebras-ka and Kansas were tied for eighth at 92.0. Arkan-sas’ index was 92.2 put-ting it in 12th place, and Iowa was 14th with 92.6. Mississippi continues to have the nation’s lowest

cost of living with an in-dex of 86.9.

To shed light on the more expensive places to live, Hawaii has the du-bious honor of ranking number 51 with an index of 164.0. (The District of Columbia is also includ-ed on the list.) Number 50 on the list is Con-necticut with 145.2, and D.C. is 49th at 141.6. The

highest index in any cat-egory used in the survey belonged to D.C. with an index of 246.4 in housing.

Among the participat-ing Missouri cities, all stayed below the national average except Kansas City, which was precisely 100.00. Joplin had the lowest index with 89.1, despite its utility index which remained a gaudy 117.6, the eighth highest in the nation. That was offset with a housing in-dex of a pleasing 72.5.

PROPERTY TRANSFERSGeneral Warranty

Deed, filed February 27, 2015. Danny B. Sweeney to David G. Brubaker and Tina L. Brubaker: The northwest quarter of the northwest quar-ter of section 10, town-ship 31, range 29; also, the southwest quarter of the northwest quar-ter, and the east half of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 10, township 31, range 29, all in Barton County, Missouri.

Missouri Warranty Deed, filed March 2, 2015. Joanna L. Mertz to Terry Sullins and Dar-lene Sullins: A tract com-mencing 667 ¾ feet south of the northwest corner of section 1, township 32, range 33, Barton County, Missouri and running thence east 651 ¾ feet, thence south 317 feet, thence west 651 ¾ feet, thence north 326 feet to the place of beginning.

Corporation War-ranty Deed, filed March 2, 2015. Helping Hearts, Inc. to Dorothy F. Rob-erts an undivided one-half interest and Ferne L. Roberts, Trustee of the Fern L. Roberts share of the Ollie Elwood Roberts and Ferne L. Roberts Re-vocable Trust, an undi-vided one-half interest: Tract One: A tract com-mencing 20 feet north of the southeast corner of lot 3 in block 20 of the Original Town of Lamar, Barton County, Missouri, exactly at the east end of, and in the center of the north wall of the two sto-ry brick and stone build-ing erected by one C.R. Logan, and which said wall is now standing on the south line of the land herein described, run-ning thence west along the center line of said wall 160 feet to the west line of said lot 3, thence north along the said west line of lot 3, 20 feet 2 ¼ inches to the center line of the partition wall now standing on the north line of the land herein described, thence east along the center line of said partition wall 160 feet to the east line of said lot 3, thence south 20 feet 2 ¼ inches to the place of beginning. Tract Two: A tract commencing 2 ¼ inches north of the northeast corner of the south half of the north half of lot 3 in block 20 see PROPERTY, page 4B


In Re: Justin V. Sprouls, a single personTRUSTEE’S SALE – Un-der the terms of the Deed of Trust executed by Justin V. Sprouls, a single per-son dated 11/05/2004, and recorded on 11/08/2004 Document 2004-2437 in the office of the Recorder of Deeds for Barton County, MISSOURI, the under-signed Successor Trustee, will on 04/06/2015 at 2:30 PM at the West Front Door of the Barton County Courthouse, 1007 Broad-way, Lamar, Mo. 64759, sell at public venue to the highest bidder for cash sub-ject to the terms announced at the sale, the realty de-scribed in said deed of trust, to wit:ALL OF 70 FEET OFF AND ACROSS THE WEST END OF LOTS FOUR (4) AND FIVE (5), IN BLOCK FIVE (5), OF FIRST ADDITION TO LAMAR, BARTON COUNTY, MISSOURI, TOGETHER WITH THE EAST HALF OF VACAT-ED 14 FOOT ALLEY LY-ING WEST AND ADJA-CENT TO SAID LOTS 4 AND 5.MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED AS:ALL OF 70 FEET OF AND ACROSS THE WEST END OF LOTS FOUR (4) AND FIVE (5), IN BLOCK FIVE (5), OF FIRST ADDITION TO LAMAR, BARTON COUNTY, MISSOURI, TOGETHER WITH THE

EAST HALF OF VACAT-ED 14 FOOT ALLEY LY-ING WEST AND ADJA-CENT TO SAID LOTS 4 AND 5; SUBJECT TO AN EASEMENT DATED AU-GUST 29, 1956, IN BOOK 270 PAGE 288..Substitute Trustee Corpo-rationSUCCESSOR TRUSTEEwww.substitutetrust-eecorp.comPublished in the Lamar DemocratFile #: SPRJUNORFirst publication date 03/11/2015

3-11,18,25,4-1-4tc IN THE CIRCUIT

COURT OF BARTON COUNTY, MISSOURIPROBATE DIVISION

AT LAMARIN THE ESTATE OF:THOMAS WILSON MARTIN, Deceased.ESTATE NO 14B4-PR00054

SECOND AMENDEDNOTICE OF LETTERS

GRANTEDTo all persons interested

in the Estate of Thomas Wilson Martin decedent:

On the 29th day of October, 2014, Teresa Moore, Barton County Public Administrator was appointed Personal Representative of the Estate of Thomas Wilson Martin, decedent, by the Probate Division of Circuit Court of Barton County, Missouri. The business

address of the Personal Representative is Teresa Moore, Barton County Public Administrator, Barton County Courthouse, Lamar, Missouri and the attorney is Richard M. Scott of 100 W. 10th, Lamar, MO 64759.

All creditors of the decedent are notified to file claims in Court within six months from the date of first publication of this notice or if a copy of this notice was mailed to, or served upon, such creditor by the personal representative, then within two months from the date it was mailed or served, whichever is later, or be forever barred to the fullest extent permissible by law. Such six-month period and such two-month period do not extend the limitation period that would bar claims one year after the decedent’s death, as provided in Section 473.444, RSMo, or any other applicable limitation periods. Nothing in section 473.033 RSMo, shall be construed to bar any action against a decedent’s liability insurance carrier through a defendant ad litem pursuant to Section 537.021, RSMo.

Receipt of this notice by mail should not be construed by the recipient to indicate that the recipient necessarily has a beneficial interest in the estate. The nature and extent of any person’s interest, if any, can be determined from the files

and records of this estate in the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Barton County, Missouri.

Date of decedent’s death

was October 4, 2013.Date of first publication is

April 1, 2015.s-Janet B. Maupin

Clerk of the Probate

DivisionOf the Circuit Court of

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LEGALS

816 W. 12th, Westview CenterLamar, Missouri 64759

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E I E I O: Not a farm perhaps, but three rural acres on blacktop with some larger trees and 44' x 100" barn. Located near Iantha. Liberal school district. Endless pos-sibilities. Owner encourages offers.

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GOOD LOCATION INCLUDED: Two Bedroom, 1 spacious bath. Hi-Eff CH,CA. Updated Kitchen includes appliances. 18́ x 23́ deck overlooks large, shady fenced, yard. 1.5 car attached garage. Storage building with concrete floor.

COUNTRY CLOSE TO TOWN: Wonderful treed back yard included with this 2 Bdrm, 2 bath home on 1 acre close to Lamar. Spacious Kitchen, dining room and living room with fireplace. Plenty of hardwood floors. Breeze-way to 2c garage, workshop and storm shelter.

APPROX 3000 SF LAMAR LAKE: Three Bdrm, 3 bath, exquisite KIT with abundant cabinets, granite, tile. Formal and informal dining, multiple living areas. Upper level suite includes office. Wonderfully landscaped. Storm shelter. 2c attd gar. 30x36 detd w/finished area.

COMPLETE PACKAGE: 4-5 Bedrm, 2.5 bath. Crown molding, tile, hardwds. Firepl. Newer roof & Hi-Eff CH, CA. Full basemt. Screened porch, private patio and STORAGE, STORAGE, STORAGE. 2c attd gar PLUS 24’ x 42’ Shop. Great location.

COUNTRY SETTING and Huge Kitchen-Dining combination come with this 3-4 Bed-room, 1 bath with newer roof & CH/A. Covered Patio. FIVE car garage + shop on approx. 1 acre. This is what many have been asking for!

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of the Original Town of Lamar, Barton County, Missouri, said point be-ing the center of the stone wall now standing on the north line of the land herein described, thence west 160 feet to the west line of said lots 3, thence south 20 feet to the center line in the par-tition wall standing on the south line herein de-scribed, thence east 160 feet to the east line of said lot 3, thence north 20 feet to the place of beginning.

Special Warranty Deed, filed March 4, 2015. Fed-eral National Mortgage Association of Dallas County, Texas to Henry D. Curtsinger and Don-na Curtsinger of Barton County, Missouri: Tract I: 100 feet off and across the west side of lot 9 of Union Addition to Gold-en City, Barton County, Missouri. Tract II: All of lot 10 in Union Addition to the Town of Golden City, Barton County, Missouri.

Special Warranty Deed, filed March 5, 2015. James Felts of Barton County, Missouri to Brenda Felts of Barton County, Missouri: A tract commencing 287 ½ feet east and 195 feet north of the southwest corner of the northwest quar-ter of northwest quar-ter of southwest quarter of section 19, township 32, range 30, in the City of Lamar, Missouri, thence north 170 feet to the south line of First Street Terrace 131 ¼ feet, thence south 170 feet to a point directly east of the place of beginning, thence west 131 ¼ feet to the place of beginning.

Special Warranty Deed, filed March 5, 2015. Brenda Felts of Bar-ton County, Missouri to James Felts of Barton County, Missouri: Lots 7 and 8 in block 4, Crest-wood Estates, an addi-tion to the City of Lamar, Barton County, Missouri.

General Warranty Deed, filed March 5, 2015. David Houston Properties, LLC to Mi-chael Schubert and Ka-tie Schubert: All of lot 10 and the north half of lot 11, block 9, of Wy-att’s Second Addition to Golden City, Barton County, Missouri.

General Warranty Deed, filed March 5, 2015. Ray E. Armstrong and Joy O. Armstrong to Larry C. Reed and Gina K. Reed: All of lots 8 and 9 in block 6 of Fink’s First Addition to the Town of Lamar, Barton County, Missouri, except the east 44 feet of lot 9, block 6, Fink’s First Addition to the Town of Lamar, Bar-ton County, Missouri.

General Warranty Deed, filed March 5, 2015. William P. Affolter, Jr. to Ray E. Armstrong and Joy O. Armstrong: All of lot 1 in block 2 of Allen-Howard Subdivi-sion, a subdivision of Lamar, Barton County, Missouri.

General Warranty Deed, filed March 6, 2015. Lucietta Invest-ments, LLC to Donald D. Lucietta and Barbara A. Lucietta: A tract in the northeast quarter of section 7, township 32, range 30, Barton County, Missouri.

Special Warranty Deed, filed March 6, 2015. Pen-tecostal Church of God, Southern Missouri Dis-trict, Inc. to Don T. Sow-ell, Jr. and Teri L. Sowell: All of lot 13 of Union Addition to the Town of Golden City, Barton County, Missouri, except 37 feet off the entire east side thereof, and except 84 feet off the south side thereof.

General Warranty

Deed, filed March 10, 2015. Lucietta Invest-ments, LLC to Leon Phipps and Christy Phipps: A tract in the northeast quarter of section 7, township 32, range 30, Barton Coun-ty, Missouri, containing 101.70 acres.

General Warranty Deed, filed March 10, 2015. Harold E. Byous and Ruth Marlene By-ous to Betty Judy: A tract commencing 130 feet south of the northeast corner of lot 5 in block 7 of A. Cockrell’s First Ad-dition to the City of La-mar, Barton County, and running thence west 175 feet, thence south 114 feet, thence east 175 feet, thence 114 feet to the place of beginning.

General Warranty Deed, filed March 10, 2015. Dennis R. Suiter and Sherry Suiter, Dale L. Suiter and Lea Suiter and Lois J. Crockett to C. Ed-ward Bettis and Marilyn

K. Bettis: The west half of the southeast quarter of section 5, township 32, range 31, except a tract commencing 282 ¾ feet east and 20 feet south of northwest corner of northeast quarter of southeast quarter of said section 5, and running thence south 521 feet, thence east 417 ½ feet, thence north 521 feet,

thence west 417 ½ feet to the place of beginning. Containing 5 acres.

Warranty Deed, filed March 10, 2015. Terry Hill and David B. Hill and Ronnie F. VanLand-ingHam and Deborah Sue VanLandingHam of Barton County, Missouri to Patricia A. Shores of Barton County, Mis-souri: A tract commenc-

ing 300 feet south of the northeast corner of block 6 in Walser’s Third Ad-dition to Liberal, Barton County, Missouri, and

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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.

As of 3-18-15, I will not be responsible for any debts other than my own. Mary Keeney.

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Looking To Have Your House Cleaned? Call me at 620-875-6043.Garden Tilling – let me

prepare your garden. Contact Lauren Dun-ford, 417-214-5775.

Lawn Mowing Season Is Approaching: Please call O'Neal Cutting Edge Lawn Care for All Your Lawn Care Needs: Free Estimates: Affordable Prices: Ful-ly Insured. Cell: 417-214-0256 or Home: 417-682-2909 After 7 Please. If no answer please leave message. Chris O'Neal Owner/Operator 1103 E 18th St., Lamar, MO 64759.

Garden Tilling & Mow-ing and Light Yard Work. Reasonable rates. Courteous service, La-mar area. 417-681-1309.Employment

Drivers, 65,000+, CDL-

A, $2500 sign on, Bonus Pay out in 4mo. 1 month exp., Same Day Pay! Free Health Ins, No CDL? We have Free training! www.trailiner.com 800-769-3993.

Drivers, Solo, 3 or 6 day runs, $44 cents per mi, Free Health Ins. Same Day Pay. 800-769-3993 for Details, on line app www.trailiner.com.

Drivers: Great Home Time. Excellent Pay Package & Paid Driv-er Benefits. Dry Van and Flatbed Divisions. You Choose. Refresh-ers Welcome. 800-234-5710.

Overnight Floor Cleaner needed, 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., 3 nights/24 hour week. Must be re-sponsible, have trans-

portation and pass back-ground check. Contact Chris at 417-766-4490.

Drivers: Company: Great Weekly Pay! Paid Health Insurance, Va-cation/Holidays! Own-erOps: $1.03 All miles plus 100% FS. Paid tolls, scales & more @ Stan-dard Transportation Gets you home weekly: 1-888-992-4038 x 133.Drivers: $70,000 to 80,000 per yr., Exp driv-ers, Free health insur-ance, 2500 sign on bo-nus (pays out in 4 mons) Home weekly, Same day pay 2016 Freightlin-er Cascadia, APU, in-vertors. Automatic and Standard Transmission. www/trailiner.com or 800-769-3993.

Drivers: CDL-A. PTT Hiring OTR Earn .40

cpm base then bonus! Hard running Solos/Teams FT/PT available. 866-312-7919.

Miscellaneous For Sale

Husky Mower 42” 18 HP B&S Twin, new belts upper and lower, new battery, new coil. Nice, $650. Excellent all over. 417-214-1829.

Avon April Specials: Enchanted Frozen Dis-ney items. Earrings 3 sets only $7.99; Jewelry box $12.99; Projection watch, $9.99; Elsa, Olaf and Anna Cuddle Pil-lows only $24.99 each. To order call Donita McCulloch, 682-6578 or 825-5333.

Estate Sale By Owner – Not an auction. An-

tique furniture, jewelry armoires, unique pot-tery and porcelain piec-es. Many quality horse art items, new com-puter equipment, ste-reo units, speakers, yard tools, file cabinets, desks, wall units. Make offers. Everything must go. April 4, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Glasgow, 34 SW 40th Road, Lamar.

"Publisher's notice: All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it il-legal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination be-cause of race, color, re-ligion, sex, handicap, familial status, or na-tional origin, or inten-tion to make any such preference limitation, or discrimination. We will not knowingly ac-cept any advertising for real estate, which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby in-formed that all dwell-ings advertised are available on an equal op-portunity basis".

Mobile Homes for Rent

Are You Ready To Move? We have 2 bed-room trailers and hous-es ready to rent. Two

rental references a must. 682-2636.

Apartments for Rent

Vacancy - Scottsdale Apartments - Senior Citizens Housing. Call 682-3589. Mo. TDD 1-800-735-2966. Equal Opportunity Hous-ing. Handicapped units available. Located at 17th and Lexington.

1 Bedroom Apartment nicely furnished or un-furnished. Pool, rec room and laundry. Free cable/HBO, water and trash. Short leases avail-able. $200 security de-posit. No pets! In Ne-vada. Starting at $365. 417-667-2633.

Sheldon Apartments - Nice 1 bedroom apart-ments, furnished or un-furnished. All utilities paid. Starting at $370 per month. Call 417-667-2633.

Homes For Rent

For Rent – 708 Grand. Large 1-bedroom du-plex. Central heat/air, refrigerator, stove. $325 month plus $275 depos-it. References. Call R&R Rentals, Rosalee Potter, 417-682-5668.

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running thence west 300 feet, thence south 300 feet, thence east 300 feet, thence north 300 feet to the place of beginning.

Warranty Deed, filed March 11, 2015. Pam J. Myers of Barton County, Missouri to Pam J. My-ers and Karen F. Myers, as joint tenants of Barton County, Missouri: All of lots 1 and 2 in block 4, Town of South Denni-son, now known as West Liberal in Barton Coun-ty, Missouri.

General Warranty Deed, filed March 12, 2015. Robert Lawrence to Amanda Stevens: A tract in the northeast quarter of southeast quarter of section 30, township 32, range 30, City of Lamar, Barton County, Missouri, containing 1.12 acres.

General Warranty Deed, filed March 12, 2015. Nelson Voris and Bobbie Voris to Stephen J. Cato and Debra G. Cato and Dennis E. Cato and Frances M. Cato, as joint tenants: All of the

west half of lot 2 in block 11 of M.N. Wills’ Fifth Addition to the City of Lamar, Barton County, Missouri.

Warranty Deed, filed March 13, 2015. Pauline Brous of Barton County, Missouri to Danny E. Brous of Barton County, Missouri: Tract I: The northwest quarter of section 12, township 31, range 31, Barton County, Missouri, except seven tracts in said section 12, township 31, range 31. Tract II: The south-east quarter of section 1, township 31, range 31, Barton County, Mis-souri. Except nine tracts in said southeast quarter of section 1, township 31, range 31, Barton County, Missouri.

Warranty Deed, filed March 13, 2015. Dan-ny E. Brous of Barton County, Missouri to Brous Family Farm, LLC of Barton County, Mis-souri: Tract I: The north-west quarter of section 12, township 31, range

31, Barton County, Mis-souri, except seven tracts in said section 12, town-ship 31, range 31. Tract II: The southeast quar-ter of section 1, town-ship 31, range 31, Barton County, Missouri. Except nine tracts in said south-east quarter of section 1, township 31, range 31, Barton County, Missouri.

General Warranty Deed, filed March 17, 2015. Danny E. Brous to Robert D. Tolman and Judith A. Tolman: A tract in the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 1, township 31, range 31, Barton County, Missouri.

General Warranty Deed, filed March 16, 2015. Judy Ferris to Matt & Max, LLC: All of lots 4, 5, 6, block 46, Parry’s 3rd Addition to the City of Lamar, Barton County, Missouri.

General Warranty Deed, filed March 18, 2015. Randy J. Ross and Deanna Ross to Ryan K. Lair: 70 feet off the en-tire east side of the south half of lot 6 in block 5

of Wills’ Addition to the City of Lamar in Barton County, Missouri.

Special Warranty Deed, filed March 19, 2015. Martin C. Bunton and Brenda K. Burton to Martin C. Bunton and Brenda K. Bunton as co-trustees of the Bunton Trust of Barton County, Missouri. All of lot 11 of Country Club Estates, a subdivision in the east-ern half of the south-west quarter of section 36, township 32, range 31, Barton County, Mis-souri.

General Warranty Deed, filed March 20, 2015. David Houston Properties, LLC to James Long and Brenda Long: All of lots 4 and 5 in block 3 of Wyatt’s Addi-tion to the Town of Gold-en City, Barton County, Missouri; also all of lots 6 and 7, and the west half of lot 8 in block 3 of Wyatt’s Addition to the Town of Golden City, Missouri; also a tract in the south-west corner of lot 6 in block 3 of said Wyatt’s Addition, being a part of

the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 26, township 31, range 29, Barton County, Missouri.

Warranty Deed, filed March 23, 2015. Paul Knox II and Lisa Ham-mons to Steve Tong and Christine Tong: Tract I: The southeast quar-ter of the southeast quarter, and the 8 acres off the east side of the southwest quarter of the southeast of section 7, also the north half of the northeast quarter, and the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 18, all in town-ship 31, range 29, Barton County, Missouri. Tract 2: The southwest quar-ter and the south half of the northwest quarter of section 18, township 31, range 29, Barton Coun-ty, Missouri, except that part of the said southwest quarter lying south and west of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad, and except a tract in the west half of section 18, township 31, range 29, in Barton County, Mis-

souri.Missouri General War-

ranty Deed, filed March 23, 2015. El Dorado Chemical Company to EDC Ag Products Com-pany: All of block 43, Parry’s Third Addition to the City of Lamar, Bar-ton County, Missouri, and a tract beginning 50 feet north of the north-east corner of said block 43, thence west 26.59 feet, thence northeasterly 335.06 feet to a point 60 feet west of the northwest corner of lot 49 of said Parry’s Third Addition, thence south along the west right-of-way line of Lexington Street 334 feet to the point of beginning.

Special Warranty Deed, filed March 26, 2015. Murchison Oil and Gas, Inc. to C.O.W. Farms, Inc.: The west half of the southeast quarter, the south half of the northeast quarter, and the north 50 acres of the east half of the southwest quarter, all in section 11, township 32, range 32, Barton County, Mis-souri.


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