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MISSOURIANTHE CASS COUNTY

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2013

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VOL. 132, NO. 51 � $1 (includes tax)

Six Points of the Badge:

“Finding the bad guys”

PAGE 7A

Parents charged

for endagering children

PAGE 11A

Harrisonville couple opens

pumpkin patch

PAGE 10A

Burnt District Festival

photos

PAGE 12A

LOCAL NEWS

Harrisonville

shuts out

Pleasant Hill in

MRVC West

battle

PAGE 1B

SPORTS SCENE

Business News..................

. 15A

Classified..................

........... 1C

Entertainment ..................

12B

Community ..................

....... 9B

Community Calendar ........8A

Obituaries ..................

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Opinion ..................

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Public Notices ..................

...3C

School News ..................

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Sports ..................

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From the left, Burnt District Festival Miss Congeniality Kayla Marks and Queen Mackenzie Eisel waive

to crowd spectators during the Harrisonville parade Oct. 5 on the historic square. They were chauf-

fered by Harrisonville Chamber President Obie Carl. See more photos from the Burnt District Festival

on page 12A.

Bethany Bashioum/Democrat Missourian

A PERFECT DAY FOR A PARADE

A Raymore man who

was formerly a suspect in

several Kansas City mur-

ders has been arrested for

allegedly urinating in pub-

lic and in the view of chil-

dren.

A Cass County Sheriff’s

Office detective arrested

Gregory Breeden, 67, after

an individual observed the

suspect, who was working

on his minivan in the drive-

way of his 414 S. Sunrise

Dr. residence at approxi-

mately 5:15 p.m., walked

back behind the vehicle and

unzipped the zipper on his

overalls and started to uri-

nate onto the ground for

about 30 seconds.

He has been charged

with second-degree sexual

misconduct.

The calling party in the

Oct. 7 incident stated that

several children were in the

neighborhood playing at

the time of the incident, and

was alarmed at Bree-

Raymore man arrested for exposing himself

BY BETHANY BASHIOUM

bbashioum@

demo-mo.c

om

See ARREST, page 2A

This week’s football schedule

Friday, Oct. 11

Archie at Appleton City, 7 p.m.

Grandview at Belton, 7 p.m.

Harrisonville at Oak Grove, 7 p.m.

Rich Hill at Midway, 7 p.m.

Pleasant Hill at Odessa, 7 p.m.

Ray-Pec at Lee’s Summit West, 7 p.m.

Drexel at Sherwood, 7 p.m.

Harrisonville city leaders

have given organizers of the

community’s annual Burnt Dis-

trict Festival a thumbs up for a

successful event.

Mayor Kevin Wood, along

with several aldermen, noted

their praise during a regular

Board of Aldermen meeting

Oct. 7.

“There is nothing like a fes-

tival to bring a community to-

gether,” Wood said.

The event was organized by

the Harrisonville Chamber and

the city of Harrisonville, Oct.

4-5 on the historic square.

Chamber President Obie

Carl also thanked the city for

their involvement in the festivi-

ties during the meeting.

“I want to thank the city for

participating in a very, very

successful Burnt District Fes-

tival. I take my hat off to the

city for the very professional

attitude of everyone involved,”

Carl said. “(Public Works Di-

City leaders give

BDF thumbs up

BY BETHANY BASHIOUM

bbashioum@

demo-mo.c

om

See FESTIVAL, page 2A

not filing paperwork necessary

for an insurance claim regarding

Cass County Circuit Clerk

Amy Bell has filed a response

denying allegations from the

Missouri Attorney General that

she failed to properly manage

records and funds.

In her response, Bell claims

that she is “not guilty of a will-

ful or fraudulent violation” or

“willful neglect of the official

duty.”

According to court docu-

ments filed on Sept. 17, Missou-

ri Attorney General Chris Kos-

ter claims Bell failed to pay the

circuit court’s bills on time and

Bell responds to

AG’s allegations

BETHANY BASHIOUM

bbashioum@

demo-mo.c

om

Amy Bell

See CLERK, page 2A

Gregory Breeden

SCENE

THE DEMOCRAT MISSOURIANSPORTSSECTION B � FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2013

It took nine innings forRaymore-Peculiar to over-come rival Belton.The Panthers finallycaptured a 2-1 victory for

the Class 4, District 13championship Oct. 11 atGrandview.

The win was an impor-tant one to Raymore-Pecu-liar, especially to its fiveseniors.

“It was extremely im-portant,” Raymore-Pecu-liar senior catcher Rebe-kah Mueller said. “It is mysenior year and it’s Beltonand belton is our rival. Weknew we had to come backand fight and get it. Andwe got it.”The first five inningsflew by, with the score re-

maining at 0-0. Bothteams struggled to string

together hits and with se-nior Emily Ross on themound for Raymore-Pecu-

liar and senior Katie Gia-cone throwing for Belton,the game looked to be apitcher’s duel.

But in the top of thesixth inning, with twoouts, Mueller connectedwith a fastball and the ballsailed over the center fieldwall for a home run. Ray-

more-Peculiar led 1-0.“I felt great,” Meullersaid. “As soon as the pitchwas pitched, I knew it. My

bat, we have a good con-nection. I felt great afterthat, pumped up and readyto go.”

But in the bottom ofthat inning, the Pirates an-swered back. SophomoreGabrielle Biondo was hit

by a pitch and junior AnnaBiondo hit a sacrifice buntGabrielle Biondo to sec-ond base.

Giacone hit a long flyball to center field thatwas caught, but not beforeGabrielle Biondo made it

home to knot the score at

1-1. Freshman MadisonHunsaker grounded out tofirst to end the inning.The game stayed tiedthrough the seventh andeighth innings. But in thetop of the ninth inning, thePanthers, once again withtwo outs, started things offwith a single from juniorQuincy Martin.Sarah Shatford hit asingle with Erika Carvanput in as a pinch runner.

Then Lauryn Deer singled

Ninthinning

stretch

Raymore-Peculiar celebrates their 2-1 victory in nine innings over Belton in the Class

4, District 13 championship game Oct. 11 at Grandview.

Stephanie Yeagle/Democrat Missourian

Ray-Pec battlespast Belton fordistrict trophyBY STEPHANIE [email protected]

Belton’s Anna Biondo bunts the ball against Raymore-

Peculiar in the Class 4, District 13 championship game

Oct. 11 at Grandview. The Panthers won 2-1 in nine in-

nings.


Raymore-Peculiar’s Rebekah Mueller grins as she

rounds second base after her home run against Belton

in the Class 4, District 13 championship game Oct. 11

at Grandview. The Panthers won 2-1 in nine innings.

Stephanie Yeagle/Democrat MissourianSee RAY-PEC, page 4B

Harrisonville figuredthey would meet up withold rivals Pleasant Hill inthe Class 3, District 13championship game. The Wildcats, seededNo. 2, weren’t the favoritesto bring home the crownagainst No. 1 seeded Pleas-

ant Hill Oct. 11 at Warrens-burg.

But Harrisonville

proved they could, slippingpast the Chicks 2-0. “Playing Pleasant Hillin the district champion-ship game was one of thosethings we kind of figuredwould happen,” Harrison-

ville head coach Dave Hixsaid. “Our girls were readyphysically and mentally. Ithink beating them at ourplace two weeks ago reallygot the girls in a positive

mindset that they could doit again.”The Wildcats scoredtheir first run in the top of

the second, as Hannah Ben-nett singled to center field,followed by a single fromTaylor Jones to right field.

Jocelyn Winter was hit by apitch from Pleasant Hill’sCourtney Fountain to loadthe bases.

With one out, Madi Kit-tilstad reached first on afielder’s choice to thirdbase, but Bennett was

forced out at home plate.Then Baylee Goss singled

on an error by Pleasant Hillto send Miranda Ferguson(the courtesy runner for

Jones) home. Harrisonville scoredagain in the top of the thirdinning starting with a sin-

gle to left field by ReaganOsborn. Leeann Farren’sfly ball to center field wascaught, but Bennett singledto right field next. Jones

grounded out on her hit,but not before Osbornscored to put the Wildcats

ahead 2-0.“We always challenge

our girls that if you want tobe the best, you have tobeat the best,” Hix said.“We have had some goodgames with Pleasant Hill indistricts over the years andthis game just adds to that

rivalry legacy. They arewell coached and neverquit coming at you.”The rivaling teams, bothin the Missouri River Val-

ley West Conference, hadplayed twice earlier in theseason, with the Chicksgrabbing one victory, while

the Wildcats earned anoth-er.

“We had split with themearlier in the season, butnone of that matters at thispoint in the season,” Pleas-ant Hill head coach LisaDowdy said. “We came outa bit flat, but never gave up.We missed a few signs,stayed strong defensively,but just couldn’t get ourbats going. We justcouldn’t lay off the highpitch. Sometimes that is the

way it goes. That is not theway we wanted to end ourseason.”

Harrisonville was led onthe mound by Jones withseven innings, allowingeight hits and striking outthree batters.

Bennett had three hitsand Goss had two hits. Os-born had two hits and onerun, Jones had one hit andFerguson had one run.Pleasant Hill’s Fountainpitched for seven innings,

allowing eight hits, two

Meeting of old rivalsWildcats capture softball district championship

BY STEPHANIE [email protected] “We always challenge our girls that if you want

to be the best, you have to beat the best. We

have had some good games with Pleasant Hill

in districts over the years and this game just

adds to that rivalry legacy. They are well

coached and never quit coming at you.”

-DAVE HIXHarrisonville head coach

See WILDCATS, page 2B

Sherwood ended theiroutstanding season tooshort, with a 3-0 loss toLamar in the Class 2, Dis-trict 6 championship gameOct. 11 at Sherwood.The game went intonine innings, tied at 0-0,until Lamar put in thethree game-winning runs.“Being able to coach agroup of players this tal-

Archie’s Sam Ogden, left, slides into third base against Adrian in the first round of

the Class 2, District 6 tournament Oct. 9 at Sherwood. The Whirlwinds won 12-0.


Cut tooshort

Sherwood outdoneby Lamar fordistrict title

Sherwood’s Abby Atkin winds up for a pitch against

Butler during the first round of the Class 2, District 6

tournament Oct. 9 at Sherwood. The Marksmen won

11-0.


BY STEPHANIE [email protected]

See SHERWOOD, page 4B

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