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SECTION ACorrespondents ........................ 2Friends & Family ...................... 3Friends & Family ...................... 4School/Sports ............................ 5Sports ......................................... 6

SECTION BArea News ................................. 2Records ...................................... 3Records ...................................... 4Legals/Classifieds ...................... 5Agriculture ................................ 6

BCMH employees give back to community during holidays

The Barton County Memo-rial Hospital Board of Trust-ees meeting was called to or-der on December 29 by Karen Wegener, chairperson. Other members present were Tom Shaw, Jill Purinton and Mike Vaughan. Mike Buchanan was absent. Also in attendance were CEO Wendy Duvall, Di-rector Quality/Risk Manage-ment Eden Ogden and Direc-tor of Human Resources Sheila Heckmaster.

The minutes from the No-vember 24 meeting were unan-imously approved with correc-tions.

Duvall reported that Novem-ber utilization was not very good, with all departments ex-cept for surgery and CT being down from the previous year. She reported a loss of $296,520 for November, bringing the year to date loss to $790,205. She did state that there was an ad-ditional $250,000 added to the

Medicare Contractual estimate for the month and that without this, they would have shown a much lower loss. There will be an additional $250,000 Medi-care Contractual also taken in December. The clinics were in the black for November.

Heckmaster reported some movement in personnel in November, but no change in net full time employees for the month. The year to date turnover rate for BCMH is six percent, in comparison to the MHA annual average of 12 per-cent.

Ogden reported that the Caregiver Support Group was being well attended, with the next meeting to be held Janu-ary 6. The Diabetes Support Group meeting will be held January 20. She noted that the hospital employees had been busy over the holidays, donat-

Dove Award-winning New Artist of the Year, Sidewalk Prophets, are pioneering an unprecedented tour expected to launch this coming February. Called the “Great Big Family Room”, the goal of the band is to “break down that wall between us as the guys on stage and the audience”, said band member Benjamin McDonald. An acous-tic, intimate experience, the tour features the band's most loved songs and the heart behind them, as well as a preview of up-coming music from their new album cur-rently in the works.

At the heart of the experience is the genuine desire to create community and forge lasting, authentic relationships with

fans from the moment they step through the doors, where the band will be waiting to personally escort audience members to their seats. At that point, the typical concert monologue will become a dialogue, with the band sharing personal stories and en-couraging the audience to do the same.

“Family is one of the most important things in life,” said lead vocalist Dave Frey. “For us, this tour is our attempt to remind fans, friends, strangers and enemies that we're all brothers and sisters. Our hope is that each person who comes to this tour leaves feeling like they are loved, that they have a purpose and that they are a vitally important part of our family”.

Sidewalk Prophets have toured with Jere-my Camp and Audio Adrenaline, as well as with the Rock and Worship Roadshow with MercyMe and Francesca Battistelli, among others. The band features Frey on vocals, lead guitarist Shaun Tomczak, rhythm guitarist McDonald, bassist Cal Joslin and drummer, Justin Nace.

The “Great Big Family Room Tour”, fea-turing the Sidewalk Prophets, will be in concert on Wednesday, March 4, 7 p.m., at Thiebaud Auditorium in Lamar. Admission will be $10 at the door for general admis-sion, $75 for a pizza party or $100 for a ser-enade. For information call 815-797-2428 or visit www.greatbigfamilyroomtour.com.

MU Extensionto assist

withFarm Bill

Anyone needing assistance with the Farm Bill decision aid should contact Barton County Extension at 417-682-3579 to set an appoint-ment at either of the Barton or Dade County Extension offices. Information can also be entered at https://deci-sionaid.afpc.tamu.edu/.

Anyone coming to the ex-tension office for assistance should bring their email and password, if applicable; FSA farm numbers; CC yield; 2013 base acres; crop yield and acreage history and in-tended rotation acreage up to 2018. If anyone has crop insurance, they need to bring their approved APH yield, 2014 insurance policy, cover-age and unit structure.

Election for Barton County Extension Council membersto be held

The 2015 public election of eight new members for the Barton County University of Missouri Extension County Council will take place Janu-ary 16-31. The county elec-tion will be held in accor-dance with state law (Chapter 262.550-262.620 R.S. Mo. 1969).

Every county in Missouri has an extension council made up of elected and ap-pointed members who rep-resent the broad educational needs and backgrounds of people in that county.

Missouri state statutes cre-ate county extension coun-cils to work with University of Missouri Extension. These council members assist in planning and carrying out extension programs in the county, providing local exten-

sion governance and represent-ing the diversity of the county’s changing population.

Citizens over the age of 18 who reside in Barton County can vote. Official ballots have been mailed or citizens can come to the Barton County University of Missouri Extension office at 801 E 12th, Lamar, MO and obtain a ballot to vote.

Four positions on the coun-cil will be filled from District I, which include Barton City, Central, Golden City, Leroy, Milford, Nashville, Newport, Northfork, Ozark, Richland, Southwest and Union town-ships and four positions on the council will be filled from Dis-trict II, which include City of Lamar, Doylesport and Lamar townships.

Commission opens bids

for materials and services

in 2015By RICHARD COOPERDemocrat staff writer

LAMAR-The Barton County Commission opened bids, December 29, for ma-terials and services which it will require during calendar year, 2015. In those catego-ries where there were mul-tiple bids, the low bidder re-ceived the contract. In those categories that received no

Latest filings for area city offices and county boardsBy RICHARD COOPERDemocrat staff writer

Less than a week remains to file for public offices that must be filled in the April 7 election. The deadline is 5 p.m., January 20.

In Lamar, candidates have committed for all offices to be filled. In Ward 1, incumbent Judd Chesnut will seek another term, Jim Cooper has filed in Ward 2, Brian Griffith in Ward 3, and incumbent Bill Talbott in Ward 4. Since Mayor Keith Di-vine has announced his retire-ment, an interesting race for the office has developed with the fil-ing of former councilman Kent Harris and current councilman Tom Shields. Both men bring considerable experience in city

government into the race. Har-ris was a councilman for 18 years in the second ward, and Shields is completing 20 years in the third ward.

In Lamar Heights, incumbent Jerry Marti is seeking another term as mayor, and Bob Noel has likewise committed for an-other term in Ward 1. No one has yet filed in Ward 2.

Liberal must fill a seat in each of its two wards. So far, the only person to file is incumbent John Nicolas in Ward 2.

Golden City must fill two seats in Ward 1. Incumbent Lyle Brewer has filed for the full two-year term, and Walter Nims has filed for the remaining one year of an unexpired term. Nims currently holds the office on a temporary appointment. No

one has filed in Wards 2 and 3. In Mindenmines where their

board of aldermen is elected at large, Roger Vansel and incum-bent Mistie Short have filed for full two-year terms. Jim Morton has filed for the remaining one year of an unexpired term. Mor-ton currently holds the seat on appointment. As yet, no one has filed for mayor.

Sheldon also elects its board of aldermen at-large. Incumbents Robert Moran and John Scifers have filed for new terms. Also filing are Nickie Danner and Josh Bean. No one has commit-ted for mayor.

Jasper will be electing a mayor and two aldermen. Incumbent mayor Bill Hulstine has filed for another term, and Charles Schlichting has filed for the seat

in the East Ward. No one has filed in the West Ward.

No one has filed for any seats in Lockwood or Greenfield. Lockwood will be electing a mayor and two aldermen, and Greenfield will be electing two aldermen.

The Barton County Health Department will be electing three persons to its board of directors. To date, only incum-bent Darrell Kentner has filed.

The Barton County Hospital Board must fill one position. Incumbent Mike Vaughan has filed.

The Barton County Ambu-lance Board must fill two seats, one each in districts 1 and 4. Paul Stebbins has filed in dis-trict 1 and incumbent Leisa Blanchard has filed in district 4.

Area board of education

filingsBy RICHARD COOPERDemocrat staff writer

This is a year that two va-cancies occur on seven-member boards of education in Missouri.

In Lamar R-I, three candi-dates have filed, to date, in-cumbent Randy Day, Robert (Bobby) Bronson, Jr., and Chris Davey.

Two incumbents have filed in Liberal R-II, Brian King and John Simpson.see FILINGS, page 2A

see BIDS, page 2A

see ELECTION, page 6Asee HOLIDAYS, page 6A

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LAMAR COUNTRY

CLUB LADIES ASSOCIATIONSondra Riegel was the

hostess Tuesday, Jan. 6, for Bridge. The winners were Imogene Wil-liams, first and Norma Jean Harris, second.

The hostess for Tues-day, Jan. 13, is Rosalee Potter, with Margaret Wattenbarger to be the hostess on Tuesday, Jan. 20.

CITY CLOVERS 4-H CLUB

By AIDAN REEDClub Reporter

The City Clovers 4-H Club met December 21, 2014 for their monthly meeting. There were

eight members pres-ent. Each family brought cookies to make cookie trays to share with local businesses for Christmas. After the cookie trays were prepared, the mem-bers and their parents went Christmas caroline at Maple Senior Living.

Congratulations to Kai-tlyn Davis for being cho-sen as the second princess at the Junior Miss Merry Christmas pageant. She rode on the Miss Merry Christmas float at the

Christmas parade. Ryan Davis, Lexi Phipps, My-cah Reed and Aidan Reed were the color guard for the Christmas parade.

The next meeting will be January 18. It will be held at the Lamar United Methodist Church and the group will be filling the backpacks for the School Backpack Pro-gram.

The City Clovers hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

CLUB NOTES

Coonfoot & Vicinity

By LOUISE OTT

Peeking out the door this early Monday morn-ing, I see the frost is so heavy though it snowed.

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

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

Remember the big bridge south of Alba is open and it's so nice to go straight through to Hwy.

96.John and Diane Enlow

were visitors of Louise Ott on Saturday.

Carol Golden visited Louise Ott on Sunday af-ternoon.

Regina, Genesis and Faithllyn Shank and Ty-ler, Grayson and Emma Everitt were visitors of Louise Ott on Wednesday afternoon.

Sharon Lund visited Louise Ott on Mon-day morning and then they both visited George Straw.

Kenneth Dee and Es-ther Archer, Sarcoxie route, and Louise Ott, Jasper route, were dinner guests of George Straw on Sunday.

We're hoping next time

Paul Rice of Sioux City, Iowa will stop by and see us. He is our cousin.

SheldonBy DARLENE

SHERIDAN

Hoping everyone had a good New Years and are looking forward to 2015.

I was finally able to go to church Sunday, after the past month of not feeling up to par. I have been staying close to home, only out to see the doctors and spent part of New Year's Day with fam-ily.

Since I missed the news, I just heard of the passing

of Frances (Kariff) Beisley on De-cember 27, after a lengthly illness. Fu-neral services were held January 2, at St Mary’s Catholic Church in Nevada. Frances is survived by four children and several grand and great grand-children and also one sister, Mary Alice Wilson and three nieces Lin-da Conrad, Mary Buckner and Mar-tha Bryam. Sympa-thy is extended to her family.

On December 29, a new business in Sheldon, Crunch-time, owned by Cody and Taylor Claflin, held an open house.

Sympathy is ex-tended to Lynna Overman and her husband Mark at the passing of her mother, Cheryl Swink, at a Kansas

City hospital on Decem-ber 20. Funeral services were held December 30, at Ferry’s in Nevada.

Funeral services were held for Wilma Ford Sullivan of Hume, who passed away December 31. Wilma was born to George and Sylvia Ford of Sheldon and graduat-ed from Sheldon school. She married Herschel Sullivan in 1943 and spent many years work-ing at Key Work Clothes. Wilma was survived by two daughters and many grand and great grand-children, one sister Luela Driskel of Lamar and one brother, Walter Ford of Sheldon. Sympathy is ex-tended to her family.

Students and staff re-turned to classes on Mon-day, Jan. 5, after enjoying the extended Christmas and New Year holiday.

This week’s cold tem-perature does not make it very inviting to get out of the house.

Vernon County Retired

Teachers met Friday, Jan. 9, at the Bowman Build-ing in Nevada.

Maxine's Musings

By MAXINE MORIN

Political talk is in the air, what with several “wanna be” U.S. presidents in the news. Guess we will have to wait until the political conventions are over to know who will be on the ballot.

I hear there are a lot of flu cases. When I was a patient at Freeman Hospi-tal in Joplin (back in Sep-tember) they gave me a flu shot.

The Classi Lassies Red Hat Club of Lamar held its first meeting of 2015 at the Barton County Senior Citizens Center. Nineteen ladies assembled at tables beautifully decorated by Stormy Cuba, BCSC su-

pervisor. Following lunch, Bingo was enjoyed. Host-ess for the February 12 meeting will be Maxine Chesnut. The place will be announced later. The De-cember Christmas meet-ing was held at Tractors, with hostesses being Sue Hobson, Betty Gideon and Maxine Rader. The ladies enjoyed a fried chicken dinner with des-sert, on a long table dec-orated with Christmas items. Bingo cards were distributed, with Maxine Rader calling numbers. Everyone received a prize. All departed, with “Mer-ry Christmas” echoing through the restaurant.

The Rebekah Circle will meet Monday at Denny's, at 11:30 a.m. At the De-cember meeting the Circle voted to donate $100 to the Fireman's Christmas Fund for kids.

Fiber Arts Guild will meet this Thursday at Denny's, at 9 a.m.

May God watch over our military troops. Until next time...

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Lamar Democrat/Richard CooperAn Irish potato all shaped up for Valentine’s

Day, but it was discovered by Lee Roy Voorhees in a commodities shipment to the Good Samaritan Shop just before Christmas. Voorhees is a volunteer worker at the Good Samaritan. The heart shaped spud weighed two pounds.

Filings, continued from page 1ATwo incumbents make

up the total filings in Golden City R-III. They are Brad Beerly and Tra-vis Moore.

Sheldon R-VIII has three candidates seeking seats. They are incumbent Michele Claflin, Marlene

Moran, a former board member, and Cody Claf-lin.

Lockwood has one can-didate, so far, Robbie Pat-terson.

Jasper R-V has two can-didates, Vic Crazybear and Jamie Kaderly. Cra-

zybear is an incumbent. Greenfield R-IV also

has two candidates, Den-nis Wright and Kevan Marshall. Both are in-cumbents.

The deadline for filing for boards of education is 5 p.m., January 20.

Bids, continued from page 1Abids, the commission will negotiate a price when the need arises.

For six sack concrete mix, one bid was received from G & H Concrete of Joplin and Lamar. Grade 60 bendable rebar, one bid, from Viebrock Sales & Service of Sedalia. Concrete culverts, one bid, from Stewart Con-crete of Nevada. Polymer coated metal culverts, three bids, awarded to Viebrock Sales & Service of Sedalia. Crane work,

no bids. Dozer work, one bid, Kinney Excavating, LLC of Lamar. Track hoe work, no bids. Precast slab bridge decks, one bid, Oden Enterprises of Wahoo, Nebraska. Road rock, three bids, none accepted, will purchase from supplier nearest to place of need in county. Rock hauling, one bid, Chip Miller of Lamar. Bulk off road diesel fuel, no bids. Food service for prisoners in county jail, no bids.

CorrectionDue to the confusion our printers incurred from

printing multiple papers, they inserted the incorrect Hometown Memories insert. The correct insert is in today's edition for Missouri area residents.

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New advisory board looks to future at Metropolitan National Bank

SPRINGFIELD-Re-flective of its continuing strive for excellence in en-terprise, Metropolitan Na-tional Bank announces the appointment of its newest member to the Metropoli-tan National Bank Next Professional Advisory Board, Matthew David-son. Davidson has strong ties in Barton County and as a State Farm Insurance agent in Lamar, under-stands the importance of excellent customer ser-vice, creating strong ties within the communities you serve and business development. This board, established to bring a

forward-thinking mind-set to product offerings, technology, marketing, competitive insight and business development, is comprised of commu-nity leading influencers who have demonstrated an aptitude for vision-ary thought. This board is committed to driving Metropolitan National Bank’s focus on delivering excellent customer and as-sociate experiences.

The Next Professional Advisory Board members selected to fulfill a two-year term are: Brad Erwin, president/CEO, Paragon Architecture; Brandon Brummett, project engineer, Tamko Building Products; Matthew Davidson, agent/owner State Farm Insurance in Lamar; Bryan Simpson, director of awesomeness (owner), Five Pound Apparel; Chuck Replogle, attorney, Replogle & Berkstresser, LLC; David Ross, director of operations, Morelock-Ross; Jeff Gerken, broker/owner, Gerken & Associates, Realtors; Leah Hamilton, director, Arts Administration, Drury University; Mark Foglesong, vice president, D.D. Hamilton Title Company; Nicole Kimbrough, principal, Springfield Public Schools; Paul Sunday, English management, Event & Venue Management Co. and Rob Griffith, Ozarks Technical Community College.

Mark McFatridge, presi-dent & CEO shared, “The establishment of the Met-ropolitan National Bank Next Professional Advi-sory Board is key to con-tinuing Metropolitan’s quest to be a leader of excellence within our in-dustry and the communi-ties we serve.” McFatridge continued, “This board will provide insight into areas that will improve our operations, products and services and how we deliver them to best fit our customers’ needs. The

Next Professional Advi-sory Board is a promise that Metropolitan is, and will continue to be on the leading-edge of banking best practices and innova-tion.”

In addition to encouraging a proactive approach to product

improvements, the Next Professional Advisory Board is also tasked with challenging a review of operations through a more independent lens and sharing new perspectives that allow Metropolitan to continually raise the bar of excellence.

Metropolitan is excited for the future of banking that will be shaped by the contributions of the dynamic new Next Professional Advisory Board.

FRIENDS & FAMILY

On December 19, 2014, the “big guy in the red suit” was in town for the first ever Santa Splash, held at the Lamar Aquatic Park. Only students who took swim lessons dur-ing the summer got in-vitations to attend this private splash party, with Santa as the special guest.

In the picture are 11 of the 18 children who made it to the party held the last day of school, before the Christmas holiday break, to enjoy the water and practice new swim skills learned over the summer. Each child spent some time talking with Santa, who gave each a gift and candy.

It was cold outside, but hearts and smiles were warm inside, aided by the cookies and hot cocoa served as the party came to a close.

Plans are underway for another Santa Splash to be held next year, or another

special by-invitation-only event, so swimmers get a chance to renew their skills and have some fun before another summer rolls around.

Sign-ups for swim les-

sons will be announced again for a start date of May 1, utilizing the Star-fish Aquatics system.

The pool is available for private parties by call-ing the manager, Mike, at

417-682-5383. Rates are reasonable and the water is warm.

Schedules for water programming are avail-able by calling or online at www.CityofLamar.org.

Santa Splash held at Lamar Aquatic Park

Patterson to retire from LBTCarol Patterson will be

retiring from Lamar Bank & Trust Company after being involved in banking for over 49 years. Carol and her husband Jerry live on their farm north of Golden City, where they reared three children, Teresa Backs, Lisa Heath and Kevin Patterson. She

is a proud grandmother of seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Carol plans to spend more time with her family and friends and working in her flower gardens.

Carol will be greatly missed in the lobby at La-mar Bank & Trust Com-pany, not only by the

employees but her many customers.

Stop by the bank lobby on Friday, Jan. 23 for cookies and punch and wish Carol well in her re-tirement.

The staff at Lamar Bank & Trust Company wish Carol the very best in her new life of retirement.

Bill (William Henry) Curtsinger, son of Henry and Nona Curtsinger of Prairie Grove, Ark. and Erma Lee Pitts, daughter of Roy and Inez Pitts of Lockwood were married on January 16, 1960, in Greenfield. They are celebrating their 55th wedding anniversary.

They have resided in the Lamar area since 1966. Bill worked in construction until the early 80's. They have cattle ranched and owned/operated pig nurseries since that time.

They attend Living Word Fellowship in Lamar.

They have two daughters and one son. Deborah Jenkins, married to Danny Jenkins of Golden City; Carla Davis, married to Tim Davis of the Lamar/Golden City area and Henry “Hank” Curtsinger, married to Donna Schmied of Buffalo.

They have eight grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

They are loved and appreciated beyond measure. Cards are appreciated and can be sent to them at 70 N. Hwy F, Lamar, MO 64759.

Curtsingers to celebrate 55th

anniversary

Jess and Clara Belle Searles will observe their 60th wedding anniversary with a reception to be held Sunday, Jan. 18, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., at the Iantha Baptist Church. The couple were married January 15, 1955. All are invited to join them in this celebration.

Searles to celebrate 60th wedding anniversary

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METZGER’S MUTTERINGS

FRIENDS & FAMILY

Letter to editorDear Editor:Are you aware of the

two great health facilities within your driving dis-tance?

If not, I would like to introduce you to Bar-ton County Memorial Hospital and Truman Healthcare and Rehabili-tation. The hospital staff

includes doctors and nurses who are capable to diagnose and take care of most of our health problems and worn out body parts.

If rehab is needed for you after leaving the hos-pital, have you checked into Truman Health-care's rehab program?

I was a patient in each of these facilities for about two weeks.

How consecrated, pa-tient and kind were the staff, nurses, therapists and other workers; all with the goal - “Patient to be home again with family, living a quality life”.

It is my prayer that the Lord bless each of these facilities with skillful doctors, loving, kind nurses and need-ed workers.

Please take advantage of these facilities while they are available.

Rose Casey,Lockwood

By MELODY METZGERLamar Democrat

Has it been cold enough for everyone? I know it's January and it is sup-posed to be this way, but this is ridiculous. I have literally been muttering for a couple of months now about the cold to anyone that will listen. Growing up in Texas I

thought it was cold if it got to freezing. Needless to say, Missouri tops that with temperatures in the single digits or less. On a conference call this week I was speaking with one of our other newspapers in Wisconsin and their temperatures put ours to shame. Wind chill on that day was to be negative 30-50 degrees!!!

Thinking maybe the per-son I was speaking to had been born and reared in that area and was used to it, I asked her if this was the fact. Believe it or not, she had moved there from Tucson, Ari-zona! Talk about a dras-tic change of climate!

I can sit here in my nice warm office, thinking how cold and miserable it is outside, but I hate to even think of what the responders to the terrible accident south of Lamar on Tuesday night went through. Not only was it a horrendous situation to have to be involved with, it didn't make it any easi-

er with the weather being as cold as it was. These people definitely need to be applauded and shown appreciation for what they do and the security it brings to others know-ing that someone is out there doing it.

Hope everyone's new year has gotten off to a good start. Mine has been somewhat better than last year, as last year about this time I totaled my car. At least so far this year the only thing to go wrong was our kitchen sink faucet getting stuck on last Saturday morn-ing, obliterating any hopes I had of sleeping

in! It had been going bad for some time and being the type of person I am, I just figured if I ignored it it would eventually go away. Guess what... it didn't happen! Alas. At least thanks to Leo at Clement's Plumbing I'm now back in business. It's amazing how much one uses water without even realizing it, until it's not there.

This was the first full week back at work after the holidays and it has been difficult to get back in the swing of things. I was speaking with Susan Conrace on Thursday and she mentioned that the library was not do-ing as well as they would like. Evidently grants have not been awarded and with the technology now available, printed material just isn't in de-mand as it once was. Just about everyone in today's society can view any magazine, newspa-per or book on-line and although that may be convenient for some, I find it truly upsetting. Not just because I make

my livelihood with the newspaper, but the fact that it's just so sad to see anything go by the way-side. I was reading an ar-ticle in the Joplin paper the other day, stating that piano stores are closing all over the country due to individuals not tak-ing lessons or playing anymore. I had piano lessons, but they never really took. Mom played the piano and Uncle Sonny played beautifully. At home we always had a piano and many parties and events were centered around someone play-ing.

Hope everyone stays warm and if anyone has pets, remember it is im-perative that they be kept warm too. The old saying of, “It's not fit for man or beast” definitely applies at this time of year. I could definitely go for a Caribbean vaca-tion right about now. The only problem is, once I got there I don't think I could ever come back. Wonder if I could make a living selling seashells??? It's a thought...

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SCHOOL/SPORTSArea students named to dean's list at University of Central Missouri

WARRENSBURG-The University of Central Missouri has released its Fall 2014 dean's list. The dean's list is divided into two parts each semester. The first list includes stu-dents who have achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA and the second includes the names of students who

attained a GPA of 3.50 to 3.99.

Brendan A. Black, Greenfield, was named to the 4.0 list, with Paul S. Emery and Abigail N. Morgan, both of Lamar and Margaret L. Schmiegelow, Lock-wood, being named to the 3.5 to 3.99 list.

First semester honor roll posted by Liberal Elementary School

LIBERAL-The first se-mester honor roll has been released by Liberal Elementary School.

All A Honor RollFIFTH GRADE- Jon

Beaman, Noah Endicott.FOURTH GRADE- An-

nabell Crabtree, Michael Grey, Emily Hayden, Stormi Hunt, Ethan Man-cillas, Kale Marti, Payton Morrow, Mattison Mutz, Cameron Peak, Chase Ray, Jordan Stone, Han-nah Trenary, Caleb Vore.

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

A and B Honor Roll

FIFTH GRADE- AJ Banwart, Jah'ziah Boyd, Trey Bright, Connor Fre-ricks, Madi Harris, Kaden Johnson, Elizabeth Long, Bracy Martinez, Trenton Mills-Haddock, Caleb Moreno, Braxtyn Muncy, Lilli Niffen, Ragan Spurl-ing, Kaitlyn Thompson, Connor Trout.

FOURTH GRADE- Matt Boehne, Olivia Butler, Bethany Crowe, Lauren Dalby, Sean Gan-er, Keirsten Kuffler, Jack Larson, Evelynn Lem-

mons, Brady Lemmons, Ahree Lutes, Bryson Mc-Bride, Lane Pearson, Dal-ton Pickle, Ivy Sherman, Nathan Smith, Braydon Wahl, Brady Windsor.

THIRD GRADE- Quin-cy Bazal, Bailey Bland, Abbigail Borghardt, Luke Bott, Kyle Corsi, Isaac Edwards, Brynlee Frie-den, Lola Gates, Ethan Howard, Peyton Irwin, Justin Payne, Nolan Shaw, Laney Simpson, Reming-ton Spurling, Brodie Wil-son.

Liberal Elementary releases second quarter honor roll

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

All A Honor RollFOURTH GRADE-

Annabell Crabtree, Michael Grey, Em-ily Hayden, Stormi Hunt, Ethan Mancillas, Kale Marti, Payton Morrow, Mattison Mutz, Cameron Peak, Chase Ray, Jordan Stone, Hannah Trenary,

Caleb Vore.THIRD GRADE- Abby

Barton, Mason Eyler, Brett Leibbrand, Kyla Porter, Laney Simpson, Kara Trenary.

A and B Honor RollFIFTH GRADE- AJ

Banwart, Jon Beaman, Jah'ziah Boyd, Trey Bright, Noah Endicott, Connor Frericks, Madi Harris, Kaden Johnson, Chloe Lake, Elizabeth

Long, Bracy Martinez, Trenton Mille-Haddock, Caleb Moreno, Braxtyn Muncy, Lilli Niffen, Ra-gan Spurling, Connor Trout.

FOURTH GRADE- Matt Boehne, Olivia But-ler, Bethany Crowe, Lau-ren Dalby, Sean Ganer, Keirsten Kuffler, Jack Larson, Evelynn Lem-mons, Brady Lemmons, Ahree Lutes, Bryson Mc-

Bride, Lane Pearson, Dal-ton Pickle, Ivy Sherman, Nathan Smith, Braydon Wahl.

THIRD GRADE- Quin-cy Bazal, Bailey Bland, Abbigail Borghardt, Luke Bott, Kaleb Coleman, Kyle Corsi, Brynlee Frie-den, Lola Gates, Ethan Howard, Peyton Irwin, Justin Payne, Nolan Shaw, Remington Spurl-ing, Brodie Wilson.

Drury announces Fall 2014 Dean's List

SPRINGFIELD-Earn-ing a spot on Drury Uni-versity's Dean's List is a significant accomplish-ment; it means a student earned a grade point av-erage of 3.6 or greater (on a 4-point scale) while carrying a full-time

course load of 12 or more semester hours at Drury.

Area students named to the list include Ma-rina Davis, Lamar and Megan Burtner and Samantha Niehoff, Lockwood.

Jasper Elementary releases second quarter honor roll

JASPER-The second quarter honor roll has been released by Jas-per Elementary School for fourth through sixth grades.

Named to the honor roll were Tye Bollman, Gracie Buchanan, Ethan Cawyer, Alexis Durman, Austin Etcheson, Saylor Garwood, Shawn Gold-en, Seth Huber, Addyson Primm, Yesenia Rivera, Tennessee Taffner, Jared Tidball, Avery Atnip, Brylee Buchanan, Wy-att Cawyer, Jaelyn Earl, Jordan Osborne, Brycen Pankratz, Caitlyn Rives, Mercadez Scott, Chandler Spear, Austin Taylor.

Julia Case, Mason Gastel, Andrew Leman, Aleena McCarthy, Celia Osiier, Gavin Wampler, Isaac Braker, Abigail Dumm, Nicole Earl, Charley Goodnight, Seth Haddock, Olivia Moss, Braden Rush.

Katlyne Blake, Gabri-el Chaffin, Kyler Flen-niken, Hunter Hinds, Brett Leman, Daniel Mathis, Andrew Schli-chting.

Ian Hildebrand, Em-ily Huber, Cyerra Kirk, Quinton Leman, Heath Lungstrum, Luke Rinkenberger, Juan Ri-vera, Audree Weyant, Bill Xiong.

STAR Students of the week

STAR Students for the week of January 12 at Lamar East Primary are, third row, left to right, Katelyn Smith, Kenzi Cofield, Raylynn Swinford, Eli Keith; second row, Karastina Wolf, Laryn Ferris, Addison Brown, Vance Breshears; first row, Marissa Hart, Dale McIntosh, Kylie Stevens, Scottymae Waldbuesser.

Jacob Hammers, son of Vicki Hammers, is the sixth grade Lamar Middle School Student of the Week. Jacob likes to ride bikes and likes to play board games. He likes to watch TV and play games.

Gillian Watts, daughter of Chris and Terrelyn Watts, is the seventh grade Student of the Week at Lamar Middle School. Gillian loves to draw. Her pets are all dogs and she has four. One day Gillian wants to go to the Philippines (where she is from). She is currently studying the Philippines on her own time.

Camren Beam, daughter of Chris and Brandi Beam, is the eighth grade Student of the Week at Lamar Middle School. Camren likes to spend time with her friends and family. She cheers for football and basketball and plays softball. Camren loves to shop with her mom and loves to hit softballs with her dad.

Looking back on another terrific cross country season

By CHRIS MORROW

A pair of gifted and hardworking seniors ran their final race for the Lamar Tigers Novem-ber 8, in the Class 2 State Championships. Kaden Overstreet finished sec-ond, while Zane Hull took 27th in the field of 164 runners.

"They are our leaders. They've been the back-bone of the program," coach Rodney Baldridge said of the two seniors that he's watched grow as runners, going back to

when they first ran cross country in the seventh grade.

Not only are the two dedicated runners, they have a sense of humor too. Football coach Scott Bailey would often jok-ingly suggest that when they're logging miles on the road, they do some-thing constructive with it. After the season ended they took him up on it, running all the way to Cooky's Cafe in Golden City to pick him up a pie.

"They ran 18 miles that day. They picked up the

pie and gave it to him at the fall sports banquet," said Baldridge. That's more miles than they ever would have logged in a day of practice. He said, "I wouldn't let them run more than 10 or 11 miles in a day. I wasn't really surprised when they did that. I was never really surprised by the things they'd do, all in good fun. They're great kids."

Overstreet wraps up an amazing career. His sec-ond place finish, with a time of 16:25.55 at state in see SEASON, page 6A

Gregory named to honor list at McNeese State

LAKE CHARLES, La.-Jacquelyn Lee Gregory, Lamar, Mo., has been named to the fall 2014 semester President's Honor List at McNeese State University in Lake

Charles. To be on the list an

undergraduate student must earn at least a 3.5 grade point average or better, while carrying at least 15 semester hours.

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SPORTS

Chris Morrow/Lamar DemocratA youth basketball tournament was held at

Lamar High School over the first weekend in January, as a fundraiser for the Class of 2017. Here, Lamar fourth grader Joel Beshore dribbles past an opponent during a game on Saturday.

Youth basketball tournament held

Season, continued from page 5A

the 5,000 meter race, fol-lows last year's first place finish. As a sophomore he also took second in the state's biggest meet. He won the All South-west District cross coun-try runner of the year for the third consecutive sea-son. He's already signed to run next year at Pitts-burg State University.

Hull also reached the state meet each of the last three years, posting im-pressive finishes of 27th, 19th last year and 26th as a sophomore. He ran a 17:40.46 last fall.

Despite the graduation

of the team's two lead-ers, the program is left in good hands. Junior Nicholas Ray finished another terrific season, finishing seventh at state with a 16:52.66. Class-mate Peyton Bailey and sophomore Jesse Comp-ton also turned in strong seasons. Compton took 59th at state.

"Before the season we set three goals," said Bal-dridge, "They wanted to win the conference, win the district and win state."

Two out of three isn't bad. The Tigers won

their fourth straight Big 8 Conference title at home back in Octo-ber and they dominated their district meet No-vember 1, at Hermit-age. Overstreet took first (16:25.91), Ray finished second (17:03.72), Hull third (17:30.09), Bailey took sixth (18:04.16) and Compton finished eighth (18:06.42). Freshman Garrett Morey took 19th place, while sophomore Jasper Messner took 21st. In cross country the low-er the point total the bet-ter. The Tigers finished with only 20 points, while

second place El Dorado Springs was more than double that with 48. Nine teams competed in the district meet.

In all the Tigers won eight meets, the second highest total any team has managed to accumu-late in the program's his-tory. They finished fifth at state.

"It was a really success-ful season. I'm proud of the kids we had this year. We will miss the seniors, but we have some good kids coming back to car-ry on the tradition," said Baldridge, who noted the

contributions of another senior, Allen Pollard, who took 111th in the state meet.

In the conference meet Overstreet, Ray and Hull finished second through fourth respectively. Compton took 11th. Bai-ley finished 17th. Morey took 23rd and Messner 27th. As a team the Tigers finished with 37 points to McDonald County's 64.

On the girls side inju-ries and illness derailed the Lady Tigers chances of having a success-ful campaign as a team. However, junior Kaelyn

Sturgell turned in anoth-er impressive season.

"She was steady all year, a good leader for us," said Baldridge.

She reached the state championships for the third straight season. She ran a 22:27.66 to take 11th place in the district meet to earn a spot in Jefferson City, where she finished 71st out of a field of 164. She took 12th in the Big 8 Conference meet.

The Lady Tigers two lone seniors were Josie Kaderly and Harley Hunt.

Chris Morrow/Lamar DemocratLamar Lady Tiger Darrah Bartlett takes

the ball up over a Cassville Lady Wildcat during Lamar's win last week. The Lady Tigers are in the heart of their schedule.

Liberalfaces

Osceolafor

homecoming

Chris Morrow/Lamar DemocratLeft, Casey Perry was crowned 2014-15 Liberal High School basketball homecoming queen Friday night, during an evening of games against visited Osceola. Shown with her is her escort, Paul Dingman.

Lady Tigers are in heart of schedule

Election, continued from page 1A

District I nominees are Paul Crabtree, Stacy Endicott, Ted Frieden, Eric Lawrence, Linda Madison, Bradley Mor-gan and Dale Robert-son.

District II nominees are Jeanette Carpenter, Lee Howard, Debbie Little, Dawn Norwood, Kathy Pace, Belinda Shoff, Jim Stettler and Charles Winslow.

University of Missouri

Extension offers educa-tional programs address-ing high-priority areas such as agriculture, hor-ticulture, nutrition, family financial education, busi-ness and industry, com-munity development and youth development (4-H) for all citizens of Missouri. For information about the election or how to receive a ballot by mail call the Extension office at 417-682-3579.

ing 12 turkeys and sev-eral pounds of food to Good Samaritan; five turkeys to the Method-ist church; nine fami-lies assisted through the Angel Tree and they also collected 30 toys for the Lamar Fire Department Toys for Tots program.

Duvall reminded the board that Scott Ack-man with HealthCare Futures would be at-tending the January meeting. Wegener asked that the meeting be moved from Janu-ary 26 to January 19, so Duvall will see if he is still available to attend on that date. It was also pointed out that the May meeting falls on Memorial Day, so all agreed to move it to Tuesday, May 26.

Due to the absence of Dr. Hopkins, there was no medical staff report.

Bills for the month of November, which were emailed to the board prior to the meeting, were discussed before they were approved.

Duvall presented a proposed operating budget for 2015. As-sumptions for creating the budget included a three percent increase in revenue based on a fee increase that will go into effect on Janu-ary 1, 2015. The cost of supplies was in-creased by three per-cent and most other expenses were held to match 2014 annualized amounts. The budget was unanimously ap-proved. Duvall also presented a proposed Capital Budget that

contained only one sec-tion. The items presented were requested, but there will be no capital pur-chases made without pri-or approval of the board for 2015. The proposed 2015 Capital Budget was also approved as present-ed.

With no further busi-ness for the regular session, the board ad-journed to executive session on a motion by Shaw, seconded by Pu-rinton. During execu-tive session there were two CRNA's presented for appointment to the medical staff. They were William Wynn, CRNA, Allied Health Profession-als, anesthesia and Leslie Moody, CRNA, Allied Health Professional, an-esthesia. Both were ap-proved for appointment.

During the session, the Patient Outcome Improvement Report for November 2014 was presented by Ogden. The board was informed that land south of the hospital has been contracted for sale by Theresa McAvoy. BCMH has a right of first refusal to elect to pur-chase this land under the same price and condi-tions as the accepted of-fer. A motion was made by Vaughan and second-ed by Shaw, to not exer-cise this option and allow the sale of the land.

A note from Carla Reed, thanking the board for supporting her with a loan to obtain her Nurse Practitioner Degree, was read by Wegener.

With no further busi-ness brought before the board they adjourned to meet again in January.

Chris Morrow/Lamar Democrat

Right, Liberal Lady Bulldog MaKayla Fry works for a shot

in Friday's homecoming contest with Osceola.

Liberal Homecoming Queen Casey Perry crowned

Holidays, continued from page 1A

Wednesday, January 14, 2015 • SECTION B

Barton County of YesteryearLamar woman tells of attending one of the Lincoln-Douglas debates

Lamar woman Mary J. Vier was 92 years of age in 1935, and early in her long life she was an eyewitness to one of the greatest events in American political his-tory. She personally witnessed one of the Lincoln-Douglas de-bates, and described it in an interview with the Democrat in February, 1935. However, she was only 15 years of age at the time (1858), and readily admit-ted that she didn’t pay any at-tention to what the men were saying.

Although Mrs. Vier described the two men who were partici-

pating in the debate quite well, her memory of the location seems to have faltered. She said it took place in Marshall, Illi-nois, and that cannot be accu-rate. There were seven Lincoln-Douglas debates; they took place in Ottawa, Freeport, Jonesboro, Charleston, Galesburg, Quincy, and Alton. We suspect the de-bate she described was the one in Charleston, which is in east-central Illinois and fairly close to Marshall. The Charleston debate took place on September 18, 1858.

The Democrat article appeared

in the Friday, Feb. 15, 1935 edi-tion and is titled, “Lamar Woman Heard Lincoln and Douglas De-bate.”

Mrs. Mary J. Vier, of this city, heard the Lincoln and Douglas debate at Marshall, Il-linois. It was ei-ther along the last of August or the first of Sep-tember. “I am not sure which,” Mrs. Vier said. “I was fifteen years old. I didn’t pay much attention

to the speeches, but I remem-ber the two men quite well.

“When Lincoln go[t] up to speak I thought he was the ugliest man I ever saw. Doug-las was a good looking man. He had a powerful voice that carried much farther than Lincoln’s.”

Mrs. Vier was fifteen years of age at the time she heard the debate, which was in 1858.

“I was married there in Clark county, Illinois, in

Another look at BartonCounty unemployment and the rest of Missouri

By RICHARD COOPERDemocrat staff writer

Seven months ago, the Demo-crat examined unemployment rates across Missouri and com-pared them to what was being experienced in Barton County. Figures from the month of March were used in the com-parison. Now, at the very end of the year, the latest figures we have available are for Novem-ber. Therefore, that becomes the month that we shall use in this latest comparison. All the figures are not seasonally ad-justed, which means they are based precisely on the number of unemployed in the month being studied, which is Novem-ber. When seasonally adjusted figures are used, they have been revised upward or downward to account for influences that affect the normal flow of the economy. Influences such as weather conditions, holidays, or the opening or closing of schools. Not seasonally adjusted figures might also be considered raw data.

When the entire state of Mis-souri’s unemployment, county by county, for November is con-sidered, Barton County ranks in the bottom half. By that we mean there are more counties that have lower unemployment rates than Barton than there are counties that have higher unemployment rates. Barton County’s November rate was 5.6 percent. Out of Missouri’s 114 counties, 84 had unemploy-ment rates lower than Barton County. The lowest was Knox

County, in northeast Missouri, with 3.0 percent, Holt Coun-ty in northwest Missouri and Boone County in the central with 3.4 percent, and Scotland, also in northeast Missouri, with 3.5 percent.

The counties with the highest unemployment rates in Novem-ber were Reynolds and Shannon counties, deep in the Missouri Ozarks with 7.3 percent. Hick-ory County, south of the Lake of the Ozarks, had 7.2 percent, and Mississippi County, just north of the bootheel, reported 6.4 percent. Not considered a county but as a separate entity, the city of St. Louis topped them all with 7.4 percent.

A quick look at some of the counties with colleges or uni-versities, Jasper County (Mis-souri Southern State University) had 4.4 percent, Greene County (Missouri State University) had 4.2 percent, Boone County (University of Missouri) 3.4, Buchanan County (Missouri Western) 4.2, Johnson County (University of Central Missouri) 4.5, Phelps County (Missouri University of Science and Tech-nology) 4.6, and Adair County (Truman State University) 4.1.

The eight months that have elapsed since our last compari-son of rates of unemployment show a considerable improve-ment. March figures for the en-tire state show an improvement from 7.4 percent to 5.6 percent. Barton County’s rate lowered from 8.7 percent to 5.6 percent. Its number of jobs expanded from 4,480 in March to 4,774 in November.

December was gloomy with below average precipitation

By RICHARD COOPERDemocrat staff writer

LAMAR-December registered measurable precipitation on 13 dates, but the amounts were so miniscule that when all are add-ed together, it was still well be-low the long term average for the month. Day after day of gloomy weather with intermittent light drizzle produced only 1.80 inch-es. December is historically one of the three driest months of the year, and it lived up to that repu-tation very well.

Temperatures seemed to be stuck in the 30s and 40s for most of the month. The highest read-ing for the month was 64 on the

14th. The 12 degrees on the 31st was the month’s lowest tempera-ture. It seems to have served as a precursor of things to come in January. The mean temperature was 38.5, which was 3.69 de-grees warmer than the long term average of 34.81. This serves as a reminder that December has a reputation of being a cold month. Only January is colder.

As this is being written, an im-pending visit of zero tempera-tures is in the offing. This causes most people to view January as a month to be endured. However, the month that follows isn’t ex-actly a walk in the park either. The bears know how to handle winter.

Spousal IRA inheritors havefour main options

By CHRISTOPHER A RUNION, CPA

Suppose you’ve just inher-ited a traditional IRA from your spouse. Before you take any action, make sure you ful-ly understand all the options available to you. Otherwise, you may regret your initial im-pulses, especially if you haven’t benefited from professional guidance.

The tax law provides more flexibility for a spousal benefi-ciary than a non-spouse ben-eficiary. Essentially, you have four main choices.

1. Assume the IRA as your own. This means that you transfer the IRA assets into an existing IRA of your own and treat it like it’s always been yours. You’ll continue to realize the benefits of IRA ownership while meeting the obligations. This option isn’t available to non-spouse ben-eficiaries.

2. Inherit the IRA as a ben-eficiary. In this case, you’re still subject to the usual rules, but you can postpone distribu-tions if you were older than your deceased spouse. Nor-mally, the IRA owner must begin taking required mini-mum distributions (RMDs) after age 70½, but you can wait until your spouse would have reached age 70½ or Decem-ber 31 of the year after your spouse’s death, whichever is later.

3. Take a lump-sum distri-bution. Once the assets are legally yours, you can ar-range a lump-sum distribu-tion (which may also serve as an RMD). Of course, the distribution is taxable at or-dinary income rates under the usual rules for IRAs.

4. Disclaim the IRA as-sets. This least-known op-tion may be preferred if you want the IRA assets to pass through directly to the sec-ondary beneficiaries (e.g., your children). It is a way for a wealthy individual to avoid other estate tax com-plications. But be aware that the election to disclaim IRA assets is irrevocable.

Be mindful that this is only a brief summary of some general rules.

The information contained in this column is of a general nature and should not be acted upon in your specific situation without further details and/or professional assistance.

Lamar Bank & Trust Compa-ny recently made a $5,000 do-nation through the LIFE Foun-dation (Lamar Independent Foundation for Education) to assist the Lamar High School biological science department.

The science department was able to purchase new digital microscopes. The Ken-a-vision corescope has 40x, 100x and 400x powered objectives. Ev-ery student in the high school will be able to benefit from this upgrade, based on core classes required for graduation.

Brant Maxwell, Science teacher at Lamar High, said the school was able to purchase eight of the digital microscopes for students and one demon-stration scope for teacher use. All of the new scopes can be connected to computers and observed through the large computer monitors, a projector screen or even on their wireless devices. They can screenshot and label the specimens on the computers as well. The new scopes make it much easier for small groups to gather around the screen of a laptop than it used to be taking turns peeking through a tiny eyepiece.

Lamar Bank & Trust Compa-ny is proud to partner with the LIFE Foundation to benefit the Lamar School District.

LB&T makes donation through LIFE Foundation

Sabetha Born and Lane Dockery and Sam Buzzard look at examples of cells going through mitosis.

Stephen A. Douglas1858

Abraham Lincoln1858

see DEBATE, page 4B

Ever wondered about any nutrition and health matters?

Sometimes we get so many health messages that we are left wondering or confused about certain matters. In this brief ar-ticle Dr. Lydia Kaume, a nutri-tion and health education spe-cialist with the University of Missouri Extension in the SW region, explores some things you may have wondered about.

Is there whole-wheat flour that is white? Yes. There is a light colored type of wheat grain from which white whole wheat flour is produced. This white whole wheat flour is similar in nutrients to the tra-ditional whole wheat flour. This is a good choice to replace regular white flour and still get fiber, vitamins and miner-als that come with whole grain flour.

Is virgin olive oil fewer in calories than pure olive oil? No. These terms only refer to acid content. “Extra virgin oil” has less acid and is fruity fla-vored. “Pure” or “virgin” olive oil is higher in acid content. The terms “light or mild olive oil” means the taste and color are mild. Calorie content is the same. Olive oils can vary in taste, on the basis of type and quality of olives, time of harvest, weather and region from which the olives were produced. Remember even healthy oils are high in calo-ries; 1g of oil gives us nine cal-ories of energy.

Could a thyroid problem be associated with high blood cholesterol? Yes. A thyroid gland that is not working well

could result in high blood cho-lesterol. Hypothyroidism oc-curs when the thyroid gland does not produce enough thy-roxin. Some signs include feel-ing tired and sluggish, cause poor memory, dry skin, weight gain, muscle cramps, heavy menstrual flow, constipation and high LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol). A routine physi-cal exam is recommended to check for thyroid problems.

Do zinc lozenges, sprays and gels help people recover faster from colds? There is no clear evidence. Some studies say yes some say no. Talking to your healthcare provider before us-ing these is advised as some of the products have caused peo-ple to lose their sense of smell.

Does microwaving destroy vitamins? Even with the best care, some water soluble vita-mins, which are vitamin B and C can be destroyed or lost in small amounts. Generally be-cause mostly microwave cook-ing takes a short time, food is covered and little or no water is used, more vitamins are actu-ally retained.

Send your questions to kau-mel@missouri.edu or call the MU extension office at 417-682-3579. For more informa-tion on nutrition go online to http://extension.missouri.edu or contact one of the nutrition and health specialists working in the Ozarks: Dr. Lydia Kau-me in Barton County, (417) 682-3579 or Dr. Pam Duits-man, in Greene County, (417) 881-8909.

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AREA NEWS

Christian Church candlelight service well attended

LIBERAL-The Chris-tian Church in Liberal held a Christmas Eve Candlelight Commu-nion Service Wednes-day evening at 10 p.m. A large crowd attended the services. It was a cold night, but people got out to attend the service and observe the birth of their Savior, Je-sus Christ.

The church was decorated with can-delabra and poinset-tias and other decora-tions in keeping with the Christmas season. The candelabra candles were lighted by Payton Morrow before the ser-vice began. Scott Grey, pastor of the church,

welcomed those attend-ing and gave the opening prayer. The lighting of the Advent Candles and de-votion was given by Bob and Sally Fast.

Congregational hymns sung were “Away in A Manger”, “The First Noel” and “O Come, All Ye Faithful.” Pianist was Stephanie Myers and leading the music was Dawn Arens. Don Wolf gave a reading entitled, “The Christmas Quest.”

Special music was by Gail Shaw, Lora Shaw and Scott Grey, as they played “O Come, O Come, Im-manuel.” Scripture was taken from Luke 2:1-20 and read by Deacon Chris Morrow. Pastor

Scott Grey gave a devo-tion about the birth of Jesus.

Those attending were invited to take commu-nion that was served by Elders Val Clark and Todd Shaw. Some went as a family to take commu-nion and others in small groups. The lights in the sanctuary were turned out as the congregation’s candles were lit by Elders Val Clark and Todd Shaw.

Everyone stood and sang the first verse of “Si-lent Night” as they held their candles and sang the second and third verse of the song while they ex-ited through the center doors and extinguished their candles.

Christian Church men’s breakfast held

LIBERAL-The Chris-tian Church in Liberal held its monthly men’s breakfast Saturday morn-ing, Dec. 13. Those at-tending the breakfast were Don Rodney, Gary Meadows, Bob Garrett, Ron Charlton, Truman

Gazaway, Willis Strong, Jason, Austin and Ancil Johnson, Sean Clark, Val Clark, Ed Keltner, Elmer Fast Allen Hines, Leon-ard Decker, Jim Hanshaw, John Dice, Scott and Michael Grey and T. D. Yount.

Pastor Scott Grey gave the morning devotion. Cooks for the biscuits and gravy, hash brown potatoes, scrambled eggs, bacon and sausage and rolls were Keltner, Clark and Jason and Austin Johnson.

Santa Day VFW and Legion ham and turkey winners

LIBERAL-Those winning hams from VFW at the Civic Group Santa Day held in December at the high school in Liberal were Val Clark, Jim McClendon, John Barnoshie, Maria Kavanagh, Lester Fast,

Gene Hoover, Mason Nichols, Elaine Ledford, Rachel Miller and LaDonna Dunn.

Liberal American Legion winners in the drawing were Valarie Barnhardt, Payton Morrow, Reba Rouse,

Kenneth Hackman, Clinton Phillips, Elmer Fast, Wilma Trout, Margie Gazaway, Debbie Sullens and Gary Whitson.

Both groups sold tickets and gave away 10 hams and 10 turkeys.

Budgets are main topics at commission meetingGREENFIELD-

Presiding Commissioner Randy Daniel called the meeting of the Dade County Commission to order at 9 a.m. on December 1, 2014. Others in attendance were

Eastern Commissioner Dallas Maxwell, Western Commissioner David Rusch and County Clerk Melinda Wright.

The November 24, 2014 minutes were approved as corrected by

a unanimous vote.David Sullivan and

Pete Hampton with Platinum Service Group met with the commission regarding the boiler system.

Jill Scheidt, Becky Fay and Tina Brownsberger with the extension met with the commission regarding their 2015 budget request.

The commission

checked on a road complaint on E. Dade 152, a bridge on S. Dade 167 and the bridge on No. Dade 41.

Judge Munton and Circuit Clerk Mary McGee met with the commission regarding their 2015 budget request.

The meeting adjourned to meet again on December 8.

Dade County Commission signs contract withMFA Oil

By CAROLYN HEADDade County reporter

GREENFIELD-The Dade County Commis-sion met December 8, 2014. Those in atten-dance were Presiding Commissioner Randy Daniel, Eastern Com-missioner Dallas Max-well, Western Commis-sioner David Rusch and County Clerk Melinda Wright. The December 1 minutes were unani-mously approved as cor-rected.

A discussion was held regarding chicken/turkey houses that are grandfa-thered in, regarding cur-rent regulation require-ments.

It was mentioned that the Fidlers Ford bridge work was being held up due to some of the per-mits and that it shouldn't be too long before they could proceed with the project.

It was announced that three longtime residents had died recently, Lyle D. Hawks, Charles Hem-bree and Louise Tolar.

It was determined that the cost of gravel would be well spent if it works in the Jeff Friend area. A choice of the best lo-cation to dump 18 tons needs to be made.

Steve Lasater met with the commission to con-tract for gas for law en-forcement. Gas is going down, said Lasater. He stated that today it was $2.37.1 with tax at the 6,500 gallon proposed quarterly. The county will need to pay after the first of the year, up to the end of January, 2015. Sher-iff Huffman will have to approve the purchase.

Payments must be made before the contract is se-cured. Lasater said that no one expected prices to drop as low as they had. The commission advised him that they would try to sign the contract that day. The commission was able to speak with the sheriff and he was in agreement, so a motion was made and unani-mously passed to accept the contract for MFA Oil.

The commission dis-cussed they can do away completely with 12 ra-diators. That will leave 44 radiators in use. A new boiler will run much more efficiently than the one presently in use.

The commission re-ceived the November 2014 meeting minutes from the Dade County Extension office.

The commission checked on a culvert on FR 173, on FR 181 and checked on a complaint on FR 145.

A motion was made to close the courthouse the day after Christmas, fol-lowed by a unanimous vote of yes.

Golden City gets grant for new sidewalksGOLDEN CITY-The

board of aldermen of Golden City learned at its meeting of January 5 that it has qualified for a grant from the Missouri De-partment of Transporta-tion (MoDOT) to install a new sidewalk on the south side of Main Street both east and west from Hicks Street. The grant is part of the Transporta-tion Alternative Projects (TAP) program and is in the amount of $157,079.

An ordinance was giv-en final approval that

amends the demolition of substandard buildings portion of the city code. If a damaged building, by fire or otherwise, is insured, when the owner files a claim on the struc-ture, 25 percent of the set-tlement must be turned over to the city. The 25 percent will be returned to the owner when the damage is cleaned up.

A second ordinance was approved which would waive annual mu-nicipal elections if only one candidate has filed

for each of the offices to be filled in the election. The ordinance will not be effective until approved by voters in the April 7 municipal election. The ordinance has a sunset clause, expiring in six years.

Another ordinance was discussed, but it is already a part of the city code. The ordinance prohibits keeping horses within the city limits, and complaints have been re-ceived about violations. Mayor Henry Lopez has

contacted City Attorney Steven Kaderly about the proper procedure in en-forcement.

The board was told that the concrete has been poured for 90 percent of the new wastewater treatment plant. Also, approval was given to another payment to the contractor on the proj-ect. The payment was for $299,398, which will be reimbursed to the city by USDA Rural Develop-ment through a Commu-nity Development Block

Grant. The city will notify the

owner of loaded grain trucks to discontinue use of city streets and cross-ing a bridge exceeding weight limits.

The board accepted the resignation of Emergen-cy Management Director Kenneth Chappell due to health problems. Mayor Lopez recommended Public Works Director Greg Lowe fill the posi-tion and Randy McGuire to be assistant director. The board unanimously

approved both recom-mendations.

Marshall Decker of Decker and DeGood CPAs was present to re-port on the audit of the city which had been con-ducted by his firm. He said that the city’s books were in order and its fi-nancial standing was good. Therefore, he had no recommendations

The next regular meet-ing of Golden City’s board of aldermen will be at 6 p.m., February 2, in Golden City City Hall.

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RECORDSBRIEFS

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

VFW POST 3691 AND LADIES AUXILIARY will meet Monday, Jan. 26, 7:30 p.m., in the basement of Lamar Memorial Hall. A potluck supper will be held before the meeting at 6:30 p.m. All veterans are wel-come.BARTON COUNTY MU EXTENSION will hold Private Pesticide Applicator’s training on Saturday, Feb. 7, 9 a.m., at the Barton County Extension of-fice. Cost for the pesticide manual is $15. This train-ing is for producers of agricultural commodities, 18 years or older, wishing to renew or receive their pri-vate pesticide applicator’s license in order to buy and apply restricted use chemicals on their own land. Li-cense holders need to renew their license every five years. To register call the Barton County Extension office at 417-682-3579.RICHLAND TOWNSHIP BOARD WILL meet Thursday, Jan. 22, 10 a.m., at 694 SE 40th Lane.THE BARTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCI-ETY will meet Sunday, Jan. 18, 2 p.m., at the Lamar United Methodist Church Fidelis classroom. Barbara Robertson will present a program, “Milk From The Farm To Your Table”. The public is welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served.D.A.R.E. GRADUATION FOR FIFTH grade stu-dents will be held Tuesday, Jan. 20, 7 p.m., at Thie-baud Auditorium in Lamar.THE LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2016 will host a tailgate for the homecoming games this Friday evening, Jan. 16. A loaded baked potato or Frito pie will be served with water and a dessert for $5. Serving will begin at 4:15 p.m. in the high school commons.DINING TO DONATE, A MONTHLY EVENT to support AOK, will be held Wednesday, Jan. 21, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Nathan’s Place, 1005 Gulf St., Lamar. A January menu of vegetable soup, tomato bisque soup, cornbread, crackers and dessert, tea, lemon-ade or water, at a cost of $6, will be available for dine in or carryout.THE LAMAR LICENSE OFFICE WILL be closed Monday, Jan. 19, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.THE GOLDEN CITY COMMUNITY CENTER annual meeting will be held Saturday, Jan. 17, 4 p.m., at the Community Center. The purpose of the meet-ing will be election of directors and any other busi-ness brought before the board.DADE COUNTY EXTENSION WILL HOLD the I Heart MU Extension Run on Saturday, Feb. 28, 8 a.m., at the American Legion Hall in Lockwood. The cost for the 5k is $20 in advance or $25 the day of the race. The one mile is $15 in advance or $20 the day of the race. Contact 417-637-2112 or scheidtjk@missouri.edu for a registration form.A FREE MOVIE MATINEE WILL BE SHOWN at the Mary K. Finley Library on Monday, Feb. 2, 1 p.m. The movie will be a mystery/thriller directed by Al-fred Hitchcock. Call the library at 417-682-5355 for movie title and details. Anyone over 18 is invited to attend. Refreshments will be served.GLENN WILLIAMS WILL CELEBRATE HIS 90th birthday on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., at the First Baptist Church of Lamar Fellowship Hall. There will be a card shower; no gifts please.A CARD SHOWER IS BEING HELD FOR Myrtle Skaggs, who will celebrate her 90th birthday on Jan-uary 18. Cards can be sent to her at 79 NE 15th Lane, Lamar, Mo. 64759.THE BARTON COUNTY LIBRARY BOARD of Trustees will meet Monday, Jan. 19, 9:30 a.m., at the Mary K. Finley Library in Lamar. The tentative agen-da will include (1) financial report review including approval of bills paid, (2) minutes and (3) director’s report.BARTON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT will be closed Monday, Jan. 19, for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Flu shots are still available.THE JASPER SURVIVING SPOUSES WILL meet Wednesday, Jan. 14, for lunch at the senior center. Bingo will follow. If weather is bad the meeting will be canceled.RICHLAND TOWNSHIP BOARD POSITION fil-ing dates remain open through January 20. For infor-mation call 417-540-2894.FIBER ART GUILD WILL MEET THURSDAY, Jan. 15, 9 a.m., at Denny’s. There will be a program. Roll call will be answered with a winter memory, sto-ry or poem.LAMAR HEIGHTS BOARD WILL MEET Thurs-day, Jan. 15, 5:45 p.m., at the office of Vicki Pugh, 22 NE 1st Lane.BARTON COUNTY MU EXTENSION WILL hold a Farm Estate and Succession Planning program on Thursdays, Jan. 15 and 22, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., at the First Baptist Church in Lamar. Meals will be provid-ed each night. The cost is $50 per person or $90 per couple from the same farm, sharing materials, with a $10 additional fee for family members from that farm sharing the materials. All involved in the farm now, or in the future, are encouraged to attend. Do not bring children under the age of 16. To register or for more information call 417-682-3579.FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THE FARM BILL deci-sion aid contact Barton County Extension at 417-682-3579 to set an appointment at the Barton or Dade County Extension offices or enter information at https://decisionaid.afpc.tamu.edu/.BARTON COUNTY COMMUNITY FUND’S Ben-efit, “Winterfest”, will be held Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., at Lamar Memorial Hall. Music will be provided by Sober as a Judge. The cost is $25 per person, including light refreshments. Tickets can be purchased at the Barton County Chamber of Com-merce.

DEATHS & PAID MEMORIALS

MARY K. TURLEYFORT SCOTT, Kan.-

Mary Katherine (Land) Turley, 93, passed away peacefully in her sleep on January 3, 2015, at Medi-calodge in Fort Scott. Mary K was born at home in Fort Scott on May 23, 1921. Her parents were Basil I. and Cora Eliza-beth (Masterson) Land, and she was the eldest of four children. She mar-ried Wayne Holsti, to which union was born Sonja K. Holsti-Wells and Jean Ann Allen. Years fol-lowing that divorce she married Herbert Turley and they resided in the state of California and Garland, Kan. until his death in 1989.

Mary K was well known in Fort Scott as an em-ployee of Whiteside's IGA for over 25 years. She al-ways had a kind word and beautiful smile for her customers. She was a member of Community Christian Church, a 24 year member of the Ol-ive Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, having held offices in that chapter. She resided at Cavalry Cross-ing for over 21 years, having the distinction of being the third tenant to occupy the beautiful new facility. She was involved in many of the activities offered there. Her hobbies were reading, crochet-ing, cross-stitching and watching her “stories”.

Survivors include chil-dren, Sonja Kay (Hol-sti) and spouse Timothy Wells, Nevada, Mo. and Jean Ann (Holsti) and spouse Michael Allen, Deerfield, Mo.; grand-children, Heather Eliza-beth (Walker) and Brent

Shepherd, Diamond, Mo., Sarah Jennifer (Walker) and spouse Michael Kel-so, Palm Harbor, Fla., Ross and spouse Amanda Wells, Columbia, Mo., Matthew and spouse Katie Wells, Fort Scott, Danielle (Wells) Duncan, Center-ton, Ark., Rachel (Wells) and spouse Victor Rodri-guez, Savannah, Ga., Dan-iel and spouse Sandi Al-len, Fort Scott, Matt and spouse Meaghan, Law-rence; great-grandchil-dren, Blake Walker Shep-herd, Briauna Elizabeth Shepherd, Lillian Dun-can, Drake Duncan, Re-gen Wells, Zander Wells, Trevor Wells, Mackynzi Wells, Piper Wells, Ashley Allen, Nick Allen, Tyler Allen, Meaa Allen, Mady-son Allen and Kyler Kelso. Also surviving are nieces Sandy (Land) Newell, Kansas City, Mo., Vicki (Land) and spouse Rich-ard Thomas, Smithville, Mo. and Debbie (Land) and spouse John Shook, Houston, Mo., and neph-ew, Wayne Land, Hous-ton, Mo. Mary K also en-joyed the relationships of many dear friends and ex-tended family members.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her three brothers, Basil “Son-ny” Land, Donald Lee Land and Thomas Edwin Land and great-grandson, Rhett Kelso, who passed away in infancy.

Following cremation, a Celebration of Life will be held for Mary K at Cavalry Crossing, 201 W. 23rd, Fort Scott on Satur-day, Jan. 24, 2015, under the direction of Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home. Please join them for a light lunch at 1 p.m. The

eulogy will be delivered by son-in-law, Timothy Wells, at 2 p.m. Mary K loved to laugh and would hope those attend-ing would have a lovely time of reminiscing in her memory. Mary K ex-pressed a desire for con-tributions in her memory be made to Care to Share, to which she contributed and from which she bene-fitted, Mercy Hospice, Ol-ive Chapter No. 13, Com-munity Christian Church or the Cavalry Crossing Activity Fund. Memo-rial contributions may be left in the care of the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home, 15 W. Wall St., P.O. Box 309, Fort Scott, KS 66701.

BEULAH EWERSLAMAR-Services will

be held at 1 p.m. today (Wednesday) at Daniel Funeral Home for Beulah Faye Ewers, 87, Lamar, who died Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015, at Barton Coun-ty Memorial Hospital, fol-lowing several months of ill health. Burial will be in Iantha Cemetery.

Memorial contribu-tions may be made to the American Kidney Foun-dation or Barton County Memorial Hospital, in

care of the funeral home.Condolences may be

left at www.danielfuneral-home.net.

Survivors include a son, David Ewers and wife Linda, Lamar; a daugh-ter, Patricia Nixon and husband Bill, Lamar; a granddaughter, Amanda Burr and husband Chris, Irwin and two great-granddaughters, Hailey and Desirae.

She was preceded in death by her husband, T.J. Ewers, in 1991; three sisters, Beatrice Callahan, Helen Howard and Kath-erine Mae Boehm and two brothers, Vernon Lee Boehm and Melvin Paul Boehm, who was still-born.

Mrs. Ewers was born Nov. 1, 1927, in Grant County, Okla., to Paul and Hazel Marie (Lane) Boehm. She graduated from Nash High School and was a member of the First Christian Church. She attended Oakton United Methodist Church until her health declined.

She married T.J. Ewers of Nash, Okla. on July 12, 1946, at El Dorado, Kan. They moved to a farm in Barton County in June of 1947. Mrs. Ewers was a true farm wife in ev-ery sense of the word. She raised chickens and canned a big garden for her family. She had a tal-ent for making pear honey and wild cherry jelly. She loved her flower gardens, her favorite flower being the iris. She also enjoyed piecing quilt tops and var-ious assorted handiwork.

After the death of her husband she left the farm and moved to Lamar in 1994.

BARTON COUNTY SENIOR CENTER LUNCH MENU: January 19-23MONDAY- Chicken

pot pie, Harvard beets, mashed potatoes, juice, Mandarin oranges, cof-fee/tea/milk.

TUESDAY- Barbe-cued brisket on bun, seasoned green beans,

macaroni and cheese, to-mato juice, brownie, cof-fee/tea/milk.

WEDNESDAY- Salis-bury steak with gravy, au gratin potatoes, buttered peas, wheat roll, banana, coffee/tea/milk.

THURSDAY- Terriyaki chicken, Asian rice, broc-coli, egg roll, gelatin with fruit, coffee/tea/milk.

FRIDAY- Spaghetti with meatballs, Antigua vegeta-bles, buttered corn, garlic roll, grapes, coffee/tea/milk.

State V Morgan N Rangel, written guilty plea.

State V Brian K Mar-

tin, written guilty plea.State V Chad Lee Har-

ris, written guilty plea.Barton County Memo-

rial Hospital V Arthur G Torbeck, default judg-ment.

Razor Capital II, LLC V Steven Reardon, default judgment.

LVNV Funding LLC V Robert Remillard, con-sent judgment.

Tower Loan of Missouri LLC V Cassandra Crowl, default judgment.

Lester E Cox Medical Center V Sandra Rook, consent judgment.

Carl Selvey V Blaine Owensby et al, default judgment.

Larry McArthur V Ray-mond Asher and Janet McArthur, consent judg-ment.

Neal L Smith V Robert Davenport et al, default judgment.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF BARTON COUNTY, MISSOURIPROBATE DIVISION

In the Estate of RODNEY WADE DAVID,Deceased.Estate No. 14B4-PR00062NOTICE OF LETTERS

GRANTEDTo all persons interested in the Estate of RODNEY WADE DAVID.

On October 30, 2014, CAROL S. TRACY was appointed Personal Repre-sentative of the Estate of RODNEY WADE DAVID, Deceased, by the Probate Division of Barton County, Missouri. The business ad-dress of the Personal Rep-resentative is 515 South 160 Highway, Golden City, MO 64748 and the personal representative's attorney is GEORGE D. NICHOLS, 206 West 10th Street, La-mar, MO 64759.

All creditors of the de-cedent 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 per-sonal representative, then within two months from the date it was mailed or served, whichever is later, or be for-ever barred to the fullest extent permissible by law. Such six-month period and such two-month period do not extend the limitation pe-riod that would bar claims one year after the decedent's death, as provided in sec-tion 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.

Date of decedent's death was September 23, 2014.

Date of first publication is December 24, 2014.

s-Charles D. Curless, Judge

12-24,31,1-7,14-4tc IN THE CIRCUIT

COURT OF BARTON COUNTY, MISSOURIPROBATE DIVISION

In the Estate of FRANCES LOUIS SOUTHERN,Deceased.Estate No. 14B4-PR00064

NOTICE OF LETTERS GRANTED

To all persons interested in the Estate of FRANCES LOUIS SOUTHERN:

On October 30, 2014, SANDRA BROOKS was appointed Personal Rep-resentative of the Estate of FRANCES LOUISE SOUTHERN, Deceased, by the Probate Division of Bar-ton County, Missouri. The business address of the Per-sonal Representative is 2503 South Aurora Street, Eldon, MO 65026 and the personal representative's attorney is GEORGE D. NICHOLS, 206 West 10th Street, Lamar, MO 64759.

All creditors of the de-cedent 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 per-sonal 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 sec-tion 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.

Date of decedent's death was June 10, 2014.

Date of first publication is December 24, 2014.

s-Charles D. Curless, Judge

12-24,31,1-7,14-4tc IN THE CIRCUIT

COURT OF BARTON COUNTY, MISSOURI

AT LAMARIn Re the Marriage of: Mi-chael Shon Anderson, SSN: xxx-xx-4025, Petitioner, vs. Jeannie Mae Anderson, SSN: Unknown, Respon-dent.

NOTICE UPON ORDER FOR SERVICE BY

PUBLICATIONThe State of Missouri to

Respondent Jeannie Mae Anderson, address un-known,

You are hereby notified that an action has been commenced against you in the Circuit Court for the County of Barton, Missouri at Lamar, the object and general nature of which is a dissolution of your marriage to Petitioner and which af-fects the following described property: All personal prop-erty of Petitioner and/or Re-spondent currently located within the State of Missouri.

The name of the Petitioner to said action stated above in the caption hereof and the name and address of attor-ney for Petitioner is Michael Smalley, 420 South Pearl, Ste 1, Joplin, Missouri, 64801.

You are further notified that, unless you file an an-swer or other pleading or shall otherwise appear and defend against the aforesaid petition within 45 days after the 7th day of January, 2015, judgment by default will be rendered against you.

Witness my hand and the seal of the Circuit Court this 30th day of December, 2014.

s-Janet B. MaupinCircuit ClerkKaren Hines

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PUBLIC NOTICEThe Summary of the 2015 Barton County Budget is available for inspection in the County Clerk’s Office, Courthouse, Lamar, during normal office hours.

Kristina CrockettBarton County Clerk

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Public Hearing NoticeThe Jasper County Public Housing Agency (JCPHA), Joplin, MO will hold a pub-lic hearing on their proposed 2015 to 2020 5 year plan at 10 am on February 27, 2015 at the Main Office of the Economic Security Corpora-tion of Southwest Area (302 S. Joplin Street in Joplin, Missouri), first floor confer-ence room. The Annual Plan will be available for review and comment at the main of-fice from January 14, 2015 through February 29, 2015. A public meeting will be held with tenant advisory board meeting right after the public hearing on March 2, 2015.The Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (H.R. 4194) requires that each public housing agency submit to the Secre-tary of the U.S. Housing and Urban Development a five year or an annual plan which at a minimum shall contain the following:Annual Plan1. A statement of needs of the low-income and very-low income families2. A statement of financial resources available to the public housing agency3. Policies governing eligi-bility, selection and admis-sion to the Housing Choice Voucher program.4. A statement of rental contributions of families assisted under the Housing Choice Voucher program5. A statement of the Griev-ance procedure. 6. A description of the HCV homeownership program.7. A statement plan for the

Family Self-Sufficiency Program8. Civil Rights Certifica-tion9. VAWA policies and pro-cedures10. FYE 6/30 Annual Audit results11. Other information required by law to be in-cluded in a public housing agency annual plan, in-cluding the public housing agency’s progress in meet-ing the mission and goals described in the five year plan.ESC’s Housing and Devel-opment Director will be available for discussion for the above by appointment only. All comments re-ceived must be relevant to the JCPHA’s 5 year or an-nual plan and directed to ESC’s Housing Assistance Program - annual plan comments at: (mailing ad-dress: P.O. Box 207) 302 Joplin Street, Joplin, MO 6801 (telephone 417-627-

2022) or email: dmark-man@escswa.org.

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Lamar R-I School District offers for public sealed bid sale a 1996 Chevy G30 Sport Van. Opening of the sealed bids will be 1/28/2015 @ 9:00. Sealed bids may be mailed or delivered to the Superintendent’s Office lo-cated at 202 W. 7th, Lamar, MO 64759. Minimum bid $500. The vehicle is sold as is with no warranties or guar-antees given or implied. The purchaser will be respon-sible for all cost incurred for the removal of the vehicle from the sale site. The ve-hicle must be removed no later than 3:00pm 2/4/2015. Please contact Mathew Coy at 417-682-5102 to make an appointment to view.

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1862. They were pressing men hard to go into the army, there in our part of Illinois. We had come there from Indiana. So my father said, Let’s go to Indiana, and get out of this war. So we went. There were sixteen of us in the party. We arrived in

October. Before the win-ter was over, my husband, my two brothers and two of my cousins were all in the army.

The one thing I always held against Lincoln was making so many white men to go to war against their will, to free the

n______. It might have been right, but it didn’t strike me that way.”

In 1858, U.S. senators were appointed by state legislatures, so the de-bates between Lincoln and Douglas were intended to influence the appoint-ment. The legislature sid-ed with Douglas, and he was appointed to another six-year term. However,

he served only two and one-half years of the term, dying of typhoid fever on June 3, 1861.

After losing the legisla-ture’s appointment to the U.S. Senate, Lincoln edited the texts of all the debates and had them published in a book. The widespread coverage of the 1858 de-bates and the popularity of the book greatly boosted

Lincoln’s role in the newly formed Republican Party. It was formed in 1854 and ran its first presidential candidate, John C. Fre-mont, in 1856. By 1860, the Republican Party was rapidly growing, and Lin-coln became its obvious presidential candidate. Douglas ran as the candi-date of the northern wing of the hopelessly divided

Democratic Party leading to a decisive victory for Lincoln. When inaugu-rated on March 4, 1861, seven southern states had already seceded from the Union. Five weeks later, the Civil War began.

The Democrat will con-tinue to reprint articles taken from Barton County newspapers of generations ago.

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CLASSIFIEDS

CLASSIFIEDSSpecial 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.

Employment

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"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.

2 Bedroom, 1 Bath apartment for rent. $395 month/$250 deposit. 601 E. 19th St., South-ern Meadows Apts., 417-777-1440.

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.

1 Bedroom, 1 Bath apartment for rent. $325 month/$250 deposit. 601 E. 19th St., South-ern Meadows Apts., 417-777-1440.

Homes For Rent

House For Rent – Call 682-5728 for informa-tion.

Homes For Sale

Home For Sale – In La-mar. 3 Bedroom, 2 bath. CH/CA. Deck and pa-tio. 80/155 lot. $34,000. 417-682-3528, 417-262-0342.

Got Horses? For sale: 2034 sq. ft. three bed-room, two bath home on ten acres. Attached six car garage. Detached two car garage. 40' x 43', 1720 sq. ft. barn with three stalls, room for three more. Separate loafing shed with tack/feed room. 40' x 80', 2400 sq. ft. work shop with heat and air. At-tached 15' x 30' carport for trailer. About six acre hay field. Located four miles south of La-mar, one quarter mile from I-49/71 Highway. For sale by owner. Call 417-682-6427.

Trucks

'92 Dodge Dakota, $1200 OBO. 417-214-3533.

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The following calls were made by the Lamar Police Department during the month of December:

* Arrested December 1 at the Barton County Courthouse on a Lamar municipal warrant is-sued on a charge of fail-ure to appear was David Lee Carter, Jr., 25, Lamar. Carter was transported to the Barton County Jail where he was processed, posted a bond and was re-leased to await a pending court date.

* Arrested December 2 at a residence in the 1500 block of College St. was Eric Allen Woodcock, 29, Lamar. Woodcock had two warrants issued out of the Barton County Court dealing with fail-ure to appear on traffic charges. Woodcock was transported to the Barton County Jail where he was turned over to jail staff for processing and bonding.

* During the aforemen-tioned arrest on Decem-ber 2, the arresting officer detected a strong odor of marijuana when he first made contact with Wood-cock. Once Woodcock was removed the other resident of the home was asked for permission to search the residence due to the odor. She refused

and a search warrant was applied for. After serving the search warrant and finding marijuana and other stolen property in the residence, another ar-rest was made. Arrested on drug charges in rela-tion to the marijuana found was Brittney Lynn Asemka, 26, Lamar. Ase-mka was transported to the Barton County Jail where she was processed and incarcerated to await the filing of a state charge in relation to the search. Warrants were applied for and granted by the court.

* A leaving the scene ac-cident report was taken December 2 in the 200 block of E. 1st St. Some-one struck a 2003 Chev-rolet Monte Carlo that was parked at the time of the accident. There was minor damage to one of the doors and some white paint transfer left on one of the wheels.

* During a routine traf-fic stop on December 3, for an expired license plate, an arrest was made. Arrested on charges of be-ing in possession of drug paraphernalia, failure to register a motor vehicle with the Director of Reve-nue and failure to provide proof of financial respon-sibility was Michael Allen

Jones, 19, Lamar. Jones was taken to the Barton County Jail where he was processed and posted a bond and was released pending a court appear-ance date.

* A 15 year old male subject and two 16 year old males were referred by the school resource of-ficer on December 4, to the juvenile authorities for truancy.

* A theft of medication was reported December 4 in the 1700 block of Lex-ington St. This case is to be presented to the pros-ecuting attorney’s office for the possible filing of charges.

* The mail delivery per-son notified an officer of some vandalism that had occurred to a postal box on December 5, in the 700 block of W. 8th St. Two of the doors were pried open and damaged. Cost of the damage was said to be ap-proximately $1,500.

* An officer was called December 6 to the Orscheln Farm and Home store on the report of a shoplifting that had oc-curred. When the officer arrived he found a male subject waiting with em-ployees. After interview-ing those at the scene the subject, Peter Anthony

Wagoner, 55, Carthage, was issued a summons on the shoplifting charge. Wagoner is alleged to have taken two pair of pants from the store without paying for them. Wagoner awaits a court appearance date.

* Officers were dis-patched December 6 to the Orscheln Farm and Home store on the com-plaint that a person had driven their car up and onto the curb at the front of the store. Contact with the driver, Andrew James Jaggers, 28, Lamar, was made. Jaggers appeared intoxicated and after some field sobriety tests he was placed under arrest for driving while in an intox-icated condition. While the officer was dealing with Jaggers a passenger from the Jaggers vehicle exited the store. Store em-ployees complained that the female, Kala Lou Ma-rie Larrabee, 20, Lamar, had just stolen a pair of kid's cowboy boots from the store. The boots were located on Larrabee and she was placed under ar-rest on a charge of shop-lifting. Both subjects were transported to the Barton County Jail where they were processed. Both eventually posted bonds

and were released to await a court hearing date.

* A wallet was reported stolen December 6 in the 700 block of W. 8th St. The wallet contained a $10 bill.

* Officers were dis-patched December 6 to a residence in the 500 block of Broadway on the report that there was a person there who had warrants. The person, Patrick Kelly Sheats, 31, Lamar, was located hiding in the resi-dence and was taken into custody. He did have a Lamar municipal warrant issued on a charge of fail-ure to appear and also a felony warrant issued out of Kansas on a charge of making terroristic threats. Sheats was taken to the Barton County Jail and processed. The State of Kansas was notified and he was held for them.

* Officers were sent to the Barton County Me-morial Hospital emer-gency room on December 7, on the report that there was a 35 year old female from Everton, who need-ed to be placed on a 96 hour emergency commit-tal for mental evaluation. Once medically cleared she was transported to Mercy Hospital in Joplin.

* A burglary of a resi-

dence was reported De-cember 7 in the 800 block of Grand St. Upon exami-nation of the structure there were no signs of forced entry. Reportedly stolen were two purses, a gym bag and a set of car keys. Investigation into this matter will continue. A couple of pieces of evi-dence were taken to the crime lab for processing.

* A report of an as-sault that took place at the Lamar High School was taken on December 8. The decision to handle this incident within the school system was made. No criminal charges have been filed.

* A burglary of a stor-age shed was reported December 9 in the 1700 block of Walnut St. Stolen were a 20 inch bicycle and a pair of Red Wing boots valued at $160. Total loss was estimated at $240 by the victim.

* The Lamar School Dis-trict, through the school resource officer, made several referrals to the juvenile officers’ office on December 9, for educa-tional neglect for students who had missed too much school. Referred were a six year old male, two sev-

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6B • Wednesday, January 14, 2015 www.lamardemocrat.com Lamar Democrat, Lamar, MO

AREA NEWS

Accident reportAccording to the Mis-

souri State Highway Pa-trol report, a 2001 GMC truck was being driven on private property by David L Bower, 61, Jasper, when he suffered a medi-

cal emergency and accel-erated the truck, striking a barn. He then crossed Route M and came to rest in a creek bed. The report stated that the incident occurred north of Purcell

at 12:15 p.m. on Wednes-day, Jan. 7.

The report showed that Bower was pronounced dead by Jasper County Coroner Rob Chappell at 1:40 p.m.

Alleged meth lab investigatedby sheriff 's office

The Barton County Sheriff 's office received in-formation around 5 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 29, 2014, that there was an alleged methamphetamine lab at a trailer home located at Angel Estates. Depu-ties went to the home and made contact with the oc-cupants. During a search of the home, items com-monly used in the cre-

ation of the illegal drug methamphetamine were discovered. Four indi-viduals were detained and questioned at the sheriff ’s office regarding the allega-tions.

The investigation started a short time after 5:30 p.m. and continued throughout the night and into the fol-lowing morning hours. Deputies who normally

ended their shift at 2 a.m. left sometime after 5:30 a.m.

Items seized will be sent to the Missouri State Highway Patrol Crime Lab for analysis. Once crime lab reports come back on items seized from the home, those reports will be sent to the prosecuting attorney for filing of for-mal criminal charges.

Burglary reported on 10th RoadThe Barton County

Sheriff 's Department re-sponded Tuesday, Jan. 6, to a report of a burglary at a residence in the county. Deputy Toby Luce re-sponded to the call at 333 SE 10th Rd., where

he spoke to the property owner.

It appeared as if the door had been kicked in and at the time it was not clear if anyone was still in the home or not. Deputy Luce searched the home

and surrounding area, but nobody was found in or around the scene of the crime.

The investigation is on-going.

The importance of soil sampling

Obtaining a qual-ity soil sample is vital for receiving accurate nutrient recommenda-tions for your field.

In a 20 acre field, there are approximately 40 million pounds of soil. Of those 40 million pounds, you send one pound to the lab for re-sults, so make sure that one pound represents the field well.

Soil samples need to be taken every three to four years; sampling costs range anywhere from 14-20 dollars de-pending on where you go and which nutri-ents you want to test. The average soil test assesses nitrogen, po-tassium, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, organic matter, neu-tralizable acidity, cat-ion exchange capacity and pH levels. Micro nutrients are not tested for unless the producer requests it at an addi-tional charge.

Different soil types and soil needs are in the same pasture or field. Several samples bags need to be col-lected if the land is uneven. For example, if a pasture was once two pastures, separate samples should be tak-en on either side of the old fence line. If there is high animal traffic in a pasture, that area should be sampled sep-arately as well. Hillsides and waterways should be sampled differently as well. If a pasture has been converted to a crop field, separate samples need to be tak-en if a pond or tree line has been removed.

Soil nutrient prop-erties can fluctuate throughout the year

depending on the season. When soil sampling it is important to take sam-ples at the same time of year, each year samples are taken to provide con-sistency. The best time to take a sample for for-ages and spring-seeded crops is when the field is idle; usually after har-vest in the fall or winter. For fields with winter wheat and fall-seeded crops, sampling during the idle time in the sum-mer is best. Pre-plant or pre-side-dress nitrogen samples for corn should be taken in the spring as close to planned nitrogen application as possible. It is best to wait at least three months after ap-plication of phosphorus fertilizer, lime or manure before taking a soil sam-ple.

Sample cores need to be at least six to eight inches deep; too shallow of a sample can cause an over-estimate of soil fertility levels. Every core should be the same depth and quantity to provide uni-formity. A zigzag pattern of random soil sampling across the field works well in most situations. If using a shovel instead of a soil probe, dig a hole and slice off one side. Collect 10-20 cores in a bucket, crumble and mix them well. Then remove sticks, rocks and grass and place about one pint of soil into a plastic bag or soil sam-ple box. Always label the bag in reference to where the sample was taken in order to identify it when the results are received. The number of cores col-lected should reflect the variation of the land and land history; more sam-ples if the land is varied, less if it is more uniform, it is better to take too

many samples as opposed to too little.

Grid soil sampling, which is sampling the field in 2.5 acres per sam-ple, is economical when used in high yielding fields; especially when significant variations in soil tests are anticipated. It can also be useful in a field where the history is unknown. Grid soil sam-pling provides the most accurate results when paired with a variable rate spreader.

Interpreting soil tests are the most difficult part of the process. The first section of the soil test re-port, given by University of Missouri laboratory, represents the current level of nutrients. Macro nutrients are expressed in pound per acre and micro nutrients are ex-pressed in particles per million (ppm) and rated on a scale of very low, low, medium, high, very high, to excessive.

The lower section is the recommendations of the nutrients expressed in pounds per acre ac-cording to the desired yield goal and cropping option. Limestone ton-nage recommendations can be calculated by di-viding the Effective Neu-tralizing Material (ENM) by the guarantee of the limestone dealer. ENM guarantees usually range from 400-450; the greater the ENM, the more fine the lime grade. Dolo-mitic lime may be sug-gested if the soil is low in magnesium, but there is little yield response so it should only be applied when lime is suggested to raise the pH.

For more informa-tion contact the Barton County Extension office at (417) 682-3579.

Deadly accident south of Lamar takes two lives

A three vehicle accident on I-49 five miles south of Lamar at what is local-ly known as Poundstone Bottoms took two lives just before midnight, January 6. A southbound tractor/trailer rig was stopped on a bridge, par-tially off the roadway, having struck the guard rail and over corrected, ending up in the left lane. A Cedar County ambu-lance arrived shortly af-terward on its way to Jo-plin, and parked ahead of the stalled tractor/trailer to offer assistance. A sec-ond tractor/trailer rig ap-proached from the north striking the stalled trac-tor/trailer and the ambu-lance before leaving the roadway and ending up in nearby trees.

Both fatalities were in the second tractor/trailer, driver Dale E. Burdick, 54, of Cuba, New York

and passenger Donald D. Ellsworth, Jr., 43, of Dansville, New York. The driver of the first tractor/trailer, Antoin D. Craw-ford, 27, of Toledo, Ohio, suffered moderate inju-ries and was taken via air ambulance to Freeman Hospital in Joplin. The Cedar County ambu-lance was unoccupied at the time and sustained only minor damage.

Cargo from one of the tractor/trailers was scat-tered for hundreds of feet along the highway and right-of-way.

Responding to the crash in bitterly cold conditions were four Highway Patrol troop-ers, five members of the Barton County Sheriff ’s Department, the Lamar Fire Department with first responders, the Jas-per Fire Department, and two ambulances

from the Barton County Ambulance Service. Bar-ton County Sheriff Mitch Shaw described the spec-tacular accident as the worst he has seen in his 15 years in law enforce-ment.

Both southbound lanes were closed until wreck-age and cargo could be removed from the crash scene. One lane was opened to traffic at ap-proximately 3:00 p.m., Wednesday. The Missouri Department of Trans-portation (MoDOT) has since issued a traffic alert, closing the left lane until further notice while Mo-DOT crews rebuild the bridge wall. The south-bound right lane will be open to traffic at reduced speeds. MoDOT advises that inclement weather or other construction delays could extend com-pletion of the repairs.

Police, continued from page 5B

en year old females, four six year old females, three seven year old males and an eight year old male.

* An investigation into a theft that had occurred at Walmart was opened on December 9. As a result of the investigation an arrest was made. Arrested on a charge of 1st degree bur-glary and felony theft was Ryan Dean Bohrn, 23, La-mar. Bohrn was incarcer-ated in the Barton County Jail. A total of approxi-mately $2,000 was report-edly stolen from the store.

* Two subjects were stopped December 9, at around 1:30 a.m., while they were carrying a fully decorated Christmas tree down the street. When contacted they said that they found the tree in a dumpster. One of the sub-jects had a warrant out of Oronogo. The warrant was confirmed and he was

arrested and taken to the Barton County Sheriff ’s Office for processing.

* Reports for education-al neglect were sent to the juvenile office on Decem-ber 9, involving a six year old female, a seven year old female and a 10 year old female.

* Officers were in the 100 block of Mayo on December 11, looking for a person who had a Lamar municipal war-rant issued on a charge of failure to appear. Contact was made with a resident and permission to search her home for this indi-vidual was given to the officer. The person they were looking for, Angela Ray Campbell, 26, Kan-sas City, Mo., was found hiding in a closet. She was placed under arrest and transported to the Barton County Jail where she was processed and held until a

court date.* A complaint in refer-

ence to a violation of a child order of protection was taken December 12 in the 800 block of Maple St.

* A wallet was report-edly stolen December 12 from a vehicle. Investi-gation into this matter will continue, although it is undermined as to the exact location where the theft may have occurred.

* Contact with a 31 year old male subject in the 1300 block of Lexington was made on Decem-ber 13. The report was that the male was being threatening and acting strangely. He was taken to the Barton County Me-morial Hospital where he was medically cleared and he was then transported to New Beginnings in Ne-vada on an emergency 96 hour committal.