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

SECTION BArea News ................................. 2Records ...................................... 3Records/Legals .......................... 4Legals/Classi� eds ...................... 5Area News ................................. 6

Condon to celebrate 90th birthday

see page 3A

Harris celebrates 90th birthday

see page 3A

Metzger’s Mutteringssee page 4A

Mother's Day gathering in Liberal, 57 years ago

see page 4A

BCMH has counselor available to aid with A� ordable Care Act

see page 4A

Students of the Weeksee page 5A

Student Studiosee page 5A

STAR Studentssee page 5A

Tigers are undefeatedsee page 6A

Cross country starts o� on right course

see page 6A

Bulldogs win homecoming game

see page 6A

Liberal Prairie Dayssee page 1B

2013 Upland Chronicles: Part 1

see page 1B

BCHD observes National Physical � erapy Month

see page 2B

Open house hosted by Hospice Compassus

see page 6B

Weather Forecastsee page 6B

Lamar Pink Apple Walk/Run scheduled for October 5October is Breast Cancer Awareness

month! � e Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks will hold its second annual two-mile walk and 5k run/fun walk on Saturday, Oct. 5. Breast cancer survivors and supporters are invited to participate in the event. � e theme of the event is, “Bustin our Buns for Boobs”.

� e BCFO is an organization that gives help and hope to families in southwest Missouri who are impacted with breast cancer. � ey o� er a � nancial assistance program and free mammogram screen-ing for the uninsured and under-insured. � ey also o� er a children's fund for assis-tance of families as well. BCFO also o� ers

support groups and mentoring programs to help cope with the problems that arise during diagnosis and treatment. More information may be obtained at www.bcfo.org.

Last year was the � rst two-mile walk in Lamar. � is year, along with the two-mile walk, a 5K walk/fun run has been added. � e course has been certi� ed with chip timing for the avid runners in the area. � ey are also o� ering a 5K walk/fun run for those who would like to enjoy the course with friends and family.

� e walk will begin at 11th and Broad-way at 7 a.m., with check in and registra-tion.

� e certi� ed run will begin at 8 a.m., followed by the 5K walk/fun run and then the two-mile walk.

Registration forms may be picked up at the Barton County Chamber o� ce, www.bcfo.org or on facebook at Lamar Pink Apple Run. Pre-registration forms may be turned into the Barton County Chamber o� ce or mailed to Linda Has-son, 1309 Grand St., Lamar, MO. 64759. � ey will be accepting registrations up to and including the day of the event.

Please come out and help paint the streets of Lamar pink!

By RICHARD COOPERDemocrat sta� writer

richardcooper@lamardemocrat.com

LAMAR-Two street closings for October events were approved by the Lamar City Coun-cil at its regular monthly meeting, September 23. � e meeting was held one week later than it is usually held due to council members at-tending a Missouri Municipal League meeting the week of September 16. � e north side of the city square will be closed October 12 and 13 to accommodate activities that are a part of Wyatt Earp Days. One block of Poplar Street from 9th Street to 10th Street will be closed on October 27 for safety purposes as the United Methodist Church is holding a fall festival that day with activities taking place in the church and directly across the street in the church’s parking lot.

A seat belt usage policy for city employees was unanimously approved. Required seat belt usage is already a state law, but on the recom-mendation of the city’s insurance company, the policy manual was amended to include the same requirement for city vehicles. � e driver is responsible for use of seat belts in all cases. Also, the same pol-icy applies if a private vehicle is being used for city business.

Steven Tanner appeared be-fore the council about demoli-tion of a dilapidated house at 17th and Grand. � e question seems to be who the owner is. Tanner displayed a con-tract signed in July, 2012 that shows the property was sold to another party. Yet, he has a demolition permit that expires on November 15 to remove the house. � e matter of ownership comes up in associate circuit court on September 25. Mayor Keith Divine told Tanner that an extension on the demolition permit could be granted if he turns out to be the owner.

� e council approved trans-

ferring the franchise agreement between the city and Missouri Gas Energy (MGE) to Laclede Gas Company of St. Louis. Laclede purchased MGE in July.

� e council was told that the new 4,000 foot runway at Lamar Municipal Airport is nearing completion. � e concrete on the landing strip is now in place and curing. � e work has been done by Sapp and Company of Columbia.

� e promise made back in July by Gary Jones to “take down” the stone structures at 1801 Gulf has apparently been kept. Jones is the owner of the property and told the council he would start on the project right a� er La-bor Day. Now the problem is what to do with the rubble, most of which is stone. Council-man Steve Gilkey told Jones back in July that the stone must be removed, or “all we’ll have is just a pile of rocks.” � e ball seems to be in Jones’ court.

Near the close of the meeting, Divine ap-pointed Sam Bull to the park board, � lling a vacancy created by the resignation of Rayma Davis.

Lamar Democrat/Richard CooperThe old Thorco building at 1801 Gulf is now just a pile of rocks. Removal of the

debris is the next step.

Lamar Democrat/Melody MetzgerA steady crowd perused the many items, as well as literature, that were available at

the Barton County Memorial Hospital Community Health Fair, held Thursday, Sept. 26. Numerous booths from area companies and services were set up for the day in the National Guard Armory in Lamar.

BCMH holds successful community health fair

4-H Special Section Will Be Published

October 9!

Lamar residents

evacuated a� er natural gas

leak discoveredA 12 inch natural gas line rup-

tured in the area of 21st and KK Highway, on the south end of Lamar, at approximately 9:30 p.m. Monday.

Authorities arrived in the area, blocking o� about a quarter of a mile around the scene to keep tra� c from entering. � ey then went door-to-door, alerting resi-dents about the leak and letting them know that if they needed temporary shelter they could go to Memorial Hall. Less than 100 residents were directly a� ected by the natural gas, but residents reported that they could smell the odor throughout the town. Residents that remained in their homes were told to keep their doors and windows shut.

Barton County Emergency Management Director Tom Ryan says the rupture created a six to eight foot crater, allowing a plume approximately a quarter to half a mile wide of natural gas to escape. It is unknown at this time what caused the leak, but o� cials do know it came from an above ground pipe located in a natural gas substation.

Crews arrived around 11 p.m. to turn o� the natural gas leak, allowing authorities to give the all clear and residents were able to return to their homes.

� e Lamar Fire, Lamar Po-lice, the Barton County Sheri� ’s O� ce and the Missouri State Highway Patrol all assisted in the case.

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Coonfoot& Vicinity

By LOUISE OTT

Peeking out the door this early Monday morn-ing I see our dear Lord has blessed us with sun-shine and very heavy dew. I think they said it was going to get in the 80’s. What beautiful weather we are having.

Remember, Steve Pat-terson, pastor of Alba Friends Church non-profit organization, will appreciate any donations from anyone. Plans are to serve coffee, pastries and chips in the evenings on Thursday, Friday and Sat-urday in the fall. All are volunteers and anyone that can help should call Steve’s cell phone at 417-793-3308 or his home phone, 1-417-525-6107. He can tell you more about the lunches and what days. The café is at 212 Main in Alba.

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

Arbry Winans, Ray and Nicole Winans, Ray and Tristan and Elvin Winans Jr. and Durella were visi-tors of Marie Winans.

Preston and Charmada Moss, Olivia and Micah Early and Sterling and Becca Moss were visitors and dinner guests of Mi-chael and Jane Moss.

Michael, Mathew and Gay Straw, Louise Ott and Marjorie and Janie Destefino were visitors of George Straw. Also visit-ing were Vanessa and Na-thaniel Hudson, Lonnie and Bonnie Hudson and Larry Buckmaster.

Seems like lots of snakes out here lately. One was in my dog pen, where he goes to get into his dog-house, and as I was going to the mailbox there was

a snake. I killed it with my stick. I sometimes see them in the road. Also skunks. Someone hit two on the road and what a smell.

Kenneth Dee and Esther Archer, George Straw and Louise Ott visited their sister, Frances Roberts, at Mt. Vernon.

Jane Moss visited Lou-ise Ott one evening and we played Double 9 Dominnes. That’s fun!

We also will be glad when the bridge south of Alba is finished. The weather helps with that a lot.

I got a jar of gooseberry jam from my secret sister at charge. Not bad at all.

SheldonBy DARLENE SHERIDAN

A large number of fam-ily and friends attended the reception for the 65th wedding anniversary of Gene and Shirley Banes. The reception was hosted by their children at the 3M Club House on Sun-day, Sept. 15.

Delores Honey and I spent last Friday, Sept. 20, in Kansas City, where I kept a doctor’s ap-pointment and also vis-ited Delila Brown and her grandchildren before we returned home.

Gary Melton was able to return to his home after several days in Freeman Hospital and Rehabilita-tion.

Kay Briscoe of rural Rich Hill was in Sheldon this week looking after her property.

Amy Caldwell contin-ues to get better, since she spent several days in the hospital, and she was able to go to Bible study and church.

The Sheldon Commu-nity Improvement group met at the Donaldson Building Monday night, Sept. 23. The Methodist ladies prepared refresh-

ments. Discussion was held on many ideas and reports were given on food pantry, backpack program and the tree project for the park. The next meeting will be Oc-tober 28, at the Commu-nity Building in the park. Everyone is encouraged to get involved with this project.

The Mobile Food Pan-try served over 100 households last Thursday, Sept.19, in the Sheldon Park. The backpack pro-gram and the food pan-try are provided by the Ozark Food Harvest. The next food pantry is Octo-ber 11, at 10 a.m., in the Sheldon City Park. If we can secure financial sup-port for these projects we could provide the food pantry for the rest of the year. If you would like more information please contact Becky Morgan at 884-2621.

On Wednesday, Sept. 25, Tim Frezert, arborist with the Missouri De-partment of Conserva-tion, met with a group of interested citizens in the city park to inspect the trees. Mr. Frezert spent several hours analyzing the condition and needs and will provide the city with a written report and suggestions for improve-ment.

Sympathy is extended to the family of Marjorie Rogers who passed away Monday. Her services were held Saturday, Sept 28. Marjorie and I worked together many years in 4-H with our children.

Word was received that Forrest Dilly passed away Wednesday morning. We want to express our sym-pathy to his family.

Wednesday, Sept. 25, the Sheldon FCA con-ducted a, “Meet me at the Pole”. A large number of students, teachers and community members prayed for our commu-nity and our nation.

Maxine’s MusingsBy MAXINE MORIN

There have been several occasions recently. “Con-gratulations” to the fol-lowing birthdays. Maxine Rakestraw celebrated her 80th birthday with family and friends with a party at her home on Saturday, Sept. 28.

Bob Harris, Lamar, cel-ebrated his 90th birthday with family. He received many cards and good wishes.

Martha Condon will celebrate her 90th birth-day on October 13. There will be a reception from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., at the VFW Building in Jasper on the same day.

“Congratulations” to those celebrating wed-ding anniversaries.

Ken and Mary (Dietz) Rogers recently celebrat-ed their 50th wedding anniversary with family and friends at the Nash-ville (Missouri) Christian Church. The Rogers’ an-niversary was August 29.

Kenneth and Janet (Ayers) Miles celebrated their 50th wedding an-niversary with a recep-tion on September 1, in Oklahoma City, Okla. The Miles grew up in Lamar, and then lived in Okla-homa for 38 years, retir-ing to their hometown 12 years ago.

John and Nora Waga-man recently celebrated their 60th wedding anni-versary with family. They were married September 19, 1953 in Detroit, Mich.

The Ladies Encamp-ment Auxiliary No. 99 met at the Pepper Mill for dinner at 5:30 p.m. on September 19. Their meeting was conducted at the IOOF Building in Lamar. Chief Matriarch Blanche Suggs called the

meeting to order at 7 p.m. It was voted to send a do-nation to each of the five programs of the Grand L.E.A. of Missouri. The next meeting will be Oc-tober 17.

The last storm that came through played havoc with my lemon cucumber vine and the cockscomb in a wooden half-barrel. The next morning, the cage holding the vines looked like the Tower of Pisa, only more so. I straightened the cage and tried to lift up the flow-ering plants, but they flopped down faster than I it took to raise them up. The red blooms are still lying flat against the top of the container.

There was a poison ivy vine growing at the cor-ner of our house that kept growing. I do not think the hot, dry weather both-ered it all, it kept growing and growing. Last week son Max Orahood came by and sprayed it. I hope that does the job of get-ting rid of it.

Eddie says “Hello” to everyone. He gets around with a walker. Eddie’s main past time is watch-ing TV and reading books. He has lost the vi-sion in his right eye, but can read large print quite well.

May God watch over our military men and women. Until next time…

LAMAR COUNTRY CLUB

LADIES ASSOCIATION

Carolyn Gastel was the hostess Tuesday, Sept. 24, for the golfing event of Most 5’s and 6’s. She was also the winner. Next week, Tuesday, Oct. 1, Maxine Rader will be the hostess for a Scramble. A golf and bridge ladies luncheon will be held at Marketside Café. The hostess for Tuesday, Oct. 8, will be Norma Frieden, with the event to be Low Score on 6-7-8.

Imogene Williams was the hostess for Bridge. She was also the winner, with Dorothy Roberts being second high winner. The hostess for Tuesday, Oct. 1 will be Betty Gideon. Betty Gilkey will be the hostess Tuesday, Oct 8.

STONE CLUBClaude Dean McDon-

ald hosted the monthly meeting of the Stone Club on September 25. Those in attendance were Doris Titsworth, Lynda Hard-man, Claude Dean Mc-Donald, Crystal Dockery, Clara Bell McDonald, Mary Leivan, Jayne Babitt and Mary Ann Leivan.

Roll call consisted of “Just anything you want-ed to tell”. The business meeting was held after the Pledge of Allegiance and devotional. Barbara Sweeney, a long time club member and good friend to everyone, died recently and it was noted that she would be missed very much.

The refreshment ta-ble was decorated with school memory items in-cluding apples, slates and

crayons, and held many tasty items. Everyone had a nice visit and the meet-ing adjourned.

The next meeting will be October 23, with Lyn-da Hardman as hostess.

LEARN-A-DO4-H CLUB

By STETSON WISSLearn-A-Do Reporter

The Learn-A-Do 4-H Club met Sunday, Sept. 8, 1:30 p.m., at the Wolf Center. President Trent Morgan called the meet-ing to order with 25 members present. Con-ner Brown and Henry Ball led the pledges. Roll call was a favorite 4-H

project this year. New enrollment forms were handed out and 2013-14 calendars were planned.

New members were nominated and voted in. They are Tony Mor-gan, president; Lauren Morgan, vice president; Matthew Morgan, secre-tary; Clayton Winslow, treasurer; Stetson Wiss, reporter; Halle Miller, chaplain; Connor Brown and Annabelle Crabtree, pledge leaders; Kelsie Morgan photographer and Clarise and Elise James, historians.

The next meeting will be held October 19, at the home of Payden Nolting, with a hayride and bon-fire.

Correspondents

CLUB NOTES

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“The movement for theconservation of wild life and the larger movement for the

conservation of all ournatural resources are

essentially democratic inspirit, purpose, and method.”

Golden City Lions Club President Bill Lowery, left, presented Richard Stump with his 35 year pin.

Stump is awarded pin

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Doyle recognized by Good Samaritan

� e scholar William Arthur Ward wrote, “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it”. Accord-ingly, � e Good Samari-tan Shop would like to express their sincere and heartfelt gratitude to Dot Doyle for 25 years of vol-unteer work and com-munity service. Her do-nations of time and talent

have sel� essly and faith-fully spanned over 2 1/2 decades and have been an inspiration to her friends, family and fellow volun-teers, as well as impacting the community in count-less ways.

Doyle began volunteer-ing at � e Good Samari-tan in 1988 at is previous location just o� the west side of the Lamar square, sorting through the do-

nations and putting them out for display. She was one of the original sta� since the non-pro� t opened in 1984. Her friend and fellow volun-teer Nadine Roth said, “Dot recruited at least 25 to 30 volunteers to help at � e Good Samaritan over the years, maybe more, and she has always been faithful in her ser-vice to the community.”

Pat Neely, director of � e Good Samaritan stated, “Dot is a hard worker, es-pecially considering that she is over 90 years old. She puts her heart into everything she does.”

� ank you Dot.� e Good Samaritan

recently recognized Dot Doyle, in gratitude of her 25 years of volunteer work and community service.

FRIENDS & FAMILY

Martha Condon is celebrating her 90th birthday on October 13. Come share her birthday with family and friends on that day, Sunday, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., at the Jasper VFW building. No gifts please, but cards would be appreciated.

Harris celebrates 90th birthday

Robert W. Harris cel-ebrated his 90th birth-day with family on Sep-tember 21. About 30 members of the fam-ily met at son Kent and Debbie’s country cabin. All of Bob and Norma’s children, grandchil-dren and great-grand-children enjoyed a bountiful dinner and much visiting.

Nephews and nieces from Dallas, Texas and Wichita, Kan., Kansas

City, and Lamar were also there. Also pres-ent were sister-in-law, Margaret Wattenbarg-er and guest Nancy Hughes, who played an original song for the grandchildren to sing.

Other family mem-bers came from Los Angeles, Cailf., Ft. Meyers, Fla., Ft. Bragg, N.C., Bloomingdale, Ill., Columbia, Mo., Carl Junction and Tul-sa, Okla.

Condon to celebrate 90th

birthday

The Good Samaritan recently recognized Dot Doyle, in gratitude of her 25 years of volunteer work and community service.

Equal HousingOpportunity

Lamar Democrat/Melody MetzgerLamar Bank & Trust Company held its annual Customer Appreciation Day on Friday, Sept. 27.

Hamburgers and hot dogs were served to the public from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. T-shirts were also available for a $1 donation, with proceeds going to the Backpack Snack Attack Program (a weekend meal program for kids).

LBT Customer Appreciation Day enjoyed

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METZGER’S MUTTERINGS

FRIENDS & FAMILY

By MELODY MEZGERLamar Democrat

melodymetzger@lamardemocrat.com

An open house was held last � ursday for a dwell-ing on Gulf Street in La-mar. Now, this wasn’t just any “old” house, but our family home that has been held near and dear for de-cades, until I didn’t have any choice recently but to sell it. As many that know the situation are aware, it was one of the hardest things I ever had to do in my lifetime, but I did it and now it’s time to move on. � anks to a very spe-cial man I now know that it is being loved and taken care of, and that gives me a magni� cent warm fuzzy feeling.

Before I sold the house to Joe Purinton I made him promise me as part of the deal that I would get to see it a� er all was said and done, and he told me he would see to it. I kept getting progress reports and updates and told Joe once that the people that eventually moved in must have thought I was a stalker for all the

times I drove by. Work has been progressing all this time and anyone that has cruised by will notice a vast improvement on the outside. Of course my curiosity was piqued but I must have bantered back and forth with myself a hundred times the ques-tion of really wanting to see the house � nished, or remembering it the way it was.

Several weeks ago Joe told me there was � nal-ly going to be an open house. He had invited several of the neighbors and those that had helped along the way and I add-ed family and friends to the list. I thought there was a very good turnout, with the hostess serving cookies and punch to those attending. It was a strange feeling walking in that front door, almost like a time warp and the feeling that everything was the same, but noth-ing really is.

� e lead contractor Matt Je� ries from M & O Construction was pres-ent for the open house. I give him all my kudos.

He did an awesome job. I always knew there was beauty underneath, but didn’t have the time or money to devote to even bringing it up to code. � ey managed to do that. � e � oors were beautiful, the ceilings remained the same height, the beautiful woodwork still a major part of the house. I took lots of pictures for my family and a couple of them could not � gure out which room was what. It was a beautiful transfor-mation of a much loved older home, polishing it like a diamond and mak-ing it shine.

� ere is now a new gen-eration of family making that house their home and I appreciate all that they have done to enhance the interior and exterior and to give it that feeling of “love”, the feeling of a true home. I decided I had pictures to remember the past, but an important part of life is to live in the present or look toward the future. So that is what I’m going to do. � ere are two young girls that live there now and they love to get on the � oor and play in the bedroom that was moms. And the place where they play is right beside where her bed was. I like to think that maybe, just maybe in a good way, part of her is still in that room taking great plea-

sure from watching them play.

So I thank you Joe, not only for making all this possible, but also for having the sensitiv-ity to include me along

for the ride. If nothing else it was special having my family, friends and neighbors there beside me as I experienced this metamorphosis. Just the fact that they knew the

e� ect it would have on me, and that they truly cared, touched my heart. So with this part of the journey behind me, I look forward to what is ahead.

Bridge replacement bid accepted by Dade County Commission

GREENFIELD-Pre-siding Commissioner Randy Daniel called the Dade County Commis-sion to order at 9 a.m. on September 16. Others in attendance were Eastern Commissioner Dallas Maxwell, Western Com-missioner David Rusch and County Clerk Me-linda Wright.

J.D., with Buss An-drews, stopped by with an information sheet on equipment for sale. Dan Long stopped by to dis-cuss the bridge that they had � nished. A motion was made to spend up to $1,000 for the purchase of the equipment for the sheri� ’s department ve-hicle purchased in 2013. � is had previously been discussed in March, but it was not an actionable item at that time. � e motion passed. � e Sep-

tember 9 minutes were unanimously approved as corrected.

Steel bids for the bridge replacement on FR 181 were opened by the com-mission at 10 a.m. � e bid from Viebrock was for $56,991.85 with new beams and $50,590.85 with used beams. If the commission chooses to use neoprene pads, rath-er than sold plates, that will deduct $4200 from the bid. Viebrock was the only bidder. A mo-tion was made to accept the bid using the used beams and the neoprene pads, making the total at $46,390.85. � is was passed unanimously.

Bids were then opened for the bridge replace-ment on FR 181. Bids were received from Dan Long and Merle Johnson at $48,000. � is was the

only bid received and it was unanimously accept-ed.

Bill Rogers from Lock-wood Schools called re-garding limbs on the bus routes in Cedar Town-ship. � e commission will contact the township.

Gaylon Beerly, Bill Rob-inson and Carl Beerly met with the commission regarding road damage, as well as Zach Daniel with North Township.

� e bridge books were updated with informa-tion on the replaced bridges. A motion was made and unanimously voted on to replace the air conditioner in the up-stairs courtroom.

� e commission trav-eled with Bob Kitsmiller to look at � ood damage.

� e meeting adjourned at 4 p.m., to meet again September 23.

Mothers’ Day gathering in Liberal, 57 years ago

It was Mothers’ Day, May 13, 1956, when 18 mothers of varying ages gathered in front of a camera at the Liberal Christian Church. Many are still living and have long since become grandmothers.

How many can our readers identify?We will try to identify as many as we can in next week’s edition.

BCMH has counselor available to aid with A� ordable Care Act� e Barton County Me-

morial Hospital Board of Trustees met September 23. Chairperson Kar-en Wegener called the meeting to order. Other members present were Jill Purinton, Tom Shaw, Mike Vaughan and Mike Buchanan. Also in atten-dance were CEO/CFO Wendy Duvall, Human Resources Director Sheila Boice, Director Quality/Risk Management Edie Ogden and Michelle Casey, physician practice manager. Angela Moreno, BCMH CAC, was a guest. � e minutes of the Au-gust 26 meeting were ap-proved as written.

Duvall reported overall statistics for August were

down, stating a loss of $112,000 for the month, with a $95,000 gain to date. She stated, “� e clinics had a great month, with pro� t in two and a small loss in the third clinic”.

Boice reported there was a decrease of one full time employee for the month of August and a decrease of 13.5 full time employees for the year, with a low turnover rate of .01 percent. � e employee banquet will be held October 8, and charges for employee of the year were discussed.

� e A� ordable Care Act mandates that people must have health insur-ance by January 1, 2014,

to avoid paying tax pen-alties. � e hospital is collaborating with the statewide coalition Cover Missouri to help people get insurance through the on-line Marketplace. Open enrollment will begin October 1 and end March 31, 2014. An-gela Moreno, a certi� ed application counselor, will be available to help customers understand health coverage. She can be reached at 417-681-5228 or angela.moreno@bcmh.net.

� ere was no medical sta� report due to the ab-sence of Dr. Hopkins.

� e bills were discussed and approved for pay-ment as submitted.

Buchanan suggested the fence at the parking lot be torn down, as it is in bad shape. Shaw asked if there were complaints and Duvall said not to her knowledge. Wegener suggested the tree service could clean it up, or else the hospital maintenance department. Duvall said she would check into it.

With no further busi-ness for the regular ses-sion the group adjourned to executive session to discuss peer review. Fol-lowing the board recon-vening in regular session, the following physicians were presented for initial privileges: Mark Brown, D.O., consulting, Emer-gency Medicine and

Nicolaus Kuehn, M.D., consulting, Radiology. Chad Moore, OD, Al-lied Health, Optometry, was presented for reap-pointment. A motion was made by Buchanan and seconded by Purinton to approve the recommend-ed physicians for initial and reappointment. All were in favor.

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Lamar junior high football defeats SenecaOn � ursday, Sept. 19,

the Lamar junior high football team traveled to Seneca and came away with two wins. � is com-pleted a season sweep from high school, JV and junior high downing the Indians.

� e seventh grade start-ed o� by holding Seneca on their � rst possession and as in the � rst game, defense played a huge role in the victory. Lamar scored in the � rst quarter

and tacked on the two point conversion, taking an 8-0 lead into hal� ime.

Back and forth both teams went until Seneca scored with 1:35 le� on the clock in the fourth quarter.  � e Tigers did not want another tie and held the two point con-version, sealing the vic-tory for the Tigers with an 8-6 win.

� e eighth grade game was a battle early on, with Lamar taking the

early lead and it looked as though the game was at hand early.  � e stingy Indians then scored on a kicko� return and the Tigers scored once more, taking a 12-6 lead at half.

� e Tiger o� ense stalled in the third, but erupted in the fourth quarter as Lamar scored 20 unan-swered points, taking the � nal to Lamar 32, Sen-eca 6. � e eighth grade racked up 357 total yards on o� ense and only al-lowed 86 total yards on defense. 

Both teams are still un-defeated with the seventh at 1-0-1 and the eighth at 2-0.  � e Tigers enjoyed a much needed bye week September 26, but are traveling to East Newton on October 3 to take on the Patriots.

SCHOOL

Alex Wilkerson holding his tempera paint self portrait he created in Mrs. Cross’ art class. He is six years old and in � rst grade at Lamar East Primary.

Myah Gardner with her chalk pastel tiger she created in Mrs. Cross’ art class. She is nine years old and in fourth grade at Lamar West Elementary.

Matthew Morgan, son of Rick and Melinda Morgan, is the seventh grade Lamar Middle School Student of the Week. Matthew lives on a family farm. He likes riding horses, hunting and � shing. He likes showing livestock at the fairs and playing football, basketball and baseball. He attends Oakton Methodist Church.

Kara Beshore, daughter of Je� and Kerri Beshore, is the eighth grade Student of the Week at Lamar Middle School. Kara loves to play volleyball, basketball and track. She loves to be active. She loves to hang out with her family and friends.

J.D. Bishop, son of Kent and Kristen Bishop, is the sixth grade Lamar Middle School Student of the Week. J.D. plays football, basketball and baseball, but his favorite is basketball. He has one dog named Hero. In his spare time he likes to hang out with his friends or just relax.

STAR Students at Lamar East Primary for the week of September 30 are, third row, left to right, Jordane Wilson, Junior Romero, Ayden Forst, Ian Ngugi; second row, Layla White, Addison Brown, Kayleigh Wolfe, Hunter Wolfe; � rst row, Chloe Vaughn, Mya Lybeck, Shalea Dahmer, Emma Potter.

STAR Students of the month

Jasper’s Whitney Davis was crowned 2013 football homecoming queen prior to the Eagles contest with Sarcoxie Friday night.

Jasper homecoming queen crowned

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SPORTS

Lamar tennis team travels to Nevada� e Lamar tennis team traveled to

Nevada on September 17, losing 0-9. In singles, No. 1 Kenna Roland lost 3-8, No. 2 Grace Compton lost 2-8, No. 3 Chloe Lodestein lost 0-8, No. 4 Brook-lyn Davey lost 5-8, No. 5 Grace Dunlap lost 0-8 and No. 6 Kelli Sheat lost 1-8.

In doubles, Roland and Davey lost 3-8, Compton and Lodestein lost 6-8 and Dunlap and Sheat lost 1-8. In JV singles, Vera Voronenko lost 0-6 and in

JV doubles Swartz and Yeghoyants lost 2-6 and 1-6 and Swartz and Voroneko lost 0-6.

Coach David Ferlo said, “I thought our doubles played well tonight. � e doubles are starting to play as a team on the court”. He added, “We just need to do better and concentrate more when we get to deuce. We want to get to as many deuces as possible with the younger girls”.

Tennis team loses to Carl Junction� e Lamar tennis team traveled to

Carl Junction on September 20, los-ing 0-9. In singles, No. 1 Kenna Roland lost 2-8, No. 2 Grace Compton lost 0-8, No. 3 Chloe Lodestein lost 0-8, No. 4 Brooklyn Davey lost 4-8, No. 5 Grace Dunlap 0-8 and No. 6 Kellie Sheat lost 0-8.

In doubles, Roland and Davey lost

in a tiebreaker 8-9, 4-7, Compton and Lodestein lost 0-8 and Dunlap and Sheat lost 0-8. In JV singles Elly Swartz lost 1-6, Vera Voronenko lost 0-6 and Lia Yeghoyants lost 0-6 and in doubles Swartz and Yeghoyants lost 1-6 and Bethany Culpepper and Kate Anikina lost 0-6.

“Our doubles again are playing bet-

ter,” said Coach David Ferlo, “With an inexperienced team like what we have, you typically play better at doubles.

Now we just need to get some wins there. Singles play will come with ex-perience”.

Lamar tennis team plays College Heights� e Lamar tennis team traveled to

College Heights on September 23, los-ing 0-9. In singles, No. 1 Kenna Roland lost 3-8, No. 2 Grace Compton lost 0-8, No. 3 Chloe Lodestein lost 0-8, No. 4 Brooklyn Davey lost 3-8, No. 5 Grace Dunlap lost 0-8 and No. 6 Kelli Sheat

lost 0-8.In doubles, Roland and Davey lost

2-8, Compton and Lodestein lost 1-8 and Dunlap and Sheat lost 0-8. In JV singles Elly Swartz lost 1-6 and in JV doubles Swartz and Lia Yeghoyants lost 3-6, Bethany Culpepper and Cheyenne

Hudson won 7-5 and Kate Anikina and Vera Voronenko lost 3-6.

“� is was another match where the scores do not indicate how well we played some of our games, even though we did not win the individual matches,” said Coach David Ferlo. “� e girls have

not given up and still give a lot of e� ort every match. � at is sometimes hard to do when the wins don’t come. I don’t think they can see their improvement from the beginning of the season like I can”.

Bulldogs win homecoming gameLIBERAL-� e Lib-

eral Bulldogs pulled o� a fourth quarter come-back to win an emotional homecoming contest Fri-day night over visiting Jo-plin McAuley, 41-31.

Liberal, looking for its � rst win of the season, got o� to a good start with an opening drive that cul-minated in a one yard scoring plunge by senior fullback Austin Spivey. Dillon Coleman booted the extra point for a 7-0 lead. McAuley came back with a touchdown to cut the advantage to 7-6.

� e Warriors passing attack would give the Bulldogs � ts throughout the contest, but it was a pass play that turned out to be the Warriors undo-ing on their next drive when quarterback Adam Robertson attempted to dump the ball o� on a screen pass, but Liberal senior defensive line-man Mason Nichols reached out and made a one handed interception. He plowed his way to the one yard line before be-ing brought down. Cole-man ran in for the score

on the next play and the Bulldogs took a 13-6 lead.

Robertson would � nd Greg Corey on scoring plays of 25 and 80 yards as the Warriors claimed the lead early in the third quarter.

Coleman scored on a seven yard run and Spivey added the two point con-version and Spivey later scored on a 34 yard scam-per to cut into the McAu-ley lead a� er another touchdown through the air by the Warriors, who led 31-27 heading into the fourth quarter.

Spivey ran over a would be tackler on a nine yard scoring run early in the fourth and then tacked on the two point conversion to give the Bulldogs the advantage. Coleman put an exclamation point on it late in the game when he picked o� a pass and weaved his way to pay dirt from 34 yards out. � e Bulldogs pass pres-sure turned up the heat on Robertson late, keep-ing the Warriors from mounting a comeback.

Both teams stand at 1-3.

 By CHRIS MORROWLamar Democrat

chrismorrow@lamardemocrat.com MOUNT VERNON-

� e Lamar Tigers are 4-0 and have a Big 8 Confer-ence championship in their sights.

"Winning the con-ference championship would be special  be-cause it would be the � rst time since our sta� was hired  here.  Another thing that would make it special is that it would be one way this year’s team could separate itself from our past two state championship teams,"

said coach Scott Bailey, whose team moved to 3-0 in league play Friday night by routing Mount Vernon 48-7 on the road.

Lamar junior quar-terback Tripp Tucker plunged in from a yard out to start the scoring. Mount Vernon coun-tered with their only touchdown of the game to tie the score, but then the Tigers reeled o� 41 unanswered points in-cluding three touchdown runs by senior quarter-back Levi Petersen. He scored on runs of 37, 11 and three on his way to 191 yards on 17 carries.

Dylan Robertson scored from 14 out and Anthony Wilkerson ripped o� a 91 yard touchdown run late.

"Early in the game Mt. Vernon did a good job of getting � rst downs, tak-ing time o� the clock and keeping our o� ense on the sideline. We have seen this game plan a number of times before but the Mt. Vernon coaches were more patient with it than we have seen in the past," said Bailey. "As the game went on our defense was able to get  the ball back for our o� ense and they were able to establish our running game, score and

get a lead by hal� ime."� e Tigers led 21-7 at

the intermission."� e opening drive of

the third quarter was important because it gave  us a three touch-down lead and forced them to  go away from their game plan and take more risks on o� ense," said Bailey.

� ose risks didn't pay o� and the Tigers run game ran the score up. � e Tigers � nished with 482 yards on the ground.

� e Tigers were to fol-low the Mount Vernon contest with another road game, this one at

Butler in a non confer-ence game. � en it's back to the grind of the Big 8 Conference slate with a pair of critical games against teams undefeated in the league.

"� e  recent history of the Big 8 pretty much indicates that the con-ference champion will need to  go undefeated in  league play to win it. Right now we are un-defeated in conference play and so is Carl Junc-tion and Monett.  We play CJ in week six and Monett in week seven, so those two weeks are going to be similar in

intensity to weeks  two and  three when we played Seneca and Cass-ville back to back," said Bailey.

� e Tigers will � nish out the regular season the following two weeks with two more confer-ence games, East Newton at home and Aurora on the road.

It is worth noting that it's not just the varsity program that is unde-feated. In fact, through week four the seventh, eighth, freshman and ju-nior varsity teams were all undefeated.

A� er losing three key seniors o� last year’s state championship team, the Lamar boys cross coun-try team knew it would be tough to repeat the dominant wins from last season. A� er a summer of hard work they were ready to test themselves at the � rst meet held Sep-tember 12 in El Dorado Springs.

Shortly into the race � ve red clad runners were at the front of the pack; unfortunately two of them were from Stock-ton. Coming around to complete the second lap Kaden Overstreet had pulled away, taking � rst for Lamar with a time of 17:12, followed by Nicho-las Ray in second with 17:20. Stockton took the next two places and La-mar’s Zane Hull came in � � h with 17:45. But the next runner to cross the � nish was from Stockton and the race for a team � rst was on.

Coming up the incline of the � nal stretch Chase Moore was trailing the fourth Stockton runner and with much encour-agement from the crowd his � nal surge was enough to catch the other Tiger at the line to � nish in 19:21 for 13th place. Peyton

Bailey was edged out by the � � h Stockton runner and completed the race for 18th place in 19:58, taking home a medal in his � rst varsity race. Freshmen Jasper Messner and Jesse Compton � n-ished 24th and 28th with times of 20:42 and 21:03 in a 73 runner race.

With the race complete everyone was trying to tally in their heads to see the point spread. Lamar picked up the win with 37 points and a � ve point edge over Stockton. And that was the biggest point spread for any Lamar team that day.

A� er losing � ve seniors o� the girls’ team from last year, Lamar doesn’t have enough girls to com-plete a varsity team. Re-turning lead runner o� of last year’s team, soph-omore Kaelyn Sturgell, continued to be in the top. Taking second place, she completed the race in 22:11. Josie Kaderly, the only other varsity runner at this time, is injured and does not have an expect-ed return time.

Harley Hunt, running cross country for the � rst time, ran the JV race and � nished in 32:07. � e ju-nior varsity boys had a strong showing with Kip

Roland placing third and Kevin Clements fourth with the times of 22:02 and 22:11 respectively. Christian McCarthy rounded out the JV boys with an 11th place � nish in 23:58.

� e middle school races ended up being the most exciting team races of the day with the boys edging out Stockton by one point, 33-34. A� er only having two MS girl runners last year the team made an impressive showing, ty-ing with Marion C Early at 46 points and winning the tie breaker.

Garrett Morey led the boys, winning the 2.2 mile course with a time of 12:34. Brenden Kelley coming in third in 12:50, Parker King, seventh, in 14:06, Drew Bunton, eighth, in 14:17, Alex Miller, 15th in 15:12, Tru-man Kaderly, 22nd in 16:05 and Dakota Miller, 24th in 16:14 rounded out the rest of the Lamar runners.

Hanna Lee led the girls with a second place � nish with a time of 16:12, Abby Kluhsman placed � � h in 16:28, Lainey � ieman 14th in 18:18, Jordan Lee 18th in 19:05 and Gabi Miller took 23rd in 20:20.

TIGERS ARE UNDEFEATED

Nicholas Ray, Kaden Overstreet, Zane Hull, all Lamar runners, and Ryan Pate, Stockton, lead the pack of runners.

Cross country starts o� on the right course

Starting the race for Lamar were Nicholas Ray, Zane Hull, Peyton Bailey, Jasper Messner, Kaden Overstreet, Chase Moore and Jesse Compton.

Liberal quarterback Tucker Dermott looks for a receiver to throw to as a McAuley defender chases him during the Bulldogs win Friday night.

Wednesday, October 2, 2013 • SECTION B

Lamar Democrat/Richard CooperClockwise from top left: The Liberal High School band shared in providing marching music. Second, the Bronaugh High School marching band

shared marching music honors. Third, all available spaces were � lled with vendors. Fourth, The oldest vehicle in the car show, a 1913 International. Center, Jim and Leota McClendon were grand marshals.

By RICHARD COOPERLamar Democrat

richardcooper@lamardemocrat.com

With cooling north breezes and morning tem-peratures in the low 50s, it’s clear evidence that the great season of autumn is here. � e calendar con-� rms it as well as we are in late September as I start this annual column. It also means that it is time to assess the upland hunting prospects in the � ve states in the Great Plains and Central Plains that we have adopted as our own.

However, we must tend to some very unpleasant business � rst. � e unspeakable tragedies that have unfolded in Connecticut, the Washington Navy Yard, and other places in recent months have brought the liberal crowd out of hiding, insisting that the proper response is onerous restrictions on the ownership of � rearms. In some cases, even banning � rearms altogether except for the police and military. � ey hate the Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights, which guarantees the right to keep and bear arms. � e mainstream media supports the same view and ignores the truism that people kill people, not the inanimate objects they use as tools to perpetrate their crimes. Contact your elected o� cials in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate and let them know where you stand. Two quotes from our enlightened leaders of our early history chart the course we must follow. “Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty,” attributed to � omas Je� erson, Pat-rick Henry, Frederick Dougless and others, and “We

must all hang to-gether, or assuredly we shall all hang separately,” Benjamin Franklin on July 4, 1776.

Now, the business at hand, starting with up-land prospects in South Dakota.

South Dakota� ings do not look good in South Dakota. Months

of persistent drought in 2012, a cold, wet spring in 2013, and a reduction in habitat have seriously re-duced pheasant brood counts, according to the South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks Department. � e department’s annual brood count surveys the number of pheasants per mile as a means of track-ing pheasant numbers over time. � e 2013 report indicates a state average index of 1.52 pheasants per mile, down from 4.19 pheasants per mile last year. � at is a reduction of 64 percent from 2012 � gures and 76 percent from the 10-year average. � is is a major decline, no doubt about it.

Travis Runia, the department’s leading pheasant biologist, tries to put as good a face as possible on the loss when he notes that lower brood counts in 1992 and 1997 still resulted in almost one million pheas-ants being harvested in South Dakota in each of those years. He adds that the state has added 350,000 acres of public access land since 1992 within the main pheasant range, expanding hunting opportu-nities. Still this does not change the fact that hunters

will � nd far fewer ringnecks this year than they have become accustomed to � nding in recent years.

A few samples from the brood survey � nd the greatest number of broods per mile were in the Chamberlain area (south central, 2.66, down 75 per-cent from 2012). � e Pierre area was next (central, 2.15, down 77 percent from 2012). � e Mobridge area was third (far north central, 2.04, down 68 per-cent from 2012). Huron was next (east central, 2.04, down 50 percent from 2012). � en came Winner (extreme south central, 2.00, down 73 percent from 2012).

If you have a tradition of going to South Dakota for pheasant hunting each year, by all means go. It will be worth the trip, but you will just have to work harder for each rooster you put in your game bag.

Nebraska� ings don’t appear to be optimistic in Nebraska,

CourtesyRichard CooperTwo doubles. Pettis County, Missouri, December 16, 1978.

see Chronicles, page 2B

see RELAY, page 6B

16th Annual Relay For Life held at Lamar City Park� e 16th Annual Relay For

Life of Barton County was held at Lamar City Park on Saturday, Sept. 14, from noon to mid-night. � e day started o� with Lamar Cub Scout No. 101 pre-senting the colors and Becky Powell performing the Nation-al Anthem. Entertainment for opening ceremonies included Kamber Cain performing her hit song, “Ain’t Nothing Like a Night Like � is.”

Survivors and caregivers walked the track for a lap of celebration at 4 p.m., followed by the teams being cheered on by family members and friends. Following the survivor

lap Alyssa Powell sang live as part of the celebration.

Other activities and enter-tainment included a Tae Kwon Do presentation, the HH Clog-gers and the Barton County 4H sponsored baby show. Ea-gleMed was able to land their helicopter at the park but had to leave a� er a short visit due to an emergency.

� e annual slow pitch so� -ball fundraiser was held on Saturday as well, organized by Brandy Burdick and Misty and Je� Boyd. � e tournament raised $930 to bene� t Relay For Life.  Congratulations to T-Brown, this year’s winning

team.A street dance was also or-

ganized as part of the fun and games. Many of the Relay par-ticipants showed their dance moves while DJ Chris Roth took music requests from the dancers. Prizes were awarded to the top dancers, selected by a group of “dance judges.”

� e track was lined with lu-minaria bags with help from Barton County 4H, each with a name in honor or in memory of someone’s loved one. Candles were lit a� er dusk and Lajaunta McIntire, Elaine Davis and Re-becca Davis read the names on the bags as part of the ceremo-

ny. � e bags glowed around the track for the remainder of the night.

� e Shiver Shack brought out shaved ice and Truman Healthcare sta� ed the conces-sion stand. A special thanks is extended to Nick Fanning and Marcia Doyle for their help with logistics at the city park. � ank you also goes out to the Barton County Ambulance, Lamar Fire Department and Lamar Police Department for their support of Relay again for 2013.

Relay would like to thank and recognize the � ve teams this year. � ey did and outstanding

job.Congratulations to the top

fundraising team and brand new team, the Pink Posse. Or-ganized by Bonnie Behrend in honor of Jeannie Gastel, the Pink Posse raised over $6,552 in three short months since join-ing the Relay. � ey had many fundraisers including “Bras for a Cause”, “Don’t let Cancer steal 2nd Base” tee shirts, bra pong, � ushing out cancer, manned a tiki booth at a local restaurant during the fair and held many drawings.

� e team from Finley En-

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either. The severe drought of 2012 caused habitat re-duction by stunting veg-etation growth, and much of the state still remains in some category of drought. The USDA has again authorized emer-gency haying and grazing of CRP land in 54 of Ne-braska’s 93 counties. Data from April and July Rural Mail Carrier surveys in-dicates pheasant popu-lations are mostly lower compared to 2012. The statewide loss in numbers is 38 percent. Based on these surveys, the south-west and panhandle will offer the best opportuni-ties, but bird numbers are down significantly from last year. This is not good news. The southwest counties of Chase (east-ern part), Dundy (eastern part), Hitchcock, Hayes, and Perkins are expected to offer the best opportu-nities even though pheas-ant numbers are down 54 percent in that region. The panhandle counties of Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, and Sheri-dan are considered next best, but their numbers

are down 48 percent. The northeast counties of An-telope, Knox, and Pierce are ranked third best, and that area is the only part of the state to experience a pheasant increase. The July Mail Carrier survey showed ringneck num-bers to be up two percent over 2012 in the north-east.

Bobwhite quail have seemed to fair better, and the statewide whistle count shows a 16 per-cent gain over 2012. The southeastern counties of Johnson, Pawnee, Rich-ardson, and Saline are rated as best. The Rural Mail Carrier survey rates brood numbers up 107 percent, and reports from Game & Parks personnel puts an 18 percent in-crease in whistle counts over last year. The north central counties are rated the second best choice be-cause of a sharp increase in whistle count, up 103 percent over 2012. The April and July Rural Mail Carrier surveys showed a decline of 44 percent in brood counts, which sug-gests the nesting season

has been delayed post-poning the peak in brood abundance. The top coun-ties in the north central region should be Custer, Holt, Greeley, and Sher-man. The Game & Parks Department also recom-mends the east central part of the state for bob-whites provided your hunting party doesn’t go too far north in that re-gion. They recommend the counties of Fillmore, Jefferson, Saunders, and Seward.

IowaIowa pheasants have

had to struggle through the worst of conditions for the last several years, that being diminished habitat and severe winter weather. In the 50 years of standardized roadside pheasant counts, Iowa has never seen five con-secutive winters of the severity of those of 2006-07 to 2010-11. There were over 30 inches of snowfall across the state in each of those five years. Finally, that pattern was broken in 2011-12 with a com-paratively mild winter, but it was hardly enough to start much of a pheas-ant recovery. Then, the

winter of 2012-13 began with a December blizzard across the central and east central counties that was so heavy and wet it collapsed all herbaceous cover for the duration of the winter. For the entire winter, the statewide av-erage was over 31 inches of snow. That was fol-lowed by a spring (April and May) that drenched the state with over 15 inches of cold rain. The end result was a decrease in pheasant numbers of 19 percent from last year, matching the record low figure set in 2011. Con-tributing to this decline has been the steady loss of habitat as agricultural practices change. From 1990 to 2010, 1,673,460 acres of potential pheas-ant habitat has been lost. Todd Bogenschutz, up-land wildlife research biologist for Iowa’s De-partment of Natural Re-sources, says, “It will be very hard to recover Iowa pheasant numbers if sig-nificant habitat losses continue in Iowa.”

Iowa surveys pheas-ant numbers by means of DNR personnel driving specific 30-mile routes in

the early morning hours in the first half of August, much in the manner that the Missouri Department of Conservation surveys the bobwhite quail popu-lation. Roadside surveys in the northwest coun-ties revealed the largest number of pheasants ob-served, but it was still a decline of 24 percent from 2012. The north central counties had the second greatest number of birds observed, but the num-ber was down 19 percent from last year. The north-east counties produced a 99 percent increase, which was mathemati-cally insignificant, since the number observed was the lowest in the state. The better counts came from the counties of Cer-ro Gordo, Clay, Dickin-son, Hancock, Palo Alto, Osceola, and Winnebago.

The central counties across the state were down 25 percent. South-west Iowa, already with a very sparse population, dropped farther with a 35 percent loss. The south central counties, roughly from Creston to Ottum-wa, gained 19 percent, and hens with broods of

chicks were up 10 per-cent. Southeast coun-ties were unchanged in numbers from last year, but hens with broods of chicks was up 19 per-cent compared to 2012. However, most discour-aging was the decline of 21 percent statewide in the number of hens with broods of chicks.

If you are committed to hunting in Iowa, try the northwest and north cen-tral counties. They will offer you the best of what figures to be a discourag-ing season in the Hawk-eye state.

Bobwhite quail con-tinue to cling to existence in the counties that hug the Missouri border. Sur-prisingly, they survived the winter with only a two percent loss. Iowa DNR staff has started a program in some of the southeast counties to re-store quail habitat around crop fields. This is en-couraging because Iowa quail need help.

This concludes “Chron-icles,” Part I. Part II will examine the upland pros-pects in Kansas and Mis-souri.

Chronicles, continued from page 1B

BCHD observes National Physical Therapy MonthBarton County Health

Department/Home Health Agency in Lamar is celebrating National

Physical Therapy Month in October. They want to thank their experienced therapists for providing patients with the high-est home care in the sur-rounding area of Barton, Dade, Cedar, Jasper and Vernon counties.

They consistently make the top grade in home

health for getting patients moving better and with less pain.

Join them in thanking Jane Mayden, PT and Shawn Watson, PTA for their services. For more information call BCHD/HHA at 417-682-3363 or visit their website at bch-dhealth.com.

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THERE WILL BE A STORY TIME AT the Mary K. Finley Library in Lamar on each Wednesday in Oc-tober, at 10 a.m. � e programs are designed for chil-dren from three to six years, but all ages are invit-ed to attend. Programs are free and no registration is required.THERE WILL BE STORY TIME programs at the Golden City branch of the Barton County Library on Tuesdays, Oct. 8 and 22, 10:30 a.m. � e programs are designed for children from three to six years, but all ages are invited to attend. Programs are free and no registration is required.A FREE MOVIE MATINEE WILL BE SHOWN Monday, Oct. 14, 1 p.m., at the Mary K. Finley Li-brary in Lamar. Call the library at 682-5355 for mov-ie title and details. Anyone over 18 is invited to at-tend. Refreshments will be served.THE BCAWS MONTHLY MEETING will be held Wednesday, Oct. 2, 12 noon, at Denny’s in Lamar. For information call 682-3363.HAVE AN EREADER? CHECK OUT THE Barton County Library eBook lending service, Freading.com. Enjoy eBooks by Jack Higgins, Max Brand and inspirational authors such as Kim Vogel Sawyer and Kelly E. Hake for two weeks with a valid library card. Go to www.bclib.info to borrow an eBook today.THE BARTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCI-ETY will celebrate the 125th anniversary of the lay-ing of the courthouse cornerstones on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Come and join them for cake and cookies.THE JASPER SURVIVING SPOUSES will meet � ursday, Oct. 3, 5 p.m., at Sharon’s Family Restau-rant. � e program is to be Halloween, so remember to dress and come for it. All widows and widowers are welcome. � e group will order from the menu.LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1953 will meet at the Super 8 on Friday, Oct. 11, 5:30 p.m., to travel to Chicken Annie’s. � e 60th class reunion will be held Saturday, Oct. 12, 5 p.m., at Party Oasis with the banquet at 6:30 p.m.THE RETIRED EDUCATORS OF THE Barton County Area will meet Wednesday, Oct. 2, in the La-mar Christian Church Fellowship Hall. State MRTA President Marilyn Skipper will be the guest speaker. Breakfast will be at 8:30 a.m., with the business meet-ing to begin at 9 a.m. Remember to bring non-per-ishable items for Nathan’s Place.THE LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2015 will have a parent meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 5:30 p.m., in the high school commons to discuss the promenade and senior trip.MARTHA CONDON WILL CELEBRATE her 90th birthday on October 13, at the Jasper VFW building. Come share her birthday with family and friends on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. No gi� s, but cards would be appreciated.GOLDEN CITY CLASSES OF 1956 AND 1957 will hold a reunion Tuesday, Oct. 15, in the Golden City park. Bring a potluck lunch and eat with them at 1 p.m. in the park building. All classes are invited to come and visit. For information call Jules Hollings-head at 417-537-9155.THE BARTON COUNTY HEALTH DEPART-MENT will give � u vaccine clinics on October 2, 3, 9, 16, 23 and 30, 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Private pay or bring Medicare Part B, Medicare Advantage or Medicaid card. For informa-tion call 417-682-3363.PRE-REGISTRATION IS BEING TAKEN FOR the upcoming nutrition and health programs, “Cook-ing Matters” starts Wednesday, Oct. 2 and “Eat Well Be Well With Diabetes” will begin � ursday, Oct. 3. Call the Barton County Extension o� ce at 417-682-3579 to enroll.A PINK APPLE 5K AND 2-MILE FUN WALK/Run, with proceeds to bene� t the Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks will be held Saturday, Oct. 5, at 11th and Broadway in Lamar. Registration and t-shirt pick up will be at 7 a.m., with the 5K to begin at 8 a.m. � e walk and fun run begins at 8:05 a.m. For more information call Linda Hasson at 417-214-0114, Terri Baldwin, 417-214-0106 or Christy Heins, 816-769-1446. Registrations may be dropped o� at the Barton County Chamber of Commerce o� ce in Lamar.

DEATHS & PAID MEMORIALS

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JOHN LESLIE BREWER

LAMAR-Services were held at 11 a.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cole Camp for John Leslie Brewer, 61, Lamar, formerly of Cole Camp, who died Friday, Sept. 20, 2013, at Barton County Memorial Hospital in Lamar. Pastor Michael Boothby o� ciated. Burial was in Trinty Lutheran Cemetery in rural Cole Camp.

Arrangements were under the direction of Fox Funeral Home, Cole Camp.

Pallbearers were Mike Heimsoth, Burton Bor-mann, Nick Jenkins, Craig Augat, Je� Taylor, Jim Witte and McCoy Ingalls. Honorary pall-bearers were Larry Craig, Harold Brewer, Charlie Mazzarella and John Di-vine.

Memorial contributions may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church or Trin-ity Lutheran Cemetery, in care of the funeral home.

Survivors include a daughter, Jessica Brewer, Lamar; a son, Justin Brew-er, Lamar; two brothers, Ralph Brewer and wife Anna and Joe Brewer, all of Golden City; his father and mother-in-law, Bill and Mary Ellen Craig, Stover; a sister-in-law, Cassia Craig, Bono, Ark. and two brother-in-laws, Bruce Craig, Stover, and Wesley Craig.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Lyle and Phyllis Brewer.

Mr. Brewer was born April 18, 1952, at Hawar-den, Iowa, to Lyle and

Phyllis (Dewey) Brewer. He was a 1970 graduate of Golden City High School. He had worked as a sub-contractor for Finley En-gineering in Lamar. In 1985 he went to work for United Telephone, which was later acquired by Sprint. While working for Sprint he mapped out the � ber optic infrastructure throughout several states, retiring in 2009. In 2001 he and his family moved to Rhome, Texas and in 2011 he moved with his children to Lamar. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Cole Camp.

He married Deborah Ellen Craig on Aug. 25, 1973, at the Method-ist Church in Stover. She died June 17, 2009.

SHIRLEYTHIEMAN

CARTHAGE-A memo-rial service was held at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the First United Methodist Church in Carthage for Shirley � ieman, 80, Car-thage, who died at 5:10 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23, 2013, at her home.

Arrangements were un-der the direction of Ul-mer Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Par-kinson’s Foundation or the Ozark Public Televi-sion, in care of the funeral home.

Online condolences may be sent at www.ul-mer� .com.

Survivors include � ve daughters and their fami-lies, Cathy Anderson and husband Steve Anderson, grandchildren Jessica Purdom and husband Je� and their children, Noah, Luke, Ava and Grace Ann. Debbie Wester� eld, grandchildren Dustin, Dee Ann, Devon, Sarah and their children. Jeanne � ieman Smith and hus-band Clint, grandchil-dren Stephanie Andrews and husband Jason and their children, Jacy and Aiden. Granddaughter Melanie Mitchell and husband Jason and son Jude, grandson Jeremy

Smith, granddaughter Laura McLaghlin and husband Tyson and their children Alex, Tre and Kaden. Angela Madden; grandson Mike Madden and granddaughter Erin Madden. Lisa Coleman and husband Bill; grand-son B.J. Coleman and his son Dalton, granddaugh-ter Jina Zari� s and hus-band Michael and sons Eric and Alex. One aunt and several cousins also survive her.

Mrs. � ieman was born Sept. 1, 1933, in Olathe, Kan., to Willard Camp-bell and Zelma (Holmes) Campbell. She was a long-time resident of Jasper County. She retired from the City Engineers O� ce a� er 25 years. She was a member of A.B.W.A. of Carthage for several years, the D.A.R. and the First United Methodist Church of Carthage. She was an avid bowler at Star Lanes in Carthage.

She married Harold � ieman on Aug. 2, 1975, in Oronogo. He died Jan. 8, 2009.

REV. CLYDE D. HENDRICKS

IANTHA-Services will be held at 10 a.m. � urs-day at Konantz Warden Funeral Chapel for Rev. Clyde D. Hendricks, 86, Iantha, who died � urs-day, Sept. 26, 2013. Min-isters Jim Albers and Gary Joe Carter will of-� ciate. Burial will be at Liberal City Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Brad Hendricks, Steve Hen-dricks, Tim Braker, Doug Sprouls, Scott Borghardt and Tom Ayers. Honor-ary pallbearers ware Jim-my Giesler, Jess Searles, Gary Phipps and Gary Joe Carter. Music will be “When We All Get To Heaven”, “� e Joy of the Lord is My Strength” and “� e HA HA Song”.

Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. this evening (Wednesday) at the funeral home.

Condolences may be le� at www.konantzwar-den.com.

Survivors include his

wife, Ruth Hendricks; a son, Ronald Wesley Hendricks and wife Liz, Wichita, Kan.; a daugh-ter, Sherry Scara, Dem-ming, N.M.; � ve grand-children, Paul and Susan Hendricks and Geo� rey, Gabriel and Robin Scara; several great-grandchil-dren and a cousin, Rev. Gary Joe Carter, Minden-mines.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Carl Hendricks.

Rev. Hendricks was born May 10, 1927, in Lamar, to William and Clarice (McChesney) Hendricks. A� er high school he entered the U.S. Army during World War II and was part of the oc-cupation force in Japan, achieving the rank of sta� sergeant. Upon return-ing home he entered the ministry and held many revivals in the four state area. While preaching a revival in Wichita, Kan., he met a church pianist named Ruth Darnell and they later were married in California, where she had moved to accept employ-ment. He returned to the Midwest where he con-tinued his ministry serv-ing churches and holding revivals in Illinois, Mis-souri, Kansas and Okla-homa.

He ministered to the Native American church-es in Oklahoma and for the last 10 years served the families at the Iantha Baptist Church and sur-rounding community, only retiring recently when his illness prevent-ed him from speaking. On September 15, 2013, the Ozark Prairie Baptist Association honored him for his 64 years of minis-try.

SHERMAN C. JENKINS

LAMAR-Services will be held at 11 a.m. Fri-day at Konantz Warden Funeral Home for Sher-man C. Jenkins, 96, La-mar, who died Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013, at Truman

BARTON COUNTY SENIOR CENTER LUNCH MENU for October 7-11MONDAY- Barbecue

chicken, buttered peas, sliced carrots, wheat roll, tropical fruit, co� ee/tea/milk.

TUESDAY- Ham and beans, seasoned spinach, oven hash browns, corn-bread, cinnamon apple-

sauce, co� ee/tea/milkWEDNESDAY- Roast

beef with gravy, Harvard beets, cauli� ower, wheat roll, sliced pears, co� ee/tea/milk.

THURSDAY- Spaghet-ti with meatballs, dark green leafy salad, but-

tered corn, tomato juice, garlic roll, frozen sherbet, co� ee/tea/milk.

FRIDAY- Cheeseburg-er on bun, baked beans, sweet potato fries, orange juice, cake with fruit, cof-fee/tea/milk.

Catherine Marie NewvilleKenney and Natalie Newville of

Sedalia announce the birth of their

daughter, Catherine Marie Newville, on September 13, 2013, at Bothwell Hospital in Sedalia. She weighed eight pounds and one ounce and was 19 ¾ inches long.

� e grandparents are Jacque and Bruce Gabriel, Sedalia, Joey and Betty Ann Bailey, Adrian and Kenney and Bunny Newville, St. Joseph. � e great-grandparents are Henry and Bernice Johns, Carthage, Ester Bailey, Lamar, and the late Henry Bailey and John and Mary Ann Newville, Florence, Ore.

BIRTH

Dana M Bowman V Mary E Bowman, consent judgment.

State V David A McAr-thur, tried by court, guilty.

Velocity Investment LLC Assignee V Nathan Je� ries, default judgment.

Health Essentials V Louis A Wass III, consent judgment.

Portfolio Recovery As-sociates LLC V Dale White, default judgment.

Collen Blake V Pat-rick McPheeters, consent

judgment.Colleen Blake V Brandi

Elsey, consent judgment.City of Liberal V Lowell

A Sturgell, tried by court,

guilty.State V Teresa L Moron-

ey, written guilty plea.State V Brandi Knouse,

written guilty plea.

State V Eulis Leon Mas-ters III, written guilty plea.

State V Caleb L Ramey, written guilty plea.

COURT MISCELLANEOUSsee DEATHS, page 4B

4B • Wednesday, October 2, 2013 www.lamardemocrat.com Lamar Democrat, Lamar, MO

NOTICE OFTRUSTEE’S SALE

WHEREAS WILLIAM D. JONES and CARLA J.

JONES, husband and wife, by their Deed of Trust dated July 20, 2007, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder

of Deeds of Barton County, Missouri, as Document #2007-1187, conveyed to GEORGE D. NICHOLS, the undersigned Trustee, the following described real estate, situated in the County of Barton, State of Missouri, to wit:

A TRACT COMMENCING ON THE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 160, 907 FEET WEST OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION TWENTY (20), TOWNSHIP THIRTY-TWO (32), RANGE TWENTY-NINE (29), BARTON COUNTY, MISSOURI, AND RUNNING THENCE NORTH 239.5 FEET, THENCE EAST 907 FEET TO THE EAST LINE

OF SAID SOUTHWEST QUARTER, THENCE SOUTH 69.5 FEET, THENCE WEST 234 FEET, THENCE SOUTH 180 FEET TO THE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID U.S. HIGHWAY 160, THENCE WEST 673 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, EXCEPT A TRACT COMMENCING AT A POINT 181.5 FEET NORTH OF THE

SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 32, RANGE 29, BARTON COUNTY, MISSOURI, AND RUNNING THENCE WEST 231 FEET, THENCE NORTH 69.5 FEET, THENCE

EAST 231 FEET, THENCE SOUTH 69.5 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING.

which conveyance was made to the undersigned Trustee in Trust, to secure the payment of a certain

RecoRds/legals

see LEGALS, page 5B

816 W. 12th, Westview CenterLamar, Missouri 64759

417-682-6543 • www.realtor.com

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OPPORTUNITY KNOCKING: Four Bedroom, 3 baths. Kitchen has really nice oak cabinets and the appliances stay. For-mal Dining Room. Lennox CH/A, Vinyl siding. This is a spacious home on nice lot in nice area of homes. $29,900.

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THE GOODE PLACE on the Lake: 3 Bedrm, 2.5 bath. Dual heat options. Full partially- fi n-ished basement. Cvrd master suite balcony. Generator ready. 2c attd gar, 30x40 detd gar/shop (heat & water), RV parking. 2.16 ac.

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WONDERFUL FLOOR PLAN: 3 Bedrm, 2.5 bath, LR with stone fi rpl, FR w/brick fi repl, Formal & Informal dining. Porch & Cvrd deck overlook 3.50 acre wooded lot with golf cart path. 3 car attd garage, 30′x30′ Detd shop with loft.

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Healthcare and Rehabili-tation Center. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until service time on Friday.

Condolences may be left at www.konantzwar-den.com.

Survivors include a daughter, Shirlene Klee-man and husband John, Aurora; three sons, Dar-ryl and wife Dorothy, Lockwood, Dwane and wife Mary, Neosho and Dennis and wife Kathryn, Lamar; 11 grandchildren, Mike, Danny, Jolene, Kevin, Donavon, Derrick, Scott, Brett, Nicholas, Alison and Daniel; three great and four great-great-grandchildren.

Mr. Jenkins was born Jan. 21, 1917, in Ruet-er, to Willie and Golda (Whyman) Jenkins. He began working in a lum-ber mill near his home-town at a young age and learned many skills, which eventually led him to Lamar where he began working as an auto me-chanic for Carl Moore’s GM and Pontiac deal-ership. He later began working at Lawnboy and when Lawnboy left La-mar he drove a truck for K&K Produce and then work for O’Sullivan In-dustries, where he retired after working 27 years. He continued working in his own business of sharpen-ing saws until he was in his 90’s.

He was a member of the Full Gospel Tabernacle Church, where he was a trustee and an elder.

He married Oletha Wil-liams who was also from Rueter. They were mar-ried in Forsyth and were married 72 years before her death on Sept. 30, 2012.

EDWARDRANSOM LEWISGOLDEN CITY-Private

services will be held at the convenience of the fam-ily for Edward Ransom Lewis, 70, Golden City, a retired truck driver, who died Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013.

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

Condolences may be

left at www.konantzwar-den.com.

FLORENCE WHEELER-ROCKHILL

JOPLIN-A graveside service was held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Oakton Ceme-tery for Florence Darlene “Dee” Wheeler-Rockhill (Begley), 68, Joplin, who died Sunday, Sept. 29,

2013, at Mercy Hospital in Joplin. Rev. Tom Welch officiated.

Arrangements were un-der the direction of Dan-iel Funeral Home, Lamar.

Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of donor’s choice.

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

Survivors include two sons, Jeff Begley and wife Susan, Lamar and Todd Begley and wife Mary, Tecumseh, Okla.; two daughters, Melissa Wilkinson and husband T.J., Milton, Fla. and Bren-da Fenton and husband Rick, Frederick, Okla.; her children’s father, Don Begley, Lamar; a sister, Eleanor Sills, Vancouver, Wash.; 17 grandchildren, Marci (Kip) Sosa-Vallez, Tim, Jeffrey (Cassie) and Kennan Begley, Heather

(Arnold) Castillo, Elijah and Isaiah Begley, Chris-topher (Breann), Brittany, Galilee and Brayden Buic, Jordan Fenton, Alysha Payne, Elayne (Steven) Garrick, Sarah (Jesse) Crook, Shiloh and Bran-don Wilkinson and 21 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, Keenan Lee Begley; a sister, Hilda Clark, and two great-grandbabies, Trenton and Chloe Wescott.

Mrs. Wheeler-Rockhill was born July 3, 1945, at Bolivar, to Jasper and Cleo (Rockhill) Wheeler. She moved with her fam-ily to Oregon where she attended nursing school and had worked in the state DHS office. She cooked at Shawnee Bap-tist College for several years, played the piano and wrote poetry.

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PROPERTy TRANSFERSWarranty Deed, filed

September 4, 2013. Lance Hardman and Michelle Hardman, and Taylor Mae Hardman of Barton County, Missouri to Jerry L. Schnelle and Tina M. Schnelle of Barton Coun-ty, Missouri: A tract in the north half of lots 1 and 2

of the southwest quar-ter of section 31, town-ship 32, range 29, Barton County, Missouri.

General Warranty Deed, filed September 5, 2013. Terry R. Redman and Paula J. Redman to Jeremy Fowler and Beth Fowler: All of lot 6 in Hid-

den Acres Subdivision, a subdivision located in the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 29, and the north-west quarter of the north-east quarter of section 32, all in township 32, range 30, Barton County, Mis-souri.

Missouri Special War-ranty Deed, filed Septem-ber 9, 2013. SEI Partners to Circle 6WMo, LLC: Tract I: The northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 9, town-ship 33, range 33, Barton County, Missouri; Tract II: The southwest quarter

of the southwest quar-ter and that part of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter lying south and west of Dry-wood Creek, all in section 4, township 33, range 33, Barton County, Missouri. Tract III: All of section 5, township 33, range 33,

Barton County, Missouri. Tract IV: All of the south-east quarter of section 6, township 33, range 33, Barton County, Missouri; except railroad right-of-way and except that part of southeast quarter lying west of the Kansas City Southern Railroad.

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Note in said Deed of Trust described; and

WHEREASdefault was made and still continues in the payment of said note;

NOW, THEREFORE, at the request of the legal holder of said Note, and pursuant to the provisions of said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Trustee will sell the property above described, at public vendue, to the highest bidder for cash, at the West front door of the Barton County Courthouse in the City of Lamar, Missouri, on October 8, 2013, between the hours of 9:00 o’clock in the forenoon and 5:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at 1:00 p.m., for the purpose of satisfying said indebtedness and the costs of executing this trust.

/s/ George D. NicholsGEORGE D. NICHOLS,

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NOTICE OFTRUSTEE’S SALE

WHEREAS, VICTOR B. DELEPHIMNE, by his Deed of Trust dated August 13, 2009 and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Barton County, Missouri, on August 17, 2009 as document # 2009-1081, conveyed to the Trustee therein, the follow-

ing described real estate, situated in the County of Barton, State of Missouri, to wit:ALL OF THAT PART OF SEVEN (7) ACRES IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SEC-TION 13, TOWNSHIP 31, RANGE 31, BARTON COUNTY, MISSOURI, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOL-LOWS:    COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF A FOUR (4) ACRE TRACT IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF NORTHWEST QUAR-TER OF SAID SECTION 13, BEING A POINT 6 CHAINS AND 32 LINKS SOUTH OF THE NORTH-WEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 13, RUNNING THENCE EAST 24 RODS, THENCE SOUTH 46 AND 2/3 RODS, THENCE WEST 24 RODS, THENCE NORTH 46 AND 2/3 RODS TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, EXCEPT THAT PART HERETO-FORE CONVEYED FOR HIGHWAY PURPOSES; AND NOW CONTAIN-ING 3 ACRES MORE OR LESS. SUBJECT TO ALL RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND EASEMENTS OF RE-CORD.which conveyance was made to the Trustee there-in in Trust, to secure the

payment of a certain Note in said Deed of Trust de-scribed; and

WHEREAS, default was made and still continues in the payment of said note;

NOW, THEREFORE, at the request of the legal holder of said Note, and pursuant to the provisions of said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Trustee will sell the property above described, at public ven-due, to the highest bid-der for cash, at the West front door of the Barton County Courthouse in the City of Lamar, Missouri, on Thursday, October 17, 2013 between the hours of 9:00 o’clock in the fore-noon and 5:00 o’clock in the afternoon, specifically at 10:00 a.m. for the pur-pose of satisfying said in-debtedness and the costs of executing this trust.James V. Nichols, Trustee206 West 10th StreetLamar, MO 64759417-682-6003

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF BARTON COUNTY, MISSOURIPROBATE DIVISION

In the Estate of FERN BRATTON, a Disabled Person. Estate No. 13B4-PR00053.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF CONSERVATOR OF DISBALED PERSON

To all persons interested

in the estate of FERN BRATTON, a disabled person:

On August 20, 2013, LYNOLA CAREY was appointed Conservator of the estate of FERN BRATTON, a person adjudicated disabled under the laws of Missouri, by the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Barton County, Missouri.

The business address of the Conservator is 110 S. Bridge, PO Box 182, Smithville, MO 64089, and her Attorney is Steven H. Kaderly, Kaderly & Kaderly, 114 West 10th Street, Lamar, MO 64759.

All creditors of said disabled person are notified to file their claims in the Probate Division of the Circuit Court.

Date of first publication on September 25, 2013.

By-CHARLES D. CURLESS, Judge

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NEW BUILDING ADDITION FOR:LAMAR R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT 13-002SECTION 000020 – NOTICE TO BIDDERSSealed bids for Building Improvements for Lamar R-1 School District will be accepted at the Lamar Middle School Library located at 7th and Gulf Street, Lamar, Missouri 64759 until 4:00

p.m. (Central Time) on Thursday October 17, 2013, publicly opened and immediately read aloud. Bids received after 4 p.m. will be returned unopened. If submitting bids prior to the bid date, sealed bids can be mailed to the Superintendents Office at 202 W 7th, Lamar, Missouri 64759.The overall project consists of a new building addition to the existing school. Before the new construction can take place there will be asbestos removal and then complete demolition of the existing building. The new building will have a gymnasium with bleachers, lockers, restrooms, classrooms, offices, and band room that will serve as a storm shelter. This project will be constructed with prevailing wages under both Missouri’s Prevailing Wage Law.Beginning September 20, 2013, copies of the related drawings and specifications will be available at Springfield Blue Print and Photo Copy Company located at 219 E. Pershing, Springfield, Missouri 65806, (417) 869-7316. Plans and specifications will also be viewable online at www.spfdblue.com. Subcontractors will be required to purchase full set of plans with specifications

book. A non-refundable shipping and handling fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) will be charged for each set shipped. This amount should be paid by a separate check from the initial deposit for plans and specifications. If overnight delivery is desired, it shall be paid directly to the carrier by the contractor.Requests for information or interpretation shall be made in writing and submitted no less than three (3) calendar days before bid opening to the office of H Design Group, 5051 South National Avenue, Suite 7A, Springfield, Missouri 65810. Requests for information can also be emailed to todd@hdesigngroup.com or to be faxed to (417) 887-6921.A pre-bid facility tour has been scheduled for October 2, 2013, from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and will begin at the Middle School Library located at 7th and Gulf Street, Lamar, MO 64759.The Lamar School District notifies all bidders that disadvantaged business owners will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award.

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CLASSIFIEDS

Announcements

Alcoholics Anony-mous meets every Sun-day, 5 p.m. and Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., in the base-ment of Lamar Memo-rial Hall, 1104 Broad-way. Big Book Study is the second Tuesday of each month. All meet-ings are nonsmoking.

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

Hall Basement.

Lost & Found

Reward! Lost Cat – Big Old Gray Boy – had red collar with tag, has sei-zure condition. Missing since Friday, Aug. 23, 702 Gulf St., Lamar, Mo. Please call Carla Scott at 417-682-5255 or 417-214-6031.Services Offered

House Leveling - Floor

joists, sill plates, rim joists replaced. Don't have a mess, call the best! 46-years in busi-ness. Larry's General Contracting, 417-623-8105.

Appliance Repair. Ap-pliance parts. Miller’s Country Corner. 417-884-2684.

Lime Hauling and Spreading. 417-296-5902.

Employment

Drivers, 60,000+, CDL-A, $2500 sign on, 1 month exp. Same Day Pay! Free Health Ins, No CDL? Free training! On-line app @ www.trailin-er.com 800-769-3993.

Drivers: Class A, 21 and Over. Local Com-pany where the Em-

ployees Make the Difference. New Equip-ment, Bonuses, Benefits, Home-Time. 417-829-1240/417-829-1214.

Springfield, MO area trucking company seeks experienced OTR driv-ers. We offer flexible miles and regular home time. Competitive pay and benefits available. Call 417-724-1520 for more information.

Drivers: $800-$1000/wk, Weekly Home Time! Company Paid Health Ins, 401K, Paid Vacation & More! CDL-A, 2yrs Experience Re-quired. 1-888-992-4038 x 133.

Garage Sales

Huge 4 Family Sale – 103 Grand, off 1st Street, Thursday through Sat-

urday, Oct. 3-5, 7 a.m. to ? Name-b r a n d c l o t h e s , glassware

pictures, knick knacks. Too much to mention – come check us out!

Yard Sale – Saturday, Oct. 5, 8 a.m. to ? Size 16 and other jeans, nice wooden highchair, stroller, Amish Chris-tian books, chainsaw, kitchenware and misc. Many added items. Two houses south of bowl-ing alley.

Garage Sale – 1301 Cherry, Saturday, Oct. 5, 7 a.m. Loveseat, tables, sweeper, carpet sham-pooer, baby boy and adult clothes, collect-ibles, dishes, new items, reduced prices.

Miscellaneous For Sale

Appliances: Mostly new. Some used. Also appliance parts. Miller’s Country Corner. 417-884-2684.

"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

Vacancy - Scottsdale

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

1 Bedroom Apartment nicely furnished or un-furnished. Pool, rec room and laundry. Free cable/HBO, water and trash. Short leases avail-able. $200 security de-posit. No pets! In Ne-vada. Starting at $345. 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.

Acreages

For Sale – Corner lot, 4.75 acres, ½ mile from school. Sale price $15,000. Call Phillip So-lum, 417-850-6578.

We send out a heartfelt thanks to all those who sent cards, flowers, food, visits, tele-phone calls, hugs and prayers during the loss of our loved one, Jack A. Davis. A special thank you to the NRMC Hospice team. God bless you all.

Barbara Davis and family

Cards of Thanks

6B • Wednesday, October 2, 2013 www.lamardemocrat.com Lamar Democrat, Lamar, MO

gineering spent most of Relay day cooking food for participants. This year they raised over $1426. Another long time team, Helen’s Angels, sold tem-porary tattoos and bal-loon animals at the event, raising over $340.

The youth based teams for 2013 were the M.A.D Tigers and Barton Coun-ty 4H. The M.A.D Tigers have relayed for the last

two years, raising over $1125 this year. The Bar-ton County 4H volun-teered their time to help set luminaria bags and still raised over $430.

The 2013 Relay For Life Committee consisted of Mendy Paynter, Cathy Worley, Chelsea Cle-ments, Brandy Burdick, Tara Parks and Chasity O’Neal.

Corporate sponsors for

2013 were Barton County Memorial Hospital, Chris Roth DJ Service, CY6 De-signs, Finley Engineering Company, Heritage State Bank, Jerry’s Taxidermy, Kevin Kingsley LLC, La-mar Bank & Trust, Lamar Elks Lodge No. 2800, La-mar Travel Plaza, Lamar Democrat, Metropolitan National Bank, Walmart, XChanger 2, Barton County Electric, Central State Auto, Dairy Queen, Daniel Funeral Home, Don and Barbara Lu-ceitta, Dr. Richard Beh-rend, Isenhower Lumber Company, Jasper Grain, Lamar License Office, La-mar Tire & Truck Center, Manevals, Inc., Pampered Chef consultant Sara Des-mond, Town & Country Real Estate, US Bank and Woods Supermarket.

The 2013 Relay For Life of Barton County has raised more than $12,000 to date.  Donations can still be made until Octo-ber 25. If you, or someone you know, are interested

in putting a team together or joining the 2014 Relay committee, please visit www.relayforlife.org and search Barton County MO.

AreA NewsWeather Forecast

Wednesday, October 2, 2013Partly Cloudy

High: 79° Low: 63°Sunrise: 7:14 a.m. Sunset: 6:58 p.m.Moonrise: 4:50 a.m. Moonset: 5:33 p.m.UV Index: 6 (High) Humidity: 80%Precipitation: 20% Cloud Coverage: 31%Moon Phase: Waning CrescentWind Speed: 9 Mph out of the South/Southeast

Thursday, October 3, 2013Partly Cloudy

High: 81° Low: 65°Sunrise: 7:14 a.m. Sunset: 6:57 p.m.Moonrise: 5:50 a.m. Moonset: 6:05 p.m.UV Index: 6 (High) Humidity: 75%Precipitation: 10% Cloud Coverage: 31%Moon Phase: Waning CrescentWind Speed: 18 Mph out of the South

Friday, October 4, 2013Scattered Thunderstorms

High: 74° Low: 49°Sunrise: 7:15 a.m. Sunset: 6:55 p.m.Moonrise: 6:52 a.m. Moonset: 6:39 p.m.UV Index: 6 (High) Humidity: 80%Precipitation: 40% Cloud Coverage: 57%Moon Phase: NewWind Speed: 16 Mph out of the Southwest

Saturday, October 5, 2013Sunny

High: 59° Low: 39°Sunrise: 7:16 a.m. Sunset: 6:54 p.m.Moonrise: 7:55 a.m. Moonset: 7:15 p.m.UV Index: 6 (High) Humidity: 64%Precipitation: 0% Cloud Coverage: 7%Moon Phase: NewWind Speed: 15 Mph out of the Northwest

Sunday, October 6, 2013Sunny

High: 64° Low: 44°Sunrise: 7:17 a.m. Sunset: 6:52 p.m.Moonrise: 9:00 a.m. Moonset: 7:55p.m.UV Index: 6 (High) Humidity: 64%Precipitation: 0% Cloud Coverage: 0%Moon Phase: Waxing CrescentWind Speed: 8 Mph out of the West/Southwest

Monday, October 7, 2013Sunny

High: 71° Low: 48°Sunrise: 7:18 a.m. Sunset: 6:51 p.m.Moonrise: 10:05 a.m. Moonset: 8:40 p.m.UV Index: 6 (High) Humidity: 61%Precipitation: 0% Cloud Coverage: 0%Moon Phase: Waxing CrescentWind Speed: 10 Mph out of the South

Tuesday, October 8, 2013Sunny

High: 69° Low: 47°Sunrise: 7:19 a.m. Sunset: 6:49 p.m.Moonrise: 11:10 a.m. Moonset: 9:31 p.m.UV Index: 6 (High) Humidity: 65%Precipitation: 0% Cloud Coverage: 0%Moon Phase: Waxing CrescentWind Speed: 9 Mph out of the Southeast

Melissa Bishop/Lamar DemocratWestco expressed their appreciation to their customers on Friday, Sept. 20. They held a BBQ and had cookies by Party Oasis and had a drawing for a free pub set. The winner was Dorothy Winningham! Those pictured are Candice Lemmons, Rachel Keith, Ronnie Walker, Charlie Smith.

Open house hosted by Hospice Compassus

The Barton County Chamber of Commerce performed a ribbon cut-ting ceremony Monday, Sept. 23, at the open house hosted by Hospice Compassus, to welcome them into their new loca-tion at 800 W. 12th Street in Lamar.

True compassion is a very personal experience shared between caring people and it is best ex-

pressed by those clos-est to you.  This is why the people of Hospice Compassus live among you and have served this community for 17 years.  Their team shares common values, vision and purpose. They work to provide the greatest possible comfort and care for those who expe-rience one of life's most intimate and challenging

moments.Their mission is to

make every moment of life as meaningful as pos-sible, from the first days of a life-limiting illness to the last...to validate the quality rather than the quantity of life...and to provide care to the pa-tient and family reflect-ing a living expression of love, warmth and com-passion.

Hospice Compassus celebrates the move to their new location after having a local office for a year and a half. They are honored to be part of such a caring community and to be able to provide the gift of hospice.

For more information on hospice call 417-682-3809 or visit their website at http://www.hospice-compassus.com/.

KCP&L Greater Missouri seeks accounting changeJEFFERSON CITY-

KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company has filed an application with the Missouri Public Ser-vice Commission seeking an accounting authority order that would allow the company to under-take certain accounting procedures in connec-tion with transmission costs associated with the Southwest Power Pool and other providers of transmission services.

Applications to inter-vene and participate in this case must be filed

no later than October 2 with the Secretary of the Missouri Public Service Commission, P.O. Box 360, Jefferson City, Mis-souri 65102.

Individual citizens wishing to comment should contact either the Office of the Public Counsel, Governor Office Building, 200 Madison Street, Suite 650, P.O. Box 2230, Jefferson City, Mis-souri 65102-2230, tele-phone 866-922-2959, or the Public Service Com-mission staff, P.O. Box 360, Jefferson City, Mis-

souri 65102, telephone 1-800-392-4211. The Of-fice of the Public Counsel is a separate state agency that represents the gener-al public in matters before the commission.

KCP&L Greater Mis-souri Operations Compa-ny serves approximately 312,700 electric custom-ers in western Missouri including Lamar Heights, Iantha, Burgess, and parts of western Barton Coun-ty. Liberal purchases elec-tricity wholesale from the utility for its municipal system.

T-Brown were the winners of the annual slow pitch softball fundraiser held during Relay For Life. Pictured are, back row, left to right, Sean Hasse, Arek Grisham, Jake Halem, Josh Willis, Tyrell Brown; middle row, Amanda Wilson, Tasha Jones, Olivia Baldwin, Casey Goodwin; front row, Cejay Churchwell and Chase Hargis.

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Fatality accident occurs northwest of Lockwood

A fatality accident oc-curred according to the Missouri Highway Patrol when an eastbound 2000 Ford Explorer being driv-en by Dale L Burnett, 67, Lockwood, was making a turn and crossed into the path of a westbound

1993 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle being driven by Cynthia L. Phipps, 58, Carthage. According to the report the accident occurred at 2:50 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 27, on Route VV, five miles northwest of Lockwood.

Phipps was pronounced dead by Dade County Coroner Gary Banta at 3:55 p.m., at a medical helicopter landing site in Lockwood. Burnett re-ceived minor injuries.