3-5-14 Lamar Democrat

Extension celebrates 100 years

By BEN BUNTONLamar Democrat

� e Barton County Exten-sion Council Annual Meeting

took place on Monday, Feb. 24, at the Lamar First Baptist Church. � e swearing in of new council members, the acknowl-edgement of retiring members,

and a program put on by Da-vid Baker, the assistant dean of Agriculture Extension with the University of Missouri, were main points in the meeting.

� e new council members that were elected were Cli� ord Blanchard, Marshall Miller, Roger May� eld, Ed Patterson, and Clark Wood. Blanchard, Miller, May� eld and Patterson were all sworn in at the meet-ing by Barton County Deputy Clerk Nikki Brand.

Retiring members were hon-ored at the meeting. Mark Cle-ments, Lee Howard, Darrell Kentner, Cinda Miller and Be-linda Sho� are the � ve mem-bers that have retired.

David Baker gave a program outlining the past 100 years of extension history, beginning with the Smith-Lever Act on May 8, 1914, which created cooperative extension in Mis-souri. He also talked about the future of extension, hoping for another good 100 years.

� e continuing mem-bers of the council are Leisa Blanchard, Lendi Davis, Jesse Medlin, Susan Roland, Sondra Smith, Charles Winslow, Paul Crabtree, Dean McKibben, Joyce Moser, Dale Robertson, Barb � rasher, Lynn Calton, Sherry Keith, Chad McCulloch and Dennis Wilson.

Common Core State Standards excoriated in Lamar meeting

By RICHARD COOPERDemocrat sta� writer

LAMAR-An education re-form movement known as Common Core State Standards was the center of attention and critical review at a meeting, � ursday night, in � iebaud Auditorium attended by up-wards of 70 parents, grandpar-ents, teachers, and the general public. � e 90-minute meeting was sponsored by Concerned Women for America of Mis-souri.

Speaker was Mary Byrne, co-founder of the Missouri Coali-tion Against Common Core, who has spent 35 years in edu-cation. She resides in Spring-� eld.

� roughout her presenta-tion, Byrne stressed that Com-mon Core is not designed to preserve state standards, but instead re� ects a national goal in education. She asserted that

formulating the common core initiative was accomplished largely without the knowledge of the public. � e e� ort was heavily � nanced by book pub-lishers and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, she said.

Missouri’s educational policy has historically recognized lo-cal di� erences, Byrne noted, and has been in keeping with James Madison’s writing in the Federalist Papers. Now, howev-er, Common Core has changed it into preparing children for the work force. “We have been sold out to the entrepreneurs,” she said.

Testing in Common Core does not include local values, starts too early in a child’s ed-ucational experience, and is convoluted and stressful, she asserted.

Also targeted for criticism was the requirement that data on children must be shared, in-cluding across state lines. � is

violates a child’s privacy, she said, and it causes children to be targets for hackers.

Video clips were shown relat-ing that the states of Iowa and Mississippi have put stays on Common Core’s implementa-tion, and the state of New York has opted out altogether. One unique incident included a school district in Silicon Valley of California that returned to

the “old school.” All computers were removed, and everything returned to “hands on” educa-tion. � e district claimed an improvement in student per-formance, and it was observed that “the past may become the future” for the district.

Common Core was adopted by the Missouri Department of

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Hartzler listening post tries di� erent format

By RICHARD COOPERDemocrat sta� writer

LAMAR-Visits by � eld representatives of U.S. sena-tors and congressmen to gain input from constituents is usually conducted on a one-on-one basis. Unfortu-nately, only a scant few con-stituents normally show up for the visits. When a � eld representative for Congress-woman Vicky Hartzler ar-rived in Lamar, February 24, for a “Listening Post” visit, a decision was made to bring all the constituents into a conference room for a group discussion. Such a format had already been scheduled for February 27 in Colum-bia and billed as an “open house.” Maybe an equally ap-propriate description of such a format would be “round table” discussion. Cole Karr was the � eld representative, the location was the confer-ence room of the Mary K. Finley Library, and the re-sult was a lively discussion of grievances by 13 well in-formed constituents. During the one hour of allotted time, each person entered into the discussion to express his/her concerns about issues in Washington.

At least 12 issues were brought before the group, some for spirited discussion. In no particular order, the is-sues that seemed to receive the most attention were im-migration reform (secure the borders), education (restore local control), health care (the A� ordable Care Act), the national debt, cuts to the military, government waste, and violations of the U.S. Constitution.

Karr was obviously pleased with the turnout and partici-pation. He told the group that he would be back for another meeting in three months.

Lamar East Primary collected change re-cently for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Soci-ety. � e classes had set a goal of raising $300 and it was agreed that if they reached that goal, Zach Lemert, principal, would shave his head.

East Primary, con-sisting of grades pre-K through second grade, collected a total of $1739.93. Miss Camp-bell’s � rst grade class collected the most amount, which was $338.38.

On February 24, Brock McManis showed up with his clippers to shave Lemert’s head.

Lamar Democrat/Melissa LittleMiss Campbell’s � rst grade class collected the most of any of the

classes, for a total of $338.38.

East Primary exceeds goal

Lamar Democrat/Melissa LittleAn assembly was held at Lamar East Primary on February 24, as the students got to see their

principal shave his head.

Lamar Democrat/Melissa Little

Lamar East Primary Zach Lemert got his

head shaved February 24, after the school

reached its goal for the Leukemia and Lymphoma

Society.

REMEMBER TOSpring Ahead

1 HOUR SATURDAY NIGHT!

Pastor’s noteBy MARK TURNBOUGH

Lamar UnitedMethodist Church

Recently, scammers have broken into debit/credit card accounts, stealing our num-see PASTOR, page 4A

First � lings for August 5 primary� e � ling period for the Au-

gust 5 primary opened Febru-ary 25 and will close at 5 p.m., March 25. � e � rst day saw � ve incumbents, all Republicans, � le for their party’s nomina-

tions. � ey were Charles Cur-less who � led for Associate Circuit Judge, Mike Davis for Presiding Commissioner, Kris-tina Crockett for County Clerk, Janet Maupin for Circuit Clerk,

and Katheen Dimond for Re-corder of Deeds.

Incumbent Steven Kaderly, a Democrat, has � led for his party’s nomination for Pros-ecuting Attorney.

Lamar Democrat/Richard Cooper

Mary Byrne was the featured speaker at a forum, Thursday night in Lamar, during which Common Core State Standards were closely scrutinized. The meeting was one of several being held in Missouri.

Lamar Democrat/Ben BuntonNew council members sworn in by Barton County Deputy Clerk Nikki Brand, far left,

were, left to right, Cli� ord Blanchard, Roger May� eld, Marshall Miller and Ed Patterson.

see CORE, page 2A

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Coonfoot & Vicinity

By LOUISE OTT

Peeking out the door this early Monday morn-ing it looks like frost part way between my house and the creek. The sun-shine soon popped up and it was a little windy, but nice day.

Gary and Judy Nelson, Michael Nelson and Ella Mae Turpen enjoyed go-ing to dinner at a restau-rant.

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

Kenneth Dee and Es-ther Archer, Louise Ott and Michael and Gay Straw were supper guests of George Straw on Satur-day evening.

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

Jane Moss visited Lou-ise Ott and left her a big homemade cookie. It sure was good, only thing I saw wrong was there wasn’t enough. Ha!

Louise Ott stopped at the home of George Straw after church on Sunday and we played dominoes. We played out every domino and both had three dominoes and couldn’t play them any-where. It’s fun, anyway.

Have a good week ev-eryone and be safe.

SheldonBy DARLENE

SHERIDAN

Monday morning I re-ceived word from Eleanor (McGuire) Ambrose that Patty (Kabler) McGuire of Gravis Mills passed away. Her husband George Mc-Guire and two daughters survive her. After the services at the Sheldon Cemetery the family gathered at the Sheldon Christian Church for a meal. Shirley Lathrop Floyd, Springfield, passed away Saturday. Two sons, Jack and Darrell, and other family survive her. Alberta Peters, a former Sheldon resident, passed away February 25. Her husband Delmar Peters preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held in Texas. Sympathy is extended to all of these families.

The Sheldon boys’ bas-ketball team played Sat-

urday evening at Wil-lard in the district finals. Sheldon received second place and concluded a great season.

March 1 brought more ice and snow and church-es in Sheldon were can-celled for safety reasons.

On March 5 the Shel-don Medical Clinic will host a meet and greet from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Stop by and meet Dr. Parton and Nurse Practitioner Johnston.

The Sheldon Volunteer Fire Department will have a potato bar meal fundraiser. It will be at the Sheldon Community Building from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

March 10 is the next Vi-sion meeting. The Drury University students will be returning and every-one is invited to attend this meeting at the Shel-don Christian Church beginning at 6:30 p.m. Babysitting and refresh-ments will be provided.

The Ozark Food Pan-try will return to Sheldon on March 13 for another food delivery. This pantry is for residents of Sheldon and Bronaugh. It will be another drive through delivery at the Sheldon Community Building at 10 a.m.

For-get-me-notsBy GAIL LEAMING

I am going to show my age here today by my opinions of the education department of Missouri. Years ago, when they were building the col-lege at Joplin they got the people of Jasper County to vote a tax to build with the promise of their chil-dren going to that college

free when they were old enough. Well that didn’t happen. Seemed to have been forgotten by the time the generation was old enough to go. Some-one asked when I thought the education of our chil-dren started to fall and I believe it was when we consolidated and lost our community involve-ment in school. The next step was when we went to PTO from PTA and lost our delegate in Jefferson City that were our eyes and ears for the laws that the government was put-ting into effect to take the control out of the parent’s hands.

Of course when God was taken out it really dropped. Now our mon-ey from taxes go to the head of the state and they decide who gets what with the money. Some of it filtering back down to the area schools. I went to a Common Core meet-ing the other day with a couple of our congress representatives to hear about this new educa-tion. There were several senior citizens there and were heard among us that we had such better edu-cation than our children and it has gotten worse with our grandchildren. Ron and I had our chil-dren join the Masonic organization at first, just to memorize as our schools had stopped that practice and we thought they ought to memorize things. It turned out to really help them in their lives. When my grand-children went to school they had stopped the practice of memorizing the times tables, but I made them anyway.

There is a man over by Jasper that comes to Red Oak 2 and does long memorized recitations

with such feeling that it is a work of art. An art that is being lost because we want our kids to use computers, adding ma-chines and etc. Anything that makes the mind stop learning. I remember go-ing in to a principal’s of-fice in high school (see I was a trouble maker back then) to tell them that the history book was wrong about the Mormons and to stop teaching it that way and they did. I am old enough that I actu-ally had a conversation with Harry Truman who told me I should study History to see the future. I sort of feel like I am studying how Hitler got control of his country, starting with the chil-dren. It is scary. We are going to have to find out both sides of this com-mon core. Ed Emery made the comment that fathers would lay down their lives for their chil-dren, but mothers would kill for them. When you looked around the room there were a lot more mothers there than the fathers and a lot of se-niors. What about the school boards and ad-ministration? Where were they? Remember these schools are public (that means we have the right to all information) and we need to find out. Contact your congress-man and ask your ques-tions, go to the schools and ask, contact Mis-souri Coalition Against Common Core and com-pare what they say. Learn what you can and don’t stop until you get all the answers.

Off my soapbox - so sorry to hear of Fred Lemons passing. Who-ever said LaRue was a little person with a big wave and Fred was a

big person with a little wave was pretty close. They were a very strong pair for the community and their family. I am sure LaRue will carry on with a strong will and love for her hometown and family. We will miss Fred and his big smile and wave. We also lost Joann Hayden, who was the second half of a fine couple from Golden City. All loved both her and Ray. Ron and I went to S&H for lunch and open house, then went to Ken-neth Banta’s 80th birth-day party in Golden City and went for supper at the Immanuel School in Lockwood with the fish fry and auction. Picked up a quilt for Effie Mae Heiskell that had been quilted by The Bare De-sign. Beautiful job.

We finally got our stovepipe replaced and a wood fire going in our little stove. Just in time for the ice storm this week. Ron and I also at-tended a film about the

four blood moons and eclipse that was com-ing up in the next 18 months. The other years that this has happened were 1492, 1948 and 1967. In all three times something happened to the Jews and Israel that changed the world. Won-der what’s up this time, don’t you? After all I am a senior citizen – I can open childproof bottles with a hammer, I smile a lot because I can’t hear what you are saying, I am sure everything is in a safe secure place even though I can’t find them, I am wrinkled, saggy and lumpy and that is only one leg - I am start-ing to find out that old age isn’t for wimps, yes I am a senior citizen and having the time of my life. Spread the laughter, share the cheer, let’s be happy, while we are here! God bless.

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Membership dues for Liberal Rural Fire Department

due March 31LIBERAL-New membership dues for the Liber-

al Rural Fire Department are due March 31. Dues for new members are $75, which includes $25 first-time membership and yearly dues of $50. If anyone would like to become a new member of the rural fire department they may send $75 to Carol Hanshaw, P.O. Box 81, Liberal, MO 64762-0081. Checks or money order will be proof of payment and membership.

The fee to respond to non-members is $100, plus $200 an hour (or proportional time) and a year’s dues. The fee is not always covered and/or paid by one’s insurance company. For information call Hanshaw at 417-843-4321.

Elementary and Second-ary Education on June 15, 2010, and school districts are still in the process of implementing it. Mis-souri is among 45 states that have adopted Com-mon Core to date. Lamar R-I adopted it approxi-mately two years ago and still must implement it. In Missouri, Common Core is known as the Missouri Learning Standards.

Jill Carter, the mother of a child in the East Newton School District, described her experience with its board of education after she objected to Common Core. Following a com-munity meeting in which Common Core was scru-tinized, the board agreed

to re-evaluate its use of that curriculum.

The audience was urged to contact their elected state senators and repre-sentatives urging them to support legislation designed to limit Com-mon Core in Missouri or repeal it altogether. Five bills in the current ses-sion of the General As-sembly were cited in liter-ature that was distributed to the crowd.

State Senator Ed Emery spoke briefly at the con-clusion of the meeting. He quoted from the last sentence of the Declara-tion of Independence, “. . . we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred

honor.” He said the ef-fort to repeal Common Core is a struggle toward an objective, just as the

Declaration was the state-ment of a struggle toward an objective. “We must keep up the fight,” he said.

Core, continued from page 1A

LAMAR COUNTRY CLUB

WINTER BRIDGE CLUBImogene Williams

was the hostess Tues-day, Feb. 25. Winners were Dorothy Roberts, first and Gloria Kurtz, second.

The hostess for March 4 is scheduled to be Betty Gideon, with Bet-ty Gilkey to be the host-ess on March 11.

CHANGE CLUBA few healthy tips on

grains from the Change

Club,Add sweetness to your

whole-grain cereals with fruit. Top cereal with sliced bananas, canned peaches, raisins or frozen fruit!

Use up leftover whole-grain bread or crackers as bulk in a meat loaf (or meat-less loaf). Check online for recipes.

Need a snack? Try a whole-grain snack chip, such as baked tortilla chips.

1 medium sized muffin is about 2.5 oz of grain. Do you know how many ounces of grain you need each day?

What do whole grains do for you? Whole grains

provide many nutri-ents that are vital for the health and maintenance of our bodies.

Don’t be misled about which products are whole grain. Read the ingredi-ents list to look for whole grains as the first ingredi-ent.

When choosing a whole grain product don't be fooled by the product's advertising. Look for "whole grain" in the in-gredients list.

Breakfast cereal can be a great way to add fiber to your morning. Just be careful when choosing cereal, many contain add-ed sugars!

Make croutons from

whole-grain bread to use in salads.

Popcorn is a whole grain! Pop a bag of low-fat or fat-free popcorn for a healthier snack. 3 cups equals 1 oz of grains.

A regular-size slice of bread counts as 1 oz of grains. Use My Plan to see how many ounces of grains you need each day.

Many grain foods con-tain both whole grains and refined grains. These can count towards getting your whole grains.

CLUB NOTES

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Friends & Family

Membership drive for Liberal Area Civic Group is underway

LIBERAL-The Liberal Area Civic Group met January 21, 7 p.m., in the Barton Community Room, with eight mem-

bers present. President Mary Toney presided over the meeting. Sally Fast read the minutes of the previous meeting. With no corrections, they were approved as read.

The treasurer’s report was given by Jacqui Nich-ols showing that the fi-nances were $11,230 in the checking account and a CD for $1,887.86. Nichols noted that after the proceeds from the concession stand at Santa Day, vendors and dona-tions, the cost of the day was held under $100. The gun raffle brought in $320.

Toney told the group that the membership drive was underway. She said that the current membership is down and encouraged members to solicit new members. A notice will be put in the newspaper regarding the membership drive. Sheri Keltner made a motion to assess business places at $20 for a year. The mo-tion was seconded by Lea Anne Meadows and then approved.

With a motion by Brent

Hanshaw and seconded by Bill Keltner, the same slate of officers were re-tained for another year.

Toney reviewed the cal-endar of events for the coming year and tentative dates were set for the area wide rummage sale for June 7 and Prairie Days for September 19 and 20. She also noted a date for Prairie Jubilee Day had not been set.

New businesses coming to Liberal were discussed, as well as setting basic cri-teria such as the business would need a storefront within the city limits of Liberal. Sheri Keltner volunteered to develop wording and design for a certificate to be presented to the business.

Toney reported the banners had not been completed, but would be ready for the civic group event. Applications for the scholarship had been reviewed and the dead-line is April 15 for the $500 award going to a 2014 graduating Liberal senior.

Candidates in the city election in April will be sent a questionnaire to fill out. They will be pub-lished in the Liberal pa-per.

A discussion concern-ing the possibility of me-morializing the funds received from the senior citizens building, but no action was taken. In other items of discussion the civic group voted to pur-chase a new Santa suit. Brent Hanshaw reported on the flag project. Vol-unteers have stepped for-ward and there are now enough flags to display on holidays.

The next meeting was scheduled for 7 p.m. on February 25, at the Bar-ton Community Room.

Kevin and the late Rhonda Butler, Lamar, are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Krisalyn Rondelle Butler, to Nathaniel Clark Enyart, son of Don and Kelly Enyart, Seneca. The bride-to-be graduated in 2008 from Lamar High School and is currently a cosmetologist at Country Carousel Cuts in Lamar. The prospective bridegroom graduated from Seneca High School in 2008 and will graduate in December 2015 with his bachelor’s degree. He is currently employed at Carlin Machine, Inc. An April 19 wedding is planned at The Barn at Timberline Cove in Pittsburg, Kan.

Howard and Tracy Overman, Liberal, are happy to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Ashley Overman, to Jakeob Cole, son of Jeffery Cole, Antlers, Okla. and Cheryl Pogue, Patterson.

Butler-Enyart engagement

Overman-Cole engagement

Miller wins third place in regionGabrielle Miller, a sev-

enth grader at Lamar Middle School, recently won third place in the southwest region of the Missouri VFW’s Patriot Pen essay contest, which is designated for junior high students.

With this year’s theme, “What Patriotism Means to Me”, Miller beat out over 1000 students to earn her third place spot in the region. Her essay also earned her first place locally in the same con-test this year.

On February 23, Mill-er and her family were served a wonderful lunch along with the other win-ners by the Joplin VFW, before they were present-

ed with their certificates, medals and cash awards.

Miller is the daughter of Erik and Brenda Miller and can’t wait to write an essay for next year’s con-test. The VFW also spon-sors a “Voice of Democ-racy” essay contest open to the high school group.

Gabrielle Miller, a seventh grader at Lamar Middle

School, recently won third place in the

southwest region of the Missouri VFW’s

Patriot Pen essay contest. Pictured

with her is the Joplin VFW commander.

Addalie Garfield, daughter of Ben and Da’Lacey Garfield and Devin and Tyler White and Averie Garfield, daughter of Ben and Da’Lacey Garfield, recently competed in a beauty pageant held in Springfield. Beautiful Me Productions hosted the pageant.

Both girls earned a spot at the state pageant to be held in St. Louis on May 2.

Addalie brought home sev-eral trophies, tiaras and sash-es. She won the Ambassador Award, Division Supreme, Best Hair and Best Eyes. Averie won the Ambassador Award, Peo-ple’s Choice Award, Division Supreme and Best Hair.

Garfields compete in pageant


You can know hopeBy JACK SLADE

Cornerstone Southern Baptist Church

"Take from a man his wealth and you hinder him his purpose, and you slow him down. But take from man his hope and you stop him. A man can go on day after day without the wealth...for a time. But he will not go on without hope”. Copied from Neil Strait. As you continue to think about your circumstances you will feel completely dis-couraged. Reality, what you are facing, sets in and will seem overcoming. You may feel like giving up. Don't go there. The circumstance may be too difficult in your own terms, but in Christ there is always hope. "For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for evil. To give you a future and a hope" (Jer-emiah 29:11) TLB.

When you just stop and consider all that you are facing, ask yourself…Is there anything too hard for The Father? (Read, Jeremiah 32:17). Abso-lutely, not one circum-stance! Not one! Friend, no matter what is hap-pening in your life. You can rest assured and trust that He is in control of all things and is working everything for your good. (Read, Romans 8:28). When you wake up in the

morning and you won-der how you’re going to face the day. When you go to sleep no matter how restless that may be God is working it out. When you wonder how can I get through and overcome the…whatever you are facing today. God is! He is always working it out. About the challenges of tomorrow, whatever they may be. God has already done it. God knows in-timately every concern of your heart. (Read, Psalms 139:1-3). Listen, God alone through Jesus Christ, can provide all the strength, the peace, as-surance and hope you'll ever need. I ask you not to give up, not to quit...don't do it! You can confi-dently hope in God. Hope and you will preserver in Him!

Take back your life...1. "And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those

who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose”. (Romans 8:28) What hope does this scripture give you in the midst of tragedy, or a loss, doubt, grief and un-certainty? Hope!

2. Discuss as a family or with a trusted friend how God has already worked things out for your good in past times of difficulty.

3. Start today in your search of finding hope in prayer in self or someone else who shares in your circumstance, difficulty or sorrow. Take turns praying for one another that God will encourage your hearts and give you hope. God will continue a blessing of hope that can refresh your life, be open and willing. It's closer than you think.

Some additional strengths: Psalms 31:24; Romans 15:13: Ephesians 3:20-21. God has not given us the spirit of fear,

but of love and a sound mind...you can know hope!

Friends & FamilyMetzger’s Mutterings

Did Jesus have fun?By ROB WILSON

Lamar FirstChristian Church

It’s so easy to be nega-tive. It takes no effort to see the bad side of any-thing. Faults and prob-lems simply glare at you. The “downside” of every-thing gets magnified and it seems that the sky is al-ways falling.

The newspaper reports, the economy, the complex problems of the world seem overwhelming… it’s easy to get a defeatist attitude. In psychology it is called a “confirmation bias” – where you look for the negative to con-firm your bias that every-thing is going wrong even

when it is not. A negative confirmation bias is when you are actually looking for the bad in life to jus-tify your stinky attitude.

When your outlook on life is filled with pessi-misms, can you have any fun?

Jesus came to take on sin and defeat death; if there is any person in the history of the world who had the right to feel doom and gloom with His task staring Him in the face… it was Jesus. The human-ity side of Jesus must have felt that responsibility like a ton of bricks. It could have easily suffocated His fun, His joy, His laughter, carrying the weight of the world on His back.

And yet… and yet Jesus had fun. Better yet, Jesus was fun to be with. He was not a negative person. He could laugh in spite of His circumstances.

We tend to paint Jesus as a loving, gentle, fo-cused person who never laughed or joked, or goofed around with His friends. Did Jesus laugh with His disciples about His practical joke He pulled at the wedding of Cana? Did He have fun while He was doing it? Wouldn’t you?

Did He smile when He called Peter out to walk on the water? Did He en-joy a good meal after syn-agogue with His friends? Did He chuckle at Zac-

chaeus for climbing a syc-amore tree? Did He laugh out loud when He saw them struggle to bring in the net full of fish?

Jesus was a “the glass is half full” kind of person. He saw the good in peo-ple, not just the bad. Jesus was not the class clown, but He wasn’t Eyore ei-ther. He was a real person, with a real personality, who knew the splendor and glory and fun of a perfect relationship with God the Father. Jesus was not afraid of life… He en-joyed life. He enjoyed His relationships.

Will you laugh this week for the joy of the Lord? He is so much fun to be with!

bers and our merchan-dise. We’ve all been warned. However, I am grateful that whenever any questionable debit appears against my card, I receive a phone call from a person at my local bank who calls me by name. She asks me if any given charge against my account is

legitimate. That’s security! I can speak with someone I know, who has my best interest at heart. I like it!

A very similar security happens ever day. God gives to you and to me a relationship. Jesus said, “Be happy, your name is written in heaven!” Satan makes a charge against me. Jesus personally

checks my account and tells me it’s good. Cha-ching! God loves us so much, that all we have to do is turn over leadership of our lives and he put my name alongside His name in His book.

The pastor of your fa-vorite church would love to tell you about this!

Pastor, continued from page 1A

By MELODY METZGERLamar Democrat

Not sure how it hap-pened, but the deadline for the 2014 Progress edi-tion has come and gone. Now don’t panic, we will take articles up to the end of this week (March 7) but unfortunately, that’s as far as we can stretch the deadline as it needs to be to the printer. I can’t believe it has been a year since the last Progress edition. Guess this makes my 29th endeavor into producing a satisfactory yearly edition that will get and hold people’s atten-tion.

Progress is really a great tool for the community. It

can be used as an entice-ment to draw businesses or individuals to Lamar and the work that goes behind it can be over-whelming. Back in the day (do I sound old when I say that?) we used to have to develop the pic-tures in the dark room and lay out the pages by hand, using scissors and wax. Boy we’ve come a long way as it is now all done on computer then simply e-mailed to the printer.

It is hard to believe that so much has happened personally over the past year and sometimes in our lives we would like to have a chronological chart to see where this

wild ride that we call life takes us. We can do that community wise anyway, with the Progress edition. It is a valuable tool that lets readers know about various businesses and organizations and what they have accomplished the past year. Some of these places may not feel that they have accom-plished much, but simply staying alive in today’s economy is a major ac-complishment in itself!

We have received many articles to be included in Progress, but I know there are many more out there that haven’t been turned in. Anyone that is interested in promot-ing their business or or-ganization should stop by the Democrat to fill out a form in order to be included in this year’s edition. If you don’t have a form, simply e-mail us your basic information

including name, address, etc., improvements or expansions over the past year, what kind of year 2013 was, what is forecast for 2014 and beyond and what improvements or expansions are planned in 2014. We’d also like to know why you consider Lamar/Barton County a good place to be in busi-ness and a list of officers or employees and any-thing you might want to include to let the public

get to know them a little better. E-mails can be sent to [email protected].

The year is already off to a running start and we are almost through with the first quarter. Time does literally fly, but by stopping for just a few minutes and letting us know something about your business you can go down in posterity. If you have pictures to go with the articles, feel free to

send them too. Or if you need to have a picture taken to go with an ar-ticle, don’t hesitate to call me at 417-682-5529, ext. 60 and I will be glad to schedule you in.

We look forward to hearing from you, but do want to remind you that the very, very latest we will be able to take sto-ries will be March 7, so get it in gear and get busy. We’re waiting!

Lamar Democrat, Lamar, MO www.lamardemocrat.com Wednesday, March 5, 2014 • 5A

By CHRIS MORROWLamar Democrat

STOCKTON-� e La-mar Lady Tigers were hitting on all cylinders on both ends of the � oor to

open Class 3 District 13 play Monday night and rode a 17-2 � rst quarter to a 60-43 victory in a battle of the middle seeds.

Lamar, the � ve seed, played shutdown defense

over the four, Butler, while also playing aggres-sively on the o� ensive end of the � oor. Shelby Haskins hit a free throw to open the scoring and then the Lady Bears scored to take a 2-1 lead, but it would be short lived and they wouldn’t lead again.

Senior Chynna Moore

connected on a three pointer and then junior Ryan O’Sullivan hit a � eld goal and a pair of free throws. Senior Emmie Robertson stretched the Lady Tigers’ lead to dou-ble digits with a bucket halfway through the � rst period. Moore scored on a feed from O’Sullivan on a fast break and Trinity Cornell hit a free throw. All the while the Lady Tigers were limiting But-ler to only one shot on their possessions and many of those were not good shots. O’Sullivan’s spinning pull-up jumper from six feet out put the Lady Tigers up 17-2 at the quarter break.

� e Lady Bears scratched their way back into the game in the sec-ond period, cutting La-mar’s lead. A pair of free throws late in the half by Cornell kept the lead at double digits, 25-15 at the intermission.

Coach Dale Patton’s team kept their intensity

level high in the second half. Moore hit a pair of free throws and then se-nior guard Taylor Jack-son hit a pair. O’Sullivan, who led the team with 15 points, hit a pair of free throws to give Lamar a game high 21 point lead midway through the fourth quarter. Cornell � nished with 14 points.

� e 17 point victory made a statement. Lamar advances to the semi-

� nal round where they will play the number one seed, El Dorado Springs, � ursday night at 6 p.m. Patton’s team dropped a home contest to the Lady Bulldogs last week, but the game was close until the waning minutes. � e Lady Tigers will be look-ing to avenge the loss and keep their season alive. � e winner advances to the championship game Saturday night at 6 p.m.

SCHOOL/SPORTS

STAR Students

Liberal kindergarten round up and screening scheduled

LIBERAL-If your child will be attending kinder-garten for the 2014-15 school year, they need to get signed up for Liberal’s screening day. Children must be � ve years old before August 1 in order to be eligible for kinder-garten. Anyone that is not a parent, but knows of a child that is that age, please spread the word.

All children will need to attend Kindergarten Round Up and Screening Day. Please allow approx-imately one hour, with both parent and child at-tending. Forms will need to be � lled out and the children will be screened in vision, hearing and de-velopmental areas.

Items to bring include the child’s state issued

birth certi� cate (the hospital certi� cate is not acceptable), the child’s social security card, the child’s current shot record and proof of residency (a driver’s license or utility bill that shows the name and ad-dress).

Any child planning on attending kindergarten next year must complete a developmental screen-ing. � e screening days will be held on � urs-day, March 27, 12 noon to 5 p.m. and Friday, March 28, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. A scheduled ap-pointment is necessary for the screening. Call the Liberal Elementary School o� ce at 417-843-5865 to schedule an appointment.

STAR Students at Lamar East Primary for the week of March 3-7 are, third row, left to right, Eric Hampton, Tori Boswell, Kyra Willet and Robert Applebee; second row, Kenzi Co� eld, Perrin Boswell, T.J. Ansley, Roxy Sprouls and Dale McIntosh; � rst row, Joslyin Woods, Nolan Moorehouse, Chloe Willet and Karastina Wolf.

Kaylee Medlin, daughter of Larry and Lori Medlin, is the sixth grade Lamar Middle School Student of the Week. Kaylee has a dog named Jacobe. She likes to go outside and jump rope. She also enjoys annoying her older brother.

Abby Trowbridge, daughter of Daneille and Michelle Trowbridge, is the seventh grade Lamar Middle School Student of the Week. Abby likes to hang out with her friends in her spare time. She plays basketball. She is in a family of � ve and they have three pets.

Nastassgia Knight, daughter of Jamie and Jeremy Knight, is the eighth grade Lamar Middle School Student of the Week. In her spare time Nastassgia plays with her nephew Caisen, her dog TJ and her cats, Bo and Kitten. She plays volleyball and runs track. She enjoys hunting with her dad and uncle in the fall and winter.

The Lamar Tigers high school cheerleading squad sponsors a special clinic twice a year for youth in kindergarten through � fth grade. Clinic participants learn cheers, chants and a dance, which they perform at half-time of a high school ballgame. These � ve � fth graders have cheered at every single basketball and football cheer clinic since kindergarten. Pictured left to right are, front row, Kara Morey and Erica Nance; back row, Kaitlyn Davis, Hannah Brisbin and Caitlin True.

Youth cheer clinic teaches basics

Lamar West Spelling Bee held

Jill Fast with Lamar Bank & Trust presented the � rst runner up, Kara

Morey, left, and Spelling Bee Champion Payden Nolting, center, with gift

certi� cates donated by LB&T. Lamar’s R-I PTO donated gift sacks and balloons

to the participants. The � fth grade teaching sta� hosted this year’s West

Spelling Bee, with community sponsors being a huge part of the team.

� e 2014 West Elemen-tary School Wide Spell-ing Bee had 24 fourth and � � h graders participating in a 90 minute competi-tion. � e following students participated: Brayden Mar-tin, Henry Gikonyo, Ty-ler Nance, Quinton Keith, Kaitlyn Davis, Gabe Davis,

Gunnar Dillon, Payden Nolting, Cole Dille, Maddie Stevens, Julia Stettler, Jake Polodna, Mason Brown, Nate Pritchard, Case Tucker, Draiden Willhite, Brecken Roberts, Quinlin Shaver, Jilli Gardner, Joe Mills, Lexi Phipps, Megan Watson and Kara Morey.

Lamar Democrat/Chris Morrow

Lamar's Ryan O'Sullivan � ghts her way up with

the ball and draws a foul from Butler during the Lady Tigers mild upset in district

tournament play at Stockton Monday

night. The Lady Tigers rushed out to a 17 point lead

in the � rst quarter and never looked back in the battle

of the middle seeds in � rst round

action.

Lady Tigers ride big � rst quarter to district win

Lamar Democrat/Chris MorrowLamar senior Trinity Cornell hits a baseline

jumper during the Lady Tigers � rst round district win over Butler Monday night.

DRIVE CAREFULLY!SCHOOL’S OPEN!


sports

Lady Tigers fall to El Do in semifinal By CHRIS MORROW

Lamar Democrat

STOCKTON-The La-mar Lady Tigers saw their season end Thurs-day in the Class 3 Dis-trict 13 Tournament when they lost to the number one seed, El Dorado Springs 58-39 in the semifinal.

Turnovers plagued the five seeded Lady Tigers in the first quarter as they gave up seven possessions and the top seed took ad-vantage by building a 14-8 lead by quarter's end. Lamar struggled

with El Dorado Springs' full court pressure. Shelby Haskins scored from the block after taking a well placed pass from Ryan O'Sullivan. She later add-ed a pair of free throws.

The Lady Bulldogs Madi Mays opened the second quarter with consecutive three point-ers. O'Sullivan, a ju-nior, scored and senior Taylor Jackson added a three pointer seconds later to keep the Lady Tigers within 12. Emmie Robertson hit a pair of free throws with 2:15 to play in the half to keep the deficit to a dozen at

29-17.The Lady Tigers sent

Mays to the foul line with two-tenths of a sec-ond left in the half and she converted both free throws for a 36-17 lead at the break.

The Lady Tigers out-scored the Lady Bulldogs 10-9 in the third quarter.

Dale Patton's team fin-ished their season with a record of 9-14.

Playing their final game for the Lady Tigers were seniors Robertson, Jack-son, Trinity Cornell, Chynna Moore, Mariah Thompson and Addie Maberry.

Lamar proves worthy of being No. 1 seed


Late season basket-ball always draws a huge crowd when the team has only suffered four losses in the season. Stockton’s gym was filled with La-mar fans as the Tigers took on the El Dorado Springs Bulldogs.

Lamar proved they’re worthy of the No. 1 seed by starting the game on a 6-0 run that would be ex-tended to a 20-8 lead by

the end of the first. They kicked off the second quarter playing like they did in the first, extend-ing their lead by 20 points with five minutes left in the second.

At the half the Lamar Tigers went to the locker room with a 51-22 lead over the Bulldogs.

Lamar came out after halftime and continued to get things done on both sides of the ball. The quick hands of the Ti-gers defense lead to mul-

tiple turnovers that led to quick layups. At the end of the third quarter La-mar was leading 74-37.

The fourth quarter was the lowest scoring quar-ter, but was the same as the rest of the game. The Tigers never let up against the Bulldogs, slowly in-creasing the lead to en-sure a spot in the district championship game.

The final score of the game was Lamar Tigers 89, El Dorado Springs Bulldogs 45.

Lamar Democrat/Ben BuntonLandon Compton goes up over a defender for two points.

Lamar Tigers are district champions


STOCKTON-The No.1 seed Lamar Tigers faced off against the No. 6 seed Stockton Tigers on Satur-day, March 1, in Stockton. Lamar was predicted to win the game, but Stock-ton was set on an upset.

Lamar won the tipoff, but it was Stockton that was the first to score. Stockton did not hold the lead for long, as Landon Compton was fouled on a made layup and took the extra point from the free throw line.

Compton then made another two points on the next drive, putting Lamar up 5-2 over Stock-ton. Shots were made by Tripp Tucker and Isaac Gariss to increase the La-mar lead by seven. This was followed by back-to-back three point shots by Tucker to increase the La-mar lead to 15-2.

Compton made it to the free throw line five times in the first quarter, mak-ing all five attempts. At the end of the first quar-ter the Lamar Tigers led Stockton 21-8.

The second quarter started off slowly for the Tigers, with several trips to the free throw line. With three minutes left in the second quarter the score was 24-12. A big stop by Trenton Mooney turned into an easy layup on the other end of the court, bringing the score to 26-12.

Lamar stayed sluggish on the scoring through the end of the half, go-ing in to the locker rooms with a score of 28-16.

The second half got off to a quick start with Sam

Bailey scoring an easy layup in the first 10 sec-onds of the third quar-ter. The Tigers fell into a better pattern of consis-tent scoring earlier in the third that was highlighted by another three point shot by Tucker with six and a half minutes left on the clock, bringing the score to 35-18.

The regular rhythm of scoring stayed with the Tigers through the end of the third, bringing the score to 51-31.

The fourth quarter was similar to the third. Missed shots, followed by offensive rebounds that led to many scoring op-portunities for the Lamar Tigers. Lamar showed their size and physicality in the fourth quarter with many rebounds and take aways by the big men,

down low. Scoring at a regular

pace, the Lamar lead proved too much for the Stockton Tigers to over-come. The final score of the game was Lamar Ti-gers 73, Stockton Tigers 47.

The Lamar scoring play-ers were: Landon Comp-ton, 22, Tripp Tucker, 19, Jared Beshore,10, Trenton Mooney, 8, Sam Bailey, 6, Isaac Gariss, 4, Landon Hardman, 2 and Ben Bai-ley, 2.

Lamar will play Sum-mit Christian Academy on Wednesday, March 5, at 7:45 p.m. at Smith-Cotton High School in Sedalia. According to the MSHSSA website Sum-mit Christian Academy comes in to Wednesday’s game with a record of 23 wins and five losses.

Lamar Democrat/Chris MorrowLamar's Taylor Jackson looks for someone to pass the ball to during

the Lady Tigers season ending loss to El Dorado Springs in the semifinal of the district tournament Thursday.

Lamar Democrat/Ben BuntonSam Bailey and Isaac Gariss defend against a

Stockton shot.

Lamar Tiger basketball playoff schedule

The Lamar Tigers boys’ basketball team will take on Summit Christian Acad-emy on Wednesday, March 5, 7:45 p.m., at Smith-Cotton High School in Seda-lia.

A Tiger win will have the boys’ team playing Saturday, March 8, 6 p.m., at the Independence Events Center in Independence. Up-to-date information on tournament play can be found at mshsaa.org. Click basketball under the sports column, then championship brackets and select Class 3.

Expansion of Medicaid will have negative effect at BCMHThe Barton County Memorial

Hospital Board of Trustees met February 24, with the meeting being called to order by Chair-person Karen Wegener. Other members present were Wendy Duvall, CEO; Michelle Casey, director of finance/CFO; Sheila Boice, human resources direc-tor and Eden Ogden, director quality/risk management. Pres-ent as a guest was Chief of Med-ical Staff Dr. Thomas Hopkins.

The minutes from January

27 were approved as read. Du-vall reported that as a result of lower utilization of the hospi-tal, there was a $102,779 loss in January, with expenses lower as well. The clinics also expe-rienced decreased utilization, resulting in lower net revenue. Purinton questioned Duvall as to why professional services were down in comparison to the prior year. Duvall stated that ER physicians are em-ployed this year instead of be-

ing contracted. The board received a report

of the free community outreach programs that are offered by the hospital over the next several months.

Duvall reported that in the inpatient area there are three categories that are a bit un-der the national average to be worked on. The hospital will begin having the pharmacist visit the majority of patients on their discharge to educate them

on medications and side effects to help with scores. Emergency room surveys in all categories are better than the national av-erage. It was stated that all pa-tients seeing the physician in the emergency room are seen within 30 minutes of arrival.

Casey reported that the clinics have completed one year with the Healthstream surveys. The Golden City Clinic is ranked at 88.8 percent on a national average of 79.7; the Lockwood Clinic is ranked at 86.2 per-cent out of 79.7 and the Medi-cal One Clinic is ranked at 85.3 percent on a national average of 79.7 percent. All three clinics showed an increase in overall visits from 2013 as compared to 2012.

Duvall discussed the impact of Medicaid Expansion and the board was presented with in-formation provided by MHA (Missouri Hospital Associa-tion). According to information received from MHA, the im-pact of not expanding Medicaid will have a direct negative effect of $1.4 to BCMH in 2014 and 2015, with this compounding into the future if the state leg-islature does not do something about expanding Medicaid. Contact information for state legislators has been sent to all employees, requesting that they ask legislators to approve the

expansion. She asked that the board members also contact legislators.

Dr. Hopkins reported that Dr. Nathan Box, ENT (Ears, Nose and Throat) specialist would begin holding a clinic in Lamar at the Specialty Clinic, one day a month. Also Trina Larery, NP at Medical One will be offer-ing walk-in clinic hours from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m., Mondays and Wednesdays, beginning on March 17. No appointment is necessary.

Payment of January bills were discussed and approved for payment as submitted.

Boice brought the student loan policy up for discussion with the board. Suggestions were made to change the policy to accommodate a maximum loan amount for only positions that are available through the hospital and one active loan per student. These suggestions will be put into policy and brought back for approval next month.

With no further business the board adjourned to execu-tive session in order to discus peer review in accordance with Statute 610.021(14). The board reconvened in regular session following the presentation by Ogden of the Patient Outcome Improvement Report for Feb-ruary. With no further business the meeting adjourned.

Wednesday, March 5, 2014 • Section B

March is National Nutrition Month®By JESSICA HOUDYSHELL

Barton CountyMemorial Hospital

Registered Dietitian

"Enjoy the Taste of Eating Right" is the theme for National Nutrition Month® 2014. While social, emotional and health

factors play a role, the foods people enjoy are likely the ones they eat most. This year's key messages will focus on how to combine taste and nutrition to create healthy meals that follow the Dietary Guidelines recom-mendations.

For National Nutrition

Month®, the Academy of Nu-trition and Dietetics encour-ages all families to make a commitment to eating more meals together and make meal-time a family time. Research shows that family meals (even a few times a week) promote healthier eating - more fruits,

vegetables and fiber; less fried food; and fewer calories. Let this year’s National Nutrition Month theme, “Enjoy the Taste of Eating Right,” remind you to return to the basics of healthful eating by returning to the fam-ily dining table.

Getting the family together for a meal is a great time to talk, listen and build family relation-ships. And it’s a chance for par-ents to be good role models for healthful eating.

Ideas for adding more family meals to any family’s routine:

* Start slowly. However many meals you eat as a family now, add one more to your weekly schedule whether it’s weekdays or weekends.

* Plan tasty menus together. Let every member of the fam-ily choose a favorite item and build simple, delicious meals around them. Even small chil-dren can pick a main dish like tacos or pasta, a vegetable like a green salad or cooked carrots

and sliced apples or fruit salad for dessert.

* Set the right mood. Food is just one important part of mealtime. Your table setting can improve the mealtime mood with very little expense: a candle, colored napkins and wipe-clean plastic tablemats for children.

* Talk! The conversations families have while eating to-gether have a huge impact, as you share experiences and ideas, and pass along family values.

* Turn off the TV, phones and anything else that makes noise. Declare mealtime a TV- and phone-free zone. Instead, try background music, played at low volume, to add a relaxing atmosphere.

Visit the academy’s website to view a library of recipes de-signed to help you "Enjoy the Taste of Eating Right."

For more information con-tact me at 417-681-5263.

Missouri firm recalls chicken salad productsJEFFERSON CITY-The Mis-

souri Department of Health and Senior Services has re-ceived information regarding a recall of chicken salad prod-ucts because of misbranding and an undeclared allergen. The products are formulated with a soy protein concentrate, a known allergen, which was not properly declared on the labels.

The products subject to recall include:

--5-lb. plastic tubs of “Walk-er’s All White Chunky Chicken

Salad” with packaging dates between June 6, 2013 and Jan. 23, 2014 and use by/sell by dates between July 26, 2013 and March 14, 2014 and sold to wholesale locations in Il-linois, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.

--1-lb. plastic tubs of “Walk-er’s All White Chunky Chicken Salad” with packaging dates between June 6, 2013 and Jan. 23, 2014 and use by/sell by dates between July 26, 2013 and March 14, 2014 and sold to retail locations in Illinois,

Kansas, Missouri, and Okla-homa.

--5-lb. tubs of “Walker’s White Chicken Salad Flo-rentine” with packaging dates between June 6, 2013 and Jan. 27, 2014 and use by/sell by dates between July 14, 2013 and March 6, 2014 and sold to wholesale locations for distribution in Kansas and Missouri.

The products subject to re-call bear the establishment number P-13335 inside the USDA Mark of Inspection.

“Who Gets Grandma’s Yellow Pie Plate” program offered in Greenfield

GREENFIELD-University of Missouri Extension Human Development Specialist Saralee Jamieson will conduct a class at 9:30 a.m., Friday, March 14, at the Senior Center in Green-field on the topic of “Who Gets Grandma’s Yellow Pie Plate?”

This workshop promises to help family members improve communication in order to deal more effectively with the prob-lems and issues related to trans-ferring non-titled property.

Register for the program by March 12 by calling Tina Brownsberger at the Dade County Extension Office, 417-

637-2112.Who gets personal property is

an issue frequently ignored un-til a crisis occurs. Jamieson says it is often assumed to be an un-important or an issue that will take care of itself.

“The battle comes from the fact that money can be divided evenly among heirs, but spe-cial items that have sentimen-tal value can’t be cut in half,” said Jamieson. “These are also the things most likely to divide families when it is time to dis-tribute estate assets because they trigger special memories among family members.”

The transfer of non-titled property is also an issue that impacts individuals regard-less of their financial worth, heritage or cultural back-ground.

University of Missouri Ex-tension programs focus on the high-priority needs of Missourians. Each county extension center, with over-sight by locally elected and appointed citizens, is a local link to practical education on almost anything. More infor-mation on this topic is avail-able online at http://exten-sion.missouri.edu.

JEFFERSON CITY- A group of 4-H students par-ticipating in the annual 4-H Legislative Academy recently received a private guided tour of the state capitol cour-tesy of state Rep. Mike Kelley, R-Lamar. Kelley welcomed the group for a visit Monday, Feb. 17.

“The visit gave the kids a chance to learn more about the state capitol and Missouri government,” said Kelley. “It was a thrill to give them the opportunity to have the building to themselves. We used our time to explore and learn more about the beauti-ful building that serves as our seat of government and the day to day operations of Mis-souri government.”

The following day Rep. Kel-ley was pleased to have one of the members of the Leg-islative Academy, Ann Marie Anibal of Jasper, shadow him for the day. While seeing the day to day activities of Jef-ferson City, Ann Marie was also able to accompany Rep. Kelley to the annual legisla-tive dinner at the Governor’s Mansion. She was able to not only meet Governor Jay Nixon and the first lady, but several members of the gov-ernor’s staff. While Kelley says, “The governor and I do not tend to see eye to eye on most topics; I knew it would be a once in a lifetime op-portunity for my job shadow and I’m glad she was able to attend.”

Ann Marie Anibal of Jasper was given the chance to job shadow with Missouri State Representative Mike Kelley on Monday, Feb. 17.

Ann Marie Anibal of Jasper had the opportunity to meet Missouri’s Governor Jay Nixon and the first lady. Also pictured is Missouri State Representative Mike Kelley. Anibal had accompanied Kelley to the annual legislative dinner at the Governor’s Mansion.

BCMH to host education session/enrollment event

LAMAR- With the March 31 deadline for enrolling in Missouri Health Insurance Marketplace plans quickly ap-proaching, Barton County Memorial Hospital, part of the Cover Missouri Coalition, an-nounced a free upcoming edu-cational and enrollment ses-sion where Missourians can get factual information about their health coverage options and help with enrollment.

To date, more than 54,000 Missourians have selected Mis-souri Marketplace health plans, but thousands more have yet to purchase insurance. Bar-ton County Memorial Hospi-tal wants to help change this through education and dispel-ling myths, particularly about high insurance costs, that may be deter some from signing up for coverage before the 2014 enrollment period ends.

“Affording health insurance premiums and out-of-pockets is one of the most common concerns we hear voiced from Missourians considering their Marketplace options,” said Angela Moreno, CAC, Barton County Memorial Hospital. “However, many people are pleasantly surprised to find they qualify for financial help that makes their coverage costs affordable for them.”

In fact, a majority of Missou-rians – 83 percent according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) – who have signed up for Mar-ketplace plans have received

financial assistance. Yet despite this high number a recent En-roll America Survey indicated that nationally more than two-thirds of uninsured Americans are not aware of potential sav-ings and thus have not visited the online Marketplace.

Misconceptions like this only further underscore continued information gaps that Bar-ton County Memorial Hospi-tal hopes to address in March through a free session to be held Saturday, March 8, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Mary K. Finley Library in Lamar.

“Barton County Memorial’s activities give uninsured Mis-sourians an important oppor-tunity to get accurate informa-tion about Marketplace health plans before the enrollment period ends,” said Ryan Barker, vice president of Health Policy at Missouri Foundation for Health, which launched Cover Missouri last August. “We en-courage everyone statewide to take full advantage of free as-sistance and information ses-sions this month - and an ac-tive role in meeting their health care needs.”

For more information about this session call Angela Moreno at 417-681-5228.

Barton County Memorial’s activities support the Cover Missouri Coalition’s broader efforts to reduce the state’s uninsured rate to less than five percent in five years. Visit www.covermissouri.org to learn more.

Rep. Mike Kelley welcomes 4-H group and job shadow to state capitol

2014

2B • Wednesday, March 5, 2014 www.lamardemocrat.com Lamar Democrat, Lamar, MO

AREA NEWS

Missouri cost of living for 2013 ranks 16th lowest in U.S.JEFFERSON CITY-

Missouri’s cost of living for all of 2013 rose frac-tionally but not as much as several other states. Consequently, Missouri � nished the year with the 16th lowest cost of liv-ing in the United States. It had ranked 17th at the end of the third quarter. Based on an index of 100 being the national aver-age, Missouri’s index for the year was 92.8; its third quarter index was 92.7.

Comparing the various categories, grocery costs were up 0,3, housing costs up 1.4, utility costs

up a fraction (0.1), trans-portation down 2.1, and health care up by 2.4.

Only Illinois among the bordering states was higher overall with an av-erage of 95.6 that placed it in a tie with South Caro-lina for 21st place. Seven of the border states were lower than Missouri. Ne-braska was second in the nation with 90.0, Ken-tucky was fourth with 90.1, Tennessee was � � h at 90.2, Oklahoma sixth at 90.4, Arkansas ninth at 91.6, Kansas 11th with 92.0, and Iowa 12th at 92.1. Mississippi contin-

ued to have the nation’s lowest cost of living with only 89.1.

� e highest indices were Hawaii with 156.9, District of Columbia 140.1, New York 136.4, and Connecticut 132.5.

Among the participat-ing Missouri cities, all continued to remain be-low the national aver-age. � ose cities ranged from an index of 88.6 at Spring� eld, 88.8 at Joplin, 90.2 in Je� erson City, 94.3 in St. Louis, 96.0 in Co-lumbia, and 99.2 in Kan-sas City. Again, standing out was Joplin’s index for

utilities, which was 117.0, the eighth highest index in that category among all the states in the nation. � at was o� set in Joplin by pleasingly low indices in housing and groceries.

Green� eld to submit application for � nancial assistance from DNR

GREENFIELD-Mayor Wynes called the regular meeting of the Green� eld City Council to order on February 20, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll call was taken and those present were Jack Pugh, Vicki Lollar, Cathy Harrington, Bob White, Beth Wright and Attor-ney Allen Rose and wife Sherry.

White made a motion, seconded by Pugh, to approve the February 6 minutes with a correction of the AT&T Wireless re-

fund. It was unanimously voted to pay the monthly bills.

Jay Brown, building chairman for the Chris-tian Church, asked the council if the church could pay only one water bill instead of two. A� er discussion, Pugh made a motion, seconded by Lol-lar, to combine the water usage for the church and activity building, with only one sewer charge. A water meter will be in-stalled for the church and the new billing arrange-

ments will start at that time. Four yes votes fol-lowed.

It was unanimously voted to submit an ap-plication to DNR for � nancial assistance on engineering services of the water lines for the entire city of Green� eld.

White made a motion, seconded by Wright to get bids in order to tear down the building at 107-109 Allison St.

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

Bridge inspections to begin in Dade County

GREENFIELD-Presid-ing Commissioner Randy Daniel called the Dade County Commission to order at 9 a.m. on Febru-ary 3. Also in attendance were Eastern Commis-sioner Dallas Maxwell and Western Commis-sioner David Rusch.

� e January income and expense report was received from the Dade County Extension. � e University of Missouri,

Dade County annual re-port was also received.

Darren Conrad and Jim Blackburn with MoDOT met with the commission. � ey are getting ready to start bridge inspections in Dade County.

Townships and the re-porting of � nancial state-ments were discussed.

� e January 27 minutes were unanimously ap-proved as corrected.

� e commission will be

attending the USDA Ru-ral Development meeting at Lockwood Farmers Ex-change on February 6.

Scott Jane and Je� Voris with Liberty Tech met with the commission re-garding upgrading the phone and internet sys-tems. � ey had met with the commission previ-ously.

� e meeting adjourned to meet February 12.

Dade County Commission questioned regarding poultry barns

By CAROLYN HEADDade County reporter

GREENFIELD-� e Dade County Commis-sion was called to order at 9 a.m. on February 19. Present were Presiding Commissioner Randy Daniel, Eastern Commis-sioner Dallas Maxwell and Western Commis-sioner David Rusch.

� e commission re-ceived the January min-utes from the extension council.

A gentleman asked the commission if there were any new chicken barns being built on the north end of FF Hwy. � e com-mission answered that there had not been any permits � led. Joan Cline met with the commission, along with several other concerned citizens. � ey were asking if the county had, or could have, an in-spection to inspect any concerns or violations of the poultry barns.

� e commission has spoken with the health department and the health inspector has said

he could help. � ey also asked if anything was being done about the building violation by the Headings. � e commis-sion was not aware of any change.

Gary with Great River Associates brought in the close out documents for the commission to sign on the bridge on FR 182.

� e February 10 min-utes were unanimously approved as written.

Joseph Weber with Goldberg Group Archi-tects met with the com-mission regarding the jail feasibility study. � ey spoke to the commis-

sion and Sheri� Hu� man about di� erent jail facili-ties and di� erent options for funding.

� e meeting adjourned to meet again on Febru-ary 24.

Question presented to Dade County Commission regarding county road

GREENFIELD-Presiding Commis-sioner Randy Daniel called the Feb-ruary 10 meeting of the Dade County Commission to order at 9 a.m. Also present were Eastern Commissioner Dallas Maxwell and Western Commis-sioner David Rusch.

Max Richmond met with the com-mission regarding a question he had on whether a road was, or was not, a

county road.� e February 3 minutes were unani-

mously approved as corrected.� e commission traveled to look at a

bridge and road complaint on N. Dade 85.

A� er Don Long met with the com-mission the meeting adjourned to meet again on February 18.

Heart disease and family historyHeart disease is the

leading cause of death and a major cause of disability in the United States. Nearly 600,000 Americans die of heart disease annually. � is rep-resents almost 25 percent of all U.S. deaths. To raise awareness of this disease, February has been recog-nized as “American Heart Month” since 1963.

Some conditions, such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure and dia-betes, as well as lifestyle factors, such as unhealthy diet, obesity, physical inactivity and alcohol

and tobacco use, can put people at a higher risk for developing heart disease. A tendency toward heart disease can cluster in fam-ilies; thus, family medical history o� ers important information for identify-ing risk in individuals. Such histories can capture the e� ects and interac-tions of shared genetic and environmental fac-tors that lead to disease in a family.

Several genetic disor-ders are associated with increased risk of prema-ture heart attacks. A rela-tively common disorder is

familial hypercholesterol-emia, which causes high levels of "bad" cholesterol (low density lipoprotein, or LDL cholesterol) be-ginning at birth. About one out of 500 people in the United States inher-it this condition. Early detection of this disor-der can help reduce the burden of heart disease in the person with hy-percholesterolemia as well as in their family members. In the future, genetic testing to deter-mine personal risk esti-mates for heart disease may also prove useful,

but this approach has not yet been scienti� cally val-idated.

� e chance of develop-ing heart disease can be reduced by taking steps to prevent and control

factors that put people at greater risk. Individuals can help prevent heart disease by eating a healthy diet, maintaining a healthy weight, exercising regularly, limiting alcohol

use, and not smoking.� e following informa-

tion is presented by Bar-ton County Memorial Hospital. For more infor-mation call the hospital at 417-681-5100.

Understanding the FDA nutrition fact label

LAMAR-� e U.S. Food and Drug Administra-tion (FDA) Nutrition Facts label appears on most packaged foods and informs us how many servings are in a box or can.

“When consumers un-derstand the food label they can use nutrition information to make quick, informed food choices that contribute to a healthy diet,” said Dr. Lydia Kaume, nutri-tion and health education specialist with University of Missouri Extension.

Serving size varies be-tween products and pro-vides information on how many calories are in one serving size. A por-tion size is how much of that food we choose to eat at one time. “In some cases serving sizes and portion sizes match, but at all times an individual determines their portion size,” said Kaume.

Calories and calories from fat tell us how much energy we get from that food.

� e Percent Daily Value shows if a serving size of food is high or low in a nutrient. As a guideline, � ve percent or less is low

and 20 percent or more is high

Nutrients: Limiting fat, cholesterol and sodium can reduce the risk for cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes. “Se-lect foods high in � ber, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Calcium and iron to help your body � ght diseases and support healthy body functions,” said Kaume.

A footnote is found only on larger packages and does not change from product to product.

� e Nutrition Facts la-bel is an important tool for keeping track of how many calories are eaten based on the number of number of serving sizes. “As a general guide, based on a 2,000 calorie diet, 40 calories is low, 100 calo-ries is moderate and 400 calories or more is high,” said Kaume. “It is also important to use the label to choose healthy foods and selecting items lower in fats, salt and sugar and higher in � ber and vita-mins.”

For more information on nutrition go online to http://extension.mis-souri.edu or contact one of the nutrition and health specialists working in the

Ozarks: Dr. Lydia Kau-me in Barton County, (417) 682-3579; Dr. Pam Duitsman, in Greene County, (417) 881-8909; or Cam-mie Younger in Texas County, (417) 967-4545.

For 100 years, MU Extension has engaged Missourians in relevant programs based on University of Missouri research. � e year 2014 marks the centennial of the Smith-Lever Act, which formalized the Cooperative Ag-ricultural Extension Service, a national net-work whose purpose is to extend university-based knowledge be-yond the campus.

University of Mis-souri Extension pro-grams focus on the high-priority needs of Missourians. Each county extension cen-ter, with oversight by locally elected and ap-pointed citizens, is your local link to prac-tical education on al-most anything. More information on this topic is available on-line at http://extension.missouri.edu.

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WYLMA R. O’BRIEN

GOLDEN CITY-Grave-side services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Park Cemetery in Carthage for Wylma R. O’Brien, 77, Golden City, who died Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, at her home.

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

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

Survivors include six sons, Kenneth, Richard, David, Sheldon, Mark and Michael and two sis-ters, Evelyn and Julie.

She was preceded in death by two sisters, Lucille and Irene and a brother, William.

Mrs. O’Brien was born May 10, 1936, in Car-thage, to Ross Spurgeon and Hester Harril. She was a homemaker and lived in Golden City for the past 30 years. She was a member of the Rebekah Lodge of Golden City and attended the First Chris-tian Church of Golden City.

HELEN “JOAN” HAYDEN

GOLDEN CITY-Grave-side services were held at 2 p.m. � ursday at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Golden City for Helen “Joan” Hayden, 91, Gold-en City, who died at 6:45 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, at the Webb City Health and Rehabilitation Center in Webb City.

Arrangements were un-der the direction of Pugh Funeral home.

Survivors include two daughters, Kathryn Miz-rahi and husband Peter, Sante Fe, N.M. and Ra-chel Bridgman and hus-band David, Oronogo; a daughter-in-law, Bonnie Hayden, Golden City; a brother, Jack Miles and wife Jeannie, California; six grandchildren, Amy and Scott Stevens, An-

gie and Tavis Vaughn, Matt and Tonya Hayden, Dustin and Diahn Hayden, Michael Bridg-man and Zackray Bridg-man and � ancée Michelle and six great-grandchil-dren, Mitchell, Hayden, Abriel, Nolan, Rylie and Dalton.

Mrs. Hayden was born March 14, 1922, in Spring� eld, to Roy and Alda (Keith) Miles. She grew up and graduated from high school in Ash Grove. She was a county clerk before she married Charles “Ray” Hayden on Aug. 20, 1944, in Spring-� eld. He preceded her in death on April 27, 2009. � ey spent over 50 years in the Golden City area and Mrs. Hayden was a cook at several Golden City locations.

She loved gardening, � owers, birds and cook-ing and was a member of the Golden City Chris-tian Church.

HOLLIS W. “CORKY” WALKER

LIBERAL-Services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Verdella Freewill Baptist Church for Hol-lis W. “Corky” Walker, 86, Liberal, who died Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, at Truman Health-care, surrounded by his family. Bob Dickey o� ci-ated. Burial was in Barton City Cemetery.

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

Survivors include four daughters, Dorothy Rose Walker, Liberal, Shirley Kay Webb and husband Tom, Carthage, Corkie Lee Abts and husband Allen, Liberal and Janet N. Yount and husband Rick, Liberal; a son, H. Duane Walker, Neosho; 10 grandchildren, Joel Miller, Shawn Abts, Eric Yount, Genevieve Welch, Shannon Abts, Nico Lindsteadt, Emily Allyn, Jared Walker, Levi Walker and Cody Walker and 20 great-grandchildren.

His wife, Margaret, and a granddaughter, Schelli Abts, preceded him in death.

Mr. Walker was born March 4, 1927, in Bar-ton County, to Hollis and Dorothy (Ledford) Walk-er. He married Marga-ret Bohlman on Dec. 29, 1945, in Billings, Mon-tana. Shortly a� er their marriage he joined the

U.S. Army. � ey made their home in Wyoming and Montana before re-turning to his hometown of Liberal in 1951, where they reared their family of � ve, all of whom attended Liberal School District and reside within a 50 mile radius of Lamar.

Prior to retirement, he was self-employed as a mechanic and auto body repairman, as well as be-ing the owner-operator of a tractor-trailer unit, hauling a variety of prod-ucts ranging from grains to large equipment. He also worked as a bus driver and mechanic for the Liberal School Dis-trict. He was an ordained minister with the Freewill Baptist Church, serving churches in southwest Missouri including El Dorado Springs, Carter-ville and Oskaloosa.

BETTY POTTERLAMAR-An Eastern

Star service was held at 6 p.m. Friday at the La-mar United Methodist Church for Betty E. Pot-ter, 88, Lamar, who died Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, at Truman Healthcare Cen-ter. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 1, at the church, with burial following at Moorehead Cemetery.

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

Memorial contribu-tions may be made to Lamar United Methodist Church or Mount Hope Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, in care of the funeral home.

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

Survivors include her children, LaMalva Keithly and husband Don, Gary Potter and wife Julie and Mike Potter, all of Lamar; Janet Bowman and hus-band Steve, Rogersville and Kimbi Tidball and husband Mike, Carthage; two brothers, Morris Col-lier and wife Aleta, Lin-coln, Neb. and Weldon Collier and wife Patsy, Weatherford, Okla.; grandchildren, Greg Keithly and wife Aimee, Stacey Keithly, Joshua Keithly and wife Laura, Erin Keithly-Coats and husband Levi, Nathan Bowman, Lynne Reo and husband Tim, Celeste Chaligoj and husband Joe, Camille Potter and Kenny Blanchard, Ashlee Jankowski and husband Chris, Austin Potter, Ty-

ler Tidball and husband Courtney, Trevor Tid-ball, Rachel Bromley and Stacey Bromley; great-grandchildren, Zada Keithly, Ava and Nola Keithly, Henry and Lily Keithly, Garrett Bowman, Kalyn and Kadence Reo, Aidan Potter-Chaligoj, Becca Chaligoj, Amielia Blanchard and Haley and Elena Jankowski and a great-great-granddaugh-ter that is to be born into the family in April.

She was preceded in death by a nephew, Steve Collier.

Mrs. Potter was born Dec. 15, 1925, in Clinton, Okla., to Lotan and An-nie (Willsey) Collier. Af-ter graduating from Clin-ton High School she met Bob Potter, a Missouri sailor serving at Clinton Sherman Naval Air Sta-tion. � ey were married Jan. 21, 1944 and had cel-ebrated 55 years together before his death on May 12, 1999.

In addition to being a devoted wife, mother and grandmother, she was a hospitable homemaker with an open door and welcoming heart for her family, neighbors and friends. She and Bob owned and operated Bob Potter Mens Wear on the Lamar Square for many years. She will also be remembered by many as their Fashion 220 or Me-laleuca representative. She was a member of the Lamar United Methodist Church, where she was active in the Esther Cir-cle of the United Meth-odist Women, a 50 year member of Mount Hope Chapter, Order of Eastern Star and Lamar Literary Guild.

NORMA JO ISENHOWER

HARLINGEN, Texas-� e Isenhower family will receive friends at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 29, at Daniel Funeral Home, followed by a memo-rial service at 11 a.m. for Norma Jo Isenhower, 88, formerly of Lamar, who died Monday morning, Feb. 24, 2014, surrounded by her family at her home in Harlingen, Texas. Her grandson, Pastor Jason Smith, will o� ciate. Buri-al will be in Lake Cem-etery.

Memorial contributions may be made to Mason Vineyard Community Church, P.O. Box 40, Ma-son, Ohio 45040.

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

Survivors include a son, John J. Isenhower, San Antonio; a daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Bob Smith, Festus, Mo.; three grandchildren, Ja-son Smith and wife Emi-ly, Mason, Ohio, Ashleigh Nagel and husband Corey, Arnold, Mo. and Malcom Isenhower, Chicago, Ill.; � ve great-grandchildren, Jack, Benjamin and Sam-uel Smith and Carson and Evelyn Nagel; a sister, Nancy Woodward, La-

mar; a sister-in-law, Car-olyn Isenhower, Fontana, Kan., two nieces and six nephews.

A sister, Annette Earl, preceded her in death.

Mrs. Isenhower was born Aug. 7, 1925, at Jas-per, Mo., to Joe and Nell (Neeley) Hardenbrook. In addition to being a de-voted wife, mother and grandmother, she had worked as a service rep-resentative for Bell Tele-phone and as a cashier at Savings & Loan. She had served as a charter board member of the � rst am-bulance district in Barton County. A� er moving to Harlingen in 1994, she was an active volunteer for HOSTS (Help One Student To Succeed) for 14 years. She will be re-membered by many for her hospitality, her warm smile and cheerful out-look on life.

She married Jay W. Is-enhower, a World War II veteran, and they cel-ebrated 58 years together before his death on Dec. 5, 2002.

PATRICIA LEE MCGUIRE

GRAVOIS MILLS-Graveside services were held at 1:30 p.m. � urs-day at the Sheldon Cem-etery for Patricia Lee Mc-Guire, 86, Gravois Mills, a former Sheldon resident who died Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, at Mercy Hospital in Lebanon. Rev. Kelly Caldwell o� ciated.

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

Memorial contributions may be made to the Shel-don Cemetery, in care of the funeral home.

Condolences may be

sent online at www.ferry-funeralhome.com.

Survivors include her husband, George Mc-Guire, of the home; two daughters, Kathleen Lee Vogel and husband Jim, Gravois Mills and Victoria Lynn Burgard, Kansas City, Kan.; six grandchildren, Richard Vogel, Jill Vogel Hinton and Shannon, Joshua Vo-gel and Ti� any, Melinda Burgard Sauceda, Mi-chael Burgard and Kelly and Melissa Burgard; 17 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchil-dren and four cousins, Shirley Cochran, Wesley Kabler, Neal Kabler and Anna Kabler Hines.

Mrs. McGuire was born Nov. 21, 1927, in Kansas City, Mo., to John Lilburn (Lee) and Violet Gene Darling Kabler. She grew up in Sheldon and at-tended school there. She later worked for Pyra-mid Life Insurance for 39 years. She volunteered at the fort in Fort Scott, Kan. and the Westlake Christian Church in Lau-rie. Her hobbies includ-ed knitting, crocheting, counted cross stitch and reading.

She married George � omas McGuire on Dec. 27, 1945, in Fort Scott, Kan.

CHARLES FRED LEMONS

LOCKWOOD-Services were held at 10 a.m. Sat-urday at the Lockwood United Methodist Church for Charles Fred Lem-ons, 87, Lockwood, who died Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, at Mercy Hospital in Spring� eld. Burial was

RECORDSDEATHS & PAID MEMORIALS BRIEFS

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

THE JASPER SURVIVING SPOUSES will meet Tuesday, March 11, 11 a.m., at the Barton County Senior Center in Lamar. � e group will eat from the center’s meal that day. All widows and widowers are welcome to come and join in the fun.MILFORD TOWNSHIP ROAD BOARD will meet � ursday, March 13, 7 p.m., at 515 NE 88th Lane.THE LAMAR COMMUNITY BETTERMENT will meet Wednesday, March 12, 12 noon, at the Wolf Center. � is is an open meeting for any person or organization interested in making a di� erence in the Lamar community. For information call Elaine Da-vis at 417-682-3579.MEET THE PLAYERS NIGHT FOR spring sports at Lamar will be held Tuesday, March 11, 6 p.m., in the high school gym. All are welcome to come and meet the 2014 Lamar High School baseball, track and golf team members.THE OAK GROVE “OAKTON” CEMETERY As-sociation will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday, March 11, 6:30 p.m., at the Denny’s Restaurant in Lamar. Business of the cemetery for the year will be conducted. Anyone with interest in the cemetery is urged to attend.THE BARTON COUNTY HEALTH Department will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on � urs-day, March 6, for CPR recerti� cation.LORENE HIGGINS WILL CELEBRATE her 90th birthday on March 8. Cards can be sent to her at 202 W. 1st St., Lamar, Mo. 64759.LAMAR WINTER SPORTS RECOGNITION Night will be held Friday, March 28, 6 p.m., in the West Elementary gym. Student athletes participat-ing in winter sports will be recognized. � e Lamar Booster Club will serve tea and cookies. � e all sports bene� t auction will take place immediately following.EVANGELIST DON WALTON WILL preach on “Putting God Back In First Place” at Cornerstone Southern Baptist Church on Sunday, March 2, at the 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. services and Monday through Wednesday, 7 p.m. � e church is located at 800 Jef-ferson St., Lamar.THE AMERICAN LEGION AND AUXILIARY will meet on Monday, March 10, 6 p.m., at the Pep-permill. � is will include the regular meeting, as well as supper. For information call Auxiliary President Hazel Hoerman at 682-2455.FAMILY HISTORIES OF 500 WORDS OR less and one photo can still be submitted free to the Barton County Historical Society to be included in an ex-clusive history/family book to be published this year. March 15 is the deadline. For information or to re-serve a book call 682-4141.THE 2014 LAMAR FREE FAIR DATES have been set for August 16-23.

MENUBARTON COUNTY SENIOR CENTER LUNCH MENU: March 10-14

MONDAY- Polish sau-sage, sauerkraut, apple juice, cornbread, oatmeal cookies, co� ee/tea/milk.

TUESDAY- Chicken and noodles, mashed po-tatoes, green beans, wheat roll, sliced peaches, cof-

fee/tea/milk.WEDNESDAY- Baked

ham, sweet potatoes, but-tered peas, wheat roll, cake with fruit, co� ee/tea/milk.

THURSDAY- Taco salad with meat, cheese,

beans, lettuce and toma-toes, pineapple, tostito chips, pudding, co� ee/tea/milk.

FRIDAY- Vegetable beef stew, tossed salad, to-mato juice, cornbread, ap-ple crisp, co� ee/tea/milk.

see DEATHS, page 4B


RecoRds/legals

The Liberal R-2 School District is accepting bids for lawn mowing services. This contractual bid will include mowing, trimming, spraying and other duties required to maintain the school grounds from April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015.Bids shall be submitted in writing to the Superintendent’s Office, 107 S. Payne, Liberal, MO 64762. Deadline: 3:00 pm, Friday, March 14, 2014. EOEThe Liberal R-2 School District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

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LegaLsin Lockwood Cemetery.

Arrangements were un-der the direction of Lock-wood Funeral Chapel.

Memorial contribu-tions may be made to the Lockwood Commu-nity Foundation or Lock-wood United Methodist Church.

Online condolences may be left at www.green-fieldfuneralchapel.com.

Survivors include his wife LaRue; Keran, Ste-phanee, Abbey and Lu-cas Lemons, Mike, Renee (Lemons), Leslie and Eri-ka Galer; Kelley, Kelli, Ja-son and Jacinda Lemons; Darren, Deidre (Lem-ons), Kadence, Maddilyn and Brady Hedgcorth; Jerry and Sharon Pea-cock; Matt, Rachel (Pea-cock), Elliott and Jerrytt Young; Kevin, Hilary (Peacock), Zach and Will Austin; Debbie, Chris and Carrie Burgess and Terry, Karen, Michael and Au-bree Lemons.

A brother, Jack, and a granddaughter, Lanee Blanton preceded him in death.

Mr. Lemons was born Oct. 8, 1926, in Birch Tree, to Clarence Otho and Wilda V. Lemons. After graduating Birch Tree Schools he joined the US Army. Following his discharge he returned to Springfield and attend-ed Southwest Missouri State College. He met and married Margaret LaRue Keran in 1948 while they both attended school.

Following graduation he moved back to Lock-wood where he worked for Farmers State Bank. During his banking ca-reer he graduated from the Graduate School of Banking in Madison,

Wisc. He remained active in banking for 34 years and was in the insurance industry for 64.

He served in many ca-pacities and was actively involved in the Shriners, Lockwood Chamber of Commerce, Lock-wood United Method-ist Church, Lockwood R-1 School Board, Lock-wood City Council, Boy Scouts Troop 40, Lock-wood Housing Board, Dade County Solid Waste Management, American Legion and for approxi-mately 50 years was the Dade County Republican Committee chairman. He was instrumental in forming the Lockwood Community Foundation, where he was the first, and current, president.

BeTTY MOOReLAMAR-A celebration

of life service will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Oak-ton United Methodist Church for Betty Joann Moore, 58, Lamar, who died unexpectedly Fri-day, Feb. 28, 2014, while attending a conference in Branson. Pastor Kent Garfield will officiate.

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

Memorial contributions

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

Condolences may be shared at www.daniel-funeralhome.net.

Survivors include her daughter, Sarah Beth Moore, of the home; two sisters, Helen Engelgage and hus-band Clint, Lamar and Donna Bauer, Jasper and three nieces, Amy Bauer, Allison Atnip and Emily Mankey.

Mrs. Moore was born Jan. 17, 1956, at La-mar, to Donald and Mary Ann (Gearhart) Moore. She was a 1975 graduate of Jasper High School. In addition to being a homemaker, she had worked at La-mar Enterprises for several years. She was an active member of Oakton United Meth-odist Church. She was an avid reader and de-lighted in her daughter, Sarah.

HaRLeY RUsseLL

RURAL LAMAR-A graveside memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Squires Lakeside Cem-etery near Milford for Harley E. Russell, 76, rural Lamar, who died Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014, at his home. The Rev. Lonnie Pennell will of-ficiate.

Memorial contribu-tions may be made to his family, in care of the funeral home.

Condolences may be shared at www.daniel-funeralhome.net.

Deaths, continued from page 3B

Lamar Municipal Court report – must say munici-pal court

Charles Wayne Beck, defective vehicle equip-ment, $200 fine.

Franjo Breskic, failure to yield, $78 fine.

James Anthony Cl-abough, failure to register motor vehicle, $38 fine.

Jason Wade Cliett, fail-ure to register motor ve-hicle, $38 fine.

Seth Martin Coffey, fail-ure to register motor ve-

hicle, no insurance, FTA – warrant arrest, $294 fine.

Steven Ric Contreras, no operator’s license, $53 fine.

Kacy Michael Dahl, FTP – warrant arrest, $100 fine.

Robert Park Davenport, drug paraphernalia pos-session, $128 fine.

Emilyn Rose Dearman, defective vehicle equip-ment, $250 fine.

Joseph Neal Elder, fail-

ure to register motor vehicle, $28 fine.

Clinton Dixon Hag-gard, domestic assault, $178 fine.

Rodney Dale Haun, defective vehicle equip-ment, $78 fine.

Jeremy Wayne Hill, failure to register motor vehicle, $38 fine.

Kelli Jean Kluhsman, FTA – warrant arrest, $289.86.

Danny Ray Little, im-

LaMaR MUnicipaL cOURT RepORT

see cOURT, page 5B

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

Special Notices

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

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

Services Offered

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

Carpenter Wanted to remodel small restau-rant building (former Sweet’s BBQ, 1607 Gulf, Lamar) into small rental home. Will trade rent for labor or share the invest-ment on sale of the re-modeled property. 417-355-3989.

Employment

Drivers: $1,500 Sign On. Excellent Benefits & Pay. Regional: Home throughout the week & every weekend off for our Drayage Division. 866-374-8487.

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Paid Vacation, 6 paid holidays. CDL-A, 2 yrs Experience Required. 1-888-992-4038 ext 105.

Part Time Evening CMA for the RCF. Also, RN and LPNs need-ed, full time days and nights. Apply in person at Good Shepherd Nurs-ing Home in Lockwood or call 417-232-4571.

Miscellaneous For Sale

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

Close Out Sale – All front load Washer/Dry-er pairs – Pedestals in-cluded. Regularly $1895 to $2695, now any pair $1495. Miller’s Country Corner, 417-884-2684.

Save On Heating Bills. Cabinet infrared heat-ers. Low price – top quality. 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

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Missouri Warranty Deed, filed February 13, 2014. Christopher Shaw of Barton County, Mis-souri to Gary W. Shaw and Donna L. Shaw of Barton County, Missouri: Six acres off the entire east side of the south half of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 16, township 31, range 29, and the south half of the north-east quarter of the north-east quarter of section 16, township 31, range 29, except the north 30 feet of the east half of the south-

east quarter of the north-east quarter of the north-east quarter of section 16, township 31, range 29, all in Barton County, Mis-souri.

Warranty Deed, filed February 13, 2014. Thom-as E. McKay and Linda S. McKay of Barton County, Missouri to Keith A. Fast of Barton County, Mis-souri: All of lot 4 in block 2, Waggoner’s Addition to the Town of Liberal, Bar-ton County, Missouri.

Warranty Deed, filed February 13, 2014. William Rose to Tim

Alumbaugh and Diane Alumbaugh: A tract com-mencing 136 feet south of the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the southeast quar-ter of section 29, town-ship 32, range 30, Barton County, Missouri, and running thence south 136 feet, thence east 340 feet, thence north 136 feet, thence west 340 feet to the place of beginning.

General Warranty Deed, filed February 14, 2014. Elmer L. McWil-liams and Brenda K. Mc-Williams to McWilliams

Farms, LLC: The west half of the west 60 acres of the south 110 acres of the southeast quarter of section 10, township 30, range 33, Barton County, Missouri.

General Warranty Deed, filed February 14, 2014. John R. Rodebush, Jr. and Shanna R. Rodebush to Rodney E. Onstott and Lacee A. Onstott: All of the west half of the west half of the southeast quar-ter of the southeast quar-ter of section 17, town-ship 31, range 30, Barton County, Missouri.

PROPERTY TRANSFERS

Cards of Thanks

We wish to thank everyone who remembered us during Dan’s illness and passing. All the cards, calls, prayers, food and flowers. It was much appreciated. Thanks to Pastor Mark for his visits and guidance. Thanks to Roger and Jo at Daniel Funeral Home for their kindness and support. God bless you all.

Velma GoodrumBrenda WilletJim Goodrum Susie Koerble

The family of Joe Lawrence would like to thank each one for the cards, calls, prayers, visits to the hospital, food, flowers and memorial gifts. Our appreciation to Dr. Joustra, A.J. and Mark White of Greenfield Funeral Chapel, Wisteria House and Barton County Memorial Hospital. A special thank you to Rev. Harold Shull and Rev. Ron Dykes for the comforting service. Also to the Assembly of God Church of Greenfield for serving the family dinner and to all other churches who helped pro-vide food. Your kindness and thoughtfulness was appreciated.

“Thank You” from the family of Charles E. (Bub) Curless for the many thoughtful acts of kindness during his illness and passing. Your prayers, calls, visits, cards, flowers, food and the outpouring of support shown to us at his visitation and service all helped bring comfort during a very sad and dif-ficult time. Thank you for your generous donations to The Lamar United Methodist Church, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or charity of your choice. Thank you to the physicians, nurses and staff at Barton County Memorial Hospital and to Hospice Compassus for the wonderful care and support given to Bub and our family. To Jo, Rod and Roger at Daniel Funeral Home, thank you for your kind-ness and compassionate service. Thank you to the Lamar United Methodist Church for the family meal. It takes many hands and kind hearts to put a funeral dinner together and we appreciate each one who prepared food and helped at the church. Thank you to Steve Wolf and Bob Arnold for sup-port services provided at the church. Thank you to Becky Payne and Rick Johnson for the beautiful music and for sharing your time and talent with our family and the congregation. Thank you to our Pastor Mark Turnbough for the many times you were there for all of us, visiting, offering comfort-ing words and praying with us at the hospital and in our homes. Thank you for listening to us as we shared our memories and for the way you honored Bub and captured his spirit with such heartfelt words. Thank you to anyone we may have missed. We appreciate each and every one who reached out to our family - such a special way to express and share God’s presence and love.

Janet Curless Charles and Nancy Curless & Family

Jerri and Craig Finley & Family lois Crowe

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proper turn, $78 fine.Brent Alan Luthi, prop-

erty damage restitution, $686 fine.

Michael Justin Mc-Naught, failure to yield, $78 fine.

Kacie Frankie Leann Myers, FTP – warrant ar-rest, $150 fine.

Robert Owen Rhoades, failure to register motor vehicle, $38 fine.

Zachary David Cole Shaw, excessive noise – tires, $43 fine.

Helen Marie Shepherd, FTA – warrant arrest, $100 fine.

Tabbitha Jean Stansell,

failure to register motor vehicle, $38 fine.

Angela Dawn Stan-ton, domestic assault, $186 fine.

Amanda Beth Swope, FTA – warrant arrest, $961 fine.

Lawrence David Wagstaff, driving while suspended, $228 fine.

Daniel Thomas Wil-liams, no insurance, $203 fine.

Amber Nicole Wil-son, dog at large, $83 fine.

Dustin Karl Wood, domestic assault, $178 fine.

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Baldridge injured in one vehicle accident

According to a Mis-souri State Highway Pa-trol report a one vehicle accident occurred at 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 26, on SW 50th Rd., seven miles south of Lib-eral, when Pamela K Bal-dridge, 50, Liberal, who was driving a westbound 2007 Toyota Corolla, lost control on the gravel road, ran off the roadway and overturned.

Baldridge received moderate injuries and was airflighted to Free-man West Hospital in Jo-plin. It was unknown at the time if she was wear-ing a safety device or not.

Hannon Free Will Baptist Church held its valentine dinner on Friday evening in the church fellowship hall. The hall was deco-rated with a valentine theme, with tables set up for four and deco-

rated. There were over 40 people attending the dinner.

The menu included brisket, green beans, baked beans, salad, rolls and cherry cheese-cake, iced tea, coffee and punch.

Hannon FreeWill Baptist

Church holds valentine dinner

Couples attending the dinner that have been married over 50 years are, seated, Naomi and Bob Garrett, 58 years and standing from left, J.D. and Joan Kirby, 57 years and Dorothy and Bob Dickey, 54.

Those attending the breakfast at the Liberal Christian Church that have been married 50 years or more were, from left, Val and Caroline Clark, 50 years; Bob and Naomi Garrett, 58 years and Howard and Louise Holland, 50 years. They are all from the Liberal area.

Valentine breakfast held at Liberal

Christian Church

LIBERAL- Every month the Christian Church in Liberal has a men’s breakfast, where men of the community can meet for break-fast and devotion. In February the men are asked to invite their wife. Several couples were present at the Feb-ruary 8 breakfast.

Couples attending and the years they were married were T.D. and Patsy Yount, 13 years; Willis and Billy Strong, 47; Tom and Yvonne Whetzell, 48; Truman and Margie Gazaway, 47; Bob and Naomi Garrett, 58; Richard and Barb King, three; Val and Caroline Clark, 50; Howard and Louise Holland, 50; Sam and Grace Bryant, 40; Don

Wolf, 48; Scott and Jen-elle Grey, 14, and Reba Rouse.

The morning devo-tion was given by Pas-tor Scott Grey. His devotion was about Valentine’s Day and se-lecting the right greet-ing card. He showed a video of two men dis-cussing what card they should get their wife.

Cooks for the break-fast were Bob Fast, Ed Keltner and Jason Johnson and his son Austin. The menu was scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns, biscuits and gravy, cin-namon rolls, muffins, coffee and orange juice.

Everyone enjoyed the breakfast and appreci-ate the church for invit-ing them.

Lamar moving toward becoming Work Ready Community

By RICHARD COOPERDemocrat staff writer

LAMAR-The Barton County Community De-velopment Corporation (CDC) has received a let-ter of validation from the Missouri Department of Economic Development signifying its participa-tion in the Work Ready Community (WRC) pro-gram. The program’s ob-jective is identifying po-tential skill levels within the community so that businesses can hire work-ers ready to fill a skill level with a minimum of addi-tional preparation.

A round of tests will be

administered at the La-mar High School Tech Center, starting at 8:45 a.m., April 5. The tests have been prepared by the same organization that prepares the ACT test, which measures a readiness for college. The tests on April 5 are designed to measure ap-titudes in math, reading for information, and in-formation gathering and application. Test results will be graded as plati-num (highest aptitude), gold, silver, and bronze.

For students age 18 and over, there will be no charge. (The state will pick up the cost.) Stu-

dents under 18 must pay $50. All students from Lamar, Golden City, and Liberal High schools may take the test. Interested students should contact their respective counsel-ors.

Non-students and/or workers may also take the test. They may enroll for the test on April 2 and must produce a photo ID. Enrollment will be 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., also at the Lamar High School Tech Center. When properly enrolled, non-students/workers may also take the test without charge.

The test will take slight-ly in excess of three hours

and will be proctored by representatives of the Work Investment Bureau (WIB) of Joplin. A sec-ond round of testing will be offered later in the year at a time yet to be deter-mined.

Lamar/Barton County has until July 12, 2015 to achieve its goal as a Work Ready Community, but the CDC’s economic de-velopment director, John Adams, believes it can be completed during 2014.

According to Adams, Jasper County has already qualified as a Work Ready Community, and is the first county in Missouri to do so.

Lamar Democrat/Richard CooperSoon to be the home of Independent Diesel Services, just south of Longhorn Produce in Lamar Heights. The metal building out of which the business will operate has been purchased, and the concrete floor will be poured as soon as weather will allow. Owner Jim Gillaspy plans to open for business in April.

KCP&L Greater Missouri customers should see lower fuel adjustment rates

JEFFERSON CITY-The Missouri Public Service Commission has ap-proved a reduction in fuel adjustment charges for electric utility services in KCP&L’s Greater Mis-souri Operations terri-tory.

The new charge will take effect, March 1, and will mean a reduction of approximately $0.82 a month for customers in the former Missouri Pub-lic Service territory. This estimate is based on an average residential cus-tomer using 867 kWh of electricity per month.

The fuel adjustment charge was authorized

by the commission for KCP&L Greater Missouri in a regular rate case in 2007. The fuel adjustment charge allows the com-pany to pass increases or decreases in its net fuel and purchase power costs to customers outside of a general rate case. The fuel adjustment charge allows the company to recover most (up to 95 percent) of its costs, but not all, to en-courage conservation and prudence in fuel use by the company. Any charg-es resulting from the fuel adjustment clause must appear in a separate cat-egory on customers’ bills.

Fuel adjustment charges

are intended to help com-panies deal with volatility in fuel pricing. The charge requires regular adjust-ments to reflect changes in prices the company as incurred for fuel and for wholesale power pur-chased to serve custom-ers.

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.

Independent Diesel Services coming soon to Lamar

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