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Vol. 142, Issue 44, Wednesday, April 25, 2012Published weekly at 101 S. Davis • P.O. Box 187 • Hamilton, Missouri 64644

Phone (816) 583-2116 • Fax (816) 583-2118 • e-mail: news@mycaldwellcounty.comWeb Page:www.mycaldwellcounty.com

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Periodical Postage Paid at Hamilton, MO 64644

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Staff: Anne Tezon, Editor and Publisher; DebbieRankin, Production. Cindy Fickess, Circulation; LisaParris, features editor; Dennis Clark, Distribution.

The Caldwell County NewsContinuing The Hamilton Advocate and The Braymer Bee

Letters to the EditorDear Caldwell County News,

I would like to start off bysaying that I am usually veryimpressed with your newspaper.I am a frequent reader, we haveoften used your paper as anadvertising source for ourbusiness ventures, and Isometimes contribute articles. Allof my experiences with the paperhave been positive ones. Whichis why I was so totally appalledby your recent article entitled,“Gallatin horse rescue saveshorses who cannot savethemselves”. The article is chalkfull of both misinformation andoutright lies. Moreover, in apredominately ruralagriculturally supportedcommunity this anti-ag and anti-personal liberty article does notfit with the community or thegeneral integrity of your paper.

My refutation points arebelow:

1. In November (not October)of 2011 President Obama didsign a bill that allowed U.S.inspectors (after a five year ban)to once again inspect horse meatfor slaughter. However there areNO operating horse slaughterhouses in the US at the presenttime.

2. The ban did not stop horsesfrom being slaughtered.According to the USDA, nearly100,000 equines were exportedfrom the U.S. to Mexico andCanada in 2008 for slaughter. Thenumber increased to over100,000 in 2009, and nearly120,000 in 2010. So now horseshave to be hauled extremely fardistances. This increases thesuffering experienced by horses.Also most of the exported horsesare sent to Mexico where thereare no humane slaughter lawslike we have in the U.S. Manyare stabbed in the spine to makethem a paraplegic prior to beingkilled.

3. Your article quotes astatistic that is in fact true. 80%of horses (EXPORTED) toslaughter are in good physicalcondition. People want to eatanimals that are healthy. Nowmany of the horses may haveconformational problems, partialblindness, or behavioral issuesbut they generally are in decentbody condition. So, the idea thata rescue taking in horses that were

seized by authorities for neglect,is saving them from slaughter isridiculous. The majority ofrightfully seized horses areemaciated and are not wanted forslaughter. On a side note using astatistic provided by theAmerican Humane Societywhich is decidedly anti-agriculture seems biased to me.

4. Also I seriously questionthe care that horses are receivingat this rescue due to theirinappropriate stocking rate. 28acres is way too small of a placeto have 26 horses. The generalrule is to allow at least two acresper horse, If the rescue choosesto forever keep horses and notallow that horse to be availablefor adoption that is consideredhorse ownership not rescue. Theytherefore should not be asking fora handout to care for theirpersonal horses.

5. In the article there is apicture of a horse that is availablefor “adoption”. Their Facebookpage lists the adoption fee for thepony as $300. If you sell a ponyfor $300 (at or above marketprice) you are not a rescue youare a horse trader and should notbe asking for handouts fromeither the government or thecommunity.

6. I can only assume that therescue has received limitedassistance or donations becausemost horse people realize that theslaughter ban increased horsesuffering on a massive scale andput many good people out ofbusiness. In fact, Farm Bureau,the American Quarter HorseAssociation, AmericanAssociation of EquinePractioners, and AmericanVeterinary Medical Associationall support domestic horseslaughter.

As a lifelong equestrian whohas spent my life caring for horseslet me assure you that I want thebest for them. I have personallybought, trained, and re-sold manyhorses out of the kill pens ofauction barns. The best thing thatcan happen for horses is thathorse slaughter be allowed to re-open in the U.S. (there is stillmuch legal and political workneeded to make this happen).

When people like the ownersof this rescue got the ban in placeit hurt horses. It dropped thebottom out of the market andcaused horse prices to drop fromabout $1 per pound to the currentaverage of .13 per pound. This issignificant because the bottomprice was the lowest price mostpeople would accept. The banmade many horses worthless andglutted the market with unwantedhorses. Unfortunately peopledon’t always provide great careto animals who they literally can’tgiveaway. Did you know that itoften COSTS money to sell ahorse at sale barns now? To makematters worse the economy is introuble, much of the countrysuffered a drought, and corn is atrecord high prices. The onlysolution that will actually work isto allow the unwanted horses tobe humanely killed in TempleGrandin designed horse slaughterplants. The United Horsemen isvery close to making this a reality.In the same way that kill-sheltersare needed for dogs and cats,horses also need a humanemethod of euthanasia. Onedifference in the species isobviously their size. With muchof the world and many residentsof our country food insecure Idon’t think we should waste thatmuch meat.

I am a big believer in civilliberties. I feel like a person shouldhave the right to choose themethod in which they euthanizetheir animal. If people want to eata horse that is their right. Thisagenda is spear headed andmassively funded by HumaneSociety of the United States.HSUS’s end game is theelimination of production ag andpet ownership. The horseslaughter issue is simply astepping stone in their animalrights (anti our way of life)agenda. I would like to appeal tomember of the community to notsupport the Painted Trails EquineRescue or any other animal rightsdriven organization.

Sincerely,Jennifer GatrelPolo, MO660.232.1280❦

In defense of horse slaughter

CorrectionThe horse rescue article

printed on April 18 should read“In November,” rather than “InOctober.” ❦

Out of the Past in Hamilton

April 12, 2007Members of the Kingston

Church of the Nazarene admitto an emotional Easterweekend, as they were able tohold services in their newlyconstructed sanctuary,following two weeks of churchin the new basement and manyweeks of services in thebasement of the CaldwellCounty Mutual Insurance Co.building. The old churchburned in July of 2005.

In a reorganization meetingfollowing last Tuesday’selection, members of theHamilton R-II Board ofEducation chose Jessica Greenas the groups new president

and Rex Hibler as vice-president.

In a special session Monday,members of the Polo R-VIIBoard of Education honoredoutgoing Board PresidentMarla Barnes with a reception.She served eight years as theboard president.

April 10, 2002Caldwell Tank, the firm

contracted to build Hamilton’snew water tower, brought in acrane last Thursday and bymid-morning, the entirestructure was in place and readyfor welding. The tower will becompleted sometime thissummer.

A court hearing to set up aboard of directors and certify aballot proposal and tax levy fora new fire protection district inCaldwell County waspostponed last Thursday afterresidents in rural Cowgillpresented a petition to beexcluded from the new entity.

State Senator JamesMathewson and Rep. RandallRelford will be holding a multi-site series of informal townmeetings this Friday. Three ofthe four will be held inCaldwell County.

Hamilton police made twoarrests this week in connectionto a Saturday morning burglaryat Hamilton Hardware.❦

had already passed the last gasstation between my sister’s houseand mine.

For five miles I drove withevery muscle of my bodytightened and taut. When Ireached my sister’s house, I threwopen the door and ran for thebathroom. Think cannonballs,thundering elephants,stampeding zebras, troops of tapdancing girl scouts... all I can sayis, the relief was instantaneous.

And then, I heard thelaughing. My sister’s childrenwere amused by the acoustics.Oh, Ha, ha, ha.

Embarrassed, I opened awindow and waited for them togo away. But as soon as theycaught their breath, ran outsideand began serenading me frombeneath the window

“When you’re sliding intofirst and your pants are gonnaburst, diarrhea! When you’reriding in your Chevy and yourpants are getting heavy, diarrhea!...”

The song went on and on untilmy sister finally heard them andscolded them for being rude. I satin the bathroom, head in myhands, waiting for the floor toopen up and swallow me whole.But it didn’t, so I gathered whatremained of my dignity anddecided to simply ignore them forthe remainder of the day.

Anyway, the moral of thestory is, no matter how healthy itseems, never, never, NEVER eatan entire garden’s worth of lettuceunless you want to die... ofembarrassment.

Should you choose to ignorethis well-thought-out advice, besure to check out next week’sarticle: Skid marks- when towash ‘em and when to toss ‘em.

Hey, it happens. ❦

Dirt CheapBy Lisa Parris

There are two errors thatbeginning gardeners often make.1) Planting too soon and 2)planting too much. When itcomes to lettuce, I made themboth. Over a month ago, I filledmy garden with greens; buttercrunch lettuce, romaine lettuce,red leaf lettuce, black seededSimpson, celtuce, oak leaflettuce- you name it, I planted it.

Then, lo and behold, it grew.And it grew and it grew and

it grew...The seedlings were small at

first, but about a week ago theleaves started looking like food.And since I had gone to all thetrouble of growing it, I figured, Imight as well eat it. I grabbed aplastic grocery store bag andwandered out into the yard,thinking, with luck, I could pluckenough young leaves for a smallside salad.

In 30 minutes time I had filledmy bag- and the garden lookedlike it had never been touched. Itook my bag inside, gentlywashed the leaves and enjoyeda mixing bowl sized chef salad.It was so good; I had the samething for lunch the next day anddinner the next night.

It seems that lettuce is the“gray hair” of the gardeningworld. When you pull one leaf,two more grow in its place. Inspite of my constant plucking,the garden continued to grow.

By the weekend, I was tryingto get everyone I saw to take abag of it with them. And whatthey didn’t take, I ate. With everyhealthy bowl I grew more smug-certain I was undoing years ofbad eating habits with each bite.

It turns out “healthy” is arelative term.

There are scientists all overthe Midwest who are convinceda volcano bubbling just beneaththe surface of the earth is goingto explode and kill millions ofpeople. Well, so will eatingbuckets filled with greens.

Especially if your normal fiberintake is something like 2 percentof the recommended dailyallowance and has been for, say,ever.

There comes a point whenany item, no matter how healthy,becomes too much of a goodthing. My point came thatweekend when I, salad-eatingidiot that I am, ate my sixth bigbowl of lettuce in three days time,then hopped in the car to deliveryexcess greens to my sister. As Idrove, I mentally prepared aspeech that would dazzle herwith my newly gained gardeninginsights and healthy lifestylechoices.

Yeah. Me. The woman whoconsiders crunchberries a fruit.In my own defense, it soundedreally impressive in my head.

Anyway, off I went.Highway 13 is a decent drive

if you’re not in a hurry. Nicehouses, eye-catching sceneryÖbut this time of year, odds ofgetting stuck behind a slow-moving piece of farm equipmentin a no passing zone are prettygood. Odds of this happeningwhen you’ve got agastrointestinal bomb tickingaway in your gut areastronomically high.

As I eased in behind an oldJohn Deere that was chuggingdown the blacktop at a whopping35 MPH, I felt the rumble of10,000 PSI of methane gaspassing through the twists andturns in my digestive tract.Instinctively, I began to clench.The urge to go was not like anordinary urge- you know, whereyou have a chance to think aboutit while you decide what type ofreading material you’d like takewith you. No- this was nothingthat leisurely. It was intense andimmediate.

There was nowhere to stop. I

The difference between having a saladshooter and being one

By Lisa ParrisThe eye always sees more

than the mind cancomprehend. In the aftermathof the earthquake, I reached apoint where I had simply seentoo much. My mind began tolighten and brighten eachvision, leaving a less dark, lesssharp version of the truth in itsplace. Even this was difficultto bear.

I saw five days pass withouta single rock being movedfrom the pile. The townreceived no food, no water andno relief. It is a wonder any ofus made it.

I saw parents dying fromgrief and worry- though theirhearts continued to beat.

I saw men in orangejumpsuits arrive after almost aweek and begin the slowprocess of moving the rubble.

I saw them pull backpacksout of the debris and carrythem towards the crowd ofgrief-stricken parents whowere driven to their knees bythe weight of their grief.

I saw them carry smallbodies in another direction-away from inconsolablefamily members. As the pile ofbackpacks grew bigger, thosewho had survived the quakegrew more despondent.

During the daylight hours,Lily and I would stand andbear witness to the tragedy,waiting for any word of herfamily. During the evening, wewould wander back to myapartment. The cracks in thewalls and the floors grewbigger with each tremor. Butwho was I to complain? Atleast my building was stillstanding.

According to rumor, themajority of the relief workerswho had been sent to ourregion had been killed in alandslide as they tried to clearthe road between the villageand city of Chengdu.

The soldiers had been toldto wait for the professionals.They were told letting villagersassist with rescue efforts couldmake the problem worse. Theydid as they were ordered. Theystood fast and held off thecrowd.

truth of the matter. And I didnot have the heart to tell Lily.

She still had hope. I couldsee it in her face each morningas we approached the school.I could hear it in her voice asshe sang herself to sleep. “Thisis my story, this is my song,praising my savior, all the daylong.” The words travelledeach night from her room tomine. I didn’t have it in me totake them away.

But it wasn’t just for hersake. It was for mine, too. Themost important things arealways the most difficult to saybecause saying them makesthem real.

On nights when Lily couldnot sleep we would climb upto the roof of my apartmentbuilding and sit under the star-speckled sky, counting starsand listening to frogs andcrickets. The darknesssoftened the jagged edges ofthe day, muting the too-vividcolors.

It hurt so much to thinkabout my family, I tried not tothink about them at all.

I was certain they had heardabout the quake and werebeside themselves with worry.I had asked to make a phonecall home- just to let themknow I was all right. Myrequest was flatly denied.

I told my director I wouldnot teach classes until I wasallowed to call home. He toldme classes had been cancelledanyway so my threat waspointless.

My Mom always said thatlife was not about how fast orhow far you could run, it wasabout putting one foot in frontof the other and movingforward no matter what.

Life, my mom says, isabout perseverance, sopersevere I would.

I did not know yet where Iwas going or how I was goingto get there or what I would doonce I arrived. I knew onething only. I was leaving Chinaand I was taking Lily with me.

Henry had married hermother so that she could havea chance at a better life. Iintended to see that she got it.❦

Behind the Great WallPart 24 of a Series

In what remained of thevillage, there was talkeverywhere of greed andcorruption; of cutting costs andcutting corners; of governmentofficials who did not care whathappened to the poor or to theirchildren.

We arrived one day to findhundreds of grieving parents,standing on top of a mountainof backpacks, holding photosof their children; silentlyprotesting the shoddy schoolconstruction. Local officialswere moving from person toperson offering more than$8,000 US dollars to anyonewho would sign a contractagreeing to never speak of theschool construction issue andnot to disrupt the rescue andreconstruction efforts.

Some of the parents turnedtheir backs, some yelled at theofficials, some spit in theirfaces- none of them signed thepapers.

The police arrived next andgave everyone two minutes toleave. When the parentsrefused to budge, they beganto push and drag them. Thosewho fought back were placedin patrol cars and taken to jail.

News from the outsideworld arrived. 7,000 schoolshad collapsed, primarily inChina’s rural regions, whilebuildings less than ten yardsaway stood with nary a crack.More than 100,000 childrendied that day.

Another 400,000 wereinjured and more than 30,000were listed as “missing”-among them Henry and An-Mei Cavandish.

The government would notadmit it yet, but I knew myHenry- the man who broughtme flowers for no reason andsang to me until I smiled- wasgone. That was the terrible

Killed by corruption

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The Caldwell County NewsContinuing The Hamilton Advocate and The Braymer Bee

ConservativeCommentary

By Bill Arthur

“I said that I’d go after binLaden if we had a clear shotat him, and I did.”Barrack Obama

In an interview with SteveKroft of “60 Minutes,”President Obama suggestedthat he should be rated as oneof the top four Presidents inthis nation’s history. Ourpresent chief executive ratedhis own performance to becommensurate with those ofLyndon Johnson, FranklinRoosevelt, and AbrahamLincoln. I believe a moreaccurate comparison could befound with Ring Lardner’s“Alibi Ike.”

If you are not familiar withthis hero of baseball fiction,I would suggest you take thetime to watch the classicmovie of the same namestarring Joe E. Brown. In thefilm, Alibi never runs short ofan excuse for his failure toachieve his ballyhooedswagger - sound familiar? Ifonly...,

There was a President in1943, who had preciseinformation that the originalperpetrator of a surpriseattack on the United States,Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto,was about to fly from Rabaulto Ballale Airfield in theSolomon Islands. Franklin D.Roosevelt told Secretary ofthe Navy, Frank Knox, “GetYamamoto.” Knox relayedthe order to Admiral Nimitz,who conferred with AdmiralBull Halsey, and a plan“Operation Vengeance” wasconceived.

Eighteen P-38 fighterplane pilots, the only fightersin the Pacific with the rangeto make the strike, were giventhe assignment to find andbring down the Mitsubishi

bomber that would becarrying Yamamoto.

Yamamoto, the man wholaunched the surprise attackon Pearl Harbor in 1941, andwho then designed thedisastrous surprise attack onMidway Island in 1942, was,without a doubt, the mostcompetent military leader inJapan. His attack on the fleetin Hawaii resulted in over2,500 deaths on United Statessoil. His death was a greatblow to the morale of theJapanese people.

When President Rooseveltwas informed of the death ofYamamoto, his one and onlyresponse to the news was“Gosh.” There were noanniversary tributes, andRoosevelt never claimed thesuccessful attack as a featherin his campaign cap in 1944.

I would like our readers tocontrast Roosevelt’s responsewith that of our“Campaigner-in-Chief,”President Obama.

The surprise attack on theUnited States on September11, 2001, was even moreheinous than that of PearlHarbor because it waslaunched in large part againstcivilians. The manresponsible for the attack,Osama bin Laden, washunted relentlessly for tenyears before PresidentObama ordered AdmiralMcRaven and Navy SealTeam 6 to kill him in“Operation Neptune Spear.”

The attack was even moredangerous than the onedesigned to take outYamamoto because our

people had to enter anunreliable allied foreigncountry capable of rejectingand possibly killing ourtroops.

It took a resolvedPresident to make thedecision to go, and PresidentObama should be given creditfor deciding to avenge the2,977 victims of bin Laden.

However, Obama did notwalk away and let our troopsbask in their job-well-done.He has turned the operationinto a campaign carnival thathe hopes will give himforeign relations credibility.His speeches are full of “I didthis, and I did that, and it wasall up to me.” Although weAmericans are not too sharp,most of us have figured outthat even Jimmy Carterwould have launched thisattack.

The current President iseven running ads in whichBill Clinton, the onlyPresident that would haveconceivably passed upanother shot at Osama, heapspraise upon Obama as theonly man with the shouldersto bear this load. (I am nottrying to make this columnrhyme – it’s not my fault if itdoes.)

We thus have a tale of twocivilian Presidents thatdemonstrates a stark contrastbetween the ways theyhandled success, especiallywhen they both knew thatordinary soldiers were theones placing their lives on theline. Roosevelt demonstratedthe true meaning of beingPresidential, while Obamahad to exaggerate his owncontribution in order to stealcenter-stage.

* Civilians❦

A Tale of Two Civvies*

No matter what you dofor a living, there are timeswhen you simply have tolet out a resounding@#*%! Because,sometimes, no other wordwill do.

By definition, swearingis simply language thatexpresses strong, generallynegative, emotions.

Profanity can take manyforms; gestures, such asgiving someone the middlefinger, or behavior, such asspitting, are common, butwords and expressions aremuch more popular.

This is partly becauseletting out a stream ofstrong language helps toalleviate stress.

It’s true! According to astudy done by RichardStevens of Keel Universityin England, cussing causesthe body to produceendorphins- chemicals thatelevate the mood andcreate a sense of wellbeing.

And a little well beingwas just what I needed thisweekend.

I planted a lovely gardenthis spring.

I spent hours and hourschoosing just the rightseedlings for our climate. Idug a zillion holes in theground and filled themwith organically reared,non-GMO, heirloomseedlings. Everything wasgoing beautifully.

All of my plants weregrowing like gangbusters,but I was particularly proud

of my tomatoes. I proudlyshowed my plants to anyonewho wandered past my yard.

Then, this weekend,disaster struck.

Last week my healthy,green plants were loaded withfragrant green leaves.

This week, the leaves area crunchy, brown, curled upmess. The green fruits clungstubbornly to the sad, littlestalks, but the plantsthemselves looked like theywould hack up a hairball, ifthey could.

I’ve read dozens ofgardening books. I followedevery direction to the letter.

I did not skip steps, cutcorners or take shortcuts. Iinvested money, time, andeffort- ok very little effort-but still... I deserved better!

I surveyed the disaster andracked my brain for theappropriate swear word;something useful anddescriptive in its own right.

The severe wet weatherhad led to the growth offungal spores- all parts of myplants were infected. Thename of disease created bythese devilish conditions?

Blight!I now use this word to

describe any situation inwhich I have done everythingright and the whole thing stillgoes directly into the crapper-particularly if there is nothingI can do to fix it.

“That staff meeting really

blighted up my day.”“My car is such a piece

of blight.”“My ex is a complete

blighter.”Come to think of it, there

are a number of gardeningwords that could be used inplace of ordinary cusswords, like, “Move it, molehole,” or “Watch it aphidbrain.” Language is a fluid,ever-changing mode ofcommunication.

As our languagechanges, so do the wordswe find offensive. By nextweek, I may not be able tosay, “Oh blight!” withouthaving to endure a lecturefrom my boss.

It’s time to just own upto the fact that swearing isone of the few humanuniversals.

Every language, livingor dead, whether spoken bya tribe of less than a dozenor by billions, containswords or phrases that areconsidered “rude.”

We need bad words justas much as we need goodones. They help us expressfeelings such as outrage,anger, disgust andindignation.

Like all forms of self-expression, cursing has atime and a place.

Of course, no matterhow well I explain it or howbeneficial it may be, therewill always be those whodisapprove of cussing- nomatter what.

Ah well, they can kissmy aster. ❦

The evolution of a cuss word

Signing on to the UnitedNations Charter from thebeginning was a threat toour sovereignty, which isguaranteed to us in the U.S.Constitution. “We thePeople” have not approvedof the Charter of the U.N.which, by its nature, cannotbe the supreme law of theland because it was nevercreated under the authorityof the U.S., as required inArticle VI of the U.S.Constitution.

These actions fromglobalist -minded presidentswere taken despite the effectsuch treaties would have onAmerican citizens.

UN Agenda 21 wascreated on the idea ofsustainable development.

The term sustainabledevelopment was firstintroduced in 1987 by GroHarlem Brundtland, VicePresident of the WorldSocialist Party, and wasadopted by the U.N. asofficial policy in adocument called UNSustainable DevelopmentAgenda 21 issued at theUnited Nations EarthSummit. President GeorgeH. W. Bush signed thedocument in 1992 and indoing so pledged to adoptthe goals of Agenda 21.

In 1993 President BillClinton, to be compliantwith one of Agenda 21’sobjectives to create a“National CoordinatingBody,” created thePresident’s Council onSustainable Developmentwith the signing ofExecutive Order #12858.

Under this EO, allagencies of the federalgovernment were directedto work with state and localcommunity governments to“reinvent” governmentusing the guidelines asestablished in Agenda 21.

This document has neverbeen debated or adopted byCongress, but just the sameis being implemented in theUnited States and 150 othernations.

So, what is sustainabledevelopment? Brundtlanddefined SustainableDevelopment as“Development that meetsthe needs of the presentwithout compromising theability of future generationsto meet their own needs.”Sustainablists believe thatevery societal decisionshould be based onenvironmental impact,focusing on three

components; global land use,global education, and globalpopulation control andreduction.

As Hillary Clinton blatantlystated, “the age ofindividualism is over.”

Under the UN Agenda 21website under “databases” youcan find a list of “Partnershipsfor SustainableDevelopment.” Currentlythere are 349 organizationsthat are willing to carry out thissocialistic plan of the 21st

century.There are also hundreds of

N o n - G o v e r n m e n t a lOrganizations (NGOs) thatsupport and are helping toimplement Agenda 21worldwide.

The UN has given themvast responsibilities to assist inthe implementation ofsustainable development. Twoof the most powerful NGOsare the International Union forConservation of Nature andNatural Resources (IUCN)and the World Wildlife Fund(WWF).

In America, theConstitution requires thatconsensus on public policy bedetermined in public byelected officials, but the UN isnot a democracy.

It is made up of unelectedbureaucrats who use a“collaborative decision-making process” to reach a“consensus” with no debate orexpressed opposition.

This was apparent whenUnited Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon bannedthe press and global taxopponents from the UN Julytax design meeting in Tokyo,Japan.

When he announced hisplan to transform the globaleconomy based on low-carbon, clean energyresources, few realized he wascalling for a new global tax tobe designed without publicreview.

The UN’s one nation, onevote system has been usedsince its inception to render theUnited States helpless,regardless of the fact that theU.S. is its major financialdonor.

Agenda 21 is a direct attackon personal propertyownership, an element that wehold dear in America. Themost alarming example of thisis the recommendations in theVancouver Plan of Action

which states: “Land...cannotbe treated as an ordinaryasset, controlled byindividuals and subject to thepressures and inefficienciesof the market.

Private land ownership isalso a principal instrument ofaccumulation andconcentration of wealth andtherefore contributes to socialinjustice; if unchecked, it maybecome a major obstacle inthe planning andimplementation ofdevelopment schemes.

Public control of land useis therefore indispensable....”(Item #10 in the UN agendaat the 1976 Habitat I.)American delegatessupported this policy.

The document goes on tostate that (b) land is a scarceresource whose managementshould be subject to publicsurveillance or control in theinterest of the nation.(Recommendation D.1 Landresource management) http://habitat.igc.org/vancouver/vp-d.htm#D-2

Maurice Strong is aCanadian entrepreneur,Club of Rome member,devout Bahai, founder of theUnited NationsEnvironmental Program(UNEP) who was the mainforce behind thedevelopment of Agenda 21.He said “...current lifestylesand consumption patterns ofthe affluent middle class -involving high meat intake,use of fossil fuels,appliances, home and work-place air-conditioning, andsuburban housing - are notsustainable. A shift isnecessary which willrequire a vast strengtheningof the multilateral system,including the UnitedNations...”, (opening speechat the 1992 UN Conferenceon Environment andDevelopment.)

Agenda 21 has an eeriesimilarity to Hitler’s utopiaof a perfect society whereevery aspect of human lifeis controlled bygovernment. America’ssovereignty and theprinciples of Agenda 21cannot co-exist. Agenda 21will destroy America as weknow it.

You can find the UNAgenda 21 document athttp://www.un.org/esa/dsd/agenda21/.❦

Who’s Pulling the Strings?By Cindy Fickess

U. N. Agenda 21: Sustainable Development

From the43rd

“From the 43rd” is a non-partisan article submitted bythe joint effort of 43rd CircuitJudges Tom Chapman andBrent Elliott. The purpose ofthe article is to give residents abetter understanding of thejudicial system as well asspecific operations within theCircuit. We have discussedsome of the differencesbetween the duties of theAssociate Circuit Judges andCircuit Judges. This article willdeal with the issue of bonds(also referred to as bail).

Since, as mentioned in anearlier article, all criminal cases(both misdemeanors andfelonies) are initially filed inthe Associate Circuit Courts,the vast majority of bonds areestablished by AssociateCircuit Judges.

Pursuant to MissouriSupreme Court Rule, “Anyperson charged with a bailable

offense shall be entitled torelease pending trial.”(Exceptions to “bailable”offenses include capital murderand probation or paroleviolations wherein the courtmay order the defendant heldwithout bond pending ahearing.)

Supreme Court Rule 33further provides, “The courtshall set such conditions forrelease as will reasonablyassure the appearance of theaccused.” These conditionsmay require the posting of abond. In determining theconditions of release the courtshall consider “the nature andcircumstances of the offensecharged, the weight of theevidence against the accused,the accused’s family ties,employment, financial

resources, character, mentalcondition, the length ofresidence in the community,his record of conviction, andrecord of appearance at courtproceedings or flight to avoidprosecution or failure toappear at court proceedings.”

As a general rule, CircuitJudges review or establishbonds only when thedefendant has allegedlyviolated a condition of theirbond or when a defendant onprobation with the court hasallegedly violated the termsand conditions of probation.

Personal Note: JudgeChapman and Judge Elliottextend a special thank you tothe Chillicothe MinisterialAlliance for the invitation totheir “Nationwide Day ofPrayer” breakfast. It was greatto see people of all faiths andpolitical beliefs come togetherin a common cause.❦

Many factors involved in posting bail or bondDirt Cheap

By Lisa Parris

The Caldwell County News - May 9, 2012Family Living Page 8

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IN THE 43RD JUDICIALCIRCUIT COURT,

CALDWELL COUNTY,MISSOURI

Case Number: 12CL-PR00012

In the Estate of CODY J.NICHOLS, Deceased

Notice of Letters ofAdministration Granted

(Supervised Administration)

To All Persons Interested in theEstate of CODY J. NICHOLS,Decedent:

On APRIL 20, 2012, thefollowing individual was appointedthe personal representative of theestate of CODY J. NICHOLS,decedent, by the Probate Divisionof the Circuit Court of CaldwellCounty, Missouri. The personalrepresentative’s business addressand phone number is:

SHARON K. YOUNGS, 807 N.HARRIS, CAMERON, MO 64429

The personal representative’sattorney’s name, business addressand phone number is:

DREW F. DAVIS, 602 LANADRIVE, SUITE F, PO BOX 610,CAMERON, MO 64429, 816-632-7575

All creditors of said decedent arenotified to file claims in court withinsix months from the date of the firstpublication of this notice or if a copyof this notice was mailed to, orserved upon, such creditor by thepersonal representative, then withintwo months from the date it wasmailed or served, whichever is later,or be forever barred to the fullestextent permissible by law. Such six-month period and such two-monthperiod do not extend the limitationperiod that would bar claims oneyear after the decedent’s death, asprovided in Section 473.444,RSMo, or any other applicablelimitation periods. Nothing inSection 473.033, RSMo shall beconstrued to bar any action againsta decedent’s liability insurancecarrier through a defendant ad litempursuant to Section 537.021, RSMo.Date of decedent’s death:27-JAN-2012Date of first publication:25-APR-2012

Jill Prothero, Probate Clerk

Receipt of this notice by mailshould not be construed by therecipient to indicate that therecipient necessarily has a beneficialinterest in the estate. The nature andextent of any person’s interest, ifany, can be determined from thefiles and records of this estate in theProbate Division of the abovereferenced Circuit Court.C44-4w, Apr. 25, May 2, 9,16

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StatewideClassifieds

Introductorybeekeepingmeeting scheduledfor Chillicothe

By Tim BakerI have organized a number of

Extension meetings on the topicof beekeeping over the pastseveral years. I am alwaysamazed at the amount of interestpeople have in these t iny,beneficial insects.

It seems that there is alwayssomeone call ing us wantinginformation on how to raise bees.

MU Extension is organizinganother introductory beekeepingmeeting, to be held in Chillicotheon Thursday, May 24th. We willbe meeting at the Litton Center,starting at 6:30 PM.

The meeting will be taught byRaymond Heldenbrand, fromWinston, Missouri. Raymond hasextensive knowledge ofbeekeeping. He has kept bees forover 17 years.

He wil l discuss basic beebiology, what equipment youneed to buy, how to take care ofthe bees, and even how to capturea swarm.

In addition to his discussion ofbasic beekeeping, Raymond willbring equipment to demonstrate.He will also have an observationbeehive with live bees in it so youcan see them up close.

Since they are contained in thehive, and can’t get out, you don’tneed to worry about getting stung.

While the meeting is gearedtoward beginning beekeepers,some of the people who haveattended previous meetings werealready beekeepers, withextensive knowledge.

They came to share anddiscuss their love of beekeeping.It was interesting to see thediscussion of beekeepingmethods among experiencedbeekeepers, and a lot of helpfulknowledge was shared at alllevels. So if you are already abeekeeper, you are welcome too.

For more information, pleasecall Tim Baker at the DaviessCounty Extension Center at 660-663-3232, or Shaun Murphy atthe Livingston County ExtensionCenter at 660-646-0811.

University of MissouriExtension programs are open toall. ❦

New York students gather supplies for the needy The Second and Third Grades at New York School collected toilet paper for Kidder’s Food and Supply Pantry for

Caldwell County. Then the Eighth Grade class collected personal hygiene products for the needy also. The studentsmade posters to display on the walls of the school to remind students and parents to bring in the supplies. Theircampaigns were successful.

Dirt CheapBy Lisa Parris

One of the first things you learnas a gardening newbie is thatgrowing green things in the gardenisn’t nearly as easy as growing themin the refrigerator. My little gardenhas grown lush and full with aminimum amount of attention-which is good since I have no ideawhat I’m doing. It has absolutelynothing to do with me. It does,however, seem to prove that Godtruly does love fools- probablybecause we’re the most entertainingto watch.

I have now discovered, whoeversaid “a job well done never needs tobe done over,” has never planted agarden. Even in the best garden, afew weeds will take root.

That being said, it can be difficultfor a newbie to pull weeds whenthey are young. Anything thatsprings from the soil seems like amiracle. Consequently, some of myweeds were quite large before Irecognized them for what they were.Once I realized I had weeds in myotherwise-perfect garden, I had notrouble plotting their demise. Iknow how to get rid a somethingthat’s establishing roots where Idon’t want it to be. I mean, jeez, I’vebeen divorced

As fate would have it, pullingweeds can be a lot like dating. Ifyou’re not sure if you want to keepit or not, give it a little, tinyexperminetal tug. If it comes out ofthe ground with no real effort, it wasa valuable plant that you wanted tokeep. To get rid of a true weed youhave to pull harder than a dentisttrying to extract an impacted

wisdom tooth with a pair ofPlayskool pliers.

All that tugging is hard workand, quite frankly, I enjoy mygarden a lot more when it doesn’tactually require any physicalexertion on my part. So, when agentleman friend of mine offered tohelp me with my yard work, whowas I to say no? I’m all forfeminism and equal rights when itworks to my advantage, but whenit saves me hours worth of back-breaking labor, chauvinism rules!

I pulled up a chair and offeredwords of encouragement while heyanked and he wrenched and hedug. As the sun beat down, hesweated and strained, punctuatinghis work with an occasional curse.The weeds may have beenunimpressed by this show ofmanliness but I was enjoying it.Clearly this guy had not dealt withweeds before. He seemed to haveno idea that nothing short of anuclear blast would get rid of them..Like bad boyfriends, inflation,death and taxes, weeds areinvincible and ever-present. I haveonly been gardening for a fewmonths, and I know this. But Iadmired his determination to win,even as he as he worked his wayacross the yard, ripping the tops offthe plants, leaving the roots in placeto re-grow and run rampant.

“Have you thought aboutRound-Up?” he asked.

“Round-up?” I gasped, “Never!Round-Up is a gateway chemical.Once you start using it, you neverstop. And the next thing you knowyou’re hooked on fertilizers. Thencomes pesticides and fungicides andbefore you know it your garagelooks just like aisle nine at HomeDepot.”

“Well,” he said, “They’re notgoing to just take the hint and leave.”

“I know people like that,” I said.He nodded, “Me, too. But I guess

everyone is a weed in someoneelse’s garden.”

I thought about that for longerthan I should have, and then said, “Iagree.”

I walked over to where he wasworking, wrapped my fingersaround a large weed and gave ahearty tug, pulling it neatly from theground. Ugh. The removal of oneweed left me with dirt under myfingernails, and I had almost brokena nail. This simply would not do.

I am committed to gardening thisyear. And if weeding is part of it,then so be it. I may just have toredefine what I call a weed and makeroom for my new “pl;ants.”. Afterall,what is a weed other than a plantthat’s growing where it’s notsupposed to. If I decide they’re“wildflowers”, then they’re notreally weeds at all.

With my new found perspective,I stood back to once again admiremy garden.

Beautiful.... in a Little House onthe Prairie kind of way.

It’s going to be a bannergardening year. I can just tell. ❦

Taking the work out of weeding

Farmer receives Star Greenhand awardJessica Farmer receives 2012 Star Greenhand at Polo’s FFA chapter

banquet, pictured here with her Ag teacher Darren Farmer. She also was partof the Knowledge team that qualified for state & went to Columbia.

The Hornet track teams sweptthe Grand River ConferenceMonday, April 30, to take hometheir final crowns before heading tothe KCI conference next year.

This was the Lady Hornets 11thconsecutive year to win thechampionship and the boys 5th

consecutive and eighth in the lastten years.

“Our athletes had a great meet,”commented Coach Mark Vollmer.“This was a total team effort. Ourkids showed much focus anddetermination throughout the day.”

Five athletes took nine first placefinishes. Erin Esry took first in the1600m run with a 5:52.09 and inthe 3200m run with a 13:31.46.Morgan Prather ran a 13.06 100mdash, a 59.35 400m dash, and a27.01 200m dash for firsts in thosethree events. Prather’s 400 time alsobroke the school’s record which hadbeen held since 1979. DevanHughes took first in the boys’ 400mdash with a 52.93 performance, andTyler Hampton took first in the300m hurdles with a 43.86 run. TJSchieber finished on top in boththrowing events with a 52’9” putand 152’7” discus.

The pre-meet times anddistances indicated that this shouldhave been a very close meet. Ourkids stepped up in all events whichallowed us to pull away from theother teams. It’s good to leave theGRC with this championship,” saidCoach Vollmer.

The Hornets placed two peoplein 15 of the day’s events for theboys’ 143 team points and the girls’144 points. The results by eventwith the athletes, place finish, andperformances follow:

Boys’ meet: 3200m relay 2nd(Corey Maloney, Colin Graham,Lantz Morrow, Garrett Hagedorn)8:52. 61; 110m hurdles 2nd(Hampton) 16.94; 100m dash 2nd(Devan Hughes) 11.78, 3rd (KellenOverstreet) 11.79; 800m relay 2nd(Derrick and Devan Hughes,QuintenFeigly, Jalen Richman)1:35.31; 1600m run 4th (Morrow)5:00.37, 7th (Michael Maloney)5:08.48; 400m relay 4th (DerrickHughes, Feigly, Richman, C.Maloney) 47.2; 400m dash 3rd(Derrick Hughes) 53.28; 300mhurdles 3rd (Richman) 44.56; 800mrun 5th (Graham) 2:13.51; 200mdash 3rd (Devan Hughes) 24.07, 5th

(Overstreet) 24.39; 3200m run 4th(Morrow) 11:13.71, 7th (M.Maloney) 11:53.52; 1600m relay2nd (Derrick Hughes, Richman,Graham, C. Maloney) 3:39.15; longjump 4th (Overstreet) 19’0.25”;triple jump 5th (Overstreet) 38’7”,6th (Graham) 38’5”.

Girls’ meet: 3200m relay 2nd(Kathleen Clevenger, Shelby Kruse,McCall Lapen, Esry) 10:49.2; 100mhurdles 2nd (Elsie Greenwood)16.56, 8th (BreahFlook) 20.13;100m dash 5th (Greenwood) 13.89;800m relay 4th (Elizabeth Busick,Paige Kline, Lapen, MakaylaMoon) 1:57.72; 1600m run 3rd(Molly Ward) 6:12.78; 400m relay4th (Busick, Kline, Lapen,Clevenger) 56.3; 400m dash 5th(Moon) 1:06.73; 300m hurdles 2nd(Greenwood) 48.7; 800m run 4th(Esry) 2:42.86, 8th (Clevenger)2:53.07; 200m dash 6th (Moon)29.88; 3200m run 2nd (Ward)13:54.27; 1600m relay 3rd(Clevenger, Kruse, Lapen, Prather)4:28.17; long jump ;2nd(Greenwood) 16’5.25”, 6th (Kline)14’9.5”; triple jump 3rd (Moon)32’9”; high jump 4th (Kruse)4’2”. ❦

Hornets sweep Grand River Conference meet

Bobcats compete atBulldog Invitational

The Braymer track teamsparticipated in the Hardin BulldogInvitational meet held at ExcelsiorSprings on Tuesday, May 1. The boystrack team placed 5th and the girls placed4th. Results were:

Boys: Shot Put-Dillan Hall 1st

(38’6”), Triple Jump-Jesse Utt 1st

(41’1”), Long Jump-Jesse Utt 1st (19’),(15’7”), High Jump-Jesse Utt 1st (6’),(26.1), (2:24), 400 M Dash-KyjuanJohnson 3rd (55.7), 100 M Dash-KyjuanJohnson 4th (12.3).

Girls: Triple Jump-Cassidy Mallory3rd (30’4”), Long Jump-CassidyMallory-4th (13’9”), 3200 M Run-LoraJames 4th (17:07), 300 M Hurdles-Darcey Peters 2nd (56.6), Jesyka Peirce3rd (58.7), 400 M Dash-StephanieSummerville 2nd (1.04), 100 M Hurdles-Darcey Peters 2nd (19.3).❦