MCB visits Lamar to present first place award

Missouri Community Better-ment (MCB) visited the com-munity of Lamar on November 19, to present them with a sign recognizing their first place win in Category V of the 2013 MCB Awards Competition for Youth Groups.

The Lamar Youth Group was recognized by the MCB judges for taking advantage of excel-lent local adult leadership to select their own projects that are appropriate and beneficial to their community. They were very impressed with this youth group’s example of commit-ment to the welfare of the com-munity through volunteerism

and service. While local adults have provided guidance, the lo-cal youth are clearly in charge of selection, planning and im-plementation of projects. Very noteworthy projects include the community gardens and “Invest an Acre”.

Kenna Roland received a 2013 MCB Youth Leadership Award. Roland has been recognized by members of the community for her outstanding leadership skills and for her passion for service to her community. Ro-land has a unique ability to set examples in leadership skills that also motivates others to be responsible, cooperate and

get projects ac-complished. She always puts her community first. Her long list of accom-plishments can be tracked by her activities in leadership with local peers and at both the re-gional and state levels. Roland’s philosophy of helping to “Make the Best Better” is only one of her out-standing quali-ties.

Deborah Sne-digar received

a 2013 MCB Adult Leadership Award. Snedigar was recog-nized for her impressive enthu-siasm, leadership and creativity to make any project she is in-volved in successful. Snedigar’s motto is “Bloom where you are planted, or in my case, trans-planted”. Snedigar knows well that you have to find ways to become involved in the com-munity. She takes great pride in community involvement and is always willing to step up to leadership roles. Snedigar is one of those individuals not afraid to take on any project and works hard to achieve a better community and make a

difference in the lives of people around her.

The Missouri Community Betterment (MCB) Program, established in 1963, is designed to help Missouri communities enhance their life through over-all community development, planning and implementation. The MCB Program accom-plishes this mission primarily by lending technical assistance to communities by officially recognizing the participating communities and neighbor-hoods and by awarding those that excel in the program.

The Missouri Community Betterment Educational Fund, Inc. (MCBEF) is a private, not-for-profit corporation made up of businesses, public utili-ties, community representa-tives, federal and state agencies and individuals. MCBEF is the sponsor organization of the MCB Program and fulfills its purpose by providing strate-gic direction, determining the process for judging community participation, designing the annual conference to recognize community achievements and obtaining the necessary fund-ing for the program.

MCB is proud to present La-mar with the signs to be dis-played in their community and to show off their dedication and commitment to today and tomorrow in Lamar!

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The MCB visited Lamar to recognize their first place win in Category V of the 2013 MCB awards competition for youth groups. Pictured are, MCB Executive Director Jan Simon; Missouri State Representative Mike Kelley and MCB President John Gulick as they congratulate the youth during a local Rotary luncheon. The youth present were Hannah Moyer, Nate Cable, Tinsley Rutledge, Kenna Roland and Lia Yeghoyants.

Engineering firm submits preliminary

plans for bridgeBy RICHARD COOPERDemocrat staff writer

LAMAR-Preliminary plans for a replacement bridge on Northwest 100th Road were submitted to the Barton County Commission at their weekly meeting, November 25. The bridge is one of four replacement bridges the com-mission is planning to build in 2014 under the Bridge Re-placement Off Road System (BRO) program.

Steve Brown represented Great River Associates of Springfield, the engineering firm selected to design the bridge.

The bridge being replaced is located approximately two and one-half miles west of Missouri Highway 43 and is approximately 40 years old. The commission originally considered renovating the old span, but when an inspection found that renovation would cost 70 percent of complete replacement, the commis-sion followed a state recom-mendation to replace it. The new bridge will be 65 feet in length and 28 and one-half feet in width.

The next step will be nego-tiating the purchase of two small parcels of land needed for the new bridge. The Corps of Engineers will also have to be notified of the forthcom-ing project, which is a routine requirement.

It is expected that construc-tion bids will be sought next spring. Eighty percent of the cost will be paid by the Mis-souri Department of Trans-portation (MoDOT) with 20 percent coming from county coffers.

Since 100th Road is also the Barton/Vernon county line, the commission expects to contact the Vernon County Commission about sharing the expense.

Tigers dominate Lawson 42-0 

By CHRIS MORROWLamar Democrat

chrismorrow@lamardemocrat.com

SAINT LOUIS-The Lamar Tigers completed one of the most  remarkable seasons in Missouri high school football history Friday when they de-feated Lawson 42-0 for their third straight Class 2 state championship.

When Lawson head coach Todd Dunn was asked if Lamar was the best there's been, he wouldn't go quite that far, say-ing that there were a lot of great teams before his time, but it was implied that his Cardinals had just faced a powerhouse.

"If there's too many teams better than that one, I don't want to meet them," Dunn said.

Early on it looked like the

two teams might be evenly matched. The Tigers took the opening kickoff and drove the ball deep into Lawson territory before giving it up on downs.

"Early their defensive line gave us some trouble slanting inside," said Tigers head coach Scott Bailey. Dunn said  his team's early defensive suc-cess  had  a lot to do with his group being fresh.

"They (the Tigers)  put up so many numbers because they just wear people down," Dunn acknowledged in the post game press conference.

The Cardinal offense also looked good early, moving the ball to the Lamar 45 before they  were forced to punt.  The Tigers took over at their  two yard line and were able to push the ball  out to their 31 before punting. A 15 yard return set

up the Cardinals at the Tiger 48 yard line.

Defensive end Ben Bailey - one half of the defensive end combo  of he and his brother Ben Bailey,  The Bookend Bai-leys - combined with fellow senior Brandon Eaves to take down Garett Titus for a loss of one on first down. Two incom-plete passes later the Cardinals were punting again. This time the  Tigers took over at their 38 yard line and put together a four play scoring drive. Senior wingback Ethan Taffner ran 37 yards and classmate Jared Be-shore followed with a scoring run, his first of three in the first half. On the touchdown the Ti-gers employed an option play that was rarely used during the 14 games leading up to the title contest.

"We had it but (during the

season) we didn't want to show everything," said Bailey after the game. "It's an option read. We put it in basically because we've had a tough time defend-ing it." He said the key was get-ting the mesh point between the running back (Beshore) and the quarterback, Levi Pe-tersen. The Tigers encountered no  problems with the mesh point despite their unorthodox spinning-back offense that re-quires the quarterback to take the shotgun snap and meet the wing back with the ball, a scheme that requires precise timing and offers a lot of mov-ing parts. Friday it was as flu-id as it was effective. Beshore scored from 31 yards out on the play and Todd Morrow booted the point after for a 7-0 lead.

Lawson's Dylan Cordova re-

Lamar Democrat/Chris MorrowMembers of the Lamar

Tigers celebrate their third straight Missouri Class 2 State

Championship on the field of the Edward Jones Dome in Saint Louis

after routing Lawson 42-0.

see CHAMPS, page 6A

Annual collectibles show set for

CarthageThe Barton-Jasper County

Collectors Association will sponsor the 21st Annual Fall Coin, Stamp, Postcards, Sports Memorabilia and Col-lectibles Show at Carthage Memorial Hall, 407 S. Garri-son (Hwy. 571) on Saturday, Dec. 7, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 8, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Dealers from Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas will offer 53 tables at the largest collectible show in southwest Missouri.

Admission is free. For more information call Brad Potter at 417-682-4500 after 6:30 p.m.

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Coonfoot & Vicinity

By LOUISE OTT

Peeking out the door this early Monday morn-ing I see our dear Lord is blessing us with big snow-flakes and the ground is still covered.

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

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

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

Michael, Melissa, Mar-garet and Matthew and Gay Straw, Columbia, and Marjorie and Janice Destefino, Louise Ott, Kenneth Dee and Es-ther Archer were dinner guests of George Straw on Saturday. Other visitors were Vanessa and Na-thaniel, Lonnie and Bon-nie Hudson and Lonnie Lund and son.

We want to thank every-one for the calls and visits about the passing of our sister, Frances Roberts. Her funeral was Saturday

at Cave Springs Cemetery at Sarcoxie. She was 85 years young. Mike Straw officiated at the services.

Happy and safe Thanks-giving everyone.

For-get-me-notsBy GAIL LEAMING

Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas is a new birthday suit. The one I have now is old, used, wrinkled and saggy. Thank You. Gail.

With this cold weather we have, just stayed home except with the  have to cases. It is sort of like what did you do yester-day and you answer noth-ing because I didn’t finish doing nothing yesterday. I did get my sewing room cleaned while Russ and Ron were bird hunting with Kellie and Chuck Dake. Guess they had a good time, because we sure got a lot of quail to fry in the kitchen and the dogs were about worn out after two days of running.

I hear Kenneth Banta is getting cabin fever and wants out with him feel-ing so much better. He does have a lot of good help doing chores, so just wait it out, Kenneth. Austen Harshaw stopped in for a chat but missed Ron, so he said he would be back this week. Ron had to have blood drawn this week and we also had to go to Springfield for a little while.

Looked up a fellow quil-ter that I met on the last cruise. Her husband plays guitar and wanted a place to play, so I gave him di-rections to Red Oak 2. I also got in another shop hop up 71 Highway to

Butler from Lamar. I ran into an old friend, Char-lene Wilkerson. She was doing the hop too and we met in Rockville. I even got Clea Kleeman’s costumes done and back to her. She is back to float building again for Christmas. Carol Van Dey booked tickets for the 15th at Stones Throw, so Kamala the date is changed and we will see you there on that date.

We just got word that the landlord we had in Oklahoma City with the RV passed away. Ted was a good ole boy and he and wife Donna took such good care of our RV while we were recuper-ating from our wreck a couple of years ago. Kim Stuart was also a watcher of our RV and she was the one that let me know. She is in Arkansas this week to be with her grandchild and the kids for Thanks-giving.

Another sad week in politics with a little more of our Constitution being chipped away. This quote is brought to mind by Mark Twain – “Suppose you were an Idiot, Sup-pose you were a member of Congress, but then I repeat my self. Also -I contend that a nation try-ing to tax themselves in to prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket try-ing to pull himself up by the handle”. By Winston Churchill, “If you think health care is expensive now just wait until it is free”. P J O’Rourke. And last but not least – “I don’t make jokes, I just watch the government and re-port it,” Will Rogers.

Ron got stuck out in the back 80 and had to walk the half mile back. I had to go back and pull him out with the tractor. Hope

he waits until it is warmer before we have to do that again. That old tractor is cold without a cab. Last day of gun season for deer today, so maybe the gun-fire will calm down now. Congrats to Joel Kleeman for another deer this year.

Hoping all had a Happy Thanksgiving.

Maxine’s MusingsBy MAXINE MORIN

Gee! It gets dark early of an evening. Did you witness white snowflakes drifting down to earth one morning last week? It looked as if some of them melted before hitting the ground. The adults were glad and the kids were sad!

Congratulations to the Lamar Tigers football team and their coaches. They are Missouri State Champions for the third year in a row! Wow!! Ed-die and I watched the game on channel 3.

I hope all had a nice Thanksgiving. Donna Wescott, Max and Cathy Orahood, Jamey Wescott and Jazmine took me to Denny’s. We had a nice time visiting while having a turkey dinner.

The Calla Rebekah Lodge 160 held their meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at the Odd Fel-lows Hall. Lodge con-vened at 7:30 p.m., with Noble Grand Cindi Mc-Intire presiding. Dur-ing the business meeting election of officers was held for the term of 2014. Elected were Denzil Di-vine, noble grand; Carol Branum, vice grand; Donna Wescott, secretary and Roselea McClintock,

treasurer. Appointed of-ficers will be named at installation, which will be held Wednesday, Dec. 4. The lodge voted to “Ring the Bell” for the Salvation Army. The members will have a Christmas party on December 18. It was reported that member Marcia Pennell is being treated for a cracked an-kle. The next meeting will be December 4, 7:30 p.m. Bring refreshments, sup-per is canceled.

I read the following in the AARP magazine of November, 2013. Don’t Wash That Chicken! Rinsing raw chicken spreads bacteria around and increases the risk of illness. Keep your hands washed while handling raw chicken. This was by food safety researcher Jennifer Quinlan at Drex-el University and writ-ten by E. Agnvall and C. Sagon.

I did not get my “El-ephant Ear” bulbs dug this year. They are on the south side of the house. Here is to hoping that one or two will make it through the winter.

VFW Post No. 3691 and Ladies Auxiliary are having their Christmas dinner on Sunday, Dec. 8, in the Memorial Hall basement. The post is fur-

nishing the meat, with all bringing carry-in dishes. The winners of the VFW sponsored Voice of De-mocracy audio-essay competition for high school students and the Patriot’s Pen written essay contest for middle school will be special guests. Each one will present their winning essay to the group. Their families are invited to the dinner at 12:30 p.m. Veterans and families are welcome.

Remember our military men and women in your prayers. Say “thank you” to the veterans of today. Until next time…

correspondents

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS - DEC. 12THChamber of Commerce Open House: 1pm - 5pmParade: 6pm (Theme: Hollywood Christmas - Our Favorite Christmas Movies & Cartoons)Christmas Goodies Sold by Local Civic & Charity Groups around the Square.Businesses Open Late for Holiday Shopping (or List Making for the little ones!)Enjoy the sounds of Carolers around the square.Meet Santa, Mrs. Claus and the Elves of Madhatterr Toys & Games at our downtownToy Store - Madhatterr Toys & Games!

I’m here to open the Christmas ShoppingSeason in your beautiful hometown!Come on down & join the fun! It will put you in theChristmas mood fast! All the stores are aglow with Yuletide spirit and have the gifts to match. Now’s the time to take your pick from peak selections and get Christmas all wrapped up!

Plan your floats now & remember to put lights on your float - it WILL be dark!Seeking Civic & Charity Groups to Sell Goodies

Seeking Groups of CarolersCall the Chamber of Commerce: 682-3595

Hi Everybody!

WIC contract for barton County Health DepartmentBarton County Health

Department signed a WIC contract for 2014. WIC is a USDA Nutritional Pro-gram for women, infants and children. WIC serves pregnant, breastfeeding and post partum women, infants and children up to their fifth birthday.

Income guidelines are based on 185 percent of poverty level, which for a family of three can make $36,131 annually and still

qualify financially. Fol-lowing a health and nutri-tional screening, qualified WIC participants receive nutrition education, med-ical referrals and nutri-tious foods each month.

Women and children receive milk, cheese, eggs, cereal, bread, tortillas, peanut butter, canned or dry beans, juice and fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables. Breastfeed-ing women who do not

receive formula for their infants also receive extra milk, cheese, breads and canned fish. Breastfed infants not receiving any formula at six months old receive infant cereal, 64 jars of infant fruits and vegetables and 31 jars of infant meats. Non breast-fed infants receive formu-la and at six months old, infant cereal and 31 jars of fruits and vegetables are added to their food

package.WIC participants are re-

certified every six months to remain on the WIC program. For more in-formation or to make an appointment for WIC call the Barton County Health Department at 417-682-3363 or come to 1301 E. 12th St., in Lamar.

Services are provided on a nondiscriminatory basis.

lAMAR CouNtRY ClubWINteR bRIDGe Club

Gloria Kurtz was the hostess Tuesday, Nov. 26. The winner was Margaret Wat-

tenbarger with Betty Gideon winning second.

The hostess next week, December 3, is scheduled to be Imogene Williams. Bet-ty Gilkey will be the hostess on Tuesday, Dec. 10.

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OATS Transportation Service continues through the winter season

By DORRIS MAYFIELD

Warm winter wishes to everyone! Southwest Re-gion OATS continues the opportunity of providing transportation service for medical and personal needs to the Barton and Dade County communi-ties. OATS is dedicated to supplying service to anyone regardless of age, income, race, gender, re-ligion, disability or na-tional origin. Individu-als are picked up at their residences and in most in-stances reservations may be made as late as the eve-ning before the intended trip. OATS prefers that you call your local contact listed below to schedule a trip instead of contacting the driver. Thank you for your cooperation.

For the public conve-nience and disposition, contacts and scheduled trips are as follows: Please note – the contact for Jas-per has changed until fur-ther notice.

Lamar and Jasper, Dor-ris Mayfield, 417-682-3842, e-mail chezdor-ri2127@att.net; Golden City, Bobbie Chappell, 417-537-8423, Dorris Mayfield, 417-682-3842; Lockwood, Irma Finley, 417-232-4020; Green-field, Anna Boyd, 417-637-2019; Arcola, Kyle Staley, 417-773-7381; Lib-eral and Mindenmines, Martha Carter, 417-843-2070.

Craig Hackney is the driver for the following scheduled trips: * First Monday of each month, pick up in Barton County for trip to Joplin; * Third Thursday of each month, pick up in Barton County for trip to Joplin; * Second Monday of each month,

pick up in Barton County for trip to Springfield; * Tuesday of each week, pick up in Mindenmines and Liberal for trip to La-mar; * Wednesday of each week, pick up in Golden City and Jasper for trip to Lamar; * Fourth Thursday of each month, pick up in Barton County for trip to Nevada.

Please note: OATS con-tinues to pick up in Bar-ton County for an extend-ed trip to Galena, Kan., to coincide with the Jop-lin scheduled trips when medical appointments dictate at the Ortho Four States Clinic.

We thank OATS driver Curtis Barrett, who has retired, for his service. The position for Dade County driver will be ful-filled as soon as the desig-nated individual finishes his driver’s training under the OATS requirements. * First Monday of each month, pick up in Dade County for trip to Spring-field; * Second Monday of

each month, pick up in Dade County for trip to Bolivar; * Every Thursday of each month, pick up in Dade County for trip to Greenfield.

OATS reminds the pub-lic that all schedules and contacts can be viewed on the chamber of commerce online site, TV channel 3 and online at www.oat-stransit.org and also all pertinent OATS informa-tion is published monthly in the Barton and Dade County newspapers.

A combined Barton and Dade County commit-tee meeting is held on the first Friday of every other month and meetings are open to the public.

OATS wishes to thank the Barton and Dade communities for their steadfast patronage and support throughout the year and the OATS con-tacts are always available to assist with your trans-portation questions and requirements.

Friends & Family

Equal HousingOpportunity

The family of Sam and Margie Crabtree would like to invite family and friends to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., at the Irwin Community Church, located on the corner of C Hwy. and NE 3rd Lane in Irwin. No gifts please; however, cards are welcomed.

Crabtrees to celebrate 50th

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Metzger’s MutteringsFriends & Family/school

By MELODY METZGERLamar Democrat

melodymetzger@lamardemocrat.com

By the time this comes out the 50th anniversary of JFK’s death will have passed and all the hoopla that went with it. I know it was a very important part of history, but really don’t understand why it has to be re-hashed again and again. Why can’t they just let all the fami-lies involved have their peace? I guess because it was such a part of my life when it occurred, and throughout the ensuing years, that I don’t really understand why people can’t leave it alone, but that is the way I feel.

Richardson, Texas was a wonderful town to grow up in and I feel truly blessed to be able to call it my hometown. Dallas was literally right across the street, but when we moved to Rich-ardson it was still consid-

ered a fairly small town. Unfortunately, times have changed and it has grown to become part of the huge metroplex. My memories are still of a close knit community. Many of the people that moved to Richardson about the same time we did were families of engi-neers whose fathers had been transferred there.

When I was eight, my mom and dad were di-vorced and we moved in with my stepfather at his home on Belt Line. An influential family in my life moved in two doors down after their father was transferred to the area. There were 10 children in the family; six boys and four girls, and two of the girls were around my age. Marga-ret Grace (known to me as Margaret, but now to others as Grace) was my age and is one of my very best friends to this day.

The family was ex-tremely musical with not

only their dad being a musician, but all the boys were excellent trumpet players and the girls had musical abilities as well, including the guitar, pia-no and violin.

At Christmas time, their family would gather on Christmas Eve and of course they always invit-ed our family. It was one of moms and my favorite part of the holidays and we always looked for-ward to it. Of course over the years, as the kids grew and acquired wives and children of their own, their children who were also musically inclined would participate and it would end up being one big gathering. After we moved away mom and I would often long to be with them on Christmas Eve as they had such a special way of making you feel as if you were party of their family!

The family is still a close knit family, al-though Margaret now lives in Montana and many of the others are scattered. Everyone still tries to come home as much as they can as they are blessed to still have Mrs. Shafer still in their life. Mrs. Shafer now

lives southeast of Dallas and not too long ago I had the good fortune of going down to visit her and Margaret, who at the time was in Texas visit-ing. Seeing them it felt like we had just been to-gether the day before and I love them like I do my own family.

Mrs. Shafer, who is a special Christian lady, is also a poet and sends me cards as often as she can and I look forward to each and every one.

She is one of my biggest fans and encouragers and I love having her in my life. I received a card from her yesterday, let-ting me know that they would have their Christ-mas musical gathering on the evening of De-cember 28 this year and how I would give any-thing to be there with them. I know I will be in spirit as I have been for many years!

Mrs. Shafer wrote me this poem and wanted to

know if I could put it in the paper, so here it is: “I thank you, God, for all I see; For all the blessings surrounding me; But there are things I cannot see, the Heavenly bless-ings awaiting me”. Caro-lyn “Kay” Shafer.

I am truly blessed to have had this family in my life and love them as my own. God knew what he was doing when he sent them to us and I will forever treasure their un-conditional love.

stAr students of the Week

STAR students at Lamar East Primary for the week of December 2 were, third row, left to right, Shayla Crockett, Wyatt Jeffries, Krissy Overstreet and Anthony Anderson; second row, Addie Garfield, Megan Tummons, Avery Reed and Eli Hull; first row, Taylor Gastel, Aliciah Sheriff, Ashby Feller and Norah Gardner. Not pictured is Zander Brayfield.

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SCHOOL

Jenna Polodna, daughter of Travis and Laura Polodna, is the seventh grade Lamar Middle School Student of the Week. The thing Jenna enjoys doing is playing with her dogs. Her favorite sport is volleyball and her favorite holiday is Christmas.

Dorian Engelbrecht, son of Jarod and Krystal Engelbrecht, is the sixth grade Student of the Week at Lamar Middle School. Dorian likes to play football. He likes playing the drums in band and also likes to go hunting with his dad.

Jacob Shields, son of Steve and Rhonda Shields, is the eighth grade Student of the Week at Lamar Middle School. Jacob participates in Math Counts and he is an algebra student. He is building a six foot R.C. plane and he builds models. He enjoys history and traveling west.

Show Tiger Pride!Anyone wishing to honor the Lamar football

team or a speci� c player, please notifyMelissa Little at 417-682-5529 ext. 62

or melissa@lamardemocrat.com.

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Students from Jasper High School attended the first ever South-west Missouri Bully-ing Prevention Sum-mit on Friday, Nov. 15. The summit was hosted by the South-west Center for Excel-lence in Education and Character-Plus. More than 150 students from surrounding schools joined 16 Jasper stu-dents for a day of lead-ership and awareness training.

The students were led in exercises to help

them recognize their individual leadership strengths and differences. They also spent time to-gether in small groups working on team build-ing skills and identifying areas of need on their campus.

At the end of the day each school worked to-gether on an action plan focused on promoting positive school culture. Students from each dis-trict were sponsored by an adult from their cam-pus. Counselors, princi-pals, resource officers and

classroom teachers all served as sponsors from the different schools.

This was an amaz-ing event and the Jasper students were excited about bringing what they learned back to their school. Monica Steeves, a Jasper junior, stated, “This was a great experi-ence and I see hope in our schools’ future as a respectful place”.

A middle school sum-mit and elementary school summit will follow in the coming months.

school/sports

Those attending the bullying prevention summit from Jasper were, front row, left to right, Rosa Flores, Birgit Anzjon, high school counselor Dana Sisk, curriculum director Amanda Moennig and PE teacher Lisa Cropper; middle row, left to right, Mason Olinger, Byron Stevens, Andrew Adams, Rylee Ervin, Grace Gazaway, Monica Steeves and Elizabeth Maneval; back row, left to right, Levi Brown, Hector Rivera, Blake Jeffries, Hayden Davis, Annie Wright, Haley Bennett, PE teacher Rich Adkins and Jenna Rector.

LHS students attend math contest

Students from Lamar High School at-tended a math contest on Saturday, Nov. 9 at Springfield Catholic High School.

Freshmen were Carmen Miller, who placed first on the Countdown and Na-than Luthi who placed first on Sprint. Sophomore Griffen Leininger placed second on Target. Juniors attending were Caleb Luthi, who earned third place on Sprint and Trenton Maberry, who made sure everyone was safe and accounted for. Seniors Ryan Luthi and

Cody Rawlings did an excellent job in Cody's words, "Doing math for three hours, four different ways (against his will but we know better)."

Students all took the Sprint, Target, Team, and Relay tests. High school sponsor Mr. Robertson was pleased with the success of the group. Mrs. Robertson enjoyed driving the mini bus. Thank you so much to these stu-dents for representing Lamar High School well at this academic contest.

LMS seventh and eighth grades conclude successful seasonThe Lamar Middle

School seventh and eighth grade football pro-gram concluded a suc-cessful season on Octo-ber 24, with a combined record of 10-0-2.

The seventh grade Brotherhood finished with a record of four wins, no losses and tied twice. The seventh grad-ers earned victories this season defeating Seneca, East Newton, Aurora and

Monett, while they tied in their games against Mt. Vernon and Cass-ville. This was a very hard working group that was fun and impressive to watch.

The eighth grade fin-ished their season unde-feated with a record of six wins and no losses. They finished their middle school career undefeated in seventh and eighth grade, earning the dis-

tinction as the first Lamar Middle School squad to win 12 games during both years in middle school.

A special thank you goes out to the many people involved in the program helping the kids to have a successful experience. Ultimately, appreciation goes to the players for their dedica-tion and effort during the hours spent in the weight room during winter and

summer weights, as well as to the parents for their dedication and effort in transporting their sons to and from weights as well as practice, in addition to the support given by at-tending home and away games.

The coaches would also like to thank the following people for their assistance and support including Chris Davey, Lance Hard-man, David Compton,

Cindy Gammon, Heather Bayless, Nikki Brand and Wendy Bartholomew, as well as the numerous fa-thers who donated their time by participating on the “chain gang” during home games.

The future of Lamar Football looks bright as these seventh and eighth grade boys look to help out the brotherhood as they prepare to begin their high school football

careers.The future of the Broth-

erhood looks exciting as the seventh graders will prepare to return as eighth graders next year and the eighth grad-ers will begin their high school football careers. LMS coach Glen Cox was quoted as stating, “We re-ally enjoyed the opportu-nity to coach such great kids, as they were truly a pleasure to coach”.

Lady Tigers steal win over DiamondBy LONNA JACKSON

The Lady Tiger basket-ball team won their sea-son opener in dramatic fashion Monday, Nov. 25, by outscoring their opponent 20-8 in the fourth quarter. The final score was 45-42. Lamar had a rough first half and looked a little out of sync as they went to the locker room at halftime down 22-15. The Lady Wildcats were able to extend their lead in the third quarter to 34-25 and looked as if they were in control going into the final frame. How-ever, the Tigers relied on their defense and some key free throws to come away with the victory.

Lamar chipped away at the lead and was able to close the gap to a 38-39 deficit with 2:40 left in the game. After a Ryan

O’Sullivan steal, Emmie Robertson was fouled and gave the Tigers their first lead when she hit both of her foul shots at the 2:14 mark. But the lead didn’t last long as Diamond hit one of two free throws and then scored again, putting Diamond back on top 42-40 with 1:46 re-maining in the game.

On Lamar’s next pos-session, Shelby Haskins was fouled while she was trying to put the ball back up after an offensive re-bound. She sank both of her free throws, tying the game at 42 with 56 sec-onds left. Ryan O’Sullivan then swiped another ball from the opponent and scored a layup to put La-mar back on top. Taylor Jackson poked the ball away again as Diamond was driving in. She then was fouled and made one

of two foul shots to put Lamar up by three with 22 seconds left in the con-test. Diamond got the ball back one more time, but was unable to score.

Chynna Moore led the Tigers’ offense with 13 points, Taylor Jack-son added 11 and Ryan O’Sullivan chipped in eight. To round out the scoring Emmie Robert-son had three, Shelby Haskins six, Alyssa Fan-ning two and Trinity Cor-nell two. The Lady Tiger JV also won their contest with a score of 36-32. The girls traveled to Webb City to take on the Cardi-nals Tuesday, Dec. 3 and are headed to Springfield Thursday to meet up with Springfield Central. Their first home game will be on Tuesday, Dec. 12, against Pierce City. Please come out and support the girls!

turned the ensuing kick-off 61 yards to the Lamar 38, but defensive coor-dinator Thad Lundine's group was up to the chal-lenge. A third down pass from Titus to Austen Eskew netted only three yards when sophomore linebacker Jed Stahl tack-led Eskew five yards short of the marker, forcing a field goal attempt that was wide right. The Cardinals would struggle to threat-en again.

The Tigers took over at their 20. Petersen ran for five yards on first down and the next play he hand-ed to Beshore on the op-tion play around the right end  and the senior  fol-lowed a lead block from junior guard Trenton Mooney.  Beshore  plant-ed his right foot and cut up the field through an opening in the Cardinal defense. He sprinted past the Cardinal secondary and outran his pursuers 75 yards for a touchdown. The Tigers led 14-0 a minute and a half into the second quarter.

Sensing a breaking point the Lamar defense rose to the occasion, forcing a quick punt. Their offense set up at the 37 and five plays later they were in the end zone again, this time on a 41 yard Beshore run.

The Tigers came into the contest on the verge of breaking the national scoring record for high school football, a record held by Albemarle, a high school in North Carolina that scored 903 points in 16 games in 2001. Refu-

gio, a school in Texas scored 891 in 2011. Albe-marle did it in 16 games; Refugio did it in 15 games. The Tigers would finish with 883 points in 15 games, but Beshore said that wasn't the team's focus.

"Winning a state title means the most to us," said Beshore.

The Tigers were well on their way, leading 21-0 halfway through the sec-ond quarter.

Lundine's  defense forced another three and out and following a Car-dinals punt,  Lamar's of-fense took over at their 30. They orchestrated a nine play drive with  Peters-en  rushing for  24 yards on a third and 13 to keep it alive. Five plays later ju-nior quarterback Tripp Tucker took the shotgun snap and headed up the middle. He bounced out-side and outran the Car-dinals defense for a 25 yard touchdown.

The Tigers offense fea-tures a pair of quarter-backs, Petersen and Tuck-er, who set up side by side in a shotgun formation with two wingbacks off-set from the tight ends, Sam Bailey and William O'Brien. The scheme is full of misdirection, ball fakes and versatility, but the formations are not complicated. Early on the Cardinals were throw-ing different looks at the Tigers offensive line and tight ends, but adjust-ments were made up front by Bailey's  line and the Cardinals were un-able to keep up with La-

mar's physical play and found themselves in a big hole. The Cardinals offense put together one last effort to put up  first half points, moving  deep into Tiger territory late in the half. Facing a sec-ond and nine from the Lamar 12, the Cardinals shifted their formation leaving senior cornerback Mark Bartlett alone with receiver Dakota Smidt. Quarterback Garrett Ti-tus looked to his right but the Tigers secondary on that side had everyone covered and the pass rush forced him to look to his left quickly and he un-loaded a throw that a div-ing Bartlett came up with for an interception at the Lamar one yard line.

The Tigers went to the half up 28-0.

Lamar's defense started the second half with the same mentality that en-abled them to limit op-ponents to just over eight points a game on the season. Smidt looked for running room on first down from the Lawson 43 but found only senior linebacker JT Tucker for no gain. Stahl made a stop on second down and Beshore went up high to pick off Titus on third down. He returned the interception 38 yards to the Lawson 25 yard line. Three plays later the Ti-gers were in the end zone again on an eight yard Pe-tersen run. Morrow's kick put the Tigers up 35-0.

The Tigers added a touchdown late in the third quarter when soph-omore Danny Embry

slipped tackles on his way to a 38 yard touchdown that set the final score.

The Tigers 883 points is the record for Missouri teams of all size classifi-cations and is even more impressive a figure con-sidering that with a 35 point lead the clock runs continuously in the sec-ond half. Once again the second half went quick as the Tigers "turbo clocked" their opponent again.

Lawson finished 12-3. The Tigers finished 14-1, their only blemish com-ing when Carl Junction scored on a desperation trick play as time ran out to win 50-46 in week six. Sam Bailey said that though painful, the loss helped the Tigers gear up for the title run.

"It helped us make ad-justments for upcoming opponents," he said. "It also gave us a feeling in our stomach that we nev-er wanted to go through again."

Carl Junction ended up running through the Big 8 Conference as  unde-feated champs. Their only two losses were to  even-tual Class 4 state champs Webb City.

On the season the Tigers racked up nearly 7,000 yards rushing.  Beshore had nearly 1,500 and Pe-tersen had over 2,300. Friday they led the way again with 212 and 152 respectively on 11 and 24 attempts. Taffner had 52 yards on six carries. Em-bry had three for 47, while Tucker added  two for 27 and Anthony Wilkerson had two for 23 yards. The Tigers finished with 518  yards on 54 rushes. They attempted only one pass that was incomplete.

Defensively the Tigers held  the Cardinals to 77 yards on the ground and 92 in the air. Stahl had five total tackles to lead the team. Key to the defense on the season was senior defensive back Landon

Compton, whose versa-tility enabled the coach-ing staff to drop him in pass coverage, blitz him and bring him close to the line in run support. He finished with four to-tal tackles as did senior linebacker  JT Tucker, ju-nior cornerback William Kluhsman and senior defensive tackles Bran-don Eaves and Jacob Rice. Keegan Duncan, Johnny Brooks and Dylon Rob-ertson each added two tackles.

When asked what the state championship meant to him, Petersen told the reporters in the post game press confer-ence, "It means that all the time and effort we put in as a brotherhood has paid off."

The Tigers finish their historic season 14-1. A retrospective of the en-tire season will appear in an upcoming issue of the Democrat.

Champs, continued from page 1A

Jasper High School students attend bullying prevention summit

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Peterson Outdoor Ministries provides recreational therapy for wounded warriors

With the help of an army of dedi-cated volunteers, Peterson Outdoor Ministries has offered to Wounded Warriors, disabled veterans, and youth with terminal illnesses an opportunity to participate in outdoor sports that otherwise would not be available. In so many instances, the program becomes a valuable form of therapy. It is now in its fifth year.

The center of the program has been the farm of Mark and Trudy Peterson, located in southwestern Barton Coun-ty northeast of Nashville. It involves the shooting sports but is not limited to them. When participating in an ac-tivity, a volunteer goes along to offer assistance if necessary.

Activities throughout 2013 included a wounded veteran duck hunt in Okla-homa in January, a wild game dinner

at Lamar’s First Christian Church in February, a wounded veteran feral hog hunt near Harrison, Ark. in March, a youth with disabilities and military chaplains turkey hunt in April, a Mis-souri Patriot Guard summer rally on the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia in June, and a day on a shoot-ing range at Bois D’Arc, also in June. The latest activity that spurred lots of interest was the wounded warrior deer hunt, November 16-18.

The next goal of Peterson Outdoor Ministries is to buy or build a fully ac-cessible lodge as a faith based retreat for combat veterans and their families. It will be called the Lodge of Hope, and financial assistance for its con-struction is being sought.

Friends and family gather at former Zion Lutheran Church for All Saints Sunday

Friends and family  of the former Zion Lutheran Church gathered on  All Saints Sun-day, Nov. 3, 2 p.m., to dedicate a commemorative tribute at the site of the former church in Meinert.  Approximately 125  gathered  to acknowledge the 86 years  that Zion served families in the rural Meinert and Lockwood area.

Pastor Kyle  Fittje of Imman-uel Lutheran Church, Lock-wood,  opened the dedication service with an invocation, fol-lowed by congregational  sing-ing of “Now Thank We All

Our God”.  Pastor  Bill Marler of Trinity Lutheran Church, Springfield, offered three scrip-ture readings followed by a second hymn, “The Church's One Foundation”.  Pastor Gary Griffin, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Lockwood, deliv-ered the message, followed by a blessing of the tribute by Pas-tor Fittje.

The  service closed with a benediction from Pastor Ron-nie Backs, St. Andrew Lutheran Church, Stockton.  Following the service a  message from Chaplain David Schilling, US

Navy, was read by his sister and  niece, Valerie Hudspeth and Jarica Oeltjen; likewise, a letter  from Pastor Donald Schedler whose parents served Zion in the 1960s was shared by Pastor Griffin. Wayne Schnelle, who also recognized the great grandson of Fred Meinert, who was in attendance, read a brief history of Meinert and Zion Lutheran  Church, written by Clovis Haubein.

The program concluded with Gary Schilling, tribute archi-tect and designer,  acknowl-edging a  host of individuals and  groups who were instru-mental in  seeing this tribute become a reality.

Following the service many of the children  enjoyed "cut-ting the  ribbon" for the trib-ute, while all attendees enjoyed visiting, taking  photos and reminiscing during a  recep-tion in  the Meinert Commu-nity Center. Memorabilia from Zion was displayed includ-ing  photos,  books reflecting Zion's history and even  attire worn by those attending wor-ship services at Zion in the ear-ly 1900s.

The commemorative tribute is located four miles south and

two miles west of Lock-wood and is built on the  very site where Zion Lutheran Church  once stood.  The trib-ute includes a historical narra-tive of the church, a photo of its 1922 dedication and  key dates in its 130 year history, all etched in granite and embraced  by a stainless steel steeple  mark-ing the exact  location  where

the church's steeple and front door once stood.  Enhanc-ing the tribute are eight newly planted gingko trees symbol-izing the  eight original win-dows of Zion's  sanctuary.  The site serves as a lasting tribute to all in this Christian communi-ty who were influenced by Zion Lutheran Church from 1883 to the present day.

Photoartdb Arts & Consulting holds grand opening celebrationGOLDEN CITY- On Satur-

day, Nov. 23, Photoartdb Arts & Consulting opened a holiday oriented portrait studio booth inside Sherry’s Store at 521 Main Street in Golden City.

At the grand opening, the owner/lead photographer, Deb Bentlage, set up appointments for photo sessions to create postcards, holiday cards, keep-

sake books for gift giving, cal-endars and more. Anyone that has an antique photograph that they would like to have made into a Christmas card for fam-ily and friends are welcome to bring it by for an assessment.

They also offer on-location shoots to capture pet portraits for cards or family gather-ings and the Christmas tree, as

well as other settings. Gift card packages include different sizes of postcards and folded cards at reasonable prices, as well as photo ornaments for trees, or keepsake books for memories to come.

Regular store hours will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays and Satur-days, and occasionally on Sun-

day afternoons if a session is scheduled or Sherry’s Store is open. They will be in the booth unless an on-location shoot or other project is happening off-site. Please call 417-537-0120 or 917-754-1167 before com-ing, to ensure that the photog-rapher will be there to meet your needs. Sherry’s Store can also be contacted at 417-537-

0119.Photoartdb Arts & Consult-

ing does small business mar-keting, web design, photogra-phy, graphic design and other marketing collateral like busi-ness cards, gift certificates and brochures. Please check their website at http://photoartdb.wix.com/photoartdbportfolio for sample projects and work.

Pictured is the dedication held in 1922 of the original Zion Lutheran Church.

After a lot of searching and debating, Peter den Tek has been given the go ahead for a memorial to be erected in dedication of the crew of the B-17 of which Jerre Algeo was a crewmember. Staff Sergeant Algeo was with the U.S. Army Air Forces 407th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomber Group, that was shot down July 28, 1943. Algeo, who entered the service from Missouri, is buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten Netherlands. The location of the memorial will be Fort Asperen, a 19th century fort near the village of Asperen, where den Tek resides.

den Tek receives go ahead for Jerre Algeo memorial

A good size crowd was on hand to observe All Saints Sunday on November 3, dedicating a commemorative tribute at the site of the former church in Meinert.

This commemorative tribute, marking the original site of the Zion Lutheran Church, is located for miles south and two miles west of Lockwood.

Ordinance committee to recommend tighter rules on manufactured homesBy RICHARD COOPERDemocrat staff writer

LAMAR-There are two types of home structures currently being pro-duced, other than custom built homes. They are manufactured and modu-lar homes. Modular homes are built to international standards, and may be situated in any residential zone in Lamar. Manufactured homes are built to lesser standards and are limited to being placed in R-3 residential zones and parks designated for them. Those parks are still called “mobile home” parks even though mobile homes have

not been produced since 1976. Lamar Building Inspector Greg Coats says it is impossible to distinguish between manufactured and modular homes by their outward appearance. Wiring and window installation are among the things that must be closely examined that sets apart modular from manufac-tured. The difference is very significant says Coats.

At the request of the Lamar City Council, its ordinance committee met November 26 to consider tighter rules on manufactured homes in the city and to recommend those rules to the full council for consideration.

After a thorough discussion, the committee will recommend that man-ufactured homes brought into the city will be allowed only in parks designed for them. There are five such parks within the city at this time. Also, they can be no older than 15 years. Manu-factured homes that have a residential design are also limited to the designat-ed parks.

The 15 year age limit also applies to introduction of modular homes.

Implementation of these recommen-dations will also require amending the city’s zoning ordinance.

All of this will not apply to exist-

ing mobile, manufactured, or modu-lar homes within the city. They will be able to remain undisturbed unless they have deteriorated to the point of becoming a nuisance structure.

Before arriving at its recommenda-tions, the committee studied the results of a survey of 10 area cities’ policies toward manufactured homes. Nine of the 10 restricted them to designated parks. Only Carl Junction allowed R-3 locations outside of a designated park.

The recommendations will be pre-sented to the city council at its next meeting, December 16.

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CAFO operation still a main concern with citizensBy CAROLYN HEAD

Dade County reporter

GREENFIELD- � e Dade County Commis-sion met Monday, Nov. 4, 9 a.m. � ose present were Presiding Commissioner Randy Daniel, Western Commissioner David Rusch, Eastern Commis-sioner Dallas Maxwell and County Clerk Me-linda Wright.

Joan Cline met with the commission in regards to where they are with a � ne on the CAFO permit for Clinton Headings. Dan-

iel advised Cline that he had addressed the pros-ecutor and the sheri� and that there had been some results. � e deputy had spoken with Headings; however, nothing had been � led as of yet. Cline was concerned that the issue would be dropped and did not want that to happen. � e commission was not sure if there was a statute of limitations. At this time Headings is permitted for export only. Cline inquired why the spreader was hooked on to the back of his tractor as soon as the birds are shipped out, as he is not supposed to spread on his own land. It was noted that Headings may want to change his permit clas-si� cation in the future, but he has not done so to date. Daniel stated that the commission did not have the power or right

to make the other o� -cials move at the speed they feel they should. Cline asked if there had been any other permits or applications applied for. Daniel stated that a gentleman had spoken to him, but there had been no follow up.

Bob Glenn advised the commission that he had two pieces of land in the same area of concern and had planned to build a new house, but would not do so now. He stated that he had spoken with nu-merous individuals that had planned to build new homes, but have put them on hold until something can be settled regard-ing the problem with the chicken houses. Glenn questioned, “If new chicken houses are be-gun to be built too close to my present home, will the governing body put

a stop to it”? Daniel said they would do all that they could, but that he could not speak for what the authorities would do. Glenn replied, “We have a county health ordinance; we can either enforce it or we can’t enforce it, if we can’t enforce it we are losing new houses to be built and losing the value of acreage in the area”.

Dan Long met with the commission. He lacks two diaphragms in the middle and needs anchor bolts to move forward following the rain. It was reported that Viebrock had sold to another com-pany, but was still using the Viebrock name.

A letter was received from the governor that all state o� ces would be closed the Friday a� er � anksgiving. County employees will have to take the day o� unpaid or use a vacation day. � e

courthouse will be closed.� e minutes from Oc-

tober 28 were read and approved as corrected.

Preston Bridge (182) was completed in 19 days and had a bypass so as not to impede tra� c at all.

Rusch received a call re-garding Road 12.

� e commission dis-cussed their concern that law enforcement would go over its budget be-fore the end of the year. Daniel replied that the overage needed to be

curtailed early on by the sheri� ; that he is doing a good job, but the budget is a concern.

Bob Kitsmiller met with the commission and in-formed them that the public mitigation plan should be completed this week.

� e commission re-ceived the October in-come expenses from the extension o� ce.

Sheri� Hu� man met with the commission re-garding the budget.

Dade County Commission goes over mitigation plan

By CAROLYN HEADDade County reporter

GREENFIELD-� e Dade County Commis-sion met at 9 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 12. Pre-siding Commissioner Randy Daniel called the meeting to order. Oth-ers present were Randy Daniel, Dallas Maxwell, David Rusch and Me-linda Wright.

� e November 4 min-utes were approved as corrected.

Mrs. Holder met with the commission regard-ing FR 4.

� e commission at-tended the salary com-mission meeting at 1 p.m., then went on to check on progress at the bridge on FR 181.

� e commissioners met with Bob Kitsmiller regarding the mitiga-tion plan. Jill Scheidt and Tina Brownsburger from the extension o� ce met with the commis-sion regarding the bud-get request for 2014.

� e meeting adjourned at 4 p.m., to meet again on November 18.

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NOTICE OFTRUSTEE’S SALE

WHEREAS, Angela L. Etcheson, by her Deed of Trust dated May 5, 2008, and recorded in the Recorder’s O� ce of Barton County, Missouri as Document 2008-736, conveyed to J. Kevin Checkett, Successor Trustee, the following described real estate,

situated in the County of Barton, State of Missouri, towit:

� e Surface only of the following described land in Barton County, Missouri:Tract I:A portion of the Northeast Quarter of Section � irty-one (31), Township � irty-two (32) North, Range � irty-three (33)

West of the Fi� h Principal Meridian, Barton County, Missouri, being bounded and described as follows:Beginning at a point 1753.50 feet North of the intersection of the East line of said Section 31 and the Northerly Right-of-way of the abandoned St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad, said point being 1566.58 feet North of the Southeast Corner of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 31; thence North 00 degrees East (Assumed Bearings) along the East line of said Northeast Quarter a distance of 488.76 feet; thence South 86 degrees 20 minutes 20

seconds West a distance of 1286.62 feet to the centerline of said St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad; thence South 29 degrees 34 minutes 33 seconds East along said centerline a distance of 488.77 feet to a point being 1566.58 feet North of the South line of said Northeast Quarter; thence North 88 degrees 59 minutes 04 seconds East parallel with said South line a distance of 1042.92 feet to the point of beginning.EXCEPT a portion of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 31 being bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point

1753.50 feet North of the intersection of the East line of said Section 31 and the Northerly right-of-way of the abandoned St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad, said point being 1566.58 feet North of the Southeast Corner of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 31, thence North 00 degrees East (Assumed Bearings) along the East line of said Northeast Quarter a distance of 185.67 feet, thence South 88 degrees 59 minutes 04 seconds West parallel with the South line of said Northeast Quarter a distance of 1090.33 feet to the Northeasterly Right-of-way of said St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Right-of-way, thence South 29 degrees 34 minutes 33 seconds East along said Northeasterly right-of-way a distance of 211.36 feet to a point being 1566.58 feet North of the South line of said Northeast Quarter, thence North 88 degrees 59 minutes 04 seconds East parallel with said South line a distance of 985.99 feet to the point of beginning.TRACT II:

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A CARD SHOWER IS BEING HELD FOR J.C. Wiseman, who will turn 80 on December 5. Cards can be sent to him at 324 Deer Run Drive, Nevada, MO 64772.BARTON COUNTY DEMOCRATS WILL meet Wednesday, Dec. 11, 6 p.m., in the basement of Lamar Memorial Hall. A Christmas potluck supper will be served. Various topics of business will be discussed. For more information call Roger Seeley at 417-842-3486. Everyone is welcomed.THE MOUNT OLIVE CHRISTIAN CHURCH will host its Saturday morning breakfast on December 7, 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. � ere is no charge; however, dona-tions are taken. � e church is located on E Dade 54 in Green� eld.LAMAR ART LEAGUE WILL MEET � ursday, Dec. 5, 10 a.m., at the Mary K. Finley Library in La-mar. Bring something to work on and lunch. For in-formation call Donna Holt at 417-398-2614.THE BARTON-JASPER COUNTY Collectors As-sociation will sponsor the 21st Annual Fall Coin, Stamp, Postcards, Sports Memorabilia and Collect-ibles Show at Carthage Memorial Hall, 407 S. Garri-son (Hwy. 571) on Saturday, Dec. 7, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 8, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free. For information call Brad Potter at 417-682-4500 af-ter 6:30 p.m.THE MISS MERRY CHRISTMAS PAGEANT will be held Friday and Saturday, Dec. 6 and 7, at � iebaud Auditorium in Lamar. � e Miss pageant, for grades 9-12, will be held Friday, Dec. 6, 8 p.m., with the Ju-nior Miss, for grades 6-8, being held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. � e Little Miss and Young Miss pageant, for grades K-5th, will be Saturday, Nov. 7, 2 p.m.THE BARTON COUNTY LIBRARY BOARD of Trustees will meet Tuesday, Dec. 17, 9:30 a.m., at the Mary K. Finley Library in Lamar. � e tentative agen-da will include (1) � nancial report review including approval of bills paid, (2) minutes and (3) director’s report.THE JASPER SURVIVING SPOUSES WILL meet � ursday, Dec. 5, 5 p.m., at Sharon’s Family Restau-rant. � is will be the Christmas party. If anyone wish-es to be a part in the gi� exchange they should bring a gi� of the usual price.A “COOL TECH GIFTS” CLASS, for ideas on gi� s under $50, will be taught at the Lamar Library on � ursday, Dec. 5, 5:30 p.m. For information or to sign up call 682-5355.THE AMERICAN LEGION AND AUXILIARY will meet Monday, Dec. 9, 6 p.m., at � e Peppermill in Lamar for the Christmas supper. For information call Auxiliary President Hazel Hoerman at 682-2455.THE GOLDEN CITY LIONS CLUB Christmas Pa-rade will be held Saturday, Dec. 7, 10 a.m. Entries are welcomed. Line up will be at 9:30 a.m., at the west park.BCAWS WILL MEET WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 12 noon, at Denny’s in Lamar. For information call 682-3363.THE LAMAR AWARD RECOGNITION ceremo-ny for volleyball and cross country has been moved to Sunday, Dec. 8, 4 p.m., at the high school gymnasium.GOLDEN CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT is holding a ra� e for two guns in order to get new turnout gear. � e guns may be seen at the gun shop located on J Hwy. and 126 and tickets may be purchased at Gold-en City City Hall, Sherry’s Store, Soup & Sammies, Produce Exchange, � e Meat Co. or by contacting any � re personnel. � e drawing will be held Satur-day, Dec. 7. A ham and bean feed at the communi-ty building will follow the Christmas parade on that day. For information call 417-537-9998.FALL AWARD RECOGNITION FOR Lamar foot-ball and cheer will be held Monday, Dec. 16, 6 p.m., in the high school gymnasium.

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DANA MAE CASECARTHAGE-Services

were held at 2 p.m. Sat-urday at Weng Funeral Chapel in Jasper for Dana Mae Case, 92, Carthage, who died Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, at Lockwood. Burial was in Park Cem-etery in Carthage.

Online condolences may be made at wengfu-neralchapel.com.

Survivors include a son, George A. Case, Car-thage; a daughter, Diann Frantz, Alexandria, Va.; a sister, Frieda � omas, Carthage; six grandchil-dren and nine great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Case was born May 5, 1921, in Jasper County, to Roy E. and Ruth (Lundy) Grieb. She was a homemaker and a retired school teacher, having taught in many of the rural and public schools in the area in-cluding Pearl Hill, Dewey, Freedom, Gem, Lynn-land, May� ower, Avilla, Jasper and Carthage. She was a member of the Mt. Moriah United Methodist Church.

She married George E. Case on May 11, 1947, in rural Carthage. He died June 24, 2003.

JAMES O. FANNING

LAMAR-A memorial service was held at 1 p.m. Monday at Daniel Fu-neral Home for James Ola Fanning, 87, Lamar, who died Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, at his home. Mili-tary honors followed at the funeral home.

Memorial contribu-tions may be made to the

American Diabetes As-sociation, in care of the funeral home.

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

Survivors include his wife, Reba Fanning; three sons, Jim and Cheryl Fanning, Gary and Angie Fanning and Larry and Donna Fanning, all of Lamar; a daughter, Kathy and Neil Simons, Lamar; a brother, Victor Fanning, Excelsior Springs; 10 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Joe Fanning, and three sis-ters, Mandy Yount, Eva Voorhees and Jessie Blan-kenship.

Mr. Fanning was born March 15, 1926, at Lamar, to Joe and Eunice (Doyle) Fanning. He attended school in Lamar. He was a member of Lamar First Christian Church and the Lamar VFW. He served in the US Army from 1944 until 1946, with services in Europe, the Philip-pines and Japan. He had worked as a die setter for � orco Industries until his retirement.

He married Reba Lu-cille Morey on Nov. 20, 1948.

BEVERLEY A. GARRINGER

LAMAR-Services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Daniel Funeral Home for Beverley Anne Garrin-ger, 80, Lamar, who died Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, at Barton County Memorial Hospital. Burial was in Lake Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church Children’s Ministries, in care of the funeral home.

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

Survivors include her husband, Junior, of the home; a son, Rodney Gar-

ringer, Rockford, Ill.; four daughters, Jennifer Gar-ringer, Kansas City, Ann Stahl and husband Ralph, Lamar, Sandy Bean and husband Shaun, Liberal and Cheri Moss and hus-band Darrell, Lamar; a brother, Jim Welch and wife Sharon, Branson; two sisters, Judy Welch, Wesley Chapel, Fla. and Sue Sundlee, Rochester, Minn.; 13 grandchil-dren, Sean Kirby and wife Annemarie, Kansas City, Angel Patterson and husband Kevin, Donovan Stahl and wife Jessica, Chelle Gardner and hus-band Mark, Marty Ansley and husband Jeremy, all of Lamar, Joey Garringer and wife Jenni, El Dorado Springs, Shauna Bean and husband Steven Hack-ler, Liberal, Becky Powell and husband Logan, La-mar; Josh Bean, Sheldon, Carrie Bean, Little Cot-tonwood Canyon, Utah, Zach Kirby and wife Hope, Kansas City, Kan., Sarah Davis and husband Nathan, Liberal and Chel-sea Dighero and husband Justin, Lamar; 20 great-grandchildren, Trenton Doyle and wife Chelsea, Addie Williams, Dallas Doyle, Jerica, Jacey and Donte Stahl, Jill and Bro-dy Gardner, Trevyn and Tayah Garringer, Tay-lor Kirby, Tate, Tyler, TJ, Toby and Tripp Ansley, Stasha Hackler, Ashlynn Davis and Alyssa, Clay-ton and Brady Powell; a great-great-granddaugh-ter, Maiah Williams, as well as many nieces and nephews and a large ex-tended family.

She was preceded in death by a son-in-law, Bill Kirby and a grandson, Trevor Kirby.

Mrs. Garringer was born July 27, 1933, in Tulsa, Okla., to Ancil and Fern (Rumbaugh) Welch. She and her hus-band Junior have called Lamar home for the past 57 years. She was a home-maker and had worked as a bookkeeper, checker, and optometric assistant. For the last six years she has been a cashier at Sil-ver Dollar City.

She was an active member of First Baptist Church. She taught Sun-day school, sang in the choir and served on the hospitality committee. She and her husband de-veloped the Bible Drill program and continued to coordinate it for many

years. � ey also volun-teered at Baptist Hill Church Camp for several years. Mrs. Garringer was a Worthy Matron and District Deputy of the Order of Eastern Star and had been Mother Advi-sor for Rainbows. She also worked as director of Barton County American Red Cross Disaster Ser-vices.

She married Junior Gar-ringer on June 11, 1951, at Aurora.

LESTER CARL TAFFNER

RURAL JASPER-Ser-vices are pending with Weng Funeral Chapel in Jasper for Lester Carl Ta� ner, rural Jasper, who died Monday morning, Dec. 2, 2013.

ALTA STOUTJOPLIN-Graveside ser-

vices were held at 2 p.m. Saturday for Alta Mae Stout, 91, Joplin, who died � ursday, Nov. 28, 2013. Minister Kevin Reich o� ciated.

Music was “When the Roll is Called Up Yon-der”. Pallbearers were Ja-cob Willis, Taylor Emery, Nicholas Emery, Cole Carver and Wyatt Stout. Honorary pallbearers were Henry Stout, III, Shane Stout, Jim Wil-lis, Kevin Emery, Jo-seph Born and Matthew Gri� tt.

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

Condolences may be le� online at www.konantz-warden.com.

Survivors include her children, Henry “JR” Stout and wife Sha-ron, Neosho, Oda Mae Woody, Forsythe, and Kathy Gri� tt and hus-band Rick, Lamar; eight grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren and a brother, Harvey VanBu-ren.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, June Lehr and three brothers, Floyd, Glen and Earl Van-Buren.

Mrs. Stout was born May 5, 1922, in Norton, Kan., to Leonard and Jenny VanBuren. She was a member of the First Christian Church.

She married Henry Os-car Stout in Arkansas. He preceded her in death.

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A portion of the Northeast Quarter of Section Thirty-one (31), Township Thirty-two (32) North, Range Thirty-three (33) West of the Fifth Principal Meridian, Barton County, Missouri, being bounded and described as follows:Beginning at the Northeast Corner of said Section 31; thence South 00 degrees West (Assumed Bearings) along the East line of said Northeast Quarter of distance of 581.70 feet to a point being 2055.34 feet North of the Southeast Corner of said Northeast Quarter; thence South 86 degrees 20 minutes 20 seconds West a distance of 1286.62 feet to the centerline of the abandoned St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad; thence North 29 degrees 34 minutes 33 seconds West along said centerline a distance of 734.33 feet to the North line of said Northeast Quarter; thence North 89 degrees 07 minutes 22 seconds East along said North line a distance of 1646.64 feet to the point of beginning, less the North 20 feet and the East 20 feet being used for public right of ways,which conveyance was made to J. Kevin Checkett, Successor Trustee, in trust, to secure the payment of the promissory note in said Deed of Trust described; andWHEREAS, default was

made and still continues in the payment of said note

and the whole amount has become due and payable.

NOW, THEREFORE, at the request of the legal holder of said note, I, J. Kevin Checkett, the undersigned Successor Trustee, will sell the property above described at public vendue, to the highest bidder for cash, at the West front door of the Barton County Courthouse in the City of Lamar, County of Barton, State of Missouri, on December 6, 2013 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., (more particularly 1:00 p.m.) for the purpose of satisfying said indebtedness and the costs of executing this trust.

J. Kevin Checkett, Successor Trustee

CHECKETT & PAULY, P.C.

517 South Main Street, P. O. Box 409

Carthage, Missouri 64836 (417) 3584049

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF BARTON

COUNTY,MISSOURI

PROBATE DIVISIONIn the Estate of MABEL DELISSA, Deceased, Estate No. 13B4-PR00019

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

PURSUANT TO 473.587 RSMo

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT Patrick E. Barr, Personal Representative, will file a final settlement and petition for distribution in this Court on the 30th day of December, 2013, or as may be continued by the Court.

OBJECTIONS to the Final Settlement or Petition for Distribution shall be filed in writing within twenty days after filing of the final Settlement.

s-Patrick E. Barr,Personal Representative

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF BARTON COUNTY, MISSOURIPROBATE DIVISION

In the Estate of MARY KELLENBERGER, Deceased, Estate No. 10B4-00034

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT(RSMo. 473.587

Supp. 1984)TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE:

Notice is hereby given that Jodi Luthi, Personal Representative, will file a Final Settlement and Petition for Distribution in this Court on the 30th day of December, 2013, or as may be continued by the Court.

OBJECTIONS to the Final Settlement or Petition for Distribution shall be filed

in writing within twenty days after filing of the Final Settlement.FLANIGAN, LASLEY & MOORE, LLPBy Judy C. MooreMissouri Bar No. 48338130 W. 4th St., P.O. Box 272Carthage, Missouri 64836Telephone: 417-358-2127Fax: 417-358-5335s-Jodi Luthi,Personal Representative of the Estate of Mary Kellenberger, Deceased

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF BARTON COUNTY, MISSOURIPROBATE DIVISION

In the Estate of ORLAN KELLENBERGER, Deceased, Estate No. 10B4-00033

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT(RSMo. 473.587

Supp. 1984)

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE

RecoRds/legals

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RECENT AND EXTENSIVE REMODEL: Three Bedroom, 1.5 bath has two large family areas, one with fi replace. Plenty of hardwoods, also fi le, carpets. New garage/shop, plus car-port. Corner lot, North Lamar location.

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Barton County loses 110 jobs from August to October, surrounding counties gainBy RICHARD COOPERDemocrat staff writer

JEFFERSON CITY-When statistics began to flow once again from the Bureau of Labor Statistics after the federal govern-ment shutdown, some surprising figures ap-peared for Barton County and the four surrounding Missouri counties. The number of jobs expanded in four of the counties, some of them impressive-ly, but Barton County ex-perienced a loss of 110

jobs. The month covered in the report was October, thus comparisons involve a two-month period, Au-gust to October.

The unemployment rate dropped in all five counties, even in Barton County. Another factor that figured prominent-ly in that decline was a smaller labor force. As some dropped out of the labor force, while the number of jobs increased, a deceptively smaller un-employment rate resulted.

In Barton County, even

though there were 110 fewer jobs in October than there were in Au-gust, a significant loss of 195 from the work force caused the unemploy-ment rate to decline from 8.6 percent in August to 7.2 percent in October. The 4,551 jobs in Barton County was the smallest number since last March.

Vernon County added 89 jobs while 24 dropped out of the labor force. This brought its unem-ployment rate down to an impressive 4.9 percent in

October, a decline of 1.1 percent from August.

In Dade County, 207 jobs were added while its labor force shrank by 133. Consequently, the unem-ployment rate for Dade dropped from 7.6 percent in August to 5.2 percent in October.

Jasper County was the only one of the five counties to experience a growth in its labor force, up by 1,122 from Au-gust. With 1,770 new jobs in October, the Jasper County unemployment

rate dropped 1.2 percent for the two-month period to 5.3 percent.

Cedar County added 43 new jobs while losing 46 job seekers from its labor force. This sent its unemployment rate tum-bling from 7.1 percent in August to 5.8 percent in October.

Missouri’s unemploy-ment rate in October was 6.5 percent, a modest de-cline from 7.2 percent in August. The national rate was sluggish at 7.3 per-cent, no change from Au-

gust. In neighboring Kansas,

the unemployment rate dropped all across the state. The statewide figure was 5.1 percent in Octo-ber, compared to 5.9 per-cent in August. Figures from the three counties nearest to Barton County showed Crawford County dropping from 6.4 per-cent to 5.1. Cherokee County was down 0.9 of a percent to 6.3, and Bour-bon came in as the lowest of the three at 4.6 percent, a decline of a full point.

The following calls were made by the La-mar Police Department during the month of October.

* A three car crash was investigated Octo-ber 4 on 12th St. near the intersection of 12th and Gulf. This crash occurred as all vehicles were traveling to the east on 12th. The first vehicles slowed and the third vehicle did not realize the others were slowing to a stop and struck the vehicle in front of her in the rear, this pushed the car that was struck into the vehicle in front of her. There were minor injuries reported at the time of this crash.

* Officers responded October 4 to the 1700 block of Grand St. on the report of a domes-tic disturbance by the Division of Family Ser-vices. On arrival most of the parties had left. They were located and it was found that the disturbance was verbal in nature. No arrests were made.

* A 25 year old male subject was taken into custody October 5 on a 12 hour protective hold due to his level of intoxication. This inci-dent took place in the 1000 block of Truman St.

LAMAR POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT

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ESTATE:Notice is hereby given

that Jodi Luthi, Personal Representative, will file a Final Settlement and Petition for Distribution in this Court on the 30th day of December, 2013, or as may be continued by the Court.

OBJECTIONS to the Final Settlement or Petition for Distribution shall be filed in writing within twenty days after filing of the Final Settlement.FLANIGAN, LASLEY & MOORE, LLPBy Judy C. MooreMissouri Bar No. 48338130 W. 4th St., P.O. Box 272Carthage, Missouri 64836Telephone: 417-358-2127Fax: 417-358-5335s-Jodi Luthi,Personal Representative of the Estate of Orlan Kellenberger, Deceased

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NOTICE OF FILING FOR LIBERAL

R-II BOARD OF EDUCATION

Qualified applicants for the Liberal R-II Board of Education may file for office during regular working hours and days in session, beginning on Tuesday, December 17, 2013 from 7:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. The Board of Education Office will be closed during Christmas recess beginning at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 19, 2013 and

ending Sunday, January 5, 2014. Filing will resume, following the Christmas recess, on Monday, January 6, 2014 at 7:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. on days when school is in session. The filing period will end at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 21, 2014.Candidates must be a citizen of the United States, a resident taxpayer of the district who has resided in Missouri for one year, a resident of the school district for 30 days, and at least 24 years of age.Filings take place in the Liberal R-II Schools Board/Superintendent Office, Liberal, Missouri. Filing shall be done with Carol Marti – Board Treasurer or William Harvey – Superintendent. The terms of Gary Smith, Christie Ulrich and Brian Williams will be expiring in April 2014. Three Board members will be elected.

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Notice of FilingGolden City R-III School

Board of ElectionThe school board candidate filing for the April 8, 2014 General Election begins at 8 a.m. December 17, 2013 and ends at 5 p.m. January 21, 2014. A candidate must be a U.S. citizen, a resident taxpayer of the district, a resident of Missouri for at least one year before the election,

be at least 24 years old and eligible in accordance with Missouri law. Newly elected board members are required to complete 16 hours of orientation and training within one year of election.Qualified applicants for school board director may file at the Superintendent’s office located at 1208 Walnut Street, Golden City, Missouri, during the district’s regular business hours, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Filing will not occur on days that the school district’s offices are closed due to inclement weather. The office will close for the Christmas holidays, December 23, 2013 and will reopen January 6, 2014.Candidate positions available include three three-year terms. Board members whose terms expire are Mitch Davis, Sterling Moore and Ryan Seela.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF BARTON COUNTY, MISSOURIPROBATE DIVISION

In the Estate of ROBERT FRANCIS MCKAY, Deceased, Estate No. 13B4-PR00036NOTICE OF FILING OF

FINAL SETTLEMENT AND PETITION FOR

DISTRIBUTIONTO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF ROBERT FRANCIS MCKAY,

Deceased:You are hereby notified that the undersigned Personal Representative will file a Final Settlement and Petition for determination of the persons who are the successors in interest to the personal/real property of the decedent and of the extent and character of their interest therein and for distribution of such property, in the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Barton County, Missouri, on January 7th, 2014, or as may be continued by the Court, and that any objections or

exceptions to such Final Settlement or Petition or any item thereof must be in writing and filed within twenty days after the filing of such Final Settlement.

GEORGE D. NICHOLSNICHOLS & NICHOLS

206 West 10th StreetLamar, Missouri

(417) 682-6003s-Robert McKay,

Personal Representatives-Jay C. McKay,

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

The City of Lamar is accepting bids for Indefinite Delivery of Miscellaneous Concrete Work. Bid information is available at City Hall. Bid opening will be Thursday, December 12, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. at City Hall, 1104 Broadway, Lamar, Missouri.

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Announcements

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

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

Services Offered

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

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

Employment

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

Drivers: Home Weekly! Van and Flatbed Divi-sions. Excellent Bene-fits, Bonuses, Pay. CDL-A 1 yr. Exp. Refreshers Welcome. Connie or Marnie (866) 374-8487.

Drivers, Solo, CDL A, 2 to 3 day runs, $57,000 to $68,500 per year, new equipment, same day pay, free health ins. 800-769-3993 or on line app @www.trailiner.com.

Drivers, Solo, 3 or 6 day runs, up to $44 cents per mi, Free Health Ins. Same Day Pay. 800-769-3993 for Details, on line app www.trailiner.com.

Drivers: CDL-A, Solo and Team – Specialty Carrier. Munitions, Ex-plosives and Radio Ac-tive Material. Special Breed. Sign-On Paid at Orientation. Must Qualify for Hazmat. www.RandRtruck.com, 1-866-204-8006.

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.

LeAnn Campbell’s Mystery Books for Kids – Special Series Com-bo Prices – Available at Marketside Café and Barton County Cham-ber of Commerce. 417-682-2713, 816-438-0251.

"Publisher's notice: All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it il-legal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination be-cause of race, color, re-ligion, sex, handicap, familial status, or na-

tional origin, or inten-tion to make any such preference limitation, or discrimination. We will not knowingly ac-cept any advertising for real estate, which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby in-formed that all dwell-ings advertised are available on an equal op-portunity basis".

Mobile Homes for Rent

Are You Ready To Move? We have 2 bed-room trailers and hous-es ready to rent. Two rental references a must. 682-2636.

1405 Heagon, 3 bed-room, 1 ½ bath double wide. Includes refriger-ator, stove and micro-wave. CH/CA, washer/dryer hookup. 22’x40’

3 car garage. Prefer no pets. $300 month. Call 417-230-1461 or 417-779-5449.

Apartments

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

1 Bedroom Apartment nicely furnished or un-furnished. Pool, rec room and laundry. Free cable/HBO, water and trash. Short leases avail-able. $200 security de-posit. No pets! In Ne-vada. Starting at $345. 417-667-2633.

Sheldon Apartments - Nice 1 bedroom apart-

ments, furnished or un-furnished. All utilities paid. Starting at $370 per month. Call 417-667-2633.

Homes For Rent

Clean, Solid, 2 bed-room house. CH/AC; large garage. Appliances included. Prefer no pets. $450 month, $450 dam-age deposit. 802 Tru-man, Lamar. 417-230-1461.

Business Opportunities

Sweet Little BBQ or Burger Joint for sale or lease, with or with-out business and equip-ment. Just blocks off of downtown square, near industrial hub, Lamar. Could be small office or retail. $59,900 or $550 month. 417-355-3989.

Need to Advertise?417-682-5529 ext. 62

melissa@lamardemocrat.com

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Liberal Middle School canned food drive is a success

AreA News

Urban Forester Jon Skinner speaks with park board regarding treesLamar’s city parks are

known for expansive ar-eas with lots of trees. In an effort to make sure that trees continue to be a cen-tral highlight of the park, the Lamar Park Board recently invited Urban Forester Jon Skinner, with the Missouri Department of Conservation, for a vis-it.  He toured both parks with four members of the board. He helped identify trees, offered pruning ad-vice and provided sugges-tions for specific tree care.

The board sought Skin-ner’s advice and any sug-gestions for Memorial Drive in Wheeler Park. In

2003,  38 red maple trees were planted on Memori-al Drive. Each year, two to three trees have died and have been replaced.  The board had been discuss-ing whether to continue replanting the red maples or replacing with a more durable species of trees. 

Skinner evaluated each red maple and reported that many of the trees that initially looked healthy from a distance were suf-fering from irreparable sunscald and insect dam-age. He also confirmed that since the red maple is a soft wood maple tree, they are more susceptible

to wind, ice and other weather damage. Overall, Skinner  was quite com-plementary of the parks and the variety and condi-tions of the trees that were in the parks. The board was very thankful for his time and advice on tree care in the parks.

Skinner recommend-ed abandoning plant-ing more red maple trees unless the city wants to continue replacing trees each year.  Board mem-bers chose sugar maple as a better option to which Skinner agreed, sharing that they have hard wood so breakage is not as big of

an issue and are also more resistant to insect and dis-ease.  Sugar maple is also native to Missouri,  so is well adapted to the weath-er. 

Based on the recom-mendation of the Mis-souri Department of Conservation, the board unanimously agreed that the best long term solu-tion for Memorial Drive would be replacing the red maple trees with sugar maples. Every tree

purchased by residents as a memorial tree for a loved one will be replaced with a healthy sugar ma-ple. This is part of the long term maintenance donors were promised. Since sug-ar maples from the park nursery were used and board members volun-teered their time, the cost of the project was mini-mal. An irrigation system will be added so the trees can be easily watered.

In addition to the trees

planted on Memorial Drive, 17 new trees have been planted around the parks so far this fall, bringing the total for the year to 39.  The board would like to thank every-one who purchased trees this year at the Adopt-a-Tree sale for helping make this happen. Money from Adopt-a-Tree goes di-rectly back into trees to be planted in the park.

A rededication ceremony was held at Wheeler Park’s Memorial Avenue of Trees at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 17. Comments were made from Lamar Mayor Keith Divine, along with a responsive reading and the reading of the names of all honorees. Pictured from right are Marsha Doyle, Mayor Keith Divine and Chris Elswick, chairman of the park board, as well as approximately 25 that attended the rededication.

Golden City receives grant plus loan for wastewater treatment systemBy RICHARD COOPERDemocrat staff writer

richardcooper@lamardemocrat.com

GOLDEN CITY-Gold-en City Mayor Henry Lopez proudly observed, “We’ll have the only sew-age treatment system in Barton County. The other communities rely on la-goons.” He was referring to the wastewater treat-ment system which will be made possible by a $1,700,000 grant from the Rural Development divi-sion of the U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture and a loan in the same amount also from Rural Develop-ment. The awarding of the grant and loan was announced, November 26, in a ceremony at the

Golden City Community Center.

Lopez observed, “It took us four years to get here.” Golden City voters approved borrowing the $1,700,000 three years ago, and it will be repaid at an interest rate of two percent. The grant has no repayment requirement.

At the beginning of the ceremony, Janie Dun-ning, the state director of Rural Development, complimented Golden City on being a strong community. She said of the funds dispersed in a year by Rural Develop-ment, 20 percent are in the form of grants, and 80 percent are loans.

David Rauch, repre-senting U.S. Senator

Claire McCaskill, said, “You hear so much these days about what the gov-ernment is doing wrong. This is something it is do-ing right.”

At the conclusion of the ceremony, construction bids were opened. There were seven bids with the lowest coming from Smith and Edwards Con-struction of Mountain Grove with a base bid of $2,831,381. The consult-ing engineers for the en-tire project, Olsson Engi-neers, had estimated the cost at $3 million.

Lopez said the bids will be closely examined and a contract likely offered when the Golden City council meets on Decem-ber 3.

Lamar Democrat/Richard CooperIt was a rewarding moment when officials from several agencies gathered

in Golden City for presentation of certificates signifying a grant and loan to construct Barton County’s first waste water treatment plant. Left to right, T. J. Whatley, Olsson Engineers; Steve McIntosh representing U.S. Senator Roy Blunt; David Rauch representing U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill; Jeff Kormann, Missouri Department of Economic Development; Golden City Mayor Henry Lopez; Janie Dunning, state director of Rural Development; Sue Bacorn, grant administrator; Andy Simmons, Simmons Engineering; Bruce Hively, USDA; Robin Ceperley, Simmons Engineering; Jeff Ceperley, Simmons Engineering.

Liberal Middle School held a canned food drive the first three weeks of November. The students collectively raised 2,943 non-perishable items that will be distributed to local churches and nonprofit organizations. Students pictured from left to right are Gabe Daniels, Brandon Overman, Jacob Long and Delaney Miller.

BCMH Board discussions center on financesThe Barton County Me-

morial Hospital Board of Trustees met for their monthly meeting on No-vember 25. Chairperson Karen Wegener called the meeting to order. Other members present were Jill Purinton, Tom Shaw, Mike Vaughan and Mike Buchanan. Also in atten-dance were CEO/CFO Wendy Duvall, Director of Nurses Marlys Buck-ner, Human Resources Director Sheila Boice, Di-rector Quality/Risk Man-agement Eden Ogden and Physician Practice Manager Michelle Casey. Guests were Chief of Medical Staff Dr. Thomas Hopkins and Greg Bram-well with USDA.

The minutes of the Oc-tober 28 meeting were ap-proved as read. Following additions to the agenda, Casey reported that the overall statistics for Oc-tober were down in com-parison to previous years. She reported that even though numbers were down, it had been a very busy month. A loss for the month of $106,604 was reported, with a net gain year to date of $805,262.

Boice reported an ad-dition in October of an OR receptionist. Full time employees currently stand at 191. It was men-tioned that the employee Thanksgiving dinner would be Tuesday, Nov. 26, and the employee Christmas dinner will be held Thursday, Dec. 19.

The board received a re-port on free community outreach programs of-

fered by the hospital over the next several months. Dr. Hopkins reported that Tiffany Huffman would be leaving Medical One and that Trina Larery, who is currently at Gold-en City, will be moving to Medical One. Amanda Swink has been hired to provide services at the Golden City clinic.

Following the approval of bills to be paid for the month of October, Du-vall presented a proposal for the company HITS to completely digitize all of the hospital’s paper re-cords. The cost over three years will be $126,737. A motion was made and passed that the HITS proposal be approved for payment as submitted. After discussion, all board members were to check and let Duvall know if the chosen date of December 19, 4 p.m., will work. If not, the current Decem-ber 23 meeting will stand.

Greg Bramwell was present, bringing closing documents for signature of a USDA loan. The first year’s payment will be for interest only, and then years two through 30 will be interest and principal payments.

Shaw then addressed the board as a CDC mem-ber. He reported that the CDC, under the direction of John Adams, is work-ing to develop business in Barton County. In 2009 the hospital contributed $2500 to the CDC fund to support Adams’ role. The CDC is now requesting any contributions to con-

tinue progress and con-tinue supporting Adams’ role. After discussion the board agreed to table the decision until after the first of the year.

Members of the Change Club sent a letter request-ing the board to vote in support to proceed with a walkable, bikeable strip-ing on the 1st Street over-pass when it is completed. Purinton made the mo-tion to support the strip-ing path, which passed unanimously. Duval re-quested authorization to send out a request for a proposal on a loan for $800,000 to close the cur-rent line of credit. Duvall was authorized to pro-ceed.

With no further busi-ness for the regular ses-sion the board adjourned to executive session. The outcome improvement reports for November were presented by Ogden for clinics, dietary, labo-ratory, emergency depart-ment, pharmacy, radiol-ogy, actual events and surgery and Patricia Mc-Farlane was presented for initial privileges, consult-ing in radiology. She was unanimously approved. Vaughan made a motion that the four percent em-ployee wage reduction be rescinded for the pay date of January 3, 2014, returning all employees to their original wage rate before July 1, 2013. This too passed unanimously.

Following the return to the regular session the meeting adjourned.