By RICHARD COOPER

It was Saturday, Nov. 15, 1997. An overflow crowd of more than 60 persons crowded into one of the meeting rooms of Thiebaud Auditorium to witness the bestowing of a well deserved honor on a quiet, un-assuming citizen of Lamar. The National Weather Service had come to town to honor Russell Pierson with the John Cam-panius Holm Award for his 25 years of dedicated service as a cooperative weather observer. Only 24 other such awards were bestowed to cooperative weather observers, nationwide, that year.

Robert Bonack, the opera-tions control manager over the NWS’s 14-state central re-gion, told the gathering he had never seen such a large crowd at a Holm presentation. He was amazed at the outpouring of letters from area officials and residents complimenting Pier-son on his work. In fact, one letter came from the director of the National Weather Service.

Always humble, Pierson thanked the NWS for its rec-ognition and expressed his gratitude to his family for its support. Five years later, he

would be a finalist for the Thomas Jefferson Award, the highest award that can be conferred on a cooperative weather ob-server.

For the Democrat, Rus-sell was a valued col-league. For 32 years, he worked as a press man until the Democrat dis-continued in-house printing and hired out-of-town printers to do the work at a lower cost. Still, he wrote his weekly weather summary col-umn. After turning in his column at the front desk, he would come back to my office for a friendly chat. If I didn’t hear him enter, there would be a tap on the shoulder fol-lowed by the unique Pierson chuckle. Our conversations included weather as well as a wide range of other topics.

I finally came to realize that if Russell could write a week-ly weather column, maybe I could write a monthly sum-mary. However, I would need a considerable amount of local weather data, all of which Rus-sell had in his voluminous files.

Every bit of the start-up of my files was made up of photocop-ies of Russell’s material, which he generously made available to me.

Lamar has had a continuously operated cooperative weather station since December, 1877, the oldest in Missouri. Rus-

sell was the observer for 37 1/2 years, by far the longest of any of the 12 persons who have performed that task. The sec-ond longest tenure was E. H. Adams, who was the observer from 1892 to 1916.

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entranceLAMAR-The cracked and

uneven sidewalk in front of the west entrance to the Bar-ton County Courthouse will soon be replaced. The coun-ty commission opened two bids on the project, June 9, and awarded the contract to Sprouls Construction Com-pany of Lamar for $8,500. The other bidder, a Carthage firm, submitted a bid that was $20 less, but the com-mission elected to choose the local company.

The area to be replaced ex-tends about 12 feet north and south from the courthouse’s west entrance and from there about half way to Gulf Street. The historic marker identify-ing the location where Sena-tor Harry Truman accepted the 1944 vice-presidential nomination will be moved slightly forward toward the street.

Sprouls is expected to start the project in about a week, and the job is to be complet-ed no later than August 1.

City receives new fire

rating, likely to lower some

insurance premiums

LAMAR-The city has been notified that its insurance rating will improve from the current rating of six to 5X, effective September 1. This

Lamar Democrat/Melissa LittleAs apparent by the many vehicles parked outside the Plaza Theatre, the

Wednesday Matinee has proven to be a huge success this year, with the theatre open to any and all patrons on Wednesdays, at their 1:15 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. showings. A full schedule of movies is on the agenda up until August 13. Also pictured is the line at the concession stands, which has proven to be hugely popular, as well.

see RATING, page 4A

Thanks in part to Bob Arnold's hard work, AOK to receive much needed bus

The Lamar Community Betterment met for their monthly meeting on Wednesday, June 11, at the Wolf Center in Lamar. The meeting was called to order by Elaine Davis, who passed around the beginnings of the project book to be turned in to Missouri Community Betterment. She commented that she would be sending off the information July 15, and material needed to be in by June 31.

The minutes were read by Barbara McDaniels, who also gave the treasurer's report in the ab-sence of Ginnie Keatts. McDaniel also went over the TATS report for the month of May, showing an average ridership of 106 per day, with most rides per day being 135. Sixteen out of 20 days carried 100 plus riders.

Due to the absence of Ron Hager, who had a conflict with another meeting, there was no

Democrat file photosLamar’s weatherman of 37 1/2 years receiving the recognition

he had earned in a retirement ceremony, April 1, 2010, at the Lamar United Methodist Church. Springfield Chief Meteorologist Bill Davis presented the award. In the right photo, a beaming Russell Pierson displayed the plaque to the large gathering of family, friends, and well wishers who attended the ceremony.

LPD to hold checkpoint

The Lamar Police Depart-ment, in conjunction with the Southwest Missouri D.W.I. Taskforce, will be conducting a sobriety check-point between the dates of June 20 and June 22. The goal for the checkpoint is to make sure that all motorists arrive to their destinations alive by taking intoxicated or impaired drivers off of the roadway. Contact Cpl. Den-nis Cornell at 417-682-3546 for information regarding the checkpoint. Budget committee to recommend surplus budget

By RICHARD COOPERDemocrat staff writer

LAMAR-After two work sessions totaling about five hours, the city council’s Pub-lic Expenditures (budget) Committee will recommend a surplus budget to the full council when it meets June 23. Revenue will exceed expenses by $247,157. However, this is a recommended budget, and Committee Chairman Steve Gilkey said it could be subject to some revisions by the coun-cil before the final spending plan for 2014-15 is adopted.

The fire department ap-peared to be the hardest hit

in reductions in its proposed budget. The amount for ra-dios and pagers was reduced from $4,350 to $2,500. A new building and the land to put it on to give the depart-ment a presence east of the MNA Railroad was deleted ($260,000) as was $275,000 for a used ladder equipped fire truck.

A digger truck for the elec-tric department was eliminat-ed saving $220,000.

New stage curtains for Thie-baud Auditorium costing $10,000 were deleted, and the cost of a new refrigerator was lowered from $1,000 to $700.

The request for a new freez-

er at the Aquatic Park was shaved from $500 to $300.

The allocation of $2,400 for three television monitors for Memorial Hall was reduced to one monitor at $800.

Safety surfacing around children’s rides in the city park was deleted, saving $64,000.

The Transportation Tax Fund’s request for a new mow-er/tractor costing $34,000 was denied.

Under capital improve-ments, the purchase of an un-marked car for over-the-road use by the police department at $18,800 was deleted.

For improvement of water and sewer mains, $115,000

had been requested. That amount was reduced by $40,000 to an allocation of $75,000.

There were some changes that went in the opposite di-rection. Maintenance and re-pair at the airport was raised from $5,000 to $10,000, and the sanitation department’s request for $10,000 for truck repairs was increased to $30,000.

Earmarked for reserve was $150,000.

The grand total of ex-penses for 2014-15 comes to $13,001,693. The grand total of all income comes to $13,248,850.

see WEATHER, page 3A

see ARNOLD, page 4A

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SheldonBy DARLENE

SHERIDAN

Last Thursday June 6, we were in the bad storm as I had an early doctor's ap-pointment in Joplin. The rain was dangerous, ter-ribly high winds and the darkness was just as if it was night, making for an interesting trip. However, as we passed Carthage, the darkness began to lift and the rain changed to a steady downpour and we made the trip safely. I got to my appointment and had a good report, for which I’m very thankful.

Lois LeVaugh told me of her recent trip to Hawaii. Lois and her sister-in-law, Nancy Kirby of Joplin, flew to Hawaii to visit Nancy’s son Kasey Kirby, who is in the Air Force and stationed on the is-land of Oahu. The first week they traveled to the National Museum at Pearl Harbor, the USS Arizona Memorial and the Punch Bowl Cemetery. The sec-ond week they enjoyed the seating on the beach, watching the ocean waves and the flowers. They also visited the Dole Pineapple plantation and took a dol-phin cruise. She said it was a most enjoyable va-cation and is resting since her return home.

Saturday evening I en-joyed a birthday party for my great-granddaughter, Harlow Phelps. Harlow is the two-year-old daugh-ter of Bill and Lora Phelps and the granddaughter of Jim and Delores Hon-ey and Pat and Carolyn Phelps of Carthage.

Sheldon friends received word of the death of Mel-vin Ditmar in Guthrie Center, Iowa. Melvin and his wife Olive were for-mer Sheldon area resi-dents and were members of the Sheldon Jolly Se-nior Citizens. Sympathy is extended to Olive and the family. Services were held in Guthrie Center.

Saturday, June 7, was the one day vacation Bi-ble school at the Sheldon Christian Church. Forty-eight children attended the day of activities. Sun-

day, following a morning program, the families en-joyed a cookout at noon.

I enjoyed the Phipps Family Reunion Sunday, June 8, at the Lamar City Park and in spite of the unseasonably cool June weather we had a won-derful day. We were lucky the rain held off until after 3 p.m., when people were heading home. Monday morning I received word from my cousin, George Cunningham, who was unable to attend due to his health that his grand-son, Justin Smith, signed for another year with the San Francisco 49er’s foot-ball team. Justin and his wife have three sons and will return to Columbia when the football career ends.

Dorothy Cross let me know Monday morning that she had received word of the death of Kenneth Roland, age 92, at Gravois Mills, on Saturday. Ken-neth was a resident of the Bellamy neighborhood, east of Sheldon. He grad-uated from Sheldon High School in 1940.

Sincere sympathy is ex-tended to the family of Danny Rice, age 54, who passed away on Sunday at the hospital in Joplin. Visitation was at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada.

The Sheldon Commu-nity Betterment meeting will be June 16, at 6:30 p.m., at the community building in the park. The books created by the Drury Vision Project will be available for viewing. Various projects will be discussed and plans will be made for implementa-tion. Everyone is encour-aged to attend.

The Sheldon Baptist Church will hold vacation Bible school June 23-27. Each evening VBS will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.

For-get-me-notsBy GAIL LEAMING

This week we all lost a great friend and neighbor, as well as family mem-

ber. I lost the friend and Milford lost the neigh-bor. Francis “Fran” Kel-ley Southern was one of a kind and they broke the mold with her. We will miss her sense of humor and love of life. I saw Tom and Wanda Breeden in Lamar and I haven’t seen them for years. I could only go to family night, as I left for the Winchell cousin get together this last weekend. Think Ron was looking forward to a weekend of rest. He spent his weekend with the Leamings. Those attend-ing mine were Dianna Grey, Tammy Atterbury, Clea Kleeman, Linda Wagner, Chi-Chi Steele, Kamala Leaming and myself, along with Tam-my’s friend Shonte from Liberty.

Landon Steele gets a big thank you with all his help down at Branson. We cel-ebrated Clea’s birthday as it was Flag Day. Kamala brought in gifts for Clea, me and Evelyn Gasper. Evelyn got it all togeth-er, but couldn’t come as there was an emergency in her husband’s family and they were in Knox-ville, Teen. She sure was missed and we kept her posted by phone and pic-tures for three days.

We only had the women this time. Last October we had the boys and girls on a cruise. I think we girls are getting together in a few months for a p.j. Party, so get ready girls.We returned home in time for Father's Day though.

Janice Manka is not do-ing well with her back. Judy Pennell said she was almost bedfast after her trip to the doctor. Hope she is doing better this

week. Carol Patterson is back in the hospital in Kansas City, so she also is needing prayers. When I got home Ron had the yard mowed again right before the rain and I swear the corn around here has grown a foot. I hear our Twilla and Jules H. are back, so welcome to home. It is about time and just in time for the Golden City Days and the Lamar Fair days. Maybe we can find other things for you to do too. Ha.

This has to be short and maybe sweet this week, as Ron and I are slated for appointments today all day and the rest of the week really. No rest for the weary it seems. Have a good week.

Maxine's Musings

By MAXINE MORIN

I do not get out much, but I miss the color-ful spring flowers. Time marches on with green leaves on the trees and summer flower gardens. There is a garden just be-hind our house (at the neighbor's) which has a large zucchini plant. It has gorgeous yellow blossoms early of the morning. I have noticed lovely rose bushes around town.

The monthly breakfast club met at the Pepper Mill last Tuesday. They enjoyed breakfast while chatting. Present were Doris Woods, Mettie Sch-reiweis, Barbara Schow, Linda Strong and Donna Wescott.

The Lamar Classi Lass-

ies Red Hat ladies gath-ered at The Marketplace for their June 12 meeting. Hostesses Maxine Ches-nut, Juanita Schmitt and Donna Letton decorated the table using a Flag Day theme. Vases of American Flags were down the cen-ter, with favors of pencils, chocolate coins and home baked cupcakes. Follow-ing lunch of chicken or tuna salad on a bed of spring greens and slaw with a crescent roll, in keeping with Flag Day the servers brought out red, white and blue cheese-cake for a lovely dessert. Later, group singing was led by Juanita Schmitt and Lois Wolf. Receiving the birthday song were Don-na Wescott and Juanita Schmitt. Maxine Chesnut and Anna Feltenberger read poems. The meet-ing closed with singing, “God Bless America”. The

July meeting will be at 4 p.m., at McDonald's. Oh yes, everyone received an American Flag. (And to think...I missed all this).

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Dean Stratton, Golden City, on their 65th wedding anniversary. They celebrated with their children and families. The Stratton's were married April 24, 1949.

I hope all the fathers had a great Father's Day. Ed-die was visited by daugh-ter, Sondra Riegel and family, which made 11 in-cluding grands and greats. She also brought dinner, which made me happy. As they were leaving, daugh-ter Sue and John Lock-ridge came in with carrot cake. Son Mike, El Dora-do Springs, called later in the evening. Nice day!

Say a prayer for the safety of our troops. Until next time...

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“This country will not be a permanently good

place for any of us to live in unless we make it a

reasonably good place for all of us to live in.”

CLUB NOTELAMAR

COUNTRY CLUBLADIES

ASSOCIATIONJoann Jones was the

hostess Tuesday, June 10. Imogene Williams won first and Dorothy Roberts and Norma Jean Harris tied for sec-ond.

The hostess scheduled

for July 17 is Kathy Jen-kins. Rosalee Potter will be the hostess on Tues-day, July 24.

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FRIENDS & FAMILYWeird Animals VBS to be hosted by Lamar United Methodist Church

Lamar United Method-ist Church invites chil-dren to Weird Animals:

Where Jesus's Love is One-of-a-Kind. Weird Animals VBS will be

hosted at the church from Sunday, June 22 through Thursday, June 26. At

Weird Animals, kids will learn about some of God's most creative creations! They'll participate in memorable Bible-learn-ing activities, sing songs, play games, make and dig into yummy treats, expe-rience cool Bible songs, play games, make and dig into yummy treats,

experience cool Bible adventures, collect Bible Memory Buddies and test Science-Fun Gizmos that participants can take home and play with all summer long. Plus, kids will learn to look for evi-dence of God all around them, through something called God sightings.

Weird Animals VBS is for kids from preschool through sixth grade and will run from 6 p.m. to 8:05 p.m. each day.

Pre-register at lama-runitedmethodist.com and look for the VBS reg-istration link.

For more information call 682-3306.

Healing Fire Crusade scheduled for June 20-21

GREENFIELD-The public is invited to a multi-denominational crusade that will be held in Greenfield City Park, June 20-21.

Friday night features a kids’ game time and gos-pel sing beginning at 6 p.m. At 7 p.m., the camp meeting service will be-gin at the bandstand, with a special program for the children in the park! Guest vocalist will be Tracy Davis. A message from the Word will be presented by Evangelist Dwayne Cunningham. After the camp meeting,

Greenfield’s city pool will be open from 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., for those who have attended the services.

Saturday’s activities in-clude a youth emphasis (middle and high-school age) with high-fun games and food starting at 6 p.m. Prizes will be award-ed. The program begins at 7 p.m. (including priz-es, skits, and energizers). There will be a special presentation by Captain and J. Anonymous. The Word will be brought by Pamela Falkingham. Area youth groups are encour-

aged to attend and bring friends! After ser-vice activities include hot dogs and s’mores and a swimming party for those attending the program.

This is a BYOC event, bring your own lawn chair or a blanket for your comfort.

Groups from local churches are needed to help with overseeing the games and other parts of the program. To be a part of this great event, or for more information, call 417-425-2077.

Barton County Elks distribute red ribbons and drug awareness information to local schools

Red Ribbon Week is the old-est and largest drug preven-tion campaign in the country. Although the start-end dates can vary slightly depending on the organization and source, Red Ribbon Week generally takes place the last full week in Oc-tober, with the weekends be-fore and follow-ing the last full week included as appro-priate celebration dates.

Red Ribbon Week serves as a vehicle for communities and indi-viduals to take a stand for the hopes and dreams of children through a com-mitment to drug preven-tion and education and a personal commitment to live drug free lives, with the ultimate goal being the creation of a drug free America.

And, perhaps more im-portantly, Red Ribbon Week commemorates the ultimate sacrifice

made by DEA Special Agent Enrique "Kiki" Ca-marena, who died at the hands of drug traffickers in Mexico while fighting the battle against illegal drugs to keep the country and its children safe.

The Elks national drug awareness campaign is one of the top drug edu-cation programs in the nation and the Barton County Elks are strong supporters of the Red Ribbon campaign; pro-viding all of our local schools with the ribbons given away to each child. The Barton County Elks would like to thank the Lamar, Golden City, Jas-

per and Liberal schools for their participation and assistance in con-tinuing this noble cam-paign.

The Elks want to en-courage any schools in the immediate area, “who are not already provided ribbons”, to participate. If your school is not listed, you are encouraged to contact Ryan Fullerton (Elks Lodge No. 2800 youth activities director) at (417) 850-7159 or the Lamar Elks Lodge No. 2800 at (417) 682-3056 for information about be-ing included for Red Rib-bons and/or drug aware-ness literature.

Weather, continued from page 1A

In early 2010, Russell notified the Springfield office of the NWS of his intentions to retire. Larry Dooley, who heads up the cooperative weather observer program for the Springfield NWS region, tried to persuade him to stay six more months to fill out 38 full years of ser-vice. However, Russell felt it was time to go.

A retirement reception in his honor was held, April 1, in the Fellowship Hall of Lamar’s United Methodist Church. In a press release at the time of the event, Dooley not-ed, “The success of our climatological program is due in great measure to conscientious citizens

like Russell. The records furnished by him added to our knowledge of the climate of the state of Missouri and of the Unit-ed States.” In presenting Russell a plaque for his long years of service, Bill Davis, the chief meteo-rologist of the Springfield NWS office, called him a “true craftsman.”

Finding an individual willing to serve as an un-paid volunteer for over three and one-half de-cades in such a vital task as weather observation and reporting is hard to come by. It’s doubtful La-mar and Barton County will ever see such a dedi-cated public servant come our way again.

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Gilkey building update.One of the projects that

was to be in the project book community section was the Power Team EX-TREME. However, due to the inability to con-nect with the person in charge, a conflict has oc-curred. Davis stated that she would try one more time to get a hold of the necessary individual and if that was not possible, they would need to come up with an alternative for the section. It was decid-ed that the community collaboration project that is keeping AOK going would be a viable alterna-tive.

Kathy Jenkins spoke re-garding BCAWS, a health care collaborative that has been in the area for many years. BCAWS seems to be dwindling, but due to the fact that so much necessary information is provided by those in-volved, it is hoped to find a way to keep it going. The group was thinking about joining the CB as a means of getting out the needed information, es-pecially since CB's motto is “To help make Lamar a better place to live, work and raise families”. Leisa Blanchard from Barton County Memorial Hospi-

tal spoke up and said “It is a great clearinghouse for information”. Jenkins will speak to the group to get their thoughts and will get back with the CB.

Betty Kuhn mentioned that she believed the sign at the crossroads of Hwy. 160 and the SW 1st Lane intersection was originally owned by the DownTown Association, who was disbanded and absorbed by the com-munity betterment, so by rights community bet-terment should own it to use as they wish. It had been suggested at a previ-ous meeting that farmers' market hours be posted there.

McDaniels reported that the 10th Street Com-munity Farmers' Market was going strong, with more vendors and traf-fic. To date gross sales have come to $25,000. The market has received a grant from the State of Missouri for $20,000, to be used strictly to pur-chase items for the mar-ket. Lendi Davis and John Adams are currently in the process of planning what items are needed. A curtain is in the works to be put up in order for the market to be able to go into November.

Jerod Morey reported that summer camp at AOK is up and running, with 90 children en-rolled. He reported that the bus they currently own is on its last leg and that thanks to the effort of Bob Arnold, who has since passed, and the La-mar United Methodist Church, a new bus would be delivered to AOK in mid July, causing much excitement. He also stated that they are still working on grants and still plan to take all of the children on an end of summer trip to Silver Dollar City. He also stated that the camp had several new children en-rolled.

Morey said that AOK would host a mid-sum-mer family night on July 8, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., complete with yard games. August 5 will be parent night, where those attending can show off what they have done over the summer. AOK is still taking applications for summer camp.

Kuhn reported that the roof was replaced on the Barco Drive-In Theatre at a cost of $4,000. A $1,000 donation had been given towards the repair, which helped immensely and was appreciated. The

drive-in is now open Fri-day through Tuesday.

Blanchard reported that the Change Club had been in correspondence with MoDOT and that a six foot wide walking trail would be available on the new overpass, going from 1st Street to the hospital. She also reported that the hospital auxiliary would be sponsoring a Books Are Fun book fair on July 25 and 26.

Davis reported that 4-H is currently working with the fourth and fifth grad-ers at East Primary dur-ing summer school. She also stated that 26 young people from Barton County would be attend-ing 4-H Camp this year.

With no other business the meeting adjourned to meet again at 12 noon on Wednesday, July 9, at the Wolf Center in Lamar.

FRIENDS & FAMILYMETZGER’S MUTTERINGS

By MELODY METZGERLamar Democrat

Last week I wrote about the wonderful time I had re-connecting while in New York City. This week

I will fill you in a little on our excursion. Every-one should see New York City at least once in their lifetime and I have been privileged to visit there myself several times;

however, this was a first for Gary. Now mind you I am not a world traveler, but have traveled enough in my lifetime to know the planning that it en-tails. Of course not flying in several years, we had suggestions from both sides of the family de-scribing what to expect. Gary's side was doom and gloom and my side was “nothing to it”! Goes to show how traits can

run in families. We left early in the

morning, arriving at my aunt's in KC, who drove us to the airport. We sailed through check in and scanning, and were soon on our way to the Big Apple. Ever since I have flown I have always se-lected a seat on the wing. I don't necessarily know why I do that, I think it has something to do with my mom telling me years ago that it was the safest place to be on the plane if it ever crashed. Evidently nobody filled Gary in on that because he couldn't believe that given the choice, I had chosen seats over the wing – not only on two planes there, but two planes home! Since he doesn't have a love of flying anyway, this didn't make him too happy but c'est la vie.

Before leaving on our trip we scheduled and paid for a shuttle (a sug-gestion from guess who's side of the family), while my aunt that lives there informed me it would have been much faster and cheaper to take a cab. After having to wait on the shuttle pick up rid-ers, and a drop off in the projects, we pulled up to the hotel and were as-tounded (in a good way!) The rooms were spec-tacular with three solid walls and one totally glass wall that had a view of the

Empire State Building, so every night we went to sleep with the curtains open, viewing the beauti-ful lights of the city; then early morning one of us would get up and shut them.

We took off the next morning for our sight-seeing expedition in lower Manhattan, seeing the usual sites of Battery Park, Statue of Liberty, Wall Street and ending up at the 911 Museum. Had we been in the neighbor-hood of Little Italy, which is where I usually caught the subway from my un-cle's, there would have been no problem, but I wasn't sure where the nearest station was to the hotel, so I did what any reasonable person would do. I asked. I must have asked 10 people, mostly policemen, as I knew surely they must know the city. Each one told us a different way to go and if anyone has ever been in Lower Manhattan, it is next to impossible to tell which direction you are going. After walking lit-erally miles and miles, we ended up at the subway and took the train to our destination.

The next day we trav-eled uptown to Rockefell-er Center, Fox News (I'm afraid to say my husband is a Fox news fanatic – ev-eryone has their faults), The Empire State Build-

ing, Fifth Avenue, Time Square and ended up at Central Park, where we saw Imagine, the memo-rial to John Lennon.

Having taken the sub-way uptown, we felt pretty secure in catch-ing one on the way back to Chinatown, where we were staying. Wrong. We entered one that was roped off, so up the stairs we climbed again to get to street level and started heading south. At least here I knew my direc-tions! Finally deciding it just wasn't worth it, we hailed a cab and rode in luxury and craziness all the way back to the hotel.

The morning we had to return to LaGuardia, we decided to bypass the shuttle with no shocks, and madmen that drove like crazy, in exchange for a cab. I asked the con-cierge to hail a cab for us and she even tried to talk us out of it, saying there were cheaper ways. We stuck to our guns and 20 minutes and only $30.50 later we were at LaGuar-dia. The shuttle had cost $40!

Customs at LaGuardia were quite a bit stricter than MCI, but before long we were through the gates and waiting for our flight. After walking for what seemed like 100 miles, it felt good to sit down, even if it was in a seat over the wing!

On Wednesday, May 21, the USDA Service Center held its annual Customer Appreciation Day. Approximately 116 area farmers and landowners came and enjoyed a barbecue beef lunch served by employees of Barton County SWCD, NRCS and FSA agencies.

USDA Service Center Customer Appreciation Day

was well attended

Rating, continued from page 1A

is a result of a survey by a representative of the Insurance Service Office (ISO) on March 12. ISO rates the fire suppression capabilities of a com-munity, which is used by most insurance compa-nies when setting rates for commercial and resi-dential properties.

The new rating applies to property within the city limits that is located within 1,000 feet of a hy-

drant. It may also be used for properties within five road miles of the fire sta-tion but outside the city limits.

Each insurance com-pany independently de-termines the premiums it charges policy holders. In addition to the ISO rating, companies must consider their fire loss experience, ratemaking methodology, underwrit-ing guidelines, and mar-

keting strategy. The March 12 survey

covered the handling and dispatching of calls, fire department equipment, staffing and training, the water supply system, and hydrant water flow tests.

The current class six rating has been in effect since 1995. Fire Chief Bill Rawlings says the improvement to 5X has been made possible by improvements in fire-

fighting equipment and water supply, as well as a revised grading sched-ule. However, he cautions that the 5X rating is about as good as the city can achieve with a volunteer paid-per-call staff and three full time employees.

Rawlings commends the cooperation of the city of Lamar, the rural membership program, equipment upgrades and maintenance, and the

work of a staff of dedi-cated firefighters, who are on call 24/7. He stresses the department’s goal of protection of life and property.

More members are sought for the rural membership program. Information on joining is available at 417-682-5512.

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SCHOOL

Jones family welcomes exchange student from Ukraine

The Jones family of Jas-per has been selected by ASSE International Stu-dent Exchange Programs (ASSE) to welcome a high school exchange student into their home for the 2014-15 school year!

Anastasiya from Ukraine will join the Jones family in August, as school starts at Lamar High School. Anastasiya is a participant in the highly prestigious Future Leader's Exchange Pro-gram (FLEX) sponsored by the US Department of State. Throughout the summer, Anastasiya and the Jones' will spend time getting to know each oth-er via email, phone and Skype before the exciting

moment when they final-ly get to meet each other in person at the end of the summer.

Anastasiya is an excel-lent student that enjoys studying. Her favorite projects are Math and English and her hobbies are reading, cooking, drama, sports and danc-ing. She has been active in a modern dance class for 11 years. She plays tennis twice a week, plays volleyball on the school team and skis every win-ter. She describes herself as very talkative, curious, friendly, active, cheerful, kind, enthusiastic, hard-working and ambitious. She likes to travel and meet new people, while exploring new areas. She is also interested in acting and modeling. She is ex-cited to learn more about the USA, the cultures, holidays, people and way

of life.Every ASSE

exchange stu-dent comes with an enthusiasm to practice their English and ex-perience Ameri-can culture – food, sports, shopping, school spirit and more. They will also share their own culture with their host family and community. Host families welcome these students into their fam-ily, not as a guest, but as a family member, giv-ing both the student and families a rich cultural experience.

To become a host family like the Jones', or to find out how to become in-volved with ASSE in the community, call the local

area representative, Ann Kelley, at 417-681-0213 or the Midwestern Regional Office at 1-800-736-1760. Those interested can also go to www.host.asse.com and fill out a host family application to begin the process of welcoming a new son or daughter into the family today!

Burgess named to scholars lists

MARSHALL-Dr. Sha-ron Weiser, vice president of academic affairs for Missouri Valley College, has announced the spring 2014 Dean's List. The re-quirements for the Dean's List are a 3.3 or higher grade point average; at least 12 graded hours for the semester and no “D”, “F” or “Incomplete”

grades for the semester. Chase Burgess of La-

mar was named to the Spring Dean's List, as well as the Presidential Scholarship List. Full time students with a 3.9 or higher grade point average for both the fall and spring semesters are named to the Presi-dential Scholar List.

Walker graduates from Cottey College

NEVADA, Mo.-Cottey College announces that Kourtney Walker, daugh-ter of Dee and Danny Walker of Lamar, gradu-ated on Sunday, May 18, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.

Cottey College, located in Nevada, Missouri, is an independent, liberal arts and sciences college for women with two-year and selected four-year programs. The college's residential student ca-

pacity is 350 and the typical student body is composed of young women from 40 states and 24 countries.

Cottey is owned and supported by the P.E.O. Sisterhood, a philan-thropic educational organization of approx-imately 238,000 mem-bers. Cottey is the only nonsectarian college in the nation owned and supported by women for women.

School board approves summer building projects, hires new career & technical center director

By RICHARD COOPERDemocrat staff writer

LAMAR-In a specially called meeting, June 9, the Lamar R-I Board of Education filled four staff vacancies; among them was a new director of the Lamar Career & Tech-nical Center. Promoted from within was Scott Nolting, who has taught vocational agriculture for the district since 1999. He succeeds Traci Pat-tison, who resigned in May. Nolting is a native of Smithton in Pettis Coun-ty. He holds a bachelor’s degree in education from Central Missouri State University and a mas-ter’s degree from William Woods University.

Richard Grishow was hired to teach sixth grade

social studies in the mid-dle school, Bryanna War-ner to teach eighth grade science, and Tom Burns to teach pre-school in the Special Education Co-op.

During the summer, band and choir lessons will be offered off-cam-pus, but they will be pro-vided by Lamar R-I per-sonnel.

The board unanimously voted for the district to participate in the county hazard mitigation plan. Participation is required for the district to be eli-gible for federal funds when the occasion arises.

The opening and clos-ing of the bleachers in the high school gym will be improved by installation of a motorized system. The wooden permanent bleachers will remain.

Carroll Seating Company of Kansas City will do the work on a bid of $18,020.

The band room portion of the new safe room is taking shape. Cabinets and storage space for choir robes and instru-ments must be installed. Four quotes for the work were received, and SSI Furnishings of Pleasant Valley was selected at a cost of $33,898. SSI will have until September 12 to complete the installa-tion.

Drainage and turf im-provement of the foot-ball field at Thomas O’Sullivan Stadium will be undertaken. A drill and fill process will be used to improve drain-age at a cost of $5,300. Old depleted sod will be removed and replaced

with new sod at a cost of 2.55 cents per square foot. Replacement is not to exceed 20,000 square feet. All the work will be done by Green Light Turf of Lamar.

Communications wir-ing will soon be installed in the new building ad-dition. Protel Systems of Springfield was chosen at a cost of $26,945.

One summer project has already been com-pleted. The two tennis courts south of the high school have had all cracks filled, and both have been resurfaced.

Numbers enrolled for summer school are re-ported as 310. At East Primary, 150 are en-rolled, and 160 are in middle and high school grades.

Linn State Technical College announces Dean's List

LINN-Trevor White, Lamar and Ethan Moen-ning, Lockwood, were eligible for the Dean's List for the 2014 spring semester at Linn State Technical College.

To be placed on the Dean's List, a full-time stu-dent must earn a semester grade point average be-tween 3.5 and 4.0 on a 4-point scale.

Douglas named to CMU Dean's List

FAYETTE-Katlyn Douglas, an athletic training major from Shel-don, has been named to the Central Methodist University Dean's List for the Spring 2014 semester.

To qualify for Dean's

List recognition, one must be enrolled as a full time student and achieve a 3.5 or higher grade point average on the university's 4.0 scale, according to Dr. Rita Gulstad, provost.

Jasper May Students of the MonthCongratulations to the

following Jasper Elemen-tary School Eagles for the month of May. These Eagles were chosen be-

cause they have outstand-ing character, especially in the areas of respect, responsibility and safety: Brayden, Alex, Nadia,

Clayton, Wyatt, Joey, Em-ily, Kaylyn, Isaac, Teresa, Ethan, Eric, Paten, Sha-non, Cheyenne, Brett and Jake Webb.

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National FFA scholarships awarded to local studentsINDIANAPOLIS, Ind.-

The National FFA Or-ganization awarded a $2,000 John Deere schol-arship to Trent Morgan of the Lamar FFA and Mi-cala Gillen of the Lock-wood FFA. The scholar-ships were sponsored by Legacy Farm and Lawn as a special project of the National FFA Foun-dation. Morgan plans to use the funds to pursue a degree at Pittsburg State University.

The scholarship is one of 1,786 awarded through the National FFA Organi-zation's scholarship pro-gram this year. Currently, 126 sponsors contribute more than $2.2 million to support scholarships for students.

For 30 years, scholar-ships have been made

available through funding se-cured by the National FFA Foun-dation. This generous funding comes from individuals, businesses and corpo-rate sponsors to encourage excellence and enable students to pursue their educational goals.

The 2014 scholarship recipients were selected from 6,315 applicants from across the country. Selections were based on the ap-

plicant's leadership, aca-demic record, FFA and other school and com-munity activities, super-vised agricultural or work

experience in agricultural education and future goals.

The National FFA Or-ganization provides lead-

ership, personal growth and career success train-ing through agricultural education to 579,678 stu-dent members in grades

seven through 12 who be-long to one of 7,570 local FFA chapters throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

AREA NEWS

Right, the Grand Champion of the Truman Day Baby Show was Gerald “Jackson” Cofield, Jr., son of Gerald Cofield and Crystal Davenport, Lamar.

Boys, 0-3 month, winners were Liam Tidball, son of Caleb and Lindsey Tidball, Jasper, first; Trenton Dintaman, son of Russell and Brittany Dintaman, Jasper, second and Tripp Wolf, son of Adam and Kati Wolf, Liberal, third.

Boys, 4-6 month, winner was Gerald “Jackson” Cofield, Jr., son of Gerald Cofield and Crystal Davenport, Lamar, first.

Boys, 7-9 month, winners were Jace Engle, son of Joseph and Shelley Engle, Webb City, first; Tyler Alves, son of Justin and Jessica Alves, Webb City, second and Ridge Hollands, son of Brian and Megan Hollands, Nevada, third.

Boys, 19-24 month, winners were Abel Cofield, son of Tiffany Jones, Lamar, first; Jaxon Ball, son of Brian and Kimberly Ball, Lamar, second and Vance Bull, son of Kevin and Katie Bull, Lamar, third.

Boys, 10-12 month, winners were Kolt Davenport, son of Brittni Voris, Lamar, first; Keaton Lassiter, son of Katie Saxinger, Lamar, second and Rhydar Neher, son of Raleigh and Chelcia Neher, Mt. Vernon, third.

Boys, 13-18 month, winners were Lian Carter, son of Christine Edwards, Liberal, first; Karson Fetty, son of Samantha Fetty, Lamar, second and Bryson Neher, son of Iona Neher, Lamar, third.

Girls, 4-6 months, winner was Lexi Moore, daughter of Skyler and Monica Moore, Lamar, first.

Girls, 19-24 months, winners were Paige Russell, daughter of David and Brandi Russell, Oronogo, first; Emma Alves, daughter of Justin and Jessica Alves, Webb City, second and Emily Little, daughter of Brian and Melissa Little, Lamar, third.

Girls, 13-18 months, winners were Taylor Cherry, daughter of Mark Cherry and Mary Hornbeck, Lamar, first; Natalie Bazal, daughter of Joe and Beth Bazal, Liberal, second and Alexis Remillard, daughter of David and Brooke Remillard, Lamar, third.

Girls, 10-12 months, winner was Maylene Taylor, daughter of Angelica Perez, Lamar, first.

Girls, 7-9 months, winners were Holly Borghardt, daughter of Scott and Bekah Borghardt, Liberal, first; Rory Rook, daughter of Kaleb and Hailey Rook, Lamar, second and Nora Divine, daughter of Broc and Rachelle Divine, Lockwood, third.

Girls, 0-3 months, winners were Aliyah Slater, daughter of Brittany Slater, Lamar, first; Josie Chairez, daughter of Jose and Johnna Chairez, Lamar, second and Paisley Weis, daughter of Justin Weis and Brooke McClain, Lamar, third.

Micala Gillen of the Lockwood FFA, left, received a $2,000 John Deere Scholarship, sponsored by Legacy Farm and Lawn. Pictured with Gillen is Mark Purinton.

Trent Morgan of the Lamar FFA, right, received a $2,000 John Deere scholarship, sponsored by Legacy Farm and Lawn. Pictured with Morgan is Jack Purinton.

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Barton County 4-H Youth celebrate 80th year with 2014 Achievement Day w/6 pics in this folder and cutlines – use any or all

The Barton County 4-H Youth celebrated its 80th year with the 2014 Achievement Day. The 4-H Youth Develop-ment is a "Learning by Doing" program. The county achieve-ment programs are planned for 4-H members to share knowledge they have learned throughout the year from proj-ect areas in which they are en-rolled.

Barton County Achievement Day was held June 1, at the Lamar First Christian Church and June 3 at the Wolf Center in Lamar. All Barton County 4-H members and Clover Kids are encouraged to participate in personal development, project demonstrations in individual project areas and compete with project judging skills. Barton County 4-H members provid-ed project demonstrations in various project areas. The top regional judging projects were offered, giving youth an oppor-tunity to participating in deci-sion making skills throughout the day. Personal appearance interviews for young men and women were divided into three age categories. Forty-six young people have qualified for Re-gional Achievement Day to be held July 28, at Ozark Empire Fair in Springfield and upcom-ing state 4-H events in Septem-ber and October. At Regional Achievement Day each 4-H member will be allowed to participate in two events – one public speaking, personal de-velopment or demonstration and one judging area. A Share the Fun presentation is provid-ed by each county.

In a closing awards assem-bly 4-H members and Clover Kids received medals, ribbons and a t-shirt for completion in the following project areas. The youth had an outstanding day of 4-H accomplishments. Personal Development - Ju-nior-8-10 Ryan Davis, delegate, Aidan Reed delegate, Interme-diate 11-13- Mycah Reed - del-egate Kaitlyn Davis – delegate, Matthew Morgan, Lexi Phipps, Connor Phipps, Jenna Perry, Senior Tony Morgan, delegate; Clover Kid - Christa Perry; Public Speaking - 4-H Pledge, Cooper Trout, Ryan Davis, Marcy Miller, Brodie Wilson; 4-H Creed, Kaitlyn Davis, Ma-son Brown, qualify regional. Prepared speech, Matthew Morgan Intermediate (11-13) qualify for regional and state.

Alyssa Ratliff Senior (14 & older) qualify for regional and state. Extemporaneous Jenna Perry, qualify for regional and state; Technology Assisted Speech Lexi Phipps, Connor Brown, qualify for regional and state. Interpretation, Humor-ous Aiden Reed, "Why God Made Farmers", qualify for regional and state. Dramatic Lane Wilson, "Gettysburg Ad-

dress", qualifies for regional and state. Fashion Revue - Clothes You Buy Jr. Annabelle Crab-tree, qualified for regional and state. Intermediate Mycah Reed, qualified for regional and state. Clover Kid, Saman-tha Crabtree.

Demonstrations – Foods, Halle Miller – "Brownies", re-gional, Lakin Stand-ley – "Pinwheels", regional, Connor Shoff - “Breakfast Quesada's”, region-al. Home Econom-ics - Cora James, "How to Sep-arate an Egg", Regional. Clara Proctor - "Shaping Yeast Rolls", regional. Conrad Proctor - "Cake Mix Brownies", regional. Shelah Ratliff, Clover Kid, table place setting. Communications & Creative Arts - Anna Bell Crabtree, "Painting with Pas-tels", regional. Caroline Proc-tor, "The Color Wheel”, Clo-ver Kid. Mechanical Science Shiloh Robotics team, "Work-ing Demonstration, regional. Connor Trout, AJ Banwart, Trey Bright, Kaden Johnson, Noah Endicott, Braiden Barley, Caleb Moreno. Caden Ratliff - "Bicycle Tire Repair", regional. Leisure Education Lexi Phipps, "Lifetime Sport Volleyball", re-gional.

Mycah Reed “Swimming Fitness Warm-up", regional. Ethan Ratliff, "Hitting the Baseball", regional. Allyssa Ratliff, “Basketball Shots", re-gional. Liam Ratliff, "Pitch-ing Baseball Skills", regional. Clover Kid Addison Brown, gymnastics. Natural and Plant Science Kinder Standley, "Parts of a Flower, regional. Marcy Miller, "How to Grow a Plant", regional. Animal Science Elise James, "How to Tattoo a Calf 's Ear”, regional. Clarise James, "How to Deworm a Puppy", regional. Mycah Reed, “How To Candling an Egg", region-al. Theo Crabtree, “Making a Rope Halter ", regional.

Judging Classes: Swine- Jr. Jenna Perry, Mason Brown, Connor Brown, Sr. Tony Mor-gan. Poultry - Jr. Mycah Reed, Matthew Morgan, Clayton Winslow, Avery Reed, Clo-ver Kid. Beef - Theo Crabtree, Noah Endicott, Annabelle Crabtree. Horse - Jr. Michaela Winslow, Elise James, Clarise James, Crystal Kahl, alternate Theo Crabtree. Visual Arts – Jr. Connor Trout, Lexi Phipps, Halle Miller, Noah Shaw.

Photography - Annabelle Crabtree, Lakin Standley, Lexi Phipps, Blaine Shaw, Halle Miller, Jenna Perry, Noah Shaw, Clover Kid Brodie Wil-son. Sewing - Lexi Phipps, Kai-tlyn Davis.

Cake Decorating - Anna-belle Crabtree. Foods - Con-nor Shoff, Lexi Phipps, Blaine Shaw, Lakin Standley, Halle Miller, Clarise James, Kaitlyn

Davis, Ryan Davis. Clover Kids Avery Reed, Trey Shaw. Gardening -Theo Crab-tree, Blaine Shaw, Caleb Winslow, Caden Win-slow, Clayton Winslow, Cora James, Tony Mor-gan, Red, Noah Endicott, Michalea Winslow, Ethan Reed, Elise James, Clover Kids Trey Shaw, Brodie Wilson. Shooting Sports - Matthew Morgan, Tony Morgan, Caleb Winslow, Caden Winslow, Noah Shaw, Clayton Winslow, Clover Kids Avery Reed and Brodie Wilson.

Share the Fun acts ad-vancing to Regional Achievement Day include A.J .Banwart, piano solo; Mycah and Aidan Reed, duet act; The James Sis-ter-vocal solo, America, AnnaBell Crabtree, piano solo and Kailtyn Davis and Lexi Phipps, dance routine.

Clover Kid presenta-tions were made by youth ages five to eight years old. Those participating were Samantha Crabtree, Brodie Wilson, Crista Perry, Caroline Proctor, Addison Brown, Shelah Ratliff, Cooper Trout and Trey Shaw.

A special thank you to the many parents, club leaders and volunteers that helped makes Bar-ton County Achievement Day a success and the Lamar First Christian Church for use of their facility. The southwest region continues to offer a Regional Achievement Day, where 4-H youth can focus on continued efforts to "Make the Best Better."

Crockett named to children's boardLAMAR-Michelle Crockett, Lamar, has

been named to the Children's Trust Fund Board by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon.

Crockett's appointment was among a series of nominations announced recent-ly by the governor's office. Currently the director of talent acquisition for Leggett

& Platt, Inc. of Carthage, Crockett previ-ously was executive director of Barceda Families, a non-profit agency providing child abuse prevention, intervention and treatment services. She also taught in the Lamar school district for 10 years.

The Children's Trust Fund works to pre-

vent or alleviate child abuse and neglect by planning and policy development, fund-ing, training, research, public awareness and education and assisting in the integra-tion of statewide prevention efforts.

Gubernatorial appointments are subject to confirmation by the Missouri Senate.

These 4-H’ers participated in Barton County Achievement Day at the Wolf Center in Lamar on June 3.

Kinder Standley explains the various parts of a flower for her horticulture demonstration.

Clara Proctor explains the different types of yeast rolls, including the clover rolls.

The 4-H members practice judging skills and improve on making decisions through project work.

The Shiloh 4-H Robotics Club provided a working demonstration on programming a robot.

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AREA NEWS

Edward Jones moves up on the Fortune 500 listFinancial

services firm Edward Jones moves up on the annual Fortune 500 list, as pub-lished by For-tune magazine, in its second appearance in two years, ac-cording to Pat Barr, financial advisor in Barton County.

Fortune magazine's an-nual listing ranks the largest U.S. companies by revenue. Edward Jones moved up 47 spots to No. 444 on this year's list, with more than $5.7 billion in revenue for 2013.

"Our success comes from making a significant difference in our clients' lives," said Barr. "We of-fer personal service and a solutions-based approach that are tailored to our

clients individ-ual needs, but backed by all the resources of a Fortune500 firm."

The full list and related sto-ries appear in the June 16 is-sue of Fortune and at www.for-tune.com.

Edward Jones provides financial services for in-dividual investors in the United States and, through its affiliate, in Canada. Ev-ery aspect of the firm's business, from the types of investment options offered to the location of branch offices, is designed to cater to individual investors in the communities in which they live and work. The firm's 12,000-plus finan-cial advisors work directly with nearly seven million clients to understand their

personal goals - from col-lege savings to retirement - and create long-term investment solutions that emphasize a well-bal-anced portfolio and a buy-and-hold strategy. Ed-ward Jones embraces the

importance of building long-term, face-to-face relationships with clients, helping them to under-stand and make sense of the investment options available.

Headquartered in St.

Louis, Edward Jones ranked No. 4 overall in Fortune magazine's 2014 100 Best Companies to Work For ranking. Visit their website at www.ed-wardjones.com and their recruiting website at www.

careers.edwardjones.com. Follow them on Twitter @EdwardJones. Member SIPC. Fortune and Time Inc. are not affiliated with and do not endorse Ed-ward Jones products or services.

Pat Barr

Lodged corn may increase risk of disease

LAMAR-Jill Scheidt, agronomy specialist with University of Mis-souri Extension in Bar-ton County scouted field south of Jasper for the crop scouting program on June 11.

Wheat is in the soft dough stage. “It usually takes four weeks after flowering for wheat to be ready to harvest,” said Scheidt. Harvest wheat at 13.5 percent moisture in order to prevent fungus development in the stor-age bin.

Corn is in the 10-12 leaf stage. “No diseases or insects were seen. There is some minor hail dam-age that can be identified by slight shredding of the leaves. This is noth-ing to worry about,” said Scheidt.

According to Scheidt, corn is lodged due to winds. “If the stalk is not broken, plants that lodge in the vegetative stage often recover well. How-ever, lodging can cause an increased risk for the development of some dis-eases,” said Scheidt.

Soybeans are in the 2nd to 3rd trifoliate. “There was some leaf feeding from bean leaf beetle. Bean leaf beetle feeding can be identified by small circular holes in leaves,” said Scheidt. Soybeans can tolerate up to 30 per-

cent defoliation before blooming before treat-ment is required.

Garden fleahoppers were also seen in soy-beans. “Garden fleahop-pers look similar to a stinkbug, only they are smaller and are black in color; they also have piercing, sucking mouth-parts,” said Scheidt. “There are no threshold levels or treatment op-tions, garden fleahoppers are not known to cause economic damage.”

The weekly field scout-ing report is sponsored by University of Missouri Extension and Barton County Extension. For more information on this scouting report, or to learn how to receive it a week earlier by telephone, contact the MU Exten-sion Center in Barton County, (417) 682-3579.

Assault sends deputy to hospitalVernon County man moved to Most Wanted

NEVADA-A warrant has been issued for a sub-ject who assaulted a Vernon County Sheriff ’s Deputy late Wednesday night. According to a press release from the sheriff ’s office, a felony ar-

rest warrant was applied for early Thurs-day by the Vernon County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office and issued by the 28th Circuit Court for Charles Allen Hart for Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer in the 1st degree, a class A felony.

According to Vernon County Sheriff Jason Mosher, a deputy responded to a disturbance call in Sheldon and was as-saulted by Hart. The sheriff declined to specify what was used to assault the depu-

ty because his office was still investigating the incident, but did confirm that Hart struck the deputy on the head with an object. Hart fled the scene after assaulting the deputy moments before back-up units arrived from the Vernon County Sheriff ’s Office, Barton County Sheriff ’s Office, Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Nevada Police Department.

A second D felony warrant for at-tempted possession of a controlled sub-

stance has also been issued for Hart. Total bonds for Hart have been set at $252,500 cash only. Hart was moved to the Vernon County’s Most Wanted list on Thursday. Sheriff Mosher said the deputy was taken to the emergency room at the Nevada Re-gional Medical Center and was released early Thursday morning. Anyone with information on Harts whereabouts are asked to contact the sheriff ’s office at 417-667-6042.

Grass height main topic at Greenfield City Council

By CAROLYN HEADDade County

reporter

GREENFIELD-The Greenfield City Council met Tuesday, May 13, 7 p.m. Those present were council members Jack Pugh, Vicki Lollar, Kelly Mayfield, City Clerk Cathy Harrington, At-torney Allen Rose and his wife Sherry and City Police Chief Tim Lar-kin. Absent was coun-cilwoman Beth Wright. Roll call was taken fol-lowing the Pledge of Allegiance. The min-utes from May 1 were unanimously approved as read.

Mayor Evans asked for discussion on the cur-rent grass ordinance, which states the grass cannot be taller than 12 inches before mowing. The mower wants to rate each part of mow-ing as bid, or re-bid, as they may have the city mow the grass them-selves. The city has had to mow eight vacant lots out of 16 as advised by the mayor. Four resi-dents have mowed as required. They city is taking documentation of conditions of ne-glected property, listing the property where they are not maintained and then the owner is con-tacted. The liens must be paid at the end of the year, with the property tax. There are 16 vacat-ed lots at this time. The new ordinance would be changed to grass not being taller than eight inches. A unanimous vote of yes updated the ordinance.

City Maintenance Su-pervisor Andy Miller discussed old equip-ment. He stated that the grader purchased in 1968 is only used about

once a year and is not needed. For law enforce-ment, the 2007 patrol car has a knocking engine and will be put up for bid. It if doesn't meet the crush price, they will have it crushed. The lower valve in the well needs to be re-placed at a cost of approx-imately $3500. A motion was unanimously passed to proceed with the neces-sary repairs.

The city feels like they are in good shape con-cerning the mowing equipment. A part time park man has been hired, with the recommendation of hiring a full time for the part time park man to ex-tend to mowing and assist Miller as needed.

James Vann, a resident of the city, introduced himself. He is involved with the Dade County Im-provement Project and is experienced in economic development. He has moved to Dade County from Greene County and wants to find a better in-ternet service for the area. He inquired if the city was interested in aiding in this pursuit, other than finan-cial. The response was that they were waiting on FCC for a final ruling. When decided, they will have about 60 days to respond.

Miller spoke on ammo-nia limits, stating a 90/10 grant was needed to cover

engineering. He said, “The opportunity is here, we need to take it while we can”. Pugh stated the the rain level at the present time is causing increasing concern, as well as men-tioning the need to raise sewer rates and the need for a bond for a disinfec-tion plant. A motion was unanimously passed to submit a grant applica-tion.

Housing issues were questioned. Pugh advised there is one more house (Martha Phelps') stand-ing open that vagrants can enter. He wanted to know if they could go in to the house on an emergency basis to resolve the prob-lem.

Attorney Rose advised that in February Dollar General asked for an or-dinance to officially va-cate the property, part of Shouse and Alley, that has never been used. An or-dinance was drafted to go

ahead and vacate the area in question. Pugh read for the first time by title only Ordinance 1-2014, An Ordinance Authorizing and Directing the Vaca-tion of a Part of Shouse Street and Alley pertain-ing thereto. A motion was made and unanimously passed to accept the ordi-nance following a second and final reading.

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JOHN W. BRUFFETT

CARTHAGE-Servic-es were held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Grand Av-enue Church of God for John W. Bruffett, 93, Car-thage, who died Sunday, June 8, 2014. Burial was at Hackney Cemetery.

Arrangements were un-der the direction of Ulmer Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Meals on Wheels, in care of the fu-neral home.

Condolences may be made at www.ulmerfh.com.

Survivors include his wife, Faye Bruffett; two daughters, Sharon Law-rence and husband Bruce, Carthage, and Martha Ann Cisco and hus-band Guy, Wasola; two sons, Ron Bruffett and wife Melanie, Lamar and Charles Bruffett and wife Kathleen, Carthage; sev-en grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two sisters, Lou-ise Lankford and Ruth Lawrence and a brother, Louis Bruffett.

Mr. Bruffett was born Sept. 23, 1920, in rural Jas-per, to Everett and Martha Jane (Keener) Bruffett. He was a lifetime area resi-dent and dairy farmer. He served in the United States Army during World War II. He served on the MFA Oil Board, was chairman of the cemetery board at Hackney Cemetery, was on the rural Mayflower School Board for several years and served on the board of trustees at the Grand Avenue Church of God.

He married Faye Allene Keller on Dec. 15, 1943, in Carthage.

LARRY LEE DEPUE

LAWTON, Okla.-A pri-vate family service was held in Lawton for Larry Lee Depue, 74, Lawton, who died Saturday, June 7, 2014.

Survivors include his wife, Bonita Depue, of the home; three children from a previous mar-riage, Nancy Lea Paoletti and husband David, Yp-silanti, Mich., James Jo-seph, Nashville, Tenn and Bonnie Jo McCarty, Georgia; a brother, Jerry Depue and wife Linda, Indianola, Iowa; broth-ers and sisters-in-law, C.L. And Judy Penning-ton, Cache, Connie and Gary Pierce, Geronimo, Dixie and John Fischer, Lawton, Ron and Tammy Pennington, Duncan and Randy and Debra Pen-nington, Lawton; five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Fran-cis Depue.

Mr. Depue was born July 20, 1939, in Wells-ville, Kan., to Ules C. and Laura Opal (Caruthers) Rice. After a divorce Opal

married Joseph A. Depue and Larry was adopted by his stepfather. After graduating from Liberal (Mo.) High School, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served as Electrician’s Mate Class A on several destroyers including USS Gilligan, USS Rogers, USS Luce, USS Brister and USS Renshaw, until being dis-charged in 1967. He later enlisted and was in the Missouri National Guard, 865th Medical Company (AMB) as a Medical Spe-cialist Spec 5, until his discharge in 1979.

He married Bonita Pen-nington on March 31, 1978, in Miami, Okla. They made their home in Lamar, Mo., where he worked as an auto me-chanic and tow truck driver for Gilkey’s Chev-rolet for over 30 years. Upon his retirement in 2004, they moved to Law-ton.

DANIEL WARREN RICE

SHELDON-No services are planned for Daniel Warren Rice, 54, Sheldon, who died Sunday, June 8, 2014, at Freeman Health System in Joplin, follow-ing a short illness.

Arrangements are un-der the direction of Ferry Funeral Home.

Those who wish may contribute in his name to a scholarship fund for his sons or to the Vernon County Cancer Relief, in care of the funeral home.

The obituary may be viewed and condolences sent at www.ferryfuneral-home.com.

Survivors include his wife, Laverna Rice and two sons, Jacob Rice and John Rice, all of the home; two brothers, Tim Rice and wife Jeanne, Mt. Vernon and Clifford Rice and wife Christy, Lamar; two sisters, Martha Crafts and husband Gary, St. Peters and Beth Petti-bon and husband Bruce,

Moundville and numer-ous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Mr. Rice was born Sept. 23, 1959, in Lamar, to Loren H. and Olive Lor-raine (Gillispie) Rice. He was reared in the Shel-don area and was a 1977 graduate of Lamar High School. He then worked at the Sheldon Co-op and Sheldon Grain and Feed before going to work for 3M in Nevada, where he had worked the past 23 years. He enjoyed farm-ing and raising cattle. He hauled a lot of hay at a young age for several area farmers. In his spare time he loved to rabbit hunt.

He married Laverna Bright on Jan. 21, 1995, in Bronaugh.

HAROLD J. RUDISAILE

CEDAREDGE, Colo.-A private family service was held for Harold Joseph “Hal” Rudisaile, 92, Ce-daredge, who died Tues-day, May 27.

Arrangements were un-der the direction of Tay-lor Funeral Service and Crematory.

The obituary may be viewed and condolences sent online at www.tay-lorfuneralservice.com.

Survivors include his wife, Edna Rudisaile; two sons, John Charles Rudi-saile and Robert Joseph Rudisaile; a daughter, Lucia Jean Tinline; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Bar-bara Ann Rudisaile.

Mr. Rudisaile was born April 17, 1922, in Oak-ton, Mo., to Walter and Maude (Veale) Rudisaile. He grew up an only child. His father died when he was in high school. While in high school he helped install and operate the towns’ first telephone sys-tem. After graduation he furthered his education by accepting a scholar-ship to Southwest Baptist College, then went to the School of Mines at Rolla. While there he became a ROTC member as an en-gineer.

In February of 1944 he married his sweetheart Edna Pearl Moore on the 26th; on the 27th he re-ceived his BS Degree in Electrical Engineering and on the 28th he ac-cepted his commission as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Ma-rine Corp. His service to his country during World War II included training radar operators, demo-lition and construction and then joined a newly formed Marine Corp En-gineering Battalion. He spent time in China, Ja-pan and later was called up for the Korean War.

His wife supported his life career as an engi-neer with Westinghouse, starting in Pittsburgh and continuing in Chi-cago. His career ended in Denver, where he was district manager. Before retirement he accepted a position in Saudi Arabia, where he and his wife traveled the world.

Over the years he was active in his community

and church, where he was given different letters and awards in appreciation.

RUSSELL L. PIERSON

LAMAR-Services were held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Lamar United Meth-odist Church for Russell Lane Pierson, 82, Lamar, who died Tuesday, June 10, 2014, at his home. Don Keithly officiated. Burial was in Memory Gardens of Lamar. Mili-tary honors were held at the graveside, following the committal service.

Arrangements were

under the direction of Konantz Warden Funeral Home.

The obituary may be viewed and condolences sent at www.konantzwar-den.com.

Survivors include his wife, Ima Jean Pier-son, of the home; a son, Lloyd Dale Pierson and Cathy Stout, Lamar; two daughters, Kathy Eileen Leedy and husband Don, Lamar and Mary El-len Teague and husband Gary, Owasso, Okla.; six grandchildren, Nicholas Lane Pierson and wife Le-zlie, Nevada, Grant Tyler Pierson and wife Brittany, Lorain, Ohio, Kyle An-thony Teague, Owasso, Okla. and Paige Nicole Pierson, Sandwich, Ill.; two great-grandchildren, Tanner Holman, Nevada and Lily Grace Pierson, Lorain, Ohio and a broth-er, Vance Pierson and wife Vivian, Mammoth Springs, Ark.

He was preceded in

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

THE 33RD ANNUAL THORCO-FCA LAMAR-Walk-Run will be held Saturday, Aug. 23, 7:30 a.m. This event is held in conjunction with the Lamar Free Fair, with registration beginning at 6:30 a.m. At the corner of 8th and Broadway. The race will begin there and finish at 9th and Broadway. Awards will be given in each division for first, second and third places. The first 100 entrants registered before the race begins will be guaranteed a shirt. For information contact Ann Landrum at 417-682-3548, ext. 134.RICHLAND TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING will be held Thursday, June 19, 10 a.m., at 694 SE 40th Lane.THE 59TH ANNUAL BEYDLER REUNION will be held Sunday, June 22, at the Jerico Springs communi-ty building. A carry-in lunch will begin at 12:30 p.m.THE BARTON COUNTY MEMORIAL Hospital Di-abetes Education Support Group will not meet in June. Watch the Democrat news briefs for the announce-ment about the July 21 meeting.LAMAR BOOSTER CLUB WILL MEET Monday, June 23, 6 p.m., at the high school. All members are encouraged to attend.THE MINDENMINES SCHOOL REUNION will be held Saturday, June 28, at the Lamplighter Inn & Suites banquet room, 4020 Parkview Dr., Pittsburg, Kan. Din-ner will be provided by Gebharts Restaurant and priz-es will be awarded. Registration will be from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., with the banquet to follow until 8 p.m. The rest of the evening will be spent in fellowship. For informa-tion call Donna Letton, president, 417-681-0443; Jack Kelsey, vice president, 417-842-3281; Martha Kincaid, secretary, 417-681-0929 or Sam Etcheson, treasurer, 417-525-4819. Mindenmines City Hall will be open that morning from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon.A PLANNED OUTAGE IS SET FOR Thursday, June 19. At 9 a.m., KAMO will shut down the Jasper sub-station for up to two hours. KAMO is replacing some damaged equipment. In addition to this notification, Barton County Electric will be making calls to mem-bers that will be affected on the Jasper sub-station to inform of this planned outage. Your patience is appre-ciated during this planned event.ANNA VANGILDER WILL TURN 96 ON Friday, June 20. Cards can be sent to her at 3 SW 1st Lane, Lamar, MO 64759.THE 10TH STREET COMMUNITY FARMERS’ Market is open Wednesdays, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Sat-urdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. VFW Post 3691 Ladies Auxil-iary will serve sausage gravy and biscuits on Saturday, June 21. Lunch will also be served.THE HEATH REUNION WILL BE HELD Sunday, June 29, at Lamar Memorial Hall. Bring a covered dish. Lunch will be at 12 noon. For information call Lois Rush at 417-358-7892.VFW POST 3691 AND LADIES AUXILIARY will meet Monday June 23, 7:30 p.m., in the basement of La-mar Memorial Hall. A potluck supper will be held be-fore the meeting at 6:30 p.m. All veterans are welcome.THE FIBER ART GUILD WILL MEET Thursday, June 19, 9 a.m., at Denny’s in Lamar. There will be a program. Roll call will be answered with something about summer.LAMAR UNITED METHODSIT CHURCH will hold Weird Animals Vacation Bible School June 22-26, for ages preschool to sixth grade. VBS will run from 6 p.m. to 8:05 p.m. each day. To pre-register go to lama-runitedmethodist church.com or call 682-3306.THE TRUSTEES OF GREENFIELD Cemetery of Cedar County have posted a notice that all flowers (real and artificial) deemed dead or unsightly, or that inter-fere with mowing, will be removed by cemetery per-sonnel at their discretion by June 20.THE 2014 LAMAR FREE FAIR DATES have been set for August 16-23.

BARTON COUNTY SENIOR CENTERLUNCH MENU: June 16-20

MONDAY- Teriyaki chicken, fried rice, ori-ental vegetables, egg roll, sliced pineapple, coffee/tea/milk.

TUESDAY- Chicken salad sandwich on wheat bread, tomato juice, frito chips, rosy applesauce,

cottage cheese, home-made cookie, coffee/tea/milk.

WEDNESDAY- Stuffed green peppers, steamed rice, steamed broccoli, wheat roll, sliced peaches, coffee/tea/milk.

THURSDAY- Birth-day dinner – oven fried chicken, cheesy mashed potatoes, peas and car-rots, wheat roll, pineap-ple upside down cake, coffee/tea/milk.

FRIDAY- Open faced turkey w/gravy, parslied potatoes, spinach, wheat bread, vanilla wafer pudding with ba-nana, coffee/tea/milk.

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death by four broth-ers, Orris Allen Pierson, Doral “Donk” Albert Pierson, Roy Herman Pierson and Dale Lloyd Pierson and a sister, Phyl-lis Margaret Pierson.

Mr. Pierson was born Jan. 18, 1932, in Stockton, to John Allen and Mary Jane (Phillips) Pierson. He was a 1951 graduate of Lamar High School. He served in the Na-tional Guard from Aug. 20, 1951 to May 13, 1954 and also was deployed to Korea while serving in the United States Army until May 13, 1954. After the military he began a 32 year career at the Lamar Democrat and also assist-ed at the Barton County Print Shop. He worked for Thorco Manufacturing for 12 years, retiring June 2, 1995. He worked part time on weekends at Jim & Charlies Market. For 37 ½ years he served as the local weather observer, reporting to NOAA, the national weather ser-vice. He retired from the weather service in March of 2010.

Russell always made time for his grandchil-dren, their friends and his many nieces and nephews, and always put everyone above himself. He was famous for fixing grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup for his many grandchildren and “step” grandchildren. He attended every school function and baseball game that he could for his family. He loved going to the elementary school to read to his granddaugh-ter’s class.

He married Ima Jean Voorhees on Aug. 2,

1958, at the Lamar Chris-tian Church.

FRANCES SOUTHERN

MILFORD-Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. Friday at St. James Cemetery in Milford for Frances L. Southern, 68, Milford, who died at her home on Tuesday, June 10, 2014.

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

Contributions may be made to Moss House, in care of the funeral home.

Condolences can be left at www.danielfuneral-home.net.

Survivors include a brother, William “Bill” and wife Turid Kelley, Calif.; two sisters, Ina Mae Brooks and husband

Charlie, Lamar and Dor-othy Joan McMackin and husband Bob, Metaline, Wash. and one grand-daughter who she raised, Ashlyn Sisk.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two daughters, Dana South-ern Sisk and Barbara Lynn Brown, and a close special friend, Albert Lou Lau.

Mrs. Southern was born June 24, 1945, at Highland Park, Mich., to Russell S. and Alice B. (Camp) Kel-ley. She graduated Lamar High School and later ob-tained a bachelor’s degree from MSSU. She worked as a probation and parole officer before retirement. She was involved in 4-H Helping Hands, volun-teered at Moss House in Nevada, was involved in Angels Wings Domestic Violence Prevention and Victims Rights Marches and was an avid reader, gardener and facebooker.

DONALD R. HIGGINS

MINDENMINES-A memorial service was

held at 7 p.m. Monday at the Church of God of Mindenmines for Donald R. Higgins, 69, Minden-mines, who died Thurs-day, June 12, 2014, at Via Christi Hospital in Pitts-burg, Kan., following a long illness. Rev. Gary Carter officiated. Burial will be in Nashville Cem-etery, Nashville, Mo., at a later date.

Arrangements were under the direction of Friskel Funeral Home, Frontenac, Kan.

Condolences may be left at www.friskelfuneral-home.com.

Survivors include his wife, Linda Higgins, of the home; his mother, Ev-lyn Higgins, Lamar; two sons, Jason Higgins, Min-denmines and Randy Hill, Pittsburg, Kan.; a daugh-ter, Cande Hill, Frontenac, Kan.; a brother, Carroll Higgins, Lamar; a sister, Donna Reedy, Walker; 10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his father.

Mr. Higgins was born Jan. 11, 1945, in Lamar, to Orville Ray and Evlyn Higgins Lucas. He had

been a resident of Min-denmines for 42 years, moving from Lamar.

He served with the Army National Guard in Lamar. He was a factory worker at O’Sullivan In-dustries in Lamar until his retirement in 2007. He attended the Church of God in Mindenmines.

He married Linda Wil-liams on Aug. 6, 1971, in Miami, Okla.

GAYLENE FRANKLIN

LAMAR-Services will be held at 11 a.m. today (Wednesday) at Oakton United Methodist Church for Gaylene Franklin, 53, Lamar, who died Sun-day, June 15, 2014, at Cox

South Hospital in Spring-field, following a short ill-ness. Burial will follow at Oakton Cemetery.

Visitation will be held at the church prior to the service, beginning at 10 a.m.

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

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Special Notices

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

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

The Personal belong-ings of Natasha Asher, located at Prairie Plains Apts., 700 W. 8th St., Apt. 2-C, Lamar, will be dis-posed of if not claimed by June 25, 2014.

Lost & Found

Lost: Siamese male cat, neutered with bright blue eyes, missing from West 14th St. His name is Ollie and he is very missed. Reward for his

safe return, no ques-tions asked. Please call 417-684-1995.

Services Offered

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? We have Free training! www.trailiner.com. 800-769-3993.

Team Drivers, 130,000 per year, 2014 & 2015 trk, home weekly, same

day pay, free health ins. 5000.00 sign on bonus pays out in 4 months, leases and lease purchases avail-able. Detail call 800-769-3993, on line app www.trailiner.com.

Drivers, Solo, 3

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

Drivers: Join our grow-ing fleet! Standard Transportation Servic-es gets you home week-ly! Truck w/microwave & fridge. Paid health ins., vacation, holidays & more! CDL-A w/2 yrs experience. 1-888-992-4038 ext 105.

Wanted – Part Time Laborer. Miller's Coun-try Corner, 1-417-884-2684.

Economic Security Corporation now ac-cepting applications for a full-time teach-ing position at our La-mar Head Start center. Starting pay for this po-sition is $11.95 to $13.20 per hour, depending on education. Requires at least one of the follow-ing: An Associate, Bac-calaureate or advanced degree in early child-hood education, or in a field related to this and coursework equivalent to such a major with ex-perience teaching pre-

school age ch i ldren , or a Bac-calaureate degree in any field and admit-ted into the Teach for

America Program. Sub-mit completed agency application and/or re-sume along with tran-script by June 23, 2014 to: Economic Security Corporation, Attn: Job No. T-L6-01, at 302 S. Jo-plin, Joplin MO or mail to PO Box 207, Joplin, Missouri, 64802-0207; or email to rhopper@escswa.org. Applica-tions available online at www.escswa.org. EOE.

Hourly Caregivers Needed - Immediate-ly to care for elder-ly clients in/around Jo-plin, Carthage, Lamar and Nevada. Excellent skills required, ability to work 8-12 hour shifts and some weekends. No Medicaid. Must pass background/reference/drug screen. Compet-itive pay.Call Com-Forcare Home Care to schedule an interview, 417.310.1280.

Garage Sales

Huge Garage/Moving Sale – Friday, June 27, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, June 28, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Rain or Shine. Lots of clothing, kitchen items, home décor and camp-ing, fishing and hunt-ing gear. 3 miles south of Hwy. 160 on N Hwy., between Lockwood and Golden City.

Miscellaneous For Sale

Appliances: Mostly new. Some used. Also appliance parts. 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.

Pets & Supplies

Free Kittens to good homes. 417-214-3078.

"Publisher's notice: All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it ille-gal to advertise any pref-erence, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference limita-tion, or discrimination. We will not knowing-ly accept any advertis-ing for real estate, which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwell-ings advertised are avail-able on an equal oppor-tunity basis".

Mobile Homes for Rent

Are You Ready To

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

Apartments for Rent

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

1 Bedroom Apartment nicely furnished or un-furnished. Pool, rec room and laundry. Free cable/HBO, water and trash. Short leases avail-able. $200 security de-posit. No pets! In Ne-vada. Starting at $365. 417-667-2633.

Sheldon Apartments - Nice 1 bedroom apart-ments, furnished or un-furnished. All utilities paid. Starting at $370 per month. Call 417-667-2633.

Homes For Rent

Lovely, Redecorated 2 bedroom home at 710 Grand. Central heat/air, stove, refrigerator. Available July 1. $500 month/$450 deposit. R&R Rentals, Rosalee, 682-5668.

RECORDS/CLASSIFIEDS

CLASSIFIEDS Cards of Thanks

We would like to thank all of you who made our 50th wedding anniversary so special be it cards, your presence, or well wishes. A special thank you to our children, Sheryl, Karen, Gary and their families.

Dave and Kathy Stauffer

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

Survivors include her husband, LeRoy Franklin Sr., Lamar; a son, LeRoy Franklin Jr., Joplin; a sis-ter, Sherry Worthington, Eudora Springs, Kan.; a brother, Jay Ardahl, Overbrook, Kan.; two stepsisters, Cindy Cheek, Lawrence, Kan. and Julie Russel, Leawood, Kan.; her stepmother, Sharon Horton, Overland Park, Kan., and her stepfather, Jon Ardahl, Lecompton, Kan.

She was preceded in death by her father, Glen Horton and mother, Ju-dith Ardahl.

Ms. Franklin was born July 1, 1960, at Lawrence, Kan., to Galen and Ju-dith Horton. She gradu-ated from Ottawa High School and was retired from Thorco Industries in Lamar.

She married LeRoy Franklin on May 12, 1986, at Lamar.

MELVERN L. ROBERTSON

JASPER-Services will be held at 10 a.m. today (Wednesday) at Weng Fu-neral Chapel for Melvern L. Robertson, 78, Jasper, who died Saturday, June 14, 2014, at Mercy Hos-pital in Joplin. Burial will be in Mitchell Cemetery, east of Jasper.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Jas-

per High School Music Department.

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

Survivors include two daughters, Becky Thom-as and husband Mark, Garden City and Nancy Dockery and husband Aaron, Carthage; two brothers, Neil Robertson and Larry Robertson, both of Lamar; a sister, Mable Connors, Lamar and five granddaughters, Cassy VanGilder, Crissy VanGilder, Shelby Dock-ery, Katelyn Dockery and Kelly Dockery.

Mr. Robertson was born Dec. 11, 1935, in Squires, to Omer and Reba (Hai-ley) Robertson. He was a retired truck driver. He was a 1954 Lamar High School graduate and a member of the First Bap-tist Church of Jasper.

He married Harriet Fitchpatrick on April 13, 1968, in Jasper. She died Sept. 5, 2004.

MARY E. MILLERLAMAR-Services were

held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Daniel Funeral Home for Mary E. Miller, 104, Lamar, who died Friday, June 13, 2014, at Truman Healthcare Center, where she had been a resident for the past five months. Burial was in Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice Compassus, Maple Senior Living or Truman Health-care, in care of the funeral home.

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

Survivors include four children, Dorothy Parks and husband Dwight, Gerry Miller and wife Brenda and Don Miller and wife Jane, all of Lamar and Vicki Miller, Sarcox-ie; a sister-in-law, Zelma (Mrs. H.C.) Hooper, Mil-ford; ten grandchildren, Pam Judd and husband Joe, Peg Jeffries and hus-band Bill, Chip Miller and wife Jerri, Brian Miller and wife Cassie, Dave Parks and wife Angie, Deana Baker and husband Bill, Darin Parks, Denny Massa and husband Russ, Mark Miller and Matt Miller and wife Lori; 32 great-grandchildren and 20 great-great-grandchil-dren.

She was preceded in death by two brothers and eight sisters.

Mrs. Miller was born Nov. 12, 1909, at Sugar Grove, Ark., to Henry and Mattie (Merriman) Hoop-er. On Jan. 9, 1932, at Fair-fax, Okla., she married the love of her life, Roy Miller and they had celebrated

59 years together before his death April 7, 1991.

Mrs. Miller and her husband worked many different jobs across the country to raise money to buy farmland, settling and rearing their four chil-dren in Barton County, west of Milford, moving to Lamar in 1962. In ad-dition to farming, he had worked at Aaron’s Poultry, Fowler’s Cafe, owned and operated Irwin General Store and Roy and Mary’s Cafe in Milford, worked at O’Sullivan Industries and Lamar Daycare Center.

“Granny” to family and friends alike, was a natu-ral caregiver, known for her Christian values, work ethic, the abundance of huge gardens she shared and the home-cooked meals enjoyed by many around her table. She enjoyed fishing, the fel-lowship of her Milford Christian Church family and any activity that could be shared with her many grandchildren. She was an avid card player.

MAXINE GIBSONRURAL LAMAR-A

celebration of life will

be held at 5 p.m. today (Wednesday) at Daniel Funeral Home for Maxine I Gibson, 87, rural Lamar, who died at her home on Saturday, June 14, 2014, surrounded by her family. Rusty Boyd will officiate. Burial will be at More-head Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice Compassus, in care of the funeral home.

Condolences can be left at www.danielfuneral-home.net.

Survivors include her brother and his wife, Jim and Mary Raper and a sister, Virginia Lee Davis, all of Lamar and numer-ous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Jack Raper and four sisters, Imogene Hukill, Pal Na-dine Geblin and Joan Halcomb and an infant sister, Marie Raper.

Mrs. Gibson was born Nov. 15, 1926, in Dela-ware, Okla., to William Ocie and Goldie Marie (Quick) Raper. She was a homemaker and from the Cherokee Nation.

BETTY FITZWATER

LAMAR-The family received friends at Dan-iel Funeral Home from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Sat-urday for Betty M. Fitz-water, 80, Lamar, who died Thursday morning, June 12, 2014, at Truman Healthcare Center, where she had been a resident for less than a month.

Memorial contribu-tions may be made to the Barton County Humane Society, in care of the fu-neral home.

Survivors include two sons, Wayne Casey and wife Lisa, Barkeyville, Calif. and Steve Casey and wife Julie, Sheldon; a daughter, Barbara Kay Pearson and husband Jack, Taylor, Ark.; a sister, Debbie Rogers, Kansas City, Mo.; seven grand-children, Stacy, Corey, Danielle, Jason, Davin, Avery and Christian and several great-grandchil-dren.

She was preceded in death by a former hus-band, George Gaylen Casey; four brothers and a son, Linden Casey.

Mrs. Fitzwater was born June 24, 1933, at Kansas City, Mo., to Elvin L. and Edna (Wilson) Campbell. She had lived in Kansas City and Boonville, mov-ing to Lamar to be near family. In addition to being a homemaker, she had been an over-the-road truck driver and had worked as a grill cook for various restaurants. She was a member of the Bar-ton County Eagles Lodge.

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LEGALSNOTICE OF

TRUSTEE’S SALEA default has accrued on

a certain note secured by a deed of trust executed by, Michael Paul Fletcher dated 5/12/2010 and recorded on 5/12/2010 as Document Number 2010-671, in the Recorder’s office for Barton County, Missouri. The successor trustee will on June 26, 2014 between the hours of 9:00 am and 5:00 pm, more particularly at 12:00PM, at the West Front Door of the Barton County Courthouse, 1007 Broadway, Lamar, Missouri sell at public venue to the highest bidder for cash (certified funds only), the following real estate: LOT TWO (2), IN BLOCK ONE (1), EXCEPT TEN (10) FEET OFF THE ENTIRE NORTH SIDE THEREOF, IN RICE’S SUBDIVISION OF LOTS ONE (1) AND TWO (2),

BLOCK TWO (2) AND LOTS ONE (1) AND TWO (2), BLOCK FOUR (4), A. COCKRELL’S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF LAMAR, IN BARTON COUNTY, MISSOURI.Commonly known as: 1003 Heagon Street, Lamar, Missouri 64759for the purpose of satisfying said indebtedness and the costs of executing this trust. CSM Foreclosure Trustee Corp.Successor Trustee(800) 652-4080 4x 6/4, 6/11, 6/18 and 6/25/14CSM File 26-14-00128

6-4,11,18,25-4tc Notice of Board of

EqualizationThe Barton County Board of Equalization will convene July 14, 2014, 1:00 p.m. in the Barton County Commission Room 102, 1004 Gulf, Lamar, MO

64759. An appointment may be made on or before June 27, 2014 by contacting the County Clerk’s office, 1004 Gulf, Lamar, Mo 64759, 417 682-3529. The closing date of the Board of Equalization will be July 31, 2014.

6-11,18-2tc IN THE CIRCUIT

COURT OF BARTON COUNTY, MISSOURIPROBATE DIVISION

In the Matter of:K.N.R.Dob; 2003A female minor child under the age of 17,Case No. 14B4-PR00027

NOTICE UPON ORDER FOR SERVICE BY

PUBLICATIONTHE STATE OF

MISSOURI TO: KRISTY J. FLORES

You are hereby notified that an action has been commenced against you in the Circuit Court of Barton County, Missouri, General

Division, the object and general nature of which is guardianship of above minor child.

The names of all parties to said action are stated in the above caption hereof, and the name and address of the attorney is: Belinda S. Elliston, 114 West 10th Street, Lamar, MO 64759. You are further notified that unless you file an answer to the pleading or shall otherwise appear and defend against the aforesaid Petition within forty-five (45) days after June 11, 2014, judgment by default will be rendered against you.

WITNESSTH my hand and the seal of the Court on June 5, 2014.

s-JANET B. MAUPIN,Circuit Clerk

By: JANET B. MAUPIN, Clerk

6-11,18,25,7-2-4tc Publication Notice

Notice is hereby given that Great Southern Bank 14309 Highway 13, Reeds Springs, Missouri 65737 has made notice to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation of our intent to consolidate the 1011 W Gulf, Lamar, Missouri 64759 banking facility with 201 E Cherry St, Nevada, Missouri 64772

banking facility.Any persons wishing to comment on this application may file his or her comments in writing with the Regional Director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation at its Regional Office, 1100 Walnut, Suite 2100, Kansas City, Missouri 64106 before processing of the application has been completed. Processing will be completed no earlier than the 15th day following either the date of the last required publication or the date of receipt of the application by the FDIC, whichever is later.  The period may be extended by the Regional Director for good cause.The non-confidential portion of the application

file is available for the inspection within one day following the request for such file. It may be inspected in the Corporation’s Regional Office during regular business hours. Photocopies of information in the non-confidential portion of the application file will be made available upon request.  A schedule of charges for such copies can be obtained from the Regional Office.This notice is published pursuant to Section 303.7(f) and 303.8(a) of the Rules and Regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.William RudeCompliance Officer

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LEGALS

NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING The City Council of the City of Lamar, Missouri, will formally consider for adoption the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2014-2015 in open hearing beginning at 7:15 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 1104 Broadway, on Monday, June 23, 2014. 2014-2015 Budget Summary INCOME:

Electric Fund $ 8,657,000

Water Fund 1,100,300 General Fund: General City 1,008,600 Building Inspector 19,000 Street 498,000 Fire 29,500 Police 172,200 Thiebaud Auditorium 17,500 Aquatic Park 69,900 Lake 17,400 Airport 30,500 Lamar Recreation 24,000 Sanitation Fund 630,400 Memorial Fund 106,000 Park Fund 102,500 Taxi Fund 110,050 Transportation Tax Fund 328,000 Capital Improvements Tax Fund 328,000 Total Income $13,248,850

EXPENSES Electric Fund $ 7,925,720 Water Fund 1,314,800 General Fund General City 378,100 Building Inspector 33,900 Street 695,300 Fire 268,330 Police 833,250 Municipal Court 43,700 Thiebaud Auditorium 51,100 Aquatic Park 225,700 Lake 35,850 Airport 42,800 Sanitation 336,100 Lamar Recreation 69,300 Parks & Recreation Director 63,100 Memorial Fund 53,100 Park Fund 169,700 Taxi Fund 114,745 Transportation Tax Fund 164,050 Capital Imprv. Tax Fund 183,048 Total Expenses $13,001,693 Proposed excess income over expenses $247,157

The proposed City Budget is available for public inspection at City Hall between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Public comment and questions, both written and oral, will be heard and considered at the aforementioned hearing.

Traci Cox, City Clerk 6-18-1tc