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Luck of the draw nets $1,000 for CPRWhile attending the annual

Missouri Bankers Association conference in Branson, Pat O'Neal's name was drawn to have a donation in the amount of $1,000 made to his charity of choice by Bank Financial Ser-vices Group (BFS) of Edina, Minnesota. “I had the money spent by the time they finished announcing my name,” said O'Neal, EVP at Lamar Bank & Trust Company. “It was perfect timing since Community Plaza Rescue was in the process of in-stalling a new roof on the Barco Drive-In snack bar.”

In addition to this donation, BFS donated $100 to 10 other bankers' charities of choice. “Typically vendors give away

an electronic gadget or gift card. We wanted to come up with something that the bank-ers could take back to the com-munities they serve and make a difference,” noted Mark Blake, regional managing director at BFS. “We have known Pat for several years and are ecstatic we could help with the CPR roof project. The next time we are in Lamar, Pat has promised a tour of the Plaza and Barco”.

“What a nice surprise this was,” said Scott Kelley, Plaza and Barco manager. “With this donation and what others have contributed, we no longer have to worry about putting buckets under the leaks”.

BFS provides consulting ser-

vices, supplemental benefits and bank owned life insurance for over 500 banks across the country.

Lamar Bank & Trust Company was founded in

1925 and remains as Lamar's only locally owned and oper-ated bank.

Council adopts surplus

budget for 2014-15

LAMAR-Following the recommendation of the Public Expenditures (bud-get) Committee, the Lamar City Council will enter the new fiscal year, which began July 1, with a budget con-

SPRINGFIELD-Four LamarTiger all star footballplayers participated in the Grin Iron Classic football game played Friday night, June 6, at JFK Stadium at Parkview High School. For just the second time in 13 years, the East squad took the win over the West squad. The East took off early, maintaining the lead on the way to a 40-27 victory. The West now leads the all-time series, 11-2. Playing for the West squad and pictured are, left to right, Jacob Rice, Jimmy Keutzer, Ben Bailey and Brandon Eaves. The Grin Iron Classic benefits the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile, or the “Tooth Truck”, a mobile dental clinic for children with no access to dental care. Since its creation in 2002, the Tooth Truck has helped more than 16,000 children via 40,000 appointments.

Plaza and Barco Manager

Scott Kelley, left, receives

a $1,000 donation from

Pat O'Neal, EVP at Lamar Bank & Trust

Company and CPR Board

member.

Post office box number

changed at Lamar

DemocratBy MELODY METZGER

Lamar Democrat

The post office box num-ber at the Lamar Democrat has been changed from P.O. Box 458 to P.O. Box 12, ef-fective immediately. We are presently located at our new home at 100 E. 11th St., just off the southeast corner of the Lamar square and our plans are to stay in this loca-tion for many years to come.

Over the past year, since Lewis County Press pur-chased the local newspaper, many changes have been made, including our e-mail address, physical address and now post office box. Our e-mail is no longer lamar-democrat@yahoo.com and anything sent to that e-mail address will be returned. Our current e-mail is info@lamardemocrat.com.

For general information or anything regarding the news I can be reached at 417-682-5529, ext. 60. Heather Gerths, our graphic design-er, is at ext. 61; Melissa Lit-tle, saleswoman extraordi-naire, at ext. 62 and Richard Cooper, ext. 63. We are al-ways available to answer any question you might have. Remember, we are here to serve you and look forward to doing just that for many years to come!

Melissa Little/Lamar DemocratThe final program was presented Thursday, June 26, for Lamar United Methodist Church Vacation Bible School.

Weird Animals VBS was held June 22-26 and centered around teaching the children about some of God's most creative creations. Children in preschool through sixth grade met nightly at the church, from 6 p.m. to 8:05 p.m.

Fourth Thursday on the Square was well attended

Melody Metzger/Lamar DemocratChow Hounds fed the good size crowd that was present for the Barton County Chamber of Commerce Fourth Thursday on the Square. Many in the crowd brought lawn chairs and enjoyed listening to the music of Helen Russell and Company. The fourth Thursday function will be held again in September. Be sure to watch the Lamar Democrat for times and upcoming events.

Melody Metzger/Lamar Democrat

A large crowd was on hand Thursday, June 26, for the Barton County Chamber of Commerce Fourth Thursday on the Square. Featured from 6 p.m.

to 8 p.m. were Helen Russell and

Company, food by Chow Hounds, various

vendors, face painting and chalk art. Here, Liala

Killmon, daughter of Jason and Ann Killmon, showed off her decorative face courtesy of the artistry of Candy Hill.

see BUDGET, page 6A

2A • Wednesday, July 2, 2014 www.lamardemocrat.com Lamar Democrat, Lamar, MO

By MELODY METZGERLamar Democrat

When Chicken Annie's Original called to see

about putting something in the paper regarding their 80th anniversary, I was more than happy to do so. As many in

the area, I grew up with Chicken Annie's. Howev-er, being reared in Texas we only came to Lamar two or three times a year to visit. Our treats when coming to visit Lamar consisted of a comic book at the drug store, a stop at the diary for the best chocolate chip ice cream ever and a meal of Chick-en Annie's. As an aside, other items that I remem-ber we could get in this area, but not at home in Richardson were Ott's Salad Dressing, which we would carry home by the case, and believe it or not, Lamar water! We thought there was no better and would often tote home jugs full of it. As I look back I can't remember if water in Richardson was that bad, or if Lamar's was just that much better back then. After all, we are talking 50 plus years.

Anyway, back to Chick-en Annie's. Of course mom being reared most of her life in these parts I grew up with the story of Chicken Annie's and how it grew into the suc-

cessful business that it is today. Our family, at the time, was strictly a Chicken Annie's family and I never even tasted Chicken Mary's until after I moved up here. Since that time I have only been twice, as my al-legiance still lies with An-nie's. Even after moving up to Lamar, when out-of-towners would visit, guess where we would take them? Chicken An-nie's. I remember when Gary's folks visited for the first time and we all loaded up and traveled to the restaurant. I know for a fact that they were won-dering where in the heck we were taking them, but they were pleasantly sur-prised with the outcome. Whenever we would have family dinners, whether it be a funeral, anniversary, birthday, or whatever, we would have an excuse to make a Chicken Annie's run.

After hanging up when they called in regards to a story, I texted Jud and asked if he would like to join me Wednesday night

and of course him grow-ing up a Chicken An-nie's fans, too, his answer was an astounding “of course!” So Wednesday night, Jud, Landon and I traveled over to Kansas to enjoy an extremely fresh and delicious meal, even taking some home for Jud's wife Meghan, who was at work, and Gary, who had decided not to join us. I don't know if it's because they weren't exposed to it all of their lives, like we were, but Meghan and Gary just don't appreciate the res-taurant like we do, so it was only fitting that we were the ones to go. Of course Mom was there with us in spirit!

My son, Jud grew up eating at Annie's and was always enamored with the clucking chicken that lays an egg. We would not be able to get away without feeding quarters into the machine. When Kobyn lived in the area he would love to go to Chicken Annie's for the clucking chicken alone, so we fig-ured little brother Landon

would follow in his foot-steps. I dug out a couple of quarters and inserted one into the slot, causing the chicken to cluck and lay an egg. Landon didn't seem to get the concept and was extremely ap-prehensive as to why he was supposed to stick his hand in the dispenser to get the egg. Thinking maybe it would just take time, I slipped another quarter in and the same thing happened. Finally Jud picked him up, put him by the machine, as Landon had been stand-ing quite a ways back, and Jud and I finally retrieved the eggs for him.

Three generations, along with the spirit of parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, were more than happy to celebrate the 80th an-niversary with them and look forward to many more meals to come. In the famous words of Bob Hope, “Thanks for the memories”. May they continue to thrive through generations to come.

Coonfoot & Vicinity

By LOUISE OTT

Peeking out the door and windows this early Monday, our dear Lord is blessing us with cloudy skies and a little wind, so we may get some rain and it will be welcomed, just no floods.

Gary and Judy Nelson, Michael Nelson and Ella Mae Turpen all enjoyed dinner at a restaurant on Sunday.

Aubry Winans, Ray and Tristan, Ray and Nicole Winans and Elvin Wi-nans Jr. and Durella were visitors of Marie Winans.

Kenneth Dee and Es-ther Archer, Sarcoxie route, and Louise Ott, Jasper route, always enjoy dinner with George Straw on Sunday.

Bert and Daffoll Ott cooked ham and beans in the big kettle at Cave Springs' big day and also homemade cornbread. Everything was delicious and they could have got-ten rid of more, as people were still coming for that big day.

Be sure and watch on these roads. The deer and turkey stop for no one crossing the roads. Al-most every Sunday I stop for them to cross, instead of them hitting me in my pickup.

Jane Moss visited Marie Winans one day.

Have a safe 4th of July. Firecrackers are danger-ous. I remember when I was young and a fire-cracker didn't go off, so I picked it up and was

going to light it and split my finger. I had to have stitches.

SheldonBy DARLENE

SHERIDAN

The Bellamy Communi-ty Center held a play day on June 14, with a good number present. During the day the Rohrmann children gathered wild flowers and decorated the building, where they all enjoyed lunch. The group plans to meet on the sec-ond Saturday in July for lunch and the rumor is there will be ice cream. An invitation is extend-ed to anyone who would wish to come and enjoy the fellowship.

The Sheldon Seed Com-pany, owned by Roy Cun-ningham, has been sold and the new owner is Sam Hosteller from Miller. Plans are to continue the business as Roy has been doing for many years.

A new business, Lit-tle Red Barn located at 301 W. Anderson, has opened. The business will offer plants, gifts, cards, etc. Congratulations and best wishes.

The Vernon County Democrats held a Rib Fest Fundraiser at the home of Paul and Phyllis Sprenkle on Saturday, June 21. An enjoyable meal and des-sert auction kicked off the campaign season.

The Vernon County Fireworks will be held Saturday, June 28, at the Vernon County Fair-grounds. Entertainment, games and vendors will begin the evening around 5 p.m. A horse show will

begin at 6 p.m. The open-ing ceremony will include the flag rising at 7 p.m. by the Vietnam veter-ans. The National An-them will be performed by Kevin Williams. Free watermelon, food ven-dors and free drawing will happen at the arena. The fireworks display will happen at dusk thanks to the many individuals and businesses that faithfully support this effort.

Ashley Leininger, daughter of Gene and Eileen Leininger and bride-elect of Joel McK-inney, was guest of hon-or at a wedding shower. The shower was held at the Sheldon Christian Church on Sunday af-ternoon, June 22. Each guest introduced them-selves and identified how they met Ashley. Many of them had known her since birth. Favorite reci-pes were shared with the bride to be. A special brooches bouquet cen-terpiece on the gift table was designed by her sis-ter, Erin, and contained many pieces of jewelry that belonged to grand-parents and great grand-parents. The honoree will be united in marriage on July 5, 2 p.m., at the Shel-don Christian Church.

The Sheldon Park was busy Saturday and Sun-day with a ball tourna-ment on a very enjoyable day.

The Food Pantry will be in Sheldon, Thurs-day, June 26, 10 a.m., at the Sheldon Community Building for residents of Sheldon and Bronaugh.

A meeting is planned for Sheldon residents to be held on July 10 at the Sheldon Post Office. In-

formation will be provid-ed about future hours and days of operation.

Rickie Garr of Adrian spent Sunday visiting with Marj Ness of Shel-don.

We were saddened to hear of the passing of George Graham on Mon-day evening and extend sympathy to his family.

Farmers have been very busy with combin-ing wheat, fescue and lots of hay baling since the weather has cooperated.

Maxine's Musings

By MAXINE MORIN

The rain and warm weather has made gar-dens grow. A couple of my neighbors have nice looking plots of veg-etables. I used to raise a big garden, but small in comparison with the size of our garden when I was a kid. My mother sowed long rows of lettuce, radishes, spinach, car-rots and peas early in the spring. Then green beans, beets, squash, onion sets and butter beans were sprinkled in a row and using a hoe, covering up the seed plus pressing the soil down. We patiently waited for plants to poke through the ground. This was good news and bad news, because that meant hoeing along the plants to keep the soil loose. There seemed to be weeds to pull all the time.

By the time we kids got through the garden, it was time to start pulling weeds again (at least we thought so). By that time

the tomato and cabbage plants were doing good. I must mention the Irish potato patch. Dad bought potatoes by the gunny sack and Mom and the older kids cut off pieces of potatoes with eyes. Dad had the plot plowed and worked down. He opened up furrows with a single mold plow pulled by one horse. I think we all dropped the “eyes” in the furrows and Dad would cover them with the one horse plow, throwing the soil the opposite way as when the rows were made.

Dad raised sweet potato plants. These had to set out on ridge tops, which were made by throwing up the soil with a plow to make the ridge, soil was turned one way the length of the rows with the soil turned the opposite way on the return trip. Thus forming a ridge. The top was raked even with a garden rake or hoe before the potato plants were set in the soil. Seemed like 50 ridges, but of course there were not that many. I love baked sweet potatoes with butter and brown sugar. Mom and we girls canned many jars of green beans, tomatoes and beet pick-les for winter use. Mom let the butter beans dry on the vines. These were later shelled for big pots of butter beans during the winter months. That was the way of life in those days, especially living on a farm.

I have not been out much this last week as Eddie is bedfast and needs help. He has had a bad week, but I think he is feeling a little better. He needs your prayers.

The Ladies Auxiliary 3691 met with V.F.W. Members for a carry-in supper, Monday, June 23, in the basement of the Memorial Hall. Respec-tive meetings were held with the ladies meeting in the main hall. Open-ing ceremonies were con-ducted under the guid-ance of Ladies Auxiliary President Beverly Squibb. During the business ses-sion a report was given on the auxiliary serving breakfast and lunch at the 10th Street Community Farmers' Market on Sat-urday, June 21. The Ladies Auxiliary appreciates per-sons that purchased bis-cuits and sausage gravy, etc. at the market. Thank you! The meeting closed to meet the fourth Mon-day, July 28, with supper at 6:30 p.m.

Auxiliary President Beverly Squibb received a letter congratulating the Yowell-Frow Ladies Auxiliary to the VFW No. 3691 on 75 years of ser-vice to veterans and fami-lies. The 75th anniver-sary certificate is signed by National President Armithea Borel. Yowell-Frow Ladies Auxiliary No. 3691 was organized on May 13, 1939, in La-mar.

I throw leftover bread out to the birds. Every time I go out the back door, this robin comes flying down, waiting for me to toss out bread. If I do not have any, he hops around waiting and watching for bread to come flying out. Makes me feel guilty. I do like to watch the birds.

Wear red on Friday; support our troops. Until next time...

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METZGER’S MUTTERINGS

CLUB NOTESDADE COUNTY

DEMOCRAT CLUB

The Dade County Dem-ocrat Club meeting set for 6 p.m. on June 12 had to be canceled at the last minute, due to a prob-lem that occurred at the Greenfield Community Building the evening be-fore. Members were noti-fied ASAP and the meet-ing was rescheduled for July 10, 6 p.m.

LAMAR COUNTRY CLUB

LADIES ASSOCIATION

Rosalee Potter was the hostess Tuesday, June 24. The winners were Betty Weston, first and Imo-gene Williams, second.

The hostess Tuesday, July 1 will be Sondra Rie-gel, with Dorothy Roberts to be hostess on Tuesday, July 8.

CHANGE CLUBA few more healthy tips

from the Change Club,Dairy

Look for lower fat

cheeses like part-skim mozzarella, or reduced fat versions of Mon-terey Jack, Swiss, Colby, Cheddar & Muenster.

Dairy foods contain a wealth of nutrients. Be-sides calcium, they also give you vitamin A and D, protein, potassium and magnesium.

Choose fat-free or low-fat milk or yogurt more often than cheese. When selecting cheese, choose low-fat or re-duced-fat versions.

A good way to start your day with dairy is to use fat-free or low-fat milk instead of wa-ter to make oatmeal or hot cereal.

For a sweet treat, make a low-fat flan us-ing fat-free evaporated milk. Check online for recipes.

For a fast lunch or supper, melt low-fat cheese over bread, add sliced tomatoes and sprinkle on chopped herbs.

Calcium-fortified soymilk (soy bever-age) provides similar amounts of calcium as in milk. It is available in low and non-fat versions.

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FRIENDS & FAMILY

“There is not a man of us who does not at times need a helping hand to be stretched out to him, and then shame

upon him who will not stretch out the helping hand

to his brother.”

Quality hay producers have until July 10 to enter hay showMT. VERNON-Entries

are being accepted from now until July 10 for the Ozark Empire Fair Hay Show.

The hay show gives farmers a great opportu-nity to enter their 2014 hay and have it tested and subjectively evaluated for quality. The show was first held in 1985 and has proven to be effective in teaching growers and buyers of hay the benefits of forage analysis.

“Exhibitors also find the hay show to be an excel-lent way to advertise their

quality hay,” said Eldon Cole, livestock specialist with University of Mis-souri Extension.

The process for enter-ing hay requires contact-ing the nearest University of Missouri Extension Center. The extension specialist visits the farm and uses the hay probe to collect the sample from either 10 small, rectangu-lar bales or five large hay packages.

The sampling must be done by July 11. The sam-ple will be analyzed for moisture, protein, fiber,

energy (total digestible nutrients) and relative feed value. The lab work is done at Custom Lab, Golden City.

The top testing entries are eligible to be displayed and evaluated for subjec-tive qualities such as, aroma, color, purity and condition at the Ozark Empire Fair on July 24.

“Every year weather in-terferes with timely hay making sometimes it is too wet, sometimes it’s too dry, but somewhere in southwest Missouri someone has harvested

outstanding hay in 2014 and deserves to be recog-nized for it,” said Cole.

The entry fee for the complete evaluation is $20. If a farmer chooses

to also enter the Missouri State Fair, an additional $5 fee is charged.

Phipps family holds 62nd reunionThe 62nd annual Phipps

family reunion for de-scendants of the late John and Judith Phipps of Shel-don was held Sunday, June 8, at the Lamar City

Park, with the family of the late Henry and Emma Phipps hosting the basket dinner at 12:30 p.m. A special thanks to Dorothy and Gary Phipps, Neal

Smith and Tim and Anna Phipps for pre planning the reunion and other family members who as-sisted with the dinner.

Gary Phipps gave table grace and expressed his appreciation for all the family members in atten-dance. All present were happy to have jackets, coats and blankets as the day was quite chilly.

Following dinner, a short business meeting was held with Dorothy Phipps calling the group to order. Darlene Sheri-dan, reunion secretary, reported on the 2013 re-union and expressed her thanks to family members that reported new infor-mation to her for the fam-ily history. Reports were heard from George Cun-ningham, Viola Cloud and Joan Calvert. Renee Hampton expressed her thanks for having the re-union back in the park.

Joan Calvert and Doro-thy Phipps presented gifts to Isabella Fidler, 21 months, as the youngest girl present. Tucker Smith and Michael Phipps re-ceived gifts for the young-est boys. Traveling the longest distance was Jim and Deb Calvert of

Olathe, Kansas. Darlene Sheridan was presented with a beautiful hanging basket for all of her efforts to keep the reunion going. Plants were given to Mary Phipps and Wanda Ar-thur as the oldest mem-bers present.

The John and Nellie Phipps family will host the 2015 reunion that will be on June 7.

Those present from the Ezra and Lila Phipps fam-ily were Wanda Arthur, Renee Hampton, Jim and Twila Earll and Melissa Earll of Nevada; Darlene Sheridan and Paul and Phyllis Sprenkle of Shel-don and Jim and Delores Honey of Carthage.

Present from the John and Nellie Phipps fam-ily were Mary Phipps and Janis Priest of Lamar; Darrell, Diane, Kelly and Jonah, Doug, Misty and Michael and Gary and Lois Phipps of Carl Junc-tion; Billy Bob and Nancy Cass and Brian, DeAnn and Isabelle Fidler of Jo-plin.

The Henry and Emma Phipps were represented by Joan Calvert of Inde-pendence; Jim and Deb Calvert of Olathe, Kansas; Don Phipps of El Dorado Springs; Tim and Anna Phipps and Neal and An-drea Smith of Liberal; Bill and Barbara Phipps, Zach, Ashley and Tucker Smith, J.H. and Peggy Phipps, Dayne, Belinda, Ciara and Conner Shoff, Parker Garfield and Gary and Dorothy Phipps, all of Lamar. Also attending was Lorena Breedlove of Iantha.

Beydlers meet for 59thfamily reunion

The 59th annual Bey-dler reunion was held Sunday, June 22, at the community building in Jerico Springs. Seventy descendants of Craften and Eliza Beydler at-tended a carry-in lunch at 12:30 p.m. After prizes were awarded, an election of officers for next year was held. Of-ficers are Nancy Dissler, president: Greg Bey-dler, vice president and Joyce Stewart, secretary. Group pictures were taken and lots of visit-ing occurred.

Those present were Cherrie, David and M.D. Lewis and Cathy Brasher, Jerico Springs;

Willie and Ruthie Nie-hoff, Stockton; Gregory Brasher, J.C. Brasher, Al-lena Brasher and Rosie Grace Brasher, Sheldon; Joyce Stewart, Nancy Dissler, Thelma Forest, Virginia Beydler and Greg and Myrna Beydler, El Dorado Springs; Rich-ard and Christine Bey-dler, Stotts City; Brenda Skeeter, Houston, Mo.; Randy Beydler: Chris, Vanessa and Maci Davis, Brandan Davis and Marti Davis, Springfield; Linda Baccus, Tom, Lesa, Kara, Declan, Jaxon, Claypool, J.R. Mills, Suzanna Lea, Jerry Brasher and Linda Owens, Nevada.

Also, C.W. Forest, Dia-

mond; Dwight Beydler, Oak Grove; Janice Beydler and Joan Beydler, Inde-pendence; Carol, Bryan, Aaron, Dustin and Tay-lor Shumake, Lamar; Roy and Arlene Weeda, Pleas-ant Hill; Misty, Dylan, Zachery and Taylor Bayer, Bolivar; Kent, Dana, Cart-er and Kylie Slinker, Webb City; Charity, Ted, Ash-ton, Ross, David and Kay-la Stuber, Niangua; Paul Beydler, La Grange, Texas; Terry Childress, Peculiar; John Beydler, Davenport, Iowa; Charity, Kynlee and MyKayla King and Ty-ler Reitz, Riverton, Kan.; Steve and Leila Slinker, Lamar and Suzanne Lea, Iola, Kan.

September Days returningto Lockwood

Save the date for the re-turn of September Days to Lockwood on Satur-day, Sept. 20! Festivities will include a car show, color run, parade, baby show, craft fair, pho-tography contest, quilt show and lots of food, games and other enter-tainment for the entire family. If your organiza-tion would like to par-ticipate in September Days, please contact info@lockwoodseptem-berdays.com before June 30. Free booth space is

also available to arts and craft vendors. Contact info@lockwoodseptem-berdays.com for more information or watch for more details on the 2014 Lockwood September Days website at www.lockwoodseptember-days.com or the Lock-wood Optimist Club facebook page, face-book.com/Lockwood-OptimistClub.

Arts and crafts vendors are being sought for the 2014 September Days celebration. There is no

vendor fee for participat-ing in this year’s Septem-ber Days event, however vendors will be respon-sible for collecting city sales tax. Booths will be 10 feet by 10 feet, with no electricity. All booths must stay open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., with set-up complete and ve-hicles moved out by 7:45 a.m. Contact info@lock-woodseptemberdays.com for more informa-tion or register online at www.lockwoodseptem-berdays.com.

Hickory County Cattlemen's Bus Tour scheduled

WARSAW-The annual Hickory County Cattle-men’s Bus Tour will be held August 4 through August 7. Plans are un-derway to provide stops in Iowa and Illinois ac-cording to Gene Schmitz, MU Extension livestock specialist in Warsaw.

“The tour is designed to give area cattlemen and women an inside look at the innovative man-agement techniques of other producers while viewing some impressive cattle. It is also designed to help increase partici-pants knowledge and un-derstanding of different areas of agriculture that can affect the beef indus-try,” said Schmitz.

Iowa stops include Werner Family Angus, Inc., which features the Werner Feed Efficiency Testing Center; Hoover Angus, 2005 Angus Pro-

ducer of the Year; Couser Cattle Company, 2010 winner of NCBA’s Envi-ronmental Stewardship Award; Summit Farms; a diversified beef, pork and crop production com-pany; and Sievers Fam-ily Farms, which operate two monoslope confine-ment feeding barns and direct market beef.

Illinois stops include Werner Angus Farms, a spring and fall calv-ing purebred producer; Tyson Fresh Meats plant tour; Lowderman Cattle Company, a purebred Hereford operation; and Toland’s River Oak Ranch, which special-izes in low input contract growing beef replace-ment heifers utilizing rotational grazing on tall fescue pastures.

The cost per person is $335 which includes transportation and ho-

tels (double occupancy). Reservations will be ac-cepted until June 20 or until the bus is full. Par-ticipants will load the bus at either Preston or Lin-coln.

“The bus is reserved and we have a limited number of openings. Please call prior to send-ing in reservation fees to make sure room is avail-able,” asks Schmitz.

Registration and pay-ment can be made by mail or dropped off at the MU Extension Center in Hermitage.

For a registration form, a complete itinerary, in-ternet links to several tour stops, for more in-formation or to make arrangements due to a disability, contact the Hickory County Exten-sion office at (417) 745-6767, the Benton Coun-ty Extension Center at (660) 438-5012 or Gene Schmitz by e-mail at schmitze@missouri.edu.

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INDEPENDENCE DAY/SCHOOLBurgess graduates from Missouri Valley College

MARSHALL-Missouri Valley College conferred 241 degrees to students at its 125th commencement ceremony held May 10, at Gregg-Mitchell Field in Marshall.

Receiving his Bachelor of Arts Degree in History was Chase Burgess, Lamar.

Area students graduate from Linn State Technical College

LINN-Cole Speights and Trevor White, both of Lamar, and Jordan Starmer, Jasper, graduated this spring from Linn State Technical College.

Linn State Technical College is Missouri's only state technical college. Hands-on technical courses, balanced with a strong foundation in communica-tion, problem solving, decision-making and critical thinking prepare graduates for profitable employ-ment and a life of learning.

Lawrence awarded PSU scholarshipPITTSBURG, Kan.-Sunny Law-

rence, a senior majoring in Nursing with a minor in Early Childhood Development, has been awarded a

scholarship from the F.G. And Bel-va B. Morris Nursing Scholarship Fund at Pittsburg State University for the 2013-14 academic semesters.

A Lamar High School graduate, Sunny is the wife of Austin Law-rence, Lamar, Mo. and the daughter of Jamey Carsel, Boone, Iowa.

Liberal Middle School's fourth quarter honor rollLIBERAL-The fourth quarter

honor roll has been released by Liberal Middle School.

All A Honor RollEIGHTH GRADE- TW Ayers,

Kaylee Daniels, Brianne Edwards, Rhiannon Morrow.

SEVENTH GRADE- Mary Bean, Madelyn Wahl, Kynli Wolf.

SIXTH GRADE- Dustin Davi-

son, Sierra McCuistion, Taylor Ray.All A-B Honor Roll

EIGHTH GRADE- Michaela Barthelme, Jaci Coleman, Dalton Davis, Jacob Dermott, Matt Dugan, Ty Kirby, Paige Shaw, Carly Spen-cer, Tyler Stebbins, Kaylee Triebel, Aurora Triplett, Grace Williams.

SEVENTH GRADE- Melanee Beaman, Bridget Bland, Toby

Dingman, Mallory Gazaway, Kas-sidy Maze, Faith McThompson, Delaney Miller, Bryant Rose, Col-by Selvey, Weston Sprenkle, Chad Yount.

SIXTH GRADE- Shelbe Borden, Kyle Henegar, Kendall Krueth, Brandon Overman, Sydney Shaw, Colten Slinker, Olivia Willis, Cam-eron Wilson, Drew Windsor.

Lamar R-I board approves 2014-15 budgetLAMAR-In its regu-

lar meeting of June 19, the Lamar R-I Board of Education approved the district budget for 2014-15. Total expenses are $14,514,953, which in-clude fully paid health insurance for each em-ployee, an increase in the teacher salary base of $250, plus addition

of a step on the salary schedule, an increase of approximately four per-cent on the salary base for paraprofessionals and secretaries, plus an addi-tional step, an increase in principals’ salaries of 1.5 percent, an increase in substitute teacher pay to $75 per day, and raising bus drivers’ hourly trip

rate to $10 an hour. James Weber was hired

to teach agriculture sci-ence at the Lamar Career & Technical Center for the 2014-15 school year, which completes the fill-ing of staff vacancies.

Workers Compensation Insurance was renewed at a cost of $62,181.

The completion of sum-

mer school was reviewed. Approximately 310 stu-dents were enrolled in the term that ended June 27.

The board and Superin-tendent Dr. Zach Harris looked ahead to the new school year that starts in August. First staff meet-ings are tentatively set for August 11 in Thiebaud Auditorium.

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INDEPENDENCE DAY/SCHOOL

Truman Healthcare206 W 1st Street • Lamar, MO

417-682-5718

Lamar Bank & Trust Company

“A Better Way to Bank”1000 Broadway • Lamar, MO417-682-3348 • www.lbt.com

O’Sullivan Properties, Inc.1011 A Gulf • Lamar, MO 64759Ph: 417-682-5521 • Fax: 417-682-5524

Barton County Title CompanyAbstracts & Title Insurance

206 W. 10th Lamar, MO417-682-3100

Nichols & NicholsAttorneys At LAw

206 W 10th • Lamar, MO417-682-6003

Barton County Ambulance District

1100 Cherry StreetLamar, MO 64759

682-3513

Ted A. Reavley, DDSBrian A. Reavley, DDS

804 Gulf | Lamar, MO | 417-682-3393

110 E 10th Street • Lamar, MO 64759(417) 682-5065

MSU releases spring dean's listSPRINGFIELD-Each

semester, students at Missouri State Universi-ty who attain academic excellence are named to the dean's list. For un-dergraduate students, criteria include enroll-ment in at least 12 credit hours during the spring semester and at least a 3.50 grade point average (on a 4.00 scale).

Area students named to the dean's list in-

clude Kathleen A Sanders, Asbury; Jenny D Bastin, Sterling Moore, Rebekah J Ogden and Chase A Prob-ert, Golden City; Garett L Rose, Liberal; William B Kelsey, Mindenmines and Avery F. Casey, Sheldon.

Lamar students on the list were Logan N Cle-ments, Kealon H Cox, Chandler B Curtis, Alex-ander M Henderson, Erin P O'Sullivan, Carlee R Phipps and Tai L Thrasher.

MSU releases spring 2014 graduation list

SPRINGFIELD-Mis-souri State University conferred 2,381 de-grees to students during its three spring com-mencement ceremonies held May 16, at JQH Arena in Springfield.

Students from Golden City receiving their di-plomas were Rebekah J. Ogden, BSED in Art and Design, graduat-ing Cum Laude, and Haileigh P. Stalker, receiving her MS in Comm. Science & Dis/

Sp-Language Path.Graduating from Lamar

were Benjamin A. Bunton, receiving his BS in Jour-nalism/Print and Brian M. Bunton, receiving his BS in Agr Business/Agr Finance & Management, graduation Cum Laude in the Honors College.

Charles W. Routledge, Lockwood, was awarded his BS in General Busi-ness.

To graduate Cum Laude a student must carry a GPA of 3.5-3.74.

Vicki Pugh, C.P.A.Certified Public Accountant

417-682-5560In Lamar Heights Northeast of Hillcrest Lanes

1201 BroadwayLamar, MO

417-682-5518

Daniel Funeral Home

Dingman insurance agency Lester & Vicky Dingman, Agents

138 S. Main • Liberal, MO 64762417-843-2404 • 417-843-2979

dingmaninsurance@gmail.com

Wilson Body Shop, LLC564 SW 8th Lane, Lamar

417-682-5460

805 W. 12th | Lamar, MO 64759417-682-2112

Good ShepherdNursing Home

200 W. 12th • Lockwood, MO 65682417-232-4571

Jasper Junior High School fourth quarter honor rollJASPER-The fourth

quarter honor roll has been released by Jasper Junior High School.

A Honor RollEIGHTH GRADE-

Kaitlyn Adams, Blake Bettes, Terra Bowman, Avery Brouillard, Ra-chel Crazybear, Reagan

Dumm, Stevie Galiani, Seth Jensen, McGuire Rice, Erica Rinkenberger, Gardenia Rivera.

SEVENTH GRADE- Brittany Ball, Jadon Baugh, Caleb Brown, William Chaffin, Bai-ley Danner, Katelyn Dockery, Kelly Dockery,

Adam Eggemeyer, Kay-lee Jo Flynn, Laura Hu-ber, Kierstin Johnston, Salvador Loyola, Kolby Rutledge, Aden Sisseck, Jesse Vance, Brianna Willet.

B Honor RollEIGHTH GRADE- Ty-

ler Brawley, Isis Castro,

Alex Corle, Andrew Cor-le, Lance Houston, Olivia Maneval, Tad Sisseck, Logan Winchester.

SEVENTH GRADE- Jacob Giurbino, Jonathan Kohley, Tate Maneval, Maddison Perry, Destiny Stewart, Krystal Swearin-gin, Leeah Walker.

Jasper High School releases fourth quarter honor rollJASPER-The fourth

quarter honor roll has been released by Jasper High School.

A Honor RollSENIORS- Oguljan

Amannayeva, Chelsea Carter, Whitney Davis, Elizabeth Dickson, Adi Etcheson, Autumn Frick-enschmidt, Karrington Garvin, Richardo Gri-jalva, Kody Hartgrave, Grady Hodge, Jacob Holliday, Haley Hudson, Hannah Jensen, Logan Johnston, Brittany Mun-dy, Lane Myers, Logan Pryer, Dakota Rusk, Ka-lista Sloan, Payton Smith, Dallas Strickland, Colton Sweeney, James Tabor, Eliza Tidball, Shealan

Wells.JUNIORS- Jared Ball,

Haley Bennett, Bailey Bettes, Kenedey Chal-igoj, Chet Corle, Rebecca Darrow, Addison Gastel, Austin Gloodt, Cheyenne Harper, Marissa Leivan, Ashley Porter, Maxine Steeves, Monica Steeves, Kamryn Stump, Matt Stump, Sarah Taffner, Annie Wright.

SOPHOMORES- An-drew Adams, Parker Athey, Shelby Dockery, MaKensey Dumm, Shel-bie Gill, Leslie Grijalva, Blake Jeffries, Keylee Mc-Cutcheon, Matthew Pot-ter, Jenna Rector, Reagan Smith.

FRESHMEN- Levi

Brown, Keegan Chorum, Grace Gazaway, Hayden Howard, Drew Pen-nington, Emily Peterson, Hailey Reynolds, Byron Stevens, Christine Zim-merling.

B Honor RollSENIORS- James Bald-

win, Austin Fonger, Mi-chelle Johnson, Walker Natalini, Reese Oliphant, Joel Rivera, Logan Schil-ling.

JUNIORS- Curtis An-drews, Larissa Atnip, Re-becca Carney, Hayden Davis, Katlyn Fonger, Kyle Ghumm, Chandra Howard, Robert McNeely, Jonathan Nally, Jordan Rice, Michaela Schlicht-ing, Kimberli Solis, Isaac

Spry, Talon Stump.SOPHOMORES- Nico-

las Adkins, Bethany Baugh, Brianne Cawyer, Audra Etcheson, Kortlin Garvin, Kori Harper, Aly-sha Harr, Taelor Hildeb-rand, Elizabeth Maneval, Jacob Martin, Ashley Mc-Carthy, Kelsey Mundy, Daniel Stanley, Morgan Winchester.

FRESHMEN- Birgit Anzjon, Joey Baker, Alex Beier, Nicholas Charti-er, Rylee Irvin, Stephen Grimmett, Ryan Har-shaw, Ian Henderson, Daylan Leivan, Madi-son McDonald, Kenneth Moua, Mason Olinger, Hector Rivera, Tekoah Roeber.

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Lamar, Missouri 64759Phone: 417-682-5529

Fax: 417-682-5595info@lamardemocrat.comwww.lamardemocrat.com

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SCHOOLBudget, continued from page 1Ataining an estimated surplus of $247,157. Committee Chairman Steve Gilkey formally presented the bud-get, stating the com-mittee had met twice in lengthy sessions in which numerous dif-ficult decisions had to be made. The commit-tee started work with a preliminary budget that contained a deficit of $623,493. In a line-by-line examination of the preliminary docu-ment, expenses totaling $870,650 were cut leav-ing the final surplus fig-ure. The council voted unanimously to adopt the recommended bud-get.

Gilkey urged that the council’s Utility Com-mittee review the city’s water rates in light of the loss of $214,500 budgeted in the water department.

A shed at 607 Walnut had been previously ordered demolished. However, owner Tom Caruthers attended the council’s May 19 meet-ing, and requested a 30-day extension to make repairs on the shed to

bring it into compliance with the city’s building code. The extension was granted, but no action has been taken since. There-fore, the council reinstat-ed its order to demolish.

Utility bad debts to-taling $16,070.94 for the 11-month period of April, 2013 to Febru-ary, 2014 were written off. This represents 0.215 percent of the total util-ity billing for that period. The unpaid bills vary from as little as $1.30 to as much as $794.30. The council agreed to publish the list of names in the Democrat.

Applications for liquor and beer licenses were approved. Eight estab-lishments were approved to sell intoxicating liquor in excess of five percent alcohol in its original package, and six were ap-proved for Sunday sales. Two were approved for sales not in excess of five percent in its original package. Two were ap-proved for liquor by the drink, and two special permits were approved for tastings of malt bever-ages, wines, or intoxicat-ing liquors.

Graduation ceremonies held for Liberal eighth grade LIBERAL-Graduation ceremonies

for the Liberal eighth grade were held Thursday, May 22, 7 p.m., at the high school gym. Forty-five students received diplomas.

Before the students marched in the gym, a video presentation was given.

Carly Spencer gave the invocation and Grace Williams welcomed parents, grandparents and friends. Rhiannon Morrow shared a poem. Kylee Daniels sang, “This Little Light of Mine” and Au-

rora Triplett read a poem. Liberal Middle School Principal Nicole Ruddick pre-sented the class to Liberal School Board President Brian King, for diplomas.

Those receiving diplomas were Skyler Anthony Abts, Thomas Wayne Ayers, Michaela Lavon Barthelme, Shaye Dawn Marie Bright, Kyle Parker Broksieck, Kennedy ShaDaisy Mae Butler-King, Jaci Nicole Coleman, Callie Marie Cor-nell, Jayden Daniel Dalby, Kaylee Mary Elizabeth Daniels, Dalton Dean Davis,

Jacob Edward Dermott, Matthew Scott Dugan, Seana Fern Eccher, Brianne Danielle Edwards, Dakota Michael Al-len Devlin Edwards, Carson Grant Endi-cott, Delanie June Freeze, Alexis Breann Hendricks, Joseph Dwayne Johns, Keith “Austin” Johnson, Ty Samuel Kirby and Brent Austin Lepo.

Also, Aspen Sky McCuistion, Aidian Riley McKee, Cade Alexander Moreno, Gavyn Anthony Morris, Rhiannon Eliz-abeth Morrow, Bracy Daniel Myers, Ivy

Marie Pratt, Brandon Daron Redman, Rachel Madison Robertson, Brianne Marie Rose, Ashton Baily Sergent, Paige Danielle Shaw, Carly Summer Spencer, Shelbie Ryann Sprenkle, T'ariah Jolenn Sprouls, Kaitlyn Marie Stacy, Tyler Riley Stebbins, Makayla Hope Stewart, Kaylee Danielle Triebel, Aurora Paige Triplett, Grace Catherine Williams and Marcus Daniel Wolf.

The benediction was given by Thomas Ayers.

Liberal kindergarten holds graduation ceremonies

LIBERAL-Kindergarten graduation ceremonies for the Liberal kinder-garten class were held Friday, May 23, 9 a.m., in the elementary gym. The students marched into the gym as Deborah Vore played “Pomp and Cir-cumstance”.

Students of Mrs. Troth's and Ms. Henegar's class-es sat in a row near the bleachers, where the par-ents and grandparents were seated as they gave their program. Each stu-dent wore a graduation cap.

Hadlee Meadows opened the graduation ceremonies by singing, “The Star Spangled Ban-ner”. Welcoming those to the graduation were Kerri Borghardt and Sophia Sherman. Introducing the poem was Unity Carpino; line one, Zana Burris; line two, Isaac Butler; line three, Samuel Blanchard; line four, Celia Hayden and line five, Paxton Dun-lap.

Introduction to the song, “It's A Beautiful Day To Be Alive”, was by Braxton Wiley, as the class sang the song.

The kindergarten poem was given by the follow-ing: K-Corey Clark, I-Chloe Bruce, N-Samantha Crabtree, D-Cody Sus-chnick, E-Emma Frank-lin, R-Lucy Carter, G-Adam Collier, A-Alice Carpenter, R-Landry Smith, T-Kase Marti, E-Rorie McCullough and N-Elam Beaman.

Awards were given for reading circle, super spell-er, attendance and teach-er's pick.

Presentation of diplo-mas to Mrs. Troth's class were Samuel Blanchard, Kerri Borghardt, Chloe Bruce, Zana Burris, Lucy Carter, Corey Clark, Sa-mantha Crabtree, Heath-er Cruz, Ethan DeWitt, Paxton Dunlap, Emma Franklin, Piper Ganer, Marley Pritchard, Dixie Sherman, Sophia Sher-man, Kaidon Simpson, Hailey St. Martin, Cody Suschnick, Sean Trenary and Isabella Windsor.

Ms. Henegar's class in-cluded Elam Beaman, Isaac Butler, Alice Carpen-ter, Unity Carpino, Crys-tal Casteel, Adam Collier, Krislee Crane, Miley Ed-wards, Celia Hayden, Joy

Kreuth, Buddy Lasater, Jr., Braxton Lemmons, Kase Marti, Rorie McCullough, Hadlee Meadows, Kylee Short, Landry Smith, Mackenzie St. Martin, Sa-vanha True, Errabella Ty-

ler and Braxton Wiley.Sean Trenary introduced

the song, “First Grade, First Grade”, that was sung by the class. The closing was given by Joy Krueth and Miley Edwards.

Mrs. Wydick and Landon Myers are quite proud of their “Catch of the Day”. Students going into fifth grade are participating in various reading and math applications during the Lamar Summer School classes, as well as learning the skills of productive fishing. Fifth graders are also the class that opens the summer school snack shack for students and staff to practice their economic skills and provide snack choices for all to purchase right there at school.

Myers gets“Catch of the Day!”

Hibdon named to President's List

DES MOINES, Iowa-Roger Hibdon, Lamar, Mo., was named to the Des Moines Area Community Col-lege's Spring Semester President's List. To be eligible, a student must have earned a 4.0 grade point average.

Watts recognized for delivery of superior care

The Hospice Compas-sus program serving La-mar and surrounding ar-eas recognized Terrelyn Watts during National Nursing Assistant Week, June 13 -20, for providing the highest level of quality hospice care for patients and their families.

“We are proud to recog-nize Terrelyn for her tire-less efforts to provide our patients and their fami-lies with superior hospice care that goes beyond fulfilling their medical and emotional needs, by delivering a more mean-ingful end of life experi-ence for those patients who qualify for care,” said Janet Gard, execu-tive director for Hospice Compassus – Southwest Missouri. “Terrelyn’s positive and caring attitude, exceptional ability to understand and com-

fort patients and willingness to support colleagues makes her an integral part of our Hospice

Compassus team and we are lucky to have her on-board.”

Nursing assistants pro-vide as much as 90 per-cent of the direct long term care delivered in the United States, interact-ing daily with a myriad of different personalities, cultures, abilities and disabilities in nursing homes, home care, hos-pice, assisted living and other long term care set-tings.

Hospice Compassus – Lamar recognized other local nursing assistants during the week by pre-senting them with framed certificates of apprecia-tion for their dedication to the patients and fami-lies they serve.

For more information about Hospice Compassus – Lamar services call 417-682-3809.

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Test your grain marketing skill without fear of failure!

By MARK JENNERAg Business Extension

Specialist

Ag Market values in farm-ing don’t stay the same for very long. Farm prices are like Missouri weather. We don’t have to wait very long for a change. Marketing commodi-ties ahead of harvest usually takes a lot of concentration and carries some big financial risks, but not this summer!

In July, University of Mis-souri-Extension will coordi-nate the “Show-Me Market Showdown.” This is a free, educational, online grain marketing game for farmers, ag professionals and other in-terested people. This game is a simulation that will enable players to enhance their grain marketing knowledge and skills. The Show-Me Market Showdown will run from July 14 to September 19.

The game website is linked to real-time market informa-tion allowing players to ex-ecute virtual market transac-tions. The website monitors player market positions, exe-cutes trades, and summarizes players’ virtual marketing ac-count balances. Although the game is competitive, the main focus of the game is to dem-onstrate the risks and rewards of alternative marketing strat-egies and to learn the me-chanics of various marketing tools, like futures contracts, options on futures and for-ward contracts.

To this end, the University

of Missouri Extension will offer players guidance and market-ing instruction through weekly educational e-mails and a game blog. The e-mails and blog will provide a valuable means of dis-cussion among the game coor-dinators and participants.

In addition to being fun and educational, participation in the Show-Me Market Showdown is extremely flexible and risk-free. Players can access the game whenever they have time and wherever they have access to the Internet. While all trades in the game utilize real market quotes, players have no risk of finan-cial loss by participating in the game. Funding for this project is provided by the North Central Risk Management Education Center and the USDA, National Institute of Food and Agricul-ture. As a result, participation in the game is completely free.

Currently the easiest way to register on-line for the Show-Me Market Showdown is to ‘Google’ or search for the words, “Show-Me Market Showdown” in Google or Yahoo search. You can also register from the Lafay-ette County Extension Website. Once you get to the Show-Me Market Showdown registration page, just log in. If you have any difficulty, contact me, Mark Jen-ner, University of Missouri, Ag Business Extension Specialist in Bates County, at 660-679-4167, or by email at jennermw@mis-souri.edu.

We are excited to offer the farming community a chance to play in our ‘Show-Me Market Showdown!’ I hope to see you in the game!

By MELODY METZGERLamar Democrat

An ongoing investigation is in progress by the Lamar Po-lice Department after various instances of vandalism oc-curring at the AOK summer camp facilities, located at the Wolf Building in Lamar, were reported. According to Jared Morey, a couple of weeks ago the bus that is parked at the building had a full tank of gas siphoned from it, as well as the netting being cut on basketball goals. The very next morning, upon arrival, workers discov-ered several safety cones owned by AOK piled on top of the bus. It was at this juncture that the Lamar Police Department was

notified.This past week started out

good on Monday; however, on Tuesday anything that could go wrong, did. Upon arrival it was discovered that one of the backboards on the fenced bas-ketball court had been com-pletely shattered, with rocks and glass scattered about the court. Upon further investi-gation it was discovered that some of the playground equip-ment had been marred with graffiti etched into its surface.

As stated before, this is an ongoing investigation and any help from the public would be appreciated. Anyone that could help the with the investigation in any way should contact the Lamar Police Department.

JEFFERSON CITY-Nine-ty-one high school students participated in Missouri's 51st annual Missouri Electric Youth Tour to Washington, D.C., June 13-19. Local del-egates were Kennedy Kirby, Liberal and Tony Morgan, La-mar. They were sponsored by Barton County Electric Co-operative, Lamar.

The seven-day tour pro-vides an action-filled week for high school students, offering them opportunities to learn firsthand what it is like to be involved in politics, leader-ship positions, community service and today’s pressing issues.

“The youth tour is the high-light of the summer for many students and we’re proud to send our best and bright-

est to Washington, D.C. this year to participate,” said Mike Marsch, director of Member Services for the Association of Missouri Electric Coopera-tives.

Highlights included the young people visiting with representatives from their congressional districts and touring famous monuments, the Smithsonian Institution’s museums and Arlington Na-tional Cemetery. The group also took a sightseeing and dance cruise on the Potomac River one evening with del-egates from other states.

Other events of the week included participation in the Electric Youth Day, dur-ing which a special program coordinated by the National Rural Electric Cooperative

Association brought together more than 1,600 youth tour delegates from across the United States. The delegates enjoyed featured speeches by government leaders and mo-tivational speakers such as Mike Schlappi, an inspiring four-time Paralympic medal-ist and two-time world wheel-chair basketball champion.

Since 1964, the nation’s co-operative electric utilities have sponsored more than 50,000 high school juniors and se-niors for visits to their U.S. congressional delegations, energy and grassroots gov-ernment education sessions and sightseeing in Washing-ton. For more information about the AMEC Youth Tour program go to www.amec.org/content/youth-programs.

Kennedy Kirby, Liberal, left, and Tony Morgan, Lamar, were two of 91 high school students that participated in Missouri's 51st annual Missouri Electric Youth Tour to Washington, D.C., June 13-19.

Lamar Democrat/Melody Metzger

The backboard of this fenced in basketball goal was totally shattered by an unknown object and was discovered Tuesday morning, June 24, by staff at AOK.

Right, as is apparent, various names were etched into the surface of the playground equipment at AOK.

Vandalism occurs at AOK summer camp facilities

Lamar Democrat/Melissa LittleComforcare Home Care held its ribbon cutting on Monday, June 23. Pictured are, left to right, Kay Zerkel, Andrea Hollstein, DeAnna Ross, Greg Clements, Kelly Hook, Nancy Robertson, Chris Tennal and Astra Farris.

ComForcare holdsribbon cutting

Dade County bridge to be closed for deck repairs

The Dade County Route A bridge over Muddy Fork will be closed up to 56 days begin-ning the week of July 7, ac-cording to the Missouri De-partment of Transportation.

Contractor crews are re-placing the bridge deck or driving surface.

Drivers will need to find alternate routes around the work zone. Local traffic will be allowed in except for the area immediately adjacent to each side of the bridge, which will be closed to all traffic.

Signs and message boards will alert drivers to the road closings and detours while they are designated. Weather

and/or construction delays will alter the work schedule.

This work is part of a large project involving a total of four bridges in Dade, Barton and Vernon counties.

The prime contractor on the job is APAC-Missouri, Inc., with a completion date set for September of this year. Con-struction cost is $1.3 million, which is a total cost of replac-ing four bridges including Bar-ton County Route F over Horse Creek, Vernon County Route B over Clear Creek, Dade County Route A over Muddy Fork and Vernon County Route E over Clear Creek, which will be com-pleted in 2015.

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AREA NEWS

PSC approves agreement to implement energy efficiency programs

JEFFERSON CITY-The Missouri Public Service Commission has ap-proved an agreement among several parties in a case filed by Kansas City Power & Light Company, which will implement a number of energy effi-ciency programs under the Missouri Energy Ef-ficiency Investment Act.

Under the agreement, KCP&L will implement a number of demand-side programs which include, income-eligible weather-ization program, home lighting rebate program, air conditioning upgrade rebate, home appliance recycling rebate program, home energy analyzer program, and home ener-gy report program. These programs, both residen-tial and business, are ex-pected to begin in July.

Also under the agree-ment, KCP&L will be establishing a charge on customers’ bills to re-cover demand-side man-agement program costs. The charge will appear as a separate line-item on the monthly electric bill starting this sum-mer. This will include the electric bills of KCP&L Greater Missouri Opera-tions customers.

KCP&L Greater Mis-souri Operations Compa-ny serves approximately 312,700 electric custom-ers in western Missouri including Lamar Heights, Iantha, Burgess, and parts of western Barton Coun-

ty. Liberal purchases elec-tricity wholesale from the

utility for its municipal system.

Asking those hard questionsBy JACK SLADE

Cornerstone Southern Baptist Church

When life got him down, Asaph, one of King David's main men, cried out to God and

asked Him some hard questions. One was, will the Lord reject me for-ever? Has His promise come to an end forever? Has God forgotten to be a gracious God or has He in anger withdrawn

His compassion? (Psalm 77:7-9). Asaph wasn't the only man in the Bible to ask God hard questions. In the book of Job we find that in his suffering Job asked hard questions. Af-ter losing his family and

everything he had, he ar-gued his case before God, but even when God's an-swer may not have been what he expected, he never lost faith.

Tragedy can challenge our faith and raise many questions. Questions like, Why is this happening? Where is God when it hurts? Why doesn't He do something? Where is the protection He prom-ised? God isn't offended when we ask questions in our despair. He wants us to come to Him when we're confused. However, like Job, it's important that we learn to resist be-ing critical of God, keep-ing in mind that He is the supreme ruler, in charge, all knowing and in con-trol of all things, includ-ing our lives. Read Job 38:2.

So, bring your heartfelt questions to God and ask Him to help you under-stand. But be prepared to accept His answers, even if they're not what you expected to hear Read Job 38-41...And whatever you don't understand ac-knowledge His authority, knowing that the God who created the heavens and the earth loves you beyond comprehension

and is able to give you mercy and the grace to help in time of your need. Hebrews:16.

It's time to take back your life: 1. What are some of the hard ques-tions you want to ask God about your current circumstances? Ask those questions in prayer. What has God revealed to you? 2. On a piece of paper write down some ques-tions that you feel are un-answered. Then after tru-ly giving those answered questions over to God in prayer, tear the paper up and toss it as a sym-bol of your trust in Him with-all that you don't understand. 3. Some-times in asking God the hard questions, like Job, we can become critical of His dealings with us. In Job 38-41 God makes it clear why a creature (us) should never become a critic of God. Through a series of questions God shows Job his ignorance as compared with God's greatness. This opens Job's eyes to God's ulti-

mate authority and he repents of his pride and rebellion. If you have criticized God's dealing with you in your current circumstance, ask Him to forgive you. Then ac-knowledge that He is in full control of your life and in all that He allows you to experience. Thank Him for loving you and for providing all that you need to help you during this difficult trial and for accomplishing His pur-pose in you through it all.

"Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mer-cy and find grace to help in time of need." Hebrews 4:16.

Pastor's NoteBy MARK TURNBOUGH

Lamar United Methodist Church

“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names,” so said John F. Kennedy. I wonder why

he said that? One of the privileges of work-ing in Lamar is that you know people’s names. When conducting busi-ness, when making plans, when buying food you know the names of great

folk with whom you deal. Life’s much more fun that way. God knows us by name. He said he’d never leave us nor forsake us, nor for-get us! Quite an honor, isn’t it?

Why do I have to go?By JASON SPENCE

I was speaking with a member of my own con-gregation one day, a very regular attendee and de-vout

Christian, this wise man has a habit of asking questions which lead you to answer his question and then

ask a few of your own. He said to me “Preacher, you tell me, why do we need to go to church?”

Knowing the man as I do, I know he knew the answer, but I believe he wanted the company we

were into hear it from the

horse's mouth so to speak.So I began by quoting

Ephesians 4:11-16, where the Apostle Paul explains to us that gathering to-gether

with other believers is as much for them as it is for us. When we gather with other believers it al-lows

everyone to grow and mature in their faith as well as giving us a com-munity to belong to. When we are

sick, we gain a group to agree with us in prayer

for our healing, we have a support system to console us

in times of loss and sorrow and a cheering section to join with us in times of celebration.

At Greenfield First Christian Church we would like to be that extended community for you join us

every Sunday at 10:45 a.m. for worship and join our family. We are located a 409 College Street in

Greenfield right across from the High School.

May job numbers up slightly across areaBy RICHARD COOPERDemocrat staff writer

JEFFERSON CITY-Four of the five area counties that the Demo-crat tracks for employ-ment numbers added jobs in May. Only Vernon County finished on the negative side, losing 17 jobs. However, the size of its labor force dropped by 13, keeping its unemploy-ment rate at 5.1 percent, the same as April. That was the lowest rate in the area that includes Barton and the four surrounding Missouri counties.

Dade County added 39 jobs in May while its labor force expanded by very nearly the same

number, 42. This also kept its unemployment rate unchanged at 5.3 percent.

Jasper County’s job numbers grew by 98, and its labor force expanded by 229. This resulted in its unemployment rate edging upward to 5.3 per-cent from its April figure of 5.1.

Cedar County had 24 additional jobs in May, while 43 more joined its labor force. This boosted its unemployment rate to 5.5 percent, up from 5.3 in May.

Barton County had much the same experi-ence in May. It added 10 jobs, and 17 more joined the labor force. The un-

employment rate nudged upward from 7.1 percent in April to 7.2 in May.

Missouri’s unemploy-ment rate remained un-changed at 6.6 percent, and the national rate was static at 6.3 percent.

In neighboring Kan-sas, the statewide unem-ployment rate remained the same as in April at 4.8 percent. The three counties on the state line nearest Barton County produced mixed results. Crawford County rose from 4.6 percent in April to 5.0 percent in May. Bourbon experienced a fractional increase from 4.3 percent to 4.4, while Cherokee dropped a per-centage point to 4.7.

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Robert Matthew Bohrn, FTA – warrant arrest, $200 fine.

Taler Darlene Boyd, peace disturbance, litter-ing, $206 fine.

Sarah Ann Breesawitz, supplying alcohol to a minor, 2 years supervised probation, 40 hours com-munity service, $25.50

fine.Kortni Rae Brooks,

peace disturbance, care-less & imprudent driving, $256 fine.

Jonathan David Culp, failure to yield, $78 fine.

Andrea Dawn Gastel, failure to yield, $78 fine.

Blake Riley Hasson, careless & imprudent

driving, $128 fine.Nathan Lee Jones, do-

mestic assault - 2nd of-fense, $336 fine.

Cody Lee Kennon, no operator's license, imped-ing the flow of traffic, $106 fine.

Sandra Emily Mangin, no insurance, $48 fine.

Denise Alyce Mankey, failure to register motor vehicle, $38 fine.

Kenneth Stewart Marti, speeding 1-15 mph over, $53 fine.

Katie Joann McArthur, no insurance, $48 fine.

Jonathan Chase Mc-Clane, excessive noise – tires, $43 fine.

Marjorie Mae McCor-mack, failure to register motor vehicle, $38 fine.

Margaret Ann Miller, speeding 16-25 mph over, $78 fine.

Adam Eugene Morris, dog at large, $33 fine.

Emily Lynn Mott, failure to purchase pet tags, $33 fine.

Shelia Ann Mundy, speeding 1-15 mph over, $53 fine.

Kacey Frankie Leigh Ann Myers, FTP – war-rant arrest, $144.71 fine.

Thomas Daniel O'Sullivan, failure to regis-ter motor vehicle, $38 fine.

Carla Ann Rea, speeding

16-25 mph over, $78 fine.Draven Riddick Rea,

no operator's license, $53 fine.

Tommy Lee Richards III, no operator's license $53 fine.

Cody Wayne Scheetz, minor in possession of to-bacco, following too close, $131 fine.

Cody Wayne Scheetz, shoplifting, trespassing, $331 fine.

Joshua Lynn Smith, do-mestic assault, $186 fine.

Nicole Leann Smith, no operator's license, $250 fine.

William Douglas Tennal, speeding 1-15 mph over, $53 fine.

Lawrence David Wag-staff, FTA – warrant ar-rest, $281 fine.

Lane Alexander Waring, all-terrain vehicle viola-tion, $33 fine.

Steven George Wolf, failure to regiter motor ve-hicle, $38 fine.

RECORDSDEATHS & PAID MEMORIALS BRIEFS

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

THE LAMAR HEIGHTS BOARD WILL meet Monday, July 7, 5:45 p.m., at the office of Vicki Pugh, 22 NE 1st Lane.THE DADE COUNTY DEMOCRAT CLUB will meet Thursday, July 10, 6 p.m., at the Greenfield Community Building.BARTON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT will be closed Friday, July 4, for the Independence Day holiday. Home health will be on call at 417-682-3363.THE JASPER SURVIVING SPOUSES will meet Wednesday, July 9, 11:30 a.m., at the Senior Citizens Center, for lunch. A meeting will follow, as well as Bingo. All are welcome.YOUTH FOOTBALL SIGN-UPS FOR LAMAR students entering third through sixth grade is on Thursday, July 10, at the east entrance of Lamar Fam-ily Ministries. Fifth and sixth grade sign-up will be held at 5:30 p.m., with third and fourth grades to sign-up at 7 p.m. Please come at the designated times only unless prior arrangements are made. A $65 registra-tion fee is due at that time. For information call Mi-chelle at 417-214-3534.THERE WILL NOT BE A SATURDAY, July 5 breakfast at Mount Olive Christian Church due to a conflict with the holiday. Watch for the breakfast schedule notice to be advertised in the future. CROWDER COLLEGE AND SAC RIVER Coun-seling will sponsor a five-week community education course, “Positive Psychology: The Pursuit of Happi-ness”. The class meets Tuesday, July 8 through Au-gust 5, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Sac River Counseling, 406 College St., Greenfield. Participants will be di-rected in self-exploration and will learn researched techniques for applying to their own situations. To enroll call 417-355-3054. Total cost for all five eve-nings is $35 and is due at the first class.THE NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED Feder-al Employees Quad County Chapter 1843 will meet Monday, July 7, 11:30 a.m., for a luncheon meeting to be held at the Vernon County Senior Center, 301 N. Main, Nevada. Chapter members will receive a presentation on the recent Missouri State Federation Conference held in Springfield. For information call Rudy Spann, secretary/treasurer, at 417-549-9958.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 giv-en in each division for first, second and third places. The first 100 entrants registered before the race be-gins will be guaranteed a shirt. For information con-tact Ann Landrum at 417-682-3548, ext. 134.LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1974 will hold its 40th reunion planning meeting on Wednes-day, July 9, 5:30 p.m., at the Davis Insurance office.THE BARTON COUNTY LIBRARY WILL be closed Friday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. They will reopen Saturday, July 5, 10 a.m.THE BARTON COUNTY MEMORIAL Hospital Diabetes Education Support Group will not meet in June. Watch the Democrat news briefs for the an-nouncement about the July 21 meeting.THE 10TH STREET COMMUNITY FARMERS’ Market is open Wednesdays, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.THE 2014 LAMAR FREE FAIR DATES have been set for August 16-23.

DEBORAH DEARING

SPRINGFIELD-Grave-side services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at White Chapel Memorial Gar-dens for Deborah Sue Dearing, 65, Springfield, who died Sunday, June 22, 2014, from a sud-den illness. Pastor Alen Schmit officiated.

Arrangements were under the direction of Greenlawn Funeral Home North.

Memorial contribu-tions may be made to the Walnut Street Christian Church, the American Alzheimer's Association or the American Diabetes Association.

Online condolences may be made at www.greenlawnfuneralhome.com.

Survivors include her husband, William Dear-ing; a son, Tim Dearing and Kelly Hester, Bois D'Arc; a daughter, DeAn-na Gippner and husband Ron, Kansas City, Mo.; a brother, Eric Bohne and wife Jan, Tulsa, Okla. and two grandsons, Alex Gippner and Ben Gippner.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Martin and Velma Bohne.

Mrs. Dearing was born March 16, 1949, in Lock-wood, to Martin and Velma Bohne. She was a member of the Walnut Street Christian Church.

WILL SNYDERLAMAR-Services were

held at 11 a.m. Friday at Daniel Funeral Home for

Wilbert W. Snyder, 84, Lamar, who died Tuesday, June 24, 2014. An Eastern Star ceremony was con-ducted at 9:30 a.m., fol-lowed by visitation until service time. Burial, with military honors, was in Barton City Cemetery, near Liberal.

Memorial contribu-tions may be made to Barton City Cemetery or Lamar Untied Methodist Church, in care of the fu-neral home.

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

Survivors include his wife, Dorothy (Rawlings) (Rittermeyer) Snyder; two sons, Bert Snyder and wife Rhonda and Bruce Snyder and wife Marcia; a stepson, Douglas Rit-termeyer; two stepdaugh-ters, Pamela Anderson and Cheryl Rittermeyer; 11 grandchildren; one great-granddaughter and a sister-in-law, Ramona Snyder.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Juanita (Bowen) Snyder; four brothers, Jim, Har-old, Elmer and George Snyder and two sisters, Marie Carlyle and Jerene Gosney.

Mr. Snyder was born Feb. 27, 1930, at Verdel-la, to Wilbert W. Snyder, Sr. and Nellie (Glover) Snyder. After graduating from Liberal High School in 1947, he went to Kan-sas City, Mo. to work. In May of 1949 he joined the United States Navy. After boot camp he went to electrician’s school and became an Interior Communication (I.C. Electrician). He was then transferred to the U.S.S. Mt. Katmai AE 16, an ammunition ship at Port Chicago, Calif., a Naval Ammunition Depot.

At the outbreak of the Korean Conflict, the Mt. Katmai was fully loaded and sailed to Sasebo, Ja-pan, which was the ship’s

homeport away from home. The ship would rendezvous with the 7th Fleet, enabling them to transfer ammunition to the war ships at sea. In 1952, he was transferred to the U.S.S. Bushnell A.S. 15, a submarine ten-der. The crew brought the ship from the West Coast to their home port in Key West, Fla. At the time of his discharge on May 26, 1953, he was an I.C. Elec-trician 2nd Class Petty Officer.

Following his discharge, he attended Central Technical Institute, an electronic engineering school in Kansas City. Af-ter school he remained in Kansas City to work for the Atomic Energy Com-mission. This department later became the U.S. Department of Energy and he worked there as a quality control supervi-sor until his retirement in 1988.

Mr. Snyder was a 50-year Mason and a mem-ber of Lamar Lodge No. 292. He was also a mem-ber of the Order of East-ern Star – Mt. Hope No. 74, Lamar and a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Jack-son, Tennessee. He was an active member of La-mar United Methodist Church. He was an avid coon hunter in his young-er days. He and his wife, Dorothy, enjoyed blue-grass festivals and their winter vacations in the southwest.

JAROD LUKE FURY

LOCKWOOD-Grave-side services were held at 6 p.m. Monday at Pip-penger Cemetery for Ja-rod Luke Fury, 30, who died Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at his residence in San Jon, N.M.

Arrangements were un-der the direction of Pugh

Funeral Home, Golden City.

Survivors include his parents, Steve and Sherry Fury, Golden City; his grandmothers, Marga-ret Fury, Clovis, N.M. and Frances Buxton, San Jon, N.M.; four broth-ers, Wade Fury, Virginia, Jonathan Fury and wife Chelsea, Springfield, Ja-son Fury, Golden City and Jess Fury, Lockwood; a niece and nephew, Kin-sley and Walker Fury, Springfield, and numer-ous family and friends.

He was preceded in death by his grandfathers, John Fury and Jack Bux-ton.

Mr. Fury was born Sept. 21, 1983, in Pittsburg, Kan., to Steve Emery and Sherry Arlene (Buxton) Fury. He grew up in Lock-wood. Tragedy struck when he was in an au-tomobile accident when he was 17 that left him a paraplegic, but he gradu-ated from Lockwood High School in the class of 2002 and completed some college. He lived in the Lockwood area until moving to Colorado a few years ago. He lived there for a year, moving to New Mexico to be closer to family in a climate more comfortable to him. He lived there for a year and nine months before his death.

He was a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Greenfield. He had many interests includ-ing hunting, skydiving, working on old race cars, traveling and being in the mountains. Even though he was confined to a wheelchair, he loved life and always lived it to the fullest. He loved his fam-ily and friends and would do anything he could for them. He always insisted on taking responsibility for himself until the very end. After a long, hard struggle, he now rests in peace.

The following have filed a marriage license appli-cation with the Barton County Recorder's Office:

Gregory Alan Over-street, Jr., 21, Golden City

and Jennifer Marie Roby, 22, Golden City.

Jeremy Drew VanGilder, 26, Lamar, and Chantill Dawn Lawrence, 24, La-mar.

Leonard James Win-ters, 23, Lamar, and Lacie Dawn Sallee, 18, Lamar.

James Alexander Weatherbie, 22, Pitts-burg, Kan. and Kara Gaile

Probert, 23, Jasper.Christopher Adam Run-

ion, 29, Lamar, and Emily Ann Bunton, 25, Lamar.

Danny Ray Pierce, 25, Pittsburg, Kan. and Ami

Oyamada, 27, Pittsburg, Kan.

Garrett Allen Greenlee, 21, Golden City and Yas-mon Dawn Kisling, 21, Golden City.

MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS

Special Warranty Deed, filed June 4, 2014. Jo-seph A. Beard to Tangie D. Beard: A tract in the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of sec-tion 6, township 32, range 32, Barton County, Mis-souri.

Missouri Warranty Deed, filed June 4, 2014. Gary Shepley and Carol Sue Shepley of Barton County, Missouri to Car-ol Sue Shepley of Barton County, Missouri: A tract

in the southwest quarter of the southwest quar-ter of section 15, town-ship 31, range 29, Barton County, Missouri con-taining 14.78 acres.

General Warranty Deed, filed June 6, 2014. Eunice Patton to Erma Wilson: All of lots 4 and 5 in block 3 of Lakeview Addition to Lamar, Bar-ton County, Missouri.

Special Warranty Deed, filed June 9, 2014. Bank of America, N.A. of Ven-

tura County, California to Isaac Nathaniel Costley of Barton County, Mis-souri: All of the south 30 feet of lot 4 and the north 50 feet of lot 5 in block 1 of Fink's Addition to the City of Lamar, Barton County, Missouri.

Warranty Deed, filed June 16, 2014. Lester G. Dingman and Vicky L. Dingman to Lester G. Dingman and Vicky L. Dingman, Trustees un-der the Lester G. Ding-

man Living Trust: Tract I: The northwest quarter of section 15, township 31, range 33, Barton County, Missouri, except a tract in the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of said section 15. Tract 2: The northeast quar-ter of section 25, town-ship 31, range 33, Barton County, Missouri. Tract 3: The north half of the northeast quarter and the east half of the northeast

quarter of the northwest quarter of section 32, township 31, range 33, Barton County, Missouri.

Corporation Warran-ty Deed, filed June 16, 2014. O’Sullivan Proper-ties, Inc. to Wayne Har-rison and Terri Harrison: Ninety feet off the entire west end of lots 7 and 8 in block 4 of First Addition to Lamar, Barton Coun-ty, Missouri, except the north 40 feet thereof.

PROPERTY TRANSFERS

MUNICIPAL COURT REPORT

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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 NOTICE OF

TRUSTEE’S SALEA default has accrued on

a certain note secured by a deed of trust executed by, Vickie Sue Ready dated 2/28/2008 and recorded on 3/14/2008 as Document Number 2008-381, in the Recorder’s office for Barton County, Missouri. The successor trustee will on July 17, 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: ALL THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF BARTON, STATE OF MISSOURI, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS ALL OF LOT FOUR (4), IN BLOCK EIGHT (8), OF WALSERS FOURTH ADDITION TO THE TOWN OF LIBERAL, MISSOURI, BEING MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 491 PAGE 754, DATED 07/30/2003, RECORDED 07/31/2003, IN BARTON COUNTY RECORDS.Commonly known as: 400 Fishback, Liberal, Missouri 64762for the purpose of satisfying said indebtedness and the costs of executing this trust. CSM Foreclosure Trustee Corp.Successor Trustee(800) 652-4080 4x 6/25, 7/2, 7/9 and 7/16/2014

CSM File 26-14-001496-25,7-2,9,16-4tc

Publication NoticeNotification is hereby given that Metropolitan National Bank, 600 S. Glenstone, Springfield, Missouri 65802, has filed an application with the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on June 20th, 2014 as specified in 12 CRF 5, for permission to relocate the Metropolitan National Bank full-services banking facility currently located at 523 Main Street

Golden City, Missouri 64748 to 403 Main St. Golden City, Missouri 64748.Any person wishing to comment on the application may file comments in writing with the licensing manager of the Comptroller of the Currency at Western District Office, Director for District Licensing, 1225 17th Street, Suite 300 Denver, Colorado 80202 within 15 days of date of this publication.

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LEGALSLEGALS

AUGUST 5, 2014 PRIMARY ELECTIONCandidates and Addresses

Polls open 6:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

DEMOCRATIC PARTY

U.S. Representative District 4 Nate Irvin, 311 W Cleveland St., Versailles, MO 65084 Prosecuting Attorney Steven H. Kaderly, 114 W. 10th, Lamar, MO 64759 Committee Men & Women Earl R. Seeley, 773 S. Hwy M., Asbury, MO 64832 (Southwest) Betty L. Seeley, 773 S. Hwy M., Asbury, MO 64832 (Southwest)

REPUBLICAN PARTY State Auditor Tom Schweich, 7144 Wydown Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63105 U.S. Representative District 4 Vicky Hartzler, 30218 S Pleasant Ridge Rd., Harrisonville, MO 64701 John Webb, 23906 S State Route D, Cleveland, MO 64734 State Representative District 127 Mike Kelley, 303 Walnut Street, Lamar, MO 64759 Associate Circuit Judge Charles Curless, 10 Northridge Drive, Lamar, MO 64759 Presiding Commissioner Mike Davis, 375 NW 20th RD, Lamar, MO 64759 County Clerk Kristina Crockett, 362 SW 60th RD, Lamar, MO 64759 Clerk of the Circuit CourtJanet Maupin, 170 SE 3rd LN, Lamar, MO 64759 Recorder of Deeds Kathleen Dimond, 201 Gulf, Lamar, MO 64759 Committee Men & WomenDoug McKibben, 53 SW 40th LN, Lamar, MO 64759 (Central) Cathy McKibben, 53 SW 40th LN, Lamar, MO 64759 (Central) Merdith Chapman, 1805 Hagny, Lamar, MO 64759 (City) Sharron Chapman, 1805 Hagny, Lamar, MO 64759 (City) Frank Rader, 300 E Hwy EE, Lamar, MO 64759 (Doylesport) Maxine Rader, 300 E Hwy EE, Lamar, MO 64759 (Doylesport) Ed Patterson, 471 SE 10th RD, Lamar, MO 64759 (Lamar) Marno Patterson, 471 SE 10th RD, Lamar, MO 64759 (Lamar) Sterling Martin, 777 NE 100th LN, Lamar, MO 64759 (Milford) Mildred Martin, 777 NE 100th LN, Lamar, MO 64759 (Milford) Rick Morgan, 432 SW 50th LN, Lamar, MO 64759 (Northfork) Melinda Morgan, 432 SW 50th LN, Lamar, MO 64759 (Northfork) James A. McClendon, 321 NW 130th LN, Liberal, MO 64762 (Ozark) Leota F. McClendon, 321 NW 130th LN, Liberal , MO 64762 (Ozark) Gary Fast, 587 E Hwy U, Lamar, MO 64759 (Richland) Jill Fast, 587 E Hwy U, Lamar, MO 64759 (Richland) Charlie Lathrop, 116 NW 80th RD, Lamar, MO 64759 (Union) Angela D. Lathrop, 116 NW 80th RD, Lamar, MO 64759 (Union)

LIBERTARIAN PARTY State Auditor Sean O’Toole, 3425 Gladstone Blve., Kansas City, MO 64123 U.S. Representative District 4Randall (Randy) Langkraehr 103 N Davasher Rd. Unit 10, Warrensburg, MO 64093 Herschel L. Young, 17100 E State Route 2, Harrisonville, MO 64701

CONSTITUTION PARTY

State Auditor Rodney Farthing, 3127 Highway K, Salem, MO 65560

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Cards of ThanksThe family of Bob Arnold would like to thank

you for your kind expressions of sympathy and friendship. Your visits, food, flowers and me-morials in Bob’s honor will always remain in our memories. Thank you to Jo and Roger at Daniel Funeral Home, the staff at Barton Coun-ty Memorial Hospital, Barton County Ambu-lance and our Lamar United Methodist Church family and Pastors Mark and Mike. Thank you to the church for the dinner. Your prayers and support are greatly appreciated.

Donna ArnoldJJ and Steve Shaw, Noah, Blaine and Terry

Julie and Justin MaskusJonathan and Elizabeth Arnold

We wish to extend our sincere appreciation to Truman Healthcare, Hospice Compassus, Ma-ple Senior Living and Barton County Memorial Hospital for the superior care given our mother, Mary Miller. We were so blessed to have such loving, kind and skilled care for her in the last few years. Mary was a very special lady to all who knew and loved her and was truly blessed to live in this community as is her family. We also want to thank Milford Christian Church for the lovely dinner you provided our family. We were so comforted by the service performed by Darrell Doss, Cliff Hazard, Gwen Ansley and Rick Johnson. A special thank you to Jo Jurgens and Roger for their kind and careful attention to our family. We want to thank our friends, family and neighbors for their visits, food, flow-ers, memorials and prayers in this time of sad-ness for our family. Mary was a blessing to our family.

Dwight and Dorothy Parks & familyDon and Jane Miller & family

Gerry and Brenda Miller & familyVicki Miller

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.

You are invited to Liv-ing Word Church, lo-cated at 1304 Francis St., at the corner of 14th St. E. We are a spir-it filled, non-denomi-national church. Pastor Mark Cummins' fami-ly is originally Golden City. He has pastored 14 years in Wisconsin. Please join us Sundays, 10 a.m., where every-body is somebody, and Jesus is Lord! Call for information, 417-295-1050.

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 pur-chases available. 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: Out & Back, No-Touch Openings. Avg 2500+mi/Week. Excellent Pay, Benefits! 2Yrs CDL-A Exp. Call Penske Logistics: 1-888-803-6618.

Golden City R-III School is accepting ap-plications for the fol-lowing part-time posi-tions: Cafeteria cook (6 hrs/day), Dishwasher (3 hrs/day), and Parapro-fessional (3.5 hrs/day). For additional informa-tion, you may call the Superintendent's Office at 417-537-4900. Inter-ested applicants may obtain a non-certified employment applica-tion on the district web-site at www.goldenc-ityschools.com or in the Superintendent's Office.

Economic Security Corporation is seek-ing a Cook for the Head Start classroom in La-mar. Prefer experience in preparing volume meals. This full-time (30 hr/wk Tue-Fri) position starts at $8.39 per hour. Apply by July 10, 2014, by submitting applica-tion and/or resume to Economic Security Cor-poration, Attn: Job. No. C-L6-01, at 302 S. Jop-lin, or by mail to PO Box

207, Joplin, MO 64802, or email to rhopper@escswa.org. Application available at 302 S. Joplin Ave., Joplin. EOE.

Miscellaneous For Sale

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

Window Air Condi-tioners – 12,000 BTU to 29,000 BTU. Come get them while they last! Miller's Country Cor-ner, 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 Medium size dog. Loves outside. Needs a nice home. Call 417-214-0912.

Free – 7 ducks, 3 white geese. 417-682-3070.

Free To Good Home – small, long-haired black dog. Very sweet. 417-682-3070.

Free To Farm Home – large mix dog, very lov-ing. Great watch dog. 417-682-3070.

Free To Good Home – Large, older yellow Tom

c a t ,

long hair and neutered. 417-682-3070.

"Publisher's notice: All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it il-legal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination be-cause of race, color, re-ligion, sex, handicap, familial status, or na-tional origin, or inten-tion to make any such preference limitation, or discrimination. We will not knowingly ac-cept any advertising for real estate, which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby in-formed that all dwell-ings advertised are available on an equal op-portunity basis".

Mobile Homes for Rent

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

Apartments 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.

2 Bedroom, 1 bath du-plex. $600 month plus deposit. 682-5727.

Homes For Sale

112 W. 4th St., Lock-wood, MO. $62,000.00. 4 bedroom 2 bath home that sits on corner of 4 lots. 1297 sq. ft. of spacious living. CH/CA. Beautiful original woodwork throughout house. Detached garage and 2 storage build-ings all have electricity to them. Shown by ap-pointment only. Please call Elizabeth Clark at 417.850.2422.

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Fight occurs in Barton County JailThe Barton County

Sheriff 's Office was in the middle of computer aided court hearings on Tues-day, June 3, when a fight occurred in the booking area. On this particular

date approximately seven inmates were brought downstairs to go in front of the judge. While in the booking room, a dis-agreement and argument occurred between two in-

mates, leading to a fight.One subject was swiftly

retrained by being hand-cuffed and placed in a holding cell. Reports will be filed with the county prosecutor on the events.

AREA NEWS

Accident reportAccording to the Missouri State

Highway Patrol, a one vehicle accident occurred at 8:10 a.m., Wednesday, June 25, on US 160, six miles east of Lamar, when an eastbound 2008 Ford Ranger, being driven by Connie F Franklin, 49, Walnut Grove, ran off the left side of the road, striking a concrete culvert.

The report stated that Franklin re-ceived serious injuries and was trans-ported by ambulance to Freeman West Hospital in Joplin.

According to the report Franklin was not wearing a safety device.

Also, Dustin E. Willis, 24, Sheldon, received moderate injuries after fall-ing asleep while driving an eastbound 2001 Ford F250 on Route KK, five miles west of Moundville. The Mis-souri State Highway Patrol reported that Willis ran off the left side of the

roadway and struck a bridge. He was transported by private vehicle to the Ne-vada Regional Medical Center.

The report stated that the accident oc-curred at 5:45 a.m. on Friday, June 27 and that Willis was wearing his safety device.

According to the Missouri State High-way Patrol, a westbound 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer, being driven by Daniel L. Foster, 40, Golden City, was traveling on Hwy. 160 in Golden City when he went off the right side of the roadway and struck a culvert. The accident happened at 8:05 a.m. on Sunday, June 29, according to the report.

The report stated that Foster received moderate injuries and was transported to Barton County Memorial Hospital in Lamar. According to the report he was not wearing his safety device.

Prairie State Park incident reportedAn incident occurred at Prairie State Park on Saturday, June 14, when a herbi-

cide was sprayed on approximately 25 acres of remnant native prairie by an inde-pendent contractor, destroying native vegetation in the area.

Missouri State Parks Director Bill Bryan stated that there would be an indepen-dent, multidisciplinary investigation into the incident, in order to determine how this happened and to ensure that those responsible are held accountable.

Items stolen from vehicle in MindenminesA report was taken on Sunday, June

8, in regards to items being stolen from a vehicle. The reporting party was at a friend's house for a short amount of time and left her vehicle unattended. When she returned to her vehicle, she noticed that items inside had been

moved around. Upon closer examination it was

learned that an amount of money was stolen from the vehicle. The investiga-tion is ongoing in the theft. Items of evidence were taken from the scene for analysis.

Sheriff 's office receives complaint of C&I driver

The Barton County Sheriff ’s Department re-ceived a complaint on Wednesday, June 11, of a careless and impru-dent driver in the area of Courtesy Courts on NE 1st Lane. On arrival to the area it was learned

that a vehicle described as a SUV had driven through a barricade, causing damage to it. Due to the barricade be-ing hooked to the SUV, the barricade was drug down the road.

A witness to the in-

cident reported that a person exited the vehicle and was able to get the barricade unhooked and then sped off.

The property owner is wishing to file criminal charges against the driver for property damage.

Pursuit leads to arrestNEVADA-Two people

were in custody June 26, following a vehicle pursuit that started in Nevada and ended in a foot chase in Kansas. Ac-cording to a press release, Vernon County Sheriff Jason Moser and Chief Deputy Shayne Simmons were conducting drug interdiction patrolling late Wednesday morning, June 25, when they at-tempted to stop a pickup driven by a suspect they recognized as a felony re-voked driver, along with a passenger who had out-standing felony warrants.

The truck failed to stop and began running from

the sheriff on North Ash Street in Nevada. The truck ran north of Ne-vada and eventually end-ed up in Kansas. Accord-ing to the press release, the vehicle ran into a field where both parties then fled into the woods. The sheriff said Kansas State Police and the Bourbon County Sheriff 's Office had already been noti-fied, but were still a ways out. Sheriff Mosher and Chief Deputy Simmons pursued the suspects on foot into the woods, where they were both apprehended. The pas-senger, who was arrested on no-bond felony war-

rants of possession of a controlled substance and forgery, has been identi-fied as Stephanie Stafford, 26, Nevada. The name of the driver has not yet been released pending the filing of formal charg-es with the Vernon Coun-ty Prosecutors Office.

Sheriff Mosher said custody of the two sus-pects was turned over to the Bourbon County Sheriff 's Office and the Kansas State Police. Both subjects were taken to the Bourbon County Jail pending the filing of pa-perwork to have them brought back into Mis-souri.

Big foot has been sighted about to cross B Hwy., at the home of Ed Belcher, 1010 E. Hwy. B, east of Sheldon. Anyone that would like to take a picture should be sure to pull into the driveway so they will be off the highway. Individuals are welcome to take all the pictures they would like.

Big foot sighted!!!