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2015
Serving Lamar, Golden City, Lockwood, Jasper, Sheldon, Mindenmines and Liberal for 145 years. Incorporating The Daily Democrat, Golden City Herald & Lockwood Luminary.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2015
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Lundine
named coach
of the year
After an undefeated Big 8
Conference run this spring,
Lamar baseball coach Thad
Lundine was named the
league's coach of the year,
as voted on by conference
coaches.
Lundine tops a list of his
charges who were also recognized including senior
Tripp Tucker, who was a
unanimous choice first team
pitcher. Junior Todd Morrow
earned first team on the infield, while sophomore Sam
Timmons was chosen first
team designated hitter.
Tucker was a second team
selection on the infield, while
senior Dylan Robertson was
second team in the outfield.
Senior Trenton Mooney was
an honorable mention choice
at pitcher and his usual battery mate, junior Jed Stahl,
was honorable mention behind the plate. Senior Lakin
Hardman was honorable
mention in the outfield.
Barton County
Route Y
to be closed
Barton County Y, between
SW 90th and SW 100th
Rds., east of Nashville, will
be closed from 7:30 a.m. to
4 p.m. on Thursday, June 11.
MoDOT crews will be replacing a drain pipe underneath the road.
Drivers will have to find
an alternate route around
the closing. Drivers will be
able to get to driveways and
other entrances on either
side of the closing. However,
they will not be able to travel
through the work zone.
Weather and/or work
scheduling conflicts could
postpone the project.
Darrow
named new
library
director
The Barton County Library
Board of Trustees is pleased
to announce that Carol Darrow has been selected as the
new director, beginning in
September. More information will follow at that time.
INDEX
SECTION A
Correspondents............................... 2
Friends & Family............................. 3
Friends & Family/School................ 4
Congrats Athletes............................ 5
Congrats Athletes............................ 6
SECTION B
Area News........................................ 2
Records............................................. 3
Legals................................................. 4
Classifieds......................................... 5
Fugate................................................ 6
Lowell Mason to appear
Police
Chief
Ron
at Christian Church of
Hager issue may be
Liberal
LIBERAL-Guinness World
Book recorder Lowell Mason
will be appearing at the Christian Church of Liberal, located
at 113 E. Yale in Liberal, on
Sunday morning, June 14, 10:30
a.m.
Mason has been called the
World’s Smallest Gospel Singer
because of his unique height of
only 46 inches. His melliferous
voice, however has no comparison to his size. When he sings,
his booming voice brings a
thrill to everyone who listens.
During his program the audience will hear a variety of “Old
Time”songs. The mood can
change from a deep moving
hymn like “Peace in the Valley”
or “The Old Rugged Cross” to
a rousing, hand clapping gospel
favorite like “Daddy Sang Bass”
or “Put Your Hand In The Hand
Of The Man From Galilee.”
The experience of many years
of performing to audiences
around the world accredits this
very talented gentleman with
being truly a professional in his
chosen field.
Mason began his singing career at the early age of only nine
personnel matter
By RICHARD COOPER
Democrat staff writer
years. At that time he joined the
staff of “Children's Bible Hour”
radio broadcast out of Grand
Rapids, Mich. For seven years
he was a regular feature on that
weekly program which was,
see MASON, page 2A
LAMAR-The placing of Lamar Police Chief Ron Hager on
administrative leave on Wednesday, June 3, may be a personnel matter. Hager has been with the city for 30 years,
and has served in several capacities. Currently, in addition
to chief of police, he is assistant city administrator, personnel director, and director of Truman Area Transportation
Service (T.A.T.S.).
According to former mayor Keith Divine, the city has had
many complaints from citizens about Hager. “Every thing is
black and white with Ron,” says Divine, adding, “He runs a
tight ship.”
As personnel director, Hager conducted the interview
with city employees when they were evaluated on the anniversary of their employment with the city. Often, these
interviews would last an hour, Divine said.
He credited Hager with maximum efficiency in serving
the city, saying that he kept precise records of all of his decisions. Then, Divine added a telling comment, “He probably
did his job too well.” When asked if he felt Hager would survive this crisis, Divine responded, “No.”
During the Democrat’s interview with the former mayor,
he heaved a sigh of relief and said, “I’m glad I am out of it.”
New mayor Kent Harris was reluctant to answer questions,
other than he felt the matter would be resolved in about a
week, and the city has retained the legal services of Springfield attorney Paul Satterwhite.
Metropolitan National Bank
raises funds for American
Heart Association
In support of the American Heart Association, Metropolitan National Bank teammates raised funds to help the organization with their
efforts to end the fight against heart disease. Metropolitan employee
Mary Ann Leivan showed her commitment by volunteering her time
and fundraising for the cause.
“We are proud to stand with the American Heart Association as
they continue to serve the needs of people living with various forms of
heart-related issues,” said Leivan.
Millions of Americans live with heart disease, stroke or a cardiovascular condition. Metropolitan's donations will directly help save and
improve lives through the association's research, education and emergency care.
Metropolitan National Bank is dedicated to continuing a tradition of
giving back to the Barton County community, and especially supporting the American Heart Association.
The team of Metropolitan National Bank recently
volunteered and raised funds to donate to the American
Heart Association. Pictured are Metropolitan National
Bank's Mary Ann Leivan, AVP, consumer loan officer
(left), with American Heart Association's Lauren Thiel.
Lamar Democrat sets June 24 for saturation edition
By MELODY METZGER
Lamar Democrat
The Lamar Democrat June
24 edition will feature its total
saturation of Barton County,
as well as Lockwood. This is a
service that is offered several
times a year, with the one after
this planned for July 29, when
the Lamar Free Fair guide will
appear.
The Lamar Democrat has
been providing this service
since December of 2013 and it
has proven to be a hugh success, with many advertisers taking the opportunity to promote
their business. Anyone that is
interested in advertising in the
June 24 edition should contact
Melissa Little at 417-682-5529,
ext. 62, or email her at melissa@
lamardemocrat.com. The deadline is 10 a.m. Monday, June 22.
The paper is mailed out to literally several thousand households that otherwise might not
receive the paper.
If for some reason subscribers
do not receive their paper on
this date, please feel free to call
me (Melody) at 417-682-5529,
ext. 60 and I will personally
make sure that you receive one.
For those planning ahead, as
to the edition that will feature
the Lamar Fair guide in July, the
above advertising information
will remain the same, with the
deadline for that edition to be at
10 a.m. July 27.
The Lamar Democrat staff
appreciates this opportunity to
showcase our paper and it is our
fervent hope that everyone enjoys receiving it.
For those interested in obtaining a weekly subscription, a
special will be held for new subscribers, with a yearly charge of
$30 for Barton County and its
surrounding towns, and $50 for
those further out of county and
out of state. This also includes
access to the online version,
which is updated on a continual
basis.
We are proud to be able to offer this service to the community and hope the effort put forth
is beneficial to all.
Dining to Donate, a monthly event to support About
Our Kids (AOK) will be held
Wednesday, June 17, 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m., at Nathan's Place,
1005 Gulf St., Lamar.
A Market Cafe Encore of
barbecue chicken mash,
cracker with spinach dip, corn
salad, strawberry shortcake and
choice of drink will be available
for dine in or carry out, at a cost
of $8.
Come help AOK raise funds
while enjoying a good meal. Everyone is welcome to participate.
Dining to Donate features
Marketside Cafe Encore
2A • Wednesday, June 10, 2015
CORRESPONDENTS
For-getme-nots
By GAIL LEAMING
We made a trip to Oklahoma City this week and
rode the Bridgetown Canal in 97 degree weather. Too hot for us. Poor
Addy had too much heat.
I made it home in time
to do some business that
had come up while I was
gone. Had a nice supper
with the Larry Ehrsams
before going to the Crawford and Co. gospel singing. Since Gary had just
gotten home from Africa,
he had some stories to tell.
George and Diane Leaming had come here to go
the the Leaming reunion
and the day before Diane
received a phone call from
North Carolina, saying
that her brother had been
killed in an accident, so
George made an all night
drive back home. Kellie
Leaming's grandmother
has been in the hospital
all week and she is back
home with oxygen. Jason
and Lauren were here for
the Leaming dinner and
brought their twins, Harley and Lila.
I had a good time at Red
Oak 2 Saturday night.
My house is still ongoing, but I can see the tile
in the back room again.
David’s hymnal
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Kamala made the remark
that she had cleaned the
pool table off three times
and every time she came
back it was full again, but
she did see the light at the
end of the tunnel. One
day I came home and she
had just finished cleaning
my fish pool. She said the
patio looked so good that
it looked like it needed to
get cleaned to go with the
patio. Such a nice surprise.
I found some two year
old blue bean seed, and
thinking they were old I
threw them in the ground
and would you believe it, I
think every one took root.
I went to Jimmie Jones'
visitation and got to see
his two daughters, Dee
By REV. GALEN
that the servants of King
FRIEDRICHS
Saul sought him out so
Grace Lutheran Church that he could play for King
Saul when the evil spirit
David is the sweet came upon him after Saul
psalmist of the church (2 was rejected from being
Sam 23:1-2). Through the king by God. David played
Holy Spirit, he teaches the for Saul in order to calm
church to sing as he teach- him (1 Sam 16:14-23).
es her concerning her be- The church has continued,
loved savior, her life and throughout her history, to
the gifts God gives to her follow the instruction and
in the midst of this life. He example of David, employteaches the church to sing ing the best musicians and
as she laments the suffer- singers to lead and teach
ing and affliction of her her children to sing of the
savior, suffering and afflic- enduring steadfast love of
tion in which she joins in the Lord (2 Chr 5:7, 13-14,
this life. He teaches us to Ezra 3:11-13, Ps 118, 136).
confess our sins and trust David, the sweet psalmin the forgiveness, eternal ist of the church, wrote
love and steadfast mercy almost half of the Psalms.
of our Father through the While he did not write
suffering and death of the them all, almost half (73)
Son of God. The church, bear his name. The Psalms
both the saints of heaven that bear his name or are
and on earth as one com- quoted in the New Testapany (Heb 10:19-25, 12:1- ment as his Psalms are:
2, 22-24, Rev 4, 5, 7), con- Psalms 3-9, 11-32, 34tinue to sing the hymns of 41, 51-65, 68-70, 86, 101,
David (Eph 5:19-20, Col 103, 108-110, 122, 124,
3:16-17).
131,133, 138-145. Many of
Not only did David sing the other Psalms that do
and teach the church to not bear the name of Dasing, but he made instru- vid were obviously written
ments for the musicians by him, given their theme
and singers of the taberna- and location with respect
cle and temple so that the to others bearing his name
church could praise (con- (i.e. Ps 101-104).
fess) the Lord and sing of David was a prophet
His steadfast love which (Acts 2:30, 2:25-36). It
endures forever (2 Chr 7:6, isn’t just the writing of the
5:13, Ezra 3:10-11, Amos Psalms and teaching the
6:5). David took great care church to sing, as if that
in promoting and estab- weren’t enough, for which
lishing the music of the David is remembered by
church as he appointed the church. The Holy Spirmusicians and workers for it through David writes
the temple (1 Chr 15, 25:1, of the savior. He writes of
2 Chr 29:30, Ezra 8:15-20). His suffering, death and
The musical ability of Da- resurrection, His etervid was of such renown, nal sonship to the Father
(see especially Ps 8, 22,
38, 110). Through David and the rest of the
prophets of the Old Testament, the Holy Spirit
describes for the church
our beloved savior that
we might recognize
Him, know His work
and word and through
Him have the confidence of eternal life
with the one true God.
The church does not
sing alone. She joins
with the saints and angels of Heaven to sing of
the glorious acts of our
God; the Father who
loves us as His children,
the eternal son who redeemed us by His blood,
the Holy Spirit who has
through word and sacrament, called us into
the church (Heb 10:1925, 12:1-2, 22-24, Rev 4,
5, 7, John 3:16-18, 3:35, 6:53-54, 15:26-16:7,
19:28-37, Gal 3:26-4:7,
1 John 5:5-8;). Of this
salvation, of her savior,
of the church’s life, she
sings. With every instrument she can majestically employ, with every
voice, with every tongue
she sings. She sings, she
rejoices, she confesses
for she can do no other.
What is more profound
than that the Son of
God has redeemed her
by His blood? What
is more glorious than
that she would live in
the presence of the Triune God forever? What
is more majestic than
that she would sing with
the saints and angels of
heaven?
and still is, heard from
coast to coast. During his
teenage years, Lowell sang
for Youth For Christ in
the United States and Victorious Christian Youth
in Canada.
After completion of
high school in l955, Mason joined the Cecil Todd
Evangelistic Team of Joplin. This association produced a weekly television
program called “Revival
Fires”, which was seen on
more than 150 television
stations each week. Lowell was featured soloist on
that program during the
60’s and the 70’s.
As a full time evangelist, Little Lowell travels
nearly 100,000 miles each
year taking the gospel in
song and sermon to men
plex in Carthage.
This special area-wide
concert is open to the
general public and will
feature “gospel music
Branson style”, along with
Mason, continued from page 1A
and women, boys and
girls, across America and
around the world. Since
1992 he has made several
crusade tours to Russia.
In joint co-operation with
Revival Fires, Brother
Mason has helped distribute over three million Bibles to the school children
of that nation, conducts
revival meetings, helps establish new churches and
organizes gospel team
tours to Russia.
In 1996 he received his
honorable “Doctor of
Divinity” degree for outstanding achievements in
World Evangelism.
Lowell Mason has conducted over 1,000 gospel music concerts at the
world famous Precious
Moments Chapel Com-
and Carolyn. Very pretty
girls. Went to the Lockwood Relay race to take
Clea and Louis’ pictures
and the rest of the extended family. Kahl Kleeman
was in the KC stadium
in Kansas City competing in the pitch, hit and
run contest in baseball,
which he beat out four
other states and is in the
running for the nationals
in Ohio. What an honor,
Kahl. Hope he remembers
us little people when he
becomes famous.
This week is Paul Sutton’s birthday and I only
missed it by one week.
Just a foot note. Helen
Manka made the remark
this week that I was always
so upbeat and was so nice.
Made my head swell just
a little, but I assured her
that going through all the
mourning about Ron and
the mess with the house
was a lot easier because of
all the wonderful friends I
have. I want to tell everyone thank you and that it
is because of you that I can
be who I am. Also music is
a great healer. God bless.
Maxine's
Musings
By MAXINE MORIN
I did not get a column
written last week, due to
being a patient at Barton
County Memorial Hospital... again! I will ask
Donna W. to bring my
notes and go from there.
Today (Wednesday, June
3), while reading the Lamar Democrat, I found
the hummingbird story
by Richard Cooper most
entertaining. Richard and
his wife Mae are caring
people.
I hope Melody, Lamar
Democrat editor, can decipher this writing. My
writing never ever won
any gold stars, but I am
trying without a table to
place paper on.
My brother, Edwin Sims
and his wife Linda, Nevada, came for a visit.
He has had leg problems
and has to have his legs
wrapped every day. Roselea McClintock stopped
in. She was glad to be going home today, June 6, after being a BCMH patient
since last Thursday.
I hope to be dismissed
Lamar Democrat, Lamar, MO
in time for our Sims-Hoffman annual reunion, to be
held June 14 at the Lamar
City Park. Come by and
visit with us.
Friday,
June 5 was
daughter Donna Wescott's
birthday. Wow! How the
years have passed. Happy
birthday, Donna.
This is a little late report. The Classi Lassies
Red Hat ladies of Lamar
thank Fred and Maxine
Rakestraw for sharing
their lovely home on May
14, for a cookout. Twentyone Red Hatters were entertained and served the
most delicious charcoaled
hamburgers with all the
trimmings. After lunch
all enjoyed playing Bingo,
with everyone winning
a prize. Connie Crockett
was lucky at Blackout. Sue
Hobson and others assisted serving the “sit down”
picnic lunch. The June 11
gathering will be lunch at
the senior citizens center. Thursday, June 4, the
group of ladies gathered at
Truman Healthcare for a
sing-a-long.
The annual Memorial Day ceremony by the
American Legion 209
and VFW Post 3691 and
Ladies Auxiliaries was
conducted at the Moore
Pavilion this year, due
to the wet ground at the
cannon site. VFW Auxiliary President Beverly
Squibb served as emcee.
According to the Lamar
Democrat, there were
added musical numbers.
The sounding of “Taps”
by Clive Squibb closed the
service.
The Calla Rebekah
Lodge served biscuits and
gravy at the 10th Street
Community
Farmers'
Market last Saturday, with
Donna Wescott as chairman. They extend a thank
you for the support of the
biscuit eaters.
May God watch over our
troops.
Until next time...
a current report on the
10 year Bible distribution
program in Russia. There
is no admission charge. A
free-will-offering will be
received.
CLUB NOTE
LAMAR
COUNTRY CLUB
LADIES
ASSOCIATION
Tuesday, June 2. The winners were Gloria Kurtz,
first and Betty Gilkey,
second.
The hostess for June 9 is
scheduled to be Rosalee
Potter. The hostess on
Joann Jones was the Tuesday, June 16, will be
hostess for Bridge on Gloria Kurtz.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2015 •
FRIENDS & FAMILY
Liberal FFA Chapter holds annual banquet
By BRIANNE EDWARDS in the classroom, are a
Liberal FFA Reporter fun and exciting part of
FFA. The Liberal chapter
The Liberal FFA Chap- had nine different conter held its annual ban- test teams that members
quet Tuesday, May 12, participated in. They inin the high school gym. cluded floriculture, nursFood was served and ery-landscape, poultry
members were recog- judging, farm business
nized for this year's management, entomoloachievements as awards, gy, dairy foods, livestock
degrees and scholarships judging, dairy judging
were presented.
and ag mechanics.
Leadership
awards These contests require
went to Paige Shaw, Carly a general knowledge of
Spencer, Jaci Coleman, the subject through idenParker Rose, Alexis Bar- tification of items inside
ton, Lucas Gazaway, Kris- of the category, a writta Gilmartin, Madison ten exam, oral reasoning
Wooldridge, Molly Bean, or hands-on testing. All
Casey Perry, Alexa Long teams placed soundly in
and Macayah Ulrich.
all contests they competScholastic-Scholarship ed in.
awards were presented Area degrees are given
to Kaylee Daniels, Bri- to individuals who have
anne Edwards, Rhiannon met certain requirements
Morrow, Carly Spencer, at the area level. IndiMegan Short, Kaitlyn viduals presented area
Wentland, Christopher degrees this year were
Peterson, Trevor Rose, Krista Gilmartin, ZachaRyan Johnston, Kennedy ry Johnson, Trevor Rose,
Kirby, Maddie Lindsteadt Chris Peterson, Desirea
and Paul Dingman.
Robertson and Colton
Casey Perry was award- Bunney.
ed the $500 Ron Dickens Individuals receiving
Scholarship.
state degrees at state levContests, which test el include Cody Trout,
certain skills practiced Casey Perry, Kennedy
Kirby, Zachary Johnson,
Tyler Kelsey and Maddie
Lindsteadt.
Lucas Gazaway was
awarded the Star sophomore, due to leadership
skills and abilities, as well
as a solid SAE (Supervised Agriculture Experience Program).
One member with the
best placement and proven leadership skills, Chris
Peterson, was selected to
be the Chapter Star in
Agriculture Placement.
The member's placement
experience can include
paid labor hours or directed laboratory unpaid
labor hours.
Kennedy Kirby, who
had an outstanding SAE
in production agriculture and demonstrated
the most involvement in
all phases of the chapter's
activities, was awarded
the Chapter Star Farmer.
The Liberal FFA Chapter had 22 new first year
Greenhand members this
year. The chapter's most
active first-year member, Carly Spencer, had
a strong supervised agriculture experience program and demonstrated
The Mo-Kan Roller
Girlz is a roller derby
league based out of Joplin. The league was established in 2007 and
has been nationally recognized by the WFTDA
since 2013. The Mo-Kan
Ladiez are ranked No.
132 out of 238 currentlyranked leagues.
Mo-Kan Ladiez will be
in action with a doubleheader on Sunday, July
non-skating officials and
women 18 and older to
play the game. Practices
are held on Monday and
Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.,
at Spinning Wheels Skate
Center in Carl Junction.
More
information
about the Mo-Kan Roller Girlz can be found at
their website http://www.
mokanrollergirlz.com/
or on their Facebook
page.
Roller derby league to be in action
12, at Roller City in Joplin. Doors open at 6 p.m.
and the action will begin
at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are
$10 in advance or $12
at the door. Tickets can
be bought at Commerce
Bank in downtown Joplin and Lambeth Auto in
Carthage.
In addition to promoting the bout, the Mo-Kan
Roller Girlz are always on
the lookout for referees,
3A
leadership to receive the
Star Greenhand award.
Kaylee Daniels placed
first in the local Greenhand FFA Creed Speaking Contest and went on
to compete at districts in
Springfield. She was recognized at the banquet
for this honor and also
recited the five paragraph
creed.
The following individuals who were awarded the
Honorary FFA Degree
at the banquet were Bill
Harvey, Mike Perry, Amy
Perry, Allie Runnels,
Brent and April Dingman, Chris and Christie
Ulrich, Eric and Nico
Lindsteadt, and Kyle
and Cindy Kirby. Honorary membership was
conferred upon those
individuals who have
rendered
outstanding
service to the FFA chapter.
The Liberal FFA Chapter appreciates all those
that have supported them
this past year.
Maze takes win and big
bass honors
Bryan Maze of Lamar
is one step closer to the
ABA National Championship with his first
place win and earnings totaling $712 in
the American Fishing
Tournament held May
30, on Stockton Lake.
Maze brought in a fivebass limit that weighed
15.23 pounds and was
anchored by Big Bass
of the tournament, a
hawg, that went 7.03
pounds. Second place
went to another Lamar
angler, Jim Banks, who
also had a five-bass limit, his weighing 11.36
pounds.
Launch time saw low
60's air temperature and
about 70 degree water temperature. Skies
were overcast most of
the day, with a couple
of very light showers.
The wind changed from
south to northwest and
came in 10-15 minute
spurts. Fish were reported caught on topwater, crank baits and
soft plastic; the seven
pounder was caught on
“isolated rock using a
beaver bait.”
The next D126 tournament is scheduled for
June 13, on Stockton Lake,
launching out of Hartley
Ramp. This will be the
final one day tournament
of the 2015 season. The
two day championship
will be held August 1-2.
Full results of this and
past tournaments can
be viewed at www.centralmidwestbass.com.
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FRIENDS & FAMILY/SCHOOL
METZGER’S MUTTERINGS
By MELODY METZGER
Lamar Democrat
My family's life changed
for the better last Wednesday morning. After a
long, drawn out process,
son Jud now legally has
shared custody of my oldest grandson, Kobyn. For
those that are aware of
the situation, they know
it has been almost a four
year process. An agreement was finally reached
between Kobyn's parents,
but nonetheless they had
to appear in court in Daviees County, in the town
of Gallatin, which is is
north central Missouri.
Jud was to meet his attorney at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday morning and had re-
Letter to editor
cruited me to ride along
with him in order to keep
him awake, as we would
have to leave about 4:30
a.m.
So instead of having
to do just that, Jud and I
decided to head to Kansas City Tuesday evening,
making us only about an
hour away from our destination.. When Jud was
young we traveled the
states extensively, but it
had been a long, long time
since just the two of us
have had the opportunity
to travel anywhere together. In fact, I think the last
time we were together, just
the two of us, was at least
12 years ago. As silly as it
sounds, that evening after retiring to our respective beds, I stayed awake
for quite some time, just
watching him sleep, remembering him as my
baby and little boy, and
thinking how far he has
come and just how very
proud I am of him.
Jud was scheduled to
umpire the Premier Baseball Tournament at the
new ball field in Fort Scott,
Kan., Thursday through
Sunday, so he asked if I
would be able to pick up
Kobyn Sunday evening,
as he now has him every
other week. I told him I
would be glad to and the
more I thought about it,
the more I realized that if
I went up early Sunday (I
wasn't to pick up Kobyn
until 6 p.m.), I would not
only be able to spend time
with Aunt Sandra, but my
cousin Debbie and her son
Eric, as well. Debbie's son
Eric, who is right around
Jud's age, has Angelman's
Syndrome and has always
held a very special place in
my heart. Eric is blessed
with the best mother anyone could ask for, but of
course Debbie learned
from a very special person, herself, my Aunt Sandra.
Despite the heat and
humidity, we were going
to visit a park in Kansas
City, but it was closed
for a cycling event, so we
ended up just running errands and spending the
afternoon together. Before
heading to pick up Kobyn
we stopped at Aunt Sandra's house, where I also
got to visit with Uncle Rex
and got caught up on the
rest of the family. I love
spending time with them
and look forward to doing
it as often as possible. I am
so blessed to be a part of
their family. After leaving
them I picked up Kobyn
and several times on the
way home he commented
how great it was that we
were able to spend some
alone time together.
Kobyn is here until
next Sunday and Jud and
Meghan are going to a
Cardinal game in St. Louis
on Saturday, to celebrate
Jud's birthday, so guess
who gets the pleasure of
both Kobyn and Landon
from late Friday evening
to Sunday afternoon???
I never thought being a
grandmother could be
so much fun. As I've said
many time, I am truly
blessed!
Dear Editor:
It is ashamable that in
our society there is misogyny, violence, sexual
discrimination, denigration and sexual objectification against women.
Women are human beings too and should be
treated with dignity and
respect. Strip clubs are
degrading and degrade
women. They should be
shut down and banned.
Pressuring women for
moral deviancy purposes
is wrong. Premarital sex
is immoral.
Women's issues should
be addressed by the
mainstream media. One
reason I enjoy listening to non-commercial
community public radio
is they seriously address issues concerning
women. Women's issues are serious.
Women need to be
better treated by men
and have the full respect and human rights
that they deserve.
Sincerely,
William Sollenberger
Lockwood
Congratulations to Allie
Schiltz, daughter of Jim
and Wendy Schiltz and
Tony Morgan, son of Rick
and Melinda Morgan, recipients of the 2015 Hugh
Nutt Scholarship.
The Hugh Nutt Scholarship was created by Hugh
and Fran (Barton) Nutt,
former Lamar residents,
now residing in Ozark.
Hugh Nutt retired as 4-H
youth specialist from
the SW Region, serving
Barton Dade, Jasper and
McDonald counties for
many years. After his retirement a scholarship
fund was established
for Barton County 4-H
members. Recipients of
the scholarship must
be a senior graduate
from Barton County
and be a 4-H member
in good standing, that
excelled through academics, leadership and
project work and community service. Over
the past few years many
young men and women
have benefited from the
donation of the Hugh
Nutt Scholarship.
Barton County 4-H
is grateful to Hugh and
Fran Nutt for providing
youth with this generous donation to help
them achieve goals that
will provide a successful future. If you would
like to make a donation
to the scholarship fund
contact the 4-H office
at 682-3579.
Lockwood High School releases
fourth quarter honor roll
LOCKWOOD-The
fourth quarter honor
roll has been released by
Lockwood High School.
All A Honor Roll
SENIORS- Emily Backs,
Grace Beerly, Thomas Eggerman, Olivia Finley,
Maria Loni Garibaldo
Castillo, Jolean Hackney,
Ariel Hagemaster, Ashley
Rorman.
JUNIORS- Lauren Allen, Morgan Brewer,
Emma Coose, Ramsey
Divine, Tessa Dunfield,
Kelsey Mein, Samantha Patton, Benjamin
Schnelle, Ellen Schnelle,
Shelby Singleton, Kristina
Weaver.
SOPHOMORES- Noble
Foster, Olivia Nentrup,
Meredith
Robinson,
Hayden Vaughn.
FRESHMEN- Roxsanna Allen, Kallie Caldwell,
Drew Cerrone, Cade
Holman, Rylee Neill, Lucas Nentrup, Daisy Patton, Sydney Rice, Rachel
Schnelle.
A/B Honor Roll
SENIORS- Alexis Byrnes, Christian Foster,
Gage Hooper, Abby Julian, Jessica Nentrup,
Noah Sowell.
JUNIORS- Levi Bennett, Jake Byrnes, Dylan
Dubs, Grace Keith, Brittany McElroy, Kaylee Osterdyk, Robert Raymond,
Shinez Wilkinson.
SOPHOMORES- Kyle
Bouldin, Karson Bruner,
Leigh Mundy, Nicholas
Rowland, Noah Schnelle,
Brady Waters.
FRESHMENJosh
Bayless, Kaleb Bouldin,
Zachary Brewer, Moriah
Coose, Elizabeth Cossins,
Jessica Dubs, Brandon
Garten, Zachary Keith,
Kaylee Kennon, Johnathon Lee, Jayd MooreForst, Joshua Osterdyk,
Dakota Reynolds-Cooper, Logan Sparkman.
Brianna Willet.
SEVENTH GRADEAnnika Anzjon, Levi
Braker, Wyatt Braker,
Alyssa Dunfield, Madelyn Gastel, Kristy Holliday, Paten Neher, Jared
Rinkenberger, Kathryn
Smith, Nickolas Stark,
Sydney Webb, Alora
Wilkie.
B Honor Roll
EIGHTH
GRADEHadley Atnip, Brittany
Ball, Jacob Giurbino,
Jonathan Kohley, Mason
Lillard, Nancy Medrano,
Kolby Rutledge, Destiny
Stewart, Krystal Swearingin, Leeah Walker.
SEVENTH GRADEErin Atnip, Nicholas Colley, Hallie Corle, Rebecca
Gaskins, Alexis Lankford,
Kayne McNeely, Nichelle
Ziler.
Area students receive Hugh
Nutt Scholarship
Stronger Schools for a Stronger
Lockwood to meet
LOCKWOOD-The Lockwood R-I
School District is proposing a 60 cent
increase in its operating levy on the
August 4 ballot. On Tuesday, June 16,
the Stronger Schools for a Stronger
Lockwood committee will be holding a
7 p.m. town hall meeting at the American Legion building to discuss this issue.
This meeting has not been organized
by the school district, but is instead an
effort by interested parents, patrons
and community members, to discuss
the need to address the current budget
crisis. Members of the public are invited to express their support or to learn
more about the ballot proposal.
For further information check the
Facebook page of the Stronger Schools
for a Stronger Lockwood committee.
Fourth quarter honor roll released by Jasper Junior High
JASPER-Jasper Junior
High School has released
its fourth quarter honor
roll.
A Honor Roll
EIGHTH
GRADEChristopher
Barker,
Caleb Brown, William
Chaffin, Bailey Danner,
Katelyn Dockery, Kelly
Dockery, Kaylee Jo Flynn, Laura Huber, Kierstin Johnston, Salvador
Loyola, Aden Sisseck,
JASPER-Jasper
High
School has posted its
fourth quarter honor roll.
A Honor Roll
SENIORS- Larissa Atnip, Haley Bennett, Bailey
Bettes, Kenedey Chaligoj,
Rebecca Darrow, Katlyn
Fonger, Kyle Ghumm,
Austin Gloodt, Chandra
Howard, Marissa Leivan,
Ashley Porter, Michaela Schlichting, Monica
Steeves, Kamryn Stump,
Matt Stump, Talon Stump,
Annie Wright.
JUNIORSAndrew
Adams, Nicolas Adkins,
Anne-Marie
Anibal,
Brianna Cawyer, Shelby Dockery, MaKensey
Dumm, Audra Etcheson,
Kortlin Garvin, Shelbie
Gill, Leslie Grijalva, Blake
Jeffries, Elizabeth Maneval, Keylee McCutcheon,
Elizabeth Medrano, Jenna
Rector, Regan Smith.
SOPHOMORES- Levi
Brown, Keegan Chorum,
Grace Gazaway, Hayden
Howard, Alina Krolivets, Daylan Leivan, Mason Olinger, Drew Pennington, Emily Peterson,
Hailey Reynolds, Byron
Stevens, Dorothea Wenderoth, Christine Zimmerling.
FRESHMEN- Kaitlyn
Adams, Blake Bettes, Ter-
ra Bowman, Rachel Crazybear, Reagan Dumm,
Seth Jensen, Erica Rinkenberger, Gardenia Rivera.
B Honor Roll
SENIORS- Curtis Andrews, Jared Ball, Hayden
Davis, Addison Gastel,
Layne Gossett, Sabrina
Kannmore, Robert McNeely, Jonathan Nally.
JUNIORSParker
Athey, Harold Bechtle,
Braiden Davis, Kori Harper, Alysha Harr, Taelor
Hildebrand, Jacob Martin,
Ashley McCarthey, Isaac
Oliphant, Jacob Oliphant, Matthew Potter, Lexie
Royster, Morgan Winchester.
SOPHOMORES- Birgit
Anzjon, Joey Baker, Nathan Bechtle, Alex Beier,
Jonathan
Brinkerhoff,
Nicholas Chartier, Rylee
Ervin, Stephen Grimmett,
Ryan Harshaw, Ian Henderson, Joshua Losinger,
Kenneth Moua, Hector
Rivera, Tekoah Roeber,
Jordan Titius, Joy Waldbuesser, Lane Webb.
FRESHMENTyler
Brawley, Josiah Brinkhoff, Avery Bouillard, Isis
Castro, Andrew Corle,
Stevie Galiani, Olivia
Maneval, McGuire Rice,
Tad Sisseck, Logan Winchester, Sophia Xiong.
Fourth quarter honor
roll posted by Jasper
High School
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Area athletes compete at state
JEFFERSON
CITYOnly the best of the best
make it to the state track
and field championships.
Several area athletes
turned in strong performances in Jefferson City
recently at the Class 1
Track and Field Championships.
The Jasper Eagles finished 24th in the state
with 10 points. Lockwood scored 8.5 points
for 30th. Greenfield
scored five points for
36th place. The Liberal
Bulldogs netted two
points for 42nd.
Lockwood sophomore
Kyle Bouldin earned four
of his team's 10 points by
finishing fifth in the 100
meter dash with a time
of 11.59. Liberal senior
Jacob Dalby earned his
team's points by finishing seventh in the mile
with a time of 4:42.18.
The Bulldogs 4x800 relay
team of Dalby, freshman
Jayden Dalby, freshman
Tyler Stebbins and junior
Dustin Carpenter just
missed earning points
when they took ninth.
Lockwood
sophomore Brad Waters
cleared 6-foot in the
high jump to tie for
sixth place. Jasper's
Matt Stump earned the
gold in the pole vault.
The senior cleared 10foot. Bouldin chucked
the shot put 44-11 1/4
for seventh place.
Greenfield's Jerrett
Esposito threw the discus 138-feet to earn his
team's five points.
JEFFERSON CITY-The
Jasper Lady Eagles turned
in a terrific performance
at the Class 1 State Track
and Field Championships
in Jefferson City, finishing
second out of a field of 54
teams.
The Lady Eagles scored
44 points, only seven
behind New Covenant
Academy. The Liberal
Lady Bulldogs represented
themselves well also, finished 12th with 20 points.
The Lockwood Lady Tigers took 15th place with
18 points.
Lockwood senior Alexis
Byrnes earned a point by
finishing eighth in the 400
meter dash with a time
of 1:02.66. Jasper junior
Lexie Royster ran a 16.34
in the 100 meter hurdles
to take fifth place.
Liberal
sophomore
Alexys Barton had a memorable weekend, posting a
2:24.05 in the 800 meter
run to take third place. She
also took third in the mile
with a time of 5:22.17. Her
time of 11:53.23 earned
her second place.
Lockwood took third
and Jasper fourth in the
4x100 meter relay. The
Lady Tigers team was
comprised of Byrnes, senior Olivia Finley, junior
Kelsey Mein and senior
Jessica Nentrup. They
ran a 51.87. Jasper ran a
52.93. Lady Eagles on the
team were junior Keylee McCutcheon, senior
Chandra Howard, senior
Haley Bennett and junior
Audra Etcheson. The same
group of Lady Eagles ran
a 1:50.27 to take third in
the 4x200 relay. McCutcheon, Bennett, Howard and
junior Brianna Cawyer
combined to take fourth
in the 4x400 relay with a
time of 4:16.23.
Jasper's dominance of
the relays continued with
the 4x800 team taking fourth place with a
10:13.92. That team was
comprised of Bennett,
Howard, Cawyer and
senior Monica Steeves.
Finley returned to
state in the high jump for
Lockwood and claimed
fourth place, clearing
4-foot-11.
Etcheson
took fifth place in the
pole vault for Jasper,
clearing 9-feet.
Byrnes and Nentrup
earned points for Lockwood in the triple jump,
taking sixth and eighth
place respectively with
jumps of 32-8 and 3203. Between them was
Jasper's Royster at 3204.
Elizabeth
Maneval
threw the shot put 35-3
to take seventh place
and earn points for Jasper. She launched the
discus 121-5 to claim
second place.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2015 •
The 2015 baseball season didn't end the way
that coach Thad Lundine and his Lamar Tiger
squad wanted, but that
doesn't take away from
the fact that they turned
in an historic campaign
this spring.
The Tigers won their
first 21 games, blowing through the regular
season undefeated and
claiming a perfect 8-0
season in the Big 8 Conference. Their run came
to an end in the district
tournament with a 4-3
loss to El Dorado Springs.
On the loss to El Dorado Springs Lundine
said, "I believe we were
in shock. Even until the
last out we all believed
we would complete the
comeback. I told them
that we had an incredible
season and for that they
should be proud. I told
them that many years ago
I had written on a piece of
paper that, 'Nothing that
happens in the last game
of the season will change
the way I feel about the
season or my boys.' And
nothing happened on that
day that changes the way
I feel about them. I am
very proud of the work
they have put in and very
proud of their accomplishments."
The conference title is
Lamar's first since 1996
and only the third in the
program's history (the
other coming in 1989).
Key in the '89 season was
pitcher Jeff Tucker. His
son Tripp was key in this
season's run.
"Tripp is one of the most
talented baseball players
I have ever coached. He
has been a four year All
Big 8 Conference selection, topped by a Big 8
unanimous pitcher this
year. He came to us with
a lot of natural talent and
abilities, but to him that
wasn't enough. He pushed
himself daily to get stronger with more control of
his game," Lundine said
of Tucker, who signed a
letter of intent last fall to
pitch for Pittsburg State
University next year.
Lundine took time to
talk about each of the seniors on his team. "Lakin
(Hardman) is one of the
hardest working young
men I have had the pleasure to work with. He
came to our program a little undersized, but leaves
us as one of the best outfielders I have ever seen.
His speed is what makes
him so dangerous."
On Derek Henderson
he said, "He's a very softhanded steady working
infielder that has had a
great impact on every
player and coach that he
has come in contact with.
He was a silent leader,
always doing the right
thing. His hard work and
dedication to his teammates and coaches makes
the entire team better."
Lundine, who is in
his ninth year at Lamar,
said of Trenton Mooney,
"Trenton is one of the
most efficient pitchers
I have ever coached; he
has been known to get
through an entire seven
inning game having only
thrown 70 pitches. For his
size he is one of the best
third basemen I have ever
coached. Most coaches
look at him and think
they will bunt on him.
Then he fields it barehanded and throws them
out." Mooney signed to
play football at North Dakota State next year.
On Colton Divine, Lundine said, "Colton is one
of the hardest working
and least selfish ball players I have ever coached.
He has worked very hard
both on his strength and
conditioning, as well as
his baseball skills to put
himself in the position
to be successful." Divine
signed to play baseball at
North Central Missouri
College.
"Dylon (Robertson) is
what I call a cage rat. He
has spent countless hours
working on his hitting and
fielding. He has attacked
his off season workouts
with a vengeance. He is
one of the absolute strongest baseball players we
have ever had. His desire
to play at the next level
has driven him to the
point that I believe he will
still get his chance," Lundine said.
On TJ Hall he said, " TJ
see AMAZING, page 6A
Sturgell leads Lady Tigers at state
JEFFERSON
CITYJunior Kaelyn Sturgell
helped the Lamar Lady
Tigers to a 17th place
finish in the Class 3 state
track and field championships last weekend in Jefferson City.
Sturgell finished fourth
in Friday's prelims of the
300 meter hurdles and repeated the performance
the next day in the finals.
She ran a 45.39 Friday
and improved to a 45.24
Saturday to earn five
points for her team. She
also was a member of the
4x100 and the 4x200 meter relays, which earned
spots at the medal stand.
The 4x100 team of junior Madison Baldwin,
Sturgell, freshman Darrah Bartlett and junior
Haley Landrum took fifth
place with a time of 51.56.
The same group took second in the prelims of the
4x200 meter relay, but
despite trimming a fraction of a second from
their time (1:48.64 down
to 1:48.35), they finished
fourth in the finals, no
small feat considering
that this year the Tigers
were bumped up from
Class 2 to Class 3.
Junior Kaitlyn Graves
finished 14th in the discus.
As a team the Lady Tigers racked up 14 points
and finished in a tie with
Maryville and Centralia.
John Burroughs won the
meet with 51.5 points.
The Lady Tigers are
coached by Brett Pettibon.
6A • Wednesday, June 10, 2015
CONGRATS ATHLETES
Amazing, continued from page 5A
did not receive a lot of
honors for his play, but
he earned my respect
through his commitment
to off season conditioning and work throughout
the years. He leaves our
team with the distinction
as the smartest guy on the
team."
Lundine complimented
Alex Beetler saying, "Alex
came to our program as
a young man with a love
for baseball and needing a
place to call his own. His
love of the game and love
for work have made him
one of the funnest players to work with. He has
taught us all that we have
more inside of us than we
ever knew. Alex leaves our
program as one the newest member of the United
States Marine Corp. He
came to me to turn in
his equipment before the
season ended and I asked
him to change his departure date to finish the season. He answered me with
a typical “Beet” smile and
simply said, 'Coach it's
time for me to go.' Who
am I to argue with a Marine?"
On Branden Gordon
he said, "Branden has the
greatest love for the game
of baseball. He works
hard throughout the year
and dedicates a lot of time
to the game. He studies
the games as they are unfolding and always picks
up something during the
game that he can share
and make his team better."
Of course, the Tigers
success wasn't just the
result of strong performance from seniors. Tanner Phipps, Jed Stahl,
Sam Timmons and Todd
Morrow were among the
team's statistical leaders
and will make up the core
of next year's team, which
will look to defend its
league title.
Lundine was assisted by
Tim Timmons and Ryan
Lock.
"Having a man like
Coach Timmons on your
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Golf team wraps up memorable campaign
The Lamar Tiger golf team not only won their district title, they also won the sectional and
finished third in the Big 8 Conference championships. They finished sixth at the Class 2 state
championships. Member of the team are, left to right, Dylan Maberry, Caleb Fisher, Logan
McArthur, Landon Maberry, Nathan McArthur and coach Daniel Eckstein.
staff is invaluable. He is
not only a great baseball
knowledge, but a friend
and a father figure to me
and the boys," said Lundine, who added, "I would
like to thank my family
and the families of my as-
Jasper girls take second at state
sistants. Without their
selfless actions of allowing
us to do what we do on a
daily basis, our participation in these young men's
lives would be impossible."
He also thanked the par-
ents of the players: "They
have spent an incredible
amount of time, energy
and money to support
their sons throughout
their baseball careers.
Without the parent's efforts our baseball teams
would have little success. I
would also like to thank
all of our patron supporters. Without the support
of the patrons of this community, we would not be
able to run this program
the way we do."
The Jasper girls track the team of Cawyer, Ben- the 4x800.
dles and seventh in the shot put; Kenedey Chal- Matt Stump, a member
and field team took sec- nett, Howard and Monica Individually, Lexie Roys- triple jump; Elizabeth igoj placed sixth in discus of the boys team, earned
ond place overall at the Steeves placing fourth in ter placed fifth in the 100m Maneval took second in and Etcheson took fifth in first place in the pole
Class 1A State
hur- discuss and seventh in pole vault.
vault.
Track Meet, held
Friday and Saturday, May 22 and
23, in Jefferson
City.
Those
placing fourth in the
4x100 were Keylee McCutcheon,
Chandra Howard, Haley Bennett and Audra
Etcheson.
The
same runners also
placed third in
the 4x200. Placing fourth in the
Pictured with their second place trophy are, left to right, Audra Etcheson, Keylee
4x400 were McMcCutcheon,
Larissa Atnip, Haley Bennett, Chandra Howard, Kenedey Chaligoj,
Cutcheon, HowMatt
Stump
earned
first
place
in
pole
vault
at
Monica
Steeves,
Brianna Cawyer, Elizabeth Maneval, Lexie Royster; front row, left
ard, Bennett and
Bri Cawyer, with the Class 1A State Track Meet, held May 22 and to right, Assistant Coach Will Dyal, Head Coach David Davis, Assistant Coach Ken
23, in Jefferson City.
Godfrey.
Tigers finish third at state despite bump to Class 3
JEFFERSON CITY-After back-to-back Class 2
state championships, the
Lamar Tiger track and
field team was bumped
to Class 3 this spring and
still turned in a remarkable performance at state.
Sophomore Luke Hardman followed his 11.08
in the prelims of the 100
meter dash Friday, with
an 11.14 Saturday in the
finals, good enough for
sixth place. He trimmed a
fraction of a second from
his time in the 200 meter
dash, running a 22.68 Friday and a 22.63 Saturday,
which earned him fifth
place.
Junior Nicholas Ray finished eighth place in the
800 meter run with a time
of 1:58.66. He and senior
teammate Kaden Overstreet racked up points
for the Tigers by claiming second and fourth
place respectively in the
mile. Ray ran a 4:21.46,
while Overstreet crossed
Booster Club holds springs sports recognition
The Lamar Booster
Club served cookies and
punch before the Lamar High School Spring
Sports Recognition ceremony held Thursday, May
21, in the high school
gym. This was to award
letters and awards to students that participated in
golf, track and baseball at
Lamar High School.
Dale Patton gave the
introduction of coaches,
followed by Dan Eckstein, golf coach, presenting letters to seniors
Caleb Fischer, Landon
Maberry and Logan
McArthur, four years; juniors Dylan Maberry, two
years and Jeremy Marti,
one year and sophomores
Kip Roland and Nathan
McArthur, two years.
Brett Pettibon, girls
track coach, then presented letters to the lone
senior, Nichole Sinnett, two years; juniors
Grace Compton, Kaitlyn
Graves, Kynlee Lehman,
Kaelyn Sturgell, Madie
Baldwin, Brynn Fanning
and Megan McManis
(manager), three years;
Danica Bass, Haley Landrum and Jada Burwell
(manager), two years;
sophomores Mara Vogt
(manager) and Katelyn
Hill, one year and freshmen Kara Beshore, Jacey
Stahl, Darrah Bartlett,
Katelyn Mooney and Jensen Worsley, one year.
The girls track team
honors were followed by
Coach Rodney Baldridge
presenting the letters
to the boys track team.
Receiving letters were
seniors Zane Hull and
Kaden Overstreet, four
years; Angus Sprenkle,
three years; Allen Pollard, two years and Kenneth Reinert and Hunter
McPherson, one year; juniors Nicholas Ray, three
years; Peyton Bailey, two
years; Keegan Duncan,
Griffen Leininger (manager), Rylee CunningMelody Metzger/Lamar Democrat ham and Danny Embry,
Girls track coach Brett Pettibon presented letters to those that were one year; sophomores
present for the ceremony.
the finish line in 4:24.52.
Overstreet ran the two
mile in 9:59.23 to take
sixth. Zane Hull, also a
senior, took 13th with a
time of 10:14.84. Sophomore Trey Mooney took
13th in the prelims of the
110 meter
high hurdles.
The Tigers 4x100
meter relay
team
of sophomores
Matthew
Whyman,
Hardman,
Anthony
Wilkerson
and
senior Allen Pollard
finished
fourth with
a time of
43.72
in
Friday's
prelims. Saturday, they
improved their time to
43.67, which yielded a
second place finish in
state.
The crowning achievement of the Tigers 2015
performance
came
through the hard work of
Overstreet, junior Peyton
Bailey, Hull and Ray. They
ran an 8:07.66 to take the
gold in the 4x800 relay,
crossing the tape a full
seven seconds ahead of
second place Blair Oaks.
As a team the Tigers
finished with 41 points
to claim third in the state
out of the 53 teams represented over the weekend.
McCleur South-Berkley
won the state championship with 65 points. John
Burroughs finished second with 61. The Tigers
edged California, who
finished with 39 points.
The Tigers are coached
by Rodney Baldridge.
Luke Hardman, Matt
Whyman, Jason Jeffries,
Brady Luce and Anthony
Wilkerson, two years; Jesse Compton, Noah Jones,
Trey Mooney, Tristen
Foster and Jasper Messner, one year and freshmen Cooper Lucas, Mark
Venable and Ian Moore,
one year.
Thad Lundine then
presented the letters to
the baseball team. Those
receiving letters were seniors Dylon Robertson
and Tripp Tucker, four
years; Tori Conkle (manager), Lakin Hardman,
Trenton Mooney, Kinley
Roth (manager), Colton
Divine and Derek Henderson, three years; Callie Burgess (manager),
two years and Alex Beetler, Branden Gordon
and TJ Hall, one year;
juniors Todd Morrow
and Jed Stahl, three years
and sophomores Keegan
Jones, Sam Timmons,
Hunter Gepner and Tanner Phipps, two years and
Alexis Gartman (manager), one year.
The Tiger Award for
each sport, which is voted on by their peers, was
awarded to Caleb Fisher
for golf; Maddie Baldwin and Kaelyn Sturgell for girls track; Luke
Hardman for boys track
and Todd Morrow for
baseball. Other awards
included the Neil Daetwyler Outstanding Golf
Award being presented to
Caleb Fisher and the Jack
Bryan Memorial Award
for baseball being presented to Todd Morrow.
All of the coaches were
quick to thank the many
individuals, whether it be
through the school, area
businesses or civic organizations, as well as parents, for their help with
these programs.
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 •
2015
SECTION B
Budget Committee begins work on proposed deficit for 2015-16
By RICHARD COOPER
Democrat staff writer
LAMAR-The city council’s Public Expenditures (budget) Committee held its
first meeting, June 3, facing a proposed
deficit of $158,340. When all city departments submitted their proposed budgets for 2015-16, and City Clerk Traci
Cox tabulated them, it became apparent
the committee was going to have some
tough decisions to make. Chairman
Steve Gilkey opened the session with a
stern reminder that his committee was
going to face the distinction between
needs and wants, and left little doubt
that the committee was going to come
down on the side of needs. At the same
time, he warned against deficit spending.
Mayor Kent Harris said he has been
listening to what the citizens of the city
have been saying, and he has heard improved streets, better water service, new
businesses, and a cleaner city. He concluded that the budget committee faced
a difficult task, and the public should appreciate it.
The first department to come under
the committee’s scrutiny was the fire department, and Chief Bill Rawlings was
present to express disappointment that
his department hasn’t had all its needs
met in past years. In the 2014-15 budget
submitted by Rawlings, there were capital outlay items for land and a fire station to be built on it east of the Missouri
& Northern Arkansas railroad tracks
($260,000) and a used ladder fire truck
($275,000). Both were cut from the final
budget. In the 2015-16 proposed budget neither item appeared, but they were
discussed, especially the east side fire
station. After Rawlings left the hearing,
Gilkey raised a question about the city
being able to afford $260,000 for an east
side fire station. He answered his own
question in the negative, and committee
member Judd Chesnut agreed with him.
The other member of the committee
present at the meeting did not comment.
The fourth member was not present.
Other fire department expenses were
routine. Rawlings commented that the
availability of volunteer firefighters was
becoming a problem because, “young
people don’t seem to be interested [in
being a volunteer firefighter] unless they
have a keyboard in front of them.” Currently, the fire department has three full
time firefighters and 22 volunteers.
As the fire department portion of the
budget committee hearing concluded,
they agreed to reconsider an east side
fire station at the next meeting. That will
be at 1 p.m., June 8, in city hall. Gilkey
believes the review of the proposed budget can be completed at that time.
During the review of the general operating fund, Gilkey commented on
the annual $60,000 contribution to the
Community Development Corporation (CDC), indicating that he was not
comfortable with the expense while
receiving little in return for it. The city
has contributed $60,000 per year since
2009. Chesnut took a different tack on
the contribution saying, “You can’t put a
price on economic development.” Gilkey
concluded the discussion by saying the
committee will return to the topic at a
later date. Presumably, that will be at the
June 8 meeting.
JASPER-The Jasper Police Department was dispatched to a structure
fire at 451 W. Grand Ave. in Jasper, at
5:44 a.m. on Thursday, May 28. The
Jasper Fire Department and the Avilla
Fire Department were on the scene
and had the fire under control. Upon
arrival, officers noted the structure
appeared to be a complete loss, with
significant structural loss to the south
end. The house was vacant at the time
of the fire.
No one was injured as a result of the
incident.
The State of Missouri fire marshall
was contacted and an investigator assisted with the investigation. Based on
evidence at the scene, as well as witness
statements, investigators determined
that the fire was set intentionally. The
suspect fled prior to the police arrival
and was not located.
The investigation into this incident
is ongoing. Anyone with information
related to this incident is encouraged
to contact the State of Missouri Arson
Hotline at 1-800-392-7766 or the Jasper
Police Department at 417-394-2599.
yards within the city this spring. Public Works Director Greg Lowe was instructed to keep an accurate list of the
dates they were mowed so the owners
can be billed in a timely manner.
Lowe told the board that construction
of the new waste water treatment plant
has unearthed some materials that the
city can sell. One is good, black topsoil,
which will sell for $20 a scoopful with a
limit of two scoopfuls. Also, some huge
pieces of limestone were found, which
the city also intends to sell.
The board voted to pay the 16th bill
received from the contractor on the
sewage treatment facility. The amount
of $282,245 will be reimbursed to the
city by USDA Rural Development
through a Community Development
Block Grant. Contractor for the project is Smith and Edwards Construction of Mountain Grove.
After a discussion about the need
for the city to continue to maintain a
safe deposit box at Metropolitan Bank
of Golden City, the issue was put to a
vote, and the board voted to close the
box.
Structure fire determined to
be set intentionally
Barton and surrounding
counties add jobs in April
By RICHARD COOPER
Democrat staff writer
JEFFERSON CITY-In April, more persons were searching for jobs in Barton
and the surrounding four Missouri counties, and more were finding them. Barton County added 75 jobs compared to
March figures, while its labor force grew
by 49. This was sufficient to drive its unemployment rate down to 5.8 percent.
That was half a percentage point better
than March.
Dade County added 45 new jobs while
its labor force increased by 27. That
shaved .06 off its unemployment rate to
5.3 percent.
Vernon County posted 158 new jobs,
while its labor force was swelled by 141.
That cut its unemployment rate to 5.2
percent in what was a good April for Vernon County.
Cedar County also had a good month,
adding 111 new jobs, while 72 more job
seekers were added to the labor force. Its
unemployment rate fell from 6.4 percent
in March to 5.7 percent in April.
Jasper County led in virtually every category. It boasted 222 additional jobs created, while 88 additional persons came
into the labor force. The Jasper County
unemployment rate fell to 4.8 percent.
Missouri’s unemployment rate in April
was 5.5 percent, a fractional decrease
from March. The national rate was 5.4
percent, also a fractional decrease from
March.
In neighboring Kansas, the statewide
unemployment rate was 4.3 percent, up
a fraction from 4.2 percent in March.
Figures from the three Kansas counties
bordering the state line nearest Barton County showed little change from
March. Crawford County increased to
5.3 percent from March’s 5.2 percent.
Cherokee was unchanged at 4.7, and
Bourbon reported 5.1 percent, down .02
from March.
New sidewalks coming to Golden City’s Main Street
GOLDEN CITY-Later in the summer, Golden City should have new
sidewalks along its Main Street. Anderson Engineering will design the
sidewalks, and Andrew Eckhart of
that firm appeared before the Golden City Board of Aldermen, June 1,
to give an update on the project. The
Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has obligated funds
for the sidewalks, and has given Anderson Engineering a notice to proceed with the design.
The city has been mowing certain
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AREA NEWS
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Emergency personnel respond
to one vehicle accident
Melody Metzger/Lamar Democrat
Emergency personnel from the Barton County Ambulance, Barton
County Sheriff's Department, Lamar Police Department and Lamar Fire
Department responded to a one vehicle accident on the afternoon of
Thursday, June 4, at the Muddy Creek Bridge on 1st Street. Pictured,
assisting at the scene were Joey Bronson, Dayne Shoff, Bob Bronson and
Mitch Shaw, as well as the individual that were working inside of the
vehicle.
Two injured in accident
involving ATV's
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol report, two Golden
City residents were injured in an accident involving two all-terrain
vehicles at 9:40 p.m. on
Saturday, June 6. The report stated that the accident occurred on Route
U, two miles north of
Golden City.
Olivia Dale, 20, driver
of one of the ATVs and
Jared A. Beasley, 21,
who was pushing the
ATV down the road,
were taken to Freeman
Hospital West in Joplin
after receiving moderate injuries
LAMAR-County Clerk
Kristina Crockett has
assembled the banking
needs of county offices,
and they have been incorporated in the solicitation of bids to provide
banking services for
those offices for the next
three years. State statute
requires a renewal of the
banking services agreement every three years.
Lamar Bank & Trust cur-
rently holds that contract.
Presiding Commissioner
Mike Davis expects bids
to be opened June 29.
The winning bidder will
assume banking services
for the county, July 1.
The commission is
also looking into replacing the telephones in the
courthouse. They have
become victims of technology and can no longer
serve all the needs of the
courthouse, plus replacement parts have
not been available for
some time. Several
communications companies have already
made
presentations
before the commission. This method of
deciding on a provider
is being used since the
expense is not expected
to be large enough to
require seeking bids.
Commission must renew banking
services for county offices
Dade County Commission checks
on road conditions
GREENFIELD-Presiding
Commissioner
Randy
Daniel called the Dade
County Commission to
order at 9 a.m. on May 18.
Also present were Eastern Commissioner Dallas
Maxwell, Western Commissioner David Rusch
and County Clerk Melinda Wright.
Jeremy Wagner and Nick
Konan with BNSF met
with the commission regarding a road they intend
to close. Clara Murray was
present to ask the commission about erecting a
stoplight in front of Sum-
merfresh, at the intersection of Hwys. 39 and 160.
Travis Tindell, with
Nform Architecture, met
with the commission to
show them some of their
projects. Bob Kitsmiller
brought in a notice for
the LEPC and Emergency
Management meeting to
be held May 28.
Chris Brown with Certified Life Safety met with
the commission. Brown
resides in Sac Township
and wanted to know who
he should contact should
he ever need anything.
The May 11 minutes were
Bridge invoices received by
Dade County Commission
By CAROLYN HEAD
Dade County reporter
GREENFIELD-Presiding Commissioner Randy
Daniel called the Dade
County Commission to
order at 9 a.m. on May 27.
Also present were Eastern Commissioner Dallas
Maxwell, Western Commissioner David Rusch
and County Clerk Melinda Wright. Randy Hayes
met with the commission
regarding the installation
of a boiler.
The May 18 minutes
were unanimously approved as corrected.
The commission traveled to check on a culvert
on W. Dade 42, as well
as road complaints on N.
Dade 71 and N. Dade 181.
Progress Invoice No. 9
on the bridge over Turnback Creek and Progress Invoice No. 8 on the
bridge over Sons Creek,
were received by the commission.
The commission then
spoke to Travis Elliott
regarding general legal
questions.
unanimously approved
as written.
The commission traveled to check on road
complaints on E. Dade
102, E. Dade 94 and
N. Dade 183. They also
checked on E. Dade 96
and N. Dade 181, as
well as a culvert complaint on N. Dade 61. A
culvert replacement on
W. Dade 42 was looked
at, as well as the commission checking out a
road complaint on W.
Dade 66.
Lamar Democrat, Lamar, MO
May was a soaker and catchup month
By RICHARD COOPER
Democrat staff writer
LAMAR-After six consecutive months of subnormal precipitation, May
was a catchup month. It
didn’t catch up with all
of the deficiency, but reduced it to five inches
since last October. The
official figure for Lamar
was 8.20 inches in May,
while the long term average for the month is 5.24.
However, the October
through May deficiency may be less than five
inches. There were a few
unofficial gauges within
the city that measured
over 10 inches. The official gauge is located a mile
west of town at the Barton
County Electric Coopera-
tive. The rainfall was concentrated in the last half of
the month. There were 14
dates in which there was
measurable precipitation,
and 10 of them occurred
after the 15th. The greatest amount was 1.68 inches that was measured on
the 24th, and that became
the only new weather record established for the
month of May. It nudged
aside the previous record
of 1.17 inches that fell in
1971.
The highest temperature
for the month was 86 on
the 27th, and the lowest
was 44 on the 12th. The
mean temperature for the
month was 65.25 degrees,
which was precisely the
long term average in our
weather records that go
back to 1948. There are
some additional sporadic
weather records for Lamar in the archives of the
National Weather Service, and we have some of
them, particularly in the
great drought of the 1930s.
We got those through the
courtesy of our friend, the
late Russell Pierson. From
1948 to the present, our
records are complete, and
Russell was responsible
for many of them.
When this recounting of
May weather is read, we
will be less than two weeks
from the first day of summer. It may be less than
comforting to know that
on 12 dates in June, the
record high temperature
has reached or exceeded
100 degrees.
LAMAR-Jill
Scheidt,
agronomy specialist with
University of Missouri
Extension, scouted fields
near Arcola in Dade
County and three miles
south on Hwy. O, west of
Lamar in Barton County
on June 3.
“Wheat is entering the
soft dough stage and beginning to turn. Fusarium head scab is still being
seen as a result of warm,
humid weather during
flowering,” said Scheidt.
There are no post-fungicide applications for Fusarium head scab.
“Armyworms and head
clipping are still being
seen, but larvae are two
inches in length and near
the end of their life cycle,”
said Scheidt. Scheidt does
not recommend an insecticide application at this
point due to 30-day harvest intervals in most insecticides. “Dead, shriveled armyworms on the
tips of the heads are due
to a fungus that comes in,
infects and kills larvae,”
said Scheidt.
According
to
Bill
Wiebold, plant science
with MU Extension,
planting corn later than
June 4, can result in a potential 24 percent yield
loss.
Scheidt still reports
temporary nutrient deficiencies in corn due
to water saturated soils.
“Nitrogen
deficiencies
in corn may or may not
be temporary. If plants
begin to green up after
a week of warm weather
with no rain, the need to
apply additional nitrogen
is unlikely,” said Scheidt.
Visit the Nitrogen Watch
website to see if it is likely
your soils have lost nitrogen. Currently, most
of southwest Missouri
is forecasted as likely to
need additional nitrogen
if wet weather continues
or if areas have more than
17 inches of rain.
Water hemp in corn
fields should be treated
with an herbicide before
weeds reach four inches
in height or diameter.
“Halex GT has been approved by Missouri Department of Agriculture
for aerial application in
Missouri due to wet conditions. Halex GT can be
used postemergence on
Roundup Ready corn,”
said Scheidt.
“Some soybeans are
showing nitrogen deficiency. This could be a
temporary deficiency due
to rain. Planting soybeans
later than June 10 could
result in a one bushel per
acre per week yield loss,”
said Scheidt.
The weekly field scouting report is sponsored
by University of Missouri
and Barton County Extension. For more information on the scouting
report, or to learn how to
receive the information
earlier by telephone, contact the Barton County
Extension Center at (417)
682-3579.
MT. VERNON-A lot
goes into making highquality hay. Perhaps the
primary way to produce
the kind of hay that will
give top milk and meat
production is to cut the
hay at the optimum stage
of maturity.
Whether it’s a cool-season grass, a warm-season
grass, wheat hay or a legume crop they all have
an ideal time to be cut for
peak quality according to
Eldon Cole, livestock specialist with University of
Missouri Extension.
For optimum quality,
orchardgrass and fescue
should be cut in the boot
to early head stage. Alfalfa quality usually peaks
in the bud to one-tenth
bloom stage. Red clover is
best cut in the early bloom
stage. Small grains are best
cut in the boot to the early
head stage, like fescue.
Peak quality is usually
defined as a forage with
low neutral detergent
(NDF) and low acid detergent fiber (ADF). That
typically translates into
a hay or haylage with 60
percent or greater total
digestible nutrient (TDN)
and crude protein (CP)
value of 12 to 20 percent
or greater. These values
are on a dry matter basis.
After cutting the hay, the
next critical practice in
making hay suitable for a
blue-ribbon at a hay show
see HAY, page 5B
Look for nitrogen deficiency in corn
Making quality hay or haylage
Lamar Democrat, Lamar, MO
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Wednesday, June 10, 2015 •
3B
RECORDS
DEATHS & PAID MEMORIALS
ELIZABETH
BROWN
NEVADA-Graveside
services were held at 2:30
p.m. Saturday at Sheldon
Cemetery for Erma Elizabeth Brown, 93, Nevada,
who died at 11:10 a.m.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015,
at Nevada Regional Medical Center.
Arrangements were under the direction of Ferry
Funeral Home in Nevada.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Sheldon Cemetery, in care of
the funeral home.
The obituary may be
viewed and condolences
sent online at www.ferryfuneralhome.com.
Survivors include her
children, Joann Jones of
Sheldon; Bob Brown and
wife Ida, Rogers, Ark.,
Sue Spencer and husband Larry, Saskatchewan, Canada, Ray Brown
and wife Norma, Lee's
Summit, Bill Brown and
wife Delila, also of Lee's
Summit and Don Brown
and wife Charlotte, Diamond; 15 grandchildren;
26 great-grandchildren;
seven great-great-grandchildren; many nieces,
nephews and cousins and
a host of friends.
Mrs. Brown was born
Nov. 10, 1921, in Sheldon, to Roy and Pearl
(Orem) Carlton. She was
reared in Sheldon, attending a country school
in Avola, then Sheldon
High School. After getting married, she was a
homemaker, wife and
mother, caring for her
growing family. She did
work for a time at West
Side Cafe in Nevada and
Key's in Lamar. She lived
most of her life in Sheldon until moving to Nevada 11 years ago. She
was a longtime member
of the Sheldon United
Methodist Church. When
time allowed, she enjoyed
bowling, playing cards
and square-dancing with
friends and family. She
was also an accomplished
quilter.
She married Alvin A.
“Jack” Brown on April 11,
1940. He died March 30,
2004.
LAVERNE
LOUDENBARGER
GREENFIELD-Graveside services were held
at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in
Daughtrey Cemetery for
Laverne Logan Loudenbarger, 68, Greenfield,
who died Tuesday, June 2,
2015, at Freeman Hospital West in Joplin.
Arrangements
were
under the direction of
Greenfield Funeral Chapel.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Arthritis Foundation.
Online
condolences
may be left at www.greenfieldfuneralchapel.com.
Survivors include a
daughter, Starri Reinert
and husband Ken, Lamar; two grandchildren,
Kenneth Reinert Jr. and
Kaily Reinert and a host
of nieces, nephews, other
relatives and friends.
He was preceded in
death by his parents.
Mr. Loudenbarger was
born March 4, 1947, in
Lamar, to Archie and Etta
Marie (Taylor) Loudenbarger. He was a graduate
of Lamar High School.
He served his country in
the United States Marine
Corps during the Vietnam War.
He married Irene Wood
on Nov. 4, 1977, in South
Greenfield. She preceded
him in death.
GARY L. HOBBS
CARTHAGE-Cremation has taken place for
Gary L. Hobbs, 53, who
died at the home of his
daughter, Kendra, on
Sunday, May 31, 2015.
He was a hard worker
until he was no longer
able and was known for
helping others.
Cremation was under
the direction of Ozark
Memorial Park Crematory in Joplin.
JIMMIE DEE
JONES
GOLDEN CITY- Graveside services were held at
3 p.m. Monday at Park
Cemetery in Carthage
for Jimmie Dee Jones, 78,
Golden City, who died at
10:20 p.m. Tuesday, June
2, 2015, at Dade County
Nursing Home in Green-
BRIEFS
field. Larry Wheeler officiated.
Arrangements were under the direction of Pugh
Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Golden City Fire Department,
in care of the funeral
home.
Survivors include his
daughters, Dee Glenn and
husband John and Carolyn Donnel and husband
Mike, both of Greenfield;
four grandchildren, Chris
Glenn and wife Christen, Derek Glenn and
wife Brook, Tiffany Burnette and husband Jeremy and Keisha Donnel
and husband Derek and
five great-grandchildren,
Alyssa, Izabell, Wyatt, Elijah and Riley. Other family members, friends and
neighbors will remember
this kind and loving man.
Mr. Jones was born Dec.
11, 1936, in Carthage, to
Alvin and Glessie (Miles)
Jones. He had spent most
of his life in the Golden
City area after leaving
Carthage, when he was in
grade school. He owned
Casey’s Garage and Chris’
Auto Parts and served as
the auto mechanic until
retirement after 50 years.
He served six years in
the National Guard and
was a member of the
United Methodist Church
in Golden City. He had
served as fire chief, EMT
and in many other capacities for the Golden
City Fire Department. He
enjoyed camping and gardening.
He married Christine
Louise Chappell on May
5, 1972, at the United
Methodist Church in
Golden City. She died
March 18, 2009.
PROPERTY TRANSFERS
Warranty Deed, filed
May 13, 2015. JuliAnn
Bennett and Sherry LuAnn Embry of Barton
County, Missouri to
Wayne Waring of Barton County, Missouri: A
tract commencing at the
southeast corner of block
5 of M.N. Wills’ Fourth
Addition to the City of
Lamar, Barton County,
Missouri and running
thence north 75 ½ feet,
thence west 184 feet,
thence south 75 ½ feet,
thence east 184 feet to the
place of beginning.
General
Warranty
Deed, filed May 14, 2015.
Patrick Pennington, Lyle
Hoover, Travis Mitchell
and Zach Knox, Trustees
of the New Hope Baptist
Church to Larry Mautino
and Kimberly Mautino:
All of lots 7 and 8, block
15, in the Original Town
of Mindenmines, Barton
County, Missouri.
General
Warranty
Deed, filed May 18, 2015.
Noraleen Alice Trout to
Dennis R. Suiter, Dale L.
Suiter and Lois J. Crockett: All of lot 12 in block
2, Humphrey Brothers
Addition to the City of
Lamar, Barton County,
Missouri.
Warranty Deed, filed
see PROPERTY, page 4B
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CARL ARFT WILL OBSERVE HIS 90TH birthday
on June 27. Cards of congratulations for this amazing
milestone can be sent to him at Maple Senior Living,
3 SW 1st Lane, Lamar, MO 64759.
VFW POST 3691 AND LADIES AUXILIARY will
meet Monday, June 22, 7:30 p.m., in the basement of
Lamar Memorial Hall. A potluck supper will be held
before the meeting at 6:30 p.m. All veterans are welcome.
GRADE CARDS AND DIPLOMAS CAN BE picked
up at the Lamar High School office on Monday through
Friday, 8 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
DINING TO DONATE, A MONTHLY EVENT to
support AOK, will be held Wednesday, June 17, 11
a.m. to 1 p.m., at Nathan’s Place, 1005 Gulf St., Lamar. The meal will be available for dine in or carry
out. This month’s feature is a Marketside Cafe Encore,
serving barbecued chicken mash, cracker with spinach dip, corn salad, strawberry shortcake and choice
of drink for $8.
A FREE MOVIE MATINEE WILL BE HELD at the
Mary K. Finley Library in Lamar at 1 p.m. on Monday, July 6. Refreshments will be served. For movie title and more details call the library at 417-682-5355.
BARTON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT will
offer Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis) vaccines on Thursday, June 25, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The
vaccine will be offered on this date to anyone needing the vaccine regardless of insurance status. Parents
please note this vaccine is required for entry into the
eighth grade. For information call 417-682-3363.
FIBER ART GUILD WILL MEET THURSDAY,
June 18, 9 a.m., at the Food Station. The program will
be presented by Patsy, with roll call being answered
with something about grandpa.
RICHLAND TOWNSHIP WILL MEET Wednesday, June 17, 10 a.m., at 694 SE 40th Lane.
LAMAR FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH WILL hold its
2nd Annual Car, Truck and Bike Show on Sunday, June
14. Come at 10 a.m. for the worship service, with a
message from Scott Hettinger, Peterson Outdoor Ministries, about their service to wounded veterans. Admission to the show and lunch is free. The show will
be in the southeast parking area. There is a $10 entry
fee to show a car or truck. Trophies will be given to
the top 20 entries, as well as best of show. Registration
is at 12 noon and awards will be presented at 4 p.m.
For information call David Banwart at 417-214-0018
or Mike Thomas, 417-684-3995. The church is located at 1306 E. 6th St.
PET TAGS ARE DUE JUNE 1. ALL ONE needs to
obtain a pet tag is proof of current rabies to purchase
the tag for $1. Tags can be purchased at the Lamar
Police Department, Critters and Pals or Lamar Animal Clinic.
THE BARTON COUNTY LIBRARY BOARD of
Trustees will meet Wednesday, June 17, 2:30 p.m., at
the Mary K. Finley Library in Lamar. The tentative
agenda includes (1) financial report review including
approval of bills paid, (2) minutes and (3) director’s
report.
THE JASPER SURVIVING SPOUSES WILL meet
Wednesday, June 10, at the Senior Center, for lunch.
This month the group will celebrate their weddings,
so bring a picture of your wedding to show. Also, Bingo will be played.
LAMAR MIDDLE SCHOOL GRADE CARDS may
be picked up in the office, Monday through Friday,
from 8 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
A GIANT PUMPKIN CONTEST WILL BE HELD
in conjunction with the Liberal Prairie Days Festival on September 19. Entries must be delivered to the
weighing area (at the horticulture exhibits) no later
than 2 p.m. on the day of the festival. Prizes include
$75 for adult first place, $50 for second and $25 for
third. The kids division will offer prizes of $50 for first,
$30 for second and $20 for third. For information call
Brian King at 417-843-5813.
Brett Matthew
Hastings
Stefany and Craig Hastings and big brother Jack,
Blue Springs, announce
the arrival of Brett Matthew Hastings. Brett was
born on Friday, April 3,
2015, at 4:10 a.m., at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence. He
weighed seven pounds
and five ounces and was
20 ¾ inches long.
Brett is the grandson of
Jane and Steve Mayden,
Lockwood and Jo and
Buddy Hastings, Blue
Springs. Great-grandparents are Jean and Harold
Schnelle, Lockwood, Joan
Mayden, Cheyenne, Wyo.
and Nellie Hastings, Lee's
Summit.
BARTON COUNTY SENIOR CENTER LUNCH MENU: June 15-19
MONDAY- Beef stew, tea/milk.
tatoes, peas and carrots,
creamy coleslaw, cheese WEDNESDAYwheat roll, birthday cake
and crackers, tomato Stuffed green peppers, with strawberries, coffee/
juice, apple, coffee/tea/ steamed rice, steamed tea/milk.
milk.
broccoli, wheat roll, FRIDAYChicken
TUESDAY- Ham and sliced peaches, coffee/ salad sandwich on wheat
potato casserole, cauli- tea/milk.
bread, tomato juice, frito
flower, mixed vegetables, THURSDAY- Birthday chips, rosy applesauce,
apple juice/cornbread, dinner, oven fried chick- cottage cheese, pudding,
oatmeal cookie, coffee/ en, cheesy mashed po- coffee/tea/milk.
4B • Wednesday, June 10, 2015
LEGALS
Property, continued from page 3B
May 18, 2015. Trevor
Michael Tidball of Barton County, Missouri, to
Cotton Family Trust of
Barton County, Missouri:
Tract 1: All of the south
half of the southwest
quarter of the southwest
quarter of section 9, township 30, range 29, Barton
County, Missouri. Tract
2: Part of the west half of
the southwest quarter of
section 9, township 30,
range 29, Barton County,
Missouri. Tract 3: All of
the northwest quarter of
the northwest quarter of
section 16, township 30,
range 29, Jasper County,
Missouri.
Special Warranty Deed,
filed May 19, 2015. LGS
Holding Group to Westfall Brothers, LLC: Tract
1: All in section 19, town-
LEGALS
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
OF BARTON COUNTY,
MISSOURI
PROBATE DIVISION
In the Estate of
RODNEY WADE DAVID,
Estate No. 14B4-PR00062
Deceased.
NOTICE OF FILING
OF FINAL
SETTLEMENT
AND PETITION FOR
DISTRIBUTION
TO
ALL
PERSONS
INTERESTED IN THE
ESTATE OF RODNEY
WADE DAVID, Deceased:
You are hereby notified that
the undersigned Personal
Representative will file a Final
Settlement and Petition for
determination of the persons
who are the successors in
interest to the personal
and real property of the
Decedent and of the extent
and character of their interest
therein and for distribution of
such property, in the Probate
Division of the Circuit Court
of Barton County, Missouri,
on July 9, 2015, or as may
be continued by the Court,
and that any objections or
exceptions to such Final
Settlement or Petition or
any item thereof must be
in writing and filed within
twenty days after the filing of
such Final Settlement.
/s/ GEORGE D. NICHOLS,
Attorney
206 West 10th Street
Lamar, MO 64759
(417) 682-6003
georgenichols@att.net
/s/ CAROL S. TRACY,
Personal Representative
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IN THE CIRCUIT
COURT OF BARTON
COUNTY, MISSOURI
PROBATE DIVISION
In the Estate of NORMAN
LAFONTAIN, Deceased,
Estate No. 15B4-PR00030
NOTICE OF LETTERS
GRANTED
To all persons interested in
the Estate of NORMAN
LAFONTAIN.
On May 26, 2015,
TERESA
MOORE,
was appointed Personal
Representative
of
the
Estate
of
NORMAN
LAFONTAIN, Deceased,
by the Probate Division of
Barton County, Missouri.
The business address of the
Personal Representative is
1007 Broadway, Courthouse,
Room 201, Lamar, MO
64759 and the Personal
Representative’s attorney is
GEORGE D. NICHOLS,
206 West 10th Street, Lamar,
MO 64759.
All creditors of the
decedent are notified to file
claims in court within six
months from the date of first
publication of this notice or
if a copy of this notice was
mailed to, or served upon,
such creditor by the personal
representative, then within
two months from the date
it was mailed or served,
whichever is later, or be
forever barred to the fullest
extent permissible by law.
Such six-month period and
such two-month period do
not extend the limitation
period that would bar claims
one year after the decedent’s
death, as provided in section
473.444, RSMo, or any
other applicable limitation
periods. Nothing in section
473.033, RSMo, shall be
construed to bar any action
against a decedent’s liability
insurance carrier through a
defendant ad litem pursuant
to section 537.021, RSMo.
Date of decedent’s death
was May 14, 2015.
Date of first publication is
June 3, 2015.
s-Janet B. Maupin,
Clerk of the Circuit Court of
Barton County, Missouri,
Probate Division
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ship 33, range 33, lying
west of the Kansas City
Southern Railroad rightof-way, except that area
lying east of the Kansas
City Southern Railroad
right-of-way and north
of the Burlington Northern Railroad right-ofway, and except any railroad right-of-way. 523.47
acres. Tract 2: All of government lots 2, 3, 4 and
5 of the northwest quarter of section 30, township 33, range 33, Barton
County, Missouri, lying
north of the north rightof-way line of Northwest
60th Road and west of
the Kansas City Southern
Railroad
right-of-way.
48.85 acres.
Corrected
Warranty
Deed, filed May 19, 2015.
The First National Bank
of Girard, Kansas to LGS
Holding Groups in Barton County, Missouri:
All of government lots 2,
3, 4 and 5 of the northwest quarter of section
30, township 33, range
33, Barton County, Missouri, lying north of the
north right-of-way line of
Northwest 60th Road and
west of the Kansas City
Southern Railroad rightof-way.
Corrected
Warranty
Deed, filed May 18, 2015.
Southern Cross Ranch to
the First National Bank
of Girard, Kansas: All
of government lots 2,
3, 4 and 5 of the northwest quarter of section
30, township 33, range
33, Barton County, Missouri, lying north of the
north right-of-way line of
Northwest 60th Road and
west of the Kansas City
Southern Railroad rightof-way.
General
Warranty
Deed, filed May 19, 2015.
Mary Samia and Nicholas
Samia to Elsie L. James:
All of lot 4, block 24, Parry’s Second Addition to
the City of Lamar, Barton
County, Missouri.
CITY OF
LAMAR,
MISSOURI, SUBJECT,
HOWEVER TO THE
PROVISIONS
AND
TERMS OF A CERTAIN
CITY
ZONING
ORDINANCE
NO.
1100, ALSO SUBJECT
TO
RESTRICTIONS
AND EASEMENTS OF
RECORD.
which conveyance was made
to the undersigned Trustee in
Trust, to secure the payment
of a certain Note in said
Deed of Trust described; and
WHEREAS default was
made and still continues in
the payment of said note;
NOW, THEREFORE, at
the request of the legal holder
of said Note, and pursuant to
the provisions of said Deed
of Trust, the undersigned
Trustee will sell the property
above described, at public
vendue, to the highest bidder
for cash, at the west front
door of the Barton County
Courthouse in the City of
Lamar, Missouri, on July 2,
2015, between the hours of
9:00 o’clock in the forenoon
and 5:00 o’clock in the
afternoon, at 1:00 p.m., for
the purpose of satisfying
said indebtedness and the
costs of executing this trust.
GEORGE D. NICHOLS,
Trustee
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DISTRIBUTION
TO ALL PERSONS
INTERESTED IN THE
ESTATE OF FRANCIS
LOUISE
SOUTHERN,
Deceased:
You are hereby notified
that
the
undersigned
Personal Representative will
file a Final Settlement and
Petition for determination
of the persons who are the
successors in interest to the
personal and real property
of the Decedent and of the
extent and character of
their interest therein and
for distribution of such
property, in the Probate
Division of the Circuit Court
of Barton County, Missouri,
on July 14, 2015, or as may
be continued by the Court,
and that any objections or
exceptions to such Final
Settlement or Petition or
any item thereof must be
in writing and filed within
twenty days after the filing
of such Final Settlement.
s-GEORGE D.
NICHOLS,
Attorney
206 West 10th Street
Lamar, MO 64759
(417) 682-6003
georgednichols@att.net
s-SANDRA BROOKS,
Personal Representative
6-10,17,24,7-1-4tc
IN THE CIRCUIT
COURT OF BARTON
COUNTY, MISSOURI
PROBATE DIVISION
In the Estate of
FRANCIS LOUISE
SOUTHERN, Estate No.
14B4-PR00064
Deceased.
NOTICE OF FILING OF
FINAL SETTLEMENT
AND PETITION FOR
NOTICE OF
TRUSTEE’S SALE
WHEREAS JALENE L.
MCCANN, a single person,
n.k.a. JALENE L. FORCE,
by her Deed of Trust dated
September 5, 1997, and
recorded in the Office of the
Recorder of Deeds of Barton
County, Missouri, in Book
433, Pages 64-67, conveyed
to GEORGE D. NICHOLS,
the undersigned Trustee, the
following described real
estate, situated in the County
of Barton, State of Missouri,
to wit:
ALL OF THE WEST
HALF OF LOT FIVE
(5),
IN
BLOCK
FORTY-SEVEN
(47),
OF PARRY’S THIRD
ADDITION TO THE
LAND FOR SALE
80± Acres • Jasper County, Missouri
•DeepClassIIsoils,withleveltopographyandeasytofarm
•Onlyahalfmilefromblacktop
•Sellerwillleaseback
For Property Details, Contact:
Bill Gaughan, Agent
Louisburg, Kansas
L-1500425
(913) 837-4665 or (913) 837-0760
WGaughan@FarmersNational.com
www.FarmersNational.com/WilliamGaughan
www.FarmersNational.com/KC
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CLASSIFIEDS
Hay, continued from page 2B
or for hungry animals
is to bale it at the proper
moisture. Small rectangular bales should be baled
ideally at no more than 20
percent moisture. Large
hay packages are best
baled in the 16 to 18 percent range for dry hay.
“Haylage or baleage is
growing in popularity in
this area and a desired target on moisture is 40 to 60
percent with 50 percent
being about ideal. These
targets, for both dry and
high moisture forage, are
sometimes hard to hit,”
said Cole.
Determining moisture is
not an exact science, but
farmers develop various
methods of “getting in the
ballpark.” Most rely on the
feel of the hay as they hold
and twist it or kick it.
Some new methods are
now available to determine moisture more accurately. A basic microwave
oven and a small scale that
weighs in grams can do
CLASSIFIEDS
Cards of Thanks
I would like to express my appreciation and
thankfulness for the many thoughtful, caring
acts of kindness and prayers shown to me during my recent hospital stay and home recovery.
These deeds will not be forgotten.
Lucille Wolf
Special Notices
Alcoholics
Anonymous meets every
Sunday, 5 p.m., in the
basement of Lamar
Memorial Hall, 1104
Broadway. All meetings
are nonsmoking.
Narcotics Anonymous
Meetings - Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., 1104
Broadway, Memorial
Hall Basement.
Employment
Drivers: $70,000 to
80,000 yr., Exp drivers, Free health insurance, 2500 sign on bonus (pays out in 4 mons)
Home weekly, Same day
pay. 2016 Freightliner Cascadia, APU, invertors. Automatic and
Standard Transmission.
www.trailiner.com or
800-769-3993.
the job nicely with high
accuracy.
Details on the process
are available in the “Agriculture Guide Sheet 3151
– Using A Microwave
Oven to Determine Moisture In forages” online at
http://extension.missouri.
edu/p/G3151.
Dry hay baled with
moisture levels above 22
percent lose dry matter
due to excessive heating, molding and even in
some cases spontaneous
combustion is possible. In
the latter case, hay barns
may even be burned to the
Drivers, 65,000+, CDLA, $2500 sign on. Bonus
Pay out in 4 mo. 1 month
exp., Same Day Pay! Free
Health Ins, No CDL?
We have Free training!
www.trailiner.com or
800-769-3993.
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:
Company:
Great Weekly Pay! Paid
Health Insurance, Vacation/Holidays! OwnerOps: $1.03 All miles
plus 100% FS. Paid tolls,
scales & more @ Standard
Transportation
Gets you Home Weekly:
1-888-992-4038 x 133.
ground.
A few farmers have invested in hay moisture
testers. Prices range from
$100 up to $600 or even
more. Most feel the testing
is reliable and has reduced
their moldiness in dry hay.
“Moldy hay usually does
not cause problems in cattle other than refusal to eat
it. Horses are more sensitive to moldy hay and only
non-moldy hay should be
fed to them,” said Cole.
Moisture testers appear
to be most helpful in determining when to wrap
high moisture hay.
Drivers:
CDL-A.
$1300+ per wk + Bonus. Home time you Deserve + New Equipment.
Full or Part time, You
choose. 855-765-3331.
Garage Sales
Big Garage Sale –
Thursday, June 11 and
Friday, June 12, 7 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Nice home décor, kitchenware, scrapbooking, baby girls
NB-12 months, girls
8-12, boys 7-12, womens small – 2XL, mens,
blankets, quilts, pillows,
drapes, baseball equipment, area rugs, car
seat, maternity L-XL,
Kenmore vacuum, HP
printer/copier, movies/
“Wrap as soon as possible after baling, hopefully
within four hours. Be sure
to keep the wrapped bale
hole free. Even fairly small
holes can result in significant moldiness. Other
mold problems may arise
from inadequate wrapping and delaying wrapping for two or so days,”
said Cole.
Be careful how you
move the bales. If holes
develop, promptly cover
the holes with the special
tape. The adage, “easy does
it”, is especially true when
handling plastic-wrapped
books, toys, beyblades,
little pet shop, games,
razor scooter, aquarium rocks, clocks, cabinet, luggage, pictures,
knives/silverware, desk.
440 SE 10th Rd., Lamar.
Gariss/Pittsenbarger.
Rain or Shine!
"Publisher's notice: All
real estate advertised
herein is subject to the
Federal Fair Housing
Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any
preference, limitation,
or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap,
familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such
preference limitation,
or discrimination. We
will not knowingly accept any advertising for
real estate, which is in
violation of the law. All
persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are
available on an equal opportunity basis".
$
haylage.
“Stored forage is expensive so if you can save losses due to waste from harvest to feeding you’ll be
money ahead,” said Cole.
For more information
contact any of these MU
Extension agronomy specialists in southwest Missouri: Tim Schnakenberg
in Stone County, (417)
357-6812; Jill Scheidt in
Barton County, (417)
682-3579; John Hobbs in
McDonald County, (417)
223-4775 or Sarah Kenyon
in Texas County, (417)
967-4545.
Mobile Homes for Rent
Are You Ready To
Move? We have 2 bedroom trailers and houses ready to rent. Two
rental references a must.
682-2636.
furnished. All utilities
paid. Starting at $370
per month. Call 417667-2633.
Now Available – 2 Bedroom, 1 bath apartment.
$425 month/$300 deposit. 1 Bedroom, 1
bath, $350/month, $300
deposit. Washer/dryer
Apartments for Rent
hookup. 601 E. 19th St.,
Lamar. Southern Meadows Apartments. Call
Vacancy - Scottsdale 417-777-1440.
Apartments - Senior
Citizens Housing. Call For Rent – 2 Apart682-3589. Mo. TDD ments in Lamar. 2 BR
1-800-735-2966. Equal or 1 BR, stove, refrigeraOpportunity
Hous- tor, CH/A, W&D hooking. Handicapped units up, lawn care provided.
available. Located at Call 417-684-2606 or
17th and Lexington.
417-321-0011.
1 Bedroom Apartment
nicely furnished or unfurnished. Pool, rec
room and laundry. Free
cable/HBO, water and
trash. Short leases available. $200 security deposit. No pets! In Nevada. Starting at $365.
417-667-2633.
2 Duplexes now available. 2 Bedroom, 1
bath, 1 car garage. $750/
month, plus deposit.
Must have references.
Call 682-5727.
Homes For Sale
Stockton 4 bedroom, 8
Sheldon Apartments - acres
(www.ebayc.
Nice 1 bedroom apart- us/39006798) Owner,
ments, furnished or un- 660-476-2574.
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