12-11-13 Lamar Democrat

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By RICHARD COOPERDemocrat sta� writer

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LAMAR-Lamar Enterprises has been very much into re-cycling, which includes paper, cardboard, aluminum, tin, clothing, plastics, and now moving into glass. � at will be-come an even more active pro-gram with receipt of a $20,000 grant from the Rural Develop-ment division of the U.S. De-partment of Agriculture.

Rural Development and oth-er o� cials were in Lamar, No-vember 26, to confer the grant and to tour the workshop fa-cility. � e workshop began as a small to modest sized opera-tion in Lamar and has grown to the huge facility now located on Maple Street. Manager Judd Chesnut told the visitors that

he has a workforce of 35 enthusiastic employees who love to come to work. “It gives them a posi-tive purpose in life,” he said. Many of the products turned out by the workshop are used by local and area industries.

Chesnut said the grant will be used to purchase a three-quarter ton Ford truck for transport-ing recyclables, two bin trailers, one of which will be perma-nently located at Lib-eral High School, and four additional steel bins for accumulat-ing cardboard and plastics.

Lamar Democrat/Richard CooperState and local o� cials gathered at Lamar Enterprises, November 26, for the awarding of a $20,000 grant to expand

the facility’s recycling program. Pictured, left to right, Greg Bramwell, Rural Development; Steve McIntosh representing U.S. Senator Roy Blunt; Carla McManis, workshop secretary; Judd Chesnut, facility manager; Janie Dunning, state director of Rural Development; Keith Divine, Lamar mayor; David Rauch representing U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill; Lynn Calton, Lamar city administrator, and Logan Powell, Lamar US Bank.

Lamar Enterprises receives grant to expand recycling program

Lamar Democrat/Richard CooperLamar Enterprises Manager Judd Chesnut took o� cials on a tour

of the plant prior to the ceremony awarding a $20,000 grant for expanding its recycling operation. Left to right are Steve McIntosh, � eld representative for U.S. Senator Roy Blunt; Mark Hultgren, area director of USDA Rural Development; David Rauch, � eld representative for U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill; and Chesnut.

Lamar Democrat/Melody MetzgerFor 45 years or more Hugo and Mary Schiernbeck were gracious enough to decorate their home at 902 Mill St. with a whimsical and intricate Christmas display. The two now reside at Maple Senior Living, but that hasn’t stopped Hugo from still decorating for the holidays. Hugo and Mary are pictured by his display.

County assessor looking toward electronic mappingBy RICHARD COOPERDemocrat sta� writer

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LAMAR-Barton County Assessor Ivan Frieden says the future of the opera-tion of his o� ce lies in digital mapping and the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), but not at this time. � e Barton County economy is slow at this time, he says, and a less sophisticated system will serve his o� ce quite well. Whenever the economy begins to grow,

parcels of land are divided as people buy small pieces of larger parcels on which to build homes or for other purposes. He calls such property divisions “splits,” and such changes must be shown on updated property maps.

Previously, mapping has been done with equipment of Finley Engineering, but that equipment is out of date, and re-placement parts are no longer available. Consequently, the assessor’s o� ce is searching for a new process of producing property maps of the county, something required by the Missouri Tax Commis-

sion. � e commission maintains records of all parcels in the county and all land sales.

Currently, Frieden is looking at quotes from various providers who o� er map-ping services. “We are not soliciting bids at the moment,” he says, but that is likely to come about in a month or so.

� e state o� ers assistance to county as-sessors whenever it is needed. Stephanie Stephens of the State Tax Commission was here on December 2, and Frieden says a technical assistant visits his o� ce at least once a month.

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Coonfoot & Vicinity

By LOUISE OTT

Peeking out the door this early Monday morn-ing I see our dear Lord has blessed us with fog. I can’t see out toward the creek or the road.

Steve Patterson, pastor of Alba Friends Church non-profit organization, appreciates any dona-tion from anyone. Plans are to serve coffee, pas-tries and chips in the evenings on Thursday through Saturday, in the fall. All volunteers and anyone that can help should call Steve’s cell phone at 417-793-3308 or his home phone at 1-417-525-6107. He can tell you more about the lunches and what days. The café is at 212 Main in Alba.

Gary and Lisa Nelson, Michael Nelson and Ella Mae Turpen enjoy going to a restaurant.

Arbry Winans, Ray and Nicole Winans, Ray and Tristan and Elvin Winans Jr. and Durella were visitors of Marie Winans.

Michael, Melissa, Mar-garet, Matthew and Gay Straw, Marjorie and Jan-ice Destefina, Louise Ott, Kenneth Dee and Esther Archer, Lonnie and Bon-nie Hudson and Vanessa and Nathaniel Hudson were dinner guests of George Straw on Satur-day.

Mike Moss had knee surgery. He’s moving around slowly, but doing okay.

SheldonBy DARLENE SHERIDAN

Many families gath-ered for Thanksgiving. Mr. and Mrs. Amos Hinkle hosted a fam-ily gathering. Erin Leini-nger entertained family on Thanksgiving Day. I spent Thanksgiving Day on the road and in Lee’s Summit. I rode Thurs-day morning with Jim and Delores Honey to the home of Jeff Honey and family, where De-lores helped grandsons Jack and Brendon make turkey cupcakes for din-ner. The family gathered at Delila and Bill Brown’s home for dinner. We had a wonderful day.

My grandson Vince and his wife Dana and two of their children, Devin and Noah, flew in on Thanksgiving Day from Richland, Wash.

There is still lots of sickness in the commu-nity, with some being hospitalized for a few days.

Cynthia Lucas was able to return home after spending sometime at Mercy St. John Hospital in Joplin.

Breanna Sheridan of Columbia came Friday to spend the weekend with me and her dad, Lynn.

Saturday, Nov. 30 was a very special day for me as my family hosted a celebration for my 90th birthday at the Sheldon Christian Church annex. Saturday morning the family gathered for spe-cial pictures, then had lunch at the home of Paul and Phyllis Sprenkle. From 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. I greeted many friends

and family. The weather was ideal and the little ones were able to play outside on the swings. The evening ended at the Sprenkle home, where we were able to visit with the Washington Sprin-kles. I want to thank everyone who came to help me celebrate or sent birthday wishes.

Sunday morning found the area in deep fog, which made driving very difficult; however, a good number were able to get out to church. The fog continued again on Monday and Tuesday.

Vince, Dana, Devin and Noah flew home Wednesday after spend-ing a few day with family. Vince had flown Sunday to Boston to speak at a conference and returned to KC to meet up with the rest of the family. We had a great visit.

The Sheldon R-8 bas-ketball teams, coaches and cheerleaders were guests Tuesday evening at the Sheldon Method-ist Church for a spaghet-ti supper. This was the first home game and the plans are to prepare food before each home game.

The Sheldon Christ-mas Parade scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 5 was cancelled due to the up-coming weather forecast.

Maxine’s MusingsBy MAXINE MORIN

This area was pretty lucky, as we did not get much snow. The south and east was hit pretty hard, as they got quite a bit of snow. Several schools and businesses

were closed. The Lamar students probably had long faces…no snow day!

Members of the former Lamar BPW gathered at Denny’s on December 2, for their monthly break-fast. At 9 a.m. the ladies ordered their breakfast. They chatted until the food was delivered and then for some reason it got sorta quiet. All had a good time and wished each other a “Merry Christmas” as they de-parted for their homes.

Congratulations to Sam and Margie Crabtree, Ir-win, who celebrated their 50th wedding anniver-sary on Sunday, Dec. 8. A crowd gathered at the Ir-win Community Church for the reception.

Darlene Sheridan re-cently celebrated her 90th birthday. Congratu-lations, Darlene. You are a busy lady.

Calla Rebekah Lodge 160 held their meet-ing last Wednesday. The weather turned cold so I called Donna W. to tell her it was too cold for this ole’ gal (or is it “old gal”?). Either way, I stayed home.

Yowell-Frow Post 3691 Veterans of Foreign Wars and their Ladies Aux-iliary held their annual Christmas dinner on Sunday, Dec. 8. Approxi-mately 35 persons as-sembled in the basement of the Barton County Memorial Hall in Lamar. At 12:30 p.m., Tom Reed gave table grace. All filed by the dinner table which featured turkey and ham, along with all the trim-mings. Following dinner, VFW Post Vice Com-mander Merdith Chap-man extended a welcome to the group. The win-ners of the VFW essay

contest and their families were special guests. The “Voice of Democracy” included high school stu-dents with the theme be-ing, “Why I’m Optimistic About Our Nation’s Fu-ture”. First place winner was Braidi Morrow, Lib-eral; second place went to Josie Kaderly, Lamar and third place to Trent Hall, Lamar. The “Patriot’s Pen” essays were from middle school students with the theme being, “What Patriotism Means to Me”. First place winner was Gabrielle Miller, La-mar; second place went to Amber Ruth Luthi, Lamar and third place to Kendall Krueth, Liberal. Each student presented their essay to the group.

Monetary awards, a certificate and an en-graved medal were pre-

sented to each winner. Post Adjutant Tom Reed and the Ladies Auxiliary president assisted with the presentations. VFW Post 3691 chairman was Merdith Chapman and Ladies Auxiliary chair-man was Maxine Morin. Richard Cooper, the La-mar Democrat colum-nist, took photos. Merry Christmas to all! Every-one gathered their dishes and left for their homes. Hope to see ya’ at the din-ner next year!

Clara Smith just called from the senior center. No meals will be deliv-ered today (Monday). The side roads are too slick.

Remember to say a prayer for our service-men and women. Some are far from home. Until next time…

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“A healthy minded boy should feel hearty contempt for the

coward and even more hearty indignation for the boy who bullies girls or small boys, or

tortures animals.”(article in St. Nicholas Magazine, 1900)

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

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

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

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

Hi Everybody!

The name of Lexi Phipps was inadvertently omitted from this picture that ran Wednesday, Nov. 27. The copy should have read: Barton County 4-H Outstanding Members are Connor Brown, Learn A Do 4-H; Noah Shaw, City Clovers 4-H; Halle Miller, Learn A Do 4-H; Kaitlyn Davis, City Clovers 4-H; Connor Trout, Shiloh 4-H; Lexi Phipps, City Clovers 4-H; Mason Brown, Learn A Do 4-H; Elise James, Learn a Do 4-H; Hannah Moyer, Learn A Do 4-H and Tony Morgan, Learn A Do 4-H.

Corrections

Caitlin True, sponsored by Barton County Electric Coop, was a contestant in the Young Miss Merry Christmas Pageant that was held Saturday, Dec. 7, in Thiebaud Auditorium. In the listing of girls in the December 4 edition of the Lamar Democrat, Caitlin’s name and sponsor were listed with an incorrect picture. Caitlin is pictured above.

SHelDoN JollY SeNIoR

CItIZeNSThe Sheldon Jolly Se-

nior citizens met Tues-day, Dec. 3 in the after-noon, for the monthly birthday meeting; how-ever, no members had a December birthday so members brought cook-ies and cookie plates were prepared for distribution that afternoon.

The group was happy to have President Marj Ness able to be with them. She called the meeting to or-der and led in repeating the Pledge of Allegiance. Darlene Sheridan gave the devotion, assisted with Pauline Stanwill reading an article from the devotion book. Roll call was answered with, “What do you plan to do Christmas”?

The minutes and trea-surer’s report were read

and approved. Members present signed card for those unable to attend.

Darlene Sheridan pre-sented each member present with a poinsettia plant.

The meeting adjourned to meet December 10 at 9 a.m., at Jenny’s Kitchen for breakfast. The Dec. 17th meeting will be a dinner meeting and more details will be given later.

The remainder of the afternoon was spent pre-

paring cookie plate and then playing dominoes.

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By MELODY METZGERLamar Democrat

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I hope all of our readers had a blessed Thanksgiving holiday filled with family and friends. Meghan, my daughter-in-law, unfor-tunately was sick over Thanksgiving, so Jud and grandson Landon came up to eat dinner with us at the church. Of course everyone re-members Kobyn, my oldest grandson, but not many have met Landon, so it was a treat for me to get to show him off. We discovered for Landon’s first Thanksgiving that he really likes stuffing and pumpkin pie. Smart kid!

Afterwards we went

back to the house to watch football (of course) and to play with Landon. Unfortunately at one point the coffee table got the better of him and he had a pret-ty good size bruise on his forehead. Saturday, while at Meghan’s family dinner, he ended up with a black eye. Typical boy, I guess. Anyway, while enjoying a leisure filled afternoon, the phone rang. It was credit fraud protection and some-one had hacked into my debit card at the bank. What a mess. They did tell me they would can-cel the card and take care of it on their end, but the next day I would need to go to my local bank to have a new card issued and the problem taken care of.

Of course after I hung up the phone I wor-ried that maybe they weren’t who they said they were and that may-be they called just to get my numbers to actu-ally scam me. The wor-risome thoughts con-tinued throughout the night and next morning. It’s pretty sad when you don’t know whom to trust any more. I have been a proud bank cus-tomer of LBT for over 30 years and my experience this time was just as sat-isfying. They are so good at what they do, as I’m sure all the banks in La-mar are. I’m just biased!

It’s a sad world though, when individuals have to be employed just to go over patterns of bank ac-counts in an attempt to discover frauds. I don’t understand why people don’t use their smarts for the good of man, instead of destruction. My prob-lem was soon taken care of and I was informed that I would receive a new debit card in 1 ½ to

two weeks. Two weeks without a debit card – might as well cut off my arm! Oh well, thank goodness my husband’s is still good or I might be experiencing withdrawal symptoms right about now.

Speaking of LBT, some might have noticed that Kevin Little had numer-ous recipes in the holi-day cookbook that we put out. I soon found out that Kevin was not that a prolific of a cook, but that the majority of them were his wife’s, Gina. I asked Kevin with his ex-pertise if he was cooking Thanksgiving dinner. He let me know that the real cook in the family was taking care of it.

All in all it was a very nice, relaxing weekend. The weather turned out nice so we actually were able to get some stuff done and the rest of the time was spent watching Lamar and Dallas win their respective foot-ball games and reading an entire book. I hadn’t

done that in a long time and enjoyed it thorough-ly. Now the busy time of the year begins, both at home and work, so life will be crazy for several

weeks. Here’s hoping each and every one of our readers has a won-derful holiday season and a very Merry Christ-mas!

Friends & Family

Laroy and MaryAnn Winkler will celebrate their 50th anniversary on Sunday, Dec. 15, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., at Party Oasis in Lamar. Friends and relatives are invited to celebrate with them. Please omit gifts. Cards and your attendance are gifts enough.

Kim and Vickie Morris announce the engagement of their daughter Catherine Nicole to Nathan Grant Gustafson. Catherine graduates from John Brown University in December with a degree in accounting. She will be employed by Quad/Graphics, Sussex, Wisc. Nathan is the son of Grant and Marian Gustafson, Fox River Grove, Ill. He graduated from John Brown University in May 2013 with a degree in mechanical engineering. He is employed by Case-New Holland, Racine, Wisc. A December 28, 2013 wedding will be held at First Baptist Church, Lamar. The couple will reside in Greendale, Wisc.

Morris-Gustafson to wed

Winklers celebrate 50th anniversary

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LOCKWOOD-It’s time once again for “A Merry Christmas Dinner” to be held on Christmas Day, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 12 noon, at the Family Life Center, 410 Main St., Lockwood. This is the 10th annual Christmas dinner so the day will in-

clude drawings and gifts. Don’t worry if you are running late, come any-way!

This is an event for ev-eryone, regardless of age or distance having to travel. All are welcome. There is no charge for the dinner that will feature

turkey, ham, mashed po-tatoes, dressing, gravy, sweet potatoes, green beans, corn, cranberry sauce, rolls, dessert and drinks.

This dinner is not spon-sored by any one organi-zation or group, but by everyone that makes do-

nations to the dinner. If you want to be a part of helping with donations or volunteering to help with the dinner or clean up, or for more information call 816-476-2311 and ask for Shirley. Rides and deliv-eries are also available.

santa Day in Liberal to be held December 14

LIBERAL-A full day of activities has been planned by the Liberal Area Civic Group’s an-nual Santa Day to be held Saturday, Dec. 14, at Lib-eral High School. There will be a food booth, craft vendors, music en-tertainment and refresh-ments for adults and children. There will be inflatables set up in the gym, as well as a visit from Santa Claus. Doors will open to the public at 11 a.m.

Vendors will set up at the high school begin-ning at 11 a.m. and will be there until 3 p.m. There will be a variety of different booths to shop at for Christmas giving.

Beginning at 11 a.m., the Liberal Civic Group will have a food booth in the school cafeteria until 1 p.m. Available will be soup, chili, chili dogs, Frito chili pie, bottled water, lemonade and cof-

fee. There will be a charge for the food, as this is a fundraising project for the civic group, which helps promote and put on Santa Day and the an-nual Prairie Day Festival in September.

Before the arrival of Santa Claus at 1 p.m., the Liberal Elementary music department will provide entertainment in the gym at 12 noon. The Liberal High School band will then entertain.

Santa Claus will arrive at 1 p.m. to visit with the children present. Each child, after visiting with Santa and telling him what they would like for Christmas, will receive a treat of a sack of candy.

Inflatables will be set up in the gym from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. There is no charge for this. These are available courtesy of the Liberal Civic Group for children to have fun in before and after their

visit with Santa Claus. Donations will be ac-cepted for help in paying for the inflatables.

Refreshments of cook-ies, hot chocolate and coffee will be served from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., compliments of the civic group.

There will not be a drawing for merchant gifts this year. Santa Day will be directed toward children. The Liberal American Legion will sell tickets for a drawing for 10 turkeys. The tick-ets are $1 each or seven for $5. The VFW will also be there selling tick-ets for hams to be given away. The drawings will be held later in the after-noon. Winners need not be present to win.

The civic group is also having a raffle for a Henry Lever Action .22 rifle. Anyone interested in tickets can contact Bill Keltner. Tickets will also

be available at Santa Day.Members of the Liberal

Civic Group are remind-ed to furnish two dozen cookies for Santa Day. You may take them to the high school or they may be left at Mary’s Flower Cart Café on Main Street in Liberal.

Make plans now to at-tend the Santa Day ac-tivities and have a fun day while there. You can do your Christmas shop-ping, eat with the civic group, take your chil-dren to visit Santa, possi-bly win a ham or turkey and enjoy refreshments.

Beginning January 1, 2014, the Liberal Civic Group will hold a mem-bership drive through March 31. Anyone in the Liberal School District is invited to join. Dues are $10 for the year of 2014. The civic group website is www.liberalareacivic-group.org.

“A Merry Christmas Dinner”to be held on Christmas Day


Lamar Tigers 2013: A season to remember

By CHRIS MORROWLamar Democrat

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The Lamar Tigers put together an historic sea-son in 2013. It culminat-ed with a third straight Missouri Class 2 State Championship, but any-one close to the program knows that it began long before that. In fact, it be-gan shortly after last sea-son's title game. To build the kind of program that Scott Bailey has built, football season runs the entire calendar.

After countless hours spent in the weight room and working on condi-tioning, the Tigers got a taste of competition during a series of scrim-mages over the summer including a home scrim-

mage with their week one opponent McDonald County that was well at-tended by Tiger fans. The scrimmages were helmet and shoulder pads only. The Tigers strapped it on for real August 23 when they traveled to Stockton for a jamboree. The fol-lowing week the games started for real against a familiar foe. McDonald County, who the Tigers had faced twice in scrim-mages, hosted Bailey's team August 30.

Starting off with a Class 4 school proved to be no challenge for the Tigers who crushed the Mus-tangs 75-0 at Thomas M. O'Sullivan Stadium. The Tiger defense forced a three-and-out on the Mustangs first posses-sion. It would be the first of many as offenses struggled to gain ground

against the Tigers de-fense. Lamar's senior quarterback Levi Peters-en scored the inaugural touchdown of the 2013 campaign on the Tigers first offensive series when he ran in from three yards out. Senior running backs Jared Beshore and Ethan Taffner then got in on the action and the Tigers were off to the races. The Tigers special teams got into the act with Beshore returning a punt and the second half kickoff for touchdowns. The Tigers

finished the game with 431 yards of total offense.

The following Friday the Tigers opened their Big 8 Conference slate. The Tigers haven't won an outright conference championship and it has long been a steep goal to achieve considering that the Tigers are the only Class 2 school in the league. Their first test was a big one, the Seneca In-dians who traditionally the Tigers have always struggled against. On the road, Bailey's team built a 28-6 lead and looked to be in a position to run away with the game, but the Indians would fire back. Seneca (which would go on to reach the Class 3 state championship game, losing to Maryville 50-28) closed the gap to seven points before the Tigers recaptured the momentum and left town with a 56-21 win. Brett McDonald intercepted a pass deep in Tiger ter-ritory and the Lamar of-fense then put together a 13 play 87 yard drive that came to fruition on a one yard Petersen scor-ing run. Highlights in-cluded Beshore following a Ben Bailey block for his second punt return for a touchdown in as many weeks.

The following week the Tigers crushed the team that in recent years has deprived them of a Big 8 Conference title, the Cass-ville Wildcats. A Todd Morrow 31 yard field goal opened the scoring and the Tigers would add 45 more points to win 48-0. The Tigers ground attack accounted for 312 yards in the first half, while de-fensive coordinator Thad Lundine's unit held the Wildcats to only 65 yards

of total offense. Lamar finished with 461 yards rushing.

The following week the Tigers moved to 4-0 with a 48-7 thrashing of anoth-er conference foe, Mount Vernon. The Tigers em-ploy a unique offense that features two quarterbacks side-by-side. Junior quar-terback Tripp Tucker got the scoring started for Lamar and Mount Ver-non came back to tie the game, but then the Ti-gers took over and never looked back. Petersen paced the Tigers with 191 yards on 17 attempts and scored on runs of three, 11 and 37 yards. Anthony Wilkerson ripped off a 91 yard scoring run late in the game. With another impressive rushing day of 482 yards, the Tigers were proving that big offenses didn't have to be passing offenses.

The Tigers followed with another route, this time over a non-confer-ence opponent, Butler. Last season the Tigers beat Butler twice by a combined 125-12. This

year yielded a similar re-sult with the Tigers ham-mering them 74-7. The following week it was back to the grueling Big 8 slate with the Tigers hosting the Carl Junction Bulldogs in what would turn out to be one of the most memorable contests of the season, though the result wasn't what Tiger fans had hoped for.

With just under four minutes to play the Bull-dogs led the Tigers 20-0, but the Tigers have played in big games be-fore and came firing back. A short scoring run by Danny Embry and a 36 yard touchdown run by Petersen, followed by a 25 yard Morrow field goal, cut the deficit to 34-17 at the half.

Petersen added a three yard scoring run and Ethan Taffner scored on a 29 yard run as the Tigers seized their first lead of the game, 38-37 with 5:27 to play in the contest. Carl Junction countered with an 80 yard scoring drive. Mark Bartlett intercepted

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Lamar Democrat/Chris MorrowThe Lamar Tigers offense got a lot of the press because of the record

breaking number of points they put up this season, but the Tigers defense was just as impressive. They shut out Lawson Friday in the state championship game, which means they shut out seven of their 15 opponents. They allowed an average of only eight points per game in their 14-1 run. Here they swarm a Lawson ball carrier. Shown for the Tigers, from left, are Jed Stahl, Landon Compton, Brett McDonald and Jared Beshore (background).


the two point conver-sion attempt. The Tigers trailed 43-38 with 2:26 to play. Bailey's team rallied, marching to the Bulldog 10 yard line where they found themselves star-ing down a fourth and goal. McDonald, diving, snagged a Petersen pass for the touchdown and they led by a point with 55 seconds to play.

Again the Bulldogs took over, needing to go 80 yards. A Ben Bailey sack of passer Dustin Satterlee put the Bulldogs in a hole

near midfield and looked like it might seal the vic-tory. With 10 seconds to play the Bulldogs called time out and drew up a trick play that would be a dagger in the hearts of Ti-ger fans. Satterlee passed to a receiver in the right flat, who then lateraled the ball to Keynan Scheu-rich, who ran 48 yards for the touchdown as time expired and the Tigers fell 50-46. The Bulldogs would finish the league without a loss for the ti-tle. Their only two losses

would be to Webb City, which went on to win the Class 4 state champion-ship, 28-14, over Helias Catholic.

The Bulldogs finished with 484 of total offense, while Lamar had 513, 493 of which came on the ground.

Following the state championship win de-fensive end and tight end Sam Bailey harkened back to the loss, saying that it motivated the Ti-gers to make changes that improved them.

"It (the loss) gave us a feeling in our stomach that we never wanted to go through again," he said. The Tigers wouldn't play another close game the remainder of the sea-son as they blew through opponents on their way to the title.

The Tigers rebounded the following week at Monett with a 47-0 shut-out. Beshore, back after missing time to an injury, scored on runs of seven and 65 yards to get things going. He would run for 95 yards on only eight at-tempts. Petersen led the way with 124 yards. De-fensive end Ben Bailey and sophomore lineback-er Jed Stahl led the Tiger defense as they came back from the rough contest against Carl Junction. Each had eight tackles and Bailey had a pair of sacks.

The Tigers went four more quarters the next week without giving up a point as they hosted the East Newton Patriots on a rainy homecom-ing night. Petersen went around the right end 63

yards for a touchdown on the Tigers first play from scrimmage and they went on to a 63-0 win. Beshore ran for 108 yards on only six carries and the Tigers led 42-0 at the half. Bartlett and Lexa Curtis were crowned king and queen prior to the game under the cover of umbrellas.

The Aurora Houndawgs came into week nine with a 4-4 record, but played well early, taking a 6-0 lead after scoring on their first possession. The Ti-gers struck back and left Aurora with a 60-18 win. Lamar led 41-12 at the half. Bailey's team scored 27 unanswered points to finish the first half. The Tigers opened the second half with a Petersen to Beshore touchdown pass. The Tiger youngsters would get into the act often throughout the sea-son in mop-up work late in games and frequently scored against the oppo-nent's starting defenses. Colton Divine caught a 15 yard touchdown pass from Derek Henderson to wrap up the scoring.

Last season saw a newly revamped playoff format that worked out well for the Tigers and this sea-son yielded the same re-sults. The Tigers started district play Halloween

night with a 63-6 drub-bing of visiting El Dorado Springs. Bailey, a Lamar High School alum, led his team into his college alma mater six days later when the Tigers faced Warsaw at Pittsburg State Uni-versity in nearby Pitts-burg, Kan. Several days of heavy rains had created a very soggy field at Thom-as O'Sullivan Stadium, so the game was moved to Carney Smith Stadium which features artificial turf.

No strangers to playing in a big stadium because of their experience play-ing at the Edward Jones Dome in Saint Louis, the Tigers came out of the gates on fire, relish-ing the opportunity to play where so many ter-rific Pitt State teams have played. The Tigers de-fense forced a three-and-out on Warsaw's opening possession and on fourth down senior defensive back Landon Compton burst through to block the punt. Brandon Eaves recovered it in the end zone for a touchdown. Compton would finish the scoring with a 32 yard interception return for a touchdown. In between the Tigers would score 10 touchdowns as they

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Lamar Democrat/Chris MorrowLamar fans had a lot to cheer about Friday afternoon at the Edward Jones Dome in Saint Louis, where Scott Bailey’s team won its third straight Class

2 State Championship with a 42-0 win over Lawson.

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Lamar Democrat/Chris MorrowLamar senior defensive back Jared Beshore comes up to make a tackle

on Lawson’s Dakota Smidt after he makes a catch early in the Class 2 title game Friday. Also shown is Johnny Brooks.

Lamar Democrat/Chris MorrowMembers of the Tigers defense close in on a Lawson ball carrier during

Friday’s 42-0 Class 2 State Championship win. Shown for Lamar are Mark Bartlett (No. 14), Keegan Duncan (No. 57), Todd Morrow (No. 10), Derek Henderson (No. 48), Anthony Wilkerson (No. 43) and Ben Brisbin (No. 4).


exploded for an 84-6 vic-tory. He would also lead the team with 11 tackles.

The Tigers amassed 555 yards of total offense on only 35 rushing attempts. Beshore had two carries

for 105 yards. Petersen had 116. Warsaw's lone touchdown came on a 65 yard pass which account-ed for more than half of Warsaw's total yardage.

Five days later the Ti-

gers hosted the Ash Grove Pirates for the Class 2 District 4 champi-onship contest and blast-ed them 72-0. Once again the Tigers defense flexed its muscles. Pirate run-

ning back Logan Allred had come into the contest with over 2,000 yards on the ground. He finished the contest with negative six yards on 11 carries. Offensively the Tigers put 42 points on the board in the second quarter alone. Beshore scored four touchdowns, two as run-ner, one as a receiver on a pass from Petersen, and one on an interception re-turn.

The Mountain View Liberty Eagles have had some very good football teams in the last four years but they have been unable to get past the Ti-gers. All four years Lamar has eliminated them from the playoffs. This time it was by a score of 35-0 even though the Eagles came into the game as the Missouri sportswriter's number one ranked team in Class 2.

The Tigers held the Ea-gles to 202 yards of total offense. Ben Kluhsman and McDonald each had interceptions. The Tigers offense racked up 413 yards on the ground and 56 through the air.

The following Satur-day the Tigers made an-other long road trip, this time all the way to Saint Louis as they faced Lu-theran North in the Class 2 semifinal on a clear cold afternoon. The Tigers dominance continued with a 70-7 win over the Crusaders.

It simply isn't possible to have a successful foot-

ball team without a good offensive line. To put up the kind of numbers that the Tigers put up re-quires a dominant group up front, which is exactly what the Tigers rolled out there each game. Playing across the front was left tight end, senior William O'Brien (6-foot-2, 235 pounds); the left tackle was senior Jimmy Keutzer (6-foot-5, 275 pounds); the left guard was junior Trenton Mooney (6-foot-5, 230 pounds); the center was senior Jackson Gilkey (5-foot-10, 220 pounds); the right guard was senior Ben Bailey (6-foot-7, 230 pounds); the right tackle was junior Angus Spren-kle (6-foot 250 pounds) and the right tight end was senior Sam Bailey (6-foot-6, 250 pounds).

The offensive line opened holes all after-noon as the Tigers rushed for 538 yards and added 65 through the air. Pe-tersen had 292 yards rushing on 17 tries, most of them up the middle. Bartlett chipped in on special teams with an 84 yard kick return to pay dirt. The Tigers led 42-0 at the half.

The Tigers turned around and head back to Saint Louis for the Class 2 state champion-ship game the following

Friday against Lawson and pounded the Cardi-nals 42-0 for their third straight title. Employing a rarely used option play that had Petersen read-ing the defensive end and either keeping the ball or giving it to Beshore, the Tigers overcame a slug-gish start to score 21 sec-ond quarter points to lead 28-0 at the half. Beshore erupted for scoring runs of 31, 75 and 41 yards and Tripp Tucker followed with a 25 yard touch-down. Petersen would add an eight yard run and Embry would score from 38 out to set the final.

Beshore finished with 212 yards on only 11 car-ries. Petersen had 152 on 24 carries. Taffner ran six times for 52 yards while Embry had 47 yards on the ground and Tucker added 27. The Tigers rushed for 518 yards to Lawson's 77. The Tigers defense held the Cardi-nals to seven first downs in the game.

The Tigers finished their season with a record of 14-1 and very nearly set a national scoring re-cord, amassing 883 points for an average of nearly 59 points a game. De-fensively the Tigers held opponents to 118 points

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Lamar Democrat/Chris MorrowLamar senior quarterback Levi Petersen breaks loose from the pack

for one of his long ground gains during the Tigers 42-0 win in the Class 2 State Championship contest with Lawson Friday at the Edward Jones Dome in Saint Louis. In the background are members of the Tigers front seven that keyed the rushing attack. On the left is center Jackson Gilkey. Junior guard Angus Sprenkle and senior tight end William O’Brien (right) are also pictured.


or just under eight per game. The Tigers shat-tered the state scoring record and approached the national record of 903 points held by Albemar-le, N.C., set in 16 games in 2001. Refugio, Texas scored 891 in 15 games in 2011 and the Tigers sit at third place having bounced Bloomington, Calif. down to the fourth spot. They scored 880 in 14 games in 1994.

In a conversation about the best Class 2 football teams in Missouri his-tory, a serious case could be made for the Tigers. Against other Class 2 teams they outscored their competition 440-27.

Bailey coached teams have never been about individual statistics, but it's certainly worth noting some of them. Petersen ran 231 times for 2,334

yards and 38 touchdowns. He passed for 347 yards and six touchdowns. He accounted for 270 points. Beshore ran 106 times for 1,458 yards and 26 touch-downs. He was the team's leading receiver with 11 catches for 249 yards and three touchdowns. He returned kicks for three touchdowns. Tripp Tucker ran 66 times for 550 yards and 10 touch-downs. Taffner had 835 yards on 87 carries. As a team the Tigers ran for 6,828 yards and passed for 398 yards.

Defensively the Tigers were led in tackles by defensive back Landon Compton who had 105. He had a sack, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and an interception. Se-nior linebacker JT Tuck-er, a key cog in all three of the Tigers titles, had

82 stops. Sophomore Jed Stahl had 77 tackles and three and half sacks and a pair of fumble recoveries. Defensive tackle Brandon Eaves had 58 tackles and five sacks to go with a pair of fumble recoveries. Sam Bailey had 53 tackles, three and a half sacks and three forced fumbles. Ju-nior defensive tackle John Rice had 56 tackles, five and a half sacks and two forced fumbles. Beshore led the Tigers with seven interceptions. Bartlett and McDonald each had four interceptions and 43 tackles.

Morrow, the team's sophomore kicker, con-tributed with impressive stats as well. He hit 98 of 114 extra point attempts and 4-of-7 field goals. He scored 110 points. He also averaged 33 yards per punt. He punted 17 times on the year.

The senior members of the Tigers finished their

careers with a record of 51-8 -- a legacy that won't be forgotten by Tigers fans.

Senior members of the 2013 team include: Dal-

ton Cooper, Ben Brisbin, Petersen, David Dambre, Bartlett, Compton, Be-shore, Cade Payne, Taff-ner, Chandler Drollinger, JT Tucker, Tyler Mus-

grove, Eaves, Gilkey, Ethan Lawrence, Cody Hayworth, Keutzer, B. Bailey, Rice, O'Brien and S. Bailey.

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Lamar Democrat/Chris Morrow2013 Missouri Class 2 State Champions. Photo courtesy of Terry Redman

Edward Jones Dome in Saint Louis, scene of Lamar's third win for the State Championship.

Photo courtesy of Terry RedmanLamar High School's cheerleaders kept everyone in good spirits while

the football team competed for the championship for the third time.


state Champs

Photos courtesy of Terry RedmanA few moments captured during the Championship game held Friday, Nov. 29.

Wednesday, December 11, 2013 • Section B

Edward Jones Ranks No. 1 in national surveyFor the 19th time the fi-

nancial services firm Edward Jones ranked No. 1 in Wealth-Management.com/REP. mag-azine's annual survey of the nation's six largest financial services firms, according to local Edward Jones Financial Advisor Pat Barr. The maga-zine randomly selects finan-cial advisors nationwide and asks them to rank their firms

in various categories.Edward Jones' overall score was 9.5 out of 10

possible points. The firm scored top marks across the board, earning near perfect scores in overall ethics (9.8) and public image (9.7), according to WealthManagement.com.

"This honor is a testament to the enduring strength of our firm values, our trade offs and our partnership," said Barr. "We are guided by a clear mission to serve the serious, long-term individual investor and to provide the best career-long op-portunity for financial advisors who take pride in their work and appreciate the importance of the work we do."

Edward Jones financial advisors gave the firm some of the highest scores in the technology and

training category, scoring high above the other five firms in every sub-category which includes the quality of technology, clarity and online access of client account statements and ongoing training.

According to WealthManagement.com, be-tween October 7 and November 7, invitations were emailed to print subscribers and advisors from various firms in the Meridian-AIQ database requesting participation in an online survey. By November 7, 2,333 completed responses were re-ceived. Financial advisors rated their current em-ployers on 33 items related to their satisfaction. Ratings are based on a 1-to-10 scale, with 10 rep-resenting the highest satisfaction level.

Barton County retired teachers hold Christmas

banquet, also discuss perceived threats to Missouri

public educationBy RICHARD COOPERDemocrat staff writer

[email protected]

LAMAR-The Retired Educators of the Barton County Area (REBCA) met at noon, December 4, in the Law Chapel of the Lamar United Method-ist Church for their an-nual Christmas banquet. Forty-two members and guests attended.

Following the meal, a humorous and highly entertaining skit was pro-vided by Nancy Hughes and Bill Camp. The event closed with Carol Hanshaw, chairperson of the social committee, reading two Biblical pas-sages, the prophesy of the birth of Jesus and a description of His birth. Before the reading, she stated definitively that reading the passages in-volved church and state, but she felt everyone should hear once again the reason for Christmas and its observance.

Prior to the skit, a brief informational presenta-tion was made about two proposed constitutional amendments being circu-lated around the state in quest of signatures on pe-titions. The objective is to bring both to a statewide vote in 2014.

Both amendments are backed by Rex Sinque-field, a retired St. Louis financial executive who

has been active in Mis-souri politics and phil-anthropic causes. It has been purported by the Missouri Retired Teach-ers Association (MRTA) that Sinquefield is op-posed to public schools, choosing instead to turn education over to private schools. One part of the first proposed amend-ment would end teacher tenure, while another part would require that at least 50 percent of teacher evaluations be based on student test scores. Fail-ure to meet the test score requirement would result in termination. Another part would prohibit any lawsuits challenging test scores as the reason for termination.

The second proposed amendment has been called “The Children’s Education Initiative” and would require that at least $90 million per year be taken from the state’s public education budget and transferred to a voucher program that would put tax dollars into private schools.

Jim Krieder, the execu-tive director of MRTA, has noted that MRTA, the Missouri State Teachers Association (MSTA), and the Missouri National Education Association (MNEA) are working together to inform the public how detrimental these proposed amend-ments are to public edu-

cation and teachers. The Missouri School Board Association and Missouri Association of School Administrators have also joined the opposition to the two proposed amend-ments.

Legislative chairmen from parts of central Mis-souri report that backers of the two amendments are already gathering signatures, and in some cases are concentrating on church meetings with considerable success.

Krieder also has pointed out that the State Com-missioner of Elementary and Secondary Educa-tion, Chris Nicastro, has met secretly with a lobby-ist of Sinquefield’s to help craft language for both proposed amendments. Published reports tell of requests for Nicastro to resign. Krieder has com-mented in an e-mail to MRTA members, “Looks like a traitor among us!” He also has alerted all MRTA members in a leg-islative alert not to sign any petitions.

The next meeting of the Retired Educators of the Barton County Area will be at 9 a.m., January 8, 2014, in the Fellow-ship Hall of the Lamar First Christian Church. Breakfast will be available at 8:30. The meeting will be a week later than usual due to the first Wednes-day of January being New Year’s Day.

Lamar Democrat/Richard Cooper

Barton County retired teachers enjoyed their annual Christmas banquet, December 4, in the Law Chapel of the Lamar United Methodist Church. Forty-two members and guests attended.

Lamar Democrat/Melody MetzgerThe First Baptist Church in Lamar held its annual Thanksgiving Day

dinner on Thursday, Nov. 28. Approximately 475 meals were served to the large crowd on hand, including meals that were also delivered or picked up. This is a yearly event that the church has been doing as a service to the community for many years.

First Baptist Church holds annual

Thanksgiving dinner

LOCKWOOD-Come-N-Dine was held on Thanksgiving Day at the Family Life Center in Lockwood. Those that

attended enjoyed a time of food and fellowship. A banquet of turkey and ham with all the trim-mings was presented to

the welcomed guests. Or-ganizers were pleased to have so many attending

Decision on contractor for Golden City waste water plant delayed GOLDEN CITY-Due to delays

caused by the extended Thanksgiv-ing weekend, final paperwork had not been completed in time to award the contract for a new waste water treat-ment plant when the Golden City Board of Aldermen met on December 3. Two days later the paperwork was completed, and a special meeting was set for December 6 to make a decision. However, inclement weather caused the cancellation of that meeting, and a final decision is yet to be made. Mayor Henry Lopez says the bids are valid for 90 days, so there is plenty of time for evaluating the bids and making a final

decision. At the time this is written, another special meeting of the board has not been set. The lowest of seven bidders was Smith and Edwards Con-struction of Mountain Grove, who submitted a base bid of $2,831,381.

In its regular December 3 meeting, the board approved renewal of a con-tract with the Empire District Electric Company for electrical service for the city for a two-year period. At that time, the contract will automatically renew for two more years. The total years for the agreement shall not ex-ceed 10 years.

Board member Steven Vonier, chair-

man of the police committee, reported that his committee met with Sheriff Mitchell Shaw about a law enforce-ment agreement between his depart-ment and the city, but they could not reach an agreement. Shaw wanted a contract with more hours than the city was seeking. Shaw agreed to take the contract back to his office and dis-cuss the matter with the deputy likely to draw the Golden City assignment. Nothing further has been heard from the sheriff, which prompted Mayor Henry Lopez to ask the board to con-sider hiring someone to serve as city code enforcement officer. The matter

will be on the agenda at the board’s next meeting, January 6, 2014.

Public Works Director Greg Lowe told the board that all four of the city’s emergency generators have been test-ed and are fully operational. He added that there is a possibility he could ap-ply to purchase a 60k portable genera-tor from the Missouri Department of Conservation. Mayor Lopez instruct-ed him to pursue the matter further.

In communications received by the city, Lopez said the cable television provider for the city, Mediacom, has announced a rate increase effective in January, 2014.

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CatTracks swim team competes

� e CatTracks swim team, along with eight other teams from across the southern part of the state, competed in the Monett Area YMCA Marlins Invitational on November 9. Each com-petitor was permitted to swim in up to three indi-vidual races and in up to two relays. First through eighth place scored points in each event. High Point trophies were awarded to the top two � nishers in each age and gender cat-egory.

Twelve swimmers from the Lamar area partici-pated in the swim meet as members of the Cat-Tracks team. High Point winners included Kenna Roland (High Point Girls 15-21: 100 yd backstroke, 1st; 50 yd freestyle, 1st; 100 yd butter� y, 1st);

Mary Bean (High Point Girls 11-12: 200 yd free-style, 1st; 50 yd. freestyle, 1st; 100 yd freestyle, 1st); Zane Reavley (High Point Boys 9-10: 100 yd IM, 1st; 50 yd breaststroke, 2nd; 50 yd freestyle, 1st); Macy Bean (High Point Girls 9-10: 100 yd IM, 1st; 50 yd freestyle, 2nd; 100 yd freestyle, 1st); Kaitlyn Davis (High Point Girls 9-10 Runner-up: 50 yd breaststroke, 2nd; 50 yd freestyle, 1st; 50 yd but-ter� y, 2nd) and Cameron Sturgell (High Point 7-8 Boys: 100 yd IM, 1st; 25 yd freestyle, 1st; 25 yd butter� y, 1st).

� e remaining Cat-Tracks swimmers from the Lamar area also turned in strong perfor-mances, including Ryan Davis, 7-8 Boys, (4th place overall: 25 yd back-

stroke, 2nd; 25 yd breast-stroke, 3rd; 25 yd butter-� y, 3rd); Emma Moore, 11-12 Girls, (5th place overall: 200 yd IM, 3rd; 50 yd breaststroke, 1st; 50 yd backstroke, 4th); Nick Moore, 9-10 Boys, (100 yd IM, 4th; 50 yd backstroke, 2nd; 50 yd freestyle, 6th); Ezekiel Ramirez, 9-10 Boys, (2nd place over-all: 100 yd IM, 3rd; 50 yd freestyle, 3rd; 100 yd free-style, 2nd); Meghan Wat-son, 9-10 Girls, (5th place overall: 100 yd IM, 6th; 50 yd butter� y, 1st; 100 yd freestyle, 3rd); and, Jen-sen Worsley, 13-14 Girls, 100 yd breaststroke, 2nd; 200 yd freestyle, 5th; 50 yd freestyle, 3rd).

� e 8 & Under Boys 100 yd Medley and Freestyle relays (with R. Davis and Sturgell); the 10 & Un-der Girls 200 yd Medley

and Freestyle relays (with Macy Bean, K. Davis, and Watson); the 10 & Under Boys 200 yd Medley and Freestyle relays (with N. Moore, Ramirez, and Reavley); the 12 & Under 200 yd Medley and Free-

style Relays (with Mary Bean and E. Moore) and the Women’s 21 & Under Freestyle Relay (with Ro-land), all took � rst place. � e CatTracks team cap-tured the second place team trophy, � nishing be-

hind only the host team, Monett. � is was the � nal swim meet of the fall in-door season.

November average in temperature, de� cient in moisture

By RICHARD COOPERDemocrat sta� writer

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LAMAR-November exited the scene a� er a very average perfor-mance in temperature. A statisti-cal average, that is. � e mean tem-perature for the month was 44.13 degrees, just 0.57 of a degree below the long term average of 44.70. � e warmest daily temperature was 70 degrees on the 18th, and the low-est was 14 on the 24th. Neither was anywhere near the record temper-atures for the dates. For anyone who is interested, the record high temperature for the 18th is 76 de-grees which was recorded in 1958, and the record low for the 24th is a bone chilling 9 degrees that oc-curred back in 1950.

November was stingy with its

precipitation; only 1.32 inches fell into the gauge of the Barton Coun-ty Electric Co-op, which is Lamar’s o� cial weather station. � at total fell on only three dates, 0.34 on the 5th, 0.86 on the 6th, and 0.12 on the 16th. � e only snow was a few barely discernible � akes on the 6th.

� e total precipitation for the � rst 11 months of 2013 now comes to 45.49 inches, which is 1.51 inch-es greater than the 12-month total. Consequently, whatever falls in December will be bonus precipita-tion.

As this is being written, the Na-tional Weather Service is cau-tioning the public about the � rst winter storm of the season. It may produce the � rst accumulation of snow and/or ice since the freakish storm that surprised all of us back on May 3.

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Water conservation issues discussed at Dade County Commission meeting

By CAROLYN HEADDade County reporter

GREENFIELD-� e Dade County Commis-sion met November 18, 9 a.m., with Presiding Com-missioner Randy Daniel, Western Commissioner David Rusch, Eastern Com-missioner Dallas Maxwell and County Clerk Melinda Wright, present.

Daniel said that Gale Law-rence had reported that someone owned the land where the brush was be-ing dozed down to replace a fence. It turned out that there was a lot more chain saw work to be done so it was decided to doze it all down. Daniel stated that they would look at the area

in question.Daniel then reported that

there would be a mitigation meeting with Bob Kitsmill-er that day.

� ere was a question re-garding the townships, with no input at this time.

� e commission discussed the need for having internet access in the commission meeting. No decision was made.

� e minutes from No-vember 12 were approved as corrected. Ongoing CAFO issues were discussed.

Bob Jackson with Gary Gibson, Roddy Rogers and Wade Stensnard, executives from Spring� eld Utilities, met with the commission. � ey advised that the lake was over 90 percent in good

shape. � ey discussed some of the ways that they had been trying to conserve wa-ter and getting customers to conserve water. CU has purchased full allocation right to use regarding future needs. � e biggest users of water are hospitals, univer-sities, Kra� Foods and dairy farmers. Daniel asked about the water quality and said that citizens were concerned with the quality changes. CU does use a lot of chemi-cals in the water. � e group asked the commission to let them know if they needed anything or had any ques-tions.

� e commission checked on a complaint regarding a sign that had been put up that did not belong.

Manholes in Green� eld to be relinedGREENFIELD-Mayor

Wynes called the Green-� eld City Council to or-der on November 5, fol-lowed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll call was taken and those present were Jack Pugh, Vicki

Lollar, Cathy Harrington, Bob White and Attorney Allen Rose and his wife Sherry. Beth Wright was absent.

� e minutes of the Oc-tober 1 meeting were unanimously accepted as

read.A motion was made by

White and seconded by Pugh to donate the bicy-cles in the county clerk’s o� ce to the Men’s Civic Club for a Christmas project. � ree yes votes

followed. A� er discus-sion, it was unanimously determined to change the RV park monthly rent rate from $400 to $300. � e weekly rate and daily rate will stay the same.

A bid from Mitchell

Boggs was accepted on three yes votes. � e bid was for $3600 to rebuild the shelter over the pool � lters and pumps.

It was determined to have � ve to seven man-holes relined. � e main-

tenance supervisor stated that they were in bad need of repair because of the extra water that goes into them and � lls up the lagoons. With no further business the meeting was adjourned.

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The CatTracks swim team � nished second at the Monett Area YMCA Invitational on Saturday, Nov. 9. The team is comprised of swimmers from the Southwest Missouri area. Forty-three members of the CatTracks team competed at the event. Pictured with their team trophy are row one, left to right, Dakotah Santillan and Aubree Santillan; row two, Macy Bean and Kaitlyn Davis; row three, Mary Bean, Kenna Roland, Hunter Santillan and Coach Lyman Burr and row four, Coach Susan Roland and Ryan Davis.

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By LEXI PHIPPSClub Reporter

� e annual 4-H Rec-ognition Banquet was at-

tended by Davis, Roland, Phipps, Sho� and Shaw family members of the 4-H City Clovers. Noah Shaw, Kaitlyn Davis and

Lexi Phipps received the Outstanding Member Award for the year.

Kaitlyn Davis and Lexi Phipps had their name engraved on the Share the Fun plaque. All attending members were recognized for their work for the year.

Upcoming activities include caroling, win-ter door decorations and cookie plates.

Lockwood R-1 releases � rst quarter honor rollLOCKWOOD-� e

� rst quarter honor roll has been released by Lockwood schools.

A Honor RollEIGHTH GRADE-

Makkenzie Cerrone, Cade Holman, Rylee Neill, Lucas Nentrup, Daisy Patton and No-elle Schnelle.

SEVENTH GRADE- Heather Byrnes.

SIXTH GRADE- Joe Cota.

FIFTH GRADE- Hannah Dunagan, Ri-ley Duncan, Resse Fyfe, Johnny Gilleland and Makinley Neill.

FOURTH GRADE- Payton Berona, Zain Masterson, Haley McElroy, Elijah Petten-gill and Braxton Rout-ledge.

THIRD GRADE- Jus-tin Aldridge, Donovan Borchardt, Blake Cos-sins, Kolton Gulick,

Josie Morrow, Owen Neely, Adrien Neill, Tristan Osterdyk, Ryleigh Stephens and Nick Xiong.

A/B Honor RollEIGHTH GRADE-

RoxSanna Allen, Zach Brewer, Moriah Coose, Elizabeth Cossins, Ra-ven Duncan, Jayd Forst, Kaylee Kennon, Brady Oeltjen and Dakota Reynolds.

SEVENTH GRADE- Samantha Bayless, Hope Dunagan, Mckenzie Ken-non, Kourtney Mein, Makenzie Purinton and Abriel Vaughn.

SIXTH GRADE- Me-gan Berlekamp, Emma Bronson, Tylar Morrow, Lakin Neill, Gaege Queen and Hunter Stump.

FIFTH GRADE- Tuck-er Berry, Brianna Burton, Dean Clabough, Natalee Decker, Tyler Dubs, Tar-ryn Glenn, Jamie Kramer, Daphne Moss and Spen-cer Neal.

FOURTH GRADE- Judd Forbus, Hannah Kennon, Katy Mann, Cody Oeltjen, Haiden Queen, Landon Stump and Dusty Timmons.

THIRD GRADE- Cher-yl Danner, Mason Turner, Rafe Duncan, Cael Mc-Millan, Joel Trolinder and Tahya Woods.

Lockwood High School has also released its � rst quarter honor roll.

All A Honor RollMadison Allen, Em-

ily Backs, Katelyn Backs, Kelsey Bartlett, Grace Beerly, Morgan Brewer, Kaygan Bruner, Alexis Byrnes, Brent Chambers, Dakota Comer, Madison Coose, Ramsey Divine, Teresa French, Shea Fyfe, Mixala Gillen, Jolean Hackney, Dacia-Lynn In-gels, Ethan Manke, Jessica Nentrup, Samantha Pat-ton, Tanner Patton, Mer-edith Robinson, Ashley Rorman, Maggie Schmie-

gelow, Benjamin Schnelle, Hayden Vaughn.

A/B Honor RollLauren Allen, Jar-

ed Bayless, Cameron Berona, Kyle Bouldin, Karson Bruner, Jake Byrnes, Emma Coose, Jonathon Cossins, Dylan Dubbs, � omas Egger-man, Alyson England, Matthew England, Olivia Finley, Christian Foster, Noble Foster, Madison Hamilton, Heidi Hicks, Gage Hooper, Abby Ju-lian, Kristy Mann, Brit-tany McElroy, Desiree McNeece, Kelsey Mein, Olivia Nentrup, Robert Oeltjen, Mackenzie Os-born, Destiney Patterson, Mercedee Sangster, Ellen Schnelle, Noah Schnelle, Shelby Singleton, Darby Snider, Noah Sowell, Darian Sparkman, Nolan Sparkman, Noah Stand-hardt, Savannah Wakel-ing, Brady Waters, Shinez Wilkinson.

SCHOOL/MISCELLANEOUS

Second quarter LCTC Stars

� e sta� at Lamar Ca-reer and Technical Center has announced the LCTC Stars for the second quar-ter. � ese students ex-emplify a strong work ethic, great attitude and cooperative spirit. Two students are chosen from each program.

� e students are as fol-lows: Ryan Luthi and Isaac Gariss, Lamar, Agricultural; Nick Col-lier, Liberal, and Austin Fonger, Jasper, Auto Me-chanics; Kelly VanKirk and Chloe Strong, Lamar, Business; Reed Worsley, Sheldon, and Dylan In-man, Lamar, Carpentry; Jacob Rice and Stanley Hurt, Lamar, Dra� ing/

Woods; Anna Andrews and Mickenzy McCarter, Lamar, English.

Jasper Nelson, Gold-en City, and Macken-zie Townsend, Lamar, Graphic Design; Alyx Esposito, Green� eld, and Kimber Kirby, La-mar, Health Occupa-tions; Christian Foster, Lockwood, and Chandler Drollinger, Lamar, Ma-chine Tool; Lia Yeghoy-ants and Derek Hender-son, Lamar, Marketing; Gage Hooper, Lockwood, and John Rice, Lamar, Welding.

� e instructors are ex-tremely proud of these students. Congratula-tions!

LHS FCCLA Chapter to

sponsor canned food/hygiene product drive

� e Lamar High School FCCLA Chapter will sponsor a canned food and hygiene product drive from December 9-13. It will bene� t the Barton County Salvation Army Christmas Project and Lamar Enterprise’s Christmas Party. Con-

tributors may donate any canned food item or hy-giene product at the high school o� ce between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m.

For information or questions about items to be donated call FCCLA Coordinator Melissa Pay-seur at 682-5571, ext. 423.

Juan Juarez, son of Carlos Juarez and Paula Romero, is the sixth grade Lamar Middle School Student of the Week. Juan loves soccer and has two dogs. He has three brothers. He also likes football.

Dacy Crockett, daughter of Dustin Crockett and Amanda Johnson, is the eighth grade Student of the Week at Lamar Middle School. Dacy likes to ride horses and hang out with her friends and family. Her favorite class is math. She also likes barrel racing and pole bending.

Amber Luthi, daughter of Calvin and Jodi Luthi, is the seventh grade Student of the Week at Lamar Middle School. Amber has three horses, one dog, a lot of cats and a lot of cattle. She has nine siblings. When she has spare time, she likes to play basketball or play catch with a football.

Pictured are members of the City Clover 4-H Club.

4-H City Clovers attend4-H Recognition

see CLOVERS, page 8B


RECORDSDEATHS & PAID MEMORIALSBRIEFS

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

FIBER ART GUILD WILL HOLD ITS Christmas meeting on � ursday, Dec. 19, 9 a.m., at Denny’s. Bring show and tell items, as well as a Christmas poem or item for roll call.LONG TIME LAMAR DEMOCRAT WRITER Chris Morrow will be signing copies of his newest novel, “� e Devil’s Choir”, Saturday, Dec. 14, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., at Vintage Stock at the Northpark Mall in Joplin.DR. RON WEBB, PASTOR OF MT. CALVARY Powerhouse Church in Poplar Blu� , will be the guest speaker at the Lamar First Assembly of God on Sun-day, Dec. 15, 6 p.m. and Monday, Dec. 16, 7 p.m. � e church is located at 1200 Mill in Lamar. For more in-formation call 417-682-2158.RICHLAND TOWNSHIP BOARD will meet � ursday, Dec. 19, 1 p.m., at the home of clerk Dale Huber, 694 SE 40th Lane.LAMAR COMMUNITY TEENS WILL host the La-mar CB Community Lighting Contest on Monday, Dec. 16. Anyone that would like to participate should have their decorations and lights in place turned on by 6 p.m. � e group will visit each ward and local business. � e winners in each category will receive Barton County Cash. For information call Elaine Da-vis at 682-3579.A FREE MOVIE MATINEE WILL BE HELD Mon-day, Jan. 6, 1 p.m., at the Mary K. Finley Library in Lamar. Refreshments will be served. For movie title and more details call the library at 682-5355.THE LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL FCCLA CHAPTER will sponsor a canned food and hygiene product drive from December 9-13. It will bene� t the Barton Coun-ty Salvation Army Christmas Project and Lamar En-terprise’s Christmas Party. Contributors may donate at the high school o� ce between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. For information call Melissa Payseur at 682-5571, ext. 423.OAKTON CHURCH’S 56TH ANNUAL Outdoor Living Nativity Pageant will be December 19, 20 and 21. Repeating half hour performances will be from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Admission is free!MILFORD TOWNSHIP ROAD BOARD meeting will be held � ursday, Dec. 12, 7 p.m., at 515 NE 88th Lane.THE DADE COUNTY DEMOCRAT CLUB will meet � ursday, Dec. 12, 2 p.m., at the Green� eld Community Building. � ere will be a planning ses-sion for 2014, as well as election of o� cers. A Christ-mas gi� from the club for a member in a nursing home will be wrapped for presentation. Closing will include co� ee and homemade cookies, as well as cards to sign to be sent to the sick or shut-ins. Ev-eryone is encouraged to attend.LAMAR LIONS CLUB WILL BE selling nuts dur-ing the Christmas Parade on � ursday, Dec. 12. � ey will be set up in front of Dot’s. For information call 681-0190, 417-214-5905 or 417-682-2673.BARTON COUNTY DEMOCRATS WILL meet Wednesday, Dec. 11, 6 p.m., in the basement of Lamar Memorial Hall. A Christmas potluck supper will be served. Various topics of business will be discussed. For more information call Roger Seeley at 417-842-3486. Everyone is welcomed.THE BARTON COUNTY LIBRARY BOARD of Trustees will meet Tuesday, Dec. 17, 9:30 a.m., at the Mary K. Finley Library in Lamar. � e tentative agen-da will include (1) � nancial report review including approval of bills paid, (2) minutes and (3) director’s report.FALL AWARD RECOGNITION FOR Lamar foot-ball and cheer will be held Monday, Dec. 16, 6 p.m., in the high school gymnasium.

BARTON COUNTY SENIOR CENTERLUNCH MENU: December 16-20

MONDAY- Cubed steak with rice and gravy, hominy, broccoli and cheese, wheat roll, mixed fruit, co� ee/tea/milk.TUESDAY- Taco salad with meat, cheese, beans, lettuce and tomatoes gelatin with pineapple, tostito chips, ice cream, co� ee/tea/milk.WEDNESDAY- Chicken sandwich or � sh sandwich,

macaroni and cheese, French fries, tomato juice, banana, co� ee/tea/milk.THURSDAY- Birthday dinner – Oven fried chicken, mashed potatoes, buttered peas and carrots, wheat roll, birthday cake with fruit, co� ee/tea/milk.FRIDAY- Barbecued pork chop, roasted pasta and vegetables, baked beans, wheat roll, sliced pears, co� ee/tea/milk.

MENU

Sara B Moore V Marcus J Moore, default judgment.

Becky Simms V Bryan Simms, consent judgment.

Cavalry SPV 1, LLC V Denzel D Gordon, con-sent judgment.

Madeline M Bennett V

Oliver D Bennett, default judgment.

Barton County Memo-rial Hospital V James A Beaumont, consent judg-ment.

Capital One Bank (USA), N.A. V John D Pahlow,

consent judgment.Portfolio Recovery As-

sociates V Lisa J Johnson, default judgment.

Tower Loan of Missouri V Jennifer Anderson, con-sent judgment.

Donald D Noll V Todd

Wilson, consent judg-ment.

COURT MISCELLANEOUS

LESTER CARL TAFFNER

LAMAR-Services were held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Weng Funeral Chapel in Jasper for Lester Carl Ta� ner, 72, Lamar, who died Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, at his home, follow-ing a lengthy illness.

Survivors include his wife, Carolyn, of the home; his mother, Fern Ta� ner, Nevada; a broth-er, Jerry Ta� ner and wife Karen, Lamar; a sister, Peggy Jo Gilkey and husband Joe, Nevada; a brother-in-law, Dean Dockery and wife Betty, Sugarland, Texas; three nephews, Jerod Lamb and wife Lisha, Sheldon, Joshua Lamb and wife Abbey, Sheldon and Ste-phen Dockery and wife Terrill, Wichita, Kan.; three nieces, Angie Schli-chting and husband Matt, Lamar, Susan Norris and husband Peter, Houston and LaDeana Dockery, Wichita, Kan.; several great nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, Carl Ta� ner; his in-laws, Cal-vin and Mae Dockery and a great-niece, Hannah RoseMarie Lamb.

Mr. Ta� ner was born Feb. 22, 1941, at Lamar, to Carl Asey and Fern Elizabeth (Walker) Ta� -ner. He was a retired live-stock farmer. In his early days he had a dairy herd, drove a milk truck and raised and trained horses. He also owned and oper-ated his own gravel truck and worked as a driver for an asphalt paving ma-chine for streets. He at-tended Boston Methodist Church as a boy.

He married Carolyn (Dockery) Ta� ner on

Dec. 19, 1960.

WILLIAM GARDNER MAGERS

SPRINGFIELD-Servic-es were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at King’s Way United Methodist Church for William Gardner Magers, 91, Spring� eld, who died Friday, Dec. 6, 2013, at his home at � e Manor at El� ndale. A pri-vate burial followed the service.

Arrangements were un-der the direction of Wal-nut Lawn Funeral Home, Ltd.

Memorial contributions may be made to Boys and Girls Club of Spring� eld, the Lucille Magers Schol-arship Fund at Cox Col-lege of Nursing or a char-ity of donor’s choice.

Survivors include a sis-ter, Betty Wood, Ozark; two sons, Bryan Magers and wife Chris, Spring-� eld and Randy Magers and wife Ellen, Spring-� eld; four grandchildren, Mark and Anne Magers and Bethany and Na-than Maddock; six great-grandchildren, Andrew, Benjamin and Claire, Bombarral, Portugal and Arianna, Isaac and Wyatt, Walnut Grove, and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in

death by his wife of 56 years, Lucille.

Mr. Magers was born Dec. 16, 1921 to Roy and Irene Magers. He began working at age seven, selling newspapers to help support his family. He continued to work as he attended Campbell, Jarrett and Senior High School in Spring� eld. He began refereeing bas-ketball while still in high school and continued that later in life. He was awarded the Southwest Missouri O� cials Associ-ation Hall of Fame Award because of his skills. He served in the US Army from 1942-46, complet-ing O� cer’s Candidate School and becoming a platoon leader. He came home a captain a� er serv-ing in Burma and India in World War II. A� er com-pleting air conditioning and refrigeration school in 1947 he worked for JB McCarty Plumbing and Heating. In 1955 he pur-chased his own air condi-tioning company, Ozark York.

He became involved with commercial real es-tate development in 1964 and started his banking experience with the pur-chase of Citizens State Bank of Marsh� eld in 1975. A� er acquiring Metropolitan National Bank in 1997, he served as its chairman of the board until his retirement in 2011.

He served on the Spring� eld School Board from 1966-1972. He was a member of Rotary for over 40 years and had been awarded the Paul Harris Fellow. He coached his sons in Kiwanis base-ball for many years. He was a member of Kings Way United Methodist

Church.

MARGEY MEDLIN

LAMAR-Services will be held at 2 p.m. today (Wednesday) at Konantz Warden Funeral Home for Margey E. Medlin, 87, Lamar, who died Sat-urday, Dec. 7, 2013. Dr. Mark Turnbaugh will of-� ciate. Burial will be in Lake Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Brent Stump, Aaron Stump, Doyle Lawrence, Gene Davis, Lonnie Frieden and Kevin Little. Hon-orary pallbearer is John Gilkey.

� e obituary may be viewed and condolenc-es sent online at www.konantzwarden.com.

Survivors include her husband, Robert Medlin, of the home; a daughter, Debbie Stump and hus-band Dale; three grand-children, Stacey, Brent and Aaron Stump, and two great-grandchildren, Jacob and Danyka Finley.

Mrs. Medlin was born Oct. 26, 1926, in Schaller, Iowa, to Clement and Gertrude (Bennett) Find-ley. She was a graduate of Lamar High School and attended college in Spring� eld. She was a dental assistant for the VA hospital in Chicago, Ill., and for more than one local dentist. She managed the state license o� ce in Lamar for many years and owned more than one business with her husband, the most notable being the Handy Stop. She was a member of Lamar United Method-ist Church.

She married Robert Medlin on Dec. 25, 1948, in Lamar.

� e following have � led a marriage license appli-

cation with the Barton County Recorder’s O� ce:

Daniel Craig Burns, 17, Jasper, and Cody Lee Ann

Carpenter, 17, Liberal.

MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATION

General Warranty Deed, � led November 20, 2013. David Ca-ruthers and Pamela J. Caruthers, Peggy Ban-wart and David R. Ban-wart, Scott T. Rice and Constance J. Rice, Sta-cia K. Herrbach and Jonathan R. Herrbach, to Charles E. Curless, Trustee of the Charles E. Curless Revocable Trust an undivided ½ interest and Janet M. Curless, Trustee of the Janet M. Curless Revocable Trust and undivided ½ inter-est: All of lot 7, block 3, Humphrey’s Addition to Lamar, Barton County, Missouri.

Warranty Deed, � led November 20, 2013. Dorothy L. Ames of Bar-ton County, Missouri to David R. Leivan and Tamra L. Leivan of Bar-ton County, Missouri: All of the north half of lots 1 and 2 in block 4 of Tucker’s Addition to the City of Lamar, Barton County, Missouri.

General Warranty Deed, � led Novem-ber 21, 2013. Luther Leon Lamb to David D. Parks and Angelia M. parks: Commencing at the southwest corner of southeast quarter of section 7, township 31, range 30, Barton Coun-ty, Missouri, thence S 88 degrees 40’05” E along the south line of said sec-tion 7 a distance of 64.58 feet to the point of be-

ginning, thence N 01 de-grees 18’07” W along the east right-of-way line of Highway KK a distance of 280.34 feet, thence N 86 degrees 00’40” E a distance of 553.38 feet, thence S 00 degrees 04’07” W a distance of 321.44 feet, thence N 88 degrees 40’05” W along the south line of said section 7 a distance of 545.42 the point of be-ginning, containing 4.05 acres.

Warranty Deed, � led November 22, 2013. Ian Cloyd of Barton Coun-ty, Missouri, to Aaron G. Palma and Alexan-dra I. Palma of Barton County, Missouri: All of lots 3 and 4 in block 1 of Wolfe’s Addition to Iantha, Barton County, Missouri.

Warranty Deed, � eld November 22, 2013. Bruce Sprinkle and Mar-veline Sprinkle of Bar-ton County, Missouri to Janice M. Heckert or her successors as trustees of the Janice M. Heckert Revocable Trust of Bar-ton County, Missouri: A portion of the south

half of the north half of section 5, township 31, range 33, Barton Coun-ty, Missouri.

Warranty Deed, � led November 26, 2013. Howard Edward Rice and Marybell Rice of Vernon County, Mis-souri and Raymond Shellhorn and Shirley Mae Shellhorn of Jack-son County, Missouri to Danny W. Rice and Laverna Rice of Bar-ton County, Missouri and Cli� ord Rice and Christy L. Rice of Barton County, Missouri: All of the southeast quarter of the southeast quar-ter, and a strip of land one rod wide o� of and across the east side of the southwest quarter of southeast quarter and a second strip of land also in section 3, township 33, range 31, in Barton County, Missouri.

General Warranty Deed, � led November 27, 2013. Duwayne H. Carroll to Luthi Rent-als, LLC: A tract in the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of sec-

PROPERTY TRANSFERS

� anks for reading

see PROPERTY, page 5B


IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF BARTON

COUNTY,MISSOURI

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

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

PURSUANT TO 473.587 RSMo

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE:

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

OBJECTIONS to the Final Settlement or Petition for Distribution shall be � led in writing within twenty days a� er � ling of the � nal Settlement.

s-Patrick E. Barr,Personal Representative

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF BARTON COUNTY, MISSOURIPROBATE DIVISION

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

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT(RSMo. 473.587

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

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

Court.OBJECTIONS to the Final

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

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

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT(RSMo. 473.587

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

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

OBJECTIONS to the Final Settlement or Petition for Distribution shall be � led in writing within twenty days a� er � ling of the Final Settlement.FLANIGAN, LASLEY & MOORE, LLPBy Judy C. MooreMissouri Bar No. 48338130 W. 4th St., P.O. Box 272Carthage, Missouri 64836Telephone: 417-358-2127

Fax: 417-358-5335s-Jodi Luthi,Personal Representative of the Estate of Orlan Kellenberger, Deceased

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NOTICE OF FILING FOR LIBERAL

R-II BOARD OF EDUCATION

Quali� ed applicants for the Liberal R-II Board of Education may � le for o� ce during regular working hours and days in session, beginning on Tuesday, December 17, 2013 from 7:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. � e Board of Education O� ce will be closed during Christmas recess beginning at 3:30 p.m. on � ursday, December 19, 2013 and ending Sunday, January 5, 2014. Filing will resume, following the Christmas recess, on Monday, January 6, 2014 at 7:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. on days when school is in session. � e � ling period will end at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 21, 2014.Candidates must be a citizen of the United States, a resident taxpayer of the district who has resided in Missouri for one year, a resident of the school district for 30 days, and at least 24 years of age.Filings take place in the Liberal R-II Schools Board/Superintendent O� ce, Liberal, Missouri. Filing shall be done with Carol Marti – Board Treasurer or William Harvey – Superintendent. � e terms of Gary Smith, Christie Ulrich and Brian Williams will be expiring in April 2014. � ree Board members will be elected.

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Notice of FilingGolden City R-III School

Board of ElectionThe school board candidate filing for the April 8, 2014 General Election begins at 8 a.m. December 17, 2013 and ends at 5 p.m. January 21, 2014. A candidate must be a U.S. citizen, a resident taxpayer of the district, a resident of Missouri for at least one year before the election, be at least 24 years old and eligible in accordance with Missouri law. Newly elected board members are required to complete 16 hours of orientation and training within one year of election.Qualified applicants for school board director may file at the Superintendent’s office located at 1208 Walnut Street, Golden City, Missouri, during the district’s regular business hours, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Filing will not occur on days that the school district’s offices are closed due to inclement weather. The office will close for the Christmas holidays, December 23, 2013 and will reopen January 6, 2014.Candidate positions available include three three-year terms. Board members whose terms expire are Mitch Davis,

RECORDS/LEGALS

LEGALS

see LEGALS, page 6BEqual HousingOpportunity

Property, continued from page 4B

tion 35, township 31, range 31, Barton Coun-ty, Missouri.

General Warranty Deed, � led November 27, 2013. Gary Conrad Harper by his attorney-in-fact, Jo Ann Harper and Joann Harper to D&D Crockett Farms, LLC: All of the south half of the southeast quarter of section 2, township 31, range 31, Barton

County, Missouri.Special Warranty

Deed, � led December 2, 2013. JP Morgan Chase Bank National Asso-ciation to Chris P. Watts and Terrelyn F. Watts: All of lots 10 and 11 of block 2, Allen-Howard Subdivision in Lamar, Barton County, Mis-souri.

Warranty Deed, � led December 3, 2013. Pe-

ter L. Monsour III, Zena Weist and John Weist, successor co-trustees of the Peter T. and Maral-yne of Monsour Revo-cable Trust: � e east half of the northwest quarter, except the south 10 acres thereof, and all of the northeast quarter, all in section 28, township 32, range 33, Barton Coun-ty, Missouri.


Sterling Moore and Ryan Seela.

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

FINAL SETTLEMENT AND PETITION FOR

DISTRIBUTIONTO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF ROBERT FRANCIS MCKAY, Deceased:You are hereby notified that the undersigned Personal Representative will file a Final Settlement and Petition for determination of the persons who are the successors in interest to the personal/real property of the decedent and of the extent and character of their interest therein and for distribution of such property, in the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Barton County, Missouri, on January 7th, 2014, or as may be continued by the Court, and that any objections or exceptions to such Final Settlement or Petition or any item thereof must be in writing and filed within twenty days after the filing of such Final Settlement.

GEORGE D. NICHOLSNICHOLS & NICHOLS

206 West 10th StreetLamar, Missouri

(417) 682-6003s-Robert McKay,

Personal Representatives-Jay C. McKay,

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NOTICE OFTRUSTEE’S SALE

For default in the payment of debt secured by a deed of trust executed by Sandra R Bean and Shaun M. Bean, dated January 5, 2010, and recorded on January 7, 2010, Document No. 2010-44 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, Barton County, Missouri, the undersigned Successor Trustee will on January 6, 2014, at 12:00 PM, at the East Front Door of the Barton County Courthouse, Lamar, Missouri, sell at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash:

A tract of land located in the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 29, Township 32North, Range 32 West, Barton County, Missouri, further described as follows: Beginning at theSoutheast corner of said Section 29; thence North 01° 27’ 50” East along the East line of said Section29, a distance of 617 feet; thence South 53° 01’ 15” West, a distance of 457.48 feet; thence South 18°39’ 10” West, a distance of 357.34 feet; thence South 89° 37’ 28” East along the South line of saidSection 29, a distance of 464 feet to the point of beginning, subject to County Road right of way andeasements of record, commonly known as 95 Southwest 90th Lane, Liberal, MO, 64762

subject to all prior easements, restrictions, reservations, covenants and encumbrances now of record, if any, to satisfy the debt and costs.South & Associates, P.C., Successor TrusteeFirst Publication: December 11, 2013. For more information, visit www.southlaw.com

NOTICEPursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no information concerning the collection of this debt may be given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and any

information obtained will be used for that purpose (Casefile No. 148381 / Invoice No. 148381-670131).

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NOTICE OF CANDIDATE FILING DATES

The Jasper R-V School Board will have 3 board offices available for election in the April 8, 2014, general election.The opening date for candidate filing is December 17, 2013 and the closing filing date is January 21, 2014. On the opening and closing dates candidates may file between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.Candidates may file for office at the Board/Superintendent’s office at 201 West Mercer, Jasper, Missouri between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on weekdays. The office will be closed from December 20, 2013 through January 2, 2014.Candidates will be listed on the ballot in the order in which they file.Karla S. JesseeJasper R-V School Board Secretary

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In the Estate of DOROTHY M. SCARBERRY, Deceased, Estate No. 12B4-PR00058NOTICE OF FILING OF

FINAL SETTLEMENT AND PETITION FOR

DISTRIBUTIONTO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF DOROTHY M. SCARBERRY, Deceased:

You are hereby notified that the undersigned Personal Representative will file a Final Settlement and Petition for determination of the persons who are the successors in interest to the personal/real property of the decedent and of the extent and character of their interest therein and for distribution of such property, in the Probate

Division of the Circuit Court of Barton County, Missouri, on January 9, 2014 or as may be continued by the Court, and that any objections or exceptions to such Final Settlement or Petition or any item thereof must be in writing and filed within twenty days after the filing of such Final Settlement.JAMES V. NICHOLSNICHOLS & NICHOLS206 West 10th StreetLamar, Missouri(417) 682-6003

RICK SCARBERRYPersonal Representative

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MEDICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL

SERVICESThe County of Barton is seeking medical and psychological services for the Jail inmates. 24 hour call with biweekly jail visits. Must provide all pharmaceuticals. Physician must be licensed in the state of Missouri. Jail or prison inmate experience is helpful. The county has the right to accept or reject any or all bids. Please return bids before 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 23, 2013 to the Barton County Commission Room 102 Courthouse, 1004 Gulf Street, Lamar, Missouri 64759.

FULL PRISONERFOOD SERVICES

The County of Barton is seeking full prisoner food

service for the inmates at the Jail delivered daily ready to feed. Services must be able to provide three meals per day. Please provide cost of meals per day per person. Inmates can be 5 to 30 daily. Barton County has the right to accept or reject any or all bids. Please return bids before 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 23, 2013.

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NOTICE OFTRUSTEE’S SALE

WHEREAS MARY CATHERINE BALLARD, by her Deed of Trust dated August 11, 2003, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Barton County, Missouri, in Book 494, Pages 330-340, conveyed to the Trustee therein named, the following described real estate, situated in the County of Barton, State of Missouri, to wit:

A TRACT COMMENCING ON THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF MISSOURI ROUTE “T” 1331.5 FEET SOUTH AND 40 FEET EAST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 31 NORTH, RANGE 30 WEST, AND RUNNING THENCE

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see LEGALS, page 7B

816 W. 12th, Westview CenterLamar, Missouri 64759

417-682-6543 • www.realtor.com

CONNEE FORRESTER REALTY, LLC

3-4 Bdrm, 1.5 ba, partial bsmt, newer CH/A & roof, lg corner lot.2-Story cottage, 2B, 1.5 ba, arched doorways. Frpl, great yard.

BEYOND BEAUTIFUL tri-level. Lake view. 3-4 Bedrm (more possible), 4.5 bath, Spacious KIT w/island, pantry. Raised ceilings, fl r-to-ceiling frpl, new fl ooring, fresh paint. Multiple living & dining areas. Inviting bsmnt includes storm rm. Lg dual access deck, screened patio. Great Landscaping.MAJOR PRICE REDUCTION: Bright & beautiful KIT open to brkfst & formal dining. Warm & inviting Living Rm w/frpl overlooks landscaped lawn w/awesome cvrd patio. Full brick, beautiful hardwd fl rs, 3 spacious bdrms, 3 baths. Newer 30-yr roof. Twister Safe.

PARADISE FOUND: Approx 35 acres of natural wonderland surrounds this move-in-ready Four Bedrm, 3 ba, home (approx. 2100 sf). Beautiful KIT, formal dining, 2 living areas. Front and rear decks, 40’x30’ heated gar/shop, 3 ponds. Fruit, nut and ornamental trees. Hunt to your heart’s content.

MANY ENERGY EFFICIENT UPDATES in 2 Bedrm, 1 bath w/Spacious eat-in KIT, Pantry, Dining Rm, & Living Rm. Appliances can stay. Front porch, patio, carport. Double lot. Garden to your heart’s content. $44,000

TREMENDOUS living areas, one with fi replace, in this 3 bedrm, 2 bath on XL corner lot in desired north Lamar location. Lennox CH/A, quick delivery hot water. 2c attd garage.

MIGHTY FINE ALL BRICK 3-4 Bdrm, 2.5 ba. Newer roof, CH/A. Fireplace, screened porch, 2c attd garage. Some handicap features. Parklike setting close to Lamar Schools.

MAYBE THE BEST BUY IN TOWN: All brick 3 bedrm, 2.5 ba. Living Room, family room w/fi repl, covered patio, storage bldg. Fenced back yard, nice shade trees.Walking distance to Lamar Lake. $87,500.

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Missouri cost of living drops slightly in third quarter

JEFFERSON CITY-Missouri’s cost of living for the third quarter of 2013 declined slightly from the second quar-ter, but big increases in some categories offset by some sharp decreas-es in other categories caused the change to be minimal. Based on an index of 100 being the national average, Missouri’s third quarter index was 92.7, down from its second quarter figure of 92.9.

Comparing the vari-ous categories, grocery costs were down 6.4 points, housing costs down 13.5 points, util-ity costs up sharply 25.8 points, transportation down 7.1 points, and health care down 2.4 points.

Missouri had the 17th lowest cost of living in the United States. Only Illinois among the bordering states was higher with an average of 95.7 that placed it in 21st place. Seven of the border states were low-er than Missouri. Ken-tucky was second in the nation with 89.0, Ten-nessee was third with 89.8, Oklahoma fifth at 90.1, Nebraska sixth at 90.3, Arkansas ninth at 91.5, Iowa tied for 11th at 91.8, and Kansas 14th at 92.2. The lowest cost of living of all 50 states was Mississippi, where it was only 87.5.

The highest indices were Hawaii with 158.3, District of Columbia 141.6, New York 136.1, and Alaska 131.5.

Among the partici-pating Missouri cities, all were below the na-tional average. These cities ranged from an index of 88.6 in Spring-field, 88.7 in Joplin, 89.5 in Jefferson City, 94.4 in St. Louis, 96.9 in Columbia, and 98.0 in Kansas City. Again standing out was Jop-lin’s index for utilities, which was 117.0, the sixth highest index in that category among all the states in the nation. That is offset in Joplin by pleasingly low indi-ces in housing and gro-ceries.


EAST 218 FEET, THENCE SOUTH 15 FEET, THENCE EAST 162 FEET, THENCE SOUTH 310 FEET, THENCE WEST 380 FEET TO SAID EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE, THENCE NORTH 325 FEET TO THE PLACE

OF BEGINNING, SAID TRACT IS A PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 31 NORTH, RANGE 30 WEST.

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 Successor

Trustee will sell the property above described, at public vendue, to the highest bidder for cash, at the west front door of the Barton County Courthouse in the City

of Lamar, Missouri, on January 7, 2014, 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.

s-George D. NicholsGEORGE D. NICHOLS,

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CLaSSIfIEDS

NOMINEES SELECTED FOR UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURIEXTENSION COUNCIL MEMBERS

Barton County

Citizens of voting age in Barton County, pursuant to the provisions of Sec. 262-577,R.S.Mo 69, will have an opportunity to vote and elect members to the University of Missouri Extension Council in January. The elected and appointed members of the Extension Council will guide and direct extension work within the County. The following people have been nominated for the elective positions in their respective districts. All terms are for two years. The nominees and their districts are as follows:

District I District II Clifford Blanchard Leisa Blanchard Lenid Davis Debbie Little Darrell Kentner Roger Mayfield Linda Madison Ed Patterson Jesse Medlin Doyle Robinson Marshall Miller Joann Sheat Maureen Moyer Belinda Shoff Clark Wood Additional nominations may be made by petition of 25 or more qualified voters residing within the district, filed with the Council within 20 days after the publication of this notice of election. Forms for nomination are available in your County Extension Office located at:

801 E. 12thLamar, MO 64759

417-682-3579

The Barton County University of Missouri Extension Council Lee Howard, Chairperson

University Outreach & Extension does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability or status as a Vietnam-era veteran in

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Announcements

alcoholics anony-mous meets every Sun-day, 5 p.m. and Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., in the base-ment of Lamar Memo-rial Hall, 1104 Broad-way. Big Book Study is the second Tuesday of each month. All meet-ings are nonsmoking.Narcotics anonymous Meetings - Wednes-days, 7:30 p.m., 1104 Broadway, Memorial Hall Basement.Oakton Church’s 56th Annual Outdoor Living Nativity Pageant will be December 19, 20 and 21. Repeating half-hour performances from 6:30-9:00 p.m. Admis-sion is free!

Services Offered

appliance Repair. ap-pliance parts. Miller’s Country Corner. 417-884-2684.Employment

Drivers, 60,000+, CDL-

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

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

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

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

Teacher aide: Want to work in a nurturing en-vironment as part of a vital, energetic team who work with three

and four year old chil-dren? Economic Secu-rity Corporation has a position available for a full-time Teacher Aide in our Lamar Head Start Center. Must have or be able to obtain Class “C” CDL, have a high school diploma or equivalency and one to three months child care experience, or equivalent combination of education and experi-ence, and be able to lift up to 50 pounds. Start-ing pay for this full-time position is $8.28 per hour. Submit com-pleted agency applica-tion and/or resume by December 17, 2013 to Economic Security Cor-poration, Attn: Job No. TA-L10-01 at 302 S. Jo-plin, or mail to PO Box 207, Joplin, MO 64802, or email to [email protected]. Applica-tions available online @ www.escswa.org. EOE.

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

Miscellaneous For Sale

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

Close Out Sale – all front load Washer/Dry-er pairs – Pedestals in-cluded. Regularly $1895 to $2695, now any pair $1495. Miller’s Country Corner, 417-884-2684.

Save On Heating Bills. Cabinet infrared heat-ers. Low price – top quality. Miller’s Country Corner, 417-884-2684.

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

Peavey amp – Model 20, 12 watts power. Good practice amp. Bar-gain price, $75. Call 417-681-0021.

Epiphone Guitar, Les Paul Gold Top, like new, with Marshall amplifier, 30 watts power, also like new. For full details call 417-681-0021.

Guitar amp by Peavey, Series 110. Best acous-tic amp made. Absolute mint condition. Never played. Paid $500, offer good price. Call for de-tails, 417-681-0021.

avon’s annual Christ-mas Open House – 1903 Crestwood Drive, La-mar. Friday thru Mon-day (4 day sale), Decem-ber 13 thru 16. Open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Gifts for everyone. Greatest prices ever! Donita.

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

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

Mobile Homes for Rent

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

1405 Heagon, 3 bed-room, 1 ½ bath double wide. Includes refriger-ator, stove and micro-wave. CH/CA, washer/dryer hookup. 22’x40’ 3 car garage. Prefer no pets. $300 month. Call 417-230-1461 or 417-779-5449.

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Vacancy - Scottsdale

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

1 Bedroom apartment nicely furnished or un-furnished. Pool, rec room and laundry. Free cable/HBO, water and trash. Short leases avail-able. $200 security de-posit. No pets! In Ne-vada. Starting at $345. 417-667-2633.Sheldon apartments - Nice 1 bedroom apart-ments, furnished or un-furnished. All utilities paid. Starting at $370 per month. Call 417-667-2633.

Homes For Rent

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


AreA NewsHow to B. Wise in decorating

By BARBARA WISEMANCertified Interior

Decorator

Q. Barbara, I’ve found some old family photos and now want to incorpo-rate them into my décor; do you have any creative ideas? Jean

A. Jean, what a trea-sure you’ve found. Our home interiors should reflect our personalities and interests and photos are one of the best ways to tell others who we are. There are so many ways to display family photos throughout the house, but the key is to not over clutter. We can start by displaying these photos in a grouping. Groupings

have always been popu-lar, but think creatively. Keep a common theme, whether it’s matching frames, similar content, all black and white or ev-erything the same size. I have a grouping in our game room over a piece of furniture and I’ve used matching frames and picture sizes. And I al-ways get asked questions about them. In another room I have a display of baby photos of family members hanging over a bed. These always bring a smile.

You probably also have cherished photos of rela-tives who are no longer alive that you want to dis-play. I enjoy mixing these in with my other group-ings. I have a wonderful picture of my late moth-er-in-law wearing a “flap-per” style dress that I es-pecially enjoy every time I see it. Favorite pictures like these have to be dis-played because they hold so many fond memories and help tell the story of those people who have helped shape our lives over the years.

Many people create a

photo gallery on a stair-way. This is a perfect lo-cation, but one that can be very hard to arrange. Instead of just spreading photos all over the en-tire wall area, cluster the framed pictures tightly together within imagi-

nary lines set 36 inches apart. This will create the stunning effect of a horizontal stripe run-ning across the wall. You might also want to install a photo rail that will make it much easier to display stairway photos.

We were fortunate enough to have an extra room downstairs, so I turned it into what we call a “nostalgia room” that is full of family pictures and memorabilia. On one wall I’ve arranged pictures of our family members who have served in the mili-tary and included hats, medals, c-rations and a few other items collected during their time served. Another wall has sports photos of past and pres-ent family members play-ing football, soccer, base-ball and basketball. One spot has small framed photos of past and pres-ent dogs that have always been an integral part of our family. I know it’s a little early for Christmas, but another way I show old photos is to display pictures from past Christ-mases in a glass hutch in our downstairs kitchen. The kids especially enjoy checking out the old holi-day photos.

If you’re not a fan of groupings and just want to display in other ways then pick creative places to scatter a few photos. Like for instance if your

great grandmother was a wonderful cook, then take one of your old photos of her cooking and put it in an interesting frame and place on a small book-shelf in the kitchen. You can use locations like end tables, bookcases, on top of the piano or even on windowsills to give each room a happy, homey feel. Just don’t overwhelm the room or it will start to look cluttered and select locations that make sense and not just random. And choose interesting frames to go with your décor and the photo being dis-played. You can always change out the photo-graphs from time to time. Old photos bring back many emotions of our past lives. So showcase your precious memories and enjoy them again.

Barbara Wiseman, a Certified Interior Deco-rator and a Nevada resi-dent, will answer your questions about deco-rating in her column to appear monthly in the Lamar Democrat. Send questions to [email protected].

A tale from the desk of Butler Processing

By RON BESENDORFER

This morning a good friend brought a nice deer in to be processed. As is customary, the suc-cessful hunter (who will be named Daniel) was asked how his fine trophy was taken. His more than chatty friend was the driver on this occasion, so he began filling in the story. To the best of his knowledge here is how it went:

It was deep in the for-ests of Vernon County. They awoke to above sea-sonal temps but knew the mighty whitetails would be moving, so they de-parted for their favorite hunting location, north of the river yet south of the swamps. Upon arriv-ing it was noticed that Daniel had forgotten to camo up, a cardinal sin for bow hunters!

Not to be deterred, Daniel set out for a very productive stand site but

failed to spray scent free. Daniel arrived at sun up to find the stand in poor repair. Unphased, he grabbed a bucket; yes, a five gallon bucket, and sat against a large oak tree. Time was 6:45 a.m., good thing it was overcast. At 7:05 a.m. there was movement – a very nice buck! Daniel and Mr. Buck exchanged eye con-tact a number of times. Mr. Buck passed behind a large tree; Daniel stood (yes, stood up off his comfy bucket) and drew his bow. Mr. Buck cleared the tree. Daniel grunted, as only seasoned veterans do, and then released his arrow, tipped with a razor sharp broadhead. It was a direct hit.

Daniel waited patient-ly before pursuing his “Mr. Buck”. While wait-ing, Chatty Cathy began texting… it’s too hot, it’s going to rain, I’m tired, I haven’t seen anything, not even a squirrel. The

response from Daniel was finally sent and it read, “I shot Mr. Big”. The text was silent with the second text from Daniel stating, “With my bow and arrow”. At 7:21 a.m., chatty was on his way to help.

Daniel had waited nearly the prescribed 60 minutes before pursu-ing, maybe not. Daniel’s hunt finished at the end of a very faint trail. He re-covered Mr. Buck, but so many things the “experts” preach were not followed. Daniel’s buck weighed 168 pounds field dressed, with a unique eight point rack.

Goes to show that sometimes luck is far more important than all the skill and knowledge of the whitetailed ex-perts. I don’t recommend hunting like Daniel un-less you are hunting a buddy’s place for the first and last time.

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Kaitlyn Davis, left, and Lexi Phipps had their name engraved on the Share the Fun plaque.

Pictured left to right are City Clover 4-H Club members Kaitlyn Davis, Noah Shaw and Lexi Phipps. The three received the Outstanding Member Award for the year.

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for the first time. Some had traveled a long way to be with family and friends. Since this was the 10th Thanksgiving dinner a few special gifts were given away. One of those went to the old-est person in attendance, who is 95 years old. An-other went to the young-est. A gift was also pre-sented to those who had

traveled the furthest and the closest. A person vis-iting from Indiana and a family from Fort Worth, Texas won the furthest. The closest was won by someone who was close enough to be able to just walk next door to come.

Special thanks are ex-tended to Pastor Travis James and Lockwood's United Methodist Church

for allowing the use of their facility. Also to the Dade County Christian Center for helping with the purchase of turkeys and to all the individual people who donated ei-ther food or funds to help make the dinner a suc-cess. Thanks to all the vol-unteers that spent their holiday helping to bless others.

Need to Advertise?Contact Melissa Little417-682-5529 ext. [email protected]

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