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SUE STERLING Star-Journal Staff Writer Warrensburg – Ten or 11 residents of the Des- tiny House homeless shelter will have to find other accommodations by Friday when the shelter closes. The lease on the house at 136 W. Culton St. expires April 30. Owner Terry Farmer said he does not plan to renew the lease. Farmer gave Johnson County Cares a short-term emergency lease to help house homeless people through the winter. Willie Shields, whose organization, Destiny Community Development Corp., took over operation of the shelter in March, has sought new quarters for the shelter. He said a variance issue has squelched a contract he had negotiated for a new shelter at 603 N. College St. Shields said he hoped to close the deal May 15, but the seller, on legal advice, declined to sign a form for a request for variance on parking regulations. The variance is required because the house is not in a commercial zone. Warrensburg Com- munity Development Director Barbara Car- roll said city ordinances require one parking spot per bed. The variance request would require NO SHELTER, 2 VOL. 147 NO. 82 © 2012 The Star-Journal Publishing Co. WARRENSBURG, MO. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012 14 PAGES PRICE 50¢ Obituaries ........................... 5 James Olson John Silverthorn Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Crossword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 TV Listings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Your Daily Star-Journal holds the 2011-’12 Gold Medal: Mo.’s No. 1 small daily SOURCE: National Weather Service Night: Partly cloudy, Mild Friday : Possible rain, Warm Low 65 / High 82 Tigers fall at Crane A PROUD SUPPORTER Dump the trash COMICS: 10 COMMUNITY: 2 JOHNSON COUNTY WITHOUT SEAT BELTS, PEOPLE GO FLYING J.C. VENTIMIGLIA/Star-Journal A LIFEFLIGHT EAGLE helicopter prepares to land about 5 p.m. Monday after Barbara L. Adams, 59, Warrensburg, not wearing a seat belt, is ejected and hurt seriously while rolling her van on Highway 23. JACK ‘MILES’ VENTIMIGLIA Star-Journal Editor Warrensburg – Two people in two weeks, neither wearing safety belts, suffered injuries that might have been avoided, based on National Safety Council information. A motorist rear-ended a Jeep Cher- okee on U.S. 50, near Skyhaven Conoco, and in the process of rolling over, the Jeep ejected the driver, Crystal Mef- ford, 34, Centerview, but that did not amount to the worst of the situation that occurred on a dry, sunny day: The Jeep landed on top of Mefford, who required hospitalization. Mefford did not wear a safety belt when the wreck happened April 18. About 4:15 p.m. Monday, with the IN GENERAL, 2 During wreck on Highway 23, woman without seat belt ejects; condition serious WARRENSBURG JACK ‘MILES’ VENTIMIGLIA Star-Journal Editor Warrensburg – The matter appears to be a non-issue now for the not-for- profit group that received a fee waiver from the City Council, but Destiny House prompted a policy change that should help other non-profit groups. Destiny House, as stated in the adjacent story, may not open a shelter where intended for reasons related to a variance request. But the council agreed not-for-profits should not have to pay the planning and zoning fee. “It’s pretty infrequent that we have an application come forward from a not-for-profit agency,” Community Development Director Barbara Car- roll told the council Monday. When applications are made, Car- roll said, fees should be applied con- sistently – either all or no non-profit groups should get the waiver. The fee comes to about $150, she said. “Our recommendation is to waive the fee,” Carroll said. Councilman Baird Brock supported the waiver. “We will not lose a lot of revenue, but what we are doing is helping these not-for-profits serve the community,” Brock said. Council waives fee for non-profits Roof collapses on plan for shelter COOKING TALK Man dies in wreck J.C. VENTIMIGLIA/Star-Journal DURING EARTH WEEK at the University of Central Missouri, a chef whose clients include 50 Cent discusses the joys of vegan dishes. Bryant Terry – a chef, food activist and author – speaks about food justice: the intersection of food, politics, poverty, public health and the environment. Being vegan, he says, is not a license to put down those who are not. J.C. VENTIMIGLIA/Star-Journal DURING THE SECUNDA CLUB luncheon Tuesday at Northside Christian Church, 500 N. Rid- geview Drive, event co-chairs Anita Hunt and Judy Gaines hold fruit dessert trays. JACK ‘MILES’ VENTIMIGLIA Star-Journal Editor Warrensburg – More than 100 people went through the lines before 11 a.m., with more arriving, for the annual Secunda Club luncheon Tuesday at Northside Chris- tian Church, 500 N. Ridgeview Drive. The crowd size is what event co-chairwomen Anita Hunt and Judy Gaines hoped. “All our proceeds go to our scholarship, Help a Child, Johnson County Cares and the health clinic,” Hunt said, taking a moment from waiting tables. The event takes effort from the 35-member group. “Our entire membership is very involved,” she said. “We do all the decorating. All food is homemade – each member makes bread, eggs, salads – and we set up and serve. ... We serve an average of 350 to 400.” Feeding so many people VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE, 2 Secunda feeds community to aid charities WARRENSBURG Centerview – A man died after a 2007 Dodge struck his vehicle at Route VV and Highway 58. A Highway Patrol report said the wreck happened at 4:50 p.m. Saturday when John R. Racy , 48, Cen- terview, drove his Dodge north on Highway 58. Trooper Brian Peters’ report states Racy’s vehicle crossed the center line, striking head on the vehicle driven by John L. Silverthorn, 67, Holden. An ambulance transported Silverthorn, who wore a seat belt, to Western Missouri Medical Center in Warrensburg. He died around 6 p.m. Racy refused treatment for minor injuries. Silverthorn’s memorial service is at 11 a.m. Sat- urday at Community of Christ Church, 401 S. Pine St., Holden. CENTERVIEW School plants tree WARRENSBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT SUE STERLING Star-Journal Staff Writer Warrensburg – Mayor Don Butterfield and KCP&L Community Affairs Manager Mark Dawson and others shoveled dirt Tuesday into a hole containing a sugar maple tree. City Public Works crews dug the hole and positioned the tree in preparation for the Tree Board’s Arbor Day celebration at Maple Grove Elementary School. TREE PLANTERS, 5
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SUE STERLINGStar-Journal Staff Writer
Warrensburg – Ten or 11 residents of the Des-tiny House homeless shelter will have to find other accommodations by Friday when the shelter closes.
The lease on the house at 136 W. Culton St. expires April 30. Owner Terry Farmer said he does not plan to renew the lease.
Farmer gave Johnson County Cares a short-term emergency lease to help house homeless people through the winter.
Willie Shields, whose organization, Destiny Community Development Corp., took over operation of the shelter in March, has sought new quarters for the shelter. He said a variance issue has
squelched a contract he had negotiated for a new shelter at 603 N. College St.
Shields said he hoped to close the deal May 15, but the seller, on legal advice,
declined to sign a form for a request for variance on parking regulations.
The variance is required because the house is not in a commercial zone.
Warrensburg Com-
munity Development Director Barbara Car-roll said city ordinances require one parking spot per bed. The variance request would require
NO SHELTER, 2
VOL. 147 NO. 82 © 2012 The Star-Journal Publishing Co. WARRENSBURG, MO. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012 14 PAGES PRICE 50¢
Obituaries ........................... 5 James Olson
John Silverthorn
Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Crossword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6TV Listings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Your Daily Star-Journalholds the 2011-’12Gold Medal: Mo.’sNo. 1 small daily SOURCE: National Weather Service
Night: Partly cloudy, MildFriday: Possible rain, Warm
Low 65 / High 82
Tigers fall at CraneA PROUD SUPPORTER
Dump the trashCOMICS: 10
COMMUNITY: 2TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11TV: 11
JOHNSON COUNTY
WITHOUT SEAT BELTS, PEOPLE GO FLYING
J.C. VENTIMIGLIA/Star-JournalA LIFEFLIGHT EAGLE helicopter prepares to land about 5 p.m. Monday after Barbara L. Adams, 59, Warrensburg, not wearing a seat belt, is ejected and hurt seriously while rolling her van on Highway 23.
JACK ‘MILES’ VENTIMIGLIAStar-Journal Editor
Warrensburg – Two people in two weeks, neither wearing safety belts, suffered injuries that might have been
avoided, based on National Safety Council information.
A motorist rear-ended a Jeep Cher-okee on U.S. 50, near Skyhaven Conoco, and in the process of rolling over, the
Jeep ejected the driver, Crystal Mef-ford, 34, Centerview, but that did not amount to the worst of the situation that occurred on a dry, sunny day: The Jeep landed on top of Mefford, who required
hospitalization.Mefford did not wear a safety belt
when the wreck happened April 18.About 4:15 p.m. Monday, with the
IN GENERAL, 2
During wreck on Highway 23, woman without seat belt ejects; condition serious
WARRENSBURG
JACK ‘MILES’ VENTIMIGLIAStar-Journal Editor
Warrensburg – The matter appears to be a non-issue now for the not-for-profit group that received a fee waiver from the City Council, but Destiny House prompted a policy change that should help other non-profit groups.
Destiny House, as stated in the adjacent story, may not open a shelter where intended for reasons related to a variance request. But the council agreed not-for-profits should not have to pay the planning and zoning fee.
“It’s pretty infrequent that we have an application come forward from a
not-for-profit agency,” Community Development Director Barbara Car-roll told the council Monday.
When applications are made, Car-roll said, fees should be applied con-sistently – either all or no non-profit groups should get the waiver. The fee comes to about $150, she said.
“Our recommendation is to waive the fee,” Carroll said.
Councilman Baird Brock supported the waiver.
“We will not lose a lot of revenue, but what we are doing is helping these not-for-profits serve the community,” Brock said.
Council waives fee for non-profi tsRoof collapses on plan for shelter
COOKING TALK
Man dies in wreck
J.C. VENTIMIGLIA/Star-Journal
DURING EARTH WEEK at the University of Central Missouri, a chef whose clients include 50 Cent discusses the joys of vegan dishes. Bryant Terry – a chef, food activist and author – speaks about food justice: the intersection of food, politics, poverty, public health and the environment. Being vegan, he says, is not a license to put down those who are not.
J.C. VENTIMIGLIA/Star-Journal
DURING THE SECUNDA CLUB luncheon Tuesday at Northside Christian Church, 500 N. Rid-geview Drive, event co-chairs Anita Hunt and Judy Gaines hold fruit dessert trays.
JACK ‘MILES’ VENTIMIGLIAStar-Journal Editor
Warrensburg – More than 100 people went through the lines before 11 a.m., with more arriving, for the annual Secunda Club luncheon Tuesday at Northside Chris-tian Church, 500 N. Ridgeview Drive.
The crowd size is what event co-chairwomen Anita Huntand Judy Gaines hoped.
“All our proceeds go to our scholarship, Help a Child, Johnson County Cares and the health clinic,” Hunt said, taking a moment from waiting tables.
The event takes effort from the 35-member group.
“Our entire membership is very involved,” she said. “We do all the decorating. All food is homemade – each member makes bread, eggs, salads – and we set up and serve. ... We serve an average of 350 to 400.”
Feeding so many peopleVOLUNTEERS PROVIDE, 2
Secunda feeds community to aid charitiesWARRENSBURG
COMICS: 10
COMMUNITY: 2COMMUNITY: 2COMMUNITY: 2COMMUNITY: 2COMMUNITY: 2COMMUNITY: 2COMMUNITY: 2COMMUNITY: 2COMMUNITY: 2COMMUNITY: 2
Centerview – A man died after a 2007 Dodge struck his vehicle at Route VV and Highway 58.
A Highway Patrol report said the wreck happened at 4:50 p.m. Saturday when John R. Racy, 48, Cen-terview, drove his Dodge north on Highway 58.
Trooper Brian Peters’ report states Racy’s vehicle crossed the center line, striking head on the vehicle driven by John L. Silverthorn, 67, Holden.
An ambulance transported Silverthorn, who wore a seat belt, to Western Missouri Medical Center in Warrensburg. He died around 6 p.m.
Racy refused treatment for minor injuries.Silverthorn’s memorial service is at 11 a.m. Sat-
urday at Community of Christ Church, 401 S. Pine St., Holden.
CENTERVIEW
School plants treeWARRENSBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT
SUE STERLINGStar-Journal Staff Writer
Warrensburg – Mayor Don Butterfield and KCP&L Community Affairs Manager Mark Dawson and others shoveled dirt Tuesday into a hole containing a sugar maple tree.
City Public Works crews dug the hole and positioned the tree in preparation for the Tree Board’s Arbor Day celebration at Maple Grove Elementary School.
TREE PLANTERS, 5
