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Last Week for the Macon R-IV Raiders Wreath Contest!The Home Press has been holding

contests for all of our great local sports fans! We featured a school mascot handmade wreath each month until we covered all of the schools in Macon County! All Macon County Schools will be complete when the Macon R-IV winner is announced next week on July 30. There past winners were: Atlanta, Roberta Bryers; Callao, Mary Lester; La Plata, Abbie Lene; Bevier, Genia Ashenfelter and Macon, Annette Mosley. By request we have added an out-of-

county school, Brashear Tigers, which will start July 30th!To enter for the Macon R-IV wreath,

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What Was That in the Sky?

Best Dressed Pair


What was that thing in the sky? It looked like a parachute, yet it stayed at the same height and somehow it was being controlled!We followed it, watch it land and spoke

with the owner, Robert Creed, of Cairo. It is called a Powered Parachute. Creed, who works as the Fire Chief of

Moberly Fire Department, holds both a private and commercial pilot’s license,

although in order to fly a Powered Parachute in Missouri, you must hold a Sport Pilot License. Qualifications are that you are least 16 to become a student sport pilot (14 for gliders), be at least 17 to test for a sport pilot certificate (16 for gliders), hold a current and valid U.S. driver’s license as evidence of medical eligibility, pass an FAA sport pilot knowledge test, and pass a FAA sport

pilot practical (flight) test. Missouri Sport Pilots can fly a light sport aircraft during the day below 10,000 feet and can only carry one passenger. Robert Creed told us that his favorite

time to fly his parachute is in the early evening to unwind, spend time alone and check out his crops from the air. -Sharon Coram

Robert Creed, of Cairo, is pictured above with his Powered Parachute on a beautiful July evening and how a Powered Parachute look while in flight. (Photo by Sharon Coram)

Jody Moss of Atlanta, right, receives “Best Dressed Pair” from Old Threshers President Angie Fields. Moss participated in the Professional Pull, at the 45th Annual Mark Twain Old Threshers, in Paris, on Saturday, July 12. Photo above is Jody’s pulling in the competition. (Photos courtesy of David Eales, Publisher, Monroe County Appeal )

This year, the Cattlemen awarded $20,000 in scholarships to 22 high school seniors, college or technical school students in the amount of $800 each. Three students with majors relating to agriculture received an additional $800.Since 2001, MCCA has provided 212

scholarships to high school seniors, college or technical students. Total scholarship payouts have totaled $133,150 in the past fourteen years.According to member Aaron Baker,

the scholarship program is just one way the cattlemen are supporting youth in the county. “We are proud to support local youth by sponsoring activities at the county fair, charitable groups serving youth and industry interests and also providing funds for our junior organization,” Baker said. “Our future is only as strong as our youth.”

The association raises the funds to provide annual scholarships through its banquet, auction, and “Texas Hold ‘em” Tournament in February. This year’s winners include Atlanta

Seniors Ethan Baker, Ashlton Ross and Lance Weber, Northeast R-IV Senior Morgan Gittemeier, Macon Seniors Lauren Arnold, Jacob Bonuchi, Chelsea Cook, Rebecca Helton, Abbie Korman, Drake Pagliai, Shelby Schaefer, Katy Stoecklein and Mary Waller as well as Macon County R-IV Seniors Kelly Grinder and Page Thomas.Scholarships to current college or

technical students include La Plata graduate Nathan Petersen, Macon graduates Dylan Blackwell, Jamie Clitero, Jacob Hogsett, Cody Lolli, Kevin Noeyes. College student Nick Retherford also received a scholarship award.

Three students with majors in agriculture received an additional $800 scholarship: Jamie Clithero, Kevin Noyes and Cody Lolli.All applicants for this scholarship

program must be current members of a Macon County 4-H Club, FFA Chapter, or Junior Cattlemen and/or have parents, grandparents, or a spouse that are current members of the Macon County Cattlemen’s Association. Applications were judged by an impartial

committee; preference was given, but not limited to, students who plan a future related to agriculture.Macon R-1 leads in total scholarships

received in the history of the program at 78, followed by: Atlanta (63), Macon County R-IV (28), La Plata (17), Bevier (10), Bucklin (5) and Other (11).

Macon County Cattlemen Announce Scholarship Winners

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

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July 24-26: Macon County Fly Wheel Reunion

July 31: Zerelda James, Mother of Frank & Jesse James By Dianne Moran @ 6pm – Macon Co Historical Museum August 1-2: Callao Harvest Fiesta August 6-9: Bevier Homecoming

August 21: “Barn Quilts” presented by Janet Ryan 10 am – Macon County Historical Museum August 22-23: Macon County Demolition Derby August 31-September 3: La Plata Soybean Festival

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“Rebuilding Soils for a Changing Climate” is the theme of the Aug. 13-14 Soil Health Exposition at the University of Missouri Bradford Research Center.MU’s College of Agri-

culture, Food and Natural Resources and the USDA Natural Resources Con-servation Service (NRCS) are sponsors for free the event. The expo runs 9 a.m.-5 p.m. both days.“Climatic changes are

bringing about increased drought events and harder rains, both of which can have long-lasting effects on soil productivity,” says MU research specialist Kerry Clark. “If we are going to save our soil resource and increase our agricultural productivity, changes in farming practices are go-ing to be necessary.” Many of those practices will be discussed at this expo.The keynote speaker on

Aug. 13 is Terry Taylor, a longtime no-till farmer in Illinois. Taylor has used cover crops on claypan soils. Other speakers will discuss soil biology, plant-

ing cover crops and eco-nomics of soil health prac-tices.Farmer Keith Berns of

Bladen, Nebraska, speaks on cover crops on Aug. 14. Berns developed the SmartMix Calculator, an online spreadsheet for planning cover crop mixes. Linus Rothermich and Luke Linnenbringer discuss efforts to improve soil health on their mid-Missouri farms on Aug. 14 as well.Representatives of MU,

NRCS and the USDA Ag-ricultural Research Service will be available to discuss soil health practices.“Farmers can attend one

day or both,” says Clark. “Each day will have unique presentations and will be packed with information for producers.”Vendors include equip-

ment and seed dealers. Lunch is available for purchase at the center. For more information, contact Clark at [email protected] or 573-884-7945.

Soils Workshop Set for August

Tri-County Electric Co-operative, a member-owned, locally-operated, electric utility that serves 6,300 homes, farms and businesses in Adair, Schuy-ler, Scotland and portions of Macon, Putnam, and Sullivan counties in north-east Missouri, held its 75th Annual Member Meet-ing on July 10, 2014. The meeting took place at the Kirksville Primary School in Kirkville, MO.Over 160 people regis-

tered at the event and al-most 1100 cast ballots in the election of directors. During registration, at-tendees enjoyed a slide show with music produced by Diane Scheib. The busi-ness portion of the meet-ing featured reports from Board President Mark VanDolah, General Man-ager Jane Bahler-Hurt and Associated Electric’s David McNabb. Derek Parks, a senior at Novinger High School discussed his recent 2014 Youth Tour trip to Washington, D.C. sponsored by Tri-County Electric.Registered members took

home $1,500 in energy certificate credits.

Members approved the proposed bylaw addition and elected the following individuals to represent them for a three-year term on Tri-County Electric’s board of directors:District 1: Adair County,

Eastern Seat: Harley Har-relsonDistrict 1: Adair County,

Western Seat: Mark Van-DolahDistrict 2: Scotland

County: David KochAt the re-organizational

board meeting held af-ter the Annual Member Meeting, the following of-ficers were elected:President: Mark Van-

Dolah Vice-President: Harley

Harrelson Secretary: David Koch Treasurer: Bill Triplett

Other board members in-clude: Rusty Anders, Kel-ley Church, Kenny Mc-Namar, Joe Sebolt and Rex Winn.For additional informa-

tion please contact Kevin Wheeler, Manager of JT&S/Member Services, Tri-County Electric Coop-erative 1-888-457-3734.

Tri-County Electric Cooperative 75th Annual Member Meeting Held

University of Missouri Extension Master Garden-er training classes will be offered August 21-Novem-ber 6, 2014 at the Adair County Extension Center in Kirksville. Classes will be held on Thursday after-noons from 1:00-4:00 p.m. The first two hours will be classroom instruction fol-lowed by a garden tour or hands-on instruction the last hour. Classes will be held on a wide variety of

gardening topics including diseases, insects, soils & fertilizer, vegetables, fruit, trees & shrubs, pruning, lawn care, flowers and landscaping. To be a Mas-ter Gardener, you must at-tend 30 hours of classroom training AND provide 30 hours of volunteer service your first year after train-ing. For more information and to register, contact the Adair County Extension Center at 660-665-9866.

Master Gardener Training Offered In Kirksville

Ronnie and Beth Gar-nett, Grady, Mick, Josey, Courtney, and Jill, Josh and Shannon Garnett and Kennedy took a family va-cation to the Lake of the Ozarks last weekend.Dolores Harpster rode

Am track to Kansas City on Friday and visited her daughter, Shirley Harpster until Tuesday.Daniel and Julie Kay

Howe, Dylan, Dalton, and Sheridan helped Marsha Hammons move some personal things out of Hammons Sales & Service last week as the business is in the process of being sold.Justin Hammons spent

the weekend with Marsha Hammons and helped her sort through things at the business.

Atlanta Newsby Marsha Hammons

4-H Horse Show

July 12, 2014 the 4-H Horse Show was held at the NEMO Fairgrounds. Sarah Larson, a member of the Oklahoma Indians 4-H Club, participated in the event. She rode her horses, Rosie and Molly, in the events. She placed 2nd in barrels, 3rd in egg and spoon, 3rd in reiling, 3rd in poles, 3rd Western pleasure, 3rd in horsemanship, 3rd in Horse and Halter (13 and under) 3rd in Showmanship, 3rd in bareback, 4th in Trail class and 5th in Pylon alley. She is the daughter of Tori and Blake Larson of rural La Plata. (Photo Submitted)

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It’s time for the annual Battle of the Badges Blood Drive. Macon Fire and Police Departments and the American Red Cross encourage the community donate blood to help pa-tients in need on July 25. Everyone who attempts to donate blood at the Ma-con Battle of the Badges Blood Drive will receive a free t-shirt (while supplies last) and have the chance to vote for their “favorite” department.Macon Battle of the

Badges Blood Drive, July 25 from 1:00pm – 6:00pm at the Comfort Inn, 1821 North Missouri Street, Macon. Schedule an ap-pointment online at red-crossblood.org Sponsor Keyword: MaconMOThe Macon Battle of

the Badges Blood Drive comes at a crucial time for the Red Cross, as blood

donations typically de-cline during the summer months. All blood types are needed. When this contest is over, the Bat-tle of the Badges winner gets bragging rights and a traveling trophy.Thanks to these partners

and our loyal donors, pa-tients throughout Mis-souri are also winners because they get the life-saving blood they need to survive.“The men and women of

the Macon Police and Fire Departments are heroes who help save lives every day,” said Scott Caswell, CEO of the Red Cross Missouri-Illinois Blood Services Region. “We thank them for hosting this blood drive and for encouraging those in the community to be heroes by donating blood.”Anyone can become

a hero during Battle of the Badges. This is your chance. Give blood.How to donate blood:

Simply call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org to make an appointment or for more information. All blood types are needed to ensure a reliable supply for patients. A blood do-nor card or driver’s license or two other forms of iden-tification are required at check-in. Individuals who are 17 years of age (16 with parental consent in some states), weigh at least 110 pounds and are in gener-ally good health may be eligible to donate blood. High school students and other donors 18 years of age and younger also have to meet certain height and weight requirements.

Annual Battle of the Badges Blood Drive

We recently heard a great report from the mission team who represented Heartland in the Philip-pines in mid-July. The team included Dave and Judy Barton, Kris and Martha Palmer, James Powell, Joe Moore, Floyd Morgan, and Aline Mar-shall. We have been send-ing teams for many years to work with our good friends Bobby & Noemi Pino and Jaimie and Dessi Tan. Both couples are pas-toring churches and rais-ing up leaders in their na-

tion.Our team felt a great priv-

ilege on this trip, because they witnessed the actual birth of a new church. Bible College students had been spreading word about special meetings to be held in one of the ru-ral villages. During those crusade meetings, the stu-dents provided worship, put on skits, and gave away door prizes of rice and household goods. Then, someone preached, and people responded. At the end of the second night, a

small congregation of new believers had formed. And two Bible College students had been commissioned to move into the village and pastor the new church.Team members always

come home from these trips feeling they received more than they gave. That was especially true this time. They received great blessing and fellowship with our friends, and they witnessed the miracle of new life.

TOPS MO877 met July 15, 2014 with 8 members weighing in. Gail led the meeting. We opened with our TOPS and KOPS pledges. Roll call was “Did you lose weight and did you journal?” Janet recorded our exercise minutes. Donnie Joyce followed-up on the con-test Tic Tac Go. Barb Y. led us through a “Bit of Ex-ercise,” some simple easy and quick stretches. Best TOPS loser was Debbie with Brenda as runner-up. KOPS Barbara G. stayed in leeway.Tentative plans are for

our July 29th meeting in the park. We will weigh at the church between 6:15 and 6:30, take out own drink and healthy sack supper and enjoy a nice evening outside.

TOPS MO877July 12, 2014, at the Capital Plaza Hotel, Jefferson City, the Missouri American Le-

gion Riders held their 2014 Convention. Missouri Rider Director Mark Chapman was presented a $1,000.00 check from North Missouri Chapter 228 members Terry Smith/Milan, Robert Maddox/New Cambria, and Steve Spink/Callao for the American Legion Legacy Scholarship. The scholarship is for the college education of children whose military parent died on active duty since September 11, 2001. (Photo Submitted)

Chapter 228 Donates $1,000.00 to American Legion Legacy Scholarship

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On the Aug. 5 ballot, Missouri citizens can vote on Amendment 1. If ap-proved, this would “ensure the right of farmers and ranchers to engage in ag-ricultural production and ranching practices”. This amendment gives each individual producer the freedom to operate their farming enterprise in a profitable manner which they determine to be fit-ting to their specific situ-ation. The farming busi-ness may be a free range organic animal produc-tion, a large integrated confinement operation, a cash grain enterprise, or a farmer’s market endeavor, but he or she should have the right to determine the new and improved prac-tices that best fit their op-eration as they produce safe and affordable food

for consumers.In our democratic soci-

ety, all individuals should have the opportunity and right to make decisions to perpetuate our business-es that will produce safe products for the consumer and provide profit for the producer. I am disgusted with the

deliberate alarming mis-information circulating in conversations and print regarding this proposal. The truth is this Amend-

ment 1 proposal:1) will protect Missouri’s

family farms (95% of Mis-souri’s farms are family operations) from out-of-state animal-rights groups. 2) will enable all produc-

ers to implement the agri-cultural practices that best fit their operation, (wheth-er it is a free-range swine or poultry operation or a

beef confinement feeding facility)3) will give the consumer

choice of the production process of their food (or-ganic or traditional)4) will enable established

local laws and regulations to ensure that food pro-duction remains safe. 5) will enable Missouri

to continue to have an ef-ficient and strong agricul-ture industry 6) is supported by 44 ag-

ricultural industry organi-zationsFor future generations

and for the continuation of our agriculture industry, I encourage citizens to vote for Amendment 1.

Bob JacksonPresident Adair-Schuyler Farm Bu-

reau

Letter to the Editor

Macon County Federated Republican Women’s Club met at noon July 10, 2014 at the Diner 54 restaurant. Jane Thompson, president, opened the meeting with a welcome to the members and guests. Phyllis Belt gave the invocation fol-lowed by the Pledge of Al-legiance.The club welcomed Mark

Lawler, Director of Devel-opment, Clean Line En-ergy Partners. Lawler ex-

plained that Clean Line is proposing to build a 206 mile DC electric transmis-sion line across the state of Missouri, construction slated to begin in 2016. Success of the project de-pends on acquiring right-of-way from property owners and obtaining ap-proval of the of Missouri Public Service Commis-sion. The program was fol-

lowed by announcements

for upcoming events which included 6th Con-gressional District meet-ing of the Republican women ‘s clubs on Sept 27 to be held at Noland’s ca-tering. Congressman Sam Graves is sponsoring the meal. Catherine Hana-way and Brad Lager will be the featured speakers. The meeting will be jointly sponsored by the Macon and Shelby County Re-publican women’s clubs.Announcements were

followed by the secretary’s report given by Kathy Austin and the treasurer’s report by Rowena Young.In new business, the Aug5

ballot was discussed and photocopies were made available. The next meeting will be

August 14 at noon at the Diner 54 restaurant. Re-sults of the Aug 5 election will be discussed.

Republican Women’s Club Meeting On 07/06/2014 at approx-

imately 9:20pm, officers of the Macon Police Depart-ment received a report of an assault which occurred in Municipal Parking Lot #2. Upon investigating the report, police arrested two subjects for assault, a 170year old white male and a 17-year old white fe-male both of Macon. The suspects were processed at the Macon Police Depart-ment and were later re-leased on summons pend-ing a municipal court date.On 07/08/2014 at ap-

proximately 11:15pm, an officer of the Macon Po-lice Department made en-forcement contact with a vehicle in the area of Mis-souri and Weller Streets. As a result of the contact, police arrested a 19-year old white female of Macon for possession of marijua-na and possession of drug paraphernalia. The female suspect was transported to the Macon Police Depart-ment for processing and was later released on sum-mons pending a municipal court date.On 07/09/2014 at ap-

proximately 3:50pm, a victim reported fraudulent use of their credit device to the Macon Police De-partment. The victim re-ported that an unknown person presented a cloned credit card bearing the victim’s credit card num-bers and made purchases at a business in Macon on 07/05/2014. The victim further reported the card had been used in other ju-risdictions as well on the same date. This case is currently under investiga-tion by the Macon Police Department.On 07/10/14 at approxi-

mately 9:30am, a repre-sentative of the Macon Downtown Association reported to the Macon Police Department a theft had occurred re-cently. It was reported that a wooden barrel-type planter with plants was

stolen from the downtown area between the dates of 6/26/14 and the morning of 07/10/2014. The item is valued at approximately $100.00. This case re-mains under investigation by the Macon Police De-partment. Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Macon Police Department at 385-2195 or the Anonymous Tips Line at 395-1111.On 07/11/14 at approxi-

mately 12:00am, an officer of the Macon Police De-partment made enforce-ment contact with a vehicle in the area of Goggin and Rollins Street. As a result of the contact, police ar-rested a female passenger on an outstanding arrest warrant out of Randolph County. Teresa A Hayes, 47 of Macon, was arrested on the charge of larceny. She was taken into custo-dy and transported to the Macon County Jail to be held in lieu of $10,000.00 bond.On 07/11/2014 at ap-

proximately 9:30pm, of-ficers of the Macon Po-lice Department executed an active arrest warrant upon a female suspect at the Macon Police Depart-ment after turning herself in. The suspect, Latasha M Houston, 25-year old black female of Macon, was arrested on a warrant out of Moberly (MO) for failure to appear on the charge of exceeding the posted speed limit. The suspect was transported to the Macon County Jail where she posted the re-quired bond and was re-leased.On 07/11/14 at approxi-

mately 9:30pm, an officer of the Macon Police De-partment was notified of a male subject in custody in Boone County with out-standing warrants out of the City of Macon. As a re-sult, an officer responded to extradite the male sus-pect back to Macon. The suspect, Douglas A Dale,

28-year old white male of Macon, was served with three outstanding war-rants for failure to appear on charges of possession of marijuana, stealing and driving while revoked/suspended with a bond amount of $1,509.00. The suspect was transported to the Macon County Jail to be held in lieu of bond.On 07/11/14 at approxi-

mately 11:30pm, an officer of the Macon Police De-partment executed an ac-tive arrest warrant upon an individual in the 100 block of Vine Street. The suspect was taken into custody for active warrants out of Shelby and Boone Coun-ties. The suspect, Joesph E Mefford, a 19-year old white male of Shelbina (MO), was transported to the Macon County Jail to be held in lieu of bond.On 07/12/14 at approxi-

mately 1:30am, an officer of the Macon Police De-partment made enforce-ment contact with a vehi-cle in the area of Maffry and Missouri Streets. As a result of the contact, police arrested a 26-year old white male of Bucklin (MO) for driving while license revoked. The sus-pect was transported to the Macon Police Depart-ment for processing and was later released pend-ing a municipal court date after posting the required bond.On 07/12/14, an officer

of the Macon Police De-partment began an in-vestigation of illegal drug use in the 500 block of Riggs Street. As a result, police arrested a 52-year old white male for pos-session of controlled sub-stance and possession of drug paraphernalia. The suspect was transported to the Macon Police De-partment for processing and was later taken to the Macon County Jail where he was placed on 24-hour hold pending formal charges. Formal charges were filed against Michael W Stark of Macon with bond being set at $9,000 cash only. Stark remains in custody at this time.On 07/12/14 at approxi-

mately 12:05am, a victim reported to the Macon Police Department a bur-glary had occurred dur-ing the hours of 10:45pm- 12:00am on 07/11/14. The victim reported returning home to find it in disarray, nothing appeared to have been taken at the time of the report. This case re-mains under investigation at this time. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Macon Po-lice Department at 385-2195 or their Anonymous Tips Line at 395-1111.A criminal charge is

merely an allegation and the defendant is, of course, presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

At the Missouri American Legion Convention, Jefferson City, July 10 thru 13, 2014 James Tollerton-General John J. Pershing Museum Board member and Rick Scruggs-Adjutant of American Legion Linn County Memorial Post 538, Linneus presented the Post 538 project of restoring a World War One ambulance to be displayed at the Laclede General John J. Pershing Museum. Scruggs was a guest speaker to the Legion assembly and stated that upon completion the World War One ambulance will be a mobile display; at the Missouri State Fair, Kansas City Liberty Memorial, Chief football games, and any other event they can promote the General Pershing Museum. The estimated ambulance restoration cost is $6,000.00 and Scruggs can be contacted at 660-895-5072. (Photo Submitted)

Linneus Legion Post Restoring World War I Ambulance

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NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION

TUESDAY AUGUST 5TH, 2014

Notice is hereby given that a primary election will be held in the State of Missouri on the 5th day of August, 2014 for the purpose of voting on candidates (Section 115.125, RSMo.)

OFFICIAL SAMPLE BALLOTSPRIMARY ELECTION

INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS:Darken the oval ( ) to the left of the name of the person for whom you wish to vote. (Use Only The Pencil Provided.)

QUESTION/PROPOSITION VOTING:If you are in favor of the question/proposition, darken the oval ( ) next to “YES”.

If you are opposed to the question/proposition, darken the oval ( ) next to “NO”.

SPOILED BALLOTS:If you spoil the ballot or make an error, you may return it to an election judge and receive another. The election judge shall mark “SPOILED” across the ballot and place it in an envelope marked “SPOILED BALLOTS” and then give you another ballot.

DEMOCRATIC PARTYPRIMARY ELECTION

FOR UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE IN THE 6TH DISTRICT

(Vote For One)

W.A. (Bill) Hedge

Edward Dwayne Fields

Gary Lynn Crose

FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE IN THE SIXTH DISTRICT

(Vote For One)

Robert Harrington

FOR ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT JUDGE(Vote For One)

KRISTEN BURKS

FOR PRESIDING COMMISSIONEROF THE COUNTY COMMISSION

(Vote For One)

DAVID CHEEVER

FOR CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT

(Vote For One)

KIMBERLY J. MARCH

KRISTY M. LEA

FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY(Vote For One)

JOSH MEISNER

FOR COLLECTOR OF REVENUE(Vote For One)

JEANETTE RONCHETTO

REPUBLICAN PARTYPRIMARY ELECTION

FOR STATE AUDITOR(Vote For One)

Tom Schweich


(Vote For One)

Kyle Reid

Brian L. Tharp

Sam Graves

Christopher Ryan

FOR STATE SENATORFOR EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT

(Vote For One)

Brian Munzlinger

FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVEFOR SIXTH DISTRICT

(Vote For One)

Tim Remole

FOR ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT JUDGE(Vote For One)

PHILIP PREWITT

FOR PRESIDING COMMISSIONER OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION

(Vote For One)

ALAN R. WYATT

FOR CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT

(Vote For One)

CAROL J. HARRELL

TWILA L. HALLEY

FOR COUNTY CLERK(Vote For One)

SHIRLEY SIMS

FOR RECORDER OF DEEDS(Vote For One)

CHARLOTTE NEESON

SHERRY MUNCY

FOR COUNTY TREASURER(Vote For One)

KRISTA BRUNO

LIBERTARIAN PARTYPRIMARY ELECTION

FOR STATE AUDITOR(Vote For One)

Sean O’Toole


(Vote For One)

Russ Monchil

CONSTITUTION PARTY

PRIMARY ELECTIONFOR STATE AUDITOR

(Vote For One)

Rodney Farthing

SPECIAL BOND ELECTIONCITY OF MACON, MISSOURI

QUESTION

Shall the City of Macon, Missouri, issue its combined waterworks and sewerage system revenue bonds in the amount of One Million Six Hundred Fifty One Thousand Dollars ($1,651,000) for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, extending, improving, furnishing and equipping the City’s combined water-works and sewerage system, including acquiring any land or easements neces-sary therefor, the cost of operation and maintenance of said system and the principal of and interest on said revenue bonds to be payable solely from the revenues derived by the City from the operations of its combined waterworks and sewerage system, including all future extensions and improvements thereto?

YES

NO

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 1 OFFICIAL BALLOT STATE OF

MISSOURI SPECIAL ELECTION,TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2014

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 1

Proposed by the 97th General Assembly(First Regular Session)

CCS No. 2 SS HCS HJR Nos. 11 & 7

Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to ensure that the right of Mis-souri Citizens to engage in agricultural production and ranching practiced shall not be infringed?

The potential costs or savings to governmental entities are unknown, but likely limited unless the resolution leads to increased litigation costs and/or the

loss of federal finding.

YES

NO


Proposed by the 97th General Assembly(Second Regular Session)

SCS SJR No. 36

Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to include a declaration that the right to keep and bear arms is an unalienable right and that the state government is obligated to uphold that right?

State and local governmental entities should have no direct costs or savings from this proposal. However, the proposal’s passage will likely lead to increased litigation and criminal justice related costs. The total potential costs are unknown, but could be significant.

YES

NO



SS HJR No. 68

Should the Missouri Constitution be changed to enact a temporary sales tax of three-quarters of one percent to be used solely to fund state and local high-ways, roads, bridges and transportation projects for ten years, with priority given to repairing unsafe roads and bridges?

This change is expected to produce $480 million annually to the State’s Transportation Safety and Job Creation Fund and $54 million for local govern-ments. Increases in the gas tax will be prohibited. This revenue shall only be used for transportation purposes and cannot be diverted for other uses.

YES

NO



HJR No. 48

Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to create a “Veterans Lottery Ticket” and to use the revenue form the sale of these tickets for projects and services related to veterans?

The annual cost or savings to state and local governmental entities is unknown, but likely minimal. If sales of a veterans lottery ticket game decrease existing lottery ticket sales, the profits of which fund is education, there could be a small annual shift in funding from education to veterans’ programs.

YES

NO



SCS SJR No. 27

Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended so that the people shall be secure in their electronic communica-tions and data from unreasonable searches and seizures as they are now likewise secure in their persons, homes, papers and effects?

State and local governmental entities expect no significant costs or savings.

YES NO

The polling places for the said election will be:

POLLING PLACES

Macon Ward IMacon Ward IIMacon Ward III & IV

Hudson, Narrows, Middle Fork, Round Grove, Ten Mile & Eagle Twps

Atlanta, Elmer, Lyda, W. Jackson, Part of Independence, S. Easley, S.W. Richland Twps. All but S.W. 1/4 of Walnut Twp.

La Plata Wards I & II, La Plata Twp., N. & E. Richland, Johnston, N.E. Independence, E. Jackson, N. Easley Twps & South Gifford

Bevier Wards I & II, E. Liberty, Chariton, & Bevier Twps

Callao, Callao Twp., E. Valley, Morrow, W. Liberty & Part of N.W. 1/4 of Bevier Twps

New Cambria, Lingo, Russell & W. Valley Twps

Ethel, Drake, White & S.W. 1/4 of Walnut Twps

The polling places will be open from the hours of 6:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. during which time any person properly registered to vote in the county will be given the opportunity to cast their ballot.

CERTIFICATIONState of MissouriSecretary of State

STATE OF MISSOURISecretary of State

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of my office, done at the City of Jefferson, this 23rd day of May, 2014.

SEAL

/s/ Jason Kander Secretary of State

COUNTY CLERK/ELECTION AUTHORITY CERTIFICATIONI, Shirley Sims, County Clerk/Election Authority within and for the county/city of Macon do hereby certify that the above and fore-going is a true and correct list as certified to me by Jason Kander, Secretary of State, State of Missouri, of the offices for which candidates are entitled to be voted for at the PRIMARY ELECTION to be held August 5, 2014.IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I haveHereunto set my hand and affixed mySeal, Done at my office this 23rdDay of July, 2014County Clerk/Election Authority

(SEAL)

County Clerk/Election Authority

Done by order of the County Clerk of the County of Macon this (23nd of July, 2014.)

SEAL

/s/ Shirley Sims Macon County Clerk & Voter Registrar

First Christian ChurchMacon Court House

Macon City Hall

Macon Expo(Macon County Fairgrounds)

Atlanta City Hall(Corner of Atterberry and Main Streets

LaPlata State Bank

First Baptist Church Educational Building(North & South Doors)

New Callao City Hall(Formerly known as Callao Christian Church Activity Building)

Fire Station (New Cambria)

Ethel City Hall

Saturday afternoon, July 12, 2014 at the Department of Missouri American Legion Convention Charles “Bridger” Creed was presented the Missouri American Legion Ea-gle Scout of Year Award. Creed from Cairo, Missouri had achieved 106 merit badges, held numerous scout leadership positions, and organized a fishing tournament at the Jacksonville Missouri Veterans Cemetery Lake for residents of Missouri Veterans Homes. Creed accompanied by his parents was presented the award by Boys Scouts Committee Chairman Nicholas Gray and Missouri Department Commander Thomas Goodin. (Photo Submitted)

Cairo Scout Honored At Legion Convention

A non for profit La Plata Community Betterment com-mittee has been formed for the purpose of applying for grant funds for community improvement. The commit-tee was issued the certificate of incorporation on June 5th. When all necessary documen-tation has been received the first grant project will be for a storm warning siren.

Alderwoman Susan Walker and I attended a two day New-ly Elected Officials Conference at the Holiday Inn Executive in Columbia on Thursday and Friday, June 12th and 13th. There were several very in-formative sessions which ideas gained.

As of June 12th we officially met the quota for the LMI surveys and were within the low to moderate requirements to proceed with the applica-tion for grant/loan funds for the sewer relining project. It couldn’t have been achieved without the assistance of all the residents that I contacted via FB, text message, tel-ephone, and finally “knock-ing” on doors! Our target is to have the revenue bond issue on the November 2014 ballot. We have been meeting with USDA, Mark Twain Regional Council of Governments, and Shafer, Kline, & Warren trying to finalize all the necessary pa-perwork and began work with the bonding company. The last sewer rate increase was in 2008 and as everyone knows each year the cost of operating any utility has increased. There-fore, our advisors have told us

that the City should have been gradually approving rate in-creases instead of having to en-force such a large increase that will be necessary to satisfy the cost of the proposed project.

On Friday, June 20th, repre-sentatives of the City met with FEMA representatives regard-ing the Hazard Mitigation Plan for the City of La Plata. We reviewed and updated the plan which is supposed to be done every five (5) years. We need to obtain 17 hours of in-kind training and some of that was obtained thru our meeting held that day. Utility Coordinator Debbie Aldridge is a member of the La Plata Nursing Home Board and she explained some of the details of the Hazard Mitigation Plan such as the need for a backup generator and the use of the facility for area residents dur-ing the time of extreme heat/cold or crisis. As a result of the discussion, she was able to obtain hours that qualify to be used for our in-kind. This is necessary to show that the city has the need and intentions to seek out grant applications for certain areas as funds become available.

I recently met with La Plata residents, Misty and Russ Orgill, regarding a “Trunk or Treat” event for this com-ing Halloween season. They are very enthused and willing to share their experience & knowledge of similar events that they attended prior to moving to the area when they were a military family. After posting the suggestion of the

event on FB, the boy scouts and girl scouts have already indicated an interest in help-ing organize the event with the Orgills. I have spoken with Bill Mayes of Macon Coca Cola and he is willing to donate cans of soda for the event. Other donations of items such as hot dogs, buns, chips, etc. would be greatly appreciated from area businesses/individuals.

Documents regarding the agreement between the La Pla-ta Fire District and the City of La Plata have been delivered to City Attorney Sherry Darling for review and finalization. Members of the La Plata Fire District Board have advised me that they are proceeding with the financial portion of the building project and meet-ing to finalize the drawing of the structural plans.

George Hansen, Golf Course Superintendent, took the city equipment to the abandon res-idence of Charles and Nancy Klingsmith on Center Street and mowed/bush hogged as good as he could with all the obstacles present on the prop-erty. A bill was faxed to the Macon County Collector for the mowing fees to be collect when the property is sold at the courthouse door on Mon-day, August 25th for the col-lection of 3 years of delinquent real estate taxes.

The 2014 – 2015 budget was reviewed and approved and the six month financial state-ment has been printed in The Home Press according to law.

On Tuesday, June 24th I at-tended 2014 Local Govern-

ment Day at the Missouri State Capitol Building sponsored by Missouri Senator Brian Mun-zlinger. During the MoDOT portion of the meeting I di-rected a question regarding our BNSF/Amtrak railroad bridge located on Old Hwy 63 (Rt D/Brown Street) and as to where it is rated regarding priority of replacement. I told them that I had spoken with several Mo-DOT officials since taking of-fice in April and had been told that the bridge is listed as a pri-ority but not high enough to be placed on the previous 5 year “Safe & Sound” bridge plan or the upcoming 10 year plan. “Amendment 7” is a ¾ cent sales tax which is expected to bring in over $5 billion dol-lars and will be voted on Au-gust 5th. If passed it will fund the “Moving Forward” 10 year bridge and road projects in the state of Missouri. I explained to them that 10-15 years ago MoDOT offered to give the bridge and Rt D to the City and fortunately the administration at that time had the foresight to see what type of funds it would take for upkeep. I ask if the city was being punished for refusing the offer and therefore the state was letting the bridge deteriorate to a point that it may come a time that the ac-cess link will be eliminated. In conclusion, the comment to me is “your bridge is struc-turally safe based on annual inspections; you just don’t like it because it is unattractive!” After posting the comments on our Facebook page, I was contacted by Amy Crawford, MoDOT Area Engineer for the Northeast District. As a result of her assistance and citizen comments on the MoDOT web page as well as emails, the BNSF Railroad bridge located on Route D (Brown Street/Old Hwy 63) was added to the fi-

nalized 10 year priority list. A meeting was held on Tues-

day, July 8th with Jim West and Jeremy Curtis regarding a wastewater disposal agree-ment on Mr. West’s land lo-cated across from the golf course. For 20 years previous, the land had been used for ir-rigation of wastewater from the city lagoon. After consider-able discussion, an agreement benefiting both parties was reached and they have signed the agreement. The addition of this property along with that owned by Matt Belt and Danny Smithson the City of La Plata should be able to eliminate any future discharge of wastewater into the creek thus satisfying the concerns of DNR (Depart-ment of Natural Resources).

On July 8th, Andrew Wachter of Kirksville was employed as a full-time police officer and Mark Henderson was moved from part-time status to full-time. Based on the 2014-15 budget for the police depart-ment and the addition of the two full-time officers, the City of La Plata will once again have 24 hour police protection as soon as Officer Wachter com-pletes his orientation. This has been a longtime request from our citizens which the council was able to implement into this year’s budget.

We are attempting to com-plete the city park bathroom project but since the grant ap-plication was written for only the building materials and to be done with volunteer la-bor we are in need of any as-sistance that the community might be willing to give.

The United Methodist Church took on the project of restoring the old city park benches. Carlos Coy has com-pleted the first bench which is now located in the City Park and it looks great. He replaced

all the boards and they are covered with a vinyl sleeve. The original benches were 10’ long and the restored ones are 12’ long. The UMC is donating the material for two benches, the American Legion Post has donated funds for one bench, and the City has collected funds for one bench. There are eleven more benches to restore and the materials have been ordered with the anticipation that more donations will be received. Thanks UMC and volunteers who are working on the restoration project …. they are going to be an asset to the community during activities held in the City Park.

I recently spoke with Tom Anderson of Silver Rails Vine-yard, LLC about the vineyard project to be located west of the Depot Inn & Suites. Plans are for 3,000 plants to be plant-ed on 6 - 7 acres with expan-sion to a possible 35 aces. They plan to employee some Amish to assist with the planting and cultivation of the vineyard. They will be growing white and red grapes and it will take 2 to 3 years to produce enough grapes for a winery. Plans are to construct a gazebo in the middle of vineyard with an area where concerts can be held as well as weddings.

As always, please feel free to pass on any complaints or comments to City Hall….however, if they pertain to a specific city department please feel free to contact that super-visor who would most cer-tainly have more knowledge of how to solve the problem than we would at City Hall….we will try to find an answer to any questions/concerns in a speedy manner but they may NOT always be the answer that the citizen wants to hear.

La Plata Mayor’s Report

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Clarence Chroniclesby Patty Truitt

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Well it has been a great week and the weather is perfect. It is July and I have my windows open and the AC is off. Great!!!!!!!!!Saturday night I took

my favorite man to sup-per and a movie. When I got off work I went home and got all cleaned up. I took my husband Kenny to McDonald’s for supper and we went to see Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. This movie is a very good movie and the special ef-fects are far beyond the old Apes Movies of the 1970’s. We really had fun and sup-per was very good.Sunday after church the

youth served a fried chick-en dinner. They are going on their NYR trip and this was one of their fundrais-ers. I do wish we could do this every Sunday. When I was young my mother fried chicken every Sun-day. It was a great day and I had fun visiting with friends.We have some new neigh-

bors moving in across the street. They are a very nice couple, very friendly and have four children. Aman-da has talked more to me in three days then the last neighbors talked in sev-eral months. I think it will be great to have friendly people living in the rental house across the street.Our grandson Derek

came over to visit us for a while Tuesday afternoon. He brought us some of the excessive cucumbers and zucchini from his mother’s garden. Laura and every-one but Derek is in Bran-son so Derek is in charge of the garden. Today I took my dog

Cody to the Red Barn in Shelbina for a day of grooming. On my way to pick him up I stopped at

the new sewing and no-tions store, The Farmers Daughter. It is a very nice store and has material, and all kinds of great lit-tle country gifts. Be sure to check it out if you go to Shelbina.Thank you to our son

Raymond who came up this afternoon and helped us with a couple of pro-jects I needed done.Something very unusual

happened to me this af-ternoon. Pamela Ness of Hannibal called me on our home phone. She had got-ten her mail and in it was my Bank America pay-ment. Not the bill but the payment I had sent on July 13. I asked if she wanted me to come get it or send it back to me. She said she was going to take it to the post office and get it sent on. Later she had the man at the Hannibal post of-fice call me and tell me my payment was on its way to Bank America. I called the company to tell them my payment may be late. The woman I talked to was very nice and she had never heard of a person going to so much trou-ble to help a stranger. We agreed Pamela was a great and caring person. I called Pamela back and thanked her for taking care of this for me. I told her that very few people would go to this trouble and most peo-ple would have just put it back in the mailbox. She said that was what was wrong with the world, and people should help oth-ers more. Next time I get someone’s mail I hope I remember to go the extra mile. Thank you Pamela.Well praying all of you

have a great week. Patty

Doug Beldon and John Laye led Church servic-es for the residents and their guests Sunday. Col-leen Reid played the pi-ano. Those attending were Grace Killen, Norma La-timer, Jim Hill, Lou Ann Taylor, Isabel Hutcher-son, Darrell McDowell, Helen Griswold, Blanche Hoffman, Virginia White, Dorothy Dee Daniel, Vir-gie Engle, Frank & Mar-tha Mason, Larry Vaughn, and Mary Jane Rainey. The residents to listen to Bill Bevan read the story of Rebecca. Monday, Holly and the

residents celebrated the Dog Days of Summer. They made the cutest dinner rolls in the shape of a dog each of the dog-shaped rolls had a hotdog in their mouths! Lwas also served and everyone had so much fun. Bingo was the game of the day. Prizes were won by all playing and the grand prizewin-ners were Darrell McDow-ell, Oreta Imler, and Helen Griswold.The residents watched a

video titled, River Run-ners of the Grand Can-yon, Tuesday. Thank you, Beth Walker, for donating this beautiful and very informational DVD! The Clarence Church of the Nazarene hosted our July Birthday Party this after-noon. Cake and ice cream were served while the July birthday of Oreta Imler was celebrated. Farm fresh produce was

in abundance Wednesday. The residents gathered outside and shucked corn and snapped green beans. You could definitely tell that they had done this

before as they had eve-rything done in record time! Rev.Stan Hudson, from the Clarence Church of the Nazarene, led Bible study this afternoon. The topic of study was “Prais-ing God”. Scripture was read from 2 Chronicles 5:13-14; Psalm 149:6-9, Isaiah 61:3. Virgie Engle played the piano.The Friendship Design

class met Thursday. The residents made bumble bee door decorations. Mark and Holly, along with Vir-ginia Gibson, Gwen Jones, Dorothy Dee Daniel, Hel-en Griswold, and Marvin Burkhardt, went to the Shelbina Historical Muse-um this afternoon. Thank you, Kathleen Wilham, for the wonderful tour! Bill Lear & Friends were here this evening entertaining us with their fantastic mu-sic! It was the perfect end-ing to our day.Clark Dobbs, from

the Macon First Baptist Church, led Bible study Friday morning. The study title was “Focused Faith”. Scripture was read from 1 Peter 1:3-9,13. Holly and the residents played Snack Bingo this afternoon.Ronnie Shores visited

with the residents and they listened to his collec-tion of CD’s. The residents watched The Lone Ranger, courtesy of Larry Vaughn, during Movie Time with Darrell this afternoon. We would like to thank

the Clarence Church of the Nazarene for their re-cent donation to the Care Center. We are very thank-ful for all our volunteers, families, and friends! Have a wonderful week!

Macon County Republi-cans Hosted an Ice Cream Social on Tuesday, July 15 at the courthouse lawn in Macon. A record crowd of around 150 attended the event featuring home-made ice cream and cake. The keynote speaker for

the evening was Missouri’s first female Speaker of the House, Catherine Hana-way. She is currently seek-ing the position of Mis-souri Governor for 2016. Other speakers included Aaron Baker for United States Congressman Sam Graves, Tim Remole for State Repreentative, Alan Wyatt for Presiding Com-missioner, Shirley Sims for County Clerk, Sherry Muncy and Charlotte Nee-son for Recorder, Krista Claypoole for Treasurer, Twila Halley and Carol

Macon County Republicans HostsIce Cream Social

Harrell for Circuit Clerk and Philip Prewitt for As-sociate Judge. The event was hosted by

the Macon County Re-publican Club. For more information,

call (660) 281-7777 or visit

www.maconcountyrepub-licans.blogspot.com.(Submitted by Aaron Baker)

Nutrition Site MenuJuly 28-August 1, 2014 (660)-665-9163

Monday, July 28 Chicken wings, broccoli rice casserole, corn on the

cob, banana, bread, cookie.Tuesday, July 29

Ham with pineapple, sweet potatoes, mixed vegeta-bles, bread, gingerbread w/ toppping.

Wednesday, July 30Swiss steak, wax beans, corn salad, bread, pears.

Thursday, July 31Pork roast, mashed potatoes w/ gravy, peas & car-

rots, hot rolls, peaches.Friday, Aug 1

Tuna casserole, lettuce salad, fruit cocktail, French bread, brownie.

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North Missouri'sProfessional Theatre

Big River July 18th - August 3rdBy William Hauptman;

Music and Lyrics by Roger Miller

In Roger Miller's musical adaptation of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, rebellious teenager Huck takes off on a raft with runaway slave Jim, encountering con-

men, an orphaned family and bigotry along the way.

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Visit our tasting room in downtown Macon. The tasting room o�ers plenty of indoor seating

overlooking the winemaking area.

July 26:Planet Jazz6 - 9pm

Macon • Hannibal • Kirksville • Cottleville

August 16:Violet and

the Undercurrents6 - 9 pm

Ole BeaumontFOOD & SPIRITS

Located in Downtown Macon

The Ole Beaumont located at 203 North Rollins has been a Macon landmark for decades. It has had many faces, but under new ownership and management has become the place to gather

family & friends. August 16, 2014 at 9:00 pm: THE VERGE - a new local rock band!

Theatre Couple Met in Macon

July 18 – Aug 3 Maples Repertory Theatre ” Big River” – Royal TheatreJuly 26 Planet Jazz at West WineryJuly 31 Zerelda James, Mother of Frank & Jesse James By Di anne Moran @ 6pm Macon Co Historical MuseumJuly 31 Maples Repertory Theatre Company Cabaret @7:30pm Maples Repertory TheatreAugust 16 Violet and the Undercurrents at West WineryAugust 16 The Verge at Ole’ BeaumontAugust 22 & 23 “Best of the Best” Demolition Derby – Macon County Fair grounds

Area Events

Velocity 12u won big! Ve-locity won first place at the 14u Silver Streaks Tourna-ment held in Palmyra MO on July 12 & 13, 2014. The team posted some

impressive stats. They played six games over the weekend going undefeat-ed. They allowed no runs in

all six games with an op-ponent batting average of .072. Velocity pitching staff collectively held a

.000 ERA for the tourna-ment. They struck out 51 batters and only walked 2 for the entire tournament while allowing just 7 hits. Velocity offense shined

with a team batting aver-age of .413 which included 44 singles, 9 doubles, 2 triples, and 2 hit-over-the-fence homeruns. The team has two tourna-

ments left to play before wrapping up their 2014 season.

Front row (kneeling) left to right: Aleassa Hruska (At-lanta), Peyton Milburn (Macon), Mary Bradley (Bevier), McKenzie West (Monroe City), Mackenzie White (At-lanta) Back row (standing) left to right: Baylee Jobson (Marceline), Rachel Smith (Monroe City), Haylee Petre (Atlanta), Bryn Wooldridge (Salisbury), Brooke Green (Columbia) and Lauren Youngblood (Monroe City). Not pictured: Jillian King (Macon).

Farmer’s Wifeby Verna Buck

Henry Hall received word Monday, July 14, 2014 of the death of his sister Shirley (Hall) Fox of El Dorado Springs, Mo. Our sympathy to the fam-ily. Shirley grew up in the Cardy area. Her parents operated the Cardy store at one time and Vera was also postmistress then.Christi Bohnet of Ank-

eny, IA spent the weekend with Lenora Grear.W.m. Fredman visited

Sunday afternoon with Larry & Debbie Fredman. Wishing Larry happy birthday.Vonna Scholzen and chil-

dren of Olathe, KS, spent July 12th & 13th with Lev-on and Jackie Eitel.WR and Barbara Buck

and Eva, Bobbi Hamlin and Eddie Buck were Sun-day dinner guests of Verna Buck and mowed the yard. Mike Buck was a Monday evening visitor.

Velocity 12u HasBig Win!

From the BIG RIVER: THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN,

Huckleberry Finn is played by Devon A.A. Norris. The play runs until August 3rd at the Royal Theatre in Macon.

The season is in full swing at the Maples Repertory Theatre with great shows such as “The Boys Next Door” and the opening of “Big River”. We sat down with Ele-na Bossler and Alex Pagels both of whom are big parts of the 2014 season.Elena is originally from Reading,

PA and resides currently in New York City. Alex is from Chicago and also is currently living in New York. You can see the two of them in three shows this season at the Royal Theatre. Elena is playing three different roles in “Boys Next

Door,” a play about four men liv-ing in a home, which is halfway between being in an institute and the real world. She plays an older woman named “Miss Fremus,” a young housewife named Careen Warren and a young mentally challenged girl named Clara. She says getting to play all three roles “is a really great challenge”. In “Big River” she plays Miss Watson, is in the ensemble and plays one of the sisters named Susan. In the kids show, “Puss in Boots,” she plays Princess Marguerite.Alex plays a character named

“Barry” in “The Boys Next Door” who is a schizo-phrenic that takes a jour-ney of “coping with the real world and reconnect-ing with his dad.” In “Big River,” he is playing the preacher, the sheriff and the doctor near the end of the show “who helps Tom after he has been shot. In “Puss in Boots” he plays “Guy” who is in love with the princess but can’t marry her because she is royalty and he is just a poor miller’s son. “Its very touching and fun,” Alex says.Elena started performing

at the Maples eight years ago; she met Todd Davi-son at auditions while at-tending a University in Philadelphia. She was in the Play “Sweet Charity” and “My Favorite Year” as an actress apprentice. “That was so much fun and with so many differ-ent costumes” she says. “I really fell in love with this place, its different from any other place I have ever been. You have this small town feel, everyone is nice and welcoming which I feel the rest of the country has lost.” She later came back to play in “Gifts, Greed and Evergreens,” and that’s were she met Alex. Elena is also a play-wright and Todd allows her to work on her play when she is here. “What’s

different about here is, Broadway is exciting don’t get me wrong, but people come here that really want to see theater and that does not exist as much anywhere. They truly want to see something and are positive.” Alex added, “People want to be here, its not just critics wanting to see a show; people want to have a good time. There are fewer and fewer theat-ers around like this and with audiences like this.Alex ended up at the Ma-

ples because a classmate of his at Illinois Wesleyan who had worked here pri-or referred Alex to Todd for a role that had opened unexpectedly. Elena and Todd played opposite each other as newlyweds. The sparks flew both on and off the stage. “We have been dating ever since then,” Elena says. They have been together over three years now. They returned two years later and did the winter shows and are now back for this summer. “Be-ing here is even more spe-cial for us, we always want to come back. Alex adds, “It’s dear to our hearts to be here.” Being actors, they are not always able to work together so getting to spend time with each other is special. Come out and see them

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Think of a rainbow when planning your summer meals, says Janet Hackert, University of Missouri Extension nutrition and health education special-ist.Vegetable gardens, farm-

ers markets and seasonal offerings from the local grocer provide nutrients for good health. Choose from a wide spectrum of brightly colored fruits and vegetables to get the best vitamins, Hackert says.Red strawberries, rasp-

berries and watermelons provide vitamin C. Toma-toes add a boost of lyco-pene, which may reduce the risk of prostate cancer. Vitamin C helps heal cuts, fights infection and keeps teeth and gums healthy. It also helps bodies ab-sorb iron better, especially iron from iron-rich plant sources such as spinach and beans.A half-cup of strawber-

ries contains 70 percent of the daily vitamin C re-quirements. A cantaloupe contains a whopping 93 percent of daily vitamin

C needs, Hackert says. Some other good sources are spinach, potatoes, pep-pers, cabbage, cauliflower and kohlrabi.Orange, yellow and dark

green vegetables and fruits are likely to be rich in vi-tamin A, which is signifi-cant for good eye health and helps eyes adjust to the dark. Vitamin A also keeps hair and skin look-ing healthy and protects against eye infection.Most people know that

carrots are a good source of vitamin A. But did you know that a small handful of baby carrots or a half cup of carrot sticks has 383 percent of the amount of vitamin A most Ameri-cans need daily? Hackert says a small amount of fresh budget-friendly car-rots can add color, taste and nutrition to your meal or stand alone as a snack. When going to the gar-

den or farmers market, consider sweet potatoes, pumpkins, squashes, broc-coli, spinach and other dark green vegetables such as collards and kale. All are

high in vitamin A. Dark green options also offer vi-tamin K, potassium, lutein and zeaxanthin. Potassium helps us maintain healthy blood pressure and aids in muscle contraction.Blueberries provide a

wealth of antioxidants to prevent certain cancers, eye diseases and varicose veins. Blueberries might help prevent diabetes, high cholesterol and Alz-heimer’s disease. Infused with vitamins A, C and K, in addition to potassium, they add color to your healthy rainbow of foods,

Hackert says.Purple grapes, plums and

eggplant are traditional ways to add purple to your plate, but today you’ll find interesting purple varieties of tomatoes, carrots and cabbage.For more information

about the amounts of vita-mins A and C in common vegetables, see MU Exten-sion guide G6201, “Veg-etable Planting Calendar,” available for free down-load at http://extension.missouri.edu/p/g6201.

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Present: Mayor Lois Bragg, Alderman Trent Perry, Alderman John Mc-Gee, Alderman Dennis Jones, Alderwoman Susan Walker, Water/Sewer Su-perintendent Mike Binder, Street Superintendent Ki-ley Harpster, Police Chief Jason Bunch, Golf Course Superintendent George Hansen and City Clerk Bobbie Jacques.Mayor Bragg declared a

quorum present and called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. The pledge of allegiance was recited and Alderman McGee gave the invocation.Alderman Jones made a

motion and seconded by Alderman McGee to ap-prove the consent agenda. Motion carried ayes - Mc-Gee, Perry, Jones, WalkerMayor and Board Com-

mittee Reports: Mayor Bragg gave a review of her Mayor’s Report. See at-tached.Department Reports:

George Hansen requested the old Charter Telephone Tower & Building located at the golf course be de-clared surplus so that the equipment could be moved from the golf course and the area cleaned.Alderman McGee made

a motion and seconded by Alderman Jones to declare the telephone tower and building surplus. Motion carried ayes - Jones, Walk-er, Perry, McGee.Kiley Harpster asked the

Board of Aldermen to ap-prove the purchase of a street roller in the amount of $3,250.00 and the air conditioning be repaired

in the street truck at a cost of $579.00.Alderman McGee made

a motion and seconded by Alderwoman Walker to approve the purchase of the street roller in the amount of $3,250.00 and advertise for sale the pull behind street roller cur-rently in the street depart-ment. Motion carried ayes- McGee, Perry, Jones, Walker.Alderman Jones made a

motion and seconded by Alderwoman Walker to repair the air conditioner in the street truck in the amount of $579.00. The motion carried McGee, Jones, Perry, Walker.Mike Binder informed

the Board of Aldermen that an agreement had been reached Jim West to begin irrigation. This will help the city to get rid of excess wastewater. He also requested Eric Smith be given a pay increase since he had been awarded a Water Distribution Cer-tificate.Alderman Jones made a

motion and seconded by Alderman Walker to ap-prove the agreement be-tween Jim West and the city to begin irrigation of wastewater. The mo-tion carried ayes-McGee, Jones, Perry, WalkerAlderman McGee made

a motion and seconded by Alderman Jones to give Eric Smith a fifty-cent an hour pay increase. The motion carried ayes – Jones, McGee, Walker, Perry.Alderman McGee made

a motion and seconded by

Alderman Perry to accept a resolution of the Board of Aldermen of City of La Plata with various require-ments to obtain financial assistance from United States of America, acting through the United States Department of Agricul-ture, Rural Development. The motion carried ayes- Jones, McGee, Walker, Perry.Jason Bunch asked the

Board of Aldermen to approve hiring Andrew Wachter, as a full-time po-lice officer at $11.50 per hour. He also requested the Board approve moving Mark Henderson to full-time police officer, stating that Mark would waive receiving health insurance from the city. Mark has been working for the city as a part-time police of-ficer.Alderman McGee made

a motion and seconded by Alderman Perry to hire Andrew Wachter as full-time police officer at $11.50 per hour. The mo-tion carried ayes- Perry, Walker, Jones, McGee.Alderman McGee made

a motion and seconded by Alderman Perry to move mark Henderson to full-time police officer with all benefits except health in-surance. The motion car-ried ayes- McGee, Walker, Perry, Jones.New Business: Mayor

Bragg requested the Board approve the employee manual stating it had not been reviewed since 2012. The only change to the employee manual was to make the decision to ter-

minate an employee the Mayor and Board of Al-dermen’s decision. She thought that an employee should not be able to be terminated solely by the Mayor, a decision of that importance be approved by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen.Alderman Jones made a

motion and seconded by Alderman Perry to ap-prove the employee man-ual as submitted by Mayor Bragg. The motion carried ayes- Perry, McGee, Walk-er, JonesOrdinances:1st Reading by title only:

Bill No. 2014-01 An ordi-nance to establish the rate of pay for specific employ-ees of the City of La Plata, Missouri.Alderman McGee made

a motion and seconded by Alderman Perry to ap-prove Bill No. 2014-01. The vote as follows: Alder-man McGee -aye, Alder-man Perry- aye, Alderman Walker-aye, Alderman Jones -aye. The motion carried.2nd Reading by title only:

Bill No 2014-01 An or-dinance to establish the rate of pay for specific em-ployees of the City of La Plata, Missouri. Alderman Jones made a motion and seconded by Alderman Walker to approve Bill No. 2014-01. The vote as fol-lows: Alderman McGee -aye, Alderman Perry -aye, Alderman Walker -aye, Alderman Jones-aye. The motion carried.With no further business

Mayor Bragg adjourned the meeting.

City of La Plata Council Minutes

The Missouri Conser-vation Commission re-cently approved proposed regulation changes to the Missouri Wildlife Code regarding the operations of hunting preserves and wildlife breeding facili-ties that hold white-tailed deer, mule deer, and their hybrids. The proposed regulation

changes will be published in the Missouri Regis-ter through the Secretary of State’s Office at sos.mo.gov/adrules/moreg/moreg.asp for a 30-day public comment period beginning July 16. Missouri Dept. of Con-

servation (MDC) Director Robert Ziehmer stressed that success in keeping Missouri deer healthy and abundant depends on an informed and involved public. “Public input is an im-

portant part of how the Conservation Department makes decisions involv-ing regulations,” Ziehmer said. “We will consider all public comments before

deciding whether the reg-ulations will be adopted, amended, or withdrawn.” He encouraged all Mis-

sourians to share their comments on these regu-lations. “Get a comment card at MDC offices, na-ture centers, and numer-ous locations where hunt-ing and fishing permits are sold, or simply go online to mdc.mo.gov/DeerHealth,” the Director said. The regulations are part

of MDC’s ongoing strategy to minimize the spread of fatal diseases in the state’s deer population, such as Chronic Wasting Disease. This fatal disease affects members of the deer fam-ily, collectively called cer-vids.Chronic Wasting Disease

was first found in Missouri in captive-deer operations in Macon and Linn coun-ties. It has also been found in numerous captive-deer operations in more than a dozen other states. It is al-ways fatal to infected ani-mals and has no cure. The disease is spread among

deer herds mainly through direct contact. The move-ment of captive cervids within states and across state lines spreads the dis-ease to new areas.MDC’s statewide pro-

posed regulations include:•Banning the importa-

tion of live white-tailed deer, mule deer, and their hybrids from other states; •Improving fencing re-

quirements for new and expanding captive-cervid facilities; •Requiring all deer six

months or older that die in captive-cervid facilities to be tested for Chronic Wasting Disease;•Establishing better

record-keeping require-ments for captive-cervid operations; and •Prohibiting any new

captive-cervid facilities within 25 miles of where Chronic Wasting Disease has been confirmed.Under the Missouri Con-

stitution, MDC, which is governed by a citizen-led Conservation Commis-sion, has the authority

and responsibility to pro-tect and manage Missouri wildlife, including deer. “Conservation makes

Missouri a great place to hunt and watch deer, and all white-tailed deer in Missouri are wildlife, re-gardless of which side of a fence they may be on,” said Ziehmer.According to MDC, a

healthy and abundant deer population in the state is vital to 1/2 million deer hunters, 2 million wildlife watchers, tens-of-thou-sands of landowners who manage their properties for deer and deer hunting, and many conservation organizations. Deer hunting and watch-

ing also supports the state’s vital Share the Harvest Program where hunters donate deer meat to Mis-sourians in need, along with more than 12,000 Missouri jobs, and a bil-lion-dollar annual eco-nomic benefit to Missouri and Missourians.

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ObituariesThe Shepherd Callsby Dr. H. Wade Paris

Howard Eugene SullivanJanuary 10, 1922 - July 5, 2014

Howard Eugene Sullivan, 92 of Kirksville, MO passed

away Saturday (July 5, 2014). On January 10, 1922 in Macon, MO, Howard was born the son of Edward daniel and Effie Frances (Campbell) Sullivan. He was united in marriage to Nancy “Marie” Tuttle who preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by his parents, one son, Johnny Sullivan; three brothers and three sisters, one grandson, Danny Sullivan and one great grandson, Logan Sullivan. His survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Duane and Ruth Sullivan of Macon MO: one daughter and son-in-law, Peggy and Joe Briscoe of Els-berry, MO: four grandchildren: eleven great grandchil-dren and four great-great grandchildren. Also several nieces and nephews. Services were held Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at the Travis-Noe Funeral Home with burial in the Yarrow Cemetery, Yarrow, MO.

Phyllis I. McLain February 26, 1936 - July 19, 2014

Phyllis Irene McLain, age 78 of Atlanta passed away Saturday morning July 19, 2014 in Columbia, MO. Phyllis was born on February 26, 1936, the daughter of Harold Lewis and Verda Leola (Thomas) Eastwood. She was married to Clifford Gavin “Nub” McLain, who pre-ceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by her parents, 2 sons: DeWayne and David McLain and one brother, Marion Eastwood. Phyllis is survived by 5 children: Matt McLain & Jamie Kirkpatrick of Atlanta, Mary Baker of Macon, Cindy Teter and husband Steve, Melinda Gray and husband Brian and Christian McLain and Taylor Bulington, all of Atlanta: 8 grandchildren; 2 brothers: Jim & Pat Eastwood of Ft. Scott, KS and Ken-neth M. & Carolyn Eastwood of Fulton, KS; 2 sisters-in-law: Allene Coffman of Cuba, Alabama and Mary East-wood of Ft. Scott, KS; 2 brothers-in-law: Hiram “Babe” McLain & wife Bonnie and Marlin Coffman, all of Cal-lao, MO; a special friend, Phyllis Wiggans of Macon; other family members and a host of friends. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July

23, 2014 at Elliott Funeral Home in Atlanta. Burial was in the Old Chariton Cemetery, north of Callao.

Nothing is Free It was dinnertime. My

wife and I sat at the table watching all the activity behind our house. Three deer were by the salt block and more down in the woods. Several turkeys wandered around the yard scavenging. The humming birds were busily eating at the feeders and buzzing one another. Woodpeck-ers and tufted titmice were making regular visits to the peanut feeder. Cardi-nals, blue jays, and rose-breasted grosbeaks were eating at one feeder and bright yellow goldfinches at the other. Squirrels were running and jump-ing everywhere – red ones, gray ones, small ones, large ones. It was beauti-ful. I ate and observed in awe.As I watched I thought,

“This is pleasant, but it has a price”. Someone has to fill those bird feeders, and the seed is not free. I spend “a few” dollars each month on the birds. It seems we are constantly making humming bird food. The turkeys make a big mess in the yard. Be-fore my grandchildren come, someone has to clean up the yard. (Guess who gets to do that.) The

humming birds buzz you if you try to sit or eat on the deck. The squirrels are constantly robbing the bird feeders. I bought one that is “squirrel proof ”. It took them two days to fig-ure it out. Once or twice a year I must replace the salt block. Worst of all, those deer eat everything we plant – our flowers (especially the roses), our shrubs, our vegetables.Isn’t that what life is like?

Nothing is free. True, the animals are free to roam, and I didn’t have to pay for them; but if I want to enjoy them, I must also feed them. If you want an education, you must go to school. A friend invites you over for dinner. He jokes and says, “Come get a free meal”. However, he lives several miles away. If you want the “free” meal, you must travel to his house. The meal isn’t free. Even being a Christian

has a price. Salvation itself is free. Jesus arranged that for us on the cross. Never-theless, if you really want to experience the Chris-tian life, Jesus said you must take up your cross and follow Him. One the-ologian put it this way—“Salvation is free; but it is not cheap”.

Well the fair season is upon us. Macon Fair was this past week. Now I am bracing for the NEMO Fair with 22 4-H members participating in that event. It has been a time for the Horse Show and then the Queen Contest. Tomor-row members register their projects in the 4-H building, and then we will proceed to the poultry, rabbit, beef, sheep, swine shows during the week. We are promised that the weather will be nice and cool. We can only pray for the temperate tempera-tures.The Friends for La Plata

Preservation group met Monday evening. All were happy that the new Green Theatre sign was painted on the theatre. The Oklahoma Indians

4-H club participated in

the 4-H Fun Night held at NEMO Fairgrounds Fri-day evening. The Oklaho-ma Indians 4-H club was the grand winner for over-all events again this year. Richard Burns visited his

brother Bob Burn at the Veterans Hospital in Tem-ple, Texas. He also visited his sister and husband, Carolyn & Larry Foster, in Raymore Peculiar Sunday.The NEMO Ham Ra-

dio Club meeting took place Sunday afternoon. Attending were Bud & Donna Seibold, Paul Doi, Dave & Cathy Kreiger, Kerry Haley, Alex Fleak, Vance Myers, Pamela Bar-nett, Jake Ballinger, Joseph Markiewicz & Pat Mc Gil-lan. They were happy that the got the KTVO tower receiver fixed & operat-ing again. Fair results next week. Think cool.

We all can think of times when our best plans and efforts flop! It’s pretty hard to predict when failure will occur, but Luke 22:34 (NASV) tells us Jesus pre-dicted Peter’s failure... I say to you, Peter,the roost-er will not crow today un-til you have denied three times that you know Me. Jesus’ prophesy was ful-filled after Jesus’ arrest and Peter said... I do not know Him. (Luke 22:57, NASV)That denial was not Pe-

ter’s intention. Peter had said to Jesus... Lord, with You I am ready to go both to prison nd to death! (Luke 22:33, NASV) But Peter’s best plans and ef-forts failed. He denied Jesus... three times. The rooster crowed. Jesus turned and looked at Pe-ter. Peter immediately felt the shame of his failure!Listen to the way Jesus

began this conversation with Peter... Simon, Si-mon, behold, Satan has

demanded permission to sift you like wheat; but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strength-en your brothers. (Luke 22:31-32, NASV) There are three truths found in Jesus’ words...First, Satan was Peter’s

enemy... Satan has de-manded to sift you like wheat. “Sift” is an agricul-tural term describing the violent shaking of grains of wheat to shake out the impurities. On thenight Peter denied Jesus, Peter was violently shaken by his enemy Satan. Peter may not have understood it all then, but listen what Peter said later in life... Be of so-ber spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roar-ing lion, seeking someone to devour. (1 Peter 5:8, NASV) Satan was Peter’s enemy. He is the enemy of all who follow Jesus. Rev-

elation 12:10 says Satan accuses believers day and night.Second, Jesus prayed for

Peter... I have prayed for you, that you faith may not fail. Jesus didn’t pray to keep Satan from “sift-ing” Peter; he prayed that Peter’s faith would not fail. Jesus knows Peter will stumble; we all do. He is praying that Peter will re-cover. What a comfort to know Jesus is praying for those who follow him... Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession

for them. (Hebrews 7:25, NASV)Last, Peter’s life wasn’t

over because of his fail-ure... when once you have turned again, strength-en your brothers. (Luke 22:32, NASV) Jesus knew the day would come when Peter would repent and continue to be Jesus’ faith-ful follower and servant.All Christians fail Jesus

sometimes; we’ve all given in to our enemy Satan. But Jesus is praying for us. There is always room for repentance and continued faithfulness and service to Jesus Christ, our Lord.

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PROBATE DIVISION

In the Estate ofJerry Wayne Kitts, Deceased

Estate No. 14MA-PR00044

NOTICE OF HEARING

To all persons who claim any interest in the property of Jerry Wayne Kitts, decedent, as an heir of said dece-dent or through any heir of said decedent:

You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in the above court by Jeremy B. Kitts, for the determi-nation of the heirs of decedent, and of their respective interests as such heirs in and with respect to the fol-lowing described real property owned by said dece-dent at the time of death, to-wit:

The North One-half of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section Twenty-six (26), Town-ship Fifty-seven (57) North, Range Fifteen (15) West, Macon County, Missouri; and,

The following described personal property, to-wit: 1972 Chevrolet pickup VIN CCE142S156702; 1979 Chevrolet Impala VIN IL69G9S204201; and, 1970 Chevrolet pickup VIN KE240S128233.

Petitioner’s attorney is R. Timothy Bickhaus, whose business address and phone number is: 109 N. Mis-souri St., P.O. Box 451, Macon, Missouri, 63552, (660) 385-3854.

You are hereby required to appear to answer said pe-tition on the 13th day of August 2014, at 8: 00 0’ clock a.m., in the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Macon County, Missouri, at 101 Washington Street, Building #1, (upstairs), Macon, Missouri, at which time and place said petition will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment may be entered in due course upon said petition.

/s/ Denice Zebarth, Probate Clerk

Publication Dates: July 2, 9, 16 and 23


PROBATE DIVISION

In the Matter of Janella Ann Worland, Disabled


NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF CONSERVATOR

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE JANELLA ANN WORLAND, a disabled person:

On July 1, 2014 Lois Noland was appointed the Conservator of the Estate of Janella Ann Worland, a person adjudicated disabled under the laws of the State of Missouri, by the Probate Division of Circuit Court of Macon County, Missouri.

The business address and telephone of the Conservator are: Lois Noland, 101 E. Washington, Macon, Missouri, 63552, (660) 385-6173.

All creditors of said disabled person are notified to file their claims in the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Macon County, Missouri.

Date of first publication is: July 9, 2014

/s/Ann Henry, Deputy Clerk

Publication Dates: July 9, 16, 23 and 30, 2014

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The City of Elmer, MO is accepting bids for an Early Warning Storm Siren to be placed in the City Park.

Information for this project can be obtained by contacting Crystal Allen at 660-415-7885.

Bid Deadline is 5:00 P.M. on

Friday July 25, 2014.The City of Elmer reserves the right to reject any or all bids for any reason.

PUBLIC NOTICE


PROBATE DIVISION

In the Estate ofWilma Joan Gilliland, Deceased


NOTICE OF FILING AFFIDAVIT IN AN ESTATE OF LESS THAN $40,000

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF Wilma Joan Gilliland, Decedent:

On the 26th day of June, 2014, a small estate affidavit was filed by the distributee(s) for the decedent under section 473.097, RSMo, with the probate division of the circuit court of Macon County, Missouri.

All creditors of the decedent, who died on April 22, 2014, are notified that section 473.444 sets a limitation period that would bar claims one year after the death of the decedent. A creditor may request that this estate be opened for administration.

Receipt of this notice should not be construed by the recipient to indicate that the recipient may possibly have a beneficial interest in the estate. The nature and extent of any person’s interest, if any, may possibly be determined from the affidavit on this estate filed in the probate division of the circuit court of Macon County, Missouri.

Date of first publication is: July 23

/s/ Denice Ziebarth, Probate Clerk

Publication Dates: July 23 and 30

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Friends for La Plata Pres-ervation Rummage Sale - Held in the old Sealtest Bulling building next to Greens Theater August 2, 2014. 7-noon. Come by and get a bargain while helping to preserve La Pla-ta’s history!

KIMBER PISTOLS! I am a master dealer with lots in stock. Call me at 815-742-4685 (Doreen). Hot Deals-Trades Accepted- Harford, Missouri.

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10-13, 2014 Missouri American Legion Convention in Jefferson City. Missouri American Legion District One is composed of ten Northeast Missouri counties from Monroe County to the Iowa State line. Maddox is re-sponsible for coordinating with the legion posts in his area to keep them current on veteran affairs and assist with membership. Maddox is married to Linda Maddox Unit 360 Auxiliary President and Vice President of the New Cambria Bank.

GRAIN BIN NOTICEWhen you begin planning for a new grain bin, please contact your electric cooperative. Northeast Missouri Electric Power Cooperative may have transmission lines crossing your property in the vicinity of your proposed bin. We will provide assistance in planning for a safe environment for everyone working and living around grain bins. The clearances are required by The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) C2-2012 “National Electrical Safety Code”, Rule 234f. If you have any questions concerning the drawing, please contact Northeast Missouri Electric Power Cooperative’s office at 573-769-2107 or your local Rural Electric Cooperative.

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JUVENILE DIVISION

In the interest of:ABFemale child, DOB: 27, MAY 2004(Juvenile Case No.: 11MA-JU00033)

In the interest of:NBMale minor child,DOB: 20, JUNE 2004(Juvenile Case No.: l4MA-JU00034)

NOTICE UPON ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION

THE STATE OF MISSOURI TO: NIKIA G. BIGBY

You are hereby notified that an action has been commenced against you in the Circuit Court, Juvenile Division, for the County of Macon, State of Missouri, the object and general nature of which PETITION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS

The names of all parties to said action are stated above in the caption hereof and the name and address of the attorney for the petitioner is Tanya K. Alm, and whose address is 221West High Street, P.O. Box 157: Broadway Building, Room 230; Jefferson City, Missouri, 65102-1527.

You are further notified that, unless you file an answer or other pleading or shall Otherwise appear and defend against the aforesaid petition within 45 days after the 23rd day of July 2014, judgment by default will be rendered against you.

It is ordered that a copy hereof be published according to law in the Home Press, a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of Macon, State of Missouri.

A true copy from the record.

Witness my hand and the seal of the Circuit Court this 18th day of July 2014.

/s/ Kimberly MarchCircuit Clerk

Date of first publication is: July 23, 2014

Dates of Publication: July 23, 30, August 6, 13, 2014

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Haylee Petre (Atlan-ta, Mo.), pictured, used power at the plate and in the circle to help cap-ture the 11th ASA Jun-ior Olympic (JO) Player of the Week award, pre-sented by Worth Fastpitch and StudentSports.com. The Velocity 12U pitcher helped lead her team to a 6-0 record and the cham-pionship title at the Silver Streaks Tournament this past weekend. “She has an excellent

work ethic,” said Petre’s mother and Velocity 12U coach Tabetha Petre. “She’s one of those kids who has the batting cages in her backyard. She’s out there consistently putting in the work off the field so that she’ll perform on the field.”From the circle, Petre was

reaching speeds of nearly 60 mph and batters were struggling to keep up. In her 18 innings of work, Petre gave up only four hits, no runs and struck

out 28 batters. Velocity 12U made it through the entire tournament with-out giving up a run.“It was very impressive,”

added Coach Petre. She’s a 12U player, and we’ve been playing 14U for the majority of the season. To put up the kind of stats that she did, I was just re-ally impressed with her ability to do that. Part of her work ethic and love of the game is what helps her succeed.”

Haylee Petre Wins Award

President Ron Watts called the meeting to or-der.Doris Duckworth led the

Pledge of Allegiance.The minutes of the April

17, 2014, meeting were read and approved as cor-rected.Financial Report by Ruth

Masten, Treasurer, was ap-proved as read.President Watts reported

they realized $136 from the scrap hauled off Don-na Ayers’ property. He also announced that

$731 was spent at Jack Lee’s auction securing the flags wanted and books for resale. A Stil-Hildreth bookcase was purchased for $150.Striping of the parking lot

cost $250. Monitoring the parking lot has resulted in fewer unauthorized vehi-cles parking there.Mardine White, Cura-

tor, reported that several lots of items had come in. James Bains family’s First Aid Kit from Peabody Coal was donated. Clayton Baines I man’s nightshirt has been added to the bed-room display.Many clippings and pa-

pers have been received. Cindy Riley and her moth-er Doris have been putting the items into sleeves, con-serving all by towns.Two offers were received

for donating a piano and a pump organ but were de-clined because of the lack of room. A discussion fol-lowed about selling dupli-cate items, but the consen-sus is that to maintain the integrity of MCHS noth-ing would be sold without the donor’s request. One flag, the USC flag from Jack Lee’s auction sold to someone in California for $30.Genealogy Report:George Morgenweck re-

ported that they have not

had as many walk-ins as last year, but the phones have been busy, and they are working on several requests. One call was about fixing tombstones and he inquired of Harold Burkhardt if he would be interested. Harold asked Leroy Noble and Huey White if they could work on tombstones. Huey said so long as it wasn’t his own.President Watts inquired

about the new hours. Merlyn said that she liked them for the museum. Huey White observed that if you have someone who wants to stay longer, it is better to stay from noon on than before which sometimes meant as late as 6 pm. Mardine mentioned that some people said they didn’t get up early enough for the new hours.Stair-lift to Lower Floor:Harold Burkhardt, vice-

president, brought up re-newed interest in the stair-lift to the lower level which had been discussed before but dropped while they investigated the report of having to pay a $500 an-nual state inspection fee. Shelbina Historical Soci-ety reportedly said they had never had to pay for an inspection.Harold called a Kansas

City company for de-tails. The cost for MCHS would be $1800 to $2400 plus $125 freight. De-livery could be made in four days. He said that the MCHS crew could install the lift themselves. Leroy would need to fix the plug in. The capacity is 350 pounds. A check needs to be sent for delivery. The cost is now $600 more than when we looked at it be-fore for the SL350 model. It is the Summit Lift which is the same as in Shelbina. She said that they are very satisfied.

Merlyn has commit-ted $1800. The funds that were voted two or three years ago have never been used. Grants are available. Although some grants that were considered before have already been taken, Opal Harris mentioned the possibility of an MFA grant. Merlyn said she would check on the pos-sibility of current grants to make up the difference of the old price and the cur-rent price.Questions were asked

about extending the lift to the first floor. Harold ex-plained that the entire unit sits on the floor; lifts are a standard size of 16 feet. It must be shortened to fit the eight steps down to the lower level. Track will be left, but it is unusable. To go upstairs would in-volve two curves which in-creased the cost to $20,000 per curve.George Morgenweck

moved that MCHS buy the stair-lift; Dennis Riley seconded; the motion car-ried. Ruth will prepare the check as well as the paper for tax-exempt purchase.President Watts an-

nounced that the City put chocks in front of the asphalt, and gravel will be added to connect the chocks with the blacktop.The new rooms on the

lower level are almost done. The Girl Scouts will be coming this Saturday to paint.The dark room needs to

be set up. Todd Davison is waiting on the man who’s painting.President Watts reiter-

ated that a Bethel Church member is needed to at-tend the MCHS meeting to give a financial report. “We started with zero and now have $3000 in the Bethel Church fund.”Esther Tabor and Ralph

Klusman and a group from MCHS went up there but some of those who had committed to helping get the church ready for Me-morial Day did not attend. President Watts stressed the need of having a Bethel Church member attend the regular MCHS meet-ing. Esther said that Mark White was there. Harold Nelson, was elected presi-dent and in charge of the cemetery. Bill White is treasurer and has control of the money since Bethel Church’s funds are kept separate from MCHS’s funds although the church is owned by MCHS, and both accounts are in Ma-con-Atlanta Bank. Esther will investigate and report back to Ron.Raffle tickets for the

Shockey Mill crock are be-ing offered at $1 for one; $5 for seven. Harold re-ported that enough tickets have been sold to cover the $100 cost of the crock and encouraged everyone to sell the tickets.President Watts closed

with a plea for more will-ing workers to do the daily chores so a few good workers don’t get burned out. The six dehumidifiers need to be checked daily and most require empty-ing. This is very important because without them, the entire building will mil-dew. Grass needs to be mowed (although the City mows a lot of it); windows need to be washed, bath-rooms cleaned, the prop-erty checked for storm damage, displays dusted and cleaned, and the front desk manned during open hours. Discussion fol-lowed. Suggestions are welcomed.President Watts ad-

journed the meeting.

Macon County Historical Society Meeting Minutes

The La Plata American Legion & Auxiliary met Tuesday, July 15, 2014 for a carry in supper to honor girls and boys that went to State. Present were Molly West and mother Brenda, Evan Carter, Kirk Laren and family, Stan and Kathy East, Bob and Alma Baker, Harold and Linnelle Col-lins, Leland Collins, Clyde Burch, Charlie Thompson, , David Johnson, Willie Williams, Tom Burton, Kenny Wright, Gerald Brokaw, John and Debie Becker, Jerry Thomas, J. Sheveland, Tom Mitten, Verna Buck, Margaret Kincaid, Wanda Sedar-wall, Mary Slawson, Mary

Plumlee. After the meal, Molly West reported on Girls State, Kirk Larson and Evan Carter report-ed on Boys State. Kathy East displayed the quilt she made representing all branches of the service emblems and patches and names of service men that had served and some of the ribbons they had been awarded. Very interest-ing. Thanks Kathy and also thanks to Harold and Linelle for cooking the hamburgers and hot dogs. Each group held a short business meetingNext meeting will ne Au-

gust 19th.

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