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SECTION ACorrespondents ........................ 2Friends & Family ...................... 3Friends & Family/School ......... 4School/Sports ............................ 5Sports ......................................... 6

SECTION BArea News ................................. 2Records ...................................... 3Records/Legals .......................... 4Legals/Classi� eds ...................... 5Area News ................................. 6

SECTION CAchievements ............................ 24-H Member Pro� les ........... 3-6

MRTA president visits Barton County retired teachers

see page 2A

Partial identi� cation of 1956 Mother's Day photo

see page 3A

Metzger’s Mutteringssee page 4A

Lauren and Alana Little participate in white coat ceremony

see page 4A

Students of the Week

see page 5A

Student Studiosee page 5A

STAR Studentssee page 5A

Tigers fall in heart breaker

see page 6A

Lockwood homecoming queen crowned

see page 6A

Jasper R-V received $10,000 grant to purchase laptops

see page 6B

Roads causing problems for Lockwood school bus drivers

see page 2B

Area girls participate in Black Walnut Festival

see page 6B

Weather Forecastsee page 6B

Honoring & Remembering Our Veterans This Veterans Day November 11, 2013

We will publish a special Veterans’ Day page(s) in honor of and in memory of our veterans. To include your veteran, stop by the Lamar Democrat offi ce at 100 East 11th Street and fi ll out the form. You will be able to select a seal for their military branch and a tribute message, then tributes will appear in the November 6 issue of the Lamar Democrat along with the veterans’ photo you provided.

Each veteran tribute ad is $15.00. Deadline is 5 p.m., Monday, Oct. 28You may drop off a photo that can be picked up after the tributes run or you may email a photo to info@lamardemocrat.com.

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Served September 1941 to

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January 14, 1998

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Served September 1941 to

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January 15, 1920 -

January 14, 1998

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Liberal city government receives poor rating from state audit

By RICHARD COOPERDemocrat sta� writer

richardcooper@lamardemocrat.com

LIBERAL-A state audit of Liberal city government, requested by citizen petition, was read to a crowd of concerned citizens, October 1, in Liberal City Hall. Deputy State Auditor Harry Otto read the 19-page report in its entirety and concluded, “� e city’s records are in disarray.” It included the year ending December 31, 2012, but also made reference to some issues that tracked back into 2011. In the introduc-tory Citizens Summary of the audit, the city’s overall performance in the areas au-dited was graded as poor.

� e audit was divided into seven catego-ries, and the � ndings in each were summa-rized.

In Accounting Controls, Procedures, and Records, the audit stated the city did not segregate accounting duties, and the board of aldermen did not provide any independent or supervisory review of the city clerk’s work. � e city did not have a consistent receipting procedure and did not always timely record or deposit mon-ies received. Some disbursements were not recorded accurately. Some were recorded at wrong amounts or in the wrong fund. Serious problems with bank reconcilia-tions were found resulting in a $151,330 di� erence between the adjusted bank bal-ance and the book balance.

In Utility System Controls and Proce-dures, the audit found the city had not per-formed a formal review of water, sewer, gas, electric, and trash rates, giving less assur-ance that utility rates are set at appropriate levels. � e city had not performed a rec-onciliation of total gallons of water billed to gallons of water pumped until the audit sta� brought it to their attention. When the city conducted a reconciliation for the February 2013 billing cycle, it found a dis-crepancy of 755,431 gallons, which was 32

percent of water pumped.

In Disburse-ments, it was found that the city did not have a formal bidding policy and did not so-licit competitive bids for numer-ous services and purchases during 2012. Included were $52,450 for tree trimming and $44,027 for nat-ural gas. No documentation was found to support the allocation of expenses among funds and did not maintain invoices for some purchases. A duplicate payment of $1,055 was found, although the city has since received a refund from the vendor.

In Payroll Controls, a former city clerk received a check of $4,020 for accrued sick leave and another check of $2,010 for ac-crued vacation leave, but the city did not maintain any leave records to support these payments. � e city failed to timely remit payroll taxes due for the period Au-gust 15 to October 15, 2012 to the IRS and the Missouri Department of Revenue re-sulting in $718 in penalties and interest.

In Budgetary Procedures and Financial Reporting, annual budgets did not con-tain all elements required by state law and were not approved timely. A 2011 budget amendment was approved in February 2012, well a� er the end of the � scal year. � e city did not publish � nancial state-ments in 2012 or 2011 as required by state law.

In Agendas, Meetings, and Ordinances, the board of aldermen did not retain no-ti� cation or tentative agendas for some meetings, and discussed some issues in closed meetings that were not allowable.

� e city has not adopted ordinances to es-tablish the compensation of city o� cials or employees and also has failed to adopt or-dinances setting rates for water, sewer, gas, electric, and trash service.

In the category of Capital Assets, the city did not maintain records for its capital as-sets, did not tag assets for speci� c identi-� cation, and did not conduct an annual physical inventory.

In an earlier exit audit with Mayor Bob-bie Garrett and the board of aldermen, the city’s response to the auditor’s correc-tive recommendations was to state that it would adopt measures that would address all of the de� ciencies.

� roughout the reading of the audit re-port, the term most frequently heard was “documentation,” which appears to be the key to correction of many of the de� cien-cies.

Following the reading of the audit’s � nd-ings, a member of the audience asked Otto what happens next. He replied that a new policy initiated by State Auditor � omas Schweich requires that the audit team do a follow up examination of the entity being audited in 90 to 120 days and issue a report

Lamar Denocrat/Richard CooperDeputy State Auditor Harry Otto, accompanied by two

colleagues, presented the results of a petitioned audit of city operations in Liberal on October 1.

Barton County Chamber presents Lamar School District with Tiger Pride sign

� e Barton County Chamber of Commerce is proud to pres-ent the Lamar School District with a Tiger Pride Commu-nity sign that is located at the corner of Maple and Highway 160.  Executive Director Astra Ferris presented Lamar Super-intendent Dr. Zach Harris with the sign Friday, Oct. 4.  � is sign is part of a community pride project the Barton Coun-

ty Chamber of Com-merce has been work-ing on with CDL/Willhite Signs for several months. 

Ferris stated, “Community projects such as the Lamar Ti-ger Pride signs will be the � rst of many for our Barton County communities.  � e creation of

this project came about a� er questions were raised in the community as to why Lamar did not have a school pride sign, so we teamed up with chamber member CDL/Will-hite Signs to make this vision a

reality.” In addition to this sign the Barton County Chamber of Commerce has plans to erect a similar Tiger Pride billboard in the near future at Highway 160 and Interstate 49.

see AUDIT, page 6A

Bene� t trail ride to be held for AdriaunnaA bene� t trail ride for Adriaunna Hor-

ton will be held Saturday, Oct. 19, 10:30 a.m., at Hulston Mill. � e mill is located seven miles east of Green� eld on Hwy. 160 to EE, north on EE to County Road 92 east and watch for signs.

� e cost per rider is $10, with all pro-ceeds going to the Adriaunna Memorial

and a trust fund for her sisters. Join with others for a great cause and a good time. � e day’s events include live music and a silent auction, a feast of hamburgers and hot dogs and pulled pork donated by Metro.

� ere will also be wagon rides and a live auction.

� e organized trail ride will leave the mill at 10:30 a.m. Anyone that wants is welcome to join them or ride the 14 miles of trails on their own.

For information call Je� Boyd at 417-262-3497; Chris Elbe, trail boss, at 417-830-6914 or Jenna Horton, 417-262-4520.

Pictured with the new Lamar spirit sign are, left to right, Lamar Superintendent Dr. Zach Harris, Executive Director of Special Services Piper Stewart and Barton County Chamber Executive Director Astra Ferris.

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MRTA president visits Barton County retired teachersBy RICHARD COOPERDemocrat staff writer

richardcooper@lamardemocrat.com

LAMAR-Retired teach-ers from Nevada, Dade County, and Carthage joined the monthly meet-ing of Barton County re-tired teachers on October 2 to listen to the newly elected president of the Missouri Retired Teach-ers Association (MRTA). Marilyn Skipper is a Co-lumbia native and a re-tired elementary teacher in the schools of Boone County.

She concentrated on a theme of MRTA mem-bership, noting that Oc-tober is membership renewal month. MRTA currently has in excess of 22,000 members across the state, and Skip-per stressed the goal of 25,000 members by 2015.

“Elected officials already know who we are,” she said, and emphasized the need for more members in order to increase the organization’s political clout. MRTA continues to resist changes in the teacher retirement system that have been proposed by some members of the General Assembly, all of which will weaken ben-efits to present and future retirees. She took note of Legislative Day, which will be next February 11. At that time, all retirees are urged to go to Jeffer-son City, dressed in red clothing, and visit with their elected officials. During last year’s Legisla-tive Day, over 700 retirees descended on the Capitol.

She also noted the benefits of belonging to MRTA, including travel programs, Sprint dis-counts, and dental and

vision needs insurance. Also speaking to the

gathering was Walter Cochran of Nevada, a former state president

of MRTA and currently president of the Missouri Retired Teachers Foun-dation (MRTF). He de-scribed the foundation as

the money raising arm of MRTA. It was instrumen-tal in raising funds to pay off the mortgage on the new MRTA headquarters building in Jefferson City. It also makes $500 grants to selected classroom teachers.

He described the lat-est campaign of MRTF, which he called the Ele-vator Fund. MRTA needs to install an elevator in its headquarters building to make the large lower floor, a classroom, more accessible to physically limited MRTA members. An elevator was deleted from the original plans for the building in order to cut costs. Cochran esti-mated the cost of install-ing an elevator would be in the neighborhood of $50,000.

In the business meeting, the membership voted to make a donation to the

Vincil and Ruby War-ren Scholarship Fund in memory of Vincil War-ren, who taught for over 40 years in Barton Coun-ty schools and served as president of the Barton County chapter of retired teachers for 27 years. Warren died September 19.

The next meeting of the Retired Educators of the Barton County Area will be at 9 a.m., November 6, in the Fellowship Hall of the Lamar First Christian Church. Breakfast will be available at 8:30. Guest speaker will be Judd Chesnut, manager of La-mar Enterprises recycling center.

For-Get-Me-NotsBy GAIL LEAMING

Well I will try this again. I missed the deadline last week and the week before we were hitting doctor appointments left and right and I just forgot. After almost three weeks, the doctor in Joplin got Ron’s results from a bi-op and his mole was ma-ligna melanoma and they wanted to run more tests. Since it takes so long to get the results back we have opted to go to Springfield where (they are suppose) to have the lab get the results back to see if they have got-ten it all before they sew it up. Very stressed out as others who have gone through this well know.

Lynn, Ron moved the refrigerator! One neigh-bor who farms by us said he was going to leave a case of beer in it to be kept cold while he was farming over our way and my mail lady said she thought she had gotten lost because her land-mark (the refrigerator) was moved. Our son was shocked we finally got it moved too. Anyway my

yard doesn’t have it in it anymore and Ron told me he finally got tired of waiting for me to plant flowers in it so moved it.

Winnie Yates passed away this week and Lloyd Tubaugh, so it has not been a good week all in all but I guess just getting up is good. So far the shut down hasn’t affected us too much. Russ is having to work, but with no pay. He says the others like his wife at least got a vaca-tion and got to go home. He stopped in to see if he had a place to stay and a place to eat. I hear that the docks at Stock-ton Lake are closed, but why is senseless to me. Think they are just try-ing to make everyone suf-fer. There sure are a lot of agencies that are non es-sential that we have been paying for, like the EPA, so we might save some money. The last time this happened the stock mar-ket went up and it is go-ing up again, as if that is important. They play by the numbers anyway. Ev-ery since the country shut down the gas prices have dropped and now it is un-der three dollars. Maybe a little more time and it would drop down to a reasonable price.

This Friday Duke Ma-son is at the Fairview Church in Carthage and the second Friday is the gospel singing at Milford. Busy week next week. With this Obama Care it will be interesting to have the people that are grip-ing about the cost of their insurance and how much higher the free insurance is going to cost. Someone told me the other day that if we turned the Sahara Desert over to our gov-ernment to run, in five years there wouldn’t be a grain of sand left.

SheldonBy DARLENE SHERIDAN

A softball tournament was held, Saturday, Sept. 28 to benefit Aiden Long, who is fighting cancer. Seven teams participated and were able to complete play before the rains be-gan. Another benefit, a pancake feed, will be held the first part of Novem-ber.

Saturday morning a large group of Sheldon 4-Hers were at the Shel-don Lions Club to deco-rate the window in ob-servance of National 4-H Week. Other activities this week are the annual

4-H chicken barbecue on October 5, at the fair-grounds in Nevada and the Sheldon 4-H Club will attend the Sheldon Methodist Church on October 6.

The Sheldon Jolly Se-nior Citizens met Tues-day, Oct. 1, at the Donald-son Building at 1:30 p.m. Mary Ann Clark, vice president, led the Pledge of Allegiance and gave the devotion on hope. She also shared from a book about her late brother, Max Hornecker, writ-ten by Max’s wife, Marie. Roll was answered by identifying your favorite cookie or dessert. A card was signed for Joy Bee-man and a thank you card was sent to the Methodist church for the use of the building. The next meet-ing will be moved from October 8-10 and the meeting on the 15th will be a sack lunch dinner.

October 11 will be the third mobile food pantry for eligible households from Bronaugh and Shel-don. To be eligible partic-ipants must meet income guidelines and present an ID and proof of residen-cy. Sheldon City Clerk Becky Morgan has infor-mation and you can call her at 884-2621. We need

financial support for the Ozark Food Harvest to continue these food pan-tries. Ozark Food Harvest is also supplying 24 back-packs weekly for needy children in Sheldon and Bronaugh schools.

This week I enjoyed a visit from my grandson, Quinn Sheridan and his baby daughter, Chloe Darlene.

Maxine’s MusingsBy MAXINE MORIN

Wow! The temperature dropped last week. It was really cool at night. I am sure the outside workers enjoyed the cooler days. As Donna W. and I were driving uptown, we no-ticed the ground under trees was spotted with fallen leaves. Summer plants are beginning to look as if summer is over. Several homes are deco-rated with a Halloween theme.

Last Wednesday, Oct. 2, Anna Mae Hillsman, Lamar, drove to Ft. Scott, Kan., where she attended funeral services of her cousin, Neva Hite. Servic-es were held at the Chris-

tian Church in Ft. Scott. Ms. Hite was a school teacher for many years.

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Ladies, have you had your mammogram? Barton County Memo-rial Hospital is offering a special on mammograms during the month of Oc-tober. A doctor’s written order is necessary to make an appointment with the radiologist.

The Classi Lassies and the Truman Roses Red Hat ladies of Lamar gathered in the social room at Tru-man Healthcare Center on Thursday, Sept. 26 for an afternoon sing-a-long. Betty Gideon, VM, wel-comed the 30 ladies and two gentlemen, and then introduced the Ruby Red Notes – Elaine Brannon, Juanita Schmitt, Dorothy Parks and Pat Bean. Max-ine Rader led the group in singing several favorites. The featured fun event of the day was playing the version of “Old McDon-ald Had a Farm”, with kazoos (comb covered with wax paper). The Tru-man Roses attending re-ceived favors from Betty Gideon of farm animals, ducks with purple ribbon

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CITY CloVeRS 4-H CluB

By LEXI PHIPPSReporter

The City Clovers met on September 8, at the Wolf Building. Members shared information about 4-H activities they partic-ipated in during the sum-mer, including their fair projects.

Officers were elected for the upcoming year. They are: Jensen Worsley, pres-ident; Kip Roland, vice

president; Kaitlyn Davis, secretary; Noah Shaw, treasurer; Lexi Phipps, re-porter; Blaine Shaw, pho-tographer; Lexi Phipps and Kaitlyn Davis, histo-rians and Ryan Davis, ac-tivity director.

The club project will be “Dogs”. The City Clo-ver’s community service project will include mak-ing door hangers for the nursing home residents and helping with the backpack program.

A fall hayride is being planned at the Phipps’ farm in October.

The City Clovers are looking forward to a great 4-H year.

lAMAR CouNTRY CluB

lADIeS ASSoCIATIoN

A luncheon and busi-ness meeting for the

Bridge and golf ladies was held at the Market-side Café on Tuesday, Oct. 1. Maxine Rader was the hostess for golf, with the event being a 9 a.m. Scramble. The win-ners were Ellen Jo Morey and Maxine Rader. The hostess on Tuesday, Oct. 8 will be Norma Frieden for Low Score on 6-7-8. Tuesday, Oct. 15, the

hostess will be Carolyn Gastel with the event to be Low Score on 1 and 9.

Betty Gideon was the hostess for Bridge. The winner was Imogene Wil-liams and Betty Gilkey was second high winner. The hostess on Tuesday, Oct. 8 will be Betty Gilkey and on Tuesday, Oct. 15, the hostess will be Kathy Jenkins.

Lamar Democrat/Richard CooperBarton County retired teachers were joined

by retirees from Nevada, Dade County, and Carthage on October 2 to welcome newly elected state MRTA president, Marilyn Skipper.

see MAXINe, page 3A

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Barton County Master Gardener’s Yard of Month

Barton County Master Gardener’s Yard of the Month belongs to John and Marcia Bary, located at 207 W. 3rd in Lamar. Marcia uses a landscape design philosophy called

permaculture, which in-tegrates edibles with or-namental plantings and then John does his best to make it happen. A straw-berry bed surrounds the circle driveway, blackber-

ries are grown in the side yard and peach trees were recently added. White cherry bushes and crape myrtle, along with honey-berry bushes in the front, stand out when in bloom and an unusual berm full of finely trimmed redbud trees provides a shady canopy. Bright lime green trim and accents in the yard help complete this interesting yard and makes it a happy gath-ering place for friends and family, including the Bary’s two teenagers, Maxim and Catherine.

Friends & FamilyPartial identification of 1956

Mothers’ Day photo

Here are the names of all except one of the mothers pictured in the Moth-ers’ Day photo of 1956. We won’t guarantee they are all correct but be-lieve most of them are. We relied on the help of the person with the best memory in Barton County. We won’t identify her, except to say she is a Lib-eral native and has a Mindenmines mailing address.

Front row (left-right): 1.We need

help, 2. Earlene Lipscomb Johnson, 3. Doris Davis Wolfe, 4. Delilah Weaver, 5. Helen Vance, 6. Ruby Ruth Jones, 7. Emma Leist.

Row 2 (left-right): 1. Elberta Riley, 2. Alice Overstreet, 3. Roma Charl-ton, 4. Willie Essex, 5. Mryl Smith.

Row 3 (left-right): 1. Erma Talbott, 2. Juanita Smith, 3. Elsie Cooper, 4. Helen Gilmartin, 5. Jessie Rogers Wood, 6. Marjorie Egbert.

Maxine, continued from page 2A

tied around their necks. Marcia Pennell’s grand-son was a guest. The Tru-man staff, assisted by Nell Voorhees, Doris Woods and Pat Sample, served refreshments of sub sand-wiches, chips and drink. The group dismissed with singing, “So Long, It’s So Good to See You”. The next Truman Roses party will be January 30,

2014. Do visit a friend in a health care home. They will be glad to see you.

The Classi Lassies Red Hat gals will meet Thurs-day, Oct. 10, at the shelter house in the Lamar Park. There will be a catered lunch at noon, with Dor-othy Roberts and Marga-ret Wattenbarger as host-esses.

Congratulations and

a “Happy Birthday” to Charles Standley, who reached his 80th birthday October 1.

I hear that Maxine Rakestraw had a nice 80th birthday party on Satur-day, Sept. 28, at her home. After it began raining, I decided against going. Did not know if I would have to walk far and am so slow. I would have been dripping wet.

Here it is getting cooler and I do not have my pot-ted plants inside as yet. I have half a dozen pots of little red peppers, but

do not know if there will be room for all of them. Maybe I can “scrunch” them up close, as they will die down later.

Don’t forget “Wyatt Earp Day” on Saturday, Oct. 12. I’m sure there will be vendors and food stands around the outside of the courtyard square, among other events. Sounds interesting, but I am attending the Rebekah Lodge District meeting the same day.

Say a prayer for the safe-ty of our military. Until next time…

Golden City Class of 1958 holds reunionMembers of the Golden

City Class of 1958 got to-gether on Saturday, Sept. 28, for its 55th reunion at the home of Beverly and Charley Baker.

Prayer was given by Kent Thieman and a ca-tered dinner was served.

Donna Atkinson was recognized for traveling the furthest distance.

Those attending were Donna (Cowan) Atkin-son, Jefferson City; Su-san (Forste) Walker and Roger, Overland Park, Kan.; Mary Jane (McK-enzie) Kaderly, Belton; Kent Thieman and Sue Ann, Rogers, Ark.; Kay (Ford) Waring and Herb, Liberal; Ann (Weinstein) Parker, Lockwood; Jerry

Eberhard and Wilma, Jas-per; Lois (Hurrell) Rush and Norman, Carthage and Beverly (Porter) Bak-er and Charley, Joplin.

It was decided to have the next reunion in 2018. The afternoon was spent visiting and taking pic-tures.

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METZGER’S MUTTERINGS

FRIENDS & FAMILY/SCHOOL

Lauren and Alana Little participate in

white coat ceremonyLauren Little and Al-

ana Little were among 242 students who re-cently participated in the 2013 White Coat Ceremony at St. Louis College of Pharmacy, symbolizing the � rst step in becoming phar-macists.

� e white coat is a symbol of commit-

ment to professionalism. � e class of 2017 will spend the next four years gaining the knowledge and skills to prepare them to become leaders in the profession of pharmacy.

Lauren and Alana are the daughters of Kevin and Gina Little and 2011 graduates of Lamar High School.

Lamar Parents as Teachers to host reading programLamar Parents as Teach-

ers are will host a pro-gram on Tuesdays, Oct. 15 and 22 that has been praised across the state – Read from the Start. � is is for parents of young children. Presented by the Missouri Humanities Council, Read from the Start is based on the con-viction that parents are a child's � rst and most im-portant teacher and that the love of books and sto-ries begins very early in a child’s life.

� e energetic and in-teractive two-session program explores seven great children’s books and many reading tech-niques that parents

can use to engage their young children. � e par-ent only evening uncov-ers the wonderful world of books and stories through reading, sing-ing, acting, games, cra� s and more. At the conclu-sion of Read from the Start, parents take home the seven titles they have explored during the pro-gram for free.

Organizations across Missouri have called Read from the Start in-novative, valuable and transformational. “� e families were totally en-gaged in the RFTS pro-gram.  I heard families speak about how much they had learned. � ey

were very excited about RFTS.” - Early Head Start, Sedalia; “� e facilitator’s presentation was excel-lent! Teens were genuine-ly interested in the edu-cational and entertaining aspects of this program.” - Truman Medical Cen-ter Start Right Teen Pro-gram, Kansas City; “� is was a great experience for the teens. It was a joy for me to watch the interaction of the teens with the facilitator. It ap-peared that they were learning a lot on how to read to their babies. � ey were also very excited to get the books. Obviously they would never be able to a� ord such a library on

their own at this point in their lives.” - Parents as Teachers/Manual Career & Technical Center.

“Parents love the in-teractivity, especially be-ing read to by someone.” - Ferguson-Florissant Parents as Teachers, Fer-guson; “Parents love the laughter and animation of the presenter and like to share their own expe-riences.” – Rosebud Head Start, Rosebud.

For more information, contact Colleen Ratcli� at 682-5963 or cratcli� @lamar.k12.mo.us or Julie Douglas at the Missouri Humanities Council at 800-357-0909 or Julie@mohumanities.org.

Congratulations to the September Jasper Elementary Eagles of the Month. These Eagles were chosen because they consistently exhibit the character traits of respect, responsibility and safety. Pictured are, front row, left to right, Trenton Wilson, Trey Jones, Chandler Spear, Audree Weyant, Bella Ta� ner, Tayton Bentley, Anna Adkins, Eli Huber, Hunter Earl and Haley Mathis; back row, left to right, Vanessa Case, Halle Corle, Erin Atnip, Gabe Cha� n, Jared Tidball, Abigail Dumm, Olivia Moss and Shelby Barnard.

Jasper September Students of the Month

West Point school alum gather for � rst reunionFormer students of

West Point rural school in Barton County gathered for their � rst reunion at Denny’s in Lamar on Sun-day, Sept. 22. Present were Curl Stone, state of Ala-bama; Mary Ann (Leivan) Wade, Joplin; Le (Leivan) Camp, Lamar; Clara Bell

(Leivan) McDonald, La-mar; Bill Joy and daughter, Willard; Arlene (Stewart) Marti, Lamar; Jules Hol-lingshead, Wayne Gard-ner and Erma (Kentner) McGuire and daughter Raema (McGuire) Manka, all of Golden City. Joann (Snook) Oglesby, Lamar,

from the Golden Grove school, was a visitor.

Bill Camp, Lamar, came in before the meeting closed.

Plans are for West Point rural school to meet again on September 21, 2014. Jules Hollingshead and Erma McGuire will have

charge of the 2014 gather-ing.

Matt Davidson, Agent 1029 Gulf | Lamar, MO 64759 (417) 682-3395

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� e Lamar Democrat has been extremely busy lately due to special sec-tions including the fall sports preview,  the 4-H tab, Lamar's homecom-ing and soon to be pub-lished, the 2013 Lamar Free Fair Memory Book. Melissa and myself have been busy selling ads for these special sections and I would like to take this time to thank one and all

for their contributions. We are still attempting to better the newspaper, and each of you with your positive comments mean so much and encour-age us to keep plugging along!

Now we are asking for your help once again. When I � rst came to work at the Democrat in 1984, Opal was responsible for a very popular monthly feature called Sim's Sim-merings. Following this, Judy Probert wrote Cook of the Month. � ese arti-

cles would feature various cooks in the area, as well as several of their recipes. As well as this weekly fea-ture, we would publish a yearly holiday cookbook around � anksgiving time. Many of our faithful readers will  remember, and several were contrib-utors to the cookbook.

� is is where we are asking for your help. We would like to reestablish the holiday cookbook and need help from in-dividuals, as well as com-panies that would like to advertise. We need to get started ASAP, as the holi-days will be here before we know it.  If anyone knows of someone that would be a good feature cook, we would appreci-ate you letting us know.

Just call me, Melody, at 417-682-5529, ext. 60 or e-mail melodymetzger@lamardemocrat.com.

Of course we also would desperately need recipes from our subscribers. � ey could be brought to the o� ce at 100 E. 11th St., Lamar, e-mailed to info@lamardemocrat.com or mailed to P.O. Box 458, Lamar, Mo. 64759.

++++++++++On another note....my

Cardinals are down 2-1 in their playo� series and by the time this column comes out we will likely know whether they are advancing or Pittsburgh is. One of the owners of the paper is a huge Pitts-burgh fan, so we have had fun going back and forth during the series

and I’ll forgive him even if he is a little misguided. While watching the game Sunday Gary and myself were diligently channel-ing back and forth be-tween the St. Louis Car-dinal game and the Dallas Cowboys playing Denver Broncos and powerhouse Peyton Manning. It was a great game, with the scor-ing going back and forth, only for the Cowboys to lose with just a couple of seconds le� . Alas!

++++++++++We were supposed to

be in Joplin shopping this weekend for wed-ding clothes for Gary and myself since Jud and Meghan's wedding is less than two weeks away; however, my car died yes-terday and it will be Mon-

day before it even gets looked at. Mind you, we were going to start three weeks ago, and then Jud had to have surgery Sun-day morning, Sept. 22; the next Sunday I had to stay with him and Land-on as Jud wasn't function-ing at full force and this week we were de� nitely going to go. Didn't hap-pen!  Good thing I’m a procrastinator or else I’d be � t to be tied. Just goes with the territory.

++++++++++Here is a little ditty I

saw in the Joplin Globe several months ago and cut out because I really liked what it had to say…Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held it's ground...David Icke, English athlete

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Khiler Nance is holding his construction paper fox he created in Mrs. Cross’ art class. He is seven years old and in second grade at Lamar East Primary.

Lilly Weber with her oil pastel and mixed media of a sophisticated skunk she created in Mrs. Cross’ art class. She is nine years old and in third grade at Lamar West Elementary.

Paige Dille, daughter of Sam and Twyla Dille, is the seventh grade Lamar Middle School Student of the Week. Paige enjoys playing the clarinet in her spare time. She has two cats, a tabby and a calico. She also likes to play soccer.

Emily McCaslin, daughter of Shane and Holly McCaslin, is the eighth grade Lamar Middle School Student of the Week. Emily enjoys working with animals on the farm. She plays on the Lamar volleyball team. Her favorite color is blue and she loves God.

Autumn Shelton, daughter of Stephen and Teresa Shelton, is the sixth grade Lamar Middle School Student of the Week. When Autumn gets older she wants to go to Yale and get her PhD in History. She also wants to be the � rst female president.

STAR Students at Lamar East Primary for the week of October 7 are, third row, left to right, Alex O’Neal, Harrison Talbott, Wylee Duncan and Carson Sturgell; second row, Dalton Davis, Preston Heins, Pierce Heins, Darin Caruthers and Henry Ball; � rst row, Kian Rogers, Audrie Shaver, Molly Hargrave and Taylynn Thompson.

Lamar swims in Webb City Invitational

� e Lamar Tiger High School boys swim team competed in the Webb City Invitational Satur-day, Sept. 28, at the Buck Miner pool. Lamar was one of 11 schools com-peting.

Sophomore Hunter Vos placed sixth in the 100 yard butter� y with a time of 1:05:04 and seventh in the 500 yard freestyle with a time of 6:03:77. William Tennal, a junior,

placed 11th in the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 1:03:98 and 11th in the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:20:68. Freshman Koleton Ma-hurin placed 14th in the 500 free with a time of 6:39:50 and 13th in the 200 yard Individual Med-ley.

� e boys competed again � ursday, Oct. 3, at Monett. Watch the Demo-crat for results.

Monett adds junior high race

Lamar returned to South Park in Monett on September 17, to race on one of the toughest courses in southwest Mis-souri. � is year the junior high teams accompanied the varsity teams to get a feel of what the infamous “Mount Monett” is like.

Lamar made a good showing in the inaugural junior high race. Garrett Morey placed second in the 1.8 mile course in a time of 11:10. He was fol-lowed by Brenden Kelley 6th-11:38, Parker King 8th-11:57, Gregory Sims 18th-12:44, Drew Bunton 23rd-12:57, Alex Miller 25th-13:05, Truman Kad-erly 42nd-13:50 and Da-kota Miller 50th-14:13. Plaques were not given for team standings, but the point totals had La-mar boys in � rst place.

� e girl’s top � nisher was Hanna Lee with a time of 13:47 for a 13th place � nish. She was fol-lowed by teammates

Abby Kluhsman in 22nd-14:11, Jordan Lee 32nd-15:13, Lainey � ieman 37th-15:23 and Gabi Miller 62nd-17:28. � e girls placed third behind conference competition East Newton and Arkan-sas powerhouse Harrison.

� e junior varsity races saw Harley Hunt run for the girls with a time of 17:21. Kip Roland was the top � nisher for the JV boys with a 34th place � n-ish out of 119 runners. He completed the course in a time of 11:49. Kevin Cle-ments place 39th-12:05 and Christian McCarthy 63rd-12:57.

Kaelyn Sturgell placed � � h in the small school division in the varsity level. She is running very consistently on rough courses completing the race with the same time as her � rst race in 22:11.

� e varsity boys again proved to have an ex-see MONETT, page 6A

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Tigers fall in heart breaker 

By CHRIS MORROWLamar Democrat

chrismorrow@lamardemocrat.com Those on hand for Fri-

day night's Big 8 Confer-ence showdown at Thom-as M. O'Sullivan Stadium won't soon forget it. Carl Junction fans won't forget it for the way their team - by means of a perfectly executed trick play - pulled the game out on its last play. Lamar Tiger fans won't for the way their team battled back from a tremendous deficit only to take the lead with less than a minute to play and then they watched in hor-ror as the Bulldogs scored and won the game 50-46.

Both teams came in sporting undefeated re-cords in league play and it was assumed that who-ever won the game would set themselves up to win the Big 8. The Bulldogs asserted themselves early, taking a lead with only a minute elapsed on the game clock as they took the opening kick-off and marched 65 yards on five plays. Dustin Satterlee passed 18 yards to Key-nan Scheurich for the score. The Tigers first chance went bad seven plays in when Chris Whelan picked off a first down pass attempt and returned it 45 yards to pay dirt.

After the Tigers were forced to punt, the Bull-dogs scored again. Scheu-rich ran four yards for the score and the visitors led 20-0 with 3:45 to play in the first quarter. The Tigers looked to be in danger of getting turbo clocked, something they do to their opponents on a regular basis. But Scott Bailey's troops have been in big games before and they quickly rallied.

The second quarter saw the Tigers turn the tide. Danny Embry scored from a yard out to cut the deficit to 20-6. The Bulldogs countered with Scheurich scoring again and added a 65 yard pass

from Sattleree to Matt Magee for a touchdown, but then senior quarter-back Levi Petersen ran in from 36 yards out and Todd Morrow kicked a 25 yard field goal.

Carl Junction led 34-17 at the half.

The Tigers closed the gap a bit more in the third quarter. Petersen scored on a six yard run and the Tiger defense held the Bulldogs to a field goal.

With one of the goals for the season being an outright Big 8 Confer-ence title and knowing that it would be next to impossible to achieve this without a win over Carl Junction, the Tigers came out firing on all cylinders in the final 12 minute frame. Petersen scored on a three yard run and Ethan Taffner added a 29 yard touchdown and the Tigers had their first lead, 38-37, but 5:27 still re-mained and at the frantic pace at which both teams were scoring, it was obvi-ous to the huge crowd on hand that it wouldn't be enough.

The Bulldogs answered with an 80 yard drive. Satterlee called his own number, scoring from 15 yards out. Cornerback Mark Bartlett picked off the two point conversion

pass and the Bulldogs led 43-38 with 2:26 to play.

Embry had a good re-turn to set up the Tigers offense at their 40. Senior ball carrier Jared Beshore, nursing an injury, had played defense but was rested on offense. He now became a factor, pick-ing up nine yards on first down, but the Tigers took a loss on second down. Petersen picked up a third and four, taking the ball into Carl Junction terri-tory. But then the drive stalled and the Tigers found themselves staring down a fourth and long from the Bulldog 10. The Tigers faithful erupted as junior Brett McDonald, diving,  snared a Petersen pass in the end zone to give the Tigers a one point lead with 55 seconds to play. Lamar opted to go for the two point conver-sion and Beshore took the handoff, but then stopped and passed to Taffner and the Tigers lead was ex-tended to 46-43.

Morrow drove the kick-off into the end zone and the Bulldogs were forced to go 80 yards if they were going to win. Satterlee worked the ball down the field through the air and on second and long senior defensive end Ben Bailey slung him down

for a sack. The Bulldogs called a timeout with 10 seconds to play and Bull-dog coach Doug Buck-master dug deep into his playbook, drawing up a trick play that he later said his team hadn't ever practiced.

Satterlee passed to Tan-ner McMurtrey, who just before he was tackled pitched the ball to Scheu-rich, who took the ball and headed up the Tigers sideline. He was nearly bumped out near the goal line, but managed to keep his balance and take the ball into the end zone as time expired. The play covered 48 yards.

The Tigers came into the contest as the top ranked team in Class 2 after back-to-back state championships and noth-ing is apt to change there as Carl Junction entered the contest as the number eight team in Class 4.

The team’s offensive units lived up to the hype. The Tigers racked up 513 yards on the ground and added 20 in the air. Pe-tersen ran 29 times for 183 yards. Taffner added 147 and Embry had 130.

Satterlee eclipsed the 300 yard passing mark and they finished with 484 total yards of offense.

Defensively, sophomore linebacker Jed Stahl had 10 tackles to go along

with a sack. Sam Bailey had nine tackles and half a sack. Landon Compton added seven tackles.

Carl Junction moves to 5-1 on the season, their only loss coming in the season opener to Webb

City. They are 4-0 in league play. The Tigers drop to 5-1, 3-1 in the Big 8. The Tigers will be in action Friday night when they travel to Monett. Kick-off is set for 7 p.m.

SportSLockwood

homecoming queen crowned

At halftime of the Lockwood Tiger contest with visiting Miller Friday night, Sept. 27, Teresa French was crowned 2013 football homecoming queen.

Staff and students complimented on cooperation during remodeling

Since the beginning of classes in August in the Lamar R-I School District, staff members, contractors, and students have had to accommo-date one another in the buildings where remod-eling is taking place. Re-cently, Superintendent Dr. Zach Harris met with the architect, general con-tractor, and several of the subcontractors to discuss the status of the project. During a portion of the

meeting, Harris learned an outsider’s view of the R-I system, and passed it on in a memo to the staff and students. It bears re-printing.

“During the meeting, I was explaining the im-portance of completing the construction work in a timely fashion while also guarding our in-structional time with students. One of the sub-contractors waited until I was finished and then

said, ‘I want to tell you how respectful your stu-dents are.’ Before I could say thanks, several sto-ries were told around the room about not only specific instances of when our students went above and beyond, but how our faculty and staff have been great to work with. What a compliment to each of you and to our students! I can’t thank you enough!”

Lamar Junior High football team downs the East Newton Patriots

Last Thursday the La-mar Junior High football team traveled to East Newton and downed the Patriots.  The seventh grade team recovered the opening kickoff and marched down the field, taking an early 6-0 lead and tacking on eight more in the second quarter to go up 14-0 at half. Lamar would score once more in the fourth and a late

touchdown by the Patri-ots kept a spark of hope, but the Tigers held on for a 20-8 victory.

The eighth grade proved that only two extra play-ers on the visitor’s side-line would not be enough to stop the stampede. La-mar led 8-6 after the first quarter and piled up 22 in the second, leading 30-6 at the half.  The Patriots had no answer for the Ti-

gers and only mustered up one late fourth quarter score, giving the Tigers a 40-12 victory.

Both teams stay un-defeated and look to take on the Cassville Wildcats Thursday at Thomas O’Sullivan Sta-dium.  Come on out and watch the Future Broth-erhood football players and cheer them on to an-other win.

of its findings. Another question asked

about legal action against the city. Otto replied, “I have no law enforcement authority. I’m just a CPA.” He went on to say that the matter now lies with the citizens of Liberal. “You must hold their feet to the fire,” he urged.

The accounting firm of Davis, Lynn & Moots,

CPAs, performed the on-site work of the audit. Otto said 535 hours were required to complete the task at a cost of close to $30,000. Under state law, that cost must be borne by the city since it was a petition audit.

There were between 35 and 40 citizens who at-tended the presentation. Otto noted that it spoke

well for a city the size of Liberal, as there were that many who made the ef-fort to attend because of concern for their com-munity.

It was an amicably conducted meeting, and several in attendance thanked Otto and his two colleagues for their pre-sentation.

Audit, continued from page 1A

Lamar Democrat/Melissa BishopAn open house for the refurbished Lamar Schools was held Wednesday,

Sept. 23. Pictured are the newly air-conditioned gym and the lockers in the fifth grade wing at West Elementary.

Lamar Schoolshold open house

Lamar Democrat/Chris MorrowLamar’s Danny Embry returns a kickoff during

Friday night’s high intensity contest at home with Carl Junction. The Tigers lost the contest on a trick play as time ran out. Also shown is Mark Bartlett.

Monett, continued from page 5Aciting finish to capture the win in the small schools division edging out Springfield Catholic 49-51. Kaden Overstreet took the lead from the be-ginning and never relent-ed finishing with a time of 17:32. The difference in the race proved to be the battle for second place be-tween Lamar’s Nicholas Ray and Catholic’s Jacob Eck. Coming down the final straightaway after climbing Mount Monett,

Ray trailed Eck by 15 me-ters with 120 meters left to go. He started making his move and the race was on.

Ray said, “I almost gave up but decided to go for it and give it all I had.” He caught Eck at the fin-ish line, edging him out 17:52.0 to 17:52.8 and that proved to be the two point turn around that Lamar needed. If the fin-ish would have been re-versed there would have

been a tie and Springfield Catholic would have pre-vailed.

Zane Hull placed fourth with a time of 18:10, Pey-ton Bailey finished 18th with a 20:04 and fresh-man Jesse Compton rounded out the top five Lamar’s finishers with a time of 20:50 and 33rd place. Jasper Messner and Chase Moore were not far behind to take 35th and 36th in times of 20:57 and 21:00.

Wednesday, October 9, 2013 • SECTION B

By RICHARD COOPERLamar Democrat

richardcooper@lamardemocrat.com

In this second part of the 2013 upland hunting outlook, our intentions were to cover the prospects in Kansas and Mis-souri. However, the Missouri outlook will be released too late to meet the deadline for our October 9 edition. We will include it in our � rst edition fol-lowing its release.

KansasFor pheasants and quail, the an-

nual winter survival rate is relatively low. � erefore, the fall population is more dependent on reproductive suc-cess than the winter carryover of adult birds. However, winter carryover birds are surveyed in the spring by relying on crow counts for pheasants and whistle counts for quail. Data on nesting suc-cess were collected during late summer roadside surveys in August.

� e pheasant nesting population in Kansas dropped over 35 percent from last year, and last year produced an ex-ceedingly poor season. Winter wheat serves as a major nesting habitat for pheasants in much of Kansas. While a cooler spring led to a later than average wheat harvest this summer, the lack of precipitation resulted in less cover and insects needed for good pheasant pro-

duction. As a result, the production of broods was limited in 2013 as it was in 2012.

� e Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism (KDWPT) says the best areas for ringnecks will likely be pockets in the northwest and north central counties. � e key word is “pock-ets, ”meaning that there will be no gen-eral distribution of pheasants across the pheasant range. � e department tries to put a good face on a poor situation when they observe, “Opportunities will still exist to harvest roosters in the sun-� ower state, especially for those willing to work for their birds.” Hunters had to work awfully hard for their birds last year. � is year it will be even tougher.

� e quail breeding population across the state decreased signi� cantly from 2012, but there seems to be some variation. In the Smoky Hills of north central Kansas, the breeding popula-tion of bobwhites has increased over 60 percent from 2012, improving fall population potential. A few reports in the north central region cited fair to good quail numbers, which is likely attributed to late re-nesting attempts bene� ting from late summer rains. A few of the counties in the northern and northeastern portions of north central Kansas appear to hold the best quail hunting prospects for this fall.

For the outlook in quail hunting in southeast Kansas, we will quote KD-WPT’s assessment of the situation. “� ough long term trends have been declining, breeding populations have been steadily increasing over the last � ve years. � e southern half of this re-gion held some of the highest densities in the state this past spring and again during the late summer brood survey. Heavy rainfall in late summer could have negatively impacted production in some portions of this region. Popu-lation levels are above the 15-year aver-age but remain far below historic levels across the bulk of the region due to ex-treme habitat losses.” � ere seems to be a glimmer of hope, here.

� e prairie chicken is still a legal bird for hunting in Kansas. � e lesser prai-rie chicken is found in the west central and southwestern counties, and the greater prairie chicken inhabits the mixed grass prairies in the eastern one-third and northern half of the state. � e spring prairie chicken lek survey indi-cated that most populations remained stable or declined slightly from last year. Areas within the Flint Hills and south central prairies seem to have the better numbers. Areas in the Flint Hills that were not burned this spring resulted in more residual grass cover for nesting. � ere have been some re-

ports of prairie chicken broods in these areas, suggesting better hunting than in recent years.

Prairie chicken hunters should check with KDWPT about unit regulations and be aware that a $2.50 prairie chick-en permit is required this year.

Kansas continues its highly success-ful Walk-In Hunting Area (WIHA) program with 1,002,673 acres of pri-vate land leased by KDWPT and open for hunting. Just use common sense and courtesy in hunting on WIHA land. KDWPT acknowledges that since much CRP land has been opened to emergency haying and grazing due to the drought, some of the WIHA land may have only fair to poor cover. Also, Kansas has 379,512 acres of publicly owned land that is open for hunting.

� is concludes Part II of this year’s “Chronicles,” incomplete as it may be and disappointing as it may be. Howev-er, I must hasten to say that if you are a regular visitor to Kansas for each year’s hunting season, don’t cancel this year’s trip. � e unique Kansas landscape, alone, makes the trip worthwhile. Per-mit me the liberty of rather severely paraphrasing Dorothy in Wizard of Oz, “� ere’s no place like Kansas.”

� e Missouri hunting outlook will be published when it becomes available.

Jasper R-V receives $10,000 grant to purchase laptopsJASPER- Jasper R-V School District students can

look forward to increased access to technology in their math and science classes. � anks to the support of local farmers and America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education, Jasper R-V received a $10,000 grant to purchase 20 new laptop computers. Acquiring addi-tional laptops will help the district provide students in grades seven through 12 with more personalized instruction and the technology they need to improve math and science skills.

America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education, spon-sored by the Monsanto Fund, o� ers farmers the chance to nominate a local public school district, which can then compete for a grant of up to $25,000 to enhance math and/or science education. More than 1,150 nominated school districts submitted applica-tions. � e Monsanto Fund will invest $2.3 million through America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education grants this year.

“We are so appreciative of the farmers in our com-munity for taking the time to nominate our school and for their support of our community’s youth,” said Amanda Moennig, Jasper R-V curriculum direc-tor. “� ese laptops will help improve student access to technology, which is currently our biggest area of need in the district.”

Jasper R-V was presented with the $10,000 grant at a celebration ceremony on Friday, Sept. 27, during half-time of the homecoming football game.

Nominated school districts across the country sub-mitted grant applications in the spring. During the summer a panel of educators from ineligible districts reviewed and evaluated applications based on merit, need and community involvement. � e strongest submissions were then sent to the America’s Farmers

Grow Rural Education Advisory Council. � e Advisory Council, com-prised of farmer-leaders with an interest in agri-culture and education, selected the winning grant applications from this pool of � nalists.

“A record number of America’s farmers stepped up this year to improve math and sci-ence education in farm-ing communities across the country,” said Debo-rah Patterson, Monsanto Fund president. “By nominating their local school districts to com-pete for this grant op-portunity, these farmers demonstrated their ded-ication to growing the next generation. � e Monsanto Fund is  committed  to strengthening rural America and this program is an  exciting way to honor that commitment.”

America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education launched nationally in 2012 and has grown to include 1,271 eligible counties in 39 states. Since its inception the program has invested more than $4.8 million in rural school districts across the country.

America's Farmers Grow Rural Education helps farmers support math and science education in local rural school districts. Currently in its second year this

program is part of the Monsanto Fund's overall e� ort to support rural education and communities. Amer-ica's Farmers Grow Communities, which o� ers win-ning farmers the chance to direct a $2,500 donation to a nonpro� t organization in their county, is also part of this e� ort. Enrollment for 2014 Grow Communities is currently underway. Visit www.GrowCommunities.com to enter to win $2,500 for your county.

To date these programs combined have contributed more than $15 million to rural communities. To learn more about either program visit http://americasfarm-ers.com/.

Jasper R-V received a $10,000 grant to purchase laptops. Pictured are, left to right, Ginger Brown (high school math teacher), Je� Jones, high school principal, Fred Knell (Monsanto representative) and Kurt Kollmeier (middle school math teacher).

BCMH celebrates Patient-Centered Care Awareness Month in October

Barton County Memorial Hos-pital will join Planetree, as well as hospitals and health care orga-nizations around the world this October to commemorate the 7th annual Patient-Cen-tered Care Awareness Month. � is year’s theme, “Compas-sion in Action,” and butter� y icon represents the signi� cant organizational culture change and transfor-mation to pa-tient-centered care. Ultimately when patients re-port that they feel they are being treated with dignity, respect and compassion, when fam-ilies express gratitude for being treated as full partners in care and when health care providers feel supported and empowered to build relationships with pa-tients, the rewards are vibrant and upli� ing.

In order to support profes-sional caregivers in providing care in a manner that yields the enriching and satisfying patient experiences and positive qual-ity outcomes it is incumbent on

patient-centered healthcare or-ganizations to nurture empathy, compassion and emotional intel-ligence in sta� . When caregivers

are nurtured and supported,

they are em-

pow-ered

to

build thera-

peutic connec-

tions with pa-tients, allowing them

to learn about the person be-yond the diagnosis and person-alize care plans to accommodate their preferences,” said Planetree President Susan B. Frampton, Ph.D. Frampton is also serving at the co-chair of National Quality Forum’s National Priorities Part-nership.

“Patient-centered health care organizations build patient con-� dence by supporting patients,

their loved ones and the team of health care providers to all be on the same page in under-standing the patient’s health and health care needs. Con� dence comes from being able to con-trol and manage your health, which includes communication with providers about health his-tory, current needs and future plans. Additionally, patients are encouraged to identify a care partner who understands the diagnosis, coordinates care and serves as an advocate,” said Plan-etree President Susan B. Framp-ton, Ph.D.

Patient-Centered Care Aware-ness Month is sponsored and co-ordinated by Planetree, a world-wide, not-for-pro� t organization raising the standard of personal-ized healthcare by coaching or-ganizations to inspire and enable their caregivers to transform the healthcare experience they pro-vide. Barton County Memorial Hospital has been actively en-gaged in implementing the Plan-etree model for the past six years, focusing on compassionate, in-dividualized care and providing meaningful opportunities to ac-tivate patients and families. Bar-ton County Memorial proudly received Planetree Designation in 2012.

MU Extension to assist with understanding A� ordable Care Act

University of Missouri Extension will reach out to lo-cal communities to help families, individuals and busi-nesses understand their options and responsibilities un-der the new A� ordable Care Act.

Do you have questions about the A� ordable Care Act? Are you asking how the A� ordable Care Act will a� ect you and your community? University of Missouri Ex-tension at Barton County o� ce is o� ering an informa-tional session about the new health care law that can help families, individuals and businesses understand their options and responsibilities.

An information session will be held Tuesday, Oct. 15, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., in the Finley Room at the Barton County MU Extension Center, 801 E. 12th St., Lamar. To register call 417-682-3579. � ere is no cost. � e ses-sion is part of MU Extension’s Health Insurance Educa-tion Initiative.

“� e Health Insurance Education Initiative will help Show-Me State citizens understand their health insur-ance options and learn how to get help in their own communities if they choose to enroll in Missouri’s health insurance marketplace,” said Brenda Procter, as-sociate professor of consumer and family economics for MU Extension.

A new website at extension.missouri.edu/insure pro-vides educational materials and links to information. � ere’s a map of Missouri educators who can provide lo-cal workshops and a calendar where one can learn about upcoming events near them.

“� e website is a one-stop source for factual, unbiased information about the changes in health insurance that are required by the new law,” Procter said.

MU Extension’s Health Insurance Education Initiative website will also provide resources for the state’s small businesses, including information about tax credits for o� ering insurance to employees and explanations of rules that might a� ect their bottom line, she said.

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Roads causing problems for Lockwood school bus driversBy CAROLYN HEAD

Dade County reporter

GREENFIELD-� e Dade County Commission met Monday, Sept. 13, 9 a.m. Present were Presiding Commissioner Randy Daniel, Eastern Commis-sioner Dallas Maxwell and Western Commis-sioner David Rusch and County Clerk Melinda Wright.

� e September income and expense report was received from the Dade

County Extension of-� ce. A letter was received from the superintendent of schools in Lockwood, Bill Rogers. � e letter contained several roads that the bus drivers were concerned with concern-ing either road damage or tree branches and brush causing problems on the routes.

Pat � eurer and Fred Kottmeyer of Lockwood Township Road Board met with the commission regarding the road dam-

age and seeing if there would be any FEMA or SEMA help. � ey had questions regarding con-tractors, following up with paperwork and cov-erage for the storm dam-age that occurred earlier in the year. Daniel told them to follow up with Bob Kittsmiller on spe-ci� c dates and paperwork designated for approval by FEMA. A new road grader operator is work-ing in Washington Town-ship.

Daniel noted that Great Rivers has postponed starting the bridgework from September 18 to 26. � ere was no explana-tion given as to why. Zach Daniel was in regarding the purchase of gravel last week. Maxwell re-ceived several complaints regarding the roads and cart funds.

� e minutes from Sep-tember 16 were unani-mously accepted a� er corrections.

� e commission dis-cussed the possible pur-chase of the old bank building and there has been no report received to date from a feasibility study. Maxwell stated that he would like to look over the building again. Dan-iel con� rmed that it was possible for the county to make the purpose. � ere

are thoughts that it could be used as a county jail.

Daniel told the commis-sion that they needed to attend the kicko� meet-ings regarding the nec-essary forms for FEMA coverage. He feels there needs to be a secondary person to train as back up in case of the absence by Bob Kitsmiller.

Shawn Mayr with Con-nell Insurance met with the commission regard-ing health insurance for county o� cers and per-sonnel. January 1, 2014 is the renewal date. Mayr presented a presentation of Anthem versus Cox Care. � e commission signed a request for un-derwriting, which is just a con� rmation of interest.

Todd Patterson met with the commission regarding grading and roadwork and damage on the bridge on FR 102. Rusch will call the road

grader.Bob Kitsmiller met with

the commission regard-ing the FEMA money.

� e commission spoke

with Sheri� Hu� man re-garding Clinton Head-ings’ chicken barn and also the feasibility study on the jail.

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GREENFIELD- Mayor Wynes called the Green-� eld City Council meet-ing to order on September 17, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. � e clerk took roll call. � ose pres-ent were Jack Pugh, Vicki Lollar, Cathy Harrington, Bob White, Beth Wright and Attorney Allen Rose and his wife Sherry.

Minutes of the Sep-tember 3 meeting were unanimously approved as read. A motion was made to pay the monthly bills, followed by four yes votes.

Mayor Wynes also opened three sealed bids for city mowing. John Tay-lor turned in a bid of $20; Lawrence Nelson, $50 or $60 and James Blanchard, $50. Pugh made a motion, seconded by Lollar to ac-cept Blanchard’s bid at $50 per yard. Blanchard has liability insurance coverage. A unanimous vote of yes followed.

Mayor Wynes also opened four bids for the water system study. � ose

turning in bids were Olsson Associates, Tri-State Engineering, Allgeier Martin & As-sociations and HDR Incorporated. A special meeting will be held to approve an engineering � rm before September 30.

A� er discussion, Pugh made a motion, seconded by Wright, to raise the city court cost from $22.50 to $25 ef-fective October 3. All were in favor.

Lollar made a motion, seconded by Wright, for the city to apply for a credit card with a $2500 limit. It was unanimously approved to do so.

� e members of the council then went into closed session to dis-cuss personnel. A� er no decisions being made in the closed ses-sion, White made a mo-tion to return to open session. � e meeting then adjourned.

Lamar couple � le suit against Arkansas hospital

A lawsuit has been � led in U.S. District Court in Little Rock, Ark. by Mark and Chelle Gardner of La-mar on behalf of their daughter, Jillian, al-leging permanent eye damage during facial laser surgery at Arkan-sas Children’s Hospital

in Little Rock on March 23, 2012. � e complaint alleges their daughter’s eyes were not properly shielded from the laser during the procedure. Named in the suit is the hospital, an insurance company, two surgeons, and three members of the surgical team.

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BARTON COUNTY SENIOR CENTER LUNCH MENU: October 14-18MONDAY- Cubed

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

THE CITY OF LAMAR HEIGHTS BOARD will meet Wednesday, Oct. 9, 5:45 p.m., at Denny’s Res-taurant meeting room.BARTON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT will be closed Monday, Oct. 14, for the Columbus Day holiday. Home health will be on call at 417-682-3363.SEVENTH DAY ADVERTIST WILL HOLD Visi-tor’s Day on Saturday, Oct. 12. � e public is invited to attend Sabbath school at 9:30 a.m. and church at 11 a.m. � e church is located at 713 Broadway in Lamar. Lunch will follow services at the Lamar City Park.A FALL FEST PEDAL TRACTOR PULL will be held Saturday, Oct. 12, 9 a.m., on the Lamar square. � ere will be three age groups, � ve and under, six to eight and nine to 11. � e pull is sponsored by Bar-ton County 4-H and there will be prizes for every-one. For information call Elaine Davis at 682-3579.THE BARTON COUNTY HISTORICAL Society quarterly program will be held Sunday, Oct. 13, 2 p.m., at the Lamar United Methodist Church. An-thony Brisbin will present “Implement Dealers of the Past”. Refreshments will be served.HAVE AN EREADER? CHECK OUT THE Barton County Library eBook lending service, Freading.com. Enjoy eBooks by Jack Higgins, Max Brand and inspirational authors such as Kim Vogel Sawyer and Kelly E. Hake for two weeks with a valid library card. Go to www.bclib.info to borrow an eBook today.THERE WILL BE A STORY TIME AT the Mary K. Finley Library in Lamar on each Wednesday in Oc-tober, at 10 a.m. � e programs are designed for chil-dren from three to six years, but all ages are invit-ed to attend. Programs are free and no registration is required.THERE WILL BE STORY TIME programs at the Golden City branch of the Barton County Library on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 10:30 a.m. � e programs are designed for children from three to six years, but all ages are invited to attend. Programs are free and no registration is required.A FREE MOVIE MATINEE WILL BE SHOWN Monday, Oct. 14, 1 p.m., at the Mary K. Finley Li-brary in Lamar. Call the library at 682-5355 for mov-ie title and details. Anyone over 18 is invited to at-tend. Refreshments will be served.LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1953 will meet at the Super 8 on Friday, Oct. 11, 5:30 p.m., to travel to Chicken Annie’s. � e 60th class reunion will be held Saturday, Oct. 12, 5 p.m., at Party Oasis with the banquet at 6:30 p.m.MARTHA CONDON WILL CELEBRATE her 90th birthday on October 13, at the Jasper VFW building. Come share her birthday with family and friends on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. No gi� s, but cards would be appreciated.GOLDEN CITY CLASSES OF 1956 AND 1957 will hold a reunion Tuesday, Oct. 15, in the Golden City park. Bring a potluck lunch and eat with them at 1 p.m. in the park building. All classes are invited to come and visit. For information call Jules Hollings-head at 417-537-9155.THE BARTON COUNTY HEALTH DEPART-MENT will give � u vaccine clinics on October 9, 16, 23 and 30, 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Private pay or bring Medicare Part B, Medicare Advantage or Medicaid card. For information call 417-682-3363.

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DR. THOMAS MARTIN

RURAL LAMAR-Ar-rangements are pend-ing with Daniel Funeral Home for Dr. � omas Wilson Martin, 89, rural Lamar, who died Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, at Barton County Memorial Hos-pital.

ELDEN S. SELVES

KENNETT-A graveside service was held at 11

a.m. Saturday at Memo-rial Gardens Cemetery in Kennett for Elden S. Selves, 85, Kennett, who died � ursday, Oct. 3, 2013. Rev. Missy Rose of-� ciated. A reception fol-lowed at the First Presby-terian Church.

Donations may be sent to the First Presbyterian Church, 222 N. Main St., Kennett, MO 63857 or the Kennett Humane So-ciety, 200 Cedar, Kennett, MO 63857.

Survivors include a son, Stewart Selves, Kennett and a daughter, Lou Ann Selves, Memphis, Tenn.

Mr. Selves was born March 23, 1928, in Ew-ing to Rev. Henry Arthur Selves and Minnie Davis Selves. A retired hospital administrator, he earned a degree in Education and major in Mathemat-ics from Southeast Mis-souri State University. He taught school and worked as an accountant for many years and enjoyed an additional 20 years in hospital administra-tion, including 12 years at Barton County Memorial Hospital. He also served 22 years in the Missouri Army National Guard.

He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Kennett City Council, Kennett Cham-ber of Commerce, Ken-nett Jaycees, Rotary Club, Delta Children’s Home and the Boys and Girls Club of the Bootheel. For-mer associations includ-ed the Missouri Hospital Association, Missouri Osteopathic Hospital Association, Southwest Council of Hospital Ad-ministrators, Corporate Assembly of St. Louis Blue Cross and the board of Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center.

Ridge Wilson Hollands

Brian and Megan Hol-lands, Nevada, would like to announce the birth of

a son, Ridge Wilson Hol-lands. Ridge was born on September 12, 2013, at Mercy McCune Brooks Hospital in Carthage. He weighed six pounds and 11 ounces and was 21

inches long. Ridge was welcomed home by sib-lings Cailyn 8, Gage 6, Lauryn 4 and Garrett 3.

Maternal grandparents are Todd and Lori Payne, Lamar. Maternal great-

grandmother is Aretta Crayne, Jerico Springs.

Paternal grandparents are Tom and Marcia Hol-lands, Walker and Da-vid and Rhonda Turner, Rose, Okla.

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* A the� was reported September 1 in the 1800 block of College St. Four driveway re� ectors were reportedly stolen. A value of $5 was placed on the items that were stolen. � is is the fourth time that the re� ectors have been stolen, so a report was made.

* � e the� of a purse was reported to have oc-curred September 1 at the Dollar General Store. � e suspects were caught on surveillance video and the case is still active as the suspect is sought. A value of $55 was placed on the purse and its contents.

* � ree bicycles were reportedly stolen Septem-ber 1 in the 800 block of E. 19th St. Value of the miss-ing bikes was set at $150 by the victim. � e frames of these bikes were later found abandoned and hidden in the area of the John Deere storage build-ing located at 18th and Gulf St. � e frames were returned to the owner.

* A two vehicle collision was investigated Septem-ber 1 in the Dollar Gener-al parking lot. One of the vehicles was parked at the time of this collision. � e other vehicle was backing from a parking space and the driver failed to see the vehicle parked behind her. As she backed, she collided with the parked vehicle. No injuries were reported at the time of this collision.

* Arrested September 2 on a misdemeanor war-rant issued by the Barton County Associate Court on a charge of non-sup-port was Jessie Renae Williams, 31, Lamar. Wil-liams was transported to the Barton County Jail where she was turned over to jail sta� for pro-cessing.

* An o� cer picked up an abandoned black bag full of clothes on September 3. � e owner later called and identi� ed the bag and it was returned to him.

* A juvenile and his par-ents came to the sheri� ’s o� ce on September 3.

� e juvenile, a 13 year old male, was reportedly out of control of his parents. � e juvenile authorities were contacted and place-ment for the juvenile was discussed.

* � e police depart-ment recovered a bicycle that had been reportedly stolen September 3. � e suspect, Joshua Michael Saunders, 25, Lamar, was contacted and received a summons for “Receiv-ing Stolen Property”. � e summons gave Saunders a municipal court date.

* A tra� c accident was reported September 3 in the area of 17th and Pop-lar St. When the o� cer arrived he saw that a trac-tor trailer unit had driv-en south on Poplar and caught an electric line, pulling it from the house it was connected to. � e electric department was noti� ed and the accident report taken.

* Joplin Police Depart-ment noti� ed the Lamar Police Department on September 4 that they had contact with Russell Dean Morrow, 43, Joplin. Mor-row had a municipal war-rant issued on a charge of failure to appear. � e warrant was con� rmed and Morrow was arrested. Morrow was later released on a signature bond with a court date in Lamar.

* Contact at the pro-bation and parole o� ce was made on September 4 with Tod Lee Franklin,

34, Lamar. Franklin had a municipal warrant is-sued on a charge of fail-ure to appear. He was ar-rested and transported to the Barton County Jail. Franklin was unable to post bond and was incar-cerated.

* Lamar received word from the Jasper County Sheri� ’s Department on September 4 that they had contact with one William Mack Carter, 26, Lamar. Carter had an active La-mar municipal warrant issued on a charge of fail-ure to appear. � e warrant was con� rmed, Carter was able to post bond and was released pending a court date.

* A dog was seized Sep-tember 4 at a house locat-ed in the 100 block of E. 17th St. � e dog appeared to be a very bad physi-cal shape. � e owner of the dog was located and issued a summons for animal abuse and neglect. Receiving the summons was Johnathon Antho-ny Rickman, 31, Lamar. Rickman is awaiting a court date.

* A property damage report was taken Septem-ber 4 in the 1300 block of Gulf St. � e victim’s ve-hicle, a 2005 Impala, had been damaged on the top of the car just behind the windshield.

* O� cers responded September 4 to a domes-tic disturbance in the 200 block of Maple St. � e argument was between family members and ap-parently consisted of yell-ing and minor pushing. No arrests were made at the time of this call, one of the parties moved out of the residence.

* A the� of property was reported September 5 in the 700 block of W. 8th St. Reportedly stolen were a washer, a televi-sion set and some wall decorations. � rough the follow-up investiga-tion the washing machine was located but the other items were not. Receiving a summons for the� was Michael Allen Jones, 18,

Lamar. Jones is awaiting a court appearance date.

* O� cers were called September 5 to the sher-i� ’s o� ce to see some individuals who were in-volved in a confrontation. Once the incident was discussed with all the par-ties involved they decided that they did not wish to pursue any charges. Dur-ing the investigation into the incident several mo-tor vehicle violations were discovered and several summonses were issued.

* O� cers were dis-patched September 5 to the area of 19th and Heagon St. on the report of a chair that was on � re. When o� cers arrived they found an old chair that had been set out for the trash on � re. � e � re was also consuming a power pole next to the chair. � e � re department arrived and the � re was extinguished. An electri-cal meter was also dam-aged in the � re.

* A report of a two ve-hicle collision was made on September 5. O� cers arrived at the location of 17th and Poplar to � nd two vehicles that had col-lided. According to the driver’s statements this collision occurred as one of the vehicles was trav-eling down 17th St. � e other driver did not see the � rst vehicle and failed to yield right of way to it and collided with it. � ere were no injuries at the time of this collision.

* A leaving the scene of an accident report was taken September 7 in the Walmart parking lot. One of the vehicles was back-ing out of its parking space and struck another vehicle apparently as it turned too sharply. A Bar-ton County deputy east of Lamar stopped the driver and vehicle. A Lamar o� -cer responded and issued the driver a summons for leaving the scene of an ac-cident.

* A lawn mower was reportedly stolen Septem-ber 7 in the 100 block of E. 17th St. Reportedly sto-len was a yellow and green weed eater mower valued at $100 by the victim.

* A the� was reported September 8 in the 1700 block of Lexington St. It was reported that some-one had removed a win-dow air conditioner unit. � e value of the unit was $200.

* A the� was reported to have occurred Septem-ber 8 in the 700 block of Parry St. � e victim had le� her purse in her vehi-cle overnight. Sometime during the evening hours someone took the purse and contents. Value of the missing property is $100.

* O� cers were dis-patched September 9 to the Barton County Me-morial Hospital on the report of a 38 year old fe-male needing to be placed on a 96 hour committal. � e transport did not take place until later due to the female’s condition and drug overdose.

* A dog bite was report-ed September 10 in the 100 block of E. 18th St.

* � e Jasper County Sheri� ’s Dept noti� ed Lamar September 12 that they had contact with one

LAMAR POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT

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DEATHS & PAID MEMORIALS

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NOTICE OFTRUSTEE’S SALE

WHEREAS, VICTOR B. DELEPHIMNE, by his Deed of Trust dated August 13, 2009 and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Barton County, Missouri, on August 17, 2009 as document # 2009-1081, conveyed to the Trustee therein, the follow-ing described real estate, situated in the County of Barton, State of Missouri, to wit:ALL OF THAT PART OF SEVEN (7) ACRES IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SEC-TION 13, TOWNSHIP 31, RANGE 31, BARTON COUNTY, MISSOURI, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOL-

LOWS:    COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF A FOUR (4) ACRE TRACT IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF NORTHWEST QUAR-TER OF SAID SECTION 13, BEING A POINT 6 CHAINS AND 32 LINKS SOUTH OF THE NORTH-WEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 13, RUNNING THENCE EAST 24 RODS, THENCE SOUTH 46 AND 2/3 RODS, THENCE WEST 24 RODS, THENCE NORTH 46 AND 2/3 RODS TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, EXCEPT THAT PART HERETO-FORE CONVEYED FOR HIGHWAY PURPOSES; AND NOW CONTAIN-ING 3 ACRES MORE OR LESS. SUBJECT TO ALL

RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND EASEMENTS OF RE-CORD.which conveyance was made to the Trustee there-in in Trust, to secure the payment of a certain Note in said Deed of Trust de-scribed; and

WHEREAS, default was made and still continues in the payment of said note;

NOW, THEREFORE, at the request of the legal holder of said Note, and pursuant to the provisions of said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Trustee will sell the property above described, at public ven-due, to the highest bid-der for cash, at the West front door of the Barton County Courthouse in the

City of Lamar, Missouri, on Thursday, October 17, 2013 between the hours of 9:00 o’clock in the fore-noon and 5:00 o’clock in the afternoon, specifically at 10:00 a.m. for the pur-pose of satisfying said in-debtedness and the costs of executing this trust.James V. Nichols, Trustee206 West 10th StreetLamar, MO 64759417-682-6003

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In the Estate of FERN BRATTON, a Disabled Person. Estate No. 13B4-PR00053.

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Kacey Frankie Myer, 24, Carthage. Myer had an active Lamar municipal warrant issued on a charge of failure to appear. The warrant was confirmed. Myer was unable to post a bond and was returned to Lamar by Lamar offi-cers and incarcerated in the Barton County Jail to await a court date.

* A two vehicle collision was investigated Septem-ber 12 at the intersec-tion of 12th and Maple St. There were no injuries reported at the time of this collision. According to the drivers this colli-sion occurred as one of the vehicles was traveling westbound on 12th St. The other vehicle rolled through the stop sign at 12th and Maple and was struck by the westbound vehicle.

* A leaving the scene of an accident was reported to have occurred Septem-ber 12 in the 100 block of E. 5th St. According to the investigation this accident occurred when the driver of a vehicle lost control of the vehicle and it traveled into a yard, doing dam-age to the yard. The driver then left the scene and her car made it about a block down the road. When contacted the driver said that her cellular telephone was falling off the seat and she reached to grab it and left the roadway. Her car had a flat tire and was not drivable at the loca-tion where it stopped. A summons was issued to Madison Sylvia Elliott, 16, Lamar, for careless and imprudent driving.

* A theft was reported September 13 at the La-mar Middle School. A student had brought a tablet to school and left it in his locker. When he

returned later in the day he found that someone had stolen it. Value of the missing tablet was $160.

* An abandoned skate-board was found Sep-tember 13 in the area of 1400 Grand St. It can be claimed on its identifica-tion at the police station.

* A two vehicle collision was investigated Septem-ber 13 near the entrance of the Lamar Travel Plaza. According to the drivers of both vehicles this collision occurred as one of the vehicles, a pickup truck, was travel-ing southbound on S.W. 1st Lane. A tractor trail-er truck was exiting the Travel Plaza and did not see the pickup and struck it in the side. No injuries were reported at the time of this accident.

* A case of tampering with a motor vehicle was reported September 16 at the Lamar Airport. It was reported that some-one had used an on-site loader to pick up the rear end of a dump truck so that eight tires and wheels could be removed from it. Also three batteries were stolen from the truck. To-tal loss $2.780. Investiga-tion will continue.

* A two vehicle colli-sion occurred September 17 near the intersection of 12th and Maple St. Ac-cording to witnesses and the drivers this collision occurred as one of the vehicles was traveling to the west on 12th St. The driver of the other vehicle was cutting through the parking lot at Snak-Atak and struck the westbound vehicle. To cut across pri-vate property to avoid the stop sign and other traffic is a violation of municipal code. No injuries were re-ported at the time of this

collision.* A 13 year old female

was referred to the juve-nile office September 17 on a matter of truancy.

* A nine year old male student was referred to the juvenile office Sep-tember 17 on a matter of disorderly conduct.

* A 13 year old male was referred to the juvenile office September 18 on a matter of theft.

* A two vehicle colli-sion occurred September 18 in the 1100 block of E. 9th St. According to state-ments taken at the scene this collision occurred as one of the vehicles was parked and the other was backing from a driveway. The driver of the vehicle that was backing told of-ficers that he did not see the other vehicle until the collision occurred. There were no injuries reported at the time of this colli-sion.

* The Carthage Police Department notified La-mar on September 18 that they had contact with one Jeffrey Allen Reichard, 21, Carthage. Reichard had a Lamar municipal warrant issued on a charge of fail-ure to appear. The warrant was confirmed and Reich-ard was transported back to Lamar where he even-tually bonded out.

* A bicycle was found abandoned September 19 in the 800 block of Tru-man St. The bike was re-turned to its owner on September 23rd when she came to the station look-ing for the bike. The own-er said that someone had stolen the bike from her front porch.

* A wallet was reported-ly stolen September 19 in the 1800 block of Jackson St. Value of the theft was over $700. Investigation into this matter will con-tinue and a suspect has

been identified.* The Joplin Police De-

partment notified Lamar on September 20 that they had contact with one Lynly Kristen Nims, 25, Reeds. Nims had an active Lamar municipal warrant issued on a charge of fail-ure to appear. Nims was brought back to Lamar and incarcerated when she failed to post a bond. A few days later she was released on bond and awaits a court date in the municipal court.

* A 22 year old female was transported Septem-ber 20 from Lamar Enter-prises and transported to Barton County Memorial Hospital to be medically cleared for an emergency 96 hour committal. She was subsequently taken to the Stevens Unit in Joplin.

* A dog was removed from a residence on Sep-tember 20 in the 1300 block of Walnut St. when it became aggressive with a neighbor. The owner of the animal signed the dog over to the City of Lamar. Later the owner came and retrieved the dog and took it outside the city limits of Lamar.

* Officers were dis-patched September 20 to the 800 block of Maple St. where they intervened in an assault between a 16 year old male and 10 year old male. The juvenile au-thorities were contacted and the 16 year old was released to a family mem-ber. The information con-cerning this incident will be sent to the juvenile of-ficer for further action.

* A theft of medication was reported September 20 in the 1200 block of Walnut St. Investigation into this report is con-tinuing.

* Officers were called to the Barton County Me-morial Hospital on Sep-

tember 20 due to a patient that had been brought there by the Dade County Ambulance. Once the in-formation was taken ar-rangements were made to place the subject on a 96 hour committal hold. The patient, a 62 year old female, was later trans-ported to Cox Hospital in Springfield.

* Information concern-ing the theft of a lawn-mower was received Sep-tember 24. An officer of the police department went to the area and the mower was recovered and a male subject, William Robert Dunlap, 19, La-mar, received a summons for the theft of the mower and is awaiting an Octo-ber court date.

* The Vernon County Sheriff ’s Department notified Lamar on Sep-tember 14 that they had contact with one Gerald Leroy Parker, 28, Rich-ards. Parker had a Lamar municipal warrant issued on a charge of failure to appear. Parker was able to post a bond and was released pending a court appearance.

* A two vehicle colli-sion occurred September 25 near Maberry’s Barber Shop on the Lamar square. According to statements taken at the time this col-lision occurred one of the vehicle was parking in the center parking area. The other car was backing at the time of the collision and failed to see the other vehicle parked behind it.

* A possible fraud/scam was investigated Septem-ber 25 at the Walmart store. The scam involved money being placed on a “Green Dot” card. The subject in question agreed to pay Walmart back the money.

* Beware of this type of scam going on. We have

been taking complaints from citizens for varia-tions of the same scam. Some involve items sold on E-Bay, telling the peo-ple that they have won a large sum of money and all they need to do is to put money on a “Green Dot Card”. And finally the old scam of “this is your grandson and I’m in jail in Mexico and I need money put on a “Green Dot Card” to get me out. Be wary of something for nothing scams. Don’t fall victim. Some of the victims of these types of scams have lost $1000 to $1,500.

* A 40 year old female subject was contacted September 25 in the 700 block of W. 9th St. After talking with her a little the officer decided to place her on a 96 hour committal hold. She was transported to the Barton County Memorial Hospi-tal where she was medi-cally cleared and then on to New Beginnings in Ne-vada for evaluation.

* An officer was dis-patched September 25 to the 300 block of W. 10th St. on the report of van-dalism. The reporting party said that someone had entered her yard and torn up her mulch that surrounds her flowers.

* Officers were dis-patched September 30 to the 700 block of W. 8th St. on the report of a pos-sible person needing to be placed on a 96 hour committal. A 40 year old female was contacted and after speaking with her she was transported to the Barton County Memo-rial Hospital where she was medically cleared for transport on to the Mercy Behavioral Unit in Joplin.

Lamar Democrat, Lamar, MO www.lamardemocrat.com Wednesday, October 9, 2013 • 5B

DISBALED PERSONTo all persons interested

in the estate of FERN BRATTON, a disabled person:

On August 20, 2013, LYNOLA CAREY was appointed Conservator of the estate of FERN BRATTON, a person adjudicated disabled under the laws of Missouri, by the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Barton County, Missouri.

The business address of the Conservator is 110 S. Bridge, PO Box 182, Smithville, MO 64089, and her Attorney is Steven H. Kaderly, Kaderly & Kaderly, 114 West 10th Street, Lamar, MO 64759.

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

Date of first publication on September 25, 2013.

By-CHARLES D. CURLESS, Judge

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NOTICE OFTRUSTEE’S SALE

For default in the payment of debt secured by a deed of trust executed by Sandra R Bean and Shaun M. Bean, dated January 5, 2010, and recorded on January 7, 2010, Document No. 2010-44 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, Barton County, Missouri, the undersigned Successor

Trustee will on November 4, 2013, at 12:00 PM, at the East Front Door of the Barton County Courthouse, Lamar, Missouri, sell at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash:

A tract of land located in the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 29, Township 32 North, Range 32 West, Barton County, Missouri, further described as follows: Beginning at the Southeast corner of said Section 29, thence North 01˚ 27’ 50” East along the East line of said Section 29, a distance of 617 feet; thence South 53˚ 01’ 15” West, a distance of 457.48 feet; thence south 18˚ 39’ 10” West, a distance of 357.34 feet; thence South 89˚ 37’ 28” East along the South line of said Section 29, a distance of 464 feet to the point of beginning, subject to County Road right of way and easements of record, commonly known as 95 Southwest 90th Lane, Liberal, MO, 64762subject to all prior easements, restrictions, reservations, covenants and encumbrances now of record, if any, to satisfy the debt and costs.South & Associates, P.C., Successor Trustee

First Publication: October 9, 2013. For more information, visit www.southlaw.com.

NOTICEPursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.S. §1692c(b), no information concerning the collection of this debt may be given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose (Casefile No. 148381 / Invoice No. 148381-665492).

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NOTICE OFTRUSTEE’S SALE

For default in the payment of debt secured by a deed of trust executed by Tammy D. Deherrera, dated April 13, 2006, and recorded on April 13, 2006, Document No. 2006-635 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, Barton County, Missouri, the undersigned Successor Trustee will on November 4, 2013, at 12:00 PM, at the East Front Door of the Barton County Courthouse, Lamar, Missouri, sell at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash:

All of Lot Ten (10), in RICE’S SUBDIVISION to the City of Lamar, Barton County,

Missouri, commonly known as 605 Arthur Aull Road, Lamar, MO, 64759

subject to all prior easements, restrictions, reservations, covenants and encumbrances now of record, if any, to satisfy the debt and costs.South & Associates, P.C., Successor Trustee

First Publication: October 9, 2013. For more information, visit www.southlaw.com

NOTICEPursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no information concerning the collection of this debt may be given without the prior consent of the consumer

given directly to the debt collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose (Casefile No. 78348 / Invoice No. 78348-666538).

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LegaLs/cLassifiedsLegals, continued from page 4B

CLASSIFIEDSAnnouncements

Alcoholics Anony-mous meets every Sun-day, 5 p.m. and Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., in the base-ment of Lamar Memo-rial Hall, 1104 Broad-way. Big Book Study is the second Tuesday of each month. All meet-ings are nonsmoking.

Narcotics Anonymous Meetings - Wednes-days, 7:30 p.m., 1104 Broadway, Memorial Hall Basement.

Lost & Found

Reward! Lost Cat – Big Old Gray Boy – had red

collar with tag, has sei-zure condition. Missing since Friday, Aug. 23, 702 Gulf St., Lamar, Mo. Please call Carla Scott at 417-682-5255 or 417-214-6031.Services Offered

House Leveling - Floor joists, sill plates, rim joists replaced. Don't have a mess, call the best! 46-years in busi-ness. Larry's General Contracting, 417-623-8105.

Appliance Repair. Ap-pliance parts. Miller’s Country Corner. 417-884-2684.

Employment

Drivers, 60,000+, CDL-A, $2500 sign on, 1 month exp. Same Day Pay! Free Health Ins, No CDL? Free training! On-line app @ www.trailin-er.com 800-769-3993.

Springfield, MO area trucking company seeks experienced OTR driv-ers. We offer flexible miles and regular home time. Competitive pay and benefits available. Call 417-724-1520 for more information.

Drivers: $800-$1000/wk, Weekly Home Time! Company Paid Health Ins, 401K, Paid

Vacation & More! CDL-A, 2yrs Experience Re-quired. 1-888-992-4038 x 133.

Garage Sales

Garage Sale – Saturday, Oct. 12, 7:30 a.m. to ? 700 W. 9th St., Apt. 7-C. Misses clothes, Christ-mas, scrapbooking and misc.

Apple Days – Saturday, Oct. 12, Wyatt Earp Fallfest. Avon & Pies Booth. Correction – North side of square. Several kinds of home-made pies, Hallow-een decorations, shoes, boots, purses. “Special Prices on Bubble Bath – Shower Gels- Skin Care

i t e m s ” . Donita.

Miscellaneous For Sale

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

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

Mobile Homes for Rent

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

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

1 Bedroom Apartment nicely furnished or un-furnished. Pool, rec room and laundry. Free cable/HBO, water and trash. Short leases avail-able. $200 security de-posit. No pets! In Ne-vada. Starting at $345. 417-667-2633.

Sheldon Apartments - Nice 1 bedroom apart-ments, furnished or un-furnished. All utilities paid. Starting at $370 per month. Call 417-667-2633.

Homes For Rent

House For Rent – 710 Grand. Very spacious 2 bedroom, attached ga-rage, central heat/air, re-frigerator. Available Oc-tober 13. $450 month, $400 deposit. R&R Rentals, Rosalee Potter, 682-5668.

Business Opportunities

Sweet Little BBQ or Burger Joint. For sale or lease with or with-out business and equip-ment. Just blocks off the downtown square, near industrial hub. Lamar, could be small office or retail. $59,900 or $550 month. 417-355-0066.

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AREA NEWSWEATHER FORECAST

Wednesday, October 9, 2013Sunny

High: 75° Low: 50°Sunrise: 7:20 a.m. Sunset: 6:48 p.m.Moonrise: 12:12 p.m. Moonset: 10:28 p.m.UV Index: 6 (High) Humidity: 56%Precipitation: 0% Cloud Coverage: 0%Moon Phase: Waxing CrescentWind Speed: 10 Mph out of the South/Southeast

� ursday, October 10, 2013Sunny

High: 77° Low: 56°Sunrise: 7:21 a.m. Sunset: 6:46 p.m.Moonrise: 1:09 p.m. Moonset: 11:29 p.m.UV Index: 6 (High) Humidity: 68%Precipitation: 0% Cloud Coverage: 6%Moon Phase: Waxing CrescentWind Speed: 10 Mph out of the South/Southeast

Friday, October 11, 2013Partly Cloudy

High: 76° Low: 58°Sunrise: 7:22 a.m. Sunset: 6:45 p.m.Moonrise: 2:01 p.m. Moonset: 12:01 a.m.UV Index: 6 (High) Humidity: 72%Precipitation: 10% Cloud Coverage: 36%Moon Phase: Waxing CrescentWind Speed: 15 Mph out of the South

Saturday, October 12, 2013Scattered � understorms

High: 73° Low: 53°Sunrise: 7:23 a.m. Sunset: 6:44 p.m.Moonrise: 2:47 p.m. Moonset: 12:34 a.m.UV Index: 5 (Moderate) Humidity: 78%Precipitation: 40% Cloud Coverage: 57%Moon Phase: First QuarterWind Speed: 8 Mph out of the South/Southeast

Sunday, October 13, 2013Partly Cloudy

High: 72° Low: 54°Sunrise: 7:24 a.m. Sunset: 6:42 p.m.Moonrise: 3:28 p.m. Moonset: 1:40 a.m.UV Index: 5 (Moderate) Humidity: 72%Precipitation: 20% Cloud Coverage: 40%Moon Phase: Waxing GibbousWind Speed: 8 Mph out of the East/Northeast

Monday, October 14, 2013Partly Cloudy

High: 68° Low: 55°Sunrise: 7:24 a.m. Sunset: 6:41 p.m.Moonrise: 4:06 p.m. Moonset: 2:47 a.m.UV Index: 5 (Moderate) Humidity: 76%Precipitation: 20% Cloud Coverage: 33%Moon Phase: Waxing GibbousWind Speed: 9 Mph out of the Southeast

Tuesday, October 15, 2013Sunny

High: 68° Low: 48°Sunrise: 7:25 a.m. Sunset: 6:39 p.m.Moonrise: 4:42 p.m. Moonset: 3:53 a.m.UV Index: 5 (Moderate) Humidity: 76%Precipitation: 10% Cloud Coverage: 15%Moon Phase: Waxing GibbousWind Speed: 8 Mph out of the Southeast

September’s song was warm and dryBy RICHARD COOPERDemocrat sta� writer

richardcooper@lamardemocrat.com

LAMAR-September across southwest Mis-souri was devoid of any kind of record setting weather. It was its usual pleasant self, a bit dry, but still providing enough moisture in the last 11 days of the month to keep the wolves of drought at bay.

Average rainfall for September is just short of � ve inches. Not a drop was recorded during the � rst 16 days of the month this year, and it wasn’t until the 20th there was anything of real signi� -cance. Just three dates

produced any measurable rainfall, 0.45 of an inch on the 17th, 1.89 inches on the 20th, and 0.42 on the 29th. � e total for the month came to 2.76 inches, a de� ciency of 2.18 inches. For the year, Lamar has logged 39.09 inches of total moisture, which is just 4.62 inches greater than the long term average for the � rst nine months of the year.

� e high temperature for September was 96 de-grees on the 2nd, which means it is highly unlike-ly there will be any triple digit heat in 2013. � e highest reading Lamar has experienced this year was 97 degrees on three dates in July. September’s

mean temperature was 72.28 degrees, which was 3.78 degrees warmer than the long term average of 68.50.

As we go deeper and deeper into the autumn season, average daily high temperatures slowly decrease. It doesn’t take much of a scientist to ob-serve that. However, here is how it goes. By October 9, the average high read-ing is 72 degrees. It drops below the 70s on the 19th, down to 66 degrees on the 26th, and ends the month with an average high reading of 63.

� en, there is the matter of frost. Scattered patches of frost may occur any-time in late September or

early October. � e aver-age date of the � rst killing frost in these environs is October 25.

Accident reportAccording to the Mis-

souri State Highway Pa-trol, a 2012 Chevrolet Cruz being driven by Brandi M Steeves, 41, Jas-per, was heading north on Hwy. 97, two miles south

of Lockwood, when she struck a deer in the road-way. � e accident oc-curred at 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6.

� e vehicle received mi-nor damage. Steeves, who

according to the report was wearing her safety device, received minor injuries and was trans-ported by ambulance to Barton County Memorial Hospital.

Correction In the article that ran in the Lamar

Democrat on September 25, regarding the Dade County CAFO meeting, Pohl-

sander was incorrectly listed as the cur-rently absent P.A. It should have read Gary Troxell, who is Dade County’s P.A.

Registration for Miss Merry Christmas is approaching

Plans for the annual Miss Mer-ry Christmas pageant sponsored by Beta Gamma and the Barton County Chamber of Commerce are well underway. Registration for the pageant will be held in the Family Life Center at the Lamar United Methodist Church on Monday, Oct. 21.

Registration forms will be accept-ed between the hours of 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. No entries may be turned in prior to or a� er the scheduled reg-istration.

Participants in the Miss Merry Christmas pageant must be in grades kindergarten through 12th grade, a Barton County resident, single, have no children nor be pregnant and have a sponsor. � e

sponsors will provide the $25 entry fee, which includes a 5x7 photo of the contestant as a gi� .

Contestants need to have a com-pleted registration form, sponsor fee and wallet-sized picture in or-der to register for the pageant. At this time contestants will receive detailed information regarding the pageant, including times for indi-vidual interviews with the judges. Please note that participants in the Little Miss and Young Miss catego-ries are not permitted to wear full-length pageant gowns.

Registration forms are available online at www.bartoncounty.com or www.liberal.k12.mo.us. In ad-dition, registration forms are avail-able in all Barton County school

o� ces. � is includes Lamar East and West Elementary, Middle and High School o� ces, Golden City and Liberal Elementary, Middle and High School o� ces.

� e pageants will be held Decem-ber 6 and December 7, at � iebaud Auditorium. Junior Miss, grades six through eight, and Miss, grades nine through 12, will be held on Friday, Dec. 6, beginning at 8 p.m. Little Miss, grades K through two and Young Miss, grades three through � ve, will be held on Sat-urday, Dec. 7, 2 p.m. � e public is invited to attend this community event.

Questions regarding this year’s pageantry may be directed to Christy Heins at 681-0477.

The Black Walnut Festival held its queen coronation Saturday night, Sept. 28. The winner was Miss Osceola.

Area contestants included Miss Lamar, Kenna Roland, left, and Miss Lockwood, Kathryn C. Kuhn, right.

Area girls participate in Black Walnut Festival

Salary commission tables COLA issue, to meet again in two weeks

By RICHARD COOPERDemocrat sta� writer

richardcooper@lamardemocrat.com

LAMAR-� e Barton County Salary Commission met, October 4, to review and set salaries for the elected public of-� cials of county government. All 11 of-� cials were in attendance. Assessor Ivan Frieden was elected chairman.

Allowable base salary ranges are es-tablished by the state, and currently sal-aries are at 100 percent of what the state allows. Cost of living (COLA) increases

are set by the commission, and COLAs allowed for elected o� cials must also apply to county government employees.

A motion to allow a two percent COLA, e� ective January 1, 2014, was tabled until the commission secretary, County Clerk Kristina Crockett, can re-search the e� ect it would have on coun-ty � nances. � e commission will re-convene on October 18 at 8 a.m. in the circuit courtroom of the Barton County Courthouse.

Base salaries were not discussed in the brief meeting.

P.O. Box 458100 East 11th Street

Lamar, Missouri 64759-0458Phone: 417-682-5529

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

Thank you to all the area businesses and our local 4-H organization who

helped make this sectionpossible.

Entrepreneurship to be o� ered to local 4-H clubsBarton County is hoping to

spark 4H'ers interest in busi-ness by o� ering the project, Entrepreneurship, to the lo-cal 4H clubs.  I'm Michelle Morgan and my children are members of the Learn-A-Do 4H Club. I  will be heading up this new venture which will allow the kids to see all aspects of a business venture from seeing how much it ac-

tually takes to make an item vs. what it would sell for as well as seeing what demand for the item is really out there.

I decided to head up this project a� er reading about "Show Me Wares" that takes place at the State Fair. Kids are allowed a time slot at the 4H booth where they are al-lowed to sell their wares. Kel-

sie Morgan, my daughter, has long had an interest in cra� s and  I thought it would be an ideal way of showing her there is more to it then sim-ply making something and hoping someone will buy it. Kids will be able to keep track of business expenses incurred from making the item, how much time it takes to make it, how much they

will make selling it, etc.Starting with the 2014 La-

mar Fair, Barton Co 4H will start their own version of "Show Me Wares".  Exam-ples of things that kids have made before  are potholders by a child who was in cook-ing, friendship bracelets by someone who was in cra� s and birdhouses from those in woodworking.

If you are interested in your child learning the dif-ferent aspects of business, as well as making actual mon-ey from their project, then please contact me at either hdmmorgan@msn.com or 417-214-2805.  You will also need  to make  sure you put entrepreneurship down as one of your projects your child wants to take.

Barton County Teen Leaders take project to new level� e Barton County Teen Leaders

have taken the MOHOCOLA Mis-souri 4-H Home Grown Community Leaders project to a new level by vid-eoing Public Service Announcements. � e PSA videos feature the youth and projects they have been working on, but most of all provide the community with facts about poverty and how it is a� ecting this community in compari-

son to the United States.� ere are 25.1 percent of youth in

Barton County living below the pov-erty level. One in � ve children in the U.S. go hungry because of poverty. � e Teen Leaders  are striving to make a di� erence in the community by help-ing with food drives. � e teens helped by organizing youth from various or-ganizations. Going door to door they

picked up over 3,000 nonperishable food items.

� e Community Gardens proj-ects  are located at Lamar Enterprises and Barton County Memorial  Hos-pital to help provide fresh vegetables to be used by individuals. � e Back Pack Meal Program assists youth with weekend meals for those that are food insecure.

� ank you for the many ways you have helped to make a  di� erence in Barton County.

Above, Nate Cable videos a group of Teen Leaders as they prepare to send out their message on poverty that one in � ve children go hungry because of poverty

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4 -H clubs are reaching out to ask farmers to  Invest An Acre and � ght hunger. 4-H members are seeking donations from area farmers for the Invest An Acre program as part of a 4-H Revolution of Responsibility campaign to � nd solutions to hunger through community service.

More than one in � ve chil-dren in Missouri do not have enough nutritious food to eat and 4-H members want to change this, says Elaine Davis, 4-H youth program assistant. � e Invest An Acre donations will go to the SW Ozark Har-vest food Bank, where for one dollar donated, $10 worth of food can be provided back to the Barton County community.

� e process is very simple: Farmers can make an Invest An Acre donation from the proceeds of their harvest at the grain elevator where they do business. Pledge cards can be � lled out at any time dur-ing the growing season, at har-vest or at the time of delivery to the elevator. Elevators re-ceive tax-deductible donations from farmers and send them to Feeding America, a nationwide network of food banks. Every

dollar donated by farmers goes back to the food bank serving the region where they live, including the food pantries in their communities.

� e elevators in Barton County in-clude MFA in Lamar, Seed and Farm in Liberal and Manevals in Jasper and all are on board to help the youth and commu-nity with this project.

To date they have had $600 in mon-etary donations that have been matched by Monsanto. � e Teen Leaders hope  to increase that  number with the fall harvest.

� is project is not limited to the farmer. Any community individual or orga-nization can make a donation that will go to the SW Missouri Food Bank and return back to Barton County. � e organiza-tions served by the SW Food Bank in Barton County are Good Samaritan Food Bank and AOK. � e Good Samari-tan food bank currently serves

620 plus families. � e AOK "About Our Kids" program serves meals to youth, who would otherwise not have a meal, on a daily basis at Na-thans Place.

ADM, the Howard G. Buf-fett Foundation, Monsanto and Feeding America sponsor the Invest An Acre program. Missouri ADM elevators can process donations in Audrain,

Knox, Lewis, Linn, New Madrid, Ralls, Shelby, St. Louis, Stod-dard and Vernon counties. Monsanto has committed to match Invest An Acre farmer donations nationally dollar-

for-dollar, up to $675,000

this year. For more in-formation contact the Barton County 4-H o� ce at 682-3579 or visit www.investanacre.org or 4h.missouri.edu/programs/hunger.

Left, 4-H members and volunteers recently served a barbeque dinner  to local farmers and community leaders as a part of sharing the Invest An Acre.

Below, Teen Leaders Trent Morgan, Tony Morgan, Hannah Moyer and Emily Ralf encourage farmers to  Invest An Acre for the

Barton County community.

Invest An Acre… will you help Barton County?

4-H Camp mission space 3..2..1 blast o� !!

4-H camp is a tradition! Barton Coun-ty youth traveled to Camp Smokey in Cassville this summer. It's a winding path from here to there and all of a sudden you are up on the hill looking down.  What part of space are we occu-pying?

� e 2013 4-H Camp Smokey had been transformed into a scienti� c testing

ground for youth to learn about space. � e SW Re-gional 4-H sta� received a grant from NASA to provide workshops with hands on learning op-portunities in the areas of rockets, airplanes, gravity and lots more.

� e wilderness became a centrifuge for � ying objects and water propul-sion experiments. Each morning was a new day on Jupiter, Mars, Saturn and some felt like they

were just � oating through space every day. A morning hike or � shing was a great way to start o� the day; no one was lost in space for too long.  � en it was time take a step out and raise the � ag.

� e mission began as 4-H members worked on experiments, the egg drop, designing the perfect airplane, build-ing land rovers that were edible, rocket

launches and more. In the a� ernoon, when the sun came out, all headed on foot for the water to swim and cool o� or � sh, whichever one’s heart desired. Evenings were the perfect time for challenge ac-tivities, astronaut training and dancing with the stars. Each evening was closed with a camp-� re, the so� � ames, the songs, just the opportunity to sit and maybe dream, just a bit star gaz-ing or visiting with friends about which constellations they like.

Barton County had an out-standing camp full of space ca-dets including Cooper, Burchett, Anna Belle Crabtree and Sammi Jo Crabtree that attended Clover Kids camp. Crystal Kahl, Mat-thew Morgan, � eo Crabtree, Michaela Winslow, Reese Hig-gins, Noah Endicott, Kade Trout,

Blaine Shaw, Coby Burchett, Clayton Winslow, Caleb Moreno, Caden Win-

Water was the key to the experiment, how fast can it turn?see SPACE, page 6C

Fishing was enjoyed, with a good catch for everyone!

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Vickie Rush Memorial 4-H Scholarship

The recipients of the Vickie Rush Me-morial 4-H Scholarship for 2013 are Ci-ara Shoff and Lynzee Flores. They each received a $500 scholarship. Ciara is a sophomore at Truman State and Lyn-

zee is a sophomore at Pittsburg State University. Both girls were active, displayed leadership and were award winning individuals during their 4-H years.

Vickie was the wife of Charles “Butch” Rush and served as the leader of the Make It Happen 4-H Club for many years. She was president of the Barton County 4-H Council several times. Vickie had been an active and hard-working 4-H’er, and then her three children, Brent, Kenda and Randy, were active and award winning 4-H’ers as well. Vickie cared about youngsters, wanting them to learn as much as they could and to excel. She knew what a difference 4-H can make in a person’s life!

4-H Alumni may apply who have completed at least one year of college or technical school. Donations and fundraisers have made these scholarships possible. Money can be sent to Elaine Da-vis at the Barton County Exten-sion Center, or to Cinda Miller.

Past recipients have been Kelsey Peckman, Jonathan Blanchard, Kimberly Smith, Stephanie Mor-gan, Dustin Frieden, Miranda Blanchard, Cassandra Blanchard, Amanda Sorenson, Derek Wil-son, Rebecca Davis, Sara Foster, Ashley Davis, Sue Morgan, Chad Zaerr, Michael Miller, Patrick Davis and Randy Rush.

AchievementsSW Regional 4-H Achievement Day held in Springfield

Over 200 4-H club members, parents, staff and volun-teers signed the registra-tion sheets at Southwest Missouri's Annual Re-gional 4-H Achievement Day on July 15, at The Redeemer Lutheran Church, 2852 S. Dayton Ave. in Springfield.

"4-H'ers qualify to par-ticipate at the regional event by excelling in a similar event held in their county earlier in the sum-mer. They are the best in their county and com-pete to test the skills they have learned in 4-H," said Elaine Davis.

Regional 4-H Achieve-ment Day serves as a test-ing ground for members to improve their skills in areas of personal pre-sentations and decision making. Barton County was well represented in all areas. Connor Brown, Learn A Do 4-H Club,

received Gold in Pub-lic Speaking for the 4-H Creed. Personal develop-ment participants Kaitlyn Davis, City Clover 4-H Club, received Gold and Lexi Phipps, City Clover 4-H Club, received Sil-ver. Project demonstra-tions were presented with Elise James, Learn A Do 4-H, receiving a Gold  in Horse, Mason Brown, Learn A Do, received a Silver in Swine, Halle Miller, Learn A Do 4-H, received a Silver in Foods and Noah Show, City Clo-vers 4-H Club, received a Silver in Dogs.

Project Judging includ-

ed Arts & Crafts, Connor Trout, Shiloh 4-H Club, Gold; Foods, Clarise James, Learn A Do, Gold and Kailtyn Davis, Silver; Horse, Elise James, Gold. Also, 4-H’ers from par-ticipating counties per-formed club skits or tal-ent numbers. The James Sisters of the Learn A Do 4-H Club sang, “These Are A Few of My Favor-ite Things” and Kaitlyn Davis and Lexi Phips pre-formed a dance routine, NY~2~LA.

Congratulations to all the youth for an excellent job in all areas.

Barton County 4-H Livestock Judging team receives first

The Barton County 4-H Live-stock Judging team received first place at the State 4-H Livestock judging Contest.

Two hundred and three 4-H youth from all across Missouri descended upon the University of Missouri campus at Trowbridge Center on Saturday, Sept. 7, for the annual state 4-H Livestock Judging Contest. Life skills like responsibil-ity, critical thinking and decision making are some of those under-pinning foundations.

4-H has excellent  leaders who model positive behavior and a will-ingness to pitch in and help.  This year’s contest was dedicated to the

MU students and county coaches who stepped up in spite of heat

and other environmental challeng-es. Thank you for all you do!

Matthew Morgan, Halle Miller, Lauren Morgan and Brandon Overman are all members of the Learn A Do 4-H Club.

Conrad Proctor of the Irwin 4-H Club  demonstrates how his  pop can robot works  during Lamar Fair conference judging.

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My name is Connor Trout. I am 10 years old and in the fourth grade at Liberal Elementary School. I have been in 4-H for three years. I have enjoyed doing projects in gar-dening, where I grew pumpkins and gourds.  I also like woodworking where I have made birdhouses and a dog-house.

My favorite projects have been in arts and cra� s. I have done Lego pictures, constructed Lego ships and painted several pictures. � is year I am excited to explore building and competing in Robotics.

Kade Trout is a member of the Learn-A-Do 4-H Club and a � � h grader at the Liberal grade school. He likes sports and all animals, but his favorite activity is his cattle.

� is year at the Lamar Fair he showed a heifer and a bull. He is already making plans for what he will be showing next year.Kade’s parents are Jamie Trout and Tammy Trout of Liberal.

Keaton Trout has been in 4-H for six years and is a mem-ber of the Learn-A-Do 4-H Club. He has a small herd of registered Hereford cattle and showed his registered Her-eford bull at the fair this year.

Keaton is in the ninth grade at Liberal High School and participates in baseball, basketball and football.

He is the son of Jamie Trout and Tammy Trout, Liberal.

The team of Lakin Standley, Halle Miller, Connor Brown and George Weber won � rst overall in the Junior division at the Gala held at the Ozark Empire Fair.

Participating in the State Livestock Judging in Columbia was the team of Lauren Morgan, Mathew Morgan, Brandon Overman and Halle Miller.

Marcy Miller, left, and her sister Halle Miller, took home several awards during the Ozark Empire Fair.

My name is Halle Miller. I’m in the Learn-A-Do 4-H Club. I am 11 years old.

I started this summer busy with pig shows in Kansas. I had a lot of fun! In July I went to the Gala at the Ozark Em-pire Fair. � ere, I was a part of a team of four. I had di� erent contests we did together and by ourselves. Our team won � rst overall in the Junior division. � e group was myself, George Weber, Lakin Standley and Connor Brown.

� e next week my sister Marcy and I went back to the Spring� eld Fair. We showed our pigs. We both placed with our pigs. I won Grand Champion with my Hampshire Gilt. My sister won with her Duroc.

As always, I have fun at the Lamar Fair, but I was excited to go to the State Livestock Judging in Columbia. Lauren Morgan, Mathew Morgan, Brandon Overman and I won � rst place in the Juniors.

I had an awesome showing year and can’t wait until spring to start again.

Hi! My name is Lexi Phipps and I am a member of the Lamar City Clovers. I am 10 years old and in the � � h grade at West Elementary. � is past year I held the o� ce of pho-tographer. � is year I will be the reporter and historian. � e projects I participate in are arts and cra� s, quilting, foods, photography, archery and cake decorating.

� is past year I enjoyed our fall hayride and cookout at the Phipps’ farm, caroling at the nursing home and being on the Valentine Tea Party committee. Baking cupcakes and decorating was fun.

At the Barton County Exhibit Day I received � ve blue rib-bons for my projects. At the SW Regional 4-H Achievement Day in Spring� eld I participated in Personal Development and a Share the Fun Dance. I received a blue and silver rib-bon. At the Ozark Empire Fair my arts and cra� s bead cre-ations earned a blue ribbon, along with a red and blue rib-bon for my acrylic paintings and photographs. At the Lamar Free Fair I received a blue ribbon for my bead creations, cin-namon rolls, one of my photography pictures and an acrylic picture. I received a red ribbon for another photo and paint-ing. I was most excited about my � rst rag quilt receiving a blue ribbon and Best of Show at the fair this year.

I feel 4-H gives you opportunities to participate, volunteer and help others.

Hi, my name is Conner Sho� . I’m 10 years old and a member of the City Clovers 4-H Club. My 4-H projects this year included Fishing, Dogs and Self Determined.

My favorite 4-H project was � shing. I love to go � sh-ing any chance I can. My favorite spots to � sh are at my grandpa’s pond and the city lake. I went to the Neosho Fish Hatchery and took a tour of the place with my family. I got to feed the trout. I made a poster of my � eld trip and it won a blue ribbon at Exhibit Day, Champion at the Ozark Em-pire Fair and a blue ribbon at the Lamar Fair.

My � shing tackle box also got a blue ribbon at Exhibit Day, Champion at the Ozark Empire Fair, a ribbon at the Missouri State Fair and a blue ribbon at the Lamar Fair.

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Going to the State Fair and showing my market lamb is one of my favorite things in 4-H. I’m Matthew Morgan and a member of Learn-A-Do 4-H Club. I was able to attend Teen Conference this year for the � rst time. Along with a couple of friends we went to Columbia and attended lead-ership conferences. I enjoy 4-H camp, canoeing, putting up � ags and so many more activitites. I also show my steer at the Missouri State Fair, Ozark Empire Fair and Lamar Fair.

Kelsie Morgan shows her hog at the Lamar Free Fair.

Hi, I’m Kelsie Morgan and I’m a member of the Learn-D-Do 4H Club. For generations my family has been in 4H and I’ve been in it since I was eight years old. I have recently started doing demonstrations in 4H and because of that I can now talk in front of people.

 I show pigs at the Lamar Fair and this year Ozark Empire Fair.  Next year I hope to show sheep and pigs at Lamar, OEF and the state fair.

Camp was another neat thing I was able to do. It was the � rst year for me, but I am de� nitely going back.

I love 4H and encourage everyone to join. If you work hard it will pay o� . I know this because it has for me. 4H is de� nitely making the best better.

Cousins Kelsie and Matthew Morgan head out to 4-H camp.

Kelsie Morgan is pictured at 4-H camp along with her cousins, Hannah and Lydia Rockers. The Rockers are members in Jasper County.

Mason Brown does a demonstration on ear notching pigs at Regional Achievement Day.

Mason Brown shows his home-raised Duroc gilt at the 2013 Missouri State Fair.

My name is Mason Brown and I am eight years old. I am a member of Learn-A-Do 4-H Club. I have been a member for one year and a Clover Kid for three. My 4-H projects this year are swine, woodworking and country cured hams.

I did a demonstration this year for my � rst time. I did it on how to ear notch baby pigs. I know how to do it because we have to notch the pigs that we raise to show. I did my dem-onstration at Barton County Achievement Day and made it on to Regionals. I also did my demonstration at the Mis-souri State Fair and Lamar Fair.

My favorite project is swine. Me and my brother and sister went to 18 shows this year. We did good this year at all of our shows in Missouri and Kansas. My best show was La-mar because I had third place market hog overall and I won showmanship in my � rst year. I got to do Round Robin and show a goat a lamb and a cow that I had never shown before.

I also did country cured hams and woodworking. I took my birdhouse to three fairs and I took my hams to four of them. I got blue ribbons at every show. Another fun thing I did was go to 4-H camp. It is at Roaring River down by Cassville. We did lots of fun things and I got to go trout � sh-ing. I also did contests at the OEF gala where we showed our pigs. My team consisted of all � rst year members and we got third place overall in the junior division.

I have lots of friends in 4-H and I like all the things we get to do.

Connor Brown received Reserve Champion for his Country Cured Ham at the 2013 Ozark Empire Fair Gold Buckle Gala. The ham sold for $3000.

Connor Brown showing his home-raised Hampshire gilt to a second place � nish at the 2013 Missouri State Fair.

I am Connor Brown and I am from Lamar. � is was my third year in the Learn-A-Do 4-H Club. � is year I served

as pledge leader in our club and I did a lot of activities. My projects this year were swine, country cured hams, ento-mology and woodworking.

I enjoy all of my project areas, but my favorite is swine. I went to 18 di� erent pig shows this year starting in May and ending up at the Lamar Fair. I showed several breeds and barrows and gilts and boars. My favorite thing to compete in is showmanship where they judge how you show the pig, not the pig itself. We raised almost all of the pigs I showed this year, so that makes it even more fun, but it is a lot of work. When we � rst started this year we went to 14 shows in six straight weekends. I had lots of success this year with my pigs.

For woodworking I made a washer game that I showed at Ozark Empire Fair, Missouri State Fair and the Lamar Fair. I also took my insect collection to the same places and al-ways did good with both of them. In January, I cured three country hams and I took my best one to the Ozark Empire Gold Buckle Gala where I got Reserve Champion for the second year in a row. I like selling my ham at the sale they have, but I don’t really like dressing up.

I like to do other activities in 4-H too. I did the 4-H creed at the Barton County Achievement Day and I got to go to Regional. I was the only one doing the creed at regionals, but I did good and they made me give it in front of ev-eryone at the awards assembly. I also gave the creed at the Missouri State Fair and at the Lamar Fair. I like to do live-stock judging and the contests at the OEF gala too. I got high individual in Livestock Judging at the Vernon County Fair. My team got � rst place in the team sales contest and high team overall in the junior division at the Gala. It was fun because we practiced hard and our hard work paid o� . Another fun thing I did was go to Whitman Air Force Base on a 4-H trip. We got to see the B2 stealth bomber up close. It was really cool.

I really like 4-H and all the fun stu� we do. I like to have fun with my 4-H friends from other towns at the fairs and pig shows and contests.

Connor, Mason and Addison Brown are shown with their winnings from the Breeding Swine Show at the 2013 Ozark Empire Fair. They received 11 Grand and Reserve champions, as well as a Herdsman award, Premier Breeder and Premier Exhibitor.

Addison Brown gets ready to show her Hampshire

barrow in the open show at the 2013 Missouri State Fair.

I am Addison Brown and I am 6 years old. I am a clover kid in the Learn-A-Do 4-H club. I really like 4-H because it

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is fun and you get to do stu� with your friends. I like show-ing pigs, and doing cra� s. I got to go to clover kid camp this year at the Wolf Center with some of my friends. I did a demonstration on gymnastics at the Lamar Fair. I made a knot pillow and some tied � ip � ops for the Lamar fair, and I got a blue ribbon. I showed my pigs at 18 shows this year. 4-H is really fun!

Trent Morgan tends to his hogs at the Lamar Fair.

My name is Trent Morgan and I’m a member of the Learn-A-Do 4H Club. � is past year I served as president and I had many great experiences as well and learning a lot along the way. Each month we have a meeting. As president I read the agenda of the meeting, read previous minutes and talk about new business. � is had improved my public speaking abilities that will help me no matter which career path I go.

I am also a part of Junior Leaders. � is branch of 4H is for

teens and consists of doing community service projects. In the past we have worked with Head Start in a project called “Money Makes Sense”, as well as setting up community gar-dens at the Sheltered Workshop and the hospital.

Aside from developing leadership qualities, 4H has given me exciting opportunities. � is past summer I attended 4H State Congress. I was able to listen to some very inspira-tional speakers. Later in the summer I attended 4H camp where I learned about some of the 4H traditions. I made a lot of new friends on both trips and learned a lot.

4H is something every kid should be a part of if they are able to. Being a part of this has impacted my life in a posi-tive way and it could very well do the same for others.

Payden Nolting takes Grand Champion Market Hog for the second year in a row.

Marci Miller, Lilly Weber, Payden Nolting and Mason Brown presented a sales presentation as a team with Si from Brown Show Pigs during the Ozark Empire Fair’s Gala Event. The team placed second with their presentation in the Junior Division.

Payden Nolting is a third year member of the Learn-A-Do 4-H Club. During those years she has learned to show market goats and market hogs. She won Grand Champion Market Barrow in 2012 and 2013 at the Lamar Fair. � is

year Payden entered photos in the fair and received two blue ribbons! Her photos and her hogs also competed in other county competitions as well as at the district level.

Payden joined Lilly Weber, Marcy Miller and Mason Brown on a team that competed at the Ozark Empire Fair Gala in Livestock Judging, Sales Presentation, Photography, Product Identi� cation Testing and Livestock Showman-ship. � eir sales team won second place in the Junior Divi-sion and third Place overall and the Learn-A-Do 4-H Club as a whole won � rst place overall.

Payden received ninth high point winner overall and Grand Champion First Year Swine Exhibitor.  Next year Payden plans to continue showing market hogs and plans to add beef cattle to her exhibiting line up.

My name is Kenna Roland, I am 17 years old and have been a 4-H member for 10 years. � rough 4-H I have been enrolled in many projects, but this year I did photography and arts and cra� s. I was the president of Teen Leaders and City Clovers for the 2012-13 4-H year. I use the skills 4-H has taught me every day and I know I will always be thank-ful for being involved in such a wonderful club.

My name is Kip Roland and I am 14 years old. I have been a City Clovers 4H member for seven years. � is year I was enrolled in lifetime sports. I gave a demonstration of how to re-grip a golf club at the fair. My grandpa taught me this skill. I serve as the vice president of the City Clovers 4H Club. I am looking forward for the next year in 4H.

My name is Kaitlyn Davis. I am 10 years old and I am a member of the City Clovers 4-H Club. During the past year I was Secretary for our club and I was just elected as secretary and co-historian for our club this year. I was able to do many fun things through 4-H this year. I went Christ-mas caroling at area nursing homes, rang the bell at Wal-Mart for the Salvation Army and helped with the Good Samaritan Food Drive. I also enjoyed playing with the dogs again at the Lamar Animal Shelter. � e Dog Walk is our club project. My friends (Lexi and Mycah) and I once again hosted a Valentine’s Day tea for the City Clovers in Febru-ary. My favorite part is making the cupcakes and decorating the room for our meeting. � is summer, I was an usher and helped serve drinks and treats at the Lamar Community � eater children’s play.

� is year, I got to participate in Barton County Achieve-ment Day for the � rst time. My friend Lexi and I performed a dance routine for Share the Fun. We also danced at Re-gional Achievement Day in Spring� eld and at the Barton County 4-H Youth/ University of Missouri Extension Booth at the Lamar Fair. I received blue ribbons for Judging and Personal Development at Barton County Achievement Day. At Regional Achievement Day I was awarded a silver ribbon for Judging and a gold ribbon for Personal Develop-ment.

For my individual projects this year, I did Move Across Missouri, Quilting, Foods, Cake Decorating, Garden-ing, Self-Determined, Keeping Fit and Arts and Cra� s. At Barton County Exhibit Day I received six blue ribbons for my projects, which advanced to the Ozark Empire Fair. I received three blue ribbons and three red ribbons at the see PROFILES, page 6C

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Ozark Empire Fair. My pillow and my doll quilt went on the Missouri State Fair. My family was chosen as Barton County Farm Family of the Year, so I got to see my projects when we went to the state fair this year. It was really fun to see my pillow and quilt with all of the other projects from across the state. I finished the 4-H year at the Lamar Fair. I received six blue ribbons and two red ribbons for my projects. I also worked at the 4-H drink wagon on the fairgrounds with my brother Ryan and my friend Lexi.

Ryan has been a Clover Kid for the past four years. He is excited he will finally get to be an official 4-H member this year. Ryan also went caroling, was a Salvation Army bell ringer and a Good Samaritan Food Drive volunteer. He also participated in our Dog Walk project. He was just elected as games leader for our club. We both love being part of the City Clovers and are looking forward to 4-H Week!!

Hi, my name is Noah Shaw. I am in the City Clovers 4-H Club. This is my fourth year in 4-H. I joined 4-H because I wanted to get more active in the community. This year I was in Dogs, Gardening, Photography and Woodworking.

I have three dogs and enjoy learning about taking care of them. I would like to learn more about dog obedience this year. Our club likes to help the local animal shelter by walking the dogs to help exercise them. We have made dog biscuits and sold them at the farmer’s market in the past then donated the money to the animal shelter.

I gave a demonstration at Achievement Day with my basset hound Princess. I showed how to groom a basset hound. You have to take care of their ears because they go down instead of up like most dogs. They can get dirt and wax buildup if you don’t clean them out. My demonstra-tion got to go on to Regional Achievement Day in Spring-field. I made a video of my demonstration because you can’t take a live animal to this event. I got a blue ribbon on my demonstration.

I planted green beans this year in gardening. We had to water and weed the garden. When the beans were ready we had to pick them and then snap them. I received a blue ribbon at the Lamar Fair for my green beans.

I made an iPad kitchen stand for my woodworking proj-ect. This will be a gift for my aunt for Christmas. My dad helped my brother and I make one each. Mine fell over in the garage and broke. I had to remake part of it. The hard-est part of woodworking is making the cuts.

I have been our club treasurer for the past two years. The first year I was nervous about handling the money and making deposits. I had to keep good records and was the

county treasurer of the year last year. It has been easier this year because I have experience.

Hello, my name is Stetson Wiss. I am a member of the Milford 4-H Chapter. I am 10 years old and this is my sec-ond year in 4-H. My projects are Beef, Sheep, Swine, Goats, Woodworking and Vegetables.

My favorite thing about 4-H is exhibiting my livestock at shows all over the country. This year I exhibited two market steers and four lambs in six different states. I had several Top 5 places with my steers and Champions with my lambs.

My favorite show is the Missouri State Fair, cause I get to see all the friends that I have made at the steer shows. This year I had Reserve Champion Market Lamb at the Gala in Springfield and Champion Showman. After the State Fair, my steer won his class and I had two Reserve Champion Lambs and was chosen Reserve Showman. My steer went on to be Champion at Barton County and my lamb was Champion this year as well.

I really enjoy 4-H and all the activities I get to do with it.

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The Learn-A-Do 4-H Club hangs flags around Barton County Constitutional Square for Labor Day. Pictured are, left to right, Matthew Morgan, Tony Morgan, Braxten Muncy and Ella Harris.

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Barton County 4-H members Crystal Kahl, Matthew Morgan, Theo Crabtree, Michaela Winslow, Reese Higgins, Noah Endicott, Blaine Shaw, Coby Burchett, Clayton Winslow, Caleb Moreno, Caden Winslow, Caleb Winslow, Mason Brown, Kaden Johnson, Bailey Crockett, Kade Trout and Kelsie Morgan attended 4-H member camp.

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slow, Caleb Winslow, Ma-son Brown, Kaden John-son, Bailey Crockett and Kelsie Morgan attended

4-H member camp.  Tony Morgan, Caitlin Moreno, Cade Moreno, Carson Endicott, Keaton Trout,

Parker Rose and Trent Morgan attended teen camp.

Everyone had a blast

together, meeting new friends and learning more about space!