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Visitors Guide to the City of Lebanon and Laclede County, Missouri

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Page 1: Welcome To Lebanon  2015 2016
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INSIDEBrumley Gospel SingOne of the biggest events of the year in Lebanon is at the Cowan Civic Center.......................................... Page 20

Christmas ParadeThe town shuts down for the annual parade to kick off the holiday season......................................... Page 33

Lebanon-Laclede County LibraryThere are about 100,000 reasons to visit the local library.......................................... Page 54

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Welcome to Lebanon, Mis-souri! We’re glad to see you.

Lebanon is a great place to visit or live. We’ve got some of the best locally-owned restaurants, and shopping and attraction destina-tions in Missouri. If you’re looking for a new home-town or for a

weekend getaway, look no further than Lebanon.

Lebanon prides itself on its unique history, including the his-toric “Mother Road,” Route 66, and no visit to the Lebanon-Laclede County area is complete without a stop at Bennett Spring State Park.

Our slogan is “Friendly People, Friendly Place,” here in Lebanon, and I’m sure you will see why when you stop off at some of our unique local businesses.

Our com-munity also has a rich history in alu-minum boat manufactur-ing, a legacy that began in 1960 with J.B. Appleby and Appleby Boats. Lebanon was dubbed the “aluminum boat capi-tal of the world,” many years ago by former U.S. Senator Christopher “Kit” Bond. The nickname stuck, and the boat manufacturing indus-try fl oods the the local economy with millions of dollars each year.

Life tends to be a little “laid

back” in Lebanon, but that doesn’t mean it is boring. There’s always something going on!

The Lebanon area is home to not one, but two race tracks. Weather you are into dirt track racing or a paved oval, our speedways are sure to please any fan.

Lebanon’s parks offer hours of family fun. For the Frisbee golf enthusiasts, we offer two courses,

and for those who might like to take the kids or grandpa fi sh-ing, we have the newly renovat-ed Nelson Lake.

Lebanon is also only 12 miles from the

state’s premier trout fi shing park, Bennett Spring State Park. A new state-of-the-art hatchery shows visitor just how we grow those lunkers here in the Ozarks.

The Kenneth E. Cowan Civic Center is the pride of our town, and guests can see events of all types there. Concerts, theatrical productions, home shows, monster

trucks and rodeos are just a few of the events that are booked almost weekly at the CCC.

The CCC is also a great spot for corporate meetings, shows or conventions, and if you are looking for a place to have a wedding or other special event, look no further than the Cowan Civic Center. Our staff is always ready to help with your plans.

No trip to Lebanon would be complete without a stop at the Lebanon-Laclede County Library’s recently renovated Route 66 Muse-um. The exhibits feature a unique look at Route 66, complete with a service station with an antique car at the vintage gas pumps. It also boosts a diorama “Dream Village,” that is a must-see for any Route 66 enthusiast, photos and other arti-facts from the Mother Road.

There is so much to see and do in Lebanon, you’ll never be bored. If you don’t want to take my word for it, come visit us in Lebanon and let us, show you our part of the “Show Me State.”

— Lyle AndersonMayor

Welcome toLebanon, Missouri!

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The Lebanon Area Chamber of Commerce is happy to wel-come you to Lebanon and Laclede County.

While visiting, prepare for a host of things to do from antique shops to antique malls, dining, down-town shopping, retail stores and The Mall.

If you’re look-ing to get your kicks on Route 66, stop by the Route 66 Museum and Research Center for a trip through yesteryear. How about a walk in the park? Bennett Spring State Park;

scenic, beautiful and a stocked trout stream await you at one of Missouri’s oldest and favorite state parks. We have an abundance of reasons for you to spend time in the area.

Of course, Lebanon and Laclede County is also a great place to live,

work and do business. Whether you are new to the area, visiting or are looking to start a business here, call the Lebanon Area Chamber of Commerce and let us assist you.

Contact us toll free at 1-888-588-5710 or on the web at www.lebanonmissouri.com. Our offi ce is located at 186 North Adams Ave.,

if you should choose to stop by. Whatever you do, we are sure

you will agree with what people all over the Midwest say about Lebanon: “Friendly People, Friend-ly Place.”

— Darrell PollockLebanon Area

Chamber of Commerce Director

In Lebanon, we mean business!

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Tasked with the challenge of staying ahead of the game in a rapidly changing world of eco-nomic development, Lebanon Regional Economic Development, Inc. (Lebanon-REDI) continues to be a viable asset for the city, county and region.

Formed initially as America’s Heartland Economic Partnership in 2004 before changing its name in 2010, Lebanon-REDI is a public-private partnership focused on new job creation through the attraction of new businesses and the expan-sion of existing companies in Leba-non and Laclede County. During its time, Lebanon-REDI has been a key partner in bringing growth opportunities to the community. In March 2015, the organization wel-

comed a new President and Chief Executive Offi cer (CEO) to lead its efforts in Brian Thompson.

“Lebanon-REDI is an important partner in the economic develop-ment process,” said Thompson. “And I say partner because suc-cessful economic development is not a one-organization effort. It takes everyone playing their part to help us achieve our goals.”

According to Thompson, part-nership development has been a main focus effort in his fi rst few months on the job – both creating

new partnerships and enhanc-ing existing relationships. A total team effort is helping Lebanon and Laclede County in its desire to become an “ACT Work Ready Community.”

The program is a group effort combining the resources of mul-tiple agencies in the community. Once completed near the end of 2015, Lebanon and Laclede County will be able to use the designation to better market itself to poten-tial businesses and industries. Thompson said, however, that the program also supports existing entities.

“The ACT Work Ready Commu-nities program is one more way we can enhance an already hard-work-ing employee base,” said Thomp-son.

Poised for growthLebanon-REDI continues to work on improving the area economy

Lebanon-REDI President/CEO Brian Thompson, right, visits with Steve Johnson, CEO of the Mis-souri Partner-ship, to discuss ways the two or-ganizations can work together to promote Leba-non and Laclede County to new businesses and industries. Thompson says that partnership at local, state and federal lev-els are key to a successful eco-nomic develop-ment program at the community level.

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“As part of the program, em-ployees at various levels (emerg-ing, transitioning and current) have the opportunity to take the National Career Readiness Certifi -cate (NCRC) exam.”

Successful completion of the three-part test shows that the em-ployee has the skills necessary to do well in the local workforce.

The emerging workforce is the student base that is coming out of local high schools and into the workforce. Thompson said that the Lebanon Technology and Career Center (LTCC) has been a great partner in the process, encourag-ing juniors and seniors to take the NCRC test.

“Keith Davis (LTCC Director) and his staff have done a wonder-ful job in helping prepare students to go into the workforce immedi-ately after high school if they so choose,” said Thompson.

Lebanon-REDI annually contrib-utes a donation to LTCC to help the entity remain a testing site for the NCRC examinations.

According to Thompson, part-ners from the Missouri Depart-ment of Economic Development and the Missouri Career Center locally have helped members of the transitioning and current work-force come to the table to take the test, thus enhancing their skills for

potential employers.The ACT Work Ready Com-

munities program also involves area businesses and industries that are willing to recognize the exam when hiring employees. In some cases, companies profi le specifi c jobs to make completion of the test a requirement. In other cases, successful completion of the test is preferred giving those employees an extra advantage when resumes are compared between those com-peting for the same position within a company.

Thompson said that 2015-16 looks to be an exciting time for Lebanon and Laclede County. Unemployment rates are at their lowest in nearly seven years. Local companies are in expansion mode and Thompson said that Lebanon-REDI will continue to work with them and new companies to help the economy grow.

“The recession was certainly hard on the entire nation – Leba-non and Laclede County were no exception to this rule,” he said. “But we are rebounding based on the efforts of many including our partners previously discussed and our local leadership. I feel positive that we will see many great things in the not-so-distant future for our community and county.”

Lebanon-REDI works with both

new and existing companies to make sure they have access to in-centives that they may qualify for at all levels (local, state or federal). Thompson said that it is more important than ever to be able to offer incentives to companies for job creation to stay competitive in today’s economic development world.

“Economic development is more competitive than it has ever been,” said Thompson. “I applaud Leba-non and Laclede County for being progressive in developing local incentive programs to attract new business and to help our existing business base expand. We must not forget how critical our cur-rent businesses are to our over-all economy. Traditionally, your existing companies create 70 to 80 percent of new jobs in your econ-omy. That’s vital to stay relevant today, tomorrow and decades into the future.”

In addition to focusing on workforce enhancement, new business and industry recruitment, and growth of current businesses, Thompson said that entrepreneur-ship is going to be critical.

“I’ve only been here a short time, but it hasn’t taken long to learn that our area is blessed with great entrepreneurial minds,” he said. ▼ ▼

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“We want to make sure that we provide opportunities for them and work to erase the barriers they may have to long-term suc-cess.”

A recent study by the Lake of the Ozarks Council of Local Governments, indicated that small businesses employing between two and 99 people are growing rapidly in the region, off-setting losses from larger employers.

With a lot of effort going into the traditional aspects of economic development, Thompson said he also wants to be sure that Leba-non-REDI does a good job of com-municating its work to the public.

In the past few months, Leba-non-REDI has begun provid-ing brief activity reports to the Lebanon City Council during the council’s meetings on the fourth Monday of the month. The organization also now has a Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/LebanonREDI and is making modifi cations to its existing web-site at www.LebanonREDI.com. A biweekly column entitled “REDI Report” can also be found within the pages of the weekend edition of the Lebanon Daily Record.

Thompson added that anyone wishing to contact him about Lebanon-REDI activities may do so at the organization’s offi ce in downtown Lebanon (200 E. Com-mercial Street in the Allen Build-ing), by phone at 417-533-5627 or via e-mail at [email protected]. ■

Shopping, fi shing, tubing, camping, hiking, dining, sightsee-ing or how about fl oating your cares away? Whether you’re here for busi-ness or pleasure, we have something for everyone in and around Lebanon, Missouri!

Home to more than 14,000 resi-dents, Lebanon is located in the scenic Ozarks of south-central Missouri, directly

on Interstate 44. It is also home to the Kenneth E. Cowan Civic Center, a multi-purpose facility that accommodates conventions, trade shows and expositions, sporting events, theatrical pro-ductions and business meetings. Come enjoy a demolition derby, bull riding, country music concerts, the county fair, a gun show or even a community garage sale in our Cowan Civic Center.

The YMCA is housed in the Cowan Civic Center and is one of the largest not-for-profit com-munity service organizations in the Ozarks.

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Lebanon is a great place to visit; our historic downtown features many unique shops. Lebanon has many outlet stores like The Mall and Shepherd Hills Factory Outlet, the world’s largest dealer of top-selling Case Knives.

The huge store offers Ozark Walnut bowls and a vast selection of home décor items. The Heartland Antique Mall is the largest between Joplin and St. Louis, with more than 250 dealers, a Russell Stover’s candy outlet, and numerous other family-owned antique shops.

Lebanon was an important stop along historic Route 66, the winding long stretch from Chicago to the Pacifi c Ocean. The often romanticized Mother Road inspires in many of us something buried deep within us. Some may see Route 66 as a link to our parents and grandparents, others perhaps feel the sense of freedom that the road provided to those early travelers.

Most of the original auto courts and cafes are long gone, but a few sites still exist and can be vis-ited along the historic highway in Laclede County. Along with driving the Mother Road you can learn more about the historic route in Lebanon’s world-renowned Route 66 Museum and Research Center.

Every weekend from April through September, the race is on at I-44 Speedway, part of the NAS-CAR Whelen All-American Series and Midway Speedway with its fast and wild dirt-track racing, two popular courses.

Lebanon is also conveniently located near Bennett Spring State Park. The pristine beauty of the park is a natural attraction. Besides fi shing, this popular and scenic park offers 12 miles of hiking trails, Niangua River fl oat trips, interpre-tive center, a rustic dining lodge, hatchery tours, cabins and condos, or you can just pitch up a

tent, whichever your preference you’ll fi nd doz-ens of campgrounds and RV parks throughout the area. No matter when you visit, we’ll welcome you with open arms. For more information contact the Tourism Offi ce for the city of Lebanon at toll free 866-LEBANON, or visit our website at www.leba-nonmo.org.

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Most people know enough to visualize neon and chrome at

the mention of Route 66, but if you really want the lowdown

on the Mother Road, then Lebanon's Route 66 Museum is a must-

see.

Located in the Lebanon-Lacede County Library, 915 S. Jefferson Ave., the museum is one of only two museums in Missouri that are dedicated entirely to Route 66. The other one is in Times Beach.

"You won't fi nd just a ton of these out there," mu-seum curator Mark Spangler said of the museum. "Some communities celebrate their Route 66 connec-tion and others do not. Some are catching on and actively developing that; we started that process almost 10 years ago when we had the idea to do the museum, so we're kind of ahead of the curve."

Although Route 66 probably wasn't much dif-ferent from other interstate highways in its day, a series of circumstances caused it be one of the most well-known roads from an era when the United States' infrastructure was just beginning to take shape.

"Route 66 wasn't the only highway, it wasn't the

longest, it wasn't the fi rst, it just became perhaps the most famous, perhaps be-cause of some quirky little things that happened," Spangler explained.

To begin with, promotors were exceptionally active in trying to draw attention to the road for economic purposes.

A more specifi c event that helped launch Route 66 to its current fame was the publication of John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of

Wrath." The novel follows the members of the fi cti-tious Joad family as they head toward California in an attempt to fl ee the Dust Bowl via -- you guessed it -- Route 66. Be-sides nudging the highway into the lime-light, the book also coined the term "The Mother Road" in reference to Route 66.

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Another popular culture refer-ence to the highway came in the 1960s in the form of a television show simply titled "Route 66."

"It was just a couple of guys in a convertible just out goofi ng around on Route 66, which kind of hearkens into the whole 'Get your kicks on 66' the whole song that kind of made it famous as far as a sound to go along with it. " Spangler said of the show. "But that's part of the problem. So many people think that's it -- 'Get Your Kicks on 66' -- and there's so much more to it. You can slice it and dice it in so many ways be-sides just a place to have a good time."

Missouri's portion of Route 66 followed an old Native American trail between southwest Missouri and the Mississippi River area near St. Louis. Later, it became a farm road, and was eventually called the Old Wire Road because of the telegraph lines that fol-

lowed the railroad, which in turn followed the original trail.

Lebanon's specifi c Route 66 museum was originated in 2004 when the library moved from a smaller building into its current location, which was once a K-Mart building. The move allowed

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"I would say this was his idea. If you could credit any one individual, Bill was the one that approached the library about doing this," Spangler stated.

The library board ap-proved of Wheeler's idea, and the Route 66 Museum was born.

Today, visitors to the museum can see a variety of displays, including three vignettes: one of a gas station, one of a diner and one of a tourist cabin. The museum also boasts a diorama of the intersec-tion of Route 66 and Highway 5 as it looked in the 1940s.

Spangler stated, "Now there's nothing that remains of (the build-ings shown in the diorama), but because the family was careful about documenting their businesses, we have just a fabulous set of photo-graphs of what was one of the jewels in our community of the Route, the

Nelson Hotel and Dream Village. And we've got just a fabulous set of photographs -- you seldom see a place documented that well with photographs."

The museum also has a variety of artifacts, including a switchboard from the offi ce of the Munger Moss Motel and a piece of sign post from one of the "Our Town, Your Town" signs that used to mark the edge of

the city."We had two of these

signs at the entrances to Lebanon over Route 66," Spangler explained. "They were beside Route 66 trying to beckon folks into town. This one was now on Springfi eld Road. And unfortunately we lost those signs. When the route changed directions they were dismantled and scrapped and are now gone. When we redid Elm Street, they came across one of the

supports, the one up on the east side of town, so that's as close as we can come to having a piece of the original sign."

New to the museum since last year are two glassed-in displays, one de-scribing different types of pavement that road builders considered using, and another one explaining the Good Roads Movement, which was the im-mediate precursor to Route 66. ■

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The Munger Moss Motel is more than just a Lebanon landmark: it’s a reminder of the Camelot that was Route 66.

Pete and Jesse Hudson originally opened Munger Moss Motel in 1946. Previously, the name “Munger Moss” had belonged to the Munger Moss Bar-becue, a restaurant in Devil’s Elbow. However, when a four-lane highway bypassed Devil’s Elbow, Pete Hudson saw the writing on the wall, so he bought the Munger Moss name and its barbecue recipe and moved the busi-ness into Lebanon alongside Route 66.

The Hudsons arrived in Lebanon in the summer of 1945, and by 1946 they had expanded their operation by building seven buildings situated in an arc around the barbecue restaurant. Each building consisted of two sleep-ing cabins connected by a garage in the middle. In 1957, they expanded again, fi lling in the spaces between the buildings and adding a total of 25 more cabins. The Munger Moss Motel also had the fi rst swimming pool in town — the same one that the motel still uses.

Meanwhile, fate was nudging current owners Bob and Ramona Lehman toward their future lives as hotel owners. The Lehmans started out as farmers in Iowa, but eventually Bob discovered that he was allergic to cattle and hogs. Because of this, he began focusing more on the side of agriculture that involved plants and also got a job driving a grain truck for Martin Feed Company. Then came the winter of 1970-1971.

“I remember New Year’s Eve Day

-- it was so foggy,” Ramona Lehman reminisced.

The winter as a whole wasn’t just foggy, though; it was snowy. Lehman remembers one snowstorm that year produced waist-deep accumulation and that once the roads were cleared, people drove around with brightly-colored pieces of cloth tied to their car antennas so that other motorists would be able to see them over the snow at intersections.

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Then there was a second blizzard at the end of January 1971.

“When that wind hit, you couldn’t see nothing,” Ramona Layman remembered. “It was so many places where the snow was piled way up and then blowing. If you drove through this, you couldn’t see. It was zero visibility.”

During that blizzard, Bob Lehman was headed toward home after working with a grain salesman when he hit another car.

“He never talked to those people. He got out, and a car hit him,” Ramona stated. “Well, them two walked through and they found another guy. They ended up going with this guy down to a farm place -- there were 30 people that spent that night at that farm place.”

While Bob was hunkered down in on someone else’s farm, Ramona was working in a doctor’s offi ce and the four Lehman children were with

their grandmother. Ramona Lehman got of work at 4 p.m. and labori-ously crept home in her car. It took her 45 minutes to drive 12 miles to her home, and once she got there, she couldn’t make it to pick up her children from their grandmother’s house.

“The next afternoon when (Bob) got home, he looked at me, and he said, ‘We’re moving, and we’re mov-ing south.’”

The Lehmans had discussed the idea that it might be fun to run a hotel, so they decided to act on that thought. The began their search in southern Iowa, and then in April 1971 a realtor that the Lehmans knew suggested that they look at a hotel that was for sale in Springfi eld. It was actually by chance on their way back from Springfi eld that they discovered the Munger Moss.

Ramona explained, “On the way back, we stopped in Lebanon and

met Tim Compton, who was a realtor here. They were gassing up, we were gassing up, and Tim brought us over here to meet Pete and Jesse (Hud-son).”

The Lehmans spent about an hour and a half touring the Munger Moss Motel and talking to the Hudsons be-fore they continued on their journey home. Ramona Lehman estimates that it was only two days later that they called the Hudsons and made an offer. The Lehmans moved to Lebanon on May 31, 1971, just a few days after the school year fi nished for their children, they took over the hotel on June 1.

That was the beginning of a lifetime at Munger Moss and all the memories that came with it.

“I had four little munchkins, little children, I think my youngest was 7 and Mary Jo was just starting junior high.

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"The kids grew up here. They helped," she said. "They learned how to make beds. I can remember my little boys stomping their feet, ‘What do I have to make beds for, Mama?’ I says, you’re going to make somebody a good wife someday, boy.’”

The hotel has gone through a rough period or two, although it also had its heyday.

“I’d say there was a time where Munger Moss was the motel,” Lehman stated. “The restaurant also was up here then too, and I think the barbecue made it famous because I remember the fi rst years going down to Texas someplace and talking to people. They knew exactly where Munger Moss was at because they’d stopped there to eat.”

However, Lehman ex-plained that as newer, fancier hotels came to town, the drew business away from the older motels. Likewise, Interstate 44 sup-planted Route 66 as the preferred way to travel through Lebanon. In the early 1980s, the government deregulated Route 66 and took down all of the old Route 66 signs.

When times seemed rocky for the motel, Ramona always hearkened back to something that Pete Hudson, the motel’s original owner, had told her.

“I remember Old Pete telling us, you know, the winters would get low and slow and he loved to play cards and he’d come in and we were

playing 21,” Lehman said. “That one winter night he said, ‘Stop worrying Ramona. This place has always made it; this place will continue to make it.’ So when things got slow and tough, he sat on my shoulder and I could hear him saying, ‘Stop worrying, Ra-mona.This place will make it.’”

The Munger Moss Motel did make it, and eventually something remark-able began to happen. People began to take a new interest in Route 66. Ramona Lehman isn’t sure why this happened, but she thinks it was a grassroots movement.

“I think part of it was the interstate was completed. It bypassed so many cities, and all of a sudden people start looking, and there’s a momentum go-ing,” Lehman stated. “Especially the

towns that were kind of bypassed all of a sudden, like out West, they just having things to do with it. Then you had people organizing like the Missouri associa-tion, the Oklahoma association. I don’t know. It was just a momentous that

started doing it.”Lehman said that in the 1980s

Quinta Scott and Susan Kelley wrote a book about Route 66. Then Michael Wallis wrote “The Mother Road.”

“(Wallis’ book) wasn’t really a traveling guide, but all of a sudden here comes people. They’ve got this book, and by crackey, we’re going to fi nd what’s written in here and so forth. It was just a round robin. Things just keep growing and multi-plying.”

Lehman estimates that the Munger Moss Motel saw its fi rst Route 66 pil-grim in approximately 1988 or 1989. Then in 1990 a group of Missouri state lawmakers wrote a bill to make Route 66 a historic highway.

Today, the people who stay at the Munger Moss are pleased that the motel hasn’t changed much since the glory days of the Mother Road.

“The people that travel Route 66 are good people. They like what you’ve got,” Lehman said. “They don’t tell me I’m an old place or fall-ing apart or anything like that. They don’t steal from you. They’re just pleased and happy that you’ve kept the place. And that makes you feel good, that, you know, I have done something worthwhile to preserve something, because not everybody knows what motel rooms were like way back when.”

When Lehman talks about her memories of the highway’s renais-sance, she dwells on the diverse people who she has met as they travel Route 66.

“I have met people from all over the world. Me, a little old farm girl from northeast Iowa, and I’m meeting people from all over the world. And they come in, because I’m on the in-ternet on a website, they know who I am, and they greet me like I’m a long lost friend or something like that. It’s a feeling that’s hard to describe. I feel very blessed, I’m very awed that this has happened.”

All of this adds up to an interest-ing livelihood, and Lehman doesn’t plan to give it up any time soon.

“I’ve just had lots of fun. I’m get-ting old, and I’m not really thinking of retiring yet,” Lehman said. ■

Today, the people who stay at the Munger Moss are pleased

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Gospel gold

Annual Brumley Gospel Sing is at home in LebanonLebanon’s music scene kicks into high gear each August as southern gospel fans pour into town for the annual

Brumley Gospel Sing, one of the biggest gospel music gatherings in the country.

The sing began in Springdale, Ark., in 1969, but it has been held at Lebanon’s Kenneth E. Cowan Civic Center since 2006.

Celebrating 10 years in Lebanon in 2015, the Brumley

Gospel Sing, which honors famed songwriter the late Al-bert E. Brumley, is recognized as “The Largest Summer Sing in America.” The event draws people from more than 40 states, Canada and Europe highlighting the top names in Southern Gospel Music.

The 2015 Sing features over 30 professional artists in-cluding Brumley Sing favorites The Booth Brothers, Jeff & Sheri Easter, The McKameys, The Chuck Wagon Gang, Karen Peck & New River, and Triumphant Quartet.

New to the Brumley Sing in 2015 were The Jim Brady Trio, Allison Speer, Gordon Mote, and The Nelsons.

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Returning for the fl rst time in over 20 years were The Hoppers.

Albert E. Brumley, a long time Missouri resident, wrote over 800 songs including favorites such as, “I’ll Fly Away,” “I’ll Meet You In The Morning,” “Turn Your Radio On,” and “If We Never Meet Again.” Brumley’s songs have been recorded and performed by artists in virtually every music genre’ including Elvis Presley, Carrie Underwood, The Boston Pops Orchestra, Keith Urban, Chet Atkins and Alison Krauss.

Brumley’s songs have also been included in major motion pictures such as “O’ Brother Where Art Thou,” “The Apostle,” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin But-ton,” and have been included on 10 Grammy winning albums.

“(Lebanon has) been a great place to have it,” Brum-ley Music CEO Bob Brumley has said. “People in Lebanon are terrifi c — all the town fathers and people — everything’s been great, everyone’s been great. We’ve been treated really good up there.”

According to Lebanon Tourism Director Bruce Conk-lin, the Brumley Gospel Sing has been good for Leba-non, too.

“This is a tremendous event that boosts the entire area both by bringing much needed revenue and by lightening the hearts of everyone that attends," Conk-lin said. "On behalf of the city I am happy to welcome the Brumley family back for another year of infectious music, and I look forward to meeting as many people as I can.”

The event is held over a weekend in early August in the Exhibition Hall of the Kenneth E. Cowan Civic Center.

“We’d like to ask (people) to come out and see what it’s like, and maybe they’ll enjoy it ... and want to come back,” Bob Brumley said. "Because it’s a great time. Good clean family fun is what we’re having, good clean family entertainment, and it’s just a great time for everyone.”

Brumley weekend is also the weekend of Lebanon’s Community-Wide Yard Sale, during which the people of Lebanon are encouraged to hold as many simultaneous yard sales as possible to engage all the visitors to town. ■

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Every year, thousands of avid bluegrass fans

brazenly ignore the mid-summer heat and fl ock to

Bluegrass Road in Conway, Mo., to attend a series of

outdoor concerts known as the Starvy Creek Bluegrass

Festival.Starvy Creek was never intended to

become the massive event it is today. On the contrary, it started out in 1985 as music party on the farm of Don and Bobby Day.

Don Day explained, “I was just go-ing to invite a few friends in, then one of them suggested, ‘Why don’t you just have a little festival?’ So we did that, and it just kept going. But I didn’t really plan what it has turned out to be.”

So instead of having a private party for just family and friends, the Days invited the public. That fi rst year, the festival had about eight campers. Then year after year, it gradually got bigger,

until the Days' farm became the Starvy Creek Bluegrass Park.

“After about the third year, we started hiring the top name bands,” Day said. “Doyle Lawson has been here — I think this will be his 26th year in a row.”

Don Day can’t recall any monu-mental changes in the running of the festival.

He stated, “We started out doing a bluegrass show, an basically we’ve just stayed with that.”

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There is now a festival in Sep-tember and one in July.

Some things really haven’t changed: Don and Bobbie Day still organize the details of the festival themselves, although they have help from their sons and daughter. As big as the festival has grown though, planning for it is an all-year effort.

Day said he thought the festival was good for the local economy.

“There’ll be people here prob-ably from 20 different states, and they come in and just spend sev-eral days here in Missouri, and they spend money, and there’s a lot of business done here through them, and sales tax revenue, and all that.”

However, the real purpose of the festival is to provide enter-tainment.

“I’d just encourage people, if they like bluegrass music, to come. That’s basically the reason to come,” Day stated.

The Starvy Creek Bluegrass Park is located at 2229 Bluegrass Road, Conway, Mo., about 22 miles southwest of Lebanon. The Starvy Creek Bluegrass Festival does not allow alcohol, electric instruments or chairs with backs taller than 38 inches. Pets are al-lowed on leashes, but not in the concert area.

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Lebanon is the capital of a few different things — gospel music, aluminum boats

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the world to be a Case Knives afi cionado.The Case Celebration

in the Ozarks is a day long event for Case Knife enthusiasts and their fami-lies. Held annually the first Saturday after Labor Day at Shepherd Hills Cutlery in Lebanon, it at-tracts folks from all over the country who love Case knives.

Every year, Shepherd Hills features a special knife at the Celebration in honor of a local per-son who has contributed greatly to the community. In 2014, local businessman Lowell Brown was hon-ored.

Shepherd Hills Vice President Rod Reid said his family always tries to pick “people who are the fab-ric of Lebanon. They make this town what it is.”

Few people fit that description as well as Brown, ac-cording to the Reid family, which owns Shepherd Hills.

When Brown passed away in May 2014, it was a sad day for Case Knife enthusiasts, from his fellow collec-tors who used to swap knives — and sometimes tall tales — in his garage to the experts and patrons of the

Celebration who had come to rely on his expertise over the years.

“Over the years, Lowell has just been in our lives. Gretchen has too. They’ve always been good people to work with, good people to visit with,” said Ida Reid. “I don’t know that I ever saw him frown. I’m sure he has, but I never saw him frown.”

Lowell and his wife, Gretchen, have owned Quality Cleaners in Lebanon since 1964 when they bought the business from its original owner, Mildred Kirschner.

Lowell was practically a flxture at the Celebra-tion every year, Rod Reid said.

“Jim Sargent, who always comes to the Cel-ebration, is the foremost authority on Case Knives in the world. He always wanted to know if Lowell was going to be able to help him out at the table,” Rod Reid said. “Lowell, he knew his knives, and he knew people, and he was able to relate. He knew when to be there and when to draw back and give people their space.”

Lowell and several friends would often meet

on Monday nights in Lowell’s garage to talk about pocket knives, Gretchen said. “I would flx a pot of cof-fee and Lowell would take it out and set it on the table. Stanley Arnold was one of the ones that was the funni-est. There were a few times they’d pull little stunts on each other, all in fun, maybe claiming that such-and-such a knife had been owned by Abe Lincoln or some-thing,” she said.

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Dr. Jeff Brown, Lowell and Gretch-en’s son, now lives in Somerset, Mass., with his wife, Dr. Carolynne Brown. Before this father’s group began to meet in the garage, Jeff can remember the band of knife afl cionados descend-ing on the dry cleaning shop after hours while he was working there after school.

“They’d come and lay all the pocket knives across the counter. Clarence Gage and Harry Foreman and some of those guys would come. I’d be down there after school, and then the evening would get a little bit longer,” Jeff said.

Lowell was a frequent visitor at Shepherd Hills. “He loved pocket knives, as everybody knows. He would just come in to look, and I’d leave him alone, because you leave these pocket knife guys alone, you know,” Ida Reid said. “But as he would leave, he’d have that little sack in his hand. I’d ask, ‘What’d you get?’

“’Oh, I just got to show it to you. It’s that blah-blah-blah back there. I just got to have it. I guess I can sneak it in,’” Ida Reid said.

“He’d bring those purchases in in

your green sack,” Gretchen said. “I didn’t have to look in it to know what he’d done.”

Rod Reid recalled a farm party held at the Reids’ after the Celebration one year. “He brought his camera to take pictures of all the stuff going on. There was a group of people, and the music was going on, and I looked over, and it was just at sunset, and Lowell was turned with his back to all the activi-ties because the sun was setting back behind him and the cattle were over on the hillside,” Rod Reid said. “I’ll never forget that.”

Becky Reid of Shepherd Hills said what she remembers most about Lowell, besides their shared interest in photography, was his character.

“There’s a saying that people may forget what you do, and they may for-get what you say, but they won’t for-get how you made them feel,” Becky Reid said. “When I think of Lowell, he had a certain charisma about him. You always felt uplifted. He just had that charisma, he validated you, he respected you.”

Rod Reid agreed. “When we couldn’t get out to pick our dry cleaning up, Lowell would bring it by. I would always notice that he was in a hurry, but in that two minutes that he was here, he could change your attitude to a positive. In two minutes, you’d have a smile on your face, and he was on to some-body else,” he said. ■

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Nominees can be either adults or children, and they can also be organizations such as churches.

The only requirement is that the nominee has to either live in Laclede County or has to have per-formed their act of heroism there. "The sky's the limit. Anybody who has an impact on people, on our community, those are the people we're looking for to recognize ..." Hess said.

The Hometown Heroes Commit-tee tries not to present the award to the same person more than once, but past nominees who were not chosen are welcome to be renomi-nated.

Hess said that the most diffi cult part of planning the Hometown Heroes Breakfast is convincing people to nominate heroes.

"Our hardest obstacle in the beginning is to get people to think of the people and then to actu-ally make that call," she stated. "And that's why I started saying, 'Just call me at the bank and I'll sit down and type it right then." And that way it's done and over with. But it truly does just take a

few minutes. If people will just slow down, if you're in your car and and you think of something, something sparks an idea, call me, email me — whatever — and it doesn't have to be offl cial. Don't think about that; we just want to hear the stories."

All Hometown Heroes nominees will receive a letter of recognition whether they are chosen or not.

Hess stated, "Hometown Heroes is, if nothing else, a very basic way to say thank you. A lot of times when someone does something nice for you, it's so hard to show your gratitude, and it's hard for most people to accept that help, certainly the recognition is even

harder. But when they are nomi-nated for Hometown Hero, they get a letter says you've been nomi-nated for a Hometown Hero and you can see your nomination story by contacting us or whatever. So that's a great way to honor some-one and to thank them offl cially and let them know it was a big deal."

Each year, the proceeds from the Hometown Heroes Breakfast go to support the Lebanon Area Red Cross each year.

"Hometown Heroes is a way to help those people who are out there in our community making a difference through kindness or courage or basically being unself-lsh, which is what the Red Cross does every day. So this is a way to get those people who are out there making a difference, (get) them the recognition they deserve," Hess stated.

Red Cross Lebanon Offl ce Executive Director Beverly Miller added that the Hometown He-roes Breakfast typically raises $12,000 and $15,000 for the orga-nization. ■

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More than 1,000 people from Lebanon and the

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Fifteen chuck wagons, some from Missouri and others from Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Ar-kansas and Indiana, set up at the county fairgrounds the night before and started cooking at the crack of dawn.

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After the food is served, there was a live auction of a cedar yard swing and leather goods.

Many of the wagons and their operators are champions of various chuck wagon cooking competi-tions. Starting at noon Saturday, they served up everything from beans and cornbread to succotash to stew to shish kebabs.

For those who couldn’t get their fi ll of chuck wagons in one day, a special prequel event took place the day before. At 1 p.m. on May 22, a parade of chuck wagons drawn by mules and horses rolled

from the commuter parking lot near Mercy Hospital to the Laclede County Fairgrounds. The wagons were accompanied by outriders, and all participants in the parade were in period-correct dress.

The day after the main event, a cowboy church service took place at 8 a.m. May 24 at the fairgrounds to wind things up.

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Thousands of residents of the city and the surrounding area line both sides of West Elm Street and North Jefferson Avenue as 100-plus

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“It’s continually one of the best attended. It’s free. It’s a great way to get in the holiday spirit and the Christmas spirit.

“We have it right before Thanks-giving, too, so you get to be able to be in the holiday spirit for Thanks-giving with your family, and then we go right into the Christmas time, and it’s just a great time to just get out and just enjoy that,” Pollock said.

The parade route begins at Boswell Park and continues east on Elm Street before turning north on Jefferson Avenue and eventually ending at Sixth Street.

All along the route, children wait excitedly for the people on the fl oats to toss out candy, then dash into the street to collect all they can.

As always, near the end of the parade is the big guy himself, Santa Claus, who takes time out of his busy schedule to get to Leba-non each year without fail. ■

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Education ■ Lebanon R-3 Central

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■ Maplecrest Elementary School901 Maple Lane2nd and 3rd gradesPrincipal Tracy KleinPhone: 417-532-2641Offi ce hours: 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday

■ Boswell Elementary School695 Millcreek RoadFourth and fi fth grades

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■ Lebanon Junior High School500 N. Adams Ave.Seventh and eighth gradesPrincipal Tom MerriottPhone: 417-532-9121

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■ Lebanon High School777 Brice St.Grades nine through 12Principal Kevin LoweryPhone: 417-532-9144Offi ce hours: 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday

■ Lebanon Technology and Career Center757 Brice St.Grades nine through 12Director Keith DavisPhone: 417-532-5494Offi ce hours: 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday

■ Lebanon Alternative Education Center, Leba-non Adult Education and Literacy Center1015 N. Jefferson Ave.Grades nine through 12Coordinator Scott WilliamsonPhone: 417-533-3824Offi ce hours: 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday

■ Parents as Teachers911 Maple Lane, adjacent to Maplecrest Elementary SchoolPrenatal to 5-years-oldCoordinator Sherri NicholsPhone: 417-532-3822

Other schools in the area

■ Joel E. Barber C-5 School District16050 Route KKGrades pre-K to eighthSuperintendent Tina NolanPhone: 417-532-4837

■ Gasconade C-4 School District32959 Route 32 in Falcon Grades pre-K through eighthSuperintendent Jim BoglePhone: 417-532-4821

■ Laclede County R-1 District726 W. Jefferson Ave.Superintendent Tanya VestPhone: 417-589-2951

Lebanon R-3 School District

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The Lebanon R-3 School District has been accred-ited with distinction for

more than decade.The district provides an edu-

cation to about 4,600 students yearly across its six schools. Lebanon’s schools used to be divided up among neighborhood elementary schools that all went to one high school. In the 1980s, the schools were changed so that certain grades went to certain schools. Joe D. Esther Elementa-ry School, which is the district’s newest school, houses pre-K through first grades, Maplec-rest Elementary School houses the second and third grades, Boswell Elementary School is fourth and fifth, Hillcrest School is sixth, the Lebanon Junior High School is seventh and eighth grade and the Lebanon High School, Lebanon Technology and Career Center and Lebanon Alternative Education School educate high school students.

Lebanon High School and LTCC also teach students from surrounding sending schools. Both Joel E. Barber and Gascon-ade school districts only have classes up to the eighth grade.

The district’s Central Office is located at 1310 E. Route 66. For more information about the district, visit www.lebanon.k12.mo.us. ■

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Lebanon voters showed their support for education in 2014, ap-proving a $32.5 million investment for the youth of the community’s future.

The money is being used for constructing the Lebanon Middle School, which will replace the ag-ing Lebanon Junior High School and sixth-grade building, Hillcrest School. The approval of the project, which meant raising the district’s tax levy by 37 cents, came after a hard fought campaign by district supporters and a lengthy facilities study by the district that showed the issues facing two of the dis-trict’s oldest schools.

“Those yes votes confi rm that Lebanon wants high-quality edu-cation for its kids, and this evening proved that. ... Thanks to the yes

votes, thousands of Lebanon kids will have the opportunity to at-tend a middle school that is safe and secure, and a middle school that supports learning for sixth, seventh and eighth grade,” Leba-non R-3 School District Super-intendent Dr. Duane Widhalm said following the district’s victory.

The building will be 155,700 square feet with the capability to accommodate 1,200 students in classrooms and 1,400 in commons areas. Each grade will have its own “pod” or wing of the building, and

the grades will share the common areas. There will be a practice foot-

ball fi eld out-side the school, a practice track and two gym-nasiums within the school. One of the gymna-siums also will serve as a tor-nado shelter.

The new school will be

constructed on a 45-acre plot of land on Fremont Road between the roundabout and Regal Beloit. The land was purchased in October from LCR Real Estate for $342,500 and the transfer of district property on Jefferson Avenue, which has been valued at $400,000.

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The district doesn’t plan on abandoning Hillcrest and LJHS. The former will become the new home for the Leba-non Alternative School and the latter will be used as a Central Offi ce for the district. In mov-ing those entities to the newer sections of those schools, the district will eliminate two buildings that are currently being leased.

Work began in early 2015. The middle school is planned to be fi nished in time for students to start utilizing it in the 2016-2017 school year. ■

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“This will be our real fi rst one. Some other districts have been doing it, so we are getting a lot of trial and error on their behalf,” said Technology Director Scott Shellhorn. He added that there is currently a dual-credit Personal Finance class through Missouri State University that students can take, but this will be the fi rst high school– only online course.

According to Principal Kevin Lowery, parents and students have been inquiring about online cours-es at the high school for the past few years.

“We weren’t quite ready then, but we kind of feel like Personal Finance is the best option to start with,” Lowery said. “I think we can learn a lot about offering on-line classes through this approach, and I think it will be good for our kids and good for us, as well.”

The school sent out a survey, and about 60 students indicated

that they would like to take the course over the Internet.

The rest of the students will still get the option to take the course in a traditional classroom.

As it is a pilot program, there will be the ability for kids to switch from the online course to the traditional course if they fi nd they aren’t disciplined enough to take the class online or if something changes at home that makes it where they can’t get online. How-ever, Lowery said that because of the number of students needing to take the class, switching from one to the other will be discouraged.

In the fi rst year, there will be one session of 30 kids taking it on-line in the fall and a similar sized group taking the course in the spring. If the option proves popu-lar, it could be expanded in com-ing years. The concept could also potentially be used to teach other classes.

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Along with giving students more options to meet this gradu-ation requirement, Shellhorn said that online courses could prepare students for the future. Most stu-dents who pursue a post-second-ary education will encounter an online course during their college career.

The high school isn’t the only school in the district that will be seeing some curriculum changes in the coming school year. The school board also has approved proposals by Boswell Elementary School and Lebanon Technology and Career Center.

The biggest changes will be seen at Boswell, where the school will be implementing a pilot program called looping. In looping, students will stay with the same teacher for the two years that they are at the elementary school.

“The research is nothing but overwhelmingly supportive of this concept,” said Superintendent Dr. Duane Widhalm.

The pilot program will begin with two fourth grade teacher and two fi fth grade teachers who will be following their students through their time at Boswell. In the future, the program could expand.

A second program approved for Boswell will help students get more science and technol-

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Each year, the Lebanon Technology and Career Center, which includes students from Lebanon, Conway, Hartville, Nian-gua and Stoutland, sends dozens of students to the state SkillsUSA competition, which tests students in their career paths, and those students come home with armfuls of trophies and ribbons.

“We’ve just really been trying to push our kids to participate in our career technical school organi-

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In the 1980s it was connected to the Lebanon High School when the Boswell Auditorium was built.

Davis, who was both a student and then a teacher at the center before joining the administrative team, has said that although there have been many changes over the years, one thing has stayed the same.

“The vision has always been the same - to offer technical educa-tional training to the patrons and students of the community and surrounding communities,” Davis said.

In 2013, LTCC students in the Building Trades program added onto the facility by completing a years-in-the-making dream. The students with help from the com-munity and donors of time, ex-pertise and materials were able to construct their own classroom.

The building, dubbed the Walter and Renee Harke Building Trades Facility after its biggest donors, was offi cially completed in May 2013. The Harkes donated $15,000 to the project shortly after the Lebanon R-3 Board of Education approved its construction.

LTCC had originally thought the project was going to cost up to $90,000, but because of help from the community and area contractors and suppliers, the

building ended up only costing $35,000. Businesses helped by donating money, time, labor and materials or providing substantial discounts. Some contractors even spent time with the students, giv-ing them some hands-on training in specialty trades like electrical work, heating and cooling and concreting.

The facility is a 40-by-80 feet building. Inside the the metal shop building is a 20-by-40 feet class-room, which includes an offi ce and bathroom. The rest of the building is a shop area and storage.

LTCC offers courses in auto body/collision and repair, automo-tive mechanics, computer repair/networking, construction, culinary arts, early childhood development, practical nursing, welding, agricul-ture and many more areas.

Along with certifi cation in select

areas, the school also offers articu-lation credits, which are credits given to students based on work done at LTCC if they go to a spe-cifi c college like Ozarks Technical Community College. For example, students in the early childhood de-velopment program at LTCC who then go to OTC for one semester will receive 22 credits from OTC. LTCC also offers dual credit with some colleges.

LTCC offers several fun and hobby-type courses. Some that have been offered in the past are photography, cooking and Tai Chi. The lifestyle enrichment classes average $55, and some are less or more, based on how long the class takes.

For more information, call the LTCC at 532-5494 or visit its web-site www.lebanon.k12. mo.us/ltcc.

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Although Lebanon is a relatively small town, students with big city university ambitions can fulfi ll their dreams without ever leaving their community.

Thanks to a partnership between Ozarks Technical Community College and Missouri State University, Lebanon students can receive a four-year degree in many fi elds, including elementary education, general business, communications and professional writing.

“Few communities of our size have this wonder-ful gift,” local MSU alumni Gib Adkins has said.

MSU, which used to be locally housed at the Nel-son Education Center, moved into the OTC Lebanon Center’s Reuben and Mary Lou Casey Hall, which is named after its 2010 donors, in the summer of 2013 and opened up for classes the following fall. OTC, which only offers a two-year associate’s degree, will now be able to give its students an option to con-tinue into a specifi c degree program.

“Basically what it is going to do is allow the stu-dents to have easier access, where they can interact between both schools and end up not only gradu-ating with an associate's degree but also at least a bachelor’s degree,” said Kermit Clay, outreach coor-dinator for MSU’s Lebanon operations. While MSU students could achieve a bachelor’s degree from MSU at the Nelson Education Center, they couldn’t do it with the ease that they will be able to at OTC, Clay added.

“This is going to give a seamless transition from your freshman year on forward with our close partner, Missouri State University,” OTC Chancel-lor Dr. Hal Higdon said when the partnership was announced.

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“Lebanon is an economically strong, forward-thinking community dedicated to its citizens, businesses, and visitors. With its quality elementary and secondary education system and partnerships with higher education institutions, Lebanon is poised to meet the skilled workforce needs of its many businesses – especially those in the manufacturing sector. Travel the country (and even the world!), and you will find Lebanon products – from oak barrels and custom-fabricated machinery to aluminium boats – being sold and/or utilized to produce worldwide branded products we have come to know and love. It takes a city and county committed to economic and workforce development to maintain this level of global competitiveness.” - Sherry Coker, Director of Business Development, Ozarks Technical Community College

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Drury University Lebanon’s campus was in transition over the summer of 2015 after its 19 years at the Nelson Education Center on Bland Street came to an end. Drury had moved into that building in 1996.

The university’s Lebanon pres-ence will soon be at 1135 W. Elm St., next to Rogers Auto Salvage. The City of Lebanon sold the Nelson Education Center in 2014 to Tracker Marine.

Site coordinator Millie Gann that Drury was given good notice to fi nd a new home, and that the new

Elm Street location found quickly.“(Bruce) Mott held on to (the

property) for us; we contracted

with an architect to make sure there are classrooms and every-thing we need,” she said. “Hope-fully the build-out will begin in the middle of July and we will be ready to be open for classes by spring (2016) semester.”

Until then, Drury will remain of-fering its courses in Lebanon at the Lebanon R-3 Junior High campus during this coming fall semester — harkening back to its beginning days starting in 1986 when Drury held college classes in the junior high’s facilities, according to Gann.

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(Continued from page 45)The area that MSU moved into

was a previously unfi nished area of the campus. An open warehouse space was converted into six ad-ditional classrooms, restrooms and an offi ce area.

MSU offers classes in the form of traditional classes and iTV (interac-tive TV) classes. The iTV classes al-low students to interact in real time with a professor in Springfi eld who is teaching through a video that is streamed to Lebanon.

“They can interact in real time with the instructor, share papers — everything they could do in a real class,” Clay said. There also will be classes that blend live and iTV classes.

This isn’t the fi rst time that MSU and OTC shared the same building. Both were at one time housed at

the Nelson Education Center adja-cent to Nelson Park. OTC moved out of the building after the Caseys donated two industrial buildings on Route MM in late 2009. In 2013, the Caseys, who are from Califor-nia, donated the 50 acres of land surrounding the buildings, bring-ing up the total value of the fami-ly’s gift to OTC to $3.1 million, the biggest gift in the college’s history.

The campus opened up in fall 2011 with 13 classrooms, computer labs, a student lounge and student services department at Casey Hall. A second building includes work-force development and technical education classes.

The fi nishing of Casey Hall, which will allow MSU to move into the Lebanon Center, was paid for with a $500,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Economic

Development Loan and $100,000 of OTC’s own funds.

Adding MSU to the mix may only be just the beginning of OTC’s expansion in Lebanon. the college has announced a master plan that would utilize the extra land donat-ed by the Caseys. The plan includes extra buildings for general educa-tion classes, OTC’s Allied Health program, agricultural services building, administrative offi ces and an arboretum. The plans also call for a fountain and several other water features.

According to Clay, MSU had been offering college courses in Lebanon for 15 years. It started of-fering classes at the Lebanon Tech-nology and Career Center before moving to the Nelson Education Center. ■

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Also, all offi cial business — transcript reviews and scheduling for classes, among other services — is currently being handled at the new location’s offi ce.

“Students … need to come here to this location to register for fall... I already have some students com-ing to look over their schedules, to make sure that they are signed up for what they need to be signed up for for fall,” Gann said.

Drury faculty will fi nd informa-tion they need at the Elm Street location too.

The new location will receive books and materials for the fall semester, according to Gann.

Gann is happy with the new location, partly because it is out in the open along a main thorough-fare, Elm Street, in Lebanon, and partly for what the new facility will offer after remodeling and construction.

“…It is going to be a beautiful facility when it it fi nished,” she said. “There will be seven class-rooms, a computer lab; there will be a nice student area for (stu-dents) when they fi rst come in the main entrance. I am very excited. I think it is going to be lovely for students — and if we need to add on later, we can.”

Drury started offering classes to Lebanon’s junior high students in 1986. Ten years later, the school opened the Drury University Col-lege of Continuing Professional Studies in the Nelson Education Center.

Currently, the university offers about 50 courses per semester and allows students to receive associ-ate degrees. Through a combi-nation of online and traditional classes, students can also earn a bachelor’s degree in 22 different programs. In associate’s degree programs, the university offers foundations in education, commu-nications, psychology and busi-ness.

For more information about Drury’s Lebanon offerings, visit www.drury.edu/lebanon. ■

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They voted for a Capital Im-provements Tax that funded the building of the Kenneth E. Cowan Civic Center, which is named for a former mayor of the city. Now, 16 years after it was built, not a week-end goes by that something isn’t going on at the CCC.

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“People are very jealous that Lebanon does have the Civic Cen-ter,” he stated. “It’s a good thing to have because it’s a central location that people can come back to year after year. They have a terrifi c staff here that will help out with the events, make sure that everybody has everything that they need, and it’s developed a pretty good name for itself.”

The Civic Center opens each year with a packed calendar. A championship bull riding event, a demolition derby and a motocross event all took place as well as the Missouri Pet Breeders trade show and a performance by the Shrine Circus.

Other events at the Civic Center have become yearly traditions. In late July each year, the rafters reverberate as two back-to-back gospel music events take place.

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Conklin explained, “The Civic Center is something that enhances the quality of life for the people surrounding it, or the city and the county, and because of the diversity of programs that happen here, it touches all generations, so every-body can fi nd something that they want to do here at the Civic Center.”

Conklin views the Civic Cen-ter as more than just a venue for events: it’s a living part of the com-munity.

“The Civic Center’s not just a building,” he stated. “It’s its own kind of living organism. It feeds the community and it feeds the culture of the community by bring-ing things that normally wouldn’t happen here here and allowing the local population to take part in that, but also attracting a population outside the area into the area to help boost revenue and sales tax revenue and all that good stuff. So it’s hard to pinpoint why its good in any one way because it so many people in so many different ways.” ■

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Whether it’s leisure read-ing, family research or a

look back in time, visitors can fi nd it all and then some at the Lebanon-

Laclede County Library.Library hours are from 8 a.m. to

8 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. The building is handicapped accessible.

In 2004, the library moved into a newly remodeled building that had once been a K-Mart store at 915 S. Jefferson Ave. Since then, improve-ments continue to bring visitors the latest in reading, video and research material.

The library is home to over 100,000 items, according to director Cathy Dame.

There is wireless Internet ser-vice, books on tape, large print books, DVDs, videos, a children’s room and many research resources,

like those found in the Missouri Room, the hot spot for genealogists and history buffs.

The Missouri Room houses obituary books published by the Laclede County Historical Soci-ety. These include obituaries for Laclede County residents, but are invaluable resources for anyone seeking clues about their ancestors. Marriage records and cemetery record books complement that research, as do copies of published family histories.

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There are two volumes of the Laclede County History and the 1888 Goodspeed history of the county that in-cludes a number of biographies of prominent residents and original settlers.

A photocopier and microfi lm reader-printers are available for patrons or visitors at the library’s cost.

The library subscribes to Heritage Quest, an online genea-logical database that carries all U.S. censuses, as well as lists of books and articles about family history and images of Revolutionary War pen-sion records. Library cardholders have free access. Visitors can log on with the library’s computer for two

hours with a $2 visitor’s card.The Missouri Room microfl m col-

lection, available free, contains all Missouri census records and many rolls of microfi lmed local newspa-pers, including the Laclede County Republican, the Lebanon Rustic-Re-

publican and all editions of The Daily Record.

Three reader-printers are avail-able for research-ers at library cost.

There are also old editions of the Lebanon High School Magnet yearbook and Polk City Directories for many years.

Besides genea-logical materi-als, the room is full of books and magazines containing Mis-souri and Ozark history. There are

Missouri Blue Books, offi cial manu-als, dating from 1889 to the present. There is also a four-volume “Ozark Folksongs, a collection by Vance Randolph that was published in the 1940s.

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Best selling books by authors with an Ozark connection are also located in the room. There is “Shepherd of the Hills,” writ-ten by Harold Bell Wright while he lived in Lebanon and the “Little House” series written by Laura Ingalls Wilder, who lived at nearby Marshfi eld in Wright County.

The room is ideal for research-ing Missouri, with information on caves, the capital, fl owers, arche-ology, geology and other subjects.

The library is also a place for fun educational programs for all ages.

Every year, the library spon-sors a themed summer reading program for children, from the fi rst of June to the end of July.

For adults, the library offers free computer classes with basic computer, using the Internet and Powerpoint.

The library works closely with the Laclede Literacy Council,

which offers tutoring from kin-dergarten through adult.

Free classes offered by the council include English as a Sec-ond Language, basic literacy, jail and probation tutoring, citizen-ship and GED.

With the Route 66 Museum located inside the complex, it is already a favorite of fans of the Mother Road.

For highway and map enthu-siasts, there is a complete library of road maps, dating from the 1900s to present. The collection is growing as more and more maps are being donated or loaned the library.

A relatively new attraction at the library is the addition of the Kinderhook Treasure gift shop, which is fi lled with numerous unique items.

More information about the library is available by calling 417-532-2148 or visiting the website at www.lebanon-laclede.lib.mo.us. ■

Travelers who visit the Route 66 Museum at the Laclede-Laclede County Library now have a new opportunity take a piece of the Ozarks home and, at the same time, those who live in the county can share their heritage with family members.

The Lebanon-Laclede County Library’s gift shop, named Kinderhook Treasures, offers a unique selection of historical items and handcrafted items.

“We have tried stocking the gift shop to stay within our Ozark area. We’re wanting lo-cal items, local crafts to fill our booths,” Sharon Jennings said.

She is managing the store with Mark Spangler, who also is the Route 66 Museum curator.

Some items have been made locally, like pottery and jewelry that runs from “very dainty, to massive and distinctive,” by a local jeweler.

The shop also features wood crafted items made by Barry McKenzie, who created the large tree wood carving for the library, Jennings said.

Some items, like handmade baskets, come from other parts of the Ozarks.

The only items that are not made in the Ozarks are hand-forged iron household accesso-ries by Boone’s Hooks, a Colo-rado company owned by descen-dants of Daniel Boone. Jennings explained that the Boone family has a long history of blacksmith-ing.

“Everything is one-of-a-kind. They’re beautiful and go with any decor, primitive or modern,” Jennings said.

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Tying the gift shop to the Route 66 Museum are several historical items, such as reproductions of Route 66 signs, Laclede County Route 66 Society T-shirts and books about the Mother Road. Em-bossed denim aprons, hats, bags and purses are made by a local art-ist and carry the Route 66 logo.

Route 66 enthusiasts can take part of their trip home with them by purchasing a DVD documen-tary of the road. There are three to choose from — one featuring the highway in Pulaski County, one that is a general history and the third that features the entire route.

The shop also lets patrons try-before-you-buy with the videos playing on a large screen inside the shop.

No library gift shop would be complete without books, so there are sev-eral that have been writ-ten by local authors that are for sale, and a reading corner offers visitors a chance to sit down with a donated historical book.

Those with local ties can fi nd family information in publications from the Laclede County Histori-cal Society, which also are for sale. Jennings admits that because she is not native to Laclede County, she’s learning a lot about the county’s history by helping customers in their historical book selections.

She shares the responsibility of managing the store with Mark Spangler, who also is the museum curator, and she said, knows more about the local history.

“We’re trying to have a gift shop, along with our Route 66 heri-tage, a local gift shop that carries unusual items, and quality hand-made items. Which we have been very lucky to do,” Jennings said.

She said she is constantly searching the Internet for unique

items to carry, but before any item enters the shop, it has to pass the muster of the Library Board, Jennings said. In time, Jen-

nings expects all of the antique display cases to be fi lled.

As items are coming in, they also are being sold.

Jennings said she has had customers from France, Germany, Australia, England and the Neth-erlands, as well as from all across the U.S.

“We get travelers who have

found themselves on Route 66, and they get so excited and stay on it and end up here. It’s so much fun to hear them talk and hear their stories,” Jennings said.

She said she also enjoys hearing stories from people who traveled the road during its heyday. In fact, she is enjoying meeting all of the shop’s customers.

She invites everyone, whether they are just passing through or are lifelong Laclede County residents, to visit the shop, as things will change often.

The store is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Satur-day and closed on Sunday. ■

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Gasconade ParkLocated at 4th Street and Harrison, Gasconade Park

was Lebanon’s fi rst. One shelter was built years ago, and the Lions Club soon added playground equipment. The park currently houses the Hughes Senior Cen-ter, for which the city donated land. The park has a quarter-mile walk-ing track, dedicated to Emma LaBlank, who has a long history of serving food to senior citizens in the area.

A second shelter house was built on the foundation of the origi-nal bathhouse of the old pool. The park has a play area with equipment and a ball fi eld. Gasconade Park provides green space for neighborhood children and areas for picnicking for young and old alike. ▼ ▼

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Spiller ParkA small neighborhood park on

Spiller Street near the water tower. It is a small, quiet green space with playground equipment and picnicking areas.

Boswell ParkOriginally known as Maplecrest

Park, this area now bears the name of its largest benefactor. It is located on Historic Route 66.

After a donation from the Boswell family the park changed names. The family donated $100,000 in the late 1970s to provide matching funds to build the outdoor pool. It was then named after James E. Boswell, Jr. (1937-1955).

The park includes three shelters for picnicking, a baseball fi eld with spectator seating, concession stand, batting cages and restrooms. It also has a well-utilized one-mile walking trail. It also includes two lighted tennis courts, an outdoor basketball court and a disc golf course.

The crown jewel of the park is the Boswell Aquatic Center. The pool com-plex, located inside the park, is com-plete with two 26-foot water slides, a kiddie pool, a main pool, shade struc-

tures and a recently renovated bath-house. Since the aquatic center opened in May 2008, thousands of pool-goers have lined up to splash around in the cool water.

In the 2014 summer, the Parks De-partment added a new climbing wall to the pool. Plans to add onto the wall are planned.

The original pool was built in the 1970s and had undergone little in the way of improvements in 30 years of public use. The $1.1-million pool project included the renovation of the earlier facilities and the addition of several new pool features.

The renovation was funded by the Capital Improvement Tax that was ap-proved by Lebanon voters in February 2007.

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W.T. Vernon ParkLocated on Greenleaf

Street. It has one shelter for picnics, a restroom facility and a playground.

Nelson ParkBordered by Maple Lane,

Bland Road, and Kent Drive. Nelson Park offers four softball and baseball fi elds, a concession stand, restrooms, a skate park, a small fi sh-ing pond for senior citizens or kids under 16 years of age, and the ducks on the pond are always in search of a hand-out. There is also a multi-purpose fi eld (for Mighty Mite football), new bathroom facilities for that area and a new concession stand. There is spectator seating, plenty of parking, lots of green space and two shelter houses connected by a fenced play area for child safety.

Atchley ParkLocated on North Missouri 5. The

park has four ball fields, restrooms, three park shelters, a fenced play-ground area and a disc golf course. A lighted walking trail surrounds the park.

There are entrances at the back and front of the park. Ample park-ing is provided. Several weddings are scheduled each year at the gazebo.

Harke ParkNamed in honor of the generosi-

ty of Walter and Rene Harke, Harke Park is located on National just off Fremont Road. It includes a half-mile paved walking track.

The park also has a beautiful gazebo, play areas with state-of-the-art playground equipment, a disc golf course, restrooms (heated in winter) and picnic areas.

Wallace ParkLebanon’s second newest

park was the result of a gift from St. John’s/Breech Medi-cal Center after a new hospital replaced Wallace Hospital on Harwood Avenue. The land from the old hospital was given to the city, and most of the building was demolished.

Wallace Park also has beau-tiful new playground equip-ment and a small gazebo for picknicking. The Lebanon Community Band and Choir perform at the park every summer.

Palmer ParkA green space located on

the southern side of the Ken-neth E. Cowan Civic Center property. The area contains a gazebo that is a popular picnic spot, and it is a good relaxation place after a walk on the trail surrounding the civic center.

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Lebanon GreatLife Golf and Fitness is a semi-private, 18-hole championship golf course located 2 miles west of Lebanon and 9 miles east of Bennett Spring State Park on Missouri 64.

For the last 60 years, the course has provided a challenging golf experience for players of all abili-ties and is open year round, with the exception of Thanksgiving and Christmas Day, weather permit-ting.

In recent years, the course, pre-viously known as Lebanon Com-munity Golf and Country Club, has undergone a makeover, that not only includes the new name, but new membership rates and a fi tness center.

The course features a driving range, putting green, and chip-ping green with three sets of tees stretching to 6,435 yards. Gently rolling hills offer a track that af-fords elevation changes, large contoured greens, water hazards, a large “sinkhole” on the Par 3, Sixteenth hole, and numerous op-tions in shot selection on the Par 4s and 5s.

The Par 4, Fourth hole presents an opportunity to cut a 90 degree dogleg left over trees with your drive to possibly reach the green or play it as a conventional Par 4. The Ninth and Eighteenth holes share a huge green divided by a large bunker, that can make for some in-teresting, lengthy putts. With a mix of tight, tree-lined fairways and some that are more forgiving, the course defi nitely presents a variety of play.

The clubhouse features a bar, the 19th Hole, and gives golfers an op-portunity to relax, and the grounds also feature a swimming pool and tennis courts.

The state-of-the-art fi tness center is open 24/7 to all members and includes cardio, free weights and circuit training. There are certifi ed instructors that provide a variety of fi tness classes, including spin-ning and zumba, and a certifi ed massage therapist is available by appointment.

Membership at GreatLife in-cludes access to all other GreatLife facilities, including locations in Springfi eld, Kansas City, Topeka, Kan. and elsewhere.

More information is available at www.lebanonmissourigolf.com, or by calling the club at 532-2901. ■

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Variety has long spiced the outdoor landscape of Laclede County and the surrounding area, and the same holds true today.

Whether you find enjoyment in nature by hunting, fishing, photographing animals or merely admiring the birds that visit your backyard feeder, you’ll find this area rich with wildlife diversity.

The forests that comprise more than 40 percent of Laclede County’s landscape may have proven to be detrimental to the establishment of large crop fields like those found in more open areas of the state, but the tree-covered parts of the county pro-duce bountiful harvests of deer and turkey each hunting season. Crisscrossing this terrain is a network of streams of varying size, which, in addition to pro-viding aesthetic beauty, offers an abundance of fishing opportuni-ties for floaters, waders and bank anglers. Of course, these same habitats that are home to popu-lar game species are also home to the myriad of small mammal, reptile, amphibian and songbird species that reside in this part of the state for all or part of the year.

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Laclede County’s natural world has always been graced with variety, as evidenced by data gleaned from early-settle-ment descriptions of this area. In pre-settlement times, it’s estimated the county contained slightly more than 40 square miles of native prairie. Though that comprises a seemingly insignificant six percent of the county’s land mass, this fig-ure becomes more interesting when you look at surrounding counties. Draw a line straight west from Laclede County on that same pre-settlement map and you’ll find counties with increasing amounts of prairie; draw a line straight east and the amount of prairie decreases. That means when the first set-tlers came to Laclede County, they found an area situated squarely on the line where the eastern forests met the western tall grass prairie.

Because of that, early set-tlers in Laclede County found a mixed bag of wildlife: For-est-friendly species such as the timber wolf, black bear and ruffed grouse blended with bison, elk, prairie chickens and other animals that preferred na-tive grasslands. Those creatures may be gone (or, in the case of the black bear, greatly reduced in number); but today’s out-doors enthusiasts can still find an abundance of species in this area.

People in the Lebanon area need look no further than the Coleman Memorial Conserva-tion Area on the south end of the city. This 64-acre site fea-tures 38 acres of forest and 24 acres of grassland area that is in the process of being restored with native plants. A 1.8-mile hiking trail provides good op-portunities to view deer, turkey, songbirds and other animals. No hunting is allowed at the Coleman Area.

Wildlife viewing opportu-nities also exist at the Osage Fork Conservation Area, ap-proximately four miles south of Lebanon, and on the four tracts of the Bear Creek Conserva-tion Area five miles northeast of Lebanon. It should be noted these areas have no designated trails and are popular spots for

deer hunters in the fall archery and firearms seasons and tur-key hunters during the spring firearms season. Nearby nature-viewing and hunting opportu-nities also exist at 7,180-acre Lead Mine Conservation Area, a Missouri Department of Conser-vation site in Dallas County.

Like hunting and nature viewing, anglers in this area also have options. Trout fish-ing enthusiasts can satisfy their angling appetites at Bennett Spring State Park and at the managed trout area on the Nian-gua River downstream from the park in Dallas County. Stream anglers in pursuit of bass should check out the Missouri Department of Conservation’s smallmouth management area on the Osage Fork of Gascon-ade River, a 36-mile stretch of stream that runs from the Sky-line Drive bridge near Orla to the Gasconade. The Lake of the Ozarks and other nearby reser-voirs offer angling opportuni-ties to those who like to fish large impoundments.

More information about op-portunities for nature-view-ing, hunting and fishing can be found at the Missouri Depart-ment of Conservation office at 2350 S. Jefferson in Lebanon, 417-532-7612 or the Missouri Department of Conservation’s Southwest Regional Office at 2630 N. Mayfair Ave. in Spring-field, 417-895-6880. ■

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Lebanon’s I-44 Speedway is Missouri’s only NAS-CAR facility and weekly

Asphalt Racing Oval.Settled nearly 300 miles from

any other, it proudly flies the NASCAR Whelen All American Series banner. Being located

along Interstate 44 on Route 66 adds easy access from any direc-tion. It’s just about 45 minutes to the east of Springfield on I-44, just two hours west of St. Louis on I-44 and just 30 minutes south of Lake of the Ozarks.

The track has a history of producing great racecar drivers, and some of the biggest stars in

American motorsports honed their skills on the track’s high banked 3/8-mile asphalt oval. Legends such as Larry Phil-lips, the only five-time national champion in NASCAR’s weekly racing series, along with NAS-CAR stars like Mike Wallace, Jamie McMurray, Carl Edwards, Tony Stewart and the late Tony Roper have won races or even track championships over the years.

Two recent Daytona 500 cham-pions — Matt Kenseth (2009) and Jamie McMurray (2010) — competed at the track, and in 2005, more than a quarter of the starting field of the Daytona 500 had once competed at I-44 Speedway.

I-44 Speedway has had a long and storied tradition in the Ozarks since Bill Willard opened the track in 1983.

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After operating as a dirt track for several years, I-44 Speedway re-opened as an asphalt 3/8-mile oval high-banked oval track in 2010 and continues to be owned by the Willard family and has had a major footprint in the history of short track racing in Missouri.

Lebanon I-44 Speedway has one of the smoothest racing surfaces of any weekly racing facility in the nation along with new aluminum backed Monster Energy Grandstand seating, Budweiser “Wild Side” tier parking that you can pull up in your car or tailgate in your pickup and enjoy all of the racing from a great view, the beautiful VIP Suites in the middle of the front stretch and enter-ing turn one is the newest addition, the Budweiser Fan Deck.

I-44 Speedway runs several spe-

cial events throughout the race sea-son as well as an exciting NASCAR weekly show that consists of Pro Late Models, Modifi eds, Sportsman, Road Warriors and the Chargers with spe-cial appearances by the United States Super Truck Series, Pro National Baby Grand Cars, NASCAR racing special events and various Concerts.

Grandstand admission is $10 for adults, ages 16 and over, while adult admission in tier parking is $15. Dis-counted admission for seniors (ages 65 and older), military personnel and junior (ages 11-15) is offered in both locations.

Racing begins at 7 p.m. each Sat-urday throughout the racing season, which ends Sept. 20.

For more information visit the track website at www.i44speedway.net. ■

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Built and opened in late June 2004, Midway Speedway in Lebanon offers

families and fans a family environ-ment and good-old-fashioned close

dirt track racing action at an affordable price for both drivers and fans.

The 3/8th-mile semi-banked oval brings fans close to the action and offers several fan interaction events throughout the racing season, such as Bike Races for the kids and on-track autograph sessions where fans can go on the track and meet and greet the drivers competing, as well as other events.

Located 6 miles east of Lebanon on Route B, the track has hosted many different touring groups, including Regional Late Model specials, Sprint Car events and other types of motorsports, as well as its regular schedule since opening full time in 2005.

The Speedway also features a go-kart dirt track with a Friday racing schedule and a Motocross track, which hosts different types of pit bike and motor-cross events on selective dates.

Midway Speedway opened under new manage-ment for the 2015 racing season.

Dan and Bonnie Osborn have leased the facility this year and possibly next, but the Osborns intend to purchase Midway as soon as possible.

"We have this year and next year, trying to get it going good again,” Dan Osborn said.

The Osborns have prioritized revamping the track itself, which had been causing damage to some of the cars that ran on it. “A lot of the drivers didn’t like it so they stopped coming. ... It was creating holes in the turns,” Dan Osborn said. “We’re working the track over, and we’re going to make it right so the drivers will want to come and will like it.

“... We would love to have 50 cars every week. It got down to where it was only 25 because of the track, and not very many people in the stands, but we’re going to change things around,” he said. “We’re going to try to do our best to make it driver friendly and try to get as many cars as we can.”

The Osborns’ goal is to make the track as fam-ily-friendly as possible. No alcohol is permitted, and those who engage in vulgar behavior or lan-guage are asked to leave. ▼ ▼

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“We just want to make a good, nice facility where people can come and bring their families and not have to worry about any-thing,” Dan Osborn said. “We want a family atmosphere, and we’re just doing the best we can to try to make a good facility.”

The Osborns also hope to open the facility for other attractions like truck and tractor pulls. Another idea is to stage music concerts there.

The weekly racing events in-clude Factory Stocks, two different types of Modifi ed classes, Pure Stocks and Wingless Sprints.

The Speedway has seating capacity of 3,000 fans and also fea-tures a VIP seating tower section which can be rented on a race-by-race basis or for the season. Ticket prices start at $10 for adults and children ages 7-and-under are free.

Among the special events sched-uled at Midway are the Spring Fling, a special Fourth of July fi re-works show, Fawl Brawl and the season ending Cotton Classic.

After opening in 2004 Midway, went through an extensive make-over during that off season to the current confi guration today and gives the fans and visitors an up-close feeling of the on track close action between the drivers.

The Midway racing season starts in early April and runs through the early November. For additional information, visit the track website at www.lebanonmidwayspeedway.com.

Just a few miles west of Lebanon is Bennett Spring State Park, one of Missouri’s fi rst and

most popular state parks, which attracts a growing number of tourists every year.

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The third largest natu-ral spring in the state of Missouri pumps 100 million gallons of wa-ter each and every day. Anglers from around the nation wade in the spring’s waters in search of lunker-sized trout, and those looking for adven-tures in camping and canoeing come in droves each year, but there was once a time when Ben-nett Spring State Park was simply known as Brice, Mo.

During the 1920s when America was en-joying prosperity follow-ing World War I, Bennett Spring (then known as Brice) was one of many areas considered by state planners to be preserved as a state park.

A Dec. 12, 1924, article

in the Laclede County Republican stated that Lebanon Chamber of Commerce President O.A. Mayfi eld requested that the state consider Bennett Spring as a possible state park site. The article said the fi rst parcel of land, 8 1/2 acres belonging to Josie Bennett Smith, would became a part of Bennett Spring State Park. The land was purchased from Mrs. Smith on Dec. 27, 1924.

Several weeks later, an-other contract was signed between William Sher-man Bennett, Mrs. Smith’s brother, and the state for the sale of 565.33 acres. Of that land, 427 acres can be traced as belonging to James Brice, who settled there in 1837. ▼ ▼

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The land where today’s park store, offi ce, dining lodge and hatchery buildings stand once be-longed to the Bennett family.

Records indicate that James Brice came here from Illinois in search of productive land and a healthful climate.

He decided to stay at the beauti-ful spring area, which reportedly teemed with wildlife. Elk, deer, wild turkeys, buffaloes and even panthers were said to drink from the enormous spring.

Brice homesteaded 160 acres, which included the spring, and eventually homesteaded additional acreage that included all of the land and spring branch area. He built the fi rst mill in the vicinity where early-day farmers brought their corn for grinding. The mill eventually was washed away during a violent rain-storm and fl ood.

Brice, the fi rst permanent settler in the Bennett Spring area, died in 1855 and is buried in the Bennett Cemetery.

The Bennett family later settled at the spring area on land known as the Elmer Conn farm, site of the present Sand Springs Motel and Restaurant. The enterprising Peter Bennett built a mill at the spring outlet and Niangua River, which also was washed away in a rain-storm and fl ood. Bennett built a second mill known as Bennett’s Mill during the Civil War years, and it became a center for trades-men and farmers.

The mill was too small to accom-modate the increase in business, so Bennett built a third mill and included a carding machine that prepared wool for the spinning wheel.

He also built a sawmill in one section of the mill.

As business continued to grow, Bennett decided to construct a three-story building, and he pur-

chased equipment for it in St. Louis. Since the railroad track went only to Rolla, Bennett and his employees had to meet the train there and haul the equipment to Brice in ox-driven wagons — a slow process over the rocky fords of that time.

Peter Bennett married Anna Brice, the daughter of homesteader James Brice. After Brice’s death, Peter and Anna inherited the prop-erty.

When Peter Bennett died in 1882, his son, William Sherman Bennett, continued to run the mill. Bennett’s daughter, Josie Bennett Smith, oper-ated a hotel at Brice for many years.

The Bennett Mill was destroyed by fi re in 1895. The last mill at Brice was built by Dr. John B. and Free-man Atchley. Others who operated the mill in later years were J.E. Kelly, Mr. Runge and B.J. Usery.

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The mill stood as a landmark at Bennett Spring for sightseers and tradesmen alike. The Civilian Con-servation Corps, which worked in the area during the 1930s, improved the mill. However, it later was destroyed by fi re. The CCC also constructed a log dam, foot trails, a new bridge and many other build-ings at the park.

The spring valley already had be-come a popular camping site in the late 1800s as an area where farmers waited their turns at the mill. Ac-cording to a Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) bro-chure, campers would fi sh, hunt or visit with local townspeople to pass the time.

By the turn of the century, rec-reation was gaining in importance at Brice. According to the DNR brochure, in 1900 the Missouri fi sh commissioner introduced 40,000 mountain trout into the spring, and a privately owned fi sh hatchery was built in 1923, the year before the state bought the spring and some of the surrounding area for a state park.

The Brice Post Offi ce originally

was built as a log building on the river bank and named after James Brice. In later years, it was located in a general store operated by Wil-liam Sherman Bennett and his wife, Louie. The name of the post offi ce was changed to Bennett Spring in 1939 and fi nally was discontinued in 1965. Arlie Bramwell was the last postmaster at Bennett Spring.

It was reported that in the early 1900s, William Sherman Bennett had a number of cans of young trout emptied into the spring. The trout thrived in the cold waters, at-tracting many fi shermen.

Brice was the location where famed author Harold Bell Wright completed work on his classic novel, “The Shepherd of the Hills." Wright also wrote “The Calling of Dan Matthews" while he lived in Lebanon. In that book, Wright’s “Gordon’s Mill" actually was Bennett’s Mill.

Today, one of the oldest original buildings at Bennett Spring is the Bennett Spring Church of God, organized in 1917 through the infl u-ence of William Sherman and Louie Boles Bennett, who donated land for

the church site. In the 1950s, stone veneer was applied over the wood-en structure. It is the only original building that was in old Brice.

“Aunt Louie’’ Bennett was pastor of the church for many years. Today, Bennett Spring Church of God is a very active church and is visited by many fi shermen staying at the park each trout season.

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Much work was done at Ben-nett Spring starting in Novem-ber of that year. The crews’ first tasks were to build barracks for themselves.

They built a new dam, a bridge, a dining lodge, six cab-ins, a store and post office build-ing, shelters, houses, roads and trails. They also renovated the old Atchley Mill.

The men also constructed a second set of gravel-bottomed hatchery rearing pools and in 1935 built a new section onto the hatchery building. After the men left in 1938, they dismantled all but one of their barracks.

Through the years most of the development at the park has taken place outside of the park’s boundaries as private individu-als built cabins, hotels, camp-grounds and many other busi-nesses. In 1969, Arlie Bramwell sold his wood and stone cabins to the state. Ralph Usery’s cabins were razed. Splan’s Resort was

once a very busy place there. Vogel’s Resort was acquired by the state in 1980.

In 1969, the Nature Interpre-tive Center opened at the park with George Kastler as the first naturalist, and in 1982 the park dedicated a new office and store building close to the dining lodge on the site of the original Brice.

Later the park’s Niangua entrance was renamed the Bram-well Entrance in honor of Arlie Bramwell.

An additional 1,650 acres of land to the south of the current state boundary was purchased in November 1988 to provide watershed protection for Ben-nett Spring itself as well as the park area. Each year has brought more improvements.

Now, at 3,216 acres, the state park that arose around Peter Bennett’s spring continues to delight all comers. ■

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The park holds Kids Fishing Day in an effort to inspire interest in the outdoors in the youngsters.

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Besides the fi shing, which was the main draw, kids also are treat-ed to a free lunch, as well as dem-onstrations of fl y-tying, a “touch tank” that allows the youngsters to get up close and personal with the pelts, skulls and other parts of various forms of wildlife, and demonstrations of fi sh cleaning and frying. Volunteers and staff of the World Bird Sanctuary also are

on hand with some cuddly and some scary birds, including owls, a peregrine falcon and others.

Park staff anticipated about 1,200 kids attending and stock special areas for them to fi sh in. More than 4,000 trout, including a couple dozen lunkers, are released into the lower part of Zone 2 and the beginning of Zone 3 during the prior days.

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Hatchery gives nature a handNearly half a million trout raised annually for parks

An updated hatchery at Ben-nett Spring State Park makes sure anglers have enough fish to keep them coming back.

The $2.375 million renovation of the hatchery’s many race-ways (water canals that house the trout as they grow to a fish-able size) and the building of a brand new facility wrapped up in 2013.

The facility allows for an in-creased production of the park’s famous rainbow trout. With the much bigger building produc-tion of the trout has increased from 350,000 to between 450,000 and 500,000 per year.

The increase isn’t just from the size of the facility. Un-like the old building, the new one allows for indoor spawn-ing, which may help increase production by lowering trout deaths caused by outdoor spawning. The fish eggs and sperm, also called milt, are protected from ultraviolet rays from the sun, which can kill them. The bigger facility also helps cut down on fish crowd-ing, which can cause death from disease, bacteria and stress.

The improvements were part of the state’s Trout Plan, which had a goal of increasing trout production by 20 percent, and was mostly paid for through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Sport Fish Restoration Program, along with Missouri Depart-ment of Conservation tax dol-lars and trout tag fees.

The hatchery tries to aver-age a 12-inch fish. The trout are released into the spring nightly from March through October.

Along with building a new facility, the hatchery’s raceways, which separate the trout by size, were given an upgrade. ▼ ▼

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The canals used to have gravel beds, which Mitchell said caused problems for the hatchery pro-cess, and the concrete walls between the raceways were also beginning to erode at the bottom. All new concrete was poured for the raceways.

One new feature that has proven popular with visitors of the Bennett Spring State Park Hatchery is the multiple view-ing windows that were installed in the new facility. Because of the windows, the public can get an inside look at the spawning process year round.

If looking through a window

isn’t enough for some curious visitors, the hatchery also offers tours of the facility at 10 a.m. on the first and third Saturdays of every month.

“They can come down any-time,” hatchery manager Mike Mitchell said. “Tours on a regular basis will probably end at the end of October, but if you and your family want to come down on a weekend or during a weekday through November, December, January or February, just stop by and see what we are up to. We’ll be glad to tell you what we are doing and a little about the hatch-ery and how we do it.” ■

The Bennett Spring Nature Center has seen more visitors than one can possibly count in its more than four decade his-tory.

Originally intended to be the trailhead of the park, the center included living quarters, kitchen facilities and bathrooms for the naturalist stationed there. Since then, it has become much more than the original contractors intended.

Before its construction, the area was quite bare. What is now a forest with trails and an amphitheatre was once a large hayfield used by the farmers who had inhabited the area since the days of the Brice Township.

In 1969, the original nature center was converted into a feed center for the fish hatchery and the current Nature Center opened its doors. The Center was one of the first centers built in Missouri for the sole purpose of being a nature center.

George Kastler served as the naturalist from 1969 to 1979, followed by Doug Ladd (1980-1985) and is presently served by Diane Tucker (since 1986).

In the late 1970s, the amphi-theatre was constructed allowing the naturalists to conduct out-door demonstrations and shows. In 1985, new exhibits were con-structed as part of the first major update to the center.

When the living quarters were removed, the remaining bathrooms were converted for patron use. During this time, the center’s original flat roof was converted to a pitched one.

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Originally, the St. John’s Wort planted along the sidewalk was intended to be kept small, but it was removed soon after-wards because of security issues. Shrubs were planted behind the center in the open field about the time it stopped being mowed. In the early 1990s, several large Viburnum shrubs at the corner of the center were moved to another location in the park and the wooden welcome sign be-tween the flagpoles was taken out a few years ago.

In March of 2008, the Center received a major overhaul. Most of the exhibits installed by Chase Studio in 1985 were “refreshed” with lighting, technological and text updates. Exhibit additions included the interactive exhibit with springs, the mill structures and the current park map.

In its younger days, the park had far less amenities and camp-ing was done on a greater scale

on all sides of the nature center, causing it to be the focus of the park.

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ture Center still offers a great deal of information, fun exhibits, guided nature walks and pro-grams.

For additional information, call the Nature Center at 417-532-3925. ■

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About 9,000 rainbow trout were stocked in the waters of the park in anticipation of 3,000 anglers, but by 6:30 a.m., less than 800 had purchased trout tags.

Honorary Whistle blower Chet Snyder, along with a group of about seven fi shing buddies, including his son Chuck, drove to Bennett from Grandview, Mo., just ahead of the winter weather that blanketed the area. Unfortunately, his longtime friend, Tom Harber, was unable to make trip. Harber was slated to close out Opening Day by fi ring off the closing siren.

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Chuck Snyder, who spoke for his father due to a recent stroke, said nothing would have stopped the crew from coming to Bennett Spring on Opening Day.

“He had a grand mal seizure Tuesday, so we didn’t know if we were going to make it, but we did,” the younger Snyder said. “Tried and true, he’s here.”

Chet Snyder has been coming to Opening Day for more than 60 years, and said he has seen worse weather than this year.

“It must have been back in the 1980s when everyone had 2 inches of snow on their hats,” Chuck Snyder said.

The group gets the same cabin at Bennett Spring State Park ev-ery year, and this Opening Day was no exception.

“We’ve stayed in cabin 27 since it was built,” Chuck Sny-der said.

When asked if he was nervous about being the one to officially start the catch and keep season,

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“I want it to be on time this year,” he said. “I don’t want it to be late.”

His fishing companions, who were on hand for the Opening Day festivities, joked that when there were multiple dignitaries present for the opening siren, things always seemed to be run a little late.

For the Snyder family, being at Bennett Spring is a tradition, and having the family patriarch beckon in the season was a big honor, Chuck Snyder said. But for Chet, it was much more.

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“In 1938 or so, that cut was sewed up by the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps),” Chuck said as he pointed to a scar on his father’s forehead. “He fell out of his chair, and if you think about it, back in the 1930s, tires (on cars) weren’t very wide, and Lebanon was like going to Ne-braska, so they sewed him up.”

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For the Snyder family, there is no place they would rather be on March 1 than Bennett Spring State Park. On Opening Day, three generations of the family were on hand for Opening Day.

“As a matter of fact, when I hire on to a job, I just tell them not to ever expect me on March 1,” Chuck said.

He added that his father and their friends will travel to Bennett Spring during the spring and a summer months to take in a little fi shing, but March 1 is special.

“It’s like the Super Bowl for us when it comes to fi shing,” Chuck Snyder said.

As the clock ticked down to 6:30 a.m., Chet and his crew checked

their watches. They didn’t want him to be late.

Chet and Chuck Snyder were also carefully watching the time with anticipation, but it was perhaps trying to time when they would get to the stream them-selves for some fi shing.

When asked if he planned to brave the snow and cold tempera-tures and wade into the waters of the spring, Chet Snyder simply said, “Oh, yeah.”

His favorite spot? Zone 2 .“Straight down from cabin 27,”

Chuck Snyder said. As 6:30 a.m. approached, Ben-

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proached the start time, the count-down to another season began.

“Ten, nine, eight,...” began the countdown. When the chant reached “one” an even bigger smile came across the face of Chet Snyder as he pushed the siren to start the 2015 season to a round of applause.

After a few handshakes and pats on the back, Chet Snyder and his delegation headed out for their favorite spot, hoping — like other anglers — to land their dream lunker.

As the lines and fi shing stories continued to be tossed outside, Mitchell said the weather kept many anglers at home, but the start of the season was again a success for everyone at the park, including those who were out at 3 a.m. or earlier clearing snow from roads and parking areas.

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ACT TWO, LLC(417) 588-3881ADELMAN TRAVEL(417) 532-8282ADVANCED DENTAL(417) 588-2221AFFORDABLE FAMILY DENTISTRY(417) 588-1690AIRBLAST INFLATABLES(417) 664-2302AL’S DRIVE THRU LIQUOR(417) 532-4712ALDI INC.ALL AMERICAN WASTE(417) 532-1600ALLIED WASTE SERVICES / MODERN SANITATION(573) 346-3637ALVIN JACKSON’S USED CARS(417) 532-2186ALWAYS FLOWERS & PLANTS LLC(417) 532-5959AMERICA’S CARMART(417) 532-2831AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL DRIVER ACADEMY(417) 589-0186AMERICAN RED CROSS(417) 533-8121AMERICAS BEST VALUE INN(417) 532-3133ANDY’S 417 CATERING/A TASTE OF ANDY’S(417) 533-5801ANGIE’S PLACE(417) 532-1740ARBONNE - KENDRA KEELER(417) 209-6632ARVEST BANK417-533-3886BACK TO HEALTH CHIROPRACTIC(417) 532-2986BAILEY’S PARTY POTTIES(417) 532-4940BAILEY’S TV - RADIO SHACK - INTEGRATIONEXCELLENCE(417) 532-9290BAKE ME HAPPY BAKE SHOPPE(417) 718-1675BALLHAGEN’S PUZZLES, INC.(417) 286-3837BANK OF KANSAS CITY(417) 657-0202BAYS CHIROPRACTIC(417) 532-6251BEAR TRAILER MFG, INC.(417) 286-3300BENNETT SPRING INN(417) 588-9110BENNETT SPRING STATE PARK(417) 532-4307BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU(417) 862-4222BETTER SOLUTIONS GROUP, LLC DBA APEXHEATING AND COOLING(417) 588-5103BIRD MOVING & STORAGE(417) 532-4661BLAKE, TIM AND DAWN(417) 718-7100BLIND HOG BAR & GRILL(417) 991-3705BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA(417) 883-1636BRAND LAW FIRM, PC(417) 991-3550BREAK TIME - MFA OIL(573) 442-0171BRISTOL CARE INC (THE ESSEX)(660) 287-4536BUTLER SUPPLY(417) 533-3131C & C FARM AND HOME(417) 532-7158CACKLE HATCHERY(417) 532-4581CAMBARLOC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING(417) 532-4601CARMECO, INC.(417) 532-6133CASEY’S GENERAL STORE #1083(417) 532-9918CASTLEWOOD STUDIOS(417) 532-2329CENTRAL BANK(417) 532-2151CENTURY 21 LACLEDE REALTY(417) 588-1200

CENTURYLINK(417) 334-9253CITY OF LEBANON(417) 532-2156CLAIM(417) 533-5017CLIFTON’S WESTSIDE CAFE(417) 532-7742COLE-N-SONS TIRE & AUTO, INC.(417) 588-4468COMMERCE BANK, N.A.(417) 532-2161COMMUNITY BAPTIST(417) 532-8421CONCRETE TRANSFORMATIONS LLC(417) 588-5889CONSOLIDATED ELECTRIC SERVICE, INC.(417) 588-9562CONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE(417) 881-7966COPE(417) 533-5201COURT PROBATIONARY SERVICES(417) 533-0887COX HEALTH CENTER(417) 532-8700CRITICAL CONTINGENCIES LLC(417) 588-9095CROCKER CHIROPRACTIC LLC(417) 532-9166CROSS CREEK CHURCH(417) 650-0647CROSSLINES MINISTRY, INC.(417) 588-3559CROW PAINT & GLASS INC.(417) 532-3551D & A SALES(417) 532-8615D & L SELF SERVICE SHOES(417) 532-4312DAN WATERMAN CPA(417) 532-7135DANCHAKU MARTIAL ARTS(417) 288-5214DAVID LAYMAN INSURANCE GROUP(417) 533-5444DAVIS, MIKE(417) 588-4138DECO INSURANCE AGENCY(573) 207-0225DICKEY’S BBQ(417) 532-4227DIGITAL SILVER(417) 533-5172DIRECTORATE OF MORALE WELFARE & RECREATION(573) 596-0118DOMINO’S(417) 588-7070DOODLEBUG PLAYHOUSE417-533-LOVE (5683)DOVE SENIOR CENTER(417) 426-5411DOWCO, INC(417) 532-4219DOWD’S CATFISH & BBQ(417) 532-1777DOWNTOWN LEBANON OPTIMIST CLUB(417) 588-2219DRURY UNIVERSITY(417) 532-9828DRYER’ S SHOE STORE(417) 532-5781DTE - (DETROIT TOOL & ENGINEERING)(417) 720-8108EAST GATE EXPRESS(417) 532-8112EDWARD JONES INVESTMENTS JEFFREY MYERS(417) 532-2687EDWARD JONES INVESTMENTS JIM KUENY(417) 588-2286EDWARD JONES INVESTMENTS JOSH KEELER(417) 588-9108ELECTRONIC SOLUTIONS(417) 588-9228ELM STREET EATERY(417) 588-2700EMERSON CLIMATE TECHNOLOGIES, INC(417) 588-8600EMPIRE ENERGY(417) 532-9153EZ-DISPOSAL(417) 533-7870FACTORY CONNECTION(417) 532-2454

FALCON FLOOR COVERING(417) 532-3118FAMILY EYECARE ASSOCIATES(417) 532-2562FCS FINANCIAL(417) 588-5828FFO HOME(417) 532-8896FIDELITY COMMUNICATIONS(417) 588-7841FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH(417) 532-7168FIRST FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH(417) 532-6728FIRST UNITED METHODIST(417) 532-7153FORT AWESOME POWERSPORTS(417) 532-9253FORT WOOD HOTELS(573) 451-3203FREEDOM HOME CRAFTERS(417) 532-7768FRIENDLY FIREARMS(417) 588-9280G-3 BOATS / SKEETER PRODUCTS(417) 588-9787GALLERIA FINE JEWELRY(417) 532-9766GARNER & ASSOCIATES INSURANCE(417) 532-9491GARY’S FIREWORKS(417) 588-7300GINGER’S HOMETOWN PHARMACY(417) 532-9110GIRL SCOUTS OF THE MISSOURI HEARTLAND,INC.1-877-312-4764 X1106GLEN CUMMINS(417) 532-5522GO PRODUCTIONS, LLC(573) 317-8000GOFORTH EXPRESS L.L.C.(417) 532-9773GRAVEL BAR AND GRILL(417) 532-7291GRAVEN CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM(417) 532-3157GREAT LIFE GOLF & FITNESS(417) 532-2901GREAT SOUTHERN BANK(417) 532-9168GREAT WALL(417) 588-9907H & R BLOCK(417) 532-4113H.E.P. SUPPLY CO., INC.(417) 532-9183HAIRY’S SALON(417) 588-9588HAMPTON INN(417) 533-3100HAPPY TRAILS RV CENTER(417) 533-7530HAPPY TRAILS RV PARK, LLC(417) 532-3422HASH, BILL(417) 532-6342HATZCO INDUSTRIES(877) 879-4289HEALTH MARKETS(417) 322-0275HEALTHY COOKING CENTERS OF MID-AMERICA(417) 664-3705HEARTLAND ANTIQUE MALL(417) 532-9350HELTON’S HOME FURNISHINGS(417) 532-7888HENDERSON HEATING & COOLING(417) 532-2779HERITAGE BANK OF THE OZARKS(417) 532-2265HIDDEN VALLEY OUTFITTERS417-533-5628HILLS OF THUNDER PISTOL TRAINING(417) 650-7069HOGAN LAND TITLE CO. OF LACLEDE COUNTY(417) 532-5333HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS(417) 532-1111HOLMAN-HOWE FUNERAL HOME(417) 532-4061HOSPICE COMPASSUS(417) 532-0372HUGHES SR CENTER(417) 532-3040IMPACT DIRECTORIES(314) 336-3090

INDEPENDENT STAVE COMPANY(417) 588-4151INTEGRITY HOME CARE(417) 991-2882IVEY ROOFING, INC.(417) 532-6612J&K FABRICATION LLC(417) 531-7787JACKSON BROTHERS OF THE SOUTH, LLC(417) 209-9900JACOBSEN APPLIANCES, INC(417) 532-7152JAMMIE LITTY(417) 532-7548JARED ENTERPRISES(417) 877-7900JC BENAGE(417) 532-7546JEFFRIES ABSTRACT & TITLE INSURANCE(417) 532-7189JENKINS VETERINARY SERVICE(417) 532-7200JOE’S PHARMACY INC(417) 532-7128JOHN T. RUSSELL(417) 532-5326JON M KRAUSE DDS(417) 588-2562JONES AUTO & TRUCK PLAZA(417) 588-2282JONESY’S ANTIQUES(417) 532-2006JUNE & BEYOND BOUTIQUE(417) 532-7467JUSTICE FURNITURE(417) 532-6136KCI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY(417) 588-9200KIWANIS CLUB OF LEBANON(417) 588-9228KJEL/KBNN(417) 532-9111KMST(573) 341-6930KNIGHT AUCTION SERVICE, LLC(417) 532-7497KTTK - NEW HORIZONS BROADCASTING(417) 588-1435L A R C(417) 588-1577L-LIFE FOOD BANK417-991-FOOD (3663)LACLEDE COUNTY FAIR(417) 322-5349LACLEDE COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER(417) 532-5471LACLEDE COUNTY HEALTH DEPT.(417) 532-2134LACLEDE COUNTY LAND TITLE(417) 588-0155LACLEDE COUNTY LANDLORDS’ ASSN(417) 532-4035LACLEDE COUNTY PREGNANCY SUPPORT CENTER(417) 532-8555LACLEDE COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL

COMMITTEE(417) 532-5783LACLEDE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE(417) 532-3164LACLEDE INDUSTRIES(417) 588-3241LACLEDE LITERACY COUNCIL(417) 532-6697LACLEDE MUTUAL INSURANCE(417) 588-1857LACLEDE WINNELSON CO417-532-0456LAKE PRINTING(573) 346-0600LEBANON ARBOR CARE, LLC(417) 532-5050LEBANON AREA FOUNDATION(417) 532-8868LEBANON ART GUILD, GALLERY & MORE(417) 532-1895LEBANON BOOKS(417) 532-2500LEBANON CARPET CARE417-718-2390LEBANON COLLEGE OF COSMETOLOGY(417) 532-8522LEBANON CONCERT ASSOCIATION(417) 588-3574LEBANON FAMILY CHURCH(417) 533-3655

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LEBANON FAMILY YMCA(417) 588-1177LEBANON FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH(417) 718-5621LEBANON HOST LION’S CLUB(417) 532-6502LEBANON HUMANE SOCIETY(417) 532-9671LEBANON I-44 SPEEDWAY(417) 532-2060LEBANON PHONE CENTER & ALARM INC(417) 532-9819LEBANON PROPERTIES I, II AND III(417) 588-4005LEBANON PUBLISHING COMPANY(417) 532-9131LEBANON PUMP SERVICE(417) 589-2023LEBANON R-III SCHOOLS(417) 532-9141LEBANON READY MIX(417) 532-6179LEBANON REDI(417) 533-5627LEBANON RITZ 8 THEATRE(417) 588-9724LEBANON ROTARY(417) 531-1246LEBANON SENIOR APARTMENTS(417) 883-7887LEBANON SOCCER ASSOCIATION(417) 718-8191LEBANON SUNDANCE APARTMENTS(417) 533-7604LEBANON-LACLEDE COUNTY LIBRARY(417) 532-2148LIFEMARK BATH & HOME(417) 881-5433LIFEPOINT CHURCH(417) 991-2911LINDSAY CHEVROLET(417) 532-3114LINDSAY FORD(417) 532-3146LITTLE CEASARS PIZZA(417) 532-4786LOWE’S HOME IMPROVEMENT(417) 588-6970LSK LEBANON(417) 588-3550MARTIN’S DISCOUNT CIGARETTES, LLC(417) 531-0999MARY KAY BEAUTY CONSULTANT, SAM STONER(417) 588-2390MARY KAY COSMETICS - KIM DANE, INDEPENDENT BEAUTY CONSULTANT(417) 322-4131MATTAX, NEU, PRATER EYE CENTER(417) 588-2400MCDONALD’S LEBANON II(417) 532-3653MCDONALDS OF LEBANON(417) 532-6144MEEK’S BUILDING CENTER(417) 588-3223MEMORIAL CHAPEL AND CREMATORY(573) 774-6111MERCY CLINIC - EYE SPECIALIST(417) 533-6540MERCY FAMILY PHARMACY(417) 533-6770MERCY HOME HEALTH & HOSPICE(417) 830-4063MERCY HOSPITAL LEBANON(417) 533-6100METALTECH PRODUCTS, INC(417) 426-5577MID-MISSOURI BANK(417) 588-1000MID-MISSOURI CREDIT UNION(417) 533-5368MID-MISSOURI INSURANCE(417) 532-5800MID-MISSOURI RESPONSIBLE BREEDERS(417) 718-4182MID-TOWN STORAGE(417) 650-1004MIDWEST BASEMENT TECH(573) 693-9448MIDWEST KETTLE CORN, LLC(314) 580-0955MIKE LIGHT INSURANCE AGENCY(417) 588-5123MISSOURI CAREER CENTER(417) 532-6146MISSOURI EAGLE(417) 532-6157MISSOURI ENTERPRISE BUSINESS ASSISTANCE(573) 364-8570

MISSOURI OZARKS COMMUNITY ACTION(573) 765-3263MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY - LEBANON(417) 532-0518MO OZARK MOUNTAIN LIQUIDATORS(417) 718-3502MOFWB MISSIONS(417) 532-6537MORAN, JUANITA ENGLAND(417) 532-5130MORGAN MUSIC(417) 588-1970MR C’S ROUTEPOST & RT 66 SODAS(417) 588-4455MUNGER MOSS MOTEL(417) 532-3111NATIONAL TV SALES AND RENTAL417-588-2236NATURE’S PANTRY(417) 533-3608NEIGHBORHOOD’S INC(417) 533-5080NIANGUA RIVER OASIS(417) 532-6333NOBLE HUDSON & SONS(417) 532-3921NORMAN’S JEWELRY & BRIDAL(417) 532-2291NORTHRIDGE PLACE(417) 532-9793OATS, INC.1-800-269-6287ON POINT DESIGN(417) 588-7254OSAGE CANOE(417) 532-7288OTC LEBANON CENTER(417) 532-5044OWEN SANDBLASTING(417) 588-1338OZARK DENTAL STUDIO(417) 718-4240OZARK HARLEY DAVIDSON(417) 532-2900OZARK MEDIA(573) 336-7620OZARK VISIONS/OZARK HAUNTED HOUSE(417) 532-1002OZARKS COCA-COLA/DR. PEPPER(417) 532-7131PAGE OFFICE SUPPLY(417) 532-4012PAGE PRINTING(417) 532-6232PAUL DAVIS RESTORATION(417) 588-5880PC PLUS, INC.(417) 588-9584PEGGY LOGAN AND ASSOCIATES REALTY(417) 532-7737PENMAC PERSONEL SERVICES(417) 588-8990PERENNIAL GIFT BOUTIQUE417-588-GIFTPERSONAL FINANCE COMPANY(417) 991-3077PIERCED(417) 532-4446PLAY TIME RC(417) 532-1821PLEXUS HEALTH(817) 771-8963POLK CITY DIRECTORY(417) 882-3948PREACHER BOYS SECRET SAUCE(417) 588-4686PRECISION CUTTER & TOOL(417) 532-7729PRICE CUTTER(417) 532-7724PURE INSANITY ROLLER DERBY(573) 433-9701QUALITY HEATING & AIR(417) 532-6239R.P LUMBER(417) 532-7155RANDALL SUTTER, ATTY. AT LAW(417) 532-6123RE/MAX NEXT GENERATION, LLC(417) 991-3333REAL LIVING A HELPER REAL ESTATE(417) 533-3571REALTY EXECUTIVES OF LEBANON(417) 588-5706REGIONAL HOSPICE(417) 532-5139RELAY FOR LIFE OF LACLEDE COUNTY(417) 447-1486RESULTS ADVERTISING(417) 533-7741

RESULTS RADIO / KZNN, KTTR, KXMO, KDAA(573) 364-2525RIVERFRONT CAMPGROUND & CANOE RENTALS(417) 588-3386ROBERT S. SHOTTS, INC.(417) 588-7877ROBERT W. PLASTER FOUNDATION(417) 533-3007ROGERS AUTO WRECKING SALVAGES, INC(417) 532-3731S.C.A.N. SUPPORTERS OF CHILDREN WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS, INC(417) 991-2029S.C.O.R.E.(573) 346-5441SAND SPRING RESORT(417) 532-5857SAWYER TIRE INC417-991-3590SEARS HOMETOWN STORES(417) 588-1260SENATOR MIKE PARSON(573) 751-8793SHADEL’S COLONIAL CHAPEL(417) 532-6161SHADOW OF THE NERD(417) 650-8086SHATTERED IMAGES PHOTOGRAPHY417-588-1825SHELTER INSURANCE AGENCY -

KIMBERLY BREEDEN(417) 532-4329SHELTER INSURANCE AGENCY - RALPH PITTS(417) 532-6106SHEPHERD HILLS FACTORY OUTLET(417) 532-7000SHERWIN WILLIAMS(417) 532-2529SHOW ME CLEAN CARWASH AND DOGWASH(417) 718-1482SKELTONS’ KEY & LOCK(417) 322-5220SONIC(417) 532-6330SPECTACULAR PRODUCTIONS(417) 288-8548SPORT & SPINE REHAB(573) 443-0290ST. CLAIR OF THE OZARKS(417) 849-9081STARLITE LANES, LLC(417) 532-4262STATE FARM INSURANCE - FRED HYNES(417) 588-2777STATE FARM INSURANCE - SCOTT CHASE(417) 588-1555STATE REPRESENTATIVE DIANE FRANKLIN(573) 216-2359STATE REPRESENTATIVE SANDY CRAWFORD(417) 345-2958STEAK N’ SHAKE(417) 532-2795STEVE JACKSON(417) 532-2471STEVE PICKERINGSTILES ROOFING(417) 532-2050STOWE, LYNN(417) 588-9274STRYKER ORTHODONTICS(417) 532-9532STUDENTS FIRST(417) 599-1693STUDIO C PRODUCTIONS(417) 741-2218STURDEVANT ACRES BED & BREAKFAST(417) 588-3112SUMMIT NATURAL GASSUPER 8 MOTEL(417) 588-2574SURON TRADERS(417) 718-0678SUTHERLANDS LUMBER COMPANY(417) 588-8900T H ROGERS LUMBER COMPANY(417) 532-9181T’S REDNECK STEAKHOUSE(417) 532-3519TERRA VETERINARY SERVICE(417) 532-9147THE DURHAM COMPANY(417) 532-7121THE GYM 24/7(417) 991-2066THE MALL(417) 532-2643THE MEBRUER LAW FIRM(417) 532-3177THE OZARK I.T. GUY(417) 650-8653

2015 Membership Listing Continued...THE PARLOR SALON(417) 588-4217THE REAL ESTATE COMPANY(417) 588-1110THE SALVATION ARMY(417) 532-5135THE UPS STORE(417) 532-7355THIRTY ONE GIFTS(512) 393-4032THISTLEWOOD FLOWER MARKET(417) 532-2333TIM PARSON’S AUTO SALES(417) 532-8853TIMBER CREEK ESTATES(417) 533-1129TITAN PROPANE(417) 532-2121TOTAL HIGHSPEED INTERNET SERVICES417-851-1107TREETOPS ADVERTISING(660) 221-7745TRI-COUNTY CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING(573) 368-5933TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH(417) 532-3433TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH(417) 532-2717TRIUMPH ENGRAVING SHOPPE(417) 533-7661TRUE CONSTRUCTION(417) 588-3235UNITED INSURORS(417) 588-4121UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI EXTENSION CENTER(417) 532-7126US BANK(417) 588-4111US CELLULAR(417) 588-2822USO OF MISSOURI, INC. FORT LEONARD WOOD USO(573) 329-2039VF OUTLET(417) 588-4142VIC OR SYBL SLAUGHTER(417) 532-9691VICTOR’S CROWN CHRISTIAN COUNSELING CENTER573-336-9444VIDEO DIRECT SATELLITE & ENTERTAINMENT866-680-8433VIDIE’S CATERING(417) 588-5452VINTAGE CRUSH(417) 532-3333W.T. VERNON HOUSING CORP.(417) 532-9733WAL-MART STORE #14(417) 588-2268WALL CONSTRUCTION(417) 532-3679WALTERS, STAEDTLER & ALLEN CPA’S(417) 532-5941WCA WASTE CORPORATION OF MISSOURI INC.(417) 426-5004WEAVER AUTO SALES(417) 532-3550WHIRLWIND RANCH(417) 533-5280WILL BRADLEY(417) 532-7784WILLARD ASPHALT PAVING, INC.(417) 532-7107WILLARD QUARRIES(417) 532-7107 WOMEN’S FUNCTIONAL HEALTH & HORMONE CENTER573-693-1516WORLD FINANCE CORP(417) 532-9660YOGI’S PIZZA(417) 589-6447YOUNG SIGNS(417) 532-3253YOUR WAY CLEANING(417) 594-1034

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“The weather was calling for frozen precipitation and hazardous conditions, so that played a part in the number that was here,” he said. “I know the (Bennett Spring State Park) store had several can-cellations earlier this week. That’s part of it. It is March and you never know what kind of weather you are going to have.”

He added that fi shing should be “fun” all season at Bennett.

“We should have nice fi sh again this year and everything should go well,” Mitchell said.

Hatchery staff will stock the stream nightly until Oct. 30.

“People will have lots of good opportunities to fi sh here at Ben-nett Spring,” he said.

Along the banks of Bennett Spring State Park, anglers were pulling in their catches. The sounds of laughter and splashing fi sh echoed around the park, as well as a few “I lost him” phrases.

While Bennett Spring State Park is a Mecca of sorts for anglers looking to beat a little cabin fever, just as many spectators could be seen walking the banks, many of whom were snapping a few pic-tures to remember their trip.

One such person was David Merrell of Freberg, Ill. While he does enjoy fi shing at Bennett Spring, he was only a spectator on Opening Day.

“We just wanted to come see it,” he said. “We’ve got a place down here and we’ve been com-

ing since 1989, something like that. I like to fl y fi sh, and Opening Day isn’t the best time to do that.”

Merrell said Bennett Spring ap-peals to him because it is a quiet place to get away to. Getting away is exactly what brought him to the park on March 1.

“We were going to get snow at home, so we thought we’d come down here and sit by the fi replace and watch it snow,” he said, add-ing that he might fi sh a little later this week.

He added that he likes to fi sh during the winter catch and release and has done so in 15 degree below zero temperatures, so Opening Day’s weather was no big deal.

“If you’re going to do it, it doesn’t matter how cold it is,” he said.

For Kansas City, Mo., resident Marty Finley, Opening Day at Bennett Spring State Park is a bit of a homecoming.

His grandfather was among the CCC workers who helped build the facilities at the park, including the historic bridge that sits below the dam.

“My family lived here from 1932 to 1941 in the CCC camp,” he said. “In 1941, my dad’s 8th birth-day, the whole Finley clan left, so I don’t have any family ties here, but I try to come down for Open-ing Day when I can.”

Finley wasn’t armed with a fi shing rod, but his enjoyment was simply standing on the bridge and watching the action. It also, he said, makes him feel a little closer to his family history.

“I like to stand on the bridge that my grandfather built,” he said. “I go to the old school and to the old homestead. Noth-ing is left anymore, but I know where they are at and I just mill around… I never met my grand-father. He died in 1960 and I was born in 1961, so I never got to meet him, but there is a picture of my father when he was really little. When he was like 70, he took another photo in the same area.”

Opening Day is actually the one day a year he plans to come to the park.

“Sometimes I can get away and ride my motorcycle down, but most of the time it is just for Opening Day,” he said.

While Finley doesn’t have any family remaining in the Bennett area, he did say he’s not sur-prised when he sees people he knows on Opening Day.

“I was in the dining lodge last night and I saw my old school teacher, Mr. Bradley,” he said. “If you like to fi sh, this is the place to be. This is the Sturgis of trout fi shing right here.” ■

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UTILITIES■ LACLEDE ELECTRIC COOP-

ERATIVE — 1400 E. Route 66. (417) 532-3164.

■ LACLEDE COUNTY PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT NO. 1 — North and West of I-44. (417) 532-3171.

■ DISTRICT NO. 3 — South and East of I-44, (417) 532-4525.

■ CITY OF LEBANON — (417) 532-2156.

GOVERNMENT OFFICES■ LEBANON CITY HALL — 400 S.

Madison. (417) 532-2156. ■ KENNETH E. COWAN CIVIC

CENTER — 500 E. Elm. (417) 532-4642.

■ MISSOURI DIVISION OF EM-PLOYMENT SECURITY — 2639 S. Jefferson. (417) 532-6146.

■ MISSOURI DIVISION OF FAMILY SERVICES — Highway 5 south of the airport. (417) 532-3137.

■ LACLEDE COUNTY CLERK — Voter registration. Laclede County Government Center, 200 N. Adams. Application by mail also is possible. (417) 532-5471.

■ LACLEDE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT — 405 Harwood Ave. (417) 532-2134.

■ LACLEDE COUNTY COMMIS-SION — Laclede County Government Center, 200 N. Adams. (417) 532-4897.

■ SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINIS-TRATION.—South Highway 5. (417) 532-9136.

LICENSE BUREAU■ LACLEDE COUNTY LICENSE

BUREAU — 219 N. Adams in the Sae-ger Centre. (417) 532-5075. A person moving to Missouri has 30 days to transfer automobile tags at the Leba-non License Bureau. The test for a new Missouri driver’s license must be taken immediately after establishing residency. Call for times and locations.

LIBRARY■ LEBANON-LACLEDE COUNTY

LIBRARY — 915 S. Jefferson. (417) 532-2148.

EMERGENCY SERVICESDial 911 to connect to emergency

services in City of Lebanon and all of Laclede County. Here are other impor-tant phone numbers:

■ MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL, City Rt. 66, Lebanon, (417) 532-6682; if no answer, call (573) 368-2345.

■ POLICE non-emergency, (417) 532-3131.

■ FIRE non-emergency, (417) 532-2104.

■ SHERIFF, (417) 532-2311. If no answer, call (417) 588-3237.

■ MERCY HOSPITAL LEBANON, (417) 533-6100.

■ COPE — Shelter for victims of domestic violence. Hotline number (417) 532-2885. Non-emergency num-ber is (417) 533-5201.

SENIOR CENTER■ HUGHES SENIOR CENTER

— 460 W.Fifth St. (417) 532-3040. Care Coordinator program, call (417) 532-9719.

PUBLICATIONS■ LEBANON DAILY RECORD —

100 E. Commercial. Published Sunday through Friday, plus on-line version at http://lebanondailyrecord.com. Trout Talk, published monthly during the summer by Lebanon Publishing Co. The EXTRA advertising supplement. The Weekly Trader. (417) 532-9131.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS■ LEBANON R-3 SCHOOLS —The Lebanon R-3 School District

is Accredited with Distinction by the state of Missouri. Its campuses serve more than 4,250 students in grades. See page 18 for building names, ad-dresses and phone numbers.

■ GRADES 10-Adult: Lebanon Technology & Career Center, 777 Brice St. (417) 532-5494.

■ PARENTS AS TEACHERS, Maplecrest Elementary (former pre-K building), (417) 532-3822.

■ EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL

EDUCATION, Esther Elementary, 1200 Clark St., (417) 532-3961.

■ LEBANON ALTERNATIVE EDU-CATION CENTER, 1015 N. Jefferson, (417) 533-3824.

■ ADULT BASIC EDUCATION LEARNING CENTER, 1015 N. Jeffer-son, 532-8470.

■ R-3 CENTRAL OFFICE, 1310 E. Route 66, 532-9141.

■ TRANSPORTATION OFFICE: 1020 Clark St., 532-9371.

■ MAINTENANCE OFFICE, 1020 Clark St., 532-3250.

■ SURROUNDING DISTRICTS — • Joel E. Barber C-5 School, Rt.

2, Lebanon, (417) 532-4837. • Gasconade C-4 School, Falcon,

(417) 532-4821. • Plato R-5, (417) 458-2171. • Conway R-1, high school

- (417) 589-2941, elementary- (417) 589-2171.

• Richland Public Schools, (573) 765-3241.

• Stoutland R-2 Schools, (417) 286-3719.

PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAMSPublic and private, including: ■ Head Start, 313 W. Elm, (417)

532-4989. ■ ABC Academy, 300 N. Madi-

son, (417) 588-2531. ■ Bullfrogs & Little Fishes Pre-

school, (417) 588-2131 or (417) 532-9876. • MOCA Head Start, Richland, (573) 765-5592. • LEEP (Laclede Early Education

Program) serving preschool children with developmental delays. (417) 532-6528.

Numbers to know

8 Certified Teachers and 8 Assistant TeachersNational Champions 1988-2013

School of Performing ArtsTake dance classes at a certified studio

which has been educating students in Central Missouri for 31 plus years.

Dance ClassesHip-Hop-Jazz-Ballet-Tap-Lyrical-Modern

Pre-Pointe-Pointe-Modeling-Competition TeamsFor all ages: Beginning and Advanced Classes

Adult Classes Coming Soon!Perimeter Lane just off East Hwy 32, past Copeland

2 Large Studio ClassroomsCALL 417-532-3293

A studio dedicated to children.2 years old and up

Where Dreams... Come True

Offsite Campus Fort Leonard Wood

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HOME COOKIN’ AT ITS BEST!

452 W. CommercialM-Thur. 6:30am-2:00pm

Fri. 6:30am-8:00pmSat. 6:30am-2:00pm

Clifton’s

Sun.-Thurs. 11-9 • Fri. & Sat. 11-9:30417-588-9907 • 1921 W. Elm, Lebanon

(In front of Hampton Inn) • I-44 Exit 127

GREAT WALL

CHINESE BUFFET

NO PASSPORT NECESSARY

Twin Oaks CenterLebanon 417-588-7893

1100 Lynn St.

850 S.Jefferson Ave.

25416Granite Ln.

Restaurant Dining GuideRestaurant Dining Guide We hope that you enjoy our town as much as we do! We hope that you enjoy our town as much as we do!

And while you’re here, grab a bite to eat at one of these And while you’re here, grab a bite to eat at one of these fi ne restaurants.fi ne restaurants.

PLACE417-532-1774

Hours: Mon-Thur 5:30am-2:00pmFriday 5:30am-2:00pm • 5:00-8:00pm • Sat.&Sun. 6:00am-2:00pm

Located next to Wyota Inn, Lebanon • 417-532-1774

We aim to please and that’s a promise!

TRY THE BUFFET EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT!Come in & try ourDownhome Buffet!

We have everythingfor every craving!

Chicken & DumplingsMeatloaf • Frog Legs

Kids 5 and under eat free!

(417) 532-1108

1401 N. JeffersonDine-In • Carry-Out • Delivery

Great Chinese Food at Great Prices!

WE DELIVER!WE DELIVER!

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BENNETT SPRING CAMPGROUND

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