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Mt. Vernon police chief heads down road after 28 years Longtime cop Garry Earnest moves to Aurora Police Department
By Ryan Squibb July 11, 1985, was Mt. Vernon Police Chief Garry Earnest’s first day on the job, Aug. 31, 2013, will be his last. Earnest, who will still reside in Mt. Vernon, will then move on to the Aurora Garry Earnest Police Department where he will be
deputy chief. “It’s been a fun ride,” Earnest said of his 28-plus years at the department. “The people I work with, that was the hardest part about it. Telling everyone what’s going on.” Earnest submitted his resignation to the city July 24. “It was a decision I had to make for the welfare of my family. I look forward to the opportunities there, since Aurora is twice the department size of Mt. Vernon.”
Earnest added that he had been approached three times about the job, until he finally took the position. The Marionville and Aurora police departments recently merged on a trial basis to the end of the year, making the department that much larger. If the joint operation is accepted, it will be adopted as full-time Jan. 1, 2014. Mt. Vernon City Administrator Max Springer is thankful for Earnest’s years of service.
“Chief Earnest has been a great asset to the city of Mt. Vernon and will be greatly missed. During his five-year tenure as chief of police, he has made numerous improvements to the police department and to the service the police department provides to the citizens of Mt. Vernon,” said Springer. “Chief Earnest is well-respected by law enforcement agencies throughout southwest Missouri and the state. He is to be commended for his dedication to
the city and its citizens. We wish him the very best in all his future endeavors.” Springer added that Mayor Dave Eden will appoint an interim chief until the Mt. Vernon Board of Aldermen decides if they are going to promote from within or begin taking applications. The topic was to be discussed at the Aug. 13 board meeting.
Back to school wash out Leaking Miller Elementary air conditioner bumps back district start date two days
By Ryan Squibb A simple, malfunctioning clamp on an air conditioner in Miller Elementary caused a major problem over the weekend. The clamp gave way, releasing a full flowing water hose from the air conditioner, pumping water onto the floor until it was discovered Sunday afternoon. When it began is a mystery, but it was long enough to spill approximately 2,700 gallons of water onto the floor of the second-fourth grade wing of the school. Down the hall and into classrooms—the water, which measured two inches deep in some spots—ruined or compromised everything in its path. The water wicked up drywall walls, ruined a few computers, a few desks, bookcases and brand new textbooks, said Miller Superintendent Tracey Hankins.
“At first we didn’t know where it was coming from so we shut off the water,” Hankins said. “Then it was all about getting someone to come out as quickly as possible to extract the water.” Hankins called the company Serv Pro for assistance. The closest crews, thanks to flooding in Hollister and Waynesville, were from Kansas City. The school received two crews total. The bottom foot of the walls of all the affected rooms were removed and are in the process of being replaced, which Hankins expects will take two weeks. The repair also includes drying out all the floors with fans and dehumidifiers, and rewaxing the floors. Also, all of the air conditioners have to be removed to repair the drywall behind. Climate conditions in the building are also a consideration. The temperature must remain below 70 degrees and 20 percent humidity to prevent the spread of bacteria, said Hankins. During the clean up, several classes will be relocated. The third and fourth grade will be going to the high school; one first grade class will be in the art room; one second grade class will be in the computer lab and one in the library. To accommodate some of the repair, the district has moved its start day back two days to Thursday, Aug. 15. Hankins fondly remembers the
day before the flooding. “We already had open house, we were ready for school,” Hankins said. “It was beautiful here— yesterday.”
Miller R-2 School District First day of school Aug. 15 For a full relocation schedule visit www.millerschools.org
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Top, Miller Elementary principal Josh Angel discusses clean up progress with district superintendent Tracey Hankins. Left, The air conditioner blamed for the spill sits partially disassembled. Bottom, A worker saws off drywall as a dehumidifier lowers the humidity to prevent the spread of mold. Lawrence County Special Election Unnofficial Results - August 6, 2013
Lawrence County Health Department tax fails at polls By Ryan Squibb Despite a strong campaign to pass a property tax to benefit the Lawrence County Health Department, Lawrence County voters said “no” at the polls Aug. 6. The tax proposal failed 37 percent (519 votes) to 63 percent (886 votes), in a vote that only saw six percent of registered voters turn out. Only five of the 19 precincts favored the tax. The tax proposed was a 15-cent property tax on $100 of assessed personal or real estate property.
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Obama rodeo joke turns into bunch of bull
by the Lawrence County Record staff ☛ The town seems quiet as students, teachers and parents get ready for school to start this week.
By Ryan Squibb Last weekend a simple rodeo clown at the Missouri State Fair told a joke heard round the world. At the time, the clown was wearing a President Barack Obama mask. He, while also wearing a microphone, asked the audience if they wanted to see “Obama get run down by a bull?” Some in the audience cheered. Others didn’t. Either it was a slow news day or everyone in the media and politics was feeling extra sensitive, but the story grew legs. People came out of the woodwork to be offended. Count me out. I get that it is a state sanctioned
☛ The First United Methodist Church’s annual backpack program was a huge success, filling over 300 backpacks with school supplies! ☛ The Miller Fall Festival is just around the corner! If you’re looking to have all the fun, but save a few bucks you can purchase a mega pass wrist band, used for unlimited rides for all four nights that the festival is in town, available through Aug. 27 only at Average Joe’s and Great Southern Bank in Miller.
event and everyone should be nice and respectful, but he just made a joke in poor taste. And technically it wasn’t even a joke. There wasn’t a punchline—the main ingredient of a joke. Furthermore, state involvement aside, the guy is a clown, he tells jokes, same as a comedian. Comedians would be out of business in a hurry if presidents were off limits. I received multiple press releases Monday from politicians expressing their disappointment in the display. Of course, once one did it, they all needed to jump on board so as to not be out-offended by another.
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Scripture of the week “Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.”
— Psalm 90:2
Smiles of the week A guy walking down a street one afternoon passes an old man sitting on the side of the road with a large sack. The younger guy says to the old man, “Watcha got in the sack?” The old man responds, “I got some monkeys in that there sack.” The younger man asks, “If I guess how many monkeys you got in the sack, can I keep one?” The old man replies, “Son, if you guess how many monkeys I got in this sack, I’ll give you both of ‘em!” Two old men were sitting in the yard outside the care home one day when Tim turned to the other and said “John I’m really feeling my age today I just hurt all over, how are you feeling? John replied “I feel just like a new born babe” Tim looked at him startled “A New Born babe really?” “Yep, I have no hair, no teeth, and I think I just wet my pants.” ” This joke is from www.AJokeADay.com. Want to share a good story or funny photo (with the subject’s permission)? Send it to thepaper@lawrencecountyrecord.com, P.O. Box 348, Mt. Vernon, MO 65712.
On behalf of the cast, crew, orchestra, and production staff, I’d like to extend thanks for the enthusiastic support our production of Fiddler on the Roof received last month. The City of Mt. Vernon allowed us to use the theater in the MARC for our rehearsals and performances, That Crazy Redhead’s Bakery and Keen Bean Coffee Roasters provided refreshments, community donors helped finance our expenses, and dozens of volunteers gave time and talent to make our production a success. On top of that, nearly 1200 people attended Fiddler across four sold-out or nearly-sold-out performances. People came from all over our area, and several came from much farther away! We appreciate everyone who spent their money and their free evenings or afternoons to be with us. We hope we gave you back a small portion of the gifts you generously shared with us, and we look forward to entertaining you again in the future. Kathy Teel Producer, Fiddler on the Roof Mt. Vernon
Thank you The Miller Athletic Booster Club would like to thank the following businesses and individuals for making our 8th annual golf tournament a success. Hole sponsors: Queen City Roofing, Old Missouri Bank, Liberty Bank, Dake Veterinary Clinic, Nature’s Corner, Maggie Mae’s, Hill’s Body Shop, United Country Countryside Realty/Mark Cobb & Mark Lee, Shelter Insurance/Sean Holman, Var-
In years past A look at the stories we’ve reported on over the past century in the Lawrence County Record and Lawrence Chieftain.
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FIVE YEARS AGO | AUG. 13, 2008 ❧ Cheyenne Gulick, Miller, was crowned queen of the Missouri Junior Rodeo Circuit at the Longview Rodeo, and is the first elected queen of the association.
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10 YEARS AGO | AUG. 13, 2003 ❧ Following a merger with a steel fabrication company, a longtime Mt. Vernon business, Country Flame, has ceased local operation and is moving to Marshfield. ❧ State Bible Drill winners are Cindy Robertson, Melinda Daugherty, Gina Runcie, Jessica Curl, Rachel Crockett, Dana Runcie, Britt Daugherty and Forrest Paul Thompson.
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My favorite statement from an elected official decried the act and the “political discourse” in the country. As if we look to rodeo clowns for political decorum. I need advice on whom to vote for in the upcoming election, where can I find the closest grown man wearing suspenders and makeup? Was it a bad call? Probably. Was it something that justified press releases from multiple politicians? Not in my opinion. By all accounts I’ve read, this was one decision, by one person. A person whose office is a barrel. Who benefitted most from the outrage: the clown, the people or the politicians?
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sity Contractors, and D&D Drilling & Pump Service. Donations: Average Joes, Tucker Hagedorn@ BSN Sports, Pumper’s Prints It, Cory Eden with Sport Court of the Ozarks, FossettMosher Funeral Home and ScreenMasters. Student athletes who helped: Brendon, Boby, Isaac, Makayla, Taylor, Melissa, Cesya and Montana. Your help was greatly appreciated. A special thanks to Jeremy Weiss of the Mt.Vernon Golf Course for all his help with the tourney and to all the participants who played in the tourney. We truly appreciate your continued support of Miller Athletic Programs. The Miller Athletic Booster Club
Dear Editor The doctrine of state nullification is being discussed across the United States. Liberty-minded citizens, especially newspaper reporters and editors, should be thankful for this. The 215 year old doctrine of nullification is regaining standing as an accepted political tool. According to a May 6, 2013, Rasmussen poll, 52 percent of mainstream voters think states should have the right to block, within their own borders, any federal laws they believe to be unconstitutional. If public support for HB 436, the Missouri Second Amendment Preservation Act, is any indication, the Missouri numbers are even higher. Thousands of citizens weighed in and told state officials that they had a constitutional duty to pass that bill as part of their responsibility to defend the People’s right to keep and bear arms. In total disregard of the peoples’ wishes, governor Nixon vetoed HB 436. Other big-government proponents have joined the governor’s claims that you just can’t constitutionally fight the federal government the way Thomas Jefferson did 215 years ago. Which is it? Is state nullification an unconstitutional relic of the founding era, or is it a viable con-
50 YEARS AGO | AUG. 15, 1963 ❧ Employees of a Houston, Texas., industrial moving firm had plenty of moral support from area onlookers over the last several days as they went about the task of moving the 100,000-gallon propane storage tank by truck from a railroad siding south of Mt. Vernon to the Petroleum Products Terminal on Highway 66 at Route M. Nine other such tanks are to be transported the 14 miles in the same manner over the next several weeks, giving the terminal a 1 million-gallon propane storage capacity. Each of the tanks is 124 feet long and 12 feet high, made of 1-1/2-inch steel, and weighing 265,000 pounds.
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100 YEARS AGO | AUG. 15, 1913 ❧ Aurora Advertiser & Southwest Miner: (Headline) Steam power for road work; big traction engine is demonstrating its superiority over ancient methods. It is quite a sight and a source of information to watch
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or, ironically, the Sedition Act, itself. Ten “patriots” were convicted and fined under this unconstitutional law for speaking out and printing their opposition to the Federal Governments actions. The legislatures of Kentucky and Virginia couldn’t help people in other states, but they passed the 1798 Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, written by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, to protect the rights of their home-state newspapermen by declaring null and void the unconstitutional Sedition Act within their own borders. Nullification is part of the heritage of the American free press. We only need to look at the recent covert collection of the AP’s phone records, without a warrant, by the Obama-Holder Justice Department to realize that we would be wise to keep our political options open. Every freedom-minded Missouri citizen needs to contact their State Senator and State Representative and ask them to vote to over-ride Governor Nixon’s veto of HB436, the Missouri Second Amendment Preservation Act, before Sept. 11, 2013. Darrel Franson Mount Vernon, Missouri
NEW GARAGE — Harold Rutledge is shown above along with members of the mechanical staff at his recently-built garage and service station on West Water Street at Highway 39. Rutledge specializes in all types of mechanical work, including welding.
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stitutional responsibility of every official who swore an oath to defend the Constitution? And why should the media, of all people, support it? Both questions can be addressed with the same answer. When our forefathers separated from England and King George III, they declared that “Governments are instituted among Men” to “secure” our Godgiven rights. That includes state governments. Article I Section 2 of the Missouri Constitution declares that the “principle office” (role) of government is to protect our freedoms, and when it fails to do so, it “fails in its chief design.” In 1798, two states, Kentucky and Virginia, fulfilled their “principle office” by using nullification to defend the free speech and free press rights of newspapermen. In that year, friends of President John Adams and Congress enacted the Sedition Act, which made criticizing Congress or the President punishable by fines and imprisonment. The Act was no veiled threat. Dozens of nationally prominent and lesser known newspaper men were arrested, and tried under the Sedition Act for simply expressing in print their opposition to policies of President Adam’s administration
25 YEARS AGO | AUG. 11, 1988 ❧ There’s only one problem with the new $347,000 water tower at the Northwest Industrial Park in Mt. Vernon. It doesn’t work. The engineering firm that designed the project, Moore & Wolfinbarger, and Mt. Vernon city officials are now tryoing to decide what to do about it.
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I have an adorable Shih Tzu. His name is Bhaer. Why the odd spelling? He looks like a little black bear, but he’s actually named after Professor Frederick Bhaer who is HEART ON the man Jo March MY SLEEVE marries in Little Women. I thought it suited him. We adopted Bhaer after our first shih tzu, Boog passed away last summer. I was devastated, but this tiny little black dog by Samantha just worked his way Dyson into my heart. Unlike Boog, he didn’t eat my phone chargers. That was a plus! I no longer had to hide small wires around the house. He didn’t chew things he wasn’t supposed to, like shoes and the cat. He and the cat are actually best friends and quite inseparable. This spring, Bhaer went on a little adventure. He ran away for an entire week. Now, we practically live in the middle of nowhere surrounded by fields and lots of wildlife. We drove around, calling for him. He was simply gone and there was no way such a small dog could survive the wild by himself for a whole week.
So once again, I was devastated. Then one Sunday morning, as I was headed out the door for church, there sat the dumb dog on the front porch like he’d never left. He is now dubbed the miracle dog. After a quick trip to the vet to get him checked out, everything was fine and life returned to normal. Until recently. I have no idea what that dog did on his little escapade, but for some reason, this dog will not stop barking. And it’s only when I’m home. When my husband is home, he’s on his best behavior. Perhaps he ran into some big animal and had to yip at the beast until it got so annoyed, it left him alone. This bark could wake the dead. The first time I heard it, I thought something was wrong. Nope. He barks at the cat. He barks at bugs outside. He barks at his shadow and even his tail. Naming my dog after a literary character didn’t seem so wonderful after all. I should have named him Barksley or something. Maybe he’s in his terrible two’s like a toddler. Hopefully it’s just a phase. Dear Mr. Dog, Please stop barking before my nerves are fried. I love you to pieces, but seriously. I’ve had enough. Sincerely, Your Mother.
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the road work going on south of the city. The way the big engine pulling two plows a foot deep or one plow and a grader while Huse Hemphill rides and smiles at the heat is worth more than a few circus tickets.
Lord, make me a channel of thy peace That where there is hatred I may bring love, That where there is wrong I may bring the spirit of forgiveness, That where there is discord I may bring harmony, That where there is error I may bring truth, That where there is doubt I may bring faith, That where there is despair I may bring hope, That where there are shadows I may bring
thy light, That where there is sadness I may bring joy. Lord, grant me that I may seek rather To comfort than to be comforted, To understand than to be understood, To love than to be loved; For it is by giving that one receives; It is by self-forgetting that one is forgiven; It is by dying that one awakens to eternal life. – St. Francis of Assisi
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Freedom Arena events set for Aug. 15-20
... AT THE MARC Mt. Vernon Arts and Recreation Center, 822 W. Mt. Vernon Blvd. To schedule an event, contact Mt. Vernon City Hall, 466-2122. l Monday, Aug. 19 –– 6:30 p.m., Rebel’s Bluff. l Tuesday, Aug. 20 –– 6 p.m., zumba; 6:30 p.m., Rebel’s Bluff. l Thursday, Aug. 22 –– 6 p.m., zumba. l Friday, Aug. 23 –– 6:30 p.m., Rebel’s Bluff.
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... AT THE LIBRARY Mt. Vernon BRANCH Library, 206 W. Water St., 466-2921. Open 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Miller BRANCH Library, 112 E. Main St., 452-3466. Open 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1-5 p.m. Tuesday to Friday; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
Mt. Vernon Senior Center, 425 N. Main St., 466-2072. Hours: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays. Lunch 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Meals for 60-up, $3.50; others, $6. l Monday, Aug. 19 –– Spaghetti, corn, garlic cheese biscuit, dessert. l Tuesday, Aug. 20 –– Tuna sandwich w/ lettuce and tomato, tortilla chips & salsa, orange, chocolate chip cookie. l Wednesday, Aug. 21 –– Crispy ranch chicken, au gratin potatoes, glazed carrots, bread, chocolate pie. l Thursday, Aug. 22 –– Hamburger or hot dog, baked beans, potato salad, cupcake, watermelon. l Friday, Aug. 23 –– Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, creamed peas, hot roll, dessert.
Games and bingo You’re invited to play games at the center from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. every day. Bingo is at 9:30 a.m. Mondays and Thursdays.
ST. SUSANNE’S RECEIVES DONATION FROM LADIES AUXILIARY - On Saturday, June 15, the Mt. Vernon Fraternal Order of Eagles and Ladies Auxiliary hosted the annual poker run to benefit St. Susanne’s Food Pantry. Elaine Collins, committee chairperson, and many members of the Ladies Auxiliary volunteered to make the event a success. Presenting a check for $1,049 to Jo Evatt and Marion Wright of the food pantry is Ladies Auxiliary Madam President Micki Turner.
Mt. Vernon 5K Turkey Strut slated for Nov. 28
Southwest Missouri youth archery tournament Aug. 17
Diabetes support group to meet Aug. 27
Lawrence County gospel sing slated for Aug. 25
Mt. Vernon will host its first annual 5K Turkey Strut on Thursday, Nov. 28. Applications may be picked up at the Lawrence County Record or the Mt. Vernon Animal Hospital. Registration forms must be received no later than Monday, Nov. 18. Forms may also be dropped off at the Mt. Vernon Animal Hospital. There will be a $15 fee per person, and a $50 fee for a family with a maximum of six. For more information, call the Mt. Vernon Animal Hospital at 466-0004 or Paul Brockman at 466-2229.
The Southwest Missouri youth archery tournament will begin registration from 8-9:45 a.m. and a safety meeting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Crossroads Archery Club located at Ritter Springs Park in Springfield. Classes are based on age and experience. A free gift will be given with every paid entry. The cost is $10 per child. Bows will be awarded for first place in each class and trophies, medals and awards will be given to the top ten in each class. The event will involve bowhunting equipment only. Those interested must attend the safety meeting to compete. For more information, contact Kaycia Woolsey at 825-6019, David Woolsey at 438-7569 or Richard Simpson at 229-2195.
A diabetes support group covering the topic of hospital care, will meet from 4-5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27, at the Carthage Public Library. Refreshments and recipes will be available.
The next Lawrence County gospel sing will be from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 25, at Reavisville Baptist Church near Aurora on Farm Road TT. MC will be Lonnie Lawson. All singers and musicians are welcome. The next sing will be Sunday, Sept. 22, at the First Church of God in Aurora.
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Home-delivered meals Volunteers distribute homedelivered meals throughout the week. If you are in need of meals or if you are interested in volunteering to help, contact Susan Hughes, director, at 466-2072.
... AT MILLER CENTER Miller Senior Center, 201 First St., 4523688. Lunch 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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Recycling Expanded recycling will be available at Underwood “Spirit of ‘76” Park from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Aug. 10. Items accepted that day are aluminum and tin cans, plastic containers and paper, including office waste, telephone books and magazines. Corrugated cardboard and plastic bags cannot be used to dump items in bins. Bottle caps must be removed from bottles. Make sure to put the correct items in the correct bins.
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Come and enjoy an evening of Bingo!
The Ugandan Children’s Choir will be performing at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28, at First Baptist Church in Marionville. The public is invited.
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Retha Thomas of Mt. Vernon will celebrate her 90th birthday on Monday, Aug. 26. In celebration, cards may be sent to Autumn Court at 1421 South Landrum, Mt. Vernon.
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To rent a pavilion or schedule an event at a Mt. Vernon city park, contact city hall at 466-2122. For the golf course, call 466-7831.
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This week at Freedom Arena, the summer team roping saddle series will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15. The entry fee is $50 and two entries may be made. Limited add-ons will be sold at $20. The high point header and heeler will win saddles. The CFRA rodeo will be at 9 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 18. The event will include mutton busting, calf riding, steer stopping, team roping, barrel racing, goat tying, calf roping, breakaway calf roping, pole bending, steer riding and chute dogging. Year end awards will include saddles in every age group. A 5D barrel race saddle series will begin at 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18, and the jackpot will start at 6 p.m. The entry fee is $25 and the nomination fee is $30. There will be a 4D payout and 5D end of year awards. 5D will receive half second splits. Team roping practice will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20. The cost is $10. Freedom Arena is a family friendly facility will full concessions. For more information, visit www.freedomville. org or call 678-6909.
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STUDENTS
Aug. 12-16:
IN THE NEWS
Mt. Vernon ■ ELEMENTARY/INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
Mark Webb, Mt. Vernon, is one of 34 students who participated in the Honors Scholars program at William Woods University during the 2012-2013 academic year.
Breakfast, $1.05; Lunch, $1.45; Milk, 30¢ MONDAY: No School. TUESDAY: No School. WEDNESDAY: No School. THURSDAY: Breakfast - Pancake griddle sandwich, fruit and yogurt parfait, fruit streusel muffin, grapes. Lunch - Spaghetti w/ Italian bread or hot dog on a bun or popcorn chicken salad, spinach salad, glazed carrots, cherry tomatoes, peaches.
❇❇❇ The following students graduated from the University of Missouri this spring:
FRIDAY: Breakfast - Biscuits & gravy, sausage, mini pancakes, yogurt, juice. Lunch - Pepperoni pizza or monte cristo sandwich or ham chef salad, fresh garden salad, mexicali corn, baby carrots w/ dip, fresh grapes.
•Franklin Vandiver Cheek, Mt. Vernon, bachelor of science and forestry. •Koleen Carol Kay, Mt. Vernon, bachelor of science in business administration with an emphasis in management.
■ MIDDLE SCHOOL Breakfast, $1.05; Lunch, $1.65; Milk, 30¢ Each meal also includes salad & fruit bar. MONDAY: No School.
•Jacob S. Sexton, Mt. Vernon, doctor of veterinary medicine.
TUESDAY: No School. WEDNESDAY: No School. THURSDAY: Breakfast - Pancake griddle sandwich, fruit and yogurt parfait, fruit streusel muffin, grapes. Lunch - Spaghetti w/ Italian bread or hot dog on a bun or salad bar, spinach salad, glazed carrots, cherry tomatoes, peaches.
•Kaylee A. Conley, Pierce City, master of education and counseling with an emphasis in school. •Taylor Jordan Walters, Pierce City, bachelor of science in human environmental sciences, textile and apparel management.
FRIDAY: Breakfast - Biscuits & gravy, sausage, mini pancakes, yogurt. Lunch - Pepperoni pizza or monte cristo sandwich or salad bar, fresh garden salad, mexicali corn, baby carrots w/ dip, fresh grapes.
■ HIGH SCHOOL Breakfast, $1.05; Lunch, $1.70; Milk, 30¢ Each meal also includes salad & fruit bar MONDAY: No School. TUESDAY: No School. WEDNESDAY: No School. THURSDAY: Breakfast - Pancake griddle sandwich, fruit streusel muffin, grapes, toast & jelly. Lunch - Lasagna w/ Italian bread or hot dog on a bun w/ pasta salad or meatball sub or salad bar, spinach salad, cherry tomatoes, peaches. FRIDAY: Breakfast - Biscuits & gravy, sausage, yogurt, juice. Lunch - Pepperoni pizza or spicy chicken on a bun or monte cristo sandwich or salad bar, fresh garden salad, mexicali corn, fresh grapes.
Miller ■ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Breakfast, $1.15; Lunch, $1.70; Milk, 35¢ MONDAY: No School. TUESDAY: Breakfast - Pancakes, sausage link. Lunch - Chicken sandwich, sweet potato fries, ice cream. WEDNESDAY: Breakfast - Biscuit & gravy, cereal. Lunch - Mini corn dog, green beans, cheese stick. THURSDAY: Breakfast - Frudel, hash brown, juice. Lunch - Beef taco, salad, pinto beans. FRIDAY: Breakfast - Egg & cheese croissant, cereal. Lunch - Sloppy Joes, fries, corn.
■ JUNIOR HIGH/HIGH SCHOOL Breakfast, $1.15; Lunch, $1.95; Milk, 35¢ MONDAY: No School. TUESDAY: Breakfast - Pancakes, sausage link. Lunch - Chicken sandwich, sweet potato fries, ice cream. WEDNESDAY: Breakfast - Biscuit & gravy, cereal, juice. Lunch - Mini corn dog, green beans, cheese stick. THURSDAY: Breakfast - Frudel, hash brown, juice. Lunch - Beef taco, salad, pinto beans. FRIDAY: Breakfast - Egg & cheese croissant, cereal. Lunch - Sloppy Joes, fries, corn.
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MT. VERNON AEL GRADUATES POSE AT CROWDER - Nine Crowder College Mt. Vernon adult education and literacy students received their high school equivalency and participated in graduation on Friday, June 7, on the Crowder College campus in Neosho. Pictured are AEL instructor Debbie Hemphill, Becky Robertson, Brittany Karch, Samantha Mezzacapa, Cheyenne Stevenson, Meagen Veirs, Michelle Porter, Wyatt Stevenson, Zachary Calvin and Steffan DeWald.
•Maggie Ann Costley, Monett, bachelor of science in elementary education.
Helping children get along with friends in school From MU Extension Friends are important to children. They make life more interesting and fun. They are playmates, and they help children feel that they belong. Children who have friends are less lonely and depressed. They are also more likely to feel confident and good about themselves. In long-range terms, we know that when kids have good friendships, they will probably do well in school and grow up to be welladjusted adults. For these reasons, it is important for adults to help children learn to be good friends and to have good friends. As children grow up, their ideas about friends change. As preschoolers, friends are there to play with. While these friendships may not seem very important, they really give children much happiness. In the school-age years, children start to build some clear ideas about friendship. In general, friends are those they play with, talk with, and share with. Friends are people to do things with. They also have some ideas about how to treat friends. Friends are nice to each other, they are helpful, and they protect each other. In the early teen years, these ideas about friendship change further. During
this time, young teenagers begin to understand the importance of sharing personal information with friends. They realize that friends are the ones you can share your private feelings and thoughts with, not just those you enjoy being around. One of the important skills in making and being good friends is cooperation. Especially in the school-age years when children spend lots of time playing with each other, it is important for them to learn to get along together. Children need to learn how to take turns and share. Children are more likely to get along with each other when they can be fair. This means learning to wait while others get to do something fun. It can also mean learning to give up a fun activity or a toy so that another child can get a turn. Like adults, children have disagreements. In playing with each other, they must find ways to solve those disagreements. If a child doesn’t like the way a game is being played or doesn’t think it is fair, he or she can suggest another way. This works better than being bossy or just not playing at all. It is important to help children understand that finding other ways to do something will help change the situation.
Miller R-2 Schools announces revisions to free and reduced price policy for school children Miller R-2 Schools has announced its revised free and reduced lunch policy. This service is for school children unable to pay the full price of meals served in schools under the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program. Local education officials have adopted the following family-size income criteria for determining eligibility:
Household Size 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Each add’l member
•Kellen Brodereick Bounous, Monett, bachelor of science in agribusiness management.
Maximum Household Income Eligible for Free Meals Annually Monthly Weekly $14,937 $1,245 288 20,163 1,681 388 25,389 2,116 489 30,615 2,552 589 35,841 2,987 690 41,067 3,423 790 46,293 3,858 891 51,519 4,294 991 5,226 436 101
Maximum Household Income Eligible for Reduced Price Meals Annually Monthly Weekly $21,257 $1,772 $409 28,694 2,392 552 36,131 3,011 695 43,568 3,631 838 51,005 4,251 981 58,442 4,871 1,124 65,879 5,490 1,267 73,316 6,110 1,410 7,437 620 144
Children from families whose current income is at or below those shown are eligible for free or reduced price meals. Applications are available at the school office. To apply, fill out an application and turn it in to the school. The information provided on the application is confidential and will only be used for the purpose of determining eligibility. Applications may be submitted any time during the school year. A complete application is required as a condition of eligibility. Foster children may be eligible regardless of the income of the household with whom they reside. If a family member becomes unemployed, or the family size changes, the family should contact the school to file a new application. Such changes may make the children of the family eligible for these benefits. Under the provisions of the policy, the food service director will review the applications and determine eligibility. If a parent is dissatisfied with the ruling of the determining official, they may wish to discuss the decision with the hearing official on an informal basis or they may make a request to the building principal.
This Week’s Rising Stars Hailea Schubert
Morgan Hull Morgan Hull is a freshman at Mt. Vernon High School.
Hailea Schubert is a freshman at Mt. Vernon High School.
She is on the honor roll, plays basketball, softball, soccer, and both school and club volleyball.
She is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and in the Best Players in the Babe Ruth League book. She plays basketball and volleyball, and is involved in the Missouri Conservation.
Morgan is the daughter of John and Lynda Hull. She hopes to go to the Olympics for volleyball, then become a nurse practitioner.
Hailea is the daughter of Crystal and Nathan Schubert. She would like to get a scholarship in basketball or softball and get a veterinarian degree.
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Back to School Supply List Missouri state law requires all students be immunized against vaccine-preventable diseases.
• Call your child’s medical provider to verify the child’s immunizations are up-to-date according to current Missouri school requirements. • Schedule an appointment for needed immunizations. • Get two copies of your child’s immunization records. (Give one copy to the school nurse and keep one copy for your records.)
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New conservation commissioner is an outdoorsman The love of nature kindled by his grandfather still burns bright for new commissioner Tim Dollar
— Photo by Missouri Department of Conservation
Governor Jeremiah “Jay” Nixon has appointed Tim Dollar, Blue Springs, to a six-year term on the Missouri Conservation Commission.
From the Missouri Dept. of Conservation Missouri’s newest conservation commissioner traces his outdoor roots to hunting small game as a boy. That passion for nature now finds expression in hands-on wildlife management. Gov. Jeremiah “Jay” Nixon appointed Tim Dollar, Blue Springs, to a six-year term on the Missouri Conservation Commission. Dollar, 53, grew up in the Kansas City area. He traces his interest in conservation to time spent outdoors with his maternal grandfather, Alden Jaynes. “He took me squirrel and rabbit and quail hunting, and I fell in love with it immediately,” says Dollar. “I didn’t have too many opportunities to explore that during my childhood, but even then I knew the passion I had for it.” Dollar recalls that his outdoor career got a jump-start when he met his soon-to-be father-in-law, Robert Hammond. “He introduced me to deer hunting in his home area of St. Clair County,” says Dollar. “That was a life-changing experience. I was absolutely hooked.” Dollar pursued his passion for hunting for two decades, until a friend, West Plains attorney Lynn Henry, showed the future conservation commissioner what he was doing to improve some hunting land he owns. “I became obsessed with acquiring land and managing it for deer, turkey, and quail and other wildlife,” says Dollar. “Seeing what he was doing on his property in the Ozarks was an eye-opener. After that, managing land for wildlife
became a consuming passion and hobby.” Dollar focused his newfound passion for wildlife management on his wife’s family farm in St. Clair County, a place he refers to as “sacred ground.” He worked closely with St. Clair Conservation Agent Joanna Bledsoe to tailor management techniques to the farm’s special needs. Now, through arrangements with neighboring landowners, he manages nearly 900 acres for deer, turkey, quail and other wildlife. He built a hunting lodge a mile or so from the old home place, where his fatherin-law was born. Dollar eagerly discusses ongoing efforts to improve wildlife habitat on the farm. This includes restoring fencerows and creating thickets as escape cover for quail and other ground-nesting wildlife. Planting corn, soybeans, and winter wheat ensures ample food for wildlife. “For the first time that I can remember down here, we are having some success,” he says. “Last week, driving through the milo and millet, we several times came across a ton of quail. We haven’t seen that in a very long time.” An avid bowhunter, Dollar says Sept. 15 will find him sitting in a tree stand looking for white-tailed deer. Asked if he has any special interests or programs he wants to advance during his term on the Conservation Commission, Dollar said “No, I’m really interested in it all, and I’m eager to learn. The Missouri Conservation Department is one of the finest, best-run organizations of its kind in the country. When I travel to other states and am
asked about Missouri, I start by talking about the Conservation Department, because it is respected around the country. So I’m eager to learn and support this great tradition we have.” “Commissioner Dollar’s interest and knowledge of fish and wildlife combined with his business experience make him a solid addition to the Conservation Commission,” said Conservation Department Director Robert L. Ziehmer. “His energy and enthusiasm to enhance forest, fish, and wildlife resources will prove beneficial for citizens and the outdoor resources of Missouri. I look forward to working with Commissioner Dollar.” Dollar, a Democrat, will serve through June 30, 2019. The Conservation Commission consists of four members appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Missouri Senate. To ensure non-partisan oversight of the Conservation Department, no more than two members may be from the same political party. Dollar replaces Becky Plattner, whose term expired this year. The other commissioners are Chairman Don C. Bedell, R-Sikeston, Vice Chair James T. Blair, IV, R-St. Louis, and Don R. Johnson, Festus. The Conservation Commission controls, manages, restores, conserves and regulates the bird, fish, game, forestry and all wildlife resources of the state, including hatcheries, sanctuaries, refuges, reservations and all other property owned, acquired or used for such purposes, as well as the acquisition and establishment of those properties.
Conservation Dept seeking public comments on ways to protect Missouri deer From the Missouri Department of Conservation As Missouri hunters, landowners, and other conservationists know, the Show-Me State offers some of the best deer hunting in the country. Deer hunting is an important part of many Missourians’ lives and family traditions, including almost 520,000 deer hunters and almost two million wildlife watchers. Deer hunting is also an important economic driver in Missouri. Deer hunting supports 12,000 Missouri jobs and gives a $1 billion annual boost to state and local economies. Many businesses around the state rely on deer hunting as a significant source of their annual revenue, such as meat processors, taxidermists, hotels, restaurants, gas stations, sporting goods stores, and others. Thousands of private landowners also manage their land for deer and rely on good deer hunting to maintain property values. According to the Missouri Department of Conservation
(MDC) and current research, infectious diseases such as Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) could hurt all of this. “CWD has been found in captive deer and free-ranging deer in north-central Missouri,” explained MDC State Veterinarian Kelly Straka. “This neurological disease is currently limited to deer and other members of the deer family, called cervids. It has no vaccine or cure and is 100-percent fatal. Once it is well established in an area, CWD is impossible to eradicate. If left unchecked, it could significantly reduce deer numbers over time.” Dr. Straka added that states with CWD must focus on limiting the spread of the disease and preventing its introduction to new areas, and that is exactly what MDC is doing. Both free-ranging and captive white-tailed deer in Missouri are wildlife. The Department of Conservation has been working with hunters, landowners, conservation partners, and businesses to detect cases of this
Jamborees mark beginning of volleyball and football seasons Jamborees provide high school sports programs the opportunity to compete against other schools in a controlled environment, allowing for competition against someone other than teammates they see in practice everyday. Mt. Vernon’s fall sports programs have two such jamborees scheduled for football and volleyball. The Mountaineer football jamboree will be held Friday, Aug. 23, at Stockton High
School. The scrimmages will begin at 7 p.m. The Lady Mountaineer volleyball jamboree will be held at Mt. Vernon high school on Tuesday, Aug. 27, beginning at 6 p.m. Schools joining Mt. Vernon will be Clever and Miller. Regular admission will be charged. The Miller Cardinal’s football jamboree will be held at Springfield Catholic High School on Friday, Aug. 23, beginning at 7 p.m.
Hudson wins Iron Man
Mt. Vernon Jr. High volleyball
Alan Hudson won the Iron Man Bow Fishing contest Aug. 10-11 at the Lake of the Ozarks. Hudson finished with 319 pounds of fish caught from 9 a.m. Saturday to 7 a.m. Sunday.
Mt. Vernon seventh and eighth grade students who want to try out for junior high volleyball should be at the Carson Gym on Monday, Aug. 19 from 3:15-5:15 p.m. Dress appropriately and have a current physical in order to participate. Contact Coach Hagerman for more information.
Benefit co-ed softball tourney Little league The annual co-ed softball tournament which benefits the meeting
local Highway 39 Cardinals baseball team will be held Saturday, Aug. 31. Cost will be $125 per team and each team is guaranteed 3 games. For more information, contact Willie Lung at 827-3748 or Tiffany Lung at 849-9298.
There will be a Little League parent meeting on Monday, Aug. 19, for parents of baseball players who will be 11 or 12 next summer. The meeting will be held at the MARC, beginning at 6 p.m. For more information, contact Butch Sutton at 316-1662.
infectious disease and limit its spread in free-ranging deer. MDC has also made regulation changes affecting free-ranging deer in the area where CWD has been found. MDC is also working with the captive cervid industry, landowners, hunters, and others to address areas of concern related to captive deer and other captive cervids. There are 47 big-game hunting preserves and 253 wildlife breeders in the state that have captive deer and other captive cervids. Missouri’s first cases of CWD were detected in 2010 and 2011 in captive deer at private big-game hunting preserves in Linn and Macon counties. A total of 11 cases of CWD have been confirmed in captive deer at the facilities. CWD has since been found in 10 free-ranging deer within two miles of the captive facility in Macon County. Based on current scientific research, and Conservation Department management priorities, MDC has identified several areas of concern related
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to disease transmission and captive cervids. Those items include the separation of captive and free-ranging wildlife populations, movement of captive wildlife, disease testing, and herd certification. “CWD is spread both directly from deer to deer and indirectly to deer from infected soil and other surfaces,” said Dr. Straka. “Current fencing standards for captive-cervid facilities do not prevent direct contact between captive and free-ranging deer.” Current requirements for holding captive cervids at animal-auction facilities and exhibitions also do not prevent direct or indirect contact among different groups of captive deer. According to MDC, importing captive deer into Missouri is currently allowed and can bring CWD and other diseases into the state. Of the 37 states that have captive-deer breeding and big-game hunting preserves, many have closed their borders to the importation of live deer. The Department
added that some captive-cervid facilities in Missouri test all their deer that die for CWD, but not all are required to. Over the next few months, MDC will go to Missouri deer hunters and other stakeholders with a goal of maintaining healthy wildlife populations across the state. As a result of information received, Wildlife Code changes may be suggested to the Conservation Commission for review. MDC will host the following public meetings around the state to provide information on Missouri deer and CWD and to get comments about limiting the spread of the disease among captive and freeranging deer. People can also post comments online at mdc. mo.gov/deerhealth. · Sept. 3, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., Macon County Expo Center, HWY 63 · Sept. 5, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., MDC Powder Valley Nature Center, 11715 Cragwold Road, Kirkwood · Sept. 16, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., West Plains Civic Center, 110
Clines and Weiss win titles In the Match Play Championships at the Mt. Vernon golf course recently, the results were: Senior division In quarterfinal matches, Rick Johnson defeated Zip Roder 2&1; Jackie Clines defeated Butch Sutton 5&4; Mike Blevins defeated Steve Brecht 3&2; and Ron Bandy defeated Dave Conrow 3&2. In the semifinal matches, Jackie Clines defeated Rick Johnson 2&1 and Ron Bandy defeated Mike Blevins 1up. In the finals, Jackie Clines defeated Ron Bandy 3&2. Championship division In quarterfinal play, Korey
Pryer defeated Rafe Meirick 3&1; Steve Wendler defeated Dustin Baldwin 2&1; Jeremy Weiss defeated Chase Wilmoth 3&2; and Mark Lee defeated Eric Wilmoth 1 up. In the semifinals, Steve Wendler defeated Korey Pryer 4&3 and Jeremy Weiss defeated Mark Lee in 19 holes. Both players drove #1 in the playoff. Lee two-putted for a birdie and Weiss made an eagle to win. Finals In a rematch of last years final, Jeremy Weiss defeated Steve Wendler 1 up over 36 holes. Last year Wendler prevailed 1 up over 36.
St. Louis St., West Plains · Sept. 18, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., MDC Cape Girardeau Nature Center, 2289 County Park Drive. · Sept. 23, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., MDC Runge Nature Center, HWY 179, Jefferson City · Sept. 30, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., Missouri Western University Kemper Recital Hall in Leah Spratt Hall, 4525 Downs Drive, St. Joseph · Oct. 1, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., MDC Burr Oak Woods Nature Center, 1401 NW Park Road, Blue Springs · Oct. 9, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., MDC Springfield Nature Center, 4601 S Nature Center Way For more information, go online to mdc.mo.gov and search Chronic Wasting Disease.
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JILL MARIE AYERS
Marionville - Jill Marie Ayers, 35, Marionville, died Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013, in Mercy Hospital, Springfield. She was born Oct. 25, 1977, in Anchorage, Alaska, to Ronald and Patricia (Sutmiller) Arthurs. She married William Randall “Randy” Ayers June 3, 1995. He survives. She was a member of the Gospel Harvest Church in Republic. She had been attending college to earn her bachelor of arts in special education, and had obtained her substitute teaching certificate. She was a sweet and giving person. Additional survivors include her father, Ronald Arthurs, Republic; her mother, Patricia Arthurs, Marionville; and one sister, Jeni Joy, Bolivar. Services were Aug. 9 in Meadors Funeral Home, Republic. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery, Republic.
GUY PHILLIP BATES SR., DDS
Springfield - Guy Phillip Bates Sr., DDS, 90, Springfield, died at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013. He was born Jan. 18, 1923, in Springfield to Arle Haywood and Gretchen Marie Walker Bates. He graduated from St. Louis University School of Dentistry. He married Willa Genevieve Fogle of Aurora. She survives. Following his service in World War II, he returned to Springfield in 1948 and began a 40-year practice of general dentistry. He was a member of First and Calvary Presbyterian Church in Springfield. Additional survivors include two sons, Guy Bates, DDS, and Michael J. Bates; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Graveside services were Aug. 10 at Eastlawn Cemetery, Springfield, under the direction of Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home, Springfield. Memorial contributions may be made to Ronald McDonald Charities of the Ozarks Tooth truck or the charity of the donor’s choice.
TERRY A. CONLEY
Rogersville - Terry A. Conley, 52, Rogersville, died Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013, in Mt. Vernon Place Care Center, Mt. Vernon. Services were Friday, Aug. 9, in J.D. Lee and Sons Funeral Home, Rogersville. Burial was in Panther Valley Cemetery, Rogersville.
ARTHUR W. COOPER
Rogersville - Arthur W. Cooper, 88, Rogersville, died Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013, in Lebanon. He was born Oct. 9, 1924, in Springfield to Homer N. and Anna E. (Votaw) Cooper. He married Alma L. Thompson, Sept. 3, 1950, in Springfield. She died in 2005. He was a United States Army veteran and served during World War II in the 555th anti-aircraft battalion which took part in the Battle of the Bulge. He returned to Springfield and went to work for City Utilities of Springfield. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3404 and volunteered at the Missouri Veterans’ Home/Mt. Vernon. Survivors include one sister, Mary Chesnutt, and one brother, John Cooper, both of Springfield. No services are planned. Arrangements were handled by J.D. Lee & Sons Funeral Home, Rogersville.
EARNEST ‘EJ’ CRUME JR.
Crane - Earnest “EJ” Crume Jr., 67, Crane, died Monday, Aug. 5, 2013, in Ozark Mountain Regional Healthcare, Crane. He was born May 28, 1946, in Abesville to Earnest R. and Inez (Coin) Crume. He was a lifelong resident of the area and a United States Army veteran. He was a retired sheet metal polisher for Paul Mueller Company, Springfield. He was preceded in death by his parents, Earnest and Inez Crume; an infant son; and one brother, Robert Crume. Survivors include four sons, Dwight Crume, Aurora, Daniel Crume, Clever, Derek Crume, Clarksville, Tenn., and Justin Crume, Crane; four sisters, Betty Little, Abesville, Bonnie Branstetter, Hollister, Mary Mears, Springfield, and Ima Jean Bunch, Springfield; 12 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services were Aug. 10 in Manlove-Stumpff Funeral Home, Crane, with Chuck Dunn officiating. Burial was in Galena Cemetery, Galena. Memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, or Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675.
PATRICIA ANN DeHAMER
Aurora - Patricia Ann DeHamer, 73, Aurora, died Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013. She was born Oct. 16, 1939, in Fairview to Elmer and Violet (Whittington) Graber. She spent most of her childhood in Verona and graduated in 1957. She was a longtime resident of Aurora, but also called Wheaton home. She married Vernon DeHamer June 3, 1978. He survives. She was preceded in death by her only child, Rex Tucker, June 30, 2013; two sisters, Mary Evelyn Bailey and Jaunita Weldy. She was a member of the United Methodist Church of Wheaton and during recent years attended the Aurora Baptist Temple. She started her career as a linotype operator for the Cassville Democrat and also for The Wheaton Journal for 14 years. She worked for Cox Monett Hospital for 22 years, retiring in 1996. She was a member of the Aurora Mercy Hospital Auxiliary. Additional survivors include one sister, Kathleen Payne, Smithton; two grandsons; and two great-granddaughters. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14, at CraftonCantrell Funeral Home, Aurora. Burial will be in Lee Cemetery, Verona, at a later date. Memorial donations may be made to the Aurora Mercy Hospital Auxiliary or Lee Cemetery, in care of the funeral home.
— Taken too soon —
C
ory tragically left our lives Aug. 8, 2004. But in our hearts he still survives, memories make us cry, we ask ourselves “why God, why.” But one glorious day we’ll fly with him in the heavens above. But until that day we send him all of our love. Its been nine long years and the pain is still there. We will always miss and love you and know life isn’t fair.
In Memory of
Cory James Mason 1987-2004
Among recent cases from the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office:
▼ BURGLARIES, THEFTS •A woman stated on July 29, that when she went to wake up her two grandsons, they were not home and her car was missing from the driveway. •After arriving home from work on July 29, Devena Johnson noticed her dog, who stays inside, was outside her residence. There was blood on the wall in her living room and the window screen was pulled out. •While on an outing with her husband July 30, Charlotte Dykes received a phone call from a neighbor stating that her home had been broken into. Three firearms were taken. •Lacy Crouch stated on July 30, that while her truck was parked in the garage of her residence, someone came through the back door of the garage, got into her truck and stole her purse. •When Glendell Foster went into his work shed on Aug. 2, he noticed several tools missing.
POLICE REPORT Among recent cases from the Mt. Vernon Police Department:
▼ BURGLARIES, THEFTS •Jerry Martin stated on Aug. 3, that his spare tire was stolen from his semi-trailer truck while parked at Big Baldy’s restaurant.
▼ TRAFFIC •Lacey L. O’Neal, Springfield, stated on Aug. 7, that she was driving her 2006 Ford Taurus westbound on the Business Loop in Mt. Vernon. As she was approaching the intersection of the Business Loop and South Landrum, a 2010 Chevy Malibu driven by Pamela E. Willeford, Mt. Vernon, pulled out in front of her from the left and began to cross traffic. O’Neal applied her brakes, but due to wet pavement, her car began to skid and struck Willeford.
HIGHWAY PATROL Missouri State Highway Patrol investigated the following injury accidents.
▼ ACCIDENT •An Oklahoma woman received minor injuries at 3:42 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 12, when the vehicle in which she was a passenger traveled off the right side of the road and went over an embankment on Interstate 44 six miles east of Mt. Vernon. Stefanie Wilson was transported to Cox South, Springfield, for treatment. Driver of the eastbound vehicle, Brent R. Wilson, was not reported injured.
CIRCUIT COURT Among recent cases in Circuit Division of Lawrence County Circuit Court:
▼ CRIMINAL CASES The following defendants pleaded guilty or were found guilty of the charges listed. •Johnna C. Bekemeier, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, suspended seven-year prison sentence on each count. •Ryan J. Gartland, stealing, suspended two-year prison sentence, probation for five years, and pay $3,349 restitution. The following defendants are to be released on probation after serving 120 days in prison. •Eddie H. Hankins, assault; burglary and two charges of stealing; and seven counts of tampering with a motor vehicle, to be released Sept. 11 on probation for five years. •Ernesto Lopez-Lopez, no valid operator’s license, to be released Sept. 11 on probation for four years.
—Kathy L. Sartin-Diller, 2006 individual income tax, $3,008.89. —Joe Septer, 2007 individual income tax, $5,871.68. —Tiger Tots Daycare Center, sales/ use tax, $1,706.39. —Gerald W. George, sales/use tax, $362.84. •Zackery A. Dyer vs. Director of Revenue, declaratory judgment, petitioner declared owner of certain vehicle. •Donna Thompson vs. Family Support Division, appeal, decision of respondent to deny services is affirmed. The following cases have been filed recently. •Maria and Enrique Lopez-Peralta vs. William D. Martin, personal injury. •LVNV Funding LLC vs. Nola McCullough, suit on account. •Professional Transportation Center, LLC., dba PTC Leasing vs. Renewable Environmental Solutions, LLC, dba RES and Ridgeline Energy Services (USA) Inc., suit on account. •Joseph Sanches and Susan Sanches vs. Jerry L. Jay Sr. and Joan M. Jay and Beneficial Mortgage Company of Missouri, Inc., quiet title.
counts of possession of a controlled substance. •Kody L. Choates, burglary and stealing. •Shaye S. Woods, burglary and stealing a motor vehicle. •Paul Eugene Cook, domestic assault and trespassing. •Neil Roger Johnson II, driving while license was revoked. The following defendants pleaded not guilty. Charges and continuation dates are listed. •Michael Alan Kirk Jr., trespassing, Sept. 16. •Jose Francisco Rodriguez, domestic assault, Sept. 16. •William B. Dick, unlawful use of drug paraphernalia, Sept. 16. •Melissa K. Lawson, burglary and stealing, Sept. 5. •Christopher K. Sorrell, trespassing, DWI, careless and imprudent driving and no seat belt, Sept. 5. •Donald Still, assault and property damage, Sept. 5. •Darla J. Thomas, DWI (persistent offender), Sept. 5.
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The following defendants pleaded guilty or were found guilty of the listed traffic violations. •Clarissa Richardson, failure to maintain financial responsibility, $115. •Amy Ann Tunnell, failure to maintain financial responsibility, $130. •Jeffrey R. Nash, no valid operator’s license, $150; failure to maintain financial responsibility, suspended imposition of sentence, probation for two years and perform 40 hours community service; driving while license was revoked, and speeding, $150 each count, and perform 40 hours community service; failure to drive on right half roadway and failure to maintain financial responsibility, suspended imposition of sentence, probation for two years. The following defendants pleaded not guilty. Charges and continuation dates are listed. •Patrick M. McCann, failure to
•Kristy L. Emerson from Steven Emerson Jr. Petitioner’s maiden name, Rood, is restored. •Kevin D. Padgett from Misty L. Padgett. •Dillon J. Albers from Erica D. Horton. •Justin Paul Hunt from Melissa Jo Hunt. •Thelma V. Russell from Jack H. Russell. •Julie Denney from Christopher Denney. •Joshua A. Remington from Alexis K. Remington. •Charles Allen Richardson from Bonnie Jean Richardson. •Harry J. Cleveland from Joni M. Cleveland. •Shelby Ryan Cox from Sarah Pasco.
ASSOCIATE COURT Among recent cases in Associate Division of Lawrence County Circuit Court:
▼ CRIMINAL CASES The following defendants pleaded guilty or were found guilty of the charges listed. •Craig L. Brown, passing bad checks. Suspended 30-day jail sentence, probation for one year and pay $194.51 checks and $90 prosecuting attorney’s fees. •Arica Karrin Newton, making a false report. Defendant entered an Alford plea which is not an admission of guilt but indicates defendant believes there is enough evidence for a conviction. Suspended imposition of sentence, probation for six months, pay $177.15 restitution to the city of Aurora. •Randy L. Runion, nonsupport, suspended imposition of sentence, probation for two years and pay support and arrears.. The following defendants waived preliminary hearings. Cases were bound over to circuit court. •Miles B. Duffy, possession of controlled substance. •Jeffrey Clifford McAllister, two
▼ TRAFFIC CASES
▼ CIVIL CASES Judgments were entered in favor of plaintiffs recently on the following civil cases. In addition to the principal amounts listed, most cases include interest and costs and, in some cases, attorney’s fees. •Jerry K. Burton vs. Department of Revenue, driver’s license revocation, respondent to reinstate driving privileges after petitioner completes SATOP. •Ken Madison, dba K-Madd vs. Kristi Wittington, rent and possession, $325 rent and possession of premises. •Mid America Management Inc. vs. Ryan and Autumn Jones, rent and possession, $1,001 unpaid rent and $60 late fees. •Triple S Properties Inc. vs. Dana Dubois and Paul Blaha, rent and possession, possession of premises. •Christopher and Sheila Phelan vs. Eddie Duncan, unlawful detainer, possession of premises. BREACH OF CONTRACT •Velocity Investment LLC vs. Jared M. Lewis, $2,708.49. The following case was transferred to another county on change of venue. •Edith McDougall vs. Erin L. Card, property damage, to Barry County.
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maintain financial responsibility, Sept. 5. •Casey Lee Morris, no valid operator’s license, Sept. 5. •Darla Jean Thomas, failure to signal when stopping or turning left or right, Sept. 5.
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Aurora woman killed in one-vehicle crash JAMES ‘CATFISH’ FENSKE
Pierce City - James “Catfish” Fenske, 63, formerly of Pierce City, died Friday, Aug. 9, 2013, at Phelps County Medical Center in Rolla. He was born Jan. 9, 1950, in Monett to Paul Sr. and Barbara (Baker) Fenske. After graduating from Pierce City High School, he went into the armed forces, serving in Germany. Survivors include three sisters, Barbara Havelka, Verona, Diana Gray, Rogers, Ark., and Margie Lambeth, Wentworth; and one brother, Paul Fenske Jr., Monett. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14, at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Pierce City, with Father Peter J. Morciniec officiating, under the direction of Lakin Funeral Home, Pierce City.
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DELLA GAROUTTE MICHEL
Freistatt - Della Garoutte Michel, 96, Freistatt, died Monday, Aug. 12, 2013, at Mercy Hospital, Springfield. She was born Feb. 3, 1917, in Freistatt, to Jacob and Emma Deschner. She was a nurse’s aide at St. Vincent Hospital (Cox Hospital, Monett) and a homemaker. She married James Ellis Garoutte in 1934 in Freistatt. He died in 1953. She married Albert Michel in May 1967 in Freistatt. He died in 1988. She was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church, Freistatt, and the Ladies Aide. She was also preceded in death by three sisters, Lorna Wendler, Bertha Rusch and Esther Osterloh; two brothers, Willard Deschner and Erwin Deschner; one grandchild; and one step-grandchild. Survivors include her children, Phyllis Garoutte Bracket, Taos, N.M., James Garouttem Carl Junction, and JoAnn Garoutte Chandler, Colorado Springs, Colo.; stepchildren, Loretta Michel Pennington, Mt. Vernon, Albert Michel Jr., Nixa, Barbara Michel Vincent, Joplin, Bill Michel, Aurora, and Brenda Michel Beckers, Springfield; seven grandchildren; 10 step-grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; 16 step-great-grandchildren; two great-greatgrandchildren; and one step-great-great-grandchild. Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Freistatt. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church, with the Rev. Ryan Buchmueller officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery, under the direction of Buchanan Funeral Home, Monett.
CAITLIN ANN MIEDEMA
Aurora - Caitlin Ann Miedema, 21, Aurora, died Thursday morning, Aug. 8, 2013, in an automobile accident near Aurora. She was born May 11, 1992, in Pella, Iowa, to Jeffrey and Sherry (Lanser) Miedema of Jenkins. Survivors include her parents; one sister, Amanda Miedema, of the home; maternal grandparents Jim and Phyllis (Van Engelenhoven) Lanser and her paternal grandmother Francene (Delmar) Miedema, all of Pella. She was a student at Ozark Technical College. Services were Aug. 13 in Third Reformed Church, Pella, under the direction of VanDyke-Duven Funeral Home in Pella. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery at Pella. Local arrangements were handled by Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville. Memorial contributions may be made to Christian Opportunity Center, Pella.
CAROL ANN RYAN
Aurora - Carol Ann Ryan, 78, Aurora, formerly of Monett, died Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, at the Ash Grove Nursing Center in Ash Grove. She was born Oct. 17, 1934, in Hastin to E.W. and Alla Remilla (Place) Balke. She married R. Gene Ryan in May 1970. He survives. She was retired from the National Park Service, sold real estate and was a homemaker. Additional survivors include three sons, Kirk A. Bossert, Everton, Kent L. Bossert, San Diego, Calif., and Keith D. Bossert, Neosho; and one sister, Genevive Barney, Brookfield. Service arrangements will be announced at a later date, under the direction of Bennett-Wormington Funeral Home, Monett.
GARY RICHARD STANLEY
Aurora - Gary Richard Stanley, 68, Aurora, died at 7:47 p.m. Monday, Aug. 5, 2013, at his home. He was born April 28, 1945, in Kansas City, Kan., to Glen Richard and Mary Frances (DePung) Stanley. He graduated from high school in 1963 and was a Vietnam veteran, serving in the United States Navy. He was an electrician, a member of the American Legion, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and of the Lutheran faith. Survivors include one daughter, Marianne Stanley, Springfield; and one son, Gary J. Stanley, Aurora; one sister and two brothers. Arrangements are under the direction of Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home, Aurora. No services are planned. Memorial donations may be made to the Disabled Veterans, in care of the funeral home.
PATRICIA SUE TAYLOR
Verona - Patricia Sue Taylor, 71, Verona, died at 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013, at her home. She was born April 9, 1942, in Kansas City to Frank and Joyce (Shelton) Rice. She received her associate of arts degree from West Hills College in Coalinga, Calif. While living in California, she worked as a salesperson for Miracle Ear, sold nuts and bolts and later worked for Z Medical in sales and repair. She moved to Florida where she worked as a security guard for Wackenhut Security Company before moving to Verona in 2006. She was a member of the Aurora Bible Church, she helped with Habitat for Humanity and volunteered at the church food pantry. Survivors include two daughters, Elaine Taylor, Santa Fe, N.M., and Heidi Ashby, Santa Maria, Calif.; one brother, Butch Rice, Aurora; and one sister, Linda Varjabedian, Sacramento, Calif. Memorial services were Aug. 10 at the Aurora Bible Church, under the direction of Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home, Aurora. Memorial donations may be made to Haven of the Ozarks Animal Sanctuary, in care of the funeral home.
DIANNA LEE MILLER
Shell Knob - Dianna Lee Miller, 48, Shell Knob, died Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013, in Mercy Hospital, Cassville. She was born Feb. 16, 1965, in Illinois to Marshall “Sonny” and Charlotte Hoots. She married Lonnie Miller July 7, 1991. He survives. Additional survivors include one daughter, Bethany Brazeal, Branson; two sons, Marshall Miller, Halltown, and Jordan Gray, Harrison, Ark.; her father, Marshall Hoots, Kimberling City; and three grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her mother, Charlotte Hoots. She was a graduate of Reeds Spring High School. She was a homemaker and a member of the Assembly of God Church in Shell Knob. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, in Fohn Funeral Home, Shell Knob, with Pastor Lonnie Stockton officiating.
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Dovie Ruth Chastain April 1, 1921 — August 20, 2011
It’s so hard to believe you’ve been gone almost two years already! We love and miss you each and every day. We miss your beautiful smile; hearing you laugh and playing cards and dominoes with you. You always loved and enjoyed playing cards and dominoes with anyone and everyone. You also loved being a member of “The Sonshine Girls” going to the nursing homes singing and reading poems to the residents and visiting with them. And we’re sure they enjoyed you as much as you enjoyed them. You are sadly missed by: Wilma and Jimmie Fields; Berniece Linder; Pat Chastain and family; Lucille Bowers and family; Bobby Anderson, Jr. and Sandy; Sammy Anderson; Peggy Alvalos and family and Vickie Alexander and family.
of the road, struck a culvert and overturned. She was pronounced dead at the scene by Barry County Coroner Jim Fohn. An obituary can be found elsewhere in this issue.
Caitlin A. Miedema, 21, Aurora, was killed in a onevehicle crash on Highway 39 five miles south of Aurora. Miedema was southbound on Highway 39 at 3:55 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, when her vehicle ran off the right side
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CRUNCHED FENDER — Randy Orr of Mt. Vernon escaped injury in a two-vehicle crash at 7:45 p.m. Sunday, July 27. Orr said he saw a car approaching him on Highway 96 just east of Turnback Creek bridge in his lane. Orr moved over in his lane, but the other vehicle hit his vehicle. Orr said the other driver said he remembered crossing the bridge, but nothing after that. The other driver thought he may have fallen asleep. He was not injured either.
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Joplin family indicted in fed court for meth conspiracy Six members of a Joplin family are among 21 defendants indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine in Jasper County, a news release from the United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri announced last week. Gerardo Hernandez Cazares Sr., 51, his wife, Leticia Cazares, 51, a citizen of Mexico who is a permanent legal resident of the United States and his four sons, Jose DeLeon Cazares, 28, Gerardo Cazares Jr., 29, Eric Eziquel Cazares, 30, and Abraham Cazares, 24, all of Joplin; Casey Murray, 19, Gilbert Roland, 49, David Roland, 32, Charles Jackson Lee III, 29, James Pickel, 55, Michale Fordyce, 52, Michael Ray Hendrix, 33, Jimmy Don Thompson, 22, Nathan Kent Hernandez, 33, Jorge Ercules, 27, a citizen of Honduras, Henry Gonzalez, 31, and Hugo Rodriguez, 41, both citizens of Mexico, all of Joplin; Daniel Nevarez, 27, (Gerardo Cazares’s son-in-law), of Carl Junction; Gabrielle Sharp, 20, of Springfield; and Jose Puente, 41, of Commerce, Okla., were charged in a 34-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Springfield on July 24, 2013. The indictment replaced a federal criminal complaint that was filed June 13, 2013. According to an affidavit filed in support of the original criminal complaint, law enforcement authorities noticed a significant increase in the availability of methamphetamine in the Joplin area beginning in June 2012. A confidential source stated there was a drug-trafficking organization in Joplin that was importing very pure methamphetamine from Mexico into the United States, then transporting it by automobile to Joplin.
The federal indictment alleges that all 21 defendants participated in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine from July 16, 2012, to June 14, 2013. In addition to the conspiracy, Gerardo Cazares Sr.,Gerardo Cazares Jr., Jose Cazares, Hendrix, Pickel, Ercules and Gonzalez are variously charged in 22 counts related to distributing methamphetamine. Gerardo Cazares Sr., Gerardo Cazares Jr., Jose Cazares, Eric Cazares, Leticia Cazares, Hendrix, Pickel, Sharp, Thompson, Hernandez, Rodriguez and Lee are variously charged in 11 counts related to using a telephone to facilitate the drug-trafficking conspiracy, the news release said. The federal indictment also contains two forfeiture allegations, which would require Pickel to forfeit to the government $1,600 that was seized by law enforcement officers, and would require Roland to forfeit to the government $4,162 that was seized by law enforcement officers, the news release said. Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for Western District of Missouri cautioned that the charges contained in this indictment are simply accusations, and not evidence of guilt. The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the FBI, IRSCriminal Investigation, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the Jasper County Drug Task Force the Joplin Police Department and the Miami, Okla., Police Department.
Sheriff’s Office joins DWI national crackdown From mid-August through Labor Day, local police will be out in force as part of the annual nationwide “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” crackdown on drunk driving. The crackdown, which will include high-visibility enforcement throughout Lawrence County will run from Aug. 16 through Sept. 2. The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office said its deputies will be aggressively looking for drunk drivers during the crackdown and will arrest anyone caught driving drunk. “Every year, about one third of all motor traffic deaths involve one or more impaired drivers or motorcycle operators,” said Sheriff Brad DeLay. “In 2012, 230 people died in Missouri crashes involving impaired drivers. That works out to approximately one impaired driving fatality every 1-1/2 days.”. During the Labor Day weekend 2012, a total of three people were killed in motor vehicles traffic crashes involving impaired drivers or motorcycle riders. Of those fatalities, one occurred at noon and the other two occurred at 10 p.m. “Research has shown that high-visibility enforcement like the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign reduces drunk driving fatalities by as much as 20 percent. By joining the nationwide effort, we will make Lawrence County roadways safer for everyone through out the Labor Day period,” said Sheriff DeLay. “We want to remind everyone that getting behind the wheel drunk is a terrible idea. Unfortunately, not only does drinking impair your ability to operate a vehicle safely, it also impairs your judgment
and good sense about whether you can, or should drive. If you have any doubts about your sobriety, do not get behind the wheel. If you choose to drive impaired, you will be arrested. No warnings. no excuses,” Sheriff DeLay said. Sheriff DeLay noted that being arrested for driving drunk brings a wide range of negative consequences into one’s life. Drunk drivers face jail time, loss of their driver’s licenses and steep financial consequences, such as higher insurance rates, attorney’s fees, court costs, lost time from work and the potential loss of job. When family, friends and co-workers find out, violators also often face tremendous personal embarrassment. “Driving drunk is simply not worth the risk. So don’t take the chance. Remember, we will be out in force and we will be watching, so “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over,” said Sheriff DeLay.
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Evening Walk When I go up through the mowing field, The headless aftermath, Smooth-laid like thatch with the heavy dew, Half closes the garden path. And when I come to the garden ground, The whir of sober birds Up from the tangle of withered weeds Is sadder than any words A tree beside the wall stands bare, But a leaf that lingered brown, Disturbed, I doubt not, by my thought, Comes softly rattling down. I end not far from my going forth By picking the faded blue Of the last remaining aster flower To carry again to you.
We heard this year But that’s ok we still love you!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Love, Your Family
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MOORE CELEBRATES 103 YEARS - On Aug. 8, VFW post 4541 of Mt. Vernon along with family and friends gathered at Bamboo Gardens to celebrate the birthday of Herbert Moore, above, who turned 103 years old.
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MILITARY Air Force Airman Dustin K. Cleek, son of Ron and Tricia Cleek of Nixa, and grandson of Elgin and Barbara Last of Mt. Vernon, graduated from b a s i c military training at Lackland Air F o r c e Base in San Antonio, Texas. Cleek was in Airman Cleek the Warrior Flight which achieved B.E.A.S.T. excellence and was in the top PT flight of his graduating class. Cleek is married to Amanda Cleek who is in the Air Force Reserves. He is a 2010 graduate of Nixa High School, attended Ozarks Technical Community College and completed the discipleship tract at James River Leadership College. He has volunteered as an intern youth leader at Nixa First Assembly of God Church for the past several years.
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Staff Sergeant Michael Byers, son of Verl and Fay Byers of Miller, was recently awarded the Soldier’s Medal during a ceremony at Camp Crowder in Neosho. The medal is the highest honor a soldier can receive for noncombat heroism. To receive the medal, a Staff Sergeant Byers recipient must be nominated for a situation involving personal hazard or danger and the voluntary risk of life under conditions not involving conflict with an armed enemy. Byers and his cousin Brian Hamlet were helping out emergency responders after the Joplin tornado, when Byers pulled Mark Lindquist from the debris of a group home for the developmentally disabled where Lindquist worked, saving the man’s life. Byers has served combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and attended Miller schools.
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Wiseharts to celebrate 70 years Lavon and Louise (Finke) Wisehart, Clever, will celebrate 70 years of marriage on Wednesday, Aug. 14. They were married on Aug. 14, 1943, in Miller. They have two children, David Wisehart and wife Terry, and Debbie Amtower and husband Phil, six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Friends and family are invited to a celebration that will be from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, at the Clever Fire Station. The omission of gifts is requested.
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Lawrence County marriage licenses: ■.Joshua Scott Downs, 18, Mt. Vernon, to Courtney Ann Obert, 17, Mt. Vernon, July 26.
■.Matthew Harley Wilken, 32, Verona, to Sarah Jo Francisco, 32,
PFC-Alan Powell
■.Jerry Wayne Homrighous, 39, Aurora, to Pamela Sue Parnosky, 28,
We love and miss you! - Your wife, son & Hinshaw family
Verona, July 28. Aurora, July 28.
■.Joey David Parks, 25, Mt. Vernon, to Ashley Nicole Eggleston, 25, Mt. Vernon, July 27.
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■.Nathaniel Neal Duey, 31, Rogersville, to Andrea Jane Smith, 34, Mt. Vernon, Aug. 1.
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Ladies Aide salad supper held at Trinity Lutheran The annual LWML ladies aide salad supper was at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 1, in the fellowship hall of Trinity Lutheran School. There were 16 members, 18 guests and guest speaker, pastor Richard Cody present. The meeting started with a Biblical icebreaker quiz. Darlene Lampe received a prize for the most correct answers. Edith Harmon gave the table blessing. The mission committee planned the program and invited the guest speaker. Pastor Cody presented a slide show of his trip to Cam-
bodia and Hong Kong. He and four other pastors had taken bibles to distribute there and also showed slides of their churches and homes and told of their living conditions. Members attending were Dorothy Osterloh, Judy Lehde, Marjorie Harris, Nadine Obermann, Connie Prater, Shirley Stanford, Jeanne Holle-Stoltz, Erna Doss, Esther Keliboeker, Elda Nelson, Lena Bremer, Edith Harmon, Everlyn Bracht, Ethel Helmkamp, Ruth Nelson and Mable Moennig.
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Mt. Vernon Area Community Foundation Convoy of Hope • St. Susanne Corporation Monett SNAPS Committee-Jack Henry & Associates Covenant Baptist Church • First Christian Church Mt. Vernon Ministerial Association • Edward Jones-Nathan Roetto United Methodist Women • Emergency Services for Children The Hope Center • Price Cutter
The event was a huge success — 300 backpacks complete with school supplies given to the students requiring financial assistance.
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PUBLIC NOTICES
More Legals on page 10 In Re: JOSHUA ROGERS, A SINGLE PERSON TRUSTEE'S SALE - Under the terms of the Deed of Trust executed by JOSHUA ROGERS, A SINGLE PERSON dated 07/06/2007, and recorded on 07/11/2007 Book 253 Page 670 in the office of the Recorder of Deeds for Lawrence County, MISSOURI, the undersigned Successor Trustee, will on 08/29/2013 at 1:00 PM at the East Front Door of the Lawrence County Courthouse, 1 Courthouse Square, Mount Vernon, MO 65712, sell at public venue to the highest bidder for cash, the realty described in said deed of trust, to wit: ALL OF LOT EIGHTEEN (18), MARY LOU ADDITION TO THE CITY OF AURORA, LAWRENCE COUNTY, MISSOURI, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE CORPORATION SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE www.substitutetrusteecorp.com Published in the Lawrence County Record File #: ROGJOGTS First publication date 08/07/2013 _________________ #11313-8-28-4tc NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE For default in the payment of debt secured by a deed of trust executed by Phillip T. Gantt, dated November 17, 2008, and recorded on November 26, 2008, Document No. 7180, in Book No. 256, at Page 430 and re-recorded on June 15, 2009, Document No. 10816, in Book No. 257, at Page 279 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, Lawrence County, Missouri, the undersigned Successor Trustee will on September 6, 2013, at 11:00 AM, at the East Door of the Lawrence County Courthouse, Mt. Vernon, Missouri, sell at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash: Tract No. 1: Lots 1,2,3 and 4, Block 6, MCCULLAH'S SECOND ADDITION to the City of Marionville, Lawrence County, Missouri, as per the recorded plat thereof. Tract No. 2: Lots 5 and 6, Block 6, MCCULLAH'S SECOND ADDITION to the City of Marionville, Lawrence County, Missouri, as per the recorded plat thereof, commonly known as 207 North College Avenue, Marionville, MO, 65705 subject to all prior easements, restrictions, reservations, covenants and encumbrances now of record, if any, to satisfy the debt and costs. County Criers, LLC, Successor Trustee First Publication: August 14, 2013. For more information, visit www.southlaw.com NOTICE Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C.§1692c(b), no information concerning the collection of this debt may be given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose (Casefile No. 139255 / Invoice No. 139255-658798). __________________ #11320-9-4-4tc TRUSTEE’S SALE IN RE: Steven R. Ruble Trustee’s Sale: For default in payment of debt and performance of obligation secured by Deed of Trust executed by Steven R. Ruble dated September 18, 2009 and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Lawrence County, Missouri in Book 257, Page 747 the undersigned Successor Trustee, at the request of the legal holder of said Note will on Friday, August 30, 2013 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., (at the specific time of 3:40 PM), at the East Front Door of the Court House, City of Mount Vernon, County of Lawrence, State of Missouri, sell at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash the following described real estate, described in said Deed of Trust, and situated in Lawrence County, State of Missouri, to wit: PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 26, RANGE 25, LAWRENCE COUNTY, MISSOURI, DESCRIBED AS BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER THEREOF, THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 29' 15" W 257 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID QUARTER-QUARTER, THENCE S 0 DEGREES 04' 58" E 190 FEET, THENCE S 89 DEGREES 29' 15" E 257 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID QUARTER-QUARTER, THENCE N 0 DEGREES 04' 58" W ALONG SAID EAST LINE TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. to satisfy said debt and cost. MILLSAP & SINGER, P.C., Successor Trustee 612 Spirit Drive St. Louis, MO 63005 (636) 537-0110 File No: 152888.083013.311793 FC NOTICE Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no information concerning the collection of this debt may be given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. PUBLISH ON: August 7, 2013 08/14/2013, 08/21/2013, 08/28/2013 _________________ #11308-8-28-4tc
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, MISSOURI JOSEPH SANCHES and SUSAN SANCHES, husband and wife, Plaintiffs vs. JERRY L. JAY, SR and JOAN M. JAY, husband and wife, and BENEFICIAL MORTGAGE COMPANY OF MISSOURI, INC., Defendants. Case No. 13LW-CC00083 NOTICE UPON ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION THE STATE OF MISSOURI TO JERRY L. JAY, SR. and JOAN M. JAY, husband and wife, and BENEFICIAL MORTGAGE COMPANY OF MISSOURI, INC.: You are hereby notified that an action has been commenced against you in the Circuit Court for the County of Lawrence, State of Missouri, affecting the title to the following described lands and tenements, to wit: "SEC 12 TWN 26 RNG 26, Delta St., E., 16; Lt 12 BLK 2 Clines Addn - Aurora", which said action is returnable on the first day of the next term of said court to be held at the courthouse in the City of Mount Vernon, County of Lawrence, State of Missouri, on the 7th day of August, 2013, when and where you may appear and answer or otherwise defend against such action; otherwise, Plaintiffs' petition will be taken as confessed and judgment rendered accordingly. The names of all parties to said action are stated above in the caption thereof, and the name and address of the attorney for Plaintiffs is Bryan R. Berry, P.O. Box 310, Mount Vernon, Missouri 65712, telephone (417) 466-7937. Witness my hand and the seal of the Circuit Court this 1st day of August, 2013. CIRCUIT CLERK By /s/ Suzanne Short Deputy Circuit Clerk _________________ #11316-8-28-4tc NOTICE OF TRUSTEE SALE For default in the payment of debt and performance of the obligations secured by deed of trust executed by Scott A. Jack and Kyra J. Jack, dated August 22, 2005, recorded on August 24, 2005, in Book 248 at Page 602, Office of the Recorder of Deeds, Lawrence County, Missouri, the undersigned Trustee will on August 29, 2013, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., and particularly at 1:00 p.m., at the East Door of the Lawrence County Courthouse, One Court Square, Mt. Vernon, Missouri, sell at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash, the property in Lawrence County, Missouri, described as: TRACT NO. 1: THE NORTH HALF (N 1/2) OF THE EAST HALF (E 1/2) OF GOVERNMENTAL LOT 1 AND THE EAST HALF (E 1/2) OF GOVERNMENTAL LOT 2 OF THE NORTHEAST FRACTIONAL QUARTER (NEFR 1/4) OF SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 29 NORTH, RANGE 26 WEST, LAWRENCE COUNTY, MISSOURI. TRACT NO. 2: THE WEST QUARTER (W 1/4) OF THE NORTH HALF (N 1/2) OF THE WEST HALF (W 1/2) OF GOVERNMENTAL LOT 1; AND THE WEST QUARTER (W 1/4) OF THE WEST HALF (W 1/2) OF GOVERNMENTAL LOT 2 OF THE NORTHWEST FRACTIONAL QUARTER (NWFR 1/4) OF SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 29 NORTH, RANGE 26 WEST, LAWRENCE COUNTY, MISSOURI. Together with all rights, fixtures and improvements that are a part of said real estate, toward satisfaction of said debt and costs. MGL Trustee, LLC By: Jeffery J. Love, Member 1901 S. Ventura, Suite A Springfield, Missouri 65804 Telephone: (417) 883-6566 Facsimile: (417) 883-6689 _________________ #11319-8-28-4tc IN THE 39TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT, LAWRENCE COUNTY, MISSOURI Judge or Division: SAMUEL C JONES Case Number: 13LW-PR00106 In the Estate of LOWELL D WARE, Deceased. Notice of Letters Testamentary Granted (Supervised Administration) To All Persons Interested in the Estate of LOWELL D WARE, Decedent: On July 23, 2013, the last will of the decedent having been admitted to probate, the following individual was appointed personal representative of the estate of LOWELL D WARE, decedent by the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Lawrence County, Missouri. The name and address of the personal representative is: Mark Ware, 21296 Farm Road 2100, Aurora, MO 65605 The personal representative's attorney's name, business address and phone number is: Randee S Stemmons, 101 E. Dallas, P.O. Box 389, Mt. Vernon, MO 65712 417-466-3121 All creditors of said decedent are notified to file claims in court within six months from the date of the first publication of this notice or if a copy of this notice was mailed to, or served upon, such creditor by the personal representative, then within two months from the date it was mailed or served, whichever is later, or be forever barred to the fullest extent permissible by law. Such six-month period and such two-month period do not extend the limitation period that would bar claims one year after the decedent's death, as provided in Section 473.444, RSMo, or any other applicable limitation periods. Nothing in Section 473.033, RSMo, shall be construed to bar any action against a decedent's liability insurance carrier through a defendant ad litem pursuant to Section 537.021, RSMo. Date of the decedent's death: 05-JUL2013 Date of first publication: 31-JUL-2013 To Be Published in Lawrence County Record /s/ Steven W. Kahre Clerk By: /s/ Sue Mattlage Deputy Clerk _________________ #11301-8-21-4tc
Aug. 14, 2013 - Page 9 In Re: DALE BUDDY MORRIS AND MARY KATHLEEN MORRIS, HUSBAND AND WIFE TRUSTEE'S SALE - Under the terms of the Deed of Trust executed by DALE BUDDY MORRIS AND MARY KATHLEEN MORRIS, HUSBAND AND WIFE dated 03/26/2004, and recorded on 04/01/2004 Book 244 Page 590 in the office of the Recorder of Deeds for Lawrence County, MISSOURI, the undersigned Successor Trustee, will on 08/22/2013 at 1:00 PM at the East Front Door of the Lawrence County Courthouse, 1 Courthouse Square, Mount Vernon, MO 65712, sell at public venue to the highest bidder for cash, the realty described in said deed of trust, to wit: LOT 11, BLOCK 8, ORIGINAL SURVEY TO THE CITY OF AURORA, LAWRENCE COUNTY, MISSOURI, AS PER THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE CORPORATION SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE www.substitutetrusteecorp.com Published in the Lawrence County Record File #: MORDAN12 First publication date 07/31/2013 _________________ #11300-8-21-4tc In Re: Daniel W Wyatt, and Kenzie E Wyatt, husband and wife TRUSTEE'S SALE - Under the terms of the Deed of Trust executed by Daniel W Wyatt, and Kenzie E Wyatt, husband and wife dated 08/17/2007, and recorded on 08/22/2007 Book 253 Page 945 in the office of the Recorder of Deeds for Lawrence County, MISSOURI, the undersigned Successor Trustee, will on 08/22/2013 at 1:00 PM at the East Front Door of the Lawrence County Courthouse, 1 Courthouse Square, Mount Vernon, MO 65712, sell at public venue to the highest bidder for cash, the realty described in said deed of trust, to wit: ALL OF LOT THREE (3), JOHNSON AND LANDRUM ADDITION TO THE CITY OF MT. VERNON, LAWRENCE COUNTY, MISSOURI, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF.. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE CORPORATION SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE www.substitutetrusteecorp.com Published in the Lawrence County Record File #: WYADANOR First publication date 07/31/2013 _________________ #11299-8-21-4tc IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, MISSOURI PROBATE DIVISION R.S. Mo. Jan. 1981 In the Estate of SHIRLEY ANN JONES, Deceased Estate No. 09LW-PR00153 NOTICE OF FILING OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND PETITION FOR DISTRIBUTION TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF SHIRLEY ANN JONES, Deceased: You are hereby notified that the undersigned Personal Representative will file a Final Settlement and Petition for determination of the persons who are the successors in interest to the personal/real property of the decedent and of the extent and character of their interest therein and for distribution of such property, in the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Lawrence County, Missouri, on August 22, 2013, or as may be continued by the Court, and that any objections or exceptions to such Final Settlement or Petition or any item thereof must be in writing and filed within twenty days after the filing of such Final Settlement. /s/ Joseph D. Woodcock Attorney P.O. Box 258 Aurora, Missouri 65605 417-678-5166 /s/ Joseph D. Woodcock Administrator Ad Litem 1402 S. Elliott, Suite C P.O. Box 258 Aurora, MO 65605 Dates of Publication: July 24 and 31 and August 7 and 14, 2013 _________________ #11293-8-14-4tc TRUSTEE’S SALE IN RE: Wilma N Hartkopf and Stacey D Hartkopf, both single persons Trustee’s Sale: For default in payment of debt and performance of obligation secured by Deed of Trust executed by Wilma N Hartkopf and Stacey D Hartkopf, both single persons dated May 5, 2006 and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Lawrence County, Missouri in Book 250, Page 558 the undersigned Successor Trustee, at the request of the legal holder of said Note will on Thursday, August 22, 2013 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., (at the specific time of 3:30 PM), at the East Front Door of the Court House, City of Mount Vernon, County of Lawrence, State of Missouri, sell at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash the following described real estate, described in said Deed of Trust, and situated in Lawrence County, State of Missouri, to wit: LOT 20, BUNSELMEYER SUBDIVISION TO THE CITY OF AURORA, LAWRENCE COUNTY, MISSOURI, AS PER THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. to satisfy said debt and cost. MILLSAP & SINGER, P.C., Successor Trustee 612 Spirit Drive St. Louis, MO 63005 (636) 537-0110 File No: 149604.082213.310691 FC NOTICE Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no information concerning the collection of this debt may be given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. PUBLISH ON: July 31, 2013 08/07/2013, 08/14/2013, 08/21/2013 _________________ #11291-8-21-4tc
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, MISSOURI PROBATE DIVISON In the Estate of BILLY GENE SCOTT, Deceased Estate No. 13LW-PR00102 NOTICE OF HEARING TO DETERMINE HEIRSHIP (Sec. 473.663 RSMo.) TO: STEPHEN K. SCOTT, LAURA L. BEATIE, JAY GREGORY SCOTT AND JENNIFER CLENDENEN and all other persons, known or unknown, interested in claiming an interest in the property herein below described, as an heir, or through an heir, of the above-name decedent. You are hereby notified that you are entitled to appear and be heard at a hearing to be held September 9, 2013, at 1:00 o'clock p.m., in the Courtroom of the Circuit Court of Lawrence County, Probate Division, at Mount Vernon, Missouri, on the petition to determine the heirs of BILLY GENE SCOTT, who died June 21, 2012, and their respective interests as heirs in the following described property: Monsanto Employees Group Life Metropolitan Life Insurance Co Group Policy No. 11100-G Claim No. W015242-27JUL12 AND Government Life Insurance Policy No. V968 Claim No. V13081968 DATED: 7-22-2013 /s/ Steven W Kahre Clerk /s/ By: Sue Mattlage Deputy Clerk James F. McLeod Attorney for Petitioner 910 East St. Louis, Suite 100 Springfield, MO 65806 417-886-2000 _________________ #11295-8-21-4tc TRUSTEE’S SALE IN RE: Mauricio Fernandez and Martha Fernandez, Husband and Wife Trustee’s Sale: For default in payment of debt and performance of obligation secured by Deed of Trust executed by Mauricio Fernandez and Martha Fernandez, Husband and Wife dated March 17, 2009 and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Lawrence County, Missouri in Book 256, Page 870 the undersigned Successor Trustee, at the request of the legal holder of said Note will on Thursday, August 29, 2013 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., (at the specific time of 3:30 PM), at the East Front Door of the Court House, City of Mount Vernon, County of Lawrence, State of Missouri, sell at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash the following described real estate, described in said Deed of Trust, and situated in Lawrence County, State of Missouri, to wit: ALL OF LOT SEVEN (7) OF OLD ORCHARD ADDITION TO THE CITY OF MONETT, LAWRENCE COUNTY, MISSOURI. to satisfy said debt and cost. MILLSAP & SINGER, P.C., Successor Trustee 612 Spirit Drive St. Louis, MO 63005 (636) 537-0110 File No: 153403.082913.310547 FC NOTICE Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no information concerning the collection of this debt may be given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. PUBLISH ON: August 7, 2013 08/14/2013, 08/21/2013, 08/28/2013 _________________ #11311-8-28-4tc
Deadline for Legals is Noon Monday NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Default having been made in the payment of that certain note secured by Deed of Trust executed by Rex H. Keltner, A Married Man and Verdia G. Keltner, His Wife, dated June 11, 2007 and recorded on June 13, 2007 in Book 253, Page 462, as Document No. 4371, Office of Recorder of Deeds, Lawrence County, Missouri. The Successor Trustee will on August 29, 2013, between the hours of 9:00 o'clock A.M. and 5:00 P.M. more particularly at 11:00AM, at the Lawrence County Courthouse, One Courthouse Square, East Front door, Mt. Vernon, MO, sell at public venue to the highest bidder for cash, the following real estate: All of lot 6, block 15, Original Survey to Pierce City, Lawrence County, Missouri and part of lot 7, block 15, Original Survey to Pierce City, Lawrence County, Missouri, described as follows: Beginning at the Northwest corner thereof, thence East 42 feet, thence South 16 feet, thence West 42 feet, thence North 16 feet to the point of beginning. 205 North Myrtle St., Pierce City, MO 65723 For the purpose of satisfying said indebtedness and the costs of executing this trust. S&W Foreclosure Corporation Successor Trustee Pub Commences August 7, 2013 S&W File No. 13-021881 By: Shapiro & Weisman, L.C. www.shapiroattorneys.com/mo Purported address: 205 North Myrtle St., Pierce City, MO 65723 _________________ #11312-8-28-4tc
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PUBLIC NOTICE During the school year certain directory information may be given out about students at Mt. Vernon R-5 Schools. If parents object to any of the following information being given out about their child/children, they should notify in writing Mr. Scott Cook, High School Principal, Mr. Bob Senninger, Middle School Principal, or Mrs. Dulcie Price, Intermediate School Principal or Ms. Sherry Rouner, Elementary School Principal. After written notification is received, the specified information will not be released. Directory information includes: 1. The student's name, address, telephone number, date of birth; 2. The student's major field of study; 3. The student's participation in officially-recognized activities and sports; 4. The dates the student attended school; 5. Degrees and awards student has received; 6. Weights and heights in regard to athletics. _________________ #11323-8-14-1tc
Deadline for Legals is Noon Monday In Re: Irene L. Hensen, As Individual and trustee of the Paul G. Henson family Trust date October 2, 1992 TRUSTEE'S SALE - Under the terms of the Deed of Trust executed by Irene L. Hensen, As Individual and trustee of the Paul G. Henson family Trust date October 2, 1992 dated 07/13/2005, and recorded on 07/22/2005 Book 248 Page 295 in the office of the Recorder of Deeds for Lawrence County, MISSOURI, the undersigned Successor Trustee, will on 08/29/2013 at 1:00 PM at the East Front Door of the Lawrence County Courthouse, 1 Courthouse Square, Mount Vernon, MO 65712, sell at public venue to the highest bidder for cash, the realty described in said deed of trust, to wit: Part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 10, Township 26 North, Range 28 West, Lawrence County, Missouri, described as beginning at the Southeast corner thereof; thence North along the East line of said Quarter-Quarter, 404.88 feet; thence West 258.30 feet parallel to the South line of said QuarterQuarter; thence South 100 feet; thence West 85.60 feet; thence South 304.88 feet to the South line of said Quarter-Quarter; thence East 343.90 feet along said South line to the point of beginning and containing 3.0 acres, subject to county road right-of-way and any easements or restrictions of record.. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE CORPORATION SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE www.substitutetrusteecorp.com Published in the Lawrence County Record File #: HENIRNOR First publication date 08/07/2013 _________________ #11310-8-28-4tc
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, MISSOURI PROBATE DIVISION R.S. Mo. Jan. 1981 In the Estate of J.R. Carroll, Deceased Estate No. 10LW-PR00121 NOTICE OF FILING OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND PETITION FOR DISTRIBUTION TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF J.R. CARROLL, Deceased: You are hereby notified that the undersigned Personal Representative will file a Final Settlement and Petition for determination of the persons who are the successors in interest to the personal/real property of the decedent and of the extent and character of their interest therein and for distribution of such property, in the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Lawrence County, Missouri, on September 12, 2013, or as may be continued by the Court, and that any objections or exceptions to such Final Settlement or Petition or any item thereof must be in writing and filed within twenty days after the filing of such Final Settlement. /s/ Joseph D. Woodcock Attorney P.O. Box 258 Aurora, Missouri 65605 417-678-5166 /s/ Jean E. Mitchell Personal Representative 7003 S. 174th St. Omaha, Nebraska 68138 Dates of Publication: August 14, 21 and 28 and September 4, 2013 __________________ #11325-9-4-4tc IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, MISSOURI PROBATE DIVISION 3 R.S. Mo. Jan. 1981 In the Estate of Ray D. Frieze, Deceased. Estate No. 10LW-PR00067 NOTICE OF FILING OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND PETITION FOR DISTRIBUTION TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF Ray D. Frieze, Deceased: You are hereby notified that the undersigned Personal Representative will file a Final Settlement and Petition for determination of the persons who are the successors in interest to the personal / real property of the decedent and of the extent and character of their interest therein and for distribution of such property, in the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Lawrence County, Missouri, on September 12, 2013, or as may be continued by the Court, and that any objections or exceptions to such Final Settlement or Petition or any item thereof must be in writing and filed within twenty days after the filing of such Final Settlement. /s/ Susan Appelquist Attorney 111 E. Dallas, Mt. Vernon, MO 65712 417-466-3343 /s/ Antonio Frieze Personal Representative /s/ Sandra Culver Personal Representative 14217 Lawrence 2220 Verona, MO 65769 272 South St. Verona, MO 65769 Dates of Publication: August 14, 21, 28 & September 4, 2013 __________________ #11324-9-4-4tc
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING A public hearing will be held at 8:00 p.m., August 23, 2013 at Freistatt Fire Station at which citizens may be heard on the property tax rate proposed to be set by the Mt. Pleasant Benefit Special Road District. ASSESSED VALUATION (by Categories) Real Estate: Personal Property Total
CURRENT TAX YEAR PRIOR TAX YEAR 2013 2012 $3,070,553 $3,012,740 $1,199,195 $1,177,219 $4,269,748 $4,189,959
The 2013 actual levy.............................................. $0.2000 The 2013 proposed levy......................................... $0.2000 Increase in revenue due to new construction is $114.00 which is an increase of 1.34%. ����������������������������������������������������� #11327-8-14-1tc NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING A public hearing will be held at 10:00 a.m., August 19, 2013, at Dale Spencer Shop, at which citizens may be heard on the property tax rate proposed to be set by Midway Benefit Road District. ASSESSED VALUATION (by Categories) Real Estate: Personal Property Total
CURRENT TAX YEAR PRIOR TAX YEAR 2013 2012 $1,787,628 $1,683,796 $554,847 $525,221 $2,342,475 $2,209,017
The 2012 actual levy.................................................... 0.24 The 2013 proposed levy............................................... 0.24 Increase in revenue due to new construction is $40,506 which is an increase of 4.21% ����������������������������������������������������� #11329-8-14-1tc NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING A public hearing will be held at 2:00 p.m., August 27, 2013 at the Mt. Vernon Senior Center in Mt. Vernon, Missouri 65712, at which citizens may be heard on the property tax rates proposed to be set by LAWRENCE COUNTY BOARD FOR THE SENIOR CITIZENS FUND TAX. The tax rates shall be set pursuant to Chapter 137.115, RSMo., and Article X, Section 22 of the Missouri Constitution. ASSESSED VALUATION (by Categories) Real Estate Personal Property TOTAL
CURRENT TAX YEAR PRIOR TAX YEAR 2013 2012 $ 322,009,690 $ 315,439,035 $ 97,774,743 $ 103,813,974 $ 419,784,433 $ 418,253,009
The 2012 Actual Levy............................................... 0.0491 The 2013 Proposed Levy.......................................... 0.0493 Increase in new revenue due to new construction is $1,744 which is an increase of 0.01% Lawrence County Board for the Senior Citizens Fund Tax BY: Paul Brockman, Chairperson ����������������������������������������������������� #11315-8-14-2tc LAWRENCE COUNTY NURSING HOME DISTRICT 915 CARL ALLEN STREET, MT. VERNON, MO, 65712 A Public Hearing will be held at 5:30 p.m., August 20, 2013, at Lawrence County Manor, 915 Carl Allen Street, Mt. Vernon, Mo. At which time citizens may be heard on the property tax rate proposed to be set by Lawrence County Nursing Home District. The tax rate shall be set pursuant to Chapter 137.115, RSMo and Article X, section 22 of Missouri Constitution. ASSESSED VALUATION CURRENT TAX YEAR (by Categories) 2013 Real Estate: 285,429,670 Railroad & Utilities (State Assessed) 36,580,020 Total Real Estate 322,009,690 Personal Property Railroad & Utilities (State Assessed) Total Personal Property Total New Construction/Improvements
90,246,234 7,528,509 97,774,743
PRIOR TAX YEAR 2012 283,128,020 32,311,015 315,439,035 95,965,117 6,848,857 102,813,974
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The 2012 actual levy................................................ 0.1093 The 2013 proposed levy........................................... 0.1098
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More Legals on page 9 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE SALE For default in the payment of debt and performance of the obligations secured by deed of trust executed by Scott A. Jack and Kyra J. Jack, dated May 28, 2004, recorded on June 3, 2004, in Book 245 at Page 146, Office of the Recorder of Deeds, Lawrence County, Missouri, the undersigned Trustee will on August 29, 2013, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., and particularly at 1:00 p.m., at the East Door of the Lawrence County Courthouse, One Court Square, Mt. Vernon, Missouri, sell at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash, the property in Lawrence County, Missouri, described as: THE SOUTH HALF (1/2) OF THE WEST HALF (1/2) OF LOT 2 OF THE NORTHEAST FRACTIONAL QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 29 NORTH, RANGE 26 WEST, LAWRENCE COUNTY, MISSOURI. Together with all rights, fixtures and improvements that are a part of said real estate, toward satisfaction of said debt and costs. MGL Trustee, LLC By: Jeffery J. Love, Member 1901 S. Ventura, Suite A Springfield, Missouri 65804 Telephone: (417) 883-6566 Facsimile: (417) 883-6689 _________________ #11318-8-28-4tc IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, MISSOURI PROBATE DIVISION In the Estate of VINTA LENORA CASTEEL, Deceased. ESTATE NO. 06L2-PR00173 NOTICE OF FILING PETITION FOR COMPLETE SETTLEMENT AND PROPOSED ORDER OF DISTRIBUTION To All persons interested in the above referenced estate: You are hereby notified that the undersigned personal representative will file a petition for an order of complete settlement of the estate together with a final settlement and proposed order of distribution in the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Lawrence County, Missouri on September 13, 2013 or as may be continued by the Court. If no objections to the settlement or proposed order of distribution are filed within 20 days after the date of the filing thereof, the court will consider said settlement and proposed distribution and, upon their approval, the court will determine the person entitled to decedent's descendible interest in the estate and the extend and character of their interest therein. Upon proof of compliance with the court's order of distribution by the personal representative, the court will discharge the independent person representative and his sureties, if any, from further claim by any interested person. Dated: 8/8/2013 /s/ Kelly Parsons, Pers Rep Personal Representative William Petrus Petrus Law Office, LLC 219 S. Hickory P.O. Box 148 Mt. Vernon, MO 65712 Tel: (417) 461-9999 Fax: (417) 461-0999 ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE __________________ #11328-9-4-4tc NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE For default in the payment of debt secured by deed of trust executed by Tony Eric Daniels and Dawn Angel Chick-Daniels, husband and wife, dated 5/23/2006, recorded 5/25/2006 in Book 250, Page 673, in the Office of Recorder of Deeds, Lawrence County, Missouri at Mt. Vernon, the undersigned Successor Trustee will on Thursday, 8/22/2013 between the hours of 9 o'clock a.m. and 5 o'clock p.m., specifically at 1:00PM, at the East front door of the Lawrence County Circuit Courthouse in Mt. Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri, sell at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash: The land referred to herein is situated in the State of Missouri, County of Lawrence described as follows: Lot 10, QUIET MEADOWS SUBDIVISION (AMENDED), Lawrence County, Missouri, as per the recorded plat thereof. Said addition being located on and a part of the East Half (E1/2) of the Southwest Quarter (SW1/4) and part of the Southwest Quarter (SW1/4) of the Southeast Quarter (SE1/4) of Section 4, Township 27 North, Range 26 West, Lawrence County, Missouri. Commonly known as 13675 Lawrence 1155, Mount Vernon, MO 65712. to satisfy said debt and cost. McNearney, Pittenger & Associates, LLC Successor Trustee By: Brandon T. Pittenger Member 6800 College Boulevard, Suite 400 P.O. Box 7410 Overland Park, KS 66207 (913) 323-4595 (913) 661-1747 fax NOTICE Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 1692c(b), no information concerning the collection of this debt may be given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Publication Dates 07/31; 08/07; 08/14; 08/21 _________________ #11302-8-21-4tc
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gnant moments, and surged to their feet at curtain call. Many people came back to see it a second, even third time. “I went three times because
two children in the cast (Hallee, age 9, as Tevye’s youngest daughter Bielke and Ty, age 7, as one of the town’s sons) and one on the stage crew (Maison,
were more likely to have a relative involved than not. Many couples, parents and children, and sibling groups featured in various positions: for example,
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A portion of the cast and crew pause for a photo op after the show. Bill Savard, Ryan Buchmueller, costumer Susan Stark, John Conn, Rich Crawford, with Spenser Phillips and Laura Hazelton in the background. I thought the music and acting were so amazing,” said Mt. Vernon resident Jo Evatt. “We are lucky to have so much talent right here in Mt. Vernon instead of having to go all the way to Springfield or Joplin for such an amazing show.” “For the week after the production, we had people calling and emailing us, just to tell us how much they enjoyed the show,” said Teel. Family Fun Not only was Fiddler a family friendly event, it was also a family affair for many of the cast, crew, and orchestra. Laura Hazelton, who played the ghostly Fruma Sarah, had
age 12). “For me and my kids it was a fun and rewarding way to spend time with each other this summer,” Hazelton said. “There are so many activities where parents go to watch their children, but not many that give them the opportunity to participate with their children. It was one fun, fabulous family affair!” The Hazeltons actually had three generations involved, because Laura’s mother Polly played the Rabbi’s wife, but they weren’t the only family who worked on Fiddler in some capacity—in fact, members of the production
the Music Director’s husband had a supporting role, cast member Carrie Stephenson sang while her brother Vance West played the baritone sax, and Tevye’s middle daughter, Chava, was played by Matt Teel’s real-life middle daughter, Sabra. As Polly Cowan put it, “Being involved in c ommunity theatre is the best family entertainment there is.” Giving Back to the Community Community theatre in general is good for families, but Fiddler on the Roof is especially so. “Fiddler is a story about a community coming together
as a family,” said Brian Savard of Greenfield, who played Fyedka, “and I believe that the actors showed that realistically because we came together as a family, strengthening our performance.” Fiddler is about community, and MVCT wanted its production to be about community as well. For that reason, the production staff decided to keep all its business local. Local freelance photographer Steve Snyder took cast pictures and provided the layout for the programs and posters. Hardware and building supplies were purchased at Meek’s and Brad’s True Value. Flowers for production staff were purchased at Mt. Vernon Greenhouse and Floral. Refreshments were provided by Keen Bean Coffee Roasters and That Crazy Redhead’s Bakery and Café. Over the summerlong rehearsal period, up to 50 cast, crew, and orchestra members ate at Mt. Vernon fast-food restaurants and bought Mt. Vernon gasoline several times a week. During the production, out-of-town visitors stayed in Mt. Vernon hotels, bought groceries at Mt. Vernon stores, and went out for dinner at El Azteca, Red Barn, Mt. Vernon Family Restaurant, Mazzio’s, Big Baldy’s, or Keen Bean. “We do depend on community support for our shows and activities,” said Matt Teel, president of MVCT. “And we’re grateful for the donations we receive from the community. But we don’t want to just be takers; we want to be a valuable part of the community. We want to give local businesses and individuals as much support as they give us.” MVCT’s activities will continue with a 60’s Karaoke Night at Keen Bean on August 9, the Not-So-Square Arts Festival September 7, and auditions for Steel Magnolias September 9 and 10.
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Ten weeks of rehearsal and countless volunteer hours finally paid off last month, as Mt. Vernon Community Theatre’s first production, Fiddler on the Roof, opened July 25 to a sold-out house. “One of the best things about this production was how many people from outside of Mt. Vernon were involved,” said director Kathy Teel. “Between the cast, crew, and orchestra, we had people from Joplin, Carthage, Webb City, Springfield, Miller, Hoberg, Monett, Aurora, Stotts City, Greenfield, Stockton, Lockwood, and of course, Mt. Vernon. They ranged in age from 7 to 72. And they gave up at least three nights a week for the entire summer to put in the hard work it takes to bring off a show of this size. I’m really proud of them!” Wesley Parnell, 15, from Miller, explained it this way. “When I heard about Fiddler on the Roof, the idea of being in a play didn’t really appeal to me much. I did get involved, and it turned out to be the best thing I’ve ever done. Everyone greeted me with such respect, despite my not knowing many of the cast members and crew. This small town production opened my eyes to a whole new world where I can express myself. For being my first play, there could be nothing better than this. I plan to do many more in the future and will always remember Fiddler on the Roof.” Other members of the staff agreed. Choreographer Zach Pettit of Joplin said, “I chose to contribute both to assist a budding arts program and to get more experience in musical theatre--a passion of mine. It was a win-win situation. And well worth the time we put in.” Audiences from all over the area seemed to agree. Not only was the theater at the MARC full to capacity or near it for every performance, but the audiences sang along with the well-loved songs, cried at poi-
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