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Six fatalities over Christmas holiday
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports six people died in traffic crashes over the Christmas holiday counting period--from 6 p.m. on Wednesday, January 4, 2017 Friday, December 23, 2016 Volume 110 - Issue 50 to 11:59 p.m. on Monday, December 26, 2016. The PaMissouri trol investigated 260 traffic crashes, which included 86 injuries and the six fatalities. Troopers also arrested 68 people for driving while impaired and made 40 drug arrests over the Christmas holiday. There were no boating crashes or drownings over Two years ago, the the 2016 counting period. Missouri General Assembly During last year’s Christpassed SB491, which mas holiday counting period, contained the Revised the Patrol investigated 282 Criminal Code. Additional traffic crashes, which includsuggestions were also ed 78 injuries and two fatalincorporated into HB1371, ities. In addition, troopers which was signed into arrested 47 people for drivlaw later in 2014. The ing while intoxicated. There bills contained a two-year was one boating crash with I Do Solemnly Swear - Howell County officials were sworn into office on Friday, December 30, 2016. Those officials include, delayed implementation date no injuries or fatalities, and back row, Assessor Daniel Franks, Sheriff Mike Shannon, Surveyor Ralph Riggs; front row, Northern Commissioner Bill Lovelace, until January 1, 2017. Next See MSHP on Page 6 Southern Commissioner Billy Sexton, Public Administrator John Pruett and Coroner James “Tim” Cherry. Howell County Clerk week marks the end of a ten Dennis Von Allmen swore the new officials in. Pictured at right, newly elected Shannon County Sheriff Darrin Brawley was sworn year process to draft, pass into office in Shannon County on Friday, December 30, 2016. All county officials will take office at the first of the year. and implement a Revised MSHP Criminal Code. The Missouri Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (MAPA) applauds the General Assembly, the Missouri Bar and other Colonel J. Bret Johnson stakeholders for joining Mercy St. Francis HosIn her new role, Tooley tient services. nology Services. Tooley also superintendent of the MissouMissouri’s prosecutors pital begins the new year gains complete oversight of “Cindy has served Mounserved on the Shared Govri State Highway Patrol, anin the effort to institute a with a new leader, but she’s Mercy St. Francis Hospitain View with a genuine ernance Nursing Research nounces that effective January no stranger to managing the tal. It’s an expansion of her commitment to our ministry Council in Springfield. She modern criminal code as a facility. Cindy Tooley, cur- day-to-day leadership duties and mission,” said Jenine received her bachelor’s in foundation for the criminal rently the executive director as executive director of op- Vincent, vice president of nursing from Missouri State justice system of the twentyfirst century in Missouri. of operations and a regis- erations, a role she has held regional operations at Mer- University. “The passage of the tered nurse, has accepted a since September 2014. Prior cy. “We know she will keep “It’s an honor to be able to promotion to become admin- to that, Tooley served as in- the community’s health care grow my career so close to Revised Criminal Code istrator and director of nurs- terim chief nursing officer, needs a priority, and we look home,” Tooley said. “Having by the General Assembly ing, effective Jan. 2, 2017. as well as director of outpa- forward to the great work the community’s support, as is historic,” said MAPA that she will certainly contin- well as Mercy’s, will help me Executive Director Jason who co-chaired ue to do.” build on what’s proven to be Lamb, Tooley, a West Plains na- an incredible role among an the Missouri Bar drafting Col. J. Bret Johnson tive, began her career at Mer- equally amazing team. This committee. “From day one, 1, 2017, Major Luke Vislay, cy in 2009 as a medical-sur- new chapter will prove to be ten years ago, the mission commander of the Criminal was to come together and gical registered nurse at exciting for all of us.” Investigation Bureau, is retirMercy Hospital Springfield; Mercy St. Francis Hospital bring harmony and commoning after 30 years of dedicated she has also served as project is located at 100 W. US High- sense back to the Criminal service. Code. Working together, we specialist for Mercy Tech- way 60 in Mountain View. Major Vislay was appointed to the Patrol on August 3, See Code on Page 7 1986. After graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement HOWELL CO. Academy, his first assignment was to Troop F, Zone 9, Hermann, MO. In 1987, Vislay transferred from Troop F Patrol Unit Damaged - A Howell County Sheriff’s patrol to the Division of Drug and unit was damaged on Thursday, December 29, 2016. The Crime Control (DDCC), Gen- vehicle was parked in the parking lot of the sheriff’s office eral Headquarters. In 1991, around 10:30 a.m. when a motorist traveling on Concorde he returned to Troop F, Zone left the roadway, entered into the sheriff’s department parkThe Howell County Sher9. He was promoted to cor- ing lot and struck the vehicle. The driver of the vehicle left iff's Department has issued poral in 1993, and designated the scene and returned to the sheriff’s department a short warrants and is looking time later. The Missouri State Highway Patrol was contacted assistant zone commander of to work the incident. (Photo: Standard/Wagner) for four individuals in the Zone 2, Cole/Callaway counHowell County area. If you ties. He was promoted to serhave any information on the geant in 1996, and designated whereabouts of these indizone commander of Osage viduals, do not try to appreand Gasconade counties. Afhend them, call the sheriff's ter completing an internship in 1997, Vislay transferred to office at 417-256-2544 or DDCC, General Headquarters, local authorities. as a criminal investigator. He Jenny A. Pettit, age 48 was promoted to lieutenant in Wanted for August 2002, and designated failure to assistant director of DDCC. In Haiti Mission Trip - Local, Manda Stout, made her seventh appear warSeptember 2006, Vislay was trip to Haiti this past year. Pictured above Stout is with two rant for arlocal Haitians and Dr. Gregg Miller from Chillicothe. (Photo promoted to the rank of caprest on sevprovided to the Standard) tain and designated director of eral charges DDCC. He was promoted to submitted by Manda Stout This allowed this man to live including a class B felony the rank of major and designatand not die from infection. charge of dist/del/manf/proed commander of the Criminal Because of you, your love, Les Cayes, where we stay duce or attempt to or possess Investigation Bureau in March 2010. your gifts, your generosity, when we go to Haiti was hit with intent to dist/del/manf/ we were enabled to do 78 with the horribly destructive produce a controlled subFeaturing Inserts life altering surgeries in 2 Hurricane Matthew, in stance. No bond. years. This came from you. October. Rod, Deb, and William C. Wiese, age 29 Richard's Apple Market You shattered an obstacle Katie Wray who have lived - Wanted for Town & Country Supermarket that arose for another person. there for 13 years were in the failure to apInside the Standard An obstacle that could have exact path of the storm. In pear warrant taken a limb or even a life. Haiti there is no government for arrest on Page 2 Local You were the difference. system that warns the people. a class B felPage 3 Events Listings Page 4 Business We go in like a storm, with a The Wrays went out with ony charge Page 5 Obituaries week to do our work. When their phones and showed as of theft/stealing. No bond. Page 6 Reports the dust settled 78 lives many as they could the radar Chantel L. Drake, age 27 Page 7 Reports changed forever. and told them to take cover, - Wanted for Page 8 School/Sports Page 9 Health We saw a man in February even bought mattresses for failure to apPage 10 Agriculture whose leg was badly injured their protection. No one had pear warrant Page 11 Classifieds while working in a field. Five ever warned these people for arrest on Page 12 Advertisement months prior to our clinic his before. They thanked the a class C felObituaries injury occurred. He had taken Wrays for their lives spared. ony charge care of it with what little he We all wanted to do what of passing bad check. No Carol Jean (Marler) Goggin Retirement - Captain Mark G. Inman, commanding officer, Clara Joyce Morris Troop G, Willow Springs, announces the canine assigned to had in clean water and rags we could to help. Once word bond. Helen Lois Mae Spencer Troop G is retiring. Dak, a six-year-old German Shepherd has to wrap it. He had developed go to us that a bus could Joseph W. Dobbs age 33 worked in Troop G for the past five years and will retire due to gangrene. The smell and make it from the airport in Wanted Phone: 417-934-2025 his handler transferring to another position within the Patrol. infection was indescribable. country to the camp we were for probaFax: 417-934-1591 During his career in Troop G, Dak and his handler Trooper Our own Mandy Riddle RN, anxious to get boots on the Email: tion violaMichael Greenan have been involved in 1,209 criminal arrests. office@mvstandard.com tion warrant Dak is trained in drug detection, tracking, and protection. His cleaned him up as best she ground. A construction team Copyright 2017 services were in high demand. He responded to 409 requests could and because of the went two weeks later helping for arrest Mountain View Standard News, LLC for service by city, county, state as well as federal officers. Dak funds raised for surgery and with storm relief efforts. You on a class D is also known by many schoolchildren in Troop G schools, meds we were able to send have to envision something felony charge of resisting/ where he did programs demonstrating his abilities. Dak will interfering with arrest for a live out his retirement years at the home of his former han- him on to the hospital where he had his leg amputated. See Haiti on Page 5 felony. No bond. dler. (Photo provided to the Standard)
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Code County officals sworn into office Criminal revision takes effect January 1
Mtn. View Major Luke Vislay retires Tooley
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Year In Review July 6, 2016 ‘Pirate Memories’ at annual alumni banquet The Mtn. View Alumni Association hosted their
husband, father, brother and friend on April 22, 2015. David L. Riley, 32 of West Plains tragically lost his life in an accident that occurred
Pirates - Gene David from the Class of 1945 and Moe Simpson from the Class of 1944 are all smiles during the Mtn. View Alumni Association annual banquet.
annual Alumni Banquet at the Mtn. View Christian Church on Saturday, July 2. The theme for the 2016 Mtn. View High Alumni Banquet was “Pirate Memories”. The honor classes were 1966 (50 years), 1956 (60 years), and 1946 (70 years). Dinner for the evening was provided by Celebration Catering (Birch Tree Nursing Home). Entertainment was provided by Deanna (Holden) Thompson & Friends. Next year’s banquet is scheduled to take place on July 1, 2017. July 13, 2016 Charges re-filed in death of West Plains man There is still no closure for a family who lost their
on Hwy. 17, 1 mile North of Junction Hill School. The accident was reported at 4:35 p.m. by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. According to those reports Kevin M. Stephens, 34 of Pomona was reportedly traveling Southbound when he crossed the center line and struck Riley’s vehicle. Riley was pronounced deceased by Howell County Coroner Tim Cherry. Stephens was arrested on November 24, 2015 for involuntary manslaughter and held on a $10,000 bond. He bonded out on January 20, 2016. After several months the prosecuting attorney’s office dropped the charges and refiled them in an at-
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Continued From Last Week’s Publication tempt to bring some closure to the Riley family. Stephens was arrested on Friday, July 8, 2016 on a Howell County warrant for involuntary manslaughter-1st degree. He was released per court order on 7-8-16 and is to appear in court on 7-8-16. ‘Kool-Aid killer’ trial begins July 25 A man that has been dubbed the ‘Kool-Aid killer’ will go to jury trial on Monday, July 25, 2016 for his part in the death of Stephanie Driskell/McClurg, 32 of Winona. The trial will take place at the Howell County Courthouse at 9 a.m. with Judge Truman Wiles presiding. McClurg is currently being held on charges of murder-1st degree and escape or attempted escape from custody while under arrest for a felony. Body found at Lake of the Ozarks identified On Tuesday, July 5, 2016, at approximately 11:14 a.m., a body was located and recovered on Lake of the Ozarks, near the 8-mile marker on the main channel. The body was positively identified as Alexander G. Keith, 19, of Lake Ozark, Missouri. Mr. Keith was reported missing on July 1, 2016, after troopers began an investigation into an unoccupied personal watercraft found idling near the 8.5-mile marker on June 30, 2016. While the preliminary cause of death appears to be drowning, the circumstances
surrounding the manner in which Mr. Keith entered the water are still being investigated. July 20, 2016 Willow Springs boy drowns in Jacks Fork A 4-year-old boy from Willow Springs drowned at the South fork of the Jacks Fork River on Saturday, July 16 at approximately 4:15 p.m. According to reports from the Missouri State Highway Patrol Kayden Smith, age 4 of Willow Springs was found unresponsive, face down in the river. He was pronounced deceased at 5:32 p.m. by Dr. Broughton at Mercy Hospital in Mtn. View. The incident was investi-
lic to help identify bridges that are associated with historical events or people of importance to a community. The public can visit the project website (http:// www.modot.org/ehp/Pre1945Bridges.htm) to view photographs of the bridges being studied as well as basic engineering information about each bridge, including its age. An on-line comment form can be completed for bridges identified by the public with space to submit reasons
why the bridge is locally important. Public input is requested by February 15, 2017. The history and engineering of bridges identified will be studied and recommendations on eligibility will be made about the eligibility of each bridge for the National Register of Historic Places. The public will be able to see the results of the study on the website. The programmatic agreement will study more than 700 common concrete slab
rightful owners. According to Douglas County Sheriff Chris Degase, “This was a result of a cooperative effort between the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Howell County Sheriffs Office, Texas County Sheriffs Office and the South Central Drug Task Force.” Sheriff Degase advised numerous charges are still pending in these cases. July 27, 2016 Teen drowns at Table Rock Lake A teenager drown at Table Rock Lake this weekend. According to reports from the Missouri State Highway Patrol 18-year-old Nicholas Q. Mullet of Springfield was swimming with friends at
Recovered Property - Over $26,000 in stolen property was returned to its rightful owners. Pictured above is the property law enforcement recovered. (Photo provided to the Standard)
gated by Sgt. J.A. Cravens and assisted by Msg. B.D. Foster and the Texas County Sheriff’s Department. Stolen property recovered This week the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office recovered over $26,000 in stolen property. The property has since been returned to its
MoDOT Historic Preservation section seeks help from the public The Missouri Department of Transportation is developing a programmatic agreement for common concrete and steel bridges constructed before 1945 in order to streamline the Section 106 review process for bridges. Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 requires agencies to take into account the effects of their undertakings on historic properties. To aid in the process, MoDOT is asking the pub-
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and beam bridges, steel girder bridges and 850 culverts. For National Register-eligible bridges that may be removed by a future project, preservation options and mitigation measures will be identified. For more information on the Pre-1945 Common Bridge Programmatic Agreement, please contact Karen Daniels, Senior Historic Preservation Specialist at karen.daniels@ modot.mo.gov or by telephone at 573-526-7346.
Point 7 near Kimberling City of the Table Rock Lake on Friday, July 22 around 12:30 a.m. Mullet reportedly began to struggle then went under the water. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:50 a.m. by
Deputy Stone County Coroner John Cunnyngham. The incident was investigated by Trooper W.R. Zeller and assisted by Trooper A.B. Ward. Two Ava teenagers involved in fatal shooting Tragedy struck early Monday morning as two teenagers were involved in a fatal incident. According to Ava Police Chief Reggie Johnson the Ava Police Department was forwarded a call from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department about an armed subject headed to the Ava High School parking lot. The initial call came in around 1:55 a.m. Before Ava Police Officers could get to the scene two male teenage subjects were shot. Chief Johnson stated that due to the circumstances the names of the two male teenage subjects involved in the shooting are being withheld at this time as this is an on-going investigation. The only information that was released about the males is that they graduated last year. The two male teenage subjects had reportedly gone to the Ava High School parking lot to confront one another. One male drew a weapon and fired three times striking the other. Then the male shooter turned the weapon See Year In Review on Page 3
Birch Tree Chamber of Commerce Christmas lights winners announced Santa’s helpers drove around Birch Tree looking for beautiful Christmas lights to the delight for all good boys and girls. First place winners are Mike and Brian Stephenson. Mike said his five-year-old son, Brian, helped with every string of lights. Second place winners
are Andy and Tonya Wray. Their house and large yard is covered with colorful lights. Third place winner is Verna Murphy. Her house is covered with lights, outside as well as inside. The Birch Tree Chamber of Commerce appreciates all those who decorated their house and yards.
Photo exhibit to be featured at the Gallery West Plains Council on the Arts will host a photo exhibit by artist Karen Eubank - “In the Dew of Little Things” at the Gallery at the Center. The exhibit will be displayed at the Gallery at the Center, West Plains Civic Center from January 30 – March 5, 2017. The Gallery, on the mezzanine, is open to the public during regular Civic Center hours. Karen Eubank is a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, with a double major in English and journalism. She spent 30 years in the Gainesville R-V schools, teaching high school English and journalism before re-focusing her efforts into administration, first as an A+ Coordinator and then
junior high principal. She has three grown sons with degrees in art, photography, and film production; it was their creative endeavors and adventurous spirits that encouraged Eubank to expand her own horizons. In 2010, when Eubank’s youngest son graduated high school and left home, she began writing a blog as a way to fill the void. As she approached retirement two years later, she realized she needed more than her blog writing to occupy her time, and photography seemed the perfect complement. When she started looking for photographic opportunities to enhance her writing, she found true joy behind the camera lens. In 2012 she
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In the Dew of the Little Things
also began writing a day tripping column for the Ozark County Times, supplementing her articles with photos of her journeys. It was that exposure, perhaps more than anything else, that created a following for her work. She continues to provide columns and photographs for the newspaper, and she has also had her photos featured in 417 Magazine and on various websites. Eubank’s exhibit, “In the Dew of Little Things,” references her favorite Khalil Gibran quote: “For in the dew of little things, the heart finds its morning and is re-
freshed.” Those little things in nature, she believes, have brought her not only peace but also joy and rejuvenation in this second stage of her life. WPCA will host a Meet the Artist Reception on Saturday, February 18, from noon till 2 p.m., in the Gallery at the Center. All are invited to attend, view and discuss these wonderful pieces with the artist. The exhibit is co-sponsored by the West Plains Civic Center and West Plains Council on the Arts, with partial funding provided by Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.
Second Place Winner
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Upcoming Events Blood drive in Mtn. View scheduled for Jan. 6 The Community Blood Center of the Ozarks is on a CODE YELLOW ALERT for O Positive, O Negative, A Positive and A Negative blood types. The community is strongly urged to give blood this week at a CBCO donor center or blood drive. Donors to Community Blood Center of the Ozarks (CBCO) provide all of the blood for patients at 40 area hospitals. On average, a transfusion takes place every seven minutes and around 200 donations are needed each day to meet the area’s blood needs. You can help by giving blood at the Mtn. View Community Center on Friday, January 6, 2017 from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Each donation will be awarded LifePoints as a part of CBCO’s donor rewards program. LifePoints may be redeemed online for a variety of gift cards, or points may be assigned to other meaningful causes or charities. More information on the LifePoints donor rewards program may be found at www.cbco.org. To be eligible to give blood, you must weigh at least 110 pounds, be in good health, and present a valid photo ID. For more information about sharing your good health with others, please visit our website at www.cbco.org, or call tollfree 1-800-280-5337. Thank you for giving life to your community.
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Year In Review on himself. The male shooter was reported deceased. The other male sustained three gunshot wounds and was transported for medical attention. Chief Johnson stated that he had just heard this afternoon that the teen is out of surgery and will make a full recovery. Mercy receives 5-Star Award The team at Mercy St.
awards were in the following categories: communication with nurses, discharge information, hospital environment, pain management, and responsiveness of staff. The 5-Star Award is given annually to health care facilities, providers, outpatient service lines and inpatient units that score in the top 10 percent (above the 90th percentile) of national providers.
Retirees - Smith Flooring, Inc. held their 39th annual company picnic Friday, July 22, at Mountain View Family Youth Center, honoring employees past and present, presenting awards and giving out door prizes. Retirees recognized included George Eslinger, Charles Thompson and Eddie Foster.
Rick Mansfield to be at the Mtn. View Public Library Rick Mansfield will be at the Mountain View Public Library January 12, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. He will be speaking and doing a book signing for his new book “The Elk Killings”. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
Study Abroad programs topic of Jan. 13 meeting Missouri State University-West Plains’ short term study abroad programs will be the topic of the Friends of the Garnett Library monthly luncheon meeting Friday, Jan. 13, on the Missouri State-West Plains campus. The luncheon and meeting will take place from noon to 1 p.m. in rooms 104 and 105 on the lower level of the Lybyer Technology Center. Parking is available in the lot off Cass Avenue on the north side of the building. Cost of the meal is $10, payable at the door. Those wishing to eat should make a reservation by calling 417-2557940 or emailing FriendsofGarnettLibrary@MissouriState. edu by Tuesday, Jan. 10. For more information about Friends of the Garnett Library and how you can join, visit the organization’s website, http://wp.missouristate.edu/development/friends.htm or call 417-255-7940.
Willow Springs Chamber of Commerce annual banquet The Willow Springs Chamber of Commerce will hold their annual banquet on Saturday, January 21, 2017. The banquet will be held at the First General Baptist Church located at 2507 Railroad Drive in Willow Springs. The banquet will begin at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale now for $25 per person. For more information please call the Chamber at 417-469-5519.
Mtn. View Chamber of Commerce annual banquet The Mtn. View Chamber of Commerce will hold their annual banquet themed “Business Bonanza” 6 p.m. Saturday, January 28, at the Mtn. View Community Center. Enjoy an evening of RJ’s BBQ, music, awards and door prizes. Tickets are $15 per individual or $25 per couple. Please RSVP by January 18. For more information call 417-934-2794.
MV United Methodist offers free dinner every Wednesday The Mtn. View United Methodist Church is offering a FREE dinner to the entire community every Wednesday night. We will begin serving at 5:30 p.m. So, if you are hungry, cold, and/or in need of company – come to the church at 609 E. 5th Street in Mtn. View, Missouri and enjoy all three free of charge. Please use the entrance at the back of the church. If you would like to help in any way, please contact the church at 417-934-5033.
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5-Star Awards - The team at Mercy St. Francis Hospital in Mountain View recently received a handful of 5-Star Awards as a result of the HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) patient survey. Pictured above, front row, left to right, Tanya Wagner, nursing assistant; Gail Marriott, environmental service tech; Maye Wright, registered nurse; Sister Loretta Matas; Betty Hockman, board member; Connie Stevenson, registered nurse; Randy Berner, manager of medical-surgical unit; and Dr. Martha Colville. Back row, left to right: Sister Seraphia Matova; Dave Steinmann, Mercy St. Francis Hospital administrator; Cindy Tooley, executive director of operations; Jenine Vincent, vice president of regional operations; Miriam Johnson, respiratory manager; Charles Cantrell, board member; Sister Cabrini; Kent Smith, board member; Dr. David Barbe; Debbie Tinsley, environmental services tech; and Dr. Hilary Frescoln.
Francis Hospital in Mountain View recently received a handful of 5-Star Awards as a result of the HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) patient survey. The
Smith Flooring holds 39th annual company picnic Smith Flooring, Inc. held their 39th annual company picnic Friday, July 22, at Mountain View Family Youth Center, honoring em-
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Drive in Mtn. View 417-362-0695 5:45 p.m. - Mtn. View Christian Church TEAM 412 (preschool thru 6th grade) and The Journey youth group (junior high and high school). Doors open at 5:45 p.m. Dinner served at 6 p.m. Classes start at 6:30 p.m. - Narcotics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m. at Mothers Against Methamphetamine (MAM) 503 E. Main Street Willow Springs. For information call 417-469-0018 or 417-855-9113. 6:30 p.m. - MMA at Champs Fitness on Tom Frommell Memorial Drive in Mtn. View 417-362-0695 - Alcoholics Anonymous and Alanon meetings at Sacred Heart Church in Willow Springs. Call 417-469-5550 for information Thursday, January 5 TBA Liberty Girls Basketball Tournament 7:00 a.m. Rotary Club of Mtn. View will meet at Ron’s Family Restaurant. 8:00 a.m. Yoga with Vicki is offered for ladies ages 50 plus. These classes are modified to fit your needs. For details call 417-293-1184. The first class is free. 9:00 a.m. Line dancing at the Mtn. View Senior Center, beginners welcome, no charge. 4:00 p.m. Bingo at the Mtn. View VFW Hall. Games start at 6:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Piyo at Champs Fitness on Tom Frommell Memorial Drive in Mtn. View 417-362-0695
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Wednesday, January 4 7:00 a.m. Coffee & Billiards at the Mtn. View Senior Center 7:30 a.m. Biscuits & Gravy at the Mtn. View Senior Center until 9 a.m. Buttermilk biscuits and sausage gravy, $1.50 for a small and $2.00 for large, coffee included. Carry-out or dine-in 10:00 a.m. - Story Time at the Mtn. View Public Library - Arthritis Exercise at the Mtn. View Senior Center 12:00 p.m. Willow Springs Rotary Club at Open Range. Contact Teresa Waggoner at 417-252-0316 for info 2:00 p.m. Bingo at the Mtn. View Healthcare 5:00 p.m. Tai Chi at the Mtn. View Senior Center 5:30 p.m. - First Baptist Church AWANAs. Meal served at 5:30 p.m. church starts at 6:15 p.m. with dismissal at 7:45 p.m. - Zumba at Champs Fitness on Tom Frommell Memorial
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(Help for friends & families of alcoholics) Monday - 7:00 p.m. Mtn. View Presbyterian Church 205 E. 2nd Street 417-247-7146 or 417-247-0566
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ployees past and present, presenting awards and giving out door prizes. Retirees recognized included George Eslinger, Charles Thompson and Eddie Foster. Honored in memoriam were Lee Cooper, Leland Parvin, Paul Joe Wade and Kenny Cooper. August 3, 2016 Man dies after jumping from bluff in Van Buren A man has died after injuries sustained from jumping from a bluff in Van Buren on Saturday, July 30. According to reports from the Missouri State Highway Patrol at around 4:13 p.m. a 26-year-old male from Anna, Illinois was witnessed jumping from Rock Bluff of Bass Rock just North of Van Buren on the Current River. Witnesses state that the man hit several limbs and
struck some large rocks. He was transported from the scene to St. Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau where he later died as a result from his injuries. The MSHP stated that they are not investigating this incident as a drowning. The man’s name has not been released at this time. Jury finds ‘Kool-Aid’ killer guilty Attorney General Chris Koster announces that a Howell County jury found Jason McClurg guilty today for the May 2014 murder of McClurg’s wife, Stephanie, and for one count of escaping from confinement. McClurg poisoned his wife at their home in Winona, See Year In Review on Page 7
Call 417-247-7153 for more Friday, January 6 information. TBA 6:00 p.m. Liberty Girls Basketball LHS JV/Varsity girls Tournament basketball game at Salem 7:00 a.m. 6:30 p.m. Coffee & Billiards at the MMA at Champs Fitness on Mtn. View Senior Center Tom Frommell Memorial 10:00 a.m. Drive in Mtn. View Arthritis Exercise at the 417-362-0695 Mtn. View Senior Center 7:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. Mountain View Al-Anon will Tai Chi at the meet Mondays at 7 p.m. at Mtn. View Senior Center the First Presbyterian Church, 12:30 p.m. located at 205 East 2nd Shuffleboard Games at Street in Mtn. View. For Mtn. View Senior Center more information call 6:00 p.m. 417-934-2682. Skating & Open gym at the Tuesday, January 10 Mtn. View Family Youth TBA Center until 10 p.m. LHS JV boys basketball team Call 417-934-5437. to compete in the Van Buren $3 admission per child. JV Tournament Saturday, January 7 7:00 a.m. TBA Coffee & Billiards at the Liberty Girls Basketball Mtn. View Senior Center Tournament 8:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. - Yoga at Champs Fitness Skating & Open gym at the on Tom Frommell Memorial Mtn. View Family Youth Drive in Mtn. View Center until 10 p.m. 417-362-0695 Call 417-934-5437. - Yoga with Vicki is offered $3 admission per child. for ladies ages 50 plus. These Sunday, January 8 classes are modified to fit 8:00 p.m. your needs. For details call Alcoholics Anonymous and 417-293-1184. Al-Anon meetings at the The first class is free. Sacred Heart Church in 9:15 a.m. Willow Springs. Call The Community Bible Study 417-469-5550 for (CBS) will be held at First Monday, January 9 Baptist Church in Mtn. View TBA LHS JV boys basketball team every Tuesday from 9:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. For more to compete in the Van Buren information contact Elaine JV Tournament Brake at 417-252-4198. 10:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Arthritis Exercise at the - Mtn. View Chamber of Mtn. View Senior Center Commerce weekly meeting 11:00 a.m. at the Mtn. View Community Tai Chi at the Center. Call 417-934-2794 Mtn. View Senior Center for more information. 1:00 p.m. - Willow Springs Chamber of Arts & Crafts Club at the Commerce. Call WSCF Ferguson Building 417-469-5519 for info. The in Willow Springs. Call Sue meeting will be held at OP Thompson at 417-252-7477 Hall at the country club. for information. 12:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. Hand to Foot Card Game at Yoga at Champs Fitness on the Mtn. View Senior Center Tom Frommell Memorial 5:30 p.m. Drive in Mtn. View 2nd thru 3rd Grade Girl 5:00 p.m. Scouts to meet at Hut, Tai Chi at the 409 N. Pine Street in Mtn. View Senior Center Mtn. View. For more 5:30 p.m. info call Joyce Dixon at - Zumba at Champs Fitness 417-934-2394. on Tom Frommell Memorial 6:00 p.m. Drive in Mtn. View LHS JV/Varsity boys 417-362-0695 basketball game - Kindergarten-1st Grade Girl vs. Bakersfield Scouts to meet at Hut, 409 8:00 p.m. N. Pine Street in Mountain Mtn. View A.A. group meets View. For more information at the Presbyterian Church call Joyce Dixon at in the basement. The church 417-934-2394. is located at 205 East 2nd - Yoga Classes at the MV Street in Mtn. View United Methodist Church.
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Mtn. View Garden Club moving into 63rd year submitted by Sarah Dale The Mountain View Garden Club is moving into their 63rd year of Community Service. We are always open to visitors at our meetings and encourage new members. Our club is more than just meeting, drinking coffee, and talking about gardening. We plant, weed, and mulch 20 plus flower beds around town. Our largest projects include the daffodil beds along Highway 17 in front of the elementary school and the Pink Garden on High-
way 60 in front of the Mercy Clinic. This year we will hold our 18th annual Daffodil Day Program in October. This project includes a bulb planting demonstration and student plantings of bulbs donated by the club. Each student plants a bulb and places a craft stick with their name on it next to the bulb. Each spring these make an amazing display of color. As the summer advances we have day lilies, mums, and asters to continue the color into fall. Our Pink Garden contains a variety of Pink
If you are thinking about starting a business and want to do it the right way, LaunchU can help. If you have a business that is stagnant and want to improve it, LaunchU can help. LaunchU is a practical, hands-on microenterprise development program designed to help entrepreneurs test the feasibility of their business ideas and develop a plan to launch their venture. To learn more about how LaunchU can launch your business to success, attend one of two free information seminars. The first one will be on Thursday, January 12 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and the second will be on January 17 from noon to 1 p.m. Both sessions will be held at the Ozarks Small Business Incubator (OzSBI) located at 408 Washington Avenue, West Plains. The LaunchU is a proven curriculum developed by the Kauffman Foundation. It was designed for entrepreneurs and covers a wide range of training topics, including concept development, market research and analysis, pricing, financial projection, and funding. After completing LaunchU you will have a plan for your business. The LaunchU program
will kick-off on February 4 and run through March 30. It is a 9 week course that will start on a Saturday and then continues every Thursday evening from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. It will help entrepreneurs anaylze their busienss from every angle, gain feedback from business coaches and peers, and learn from accountants, bankers and attorneys on the best way to develp their small business. OzSBI has hosted 6 previous LaunchU programs. Here is what Michele Nigliazzo, a past graduate of a LaunchU class in West Plains had to say about the class. “I have learned so much from the classes and course materials. The material seems very basic and sometimes I wonder why I didn’t get it out of the workbook, but it is the process and the excellent way that process is explained that has made the difference for me. … The class has been invaluable in getting my thinking process aligned with business startup.” Michele took the information from the class and went on to open a child advocacy business. To register for the free informaional meeting about LaunchU, register on OzSBI website at www.ozsbi.com or call 256-9724.
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flowers to support Breast Cancer Awareness. Placed in the center of the garden is a large metal pink ribbon. This is surrounded by Crepe Myrtle, Pink Knockout Roses, tulips, daffodils, surprise lilies, creeping phlox, and cone flowers. The old jail building located at the “What Park” is used to store our garden tools, bluebird houses, etc. We maintain Emily’s garden next to the jail. The bed is filled with Dahlias, peonies, roses, and annuals. Our Wednesday Weeders work hard to keep ahead of the weeds in each of our flower beds. We also mulch the beds around town and prune crepe myrtle, roses, and box woods as needed. Weather permitting we meet at the “What Park” the 1st and 3rd Wednesday February thru November. We work in the hot summer months and sometimes quit at noon if the temperature hits 95 – 100. We do not work in freezing temperature or snow and ice. Misty rain finds us weeding but not in a downpour. Additional continuing projects include: Monthly Garden Therapy at the Mountain View Healthcare facility, Smokey Bear/ Woodsy Owl poster contest, Yard of the month and Community Garden Bed of the month, Youth Essay Contest for high school age students. Each summer we host a community wide Flower Show. We create a National Garden Week display in June at the Mountain View Public Library. An Arbor Day program is held at the Mountain View elementary in April. This includes an educational program with guest speaker/ arborist George Momper, a demonstration tree planting and distribution of 100 flowering tree seedlings to the students. We collect seeds from our wildflower beds and cast them along Highway 60, provide bird seed to the elementary school for their birdfeeder, and plant and maintain the flower bed around the flag pole at the police station. We have purchased recycling bins and placed them around town to promote residents to recycle.
Each summer we sponsor a Horticulture/Design monetary prize for the Howell County fair. We have planted milk weed in our flower beds and established Monarch Waystations and members are encouraged to establish Monarch Waystations by planting milkweed in their gardens. This year we have purchased and will be installing a Blue Star Memorial in the Wayside Park. The Blue Star Memorials are a National Garden Club project started 1945 after World War II. The blue star was used on service flags too denote a service member fighting in the war. The program has since been expanded to in-
The Shannon County Commission met on Monday, December 19 at the Shannon County Courthouse Members present were Jeff Cowen, Presiding Commissioner; Dale Counts, Northern Commissioner; Herman Kelly, Southern Commissioner and Shelly McAfee, County Clerk Visitors present included Cammie Younger, Alan Stringer, Barb Conway and Brian Henry. During the meeting the Commission approved payment of the current invoices. (D-Y, H-Y, J-Y) Commission approved the run-ons and abates to the real and personal property valuations prepared by the Assessor’s office. (D-Y, H-Y, J-Y) Cammie Younger and Alan Stringer, Shannon
County Extension Council, were present to discuss their 2017 budget request and report the increase in services provided as a result of having an office in the county. Brian Henry, Barker Phillips Jackson Insurance, presented a quote for the 2017 worker’s compensation coverage for the county. Dale motions to approve the quote as it is a savings of thirty thousand dollars. Herman seconds the motion. Motion carries with all in favor. (DY, H-Y, J-Y) Barbara Conway, Shannon County Senior Citizens Service Fund Secretary, presented their 2017 budget request and a spreadsheet the board approved to determine allocation of funds based on services provided to the senior citizens. (Jeff left the meeting at 10:30) Dale motions to approve the minutes of December 12th. Herman seconds the motion. Motion carries with all in favor. (D-Y, H-Y) Herman motions to approve the grader bid from Fabick Caterpillar. Dale seconds the motion. Motion carries with all in favor. (DY, H-Y) Being no further business, Herman motions to adjourn the meeting at 12:20 p.m. Dale seconds the motion. Motion carries with all in favor. (D-Y, H-Y)
clude Memorial Markers and Memorial By-Ways (since 1994). These markers are used in National Cemeteries, parks, veterans’ facilities, and gardens to remind those who pass by and view the Memorial of the sacrifice so many of our countrymen have made. Our garden club theme for 2017 is “Garden Critters”. At each monthly meeting we have a program pertaining to our theme. This year’s programs include Raising Worms, Homemade Suet Cakes, Mulching Maniac, Succulents, Caring for Our Beautiful Missouri, Brunch, Lunch & Flowers (a progressive brunch, lunch and tour of five members gardens),
All You Ever Want to Know About Bats, Bear – How to get Along with Them, Birds in Nature, and Critter Hotel. We have plans to attend the 84th State Garden Club Convention in Hannibal, MO. Later in the year we will tour Smith Flooring. Plants sales will be held in May and September. Although we are a local club we are also a member of National Garden Clubs, Inc. Central Region, and Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri, South Central District. Our first meeting of 2017 will be held on January 25 at 1 p.m. in the Mountain View Community Center 125 E 1st Street. The public is welcome to attend.
Conner retires from Smith Flooring
Retirement - Kevin Conner recently announced his retirement from Smith Flooring, Inc. Conner has worked for the company for the past thirty-one years. Conner stated that he plans to work at the family saw mill and will try to relax. He began working for Smith Flooring, Inc. at the Mtn. View Treating Plant in March of 1985 at 20 years old. From there Conner moved to the saw mill where he progressed to the yard and from there he started learning to do sales. He took over sales full time in April of 2005. His last day as plant manager and sales manager at Smith was Friday, December 30, 2016. Conner is pictured above with Kent Smith and Jon Smith. (Photo: Standard/Wagner)
Ozark Ballet/Dance Theatre turns thirty-one Looking at the years in retrospect and forward into the future, Ozark Ballet and Dance Theatre will jubilantly celebrate over thirty years in this region. Offering the youth and community the opportunity for classes in the arts and participation in large theatrical events, Dollie Hodge, Bolshoi-trained artistic director and founder
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of Ozark Ballet and Dance Theatre first pioneered Russian Classical Ballet in the region in 1986 offering the full length Nutcracker Ballet in Eminence, MO with a cast of about fifty students and community members with surprise guest cast members. The year 1987 brought an appearance at the Battlefield Mall Tree Lighting Ceremony to public acclaim, coverage by all major television stations and an exuberant audience of over seven hundred fifty. Her mission was to offer excellence in arts instruction without the students having to leave their home area. A fifth generation dancer Ms. Hodge was appointed arts administrator in the area as a result of the quality of her work with children and the community. Originally from Denver, but a longtime resident of Summersville, Ms. Hodge founded Dance Trac of Summersville and Streamline Fitness Systems and continued her work with our area communities including but not limited to Mtn. View, Summersville, Houston and West Plains and as far away as St. Louis and served as artist in residence at the West Plains Opera House for four years producing the Nutcracker Ballet at the Civic Center for four years in
addition to numerous original ballets for children. Ms. Hodge’s productions were the first time forty-foot backdrops had been “flown” at the civic center and special rigging had to be installed for the purpose. Ms. Hodge tours the area schools annually on behalf of the Missouri Arts Council performing and familiarizing students with ballet, classical music and the arts. “This gives the students the opportunity to ask questions about the various phases of performance and interact in a one-on-one fashion,” said Hodge. Class offerings also include voice, piano and art as Ms. Hodge performed for ten years as a protege of famous Czeck pianist, Elizabeth Morosow(v) and had paintings on exhibit in several galleries on the East Coast as well as a touring mural produced for Wild Horse Organized Assistance (WHOA). Ozark Ballet and Dance Theatre continues to offer training to the children and adults of the area and has been presented at Youth American Grand Prix and Showstoppers competitions among other accomplishments. For more information on classes contact Ms. Hodge at 417-464-1057 or 417-2500190.
Local Dancers Performed at Battlefield Mall - Dance Trac dancers appearing at the Battlefield Mall were (front) Bridget Stewart, (back left to right) Alison Jewett, Susan Wall, Sonseeahray Hodge and Audra Hodge. (This photo appeared in The Current Wave on November 25, 1987)
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Death Notices Clara Joyce Morris Funeral services for Clara Joyce Morris were held on Friday, December 30, 2016 at the Duncan Funeral Chapel in Winona, MO with Rev. Otto Foust officiating. Pallbearers were Kent Hollis, Ronnie Chilton, Shane Plunk, Danny McClellan, Greg Brown, and Landon Cooley. Interment was in Mt. Zion Cemetery in Winona, MO under the direction of Duncan Funeral Home, LLC of Winona, MO. Clara Joyce Morris was born September 27, 1926 in Southern Shannon County, MO, the daughter of Harvey Smith and Nancy Elizabeth
(Neal) Smith. She passed away December 26, 2016 at Birch Tree, MO at the age of 90 years. Joyce was united in marriage to Arie Hugh Myers on May 23, 1959 in the Eminence Methodist Church and to this union one son was born. Arie preceded her in death on April 20, 1972. Joyce later married LeRoy Morris on June 2, 1983 at Eminence, MO. LeRoy preceded her in death January 23, 2000. Joyce was preceded in death by her parents Harvey and Nancy Smith; her son Harvey Edward Myers; three
sisters Maude Garrett, Virgie Moore, Emma Sue Hollis; two brothers Lester Smith and Frank Smith; one nephew Gary Hollis; two great nephews infant Alan Chester Howell and Bradley Howell. She is survived by one brother Kenneth Smith; several nieces and nephews and other family and friends. Joyce attended the Vann School in Shannon County, the one room school house that has been restored and moved to the Twin Pines Conservation Center in Winona, MO. She later graduated from Winona High School. Joyce was baptized and a
Helen Lois Mae Spencer Helen Lois Mae (Williams) Spencer, 93, of Mountain View, Missouri departed this life on December 28,
2016. She was born May 20, 1923, in Greer, Missouri, the daughter of Hayden and Martha (Wart) Williams. She was united in marriage to Ted R. Spencer on April 13, 1946 at Rolla, Missouri and to this union, seven children were born. Helen is survived by her children, Jim Spencer of Springfield, MO, Wilma Sheets and husband, Jim, of Willow Springs, MO, Wan-
Haiti
along the lines of the destruction in Joplin, however these people are equipped with machetes to recover. No department store near buy to buy supplies. Most live in a modest grass hut or small cinder block structure with thin grade re-bar, rusted tin for a roof. It had been years getting some electrify into the area and poles and strand were now all downed. They brought tools, tarps, and working hands. The camp we stay at sustained winds of 150 mph for 5 straight hours. It literally blew the paint off the walls. Trees were down in massive numbers. Our friend Germaine the Haitian I have written about before had 35 trees and now only two stand. This is a source of food, mango trees for instance take five years to yield fruit, it is a long road to recovery. The medical team landed the week after. There were remote areas in the mountains that no relief had not gotten to at all. We set our sights there. The people were ecstatic that we came with medical relief with tarps and bags of manna. That meant some wound care, a roof, and a hot meal for the night. No one had checked on them in weeks. (4 picture of clinic) With funds donated we were able to treat 170 people a day with a small medical team of seven. Rain came with the intensity that the mountains promise. The so called road quickly washed away and rain poured in our make shift clinic. We were using a structure that only stood in part from what the hurricane had left them. As the rain came we moved into
da Smotherman and husband, Dale, of Birch Tree, MO, Dwight Spencer and wife, Marilyn, of Winona, MO, Wilda Miley of Mountain View, MO, Willa Kramer of Birch Tree, MO, and Jack Spencer and wife, Debbie, of Mountain View, MO; nine grandchildren, Edward Sheets, Victor Sheets and wife, DeAnna, Dale “Bub” Smotherman and wife, Donna, Annette Daniels and husband, Scott, Misty Norris, Faron Wood and husband, Heath, Eric Kramer and wife, Jessi, Wayne Spencer and wife, Whitley, and Kala Chambers and husband, James; one step grandson, Randy Andrus; and 15 great grandchildren, many nieces and nephews. Her parents, husband, two brothers, Elgin and Dale Williams, two sisters, Alma Hall and Ola Eaves, two sons-inlaw, Paul Kramer and Freeland Miley, one daughter-inlaw, Betty Spencer, and one step grandson, Greg Andrus,
precede her in death. Helen lived her life for her family and Christ her Lord. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Mountain View. Helen was a loyal member of Mercy St. Frances Auxiliary, having served for 36 years. She was also a member of Mountain View Women’s Chamber of Commerce. She was a volunteer for many years at Mountain View Elementary School, where she was affectionately known as “Grandma Spencer”. She truly loved to help people. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Saturday, December 31, 2016 at First Baptist Church, Mountain View with Dr. John Noble officiating. Interment was in Oak Forest Cemetery, Birch Tree, Missouri. Memorials may be made to Mercy St. Francis Auxiliary or FBC Awana program. Condolences may be expressed at www.yarbermortuary.com
From Page One the chapel/school to continue to see patients. A chicken joined us, right next to the man who claimed he had cholera. There was a boy who a tree had fallen on him during the hurricane four weeks prior who had a gash on his head and a concussion, the family said he just hadn’t been the same. These people have little to no option for medical care. These people are Haiti. We saw several patients who we sent on for further testing because they had symptoms of HIV. These tests are funded by you, the treatment is also through your funds. In my opinion there are young women who had no control over who and at what age they were subjected to this exposure more than likely unwilling, yet they have been infected all the same. Their village condemns and kicks them out, and possibly witness their exposure but the young ladies are punished all the same. You help. The last day of clinic we had seen many, even made a make shift bed on a bench and ran IV fluids from the back of a wooden chair. I was instructing a young girl how to take the antibiotic with food so she would not be sick. We asked her if she had eaten today? No she said. Did you eat yesterday? No she said. When was the last time you ate? Monday she said. It was Friday. She earned fluids, thanks to you we had an IV bag to infuse. As we closed down I walked towards the gate to tell the people we were out of meds and a woman yelled at me. I just assumed she wanted in, I shook
my head and said no more medicine. “Madame!” She yelled I said “Wi?” “ Tigason!” I knew this meant little boy, so I stopped, found him and picked him up I saw a small rag like bandage on his hand. I began to pull it away and I saw he had half of a pinky finger, it had been cut off. I asked how long it had been that way, she told me three days. She had nothing, no 1$ triple antibiotic, no clean band-aide nothing until we came. This is Haiti. What we bring in is their hope. Lets be that hope. Let’s do it again. A quick update to give. Baby girl 14 days old hadn’t eaten for 12 days, we saw her, alive and thriving because of you. There are a few surgeries I have listed below if you feel led to sponsor a particular one. Perhaps someone you know has received a particular procedure that changed or saved their life and you would love to give this to another. Perhaps you just want to give towards the 150,000 pills we take, the antibiotics, worm meds, Tylenol, and others that make our treatments successful. If you feel led, GIVE. We are drawn to give, follow that urge. Ovarian Tumor 6,000 Goudes, $430 US, Circumcision 4,000 Goudes $108 US, Cleft Lip Repair 3,000 Goudes $65US, Amputation of Extremity 10,000 Goudes 215$US Donation to Surgery Fund 5$ to any amount. Room with treatment including IV fluids and IV antibiotics is $19 US We also encounter many patients that have Malaria, Typhoid Fever, Cholera, Pneumonia or other infectious disease, the funds cover their hospital stay as well. Your donations go so very far in Haiti. We simply could not do this without your help. The next Missouri medical team goes in February, once again we need your help. For a tax deductible donation you have a couple of choices: Haiti surgery/medical funds can be donated to a special account through Dr. Jon Roberts made to the First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1330, Mountain View, Missouri. With memo post Haiti, or Harvest international/ Haiti Mission Trip - Kurt Abbey and Debbie Shockley get Wrays Medical Teams, P.O. ready to treat patients at one of the clinics held in Haiti. (Pho- Box 6690, Ocala, Florida to provided to the Standard) 34478-6690.
member of the Winona Baptist Church. Joyce began each morning with a phone call from her next door neighbor Mary, calling to check on her. Throughout the day, she spent a hours talking with friends and family. She loved keeping in touch, especially with out of town relatives. Joyce had a keen intellect and always kept up with local and national news. Joyce and her sister Sue had different political views. Many
heated discussions were had on the phone, usually ending with one or the other hanging up and exclaiming “That Joyce” or “That Sue.” Each of them could be as stubborn as a Missouri mule. She loved playing pitch and missed our get togethers that happened less often as we all got older. But most of all, she loved her St. Louis Cardinals. She knew each player by name and record. She never missed a game, and if the game last-
ed till midnight, that’s how long she stayed up, keeping up a running commentary; “Knock a home run”, “Knock him in”, or “You can do better than that.” We will all miss our visits and conversations, her phone calls beginning with, “Whatcha doing?”, or if she had to speak to the hated answering machine, “This is Joyce, Joyce Morris.” Online condolences can be sent to www.duncanfuneralhomes.com
Carol Jean (Marler) Goggin Carol Jean (Marler) Gog- united in marriage to Howgin, 81, of Summersville, ard Eugene “Gene” Goggin Mo, formerly of Leeper, MO, of Leeper, MO, four sons were born to this union. Carol was a Christian and devoted her life to her family and her church. She is survived by her four sons, George Edward (Suzie) Goggin of Maryland Hts, MO, Dennis Eugene Goggin of Summersville, MO, Ronald Dale (Carole) Goggin of Rolla, MO, and David Alan (Joan) Goggin of Bristow, VA; one brother James Marpassed from this life Decem- vin (Sue) Marler of Fayetteber 20, 2016, at 9:12am with ville, NC; two sisters Betty family members at her side. Rose Deming of St. Louis, She was born Aug 7, 1935 MO, and Lillian “Billie” Eain Mill Spring, Missouri, a ton of Ellsinore, MO; three daughter of Noah William grandchildren Dennis Euand Lela Lillian (Britt) Marl- gene Goggin II of CA, Stacy er, one of ten children in a Lynn (Anthony) Colletti of IL, and Jacob Ethan Goggin close-knit, loving family. On July 12, 1952 she was of FL.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Gene Goggin; three brothers, Louis Edward “Huck” Marler, Noah William “Slim” Marler, Jr., and Fenton “Nick” Marler; and four sisters, Evelyn Marler, Jane Ortner, Nedra Barbre, and Sally Lundy Kennon. Funeral services were held Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at 9 a.m. at the First Christian Church in Summersville with Rev. Nate Cooper officiating. Pallbearers were her sons, George Goggin, Dennis Goggin, Ronald Goggin, and David Goggin, and grandsons Dennis Goggin II and Jacob Goggin. Burial was in Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis by her beloved husband. Arrangements were under the care of Bradford Funeral Home. Online condolences may be left at bradfordfuneralhome.net
Church Directory APOSTOLIC Apostolic Evangelistic Center 404 WW Hwy., Mtn. View, MO
Church of God of Prophecy Summersville, MO 417-932-4559
Apostolic Temple Birch Tree, MO
EPISCOPAL All Saints Episcopal 107S. Curry, West Plains 417-256-2215
ASSEMBLY OF GOD Assembly of God Eminence, MO 573-226-5434 First Assembly of God Elm & Washington, Mtn. View 417-934-2324 Pine Hill Assembly of God Thomasville, MO 417-764-3699 BAPTIST Little Zion Baptist Church V Hwy. in Trask Pastor Robert Medley Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship Service 10:45 a.m. Sunday Evening Service 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Night Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Birch Tree Baptist Birch Tree, MO 65438 573-292-3324 Chapel Hill Church W Hwy. Mtn. View 417-934-6971 First Baptist Church Eminence, MO 573-226-3718 First Baptist Church Hwy 60, Mtn. View 417-934-2621 Pastor: Dr. John Noble First Baptist Church Summersville 417-932-4579,4877 Winona Christian N Hwy. 19, Winona 573-325-4616 CHURCH OF CHRIST Mtn. View Church of Christ 115 Ward Avenue 417-247-6742 Sunday Morning: 10:15 a.m. Evening: 6:00 p.m. Wednesday: 6:30 p.m.
Little Zion Baptist Church Hwy 60 to Trask, South on V Hwy, on right - 417-934-2613 FUNDAMENTAL Bible Baptist Church Summersville, MO 417-932-4913 Oak Grove Baptist Church Y Hwy off 99 S. Birch Tree 573-292-3235 Valley Center Baptist Church Summersville, MO 417-932-4024 Pioneer Baptist Church Hwy 60 E. Birch Tree, MO 573-292-3299 CATHOLIC St. John Vianney Catholic 808 St. Hwy. Y, Mtn. View, MO 417-934-2649 Mass Times: Sunday 10:30am Saturday 4:00pm St. Sylvester Catholic Hwy. 19, Eminence, MO 417-934-2649 Mass Times: Sunday 8:00am Saturday 7:30pm CHRISTIAN Mountain View Christian Church Hwy. 17 South, Mtn. View 417-934-6843 Pastor Brian Ingalls Summersville Christian Summersville, 417-932-5200
PRESBYTERIAN First Presbyterian Church 205 East 2nd Street, Mtn View Morning Worship: 11:15 a.m. Pastor: Diane Cooke AA Meeting in Basement, every Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. SEVEN DAY ADVENTIST Seventh Day Adventist 314 N. Walnut, Willow Springs 417-469-2090 or 417-259-3585 OTHERS: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 300 East Third Street Mountain View, MO Sacrament - 10:00 a.m. 417-934-0715 Grace Believers Church 8357 CR 3140, Mtn. View Sunday School-10am Sunday Worship-11am Sunday Evening-6pm Wednesday Evening-6pm Daniel Woolsey Clear Springs Church Y Hwy, 15 mi N of Mtn View
Immanuel Lutheran Church Missouri Synod 1051 Preacher Roe, West Plains 417-256-3407
Pilgrim Rest Community Church OO Hwy. off 60 East
Oak Lawn Church of God Y Hwy. 12 mi. N of Mtn. View 417-932-4457
METHODIST Birch Tree United Methodist Birch Tree, MO 573-226-3670 Services: 8:15 a.m. Pastor: Josh Ritzheimer
Church of God of Prophecy Old Hwy. 60, Montier Sunday School - 10am Worship Service - 11am Sunday Night - 6:00pm Pastor: Melvin Snethern
County Line Penecostal Hwy 99, 8 mi. S of Birch Tree 573-292-3600
Glorybound Community Church Corner of CR 2980 & 1950, Hutton Valley, MO Sunday School 10 am, Worship 11 am, Sunday 5:00 pm, Thursday 6:00 pm
MENNONITE Berea Mennonite Community 2mi N of FF Hwy off 60 at Birch Tree 573-292-3018
Church of God of Prophecy Highway 99, Birch Tree, MO 573-292-3562 Pastors Gary & Millie Larsen
Blackpond Church HC3 Box 154-B, Birch Tree, MO 417-764-3264
LUTHERAN St. Paul Lutheran Church, ELCA 291 Kentucky, West Plains, MO Broadway & Bypass 63 417-256-6685
CHURCH OF GOD First Church of God Pastor: Robin McCollough 205 E. 5th Street 417-934-2747 Sunday Morning: 10:30 a.m.
Nazarene First Church of the Nazarene 4th & Pine, Mtn. View
Pentecostal Church of God East 3rd Street & Marr, Mtn. View 918-440-8085 Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Worship 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. Wednesday 7 p.m. Pastor Rick L. Krietemeyer
Pleasant Grove United Methodist Teresita, MO - 417-770-6731 Pastor: Josh Ritzheimer Services: 9:30 a.m. Mtn. View United Methodist 609 E. 5th Street, Mtn View Pastor: Josh Ritzheimer PENTECOSTAL Faith Bible Chapel Pastor Garry Donn Clemens, Sr. W. Hwy. 60, Mtn. View 573-953-1330
Forest Dell Community Church 6 miles S on 17, 1 mi East on 2660 Gravel Ridge Community Church 8807 CR 2960, Mtn. View Sun 9:30am Wed 7pm Church of God N Hwy. Pomona, 417-256-8990 Saturday 11 a.m. Pastor: George Edmontson Victory Chapel Peace Valley, MO Services: 9:45 Nolan & Lillian Wilkins Shepherd’s Table 8183 Hwy. 60, Mtn. View Pastor: Bill Miller Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Sunday Morning 11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening 6:00 p.m. Tuesday Evening 7:00 p.m.
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Howell County Sheriff’s reports are printed directly off reports provided by the Howell County Sheriff’s Office and are public record. Persons arrested for criminal offenses, or charges set forth in an indictment, are merely accusations and they are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
INCIDENTS Tuesday, December 13, 2016 A male subject reported that he had an air compressor stolen from a residence located at CR 6750 in West Plains. This matter remains under investigation. Tuesday, December 20, 2016 A female subject came to the Howell County Sheriff’s Office to report that someone had stolen $50 from her wallet while she was at her place of employment. The case is under investigation. Saturday, December 24, 2016 A male subject reported the theft of some tree stands and a game cam from hunting property located on CR 6970 in West Plains. The case remains under investigation at this time. Deputies were dispatched to Private Road 2023 in West Plains. Upon arrival deputies made contact with a suicidal male armed with a shotgun. West Plains Police Officers assisted Howell County Deputies with securing the scene. After approximately 2.5 hours of negotiation the male surrendered to deputies. He was transported to Ozarks Medical Center to be evaluated. This matter remains under investigation. Sunday, December 25, 2016 Deputy Matthew Kassing was dispatched to Railroad Drive in Willow Springs for a check well-being. Upon arrival it was learned that William Earl Cole, 51 of Willow Springs had passed away from natural causes. Next of kin was notified. Monday, December 26, 2016 Deputy Matthew Roberts was dispatched to State Route 76 in Willow Springs for a report of a domestic disturbance at this location. Upon his arrival he spoke to the victim who advised that a male subject she knows had assaulted her by striking her in the head and face, shoving her through a screen and forcing her face into the dirt. Photographs of the victim and damages were taken and are presented with this report. Prior to Deputy Roberts arrival the male suspect had left the scene. As of report time Deputy Roberts has been unable to locate him. Report will be sent to the prosecutor’s office for formal charges in this matter. A male subject reported a stolen vehicle. A report was filed. Tuesday, December 27, 2016 Deputy Matthew Kassing was dispatched to State Route E in West Plains for a report of theft. An employee at Corner Co gas station reported someone drove off with $45.25 worth of gas. A report was taken. While at the Howell County Sheriff’s Office a male subject came into the Howell County Sheriff’s Office to report that his ex-wife had been using his name and credit to get a DISH satellite. This matter is still under investigation. Deputy Buddy Thompson responded to a report of a mobile domestic altercation occurring on CR 3440 near Mtn. View. While en route, officers from the Mtn. View Police Department arrived and secured the scene. After a subsequent investigation, the parties were advised of Missouri’s 12-hour rule for domestic violence. A male subject was also issued a citation for driving while revoked. Thursday, December 29, 2016 A Howell County Sheriff’s Office vehicle was struck while parked in the parking lot of the sheriff’s office. Around 1030 hours a motorist traveling on Concorde left the roadway, entered into the parking lot and struck the vehicle. The driver of the vehicle left the scene and returned a short time later. The Missouri State Highway Patrol was contacted to work this incident. COMMITMENTS Monday, December 26, 2016 Levi Daniel Gunter, 34 of West Plains was booked for a court ordered commitment. Thursday, December 29, 2016 Lane Martin Reihm, 18 of West Plains was booked for a court ordered commitment. ARRESTS Friday, December 23, 2016 Heather R. Strunk, 29 of Cabool was arrested for failure to appear. She is currently being held without bond. Heidi Ann Johnson, 38 of Springfield was arrested for possession controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana. She is currently being held without bond. Benjamin Joseph Young, 26 of Mtn. View was arrested on a Dent County warrant for misdemeanor stealing and a Howell County warrant for a court ordered commitment. He is currently being held on a $2,600 bond. Michaela Diane Hoffrichter, 17 of Mtn. View was arrested for failure to appear. She is currently being held
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Missouri State Highway Patrol reports are printed directly off reports provided by the Missouri State Highway Patrol and are public record. Persons arrested for criminal offenses, or charges set forth in an indictment, are merely accusations and they are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
ARRESTS Christy R. Bruton, 43 of Mtn. View was arrested on Tuesday, December 27 at 11:57 a.m. in Howell County for 2-misdemeanor warrants for failure to appear on traffic charges through the Ripley County Sheriff’s Office. She was taken to Carter County where she is being held on bond. Spencer A. Langston, 25 of Thayer was arrested on Wednesday, December 28 at 10:18 a.m. in Oregon County for 22 felony Howell County warrants for hit and run, dangerous drugs, receiving stolen property, burglary and robber-1st degree and a felony Butler County warrant for receiving stolen property. She was taken to the Howell County Jail where she is being held on bond. Clayton T. Young, 21 of Ava was arrested on Wednesday, December 28 at 1:59 p.m. in Wright County for felony tampering with motor vehicle; felony probation warrant; misdemeanor failure to appear warrant. He was taken to Wright County where he is being held without bond. Sean M. Mitchell, 43 of Bucyrus was arrested on Friday, December 30 at 7:53 a.m. in Texas County for 2 misdemeanor Mtn. Grove PD warrants. He was taken to the Mtn. Grove jail where he is being held on bond. Zackery S. Kincade, 18 of Birch Tree was arrested on Sunday, January 1, 2017 at 9:39 a.m. in Shannon County for unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. He was cited and later released. Ryan D. Drexler, 21 of Birch Tree was arrested on Sunday, January 1, 2017 at 9:41 a.m. in Shannon County for speeding and felony possession of a controlled substance. He was cited and later released. Angelique C. Bridges, 46 of Caulfield was arrested on Sunday, January 1, 2017 at 8:49 p.m. in Howell County for driving while intoxicated on drugs; driving while suspended; fail to drive on right half of roadway and no seat belt. She was taken to the Howell County Jail where she was later released. ACCIDENTS A two-vehicle accident occurred on Friday, December 30, 2016 at 8:52 p.m. in Howell County on CR 8230 at CR 8460 South of West Plains. According to reports a 2002 GMC Yukon operated by Thomas D. Freeman, 30 of Birch Tree lost control while negotiating a right hand curve and struck the driver’s side of a 2003 Saturn Ion operated by Ashley N. Owenby, 25 of West Plains. Freeman refused treatment at the scene of his minor injuries. Owenby and a passenger in her vehicle, Eric L. Driskell, 29 of West Plains were transported by South Howell County EMS to Ozarks Medical Center with moderate to minor injuries respectively. All three were reportedly wearing their safety devices. Both vehicles sustained extensive damage and were towed by J&J Recovery of West Plains and Midway Towing of Pomona. The accident was investigated by Trooper C.A. Kimes and assisted by Trooper T.D. Pond.
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tampering-1st degree; 3 counts of burglary-2nd degree; robbery-1st degree and possession controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana and a Butler County warrant for receiving stolen property. He is currently being held on a $285,000 bond. Thursday, December 29, 2016 William Lee Terrill, 39 of West Plains was arrested on a Howell County warrant for failure to appear-non-support; failure to appear-DWI-alcohol; failure to appear-fail to drive on right half of roadway. He is currently being held without bond. Larry Owen Hornbeck, 27 of Mtn. View was arrested on a bond revocation for possession of a controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana. He is currently being held on a $4,500 bond.
Mountain View Police Department reports are printed directly off reports provided by the Mountain View Police Department and are public record. Persons arrested for criminal offenses, or charges set forth in an indictment, are merely accusations and they are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
CITATIONS Wednesday, December 28, 2016 Mathew Todd Simons, 45 of Mtn. View was issued a citation for speeding. INCIDENTS Monday, Dec. 26, 2016 thru Monday, Jan. 2, 2017 Report of passing bad check $150 or more/no account at Town & Country. Report of assault-2nd degree at Walmart parking lot. Call was received that a vehicle had broken down in front of Signal. Officers responded and pushed the vehicle out of the roadway. Vehicle owner was contacting the shop. Tennant of Valley View asked for a call back in regards to a complaint of trespassing made moment earlier that officers had responded to. Caller was advised that there would be no charges for someone calling about a trespasser that was unfruitful at this time. Dispatched to 7th Street for a dog barking. Upon arrival the dog was not barking. Dispatched to David Drive for an intoxicated female stumbling down the road. Female was not located. Report of a two-vehicle accident without injuries. Officers were given a name and number to call back regarding questions about a landlord/tenant dispute. Officers made contact with the female and advised her that her situation was a civil matter and that law enforcement were not able to get involved.
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11 people drowned in 2015, after their vehicles were swept away by floodwaters. (Statewide during the 2015 Christmas holiday counting period, there were 1,070 traffic crashes, which included five fatalities and 363 injuries.) Three of the fatalities occurred in the Troop D, Springfield area; and one fatality occurred in each of the Troop B, Macon, Troop E, Poplar Bluff, and Troop G, Willow Springs, areas. Three fatalities occurred as a result of traffic crashes on Friday, December 23, 2016. Nicholas A. Thomas, 37, of Ozark, MO, and Dustin T. Emmett, 32, of Springfield, MO, died when the vehicle in which Thomas was a passenger crossed the center line and struck Emmett’s vehicle headon. The crash occurred in Greene County on Farm Road 159 north of Springfield, MO. Greene County Medical Examiner Michelle Waters pronounced Emmett dead at the scene of the crash. Dr. Pace at Mercy Hospital pronounced Thomas dead on December 24, 2016. Thomas was not wearing a seat belt; Emmett was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. The driver of the vehicle in which Thomas was a passenger sustained moderate injuries in the crash; she was not wearing a seat belt. Brooke J. Summers, 27, of Salisbury, MO, died when the vehicle she was driving ran off the road, struck a culvert, and overturned. Summers was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected. The crash occurred in Chariton County on Missouri Highway 5 south of Marceline, MO. Chariton County Sheriff Rick Hershey pronounced Summers dead at the scene. Chariton County Sheriff’s Office, Chariton County EMS, and Marceline First Responders responded to the scene. One fatality occurred as a result of a traffic crash on Saturday, December 24, 2016. Stephanie N. Price, 30, of West Plains, MO, died when the vehicle she was driving ran off the roadway and overturned several times. Price was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected. The crash occurred in Howell County on U.S. Highway 63 south of Willow Springs, MO. Howell County Coroner Tim Cherry pronounced Price dead at the scene. One fatality occurred as a result of a traffic crash on Christmas Day, Sunday, December 25, 2016. Donald R. Hearlson, 80, of Marshfield, MO, died after the vehicle he was driving failed to negotiate a curve, went off the roadway, and stuck a parked vehicle. The crash occurred in Webster County on Missouri Route OO west of Red Top Road. Webster County Coroner Michael Taylor pronounced Hearlson dead at the scene. Hearlson was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. One fatality occurred as a result of a traffic crash on December 26, 2016. Martin Lenwood, 65, of Joaquin, Texas, died when the vehicle he was driving ran through an intersection and struck a ditch. The crash occurred on U.S. Highway 160 east of Doniphan, MO. Lenwood was wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash. Dr. McClain pronounced Lenwood dead at St. Francis Medical Center.
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37th Judicial Circuit Court Proceedings Howell, Shannon, Carter, Oregon County Filings - Dec. 26 thru Jan. 2 Information in this section relates to filings made in the 37th Judicial Circuit Court, which presides over Howell, Shannon, Carter and Oregon Counties. Unless cases have officially been disposed, filings against any person or persons do not in any way imply guilt or liability. These filings are a part of public record provided as a public service to communities in the district.
HOWELL COUNTY Possession Of Controlled Substance Except 35 Grams Or Less Of Marijuana (Felony): Michael T. Heinlein of Ava; Domestic Assault-1st Degree (Felony): Christopher Shane Munroe of Mtn. View; Owner Operate Motor Vehicle Without Maintaining Financial Responsibility Or Operator Who Authorized Another To Operate Motor Vehicle Without Financial Responsibility (Misdemeanor): Rhonda I. Crisel of Birch Tree; Ashley Anne Mesey of Saint Ann; Fail To Drive Within Right Lane Of Highway With 2 Or More Lanes In Same Direction (Misdemeanor): JC Lewis, Jr. of Newcastle, TX; Failure To Register Motor Vehicle (Misdemeanor): Nicholas B. Wray of West Plains; Ashley Anne Mesey of Saint Ann; Failed To Keep Proper/ Made False Motor Carrier Driver’s Record-Exceeded Maximum Driving Time (Misdemeanor): Byron Keith Jackson of McKinney, TX; Exceeded Posted Speed Limit By 1-5 MPH (Infraction): Brianna Nicole Heidrich of Theodosia; Bion Irwin of Koshkonong; Michael Gerald Cawvey II of Willow Springs; Roger Lee Hayes, Jr. of Houston; Keith Nicholas Ferrell of Troy; Exceeded Posted Speed Limit By 6-10 MPH (Misdemeanor): Christopher L. Austin of Willow Springs; Exceeded Posted Speed Limit By 11-15 MPH (Misdemeanor): Wallace Bradley Kirtley of Kansas City; Allen Benson Kinney of Kansas City; Lisa Gaye Gamble of Kansas City; William Burnett Fenton,
Jr. of Mtn. View; Shayna T. Smithson of Mammoth Spring, AR; Sarah Annette Johnson of O’Fallon; Exceeded Posted Speed Limit By 16-19 MPH (Misdemeanor): Barbara Leanne Smith of Mansfield; Exceeded Posted Speed Limit By 20-25 MPH (Misdemeanor): Jeremy A. Wycough of Locust Grove, AR; Christina M. Clinkscales of Mtn. View; Jakeob Taylor Berrong of West Plains; Fail To Display Plates On Motor Vehicle/Trailer (Infraction): Justin D. McCauley of West Plains; Kristi Jo Felker of Republic; Driver/Front Seat Passenger Fail To Wear Properly Adjusted/Fastened Safety Belt (Infraction): Sarah Lynn Violett of Dora; Airial Ann Milligan of Mtn. View; Anthony Ray Johnson of West Plains; Chelsea D. Kuhlman of West Plains; Shayna T. Smithson of Mammoth Spring, AR; Justin D. McCauley of West Plains; Ashley Anne Mesey of Saint Ann; Breach Of Contract: West Plains Bank And Trust Company of Chesterfield vs. Sheila Marie Thomason of West Plains; Synchrony Bank of Alpharetta, GA vs. Hubert Ricky Eskew of West Plains; Suit On Account: West Plains Open MRI, LLC of Chesterfield vs. Lowell D. and Bernadette Bullock of West Plains; Cavalry SPV I, LLC of Phoenix, AZ vs. Michael D. Johnson of West Plains; Cavalry SPV I, LLC of Phoenix, AZ vs. Mildred Mullins of Mtn. View. SHANNON COUNTY Endangering The Welfare Of A Child Creating Substantial Risk-1st Degree-1st Offense-No Sexual Conduct (Felony): Leslie Ann Smith of Birch Tree; Domestic Assault-2nd Degree (Felony): Leslie Ann Smith of Birch Tree. CARTER COUNTY Possession Of Controlled Substance Except 35 Grams Or Less Of Marijuana (Felony): Ryan C. Black of Van Buren; Possess Marijuana (Ordi-
Code found consensus on many items that touch on the fundamental ideals of fairness and justice. We took that product to the Missouri Legislature, and with the leadership of four outstanding statesmen, Missouri now has a modern Criminal Code for the twenty-first century of criminal justice.” The process began when a special committee was formed through the Missouri Bar designed to draft a revision to the Criminal Code, the structure of which had been neglected for decades. This committee, comprised of veteran prosecutors and defense attorneys alike, labored for approximately four years and produced
a document borne out of compromise, consensus and common-sense. Sen. Jolie Justus and Rep. Stanley Cox filed versions in the General Assembly, which were co-sponsored by Sen. Bob Dixon and Rep. Chris Kelly. These versions were subjected to more than 30 public hearings and were debated on the floors of the General Assembly for three years before being passed by overwhelming majorities. The Revision received the unprecedented support of a broad coalition of attorneys, law enforcement and victim advocate organizations. In addition to MAPA and the Missouri Bar, the Code Revision was supported by Missouri KidsFirst, Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, Missouri Sheriffs’ Association, and Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. “It’s safe to say that no bill has been so thoroughly vetted through the legislative and stakeholder process,” said MAPA President and Christian County Prosecuting Attorney Amy Fite. “This process set a new standard for how crime and punishment is crafted in Missouri, by involving all stakeholders and through a disciplined structure of incrementally increasing punishment for non-violent to violent crimes and firsttime to repeat offenses, and
nance): Tracey Faye King of Ellsinore; Unlawful Use Of Drug Paraphernalia (Misdemeanor): Ryan C. Black of Van Buren; Pursue/Take/Kill/Possess Or Dispose Of Wildlife Illegally (Misdemeanor): Robert E. Muller of Poplar Bluff; Trey A. Muller of Poplar Bluff; Henry Clay Davidson of Harviell; Littering With Carcass-Put Into Any Well, Spring, Pond Etc. Or Any Nuisance In Or Near Public Road, Highway, Etc. Not Ones Own (Misdemeanor): Samuel Hunter Burnham of Van Buren; Operate Vehicle Without Maintaining Financial Responsibility (Ordinance): Michelle L. Boyd of Ellsinore; Kenneth D. Roark of Ellsinore; Brian J. Tippen of Poplar Bluff; Operate Motor Vehicle On Highway While Driver’s License/Privilege Revoked-Suspended For Points (Ordinance): Charles C. Carter II of Farmington; Daniel E. Cooley of Ellsinore; Failed To Register Motor Vehicle (Ordinance): Michelle L. Boyd of Ellsinore; Daniel E. Cooley of Ellsinore; Emie Cassandra Fortney of Ellsinore; Amanda L. Amsden of Ellington; Fail To Stop At Stop Sign At Stop Line/Before Crosswalk/Point Nearest Intersection (Ordinance): Kenneth D. Roark of Ellsinore; Fail To Signal/Gave Improper Signal When Stoppling/Turning Left Or Right (Ordinance): Michelle L. Boyd of Ellsinore; Exceeded Posted Speed Limit By 1-5 MPH Over (Infraction): Mark Lewis Fisher of Fort Campbell, TN; Nicholas Charles Derocher of Oakman, AL; Exceeded Posted Speed Limit By 11-15 MPH (Misdemeanor): Rebecca D. Hutson of Poplar Bluff; Exceeded Posted Speed Limit By 20-25 MPH Over (Misdemeanor): Dixie Lynn Becker of Poplar Bluff; Kyle R. Kern of Benton; Michael A. Howard of Springfield;
Driver/Front Seat Passenger Fail To Wear Properly Adjusted/Fastened Safety Belt (Infraction): Alison Chelsi Sheedy of Ellsinore; Suit On Account: Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center of Columbia vs. Roxanna Stephens of Ellsinore; Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center of Columbia vs. Anita Marie Farrar of Ellsinore. OREGON COUNTY Possession Of Controlled Substance Except 35 Grams Or Less Of Marijuana (Felony): Shawn L. Barton of Alton; Jeremy Charles Cone of Alton; Delivery Or Possession Of A Controlled Substance At A County/Private Jail Except With A Written Prescription (Felony): Shawn L. Barton of Alton; Escape Or Attempted Es-
cape From Custody While Under Arrest For Felony (Felony): Sherry E. Simmons Wilcox of Alton; Domestic Assault-2nd Degree (Felony): John David Rutledge of Doniphan; Shawn E. Aul of Alton; Unlawful Use Of Drug Paraphernalia (Misdemeanor): Shawn L. Barton of Alton; Minor Visibly Intoxicated/Blood Alcohol Content More Than .02%-1st Offense (Misdemeanor): Mary Jane Rothgeb of West Plains; Driving While Revoked/ Suspended-1st Offense (Misdemeanor): Junior L. Peterson of Alton; Howard D. Johnson of Mammoth Spring, AR; Owner Operate Motor Vehicle Without Main-
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taining Financial Responsibility Or Operator Who Authorized Another To Operate Motor Vehicle Without Financial Responsibility (Misdemeanor): Bay W. Pruitt of Cole Camp; Change Lanes When Movement Could Not Be Made With Safety On Roadway Having 3 Or More Lanes, Resulting In Accident (Misdemeanor): Howard D. Johnson of Mammoth Spring, AR; Exceeded Posted Speed Limit By 1-5 MPH (Infraction): Mark A. McManus of Alton; Exceeded Posted Speed Limit By 11-15 MPH (Misdemeanor): Bay W. Pruitt of Cole Camp; Fail To Display Plates On Motor Vehicle (Infraction): Junior L. Peterson of Alton.
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Mo., by serving her a drink he concocted by mixing Kool-Aid with his prescription medications. Following his arrest for the murder, McClurg escaped from the county jail while watching a Fourth of July fireworks show with fellow inmates. He was re-arrested two days later. The jury deliberated for about an hour and 40 minBucket Truck - The City of Mtn. View has purchased a utes before returning the guilty verdicts. Sentencing 1993 Chevrolet bucket truck for the City of Mtn. View Electric is scheduled for September Department. Pictured above with the truck is Dylon Weaver, Supervisor Josh Ennis and Larry Cooper from the city’s elec13 at 9 a.m. tric department. Assistant Attorney General Monty Platz prosecuted bucket truck. “This truck can car teams in a rally style the case with assistance from reach up to 60 feet. We had event traveling 1,975 miles Shannon County Prosecuting some trees and light poles through Ohio, Indiana, that we couldn’t reach. Now Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Attorney Jodie Brumble. we can do some work that we Nebraska and South Dakota. Charges filed couldn’t before.” In addition to the race, the against sheriff August 10, 2016 cars made pit stops at nine The Shannon County SherSolar cars pass through national park locations. iff could face up to 15 days Mtn. View Teams competing in jail and/or a $300 fine on charges of making a false statement. With the office of sheriff up for election on the November ballot the outcome of these charges could make a large impact on the upcoming election. Shannon County Sheriff Steven Robert Blunkall of Eminence faces misdemeanor charges of making a false statement after charges were filed on Tuesday, July 26, 2016. Echo Bluff State Park American Solar Challenge - The Missouri S&T Solar Car, officially open pictured above, made it’s way through Mtn. View on Tuesday, Gov. Jay Nixon and state August 9 during the 2016 American Solar Challenge. The car and local officials today of- is 4.64m in length, 1.62m in width and 1.04m in height. It opened Echo Bluff weighs approximately 158kg has a custom axial flux hub moFrom Page One ficially State Park, a year-round park tor, 3 custom billet 16” wheels and a carbon fiber composite for the chassis. (Photo: Standard/Burks) resisting efforts to create named for the iconic sheer bluff that overlooks crysduplicative or unnecessary Motorists traveling down include: University of tal-clear Sinking Creek. The crimes when that criminal 476-acre park offers Mis- Hwy. 60 caught an unusual Michigan, University of conduct is already addressed Kentucky, UC Berkeley, through existing statutes. Iowa State, Northwestern Going forward each session, University, ZHAW School of Engineering, Illinois State we must maintain this focus University, University of as we analyze new bills and Waterloo, Principia College, make sure that we maintain University of Minnesota, the structure set forth in this Missouri S&T, Georgia Revision.” Institute of Technology, The Revision touches Dunwoody College of on virtually all aspects of Technology, Polytechnique criminal law, including Montreal, Southern Illinois strengthening the punishment University, University for repeat, violent offenders; of Toronto, Ecole de increasing the penalties for Technologie Superieure, McMaster University, child sex predators; and Echo Bluff State Park is officially open. An opening cereMichigan enhancing DWI enforcement mony was held on Saturday, July 30 at the park in Shannon Western University and Appalachian laws. County. State. Highlights of the Revision sight in the Ozarks this August 17, 2016 souri families a wide-range include: past week. Multiple solar Senator Roy Blunt of modern accommodations - The addition of a fifth-felony visits area from which to pursue out- powered vehicles came class, allowing a more stairMissouri Senator Roy Blunt door activities in the rugged, through the area as they are stepped approach to punishment natural beauty of the Ozarks that starts with non-violent – from hiking and mountain and first-time offenses, such bike trails to floating, fishing as property crimes and simple and an adventure playground drug possession offenses, and with a spray park. Echo Bluff is the first Misincreases penalties for repeat and violent crimes such as souri state park ever to debut with overnight accommoassaults and sex offenses; - The creation of four levels dations on opening day, and its 20-room lodge, equipped of felony child molestation; with modern amenities, is - The addition of incest as an the first new lodge at any aggravator in child molestation Missouri state park in a quarcases, which increases the ter century. punishment; City purchases bucket - Raising the range of truck #MoreJobsLessGov - Blunt visits with John Williams, ownThe City of Mtn. View has punishment of causing a death er of Hirsch Feed & Farm Supply, prior to the event. (Photo purchased a 1993 Chevrolet in a drunk driving crash to provided to the Standard) bucket truck for the City of include up to ten years in prison; Mtn. View Electric Departand ment. The used truck was participating in the 2016 continued his month-long - Classification of habitual purchased from the City of American Solar Challenge. statewide #MoreJobsLessGov DWI offenders as dangerous Fulton for $10,000. City AdThe race began July 30 felonies – meaning they must ministrator Mike Wake stat- and ran until August 6. It See Year In Review serve 85% of their sentence. ed the city was in need of a featured collegiate solar on Page 8
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modernizing Missouri’s ports and waterways to help agribusinesses like Hirsch Feed & Farm Supply remain competitive for years to come. August 24, 2016 MURDER ONE - Boyfriend dismembers girlfriend’s body, remains found Grisly details have unfolded in the disappearance of a 35-year-old West Plains woman. Detectives with the West Plains Police Department have been unearthed partial remains of a female body in a Crime Scene - The mobile home pictured above is where wooded area near the Lanton Walter Stewart resided with his girlfriend on Lanton Road in Trailer Park in West Plains. West Plains. Stewart allegedly killed his girlfriend and dis- Detectives were led to the area after Walter L. Stewart, the membered her body inside the mobile home.
female’s alleged boyfriend, admitted to killing and dismembering her body. Liberty overpowers Cape Central If you had any doubts about
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quarters, even tying the game in the third. But the Bobcats, led by Jalen Andrews who finished with 16 points, kept rallying back into the lead. Thayer led 26-17 at the half, and 31-24 at the end of the third quarter, before putting the game away at the foul line by sinking six of seven free-throws in the fourth quarter. “They’re a solid team,” said Coach Walker, “They had a pretty good chance to beat Licking in the finals. We didn’t have the success inside in the first half that we did down there at their tournament.” Thayer, in fact, took the Licking Wildcats into overtime before losing by seven points. Liberty will get at least one more shot at Thayer, and likely two more games against them, before the season ends. The loss sent Liberty to the third place game against Winona where the Eagles were never in any real trouble, jumping out to a 15-point lead by halftime. Liberty was led by Bush who had eight points in the second quarter and finished with 15 on the night. Pruett hit a couple of first-half three-pointers, and sank another in the second half for 13 total points. Stout added nine points and was a force underneath all night long. “Winona’s a tough team,” explained Coach Walker, “They’re also like Eminence -they don’t have any seniors.
bus tour with a stop at Hirsch Feed & Farm Supply in West Plains on Wednesday, August 10. Blunt was joined by State Senator Mike Cunningham,
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State Senator Mike Kehoe, State Representative Shawn Rhoads, and several local officials. During the event, Blunt discussed the benefits of
the 2016 version of Liberty Eagles football, put them to rest. Against a bigger, athletically talented team from Cape Girardeau Central High School, the Eagles took some
punches in the first half, fell behind in the third quarter, and turned it all around with four unanswered touchdowns for a 39-20 home opening victory. On Friday night, it was the smaller team that wore down the bigger one. August 31, 2016 Wallace Barn arson; $5,000 reward On the morning of August 6, 2016 park staff discovered that the historic Wallace Barn, built in 1920 near Devils Well in Shannon County was deREWARD - On the morning of August 6, 2016 park staff dis- stroyed by fire. This is a significant
covered that the historic Wallace Barn, built in 1920 near Devils Well in Shannon County was destroyed by fire. This is a significant cultural loss for the park, as well as for the local communities.
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Liberty Eagles take third place at Cabool, but want more Sports Writer brian@mvstandard.com
Still not satisfied. As the Christmas break ended the Liberty Eagles had won four of their last five games, but are still looking for an answer to the Thayer Bobcats, and after a third-place finish at the Cabool tournament, the Eagles still have another level to reach. Liberty avenged an early season loss by taking out Doniphan 68-62 on December 20, then opened the Cabool tournament with wins against Bakersfield and Eminence, but were sent to the third-place bracket after a loss to Thayer. A victory over Winona finished up the tournament and the week. “It’s tough to play four games in four days, which everybody had to do,” said Liberty Head Coach Yancey Walker after the Cabool Tournament, “I thought against Bakersfield we played fine. Eminence I thought had a good game plan against us, really packed it in. In the second half, we finally got them (to turn the ball over) a little bit more, and got some open shots out of it. Our ability to turn people over has been the biggest difference. That’s what’s allowed us to beat some teams here of late.” For most of the past two weeks, the Eagles looked like a much-improved team. Josh Pruett scored in double figures every single night, averaging 14.2 a game. Shalin Stout also hit double-figures on most nights, averaging 12.4 points a game. Brenton Bush averaged 9.6 points a game including a 15-point outburst in Liberty’s third-place victory over Winona, and Mathew Coatney came off the bench to average 9.2 points a game during that stretch, with big games against both Doniphan and Eminence. There were several individual highlights along the way. “Josh Pruett obviously scores a lot for us, but he also usually leads us in assists and does a lot of things,” said Coach Walker, “Shalin had his first dunk. Andrew Holden graded out pretty well for us. Koel Orchard graded out pretty well for us. But you know we don’t win any games by ourselves. We may have a trap up top, and Brenton Bush may get the steal but the two guys that were in the trap are the ones that allowed for that to happen. We just really work pretty well together as a group.” The teamwork was especially evident against Doniphan as five different players scored for the Eagles in the first quarter and Liberty jumped out to a 20-13 lead. Doniphan, a team that had beaten the Eagles by
13-points in the first game of the season, struggled to catch up to Liberty this time. Holden had 10 first-half points, Stout and Pruett each added nine, while Bush and Coatney caught fire in the second half. Bush added three steals and five assists, second only to Pruett who led the team with seven assists. “We had a lot of guys make plays down the stretch,” explained Coach Walker as he reflected on the Doniphan game this week. “We did a lot better job taking care of the basketball ourselves. We just created a lot of extra opportunities forcing them into 19 turnovers. We attacked the basket a lot better. (Doniphan) lived and died by the three, and they died by it that night. They lived by it the first time around.” The result was a 68-62 victory for Liberty. After falling behind, Doniphan cut the Eagles lead to five at the half, and just four by the end of the third quarter. But the Eagles kept scoring, and Pruett sank five of six free-throws in the fourth quarter to get the six-point victory. Following that game, Liberty put together two more victories in the Cabool tournament. The Eagles crushed Bakersfield, jumping out to a 23-4 lead in the first quarter and cruising to a 70-27 final score. Devin Hedden hit three, three-point shots in the first half to go with three-pointers from Pruett and Bush. It was Hedden’s biggest game of the past two weeks as he finished in double-figures with 12-points. The victory over Bakersfield advanced the Eagles to the second round of the Cabool Tournament where they faced the Eminence Redwings for the second time this season. In the first meeting, the Eagles came away with a 10-point win. This time around, the Redwings came out with a better gameplan, despite being without the services of their star player Trent McBride. The Redwings jumped out to 15-14 lead in the first quarter, getting baskets from five players and a three-point basket from Wade Dyer. Dyer’s brother Grant finished with 19 points, and 12 of those came in the second quarter where the Redwings outscored Liberty 20-15 to take a 35-29 halftime lead. It was gut-check time for the Eagles. “We just didn’t play to our potential in the first half,” said Coach Walker, “In the second half we played quite a bit better.” That was an understatement. Liberty shut down the Redwings in the third quarter 16-4, and erupted for 29 more
points in the fourth quarter to run away with a 74-61 victory. Pruett led the Eagles with 17 points, Stout was right behind with 16, and Coatney added 15 more. But as much as Liberty shut down the Redwings, the Eagles were shut down in the first quarter against the Thayer Bobcats. Going into the semi-final game, Liberty not only had a chance for a win against Thayer, but a victory would have given the Eagles another shot at the Licking Wildcats as well. It just wasn’t to be, however, as Thayer’s defense nearly held Liberty scoreless in the first quarter and the Bobcats started with a 14-2 lead. The Bobcats were following the same game-plan of stacking the middle that Eminence had used against Liberty and for the first-half at least, it worked. “After watching the Eminence game that’s where they hedged their bets,” said Coach Walker, “We didn’t get them turned over until the second half. That really hurt things. Then in the second half we got some easier baskets here and there. You know when we grade everything out, we actually did more things right than they did. We just did a lot more things wrong, and that’s what ended up hurting us. After starting in a 12-point hole, the Eagles outscored the Bobcats in the second and third
Defense! Koel Orchard (22) slaps at the ball as Liberty Head Coach Yancey Walker yells instructions to his players. Orchard “graded out” well according to Walker, making plays both offensively and defensively. The Eagles fell short against Thayer, but won the third-place trophy at the Cabool Holiday Tournament. (Photo courtesy of Patricia Stoops)
We didn’t guard the basketball near as well as we needed to, but we got a 15-point lead at halftime and that’s pretty tough to overcome, especially with no shot clock…When they got it close against us later in the game, we made some nice plays, made some big plays, and just were able to spread the lead out.” Liberty came away with a 62-57 victory and took the thirdplace trophy at Cabool as they enjoy a few days off from games this week. The Eagles next contest is a home game against Bakersfield on January 10. SCORING STATS,
AGAINST DONIPHAN: Coatney 14, Holden 14, Bush 9, Stout 11, Orchard 2, Pruett 18; AGAINST BAKERSFIELD: Dewick 2, Coatney 7, Holden 3, Bush 13, Stout 14, Hedden 12, Orchard 2, Pruett 11, Kenaga 6; AGAINST EMINENCE: Coatney 15, Holden 8, Bush 11, Stout 16, Orchard 7, Pruett 17; AGAINST THAYER: Dewick 2, Coatney 3, Holden 2, Stout 12, Hedden 3, Orchard 2, Pruett 12; AGAINST WINONA: Coatney 7, Holden 6, Bush 15, Stout 9, Orchard 8, Pruett 13, Kenaga 4.
Lady Eagle Tournament this week
The Liberty Lady Eagles Basketball Tournament will take place this week at the Liberty High School Gymnasium. The first games will be played on Thursday, January 5, 2017 at 4 p.m. with Thayer (1) and Koshkonong (8). The second 5:30 p.m. game will be played against Bay (2) and Dora (7). Liberty (5) will play at 7 p.m. against Hartville (4) and the final game of the evening will be played at 8:30 p.m. with Alton (3) against Eminence (6). Friday, January 6 games will be played at 4 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, January 7 will be Lady Eagles - Front row, Emily Guidry, Marissa Berry, Trinity Clark, Jaci Mantel, Brooke Taythe ending day of the tourna- lor, Madison Berry and Tayler Randolph. Back row, Head Coach Jeff Atchsion, Piper Francis, ment with games beginning at Kamryn Gastineau, Kaitlyn Hendricks, Emmalee Layman, Kinley Richards and Ashley Smotherman. (Photo courtesy of LifeTouch) 2 p.m.
Missouri sinks lower with loss to Lipscomb by Benjamin Herrold Sports Columnist Every time you think Missouri men’s basketball has reached rock bottom, the Tigers seem to tumble through yet another trap door, falling still lower. It calls to mind former Kansas City Royals manager Buddy Bell, during one particularly bad stretch of baseball, saying, “I’ll never say it can’t get worse. Let’s take stock. Missouri lost 81-76 to Lipscomb last Thursday to wrap up nonconference play at 5-7. Noncon play brought a series of progressively more horrifying losses, like Russian nesting dolls of basketball despair. First a bad home lost
to North Carolina Central, then a worse home loss to Eastern Illinois, and then the still worse loss to Lipscomb. Lipscomb is having a tough year, and didn’t even appear to play their A game. Missouri got nice games from Jordan Geist and Jordan Barnett, but otherwise it was grim. Terrible threepoint shooting. Sloppy turnovers. Brutally missing four of six free throws during a key stretch late in the game. Simply put, Missouri is very bad and might not be favored in a single game the rest of the season. And the general bleak outlook for the program, a program countless Missouri kids like myself grew up
rooting for and enjoying, extends beyond the on-court malaise. Freshman Willie Jackson announced the day of the Lipscomb game he was leaving the team to be closer to his family, which he said is dealing with an illness. That makes 13 scholarship players to either leave the team or be dismissed in Kim Anderson’s three seasons in charge. There could be more by March. Just to add another challenge, a former Missouri athletic tutor announced recently that she claims she helped student-athletes cheat. Missouri just sat out the 2016 SEC Tournament for NCAA violations, now the specter of further sanctions hangs over the program. That grim outlook won’t change quickly, but Missouri does have a couple of chances to make a fresh start. For one, you may have noticed some New Year celebrations over the weekend, so the Tigers are 0-0 in this new year. More importantly, SEC play begins for Missouri this week, which is al-
ways a new chance to build momentum. Missouri went 3-15 in SEC play each of the last two seasons, so it wouldn’t take much to show improvement. As luck would have it, the Tigers’ first SEC game is at home and against one of the bottom tier teams, LSU, on Wednesday (8 p.m. on SEC Network). Of course, LSU is still plenty capable of beating Missouri. But the Tigers have the fortune of having one of their most winnable SEC games to get things started. After the opener, Missouri has a much more challenging game at Georgia on Saturday (noon on SEC Network), before returning home for another reasonably winnable game with Auburn on Tuesday, Jan. 10 (6 p.m. on SEC Network). If Missouri can’t win any of those games, look out, as a slew of road games and decent opponents follow that stretch. But for now, winning any game against any opponent would be welcome.
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How to Organize Your Affairs Dear Savvy Senior, My wife and I would like to get our personal and financial affairs in order so our kids will know what’s going on if we get sick or die. What tips can you offer? Procrastinating Paul Dear Paul, Organizing your key information and getting your personal and financial affairs in order is a great gift to your loved ones. To help you get started, your first step is to gather up all of your important personal, financial and legal information so you can arrange it in a format that will benefit you now, and your loved ones later. Then you’ll need to sit down and create various lists of important information and instructions of how you want certain things handled when you die or if you become incapacitated. Here’s a checklist of areas you need to focus on. PERSONAL INFORMATION • Contacts: Make a master list of names and phone numbers of close friends, clergy, doctors, and professional advisers such as your lawyer, accountant, broker and insurance agent. • Medical information: Include a list of medications you and your spouse take, along with any allergies and illnesses. • Personal documents: Include such items as your birth certificates, Social Security cards, marriage license, military discharge papers, etc. • Secured places: List all the places you keep under lock and key or protected by password, such as safe deposit boxes, safe combination, security alarms, etc. • Service providers: Provide contact information of the companies or people who provide you regular services such as utility companies, lawn service, etc. • Pets: If you have a pet, give instructions for the care of the animal. • End of life: Indicate your wishes for organ and tissue donation (see organdonor.gov), and write out your funeral instructions. If you’ve made pre-arrangements with a funeral home include a copy of agreement, their contact information and whether you’ve prepaid or not. LEGAL DOCUMENTS • Will, trust and estate plan: Include the original copy of your will and other estate planning documents you’ve made. • Financial power of attorney: This document names someone you trust to handle money matters if you’re incapacitated. • Advance health care directives: These documents (see caringinfo.org) – a living will and medical power of attorney – spell out your wishes regarding your endof-life medical treatment when you can no longer make decisions for yourself. FINANCIAL RECORDS • Financial accounts: Make a list of all your bank accounts, brokerage and mutual fund accounts, and any other financial assets you have. • Debts and liabilities: Make a list of any loans, leases or debt you have – mortgages owed, car loans, student loans, medical bills, credit card debts. Also, make a list of all credit and charge cards, including the card numbers and contact information. • Company benefits: List any retirement plans, pensions or health benefits from your current or former employer including the contact information of the benefits administrator. • Insurance: List the insurance policies you have (life, long-term care, home, auto, Medicare, Medigap, prescription drug, etc.) including the policy numbers, agents and phone numbers. • Property: List real estate, vehicles and other properties you own, rent or lease and include documents such as deeds, titles, and loan or lease agreements. • Taxes: Include the location of your tax records and your tax preparer’s contact information. Keep all your organized information and files together in one convenient location, ideally in a fireproof filing cabinet or safe in your home. Also be sure to review and update it every year, and don’t forget to tell your loved ones where they can find it. If you need help, get a copy of “12 Critical Things Your Family Needs to Know.” This is an excellent 60page workbook available at 12criticalthings.com for $15 or $19 for the downloadable versions, or $25 for a printed copy. Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior. org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book.
cultural loss for the park, as well as for the local communities. A preliminary investigation from the Missouri State Fire Marshal revealed that the fire was not an accident, and was possibly arson. There is a $5,000 reward through the State of Missouri for information leading to an arrest involving arson. If you have information pertaining to the burning of the Wallace Barn, please contact the Missouri Arson Hotline at 1-800-39-ARSON. In addition, those who wish to speak to a National Park Ser-
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vice (NPS) law enforcement officer can call 573-323-8079, or the NPS Investigative Services Branch Tip Line at 888653-0009 or nps_isb@nps. gov. September 7, 2016 Liberty Eagles triumph in face of adversity 32-0 It was a bittersweet night last Friday as the Liberty Eagles lost another starting senior to injury, but rallied to dominate the Thayer Bobcats 32-0 and improve to 3-0 on the season. Once again Liberty’s defense Howell County Republican Headquarters - Senators allowed early yards and a Mike Parson and Mike Cunningham (pictured above) were on
hand to commemorate the grand opening of the Republican HQ.
couple of long drives before getting stingy near the goal line. Twice the Eagles stopped Thayer inside the red-zone, and that was more than enough as
Eagles Show Grit - Adam Shaw gives a thumbs up to his teammates and the crowd during Friday night’s football game against Thayer. Shaw suffered a fractured leg and was transported to Springfield where successful surgery was performed. The Eagles’ players dedicated the rest of the game to him and dominated the third quarter, defeating Thayer 32-0. (Photo: Standard/Wagner)
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tember 10. The festivities included chainsaw competitions, a petting zoo, kids fun zone, music, food and a parade. September 21, 2016
Rotary Nature Park - Thanks to a generous donation from the DeBoard family and hard work from the Mtn. View Rotary Club, Mtn. View Garden Club and the Missouri Department of Conservation the Rotary Nature Park is officially open. (Photo: Standard/Wagner)
Liberty’s offensive starters Rotary Nature Park finished the night on a roll, officially opens The Ladies Aid met for the last time in 2016. Where has scoring touchdowns on three Thanks to a generous donathe year gone? It has been a year of quilting for these ladies consecutive drives before giv- tion from the DeBoard family and for those that just show up for the visiting and support. This time those present were the faithful four, Maybelle Hoff, Bobby Jo Taber, Sally Cooley and Zella Davis to do the quilting and Viola and Pauline Henry and Connie Zorn took care of the food prep and etc. Lynnette Foster dropped in on the way to clean at the church. A new beautiful quilt was put in frames and started quilting. Maybelle Hoff had to leave early for a doctor appointment. Her daughter, Janet and Al Pollreisz of Richland, I think, came to pick her up. The next meeting will be on January 12 at 9 a.m. We would love to have quilters or visitors come and join us. We have a good day of fellowship and food. Homecoming - This year's Homecoming Court is picture Christmas brings a lot of family gatherings. One of May- above, Freshman Candidate Whittney Prewett, Freshman belle’s was Ron and Diane Willbanks of St. Louis. They Attendant Kennedy Cooley; Sophomore Candidate Cassidy spent several days visiting with her and other family con- Smith, Sophomore Attendant Caitlyn Basham, Junior Candinections. They also visited the Willbanks, after all Gary, a date Tori Terrill, Junior Attendant Makayla Irvin; Senior Candibrother, and LaVerna are a close part of our neighborhood. date Brook Conway and Senior Attendant Katlyn Ernst. (PhoThey were a great help with our annual nut sales this fall. to: Standard/Wagner) Speaking of nuts, we still have 9 bags left and would love for someone to purchase them, call for info to Pauline 934-2902. ing way to the JV players in the and hard work from the Mtn. View Rotary Club, Mtn. View Bob and Pauline made a few stops after the Aid Meeting. fourth quarter. September 14, 2016 Garden Club and the Missouri They visited with Walter and Darlene Kenaga for a short while. It is very hard for them to get out for events any more. Howell County Republican Department of Conservation HQ opens the Rotary Nature Park is ofThey then picked up Pauline’s Aunt Verda Richardson in A grand opening ceremony ficially open. A grand opening Mountain View and went to Summersville to visit another Aunt, Wilma Terrill. The visits were all short but much was held at the corner of Lin- ceremony was held on Saturneeded. The last stop was to our son, Dale’s home to have coln and Broadway in West day, September 17 at the park. a meal and pick up our visitor for the next week, Beauty, a Plains on Wednesday, Septem- The park is open to the public ber 7 for the Howell County and was noted by the DeBoard spoiled little dog that we dog sit some times. Helen and Ted Green had Viola Henry and all her family Republican Headquarters. Sen- family members as being an for Christmas Eve. It was nice to have all her family together ators Mike Parson and Mike asset to the community and fuCunningham were on hand to ture generations. for a short while. LHS Homecoming 2016 If you do not attend church anywhere or would like to vis- commemorate the event. 9th Annual Loggers Day The Liberty High School it, we would love to have you. Sunday morning service is at held in Birch Tree Homecoming will take place 9:30 a.m. Everyone is invited to join us. The 9th Annual Loggers Please send me any news at rjhenry40@hotmail.com and Day was held in Downtown See Year In Review I will gladly put it in the paper. Birch Tree on Saturday, Sepon Page 10
Chase and Stephanie Johnson, West Plains, are the parents of a baby boy, Carter Alan, born December 21 at 1:40 a.m. at Ozarks Medical Center (OMC). He weighed 9 pounds 15 1/2 ounces and was 23 inches long. Grandparents are Dennis and Shelley James, Mattoon, Illinois and Glen and Carol Johnson, West Plains. Rachid Oussaid and Beverly Gregorie, Willow Springs, are the parents of a baby boy, Amine Almonzo Oussaid, born December 21 at 9:05 a.m. at OMC. He weighed 9 pounds 5 ounces and was 21 1/2 inches long. His siblings are Lana, 28 and Samuel, 25. Grandparents are Esther Breeden, Willow Springs; Ayada Belkacem, Khemisset, Morocco; and the late Harold Breeden. Chad and Abby Casey, Alton, are the parents of a baby boy, Carstyn Hayes, born December 22 at 3:41 a.m. at OMC. He weighed 8 pounds 2 1/2 ounces and was 19 inches long. His sibling is Londyn. Grandparents are Jeff and Michelle Holman and Edward and Theresa Casey, all of Alton. Mercury Miller and Christena Schmitt, West Plains, are the parents of a baby boy, Izahah Cam Joseph Miller, born December 22 at 8:50 p.m. at OMC. He weighed 9 pounds 1 ounce and was 21 1/2 inches long. His siblings are Liberty, 8; Freedom, 6; and Justice, 1. Grandparents are Wanda Bevins, West Plains; Larry Bevins, West Plains; Billy Joe Miller, West Plains; and Lisa Baker, Clever. Andrew Whiteman and Nicole Floyd, West Plains, are the parents of a baby girl, Rosalie Ann Marie Whiteman, born December 23 at 11:43 p.m. at OMC. She weighed 4 pounds 10 ounces and was 16 3/4 inches long. Her sibling is Gabriel, 8. Grandparents are Bob and Darlene Jolliff, West Plains; Ray and Sharon Wells, West Plains; and Max and Brandy Moldnado, Killeen, Texas.
TCTC signs articulation agreement with Chamberlain College of Nursing Texas County Technical College (TCTC) has signed an articulation agreement with Chamberlain College of Nursing (CCON) in St. Louis. The agreement will allow TCTC Registered Nurse graduates to use credits they have already earned toward degrees at CCON on campus and online. It will also allow these students to earn a higher nursing degree through CCON at a discounted rate. Graduates from TCTC with proof of RN licensure may be awarded up to 77 proficiency credit hours through the agreement including 37 liberal arts and sciences hours, and 40 nursing credits. This accounts for over 60% of the required credit hours of the BSN course at CCON. TCTC graduates and employees will also be eligible through the agreement to only pay 90% of the prevailing tuition rate. TCTC also has articulation agreements with other institutions
including the University of Phoenix, Kaplan University and Southwest Baptist University. While TCTC offers an Associate of Science in Nursing program, it does not currently offer a higher degree. However, CCON offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master of Science in Nursing program. “If students want to continue their education as nurses, this makes their transition seamless and more cost effective,” said Charlotte Gray, President of TCTC. “We consistently strive to ensure our students have every opportunity to advance themselves in and out of our school regardless of bureaucracy or unnecessary roadblocks. This agreement helps us do that.” The Chamberlain articulation agreement took effect earlier this month. For more information about TCTC or its programs, call (417) 9675466 or visit its website at www.texascountytech.edu.
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Liberty Football Fans lined up for 500 free T-shirts featuring the design work of Liberty High School Student Riky Williams before the game last Friday. Pictured wearing the shirts, from left, are: West Plains Bank and Trust Company Liberty Branch Vice President/Branch Manager Jolene Howell, Williams, Ball and West Plains Bank and Trust Company Liberty Branch Retail Manager Stephanie Jester. (Photo provided to the Standard)
on Friday, September 23. School will dismiss for the Mtn. View-Birch Tree School District at 12:30 p.m. The Homecoming Parade will take place at 2 p.m. Later that night the Liberty Eagles will take on the Mtn. Grove Panthers at the Eagle’s Nest at 7 p.m. September 28, 2016 Liberty t-shirt design winner Liberty Football Fans lined up for 500 free T-shirts featuring the design work of Liberty High School Student Riky Williams before the game last Friday. Williams’ design was chosen from approximately 50 entries submitted by students of Liberty Educator Jaime Ball in the sixth annual West Plains Bank and Trust Company Liberty T-shirt design contest. Williams’ class was treated to a pizza party and received $100 to purchase supplies for class projects. Rank number one in SCA, 33-20 victory over Panthers Believe it or not, the score looked like homecoming. The
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Anniversary - The Mtn. View Family Youth Center has been a safe place for children to come and play for over twenty years. The vision of the youth center was brought to reality through the generosity of the Smith family. Pictured above, Senator Mike State Bound - The Liberty Lady Eagles are heading to state after Cunningham and Representative Robert Ross present a plaque defeating Clever in two sets last Saturday. They will play Hermann to Kent and Ruth Smith in commemoration of the youth center’s at 10 a.m. on Friday, October 28. (Photo courtesy of Patricia Stoops) 20th anniversary. (Photo: Standard/Wagner)
View Family Youth Center has served as the communities recreational hang out. This year, the youth center celebrates it’s 20th anniversary. Groundbreaking for the youth center was held in 1996 as the Smith family donated the land and began construction on the facility. On December 26, 1997 the MVFYC opened it’s doors to the first skaters. As described in an article from the Mtn. View Standard News (January 7, 1998) “Early arrivals put on their in-line skates and zoomed back and forth, stopping every few minutes to ask, ‘is it time yet?’ Meanwhile, others who didn’t have in-line skates
the Mtn. View City Council meeting Monday, October 10. Stuart takes the place of Councilman Jeff Wade who resigned from the position citing personal reasons. Stuart was appointed by Mayor Patrick Reed and was approved by a vote from the council. He will remain in the position of East Ward Alderman until April of 2017. Stuart previously
selves improved their record to 10-0, and the offense piled up another 336 yards and has scored 110 points in the last two games. The result for the first-round of Districts was a 55-0 shutout victory over the Houston Tigers as Liberty now advances to the second round with a home game against the Diamond Bears this week. For Liberty’s opponent last week,
Dr. Jon Roberts shared several humorous stories about vestigate the scene of a shooting that took place Friday, Oc- the Sisters, the love and compassion they have shown this tober 7 at McDonald’s in West Plains. The incident had one community throughout the years. (Photo: Standard/Wagner) woman being transported to Ozarks Medical Center where she later died. (Photo: Standard/Wagner)
Homecoming - Tori Terrill is all smiles after she hears her name called for the 2016 Homecoming Queen. Her escort, Shalin Stout, cheers her on. (Photo: Standard/Wagner)
pool in 2018. This coincides with a 10-year purchase power contract for wholesale power supply awarded to MJMEUC when the MMMPEP group’s current competitively-bid, 5-year MJMEUC contract ends. Youth center celebrates 20 years For generations the Mtn.
they gave kids extra rice, clothes and blankets in preparation of the storm. The camp was described as “unrecognizable” as the drive to the camp reminded Tim of scenes following a tornado, “except the
Council Welcomes New Alderman - Wesley Stuart was sworn in as East Ward Alderman during the Mtn. View City Council meeting Monday, October 10. Stuart takes the place of Councilman Jeff Wade who resigned from the position citing personal reasons.
worked for the Mtn. View Police Department where he held the position of sergeant. He is currently a reserve officer but gave that position up in order to serve as Alderman. October 26, 2016 Lady Eagles are state bound! The Liberty Lady Eagles are State Bound! After a nail biter game against Strafford the Lady Eagles moved on to play Clever where they sealed their ticket to the state playoffs. The Class 2 Sectional Playoff game began against the Strafford Indians. Liberty entered the game with a season record of 28-6-1 while Strafford had a season record of 31-2-1. The Indians came out on top in the first set 25-19. The Lady Eagles rallied to win the second 25-23. The final set was a nail biter but the Lady Eagles prevailed winning 27-25. Moving on to fay the Clever Blue Jays (22-10-3) the Lady Eagles won in two sets 25-20 and 25-21. “We have been the underdogs all season, and that is where I want to be,” explained Head Coach Shari Tune. “These girls were determined, mentally prepared and refused to give up. I am so proud of that team I saw on the floor Saturday.” Eagles pound Tigers, Bush sets record The numbers are starting to add up. Brenton Bush set a Liberty Eagles record on Friday night for the most catches in a season, the Eagles them-
however, it was about as tough of a schedule as anyone could imagine at the end of the season. The Houston Tigers ended the regular season with games against the top teams in the SCA, the Mountain Grove Panthers followed by the Liberty Eagles. For the first-round of Districts, the 1-8 Tigers had to travel to Mountain View to face the Eagles again. The second time wasn’t any prettier, as the Eagles’ Koel Orchard returned a fumble 74-yards to start the game, and Liberty never looked back. After seven Liberty touchdowns in the first-half, the turbo clock ran for the entire second-half and the crowd was heading home early. November 2, 2016 60 years of service celebrated In August 1956, Sister M. Cornelia Blasko and a handful of Sisters first arrived in Mountain View on a health care mission. They worked tirelessly to reopen what is now Mercy St. Francis Hospital, expanding care to a community in need. Fast-forward 60 years, and Mercy is doubling down – literally – to mark a major milestone. A celebration of 60 years was held on Sunday, October 30. Suspected shooter in custody After a three-day manhunt, a man suspected of shooting two
Lauren was in Mtn. View to devastation goes on and on,” visit her grandparents, Connie he shared via email. and Leon Porter.” October 19, 2016 October 12, 2016 Lady Eagles head Woman fatally shot at Mcinto district play: Donald’s in West Plains 23-6-1 season record Harrowing details emerge Heading into district play after a shooting took place Monday night, the Lady Eagles outside McDonald’s in West end the regular season with a Plains on Friday, October 7 record of 23-6-1. The Lady at 5:09 p.m. Two Mtn. View Eagles played the winner of men witnessed the incident and the Licking/Houston game on Spring Turkey Hunting Reg- pursued the shooter helping to Monday during the semifinals. lead authorities to his arrest. Stuart new Alderman ulations and Information” Following the pursuit, law enWesley Stuart was sworn in booklet, available from per- forcement arrested the suspect- as East Ward Alderman during mit vendors and MDC officSee Year In Review es and nature centers around on Page 11 the state beginning in February. To learn more about turkey hunting visit MDC’s website at huntfish.mdc. mo.gov/hunting-trapping/ species/turkey. Buy Missouri hunting permits from numerous vendors around the state, online at mdc.mo.gov/buypermits, or through the Department’s free mobile apps, MO Hunt“The camp is unrecognizable. The whole drive out to the ing and MO Fishing, avail- camp reminded me of scenes following a tornado, except able for download through here the devastation goes on and on.” Rod, Debbie and Katie A man is in custody after authorities responded to a call Google Play for Android worked to begin cleaning up the camp today and prepared the girls and boys dorms for locals who lossed their homes of a shooting at 15152 Boiling Springs Road. Police tape surdevices or the App Store for and no longer have shelter. They will house 200 people from rounds the area where two males were shot leaving one dead Apple devices. the village. and one in critical condition. (Photo: Standard/Wagner)
Apply online for MDC spring managed turkey hunts Missouri youth, archery, and firearms turkey hunters can apply online for 2017 spring turkey managed hunts between Jan. 6 and Feb. 28 through the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) website at mdc. mo.gov/springturkeyhunts. Managed hunt details and application procedures are outlined on the webpage. Drawing results will be posted March 13. Spring turkey hunting youth weekend will be April 8-9 with the regular spring season running April 17 May 7. Detailed information on spring turkey hunting will be available in MDC’s “2017
ed shooter, identified as Jason House, 43 of Caulfield. House allegedly shot Bobbi House, age 34 at the McDonald’s parking lot located at 1315 Preacher Roe. Reports indicate she was shot with a handgun. Haiti devastated by Hurricane Matthew Prayers and emails were present during the approaching hurricane Matthew last week as Camp Mahanaim in Haiti was boarded up and Rod, Deb and Katie waited for the storm. The predicted 40 inches of rainfall and the Caribbean was already backing up into the rivers. Rod and Deb still held the Renault Sunday school program where
Eagles walked away with a 3320 victory. It wasn’t as close as the score appeared either. October 5, 2016 City joins power pool, won’t see savings until May of 2018 The City of Mtn. View is now working with the Mid-Missouri Municipal Power Energy Pool (MMMPEP). City council adopted several ordinances on Monday, September 12 allowing them to join the power pool. The MMMPEP is a group of cities in south-central Missouri organized to collectively purchase power at wholesale costs to benefit their municipal utility operations. The decision is expected to improve the City’s wholesale power bill. Mountain View joined the MMMPEP group and the Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission (MJMEUC) in order to take advantage of more affordable wholesale power costs than the city’s existing provider. They Shooting - The Missouri State Highway Patrol, West Plains will begin receiving wholesale Police Department and the Howell County Sheriff’s Office inpower through the MMMPEP
crowded to the counter to rent a pair of the new skates. At the stroke of 6:30, Director Paul Larino admitted young Lauren McCann of Evant, Texas, the first of the many skaters who began rolling into the gym.
Mountain Grove Panthers had scored 106 points in their last two games, and given up just 14 points in their last three games combined, but last Friday the Liberty Eagles defense created four turnovers, and Josh Pruett ran over Panthers for three touchdowns and passed for two more as he piled up 349 combined yards and the
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE OR REAL ESTATE AND SALE OF MANUFACTURED HOME WHEREAS, Devynn Knight, a single person, Amy Marie Mitchell, a single person, and Sammy Pliler, a single person, by a Deed of Trust dated February 29, 2008, and recorded March 6, 2008, in the office of the recorder of deeds for Howell County, Missouri, in Cabinet B, Drawer 6, Instrument No. 2008R1285, conveyed to Charles C. Cantrell, Trustee, the following described property situated in Howell County, Missouri: All that part of the North Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 18, Township 27, Range 8 lying East of the county road as it presently exists. (5592 CR 3540, Mountain View, Missouri) which conveyance was made to Charles C. Cantrell, Trustee, in trust to secure the payment of one promissory note in the Deed of Trust described; and WHEREAS, Devynn Knight, a single person, and Sammy Pliler, a single person, by a Security Agreement dated April 1, 2014, conveyed to Landmark Bank N.A., 925 East Main, Willow Springs, Missouri 65793, a lien on the following described personal property located on the real estate described above: 1996 LIBER Manufactured Home, Vehicle ID No. 17L00540, which conveyance was made to Landmark Bank N.A. to secure the payment of one promissory note in said Security Agreement described; and WHEREAS, default was made and still continues in the payment of said note; NOW THEREFORE, I, Charles C. Cantrell, will sell the real estate and personal property above described at public sale, to the highest bidder for cash, at the East front door of the Howell County Courthouse, in the City of West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, on Thursday, January 12, 2017, between the hours of 9 o'clock a.m. and 5 o'clock p.m., and more particularly at 1:30 p.m., for the purpose of satisfying said indebtedness and the cost of executing this sale. Charles C. Cantrell P.O. Box 1030 Mountain View, Missouri 65548 417-934-2226 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. Insertion dates: December 21, December 28, 2016, and January 4 and January 11, 2017. 12-21-16-4t-acct
Route AK in Texas County closed for culvert replacement Route AK in Texas County will be closed as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a pipe under the roadway. This section of roadway is located from Route MM to end of state maintenance. Weather permitting, work will take place Monday, Jan. 2 through Friday, Jan. 6 from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT HOWELL COUNTY, MISSOURI PROBATE DIVISION DON M. HENRY JUDGE In the Estate of: NORMAN C. SMITH, Deceased. Estate No. 16AL-PR00154 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF CO-PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES (Section 473.360 and 473.444 RSMo.) On the 9th day of December, 2016, NORMAN E. SMITH and JUDITH K. GREEN were appointed the Co-Personal Representatives of the estate of NORMAN C. SMITH, Decedent, by the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Howell County, Missouri. The business address of the Co-Personal Representatives is P.O. Box 8, Peace Valley, Missouri, 65788, and their attorney is Chrys Fisher, Ray & Fisher, Attorneys at Law, whose business address is 13 Court Square, West Plains, Missouri 65775. The Co-Personal Representatives may administer the estate independently, without adjudication, order of direction of the Probate Division of the Circuit Court, unless a petition for supervised administration is made to and granted by the Court. All creditors of said decedent are notified to file claims in the Probate Division of this Court within six months from the date of the first publication of this notice, which was December 28, 2016, or be forever barred to the fullest extent permissible by law. All claims are also barred if not paid or filed in the Probate Division of this Court within one year following the date of the decedent’s death which was September 2, 2016, whether or not an administration is commenced. Receipt of this notice by mail should not be construed by the recipient to indicate that
he/she necessarily has a beneficial interest in the estate. The nature and extent of any person’s interest, if any, can be determined from the files and records of this estate in the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Howell County, Missouri. Cindy Weeks, Circuit Clerk Probate Division Clerk By: Suzanne Adams, Deputy Clerk Insertion dates: December 28, 2016, and January 4, January 11 and January 18, 2017. 12-28-16-4t-acct
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Whereas, Doug Shannon, Jr. and Rebicca Shannon, his wife, by their deed of trust dated the 14th day of March Two Thousand Eight, and recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds for Howell County, Missouri, in Howell County Cabinet B, Drawer 6, No. 2008R1679, conveyed to John N. Wiles, (“Trustee”), and subsequently, according to the terms of the Deed of Trust, the lender appointed Raymond E. Williams to be the Successor Trustee, the followingdescribed property situated in the County of Howell, State of Missouri, to-wit: The East 437.42 feet of the North 140 feet of the SE1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section 29, Township 27, Range 7. which conveyance was made to John N. Wiles, Trustee, in trust to secure the payment of one promissory note in said deed of trust described; and WHEREAS, default was made and still continues in the payment of said note; NOW THEREFORE, at the request of the legal holder of said note and in accordance with the provisions of said deed of trust, I, Raymond E. Williams, Successor Trustee, will sell the property above
Year In Review
Veterans Day - Bill Gould, Quartermaster for the VFW Post #3009 spoke at the Liberty High School Veterans Day Assembly on Friday, November 11. (Photo: Standard/Wagner)
other males, killing one has been captured. The suspect was arrested without incident Friday afternoon at Faith and Hope Church off Highway 32. Daniel Campbell, 39 was being sought for his involvement in the shooting death of Billy Dale Bishop II, 38 of Licking and the shooting of William T. Dumboski, age 55. Dumboski was airlifted from the scene and taken to a Springfield hospital where he is listed in critical condition. November 9, 2016 Record turnout for election A record turnout for the 2016 November General Election was reported for county, state and nationwide. Howell County Clerk Dennis Von Allmen stated that this was a “record turnout” for the county. “Howell County had 17,721 of the 27,007 registered voters come out to vote. That’s 65.62 percent. That’s a record.” Von Allmen went on to state that this election broke the previous record in 2008 of 17,244 voter turnout. Shannon County had 3,966 of its 5,737 registered voters head to the polls for a total of 69.13%. Texas County saw 11,131 of it’s 16,356 registered voters cast their ballots for a total of 68.05%. Eagles outlast Panthers for district title It came down to one final drive. After four quarters of back and forth football, and leading by just one point thanks to a missed extra-point by the Mountain Grove Panthers, the Liberty Eagles defense saved the day. Liberty had the 26-25 victory to win the District championship, and advanced in the State Playoffs to once again take on the Lamar Tigers. November 16, 2016 Veterans Day celebrated at LHS Bill Gould, Quartermaster for
described at public venue, to the highest bidder for cash, at the East front door of the Howell County Courthouse, in the city of West Plains, County of Howell, Missouri on the 26th day of January, 2017, between the hours of 9 o'clock a.m. and 5 o'clock p.m., and more particularly at 1:30 p.m. for the purpose of satisfying said indebtedness and the costs of executing this trust. Dated: December 29, 2016 Raymond E. Williams, Successor Trustee, Williams Law Offices, LLC, P.O. Box 169, West Plains, MO 65775. 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. Insert dates: January 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2017. 1-4-17-4t-acct
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From Page Ten wrongful death petition A settlement has been reached in the wrongful death petition of a Willow Springs teen. The Willow Springs School District will pay $10,000 to the family of 15-yearold Alex D. Hayes of Willow Springs. The settlement came after a wrongful death petition was filed on November 11, 2016 in the Greene County Courthouse with Judge Michael J. Cordonnier presiding. The Hayes family was represented by David Wayne Ransin and the Willow Springs School District was represented by Jennifer Rebecca Hargis. The approval of the settlement in the amount of $10,000 was approved on November 15, 2016. December 7, 2016 Generosity blooms in Mtn. View with the ‘Giving Tree’ What began as a seedling idea has sprouted and grown into the Giving Tree. The Giving Tree is a way for Mtn. View citizens to help their fellow community members, “give what you can or take what you need”. December 14, 2016 Tragic shooting incident claims life The Mtn. View Police Department is viewing a shooting incident that occurred on Saturday, December 10 as an accident. The tragic incident involved Chet Hockman, 32 of Mtn. View and Mickey Collins, 33 of Mtn. View in which Hockman succumbed to injuries sustained from a gunshot wound. It’s a Wonderful Life in Mtn. View Mtn. View held their annual Christmas Parade on Saturday, December 10. Braving frigid temperatures community members came out to enjoy the sights and sounds of the holiday season. December 21, 2016 Jury acquits
Walker of murder A Douglas County jury has acquitted Cory Walker, 29 of Ava of first-degree murder charges. The jury deliberated for several hours after the week-long trial before rendering their verdict on Friday, December 16. Walker was initially arrested in connection to the stabbing death of Robert Koch, 37 of Ava on August 28, 2015. Officers arrived on scene at the residence of Walker on August 28, 2015 where they found the body of Koch and Walker sitting on the front porch of the residence holding the suspected murder weapon. Garden club holds Christmas Luncheon The Mtn. View Garden Club held their annual Christmas Luncheon on Wednesday, December 14 at the Mtn. View Community Center. During this time the garden club made a wonderful meal for individuals, businesses and organizations that have helped them throughout the year. Door prizes, citations and the installation of the 2017-2019 officers were all done after dinner. This year the club had a special guest, Nancy Bahn, FGCM State President. December 28, 2016 Bond revoked: House back in jail Jason House, age 43 of Caulfield, is back in custody at the Howell County Sheriff’s Office after his bond was revoked. He was released after posting a $250,000 bond on Tuesday, December 13. According to court documents Judge David Evans reviewed the probable cause statement and “believes that House is a danger to the community”. His bail bond was denied and a warrant was issued for his arrest on Thursday, December 22, 2016. On Friday, December 23 House was re-arrested.
the VFW Post #3009 spoke at the Liberty High School Veterans Day Assembly on Friday, November 11. Gould gave a brief history of the VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) and what conflicts the United States Armed Forces have fought in. “The U.S. has given approximately 1.8 million men and women who were killed in action for the freedom of America. That freedom is for all the students, teachers and every citizen and was paid for in blood. Always remember your Veterans, not only on this day of recognition, but always ... they should be remembered. God bless America and go Eagles! Mercy St. Francis makes upgrades to the emergency department The Emergency Department at Mercy St. Francis Hospital in Mtn. View recently received some major updates. After a generous donation from an anonymous donor, Mercy upgraded the ER triage area, remodeled the front lobby with environmentally-friendly features, brought new additions to patient rooms, created a more secure medicine room and revamped the nurses’ station. November 23, 2016 Murder suspect captured after extensive search Murder suspect was captured after two searches. The searches occurred on two separate occasions within one month of each other. The subject of both searches, Daniel G. Campbell, 39 of Licking, MO, was first sought on October 25, 2016, after he allegedly shot two men at a residence near Success, MO. He surrendered to responding officers with the Patrol helicopter overhead. Shooting Incident - Pictured above is the scene at West November 30, 2016 2nd Street where the shooting incident occurred that left one District to pay out $10,000 in male subject dead. (Photo: Standard/J. Burks)
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