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Save the date for the 2015 Raytown Arts & Music Festival

Raytown Parks and Recreation and major sponsor Dick Smith Ford presents the 2015 Arts & Music Festival at 7 p.m. Aug. 29 at the C. Lee Kenagy Park at 9608 E 79th Street.

This free event will headline Brewer & Shipley and feature music by Nigel Mack & The Blues Attack, Travis Gibson Band, CJ Walker & Johnny C and Rex Hobart & The Honky Tonk Standards. Event sponsors also include KCP&L, Raytown Fun-House Pizza, Raytown-Brooking Eagle, Raytown-Lee’s Summit Community Credit Union and Saber Cycle.

Raytown and Independence Artists Associations and metro area artists and artisans will display their works for sale. Food trucks will be on site and Fun-House Pizza will sell beer and mixers to wet your

whistle. Bring your lawn chairs, kick back and plan to enjoy a fun day with some of the best music on the planet.

Brewer & Shipley Michael Brewer and Tom Shipley continue to blend guitars and voices and perform for audiences 40 years after their trademark vocal harmonies and intertwined acoustic guitars carved a unique niche in America’s soundboard. Their melodic music and underlying lyrical themes of personal freedom and traditional songs of love still resonate with longtime fans while continuing to draw new ones. Brewer & Shipley’s Top 10 hit “One Toke Over The Line” was largely responsible for introducing them to the masses, yet their music careers

neither began nor ended with this one song.

Travis Gibson Band Born and raised on a farm in eastern rural Missouri, sports and farming were everything Travis Gibson knew until he discovered his passion for writing and performing music. “The Travis Gibson Band” was formed in July 2012 and has rapidly gained a dedicated following. They have opened for several big names in the business that include Chris Cagle, Josh Thompson, Chuck Wicks, Blackjack Billy, Colt Ford, Tracy Lawrence and Clay Walker to name a few.

Nigel Mack & The Blues Attack Nigel Mack returns to the Kansas City area to deliver a high-energy show that fuses blues classics

with the punch of contemporary original blues. With a 1929 National Steel guitar, a ‘60s Martin acoustic and a harmonica on a neck rack, Mack tears through acoustic blues classics from Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Little Walter and John Lee Hooker. In addition to songs by more recent artists like Taj Mahal, Keb Mo and the Neville Brothers, Mack also throws in a healthy dose of original tunes.

Rex Hobart & The Honky Tonk Standards For nearly 20 years, Rex Hobart and the Honky Tonk Standards have created songs about love, love lost and heartbreak. The boys perform a wide array of honky tonk standards and sorrowful cowboy ballads. “We’re just a country band

playing what, for our age, is the golden era of country music — the 1960s-70s sound of country music,” he said on KCUR in April.

CJ Walker & Johnny C & The Supermatics CJ Walker, who graduated from Central High School in Kansas City last year, is an upcoming master of blues guitar. Born with a twisted shoulder leaving him unable to use his left hand and arm, he picked up a guitar and, with no lessons, taught himself to be a remarkable musician. Raytown’s Johnny C & The Supermatics will provide backup. Johnny’s career has taken him from Mac’s Bar at 57th Street and Troost Avenue in the late sixties to performing gigs at the legendary The Tonight Show.

Photo courtesy of Paul Andrews Photography Rex Hobart

Travis Gibson Band

Photo courtesy of Gary Graham

CJ Walker

Nigel Mack & The Blues Attack

Brewer & Shipley

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Raytowner competes in National Senior Games

Photos courtesy of Debra Wood Debra Wood finished second in the 800-meter race at the National Senior Games from July 11 —13.

Debra Wood, second from left, stands with her 4x100 team at the National Senior Games in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

By Kris Collins

do at least two track workouts a week and I try to be sure and do a couple weight workouts a week (when preparing for competitions).”

Wood finished second in the 800-meter run, third in the 200-meter dash, third in the 400-meter dash, seventh in the 100-meter dash and her team finished second in the 4x100.

“As long as I can,” is what Raytowner Debra Wood had to say when asked how long she would continue to compete in track events.

Wood competed for the second time in the 60 to 64 age division at the National Senior Games in Minneapolis, Minnesota earlier this month, running in the 800-,

200- and 400-meter races and in the 4x100.

“It’s pretty hard to find track meets anymore,” she said. “You almost have to go to the national level to get any competition, but it’s a very amazing event. You have people competing from age 50 up to 100 years of age.”

Wood started in the 9th grade, ran in college for Iowa State Uni-

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versity where her mile relay team won a national championship her sophomore year and she seemingly hasn’t slowed down since.

“I try and keep myself in pretty good shape overall because I run, bike and swim all the time,” she said over the phone from RAGBRAI, a tour in which thousands of cyclists make their way across the state of Iowa over several days. “I

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Her greatest accomplishment, though, isn’t any medal or accolade.

“The greatest accomplishment is all the people I’ve met, more so than the results themselves,” she said. “You meet some amazing people. It’s just amazing to see what people are still able to do. It’s very encouraging to stay fit and active.”

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Benefit golf tournament draws more than 70 golfers

Photos courtesy of the Raytown Area Chamber of Commerce More than 70 golfers took to the course for the Raytown Area Chamber and Raytown Rotary Golf Tournament July 17.

By Kris Collins The annual Raytown Area Chamber of Commerce and Raytown Rotary Golf Tournament was a success by all indications, but it’s not certain how much money was raised at this point.

Raytown Area Chamber of Commerce President Vicki Turnbow said some invoices

for expenses are still coming in. She said the amount raised will likely be known by August.

Turbow said the tournament has risen between $3,000 and $4,500 in past years.

Seventy six golfers participated in the tournament this year, including five virtual golfers, a concept borrowed

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from 5k races in which a person wants to participate, but, for whatever reason, cannot.

“A virtual golfer pays the exact fee as a golfer, they get a bag, they come out for lunch, they participate in the putting contest, they are there just like they would be if they were a golfer,” Turnbow said. “They are assigned to a real golfer.

Then, if they win, you win.”

The Adam’s Mark Hotel & Conference Center team looks on as one of its members hits a ball down range.

Turnbow said no virtual golfers won big this year, but they came out and enjoyed the tournament all the same.

When all invoices are paid, the chamber and the Raytown Rotary Club will split the proceeds evenly.

The following are the results of the first and second tier divisions: • 1st Place

A Flight: Draizey, Dick, Hudgens, Jackson B Flight: Albin, Glasgow, Spotts, Glasgow • 2nd Place A Flight: Streit, Smith, Stephens, Howitt B Flight: Etheridge, Bozerocki, Flagle, Bozerocki • 3rd Place A Flight: Turnbow, Westhues, Land, Stawarz

B Flight: Apprill, Lynch, Bradshaw, Veatch After a putt-off between three golfers, Chris Smith won the putting contest and split the pot with the chamber and Rotary Club group, taking home $82. Nate Jackson won straightest drive on the eight hole and Jim Bradshaw won longest putt on the sixteenth hole.

City honors community leader’s 20-year career The city of Raytown honored Al Brown, executive director of the Raytown Emergency Assistance Program for the past 20 years, with a proclamation in recognition of Brown’s years of service leading up to his retirement.

The proclamation, read

by Mayor Mike McDonough at the Board of Aldermen meeting Tuesday evening, states Brown assisted Raytown Emergency Assistance Program, commonly called REAP, in serving more than 300 families each month and hundreds of students in the Raytown School District. The proclamation also makes mention of Brown’s efforts to draw the city’s attention to the services and programs needed to serve the community.

Photo courtesy of Kyle Phillips Al Brown, left, accepts from Mayor Mike McDonough a proclamation from the city highlighting Brown’s service to the community through his efforts as executive director of Raytown Emergency Assistance Program, or REAP, for the past 20 years.

“Brigadoon” matinee at Raytown High was uniquely entertaining

By George Michaud

The Raytown Parks and Recreation Department is hosting a free showing of “Maleficent” at dusk July 31 at the C. Lee Kenagy Park..

Bringing lawn chairs or blankets in encouraged. Google Fiber is sponsoring the event

and making available 100 bottles of free waters and popcorn at the event. More information on the Movie in the Park may be sought through the Raytown Parks and Recreation Department at 816-358-4100.

Playing in the Robert B. Atkin Performing Arts Center at Raytown High School, “Brigadoon” was presented for its third and final performance on July 19 by a cast who worked very hard to get this play to come off in top form.

Alan Jay Lerner’s classic 1940s play with music by Frederick Loewe was nicely resuscitated by a cast of characters, some perfect for the parts and others not so perfect, but each did their part the best they knew how.

The sound was atrocious most of the first and second act, but like

professionals, most got through it without blinking an eye. However, the audience didn’t and it was so pronounced it interfered with being able to hear the actors’ words or their accents which, was most disturbing. I felt for the cast.

The sound didn’t get better for the remainder of the play. No name is mentioned in the playbill as to who was responsible for sound except Zack Thonan, theater manager for the school district.

Director Patricia McLaughlin is to be commended for her tenacity working with a diversified cast and the sound problems.

McLaughlin brings us through

time in a rather sweet and bittersweet journey with Lerner & Loewe’s first play. They later created “Camelot” and “My Fair Lady.”

Israel Hanize shows promise taking on the part of one of the hunters who stumbles upon Brigadoon. Israel has a natural flair about him that appears to be just waiting to explode with the right part in the right play.

Caleb McCarroll at the young age of only 15 also shows promise but, overacts at times when it’s not called for. Many newcomers have that exuberance merely from lack of experience, but it’s noth-

ing he can’t overcome with good coaching, which is worth while because of his natural abilities.

The production as a whole was executed quite well under the circumstances. The theater is the perfect size and just about every seat is a good seat regardless of where you sit. The casting of this production could have been better chosen, but somehow it all worked out.

The story of a fantasy love affair between the American tourists played by Israel Hanize (Jeff Douglass) and Tommy Albright, the other hunter played by Khalid

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What should you know about establishing a trust?

Submitted by Kevin Carpenter You don’t have to be a CEO or multimillionaire to benefit from a trust. In fact, many people gain advantages from establishing one – so it may be useful to learn something about this common estate-planning tool.

Why would you want a trust? For one thing, if you have highly specific wishes on how and when you want your estate to be distributed among your heirs, then a trust could be appropriate. Also, you might be interested in setting up a trust if you’d like to avoid the sometimes timeconsuming, usually expen-

sive and always public process of probate. Some types of trusts may also help protect your estate from lawsuits and creditors. Currently, only a small percentage of Americans will be subject to estate taxes, but estate tax laws are often in flux, so things may be different in the future – and a properly designed trust could help minimize these taxes.

If you decide that a trust might be right for you, you should work with an experienced estate-planning attorney. Trusts can be highly effective estate-planning vehicles, but they can also be complex and varied – so

you’ll want to make sure you understand what’s involved.

One important decision will be to choose a trustee.

The trustee is legally bound to manage the trust’s assets in the best interests of your beneficiaries, so your choice of trustee is extremely important. Your first impulse might be to select a family member, but before doing so, consider asking these questions: • Does he or she have the experience and knowledge to manage your financial affairs competently?

• When called upon to make a decision that may affect other family members, will your

prospective trustee act in a fair and unbiased manner?

• Will naming a family member as trustee create a strain within the family?

• Does your prospective trustee have enough time to manage your trust? Does he or she even want this responsibility?

• Do you have other family members who are willing to serve as trustee if your chosen trustee cannot do so?

This last question leads to another key aspect of establishing a trust – specifically, you can name a “co-trustee” to help manage the trust, and also a “successor trustee”

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who can take over if the person named initially fails or refuses to act in the capacity of trustee. Again, you will want to put considerable thought into whom you ask to take these roles.

And you don’t have to stick with individuals, either — you can decide to ask a financial institution to serve as trustee. By hiring such an institution, you will gain its objectivity and expertise, but you still need to ask many questions about costs, services provided, and so on.

Finally, as you develop your plans for a trust, consider communicating your wishes and ideas to your family and anyone else who may be beneficiaries of your estate.

When family members don’t know what to expect, disappointment and frustration can follow. If you know your loved ones are on board with your estate plans, you may feel even more comfortable in putting these plans in place.

Edward Jones, it employees and financial advisors are not estate planners and cannot provide tax or legal advice. You should consult your estate-planning attorney or qualified tax advisor regarding your situation. This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

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Bites Ramp meters to be installed at U.S. 69 and 135th this summer Ramp meters are set to be installed this summer at the U.S. 69 and 135th Street interchange to better manage traffic flow of merging traffic during rush hour.

Kansas City Scout, a bistate traffic management system jointly operated by the Kansas and Missouri Departments of Transportation, is installing the meters, which will work similarly to traffic signals. It’s antici-

pated the meters will be in operation by early or midAugust.

Kansas City Scout partnered with Kansas and Missouri Departments of Transportation to successfully install ramp meters along the I-435 corridor in 2009.

Kansas City Scout manages traffic on more than 300 miles of freeway in the greater Kansas City metropolitan area.

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Six slated for Raytown School District Alumni Hall of Fame Six Raytown School District alumni are to be inducted into the Alumni Hall of Fame in mid-September.

This 11th class of inductees will meet with students at the two district high schools, will be featured speakers at a luncheon and will be introduced at the Raytown South vs. Raytown football game all on Friday, Sept. 18. The formal induction is on Saturday, Sept. 19.

The following alumni are being inducted: Linda Rae Chappell is a 1965 graduate of Raytown South High School. She is the owner and president of SpiritWorks Cheerleading and Dance Company, the former owner and president of Dynamic Cheerleaders Association, an educator and an author.

Stephanie L. Davis is a 1995 graduate of Raytown High School. She is the CEO and founder of The Advocate Group, the co-artistic director and founder of Unbound Collective, and a marketing and branding consultant, Social Terra.

Sgt. Major Kent Dolasky is a 1986 graduate of Raytown High School. He has served

as the Commander of Joint Special Operations Forces Senior Enlisted Academy, is the recipient of the Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Army Commendation Medals, and is an Incarnate Word University Alumni of Distinction Award Winner.

Tim Dollar is a 1977 graduate of Raytown High School. He is an award-winning trial lawyer, has served as the special assistant prosecutor for Jackson County, and is a founding partner of Dollar, Burns & Becker, LC. Eddie Lee is a 1974 graduate of Raytown South High School. He is and internationally known cellist, performer, and teacher, is the principal solo cellist of the Korean National Orchestra, and the musical director of the Ulsan Sinfonia Players (Professional Ensemble).

Trevor Vance is a 1985 graduate of Raytown High School. He is the senior director of grounds keeping and landscaping for the Kansas City Royals, a member of 15 Super Bowl and three Pro Bowl grounds crews, and a civic-minded volunteer.

The Alumni Hall of Fame was started in 2005.

Man sentenced to 34 years in prison for 1991 rape An Overland Park man was sentenced this past week to 34 years in prison for the 1991 rape of a teenage girl in Swope Park.

Maurice Parnell Webber, 43, was sentenced July 16 on for his seven felony charges —three counts of rape and four counts of sodomy — that were brought against him in connection to a sexual assault 24 years ago, according to court documents.

He was convicted of the charges in May, according to a statement from Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker’s office.

According to the probable cause statement, at the time of the crime the 17-year-old victim pulled her car over to rest. When she woke she was in the backseat of an unknown vehicle with a cloth over her face. She was taken out of the vehicle and three males forcibly sexually assaulted her. In 2014, the Kansas City Missouri Police Crime Laboratory matched Webber’s DNA as one of the DNA profiles located at the scene of the crime in 1991 and one that was previously unidentified.

Man killed in police shootout on I-35 A man under federal investigation was shot and killed last week on Interstate 35 after a police pursuit.

Patrick Stephen Pippin, 30, was transported to an area hospital after gun fire ensured. He was later pronounced dead at the hospital.

At approximately 9:50 a.m. on July 16, the FBI, U.S. Marshals and Kansas City Police Department prepared to execute a search warrant at a home in Gladstone. Before the search warrant was executed, two individuals matching descriptions of suspects in the investigation left the residence. Law enforcement followed the suspects and a pursuit developed after the suspects fled from an attempted vehicle stop.

During the course of the pursuit, one suspect exited the vehicle near downtown

Kansas City and was taken into custody. The vehicle pursuit continued onto I-35 southbound into Kansas City, Kansas until the vehicle came to a stop with a tire malfunction on I-35 near the 18th Street Expressway.

Pippen reportedly exited the vehicle armed and U.S. Marshals attempted to take him into custody, at which point gunfire was exchanged.

According to Bridget Patton, public affairs specialist for the FBI’s Kansas City Division, it is not anticipated that any charges will be filed on the individual who exited the vehicle during the pursuit near the downtown loop in Kansas City. In an email, Patton said the individual exited the vehicle on his own accord and was not an active participant in the driver’s attempt to elude police.

Night work to close lanes at U.S. 40 and Lee’s Summit Road

Various lanes on Missouri 40 and Lee’s Summit Road will be closed daily from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. until July 29 for cold milling and overlay work.

Closures on Missouri 40 are planned west of Breckenridge Avenue and east of

Big Biscuit. The highway will also be closed for periods of up to 30 minutes while operations are underway. Emergency vehicles will have access through the intersection.

Closures on Lee’s Summit Road will be south of Quick Trip and north of Flowerama.

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Special “Cardinal Club” seating available at Raytown South High School’s new stadium What’s a new stadium without priority seating for die-hard fans?

The section of red seats at the Raytown South High School stadium will serve as priority seating known as the Cardinal Club.

“For Raytown South High School we just wanted to make some sort of a splash,” said Cathy Allie, Raytown School District director of communications and community relations. “We were

here 50 years without a home stadium. We were looking for something to set the stadium apart from others in the area.”

In addition, Allie said the school wanted to reward the fans that bleed cardinal red.

The seats are on sale now for varying prices dependent on the number of seats purchased. The Cardinal Club package allows admissions to all regular season home games, guarantees reserved seating for home games, usher and butler service pro-

vided by the National Honor Society students and a “spirit package,” including a car decal, lanyard with season pass and a rally towel.

Season packages are available for purchase until Aug. 14. The proceeds from the Cardinal Club will benefit the National Honor Society, the football team and Raytown South High School athletics.

Individual seats are $50, two consecutive seats are $80 and four consecutive seats are $150. Cardinal Club season packages may be purchased

through a mail-in form or by dropping off the form at the school’s front office.

Scan this QR code for the enrollment form.

Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders will be presenting a soccer ball to the United States’ 2015 FIFA World Champion team for its success in the tournament this summer. Four of the women on the national team play for FC Kansas City.

Crystal Williams, second district at-large representative, and Tony Miller, third district at-large representative, were absent from the meeting.

The legislature approved the following items on the consent agenda: • Item 4745, an ordinance vacating lot 1 within the subdivision plat BrothertonDickson Acres.

• Item 4746, an ordinance amending the zoning districts established by the Unified Development Code by changing a 4.71-acre tract from District Residential

Ranchette to District Agriculture.

• Item 4747, amending the zoning districts established by the Unified Development Code by changing a 10-acre tract from District Residential Ranchette to District Agriculture.

• Item 4748, an ordinance appropriating $442,967 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2015 grant fund, in acceptance of the Family Court Division’s Juvenile Court Diversion Program grant received from the state of Missouri Division of Youth Services.

• Item 4749, an ordinance transferring $22,061 in the 2015 general fund and appropriating $22,061 from the fund balance of the 2015 anti-drug sales tax fund to provide matching funds for the prosecuting attorney office’s Victim Services Program.

• Item 18885, a resolution

authorizing the county executive to execute an agreement with Healing House of Kansas City for the furnishing of residential services as part of the drug treatment program funded by the county’s anti-drug sales tax fund, at a cost to the county not to exceed $70,000.

The following items were introduced and assigned to committees: • Item 4755, a proposed amendment to sections 24004 and 24006 of Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to the development of land in unincorporated parts of the county. The item was assigned to the Land Use Committee.

• Item 4756, a proposed repeal of schedule IV of chapter 2 of Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to Jackson County employees not within the merit system and enacting in place one new

schedule of the merit system. The item was assigned to the Justice and Law Enforcement Committee.

• Item 4757, a proposed appropriation of $8,096 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2015 anti-drug sales tax fund in acceptance of auction proceeds from the sale of two surplus vehicles for use by the Jackson County Drug Task Force.

The item was assigned to the Anti-Drug Committee.

• Item 18889, a resolution authorizing the director of finance and purchasing to issue a $500 check to The Whole Person for sponsorship of the 25th anniversary of the Americans With Disability Act event, scheduled for July 27 in Kansas City.

• Item 18890, a resolution congratulating Melba J. Curls, Kansas City councilwoman, on her retirement from public service.

By Kris Collins

Jackson County honors U.S. Women’s World Cup team

City pursuing new lease for police department temporary space

By Mallory Ragon Temporary housing for part of the Raytown Police Department during renovations to city hall remains up in the air. The Raytown Board of Aldermen previously approved the signing of a lease for property at 7001 Blue Ridge Blvd. for a period of four to six months, but the city later learned the building was under contract for sale. The board has now also approved an agreement with Pac-Van for modular housing rental in an amount not to exceed $73,500.

Jim Melvin, interim public works director, explained that the city pursued quotes for modular office space

after learning of the pending sale, but admitted that they’re still considering multiple options.

“The lease is back on again on the Blue Ridge Boulevard building, as their contract apparently fell through,” Melvin said. “We’re not sure whether that’s what it was or if the new owner perhaps may have agreed to accept the lease once they close, which might be down the road ways [sic]. Not sure which of those it is, but it has to be one or the other.”

The city will pursue that lease in hope that they can close on the contract within the next few days. City staff requested approval from the board to also move forward

Park Board approves $23k bid for roof repair

By Kris Collins The Raytown Park Board accepted a proposal Monday evening from Integrity Roofing, the lowest of five bidders, for roof repair on the park shop roof. The bid from Integrity is $23,799 with a 44day completion window.

Also during the meeting, Raytown Park Board President George Mitchell presented a proclamation in recognition of Raytown BMX Board President Scott Marrow’s service since 2008.

Marrow said his kids have finished racing and he looks forward to a newer, younger board taking over the operations of the Raytown BMX Board.

“They have a full younger board,” he said. “Once I’m out of there, I think the oldest one is 34 years old, so it’s really exciting to see the younger group wanting to take over.”

The board approved a BMX board appointment for

Chad Zagalik. The board also renewed Mike Hanna’s appointment to the park board.

The park board currently has two vacancies.

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The agreement with PacVan was approved with a unanimous vote from the board. Alderman Steve Meyers was absent from the meeting.

Part of the police depart-

ment will be temporarily relocated from city hall while the building undergoes significant structural renovations. The improvements, including work on heating and sewer systems, is expected to take approximately four months.

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Willie Nelson, Part II: the gentleman and musician’s musician country song and best male country vocal performance of the year for “Pancho & Lefty,” I was unable to attend. Willie was on a high note in his career and the requests for bookings came in every day for top-paying venues around the world.

When Willie would come to Nashville Jeannie and Frank still wanted him to meet Lindroth so they arranged a “Welcome Home Willie” celebration at “Twitty City,” owned by Conway Twitty at one time, in Hendersonville only a few miles outside of Nashville.

Jeannie was telling me about a new TV network that Willie wanted to open and, remembering when he saw Lindroth at the hotel with Merle Haggard, Willie requested for Lindroth to be there for the ribbon-cutting ceremony, which just happened to be on the same day as the “Welcome Home Willie.”

The network was to be called “Willie’s Country TV.” We were all there and there so was The Honeysuckle Rose bus. Lindroth was in theatrical

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Kansas City man charged in woman’s murder

A 20-year old Kansas City man is charged with two felonies in connection with the shooting and death of a woman on the south side of Kansas City July 18.

Charles L. Austin is charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of Misty Marion, 31.

Court documents state Kansas City Police were dispatched at approximately 10:45 p.m. July 18 in response to reports of an armed man in a black Lexus threatening to kill people.

The man was later identified as Austin. Court documents state Austin and Marion were acquainted with each other and a witness told police he and Marion attempted to stay away from Austin because of past altercations with Austin, including one in which Marion reportedly stabbed Austin in the neck

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out of self defense.

Marion was shot and killed approximately 35 minutes after police responded to the first call, police documents show. She was found face down on the sidewalk at the Express Mart on Longview Road, according to court documents.

Marion was transported to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead from an apparent gunshot wound to the back, the Jackson County Medical Examiner reported. A witness told police Austin said he was looking for Marion because he reportedly smoked PCP and wanted to kill Marion and one of the witnesses she was with.

Austin was taken into custody two days later. During police interviews, Austin denied shooting Marion. He is in custody on a $250,000 cash bond.

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Photo courtesy of George Michaud Willie Nelson, left, sits with Llyod Lindroth and his harp.

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Traffic redirected for bridge construction on U.S. 69

Beginning July 25 crews will make traffic changes to the northbound lane on U.S. 69. Northbound traffic will be redirected into the southbound lane, making

While making hits like “Honeysuckle Rose,” “On The Road Again,” “To All The Girls I’ve Loved Before” and “Pancho and Lefty,” the mid-80s Willie joined a group called “The Highwaymen,” which included Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings. That proved to be a big hit and helped revive the careers the four of them. It was the perfect combination

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for one-lane traffic flow in each direction. The rerouting is part of the project to build a new northbound bridge over the Fishing River.

dress, ready to play, awaiting Willie’s arrival. When Willie stepped off the bus, a throng of fans surrounded the entire area, even with barricades set up. They didn’t help one bit, but Willie made his way to where Lindroth was waiting with his harp and right away Willie said, “Lloyd, I’m so happy to see you again. You did a beautiful job on the recording sessions of Merle’s two albums.

I would like you to be on my next one”.

With that, Lindroth agreed and asked Willie if he would have a seat at the harp and take a few publicity photos. Willie not only sat at the harp but strummed it. He tried out a tune and the crowd went wild. Willie

that country folk loved, and they traveled fast and furious. They achieved quadruple-platinum sales and literally traveled the world.

Willie’s managers, Jeannie and Frank, were keeping me filled in on Willie’s schedule and told me they wanted Willie to meet Lindroth again, the harpist of mine who was packing them in as Nashville’s biggest attraction at the Opryland Hotel because Lindroth was becoming such a talked about name in Nashville and was so unique.

The 25th Grammy Awards were held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles along with the cooperation of the television network and although Willie won for song of the year, best

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Wiffle ball – the most dangerous sport

Jason Offutt There are times you’ll do something so embarrassing you think, “I’m glad no one I know was here to see that.”

Not me. I do my embarrassing stuff in front of peo-

ple I see all the time. Keeps life interesting.

The family gathered at my brother-in-law’s house, which is normal, and the children challenged the adults to a game of Wiffle ball, which is not. Usually we sit around and eat and watch TV. I like that.

I’m hesitant to do things that require sudden bursts of energy, not because I’m lazy, but because I just turned 50 and I’m afraid I’ll break a hip.

If I knew at 50 I’d be afraid of lawn mowers, shovels, and Wiffle ball bats, I might have gotten all that activity out of my system earlier.

I wanted to say “no.” No, I needed to say “no,” but there’s something in the male

psyche that won’t say “no” to a challenge on the battlefield, even if that battlefield has a swing set.

“Sure,” I said, and went out to play Wiffle ball against a group of kids whose ages added up were less than mine. And the adults, well, our cumulative age was 274.

Kids are punks. All of them. I don’t care how smart, or nice, or polite they are, as soon as they get pitted against their parents for a friendly game of Wiffle ball/ Uno/ gladiatorial combat, they turn into that kid you told yourself they’d never turn into.

“We’re taking you down,” the Boy told me as they took the field (lawn) and manned

the bases (two trees and a fence post). They all grinned.

Punks.

We adults should have done better. We hit the ball harder than the children.

We hit the ball farther than the children. We hit the ball more often than the children.

But by the agreed upon fifth inning Game Over and Grab a Soda, the adults were losing 6-5.

How do things like this happen?

“What’s the score?” one of the kids asked.

“Six to five. Guess who’s got six?”

Punks.

Two runners were on base when I got up to bat. I was going to bring them home

with a hit between third and second because the shortstop was a stick. I positioned my feet to pull the ball. It came, I swung, I hit. Like there was ever any doubt.

It’s when I dropped the bat and ran that the game changed for me. A sudden pain lanced through my right calf like someone struck me in the back of the leg with the bat. I let out a yelp (yes, people yelp) and fell to the grass. The pain, I would later discover, was from a pulled muscle because it was Wiffle ball, and I’m old.

A shadow grew over me as I lay in the grass writhing in pain. I looked up. It was the Boy. He had the ball.

Grinning, he dropped the

ball on me and tagged me out.

I’m lying on my back with an unknown injury, a broken leg or heart attack, for all he knew, and his head was still in the game. He didn’t ask how I was or show concern for my injury, he got the out.

I’ve never been so proud of the punk.

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Incidents from 7/15 through 7/21 07/15/2015 12:57:42 Gen Info - Non-Criminal General Information Report 5200 block BLUE RIDGE BLVD 07/15/2015 14:12:28 10.493 - CITY, NO SOLICITOR PERMIT 10300 block 350 HW 07/15/2015 14:15:23 Gen Info - Non-Criminal General Information Report 5500 block MANNING ST 07/15/2015 14:36:23 570.090 - FORGERY (F) 9800 block E 53 ST

07/17/2015 11:41:59 28.98 - CITY, ASSAULTS 8100 block EVANSTON AV

07/16/2015 15:19:53 Gen Info - Non-Criminal General Information Report 7300 block RALSTON AVE

07/17/2015 11:55:38 Gen Info - Non-Criminal General Information Report 9900 block E 53 ST

07/16/2015 16:04:26 28.139.e - CITY, STEALING SHOPLIFT 9000 block E 350 HWY 07/16/2015 16:13:32 28.139.j - CITY, STEALING FROM BUILDING 5400 block BLUE RIDGE CUT OFF 07/17/2015 00:41:01 28.330.b - CITY, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA E 87 ST

07/15/2015 18:16:22 28.104 - CITY, ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A MINOR 5500 block CEDAR AVE

07/17/2015 01:38:07 28.139.e - CITY, STEALING SHOPLIFT 10300 block E 350 Hw

07/15/2015 21:20:41 28.98 - CITY, ASSAULTS 10200 block E 70 TER

07/17/2015 02:21:35 Gen Info - Non-Criminal General Information Report 9900 block E 77 TER

07/15/2015 22:53:50 28.98 - CITY, ASSAULTS 8600 block FORD AVE

07/17/2015 06:24:15 Gen Info - Non-Criminal General Information Report 7000 block S Blue Ridge Bv

07/16/2015 08:51:01 570.090 - FORGERY (F) 6700 block LANE AVE 07/16/2015 09:53:58 455.085A - VIOLATION OF PROTECTIVE ORDER/ADULT ABUSE (F) 10600 block E 70 ST 07/16/2015 10:52:52 Gen Info - Non-Criminal General Information Report 9000 block E 85 PL 07/16/2015 12:06:40 28.137 - CITY, PROPERTY DAMAGE, DESTRUCTION 7700 block WESTRIDGE RD 07/16/2015 12:45:40 569.120 - PROPERTY DAMAGE 2ND DEGREE/ UNDER $750 (M) 9600 block E 350 HWY 07/16/2015 15:09:43 28.139.l - CITY, STEALING ALL OTHER 8600 block E UTOPIA DR

07/17/2015 23:37:36 28.243 - CITY, RESIST OR INTERFERING WITH ARREST 10300 block E 350 HW

07/19/2015 11:16:10 28.139.g - CITY, STEALING FM MOTOR VEHICLE 5700 block ELM ST

07/20/2015 11:10:43 28.139.l - CITY, STEALING ALL OTHER 11800 block E 80 DR

07/18/2015 01:48:03 28.139.e - CITY, STEALING SHOPLIFT 10300 block E 350 Hw

07/19/2015 11:33:27 28.139.l - CITY, STEALING ALL OTHER 10300 block 350 HW

07/18/2015 04:48:58 28.98 - CITY, ASSAULTS 9000 block E 66 ST

07/19/2015 11:50:29 569.080B - TAMPERING 1ST/ AUTO/ STOLEN & RECOVERED LOCALLY 5700 block ELM ST

07/20/2015 11:50:10 569.160H - BURGLARY 1ST/ NO FORCE/NON RESIDENCE DAY (F) 9900 block E 66 TR

07/18/2015 16:45:00 302.321 - DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED/REVOKED/PERSISTENT (F) 0 block E 350 HW

07/17/2015 07:53:26 569.080E - TAMPERING 1ST/ TRUCK/BUS/STOLEN LOCAL& NOT 6400 block HARVARD AVE

07/18/2015 23:06:49 569.160E - BURGLARY 1ST/ FORCIBLE ENTRY/RESI-

07/19/2015 15:03:13 569.030F - ROBBERY 2ND/ STRONGARM/RESIDENCE (F) 6100 block RAYTOWN RD 07/19/2015 15:20:14 28.139.l - CITY, STEALING ALL OTHER 8900 block E 67TH ST

article should have stated that Faulkner is a U.S. citizen and does have family living in the area.

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07/20/2015 06:34:50 569.080D - TAMPERING 1ST/AUTO/STOLEN ELSWHERE&RECOVER. 5700 block MANNING AVE 07/20/2015 09:20:00 28.98 - CITY, ASSAULTS 8300 block WILLOW WAY

07/20/2015 12:33:40 28.137 - CITY, PROPERTY DAMAGE, DESTRUCTION 10000 block E 63 ST 07/20/2015 15:29:14 Gen Info - Non-Criminal General Information Report 10100 block E 83 ST 07/20/2015 15:36:50 28.137 - CITY, PROPERTY DAMAGE, DESTRUCTION 9100 block E 65 TR

07/19/2015 16:21:40 28.98 - CITY, ASSAULTS 8400 block Lane Dr

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07/20/2015 18:05:42 Gen Info - Non-Criminal General Information Report 9800 block PLYMOUTH LN

07/19/2015 20:01:03 28.139.h - CITY, STEALING OF VEHICLE PARTS/ACC 8800 block E 62 ST

07/20/2015 19:25:18 28.139.l - CITY, STEALING ALL OTHER 8800 block E 59 ST

07/19/2015 21:23:10 569.080D - TAMPERING 1ST/AUTO/STOLEN

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Kansas City man charged with child molestation, sodomy

Correction July 17, 2015 issue The “October trial set for Raytown man found with 1,000 child pornographic computer files” article in July 17, 2015 edition of the Raytown-Brooking Eagle contained a mistake. The

07/19/2015 10:57:22 28.139.g - CITY, STEALING FM MOTOR VEHICLE 10400 block E 72 ST

07/18/2015 12:09:37 Att to Locate - Attempt to locate vehicle 11700 block E 79 DR

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07/20/2015 06:34:50 569.080D - TAMPERING 1ST/AUTO/STOLEN ELSWHERE&RECOVER. 5700 block MANNING AVE

07/17/2015 15:59:54 Recov. Prop. - Recovered Property 5300 block RAYTOWN RD

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07/18/2015 11:16:23 565.050 - ASSAULT 1ST/ WITH FIREARM (F) 8100 block E 87 ST

07/17/2015 01:38:07 28.139.e - CITY, STEALING SHOPLIFT 10300 block E 350 Hw

ELSWHERE&RECOVER. 9000 block E 73 ST

07/17/2015 12:03:13 28.139.e - CITY, STEALING SHOPLIFT 9000 block E 350 Hw

07/18/2015 10:50:29 565.073C - DOMESTIC ASSAULT 2ND/ WITH HANDS/ FISTS/FEET (F) 8000 block HUNTER

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DENCE NIGHT (F) 9900 block E 60 ST

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A 22-year-old man is charged with three felonies in connection to a child sexual abuse case involving three children after failing a polygraph test on the Steve Wilkos show.

Charges were filed against Dameion McBride July 15 for allegedly sexually abusing three children he was babysitting, court records state. Police began

Faced with the inevitability of going to jail, an Independence woman decided to “have some fun” before being taken into custody, resulting in seven felony charges against her.

Natosha M. Romano, 29, of Independence, told police she began what was a 30 minute police pursuit because “she felt she was going to jail and was going

Dameion McBride

07/20/2015 22:04:44 28.330.b - CITY, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA 07/20/2015 23:23:57 42.180 - CITY, LICENSE, DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED/ REVOKED 07/21/2015 04:00:36 28.139.h - CITY, STEALING OF VEHICLE PARTS/ACC 9300 block E 55 ST 07/21/2015 08:09:37 569.080B - TAMPERING 1ST/ AUTO/ STOLEN & RECOVERED LOCALLY 8300 block LAUREL AVE 07/21/2015 08:21:21 569.080B - TAMPERING 1ST/ AUTO/ STOLEN & RECOVERED LOCALLY 8600 block E UTOPIA DR 07/21/2015 08:38:49 569.170K - BURGLARY 2ND/ NO FORCE/RESIDENCE DAY (F) 8400 block MARSH AVE 07/21/2015 09:29:54 569.120 - PROPERTY DAMAGE 2ND DEGREE/ UNDER $750 (M) 8400 block LANE DR 07/21/2015 12:33:00 28.247 - CITY, ESCAPE 10000 block E 59 ST 15-2248PD 569.080B - TAMPERING 1ST/ AUTO/ STOLEN & RECOVERED LOCALLY 9000 block E 87 ST 07/21/2015 13:06:33 570.090 - FORGERY (F) 10800 block E 75 ST 07/21/2015 18:20:01 28.139.l - CITY, STEALING ALL OTHER 10800 block E 64 TER 07/21/2015 22:29:47 Gen Info - Non-Criminal General Information Report 10000 block 59 ST

Independence woman facing 7 felonies after police chase

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Natosha Romano

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Producer’s continued from page 4 was so much shorter than Lindroth, who stood six feet and two inches tall, that Lindroth had to lean over Willie so as to not look too tall in photos. I’ve got photos from that day — many of them — but have yet to run across them. When I do, I’ll put it in one of these columns, hopefully before this series is over.

Willie had asked for Lindroth to appear in a few shows with

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Sales SALES Yard Sale 365 indoor yard sale GOING-OUT-OFBUSINESS SALE. Prices slashed! EVERYTHING MUST GO! We will be open Friday, July 24, and Saturday, July 25, during our normal hours (10-6), but we’ll be packing and moving out throughout the day, so come early.

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him, but Lindroth had a contractual obligation with Opryland so he couldn’t get too involved. The contract stated Lindroth couldn’t have engagements within a 300 mile radius of the Opryland Hotel. Critics wrote about Lindroth opening for Willie and this launched an overwhelming demand for Lindroth in the country field with agents all over.

When all the excitement died down and things got a bit quieter, Willie invited Lindroth and I to follow him onto The Honeysuckle Rose bus to visit

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and talk a while. Willie was so thoughtful and generous all the time. He asked us if we wanted a cold drink because it was above 90 degrees outside and the air conditioner had been running all this time the bus was parked there.

This was one time that Willie was alone on the bus, with the exception of two body guards and the bus driver who stayed outside while he had guests. We were on that bus that afternoon for at least two more hours and just relaxed and talked shop.

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Willie was very intrigued with the harp itself and asked Lindroth, “How many pedals are on the harp?”

Lindroth replied that there are seven to make the sharps and flats, just like on a piano. Willie finally asked if Lindroth could travel with the harp easy, as if it were a guitar.

Lindroth replied, “It’s difficult because, like you, I like my own axe to play on during my shows.”

Willie agreed and said his guitar was his girlfriend, with

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him all the time. He showed us one that had what seemed to be about one hundred famous signatures on it. It was a Martin guitar he called “Trigger,” after the horse Roy Roger’s had.

We discussed Loretta Lynn in great detail and Willie said, “I saw the TV special that Loretta and you had done to represent the USA and it was super great.”

There still is so much more to say about Willie and we’ll cover much of that next week.

See you all next week. Until then, as always, stay happy.

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Raytown Community Calendar EVENTS Raytown Farmers’ Market 2 p.m. — 7 p.m. Thursdays and 8 a.m. — 1 p.m. Saturdays The Farmers’ Market is held at 6210 Raytown Road.

Cash, debit, credit and SNAP accepted. The event includes fresh, locally grown produce, entertainment and demonstrations. More information at www.RaytownFarmersMarket.

Schuler at 816-795-8848 ext. 344.

COMBAT canvass 2 —4 p.m. July 24 Jackson County COMBAT is holding an anti-drug, anti-violence canvassing event along Independence Avenue. The northeast neighborhood was selected based on crime statistical data. COMBAT conducts canvassing events throughout the county each year to urge citizens to “Step Up, Speak Up” and contact the crime hotline at (816) 881-3662.

Raytown Garden Club meeting 10 a.m. Aug. 4 The Raytown Garden Club is meeting at the Raytown Christian Church, located at 6108 Blue Ridge Blvd, for its August meeting.

The program will be presented by Judy Botanico, owner of Botanico Landscaping. She will speak about perennials and landscaping.

Visitors are welcome.

Big Hero 6 showing 9 p.m. July 24 The Jackson County Parks and Recreation Department is hosting a showing of Big Hero 6 on the big screen at Longview Lake Beach as the last Sand Cinema Feature Film. Longview Lake Beach is located at 11101 Raytown Road, Kansas City. Cost is $5 per car.

Flower show 2 — 4 p.m. July 25 The Raytown Garden Club is hosting “County Fair,” a standard flower show, at the Blue Ridge Presbyterian Church, located at 6429 Blue Ridge Blvd. The show is free and open to the public.

Democratic unity picnic 4 — 6 p.m. July 25 Cc. Lee Kenagy Park, Shelter No. 1, 9609 E. 79th St. The Jackson County Democratic Committee are hosting a picnic to benefit the Raytown Democratic Association and its efforts to get democrats elected in Jackson County. Tickets cost $10 and must be purchased before the event.

A ticket affords entry to the picnic and a meal and beverage. Tickets may be ordered at http://goo.gl/ aHKF53.

Vacation Bible school 6:30 — 8 p.m. July 27 — 31 Woods Chapel United Methodist Church is offering youth vacation Bible school at its Raytown Campus, located at 5413 Blue Ridge Cutoff. There is a family dinner at 6 p.m. before the Bible studies.

Classes are offered for children 3 years of age up to fourth grade kids. The theme of classes is “Everest: Conquering Challenges with God’s Might Power.” Questions may be directed to Karen

9 a.m. — 5 p.m. Aug. 21 —22 The Raytown Artist’s Association is putting on the 9th Annual Invitational Art Show & Sale for artists over 18 at St. Paul’s Church of the Nazarene, located at 8500 E 80th Terrace. Cash awards, artist’s gift shops and a silent auction will all be a part of the event. The deadline for entries if Aug. 14. More information on the event may be sought at 816-507-6243.

Free movies in the park July 31 C. Lee Kenagy Park, 9609 E. 79th St The feature movie is Maleficent.

The free event begins at dusk.

Attendees must provide their own seating and blankets. For more information, call the Raytown Park Office at 358-4100.

Friendly Club meeting 12 p.m. Aug. 5 The club is meeting at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Hall, located at 8812 E Gregory Blvd. All are welcome at the club meeting for the potluck luncheon of sandwiches, salads, fruit and desserts. Officers will also be elected at the meeting.

Raytown Young Professionals meeting 5:30 — 7:30 p.m. Aug. 5 Raytown Young Professionals is hosting an event at Extreme Grand Prix, located at 6731 Blue Ridge Blvd., with guest speaker Tom Cole, Raytown economic development administrator. Tickets are $10 and include one drink ticket, finger food and networking with other young professionals.

RSVP by July 29th by emailing staff@raytownchamber.com or by calling 816-353-8500. Tickets are $15 at the door.

Circle of friends ranch 9 a.m. — 12 p.m. Aug. 3 —7 Blue Ridge Presbyterian Church, located at 6429 Blue Ridge Blvd., is hosting a free vacation Bible school for children. The Circle of Friends Ranch, which includes crafts, music, a Bible lesson, refreshments and recreation, is available for children age 4 through sixth grade. Kids in grades seven through 12 may serve as ranch hands. A family day is scheduled for Aug. 8 with games, tie-dye shirts and a special surprise before a carry-in supper and sleepover. Registration forms are available at the church or can be emailed by contacting cneal9410@gmail.com.

More information is available at 816-335-2296 or 816-255-9586.

9th Annual Invitational Art Show & Sale

St. Matthew’s bazaar 9 a.m. — 5 p.m. Aug. 22 St. Matthews Episcopal Church women are hosting a bazaar with crafts, books, photographic arts, baked goods and more. St. Matthew’s is located at 9349 E. 65th Street.

Hoops and hot dogs with George Goode 5 — 9 p.m. Aug. 23 The Blue Ridge Presbyterian Church is hosting a free hoops and hot dog event at 6429 Blue Ridge Blvd. Hot dogs, chips and a drink will be provided. The event will include basketball, hula hooping, volleyball, badminton, soccer, horseshoes, sidewalk chalking, other games and music. George Goode, a Raytown South and University of Louisville graduate and player for BG Karlsruhe in Germany, will be at the event and offer a free basketball clinic. More information is available at 816353-2296 or 816-225-9586.

Fourth annual Raytown Arts & Music Festival 11a.m. — 6 p.m. Aug. 29 C. Lee Kenagy Park, 9609 E. 79th St. The featured band for the event, among other bands performing, is Brewer & Shipley. Food trucks and artists will be on site, and adult beverages are being provided by Fun House Pizza. More information is available through the Raytown Parks and Recreation Department at 816-358-4100.

Festival of the Lost Township 11 a.m. — 4 p.m. Sept. 5 The Raytown Three Trails Kiwanis and Crane Brewing Company are hosting the Festival of the Lost Township, a craft beef festival, at 62nd Street and Raytown Road.

The festival will include a number of unique craft beers from around the Midwest and a VIP tent will include select beers and culinary pairings picked by. All proceeds will benefit the children’s programs of Raytown Three Trails Kiwanis.

General admission tickets are $35 in advance or $40 at the door and VIP tickets are $100. More information on the event and ticket details may be found at www.

FestivalofTheLostTownship.org.

Citizen’s Police Academy 6 — 8: p.m. every Wednesday, Sept. 9 — Oct. 28 The Raytown Police Department is hosting a Citizen’s Police Academy to give residents to a chance to learn about police departments and how they operate. Topics discussed during the eight-week program include: crime and analysis, patrol operations, and other police functions, units and divisions. The police officers acts as instructors and program participants will perform the work. The program sessions will be held at the Raytown branch of the Mid-Continent Public Library, located at 6131 Raytown Road. Participants must be 18 years of age or older to participate. Registration may be made in person at the library or via phone at 816-353-2052.

12th Annual Raytown Police and REAP benefit Golf Tournament 12 p.m. Sept. 25 The tournament will benefit the Raytown Police Department Officers Benefit Fund and the Raytown Emergency Assistance Program. Registration for the fourplayer scramble starts at 11 a.m.

The tournament is being held at Teetering Rocks Executive Links, located at 12040 E. 86th Street.

The cost of the tournament is $80 per player, or $320 per team. In addition to tournament play, the event includes a closest to the pin contest, longest putt and longest drive contests; a silent auction and a raffle. For more information on the tournament, contact Police Benefit Fund Secretary Mike McDonough at 816-304-0702.

Electronic registration is available by sending forms to RaytownGolfBenefit@gmail.com.

ORGANIZATION MEETINGS Candlelight Quilters of Raytown Monthly: Third Thursday at 7:009:00 pm Show-Me Quilting, 6221 Blue Ridge Boulevard, Raytown Plaza Open to all quilters. Call 816-3539366 for more information KIWANIS Club of Raytown Three Trails http://moark4.com/raytown/ For meeting dates and location, call 816-737-9955 Marguerite McNair DAR Chapter http://www.mssdar.org/mmcnair Monthly:Second Monday at 6:30 pm (Sept.–June) Raytown Amateur Radio Club http://k0gq.com Monthly: Fourth Thursday at 7:30 pm

Community of Christ, 6231 Manning Avenue Raytown Artists Association Monthly: Third Thursday at 6:00 pm St. Paul’s Church of the Nazarene Gymnasium, 8500 E 80th Terr. All artists (over 18) welcome.

Raytown Chamber of Commerce http://raytownchamber.com/ 5909 Raytown Trafficway (816) 353-8500 Raytown Democratic Association Monthly: Third Thursday at 7:00pm Come early (at 6:00 pm) to dine and make new friends! Las Chili’s, 6210 Raytown Trfwy Raytown Garden Club Monthly: First Tuesdays at 10:00 am (Feb.-Nov.) Raytown Christian Church, 6108 Blue Ridge Blvd.

Visitors welcome Raytown Historical Society http://raytownhistoricalsociety.org Monthly: First Monday at 10:00 am Raytown Historical Museum, 9705 E. 63rd Street.

Raytown New Day AL-Non Weekly: Wednesdays at 10:00 am Blue Ridge Trinity Lutheran Church, 5757 Blue Ridge Blvd.

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(816) 353-5446 RAYTOWN TOPS - Chapter #0255 Weekly: Tuesdays at 9:00 am10:45 am Loma Vista Baptist Church, 8622 Blue Ridge Blvd. All are welcome to TOPS, Take Off Pounds Sensibly. For more information, call Betty at 816-356-6788 or Faye at 816-358-4350 Raytown Women of Today Monthly: Third Monday at 7:00 pm http://raytownwot.wix.com/raytownwomenoftoday Club Room at Raytown Hy-Vee, 9400 E. 350 Hwy. Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Monthly: Second Tuesday at 7:00 pm Post 4242 Raytown Memorial Post, 6419 Railroad St. (816) 3588843 CITY MEETING SCHEDULE Board of Alderman Monthly: First and Third Tuesday at 7:00 pm City Hall, 10000 E 59 St. http://

www.raytown.mo.us Board of Education Monthly: Second Monday at 6:30 pm 6608 Raytown Road http://RaytownSchools.org Board of Zoning Adjustment Commission Monthly: Second Thursday at 7:00 pm City Hall, 10000 E 59 St. Council on Aging Committee Monthly: Third Thursday at 4:15 pm City Hall, 10000 E 59 St. Fire Protection District Monthly: Second and Fourth Tuesday at 9:00 am City Hall, 10000 E 59 St. http:// www.raytownfire.com Human Relations Commission Monthly: Third Thursday at 6:00 pm City Hall, 10000 E 59 St. Parks Board Monthly: Third Monday of every month at 7:00 p.m.

Raytown Parks Office, 5912 Lane Ave. http://raytownparks.com Planning & Zoning Commission Monthly: First Thursday at 7:00 pm City Hall, 10000 E 59 St. Tree Board Monthly: 3rd Wednesday at 6:30 pm (Sept.-May) Raytown Parks Office, 5912 Lane Ave http://raytowntreeboard.org Check the City website for scheduling adjustments due to holidays, etc. Many committees, boards and commissions meet on an as needed basis. The meetings of the following Boards and Task Forces are infrequent but will be posted on the City’s Events Calendar when convened.

Building Code of Appeals Board of Equalization Community Health Advisory Committee Economic Development Advisory Committee Elected Officials Compensation Committee Industrial Development Authority Property Maintenance Board Raytown Community Foundation (Goes through Truman Heartland) Raytown Safe Routes to Schools Add your own event by registering for Events Calendar access at www.RaytownEagle. com or email Events@ RaytownEagle.com

Church hosting summer Bible school for children

Blue Ridge Presbyterian Church, located at 6429 Blue Ridge Blvd., is hosting a free vacation Bible school for children. The Circle of Friends Ranch, which includes crafts, music, a Bible lesson, refreshments and

recreation, is available for children age 4 through sixth grade. Kids in grades seven through 12 may serve as ranch hands. A family day is scheduled for Aug. 8 with games, tie-dye shirts and a special surprise before a car-

ry-in supper and sleepover.

Registration forms are available at the church or can be emailed by contacting cneal9410@gmail.com.

More information is available at 816-335-2296 or 816255-9586.

Church hosting “Hoops and hot dogs” event The Blue Ridge Presbyterian Church is hosting a free hoops and hot dogs event at 6429 Blue Ridge Blvd. Hot dogs, chips and a drink will be provided.

The event will include

basketball, hula hooping, volleyball, badminton, soccer, horseshoes, sidewalk chalking, other games and music. George Goode, a Raytown South and University of Louisville gradu-

ate and player for the German team BG Karlsruhe, will be at the event and offer a free basketball clinic.

More information is available at 816-353-2296 or 816225-9586.

The Raytown Police Department is planning a Citizen’s Police Academy from Sept. 9 through Oct. 28 to give residents a chance to learn about the police department and how it operates. Topics covered during the eight-week program include: crime analysis, patrol operations, and many other police functions, units and divisions. The instructors are the police officers and

participants actually perform the work.

The academy sessions will be held on Wednesday nights, generally from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Raytown branch of the Mid-Continent Public Library, located at 6131 Raytown Road.

To register for the Academy: • Visit the MCPL Events calendar http://www.mymcpl. org/events

• Register in person at the Raytown MCPL • Call the library at 816-3532052 to register by phone Upon registration, prospective participants will be contacted by the Raytown Police Department and must complete a background check on all participants before confirming enrollment in the program. Participants must be at least 18 years old to participate in the program.

Raytown Police to host Citizen’s Police Academy

Mildred Pauline Weaver Mildred Pauline Weaver was born January 28, 1952, in Kansas City, Missouri. Pauline, as she was fondly called, was the 3rd of 10 children born to Maurice and Martha Jo LaNear; who preceded her in death.

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Pauline married Ruben “Boot” Weaver on June 19, 1976, to this union 2 children were born.

Pauline received her education in the Kansas City, Missouri School District. She gave her life to Christ at an early age

and was baptized at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church.

Pauline met no strangers, and was willing to help anyone in need. Her home was a safe haven to any and all that needed shelter. Pauline was a person who

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45. Break stone 48. Doc 49. A small demon 50. Split up 54. Sierra lake 57. Micronesian sailboats 58. North African desert 59. Famous persons 63. A worn out horse 64. One seeded fruit (alt. sp.)

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Sensational summer entertaining From backyard grilling to days spent lounging by the pool, summer is a beloved time of year for many. Summer entertaining doesn’t have to be a challenge, and with these tips from Sunsweet you can enjoy quality time with family and friends while maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Hawaiian Pulled Pork Sandwiches

1) Grilling Tip: Marinating before grilling helps to tenderize and flavor the meat. Get creative; experimenting with different seasonings and combinations is fun. In fact, prunes and prune juice are great flavorenhancing additions to marinades that also provide lots of great moisture retention in meats. Marinate meat for at least three hours in a sealed container in the refrigerator prior to grilling. Check out this recipe using prunes as part of a tangy BBQ sauce, providing both moisture and flavor.

Ingredients: • Pork • 3 lb pork shoulder roast, boneless • 2 yellow onions, peeled and quartered • 1/8 tsp liquid smoke (1/2 tsp for Dutch oven) • 2 cups chicken broth (6 cups for Dutch oven) • 1 Tbsp salt • 2 Tbsp olive oil • BBQ Sauce • 1 yellow onion, diced

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After a hard fought battle with cancer, Pauline departed this life July 10, 2015, at Providence Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas.

Pauline leaves to carry on her legacy: her loving husband of 43 years, Ruben Weaver Sr.; mother-in-law Irene Henry Kansas City, MO, three daughters, Sherrja Cline, Kansas City, KS, LaTasha LaNear, Kansas City, MO, Kinya Weaver, Leavenworth, KS; one son, Ruben Weaver Jr. (Fatima); four sisters, Martha LaNear, Kansas City, MO, Maureen Rainey, Kansas City, MO, Patsy Boggess (Tom) Kansas City, MO, Celeste White Raytown, MO, Seven brothers, Alvina LaNear, Minneapolis, MN, Maurice LaNear, Long Beach, CA, Franklin “Crockette” Cline St. Joseph, MO, Jock LaNear, Kansas City, MO, Marvin LaNear, Kansas City, MO, Marcus “Pierre” LaNear, Sedalia, MO, Raymond LaNear, Kansas City, MO; four grand children, Yaz’Mine Pittman, Cedric Pittman, Jerome Davis, Emoreja Phillips; two aunts, Peggy Fant-Cline, Alma Cline; special nieces Kernisha LaNear and Sadiqua LaNear and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, family and many friends.

Services for Mrs. Weaver were held at 12:00 P.M. Saturday, July 18, 2015, at Faith Deliveance Ministries with Elder Marvin Mayfield officiating. Burial in Brooking Cemetery.

Iva M. Smith Iva M. Smith, 99, passed away July 14, 2015. Iva was born November 24, 1915 in Holden, Missouri the daughter of Kelley H. and Rosa M. (Thompson) Moloney. She married Albert V. Smith on June 20, 1934.

They shared 70 years of marriage together. Albert passed away in 2005. Survivors include her daughter, Linda Wright; 2

Hawaiian Pulled Pork Sandwiches

Prune Rice Salad

• 4 garlic cloves, chopped • 9 oz bag Sunsweet® Pitted Prunes • 2 Tbsp soy sauce • 2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce • 1 Tbsp fresh ginger, finely grated • 1 1/4 cups brown sugar • 1/2 cup cider vinegar • 2 Tbsp Dijon mustard • 1 cinnamon stick • 1 Tbsp chili powder • 1 tsp cumin, ground • 2 cups tomato sauce • 6 oz tomato paste • 2 tsp olive oil Instructions: Pork: Heat a heavy-bottomed frying pan over high heat three to four minutes, add 2 Tbsp of olive oil. Season the pork roast with salt on all sides and brown in the pan. Cook the roast for three minutes on each side.

Put pork in a crock pot. Add the onions, broth and liquid smoke. Cook the pork 10 to

12 hours on a low setting. Alternatively, put the browned roast in a Dutch oven with 6 cups of broth and 1/2 tsp liquid smoke and bake, covered for three to four hours at 325 degrees. When the meat is cool enough to handle, remove fat and shred the meat.

Toss with Sunsweet® Prune BBQ Sauce (recipe to follow) and serve piled high on toasted buns or slider rolls.

BBQ Sauce: Heat a saucepan over medium heat and add 2 tsp of olive oil. Add onion and garlic and cook until soft. Add the rest of the ingredients, bring to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes over low heat. Cool and remove the cinnamon stick and place sauce in a blender.

Blend until smooth. Sauce keeps for two weeks when refrigerated.

granddaughters, Janna Wright and Jennifer Lewandowski and 3 great grandchildren, Sabrina Medearis, Scarlett and Roman Lewandowski. Visitation was Monday, July 20, 2015 from 9 a.m. until service time at 10 a.m. at the Floral Hills Funeral Home.

Burial followed. The family suggests memorial donations be made to the First Baptist Church of Raytown. Condolences may be left at www.floralhillsfuneralhome.com.

graduated with a degree in journalism.

As a young child Sharon loved to read and loved all the Nancy Drew books, thus started her love and thirst for knowledge and writing. She always thought she wanted to be a nurse and she volunteered at Sharon Lane Nursing Home as a Candy Striper. After that time period, she decided nursing was not for her. She then turned to writing poetry and always wanted to write a book. Sharon was always asking “Why” and much to the chagrin of her parents. But her thirst for knowledge never ended. She always wanted to change the world to make it a better place for all.

Growing up she spent many summers walking to Lake Quivira with her sister for their daily swimming, tanning and checking out the boys on the beach.

The day always ended going to the club house for homemade French fries and a coke.

Sharon loved music of all kinds and dancing to the latest tunes. She also made tree houses in the woods behind her parent’s house and looked for fossils in the creeks. She was at times a little tomboy. She also spent many summers camping and boating at various lakes with her family and friends until her parents bought a lake home at Pomme De Terre Lake in Missouri. She then spent many weekends at Pomme de Terre with her husband and family.

As a teenager she worked at TWA Training Facility for stewardesses. She always talked about how much the trainees would eat and then starve themselves before they had to weigh-in. After college Sharon worked at Black & Veatch where she met and fell in love with her soon-to-be husband Bob. They married on Oct 23, 1976 in Kansas City, MO. A few years later they had their first son Brian followed by Kevin and then Justin. Being married to Bob took them on many adventures. They

Melvin Reavis Melvin Reavis, 84, Kansas City, went home to be with the Lord July 15, at 2:35 PM. Memorial Service will be Saturday, July 25, 2015 at 2:00 PM at McGilley Antioch Chapel, 3325 NE Vivion Road, Kansas City, with visitation preceding the service from 1:00 – 2:00.

Melvin was born October 28, 1930 in Flint, Michigan to Horace and Bertha Reavis. He was a veteran of the Korean conflict, serving from 1952 to 1956 in the US Navy.

Melvin worked as an inspector at Certain Teed Manufacturing Co. for 23 years and more than 13 years for the Kansas City, Kansas Board of Education.

He was a long-time member of Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in KCK, then Antioch Bible Baptist Church since 2001.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Horace and Bertha Reavis, a sister, Irene Bassham and a brother, Ewell Reavis. He is survived by Oleta, his wife of 58 years; sons Keith and Scott of Kansas City, MO; brother Calvin (Grace) Reavis of Paola, KS and sister Lena (John) Martin of Raytown.

Sharon L. Hodle Sharon L. Hodle was born in Leavenworth, KS in 1953 to parents Margaret and Ralph Fangohr.

She graduated from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School and from there she attended the University of Kansas where she

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Prune Rice Salad

2) Salads: Lettuce doesn’t

Balsamic Prune and Goat Cheese Bruschetta

have to be the star of the show when it comes to salads. Make-ahead cold salads are a delicious option for summer, and they allow you to enjoy time with your guests as they can be stored in the refrigerator until serving. Prune Rice Salad is a fun and colorful dish everyone will love.

Ingredients: • Salad • 3 cups cold, cooked long grain brown or white rice • 2 cups lightly packed chopped fresh spinach • 1/2 cup Sunsweet® Amaz!n™ Diced Prunes • 1/2 cup diced bell pepper (preferably red) • 1/2 cup slivered almonds, toasted • 1/3 cup sliced green onions • 6 strips crisp, cooked bacon, crumbled • Dressing • 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil

lived in Orlando, FL; Ridgecrest, CA; Lakeside,AZ and then the company brought them back to Olathe, KS where they resided for 25 years.

She was a full-time Mom and loved every minute of it and her joy was from seeing her sons and family members all having fun together. Her greatest joy came from being a grandmother, her eyes would light up at seeing them laugh, play and enjoying the dogs. She loved to cook for her family and friends and make elaborate cakes for special occasions. All you had to do was ask and she would stay up all night if that is what she needed to do and thank goodness Bob was always there to clean up her mess.

She was a giving person with the biggest heart. She loved the holidays especially Christmas and she always gave everyone 20 gifts or so to speak and everyone always got a calendar!

Besides raising a family of three boys she would write articles for publications such as Boys Life and several physicians’ magazines. Her love of history and the arts started her business Past Paper Treasures of collectible newspapers, magazines, and illustrated ads. She also maintained two booths at the Lawrence Antique Mall in Lawrence, KS. She was publicly recognized by the World War II Museum in Washington DC for her contributions of period-related memorabilia that were used as gifts to major donors to the museum and was personally invited to attend the dedication ceremony.

Sharon attended the Westside Church of the Nazarene in Olathe, KS and was strong in her religious faith.

Sharon leaves behind her husband of 39 years, Bob Hodle, her three sons, Brian of Fuyang,China; Kevin and his wife Pam of Raytown, Mo; Justin of Olathe, KS; mother-in-law Carolyn Hodle of Phoenix AZ; sister Vickie Van Blarcum and husband Charles of Lawrerce,

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• 1/3 cup rice vinegar (not seasoned) • 1 Tbsp each: sugar and soy sauce • 2 cloves garlic, minced • Freshly ground pepper to taste Instructions: Stir together all salad ingredients in a large bowl.

Whisk together all dressing ingredients in a small bowl and drizzle over salad. Toss well to coat. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

Tip: Salad may be prepared one day before serving. Add spinach and almonds just before serving.

Balsamic Prune and Goat Cheese Bruschetta

mingle and munch simultaneously. One dish that partygoers will be sure to love is Balsamic Prune and Goat Cheese Bruschetta.

Ingredients: • 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar • 1 cup thinly sliced red onion • 12 Sunsweet® Pitted Prunes, halved • 12 slices (1/4” each) sourdough baguette, toasted • 3 oz soft goat cheese • 1 cup arugula (about 36 leaves) • 2 Tbsp chopped walnuts Instructions: Simmer vinegar and onion for about 8 minutes, until onion is tender. Stir in prunes until warm, about 3 minutes.

Top each toast with: 1/4 ounce goat cheese, 3 arugula leaves, 1 Tbsp prune mixture and 1/2 tsp walnuts.

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3) Appetizers: Finger foods are the best appetizers to bring to parties. They are easy to eat so guests can KS; brother Kenneth Fangohr and wife Pamela of Lawrence, KS; four grandsons Carson, James, Hunter and Damian. Two nieces; Melissa Steward and Sandra Fangohr and two nephews; Jason Van Blarcum and Matthew Fangohr.

Proceeded in death are parents Margaret and Ralph Fangohr and father-in-law George Hodle.

Memorial contributions are welcome and can be sent to Wayside Waifs in Raytown, MO. Barbara Matson Sandvig Barbara Matson Sandvig, age 94, of Hermitage, TN, died June 10, 2015, at Hermitage.

Graveside Services were at 11:00 AM, Saturday, July 18, 2015 at Graceland Cemetery, Madison.

Barbara Matson was born May 2, 1921, at Sioux Falls, to Dr. Charles C. and Genevieve (Smith) Matson. Barb attended Augustana College and graduated from Iowa State University with a degree in Institutional Management. She wrote copy and prepared food for photography for a syndicated food column which ran in publications such as Ladies Home Journal and Saturday Evening Post. Barb also did lab work and worked for the natural gas company where she gave cooking and

equipment demonstrations. She and high school classmate, Ray Sandvig, met up again on a blind date after the war. They married in 1948 and lived in Sioux Falls, Great Falls, and Billings. In 1963 the family moved to Hermitage.

Barb is survived by two children, Jeff (Nancy) of Murfreesboro, TN and Kimberly of Hermitage; a granddaughter Elizabeth, of Murfreesboro; a sister, Sally Paulson of Rapid City; a brother, Dr. John (Linda) Matson of Des Moines; a sisterin-law, Jane Matson of Raytown, MO; and a brother-in-law, Dr. Curt Meinert of Towson, MD. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.ellsworthfh. com.

Eloise Bahr Eloise Bahr was born July 1, 1920 in Sabetha, Kansas and died July 15, 2015 in Livonia, Michigan at the age of 95. Her beloved husband of 63 years, Willard, entered his eternal rest in 2009.

Surviving Eloise are her two sons, Mark and his wife, Bev, of Farmington Hills, Michigan, and Phil and his wife, Dawn, of Livonia, Michigan; eight grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren. Two daughters preceded her in death: Mary (1970), wife of Stephen Aberle of Sabetha, Kansas and Martha (2013), wife of Roger Belsley (2014). She is

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By Richard and Jo Miller, owners of R & J Hum-A-Long Ranch

Richard and Jo, after retiring from other careers, decided to raise alpacas in Ohio and then in Tennessee. Way back in 1994 when we started nobody knew much about them, but we all learned. We learned how to raise them, shear them and Jo learned to spin. From the yarn both Richard and Jo make beautiful products.

Richard was a farmer at heart (you can take the boy out of the farm, but you can’t take the farm out of the boy).

Because we were so young, 76 and 65 (Jo is younger), we started raising vegetables.

We had about four to five acres that we grew our products on the old-fashion way: all by hand. Our herbicide was a hoe, and it still is. We were at the Farmers’ Market

Obituaries continued from page 7 survived by three brothers and two sisters: Lester and Virgil Hartter, both of Sabetha, Kansas; Clyde Hartter of Frisco, Texas; Erma Priest of Raytown, Missouri; and Lavonne McGinty of Overland Park, Kansas. Two sisters preceded her in death: Marie Grimm (2007) and Helen Lobnitz (1992).

Eloise was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who set a Christ-like example of love, faith, grace and wisdom. At the age of 17, Eloise committed her life to the Lord, experienced repentance and a born again conversion, and was baptized as a member of the Apostolic Christian Church. She enjoyed serving her family, friends, church and the community with great devotion. She was a rock of spiritual stability and a nurturing hand to her family, always sensing what was needed before the individual needing her care could even express it.

Eloise and Willard owned and operated the family farm in Kansas for over 40 years before retiring from farming in 1987.

She and Willard moved to the Woodhaven Retirement Community in Livonia, Michigan in 2005. Her life and impact is also captured in the memories of her children and grandchildren who enjoyed her devoted love and care while being mentored

Play continued from page 2 Johnson. Johnson merely needs a coach or tutor (not a teacher) to bring out his talents as an actor.

He made his role come alive, regardless.

Andrew MacLaren was played by Jim DeFries. DeFries is a pro, without a doubt, and RAC is proud to have him aboard.

Hanna Fabean played the role of Fiona MacLaren and her performance was excellent in all respects. If only the audience could have heard to appreciate her and

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The third victim denied she was touched sexually by McBride, a statement that would later be proven false through lie detecting tests and testimony from McBride. The 3-year-old boy and 4-year-old girl told interviewers at the Child Protection

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An Independence police officer first took notice of Romano at 2nd street and Lacy Road when she and a passenger reportedly crouched in their seats as the officer passed the silver Ford Focus she was driving, police document state. The office checked the Iowa license plates and found the vehicle to be stolen.

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in Kingsport, Tennessee for several years.

After 16 years raising alpacas, our kids thought we were getting to old to work on the farm anymore so we were talked into moving to Washington state.

The growing season is only about four weeks long and Richard couldn’t have that; besides, it snows six to eight months of the year. Another son lived in Raytown, and that is how we ended up here.

We were thrilled to learn about the Farmers’ Market right here in Raytown because we can grow a lot of food in a small area. We live in a subdivision now, so we had to come up with different ways to grow things. We have four raised beds and we use the back of the yard for potatoes, tomatoes that won’t fit in the raised beds and vine crops. We are also

using the land beside the board fence; anywhere that we can turn the dirt is fair game for a seed.

We have alpaca hats, scarves and a lot of other things. Jo brings her spinning wheel and does spinning demos on market day.

Richard loves to talk about alpacas and how we raised them. We also have a good variety of vegetables that we raise on our much smaller ranch. Stop by and visit the oldest couple at the market. We love to share what we know before we get too old to remember anything.

Jo also wrote a book called “The Cat Named Samantha,” which is based on a true story of a barn cat acclimating to life after it goes blind.

We raise yellow crookneck squash and I found a recipe in an old cookbook.

I had to make it a few times

because all the ingredients were not listed, so this is really my recipe.

Ingredients: • 3 or 4 cups squash (crookneck) • 1 can cream of mushroom soup • 1 bell pepper • Salt & pepper to taste • 1 medium onion • ¼ cup bread crumbs • 1 or two eggs • 1 stack Ritz crackers • 1 ½ sticks butter (I didn’t use near this much) Sauté onion and pepper in butter. Add to squash and bread crumbs. Add eggs, soup, salt, pepper. Melt a little butter. Add crumbled Ritz crackers.

Cover the squash mixture with cracker and butter mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 45 minutes depending on amount of squash you use. I’ve used both 3 and 4 cups. I think 4 cups is better.

in life’s lessons about living for Christ, making wise decisions and getting along with others.

Her family, relatives and a host of friends cherish her legacy and will miss her dearly.

Memorial contributions may be made to Ashes to Glory Foundation (www.ashestogloryfoundation.org), Woodhaven Retirement Community (www. woodhaven-retirement.com) or Sabetha Apostolic Christian Home (www.apostolicsabetha. com).

Funeral services were Monday, July 20, 2015 11:00 A.M. at the Apostolic Christian Church, 29575 Wentworth Avenue, Livonia, Michigan. Family visitation was Sunday from 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at the Harry J Will Funeral Home, 37000 West 6 Mile Road, Livonia, MI and also from 10:00 A.M. to 10:45 A.M at the church Monday. Interment was be in the Glen Eden Memorial Park in Livonia, Michigan

region and other areas.

After his retirement in 1995 he devoted a good deal of his time to his lifelong love of music.

He could play, as well as repair, any stringed instrument. Many hours were spent playing guitar and singing at local nursing homes and senior citizen centers.

He was also a member of the Apple Capital Barbershop Chorus.

As it became too painful for him to play an instrument he was forced to give up his entertainment “gigs”. He greatly missed his interaction with the residents of the homes and centers. To remain active in the community he volunteered at the Wayside Theater until its closing and for the last five years was a Volunteer Listener with Concern Hotline.

He was a member of the American Legion and the local chapter of the Korean War Veteran’s Association.

Ulysses “Casey” Carriker Ulysses “Casey” Carriker, 82, of Stephens City, VA passed away at his home early Wednesday morning, July 8, 2015.

He is survived by his wife, Dorothy; their daughter, Kathleen Carriker and her husband Dean See of Liberty, MO; and grandson, David See of Macon, MO. Casey was born February 6, 1933 in El Dorado Springs, MO, the son of Julius and Lena Martin

Carriker.

After graduating from El Dorado Springs High School, he enlisted in the United States Coast Guard stationed in CA. During a seven day leave he returned to MO to marry his high school sweetheart, with whom they enjoyed a 62 year marriage.

He would often say the happiest days of his life were the day he married Dorothy and the day Kathleen was born. Upon his return to his duty station he soon found himself on a ship bound for the waters off the coast of Korea during the Korean War. After his discharge he and Dorothy settled in Raytown, MO where they were both active in the Camp Fire Girls, Raytown Archaeological Society, Raytown Historical Society and other civic organizations. He attended Kansas University and earned his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering. During his employment with two international consulting engineering firms in Kansas City he worked toward his P.E. (Professional Engineering) licensure, which he obtained in 1962.

After several engineering positions in the local area, he began working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on various projects in MO. Iowa, and Kansas. He subsequently was transferred to the Mid-Division of the Corps in Virginia; first on Mt. Weather and later to Winchester.

His projects sent him to many areas overseas in the Mid-East

Khalid singing the ever popular “Almost Like Being In Love,” but the sound system failed them.

The orchestrations were beautifully conducted by Eric Eckhoff, who needs no introduction. The orchestra was right on the money and I heard some nice top-flight playing from the bass, percussion, piano and horns. Alyse Stoll, RAC’s president, was also in the orchestra playing flute.

Accolades must go out to choreographer Kristen Sullivan and Music Director Ryan Sullivan. The stage manager sure was appreciated by all. The sets were beauti-

fully done This production was dedicated to the memory of Don Forsythe, who passed in February and had been an integral part of the Raytown Arts Council. Forsythe had always wanted to play the part of Mr. Lundie, which was very nicely played by David Fast who I saw in the production of “Kiss Me, Kate” last year at Raytown South. Fast is a real pro and puts “Brigadoon” on the map with his appearance and acting abilities.

A big thank you to RAC for bringing this to the community of Raytown.

Center they had been touched sexually by McBride several times and one victim said she was made to do “nasty stuff.”

McBride denied allegations of sexual abuse when the mother of the victim’s confronted him on the phone, stating he was molested as a child and would never do it to another child. Police documents state he also told the victim’s mother he had been accused of molesting children in the past.

McBride went on the Steve Wilkos show to undergo a polygraph test and clear his name of the molestation allegations. He reportedly failed the test when asked if he molested the three children.

During police interviews in early July, McBride first denied the molestation allegations. He took a computer voice stress

analyzer test and failed when questioned about touching the children in a sexual manner.

Late in the interview, police documents state, he told police he touched the children sexually. During the interview with police, McBride described his behavior as sick and he said needed help. He also told police “his mind is constantly running and will occasionally get thoughts about doing sexual things with children, but then will stop himself because it’s not right.”

His currently in custody on a $150,000 cash bond. He is charged with two counts of first-degree child molestation, a class B felony, and first-degree statutory sodomy, an unclassified felony, according to court records. He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing July 27.

and headed west on Independence Avenue at a high rate of speed, according to court documents. While heading west on Missouri 291, Romano reportedly swerved into the eastbound lane to avoid traffic, nearly hit an officer on foot attempting to deploy stop sticks and swerved toward officers’ vehicles as they attempted to pass and get in front of her.

During the pursuit, Romano’s passenger threw a bag containing drugs and paraphernalia out the car window. Police recovered the bag and found marijuana, pharmaceutical drugs, a

digital scale and paraphernalia, police documents state. The pursuit eventually ended at Crysler Avenue and 35th Street.

Romano is charged with first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle; possession of a controlled substance, both class C felonies; four counts of attempted assault of a police officer, a class C felony; resisting arrest, a class D felony; and one misdemeanor count of unlawful use of drug paraphernalia, court records show. She is in custody on a $50,000 cash bond. She is scheduled to appear in court July 27.

Photos by Kris Collins Richard and Jo Miller stand in their urban garden in Raytown.

The Millers grow a variety of many kinds of vegetables and are hoping to expand their garden where they can find space.

His wish was to be cremated with no local services and his ashes be returned to MO. If anyone wishes to make a donation in his memory please consider Concern Hotline, P.O. Box 2032, Winchester, VA, 540-536-1630; Frederick County Esther Boyd Animal Shelter, 161 Fort Collier Rd., Winchester, VA 22602; or any other charity of your choice.

Andrea G. Leatherman Andrea G. Leatherman, 31, of Raytown, MO passed away Tuesday 07/07/2015. Family will be holding a private memorial service in her honor at a later date.

Friedel Elliott Friedel Elliott, 77, passed away July 19, 2015, at Little Sisters Nursing, where she lived the past five years. She was born in East Germany on March 26, 1938,

and moved to the United States in 1958. Friedel worked many years in the food service industry, owned Friedel’s Gasthaus on Wornall Road, and retired from Marriott Food Services. She was an active member of the Germania Club, the GACA and Kansas City Turners. Along with her parents, Friedel was preceded in death by her brother Andy, husband, Stan Elliott, and daughter, Susan. She leaves her son, Steven Wohlert of Raytown, and Stan’s children, Lonnie and Carmen.

Services at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 23, at Park Lawn Chapel, Hillcrest Road at 83rd Street, Kansas City. A reception will follow at Little Sisters, 8745 James A. Reed Road, Kansas City, MO 64138.

Remembering the wonderful care Elfriede received, memorial contributions are suggested to the Little Sisters. Arr.: Park Lawn Funeral Home, (816) 523-1234.

Join us for the 2nd Annual SENIOR CELEBRATION

Sat. September 12 5:00-8:00pm The Point - 5600 Blue Ridge Cutoff

Grab your Friends, put on your Sunday Best, & Dancing Shoes!

We are inviting Raytown’s Senior Citizens that are 55 & older to come Celebrate!

Enjoy Great Music, Dancing, Dinner/Dessert, Door Prizes, Photo Booth, & Meet New Neighbors!

$10.00/person On Sale Now! Singles, Couples & Groups Welcome!

Tickets available at: Raytown Chamber 5909 Raytown Trafficway (816) 353-8500 Raytown Hy-Vee 9400 E. 350 Hwy.

Tickets are required & not refundable