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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2013
2 SECTIONS, 12 PAGES
DON’T MISS... Barton County Chamber welcomes Old Geezers Classic Car Show
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Avola School reunion held at Sheldon United Methodist Church
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Metzger’s Mutterings
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Trula Cain Memorial Dog Park to become a reality
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Students of the Week
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STAR Students
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Golden City Veterans' Day assembly to be held November 8
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Bray is awarded on the field, as well as off
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Lamar resident brings home six medals from world shooting competition
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Dade County Commission meets with circuit clerk regarding e-filing
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Storage of hay bale a possible fire hazard in Greenfield
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Girl Scout Troop No. 61011 help with Operation Christmas Child
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Weather Forecast
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INDEX
SECTION A Friends & Family ...................... 2 Friends & Family ...................... 3 Friends & Family ...................... 4 School/Sports ............................ 5 Sports ......................................... 6 SECTION B Area News ................................. 2 Records/Legals .......................... 3 Legals.......................................... 4 Legals/Classifieds...................... 5 Area News ................................. 6
Lamar Democrat/Melody Metzger Jay and Rita Nelson have a fiendishly good time decorating for Halloween at their home on 164 SE 40th Lane. Jay’s mother, Lois, called the paper to tip us off on this fantastic haunted display complete with graveyards, ghosts and goblins and signs warning of what is to come!
Recipes needed for Good news and news at Lamar holiday cookbook bad council meeting The Lamar Democrat is working on publishing a holiday cookbook this holiday season and is in need of recipes from area individuals. Many of our readers will remember the cookbooks that have been published in the past and it is hoped that we will be able to do something along those lines again this year. In order to do so, we are in dire need of recipes. Recipes can be submitted by e-mail to info@lamardemocrat. com, mailed to P.O. Box 458, Lamar, Mo. 64759, or dropped off at our new office located at 100
E. 11th St., just off the southeast corner of the Lamar square, across from Memorial Hall. There is no charge to submit recipes, and no limit as to the number of recipes turned in. Also, if you have a picture of the recipe, that can be submitted as well. If anyone knows of a cook that might be interested in being featured, please call me, Melody Metzger, at 417-682-5529, ext. 60. This is the number to call for further information, as well. We are hoping that we can start up this tradition again in order to make it a yearly publication, but we can’t do it without your help. The deadline to turn in recipes is Friday, Nov. 15. We look forward to hearing from you!
Hospice Compassus will host a free screening of the film, “Honor Flight” on Saturday, Nov. 9, 5 p.m., at Thiebaud Auditorium in Lamar. While there is no charge for admission, donations will be accepted to benefit the Honor Flight Network, a non-profit organization that sends hundreds of World War II veterans to Washington, D.C. every year to view the World War II Memorial for free. “For many years Hospice Compassus has provided com-
passionate care to our veterans and we want to do our part in honoring them for their heroic service,” said Janet Gard, executive director of the Hospice Compassus program in Lamar. “The entire community is invited to join us in recognizing the courageous sacrifices made by our local veterans through a free screening of this inspiring film”. For more information about the screening contact Teresa Severs, volunteer coordinator, at 417-682-3809.
By MELODY METZGER Lamar Democrat
melodymetzger@lamardemocrat.com
Free “Honor Flight” film screening set for November 9 in Lamar
By RICHARD COOPER Democrat staff writer
richardcooper@lamardemocrat.com
LAMAR-It required 13 years to accomplish, but City Administrator Lynn Calton was able to tell the city council, Monday night, “We are closing in on the airport project.” It was Calton’s first council meeting since being forced to take an extended medical leave. He said the runway’s surface has been completed, striping is finished, and all that remains is installation of runway lights. That depends on the arrival of equipment to lay cable and install the lights. It is uncertain when that will be, but in the meantime it will be opened to air traffic as a daytime only strip. He said that will take about a week for exchanging messages between the contractor, Calton, and the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT). Then, aircraft may begin rolling during daylight hours on the new 4,000-foot runway. That stood out as the good news at Monday’s council meeting. The bad news came as Assistant Administrator and Police Chief Ron Hagar told the mayor and council that the application for a Community Development Block Grant to pay most of the cost of demolishing the Gilkey Building on the northeast corner of the city square has been rejected. Such grants are competitive, and Lamar’s application didn’t score high enough. Now, the city will have to explore other options for the dangerous old structure that is propped up by five supports to keep it from collapsing onto 10th Street. One councilman was heard to say that the building may come down of its own volition before anything is done to remove it. The council unanimously approved the continuing participation with MoDOT in Missouri’s Highway Safety Program. This includes such things as operating DWI patrols that require overtime work by police department personnel. MoDOT reimburses the city for the overtime hours worked. Mike Wester of Bethesda Lutheran Communities spoke to the council about establishing a center in Lamar to provide services and support to disabled and needy families. It would be the first in southwest Missouri. He said eight to 10 families have already expressed interest in such a center. He also noted that about 85 percent of their work would be see COUNCIL, page 6A
Expect to receive tax statements about November 1 By RICHARD COOPER Democrat staff writer
LAMAR-Barton County Collector-Treasurer Barba Parrish has announced that 2013 tax statements will go into the mail to Barton County taxpayers at the end of October. The state-
ments should arrive in most taxpayers’ mailboxes around November 1. An instruction sheet will accompany each statement explaining that taxes may now be paid by credit card or on-line. The deadline for paying taxes is December 31.
Parrish notes that taxes may not be paid before November 1. She urges that taxpayers make sure that all vehicles and property owned on January 1, 2013 are included on their personal property statements. Also, real estate statements should include all real estate owned,
with the exception of those statements that go to mortgage companies. Change of address can be accomplished at the collectortreasurer’s office on the first floor of the Barton County Courthouse or by calling that office at (417) 682-5881.
On Friday, Oct. 25, at approximately 4:20 p.m., Barton County Sheriff ’s Department officers responded to a burglary in process two miles north of Iantha. A minor child was at the home and observed two men taking items from a shed located outside of the home. The child contacted his
mother, who in turn contacted the sheriff ’s department. While deputies were en route to the residence, a neighbor that had also been notified, responded to the home and observed the van leaving the property. The neighbor followed the suspects and contacted the dispatcher for the
sheriff ’s office, relaying the direction that the suspect vehicle was traveling. The suspect vehicle was stopped at the intersection of Southwest 80th Lane and Hwy. 160, and two subjects were taken into custody. The two subjects were Alva L. Allen, 44, and Eric R. Allen, 43, both of
Independence. Stolen property from the residence was found inside the suspect’s vehicle. Both subjects were served warrants on the following day, October 26, for 1st Degree Burglary and are being held in the Barton County Jail on $25,000 cash or surety bonds.
richardcooper@lamardemocrat.com
Allen brothers arrested
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Be sure to have your little ghosts and goblins stop by the Lamar Democrat (North of Memorial Hall) on October 31st from 3-5 p.m. to get spooktacular treats!