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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2014
3 SECTIONS, 18 PAGES
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Lamar Bank & Trust: The Lifeblood of the Community Lamar Bank and Trust Company was recently recognized as a 5-Star Superior Bank by BauerFinancial, Inc., Coral Gables, Fla., the nation's bank rating firm. Earning this highest 5-Star rating for strength and stability, Tom Main, CEO, and the entire team at Lamar Bank & Trust have proven their commitment to their customers. To earn Bauer's 5-Star Superior rating, Lamar Bank and Trust must excel in areas of capital adequacy, delinquent loan levels and profitability to name just a few. The fact that it has done so for 89 consecutive quarters puts Lamar Bank & Trust in an even more elite group of “Sustained Superior Banks”. Only three percent of the nation's banks can claim this distinction. “This is something we are very proud of,” noted Pat O'Neal, executive vice president at LBT. “We have a great staff that meets the needs of a great customer base, and we are very appreciative of both”. Lamar Bank & Trust was established in 1925 and has been serving the banking needs of its neighbors and friends for 86 years. It operates through conveniently located offices on Broadway in Lamar and can also be found on the internet at www.lbt.com. According to Karen L. Dorway, president of the research firm of BauerFinancial, Inc., “Community banks, like Lamar Bank & Trust, tend to know their customers, the local business community, when to grant a loan...and when not to grant one. What many people don't realize is that community banks actually have better balance sheets than their larger counterparts. Their capital ratios and nonperforming asset ratios are typically much more impressive than larger institutions. These are not the banks that threaten our economic wellbeing. On the contrary, they are the lifeblood of it”.
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SECTION A Correspondents......................... 2 Friends & Family....................... 3 Friends & Family/Sports........... 4 School/Sports............................. 5 Sports.......................................... 6 SECTION B Miss Merry Christmas.............. 2 Records....................................... 3 Records/Legals........................... 4 Legals/Classifieds....................... 5 Area News.................................. 6 SECTION C Holiday Cookbook................ 1-6
Photo for Lamar Democrat by Terry Redman Before the quarterfinal game vs. Strafford on Friday, Nov. 14, Lamar Booster Club President Julie Whyman made a special presentation to Bill Percy. For the past 20 years Percy has been shooting off fireworks after each Lamar score. Looking on is his oldest grandson, Lamar Superintendent Dr. Zach Harris.
2016 governor candidate visits By CHRIS MORROW MALDEN-A balanced offensive attack and a smothering defense propelled the Lamar Tigers past Malden 28-2 and into the Class 2 state title game for the fourth straight season. "That was man style football. That's the kind of football I like," said Lamar coach Scott Bailey of the physical nature of Saturday's semifinal game. Malden gave the Tigers a taste of why they came into the game undefeated early, stymieing the Tigers ground game and forcing a quick punt on Lamar's first offensive possession. A big play the next time the Tigers had the football changed the scoreboard and the complexion of the game. Facing a third and one at the Malden 48, Lamar senior quarterback Tripp Tucker changed the play at the line of scrimmage. "They had everyone up," said Bailey, "Tripp saw that and took advantage of it." Tucker opted for a play action pass and delivered a strike into the hands of sophomore Luke Hardman, who ran untouched down the middle of the field for a touchdown. The Tigers went up 7-0 on a team that came in undefeated and hadn't played a close game. Perhaps more importantly, from that point forward the Green Wave had to respect the Tigers ability to throw the football, which opened up running lanes. The game's other big play came after a rare mistake by Lamar. With 2:43 to play in the first half a botched hand-off by the Tigers led to a safety when the ball was knocked backward into the Tigers end zone. Alertly, Anthony Wilkerson
Lamar Democrat/ Chris Morrow Above, the Lamar Tigers attacked the left side of the Malden defensive front Saturday behind right tackle Angus Sprenkle and right guard Trenton Mooney. The ball carrier who most often benefited by great blocking on this play was Johnny Brooks, who fights for extra yards here. Tight end Dylan Robertson and lead blocker Danny Embry were also key in the success of this play.
dove on the ball to avoid a Malden touchdown, but the Green Wave was now on the board and the momentum had swung back to the home team. The score was 7-2 and Malden was about to get the ball back when they made a mental mistake that would cost them. Todd Morrow's kickoff following the safety was held up by a stiff south breeze. A Malden return man near midfield waved for a fair catch, but the ball didn't reach him. Unlike a punt, which can only be recovered by the return team, a kickoff is live and the Tigers coverage team was fast enough and smart enough to cover it. Senior Dylan Robertson pounced on the ball and the momentum swung immediately back to the Tigers and they took advantage, mounting a seven play, 52 yard drive that culminated in a touchdown. The first play of the drive saw senior quarterback Derek Henderson, who frequently plays alongside Tucker in Lamar's two quarterback set-up, hit Brett McDonald for a 20 yard pick-up with a well placed pass through several defenders. Facing a fourth and three from the Malden eight, Bailey decided to forgo the field goal. He called a run play with senior Johnny Brooks carrying the ball over the right side of the Tigers line, in behind tackle Angus Sprenkle and guard Trenton Mooney. The gutsy call paid off as Brooks plowed down to the Malden one yard line. The same play resulted in a touchdown on the next down and the Tigers had a 14-2 lead with 47 seconds remaining in the first half. The Tigers would run that play repeatedly in the second half. "We ran in behind those big boys all day; three, four and five yards a pop," said Tucker, who ran for 106 yards and hit 4-of5 passes for 80 yards. "Johnny was running hard and Danny (Embry) was lead blocking on the play." The Tigers took the second half kickoff and mounted a crushing 17 play drive that covered 73 yards and ate over eight minutes off the clock. Facing a fourth and three from the Malden 45, Brooks was able to convert a first down by the length of the football. He followed the right side of the line again to
Lamar Democrat/Richard Cooper Catherine Hanaway, Republican candidate for governor in 2016, visited with County Commissioner Dennis Wilson during her stop in Lamar, November 20. She told a gathering at the Lamar Senior Citizens Center that she is running for governor because too many freedoms are being taken away. “The current government has gotten way off track,” she said, and the governor should stand up to the federal government. She wants Missouri to be the number one agribusiness state in the nation, and the governor needs to be the salesman for the state. Addressing education, she said as governor she would never withhold a dollar from public education, teacher pay should be greatly improved, and accreditation should be by building rather than by an entire school district.
Council hears recommendations from audit By RICHARD COOPER Democrat staff writer
LAMAR-The Lamar City Council listened to a series of recommendations from the recent audit conducted by Decker and DeGood, CPAs from Springfield. Nothing from the recommendations see AUDIT, page 2A convert a fourth and two inside the Malden 10. On second and goal from the Malden five, Bailey dug into his bag of tricks and called a reverse pass. Senior running back Brett McDonald took the ball on what appeared to be a sweep, but he pulled up short and lobbed a pass over the defense to classmate Ben Kluhsman, who made a diving catch for the touchdown. The Tigers led 21-2 with 3:45 to play in the third quarter. Kluhsman and McDonald usually spend most of their time on the defensive side of the ball. They would combine to make another big play on Malden's ensuing possession. With
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was designed to correct anything illegal. They were described as “best practices” by Marshall Decker, who spent about 30 minutes in his presentation. He recommended certain improvements in the city’s bid policy; changes in
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their backs against the wall, the Green Wave worked the ball to the Lamar 12 with the help of two controversial penalties on the Tiger secondary. On first down McDonald came up to make a stop on Nick Thompson for a loss of one. An illegal procedure penalty on the Green Wave backed them up to the 18 and on the next play McDonald and Kluhsman blanketed a Malden receiver along the Malden sideline. McDonald came down with the pass. The interception set up the Tiger offense at the four yard line, seconds into the fourth quarter. see TIGERS, page 6A
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