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First Baptist Church to hold Agency D3 Vacation Bible School Grab your ID and head on over to Agency D3! Come join the Lamar First Baptist Church as they investigate the truth about Jesus! Kids will enter Worship Rally at the Headquarters and make their first stop in the Evidence Vault for Bible study. While collecting evidence, kids will also visit the Break Room for snacks, the Training Ground for recreation, the Communications Hub for music and the Map Room for missions. It's Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church, located see VBS, page 5A
Long lived business sign comes down after 64 years By RICHARD COOPER Democrat staff writer
LAMAR-For 58 years, the sign identifying the location of BerryMoore Furniture graced the Lamar square or very close to it. After the store closed its doors on December 31, 2008, it remained in place for six more years. Last week, the sign was removed from its position in front of what is now Cato’s Connection. Berry-Moore Furniture opened for business just off the northwest corner of the Lamar square in 1950. The location is generally referred to as the Weiman Building. After 12 years at that location, it was moved to the south side of the square in 1962. The founders were Bob Berry and Bud Moore. Bob operated the store, and Bud was an inactive partner
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who also ran a Western Auto store on the west side. Bud was the father of Terry Moore and Edwin Moore. To a considerable extent, the store was a family operation. When Bob suffered a fatal heart attack in 1973, his role in the business passed on to son, Mike, who remained until the store closed. Just a week before Bob’s death, Keith Divine joined the business, and he is a brother-in-law to Mike. Was the Berry-Moore sign the oldest on the Lamar square? Quite honestly, we don’t know. Possibly one of our readers can point out a sign that has been in place for more than 64 years. Photo courtesy Barton County Historical Society The Berry-Moore Furniture sign at a time when it identified one of the most successful and familiar businesses on the Lamar square.
Over 50 participants at the Barton County Senior Center celebrated the 4th of July with homemade food, snacks and music. Many of the men pictured in the photo served in the military forces.
Last of Buffalo Soldiers to hold round-up The Buffalo Soldiers' round-up by honoring the last of the Buffalo Soldiers, The Nicodemus Riders, will be held Saturday, July 12, at Trimble. There will be two performances at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. and the round-up is being sponsored by The Greater KC Leavenworth Area Chapter of Buffalo Soldiers. The Nicodemus Buffalo Soldier Association was established in 1996 with the purpose of performing historic cavalry maneuvers and sharing the history of America's forgotten heroes. This event offers fun and free food for all ages, along with the greatest horse show on Earth. Fiddler's Green Play will be at 4 p.m. Also held will be Politician Camera Day, where politicians running for office in the August primary election can have their campaign pictures taken with a Buffalo Soldier. For information call Bill Young at 816-569-5625 or e-mail historianwill@yahoo. com.
Crowder College Theatre features upcoming production NEOSHO-Crowder College Theatre will present an evening of enchantment featuring Cinderella! Cinderella! by Edith Weiss and preshow entertainment. The see CROWDER, page 5A
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Scholarship prize added to fair queen contest Rotary International Club of Lamar has announced a change to its annual Lamar Fair Queen Pageant. In addition to the winner being able to represent their hometown at state level pageants, as well as at the Lamar Free Fair, the winner of the 2014 pageant will also walk away with a minimum of $250 in scholarship funds. The addition of this prize money is to emphasize the commitment that Lamar Rotary Club has to the next generation of community leaders and helping them to achieve their full potential. While pleased to offer the young woman who wins this year's pageant a $250 scholarship, Rotary would like to see that number grow and is asking community businesses to match their commitment to the education of local young women by also making a matching donation to the fund. In exchange for the donation, the four businesses which do so will receive recognition on programs and event advertising materials.
Any business that would like to be one of the four matching funds sponsor should contact Fair Queen Committee Co-Chair Astra Ferris at 417-6823595, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., or by email at astra@bartoncounty.com. Rotary brings together a global network of volunteer leaders dedicated to tackling the world's most pressing humanitarian challenges. Rotary connects 1.2 million members of more than 34,000 Rotary clubs in over 200 countries and geographical areas. Their work impacts lives at both the local and international levels, from helping families in need in their own communities to working toward a polio-free world. Right, sample program cover with placement of matching fund donor logos.
Hartzler visits Barton County Electric Co-op attention was centered on energy and barriers that have been placed on its production. Her visit was a breakfast meeting with Barton County Electric Coworkers Lamar Democrat/Richard Cooper op and board Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler leveled members. strong criticism at the Environmental The co-op Protection Agency during a July 2 visit to is one of the Lamar. She charged it is a barrier to maximum leading, if use of the nation’s energy resources. not the largest, supplier By RICHARD COOPER of energy in Barton County. Democrat staff writer Hartzler made it clear at the outset of her remarks that the LAMAR-Fourth District Con- leading barrier to maximum use gresswoman Vicky Hartzler was of the nation’s energy resources in Lamar, July 2, for her second is the Environmental Protection visit in five days. This time, her Agency (EPA). That agency, she
said, is made up of unelected bureaucrats who have declared war on the use of coal to power electricity generating plants. She asserted that the EPA has barred any future construction of coal fired plants as well as placed tighter regulations on existing plants. The U.S. House of Representatives has had only limited success in defunding much of the operation of the EPA. She said any bills passed by the House to trim the power of the EPA have been blocked in the Senate. She added that an EPA regulation requiring a future reduction of emissions from coal fired plants by 21 percent will significantly increase the cost of electricity. She feared that the EPA is forcing this country into the energy starved condition of western Europe where the use of coal has been virtually closed down. Hartzler is a member of the House Agriculture Committee, and said that the current farm bill is financially wasteful
and is more of a food bill. She explained that 80 percent of the bill’s price tag deals with food beyond its agricultural setting. She cited food stamps as being a classic example. Another case of wasteful spending is subsidizing the raising of catfish, she said. She was successful in taking it out of the bill, but it was soon restored following pressure from the catfish lobby. Hartzler is a member of the House Armed Services Committee and strongly supports maintaining a strong military. When asked about the deteriorating situation in Iraq, she shied away from sending in American troops to prop up the Nouri al-Maliki government, which is Shiite dominated. Instead, al-Maliki should open the government to all groups and unite against the current insurgency. She also felt the use of U.S. drones was not effective. On immigration reform, she was quick to say the first step is to secure our borders.