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The <strong>Crane</strong> <strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
<strong>Chronicle</strong> <strong>Republican</strong><br />
The Journalof <strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong>Lifefor<strong>12</strong>7 Years<br />
Combining and Continuing The <strong>Crane</strong> <strong>Chronicle</strong> and <strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Republican</strong> • USPS #136-740<br />
VOLUME <strong>12</strong>5 NUMBER 43 CRANE (STONE COUNTY), MISSOURI 65633-0401 THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 20<strong>12</strong> TWO SECTIONS- 28 PAGES PRICE 40¢ (TAX INCLUDED)<br />
7-Day Forecast<br />
March 8-14<br />
Spring Creek<br />
Saddle Club<br />
Hurley<br />
Yearly Coggins<br />
Testing<br />
March 10th starting<br />
at 2:30 pm.<br />
Reminder that Yearly<br />
Memberships are due.<br />
New 20<strong>12</strong> cards will be<br />
available on March 10th<br />
Single $5.00<br />
Couple $10.00<br />
Family $20.00<br />
Come help us celebrate 50<br />
years in operation this year.<br />
Watch the paper for more<br />
information and events.<br />
Any questions please<br />
contact Pres.<br />
Joe Tatum 369-0151<br />
43-tp<br />
Hurley<br />
Pre-School and<br />
Kindergarten<br />
Screenings<br />
March 8-9<br />
More Info On<br />
Page 2B<br />
What Could Be<br />
Better Than A Give-<br />
A-Way<br />
Thursday<br />
T-storms Likely<br />
58/41<br />
Second Season Shop<br />
215 Main Street, <strong>Crane</strong>,<br />
417-723-5636<br />
Yes, this is our first give-a-way<br />
promotion to show appreciation<br />
for our community and our<br />
patrons from Galena, Hurley,<br />
Billings, Aurora, etc. Everyone is<br />
invited no matter where you live.<br />
Our staff will enjoy watching<br />
your bags fill-up as our store<br />
empties in preparation for the<br />
next season. Men’s, women’s,<br />
and children’s, clothes, shoes,<br />
purses, collectables and books.<br />
This give-a-way event will be<br />
Friday and Saturday, the ninth<br />
and tenth of March from 10:00-<br />
4:00. Let’s have fun, come to<br />
our give-a-way.<br />
P.S. Extra parking in back.<br />
Enter at the North <strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
Food Pantry door.<br />
Hope to see you, don’t miss<br />
out.<br />
Friday<br />
Partly Cloudy<br />
53/40<br />
Saturday<br />
Mostly Cloudy<br />
56/44<br />
Branson Recovery Already<br />
Underway After Brush With Tornado<br />
In the early morning hours<br />
of Wednesday, February 29,<br />
20<strong>12</strong>, a powerful storm system<br />
that produced multiple reports<br />
of tornadoes came through the<br />
Midwest. A tornado produced<br />
by this storm system touched<br />
down in Branson, MO. Initial<br />
reports indicate that there<br />
were no fatalities, although a<br />
significant number of minor<br />
injuries and property damage<br />
were reported.<br />
“We are extremely thankful<br />
that there was no reported<br />
loss of life due to the tornado<br />
that struck Branson on the<br />
morning of February 29, and<br />
our thoughts and prayers go<br />
out to those families who did<br />
lose loved ones as a result of<br />
this large storm system that<br />
affected much of the Midwest,”<br />
said City Administrator<br />
Dean Kruithof. Currently 33<br />
moderate or slight injuries<br />
have been reported as a result<br />
of the storm in Branson.<br />
The majority of the storm<br />
damage centered around the<br />
Historic Downtown area,<br />
Branson Landing and a section<br />
of W 76 Country Boulevard<br />
west of Gretna Road/Hwy<br />
165. Recovery and rebuilding<br />
efforts are already underway.<br />
The Branson Airport was<br />
unaffected by the storms,<br />
and flights are departing<br />
and arriving with no delays.<br />
Major attractions such as<br />
Silver Dollar City, Sight and<br />
Sound Theatre, and Showboat<br />
Branson Belle (while closed<br />
during the first quarter of the<br />
year), sustained no damage;<br />
TITANIC Museum Attraction,<br />
Tanger Outlet Mall, and<br />
numerous theatres, attractions,<br />
restaurants and retail stores are<br />
also undamaged and remain<br />
open and welcoming visitors to<br />
Sunday<br />
Partly Cloudy<br />
63/45<br />
Monday<br />
Mostly Sunny<br />
65/44<br />
the Live Music Show Capital<br />
of the World.<br />
There are currently very few<br />
road closures in the Branson<br />
area due to storm damage.<br />
Portions of Country Music<br />
Highway 76 are currently<br />
restricted due to recovery<br />
efforts. Currently five or six<br />
of the more than 50 theatres<br />
in Branson have sustained<br />
significant damage as a result<br />
of the storms. Approximately<br />
<strong>12</strong>-15 of the more than<br />
200 hotels in Branson have<br />
sustained significant damage<br />
as a result of the storms.<br />
Approximately five to six of<br />
the more than 100 attractions<br />
in Branson have sustained<br />
significant damage as a result<br />
of the storms. City of Branson<br />
inspection crews are currently<br />
assessing the situation.<br />
At 10:30 a.m. on February<br />
29, Governor of Missouri, Jay<br />
Nixon declared Taney <strong>County</strong><br />
a disaster area, which will<br />
enable local business owners<br />
that have been affected by<br />
the storms to seek federal and<br />
state assistance with recovery<br />
efforts.<br />
Individuals and groups<br />
interested in volunteering<br />
or providing assistance to<br />
the recovery effort can visit<br />
VolunteerBranson.org.<br />
Branson has not been<br />
routinely affected by tornados<br />
in the past. Only twice in the<br />
last 20 years has the city been<br />
struck by tornados, neither<br />
time with significant damage.<br />
The resilience of the Ozark<br />
people, their faith and steadfast<br />
nature will shine through<br />
this unfortunate situation,<br />
and Branson will rebuild and<br />
recover quickly.<br />
Please see Don Phillips Capitol<br />
Report on Pg 16 for more info on<br />
<strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong> Damage<br />
Tuesday<br />
Sunny<br />
68/46<br />
Wednesday<br />
Mostly Sunny<br />
67/45<br />
Hurley Ribbon Cutting And Open<br />
House Of New Multi-Purpose Facitly<br />
Hurley Board Members Bruce Burk, Allen Conrad, Regina Elkins, Steve<br />
Seaton, Mary Flood, TJ Gold, Herb Ward and Don Simpson.<br />
The Multipurpose Facility<br />
Open House at Hurley School<br />
Tuesday evening was a great<br />
success.<br />
The evening began at 4:30<br />
p.m. with an admissions free<br />
5 th /6 th grade basketball game<br />
vs. Southwest.<br />
At 5:00 p.m. the school<br />
cafeteria began serving<br />
a free chili supper to the<br />
approximately 250 community<br />
members, faculty and staff in<br />
attendance.<br />
The ribbon cutting on the<br />
new facility began at 6:00<br />
p.m. Superintendent Dr. Doug<br />
Arnold spoke on the building<br />
of the facility with a slide show<br />
of the actual progression of<br />
construction thru completion.<br />
Dr. Arnold then thanked the<br />
community for their support of<br />
the new construction and the<br />
school at large. Senior Nick<br />
Sutton led the audience in the<br />
Pledge of Allegiance followed<br />
by a song performed by the<br />
music department. Senior T.J.<br />
Gold next led the audience in<br />
the School Song.<br />
Lastly, T.J. accompanied<br />
by the Board Of Education<br />
<strong>Crane</strong><br />
Chamber To<br />
Host Craft<br />
Show<br />
Weather Trivia<br />
What U.S. city holds the record for the lowest<br />
high temperature?<br />
?<br />
Answer: Eureka, Calif., with a record high of only 87 degrees.<br />
consisting of Herbert Ward,<br />
Don Simpson, Regina Elkins,<br />
Mary Flood, Allen Conrad,<br />
Steve Seaton, and Bruce Burk<br />
cut the ribbon on the new<br />
facility.<br />
The <strong>Crane</strong> Chamber of<br />
Commerce is pleased to<br />
announce that the Spring Fun<br />
Fest and Craft Show is coming<br />
on Saturday, April 21st at the<br />
<strong>Crane</strong> Park. There will be a<br />
number of games, contests, and<br />
a craft show, with activities open<br />
to everyone! Craft vendors are<br />
welcomed and encouraged to<br />
reserve a spot for only $10 by<br />
calling Jerry Capel at 417-723-<br />
0275. Food vendors please<br />
call Linda O’Brien at 417-723-<br />
8182. We are looking forward<br />
to an exciting, fun filled day with<br />
something for the whole family,<br />
and we hope to see you there!
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<strong>Crane</strong> <strong>Chronicle</strong>/<strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Republican</strong><br />
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STONE COUNTY<br />
REPUBLICAN<br />
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DAR Holds March Meeting<br />
Speaker: Margaret Kane<br />
Elk Horn Prairie Chapter<br />
of The Daughters of the<br />
American Revolution met on<br />
March 1, 20<strong>12</strong> at 1:00 p.m. at<br />
the Aurora Library in Aurora,<br />
Missouri. Chaplain Lola<br />
Clark opened the meeting<br />
with prayer. Regent Barbara<br />
Cohu welcomed members<br />
and guests and led the DAR<br />
Ritual.<br />
Roll Call and the reading of<br />
the Minutes by Secretary Carol<br />
Ann Pilkenton, the Treasurers’<br />
Report by Treasurer Margaret<br />
Kane, President General’s<br />
Report and Preamble to the<br />
Constitution by Barbara Cohu,<br />
National Defense Report by<br />
Margaret Seburn, Constitution<br />
Minute by Eleanor Cooper,<br />
Indian Minute by Charlotte<br />
Cole (Bi-Centennial of The<br />
War of 18<strong>12</strong> to be celebrated<br />
in Canada and June 18,<br />
20<strong>12</strong> by DAR), Women’s<br />
Issues by Charlotte Cole<br />
(as a rule stories by men<br />
are action led while women<br />
are about relationships),<br />
Committee Reports-Essays<br />
and Scholarships by Barbara<br />
Cohu and Myrna Fischer,<br />
Flag Moment by Margaret<br />
Seburn (in 1777 France<br />
recognized our flag), Regent<br />
Cohu announced April 6,<br />
20<strong>12</strong> four new patriots will<br />
be added to DAR Museum<br />
in Jefferson City, Missouri,<br />
Project Committee Chairman<br />
Margaret Seburn announced<br />
the Service Award for the<br />
Aurora Community Center<br />
goes to Sharon Sumner, and<br />
Corresponding Secretary<br />
Myrna Fischer read a Thank<br />
You Note from Jane Daniels<br />
and a luncheon invitation to<br />
meet State Regent Mrs. Donna<br />
Nash, concluded the business<br />
meeting.<br />
Needing no introduction<br />
member Margaret Kane gave<br />
an interesting talk about:<br />
“Women of the Civil War” and<br />
the contributions, conflicts,<br />
and sacrifices they made. Mrs.<br />
Kane give many informative<br />
facts which included butter<br />
was $4.00 a pound while<br />
factory workers made $4.00 a<br />
week. Margaret shared books:<br />
Enemy Women by Paulette<br />
Jiles, Daughters of the Cause<br />
by Robert Broadwater, At<br />
Gettysburg, or What A Girl<br />
Saw and Heard of the Battle<br />
by Mrs. Tillie Pierce Alleman,<br />
and Notable Persons and<br />
Places in Missouri’s History<br />
by Rex T. Jackson.<br />
Lola Clark, Chaplain, closed<br />
with prayer.<br />
With a St. Patrick’s Day<br />
theme, green cake and punch,<br />
mints and nuts was served by<br />
hostesses Charlotte Cole and<br />
Kitty Crider.<br />
Annual Honor’s Tea will be<br />
held on April 5, 20<strong>12</strong> at the<br />
Aurora Community Center at<br />
1:00 p.m.<br />
Jenkins Fire Annual<br />
Chili Supper Scheduled March 17<br />
The Annual Chili/Soup<br />
Supper for the Jenkins Fire<br />
Department will be held<br />
March 17 at Station 1 located<br />
on Highway 39 just north of<br />
Highway 248. The all-youcan-eat<br />
menu will also include<br />
hot dogs, dessert and drink.<br />
Serving will begin at 4:00 and<br />
end at 7:00.<br />
Proceeds from this year’s<br />
Chili Supper will be used<br />
to help pay for the recently<br />
purchased modern pumper<br />
truck which will replace the<br />
department’s 50-year old<br />
pumper currently housed at<br />
Station #1. The new truck<br />
will be displayed at the Chili<br />
Supper.<br />
A stainless steel grill<br />
originally donated by<br />
Journagan True Value in<br />
The Farnum Family From Galena, Missouri<br />
Tours The Rio Grande Valley Of South Texas…<br />
We took the whole family,<br />
Norm & Trish, and our six children:<br />
Daniel (19), Benjamin<br />
(17), Hannah (14), Nathaniel<br />
(<strong>12</strong>), Maggie (7) & Matthew (6)<br />
on the longest music tour we’ve<br />
ever been on! Leaving our Ozark<br />
Mountain home in Galena on Jan<br />
9th, we returned recently from a<br />
five-week music tour through<br />
the Rio Grande Valley of South<br />
Texas. Our family performed 30<br />
shows for 29 venues in 35 days<br />
Aurora and won by Jim Fohn<br />
who donated it back to the<br />
department is being raffled.<br />
Tickets are $1 each or six for<br />
$5.<br />
The department is composed<br />
of all volunteers and needs<br />
many more. There is a job for<br />
anyone—from fundraisers to<br />
emergency crews. Firefighter<br />
and first responder positions<br />
do require training, which is<br />
provided by the department.<br />
Volunteer applications will be<br />
available at the supper.<br />
For more information<br />
contact Diana Guthrie at<br />
847.8709 or James Vincent at<br />
574.6323.<br />
Wear your green for St. Pat’s<br />
Day and join your friends and<br />
neighbors for this community<br />
event.<br />
– that’s a lot of music! At the 20<br />
RV parks where we played, most<br />
of our variety show performances<br />
ran about 90-minutes each.<br />
Additional venues included the<br />
All Valley RV Show in Mercedes,<br />
two performances for the<br />
Winter Texan Expo at the McAllen<br />
Convention Center, two<br />
shows for the 2nd Annual American<br />
Roots Music Festival at the<br />
Chicken House Opry in Mission,<br />
and two for the 8th Annual Rio<br />
Grande Valley Music Festival in<br />
Mercedes. A huge blessing was<br />
to be able to trade five music<br />
performances for lodging at the<br />
La Copa Hotel in McAllen. We<br />
did 90-minute shows for their<br />
numerous hotel chain locations<br />
in the valley, in McAllen (where<br />
we stayed), Mercedes, Alamo,<br />
and at the Best Western La Copa<br />
Inn Beach Resort on South Padre<br />
Island.<br />
While in the valley, we were<br />
able to attend a few performances<br />
by some of the other family<br />
bands circulating there. We enjoyed<br />
shows by the Harpers, the<br />
Link Family, Lindley Creek, the<br />
Punches (all from Missouri), and<br />
– new to us – the Alaska String<br />
Band. Additionally, there were<br />
a couple of days scheduled for<br />
fellowship time with these and<br />
some of the other of the many<br />
family bands touring the valley.<br />
In addition to a short visit to<br />
the Alamo on the way down to<br />
the RGV, we spent an afternoon at<br />
Cont on pg 7
Absolute<br />
Real Estate Auction<br />
2:00 PM * Saturday, March 10th * 2:00 PM<br />
Address: Lot 130 Walnut Springs Road, Cape Fair, Mo.<br />
Directions: From Cape Fair take Hwy. 173 North 5 mi. Then<br />
Right on Walnut Springs Rd ¼ mi to property on Left. Watch for Signs.<br />
Nice 4.13 Wooded Acres on Paved Road in Quiet<br />
Lakeside Subdivision (Walnut Springs). Less than 1 mile to<br />
Community Boat Launch And Courtesy Dock.<br />
Only 15 Minutes to Branson West. Galena Schools.<br />
Would make a Great place to Build your Dream Home!<br />
Absolute Real Estate Auction. Property will be sold to<br />
Highest Bidder, Regardless of Price.<br />
10% Down day of Sale Balance 30 days or less at Closing.<br />
Please Call or See our Web site for Pictures & Information.<br />
Estate of Walter Blankschaen Janet Roock Personal Rep.<br />
Foster Auction &<br />
Appraisal Service<br />
www.fosterauctionservice.com<br />
Email: bidnowsold@aol.com<br />
Foster Auction &<br />
Appraisal Service<br />
www.fosterauctionservice.com<br />
Email: bidnowsold@aol.com<br />
Auctions<br />
Auctioneer: Larry Foster<br />
Phone: (417) 723-8329<br />
Cell: (417) 839-6860<br />
Public Auction<br />
Restaurant/Convenience Store Equipment<br />
10:00 AM * Saturday, March 10th * 10:00 AM<br />
Location: Farm Road <strong>12</strong>30, <strong>Crane</strong>, Mo.<br />
Directions: From <strong>Crane</strong> take D Hwy 2 mi. then right on TT Hwy 3 mi. to Sale.<br />
From Aurora take Hwy 39 south 4.5 mi. then left on TT Hwy 4 mi To Sale.<br />
Refrigeration & Freezers: B.A.S.S, Busch Beer Neon Sign;<br />
Manitowoc Q210 Crushed Ice Machine;<br />
2005 Budweiser Sign 19”x30”;<br />
True Mfg. Mdl. GDM-45, Sliding Db Door Cooler; 2001 Miller Highlife Sign 39”x31”;<br />
True Mfg. Mdl.GDM-72, 3 Door Cooler (Budlight) 2004 Budweiser Select Sign 32”x28”;<br />
Lacrosse Model-520, Sliding 3 Door Cooler; Whirlpool Quiet Miser Heat/Cool Window Unit<br />
Universal Nolin 3 Adjustable Shelf Deli Cooler; Whirlpool Window Air Conditioner<br />
Heatcraft Model LSC090AJ, Walk in Cooler Unit Misc. Shelving, Display Racks, Chip Holders,<br />
(Complete, Near New);<br />
2 Liter Displays etc.<br />
Herring SP7869 Insulated Door for Walk in Cooler; Misc. Counters;<br />
Schaefer Model 64 Glass Top Ice Cream Freezer; Cigarette and Chewing Tobacco Displays<br />
Universal Nolin Model ULMT-50, 2 Door Freezer; Misc. Silverware, Cooking Utensils, Plates, Cups,<br />
(3) Chest Freezers;<br />
Crock Pot, Microwave etc.<br />
Counter Top Refrigerator;<br />
6 Hole Utensil Holder<br />
1 Pepsi & 2 Coca-Cola Plastic Ice Cooler/Displays; Gas Pumps & Fuel Tank<br />
Grill & C-Store Equipment Gilbarco Mdl. RA0261114BQNO Dual Nozzle<br />
Comstock Castle 2 Burner 24”x25” LP Fry Grill; Gas Pump;<br />
Countertop 2 Basket LP Deep Fryer;<br />
Gilbarco Mdl. EJ10928 Single Nozzle Gas Pump;<br />
Bunn Model S Coffee Maker w/Dbl. Warmer; 1500 Gallon Above Ground Fuel Tank w/ Solenoid<br />
Univex Model 7510 Automatic Meat Slicer; Valve, & Sight Gauge,<br />
Dove Thermal Food Wrapper;<br />
(Good Clean Ready to Use Tank)<br />
3 Vat Stainless Steel Sink (50”x24”);<br />
Auctioneers Note: Nice, Clean, Equipment. This will<br />
10 Lb Detecto Digital Scale;<br />
be a Short Sale So Don’t be LATE!! If you need anything<br />
Booths (3 tables, 2 single Benches & 2 Doubles); for a, Restaurant, Store or even a Church Kitchen...<br />
You Won’t Want to Miss This Sale!!<br />
Owner: Bob Reavis “Reavisville Store”<br />
Auctioneer: Larry Foster<br />
Galena, Mo<br />
Phone: (417) 723-8329<br />
Cell: (417) 839-6860<br />
REAL ESTATE<br />
FRIDAY MARCH 9, 20<strong>12</strong> 10:00 AM<br />
LOCATED:1330 NORTH DOUGLAS AVE, SPRRINGIELD<br />
MO. FROM 1300 BLOCK OF NORTH KANSAS EXPRESS/HWY<br />
13 & CALHOUN ST, GO EAST 7/10 MILE TURN LEFT ON<br />
DOUGLAS AVE, 4TH RIGHT OR 700 BLOCK OF W DIVISION<br />
ST & DOUGLAS GO SOUTH ON DOUGLAS TO SALE,<br />
FOLLOW SALE SIGNS.<br />
TERMS OF REAL ESTATE: 15% DOWN DAY OF AUCTION<br />
BALANCE @ CLOSING WITHIN 30 DAYS<br />
FOR PICTURES SEE WEBSITE OR AUCTION ZIP.COM<br />
REAL ESTATE<br />
APPROX 2500 SQ FT, 4 BEDROOM, WITH LARGE CLOSETS,<br />
2 BATH, KITCHEN/DINNING COMBO, WITH BUILT IN STOVE<br />
& DISHWASHER. HARDWOOD FLOORING IN BEDROOMS,<br />
LIVING, KITCHEN & DINNING. BASEMENT HAS ADDITION-<br />
AL KITCHEN & FIREPLACE. WATER HEAT & WINDOW AIR<br />
CONDITION. DETACHED 20 X 24 GARAGE, ALL SETTING ON<br />
.1779 ACRE W/CHAINLINK FENCED IN YARD. THIS HOME<br />
HAS BEEN VERY WELL MAINTAINED, CLOSE TO SCHOOLS<br />
& SHOPPING.<br />
OWNERS SEEKING OTHER BUSINESS INTEREST, COME<br />
PREPARED TO BUY<br />
OWNER<br />
CAROL KENNISON<br />
SALE CONDUCTED BY<br />
MELTON AUCTION CO LLC<br />
ROGER MELTON RICHARD MELTON<br />
HIGHLANDVILLE MO HIGHLANDVILLE MO<br />
PH 417-830-0153 PH 417-443-3380<br />
PH 417-725-1801 PH 417- 839-0058<br />
JIM CRAIN<br />
NIXA MO<br />
PH 417-725-2435<br />
ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE ON SALE DAY WILL TAKE PRE-<br />
CEDENCE OVER ANY OTHER PRINTED MATERIALS. NOT<br />
RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS OR LOSS OF ARTICLES ON<br />
OR NEAR SALE SITE.<br />
EMAIL: roger@meltonauction.com<br />
Thursday, March 8, 20<strong>12</strong> THE CRANE CHRONICLE/STONE COUNTY REPUBLICAN Page 3<br />
Christian <strong>County</strong><br />
Property Rights<br />
Council<br />
Our group meets the second<br />
Thursday of every month at<br />
7:00pm in the Empire Bank<br />
building basement in Nixa.<br />
Located at the corner of<br />
highway 160 and highway 14.<br />
We have guest speakers each<br />
month pertaining to upcoming<br />
legislation, issues pertaining<br />
to property and personal<br />
rights, as well as educational<br />
issues that impact everyone.<br />
Whether you are a property<br />
owner, homeowner, farmer,<br />
business owner, parent or<br />
citizen, there is something for<br />
everyone. Please spread the<br />
word. Everyone is welcome.<br />
Check out our website at<br />
www.yourpropertyrights.<br />
info or our facebook page at<br />
Christian <strong>County</strong> Property<br />
Rights Council.<br />
REAL ESTATE-ANTIQUE PRIMITIVES-TOOLS-FURNITURE & MISC<br />
SATURDAY MARCH 10, 20<strong>12</strong> 9:00 AM<br />
LOCATED:453 HIDDEN VALLEY RD,CLEVER MO:FROM CLEVER MO GO EAST ON HWY<br />
14, THEN 1.8 MILE SOUTH ON HWY N, THEN 1/2 MILE EAST ON GERARD RD, THEN 1/10<br />
MILE NORTH ON HIDDEN VALLEY RD TO SALE OR FROM NIXA MO, GO W 4.3 MILE ON HWY<br />
14 THEN SAME AS ABOVE. FOLLOW SALE SIGNS. LUNCH & RESTROOMS AVAILABLE<br />
FOR PICTURES SEE WEBSITE OR AUCTION ZIP.COM<br />
REAL ESTATE<br />
3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH , 1 ½ STORY FARM HOME, CENTRAL HEAT & AIR, 1 CAR<br />
GARAGE,COVERED FRONT PORCH, SHARED WELL, SEPTIC, APPROX 24X30 BARN W/LEAN<br />
TO, AND 24X16 OUT BUILDING ALL SETTING ON APPROX 2.3 ACRES<br />
TERMS:15% DOWN DAY OF AUCTION BALANCE @ CLOSING WITHIN 30 DAYS. REAL ES-<br />
TATE SELLS @ <strong>12</strong>:00 NOON<br />
ANTIQUE PRIMITIVES & TOOLS<br />
HEAVY DUTY LAWN TRAILER—(3)LAWN TRACTORS, PARTS ONLY—LAWN ROLLER—SEV-<br />
ERAL ONE BOTTOM PLOWS—MISC PIPE--RAIL ROAD LANTERNS—ANTIQUE KEY COL-<br />
LECTION—MODEL T WRENCHES—(1)LOT WOODEN PULLEYS—ANTQ SOCKET SET—RAIL<br />
ROAD SPIKE DRIVERS—WOODEN TELEGRAPH BOXES—(1)LOT BAYONETS—(1)LOT<br />
STRAIGHT RAZORS—(1)LOT KNIVES—(1)LOT DRAW KNIVES—(1)LOT CAST IRON COOK-<br />
WARE—(1) LOT ANTQ WOODEN HANDLE TOOLS--ANTQ SCALES—(1)LOT SHOE COBBLER<br />
STANDS & EQUIP—STEEL TRAPS—WIRE BASKETS—(2) FAIRBANKS SCALES—SYTH-<br />
ES—ANTQ PLANES—WHITE CEDAR CYLINDER CHURN—SAW BLADES—ANTQ ROTARY<br />
MOWER—BUDA JACK—ANTQ SODERING BURNER—ANTQ SPRAY RIG—OIL CANS—CLEVD<br />
STONE CO GRINDER—C CLAMPS—STIHL POLE SAW—CRAFTSMAN 5HP 20 GAL GAS<br />
AIR COMPRESSOR—HAY TROLLEYS—BLACK SMITH TOOLS—ANTQ POST HOLE DIG-<br />
GER—ANTQ WOODEN SEEDER—HOG NOSE ROLLER—HYGROMETER—(1) LOT ANTQ<br />
HAND TOOLS—(1) LOT 2 MAN CROSS CUT SAWS—HAND MEAT SAW—(2) FANCY FLU HOLE<br />
COVERS—HAND DRILLS—WOODEN LEVELS—CHISELS—BLACK HAWK SHELLER—METAL<br />
WORK BENCHES—FORD WRENCHES—GAS HEDGE TRIMMER—ELECT CORDS—STEEL<br />
WHEELS—J D PLOW—TRACTOR SEATS—AXE HANDLES—SEVERAL EXT & STEP LAD-<br />
DERS—WHEEL BARROW—SEEDERS—TRUCK TOOL BOX—METAL SHELVES—ARMY<br />
GAS CANS—PARTS WASHER—TOOL BOXES—LOG CHAINS—WAGON WHEELS—2 WHEEL<br />
RAKE—JD #4 PULL TYPE CYCLE BAR MOWER—HOMELITE CHAIN SAW (PARTS ONLY)--2<br />
WHEEL DOLLYS—U HAUL ROLLER—LOTS OF SCRAP METAL,LUMBER & BUILDING MATE-<br />
RIAL—OLD SCHOOL BELL—CREAM CANS—CAST IRON STOVE—DOUBLE WASH TUB—<br />
SEVERAL WASH TUBS—(1)LOT GARDEN TOOLS—COPPER WASH TUB—SADDLE & SADDLE<br />
BAGS—SEVERAL COW BELLS—WOODEN PEPSI & COKE BOXES—WOODEN BARREL—FIRE<br />
EXT (PYRENE)--<br />
FURNITURE & MISC<br />
WATERFALL DRESSER—(1)LOT BOOK CASES—WHAT NOT SHELVES—ANTQ PICTURE<br />
FRAMES—SINGER SEWING MACHINE—(1)LOT BRASS CANDLE HOLDERS & WHAT<br />
NOTS—DISPLAY CASES--GUN CASES—MIRRORS—BARN WOOD SHELF—ANTQ COFFEE<br />
GRINDER—SEVERAL BEER STEINS--SPARTAN RECORD PLAYER—VICTROLA—(1)LOT 33<br />
RECORDS—WOODEN IRONING BOARDS—CROCKS—MEAT GRINDER—SCHOOL DESKS—<br />
DUTCH OVEN—TREDLE SEWING MACHINE—TRUMPET—BUTTER CHURN—HAND MIX-<br />
ERS—(1)LOT COOKING UTENSILS—SQUIRREL NUT CRACKER—MISC BRASS PLATES—OIL<br />
LAMPS—ARROW HEADS—BUD LITE LIGHTED SIGN—SEVERAL HARMONICAS—COKE<br />
PLATTERS—(1)LOT ANTQ BOTTLES—(1)LOT VHS TAPES--TONKA TOYS—HOT WHEELS—<br />
LIGHTERS—BB GUN PISTOL—CAST IRON JD TRACTOR—MISC FISHING POLES & TACKLE-<br />
-WOODEN FISHING LURES—HORSE COLLARS—BED PANS—PICNIC TABLE—METAL LAWN<br />
CHAIRS—COLLECTION PLAYBOY MAG—OTHER MISC ITEMS NOT LISTED<br />
AUCTIONEER NOTES:THIS IS A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF ANTIQUE PRIMITIVES, TO NU-<br />
MEROUS TO MENTION. PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND<br />
OWNER<br />
ROBERT KREIDER<br />
SALE CONDUCTED BY<br />
MELTON AUCTION CO LLC<br />
ROGER MELTON RICHARD MELTON<br />
HIGHLANDVILLE MO HIGHLANDVILLE MO<br />
PH 417-830-0153 PH 417-443-3380<br />
PH 417-725-1801 PH 417- 839-0058<br />
JIM CRAIN<br />
NIXA MO<br />
PH 417-725-2435<br />
ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE ON SALE DAY WILL TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER ANY OTHER<br />
PRINTED MATERIALS. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS OR LOSS OF ARTICLES ON OR<br />
NEAR SALE SITE.<br />
EMAIL: roger@meltonauction.com
Page 4 THE CRANE CHRONICLE/STONE COUNTY REPUBLICAN Thursday, March 8, 20<strong>12</strong><br />
Ruby’s<br />
Bark Box<br />
Bark, bark from Ruby.<br />
By doggies we have had<br />
some crazy weather lately.<br />
Sounds like so many people had<br />
devastation on their property.<br />
All of you humans are so good<br />
to offer help to these people. I<br />
hear my family talking about all<br />
the volunteers that have showed<br />
up so many places. Sounded like<br />
our close neighbor “Branson”<br />
really got it, real bad, but no<br />
one lost their life. Other places<br />
were not so lucky.<br />
The night the storm was<br />
headed our way, my family<br />
stayed up (including me) until<br />
the TV gave us the word that<br />
the storm was out of here and<br />
headed southeast. Best this<br />
little ole lady dog remembers,<br />
it was around 1:30 a.m. before I<br />
got to go to bed.<br />
I have heard family talking<br />
about some of the pets, had got<br />
trapped under the rubble, but all<br />
had been rescued by someone.<br />
This brings to my attention<br />
to remind you pet owners to<br />
make sure you have a disaster<br />
plan that includes your pet. Be<br />
sure it wears an ID tag, in case<br />
you get separated. These high<br />
winds/tornadoes can cause you<br />
to lose contact with each other<br />
real easy. That would scare<br />
me to death, if I couldn’t find<br />
someone in my family. ---- I<br />
hope we don’t get any more<br />
storms.<br />
Next, I want to tell you about<br />
a family that has a cat that<br />
almost predicts a storm long<br />
before anyone notices it. Daisy,<br />
the cat will disappear, so they<br />
depend on her for a pop-up<br />
storm warning, if they can’t find<br />
her, one is on the way.<br />
Daisy came to this family<br />
when she was very tiny and she<br />
figured out how to get in the<br />
kitchen cabinets, early on. She<br />
opened the fridge for awhile,<br />
until they caught her, doing her<br />
dastardly deed. She would lie<br />
on her back, grab under the door<br />
with her front paws and “behold”<br />
it would open. Now, since Daisy<br />
had been getting in the cabinets,<br />
the fridge is a different story.<br />
They were afraid she would<br />
open the door and possibly get<br />
hold of something in the fridge<br />
that would make her real sick.<br />
So --- what do they do now?<br />
The man of the house rides<br />
motorcycles with other riders<br />
and he was telling them about<br />
Daisy’s wrong doings. One of<br />
the guys said he knew what they<br />
could do to stop that. Of course<br />
the man of the house was eager<br />
to hear his suggestion. The<br />
friend says “we have it with us<br />
every time we ride.” He then<br />
went to his cycle and removed<br />
one of his elastic ropes from<br />
the box and gave it to the cat<br />
owner.<br />
Arriving home later that day,<br />
Daisy’s family fastened pieces<br />
of the rope to the cabinet, and<br />
handles and the fridge handle<br />
and waited to see Daisy’s<br />
reaction. Of course Daisy tried<br />
the cabinet door, but as she got<br />
the door slightly open, it would<br />
close before she could get her<br />
paws inside.<br />
You all know (we pets) are<br />
like you humans, once we<br />
accept it doesn’t work anymore,<br />
we won’t try it anymore. BOL.<br />
Problem solved!!!<br />
Take care of your pets when<br />
we have storm warnings,<br />
because we are nervous just like<br />
you are, (maybe worse).<br />
Adopt, Spay, Neuter.<br />
Thanks for reading my<br />
column.<br />
Bark at you next week!!!<br />
<strong>Crane</strong> Family Dentistry<br />
204 N Commerce<br />
<strong>Crane</strong>, Missouri<br />
417-723-1723<br />
Ruby<br />
The <strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong> Health<br />
Department staff stood ready<br />
for quick response to the EF-2<br />
tornado that damaged homes<br />
and businesses in <strong>Stone</strong><br />
<strong>County</strong> early on February 29,<br />
20<strong>12</strong>. Tom Martin, Emergency<br />
Management Director,<br />
county officials, Kimberling<br />
City personnel, Chamber of<br />
Commerce and out-of-county<br />
resource groups worked<br />
together to identify needs<br />
and deploy resources where<br />
needed. Kim King, SCHD<br />
Health Educator and serves as<br />
our public health emergency<br />
response Public Information<br />
Officer (PIO) and Volunteer<br />
Coordinator was stationed at<br />
the Command Center for three<br />
days to provide information<br />
and updates to the media and<br />
county residents. Along with<br />
serving as the PIO for the event,<br />
Kim also called on several of<br />
the health department’s trained<br />
volunteers to assist with the<br />
vaccination effort.<br />
Pam Burnett, BSN,<br />
<strong>Section</strong> Manager for Clinical<br />
Services, coordinated the<br />
health department’s response<br />
to protect individuals affected<br />
by the tornado. Pam also<br />
organized SCHD RN’s and<br />
volunteer teams to provide<br />
tetanus vaccinations to<br />
individuals assisting with<br />
recovery and response efforts<br />
in the affected areas. On<br />
Thursday morning, March<br />
1 st , SCHD staff traveled<br />
to Mt. Vernon to meet a<br />
<strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong> Health Department<br />
Angela Ford, Administrator<br />
417-357-6134 • Forda@lpha.mopublic.org<br />
www.stonecountyhealthdepartment.com<br />
<strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong> Health Department:<br />
Ready For Public Health Emergency Response<br />
representative from the Jasper<br />
<strong>County</strong> Health Department to<br />
pick up 200 doses of tetanus<br />
vaccine. By 11:30 a.m. that<br />
morning, two teams of SCHD<br />
RNs and volunteers were<br />
administrating vaccinations<br />
to affected residents and<br />
volunteers out in the field.<br />
A total of 136 tetanus<br />
vaccinations were given out<br />
of the back of the teams’<br />
cars on Thursday, March 1 st<br />
and Friday, March 2 nd . The<br />
teams provided vaccine to<br />
individuals down Joe Bald<br />
and <strong>Stone</strong> Rd., Gobbler<br />
Mountain area, Stormy Point,<br />
Kimberling Inn, and Portof-Kimberling.<br />
The health<br />
department would like to thank<br />
the following volunteers for<br />
contributing their time, Julie<br />
Crone, RN; Myrna Bruning,<br />
RN; Anna Marie Lewis, RN;<br />
Sue Schafer, and Theresa<br />
Molsbee.<br />
The SCHD encourages those<br />
who are involved in clean-up<br />
efforts to protect themselves<br />
from unseen hazards and<br />
contaminants. During cleanup<br />
efforts, it is highly possible<br />
for one to get cut, scratched,<br />
or wounded allowing bacteria<br />
to enter the body. Important<br />
ways to protect yourself<br />
against tetanus is to wear<br />
protective clothing such as<br />
hard-soled boots and gloves<br />
while removing debris and<br />
be vaccinated against tetanus.<br />
Free tetanus shots are available<br />
for individuals involved in<br />
clean-up efforts at the SCHD<br />
Branson West location Monday<br />
through Thursday 8:00 a.m. to<br />
4:00 p.m., no appointment is<br />
necessary; call 272-0050 for<br />
additional information.<br />
Todd Fickbohm, EPHS,<br />
<strong>Section</strong> Manager for<br />
Environmental Services,<br />
coordinated the health<br />
department’s response to<br />
environmental concerns<br />
that could affect the<br />
health of residents and<br />
volunteers. Along with Todd,<br />
Environmental Public Health<br />
Specialists Paul Terry and<br />
Chris Thornton inspected the<br />
food establishments that were<br />
damaged by the tornado, as<br />
well as the establishments that<br />
were without electric power<br />
for a long period of time; they<br />
also inspected the temporary<br />
food vendors that were located<br />
down Joe Bald Road and the<br />
kitchen serving food through<br />
the First Baptist Church.<br />
Due to the fact that wells<br />
can lose water pressure during<br />
long periods of loss of power,<br />
the SCHD will waive the $15<br />
fee for water testing of private<br />
wells of residents that were<br />
affected by the tornado. Water<br />
bottles are available at both<br />
the Branson West and Galena<br />
locations. Specimens can be<br />
dropped off at the Branson<br />
West office on Tuesdays or<br />
Thursdays before1:00 p.m., or<br />
at the Galena office Monday<br />
through Thursday before 1:00<br />
p.m. All specimens must<br />
be collected according to<br />
instructions provided in the<br />
testing kit; results of the test<br />
can be mailed directly to your<br />
address or sent via e-mail;<br />
call 357-8200 for additional<br />
information.<br />
Clean-up Efforts Underway<br />
in <strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong> Due to<br />
EF-2 Tornado on 2/29/<strong>12</strong><br />
Recovery and clean-up efforts<br />
are underway in Kimberling City,<br />
Indian Point, and <strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong>.<br />
Emergency Management, county<br />
and city officials, Road & Bridge,<br />
Sheriff’s Department, Local Law<br />
Enforcement agencies, <strong>Stone</strong><br />
<strong>County</strong> Health Department,<br />
HAM Radio Club, Table Rock<br />
Area Chamber of Commerce,<br />
AmeriCorp, Salvation Army,<br />
community organizations,<br />
churches, and many volunteers<br />
have come together to aid in<br />
cleanup efforts. 72 private<br />
residences have reported damage<br />
from the tornado, this number<br />
increased from the original<br />
report of 45.<br />
AmeriCorp opened a volunteer<br />
reception and storm victim<br />
assistance center at 10:00 a.m.<br />
on 3/1/<strong>12</strong> at the old Harter<br />
House location in Kimberling<br />
City. Many volunteers with<br />
chain saws and helping hands<br />
were registered and assigned to<br />
certain projects/areas throughout<br />
the devastated county. ALL<br />
volunteers, including affiliated<br />
groups, MUST check-in with<br />
AmeriCorp. Volunteers need a<br />
photo I.D. to register. Persons<br />
14 to 18 years of age MUST<br />
be accompanied by a parent/<br />
guardian. It is recommended<br />
that all volunteers wear long<br />
pants and thick soled shoes.<br />
Work gloves are a necessity! To<br />
be safe, it is also recommended<br />
to wear goggles and a hard hat<br />
due to so many tree limbs and<br />
branches being broken, scattered<br />
and thrown.<br />
Law enforcement officers and<br />
Sheriff’s Deputies were staged<br />
in damaged areas to control the<br />
volume of traffic and to secure<br />
the area from potential looting.<br />
Electric and telephone<br />
companies addressed line and<br />
pole damages to restore power<br />
and phone service to those who<br />
have been without those services.<br />
Utilities were made safe for<br />
residents and volunteers to begin<br />
clean-up efforts.<br />
<strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong> Health<br />
Department (SCHD) staff<br />
and Community Hero Public<br />
Cont pg 9
Church<br />
Directory<br />
<strong>Crane</strong> Presbyterian Church<br />
“A Church On The Grow”<br />
39322 Hwy 413, <strong>Crane</strong>, Missouri<br />
9:00 am............Fellowship w/ coffee & donuts<br />
9:30 am.....................................Sunday School<br />
10:30 am..................................Worship Service<br />
<strong>Crane</strong><br />
Pastor- Melana Scruggs<br />
Office: 417-723-5596<br />
Fundamental Methodist Church<br />
Sunday School...............................10:00 am<br />
Sunday Morning Worship..............11:00 am<br />
Sunday Evening Service..................6:30 pm<br />
Wednesday Evening Service............7:00 pm<br />
Pastor: Wayne Blades<br />
Church Phone: 417-723-5821 • Home: 417-840-3833<br />
Small town church with a country heart!<br />
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH<br />
S. Hwy 13, <strong>Crane</strong> (417)723-5273 fbccrane.net<br />
Classes for all ages: Worship Services:<br />
Sunday 9:30-10:15 am<br />
6:00-7:00 pm<br />
Wednesday 7:00-8:00 pm<br />
For more details go to: fbccrane.net<br />
Sundays 10:30 am & 5:00 pm<br />
Fellowship times:<br />
Sunday 9:00 am donuts & coffee<br />
Wednesday Meal 6:00-6:50 pm<br />
Pastor - Gregg Boll<br />
“A Southern Baptist Church Serving God & the community since 1906 “<br />
Welcome To The<br />
BILLINGS FULL GOSPEL CHURCH<br />
“Where Jesus is the Best Answer”<br />
504 South Beverly<br />
Sunday 10:00-11:00-6:00<br />
Wednesday Bible Study 7:00<br />
Pastor Victor Horton<br />
417-840-5160<br />
<strong>Crane</strong> Assembly of God<br />
1<strong>12</strong> Main St., <strong>Crane</strong> Missouri<br />
“Come experience the love of God.”<br />
Sunday School ................................. 10:00 a.m.<br />
Morning Worship............................. 10:45 a.m.<br />
Sunday Evening Worship...................6:30 p.m.<br />
Wednesday Evening Worship ............7:00 p.m.<br />
Carolyn E. Curbow<br />
Carolyn E. Curbow, <strong>Crane</strong>,<br />
daughter of Clyde W. and Lucille<br />
(Jenkins) Essary, was born June<br />
20, 1938, in Cape Fair, and<br />
departed this life March 1, 20<strong>12</strong><br />
in Mercy Hospital, Aurora, at the<br />
age of 73.<br />
Carolyn was a homemaker<br />
and lifelong resident of the area<br />
who enjoyed doll collecting and<br />
weekly travels on the OATS<br />
bus. She openly told her family<br />
that if they came to visit her on<br />
Wednesday, they would have to<br />
wait for her to return from her<br />
weekly bus ride. Carolyn had<br />
attended the <strong>Crane</strong> Assembly of<br />
God Church, <strong>Crane</strong>.<br />
Survivors include: three sons,<br />
David Ray Curbow of Blue<br />
Eye, Paul Dean Curbow of<br />
Golden, and Sam Lee Curbow<br />
of Lampe; five brothers, Troy<br />
Essary of <strong>Crane</strong>, Larry Essary of<br />
Morgan Hills, CA, Jerry Essary<br />
of <strong>Crane</strong>, Earl Essary of Galena,<br />
and Darrel Essary of Galena;<br />
two sisters, Gaylene Stringer of<br />
Mt. Vernon, and Anita Leyba of<br />
Nevada; nine grandchildren; ten<br />
great grandchildren and a host of<br />
other relatives and friends.<br />
Funeral Services were held<br />
at 2:00 p.m. Monday, March<br />
5, 20<strong>12</strong> in Manlove-Stumpff<br />
Funeral Home, <strong>Crane</strong>, with<br />
George Burnash officiating.<br />
Burial was in Nolan Cemetery,<br />
Galena, under the direction<br />
of Manlove-Stumpff Funeral<br />
Home.<br />
Visitation was from 1:00 to<br />
2:00 p.m. Monday in Manlove-<br />
Stumpff Funeral Home.<br />
Alvin Stockstill<br />
Alvin Stockstill, 79, Hurley,<br />
was born October 26, 1932<br />
in Oto, to Lyle O. and Lorene<br />
Noe Stockstill and departed this<br />
life Saturday March 3, 20<strong>12</strong> in<br />
Christian Health Care, Nixa.<br />
Alvin had been a lifelong<br />
resident of the area and had been<br />
a dairy farmer for a number of<br />
years. He had also worked for<br />
St. John’s and Cox Hospitals in<br />
Springfield.<br />
On November 23, 1955 Alvin<br />
married Edna F. (Sue) Brown<br />
and to this union two sons were<br />
born.<br />
Survivors include his wife,<br />
Edna (Sue) of the home; two<br />
sons, David Stockstill of Hurley,<br />
and John Stockstill and wife<br />
Ann of White Hall, Maryland; a<br />
brother, Bobby Junior Stockstill<br />
and wife Bonnie; sister, Jo Ann<br />
Lee and Husband Robert of<br />
Clever; grandson, Jackson Lyle<br />
Stockstill, other relatives and<br />
friends.<br />
Thursday, March 8, 20<strong>12</strong> THE CRANE CHRONICLE/STONE COUNTY REPUBLICAN Page 5<br />
Obituaries<br />
Funeral services will be held<br />
Thursday, March 8, at 2:00<br />
p.m. in Westrip Funeral Home<br />
<strong>Crane</strong>, Missouri. Burial will be<br />
in <strong>Crane</strong> Community Cemetery,<br />
<strong>Crane</strong> under the care of Westrip<br />
Funeral Home. Visitation was<br />
Wednesday, March 7, 20<strong>12</strong> from<br />
6 until 8 p.m. in the funeral<br />
home.<br />
Glen H. Owens<br />
Glen H. Owens age 70 of<br />
Shawnee, Kansas passed away<br />
on March 3, 20<strong>12</strong> at his home.<br />
As per his request there are no<br />
services planned. Glen was<br />
born on Oct. 9, 1941 in Cape<br />
Fair, the fourth of six children<br />
to George and Alta (Lewis)<br />
Owens. He served 6 years<br />
in the Missouri Army Nation<br />
Guard and was a member of the<br />
Masonic Lodge. He retired after<br />
31 years from Hallmark Cards<br />
in Kansas City, MO., where he<br />
was a Large Press Operator. He<br />
was preceded in death by his<br />
parents and one sister Donna<br />
Carr. Survivors include his wife<br />
of 46 years Phyllis (Carney)<br />
Owens of the home, three sisters<br />
Gaye Wrinkle, Virginia Stephens<br />
and Pam Owens, one brother<br />
Darrell Owens and Nieces and<br />
Nephews.<br />
Arrangements<br />
Alden-Harrington Funeral<br />
Home 913-422-4074<br />
John Richard Wise<br />
John Richard Wise, 60, <strong>Crane</strong>,<br />
was born July 19, 1951 in Aurora,<br />
to Paul and Juanita Knott Wise<br />
and departed this life March 5,<br />
20<strong>12</strong> in his home.<br />
Johnny had been a lifelong<br />
resident of the area and had<br />
worked in the garment industry.<br />
He is survived by his sister,<br />
Paula Stanton and husband<br />
George of <strong>Crane</strong>; son Chris Wise<br />
of St. Louis; 3 grandchildren,<br />
other relatives and friends.<br />
Funeral services were held<br />
Wednesday, March 7, 20<strong>12</strong> at<br />
2:00 p.m. in Westrip Funeral<br />
Home, <strong>Crane</strong>. Final disposition<br />
was cremation following the<br />
service.<br />
Miss Rushia Mae<br />
Horn<br />
Funeral services for Miss<br />
Rushia Mae Horn of Aurora,<br />
formerly of Marionville,<br />
were held at 2 o’clock p.m.<br />
Wednesday, March 7, 20<strong>12</strong> in the<br />
Williams Funeral Home Chapel<br />
in Marionville, with Rev. Rex<br />
Mooneyham officiating. Rushia<br />
Mae, was born November 30,<br />
1925 in rural Marionville, to<br />
William H. and Florence Cupp<br />
Horn, and she passed away at<br />
11:54 a.m. Sunday, March 4,<br />
20<strong>12</strong> in the Aurora Nursing<br />
Center at Aurora, at the age of<br />
86.<br />
Rushia, attended school<br />
at Marionville, afterwards<br />
she became a Minister and<br />
Ministered for many years in and<br />
around Southwest Missouri. She<br />
worked at the Ozarks Methodist<br />
Manor, in Marionville as a CAN<br />
prior to her retirement in 1996.<br />
She was preceded in death by<br />
her parents, a half brother, Lee<br />
Roy Horn, a brother, William<br />
Horn and two sisters, Anna Hall<br />
Bennett and Velma Maples.<br />
She is survived by three<br />
brothers, Dale and Louis Horn or<br />
Aurora, Lynn Horn of Mohave<br />
Valley, Arizona, three sisters,<br />
Bonnie Johnson of Sapulpa,<br />
Oklahoma, Darolene Arnsmoyer<br />
of Billings, and Lois Ceberek of<br />
Aurora, also several nephews<br />
and nieces and their families.<br />
Pamela Jo Chastain<br />
Pamela Jo Chastain was<br />
born on January 23, 1954 in<br />
Aurora, to Dale Rinker and<br />
Ruth Baker Smith. Pamela left<br />
this life on March 3, 20<strong>12</strong> in<br />
Monett, Missouri surrounded by<br />
loving family after a battle with<br />
respiratory issues. Pam was a<br />
graduate of <strong>Crane</strong> High School<br />
and worked her way through<br />
school at the Dairy Lane starting<br />
at the age of 13. She also worked<br />
in the garment industry and was<br />
especially proud of her work<br />
for hospice caring for others.<br />
Pam was always thoughtful<br />
and concerned for her family<br />
and friends. As her loved ones<br />
can attest, birthday and special<br />
occasion cards from Pam were<br />
always the first to arrive. While<br />
Pam had no grandchildren of<br />
her own, she was a fantastic<br />
“grandmother” to her great nieces<br />
and nephews and enjoyed playing<br />
games with them and supporting<br />
their interests. Pam continued to<br />
be open to new experiences and<br />
was anxiously awaiting her first<br />
Bob Ross painting class, which<br />
was scheduled to begin in mid-<br />
March. Pam’s love for God was<br />
powerful and she could often be<br />
found listening to, playing and<br />
singing the most beautiful gospel<br />
music. She has gone home to be<br />
healthy and happy with the Lord<br />
but will be dearly missed by her<br />
family and friends.<br />
Funeral services were held<br />
Wednesday, March 7, 20<strong>12</strong> at<br />
10:00 a.m. in Westrip Funeral<br />
Home, <strong>Crane</strong>, Missouri. Burial<br />
was in <strong>Crane</strong> Community<br />
Cemetery under the care of<br />
Westrip Funeral Home.<br />
Bruce Francis Scheeler<br />
Bruce Francis Scheeler, 61,<br />
passed into the arms of the<br />
Lord on February 18, 20<strong>12</strong> at<br />
his home in Cape Fair, with his<br />
family by his side after a short<br />
but courageous battle with Brain<br />
Cancer. He was born, on his<br />
mother’s birthday, on November<br />
24, 1950 in Renton, WA to Alfred<br />
and Glendora Scheeler.<br />
Bruce lived most of his life in<br />
Newark, CA, until he moved to<br />
Cape Fair, in 2004 where he fell<br />
in love with the Ozarks.<br />
Bruce is survived by his<br />
mother, Glendora Scheeler,<br />
Newark, CA, Christine Scheeler,<br />
his loving and faithful wife of 29<br />
years; 2 Daughters –Cortney and<br />
“son” Aj Ajayi , Cape Fair; Their<br />
3 children Kayley, Jaydyn, and
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Obituaries<br />
Matthan Bruce Ajayi, Daughter-<br />
Shantel Scheeler, Livermore,<br />
CA and her daughter Kenzie<br />
Gillespie. 2 sisters – Deneen<br />
Caldeira, Citrus Heights, CA<br />
and Melinda Scheeler, Fremont,<br />
CA, Dora Heidinger, Granite<br />
Bay, CA, a very special loving<br />
woman in his life since he was<br />
a child, and a host of other<br />
relatives and friends.<br />
Bruce loved working as a<br />
purchasing manager at Ride the<br />
Ducks in Branson, motorcycle<br />
riding, wood working, boating,<br />
and spending time with family,<br />
especially his grandchildren.<br />
Our sincere thanks to the St.<br />
John’s Hospice for their fantastic<br />
care, especially our loving<br />
nurse Kari V.; and also to our<br />
special friends Debbie and Greg<br />
Boulware for all their help, love<br />
and support.<br />
Cremation was under the<br />
direction of Stumpff Funeral<br />
Home-South, Kimberling City.<br />
No funeral services are planned.<br />
The ashes of Bruce will be<br />
scattered at a private family<br />
ceremony in spring of 20<strong>12</strong>.<br />
The family has requested<br />
that anyone who so wishes,<br />
may donate in Bruce’s name to<br />
Mercy’s Hospitality House (7 th<br />
Floor): <strong>12</strong>35 E Cherokee St.<br />
Springfield, MO 65804 (417)<br />
820-2102<br />
Billings Country<br />
Music Jamboree<br />
St. Joseph’s Hall—320 NW<br />
Washington<br />
Friday March 9<br />
Second Friday of each month<br />
at 7:00 p.m.<br />
Jamming starts at 6:30 p.m.<br />
Music by “The Smoke House<br />
Boy’s”<br />
Country – Gospel – Bluegrass<br />
Good family entertainment<br />
– Guest singers dancers and<br />
musicians welcome<br />
No charge – Donations<br />
accepted – 744-4427 for more<br />
information<br />
This month our Jamboree<br />
will be in conjunction with St.<br />
Joseph’s men’s club Lenten Fish<br />
Fry. Music starts at 5:30 p.m.<br />
Cemetery<br />
Announcements<br />
Donations<br />
<strong>Crane</strong> Cemetery<br />
Donations for :<br />
<strong>Crane</strong> Community Cemetery<br />
May be mailed to:<br />
1st Home Savings Bank<br />
P.O. Box 4<strong>12</strong><br />
<strong>Crane</strong>, MO 65633-04<strong>12</strong><br />
Make check payable to:<br />
<strong>Crane</strong> Community Cemetery<br />
Thank You<br />
Donations<br />
Needed For<br />
Long Cemetery<br />
Long Cemetery funding is very<br />
low and in need of donations. If<br />
you are concerned about the mowing<br />
and up keep at Quail Spur please<br />
send donations to: Glen McHolland,<br />
802 Marble Road, <strong>Crane</strong>, MO<br />
65633. Make check payable to Long<br />
Cemetery.<br />
Donations Needed<br />
For Oak Grove<br />
Cemetery<br />
Oak Grove Cemetery, one of the<br />
oldest cemeteries in <strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong>,<br />
needs your donations for care and<br />
upkeep. The Oak Grove Cemetery<br />
is located north of <strong>Crane</strong> on “Old<br />
Wire Road.” The Oak Grove<br />
Cemetery association is a “nonprofit”<br />
organization and appreciates<br />
the charitable contributions for the<br />
upkeep of the cemetery. Donations<br />
may be made to the Oak Grove<br />
Cemetery fund in care of The First<br />
Home Savings Bank,<br />
PO Box 4<strong>12</strong><br />
<strong>Crane</strong>, Mo 65633.<br />
Donations Needed For<br />
Carney Cemetery<br />
Donations needed for Carney<br />
Cemetery. Please mail to the<br />
<strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong> National Bank<br />
PO Box 402, <strong>Crane</strong>, MO 65633<br />
or Sandy Rainwater 27066<br />
State Hwy EE, Cape Fair, MO<br />
65624.<br />
The Cemetery Association is<br />
a Non Profit organization your<br />
donations are needed for upkeep.<br />
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BRIGHT IDEA?<br />
SHOP MARIONVILLE<br />
Ozarks Methodist Manor<br />
A Tradition of Caring Since 1925<br />
• 58 Independent Homes<br />
• 32 Residental Care Apartments<br />
• 78 Bed Skilled Health Care Units<br />
205 South College • P.O. Box 4<strong>03</strong> • Marionville, MO 65705<br />
(417) 258-2573 • Fax (417) 463-2240<br />
Church Directory<br />
Horse Creek Church<br />
Calendar Of Events<br />
March 9 Friday,<br />
Brad Hudson<br />
March 11 Sunday,<br />
Karty Burbridge<br />
March 16 Friday,<br />
Singing and Supper<br />
March 18 Sunday,<br />
Jerry Baker<br />
March 23 Friday,<br />
Denny McCororey<br />
Landmarks<br />
Apostolic Church<br />
2<strong>12</strong> W 5th St., Galena, MO<br />
Service Hours:<br />
Sunday.............10am & 6pm<br />
Tuesday Prayer............. 6pm<br />
Wednesday.....................7pm<br />
R. E. Edwards......417-699-2005<br />
Movie Night At<br />
Pierson<br />
Cumberland<br />
Presbyterian<br />
Church<br />
It’s Movie Night and we<br />
would love to have you there.<br />
Come join us for movie<br />
and popcorn night. We<br />
will be showing the movie<br />
Courageous for the older<br />
group and The Prince of Egypt<br />
for the younger group. On<br />
March 10, 20<strong>12</strong> at 6:00 pm,<br />
at the Pierson Cumberland<br />
Presbyterian Church on HWY<br />
413 in Bradfield, north of<br />
<strong>Crane</strong> on the corner of Shiloh<br />
Church Road and HWY 413.<br />
Bowling<br />
Chapel Singing<br />
Bowling Chapel’s fourth<br />
Saturday night singing will<br />
resume Saturday, March 24 at<br />
6:00 pm. We will be having finger<br />
foods following the singing.<br />
Come and join us in an evening<br />
of worship and fellowship.<br />
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Carney<br />
Cemetery<br />
A meeting of the Carney<br />
Cemetery Association will be<br />
held at Sandy Rainwater’s home<br />
on EE Hwy, April <strong>12</strong>, 20<strong>12</strong> at<br />
6:00 p.m. If interested in the<br />
Cemetery Activities please<br />
attend. For more information,<br />
please call Sandy Rainwater 417-<br />
538-2846 or Etheline (Bennett)<br />
Munsen 417-491-4888.<br />
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Hurley<br />
Methodist<br />
Church<br />
Have you noticed the signs<br />
of spring around? Even though<br />
we had a very mild winter it is<br />
still up lifting to see spring come<br />
with all the new growth. I love<br />
to open the windows and let the<br />
fresh air in, I just feel better with<br />
the windows open.<br />
Does your life have you<br />
bottled up inside? Sometimes it<br />
feels like there is no way out, but<br />
Jesus tells us to cast our cares<br />
on him. If you can talk with a<br />
friend then you can talk to Jesus,<br />
just open up to him as if he were<br />
sitting there with you or on the<br />
phone with you, it’s that easy.<br />
Take time to let him know how<br />
you feel, I know that you will<br />
feel like a weight has been lifted<br />
off you.<br />
If you don’t have a church<br />
that you go to and are looking<br />
for one I invite you to come<br />
to ours,we are still a small<br />
congregation and would love to<br />
have you with us. We believe in<br />
helping in what ever way we can.<br />
We will pray with you, cry with<br />
you, laugh with you, and rejoice<br />
with you. Our service starts at<br />
10:00. I think you will be grow<br />
in your knowledge of the Bible<br />
as you listen to Joyce preach<br />
from God’s word.<br />
1 Peter 5:7 Cast all your<br />
anxiety on him because he cares<br />
for you.<br />
Cross<br />
Roads Church<br />
Cross Roads Church west of<br />
Galena at 248 and 173. The<br />
Pastor Bob Hufft and wife<br />
Carolyn would like to invite<br />
everyone to come and worship<br />
with us Saturday evening at 7:00<br />
p.m., Sunday morning at 10:00<br />
a.m. and Sunday evening at 6:00<br />
p.m.<br />
Is your Church<br />
hosting a<br />
revival or a<br />
special<br />
service?<br />
Give us a call<br />
today<br />
417-<br />
723-<br />
5248!<br />
Morning<br />
Star Baptist<br />
(Revelations 22:16)<br />
All are welcome to Worship<br />
Jesus with us!<br />
Bible Study at 9:30am<br />
Worship at 10:30am & 5pm<br />
69 Butterfields Trail Rd.<br />
State Highway 413<br />
Pastor Gary Stewart<br />
(417) 744-2901 (H)<br />
(417) 723-<strong>03</strong>15<br />
Church<br />
Southern Baptist Church<br />
Established in 1997<br />
Raffle To Benefit<br />
The Marionville<br />
Clothing Bank<br />
The Marionville Clothing<br />
Bank Association, Inc. will<br />
hold a raffle to benefit the<br />
Marionville Clothing Bank to<br />
run from now until March 28,<br />
20<strong>12</strong>. All proceeds will be used<br />
for additional clothing racks and<br />
repairs to the building.<br />
Tickets are 50 cents per ticket<br />
or three tickets for a dollar.<br />
They may be purchased at the<br />
Clothing Bank on Wednesdays<br />
from 9:00 a.m. until <strong>12</strong>:00 noon<br />
or from any of the Marionville<br />
Clothing Bank Association, Inc.<br />
members or volunteers. Or,<br />
you may call 417-258-2607 to<br />
request a ticket order form to be<br />
mailed to you.<br />
All requests for tickets must<br />
be received by March 27 th . The<br />
drawing will be on Wednesday,<br />
March 28, at 9:30 a.m. at the<br />
Marionville Clothing Bank.<br />
You do not need to be present<br />
to win.<br />
Prizes include four tickets<br />
to the Dickerson Park Zoo; a<br />
family pass (two adults and<br />
four children) to the Titanic<br />
Museum Attraction; a $25 gift<br />
card to Journagan’s True Value<br />
Hardware; a $20 gift certificate<br />
to Murphy’s Orchard; two<br />
Saturday morning breakfast<br />
buffets, drinks not included, at<br />
Alice Irene’s; a gift certificate<br />
for a large pizza at Aurora<br />
Pizza Hut; two medium extra<br />
value meals and two desserts at<br />
Aurora McDonald’s; and two<br />
tickets to each of the following:<br />
Baldknobbers Jamboree, The<br />
Duttons, George Dyer, Great<br />
Passion Play, Presley’s Country<br />
Jubilee, Shepherd of the Hills,<br />
Showboat Branson Belle, and<br />
Silver Dollar City.<br />
The members of the<br />
Marionville Clothing Bank<br />
Association, Inc. thank the<br />
businesses that donated prizes<br />
for the raffle and thank the<br />
community for purchasing<br />
tickets.
<strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong> Agriculture<br />
News, Views & Scoops<br />
News and Notes for and about <strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong> Agriculture. Please send information or story ideas to: screditor@centurylink.net or mail to: PO Box 401, <strong>Crane</strong>, Missouri<br />
Missouri Department Of Conservation<br />
By Francis Skalicky<br />
Snagging paddlefish (also<br />
called spoonbills) is a spring<br />
tradition in Missouri that has a<br />
much more interesting past than<br />
many local anglers may realize.<br />
Missouri’s paddlefish season<br />
starts March 15 and runs through<br />
April 30. The daily limit is two.<br />
The minimum length limit is 34<br />
inches on the Lake of the Ozarks,<br />
Harry S. Truman Lake, Table<br />
Rock Lake and their tributaries.<br />
On all other waters, the minimum<br />
length limit is 24 inches. Sublegal<br />
fish must be returned to the<br />
water unharmed immediately.<br />
Paddlefish are measured from<br />
the eye to the fork of the tail.<br />
These large fish (current state<br />
record 139 lbs. and 4 oz. from<br />
Table Rock Lake), were initially<br />
found throughout much of the<br />
central U.S. and were particularly<br />
abundant in the Missouri and<br />
Mississippi River drainage<br />
basins. As this region became<br />
settled, paddlefish became both<br />
a popular and challenging catch<br />
for anglers who caught them<br />
by snagging during the spring<br />
spawning migration. Paddlefish<br />
were popular for their meat and<br />
their caviar.<br />
Missouri’s spoonbill snaggers<br />
got a boost in their favorite<br />
spring pastime when the<br />
construction of Bagnell Dam in<br />
1931 created a large paddlefish<br />
spawn in the Osage River. This<br />
spawn, and the spring snagging<br />
opportunities that went with<br />
it, created one of the country’s<br />
better-known paddlefish<br />
snagging opportunities. From<br />
1958-1977, an average of 3,600<br />
paddlefish, averaging 32 lbs.<br />
per fish – which translated into<br />
approximately 115,000 pounds<br />
of paddlefish were harvested<br />
annually during a two-month<br />
season.<br />
Details of how this fish<br />
spawned remained a mystery<br />
until Missouri Department of<br />
Conservation biologists observed<br />
and documented the process in<br />
the Osage River, near Osceola<br />
in 1960. Spawning is dependent<br />
upon weather conditions;<br />
primarily photoperiod, water<br />
temperature, and flow. Knowledge<br />
of how paddlefish reproduce<br />
became very valuable when<br />
construction began on Harry S.<br />
Bassett<br />
Fences, Decks & Remodeling<br />
Truman Reservoir in the 1970s.<br />
From the outset, it was known<br />
this project would be detrimental<br />
to paddlefish spawning in the<br />
Osage – the dam would block<br />
spawning migrations and flood<br />
historical spawning areas.<br />
As a result, MDC fisheries<br />
biologists began work on<br />
developing techniques for<br />
artificial spawning and culture of<br />
paddlefish as part of a mitigation<br />
agreement with the U.S. Army<br />
Corps of Engineers. To determine<br />
if a paddlefish population could<br />
be established and maintained,<br />
MDC began stocking hatchery<br />
produced fingerlings in Table<br />
Rock Lake in the 1970s. Survival<br />
of these stocked fingerlings was<br />
good and growth was excellent<br />
creating a good fishery in Table<br />
Rock Lake. Data collected from<br />
this ground-breaking paddlefish<br />
work was not only be used in<br />
Missouri, but also served as the<br />
basis for paddlefish management<br />
in other states where dams<br />
and habitat destruction were<br />
negatively impacting spoonbill<br />
reproduction and habitat.<br />
Biologists have not documented<br />
any natural reproduction of<br />
paddlefish in any of Missouri’s<br />
reservoir populations (Lake of<br />
the Ozarks, Harry S. Truman<br />
Lake, and Table Rock Lake).<br />
MDC maintains these valued<br />
sport fisheries through annual<br />
stockings. Each spring, a small<br />
number of males and females<br />
are collected from Table Rock<br />
Lake. The eggs are collected and<br />
incubated at MDC’s Blind Pony<br />
Hatchery, where the fingerlings<br />
are reared and stocked into Lake<br />
of the Ozarks, Harry S. Truman<br />
Lake, and Table Rock Lakes in<br />
the fall.<br />
More information about<br />
snagging for paddlefish in<br />
Missouri, and how to catch other<br />
fish, as well; can be found at your<br />
nearest Missouri Department of<br />
Conservation office or at www.<br />
missouriconservation.org<br />
Francis Skalicky is the media<br />
specialist for the Missouri<br />
Department of Conservation’s<br />
Southwest Region. For more<br />
information about conservation<br />
issues, call 417-895-6881, ext.<br />
247.<br />
Construction<br />
Justin Bassett<br />
417-229-0114<br />
24992 State Hwy TT<br />
<strong>Crane</strong>, MO 65633<br />
jbassett1977@gmail.com<br />
The Cute Little<br />
Old Couple<br />
By Sharon Miller<br />
Did you ever wonder what<br />
happened to the cute little<br />
couple that came to your yard<br />
sale in a red Ford Ranger? The<br />
one with the old camper shell?<br />
You know, he would always<br />
try to get you to come down<br />
on your price. Some people<br />
know them as James and<br />
Dolly Friel. Still a question<br />
about who I’m referring to?<br />
Anyway, after living in<br />
<strong>Crane</strong> for about 11 years, they<br />
left and moved to Virginia.<br />
For about a year and a half<br />
they have lived with their<br />
youngest daughter who took<br />
care of them the best she<br />
could. Well, this past Friday<br />
they went back to the little<br />
town of Thayer, Missouri.<br />
That’s where we moved to<br />
when we left the St. Louis<br />
area back in 1969. Daddy’s<br />
health has been going down<br />
hill and Momma is a victim<br />
of Alzheimer’s. Thus we<br />
felt it would be for the best<br />
to admit them to the nursing<br />
home. Daddy will be in rehab<br />
to get his strength built back<br />
and Momma will get the care<br />
she needs from those who are<br />
trained to handle her condition.<br />
They are very fortunate to get<br />
a room together!<br />
They lived in Thayer for<br />
30 years before coming to<br />
<strong>Crane</strong> and thus even there<br />
in the nursing home they are<br />
running into people who they<br />
know or who knew them or<br />
their children.<br />
If you would like to send<br />
them a card here is their<br />
address.<br />
Shady Oaks Health Care<br />
715 SSR 19<br />
Thayer, MO 65791<br />
Att. James and Dolly Friel<br />
Jackson Processing<br />
1664 Butterfield Trail Rd<br />
East of Hwy 13<br />
Owned and Operated By:<br />
John R. & Annette Jackson<br />
417-723-8400<br />
Thursday, March 8, 20<strong>12</strong> THE CRANE CHRONICLE/STONE COUNTY REPUBLICAN Page 7<br />
Farnum Cont...<br />
the Commemorative Air Museum in<br />
Brownsville, and enjoyed some days<br />
off on Padre Island for lounging &<br />
swimming. That’s a favorite time<br />
for all the children! While on the<br />
Island we visited Sea Turtle, Incorporated,<br />
which is a “hospital” for rehabilitating<br />
injured sea turtles. One<br />
morning, at Nathaniel’s request, we<br />
went on a Bay Fishing Tour where<br />
we caught few fish, an eel & a string<br />
ray, but still had a nice time. Upon<br />
concluding our fishing excursion,<br />
we fed what fish we caught to some<br />
grateful pelicans… who were very<br />
entertaining!<br />
And speaking of entertainment,<br />
our shows were attended mostly by<br />
folks who are referred to as Winter<br />
Texans, coming from many of the<br />
colder-climate states and Canada.<br />
We performed a variety of tunes often<br />
opening with “Rocky Top” and<br />
“Be Assured”, then on to “St. Anne’s<br />
Reel” while Daniel introduced us<br />
all, and into an old Foggy River<br />
Boys “Memory Course” routine.<br />
That would get lots of laughs, and<br />
Dad would go into singing his signature<br />
song: “Homegrown Tomatoes”.<br />
Following that, we’d feature Hannah<br />
on her fiddle playing the “Cotton<br />
Patch Rag”. Daniel then sang a<br />
Marty Robbins song, either “Ballad<br />
of the Alamo” or “Continental Suit”.<br />
The crowds down there really loved<br />
his renditions of these songs. Next<br />
we’d bring up the younger children,<br />
Nathaniel, Maggie & Matthew, and<br />
we’d all sing the old Gene Autry<br />
song, “Uncle Noah’s Ark”. It’s lots<br />
of fun and, with the many animal<br />
sound effects, gets everyone’s attention.<br />
Maggie would then sing her<br />
new song, “What Happy Is”, which<br />
we learned from the Josties, another<br />
family band. Trish would then follow<br />
that with a Randy Travis gospel<br />
tear-jerker, “Three Wooden Crosses”.<br />
Benjamin & Hannah would<br />
then take to their instruments – mandolin<br />
& fiddle, respectively – and<br />
get stung playing “Fred Digs Up a<br />
Hornets Nest”. Nathaniel would be<br />
featured singing “The Fox”, originally<br />
a Middle English poem dating<br />
from the 15th century. Then leading<br />
into our intermission, Daniel would<br />
recite some cowboy poetry, namely<br />
“Reincarnation”, which always got<br />
much laughter, followed by anther<br />
Marty Robbins ballad, “Big Iron”.<br />
We were thankful to Greg Bailey<br />
at <strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong> Recording Studio<br />
for his hard work helping us get our<br />
new gospel album, “Leaning…”<br />
We picked it up from Betty Kottkamp<br />
(who did our cover design &<br />
duplication – MTB Studios) the day<br />
before we left so had it available<br />
during our intermissions, along with<br />
our other albums: Come & Rejoice,<br />
Tomato Pickin’ and our Folk Psalms<br />
album and Companion song book.<br />
(Please see our family website @<br />
www.FarnumFamily.org to order<br />
any of these). And a few of the parks<br />
offered our family ice cream during<br />
the intermission, and that always<br />
went over well with the children!<br />
Continuing with our show, we<br />
opened the second half with a<br />
comical song we learned from the<br />
Homestead Pickers at Silver Dollar<br />
City, “Bib Overalls”. Our youngest,<br />
Matthew, and his brother Nathaniel<br />
would come up on stage wearing<br />
overalls and lead that one off. It’s a<br />
fun song! Then, with all of the folks<br />
from Iowa that we seemed to have in<br />
our audiences, Hannah would take<br />
the lead on “Church in the Wildwood”.<br />
We must have met a dozen<br />
folks who’d either been there, lived<br />
close by, or been married in the “Little<br />
Brown Church”! At that point in<br />
our show, mom & dad would turn it<br />
over to Benjamin, Hannah & Daniel,<br />
who would do a bluegrass arrangement<br />
(guitar, fiddle & bass) of the<br />
classic Bob Dylan song, “Forever<br />
Young” with lead by Daniel. Next<br />
we’d bring up the two girls, Hannah<br />
& Maggie, who performed their<br />
twin fiddle tunes, “Faded Love” and<br />
in Bob Wills fashion, “Snow Deer”.<br />
Then we’d feature Hannah on her<br />
Irish set, playing two fiddle tunes<br />
learned attending O’Flaherty’s Irish<br />
Music Retreat in Midlothian, Texas.<br />
Nearing the conclusion of our show,<br />
Benjamin took his harmonica to introduce<br />
“Joshua”, a catchy gospel<br />
song featuring all the children and<br />
ending with a long & competitively<br />
sustained harmony of notes. Before<br />
our closing songs, Dad would sing<br />
his favorite hymn, “God Send Us<br />
Men.” It’s a challenge to Christian<br />
leadership – as individuals, in our<br />
families, our communities, and a<br />
prayer for our nation. The words,<br />
written by Frederick Gillman in<br />
1909, and more appropriate now<br />
than ever, follow:<br />
God send us men whose aim<br />
‘twill be<br />
Not to defend some ancient<br />
creed,<br />
But to live out the laws of Christ<br />
In every thought and word and<br />
deed.<br />
God send us men alert and quick<br />
His lofty precepts to translate,<br />
Until the laws of Christ become<br />
The laws and habits of the state.<br />
God send us men of steadfast<br />
will,<br />
Patient, courageous, strong and<br />
true,<br />
With vision clear and mind<br />
equipped<br />
His will to learn, his work to do.<br />
God send us men with hearts<br />
ablaze,<br />
All truth to love, all wrong to<br />
hate;<br />
These are the patriots nations<br />
need;<br />
These are the bulwarks of the<br />
state.<br />
We often closed our concerts with<br />
“Hands in Wood”, the lead sung by<br />
Daniel, followed by “Solid Rock”,<br />
a quartet piece with Hannah singing<br />
the lead. It was exciting to receive<br />
a standing ovation at about 70% of<br />
our park performances, and often an<br />
invitation to rebook for 2013. To see<br />
our calendar for the balance of this<br />
year and next, please visit our family<br />
website @ www.FarnumFamily.<br />
org. And, folks, if you’d like to book<br />
our family for a special concert or<br />
performance for your church or other<br />
event, please feel free to contact<br />
us. And be sure to catch us at Silver<br />
Dollar City for their Bluegrass &<br />
BBQ Festival come May!
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Comments & Notes from...<br />
Mary Kuyper<br />
P.O. Box 2<strong>08</strong><br />
Reeds Spring MO 65737 • 417-272-3527<br />
4<br />
1<br />
Dear Readerville: “THE<br />
BELLS DID RING!”<br />
At last we have the pictures of<br />
the beautiful wedding of Wade<br />
Cary and Erica Kuyper (my<br />
granddaughter). I am sharing<br />
some of the ones I have. The<br />
first picture is of the bridal<br />
couple themselves. Erica had<br />
a Gothic medieval wedding<br />
Reeds Spring Jct.<br />
<strong>Crane</strong> City Pool<br />
Fundraiser<br />
GREEN BUCKS in March<br />
Check Writing Fundraiser For the month of March<br />
We want to Challenge everyone to donate to<br />
“HELP SAVE OUR POOL”<br />
It’s Tax Refund time so help us out, your kids are worth it any size<br />
donation will help<br />
If 100 people would give $20 that would be $2000<br />
Sooooooooooooooo do your part!<br />
Mail Checks to <strong>Crane</strong> Pool Renovations/Green Bucks<br />
c/o Kathy Davidson<br />
Po Box 695 <strong>Crane</strong>, MO 65633<br />
You can also drop off your donation at the <strong>Crane</strong> City Hall<br />
Checks payable to City of <strong>Crane</strong> (Memo: Pool Renovations)<br />
We take Green CASH too!!<br />
3<br />
2<br />
dress. The gown was mostly<br />
white with a hood, the hood<br />
was not always worn. The hood<br />
and gown was trimmed and the<br />
design was in black. The dress<br />
was ordered from England and<br />
barely arrived in time. Red<br />
roses with red ribbon adorned<br />
the bouquets and the men wore<br />
red roses in their lapels.<br />
The bridal party could chose<br />
their own attire but was asked<br />
to stick to the wedding colors<br />
of red, black, & white. The<br />
second picture is of the bride<br />
and her attendants. The are<br />
(left to right) Kammy Miller,<br />
flower girl (who did a good job<br />
by the way) Athena Yancey,<br />
Erica – the bride, then Julie<br />
Youngblood the matron of<br />
honor, and Brittaney Rager.<br />
The third picture is of the<br />
bride Erica and her mom,<br />
Sherrie Kuyper, her dad,<br />
Richard Kuyper Jr. and her<br />
brother Richard Kuyper III. A<br />
very handsome family indeed.<br />
The fourth picture is of<br />
Richard Kuyper Jr. the brides<br />
father, the bride Erica, sitting<br />
next to Erica’s grandmother<br />
(who happened to be very<br />
proud) Mary Kuyper.<br />
I really enjoyed the opportunity<br />
to get out of the house and no<br />
doctor was involved in where<br />
I ended up. It’s a grand day<br />
when you get to witness & be<br />
a part of someone close to you<br />
make such an important step in<br />
their lives.<br />
The reception was pot luck<br />
which offered a terrific number<br />
of choices to eat. What a great<br />
idea! The wedding cake had<br />
white icing and was dribbled<br />
with black icing. Really good<br />
too.<br />
We wish to thank all those<br />
that brought something for the<br />
reception. We also want to say<br />
A BIG THANK YOU TO: the<br />
groom’s family for all their<br />
help with getting the bride’s<br />
gown to Reeds Spring Junction<br />
and to Judy Hoffman (the other<br />
grandmother of the bride) and<br />
the bride’s Aunt Kathy (bride’s<br />
mother’s sister) for their help<br />
to make this a special day for<br />
Erica and Wade. A very special<br />
Thank You to Kim Kessinger<br />
Issacs for the photography of<br />
the day.<br />
Now folks, I have taken up<br />
enough of your time this week<br />
and beside I am not doing so<br />
great right now and need to rest<br />
some, so I will talk to you again<br />
next week with all the other<br />
info, what for’s, why not’s, and<br />
etc.<br />
Till Next Time: Ha Kuna<br />
Matata!<br />
Cane Bottom News<br />
Sharon Bennett<br />
• 8392 St. Hwy 173, Cape Fair, Mo 65624 •<br />
Wahkenna Falls in Oregon near<br />
Portland.<br />
I am still in Oregon helping<br />
my friend until she gets settled<br />
into her job and her children<br />
get settled in school. I am<br />
doing pretty good with the<br />
three children, all boys and<br />
their antics. They are so busy<br />
with their actions and many<br />
lectures from Mom of what to<br />
do and not. The TV and their<br />
games have such influence on<br />
their lives. I wonder how the<br />
teachers of the school handle<br />
the many things that come<br />
their way. My prayers go out<br />
to you, those that want them,<br />
you have them. These children<br />
are good children but very<br />
young and already getting<br />
more than they need to know<br />
at their age.<br />
Now on to our trip out here.<br />
After the snow storm, it was all<br />
peaceful. We had many horror<br />
calls from the people from<br />
Oregon and family telling<br />
how bad the weather would<br />
be, through the mountains,<br />
but we had nothing. The<br />
Dalles was where everyone<br />
was worried, so we got our<br />
chains which are required in<br />
Oregon and my friend got the<br />
lesson on how to put them<br />
on. We had the phone call<br />
telling us we had to chain up<br />
that morning but we breezed<br />
right though the Dalles, which<br />
is a road under the mountains<br />
next to the Columbia river.<br />
The fog comes in and there<br />
is usually rain or snow there,<br />
but this is one of their unusual<br />
years also. So after getting<br />
here we wondered what was<br />
their concern. I am sure we<br />
will find out or maybe it is<br />
spring. Everything here, the<br />
spring flowers are blooming<br />
and the Azaleas are in bloom.<br />
The trees are starting to<br />
show new growth, but snow<br />
tonight. The temp runs about<br />
42 and warmer, yesterday it<br />
was sunny and 60. We went to<br />
the waterfall, which there are<br />
many around here and saw the<br />
beauty of the place. With the<br />
sun shining it felt like a picnic<br />
was in order. You could see it<br />
was snowing in the mountains<br />
when we first got there. Many<br />
were hiking in the mountains.<br />
My friend and the boys took a<br />
hike to one of the waterfalls. I<br />
thought it would tire them, out<br />
but no they were still up and<br />
ready to do their boy things.<br />
Earlier this week we went<br />
to Newport, OR and saw the<br />
Marine Life Museum. It was<br />
like it was under the sea setting<br />
on the sea and the boys had a<br />
good time there. Saw the ocean<br />
but had to save exploring that<br />
for another day. It is about a<br />
2 hour drive over to the ocean<br />
from Portland. The school<br />
takes the kids from around<br />
here, there to spend the night,<br />
one of the boys will get to go.<br />
They are going the first of the<br />
week. This nanny, is ready.<br />
Again we were told it was<br />
snowing on the mountains we<br />
were going through, we got to<br />
the point of not telling them<br />
we looked at the weather. No<br />
snow, just had some snow on<br />
edge of road. Guess we were<br />
just blessed. We do know<br />
how to go back now when<br />
we see danger. They don’t<br />
trust us since the blizzard we<br />
were in, but that happens to<br />
a lot of people in Wyoming.<br />
The people of Wyoming said,<br />
“Welcome to Wyoming.”<br />
Our pod, which she shipped<br />
her home in Kansas in hasn’t<br />
arrived with my suitcase, so<br />
we are wearing the same one<br />
two three outfits but are ready<br />
for a change. It should come<br />
this week.<br />
That is all the excitement I<br />
can give you this week. I am<br />
still taking pictures of barns.<br />
There are some beauties out<br />
here along the road I saw<br />
some good ones couldn’t<br />
stop to take pictures out the<br />
window without a wreck.We<br />
also never saw any wrecks,<br />
beside the snow blizzard.<br />
I received a call from the<br />
Harter family that has a young<br />
girl I helped sing and she<br />
sang at the Broiler Festival<br />
last year. She entered KWFC<br />
contest for singers and placed<br />
15 among 88 constantants.<br />
She won some prizes and a<br />
standing ovation. She is only 9<br />
years old. It takes a lot just to<br />
stand in front of many people<br />
to sing. Congratulations to<br />
Gabrielle Harter.<br />
Song to hum “I Am A<br />
Promise,” which she sang for<br />
the contest.
<strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong> Senior Citizens Service Fund<br />
2011 Financial Statement<br />
Beginning Balance<br />
<strong>12</strong>/31/2010 $186,773<br />
INCOME<br />
STONE CO NATL BANK-<br />
CHECKING ACCOUNT<br />
INTEREST $4,399<br />
STONE CO TREASURER,<br />
TAX COLLECTED<br />
$242,935<br />
SCCOA REFUND<br />
OF UNUSED<br />
APPROPRIATIONS $1,511<br />
TOTAL INCOME<br />
$248,845<br />
EXPENSES<br />
BOARD MEMBER<br />
EXPENSES<br />
J J ENSCH-MILEAGE $97<br />
JOAN GILLAHAN-<br />
MILEAGE $27<br />
CHARLIE HOWSER-<br />
MILEAGE $<strong>12</strong>8<br />
SHEILA LINDSAY-<br />
ADMIN & POSTAGE $385<br />
RICHARD<br />
MEYERKORD-MILEAGE<br />
$391<br />
ROBERT RALSTON-<br />
MILEAGE $200<br />
JERRY SHELTON-<br />
MILEAGE $194<br />
TOTAL BOARD<br />
MEMBER EXPENSES<br />
$1,422<br />
OTHER EXPENSES<br />
CAPE FAIR<br />
HOMEMAKERS $3,000<br />
CAPE FAIR SENIOR<br />
CITIZENS, INC $1,000<br />
CENTRAL CROSSIN<br />
SENIOR CENTER $6,000<br />
CLAY COUNTY SENIOR<br />
SERVICES $35<br />
CNA SURETY BOND<br />
$1,0<strong>08</strong><br />
GRACE HEALTH<br />
SERVICES $11,679<br />
GRYPHON FORMS $216<br />
HARRY FINGK $350<br />
KIMBERLING AREA<br />
LIBRARY $1,000<br />
KIMBERLING AREA<br />
SENIOR CENTER $15,727<br />
KIMBERLING CITY<br />
PHARMACY $6,685<br />
KIMBERLING CITY<br />
POSTMASTER $26<br />
OACAC $21,500<br />
STONE COUNTY<br />
COUNCIL ON AGING<br />
$181,150<br />
STONE COUNTY<br />
GAZETTE $80<br />
STONE COUNTY<br />
PUBLISHING $19<br />
SWMOA $234<br />
TOTAL OTHER<br />
EXPENSES $249,709<br />
ENDING BALANCE<br />
<strong>12</strong>/31/2011 $184,487<br />
<strong>Stone</strong> Co Health Cont<br />
Sheriff’s Deputies were<br />
staged in damaged areas to<br />
control the volume of traffic<br />
and to secure the area from<br />
potential looting.<br />
Electric and telephone<br />
companies addressed line<br />
and pole damages to restore<br />
power and phone service to<br />
those who have been without<br />
those services. Utilities were<br />
made safe for residents and<br />
volunteers to begin clean-up<br />
efforts.<br />
<strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong> Health<br />
Department (SCHD) staff<br />
and Community Hero<br />
Public Health Volunteers<br />
administered free tetanus shots<br />
to workers, employees, and<br />
volunteers who were amongst<br />
the debris and devastation.<br />
Dumpsters have arrived<br />
in Kimberling City and<br />
throughout <strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong>.<br />
These dumpsters are to aid<br />
with storm debris cleanup.<br />
The following items are<br />
NOT TO BE PUT IN THE<br />
DUMPSTERS: LIQUID OR<br />
HAZARDOUS WASTE/<br />
MATERIALS (household<br />
chemicals, paint, etc.), LIMBS,<br />
TREES, OR VEGETATIVE<br />
WASTE, and TIRES. The<br />
waste company and landfill<br />
will not accept these items.<br />
An outpouring of neighborly<br />
kindness, love and hard work<br />
was evident in <strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
today, as everyone worked<br />
together to pick up the pieces<br />
left behind from the tornado.<br />
<strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong> has a ways<br />
to go to restore its beautiful<br />
residents, resorts, boat docks,<br />
and businesses, but it won’t<br />
take long with everyone<br />
coming together like the past<br />
two days.<br />
The Southwest<br />
Missouri<br />
Solid Waste<br />
Management<br />
District N<br />
The Southwest Missouri Solid<br />
Waste Management District N<br />
will hold it’s regularly scheduled<br />
Executive Board Meeting at<br />
11:50 a.m. on Tuesday, March<br />
13, 20<strong>12</strong>.<br />
This meeting will be held at<br />
Alice Irene’s in Marionville,<br />
MO.<br />
This meeting is open to the<br />
public.<br />
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<strong>Crane</strong> Creek<br />
Maintenance And Landscaping<br />
We are looking<br />
forward to a beautiful<br />
Spring and Summer!<br />
We are prepared to<br />
work with the local<br />
community with<br />
reasonable prices.<br />
No jobs to small. We<br />
prepare plant beds,<br />
and also design if<br />
wanted. Materials<br />
available: hard wood<br />
mulch, red mulch, river<br />
rock, topsoil, retaining<br />
wall block and natural<br />
stone.<br />
Extra services<br />
include, tree trimming,<br />
sprinkling systems,<br />
sodding, seeding, fish<br />
ponds, light carpentry<br />
work, some roofing,<br />
and fertilizing in all<br />
areas. Thank you for<br />
your support!<br />
Tino Manrique and<br />
Helpers<br />
Manrique<br />
Odds & Ends<br />
109 W. Meadow<br />
<strong>Crane</strong>, MO 65633<br />
Open Tues – Sat<br />
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.<br />
Specializing in Karen’s:<br />
Egyptian Cotton Sheet Sets<br />
Personal Grooming Items<br />
Women’s Accessories<br />
And much more<br />
Come in and see us!<br />
Neighbors And Friends To Meet<br />
Neighbors and Friends of<br />
Table Rock Lake will meet<br />
Monday, March<strong>12</strong> th at Our<br />
Lady of The Cove Catholic<br />
Church. Doors will open at<br />
10:00 and the meeting will<br />
start at 10:30. Lunch choices<br />
will be Roast Pork, Potato,<br />
and Vegetable or Chicken<br />
Strip Salad. Members will be<br />
called for reservations.<br />
As a result of last year’s<br />
fund raising events, of which<br />
the Christmas Tour of Homes<br />
is the major event, we will be<br />
presenting checks to 17 worthy<br />
charitable organizations in our<br />
area.<br />
If you are interested<br />
in learning more about<br />
the organization you are<br />
encouraged to visit our web<br />
site at: WWW.NFTRL.ORG<br />
or call 338-<strong>03</strong>38 or 739-3998.
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Announcements<br />
Happy<br />
50th Anniversary<br />
Jack & Anna<br />
Fugitt<br />
<strong>Crane</strong> Christian Church Yard Sale<br />
Saturday, March 17th<br />
Booth Space Available<br />
Call Beth 527-06<strong>08</strong><br />
43-2tc<br />
OATS Bus Schedule for <strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
To Branson West from:<br />
<strong>Crane</strong>, Galena, Cape Fair, Reeds Spring, every Wednesday<br />
To Springfield from:<br />
<strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong>, second Monday of each month.<br />
To schedule a ride on any of these routes, call the contact number in<br />
your town:<br />
Kimberling City/Lampe, Charles Lopez, 417-598-2190<br />
Shell Knob, Venita Kory, 417-858-6349<br />
<strong>Crane</strong>, Cape Fair, Reeds Spring, Galena, Melvina Taylor, 417-723-<br />
0067<br />
PLEASE NOTE ( CHANGE )<br />
North <strong>Stone</strong> & Northeast<br />
Barry <strong>County</strong> Fire Protection<br />
District<br />
Date changed to 2 nd Saturday<br />
instead of 2 nd Thursday<br />
Meeting Date Sat. March 10,<br />
20<strong>12</strong> @ <strong>12</strong>:15 p.m.<br />
We will be making Saturday<br />
meetings a luncheon meeting<br />
so lunch will be provided for<br />
the Board and all necessary<br />
fire personnel.<br />
The North <strong>Stone</strong> Northeast<br />
Barry <strong>County</strong> Fire District Board<br />
will meet in conjunction with the<br />
North <strong>Stone</strong> Northeast Barry<br />
<strong>County</strong> Fire Association Board.<br />
Please let Leon or Mike know<br />
if you cannot make it so we can<br />
make sure we have a quorum.<br />
Call to Order<br />
Roll Call<br />
Approval of Agenda<br />
Approval of previous meeting<br />
minutes<br />
FIRST READING OF<br />
ORDINANCE 20<strong>12</strong>-<br />
2 “Emergency and Non<br />
Emergency Mitigation Rates<br />
for Non-Residence”<br />
Business:<br />
OLD or OTHER BUSINESS:<br />
A. Info on grants. Chaney,<br />
Safer, Other.<br />
B. FOR GOOD OF THE<br />
ORDER<br />
NEW BUSINESS:<br />
A. Financial Report and<br />
Bills -- Treasure Mr. Kaup<br />
B. Firefighters and status<br />
movement, new firefighters, etc.<br />
-- Chief Reavis or designee<br />
C. Captains’ Report --<br />
Station Captains, (runs, needs,<br />
etc.)<br />
FOR GOOD OF THE ORDER<br />
Second READING<br />
OF ORDINANCE 20<strong>12</strong>-<br />
2 “Emergency and Non<br />
Emergency Mitigation Rates<br />
for Non-Residence”<br />
Adjournment -- District’s<br />
Meeting President of the Board<br />
Leon R. Cunningham<br />
ATTACHMENT Publication<br />
notice for: “Ordinance No.<br />
20<strong>12</strong>-2 “ and the Ordinance<br />
Attachment 1 March 10, 20<strong>12</strong><br />
Agenda<br />
The noted Ordinance of the<br />
North <strong>Stone</strong> Northeast Barry<br />
<strong>County</strong> Fire Protection District<br />
will be reviewed considered for<br />
adoption at the next meeting of<br />
the N. S.NE. B. C. F.P. D. on the<br />
10 th Day of March 20<strong>12</strong>. It is<br />
an ordinance that will allow the<br />
Fire District to charge for and<br />
recoup for Emergency and Non<br />
Emergency Services Rendered<br />
to Non-Tax Paying Residences<br />
of the District.<br />
ORDINANCE --- Bill No: 2<br />
Ordinance No. 20<strong>12</strong>-2<br />
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE<br />
BOARD OF DIRECTORS<br />
(CITY COUNCIL) OF THE<br />
NORTH STONE NORTHEAST<br />
BARRY COUNTY FIRE<br />
PROTECTION DISTRICT AS<br />
FOLLOWS:<br />
AN ORDINANCE<br />
ESTABLISHING AND<br />
IMPLEMENTING A<br />
PROGRAM TO CHARGE<br />
MITIGATION RATES FOR<br />
THE DEPLOYMENT OF<br />
EMERGENCY AND NON-<br />
EMERGENCY SERVICES BY<br />
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT<br />
FOR SERVICES PROVIDED/<br />
RENDERED FOR THE NORTH<br />
STONE NORTHEAST BARRY<br />
COUNTY FPD.<br />
WHEREAS, the emergency<br />
and non-emergency services<br />
response activity to incidents<br />
continues to increase each<br />
year; Environmental Protection<br />
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WHEREAS, the fire<br />
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demands, where maintaining<br />
an effective response by the<br />
fire department decreases the<br />
costs of incidents to insurance<br />
carriers, businesses, and<br />
individuals through timely<br />
and effective management of<br />
emergency situations, saving<br />
lives and reducing property and<br />
environmental damage; and<br />
WHEREAS, raising real<br />
property tax to meet the<br />
increase in service demands<br />
would not be fair when the<br />
responsible party should be<br />
held accountable for their<br />
actions; and<br />
WHEREAS, the City Council<br />
of the North <strong>Stone</strong> Northeast<br />
Barry <strong>County</strong> FPD desires to<br />
implement a fair and equitable<br />
procedure by which to collect<br />
said mitigation rates and shall<br />
establish a billing system in<br />
accordance with applicable<br />
laws, regulations and<br />
guidelines; Now, Therefore<br />
BE IT ORDAINED BY<br />
THE CITY COUNCIL<br />
OF THE NORTH STONE<br />
NORTHEAST BARRY<br />
COUNTY FPD:<br />
SECTION 1: The North <strong>Stone</strong><br />
Northeast Barry <strong>County</strong> FPD<br />
shall initiate mitigation rates for<br />
the delivery of emergency and<br />
non-emergency services by the<br />
fire department for personnel,<br />
supplies and equipment to the<br />
scene of emergency and nonemergency<br />
incidents as listed in<br />
“EXHIBIT A”, the mitigation<br />
rates shall be based on actual<br />
costs of the services and that<br />
which is usual, customary and<br />
reasonable (UCR) as shown<br />
in EXHIBIT A”, which may<br />
include any services, personnel,<br />
supplies, and equipment and<br />
with baselines established by<br />
addendum to this document.<br />
SECTION 2: A claim shall<br />
be filed to the responsible party<br />
through their insurance carrier.<br />
In some circumstances, the<br />
responsible party will be billed<br />
directly.<br />
SECTION 3: The fire<br />
department’s City Council<br />
may make rules or regulations<br />
and from time to time may<br />
amend, revoke, or add rules<br />
and regulations, not consistent<br />
with this <strong>Section</strong>, as they may<br />
deem necessary or expedient<br />
in respect to billing for<br />
these mitigation rates or the<br />
collection thereof.<br />
SECTION 4: It is found<br />
and determined that all formal<br />
actions of this City Council<br />
concerning and relating to the<br />
adoption of this Ordinance<br />
were adopted in open meetings<br />
of this City Council, and<br />
that all deliberations of this<br />
City Council and any of its<br />
committees that resulted in<br />
such formal actions were<br />
in accordance with all legal<br />
requirements, and the Codified<br />
Ordinances of the City<br />
Council.<br />
SECTION 5: This Ordinance<br />
shall take effect thirty days<br />
(30) from the date of adoption<br />
as permitted by law.<br />
Regular Meeting<br />
Of The Board Of Aldermen<br />
BOARD OF ALDERMEN<br />
Tuesday, 7:00 PM<br />
February 13, 20<strong>12</strong><br />
City Hall<br />
A regular meeting of the <strong>Crane</strong><br />
Board of Aldermen was held at the<br />
<strong>Crane</strong> City Hall, Monday, February<br />
13, 20<strong>12</strong> at 7:00 p.m. with the<br />
following members present by<br />
roll call, Mayor Collin Brannan,<br />
Aldermen Ron Fearn, Tina Terrell,<br />
Jessica White, and Kyle Bentley.<br />
A quorum was present. Mayor<br />
Brannan called the meeting to<br />
order.<br />
Alderman Bentley made a<br />
motion to approve the January<br />
30, 20<strong>12</strong> regular meeting minutes<br />
as presented. Alderman Terrell<br />
seconded the motion, which<br />
carried unanimously by vote:<br />
Alderman Fearn—aye; Alderman<br />
Bentley—aye; Alderman Terrell—<br />
aye; Alderman White—aye.<br />
Remarks from Visitors: None.<br />
Department Reports:<br />
Police Department. Police<br />
Chief John Elmore reported<br />
that Emergency Services Day is<br />
scheduled for April 13, 20<strong>12</strong> at the<br />
Elementary School. He will be<br />
working with the fire department,<br />
ambulance service, Highway<br />
Patrol, etc.; and will possibly<br />
secure a helicopter for the children<br />
to see. His plan is to introduce the<br />
emergency services to the middle<br />
and high school students next year.<br />
This week they will be picking<br />
up the new police car which is<br />
partially paid for by a Department<br />
of Public Safety grant. He has<br />
issued several nuisance abatement<br />
warnings since the last Board<br />
meeting.<br />
Public Works. Public Works<br />
Board member Gary Webb was<br />
present. Mr. Webb reported that<br />
the pump at the old silver tower<br />
had to be replaced due to an<br />
apparent lightning strike. When<br />
the Board receives the bill, the<br />
Clerk will contact the insurance<br />
company. Public Works is still<br />
replacing defective electric poles.<br />
A discussion was held regarding<br />
ventilation at the new well house.<br />
Recycling. No representative<br />
present.<br />
Parks. No representative present.<br />
Mayor Brannan reported that Park<br />
Board would like to talk with the<br />
Public Works Board regarding the<br />
utility bills. Payment is being held<br />
at this time. The Park Board also<br />
wishes to speak with the school<br />
board concerning the ball field<br />
contract.<br />
Fire Department. No<br />
representative present.<br />
Planning Commission. The<br />
next meeting is scheduled for<br />
February 22, 20<strong>12</strong>. They are half<br />
way through the proposed new<br />
ordinances.<br />
Bills were presented and<br />
reviewed with electric $76,982.17,<br />
general revenue $27,321.31, refuse<br />
$10,144.94, street $5,179.72, and<br />
water $18,777.85. A motion was<br />
made by Alderman Fearn and<br />
seconded by Alderman White to<br />
approve the bills as presented.<br />
The motion passed unanimously<br />
by vote: Alderman Fearn—<br />
aye; Alderman Bentley—aye;<br />
Alderman Terrell—aye; Alderman<br />
White—aye.<br />
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:<br />
Water Improvement Project.<br />
Public Works Board member<br />
Gary Webb reported that they are<br />
going to drain the new water tower<br />
tomorrow. He further reported that<br />
they have had two good samples.<br />
Once the tower is filled, there will<br />
be two more samples taken. If<br />
they are good, it will be deemed<br />
approved for consumption.<br />
Caldwell Tank has been asked for<br />
a change order to finish the fence<br />
and install the gate. They further<br />
plan to begin flushing water lines<br />
tomorrow.<br />
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Board of Aldermen Meeting<br />
February 13, 20<strong>12</strong><br />
Safe Route to School Sidewalk<br />
Project. Mayor Brannan reported<br />
that he has signed the letter<br />
regarding the street lights for the<br />
project which must come from a<br />
single source in order to match the<br />
other street lights.<br />
Budget. Mayor Brannan read<br />
Bill #1173-<strong>12</strong> An Ordinance<br />
Approving And Adopting The<br />
City Of <strong>Crane</strong>, Missouri, Annual<br />
Budget For The Fiscal Year 20<strong>12</strong><br />
And Appropriating Funds Thereto.<br />
Alderman Fearn made a motion to<br />
have a 2 nd reading of Bill #1173-<br />
<strong>12</strong> An Ordinance Approving And<br />
Adopting The City Of <strong>Crane</strong>,<br />
Missouri, Annual Budget For<br />
The Fiscal Year 20<strong>12</strong>. Alderman<br />
Terrell seconded the motion,<br />
which passed unanimously by<br />
roll call vote: Alderman Fearn—<br />
aye; Alderman Bentley—aye;<br />
Alderman Terrell—aye; Alderman<br />
White—aye. Alderman Fearn<br />
made a motion to approve the<br />
2 nd reading of Bill #1173-<strong>12</strong><br />
An Ordinance Approving And<br />
Adopting The City Of <strong>Crane</strong>,<br />
Missouri, Annual Budget For<br />
The Fiscal Year 20<strong>12</strong>. Alderman<br />
Terrell seconded the motion,<br />
which passed unanimously by<br />
roll call vote: Alderman Fearn—<br />
aye; Alderman Bentley—aye;<br />
Alderman Terrell—aye; Alderman<br />
White—aye. The bill became<br />
Ordinance 1050. Alderman Fearn<br />
made a motion to make the pay<br />
rate increase retroactive to October<br />
1, 2011 for all employees with a<br />
budgeted pay increase. Alderman<br />
Terrell seconded the motion,<br />
which passed unanimously by<br />
roll call vote: Alderman Fearn—<br />
aye; Alderman Bentley—aye;<br />
Alderman Terrell—aye; Alderman<br />
White—aye.<br />
Bond Refinancing. Steve<br />
Goehl of D. A. Davidson<br />
was present. Mayor Brannan<br />
read Bill #1174-<strong>12</strong> AN<br />
ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING<br />
THE ISSUANCE OF NOT<br />
TO EXCEED $375,000<br />
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF<br />
COMBINED WATERWORKS<br />
AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM<br />
REFUNDING REVENUE<br />
BONDS, SERIES 20<strong>12</strong>,<br />
OF CRANE, MISSOURI;<br />
PRESCRIBING THE FORM<br />
AND DETAILS OF SAID BONDS<br />
AND THE COVENANTS AND<br />
AGREEMENTS TO PROVIDE<br />
Thursday, March 8, 20<strong>12</strong> THE CRANE CHRONICLE/STONE COUNTY REPUBLICAN Page 11<br />
FOR THE PAYMENT AND<br />
SECURITY THEREOF; AND<br />
AUTHORIZING CERTAIN<br />
ACTIONS AND DOCUMENTS<br />
AND PRESCRIBING OTHER<br />
MATTERS RELATING<br />
THERETO by title. A discussion<br />
was held regarding the increase in<br />
savings and other benefits to the<br />
City.<br />
Alderman Fearn made a<br />
motion to approve the 1 st<br />
reading of Bill #1174-<strong>12</strong> AN<br />
ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING<br />
THE ISSUANCE OF NOT<br />
TO EXCEED $375,000<br />
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF<br />
COMBINED WATERWORKS<br />
AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM<br />
REFUNDING REVENUE<br />
BONDS, SERIES 20<strong>12</strong>,<br />
OF CRANE, MISSOURI;<br />
PRESCRIBING THE FORM<br />
AND DETAILS OF SAID BONDS<br />
AND THE COVENANTS AND<br />
AGREEMENTS TO PROVIDE<br />
FOR THE PAYMENT AND<br />
SECURITY THEREOF; AND<br />
AUTHORIZING CERTAIN<br />
ACTIONS AND DOCUMENTS<br />
AND PRESCRIBING OTHER<br />
MATTERS RELATING<br />
THERETO. Alderman Bentley<br />
seconded the motion, which passed<br />
unanimously by roll call vote:<br />
Alderman Fearn—aye; Alderman<br />
Bentley—aye; Alderman White—<br />
aye; Alderman Terrell—aye.<br />
Alderman Fearn made<br />
a motion to have a 2 nd<br />
reading of Bill #1174-<strong>12</strong> AN<br />
ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING<br />
THE ISSUANCE OF NOT<br />
TO EXCEED $375,000<br />
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF<br />
COMBINED WATERWORKS<br />
AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM<br />
REFUNDING REVENUE<br />
BONDS, SERIES 20<strong>12</strong>,<br />
OF CRANE, MISSOURI;<br />
PRESCRIBING THE FORM<br />
AND DETAILS OF SAID BONDS<br />
AND THE COVENANTS AND<br />
AGREEMENTS TO PROVIDE<br />
FOR THE PAYMENT AND<br />
SECURITY THEREOF; AND<br />
AUTHORIZING CERTAIN<br />
ACTIONS AND DOCUMENTS<br />
AND PRESCRIBING OTHER<br />
MATTERS RELATING<br />
THERETO. Alderman Bentley<br />
seconded the motion, which passed<br />
unanimously by roll call vote:<br />
Alderman Fearn—aye; Alderman<br />
Bentley—aye; Alderman Terrell—<br />
aye; Alderman White—aye.<br />
Alderman Fearn made a motion<br />
to make the pay rate increase<br />
retroactive to October 1, 2011 for<br />
all employees with a budgeted<br />
pay increase. Alderman Terrell<br />
seconded the motion, which passed<br />
unanimously by roll call vote:<br />
Alderman Fearn—aye; Alderman<br />
Bentley—aye; Alderman Terrell—<br />
aye; Alderman White—aye.<br />
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Board of Aldermen Meeting<br />
February 13, 20<strong>12</strong><br />
Alderman Bentley made<br />
a motion to approve the 2 nd<br />
reading of Bill # 1174-<strong>12</strong> AN<br />
ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING<br />
THE ISSUANCE OF NOT<br />
TO EXCEED $375,000<br />
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF<br />
COMBINED WATERWORKS<br />
AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM<br />
REFUNDING REVENUE<br />
BONDS, SERIES 20<strong>12</strong>,<br />
OF CRANE, MISSOURI;<br />
PRESCRIBING THE FORM<br />
AND DETAILS OF SAID BONDS<br />
AND THE COVENANTS AND<br />
AGREEMENTS TO PROVIDE<br />
FOR THE PAYMENT AND<br />
SECURITY THEREOF; AND<br />
AUTHORIZING CERTAIN<br />
ACTIONS AND DOCUMENTS<br />
AND PRESCRIBING OTHER<br />
MATTERS RELATING<br />
THERETO. Alderman Fearn<br />
seconded the motion, which passed<br />
unanimously by roll call vote:<br />
Alderman Fearn—aye; Alderman<br />
Bentley—aye; Alderman Terrell—<br />
aye; Alderman White—aye. The<br />
bill became Ordinance 1051.<br />
Alderman Fearn made a motion<br />
to make the pay rate increase<br />
retroactive to October 1, 2011 for<br />
all employees with a budgeted<br />
pay increase. Alderman Terrell<br />
seconded the motion, which passed<br />
unanimously by roll call vote:<br />
Alderman Fearn—aye; Alderman<br />
Bentley—aye; Alderman Terrell—<br />
aye; Alderman White—aye.<br />
School Radios. <strong>Crane</strong> School<br />
Superintendent Tyler Laney<br />
contacted Mayor Brannan<br />
regarding placement of their radio<br />
antenna on the new tower. The<br />
Board will allow them to utilize<br />
the abandoned antenna on the<br />
north tower until the new tower is<br />
ready.<br />
Verizon Lease. The clerk<br />
obtained a rate survey of what<br />
other cities are receiving in rent/<br />
lease payments for antenna space<br />
on their water towers. Mayor<br />
Brannan reported that Verizon sent<br />
a letter asking for consent to their<br />
antenna array, which would allow<br />
them to improve or weld on the<br />
tower.<br />
Nixa Amateur Radio. Mayor<br />
Brannan reported that Nixa<br />
amateur radio is moving forward<br />
with their antenna placement and<br />
he would like them to make a<br />
presentation on the project to the<br />
Board at a future meeting.<br />
NEW BUSINESS:<br />
Mayor Appointments. None.<br />
Trail of Tears in <strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong>.<br />
Jim Huy, Northern <strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
Commissioner and President of the<br />
<strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong> Historical Society<br />
shared some history of the Trail of<br />
Tears route in <strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong>, which<br />
goes through an area one half mile<br />
north of <strong>Crane</strong>.<br />
Full-time Police Officer. Chief<br />
Elmore recommended that the<br />
Board hire Richard Morrison as<br />
a full-time police officer at the<br />
budgeted amount. Alderman<br />
Fearn made a motion to approve<br />
the hiring of Richard Morrison<br />
as a full-time police officer at<br />
the budgeted amount. Alderman<br />
Bentley seconded the motion,<br />
which carried unanimously<br />
by vote: Alderman Fearn—<br />
aye; Alderman Bentley—aye;<br />
Alderman Terrell—aye; Alderman<br />
White—aye.<br />
With no further business, a<br />
motion was made by Alderman<br />
Terrell and seconded by Alderman<br />
Fearn to adjourn the meeting.<br />
Motion carried, meeting adjourned<br />
at 8:37 p.m.<br />
/s/J. Collin Brannan, Mayor<br />
/s/Beth Murphy, City Clerk
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Don Phillips Capital Report<br />
A Bird’s Eye View of the<br />
Tornado Damage<br />
Legislative news is<br />
secondary to me this week<br />
considering what the district<br />
experienced on Wednesday<br />
morning. I’ll direct my<br />
remarks to the aftermath of<br />
the EF-2 tornado that struck<br />
our area.<br />
<strong>Stone</strong> and Taney Counties<br />
were the center of attention in<br />
our state, along with the cities<br />
of Lebanon, Cassville and<br />
Buffalo as tornado activity<br />
devastated our communities.<br />
The Governor declared a State<br />
of Emergency for the affected<br />
areas.<br />
I was impressed that U.S.<br />
Representative Billy Long<br />
personally phoned me on<br />
Wednesday morning to offer<br />
assistance to our district, if<br />
help was needed at the federal<br />
level.<br />
On Wednesday morning, my<br />
phone rang for the first time at<br />
5:45 a.m. with reports of the<br />
tornado damage. I was on the<br />
phone most of the morning<br />
trying to stay abreast of the<br />
status of the district. By midafternoon<br />
Wednesday, I made<br />
the decision to leave Jefferson<br />
City and return to the district<br />
to see the damage firsthand<br />
and do what I could to assist.<br />
(Complicating things on<br />
my end was the fact that my<br />
Legislative Assistant, Rosie,<br />
had the flu and missed work<br />
on Monday, Tuesday and<br />
Wednesday!).<br />
Thursday morning I was<br />
able to take an aerial tour of<br />
the district and see the storm<br />
damage from a birds-eye<br />
view, thanks to a helicopter<br />
ride provided by the Missouri<br />
State Highway Patrol. It<br />
was amazing to see the path<br />
the tornado took as it ripped<br />
across land and water from<br />
the Joe Bald area of <strong>Stone</strong><br />
<strong>County</strong> to Kissee Mills in<br />
Taney <strong>County</strong>.<br />
• The Joe Bald Market<br />
and <strong>Stone</strong> Road area in <strong>Stone</strong><br />
<strong>County</strong> appeared to be the<br />
first place the tornado touched<br />
down, doing tremendous<br />
residential damage.<br />
• The Kimberling Inn<br />
suffered near total damage<br />
as most every building on<br />
the property was affected,<br />
including Ahoy’s Restaurant<br />
near the lake.<br />
• Port of Kimberling<br />
Marina suffered severe<br />
damage to boat docks that<br />
were along the line of the<br />
tornado. Hundreds of boats<br />
were piled on top of each other<br />
or unaccounted for during the<br />
initial survey.<br />
• The Gobbler’s<br />
Mountain area also was<br />
affected as the tornado made<br />
its way across Rt. DD and<br />
did extensive damage to<br />
residences along the way.<br />
• The Harbor Resort<br />
Marina on Indian Point had<br />
several boat docks that were<br />
totally damaged including the<br />
boats in the stalls.<br />
• The Village Resort on<br />
Indian Point also had damage<br />
to several structures including<br />
a well house and condos.<br />
• Sunset Cove, down<br />
Stormy Pt. Road, (265-<br />
<strong>12</strong>) sustained considerable<br />
residential damage as well.<br />
• The 76 strip in Branson<br />
was hit hard as the twister<br />
went down the strip, knocking<br />
out businesses and damaging<br />
homes adjacent to the strip.<br />
• Next in line were the<br />
Branson Landing and the<br />
Hilton Convention Center.<br />
Several other businesses<br />
were affected on the landing.<br />
Apparently the Belk Store and<br />
Bass Pro Shop was spared any<br />
significant damage.<br />
• Branson’s longtime favorite<br />
restaurant, The Candlestick<br />
Inn, was destroyed on Mt.<br />
Branson and several Mt.<br />
Branson homes were damaged<br />
as the tornado moved from the<br />
Branson Landing toward T<br />
highway. The storm damage<br />
continued on to Powersite and<br />
Kissee Mills where it finally<br />
lost steam.<br />
Thursday, I made my way<br />
around the district, doing what<br />
I could to help out. I really<br />
appreciate the cooperation<br />
I witnessed between our<br />
emergency response<br />
directors in <strong>Stone</strong> and Taney<br />
Counties, city administrators,<br />
law enforcement, fire and<br />
rescue personnel. Christian<br />
Associates and several<br />
churches stepped up to serve<br />
the needs of those displaced<br />
from their homes. The<br />
National Guard responded to<br />
assist with manpower as did<br />
AmeriCorps. AmeriCorps<br />
was instrumental in <strong>Stone</strong> and<br />
Taney Co. as they coordinated<br />
the use of hundreds of<br />
volunteers. Homeland<br />
Security assisted law<br />
enforcement by providing<br />
much-needed additional<br />
manpower. There were<br />
numerous other agencies and<br />
organizations, local, state and<br />
federal involved; too many to<br />
mention, that provided help.<br />
White River Valley Electric<br />
Coop., as well as Empire<br />
District Electric worked<br />
very hard to restore power to<br />
thousands of customers and did<br />
a remarkable job considering<br />
the incredible challenge they<br />
faced. I was very appreciative<br />
that White River gave me<br />
periodic updates on progress<br />
and predictions on when<br />
power would be restored.<br />
Kimberling City, relatively<br />
speaking, suffered the biggest<br />
economic blow as two<br />
primary economic drivers, the<br />
Kimberling Inn and the Port<br />
of Kimberling Marina, were<br />
in direct line of the storm.<br />
The damage to these two<br />
businesses is considerable,<br />
especially the Kimberling<br />
Inn.<br />
On Saturday, I spoke<br />
personally with Senator<br />
Roy Blunt as he toured the<br />
Branson area. He’s aware of<br />
the significance of the damage<br />
in <strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong> and pledged<br />
his support for assistance, if<br />
necessary.<br />
Let’s not forget the personal<br />
tragedies suffered by the<br />
loss of homes by some of<br />
our neighbors. My prayer<br />
is that we will continue to<br />
provide support, long term if<br />
necessary, to those in need of<br />
assistance.<br />
We were absolutely blessed<br />
by the small number of<br />
injuries and especially the<br />
lack of fatalities!<br />
It’s remarkable to see the<br />
people of <strong>Stone</strong> and Taney<br />
Counties pull together when a<br />
disaster strikes!<br />
Thanks to everyone that<br />
assisted. I’ve never been<br />
more proud to serve as your<br />
representative!<br />
Email: don.phillips@house.<br />
mo.gov Phone: 573-751-<br />
3851. Address: Rep. Don<br />
Phillips, House Post Office,<br />
Room 135, 201 W. Capitol<br />
Ave., Jefferson City, MO<br />
65101.<br />
<strong>Stone</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
Commission<br />
STONE COUNTY<br />
COMMISSION AGENDA<br />
Mondays<br />
The <strong>County</strong> Commission<br />
meets on Mondays to conduct<br />
routine county business,<br />
informally holds meetings and<br />
discussions with officeholders,<br />
employees, the general public,<br />
and others.<br />
Tuesdays and Thursdays<br />
The <strong>County</strong> Commission<br />
conducts public hearings<br />
and receives public input on<br />
Tuesdays and Thursdays,<br />
usually beginning at 9:00<br />
a.m. and, after a lunch recess,<br />
reconvening at 1:00 p.m. At<br />
the conclusion of the scheduled<br />
agenda, the public is offered<br />
an opportunity to address the<br />
<strong>County</strong> Commission.<br />
On Tuesdays and Thursdays<br />
the <strong>County</strong> Commission<br />
also considers and approves<br />
accounts payable, conducts<br />
routine county business,<br />
informally holds meetings and<br />
discussions with officeholders,<br />
employees, the general public,<br />
and others.<br />
The following is the<br />
tentative agenda for the <strong>Stone</strong><br />
<strong>County</strong> Commission<br />
Monday March <strong>12</strong>, 20<strong>12</strong><br />
Routine <strong>County</strong> Business<br />
Tuesday March 13, 20<strong>12</strong><br />
Routine <strong>County</strong> Business,<br />
Approve Accounts Payable<br />
and Approve Minutes<br />
Thursday March 15, 20<strong>12</strong><br />
Routine <strong>County</strong> Business,<br />
Approve Accounts Payable<br />
and Approve Minutes<br />
1:00 Agenda<br />
a. University of Mo<br />
Extension Regional Director<br />
Jay Chism-update <strong>County</strong><br />
Commission on extension<br />
programs<br />
STONE COUNTY<br />
COMMISSION<br />
1<strong>08</strong> East 4 th Street<br />
PO Box 19<br />
Galena, Missouri 65656-<br />
0019<br />
417-357-8141<br />
417-357-3098 fax<br />
Jerry Dodd Dennis Wood<br />
Jim B. Huy<br />
Southern Commissioner<br />
Presiding Commissioner<br />
Northern Commissioner<br />
STONE COUNTY<br />
COMMISSION AGENDA<br />
Mondays<br />
The <strong>County</strong> Commission<br />
meets on Mondays to conduct<br />
routine county business,<br />
informally holds meetings and<br />
discussions with officeholders,<br />
employees, the general public,<br />
and others.<br />
Tuesdays and Thursdays<br />
The <strong>County</strong> Commission<br />
conducts public hearings<br />
and receives public input on<br />
Tuesdays and Thursdays,<br />
usually beginning at 9:00<br />
a.m. and, after a lunch recess,<br />
reconvening at 1:00 p.m.<br />
At the conclusion of the<br />
scheduled agenda, the public<br />
is offered an opportunity<br />
to address the <strong>County</strong><br />
Commission.<br />
On Tuesdays and Thursdays<br />
the <strong>County</strong> Commission<br />
also considers and approves<br />
accounts payable, conducts<br />
routine county business,<br />
informally holds meetings and<br />
discussions with officeholders,<br />
employees, the general public,<br />
and others.<br />
The following is the<br />
tentative agenda for the <strong>Stone</strong><br />
<strong>County</strong> Commission<br />
Monday March 5, 20<strong>12</strong><br />
Routine <strong>County</strong> Business<br />
Tuesday March 6, 20<strong>12</strong><br />
Routine <strong>County</strong> Business,<br />
Approve Accounts Payable<br />
and Approve Minutes<br />
a. Judy Cook-county<br />
employee time clock<br />
b. Lois and Larry<br />
Turtin-zoning classification<br />
of property<br />
c. Juanita Fostersubmit<br />
sunshine request<br />
d. Request notification<br />
of Neighborhood<br />
Improvement District<br />
(NID) tax collections<br />
during county budget<br />
appropriations<br />
11:00 – 2:00 Emergency<br />
Operations Center disaster<br />
exercise conducted in the<br />
<strong>County</strong> Commission room<br />
(third floor courthouse<br />
Thursday March 8, 20<strong>12</strong><br />
Routine <strong>County</strong> Business,<br />
Approve Accounts Payable<br />
and Approve Minutes<br />
9:00 Agenda<br />
a. Elected Officials/<br />
Department Heads monthly<br />
update meeting<br />
a. Missouri Career<br />
Center-Branson-youth help<br />
program<br />
<strong>Stone</strong><br />
<strong>County</strong><br />
Publishing<br />
Company,<br />
Inc.<br />
Services<br />
Offered:<br />
*Laminating<br />
*Copies<br />
(BW & Colored)<br />
*Fax In/Out<br />
*Picture<br />
Printing<br />
*Business<br />
Cards<br />
* Invoices /<br />
Work Orders<br />
*Advertising<br />
Design<br />
*Invitations<br />
(McPherson’s)<br />
*Office<br />
Supplies<br />
(Including Special Orders)<br />
114 Main Street<br />
<strong>Crane</strong>, MO<br />
Phone:<br />
417-723-5248<br />
Fax:<br />
417-723-8490<br />
Website:<br />
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