A workday is scheduled for Saturday, March 31, at 8 a.m. at the Mound City Golf Course to pour concrete cart paths. Lots of opportunities for many to be involved will be available. Make plans to attend.

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Potato bar to be held March 25 in Maitland

Come celebrate spring at the Tri-City Friendship Center which will be host-ing a Potato Bar at the Mai-tland, MO, Nutrition Center on Sunday, March 25, 2012, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The meal will include baked potatoes with all the trimmings, homemade sal-ads and pies. Adult prices are $7 and children’s prices are $3.

All proceeds will go toward the continuation of services for the senior citizens in the Graham, Maitland and Skid-more communities.

Golf course workday scheduled for March 31

Mound City Rural Firemen Fish Fry to take place March 24

The Mound City Rural Firemen will be hosting a fish fry on Saturday, March 24, at the Mound City Rural Fire Station at the north edge of Mound City. It will begin at 4:30 p.m.

The all you can eat buf-fet will consist of catfish fillets, carp, chicken and all the fixings. A free will donation will be accepted. Deliveries are available in Mound City by calling 442-3515 on March 24.

Middle school students to debut play March 23-24

Mound City R-2 middle school students will be de-buting “Every Baby-Sitter’s Nightmare”, a play by Craig Sodaro, on Friday, March 23, at 7:00 p.m. at the State The-ater in Mound City, MO. The second showing will take place on Saturday, March 24, at 7:00 p.m.

Tickets for the show are on sale now at the Mound City Elementary office. Tickets will also be on sale prior to the shows beginning at 6:00 p.m. each evening. Adult ticket prices are $8, and children prices are $4.

Cargill to host fish fry March 23

Cargill Inc. in Forest City, MO, will be hosting a customer appreciation fish fry on Friday, March 23, at the TJ Hall Build-ing in Oregon, MO. Food will be served from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Baked potato dinner to be held this Sunday

The Mound City United Methodist Church will be hosting a baked potato din-ner on Sunday, March 25, at 11:30 a.m. at the church.

Come and enjoy baked potatoes along with home-made soup, salad and des-sert!

A free will offering will be accepted. All proceeds will go toward sending area youth to church camp this summer.

30 defendants indicted for $1 million meth conspiracy in northwest Missouri

Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced on Friday, March 16, that 30 defendants were indicted on Wednesday, March 14, by a federal grand jury for their roles in a con-spiracy to distribute more than $1 million worth of methamphetamine in north-west Missouri.

Thirty defendants, primar-ily from northwest Missouri and St. Joseph, MO, were charged in a five-count su-perseding indictment that was returned under seal by a federal grand jury in Kan-sas City, MO, on Wednesday, March 14, 2012. That indict-ment was unsealed and made public upon the arrests and initial court appearances of 12 of the defendants.

Twelve of the defendants were residents of northwest Missouri: Brian Dean Keev-er, 41, Holly Lynn Nicholson, 41, and Rusty Ray Turner, 39, all of Skidmore, MO; Sa-bina Lea Corbin, 43, Diane Marie Cureton, 55, Jesse Jo Lee Stinnett, 31, and his brother, Joshua Dean Stin-nett, 35, all of Maitland, MO; Michael Delmar McCalister, 45, Kenneth Joseph Wheeler, 40, and Robert S. Miller, 46, all of Craig, MO; Matthew Henry Grover, 38, of Mound City, MO; and Michelle Sue Hendrix, 42, of Country Club, MO.

Of the twelve defendants listed above, Brian Dean Keever, Holly Lynn Nichol-son, Rusty Ray Turner, Sa-bina Lea Corbin and Diane Marie Cureton were arrested on Friday, March 16, on fed-eral warrants for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Keever and Nicholson were arrested at their home in

Skidmore; Cureton at her residence in Maitland; Turn-er was ultimately arrested in St. Joseph, but is from the Quitman/Skidmore area; and Corbin was arrested at the Mound City Shell Sta-tion. All five were trans-ferred into the custody of U. S. Marshals.

Holt County Sheriff Scott Wedlock and two deputies, the Nodaway County Sher-iff ’s department, Missouri State Highway Patrol, U. S. Marshals, the Mound City Police Department and the Oregon Police Department collaborated in the arrests.

Thirteen of the defendants are residents of St. Joseph, MO: Russell William Ander-son, 50, Tamara Beth Angel, 33, Brandy Leighann Ben-nett, 33, Bradley Shawn Blacketer, 34, Chad Ryan Brant, 29, Brett Alan De-vooght, 46, Audrey J. Lingle, 32, James Brian Sipes, 32, Deacon Tony Juanita Su-ritte, 36, Jonathan Michael Cornell, 31, Katie Nicole Sansone-Utterback, 24, Sa-mantha Ann Worley, 20, and Caleb Loren Velvick, 29. This superseding indictment re-places an earlier indictment in which Blacketer was the sole defendant.

Also charged in the indict-ment are Steven Leroy Mor-ris, 31, and Dustin Nathan-iel Wertz, 35, both of Kansas City, MO; Shannon Renee Keyes, 19, of Gladstone, MO; Eleisha Leann Anderson, 36, of Kearney, MO; and Joshua Duane Dockweiler, 34, of Clarinda, IA.

The federal indictment alleges that all of the de-fendants participated in a conspiracy to distribute at

Five additional Holt County arrests made

The Bretts of Branson, MO- Will be entertaining residents on Friday, April 13, at the State Theater in Mound City, MO. Pictured above, left to right, are Tom and An-drea Brett, and their children, Brydon, Briahna Brett Perkins, and Garon.

The Bretts to perform at the State Theater April 13

The Bretts, a powerfully talented, award-winning family from Branson, MO, will appear at the State Theater in Mound City at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 13.

Singers, dancers and musicians, the Bretts are regular performers at Dick Clark’s American Bandstand Theater, and also go on tour around the world. They are described as “high-energy, high-caliber” entertainers whose rich variety of music - pop, country, rock ‘n’ roll, gospel, patriotic, and more - appeals to audiences of all ages.

“Great family entertainment”, “Best show we’ve seen in Branson!” and “Such a warm and uplifting performance” are among reviews from audience members.

The family includes parents, Tom and Andrea Brett, their sons, Brydon and Garon, and daughter, Briahna Brett Per-kins. They have received many Branson awards in recognition of their talents and polished, quality production. Late last year, the Bretts were named the coveted Branson’s Best Morning Show of the Year (for the second year in a row), and received the Best Patriotic Tribute Award. Briahna received the Critic’s Choice Award for Best Female Vocalist, and Brydon was voted Branson’s Male Entertainer of the Year. Among other previous Branson awards are Best Family Show, Best Ensemble Entertainers and Best Vocal Group of the Year.

The Bretts have been praised for their “crisp and polished” production, their “beautiful harmonies... and an a capel-la sound that is second to none.” They have appeared as guest artists of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and of Tony Orlando’s Veterans’ Special, and with The Vocal Majority, a prestigious international men’s barbershop chorus. Their show has received extended television syndication on PBS affiliates and they have appeared on many other television programs world-wide.

The Bretts were highly recommended to the State Theater Arts Council by Gene and Beverly Miller, Mound City, who are not only longtime fans, but good friends. Beverly notes their performances are “very entertaining” and, “they are a good, Chris-tian family.” If at all possible, the Millers always celebrate their wedding anniver-sary, April 20, by going to see the Bretts.

Major sponsors of the show are Yocum Service, Inc., NorthwestCell and Midwest Data Center, with assistance from the State Theater Arts Council, and the Mis-souri Arts Council.

Tickets are $13 in advance, $18 at the door, and $5 for children under 16. They are available at Mound City banks and Citizens Bank in Oregon. Season ticket holders are asked to call or pick up tick-ets in advance. For information, call (660) 442-5909 or (816) 294-4016.

Absentee voting open until April 2Absentee voting for the April 3 General Municipal Elec-

tion is open for registered voters at the Holt County Court-house during normal business hours, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily. Abstentee ballots can be cast as late as Monday, April 2, at 5:00 p.m.

In addition, the clerk’s office will be open on Saturday, March 31, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, for individuals to cast their absentee ballot.

Wednesday, March 28, is the last day for voters wishing to vote via the mail to request a ballot. An application for the absentee ballot is required prior to the ballot being sent.

For more information about absentee voting, contact the Holt County Clerk’s office at 660-446-3303.

Squaw Creek Eagle Nest under contract

Negotiations have been ongoing since January for the sale of the Squaw Creek Eagle Nest Travel Center, Motel and Restaurant near Mound City, MO. Al-though the buyer’s name has not yet been disclosed, The Energy Exchange in Chicago, IL, broker for the property, disclosed that the Iowa Tribe of Kan-sas and Nebraska has entered into an agreement for the sale of the property. Closing on the property, which had an asking price of $1 - $1,100,000, is antici-pated to be the first week of April.

The Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebras-ka abruptly closed the doors of its multi-faceted facility on August 1, 2011, due to the significant lack of business caused by the extensive 100 days of flooding during the summer of 2011. Road and interstate closings, combined with area residents being displaced, caused tribe officials to make a management decision to close the business. Officials had, how-ever, allowed those needing the facility for housing due to the flood the opportu-nity to stay. They retained minimal staff to accomplish this task.

Nearly 40 jobs were abruptly lost in the closure. The new buyer anticipates holding a job fair in the Mound City area when the sale is finalized to allow

people the opportunity to apply for jobs. Continue watching the Mound City News for more information. A long list of vari-ous jobs will be needed by the new owner, including someone to run the repair busi-ness at the truck service center.

Squaw Creek Eagle Nest sits on ap-proximately 20 acres of land adjacent to Interstate 29 at the 79 mile marker, south of Mound City. The property boasts a 6,000 square feet, 162 capacity restau-rant, convenience center with fuel pumps, a 24-room motel, RV and travel trailer hookups, and a 2,870 square feet truck service center building.

After the final sale, it is anticipated to take up to 60 days to clean and acquire licenses before the business can reopen. Remodeling and/or reconfiguring of the facility is anticipated at the business in the near future.

Craig woman charged Donna L. Todd, 47, of

Craig, MO, was charged on Tuesday, March 13, with endangering the welfare of her grandchild. Donna is ac-cused of leaving her grand-child, who is under the age of three, alone in her apart-ment while the child was in her care, according to Holt County Sheriff Scott Wed-lock.

The incident was report-ed by concerned neighbors, who called the police, when they could hear the child and didn’t know if anyone

else was in the apartment. The child was taken to the hospital for evaluation, but the child was released with no apparent injuries to the mother’s care.

Ms. Todd was taken into custody and was held on a $10,000 bond and was scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday, April 10. Todd was bonded out by the end of the week.

An investigation is ongo-ing by the Department of Family Services.

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Letter to the editorDear Editor,To the parents of children wanting to play baseball or

softball this season:The help and support that parents of summer ball play-

ers have given me over the past two seasons while I have been in charge of the local league has been outstanding. However, I am stepping down from this position for the league this summer. I am looking for anybody who would be interested in taking over this position. I will try to help give some direction for this endeavor, but I do not have the time to run it correctly for the local children. Please give me a call and I will be more than willing to talk to anyone about this.

Thanks, Donnie Ireland, 660-442-6109

Mound City Nutrition site newsVolunteers at the Nutri-

tion Site in Mound City during the week of March 12, 2012, were: Richard and Alita Meyer, Chris and Lin-da Boultinghouse, Mound City School students: Lu-cas Schawang, Taylor Miles, Tori Ingram, Abby Haer, Haley Loucks, Jeff Atkins and Kirstan Buckles; Susan Laukemper, Cameron and Elizabeth Laukemper, Ja-cob Andes, Pat Groves, Sue Schmidt, Tami Paulson, Ad-die Trimmer, Dee Ann Heck, Diane White, Carolyn Nau-man, Phyllis Ball and Gene and Bev Miller.

Delivering meals the week of March 26, 2012, will be:

Craig - Monday - Pat Groves and Sue Schmidt.

Mound City - Monday and Tuesday - Christian Fellowship Church; Wednes-day - Mound City School; Thursday and Friday - First Christian Church.

Oregon - Monday through Friday- Oregon Methodist Church.

Forest City - Monday-

Yogi Swymeler; Tuesday- Open; Wednesday- Open; Thursday- Open; Friday - Keith Knaak.

The Mound City Nutri-tion Site has a dumpster in the parking lot to recycle bagged paper, cardboard (broken down) and bagged plastic.

The March products of the month are coffee and peaches in light syrup. The drawing will be held Friday, March 30.

Upcoming activities at the Mound City Nutrition Site are:

March 26 - Exercises from 8:30 a.m - 9:30 a.m.

March 28 - Exercises from 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.; Sibling Jokes at 11:50 a.m.

March 30 - Cinnamon rolls and donuts, 8:00 a.m. until gone; Mini garage sale from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.; Nominations for area agency board and commit-tee members at 11:30 a.m.; Bingo at 11:40 a.m., awe-some prizes.

March 31 - Craft Show from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., admission donation will be a food item for the Holt County Food Pantries.

If anyone can volunteer with preparing or serv-ing cinnamon rolls and/or donuts, please call Addie Trimmer at 660-442-5889.

News from Tiffany HeightsResidents made a crafty

green pin to wear on St. Pat-rick’s Day on Monday after-noon, March 12, at Tiffany Heights in Mound City. Each pin had green and gold beads along with a lucky shamrock. Shirley Jackson and Jean Mc-Call assisted with the craft. Shirley also brought her spe-cial homemade breads for all to share. Everyone enjoyed a painting by Joan Smith.

What could be better than a cooking session? Residents enjoyed the afternoon on Tuesday with a little cooking. They made fried cabbage. Many of the residents had not had this dish before, but almost all enjoyed it. To their surprise, it has sugar in it.

The monthly staff meet-ing was held during the afternoon on Wednesday. This month, Mike Casey, a pharmaceutical consultant, gave an update on medicines and food interactions. Dur-ing the month of March, the Missouri Health Care Asso-ciation recognized the Social Services Department and the Dietary Department. Sharon Smith is the Social Services Designee for Tiffany Heights. Members of the dietary de-partment are Carol Smith, supervisor; Beverly Diggs, Bonnie McCall, Paula Sol-lars and Margie Gearhart, cooking staff; and dietary aides are Jamie Heming, Jill Johnson, Michelle Lemcke and Vickie Montgomery. Em-ployees recognized for ser-vice were Velma Thomas, 10 years; Jodi Sollars, 3 years; Jessica Dean, 1 year; and Curt Schmidt, 1 year.

Birthday bingo was held on Thursday afternoon. The Omega Club hosted the event. Members of the club attending were Helen Derr, Iva VanDeventer, Susan Rip-pen, Janet Burnsides, Deloris Smith, Verna Young, Marge Yocum and Mary Lee Priv-ett. Additional volunteer was Barbara Hanlon. Everyone enjoyed the delicious angel food cakes and punch after the game. Residents with March birthdays received a special birthday gift. Those residents were Ruth Sw-ymeler, Alois Wilkinson, Al-ice McCartney, Ilene Hendrix and Lucyle Benne.

Barbara Hanlon assisted with glamour nails on Friday morning. Pastor Paul Grant and Barbara Hanlon pro-vided Bible study during the morning, also on Friday. Dur-ing the afternoon, residents enjoyed a green program. They celebrated early the “luck of the Irish”. The his-tory of Ireland was discussed and a game about facts on Ireland was held. Residents also played a game about things that are green. For each right answer, the resi-dents received a (chocolate) gold piece. The winner was the one with the most Lepre-chaun gold. Dorothy Egbert became the Queen of the Lep-rechauns and had the gold as proof. Everyone enjoyed an Irish cookie and Leprechaun juice after the games.

Pastor Crystal Karr pre-sented another session of the Lenten study on Saturday morning. During the after-noon, games of choice were held.

Larry Brickey and the Mound City Baptist Church family provided Sunday morning services. Afternoon worship was conducted by the New Life Apostolic Church.

Dorothy Egbert- Was crowned “Queen of the Lepre-chauns” on Friday, March 16, at Tiffany Heights in Mound City. She collected the most Leprechaun gold during the games held on Friday.

least 15 kilograms of meth-amphetamine from January 1, 2009, to March 14, 2012.

The indictment also al-leges that all of the defen-dants participated in a mon-ey laundering conspiracy during that time by conduct-ing financial transactions that involved the unlawful proceeds of the drug-traf-ficking conspiracy. According to the indictment, the meth-amphetamine distributed during the conspiracy has a street price of at least $2,000 per ounce, for a total street value of $1,070,000.

During the conspiracy, law enforcement officers con-ducted at least 10 controlled methamphetamine purchas-es with at least eight differ-ent defendants. During this time, at least 11 arrests or searches of defendants or co-conspirators occurred where methamphetamine was re-covered. On at least six occa-sions, defendants were found in possession of hundreds or thousands of dollars in cash, although they had no known legitimate income.

During the conspiracy, Hendrix and Wheeler alleg-edly used $3,700 of drug pro-ceeds to purchase one pound of methamphetamine from Morris. Also during this time, the indictment says, an unindicted co-conspirator wrote numerous insufficient funds checks and used the proceeds to purchase meth-amphetamine from Hendrix and Wheeler. The unindicted co-conspirator then used and distributed the methamphet-amine.

Hendrix allegedly took firearms, land and yard equipment, vehicles, trail-ers, construction equip-ment, electronic equipment, and ATV’s as payment for drugs “fronted” or in trade for drugs. In the summer of

2010, the indictment says, Hendrix took from Wheeler and Dockweiler a stolen gooseneck flatbed trailer with an ATV on it as either payment for a drug debt or in exchange for drugs. In early 2010, Hendrix alleg-edly showed a different un-indicted co-conspirator a ga-rage in St. Joseph that was full of televisions, comput-ers and four chainsaws that Hendrix identified as items she had taken in trade for methamphetamine. During the conspiracy, the indict-ment says, Hendrix instruct-ed various co-conspirators about certain items she was looking for and offered to trade methamphetamine for those items.

Law enforcement officers conducted traffic stops on Hendrix on September 3, 2009, and on February 3, 2012. According to the indict-ment, Hendrix was in pos-session of $4,000 and $5,000, respectively, and both times had no known legal income. Hendrix was allegedly in possession of drug ledgers that indicated the amount of drugs sold, the amount of money owed, and the identi-ties of and contacts for vari-ous co-conspirators.

According to the indict-ment, Velvick (sometimes ac-companied by Sansone and Worley) used drug proceeds to purchase multiple ounces of methamphetamine from Morris every week of Octo-ber and November, 2010, as well as during December, 2010.

In addition to the con-spiracies, Blacketer is also charged with possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, with possessing a short-barrel shotgun in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, with being an unlawful user of methamphetamine while in possession of a firearm, with possessing a firearm with

an obliterated serial num-ber and with possessing an unregistered firearm. The firearms charges are related to Blacketer’s alleged pos-session of a Savage Arms 12-gauge, double-barreled weapon made from a shot-gun on Sept. 2, 2011.

Joshua and Jesse Stinnett are also charged together in one count of possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.

The federal indictment also contains a forfeiture allegation, which would require the defendants to forfeit to the government $1,070,000, which was alleg-edly received in exchange for the unlawful distribution of methamphetamine. Accord-ing to the indictment, that money judgment is based on the distribution of 15 ki-lograms or more of metham-phetamine with an estimat-ed street price of $2,000 per ounce.

The forfeiture allegation would also require the forfei-ture of a total of $21,426, all of which was seized by law enforcement officers from various defendants and al-legedly was proceeds of the drug-trafficking conspiracy.

Phillips cautioned that the charges contained in this indictment are simply accu-sations, and not evidence of guilt. Evidence supporting the charges must be pre-sented to a federal trial jury, whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence.

This case is being pros-ecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Bruce Rhoades. It was investigated by the Buchanan County Drug Strike Force, the sheriff ’s departments of Buchanan, Holt and Nodaway counties, the St. Joseph, MO, Police Department, the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Drug Enforcement Ad-ministration.

30 defendants indicted for $1 million meth conspiracy in northwest Missouri

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Monday, March 26 - Sloppy joe on a bun, baked potato, broccoli, oatmeal rai-sin cookie and applesauce.

Tuesday, March 27 - Sausage gravy on a biscuit, sausage patty, oven pota-toes, juice and plums.

Wednesday, March 28 - Turkey and dressing casse-role, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans and fruit gelatin.

Thursday, March 29 - Vegetable beef soup or chili, pears, crackers and peanut butter cookies.

Friday, March 30 - Fish portion, creamed peas and potatoes, lettuce salad or coleslaw, corn bread and apricots.

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The Board of Commissioners of the Mound City and Tarkio Housing

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Open HouseSunday, April 1, 2-4 p.m.

for our retiring director, Judi Scarbrough, and

new director, Sally Wehmann. Please join us at the Evans Circle

Community Room at 801 Evans Circle, Mound City, MO.

The Keenagers Pinochle Club met Monday, March 19, at Tiffany Heights in Mound City, MO. The ladies enjoyed snacks provided by hostess, Eileen Wyman of Maitland, MO.

Keenagers club members Diane Smock, Inez VanOrman, and Eileen Wyman were joined by Mound City guest sub-stitutes, Phyllis Ball, Evelyn Haeffele, Jorja Hoehn, Brenda Long and Minnie Zachary. Evelyn Haeffele finished in first place and Brenda Long finished second.

The club’s next meeting is Monday, March 26, with Inez VanOrman as hostess.

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Betty M. WoodsBetty Mae Woods, 79, of

Mountain Home, AR, for-merly of Mound City, MO, passed away Saturday, March 17, 2012. Betty was born September 17, 1932, in Maitland, MO, to the union of Oscar William Hendrix and Ada Marie Atkins Hen-drix.

Betty graduated from Mound City High School. She married James A. Woods of Mound City on April 8, 1951. After his discharge from the U.S. Navy, they made their home in Florida for many years. While there, Betty worked at Burdines Depart-ment Store. She loved read-ing and working with her flowers. They have been in Mountain Home since 1999.

Betty was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, James Ellsworth Hendrix, Harold (Shorty) Hendrix, Ray Hendrix and Denzil Hendrix; and four sis-ters, Dorothy Hendrix, Lucy Hendrix, Lucille Finney and Marie Richards.

Betty is survived by her husband of the home; and numerous nephews and nieces including Carrol Bruntmyer of Mound City and Mary Margaret Jones of Crestline, KS.

Betty has been taken for cremation with no services planned. Memorials can be sent to Baxter House, 1101-3 Spring Street, or Hospice of the Ozarks, 774 Long Street, both in Mountain Home, AR 72653, or a charity of the do-nor’s choice.

Arrangements were by Kirby and Family Funeral Services in Mountain Home. Online condolences may be left at www.kirbyandfamily.com.

Erle Franklin Cooper of Oregon, MO, was born on June 14, 1920, in Texhoma, OK. He was the son of Hom-er E. and Grace (McAfee) Cooper.

Erle graduated from Or-egon High School. He then served in the U.S. Army dur-ing World War II, and was stationed overseas in Africa and Italy. Erle worked as a banker at Citizens Bank in Oregon.

On April 20, 1946, Erle married Zella M. Noland in Troy, KS. They became par-ents of one daughter. Zella passed away in 2007.

Erle passed away on Thursday, March 15, 2012, at a St. Joseph, MO, hospital at the age of 91.

In addition to his wife, Zella, Erle was preceded in death by his parents; broth-er, Aithel Cooper; sisters, Wilma Derr and Faye Kirk; and son-in-law, Roger Lee.

Survivors include Erle’s daughter, Laura L. Lee of Lansing, KS; three grand-children and their spouses, Jason D. and Melissa Smith, Jeffery C. and Jamie Smith, and Jennifer Smith; three great-grandchildren, Asa H., Quin, and Reese Smith; and nieces and nephews.

Erle was a member of the Oregon Christian Church, the VFW, and the Harris E. Petree American Legion Post #190. He was also a member and past president of the Or-egon school board.

Services were held on Sat-urday, March 17, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. at the Chamberlain Funeral Home in Oregon. Interment with full military rites was held at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Oregon. Online condolences may be left at www.chamberlainfu neral.com.

Erle F. CooperPatricia A. Wilcoxson

Patricia Ann (Collins) Wil-coxson of Mound City, MO, was born on January 12, 1949, in Holt County, MO. She was the daughter of Robert David and Iva Isabell (Worl) Collins. Patricia grew up in Fairfax, MO, and at-tended Fairfax High School. Patricia passed away at her Mound City home on Tues-day, March 13, 2012.

Patricia married James A. Wilcoxson, Sr., in 1968. They became parents of three chil-dren. They later divorced.

Patricia lived in Oklaho-ma from 1983 to 1994 and worked for Multi-County Youth Services. She then moved back to Missouri, living in Craig and later Mound City.

Patricia was preceded in death by her parents; and one sister, Mary Beth Col-lins.

Patricia is survived by her children, James A. Wilcox-son, Jr., and Marla Mess-ner, Robert E. Wilcoxson and fiancée, Jessica, all of Savannah, MO; daughter, Laura J. Long, Oklahoma City, OK; brothers, James and his wife, Bonnie Block, Clarinda, IA, and Danny Chapasko, Loveland, CO; sisters, Debbie Rankin and Charlotte Dunn, both of Maryville, MO; stepmother, Mary Pat Wermelskirchen, Maryville; sister/best friend, Janet Radley, Fairfax; 12 grandchildren, LaTasha and Karissa Baldwin, Jor-dan and Jerrian Long, Tyler, Breanna, Dalton, Arizona and Robin Wilcoxson, Timo-thy Beard, and Bobby and Dominque Wilcoxson; and three great-grandchildren, Christian Cooper, Keeley Pitts and Sylus N. Beard.

The body has been cre-mated under the direction of Chamberlain Funeral Home of Mound City. Private fam-ily services will be held at a later date. Online condo-lences may be left at www.cham berlainfuneral.com.

The Mound City Kiwanis Club met at the Mound City R-2 School (5th-8th grades) on Wednesday, March 14, 2012, with 7 members pres-ent.

Members looked at the history displays and then went to Breadeaux Pizza in Mound City for lunch. There was discussion about a plaque for the fire pit at the Mound City Shelter House and about a dona-tion to the Red Cross. These topics were tabled until the business meeting. Spouse

Night Out is Wednesday, March 21 (in lieu of the reg-ular scheduled noon meet-ing) at Sportsman’s Lodge in Bigelow, MO, beginning at 5:30 p.m.

The following students at the Mound City School re-ceiving BUGS recognition for the 3rd quarter were: 2nd grade – Mathew Grover, Kendall Hux, Kevin Martin, Corbin Miles, Kishia Pan-ning, Dalton Peters, Gavin Summers and Hunter Volt-mer; and 4th grade – Cam-eron Laukemper.

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The U.S. Army Corps of En-gineers, Northwestern Divi-sion, will hold a series of pub-lic meetings in seven cities throughout the basin begin-ning April 16 to update the public on current hydrologic conditions in the Missouri River basin and planned regulation of the main stem reservoirs during the coming months.

At each location, an open house will be held to provide the public with an opportu-nity to speak one-on-one with Corps officials prior to the official public meeting which will be held subsequently. The format of the public meeting will include a pre-sentation from the Missouri River Water Management Di-vision regarding the current status of reservoir operations followed by a question and answer session. The Corps’ Omaha and Kansas City dis-tricts will have representa-tives available to discuss the repairs and rehabilitation work underway throughout the basin.

"Mild temperatures, more normal mountain snow pack and little to no plains snow pack have put us into more favorable conditions so far this year," said Jody Farhat, Chief of the Water Manage-ment Division. "We’ve been consistently reminding peo-ple to remain vigilant, how-ever, as conditions could po-tentially change very quickly the way they did last year. In the meantime, we continue to work closely with agencies like the National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-tration and the U.S. Geologi-cal Survey to communicate on-the-ground conditions and forecasts frequently with the public."

As a reminder, the Corps holds twice monthly calls geared toward Congressio-nal delegations, Tribes, state, county and local officials and the media. The next call will be held Friday, March 23. Au-dio files can be retrieved at: http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/pa/2012Teleconference/

pressconf_arch.htmlThe call is also offered as a

free podcast in itunes. Sub-scribe at: http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/missouri-river-basin-water/id508457675; or simply run a search for Missouri River Basin Water Management in itunes.

The general format of each call includes an update from the National Oceanic and At-mospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center on the long-range temperature and precipitation outlooks for the Missouri River Basin. The Missouri River Basin Water Management Division follows with a report of the current basin conditions, forecast in-

Corps to hold Missouri River spring public meetings April 16 - April 20

flows, and current and fore-cast reservoir release plans. The Corps’ Omaha and Kan-sas City districts provide an update on the status of levee and other repairs following the Flood of 2011. A question and answer opportunity fol-lows the reports.

The schedule for the spring meetings is as follows:

• April 18, Omaha, NE, Omaha Marriott, 10220 Re-gency Circle. Open House at 6 p.m. and public meeting at 7 p.m.

• April 19, St. Joseph, MO, Stoney Creek Inn & Confer-ence Center, 1201 Woodbine Road. Open House at 6 p.m. and public meeting at 7 p.m.

A member of U.S. Congress-man Sam Graves' staff is hold-ing mobile office stops. Graves' mobile office will tour the dis-trict giving constituents the op-portunity to speak with a mem-ber of his staff.

"I have always believed you learn more by listening than talking. My priority in Con-gress is constituent service and the mobile office is an addition-al opportunity for me to stay in contact with the people of the Sixth District. I encourage

everyone to come by these in-formal sessions to discuss their views or receive assistance with federal agencies," said Graves.

The mobile office provides regular contact for communi-ties and individuals who have a question or problem with fed-eral government agencies.

The mobile office schedule for March, 2012, in Mound City is as follows:

• Tuesday, March 20, Mound City Nutrition Site- 1:30 p.m.

Graves continues mobile office tours

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Rev. Leland LaRose, PastorWorship Service, 9:15 a.m.

St. Peter’s Lutheran Church

Church of GodSunday School, 10:00 a.m., Worship, 11:00 a.m.

Area Church

Oregon Church of the Naza rene207 W. George • Keith Knaak, Pastor

Sunday School, 8 a.m., Worship Service, 9 a.m.

First Christian Church402 E. 5th Street • Paul Grant, Pastor

Sunday School, 9:30 a.m., Worship, 10:30 a.m.

St. Patrick’s Catholic Church303 Grand, Forest City • Father Peter Ullrich, OSB

Pastor and Parish Administrator

Mound City United Methodist Church312 E. 7th St. • Pastor Crystal Karr

Sunday School, 9 a.m., Sunday Service, 10 a.m.

The Lighthouse Exit 65 on I-29 • Pastors Tim and Faith Uzzle

Sunday Worship: 10 a.m., Thurs. Bible Study: 7 p.m.www.fillmorelight housechurch. org

Sharp’s Grove United Meth odist Church4.5 mi. north of Craig on Hwy. 59 • Rev. Crystal Karr

Worship Service, 8:45 a.m.

Craig Community Church of the Nazarene105 S. Ensworth Street • Keith Knaak, Pastor

Sunday School, 10 a.m., Worship Service, 11 a.m.Wed. Night Bible Study, 5:30 p.m., Wed. Kingdom Kids, 3:30-5:00 p.m.,

Wed. Night Youth Group, 6:30-8:00 p.m.

First Christian Church4th and Ash • Bill Gazaway, Pastor

Sunday School, 9:15 a.m., Worship Service, 10 a.m.Sunday Night Worship, 7 p.m., Wed., Youth Rallies, 7 p.m.

St. John’s Lutheran Church112 Walters Street

United Methodist Church217 S. Maple Avenue • Connie Ury, Pastor

Worship Service, 9 a.m.

Graham Union ChurchSunday School, 9:30 a.m., Morning Worship, 10:30 a.m.

Evening Service, 6:30 p.m., Wednesday night, 7 p.m.

United Methodist ChurchConnie Ury, Pastor

Sunday School, 9 a.m., Worship, 10:15 a.m.

St. Oswald’s-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church30996 X Avenue, Skidmore, MO

2nd Sundays - 11 a.m., Morning Prayer service by Lay Reader4th Sundays - 11 a.m., Eucharist Service

New Point Christian Church24135 Stone Hill Rd. • Brian Buck, Minister

Sunday School, 9:30 a.m., Worship, 10:30 a.m.Fellowship Dinner, 4th Sunday of month following church

New Liberty and Big Lake Baptist Churches

County Road 140 • Richard Lionberger, PastorSunday School, 9:45 a.m., Worship, 10:30 a.m.

Churches have now combined.

New Life Apostolic AssemblyU.P.C.I. - 307 E. 6th, Mound City • Pastor Scott Jordan

Worship Service, 11 a.m.Life Night Bible Study & Revolution Youth Group

Thursdays, 6:30 p.m.www.newlifeapostolicassembly.org - 660-442-3441

Mound City Baptist Church1308 Savannah Street • Pastor Nathan Lowe

Sunday School, 10:15 a.m., Worship Service, 11:15 a.m.Tuesday Bible Study, Larry Brickey, 6:30 p.m.;

Sl@m City Youth Group, 6:30 p.m. - 816-616-0347

Community of Christ1410 Nebraska Street • Theresa Mackey, Pastor 660-446-2048

Sunday School, 10 a.m., Worship Service, 11 a.m.

Concordia Lutheran Church

River of Hope FellowshipPresently meeting at: 304 East 4th St., Mound City442-0197 or 442-6305 • Pastor David ShowalterSunday School, 9:15 a.m., Worship, 10:30 a.m.

Craig Presbyterian Church

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Worship Service, 10:30 a.m.Bible Class or Sunday School, 9:15 a.m.,

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Christian Fellowship18080 Hwy. 59 • Jim Brown, Minister

Sunday School, 9:30 a.m., Worship, 10:30 a.m.Senior High Youth, 7:00 p.m. • www.christian-fellowship.net

When: Sunday, March 25th

Where: Mound City United Methodist Church

Time: 11:30 a.m.

Baked Potato Dinner

Come and enjoy baked potatoes along with homemade soup, salad, and dessert!

**********Freewil l Offering**********All proceeds go toward sending area youth to

Church Camp this summer.

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The United Methodist Church and the First Chris-tian Church of Mound City, MO, are once again celebrat-ing the Risen Savior at Sun-rise Service at the historic Chautauqua Park in Mound City on Easter Sunday, April 8, at 6:45 a.m. Everyone is in-vited to attend worship at the shelter house area.

Lawn chairs and casual dress are encouraged for com-fort. Music, scripture and com-munion will be shared. Fol-lowing the service, the United Methodists will be cooking breakfast for all to enjoy. Ba-con, sausage, egg casseroles, sweet breads, fresh fruit and drinks round out the menu.

This is free to all and will be held in the fellowship hall of the church. Come feel the presence of the Lord and the love of friends and neigh-bors. Come join in and see the breathtaking sunrise in your home town!

Sunrise service to be held Easter Sunday

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Mix all ingredients to-gether and pour dressing over slaw mix and toss. Add crumbled noodles last.

Tiffany Heights and staff in Mound City announce the addition of Brenda Graves to the Tiffany home. Brenda is a lifelong resident of the Mound City area and gradu-ated from Mound City High in 1978. She will be serving as office manager at Tiffany Heights.

Brenda enjoys spending time with her family and has two children, Eddie Graves and wife, Krista, and grandchild, Colton, of Liber-ty, MO, and Jennifer Graves of Albania. Brenda also en-joys reading, scrapbooking and photography during her spare time.

Brenda has come to Tiffa-ny Heights from the account-ing departments at Squaw Creek Plaza and MFA Oil in Mound City.

Tiffany Heights welcomes new office manager

The Mound City Rural Fire Department hosted a L.P. gas training course on Friday, March 16, at 6:00 p.m. at the fire station in Mound City.

Mike Maupin with the Missouri Propane Gas As-sociation instructed area firemen on the basics about propane and how to properly handle L.P. gas emergencies. He also

touched base on the physi-cal properties of propane and chemical properties of propane.

Those attending from the Mound City Rural Fire De-partment were J.R. Rother, Randy Miller, Glen Nau-man, Cliff Robbins, Jason Hall, Chris Russell, Bill Keiffer, John Brook, Ste-ven Edwards and Thomas Shifflett. Bryce Schoon-

Mound City Rural Fire Department hosts propane gas training

Neon sign declares message once againThe “Jesus Saves” neon cross sign that hung on the Fortescue, MO, Methodist Church - Before the fire of 1952, was returned ‘home’ on Wednesday, March 14, with the help of Roderick Signs of St. Joseph, MO. The cross sign has the letters spelling “Jesus” running vertically and the letters “Saves” running horizontally on it. The words alternate-ly light up clear, with the outline of the cross lighting up red. The cross sign was placed on the 1896 church in 1953. It was donated by the Craig, MO, Methodist congregation for use at the site. The cross sign was placed on the church until a new roof was added in 2010 when the sign was taken down. Eugene and Betty Poynter inquired of the Holt County Historical Society, which utilizes the building, about the condition of the cross that was in disrepair. Because Betty’s brother, J.W. Stone, had done so much for their family, the couple decided to have the lighted cross restored as a memorial to J.W. and covered the cost of restoration and installation. Restoring the cross took Roderick Signs nearly two months, and the installation on Wednesday lasted nearly 5 hours.

When it comes to farming, Roger Southard of Fairfax, MO, knows what he is doing. He provides his crops with the necessary nutrients to grow and sets his planter to maxi-mize his yields.

Roger works diligently to ensure his farm produces at

the highest level possible and he knows good health takes the same amount of effort. He schedules regular colon cancer screenings, and for good rea-son:

“My father had colon can-cer and my grandfather on my mother’s side had it too, so I know it’s a part of my family history and I need to get screened for it,” Roger ex-plained.

Because colonoscopies are available just up the road at Community Hospital-Fairfax (CH-F), MO, Roger doesn’t have to leave the fields for long.

"A colonoscopy could save your life," Dina Johnson, RN, Outpatient and OR supervisor at CH-F, said. “People have a little bit of a stigma about go-ing in for a colonoscopy, but it is a simple, outpatient proce-dure.”

An endoscopy not only works as a cancer screening tool, but is also used to re-move pre-cancerous growths and can diagnose lower gas-trointestinal problems. If you experience symptoms such as rectal bleeding or changes in bowel movements, you should ask your doctor about having a colonoscopy.

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over with Schoonover Oil also participated in the training. South Holt Fire Department attendees were Troy Cotton, Lloyd Russell, Matt Kreek and Chris Davison. Firemen from Maitland attend-ing were Brian Markt, Ed Dearmont, Tony Hurst and Jacob Horn. Craig attend-ees were Rhonda Hunziger and Pam Haer.

try, making colon cancer the second-leading cancer killer behind lung cancer. The Amer-ican Cancer Society now rec-ommends that everyone have a colonoscopy every 10 years beginning at age 50. Talk with your doctor or primary care provider about how often you should get screened or about scheduling a scope at CH-F.

For more information about colon cancer, visit www.Fair-faxMed.com, where you will find facts and contact infor-mation for CH-F’s Outpatient Services.

Thursday, March 22, 2012 • Page 5

This Week’s History

• Bands from Mound City, Craig, Forest City, Mait­land and Oregon participated in the annual Holt County Music Festival held in Maitland, MO.

• The Holt County Co­Op greatly expanded its line of products to customers. Because of the increase, two new employees were hired. Junior Davis was hired to head the petroleum product department for farm patrons. Raymond Gillenwater was employed to work in the new fertilizer storage building.

• Mike Poynter, son of Eugene and Betty Poynter, was presented his Eagle Award in Scouting at a presenta­tion at a television station. At the time, the Poynters were living in Delhi, LA, but were former Maitland community residents.

• Earl Embrey harvested several bushels of potatoes from his garden. A weedy patch and a quick snow cover were attributed to the potatoes lasting the win­ter so well.

• Hiram Crouse and Keith Foster, Jr., salesmen at Ide­ker Motors, Inc., Mound City, were presented Ford Motor Company’s 300­500 Club Award at a banquet in Kansas City.

50 Years Ago- 1962

25 Years Ago - 1987• Following the death of Dr. M.C. Derr, Northwest Health Services and Heartland Health Systems worked cooperatively with Dr. J. Bruce McRae to re­open a clinic in Maitland and provide medical ser­vices to the area.

• The first phase of the renovation and moderniza­tion at Evans Circle involved the installation of new cabinets in 13 units.

• An article with information gleaned from Abie Showalter, auctioneer, stated that prices paid for ground are a ‘far cry from prices paid for land just a few short years ago’. At a sale on March 21, 1987, 6 tracts of rolling upland with a creek bottom totalling 600 acres sold for an average of $427 per acre.

• Over 200 junior and senior high students, from 14 schools, submitted 132 entries in the 8th annual Na­tional History Day competition in Maryville, MO. A South Holt team, consisting of members Andrew Bragg, Jeremy Butrick, Jason Justice, Byron Schaeffer and Rana Callow, tied for first place in group perfor­mances, junior division.

10 Years Ago - 2002

From the Mound City News archives

• Concrete work started for the new stage at the bandstand in the Holt County Courthouse Square in Oregon, MO. The cost of replacing the old wooden stage was up to $4,000, a cost shared by the county, the Oregon Kiwanis Club and the Autumn Festival.

• The Works beauty shop, which was destroyed by fire in January, 2002, was scheduled to open at its new location and with a new name, “AfterLooks”. Owner Debbie Sportsman chose a jungle theme for the new establishment.

• A 65 year­old Oregon man, charged in a string of grass fires, apparently set at least two dozen fires in Holt County. The arrest affidavit stated that the man admitted to setting 24­25 grass fires.

• A bull mauled a 70 year­old man in Craig. After feeding the Jersey bull, the bull turned on the man, striking him a couple of times. The man threw his hat, which the bull ran after, allowing the man to reach the safety of the fence.

• Daniel Morris, Mound City, was among 618 stu­dents to receive the State FFA Degree.

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Tuesday Club met at the home of Phyllis Parker in Mound City, MO, on Tues-day, March 13, 2012. Roll call was “What percentage of your spending is done on-line?”

President Sandra Fuhrman conducted the business meeting. Members voted to donate $50 to the Atchison-Holt Heroes’ Team of the American Red Cross Midland Empire Chapter for its March fund drive.

The club will sponsor Jor-dan Miller for the annual Sophomore Pilgrimage.

Officers elected were: Sheri Meadows, president; Kris Gibson, vice-president; Judith Long, secretary; and Kay Sitherwood, treasurer.

Phyllis Parker gave the program on her trip to

Maine, focusing mostly on lighthouses and a few other points of interest there. She showed beautiful photos she had taken of lighthouses with very different architec-tural styles. She gave high-lights about each one, not-ing, for example, that one in Cape Elizabeth is one of the most visited, beautiful light-houses in Maine.

Phyllis served delicious refreshments, and members enjoyed a social hour.

Attending were Kay Sith-erwood, Phyllis Parker, Kasey Miles, Sheri Mead-ows, Jane Meadows, Debbie Loucks, Judith Long, Susan Laukemper, Barb Heitman, Sandra Fuhrman, Patty Davis, Linda Creed, Linda Boultinghouse and Leisa Biermann.

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Hiawatha Implement employees receive awards from John Deere

With the development of new technology and high-performance systems for John Deere equipment, it is critically important that cus-tomers receive exceptional service from highly trained product experts, technicians and aftermarket support personnel. Hiawatha Imple-ment in Mound City, MO, participates in a comprehen-sive training program with John Deere to help its em-ployees reach certain stan-dards of expertise.

Recently, Dustin Sch-neider achieved Advanced level recognition for the po-sition of Service Technician and Gregg Smith achieved Advanced level recognition for the position of Sales Rep-resentative. These levels of achievement were accom-plished by completing ex-

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New city employees for CraigThe city of Craig recent-

ly employed two new city workers, Stephen Bradbury and Joey Swenson. The two new employees replace long-time city employee, Randy Knapp, who retired from his position at the city after nearly 40 years of service; and 5 year employee, Her-shel Ferguson, who took vol-untary layoff in July of 2011 because of the flooding.

Stephen Bradbury began work the end of January and trained under Knapp for several weeks. Bradbury will be the street and main-tenance supervisor and the assistant water plant opera-tor. Mowing, streets, vehicle maintenance, sewer pits and meters will be among his job responsibilities. Brad-

Two new Craig employees- Will ‘get their feet wet’ as the new water treatment plant gets up and running by June. New employees include, left to right, Stephen Bradbury and Joey Swenson.

bury and his family moved to Mound City during the summer flood months, but are planning a move back to Craig very soon.

Joey Swenson is from Fairfax, MO. Joey has near-ly three years of experience working for the city of Fair-fax. Joey will be the Chief Waterplant Operator in Craig. He has already ob-tained his Class C Drink-ing Water License and will receive more training as the new water treatment plant gets up and running.

The new water plant is expected to be up and run-ning by June, 2012. The city is planning an open house event. Craig currently has 128 residents.

New United States flag for OregonJohn Hinkle, Quartermas-

ter of Holt County Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 4839, presented a flag to the city of Oregon, MO, on Thursday, March 8, as part of the flag program executed by the post. The flag was presented to the mayor of Oregon, Bill Mc-Cully.

The VFW strives to do good things for deserving people, particularly veter-ans, their families, and their communities. This includes all veterans, not just mem-bers of the VFW. The organi-zation encourages veterans and family members to at-tend the local VFW meet-ings to get answers about VA benefits. The post can

Oregon Mayor, Bill McCully, left- Was presented a United States flag by John Hinkle, Quartermaster of Holt County Memorial VFW Post 4839.

also arrange travel to and from the hospital, and assist in military funeral services. The local post participates in the Holt County Autumn Festival and the Holt Coun-ty Relay for Life.

The next meeting of Post 4839 will be Sunday, April 1, at the King & Proud Road House in Oregon, MO. A meal begins at 6:00 p.m., with the meeting following at 7:00 p.m. The monthly meetings are normally held the second Sunday of each month, but with Easter on the second Sunday in April, the date was changed.

More information can be obtained about the local post by calling John Hinkle at 660-491-1160.

I’ve said before that you can-not tax your way to prosperity. I also believe you cannot tax your way to energy independence, yet there are still those who want to increase the gas tax or implement a cap and trade-style energy tax to reduce our energy consumption. I believe the best thing to do is increase our supply of American energy.

Here in Missouri’s Sixth District, we are helping create American energy. Farmers, and the renewable energy they pro-duce, can play a role in reducing our high energy costs. We also are leading the way in wind production.

We need to build on the work that has already been done and increase American energy. Re-newable energy not only helps increase farm incomes and re-juvenate rural economies, but

also helps to wean ourselves off foreign oil. In my mind, it is a triple hit. It’s good for consum-ers; it’s good for our environ-ment; and it’s good for farmers and rural communities.

In addition, northern Mis-souri is home to a growing number of wind turbines. Wind energy is one of the many natu-ral resources that our country can use and reduce the need for other sources of energy.

Best of all, these renewable fuels will help create good pay-ing jobs in Missouri. An energy tax will simply send more jobs overseas and make America less competitive in the global market. I will oppose any en-ergy tax on the floor, but I hope that Congress will take up leg-islation to invest in American energy and American jobs.

Straight talk with SamRenewable fuels good for Missouri’s economy by

U.S. Congressman Sam Graves

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The Holt County Commis-sion met Monday, February 27, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. at the Holt County Courthouse in Oregon, MO, with Presiding Commis-sioner Mark Sitherwood, First District Commissioner Bill Gordon and Second District Commissioner Don Holstine present.

Commissioners took up the interview process for two, full-time road and bridge positions. Following the interviews, Com-missioner Gordon made a mo-tion to hire Brenton Hughes at the Oregon Road and Bridge Barn. Commissioner Holstine seconded the motion. Unani-mously approved. Commission-er Holstine made a motion to hire Ed Anderson at the Mound City Road and Bridge Barn. Commissioner Gordon second-ed the motion. Unanimously approved. Both employees will be hired pending a Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) physical. They will be hired at $11 per hour for a pro-bationary period of six months. Employment start date was March 12, 2012.

At 10:00 a.m., Jerri Dear-mont of the Northwest Re-gional Council of Governments appeared for a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) opening. Holt County Levee District #15 is seeking engineering services as part of an anticipated Com-munity Development Block Grant (CDBG). Only one pack-et was submitted for the RFQ by Snyder and Associates, St. Joseph, MO. Commissioner Holstine made a motion to ac-cept Snyder and Associates pending a waiver from the Mis-souri Department of Economic Development. Commissioner Gordon seconded the motion. Unanimously approved.

Commissioners then took up a request from Rodney Meng of Levee District #7 to seek Com-munity Development Block Grant funding for borrow site costs to repair the federal levee. The local levee districts are re-sponsible for securing right-of-way easements and for all bor-row site materials needed to fill in holes in the levee system. Mrs. Dearmont agreed to look into the process of applying, now that the emergency phase is complete.

Mrs. Dearmont also reported on the close of Holt County’s CDBG project for the Court-house Annex building. Final administrative work was com-pleted before the March dead-line. That project included $297,000 of Community De-velopment Block Grant fund-ing; over $100,000 in donated architecture, earthwork, fin-ish work and administration; and $137,000 of zero-interest loan funds from USDA passed through the United Electric Co-operatives, Savannah, MO. The annex building houses the Holt County Health Department and the University Extension Services, as well as a small con-ference facility.

Collector Donna Cotton pre-sented the Annual Drop List for the commissioners’ approv-al. The list is compiled of tax-payers who have not paid their taxes for at least five years though multiple collection at-tempts have been made by the collector. She also presented an agreement to collect the taxes for the various levee and drainage districts of the county. Commissioners approved both items.

Road and Bridge Supervi-sor Daryl Biermann joined the commission to discuss vari-ous road projects and Federal Emergency Management Agen-cy (FEMA) recovery work. Mr. Biermann reported that he is working with MoDOT for on bridge inspections around the county.

Being no further business, the commission adjourned un-til Monday, March 5, 2012.

The Holt County Commission met Monday, March 5, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. with Presiding Com-missioner Mark Sitherwood, First District Commissioner Bill Gordon and Second Dis-trict Commissioner Don Hol-stine present.

Randy Mendenhall, Snyder and Associates, St. Joseph, appeared to present contract documents related to their selection as engineering firm for Levee District #15 under a pending Community Develop-ment Block Grant for levee re-pairs. Commissioners reviewed and signed the documents.

Jake Trahan, CH2M Hill, a consulting firm, working with

TransCanada Pipeline, ap-peared before the commission to discuss safety concerns re-lated to the pipeline. Sites that regularly have 50 or more peo-ple near the pipeline are identi-fied. An update of the county’s emergency contacts was also reviewed.

Bette Williams, Oregon, ap-proached the commission to discuss the County Govern-ment/Bette Williams Day set for Monday, March 12, 2012.

Brenda Nelson, R.N., Health Department Administrator, joined the commission to dis-cuss part of an existing Healthy Communities Grant and Bioter-rorist Grant funds to purchase a printer/copier. She also dis-cussed recent food service loca-tion inspections. She noted that 76 counties have some kind of ordinance requiring a license from the county before opening a food service location.

Road and Bridge Supervisor Daryl Biermann reported that during recent bridge inspec-tions, three bridges were found to have back-wall problems. The Road and Bridge depart-ment installed new ones last week to correct the problems. Mr. Biermann also reported that problems with one of the semi-tractors was addressed. Work on Holt Road 290 was discussed. That roadway is a FEMA project from 2011, and will also see additional traffic as 111 Highway at Exide Road is closed by MoDOT replacing the bridge.

Sheriff Scott Wedlock ap-peared before the commission. County Clerk Kathy J. Kunkel notified the commission and Sheriff Wedlock about ongoing payroll issues related to over-time pay for the jail/dispatch employees. Current county pol-icy states that employees shall be credited with “un-worked paid leave toward the forty hours of work needed to earn overtime.” Sheriff Wedlock re-ported that he is following the Federal Fair Wage and Hour policy, requiring forty hours of actual work before overtime is achieved. Discussion was held on the current policy, chang-ing the policy and the ability of the sheriff to comply with the current policy and stay within his budget. Mrs. Kunkel, as

Holt County Commission minutesthe county’s payroll officer, stated she cannot make an-other payroll under the current conditions. Employees have ex-pressed concern to her that they are being treated unfairly and not in compliance with county policy. Either the sheriff ’s office shall comply or the commis-sioners shall amend the policy. Commissioners tabled the mat-ter pending further review.

Sheriff Wedlock introduced Eddy Gilpin of Police Software.Com for a presentation of a computer-aided dispatch sys-tem.

Gary Parker, Holt County Emergency Management Di-rector (EMD), joined the com-mission and reported that he will retire from the EMD posi-tion effective April 1, 2012.

Linda Laderoute and Denise Workman, Northwest Regional Council of Governments, met with the commission to discuss upcoming Household Hazard-ous Waste and e-waste collec-tion at the Mound City Road and Bridge Barn on Saturday, April 28, 2012.

Being no further business, the commission adjourned un-til Monday, March 12, 2012.

The Holt County Commis-sion met Monday, March 12, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. with Pre-siding Commissioner Mark Sitherwood, First District Com-missioner Bill Gordon and Sec-ond District Commissioner Don Holstine present.

Commissioners participated in the 58th Annual County Government Day/Bette Wil-liams Day, meeting with the freshman classes of South Holt R-1, Mound City R-2, Craig R-3, and Nodaway-Holt R-7 schools.

In other business, the com-missioners considered a tabled request from County Clerk Kathy J. Kunkel to clarify the county’s overtime policy. Com-missioners considered Sheriff Scott Wedlock’s position as pre-viously presented and deter-mined to stay with the current policy that allows employees to utilize accrued and other-wise un-worked time to fulfill a forty-hour week for purposes of calculating overtime.

Being no further business, the commission adjourned un-til Monday, March 19, 2012.

The Northwest MO Genealog-ical Society invites the public to a party celebrating the release of the 1940 Federal Census of the United States on Monday, April 2, 2012. The event will be at the East Hills Library The-ater, 502 N. Woodbine in St. Joseph, MO. This is located on the southeast corner of the East Hills Shopping Center lot. The party will begin at 6:30 p.m. and end at 9:00 p.m.

Census information is re-leased every ten years and withheld for 72 years. In 1940, there were 132 million people in the census. Images of the actual census will be shown on screen. Jessica Edgar from the National Archives and Re-cords Administration will be on

hand to unveil the census and talk about the features. This census will only be available on digitized images. Also on hand will be a musical octet from RiverSong doing songs from the 1940’s. The Dance Arts Center will perform dances from the 1940 era. A color guard from Lafayette High School will at-tend. The National Military Heritage Museum will display uniforms from WWII. Cake and punch will be served. Addition-ally, many prizes from St. Jo-seph and area companies will be given away in a drawing. There will be no admission charge.

Plan to attend this unusual and exciting event. For more in-formation, call 816-233-0524 or www.nwmoge nealogy.com.

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Attorney GeneralChris Koster

Mortgage Settlement Hotline: 855-870-7676

For more information, please visithttp://ago.mo.gov/mortgageSettlementInfo.htm

Missouri Attorney GeneralConsumer Alert:

Mortgage SettlementInformation ForumMissouri has joined in a landmark national agreement that settles many allegations of foreclosure abuses, unfair mortgage servicing practices and fraud by five of the nation’s largest banks: Bank of America, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Ally Financial. You may be eligible for direct payments if you were foreclosed on by one of these banks between January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2011. You may also be eligible for principle reduction and other benefits if your mortgage is held by one of these banks and you owe more than your house is worth. If Missourians do not claim their benefits under the agreement, consumers in other states will claim thismoney for themselves.

Come to the Holt County Courthouse, Main Courtroom, 102 W. Nodaway, Oregon on March 29th at 6pm to find out more and to register with the Attorney General’s Office.

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The regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen for the city of Mound City was held on Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall in Mound City. Mayor Larry Russell called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance. Those present were Mayor Larry Rus-sell; Aldermen Robert Heck, Jim Krueger and Kristine Gib-son; City Clerk Patsy Smith, City Collector Kelly Miller, City Employee Vince Beyer, Po-lice Chief John Panning, John Hinkle, Melvin Rogers, John Dougherty, Charlie Cook, Curt McCall, Chip Lehmer, DJ Mc-Call, Ronnie Jennings, Phil Blazer, Amy Ryan, Lisa Yocum, Shawn Drew, Chris Krueger and City Attorney Brian Tubbs. Absent was Alderman Jason Biermann.

There being no additions, deletions or corrections, Alder-man Gibson moved to waive the reading of the minutes from the February 9, 2012, regular meeting and approved them as presented, Heck seconded. Ap-proved unanimously.

Presentations/GuestsJohn Hinkle, Oregon, MO,

VFW: Presentation of Flag – Mr. Hinkle presented the mayor with a United States flag that was made in the U.S.A. The Oregon VFW initially started getting flags for the Oregon cemetery and expanded that to include flags for surrounding cities.

Melvin Rogers, Rogers Phar-macy: City Lot Adjacent to Pharmacy and Parking Prob-lems – Mr. Rogers asked the council to consider several things relative to the city prop-erty north of Rogers Pharmacy including pulling dirt back from his building, or allowing him to remove the dirt, so he can make repairs to stop the leaking into his building; allow him to rock the entire lot to pro-vide additional parking for his employees and the public and/or reconsider selling the lot to him; and consider designation of a handicap accessible park-ing space for easier access for his customers. Rogers stated if he owned the lot he would dig out the covered debris and properly fill the lot back in be-fore rocking it and making it available for public parking. Council members referred this to the city attorney for input on whether bidding is required.

Old BusinessDavis Creek Bridge Replace-

ment: Aldermen Heck and Biermann met with the county commissioners and brought to their attention that the city bridge at the south end of State Street is eligible for the federal BRO (bridge replacement) pro-gram that the county oversees. Heck pointed out that the Mis-souri Department of Trans-portation (MoDOT) Route E doesn’t start until south of the bridge. The council discussed whether the city could close the bridge or lower the weight limit on it. Congressman Sam Graves helped to revive the federal BRO program, but the county already has 2-3 bridges targeted for replacement. The city bridge would have to wait 4-5 years until those targeted bridges are completed.

New BusinessSchedule spring clean-up day:

Ronnie Jennings and Phil Blaz-er, Stuart Disposal, were pres-ent for discussion. Blazer asked the council to consider chang-ing the clean-up to only once a year as Stuart Disposal is only getting about half a truck load in the spring and less in the fall. Council members decided to wait and see how much is collected this spring. Sched-uled Spring Clean-up Day is for

Sunday, April 29, from 1-3 p.m. at the pool parking lot.

Public Hearing: G.O. Bond Is-sue for Street Project

Mayor Russell opened the public hearing at 6:00 p.m. Curt McCall discussed the con-dition of Nebraska Street at the south end adjacent to his busi-ness, MC Auto & Truck Repair. He was very disappointed that it is not included in the current street overlay project. He felt it is the worst street in town and stated a truck was stuck in the street yesterday. McCall says the street actually runs to the levee, but it was blocked off two years ago, covered with fill dirt and a trench was dug across it. There are constantly problems with water pooling in the area which restricts access to his driveways. He feels the dirt needs to be completely re-moved from the street at least 10-20’ south to enable rain water to reach the inlet to the huge tube that dumps into the creek. Council members agreed to send a letter to the respon-sible party granting seven days to bring the street back in com-pliance.

Mayor Russell reported the bond issue requires approval by 58% of the voters. If the is-sue does not pass then, the city can still proceed with the pro-posed street project, but would have to finance it with a lease. The savings from the bond ver-sus the lease comes from the requirement for a 10% reserve with a lease ($50,000 for a $500,000 project), a one-half of 1% savings on the interest rate (saving around $19,000) and about $15,000 less for under-writing costs. Amy Ryan and Shawn Drew, Commerce Bank of St. Joseph, MO, stated their bank can provide the financing mechanism for city projects, but it is not a broker such as McLiney & Company. They also offered to review current city debts to see if there is potential for interest savings by refund-ing. Mayor Russell closed the hearing at 6:35 p.m.

Department ReportsPark/Pool Department –

Bids: Pool Electrical Improve-ments- The council reviewed the two bids received for elec-trical improvements at the pool: KPN Electric bid $11,842 and Pinnacle Electric bid $16,211. Alderman Gibson asked for a brief presentation on what each bid consisted of since it was a design and build project with only general specifications giv-en from the city. Charlie Cook, KPN Electric, stated his bid was a value engineered, bare bones bid without a main dis-connect, valued around $1,500, in the new panel board as there is already a disconnect within 50’ on the light pole which is within line of sight as required by code. John Dougherty, Pin-nacle Electric, says his bid does include a main disconnect as well as professionally en-gineered drawings and speci-fications which he estimated at $1,200. Alderman Gibson noted that there was $12,000 budgeted for the project and motioned to accept the bid from KPN Electric for $11,842. The motion died for lack of a second. Alderman Heck then moved to accept the bid of $16,211 from Pinnacle Electric, Krueger seconded. Vote taken by show of hands was ayes: Heck and Krueger and nay: Gibson. Mo-tion passed.

Bids for Park Mowing: Coun-cil members opened and re-viewed the two bids received for park mowing as follows: Thom-as Shiflett bid $8,000 for the 2012 season and Tyler Costello bid $5,425 (same as last year) for the 2012 season or $5,425

per season for a three-year con-tract. The council agreed that a three-year contract would prob-ably be in the city’s best inter-est. Alderman Gibson moved to accept Tyler Costello’s bid of $5,425 per season with a three-year contract, Heck seconded. Approved unanimously.

Alderman Gibson asked Beyer to put grass seed around the barbeque pit and along the east side of the new swings in Griffith Park. The refurbished pit looks very nice and Beyer mentioned that Graves made a splash pad around the water hydrant with asphalt. Gibson will meet with staff at the City Hall park to lay out placement of the new swing set.

Gibson reported that the Park Board is working to draft a 3-year plan for park and pool improvements. Clerk Smith and Beyer reported that the city maintenance crew patched the roof on the basket house at the pool and it is planned to apply at least one more coat of sealer. The roof doesn’t seem to be leaking at this time, but wa-ter is pooling in a low spot.

Police – The monthly report was reviewed and discussed. Panning reported delivery of the new 2012 Chevy Impala cruiser, but there are some issues with the equipment installation that will have to be resolved. The antenna fell off when he opened the trunk, which he fixed, but there are other issues with the in-car camera installation. He is following up with Adamson Industries to get these cor-rected.

Water Department – Bids to Clean Lime Pit: Two bids were obtained for cleaning the small lime pit at the water plant: Greg Hall submitted a bid of $3,510 and Mike Long bid $19,500. Alderman Heck motioned to ac-cept the bid from Greg Hall for $3,510, Krueger seconded. Ap-proved unanimously.

Water Plant Valves: Crowley obtained a quote from Inde-pendent Sales & Services for replacing 6” valves at the wa-ter plant. The quote is three 6” valves for $4,935. Valves installed by White Cloud Engi-neering were considerably high-er and took almost two years to get installed. Council members considered replacement of the valves an emergency and Al-derman Heck moved to accept the bid for the valves from In-dependent Sales & Services for $4,935, Krueger seconded. Ap-proved unanimously.

Street Department – Adver-tise for Bids for Concrete at New Equipment Building- Al-derman Krueger reported that Crowley is requesting the city advertise for bids for laying concrete 4’ wide around the inside perimeter of the new equipment building including going down to footings under the overhead doors and a pad with a grate drain for a wash bay. The council agreed to get specifications put together of what is needed and review them at the April meeting with bid opening at the May meet-ing. Council members also dis-cussed that bid opening for the street project will be Tuesday, March 20, at 2:00 p.m. Beyer reported that a new tarp roll-up front for the salt dome has been ordered.

Nuisance Violations/Danger-ous Building

Property at 106 E. 7th Street: City Attorney Brian Tubbs noted that he received a call from the property owner of the building at 106 East 7th Street and he is having the structure checked to see if it is worth sal-vaging or if it would be more cost effective to demolish it.

PROCLAMATION: Mayor

Russell signed a Proclamation for the Girl Scouts’ 100th An-niversary.

OrdinancesBill No. 3-13-2012: Award

Contract for Pool Electrical Im-provements was placed on its first reading being for an ordi-nance entitled as follows:

An ordinance accepting the bid and awarding the contract for the pool electrical improve-ments’ project for the terms and payments as therein provided; and authorizing the mayor to execute the contract on behalf of the city.

Alderman Gibson moved to adopt the bill, Krueger sec-onded. After further discussion, the bill was placed on its sec-ond reading and final passage and was read by title, consid-ered and discussed. Motion ap-proved. The bill was duly num-bered Ordinance #1194.

AdministrationDistribution of Surtax & Fi-

nancial Institutions’ Tax: Clerk Smith reported that Library Di-rector, Cindy Grant, questioned whether the library should receive a portion of the Finan-cial Institutions’ Tax (FIT) and the Surtax, both of which the city received from the county and deposited into the general fund. The clerk has completed extensive research and for-warded that information to the city attorney for his opinion. Mr. Tubbs reported he is still reviewing state statutes and will report back at the April meeting.

Financial Reports: Monthly financial reports were reviewed and discussed.

Federal Emergency Manage-ment Agency (FEMA) Reim-bursement of Cost for Sand-bagging: Clerk Smith reported receipt of $6,947 from FEMA as payment of 75% of the costs for the emergency contracts, sup-plies and use of city equipment/overtime during the sandbag-ging efforts last summer. Mayor Russell noted that a citizen has been making complaints about the vacant lot at 405 E. 5th Street where Hall Construc-tion took dirt to build the levee along Davis Creek during the

Council considers questions about city lot adjacent to Rogers Pharmacy and south end of Nebraska Street adjacent to MC Auto & Truck Repair

City receives U.S. Flag/City clean-up set for April 29

sandbagging operations. Coun-cil members agreed that this lot is a nuisance and something needs to be done because of all the mud and run-off from that location. A letter will be sent to the owner notifying him that this issue needs to be resolved in a timely manner.

MIRMA Annual Evaluation: The clerk reported the city re-ceived a score of 90% on the an-nual evaluation.

Meeting Date: The council set the next regular meeting for Thursday, April 5, 2012, at 5:30 p.m.

Misc.: Chris Krueger noted that Amy Ryan and Shawn Drew had mentioned to him that Commerce Bank can also provide leasing for other pur-chases such as computers, equipment, vehicles, etc.

Zoning/Ordinances: Alder-

man Gibson suggested drafting an ordinance to specify what type of structures and uses are permitted in the downtown area. There was also discussion of regulations in the residential districts for RV parking, place-ment of storage units (large box-car type) and structures on lots without a principal dwell-ing. The attorney and clerk will look into these issues.

Accounts PayableAlderman Heck moved to ap-

prove the bills paid subsequent to the February 9, 2012, meet-ing and to approve and pay the current month’s bills as pre-sented, Krueger seconded. Aye: Heck, Krueger and Gibson. Nay: None. Absent: Biermann.

AdjournmentAlderman Heck moved to ad-

journ at 8:30 p.m., Krueger sec-onded. Approved.

John Hinkle, left, with the Oregon, MO, VFW- Present-ed Mound City Mayor Larry Russell, right, with a United States flag that was made in the U.S.A. on Tuesday, March 13, at the Mound City City Hall. The Oregon VFW initially started getting flags for the Oregon cemetery and has now expanded that to include flags for surrounding cities.

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March 28 - Varsity Golf vs. Mound City/South Holt at Mound City - 4 p.m.

March 29 - Varsity Golf vs. Mound City/Stanberry at Mound City - 4 p.m.

April 1 - Palm Sunday

April 2 - Jr. High Track at Holt County Mini-Meet at Mound City - 4:30 p.m.

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High school students who made the third quarter Hon-or Roll at Craig R-3 include:

High Seniors: Holly Howard,

Allyssa Kling, Rachel Lew-is, Kelsie Sipes and Jordan Stoner.

Sophomores: Kelly Dough-erty and Kathy Howard.

7th Grade: Hailey Bomar and Jocelyn Clayton.

RegularJuniors: Wyatt Drewes,

Mackenzie Marks, Han-nah Monroe and Chandler Peeks.

Freshmen: Blake Bradley and Taylor Burnett.

8th Grade: Jacob Dough-erty, Zachary Marks and Kyleigh Panning.

7th Grade: Sam Hinrichs, Chandler Monroe and Jessie Nowling.

Craig R-3 3rd Quarter Honor Roll

Mound City R-2 Preschool and Kindergarten screenings will be Monday and Tuesday, April 2 and 3, from 7:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the preschool room in Mound City. Please call the elementary office at 442-5420 to schedule an appointment for a child.

Children must be 3 years old by the screening dates in order to participate. These screenings are available to all children residing in the Mound City district, whether they are attending preschool or not. All children enrolling in kinder-garten must be screened. The screenings provide parents with valuable information about their child in the developmen-tal areas of concepts, motor and language, as well as hearing and vision. Please bring a copy of the child’s birth certificate,

current immunizations and so-cial security card to the screen-ings. Children younger than three may be screened by Gwen Knowles, Parents as Teachers (PAT) Coordinator. Please call the school to schedule an ap-pointment.

Mound City R-2 Preschool is also currently accepting enroll-ment applications. Children must be three or four years old by August 1 to be eligible to at-tend preschool for the 2012-13 school year. Please contact pre-school teacher, Lisa Caton, at 442-5420 with additional ques-tions or to request an enroll-ment form.

If anyone in the Mound City School District knows of chil-dren eligible for screening or is interested in enrolling a child in preschool, please schedule an appointment today!

Mound City preschool and kindergarten screenings to be held April 2-3

History Day draws good crowd and great costumesMiddle school students at

Mound City R-2 have been researching, writing, draw-ing, planning a costume and decorating a tri-fold as part of their individual pre-sentations for History Day. Mr. Osburn, Mound City Middle School Social Stud-ies instructor, held the event for parents, students and community on Wednesday, March 14, at the Mound City gymnasium.

A large number of people attended the event and guests were educated on a vast array of historical char-acters. The 5th grade pre-

sented, in costume, charac-ters from Colonial America, 6th grade from Ancient His-tory, 7th grade from World War II, and 8th grade from the Civil War. Each student gave an oral presentation about their character using the help of the tri-fold they had prepared, which was full of information and pictures about the character.

Each student in the 5th through 8th grade presenta-tions was judged by a set of criteria in four different cat-egories by a panel of judges. Categories included: Best Paper (written report by students of required length), Best Costume, Best Tri-Fold (display board used to pres-ent information about the character) and Overall Class Winner. Because of the high quality workmanship of the students, three classes were also awarded honorable mentions.

Awards included:5th Grade

Best Paper- Emma GibsonBest Costume- Justyn HallBest Tri-Fold- Cassidy Wen-nihanOverall Class Winner- Emma DerrHonorable Mention- Destiny Diggs and Gracie Caton

6th GradeBest Paper- Alex CarverBest Costume- Bailee Sch-euthBest Tri-Fold- Austin PankauOverall Class Winner- Bay-leigh Portman

Bailee Scheuth, Mound City 6th grader- Was awarded the Best Costume Award in the 6th grade for her Cleopatra costume during Middle School History Day at Mound City on Wednesday, March 14. Bailee, along with her classmates, were to choose a character from the Ancient History era.

Kenzie Ashford, left- Dressed as Harriet Tubman, was awarded overall class winner for the 8th grade during Mid-dle School History Day at the Mound City gym on Wednes-day, March 14. Also pictured were Kendey Eaton, center, as Mary Todd Lincoln, and Mae Sanders (who was selected as honorable mention), right, as the wife of Amos Humiston.

Joeigh Eaton, right- Visited with an elementary student, center, and her social studies instructor, Ryan Osburn, left, during the Middle School History Day on Wednesday, March 14. Joeigh, 7th grader, portrayed King Muhammad Ali, a character from the World War II era. Instructor Os-burn was dressed as Robert E. Lee.

Eighth graders, Kyler Miles, left, and Hunter Hol-stine, right- Were both awarded honorable mention dur-ing Middle School History Day at the Mound City School on Wednesday, March 14. Kyler presented and portrayed Stonewall Jackson and Hunter, J.E.B. Stuart, two charac-ters from the Civil War era.

Emily Wedlock, left, aka Harriet Beecher Stowe- Was awarded Best Paper in the 8th grade during the recent Middle School History Day at Mound City on March 14. Adjacent to her is Hillary Russell, as Rose Greenhow. Both eighth graders were depicting characters from the Civil War era.

Tess Phillips, right- Ex-plained to her father, Matt Phillips, left, everything about Eleanor Roosevelt dur-ing the Middle School His-tory Day at the Mound City gym on Wednesday, March 14. Tess’s work earned her the Overall Class Winner for 7th grade.

Austin Pankau, aka Khu-fu- Studied his award win-ning tri-fold during a break in viewers on Wednesday, March 14, at the Mound City School. Austin, a 6th grad-ers, chose a character from the Ancient History era.

7th GradeBest Paper- Sydney IrelandBest Costume- Maggie Ca-tonBest Tri-Fold- Austin ActonOverall Class Winner- Tess PhillipsHonorable Mention- Brit-tany Webster, Savanah Derr, Katie Smith, James Dean, James Wheeler and Joeigh Eaton

8th GradeBest Paper- Emily WedlockBest Costume- Cooper Hol-lisBest Tri-Fold- Colton DeanOverall Class Winner- Ken-zie AshfordHonorable Mention- Mae Sanders, Kyler Miles and Hunter Holstine

Overall Grand Winners ($25 gift card)

Kendey EatonRiley HolstineDesiree Hufford

The following traffic viola-tions that occurred in Holt County were paid through the Missouri Judiciary Fine Collection Center:

Megan Kathleen Car-roll- Of Overland Park, KS, Exceeded Posted Speed Limit (Exceeded By 11-15 Mph). Case filed on Febru-ary 22, 2012. Case disposed on March 13, 2012. Fine Amount: $55.50.

Kyle J. Drake- Of Friend, NE, Exceeded Posted Speed Limit (Exceeded By 11-15 Mph). Case filed on Febru-ary 19, 2012. Case disposed on March 12, 2012. Fine Amount: $55.50.

Dennis Lyle Kemnitz- Of Warren, MN, Failed To Dim Lights When Within 500 Ft Of Oncoming Veh/300 Ft Of Rear Of A Vehicle. Case filed on March 3, 2012. Case dis-posed on March 14, 2012. Fine Amount: $20.50.

Matthew D. Lehr- Of Lin-coln, NE, Exceeded Posted Speed Limit (Exceeded By 20-25 Mph). Case filed on January 30, 2012. Case dis-posed on March 9, 2012. Fine Amount: $155.50.

Joshua A. McCoy- Of Bloomington, IN, Pursuing/Taking/Killing/Possessing Or Disposing Of Wildlife Il-legally. Case filed on March 3, 2012. Case disposed on March 9, 2012. Fine Amount: $24.50.

Lawrence McDowell- Of Wichita, KS, Pursuing/Tak-ing/Killing/Possessing Or Dis-posing Of Wildlife Illegally. Case filed on March 3, 2012. Case disposed on March 13, 2012. Fine Amount: $24.50.

Ali Niroomand-Rad- Of Arion, IA, Viol Secs 307.179.2

Holt County traffic violations(1), (2), or (3) - Driver Fail to Secure Child < 8 y/o in Child Restraint or Booster Seat. Case filed on February 25, 2012. Case disposed on March 9, 2012. Fine Amount: $20.50.

Ali Niroomand-Rad- Of Arion, IA, Driver/Front Seat Passenger Fail to Wear Properly Adjusted/Fastened Safety Belt. Case filed on February 25, 2012. Case dis-posed on March 9, 2012. Fine Amount: $10.00.

William Joseph Nowac-zyk- Of Omaha, NE, Exceed-ed Posted Speed Limit (Ex-ceeded By 11-15 Mph). Case filed on February 18, 2012. Case disposed on March 9, 2012. Fine Amount: $55.50.

Krisi Newland Reyes- Of Maysville, MO, Exceeded Posted Speed Limit (Exceed-ed By 16-19 Mph). Case filed on February 20, 2012. Case disposed on March 12, 2012. Fine Amount: $80.50.

Jonathan T.A. Schom-burg- Of La Vista, NE, Exceeded Posted Speed Limit (Exceeded By 20-25 Mph). Case filed on Janu-ary 29, 2012. Case disposed on March 12, 2012. Fine Amount: $155.50.

Ethan William Woolsey- Of Forest City, MO, Driver/Front Seat Passenger Fail to Wear Properly Adjusted/Fas-tened Safety Belt. Case filed on February 25, 2012. Case disposed on March 14, 2012. Fine Amount: $10.00.

Bo Zheng- Of Brooklyn, NY, Exceeded Posted Speed Limit (Exceeded By 11-15 Mph). Case filed on March 2, 2012. Case disposed on March 9, 2012. Fine Amount: $55.50

Many individuals have the dream and desire to some-day own a business. Un-fortunately, many of these same people don’t know where to start. Moreover, they are afraid to make that leap into entrepreneurship because they do not know enough about taxes, licenses, financing, and marketing. If this sounds like you, make plans to attend “Starting a Business: the First Steps”, a University of Missouri (MU) Extension seminar. The seminar will be 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, Thursday, March 29, 2012, at the Bu-chanan County Extension Office, 4125 Mitchell Ave., St. Joseph, MO.

The instructor for the seminar is Tom Kelso, MU Extension Northwest Region Business Development Spe-cialist. He will review the

basics involved in starting your own business, explain the importance of planning, discuss the legal and regu-latory requirements, iden-tify sources of funding, and steps which should be taken to market your product or service.

Pre-registration for the seminar is required by Tues-day, March 27, either by call-ing or e-mailing Tom Kelso, MU Extension Business Development Specialist, at 660-446-3724 or kelsot@mis souri.edu.

At the conclusion of the seminar, if you need addi-tional assistance, you may arrange to meet with a busi-ness consultant through MU Extension at no additional charge. Learn about other business development offer-ings and resources at: http://www.missouribusiness.net/.

MU Extension offering, “Starting a Business: The First Steps”, March 29 in Oregon

Thursday, March 22, 2012 • Page 9

March 22 - Men’s Drug & Alcohol Recovery Program at 304 E. 4th St. in Mound City - 7-8 p.m.March 24 - Mound City Rural Fire Dept. Fish Fry at Fire Station - 4:30 p.m.-??March 27 - Story Time at Mound City Library - 10:30 a.m.March 27 - Tuesday Club with Jane Meadows as Hostess - 8 p.m.March 28 - Varsity Boys’ Golf vs. CFX/South Holt at Mound City - 4 p.m.March 29 - Varsity Boys’ Golf vs. CFX/Stanberry at Mound City - 4 p.m.March 29 - Varsity Track at Rock Port Triangular - 4:30 p.m.March 29 - Men’s Drug & Alcohol Recovery Program at 304 E. 4th St. in Mound City - 7-8 p.m.March 31 - Mound City Golf Course Work Day - 8 a.m.March 31 - Mound City Jr./Sr. PromApril 1 - Palm SundayApril 2 - Jr. High Track at Holt County Mini Meet at Mound City - 4:30 p.m.April 2 - Friends of the Library at Mound City Library - 5 p.m.April 3 - Varsity Track at Triangular at Mound City - 4:30 p.m.

Every Friday at the Mound City Nutrition Site Doughnuts, Doughnut Holes, Cinnamon Rolls

8:30 a.m. until Sold Out

A.A. Mound City New BeginningsTuesdays and Fridays, 7 p.m.,

Community of Christ Church, 1410 Nebraska St., Mound City

Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS), non-profit, non-religious weight-loss support group, Mondays, 4:30 p.m.

Concordia Lutheran Church, Mound City

614 State Street • Mound City, MO • 660-442-3131

Mound City junior high and high school 2012 track scheduleThe high school track meets are shown in bold, junior high meets are not in bold.

March 29 Triangular (RP, Sac H) @ Rock PortApril 2 Holt County Meet @ Mound CityApril 3 Triangular (NH, CFX) @ Mound CityApril 5 Bulldog Relays @ StanberryApril 10 Blue Jay Relays @ Rock PortApril 12 Cardinal Relays @ North AndrewApril 16 Squaw Creek Relays @ Mound CityApril 17 Irish Relays @ Syracuse, NEApril 19 Blue Jay Relays @ Rock PortApril 20 Indian Relays @ TarkioApril 24 Pawnee City Inv. @ Pawnee, NEApril 24 Indian Relays @ TarkioApril 27 Panther Relays @ Mound CityMay 1 275 Conference @ Mound CityMay 1 275 Conference @ Mound CityMay 5 Districts @ Grant CityMay 12 Sectionals @ AlbanyMay 18-19 State Track @ Jefferson City

2012 Craig track athletes

Two students from Craig R-III School- Will participate in the 2012 track season, in conjunction with students from the Fairfax School. Craig students included on the Craig/Fairfax (CFX) teams are, left to right, Logan Kephart and Cody Miller. The boys are be-ing coached by Mark Bolger and the girls by Jaclyn Smail.

The Mound City Lady Panthers- Are preparing for the 2012 track season. Team mem-bers include, left to right, back row: Haylee Clifton, Lily Grant, Alex Phillips, Eryn Acton, Grace Newcomb, Jessica Kronenwett, Samona Carver and Carina Metzgar. Front row: Jorden Miller, Jordyn Pankau, Whisper Parrish and Tori Ingram. Not pictured is Josie Bomar. The team is coached by Brian Messer and assisted by Ryan Osburn.

The Mound City Panthers- Are preparing for the 2012 track season. Practice was held inside on Monday, March 19, as the rain set in. Team members include, left to right, back row: Brett Johnson, Dalton Honea, Pat Hurst, Josh Johnson, Randy Smith and Hayden Marrs. Middle row: Dayne Messer, James Walker, Thomas Shifflett, Zach Kahle, Colton Smith, Dalton Dreher and Elijah Poe. Front row: Hayston Wilson, Kase Newcomb, Lu-cas Schawang, Luke Sanders, Trevor Boyd and Spencer Staples. Not pictured was Dillon Stroud. The team is coached by Brian Messer and assisted by Ryan Osburn.

Track begins

(Upper left) The South Holt Lady Knight track team- Is preparing for the 2012 track season. Team members include, left to right, back row: manager Amanda Parsons, Blair Mil-lion, Rachel Binder, Tasha Graves and Emily Cox. Front row: Hannah Fansh-er, Linden Stucky, Kareena Shuman, Rachel Kurtz and Cami Scroggins. Not pic-tured are McKenzi Pruss-man, Abbi Messick and manager Darian Kurtz. The team is being coached by Jonn Casey.

(Lower left) The South Holt Knights- Began practice for the 2012 track season with 14 members. Team members include, left to right, back row: Errick Greene, Jakob Allen, Cut-ler Derr, Quincey Hensley, Jeremiah Bragg and Mac Kelly. Front row: Paul Bar-clay, Pierce Elifrits, Hayden Weber and Caleb Townsend. Wyatt Holt, front, is the manager. Not pictured were Billy Brock, Gavin Graup-man and Kylynn Sisk. The team is coached by Jonn Casey.

(At left) The Nodaway-Holt Lady Trojans- Are training for the 2012 track season. Team members include, left to right, Megan Rosenbohm, Bai-lee Lance and Krysta Beattie. The three are being coached by Jamie James and assisted by Clay James.

(At left) The Nodaway-Holt Trojans- Are preparing for the 2012 track season with nine participating. Team mem-bers include, left to right, back row: Devin Albertson, Cody Schniedermeyer, Brandon Saxton, John Poppa and Dylan Gallagher. Front row: Justin Dearmont, Wade Saxton, Zach Callow and Derek Lemon. The team is being coached by Jamie James and assisted by Clay James.

2012 Mound City boys’ track athletes

2012 Mound City girls’ track athletes

2012 Nodaway-Holt

girls’ track athletes

2012 South Holtboys’ track

athletes

2012 South Holtgirls’ track

athletes

South Holt 2012 high school track schedule

The following is the 2012 track schedule released for the South Holt Knights:March 27 North Platte Relays @ DearbornMarch 29 North Andrew Relays @ RosendaleApril 3 Track meet @ Mound CityApril 17 Worth County @ Grant CityApril 20 Indian Relays @ TarkioApril 27 Panther Relays @ Mound CityMay 1 275 Conference @ Mound CityMay 5 District Track @ Grant CityMay 12 Sectional Track @ AlbanyMay 18-19 State Track @ Jefferson City

2012 Nodaway-Holt

boys’ track athletes

Thursday, March 22, 2012 • Page 10

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• Septic Service & Water

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Home: 660-935-2396Cell: 660-572-0587“We bid it

and we do it.”

Craft ShowSat., March 31

at the Mound City Nutrition Site

613 State, Mound City

8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Questions call: 660-442-3324 or 816-244-0503

Admission: Donation of food item for Holt County Food Pantries.

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Pick up application in office at 511 State St., Mound City, MO, or e-mail resume to

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OFFICIAL SAMPLE BALLOT

GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION

HOLT COUNTY, MISSOURITUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2012

NOTICE OF ELECTION

Notice is hereby given that the April General Municipal Election will be held in the County of Holton Tuesday, April 3, 2012 as certified to this office by the participating entities of Holt County.

The ballot for the election shall be in substantially the following form:

FRONT Card 1 SEQ# 1

NOTICE OFACCESSIBILITY

FURTHER NOTICE IS GIVEN that, where a regular polling place has limited accessibility, a dis-abled or elderly voter may be provided an alterna-tive means of casting his or her ballot. Such means may include reassignment to an accessible polling place, curbside voting, assisted voting or voting by absentee ballot. A voter may apply for an absentee ballot in person or by mail, or may have a relative or guardian apply in person on his or her behalf. If a voter is permanently disabled, he or she may have the notary requirement for absentee balloting waived by filing a physician’s statement concerning the dis-ability. In addition, voters requiring assistance may be assisted by a person of the voter’s choice.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON REGISTRA-TION AND VOTING: Persons may contact their lo-cal county clerk by telephone at 446-3303 or by mail at P O Box 437, Oregon, Missouri 64473.

The Missouri Secretary of State’s office provides a toll free number for persons with hearing impair-ments who have access to a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD). TDD users may call 800-669-8683 to obtain information on polling places, absentee balloting, voter registration and other elec-tion-related services available in their local jurisdic-tion and from the State of Missouri.

COUNTY CLERK/ELECTIONAUTHORITY CERTIFICATION

I, Kathy J. Kunkel, County Clerk/Election Authority within and for the County of Holt, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct list as certi-fied to me by Robin Carnahan, Secretary of State, State of Missouri, of the candidates entitled to be voted for at the General Municipal Election to be held April 3, 2012.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal. Done at my office this 17th day of March, 2012.

Kathy J. Kunkel, County Clerk/Election Authority

NOTICE OF ELECTIONIn accordance with Chapter 115 of the Laws of Missouri, notice is hereby given that a General Municipal

Election will be held in the County of Holt, Missouri, on April 3, 2012, at which election all registered voters residing within the various political subdivisions will be given the opportunity to vote.

Polling places for the said election will open at 6:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m. The official ballot for the said election will be substantially the following form:INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS: Fill in the oval next to the name of the persons for whom you wish to vote.

The polling places will be open from the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. during which time any person properly registered to vote in the County will be given the opportunity to cast his or her ballot. Done by order of the County Clerk of the County of Holt.

BACK Card 1 SEQ# 1

BACK Card 1 SEQ# 1

BACK Card 1 SEQ# 1

Notice of Logic and Accuracy TestNotice is hereby given that Kathy J. Kunkel, Election Authority

for Holt County, will hold a public logic and accuracy test of the elec-tronic tabulating equipment for the April 3, 2012, General Municipal Election, beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, March 30, 2012, at the Holt County Courthouse, Commissioners’ Room, 102 W. Nodaway St., Oregon, MO. A meeting of the election judges will be held at 2:00 p.m. on the same day for training purposes.

The tentative agenda of the meeting includes: Convening the meeting and swearing in of judges Logic and Accuracy test of tabulating equipment Discussion of election procedures and policies AdjournmentRepresentatives of the news media may obtain copies of this notice

by calling: Kathy J. Kunkel, Holt County Clerk, PO Box 437, Oregon, MO 64473, Phone: (660) 446-3303.

Legal NoticesSenior Citizen Elections

On Friday, March 30, 2012, at 11:45 a.m., nominations will be accepted for representatives for Senior Citizens at the

Tri-City Friendship Center, Maitland, MO.Nominations will be for representatives of:

* NW Regional Advisory Council* Silver Haired Legislative Delegates

* Area Agency on Aging Board of Directors* Tri-City Friendship Center Board of Directors

Please attend to make nominations. Call 660-935-2241 if you have questions. Elections will be Tuesday, May 15, 2012,

at the Tri-City Friendship Center from 8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. 37/1tc

NOTICEThe annual meeting of

the Board of Directors of Mount

Hope Cemetery, Inc., shall be held Friday, March 30, 2012, at

7:00 p.m. at the First Christian Church,

402 E. 5th St., Mound City, MO.

Holt County real estate transfersRobert W. Hennessey and

Laura Hennessey to Mis-souri Ducks, LLC, Kansas City, MO; Beginning at the North Quarter corner of Sec-tion 3, Township 61 North, Range 39 West, see record for full description.

Terry E. Aikens to Terry E. Aikens, T.O.D., Skidmore, MO; A tract of land in the North one-half of Section 11, Township 62, Range 38.

Lee Eugene Tubbs Trust, by trustee, to Terry Tubbs and Thomas Tubbs, Craig, MO; Beginning at a gas pipe which is 8.05 chains West of the Quarter Section corner between Sections 11 and 14, in Township 61 North, of Range 40 West, see record for full description.

Angela Gayle White and Richard White to Lyle Bo-swell, Oregon, MO; The Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 34, Township 61, Range 37, and the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 34, Township 61, Range 37.

Estate of Francis L. Scrog-gins, deceased, by personal representative, to Lonnie F. Weber and Pamela Weber, Oregon, MO; Commencing at the Southeast corner of Block 4 in the Western Addition to the original town of Oregon, see record for full descrip-tion.

Robert Crowder and Janet Crowder to Rodney O’Meara and Susan O’Meara, St. Jo-seph, MO; All of Lots 24, 25

and 26 in Ramsey’s First Ex-tension to Ramsey’s Subdivi-sion of a part of the North-east Quarter of Section 36, Township 61 North, Range 40 West of the 5th P.M. in the Village of Big Lake, see re-cord for full description.

Barnes Holt MO, LLC, to Jason Streck and Rebecca St-reck, St. Joseph, MO; All that part of the Southeast Quar-ter of the Southwest Quar-ter lying East of Highway U, with exception, in Section 22, Township 59, Range 37.

Terry Don Buckles and Darith Gale Buckles to Ter-ry Don Buckles, T.O.D., and Darith Gale Buckles, T.O.D., Forest City, MO; Commence North 89 degrees 18 feet West 330 feet (along the South line of the Southeast Quarter) and North 250 feet from the Southeast corner of the Southeast Quarter of Section 29, Township 60, Range 38, see record for full description.

Terry Don Buckles and Darith Gale Buckles to Ter-ry Don Buckles, T.O.D., and Darith Gale Buckles, T.O.D., Forest City, MO; Commenc-ing at the Southwest corner of Lot 11, Block 58, in the original town of Forest City, see record for full descrip-tion.

Don R. Wennihan and Bridget Y. Wennihan to Har-ry O. Hamilton, Rulo, NE; All of Lots 5, 6, 7 and 8 in Block 2 in H.L. Wards Addition in the city of Craig.

Thursday, March 22, 2012 • Page 11

Call The Mound City News To Place Your Ad • 660-442-5423

Buy • Sell • Trade • Rent Hire • Thank You/Remembering • Legal Services

Miscellaneous

Thank You/Remembering

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING CALL 660-442-5423

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WANTED TO BUY - Re-cycling aluminum cans. M-W-Sat., 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Old N. Hwy. 73, south of swim-ming pool, Falls City, NE. 12/2pm

HOWARD’S GUN RE-PAIR- 12315 Hwy. 59, Craig, MO, 64437. 660-683-9401. 17/tfc

EMU OIL- Arthritis and joint pain, burns and sun-burns, aging skin, cuts and abrasions. Hand lotion. G & L Enterprises. Call 816-387-7332 or 660-442-5688.

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GREG’S JEWELRY - Located at 307 E. 5th St., in Mound City, MO, offers watch bands and batteries. Call 660-442-3739. 37/1tc

HAVE BUYERS, NEED LISTINGS- United Coun-try-McChristy Realty & Auc-tion, Randy Patterson, Local Agent, 816-803-3951.

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SWAP MEET/FLEA MARKET- Fillmore, MO, park, April 14-15. Exotic an-imals, crafts, tools and much more. Check Craig’s List for animal listings. Call Greg at 816-244-8334 or Dave at 660-572-0132 for questions.

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FOR SALE- One lot with older mobile home in city of Craig, MO. Call 660-939-2423 or 785-449-2830.

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NIGHT CRAWLERS- Big, fat, juicy, fish attracting crawlers. Call 660-442-3957 or 660-572-0185. 37/1tp

IT’S TIME TO GET YOUR REAL ESTATE LI-CENSE- Class starts April 16 in St. Joseph, MO. Free catalog. Call 800-260-9708. www.realestateprepschool.com. 37/4tp

Apply at:TIFFANY HEIGHTS

1531 Nebraska St.Mound City, MO 64470

660-442-3146EOE

Housekeeper

NOW HIRING

Part-Time/Days

MAINTENANCE POSITION OPENINGThe Mound City Housing Authority is seeking a multiple

skilled maintenance mechanic with general knowledge of resi-dential electrical and plumbing systems, and operation and maintenance of equipment used to maintain building and grounds.

Applicants must have a high school diploma or equivalent, good work record with solid references. Must have ability to work without close supervision. Evening and weekend hours required on an as needed basis.

The Mound City Housing Authority offers a competitive wage and benefit package.

Apply at Mound City Housing Authority, 801 Evans Circle Drive, Mound City, MO, Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Other times by appointment only. For information, contact Judi Scarbrough, Executive Director, at 660-442-3832.

HELP WANTEDOUTDOOR

SPRING CLEAN-UP

AFTER SCHOOL OR SATURDAYS

LISA THOMPSON660-442-3609

Lakeshore Grill 123 Lakeshore Dr., Big Lake, MO

HELP WANTED

Part-Time Help Needed

Call 660-442-3145 or apply within.

FOR SALEJohn Deere F687

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HORSE POOGARDEN FERTILIZERYOU SCOOP FREE; OR$5/TUB DELIVERED,

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Remodeling Sale- Interior Doors w/hardware -

3 - 28” Doors • 2 - 32” Doors- Storm Door - 32” (NEW)

- Heavy Fiberglass Shower w/top - 36”- Glass Shower Door

- Medicine Cabinet w/lights-Vanity Cabinet w/top - Stool

- Rug Pad - Hide-a-Bed - 68”

660-442-3344 THANK YOUThank you to the Mound City Rural

Firemen for the quick response and for

checking things over.God bless you all.

The Knowles Family

The Buster Johns family would like to thank everyone for the many kindnesses shown to us these past two months.

Thank you to the Class of '74 and the Class of '98 for the roses. Thank you to Crystal and the Mound City United Methodists for the beautiful service and luncheon. Thank you to all of our

wonderful friends for the many expressions of love through calls, visits, food, flowers, prayers, and memorials.

We thank you for the wonderful stories shared of how Buster touched your lives as well. Thank you!

Pat Johns and Family

Happy 70th, Jim!

Love - Younger Sister Katie & Much, Much, Younger Sister Toyka

The American Legion Posts and Auxiliaries of Holt County wish to thank our community businesses

and county officials whose donations contributed to a very successful 58th Annual County Government/

Bette Williams Day. Our deepest gratitude:Cunningham Farms, Clifton Insurance, Golden Triangle,

Craig Country Store, American Legion Post 121, George’s Valero, Mound City Thriftway, Kwik Zone, Frito Lay/Shawn Berney, Country Corner One Stop,

Terri’s Place, King and Proud Roadhouse, The Dawg House, The 275 Grill, Price’s Grocery, Mound City Rural Firemen, Mark Sitherwood, Don Holstine,

Bill Gordon, Carla Markt, and Gay Quick.

Thank YouI want to thank my family for the lovely party they gave me

for my 90th birthday. Thanks to my friends & relatives who came to help me celebrate.

Thanks for all the cards & calls

I received.God bless you all,Violet Rhoades

ENTERPRISEREALTY

Jim Loucks, Sales Agent816-390-2749

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LAND FOR SALE

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Questions call 816-262-2225

106 Skyline DriveForest City, MO 64451

Atchison County Land AuctionFriday, March 23, 2012 • 10:30 a.m.at the Velma Houts Building, Rock Port, MO

222 Acres located just outside of Westboro, MO.

See all the details at: www.barnesrealty.comor call 660-442-3177.

Rick Barnes, Broker

WANT TO RENT or buy 2 or 3

bedroom house in country in Holt County. High ground with no

close neighbors. Call 816-273-8292

Jim Broker

514 B State StreetMound City, MO 64470

660-442-6500 • Cell: 816-387-3018kathilclement@yahoo.com

Kathi Clement, Broker

A taste of country within city limits. Four-bedroom,

two-bath home on 2.1 acres.

Priced to sell. Call for details.

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MARYVILLE GLASS AND LOCK• Overhead doors and operators

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• Commercial - residential glass replacements

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J & E Concrete

Jeff KarstenCell: 816-262-5933

Free Estimates

Commercial & Residential Concrete Work

NAUMAN CONSTRUCTION &

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Website and e-mail:

UPCOMING AUCTIONS

A day long workday is planned at

Tarkio Chapel Cemetery

North of Fortescue, MO, on Route P

Saturday, March 249:00 a.m.

Anyone interested is welcome!

Licensed and InsuredSpecializing with Trane and Heil models

Casey Johnson, Owner

660-442-6354

Brad Pankau’s Home & Farm RepairRoofing, siding, interior/exterior painting,

decks, gutter installation & cleaning, electrical & plumbing, drywall & interior remodeling,

tree trimming & removal, etc.

Call 660-442-3354, 660-254-0156, or 660-442-6343.No job is too small! ~ Fully Insured

BARN & IMPLEMENT SHED REPAIR!

Holt County Historical Society offeringdiscounted books for limited time!Gone Home II: Regular $120 - Now $100

Combined 1877, 1898, 1918, and 1952 Atlas: Regular $100 - Now $75

Available at the Society Research Center, 612 State St., Mound City, on Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.,

660-442-5949; or contact Mike Freeman, Oregon, or Jill Asher, Mound City.

Thursday, March 22, 2012 • Page 12

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Holt County real estate transfersEstate of Thomas F. Mc-

Kee, deceased, to Patricia J. Davis, Stuart, FL; An un-divided 2/3 interest in all of the North Half of Lots 7 and 8 in Block 20 in Mound City Extension Company in the city of Mound City.

Leslie A. Law to Leslie K. Law, Craig, MO; The North-west Quarter of Lot 10 in Section 31, Township 61, Range 39, in Tubb’s Subdi-vision in the Village of Big Lake.

Estate of Marjorie Mc-Dowell, deceased, by per-sonal representative, to Mike Rasnic and Dallas Fogg Rasnic, Mound City, MO; All of Lots 1, 2 and 3 in Block 10 in the original town of Craig.

Shirley Ann Lawrence Trust, by trustee, to Shirley Ann Geib Trust, Fairfax, MO; A tract of land in the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter in Sec-tion 8, Township 62, Range 40.

In Re: Survey for Bob Hall to Bob Hall; A tract of land in Section 20, Township 61, Range 38.

Helen L. Carter to Helen L. Carter, T.O.D., Oregon, MO; All of the West 350 feet of a tract described as fol-lows: Commencing 10 rods North of the Southeast corner of the North Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 26, Township 60 North, of Range 38 West of the 5th P.M., see record for full description.

Micheal B. Guthals and Carol J. Guthals to Eric V. Bruder Trust, St. Joseph, MO; The Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 32, also the North 25 acres of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 32, see record for full description.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company to Ramona Schneider, Forest City, MO; All of Lots 2 and 13 and the South 11 feet of Lots 1 and 14, all in Block 4, in the original town of Forest City.

Jerry F. Kubiszewski to Mike French, Craig, MO; Tract I: All of Blocks 52, 53, 54, 61 and 62, and Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 in Block 60 in the original town of For-est City, see record for full description. Tract II: All of Lots 10, 11 and 12 in Block 60 in the original town of Forest City.

Kelly Jo Brandon Trust, by trustee, to Brandon Grist and Samantha Grist, Craig, MO; Part of a tract in the fractional South-east Quarter of Section 32, Township 61 North, Range 39 West, more particularly described as follows: Be-ginning at the Southeast corner of said Southeast Quarter, see record for full description.

Robert E. Cornelison to Ron K. Roderick and Judy K. Roderick, St. Joseph, MO; The South 30 feet ly-ing on the Southeasterly side of the center line of the right-of-way of the North-east Extension of the 5 mile lane ditch of the Can-on Drainage District of the following described tracts: The Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter and the Northeast Quarter of

the Southeast Quarter of Section 10, Township 60 North, Range 39 West of the 5th P.M.

Richard D. Cornelison to Ron K. Roderick and Judy K. Roderick, St. Joseph, MO; The South 30 feet ly-ing on the Southeasterly side of the center line of the right-of-way of the North-east Extension of the 5 mile lane ditch of the Can-on Drainage District of the following described tracts: The Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter and the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 10, Township 60 North, Range 39 West of the 5th P.M.

Joseph W. Cornelison and Ella C. Cornelison to Ron K. Roderick and Judy K. Roderick, St. Joseph, MO; The South 30 feet lying on the Southeasterly side of the center line of the right-of-way of the Northeast Ex-tension of the 5 mile lane ditch of the Canon Drain-age District of the follow-ing described tracts: The Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter and the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Sec-tion 10, Township 60 North, Range 39 West of the 5th P.M.

Estate of Joseph Curtis Tyson, deceased, by person-al representative, to Ron K. Roderick and Judy K. Rod-erick, St. Joseph, MO; The South 30 feet lying on the Southeasterly side of the center line of the right-of-way of the Northeast Ex-tension of the 5 mile lane ditch of the Canon Drain-age District of the follow-ing described tracts: The Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter and the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Sec-tion 10, Township 60 North, Range 39 West of the 5th P.M.

Norris Asphalt Paving Co. to Norris Quarries, LLC, Washington, D.C.; Tract I: Lots 3 and 4 of Section 27, except a tract commencing 116 rods East of the South-west corner of Section 27, thence North to West Bank of the Nodaway River, see record for full description. Tract II: All of the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 28, Township 62, Range 37.

Floretta Karsten Trust, by successor trustee, and Harold Karsten Trust, by successor trustee, to Daryl Karsten and Dennis Karsten, Maitland, MO; All of the Southwest Quarter of Section 8, Township 61 North, Range 37 West of the 5th P.M., except a tract described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner thereof; thence West 20 feet; thence in a Southeast-erly direction to a point 20 feet South of beginning, see record for full description.

Dennis Karsten and Minnie Karsten to Daryl Karsten and Cynthia Karsten, Maitland, MO; All of the Southwest Quarter of Section 8, Township 61 North, Range 37 West of

the 5th P.M., except a tract described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner thereof; thence West 20 feet; thence in a Southeast-erly direction to a point 20 feet South of beginning, see record for full description.

Daryl Karsten and Cyn-thia Karsten to Cynthia Karsten Trust and Daryl Karsten Trust, Maitland, MO; All of the Southwest Quarter of Section 8, Town-ship 61 North, Range 37 West of the 5th P.M., except a tract described as: Com-mencing at the Northeast corner thereof; thence West 20 feet; thence in a South-easterly direction to a point 20 feet South of beginning, see record for full descrip-tion.

Terry L. Totten and Mary C. Totten to Greg Breisch and Diane McCann, Craig, MO; All of Lot 111 in Fair-lanes Estate in the Village of Big Lake.

In Re: Survey for Richard Corbin to Richard Corbin; A tract of land in Section 30, Township 63, Range 38.

In Re: Survey for Eric Bruder to Eric Bruder; A tract of land in Section 32, Township 61, Range 38.

Community Fellowship Meal

Sunday, March 255:00 p.m.

FREE TO ALL!at the New Life Apostolic Assembly in Mound City.

Call 660-442-3441 for information.

Sponsored by the Ministerial Alliance.

April election holds very few races

Holt County voters are encouraged to get out and vote in the Gen-eral Municipal Election set for Tuesday, April 3. Polling places will open at 6:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m. that day.

Few races exist in the city’s election. Mound City residents can vote for Chris Krueger for mayor, and Bob Heck and James Krueger for coun-cilmen, all of which are running unopposed. For Mound City voters, how-ever, the issue of most in-terest is the general obli-gation bond issue in the amount of $750,000 that the city council is asking voters to approve with a 4/7 vote for the purpose of extending and improv-

Street bond issue on ballot for Mound City residents

ing the streets of Mound City. Residents will incur no additional taxes with the approval of the bond.

Three races exist in the county, Nodaway-Holt School Board, Forest City Mayor and Oregon East Ward Alderman. Carla Wetzel, Gayle Saxton and Robert Saxton are running for two posi-tions with the Nodaway-Holt School District. T. Don Buckles and Dottie Botkin are running for a 2-year term as mayor of Forest City. Gregory Book and Matthew T. Kreek are both running for a 2-year term as East Ward Alderman of Oregon, MO. All other races are unop-posed.

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