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DIRECTIONS: Correct all errors in the following story. Check the spelling of all names in the Heartland Directory. Then, write an appropriate headline, as directed by your instructor. (388 words/15 column inches)

Law enforcement in Heartland had mixed news when it came Though the Police Department didn’t need the funds as to federal grants Wednesday. urgently as the Strike Force, the request denial sets back the departments plan to increase its staff . Cmdr. Jim Connett said The good news: The Cooper County Drug Strike Force was the six offi cers they would have hired would be part of a long- awarded $288,241 as part of the federal Justice Assistance range plan to increase the force by 20 offi cers. Grants given to 28 drug task forces in Missouri. “Our long-term goal is, yes, we probably need somewhere The bad: The Heartland Police Department was denied a between 18 and 20 more offi cers to get to where we think we request for 6 additional offi cers as part of a nationwide $1 ought to be right now,” he said, “We know that is not going to billion COPS Hiring Recovery Program grant to preserve law happen in the short term. . . . This grant was something that enforcement jobs. A total of $19,600,000 was awarded in could start the process.” Missouri. Connett said the department, while restructuring its plan on how Funding for the Drug Strike Force comes as a relief, as the to acquire the money to hire more offi cers, remains optimistic. organization wasn’t sure it would receive any. Federal budget cuts this year slashed more than 60 percent of the “Nothing really changes in the long run. The timing may be funding for drug task force initiatives, an amount that slightly diff erent,” he said. most likely would have sank the Strike Force or The next logical step for the Police Department will be working caused Cooper County Sheriff Nathan Armstrong to absorb with the City Manager to come up with a proposal for the City its staff. Council. While the federal funding would have been a help, The funding comes from an allocation Governor Jay Nixon Connett said the department has no problem working strictly sought from Recovery Act money meant to help keep agencies on a local level. afl oat despite the cuts. “Its much quicker when you solve a problem locally then Drug Strike Force Captain Mark Donaldson and Armstrong when you have to wait for the federal government to solve the could not be reached for comment. problem for you,” he said.

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CALIFORNIA, Mo.—A jury trial for a former Heartland teacher Northeast High School. He was employed by the district for and coach accused of several sex crimes got oﬀ to a slow start two years. Wednesday. The allegations and charges both surfaced during the summer Frank Mondale, 34, is charged with felony 1st-degree child of 2012 and involved two ﬁ fteen-year-old girls. He has no prior molestation, felony sexual misconduct involving a child less criminal record. than 16 years old and misdemeanor furnishing pornographic Attorneys for both sides and Circuit Judge Roger Frakes material to a minor. spent much of the day selecting a jury from a pool of 65 Mondale had taught physical education, served as perspective members. Most of the individual questioning athletic director and coached boys and girls’ basketball at focused on potential jurors knowledge of the case and

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whether they could fairly weigh evidence that will be “Both of these young women are great kids.” presented to them. Defense Attorney Paul Peters, of Columbia, informed jurors The three-day case is being heard in Moniteau County on a that his evidence will demonstrate that Mondale is innocent change of venue from Cooper County. A jury of seven women and of the charges and would ﬁ t well as a coach in any small six men, including one alternate, were seated by mid-afternoon. town.

In his opening argument, Cooper County Prosecutor Aaron “Frank Mondale is the type of coach who uses coaching to Smith said the alleged molestation of one victim occurred from instruct on life,” he said. “Were going to tell you what really late 2011 to early 2012. went on. You’ll get a feel for what it’s like being a coach.”

“Our evidence will tell a story,” he told the jury. “He wasn’t your The state’s testimony will begin at 9 tomorrow morning. Both ordinary coach or your ordinary teacher,” he said of Mondal. victims will testify at the trial, Smith said.

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A police chase onto the Twain State University campus ended The suspects drove to Twain State, abandoned their vehicle in gunﬁ re early Thursday when police shot a suspect shot in his between McCabe and Thompson Dormitories and ﬂ ed on foot leg during the pursuit. on the eastern edge of campus.

Heartland police offi cers arrested three Columbia men, who Offi cers immediately caught two men, police Chief Chris have been charged with robbing the McDonald’s at 601 W. Anderson said. Murphy was hiding near the dorms and Twain State Dr. Richfi eld near a wooded area.

Charles Murphy, 18, and Harvey Richmond, 18, are in In sub-zero temperatures with snow beginning to fall, police custody at the Law Enforcement Center. Nineteen-year-old chased Ramirez into the woods behind the Conservation Anthony Ramirez is at Heartland Memorial Hospital and is Center. in good condition, according to the police Offi cers spotted Ramirez in the woods and ordered him to stop department. and show his hands, Connett said. While one offi cer aimed his The Cooper County Prosecutor’s Offi ce fi led armed robbery, weapon at the suspect, another offi cer approached. Ramirez 1st-degree burglary and armed criminal action charges then made a movement into his hoodie pocket, and an offi cer against the men Thursday afternoon. shot him in the right thigh. After the shooting, offi cers discovered Ramirez didn’t have a Three males crawled through the restaurant’s drive-up window weapon in his possession, however, they recovered a loaded to gain entrance shortly before 3:50 a.m., police Commander weapon from their vehicle, Connett said. Jim Connett said. At least one individual was armed with a handgun. Witnesses say the suspects herded employees into a Sam Thorn, Twain State Assistant Director of Public back room with a gun held to their heads, Relations, said campus security officers supported the Police Department, maintaining a perimeter during the One employee snuck out the back door when the robbery pursuit, notifying residence hall staff and other university began and called police with a description of an idling officials about the incident and helping secure the evidence vehicle in the parking lot. The men piled into the vehicle scenes. as police cruisers descended on the restaurant, Connett said. Each of the men are being held in lieu of $100,000 bond

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A $14 million dollar highway-resurfacing contract has agent, and often finished by adding virgin asphalt been awarded to Mid-Missouri Construction, Inc., of and/or aggregate. The mixture is next replaced on the Heartland. pavement without removing the recycled material from the existing road. The Missouri Department of Transportation said Mid- Missouri will resurface portions of I-70 in Cooper and Mid-Missouri also will resurface the interstate with hot- Boone counties in the current construction season. in-place recycling for 11 miles in Boone County and top it with an ultrathin wearing surface. That work will occur In Cooper County, the interstate will be resurfaced using from Missouri Highway Bb to the intersection of Missouri a hot-in-place recycling method and topped with an Route Z at the eastern edge of Columbia, Mo. Final ultrathin bonded asphalt wearing surface. The project completion is expected in mid-August. will extend for 16 miles, from the intersection of Missouri Highway 135 on the west to Missouri Highway 179 near Occasional dropped lanes will be necessary throughout Overton, Mo. Completion is expected in late September the project. Drivers will begin to see traﬃ c-control or early October. elements erected sometime in midMay, but paving will not start until after the Memorial Day holiday. Hot-in-place recycling corrects asphalt pavement surfaces by first softening the existing surface with MoDOT oﬃ cials are asking motorists to reduce their heat. The pavement surface is then mechanically speed as signs indicate and to use caution when traveling removed, mixed with a recycling or rejuvenating through the work zones.

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More than 120 state troopers in Central Missouri completed a Local law enforcement agencies also have started physical- battery of physical-fi tness exercises here this week to measure fi tness programs. muscle strength, part of a statewide eff ort to raise the bar for During their recent qualifi cation, Cooper County Sheriff s troopers’ physical condition. Department deputies ran laps, attacked a series of hurdles, Troopers did sit-ups and pushups, preformed vertical jumps jumped a simulated ditch, hauled a heavy dummy, climbed and ran 300-meter and 1.5-mile courses. Patrol Sgt. Will through a window and scaled a wall. Christian oversaw the training in Heartland. The fi tness policy was instituted by Sheriff Nathan Armstrong “It’s just because of all the things we have to deal with”, he when he took over three years ago. The order applies to road said, “like pushing cars off the roadway, moving objects deputies and civil process servers as well as investigators with out of the roadway and a physical altercation with the Drug Strike Force. someone.” “We try to get everyone around the course in about 2–1/2 Late last year, Maj. Ronald Replogle, the patrol superintendent, minutes,” said Sergeant Al Williamson, who oversees the fi tness had told lawmakers he wanted to see how fi t his troopers were. requirement. “It’s just overall fi tness, and I think it has met the To fi nd out, he ordered the mass workout. goal of what the sheriff wanted.”

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The Heartland Police Department will soon begin to start its reviewing diff erent departments around the nation to fi nd an own fi tness program for street offi cers and civilian employees. existing program that will work here.

Police Chief Chris Anderson said the initiative is a way to “The goal is to just get everybody more healthy,” he said. have healthier and more productive employees. His staﬀ are

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Webster’s defi nes incubator as “a place or situation that The approval comes with a promise of state funds for fi scal permits or encourages the formation and development, as of year 2013. new ideas.” Hall said because of eff orts made by State Rep. Martin Tucker Collegiate scientifi c think tanks are called incubators and have (D-Heartland) the innovation center is in line to receive a been on Missouri campuses for many years. In fact, several proposed $100,000 that it will use for operational costs. State incubators are recognized as “innovation centers”. Sen. Fran Lewis (R-Heartland) backed the measure as well.

Twain State now has one of their own. “The funding will help by helping to provide additional services that we would have had to search out or pay for another way,” As construction winds down on the Senator Thomas F. Hall said. Eagleton Science and Technology Incubator, the building last week earned a state designation of innovation center, Student internships will be available at the incubator and the 10th such center in the state, said Dr. Howard F. Hall, innovation center. Also, a training lab there will give students a president and CEO of Twain’s Institute for Biological and Life sense of how actual scientiﬁ c laboratories operate. Sciences. The intention is to attract companies with new, innovative ideas that can be developed at the incubator. Hall said the “The story goes back about 14 months,” Hall said, explaining the companies they are courting specialize in agribusiness, process of applying for the designation through the Missouri alternative energy, animal health and human health. Technology Corporation (MTC). The MTC, utilizing funds from the Missouri Department of Economic Development, oversees “I think we’ll see the ﬁ rst clients in there before the end of the funding of Missouri’s 10 innovation centers. summer,” he said.

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CALIFORNIA, Mo.—A 21-year-old Moniteau County woman is on the west side of California. She lived in the unit with Derek in jail, charged with the 1st-degree murder of her infant son. Henry, her boyfriend and the child’s father.

Tamara Kaye Smith has pled innocent in the death of Dillon A grand jury ruled in January that prosecutors had offered Henry June 20, 2012. sufficient evidence for probable cause that Smith had Law enforcement oﬃ cials discovered Dillon’s body during a committed the murder. Prosecutors and a coroner said search of an apartment at Happy Hollows Apartment Complex she had suffocated the boy to death by placing a

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washcloth into his mouth soon after giving birth at the The Missouri Attorney General’s oﬃ ce is assisting Moniteau home. County Attorney Charles Wilson with the case.

The circuit court arraignment has been delayed three times Smith faces a maximum of 20 years to life in prison for since the hearing—once for inclement weather and another conviction of the crime. She is being held in the Moniteau time because Governor Jay Nixon appointed Smith’s attorney, County Jail in lieu of $1,000,000 bond. Steve Wyckoff , to fi ll a vacant judge’s post in Boone County. Smith’s fi ve-day trial will begin July 7 at the Moniteau The Circuit Court appointed Heartland attorney Patrick Palmer County Court House, Circuit Judge John Zahner announced to represent Smith. He said he needed to speak with his client Wednesday morning. as he continues to prepare for the trial.

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Heartland City Council members will decide the future of a The tract doesn’t have adequate access for constant truck developer’s plans to construct a 286-unit apartment complex traffi c; nor does it have immediate access to any major near Missouri Route 5. thoroughfares. Rezoning the vacant land would, in itself, create a zoning buff er, according to documents. The Planning and Zoning Commission has approved Ralph Rowland’s request to rezone a 23 acre tract of land at 4602 City staff made requests for an extension of the sidewalks to S. Missouri Rte. 5 from light manufacturing to planned enhance pedestrian connectivity to the city’s hike-and-bike commercial. The council will vote May 5. trail on the western and eastern portion of the development. They also will require sidewalks on both sides of the driveway The subdivision, Heartland Hills, would have 10 apartment extension that will connect to Leonard Avenue. These buildings with a total of 286 residential units. According to recommendations were given by the committee as documents fi led with the city, the project is geared toward conditional approval on the project. aff ordable housing for single and multi-family units. The upscale atmosphere could cater to professionals at the nearby Twain An existing apartment complex with more than 40 units State University and Heartland Memorial Hospital campuses. neighbors the Heartland Hills property to the southwest. There was some opposition fi led by property owners within Crews would access the development site across the 185 feet of the project, and one member of the commission railroad right-of-way, which is currently owned by the voted against the rezoning. city. The committee stated that the public works department has indicated that Leonard Avenue is Tom Richmond, with Heartland Widgets, expressed concerns more than capable of handling the increased during the meeting about the extension of the outer road traffi c load. off Riverside Road. The road currently serves as the main access for Heartland Widgets’ operations, according to city Richmond is hoping to obtain an easement from the documents. Richmond also was concerned about a buff er zone neighboring property owners to gain full access to the outer between the two entities. road.

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Lake Club Village feels justifi ed and compelled to continue In early 2010, Heartland said it wanted to annex land near seeking a “divorce” from the city of Heartland after a state the village, but Lake Club Village passed the fi rst formal appeals court dealt a crushing blow against the city Tuesday. annexation ordinance, and ultimately prevailed in court on the annexation fi ght. This 5-year fi ght continues to carry high costs for both sides in terms of sewer costs, postponements of housing and Along the way, Heartland began charging sewer users outside commercial development, legal costs and ill will. the city more than double the normal city rate. It also wouldn’t allow new connections—eff ectively denying any development The Western District of the Missouri Court of Appeals implied in in the annexation area, just south of the city limits. its ruling that Heartland had “unclean hands,” did not “propose a good faith rationale” and had no “reasonable motive” for Now Lake Club Village is making future plans to construct requiring Lake Club Village to monitor and inspect its sewers in a new sewer treatment plant. The cost could be $3.5 to $5.5 a 2010 ordinance and subsequent lawsuit. Lake Club Village is million, which could create fees higher than those the city pleased that Heartland’s “transparent motives” were obvious charges, but Brandon said that at least Lake Club Village to the appeals court, said Village Attorney Ronald Brandon. would control its own rates and its own growth. “This is just another long line of disputes that we have had Heartland still will have to take in Lake Club Village’s treated with the city since the annexation battle,” Brandon said. “The sewage through Snake Creek. In addition, Heartland will loose village looks forward to the day when it is completely divorced about 470 residential customers at a time when its own sewer from the city.” costs could skyrocket because of state and federal regulations. When asked if there’s any possibility for reconciliation, or whether Assistant City Attorney Mary Beth Underwood said the city that opportunity has passed, Brandon said the following: would need to review Tuesday’s ruling before commenting. “On behalf of the village board, we never asked for any of these Ultimately, the City Council would need to make any decisions fi ghts. I would never say that they wouldn’t consider some way regarding Lake Club Village. to resolve the issues between the village and the city.”

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What would you do if someone shot your dog, and you knew for canine foster care, but she had to get to work. So, Lucy ran who did it? free. By the time Ulmer returned back home Lucy was dead on the porch from a gunshot wound. She had bled to death. Rita Ulmer has a pretty good idea. She just can’t prove it.

As Ulmer left her house in Speed, Mo., for work Wednesday, her One neighbor heard the shot, yet none of Speed’s 76 residents two-year-old Collie named Lucy escaped from her yard through witnessed the incident. It’s a common occurrence in small a hole in the fence. Ulmer knows the town has a leash law, and towns, everybody knows everybody, and nobody saw some residents had threatened her about the dogs she takes in anything.

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Ulmer admits that she broke the local leash law. What makes The man said Ulmer’s dogs had caused problems in the passed, her mad—other than the loss of a dog—is that the shooter forcing him to replant his garden three times last summer. He violated another law when they fi red a gun in town. claimed, he spoke with Ulmer about the dogs, yet she made no eff ort to stop them from getting out. Speed doesn’t have a police department, so Ulmer fi led a report with Cooper County Sheriff Nathan Armstrong “I threatened to shoot them, sure, but I never did it,” he said. said that with no witnesses, the case likely would remain “There’s nothing I can do but put up with it, I guess.” an investigation unless someone came forward with new Ulmer housed fi ve dogs in foster care at the time of the information. shooting and keeps another as a personal pet. She had Lucy It is News-Observer policy not to release the names of people for about six months. After the shooting, Ulmer sent an e-mail implicated in crime reports until charges have been fi led. to friends and nearby shelters and has found homes for most However, the man Ulmer suspects did answer questions for the of the dogs. Fellow dog lovers from Columbia, Mo., have newspaper. off ered to help fi x her fence to prevent future dog escapes.

“No, sir, I had nothing to do with it,” the man said. “I leave “The thing about animal rescue people is we’re kind of crazy,” this house at 4 a.m. for work and don’t get home until after she said. “But don’t mess with my animals. That’s like shooting 2 p.m.” my kids.”

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The number of bicyclists in Heartland are fewer than that of Keith Yarrow helped build Heartland’s fi rst, and for the other Midwestern cities, but they’re a dedicated bunch. longest time, the only off -road trail for mountain bikes. He admits that the design of the course and the skill level Columbia, Lincoln, NE., and Lawrence, Kan., are bicycle- required to navigate it probably turned off a majority of friendly towns with numerous bicycle paths, clubs and beginners. events. However, Heartland’s mountain bike trails grow miles longer every year due to volunteers with a passion for “That’s why we wanted something a little more tame and pedaling. little more family-friendly,” said Yarrow, who has been riding mountain bikes since 1985. “For the number of people we have riding here, a very high percentage do trail work.” said Seth Robertson, 30, an engineer The trails near Cranston Pond, which were completed a couple at Anchor Serum Inc. He has been riding for 12 years. of years ago, helped boost the number of local mountain bike He estimated hundreds of hours of work has gone into riders, Yarrow said. clearing wooded areas off the city’s parkway in the past few “Mountain biking is making a comeback,” he said, mentioning years. Volunteers have used chain saws, pruners, industrial that many riders were infl uenced to go to road biking after weedwhackers, rakes and leaf blowers to make paths through Lance Armstrong’s triumphs at the Tour de France but are now thickets along the parkway. The occasional poison ivy coming back to the trails. breakout and slithering reptile are hazards of the work, but the payoff is an intense ride. “It’s maybe back to 50/50,” he guessed.

“They are very well designed,” said Robertson, who has given The newest trail, which still needs bridge work over some up road bicycling. “ . . . typically pretty fast and pretty fun and muddy spots, is called Girl Scout Trail, located oﬀ the just enjoyable trails to ride.” Northwest Parkway near the old girl scout day camp.

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“The idea is to actually incorporate a variety of terrain,” Yarrow The Raider Round Up race will be held May 18 on the Twain said of the diﬀ erent trails that comprise Heartland’s 14-mile State University campus. Entry fees will go toward the network. purchase of equipment to maintain the trails.

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PILOT GROVE, Mo.—The baptism of infant Tracy Renee Bradley advantage is that a host of members have construction is among the fi rst signs that new life will return to the charred experience, he added. St. Joseph Catholic Church. “We’ll get together. I know we will,” he said. “We’re strong.” The Most Rev. Robert J. Hermann, auxiliary bishop of the Antiques and other furnishings burned along with the 116- Archdiocese of St. Louis, Mo., came to console members and year-old structure. baptized Tracy during the parish’s fi rst Sunday mass since an April 21 fi re totally destroyed the church. The Rev. Stockton received applause for his eff orts over the past week to transform the center into a makeshift house of prayer. “This is a great symbol of hope to us,” the bishop said of the baptism. “We have had a death in the family,” he said near the Mass’s conclusion. “We will have a period of grieving, but with the The early-morning Mass drew a large crowd to the parish (Tracy Bradley) baptism, we know life goes on.” center, an adjacent building that the fi re didn’t consume last week. Attendance also was high at the regular Saturday The Parish Council initially met Thursday to discuss rebuilding, evening Mass, long-time member Lonnie Coder said. A prayer Stockton said. Demolition of the remains is one of the fi rst tasks. service held the day of the fi re drew 400 people, said the Rev. “We want to listen to what everyone has to say,” he said. Ben Stockton, St. Joseph’s pastor. Pat Oyler, who has attended Mass at St. Joseph’s for 52 years Investigators probing the blaze still don’t know its cause. An has a long list of memories. examination of the scene concluded Wednesday, with debris sent to the Missouri State Highway Patrol lab for analysis. “All my kids were baptized at the church, she said. “I’m sure Arson is a possibility, Cooper County Sheriff Nathan they’ll rebuild. It’s too big a community not to.” Armstrong said. The Knights of Columbus will sponsor a barbecue Sunday, Many parishioners like Coder expressed confi dence that May 4, at the center to honor fi re fi ghters and others who consensus will be reached on building a new church. An responded to the fi re, Stockton said.

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PRAIRIE HOME, Mo.—Jesse L. Jackson, 20, of Prairie Home, and on Sunday when their vehicle slid oﬀ a wet road, according to a passenger, Max A. VanTuyll, 20, of Pleasant Grove, Mo., died the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

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The patrol report said the wreck happened at 4:52 a.m. on Sunday afternoon. The patrol listed the other injuries as Missouri Route 87, 5 miles north of Prairie Home. minor to moderate.

Jackson, driving a 1997 Acura north on the highway, overtook In that accident, Rayna E. Kelly, 22, also of Columbia, lost an unidentifi ed pickup and lost control on wet pavement. control of the 1996 Ford Explorer she was driving southbound The vehicle slid off the west side of the highway and struck an on the highway. The sport utility vehicle went off the east side embankment, ejecting VanTuyll. He was pronounced dead of the roadway and overturned twice, ejecting Blackman and while enroute to Heartland Memorial Hospital. Jackson died at another passenger. The SUV came to rest on its wheels. None of the scene. the occupants were wearing a seat belt.

The vehicle landed on its wheels off the west side of the In a third accident, a Bunceton, Mo. man suff ered serious highway. Neither VanTuyll nor Jackson were wearing a seat injuries on State Highway J, just east of town. belt, the patrol said. Harvey W. Roach, 55, was taken to Heartland Memorial Hospital for treatment, according to the patrol. Another wreck occurred at 1:45 a.m. Sunday morning on Missouri Route 135, two miles south of New Lebanon, Roach was driving a 2009 Freightliner eastbound on Highway Mo. One of the three passengers, 22-year-old Brandy L. J at 8:02 a.m. when he drove the truck off the right side. The Blackman, of Columbia, Mo., was taken to Heartland tractor trailer struck a dirt embankment, becoming air-borne. Memorial Hospital for treatment of serious injuries. A The Freightliner continued across a fi eld and struck two more nursing supervisor refused to provide a condition update embankments before stopping.

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A 16-year-old Heartland woman will stand trial as an adult didn’t have a driver’s license. Offi cers also said she was slurring for the December crash in Columbia, Mo., that killed two her speech and had bloodshot eyes. people. Prosecutors asked that Olinger be treated as an adult because Ericka R. Olinger was under the infl uence of a combination of the false information she gave offi cers. Police took a of cocaine, marijuana and benzodiazepines when she drove blood sample that later tested positive for benzodiazepines, a Ford Explorer the wrong way on U.S. Highway 63 and into cannabinoids and cocaine metabolites, according to court the path of another car, according to court documents fi led in records. Boone County circuit court. Besides criminal charges, another passenger in the Explorer, The head on collision killed a passenger in the Explorer, Ashley Grady Holmes, 22, of Heartland, is suing Olinger for $25,000 Wittenberg, 16, of Heartland, and the driver of the other dollars in personal injuries. vehicle, Scott Kirby, 26, of Columbia. Mr. Holmes suff ered head trauma and traumatic brain injury, Olinger, who was fi fteen at the time of crash, faces charges of and the crash has forever diminished his earning potential, two felonies of fi rst-degree involuntary manslaughter in the according to court documents fi led on his behalf by the deaths. Stevenson Law Firm.

Following the Dec. 20th crash, Olinger gave oﬃ cers a birthdate On Friday afternoon there was no answer at the door of the two years older than she was, according to court records. She Heartland address listed for Olinger in court documents.

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The city council wanted more cops on the streets two years of the fact that the new $27 million CIP will pay for fi re trucks, ago. police communications and breathing apparatus, none of it is earmarked for sewer extensions, and only about one fourth of Since then, the council have acted on sewers, buses, the Capital it goes toward streets and bridges. Improvement Tax, museums and a use tax. Yet, some offi cers are still lonely at night, with as few as seven patrol offi cers “We need to fi nd a secure revenue source to pay for more working a shift. police offi cers and equipment for fi refi ghters,” said Councilman Adrian Litton, who is a former Heartland police offi cer. “We talked about it two years ago, and we’re still talking about it. We just haven’t done anything about it,” Mayor Kevin Police Chief Chris Anderson didn’t raise the issue of the tax Shearin said. Thursday and said he was surprised when the council jumped What started as a routine review of the Police Department on the bandwagon. He said the public has complained about budget Thursday evening quickly turned into a push for a new response times to non-life threatening crimes and calls, public safety tax to put more offi cers and fi refi ghters on the particularly during peak hours of 4 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. streets. “We have the people spread out to cover all shifts; it’s just a The council will appoint a citizens committee to explore, matter of the demands peak,” Anderson said. “Then, there’s propose and promote the tax, it decided Thursday evening. a concern about having backup on the life-threatening calls, Council members will formally vote to form the committee at and it becomes a serious matter of offi cer and citizen safety.” its May 19 meeting. The 16 offi cers—a number he said is justifi ed by an internal The discussion is still wide open in terms of needs and how to study and comparison—would go mostly for patrols but also a fund them. few detectives and street crimes offi cers.

Perhaps just as relevant, a public safety tax could help Fire Chief Jack Fenner, who will retire July 1, said the ﬁ ve-year considerably to free up the ongoing CIP tax for true capital CIP is not the ideal means for supporting a ﬁ re department. He purchases, such as roads, sewers and public facilities. In spite suggested that a property tax would be more stable.

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The total tally for cleaning up last winter’s weather—all 21 Of the 21 storms, seven dumped over two inches of snow. storms—is $728,000. Three storms dropped more than 6 inches each: 8 inches of snow Dec. 22; 12 inches of sleet and snow Feb. 5 and 6; and That’s about $17,000 per inch of precipitation or almost 6 inches of snow Feb. 17. Then there was the December ice $45,000 per storm. storm. The 43 inches of snow, ice, sleet and freezing rain that fell on the city of Heartland was just about nearly twice as much as The city used 8,270 tons of salt and ice melt for city streets at a any other winter in the past ﬁ ve years. cost of $423,000.

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“That was far and above what we’ve used in the past few • 2011–12: 7 inches, $295,000 years,” said Stan Greene, city Public Works Department • 2010–11: 15 inches, $390,000 director. • 2009–10: 16 inches, $352,000 • 2008–09: 7 inches, $329,000 The city plowed 35,312 miles of streets, with a labor and fuel • 2007–08: 23 inches, $502,000 cost of about $305,000. Because the city purchased salt throughout the winter to keep These ﬁ gures don’t include debris pickup expenses from the ice up its reserves, it still has about 2,000 tons on hand, Green said. storm. Federal and State emergency management agencies In July, the snow may be the furthest thing from people’s minds, are helping cover those costs. but that’s when the city will begin ordering salt for next year. The following are the past ﬁ ve winter’s total precipitation and It also mixes salt with an ice-melt product derived from beet cost for cleanup, according to Greene: sugar, which allows the salt to continue melting down to 0.

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BOONVILLE, Mo.—The trees along Summit Avenue give a lush Community. Mayor Juanita Kennedy will enroll her own home welcome to anyone that happens to take a summertime drive in Pure Power at Saturday’s event. through town. “We want to reach that goal by next April,” she said. In fact, the roadside boasts enough green to earn the city the “Technically, we only need three percent participation to be an honor of Tree City USA from the Arbor Day Foundation. EPA Green Power Community, but we are setting a stretch goal for our citizens.” This weekend Boonville will go green in a brand new way. The community will hold a picnic lunch at 11:30 a.m. at According to Ameren, that step will reduce carbon dioxide the former Western Auto Building to celebrate its pledge to emissions by 785,544 pounds per year—equal to taking 77 purchase a percentage of its electricity from green energy cars oﬀ the road or planting 81 acres of forest. sources. Pure Power is part of Ameren’s new P.U.R.E. initiative, which Boonville will partner with AmerenUE to become Missouri’s stands for People Using Renewable Energy. second US Environmental Protection Agency Green Power Community. Cindy Bambini of 3Degrees Group, Inc., which manages the program for Ameren, praised Boonville for its role in The city has enrolled in Ameren’s Pure Power program, supporting green power. which asks customers to volunteer to pay an additional 1.5¢ per kilowatt hour that the company will use to purchase “They have really stepped up to the plate, and their renewable energy credits. Boonville will buy credits equal to commitment will help support wind farms that are adding 100 percent of the usage from homes and businesses enrolled more green power to Missouri’s electrical grid,” she said. in Pure Power. AmerenUE serves 1.2 million electric customers and 127,000 Community leaders hope to commit ﬁ ve percent of energy natural gas customers in a 24,000-square-mile area in usage to the program to earn its status as a Green Power Northern, Central and Eastern Missouri.

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Twain State University’s run as a dry campus is over. students on campus and that the board would set a double standard by approving alcohol on campus. The approval wasn’t unanimous, but Twain’s governing board has approved serving beer and wine at approved events in the “It doesn’t make complete sense,” she said. River Raiders Center, Shireman Student Union and Eagleton Science and Technology Incubator. Board member Emile Quinlan brought the controversial issue to the board during last month’s meeting. He said he has Use of alcohol at the events is subject to approval by a three- heard many diff erent opinions on the matter since then. He man committee and fi nal approval of the university president. recommended Thursday that the board okay the new policy Board members Nicholas Kramer and Karyne Yoder voted with the amendments that alcohol would be defi ned as beer against changing TSU’s alcohol policy. and wine and that the request for approval be 30 days rather than 45 days before the event. Kramer cited concerns that the Student Union is frequented by too many students. The three-person committee, which decides which events will be approved for alcohol consumption, will include a member “I do have some concern because of proximity,” he said, adding of the Board of Governors, a member of the faculty and that he didn’t have a problem with alcohol being served at member of the university staff . events at the science and technology incubator, which is on the extreme west side of campus. Stipulations regarding the service of alcohol include that it may not be served 30 minutes before the end of an event, that Kramer asked prior to the vote that alcoholic beverages served it is restricted to invited guests, that the majority of the guests at events be limited to beer and wine. is 21, that alcohol is available only in single service containers, Also fearing for the well being of students, Yoder said her and that no university funds or student fees be used to concern was that an over-served patron might be a hazard to purchase the alcohol.

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For Amanda Dunavant, the initial diagnosis wasn’t the worst “All this time, I’m just positive I’m dead,” Dunavant said. “You’re part of dealing with breast cancer. in mental anguish, just sure you’re going to die because—my The worst part was the waiting. word—you have cancer.” Dunavant, who received her cancer diagnosis in 1991 Seventeen years after those painful weeks of waiting, as a patient at a hospital outside of Heartland, returned Dunavant is part of an eﬀ ort to keep other women from going for a second mammogram after receiving the results of her through the same thing. She and state Sen. Fran Lewis, who first; then was told she needed a needle biopsy. It was several also is marketing and communications oﬃ cer for Heartland weeks before she could see a doctor for this, and several Memorial Hospital, are chairing a campaign for the purpose more before she could go in for an appointment with the of raising $1.5 million for a state-of-the-art breast center at surgeon she needed to see next. Heartland.

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The campaign began this week and will continue through Aug. who will be with the patient from the time she receives 31, and the Heartland Memorial Hospital Auxiliary already has undesirable mammogram results until she determines a plan received a $10,000 donation from a local trust. Fund-raising for her treatment. events include a golf tournament May 27 and a pink-and- In addition to big ticket items such as construction and white ball scheduled for Oct. 10. technology, money raised by the auxiliary’s campaign will “The whole concept of the breast center is that it will off er a go toward lesser expenses such as cotton spa robes and centralized location and speed up the process from when a educational materials. woman receives undesirable results following a mammogram The center is set to open in October in the location previously to when she’s diagnosed,” said Barbie Piercy, Heartland’s process occupied by Heartland Memorial Comprehensive Family Care, leader for volunteer services and a member of the auxiliary. which moved to a new facility earlier this month. Although the Key to this, she added, will be the 3 digital mammography auxiliary still has a signifi cant amount to rise in order to reach machines the hospital plans to purchase. These will be able to its goal, Dunavant—who now is cancer-free—is confi dent it’s provide results immediately, thereby keeping a patient from possible. having to wait for her results to come in the mail and then “If everyone in Heartland gave just a dollar, that would be having to wait for another appointment. more than $48,000 right there,” she said, “and it’s Rather, patients will be able to see breast center physicians for a wonderful cause that will help every women in right away and also will receive help from a nurse navigator, the area.”

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TIPTON, Mo.—Change can be slow in museums, but “It will occupy 4,000 square feet and be the same caliber well-planned improvements can breath new life into old display as a Smithsonian exhibit,” he said. institutions. Exhibit Associates Inc., of Kansas City, is constructing The Moniteau County Museum reﬂ ects the blush of ongoing the displays based on plans by Steve Feldman Design, of changes. Philadelphia. The museum had held a capital campaign and raised $830,000 for the exhibit—the lion’s share of its $900,000 “We’re heading in the right direction,” said Orion Emery, who price tag. was hired as museum director about 15 months ago and has a masters degree in museum studies. Emery inherited a 32-year collection that didn’t have climate- Emery’s two biggest projects are organizing museum controlled storage and good records detailing the individual collections and completing the new “A Rural Way of Life: pieces. Working with state-of-the-art museum software, Moniteau County, Missouri 1845–2009” exhibition. volunteers and an intern from the University of Missouri, the museum is properly photographing, measuring and describing “The museum has a good foundation for going to the its collection items. next level,” said Tom Edmondson, president of Heugh- Edmondson Conservation Services. “They’re really trying to go The storage room has proper shelving, acid-free storage somewhere.” materials, a constant temperature of 62 degrees and 45 percent to 50 percent humidity, Emery said. The completed exhibit will be opened to the public in the not- too-distant future, Emery said. There are other ongoing projects.

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The museum acquired a National Endowment for the following: apply for museum national accreditation, look at Humanities grant and hired a conservator to study its new exhibit possibilities, authorize outreach programs and extensive photographic collections. A cooperative project seek new ways to ensure fi nancial viability. with the Missouri State Historical Society is continuing to In 2011, Moniteau County voters passed a one-fi fth of a produce a complete microfi lm collection of “The Tipton percent sales tax that generates about $200,000 a year for Times.” operational expenses. The museum also began renovations, Emery said the museum board would soon begin work on which included new exhibits and improved accessibility for the a new set of future plans for the museum, including the handicapped.

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The Cooper County trial between Madelene Shank and Dr. Kansas City, Mo., attorney Michael Watson, who represented Phillip A. Lawson ended Friday. Shank, said Lawson’s attorneys refused an insurance company settlement. She had sued Dr. Lawson, a podiatrist who practices at the Heartland Foot Clinic, for injuries she suﬀ ered while under his “I think it was a fair and just verdict,” he said. “She still trips care. herself on occasion. She has constant pain.”

Shank, 64, had fi led the lawsuit in August 2012 concerning the There is still a risk that Shank could incur further injury from a matter of treatments she received from Lawson between May tear of the surgically-repaired tendon, Watson added. 2010 and June 2011 for pain in her left foot, court documents said. Lawson initially diagnosed the problem as tendonitis and gave In the papers, she alleges that precautions were not taken to the fi rst of the steroid injections. After an injection on Oct. 18, prevent a rupture of a tendon from repeated steroid injections. 2011 the lawsuit said Shank developed a left foot drop due to a She underwent surgery in late 2011 to repair the damaged rupture caused by the numerous injections. tendon. A calf-wound infection developed as a complication and resulted in permanent scaring, cellulitis, an infl ammation Lawson’s attorneys could not be reached for comment. of connective tissue, and deep vein thrombosis, which required The jury deliberated six hours before awarding Shank Shank to take blood thinners. $579,367. Circuit Judge Roger Frakes asked Lawson’s “As a result of the rupture, (she) is required to wear a brace on her attorneys to submit a proposed payment schedule within left leg due to loss of function and disability,” the petition said. 15 days.

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Congress and the president has given veterans a new right to granting veterans the right to salute the hoisting, salute the fl ag, even when not in uniform. lowering and passing of the United States fl ag. U.S. Rep. Sam Graves’ offi ce confi rmed that buried in Previously, only military personnel in uniform had that the Defense Appropriations act of 2008 is a paragraph right.

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“Allowing veterans and service members, who are not in “It means we’re still respecting the ﬂ ag and indicates that we uniform to salute the ﬂ ag is an appropriate way to honor and served our country,” said Steve Davenport, retired commander respect their service,” Rep. Graves said. He is the Republican of the Missouri National Guard 175th Military Police Battalion congressman representing the Sixth congressional district. in Columbia, “and that has merit.”

For Alberto Nunez, a Heartland Widgets Inc. employee and More people should know that their surrounded by veterans, army veteran, the new privilege has meaning. he said. “It’s an opportunity to express the reverence and honor we “It does give us a little more recognition,” said Henry T. (Hank) have felt for the fl ag and what it stands for,” he said. Jackson, Cooper County clerk. “But really, being a veteran, I like Veterans represent a very unique brotherhood and this doesn’t to be able to salute the fl ag.” take away anything from putting your hand on your heart But as far as one veteran was concerned, nobody has ever had when the fl ag passes, he said. the right to say he couldn’t salute the fl ag. The News-Observer contacted a number of other local veterans, and most said this wasn’t something they could “I would maintain that anybody who is an American citizen easily express in words, but they tried. can salute or not salute,” Harrison W. Estes said.

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There’s something strange at the downtown Heartland Public called Josie. There are no library records of any employees with Library. No need to call the Ghostbusters, though. The Kindred that name, Revels says. Moon Paranormal Society is on the job. But if you ask library employees who have had Josie Dressed in matching black t-shirts with the KMPS logo, encounters, there’s no question she exists. Carrie Schultz will ten members of the group huddled around a table in the never forget one early morning when she heard typing on a library director’s oﬃ ce, working on a plan. They were here to computer keyboard in the children’s room. The maintenance investigate “Josie.” man was around the corner and heard it, too. They both went into the room to investigate. “We came over here to collect some evidence on her and either prove or disprove she exists,” says Michael McDonald, KMPS “That was when the keyboards were real loud and clunky,” founder and lead investigator of the non-proﬁ t group from Schultz remembers. “We saw it and then it just stopped. I don’t Columbia, Mo. even think the computer was turned on because we weren’t Library Director Allison Revels says Josie has been hanging out for open.” years at the historic downtown library, which was built in 1902. “Many times at night, I would be working and hear someone “I talked with someone that retired in the 1980’s, and she said on the steps,” she says. “I would look and look and nobody they had Josie encounters then.” would be there.”

And Josie has been written about in a book about Missouri In the past few weeks, every time someone has requested to ghosts, which is why the KMPS wanted to investigate her. But check out the video “To Kill a Mockingbird,” the tape will have surprisingly, nobody seems to know who she is or why she’s been moved to somewhere it is not supposed to be. But is it Josie?

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“Anything weird around here is now always Josie’s fault,” Revels “It takes a week or so to go over,” McDonald says. laughs. “Everyone has a good ghost story, but can you back it up? I’m very hesitant to call a place haunted unless it Although the KMPS crew would love to discover a full really is.” apparition like they did at Ellis Library in Columbia, they try to stay skeptical, McDonald says. The goal is to debunk So is the library haunted? any claims using forensic-level, high-tech equipment and extensively reviewing digital audio and visual recordings. Revels says the crew had some interesting experiences, but Overly high EMF (electro magnetic ﬁ eld) levels, for example, you’ll have to wait until they ﬁ nish the investigation to know have been known to cause people to become paranoid and for sure. The results will be posted on the group’s Web site at have hallucinations, he says. www.kindredmoonproductions.com/kmps.

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The City of Heartland’s preliminary budget for next year The total budget would be $109 million, not including predicts a small bump in sales tax revenue, but it should be employee raises, which likely would add at least $327,000. Of in good shape thanks to the inﬂ ux of millions of dollars in cell the $109 million, about $87 million is for operations, and $22 phone tax settlements. million is for capital projects.

Most of that new money will go to streets, but some will go to The budget also doesn’t include some of the diffi cult and emergency sewer repairs, matching grants and donations to controversial issues of the past few years. the Success by 6 program and local museums. Gone are across-the-board fee increases to help raise This year’s bus tax increase and phone tax settlements will revenue and soften the blow of large, one-time jumps. boost fi nances that might otherwise look stagnant. Given the This year, golf and sewer fees are the only two targeted for doubts about the national economy, the city only projected a increases. one percent increase in sales tax. “We have worked hard to get fee increases over the last several “We’ve tempered our enthusiasm for next year,” City Manager years to try to catch up,” Capell said. “A lot of that work’s done. Jay Capell said. Besides, fee increases are not all that popular, and we didn’t really need them this year.” It’s up to the council to change or approve the budget, which goes into aff ect July 1. The council begins a series of fi ve Cash reserves are also much healthier than last year, with budget hearings this week. The mini-marathon sessions run only the sewer fund projected to lose money. Streets and the 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, next Monday bus system—the two near-broke funds from last year—get and next Tuesday. windfalls from the phone settlements and bus tax.

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“I’m about ready to break down and get a bike,” Bart Blevins In Missouri, unleaded gasoline prices ranged from $3.27 a gallon said. “I don’t like it.” in Kansas City to $3.41 a gallon in St. Louis, according to AAA.

The 17-year-old student, who said that he spends more than Steven Hartell has been in the oil-distribution business for 20 half his paycheck on gas, was referring to the cost of gas. years and remembers when gasoline was selling for only 78 Blevins works full-time at McDonald’s. cents a gallon. He’s surprised that customers at his gas stations aren’t complaining more about fuel prices. Gas prices hit a new record in Heartland Friday as the cost of regular unleaded surged to $3.32 a gallon at some “They’ve gotten numb,” he said. “They’ve come to expect it. Our stations. sales are up this year over last year, which is defi nitely fl ying in the face of economic theory.” The previous high for Heartland had been $3.29 a gallon on May 23, 2012. This latest increase came as crude oil prices Hartell’s Heartland company, Texcon, supplies both company- exceeded $115 a barrel Friday, nearly double the $64-a-barrel owned and independent gas stations. He said the recent run up mark recorded one year ago. in gas prices is owing to the fact that demand is greater, market speculation is commonplace and refi neries suff er bottlenecks. “People have to get it. They’ll come in and complain, but they’ll still get it,” said Danny Yates, a clerk at a BP service station. In the short term, he expects prices to drop in the weeks after “There’s a lot of sarcasm.” the Memorial Day holiday. But he also fears that the day could come when gas selling for $3.32 a gallon and oil at $115 a It could get worse. The Energy Information Administration, barrel seems like a bargain. the research arm of the U.S. Energy Dept., said increased demand will cause retail gasoline prices to reach $3.50 a “Next year, someone will be writing a story saying they gallon nation wide in the coming months. The average can’t believe it’s $200 a barrel,” he said. “I think your going price of gasoline has risen for three straight weeks, the EIA to see more people moving toward vehicles with better fuel reported. economy.”

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Gunfi re shattered the stillness of a Heartland neighborhood with video games in hand, Connett said. There were no injuries Friday at about 2:40 p.m. in the afternoon when three men, in the gunfi ght. armed with a SKS semi-automatic rifl e, allegedly broke into The suspects ran to their get-away vehicle, parked up the street, a home at 3501 Angelique St., said Police Commander Jim and realized one man had dropped the car keys at the house. Connett.

They were met by the resident, armed with a handgun, and a Connett said the men chucked the video games into a yard, lay gunfi ght ensued. the rifl e next to their red Pontiac Grand Am, and fl ed on foot.

Another resident of the home then got into a red Pontiac Trans One suspect was arrested after a brief foot pursuit at about 4 Am and apparently shot at the suspects as they ﬂ ed the home p.m. in the 3300 block of Cherokee Street. Police were tipped

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off by a resident about two hours later that a second suspect red Pontiac Trans Am—described as a mid1990s model with was hiding between houses on the 3300 block of Lafayette vents on the front hood and chrome, fi ve-spoke wheels. Avenue. Police were holding two men and a woman from the home for The third suspect, described only as a young black male, was at questioning, Connett said. large late Friday. Police also were looking for the driver of the No charges had been fi led in the case late Friday.

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The owner of a modular home company faces stealing charges As time progressed, nothing happened. after a Blackwater, Mo., couple claimed they paid more than “This is a local guy, and we thought we could trust him,” Vey said. $120,000 for work that was never completed. The home was to be ready for occupancy by Thanksgiving 2012, Jeﬀ Macey, the owner of Designed West at 3207 Lone Oak he said. Finally, in December, he sent $20,000 to Champion for Avenue, awaits an extradition hearing and return to Heartland. the purpose of getting the house started, Vey said. The fugitive apprehension unit of the Aurora, CO., Police In January, the couple went to York and walked through both Department arrested Macey, 61, on a Cooper County felony haves of the actual home. warrant in Aurora on Tuesday, said Detective Bob Friel, a spokesman for the Aurora police. “It was exactly like I wanted it,” Vey said.

He has been transferred to the custody of the Arapahoe County Eventually, Macey sent an email saying he’d spent the money Sheriff ’s Department and is being held in jail without bond, but would repay if they’d be patient, he said. Friel said. Following more delays, the couple fi led a complaint July 10 with The case started in January, 2012, when Alan and Veronica Vey the Heartland Police Department’s fi nancial crimes unit, claiming started looking at modular homes. that the company delivering the modular home never received payment from Macey, Connett said. Following an investigation, It was determined that it would take Designed West three to the Cooper County Prosecutor’s Offi ce fi led a complaint alleging four months to complete the project using Champion Homes Macey committed the crime of stealing, a Class C felony. in York, Neb., Alan Vey said. Cooper County Judge Angela K. Clark then issued a warrant for The couple delivered a bank check to Macey for $123,029 Macey’s arrest, Connors said. to cover all the cost, said Jim Connett, the Heartland Police Department’s patrol division commander. Calls to Designed West were not returned.

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One week after a tornado totally destroyed the Vasquez Maria Vasquez often ﬁ nds herself stressed. The woman she’s family’s north end home, the lives of the 11-member family are staying with says Vasquez is depressed. The nine children— still on hold. who range in ages from two months to 14 years old—watch

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television, go to the nearby library or join their church youth The owner of the home, who wishes to remain anonymous, is group in the evenings. putting the family up in another property on the north end. She said the house is worth between $80-$90,000, but she and Fermin Vasquez, the father, is hopeful the family soon will fi nd her husband want only $20,000 to recoup the money they’ve their own home and start their lives again. invested in renovations. He said his family is thankful for the many random acts of The Vasquezes say they will do their part to move into the kindness from the community, such as earlier this week when new home: Vasquez said he can do much of the gypsum his wife found sixty dollars tucked into her work locker at Eagle wallboard work, and both parents said they will give the full Rock Foods. amount of their economic stimulus checks toward the cost of And when they get a new home, Vasquez said they will throw a the home. big outdoor party “for everybody that has helped us.” “Everyone’s wanted to give clothes—and that’s great—but So far, $5,000 has been raised toward that end. The Vasquez’s they need a home,” Brager said. “The news story a year from were the only family left homeless by the tornado April 10. now should be that the community, the churches, the diff erent denominations got together to meet this family’s need.” The North End Youth Outreach is coordinating the community eff ort to fi nd the family both temporary and permanent housing. However, she fears that the project to raise funds and renovate the home will “take too long, and they will panic and leave the Janet Brager, a group minister at the Outreach, said the goal community.” is to raise $20,000 to purchase a four bedroom home on Ohio Street and then rally community volunteers to rehab it. The Vasquez, who was born in Texas and has 24 brothers and family has lived in Heartland for about two years. sisters, works separating metal in a downtown scrapyard.

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Trains that blare horns, block vehicles, and pose a risk to safety will receive enhanced safety equipment to include a new weighted on the minds of southern Cooper County residents crossing gate and lighting. Wednesday. All the moves are designed to reduce traﬃ c stopped at the They were attending a public hearing called by county area’s crossings, persistent blaring of train horns and potential commissioners to receive comment on a Missouri Department danger to children, said Donald Schwartze, a railroad safety of Transportation/BNSF Railway proposal to reduce the number specialist at MoDOT’s state headquarters. of rail crossings from three to one near Heron Lake, Mo. “The railroad and we will share the costs,” Schwartze said. Presiding Commissioner Keith Darnell told the gathering at the Courthouse that the county can only vacate roads adjacent The only cost to the county would be for grade work at the to the proposed crossings. However, he said the railway would consolidated crossing and insulation for an advance warning reimburse the county for the action. sign, he said.

“We have no say, we have no vote in this,” Darnell told 14 area The project has an estimated price tag of $500,000. There is no residents at the hearing. timeline on a fi nal decision, Schwartze told the News-Observer after the hearing. The railway and MoDOT hope to close a crossing at State Highway J east of Bunceton, Mo., and another 9 miles south Offi cials want to make the changes to keep pace with an on State Highway B. A crossing at State Highway J in Bunceton upsurge in rail traffi c between Heartland and Kansas City, Mo.

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Schwartze said the most recent count showed 52 trains travel Dr. Nick Swymeller said a train stopped near his house for 17 through the area daily, with perhaps 10 more expected in 2013. hours earlier in the month.

Residents complained the hearing was meaningless, and Bruce Chinn, a public projects manager for the railway, positive comments were few and far between. said the consolidation plan must meet the burdens of “Are we wasting our time sitting here?” Trent Moore said. promoting public safety while not impacting public necessity. Although Schwartze said trains are only allowed to block a crossing for no more than 10 minutes, some residents said they “The noise is bad, and it’s getting worse,” said Terry Black, a had documented longer freight car delays. Bunceton resident.

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A Heartland High School locker room beating was relived more Before they knew about the video, school offi cials had than a thousand times before being pulled from a popular disciplined both of the teens. Administrators gave a report to Web site. the Heartland Police Department when they fi rst heard about the incident. A YouTube video of a Heartland High School boy punching another high school boy in the face and head near gym lockers Heartland Police Chief Chris Anderson said a concerned citizen was viewed 1,042 times before cite offi cials removed the video reported the video to police right before the Easter Sunday Tuesday afternoon. weekend. Police began looking into the matter following the holiday. The larger teen of the two knocked the smaller teen down into the fetal position with about a dozen punches. The Police Department then contacted the Cooper County Juvenile Offi ce. “Okay, okay,” the smaller boy said. Juvenile Offi ce Attorney Helen Rinne, said the offi ce is “Kick his ass,” said a voice near the camera. investigating the mid-March assault at Heartland High, yet she The larger teen continued pounding the smaller teen with 13 is not sure about fi ling criminal charges. more punches until his face bled. “The police are just now getting statements from witnesses,” “I’m not telling on you,” the smaller boy insisted at the end of Rinne said. the 30-second video. Munson said the online video showed a much more severe The mother of the larger teen defended her son Tuesday. scene than what students had reported.

“My son is not a bully. This child that he beat up is the bully. He Administrators did not hand down additional discipline after is the one who was picking on other kids, and my son had had viewing the video and have not determined who took the enough of it,” she said. video.

The mother of the smaller boy said, “We thought this was Youth ﬁ ghts posted to YouTube—including a recent video personal business. We have not been to the police. of Florida cheerleaders beating another cheerleader—have gained attention nationwide. Heartland Superintendent Myron R. Munson said that school policy dictated student discipline for the March 17th incident, “I think that the issues with our incident have expanded although he declined to elaborate. beyond ﬁ ght issues. There’s now this issue where kids are

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getting some kind of psychological beneﬁ t from posting these He said that its hard to know what happened before and after things on the internet,” Munson said. the camera recorded.

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On Saturday, a Heartland physician was arrested for allegedly than 21 or allowing them to stay in their home or on their allowing underaged drinking at his home. property while consuming or possessing alcohol. Violations can carry a maximum 6-month jail sentence and/or a $1,000 Dr. William G. Sandoval, 51, was taken into custody by fi ne. Heartland Police offi cers and cited with the misdemeanor of allowing minors to possess and consume alcohol at his Harriet Hammond, executive director of the Heartland Youth residence on N. Pine Drive. Alliance, said no statistics exist to gage the number of adult- sponsored drinking parties over the past three years. The As of Monday, offi cials have not fi led charges for his role in the alliance sponsors “Parents Who Host Lose the Most,” an eff ort incident, City Prosecutor Sara Spencer said. to reduce underage drinking. Offi cers discovered numerous vehicles parked on the street in “We encourage parents to know the law. We conduct an close proximity to the house. Two underage individuals were awareness campaign to emphasize the importance of parents observed by police to be drinking outside the home, and six hosting parties” and the corresponding consequences, underage drinkers and one juvenile were cited for possession Hammond said. of alcohol. The Heartland Drug-Free Community Coalition will work with The News-Observer was unable to contact Sandoval for the alliance on the Safe Prom Initiative. An all-night party will comment on the matter. A receptionist at the clinic where he be held at the Strike-It-Lucky Bowling Center after each of the practices said he wasn’t scheduled to work Tuesday. city high school proms. “I haven’t received the case yet,” Spencer said. The case load for Florists, formal wear retailers and other businesses will be each day’s municipal court docket arrives each morning. asked by coalition members to participate in the “Celebrate The Heartland City Council approved a “social hosting” Sober” campaign. Marquees will feature similar messages ordinance last year. The law, which mirrors a state statue, related to prom and graduation safety, Hammond prohibits adults from supplying alcohol to people younger said.

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Local realtors are hoping warm weather can thaw a cold association released on Monday. Yet, sales rose for the second housing market. In fact, the Heartland Regional Association of consecutive month—a feat the market had not achieved since Realtors is banking on it. June 2012—to give real estate agents reason for optimism.

Heartland housing sales dropped 34 per cent last month Dennis Evans, president of the association, acknowledged compared to last March, according to a monthly report the that the Heartland market had been in a slump. He explained

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that national media coverage that focused on markets in the Residential sales had fallen for fi ve months in a east and the west made the local situation seem worse. Many row—from August 2011 to January 2012—before national problems don’t aff ect Heartland, and he expects a rising the past two months. Sales totaled 6 million rebound in residential sales this spring and summer. in January, rose to $8.3 million in February and fi nished at $11 million in March. March 2011 sales were “I think its more weather-related than anything else,” Evans $16.7 million. said. “This winter was so long and so cold, and people just were not out looking at properties.” As a lender tightens their loan requirements, potential Martin Jackson, president of Coldwell Banker General Properties, buyers may have trouble acquiring finances for a new said falling prices, historically-low interest rates and a high home. housing inventory create an ideal environment for buyers. “Two years ago, just about anyone could buy a house,” Evans “I think you’re going to see more people jumping in who have said. “There were deals that were happening that just made us been sitting on the fence waiting until the market bottomed shake our heads. This was not a big surprise to us. The market out,” Jackson said. has just become legitimate now.”

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If you plan on going to Columbia, Mo., for a special meal or However, smoking bans should be left to the discretion of the some shopping this summer, don’t count on being able to bar owners, he said. It’s a property owner’s right to decide smoke while your there. whether they want a smoking establishment.

Columbia voters approved a measure on Tuesday that will Similarly, some Heartland residents think individuals should be ban smoking in bars and restaurants. The new law will go into able to decide if they want to smoke or not. aﬀ ect in two months. “If you smoke, go to a smoking bar, if you don’t, go to a nonsmoking bar,” said Heartland resident Darwin W. Bradley, A large proportion of restaurant and bar owners in a smoker. Columbia worry the ban will drive away business, but one Heartland bar owner says that might not be the case. Bradley and his girlfriend, Cassie Miller, said they don’t often Albert Karr, owner of Downtown Martini Bar, one of the travel to Columbia, but with the smoking ban in place, “we’re few nonsmoking bars in Heartland, said his business has deﬁ nitely not going,” Bradley said. done well in spite of the fact that it has a self-imposed “The fact is I only smoke when I drink,” Miller said. “So when I smoking ban. go to a bar and have a drink, I want a cigarette.”

“It has been very popular,” he said. “We’ve got clientele Both said they are really worried a smoking ban will come to come in who wouldn’t normally go into a bar if it was Heartland. Bradlee said he opposes smoking bans, but “it’s smoking.” going to be coming, and there’s nothing we can do about it.”

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Following a rape, a woman’s body becomes the crime scene. States were required to pay the full out-of-pocket expense To add insult to injury, until recently in Missouri, she also might for the forensic kits to become eligible for federal funds after have had to pay the bill to collect the evidence. repassage of the Violence Against Women Act, said Lisa Weingarth, a spokeswoman for the Missouri Coalition Against In the month of August, the Missouri General Assembly passed Domestic and Sexual Violence. legislation that makes the state responsible for all costs to collect evidence against the woman’s attacker. However, state Before the legislation, a woman who had been sexually offi cials didn’t realize the extent of the need until it went into assaulted paid up front for the exam, submitted it to their eff ect. insurance company or turned the emergency room visit over to the state for limited crime victim’s compensation funds. During the past six months, hospitals have submitted sexual assault exams for 969 women in Missouri, according to the Sometimes when women submitted the sexual assault kit Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The exam to their insurance, the incident would become “an rape kit costs only a few dollars, but the tests for sexually- unwelcome disclosure to her employers and fellow employees transmitted diseases add to the expense. who might process the stuff ,” Cooper County Prosecutor Dwight Gentry said. Harold Kirby, Deputy Director of the Division of Community “(The legislation) was just a stab in the dark on how much we and Public Health, said the average bill to the state is $696. would need, and it’s turned out not to be enough,” Weingarth At the end of March, the total for bills reached $674,000 said, adding the coalition is hopeful after Governor Jay Nixon and has overwhelmed the program’s initial budget of recommended the program’s budget be increased to $1.2 $320,000. million next physical year, a 375 percent increase over the initial allocation. “Right now, some of the bills are being held for a little bit,” Kirby said. “However, the good news is we’ve got a supplemental bill One of the provisions of the legislation is that victims of sexual moving through the General Assembly to add money back into assault don’t have to report the crime to police to have the the budget.” state pay for the exam.

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Cell phones may be everywhere these days, but just don’t try to With so many cell phones having built-in cameras, Hersh says use one at the Heartland Aquatic Center (HAC). the issue is of concern in the locker rooms. The rule helps to insure patrons’ privacy. HAC has adopted a ban on all cell phones at its facilities in an eﬀ ort to protect patron’s privacy from easily concealed phone While digital cameras are allowed at the HAC, Hersh says cell cameras. phones are diﬀ erent.

“It’s nothing that has happened to us here, but in the aquatic “With a camera, you know your photo is being taken,” she said. industry, there has been discussion about it for a while,” HAC “A cell phone, you aren’t sure if they are texting or taking a Manager Sandra Hersh said. picture.”

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The policy is inconvenient, some pool users say. LaDonna The HAC encourages parents, who send their children with Schafer takes her two young sons to the HAC about five cell phones, to make sure they leave the phones in a basket at times a week. She also uses her phone occasionally, but the front desk. Hersh says people can check them at any time. gets reminded through the loudspeaker that it’s not They may use them outside the facilities and then be allowed allowed. to reenter.

“I’m 38. I’m a Mom. If I want to use my phone, I should be able She also said she hopes the policy will help defer theft of and to use it,” Schafer said. water damage to phones.

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A worker at the Heartland Widgets plant died Monday several He was a likeable worker, teacher, friend and hours after an industrial accident. supervisor.”

George A. Wilson, 56, was involved in the accident that A piece of steel apparently hit Wilson in the side and lower back, happened at about 9 a.m. Monday. He was alert and talking Pinzino said. The beam was one of several that were being to coworkers and paramedics at the scene, said Captain Earl moved on a lift unit in new construction at the Widgets plant. Bryant, of the Heartland Police Department. The death is a total tragedy, he said.

Grady R. Nelson, Jr., chief operating offi cer at Heartland Wilson, a graduate of Northeast High School, had worked at Widgets, confi rmed that the accident occurred and that Wilson Heartland Widgets for 35 years.—New paragraph died later Monday. OSHA is required to investigate any work-place fatality. Internal, insurance and Occupational Safety and Health The agency has begun an investigation and contacted the Administration investigations are being conducted, Nelson company Tuesday, said Kris Lenoch, an assistant area director said. He declined to comment about any specifi cs of the for OSHA. A report will be completed by the agency sometime accident. in the next six months.

“A boom fell on me last year,” fellow worker Emmett Pinzino Heartland Widgets employs in the neighborhood of 400 people said. “There were safety issues involved, and if I’d said and has been planning to add another 20 percent, or 100 something when I was hurt, George might still be here. people, according to press reports.

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BOONVILLE, Mo.—Cooper County Ministries is ﬁ ghting child “The program has succeeded this year with a 66% increase in hunger with the Backpack Buddies program. the number of students served,” said Ken Latham, one of the Ministries’ Backpack Buddies coordinators. The group points with pride to the program, which was built on the Heartland model after meeting two years with Scott Tandy, director of New Harvest of Heartland.

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Based on school information, organizers determined that The food is single-serving containers of juices, milk, cereal, about 500 children receiving free or reduced-price school fruits and basic meals, such as macaroni and cheese, Tandy lunches could participate. said.

“Backpack Buddies serves kids who kind of slip through the Volunteers come in for a couple of hours on Monday mornings cracks,” said Sylvia Burns, a food services coordinator at David to prepare the food to be sent to Hannah Cole Primary School, Barton Elementary School in Boonville. “I think it’s making a Barton Elementary School, Central Elementary School and Sts. diﬀ erence.” Peter and Paul School, said Crissy Latham, who works with her husband on the food program. The program started feeding 160 children each weekend after Cooper County commissioners provided $6,250 last year and There are about 25 dedicated volunteers. this year, Latham said. Individuals, churches and groups like the Beta Sigma Phi sorority raised the rest. On Wednesday afternoons, teachers and volunteers come by a room at Nelson Memorial United Methodist Church to pickup Each month, New Harvest ships 2 tons of food to Boonville for food for their schools. Back at school, volunteers sort food, the 250 children the program is serving this year, Tandy said. pack backpacks and distribute them to the children on Fridays, “We raised $31,000 to pay new harvest for this school year’s she said. This program can continue to grow and except more food supply,” Latham said. school children if parents agree to participate.

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One of democracy’s small skirmishes played out on Stenson Sarabeth Downey, asked Democratic offi cials for the Obama Ave. Monday, with democrats and republicans conducting a and Barnes signs. hearts-and-minds battle for a brick wall. Republican signs festoon the headquarters on the west Call it the sort of tussle that develops as a campaign enters its side. Oliver Ott, county GOP chair, said Monday the lease fi nal week. agreement specifi es the renter’s right to exterior signage. He said that meant on all parts of the building. The wall in question faces east on a building that houses 2601 and 2605 Stetson Avenue. Early Sunday, the wall contained Downey, a part-owner of the building, said the Republican two signs, one promoting the presidential hopes of Democrat signs on the east wall infringe on her opinions. Barack Obama and the other championing the congressional aspirations of Democrat Kay Barnes. “If they’re worried about Socialism, this scares me more than anything Barrack Obama could do,” she said. By late Sunday, the wall had two more signs. One had an arrow pointing to the Obama poster and reading in block The 2nd set of signs, screwed into the red bricks, carried letters, “Socialist.” The other pointed toward the Barnes sign a handwritten sponsorship tag reading, “Missourians for and proclaimed “Big City Liberal.” Conservative Values PAC.” Its chairman, Richard Beaver, stood in an adjoining parking lot Monday and defended the signs. As shadows hit the wall Monday afternoon, another sign went He also doubted the “vandalism” sign complied with election up with arrows directed at the liberal banners and declaring, laws because it included no disclaimer. “Republican Vandalism: Do You Want This Kind of Leadership?” While conceding more important issues beckon in this election, The Cooper County Republican Committee leased 2601 Beaver said the warring signs do no harm. Stetson for its headquarters 11 months ago. Acoustics Now occupies 2605 Stetson, the east side of the building. It’s owner, “It’s democracy in action,” he said.

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Heartland photographer Ryan Parker enjoys seeing how his entered, and there’s never been a problem,” Parker said. “Who art eff ects people. However not everyone is getting a chance to are these people setting these guidelines? We’re at a hospital. see it. We see bodies at hospitals. These are healthy bodies I am dealing with.” Offi cials barred two of Parker’s pieces from display at Heartland Memorial Hospital due to their content. Andrea George, media and public relations coordinator for Heartland said this is the fi rst time that the Art for Health The pieces, photographs of male nudes, won fi rst and second- exhibit received complaints. place awards at the “Art for Health” competition and exhibit organized by Heartland and the Central Missouri Arts Council, “We never did ask that any art be removed. We did ask, which began on Oct. 7 and runs through Dec. 3. While it was however, that it be appropriate for everyone,” George said, “we allowed to be judged, offi cials at the arts council made the have to be respectful of everyone because we do get everyone decision to bar the work because they thought the art didn’t fi t here.” the environment. George said that the council makes the decision on what “What we did say was the subject matter was not appropriate artwork is deemed appropriate to be exhibited at Heartland. for the venue,” said Janet Fankhauser, executive director of the However, Parker said that at no point during “Art for Health” Central Missouri Arts Council. “This is not a gallery that people was he told that his work was inappropriate and therefore can choose to go or not to go into. This is a public facility.” would not be on display.

Parker, who has participated in Art for Health competitions Parker, who attended school in Heartland and graduated from since 1987 has submitted photographs of male and female Twain State University with a B.S. in commercial art, said he nudes before that were allowed to be displayed. The fact that feels that the decision to exclude his work goes against the his award-winning work was denied a chance to be seen has openness artists should embrace. left him confused and frustrated. “I’m doing nothing that I wasn’t instructed to do. . . . I’ve “The type of artwork that I entered in this Fall show is no studied the body as an art form, and I’ve always been doing diﬀ erent in content than any of the other shows that I’ve that,” Parker said.

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If a business pays a special tax for 17 years, it should have The Guenthers had paid their tax like everyone else—85 cents something to show for it. per $100—yet when other businesses received Christmas lights, brick walkways and streetscape improvements, they felt At least that’s what Walt and Susan Guenther believe. left out. So, they wrote a letter in September to City Manager Jay Capell asking to have their property at 224 S. 6th St. removed from Removing the property from the district would cut tax revenue the Special Business District in downtown Heartland. by only $257.89 per year.

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“It’s not a lot of money, but it’s an awful lot of principal,” said “To pay a tax that long and be left on the corner is a problem,” Royce Renfroe, a member of the Downtown Business Tax Richardson said. District board. Guenther argued, that his business should be treated Renfroe told the City Council on Monday during a public diﬀ erently because it is zoned for light manufacturing instead hearing that if the Guenthers were allowed to withdraw from of commercial or residential. He compared his situation to the district, other businesses, like Holiday Inn or U.S. Bank, another downtown business, Hillyard Industries, which sits could try to opt out of their larger tax bills as well. outside the special business district and does not pay the tax.

Guenther said he had no problem with the improvements Property owners and residents within the district vote every being made downtown. After all, he has operated a business in seven years to renew the tax. They approved it in 2009 by a the area for 48 years. He simply thought that he shouldn’t have 23 to six vote. More than 200 people were eligible to vote on to pay a special tax if he doesn’t get any of the beneﬁ ts. the issue. Kevin Shearin, Heartland mayor and a downtown business owner, said the low voter turnout embarrassed him. Councilwoman Mary Richardson asked Jeﬀ Dayton, chairman of the Downtown Business Tax District board if they had any plans After thirty minutes of discussion, the Council decided to for improvements near the Guenthers property. He said that a suspend the public hearing and postponed Monday night’s lack of funds limited most spending to areas along Felix Street. scheduled vote on the issue until the next council meeting.

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