DECEMBER 31, 2019 LC RECORD JANUARY 01, 2020 VOL 2 ISSUE 60 LACLEDE COUNTY RECORD ONE DOLLAR 2019 2019 2019 2019 201 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 4 hurt in wreck 7 N5 LCR STAFF KIRK PEARCE [email protected] [email protected] A Lebanon man fled THE LCR’S TOP 10 STORIES OF 2019 With the year 2019 the scene of a wreck that coming to a close, it’s resulted in multiple peo- time to look back at the ple being hurt, accord- stories that made news in ing to the Missouri State the pages of the Laclede Highway Patrol. County Record for the The wreck occured past 12 months. a 6:15 p.m. Sunday on Using a mixture of Missouri 5 at Dry Hollow social media interac- Road in Camden County. tions, website visits and See ‘WRECK’/ page A8 in-house voting among news staff, the Laclede County Record has cho- sen the top 10 news sto- INDEX ries of 2019. AGRICULTURE...............Page B2 1) City sells Nelson CALENDAR....................Page A2 Park to Tracker CLASSIFIEDS......Pages B6-B7 COMICS ........................Page B8 COMMUNITY.....Pages B4-B5 In June, Council ap- CONWAY................Page B1 proved the sale of 30 SPORTS .................Pages A4 & A5 acre Nelson Park to the White River Marine Group which makes DEATHS Tracker boats for $2.5 #1 million Many residents Billie Joe Haines expressed opposition to Marvin Henry Piercy the sale at the next city Holman-Howe/Lebanon council meeting. Albert Le Roy Hawkins Shadel’s Colonial/Lebanon The city is building Douglas Lane Robertson a new park next to the Holman-Howe/Hartville Lebanon Middle School Cecil Wayne Pendleton Sr. at Evergreen Parkway Andrea Elaine Gann and Slate Street. The new Betty Jean Wagner Waynesville Memorial Chapel park was expected to Scott Alan Gray be ready in time for the Tammy Sue Moore Haney spring ball season. Edith Marie Keeler +H`4HYZOÄLSK In August, the White River Marine Group an- nounced it was donating a pond on the old park property back to the city and it would remain open www.holmanhowe.com #3 to the public. See Pages A2 - A3 2) Jailie Luke, 12, killed NEWS TIPS? in a hit-and-run on North Missouri 5 contact our news staff %DOORRQVVWXͿHGDQL- 417-717-TIPS PDOVVLJQVDQGÁRZHUV [email protected] • all tips must include marked the scene where a contact phone number 12-year-old Lebanon girl lost her life in a hit-and- #2 #4 run accident Sept. 28. See ‘TOP 10’/ page A7 State turns down local marijuana growers @lacledenews STEVE SMITH applications are approved requirements as prescribed and Vienna were among those [email protected] ZLOOUHFHLYHHPDLOQRWLÀFDWLRQ by the program rules, accord- approved in the mid-Missouri of that approval, according to ing to DHSS. area. See ‘MARIJUANA’/ page A8 The Department of Health the DHSS. No Laclede County facilities and Senior Services (DHSS) Once approval notifica- appeared on the state lists of has begun the process of is- WLRQVKDYHEHHQVHQWQRWLÀ- approved medical marijuana suing 60 licenses for medical cations of application denial cultivation, transportation or marijuana cultivation facili- will be issued as well. DHSS laboratory testing facilities. ties in the state. VDLGWKDWGHQLDOQRWLÀFDWLRQV Locations in Vanda- None of the Laclede Coun- will be sent to the individual lia, Sunrise Beach, @LacledeCountyRecord ty applications were accepted, who created the User Account Doolit- according to the list released in the Medical Marijuana tle on the Missouri Department Registry Portal. of Health Senior Services The 60 facilities being li- website last Thursday. censed are the top-scoring fa- Cultivation facilities whose cilities that meet all eligibility LC RECORDS Community LC WEATHER Calendar “Day and Night” TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31 Cooper Cranmer, Maplecrest Elementary TODAY 43 High, 27 Low Sunny TUESDAY, JANUARY 7 COPD SUPPORT GROUP SATURDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SUNDAY MONDAY ELKS LODGE NEW — 3 p.m. at Lebanon- 53 High, 40 Low 53 High, 39 Low 42 High, 27 Low 39 High, 29 Low 52 High, 32 Low 50 High, 26 Low Sunny Cloudy Showers Partly Cloudy Sunny Mostly Sunny YEAR’S EVE DANCE Laclede County Library — doors open 7 p.m., Benage Room. WEATHER PROVIDED BY SHEER BLISS PHOTOGRAPY • 417-322-3814 band starts 8:30 p.m.- midnight. Finger foods. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8 $5 cover charge, Old BILLIE JOE HAINES Route 66 across from I-44 LEBANON HOST LIONS LEBANON, MISSOURI Speedway. — noon at T’s Redneck Steakhouse. Billie Joe Haines, 93, worked for the railroad for several years. In 1953, he ALCOHOLICS of Lebanon, died Satur- purchased a farm in Missouri and began raising cattle, ANONYMOUS — 6 p.m. every Tuesday day afternoon, Dec. 28, hogs, horses and goats. He also managed ranches in at Southern Heights 2019, at Mercy Hospital Texas and Missouri, and drove a school bus for a time. Christian Church. FFI: 6SULQJÀHOG He was raised in the Church of Christ. 533-4244. He was born Jan. 7, Survivors include two sons, Bill Haines and his wife WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1 1926, in Eden, Texas, to Dru of Westphalia, and Jim Haines and his wife Janice Will Joseph and Rona NAMI — MENTAL of Lebanon; his grandchildren, Jimmie and Michelle TOPS NO. 1164 ILLNESS SUPPORT Hanley Haines. Haines, Stephanie and Erik Stroup, Justin and Diana MEETING — 9:30- GROUP — for mentally Billie Joe was preced- Haines, and Mike O’Dell; seven great-grandchildren; 11 a.m. at Southern ill, family and friends ed in death by his par- a brother, Bo Haines and his wife Jody of Ruidoso, Heights Christian welcome, 10-11 a.m. ents; a daughter, Janet; a N.M.; several nieces and nephews, as well as a host Church. FFI: Lynn Sachs and 5:30-6:30 p.m. son, Kenneth Haines; a of other relatives and friends. 533-7774 or Ruth Porter at Lebanon-Laclede grandson, Daniel Haines; 532-4727. County Library. FFI: 417- BILLIE JOE HAINES Graveside services and burial with Full Military 718-1616. a brother, Chris Haines, Honors for Billie Joe Haines will be held at 11 a.m. TOPS MEETING NO. and a sister, Mildred Capps. Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, at the New Hope Cemetery 0945 — 4:15-6 p.m. at TOPS NO. 1164 He was born and raised in Texas and then left QHDU/RQJ/DQHZLWK.HQW5LFKDUGVRQR΀FLDWLQJ Heritage Baptist Temple, MEETING — 9:30- home at the age of 14 to begin working on ranches in under the direction of Holman-Howe Funeral Home 699 Lynn St. FFI: 532- 11 a.m. at Southern Texas breaking horses and working cattle. He joined of Lebanon. 9895 or 532-7298. Heights Christian the military as a young man and served his country Church. FFI: Lynn Sachs For more information FIRST DAY HIKE — 533-7774 or Ruth Porter faithfully in the United States Navy during World War or to view or sign the on- Bennett Spring State 532-4727. II. After being honorably discharged from the Navy line memorial visit www. www.holmanhowe.com Park. FFI: 532-4338. in 1946, he entered a trade school where he learned to holmanhowe.com. TOPS MEETING NO. make boots, saddles, and other leather goods. He then THURSDAY, JANUARY 2 0945 — 4:15-6 p.m. at Heritage Baptist Temple, 699 Lynn St. FFI: 532- 9895 or 532-7298. ALBERT LE ROY HAWKINS THURSDAY, JANUARY 9 LEBANON, MISSOURI LACLEDE COUNTY Albert Le Roy Haw- wife Donti of Lebanon; two grandchildren, Eric TREASURE TRACKERS kins, 87, of Lebanon, died Marley and his wife Nicole and Jenna Uder and her WIDOWS BREAKFAST — 6-8 p.m. at Lebanon- Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019, KXVEDQG0DWWÀYHJUHDWJUDQGFKLOGUHQWZREURWKHUV — 8:45 a.m. at Elm Street Laclede County Library. LQ6SULQJÀHOG Paul Hawkins of Lebanon, and Lavern Hawkins of Eatery. FFI: 532-6578. LACLEDE COUNTY He was born Feb. 29, 6SULQJÀHOGWZRVLVWHUV$GD&KXUFKRI&DVSHU:\R HAPPY QUILTERS — 10 RETIRED SCHOOL 1932, in Lebanon, Mo. to and Barbara Wanger of Excelsior Springs; other rela- a.m.-2 p.m. at Lebanon- PERSONNEL — 2 Arthur and Essie Bowl- tives and friends. Laclede County Library. p.m. at Hughes Center. ing Hawkins. Funeral services for Albert Le Roy Hawkins were Everyone welcome. Guest speaker will be Kim Shumate from On Feb. 11, 1956, he held at 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 30, 2019, at Shadel’s Co- FRIDAY, JANUARY 3 Cedarhurst, a new living married Berthina Lewis. ORQLDO&KDSHOZLWKWKH5HY$OOHQ5HHYHVR΀FLDWLQJ facility in Lebanon that CHAMBER MORNING provides several levels of He was preceded in Burial was in Mount Rose Memorial Park, under the direction of Shadel’s Colonial Chapel of Lebanon. BREW — 7:30-8:30 a.m. care. Refreshments will be death by his wife Berthi- at Emerson. served. na Hawkins on May There is no scheduled visitation. ALBERT LE ROY ELKS LODGE STEAK SCORE SMALL 16, 2017; four brothers, Memorials have been suggested to Lebanon Claws HAWKINS NIGHT — 6-8 p.m. on old BUSINESS WORKSHOP Clifford, Martin, Layman & Paws and donations can be left at or mailed to “Tuney’’ and Arthur Hawkins, also one sister, Helen Route 66 across from I-44 — Lebanon Area Shadel’s Colonial Chapel, P.O. Box 948, Lebanon, Mo. Speedway. 8 oz. steak Chamber of Commerce. Dudley. 65536. cooked to order, salad, baked potato, Texas Le Roy owned and operated several service stations Sign guest book at in the Lebanon area including Wyota 66 Service Station toast, dessert, coffee or www.shadelscolonial- tea, all for $12. and Space Station on Route 66. chapel.com. He was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church. www.shadelscolonialchapel.com JANUARY 3-4 Survivors include a son, Tony Hawkins and his NATIONAL ANTIQUE TRACTOR PULL — 8 DISABLED AMERICAN a.m.-3 p.m.