May enforcement projects scheduled for Troop D

Posted May 9, 2013 at 12:31 pm

Captain Juan Villanueva, commanding officer of Troop D, Springfield, announces that sometime during the month of May, Troop D will conduct a sobriety checkpoint in Jasper County, three driving while intoxicated saturations in Barry County and a hazardous moving violation saturation in Newton County. Troopers will also target impaired boat operators by conducting saturations on Pomme de Terre, Stockton and Table Rock lakes.

During the Memorial Day weekend, Troop D officers will once again participate in special enforcement operations with the objective of reducing traffic crashes. Throughout the holiday weekend, troopers within Troop D and throughout the state will participate in Operation C.A.R.E. (Combined Accident Reduction Effort). In conjunction with Operation C.A.R.E., Troop D will also participate in the statewide 20-Mile Trooper Project during the peak travel periods on Friday, May 24, and Monday, May 27. During this operation, troopers will be

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    FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE

    Cedar County Farm Bureau Customer Service Representative Mrs. Kathy Damisch-Parker (left) was recognized by Missouri Farm Bureau for five years of service to the organization. She received a certificate and her award choice, new silverware, from Blake Hurst, Missouri Farm Bureau president, during the awards banquet of the Farm Bureau County Secretaries’ Conference at The Resort at Port Arrowhead, Lake Ozark, May 2.

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    BASIC GRAD

    Air Force Airman Cody L. Deornellis graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, TX. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

    Deornellis is the son of Scott and Marlene Deornellis of

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    Flowering trees add beauty to landscape

    Flowering trees are important because they add beauty and seasonal interest to the landscape according to Patrick Byers, horticulture specialist, University of Missouri Extension.

    “In the landscape, flowering trees are secondary in importance to shade trees that provide framing, shade and background. However, flowering trees do provide interest that few shade trees can match,” said Byers.

    Varied intensity

    The flowering tree bloom intensity and color may vary each year. That is why Byers frequently gets asked about what factors may influence a tree’s bloom

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    It’s tulip time

    by Marilyn Odneal, Horticulture Adviser

    I am going looking forward to checking out the tulip display at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis. I love tulips but find that they are not as easy to grow as daffodils in my garden. First of all, critters like to eat the bulbs. There are also some tulips that perennialize (come back every year) better than others. The tulips that form fewer, larger bulblets rather than many, smaller

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    Spring comes late to the dance

    Talk about being all dressed up with nowhere to go. Too many Missouri gardeners are watching spring days slip away because of cool, wet weather which has delayed the gardening season well past the frost-free date.

    Gardeners may be eager to put spade to soil, but they need to wait.

    “Avoid the temptation to work the soil when it’s wet because it’s one of the worst things you can do to your soil,” said David Trinklein, horticulture specialist for University of Missouri Extension.

    As

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    Marriage Applications:

    Recorder of Deeds Office

    Cedar County

    Carole Wilkerson Recorder

    Jonas M D Schwartz, 25, El Dorado Springs, and Saloma P L Schwartz, 18, El Dorado Springs

    Vernon County

    Douglas Wayne Mundy and Carol Beth McCoy

    Dakota Ryan Wigge and Michelle Marie Ricketts

    Patrick Dale McConnaughey and Tara Beth Gray

    Brady Joseph Entrikin and Tiffany Rachelle Terry

    Cody Eugene Barker

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    CEDAR COUNTY COURT

    The following felonies have been filed in Cedar County:

    Elizabeth A Besendorfer, Lamar, keeping or maintaining a public nuisance, misdemeanor-unlawful use of drug paraphernalia (Mar 8)

    Tyler Owens, Stockton, theft/stealing of any firearm x 2, theft/stealing (Dec 11)

    Kenneth Bryant Lake, Jerico Springs, dist/del/manf/produce or attempt to or possess w/intent to dist/del/del/manf/produce a controlled substance, keeping or maintaining a public nuisance (Mar 8)

    Travis J Young, Jerico Springs, stat sodomy-1st-dev sex intr w prs <14-ser phy inj/dspl deadly weap/dng inst/sbj

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    EL DORADO SPRINGS POLICE REPORT

    April 29 – Arrest: Emily J. Harris, 29, El Dorado Springs, on an active Vernon County misdemeanor warrant charging her with third degree assault with a cash or surety bond of $1,000. She was extradited to the Vernon County Sheriff’s ffice pending bond and court appearance.

    Officers responded to a reported domestic disturbance at 403 South Ohio, Apt 10. Investigation resulted in the arrest of Dalton J. Wooten, 18, El Dorado Springs, on the probable cause of domestic assault. On April 30, officers served Wooten with a Cedar County Warrant charging him

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    CEDAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S REPORT

    April 12 – Report of property dispute at 14035 S 425 Rd

    Ambulance calls – CCMH to Mercy Springfield x 2; 901 S Jackson; Community Springs to CCMH; Casey's General Store; 9945 S Hwy AA; CCMH to New Beginnings

    April 13 – Report of attempted assault with vehicle at Blake St and RB Rd, all deputies advise

    Report of shots fired at Orleans Trail in A Loop, deputy and CORP advised

    Report of a disturbance in Casey's parking lot, deputy

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