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Editor’s Note: The Sedalia Democrat’s Progress edition is a special supplement to your daily paper which explains how the community has progressed over the past year. The special edition has content for everyone, covering the topics of Arts and Entertainment, Business, Military, Education, Sports, Health Care, Community Service and Faith. The articles are divided into four sections and will be submitted to the daily edition on March 31, and April 1, 2016.

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Daum Museum sees progress on three fronts By Faith Bemiss

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Over the last eight years, the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, on the campus of State Fair Community College, has experienced growth on “three fronts,” said museum Director and Curator Tom Piché Jr. The Museum’s permanent collection has increased, the position of museum registrar has been filled and the Daum has further developed its education programs. When Piché arrived eight years ago, the permanent collection contained 1,000 two- and threedimensional pieces. It now contains 1,600. “We’ve added significant acquisitions in the major areas where we collect,” he noted. “That includes painting, sculptural ceramic, our photography collection, and our contemporary print collection. I think it’s really a great and inclusive survey of contemporary graphic art. “The acquisitions have increased and that’s great because we are always looking at what Dr. Daum collected originally,” he added. “We try to expand that story with our acquisitions. From my point of view it’s great because we have significant resources now.” With the increase of acquisitions, Piché is able to pull from a variety of artwork to assemble exhibitions. It is also useful for educational purposes. “Its a good thing for the community, I think,” he said. “It’s here, we don’t have to bring it in. That seems like it will continue in the future. “We have an acquisition endowment,” he added. “Even though we have lost our main benefactor, Dr. Daum, who really helped us acquire the lion’s share of these objects. Thanks to his foresight with the acquisitions endowment, we’ll be able to add prudently to the collection in the years to come.” Another area of progress was the addition of a museum registrar, a position filled three years ago by Matthew Clouse. This addition is beneficial for the permanent collection. “He is the first person to hold that position at the museum,” Piché said. “That position deals directly See MUSEUM | C2

Ragtime festival sees advancements By Faith Bemiss [email protected]

The Scott Joplin International Ragtime Foundation has experienced two difficult years, but change has brought positive results recently with the help of longtime ragtime aficionado Larry Melton, of Union. Melton, coordinator of the Ragtime Achieve Project, has been working on a ragtime archives exhibit and is bringing the “legends” of ragtime to the festival this year. “It’s never fun when things have to change,” Foundation President Kathleen Boswell said. “But, sometimes things are changing in such a big way that you might as well change everything so it’s better and it’s lined up.” Last year, the Foundation closed its store on Ohio Avenue and has moved into the newly renovated Liberty Center Association for the Arts. Boswell said the move is appropriate because the LCAA is slated to become an “arts mecca” for the area. “By us having our home there, that adds to that stature of the building and to their mission,” she noted. She added that Melton is the one who came up with the 2016 festival theme, “Sedalia Where

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On March 9, former Sedalian Larry Melton works to install Scott Joplin archives for the “Sedalia in the Ragtime Era 1895 to 1904” exhibit at the Katy Depot. Melton, now of Union, began the Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival in 1974 and has amassed a large collection of ragtime memorabilia. He handcrafted the exhibit by himself at his home in Union.

America’s Music Began.” Over the last year, the Foundation, LCAA and the Sedalia Heritage Foundation asked Melton if he’d like to become involved again with the festival. Melton previoulsy served as the Sedalia Area Chamber of Commerce Director and was instrumental in starting the annual Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival in 1974. “It’s such a joy to come back to revisit all of this,” he said March 9 from the Katy Depot. Since 1976, Melton has amassed a large collection of ragtime memorabilia. On March 8-10, he was in town setting up a

three-dimensional exhibit at the Katy Depot. All of the exhibits were handcrafted by Melton himself using his collection. It will be on exhibit through 2016. “It’s a way to showcase the collection, which is amazing,” Melton said. The exhibit features three-dimensional cutouts of memorabilia taking in 10 glass cases and four to five panels. Melton said he began putting the exhibit together after Christmas. “I’d work about eight to 10 hours a day on it,” he added. “But I’m also, at the same time, conserving the photographs, the sheet music, and every-

thing. So, it’s a little more involved than just creating the exhibit.” Foundation Executive Director Terri Ballard said she’s excited to see the festival go to the “next level.” “This is going to be a great year because we’re going to be doing all the archives, and the archive is going to be built up to be year-round,” she noted. “Larry Melton … he’s an amazing man. “Every now and then he’ll send us a poem and he’s sent us this wonderful poem on Scott Joplin,” Ballard added. “It’s almost like a proclamaSee JOPLIN | C6

LCAA moving forward into new era By Faith Bemiss [email protected]

The Liberty Center Association for the Arts is slowly coming back to life after a $900,000 renovation that began in June 2015. The renovation is phase one of a three-phase project. Phase one renovations include an 90-foot long addition on the west side of the building that will showcase three art galleries, access to the theater, new ADA accessible bathrooms and a restructured first floor. LCAA Executive Director Terri Ballard said they will now look toward phase two, which will renovate the upstairs, and address the roof and a few structural issues. Phase two will cost approximately $400,000. Phase three, costing approximately $80,000, will address a fly-system for theatrical performances. Ballard said LCAA has requested funds from the Mid-Town TIF Commission for phase two and three. City Administrator Gary Edwards and City

Community Development Director John Simmons said the request is being taken into consideration during the assessment and revaluation of all projects by the Mid-Town TIF Commission. “TIF funds are an incremental increase in property and sales taxes in a geographic region,” Simmons explained. “… In this case, it is a downtown area where the city captures an incremental increase in property and sales tax to direct those funds back into the downtown for public improvements.” The celebration of phase one’s completion will take place in May. Ballard said the open house will be a free event and will feature a celebration of the arts in Sedalia including poetry, music, acting, dance and much more. “We have a lot of artistic people in Sedalia, so it will be a celebration of all genres of performing art,” she added. Ballard said in the last year the building has been transformed. “It’s gone from an

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The Liberty Center Association for the Arts has completed phase one in a three-phase renovation project. “It’s been at times overwhelming, but it’s wonderful to see that the community pulled together to take this building to the next level in the arts,” LCAA Executive Director Terri Ballard said.

outside handicapped entrance that was slowly deteriorating away, to a nice indoor handicapped access with gallery space that’s on one level,” she noted. The LCAA Theatre can now be accessed, without stairs, from the gallery hallway in the new addition. The lounge is now downstairs, the lobby totally remodeled and the box

office moved to the east side. Helping to bring the interior of LCAA together is the carpentry work of State Fair Community College Art Instructor Don Luper. “Donnie is on our board and sometimes things happen for a reason,” Ballard said. “Had Donnie not been on our board, this would not have happened. He saw

the plans and he, as a board member, stepped up and volunteered to make the customized wood trim in the front entrance.” The dark oak trim complements the ambiance of the historic theatre building that is nearly a century old. “He wanted a dark finish, and he comes in about every evening and works on it,” she

added. “He still has a few things to do. In our lounge he took pieces of the old bar and made a nice new bar. Our lounge will be Scott Joplin era themed.” Luper is also making cabinets that will house ragtime artifacts from the Scott Joplin era. “It will match the rest of the decor,” Ballard See CENTER | C6

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with the permanent collection. So as that’s been growing, it became necessary to have a staff person who is devoted to the care, and the recording, and the maintenance of the permanent collection. “He’s really started from ground zero, building up records of every piece, inventorying, condition reporting, investigating the best housing for the pieces,” he added. “So, that’s been a high priority project for us.” Along with the position of registrar, the museum has a new database for the permanent collection, which is featured on the Daum’s website. “It is accessible to the general public,” Piché noted. “People can go to our website and preview exhibitions, but they can also see what we own and what’s maybe not on view while they are visiting.” Another point of progress for the Daum is an increase in educational programs, under the direction of Curator of Education Vicki Weaver. “Because Vicki has been so well trained now in the methodology of Visual Thinking Strategy, it’s enabled us to make a bigger difference on campus,” Piché said. “In terms of having programs that target the students.” He added that individuals don’t need to have an art background to benefit from the VTS program. “It’s enabled us to reach out to classes and offer curriculum-based programs to classes you wouldn’t necessarily associate with an art museum,” he noted. Piché referred to agricultural leadership, radiology and criminal justice students who benefit from the critical

thinking skills used in the program. “Visual Thinking Strategy builds on the skills of observation, and being able to articulate what you see,” he added. “We are not the first group to do this, Harvard has used this in their medical system. Because it trains doctors to be better diagnosticians. To look deeply and analyze what they are seeing … “It has wider applications then just looking at art,” he noted. “It’s about higher level thinking. That’s been an important change. Through her programs on campus we are reaching about 1,000 students each academic year.” The Museum also offers a VTS program, Daum Escape, for school children that brings in numerous students each year. “The Daum Escape continues to grow,” Piché said. “I think when it began, it was around 700 every year and we are up to around 1,000.” The program, originally for fifth graders, has been opened up to a variety students. “The Daum Escape has been going on for 11 years, and it’s strong and it’s healthy,” he added. “We see growth every year.” One challenge for Piché is keeping the temporary exhibition programs “fresh.” “I’m always looking for artists and ideas to explore exhibitions,” he said. This summer he is focusing on an exhibition of the permanent collection, and in the fall he is planning a show with two artists from New York City and Kansas City. “They will be exhibiting together,” he said. “They are artists who both work with fiber.” Recently progress has also been made in the

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In September 2015, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art docents were given a walk-through of the new exhibit, “Kindred Virtuosities,” by museum Director and Curator Tom Piché Jr. The group was looking at “Failed Monuments” (2014-15) by Garry Noland. Over the last few years the Museum’s permanent collection has increased, the position of museum registrar has been filled and the Daum has increased its education programs.

physical aspects of the Museum. “Thanks to the college, we upgraded our gallery lighting system last year,” Piché said. “This year we are making some very needed upgrades to the HVAC systems.” He is also thankful for a “gift” from Mrs. Katherine Menefee, of Kansas City. The donation is in memory of her late husband Thomas Menefee, originally from Sedalia. “She gave us a gift to dedicate our library in his memory,” Piché said. “That will enable us to to really pump up the resource material that the library contains.” Faith Bemiss can be reached at 530-0289 or @flbemiss.

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In April 2015, Jayvon Jones checks out a glazed and stained stoneware sculpture, named “Invisible Man,” created by Sergei Isupov. The sculpture is downstairs at the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art on the campus of State Fair Community College. Jones was with a group of students from the Jefferson City Academic Center who toured the museum.

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German Immigrant Memorial preserves local history By Faith Bemiss

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COLE CAMP — A German Immigrant Memorial is preserving the history and genealogy of families in Pettis, Benton and Morgan counties though a project sponsored by the Cole Camp Low German Club. The recently completed memorial sits along Main Street near the intersection of Maple Street in Cole Camp. Project spokesman and memorial committee member Neil Heimsoth said the idea of a monument came to him several years ago while he and his wife Marilyn were in Michigan. “A number of years ago, Marilyn and I attended a German singers function, a meeting in Detroit,” he said. “At this German Clubhouse they had a beautiful memorial of stone, dedicated to the Germans who had settled in that area. It started me to thinking.” A few years ago Heimsoth, a local artist, bought a small house to use as his studio at 209 E. Main St. in Cole Camp. The house came with an extra lot. The lot along with an idea from his friend Bob Owens, a World War II veteran, helped him decide to build the memorial on Main Street. “Owens was stationed in Berlin right after the war,” Heimsoth said. “Berlin was cleaning up the city, and there was this big building that was heavily damaged and they went ahead and blew it down. Bob dug those two (stones) out of the rubble. One of them was broken in three pieces and he had them shipped home.” Those two stones are

now part of the German Immigrant Memorial. After Heimsoth saw the large stones sitting in Owens’ backyard he began making sketches of the memorial and eventually constructed a smallscale model. “Marilyn thought it was a good idea, and I talked to the German Club about it and asked if they would sponsor it,” Heimsoth added. “Then we put together a committee from members of the German Club.” Committee members include Heimsoth, his wife, Pete Stelling, Milton Von Holten and Eldon Harms. Mike Chavers helped with the design. Chavers also helped with the bricks that bear the names of German immigrants and their descendants. “When I was struggling with this wall, he was the one who said ‘lets go ahead and make it curved,’” Heimsoth said. Construction of the memorial began in 2014. With the help of W&M Welding, of Sedalia, care was made to build around a tall pine that stands as a focal point. Heimsoth said he wanted the memorial centered on the pine tree but was concerned that digging the foundation would kill the tree. “I went out and talked to the (Missouri) Conservation Department about it and they said ‘you won’t kill it but you will certainly weaken the root system and a strong wind could blow it over,’” he said. “Our committee put our heads together and decided rather than digging a foundation for this wall we drilled four holes and poured four concrete piers. “W&M Welding in

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Thirty-eight porcelain tiles line the back of the memorial, representing the 38 counties of Lower Saxony where 90 percent of the Pettis, Benton and Morgan counties German immigrants came from when settling in the area. The tiles were made special-made in London England.

Sedalia they helped us with this,” he added. “They ordered a steel I-beam … that was curved. It came in in two pieces. They set it and welded it together for us and then we built this wall on top of that I-beam.” To fund the project, Heimsoth and the committee sold bricks to those who have German immigrant relatives who settled in Pettis, Benton and Morgan county areas. “The area in the back was reserved entirely for stones engraved with the names of the original immigrants that moved here from Europe,” Heimsoth said. “I like to think of it as being lovingly surrounded by this wall. For those who wish to have a brick at the memorial, Heimsoth sits down and goes over their genealogy. “We help them,” he said. “We’ve got a great genealogist in Texas that we work with.” Names of immigrant families are etched into eight-by-eight-inch bricks along with where the individual came from in Germany. The bricks may contain up to six lines of script. Next generation families are are also listed on other bricks toward the front of the memorial. A map of Germany has been etched on the back

of a large granite memorial stone. Heimsoth said many of the immigrants came from the District of Lower Saxony. “Probably 90 percent of them came from one area,” he said. “They at that time called it Hannover, today it’s called Lower Saxony.” The map of Lower Saxony is then broken down into 38 counties. Porcelain tiles each bearing the coat of arms representing the 38 counties line the back wall of the memorial. The tiles, costing $75 each, were special ordered and made in London, England. The stones Owens brought back from Germany have been placed along each side of the memorial. The stone on the left has a helmet with a dragon adorning the top while the stone on the right has bird with wings spread and a crown perched on its head. “We know that this is the coat-of-arms of Brandenburg,” Heimsoth said of the left side. The project is still ongoing and the committee is still selling bricks. “My disappointment is we don’t have more people from Morgan County and Pettis County involved in it,” he said. “In the immigrant area we have room for about 75 more bricks and in the descendant area we have

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A German Immigrant Memorial has been completed in Cole Camp and features the names of immigrants from Pettis, Benton and Morgan counties along with their descendants.

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Neil Heimsoth looks at one of the stones brought back to the United States by World War II veteran Bob Owens. Owens was stationed in Berlin after the war and found the stone and its companion in bombed-out rubble. He had them shipped back home. They are now part of the German Immigrant Memorial in Cole Camp.

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The 38 districts or counties of Lower Saxony are represented on the back of a granite stone at the German Immigrant Memorial recently constructed at Cole Camp.

or for more information about the German Immigrant Memorial, contact Heimsoth at 668-3157 or [email protected].

almost 400 left.” Heimsoth added that the German Immigrant Memorial will be dedicated June 11 to coincide with Cole Camp’s German Saengerfest. To purchase a brick

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tion. (Sedalia’s) Mayor has agreed to open the festival with this proclamation.” Ballard said Melton has been the catalyst behind getting the Ragtime Legends to attend the festival this year. “Today’s people who play, these are their heroes,” she added. “Because they have paved the way. The gentlemen who played at the first festival and helped organize it are all coming back. There’s lots of good things happening.” Returning this year for the festival, slated for June 1-4, are Max Morath, Richard Zimmerman, Terry Waldo and David Rifkin. Also during this year’s festival, PBS will film a documentary

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said. “Then we also have the bar from the Wood’s Opera House, and it’s being refurbished. We’ll have that at the other end of the room so people can have a drink from a historic Joplin era bar.” LCAA slowly began to reopen in December with a “Downton Abbey” event Dec. 11 hosted by KMOS-TV in Warrensburg. “They did all the promotions for that and rented the building,” Ballard said. “It went really well.” She added that people were excited to visit LCAA and get a “sneak peek” of the renovations. Following the December event LCAA hosted

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about the men. “This festival is historically quite significant in terms of American music,” Melton said. “It’s not the largest. Others draw the big name entertainers, but everybody who’s been in ragtime has been here. It’s been continuous since ‘83 and started in ‘74, and it’s in Sedalia where America’s music began. The significance of this little community sustaining a festival of international renown is quite a phenomena.” Melton said he contacted Morath, Zimmerman, Waldo and Rifkin and asked them to be in attendance for the 2016 festival. “Max Morath is the oldest,” Melton said. “He is the old Broadway performer who took ragtime on the road for 50 years. He’s just a consummate

entertainer and gentleman and historian. “He no longer performs, but he’s going to come back and participate in the panel and emcee the Thursday night concert,” he added. Zimmerman was the first music director of the festival. Melton said he hired Zimmerman, of Los Angeles, because of his extensive knowledge of ragtime musicians. “He’s another great historian,” Melton noted. “Richard is a fount of knowledge. He’s the only one to record all of the Joplin works, including the opera.” Melton said back in 1974, Waldo was considered the “young” entertainer. “Well he’s 71 or 72-years-old now,” he added. “Terry is a big New York jazz and ragtime performer. He does

things at Lincoln Center and the Smithsonian.” Rifkin will be the youngest of the four legends to return. “David showed up on my door step in ‘73, a year before the festival,” Melton said. “He’d heard about it … and wanted to be a part of it. David is a master violinist, he had a 30-plus year ragtime radio program in San Francisco that he is now retired from. “He has attended every festival in Sedalia since 1974,” he added. “Every single one. He is sort of the grandfather of the festival performers. Because he’s done it all.” Melton said there are many local people, who are still living, who also helped out with the festival over the years. “The festival in Seda-

its first official 2016 event Feb. 6 with Ragtime music legend Jeff Barnhart. Barnhart presented an afternoon silent film along with an evening of diverse live music in the LCAA Theatre. In March the first theatre production since the renovations was performed the weekends of March 4 and 11. Ballard said Agatha Christie’s murder-mystery “The Hollow” was presented, with 12 cast members, and was well received. On April 14 LCAA will present Second City. “Second City is out of Chicago,” Ballard said. “It’s a comedy school and they train a lot of the people you see on ‘Saturday Night Live.’ Will Ferrell and Tina Fey trained with Second City. We have a troupe

from Second City coming to do ‘Improv Allstars.’ In July LCAA will present a children’s play. “We are really expanding what we do with the youth,” Ballard noted. “We started last fall and it’s a partnership between us and (Sedalia) Parks and Recreation. “We will be doing a children’s choir this summer and Lucy Clark will direct Disney’s “Little Mermaid,” she added. “The choir will learn music from that and they can be in the show if they choose to be part of the cast.” November will see a return of the popular musical comedy the “Church Basement Ladies,” who will present a Christmas show “Away in the Basement.” “We’ve made sure we

brought in the right people to address the needs of this building,” Ballard added. She cited former Daum Museum of Contemporary Art Curator and internationally known artist Doug Freed and also Sylvia Thompson with Peerbolte Creative, of Warrensburg. Ballard is pleased with how the Sedalia community worked together to propel LCAA forward into a new era. “It’s been at times overwhelming, but it’s wonderful to see that the community pulled together to take this building to the next level in the arts,” she said. “That will, in turn, take the art offerings in our community to a higher level. “I’m excited to have the support of the com-

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Larry Melton talks about the Wood’s Opera House that once stood at Second Street and Lamine Avenue. Sedalia’s ragtime composer and musician, Scott Joplin, often played at the the opera house. “Sedalia had 12 theatres at that time,” Melton added.

lia has now taken on a venerable status,” he noted. “It is so respected and so wellknown. Anybody that is a ragtime buff aspires to attend the festival. “It’s had two bad years,” he added. “When things have not gone well, the public has stepped up. Not only have the Sedalia

people pitched in and made it happen and kept it going, but the visitors, the fans and the performers worked their hearts out for this. That’s what’s inspired me as I get back involved.”

munity behind the project,” Ballard added. “I’m excited to walk into this beautiful building every morning to go to work. It’s very exciting for me.

We are looking forward to sharing this new space.”

Faith Bemiss can be reached at 530-0289 or @flbemiss.

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Editor’s Note: The Sedalia Democrat’s Progress edition is a special supplement to your daily paper which explains how the community has progressed over the past year. The special edition has content for everyone, covering the topics of Arts and Entertainment, Business, Military, Education, Sports, Health Care, Community Service and Faith. The articles are divided into four sections and will be submitted to the daily edition on March 31, and April 1, 2016.

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Building on faith since 1880s Built in 1880s, St. John’s Catholic Church to expand By Hope Lecchi

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Nestled quietly in the small community of Bahner is St. John’s Catholic Church. While many area small churches are struggling to maintain and grow their congregation, St. John’s, in existence since 1880, is not only seeing a spiritual growth but has plans physically to expand the church. “We hope to add a structure to the church that will serve as community center, a gathering place for the congregation to use,” Katie Albrecht said. “Our church can hold about 130 people and we simply need a place that can accommodate more people.” Albrecht explained that although church members hope to expand, they do not want to lose the sense of community and caring the church is known for. “My husband and I joined the church about a year ago with the birth of our twins,” Albrecht said. “One of the main reasons we joined is because the people here genuinely care about those who come to church here. “It’s the environment here that is so inviting, the members say, ‘come let me talk to you, be a part of us,’ but yet they are not at all intrusive,” Albrecht added. “They are very welcoming and excited to see new people come to the church.” Albrecht commented that one of the keys to the church is the mix of generations who attend the church. “We have such a good mix of ages and the opportunity to meet people who you feel you have something in common with is nice,” she said. “We all tend to stay after mass and visit, which I am grateful for. “When we had the twins christened here everyone gave them gifts and wanted to be a part of our joy,” she added. “That can be hard to find at many of the larger churches.” It is the opportunity to spend more time together that has prompted the building project. The congregation has raised $50,000 for the proposed addition and has plans to break ground once they reach their goal of $60,000. The members have hosted several functions including ice cream socials and soup benefits and have plans to host a spring celebration bingo See CHURCH | D2

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Music students from Amigos de Cristo sing and play tambourine and guitar Monday, Jan. 18, for the small crowd in attendance at Sacred Heart Church during the Martin Luther King Day Celebration.

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Iglesia Luterana Amigos de Cristo, 3003 W. 11th St., was founded in 1998 and has been helping the local community for many years. “It’s something we have a passion for,” Elvera Satterwhite, co-founder with her husband Kenneth, said in February. “In ‘97 we started informally meeting with Bible classes in homes. In 1998, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church became like our mother church.” Services were conducted at St. Paul’s through 2000. “In December of 2000 we bought this building from Christ Trinity, and

we moved over here,” Satterwhite added. “April 18, 1998, was the official start date.” There are 75 people in Amigos’ congregation with the majority of them being Hispanic. The church sponsors Boy Scout Troop 300 and Cub Scout Pack 300, offers a Teen Mom program and a youth music group. “We have an active music group that started in 2002,” Satterwhite said. “We had a young man here from Chile, his name is Cesar Palacios. He’s an awesome musician. He had a dream of starting a children’s music group, to teach them music from their county and authentic, traditional instruments. “We didn’t have

money to pay him, so my husband and I let him stay at our house,” she added. “We gave him room-and-board in exchange for teaching our kids music. He did that for two years.” Later the church was able to get a Missouri Arts Council grant to help with the music program. “We still have an Missouri Arts Council grant, which pays for music lessons for our kids,” she added. The church has two music teachers, Jennifer Brown and Nathan Edwards. “They teach piano, guitar, flute, marimba and different kinds of percussion,” Satterwhite said. Satterwhite noted the

church owns a Peruvian zampoña, or pan flute, but at present there are no children interested in playing the instrument. “We have some new musicians, new youngsters that are just coming up the ranks,” Satterwhite said.”We have one little girl who is 5, who is just doing fabulous.” Edwards also gives voice lessons for the children. “We’ve discovered this one little guy who has a Vienna Boy’s Choir-quality voice,” she noted. “It is so awesome! Every once in awhile, when Nathan’s working with him, we’ll hear this quality come through and it’s so wonderful. I can’t

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BACA protecting, empowering abused children By Faith Bemiss

visit of a perp, who was still out of jail, and would be in the child’s life someBikers Against Child how. That would comAbuse has a common pletely undo the progress goal: to protect children that they made.” and to empower them. Chandler said Lilly BACA State Fair Chapcalled upon his friends ter President and Child who rode motorcycles. Liaison Jeff Chandler, “Twenty-five people also known as Tank, said showed up to do a levelthe group’s mission state- one, which is to go out ment emphasizes that and meet they stand the child,” physically “We are only here to he added. and mentally empower that child. When with the BACA child so they We do not condone conducts a violence, but we won’t have level-one, to be afraid are an obstacle to they already and alone in violence.” — BACA have backan abusive ground hisState Fair Chapter situation. about President and Child tory BACA is the child Liaison Jeff “Tank” and usua national organization Chandler. ally the child the began in has been Utah in 1980. interviewed by an agency “Chief (John Paul Lilly) prior to their arrival. was the founder and he Through BACA each was a clinical therapist,” child gets to select a Chandler said. “What he motorcycle “road name” was finding was all the and they are presented progress that he would with a vest with a patch make with the children bearing that name. he was seeing could eas“They pick out a patch ily be undone with one [email protected]

that we have, there are five different ones,” Chandler said. “Usually it’s ‘Welcome to the Family’ or ‘I will Not Live in Fear.’ We go out as a chapter, we meet the child and the child gets two primaries.” Primaries are specially selected BACA members who will work closely with the child. “The child has their phone numbers and they contact the child usually, in the first month, about once a week,” Chandler said. “Then it might go to every two weeks. It’s as much as the child needs or wants. The child can contact the primary anytime they want. “If the child is afraid and wakes up one night with nightmares … they call the primary and we will go over there,” he added. “We are only here to empower that child. We do not condone violence, but we are an obstacle to violence.” BACA members recognize that they are

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State Fair Chapter of Bikers Against Child Abuse President Jeff “Tank” Chandler shows his BACA patch that represents he’s been cleared by the FBI in a background check with the National Crime Information Center. “No one is in BACA without being NCIC cleared,” he noted. Last year BACA helped 52 children in abusive situations.

not therapists and they always encourage the child to have therapy if needed. Chandler said they often don’t need to know the particulars of the cases they help with, all they need to know is the child was abused. “Whether it’s physical,

sexual, mental, that’s all we need to know,” he noted. “When we take a child on, once a BACA child you are always a BACA child.” Chandler added that once the child has gone to court (if they do) and the perpetrator is in jail,

BACA has a Heroes’ Ride for them. “They are our heroes,” he said. “We’ll go out and pick up the child and take the child on a ride. We give them a patch for their vest that says ‘I am a Hero.’ See CHILDREN | D5

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night which will feature a silent auction and some other activities from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, April 8. “It is such a wonderful thing that so many of our church members have unique talents,” Albrecht said. “That is how we are planning to get the addition to the old schoolhouse on the church grounds built, by using the talents and skills of the members. “We will have to hire a few individuals to pour the floors and do the exterior walls, but from then we plan on completing most of the work ourselves,” Albrecht added. Plans for the addition focus on connecting to the existing structure through the schoolhouse on the south (back) side of the building. “We want to have a big picture window on the south side so we can overlook the valley,” Albrecht said. “It is such a beautiful setting there.

“We have faith that this will happen in the near future,” Albrecht added. “Every Saturday at Mass we say a special prayer for the building and the dedication of those to see it become a reality.”

Hope Lecchi | Democrat

St. John’s Catholic Church in Bahner is it appears today. The church was first constructed in 1880 and is about to undergo a building project to add additional space for a meeting hall. The church itself will not be renovated but the schoolhouse on the church grounds will be enlarged.

Hope Lecchi | Democrat

The front of the schoolhouse on the grounds of St. John’s Catholic church is pictured prior to a renovations project. The church hosts Mass Saturday evenings. Members of the church hope to begin an addition to the structure later this year so they can accommodate more guests to the church for special events including receptions and their annual ice cream social.

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Ministerial Association works together help community board. “There’s lots of coordination between aid groups for families in need,” McMullin said. In addition to the aid organizations, the PCMA hosts summer lunches for kids at Liberty Park and solicits direct donations from community members and businesses to assist the needy. The association organizes a drive to provide children with school supplies prior to the start of each school year. The group was also instrumental in forming the Interfaith Chapel at Bothwell Regional Health Center. “It’s fantastic to see a group of pastors get together to solve problems,” said Pastor Richard Adams, who represents the Wesley United Church. “We started this organization after seeing similar programs in other cities and the benefits

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It’s been a successful year for SedaliaPettis County United Way, with a campaign that raised almost $500,000, the inaugural Day of Caring and the launch of the Community Impact Model. While SPCUW didn’t quite reach its 201516 campaign goal, all those involved said they still consider the campaign an overall success. The goal of raising $506,696 for the partner agencies served by SPCUW was announced during the kick-off event in August 2015. As of Feb. 19 at the annual campaign wrap-up luncheon, SPCUW was about $27,000 short of that goal, but 2015-16 Campaign Chair Deanna Clark said she’s still proud of everyone’s efforts. The 2015-16 campaign may have ended short of the goal, but it saw many new organizations and businesses either donate for the first time, revitalize their United Way campaign, or increase their giving. During her recognition of donors and volunteers, Clark noted that the businesses who received a Gold Award for donating $1,000 or more made up the largest portion of money, being responsible for about $420,000. Over the last year, SPCUW has begun to implement the first steps of the Communi-

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Volunteers from Team Pittsburgh Corning, Mike Hillburn, team leader, left, and Robert Parker install a Hiltie Anchor Oct. 10, 2015, during the SPCUW Day of Caring. Hillburn and Parker were repairing, re-installing and painting a metal handrail for a woman’s home on West Third Street.

Sometimes collaboration is the key to success in helping the community. That’s what members of the Pettis County Ministerial Association have found since the association of churches was formed in the early 1980s. “Our mission statement is to ‘celebrate what we hold in common,”’ said First Christian Church Pastor Chad McMullin. Church members representing several denominations throughout the area jointly organize fundraisers for assistance organizations such as The Salvation Army and Open Door, which was started by the association. Two of the association’s board members serve on Open Door’s

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ty Impact Model, which will occur alongside campaign fundraising. $15,000 from funds raised has been allocated for the initiative, focusing on increasing the median income in Pettis County, which is $10,000 less than the state average, said Community Impact Committee Chair Chris Stewart during the luncheon. SPCUW has long operated solely on the community chest

model — hosting an annual campaign to fund its partners — but now it is a hybrid, working on both community chest and community impact. Other United Way agencies, such as Columbia, have transitioned to only working on community impact, which SPCUW Executive Director Staci Harrison describes as a way for the community to colSee UNITED | D6

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to the communities they serve. The Association helps strengthen communal aid.” The members meet monthly to work on fundraising and other projects within the community. They also host weekly Bible study sessions for pastors, host Baccalaureate for Smith-Cotton’s senior class annually and host Lenten breakfasts every Wednesday morning during Lent at the churches of various members. “Our goal is to help out anyone in need through a coordinated effort,” Adams said. “Quite often according to need.” PCMA members encourage growth among the association. “There’s still room to grow,” McMullin said. “Our goal is to highlight every ministry we can.”

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wait to see him grow up and see how that voice turns out.” The Amigos de Cristo music group often goes out into the community to perform. “We just sang at the Martin Luther King Day,” Satterwhite said. “We also sang at the city’s Christmas party at Convention Hall.” The group has performed concerts in the park, sang at local nursing homes, and sings for the children’s play at the church each Sunday. They also accept invitations to sing. “If anybody calls we’d be glad to come,” Satterwhite added. In February the church received a new grant that will expand their services further. “We received a small grant from LCMS (Lutheran Church Missouri Synod) called ‘Stand by your Community.’” Satterwhite said. One of the things it does is enable us to hire a part-time person to help with social services, and we’ve hired Gabriela Menjivar who is an interpreter for the Sedalia 200 schools. The office is now open for social services from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons, and on Tuesdays from 1 to 4.” Janet Torres, who began the Amigos’ Teen Mom Program, plans to use the grant to provide three events each year. The Teen Mom program is doing well, Satterwhite said. “That started out because Janet worked at the Bothwell Hospital OB/GYN clinic,” she added. “That’s where she hooked into, wow, these kids are having a

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Young men from Amigos de Cristo Church clean up mountains of leaves in a yard on South Stewart Avenue last fall. From left are Thomas Evans, Bryce Chalfant, Luis Sotelo and Emilio Olivos. Sotelo is cinching up a large tarp; the young men raked a large number of leaves onto the tarp, then tied it into a huge bundle. It was then hoisted into a pickup truck before taking it to the city’s site for composting.

really difficult time.” Torres told the Democrat in October 2015 that lack of education and no support for teen mothers often results in harm to the infant. “I wanted something local where we could help them, and just give them the basics,” she said. “I know in Warrensburg they have something similar, but it’s a little more advanced.” Torres added that the program teaches the young mothers what to expect when they are expecting. “What’s going to happen to you for the next nine months,” she noted. Satterwhite said the church has a new fundraising program, Servant’s Day, coming up April 2. Boy Scout Troop 300 and the church’s music students are planning to provide spring cleaning for those in the community

who need the service. “We had a gentleman who came here named Larry King,” she said. “Larry helped one of our scouts with his Eagle Project. Larry had a problem with his back and mentioned that he still had fall leaves in his yard.” Satterwhite said she told Boy Scout Troop 300 they needed service hours and suggested they rake the leaves in King’s yard. “They have to have service hours for their badges,” she added. “I saw all these big boys out there raking these mountains of leaves and I thought ‘you know what, we could do a fundraiser like this.’” By mid-February the group had already booked three people who needed work done in their yards. The youth will work for up to six hours in teams of two with an adult supervisor. Funds raised

will go toward the cost of music lessons for the music students and summer camp for the Boy Scouts. “We get a MAC (Missouri Arts Council) Grant, and it’s just not enough to cover the whole year,” she said. “We would run out of funds by May if we didn’t do any fundraising.” The church has a third grant that will cover a youth program, but they don’t have a youth director. “We are looking for somebody who can do some meaningful things with our youth, very part-time,” she noted. “We want education, we want social activities and we want spiritual growth.” For more information about Amigos de Cristo Church, call 826-2788. Faith Bemiss can be reached at 530-0289 or @flbemiss.

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“As long as the child has got to the point where they’re empowered, then we try to wean them off of us,” he added. “We will eventually put them on the inactive list, but they will still have a primary and the helpline. We’re there as much as the child needs us.” In the past year BACA has helped 52 children. “A lot of those are inactive, but unfortunately the phone keeps ringing,” he said. “I’ve already had six calls this year on the helpline.” If need be, BACA members will go to court with the child. “We’ll pick the child up at the house and escort the child to the court if that’s what they want,” Chandler said. “The child gets all the say in what we do. The child always has a choice. They have a choice whether they go

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laborate on important issues. “Community impact is looking at the areas of health, education and income to identify solutions to the most critical issues in the community that’s holding us back,” Harrison explained. “Finding ways for our community to continue to collaborate and build upon what we are doing in those three areas.” Harrison said as a board, and after talking with community members and SPCUW partners, they have decided the target goal

on the rides with us or not. Most do, there’s a few who still are a little afraid of the bikes.” BACA members go through extensive training before they are allowed to work with a child. Chandler said he and his wife Dina “Stiletto” Chandler went through 20 months of training before receiving patches. All members start out as a supporter and train to receive their patches. “No one is in BACA with out being NCIC (National Crime Information Center) cleared,” he noted. “It’s an FBI background check. We fingerprint everybody. “Once we get the results back from the fingerprinting, if they are cleared, they get a NCIC patch,” he added. “That represents that they have been cleared. So, any BACA member that sees that will know.” Once a BACA member has been cleared they

begin supporter training. Training usually takes a least a year. “There is a lot of training that goes into that,” he added. “A year is just a guideline.” BACA works with other agencies such as the Pettis County Division of Family Services, Pathways Community Health, Child Safe of Central Missouri Inc. and the courts. “Sometimes the court will call us and say they have a case coming up,” Chandler said. People also contact BACA through the group’s helpline. During the year BACA children aren’t forgotten by the group. Each year BACA provides two parties for all the BACA children they have helped in the local area, a summer outing and picnic and a Christmas party complete with multiple presents, food and a visit from Santa. When fundraising

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events occur the money raised goes toward the annual BACA children’s parties or it is sometimes used for therapy if a child has no health insurance. “All of the money we raise from fundraising and donations, that money goes into a fund,” Chandler said. “We have a therapy fund. If the child’s parents do not have insurance or if they are not on Medicaid, we will work with Pathways and we will help fund the therapy. “We do try to get the child into therapy because without therapy it’s hard to make progress in empowering that child,” he added. “Just being there isn’t always enough.” Chandler said BACA depends on the public’s help. “April is our child abuse awareness month,” he noted. “Come April every Saturday and Sunday you will see us out at Walmart and different restaurants. We’ll have

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BACA recently had a table at the Cabin Fever Sports Show on the Missouri State Fairgrounds in February. The group is a 501-C3 nonprofit and members are all volunteers.

things set up where we’ll stand outside and pass out our brochures and child abuse awareness pamphlets.” For more information, visit www.bacaworld.org.

For child abuse help, call the State Fair Chapter of BACA helpline at 1-800414-4141. Faith Bemiss can be reached at 530-0289 or @flbemiss.

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like that will help create “yearlong relevance” for United Way in the area. Harrison told the Democrat in October that the Day of Caring is an opportunity for people who may not have the financial ability to give back to their community, but have talents and skills to do so. “There’s also people in our community that need help,” she added. “This was an opportunity to pair those two groups of people. Really, it’s just a large event of neighbors helping neighbors.”

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