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Undercover dogfighting investigation results in two arrests in south Stone A seven-month undercover investigation into an alleged
dogfighting operation in southern Stone County resulted in
the recent arrests of a Lampe man and a Blue Eye man and the
discovery of six adult and 13 young pit bulls at a Lampe
residence. Officers from the Stone County Sheriff’s
Department and the Combined Ozarks Multijurisdictional
Enforcement Team (COMET) and representatives from the Humane
Society of Missouri descended on a Pinetree Junction
residence – located just south of Mo. 86 on Mo. 13 – about
5:30 p.m. July 7. Officers arrested Jon P. Stingley, 42,
Lampe, on dogfighting charges. A 41-year-old man from Blue
Eye was also arrested. At press time, the second man had not
been identified by name. Stone County Prosecuting Attorney
Matt Selby said the Blue Eye man “was taken in on an
investigative hold.” To read the rest of the story, pick
up a copy of the Stone County Gazette at a local newsstand
or call 739-3237 for subscription information.
Jul-11-10 | Stone County Gazette |
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Commissioners send P&Z to voters Stone County commissioners met recently and decided to place
a planning and zoning question on the Nov. 2 ballot. By a
2-1 tally on July 6, commissioners agreed to ask voters to
consider the same question supposedly decided last summer:
“Shall county planning and zoning be continued?” Stone
County Presiding Commissioner Dennis Wood cast the
dissenting vote. To read the rest of the story, pick up a
copy of the Stone County Gazette at a local newsstand or
call 739-3237 for subscription information.
Jul-11-10 | Stone County Gazette |
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New Website is designed to provide accurate information on area lakes A local organization has started a new advertising-free
Website designed to provide updated and unbiased information
about Table Rock Lake and Lake Taneycomo. David
Casaletto, executive director of Kimberling City-based Table
Rock Lake Water Quality, Inc., said his nonprofit
organization recently kicked off the Branson Area Lakes
Report Website. Casaletto said TRLWQ will fund upkeep for
the Website by donations from locals rather than through ad
revenue. He said, “It’s important I think to have a
source of information that’s independent and doesn’t have an
advertising base.” Casaletto offered examples when a site
like BALR might come in handy. When heavy spring rains
pushed Table Rock Lake to record levels two years ago,
Casaletto said a number of tourists called area businesses
to ask, “Is the lake open?” A Website like BALR could be
a quick and ready source for accurate information in case of
flooding, Casaletto said. And when Gov. Jay Nixon and
officials at the state’s Department of Natural Resources
were embroiled in a controversy regarding the release of
information about high levels of E. coli at Lake of the
Ozarks, BALR could have been a good avenue to quickly calm
fears or erase doubts about water quality conditions in
Table Rock and Taneycomo, Casaletto said. To read the
rest of the story, pick up a copy of the Stone County
Gazette at a local newsstand or call 739-3237 for
subscription information.
Jul-11-10 | Stone County Gazette |
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P&Z likely headed back to voters Stone County voters went to the polls in August and decided
that planning and zoning should continue in the county. They
may get the chance to decide the same issue again in
November. Planning and zoning opponents who sought last year
to do away with planning and zoning suffered a narrow defeat
in the August election. Some opponents vowed shortly after
the election to continue their fight to get rid of planning
and zoning. They circulated a petition asking county
officials to place the same planning and zoning question on
another Stone County ballot and then recently submitted
their petition to the Stone County clerk. County
commissioners considered the petition request during a June
22 public hearing. Later in June, county commissioners
announced they may vote July 6 to place the issue on the
Nov. 2 general election ballot. The public hearing was a
lengthy affair designed to give county citizens a chance to
voice opinions on the issue. Stone County Commission legal
counsel Bill McCullah said the July 6 meeting will be a
different sort of gathering than the public hearing. He said
commissioners have scheduled the planning and zoning
petition item only as an agenda entry that the three
commissioners will consider during the 1 p.m. meeting.
McCullah said, “This is not a public hearing to gain input.”
Translation for local folks: Commissioners will likely
discuss the P&Z petition among themselves but aren’t
looking for local citizens to chime in with opinions.
However, Stone County Presiding Commissioner Dennis Wood
said commission meetings are always open to the public.
Since Wood came on board as presiding commissioner, he said,
commission meetings have always included a slot at the end
when citizens are given the chance to address the
commission. Wood said the July 6 meeting will be no
different. A recent informal survey of the three
commissioners indicated the item is likely to appear on the
November ballot. Southern Associate Commissioner Jerry Dodd
and Northern Associate Commissioner Ken Booth both said
they’re likely to vote in favor of placing the item on a
county ballot and letting local voters decide the issue.
Wood hedged his bet and said he won’t reveal his intentions
prior to the July 6 meeting. But, if the two associate
commissioners follow through on their pledge to place the
item on the ballot, it won’t matter which way Wood leans. A
2-1 tally to place the item before voters would be
sufficient to land the issue on a ballot. State law mandates
that Stone County Clerk Judy Berkstresser must certify the
Nov. 2 ballot by an Aug. 24 ballot certification deadline.
To read the rest of the story, pick up a copy of the Stone
County Gazette at a local newsstand or call 739-3237 for
subscription information.
Jul-02-10 | Stone County Gazette |
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