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4A EWS -L EADER REHERETOSERVEYOU EWS -L EADER The Springfield News-Leader contains recycled newsprint. Showers And A Few Storms In The Great Lakes SunnyPt. CloudyCloudy Showers and a few thunderstorms will be possible over the Great Lakes and into portions of the Northeast. Showers and storms will also be possible from the Southeast to the Southern Plains, and across the Rockies. National forecast Forecast highs for Tuesday, July 29 FrontsPressure ColdWarmStationaryLowHigh -10s100s-0s0s10s20s30s40s50s60s 70s80s90s110s IceSnowFlurriesT stormsRainShowers Weather Underground AP GOOD MORNING Mark Highfill, Springfield, a loyal reader! WEATHER TODAY Sunny TONIGHT Cloudy WEDNESDAY Chance of rain THURSDAY hance of rain FRIDAY ostly sunny SATURDAY Mostly sunny ALMANAC Yesterday by 7 p.m.

Avg. Record high: 1986 Record low: 1994 unrise: 6:16 a.m. Sunset: 8:24 p.m. Precipitation: 0 (avg): 2.25/3.38 (avg): 19.96 26.26 Moon phase: Waxing crescent Moon rise: 8:42 a.m. Moon set: 9:46 p.m.

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Ages 6-adult. Free. 417-888-4237 Get Hooked on Loom Knitting, 4 p.m. Tuesday, idtown Carnegie Branch Library, 397 E. Central St.

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2, Ozark Empire Fairgrounds, 3001N. Grant Ave. Tickets in advance: 6 for ages 13 and older; $2 or children ages 6-12. At the gate: $8 for ages 13 and older, $4 for children ages 6-12; children 5 and younger free. Parking: $5.

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Kleinsmith concedes hat what Sinquefield is oing, by supporting the i ssues he believes in, But he stated what he called that does create added struggle for public We have to speak up on ehalf of public he said. may not have the money our opponent has but a just arlier this year, ond election became a testing ground. Aseries of fliers, paid for from Missouri Club for Growth, were sent out raising questions about the bond issue and the district. Despite that, voters agreed to fund the projects. Kleinsmith said he witnessed firsthand the pow- of a group on having their and be- ieves the effort took a bite out of the ability communicate its ideas.

from the outside can have a great deal of influence in what was a ocal control he aid. illard Superintendent Kent Medlin said proponents of public education and must make their beliefs known i they want public educa- ion to continue to serve tudents, grow and keep getting better. happens in St. Louis may be the answer in t. Louis but clearly (Sin- uefield) under- tand the amount of support public education has in southwest Medlin said.

Medlin said the outcome of an election should be based on the will of voters and not swayed by ow much money candidates can spend on getting heir messages out. of the most cher- i shed principles we live by is local control and that communities get to make decisions about the comm unity they live in," he aid. ut beyond election day, Medlin said critical to have lawmakers who understand the communities they serve and advo- ate for the people they epresent. I want elected officials from the Willard community to think about best for the Willard comm unity, not best for t. Louis or somewhere he said.

want them to take that message to Jefferson Schools Continued from Page 1A Kent Medlin ST. LOUIS Aminister is taking his own denomination to task, claiming in a lawsuit that the Presbyterian Church was partly responsible for sexual a buse he suffered as a eenager. he Rev. Kris Schondel- meyer, a youth minister in oledo, Ohio, is seeking unspecified damages in a lawsuit he filed against Louisville, Kentucky-based Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.); the First Presbyterian Church of Fulton, Missouri; the Missouri nion Presbytery in Jefferson City; and his alleged abuser, Jack Wayne Rogers. Schondelmeyer, 31, a native of Sedalia, Missouri, said he was sexually abused at a youth conference in Maryland in 2000.

At the time, Rogers was a lay pastor in Montgomery County, Missouri. The suit alleges Presbyterian officials allowed Rogers to work as a chaperone despite 1992 conviction for child pornography. An attorney for the den omination declined comm ent, citing the pending itigation. A hearing on the case is scheduled for Aug. 1 8 in Fulton.

Rogers, 69, does not have a lawyer in lawsuit. Rogers has a long criminal history. In 2004, he pleaded guilty in Missouri for practicing medicine without a license and ass ault for cutting off a penis as part of a makeshift gender reassignment surgery at a hotel in Columbia, Missouri. That same year, he was convicted of federal child pornography and obscenity charges. He is serving a 30-year sentence at a federal prison in Miami.

Authorities have also cited him as a potential suspect in an unsolved missing person case in northwest Missouri. Branson Perry was 20 when he went missing after leaving his home in Skidmore i 2001. Rogers has denied i nvolvement and has never been charged. chondelmeyer said he fears there may be other victims of Rogers. In a statement issued through the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, he said he still believes in the Presbyterian Church.

There is much compassion and mercy in my heart, and I would rather stand with church leaders than against them to work together to create safe and sacred space for children and Schondel- meyer said. Presbyterian Church named in abuse lawsuit By Jim Salter Associated Press.