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Braum's Ice Cream opens on 160

If you're screaming for ice cream in Nixa, Braum's is now dipping 27 flavors daily. The newest Braum's opened July 6 at 407 N. Massey Blvd. (Highway 160).

The store, which is managed by Jennifer Wallace, can be reached at 725-9326. Braum's is open 6 a.m.-11 p.m. Monday through Thursday, until 11:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and it opens for Sunday breakfast at 7 a.m.

The restaurant has seating for 126 people, offering a full menu of hot breakfast items and lunch and dinner foods, along with home replacement meals.

The retail side of Braum's sells items such as milk, ice cream in more than 27 flavors, bread, cookies, soda, ice cream bars, eggs, biscuits and sandwich condiments, according to Angela Richardson, day assistant.

City to ask voters to assess developers

The city of Ozark will hold a special election Aug. 3 to ask voters to require developers of new subdivisions to pay a $250 impact fee per living unit. As an alternative to the impact fee, the developer can dedicate at least 5 percent of the total development as a park if the city approves it as acceptable park land.

In a press release, Ozark Mayor Roger Fortner said, "As the city of Ozark has grown, we have not provided enough park land for our families and children. This impact fee will provide money for new parks and equipment."

The impact fee would not affect existing homeowners. Ozark residents may vote in the Community Building on the square in downtown Ozark.

Fortner expects the measure to pass and said that the impact fee would immediately go into effect upon certification. Fees would be assessed as soon as final plats are approved.

"We've had a few little neighborhood parks developed in the last few years under our old system, but no community parks big enough to serve baseball, little league and soccer. We're hoping with this to generate enough funds to buy some good land with potential for soccer fields, baseball and larger parks," Fortner said.

"The only way that the city would want donated land is if it was land the park system really wants," Fortner said. "In the past, developers have donated land that's in reality unusable land, and it ends up being a maintenance nightmare. The city won't accept land unless it's really good as a park."

The city has not looked at specific sites for parks, but Fortner said that a substantial amount of money will be generated, since most subdivisions are 50 to 100 home sites in size.

Manufactured home business opens

Tompken Homes Inc. has opened in Ozark at the northwest corner of U.S. 65 and Christian County CC. The manufactured housing business is owned and operated by Tom and Marla Pariseau with salesmen Richard Gliedt and Dewayne Huff.

In addition to selling homes ranging from 711 square feet to 2,160 square feet in size, the company provides financing for homes and land, insurance, financing, warranties, set up and delivery to qualified buyers.

"All homes we sell are built to northern specifications, including upgraded insulation and thermal-pane windows," Tom Pariseau said. He has been in the manufactured home business since 1990, and Tompken Homes has been open since May 1 on a six-acre lot displaying 17 homes.

Tompken Homes is a dealer for Patriot, which has been in business since 1972. The Ozark company has access to more than 30 floor plans.

Ozark Country Mobile Home Service of Ozark, owned by Stan Huck, is contracted to deliver and set up the homes. For more information, call 581-9601.

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