GA SMA DEPARTED FROM A CLOSED ARPT. CTR QUESTIONED THE DEP. ADVISED THE ARPT WAS OPEN AND THE ARPT MGR HAD FORGOTTEN TO CANCEL THE NOTAM AFFECTING THE ARPT.

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ARPT WAS CLOSED MAY/XX/97 FOR PAINT STRIPING. MACHINE BROKE; AND RAIN. ARPT MGR WAS TOLD TO OPEN ARPT. MGR'S SON OF OWNER DOES NO MGMNT AS SUCH -- THIS IS PVT ARPT. THE SON WAS REMINDED SEVERAL TIMES TO CALL AND TERMINATE THE CLOSURE NOTAM. KEPT FORGETTING. ON MY CLRNC FROM ZKC; I WAS REMINDED ARPT CLOSED. I EXPLAINED CIRCUMSTANCES. THERE IS ALSO NO RWY CLOSED MARKS; ACFT CONTINUE TO USE ARPT. UPON MY ARR AFTER THE FLT; I CALLED THE MGR AND ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD PLEASE CALL COLUMBIA FSS TO LIFT THE NOTAM. HE FINALLY DID THAT. I CALLED COLUMBIA THE NEXT DAY. THEY TOLD ME HE HAD CALLED THE NIGHT BEFORE TO TELL THEM THE CLOSED NOTAM DID NOT APPLY AND THAT FINALLY ENDED MORE THAN A WK OF REMINDERS. I FULLY UNDERSTAND NOTAMS AND CLOSED ARPTS. EVEN ON A SHORT FLT; 50 MI; WHICH I REGULARLY DO; I CHK FOR NOTAMS FIRST -- EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THAT ARPT AS WELL AS MY HOME BASE; K97. HOME BASE; HOWEVER; ALWAYS WAS A PVT ARPT; TAKEN CARE OF BY THE PLTS ON THE BASE. HAVING TO WORK THROUGH THE MGR MAKES FOR PROBS. I AM SENDING THIS IN BECAUSE CTR WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT PLEASED THAT I DEPARTED FROM A CLOSED ARPT ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO THREAT TO FLT SAFETY.