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War of 1812 veteran honored

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American Legion Post 419 dedicates gravestone for historic grave

Verona home opener set for Thursday against College Heights

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JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE

What: Temporarily embargoed due to adverse reactions Side effects: Blood clots, severe headache, abdominal pain, leg pain, or shortness of breath

Johnson & Johnson vaccines embargoed Barry County administered 200 doses last month with no major side effects BY MELONIE ROBERTS reporter@monett-times.com

The Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine for COVID-19 has been put on pause after people at multiple vaccination sites experienced adverse reactions. In a joint statement Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration said they were investigating unusual

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CoxHealth Urgent Care moved There’s more than meets the eye BY MELONIE ROBERTS reporter@monett-times.com

It’s not unusual for people to occasionally feel a bit under the weather and decide a visit to the doctor is in order. However, on those occasions when a primary care physician in not available to schedule an appointment, people are at a loss as to their next

COX MONETT URGENT CARE

What: Serves patients who can’t get in to see their primary care physician Where: 2200 E. Cleveland, Monett Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week

option. Often, they are not “sick enough” to visit the emergency room, yet getting professional care for minor illnesses, injuries or suturing is a priority.

Thus, the stop gap measure of urgent care facilities evolved to meet those needs, and Cox Monett was one of the area leaders in providing the service locally. Originally located at Cleveland and Central Avenue, the clinic relocated in February to 2200 E. Cleveland and expanded services. “We now have not only the urgent care center, but the visiting physicians program, health information management,

Who: Ken Terry and Ruben Henderson re-elected What: Purdy School Board When: April 6 election

Incumbents hold Purdy School Board seats

Ruben Henderson and Ken Terry continue to hold seats

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DETECTIVE OF THE YEAR

BY MIKE GERVAIS

Who: Sgt. Melissa Phillips What: Named first Detective of the Year at Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office

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Phillips named Detective of the Year First recipient of new recognition program BY MELONIE ROBERTS reporter@monett-times.com

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THE VOTE IS IN

A night to remember in Purdy

Sgt. Melissa Phillips, a detective with the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office’s, was named the organization’s first Detective of the Year 2020 in March. Phillips was chosen for the honor based on a peer-review

occupational telemedicine and the wellness department,” said Cheryl Webb, R.N. “We were fortunate to have the space here to expand some of the hospital departments. We have expanded from three patient rooms to six, have added X-ray services with the addition of a brand new machine, and we also have an EKG machine.” With the expansion of services, staff has also been increased to meet patient needs.

Audrey Lowe and Allison Whitman were having a ball and looking fabulous at Purdy’s 2021 prom. Mike Gervais/mgnews@monett-times.com

Purdy school board incumbents Ruben Henderson and Ken Terry retained their seats on the school board following the April 6 Municipal Election. Henderson, who has served three years on the board and will be beginning his second term, was the top vote-getter, earning 104 votes, or 41.27 percent. Terry followed, taking home 91 votes, or 36.11 percent, of the total. The challenger, Kelli Stevens, who was looking to begin her term on the school board received 55 votes, or 21.83 percent. There were also two write-ins on the ballot and 24 Purdy voters undervoted, selecting only one candidate for the two available seats. “I’m thankful to the community for voting for me, and hopefully I will give them another three years where they’re pleased with me on the board,” Henderson said. “I will continue to represent the values and morals of Purdy and make sure they CONTINUED ON PAGE 2A

Sheltered Workshop seeking additional project jobs

Director hopes to begin styrofoam recycling by summer BY MELONIE ROBERTS reporter@monett-times.com

The Monett Area Extended Employment Sheltered Workshop may have a new recycling venture up and running soon. Members of the Lawrence County Tax Board for the Developmentally Disabled (LCDD) recently approved paying just over

MONETT AREA SHELTERED WORKSHOP

What: Provides jobs for individuals with disabilities in Barry and Lawrence counties More: Workshop seeking additional project jobs for low-functioning employees

61 percent of a $3,800 price tag for a licensed electrician to wire a foam densifier machine to recycle styrofoam packing material. Mica Plummer, workshop director, plans to request the remaining cost from

the Barry County Tax Board at its May 6 meeting. If the funding is approved and the machine, which was donated from a Cassville recycling enterprise, is set up at the workshop, recycling styrofoam can begin as early as this summer. “I have checked with several sources as far as buying the recycled material, and they are calling me back, wanting to know if we have started yet,” Plummer said. “This is an exciting opportunity for our employees.” The densifier takes pieces of

styrofoam and compresses them into a single log, which can then be shipped to other entities to be formed into packing material used around electronics, appliances and other fragile items.” While the workshop is struggling through the COVID pandemic like other small businesses, Plummer said one saving grace this year has been the Payment Protection Plan, which pays a portion of staff and employee wages, insurance and utilities under the COVID relief program. “The plan got us through last CONTINUED ON PAGE 3A

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NEWS IN BRIEF CoxHealth will be hosting its annual diaper drive through April 30. Locally, diaper donations may be dropped off at Cox Monett Hospital’s employee entrances or at CoxHealth at Home in Monett. Donated diapers will be given to Diaper Bank of the Ozarks in Springfield, Elevate Branson, Monett Community Kitchen, and the Barton County Health Department. The organizations will then distribute the diapers to local families in need. For more information, call 417-269-4664. Job training for a new mobile mercantile that will bring health and hygiene supplies to local communities is now available. This six-week training program provides essential job skills with classroom instruction and hands-on experience. The training also includes an OSHA 10-hour certification in general industry. Anyone interested in learning more is invited to visit www.oac.ac. Throughout the month of April, the Monett Senior Center will be doing a curbside meal every Wednesday. Pick-up is from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The suggested donation is $3.50 for ages 60 and up. Price for those 59 and under is $6. To received a menu, call 417-235-3285. Monett Elementary School will be holding preschool screenings Thursday, April 15 and Friday, April 16. The screenings are for children who will be four years old during the next school year. To schedule an appointment or for more information, call 417-235-3411. The Pleasant Ridge Special Road District will hold its monthly meeting in the basement of the Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 19. This meeting is open to the residents of the road district. A Monett area blood drive will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. Monday, April 19 at St. Lawrence Catholic Church located at 405 7th St. in Monett. To schedule an appointment, call 1-800-733-2767 or visit redcrossblood.org and use the code MONETT. Verona Preschool will hold a preschool screening on April 19 and April 20. Those who live in the Verona School District who have children who will be 4 years-old by Aug. 1 are encouraged to bring their children to the screening. To schedule an appointment, call Melvin Hillhouse at 833-402-9580. The Board of Senior Citizens of Pierce City will be hosting curbside

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lunch pick-ups from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 20. This week’s lunch will be beef stroganoff, vegetables, a salad and dessert. The Capps Creek Special Road District will meet at noon Tuesday, April 20 at the home of Garry Bartkoski, 5086 Farm Road 2057. The Kings Prairie Special Road District Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 20 at Angus Branch Steakhouse in Monett. The Monett Library’s Teen Ambassador group will be conducting an Earth Day project at the Monett City Park Thursday, April 22. Organizers are still planning activities, and those who are interested are invited to contact the library at 417-235-6646. Verona School will host a kindergarten screening on April 21 and April 22. Those who live in the Verona School District with children who will be 5 years-old by Aug. 1 are encouraged to bring their children to the screening. To schedule an appointment, call Melvin Hillhouse at 833-402-9580. The Monett Lions Club will be serving up its annual Steak Dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday April 24 at the Historical Society Event Center in downtown Monett. The meal includes a 10 oz. ribeye steak, baked potato, salad, roll, pie, and beverage, and is available with a “dine-in” or “carryout” option. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased from any Lion or at Bruner Pharmacy. Profits from the evening will benefit the work of the museum as it continues its mission to tell the story of Monett. The Community Blood Center of the Ozarks blood drive will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. Friday, April 23 at St. Edward Catholic Church on 17th Street in Cassville. All blood types are needed and successful donors will receive a T-shirt that promotes local donor pride. The Community Blood Center of the Ozarks, which is the sole supplier of blood and plasma to patients at 44 area healthcare facilities, is reporting a shortage of all blood types. While COVID-19 vaccinations are in progress, the turnout at many area blood drives is still being negatively affected. On the other side, blood transfusions in area hospitals are taking place at levels not seen in several years. Those who would like to donate are encouraged to make an appointment at www.cbco.org/donateblood/, but appointments are not required. Masks are required at this blood drive. The Monett Library’s Teen Ambassador group will be hosting a fundraiser barbecue chicken dinner during the community yard sale on Saturday, April 24. The teens will be selling the meal from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., or until supplies run out. The Teen Ambassador group is hoping to raise $10,000 for the new community library and 70 percent of proceeds will go to the new library and 30 percent will go towards teen programs.

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The comrades of American Legion Post 419 of Freistatt salute the flag carried by the Scott Tech JROTC during a dedication ceremony for a new gravestone for War of 1812 veteran Benjamin J. Allen. Mike Gervais/mgnews@monett-times.com

War of 1812 veteran honored

American Legion Post 419 dedicates gravestone for historic grave BY MIKE GERVAIS mgnews@monett-times.com

American Legion Hubert H. Kleiboeker Post 419 dedicated a gravestone for an American veteran, who served more than 200 years ago, interred at Lee Cemetery north of Verona. Members of the Legion gathered at the Lee Cemetery Saturday morning to pay respects to Pvt. Benjamin J. Allen, who served in the 45th Infantry during the War of 1812 under the command of Col. William Metcalf. Allen was laid to rest in Lee’s Cemetery following his death in 1847. However, there was no headstone, or the headstone was lost to history, and cemetery managers do not know exactly where he was buried in the cemetery. Legion Post 419 Adjutant

HISTORY AND TRADITION

Who: American Legion Post 419 What: Dedication of gravestone for War of 1812 veteran Where: Lee’s Cemetery When: Saturday

Aaron Obermann said the legion approached the Lee Cemetery District following a vandalism in May 2019 to see if members could do anything to help. That vandalism took place May 31, 2019, resulted in three arrests and the destruction of several headstones. Following reports of the vandalism, Quality Memorials of Carthage and Mt. Home Cemetery manager Travis Boyd, of Webb City, volunteered their time and efforts to restore the damaged and toppled headstones, but Obermann said the cemetery board asked if the Legion would be willing to erect a headstone for Allen.

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In October 2020 the Legion hosted a chili feed fundraiser to raise money for a new headstone, which was purchased from Quality Memorials and placed at the cemetery in early March. Cemetery Board President Mark Smith said the cemetery board does not know where Allen was laid to rest. The group decided to place the mark-

er near Allen’s daughter, who was also buried at Lee’s Cemetery. In total, the headstone cost approximately $600. The Legion paid respects to Allen and his service to the country with a color guard, provided by the Scott Tech JROTC, an opening prayer, comments from the post chaplain and other members, and a closing prayer.

line and struck head-on a 2010 Chevrolet Equinox, being driven by Christian Clingman, 25, of Ozark. Stockton was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:40 p.m. by Lawrence County Coroner Scott Lakin. He was transported to Lakin Funeral Home in Pierce City. Clingman and a passenger in his vehicle, Elisabeth Clingman, 25, of

Ozark, both suffered moderate injuries and were both transported to Mercy Hospital in Springfield. The Clingmans were wearing safety devices, and Stockton was not. Both vehicles were totaled. This is the 32nd fatality of the year for Troop D of the Patrol, which covers 18 counties in southwest Missouri, including Lawrence and Barry.

Aurora man dies in Hwy. 174 wreck

Head-on collision occurs west of Republic BY KYLE TROUTMAN editor@monett-times.com

An Aurora man died on Saturday in a wreck at 10:40 p.m. on Highway 174, six miles west of Republic. According to a Missouri

FATAL WRECK

When: 10:40 p.m. Saturday Where: Highway 174, six miles west of Republic Who: Dustun Stockton, 35, of Aurora

State Highway Patrol report, Dustun Stockton, 35, of Aurora, was driving a 1998 Jeep Wrangler westbound when his vehicle crossed the center

Purdy: Terry and Stevens thank their supporters

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are represented on the school board.” Terry, who was elected to his fourth term as a school board member and has represented the community on the board for

the past nine years said he is proud to have the opportunity to continue to serve the community. “I am really grateful for everyone who got out and voted,” he said.

“There wasn’t much to vote for, but I appreciate those who did.” Stevens, a career educator, said she is thankful for her supporters, even if she didn’t win this year’s

bid for a seat on the board. “I appreciate everyone who came out to vote and those who supported me, and I would like to congratulate Ken and Ruben,” she said.

Johnson & Johnson: LawCo holding 200-doses

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clots in six women that occurred 6-13 days after vaccination. The clots occurred in veins that drain blood from the brain and occurred together with low platelets. All six cases were in women between the ages of 18 and 48. More than 6.8 million doses of the J&J vaccine have been administered in the U.S., the vast majority with no or mild side effects. In Barry County, Roger Brock, administrator of the Barry County Health Department, reported 200 doses were administered last month with no major side effects reported. Lawrence County had just received a 200-dose shipment this week, but the vaccines have been embargoed by state and

federal authorities until further notice. “We were excited to get them,” said Janella Spencer, director of the Lawrence County Health Department. “While the single-shot dose from Johnson & Johnson is only 66.3 percent effective against coronavirus, a lot of people are scared, and getting a single dose was more appealing than the two-dose protocol. “The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is 95 percent effective at preventing illness, and the Moderna vaccine was 94 percent effective at preventing serious illness. Personally, I would prefer the vaccine that is more effective.” Spencer said 20.5 percent of Lawrence county residents have initiated

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Pvt. Benjamin J. Allen, 1779-1847, was a soldier in the War of 1812, serving under Col. William Metcalf. Though it is known he was laid to rest in Lee Cemetery, no headstone marked his grave until this month, when American Legion Post 419 dedicated a headstone in his memory.

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vaccine protocols, meaning they have received at least one shot of the twodose inoculation. She said 13.2 percent have completed both shots. In Barry County, as of April 7, 23.7 percent of county residents had received at least the first of two doses. Figures for the number completed were not readily available. However, until additional research is completed, no one will be receiving the single-dose vaccine. The FDA will convene an advisory committee today to decide what to do next. “In an abundance of caution, and as per federal guidelines, we are pausing vaccination with Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine until further notice in

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INJURY WRECK

When: 4 p.m. Friday Where: Highway PP, 1.5 miles northwest of Monett Who: 16-year-old female, of Pierce City

Pierce City teen injured in wreck

Vehicle T-boned on Hwy. PP northwest of Monett BY KYLE TROUTMAN editor@monett-times.com

A Pierce City teenager was injured Friday in a wreck at 4 p.m. on Highway PP, 1.5 miles northwest of Monett. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, a 16-yearold female, of Pierce

City, was driving a 2015 Dodge Journey eastbound and pulled into the path of a southbound 2010 Chevrolet Silverado, being driven by Sergio Esquivel, 47, of Monett, which struck the Journey in the driver’s side. The teenager suffered serious injuries and was transported to Mercy Hospital in Springfield. Esquivel was not injured. Both were wearing safety devices, and both vehicles sustained extensive damage.

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Aurora man injured in Hwy. 39 crash

Vehicle overturns south of Aurora BY KYLE TROUTMAN editor@monett-times.com

An Aurora man was injured on Friday in a wreck at 12:20 p.m. on Highway 39, 1.7 miles

INJURY WRECK

When: 12:20 p.m. Friday Where: Highway 39, 1.7 miles south of Aurora Who: Charles McDonough, 73, of Aurora

south of Aurora. According to a Missouri State Highway

Patrol report, Charles McDonough, 73, of Aurora, was driving a 2004 Chevrolet Tahoe northbound and attempted to pass a 2007 Dodge Ram, being driven by Joshua Mark, 39, of Verona. The Tahoe struck the Ram, causing the Tahoe

to overturn. McDonough suffered minor injuries and was transported to Mercy Hospital in Springfield. Mark was not injured. Both were wearing safety devices. The Tahoe was totaled, and the Ram sustained minor damage.

Cox Monett Urgent Care has relocated to its new facility at 2200 E. Cleveland in Monett. In addition to urgent care services, the facility is now home to visiting physicians program, health information management, occupational telemedicine and more. With the addition of new equipment, patients can receive their X-rays at the facility, instead of having to drive to the hospital. Melonie Roberts/reporter@monett-times.com

CoxHealth: ‘Save My Spot’ cuts down on wait time

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Visiting physicians include Dr. Boyd Crocket, physical rehabilitation; Dr. Terrance Coulter, pulmonology; Dr. Jeffrey Fenwick, ear, nose and throat; Dr. Raymond Lobins, oncology; Dr. Mark Milne, urology; Dr. Michael Mumert, neurology; Dr. Zachary Schmittling, general vascular surgery; Dr. Erin Greer, orthopedics, and Drs. Meghan Patni and Phillip Wiesner, cardiology. “They visit on a rotating monthly basis,” Webb said. “Patients can receive

referrals to these doctors through their primary care physicians.” For those who are opposed to sitting in a waiting room filled with other ailing individuals, Urgent Care offers “Save My Spot,” by reserving a time to be seen online and taken directly to a room upon arrival. “We wish more patients would use Save My Spot,” Webb said. “It cuts down on their wait time.” In the age of COVID, many patients are avoiding seeking medical care, often to their detriment. “We have the same protocols as the hospital, with screenings for temperature checks, patients separated and socially distanced, all personnel are masked, and all employees required to wear eye protection,” Webb said. “Both staff and visitors go through a symptom checking questionnaire. It’s important people not delay medical care. They end up sicker than needed.

Cheryl Webb, R.N., stands in front of the new x-ray equipment at Cox Monett Urgent Care, located at 2200 E. Cleveland in Monett. The facility is also home to the visiting physicians program, health information management, occupational telemedicine and the wellness department. Melonie Roberts/reporter@monett-times.com

This is a safe place, we do everything we can to protect patients.” For more information

or to schedule an appointment, call 417-354-1570 or visit Save My Spot at www. coxhealth.com/save-

Workshop: Always looking for projects

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year,” she said. “We will see if it continues through this year. “We are always looking for additional repetitive work for low-functioning employees. Ideally, we are looking for projects

such as bagging hardware for companies.” One such contract, for Bass Equipment, has found employees bagging clamps for rabbit cages. “Right now, we are waiting on master box-

es for packaging those,” Plummer said. Companies having project jobs suitable for sheltered workshop employees may call Plummer at 417-2353191.

Phillips: Above, beyond regular duties

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by fellow detectives. Phillips’ name was placed on a plaque that will be displayed at the sheriff’s office, and she received a certificate for the honor. Lawrence County Sheriff Brad DeLay noted Lt. Det. Chris Berry had initiated the recognition for the department. The certificate reads: “In recognition of the year 2020, presented to Det. Sgt. Melissa “Mo” Phillips, on March 16, 2021, “During [the] year of

2020. you were asked to go above and beyond the course of your regular duties in the detective PHILLIPS division; “You have exceeded all expectations through use of professional techniques, investigative prowess and the taxing of your excess time and energy; “It is with much hon-

or that I write this letter of accolade. I have been impressed with your teamwork and all that it entails, but you have done so without sacrificing all that is needed to perform on a daily basis with the usual workload of incoming cases. “Please accept, from both of us, this recognition of Detective of the Year. /s/ Brad DeLay, Sheriff of Lawrence County, and Lt. Det. Chris Berry, detective division commander.” DeLay said the award is a way to honor members of the sheriff’s office for work they do that typically goes unnoticed by the community at large. “As law enforcement officers, officers don’t get the thanks they deserve for a lot of the things that they do,” he said. “We sometimes deal with things other people cannot even imagine.” Phillips has been credited with solving a number of cases over the course of 2020, including several thefts of personal property.

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Comics

Mother-daughter fight leads to threats of leaving home

EAR ABBY: My best friend (since we were babies) and I are having a disagreement. She had two kids when she was 16 and 17 who are now in their early 20s. One of them still lives rent-free under her roof. My friend struggled her whole life but got a college degree, bought a house five years ago and owns two cars all on her own. She has recently started having friends over on the weekends and drinking. While I don’t do that, I understand she had kids early and wants to have a little fun now in her 40s. She’s very responsible and pays her bills. The other day I walked in and her daughter started screaming at me that I need to tell her mom to stop and saying that she was moving out. I was shocked that she spoke to me that way. My friend started crying because she loves her daughter and doesn’t want her to move. I say, let her go. She needs to learn to respect her elders, and she’ll soon realize living on her own isn’t easy. My friend didn’t agree and hasn’t said anything to her daughter about how she spoke to both of us. I want to help my friend because she comes to me for advice, but I don’t know how. -- DISAPPROVING FRIEND

JEANNE PHILLIPS DEAR ABBY DEAR BAD HISTORY: Before attempting to do that, it’s important that you talk with a licensed therapist about what happened to you in that unhealthy environment. Once that is done, ask if you can bring your little sister to some sessions. It is tragic that your brother was so damaged by the abuse he received that he could not go on, and I respect you for wanting to prevent something similar from happening to your sister. Groups such as the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (afsp.org) offer counseling referrals after a family member takes his own life. You may be able to find a qualified referral there.

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DEAR ABBY: I usually send special occasion flowers to my wife at work. I was wondering if it could make some co-workers who do not receive flowers from their partner or husband feel neglected, and worse, cause friction between them and my wife. If you feel this could be a potential problem, I can have the flowers delivered to our home. -- EXCLUDED IN FLORIDA

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DEAR EXCLUDED: If receiving flowers at her job has caused any tension in the past, you probably would have heard about it. However, you should ask your wife what she would prefer because she may enjoy the public gesture of husbandly love.

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Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

DEAR FRIEND: People often say things in the heat of anger. You walked in on a fight between your friend and her daughter. You have no idea what started it, and you shouldn’t have inserted yourself. When you tried to “help,” your input was rejected. You have already said enough. Now, resist the impulse to stir the pot and step back so your friend can handle this herself. DEAR ABBY: I come from a family with incest and physical and psychological abuse. I need to talk with my little sister about it. How do I get through it without breaking down before I can help her? My little brother died by suicide six months ago. I have been having nightmares over it. How do I go about getting through to her about it all? -- BAD HISTORY IN IDAHO

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Larry Raymond Shanks

Larry Raymond Shanks, 78, of Monett, Mo., passed away on Sunday morning, April 11, 2021, while in the comfort of his home and with family at his side. Larry was born August 10, 1942, in Excelsior Springs, Mo., son of the late Raymond Worth and Willella Louise (Young) Shanks. Larry graduated from Monett High School with the Class of 1960. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Missouri in Columbia and his Master’s Degree in Fish and Wildlife Science from Mississippi State University. Larry worked as a Fish and Wildlife Biologist for the state of Florida for twelve years and thirty-three years for the United States Fish and Wildlife Services. He was a member of the retired U.S. Fish and Wildlife organization. He was a longtime member of the First United Methodist Church in Monett where he volunteered as Loaves and Fishes Chairman for many years. Larry enjoyed his time outdoors, watching the birds, fishing and hunting. He was very proud to be a professional soccer referee, taking part in many games. Larry married Carleen Slape on November 26, 1993, in Littleton, Colo. Larry will be lovingly

remembered by his wife, Carleen, of the home; three sons, Mike Shanks and wife Kristine, of Pierce City, Danny Weddle and wife Laura, of Overland Park, Kan., and Shane Weddle and wife Amaya, of San Luis Obispo, Calif.; three daughters, Melanie Foster and husband Rayburn, of Deville, La., Lynn Stewart, of Lee’s Summit, Mo., and Julia Shanks, of Monett; twelve grandchildren, Matthew Foster (Morgan), Adam Foster (Chelsea), Michael Stewart, Caleb Cummings (Sarah), Jacob Cummings, Kalene Shanks, Mackenzie Shanks, Isaac Stewart, Hannah Stewart, Zoe Weddle, Rainbow Weddle and Willow Weddle; five great-grandchildren, Ashley and Alexis Foster, Charlee Cummings, and Austin and Luke Foster; three sisters, Jane Forster and husband Bob, of Sedalia, Colo., Marilyn Wood and husband Steve, of Hays, Kan., and Joyce Jackson and husband Noel, of Texarkana, Texas; as well as several extended family members and friends. Larry was preceded in death by his parents. Funeral services for Mr. Shanks will be held at the First United Methodist Church in Monett on Saturday, April 17, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. with Reverend Brian Smith and Reverend Clif Crockett officiating. Interment will follow in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Monett. Visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Friday at the church. Memorial contributions can be made to Linn Thornton Christmas Fund in care of the funeral home. Live streaming of the funeral will be available at https://www.facebook.

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Steven “Steve” Vincent Heeter, 67, of Joplin, died April 9, at his home in Joplin. Services will be Thursday, April 15, at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Pierce City. No visitation or burial is scheduled at the time.

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Willadean Pickard Logan, 93, of Aurora, died Monday, April 12. A visitation will be held from 1-2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 14, at the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora, with a funeral service to follow at 2 p.m. A private family burial will be held at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Springfield.

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Purdy’s FEMA building set the scene and the students brought the style Saturday. Mike Gervais/mgnews@monett-times.com Purdy High School Basketball Coach Brandon Moore, middle, took a photo with his senior girls basketball players, from left, Bayleigh Robbins, Kinsley Mattingly, Annabelle Bowman and Breanna Perkins. Contributed photo

William Tate found the prom party favors Saturday night and made sure he grabbed a glow-stick for himself. Mike Gervais/mgnews@monett-times.com

Adrien Tate and Mar McCleary were dressed to impress for the Purdy prom Saturday night. Mike Gervais/mgnews@monetttimes.com

Purdy High School juniors and seniors gathered in the Purdy FEMA building Saturday for the 2020-2021 prom. The students were dressed to the nines for an elegant evening. Mike Gervais/

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Record: 2-8 Last result: 9-3 win over Wheaton Next up: The Eagles host Ash Grove Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

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More than half of Pierce City’s opponents so far state-ranked BY KYLE TROUTMAN editor@monet-times.com

The Pierce City baseball team is 10 games into its season and picked up only its second win on Monday, but the 2-8 record does not tell the whole story. Of the Eagles’ eight losses, six opponents were state-ranked, and the other two came at the hands of a solid Stockton squad and playing up to Class 4 East Newton. “It’s been a struggle, but not one we didn’t anticipate,” said BJ Curry, Pierce City baseball coach. “We are a young team and playing a tough schedule. We hoped to be more competitive, but we’re just not quite at those teams’ levels just yet.” Curry said despite the losses, the team is positive mentally and is improving throughout the season. “Our pitchers have done well and are throwing strikes, and at times we’re OK at the plate,” he said. “We just have to catch and throw a little bit better to compete against those teams on our schedule. “Clayton Raley and Noah Crews are both batting over .400 for us. We don’t have a ton of hitting depth, but they’ve done well at the plate.” While the first half of the season has been against the toughest opponents, the second half should lighten up for the Eagles, but other challenges will come. “Our second half of the season should be a lot more competitive games, but our challenge is like next week, we have four games,” Curry said. “They should be competitive, but with four, pitching rotation will be a challenge.” Curry said going forward, the Eagles are not trying to get ahead of themselves. “We try not to get too far ahead, but we think we will be about middle of the pack in the conference and district,” he said. “We’ve moved to Class 3, so that will be tougher. We are trying to get better every day and to be dangerous in May. These guys are working hard every day and getting better, so we hope to see those results on the field.” Pierce City is now in Class 3, District 11 with Clever, New Covenant, Sarcoxie, Southwest and Strafford. Pierce City’s wins have come over Verona, 6-3, on March 27, and Wheaton, 9-3, on Monday. On April 5, the Eagles started strong against Stockton with a 3-run bottom of the first, but they could not plate any more runs and wound up on the wrong end of a 17-3 final scoreline. Raley led in hits with 2, and on the mound, he struck out 3. Kyler Fenske pitched three innings, getting 3 Ks. Another tough loss came at the hands of Marionville the next day, 10-2. Pierce City put up 5 total hits, but 7 errors set the team back. Raley and Crews led in hits with 2 apiece, and Raley tallied 2 RBI. Crews pitched 3.2 innings with 6 Ks, and Garrett Parrigon went 2.1 innings with 4 strikeouts. Against Wheaton, Pierce City connected for 11 hits, led by Raley, Fenske and Crews with 2 apiece. Crews also knocked 4 RBI, and he pitched 5.1 innings, allowing 3 earned runs and striking out 7. The Eagles return home on Thursday, hosting Ash Grove with a 4:30 p.m. first pitch.

Verona’s Alex Campbell beats a throw to third base during the Wildcats’ loss to Exeter last week. Verona’s home opener is Thursday against College Heights, marking the first time the team will play under its new lights. Kyle Troutman/editor@monett-times.com

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right of passage for any baseball player is getting to swing the bat under the sandlot lights, and for the first time, Verona’s baseball team will have the chance to do so on Thursday. Seven games into the season, the Wildcats have yet to play at home, and Thursday’s contest against College Heights Christian is on the forefront of every Wildcats mind this week. Brad Longley, Verona baseball coach, said the home opener was delayed this season to help the field recover after the lights were installed in mid-March, and there was some disappointment on Friday when rain postponed the original opener against Marionville. “All the guys were really excited and talking about the new lights,” he said.

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Record: 2-5 Last result: 3-2 loss on the road to Exeter Next up: The Wildcats host College Heights Thursday, the first game under the team’s new lights

“They got there about an hour early on Friday to get ready and were looking forward to that first game.” The schedule change did afford the team the opportunity to practice under the new bulbs on Sunday, allowing the team to get used to the change in lumens. “They are excited to have them,” Longley said. “Verona’s baseball program is still fairly new, and the school has done a great job supporting the program. I think they see Verona as being a basketball school, but it’s transitioning some to baseball with the

great support from the [school] board and the community.” The Wildcats played College Heights to a close finish on the road on April 1, falling 10-8 but plating 4 runs in the sixth inning in a comeback attempt. Longley said given the team’s progression since then, he is hoping to flip the result on Thursday. “I think we will be OK,” he said. “With our attitude and effort, I think we will be able to come out with a win. We have the physical ability. We just need to focus on the mental part of the game. “I think the guys will be excited to play, and they will play with a lot of enthusiasm. We should also have a good turnout from the community, and that will make them more eager to play to their full potential.” After an 0-3 start, the Wildcats logged two wins, but have since lost two CONTINUED ON PAGE 2B

Development Center to benefit from golf tourney

Price Cutter Charity Championship aims to help center build new facility

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What: Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Dr Pepper Now: Has added the BarryLawrence County Development Center to its charities list

For $25, people this summer can win a 2021 Toyota Tundra or $10,000, and they can help the Barry-Lawrence County Development Center in the process. The Monett-based nonprofit, which provides early intervention services to developmentally disabled children 5

and younger, will be among the nearly 50 Ozarks children’s charities of this summer’s PGA Korn Ferry Tour’s Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Dr Pepper. Managed by the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, the PCCC has gifted more than $17.4

million to charities since 1990 thanks to numerous fundraisers. Among this year’s fundraisers is the TLC Properties Charity Sweepstakes, in which a $25 ticket is eligible to win a 2021 Toyota Tundra or $10,000. The ticket also is good as a fourday grounds pass into the tournament, set for July 22-25 at Highland Springs Country Club in Springfield. For the Barry-Lawrence County Development Center, any support could be a significant boost, considering the non-profit has spent the past two years fund-raising toward

the construction of a new facility in Monett. “Our board of directors recently decided to join the list of amazing non-profits working together to make the PCCC successful,” said Lynda Painter, executive director of the center. “We are hoping that the additional publicity and fundraisers from the PCCC will help us reach our goal of building a new and up-to-date building to continue providing the quality early intervention services that Barry and Lawrence counties in southwest Missouri need.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 2B

SCOREBOARD Lady Eagles fall to Mt. Vernon

The Pierce City softball team is looking to recover from a string of losses, the latest of which came on Monday to Mt. Vernon, 8-1. The Lady Eagles (8-4) managed a pair of hits in the contest and gave up 12 to the Lady Mountaineers. Mollie Beeson went four innings on the mound with 3 strikeouts, and Olivia Stanphill went three innings, matching the K count. It’s the fourth loss in a row for Pierce City, which traveled to Diamond on Tuesday and returns home Thursday to host Lockwood at 5 p.m.

Lady Wildcats win big in doubleheader with Wheaton

The Verona softball team (5-7) played a doubleheader against Wheaton on

Monday, winning both contests by big scorelines, 16-1 and 20-7. In the first game, a three-inning affair, Verona scored 2, 6, and 8 runs in each inning, collecting 13 hits along the way. Grace Nelson and Paige Bauer led in hitting with 3 apiece, and Lauren Fransisco led in RBI with 4. Nelson added 3. On the mound, Bauer threw all three innings, striking out 5 batters and allowing no hits, walking two and allowing the 1 run. In the second contest, Verona put up 8 runs in the first, 6 in the second, 5 in the fourth and another 1 in the fifth. Bauer and America Castillo led in hits with 3 each. Meghan Long led in RBI with 6, including a first-inning grand slam. Long also got the win on the mound, pitching four innings, striking out 4 and giving up 5 hits and 4 earned runs. Verona hosts College Heights Christian on Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

Verona’s Paige Bauer releases a pitch for the Lady Wildcats in a recent loss to Exeter. Verona hosts College Heights Christian on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. Kyle Troutman/editor@monett-times.com

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Monettan to serve 18 month mission in Brazil

Pollyana Johnson, of Monett, will be serving an overseas mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The daughter of Liza and Eric Johnson, also of Monett, she has been assigned to the Sáo Paulo Brazil West Mission - Temple Visitor’s Center and will begin her mission there May 19. “Ever since I could remember, I have wanted to serve a mission,” said Johnson. “As a child, the thought of living in a foreign country for 18 months sounded like a fun adventure.” According to Johnson, it wasn’t until her teenage years that she began to contemplate and try to understand her desire to serve a mission. “I had went and undergone some serious personal trials that heavily affected both my spiritual and mental health,” she said. “For many years I was fighting it and felt completely lost and chained to the world. Upon instruction from seminary teachers, priesthood holders, and my family, I decided to not read the scriptures but to ponder the scriptures.” Johnson said if it wasn’t for the immense truth she found in both The Book of Mormon and The Bible,

she would not have found the peace she had been searching for. “I want to serve a mission to share and to help those who were in my same position or to those who are struggling with their own personal chains. To explain to them, that the Lord, their Heavenly Father, loves them and wants them to come home to Him. And that His son, Jesus Christ, our Savior, has given us the gift of His Atonement to do just that.” “As it says in Alma 5:33, ‘Behold, he sendeth an invitation unto all men, for the arms of mercy are extended towards them, and he [the Lord God] saith: Repent, and I will receive you.’” Johnson spent most of her primary education enjoying the theater and participated in competitive theater, speech, and debate. Additionally, she is a twoyear international qualifier with Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA), which started her love for business marketing. At the collegiate level, she recently finished a Business Marketing Internship with VelloMedia, where she assisted with marketing for the city of Bella Vista, AR. On April 8, she will graduate BYU Pathway Connect Worldwide.

Three local residents have earned degrees from Western Governors University (WGU). Allie Lumpkin, of

Aurora, received a Bachelor of Arts in elementary education. Lisa Hardwick, of Monett, received a Bachelor of Science in nurs-

Locals earn degrees from online university ing. Patricia Brandt, of Mt Vernon, received a Master of Science in secondary educational leadership. WGU is an online, non-

profit university. It has graduated over 218,000 students from across the country since its inception in 1997.

Verona first baseman Sam Rees watches a throw into his mitt for an out in the Wildcats’ loss to Exeter last week. Kyle Troutman/editor@monett-times.com

Verona: Coach says batters ‘exceeding expectations’

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more, including a 3-2 contest at Exeter on April 5, the last game they played. “We started slow, then we won a couple, then we let a couple slip through our hands,” Longley said. “Since then, we’ve matured as a team and practices have been getting better

and better. You can see our progress both mentally and physically, and every week we are getting more mature, which will help us later in the season to peak at the right time.” Longley said pitchers Dillin Shrum and Jake Stellwagen have been

throwing well, and the front and middle of the batting lineup has been on par, but the bottom half is exceeding expectations. “The bottom half of our lineup has really stepped up and is hitting the ball well and getting good plate opportunities,” Longley

said. “Sam Rees and Ethan Downs have come around with their bats and will help us a lot.” First pitch on Thursday is set for 5 p.m. Longley added that groundskeeper Denny Mayne has done a great job getting the field ready for action.

Center: PCCC executive director shares appreciation

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Jerald Andrews, the Executive Director of the PCCC, expressed appreciation for Painter reaching out to the tournament late last summer. “We are delighted that the Barry-Lawrence County Development Center is on our team of charities,” Andrews said. “We hope that businesses and individuals will throw their support behind our overall tournament and to our charities in particular. All do incredible work for communities across the Ozarks.”

The Barry-Lawrence County Development Center provides quality early intervention services to children ages 5 and under. These services include physical, occupational, speech and music therapies. Margaret Ann Holle spearheaded the beginning of the Development Center in 1973 after an inability to find local services for her daughter with disabilities. Now the center provides services for children with Down’s

Syndrome, autism, cerebral palsy, sensory difficulties, behavior problems and communication disorders. It provides these services through the Missouri First Steps program and area school districts. The Barry-Lawrence County Development Center has provided services in an older residential house in the middle of Monett since 1981. However, the facility is aging. Two years ago, a fundraising campaign got under way after Randy

and Julie Witt donated a lot on the northeast side of Monett. The PCCC could be its next important push toward that goal. In addition to the $25 tickets, the PCCC also offers nearly a dozen golf experiences – including proams – at a number of the top courses in the Ozarks. To reach the center, call 417-235-6731. Additional PCCC sponsorship opportunities are available by visiting www.pricecuttercc.org or by calling 417-887-3400.

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What: Airlines, police, fire departments and ambulance service changes in response to terrorist attacks More: National effort to streamline incident command in the wake of 9/11

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20 Years Ago - Never Forget BY LISA CRAFT

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In 2001, life for many of us in our smaller communities was very different. In Monett, we still had Jack Frost on the “Sunny Side of the Street,” next to Brownsbergers across from The Trunk, and we actually still had a Radio Shack. Spradling Motors was doing business where O’Reilly’s is located now, and we had Taco Palace where Big Baldys currently resides. During the summer months,

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GENERAL MANAGER Easley’s Southwest Dr. Pepper Company sold to Coca Cola Enterprises. On July 1, Cox Monett Hospital welcomed its first special delivery, Ely Cobin

Stuhlman at 8:47 a.m. The hospital also hired two new baby doctors, Dr. Amber Economou and Dr. Bobby Pittman. Our president at that time was George W. Bush, Jr., and Vice President Dick Cheney returned to work in July following having a new pacemaker put in. According to The People History, some of the national events included NASA launching the Genesis spacecraft in August and the Apple Computer Company releasing the iTunes program.

Locally, the Monett Chamber of Commerce was hosting the Junior Livestock Show and the Monett Jaycees were having their annual carnival. Jack Henry and Associates underwent its first major renovation, adding approximately $20 million in facilities to the complex. Steps were put in motion for a new local bank announced by Michael Wallace, a principle investor, and Darrin Newbold, president and CEO. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2A

RECALLING THE TRAUMA OF 9/11

Training, awareness key to local response BY MELONIE ROBERTS reporter@monett-times.com

Many things have changed in the world since Sept. 11, 2001. After terrorists hijacked four planes, crashing two into the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, one into the The Pentagon, and the other crashed in a Pennsylvania field, passengers must now be screened for weapons and/or explosives prior to boarding an aircraft. Laptops have to be taken out of carrying cases or out of carry-on bags as passengers go through the x-ray scanners at airport security. Smaller electronics will also have to be screened by the x-ray machine, so mobile phones and other electronics will have to be taken out of pockets or purses for screening. Passengers are required to arrive two hours before their scheduled departure, and perish the thought if one is carrying a Swiss Army Knife, a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 or a Magic 8 Ball in their carry-on luggage. Those are Transportation Security Administration (TSA) no-nos, as are hockey sticks and pool cues. Other changes in the way emergency personnel respond to a mass injury or casualty crisis is the formation of National Response Plans and Incident Management Systems under the umbrella of Homeland Security. This ensures every state, county and municipality have a plan of action in place for events ranging from school evacuations to plane crashes and chemical leaks, where large numbers of the local population may be at risk. Some efforts include training ambulance and hospital personnel in preparing large intake areas, triage management, CONTINUED ON PAGE 5A

Looking south from Chamber Street, David Pennington, along with his co-workers and thousands of other Manhattan escapees, watched the North Tower fall on 9-11. Contributed photo

Witnessing 9-11 event sparks hope for humanity BY MELONIE ROBERTS

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n this 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, one former Freistatt resident recalls his harrowing experiences as the saga unfolded across the street from where he was attending a conference. David Pennington, cousin to Monett residents Mark Pennington and Firefighter Brandon Pennington, was attending a global leadership conference and staying at a hotel on Vesey

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Who: Attending a global leadership conference in NYC on 9-11 What: Remembers strangers helping other strangers in those times of fear, confusion More: Hopes the spirit of unity that followed can one day return

Street near NY Hwy. 9A, catty-corner from the World Trade Center, when the attacks began. “Our meetings started that morning promptly at 8:30 a.m.,” he said. “The

president of our company was introduced and began speaking. Around 8:50, one of the human resources (HR) managers walked into the conference room. It was clear from the look on his face that something was wrong. Soon after, the hotel alarms started to sound and then the security personnel announced over the intercom, ‘There is an incident at the World Trade Center. Please remain inside the property.’ We knew something big was going on.” Around 9:00 a.m., the head of HR CONTINUED ON PAGE 8A

Wounded and revitalized: Visiting the 9/11 Memorial Museum BY MURRAY BISHOFF

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Memories burn hot and bright of Sept. 11, 2001. Creating a memorial at the site of the World Trade Center buildings took a decade of thought and construction. Many only come to see the giant reflecting pools of water on the public plaza on the footprints of the two towers, great deep holes with water cascading down the sides, flowing to the center and again down into a square hole, symbolizing the absence of both the buildings and the people lost in the terrorist attacks. Entering the adjacent National

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This story was written after Murray Bishoff, currently retired editor, visited the 9/11 Memorial Museum not long after it was opened to the public. This is an edited version of the story that was published in the September 2015 Connection Magazine.

September 11 Museum, located between the two pools, takes visitors out of the hum that is pervasive in New York City. The building, which opened on May 15, 2014, is a CONTINUED ON PAGE 6A

The National 9/11 Flag, repaired after a decade on the road around America, hangs on display at the National September 11 Museum in New York City. Murray Bishoff/ times-news@ monett-times.com

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NEWS IN BRIEF The Pierce City Senior Citizens is open Tuesdays and Thursdays serving lunch from noon to 12:30 p.m. The cost is $5 for those ages 55 and older and $6 for those under 55. Anyone who wishes to purchase a carry-out meal can call 417-476-5006 before 10:30 a.m. and pick their meal up between 11:30 a.m. and noon. Also, on the first Thursday of each month, Nell’s Nails will be serving seniors for a nominal fee at about 9 a.m. The Monett Senior Center is now open for dine-in lunches for a suggested donation of $3.50 for ages 60 and up. Price for those 59 and under is $6. The senior center will be open for dining from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Freistatt Fire Department will be hosting an antique tractor pull and truck pull Saturday, Sept. 11 at the Ernte Fest Grounds in Freistatt. The truck and tractor pull scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $10 and kids under 12 are welcomed for free. The Red Oak II Festival, in tribute to Lowell Davis is scheduled for Saturday Sept. 11. The event will include hay rides, games and activities, a pie eating contest and more. For more information, or to be a vendor, text Rose Davis at 417-793-1655. The Ritchey School alumni will hold an allschool reunion at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12 at Ritchey Baptist Church. For more information, call Ron Sanders at 417-522-9579 or email resusbp@gmail.com. The Purdy Special Road District will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 14 in the district road barn, 200

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S. Ninth St. in Purdy. The Monett Special Road District will meet in regular session on Tuesday, Sept. 14 at the road district barn, at 220 S. Eisenhower St. This meeting is open to the Public. Cox Monett Hospital will host a community Live Well screening from 7 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 25 at the CoxHealth Monett Clinic at 1000 E. Highway 60. For $40, participants will receive complete blood count, comprehensive metabolic panel, full lipid profile, blood glucose, thyroid and, for an additional $15, a PSA test. Tests will be performed on a walk-in basis and are self-pay only. The Pierce City Fall Festival will return to the Pierce City South Park from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25. The event includes music, hands-on art activities, games for the family, food and raffles for two homemade corn hole games. Admission is free and family friendly vendors are welcome. For applications, contact Becky at 417-489-3041. The event is sponsored by the Pierce City Arts Council, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. The 32nd annual Pierce City Car, Truck, Bike and ATV show will kick off with registration at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 16 at Pierce City’s South Park. The day-long event will feature food, fun and family time as car enthusiasts display their entries for spectators and judges. The cost is $20 for the first vehicle and $15 for each additional entry. Awards will be announced at 3 p.m. The Coalition of Charities will host a Clue Mystery Dinner Saturday, Oct. 23 at the old Cox Hospital in Monett. The cost is $25 per ticket or $45 for couples tickets. This 1920’s themed event will have participants strolling through crime scene rooms and meeting suspects from the classic board games as they try to solve a murder.

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One of the local major tragedies was when Pierce City Police Chief Jim Dacy was killed in a shooting at Pierce City Cemetery. It was eventually ruled an accident. As we grew closer to the end of the summer, The Monett Times announced that Sister Vivian Mitala retired following 43 years at St. Vincent’s Hospital and Cox Monett Hospital. William Dale Burke was given the oath of office as Barry County second associate circuit court judge and Wintech marked its 10th anniversary. On the morning of Sept. 11, Monett and the surrounding area residents were probably practicing their normal morning actions. We woke up, probably drank coffee, watched the news, and then went to work or to school. On this infamous day at 7:59 a.m. EST, little did the residents in Barry and Lawrence counties know that numerous tragic events would go down in history. At this particular time American Airlines Flight 11 departed from Boston’s Logan International Airport, bound for Los Angeles, Calif. Aboard were 11 crew members, 81 passengers and five hijackers. At 8:14 a.m., United Airlines Flight 175 takes off from Boston, also headed for Los Angeles with nine crew members, 56 passengers and five hijackers. The flight has its final routine communication with air traffic controllers. Sixteen seconds later, controllers instruct the pilot to increase the plane’s altitude. However, there is no response, and all subsequent messages are unanswered. Investigators believe the plane is hijacked around this time. At 8:19 a.m., a flight attendant on Flight 11 alerts American Airlines that the plane has been hijacked. She reports that the “cockpit is not answering” and that the hijackers reportedly have a bomb. In addition, two other flight attendants and a passenger have been stabbed. At 8:20 a.m., American Airlines Flight 77 departs from Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C., bound for Los Angeles. The plane is carrying six crew members and 58 passengers, including five hijackers. Before boarding, three of the terrorists had set off the metal detectors when going through security, but all passed subsequent inspections. At 8:21 a.m., the transponder on Flight 11 is turned off, making it difficult for air traffic controllers to monitor its course. At The Monett Times in 2001, the staff included: Mike Stubbs, editor and publisher; Murray Bishoff, managing editor; Lisa Craft, advertising manager; Charles Brady, community editor; Christopher Vore, lifestyles editor; Allen Adkins, press superviser; and Charlotte Brady, composing editor. We were doing our normal newspaper duties and as far as I remember, nothing special other than trying to get everything done to publish the Tuesday newspaper. At 8:24 a.m., mistakenly broadcasted over the air traffic control channel instead of the public address system, Flight 11 hijacker Mohammad Atta, who was piloting the plane, announces, “We have some

planes. Just stay quiet, and you’ll be okay. We are returning to the airport.” This was soon followed by “Nobody move. Everything will be okay. If you try to make any moves, you’ll endanger yourself and the airplane. Just stay quiet.” Air traffic controllers at Boston’s Logan Airport alerted the United States Military’s Northeast Air Defense Sector. At 8:42 a.m., Flight 175 makes its last communication with air traffic controllers, reporting that during takeoff it heard a “suspicious transmission” from another airplane, later determined to be Flight 11. Around this time, Flight 175 is hijacked and some five minutes later its transponder code is changed. Also, United Airlines Flight 93 departs from Newark International Airport in New Jersey, headed to San Francisco, Calif. Aboard are seven crew members and 37 passengers including four hijackers. At this point, no aircraft has been notified that Flight 11 has been hijacked. At 8:44 a.m., a second flight attendant on Flight 11 is on the phone with air officials and reports that the plane is in “rapid descent” and that it is flying “way too low.” The call then abruptly ends. At 8:46 a.m., two military jets are ordered to depart from Otis Air National Guard Base in Cape Cod headed to New York. At 8:46:40 a.m., hijackers on Flight 11 fly the airplane into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. The impact occurs between floors 93 and 99. The crash instantly kills hundreds, including all of those on board. Almost immediately, emergency responders are sent to the building. When the first flight hit the World Trade Center, it was 7:46 a.m. in Monett. Bishoff and Vore were not at work yet. I received a call from Vore saying that a plane just flew into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. I was speechless and was thinking what a horrific accident this is. At 8:51 a.m., Flight 175 changes from its assigned altitude, and repeated efforts by air traffic controllers to contact the plane are unsuccessful. Flight 77 has its last routine radio communication. It is believed the plane is hijacked shortly thereafter. At 8:52 a.m., a flight attendant on Flight 175 calls United Airlines and informs officials that the plane has been hijacked and that both pilots are dead. During this time, passengers are also phoning friends and family. Passenger calls provided important information about the hijackings in subsequent investigations. At 8:54 a.m., Flight 77 heads south from its assigned path, and two minutes later, hijackers turn off the plane’s transponder. Efforts to contact the aircraft are unsuccessful. At 8:55 a.m., U.S. President George W. Bush, who has arrived at an elementary school in Sarasota, Fla., is told that a plane has struck the World Trade Center, though details are uncertain. At 8:58 a.m., Flight 175 sets a course for New York City. At 9 a.m., the Public Authority Police

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Department orders the evacuation of all civilians in the World Trade Center complex. A passenger on Flight 175 contacts his father for the second time that morning and reportedly tells him, “I think they intend to go to Chicago or someplace and fly into a building. Don’t worry, dad, if it happens, it will be very fast.” At 9:03:11 a.m., Flight 175 crashes into the South Tower of the World Trade Center, striking between floors 77 and 85. Locally, at the newspaper, Vore and I were still on the phone talking about what we thought was a terrible accident when he shouted into the phone that another plane had just flown into the South Tower while he was watching the news. It was then we knew it was no accident. The United States was under attack, and even though we felt terrible about all of the people that had lost their lives in just a split moment, the outlook had taken a dramatic change. At 9:05 a.m., President Bush, who was reading to school children in a classroom, is told by his Chief of Staff Andrew Card that a second plane has struck the World Trade Center and that “America is under attack.” At 9:25 a.m., Information is confirmed and the Federal Aviation Administration bars all civil aircraft in the United States from taking off. At 9:29 a.m., Hijackers on Flight 93 attack the cockpit. “Mayday” is declared over a radio transmission and sounds of a physical struggle are heard. On another transmission seconds later, someone yells “get out of here.” At 9:32 a.m., Controllers at Dulles observe an airplane traveling at a high rate of speed. Two minutes later officials at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport alert the Secret Service of a plane, later determined to be Flight 77, headed in the direction of the White House. A hijacker on Flight 93 announces, “Ladies and Gentlemen: Here the captain, please sit down keep remaining sitting. We have a bomb on board. So, sit.” Passengers begin making phone calls, and then they learned about the World Trade Center. At 9:36 a.m., U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney is evacuated to the Presidential Emergency Operations Center, which is located under the White House. At 9:37:46 a.m., Flight 77 hits the Pentagon in Virginia with the throttle set to maximum power. In addition to all those on the plane, 125 people on the ground and in the building are ultimately killed. At 9:41 a.m., The transponder from Flight 93 is turned off. At 9:42 a.m., The FAA orders all 4,546 civil aircraft flying in United States airspace to land. At 9:55 a.m., President Bush departs Florida on Air Force One. Although the initial plan had been to return to Washington, D.C., safety and other concerns result in a change of destination to an air force base in Louisiana. He subsequently departed Louisiana and headed for Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, where he stayed until 4:30 p.m. when he left for Washington, D.C.

At 9:57 a.m., Following a vote, passengers aboard Flight 93 rush the cockpit in an attempt to retake the plane. Despite a hijacker rolling the aircraft from side to side and up and down, the passengers continue to batter at the cockpit door. At 9:59 a.m., The South Tower collapses. At 10 a.m., All members of New York Fire Department are ordered to evacuate the North Tower. While many begin leaving, some do not hear the order, while others are unaware of its urgency. More than 400 emergency responders are ultimately killed in the WTC attacks. At 10:02 a.m., With the passengers apparently close to breaching the cockpit door on Flight 93, the hijackers decide to “put it down” and begin a sharp descent. At 10:03 a.m., Flight 93 crashes in a field near Shanksville, Penn., killing everyone on board. The plane would have reached Washington, D.C., its suspected destination, in about 20 minutes. At 10:24 a.m., All transatlantic flights headed to the United States are diverted to Canada. At 10:28 a.m., The North Tower collapses. In total, more than 2,700 people die at the World Trade Center complex. At 11:02 a.m., New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani orders the evacuation of lower Manhattan. At 12:16 p.m., U.S. airspace is clear after the last plane lands. The only way I can explain my feelings at the time is shock and such extreme sadness. Attacking the United States shook the world and changed the outlook for so many. I can only speak for myself, but when I watched the news and saw attacks and bombings in other places, I felt that those things just did not happen in our country, that terrorist attacks from other countries did not happen in America. I thought that for the most part we were invincible. Sadly, I found out that this was not true and my sense of protection and invincibility were gone. At 8:30 p.m., President George W. Bush addressed the country from the White House Oval Office. During the speech, he announced that “terrorists attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.” Twenty years ago this happened and it is still fresh in my mind. After the attack, Americans came together, flags flew high, respect for our fellow man and military grew and gatherings in our churches increased. We honored those that lost their lives in an horrific tragedy. We need to remember how we felt and return to the honor and respect we had without having to have a tragedy force us into that mindset. On Sept. 11, 2001, a total of 2,996 people were killed in the attacks, including the 19 terrorist hijackers aboard the four airplanes. Citizens of 78 countries died in New York, Washington, D. C. and Pennsylvania. At the World Trade Center, 2,763 died after the two planes slammed into the twin towers. I will never forget, and my hope is that you do not forget either.

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146 active cases of COVID-19 in Barry County BY KYLE TROUTMAN editor@monett-times.com

Barry County’s positive COVID-19 (coronavirus) dipped below 100 again in the last week, and one new death was reported. According to the Barry County Health Department and Barry County Office of Emergency Management, there have been 4,243 (+65 from Sept. 1) confirmed positive cases of COVID-19. As of Sept. 8, a total of 97 (+49) people were considered active cases in isolation, and at least 3 are hospitalized (even). There are more than 200 close contacts (-50) quarantined in their homes. One new death was reported in the last week. The total number of deaths in the county is 72, and all those who have died were at least 41 years old. Of the deaths, 25 (even) have been residents of congregate care facilities, and 47 (+1) lived independently in their homes. A total of 65 (+1) suffered from underlying health conditions. Gender-wise, 46 (+1) males and 26 (even) females have died. The death rate, deaths as a percentage of positive

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cases, in Barry County is 1.7 percent, and the survival rate is 98.3 percent. The mortality rate, deaths as a percentage of the population, for the county is 0.2 percent, or about 2 of every 1,000 residents. A total of 4,074 people had recovered from the virus, a gain of 113 since Aug. 18. A total of 36,473 tests have been done in Barry County, surpassing county’s total population, though some people may have been tested multiple times. The 4,243 positives account for 11.8 percent of the county’s population, and there is an overall positive test rate of 11.64 percent (-.04). The weekly positive test rate is 9.57 percent (+15.39). Vaccinations initiated in the county, which include people who have received at least the first dose, number 14,886, a gain of 208 in the last week and accounting for 41.6

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percent of the county’s total population. About 20 percent of the county is comprised of children 16 and under who were originally not eligible to receive a vaccine, about 7,177 individuals. If those people are not counted, about 52 percent of eligible adults have been vaccinated. Pfizer has also now been approved to vaccinate children 12-and-up, which may add to the overall percentage, as ages of those vaccinated are not broken down. The figure of those eligible for vaccinations is based on an estimation from U.S. Census Bureau figures. The Lawrence County Health Department said as of Aug. 30 it had 4,903 total confirmed cases (+167). A total of 122 (+4) people have died in Lawrence County. A new reporting system from the health department no longer includes the number of active cases or number of recovered cases. Lawrence County has 36 percent of is population ages 12-and-up vaccinated. According to Johns Hopkins University tracking, statewide as of Sept. 8, Missouri has had 643,183 confirmed cases and 10,814 deaths, a death rate of 1.7 percent (98.3 percent survival rate). Nationally, there have been 40,440,100 pos-

itives and 652,526 deaths, a rate of 1.6 percent (98.4 percent survival rate) and accounting for 0.19 percent of the nation’s population, or 1.9 of every 1,000 people. State and national recovery figures are not provided. The mortality rates for the state and nation are 0.15 percent and 0.18 percent, respectively. Statewide, 3,211,762 people have initiated vaccinations, accounting for 52.3 percent of the total population and 63.5 percent of the population 18-and-over. The CDC Wonder Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System shows 105 (+1) events reported where death was a result, possibly in relation to a vaccine. A report is not conclusive evidence the vaccine was the cause of death. They are listed as 98 deaths, 3 sudden deaths, 1 brain death, 1 cardiac death and 2 total deaths. The number of death reports in the state accounts for 0.0033 percent of the total number of people vaccinated, or 1 in every 30,590 people. As of Sept. 7, the Cassville school district reported 9 (+4 since Aug. 27) active cases, accounting for 0.42 percent of the district’s population. A total of 49 people are quarantined due to school-related cases, accounting for 2.3 percent

of the district’s population. Monett has 4 positive cases (-1), none at the elementary, 1 at Central Park, 1 at the intermediate school, none at the middle school, 1 at the high school and one at Scott Tech. A total of 16 students are quarantined, 3 at the elementary, 2 at Central Park, 2 at the intermediate school, 1 at the middle school, 6 at the high school and 2 at Scott Tech. The age ranges of Barry County cases are: People under 25 account for 927 cases (+19), those 25-40 account for 955 cases (+1), those 41-60 account for 1,258 cases (+18) and those 61-and-over account for 1,103 cases (+23). Gender-wise, cases among females went from 2,288 to 2,322, while male cases rose from 1,890 to 1,921. Community spread continues to be the leading cause with 4,225 attributable cases, and the other 18 (even) are attributed to travel. As of Sept. 8, counties bordering Barry County report the following cases: Lawrence, 4,903; Stone, 3,102; McDonald, 2,589; Newton, 5,853; Benton (Ark.), 38,652; and Carroll (Ark.), 4,009. Unemployment in Barry County, the most recent data available for which is from June, shows the coun-

ty climbed slightly, from 4.2 in May to 4.7 percent, which is 0.8 percent higher than the previous 3.9 percent low in October 2020. In February 2020, it was 4.3 percent, and it peaked in May 2020 at 10 percent. COVID-19 can appear 2-14 days after exposure, and symptoms include fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, fever, muscle or body aches, headache, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea, or a new loss of taste or smell. Anyone who believes they have symptoms of COVID-19 should stay home, call a medical provider and wear a mask when near anyone who does not live in the same home. Barry County Phase 2 Mitigation rules expired March 31, meaning there is no longer a requirement for source control masking of service providers. Physical distancing, cloth face coverings and enhanced hygiene practices are still recommended per CDC guidelines. For more information about COVID-19, visit cdc.gov/coronavirus, call the Barry County Health Department at 417-8472114 or call the Missouri DHSS 24 hour hotline number at 877-435-8411.

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Never forget how together we were

t was another Tuesday. I got up, had breakfast, got ready, took the bus to school and played my morning pickup games of basketball with my friends at Dunbar Middle School in Little Rock, Ark. It was time to head in for class, so I made my way to my third floor, eighth-grade homeroom, Mrs. Flynn’s English class. It was not another Tuesday. Mrs. Flynn was in tears behind her desk, puffy-eyed and unable to speak. As my classmates and I filed in, all she could do was point to the wall-mounted Zenith television. Normally, we watched the Channel One News, a daily program for kids. On that day, the programming was a whole different kind of educational. As the bell rang, we all sat quietly as we watched the World Trade Center’s north tower billow smoke. We listened to newscasters trying to make sense of what was happening and we made speculations ourselves within small groups of our nearby peers. Only minutes after the bell, we witnessed the second plane crash into the south tower. Silence. This was no accident. The country was under attack. Like the rest of the country, we watched in horror, dismay and confusion as first responders raced to save the lives of those inside. Before we went to our second period of the day, both towers were on the ground. At 13 years old, witnessing the attack live was something I don’t think I truly comprehended. As news came in about the Pentagon and the Shanksville, Penn., crashes, I think we all understood some of what was at stake, but it was difficult to comprehend the life lost on that day and frightening to think what the future response to the attack would bring. All our teachers that day in school — except our choir teacher who actually made us sing, possibly in an effort to distract us from the events — kept the TVs on throughout the day and did their best to help us comprehend what happened. We united. Many of us prayed. Some started writing letters to families of the lost. Each of us coped in our own way and looked to the next day for hope. The next morning, I found that hope. Walking to my bus stop in my neighborhood of lots no larger than an acre apiece, every house now had a U.S. flag draped from the porch, in a window or on a flag pole at half-mast. Some

KYLE TROUTMAN houses had multiple. I had seen patriotism in many forms before — elections, Olympics, Independence Day — but never before had I seen a patriotism this strong, this wholesome, this unified. Many things changed on that day 20 years ago. Our lives were affected in how we travel, how the government used surveillance, how we viewed parts of the world and how they viewed us. The lessons of Sept. 11, 2001, are still being learned. While the events of that day were terrible, what I will always remember most, as I am a glass-half-full kind of person, is how united we became. It was the one time in my life that I can truly say race, creed, sex, disability, social status and all other markers by which we divid ourselves were equilaterally thrown out the window. We were American. That was it. As Sept. 11 comes about each year, we say, “Never forget.” I think most take that as never forget what physically happened, the lives lost and the terror we experienced as a nation, but I think it’s more than that. I hope we never forget how great we were at coming together, how we set all our differences aside and sang the same song. In today’s hyperdivisive political climate, I choose to remember how we were one people and yearn for that time when we could turn such a negative event into positive action. We would do well to take a lesson from ourselves going forward as we continue to define what kind of nation we are and will be. Two quotes from President George W. Bush’s address to the nation on that day stand out to me. “We responded with the best of America — with the daring of our rescue workers, with the caring for strangers and neighbors who came to give blood and help in any way they could… “This is a day when all Americans from every walk of life unite in our resolve for justice and peace.” Kyle Troutman has served as the editor of The Monett Times since 2014. In 2017, he was named William E. James/ Missouri Outstanding Young Journalist for daily newspapers. He may be reached at 417-235-3135 or editor@ monett-times.com.

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Dear Dave, Are umbrella insurance policies worth it, or do they just entice people to sue more frequently? — Tammi Dear Tammi, I don’t think there’s any indication umbrella policies entice folks to bring lawsuits more frequently. If you hadn’t noticed, we live in a lawsuit-happy world. There are lots of greedy people out there who would try to sue for absolutely anything— no matter how ridiculous. I think these types of policies are worth the money. You can get a $1 million umbrella policy that attaches to the top of the liability coverage on your car and homeowners for $200 to $300 a year in most places. So, if your original car and homeowners coverage was $500,000, you’d have $1.5 million in coverage with an umbrella policy. If you’ve got a substantial net worth, or if there’s just something that gives the impression someone might be able to get a lot out of you, an umbrella insurance policy is a smart buy. — Dave

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DAVE RAMSEY DAVE SAYS My husband and I own a small business. We have a large account providing wholesale items to a client. Our original agreement was to work on 30-day payment periods, but he is three months behind on the bill. We live in a small town, and the businesses here stick together and help each other out, so we don’t want to ruin the relationship. Do you have some advice on handling this situation? — Hollie Dear Hollie, From what you said, I assume this guy’s not a cheat or anything like that. He’s probably like a lot of small business owners in that he’s just a little disorganized. Still, you need to correct this behavior. If it were me, I’d go to his office and have a friendly, sit-down meeting about things. There’s no reason to start throwing threats around,

but he needs to understand you can’t be his bank. You’re a small business, too, and you need your money. Ask a few questions, and find out what’s really going on. Then, let him know it will help matters if he can get current on the bill by a certain date. You’ve provided goods and services, and he owes you money, so this is a fair request. You might think about adjusting your payment agreement to reflect that once he’s current, payment must be within 10 days of delivery from that point on. If that’s not workable, you may have to switch to a cash-only basis— where payment is due on delivery. And if none of these options work, well, you should probably tell him to find another supplier. — Dave Dave Ramsey is a seven-time No. 1 national best-selling author, personal finance expert, and host of The Dave Ramsey Show, heard by more than 16 million listeners each week. He has appeared on Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, Today Show, Fox News, CNN, Fox Business, and many more. Since 1992, Dave has helped people regain control of their money, build wealth and enhance their lives. He also serves as CEO for Ramsey Solutions.

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Changes: Doud recalls post-9/11 efforts

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decontamination areas and even using temporary morgues. Locally, personnel at the Barry-Lawrence County Ambulance District undergo annual training in mass casualty incidents, exercises are often hosted in conjunction with large scale industry partners, area fire departments and local hospitals. “Currently, we do train for small and large scale mass casualty incidents during our educational offerings one quarter per year,” said Valerie Wilson, operations chief with BLCAD. “I was not at BLCAD when 9/11 happened and was not in EMS full time, so I am not aware of most of those changes.” Monett Police Chief George Daoud was working with the department when 9/11 occurred, and while most of the nation remained on high alert for the next several weeks and months, officers kept a keen eye out for any unusual activity that might be taking place. “Monett Police Department was aware of the potential for additional targets and took appropriate action to identify and protect critical infrastructure,” Daoud said. “We realized SWMO was not part of the initial targets but did not make any assumptions as to what extent targeted areas could be expanded to.” In the following weeks, with the threat alert rising or dropping by the day, communication between state and municipal levels were occurring daily, with local departments making the operational decisions. “We had no intelligence indicating a direct threat to this area,“ Daoud said. “Monett Police Department had Special Response Team with trained members and has some critical-incident training. Our biggest lack, department and nationwide, was information collection and distribution. There was little in [the way of] formalized avenues to share and receive relevant information. We now have specially trained personnel in counterterrorism and formal networks between federal, state, and local law enforcement.” Although local officials did not believe there was any reason for terrorists to attack southwest Missouri, the department did patrol all potential targets in that any are a potential target for “terrorism.” “Terrorism is defined as ‘the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims,’ according to Oxford, and so any location where people congregate is a potential target. Food, water, and

electricity [are] a potential target; but the destruction of such infrastructure would likely be calculated to bring the most violence to the largest number of people. While there are no specified concerns for our area, our department coordinates with state and federal agencies to share relevant information on events and acts that could be related to, or exploited by terrorist actors.” Daoud credits good working relationships with other area agencies in helping prepare emergency responders for any critical event that may occur, whether attributed to terrorism or not. “Our city enjoys good working relations with county and state entities, such as the Monett City Fire Department, Emergency Medical Services, local and state emergency management officers, and neighboring law enforcement, that would respond to any Critical Incident,” Daoud said. While some may feel that citizens across the nation have grown complacent in the years following the attacks, Daoud has a different point of view. “I do not believe we have become complacent,

but have recognized that it is another factor we consider in our daily lives,” he said. “Just as people have become to accustomed to the danger of operating a 2,000-pound vehicle at 60+ m.p.h. every day, they have become accustomed to the idea that this could happen again.” Fire departments have also implemented changes in the way they respond to critical incidents. Monett Fire Chief John Vincent recalls his coworkers having concerns about the scope of the attacks. “I feel like we all had a great concern that other areas would be targeted possibly even rural areas like ours,” he said. “There were meetings and alerts put out to all fire/first responders. Daily duties were not affected so much, but everyone became much more observant and aware of our surroundings.” Since that time, fire service has put more emphasis on hazardous materials and explosives training. “Everyone has to be trained in the National Incident Management System now, which covers incident command for large scale events.”

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Local OBITUARIES Virginia Buttram

Virginia Buttram, 74, of Mt. Vernon, died at 1:58 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 3, at the Cox South Hospital in Springfield. Burial will be held at a later date at the Mt. Vernon City Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon.

Robert Donald Green

Ladder Company No. 3 fire truck responded to the North Tower. All 11 firefighters on board entered the building. None returned and the truck was crushed when the tower collapsed. The truck, its frame, drooping like melted plastic, stands alone, reflecting the sacrifice that came with it. Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com

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multi-story structure going primarily down, rather than up. Walking down a tunnellike hallway, visitors first encounter floor-to-ceiling panels. On them projections fall, pictures of people witnessing what happened that day, faces expressing shock and horror, words spoken describing their reaction, “So hopeless…so scared of what was happening.” Photos of street scenes and sound of sirens fade behind as visitors proceed. A placard explains that 50,000 people came to work in the 12 million square feet of the two World Trade Center buildings. From a landing, you could see the stark decorated final metal pillar taken from the demolition site that was removed in a ceremony on May 30, 2002. Visitors continue down another ramp. Photos on these walls showed the World Trade Center buildings intact and at the moment of the attacks. The walk leads past the original 1973 cornerstone of the first building, and a three-story section of steel façade from the North Tower, from the 96th to the 99th floors. A sign explains how the trident shape of the façade gave the building its distinctive look. On the main floor of the museum, visitors encounter a scarred and battered series of stone steps. This is the Survivors’ Staircase, part of two outdoor flights of granite-covered stairs connecting the Tobin Plaza in the World Trade Center to Vesey Street. These steps served as an escape route for people fleeing the ninestory World Trade Center 5 building, next to the 110-story towers. This was the first artifact placed in the museum. The facility was built around it, and the steel trident. On the main floor, inscribed on one long wall are the words of Virgil from “The Aeneid”: “No day shall erase you from the memory of time.” That thought serves as a before-and-after theme for hall. Running along the

left side of the room sat the excavated bedrock footings of the building. On the wall at right, large photos and artifacts reflect activity after the attacks. One exhibit shows a motorcycle purchased as a restoration project by Gerard Baptiste, a firefighter on Ladder Company No. 9 killed in the rescue effort. Fellow firefighters restored the bike in his memory. Other photos show expressions of patriotism and solidarity in projects in other parts of the country. Mounted on the center of the wall is the National 911 Flag, one of the largest U.S. flags that hung at the World Trade Center. Badly damaged in the terrorist attacks, the flag traveled around the country, undergoing various repairs. At the far end of the hall there are exhibits that explain the history of the World Trade Center. In the darkened theater, shielded from the rest of the space, visitors are shown news footage of the attacks. At the center of the museum photos of all the people killed in the buildings hang there. At one end of the room sit interactive directories and visitors can scroll across electronic pages of photos, showing all the faces on the walls. Touching one of the photos will shift to an entire display on that one person, prepared by family members with additional photos and other biographical information, including video. Small displays here and there include many mementoes. Another room sits inside this hall of faces. This dark room serves also as a theater, continuously repeating the names of the victims and projecting their names and pictures, one at a time, inside. The names are projected onto an outer wall as the names are read. At the top of one of the towers sat a 360-foot radio and television broadcast antennae, compensating for the signal blockage created by the huge structures. One of the city’s TV stations even moved in. When the towers fell,

Robert Donald “Bob” Green, 74, of Shell Knob, died Sunday, Sept. 5. Graveside services with military honors will be held at 3 p.m. Monday, Sept. 13, at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Springfield. Cremation arrangements are under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Shell Knob. Visit www.fohnfuneralhome.com for online obituaries, guestbook and private condolences FOHN FUNERAL HOME Shell Knob, Missouri 417-858-3151

Teresa Renae McKay

Teresa Renae McKay, 58, of Monett, died Sunday, Sept. 5. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 13, at Okmulgee Cemetery in Okmulgee, Okla., under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville. Visitors study the faces of those who died in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in the gallery at the National 9/11 Museum in New York City. Murray Bishoff/times-news@monetttimes.com

19.8 feet of the antennae survived. Part of it is on display, along with a photo showing its original location. The other piece went to the broadcast museum in Washington, D.C. A massive steel column from the South Tower lays horizontally, bent like a pretzel. The placard explains that extreme stress from the collapse caused the column to fold onto itself. Three of the four welds on the column split. A fire truck from Ladder Company No. 3 responded to the North Tower. The truck mounted its aerial ladder on the west side near Vesey Street and all 11 firefighters on board entered the building. None returned, and the truck was crushed when the tower collapsed. The 60,000-pound truck, its frame drooping like melted plastic, stands alone, reflecting the sacrifice that came with it. The flag flown on the last column removed in the demolition and excavation is displayed. The nearby vertical span of steel, on close inspection, still holds the “1” painted on it by Fire Department Squad No. 1, along with handwritten notes and photos, keepsakes of lost friends. On a far wall, distant from the other exhibits, is a glassed in display case. Mounted inside is a shirt with stained sleeves, worn by one of the Navy Seals in the raid that killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin

Laden in Pakistan on May 2, 2011. A brick from bin Laden’s house sits on the far corner. Center in the display is a photo from the White House Situation Room show by White House photographer Pete Souza showing President Obama and his national security team, receiving news of the mission. Leaving the lower floor by escalator, soft strains of a single clarinet, then a flute, drift in playing “Amazing Grace.” The design of the memorial specifies maintaining more than 400 trees there, a stark contrast to the concrete of Manhattan’s streets. A sign designates that close to the south pool stands the Survivor Tree amongst the new oaks. This Callery pear, discovered a month after the attacks, was dug out of the rubble, nursed back to health and replanted in 2010. New straight branches emerged from the twisted trunk, reflecting a new beginning, just as the tree leafs out in the spring before the others.

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Calvin Otto McNiel

Calvin Otto McNiel, 80, of Eagle Rock, died Saturday, Sept. 4. No services are scheduled at this time. Cremation arrangements are under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville. Visit www.fohnfuneralhome.com for online obituaries, guestbook and private condolences FOHN FUNERAL HOME Cassville, Missouri 417-847-2141

Dorothy Reyelts

Dorothy Mae Reyelts, 85, of Mt. Vernon, died at 1:21 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 7, at her home. Graveside services were held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, at the Ozark Prairie Cemetery, northeast of Mt. Vernon. Arrangements were under the direction of the Fossett-Mosher Funeral

Home in Mt. Vernon.

Carol Ann Shadden

Carol Ann Shadden, 71, of Massillon, Ohio, died Thursday, Sept. 2. Graveside services were held Friday, Sept. 10, at Antioch Cemetery in Cassville, under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville. Visit www.fohnfuneralhome.com for online obituaries, guestbook and private condolences FOHN FUNERAL HOME Cassville, Missouri 417-847-2141

Tyler Jacob Stow

Tyler Jacob Stow, 21, of Stotts City, died Sept. 6, at Mt. Vernon. Graveside service at Van Buren Cemetery near Wentworth will be on Wednesday, Sept. 22 at 2 p.m., with visitation from 12–1:30 p.m. at Lakin Funeral Home in Pierce City. Burial will be at Van Buren Cemetery.

David Clarence Waggoner

David Clarence Waggoner, 81, of Aurora, died Saturday, Sept. 4, at the Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Ark. A graveside service, under the direction of the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 11, at the Clay Hill Cemetery.

Harold Stanley Westcott

Harold Stanley Westcott, Jr., 89, of Cassville, died Wednesday, Aug. 25. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville. Visit www.fohnfuneralhome.com for online obituaries, guestbook and private condolences FOHN FUNERAL HOME Cassville, Missouri 417-847-2141

Ronald Earl Wihebrink

Ronald Earl Wihebrink, 83, of Cassville, died Thursday, Sept. 9. Visitation will be held from 2-3:00 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 14, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville. Visit www.fohnfuneralhome.com for online obituaries, guestbook and private condolences FOHN FUNERAL HOME Cassville, Missouri 417-847-2141

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The World Trade Center on the day of the 9-11 attacks, and the hotel, circled in red, where David Pennington, a former Freistatt resident, was attending a global leadership conference. Contributed photo

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announced to the group that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. “We were asked by hotel secu- PENNINGTON rity to leave the conference room, go back to our rooms and to not leave the hotel as debris was falling into the streets,” Pennington said. “My co-worker, Julie, on her first trip to New York was extremely anxious and asked if she could come with me to my room. Once we arrived, I went to my window and looked up to see smoke and fire pouring out of both towers. We turned on the TV and saw that both towers had been struck. We watched in horror as we saw debris and then people falling from the building. We each called home to let our families and co-workers know we were ok.” As the co-workers continued to watch the events unfold from the window view as well as the television, Pennington remembers a reporter speaking from the front of one of the towers and looking up. “At the same time, we could feel our building tremble and then shake violently,” he said. “The alarms of the hotel started sounding again and without knowing exactly what was happening, I told Julie we had to get out of the hotel. Without looking at the TV or out the window, we ran.” Purposely avoiding the west sky bridges over the lobby, the two ran toward the east hallways and eventually made it around to the northwest stairwell. “Down the stairs we continued to run as the alarms sounded all around us,” Pennington said. “The building continued to shake and the intense roar, from outside wasNotices interrupted Legal only by the people screaming bidsinside no the laterstairwell. than 8:00 “When we finally made a.m. on September it to the exit door at 10, the 2018. of the stairwell, we bottom Sealed bids be pushed it open to will see the chaos of emergency workopened September 10, ers people readand aloud, and running the bid north. We ran toward the will be awarded the Hudson River to gettoaway lowestour or best bidder. from building. As we slowed turned All down bids and shall be to see the“Sealed scene behind us, marked Bid” and our breath was taken away. withgiant the “bid A grayopening cloud date was 9/10/18.” lower Manhattan engulfing including hotel.Road We Purdy our Special stood frozen, and as Districtthere, reserves the right we continued to look up, accept orasking rejectJulie, any Ito remember and/or all bids or any ‘Where is the other tower? Iparts can’tthereof. see it. Where is it?’ It wasSept. 10 a.m. and Sept. while we Run 1 and 5 didn’t understand it yet, the ____________________ south tower had just collapsed.” CITY OF MONETT Pennington then tried toBUILDING contact distant family & ZONING members. INSPECTOR “I tried to call home on BIDSnot my ACCEPTING cell phone and could The City he of said. Monett is get through,” “Cell phone service wason out the all accepting bids over Manhattan. famidemolition of anOur 1826 sq. lies knew we were across ft. Commercial Building the street from the World Structure located at they 106 Trade Center and now Fourthnot Street. could reach us. “We stood there Specifications may for be some time when a police obtained from Monett City officer told us we needed to Hall north located 217 5th head andatdirected us Street. to the West Side Highway. We Prevailing fortunately wage ran into deother co-workers from termination will apply to our conference including this job. Contractor must our CFO Jim Treacy. We providetogether proof along of workwalked with thousands of others. Ascovwe man’s compensation crossed Street, erage Chambers and liability we turned to look at the insurance coverage. North Tower. Everything Cityto may accept or reseemed stop. We stood ject all bids. Sealed bids must be

The view from David Pennington’s hotel room in New York on the day of the 9-11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Contributed photo

there frozen. We saw and felt the remaining tower collapse. The magnificent building that we had been in just two days before was falling before our eyes. And as the building collapsed, Mr. Treacy put his hand on my back and turned me north. He said, ‘You don’t want to look any more.’” Their walk turned into a run until we reached Moore Street. “Mr. Treacy went on to tell us as we walked along the highway that a friend of his – a priest named Father Michael Judge – was down at the Trade Center,” Pennington said. “He was hopeful that Father Judge was ok. We found out later that he perished after the south tower had collapsed.” If it had not become clear that the world was changing right before their eyes, it soon would. “During our walk, we suddenly realized how quiet the skies were,” Pennington said. “Typically commercial flights can be seen and heard overhead. Soon after realizing this, we met a man with a small radio. He let us know that the Pentagon had been hit by an airplane. We knew we were living a moment in history. We knew we were under attack. “I remember crossing Houston Street when loud jets engines above us muffled the sounds of sirens on the street. The quiet skies were no longer silent. Above us we Notices saw fighter jets Legal circling Manhattan.” It was not long after this, they heard about the fourth plane that had crashed in Pennsylvania. “Each step north was a step towards safety,” Pennington said. “And as we continued to walk north, hundreds and hundreds of emergency workers were headed south to what had been the World Trade Center. “Our group continued to walk until we reached Riverside Park at 72nd Street. It was 1 p.m. I tried my phone again and finally got through to our [New York] office. We asked them to please call our families and let them know we were ok. We met with one of the leaders from our company, Stuart McKelvey. He informed us that arrangements had been made for all 120 of us to go to our company headquarters at 41st Street and Lexington. So we walked.” When they finally arrived at the office around 3 p.m., they were greeted by many of their colleagues. “They had shopped and bought us anything we could use since all of our belongings were left behind,” Pennington said. “Soon after our arrival, we found out Mayor Guliani called for the shut down all f offices from 44th street down to lower Manhattan. “A group of us decided to try to get a train to our office in White Plains, N.Y., where we knew there could be a better chance to get hotel rooms for our group. We walked toward Grand

Central Terminal. As we walked I finally was able to get through to my mom back in St. Louis on my cell phone. I remember holding back tears as I described the day. After we hung up, I called one of my childhood friends who had heard I was in New York. We finally made it to Grand Central Station and boarded the last train headed to White Plains.” As the hours turned into days, and the days have turned into years, the memories of that day are forever etched in Pennington’s brain. “I’ll never forget the images from that beautiful September morning,” he said. “But the things I try to remember the most are how people pulled together to help one another. Strangers offering us help on our long walk that day. Co-workers making sure we were taken care of and safe. Emergency workers – police, firemen and emergency medical teams – all were part of the people who pointed us in the right direction away from the danger.” It all happened 20 Septembers ago. “At the time, there was less anger, because we did not know what was behind us,” he said. “I felt fear and complete confusion. It was so traumatic for our society, our land, our nation. We just didn’t know. “But I doNotices remember at Legal each point along the way, so many complete strangers handing us water from their bodegas, and satellite phones to be able to call our families. Strangers helping strangers. That is the true core of who we are as a nation.” Looking back at the swell of patriotism that engulfed the nation during those horrific days and months that followed, Pennington recalls the unity that brought so many different spectrums of the nation together as one. “There were flags flying from nearly every porch, it was the unity of brothers and sisters all across America,” he said. “That unification is now at risk through our own internal divisions. We came together 20 years ago and we have since lost sight of that unity, and that is almost more painful. It’s trauma by a thousand cuts.” Pennington has returned to New York, and to the Twin Towers memorial, once while it was under construction, and again to the museum once it was open to the public. “I truly believe that unity is still there and we can get it back,” he said. “I just hope it does not take another tragedy to bring it out. I pray for continued healing, because at the core, we are all each other’s neighbor and friend. I remember strangers helping out other strangers on that horrible day — that’s who we really are. I will always carry the hope that we can get back to that again one day.”

■ Sports Editor Kyle Troutman, 417-235-3135, editor@monett-times.com

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Eagles fall in Battle for Wentworth

Pierce City gets scores from O’Hara, Kleiboeker BY KYLE TROUTMAN editor@monett-times.com

The Pierce City football team fell to 1-2 on the season Friday with a 50-20 loss to a physical Sarcoxie team in the Eagles’ home opener.

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Brad Hocker, Pierce City coach, said the difference was in the trenches and in assignments. “I thought Sarcoxie played

very physical up front, and we need to play better assignment football,” he said. “We played hard, but we need to get better up front and be better at tackling, so that’s what we will work on.” Clayten O’Hara continued his weekly scoring habit, picking up two touchdowns on runs of about 10 yards. Hocker said late in the game when subs were introduced, freshman Mekhi Kleiboeker

found paydirt from a similar distance on the ground. “Our kids played extremely hard from JV to varsity, but we have some improvement to do in key areas,” he said. “How many games we win will depend on how well we can do with things like tackling and getting into the second level.” The Eagles stay home on Friday for the second of their four-game swing, hosting Ash Grove at 7 p.m.

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Wildcats clawed by Tigers, 46-20

Big plays doom Cassville in Week 3 BY KYLE TROUTMAN editor@monett-times.com

The Cubs took a 7-0 lead over East Newton in the second quarter, as Ethan Umfleet stretched the ball over the goal line for a touchdown. Jared Lankford/Special to The Monett Times

Monett tallies first victory of season Friday

BY JARED LANKFORD Special to The Monett Times

After two weeks of watching early leads evaporate into heartbreaking losses, the Monett football team dug deep to record a 14-0 victory over East Newton. The Cubs (1-2) used a pair of Ethan Umfleet touchdowns to take a 14-0 lead, and the defense took care of the rest. The Cubs held East Newton to just 121 yards of total offense, 69 yards rushing and 52 passing, in the contest. Monett was able to rush for 178 yards on 38 attempts and finished with 296 total yard on offense. Even more impressive was the fact that the Cubs racked up almost 180 rushing yards without the use of two of their top three rushers who were out due to injury. Monett effectively iced the

game on its first drive of the third quarter, traveling 81 yards in 10 plays with Umfleet covering the final 8 yards. Key on that drive was quarterback Daven Madrid scrambling on a secondand-19 to gain 24 yards and a first down, moving the ball from the Cubs’ 10 to the Patriots’ 34-yard line. East Newton only snapped the ball five times in the third quarter The first half was mostly a battle of field position, a battle the Cubs won with their worst starting point at their own 28, while the Patriots began half of their drives inside the 25. On Monett’s second drive of the game, the Cubs marched 51 yards in nine plays, taking nearly 5 minutes off the clock. Umfleet bounced outside and spun into the endzone

A Monett graduate and former Pierce City head coach will be honored by the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame at the same time as the induction of Kansas City Chiefs pass rusher Tamba Hali and University of Missouri running back Devin West. Hall CEO and Executive Director Jerald Andrews on Wednesday announced the upcoming inductees and Elite 11 honorees, who will be enshrined

and recognized during the annual Football Luncheon presented by the Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr Pepper Bottling Company, which is set for 11 a.m. on Oct. 13 at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds in Springfield. Along with the Cassville teams, Hali and West, Kickapoo High School and University of Central Missouri quarterback Scott Loveland, Salem High School coach Bill Schuchardt, Lebanon radio broadcaster Kevin Stubblefield, the 2008 and 2009 Cassville state championship football teams and the Harrisonville High School Football Program will

Monett’s highest honor 8 officially inducted into Monett Sports Hall of Fame BY KYLE TROUTMAN editor@monett-times.com

School/Northwest Missouri State University), Southwest Baptist University assistant coach Marcus Klund (Scott City and Cape Central High Schools/ Lindenwood University), Drew Newhart (Cameron High School/Missouri Western State University), Jeff Portman (Buffalo High School/Drake University), Jack Randolph (Southwest Baptist University/ Marshfield and West Plains head coach), Casey Shadel (Lebanon High School/University of Central Missouri) and Nathan Stokes (Ozark High School/ Missouri State University).

It was a great day to be a Monett Cub. Surrounded by their families, friends, teammates and coaches, the eight inaugural members of the Monett Sports Hall of Fame shared smiles and tears as they were inducted into the newly minted Hall. Coaches Jackie Bolton and Cleo Elbert; athletes Sarah Bowling Hamlet, Kelley Curbow, Dennis Heim, Angela Johnson and James Klousia; and contributor Mike McClure all received plaques on behalf of the Monett Sports Hall of Fame. Daryl Bradley, Monett athletic director, said the day was about seven years in the making, the product of an idea, many discussions and working with the Monett school district’s Board of Education. He also thanked Michael Calhoun, middle school athletic director and varsity baseball coach, for spearheading much of the effort, saying no one would be there without him. Ralph Scott, Monett superintendent from 1966-1986 who saw the athletes play and worked with the coaches, opened the festivities with a speech. “I have long stories I could tell about each one of you,” he said to the inductees. “In 1951, I was

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Monett’s Harrison Merriman (No. 56) and Rhyn Withnell converge to sack East Newton quarterback Ty Bowman during varsity action on Friday. Jared Lankford/Special to The Monett Times from 5 yards out, and the Cubs took a 7-0 lead with 10:57 left in the second quarter. Monett’s defense held East Newton to just 64 yards rush-

ing in the first half while collecting two sacks. Monett hits the road on Friday with a trip to Anderson to face McDonald County. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.

Monett alum to receive Missouri Hall of Fame honor Blaise Bauer one of Missouri Sports Hall of Fame’s Elite 11

The Cassville football team (1-2) was overpowered by a strong Nevada offense on Friday, falling to the Tigers, 46-20. Nevada started the scoring quickly, connecting on a 40-yard touchdown strike up the muddle only 1:11 in. The Wildcats fumbled the ball away on their first play from scrimmage, and Nevada added to the lead with a 1-yard run set up by a pass of about 30 yards. Cassville then embarked on a drive lasting 5:30, with Hernan Hernandez providing a couple of big catches and Bryson Jacobson churning runs to eventually score on a 3-yard push. The Tigers, however, kept hitting quick, connecting a 60-yard touchdown pass 47 seconds later for their third score of the quarter. Early in the second frame, Isaac Hadlow caught a 16-yard touchdown pass from Cutter Hicks to make it a one-score game again. But Nevada wouldn’t have it, hitting a 16-yard touchdown pass for a 30-14 halftime lead. Cassville’s highlight of the game came just after the break, a 62-yard touchdown catch by Jake Anthonysz. It would be the last trip to paydirt for Cassville on the night. Nevada added a 25-yard touchdown run and a 1-yard touchdown run to provide the final scoreline. The Wildcats suffered from turnovers in the contest, giving up four and losing the ball twice on downs. A bright spot for the Wildcats was field position, as multiple kickoffs were returned to near midfield. Cassville stays at home on Friday, hosting Logan-Rogersville at 7 p.m.

be inducted. Additionally, the Hall of Fame will honor the Elite 11, which recognizes former high school and college standouts, or those who have made positive contributions to the game. This year’s Elite 11 are: Blaise Bauer (Monett High School/ Pittsburg State University), Mac Whitehead (Seneca High School/Southwest Baptist University/Missouri Southern State University), Brock Baker (Bolivar High School/Western Kentucky University), Joe Close (Parkview High School/ University of Missouri), Lance Johnston (Branson High

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Alum: Former Monett star athlete still holds records at Pittsburg State

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A sponsorship table of eight is $400 and includes a print autographed by individual inductees as well as recognition in the printed program and at the table. A head table ticket is $100 and includes the same perks. A single ticket is $50, or $60 at the door. Numerous sponsorships are available, including congratulatory ads. For

tickets, call 417-889-3100. Blaise Bauer – Monett High School/ Pittsburg State University At Monett, Bauer played tight end, slot and some quarterback for the Cubs, earning three varsity letters as well as allconference and all-district his senior season in 1983. He also was a three-year

letterman and all-conference and All-District in basketball, plus a state qualifier and four-year letterman in track and field. At Pittsburg State, Bauer was twice an NAIA AllAmerica tight end (1987, 1988). He was a team captain and the team MVP in 1988, a three-time all-conference selection and AllDistrict twice. He ended

his career with 1,248 yards receiving on 44 catches and a then-school record 18 touchdowns. Two averages on yards per catch – 29.2 for his career and 31.4 in a single season – still stand as the highest at Pitt State. He later coached football for Galena and Girard high schools, earning 48 wins and three conference Coach of the Year honors (1994, 1997, 2006). An inductee of the Pitt State Athletics Hall of Fame, Bauer is now the Superintendent of Girard Public Schools in Kansas. Mac Whitehead – Seneca High School/ Southwest Baptist University/Missouri Southern State University At Seneca High School, Whitehead put put video-game like stats as an All-State running back in 1992 and 1993. He finished with 4,947 yards rushing on 598 carries (8.2 yards per carry) and scored 46 touchdowns. All but 371 yards came in his final two seasons, and he likely would have

rushed for more more than 5,000 yards had then-Seneca coach Tom Hodge (MSHOF 2016) not sat starters during blowouts. Whitehead played two seasons at Southwest Baptist and then finished as a two-year letterman at Missouri Southern. There, he was a 1997 All-MIAA kick returner as he averaged 14.7 yards per return – which ranks sixth-best in school history and is the second-best mark for a Lions player since that season. Whitehead was the head coach at pierce City for two seasons, in 2010 and 2011, and he is currently the head football coach at Diamond High School. Cassville High School Football 2008 and 2009 State Champions Coached by David Large, the Cassville Wildcats won Class 3 state championships in 2008 and 2009. The 2008 Wildcats beat Cardinal Ritter 31-6 in the final and finished 12-3. That team won its final seven games

after back-to-back, midOctober losses. Among the late-season wins were 28-14 against Monett in a rematch of one of those losses, plus 26-15 against Logan-Rogersville and a 14-13 semifinal victory against Chillicothe. The 2009 team toppled Bowling Green 24-7 in the finals and finished 14-1. Its only loss was to Branson in the season-opener before the Wildcats won 13 of their next 14 games by an average of 25.6 points. Its closest win was 21-20 against No. 1 LoganRogersville in a battle of 11-1 teams. Cassville trailed 20-14 before authoring an 86-yard touchdown drive, scoring with less than two minutes to play. The coaching staff included defensive coordinator Lance Parnell, Jay Rogers, Rick Lawson, Kyle Wood and Clay Weldy – with Robbie Atherton joining the 2009 staff. For more on the other Elite 11 honorees and 2021 inductees, visit: www. monett-times.com/story/2904931.

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hired as an assistant coach with Kenley Richardson, and the athletic program at Monett schools, and in the community, have been a marvelous driving force for how we all feel for one another.” Scott talked of how the oldest members of his Sunday school group have grandchildren or greatgrandchildren that participate in Monett sports, and likewise, most elementary school students have a relative or know a Monett athlete. “Day in and day out, week by week, athletics has a positive effect on how kids feel at school and how people in the community feel about each other,” Scott said. “Sports are a positive influence, and you honorees represent the best of our coaches and participants, and I am so proud of all of you. “I challenge you to [take some time alone] and think about the impact sports have had on your life and all you associate with athletics. Each of you that do that will come away with a good feeling.” Elbert, the Monett girls basketball coach from 1981-2000 and 7-time undefeated Big 8 Conference champion, was the first inducted. He thanked his family for their support, and his wife of 50 years. “She kept things in perspective for me that it’s just a game and I’m dealing with kids,” he said. “I had great players, parents and assistant coaches in my time. We were not always the most athletic, but we were dedicated and hardworking, and we sacrificed individual goals for good of the team.” Bolton, Monett volleyball coach from 1984-1996 who amassed a record of 231-72, won seven district titles and made two Final Fours, said she was surprised for the honor because she has been out of the area for so long. “I appreciate the opportunity and Monett taking a chance on small-town girl,” she said. “I learned a lot and had great kids, and I always felt we did a great job representing the school and the community.” Hamlet, a 2003 alumnus known for her track accomplishments, was

noted for one of her team’s conference titles. Not normally a 100-meter sprinter, one year, she asked her coach to put her in the event, as two Aurora runners could pose a threat to Monett’s Big 8 title. Despite sprinting not being her specialty, she beat both Lady Houn’ Dawgs and sealed the championship. “I come from a highly athletic family and I always wanted to be like my brother,” she said. “I wouldn’t be in love with track if not for my mom, and my dad gave me my sense of humor and smarts. I will always be a proponent of Monett athletics.” Heim did not play organized football until his freshman year, and he went on to play in the NFL and Canadian Football League. He spoke about his growth spurt in high school and how great an opportunity it was to be a Cub and 1974 graduate. “Coach Burl Fowler got the team together at the start of my junior year after we had won state,” he said. “Coach was naming all the players he thought would contribute, and he named ‘big Dennis.’ I had grown 4 inches that summer and didn’t recognize my size yet, and I was like, “Wow, who’s big Dennis?’ “It was great to have the opportunity to play for quality coaches at Monett that held us accountable and [taught us about life through sports].” Johnson, one of the most decorated Monett athletes ever, excelled in track, but also ran cross country and played basketball. Leonard Bauer, her track coach in high school, told a gripping tale of how the Lady Cubs won the 4x800 relay state title, partly thanks to Johnson. He said they had the 11th-best time out of the 16 qualifying teams, but the girls set their sights on a top-6 finish. The first three legs ran personal record times, keeping Monett in 6th place when Johnson got the baton. “She took off, I thought too fast,” Bauer said. “After the first lap, she had passed two of them to get into fourth, and I thought she would slow and get re-passed, but she moved to third, second,

and with about 20 meters to go, passed into first to win our only state relay title ever. She’s said that was her proudest moment as an athlete, and it’s also my proudest moment as a coach.” Johnson said she’s truly among greatness and honored to be in the inaugural Hall of Fame class. “You can’t get here by yourself, so I want to thank my teammates,” she said. “It takes them passing me the basketball and it takes four runners to win a relay. And, every time I came home from meets, my dad sewed my medals on my letter jacket. He was my biggest fan, and I think he and [late cross country coach Whitey Mettlach] are looking down on us and smiling.” A tennis player and 1971 Monett graduate, Klousia said it was an honor to be included in the group, and he read a poem in thanks. “Most of my success came after I left Monett, but this where I fell in love with tennis and that love was nourished,” he said. “It does not matter if you are No. 1 or a sub, it’s always great to say you are a Monett Cub.” The final inductee was broadcaster Mike McClure, who has broadcast multiple Monett events since 1985 and has worked for ESPN and at the collegiate level. “What an honor to be in the inaugural class,” he said. “When I was told the luncheon would be today, I had to pause and reflect. I saw many of you 20 years ago to this day at mom’s funeral on Sept. 10, 2001, so now, I can recall that sadness of my mom’s funeral along with the happiness of today. It’s an honor and privilege to be involved in Monett athletics since 1985, but it’s a greater honor to call Monett my hometown.” Kelley Curbow, a 1969 graduate who played football and basketball, going on to play football at the University of Missouri, was unable to attend but was recognized by Bradley. All eight honorees were also presented to the community on Friday before the home football game against East Newton. For photos from the event, go to www.monetttimes.com/sports.

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Coalition of Charities, Life360 detail new outreach Former hospital building to develop as service hub

COALITION OF CHARITIES

Where: Old Cox Monett Hospital to serve as base What: Wider range of services ever concentrated in Monett When: Started, programs still developing

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A major community outreach effort operating under the umbrella of the Coalition of Charities and Life360

Community Services, based at the old Cox Monett Hospital,

was outlined by Rachel Luebbering, executive director for the coalition, during a recent meeting of the Monett Lions Club. Luebbering detailed how the coalition has partnered with Life360 Community Services, which took possession of the former hospital building in mid-September. The building has 91,000 square feet of space,

plus space in the adjacent doctor’s clinic buildings, that a wide range of service organizations will use to provide services. She said the coalition hopes to make the hospital a “one-stop shop” for outreach, particularly for hard-to-reach individuals often overlooked by traditional office strategies. Among those setting up CONTINUED ON PAGE 7

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BARRY COUNTY

What: Had 4,438 cases of COVID19 as of Sept. 29 Count: 82 active cases in isolation, at least 4 of whom are hospitalized, and 4,283 recovered; more than 100 close contacts quarantined More: A total of 14,171 vaccines initiated, accounting for 39.6 percent of residents

COVID cases stay consistent to last week Active cases at 82, down from 146 on Sept. 1

Fore! the Kiwanians

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According to the plea agreement, on April 14, 2020, law enforcement was notified of a package believed to contain methamphetamine being delivered to Mangold. Inside the package was a cooler containing duct tape-wrapped bundles of methamphetamine weighing approximately 14.2 pounds, or 6,193.43 grams. An undercover Missouri State Highway

Barry County’s positive COVID-19 (coronavirus) have dropped from the high of 146 at the start of the month, but are now holding steady in the 70s-80s range. According to the Barry County Health Department and Barry County Office of Emergency Management, there have been 4,438 (+61 from Sept. 22) confirmed positive cases of COVID-19. As of Sept. 29, a total of 82 (-+4) people were considered active cases in isolation, and at least 4 are hospitalized (+2). There are more than 100 close contacts (even) quarantined in their homes. No new deaths were reported in the last week. The total number of deaths in the county is 73, and all those who have died were at least 41 years old. Of the deaths, 26 (even) have been residents of congregate care facilities, and 47 (even) lived independently in their homes. A total of 66 (even) suffered from underlying health conditions. Gender-wise, 47 (even) males and 26 (even) females have died. The death rate, deaths as a percentage of positive cases, in Barry County is 1.6 percent, and the survival rate is 98.4 percent. The mortality rate, deaths as a percentage of the population, for the county is 0.2 percent, or about 2 of every 1,000 residents. A total of 4,283 people had recovered from the virus, a gain of 57 since Sept. 22. A total of 38, 678 tests have been done in Barry County, surpassing county’s total population, though some people may have been tested multiple times. The 4,438 positives account for 12.3 percent of the county’s

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Mark Mildren goes for a long putt during Friday’s Kiwanis Golf Tournament at Windmill Ridge Golf Course with Cliff Crockett looking on. Mike Gervais/mgnews@monett-times.com

ABOVE: The Kiwanis golf tournament featured cash prizes for the top three players in each flight. Above, from left, Mike Brownsberger, John Perkins and John Bruner take to the green at Windmill Ridge Friday. Mike Gervais/mgnews@monett-times.com LEFT: The Monett Kiwanis Club hit the links Friday for its annual golf tournament. Golfers like Gary Sorrells braved threatening rain on a mild day for the tournament. Mike Gervais/mgnews@monett-times.com

Mangold pleads guilty in meth trafficking case

Mt. Vernon man facing minimum 10 years in federal prison BY KYLE TROUTMAN editor@monett-times.com

A Mt. Vernon man has pleaded guilty to two charges in federal court relating to

his involvement in a meth trafficking conspiracy using FedEx. James Mangold, 42, of Mt. Vernon, has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Charged of possession of a controlled substance and unlawful transports of firearms were dropped.

Purdy preps for town sewer repairs, clean-up

City leaders concerned about money, staff time and convenience BY MIKE GERVAIS mgnews@monett-times.com

Purdy is preparing for its annual fall clean-up, scheduled for the week of Oct. 11-15. During the clean-up, city staff will remove unwanted items from the curb at local homes. The city council discussed a number of options designed to help ease the burden on the two city staff members who manage the clean-up, including placing large dumpsters in or around town and allowing residents to dispose

OCTOBER IN PURDY

What: Town clean-up When: Oct. 11-15 Why: To keep the city looking clean

of their refuse on their own, rather than city staff going door to door to manage the clean-up. Ultimately, the city council elected to continue with the traditional format, encouraging residents to place their refuse at the curb, and will explore the option for placing large dumpsters somewhere in town for residents to use when disposing of larger items. The problem with that idea, however, is finding a way to ensure that only Purdy residents are using the dumpsters, and

ensuring that items get placed inside the dumpster, rather than thrown on the ground near the receptacle. The city also discussed sewer improvements planned by contracted engineer Bob Sells. City Administrator Debbie Redshaw said Sells is planning various projects that will amount to a total of $126,608 worth of work. In its 2021-22 budget, the city approved $120,000 for sewer improvements, which are required by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). “Some of this stuff we don’t have a choice in the matter,” Redshaw said. “We’re committed to the DNR to do this.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

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Who: Missouri Southern State University What: Coffee social, lunch with alumni, recruitment at high school Why: To reconnect with communities outside Joplin

Green and Gold Tour in Monett

MSSU plans full day of events BY MIKE GERVAIS mgnews@monett-times.com

Missouri Southern State University is launching a new concept that aims to bring old college friends together while also

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helping the school reach out to high school students looking to start their college career. The Green and Gold Tour will include stops in several area cities, starting with Monett on Friday. “This is a new initiative,” said Kevin Greim, associate CONTINUED ON PAGE 9

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“Trails to Rails” presentation, Poff will share with Boone’s story as a frontier woman of courage with a Missouri history. The public is welcome to attend. For more information, call 231-343-2727.

The Monett Senior Center is now open for dine-in lunches for a suggested donation of $3.50 for ages 60 and up. Price for those 59 and under is $6. The senior center will be open for dining from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Senior Center is also hosting morning coffee at 9 a.m. Fridays and Nell’s Nails will be serving seniors beginning at 9 a.m. the last Friday of each month.

The Corsicana Road District will meet in regular session at 7 p.m. Tuesday Oct. 12 at the home of Garry and Pam Bartkoski, 5086 Farm Road 2057 in Monett. The public is welcome to attend.

The Monett Kiwanis Club is undergoing a membership drive. Goals of the club include changing children’s lives, improving the community and the world, building friendships, enhancing leadership skills, and developing business contacts. For more information, call Norma Clinton at 417-6695635. The Monett Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony for Four States Dental Care to celebrate their new location at 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7 at 333 S. Kyler Ave. in Monett. In an effort to better connect with communities outside the Joplin metro area and promote Missouri Southern State University, faculty will be hosting a coffee event at Mocha Jo’s, a catered alumni lunch at the Monett Museum, providing free shaved ice for high school students after school. They will end the day by sponsoring the Monett Cubs football game against Lamar on Friday, Oct. 8. The university will also be giving away two $1,000 scholarships at halftime during the game, and giveaways will occur all day long. The Purdy FFA will host its annual Barnwarming beginning at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8 at the Elementary School gym. The event features games and a royalty coronation along with a chili supper and an ice cream social for $5 per person. Multimedia Storyteller Sara Poff of Columbia Missouri will share with the Daughters of the American Revolution the story of Olive Boone, the daughter-in-law of Daniel Boone, at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 9 at First United Methodist Church in Monett. In her

Happy Birthday SEPT. 7 Scott Smith

Countryside Christian Church in Monett is hosting a gospel and bluegrass concert featuring The Farm Hands at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 10, at the church, located at 1200 N. Eisenhower in Monett.

The Monett Special Road District will meet in regular session on Tuesday, Oct. 12 at the road District Barn, 220 S. Eisenhower St. This meeting is open to the Public. A reunion of employees at St. Vincent’s Hospital will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 16 at Angus Branch in Monett. The Reborn Trio of Jonesboro, Ark. will be singing each evening and sunday morning only at Ebenezer Baptist Church during its revivial Friday, Oct. 15 through Sunday, Oct. 17. Speakers will be John Russell on Friday and Saturday and Edward Hatfield at 11 a.m. Sunday morning. Services start at 7 p.m. each evening. Ebenezer Baptist Church is located two miles north of Business Highway 60 on Chapell Drive or 22026 Lawrence 1090, Monett. The Monett FFA Chili Supper will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16 at Scott Regional Technology Center located at 2 David Sippy Drive in Monett. Entertainment will be provided by Ripplin’ Creek Bluegrass. This event also includes crafts, a raffle and silent and live auctions. The 32nd annual Pierce City Car, Truck, Bike and ATV show will kick off with registration at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 16 at Pierce City’s South Park. The day-long event will feature food, fun and family time as car enthusiasts display their entries for spectators and judges. The cost is $20 for the first vehicle and $15 for each additional entry. Awards will be announced at 3 p.m. St. Mary’s Catholic School pre-school and pre-kindergarten classes are working in conjunction with the Knights of Columbus to organize a coat drive for the community. Area residents can help by donating new or gently used coats. The coats will be distributed from 1 to 3 p.m. in the gymnasium on Saturday, Oct. 16.

Happy Anniversary SEPT. 7 David & Karen Haskins

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Step nine, month nine in the path to recovery

Russell: ‘When you crash — you crash hard’

BY JORDAN TROUTMAN The Monett Times

In the 12-step journey to recovery, the eighth and ninth steps — making amends — can be some of the most difficult, but the most healing. The act of making mental and emotional inventory of the wrongs one has committed and preparing to make amends is step eight, and without that work, one couldn’t reach step nine, the physical act of making that amends, except when doing so would cause harm to oneself or others. Step nine is about taking action, but all understanding exceptions. For a pair of local brothers, that step takes exceptional strength, because for them, they had to start with forgiving themselves. Anthony Dispenza, 43, and Russell Dispenza, 53, have been active members of Celebrate Recovery (CR) for five years. Now small group leaders for CR, the brothers aim to reach those people who may not thing CR is the right place for them. Both brothers suffer from depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and codependency. Anthony and Russell came to live in Cassville seven years ago. They grew up in Wichita, Kan., but often came to the area throughout their childhood. Russell bought a property locally about 20 years ago, and they moved in 2014. Russell, ten years older than his brother, realize his issues in college. “We didn’t have addictions like people think you have to have to be in CR,” Russell said. “People think it is for addicts, but it is so much more.” Russell saw a counselor at a local clinic, then started going to the Clark Center to get help with his medications. “CR was mentioned many times throughout my treatment here,” he said. “People say, ‘I’m not one of those people,’ and that exactly what I thought. I realize now how much more there is to CR and how much help is involved.” Anthony said the funny thing is, they were extremely close to CR long before they actually first connected with the program. “We used to play pickle ball at the Life Center on Tuesday nights,” Anthony said. “We were downstairs, and all the while, CR was going on up stairs. “We knew they always had food delivered and they always had music playing, but we didn’t realize what it was.” When Russell was 18 or 19 and in college, he began talking to a counselor as part of a free program the school offered. “I started dedication, but back then there was only one option, and it didn’t work for me,” Russell said. “I just didn’t fair very well with it.”

After moving to the area, Russell continued to see a counselor at a local clinic, and after about a year, he was able to finally get into the Clark Center to start some medications. “I am more stable now than I ever have been in my whole life,” he said. “I attribute that the CR and the Clark Center. “I still deal with bipolar disorder every day, but I am so much better. I don’t experience so many mood swings, and it has helped with the disagreements and fighting.” After being seen by the Clark Center, Russell realized a local person in the community who went to CR. “I had no idea they were in CR,” he said. “They helped me through my first visit, and by the third visit, I had dragged Anthony to CR with me.” Now, both brothers are small group leaders, Anthony is the men’s addiction group leader, and Russell is the men’s A-Z group leader. “It was funny that when I first started I was a co-leader for the group,” Anthony said. “I was comfortable with that, and the other leader had dealt with drug and alcohol addiction, so I felt like he knew more than me on the subject. “But really, we all have addictions — whether it is an addiction to a substance or a behavior.” Anthony wasn’t diagnosed with bipolar disorder until the brothers moved here, although Russell had been diagnosed for many years. “When they told me, I was like, ‘No I would have seen that. I know what bipolar looks like because of my brother,’” Anthony said. “Some guys talked about the binges and the highs and lows with their addiction. I was like, ‘Wait a minute, how were they describing my life through a completely different experience?’” Russell said it is actually very common for bipolar to not want to take their medications in order to control the highs. “I used to have heavy mood swings,” Russell said. “When you crash — you crash hard. “I learned in CR that having bipolar is very similar to being on drugs. It is like they go hand in hand, because a lot of times people who are undiagnosed will try to self medicate and end up on drugs.” The brothers said they encourage anyone who thinks they may have some sort of mental disorder, any kind of symptoms, to reach out and get help. “If I had had the resources from the Clark Center when I was first diagnosed, it would have made a world of difference to me,” Russell said. “It would have made such a greater impact. We have made huge steps in the way of mental health in the last few decades, but we aren’t there 100 percent yet. There is still a stigma around mental health, and we have to encourage people to get the help they need. “More medications are available now, but we still

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Russell and Anthony Dizpenza, a pair of brothers living in Cassville, focus on step nine in the path to recovery from their hurts, habits and hangups that include depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder. Contributed photo need to get the word out about what those diseases are really. There is a quote in German, ‘Jeder mann hat seinen vogel,’ it roughly translates to ‘Every man has his bird.’” The quote is about each persons uniqueness and the importance of that. “That is what makes CR so great,” Russell said. “It focuses on everyones uniqueness and celebrates what sets us apart from others. There are many different types of hurts, habits and hangups.” The brothers have a close relationship given that they are the only two siblings, with not much other family to speak of. Their mother came from Germany, and their father’s side is from Italy. Interestingly, their parents were both born on the exact same day of the exact same year. “We think our problems are both genetic, or a chemical imbalance, but also formed out of a city of trauma,” Russell said. “When working the 12 steps, the first step is to get out of denial and face the fact that you have a problem. “For us, it is a physical issue with a chemical imbalance, and sometimes it is hard to face — this is the way I am.” The brothers agree that all of the steps help to focus on that, but the ninth step, the one that takes you face that and face the people you have hurt helps you accept that. “The hardest part is making that amends with yourself and with God,” Russell said. “You have to start there. You can’t make amends with others if you haven’t forgiven yourself.” Anthony said it is so easy to beat yourself up over the things you have done, that is true for anyone, not just the ones in recovery, but it is especially true for those in recovery. “By allowing God to forgive you, you allow him to fully take the weight of your problems,” he said. “Thats what he did on the cross. He took that weight. “In CR you hear other stories and realize you are not alone. There are others like you and you get to see their victories, that gives you hope that you can change too.”

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a monthly, 12-part series giving an inside look into the testimonies and lives of a dozen individuals who have met their recovery goal. Each month will focus on the corresponding step in the 12-step process, as well as its biblical comparison. While the world deals with the COVID-19 pandemic, it also deals with the pandemic of addiction. For a time, due to social restrictions, Celebrate Recovery and other meetings were postponed. Those in recovery understand the struggle when they are unable to reach out for help. With these testimonies, they aim to reach those who need help, but are unable to get it. They want to reach people in their communities and offer them a hand, a resource and a safe space. In 2019, there were 304 felony and misdemeanor drug-related charges in Cassville, and as of the first week of December, there were 293 for 2020. Places people can turn to include: • Celebrate Recovery Cassville — Tuesdays at the First Baptist Church’s Family Life Center in the loft. Meal is served at 5:45 p.m. and large group is at 6:30 p.m. Child care is provided. People may contact Mark Barton at 417766-5449. • Celebrate Recovery Seligman — Wednesdays at Mozark Fellowship in Seligman. Meal is served at 6 p.m. and large group is at 7 p.m. Child care is provided. People may contact Mike Avers at 417-3428659. • Celebrate Recovery Monett — Thursdays at New Site Baptist Church in Monett. Large group goes from 6-7:30 p.m. Child care provided birth to fifth grade, and The Landing group is available for youth grades 6-12. Meals to go at the end of every evening. People may contact 417235-6135 for more information. In addition, the local Clark Center office number is 417-476-1000. The 24-hour Crisis Line is 1-800-801-4405, and the National Suicide Hotline is 1-800-273-8255. Those involved with this 12-month, 12-step series hope to reach as many people as possible in their communities.

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RANKINGS BIG 8 CONFERENCE STANDINGS WEST Lamar, 3-0 McDonald County, 3-1 Nevada, 3-1 Seneca, 1-2 Cassville, 1-2 Monett, 1-3 East Newton 0-3 EAST Aurora, 3-0 Logan-Rogersville, 2-1 Marshfield, 2-1 Hollister, 2-1 Reeds Spring, 2-2 Springfield Catholic, 0-3 Mt. Vernon, 0-3 THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE Lamar at Monett Cassville at Seneca Agape at Pierce City Marshfield at Aurora Nevada at East Newton Hollister at Logan-Rogersville Springfield Catholic at Mt. Vernon Reeds Spring at McDonald County LAST WEEK’S RESULTS Cassville 21, Monett 20 Marionville 50, Pierce City 14 Aurora 42, Hollister 31 McDonald County 35, East Newton 13 Lamar 63, Mt. Vernon 7 Logan-Rogersville 35, Springfield Catholic 7 Marshfield 50, Reeds Spring 28 Nevada 52, Seneca 35

Ethan Umfleet (No. 25) and Fernando Hinojosa (No. 62) bring down a Cassville runner during the Barry County Brawl on Friday. Kyle Troutman/editor@monett-times.com

No. 1 team in Class 2 coming to Monett Friday BY KYLE TROUTMAN

editor@monett-times.com

heartbreaking Barry County Brawl loss was a tough pill for Monett to swallow on Friday, but the Cubs have no time to brood, as this week will offer a new set of challenges with Lamar coming to town. Derrek Uhl, Monett coach, said the game in Cassville had one major takeaway, the Cubs have to clean up the penalties. Monett was flagged 7 times for a total of 75 yards, compared to the Wildcats’ 2 penalties for 10 yards. “Those penalties definitely hurt us,” Uhl said. “It really helped Cassville move the ball in some crucial drives. We didn’t have any offensive turnovers for the first time all season, and we got two turnovers. So, we go back to those penalties and that was a big thing.” The Cubs will have to play as tight as they have all season long to upset the incoming Tigers, who are defending Class 2 state champions and ranked No. 1 in Class 2 at 6-0. “We’re going into this week knowing we have a big challenge,” Uhl said. “Lamar is the defending state

MONETT FOOTBALL

Record: 1-5 Last result: 21-20 loss to Cassville Next up: Monett hosts Lamar on Friday

champion and we want to see where we’re at measuring up to a good team, and we’ll get that opportunity this week.” The Tigers are coming off a 63-7 thrashing of Mt. Vernon, and they average 46 points per game. “Their big thing is they have a lot of good athletes,” Uhl said. “We have to tackle well, because if we miss, they’ll get big plays, like turning a 5-yard run into a 50-yard run. We will be in a lot of 1-v-1 situations, and our guys have to make plays. We want to get more than one guy tackling when we can, too.” Uhl said another way to slow the Tigers’ offense is with Monett’s attack. “We made some big plays last week, especially in the passing game,” Uhl said. “We have moved the ball well all year — we just struggle to finish. Against Lamar, we want to sustain CONTINUED ON PAGE 7

BY KYLE TROUTMAN editor@monett-times.com

Drew Ervin skies to haul in a pass in the Barry County Brawl on Friday. Kyle

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It may be the last time the lights shine bright at Don Keebaugh Stadium this season, as the Pierce City football team (2-4) has had a schedule change to add one more home game to the agenda, though not on a typical night. Due to referee availability, the game against Agape Boarding School has been moved to 7 p.m. Thursday night in Pierce City. The visitors will come in ready to play, as Agape (0-6) has yet to win a game this season and is averaging only 11 points per game while allowing 53. “They have a lot of athleticism and some kids that can make plays,” said Brad Hocker, Pierce City coach. “If they were probably a little more consistent, that record could be better. But, we need to do the same thing.” The Eagles are coming off a a 50-14 loss to Marionville in a game that was close for the first two quarters, which showed promise for Hocker. “I think when we are consistent and give a great effort, we can be in a lot of games,”

EAGLES FOOTBALL

Record: 2-4 Last result: 50-14 loss to Marionville Next up: Pierce City hosts Agape on Thursday at 7 p.m.

he said. “But, when you have turnovers, against good teams or bad teams, you don’t usually come out on top. We turned the ball over too many times on Friday and have to get better at that.” Hocker said despite the loss, he is proud of his team’s play and continued growth as the postseason comes calling. “I’m pleased with the effort, passion and enthusiasm,” he said. “We are still working to get better, and I think we did the other night. We’ve been playing faster and tackling better. We did a great job on Marionville’s running back the other night. The guys are realizing when you take a play off at the varsity level, it will cost you 6 points.” Hocker said with only three games left before the playoffs, he’s hoping the Eagles settle into playing their best ball. “We are playing hard and going in the right direction, and we want to be playing our best football at the right time,” he said. Stat-wise, Clayten O’Hara continues to lead the offense. He had 92 carries for 696 yards and 11 touchdowns and 17 catches for 284 yards and 2

51.83 41.67 41.67 36.83 29 21.89 20.67

CLASS 3, DISTRICT 6 TEAM RECORD Aurora 5-1 4-2 Hollister 4-2 Mountain Grove Seneca 3-3 4-2 Buffalo 3-3 Reeds Spring Cassville 2-4

46 41 36.33 36.33 32.67 31.83 28.67

CLASS 1, DISTRICT 3 TEAM RECORD Marionville 6-0 Thayer 5-1 Sarcoxie 5-1 4-2 Ash Grove Cabool 3-3 3-3 Diamond 2-4 Pierce City Miller 0-6

57.14 52.19 48.31 37.25 32.33 30.9 22.8 15.33

POINTS

STATE RANKINGS Class 6 T1. CBC (4), 5-1 T1. Liberty North (5), 4-1 3. Joplin (1), 6-0 4. Lee’s Summit North, 6-0 5. DeSmet, 4-2 6. Nixa, 5-1 7. Hazelwood Central, 6-0 8. Park Hill South, 6-0 9. Francis Howell, 5-1 10. Raymore-Peculiar, 4-2 Also receiving votes: Kirkwood (5-1); Liberty (4-2)

Thursday night football: Eagles address referee shortage

Pierce City hosts Agape on Thursday in final home game of season

DISTRICT STANDINGS CLASS 4, DISTRICT 6 TEAM RECORD West Plains 5-1 McDonald County 5-1 Carl Junction 3-3 4-2 Marshfield Logan-Rogersville 3-3 0-6 Hillcrest Monett 1-5

Class 5 1. Jackson (10), 6-0 2. Carthage, 6-0 3. Holt, 6-0 4. Webb City, 4-2 5. Lebanon, 6-0 6. Raytown, 3-1 7. Platte County, 4-2 8. Jefferson City Helias, 5-1 9. Fort Osage, 5-1 10. Rockwood Summit, 6-0 Dropped out: No. 10 Ladue. Also receiving votes: Ladue (5-1); Glendale (4-1) Class 4 1. Smithville (9), 6-0 2. MICDS (1), 6-0 3. Hannibal, 6-0 4. West Plains, 5-1 5. Union, 6-0 6. Lincoln College Prep, 6-0 T7. McCluer, 5-1 T7. Vashon, 6-0 9. Nevada, 5-1 10. Hillsboro, 5-1 Dropped out: No. 9 Warrensburg Also receiving votes: McDonald County (5-1); St. Dominic (3-3) Class 3 1. Odessa (10), 6-0 2. St. Mary’s, 4-1 3. Valle Catholic, 6-0 4. Boonville, 5-1 5. St. Pius X, 5-1 6. Blair Oaks, 5-1 7. Lutheran North, 3-3 8. Park Hills Central, 5-1 9. Mexico, 5-1 10. Cardinal Ritter, 3-3 Also receiving votes: Center (4-1); Aurora (5-1); Kennett (5-1)

Noah Crews fights off a Marionville tackler Friday during the Eagles’ contest with the Comets. Jared Lankford/Special to The Monett Times touchdowns. Payton Moennig has 73 carries for 269 yards and 2 touchdowns, and he has thrown for 441 yards, going 38-for-80, and 3 touchdowns. Defensively, Zane Clayton leads tacklers with 62 total, including 15 tackles for loss. Brian Canales has 44 tackles with 7 for loss, and Levi Cooper has 40 tackles with 11 for loss.

Keys for Pierce City

• Deal with turnovers The turnover bug has bitten too many times this season, and

a game without losing the ball would be a big step forward. • Hit quick Agape giving up 50-plus points per game is something the Eagles can take advantage of. Fast play and a quick start would help them get another win. • Enjoy the home crowd This is likely the final home game of the season for Pierce City, so the Eagles should soak up the atmosphere and give the fans a good show. Kickoff on Thursday is at 7 p.m.

Class 2 1. Lamar (10), 6-0 2. Fair Grove, 6-0 3. Hallsville, 6-0 4. Ava, 6-0 5. Butler, 6-0 T6. Lafayette County T6. Lutheran St. Charles 8. Duchesne, 4-2 9. Richmond, 5-1 10. Bowling Green, 5-0 Also receiving votes: Warsaw (6-0); New Madrid County Central (6-0) Class 1 1. Windsor (9), 6-0 2. Mid Buchanan (1), 6-0 3. Hayti, 5-0 4. Marionville, 6-0 5. East Buchanan, 6-0 6. Harrisburg, 6-0 7. Monroe City, 5-1 8. Thayer, 5-1 9. Hamilton-Penney, 4-2 10. Skyline, 4-2 Also receiving votes: Marceline (5-1); West Platte (5-1)

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Local Lions labeling party

The Monett Lions Club spent the weekend of Sept. 10-11 making its famous apple butter to sell this fall. The club canned a total of 5,000 jars, and hosted a labeling party on Sept. 28. Lions Bob Bartelsmeyer, left, and Elly Holle worked together to get a set of jars labeled ahead of Mt. Vernon’s Apple Butter Making Days, scheduled for Oct. 8-10, where the Lions will sell most of their supply. If the club has any apple butter left over, it will be made available for purchase at local events and activities and through local Lions. Mike Gervais/ mgnews@monett-times.com

Purdy: Costs of planned sewer projects overbudget

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Council member Scott Redshaw said he was concerned about going over

budget for the work. Debbie said the city has some wiggle room in

the budget for the sewer rehab work. “We didn’t spend

everything we budgeted last year, so we have some room,” she said.

COVID: 14,171 vaccinations initiated in county

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population, and there is an overall positive test rate of 11.47 percent (-.06). The weekly positive test rate is 8.36 percent (+.88). Vaccinations initiated in the county, which include people who have received at least the first dose, number 14,171, a gain of 106 in the last week and accounting for 39.6 percent of the county’s total population. About 20 percent of the county is comprised of children 16 and under who were originally not eligible

to receive a vaccine, about 7,177 individuals. If those people are not counted, about 49.3 percent of eligible adults have been vaccinated. Pfizer has also now been approved to vaccinate children 12-and-up, which may add to the overall percentage, as ages of those vaccinated are not broken down. The figure of those eligible for vaccinations is based on an estimation from U.S. Census Bureau figures. The Lawrence County Health Department said as of Sept. 17 it had 5,028 total confirmed cases (+44). A total of 128 (+4) people have died in Lawrence County. A new reporting system from the health department no longer includes the number of active cases or number of recovered cases. Lawrence County has 38.7 percent of is population ages 12-and-up vaccinated. According to Johns Hopkins University tracking, statewide as of Sept. 29, Missouri has had 675,349 confirmed cases and 11,485 deaths, a death rate of 1.7 percent (98.3 percent survival rate) and accounting for 0.18 percent of the state population, or 1.8 of every 1,000 people. Nationally, there have been 43,256,418 positives and 693,482 deaths, a rate of 1.6 percent (98.4 percent survival rate) and accounting for 0.2 percent

of the nation’s population, or 2 of every 1,000 people. State and national recovery figures are not provided. Statewide, 3,288,168 people have initiated vaccinations, accounting for 53.6 percent of the total population and 65 percent of the population 18-andover. The CDC Wonder Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System shows 116 (even) events reported where death was a result, possibly in relation to a vaccine. A report is not conclusive evidence the vaccine was the cause of death. They are listed as 109 deaths, 3 sudden deaths, 1 brain death, 1 cardiac death and 2 foetal deaths. The number of death reports in the state accounts for 0.0035 percent of the total number of people vaccinated, or 1 in every 28,344 people. As of Sept. 24, the Cassville school district reported 4 (-5 since Sept. 17) active cases, accounting for 0.19 percent of the district’s population. A total of 11 (-54) people are quarantined due to schoolrelated cases, accounting for 0.51 percent of the district’s population. Monett has 2 positive cases (-1), none at the elementary, none at Central Park, none at the intermediate school, none at the middle school, 2 at the high school and none at Scott Tech. A total of 4 are quarantined (-8), none at

the elementary, none at Central Park, none at the intermediate school, none at the middle school, 3 at the high school and 1 at Scott Tech. The age ranges of Barry County cases are: People under 25 account for 998 cases (+18), those 25-40 account for 1,003 cases (+18), those 41-60 account for 1,297 cases (+11) and those 61-and-over account for 1,140 cases (+14). Gender-wise, cases among females went from 2,404 to 2,440, while male cases rose from 1,973 to 1,998. Community spread continues to be the leading cause with 4,420 attributable cases, and the other 18 (even) are attributed to travel. As of Sept. 29, counties bordering Barry County report the following cases: Lawrence, 5,028; Stone, 3,190; McDonald, 2,665; Newton, 5,959; Benton (Ark.), 40,102; and Carroll (Ark.), 4,149. Unemployment in Barry County, the most recent data available for which is from August, shows the county climbed fell to its lowest rate yet at 3.5 percent, down from 4.7 percent in June and 3.8 percent in July. The previous low was 3.9 percent low in October 2020. In February 2020, it was 4.3 percent, and it peaked in May 2020 at 10 percent. COVID-19 can appear 2-14 days after exposure, and symptoms include fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, fever, muscle or body aches, headache, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea, or a new loss of taste or smell. Anyone who believes they have symptoms of COVID-19 should stay home, call a medical provider and wear a mask when near anyone who does not live in the same home. Barry County Phase 2 Mitigation rules expired March 31, meaning there is no longer a requirement for source control masking of service providers. Physical distancing, cloth face coverings and enhanced hygiene practices are still recommended per CDC guidelines. For more information about COVID-19, visit cdc.gov/coronavirus, call the Barry County Health Department at 417-8472114 or call the Missouri DHSS 24 hour hotline number at 877-435-8411.

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Daughter’s relationship choices disappoint mom D EAR ABBY: I have a 23-yearold daughter, “Julia,” who I am close with. She has been in a relationship with “Joey,” a guy her age, for four years and living with him for the last 16 months. Joey’s a great kid who hasn’t had a lot of support in his life. I have been like a mother to him, and we are very close. He works hard, earned a college degree and plans on a career in law enforcement. I love him like my own. The issue is, Julia has been working a parttime evening job. She works with a man I’ll call “Nick,” who is 10 years older and has a child. She has started having an affair with him. She claims to love Joey but is “torn” because she’s bored and wants to “have fun.” I am upset and devastated. From the sound of him, Nick doesn’t have many great qualities. I believe she’s making a grave mistake and risks losing a great future. I have tried getting her to see it, but I don’t think I’m getting through. Should I continue or back off and see what happens? I feel like I am betraying Joey because I know about this. -TORN-APART MOM

the new information in, even though he knows it’s hurtful. What is his motive? What does he want? Why does he do this? -- PERPLEXED IN ALABAMA

JEANNE PHILLIPS DEAR ABBY DEAR ABBY: I’m a 50-year-old woman, and this is the second time my dad has mentioned that he and Mom thought about aborting me before I was born. He qualifies this statement by exclaiming, “I just called to let you know I’m so GLAD your mother and I didn’t go through with the abortion, and how HAPPY I am that you are here.” The thing is, until he said it, I never knew it had crossed their minds. He knew his statement upset me, yet he brought it up again tonight in a phone call, with even more disturbing information -- that they had even gone to a doctor to get it done! He uses subtle ways to sneak

DEAR PERPLEXED: Saying something one knows is hurtful is cruel. If you haven’t discussed this bizarre scenario with your mother, you should. Could dear old Dad be losing it? Is he seeking gratitude from you? Was he drunk when he made the call? His behavior is so far from normal I can’t imagine why he would say such a thing TWICE. Because he may be trying to get a rise out of you, consider deflecting with humor or sarcasm or simply hanging up.

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DEAR MOM: As much as you might wish to, you cannot live Julia’s life for her. From your description of your daughter, she’s not ready for marriage or even a permanent commitment. Joey may be the catch of a lifetime, but if she can’t appreciate him and the life he has to offer, he isn’t the man for her. Step back and allow her to make her own mistakes, because that’s how people learn. And when the truth comes out, tell Joey how sorry you are that things turned out the way they did and that you will always love him like a son.

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Sandra Denise Briant

Sandra Denise Briant, 62, of Monett, Mo., went to be with her Heavenly Father on Wednesday evening, September 29, 2021. Sandy was born on January 10, 1959, in Knob Noster, Mo., daughter of Duane Marrs and Ann (Mettlach) Marrs. Being raised in the Catholic faith, Sandy attended Catholic schools and graduated from Monett High School with the class of 1977. She was employed by Schreiber’s in Monett for over twenty years before beginning a twenty-two year career with the Monett R-1 Schools, retiring in April of this year. Sandy enjoyed shopping, hunting for arrowheads, trout fishing, singing karaoke with her girl-friends. Delta Dawn was her go-to if her vocals were not spot on! However, nothing brought her more joy in life than spending time with her grandkids. She was their biggest cheerleader and a constant support to their activities. Sandy married Todd M. Briant on November 28, 1993, in Eureka Springs, Ark. He preceded her in death on January 11, 2007. Sandy was also preceded in death by her sister, Kelly Lunsford. Sandy is survived by her daughter, Stephanie McCollough and husband Frank, of Monett; her grandchildren, Logan, Kellar and Corbin McCully and Davynn and Daxton McCollough; her parents, Duane Marrs, of Monett; and Ann Marrs, of Monett; her sister, Cindy Gunter and husband Kevin, of Pleasant Ridge; and numerous friends that will dearly miss her. Due to the restrictions of Covid during the time of Kelly’s passing, the family would like to also pay respect and tribute to Kelly at this time. As they were very close as sisters, it would be fitting for both of their lives to be celebrated at the same time. Kelly Lunsford, 58, of Monett, Mo., went to be with her Heavenly Father on Friday, September 4, 2020 at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Mo. Kelly was born on December 21, 1961 in Pekin, IL daughter of Duane Marrs and Ann (Mettlach) Marrs. Kelly graduated from Monett High School Class of 1980. She owned and operated Ruff Cuts Grooming in Monett for many years. She was a devoted animal lover, particularly concerned with the welfare of dogs and cats. During her lifetime she was known to rescue many animals and find them a good home. Kelly will be missed by her customers and by her family and friends. A time of memorial visitation to celebrate both Sandy and Kelly will be held from 5-8:00 p.m. on Monday, October 11, 2021, at Buchanan Funeral Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Buchanan Funeral Home, Monett, Mo. PAID OBITUARY

Jean Guison

Jean Guison, age 89, passed away peacefully September 30, 2021, due to old age and complications from pneumonia. She was born February 9, 1932, in Gilbert, Arizona, to Millard and Mary Haymore. She married her longtime friend and love, Virgil Jean Guison in June of 1953, who preceded her in death in 2008. Jean was well known for her gardening, canning, sewing, quilting, crocheting and embroidering skills. For many years she served her church family as Relief Society president, visiting teacher, Primary President and served the Boy Scouts as a Den Leader. Jean was always loving to every person that crossed her path. She had a way about her that always made everyone around her feel at ease. She spent a lifetime serving others and she served on several church missions in Mexico, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. In her early years, she loved to dance and was involved in several professional dancing competitions where one of her partners was her first cousin. She used to work as a telephone operator. She also loved to travel. With her sweetheart, they visited Alaska, Hawaii, China, Scotland, France, England, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Guam. She had a love for genealogy and enjoyed researching family history. She was survived by her siblings Zola Willis of Willard, Missouri; Diane Mitchell of Buena Park, California; Donna Miner of Denton, Texas; Michael William Haymore of The Colony, Texas; her eight children: Jean Guison Murie of Wentworth, Missouri, Mary Guison Salls of Reno, Nevada, RanDee Guison of Willard, Missouri, Colette Guison Lawson of Springfield, Missouri, Joseph Guison of Steelville, Missouri, Robert Guison of Rogersville, Missouri , Monique Guison Smith of Accokeek, Maryland and Jay Guison of Springfield, Missouri; plus 50+ grandchildren, and greatgrandchildren and many nephews and nieces. All these she loved and touched deeply. Please join us celebrating her life Friday afternoon, October 8, 2021, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 601 South Lincoln, Monett, Missouri, for a Funeral Service at 2 p.m. Graveside service will follow at Dry Valley Cemetery in Wentworth, Missouri. Flowers can be sent to Gorman–Scharpf Funeral Home, 1947 East Seminole, Springfield, MO 65804. PAID OBITUARY

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House in Tulsa, Okla., on September 25, 2021, after a long illness. He was born September 23, 1938, in Joplin, Missouri, to True and Dorothy (Pickens) Owen. He was married on April 6, 1984 to Penney Konwinski, and she survives of the home. Tim was a former rodeo champion competing in rodeos all over the USA. He was a member of the ACRA and IPRA rodeo associations. He qualified for several finals and won the IFR Average twice. He also worked for many years for Double L Rodeo Company, owned by Loretta Lynn, and the OMAK Rodeo Company. In his later years he trained as a home health caregiver so he could care for his good friend, Art Davidson, for over 10 years. Tim was a member of the First Baptist Church in Pierce City. Survivors include his wife, Penney, of the home, one son, Mark Owen of Nowata, Okl., one stepdaughter, Tawnia Goad of Pierce City, one step-son Alan Konwinski of Atlanta, Ga.; three grandchildren, Kodi Cole, Mansfield, Tex., Hanna Goad, Joplin, Mo., and Jesi Owen, Pierce City, Mo.; and nine great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, the mother of his two sons, Patricia Honsinger Kirks, one son, Bart Owen and one grandson, Levi Cole. A Celebration of Life will be at noon on October 23rd at St. Mary’s school lunchroom in Pierce City, Mo., 200 Front Street. PAID OBITUARY

of Jackson; 15 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and three siblings, Joyce (J.B.) Chapman and Jolene Bremer both of Pierce City, Missouri, Carol (the late Darrel) Hukriede of Republic, Missouri; and a brother-in-law, J.D. (the late Leta) Cole of Clovis, New Mexico. She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; and two siblings, James Kenney and Leta Cole. Visitation is from 5 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, October 5, 2021, at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The family will honor Donna with a private graveside service. Memorials may take the form of contributions to St. Jude Children’s Hospital. Online condolences may be sent to the family by clicking on the tribute wall tab of Donna’s personal obituary page at mccombsfuneralhome. com. PAID OBITUARY

Don t sing Mary Elizabeth Cole it, bring it!

Mary Elizabeth Spears Cole 85, of Belton, formerly of Monett, died Saturday, July 3, at Beautiful Savior Nursing Home in Belton. Memorial service will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, at Buchanan Funeral Home, Monett. Pastor Craig Otto will be officiating. Inurnment will be in the Oakdale Cemetery, Monett. Arrangements have been entrusted to Buchanan Funeral Home, Monett.

Hospital in Springfield. Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 4, at Mt. Vernon IOOF Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon.

Wilburn Lancen Poole

Wilburn Lancen Poole, 84, of Joplin, died Oct. 2. at Freeman Health System West in Joplin. Graveside Service, with Military Honors, will be at Andelin Family Cemetery in Pierce City, at 11 a.m. on Oct. 9. Arrangements are under the direction of Lakin Funeral Home, Pierce City.

Mary Lou Thach

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Thach, 94, of Aurora, Missouri, died Tuesday, Sept. 28. A graveside service under the direction of the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 7, at the Maple Park Cemetery in Aurora.

Loretta Jean Truett

Loretta Jean (Myers) Truett, 74, of Monett, died Wednesday, Sept. 22, at Cox South Medical Center in Springfield. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 9, at the Temple Baptist Church in Monett. Arrangements have been entrusted to Buchanan Funeral Home, Monett.

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Donna R. Palmer, 87, of Jackson, Missouri, formerly of Monett, Missouri, passed away Friday, October 1, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born March 16, 1934, in Taft, California, to Joe and Edith Long Kenney. She and Hubert Palmer were married January 7, 1953, in Joplin, Missouri. They had been www.monett-times.com married 64 years when Hubert passed away August 21, 2017. Before retiring to keep her grandchildren, she worked several years as an O.B. tech at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She later worked as a greeter at Walmart in Jackson. Donna was an avid gardener. She especially liked African Violets and could grow them with little effort. She was an avid Cardinal baseball fan and a collector of McDonald’s toys. She had a special connection with her grandchildren and they have fond memories of the special treats she kept for them. Loving survivors include five children: Steven (Susan) Palmer of Kansas City, Missouri; Donald (Diana) Palmer of Cape Girardeau; Clifford (Jeri) Palmer, Russell (Charlynda) Palmer, and Kathryn (Tim) Sievers, all

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drives and move the clock. And, if we have a chance to hit a big play, we have to hit it. “Driving against this team will be a tough task. If we can put together a few long drives and use the clock, that will benefit us.” Quarterback Daven Madrid paced the Cubs on Friday with 55 yards on 13

carries. Corbin McCully added 42 yards on 12 carries and 2 scores. Madrid was 6-of-14 through the air for 90 yards and a score, with Konner Poynter reeling in the touchdown grab.

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defense, Lamar can be contained. Monett has to finish tackles and not miss assignments to keep the Tigers out of the end zone. • Possess, possess, possess Uhl hit the nail on the head with this week’s opponent. Better the ball be in the Cubs’ hands than in Lamar’s.

• Play clean Many of the Cubs’ penalties last week were personal fouls, which can be erased with a little discipline. Also, any free yards given to Lamar will make it even more difficult on the Cubs’ defense. Kickoff on Friday is at 7 p.m. at Burl Fowler Stadium.

Coalition: Service area seen as 39th Judicial Circuit

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offices in the former hospital will be the WIC program through the Barry County Health Department, the Missouri Job Center, OACAC with nine different programs, the Tri-County Pregnancy Center, music art and creative arts therapy, a family advocacy program, Focus on Prom which offers prom dresses at significant discounts, a hair and nail service, dental care and a daycare service for children from birth to age 5 that has 168 slots. Mental health services will also be available, and respite care for families needing a break from caregiving labors. Luebbering indicated the coalition sees its service area as the 39th Judicial Circuit, includ-

ing Barry, Lawrence and Stone counties. One in four people within the area qualify as falling under the poverty level. That territory includes a significant population of foster children, one of the specific populations the coalition seeks to assist. Within the circuit, she said, there are 500 children in foster care, plus an additional 500 children relocated into nontraditional family settings such as grandparents. Luebbering said the coalition will offer space to churches and even quilting groups needing space for operations. They plan to help people complete their GED to certify completing high school, as well as providing support needed to keep a job. The coalition has devised its own homeless program, reaching out to 20 people to date, providing supplies to help those in need. Housing for the homeless will not be available at the old hospital without changes in city

ordinances, she said. The coalition has access to eight buildings, she noted, that can be opened in a crisis situation. These are facilities approved to accept funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for those services. Future plans continue to develop, Luebbering said. The daycare undertaking, for example, will change in part on how the Monett school district proceeds with its early childhood program next school year. Other directions of service may include developing a dance program and working with the public defender’s office. A new food program is not envisioned. Life360 will continue its food program to school-aged children and their families through a base at the hospital building. She noted Ozark Food Harvest already has a local program through the Monett Community Kitchen, and will not

duplicate that effort through any new initiative. “Nothing is available for free,” Luebbering stressed. Clients will be able to barter for services, providing labor in return for assistance. At the same time, Luebbering said the coalition will welcome volunteers in any capacity. “If you can swing hammer or push a broom, we will welcome you to our family,” she said. Karen Standerwick is serving as volunteer coordinator. She can be reached by phone at 417669-1612 or by email at volunteer@coalitionofcharities.net. Also assisting in the presentation was Jeremy Hahn, Life360 Community Services executive vice president. Luebbering said the coalition hopes to finish renovations on the hospital building for less than $30,000. The effort already has 2,500 volunteer hours invested.

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Patrol sergeant then attempted to deliver the parcel, and Mangold accepted and signed for it using another name. After going to an outbuilding on the property and returning without the parcel, Mangold was detained. At the time of his arrest, he had about three grams of meth in his shorts pocket, and he told authorities he had a handgun at home in his closet. Within two minutes of the delivery, Mangold’s phone began receiving messages from a contact saved as “Pancho” asking to send a photo of

the inside of the package and demanding Mangold answer the phone. It continued to ring until officers put it in airplane mode. Law enforcement recovered the smaller amount of methamphetamine they delivered undercover. Simultaneously, a search warrant at Mangold’s home turned up the gun, plus another firearm at the residence. Authorities also found items used in distribution of illegal drugs, marijuana and $5,002 in cash. According to FedEx, between Jan. 24, 2020

and April 13, seven parcels were shipped to Mangold weighing a combined 85 pounds, and Mangold had shipped nine parcels back weighing a combined 14 pounds. The minimum penalty for the distribution charge is no less than 10 years in prison, and the maximum is no more than life in prison, as well a no less than five years supervised release. The firearms charge may impose a penalty of 5 years to life. Both are class A felonies. A sentencing hearing has yet to be scheduled.

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Monett firefighters, celebrating Fire Prevention Week, made a special presentation at the Monett McDonald’s parking lot. At center from left, Kendra Brumley, Amy Wasson and Kasee Workes tried on some of the firefighting equipment and heard explanations on lifesaving techniques from Lt. Tom Jones, right, and fireman Brent Peterson, at left. File photo/The Monett Times

BACK IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS EIGHTY YEARS AGO

Oct. 10-16, 1941 • Monett’s new traffic law calls for two-hour parking on Broadway between Third and Sixth streets on weekdays, and until 9 p.m. Saturdays. Fifteen minute parking was indicated in zones around the intersections of Third, Fourth and Fifth streets for the convenience of shoppers. Eastwest traffic on side streets must stop at intersections. • Tom Kennamer of Monett was endorsed as head of the Missouri State Highway Patrol at a meeting of state representatives. Kennamer had been a Frisco special officer in Monett for nine years. He later served as doorkeeper for the U.S. House of Representatives from 1953 to 1955.

SEVENTY YEARS AGO

Oct. 10-16, 1951 • A Monett Hospitality Committee, under the sponsorship of the ladies committee of the Monett Chamber of Commerce, was launched on Oct. 10. The committee plans to call on each new family moving to Monett, and push for adding sodium fluoride to city water. • There will be no housing shortage for bluebirds in Monett as orders continue to roll in following a campaign started Oct. 13 by the Monett Girl Scouts. The girls sold approximately 150 in a house-tohouse canvass without covering the entire city.

SIXTY YEARS AGO

Oct. 10-16, 1961 • The Monett City Council decided to end free garbage service to about 70 business establishments as of Nov. 1. Charges for service will be set by the Sanitation Department and approved by the council. Some 200 other merchants had already hired a private hauler or disposing trash on their own. • As part of Fire Prevention Week, Monett Fire Department personnel went to St. Vincent’s Hospital to demonstrate firefighting techniques. Chief O.A. Manes explained how to operate a typical fire extinguisher and staff had the chance to use extinguishers.

FIFTY YEARS AGO

Oct. 10-16, 1971 • Dr. David Honeycutt has opened a new dentistry practice at 1010 E. Broadway. A native of Thayer, Honeycutt is a recent graduate of the University of Missouri School of Dentistry in Kansas City. He and his wife, Lou Ellen, and two children are making their home in Cleveland Heights. • Monett’s Cubs, exploding for 22 points in the fourth quarter, snapped Mt. Vernon’s amazing 19-game winning streak and stretched their own string to 11 games by routing the Mountaineers 42-6 before an overflow crowd at Mt. Vernon on Oct. 15. It was the Cubs’ second consecutive win over an undefeated team.

FORTY YEARS AGO

Oct. 10-16, 1981 • Charles Donica of Monett was appointed district deputy grand master of the 55th Masonic District. Donica will serve as a direct link between the Grand Lodge and the lodges in the district promoting social, fraternal and benevolent activities of Freemasonry. • Monett homecoming queen Ann Heim and her court benefitted from a break in threatening weather as the Cubs took on Neosho, which averaged 20 points a game. Monett lost 7-0, putting the Cubs at 1-6 for the season, while Neosho rose to a record of 6-1.

THIRTY YEARS AGO

Oct. 10-16, 1991 • The Governor’s Award for the Exemplary Youth Program — State of Missouri has been awarded jointly to the Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation (OACAC) and the Monett Area Vocational Technical School. The award honored a summer project funded by the Private Industry Council SDA7. • Friend Tire Company in Monett is nearing completion of a major expansion that includes construction of a new 250 by 240 foot warehouse and an adjacent paint and body shop next to the present warehouse on Industrial Drive. The $1.1 million expansion was done under orders from the parent company.

TWENTY YEARS AGO

Oct. 10-16, 2001 • The two largest accounting firms in Monett, Wallace, Harner and Associates and Caviness and Company, completed a merger on Oct. 1 and have now moved in together at 217 Fourth Street. The merger was expected to benefit the firm from the experience of staff and enable more specialization. • State honors have come to two Monett educators. Patty Bounous will present a class project to the Missouri Association of Health, Physical Education and Dance Convention. Middle school counselor Nancy Noll-Meyer will speak on interviewing to the Missouri School Counselors’ Association meeting.

TEN YEARS AGO

Oct. 10-16, 2011 • The Monett Lady Cubs softball team, claiming its first district crown since 2004, ended its season in sectional competition in Nevada with a school record of 18 wins. On Oct. 12, the team lost in its first sectional game, downed by Nevada 18-1. • On Oct. 15, volunteers labored for six hours to relocate the Frisco caboose in Pierce City to a new location next to the city hall. The 60,000-pound caboose spent decades next to the Casey’s convenience store, had been knocked on its side by the 2003 tornado, and was moved so Casey’s could expand.

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LOCATION: 21311 Lawrence 1050, Pierce City, MO. Take Hwy. 37 east of Pierce City 1 3/4 miles to Farm Road1050 or take Hwy. 37 west of Monett, MO, 2 1/2 miles to 1050, then north on 1050 1 3/4 miles to sale. Breakfast, lunch and restrooms available. Sale held in tent. Reason for sale, sold Farm CAR • VAN • TRAILER • MOWERS • TOOLS 2007 Pontiac Grand Prix 4 door 3.8 litre engine, automatic, everything works, only 150,664 miles, nice looking car • 2006 GMC 2500 Savana van, 6.0 litre Vortec engine, automatic, with 2 doors on side and 2 in back, only 104,974 miles, nice looking van • 16 ft tandem axle bumper pull van trailer • Cub Cadet LX riding mower, 18hp motor, 42” cut • Predator 8,750 watt electric start generator, looks good • Troy Buit Bronco 5 1⁄2 hp rear tine garden tiller • push trimmer mower • 3 push lawn mowers • 3 gallon 100 PSI air compressor • 220 volt air compressor • 2 deer head mounts • Poulon chainsaw • 14” electric chainsaw • 3/8 inch socket set in box • 2 bench vises • 3 live animal traps • chicken waterers & feeders • large lot lawn and garden tools • Dewalt 18 volt tool set in case • furniture clamps and C clamps • real nice cross bow and arrows • several tents different sizes • extra large lot camping and hunting supplies • like new lawn roller, 24” X 48” • old dump rake • 3 wheel barrows • stack of walnut lumber • stack of hard maple lumber • Atlanta wood heating stove • wooden chest • large lot fruit jars • large lot of craft and art supplies • real large Snowbabies collection, still in boxes • FURNITURE • ANTIQUE GLASSWARE 1⁄4” plate steel gun cabinet on castors, unlined, 39 1⁄2” wide, 62 1⁄2” tall and 22” deep with 2 keyed locks • Acrosonic piano, nice looking • keyboard • guitar amplifier • microphone set • karaoke set up • antique drop leaf walnut table and 4 chairs • 3 piece antique bedroom suite • antique oak desk • nice cedar chest • antique dresser • 8 small cedar boxes • large lot wall pictures • large table and 6 chairs, nice • large buffet • antique end table • large chest type deep freeze • upright deep freeze • double door refrigerator • real nice cedar lined Lane cedar chest • dining table and 4 chairs • real nice Maytag Bravos XL washer and propane matching dryer • nice couch and loveseat • antique stereo • antique sewing machine • small electric kitchen appliances • box of corn husk dolls • large lot of fabric and sewing supplies • bathtub full of dolls, all kinds • extra large lot baskets • cast iron dutch oven • quilts, blankets and other linen • sewing supplies and thread • large lot of glass bells • large lot of blue and white glassware • 24 large candy bowls, different colors • large lot green depression glass • 3 boxes of pink depression • gold leaf set of glasses and sherbet dishes • set of Fire King amber cup and saucers • large lot of Carnival glass, different colors • granite dish pan • large assortment of candy dishes • glass handle baskets • large lot of fancy cream pitchers • glass pitchers of all kinds • 2 gallon crock jar • 2 gallon crock jug • other crock jugs and bowls • large lot of everyday dishes, pots and pans • 4 gallon crock jar • lots and lots of other items as they get ready for auction. Plan to come early and stay late as this is the largest lot of glassware we have had in years. To see complete list go to web page SALE PROCEDURE: Sale will start with small household items, glassware, small tools with cars at noon, then furniture. TERMS: CASH or good CHECK Not Responsible for Loss or Accidents. Positive Picture I.D. Required Statements Sale Day Take Precedence Over Printed Material The Late Greg Nelson and Frances Nelson Owner McKNIGHT AUCTION COMPANY, LLC Ralph McKnight Dwight Crume Verona, MO • (417) 498-6662 • 354-2925 • www.mcknightauctionco.com

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TRUSTEE’S SALE IN RE: Freeman, a RE:Betty Phillip Eugene single person Trustee’s Ogle and Elizabeth Faye Sale: Ogle, husband and wife. For default Trustee’s Sale:in payment of debt and performance of obligation secured by For default in payDeed Trust ment ofofdebt andexecuted performby Betty Freeman, a sinance of obligation gle person secured bydated Deed January of Trust 24, 2007, and in executed by recorded Phillip Euthe Office the Elizabeth Recorder gene Ogleofand of Deeds of Barry County, Faye Ogle, husband and Missouri, Book 07, wife. datedas December 10, Page modified by 2001 647 and and recorded in the Final entered of in OfficeJudgment of the Recorder Case DeedsNo. of21BR-CC00014 Barry County, recorded August 31, Missouri in Book 01, Page 2021, 21, Page 8422 intheBook undersigned 5888 the Trustee, undersigned Successor at the Successor Trustee, at the request of the legal holder request of thewill legal of said Note onholder Tuesof said Note will on September 25,Tues2018 day, day, November 2, 2021, between the hours of 9:00 between hours of 9:00 a.m. andthe 5:00 p.m., (at a.m. and 5:00 (at the specific time p.m., of 10:50 the 10:50 AM),specific at the time East of Door of AM), at theHouse, East Door the Court City of the Court House, City of Cassville, Barry County, Cassville, Barry County, State of Missouri, sell at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash the fol-

State of Missouri, sell at TOWNSHIP 26, RANGE public vendue toTHENCE the high28, RUNNING est bidder 111 for cash the SOUTH FEET. following described real THENCE EAST 127.5 estate, THENCE describedNORTH in said FEET, Deed of Trust, and situat111 FEET, THENCE ed in Barry County, WEST 127.5 FEETState TO of Missouri, to wit:OF BEPALCE [PLACE] ALL OF ALL LOTS NINEGINNING, IN BARRY TEEN (19)MISSOURI. AND TWENTY COUNTY, (20) AND THE NORTH TEN (10) FEET to satisfy said OF debtLOTS and FOURTEEN (14), FIFcost. TEEN (15), SIXTEEN MILLSAP & SINGER, (16), SEVENTEEN (17), P.C., AND EIGHTEEN Successor Trustee (18), IN Spirit BLOCK 612 DriveNINE (9), SMITH AND St. Louis, MOHAYES 63005 ADDITION TO THE CITY OF (636) 537-0110 CASSVILLE, MISSOURI, File No: BARRY COUNTY, MIS187454.092518.389951 SOURI, ACCORDING TO FC THE RECORDED NOTICE PLAT THEREOF. Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices to satisfy said§1692c(b), debt and Act, 15 U.S.C. cost. no information concerning MILLSAP & SINGER, the collection of this debt P.C., be given without the may Successor Trustee prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector or the ex-

612 Spirit Drivethan 8:00 bids no later St. Louis, MO 63005 10, a.m. on September (636) 537-0110 2018. File Sealed No: bids will be 204589.110221.413134 opened September 10, FC aloud, and the bid read NOTICE will be awarded to the Pursuant to thebidder. Fair Debt lowest or best Collection Practices All bids shall Act, be 15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no marked “Sealed Bid” and information concerning with the “bid opening date the collection of this debt 9/10/18.” mayPurdy be given without the Special Road prior consent of the right conDistrict reserves sumer given directlyany to to accept or reject the debtallcollector the and/or bids oror any express permission of a parts thereof. court of jurisRun Sept.competent 1 and Sept. 5 diction. The debt collector ____________________ is attempting to collect a debt andOF anyMONETT information CITY obtained will &beZONING used for BUILDING that purpose. INSPECTOR ACCEPTING BIDS PUBLISH OctoThe City ON: of Monett is ber 6, 2021bids 10/13/2021, accepting on the 10/20/2021,of10/27/2021 demolition an 1826 sq. ____________________ ft. Commercial Building Structure located at 106 www.monett-times.com Fourth Street. Specifications may be obtained from Monett City

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vice president for develop- and to discuss upcoming ment at MSSU. “We’re just graduates with school factrying to establish a better ulty. connection with our outMSSU faculty will also FABRICATION lying areas that are very be serving Kona Ice to AND ASSEMBLY important to us.” students as school gets To kick off the Green out of session, providing and Gold Tour, MSSU is specially-branded Lions inviting alumni, members souvenir cups. of the Monett Chamber of Greim also said MSSU Commerce and other com- has 58 alumni working munity leaders to a coffee at the Monett school dissocial from 7:30-9 a.m. at trict and each of them will Mocha Jo’s on Broadway. be receiving a university Greim said MSSU branded tumbler and staff have reached out to a pennant to display in between 300 and 400 their classrooms or offices Monett residents who are to represent their univeralumni to invite them to sity pride. the Green and Gold alumThe first stop on the ni events. Green and Gold Tour will At the coffee social, end Friday evening at Greim said alumni will the Monett football game have an opportunity against Lamar. to visit with University “At the football game, President Dean Van Galen we’re going to be registerand other representatives ing students at Monett and from MSSU. Lamar for a contest to win Following the cof- a $1,000 scholarship to 31. Rooms for Rent fee social, the Green and MSSU,” Greim said. Though he has not J & T ECONO Rooms to Rent. Gold Tour will head to Weekly low rates - No pets. Cable the Monett Museum for finalized plans for the TV, refrigerator, microwave. a lunch catered by The scholarship contest, Greim 417-489-6000. Brown Bag from 11:30 said it won’t be anything a.m. to 1 p.m. too challenging, like askGreim said Monett Area ing the students to kick a 33. Miscellaneous for Sale Chamber of Commerce 50-yard field goal. invited to to you “It by won’t too bad, Thisaremessage brought the be Monett Times.we FACTORY DIRECT Mattress. members Now open in Monett. 209 3rd St. lunch, as well as MSSU want them to win,” he said. alumni are invited to He added that the uni235-5681. attend the lunch and hear versity will be offering two a presentation from Van scholarships at the game, Galen and other represen- one for a Monett student tatives from the university. and one for a Lamar stuRSVPs are required for the dent. NOW OPEN lunch and may be made During the Green and 417-235-5681 at alumniassoc@mssu.edu Gold event, MSSU is 209 3rd Street • Monett, MO or by calling 417-625-9355. encouraging area alumIn addition to meeting ni, current students and 55. Storage with alumni, staff from accepted students to reach MSSU will be on campus out to have yard signs CROSSLAND STOR-ALL. Across at Monett High School representing their pride East of Wal-Mart. 10 buildings, 7 to meet with students placed at their homes. To sizes. 235-3766. who may be interested in request a sign, email alumFRIEZE’S STORAGE- 10 Sizes attending the university, niasoc@mssu.edu.

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