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SITUATION CRITICAL

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BACK IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS EIGHTY YEARS AGO FEB. 28-MARCH 5, 1936 • Weather favored the fishermen who flocked to Roaring River on March 1. The crowd was the largest in the history of the park, with the fishing disappointing, according to many from Monett who were there.

The fishermen were lined up as thick as they could stand on the banks of the creek, and many could not get to the water edge to fish. When the gun was fired the lash of the lines on the water was just one big splash.

Fish were being pulled out, but they were small and the strikes became farther apart as the day wore on.

• The Muriel Shop on Fifth Street is sponsoring an amateur dressmaking contest, open only to non-professionals. All home dressmakers and students are cordially invited to enter. A fashion show will be held at the close of the contest on April 24 at the City Hall Auditorium.

SEVENTY YEARS AGO FEB. 28-MARCH 5, 1946 • By a vote of 935-579, Monett voters approved a $14,000 bond issue to purchase the Meador golf course. Expansion of the city’s sewage disposal plant under a bond issue of $50,000 was voted by the overwhelming majority of 1,229 to 75.

• Main Variety Store held a grand opening on March 1 for its new location at 406-408 E. Broadway. Owner Charles H. Main opened the store in October 1926 at 320 E. Broadway. His son, C.B. Main, returned from military service in

September 1943 to take over operations from his father.

SIXTY YEARS AGO FEB. 28-MARCH 5, 1956 • Hundreds of anglers — men, women and children — lined the banks of Roaring River at the state park south of Cassville on March 1 and most of them enjoyed outstanding success, many getting their limit of six trout during the opening day of the 1956 trout season.

• An organizational meeting was scheduled for March 6 at the Barry County Courthouse to form a county historical society that will be affiliated with the State Historical Society. Bessie Meador, Monett High School history and social studies teacher, is chairman of the committee on writing the county history.

FIFTY YEARS AGO FEB. 28-MARCH 5, 1966 • E.L. Monroe was elected by the Monett Chamber of Commerce board of directors for the 1966 year beginning April 1, succeeding Bob Baum. Dayton Mackey was elected vice president. Also this week, Joe McCaffrey, general manager of the VaiseyBristol Shoe Company, announced his plans to retire.

• Starting immediately, complimentary copies of The Monett Times will be sent to those servicemen in South Vietnam residing in Monett and surrounding area.

Individual copies will be sent by first class air mail each day of publication at no charge.

FORTY YEARS AGO FEB. 28-MARCH 5, 1976

Authentic costumes played an important part in the high rating received by members of the Monett High School speech department in their one-act play at the Neosho Speech Festival on March 3, 1956. The play, “Last Flight Over,” had for a setting a farm in Nebraska in 1867. Clothing over 100 years old was furnished to Maria Planchon and Jane Shanks, members of the cast , by Rose Stellwagen, Mrs. J.E. Huffman and Mrs. E.E Smith of Monett.

Pictured, from left, were: Sue Ellen Campbell, Marie Planchon, Charles Martinek, Jane Shanks, John Copher and Sara Parker, assistant director. File photo/The Monett Times • Springlike weather greeted the nearly 2,000 fishermen and additional thousands of spectators who made the trek to Roaring River State Park on Monday. Missouri Governor Christopher Bond was among those who lined the banks at 6:30 a.m. Some 1,763 tags had been sold at the Roaring River Hotel by 10 a.m.

• Students at Monett schools joined those throughout the state in the second annual Missouri Statewide Tornado Drill on March 3. The 742 students at Monett Elementary School quietly and efficiently reported to their assigned places, for some an inside wall, placing their hands over their

heads, while teachers opened proper windows and doors.

THIRTY YEARS AGO FEB. 28-MARCH 5, 1986 • A total of 3,180 anglers from all parts of the United States converged on Roaring River State Park for the opening of trout season on Saturday. The total was a little short of the all-time record of 3,504 seen in 1981. The temperature hovered at a chilling 12 degrees by the time Secretary of State Roy Blunt shot the gun for the opener.

• Jerry Fulp was named president of the board of directors of the Monett Chamber of Commerce for the new fiscal year at the Chamber’s reorganiza-

tional dinner on March 3. Carr Woods was elected vice president.

TWENTY YEARS AGO FEB. 28-MARCH 5, 1996 • Construction is underway at the Monett McDonald’s restaurant, providing a 1,500 square foot addition on the front.

Scaffolding has been in place as workers installed windows for the new Playplace.

• The Monett Chamber of Commerce will host its first poultry conference on March 5 at the Monett City Park Casino. The format will be similar to the beef and dairy conferences.

TEN YEARS AGO FEB. 28-MARCH 5, 2006 • Ginny Fuldner was named to receive Monett’s highest award, the Monett Chamber of Commerce’s Community Service Award at the annual Chamber membership banquet on March 2.

Mark Nelson was named winner of the Pride and Progress Award.

• The Monett R-2 School District has two new 71-passenger school buses in the Gale Webb fleet. They are longer than older buses, have doors that open electronically, and all the controls are on the steering column.

ON THE COVER: Scotty McCracken, left, an employee at the Monett Area Workshop, does some clean-up work at the facility with the assistance of his aid, Heather Evans.

Melonie Roberts/repoerter@monett-times.com

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Thursday, February 25, 2016 • Page 3

Employment opportunities at Area Workshop in critical decline Automation, fewer orders contribute to slowdown

BY MELONIE ROBERTS

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reporter@monett-times.com

mployees at the Monett Area Extended Employment Workshop, located at 204 S. Central, may be facing a slow down in work days if additional jobs do not arrive soon.

The Workshop gives about 40 people with developmental or physical disabilities residing in the Barry and Lawrence County area the opportunity to work productive jobs and earn a paycheck at the end of each week.

“We have a lot of tasks these employees are capable of performing,” said Mica Plummer, director at the facility. “Unfortunately, some of our biggest providers have either started doing some of the work in-house or have moved out of the country. We have very few employers now and we are desperate for work.”

The Monett Area Workshop not only provides employment for those with developmental disabilities, but allows for socialization, skill-building and weekly paychecks helps build the employees’ self-esteem.

“A lot of our customers are keeping recycling jobs in-house now for their own employees,” Plummer said. “The same goes for small assembly items, packaging, collating, and projects like making pallets.”

Plummer has not just sat on her laurels watching the work load dwindle.

“I have been to everyone I can think of, the city council, local industries and small businesses and area schools,” she said. “There is just not a lot of work out there.”

For now, Workshop employees are keeping busy mainly with recycling jobs. The facility accepts all types of paper products, from newspapers, books and magazines to phone books, cardboard and business documents for secure shredding. They also accept alu-

Cameron Rakoski, left, and Veronica Gilliam, right, sort paper for recycling at the Monett Area Workshop, one of the many jobs the business is able to offer employees with developmental disabilities. Melonie Roberts/reporter@monett-times.com minum cans, paying competitive prices to customers. Other items taken for recycling include books, junk mail, fluorescent light bulbs and plastic wrap.

There is a small fee for disposal of fluorescent lighting.

“Right now, a majority of the work is ripping pages out of magazines and phone books,” Plummer said. “We sort the paper by kind and color before shredding it and sending it to the baler. We have one gentleman working on a project for WinTech, the window manufacturer here in Monett. He bends small, hollow metal tubes they use in the window manufacturing process.”

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Cathy Burnett, an employee with the Monett Area Workshop, makes corner cups for packaging windows for EFCO, another window manufacturing industry in Monett. In previous years, Workshop employees would make more than 50 large boxes of corner packaging per week. Workers are lucky to get as many as 10 boxes per week now. Melonie Roberts/reporter@monett-times.com

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A LOOK AT AREA EVENTS THIS WEEK

BY MURRAY BISHOFF

SPRINGFIELD: The Missouri State University Chorale will perform at 6 p.m. on Sunday at the Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.: At George’s Majestic Lounge, 519 W. Dickson, performing this week are the Josh Abbott Band on Thursday; Dawn Cat and the Rhythm Kings, Got It Covered, Boombox Cartel and Henry and the the Invisibles on Friday; Zoogma and Turbo Suit on Saturday; Ozark Travelers, Creek Rocks and Mark Bilyeu on Sunday; The Faceless, The Battle Within, Hounds of Hades and Izuna on March 1; and Cutty Rye on March 3.

At the University of Arkansas’ Faulkner Performing Arts Center, 453 N. Garland, the Arkansas Trombone Workshop concludes with a a final concert featuring the Razorbones at 6 p.m. on Saturday. The UA Collegiate Chorale and Symphony Orchestra perform at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 29, presenting the prologue to Boito’s opera “Mephistofele” and the Brahms’ Double Concerto. The UA Wind Symphony performs at 7:30 p.m. on March 3.

JOPLIN: At the Downstream Casino, west of Joplin, Jason Pritchett plays a free concert from the Legends Stage at 8 p.m. on Thursday. Hudson Drive plays country and rock on Friday. Saucy Jack plays variety rock on Saturday.

TULSA, Okla.: At the Hard Rock Casino in Catoosa, Hank Williams Jr. performs at 8 p.m. on Thursday. Billy Currington performs at 8 p.m. on March 3.

At the BOK Center, 200 S. Denver, the 1970s heavy metal band Iron Maiden performs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.

At Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main, performing this week are Borgeous and Morgan Page plus Delora on Thursday; Reckless Kelly and Bleu Edmondson on Friday; Mutemath and Nothing But Thieves on Saturday; Gary Clark Jr. and Muddy Magnolias on March 1; and Jon Pardi and Justin Adams on March 3.

At the Brady Theater, Breaking Benjamin and Starset play on March 1; “Experience Hendrix” with Buddy Guy, Dweezil Zappa and a dozen more performers is offered at 8 p.m. on March 2.

Selections from Andre Previn’s opera of “A Streetcar Named Desire” are presented at 1 p.m. on Sunday at the Philbrook Museum of Art, 2727 S. Rockford Rd.

KANSAS CITY: At the Sprint Center, 1407 Grand Blvd., country music star Blake Shelton and Chris Janson perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday. AC/DC performs at 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 29.

At the Midland Theater, 1228 Main, Wavves, Best Coast and Cherry Glazer perform at 8 p.m. on Friday.

The Russian National Orchestra presents Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with soloist Yuja Wang, Shostakovich’s “Festive Overture” and the 1945 version of Stravinsky’s “Firebird” at 3 p.m. on Sunday at the Kauffman Center, 1601 Broadway.

The Kansas City Conservatory of Music University Singers give a concert of works

by Haydn, Brahms, Thompson and others at 7:30 p.m. on March 1 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1700 Westport Rd. Kansas City Conservatory professor Karen Kushner plays a concert of piano music by Chopin at 7:30 p.m. March 1 at the Olson Performing Arts Center, 4949 Cherry.

Kansas City Symphony musicians play chamber music by Arensky, Ransom Wlson and David Bruce at 6 p.m. on March 2 at the Kauffman Center.

At the VooDoo Lounge at Harrah’s Casino, Aaron Lewis performs at 8 p.m.

Friday. Slippery When Wet plays a Bon Jovi tribute concert at 9 p.m. on Saturday.

ST. LOUIS: The St. Louis Symphony and Chorus performs Mendelssohn’s music to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” with actress Maureen Thomas offering scenes at 8 p.m.

Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at Powell Hall.

Pianist Danilo Pérez blends classical, jazz and Pan-American folkloric traditions in a concert at 8 p.m. on Saturday at the Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 Washington Blvd.

The Little Big Band offers a salute to Big Band music on Sunday at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, 3633 Lindell Blvd.

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SPRINGFIELD: The Mummenschanz Swiss mask theatre troupe performs at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts.

Chekhov’s play “Uncle Vanya” is presented at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, 7:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Feb. 29 in the Craig Hall Balcony Theatre at Missouri State University.

Springfield Little Theatre presents “Disney’s Aladdin Jr.” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 10:30 a.m., 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.

Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Landers Theater, 311 E. Walnut.

Springfield Contemporary Theater presents the musical “Hands on a Hardbody” at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m.

Sunday at 431 S. Jefferson.

Drury University presents Milan Stitt’s play “The Runner Stumbles” March 2 through next weekend at the Studio Theater on campus.

OZARK: Ron Boutwell’s play “The Outpouring” opens Thursday and runs through March 26 at the Stained Glass Theater, 1996 Evangel.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.: A stage version of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” opens with shows at 2 and 8 p.m. March 1, 7 p.m. March 2 and 3, with more shows through next weekend at the Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson.

Studio Theater presents the world premiere of Robert Ford’s play “Fault” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.

Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s “The Threepenny Opera” is presented at 7:30 p.m.

March 1-3 with more shows through next weekend at the Walton Black Box Theatre at Missouri Southern State University.

TULSA, Okla.: At the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, 110 S. Second St., “Don’t Forget to Dress for Dinner,” a sequel to “Boeing Boeing,” is presented at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday with more shows next weekend at the Liddy Doenges Theater. The Chang Mu Dance Company from Korea presents traditional and contemporary dance at 7 p.m. March 1 and 2 in the John H. Williams Theatre.

James Goldman’s play “The Lion in Winter” is presented at 8 p.m. Friday through Sunday, March 3 with more shows through next weekend at the Van Trease Performing Arts Center, 10300 E. 81st St. PITTSBURG, Kan.: Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor” is presented at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Bicknell Family Center, 1711 S. Homer.

Cirque Zuma Zuma, described as the “ultimate Afrian circus,” is presented at 8 p.m.

March 1 at the Bicknell Family Center.

KANSAS CITY: The Kansas City Ballet performs Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake,” with live music by the Kansas City Symphony, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday at the Kauffman Center, 1601 Broadway.

Kansas City Theater League presents “Disney’s Newsies” Thursday through Sunday at the Music Hall, 301 W. 13th St. Just Off Broadway Theater, 3051 Penn Valley Dr., presents “13,” a coming-of-age story set in small town Indiana, at 7:30 p.m.

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SPECIAL EVENTS SPRINGFIELD: Bull riders compete at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds arena.

The Springfield Lawn and Garden

Show runs Friday through Sunday at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds E*Plex.

Comedian Lisa Lampanelli performs at 8 p.m. on Friday at the Gillioz Theatre, 325 Park Central East.

PITTSBURG, Kan.: “The Price Is Right” TV show will do a live taping at 7:30 p.m. on March 1 at the Memorial Auditorium, 503 N. Pine.

TULSA, Okla.: At Expo Square, 4145 E. 21st St., the Akdar Shrine Circus runs Thursday through Sunday at the Pavilion.

The Arctic Cat Nitro Arenacross Tour runs Friday and Saturday at the Ford Arena.

AREA FESTIVALS

Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.

Tomás Rivera’s autobiographical “Tomás and the Library Lady” opens Thursday and runs through March 18 at the Coterie Theater at Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd.

Samuel D. Hunter’s play “The Whale” opens March 2 and runs through March 27 at the Unicorn Theater, 3828 Main.

The Musical Heritage Theater at Crown Center, Grand and Pershing Road, present “An Evening with Cole Porter” opening March 3 and running through March 20.

COLUMBIA: Tom Stoppard’s play “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead” is presented at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Sunday at the Rhynsburger Theater, 129 Fine Arts Bldg. on the Mizzou campus.

The musical “A Chorus Line” is presented at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Sunday by the Columbia Entertainment Company, 1800 Nellwood.

Paul Zindel’s play “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The Moon Marigolds” opens at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and runs through Sunday at the Warehouse Theater, 104 Willis Ave. ST. LOUIS: “Beautiful: The Carol King Musical” runs through March 6 at the Fox Theatre, 527 N. Grand.

Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues” are presented at 7 p.m. on Thursday and Friday at the Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 Washington Blvd.

SPRINGFIELD: A music composition festival will be held in Ellis Hall at Missouri State University, with performances at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, 8 p.m. Feb. 29, a concert of orchestral works by the MSU Wind Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. on March 1 plus a concert of works by guest composer Rain Worthington and MSU student composers at 8 p.m. on March 2.

COLUMBIA: The True/False Film Festival, one of the nation’s leading documentary film festivals, opens March 3 and runs through next weekend in various locations.

ST. LOUIS: Dance St. Louis presents its fourth annual New Dance Horizons in a salute to legendary African American artists with performances at 8 p.m. Friday and 2 and 8 p.m. on Saturday at the Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri.

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Country music top brass tours the area this week as superstar, guitar wizard and comic song writer Brad Paisley performs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at the JQ Hammons Arena in Springfield. Paisley also performs at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday the BOK Center, 200 S. Denver in downtown Tulsa.

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You could call it the greatest show on earth, and you wouldn’t be far from the target. Opening day of trout season on March 1 at Roaring River State Park, south of Cassville, offers the spectacle of anglers and their families gathered on the banks under the pretense of trying to catch fish, but it’s more for the experience, the camaraderie and the tradition that brings people back.

The gunshot to start fishing is at 6:30 a.m. The intensity of the first two hours can’t be beat.

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Chanticleer, one of the great vocal ensemble working in classical and other genres today, performs at 7 p.m. on Friday in Joplin as part of the Pro Musica concert series at the Central Christian Center, Fifth and Virginia.

The group also performs t 7:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Lied Center at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, outside of Kansas City.

Murray Bishoff is a veteran theatergoer, traveling weekends to many of the venues within driving distance, from Tulsa to St. Louis. From dance recitals to operas, he’s been there and shares his recommendations.

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Sam Griggs, a longtime employee of the Monett Area Workshop, does piecework for WinTech, a window manufacturing firm in Monett. Griggs completed more than 2,100 units for the company during his six hour shift.

Melonie Roberts/reporter@monett-times.com

Danny Ritchie, an employee with the Monett Area Workshop, breaks apart perforated cardboard to be used in manufacturing corner cup packaging for windows. Melonie Roberts/reporter@monett-times.com

One of the tasks higher-functioning employees at the Monett Area Workshop are able to perform is shredding paper for recycling. Dillon White, left, and Robert Barnes, friends and co-workers, use one of the three user-friendly shredders at the Workshop. Melonie Roberts/reporter@monett-times.com

For some, desire to work past 65 can often be problematic

BY ADAM ALLINGTON For The Associated Press

YPSILANTI, Mich.

— Earl Johnston was 12 when he got his first job, a paper route that he quickly expanded by “buying out” additional routes from other, less industrious boys.

After high school, he enrolled in a program to become an industrial electrician.

“With that journeyman’s card in my back pocket, I had never had trouble finding work — ever,” he said.

Like many people in the prime of their working life Johnston, now 56, always thought he would have plenty set aside for retirement, and if he didn’t, he could always work a little longer. “At least up to 65,” he thought.

What Johnston didn’t plan for was the degenerative spinal condition that made being on his feet for a 12-hour shift all but impossible.

“I could be making lots and lots of money right now, but nobody in man-

ufacturing is going to hire a 50-something guy who can’t stay on his feet,” he said.

Johnston’s story might be chalked up to simple bad luck. But it serves as an example of the rapidly changing expectations that seniors have for being able to work well past traditional retirement age, and in some cases, dismissing the idea of retirement altogether.

According to the 2015 Employment Benefit Research Institute

Confidence Survey, the percentage of workers aged 25 and over who planned on working past 65 has increased steadily from 11 percent in 1991 to 36 percent in 2015.

But those expectations aren’t always achievable.

The University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study found that 37 percent of respondents didn’t reach the retirement age they had set when they were 58.

“The first, and maybe the most obvious expla-

nation people give for early retirement is health,” said Boston College research economist Geoff Sanzenbacher, co-author of a working paper investigating causes for this mismatch between retirement expectations and reality.

“People don’t fully grasp how big an impact health has on your ability to work. You may be 58 and have some arthritis, but you don’t fully appreciate how much that could affect you going forward.”

The second most com-

mon reason was layoffs or business closings, followed by familial factors, such as a spouse retiring, he said.

The average retirement age has been inching up for years now. People are living longer, tend to be more educated and have better access to white collar jobs that don’t require a lot of manual labor.

Women are also reaching older age with more skills and longer work histories than their mothers and grandmothers.

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Thursday, February 25, 2016 • Page 7

Employment: Workshop currently has a waiting list of clients ready to work

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The Workshop now has a recycling bin in front on the building so people can drop off their paper products after hours and on weekends. Aluminum can recycling drop off is on the west side of the building.

“We also pick-up paper products, including cardboard, within a 25-mile radius of Monett,” Plummer said. “There is a small fee for that service.”

The 40 workers at the Monett facility provide a vital service to the community.

But, that is not the only thing the employees are capable of doing.

“We build jigs to assist employees in completing their tasks,” Plummer said. “For example, when we packaged for Luck E Strike, we had PVC pipes cut, and workers knew to line the product up with the PVC and then transfer it to the card. So, even if an employee can’t count, modifications can be made so they can do the job.

“We also built a jig for a company’s specialty pallets. Employees know exactly where to put the wood and everything else, right down to the number of staples to use.”

The Workshop has equipment for cutting and drilling metal and wood,

labeling, sorting and bagging small parts, packaging items, shrink-wrapping products, poly bagging and sealing, and button making.

“Our employees can do just about anything with the right equipment, supervision, care and understanding,” Plummer said. “And, they are some of the most loyal and dependable workers anywhere.

Their attention to detail is phenomenal.

“One gentleman has been here since the doors opened in 1968. Most others have been here quite awhile. They can and are willing to work, but some are just not suited for traditional industrial environments. The Workshop fills the space that some people just need. It’s important the community recognize and support the efforts of its disabled citizens.”

If employees were not spending their days at the Workshop, their parents or caregivers would be forced to seek day care facilities or have to miss work and stay at home as well.

“That would be a hardship for the parents,” Plummer said. “It would be a hardship for the employees as well. All of their friends are here.”

Colton Schmidt, an employee with the Monett Area Workshop, helps clean the facility at the end of shift. Melonie Roberts/reporter@monett-times.com

The Workshop does not have a high turnover rate and, in fact, has a short waiting list of clients ready to go to work.

“But, until we get more orders in, I can’t find a place for them,” Plummer said.

Small accomplishments are celebrated daily, along with major milestones.

“We have a board here

that keeps track of how much paper has been shredded by each person that day,” Plummer said.

“When our employees beat their own record, we send home a certificate of achievement, celebrating their success. We also celebrate birthdays and holidays.”

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in that they are required to call in if they are going to be absent so staffers can find someone to fill in.

“They learn what it’s like to be a working adult,” Plummer said.

“The community doesn’t understand just how similar our employees are to traditional workplace employees. They want to know they are doing a good job.

“It’s important to them. And, they feel a real sense of satisfaction when they get their paychecks at the end of each week. It’s something with their name on it, and that’s important as well.

It signifies what they have accomplished.”

But, the world has changed considerably since the organization

opened it’s doors 48 years ago.

“Automation, companies keeping their work in-house and companies closing or moving out of the country,” Plummer said. “Those are the things that are eating our lunch right now.”

The Workshop is at a critical point, needing additional business in order to keep its employees working.

“It’s paramount to the Workshop staying open and a part of this community,” Plummer said.

“We’ll just go on as long as we can and hope things get better soon.”

Staff hours from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

For more information, people may call 417-2353191.

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Young moms feel pressure to succeed at parenting

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EAR ABBY: Why is there so much angst today over raising children, especially in young mothers?

I don’t remember my mother or my friends’ mothers being so concerned about whether or not they were doing a good job, and I certainly didn’t gather with my daughters’ friends’ moms to bemoan whether I was a bad mother.

Now there are all these blogs and workshops, etc. on how to be the “best” mom, and all these lifestyle gurus who constantly tell them not to worry, they’re doing a great job. It just seems like a bunch of nonsense to me.

I think it’s because a generation or so back, moms began to elevate their children to top priority in the family over their husbands. What’s your take? — PUZZLED GRANDMA IN THE SOUTH DEAR PUZZLED: The world is different today. Many women feel torn because they want or need to work, while at the same time feel pressured to help their children succeed in an increasingly competitive world. (Is the child academically prepared for kindergarten? Is the child able to work cooperatively with others? Is the school highly rated enough? What and how many extracurricular activities will boost their

JEANNE PHILLIPS DEAR ABBY child’s chances of excelling?)

While it may seem like nonsense to you, I assure you it does not seem like nonsense to them. Women of your generation didn’t second-guess themselves because parenting a generation ago was simpler.

If children seem to be the No. 1 priority these days it may be because both parents feel driven to succeed and are determined that their children will, too.

DEAR ABBY: I have been married to my husband for 11 years.

We are financially and emotionally stable. We recently became friendly with another couple who are newly married and not as financially secure as we are. They spend frivolously.

When we go on vacation, they invite themselves along and assume they are staying in our travel trailer without asking (they have their own trailer they could bring). They don’t offer to help pay for gas. The last trip we took, the wife cooked only one meal, while I prepared the

rest for a three-day trip.

This upcoming trip, they haven’t offered to bring anything.

We don’t mind sharing what we have and helping our friends out, but what we are starting to resent is the assumption that because we make more money, we’ll pick up the tab for everything. Are we wrong to feel this way?

My husband and I both see this the same way.

— STARTING TO RESENT THEM

DEAR STARTING TO RESENT THEM: It’s not wrong to not want to be taken advantage of. This wouldn’t be happening if you had established some rules in the beginning, but it isn’t too late to do it now.

Call the wife. Tell her what you expect her and her husband to bring on the next trip, and

what chores they will be expected to perform.

It isn’t fair that you are doing all the work and paying for everything while they are on your vacation.

They should provide — or pay for — half the groceries, half the gas, and share any housekeeping responsibilities. Ditto if you go to a restaurant. And the next time they tell you they are coming with you on your vacation, don’t hesitate or feel guilty when you reply, “We’d like some privacy this time, so it will just be the two of us.”

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.

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1. Special Notices IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Please check your ad the first day of publication. If it contains an error, report it to The Monett Times Classified Department. Errors will be corrected and credit will be issued for the first day of publications only. The Monett Times shall not be liable for any loss or expense that results from the publication (whether published correctly or not) or omission of an advertisement.

1a. Garage Sale PLYMOUTH JUNCTION Antique & Flea Market. 311 Broadway.

Booth Rental Available. No Commission!! 417-393-0511.

9. Services Offered CURBOW APPLIANCE Repair.

All makes & models. Reliable, responsive, reasonable. Mon-Fri 8-5. 417-236-0700.

16. Help Wanted

16. Help Wanted

16. Help Wanted

16. Help Wanted

Reyco Granning is back in high gear and hiring Reyco Granning, LLC, a respected manufacturer of heavy duty suspensions, has immediate openings for 1st Shift Welder, 1st Shift Shipping, National Accounts Manager, Sourcing Specialist, Sr. Project Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer Intern, Sr. Quality Engineer, Accounts Receivable & Inventory Accountant, Accounting Clerk, & Customer Service Specialist. Descriptions and requirements for these and other employment opportunities can be viewed at www.reycogranning.com.

To apply, please submit a resume and/or completed application via one of the following:

Email: clawrence@reycogranning.com or, Fax: 417.466.1001 or, Mail: Reyco Granning, LLC ATTN: Human Resources 1205 Industrial Park Drive Mt. Vernon, MO 65712 Reyco Granning LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status or disability status. Reyco Granning LLC is committed to recruiting, hiring and promoting veterans and people with disabilities. If you need accommodation or assistance in using our website, please call (417) 466-2178 and request to speak to a human resource representative.

DOSS APPLIANCE Repair Service: Service all major brands, prompt, experienced service, affordable rates. Call anytime 417-235-6314.

FOR ALL of your heating, air conditioning and sheet metal work, call Monett Sheet Metal, 235-7116.

16. Help Wanted ARE YOU a people person? Put your cheerful demeanor to work as a Home Instead CareGiver.

Our Personal Care and home helper service supports seniors to live safely and independently in their homes. Join our Team! paid Training, Health, Dental, Vision, $8-$10 per hour. Home Instead Senior Care 417-625-1868.

COMMERCIAL CLEANING job open in Cassville. 5 nights per week. 12-15 hrs week. $9 hr.

417-439-3762.

Call 235-3135 to Subscribe

George’s Farms, Inc. Poultry Processing Worker.

Cut, trim and pack poultry.

Various shifts, multiple openings, full time positions.

Starting wage $10.10 per hour

9066 State Highway W. Cassville, Missouri 65625.

Apply in person.

16. Help Wanted Cassville Health Care & Rehab

NOW HIRING Full Time & Part Time LPN, RN & CNA’s Competitive Wages Vacations/benefits available Call or come by 1300 Country Farm Road, Cassville

417-847-3386 LAWRENCE COUNTY Manor is now hiring for CNA day shift and night shift. Excellent benefits, holidays, vacation, sick pay, sign on bonus. Apply in person 915 Carl Allen St. Mt. Vernon or online at www.lcmanor.com. This establishment is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

LAWRENCE COUNTY Manor is now hiring for CMT. Excellent benefits, holidays, vacation, sick pay. Apply in person 915 Carl Allen St. Mt. Vernon or online at www.lcmanor.com. This establishment is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

LAWRENCE COUNTY Manor is now hiring for RN supervisor day shift. Excellent benefits, holidays, vacation, sick pay, sign on bonus.

Apply in person 915 Carl Allen St. Mt. Vernon or online at www.lcmanor.com. This establishment is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

NEEDED-WELDERS for local work and laborers willing to travel.

Boat dock manufacturing and installation helpful.

Call 417-858-8814 for details.

SEAL SMART is seeking highly energetic people to work in our Phone Room as Appointment Setters. Day and Evening shifts available. Fun working environment, no cold calling! Great pay with weekly bonus opportunities.

Apply in person at 407 13th Street Monett.

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Thursday, February 25, 2016 • Page 11

16. Help Wanted

16. Help Wanted

16. Help Wanted

Oakview School, Monett

Egg Pickup - Chick Delivery Drivers Chick Delivery Drivers and Egg Pick up Driver require a Class A CDL plus a good driving record. Interested applicants should apply in person at George’s Inc. Human Resources located at the intersection of Highway 37 and Highway W beside the community of Butterfield.

Apply in person. Or e-mail resumes to dan.halog@georgesinc.com for questions please call 417-442-3500 or visit our website at www.georgesinc.com George’s is an equal opportunity employer.

Vac #52572 – Substitute Teacher Substitute teachers must have completed a minimum of 60 hours of college credit and be eligible for a Missouri substitute teacher’s certificate or hold a Missouri Teaching Certificate.

Hourly rate of pay: $14.03 Vac #52582 – Substitute Teacher Aide Hourly rate of pay: $11.36 Obtain application at www.dese.mo.gov/mssd-job-openings or contact the area office at 417-895-6850.

EOE/AA. Relay Missouri 1-800-735-2966 or the 711 Relay Operator.

25. Real Estate For Sale

27. Homes for Sale

PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.

We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

OWNER FINANCE: House in Monett, good, 2-bedroom, 15x20 livingroom. $2,000.00 down, $400.00 per month. Total $28,000.00 Call 417-489-0527 .

27. Homes for Sale 14 X 56 2 bedroom, 1 bath with garden tub. Has large living room & kitchen with patio door. Has washer/dryer hookups. Set up in park. $7,500.00. 417-235-6097.

3-BD 21/2-BA, 1013 Chinquapin Woods, Cassville. Living room, formal dining room, family room with fireplace, kitchen with appliances, full basement, enclosed back porch, double garage, large yard. 479-876-8202 after 5 p.m.

41. Farm Products

APARTMENTS FOR LEASE IN MONETT

NET WRAPPED 200 4x6 round bales of fescue and orchard grass mix hay for sale. $25.00/bale.

Loading available. 417-489-6376.

Monett Apts 1 BR starting at $350 2 BR starting at $450 ONLY $99.00 deposit!

Call

417-224-2127 31. Rooms for Rent J & T ECONO Rooms to Rent.

Weekly low rates - No pets. Cable TV, refrigerator, microwave.

417-489-6000

34. Furniture FOR SALE Full size lacrosse sleeper sofa. Blue & white check.

Excellent condition. $100.00 417-235-7144.

37. Livestock 4.75 in. March 19th, RED ANGUS Sale.

Strafford, MO. 30 bulls, plus females. 417-241-1302.

42. Seeds, Nursery HUSQVARNA RIDING mower.

48’’ cut, 23 HP, $350.

417-476-5148.

55. Storage CROSSLAND STOR-ALL. Across East of Wal-Mart. 10 buildings, 7 sizes. 235-3766.

FRIEZE’S STORAGE- 10 Sizes plus outside storage. Gated at night. Phone 417-235-7325 or 417-393-9662.

THREE SIZES To choose from, electricity available, concrete floors with partitions to ceiling.

Marshall Storage S Hwy 37, 235-6097.

WHY PAY More, Rent from US & Store. S & G Storage. 417235-1914 or 417-235-9289.

Call 235-3135 to Subscribe

29. Houses for Rent I HAVE very nice rental homes, varied number of bedrooms, the city of Monett. Call Max Easley at 417-235-6871 or 417-693-1024.

4.75 in.

George’s Inc. Cassville, MO is currently seeking qualified and dependable applicants for the following positions:

Vac #56662 – Registered Nurse Hourly rate of pay: $21.66. Excellent State benefits package.

Vac #57072 – Teacher All special education certification considered.

Excellent State benefits package.

Starting Salary: $27,504 – $36,432 depending on credentials and experience.

30. Apartments for Rent

29a. Duplexes For Rent 1 BR, All Electric, stove, frig, washer, dryer, water, trash. $335.

NO pets.P>C> 417-236-5737.

FOR RENT 3 bedroom duplex.

Refrigerator and stove included.

Washer/dryer hook-ups. New construction. Pierce City. $550 per month, $500 deposit. No pets.

Call 417-529-5821 or after 5pm call 417-235-7359.

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