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Hospital to host health fair
(02/05/10)
Community members will have the opportunity to participate in a screening and educational program during Cox Monett Hospital's annual Heart Healthy Fair, which will be held from 7 to 11 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 8. "Cox Monett Hospital would like to extend a warm welcome to anyone who would like to participate in the event," said Gail Brattin, Heart Healthy Fair coordinator and Cardiopulmonary Rehab Services supervisor...
Monett, Missouri · Monday, February 8, 2010
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 Changes in personnel and steps forward on the elementary school construction project were taken by the Monett R-1 Board of Education at its January meeting. The board accepted four letters of retirement, effective at the end...
Chad Depée will be the new head football coach for the Monett High School Cubs. Depée (pronounced DePAY) was hired by the Monett R-1 Board of Education in a special meeting on Monday, succeeding Alan Spencer, who is...
Programs in the Purdy R-2 School District were reviewed and the annual audit approved at the Board of Education's January meeting. Gerry Wass discussed the foreign language program and the new success he was having with...
A rapid response by Monett Rural firefighters, with assistance from Monett City, Pierce City and Purdy fire departments, helped save a rural Monett home on Monday morning. Monett Rural Fire Association firefighters were...
The Lawrence County Jail reopened on Monday and is now in full operation. The facility has been closed since last July due to safety issues that required a number of improvements. Other upgrades at the facility include...
Wind farm project still in research stage
(02/05/10) Plans to build a 50-megawatt wind energy center west of Exeter are currently in the research stage, according to the Missouri-based wind energy developer that is spearheading the project. "We have a meteorological tower up in Exeter, and we are continuing to monitor wind resources in the area," said Tony Wyche, spokesman for Wind Capital Group. "We have obtained a good deal of data regarding wind speeds, direction and other information...
Road district elections to be very scarce
(02/05/10) With the closing of filings for the April 6 election, only a few races developed for the job of road district commissioner in the Monett area. The Monett Special Road District is due to fill one of its Barry County seats this year. Incumbent Bruce Washeck was the only person to file, making an election unnecessary... 
New football coach hired by Monett R-1 board
(02/04/10)Chad Depée will be the new head football coach for the Monett High School Cubs. Depée (pronounced DePAY) was hired by the Monett R-1 Board of Education in a special meeting on Monday, succeeding Alan Spencer, who is retiring. Depée has been the head football coach in El Dorado Springs, a 2A school, for the past four years. His teams had a record of 21 wins and 21 losses in his four seasons...
Census workers wanted
(02/04/10) The U.S. Census Bureau is looking for employees in Barry County. These individuals will assist with the 2010 Census count. "Anyone over the age of 18 can apply for a job through the Census Bureau," said Tencha Wilcox, of the U.S. Census Bureau office in Springfield. "We have a really nice website, 2010censusjobs.gov, which lists the qualifications for employment. People can also call our jobs hotline for more information."...
Where there's smoke, there's usually fire
(02/04/10) In an effort to re-establish fire's natural role in the forest ecosystem, prescribed fires will be conducted on Mark Twain National Forest grounds in southern Missouri over the next several months. These designated fires will also help improve forest health, wildlife habitat and reduce the threat of catastrophic wildfires...
Freistatt board focuses on spill
(02/04/10) A major sewage spill in Freistatt prompted discussion by the Freistatt Board of Trustees at the January meeting. A sewer line blockage developed in the main on the northwest side of town in a farm field. The source of the problem was never found, but it appeared to have developed near where three collection lines converged into the central main, the same location where a similar problem took place in 2007... 
Audit okayed by Purdy R-2 School Board
(02/03/10)Programs in the Purdy R-2 School District were reviewed and the annual audit approved at the Board of Education's January meeting. Gerry Wass discussed the foreign language program and the new success he was having with Power Teaching, an approach that introduces ideas and then has students explain it to each other. Wass has found the method particularly effective in dealing with first-year middle school students... 
Firemen save home with quick response
(02/03/10)A rapid response by Monett Rural firefighters, with assistance from Monett City, Pierce City and Purdy fire departments, helped save a rural Monett home on Monday morning. Monett Rural Fire Association firefighters were dispatched to the Jorge and Alycia Zapata home on Farm Road 2025, seven miles southwest of Monett. in response to a "911" call that came to Barry County at 10:40 a.m...
Law Co adopts $4.5 million budget for 2010
(02/03/10) The Lawrence County Commission adopted the county's budget for 2010, which reflects $4.3 million in projected revenue and $4.5 million in anticipated expenditures that will leave the county with a deficit at the end of next year. Lawrence County Clerk Gary Emerson led the meeting, which included county officeholders, by announcing three amendments to the county's 2009 budget... |
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Back in the Good Old Days for Feb. 5
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Back inthe Good Old Days for Feb. 1 and 2
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Comedy, Mardi Gras, Chinese new year, plays, concerts out there in first week of February
(02/04/10) This week in Monett: St. John's Lutheran Church, on North 9th St., will host its second annual Organists' Workshop and Concert. Cantor Mark Peters will make presentations from 9 a.m. to noon. A concert of organ and trumpet wedding music featuring Peters and Jonathan Rusnak, from St. Louis, on trumpet and piccolo will be held after lunch. Local organists and church musicians are welcome...
Mardi Gras events, medium, concerts, plays offered for entertainment in week ahead
(01/28/10) This week in Monett: At Mocha Jo's, 404 E. Broadway, Mike and Kevin's Comedy Hour starts at 6:30 p.m. Friday. Final round of the Mocha Jo's Idol Contest will be at 7 p.m. Saturday. Science Night starts at 6 p.m. on Feb. 2. This week in Springfield: Medium and clairvoyant Lisa Williams will appear at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 1 in the Hammon Hall for the Performing Arts... |
