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A birthday party and open house in celebration of Margaret Curbow's 105th birthday will be held from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 22, at Marionville Church of the Nazarene, 505 S. Necessity St., in Marionville. Her wish is that attendees bring one or more non-perishable food items for the church pantry...

CRIMINAL • Talen D. Beaver, speeding, infr., fined $70. • Connie L. Bradford, failure to maintain vehicle insurance, misd. D, fined $175. • Candice Sharon Culbertson, speeding, infr., fined $50. • Cass Doubenmier, speeding, misd. C, fined $60. • Joshua D. Figures, operating a vehicle on the highway without a valid license, misd. A, 30 days in Lawrence County Jail; speeding, misd. B, fined $500; suspended execution of sentence (SES), one year unsupervised probation...

CRIMINAL • Clinton L. Barnett, operating a vehicle on highway without a valid license, misd. D, fined $400. • Robert Lewis Boerste, operating vehicle on highway without a valid license, misd. Unclassified, fined $150. • Linsey L. Curl, speeding, misd. C, fined $100...

Shawn Hayden, chief executive officer for Missouri Southwest Initiative to Change Health (MO SWITCH), shared detailed information about his role as a grant writer when he addressed Monettl Lions Club members. Hayden described how he labors to secure funding and works to deliver services to improve the health of area residents. ...

A total of 41 donors recently participated in an American Red Cross blood drive hosted at New Site Baptist Church. Donors received Cardinal T-shirts and $5 gift cards to Amazon. Other contributors included Schreiber Foods and Price Cutter Supermarket...

Monett Boy Scout Troop No. 38 recently studied fire safety strategies to earn a merit badge.

“Beef after Dairy,” a University of Missouri Extension workshop designed for dairy producers looking to transition to a beef production, will be held from 6 to 9 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 17 at the Southwest Research Center, 14548 Highway H, southwest of Mt. Vernon...

CRIMINAL • William Jesse Franklin Agans, DWI, misd. B, 30 days in Lawrence County Jail, fined $300; failure to drive on right half of the road, misd. C, fined $100; suspended execution of sentence (SES), two years unsupervised probation, 40 hours of community service, $137 in recoupment, Law Enforcement Restitution Fund (LERF) $50, Crime Victim’s Compensation Fund (CVCF) $10...

The 129th annual reunion of the McCullah-Wasson family was held July 28-Aug. 4 at Finley River near the Hawkins Bridge, part of the Hawkins farm used continually as a campsite since 1908. The reunion has been held without fail since 1890, starting as a surprise birthday party for Samuel Calvin McCullah, son of Alexander and Lucy (Robertson) McCullah, north of Marionville. ...

Charles and Karen Brady of Monett will celebrate 50 years of marriage on Sept. 20. Charles Brady and Karen Brooks were married on Sept. 20, 1969 in Caruthersville at the First Presbyterian Church, with Pastor Paul Currie officiating. The couple has two children, four grandchildren and one great-grandson...

Susan Bowling, a first grade teacher at Pate Early Childhood Center in Aurora, has received a $500 grant from the Missouri Retired Teachers Association.

Ruth Hunter, the new art teacher at the Verona school district with eight years experience, has received a $500 grant from the Missouri Retired Teachers Association.

Schreiber Foods employee Dave Long retired June 30 after nearly six years of service.

Monett-based Jack Henry and Associates (JHA) has announced Steve Tomson, general manager of sales and marketing, has been promoted to vice president of sales and marketing. Tomson worked for IBM before joining Peerless Group, Inc. in 1991 and worked his way to company president. He joined Jack Henry in 1998 through the acquisition of Peerless. Tomson is best known for bringing groups together and fostering collaboration and teamwork among them...

More than 50 community members gathered to show their support of Monett Veterinary Hospital’s new luxury boarding and grooming facility during a ribbon cutting event hosted by the Monett Chamber of Commerce. The new facility, at 215 Dairy St., offers 10 luxury boarding suites, each very spacious and equipped with a luxurious dog couch or bed. ...

Monett-based Jack Henry and Associates (JHA) has acquired the Boston-based company Geezeo, a provider of retail and business digital financial management solutions. According to Ron Moses, vice president of Jack Henry and Associates and general manager of consumer and commercial solutions, the acquisition will help JHA remain in the forefront of a field where clients want personalized, seamless and appropriately simple digital banking solutions...