Lifestyles

Criminal • Joshua M. Norris, stealing, fel. D, SIS, five years supervised probation, 200 hours of community service. • Pamela Sue Parnosky, operating vehicle on highway without a valid license, fel. E, five years supervised probation, LERF $125. • Kyle David Todd, third degree assault, fel. E, SIS, five years supervised probation, 100 hours of community service...

Last Saturday offered ideal conditions for construction work on the latest Monett/Purdy Habitat for Humanity home at 526 W. Logan in Monett.

The names of eight Barry County residents will be on the January ballot for election of Barry County University of Missouri Extension Council members. Council Chairman Cody Epperly said eight county residents will be elected by districts to fill this year's vacancies. The new council begins its duties March 1, according to state law...

CRIMINAL • Matthew Burns, stealing, misd. A, 60 days in jail, SES, two years unsupervised probation, 60 hours of community service, pay restitution of $100, LERF $100, CVCF $10. • James Robert Criger, failure to register vehicle, misd. B, fined. $130...

• Samuel Ramos, alcohol consumed while operating a vehicle, $225; no driver's license on person, $48.50; failed to maintain lane, $26.50 and six months probation. • Jonathan A. Eckhart, speeding, $112. • Ruby L. Harper, speeding, $162. • Derek Pryor, failed to register vehicle, $102...

Criminal • Dylan L. Stockton, operating a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner, misd. B, fined $500. • Jacob B. Vimont, speeding, misd. C, SIS, two years unsupervised probation, 10 hours of community service. • Wesley R. Warden, failure to maintain vehicle insurance, misd. D, fined $175...

A total of 67 donors turned out on Dec. 17 to give blood at the American Red Cross drive, held at Community Church in Monett, the highest turnout in nearly five years, according to event organizers. Church members made chili, gumbo and Christmas cookies for donors to enjoy, along with cheese, donated by Schreiber Foods, and soda, donated by Ramey/Price Cutter in Monett. Each donor also received a $5 gift card from Amazon...

Volunteers from New Site Baptist Church and Habitat for Humanity completed installing the roof decking, windows and doors last Saturday for the 11th Habitat home at 526 W. Logan in Monett.

• Brian Thomas Anthony: speeding, misd. C, fined $140. • Calvin M. Ashby: failure to maintain vehicle insurance, Misd. D, fined $175. • Bailey T. Brown: four counts of pursue/take/kill/possess or dispose of wildlife illegally, misd. A, fined $1000 for each count, SES, two years unsupervised probation...

• Poe Sei, failed to stop at stop light, $102. • Tylar B. Gusta, failed to stop at stop light, $102. • Kyle S. Hills, failed to register vehicle, $102. • Angel M. Johnson, defective equipment, $152. • Brandon L. Killebrew, trespassing, $77; obstructing a police officer, $102; disorderly conduct, $77...

The Monett Chamber of Commerce held ribbon cutting ceremonies Monday for the Cubs Café at 202 Highway 37 in Monett.

Residents of the Mt. Vernon Veterans Nursing Home were recently treated to an afternoon of holiday shopping for their families.

Winner of the Downtown Ladies Night $1000 shopping giveaway, held Tuesday, Dec. 11 on Broadway, has been named.

Work has advanced steadily on the 11th home under construction by the Monett/Purdy affiliate of Habitat for Humanity at 526 W. Logan. At left, Debbie Seufert and Kathleen Farrelly were volunteers from Jack Henry and Associates working with Habitat partner Tiffany Cardenas putting wall panels in place on Nov. ...

The Monett Chamber of Commerce recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Purdy Health Clinic, a new member.

Aurora will be the final stop on a Midwestern tour for the traveling Smithsonian Institute exhibit called "Hometown Teams," going on display Sunday at the Houn' Dawg Alumni and Outreach Center in the historic National Guard Armory, 409 W. Locust. The Missouri Humanities Council and the Smithsonian is underwriting the show as part of the Museum on Main Street program, a national, state, and local partnership to bring exhibitions and programs to rural cultural organizations as a free service to the public. ...

Katherine Leavitt of Pierce City has been called to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and she will serve in the Utah Salt Lake City Temple Square Mission. Leavitt, the daughter of Benjamin and Megan Leavitt of Pierce City, began her mission on Nov. ...

A check for $1,365.42 has been donated by the Grand council No. 1075 of the Knights of Columbus in Monett to the Arc of the Ozarks to aid its work on behalf of area residents with developmental disabilities.

Employees at First State Bank of Purdy in Monett are getting into the spirit of Christmas.

Members of the Barry-Lawrence chapter of Crime Stoppers recently named officers for the coming year. In the front row, from left, Donna Beckett, secretary, and Sarah Pfitzner, vice president.

A total of 79 ladies and pastors attended the 49th annual Southwest Zone Lutheran Women's Missionary League Fall Rally was hosted by Dorcas Ladies Aid at Trinity Lutheran School on Nov. 3. Societies from Aurora, Carthage, Freistatt, Joplin, Lockwood, Neosho, Purdy, Prairie City, Shell Knob and Stockton had representatives in attendance...

On display at the Monett Museum, located at 422 E. Broadway, are photos of 36 county courthouses of the 114 in the state, a special showing provided by the State Historical Society.

  New Site Baptist Church, in Monett, and First Baptist Church, in Cassville, are not waiting until Thanksgiving Day to express gratitude. Instead, they are giving back by lovingly packing gifts of joy for children around the world living in extreme poverty or affected by war, disease, and natural disaster. Operation Christmas Child— a project of Samaritan’s Purse — is the world’s largest Christmas project of its kind...

Volunteers for Hospice Compassus were recently honored for their service to the clients of the organization with an appreciation breakfast at Angus Branch Restaurant in Monett. Debra Taylor and Brenda Smith chaired the event. Several team members presented volunteers with certificates of service and gifts...

Mendy Hubbard, owner of Monett Diet Center in Monett, was recently guest speaker for Monett Lions.

Monett Lions gained an awareness of local student needs in areas that often fall outside the academic realm when Lacey Berry shared information about Monett Care to Learn during a recent club meeting. Berry, a counselor at Central Park Elementary, also serves as liaison for the Monett Care to Learn program. ...

Graduation ceremonies were held for members of the Monett Chamber of Commerce’s annual Leadership Monett class, offered each fall.

A total of 37 people donated at the recent American Red Cross blood drive at Temple Baptist Church in Monett. David Beckett reached the 18 gallon milestone. Those donating included: Mary Brubaker, Sarah Brubaker, Walter Brubaker, Julius Abramovitz, Joni Potter, Danny Potter, Clara Fields, Susan Nichols, David Beckett, Cheryl Spain, Michael Garman, Juli Wesolek, Barbara McVickers, Karen Hamer, Aaron Johnson, Lana Reavis, Jessica Smith, Craig Reavis, Lula Salsman, Donald Swanson, Douglas Harris, Deanna Warren, Howard Gentry, Wendy Williams, Robin Braun, Josh Campbell, Kristine Johnson, Latricia Davis, Roxane Hill, Jeanie Doris Swank, Mark Meyer, Jeff Gates, Gerry Bounds, Sara Gripka, Kenneth Saloga, Warren Mason and Roger Cusick.. ...

Local Daughters of the American Revolution celebrated Veterans Day by honoring our own member, Cheryl Schad. Specialist Fourth Class Schad deployed to Saudi Arabia in support of Desert Shield and Desert Storm. She was there for six months with a Supply and Service Unit from the Army Reserves. Her unit conducted pre-deployment training at Fort Sill. Cheryl said she left Ft. Sill when it was freezing and pitch black and arrived in Saudi on a hot, sunny day...

• Lilly Bahlinger: speeding, infr., fined $268. • Joseph D. Biellier: failure to drive on right half of the road causing a threat of accident, misd. B; failure to wear seat belt. SIS, one year unsupervised probation, 10 hours of community service, fined $10...

The University of Missouri's Southwest Research Center near Mt. Vernon will present an open house and a timed artificial insemination (AI) demonstration for local cattlemen on Dec. 3, at the farm. Staff from the University Extension Service will offer an overview of reproductive and genomic technologies for beef cattle. They will elaborate on plans to expand and improve the research center's beef herd...

Each year, The Monett Times and the Cassville Democrat published a special tab inserted in both papers featuring businesses in support of breast cancer awareness.

Monett Firefighters Local No. 2001 partnered with First State Bank of Purdy to raise money in October for Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks.

The Barry County 4H club, the Screeching Eagles, dug their talons into a number of awards that were handed out on Oct. 29 at the Barry County 4H Member and Leader Awards Banquet.  The chapter received the Silver Seal Award for club community service. Alexis Luebbering received Outstanding 4H Member. Ada Bluel received Level 1 recognition for her Project Report. Mel Williams received the Friend of 4H Award for all his help to better the club members learning experiences. ...

Bob and Marlene Mareth of Monett will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Saturday, Nov. 10. Bob Mareth and and Marlene Bartel were married on Nov. 8, 1958 at St. Patrick's Church in Rockford, Ill. The celebration will include a Mass of Thanksgiving at Sts. ...

CoxHealth Systems and Cox Monett Hospital are launching its seventh annual Pack the Pantry healthy food drive through Nov. 16 “This year we teamed up with our colleagues from Cox Home Support to once again help them collect toiletry items for their patients in need,” said Janell Patton, manager of Community Relations at Cox Monett. “Between the food and toiletry items, we will be able to help many people who need a little extra assistance this year.”...

Al, the Hospice Compassus Yorkie, spent his day bringing puppy kisses to the sick and elderly in the community.

The Alexander McNair Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution is on the march in Monett. The fall meeting, held Sept. 17 at the First United Methodist Church, began with the induction of two new members, Maella Blalock, of Monett, and Cheryl Schad, of Purdy...

The Parish Council of Catholic Women at St. Lawrence Catholic Church donated $300 to the Monett Community Kitchen.

Volunteers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints pitched in last Saturday on the 11th Habitat for Humanity home under construction at 526 Logan Street in Monett.

Sharing stories of Monett sports heroics, retired Monett Times sports editor Charles Brady spoke on Oct. 16 at the monthly meeting of the Monett Historical Society.

CRIMINAL • Ellizabeth S. Colley: failure to yeild to approaching vehicle, misd. C, one year unsupervised probation, 10 hours of community service. • Susan H. Cooper: speeding, misd. C, fined $180. • Jean Fann: failure to yield after stopping to a vehicle so close to cause hazard, misd. C, fined $160...

• Jonathan J. Rodriguez, inhalation of solvent fumes, $102; possession of open container of alcohol, $137. • Bobbi L. Parrigon, speeding, $112. • Francisco J. Rios Hernandez, failed to register vehicle, $102. • Salina E. Brattin, speeding, $112. • Javier A. Canales Ramos, following too close/crash, $102...

David and Sondra Probstfield celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary on Oct. 12.

Volunteers from Cox Monett Hospital joined the Habitat for Humanity construction crews on Oct. 6 at 536 W. Logan, placing flooring beams and decking.

Schreiber Foods announced the retirement of Tom Holland, effective Sept. 21. Holland started his career with Schreiber Foods on March 28, 1994.

• Paul D. Brandt, speeding, $112. • Kellie M. Crawford, speeding, $137. • Trevin J. Dacy, driving while suspended, $227. • Beatrice Delatorre, property maintenance code violation, $77. • Tamara E. Dicken, failed to register vehicle, $77. • Tammie S. Duckworth, domestic assault, $26.50 and six months probation...

CRIMINAL • Chad Anderjaska: speeding, misd. C, fined $140. • Koby Allen Brown: unlawful possession, transport, manufacture , repair or sale of illegal weapon, misd. A, 30 days jail, credit given for time served. • Riki L. Clark: speeding, misd. C, fined $165...

Volunteers from the First United Methodist Church in Monett helped to put up wall frames Saturday at the 11th house under construction by the Monett/Purdy affiliate of Habitat for Humanity on West Logan Street.

Winners have been announced for the 30th annual Pierce City Car Show, held on Oct. 6 at Pierce City's South Park. Receiving the Wayne and Paula Sooter Award was Mike Lewis for his 1959 Chevy pickup. The Committee Choice Award went to Carol Buck for her 1973 Plymouth...