Stories from Monday, August 20, 2012

The Monett Cubs football team took full advantage of its opportunity to hit players in a different color jersey during Friday night's jamboree at Carl Junction. The annual pre-season event afforded the Cubs the chance to run 12 offensive and 12 defensive plays against Carl Junction, Carthage and Nevada...

Jarvis W. Asbill, age 81, of Wentworth died on Saturday, Aug. 18, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 21, at the Buchanan Funeral Home Chapel in Monett. Interment with military honors will be held at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Monett. Visitation will be held on Monday 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home...

Tuesday is Customer Appreciation Day at the post offices in Monett, Freistatt, Pierce City and Purdy. Customers are invited to pick up handouts and meet the staff. In Purdy, customers are invited to drop by the Post Office between 10 a.m. and noon to meet the staff...

Extension councils farmers on enduring drought By Jared Lankford Over 250 area farmers converged on Forest Family Farms last Tuesday as University of Missouri extension agents and agronomists discussed and answered questions about surviving the current drought, which has plagued southwest Missouri for two years...

Drought conditions have worsened in Missouri with 93 percent of the state suffering from extreme to exceptional drought conditions. The latest drought monitor from the Drought Mitigation Center, issued on Aug. 16, indicates that extreme (D3) to exceptional (D4) drought conditions were observed over the Missouri, Ozarks and Southeast Kansas. ...

Members of the Pierce City Board of Aldermen are eager to start work on infrastructure upgrades with the passage of the $750,000 bond issue to make improvements in the water and sewer system. Anderson Engineering, of Springfield, listed the steps that have already been completed for the combined project...

The annual 100 Mile Yard Sale returns to Barry and Lawrence counties on Saturday, Aug. 25. Originally organized by the Mt. Vernon Chamber of Commerce, the event extends from Ash Grove to Branson East. The route remains unchanged this year. According to a Mt. Vernon chamber spokesperson, the Missouri Department of Transportation will allow use of its right of way along state highways for garage sale sellers for the day...

Dressed in traditional German apparel, Eiler Anderson, age 3, of Joplin, on the rope swing, above, was one of thousands who enjoyed the fun at the Freistatt Lions' Ernte Fest last weekend. Eiler is the son of Ron and Heather Anderson. Lions past president Harold Lampe said Friday became a family night at the festival with large numbers groups including children attending. [Times Photo by Murray Bishoff]...

Many area residents may have a few nostalgic memories of summertime in Monett, including Fred Moseley, Jr. whose favorite recollections center around the family-owned Dairy Queen, a Monett fixture since 1950. "My father, Fred E. Moseley, and the family visited in Monett with Curg and Bryana Lines, his aunt and uncle, in 1949," said Moseley. ...