Stories from Thursday, June 20, 2013

A total of 138 sixth grade students from three schools in Barry County graduated the 12-week DARE (Drug Abuse Resis-tance Education) course on Friday, May 3 in ceremo-nies held at the Purdy R-2 gymnasium. Special guests included the Barry County Associate Circuit Court Judge Victor Head, former Monett sci-ence teacher Heno Head, and Deputy Larry Stockton, who serves as Barry County's DARE officer...

A Monett teen took part in a four-day leadership development program, Courageous Leadership, at the National Young Leaders State Conference, held June 6 through June 9 in St. Louis. Eric Welch, a sophomore at Monett High School, attended the leadership program, which taught participants strategies to help them successfully dream, create and implement plans that change how they view their roles as leaders in their communities. Welch is the son of Lori Welch, of Monett...

Kornerstone, Inc., formerly located behind Bridgeway Plaza in Shell Knob, has relocated its offices to Shell Knob School. Kornerstone, in operation for 15 years, primarily served Shell Knob clients but has subsequently expanded to assist people in Barry County with abstinence education, a teen mom program and in obtaining their GEDs...

Monett Post #91 improved to 7-1 on the American Legion baseball season with a 12-1 drubbing of Webb City. Monett plated eight runs in the bottom of the first inning and tallied two runs in the second and fourth frames to seal the victory. Bo Vincent doubled to score Jordan Hall and Tyler Musick hit a two-bagger to score Chase Cantwell and Matt Hickman to highlight the first frame for Monett...

Future All-Americans. Monett High School recently hosted a youth wrestling camp.

Cowboys and cowgirls will gather at the Bill Hailey Arena in Cassville on Friday, June 21 and Saturday, June 22 for the 71st annual Cassville Rotary Rodeo. Sanctioned by the IPRA and ACRA, this year's rodeo will feature bareback, saddlebronc, bull riding, calf roping, team roping, steer wrestling, cowgirl barrel racing and cowgirl break-away roping. The popular calf scramble for children under 10 also will return...

A Cassville teen was injured in a single-vehicle crash at 5:10 p.m. on Tuesday, June 18 on Farm Road 1170, about four miles east of Cassville. According to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred when the driver of a 1985 Jeep Wrangler, Trevor L. Hobbs, 18, of Cassville, started sliding off a gravel road, went off the right side and overturned...

The Waldensian Presbyterian Church will hold its annual ice cream social on Thursday, June 27, beginning at 6 p.m. Homemade ice cream, sandwiches, pies, cakes and beverages will be available. The Methodist Men's Breakfast will be held at 7 a.m. on Friday, June 21 at Angus Branch Steakhouse (formerly Grant's)...

The Monett Jaycees are hosting a Zumba fitness class fundraiser from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 22 at the Monett High School commons area. The fundraiser will benefit the Jaycees wire fund, established to replace wire stolen from a stor-age shed where the car-nival rides are housed...

The 2013 Barry County Fair will be held at Rockin' P Ranch Rodeo Arena on Highway W in Wheaton on Friday, June 28 and Saturday, June 29. "We got a late start this year," said Ernest Ray, Barry County Fair Board president. "We hope to see the community come out to support the kids." ...

The board of directors at Roderick Arms and Tool Corporation has announced Steve Sperandio will assume the duties of vice president and general manager, effective immediately. Sperandio will be responsible for all business activities of the corporation. General manager duties had been handled by company president and chief executive officer Harold Schelin. Prior to Schelin, Dale Finke was general manager until he retired 11 years ago...

Changes in technology alter the way emergency responders handle vehicular accidents. Some of those changes were evident in the fatal two-vehicle crash just north of Purdy on Highway 37 on June 18. Monett Fire Chief Tom Jones and the city department's rescue truck responded to the scene. Because the crash took place within the Purdy Fire District and Purdy firefighters were already on scene, the Monett firefighters took a secondary role...

A Washburn woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash one mile north of Purdy at 2:29 p.m. on June 18. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Charliene Vanderpool, 79, was driving south on Highway 37 in a 1999 Subaru Forester when her vehicle crossed the center line and struck a northbound 2001 Freightliner tandem-axel truck, driven by James Huffman, 64, of Morganton, Georgia...

EIGHTY YEARS AGO June 20, 1933 Logan D. McKee and his two grandsons, Bob and Jack Dirickson, of Tulsa, Okla., left for Chicago on their fifth annual vacation together. But this time they went by motor car instead of by bicycle. Several cases of typhoid were reported throughout the county. ...

Ivia Mae "Mac" Monroe, age 86, passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 20, 2013, in Springfield, Mo., following a long illness. Born Feb. 21, 1927, in Rolla, Mo., to Dan Richard and Alameda Blanche Crites Macdonald, she moved to Monett, Mo., as soon as she could walk at the age of two...

Kenneth Morgan Beeson, 91, of Cassville, died on Thursday, June 20, in his home. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, June 24, at the First Baptist Church in Cassville, under the direction of White Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Mineral Springs Cemetery with full military honors. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 23, at White Funeral Home...