Stories from Friday, June 28, 2013

times-news@monett-times.com Leaders in the Monett Main Street program discussed expanded efforts to promote and redevelop downtown Monett during their June monthly meeting. Dennis Pyle, representing the organization committee, reported that the Monett Community Development Corporation (CDC) had received a certificate of incorporation from the Missouri Secretary of State. An organizational meeting for the CDC would be held on July 10...

Times Photo by Murray Bishoff July offers the splendor of summer and the nation's birthday. Calendar girl Bailey Pfitzner is ready to enjoy July 4 in the park with a picnic basket as she thumbs through a 1915 song for the occasion. The daughter of Pika Harris and James Pfitzner, Bailey had a busy senior year at Monett High School. ...

times-news@monett-times.com A coalition of businesses and volunteers who worked with Linn Thornton in providing toys to needy families in the Monett area and mounting Thornton's annual Christmas day dinner have organized to continue the effort. A spokesperson for Architectural Systems Inc., where Thornton worked, prior to his death on June 2 at age 78, said community leaders would continue Thornton's legacy...

reporter@monett-times.com Area residents gearing up for next week's Fourth of July holiday will have plenty of activities to add to their calendars. Shell Knob On Thursday, July 4th, the Shell Knob Chamber of Commerce will host its 38th annual Fire and Thunder Fireworks Show on Table Rock Lake. The fireworks show will begin around 9:30 p.m...

times@monett-times.com Family members of legendary Monett contractor M.E. Gilllioz recently visited Monett from California. William Robinson's mother, Amelia Broccard, was the niece of Mrs. M.E. Gillioz. Robinson remembered visiting Monett around age 12, shortly after the Gilliozes moved into their home at 819 Frisco, built in 1937. On this trip, Robinson returned from his home in Laguna Niguel, Calif., with his wife, Gerry, and his son and daughter, David Robinson and Linda Robinson-Bollinger...

New Site Baptist Church, located southwest of Monett, will host its annual celebration of the nation's birthday on Sunday, June 30, beginning at 6 p.m. The occasion will include live music, free food and fireworks at dusk, all of which is open to the public...

editor@monett-times.com A Cassville man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for voluntary manslaughter after pleading guilty to the charge in Barry County Circuit Court on Monday, June 24. Jimmy J. Nelson, age 42, was set to stand trial for murder in the second degree, but on the day the jury trail was scheduled to begin, Nelson entered a guilty plea to voluntary manslaughter in connection with the death of 43-year-old Vicki L. Clark, on Aug. 17, 2011...

Photo by Chuck Nickle Photography The Monett WaterThrashers swim team remains in action into August. Members of the team are pictured above. Team members include: Jonathan Apostol, Abigail Apostol, Cassidy Abramovitz, Kristen Abramovitz, Wesley Abramovitz, Tyler Ash, Matthew Bahl, Riley Braden, Riley Brown, Tatum Burt, Carson Burt, Josh Bahl, Ashley Batson, Trenton Byers, Alex Bahl, Megan Ballay, Gabby Barnes, Madison Barnes, Bridget Barta, Jack Barta, Sydney Barta, Lauren Bass, Tyler Bass, William Bloss, Courtney Brown, Kendall Bounous, Susan Cha, Wayland Cha, Sadie Camp, Nina Cowherd, Gavin Carr, Mary Grace Cowherd, Jansen Carr, Claudia Chadwick, Matthew Childress, Courtney Cordova, Jaxon Courtney, Alice Camp, Andrew Dixon, Faith Drewianka, Joshua Dixon, Kelsey Dalton, Sara Drewianka, Shay Dalton, Macey Flynt, Matthew Fillinger, Payton Flynt, George Fulton, Rosa Fulton, Carmen Fillinger, Bailey Flynt, Katie Geiss, Turner Goodson, Ryan Goodson, Maddy Glouse, Morgan Grissom, Lianna Griffin, Jennifer Henley, Alexis Hall, Meagan Hull, Isaac Henley, Noah Holmes, Matthew Hall, Adelyn Janssen, Olivia Janssen, Abigail Jastal, Mary Elizabeth Jastal, Jesse Jastal, Sean Jastal, Emilee Johnson, Christian Johnson, Kaia Johnson, Claudia Johnston, Madelyn Jones, Megan Johnson, Emerson Lauderdale, Renata Lesue, Hunter Lamb, Noah Lamb, Grace Lee, Gwendolyn Lesue, Evan Lauderdale, Ana Lesue, McKenzie Langley, Maggie Lauderdale, Benjamin Lesue, Maddy Lee, Eliana McElhany, Meredith Merriman, Nicholas Moore, Andrew Mays, Jaden Moore, Isabella Mosley, Elizabeth Martin, Harrison Merriman, Wesley Merriman, Kaitlyn McCullough, Samuel Mays, Timothy Mays, Maddie Mertens, Trevor Moore, Madeline Mosley, Whitney Mosley, Marley Nash, Claire Nation, Doss Nation, Kaylee Nava-Johnson, Olivia Osborn, Tristen Ostertag, Aspen Oakley, Grant Oganesyan, Boston Patillo, Adeline Patillo, Sydney Parrigon, Ashton Prine, Blake Pachner, Jadzia Painter, Samuel Paszek, Abby Patton, Cassidy Pachner, Joshua Pitts, Randi Prock, Jonah Paszek, Ethan Prine, Hailee Randall, Joel Ridenour, Phillip Roller, Jack Rosebaugh, Zach Rosebaugh, Jude Rosebaugh, Charity Stephens, Katherine Smith, Evan Seifried, Christian Selvey, Kelli Sangston, Brayden Selvey, Alex Schmitt, Lauren Seifried, Zach Swearingen, Hailey Turben, Mason Turben, Collin Umfleet, Ethan Umfleet, Logan Umfleet, Elsie Verhoff, Ben Verstraete, Wayne Verhoff, Ginna Verhoff, Mabel Wiley, Matthew Watson, Tallie Williams, Samantha Watson, Lane Witt and Jackson Young. ...

EIGHTY YEARS AGO June 28, 1933 In sympathy with rising prices on terminal markets, wheat in Monett rocketed again, scoring gains to hit 77 cents for the season, the highest price in more than three years. Wheat prices gained 10 cents in Monett this week alone...

News editor Next week is Monett's biggest party, the Fourth of July at South Park. It's a time to celebrate being in Monett and enjoying what our country has to offer. The Fourth of July celebration offers so much in a seemingly seamless package that it feels like a party that runs itself. ...

reporter@monett-times.com Officers with the Monett Police Department responded to 2,854 incidents during the month of May, along with 20 collisions involving 43 vehicles. Three injury wrecks were documented and 39 vehicles were damaged during May. The 911 Communications Center answered approximately 305 "911" calls. Of those, 29 were hang-up calls. A total of 216 calls were dispatched to the Pierce City Police Department, including seven medical assistance and 60 traffic stops...

reporter@monett-times.com A two-vehicle crash on Ninth Street in Monett resulted in injuries to both drivers. According to Bonnie Witt-Schulte, 911 communications director for the Monett Police Department, the crash occurred on Wednesday evening at the intersection of Highway H and Dayton Street in Monett...

Emily Jordan Donnini, age 61 of Lee's Summit, Mo. died on Saturday, June 22, 2013 at KU Medical Center from a long term illness. Mrs. Donnini was born in Syracuse, N.Y., May 12, 1952. She graduated from Fayetteville­Manlius High School in 1970. Emily Jordan married John Donnini on Oct. ...

reporter@monett-times.com The Environmental Services division of the Lawrence County Health Department inspected 33 area food service establishments during the month of May. Of that group, 26 establishments had critical violations and six had only non-critical violations...