Stories from Thursday, July 18, 2013

The Monett City Council took a major step toward building a new water treatment plant on July 11 by awarding a $12.2 million construction contract to Crossland Construction, based in Columbus, Kan. Five major contractors bid on the project. Crossland's bid of $12,211,323 was more than $200,000 less than the next lowest bidder, Branco Enterprises, which built upgrades on the city's waste treatment plant. The high bidder was DeWitt and Associates at just over $13 million...

Students making the A and A-B honor rolls at Monett High School for the fourth quarter of the 2012-13 school year have been announced. Named to the A honor roll from the senior class were: Mackenzie Ast, Bridget Barta, Tyler Bass, Andrew Brown, Anna Cloud, Dustin Dahlstrom, Joshua Edgar, Aaron Hall, Charles Johnson, Josee Krueger, Brenda Maciel, Zeina Masri, Shaleah McCully, Devon Overall, Aaron Patton, Nicholas Roberts, Jonathon Schliem, Shane Solomon, Jessica Sooter, Morgan Spilman, Kristina Valderrama and Monica Villa.. ...

Betty Bricker, age 90, of Aurora, died at 3:15 a.m. on Monday, July 15, at the Aurora Nursing Center. A graveside service, under the direction of the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home, in Aurora, will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 19, at the Maple Park Cemetery...

Francis "Reggie" Roberson, Jr., age 67 of Sarcoxie, died at 4:47 p.m. on July 16 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin. Funeral plans are incomplete under the direction of Lakin Funeral Home in Pierce City.

Julius "June" Korte, age 83, of Aurora, died at 4:45 a.m. on Sunday, July 14, in his home. A graveside service, under the direction of the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora, will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 20, at the Walnut Grove Cemetery in Boonville...

Jessi Radoi, age 16, of Mt. Vernon, formerly of Redlands, Calif., died at 1:54 p.m. on Monday, July 15, at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. A funeral service, under the direction of Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home, Mt. Vernon, will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 20 at the Kingsway Christian Church with burial at the Mt. Vernon IOOF Cemetery...

Sharon F. Calvin, of Monett, Mo., passed away at 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 16, 2013 while in the Carthage Healthcare in Carthage, Mo., after a courageous battle with cancer. Sharon was born Nov. 15, 1946 in LaRussell, Mo. to Jesse and Lorene Marie (Duncan) Calvin. She was the ninth child of 12 children...

EIGHTY YEARS AGO July 18, 1933 Approximately 20 of Monett's prettiest girls will participate in a bathing beauty revue at Neosho Orpheum Theatre, announced Oliver Williams, manager of the Gillioz Theatre. Within the next two weeks, the same number of Neosho's beautiful girls will appear at the Gillioz Theatre...

George Swigert retired on July 12 from Schreiber Foods, Inc. During Swigert's tenure he held numerous positions at the Monett facility including cook operator, group coordinator, processing operator and blending specialist. He plans to enjoy the outdoors fishing, hunting and taking on some woodworking projects...

The Monett City Council will hold its regular monthly meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, July 19 at Monett City Hall. The Monett Jaycees Carnival opens on July 17 and runs nightly through July 20 in the soccer fields at South Park. The Monett High School Class of 1964 will meet for lunch at the Angus Branch Steakhouse (formally Grant's) at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 31. All classmates are urged to attend to help with the planning of the 50th reunion...

The United States Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology, Manufacturing Extension Partnership, NIST MEP, named WinTech, Inc. of Monett as its national "Make it in America" Manufacturer of the Week for July 1 through July 5...

Ideas for improving the buildings on the Purdy School District campus were unveiled at the June meeting of the Purdy R-2 School Board. Architect Jarod Younglove, with Paragon Architectural, unveiled two major renovations under consideration. Superintendent Dr. Steven Chancellor called Younglove's ideas "talking out loud points" as ways to address district needs...

Medical care provided by Ozark Dialysis Service (ODS) through the Cox Outpatient Clinic in Monett were detailed for the Monett Kiwanis Club. Sally Felton, clinical director, and Kitty Harmen, nurse manager of Ozarks Dialysis-Monett, made the presentation...

A high thunderhead west of Monett moving north at dusk on July 15 seemed like an inky mass from a 1950s sci fi film, threatening to swallow the town. It moved on without offering any rain to cool the summer-heated town. Luckily, the next day offered three-tenths of an inch of the wet stuff in Monett...