Stories from Monday, July 29, 2013

A deal with the Monett City Council is bringing a new small industry to Monett. Details were announced at the July 19 council meeting. Steel Tech, a firm that makes steel super-structures for metal buildings, will lease the south building at the former Olympia Foundry. The two-year deal will charge the firm $500 per month for the first six months, $750 a month for the second six months and $1,000 per month for the remainder of the lease...

The end of July is approaching and with that comes the preparation to return to school. Enrollment information, schedule pick-up and other important information for area school districts follows. Monett R-1 The opening day for Monett R-1 School District is scheduled for Aug. 13...

Missouri's tenth annual "Back-to-School" sales tax holiday will begin at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 2 and will continue through midnight on Sunday, Aug. 4, providing shoppers the opportunity to save money on clothes, computers and school supplies. In conjunction with the sales tax holiday, Monett merchants are participating in their annual fall sidewalk sale this Friday and Saturday...

Cheerleaders of the future went through a cheer camp last week, led by the Monett High School cheerleaders. The four-night training for Mighty Mite cheerleaders provided basics on cheers, poses and presentation. The camp was held at the Monett Athletic Center (the Mac), formerly the Monett Gymnastics Center...

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) will be making road improvements in Barry County. Crews will be sealing Highway YY at Shell Knob on Wednesday, Aug. 7. Crews will also be working on Highway 76 between Highway 112 in Cassville and the Barry and Stone county line near Cape Fair between Wednesday, Aug. 7 and Friday, Aug. 9...

Vietnam Veterans Chapters #1023 will meet at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 4 at Angus Branch restaurant (formerly Grant's), on Chapell Drive, south of Highway 60. For more information, call Paul at 471-271-3835. The annual Kings Prairie Community Center Benefit Concert will be held on Saturday, Aug. 10 at the historic Kings Prairie schoolhouse and grounds...

Two Cassville women were hurt in a two-vehicle crash at 5:40 p.m. on July 27. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Brandon Branham, 35, of Cassville, was driving south on Highway 37, one mile north of Cassville, when his 1998 Dodge Ram pickup stopped in the road to make a turn. A southbound 2002 Pontiac Grand Am, driven by Brianna Wilson, 17, of Purdy, struck the Branham pickup from behind...

EIGHTY YEARS AGO July 29, 1933 No Monett precinct was represented at the Dry Law Repeal county convention held in Cassville. Very little interest in the meeting was expressed here. The Lawrence County Court's "No" to the petitions of five drug stores asking for permits to fill whisky prescriptions means nothing, it was found today, because recent legislation repealed all of the old statutes Applications have been made for federal permits...

Pierce City Senior Center Menus: Tuesday: Chicken strip, mac and cheese, vegetable or salad, dessert. Friday: Chili dogs, French fries, vegetable or salad, dessert

Area residents should get ready for some lip-smackin' fun. The Cassville Market on the Square is hosting its first Berry Pie Contest, starting at 8 a.m. on Aug. 10 at the Edmonson Building, located at 613 Main St. in Cassville. The contest is open to anyone, but restrictions do apply. Pies must be made of berries and no other fruit. Pies must also be baked in an aluminum foil pan, with the entrant's name, address and contact information printed on an index card...

Hazel Myers Doll, age 85, of Hutchinson, Kan., formerly of Cassville, died July 27, 2013 at the Good Samaritan Center in Hutchinson. Hazel was born May 31, 1928 in Cassville, Mo., the daughter of Hoover M. and Grace P. Wollenbarger Hicks. She was a 1946 graduate of Cassville High School and later moved to Ulysses, Kan., where she met her husband, Ray Myers. They were married Aug. 3, 1950 at her parents' home in Cassville. He preceded her in death...

Ray E. Porter, age 81, of Washburn, died at 2:20 p.m. on Friday, July 26, 2013. Graveside services with military honors will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 31 at Maplewood Cemetery, Exeter, under direction of Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville, Missouri...