Stories from Monday, August 12, 2013

The 2013-14 Monett Cubs football season schedule sets up nicely for the purple and gold. The Cubs, who finished the 2012-13 season ranked fourth in Class 3 are looking to build on the foundation laid by the first three teams in the Chad Depée era. The Monett faithful can catch a glimpse of the gridiron Cubs on Aug. 23 at Carl Junction in the annual jamboree with Carl Junction, Nevada and Carthage...

Teachers challenged to use technology to inspire learning reporter@monett-times Brad Hanson, superintendent of Monett R-1 School District, welcomed returning teachers and support staff along with new employees at the annual teacher's opening session for faculty and staff on Wednesday, Aug. 7...

Foreign exchange student recalls experiences 30 years later reporter@monett-times When young John Macchi, of Cartagena, Colombia, first landed in Pierce City as a foreign exchange student in 1983, his head was filled with a mixture of Disneyworld and Hollywood standards of American culture...

times-news@monett-times.com Details on Drury University's new dual degree program with Cox College were presented during the July Monett Chamber of Commerce membership mingle. Aaron Jones, dean of Drury University's College of Continuing Professional Studies, reviewed how programs have developed since the "continuing education degree" became its own division at Drury after 2000...

The Missouri Department of Conservation will offer a Hunter Education course starting at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26, at Crowder College in Cassville. The day will begin with a four-hour knowledge session for youth 14 years of age and older who have some firearm and hunting experience. The class is open to youths 11 years and older prior to the skills session, which follows at 1 p.m...

The Freistatt Special Road District will meet at 7 p.m. on Aug. 14 at the Freistatt Fire Station. The tax levy will be set for the upcoming year. Crowder College fall classes will begin Aug. 19. Those interested can apply online at www.crowder.edu. For testing and advising call the Monett office at 236-2895...

Crowder College has announced its inaugural Roughrider Scholarship Rodeo, to be held at the newly acquired Roughrider Arena, (formerly the Ozark Saddle Club), located at 606 W. Field Street in Neosho. This family-friendly event is open to the public and will be held at 8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 16 and Saturday, Aug. 17...

composition@monett-times.com A Mounds, Okla., woman escaped with only minor injuries after a crash on Interstate 44 on Sunday, Aug. 11. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 2013 Chevrolet Equinox, driven by Brent Wilson, 38, of Mounds, was headed east on I-44 when the vehicle traveled off the right side of the road and went over an embankment...

sports@monett-times.com The 2013-14 Monett Cubs football season schedule sets up nicely for the purple and gold. The Cubs, who finished the 2012-13 season ranked fourth in Class 3 are looking to build on the foundation laid by the first three teams in the Chad Depée era...

sports@monett-times.com With an eye on the success of recent 5K events in Cassville, Chris Shore is ready to take local road racing to the next level. "Our school cross country program is becoming more dependent on fundraisers, so we need to have events twice a year." Shore explained...

EIGHTY YEARS AGO Aug. 12 1933 Dr. S.A. Newman, superintendent of the Missouri State Sanatorium in Mt. Vernon, was found dead in his demolished Plymouth coupe at 2 a.m. The accident occurred on Highway 39, south of Miller, Mrs. J.T Lemert, of Verona, an active worker in the Verona Christian Church, wrote an article for publication in the Times commending the few members left at the Harold Bell Wright Church in Pierce City...

Dorothy Lavern Jordan, age 71, of Seligman, died at 3:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 9. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13, in Rock Springs Baptist Church, under direction of Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville. Burial will be on the family farm...

Max Cole, 80, of Monett, died Saturday, Aug. 10, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Bennett-Wormington Funeral Home.

Gary Richard Stanley, age 68, of Aurora, died at 7:47 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 5, at his home. Local arrangements under the direction of the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home, in Aurora. No services are planned at this time.

Caitlin Ann Miedema, age 21, of Jenkins, died Thursday, August 8. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13., in Third Reformed Church, Pella, Iowa, under direction of Vandyk-Duven Funeral Home, Pella, Iowa. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Pella...

Patricia Sue Taylor, age 71, of Verona, died at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3, at her home. A memorial service was held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10, at the Aurora Bible Church. Local arrangements under the direction of the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home...

Hazel Marie Murphy, 74, of Joplin, Mo. entered into eternal rest on Friday, Aug. 9, 2013 at the St. Vincent's Hospital in Little Rock, Ark. She was born on May 11, 1939 in Concord, Calif., the daughter of the late Louis and Helen (Sanders) Hudson. Hazel, referred to affectionately as "Mimi" by her family, was a long-time resident of Joplin. She was a retired school librarian for the Wheaton and Carthage School Districts and was a member of the Wheaton Baptist Church...

Photo Submitted Four Monett churches came together for Vacation Bible School using the theme "Athens VBS." The classes were held every morning for one week at First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ. St. Stephen's Episcopal served as the host church with leaders and children from the First Presbyterian and Waldensian Presbyterian churches. ...

Photo Submitted Steve Hess and Southern Salvation will present a free gospel music concert at 10:15 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 18 at the Monett First Presbyterian Church, located at 700 Sycamore. The concert will replace the normal Sunday morning worship service. ...