Stories from Friday, August 30, 2013

Initial concerns about enrollment in the Monett R-1 School District following unexpectedly low numbers on opening day have diminished as classes got into session. Superintendent Brad Hanson updated school board members at the board's August meeting...

Saturday, Aug. 31 is known as "Heartbreak Day" in the NFL. It is the day that all professional rosters must be cut to 53-man teams. Dreams are shattered and hearts are broken. Teams have to decide who to keep and who to cut. Fortunately, on the prep stage coach's decisions aren't that difficult. However, the Monett Cubs have a difficult choice in their own rights...

Sales tax receipts to cities and county governments in the bi-county area showed surprising strength in August. For the second consecutive month and the third time in four months, revenues showed a gain over last year. Monett's two sales taxes for general expenses generated $111,289.77 in August, up $1,046.80 from a year ago. ...

A new sight in Monett is the new City Park Casino. Calendar girl Lexi Witt fits right into the attractive setting. The daughter of Randy and Julie Witt, Lexi is looking forward to a busy senior year at Monett High School. She was a top student in English, chemistry, math and computer applications as a junior and attended Girls State over the summer...

The village of Freistatt's effort to retain its post office moved to the next step during the past month, according to information shared at the August meeting of the Freistatt Board of Trustees. The formal appeal of the March closing of the Freistatt Post Office has been submitted, reported Clerk Deborah Schoen. ...

Cox-Monett Hospital laboratory representative Monica Dodson, front left, presented Purdy Elementary School kindergarten teachers with over 1,000 school supply items for their students, which the laboratory team collected over a three month period as part of their Continuous Quality Improvement Community Service Project...

The Monett Lady Cubs softball team used six Pierce City errors to roll to a 10-0 win in six innings on Aug. 28. "It's good to come out and put up a run-rule win," said Monett coach Ty Goetz. "It took us a couple of innings to settle in before we started hitting the ball. We caught some breaks and capitalized."...

Big 8 Conference Standings This week's schedule Aurora vs. Ava Carl Junction at Webb City Cassville at Branson East Newton at Springfield Catholic Lamar vs. McDonald County Monett vs. Mt. Vernon Mt. Vernon at Monett Seneca at Carthage Last weeks results...

By the Numbers 1-2 Monett's record against Mt. Vernon under coach Chad Depée includes a 26-10 loss last year against the Moutaineers. However, the Cubs are 2-1 in season openers with Depée at the helm. Despite the loss for the Cubs to start the season, Monett refocused and advanced to the Class 3 semifinals...

The last time the stadium gates opened for prep football at Monett's Burl Fowler Stadium, the Cubs were playing in the Class 3 state semifinal. At the start of the 2012-13 season few if any fans thought that Monett could achieve such lofty heights, especially when the Cubs dropped a 26-10 decision to the Mt. Vernon Mountaineers to open the regular season...

There will be no issue of The Monett Times on Monday, Sept. 2, in celebration of Labor Day. Descendants of John F. and Tina (Doty) Hall will hold the annual Hall family reunion on Sept. 1 at the Verona Baptist Church, located at the corner of First and Washington. The church will be opened at 1 p.m. and a covered dish lunch is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Family and friends are invited to attend. For more information, call Linda Hall at 417-678-6121 or 417-229-9591...

EIGHTY YEARS AGO Aug. 30, 1933 The first games in the championship series of the Twilight Baseball League begin today as the Buttermakers (9-1) take on the Firemen (8-1). The McKee Druggists won the one game lost by both teams. The Rev. Leo Perry, who has been pastor at the Baptist Church in Crane for the past five years, has accepted the pastorate of the Baptist Church at Monett. He is quite a young man and Crane was his first pastorate...

Staff and volunteers in the Cox Monett Auxilary donated Christmas gifts for Hospice Compassus. Gifts were collected for the donation at the auxiliary's monthly meeting on Aug. 20 at the hospital. The group used the project to honor one of its retired volunteers who worked many years at the hospital and in support of hospice...

"It's been a strange week," said Police Chief Tim Schweder on Tuesday at midday. Officers had received some challenging calls. Most callers report threatening situations that fortunately turned out to be false alarms. One call that day turned out to be particularly memorable...

Missouri Gas Energy (MGE) backhoe operator Roger Clark, of Webb City, clears a trench for a new gas line. MGE is working between 13th and 16th street on Cleveland in Monett, laying a 4-inch gas line connecting two existing systems in the area.

One person suffered serious injuries in a motorcycle crash at 8 p.m. on Aug. 28 on Farm Road 1037, five miles west of Washburn. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Michael S. Bohanan, 24, of Cassville, was driving north on a 2005 Yamaha YZ250 when he over-accelerated, causing the vehicle to overturn backwards, ejecting the driver...

Gerald Clark Hinds, 80, of Overland Park, Kan., passed away on Aug. 26, 2013 at his home. He is survived by his wife, Jeannie Roetto Redmond, two stepsons, Robert and John Redmond and their families. Honoring his wishes, a private burial service will be held and his ashes interred in his family plot in Monett, Mo...

Mark Steven Myers, age 55, of Miller, died at his home on Tuesday, Aug. 30. A funeral service will be held at the Morris-Leiman-Mosher Funeral Home at 2 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 30, with burial at the Shiloh Cemetery. No formal visitation is planned. Friends may visit the funeral home on Friday from 9 a.m. until service time...

Robert Duane Karch, age 56, of Mt. Vernon, died at 11:21 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 26, at his home. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, August 30, 2013, at the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home, in Mt. Vernon. A private family burial will be held at a later date...

The family of Reno Krueger will host an open house in honor of his 90th birthday from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 8 at the Monett Senior Center, located at 405 Dairy St. in Monett. The omission of gifts is requested.

PIERCE CITY CENTRAL ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL Monday -- No school. Tuesday -- Breakfast: Breakfast pizza, fruit and yogurt parfait, cereal or oatmeal. Lunch: 1. Super nachos. 2. Flatbread PB&J w/yogurt. 3. Fajita chicken salad. Wednesday -- Breakfast: Sausage pancake on a stick, cinnamon roll, cereal or oatmeal. Lunch: 1. Chicken patty. 2. Salisbury steak. 3. Caesar chef salad...