Stories from Monday, September 30, 2013

On October 1, the Affordable Family Care Act, which has become known as Obamacare, starts going into effect. According to Randall Bell, with Bell and Associates, the representative for Anthem, the Blue Cross/Blue Shield insurance giant, the transition into the program is filled with unknowns and uncertainty...

Phillip J. McKinley, age 77, of Seligman, died on Thursday, Sept. 26, in his home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 1, at the White Funeral Home and Crematory, in Cassville. The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. until service time at the funeral home. Cremation will follow after the service...

Maynard Leroy Swisher, age 90, of Purdy, died at 8:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 25. Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 1, in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Cassville, under direction of Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville. Burial with military honors will be in Goodnight Cemetery, Purdy...

EIGHTY YEARS AGO Sept. 30, 1933 Monett High School's gold-shirted football team came through in grand style when it vanquished Pierce City's eleven 32-0. The Cubs went on a scoring rampage, running up 26 points in the first quarter. Enlistments for the Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Roaring River State Park will be taken at the national reemployment office in Monett for three hours. Following that, all enlistments will be taken at Cassville until the quota for the camp is completed...

The only thing relaxing about the Monett Cubs football game with the Aurora Houn' Dawgs was the crowning of Faith Schmidt as Monett Homecoming Queen on Sept. 27. For 48 grueling minutes, the Cubs (5-0, 3-0) and Houn' Dawgs (2-3, 1-2) battled, with Monett holding on for a 26-21 victory...

The Pierce City Eagles strung together four quarters of football to earn a critical win, 13-10, over the Diamond Wildcats on Friday, Sept. 27. The Eagles' offense was out gained by 67 yards, but the hard-nosed defense stood strong when the game was on the line...

The Pierce City Lady Eagles volleyball team picked up back-to-back wins over Marionville and College Heights on Sept 23 and 24. Against the Lady Comets, Pierce City won 25-10, 25-14. The Lady Eagles were surgical in their win, jumping out to a 8-0 lead in the first set...

Only a few area softball rivalries have lived up to hype over the last few years. But when the Pierce City (7-6) and the Purdy Lady Eagles (10-2) face each other on the softball field, classic games tend to unfold. In the latest chapter of this storied rivalry it was Purdy who claimed a 1-0 win on Sept. 25...

Fall classes will begin next week at the Scott Regional Technology Center in Monett. A class in Photoshop begins Oct. 3 and runs from 6 to 8 p.m. A four-week self defense class starts Oct. 3 and runs from 6:30 to 8 p.m. A ceramics class starts on Oct. 15 and runs from 6 to 8 p.m. A class in the Excel program begins Oct. 15 and runs from 6 to 9 p.m. For more information, call Pam Wormington at 235-8356...

A Seligman woman received serious injuries in a one-vehicle crash on Sept. 27. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Brenda Hardbarger, 48, was driving east at 10:30 p.m. on Route F four miles west of Eagle Rock, when her 1989 Toyota 4 Runner ran off the left side of the roadway. Hardbarger was partially ejected...

Barry County Sheriff Mick Epperly wants area parents to be hyper-vigilant this Halloween in the wake of a recent interception by drug enforcement officials of candy laced with THC. "This package was actually intercepted by Jasper County officials and turned over to the Southwest Missouri Drug Task Force," Epperly said, indicating several packages of marijuana-laced candy, brownies, jellied candy, a pecan bar and breath mints. ...

Apexnetwork Physical Therapy, in conjunction with Monett/Purdy Habitat for Humanity, will be hosting Hero's for Habitat 5K run/walk on Saturday, Oct. 26 at the old YMCA located on Euclid Avenue. "Apex wanted to bring something fun and exciting to the community and bring awareness to a worthy cause," said Ivy Morgan, marketing coordinator for Apex Network...

A royal evening. Faith Schmidt was crowned the 2013-14 Homecoming Queen before the start of Monett and Aurora's football game on Sept. 27. Ms. Schmidt's reign was rewarded by a 26-21 victory for the Cubs.

Cassville, Carl Junction 14-49 Seneca. McDonald County, 49-12 Mt. Vernon, East Newton 32-13 Aurora, Monett 21-26 Diamond, Pierce City 10-13 Neosho, Carthage 17-48 Webb City, Nixa 27-24 OT Butler, Lamar 7-74

The football rivalry between Cassville and Monett plays second fiddle to no one. After assuming many different names, some unsuitable for print, each school has decided to name the game the "Barry County Brawl." Monett and Cassville High School have announced the beginning of new tradition between the two schools: the exchange of the Barry County Brawl Trophy...