Stories from Monday, October 7, 2013

Flights in and out of the Monett Regional Airport from June through September showed a marked decrease in activity at the same time sales of jet aviation fuel have shown a significant increase. Monett airport staff tally the take-offs and landings during business hours on weekdays. Uncounted light activity after 5 p.m. and over weekends is significant but undetermined...

One of the largest outdoor festivals in southwest Missouri, Mt. Vernon's Apple Butter Makin' Days, will be held Friday through Sunday, Oct. 11 to 13, on the square in Mt. Vernon. Organizers report more than 350 booths from craft vendors and artisans, featuring handcrafted items, will be set up in the town square and on adjacent streets and parking lots. Booths will open at 9 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, and at 10 a.m. on Sunday...

One hundred acres of sunflowers brighten the fields west of Freistatt, visible from Highway H, north of Monett. Art Mattlage, who has previously grown sunflowers on his acreage, found the weather kept him from planting beans this year, so he fell back to the reliable sunflower crop...

Cox Monett Hospital is hosting its annual walk-in flu clinic from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 11, in the hospital's main lobby. Cost of the flu vaccination is $20 per person and payable by cash or check only. A drive-through clinic is also available on Saturday, Oct. 26 from 7 a.m. to noon, on the parking lot of Monett Physicians Building south parking lot, located at 815 N. Lincoln Ave. in Monett. Participants are asked to enter the parking lot from Lincoln Street...

Several positions were filled by the Verona R-7 Board of Education during the September meeting. The board gave first year high school English teacher Darin Williams the extra duty assignment of assistant basketball coach. Last year a senior student, unable to play due to an injury, took on those duties...

Monett City electric worker, Daryl Fenski, pictured above, provided the first signs of fall on Sept. 17. Fenske removed the summer flag banners and replaced them with the bright orange fall banners reminding the city that winter is just around the corner...

The Monett Lions Club recently inducted two new members. Walker Craig III and Max Biggerstaff were received as new members in a ceremony conducted by Walter Hamer. Craig was sponsored by his father, Walker Craig II. Biggerstaff was sponsored by Ralph Scott. The new members join the 1.3 million Lions around the world making up the world's largest service organization...

The New Liberty Church will hold its annual rummage sale beginning at 8 a.m. on Oct. 11 and 12. Antiques, toys, cookbooks, kitchen supplies and much more will be available. The church is located two miles east of Monett on Highway 60 and south one mile on Highway Z...

Two Shell Knob residents were killed in a two-vehicle head-on collision at 1:45 p.m. on Oct. 3. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, James Echols, 79, and Patricia Kobashigawa, 65, were killed when their northbound 1996 Ford Econoline van was struck by a southbound 2001 Dodge Durango, driven by Quarlene House, 57, of Shell Knob. House's vehicle crossed the centerline, causing the collision...

The Monett cross-country team participated in the Lamar Invitational on Oct. 1 with mixed results. The Monett girls took seventh out of nine schools and the boys finished 10th out of 19 teams. "We didn't run our best race of the year but did improve some times," said Monett coach Kelly George. "It was a little warmer but we need to be ready to run each day."...

Lots of options. The Monett Cubs freshmen team remained perfect on the season with a win over Bolivar on Sept. 30.

The Pierce City Eagles football team lost to the Miller Cardinals 33-28 in heartbreaking fashion, on Friday, Oct. 4. A game that seemed to be in Pierce City's favor on just by size alone quickly got out of control. The Eagles' spotted the Cardinals three touchdowns in a row and had negative two yards on their first three possessions...

Scoreboard Aurora, Logan-Rogersville 35-0 Carl Junction, Lamar 50-46 East Newton, McDonald County 16-0 Monett, Cassville 0-27 Seneca, Mt. Vernon 42-6 Pierce City, Miller 26-33 Greenfield, Sarcoxie 8-31 Stockton, Marionville 8-48

Wildcats silence Cubs roar, 27-0 By Jared Lankford sports@monett-times.com There is an expression credited to heavyweight prizefighter Joe Louis that goes, "Everybody has a plan until they've been hit." On Friday, Oct. 4, the Monett Cubs football team didn't just get hit. They were mauled by the Cassville Wildcats, 27-0...

EIGHTY YEARS AGO Oct, 7, 1933 America is ready to swing another great movement to combat the forces of unemployment. For the next 12 weeks, a nationwide program will be underway to speed up the momentum of the business machine. Dr. J.M. Russell, chairman of the NRA Committee, announced the plan...

Charles (Chuck) Grooms, 68, of Monett, passed away on Friday Oct. 4, 2013 at his home in Monett. He was born on Sept. 16, 1945 in Caraway, Ark., the son of the late Haud and Ester (Powell) Grooms. He was united in marriage on Nov. 27, 1965 to Carol Morris, she preceded him in death on March 5, 2004...

Leonard Avon Snyder, age 75, of Miller, died at 12:38 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2, at his home. A funeral service, under the direction of the Morris-Leiman-Mosher Funeral Home in Miller, was held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the First Baptist Church, of Miller. Burial was in at Sycamore Cemetery...

BF Babb, age 93, of Cassville, died at 7:09 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, in Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville. Burial with military honors was in Oak Hill Cemetery, Cassville. .

The Purdy High School Ag I class recently attended the annual FFA Greenhand Conference at Crowder College in Neosho.