Stories from Friday, October 11, 2013

"Honor Our Veterans" was the over-whelming theme at the GRIP Boys Home Corn Maize opening ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 21. Pictured above, at left, Leah Gates sang the National Anthem along with America the beautiful.

Times Photo by Murray Bishoff The Monett Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors recently held ribbon cutting ceremonies for Gym Rat Fitness, located at 603A Dairy St. Pictured in the front row, from left, are: Meghan Shaner, Stephanie Marhurin with Damon and Grady Mahurin, owner Kevin Mahurin, Jeff Meredith and Kevin Jones. ...

The American public has lost patience with Washington. The question is, now what? Congress is unable to do its job. It displays neither competence nor responsibility, lurching from crisis to crisis. Too many of its members reject the notion that accommodation and time-honored procedures allow them to fulfill their responsibilities to the American people...

Dear Editor: We wish to call your attention to an event at Monett City park on Saturday, Oct. 12 at noon. It is a public prayer rosary crusade promoted by some Catholics in our area. Everyone interested in praying for peace is invited to participate either actively or just by their presence...

A little over a week ago a bunch of us got together in my office and talked about which direction we need to head with electronic delivery of The Salem News. I use the term "electronic delivery" because what we do these days is more than just a print edition and a web site...

Ever had your so-called "smart" phone start randomly dialing and resending messages you sent weeks ago? Or try to find an electronic message you received a few days or weeks ago without any success? Welcome to the new sophisticated and "allegedly" improved world of social media...

EIGHTY YEARS AGO Oct. 11, 1933 The Ozark Fruit Growers Association in Monett has joined the fight against the "itinerant peddler," who marketing associations charge with having contributed to market demoralization. Any person not having a permanent and established place of business would be required to give bond of not less than $1,000 and abide by jobbers' code regulations...

In coach speak, "Every game on the schedule is a big game." Coaches usually follow that statement with "Right now the biggest game on our schedule is the one we are getting ready to play." For once, these tired old clichés ring loud and true for both teams as the Monett Cubs football team (5-1, 3-1) welcome the Lamar Tigers (5-1, 3-1) into Burl Fowler Stadium on Friday, Oct. 11...

There is an old saying that: big things often come in small packages. That phrase is a fitting description of Monett football player Chase Brennan. At 5'5", Brennan in one of the shortest players on the field for the Cubs, but his contributions to the season have not been small by any stretch of the imagination...

During the upcoming week of October 21-25, the Monett R-1 School District will host the annual fall parent-teacher conferences. This event is designed to allow parents the opportunity to communicate with their son/daughter's teacher concerning any questions they might have relating to the student's current progress, as well as providing a time for the teacher (and school district) to deliver any relevant information to the parent. ...

Tom Wolfe Memorial Post #4207 Ladies Auxiliary will host a luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 16. The menu includes meat loaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, biscuits, salad, dessert and beverage. 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...

Scott Regional Technology Center in Monett has a program that makes it easy to take high-quality, noncredit online courses. Scott Tech has partnered with ed2go to offer hundreds of online, instructor-led courses. The offerings are now available in a new course offering, "Using Social Media in Business."...

Monett High School Marching Pride Band had its first competition on Sept. 28 at Webbstock in Webb City. The annual event hosted 25 schools from the Southwest area. Normally the event features preliminaries and finals at Cardinal Stadium, but rain caused several delays and forced a stand and play indoors event with no finals being preformed...

Times Photo by Murray Bishoff A flag retirement ceremony was held by Hobbs-Anderson American Legion Post #91, Boy Scout Troop #38 and Cub Scout Pack #140 at Monett's South Park on Oct. 8. Legion Commander Mark McMillin led the ceremony, which included prayer and a formal retirement of 180 American flags...

Mike Palmer, with Empire District Electric, was the guest speaker at this year's Pierce City Community Banquet, held Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Pierce City Senior Center. Palmer said he has worked with the company with storm reconstruction for about 12 years and highlighted some of the challenges faced by electric companies in events such as tornadoes, ice storms and other severe weather events...

The Clark Community Mental Health Center hosted its first Clark Center 5K on Saturday Oct. 5. Branding for this race is CC5K, and will be hosted each year on the first Saturday in October. This race was dedicated to Frank Compton, Clark Center chief executive officer and board president, who marked his 50th year in social services...

2 The current state ranking of Lamar. 2 The number of consecutive state titles Lamar has won. 2,697 The number of total rushing yards Lamar has gained this season. 463.3 The number of yards rushing the Lamar Tigers is rushing per game this season. 900 The number of rushing yards Lamar running back Levi Petersen has amassed this season...