Stories from Thursday, October 31, 2013

times-news@monett-times.com For the second time, soldiers from one of the Missouri National Guard companies in the Monett area from the 203rd Engineer Battalion will see a full deployment to duty as part of the United States response to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001...

Times Photo by Jon Whitlock Pictured above, Edith McCleary, of Brookhaven Health and Rehab, had a need for speed that she used to win first place in the hands and feet wheelchair race during the Golden Age Games on Friday, Oct. 25.

times-news@monett-times.com The appeal over closing the Freistatt Post Office has been rejected. Village trustees received the news at their October monthly meeting. Clerk Deborah Schoen reported the Postal Regulatory Commission rejected the village's appeal because it was filed late and the extension was rejected. The chairman of the commission voted contrary to the majority in favor of proceeding with the case. With no further options, the appeal process is concluded...

times-news@monett-times.com Monett Auction Gallery has announced the new business has signed to rent 311 E. Broadway, the former Westco store, and run weekly sales from the site. The owners are Kevin Cameron, auctioneer, and Jeremy Danzer. Cameron, who has been in the auction business for 22 years, also runs an auction service at a 100,000-square-foot facility in Birch Tree, near West Plains...

Players in the Ozark Festival Orchestra ran through final rehearsals this week in advance to opening the OFO's 34th season on Sunday, Nov. 3 at the Monett City Park Casino. The Pops in the Park concert will include a wide range of American music, from Gershwin's "An American in Paris" to Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever," with a salute to the Armed Forces, folk songs and other favorites included. ...

The Monett Times and the Monett Lions Club will again host a community Halloween costume contest at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 31 at the Monett City Hall Auditorium. Children from the surrounding area as well as Monett are welcome to participate. Winners in several age categories will have their photo appear in The Times...

jwhitlock@monett-times.com One person received moderate injuries in a two-vehicle crash on Highway Z at Pleasant Ridge at 4:50 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 28. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Amanda J. Gregg, 37, of Galena, was traveling west on Highway Z in a 1999 Cadillac when Carol M. Ethridge, 72, of Verona, driving a 1996 Saturn southbound on Highway ZZ, failed to yield and drove into the path of Gregg...

jwhitlock@monett-times.com As Halloween quickly approaches and children begin to dream of bags full of candy, take time and review some safety rules to follow. CoxHealth and the American Red Cross offer several tips to insure families have a safe and happy Halloween...

sports@monett-times.com Every high school team needs to have senior leadership. It is an intangible quality that no system devised by man can measure. The knowledge that seniors have gained from prior seasons and the calming influence that they give the younger players is invaluable...

sports@monett-times.com It was former North Carolina State basketball coach Jimmy Valvano who coined the phrase "survive and advance" when discussing NCAA basketball tournament play. No truer words have ever been spoken when regarding bracketed play. The state's football playoffs officially get underway tonight (Thursday) across the area...

The 2013-14 Monett Cubs Mighty Mite third grade team is pictured above. In the front row, from left, are: Tim McRoberts, Riley Dierker, Jared Smith, Luis Groomer, Rhyn Withnell, Christian Johnson and Phalen Fryling. Second row: Cody Cook, Matthew Burdett, Aiden Freeman, Jake Hoyt, Marcus Young, Blaine Salsman, Dylan Gorman and Kaden Palmer. ...

The 2013-14 Monett Cubs Mighty Mite third grade cheerleading team is pictured above. In the front row, from left, are: Torrie Graessle and Lexus Hatfield. Second row: Grace Lee, Cadence McGlothlin and Jazmin Villa. Third row: Aubrey Baker, Sadie Camp, Kaylin Collins, Kaylee Burruss, Sidnee Poynter and Macey Flynt...

EIGHTY YEARS AGO Oct. 31, 1933 Goblins will be out on their usual grand frolic tonight. Plans indicate Broadway will be the scene of much festivity as it is every Halloween. Stores report the usual sale of masks and other material entering into make-up and costumes...

Shelley Norton, age 51, of Denton, Texas, died on Monday, Oct. 28. Graveside services were held on Wednesday, Oct. 30, at 3 p.m. at the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Butterfield.

Madge Meadows, age 56, of San Diego, Calif., loving wife, mother, daughter and sister, went home to be with her Lord on Oct. 21, 2013, at her home. Madge was born on Oct. 17, 1957 in Berlin, Germany, daughter of William and Ilse (Foltin) Burton. At the age of 6 months, Madge was baptized at Martin Luther Lutheran Church in Berlin. ...