Stories from Friday, November 1, 2013

jwhitlock@monett-times.com The Purdy Elementary School has announced its honor roll for the first quarter of the 2013-14 school year. Third graders named to the All-A Honor Roll were: Addy Abramovitz, Destiny Clevenger, Carlee Deditius, Ezequiel Goetz, Allie Hayes, Daxton Henry, Anna Hoffman, Karmen Morgan, Lauren Roller, Lizbeth Salazar, Naomi Salazar, Monserat Alvarez, Joey Biloki, Isaac Godsey, Esdras Juarez, Lisa Lee, Francis Mathews, Makayla Mazza, Kori Morgan, Mavrick Phillips and Anna-Marie Schad.. ...

times-news@monett-times.com On Oct. 31, the Dairy Farmers of America plant in Monett ceased operations. Indications showed the end of the milk processing plant in Monett would have minimal impact on dairy farmers in the Monett area and on continuing operations at Schreiber Foods, which shared the building with DFA...

As seasonal changes settle in, November represents the final opportunity to close up the garden for the year. Calendar girl Courtney Brown looked over some of the garden sights and supplies available at Lowe's in Monett. The daughter of Angela Brown and Robert Brown, Courtney has been a busy senior at Monett High School. ...

community@monett-times.com The 10th annual Monett Chamber of Commerce's Festival of Flavors will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at the First United Methodist Church Family Life Center, located at 1600 N. Central in Monett. The Monett Lion's Club and 16 local caterers, restaurants and food suppliers will showcase their holiday specials. ...

jwhitlock@monett-times.com The seventeenth annual Golden Age Games, sponsored by Missouri Health Care Association (MHCA) District IV, were held at the Monett High School gym on Oct. 25. Lacoba Homes of Monett hosted the event. Residents from 16 area facilities attended with the high team score going to Brookhaven Health and Rehab, of Springfield. Lacoba Homes took second and Bentonview Park Nursing and rehab placed third...

times-news@monett-times.com Mental health services continue expanding in the Monett area. Suzette Huntress, who stepped down from her position as vice president of operations with the Clark Community Mental Health Center, reflected on the changes she has seen in the past 12 years at a reception held in her honor on Oct. 30...

The November meeting of the Kings Prairie Community Association will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7, at the old schoolhouse off Farm Road 2015, west of Highway Z. There will be a short business meeting followed by community time and snacks. Plans for the Christmas open house for December will be discussed. For more information, call 417-442-7910...

sports@monett-times.com The Pierce City Lady Eagles volleyball season ended in the Class 1, District 9 championship game against Billings on Oct. 29. The top-seeded Lady Eagles had dispatched a scrappy Wheaton squad 25-18, 25-15 in the semifinal earlier in the evening and were looking to defend their title from last year...

The 2013-14 Monett Cubs Mighty Mite fourth grade team is pictured above. In the front row, from left, are: Matthew Cooper, Bryan Deleon, Nick Ferrand, Cade McCollough, Cole Preston, Corbin McCully and Karey Anderson. Second row: Tyler Waterman, Ryan Preston, Tyler Whittington, Kristofer Cloud, Ethan Umfleet, Hayden Grubbs and Malik Williams. ...

The 2013-14 Monett Cubs Mighty Mite fifth grade team is pictured above. In the front row, from left, are: Ben Hoyt, Ryan McColloch, Damian Graessle, Aiden Cavazos, Keaton Hohensee, Zack Brewer, Tanner Wright and Matthew Bahl. Second row: Cole Davis, Kevin Baysinger, Joseph Bricker, Dru Guinn, Ray Villati, Isaac Hilton, Tyler Preston and Dylan Smith. ...

The 2013-14 Monett Cubs Mighty Mite fourth grade cheerleading team is pictured above. In the front row, from left, are: Sofia Semerad and Kennedi Elrod. Second row: Emily Swanson, Myranda Gage and Elsie Verhoff. Third row: Olivia Osborn, Sydney Mills, Anastassia Crouch and Allison Burruss. Fourth row: Callie Logan, Victoria Lopez and Maya Silvers...

The 2013-14 Monett Cubs Mighty Mite fifth grade cheerleading team is pictured above. In the front row, from left, are: Madisyn Brown and Kenzee Arndt. Second row: Shelby Coursey, Payton Flynt and Jaysa Aga. Third row: Jasmine Rodriguez, Kimberlee Parris, Kelsey Hood and Jadzia Painter...

The 123rd annual McCullah-Wasson family reunion was held Aug. 4 through Aug. 11 at the Finley River, near Hawkins Bridge, located five miles south of Nixa. Guests stayed on a two and a half acre campsite that has been in continual use for 105 years, since 1908, on a portion of the Hawkins farm...

New books are now available at the Pierce City Branch Library. Adult fiction titles include: "Doctor Sleep" by Stephen King; "The Final Cut" by Catherine Coulter; "Keeping Faith" by Hannah Alexander; "A Proposal for Christmas" by Linda Lael Miller and Lindsay McKenna; "Roxy's Story" by V.C. Andrews; "Unspoken" by Dee Henderson; and "Wildest Dreams" by Jayne Ann Krentz...

The Dorcas Ladies Aid met at Trinity Lutheran School in Freistatt on Thursday, Oct. 3. Judy Lehde, president, called the meeting to order and welcomed 16 members and two guests, Darlene Lampe and Karen Kleiboeker. Doris Meyer gave the worship. Members sang "God Loves Me Dearly." The business meeting was conducted and correspondence was read...

The Missouri State Chapter of P.E.O. Sisterhood held its 120th annual convention recently with more than 330 representatives from Missouri chapters. The event was held from June 28 through June 30 at the Tan-Tar-A Resort at Lake of the Ozarks. Carol Kay, member and officer of Missouri Chapter CN in Monett, served as a delegate. Also attending was Georgeanna Wormington and Peggy Roller...

First Lt. Douglas D. Hansen has graduated from the Judge Advocate General's Corps, (JAG) Officers Training School at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery Ala. Hansen was promoted to Captain in October. Hansen graduated from North Carolina University Law School in 011 and practiced law as an assistant prosecuting attorney for Greene County-Springfield before being selected for the Air Force JAG. ...

Bruce and Michelle Chandler, of Monett, announce the birth of a daughter, Emma Riley, at 6:46 a.m., July 17 at Cox Monett Hospital, weighing six pounds, four ounces and measuring 19 inches. Grandparents are John and Julie Morrison, of Pierce City, and Bruce and Brenda Chandler, of Monett. Great-grandparents are Bill and Sue Fischer, of Pierce City, and Leroy and Mollie Myers, of Monett...

EIGHTY YEARS AGO Nov. 1, 1933 C.C. Mills, veteran Frisco conductor and for many years a leading citizen of Monett, made his last run on Oct. 30 He reached the age limit of 70 years on Oct. 5 and was permitted to complete the month before his final retirement...

News editor In the next two weeks or so, more changes will come to downtown Monett. Gator Demolition, of Joplin, will begin work taking down the former Jumping-Jacks building, last housed by Chapman Tire/Downtown Tire, between Fourth and Fifth streets on Front. Owner Glen Garrett is following through on his pledge to remove the building and look elsewhere for a future home for Drury University...

Dear Editor: What a great museum season. Thanks to all of you who visited the Lawrence County Historical Society Museum and Adamson Cabin and who supported it in so many ways. We're now officially closed for the season. (Those heating bills are too much for our little nonprofit to handle.) However, if your organization or class would like a tour, please don't hesitate to contact us. ...

Dear Editor: As a money making project, our young great grandchildren picked up walnuts from our yard. Last week their parents came out and loaded the walnuts in our old truck, which is not often driven. I took them to Farm Pro to be hulled. I arrived fairly early, as I knew the lines had been long. Sure enough, six or seven vehicles, all loaded heavily, were already there...

Sally Ann Reinhardt, 78, of Monett, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013 at her home in Monett. She was born on Jan. 15, 1935 in St. Louis, Mo., the daughter of the late Elmer and Claudia (Schaan) Nelson. She was united in marriage on Oct. 26, 1985 in St. Louis County, Mo. to Robert (Bob) Reinhardt, and he survives...

Joshua Michael Quinlan, age 32, of Cassville, died at 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 27. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2, in First Assembly of God Church, Cassville, under direction of Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville. Burial will be in Munsey Cemetery, Eagle Rock...

The Monett Intermediate School has announced fifth grade Cubs of the Month for September. Pictured above, from left, are: Luis Rueda, Adrain Vargas, Abby McCaffrey, Lara Denney, Ezekiel Ortiz-Medrano, Skyler Mathis, Alan Chavez and Matthew Bahl

jwhitlock@monett-times.com The Purdy Middle School has announced its honor roll students for the first quarter of the 2013-14 school year. Fifth graders named to the All-A Honor Roll are: Rylee Boyd, Drew Graham, Clay Henderson, Audrey Lowe, Kinsley Mattingly, Elmer Rueda, Lauren Schallert, Macy Terry and Lizandro Villa...

Students from computer aided machining class at Scott Regional Technology Center visited EFCO, a Pella Company, on Tuesday, Oct. 8. The students were interested in future employment opportunities utilizing the skills they have learned in class such as precision measurements, die cutting and tool designing. ...

The Pierce City Fire Department visited St. Mary's School on Wednesday, Oct. 9. Pre-Kindergarten through second grades students had the opportunity to see and learn about the three different fire trucks that the fire department uses. One of the firefighters suited-up with their gear to show the students how they will look when doing their jobs. The students also had the opportunity to sit in one of the trucks...

The Monett Intermediate School has announced sixth grade Cubs of the Month for September. Pictured above, from left, are: Xavier Carlill, Lizbeth Avila, Yahara Salinas, Alex Gonzalez, Gavin Austin, Blake Wright and Clara Lindsay.