Stories from Thursday, November 14, 2013

The Environmental Services division of the Barry County Health Department inspected 30 food-service establishments during the month of October. Of that group, 15 establishments had critical violations and seven had no critical or non-critical violations...

Harold A. Palmer, age 93, of Cassville, died at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17 at Fohn Funeral Home, in Cassville. Graveside services with military honors will be at 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18 in Mt. Moriah and Freeman Cemetery in Kansas City...

In an effort to better acquaint children with their community, the kindergarten classes at Monett Elementary School toured businesses and city office in downtown Monett on Nov.5, through Nov. 7. Pictured above, Amber Mashburn's class heard Randy Branum at UMB Bank explain the different denominations of money. Eleven classes toured The Monett Times and had a lesson in the history of printing, including a popular visit to the dark room, no longer used in the advent of digital photography...

The family of Tennie Tennyson will host a 95th birthday celebration in her honor on Sunday, Nov. 17. Joining her for the event will be out-of-town guests including her son, John, and his wife, Phyllis, of Omaha, Neb.; Maxine Tennyson, Lorries and Shawn Lindeman and son, Seth, all of Mt. Vernon; and other relatives and friends. She resides at Lacoba Homes in Monett...

Jane Weilenman Head will be celebrating her 90th birthday with a reception from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in Sunday, Nov. 17 at the First United Methodist Church in Monett. Her children, Heno Head Jr., Victor and Hayden, along with their families, invite friends of Jane to join the celebration of this special occasion. The omission of gifts is requested...

EIGHTY YEARS AGO Nov. 14, 1933 For the past two weeks, the water in the Monett park lake gradually has been drained to permit cleaning of the lake and the removal of large numbers of fish for distribution in streams of this vicinity. The work is being directed by the Monett Sportsmen's League...

sports@monett-times.com The Big 8 Conference named its All-Conference volleyball team. The list is as follows. First team Utility: Katie Juracek, Aurora. Libero: Katie Wiele, Carl Junction. Outside hitter: MacKenzie Irwin, Carl Junction. Setter: Bradyn Wall, Carl Junction...

sports@monett-times.com For 39 of the game's first 40 minutes, the Monett Cubs soccer team looked composed and attacked the Springfield Catholic Fightin' Irish. A 47 second mental lapse allowed two easy goals for the Irish (22-5) enroute to a 4-0 Class 1 section win on Nov. 12...

Christ United Methodist Church in Monett will host a fundraiser to help with the medical expenses for Kyla Jenkins and Lance Eaton. The soup and chili supper and gospel concert by the Revelators will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 16. Cost is $6 for adults and $3 children eight and under...

reporter@monett-times.com Last week, the Barry County Sheriff's Office received a military-grade 1991 Humvee for use in emergencies such as stand-offs between suspects and law enforcement officials, school emergencies and inclement weather. "It was donated, free of charge, by the Department of Defense on a first come, first served basis," said Sheriff Mick Epperly. "It's in really good shape, has new tires and runs well."...

times-news@monett-times.com Annual property tax statements have been mailed by collectors in Barry and Lawrence counties. Collections are underway at the county courthouses for the 2013 cycle. According to Janice Varner, Barry County collector, a total of 42,110 statements were mailed on Nov. 4. The total number of statements reflected an increase of 107 over a year ago...

times-news@monett-times.com A growing season marked by more widespread rains and bumper crops spells significant changes for producers, especially cattlemen. Scott Brown, ag economist for the University of Missouri, a frequent speaker at local agriculture conference, offered perspective on what's ahead in the coming months...

Officer Juan Salazar, above center, had a shocking good time taking part in Red Ribbon Week fundraiser "tase your favorite cop" for the D.A.R.E program and Monett High School Student Council on Thursday, Oct. 24 at the MHS gym. The program, headed by school resource Officer Jay Jastel who also participated, was a month long campaign that raised almost $200. ...