Stories from Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Glenn Evan Banks, 75, of Washburn, died at 3:58 p.m. Sunday, April 13. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 16, at Washburn Prairie Cemetery under the direction of Fohn Funeral Home of Cassville.

Bessie Irene Rutherford, 87, of Eagle Rock, died at 5:20 a.m. Saturday, April 12, at the Aurora Nursing Center. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 17, at Williams Cemetery west of Mt. Vernon under the direction of Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home of Mt. Vernon...

Reno Gust Krueger, age 90, of Verona, MO, passed away on Friday, April 11, 2014, while at the Cox Monett Hospital, with his family by his side. Reno was born on September 7, 1923, in rural Freistatt, MO, the son of the late Max R. Krueger and Caroline (Schoen) Krueger. ...

Julius and Jo Ann Abramovitz of Pierce City would like to announce the engagement of their daughter, Amanda, to Jason Jenkins, son of Tom and Linda Jenkins of Verona. The bride-to-be graduated from Pierce City High School and College of the Ozarks. She is employed at Mid-America Dental and Hearing in Mt. ...

The Hemphill family will be celebrating the 100th birthday of Feddie Hemphill from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at the Purdy Community Center. The omission of gifts is requested. Contributed photo

composition@monett-times.com A U.S. Postal Service truck crashed near Wheelerville Monday morning, resulting in a Republic man being sent to the hospital. According to the Highway Patrol report, the crash happened at 6:40 a.m., two miles west of Wheelerville on Highway 248. The 2005 International box truck, driven by Steven Robinson, 57, was westbound when the vehicle left the roadway and overturned...

Volunteers were hard at work over the weekend, getting new playground equipment installed at Pierce City's South Park. Pictured above are: Tom Cahalen, Randy Adler, Alan Frantz and Jerry Williams, constructing the slide and platform portion of the new play area, which was installed in the field southeast of the Pierce City Municipal Pool. ...

sports@monett-times.com The Mt. Vernon baseball team has become a thorn in Monett's side over the past four seasons. Tonight, the two teams will square of in the Big 8 Conference opener at North Park. The Cubs (7-4) and Mountaineers (5-5) have tangled eight times in the last four years, with the green and white winning the last seven straight contests...

sports@monett-times.com The Purdy baseball season got off to an agonizingly slow start. The Eagles (4-4) dropped their first four games of the season and could have packed it in, but they didn't. "It's always rough during any losing streak," said Joshua Hughes, Purdy coach. "As a coach, you keep encouraging the boys and you look for positive signs. We were playing a brutal schedule while figuring out who we were."...

VFW Post 4207 Ladies Auxiliary will have its Wednesday luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 16. The menu will include brisket, scalloped potatoes, baked beans, Texas toast, salad and desserts. Cost is $6.50 for all you can eat. The Aurora Eagle's Lodge Auxiliary will host a dinner to support the Eagle Riders' many charities at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 27. Menu will include Southern-fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy and buttered corn for $5 a plate...

reporter@monett-times.com The Pierce City School Board recently accepted resignations from four instructors; offered contracts to 23 teachers; offered three permanent contracts; and issued extra duty assignments. Resignations were accepted from Reginald Payne, high school and middle school math teacher and in-school suspension supervisor; Amanda Fenley, middle school science teacher; Kris Fitchpatrick, family and consumer science teacher, Family, Community and Career Leaders of America sponsor, senior class sponsor and cheer squad coach; and Joey Graves, assistant coach for high school girls' basketball.. ...

times-news@monett-times.com Resignations and hirings have shaped the faculty for the Monett School District for the coming year. School board members recently accepted eight resignations. They include: Tera Turner, Central Park Elementary; Leslie McCullough, vocal music teacher for the middle and high schools;...

times-news@monett-times.com Leaders of the Monett Chamber of Commerce have slated a full schedule of activities for the coming months. The next event will be Eggs and Issues Breakfast at 8 a.m. on Friday, April 25 at the Monett City Park Casino. Three local state legislators, State Sen. ...

times-news@monett-times.com The Monett City Council has awarded the Joplin-based engineering firm of Allgeier, Martin and Associates a contract to conduct an electric rate study. The engineering firm, which purchased the Monett engineering firm of Sprenkle and Associates, bid on the job. Skip Schaller, utilities superintendent, and City Administrator Dennis Pyle chose to recommend Allgeier, Martin for having more detailed familiarity with the city's network, having conducted the last rate study...

reporter@monett-times.com A Marionville man was seriously injured when the 1994 Nissan Pathfinder he was driving travelled off the left side of the roadway and overturned, plowing through a fence about two miles east of Monett on Highway 60. The crash occurred at 11:14 a.m. Monday. Weylin A. Click, 20, of Marionville, was taken by ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Springfield...