Stories from Friday, August 29, 2014

There are several ways to look at this week for the Pierce City football team. With two games in five days, is it a blessing or a curse? According to Eagles Coach Brad Hocker, it's both. "What we saw Monday night is that we were making some of the same mental mistakes we made last year," Hocker said. "Penalties, offsides and personal fouls, those aren't anything but metal mistakes and Pierce City beating Pierce City."...

Verona Coach Brad Stewart hopes that the 2013-14 volleyball season was a harbinger for this season's squad. The Lady Wildcats went 19-9-3 last season and finished second in the Ozark 7 Conference with a 5-1 mark. With three starters and seven returning lettermen Stewart's goal is to find the right mix...

The Monett R-1 School District received a lower composite score on its Annual Performance Report from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. According to Mike Dawson, district assistant superintendent, lower student test scores contributed to most of the drop, while the district showed gains in other areas...

The Monett City Council has successfully bid for ownership of a hangar at the Monett Regional Airport in the land sale for back taxes in Barry County on Aug. 25. The hangar, the southernmost building on the airport complex, was built in 2005 to allow Cassville aviation businessman David Gouldsmith to move his firm, Golden Aviation, from Cassville to Monett. ...

The Barry County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) is awaiting a Chemical Emergency Preparedness Funds grant application to be completed and submitted to the Missouri Emergency Response Commission in order to receive funding for its 2014 operations...

As a fundraiser, Cub Scout Pack No. 140, which is chartered through the Hobbs-Anderson American Legion Post in Monett, has taken on recycling projects, raising $600 last year.

Final preparations are underway for the 19th Annual Relay for Life, a benefit for the American Cancer Society, which will be held on Sept. 20 at Monett's South Park. The event, which includes activities, performances, a celebration of cancer survival and a memorial luminary ceremony to the fall, will be held from 3 to 11 p.m. this year, a new time frame for the popular fundraiser...

A 33-year-old Miller woman was seriously injured Wednesday after being ejected from her vehicle in a one-car wreck on Highway 39, two miles south of Mt. Vernon. Micah Owens, 33, of Miller, was traveling southbound on Highway 39 when her vehicle, a 1995 Chevrolet Suburban, ran off the right side of the roadway and overcorrected. The vehicle overturned on the roadway and ejected Owens before going off the left side of roadway and striking a fence...

An 18-year-old suffered moderate injures in a wreck Thursday morning on Highway 39, two miles north of Shell Knob. Brandt Vice, 18, of Shell Knob, was traveling southbound on Highway 39 when his vehicle, a 1999 Mercury Cougar, went off the left side of the road. The move led to an overcorrection, making the vehicle travel off the right side of the road and strike some trees. The vehicle overturned an ejected Vice, who was not wearing a safety device...

Many Barry and Lawrence County residents joined the crowds at the 62nd annual Crane Broiler Fest, which ran Aug. 20-23 in the city park at Crane.

The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sept. 9 at George's, 9056 Highway W in Butterfield. Round Grove Baptist Church near Miller will hold its annual FreedomFest at 2 p.m. on Sunday on the church grounds. The event will include live music by the Greenlight Band, Jami Lawrimore, the Schubert family and Kathy Todd, plus a car show and activities. The day will end with a fireworks display. For additional information, people may call the church at 417-452-3670...

The descendants of Bob and Deloris Crouch met together on the weekend of June 20th for their tri-annual.

EFCO Corporation has continued its support of the Monett Area YMCA's annual campaign, also known as the Strong Kids program, by donating $2,000 toward the effort. Gordon Brown, YMCA executive director, accepted the check from David DeSutter, vice president of engineering for EFCO...