Stories from Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Richard A. Earley, 61, of Eagle Rock, died Monday, June 1. No services are scheduled at this time. Cremation arrangements are under direction of Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville.

Margaret L. Sherfy, 87, of Verona, died at 9:45 p.m. Sunday, May 31, at Mercy Hospital in Aurora. No funeral services will be held. Burial will be at a later date at the Missouri Veteran's Cemetery. Local arrangements are under the direction of Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora...

Bertha Doennig passed away Friday, May 29, at her home in Monett, just a few months after her 95th birthday. Born in Freistatt, she was the sixth and last surviving child of Benjamin and Augusta (Kaiser) Joeckel. Bertha attended Trinity Lutheran School in Freistatt and was a drummer in the drum and bugle corp. She worked as a telephone operator for the Freistatt Telephone Exchange, which was run by her parents in their home, and later as a clerk at Best Cleaners in Monett...

The Lions Clubs of Missouri District 26-M6 will host the 36th annual Lions All-Star Twin Classic Basketball Games. The top senior basketball athletes from schools in Barry, Lawrence, Barton, Jasper, Newton, McDonald, Cedar and Dade counties have been chosen to play. This year's games will be played on June 13 at Neosho High School. The girls are scheduled to tip-off at 6:30 p.m., with the boys to immediately follow. Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for students and children 6-and-under are free...

Area residents will have six opportunities to sign their children up for the 2015-2016 Mighty Mite football and cheerleading teams. The cost for football players is $60, plus $50 for each additional child. There is a $35 cost for cheerleaders. The league will hold signups every Thursday in June at Burl Fowler Stadium from 4-6 p.m., and at the youth summer camp on July 13-14 from 6-8 p.m. Scholarships are available. For more information, people may contact Sean Kelley at 417-235-9700...

Monett High School, in conjunction with the Monett Mighty Mite football program, will host a free Passing School Clinic and Big Man (lineman) Clinic each Thursday from June 4-25 at Burl Fowler Stadium. The passing clinic runs from 4-5 p.m. followed by the Big Man Clinic from 5-6 p.m. For more information, people may contact Derek Uhl at 417-489-9028 or Sean Kelley at 417-235-9700...

The 2014-2015 sports season at Monett High School is officially in the books. On Saturday, the final two Monett High School student athletes wrapped up their prep careers at the Missouri Class 4 Track and Field State Championships in Jefferson City...

A program on the 10 early signs of Alzheimer's disease will be offered from 2 to 3:30 p.m. p.m. on June 3 at Bentonview Park Health and Rehabilitation, 410 W. Benton in Monett. For additional information, people may call Pam Foland at 235-6031. Randy Henderson will speak about his experience at this year's Masters Golf Tournament at Augusta, Ga. at the noon meeting today of the Monett Kiwanis Club at Happy House restaurant...

Held in conjunction with the annual Tour de Monett bike ride on Saturday, the Healthy Schools/Healthy Communities Initiative gave away bicycle helmets for a children's fun ride held at South Park.

A Mt. Vernon man suffered serious injuries and was arrested following a wreck at 10:30 p.m. Saturday on Farm Road 1170, four miles northeast of Mt. Vernon. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Brandon Sullivan, 37, of Mt. Vernon, was driving a 1999 Toyota 4Runner northbound on Farm Road 1170 when his vehicle ran off the roadway and overturned...

A Wheaton man was injured Saturday at about 11:18 p.m. in a wreck on Bison Road, two miles south of Joplin. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Gary Sills, 48, of Wheaton, was driving a 1989 Chevrolet Silverado southbound on Bison Road when his vehicle ran off the right side of the roadway and struck a tree...

The annual Lawrence County Youth Fair, one of the largest regional events for young exhibitors to show their livestock, will be held Friday through Sunday at the Freistatt Lions Ernte Fest grounds, which will be converted for the weekend into the Lawrence County Fairgrounds...

Dr. Darren Bass has accepted the position of president of Cox Monett Hospital. Bass has been with Cox Monett Hospital for 15 years. He began as a physical therapist at Cox Monett Rehab and Sports Medicine. For the last three years, Bass has served on the hospital's senior leader team, and last year, was named executive director...

The 20th annual Monett Relay for Life on Friday raised $15,214.01 in the battle against cancer. The annual American Cancer Society fundraiser moved indoors for the second consecutive year due to weather concerns, but the approximately 80 people who turned out for opening ceremonies soldiered on to continue to tradition...

Susan Raye Phillips, Pierce City, one year probation on each of two counts of driving with a revoked license; $30.50 for a financial responsibility violation; $10 for a seat belt violation; $30.50 for failure to register a vehicle. Arthur J. Price, Monett, one year probation, 90 days in the Barry County Jail and pay restitution for passing a bad check...

The LWML Ladies Aid of Trinity Lutheran Church met May 7, with Doris Meyer, president welcoming 16 members and Pastor Ryan Buchmueller. Debbie Porter gave the opening worship "If We Just Believe like Little Children," with Nadine Obermann leading the Mite box ingathering afterward...

Four Monett seniors will have one last go on the gridiron Friday at the 14th annual Sertoma Grin Iron Football Classic at JFK Stadium at Parkview High School in Springfield. The 2015 game features the best 88 seniors and 20 coaches from southwest Missouri. Participants were selected by the Southwest Missouri High School Football Coaches Association...