Stories from Tuesday, June 9, 2015

It was for charity, but players on both sides wanted to win the game. Friday night marked the 14th installment of the Heart of the Ozarks Sertoma Club Grin Iron Classic in Springfield, an all-star game featuring the best recently-graduated seniors in southwest Missouri...

There is an old saying that, "You can't coach speed." Cox's Athletic Training Coordinator Greg Gilmore does not buy into that statement. Seven years ago, Gilmore noticed that area athletes were not running at their optimal capabilities. Gilmore responded by helping create the Cox Health Systems Athletic Advantage Performance camp, also called Speed Camp...

Monett school district faculty contributed more than 3,000 hours beyond their contracted requirements to help students grow during the 2014-2015 school year. Assistant School Superintendent Mike Dawson completed a survey of teachers using the Tutoring Enrichment and Mentoring (TEAM) program, which replaced the old Career Ladder program...

Monett Main Street is again offering grants for façade improvements in downtown Monett. This will be the fourth round of matching grants and the second time with the present design guidelines. Main Street offers to match money invested in façade improvements, including the addition of awnings, up to $1,500. ...

Dancers enjoy music at St. Mary's Catholic Church's annual picnic in Pierce City Saturday evening, while other guests enjoy the beer garden under the tent.

Monett High School students Cassi Sanford has decided to see the world. Sanford, who just finished her sophomore year, will leave for Australia on July 8 for six months as an exchange student. The daughter of Kim and Randy Sanford, Cassi Sanford did not choose Australia in the typical way. She is not obsessed with Koala bears or kangaroos, nor has she seen the "Crocodile Dundee" movies. She wanted a foreign exchange experience in an English-speaking country...

Child suffers minor injuries, taken to Cox Monett Hospital A 9-year-old Monett girl was injured Friday at about 7 p.m. in a wreck on Highway 60, five miles east of Neosho. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Rosario Ochoa, 20, of Clarion, Iowa, was driving a 2007 Honda Accord westbound on Highway 60 when his vehicle attempted to make a left turn and pulled into the path of a 2007 Nissan, being driven by Sonia Solis-Fernandez, 18, of Monett...

Summer School at Monett Elementary has fun activities every day for students.

The SilverTeens Single Seniors will meet for supper at 6 p.m. on June 11 at the Monett Family Steakhouse, formerly Black Kettle. For more information, people may call BJ at 417-393-9212. The Barry-Lawrence Ambulance District board will meet at 6 p.m. today, June 9, at 307 Dairy St. Business items include a possible board appointment...

Lloyd Eugene Wright, 76, of Exeter, died at 2:45 a.m. Tuesday, June 9. No services are scheduled at this time. Cremation arrangements are under direction of Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville.

Henrietta Ilene Bowers, 74, of Cassville, died at 11:45 p.m. Saturday, June 6, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 12, 2015, in Fohn Funeral Home. Burial will be in Hickman Cemetery in Washburn. Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. Friday, in Fohn Funeral Home...

Reverend Hubert A. Lines, 88, Springfield, passed away Saturday, June 6, 2015. He was born September 27, 1926 in Osceola, Missouri, the son of Marva and Elsie Lines. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII and was stationed in Tokyo, Japan. Following the War, he attended the University of Missouri, Columbia from which he graduated with a B.S. ...

Glen Dale Nicoll, age 88, of Cassville, died at 6:52 p.m. Thursday, June 4, 2015. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Monday, June 8, 2015, in Fohn Funeral Home, with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery in Cassville.

Alice "Christine" Patton, 87, of Cassville, passed away on June 3, 2015, at the Cassville Health and Rehab, Cassville. Mrs. Patton was born on May 5, 1928, in Springfield. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, June 9 at 11 a.m. at the White Funeral Home with Alan Schnitzler officiating. Family will receive friends one hour prior to service time. Burial will be at the Oak Ridge Cemetery...

Gerry A. "Gary" Sartin, 76, of Cassville, died at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, June 6, 2015. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 11, 2015, in Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville.

Ernest Lee Thrasher, 93, of Mt. Vernon, passed away at 8:20 a.m. on Wednesday, June 3, 2015, at the Mt. Vernon Place Care Center. He was born May 17, 1922, in Melbourne, Ark. A funeral service, under the direction of the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon, will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 9, 2015, at the First Christian Church in Mt. Vernon. Burial will follow in the Mt. Vernon IOOF Cemetery. Visitation was held from 6-8 p.m. on Monday, June 8, 2015, in the funeral home chapel...

Oliver R. Rosas, 94, of Mt. Vernon, Mo., passed away at 10:25 a.m. on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at the Missouri Veteran's Home in Mt. Vernon. He was born Oct. 25, 1920, in Laredo, Texas. No services are planned at this time. Local arrangements are under the direction of the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon, Mo...

Jeannie Ann Gold, 66, of Aurora, Mo., passed away at 5:45 a.m. on Wednesday, June 3, at the Cox South Hospital in Springfield, Mo. She was born Aug. 17, 1948, in Holy Oak, Mass. No services are planned at this time. Local funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora...