Stories from Friday, July 28, 2017

Kara Fletcher, left, explained how stacking blocks of Legos worked better on a solid foundation, as demonstrated by Dane Morgan, much like character building experiences for youth.

On Tuesday, Aug. 1, the Monett Police Department is inviting residents to join forces with thousands of communities nationwide for the 34th annual National Night Out (NNO), a crime and drug prevention event. From 7 to 10 p.m., people nationally will be asked to lock their doors, turn on outside lights and spend the evening outside with neighbors and police...

Ernte-Fest, the annual celebration of German culture and the harvest presented by the Freistatt Lions Club, will be back for the 44th year on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 11 and 12 on the Ernte-Fest grounds on the north end of Freistatt. This year’s event will run from 4:30 p.m. ...

The Monett school board replaced a teacher and hired three paraprofessionals for the coming year during the board’s July meeting on Thursday. The board approved the immediate resignation of Lacy Horn as a teacher at Monett Elementary School. In her place, the board hired Janna Hightower as a new second grade teacher. Hightower has 13 years of teaching experience, most recently with the Cassville school district...

For the 22nd anniversary of the V.B. Hall’s Antique Warehouse and Flea Market in Monett, Viga Hall, seated at center, returned from California for a visit with old Monett friends on Saturday.

An Oklahoma man received minor injuries when his pickup overturned on Interstate 44 west of Halltown. Joe Hardgrave, 70, of Mounds, Okla., was driving west on Interstate 44 in a 2004 Chevrolet Silverado pickup at 3:47 a.m. on Thursday. Hardgrave drove off the roadway and his pickup overturned one mile west of Halltown...

The Verona City Council made another unsuccessful attempt Tuesday at filling the vacancy created last month by the resignation of Brittany Thomas, leaving an impasse with no likely resolution in sight. Armed with directions from the Missouri Municipal League, Mayor Joseph Heck presented three names before aldermen, only to see each defeated on a 2-1 vote...

Working on the railroad with temperatures in the 90s can be dangerous just from the heat.

The Mt. Vernon Community Theatre will present Andrew Lloyd Weber’s “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at 7 p.m. on July 26-28 at the Mt. Vernon Arts and Recreation Center, 822 W. Mt. Vernon Blvd. Additional performances will be offered at 7 p.m. on July 29 and 3 p.m. on July 30 at the Monett High School Performing Arts Center. For information, people may call 417-316-9526...

With temperatures climbing into the mid-90s and the heat index to making them feel like 100, area athletes need to prepare themselves now for the fall practice season that begins on Monday. For some individuals, working outside or participating in summer sports camps is unavoidable. In these cases, extreme caution and care should be taken to ensure that an individual doesn’t succumb to the extreme elements...

Robert Weston “Bob” Tyndall, 56, of Pierce City, died Saturday, July 22, at Cox South Medical Center in Springfield. Visitation will be held from 6-8:00 p.m. on Friday, July 28, at the Buchanan Funeral Home. Private interment will follow at New Site Cemetery, Monett...

Patricia Ann “Patsy” Rose, 74, of Washburn, died Monday, July 24. The family will receive friends from 3-5:00 p.m. Sunday, July 30, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville. Burial will be at a later date in Washburn Prairie Cemetery at Washburn.

Bob J. “Grampsie” Moore, a lifetime resident of Monett, Mo., passed from this life at the age of 86 to his heavenly home on Tuesday evening, July 25, 2017, while in the comfort of his home and surrounded by his loving family. Bob was born December 25, 1930 in Monett, Mo., son of Joseph Jeffery and Grace Edith (Parkison) Moore. ...