Stories from Saturday, July 25, 2020

Gaylen W. Taylor, 66, of Monett, died Tuesday, July 21. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, July 26, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville. Burial will be at Mineral Springs Cemetery in Cassville. Visitation will be held from 10-11 a.m. Monday, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville...

Cadon Cole Daniel Kuhn, 18, of Joplin, died July 21 at Goodman. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, July 24, at Lakin Funeral Home in Pierce City. Arrangements are under the direction of Lakin Funeral Home in Pierce City.

Timothy John Moore, 45, of Exeter, died Monday, July 20, 2020. Cremation arrangements are under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville. For service information, please contact the family.

Gerard Douez, 53, of Mt. Vernon, died Sunday, July 19, at his home. A visitation will be held from 10-11 a.m. on Monday, July 27, at the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home, in Aurora, with a graveside service to follow at 11:30 a.m. at the Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Aurora...

Dorothy Mae Alice Frock Osterloh, of Freistatt, Missouri, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, July 20, 2020, at her home, at the age of 93. She was born January 28, 1927, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri to Albert and Bertha (Goedecke) Frock. She was united in marriage to Milton Osterloh on June 3, 1951. He preceded her in death on October 28, 2003...

Oh, say can you see, the mural gracing Front Street. Anyone who has driven on the eastern end of Front Street or who saw the front page of our July 11 issue knows — it’s a quintessential symbol of America. Rayne Clotfelter has been working on the project for weeks now, an eagle head over a cascading U.S. Flag on the historic grain silo at Seventh and Front...

I would like to begin this column with a description of a person that held many titles. Those titles included counselor, minister, best friend, a type of person that you can confide in and one that would drop everything to serve you in your time of need 24 hours a day, seven days a week — special person that always had the mindset of servitude...

Gary VanNote, manager of Sonic, tees off during the annual Monett Industrial Golf Tournament hosted by the Monett Chamber of Commerce Friday at Windmill Ridge.

Monett swimmers will get the chance to learn from one of the best swim competitors in the world on Aug. 7-8 when National Champion Maddy Banic and SEC Champion Joey Reilman, both of the University of Tennessee, hold a two-day clinic at the Monett Area YMCA...

In the State FFA Proficiency Award program, which recognizes students’ accomplishments with their respective Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) project, Aurora student members placed first at the area level to qualify for the state competition...

The Southwest Center has announced Allison Pittman, of Joplin School District, and Amy Redus, Marionville R-IX School District, as winners of the Southwest Missouri Elementary and Secondary Missouri’s Regional Teachers of the Year. Seven District Teacher of the Year nominees opted to apply for the Regional Teacher of the Year competition. ...

In honor of Teacher Appreciation Month, SONIC is providing teachers with necessary supplies for students to continue learning at home To recognize the entrepreneurial spirit driving teachers to meet their students' distance learning needs during this difficult time, SONIC Drive-In matched all donations to DonorsChoose on Teacher Appreciation Day, giving Emily Compton in Monett $100...

Even with all the hurdles surrounding the school year, Verona FFA members still managed to succeed.

The Community Foundation of the Ozarks has awarded the Monett school district a $5,000 grant to help cover the cost of unexpected expenses from the COVID-19 pandemic school closure.  This grant is possible through the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund, supported by donations. ...

Michel (Shell) and Susan Claybrook, of Wentworth, recently returned from the Philippines Quezon City Mission, where they served 14 months as missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. They were part of the more than 67,000 full-time missionaries who are serving missions. ...

Erin Mudge, of Monett, daughter of Rod and Janice Anderson, and Robbie Davis, of Monett, son of Bob and the late Connie Davis, will exchange vows at 8 p.m. Saturday, July 25. The bride-elect is employed at Family and Occupational Medicine of Monett, and in the Missouri Army National Guard...

Lawrence County Health Department is accepting appointments for back to school immunizations. No walk-ins are accepted at this time. For more information, or to make an appointment, call 417-466-22010. New student enrollment for students at Monett School District will take place from 10 a.m. ...

Rayne Clotfelter is pleased with how his patriotic mural on the historic Monett grain silo at Seventh and Front is turning out. A week away, depending on weather, from completing one of his most massive projects, Clotfelter, who bills himself as America's muralist, is back in Monett two years after finishing the scenes of historic Monett mural at Fifth and Broadway. Even then, Monett Main Street had begun talking to him about doing a second mural...

Age: 48 Current Occupation: Business owner of construction company/rancher farmer /fire fighter /road district/and owner of Exit 33 Truckwash Past Experience: Married to wife Lynn for 29 years, father of 8 children and 8 grandchildren Education: 12 years...

Age: 35 Current Occupation: Independent multiline Insurance Agent Past Experience: Walmart-Monett 15 years, Town and country grocery store- Pierce City Education: Graduated Pierce City High School 2003, Graduated MSSU, degree political science Political party: Republican...

Age: 60 Current Occupation: Retired Federal Law Enforcement, Pastor at Northside Baptist Church, Mount Vernon Past Experience: I served 10 year in the US Marine Corps. I worked 20 years in the Federal Prison in Springfield, Missouri. I worked in Jefferson City as a Legislative Assistant during the 2014 legislative session...

The Barry County Health Department has issued a new set of COVID-19 (coronavirus) Phase II Mitigation rules, effective through Aug. 31. Among the rules are requirements for masking among employees of certain businesses, and the health department is encouraging other businesses to implement masking policies...

An early morning fire in the 1100 block of Roosevelt in Monett, just south of Burl Fowler Stadium, led to the loss of one of the Dohmen Rental units early Friday. The initial 911 call came at 1:29 a.m., according to Monett Fire Chief Tom Jones. Crews were able to limit the damage to just one of the three Dohmen-owned buildings. However, several of the items in the building were destroyed including a boat belonging to the Missouri Department of Conservation, according to Jones...