January 2023

Ramona Silva

VISIT www.fohnfuneral home.com for online obituaries, guestbook and private condolences McQUEEN FUNERAL HOME Wheaton, Missouri 417-652-7268 Ramona Silva Ramona Silva, age 69, of Monett, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023 while at Cox Monett Hospital.
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Outdoor adventures abound

They say you can take the boy out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the boy. That just may be the perfect description of business coowners Brian Hoffman and Ben Brandell, who started Meant 2 Be Outdoors, an adventure company set on introducing southwest Missouri residents to the great outdoors.
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UNSUNG HEROES

Chief George Daoud Lt. Dennis Camp Shasta Schmidt Administrative Assistant Sgt. Trent Gold Sgt. Scott Gaston Sgt. Bob Kauffman Sgt. Paul Ferguson Sgt. SRO Jay Jastal Det. Sgt. Jeff Martinson Det. Corp. Scott Landreth Det. Corp. Brian Brown Officer Dave Haskins Officer Juan Salazar Officer Chris Miller SRO Marvin McCracken Officer Kristin Butterworth Officer Jalynn Harner Officer Dwayne Rice Officer Jacob Negre Officer Frank Innaccone Officer Skyler Berry Officer Blake Sperry SRO Shey Snodgrass Karen Griggs, Animal
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Goal Setting – A Roadmap to a Successful Farm

If you haven’t spent a few hours sitting down with key family members and personnel to discuss goal setting for the new year, now is that time. Nearly every business will set goals each year, and many will have quarterly sales or monthly sales goals. Your farming operation, regardless of size, should be doing some type of goal setting. In many family operations, this annual process can, and I argue should be, fun!
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Tips for cleaning fish

Part of the fun of catching fish is eating what you’ve caught. However, before any fish fillets gets put in a fryer or on a grill, anglers need to know how to properly clean what they’ve caught.
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Jastal claims conference title

It was a good day for Monett girls wrestling as three wrestlers placed in the top three at the Big 8 Conference Tournament in Nevada on Friday. Picking up where she left off last year, Monett wrestler Mary Jastal won her second consecutive Big 8 wrestling championship with a pin over Bianca Dockery from Marshfield in 3:31.
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