February 2023

The March Calendar girl, Katherine Johnson, decided to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with the luck of the shamrock, a rainbow and a leprachaun around her at Kay’s Floral Affair and Gardens in Monett. Katherine is the daughter of Sarah and Jeff Meredith. She is a senior at Monett High School and has been on the varsity cheer squad for three years. Katherine has been active on the Monett FFA Chapter serving as secretary this year. She moved to Monett from Joplin in 2015 and fell in love with agriculture, farming and being in the outdoors. She is a server at Angus Branch Steakhouse and enjoys going to church at Monett Community Church and attending small group on Wednesday’s with Brittie Beesley. In her free time you can find her shopping, on the farm and on warm days she will be visiting the local plant shops and hanging out in her hammock. After graduation she plans on attending Crowder College in Neosho getting a degree in ag business. She also wants to go into farmer’s insurance. Following college she also wants to grow her love for agriculture and own a farm of her own. The decorations and setting were provided by Kay’s Floral Affair and Gardens located at 712 E. Cleveland in Monett. Lisa Craft/monettcommunity@gmail.com.

Monett is nearing construction of its long-planned Central Avenue Complete Streets improvement project, which aims to rehabilitate the roadway between Broadway Street to the south and Cleveland Street to the north. The proposed project will reconstruct the two-lane roadway, rebuild curbs and gutters, add storm drainage, build sidewalks and street lighting and install a roundabout at the intersection of Central and Broadway.

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