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Mt. Vernon newspaper to become news source for Monett The Monett Times, the longest-running newspaper in the town’s history, will merge with the Lawrence County Record with its July 3 issue.

Lions Club President Jerrod Jarvis (left) welcomed Cox Monett representatives Heidi Clark (center), Administrative Director of Nursing, and Tanya Straw (right), Nurse Manager, as guest speakers addressing a service available at Cox Monett called Skilled Nursing. The speakers explained that following a hospital stay for an illness or surgical procedure, patients sometimes need additional care. Skilled nursing is designed for those patients who are no longer in need of acute nursing care, but who are not able to return to their home environment and to care totally for their personal needs. Additionally, some patients are in need of prescribed medical chores that they cannot perform on their own or when there is limited family assistance. Those patients still need nursing assistance but not the increased level of nursing care required for an acutecare patient. Skilled nursing is designed to meet that assistance in numerous ways while letting the patients remain in the hospital setting and receive the multitude of services provided. The speakers stressed that patients have a wide variety of needs and reasons for the services offered through Skilled Nursing. No two patients are alike, which means that their needs are varied. The expertise of Skilled Nursing at Monett Cox allows area patients to receive valuable, personalized help near family and friends who can contribute support in the health journey. Contributed photo

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Folks downtown Monett in recent weeks may have seen a horse and rider trotting up and down Broadway and side streets. There have been several horses from Schrock’s Performance Horses in the Purdy area. Leroy Schrock, seen here on Gus, a quarterhorse, said his ranch preps ready-toride horses for new owners. He brings horses to a more populated area like Monett’s historic business district to acquaint the horses with people, slower-moving traffic, as well as having their picture taken. “It beats a real job,” Schrock added.

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Construction work began last week installing artificial turf on ballfields No. 4 and 6 at Monett’s North Park, a joint project between the Monett School District and the City of Monett.