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Monett Lion Tom Carroll takes a look at cooking apple butter on Thursday. The Monett Lions Club is getting an early jump on its apple butter efforts this year due to a change in the apples the club purchased. Carroll said the apples the club purchased this year have a preservative in them, which means the club cannot use their traditional copper pots to make their popular apple butter. They have one aluminum pot, and plan to use it each week for the next 12 weeks to make sure they have enough apple butter to meet demand this fall.j Mike Gervais/ mgnews@monett-times.com

Alleen Rodriguez was selected to learn about famous poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou for Purdy’s Famous Missourian presentations. In character as Angelou, Rodriguez had the opportunity to teach Purdy first-graders about the life of the famous writer and activist. Mike Gervais/mgnews@monett-times.com

MONETT SCHOOL BOARD LINE UP President: Brian Hunter President: Brian Hunter VP: Ken Gaspar Secretary: Lonna Norman Treasurer: Tracy Wimberley Monett School Board members heard about the successes being seen in the Response to Intervention (RTI) program being implemented in third through sixth graders at Central Park Elementary and Monett Intermediate School. “We started the program to meet the needs of children who struggle to read grade level text fluently or at a level that allows for comprehension,” said Melissa Creed, instructional coach.

100+ WOMEN MONETT What: Group of ladies who help support local non-profit organizations through donations Premise: The women attending the social pay $100, which is then donated to a local charity that is nominated and voted upon during the meeting Goal: 100 women to join group to raise $10,000, to be donated to a local charity The Monett chapter of 100+ Women Who Care hosted its first seated meeting in two years, making a donation to the Barry-Lawrence Development Center. The Center was the recipient The Center was the recipient of the first quarter’s program, with Amy Sampson, facilitator, presenting a $3,000 check to Lynda Painter and Rebecca Webb.

Despite a busy couple days dealing with flooding in downtown Monett, the city fire department was on hand Friday for Monett’s May food truck festival. Mike Gervais/mgnews@monett-times.com Monett residents celebrated one of the first dry evenings in a week by heading out to the Glenn and Sharon Garrett Memorial Park in downtown Monett of the Chamber of Commerce’s Food Truck Festival, featuring a handful of food trucks, two live bands, carnival games and more.

PIERCE CITY SCHOOL BOARD What: Approves changes in student handbook More: Administrators recommend naming top students based on eight semester academic performance instead of seven Graduating seniors at Pierce City High School may not want to coast during their final semester in high school, as grades earned in the eighth semester will now be counted when determining class valedictorian and salutatorian. The changes, which take effect in the 2022-2023 academic year, were approved at the April meeting of the board.