Stories from Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Claudia Chlorene Treat, 90, of Cassville, died at Saturday, March 24. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 31, at Mill Street Church of Christ in Cassville, under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville. Burial will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Friendship Cemetery in Springdale, Ark...

Peggy L. Nichols, 85, of Ozark, formerly of Monett, died on Monday, March 26, at the Ozark Nursing and Care Center in Ozark. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 30, at Oakdale Cemetery, Monett. Rev. Mike Tharp will be officiating. Visitation will be held from 10-10:45 a.m. on Friday at the funeral home...

Raymond Lee Murray, 52, of Monett, died Saturday, March 24, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin. Visitation is being held on Thursday, March 29 from 12 to 2 p.m. at the Bennett-Wormington Funeral Home in Monett. Graveside services will be held on Thursday, March 29 at 3 p.m. at the Waldensian Cemetery in Monett...

Dorothy Maxine Galyen, 86, of Monett, died Friday, March 23, at Lacoba Homes in Monett. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Buchanan Funeral Home, Monett.

Ruth Ann Baker, 86, of Aurora, died Tuesday, Feb. 20, at the Aurora Nursing Center. A celebration of her life will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 7, at the Engage Church at 16 W. Olive St., Aurora. Burial will be at the Maple Park Cemetery in Aurora at a later date...

John Heese, 92, of Monett went to be with his Heavenly Father on Sunday, March 25, 2018 while staying at Lacoba Homes in Monett. He was born in Violet, Texas on March 3, 1926; the son of the late Ben F. and Hilda (Maywald) Heese. He was united in marriage on January 6, 1948 in Robstown, Texas to Lillian Krieg; she survives...

Howard Franklin Randall at age 95 passed from this life March 23, 2018, at Lacoba Homes with his family by his side. He is the son of Gladys Reyne and Roy Owen Randall. Born on July17, 1922, in Kansas City, Missouri, Howard was truly a member of “The Greatest Generation.” Since early childhood his dream was to be an Aviator. ...

On April 12, 1938, Monett sent its first high school baseball team in history on the field to face Exeter. The game is also the first in the newly organized conference, Coach Lowell Wade said. Monett had a very good chance to snare the championship in the new league...

The end of the sports season is always bittersweet for those involved. On one hand, there is the realization that the season is over, and on the other, athletes receive recognition for the achievements of a long and often times grueling season. The Monett basketball team released its annual award team winners on Friday. Many metrics are used to determine who receives which award, but for the Cubs and their coaching staff, they left the awards up to a team vote...

The Monett Senior Center will host a dance from 7 to 10 p.m. on Monday, April 2 at the Monett City Park Casino. Evelyn Lock and the Outriders Band will provide the music. Participants are encouraged to bring a snack to share. This week at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Sixth and Benton in Monett, Stations of the Cross will be offered at 6:15 p.m. ...

A bevy of beauty was on hand at Kiddie City on Saturday afternoon to help promote a Lymphoma Awareness campaign.

Now in its 53rd year, the Barry County Youth Camp will take place Tuesday, May 29 through Friday, June 1, at Camp Smokey at Roaring River State Park near Cassville. The theme of this year's celebration is "Sail Away to Barry County Youth Camp," and Barry County children ages 7-10, recommended by their school counselors, will have the opportunity to take part in a variety of crafts, field trips, educational programs, swimming, games and more. ...

The Monett City Council has given conditional approval to a proposal from the Monett Historical Society to place a memorial monument to V.B. Hall, Monett’s longest serving mayor, on the lawn by the new parking lot at Fifth and Broadway, across the street from the city museum...

One person was hospitalized following a two-vehicle collision on Highway 60, a quarter mile west of Farm Road 1140, on Monday. According to Verona Police Chief Levi Neely, the collision occurred around 1:15 p.m. Bobby Chadd, 85, of Exeter, was driving west in a 2003 Ford Ranger when, according to witnesses, his truck hydroplaned on a wet roadway. ...

A Purdy woman is facing three felonies and a misdemeanor after allegedly breaking into a home and stabbing the victim, who tried to stop the theft. Jessica Garner, 22, of Purdy, is charged with second-degree assault, first-degree robbery, armed criminal action and misdemeanor stealing...

Jordan Baez, left, was happy to score several treat-filled Easter Eggs at Saturday’s hunt at the Monett Park Casino.

Sales tax receipts to bi-county cities and counties rallied for the second straight month, with only three of the 16 governments receiving revenues failing to top totals from last March. Monett showed the strongest rally per dollar amount of all the sales tax recipients. The city’s two sales taxes totaling 1 percent for the general fund received $176,087.88, the second largest amount in March in six years, up $20,113.56, or nearly 13 percent from a year ago...

The Monett City Council put the finishing touches on its budget for fiscal year 2017-2018 and adopted its proposed budget for the coming year, beginning on April 1. Council members amended the closing budget to match actual expenditures and income. General fund revenues ended up totaling $13,145.520, up $1,276,880 from initial projections, thanks largely sales tax income rising by nearly 3 percent after conservative projections had called for income equal to the previous year...

Changes are coming to cities, school boards and road districts in the April 3 election. Many political subdivisions, however, will not have votes due to a lack of contests. Purdy One contested race developed in Purdy, where one-term incumbent Brian Bowers faces a rematch against Raymond Stapleton, who lost in 2016. Bobby Baker, appointed to the East Ward seat, is unopposed in his bid for a full term...

Monett’s Dale Slater pitched for the Cubs an 8-2 win over Pierce City on Friday.

Just two meets into the season and the Monett girls track team has served notice that they have not entered meets just to have fun, but to bring home lots of hardware. Last week, Monett opened the season with the Neosho warmup and took first-place honors...

Some of the best small-school basketball in southwest Missouri can be found here in Barry and Lawrence counties. A bulk of the schools are part of the Ozark 7 Conference, which night in and night out has some great basketball. This year, the league sent a team to the final four and now, the time has come to award and name its best players...