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Meet Hyde, the Haven of the Ozarks Pet of the Week.

Meet Annie Cat, the Haven of the Ozarks Pet of the Week.

Meet Samantha, the Haven of the Ozarks Pet of the Week.

The History Channel once aired a docudrama called “The Bible.” It portrayed favorite stories from the Bible. The ten-hour long series covered biblical scenes from Genesis to the book of Revelation. We were at church on Sunday evenings when it aired, so I recorded it each week, to watch later.     ...

  PACE, Cassville United Methodist Church and the Haven of the Ozarks will receive grants totaling $10,000.  The Cassville Comm-unity Foundation applied for the grant through the Coover Regional Recovery Grant Program. The Community Foundation of the Ozarks manages the Coover grantmaking program and opened this year’s grant round to its 52 affiliate foundations for proposals to support community recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

Meet Miss Kitty, the Haven of the Ozarks Pet of the Week.

Meet Jake Long, the Haven of the Ozarks Pet of the Week.

My wife reads my articles. Sometimes, she says, “That's dumb,” before moving on to the rest of the paper. I always feel a rush of accomplishment at such a remark. I do write some dumb stuff, just for fun. There is an abundance of serious stuff in the world. At times, I want to look at things from a different perspective. I guess I need an excuse to laugh.   ...

Meet Zaria, the Haven of the Ozarks Pet of the Week. 

With the global COVID-19 pandemic highlighting how agriculture impacts our everyday lives now more than ever, Missouri Farm Bureau and county Farm Bureaus across the state recently joined forces to celebrate the importance of agriculture during Celebrate Agriculture: Thank a Farmer Week, which was held Feb. 28 through March 6...

Meet Weber, the Haven of the Ozarks Pet of the Week. Weber is a five year old, 60 pound boy who is searching for his forever home.

In the poem "Locksley Hall," Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote, "In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love." He was writing of romance. I am no longer a young man driven by romance. I am an old man who fancies himself an editor. I am driven to change Tennyson’s famous line to suit myself...

Meet Stormy, the Haven of the Ozarks Pet of the Week.

Our daughter Sarah was looking over her shopping list in one of the grocery aisles at Walmart. Her five-year-old twins, Alex and Lillie, had helped her with writing the list. Sarah startled the twins by saying in a loud voice, “Who wrote 'butt' on the shopping list? We aren't going to get any 'butt' at Walmart!”...

Meet Zelda, the Haven of the Ozarks Pet of the Week. 

I was in the fourth grade. We were making Valentine’s Day boxes out of old shoe and oatmeal boxes. It was a yearly grade school event, and we all enjoyed it.  While we were working, Mrs. Lavender asked us if we like to know the origin of the holiday. She was going to tell us anyway, so we all nodded, “Yes.”...

St. Valentine’s Day is nearly here. Like most married men, I will select a card for my wife. I used to send her love letters. But after 48 years of marriage, a card may have to do.  How long has it been since you received a love letter, or sent one? I have an old Whitman’s Chocolate Sampler box that my father gave to my mother in the late 1940s. ...

Meet Diane Copperfield, the Haven of the Ozarks Pet of the Week.

Members of the Cassville Pythagoras Masonic Lodge No. 383 presented a $200 donation to the Cassville Food Pantry.

Seventy years after its inception, the minute hand on “The Doomsday Clock” has been moved to one hundred seconds before midnight. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists believe that the world is more dangerous than it has ever been. They based their decision to re-set the clock on increasing global environmental crises. ...

Barry County has been awarded federal funds made available through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency under the emergency food and shelter national board program. The Barry County Neighborhood Center, part of the Ozarks Area Action Corporation, has been chosen to disburse the $12,034 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in Barry County...

Jill LeCompte has served as a member of the Soroptimist International Club of Barry County for nearly 15 years. While those years have been filled with community service projects, fundraising efforts and awarding scholarship money to young women in our county, they have also been filled with lots of love, laughter and friendship...

Barry County U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Tammy Spicer reminds livestock producers who suffered grazing losses that occurred throughout 2020 due to drought to report their losses timely and to enroll in the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) by Jan. 30...

Meet Pablo Picasso, the Haven of the Ozarks Pet of the Week. Pablo is a wonderful 7-year-old boxer mix who has been searching for a family most of his life.

Dear President Joe Biden,   On Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, you will be inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States.  It has been a long and difficult election season for many Americans.  I want you to know that I have been praying for you. I have not prayed against you, and I never will. ...

Meet Blacky, the Haven of the Ozarks Pet of the Week.

Meet Harper, the Haven of the Ozarks Pet of the Week. This week, the Haven is looking for a very special family and a certain type of home for a sweet kitten.

Max Lyall, 6, of Cassville, scored big on Christmas morning with a new Ninja Turtles bike. Contributed photo

The 21st Annual Herrin Toy Drive at Herrin Animal Hospital collected numerous toys for children in need in the area.

Meet Tia Branson, the Haven of the Ozarks Pet of the Week. Tia was transferred in from another shelter when she was found as a stray.

The substance of Christmas is communication. Angels communicated with Mary and Joseph concerning the birth of Jesus. The shepherds communicated Christ immediately; “The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them” (Luke 2:20). If you know the story of the miraculous birth of Jesus, you ought to tell it to others.   ...

Meet Hugo, the Haven of the Ozarks Pet of the Week.

Wayne Hendrix, Barry County southern commissioner, was honored during a party on Monday for his three terms, or 12 years, in the position.

Meet Augusta, the Haven of the Ozarks Pet of the Week.

When I think of Christmas memories past, I don't remember many Christmas presents. I know that I was excited on Christmas mornings, but it isn't the presents I remember.     I remember that our old station-wagon broke down on Interstate 40 in a bitter blizzard. ...

Sunday’s snowstorm reminded me of an exchange I had with a church member. Most preachers receive an ample supply of good natured ribbing, especially in regard to the sermons they preach. Such a case occurred the weekend when a good Christian man said, “Pastor, that snowstorm we had yesterday reminds me an awful lot of your sermons.”...

Meet Dodger, the Haven of the Ozarks Pet of the Week.

The Cassville Community Foundation received a $1,000 grant during the annual Affiliate Appreciation Conference for the Community Foundation of the Ozarks.  The CFO selected 10 affiliates from its 51-member affiliate network for $1,000 grants at the Nov. 12 virtual conference, and two others received $5,000 grants. The recipients were drawn from affiliates that had completed annual activities and provided conference inspiration...

Meet Rebel, the Haven of the Ozarks Pet of the Week.

Meet Pistol, a very special Haven of the Ozarks Pet of the Week.

In the fall of 1621, Massasoit, chief of the Wampanoag Indian tribe, heard musket shots. He sent 90 of his warriors to investigate. He feared that a warring tribe had attacked the pilgrims, who he had promised to protect. There was no danger. The governor of the new colony had given his men permission to hunt fowl, so that a day of Thanksgiving might be observed...

The Cassville FFA Chapter is planning its annual food drive this holiday season, and the group is asking for the help and support from the community. In this time of hardships, basic luxuries that some take for granted are not accessible for many local families. Now more than ever, the need for food in the community is prevalent and real...

• Joe Daryl Andrus, Mt. Vernon, second degree burglary, fel. C, probation revoked, seven years with the Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC); resisting/interfering with an arrest for a felony, fel. D, probation revoked, four years with the DOC. • Joe D. ...

Students were recognized recently for showing self-discipline, to celebrate Red Ribbon week and say no to drugs.

• Trevor Lynn Sparkman, Lindale, Texas, take/possess over daily limit/possession limit of trout, misd. A, $110.50 and court costs. • Tyler L. Spreeman, Cassville, seat belt violation, infr. $10. • Jaden Austin Steele, Eagle Rock, driving while license is revoked/suspended, misd. D. $80.50...

Nominations are being accepted for the January 2021 public election of Barry County’s University of Missouri Extension Council, according to Council Chairman Marcia Moreland. Council members are elected or appointed to two-year terms and may not serve more than two consecutive terms. Nominees must be at least 18 and must reside in Barry County...

Meet Ash, the Haven of the Ozarks Pet of the Week.

I still believe in old-fashioned, week-long, fall church revivals. I was driving to Council Grove, Kan., to preach one. I had plenty of time, so I decided to take the scenic route through the Flint Hills. It was a gorgeous day, and the hills were still green and covered with cattle. ...

Six employees of Able 2 Products Company in Cassville were recognized for milestone employment anniversaries at a company-wide meeting on Nov. 10.

Meet GeeGee, the Haven of the Ozarks Pet of the Week.