Stories from Thursday, March 10, 2011

IED claims life of soldier (03/10/11)
A Monett High School graduate has been killed as a member of the Armed Forces in Afghanistan. U.S. Army Specialist Christopher G. Stark, 22, who graduated from Monett High School in 2007, was killed on Feb. 28 in Wardak Province in central Afghanistan...

Council okays new building permit fees (03/10/11)
Members of the Cassville City Council addressed several issues at their meeting on Monday, including approval of an ordinance that lowers the cost of permit fees for construction or renovation of homes and businesses. Based on the newly revised ordinance, residential building permits are required for any renovation, new construction or addition with a minimum fee of $20 for residential permits. Commercial building permit fees are $4 per $1,000 of total project costs up to $20...

Roaring River State Park hosted Youth Corps job fair (03/10/11)
Popular program to return this spring & summer

Library system director to retire (03/10/11)
After 16 years of service to the Barry-Lawrence Regional Library, Director Jean Berg has announced plans to retire in September. This past week library board members reluctantly accepted Berg's resignation and announced plans to begin the search for a new library director immediately...

Purdy Lady Eagles claim district title (03/10/11)
The Purdy Lady Eagles claimed the Class 2, District 12 tournament title with a 66-49 win over Liberal on Friday night. "This is a real big win for our team," said Purdy Head Coach Grant Young. "I told the girls before the game started that we had won a lot of games but hadn't won anything. This season, we have shared a conference title and dropped heartbreaking championship games. We were always a step away from achieving out goals."...

Exeter Lady Tigers are district champs (03/10/11)
Chelbie Kern didn't start for Exeter's Lady Tigers on Saturday at Branson. But she finished. Oh how she finished. Exeter's senior forward led all scorers with 14 points, as the Lady Tigers rolled to a 60-37 victory over Chadwick in the title game of the Class 1, District 4 girls basketball tournament hosted by Hurley at Branson...

'Cats fall to Hillcrest in sectionals (03/10/11)
The Hillcrest Hornets took a 50-36 win over Cassville in Class 4 sectional play at Joplin on Wednesday night. Dorial Green-Beckham, Hillcrest's legitimate superstar, scored 25 points, including 10 of his team's 11 points in the fourth quarter. For the 2010 Class 5 state champion Hornets, this was supposed to be a tuneup for the high-stakes games down the line in Columbia. ...

CHANCE SPORTS (03/10/11)
Baby Chance Sports passed away on Friday, March 4, 2011, at St. John's Hospital in Springfield. He was born to Chris and Nicole (Bennett) Sports, of Golden. In addition to his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Jasmine and Desiree Sports, of the home; maternal grandparents, Christina Lyons, of Cassville, and Ernest Bennett, of Kansas City; maternal great-grandparents, Velma and Hershel Robinson, of Cassville; paternal grandparents, Greggory Sports, of Copper Center, Alaska, and Janet and Joe Wierschem, of Cassville; and paternal great-grandmother, Martha Lawrence, of Summers, Ark.. ...

RONALD RAY WHITELY (03/10/11)
Ronald Ray Whitely, 54, of Purdy, passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2011, in Cox Medical Center South, Springfield. He was born July 23, 1956, in Nashville, Tenn., the son of William Ray Whitely and Shirley (Jenkins) Whitely. On July 23, 2010, he was united in marriage to April Lynn Werneburg, who survives...

KATHRYN JOY LOVETT (03/10/11)
Kathryn Joy Lovett, 68, of Exeter, passed away Saturday, March 5, 2011, in St. John's Hospital, Springfield, after a long illness. She was born July 11, 1942, in Marshfield. Survivors include: a sister, Dottie Lacey and husband, Lyle; six children, Sandy, Steve, Lesa, Randy, Susie and Jamie; 13 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren...

FAYE M. OBINS (03/10/11)
Faye M. Obins, 90, retired owner of Eagle Rock Boat Dock on Table Rock Lake, passed away Sunday, March 6, 2011. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lawrence and Nellie Thompson, and beloved husband, William H. "Bill" Obins. She is survived by her sisters, Irene Keast and Shirley (Dale) Doughty; nieces and nephews, Mark (Sandra) Keast, Annette (Richard) Barnaby, Tom (Kelly) Keast, Kirk (Dominique) Doughty, Kristy (Paul) Sutherland and Kent (Cathy) Doughty; numerous great nieces and nephews; and three great-great nieces. ...

MARGARET HUSTON (03/10/11)
Margaret J. Huston, 69, of Rocky Comfort, passed away Monday, March 7, 2011, in her home. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 10, 2011, in Rocky Comfort Cemetery, under direction of McQueen Funeral Home, Wheaton. Rev. Billy Joe Gentry will conduct the services...

CRYSTAL PATRICK (03/10/11)
Crystal Reneé Patrick, 22, of Cassville, passed away Thursday, March 3, 2011, in her home with family and friends at her side. She was born Jan. 6, 1989, in DeLand, Fla., the daughter of Ronald C. Patrick, Jr. and Kim (Brownell) Patrick, who survive...

ZEFERINO A. HERRERA (03/10/11)
Zeferino A. Herrera, 92, passed away on March 6, 2011. He was born on Aug.12, 1918, in Mexico. He married Cayetana Lopez. she preceded him in death on Sept. 9, 2000. He lived in the United States for 35 years. Upon retiring in 1986, he relocated to Durango, Mexico...

CAROL ANN WIERMAN (03/10/11)
Carol Ann Wierman, 73, of Raymore, passed away Monday, Feb. 28, 2011, at Research Medical Center. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church of Raymore. Burial followed at the Maplewood Cemetery in Exeter. The family would appreciate donations in her memory to the First Baptist Church, 116 South Washington, Raymore, Mo., building fund...

ERMA "JEAN" (MATTINGLY) SWANSON (03/10/11)
Erma "Jean" Swanson, 73, of Raymore, formerly of Barry County, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. She was born Sept. 30, 1937, in Exeter. Memorial services were held Dec. 27, 2010, at the First Baptist Church, Raymore. Survivors include: her daughter, Debbie Elliott, and her husband, Tyler; her son, Brad Swanson, and his wife, Cris; seven grandchildren; one great-grandson; and two brothers, Jerry and Joe Mattingly...

Jacqueline L. Allison (age 82) (03/10/11)
The trail was long and it came to an end on March 3, 2011, at 12:15 a.m. There was "My Bob" standing there with the Lord to greet me. My journey began on Dec. 13, 1928, as the first-born to Lillian and Dennis Hilderbrand in the first hospital built in Fort Defiance, Arizona on the Navaho Indian Reservation...

Newspapers remain important (03/10/11)
This week is Newspaper In Education Week, and in keeping with that theme, the Missouri Press Association has made editorials written by students in Dr. Clyde Bentley's Editorial Writing class at the Missouri School of Journalism available to member newspapers. Two of these editorials appear below...

Sater confuses family and corporate farms (03/10/11)
Dear Editor: This letter is in response to David Sater's Capitol Straightalk, published in the March 2 edition of the Cassville Democrat. Once again, David has confused family farmers and corporate farms. Family farms are farms where farmers or ranchers own their livestock, purchase their equipment, raise or purchase feed for their livestock, harvest and then sell what they produce. ...

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