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Year in Photos — Cassville baseball
Cassville’s Garrett Ewing attempts to catch a runner stealing during a contest against Monett last season in the district tournament.
TroutMom Says: You can’t be brave if you aren’t afraid
I love the ocean. Correction, I love to look at the ocean.
John Robert Thomas
John Robert Thomas, 64, died suddenly on July 27, 2023. He was a beloved son, brother, father and uncle.
Janet Mills: Detour ahead
Embracing life’s unforeseen journey is similar to dealing with the twisted knot you feel in your stomach when encountering the detour ahead sign on the road. Life is quite like a rollercoaster ride, filled with exhilarating ups, challenging downs, and flavored with the surprise of delays and turns in the road.
Through the years, Aug. 9
50 YEARS AGO: This enlargement of an advertising card used about 70 years ago wasn’t an unusual means back in the first days of the present Barry County Courthouse. A number of Cassville businesses used this method of expressing their pride in the new county office building.
Cassville Pythagoras Lodge celebraing sesquicentennial
Pythagoras Lodge No. 383 will celebrate its sesquicentennial on Saturday, a milestone for the organization that restarted in Cassville after the Civil War.
Jig on the water
August 9, 2023 Water at Roaring River State Park is running low right now, at 13.5 CFS. The fishing is still really good, and the dry fly fishing is exceptionally good.
Joe Allen Fisher
Joe Allen Fisher, 86, of Cassville, Mo. passed away Tuesday, August 1, 2023, at his home.
Dennis Lee Howard
Dennis Lee Howard, 87, of Shell Knob, Mo. passed away Friday, July 28, 2023, at Mercy Hospital Cassville in Cassville, Mo.
Consistency imperative for special teams
When looking for special teams players, Cassville Football Coach Clay Weldy looks for one quality specifically — the ability to be consistent at a certain skillset. Each of Cassville’s incoming kickers, punters, long snappers and returners have different sets of skills needed, and Weldy is honing in on who will start in Week 1.
