News Staff
News briefs, June 28
Zone 4 Mini Golf & More will host a live performance by Buffalo Joe’s Band on Friday and Saturday from 7-9 p.m. each night.
Year in Photos — Cassville softball
Cassville’s Alyssa Whisenhunt lets a pitch go in the district championship game against Seneca last season.
Jig on the water
June 28, 2023 — Water is clear and low at Roaring River at 12.5 CFS as of Sunday — the dry fly fishing is great right now. Beetles, ants, caddis, blue wing olives, cahills, griffiths gnats, and hoppers are all working right now, and the use of a 9’ 7X leader is best.
Ralph “Gene” Eugene Anstaett
Ralph “Gene” Eugene Anstaett, 80, passed away at his home in Cassville, Mo. on June 17, 2023.
Grant helps fund new bridge
Residents of Cassville will soon have a new way to cross Flat Creek — a pedestrian bridge. David Brock, Cassville public works director, said the project must be awarded in 23 months to build a 360-foot bridge from 5th Street and Highway 76 at Mill Street, across Flat Creek to the Cassville Greenway Trail.
Celebrate Recovery: Where are they now?
Frank Smith, of Carthage, is 75 years old, and last year, he resigned from his role as Pastor at Rocky Comfort Church of Christ. He will celebrate 13 years of sobriety on July 6, 2023.
13 years, 50 women helped
Power of Pink raises $40K this year for 6 recipients In the past 13 years, Power of Pink has donated more than $360,000 to local women battling breast cancer, and this year, the organization donated to its 50th recipient. Janice McCrackin, Power of Pink founder, said the milestone was reached on May 14, when six recipients split the $40,051.93 raised this year, getting $6,675.32 each.
Robert Eugene Catron
Robert Eugene Catron, 92, was born on May 26, 1931 in Washburn, Mo. and died on June 12, 2023 in Conroe, Texas.
Elise M. Buchman
Elise M. Buchman, who delighted audiences young and old as an actor, director, published poet, mimist, juggler and a clown - took her final curtain call on June 4, 2023, after a sudden and mercifully brief illness.
James Weaver: Christian or not, we are all hypocrites
I have been in the ministry for over 40 years. I have, in that time, served three different churches in vastly different communities. I have observed many changes in the church and our country over these past four decades, and many of them are heartbreaking.
