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Frontier Days offers historical education
Pioneer era of the 1800s to be recreated on local farm Frontier Days is a two-day event held on the Schreiners farm near Cassville, offering an old-fashion feel and teaches the local community how pioneers lived in the mid-1800s. This year is the 10th annual two-day event hosted by the Schreiner family,..
LeCompte, Hadlow crowned on Homecoming
Cassville’s Homecoming royalty was crowned on Friday prior to the homecoming game. Pictured are, from left, junior Chaney Cox, junior and Prince Ruben Cortez, senior King Isaac Hadlow, senior Queen Jillian LeCompte and freshman princess Layla Bailey.
Divers honored at event
A “Meet The Divers” event was held on Saturday at Roaring River State Park’s Emory Melton Inn, recognizing the KISS Rebreathers dive team for setting a national record depth of 472 feet into Roaring River’s spring in November 2021.
CSIP meetings held at Cassville
Merlyn Johnson, Cassville superintendent, motions toward Board Member Jeremy Marple while discussing his practice for an upcoming punt, pass, kick competition during a rivalry football game. Both were attending the CSIP meetings, where certain individuals are invited to workshop- like sessions about improving the district.
From struggle to success
David Williams, Success Program coordinator, knows there’s a stigma regarding alternative high schools, but in Cassville, it could not be further form the truth. Now with two active programs, the Success Lab and the Success Academy, the Success Program at Cassville aims to provide students that have fallen behind in classes, for one reason or another, the opportunity to catch up and graduate on time.
News briefs
Shell Knob school is excited to announce Grandparent Breakfast on Friday from 7:45-8:45 a.m. Grandparents may come to school and enjoy breakfast with their grandchild.
Wheaton prepares for MSIP 6 evaluation
The Wheaton school district has been selected as one of the first schools to undergo an MSIP 6 evaluation. According to meeting minutes, Fired Up Consulting will be working with the district to prepare a plan.
Cassville Democrat wins 22 statewide awards
The Cassville Democrat newspaper won 22 total awards, including nine firstplace honors, at the Missouri Newspaper Association’s Better Newspaper Contest Lunch on Saturday at the Lodge of the Four Season in Osage Beach. Two of the newspaper’s supplemental publications, Trout Times and Connection magazine, both won first place in their respective categories, and the Democrat’s website and sports pages also received top honors.
Shell Knob shakes it at annual event
Zanin Martino spent his seventh birthday at the Shakin’ in the Shell event in Shell Knob own Saturday, zipping around like a real racecar driver.
Haven partnering in National Adoption Weekend
Haven of the Ozarks, a no-kill shelter located in SW Missouri, and Best Friends Animal Society, a leading animal welfare organization working to save the lives of cats and dogs in America’s shelters by 2025, are teaming up for another adoption campaign to encourage people to choose to adopt, not buy, their next pet.
