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Cassville Summer School to explore great outdoors
Incoming students in kindergarten through eighth grade are invited to attend the Great Outdoors, Summer School Experience. In-person summer school will take place May 30 to June 23 on the primary campus.
Barry Electric hosts annual meeting
Laura Holycross, right, Barry Electric Cooperative public relations and marketing coordinator, and Heyley Hudson, Barry Electric CFO, enlist a member of the crowd to draw a door prize Thursday at the annual Barry Electric meeting.
Special guest shakes up Purdy Prom
Jeremiah Williams, left, and Elaine Saocy sing and dance to a song at the Purdy Prom Saturday.
Burglar steals cash from New-To-You-2
New-To-You-2, located on the Cassville downtown square, was burglarized on April 12, according to the Cassville Police Department. According to a Department press release, officers with the Department were dispatched to investigate a burglary at 704 West Street.
SKITS play runs this weekend
The Shell Knob In The Spotlight (SKITS) community theater group is performing another engaging comedic play, “Mission Possible,” a theatrical spoof on classic spies of film and television, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. A large cast of colorful characters brings to life a funny, inventive group of personalities, including James Blond, Maxwell Sharp, Agent 98.6, Penny Shilling and Kitty Galore, just to name a few, and, of course, the diabolical Silverthumb, arch-villain and the leader of D.O.O.M.
50-plus attend Narcan awareness meeting
Holly Rivera speaks about stigma at the Narcan awareness meeting held at the Life Change room in the Sho-Me Plaza on Friday. More than 50 people attended the event, hosted by Monett-based Family Advocacy Solutions, which focused on helping area residents overcome addiction and potential opioid overdose.
Jobs For Life classes start in May
Acquiring and maintaining meaningful work is one of life's biggest struggles, and Life Change, along with business professionals in the community, aim to help. Beginning May 8, Life Change will offer a class called Jobs For Life.
News briefs, April 26
A benefit softball game will be held at the Wheaton ballfields on June 24 at noon. Funds raised will benefit Garrett Roller, 12, of Wheaton, who broke both bones in his leg in a UTV accident in October.
State Board of Education visits Cassville
Twenty-one state education officials visited the Cassville school district for about an hour on Thursday, hearing about the district’s challenges and successes and discussing how they could help. The Missouri State School Board and Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) staff, led by Board President Charlie Shields and DESE Commissioner Margie Vandeven, were en route to a board meeting at Roaring River State Park.
Henningson recognized during reorganization
The Cassville School Board reorganized post-election on Thursday, taking time to recognize the fourth person ever to win five elections to the board. Becky Henningson, board president from 2018-2022, has been on the board for 15 years and is being replaced by Chad Yarnall, a 6-year board member returning after defeat in the 2022 election.
