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Age: 30 Current Occupation: Retail Sales Past Experience: Retail Sales Education: Cassville High, University of Arkansas 1. Why do you want to be North Ward Alderman? I want to be North Alderman because I love Cassville and I would like to give back to make our community a better place to live now and in the future.

Age: 39 Current Occupation: Executive Director-Barry County E9-1-1 Past Experience: 20 Years in Public Safety with 13 years in an executive leadership role, current North Alderman Education: ENP (Emergency Numbering Professional) with numerous coursework and CEU’s in budgets, leadership, scheduling, employee management and government regulations/ legislation 1. Why do you want to be North Ward Alderman? I currently serve as North Ward Alderman, during this term, I directly served on the Police Efficiency committee where we made positive changes with benefits, pay and equipment to make CPD more attractable as an employer, which drastically improved our hiring position and retention of officers.

Results from Cassville High School's Speech and Debate District tournament in Carthage have been released. The following students will advance to state: • Kim Hang in Humorous Interpretation • Audrey Gosvener in Original Oratory • Tierany Sloan in Radio Speaking • Kyle Bailey in Poetry Cassville saw 10 of 12 individual events reach the final top 6 to medal at districts.

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Spring is a wonderful time of the year bringing hope and rebirth. Over the course of my life, I have discovered that what brings hope and joy to some people also brings despair and hopeless feelings to others.

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Yes, we have turned the page of the calendar to the month of March. The sight of the third month of the year brings many positive reactions.

In the grand feast of life, green veggies often get a bad rap. I remember Kermit the frog used to lament, “It’s not easy being green.” Like Kermit, the humble green vegetable often finds itself ignored, disdained, picked last from the buffet array, and readily pushed to the side of the plate.