Cassville
Janet Mills: Crying over onions: Why nothing is wasted
It happened on an ordinary Tuesday. We had just finished unloading a rare shipment of farm fresh produce. The produce choice table was exceptionally full of options and colorfully displayed.
Year in Photos — Cassville girls golf
Cassville’s Gwen Harmon plays a shot toward the green during the Cassville Invitational last year.
Through the Years, July 16
40 YEARS AGO: ENJOYING FESCUE FESTIVAL — Obviously enjoying goings-on and meal at the Cassville Fescue Capital USA Festival last Friday was a visitor from Chesapeake, Va.
Mitchell retires from Mercy after 30 years
Mercy Hospital employee Lisa Mitchell retired last week after 30 years of service to the facility. Mitchell started at Mercy in 1995 after being contracted since 1988 as a physical therapist. She has four children, Jessica, Caleb, Michaela and Shannon, and she has been married to Charlie Mitchell for 44 years, and the couple reside in Seligman. Mitchell is pictured with her nine grandchildren. Contributed photo
Free Little Libraries installed on Greenway
The Community Care Coalition and city of Cassville have teamed up to install two new Free Little Libraries on the Cassville Greenway Trail. One is at the Greenway entrance at the Aquatic Park, and the other is near the pickleball courts at Cassville City Park. People may freely borrow books from the stand and return them when they are done, and people may donate books in good condition to the stand. The Coalition will routinely restock the stands. Anyone with questions may email cccobc@yahoo.com. From left: Cheryl Williams and Teresa Williams with the Coalition, Cassville Mayor Jon Horner and Cassville Public Works Director Mike Hagins.
News Briefs, July 16
Dickerson Park Zoo will be at the Eagle Rock Branch Library today (Wednesday) at 4 p.m. Attendees may learn about the animals the park brings.
Lady Wildcats hoops spends summer building fresh lineup
Losing four starters to graduation in May, the Cassville girls basketball team spent a month in the summer beginning the process of putting a nearly new five on the floor.
7 Quilts of Valor presented
Christy Henley, of Cassville, smiles at family and friends as she accepts a quilt presented to him at the Quilts of Valor ceremony on Thursday at the Cassville Senior Center. All recipients Thursday included: Gary Clay, of Cassville; Larry Cowherd, of Cassville; John Callison, of Exeter; Larry Frakes, of Cassville; Kenneth West, of Washburn; Craig Jacobson, of Cassville; and Christy Henley, of Cassville.
Kyle Troutman: Room for Cassville?
Over the weekend and through Tuesday, a lot of people asked me, “How was your Fourth?”
Through The Years, July 9
50 YEARS AGO: NO MORE FOR THIS YEAR — The fescue seed harvest in Barry County is over. No more will this scene, augering seed from a combine into a truck be repeated for real in 1975. Growers and buyers agree this year, while not the best season on record, produced about a 70% crop for the area. High quality seed also saw the price increase twice since the start four weeks ago. Closing seed prices were 14 cents in this area. In the photo above, during the closing days of the harvest, Nolan McNeill, a custom harvester is pictured on his combine, as son, Nolan IlI, waits for the emptying process before driving the seed to a market location.
