Nativity
Jeff Fugitt: Significance in nativities’ variety
My wife, Jamie, collects nativity scenes. She has large ones and small ones, fancy ones and simple ones, homemade ones and more. They come from different countries all around the…
Jamie Fugitt: Treasure hunting at Christmas
One doesn’t have to be very old to have experienced a lot of changes in life. For example, although artificial intelligence (AI) has been around several years, it has only…
The reason for the season
Through all the commercialism and gift-giving to Santa and elves on shelves, one Cassville woman is hoping to help locals remember the reason for the Christmas season — the birth of Jesus Christ. Wife of Cassville United Methodist Church Pastor Jeff Fugitt, Jamie Fugitt has been collecting Nativity scenes for more than 40 years, and more than 120 unique scenes are on display at the church through Jan.
Ribbon cut for new Nativity scene
Freida Wolf, left, shares a laugh with Ann Nickle on at the First Friday Coffee in the Cassville City Park, hosted by First State Bank. The event ended with a ribbon cutting for the new Nativity scene at Oak Hill Cemetery, the artwork for which Wolf designed.
‘For unto us a child is born’
Restored, improved Nativity scene returning to cemetery hill in Cassville The hill of Oak Hill Cemetery will once again be lit with the life of Jesus this holiday season. Thanks to a donation by First State Bank of Purdy, the Cassville Area Chamber of Commerce has announced the iconic Nativity scene will come to life renewed on Nov.
