snow

Slipping, sliding, smiling in the snow

Hesston Lasley, 1-1/2, of Cassville, had a great time sledding through the snow on Saturday. A National Weather Service report submitted at 7 a.m. Monday through the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, Sleet and Snow Network indicated that a station located 5 miles south-southeast of Cassville recorded a total snowfall of 7.5 inches over a three-day period.

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Let it blow!

Gordon Bennett, 8, of Wheaton, blows a handful of dry snow, part of the more than 7 inches fell Feb. 19-20 in Barry County.

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Trout Tales, Jan. 15

While the boss was homebound due to last week’s snow, I was sent on assignment to find the best sledding hill in Barry County. Alas, I was distracted by this scene at the home of Adrian Reed in Purdy.

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Kyle Troutman: Precipitating memories

“This is the most snow I’ve ever seen in my life!” That’s what my 9-year-old exclaimed Friday morning as we woke up to 5-and-ahalf inches of pristine, wet, heavy, perfect-forsnowmen- and-sledding snowfall. School had already been canceled the night before, and we took advantage of the call to sleep in a bit before bundling up and heading to the hill.

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