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October 2024

LETTER: Cheers and jeers

As many of you know, I lived in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex for a little over 30 years, and I did take the daily newspaper, Fort Worth Star Telegram. Once a week, they had a section in the paper for their letter writers called “Cheers and Jeers.
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Waltrip named ‘Young Title Person of the Year’

Barry County Abstract and Title attended the Missouri Land Title Association annual convention at The Chase Park Plaza in St. Louis Sept. 12 -14. At the event, employee Miranda Waltrip was one of two recipients of the “MLTA Young Title Person of the Year” award. This prestigious award given by MLTA means she will serve on the Committee for the next couple years in the recruitment of young people to make a career in the title industry, and to aid in education of the general public as to the title industry. She will also be involved in the process of selection of the award winner in the future. “We at Barry County Abstract and Title are very proud of her earning this award by the state association,” a press release said. Others in attendance at the convention were: Cheryl Williams, Kasey Hall and Carla Hall.
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Unlucky 13

Three times on Monday, the Cassville softball team was a single out away from hoisting a second consecutive title — and all three times, the opportunity slipped away.
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Year-long journey of hope

Karen Waltrip, of Monett, turned 40 years old in February, but she was just 37 years old when her battle with breast cancer began. Breast cancer diagnoses have decline by 0.3 percent per 100,000 women over the age of 20 between 1999 and 2018, according to an statistical analysis by the U.S.
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