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Patriotic “Pops in the Park’ concert coming
The Ozark Festival Orchestra, based in Monett, will conclude its 2022-23 season with its annual Marty Beckwith Memorial Pops in the Park concert, slated for April 16 at the Monett City Park Casino, located east of the park entrance at Highways 37 and 60. The concert is a benefit for the orchestra to help raise funds to cover annual expenses.
Incumbents hold in Southwest
Henry, Henderson, Meek re-elected The Southwest school board will see no changes as a result of the April 4 election, with incumbents Doug Henry, Ruth (Doke) Henderson and Terry Meek defeating two challengers to retain their posts. Of the 854 votes cast in five Barry County precincts and one McDonald County precinct, Henry received 224 votes, Henderson received 205 and Meek received 197.
Art in the Ozarks
The judged artwork of students in the Ozark 7 Conference is on display at the Barry County Museum in Cassville through April 22. Student entries were submitted in a range of mediums, and included, among others, wearable art, chalk pastels, graphite, mixed media, color ink, black ink and charcoal. This
Easter Egg Hunt Winners!
An Easter Egg Hunt was staged at six local businesses in the two weeks leading up to April 9, with three of the six eggs found by readers. The Grand Prize winner for the Cassville Democrat’s Easter Egg Hunt was Bavette Battern, above, who found the egg at Front Street Furniture Gallery in Exeter. On Tuesday, Battern accepted her prize of $25 in Cassville Cash and an Easter lily. Winners in each business included: top left, Rhett Artherton and Reese Artherton, children of Robbie and Mindi Artherton found the egg at Tomblin’s Jewelry; middle left, Bavette Battern found the egg at Front Street Furniture Gallery; and bottom left, Elmore found the egg at New-To-You-2.
On the hunt
Carlie Lehman, 3, of Cassville, exclaimed with joy as she located egg after egg at the Eagle Rock Friends of the Library Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday.
Eagle Rock building fire station
A $3 million fire station planned for the Eagle Rock-Golden-Mano Fire Protection District will break ground this year, pushing the district into 24-7 coverage. Mark Pierson, district chief, said planning for the facility began a couple of years ago, with plans mostly drawn up by the time officials began working with Ireland Architecture, out of Springfield.
Historical education meeting set for Friday
A presentation about “Keetsville to Washburn and Roller Ridge to Seligman” and the “Heart of the Burn Zone” will be given on Friday at the Southwest High School cafeteria. Glenn Erwin, of the Washburn area, is organizing the meeting, which he hopes will become a historical society of sorts.
Elementary fun at the ‘Enchanted Ball’
Kindergartener Ren Hodge, right, gets help from mom Jillian Hodge as she picks out one of many free goodies available at the “Enchanted Ball” on Friday, an event for children in Kindergarten through fifth grades, hosted by the Cassville High School Student Council.
News briefs, April 5
The Cassville Jazz Program will host a “Blues & BBQ” fundraiser on April 14 at 6:30 p.m. the outdoor concert will feature “The Jazz Cats” middle school jazz band, and the “Wildcat Jazz” high school jazz band.
Games and grub at Family Night
Maximus Mitchell, right, 5, gets a helping hand from brother Nicola Mitchell, center, 8, in picking a board game at Thursday’s Family Night. The pair were supervised in their selection by Elijah Harmon, left.
