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Ozark Country Quilters set 2024 Quilt Show
Ozark Country Quilters of Cassville will present its 17th biennial quilt show.
‘Let’s Get Growing’ garden workshop in Cassville
Barry County Master Gardeners are hosting their annual spring garden workshop on March 23 at First Baptist Church Family Life Center in downtown Cassville at 602 West St.
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Publisher’s note: The following Q&As represent the candidates’ views verbatim, as submitted via email in response to our questions, and have not been edited. The election will be held April 2, with voters allowed to select one of the two candidates.
Eldora (Stanley) Pratt
Age: 80 Current Occupation: Retired Past Experience: Union shop representative for Campbell Soup for 29 years Education: Southwest High School graduate, some college and first responder courses 1. Why do you want to be on the city council, and what qualifications support your candidacy? I have never been a candidate for anything.
Brandon Tanis
Age: 41 Current Occupation: Engineering Detailer at Arning Companies/ Staff Sergeant in US Army Reserve Past Experience: 10 years CNC machining for the tool & die industry. 7 years retail sales (part time).
City of
Publisher’s note: The following Q&As represent the candidates’ views verbatim, as submitted via email in response to our questions, and have not been edited. The election will be held April 2, with voters allowed to select one of the two candidates.
Zane LeCompte
Age: 30 Current Occupation: Retail Sales Past Experience: Retail Sales Education: Cassville High, University of Arkansas 1. Why do you want to be North Ward Alderman? I want to be North Alderman because I love Cassville and I would like to give back to make our community a better place to live now and in the future.
Mike Phillips
Age: 39 Current Occupation: Executive Director-Barry County E9-1-1 Past Experience: 20 Years in Public Safety with 13 years in an executive leadership role, current North Alderman Education: ENP (Emergency Numbering Professional) with numerous coursework and CEU’s in budgets, leadership, scheduling, employee management and government regulations/ legislation 1. Why do you want to be North Ward Alderman? I currently serve as North Ward Alderman, during this term, I directly served on the Police Efficiency committee where we made positive changes with benefits, pay and equipment to make CPD more attractable as an employer, which drastically improved our hiring position and retention of officers.
4 advance to Speech and Debate State
Results from Cassville High School's Speech and Debate District tournament in Carthage have been released. The following students will advance to state: • Kim Hang in Humorous Interpretation • Audrey Gosvener in Original Oratory • Tierany Sloan in Radio Speaking • Kyle Bailey in Poetry Cassville saw 10 of 12 individual events reach the final top 6 to medal at districts.
