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Moving forward in a season of change

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ctober represents the beginning of autumn to me. The trees are beginning to change colors and falling leaves filling our yards with heaps of piles for the kids to jump in and scatter over the yard again to repeat the raking and cleaning. A nip in the temperature will most likely occur letting us know that summer has now taken a back seat.

We begin to see numerous fall festivals and craft fairs, and it is the beginning of the holidays to come.

Once Halloween arrives, it seems like we go to sleep and wake up to Thanksgiving and Christmas. This is a wonderful time of year. We take time to get together with family, dress up like super heroes or frightful creatures to get our favorite treats on Oct. 31. When I was young we could take a big bag and walk all over town “trick or treating” and by the time we were done, that bag was full. Sadly we cannot do that today without taking a risk as to what kind of treat we are getting, so most parents take their children only to the people that they know. I believe the children still have fun because they don’t know any different, to them this is the norm.

Along with all the fall fun, October is also known for another very important subject and that is Breast Cancer Awareness month. This is an annual health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities every October to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research for its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure. The campaign also offers information and support to those affected by breast cancer.

This time of year, the campaign intends to educate people about the importance of early screening, tests and much more.

Numerous events take place during the month of

October to bring awareness to the forefront and raise funds. The outlook for finding and dealing with breast cancer has improved dramatically, and will continue to improve exponentially. We see more breast cancer survivors now through the advances of the modern technology and early detection.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in American women, with the exception of skin cancers.

According to the American Cancer Society, the average risk of a woman in the United States developing breast cancer sometime in her life is about 12 percent. This means there is a 1 in 8 chance she will develop breast cancer. This also means there is a 7 in 8 chance she will never have the disease.

The big “C” word is a very stressful diagnosis to receive. I personally have not experienced this particular disease but have had the scare enough to have to have the biopsies. This alone can be very scary.

Cancer is no respecter of persons, and comes in many different forms. My family has experienced many forms of the dreaded disease, but with time we have made huge strides in controlling this evil illness. There was a time when those diagnosed with cancer would never even have a thought of outliving the disease — it was a death sentence. We now have the possibility of living many good strong years with it in a state of remission.

So no matter what kind of cancer you experience, either personally or with a family member or friend, remember that support is important. Counseling is important. Groups that are experiencing the same thing are important. Most of all, love and prayers are important. Miracles do happen.

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Lisa Craft is General Manager of Connection Magazine, The Monett Times and Cassville Democrat. She can be reached at monettcommunity@gmail.com or connection@monett-times.com

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Mount Vernon's time to shine Oct. 12-14 at this unqiue crafts fair full of entertainment and delight

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Contents 23 Parenting Column: Exhumed costumes

26 Recipes: Halloween treats 32 Health Connection: Pumpkin seeds 39 Housing Around: Water and septic

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43 Rescued, my favorite breed 47 Cutest Kid contest

57 Community Calendar 59 Familiar Faces

65 Connection on the go 66 Parting Shot

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There’s plenty of fall left for celebrating

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In Missouri: The National Harvest & Cowboy Festival

Festival takes place from now through Oct. 27 at Silver Dollar City, the home of American Craftsmanship.

This event will find more than 100 visiting artists, who are among the best in the nation, showcasing their skills during the National Harvest and Cowboy Festival.

For more than 40 years, the city of Neosho has been home to the

Fall Festival This year the festival is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 6 and Sunday, Oct. 7, which includes “History Alley,” presented by Newton County Historical Society. The event includes mid1800s demonstrations, vendors and tractor displays.

There will be an assortment of food and craft vendors, shaded seating areas for eating are scattered throughout the festival venue, no cost inflatables and laser tag for kids and a model train exhibit. A car show is slated for Sunday, and main stage with entertainment will be on tap both days. A fine arts area, presented by the Arts Council, will offer both indoor and outdoor booths, scarecrow contest and coaster car races.

Off-site parking, with shuttle service, will be available. Festival extends from the Historic Downtown District to Morse Park and the Lampo Center, three blocks east.

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The 52nd Maple Leaf Festival Festival takes place the entire month of October in Carthage.

Beginning in 1966 as a marching band competition, the annual Maple Leaf Festival took its name from Mother Nature’s array of glorious fall colors. The city of Carthage welcomes more than 80,000 visitors throughout the month to view the colorful fall foliage.The biggest day of the festival, Saturday, Oct. 20, begins at 9 a.m. with the largest parade in southwest Missouri. The parade begins on the Historic Square and ends at about noon at Carthage Junior High School.

Events throughout the day include art and crafts vendors, a car and tractor show, wine tasting, a quilt show and live entertainment. Food concessions are available.

The year, the calendar of events has many activities including art and museum exhibits, a lobster boil, a bike tour, carnival, circus, evening 5K run/ walk, beauty pageants, a dog show, a gospel sing, a cruise-in, a costume ball, and a lip-sync competition.

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Republic’s 26th annual Pumpkin Daze Event will take place Oct. 6 on Main St. downtown where producers can take their pumpkin and watermelon for a national weigh-in.

Other produce is judged with prize money awarded. The event is free to the public and features entertainment, more than 200 craft booths, food vendors, a pie eating contest, and both adult and kids pedal tractor pull contests.

The Mt. Vernon Chamber of Commerce will host the 52nd Apple Butter Makin’ Days beginning Friday, Oct. 12 and continuing through Sunday, Oct. 14.

This is a venue for crafters and artisans to showcase their handmade products. Apple Butter will be prepared on the historic square and more than 400 craft spaces will have various items for sale.

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The 28th annual event takes place Thursday, Oct. 4 through Sunday, Oct. 7, in Eureka Springs.

Festival kicks off at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13 and Sunday, Oct. 14, in historic downtown Van Buren.

All Corvettes, modified, restored, original or daily driver, from all years will be showcased.

Stroll down Main Street, lunch at any one of several restaurants and shop the quaint businesses.

Cemetery Tour in Eureka Springs begins at 5:30 nightly from Thursday, Oct. 18 through Saturday, Oct. 20, leaving every 20 minutes from the parking lot of the Victoria Inn until 8:30 p.m. nightly.

Ride the Ozarks Rally, a motorcycle event, will take place Friday, Oct. 5 and Saturday, Oct. 6 at Minnie Harris Park in Harrison.

The Bella Vista Arts and Crafts Festival

There will be vendors, a poker run, guided rides, a beer garden and live entertainment.

Festival will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 18 through Saturday, Oct. 20.

Drumming in the Park Event will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6, at Basin Spring Park in Eureka Springs.

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47th annual Old Fashioned Square Gathering Gathering takes place Saturday, Oct. 13, at 211 W. Commercial St. in Ozark.

The juried festival will feature approximately 300 artisans at the festival site, located at 1991 Forest Hills Blvd. on Hwy. 279 south of Hwy. 340.

All items sold must be handmade by the artist. Food concessions will be available.

Costumed guides in period clothing will conduct living history tours while telling stories of some of the city’s original founders. These are one-hour walking tours, so weather appropriate clothing and comfortable shoes are recommended. Free parking and shuttle service to the Eureka Springs Municipal Cemetery are provided.

The downtown Bentonville Art Stroll Stroll kicks off at 5 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 25 starting near the square at E. Central St. and S. Main.

Visitors will have the opportunity to visit local galleries and businesses to enjoy special art exhibitions, performances and live music.

The event features arts and crafts booths, live music, games, food and free entertainment throughout the day.

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pple Butter Makin’ Days, a name that elicits colors, tastes and echoes time gone by, has become an institution in Mt. Vernon. The most successful fall festival in the area, even surpassing similar events in Springfield, Apple Butter Makin’ Days will hold its 52nd annual incarnation Oct. 12-14, celebrating creativity from crafters and endurance of an autumn tradition.

According to Jim Moore, longtime owner of Moore’s Men’s and Women’s Apparel in Mt. Vernon, he and fellow businessman Joe Sullens started the event in 1967 as a way to keep community money in town. The focus became crafts, homemade crafts, products not sold in stores or at least not mass made.

Finding one place with hundreds of vendors, selling many one-of-a-kind creations, was irresistible both for creators and shoppers. The idea was unusual. Moore talks about the impact an article about the festival in the Kansas City Star had, bringing shoppers from distant communities. After that, growth came every year.

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Doris McBride championed the festival beginning in 1988.

She stayed with it until she died of pancreatic cancer just after the festival in 2015. Her daughters, Tish and Patti, and her husband Bob continued to volunteer through the 2016 event, fulfilling Doris’s wish to see through the festival’s 50th year.

For many, Apple Butter Makin’ Days would not be complete without a steak sandwich prepared by the Southwest Missouri Cattlemen’s Association.

Cooks are kept busy through the lunch hour—as was this griller in 2016.

Cassville-based bluegrass band Brightwater Junction performing on the Mt. Vernon square during the 2012 ABMD festival.

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A train ride through the crowd is some of the fun for small children during ABMD.

Tish McBride watched it grow as her mother, Doris McBride, took on a major leadership role in the festival as executive director of the Mt. Vernon Chamber of Commerce. Chamber board members were always the chairpersons, but it was McBride as facilitator who served as the event ramrod, beginning in 1988. She stayed with it until she died of pancreatic cancer just after the festival in 2015. Her daughters, Tish and Patti, and her husband Bob continued to volunteer through the 2016 event, fulfilling Doris’s wish to see through the festival’s 50th year.

In the past 30 years, the event has tripled in size, attracting 427 vendors last year and a crowd estimated at 90,000. This year, organizers have found another available parking lot north of the square and will add another 40 vendors to the mix.

“The waiting period was just too long,” Tish McBride said.

Much has changed since Tish first got involved when her mother started.

“Thirty years ago, it was just on Friday and Saturday,” she recalled.

“That first year I was in middle school and marched in the parade in the band. Mom’s first year was my first to volunteer. I co-chaired the program book that year.”

Some things haven’t changed.

“They’ve always had apple butter cooking in the square,” McBride said.

“I remember coming to the square before the sun was coming up. You could smell the apple butter. I got to stir one year. Around Mt. Vernon, the first few mornings when you go to work and the air is cool and crisp, everyone says, ‘Oooo, this feels like Apple Butter Makin’ Days.’

Performers from across the area play at ABMD. Mt. Vernon native and Nashville resident Liz Moriando took the stage at the 2017 festival.

“The secret of the festival’s success, I think, is working really well with the crafters. If the crafters don’t come, you have nothing. The committee worked hard to make sure all the products are homemade. If there was a complaint, the item had to be removed. Last year they expanded by introducing a repurposed section, but it’s still turning something that had been made into something new and unique.”

McBride’s favorite part was the bonding between the organizers.

“My favorite is probably the sense of family that built with several of the committee members,” she said.

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She noted the family connection extended back to the McBrides when it was learned that Doris was sick. Some brought gifts to take to her—many extended condolences.

Having a rock like Doris McBride in charge helped bring consistency to the event. McBride recalled that her mother brought an institutional memory to committee meetings. At times board members suggested introducing events, and at times Doris reminded them that idea had been tried before, and hadn’t worked well.

“She did not lose her temper easily,” McBride said. “She was really good at the ‘Mom voice.’ Unless a person was belligerent, she was able to calm them down and help them. After they left, she’d let others know what she really thought. With a crafter, she was professional. There were times when she had to tell them to go away, calm down and come back and have a real conversation.”

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It takes a village, or maybe a small army, to organize an event as big as Mt. Vernon’s Apple Butter Makin’ Days. Committee members marking off the booth spaces on the square the Sunday before ABMD in 2014 were, front row, from left: Patti McBride, Carol Ingle, Dotti Kleiboeker, Carrie Ingle. Back row: Doris McBride, Delinda Jenkins, Max Springer, Shirley Wilmoth, Gene Ingle, Sheryl Hood and David Nordyke. Tish McBride, photographer, also helped, along with Mike and Josh Tebow.

an evening concert with a big name entertainer. Jeannie C. Riley was the star who came for the concert at the high school—currently the middle school. As McBride recalled, organizers and vendors were so tired after a long day in the square that even the regular participants didn’t come. Performances have since been incorporated into the day’s activities.

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Over the years organizers have tried to find ways to use the 1930s vintage amphitheater, a block south of the square, without much success. Most recently the amphitheater became more useful as the site for the kids carnival.

The city has now decided to convert the amphitheater into a skate park.

Although the festival has an enviable history of weather ranging from manageable to spectacular, McBride recalled some close calls.

“One year, about 90 minutes before it was time to close for the day, we had a tornado warning,” she said. “We had to figure out how to get people safely away. Several times we’ve had weather damage tents overnight, but nothing major.”

Other innovations have become a standard part of the event.

“Having it on Sunday has really helped,” McBride said. “It’s not that big of a crowd. It seems like it’s mainly locals who come on Friday. Saturday is for out-of-towners, and Sunday is for those who don’t like crowds.

“A lot of high school classes have their reunions that weekend. They know a lot of people are coming to town. We generally have three or four that weekend,” she said.

Adding shuttle carts have been a welcome addition. Businesses sponsor the golf carts that shuttle back and forth throughout the festival all weekend, offering service for free.

For McBride, not working in the festival has its perks.

“Now I get to see the parade,” she said. “Before we were stuck in the office.”

For those who have never attended before, McBride offered a little advice.

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he Verona Corn MAiZE is celebrating its 20th season down on the farm in Verona now through Saturday, Nov. 3 The MAiZE is a human labyrinth featuring two miles of trails carved into a seven-acre cornfield that is operated by officials and volunteers from GRIP Boys Home. It is the organization’s largest fundraiser of the year and proceeds benefit the programs and activities at the facility.

GRIP, founded in 2000 by David and Stephanie Doner, provides a structured environment for youth at risk.

“This is our 20th year,” said David. “It sure doesn’t seem like it. But we’ve been busy building new attractions and getting ready to open.”

There are several courtyard activities to keep the youngsters entertained. They include the cow train, an old-fashioned hay ride, the jumbo jumper, the twin spin, corn cannons, pumpkin chuckin’, the popular Boxer Jocks, the gold rush, a corn cob mechanical bull ride, a petting zoo and more. Movies are featured on Friday and Saturday nights. A special Little Kernel’s Corner offers hours of entertainment for youngsters.

A petting zoo will offer young’s the opportunity to interact with donkeys, goats, horses, pot bellied pigs, and the regionally famous Kuzco, the kissing llama, who has made quite a reputation as a lover, not a fighter.

New this year are Rat Races, where participants run in a “hamster wheel” across a field, a crazy slide and the Black Hole.

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The Corn MAiZE is located at 23298 Lawrence 1150, just off Hwy. 60 in Verona.

Verona’s ‘haunted’ Corn Maize For more information, call Doner at 498-6071 or offers thrills, chills visit www.veronamaze.com All that activity is sure to whet some appetites, and officials at the Maize have that covered as well. Concessions include the traditional favorites from Uncle Gus’ Grill, including their famous chili, Frito pie, a BBQ sandwich and Dorito Nachos. Also on tap will be Screaming’ Good Pizza, funnel cakes and deep fried Oreos.

New items this year include the Cookie Coop with its fresh baked cookies and milk or a refreshing root beer float, and ooey, gooey S’more kits, which can be purchased and prepared at the new S’more tables, installed just for assembling the melty chocolate, marshmallow and graham cracker treats. Other new delights this year include cinnamon rolls, pies and three flavors of cream cheese danish. For those wanting heartier fare, smoked turkey legs will be offered, along with corn on the cob.

For folks just wanting to mellow out before a warm campfire and watch the activities taking place may reserve those spots ahead of time.

The main event is, of course, the Corn Maize, which features seven acres of pathways for guests to either get lost or successfully navigate. After dark, the faint of heart may want to opt for tamer activities when the maize becomes the haunted Field of Screams. More than 20 costumed volunteers will creep into the maize at nightfall to stalk and hunt those brave enough to enter the field. The field becomes haunted at dark every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday through Saturday, Nov. 3.

For those hoping to hone their battle skills, the Zombie Harvest offers an interactive paintball shoot for all ages.

The guns are mounted on an Army truck to slay roaming zombies trying to attack from the woods or the field.

Verona Corn Maize and ZombieHarvest, the oldest in Missouri, is returning for its 20th season. This year, the Maize honors the GRIP Boys Home in Verona, a residential therapy program for boys 12 to 18 years of age.

Little Zombie hunters between the ages of 6 to 9 are required to have an adult companion on their quest. While Zombies may try to eat the brains of their guests, they can’t shoot back.

All-inclusive discounted tickets may be obtained online at verona-cornmaze-and-the-zombie-harvest-grip. ticketleap.com using the discount code 2018.

The Corn MAiZE is open Wednesdays from 5 to 8:30 p.m., Fridays from 5 to10 p.m., and Saturdays from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Field trips are available by appointment between 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. Active and military veterans and children under the age of three are admitted free of charge. n Connection Magazine | 21

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sk my 4-year-old daughter Ellie what she wants to be for Halloween and she’ll tell you a cat. Ask her the next day and she’ll tell you a witch. Wait a few more days and then ask her again.

She’ll tell you a mermaidcat-witch. You get the idea.

I’ve dealt with this costume conundrum for the past 10 years with all three of my kids. It’s been one of the most hilarious and expensive Halloween-inspired parenting battles I’ve experienced thus far.

As cute as it is to see my little girl change her mind about what she would like to be for Halloween, I’d like to celebrate this year’s holiday with minimal tears in the costume department. Tackle the aisles of Target and Walmart this month like a pro with these 5 simple tips.

Wait until the last minute.

Yep. Seriously. You might think this is a bad idea but unless your child is 100 percent sure she knows what she wants to be for Halloween, just wait it out. We’ve all had those years, ok maybe two, when our child goes through a Princess Sophia or Sheriff Callie stage.

When that season of character obsession comes along, by all means…get the costume. But your child will someday move on to like a variety of characters and mythical creatures (unicorns anyone?) and every time I have been to the store right before Halloween, there has always been a costume my child will wear. I repeat, there has always been a costume my child will wear.

It may not be the exact costume she wanted, but since she couldn’t make up her mind to begin with, she’s easily swayed into being the best Princess Leia around town.

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Wear costumes that you already have at home.

Who doesn’t love a fun game of dress-up? I know my kids do, and we’ve had some of our best memories chasing each other throughout the house with me in a Ninja costume and my three kids piecing various bits of random costumes together. One time I saw Ellie come downstairs with a Spiderman mask on her face, a cat costume on her body and she was riding a stick pony. I know you can relate.

Kids always want to wear their Halloween costumes before Halloween is actually here. To avoid telling my kids no to avoid spaghetti sauce stains on their new costumes, I let them wear the previous years’ costumes whenever they want.

Because let’s be real, we all know the month leading up to Halloween our kids become all “incognito” and dressing up is THE most important thing. Who am I to squash their playful imaginations? I’ve actually coined myself the best-mom-ever (courtesy of my kids) for keeping every single costume we’ve ever bought so they can indulge in as much dressing up as their hearts desire at no additional cost to me.

Borrow your friends’ costumes.

You know those character obsessions I talked about earlier? If your son wants to be the Hulk this year, seek out the friend whose son has already gone through his Hulk season in life and ask her if you can borrow his costume. She might say no if her son is planning on being the Hulk again this year or if he’s super territorial about his costume. Chances are, she’ll think the idea of trading costumes is brilliant.

Return the favor by offering up one your son’s costumes, and if you don’t have anything fun between the two of you, bring another friend into the mix.

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“You’d be surprised how many times the same costume comes out the very next year or a similar costume comes out with only one or two minor changes from the original”

Head to the resale stores.

These stores are your best friends and if you don’t know that by now, don’t worry, there’s still room for you. These are the stores you want to go to if your child changes her mind every day about what she wants to wear.

You can buy three costumes, maybe even four, for the price of one brand-new costume, which means it’s ok if your daughter changes her mind the day of Halloween, because you’ll have several back-ups.

You might even find what she’s looking for with the tags still on. It’s happened before. My favorite thing about these stores is that you’ll often find costumes that weren’t even on your radar. Resale stores always have a great selection of current characters, but they also have ones that you might not have thought of but that your daughter loves.

One year I took my middle daughter to look around, and she found a witch costume that I recognized from a very expensive children’s catalogue. She absolutely loved it because it was so different

than the traditional witch costumes with its glittery, lime green and hot pink adornments. We grabbed it off the rack for $8, and it was in perfect condition. I happened to have the catalogue still at home so I looked up the original price. It was over $100 brand new and you know what? This is still one of her favorite costumes today and I get so giddy every time I see how happy she is wearing it because it was so inexpensive.

Shop after Halloween for next year’s costumes.

If you don’t know this tip by now, you need to get on the bandwagon.

The day after Halloween, costumes will go on sale but not low enough that you want to start buying them.

You’ll need to wait three to five days before costumes get down to 70-90 percent off.

Most of them will be picked over by then, but because they’ll be so cheap, you can piece different costumes together or keep them for you kids’ dress-up bin.

Parenting journalist Meagan Ruffing gets so excited about going on a hunt for Halloween costumes every year. She loves finding good deals and gets just as excited as her kids do when she finds the perfect costumes for them. You can check out more of her articles on Pinterest, Facebook and www.meaganruffing.com

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I like to divide and conquer so I park myself in one store, and my friend will go to another. That way we can hit up more than one store at the same time. We’ll call each other if we see something one of our kids might like, and then we’ll reconvene over coffee and get all excited about how much money we saved.

You’d be surprised how many times the same costume comes out the very next year or a similar costume comes out with only one or two minor changes from the original. You can often times get these super cheap after Halloween and just tuck them away at home for the following year.

Plan on spending some time digging through the racks though. Sometimes costumes are folded, dropped or tucked behind random items in the store from people who were going through them just like you are now.

Their idea of the store not having a good selection just might be your jackpot for finding the perfect costume.

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Apple Crisp Cups Ingredients 3 large McIntosh apples - peeled, cored, and chopped 1/4 cup water 2 tablespoons white sugar 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, or to taste 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 cups rolled oats 1 1/2 cups brown sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg (optional) 1 1/2 cups butter

NUTRITION FACTS Per Serving: 109 calories; 6.1 g fat; 13.1 g carbohydrates; 1.1 g protein; 15 mg cholesterol; 43 mg sodium.

Directions • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 4 12-cup mini-muffin tins.

• Mix apples, water, white sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon together in a saucepan, and bring to a simmer over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally. Simmer until apples are partially cooked, about 5 minutes; remove from heat.

• Combine flour, oats, brown sugar, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, and nutmeg in a large bowl; cut the butter into the flour mixture with a pastry cutter until the mixture looks like coarse crumbs.

Place a heaping tablespoon of the crust mixture into a mini muffin cup, and press it into the cup so that it covers the bottom and pushes up the sides of the cup. Make the crust go all the way to the top of the little muffin cup, and patch any holes with more crust mixture. There will be crust mixture left over. Place about 2 teaspoons of apple filling in the crust. Sprinkle about 1 teaspoon of the remaining crust mixture on the filling.

• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes.

Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes Ingredients 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 cup butter, softened 1 cup white sugar 1/3 cup brown sugar 2 eggs, room temperature 3/4 cup milk 1 cup pumpkin puree

Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened 1/4 cup butter, softened 3 cups confectioners’ sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions • Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 24 muffin cups, or line with paper muffin liners. Sift together the flour, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, clove, allspice, salt, baking powder, and baking soda; set aside.

• Beat 1/2 cup of butter, the white sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. Add the room-temperature eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Stir in the milk and pumpkin puree after the last egg. Stir in the flour mixture, mixing until just incorporated. Pour the batter into the prepared muffin cups.

• Bake in the preheated oven until golden and the tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 25 minutes. Cool in the pans for 5 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

• While the cupcakes are cooling, make the frosting by beating the cream cheese and 1/4 butter with an electric mixer in a bowl until smooth. Beat in the confectioners’ sugar a little at a time until incorporated. Add the vanilla extract and 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; beat until fluffy. Once the cupcakes are cool, frost with the cream cheese icing.

Nutrition Facts Per Serving: 244 calories; 9.8 g fat; 37.2 g carbohydrates; 2.9 g protein; 42 mg cholesterol; 220 mg sodium.

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halloween recipes

Candy Corn Bark

Halloween Ghosties

Ingredients 16 Halloween-colored chocolate sandwich cookies, chopped

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups broken small pretzels

1 (12 ounce) package white chocolate chips, or as needed

1/3 cup raisins

24 peanut-shaped peanut butter sandwich cookies

1 1/2 pounds white chocolate, broken into squares

48 miniature chocolate chips

2 cups candy corn

Directions

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Directions • Spread the cookies, pretzels and raisins evenly onto a lightly greased small baking sheet. Melt chocolate in a bowl set over a pan of simmering water, or in the microwave, stirring frequently until melted. Remove from the heat while there are still a few chunks, and stir until smooth. White chocolate burns easily.

• Drizzle chocolate with a spoon over the goodies in the pan, spreading the top flat to coat evenly. Top with candy corn and sprinkles. Let cool until firm. Break into pieces and store in an airtight container.

• Place chocolate chips into a microwave-safe bowl and heat on low in microwave for 1 minute; stir. Continue heating on low several more times, 30 seconds at a time, stirring after each time, until white chocolate is warm and smooth.

• Use 2 forks to dip cookies into white chocolate; set cookies on sheets of waxed paper. Place 2 miniature chocolate chips onto one end of each cookie for eyes; set cookies aside until coating has hardened, about 20 minutes.

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Per Serving: 148 calories; 8 g fat; 17.3 g carbohydrates; 2.2 g protein;

Per Serving: 326 calories; 12.9 g fat; 50.8 g carbohydrates; 3.1 g protein; 7 mg

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cholesterol; 180 mg sodium.

Rocky Road Popcorn Balls Ingredients 3 cups miniature marshmallows 1/4 cup butter 8 cups freshly popped popcorn 1/2 cup dry-roasted unsalted peanuts 1/2 cup miniature chocolate chips

Directions • Place the marshmallows and butter into a large pot over medium-low heat, and melt them together, stirring often. Cook until blended and smooth, about 5 minutes, and remove from heat.

• Stir in the popcorn and peanuts, and stir gently to thoroughly coat them with the marshmallow mixture.

Stir in the chocolate chips.

• With greased hands, shape the mixture into 3 inch balls, and wrap each ball in plastic wrap.

Nutrition Facts Per Serving: 144 calories; 9.2 g fat; 14.6 g carbohydrates; 1.7 g protein; 8 mg cholesterol; 91 mg sodium.

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• Remove dough from refrigerator in small amounts. Scoop 1 heaping teaspoon at a time onto a piece of waxed paper. Use the waxed paper to roll the dough into a thin finger-shaped cookie. Press one almond into one end of each cookie to give the appearance of a long fingernail.

Squeeze cookie near the tip and again near the center of each to give the impression of knuckles. You can also cut into the dough with a sharp knife at the same points to help give a more finger-like appearance. Arrange the shaped cookies on the baking sheets.

• Bake in the preheated oven until the cookies are slightly golden in color, 20 to 25 minutes.

• Remove the almond from the end of each cookie; squeeze a small amount of red decorating gel into the cavity; replace the almond to cause the gel to ooze out around the tip of the cookie.

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“To a New Mom, from a Used One,” a recently published book by local author B.J. McCauley, offers Erma Bombeck-styled observations on raising children, being a busy mom, and stopping to smell the roses with her little ones along the way.

Advice handed down to new mothers B.J. McCauley knows what it takes to be a mother. She’s had plenty of practice.

She has raised four sons, a daughter, several nephews and nieces, nearly a dozen foster children, offered shelter and comfort while boarding newborns, hosted an unwed father, and has now graduated to grandmother and great-grandmother.

“I wrote about the joys and the difficulties women face in life,” McCauley said. “Some stories were hard to write, but you have to write them. Your heartbreak may become someone else’s hope.”

In her “great memory book,” McCauley unearths treasured memories of her children’s childhoods, the “‘gotiations” that took place concerning the designation of household chores, the inventive ways she kept her ever-increasing brood of chicks occupied, learning and happy, stretching the food budget dollar and teaching her little ones to “shop” for groceries using pictures of the required items glued to their individual lists.

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She tells the story of a young, 16-year-old unwed father, who desperately wanted to keep his child, whom she was fostering.

“The birth mother did not want to keep the baby, and her parents wanted nothing to do with him,” she said. “The birth daddy wanted to keep him, but his parents wouldn’t help him. He was going to quit school and get a job to raise his son. It would have been impossible for him to get a job that paid enough to raise his son.

“I was able to take both the baby and his father in as foster sons,” she said. “I wrote up a contract stating the father and his baby could stay with us as long as he finished high school. He not only did that, but went to summer school, graduated high school a semester early and went to welding school.”

What happened next brought tears to her eyes.

“He stayed with us until he found his first job,” she said. “Then he presented me with a contract saying he and his son would always be in my life. That I would be MaMa Bev forever. He even promised one day to become a foster daddy. He went on to own two welding shops and became very successful.”

The young father eventually married and his wife officially adopted his first child before having two children of their own. As promised, they served as foster parents to two sons before he was killed in an automobile accident 11 years after they married.

McCauley’s own children also offered plenty of adventure during their childhood years — from solving a potential psychological “crisis”

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Being a mom has made me stronger and more vulnerable, smarter, more resilient, and more creative as a person as to why her son, Daniel, always chose the color black at the coloring table, (it was usually the only color left when he finally made it to the table), to discovering why her son, Michael, had placed himself in a self-imposed punishment in the kitchen corner, (“I beed naughty”), to having an informative discussion with an elementary school teacher when oldest son, David, implied his mother was baby trafficking rather than baby boarding, or the consequences of when son, Thomas, took one of the love birds to class on a below-zero winter morning in North Dakota, to an occasion when she and her daughter, Catherine, took an Amtrak trip in which everything that could go wrong, did.

“You learn to adjust,” McCauley said. “But remember, children watch, they learn by example. Be careful what you’re showing them, especially when dealing with challenges that can pop up unexpectedly.”

While McCauley has been blessed with an abundance of little lives to help shape over her lifetime, she is careful not to tell others how to raise their children.

“This book just tells what I did,” she said. “It worked for me. It might work for someone else.”

McCauley used various techniques to discuss minor misdemeanors committed by her adventurous clan, but most importantly, she not

only talked to them, but listened to them as well.

“I don’t believe in hitting a child,” she said. “I never have. When one of the kids would do something wrong, we’d sit at the table and have juice and cookies and talk about what they did and how things could have been handled differently. Most people looked at me like I was crazy, rewarding their behavior with cookies and juice, but it proved the opportunity to have a discussion about honesty, consequences for their actions, and getting along with others.”

But there are lessons for adults, too.

“After dinner, baths and bedtime, tomorrow is a new day,” she said. “Let the past go. There are new adventures ahead. Kids make mistakes, and sometimes parents do, too. Move forward with love and good intentions in mind. If you do that, you’re a good mom, too.”

Looking back, McCauley said every moment navigating that hilly road of motherhood, the laughter, the tears, the love and even the loss, was precious.

“Being a mom has made me stronger and more vulnerable, smarter, more resilient, and more creative as a person,” she said. “Being a mom is the hardest challenge you’ll undertake. But it is also the most rewarding. I wouldn’t change five-seconds of my life.” n

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oon we will be enjoying the crisp air of fall, filled with bonfires, corn mazes, and best of all, pumpkin patches!

As pumpkins are fun to pick, paint, and carve, they are also fun to eat.

This year, in addition to setting your hand-picked pumpkins out for decorations, use them to nourish your body. Pumpkins are full of beneficial nutrients that can help your body in a variety of ways, including building your immune system, fighting free radicals, and even regulating your bowel movements.

Pumpkins come in a variety of colors, shapes and sizes. The traditional orange pumpkins are full of the phytochemical called beta-carotene. Beta-carotene is associated with the color itself and is found in many orange fruits and vegetables. This phytochemical is very beneficial to eye health. Beta-carotene is converted to Vitamin A when it is consumed. Vitamin A then helps to protect your eyes.

Vitamin A is also a great immune booster. This vitamin is great to help prepare your body for the upcoming winter and the colds that come along with it.

Pumpkin is also a great source of antioxidants. Antioxidant’s key role is to help protect the body from oxidative stress caused by

free radicals. Free radicals damage the body’s cells and when antioxidants are present, they are able to help stop damage from occurring. Pumpkin is also a great source of fiber. One raw pumpkin provides around 2.1 g of fiber. This is an important aspect of your diet because it helps to regulate bowel movements by keeping things moving.

One reason that you should make fall treats with pumpkin is that the pumpkin itself is very low in calories. A serving of fresh pumpkin is one cup, which contains just 30 calories. Another benefit of pumpkin is that you can make a variety of recipes from the same pumpkin by utilizing both the guts of the pumpkin as well as the seeds.

There are many different recipes and ways that you can prepare pumpkin. You can bake or roast the seeds to make either a savory or a sweet treat. You can boil pumpkin to utilize the guts, or you could do the same by baking or roasting it. There are some great recipes that call for pumpkin including pumpkin chili, pumpkin alfredo sauce, pumpkin bread, pumpkin pancakes, and many more. One of my favorite recipes is to roast pumpkin seeds and flavor them in a variety of ways. Below is the recipe from Food Network for Garlic Parmesan Pumpkin Seeds.

Garlic Parmesan Pumpkin Seeds Ingredients: 1 cup pumpkin seeds, toasted in shell 1 Tbsp butter, melted ½ tsp garlic powder 1 Tbsp parmesan, grated ¼ tsp black pepper

Directions: 1.

Lay clean, dry pumpkin seeds flat on baking sheet and drizzle with cooking oil of your choice.

Sprinkle the pumpkin seeds with a coarse salt.

2.

Bake the seeds at 350°F for 5-10 minutes, or until the seeds have just started to brown.

3.

Put coated pumpkin seeds back in oven and continue to bake for another 5 minutes.

4. Remove from oven, let cool and enjoy!

AMANDA MARTIN recently graduated with a bachelor’s degree in dietetics and is currently in the Cox College Dietetic Internship program. She loves to learn new things about food and its effect on the body. She is excited to one day become a registered dietitian and help people every day through their nutrition.

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BREAST CARE T he dream of beating cancer is always in the forefront of the minds of medical professionals.

Every day, professionals seek to improve their knowledge and their methods. Women coming to Cox Monett Hospital and CoxHealth are finding innovations, new diagnostic tools and new reasons for hope as they face some of the most stressful times of their lives.

In the late 80s, an investigative reporter working for a major news organization discovered many women were receiving a screening mammogram but there was not a mechanism in place to guide those women diagnosed with breast cancer through the cancer treatment process. The FDA became concerned, and with the assistance of the United States Congress, developed criteria to make sure all women received the appropriate treatment for their breast cancer diagnosis and a process to prevent women from “falling through the cracks.�

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“The data we collect is very important,” says Susan Smith, manager of CoxHealth Breast Care Clinic in Springfield. “Screening mammograms are the only imaging exam directed by a US Congressional Act.” The Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992 has stringent guidelines to ensure that the patient receives quality care from all mammogram facilities. All facilities are required to track every cancer diagnosed at that particular facility from diagnostic imaging to treatment. All mammogram facilities are inspected every year for compliance. No other radiology modality has the required annual inspection.

We complete quality control tests on every piece of equipment and track all outcomes.

The American College of Radiology (ACR) in conjunction with the FDA completes the facility inspections and oversees the mandated accreditation process.

According to Smith, guidelines issued by the American College of Radiology recommend women age 40 and older should have breast cancer screenings every year. If a woman has a first degree relative who has had breast cancer, screenings should begin 10 years earlier than the relative’s age at diagnosis.

Under today’s guidelines, a woman can ask for a screening mammogram without a physician’s referral following protocol developed by the American College of Radiology.

Mammograms fall under preventative care and are covered by most insurance companies. The Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks offers free screenings if the individual has a financial need.

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nologists now use an iPad to obtain patient breast history. The software aids in the required data collections and tracking of patients diagnosed with breast cancer. With the new software, patients now provide information once and will be asked to review and submit changes when returning to have additional imaging.

Patients will not have to fill out the complete history each visit. Mary George, Cox Monett mammogram technologist, indicated that patients are pleased and like the convenience.

To prepare for a mammogram, a woman should not wear deodorant, powders or lotions on or near the breast. George said these products could lead to false readings. “Having a mammogram, for many women, is a scary experience. First-time patients have a look of panic.”

“I tell patients the exam may be uncomfortable but not painful,” said Deanna Gunnett, RN, breast navigator at CoxHealth in Springfield.

“I think circulating horror stories are why women don’t have mammograms done.”

Smith said they are only reaching 45 percent of the population and that comes from a lot of underlying issues.

Women need annual screening mammograms.

In recent years, mammography has new technology to assist with a major factor of misdiagnosis that is women with dense breast tissue. Many mammogram facilities are using Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT or as many know it as 3D). Breast tomosynthesis is an advanced form of mammography, a specific type of breast imaging that uses a low-dose X-ray system and computer reconstructions to create three-dimensional images of the breast. Missouri will require all insurances to cover Digital

Missouri will require all insurances to cover Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) mammograms beginning January 1, 2019.

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Screening mammograms are performed only on women who have no breast symptoms. A screening initial mammogram is important, not just for determining a woman’s present condition, but even more importantly, as a reference for comparing against future changes. It is important to have prior images available for the radiologist to compare images during the interpretation process. Mammogram facilities will obtain the prior images for the comparison. It is extremely helpful for women to know where their prior images have been completed. With current technology, those records are easily available today by disc or even through the internet cloud. During the interpretation, the radiologists will review the images for changes or “areas of interest”.

Once the radiologist has completed the interpretation process and find an “area of interest” the radiologist will request the patient to return to the facility for a more in depth study called a diagnostic exam.

Diagnostic exams are performed for areas of interest found on the screening mammogram, but also are performed on women who have a new breast lump, breast skin dimpling or thickening, constant focal pain or clear nipple discharge.

Once the radiologist reviews the diagnostic images and determines that the images indicate the need for additional information, a biopsy may be the next step.

Diagnostic exams are performed for areas of interest found on the screening mammogram, but also are performed on women who have a new breast lump, breast skin dimpling or thickening, constant focal pain or clear nipple discharge.

3D Mammograms This new type of imaging provides oncology specialists with more detail of the breast tissue, which reduces false-positive results.

It is extremely helpful for women to know where their prior images have been completed.

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A biopsy is a minimally invasive procedure performed by a radiologist. The radiologist will obtain a tissue sample using ultrasound, stereotactic or MRI guidance. The tissue samples are sent to pathology for diagnosis. A breast navigator will then give the biopsy results to the patient.

CoxHealth implemented the navigator role several years ago to help assist newly diagnosed patients through the treatment process.

If the biopsy result is a positive diagnosis, the radiologist will contact the patient’s physician for surgical referral. Locally, biopsies can be performed at Cox Monett by Dr. Armin Kamyab, Mayo-Clinic trained general surgeon.

“Patients have someone they can turn to,” Smith said. “Some patients are in fear and worry about outcomes from the time they schedule their appointment. It's one of the most difficult jobs in the world — breaking the news.”

The navigator will assist the patient and the family through treatment, often attending the surgical appointments, oncologist and plastic surgeon appointments. She will take phone calls from patients, talk about ‘what ifs,’ assist with seeking second opinions and serve as an extra set of ears. The navigator is also a breast cancer survivor and has empathy for what the patient is going through.

Breast navigators are certified through the National Consortium of Breast Centers. There are three different types of breast navigators: nurse, imaging and lay advocates. CoxHealth has all three and they are located at the Breast Care Clinic in Springfield and Women’s Center in Branson.

On the second Thursday of each month at 7pm in the Breast Care Clinic, Hulston Building, navigators host a support group for survivors

and caregivers. CoxHealth offers programs on how patients can feel better about themselves and services received through CoxHealth, such as breast prosthetic fittings. A representative from the Meyer Center will visit occasionally to discuss post-surgery exercises.

A hospital accredited in mammography, ultrasound and stereotactic biopsy can become a Center of Excellence through the American College of Radiology. That's an additional standard of excellence, beyond the mandatory mammography accreditation.

“We have chosen to be a Center of Excellence, and also have accreditation through the American College of Surgeons, which also requires a threeyear review,” Gunnett said. “If you are awarded the accreditation it is going the extra mile to provide great quality care for the patient, it’s all about the patient.”

For women who don't know if they want a mammogram or not, or who are uncomfortable or fearful about the result, the CoxHealth team has direct answers.

“I would tell her a mammogram is important in her health care,” George said. “We are here to get her through it. We try our best to make it as comfortable as possible. We don't want you to put it off just because you have fears.”

“Mammograms can truly save lives,” Smith said. “We see it every day. We can find a less than 2-centimeter cancer, something so small you cannot feel it. By the time a patient can feel the lump, the diagnosis can be worse and the treatment can be more difficult” Smith disagrees with the United States Preventative Task Force recommendation to not start regular annual mammograms until age 50. She

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sees early prevention as critical, and wholeheartedly recommends starting at age 40. To sustain an annual review, Janell Patton, community relations manager for Cox Monett, advises women have a mammogram done around their birthday.

October, as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, brings in many patients.

Gunnett noted many women want to have exams done by the end of the year once they have met their insurance deductible.

Help is also available through other agencies, such as the Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks, CoxHealth Breast Care Fund, and Show Me Healthy Women. The BCFO provides direct help to patients, and can direct fundraising efforts to benefit specific individuals through local events, whereas most organizations only support general efforts.

CoxHealth staff saw 1,000 area women at a Convoy of Hope event at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds this year, an event funded through the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

Staff taught women how to do breast exams.

George has provided information at local health fairs about the importance of screening mammograms.

She noted many attendees simply said they did not have the time for mammograms. Some did not know mammograms are available at Cox Monett. She gave out business cards, sharing how the process can be easy and more convenient — and life saving — than one might think. n

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, but selfcare knows no season.

Contact your physician about scheduling a yearly appointment for breast exam.

To schedule a screening mammogram in Monett, call the Cox Monett radiology department at 417-354-1138.

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Now, as an adult and the owner of Harris Excavation, Harris is often asked to give his own opinion on the suitability of a prospective building site.

“People will pick out a spot that looks flat to them and think it’s a good place to situate their house, but they might not be looking at the whole picture,” Harris explained. “Without checking to see where water run-off occurs (or might occur) during periods of heavy rain, they might wind up with water standing below their house, or even rising above the height of the foundation.

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“It’s not a good idea to set a foundation or dig a basement near any type of dry gulley, even if there hasn’t been water in it for years,” he continued. “Just because it’s been dry in their lifetime, doesn’t mean there won’t be water in it again in the future.”

If in question about a location, FEMA flood plain maps are available online, and an address can be typed into the website to determine whether the area is at high risk for flooding. If so, flood insurance will be required in addition to a standard homeowners insurance policy.

Another mistake Harris sees people make is cutting costs on the foundation of a home by not elevating it enough.

“It’s a lot easier and cheaper, to haul in extra dirt and pour additional concrete at the beginning of a project, than it is to try to remedy drainage problems later,” he warned.

Realtor Justin Green with RE/MAX Properties in Monett also offers advice.

“When you’re choosing a rural building site,” he explained, “county ordinances regulate the setback distance of the septic tank from the well and the house. It usually requires at least two or three acres of land in order to meet those requirements.”

Bruce Chandler of Advanced Plumbing & Septic advises people to be cautious when looking at properties on the edges of city limits.

“A person may assume that a house is hooked up to the city sewer system, or that sewer hookup is an option, when, in reality, that may not be the case,” he advised. “Always ask. Installing or replacing a septic system can be an expense a person hasn’t planned for.”

“In addition, when replacing an old septic system, sometimes more space is required in order to meet newer county setback codes,” he continued.

Chandler also advises that septic tanks—whether new or old—be pumped out every two years. He indicated that it might seem like an unnecessary expense, but that it could save a person thousands of dollars in the long run.

“If you begin to hear gurgling coming from your pipes, it usually means you’ve waited too long,” he stated.

For new septic system installation, a percolation test is performed to determine how quickly the soil in a particular area absorbs water. This will, in turn, determine the type of septic system needed.

Shelly High, a realtor with RE/MAX Lakeside in Shell Knob, says that the types of trees growing in a particular area often give clues to the amount of soil their roots are buried in.

“Oak trees put down deep roots, so deep soil is required, whereas pine trees can thrive in shallower soil. That shallow soil sometimes covers a solid rock base,” she explained, “which can make septic tank placement both challenging and costly.”

High, who specializes in listing and selling lake property is familiar with the rocky issues prospective buyers may face when they desire to build their dream home near the lake.

With a seller’s permission, buyers can sometimes have a percolation test performed before submitting an offer on a property, or they can make an offer contingent upon an acceptable perc test,” High disclosed.

“The perc test will show them just what type of soil or rock they’re dealing with. Even if there’s rock, there’s usually a way to install a septic system, but it often costs a lot of money. Sometimes blasting is required.

Sometimes a lot of dirt will need to be hauled in to enclose a special drip septic system.”

“An ‘acceptable perc test’ on lake property usually boils down to the question of how much a buyer is willing to pay for a septic system.

Prices vary widely—anywhere from $6,000 for a basic system, up to $35,000 for a special drip system,” High added.

High advises that people contact their county’s health department for detailed information about septic setback requirements, and for a list of people who perform percolation tests.

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In fact, the qualifications for being a foster aren’t that much different from being an adoptive parent.

For adoption as well as fostering, you must complete an application, have references and a vet that we can verify any current pets are up to date on shots, etc. For fostering, Faithful Friends will do a home checks to assure the safety of the animal. Some of the things that are looked at are the existence of fencing or other confinement; where will the animals stay; for puppies or kittens… is there space for a playpen, and how much time can the foster parents spend with the animals? Ideally, the animal will remain with the foster until he or she is adopted. If you are interested in becoming a foster pet parent, please contact Faithful Friends or another shelter for specifics.

These furbabies (literally) were less than a week old, still had their eyes closed and needed some very special attention, namely bottle feeding every two hours. Needless to say the Faithful Friends staff scrambled trying to find enough fosters to keep these babies healthy, and give them the chance to grow up. Thanks to all the fosters who helped feed, socialize and train them, they have been adopted and are in wonderful homes, without them the survival chances would have been slim.

We recently had seven of the cutest black bundles of fur that found themselves orphans, because the mother passed away, possibly from snakebite.

It is sometimes difficult for a foster parent to let go of one of their ‘babies.’ In that case, it becomes a ‘foster failure’ and that’s the best kind of adoption!

But instances like the ‘bottle babies’ as we called them, aren’t the only reason for asking fosters to step up. It may be that a dog or cat needs some socialization, or some help with the transition from one home to another, or maybe there is a behavior that we see that may need some attention or training.

All food, medicines, pet supplies and vet care is provided by Faithful Friends, but the foster will need to bring the pet to the adoption center for some medicines, or for meeting with a prospective adopter.

Although we are all ecstatic when a dog or a cat is adopted, especially if they have been at the center for a while, all of us volunteers have shed a few tears when one of our favorites leaves for the forever home. For me, recently, that was a dog named Spud, a big hound dog I met when he first came into intake.

He was there for a couple of weeks and he would play and snuggle enough to almost push me over. Then he was moved to the adoptable section into the kennel closest to intake, and he would greet me every morning by sticking his head over the kennel fence (did I tell you he was big?) and letting out a big hound dog howl.

I just know he was saying ‘So glad to see you again, come on over, I want to play.’ To this day I miss that morning greeting.

My friend Connie, who is the cat equivalent of my doggy-loving self, was doing everything to get a cat named Simone adopted.

Simone had been at the center for over 400 days. When the day came that I texted her that Simone found a wonderful home, she said she cried and had to stop what she was doing because she couldn’t see. Of course they were tears of joy and sadness combined.

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Bella, a domestic shorthair cat who loves cuddling and craves attention. She is playful, loves looking down from up high and if you have some long strings, you have a playmate forever.

UPDATE Three of the four animals that have been featured in this magazine have been adopted.

Simone and Harper, the cats, and T.J. the laidback American Bulldog, have found their families. We have high hopes that Pepper, the beautiful and loving Labrador retriever will be next.

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The Harmony Brothers barbershop quartet brought the style of music still popular during the original Theron Bennett Days to the 1999 concert.

A view of the stage, improvised from the loading dock, at the drill hall of the Pierce City National Guard Armory as the Ozark Festival Orchestra set up to play in 1998. The building no longer exists, destroyed in the 2003 tornado.

Ragtime legacy of the The Harmony Brothers barbershop quartet brought the style of music still popular during the original Theron Bennett Days to the 1999 concert.

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The Ozark Festival Orchestra Brass Ensemble playing in the Pierce City Armory for the 1999 concert.

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Looking back on musical revival two decades ago

David Goza conducted the Ozark Festival Orchestra in the 1998 concert at the National Guard Armory in Pierce City.

The Bella Vista Big Band, with members on their feet in classic form for a 1940s dance band, played at the 2000 concert at the Monett National Guard Armory, with members of the audience taking advantage of the dance floor.

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t's been over 20 years since the revival of Theron Bennett Days in Pierce City. The last revival of ragtime music in that community made a musical imprint in the memories of those who participated as a hallmark of Pierce City's glory years.

Theron Bennett Days was originally a musical celebration running from 1960 into the Pierce City centennial in 1970. It was the brainchild of Robert “Ragtime Bob� Darch, one of the few people playing ragtime music nationally at the time. Darch was an entertainer who had memorized a vast library of ragtime era (1898-1925) piano pieces and songs. He was a rascal, a heavy drinker, a storyteller who didn't let facts get in the way of a good story, a compelling figure who could be very persuasive. He is better remembered locally for playing at Mickey Mantle's at the Holiday Inn in Joplin in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

At the same time Darch was working on the Sedalia Chamber of Commerce to revive interest in Scott Joplin's roots in that town, he convinced the Pierce City Kiwanis Club to launch Theron Bennett Days in 1960. It was one of the first ragtime festivals in the nation. Over the next decade the event featured even country musicians, barber shoppers, and a new generation of ragtime players such as the St. Louis Ragtimers, headed by Trebor Tichenor, a pivotal historian who edited many volumes of ragtime music for republication. Their first concert as a professional ensemble was at the 1961 event.

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Darch did as much to muddy the water of Bennett's achievement as he enhanced it by telling tall tales about the Pierce City native when no one had done the research to set the record straight. He left an imprint on the area, notably on siblings Steve Spracklin and Susan Spracklin Cordell of Carthage, both of whom had careers as ragtime pianists. Susan Cordell played twice for fundraising dinners for the Ozark Festival Orchestra in the mid-1990s.

She played as an amateur and met Eubie Blake at the first Scott Joplin Festival in Sedalia in 1975.

In 1997 the Ozark Festival Orchestra, armed with a festival grant from the Missouri Arts Council, revived the public ragtime concerts as the Theron Bennett Ragtime and Early Jazz Festival.

Darch, still playing at the Scott Joplin Festival in Sedalia but no longer living nearby, jumped in to help. I served as overall chairman for the concerts for the next several years.

The OFO had never attempted a festival before and went into the undertaking rather blindly. Still, some of the best ragtime players anywhere came to Pierce City for the weekend of concerts, including the St. Louis Ragtimers, the horn band TurpinTyme Ragsters from Kansas City, and Darch. The OFO commissioned Brian Cain, a Southwest Missouri State University student, to arrange nine of Bennett's pieces for orchestra and vocal performance.

The Pierce City National Guard Armory had a drill hall built in 1957 that served as a performance venue through all of the original Theron Bennett Days, and it became the main location for Saturday, Sept. 13, 1997 concert. Opening was the Skirtlifters, a string ensemble led by banjo master Clarke Beuhling of Fayetteville, Ark. The Sunday concert was given outdoors next to the historic bandstand.

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OFO in 1997, closing with Sousa's “Stars and Stripes Forever,” written in 1896, just before ragtime erupted on the scene. Muchnick repeated the Bennett works for the OFO's October concert at the Monett City Hall Auditorium, probably the first time Bennett's music had been performed in concert format anywhere. Selections included the piano piece “Satisfied,” that launched his career as a contest winner in 1904, and such charming stuff as his song “If Lovey Would Die, What Would Ducky Do?” The 1998 concert was held on Sept.

26 in the National Guard Armory. An afternoon performance featured the Skirtlifters and singers with selections from the American Songbook from the 1920s and 1930s, since much of Benett's output was songs. Performers included Dale Sullens from the Foggy River Boys, and two Monett High School students, Sara Swarens and Lindsay Coyle, the latter having a brief performance career in Branson and New York. The five-member Ragtime Banjo Band closed the afternoon.

The evening featured more period songs presented by Trebor Tichenor at the piano and banjoist and vocalist Al Stricker from the St. Louis Ragtimers.

Stricker's light voice fit well the funny and frivolous songs of the day, such as “Waiting for the Robert E. Lee.” Chris Green, a Monett eighth grade pianist, played Scott Joplin selections, leading up to a concert by the Ozark Festival Orchestra, where David Goza, serving a third stint as OFO music director, led a concert of dance in the ragtime era. The concert was more classical than pops, as Goza was no ragtime fan, but the orchestra sounded great, particularly on vintage band arrangements.

In 1999 the Pierce City Chamber of Commerce took over sponsorship of the festival, securing a mini-grant from the Missouri Arts Council for two shows on Oct. 9. A brass ensemble from the OFO

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played in the afternoon, along with several singers, again tapping music from the late period of Theron's era. The evening included the full nine-member Ragtime Banjo Band, the Harmony Brothers barbershop quartet and closed with the Bella Vista Big Band.

Each of the first three festivals had program books, providing accurate information on Bennett, who seems to have had only about 30 published pieces in his lifetime. His arrangements for early jazz bands in southern California in the 1920s have all been lost.

The documentation provided a clearer picture on Pierce City's most successful musician before today's Mark Chapman.

By 2000, the festival ran out of steam on several levels. The Pierce City Chamber of Commerce had been exhausted by the previous events and had not manged to adequately monetize the effort to justify the extra work.

The Chamber's president opted against seeking more grant money. To continue the undertaking, the Monett Chamber of Commerce took over sponsorship and kept the proceeds. Jack Henry and Associates in Monett funded the return of the 16-member Bella Vista Big Band. The concert was held on March 24 at the Monett National Guard Armory.

The final concert was also a swan song for Darch. Battling cancer, he nonetheless played a lunch set at the Jack Henry cafeteria, telling stories and playing humorous period songs that most of the employees, half his age, had never heard. His evening set was played with extra concentration, enthusiasm and polish, despite his haggard appearance.

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Bella Vista Big Band closed the show, offering the big sound of the polished Big Band era, extending selections past Bennett's demise in 1937. Quite a few couples rose to dance along.

In many ways, the late 1990s reflected a cultural renaissance for Pierce City. At the high school, Darrell Tash, a nearly retired drama teacher in town for only two years, marshaled performances of “Grease” and “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” in 1997 and 1998.

Charles Rinehart opened an art gallery.

The Rector family would soon open a restaurant serving evening meals.

There was a Chamber of Commerce to organize events, a body that did not long survive the May 4, 2003 tornado.

Businesses may be more profitable today, according to sales tax receipts, but these cultural supports are gone, like the music. And the school hasn't put on a Broadway show since. Nor is there a performance venue downtown any longer.

Successful festivals go through lean years in the beginning, especially if

Visitors to the Theron Bennett Festival in 1998 strolled in front of the Town and Country Supermarket where a sandwich board advertised the festival. The grocery store building was destroyed in the 2003 tornado.

they cannot draw local crowds or find ways to make money. Low ticket prices left little to support the festival's continuation. A shortage of people committed to continuing the concerts also hastened the end of the venture.

If Sedalia has difficulty supporting its massive Scott Joplin Festival, what chance did the Ozark Festival Orchestra, the Chambers and little Pierce City have to restore a concert series that had already come and gone once? But what a marvelous — and Quixotic — undertaking it was. The music was wonderful, bringing back the spirit of a day when public performance was key to a town's social life. Those of us who were there have the memories. The music, the published compositions, are still out there, ready for another day. n

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St. John’s Lutheran Church kicks off centennial anniversary with German dinner

Celebrating 100 years of fellowship, history and community

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ittle did the German immigrants moving to Monett in the late 1800s and early 1900s know that 100 years later, the church they started with just seven founding families—Kaiser, Fritz, Miller, Kirchner, Saxe, McFadden and Lindsay—would grow to more than 100 family memberships just a century later. Next month, the congregation will begin a year of celebrations honoring their German roots with a dinner, slated for 5 to 8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3, at the church.

“They brought their German heritage and traditions to the Monett community,” said Adele Bremer, one of the event organizers. “We want to honor that.”

“The founding families first started meeting at one of the homes in Monett,” said Kay Johnson, one of the event organizers. “I think they met twice a month. It was almost 20 years before the church was formally chartered on Aug. 3, 1919.”

It wasn’t until 1921 that the con-

Story by Melonie Roberts

A wall hanging in the foyer of St. John’s Lutheran Church of Monett features the seven founding families, with the autumn colored leaves at the base of the tree, and more than 100 current family memberships with the green leaves on the tree. The hanging display shows the continued growth of the church 100 years after it was founded in 1919.

gregation moved to build a church building, and called Rev. A.W. Good to serve as pastor.

“I always heard this area reminded them of the region in Germany from where they migrated,” said Johnson.

“Most were farmers, and I think this

area appealed to their agrarian natures. In old photos, the environment here seems very similar to theirs in Germany.”

Congregation members went on to build their first church building in 1921 at Eighth and Park in Monett.

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Initially, members of the Lutheran faith held church services in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Kirchner in Monett, around 1900. (right) The first St. John’s Lutheran Church building was erected in1921 at Eighth and Park in Monett.

The newest structure, the third in the history of the church, is located on land donated by a descendant of one of the founding families, Mr. and Mrs. Arno Fritz, on Hwy. H, north of Monett in 1993.

To celebrate the continuing accomplishments of the church community, the congregation plans to kick off its centennial celebrations honoring their heritage and traditions by serving an authentic German meal on Saturday, Nov. 3, at the church.

“We had to go to a lot of German restaurants to find a bratwurst we liked the best,” Bremer said.

“We have some Amish bakers making the apple strudel to our specifications from an 18th Century recipe,” Johnson said.

The sauerkraut recipe came from 13th Century China, and the German potato salad will be made according to a 16th Century recipe. The apple strudel will be made fresh the day of the dinner from an 18th Century recipe.

“They used a lot of pickling spices for food preservation in the 1900s,” Johnson said. “Even as late as the 1950s, there was not a lot of electricity in this area for refrigeration. So these recipes are very authentic.”

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“This is a big milestone,” said Rev. Andrew Kennell, pastor of the church.

“I feel like I’m joining at the tail end of the party. The folks here are excited. A lot of work goes into making plans for an event like this.”

In addition to the German dinner kicking off the year of celebration and other events throughout the summer, there will be an anniversary picnic on Aug. 4, 2019, with special music and speakers throughout the day.

“Upon reflection, I’m very grateful we are part of the Monett community,” Kennell said. “There are a lot of churches in Monett, and we recognize the importance of engaging with the community and serving our neighbors.

There have been, and still are, a lot of congregants involved in the community through volunteer organizations, as

businessowners and as employees, in ways that may appear to be unremarkable. But the reach from our congregation has gone further than we know. I love to call Monett home.”

The public is invited to join the celebration from 5 to 8 p.m., on Saturday, Nov. 3, at the church. Cost is $10 a plate.

“We want this to be a community dinner,” Johnson said. “Everyone is welcome.” n

Planning for the upcoming 100th anniversary celebration at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Monett, from left, are: Pastor Andrew Kennell, Kay Johnson and Adele Bremer. The church was originally established in 1919, and congregants have been active participants in the community since its inception.

Calendar

October 2018

Community Calendar Oct. 1 The monthly dance at the Monett Casino will be held from 7 to 10 p.m.

Evelyn Lock and The Outriders will be playing. People are asked to bring a snack to share. There is a $5 admission fee.

Oct. 3 Medicare Part D help available at the Monett Senior Center. Call 417-2353285 for an appointment.

Blood Pressure check at Cassville Senior Center at 10:30 a.m.

Oct. 4 Paint Class at the Cassville Senior Center at 9:00 a.m.

Benefit counseling by appointment at the Cassville Senior Center. Call 847-4510.

Oct. 5 The Cassville Chamber of Commerce will have its First Friday Coffee at Sater Pharmacy, 8—8:45 a.m.

Oct. 6 The 34th annual Aurora Auto Fest, sponsored by the Aurora Chamber of Commerce, will be held at the Oak Park on Business Highway 60 in Aurora with classes for classic and street rod cars, trucks and motorcycles showcased. There will be awards, a 50/50 pot, a chili cook-off, pie cook-off, and craft vendors. Festivities begin at 8 a.m. For more info, call 417-678-4150.

The 39th Annual Homer Sloan Buddy Bass Tournament will be held at Shell Knob sponsored by the Shell Knob Chamber of Commerce.

The Seligman Chamber of Commerce will host a dance at the Seligman Chamber Event Center at 7 p.m.

Admission is $4 each, and attendees are asked to bring a snack to share.

No alcohol or smoking is allowed. For more information, call 417-662-3612.

Oct. 10 Medicare Part D help available at the Monett Senior Center. Call 417235-3285 for an appointment. Blood pressure checks at 10:30 a.m.

Grace Foot Care by appointment at Cassville Senior Center. Call 8474510.

Oct. 11 Health Education by Oxford will start at 11:30 at the Cassville Senior Center.

Oct. 12 Apple Butter Makin’ Days will be held in Mt. Vernon will be held on Oct. 12, 13 and 14.

Free lunch will be provided at the Monett Senior Center courtesy of Old Town Pharmacy.

Oct. 13 The Seligman Chamber of Commerce will host a dance at the Seligman Chamber Event Center at 7 p.m.

Admission is $4 each, and attendees are asked to bring a snack to share.

No alcohol or smoking is allowed. For more information, call 417-662-3612.

Oct. 15 Free Breakfast at the Cassville Senior Center, 8-9:30 a.m.

Oct. 16 Health Fair & Flu Shots and a Free Hearing Wellness check are scheduled at the Central Crossing Senior Center in Shell Knob.

Grace Health Services (feet) at the Central Crossing Senior Center in Shell Knob. Call for an appointment 417-858-6952.

Oct. 17 Flu Shot Clinic sponsored by Sater Pharmacy will be held at 11 a.m. at the Cassville Senior Center. Also live music by the Shell Knob Strings Medicare Part D help available at the Monett Senior Center. Call 417-2353285 for an appointment.

Oct. 18 Paint Class at the Cassville Senior Center at 9:00 a.m.

Oct. 19 The Monthly Birthday Lunch will be served at the Monett Senior Center.

Oct. 20 The Seligman Chamber of Commerce will host a dance at the Seligman Chamber Event Center at 7 p.m.

Admission is $4 each, and attendees are asked to bring a snack to share.

No alcohol or smoking is allowed. For more information, call 417-662-3612.

Oct. 22 Nell’s Nails begins at 9 a.m. Call 417-858-6952 for an appointment.

Walk-ins are welcome at the Central Crossing Senior Center in Shell Knob.

Oct. 24 Blood Pressure checks at the Monett Senior Center beginning at 10:30 a.m.

Nell’s Nails begins at 9 a.m. Call 8474510 for an appointment. Walk-ins are welcome at the Cassville Senior Center.

Oct. 25 The Show, a long-standing music variety show featuring HometownSound & The RedHots begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Cassville FEMA Event Center.

Advance tickets available at the Cassville Chamber of Commerce office, or may be purchased at the door.

The Pierce City Senior Center Dance will hold its regular monthly dance.

Oct. 26 Nell’s Nails at the Monett Senior Center begins at 9 a.m.

The monthly Birthday Lunch will be served at the Cassville Senior Center 11a.m to 12:30 p.m.

Oct. 27 Chili & Salsa Cook-Off and Craft Fair held around the square. The event includes live music, chili and salsa tasting, craft booths, food venders and more. Booths, 8 a.m. Judging at noon.

The Shell Knob Chamber of Commerce will have the 3rd Annual Great Pumpkin 5K Fun Run/Walk.

The Show, second performance, at the FEMA Event Center in Cassville beginning at 7:30 p.m.

The Seligman Chamber of Commerce will host a dance at the Seligman Chamber Event Center at 7 p.m.

Admission is $4 each, and attendees are asked to bring a snack to share.

No alcohol or smoking is allowed. For more information, call 417-662-3612.

Oct. 28 The Show, final performance, Sunday afternoon at the FEMA Event Center beginning at 2 p.m.

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Support groups Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

Celebrate Recovery

Aurora: Alcoholics Anonymous of Aurora

Cassville: Celebrate Recovery meets at the

meets at 8 p.m. at Aurora Community of Christ Church at 120 E. Elm every Tuesday and Thursday. Call 417-229-1237

Cassville: Alcoholics Anonymous of Cassville meets at 8 p.m. at 1308 Harold Street in Cassville every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Call 417-847-3685.

Eagle Rock: Alcoholics Anonymous of Eagle

Rock meets at 7 p.m. at 86 & P (Mitchel Plaza) every Monday and Wednesday.

Call 417-271-0434.

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Marionville meets at 8 p.m. on Highway 60 next to Dairy Queen every Sunday.

Call 417-463-7640.

Monett: Alcoholics Anonymous of Monett

meets at 7 p.m. at St. Lawrence Catholic Church, 405 Seventh Street, every Sunday and Wednesday. Call 417-489-5058.

Mt. Vernon: Alcoholics Anonymous of Mt. Vernon meets at 8 p.m. at the Christian Church on 703 Hickory every Monday.

Call 417-489-2413 or 417-440-1567.

Washburn: Narcotics Anonymous and

Alcoholics Anonymous group meets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of every month at the First Baptist Church Activity Center, 618 Second Street in Washburn.

417-489-7662.

Al-Anon Cassville: Al-Anon Family Group meets at

8 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Cassville every Thursday of each month.

This is for family or friends of alcoholics.

Caregiver Support Group Monett: Caregiver Support Group meets

at Oak Pointe of Monett from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month at 1011 Old Airport Road in Monett. For more information, call Kathy 417-235-3500.

Shell Knob: The Alzheimer’s/Dementia Care-

givers Support Group meets at the Central Crossing Senior Center, 20801 YY-15, the third Thursday of every month at 2 p.m.

The Caring People (Single Mothers)

Cassville: The Caring People, a Single

Mom’s Support Group, meets the second Monday of each month from 5:30-7 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall in Cassville. This is jointly sponsored by The Caring People organization and First Baptist Church, Cassville. A meal and children’s activities are provided. The meeting is open to anyone. For more information, call 417-847-2965.

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Family Life Center in Cassville every Tuesday at 6 p.m. Meeting at the same time is Celebration Station for children. This is for anyone with hurts, habit or hang-ups.

Golden: Celebrate Recovery meets at 7 p.m. at the Golden Baptist Church on Route J in Golden every Monday of each month.

Dinner is served at 6:15 p.m. This is for anyone with hurts, habit or hang-ups.

Monett: Celebrate Recovery meets at New Site Baptist Church, 1925 Farm Rd 1060 in Monett, on Thursdays. Doors open at 6 p.m. Childcare provided. The Landing, a Celebrate Recovery group for teens, meets at the same time and site.

Purdy: Celebrate Recovery meets at First Baptist Church, 301 Washington St. in Purdy at 10 a.m. on Mondays.

Seligman: Celebrate Recovery meets at

MOZark Fellowship, 28277 Frisco Street, every Wednesday. Food is served at 6 p.m., and the meeting begins at 7 p.m.

Diabetes Support Group Aurora: The Aurora Diabetes Support Group meets the third Wednesday of each month at Mercy Hospital in Aurora in the private dining room at 4-5 p.m. It is free and open to the public. Note: There is no meeting in December.

Grief Care Support Marionville: Grief Care Support, sponsored community support by Integrity Hospice, is held the last Thursday of every month at 10 a.m. in Marionville at Methodist Manor, 205 South College Ave. in the Alice Lounge. Care group is for anyone experiencing grief through loss.

Monett: The Grief Support Group meets the

first and third Tuesday of each month at Oak Pointe of Monett, 1011 Old Airport Road from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For more information, call Kathy at 417-235-3500.

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) Monett: Vision of Hope Narcotics Anony-

mous group meets at 8 p.m. every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday in the upstairs of Monett Community Church, 2101 E. Cleveland.

Monett: Narcotics Anonymous meets at 8

p.m. the first Tuesday of every month in the basement of St. Lawrence Catholic Church, located at the corner of Seventh and Cale streets in Monett, 417-442-3706.

Washburn: Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous group meets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of every month at the First Baptist Church Activity Center, 618 Second Street in Washburn.

417-489-7662.

Activities BINGO Held every Tuesday night beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion Unit 137 in Mt. Vernon. A smoke-free room is available.

Oak Pointe Bridge Club Oak Pointe Bridge Club meets every Monday and Wednesday at 10 a.m.

Lunch can be purchased for $3.

Call 417-235-3500.

MONETT SENIOR CENTER Balance classes every Tuesday and Thursday during October from 9-11 a.m. Bingo every day at noon; Exercise every Monday at 9:45 a.m.

Pitch every Tuesday and Thursday at 12:30; and Pinochle every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 12:30 p.m.

CASSVILLE SENIOR CENTER Dominoes every Tuesday and Friday at noon.

Exercise class every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10-11 a.m. Call 417-847-4510 for more information.

CENTRAL CROSSING SENIOR CENTER, SHELL KNOB, MO. Regular events: Wii Bowling every Wednesday, 12:45 to 3 p.m. New bowlers welcome.

Friends’ Bridge every Friday. Call Quita at 417-271-9803 for details.

Cards Galore every Friday with Pitch beginning at 9 a.m.

Domino Poker, every day from 12:45.

Qigong Exercise every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 a.m.

Arthritis Exercise class is held every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m.

Mah Jongg every Monday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Line Dancing every Tuesday and Thursday from 9 to 10:30 a.m.

Quilting for Charity every Wednesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Balance and Flexibility class is held every Monday from 9:30 to 10 a.m.

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