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Quixotic robotics: Conquering the world one robot at a time

Pierce City sophomore Matthew Hall at the robotics meet at Monett’s E.E. Camp gymnasium.

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anger, Will Robinson!” may be the first idea to leap to mind when thinking of robots, but today’s teens are making their own and competing with them.

On Jan. 13, the Monett Middle School Robotics Club hosted its first meet in the E.E. Camp gymnasium, attracting seven schools in a prelude to the state qualifying event in Springfield.

Seventh and eighth graders participating in the MMS robotics program have a chance to build and challenge with their own machines. While not expected to change the world or even provide arms for the next Mars mission, the fundamentals of robotics are similar.

Amber Tinsley, a seventh-grade MMS science teacher, and her colleague, Garrison Earnest, eighth-grade science teacher, sponsor the club.

Tineley said the idea came out of the high school group, which went to state in its first year of activity in 2015.

Ann Rausch, a parent whose sons, John and Andrew, participated in the high school’s inaugural robotics group, observed that no feeder group from a younger age existed for nurturing the next robotics activists. She approached Jay Apostol, middle school principal, about forming an introductory level group. Apostol took the idea to Tinsley, who found the concept irresistible.

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Students with the Wheaton Robodogs do last-minute fine tuning. (below) Preparing for competition were home schooled students from Galena in Stone County, from left: Cruz Newberry, Kirk Lewis, Oceauna Johnson, Maggie Lewis and Wyatt Johnson.

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“The only thing I’d ever done with robotics was take a workshop on Lego Mindstorm, which is a great starting point for robotics,” Tinsley said.

The high school worked off the model provided by the First Robotics Competition. The middle school used the First Tech Challenge (FTC), which uses a model similar to the LEGO program. Instead of writing code, students take blocks of written code and string them together into an activity, or go further and write a unique order.

This year, FTC has “Relic Recovery” for its challenge. Students have several sequences to complete with their robots. For the first 30 seconds, the robot must perform a pre-programmed function: either pick up a block and place it in a Crypto box on a specific shelf, knock a “jewel” — a colored whiffle ball — from its location and place it in the box, or park the robot in a specific parking zone. Students can send their robot into the competition already programmed to complete one of those functions.

For the next two minutes, the robot can be controlled by its driver, using a device similar to an off-brand Xbox controller. The main goal is to take foam blocks from a coarse and place them on a shelf, getting points for using specific locations using pre-approved patterns. In the last 30 seconds, if they advance that far, players pursue seizing a plastic yellow statue — the “relic” — carry it outside the field wall and earn extra points from placing it in specific places.

“I’ve not seen anyone do that yet,” Tinsley said. “The further we get into competition, the more likely we are to see teams go that far.”

Tinsley admitted she barely knew what she was doing in her first year, and relied on Rausch to provide direction. The middle school program started as an after-school club, though

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Dakota Warren, Justin Lyu and Vasant Goswain from the Nevada High School robotics team.

Testing prior to competition at the Monett meet. some schools work it into their curriculum. She mentioned it in her science class and invited students to fill out applications. The goal was to gather a diverse group of students, both seventh and eighth graders.

“Some wanted to program, some wanted to design,” Tinsley said. “Others wanted to build, or advertise, or take photos. The club tends to attract those students who are not active in sports. It gives them a chance to connect with the school separate from regular classes. It can be pretty motivating. It gives them programming skills

that can be the start of future careers.

It also teaches them logical thinking, how to do a process in a logical order that makes sense. I think it’s very important for kids to learn that.”

Students can compete in the FTC and FRC contests from ages 12-18.

Tinsley said she has a disadvantage at

the middle school in that her most experienced members have a year under their belt and then they are gone, off to high school, giving little time to mentor. She has relied on some of the high school team to provide direction for her novices, knowing that the team’s future successes may rely on their replacements.

Tinsley does not consider herself an expert in programming, which is not taught in the Monett schools, even at the high school. She relies on mentors to provide direction. Some basic templates provide models from which the students can edit and build.

“You can have up to 15 on a team,” Tinsley said. “I had so many the second year that I received approval to have a second team.”

Both teams, Mystery Machines and Nexus, had representatives at the meet hosted on campus. A total of 11 teams participated.

“I was pleased with how the tournament went,” Tinsley said. “The kids always surprise me. They start out kind of nervous and really stressed out, like they’ve never organized something like this before. Then they all pulled together, going from panic to knowing exactly what to do, realized they could do this, and it went really well. The FTC sent technical advisors in from St. Louis and made sure all went smoothly. We got a lot of compliments, and had a lot of community members there. We’ll definitely do it again.”

Comments she received from students ranged from how much fun they had to “We really need to work on this part of the robot. We only have two weeks until the state qualifying tournament and we really need to fix this!”

“This meet was more inspiring and more motivating to come to,” said J.J. Vavazos, one of the middle school’s Mystery Machines team. “With the

Mystery Machines team members Sofia Semerad, center, and J.J. Vavazos, right, work on engaging their robot while team captain Alyson Massardo takes pictures for the engineering notebook that shows judges how they prepared their project for competition.

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“We learned that communication is a really good skill,” said Sofia Semerad, another Mystery Machines member.

“We needed to learn what the other teams could do before the meet. Our scouting was very important.”

Alyson Massardo, the Mystery Machines’ team captain, was not operating the robot but working in a support capacity. She noted the team ran into trouble early. The Bluetooth connection between the smartphone attached to the robot’s arm was not working, and the program directing the robot was unable prompt a response. Some mentors from the Monett High School team were on hand to consult and they diagnosed the problem by observing, giving the team direction for solving their own problem.

Each team was randomly paired with another team from another school in the competition. Massardo said the Monett squad was especially fortunate in teaming with a group with a robot that did things theirs did not, and visa versa.

“When you’re doing a robotics competition, communication and teamwork is key,” Massardo said. “We couldn’t do everything on your own.

You have to be both professional and fair. The biggest surprise was we got first place! We were learning and growing as a team and as a person.”

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“The VOICE project gives children the opportunity to dream by exposing them to different career paths, whereas REALL is the tool to help them reach those dreams and make proactive choices,” said Ann Landry, Springfield-based OACAC project coordinator.

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A Monett seventh-grader thinks hard about how he will pay a bill and make ends meet during a REALL exercise. The project, which stands for Reality, Enrichment and Life Lessons, was created to show junior high and high school students what their lives can look like — for better or worse, based on the decisions they make now.

“The kids have to figure out how to live life in the 20-minute time period,” Reed said.

Each scenario is drastically different, representing different life circumstances.

“The first involves someone who made poor choices in life,” Reed explained. “Perhaps they dropped out of school, are an ex-offender, have several children to care for, and have to figure out how to live on a small income.

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“Then, we blow the whistle and they go back to their chairs, which represent their home, and you start the 20-minute week again. The exercise shows them what their life would look like if they made poor choices, and how difficult it would be to get a good job and pay the bills. The scenarios are based on real-life circumstances and people. We also talk about budgeting.”

In the second scenario, the students are better off.

“They’ve graduated from high school or college, have a bank account and are in better circumstances,” Reed said. “They complete the same exercise — go to work, pay the day care, bills, etc., but can see how much easier life is when they have a degree, an education and a good job, because they have

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Reed said it is interesting to watch the two vastly different scenarios — and realities, play out.

“It’s fun to watch them go through the exercise,” she said. “The first is very chaotic, because they don’t have enough money, don’t know what to do and can’t pay the bills. But the second one is very calm and quiet. And it plays out the same way every time, with every school.

After the event, Reed has a little pep talk and a group discussion with the students about the experience.

“I always say to them, ‘Think about this, because this is what your parents do every day to take care of you.’ I think kids need to realize that because it is difficult and there is a lot to it. We also talk about choices and how their choices could affect them forever.”

A Monett junior high student studies a snapshot of a ‘life scenario’ and circumstances he was just given, listing his education, job, number of children, expenses and assets, then thinks about how he will go about paying his bills for the month, as part of a REALL project scenario offered by OACAC.

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Students line up to pay their bills as ‘adults’ during a REALL exercise designed to motivate them to make good choices now, to make their lives and finances more manageable later.

Monett seventh-graders try to pay bills and make ends meet as ‘adults’ during a REALL exercise (Reality, Enrichment and Life Lessons) offered through OACAC. The project was designed for junior high and high school students to encourage and motivate students to make good choices in life early, so that their lives as adults will be easier.

“It’s fun to watch the light bulbs go off in their minds” — Gail Reed, OACAC Barry County Neighborhood Center supervisor.

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In the first exercise she did, a young student approached her after going through the exercise and said she just wanted to “run into the bathroom and hide.”

“And I told her, ‘In real life, you can’t do that.’ But the kids love it and get it and it’s just an amazing thing to see. It’s fun to watch the light bulbs go off in their minds.”

The concept started with some colleagues putting their heads together.

“They came up with the idea about three to four years ago and just created the project, with the scenarios and vendors. It’s been an amazing process to watch. It’s also about reinforcing kids’ decisions to stay in school.”

The agency is on track to carry out about eight REALL events this school year.

In December 2017, facilitators visited Wheaton seventh-grade students, in January, Exeter eighth-grade students, and visited Scott Tech students in Monett Feb. 15.

While REALL is currently only being offered in 10 counties in Missouri schools, project coordinators are hoping to take it beyond those borders, so all students can benefit from the important life lessons it teaches.

“We would both like to get both VOICE and REALL in as many schools as we can,” said Kathy Moore, Springfield-based OACAC project coordinator. “And we’re hoping to expand even beyond Missouri.”

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Lilly Boggs, 5, of Wentworth, a home-schooled student, excitedly opened a Little Kiwi Crate science project, which features several activities to engage students in science, technology, engineering, math and art. (Below) Emma Boggs, 8, of Wentworth, is a home-schooled student. Her mother subscribes to Little Passports Science Expeditions to spark her curiosity about science.

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Reading, writing, arithmetic Wentworth mom chooses to home school her daughters lisha Boggs of Wentworth has nothing against public schools, academically, but some of the students’ societal norms went against the grain of her Christian beliefs.

“My daughter, Emma, was in second grade and she started asking if she could be home schooled,” Alisha said.

“I prayed about it. At first, my husband, Charlie, was against it, but he’s 100 percent behind it now.”

What changed his mind was hearing some of the stories Emma would relay to her parents after spending a day in class and riding the bus back and forth to school.

“Several factors influenced our decision,” Alisha said. “Some kids on the bus were tinkering with demonic ideas.

They may not have known that’s what it was, but my husband said [Emma] couldn’t make a difference in the school if she didn’t know what she was up against. More and more, I’m glad we made this decision.”

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teaching second grade was just another step on the path to establishing a home school environment for Emma.

“Emma saw me working with Lilly and kept asking if I would teach her,” Alisha said. “She had two weeks off from school for holiday and, at the beginning, we were at each other’s throats. She didn’t understand me, and honestly, I didn’t understand her. At the end of the two weeks, her whole demeanor had changed.”

Emma likes being taught at home far more than she enjoyed public school.

“A lot of kids were mean to each other,” she said. “Especially on the busses. The teachers hardly ever did anything about it. I like having my mom as my teacher.”

Alisha started the homeschooling endeavor with Easy Peasy Christian curriculum.

“It wasn’t really a good fit,” she said.

“For me, or for Emma.”

Alisha found another online curriculum that suited Emma better, and, together, they have already nearly completed the 1,000 hours to meet the academic standards requirement in

Homeschool is not all fun and games. Alisha Boggs, who is teaching both of her daughters, Emma and Lilly, keeps track of how many hours are spent working in core classes such as English, social studies, math, science and reading. Alisha is required to teach and track a minimum of 1,000 hours per year for each of her daughters. The thick binder she is holding is for one child’s educational records.

Missouri. Core subjects include English, social studies, math, science and reading.

“It’s about meeting them where they are and pushing them to the next step,” Alisha said. “We started in August and took a break at Christmas. Then, we just got back in and got it done. I’m not required to test them, but I plan to test anyway. That gives me an idea of what I’m missing and where I need to push harder.”

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If anything has reinforced her decision to home school her children, a recent conversation with a local teacher helped quell any doubts.

“She told me things in public school had been so dumbed down,” Alisha said. “That makes me sad. My children are going to get to learn a lot more than a public school would have been able to provide.”

Alisha plans to be an active part of her children’s’ educational program through high school.

“Unless something happens, they’ll stay with me,” she said. “No matter what, they’re going to go out [into the world]. They just need to be prepared.”

Alisha said there are several benefits to home schooling her children.

“Home school is like another life,” she said. “We’ve learned how to live together again, instead of each of us going off in our own direction. We have a good relationship, now.”

And if she has a question, many of her husband’s relatives were home schooled or taught their own children at home.

“I have plenty of opportunity to ask for help if I need it,” Alisha said.

“We have a lot more family time, and a lot more extended family time.

When they are done with lessons, they can hang with their aunt or go spend the night with grandma and grandpa.”

But this isn’t a decision one should make lightly.

“Sometimes, people are interested in learning about it,” she said. “No matter where you go, someone is going to look down on you because you

have your kids with you. Every opportunity I see, there is education in the moment. People considering home schooling should take the time to educate themselves. But a child’s education needs to be first — it needs to be their priority.”

Alisha doesn’t regret her decision one bit.

“The more I hear about what goes on in public school, the happier I am to have made the decision to home school. And I learn as much as they do.” n

Emma Boggs, 8, left, and her sister, Lilly, 5, are eager to start another new science lab experiment as part of their home school education program.

Emma Boggs, 8, keeps track of her science experiments in a notebook, and logs her achievement badges as well.

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Love and art

The Verona group walking along the paths on the Crystal Bridges grounds, available for scenic treks and leading to the Frank Lloyd Wright house near the museum.

Verona students enchanted by beauty captured at Crystal Bridges

L

ove is a funny thing.

Sometimes it comes creeping up without warning. Sometimes a person falls in love unexpectedly and without warning, then wonder where this love came from, and what could life have been like without it.

That’s the kind of experience Verona High School art teacher Melissa Miller introduced her students to when she took them this fall to the Crystal Bridges art museum in Bentonville, Ark. “This was my first trip,” Miller said.

“I’ve been to the Denver art museum,

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to Prada and the Louvre in Paris. I wasn’t expecting to see that an hour and a half away.”

The Verona R-7 Board of Education authorized a field trip for its art students to Crystal Bridges last year.

Miller followed the strategy of her predecessor in requesting the museum accept her group as part of its education outreach and was approved.

“I discovered Crystal Bridges with my students,” Miller said. “I was kind of blown away when I pulled up their website. I had no idea what we were going to see. It was pretty amazing, to say the least.”

The world class museum, the

brainchild of Walmart founder Sam Walton’s daughter, Alice, focuses on artwork made by American artists.

The unusual two-level, circular gallery uses modern architecture melded into a hillside and over a lake to provide a distinctive and engaging setting for a wide range of art, from early portraits, landscapes, sculpture and abstract modern art, many by great masters.

“Two or three in the group had gone there before,” Miller said. “The majority had never been to any museum. They were in awe, silent, in shock. They couldn’t believe the stuff they saw. They asked, ‘Did somebody actually paint that?’”

Story and photos by Murray Bishoff

Leo Martinez and Colton Schulz admiring the Dwayne Hanson statue.

Eighth grade Verona art students Brooke McGlothlin and Myranda Gage admiring blown glass artwork by David Chihully at the Crystal Bridges art museum.

Miller observed a Georgia O’Keefe painting printed in one of the school’s books was hanging in the collection.

The museum provided a tour tailored for a certain level of students. Miller chose one for up-and-coming artists, walking them through the artist’s procedures, why subjects were chosen and techniques used.

“I took 17 students in all, ones who showed a higher level of interest,” Miller said. “They do three tours for students and teachers several times a day. The museum paid for the admission fee, a substitute for school and lunch, plus the bus. They’ve been doing that for every school that applies.”

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A tour guide at the Crystal Bridges art museum held one of the “candy” pieces spread across the floor in the Candy Room exhibit, explaining the artistic vision to the Verona students.

Admiring Dwayne Hanson’s realistic statue at Crystal Bridges.

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“The students came away with a greater appreciation of art and art history. They’ve been even more attentive in class since we went.”

Students also had the opportunity to see the special exhibits, which Miller had not expected. On that occasion, the museum was at the end of its showing of blown glass by David Chihully and realistic sculpture by Dwayne Hanson, so realistic that the artist include pours on the skin of the figures he created.

“When we first walked by [the Hanson exhibit], it looked like kindergarten and first-graders had gathered around and he was talking to them. We came back to look closer. It was insane to see the realism.

“It was wonderful to see the students so excited they loved the portraits and that they could look at them so closely. They couldn’t believe they weren’t photos till they saw the brush strokes. They couldn’t believe they were so realistic, with reflections of mountains and snow reflected in a lake. The students really dig the realism and couldn’t fathom how someone could be so good at art.”

The class stayed from 9:40 a.m. to 1:20 p.m. Students did not want to leave, having not seen everything.

Miller had her students write essays about their experience to help them process what they witnessed.

“They said they’d never seen anything like it,” Miller said. “Others who had been to museums before were taken by the architecture and the grounds. It made me very proud. The students were very well behaved and respectful. The students came away with a greater appreciation of art and art history. They’ve been even more attentive in class since we went.

— Melissa Miller, Verona HIgh School art teacher

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All of the Verona group gathered on the steps in the patio outside the exhibit area of the Crystal Bridges museum.

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“I was just in from Hawaii at the beginning of the school year. I haven’t lived in Missouri since 2009. I feel I should have known Crystal Bridges was there. There were other school groups there. They must be inundated with crowds. What a wonderful thing, an awesome experience to provide.”

Art students participating in the field trip were eighth graders Myranda Gage, Kelson Guenther and Brooke McGlothlin; sophomores Leonardo Martinez, Perla Estrada and Melanie Salas; juniors Twilah Carrasquillo, Rita Castillo, Gabino Garcia, Chase Golubski, Caleb Hillhouse and Colten Schultz; and seniors Jonathan Freiburger, Angel Wilkinson and Dominic Fernandez. n

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The Barry County Master Gardeners holding their plant sale on May 1 in Cassville, held in conjunction with the Dogwood Car Show in the square.

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here was a day when it seemed like every town had a garden club, and every household had a member. The joy of gardening has not diminished among those who continue to plant and harvest.

The Barry County Master Gardeners continue the tradition through their second annual “Let’s Get Growing” workshop, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 10 at the Crowder College events center, 4020 N. Main in Cassville.

“Last year we had 60 attend,” said E.J. Adams, one of the Barry County Master Gardeners and chairwoman of the workshop. “We’re hoping for more this year.”

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Working on the gardens at the Cassville Branch Library, where the group planted a Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick shrub near the lower level entrance.

The first year’s workshop was held at the Cassville Branch Library. The move to the Crowder College campus will accommodate more participants.

Speakers will address varied topics providing useful information to home gardeners, whether novice or expert.

Dr. Tom Riley, entomologist and Master Gardener, will discuss local butterflies, their biology and plant preferences. Linda Stuart and Zeta VanWye, members of Barry County Master Gardeners, will demonstrate how to grow mushrooms on a log. Dr. Daniel Sayer. a Monsanto representative, will provide information concerning GMOs and what the home gardener should know about them.

Shon Bishop, a small farms expert from Lincoln University, will share hints on growing greens and tomatoes.

“Most of the speakers do PowerPoint presentations, and allow time for questions and answers,” Adams said.

“Not only will the workshop be informative, but it will include some tasty snacks and great door prizes.”

Registration may be made through the Barry County Extension Office by calling 417-847-3161 or email wogomanb@missouri.edu. Cost is $10 in advance or $12 at the door.

Adams said the master gardeners meet monthly, except during the summer. Each year, they plan a field trip for the group. A plant sale is offered in conjunction with the Dogwood Car Show in the Cassville square.

Among their projects, the gardeners tend to the gardens on the grounds of the Cassville Branch Library. Their

newest project, started in 2017, is at the nature center at Roaring River State Park, done in conjunction with the naturalists at the park. The master gardeners have been identifying the wildflowers and trees on the grounds of the Nature Center, as well as working on the gardens there to increase the number of wildflowers and native plants as a way to encourage visitors to try placing these plants in their own gardens.

“Many of us support community gardens in our home towns,” Adams said. “Some work on gardens in the Golden Community Center, at the Eagle Rock fire station and at churches.

Our mission is to educate the public about gardening, and try to create a more beautiful community.”

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Information about the master gardener program is available from the University of Missouri Extension Office.

Candidates for master gardener certification may attend a series of classes on many aspects of gardening to develop a knowledge base, or work through online sessions individually.

Becoming a master gardener is a three-step process. First is eight hours of classroom time studying turf and landscapes. The second is an eight-hour course on fruits and vegetables, including propagation, maintenance and harvest of fruit trees and garden crops. The last step is certification and experiential training, involving eight hours of classroom time, plus two three-hour handson sessions.

Classes for the first two are available in Carthage, Ozark and West Plains. A super-session with experiential training is offered April 13 at the University of Missouri’s Southwest Research Center near Mt. Vernon. Information on registration is available by calling the Jasper County Extension Office at 417-3582158.

Sharon Drassen took in the peaceful setting in the garden of Linda and Barry Stuart in a summer garden tour.

Statewide, master gardeners provide tens of thousands of volunteer hours each year, and have great impact in beautifying parks, schools, libraries and other public buildings in their local communities. n

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hen you cook your vegetables, what kind of cooking methods come to mind? Frying? Boiling? Roasting? Sautéing?

The next time you prepare your veggies, you might try a traditional Chinese cooking method. This method will help to preserve almost all of the nutrients in vegetables, while also bringing out great flavor.

To use this cooking method, you will combine a small amount of boiling water with a small amount of oil to replace the traditional large amount of oil or water that is used to cook vegetables. In doing so, you will avoid the loss of water-soluble vitamins and attain the delicious flavor of sautéing.

According to research conducted at China Agriculture University, the water-soluble vitamins in vegetables can be preserved by the water/ oil mixture of this cooking method, especially Vitamin C, which can be saved up to 96 percent. Blanching and boiling only save 50 percent of Vitamin C. Compared to sautéing, frying, or roasting, very little excess fat is added using this traditional cooking method. Vegetables need to be simmered in the water/ oil mixture for no more than two minutes. The hot steam will penetrate the vegetables fast, will help to speed the cooking process, and therefore prevent Vitamin C broken down caused by heat. Lastly, this cooking method can dramatically reduce the cooking time for busy people.

Flavorful Spinach

(using traditional Chinese cooking method) Ingredients: 1 c water or chicken broth ½ c mushrooms, sliced 1 tsp sesame oil 10 oz bag of spinach* 1 boiled egg, chopped Pinch of salt and pepper

Directions: 1. Place water or chicken broth into a small pot and add sliced mushrooms.

Bring the water to boil over medium-high heat for 2 minutes.

2. Add sesame oil and 3 c spinach into boiled water. Mix well and simmer for one minute.

3. Add chopped boiled egg and mix well. Sprinkle a small amount of salt and pepper before serving. Do not strain water.

*Note: You can use any type of vegetable to replace

spinach or add more of your favorite seasoning in this recipe. Adjust your simmer time and water amount based on how much vegetables you cook. You only need a small amount of water to steam the vegetables to prevent vitamin leakage.

Yimeng Ma is a dietetic intern and nutrition student at Cox College. Growing up in China, her family worked in the nutritional supplement business.

To further her family’s cause of bringing evidence-based health to clients, Yimeng was inspired to move across the world to study nutrition. Her dream is to establish a nutrition clinic creating personalized diet plans and supplement packages derived from nutrigenomics based on patients’ unique genetic profiles.

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Recipes

St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Ingredients to kindle a taste of the old country

Irish Heritage Cabbage Ingredients:

Irish Cream Chocolate Cheesecake Ingredients: 1-1/2 cups chocolate cookie crumbs 1/3 cup confectioners’ sugar 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1/4 cup butter 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened 1/4 cup white sugar 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour 3 eggs 1/2 cup sour cream 1/4 cup Irish cream liqueur

Directions: • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, mix together the cookie crumbs, confectioners’ sugar and 1/3 cup cocoa. Add melted butter and stir until well mixed. Pat into the bottom of a 9 inch springform pan.

Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes; set aside.

Increase oven temperature to 450 degrees F. • In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, white sugar, 1/4 cup cocoa and flour. Beat at medium speed until well blended and smooth. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Blend in the sour cream and Irish cream liqueur; mixing on low speed.

Pour filling over baked crust.

• Bake at 450 degrees F for 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 250 degrees F, and continue baking for 60 minutes.

• With a knife, loosen cake from rim of pan. Let cool, then remove the rim of pan. Chill before serving. If your cake cracks, a helpful tip is to dampen a spatula and smooth the top, then sprinkle with some chocolate wafer crumbs.

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2 slices Irish bacon, diced 1 medium head cabbage, cored and cut into wedges 2 tablespoons melted butter 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg 2 cups water salt and pepper to taste 1/2 cup red wine vinegar

Directions: • Preheat your oven’s broiler.

• Place cabbage into a large pot. Add water and bring to a boil. Simmer over low heat until tender, about 15 minutes. Meanwhile, cook bacon in a skillet over medium-high heat until crisp. Drain and set aside.

Drain cabbage, and drizzle with melted butter. Sprinkle with bacon and nutmeg. Transfer to a baking dish.

• Place under your oven’s broiler until the top layer is lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Serve with salt, pepper and vinegar as desired.

Braised Corned Beef Brisket Ingredients: 1 (5 pound) flat-cut corned beef brisket 1 tablespoon browning sauce (such as Kitchen Bouquet), or as desired 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 onion, sliced 6 cloves garlic, sliced 2 tablespoons water

Directions: • Preheat oven to 275 degrees F. • Discard any flavoring packet from corned beef. Brush brisket with browning sauce on both sides. Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and brown brisket on both sides in the hot oil, 5 to 8 minutes per side.

• Place brisket on a rack set in a roasting pan. Scatter onion and garlic slices over brisket and add water to roasting pan. Cover pan tightly with aluminum foil.

• Roast in the preheated oven until meat is tender, about 6 hours.

Source: AllRecipes.com

Amazingly Easy Irish Soda Bread Ingredients: 4 cups all-purpose flour 4 tablespoons white sugar 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup margarine, softened 1 cup buttermilk 1 egg 1/4 cup butter, melted 1/4 cup buttermilk

Directions: • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly grease a large baking sheet.

• In a large bowl, mix together flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt and margarine. Stir in 1 cup of buttermilk and egg. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead slightly. Form dough into a round and place on prepared baking sheet. In a small bowl, combine melted butter with 1/4 cup buttermilk; brush loaf with this mixture. Use a sharp knife to cut an ‘X’ into the top of the loaf.

• Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Check for doneness after 30 minutes. You may continue to brush the loaf with the butter mixture while it bakes.

Luck o’ the Irish Brownie Ingredients: 4 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate 1 cup margarine, softened 2 cups white sugar 3 eggs 2-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup butter, softened 4 cups confectioners’ sugar 2 tablespoons milk, or as needed 1-1/2 teaspoons peppermint extract 6 drops green food coloring 1-1/3 cups semisweet chocolate chips 6 tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Directions: • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.

• Melt the unsweetened chocolate in a cup or small bowl in the microwave. Stir at 15 second intervals until chocolate is smooth. Allow to cool slightly. Transfer to a large bowl, and stir in the margarine and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Stir in the flour just until blended. Pour the batter into the prepared dish and spread evenly.

• Bake in the preheated oven until the surface appears dry and the sides are beginning to pull away from the edges of the pan, 20 to 25 minutes. The brownies may look more like cake and may jiggle slightly in the center. This is normal. Remove from the oven and cool in the pan set over a wire rack.

• To make the middle layer, beat 1/2 cup of butter with confectioners’ sugar in a large bowl using an electric mixer. Add milk as needed to get a spreadable consistency. Stir in the peppermint extract and green food coloring. Spread this over the cooled pan of brownies.

Refrigerate for 30 minutes • In a microwave-safe bowl, microwave chocolate chips with the butter until melted. Stir every 20 seconds until chocolate is smooth. Stir in vanilla and then pour over the chilled brownies and quickly spread to cover the surface. Cool again until firm, about 10 minutes, then cut into squares and serve.

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Recipes

Beer Braised Irish Stew and Colcannon Ingredients: Irish Stew 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 (3 pound) beef chuck roast, trimmed of fat and cut into 1/2-inch cubes 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 cup coarsely chopped onion 1 cup coarsely chopped carrot 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle dark beer 2 bay leaves 1 teaspoon dried thyme 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

Colcannon 3 slices bacon 2 pounds russet potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks 2 cups thinly sliced cabbage 1/4 cup milk, warmed 2 tablespoons butter 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley

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Directions: • Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. • Heat the vegetable oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat until very hot, and brown the meat in 2 batches, stirring to brown the cubes on all sides.

Return all the meat to the Dutch oven, sprinkle with flour, and stir lightly to coat the meat with flour. Stir in onion, carrots, dark beer, bay leaves, thyme, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, garlic, and Worcestershire sauce. Bring the mixture to a boil, and cover.

• Place the Dutch oven into the preheated oven, and cook for 45 minutes.

Uncover, stir the stew, and cook until the beef is very tender and the liquid is reduced by half, about 45 more minutes.

• Place the bacon in a large, deep skillet, and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain the bacon slices on a paper towel-lined plate. Crumble the bacon and set aside.

• About 30 minutes before the stew is ready, make the colcannon. Place the potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes.

Drain and allow to steam dry for a minute or two.

• Place the cabbage into a microwave-safe bowl, and add 1 or 2 tablespoons of water. Cover and microwave on high for about 2-1/2 minutes. Uncover (watch out for steam) and stir the cabbage. Cover and microwave for about 2-1/2 more minutes, until the cabbage is slightly tender but not mushy. Drain excess liquid, and set the cabbage aside, covered.

• Place the potatoes into a large bowl, and add milk, butter, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper. Beat the potatoes with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Stir in the cabbage, crumbled bacon, and parsley until well combined.

• To serve, place a scoop of colcannon onto a plate, make a hollow, and fill with braised beef stew.

Parenting column

Fun with your kids on

National Peanut Month March is National Peanut Month, and that means you’re about to read through four fun crafts you can do with your kiddos. If your kids are anything like mine, they’ll balk at the idea of eating peanuts out of shells, but the second you pop open that bag and show your kids just how fun peanuts can be, they’ll be begging you for more.

Finger puppets are the cutest thing and what’s better than peanut shell finger puppets?

What you will need: • 5-10 empty peanut shells (plus a few more in case some break) • Paint • Paintbrushes

Instructions:

Break your peanut shell in the middle at its weakest point. Shells can be delicate, so be careful when breaking them. Pull peanuts out, leaving it hollow inside.

Sometimes, the peanut won’t come out, but your child can still fit a finger in the shell. If that’s the case, don’t worry about getting the peanut out. Let your child paint faces on the peanut shells and leave them to dry on a paper plate. Once shells are dried, have your children put the shells on their fingers and help them sing the “Daddy Peanut” song. “Daddy peanut, daddy peanut, where are you? Here I am, here I am, how do you do? Mommy peanut, mommy peanut, where are you? Here I am, here I am, how do you do?”

Repeat song using Brother peanut, sister peanut, and so on.

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Ants on Paper

Butterflies

Mosaic Peanut Masterpiece

What you will need:

What you will need:

What you will need:

• Construction paper

• Peanut shells

• A bowl full of shelled peanuts

• Peanuts (without the shells)

• Hot glue gun with glue

• Markers

• Hot glue or liquid glue

• Cardstock or construction paper

• Glue

• Markers or paint

• Black pipe cleaner

• Glitter (optional…but fun!)

• Googly eyes

Instructions

This is a great craft to with kids of any age. Break open the peanut shells and pull out the peanuts. Make sure each peanut is in half so you can glue down the peanut with the flat side down on the paper. Glue the halved peanuts in a fun line on the paper to make it look like a trail of ants. Once the glue has dried and the peanuts are stuck to the paper, color the peanuts with a black marker and draw tiny legs coming out from each side of the peanuts. Let your kids draw backgrounds on their pictures and watch their faces light up as they see their imaginations come to life on paper.

Instructions Instructions

This craft will require help from an adult since a glue gun is involved.

Have your children pick out fullsized peanut shells. Let them cut out butterfly wings from any color of paper they choose. This is a great time for them to decorate the wings with markers and stickers. Pipe a thick line of glue on one side of the peanut shell and stick the flat edge of the wing in the glue. Hold there until set. Repeat on the other side of the shell so both wings are across from each other. Glue two eyes on the front of the peanut shell. Cut the pipe cleaner in to one, 2-inch piece and form it into the shape of a V. Place one large pea-sized dab of hot glue on the back side of the peanut.

Place the tip of the V in that dab of glue and hold there until it sets.

National Peanut Month is a great time to make fun crafts like these with your kids while introducing them to all the different things they can do with peanuts. Don’t just limit them to crafts. Show your kids how to incorporate peanuts into recipes the whole family can enjoy. For fun peanut-inspired recipes, visit MeaganRuffing.com.

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Grab a piece of paper and let your kids go wild with this craft. Tell you children to grab the glue and put dots wherever they want to lay a peanut. Make sure the peanuts are halved so the flat part will lay on the paper. Once the glue has dried and peanuts are set in place, have your children color the peanuts as they like or have them add a little more glue on the top of some of the peanuts so they can sprinkle glitter over them. To make this piece mosaic, have them group the peanuts by colors. For example, glue a circle of peanuts and color them all blue. Then right next to those blue peanuts, make another design in the shape of a swirl and color those green, and so on. The coloring part is easier with paints, but you can use markers too.

Parenting journalist Meagan Ruffing is always looking for fun, new ways to get her kids involved with crafts. Through the writing of this article, her 4-year-old daughter Elinor realized just how much she loved eating peanuts.

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The Central Elementary School as captured by Ione Miller atop the Walnut Street hill, seen from Locust Street, as it likely looked in 1917. This was where Miller started her education in 1905.

The 1917 embossed date on the official invitation to Pierce City High School graduation on May 24, 1917, at the Princess Theater, what later became the Strand Theater next to the train depot.

The PCHS Class of 1917 preparing to head to Pioneer for its class picnic.

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Century mementos 1917 scrapbook mirrors teen life in Pierce City

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hat do teens keep from their senior year in high school? These days, it’s a lot of selfies, some mementos from prom, and maybe a program from the school play.

One hundred years ago, mementos meant more and said a bit more about those who kept them.

One of those teens was Ellen Ione (pronounced eye-own) Miller – she went

by Ione – part of the 16-member graduating class of 1917 at Pierce City High School. Miller never married and lived all her life in Pierce City. She worked as a school teacher and retired from her alma mater as Central Elementary School principal in 1964.

She kept a scrapbook from her senior year in high school her entire life. There was apparently no yearbooks that year, so students created their own. After she passed away in on Feb. 18, 1992, at age 93, the scrapbook ended up in a yard sale and was discovered by John Gripka.

He recognized its historical significance.

When he recently died, his widow, Margie, donated the scrapbook to the Harold Bell Wright/Pierce City Museum.

What Miller kept reflected what she valued, looking back on those unforgettable years of youth.

Her graduation photo is there, wearing a plain black cap and gown.

She has a serious expression, with maybe a little sadness, knowing that after this it was off to the work force, beyond the carefree classroom.

Story by Murray Bishoff

One thing teens apparently exchanged in quantity in those days were little cards, measuring 2-1/8 by 2-7/8ths inches. Miller has one for everyone in her class. Almost all seem to have the student’s name, in different typefaces. One classmate, W.A. Barlow, had amazing calligraphy skills, and he signed his cards instead in a very flashy way.

Students used Chief tablets for school work, distinctive 8-by-10 notebooks with lined paper inside a red cardboard cover with illustrations of Native Americans on the cover. She glued half of one cover into her scrapbook and labeled it “My last tablet.”

There are photos of Miller, her classmates and her teachers. The scrapbook has many poems written by students in it, about each other and about the faculty. The poems about faculty read differently, as if they were written by different students, but without copying machines, students had to make copies by hand.

Here are several excerpts: “Composed Concerning Miss Lilian Paxton.”

“Down in old Missouri “In a school that has great fame “Is a teacher good as gold “Miss Paxton is her name.

“She’s just as pleasant as can be “And never does get cross.

“But all the kids are aware “She means to be the boss.”

Ione Miller’s high school graduation portrait, glued onto the front of her scrapbook.

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The inside joke being that Miss Paxton was less than 5 feet in height, hardly an imposing boss.

Tucked in Ione Miller’s scrapbook was part of the cover of a Chief writing tablet. She labeled it, “My last tablet.”

About Maud Kennedy: “Maud Kennedy came into our school “The first day of September.

“Her ways and means of teaching us “We always will remember “[Chorus] “Look it up,” “look it up” “She says to Bill and Mandy.

“Teach ‘em cookin’, teach ‘em cookin’ “Make the girls be handy. “[Final chorus] We like Miss Maud. We’ll miss her much “When round the world we’re goin’.

“We’ve looked it up, we’ve looked it up.

“And now we’re awful knowin’.”

About Callie Bradford: “Everybody loves Miss Bradford “‘Cause she always treats them fair.

“And we’d like to take you with us “With your dainty little ways.

“We all like your rosy blushes “And your smiles so shy “And we want them all the time.”

The students also wrote poems about each other. Some are pithy, such as Fay Robb writing, “In the golden chain of friendships, regard me as a link.” Some are profound. Ethel Robb wrote: “And if I should live to be “The last leaf upon the tree “In the spring, “Let them smile (as I do now) “At the old forsaken bough “Where I cling.”

The commencement program for the PCHS 1917 graduation.

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Amy Jochum added, “And if thou wilt, remember.

And if thou wilt, forget.”

Clive Duncan offered his tidbit: “In this little life the man who would be victorious must conserve all the love he possesses — he must put strife, envy and vengeance out of his heart.” Heavy words for a teen.

Miller added one she signed, suggesting an excess of humility: “The sweetest bird builds near the ground.

“The loveliest flower springs low.

“And we must stoop for happiness “If we its worth should know.”

The scrapbook offers evidence of a number of school activities.

There is a playbill for a school play, “Let There Be Light” by Edith Scammon. In the play, Miller portrayed “A Woman of the Street.” This was interesting casting, said Janene Keipers, one of her pupils decades later, who said Miller was so straight laced that it would have been the antithesis of her character.

A colored ticket on heavy cardboard for admission into the Pierce City Opera House, used for high school basketball games in the nineteen-teens.

There’s also a typed, possibly a carbon copy, cast list for the operetta “Sylvia,” presented by the high school at the Princess Theatre on May 10, 1917. A typeset playbill for the show and an admission ticket are also preserved. A newspaper clipping announces the “Japanese operetta” “Chrysanthemum,” given on April 16, 1917 at the Opera House. Miller was one of 11 couriers in the show, which also had fairies, sprites, a Wizard Cat and the royal court.

There are two promotional fliers for basketball games, both girls and boys, one against Granby and the other against Carthage. It seems 1915 was a good year for Pierce City teams, both having outscored opponents collectively. Both handbills place the games in the Pierce City Opera House, adding, “Our teams are worthy of the city’s whole support.”

Apparently there was no gymnasium in Pierce City at the time. The opera house, destroyed in the May 4, 2003, tornado, had a stage that in the 1890s could mount a touring production of “Quo Vadis?”, but hardly had a huge auditorium by today’s standards on the second floor. It may have been big enough for National Guard drills after owner William Raupp made it the state headquarters for the National Guard after becoming adjutant general in 1921, but it would have been tight quarters for a basketball game and an audience of any size.

Miller was apparently there for basketball games. In her scrapbook is two and three quarter inch square with “25¢” printed on it in colorful ink, with “opera house admission” written on it.

The Pierce City girls apparently won their Jan. 2, 1915, game 22-17 and lost the Granby game 4-3. The boys won the Granby game 32-10.

Miller placed cards of three years’ worth of Student Association tickets in her scrapbook, covering admission to games from 1914 through 1917. There is a tri-folded invitation to graduation

The sophomore grade card of a future teacher, who was no fan of history.

ceremonies, held at the Princess Theater, with a gold embossed “19” on the front, and a “17” tucked inside the foot of the “9”. She kept an admission ticket with a numbered seat of the occasion.

There are photos of the high school class picnic to Pioneer on May 18, 1917.

Little remains of this highly prized recreation destination today. Photos show both the main waterfall and the twin waterfall.

There is a very delicate 13-1/2 inch square placemat from the picnic, or perhaps it’s a napkin, on tissue paper like a cross-stitch master, with red, white and blue American flags printed in quadrants of a circle, around which the classmates signed their names.

The scrapbook bears witness to the confusion over how to spell “Pierce City” as well. The newspaper ad to “Princess Chrysanthemum” refers to Pierce City High School. All the school documents, basketball handbills, and letters tucked inside use “Peirce City.”

The “Peirce” spelling remained in use

until 1934, when new Leader-Journal owner Meredith Garton changed the spelling in the newspaper six months into his ownership, thus ending use of the original spelling honoring namesake Andrew Peirce.

There are many newspaper clippings in the scrapbook. Many refer to what became of the graduates. Miller herself became a school teacher. Her first assignment was the Holland School, a very small rural rural school south of Pierce City, located in the vicinity of today’s Monett airport.

The most heartrending clippings refer to the burning of high school on Jan. 21, 1918. The former Baptist Bible college, built in 1880, became the high school after the college closed in 1904 and moved to Bolivar, where it continues as Southwest Baptist University today.

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to save at least the school records, only to be restrained by firefighters.

Miller kept photos in her scrapbook of the old Central school she attended on the top of Walnut Street hill, the high school as she knew it, and the ruins of the burned school, several with herself posing next to the brick skeleton that remained standing after the fire.

Many of Miller’s grade cards survived in her scrapbook. The fire might have been beneficial for her career, had employers looked at transcripts in those days. Some of her grades weren’t particularly good, especially the D’s she got as a sophomore in history.

But how many 16-year-olds think about their future jobs? She did, however, take two semesters of teacher training during her senior year. For the most part she got “medium” grades, but she got “superior” in “deportment.” She then took summer classes at the Missouri State Teachers College in Springfield, now Missouri State University, and was declared certified for work, starting the fall after graduating high school.

She kept copies of the questions from all her teacher training exams. Among these were the following: Reading: One of the most common criticisms of reading in the grades in hesitating and moving the head or book before pronouncing words. What are the causes? How remedy?

Writing: Write a synopsis of the verb learned in the indicative mode, active voice, second person, singular.

Arithmetic: How many cords of wood can be piled in a shed 18 ft. long, 8 feet wide and 10 ft. 6 in. high?

Method and observation: Discuss the use of diacritical markings in the teaching of spelling.

Geography: Locate and in a sentence give the present day significance of Colon, Lemberg, Antwerp, Guam, Hull, Bagdad, Gibraltar, Bucharest, Dublin.

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Ione Miller’s first teaching jobs were at these schools. At top is the Holland School, located a mile and a half south of Pierce City, and at bottom is the Rose School, also south of Pierce City.

mendation, which probably carried a lot more weight than the assorted test scores. One came from respected banker L.L. Allen, longtime Sunday School leader at the Congregational Church, who called Miller “a young lady of splendid Christian character and an arduous church and Sunday School worker. She is now teacher of the Beginners grade in my Sunday School, and one of the most faithful ones. I would consider your

Board very fortunate in securing her service, and will deeply regret to have her leave our community.”

Miller’s whimsy did not escape her formal documentation. She saved a memo from her high school teacher training class, drafted by classmates Alma Abernathy, Bessie Morris and Cecyl Johnston, that declared, “Ione Miller is a bad little girl but she is going to be a dignified old school marm out of the midst of the Polarkies.” There are some silly photos of a class party, a three-inch long white paper dress with blue polka dots, stuck on one page without explanation. There’s a pressed dandelion given to her by classmate Clive Duncan.

Then there’s the Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum from classmate Fay Robb, handed to each classmate during practice for the march into Baccalaureate. Miller kept the wrapper. n

A voice speaks across a century

July 3, 1918 “Food scarce. Good water. First German prisoners here. Not bad looking. Appear to be civilized. English think them something fierce.”

- Norvel P. Clotfelter, Monett, Mo.

A Monettan’s diary of WWI is now in the Library of Congress

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t the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., there is an exhibit on display entitled “Echoes of the Great War,” in honor of the centennial of the U.S. involvement in World War I. In one of the display cases is the diary of Gen. John J. Pershing, commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary Forces. Next to his is another diary, written by a serviceman, not a major commanding officer, but one of the American foot soldiers, Norvel P. Clotfelter.

Clotfelter, who moved to Monett in 1933, spent seven months overseas. He was in the middle of the Meuse-Argonne offensive that pushed through the final weeks of the war in November 1918.

A committed diarist, Clotfelter documented his daily activities for 37 years, beginning in 1912. His detailed account of the fighting as part of the 357th Infantry Regiment, even marking the hour of troop movements and artillery bombardments, along with his reactions, represent an invaluable document to historians.

Story by Murray Bishoff

The final photo of Norvel Clotfelter personally delivered by family members to the Library of Congress.

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Even better than the exhibit, Clotfelter’s diary has been transcribed and placed, along with seven photos of him in uniform, online as part of the Veterans History Project.

Martha Willoughby, Clotfelter’s granddaughter, recalled that 51 years ago, her father, John “Jack” Clotfelter, was digging through family belongings and came across a metal five-gallon can in the barn of his father’s property.

Taking the can out into the light, he opened it and found it stuffed full of pocket-sized books, his entire collection of diaries.

“That’s where they went!” Jack said.

Norvel Clotfelter’s diaries became a family treasure, occasionally read.

According to Martha Willoughby of Monett, Jack’s daughter and Norvel’s granddaughter, the diaries were treasured in the family for the hardships they revealed. They were even shared with cousins, transcribed by high school history students and published in a high school history book.

Clotfelter spent half of his military service in Camp Travis in San Antonio, Texas. He left his home in Mayes County, Okla., on Sept. 22, 1917, where he served until June 1919.

Sept. 24, 1917: “Most of the Mayes County boys were put into machine gun battalion, 344th Co. A, 357th Regiment, 90th Division. ...19 of us in Co. A.” The daily routine at camp was fairly consistent: Reveille 5:45 a.m. Get up.

Breakfast 6; Assemble 7 for drill; Recall 11:30; Dinner 12; Assembly 1:30 for drill; Recall 4:30 Retreat 5:45 dress parade; Supper 6; Tattoo 9 Lights out; Taps 11 all to bed.

Some days were more interesting than others.

Dec. 22: “I went to our rifle range yesterday and shot 10 shots with a machine gun. Made 6 bulls eyes.

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Went with C Co. Was put in command of two guns.”

March 1, 1918: Away from barracks for two weeks, in bed for a week with rheumatism.

Been walking around three days. Hobble yet.

Today was payday. I draw $28.70 after taking out $5 Liberty Loan Bond. $1 for laundry and $3 for insurance.”

Right before heading overseas, Clotfelter had leave to go home, where he was welcomed by his neighbors, family and fiancée, Mattie.

May 2: People gave a social in honor of me. Ice cream and cake. Good time. Took Mattie home. Good long talk. She sure was fine. We were both feeling fine but it was hard to part.

Will never forget that time.”

Then the farm boy started on his distant adventure.

June 12: “Woke up going through Rogers, Ark to Monett, Mo 9 a.m.

Passed thru Cuba. Detrained at Newburg and marched around through dust. Men getting dirty. Meals

brought through train in buckets and served in men’s mess kits.

June 14 in Buffalo NY. June 15 to Jersey City. To Long Island. Marched 1 mile to Camp Mills. Left by rail June 19.

On board USS Harrisburg 10:30 p.m.

“L” Co. on 4th deck of course. Awful hole. Ventilation bad. Crowded. Just a troop ship. I couldn’t find a berth and slept up in deck house tonight.”

July 2: “Disembarked in Liverpool, England.”

July 3: “Food scarce. Good water.

First German prisoners here. Not bad looking. Appear to be civilized. English think them something fierce.

“All kinds of girls out here. Mostly the wrong kind though. One can even see women with two or three

Martha’s sister, Ruth Clotfelter Camenisch, heard that the Library of Congress was looking for diaries of World War I to be included in an exhibit about the war. She contacted the Library and found staff very interested. It turned out not many diaries had been kept, let alone survived.

The family shipped the diary, along with several photos kept from the war, to the Library of Congress.

July 5 in Havre, France: “About 60 miles from front. Can hear big guns when all is quiet. July 6 loaded on train. [On train] until July 8. Hike 9 miles to Rochesfort.

“Small village. Just few houses.

House, barn and sometimes a mill under one roof. We slept on ground in orchard of a resident. One of the prettiest chateaus here that I could imagine. Built in Napoleon’s time.

Next day hiked nearly 9 miles more to St. Marc sur Seine.”

July 18: “Hunted wire for bayonet dummies. Found none. Tried to talk French. Not much success at that. Old man who owns this barn I stay in has lost two sons in this war. He saw my Kodak and wanted me to copy their pictures and put them into locket.

I had a hard time explaining to him that I could not.”

July 31 and Aug. 6: “Bayonet and gas drill.”

As Clotfelter got closer to the front, the war shifted from an abstraction to a painful reality. children, laying in the bushes with some soldier. They don’t seem to care for being caught either. I didn’t take any. Too much disease. England must be short of men. Took two decent looking girls to a picture show. Cost 3 shillings for the three. Very loving girls. ...Everyone has trouble with English money.”

Aug. 8: “March to Cosne.”

Aug. 17: “Up 5:30. Hiked out 8 a.m. with packs which weighed at least 85 pounds. Just could move with them.

Torture on shoulders. Hiked till 1 p.m.

Fell out and pitched S.H.a t Ampilly.

Good dinner 1:30. Good swim in Seine.”

Aug. 18: “Loaded troops 40 men to car, 20 feet in each box car, rode through Chatillon-sur Seine. Soldiers in every town.’

Aug. 21: “Joined by 2nd Battalion of 16th Infantry, 1st Division. “They were in the big drive at Saissons and lost nearly all their men. Came to this sector to rest. Are being relieved by 90th Division.”

Aug. 25: “Gas alarm but no gas. …

Airplanes of both sides busy.

“Up all night. Runners brought coffee at 12:30. Drank some to keep me awake. Saw nothing but wire, moonshine and grass. Arduous task.

Gas alarm 2:30. No gas here though.

Bombardment by artillery 2:30-3.

Both sides. We are supposed to stay here 10 days and be relieved. Some of the boys seem to be scared. Others don’t mind it. My first night didn’t both me at all.”

Aug. 28: “Some excitement tonight. Enemy dropped 10 or 15 shells in our trenches a bout 7:30. Everyone low. No one hurt. German patrol operating in front of us tonight. Could hear them plainly but could not see so did not shoot. Too far out for grenades. Two prisoners taken.”

Sept. 12: “Hell broke loose at 1 a.m.

Big barrage started. One continuous roar of guns of nearly all calibres.

Must be fierce on Heinie. Aroused at 7. Several of our party lost in brush last night. Could see them all around this morning. Made up our rolls and found kitchens. Learned that 3rd Bn. had gone o the big drive. Prisoners coming in all day. Sammies are moving right along. French have some big guns here. 1 kilo from Mamey.”

Sept. 14: “Carried rations until 9 this morning. Could never get as far as Co. L. They have pushed too

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far ahead. Americans on this front have advanced about 5 miles and taken 8,000 prisoners. More trouble with M.G. nests and snipers than any other thing. Dead Germans lying all through the wood. Some Americans too. Was preparing to rejoin Co. this evening but Mess Sgt. Canning thought that he had a spy located and we went to warn companies.

While there German snipers got busy with M.G.’s in trees. Kept us in a hole quite a while. Killed three of our men right close. They also started a small counter attack. Our troops advanced and wiped out German counter attack. 4th platoon of L. Co. under Sgt. Dean given credit for killing 60 Boche. I had nothing but a .45 pistol so worked in first aid station until the attack was over.”

Sept. 22: “Line day. Our position shelled for quite a while last night.

4th platoon is in support. Lay in my hole and shook, thinking that as each shell came over that it would get me sure. Three shells burst within 30 feet of me and threw dirt over me. Two rifles ruined. One shell set off an ammo dump, which they had left close to use and made an awful racket. A lot of small arms ammo too with once in a while a big shell. Spammpanato ran up to Sgt. Dean’s dugout and cried, ‘Sgt. Dean! Sgt. Dean! Wake up the platoon there’s a beega battle goin’ on!’ When our artillery opened up theirs ceased.”

The rains came, and the cold. Clotfelter’s rheumatism flared up. Many days he complained of the cold with no overcoat, fatigue and his feet hurting.

He described what had been the town of Ceirgy, “shot all to pieces. Not a leaf.

Ground so full of holes that a path went up and down. Sure fierce walking.”

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Despite reports of optimistic peace talks reaching the troops, the fighting continued with great intensity.

Oct. 23: “Was told by chief of Scouts and snipers that we were going over the top at 3:15. Made ready.

89th division advanced to our left last night. Makes one wonder how he will come out. Also makes him think of home. One man from M Co. just shot himself throught the hand and went to hospital. Good way to keep from going over the top. Our barrage started 2:45. Not very heavy either.

We started 3:15. Just walked along.

We were 100 yards behind first wave.

Right in counter barrage. 11 of us.

One sniper killed by a shell about 10 feet from me. No resistance encountered until second volley was reached about 3/4 mi. Then MG.’s opened on our boys. They were soon flanked and captured and advance went on. Not many prisoners. Boche fled leaving everything even rifles. Objective reached about 6. Dug in. Finally found some good holes and crept in.

Heavy shelling. No sleep.”

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On Oct. 25, Clotfelter had his first encounter with a German gas attack.

A shell exploded on the door to the sheet metal shelter he and several others crouched in. The next evening another gas shell hit close by.

and hostilities would cease at 11 a.m.

Heavy barrage yesterday morn and again this morn. Continued up to 11.

Then stopped. Everyone had their eyes on their watches. Artillery gave them hell last few minutes. French celebrating. I could hear bells & shouting all day by spells.”

World War I soldiers were not given dog tags for identification, but presented with kits to make their own. Family members located Norvel Clotfelter’s tags, with his name stamped on aluminum disks then tied together on one of his shoestrings. Two tags were made, as soldiers were told if they were killed, officials would take one for notification and leave the other with the body.

Oct. 27: “[Germans] shell roads, bridges and river every time. Have dysentery and fever. Am so weak I can hardly get around. Irregular meals, dead horses, bad water, insufficient covering and constant nerve tension are enough to kill anyone. Have seen men so badly shell shocked that they could not be held still when they heard a shell.

Nov. 1: “Big barrage started about 12 last night. Luck must have been good for 1500 prisoners passed here on one road. Lt. Lattis announced to us that Austria had signed the armistice and was withdrawing her troops. Prisoners knew it too. All thought that the war would be over in a few days and were glad to be captured. Some cursed the Kaiser.”

Clotfelter by Nov. 6, 1918 was so sick that he got transferred to the hospital in Villers. According to records he contracted the Spanish Flu. Then the moment of great anticipation came.

Nov. 11: “Big day. News that armistice was signed at 7 p.m. yesterday

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The next day troops began withdrawing. Clotfelter was loaded onto a Red Cross train on Nov. 12. He found troops moved quickly and he was unable to rejoin his company. His new group marched into a seaport on Jan. 9, 1919 and on Jan. 20, seven months after sailing from New York, his ship, the USS Mongolia, set sail. Arriving back in the States offered an unforgettable scene.

Jan. 30, 1919: “Buildings on Long Island visible at 11 a.m. Prepared to disembark. Took a pilot on board [at noon]. Anchored in harbor 1:30.

Large building very plain from here.

Woolworth & Metropolitan largest.

Men seem to be very much elated now. Mayor’s committee of welcome came out in a tug & showered us with today’s papers telling us where we would land. Every board & ferry would cheer. We would too. Made myself hoarse. Docked US Pier #1. We unload tomorrow. Several Western Union messengers & reporters on board. Nearly everyone sent telegrams home.”

The diary documents a week of train travel to Camp Pike in Little Rock, Ark. On Feb. 14 Clotfelter received his discharge papers. That night, he got off the train in Iron Mountain, Okla., and the diary ends.

Martha Willoughby, her daughter, Autumn Dawn Caraway, and granddaughter Hannah Caraway took a final family photo found of Clotfelter to Washington, D.C. They personally delivered it to the office of the Veteran’s History Project. Martha’s sister Ruth was unable to make the trip.

“Once inside the Library of Congress, we were escorted to a purple door with the project’s name on it,” Martha recalled. “There I was to hand a 100-year-old photo of my grandfather sitting on the steps of his barracks, reading a letter from my grandmother. It took great strength to hand over the photo to a stranger and I found it a very emotional moment, just as my sister did when hesitating to place the priceless family possession, the diary, in a padded envelop to send to the project.

“We were escorted through the lower levels of the library, through a magnificent doorway and taken to stand before a display case of five diaries. There was the diary, open, and one diary away from Gen. Pershing’s diary. I stood in awe with great emotion because we knew the man as Grandad. All future generations will have access to this project at the Library of Congress for all time. Three generations stood there with pride.”

Norvel Clotfelter married Mattie and they raised their family on Sycamore Street in Monett, later moving to Ninth Street. He served as a railway mail clerk for the Frisco Railroad until he retired. Both are buried in Monett. Many family members still live in the area. n

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(top left) Photo by Tracie Snodgrass. (top right) Photo of a winter’s morning sunrise in Stella captured by Stephanie Clymer.

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Meet Jack and Gypsy, litter mates who were dumped west of Cassville in August.

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Community calendar March 7

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Cassville Senior Center from 8-9:30 a.m. Donations are welcome.

Tomorrow’s Leaders Today, Small Business Day, sponsored by the Cassville Chamber of Commerce will be from 8:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Blood pressure checks will be available at the Central Crossing Senior Center in Shell Knob from 10:30 a.m. to noon.

Blood pressure check sponsored by Ozark Methodist Manor will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Cassville Senior Center.

Taxes by appointment at the Cassville Senior Center. Call 417-847-4510.

March 8

 The annual Monett Chamber of Com-

merce Banquet will be held beginning at 6 p.m.

March 10

 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 snacks to share.

No alcohol or smoking is allowed. For more information, call 417-662-3612.  The second annual Barry County Master Gardeners’ workshop will be at Crowder College in Cassville from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Pre-registration is needed and may be made by calling 417-847-3161 or email wogomanb@ missouri.edu. Workshop fee is $10 in advance, $12 at the door.

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 Opening day at Roaring River State

Park. The Cassville Chamber of Commerce will be serving coffee to anglers and give away 850 complimentary mugs on a first-come, first-served basis, starting at 5 a.m. in the Les Jacobs tent by the CCC Lodge.  Benefit Enrollment Counseling by appointment at the Cassville Senior Center. Call 847-4510.  Paint class at the Cassville Senior Center, 9 a.m.

March 2

 First Friday Coffee, sponsored by the

Cassville Chamber of Commerce, will be held at Carey’s Cassville Florist from 8-8:45 a.m.

March 12

March 3

 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 snacks to share.

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

March 5

 The Monett Senior Center will hold a

dance at the Park Casino beginning at 7 p.m.  Notary Services available at the Central Crossing Senior Center in Shell Knob from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.  Senior Tax preparation available by appointment at Shell Knob Senior Center.

Call 417-858-6952.  Computer classes at the Cassville Senior Center starting at 10:30 a.m. Call 847-4510 to sign up.

 Computer classes at the Cassville Se-

nior Center, starting at 10:30 a.m. Call 847-4510 to sign up.

March 14

 Grace’s Foot Care by appointment at

Cassville Senior Center. Call 847-4510.

 The Monett Senior Center will have

blood pressure checks at 10:30 a.m.

March 15

 Paint class at the Cassville Senior Cen-

ter at 9 a.m.

March 17

 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 snacks to share.

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

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My connection

March 19

 Computer classes at the Cassville

Ken and Deanna Caviness of Joplin, formerly of Monett; and Steven and Debbie Dodson of Purdy, took Connection with them to Maui, Hawaii, in September. This photo was taken in front of Mama’s Fish House, North Shore, Maui, on their last evening on the Island.

Senior Center, starting at 10:30 a.m.

Call 847-4510 to sign up.  Notary services available at the Central Crossing Senior Center in Shell Knob from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.  Senior tax preparation available by appointment at Shell Knob Senior Center. Call 417-858-6952.

March 20

 Grace Health Services at the Central

Crossing Senior Center in Shell Knob.

Call for an appointment, 417-8586952.

March 21

 Taxes by appointment at the Cassville

Senior Center. Call 417-847-4510.

March 22

 The Pierce City Senior Center will

hold its regular monthly dance.

March 24

 Monett Young Professionals Network

Melissa Barrientos and Brianna Meyer took Connection Magazine with them during a trip to Sonora, Mexico, in December.

and EFCO will sponsor the Monett Easter Egg Hunt.  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 snacks to share.

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

March 26

 Computer classes at the Cassville

Senior Center starting at 10:30 a.m.

Call 847-4510 to sign up.  Nell’s Nails will be at the Central Crossing Senior Center by appointment. Call 417-858-6952.

March 28

 WIC will be at the Central Crossing

Senior Center. Call 417-858-2114 for an appointment.  Nell’s Nails at 9 a.m. at the Cassville Senior Center. Call 847-4510 for an appointment. Walk-ins welcome.  The Monett Senior Center will have blood pressure checks at 10:30 a.m.

Sisters Tamra Sunby, Tracie Snodgrass and Pam Dorton, took Connection Magazine with them during a trip to Safety Harbor, Fla. They were visiting their brother, Kelly Williams.

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March 30

 The Monett Senior Center will hold

a bake sale at Walmart, starting at 9 a.m.

March 31

 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 snacks to share.

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

Support groups Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Aurora: Alcoholics Anonymous of Aurora 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 417-8473685.

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.

Marionville: Alcoholics Anonymous of 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 417-4895058.

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 417-4401567.

Washburn: Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of every month at the First Baptist Church Activity Center, 618 Second Street in Washburn. 417-4897662.

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

Photo by Pamela Dorton The Caring People (single mothers) Cassville: The Caring People, a single mothers support group, meets the second Monday of each month from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Family Life Center 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 417847-2965.

Celebrate Recovery Cassville: Celebrate Recovery meets at the 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 hangups.

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 Monett, 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. 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 Anonymous 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 meets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of every month at the First Baptist Church Activity Center, 618 Second Street in Washburn. 417-4897662.

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Bottles & brews

Parkinson’s Support Group

The Glenlivet

A go-to for anyone who enjoys a scotch, The Glenlivet 12-year is casked in traditional and American oak barrels. It boasts a balanced flavor with strong pineapple notes.

The Original Malt Whisky Almanac says: “A first-class malt. One of the most popular malts in the world – deservedly so.”

Dogfish Head Flesh and Blood IPA

Guinness 200th Anniversary Export Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, the limited edition Guinness 200th Anniversary Export is a slight twist on the Irish classic stout beer. With toffee and caramel flavor, a slight chocolate note boosts the finish. It celebrates the first time Guinness shipped barrels of beer to America in 1817. On BeerAdvocate.com, 256 people have scored the brew at a 4.03 out of 5.

A fruit-infused IPA, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery’s Flesh and Blood IPA features lemon and orange flavors. It has a medium-bodied feel with a balanced bitterness and smells of citrus and tropical fruits.

On BeerAdvocate.com, 774 people have scored the brew at a 3.5 out of 5. Dogfish is based in Delaware.

Monett: The Parkinson’s Support Group meets at 2 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 1600 N. Central in Monett on the second Thursday of every month. No charge to attend. Call 417-269-3616 or 888-354-3618 to register.

Regular Activities Monett Senior Center The Monett Senior Center will have help with taxes every Thursday during March, bingo every day at noon, pitch every Tuesday and Thursday at 12:30 p.m., and pinochle every Monday and Friday at 12:30 p.m.

Cassville Senior Center Dominos every Tuesday and Friday at noon. Call 417-847-4510 for more information.

Central Crossing Senior Center, Shell Knob

• Alzheimer Support Group meets at

2 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.

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

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

Founders Dirty Bastard

A Scotch-style ale, Founders Brewing Company’s Dirty Bastard hails from Detroit and sports an 8.5 percent ABV. A mix of seven varieties of imported malts finish with a smoky, peat flavor.

As Founders says, “It ain’t for the wee lads.” On BeerAdvocate. com, 7,661 people have scored the brew at a 4.05 out of 5.

• Domino Poker every day from 12:45.

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

• Line dancing every Tuesday and

Thursday from 9-10:30 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.

• Wii Bowling is every Wednesday 12:30 p.m.

Do you have an event you would like to have featured in our calendar? Email it to darlene@cassville-democrat.com

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The theme of the 2018 event was Rhinestone Cowboy Roundup.

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