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Area residents are invited to celebrate Thanksgiving by sharing any of four community Thanksgiving dinners to be served in Tecumseh, Isabella and Theodosia.    Clear Springs Church  Clear Springs Church in Tecumseh will host a community Thanksgiving dinner after its regular 11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 22...
Bakersfield School Resource Officer Wayne Romans, left, and high school ag teacher and FFA sponsor Jordan Grigg, right, recently presented Ozark County Sheriff Darrin Reed with a metal plaque in honor of his many years of service to Ozark County. “Thank you from the bottom of my heart to...

The late Palmer Holmes sent this photo to his mother, Ethel Holmes, while he was still serving with the Army during World War II. Because the photo is dated 1945 and Palmer is shown wearing his Class A uniform, it’s thought that the photo was taken after the end of hostilities in Europe, and he was most likely in Germany, perhaps in the occupational force. His rank insignia indicates he held the non-commissioned officer rank of “technician fifth grade.” The star-shaped patch marks him as a member of the 2d Infantry Division, and the two hashmarks on his lower left sleeve show that he had served a year in a combat zone. Palmer’s badges, at right in the shadow-box frame, show that he held an expert (the highest of three levels) weapons qualification in machine gun, rifle, carbine and pistol, and a marksman qualification (the first of the three levels) in mortar. At the bottom of the picture, the wreath-encircled rifle, is probably what was Palmer’s most coveted award, the combat infantryman badge. (Thanks to Army retiree Mike Sparks for help in identifying the medals and insignia.)
As this year’s Veterans Day approaches, Mammoth resident Danny Holmes was thinking of his dad, the late Palmer Holmes, who left school during his senior year at Gainesville High School to volunteer to serve in World War II.  Danny isn’t sure what year that would have been, but Palmer was born in...
This salute to veterans is reprinted from the Nov. 7, 2012, edition of the Times and updated.      I was in Chicago recently when I saw, during a plane-change, a scene that stuck in my head and planted a reminder in my heart. A tall, confident sailor wearing Navy whites was striding ahead of me...
Circuit Judge Craig Carter processed a total of 17 criminal cases during the Nov. 4 session of Ozark County Law Day. Details on the hearings are listed below.    Defendants who pleaded guilty Anthony S. Collins pleaded guilty to second-degree burglary and forgery pursuant to a plea agreement with...
By Sid Pierce Special to the Times   Editor’s note: Ozark County native Sid Pierce, right, a Navy veteran, worked and traveled with country music star Roy Clark for more than 20 years before returning home to teach in the Gainesville Schools. Now living in Kimberling City, he worked as a sound...

A new prize category has been added for entries in this year’s Jingle Bell Parde in Gainesville’s Wonders of Christmas event to be held Dec. 4. The new, $50 prize will be awarded to the “best lighted vehicle.” In last year’s parade, Santa and Mrs. Claus rode in a a vintage vehicle adorned with a lighted reindeer (elk) rack. Times file photos / Norene Prososki
Gainesville’s “Wonders of Christmas” event will be held Friday evening, Dec. 4, on the square. Organizers urge everyone who attends to follow social distancing recommendations.  Craft, food or game vendors are welcome to set up on the square free of charge. Booths can operate from 5 p.m. until the...
  Gavin D. Phelan, 18, of Wasola, was transported to Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home, Arkansas, with moderate injuries after a motorcycle accident Saturday. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, Phelan was traveling eastbound on Y Highway at about 9:20 a.m....

MDC staff tested more than 27,000 tissue samples for CWD during the 2019 hunting season. Twenty-four new cases of CWD were identified last year, bringing the total number of CWD cases in the state to 140. MDC has tested about 130,000 deer since the first cases of CWD were found in Missouri free-ranging deer in 2012.
Ozark Countians and other deer hunters within Missouri’s 30-county CWD management zone will not be required to bring their deer in for mandatory testing this year during opening weekend of rifle season. Instead, the testing is voluntary. The Missouri Department of Conserva-tion announced that it is...

Last week members of the Ozark County Wellness Committee accepted a $25,000 donation from the Ozark County Community Foundation. From left, committee members Annie Kimbrough, Paula Rose and Karen Brantingham said the funds will be used to help build a multipurpose trail throughout a Gainesville School-owned wooded area near the school’s track that will connect to existing walking areas to create a longer continuous trail system. The final trail will use the 1/3-mile driveway at Gainesville’s Hoerman Memorial Park, the 1/4-mile track loop at Benton Breeding Stadium and two newly created chat-covered trails that connect the park and the track. The committee members say they hope the trails can be used by both the community and the school’s cross country team to train and maybe host cross country meets. Ozark County Community Foundation board member Mike Breeding, far right, and board president Kerrie Zubrod, second from right, said the board is always looking for projects that will benefit the community as a whole, and “this definitely does that,” Zubrod said.
The Hoerman Memorial Park and Benton Breeding Stadium and track near the Gainesville Elementary School are getting a facelift – in a big way.  Thanks to the efforts of the Ozark County Wellness Project and several grant programs, the basketball court has been repaired and resurfaced, new basketball...

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