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Airman Dominique J. Tackitt graduated recently from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. Tackitt completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness and basic warfare...

Haskins Ford
Several recent acts of vandalism were discussed at Monday’s meeting of the Ozark County Commission. Western District Commissioner Greg Donley reported the Friday night theft of fence posts he had pushed into a large hole on the submerged slab at Haskins Ford to provide a warning for those trying to...

Twenty yoga participants attended the first Beginning Yoga class taught by Tecumseh resident Sunni Fine, pictured far left, Monday evening at the Historium. A Yoga for Seniors class will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. Mondays at the Historium beginning March 12 and continuing for 10 weeks until May 14. The Beginning Yoga class is held from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. Mondays, also at the Historium. Those classes began this week and continue through May 7.
Tecumseh resident Sunni Fine, owner of Breathe, a yoga and massage studio in West Plains, is now offering yoga classes and massage therapy in Gainesville.Fine, who has been doing massage for more than 10 years and has been teaching yoga classes for three years, opened Breathe in West Plains two...

Masons Robby Acklin, right, and Bobby Grisham, represent a check to officers of the Youth Empowerment Program at Gainesville School: from left, Wesley Zacher, Abby Milligan, Ashley Poe, Brexton Miller and YEP co-sponsor Laurie Poe (not shown YEP officer Acacia Hutchings and co-sponsor Michelle Pointer). With this gift, the Masons have given a total of $806 this year to Gainesville’s YEP backpack program, which provides supplemental weekend food for students in need.
Representatives of Robert Burns Masonic Lodge #496 in Gainesville visited the Dora and Gainesville schools Monday to present checks for the schools’ benevolence programs. The funds came from the Masonic Home of Missouri’s Creating-a-Partnership program, which matches funds from local Masonic lodges...
Ozark County retirees, along with a group that calls itself Gainesville Classmates and Friends, will meet for lunch at 1 p.m. Monday, March 12, at Golden Corral on South Glenstone in Springfield. Everyone is invited to come and enjoy lunch and visiting.For more information, call 417-719-4508. 
To contact the Ozark County Sheriff’s Depart-ment or other emergency-responding agencies here, call 417-679-4633. In an emergency, dial 911. Feb. 267:39 a.m. –  Security alarm at Court Square business. OCSD rendered assistance. Canceled by alarm company.9:52 a.m. – Caller said a person who was...
The South Central Cattlemen will hold their next meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 8, at Mega Motorsports on Highway 63 north of West Plains. Following the 6 p.m. meal sponsored by Mega Motorsports, a brief business meeting will be conducted followed by a Mega Motorsports presentation on “What’s...
The Ozark County Chamber of Commerce is accepting submissions for a T-shirt design that represents Ozark County’s commerce, culture and attractions.The contest is open to everyone, and the artist with the winning design will receive a shirt and a $20 gift certificate to any Chamber business....
I have been sick since the weekend of Feb. 17. I wasn’t able to go anywhere for three days. Started medication on that Monday and I’m doing better now. I missed church two Sundays in a row.Our son T.J. came for a few days. He was coming from Hartford, Connecticut, where he had been living and...
Hello from our home to yours.Last Monday, we did a craft – crayon art on canvas, where you melt the crayons with a blow dryer to make a beautiful masterpiece. After lunch we had our monthly birthday party where we celebrated four residents’ and three staff members’ birthdays. We had red velvet cake...

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