Bakersfield superintendent Dr. Amy Britt works in her new office in the school’s FEMA storm shelter building. The superintendent’s offices were moved into the FEMA building recently after several school officials and staff members chipped in to help with the cost.. Britt said the staff kept the costs way down and did a “marvelous job … I just love it.” The decor includes an American flag made from recycled wood by Bakersfield FFA student Ashton Yeager, who torched the wood to create the flag’s stripes and then “branded” in the stars.

Veterinarian Donna Cook with her rescue dog, Priscilla

Members of the Ozark County Substance Abuse Task Force meet regularly to develop ways to help Ozark Countians combat substance abuse and addiction here and also to help those who are battling addiction. Those attending a recent task force meeting were (front row, from left): Century Bank of the Ozarks assistant vice president Rhonda Hardcastle, community resident Kalen Hoffman, Ozark County Sheriff’s Reserve Deputy Dan Israel, Fellowship of Christian Athletes member Gracyn Blackburn, community resident Mary Ketchum, Ozark County Health Department administrator Rhonda Suter, Missouri Rep. Karla Eslinger. Back row: Dr. Masa Kinoshita, pastor Jeff Dotson, Treatment Court coordinator Jennifer Horn, Missouri Ozarks Community Health Network director Becky Gann, pastor David Evans, health professional Susan Taylor and Ozark County Prosecuting Attorney John Garrabrant.

John and Sarah Baldwin Barrett moved to Ozark County in the late 1800s, settling on land adjoining the homestead of Plez Duckworth and his wife, Amanda. A feud developed between the two men for reasons that have been lost to time. Their enmity led to the 1891 shootout in the Ozark County Courthouse.

Taylor Young is the new agent at the University of Missouri Extension office in Gainesville.

Gainesville School choir member Sophia Weber shows Louie, the Springfield Cardinals mascot, some dance moves as choir members gathered to perform “America the Beautiful” before Friday night’s game at Hammons Field in Springfield.