Radar, the two-year-old Belgian Malinois, has been missing since Saturday, Dec. 3 from a home in the Sequoia Lake area of Cherokee Village, Ark. The reward is now up to $1,000 thanks to an out-of-state person who wishes to remain anonymous.
The Spring River Gem & Mineral Club Christmas party was held on Dec. 2 at the North Golf Course Conference Center in Cherokee Village.
University of Missouri Extension - Oregon County has welcomed a new face to their team. Field Specialist in Agronomy Haley Schwantz has filled the position previously held by Jamie Gundel.
Lacey Carter, Executive Director of Nursing at Ozarks Healthcare, has been promoted to Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) of the health system. As CNO, Carter will oversee the management and operations of all nursing services across Ozarks Healthcare.
The Ozarks Small Business Incubator (OzSBI) will host a holiday open house on Thursday, Dec. 8 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. The public is welcome to drop by and tour the building, see the art exhibits on display and meet OzSBI’s community of entrepreneurs and staff. Join us for cider, cookies and a chance to win a door prize. OzSBI is located at 408 Washington Ave in West Plains.
You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, I’m telling you why. Santa Claus is coming to Echo Bluff State Park! Join park team members from 1 to 3 p.m.
Thayer Fun and Friends Senior Center will celebrate 45 years of being in service on Dec. 13. Stop by and celebrate with those at the center from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and enjoy some cake and ice cream.
The Thayer Freewill Baptist Church is home to the “Thayer Freewill Baptist Quilters for Christ.” It’s a benevolent organization that has existed for 20 years and has become a part of the church’s ministry. A group of ladies from the church and the community first came together years ago to make quilts and freely give them to those in need. They decided they would sew quilts of all sizes from baby quilts to king-size quilts and then donate them to families who had suffered fires or in some way needed a helping hand. Over the years the ladies have donated to a lot of disaster victims including the recent flood victims in Kentucky. Quilts are also given to nursing home residents. Once a year a drawing is held for a St. Jude Quilt, with all proceeds given to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. Special quilts are also made and given to church members celebrating an upcoming wedding or having a baby. Recently, the Quilters for Christ are donated 29 twin quilts and seven Queen quilts to the Curt, Cliff, and Opal Young Children’s Home in Fort Smith, Ark.
The workforce development programs at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) will be the topic of the Friends of the Garnett Library meeting from noon to 1 p.m. Dec.