McDonald County Press

News

Huckleberry Rescue Helps Starving Dog Thrive When Hutch was found in "the sticks in Pineville," the poor dog's ribs were sticking out. by Sally Carroll

Noel Stamping Season Starts Strong The 87-year-old Christmas stamping tradition at the Noel post office started strong this year, with 1,400 Christmas cards coming in the day after Thanksgiving. by Rachel Dickerson McDonald County Press rdickerson@nwadg.com

Timber Dust Jeweler Creates Unique Pieces Five years ago, Kylie Meador couldn't walk and her life was filled with pain. Her health problems, due to Lyme's Disease, slowed her down. She began to look for different activities she could do while resting on the couch. by Sally Carroll

Third-Graders Receive J.B. Hunt Donation The season of giving started early for one classroom of students at Southwest City Elementary when they were selected by J.B. Hunt to receive a generous donation. by Megan Davis McDonald County Press mdavis@nwadg.com

Noel Plans To Create Playground, Decorate For Christmas Noel City Council members are making inroads to improve their town. by Sally Carroll

Goodman Explores Budget Questions Certified public accountant Nick Myers answered questions Tuesday night about the city of Goodman's 2018 audit. by Sally Carroll

Austen hired as new city clerk in SWC After four interviews and lengthy deliberation, Southwest City's board of aldermen voted to hire Krystal Austen as the new city clerk at the Nov. 26 council meeting. by Megan Davis McDonald County Press mdavis@nwadg.com

Noel Urges Residents To Sign Up For Christmas Activities Noel city officials are urging anyone interested in participating in the Dec. 14 holiday festivities to officially register at city hall. by Sally Carroll

Sports

Lady Bulldogs Challenge For 'Stangs The McDonald County High School girls' basketball team knew going into their first game of the season they had their work cut out for them. by Rick Peck/Special to McDonald County Press

Mustangs Net 92 Points In Game The McDonald County High School boys' basketball team had several questions heading into the season under first-year coach Brandon Joines. by Rick Peck

MCHS Winter Sports Schedules 2019 McDonald County High School Winter Sports Schedules by Staff Report

Familiarity Should Help Lady Mustangs With three returning starters back, the 2019-2020 McDonald County Lady Mustang basketball team looks to improve on its 7-18 record from last year. by Rick Peck

EXTRA PHOTOS Alexia Estrada

Joines Looking To Change Mustangs' Culture Brandon Joines in his first year as head coach of the McDonald County High School boys basketball team inherits a team that went 5-20 last season and also lost its top two scorers, including Cooper Reece, who joined the 1,000-point club for his career while averaging 20 points a game last season. by Rick Peck

Wrestlers Hope To Be In State Conversation The McDonald County High School wrestling team only had two wrestlers qualify for the state tournament last year, but with both back for the 2019-2020 season the Mustangs' expectations are to improve on that. by Rick Peck

EXTRA PHOTOS RICK PECK/SPECIAL TO MCDONALD COUNTY PRESS 2018-2019 Season McDonald County's Jack Teague scores a point for an escape on the way to a pin of Baline Keuhn of Platte County in the consolation 152-pound bracket at the Missouri Class 3 Wrestling Championships held Feb. 14-16 in Columbia.

Opinion

OPINION: The Great Thanksgiving Day Fiasco of 1998 Thanksgiving is a time when each of us should reflect on the blessings which have graciously been bestowed upon us. Not only should appreciation be given for the material possessions we have but we should also give thanks for our wonderful friends and family. However, I recall a Thanksgiving Day many years ago that, for some of those in my family, brought into question the idea of giving thanks. by Stan Fine Columnist

Religion

RELIGION: Saved, Certain and Secure? Saved, Certain And Secure? by Kitty Collingsworth Mill Creek Baptist Church

RELIGION: It's high time to wake up! "And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof." Romans 13:11-14 by Randy Moll

RELIGION: Advent The calendar year has four seasons: spring, summer, fall and winter. by Don Kuehle Columnist

RELIGION: A Lesson in the Blessin' We were blessed to have several visitors join with us as we gathered to worship Sunday morning at Mill Creek Baptist Church. Doug Cory was celebrating a birthday, and Skip and Debra McKenna were celebrating their anniversary. Prayers were requested for Angela Hamilton, John Adams, Tom Cone, Kim LeeMasters, Keith Peck and several in our community, as well as travel prayers. by Kitty Collingsworth Mill Creek Baptist Church

RELIGION: Thoughts for Thanksgiving As children, our parents taught us to always say, "Thank you." In Church, we learned that, always and everywhere, it is proper to say, "Thank You, God." During this Thanksgiving Season, hear the words of the hymn-writers and the poets: by Don Kuehle Columnist

RELIGION: We have every reason to 'enter into His gates with thanksgiving' "Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations." Psalm 100 by Randy Moll