McDonald County Press

News

MCHS Counselor Operates Anonymous Food Pantry McDonald County High School's anonymous food pantry has served 70 to 80 students in the four years it has been operating. by Rachel Dickerson McDonald County Press rdickerson@nwadg.com

Pineville Bowling Center To Be Sold A former hub of family fun and activity will go on the auction block this week. The Pineville Bowling Center will be auctioned at noon, Friday, March 15. by Sally Carroll

White Rock Fourth Graders Enjoy Yoga Breanna Watkins can now touch her toes. She has better flexibility, has better balance and has brought a sense of calmness to her life while working with some energetic fourth graders. by Sally Carroll

Noel City Council Talks Trash Noel city council member Allie Peck said she's declaring war on trash and wants the city council to back some strong-armed ordinances and help in cleaning up some major eyesores. by Sally Carroll

Chamberlain Gets Grant For Interactive Tables Bill Chamberlain, a social studies teacher at Noel Junior High School, recently purchased four interactive tables for his classroom with a grant from the McDonald County Schools Foundation. by Rachel Dickerson McDonald County Press rdickerson@nwadg.com

Missouri sets 2022 goal for finishing I-49 bypass; Arkansas plans to meet them FAYETTEVILLE -- Missouri highway officials say they want to have their portion of the Bella Vista Bypass finished by the middle of 2022, and Arkansas highway officials are moving projects up to match. by Ron Wood

Briefs Anderson Betterment Club -- March 14 by Staff Reports

Obituaries Gunner Lee Drake by Staff Reports

Sports

Burgi Says Pitching Staff Strength Of Team Rick Peck by Rick Peck/Special to McDonald County Press

MCHS 2019 Spring Sports Schedules 2019 McDonald County High School Spring Sports Schedules by Rick Peck/Special to McDonald County Press

Mustang Powerlifting Brings Home Five Individual State Championships The McDonald County High School boys' and girls' powerlifting teams both placed in the top 10 at Saturday's 2019 Glendale State Powerlifting Meet held at Glendale High School in Springfield. by Rick Peck

Kaylee Cornell Signs Letter of Intent The second member of the 2018 McDonald County Lady Mustangs softball team that won a district championship last year with a 24-5 record has signed to play college softball. by Rick Peck

Joe Brown Signs to North Arkansas After having three players already sign their letters of intent to play baseball at the collegiate level next year, the McDonald County High School baseball team has had another planning to join the college ranks. by Rick Peck

MCHS Boys BB Play Best Ball Last Three Games of Season In a game where every point was at a premium, when Webb City needed a basket, the team looked to Alex Gaskill. So, with the Cardinals leading 37-35 late in the game, it was no surprise that Gaskill got the ball. The 6-3 senior responded with a driving layup with 1:12 left in the game to key the Cardinals to a 41-35 win over McDonald County on Feb. 27 in the semifinals of the Missouri Class 4 District 12 Basketball Tournament at Webb City High School. by Rick Peck/Special to McDonald County Press

Elliott Wolfe Headed To Concordia University In Minnesota It was nearly a certainty that Elliott Wolfe would play college football following his graduation from McDonald County High School. The only question was where. That suspense came to an end on Feb. 6 when Wolfe signed a national letter of intent to play football at Concordia University in St. Paul, Minn. by Rick Peck

Caitlin Stouder To Cheer At Southwest Baptist For the third consecutive year, a cheerleader from McDonald County High School has signed a letter of intent to cheer at the collegiate level. Caitlyn Stouder is the most recent McDonald County cheerleader to sign her collegiate letter. Stouder signed her letter on Feb. 27 at MCHS to cheer at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Mo. She will serve the squad as a "flyer" beginning in August. by Rick Peck

Opinion

The Sympathy Card I was bored to death. It was the third day of March but it sure seemed like the dead of winter. The temperature was not expected to exceed the freezing mark of 32 degrees and the cloud cover contributed to the depressed feeling I had. What to do on a day like this; what to do? by Stan Fine Columnist

A Tipping Point We are at a tipping point in this nation and, quite frankly, I'm not sure which direction we are going to fall. And, no, I'm not talking about the Green New Deal that the radical lefties are pushing. They think that the world only has 12 years left before we are past the point of redemption unless we adopt their radical environmental proposals. by Kevin Wilson Columnist

Toxic Stupidity For the Super Bowl, Gillette made an ad entitled "Toxic Masculinity." It didn't come out and say it, but it fit into the "Me Too" movement and even though it tried to put a positive "spin" on it as to what men could do better, it pretty much backfired on Gillette. by Kevin Wilson Columnist

Religion

We Are In The Lenten Season; Do You Observe It? The Lenten season began last week on Ash Wednesday and continues until Easter. Lent is 40 days long, corresponding to the 40 days Jesus spent in the wilderness, but extends over a period of 46 days because Sundays are not counted as part of the traditional Lenten season. by Randy Moll

Christ Is Our Conductor On This Train Of Life Why am I so Torn?=Why After missing last Sunday due to the weather, it was good to be in God's house Sunday morning at Mill Creek Baptist Church. Barbara Cory was celebrating a birthday and Doug Cory greeted our visitors and opened our service with prayer. Shelly shared praise, and special prayers were requested for Lou Fischer, Larry, Cindy, Clyde and June Sherman. Doug shared a thank-you note from Wayne and Ronda Holly. Best wishes and God's blessings to Tom and Mildred Sharp in their new home. We will sure miss them. by Kitty Collingsworth Mill Creek Baptist Church

"Tragedy into Triumph" Simulcast Event What do three people with incredibly different backgrounds and different experiences have in common? They all have had Tragedy turned into Triumph! by Banner Church

We're In Spiritual Warfare With Evil We had to miss service this Sunday due to the weather, so I decided to use our message from last week. We had a wonderful spirit-filled service, but I did not get the news sent on time. Guess God knew we would need it for this week. For whatever reason -- we were blessed by the word of the Lord once again. by Joyce Walters Cove Mission Of Hope

False Prophets The Church is of God and will stand forever -- and the forces of Hell shall not prevail against it. But that doesn't keep Satan from trying. Since the beginning, Satan has been recruiting false prophets to deceive people into believing half-truths, false leaders who teach people lies about the Church. by Don Kuehle Columnist

Do you harden your hearts against the LORD? "Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: when your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest." Psalm 95:7b-11 by Randy Moll

Viral Infections Are Like Doctrinal Digressions Every one of us has, at one time or another, been infected by a virus. I've never actually seen one because of their tiny size. I've been told it takes an electron microscope to view them, but I've had a good number of viral infections over the years. by Randy Moll