THE GRIZZLY BOOSTER CLUB’S annual membership drive is underway, and already several new faces can be found among its ranks, including Powell and Anita Humphries of Thayer and Scott Schneider, director of business and support services at Missouri State University-West Plains. Others who have been welcomed to the group by the club’s executive board of directors include Brill Title Company, Whetstone Veterinary Services, Eco Recovery LLC, Morlan-Shell Ford, Brian and Sarah Powers, JB’s Healthmart, Mat and Caitlin Crouse, Potter’s Dawg House and Westgate Carol Jones Realtors. Area residents intersted in learning more about the club and its support of Missouri State-West Plains Grizzly Athletics should contact Dr. Herb Lunday, dean of student services, at 417-255-7255 or HerbLunday@MissouriState.edu. Above are, from left, Tom Marhefka, owner of Ozark Radio Network and Ozark Horsetrader and current booster club president; Grizzly Basketball Assistant Coach Chad VanRiessen; Lunday; Schneider; Powell and Anita Humphries; Carolyn Smith, booster club executive board member; Grizzly Volleyball Head Coach Paula Wiedemann; Gene Poppe, president of Wood & Huston Bank and booster club executive board member; Missouri State-West Plains Chancellor Drew Bennett; and Chuck Kimberlin, booster club executive board member. (Missouri State-West Plains Photo)