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Recipe of the Week

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FLASHBACK: Easy does it

Longtime barber Lowell Logan operated his shop on the south side of the Butler square touting some 61 years of hair cutting expertise and could handle any situation including this young man who simply wanted to get past it all.

Quite possibly the youngster thought 'lowering your ears' would be some type of surgical procedure?

Our thanks to Connie Schaller and Bruce Furman for the photo

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The Museum Minute: 2 survive unusual accidents

Courtesy of the Bates County Museum 802 Elks Drive, Butler Mo 64730 (660) 679-0134

Herrman’s Historical Happenings week of June 3

1886 The city of Butler approves a street railroad and work is to begin October 1st.

1905 The Bates County Fair Association is organized. Shares are $10 and 500 are sold.

1916 The Bates County Press Association is formed with 12 of the 14 publishers present.

1932 The Mighty Haag Circus performs in Butler. It takes 81 trucks and 35 autos to transport everything.

1932 The Adrian Baptist Church celebrates the 50th anniversary of moving the church from Crescent Hill to Adrian.

1943 16 year old Jimmy Woodall of Rich Hill, is struck by lightning and suffers shock and burns on his back. He is expected to recover fully.

1953 5 month old Ronnie Lynch falls from a second story window of the Parkview Hotel in Rich Hill. Fortunately, the ground is soft and he makes a full recovery.

1965 The Bates County Memorial Hospital votes to eliminate the maintenance tax.

1990 Open House is held at the new Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel on North business 71, Butler.

1994 The 4th Annual Amsterdam Saddle Club Rodeo begins as the arena.

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Drexel Bobcat Honor Roll

Principal’s Honor Roll 1st Semester (4.0 GPA no grade less than A-)

Mikah Mayfield

Hayden Anthony

Bobcat Honor Roll 1st Semester (3.5-3.99 GPA no grade less than 

Kade Eastwood

Miles Wheeler

Phoenyx Malam

Grace Francis

John Hrabovsky

Natalie Foster

Shyanne Vunovich

Jacob Barbarick

Reagan Wirsig

Marcella Vazquez

Haylee Nichols

Raylynn Harris

Gavin Barbarick

Alyson Johnson

Anthony Bradley

Bailey Craig

Kennedi Hettinger

Brooks Kasper

Luke Barbarick

Caleb Craig

Trinity Parkey

Emory Kasper

Isabella Wade

Easton Jacobs

Cooper Blakesley

Porter Bravo

Amari Yockey

Asher Portmann

Hayden Kraft

Amelia McKellips

Principal’s Honor Roll 2nd Semester (4.0 GPA no grade less than A-)

Grace Francis

Phoenyx Malam

John Hrabovsky

Bobcat Honor Roll 2nd Semester (3.5-3.99 GPA no grade less than 

Kade Eastwood

Kadence Seek

Miles Wheeler

Reagan Wirsig

Jacob Barbarick

Tristan Busch

Noah Craig

Kayden Kobs

Haylee Nichols

Gavin Barbarick

Raylynn Harris

Bailey Craig

Kennedi Hettinger

Anthony Bradley

Luke Barbarick

Broos Kasper

Konnor McDaniel

Caleb Craig

Madelynn Newman

Trinity Parkey

Cooper Blakesley

Bradyn Collins

Emory Kasper

Easton Jacobs

Isabella Wade

Hayden Kraft

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Get ready: Rich Hill 4th of July celebration schedule

America’s Semiquincentennial

Theme: We The People-A Legacy of Liberty

Wednesday-July 1

6 p.m. Children's Promenade sponsored by BL & Sons Disposal LLC and 49 Floral

7 p.m. Baby Contest sponsored by Phel-Mack Enterprises 0-18 months/clothing allowed

8 p.m. The Duke Mason Band sponsored by Food Fair Rich Hill

Thursday-July 2

6 p.m. Kids Mad Science Show *NEW* sponsored by the Platt Family

6 p.m. Pie Contest drop off at the Methodist church

7 p.m. Pie Auction sponsored by Citizens Bank

7 p.m. Co-Ed Volleyball Tournament sponsored by Pony Keg

9 p.m. Supreme Squeeze

Friday-July 3

6:30 p.m. Fred Hunt-opener

8 p.m. Aaron Tippin FREE Concert

9:30 p.m. Street dance by MooDaddy Entertainment

Saturday-July 4

7:30 a.m. 5K Registration Rich Hill School Parking Lot *NEW*

8 a.m. 5K Run/Walk sponsored by Hometown Health Hub

9 a.m. Pickleball Tournament *NEW* *East Park* sponsored by Rich Hill Christian Church

10 a.m. Car Show Registration  West Park/Park Place

12 p.m. Car Show sponsored by BH Designs

1:45 p.m. Parade Registration 1st and Olive-Old High School 3 p.m. Parade with Marshal Terry Heuser featuring The KC Rumble band              

4 p.m. Cornhole Tournament sponsored by Rich Hill FFA 

7 p.m. The Steve Miller Experience and Hysteria - A tribute to Def Leppard sponsored by Pumpin Pete's

10 p.m. Fireworks

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What’s Up by LeRoy Cook

A Cirrus’ Wild Ride

Getting airborne required some patience and ingenuity last week, waiting out some storms stagnating over the mid-section of the country. The sun popped out for brief periods last weekend, and the Blue Moon on Sunday night beamed brightly.

Local flying activity included Randy Miller and myself, taking the club Skyhawk out for separate spins. The SkyDive KC Cessna 182 flew a few sorties with jumpers but had to stand down for much of the weekend.

It’s a good idea to check Notices To Airmen before flying around the metro areas. If you’re heading to St. Louis, be aware of the big airshow at Spirit airport this weekend, starting Friday. It’ll tie up airspace below 15,500 feet as the military struts it’s stuff. And the much-vaunted FIFA World Cup soccer tournaments in Kansas City are already generating TFRs over the venues, primarily drone-free areas right now, but certain to expand to inhibit general aviation as the games run through mid-July.

 In week-ago-Saturday news out of Austria, a paraglider pilot flying over the Alps was ran over by an errant Cessna. The plane sliced through the powered-parachute’s canopy, escaping unharmed, but the paraglider pilot had to go to the manually-deployed reserve chute, landing with bruises after the harrowing descent. Pilots need to look outside for canopies, not just stare at navigation screens.

A Washington state study has determined that the 3 billion gallons of “sustainable” jet fuel that was supposed to be produced each year by 2030 is more likely to be just over 2 billion, due to a shortfall in feedstock material used to make the non-petroleum fuel. One can make burnable diesel-type fluid out of almost anything, but not always in a practical fashion. We’re going to be flying on dinosaur juice for a long time yet.

In a similar hoped-for Green initiative, Dutch airline easyJet is considering “taxiing” their Airbuses to the runway with an electric robot tow tractor, rather than firing up the plane’s engines at the gate. 

They would start only at the last minute. The cabin comfort will still have to be maintained by the ship’s auxiliary power unit. It will save, they say, about 55 gallons of fuel per flight. The lowered emissions have to be considered in light of the electricity used.

Back in April, a Cirrus SR-20 pilot flying near Chanute, Kansas heard a loud noise up front and determined he was now flying a glider. Unable to coast to CNU airport, he did as he was trained and pulled the Cirrus whole-airplane rocket-deployed parachute, which worked as advertised. They floated down under canopy and upon hitting the ground found themselves being drug downwind by the big chute, across fences and ditches. They were able to get the doors open and extricate eventually, after a pickup driver blocked their careening plane. That’s one Cirrus that won’t fly again.

The week’s question was “what nation was second to put a jet airliner into service, after England’s Comet in 1952?” That would be the Soviet Union, with a TU-104 in 1953,  a Russian bomber modified with windows and seats. For next week, we’re asking “how fast do jet airliners move when taxiing with idle power?” You can send your answer to kochhaus1@gmail.com.

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Bates County Court News

Judge Julie Highley-Keutzer presiding

Fines do not include added court costs

St v Julian Santarita- speeding, fine $200.50

St v Pearl Barton- speeding, fine $80.50

St v Laroderick Brown- speeding, fine $80.50

City of Butler v Wayde Cox-Halliburton- expired plates, fine $50.50

St v Christlen Adams- speeding, fine $80.50

St v Carson Cross- speeding, fine $80.50

City of Rich Hill v Taylor Dirks- expired plates, fine $50.50

St v Brian Sollars- no working horn, fine $200.00

St v Zayden Carter- no working horn, fine $114.00

St v Ian Kamora- speeding, fine $80.50

St v Michael Wisdom- fail to register vehicle, fine $50.50

St v Nicholas Hofschulte- no working horn, fine $200.00

St v Elijah Figgers- speeding, fine $120.50

St v John Lenan- speeding, fine $80.50

St v Nickolas Martinez- no working horn, fine $94.00

St v Jose Chacon- no valid license, $205.50

City of Butler v Elias Toliver- expired plates, fine $50.50

City of Butler v Wiley Halsey- fail to register vehicle, fine $125.00

City of Butler v Clayton Hardie- expired plates, fine $75.00

City of Butler v Alyssa Brawley- expired plates, fine $50.50

City of Butler v Robert Moore- parking violation, fine $50.50

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