Thursday, July 10, 2025

Sorry kids: No cell phone use at public schools law kicks in this year

 


In Missouri, the new law banning cell phone use in schools during the school day includes exceptions for students with disabilities, emergencies, and when authorized by a teacher or district for educational purposes. The law does not mandate that phones be locked away, leaving it to individual districts to determine how to handle phone storage, according to the Newspressnow.com.


Free sports physicals info with corrected times


 

Bates County Fair baby contest winners














 

Adrian Optimists offering FREE child ID event

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Obituary - Ruth Ann Antrim

Ruth Ann Antrim, formerly Hueston, passed away July 2025 after bravely battling cancer for many years. Ruth Ann was 74 years old. She lived and worked in the Mound City and Fort Scott, Kansas areas her entire life. She was the daughter of Kenneth and Marie Hueston. Born on May 21, 1951. She attended school in Mapleton, Fulton, and finally at Uniontown where she graduated from. Ruth Ann married Guy Antrim on November 4, 1977 in Mapleton, Kansas. This union led to two children, Brian and Michael. Ruth Ann already had a son, Jerry from a previous relationship. She worked in many different places during her life. The Fort Scott Tribune, Western Insurance Companies, SEKAN printing and Ennis Business Forms from which she retired. She also worked part-time in nursing homes as well as the Fort Scott Livestock Auction. At one time, she was working three jobs. Whatever she had to do to take care of her family, she did. Ruth Ann loved animals and raised many dozens of orphaned rabbits. It was hoped no one was giving away a wayward buffalo, because she would have tried to rear it. The one thing that she loved and cherished more than anything were her boys. She sacrificed everything for them and to know she was only a phone call away, brought great comfort to them. Although, her own boys came first, a very close second were the multiple neighborhood boys who were always a fixture at her house. Usually to eat. It was not unusual to have six or eight boys plus her three to feed. Being able to produce enough homemade chicken and noodles to feed a platoon of teenage boys was an absolute miracle. Yet she did it every weekend, from yeast rolls to cream peas and potatoes, no one went away hungry. Indeed, many of her most famous dishes seemed to defy the laws of physics, as they cannot be duplicated to this day. Ruth Ann knew how to raise hard working, honest kids. Indeed, some of the boys brought girlfriends and fiances by, to get her approval. She loved her friends and cousins or really anybody that would stand still long enough to receive a hug. You weren't getting away without one. Ruth Ann had an absolute uncanny sense of time. If you left her house she knew, plus or minus ten minutes, about how long it should take you. If you didn't report in, you were getting a phone call. There are going to be a lot of us missing those first thing in the morning calls as well. You know who you are. She cared for her parents as they struggled with health issues. Her husband, Guy had a long struggle with cancer and this really wore her down. The loss of her youngest son, Michael, was something that she never fully recovered from, even after twenty years. If a cousin or friend came by the house, she was quick to jump in the car and off they went. She loved flowers, gardening and sarcasm. The latter will be sorely missed. Ruth Ann Antrim is survived by a brother, Tom Hueston and his wife, Jeanie of Mapleton, Kansas, two sons, Jerry Anderson of McCune, Kansas and Brian Antrim and wife, Becky of Prescott, Kansas, four grandchildren, Dreyton, Connery, Kendall and Axle. Too many other boys to mention, but you know who you are.

Funeral Service will be held at 11 am, Tuesday, July 15 at the Schneider Funeral Home, Mound City Chapel. Visitation will be from 10 am to service time. Burial will follow in the Mapleton Cemetery. Contributions are suggested to Care to Share of Linn County and may be sent in care of the Schneider Funeral Home P.O. Box J Mound City, Kansas 66056.

Just under two months until 8 man football season

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Just 50 Days until the 2025 Missouri 8-Man Football Season and for a historical perspective, here are the final four teams and championship game score for every Missouri 8-Man Football Season from 1988 to 2024.

Obituary - Floyd Donald Stepp

 Floyd Donald Stepp, 84, of Nevada, MO passed away on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at Medicalodges, Nevada, following a brief illness.  Floyd was born on February 16, 1941, to Robert and Agnes Stepp.  He was married to Barbara Bishop on April 28, 1984, in Aurora, Colorado.  She preceded him in death on April 19, 2016.

    Floyd grew up in California.  After his marriage, he and Barbara came to Nevada, Missouri from Colorado.  Floyd was a truck driver his entire life, retiring from Tyson Foods in 2010.  He was an avid football fan and loved watching the Kansas City Chiefs. 

    Floyd is survived by his children, Pam Bozworth (Richard, Jr), Nevada, MO, Jeffrey Bishop (Terri), Ft. Scott, KS, Mark Bishop, St. Joseph, MO, and Gregory Bishop (Christina), Nevada, MO; 11 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and cousins.   In addition to his wife, Barbara, Floyd was preceded in death by a son, Donald Wayne Stepp; his parents; 2 sisters, Estoal Woodcook and Helen Reynolds; and 3 brothers, Lee Stepp, Robert Stepp, and Walter Stepp.

    A private family committal will be held in Newton Burial Park at a later date under the direction of Ferry Funeral Home.

Show results from the Bates County Fair

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Reserve Champion Senior Showmanship Lambs, Whitley Randalls

Grand Champion Market Goat Sire - Milkman Shown by Chezney Early


Grand champion Junior Goat Showman. Ellie McSperitt


Grand Champion Market Lamb Miranda Foster


Lottie McEwan, Grand Champion Meat Pen and Reserve Grand Champion Junior Showmanship


Reserve Champion Junior Showmanship Goats- Hadley Brooks


Grand Champion Doe shown by Dani Bolling


Grand Champion Buck shown by Dani Bolling


Penelope Kassner Grand Champion Junior Showmanship


Kinsley Fletcher, Novice High Point Performance & Running Events Champion






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