Quite possibly the best deal EVER!

Your COLOR ad on the Bates County Live home page will see about 90,000 pairs of eyes a month and you can do it for about 20% of what it would cost to put it in ALL the local printed publications for one month!

Plus your ad can be linked to your email address or website!

But that's not all- ads are rotated into our Facebook link postings, too. And they will show up on a rotating basis in the news that is emailed to our readers!

Did we say that you also get a FREE Heartland Trader classified ad with your COLOR display ad?

Our accounting department says "Don't do it". Our competition is cringing. Our shrink says we've completely lost it....

We know it's crazy, but yes, ALL THIS for just $30 a month! Call 913-669-5848 or drop an email to bateswire@hotmail.com and we'll get your ad put up ASAP if not sooner!

2012 Health Fair a success!

19 winners in Rich Hill coupon book drawing

19 lucky people won gifts on Saturday from the Rich Hill coupon book drawing. Coupon books were for sale as a fund raising event, hosted by the Community Liaison Council of Rich Hill. Books were sold prior to the July 7th drawing with the opportunity to win gift certificates, gift baskets and cash. The dollars spent on the purchase of the books will benefit the Rich Hill Youth Development Center, a facility that houses troubled teens.

You may continue to purchase contest/coupon books from Rose Thomas or any Rich Hill Community Liaison Council member for just $10.00. Books will be for sale through November of this year. With your purchase, you will again be eligible to win gifts and prizes in the November drawing. The second drawing to be held in conjunction with the Rich Hill Country Christmas that will be held in November.

-courtesy FM 92 the Bullet

Obituary - Margaret Booher

Funeral services for Margaret Booher will be 2 p.m. Friday, July 13, 2012 at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri with Rev. Carl Covey officiating. Visitation will be prior to services from 1-2 p.m. at Schowengerdt Chapel. Burial in Virginia Cemetery, Virginia, Missouri.

Margaret Louise Booher, age 80 of Amsterdam, Missouri died Sunday, July 8, 2012 at Willow Lane Nursing Center in Butler, Missouri. She was born February 27, 1932 to Merle and Lena Rigby Showalter Glessner in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Margaret is survived by three sons, Robin Booher of Adrian, Missouri, Joie Booher and wife Della of Peculiar, Missouri and Jerry of Portland, Indiana; two sisters, Mary Stevenson of Portland, Indiana and Gloria Wickus and husband Ron of Bluffton, Indiana; four grandchildren, Kimberly, Kristina, Arizona and Aaron; and two great-grandchildren, Tory and Alexa. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; an infant son, Ricky; and infant daughter, Tommy Sue; and a sister, Elizabeth Jordan.