Butler Town Hall meeting tomorrow-your input needed

***ATTENTION CITIZENS OF BUTLER***

The City of Butler will be holding a Visioning Committee Town Hall meeting and is requesting the presence of citizens to attend to give input and ideas to the committee and the Drury University class.  We also highly encourage the attendance of a representative from the organizations that currently use the Old High School for various storage and meeting places.  The meeting will be held on Friday, September 9, 2011 at 4 pm at City Hall.  Refreshments will be provided.  

Volleyball scores...

Butler Bears Volleyball Scores vs Barstow:

JV Won- 26-24, 25-18

Varsity Lost - 18-25, 25-23, 25-19, 24-26, 8-15

Bates County Elks working to restore Veteran's Tribute- names needed

The Bates County Elks Lodge is actively working to restore the Veteran’s Tribute on the Courthouse Lawn, making a lasting, permanent, beautiful Tribute to those Bates County Citizens who have served in our Country in the military. All branches are welcome. Names will be displayed on Anodized Aluminum Plates. We have 8 plates full, and need 46 more names to finish the 9th. Cost is $10.00 per name. Names will be added in the order received. This will be an active Tribute; each plate contains 104 names, and more plates will be added as enough names are received. The Elks welcome any Veteran’s from WW1 to present who were born in Bates County or served while having legal residence in Bates County. Deadline is October 10th. The Elks will be on hand at Huckster’s Day on October 1, accepting submissions of your veteran’s name and money there, or you may mail a check to the Bates County Elks Lodge at PO Box 375, Butler, Missouri 64730. Contact Terry Agnew at 660-424-0919 or Clint Schuman at 660-200-5484. 

Check’s are payable to Bates County Elks Lodge with Veteran’s Tribute in the memo line. Please provide the veteran’s name in legible handwriting. Please consider joining the Bates County Elks in honoring our Bates County Veterans.

Large grass fire east of Butler

Butler Fire Department personnel are in route to a large grass fire about 3 miles east of town, south of H highway. Adrian Fire may be dispatched to the scene in the near future.

Use caution and watch for emergency vehicles if traveling through the area.

10 years ago; like it was yesterday

By Doug Mager

Everyone I have spoken with has a story, complete with vivid details of what they were doing or what their thoughts were when they first heard about the 9/11 attacks:

"I just finished milking cows, and it was all over the radio. My family was freaking out."

"Just got to work. I didn't know a thing about it until I walked in the door and everybody was glued to a TV. I left and went home."

"Got a call from a friend. I thought it was a joke. After all, it had to be a joke, right? these things don't happen to us!"

"Heard it was an accident. Then it kept happening. My first thoughts were that it was another Pearl Harbor. I really though it was gonna be all over for us."

Butler City Council meeting news...

Indications from a study by Drury University shows the top needs of Butler to be a Community Center...a new police station, and an amphitheater in the City Park. Renovation of the Old High School for a retreat and training facility by businesses and the general public was also high on the list.
The City of Butler is working with the Drury Design Team. The Butler team consists of Brian Phillips, Chairman and Abby McGrew, secretary, along with Pam Hedger, Carl Simpson, Terry Davis and Tyler Green...

Lady Bears take home the win

The Lady Bears softball team beat Leeton 6-5 Tuesday night. It was an incredibly close game. The Lady Bears were down by two runs going into the bottom of the 7th inning. Kylee Johnson led off the 7th inning with a single. Abby McGrew then hit her 2nd double of the night to score Kylee and narrow the lead to 1. Sam Hammer entered the game to run for Abby. Tori McGee was the third batter and hit a single to move Sam to third. Then Tori stole 2nd to move both herself and Sam into scoring position. After a close play but out by Sage Hutton, Tori Stauffacher came to bat and hit a game-winning double to score both Sam and Tori McGee. On the night, Tori Stauffacher was 2 for 4 with a double and 2 RBIs. Abby McGrew was 3 for 4 with 2 doubles and 2 RBIs, and Maggie Massey was 2 for 3 with an RBI.

-our thanks to Tammy Appleberry

Storm warning siren test at 10 a.m.

The city of Butler will be testing the storm warning sirens at 10 a.m. this morning. Please report any sirens not functioning to the Butler Police Department at 660-679-6131.