Your weekend planner

Friday
Butler Visioning Committee Town Hall meeting at 4 p.m., Butler City Hall

HS football- Drexel/Miami at Adrian; Rich Hill at Midway; Butler at Liberal. All games 7 p.m.


Saturday
Kickoff of Community Service week with volunteers cleaning, painting, washing cars and much more. For info contact the Ohio Street United Methodist Church in Butler.

Customer appreciation day at MOKAN Outdoor Power Equipment in Drexel 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with lunch provided

4D Barrel Racing at Ferguson Arena in Adrian 7:30 p.m.

Sunday
Ohio Street United Methodist Church 9/11 ceremony at the Butler City Park 10:30 a.m. as part of the Sunday morning worship service.

9/11 Tribute and ceremony in Adrian- Processional starts at 2 p.m. and will run down main street and south on business 71 with ceremony to be held at the Optimist Building. Guest speakers, LifeFlight Helicopter and many local police and fire departments will be on hand.

McCaskill voices concerns over USPS woes

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill used a Senate hearing Tuesday to express concerns she has heard from Missourians about proposed cutbacks in the United States Postal Service.

During the hearing, McCaskill stressed the importance of rural postal service to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe.  McCaskill questioned Donahoe about the proposals to institute five-day delivery by eliminating delivery on Saturdays, and to close hundreds of post offices.

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...