New 4-H officers installed

A new slate of officers was elected at the September 12 meeting of the Bates County 4-H Council.  The officers are (front row from left to right): Reba Colin, Vice-President; Alex Jenkins, President; Dylon Piveral, Treasurer; (back row): Sherry Warfield, Adult President; Morgan Bradley, Secretary; David Warfield, Jr., Song Leader; Case Doody, Song Leader; Myra Colin, Adult Vice-President; and Blake Doody, Reporter.

4D Barrel Racing this Saturday night...

Adrian Bit & Spur Club presents 4D Barrel Racing Saturday, September 17 at 7:30 pm. Ferguson Arena, Adrian City Park.

Open 4D Barrel Race, Peewee and Youth Barrels also. Pole Bending if interested.

Concession on grounds. Spectators are welcome/admission is free.

-submitted

Butler High School volleyball results

Thursday vs Van Horn

  Jv

    25-22

    25-20

 Varsity

    25-13

    25-15

    25-12

Saturday Tourney

   vs Adrian

     25-22

     25-16

   vs Hume

     25-15

     25-16

   vs Ballard

     25-12

     25-7

   vs KC Lutheran

     25-18

     25-16

   vs Archie

     23-25

     25-16

     15-11

Hammer and Coleman bring in winning runs for Lady Bears

The Lady Bears softball team beat Adrian for the third time this season on Monday night. The final score was 4-3. After taking the early lead, the girls allowed Adrian to score 3 runs in the fourth inning to take a 3-2 lead; however, the Lady Bears showed a ton of heart and scored 2 runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to regain the lead. Our outfield was instrumental in this win. Centerfielder Beth Coleman caught 4 pop-flys, leftfielder Kylee Johnson caught 3, and rightfielder Sam Hammer caught 1. Sam Hammer and Beth Coleman also combined to hit in our four runs; each girl had 2 RBIs.

-our thanks to Tammy Appleberry

Obituary - Glen Coon

Glen M. Coon, 68 of Cross Timbers, Mo., passed away September 12, 2011 at Cameron Regional Medical Center in Cameron, Mo.

Cremation, with services to be announced at a later time. Memorial contributions are suggested to the family. Written messages and memories may be left for the family at www.mullinaxfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements under the direction of the Mullinax Funeral Home, Butler (660) 679-0009.

Butler Bears football to be streamed on line this Friday night

In cooperation with KMOE FM 92 the Bullet, Bates County Live will be streaming live play by play action of the Butler Bears football game against Van Horn this coming Friday night.

Look for a link to appear on the upper right hand side of our home page just before 7 p.m. Click on the link and your media player should open, giving you the same audio feed as what is being broadcast locally on FM 92.1.

Since bandwidth costs money, we request that only those outside the FM 92.1 listening area use the streaming service- otherwise listen to the game on our local radio station.

We would also like to stream other local ball games as well- if your school has someone interested in doing play by play broadcasting, give us a call at 913-669-5848 or email bateswire@hotmail.com

Field on fire in eastern Bates County

11:33 a.m. - Adrian Fire Department is in route to a corn field on fire just off route MM near the Henry County line in northeastern Bates County.

Use caution and watch for emergency vehicles headed east on 18 highway.

Possible fire on W. Adams street in Butler

Butler Fire is in route to 413 W. Adams street on a report that the home is filling with smoke, although no flames are visible. Use caution if driving through the area and be watching for emergency vehicles.

Update 11:41 a.m. - Smoke testing being done on the sewer system in the area backfilled the home with smoke, no fire found.