Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Reward offered in equipment theft

A recent theft in the Ballard-Urich area has left a victim with an estimated $20,000 loss in construction tools and scrap metal on or around Oct. 10th, and the Bates County Sheriff's Department is offering a reward for information leading to an arrest in the case.

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Bates County Sheriff's Department at 660-679-3232 or submit a tip on line here.

Rick Jagels honored in Rich Hill today

An enthusiastic crowd was on hand at the Rich Hill Youth Development Center as well as county and state dignitaries to honor Rick Jagels, who was named the “Most Outstanding Older Worker” of Region 8 in Missouri. He was honored by Experience Works which is a national, charitable, community based organization that helps people over the age of 55 get the training they need to find jobs in their communities.
Rick Jagels and Senator David Pearce

Jagels, who serves as a youth supervisor and has the responsibility for the safety, personal conduct, care and therapy of the youth during a shift, he implements group and individual treatment plans as well as maintaining security in the buildings, grounds and other posts. He also intervenes during emergencies or altercations to prevent escapes and gain physical control of the youth.

Those presenting plaques to Mr. Jagels this afternoon were Senator David Pearce, Representative Barney Fischer, the Bates County Commissioners and Jimmy Kithcart, Mayor of Rich Hill proclaimed October 26th as “Rick Jagels” day.

-story & photo by FM 92.1 the Bullet

Butler R-V 1st Quarter Honor Roll

Butler Church of the Nazarene Trunk or Treat Oct. 31st...

The Butler Church of the Nazarene is having their annual Trunk or Treat event in the church parking lot on Halloween night (Oct. 31st) beginning at 6 p.m. and will run until they are out of candy or trick or treaters.  The Church of the Nazarene located on the corner of Nursery and Delaware streets in Butler. 

 All Trick or Treaters are welcome. For more information you can contact Pastor John Prichard at 679-6482.

Reminder- Butler Vision Team from Drury University to meet Nov. 2nd

The Butler-Vision Team from Drury University is planning to meet with Senior Citizens of Butler at the Senior Center on Wednesday, November 2 from 10:30 to 11:30 am. This is a great opportunity for Butler's large senior population to learn about the Butler-Vision project and also put forth their own ideas as part of forward visioning. 

Regular participants of the Senior Center and as well as other senior adults of the community are urged to be there by 10:30 on Wednesday morning.

-our thanks to Leonard Redding

A little more info about podcasts on Bates County Live...

We live in a busy world and in an effort to better serve you, Bates County Live is now recording certain events and making them available for you to listen to at your convenience. Podcasts are a popular method to do this with audio files.

For example, we will record the broadcast of a football game from FM 92.1 the Bullet, then place the recording on our web site in the form of a podcast...

If you're not familiar with podcasts, that's ok. A podcast is simply an mp3 type recording, like the music you may already have on your computer. There are two ways to play a podcast:

1. If your media player (Windows Media Player, VLC, iTunes, etc.) is set up correctly, you can simply click on the podcast link above and the media player will open and begin playing the program. Or:

2. You can download the program to listen later using your media player. Simply right click on the podcast link and select 'download linked file'. After the file download is complete, click on it and your media player will open and begin playing the program. Or if you like, transfer the file to your iPod, cell phone or other portable media device.

If you do not have a media player installed, we can recommend QuickTime player, it's free and can be downloaded here.

To see a list of our current and upcoming podcasts, click on the Podcasts link on the right side of our home page.

Objects falling from sky identified...

The small, round and wet things falling from the sky have been positively identified as rain. 


 Cooler temps are to be expected, too:

House fire in Butler this morning

This morning at approximately 3:53 A.M., the Butler Fire Department responded to 402 S. Main, Butler, on a report of a structure fire.

On arrival, fire was located in the northwest corner of a single story, wood frame residential structure.
An interior attack was initiated and the fire was extinguished with heavy fire damage to the area of origin and moderate to minor smoke and heat damage throughout the remainder of the structure.

Adrian Fire Department responded under automatic mutual aid. The fire was declared under control at 4:19 a.m., with the last unit leaving the scene at 5:38 a.m.

It is being reported that the home was unoccupied at the time of the fire.

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