BCMH Employee of the Month

STEVE PLATT is recognized as the Bates County Memorial Hospital Employee of the Month for January, 2012. Steve has been employed at the hospital since 2001. Steve is a Registered Radiologic Technologist with special registrations in CT and MRI. Steve treats his peers, co-workers and patients with compassion, dignity and respect. He is a positive and outgoing individual who has a passion for his work. His professionalism is demonstrated daily in the care he gives his patients. The hospital is fortunate to have Steve on its healthcare team.

A nice chunk of Holiday cash...

A $112,000 Show Me Cash ticket was won in Drexel, purchased at Casey's. The name of the lucky individual has not been released yet.

More information will be posted as it is released by lottery officials.

New year's eve party for local youth...

Rock in the new year at the old Butler high school- the party is sponsored by the Immanuel Baptist Church youth group and is open to those in 7th grade and up. Games, food and live music by the P.L.S.D band, Electra City and Second Chance. The fun starts at 7 p.m. and it's all free!

Obituary - Hazel Harvey

Hazel M. Harvey, 76 of Chanute, KS, passed away December 28, 2011 at Heritage Nursing Center in Chanute. A complete obituary will be posted when the information becomes available.

Cremation, with no services scheduled at this time. Arrangements under the direction of the Mullinax Funeral Home, Butler (660) 679-0009.

Written messages and memories may be left for the family at www.mullinaxfuneralhome.com.

Planning on applying for financial aid? Read this...

FAFSA FORMS 2012

If your high school student is planning on College and applying for financial Aid, you might want to pay attention to this press release. Students just register with the Selective Service before you begin the F.A.F S.A form application, for financial Aid. If you are turning 18 in the year 2012 remember to register with the Selective Service before you apply for FAFSA financial Aide, if you don’t the forms will be rejected until you have registered. 

Once you complete your FAFSA form, a Student Aid Report (SAR) is generated and sent to both you and the schools that you indicate on your form. Each school’s financial aid office then subtracts your expected family contribution from their school’s unique cost of attendance (COA), resulting in your financial need for that school.

Since there are so many variables involved in computing your unique expected family contribution, it’s hard to give rules of thumb about what someone’s EFC will be based on a single factor such as income or assets. The Department of Education does provide an online estimation tool called the FAFSA4caster to help families estimate their EFC.

Before you start thinking about telling a few white lies on your FAFSA to lower your expected family contribution, it’s important to realize that the penalties if caught can include stiff fines and jail time.
The easiest way to cut your expected family contribution is to be declared an independent student, though this requires meeting certain criteria. By removing a parent’s income and assets, it could substantially decrease the EFC and qualify you for more financial aid.

Click here to go to the on line estimation form

-courtesy FM 92 the Bullet

Obituary - Vikki Aman

Funeral services for Vikki Aman will be 2 p.m. Thursday, December 29, 2011 at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel in Butler, Missouri with Rev. Lance Loughridge officiating. Visitation will be prior to services from 1-2 p.m. at Schowengerdt Chapel. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler, Missouri. Contributions to First Assembly of God Church.

Vikki Lynn Aman, age 60 of Butler, Missouri died Saturday, December 24, 2011 at her home in rural Butler. She was born October 11, 1951 to Orville Ray and Freda Leon Barker Aman in Butler.

Vikki is survived by her brother, Ricky Aman of Butler, Missouri; and a cousin Dr. Larry Huffman and wife Mitzi of Branson, Missouri. She was preceded in death by her parents; her grandmother, Frances Scott; and an uncle, Maurice “Johnny” Huffman.

Butler women injured in Johnson County early this morning

Savannah V. Lindsay, 23, and Ashton Savage, 21, both of Butler received minor to moderate injuries around 1:30 this morning in Johnson County near the intersection of Business 13 and 13 Highway. According to the report, a 1998 Kia driven by Ashton Savage was Southbound on Business 13 when the vehicle left the right side of the roadway, overcorrected, and overturned on the left side of the roadway.

Savage was transported to Centerpoint Hospital for treatment; Lindsay refused treatment at the scene. The vehicle was totaled.

New generator 'ready to go'...

Ron Nissen at the controls of the new 80,000 watt
generator located at the Emergency Management
Recovery Shelter (Bates County Industries)

Emergency Management officials of Bates County gathered at Bates County Industries Tuesday Afternoon for the official testing of the Emergency Management Generator transfer switch which will kick on the 30 thousand dollar generator, capable of production 80 KW of electricity.

Generator transfer switch installation funds were received through government grants and will be available for use in 4 counties in our area. The generator is portable and will be stored, in the Bates County Industries building . The generator is capable of generating 80 Kilowatts of electricity, enough power to keep Bates County Industries, supplied with electricity during an emergency situation in the Bates County Area. Bates County Industries facility is now the official Emergency Management Recovery Shelter, designated for Bates County.

The 80 kw Generator is portable, with transfer switches installed for switching from commercial use to generator use in the counties of : Bates County, Henry County, Johnson County and Benton County . Generator transfer switches have been installed at the following locations in the designated County; The Warsaw School , The Benton Center in Clinton , the Methodist Church in Warrensburg and Bates County Industries in Butler.

Government funds were available for the Northern Region and the Southern Region “A”. The Generator is owned by Regional “A” , but available for use when and where it is needed. The Emergency Management Agency made the decision to use the funds for the purchase of a Generator transfer switch and will be a blessing for all of the Counties, should an emergency situation arise.

-courtesy FM 92 the Bullet