Honoring Our Veterans

From the desk of Senator David Pearce

With the State of the State Address and the presentation of the governor’s budget, the topic of funding for Missouri’s veterans has been brought to the forefront. The idea of a dedicated source of funding for veterans, our state’s heroes, is certainly appealing, and there has been legislation filed this year in both chambers that would attempt to fill that role.

In the Senate, a bill has been filed, SB 499, which would create an additional $1 fee per entry on an excursion gambling boat. Currently, there is a $2 fee, generally absorbed and paid for by the gambling boat licensee. This act would increase that total to $3 per person for gaming floor entry. The potential revenue from this legislation is $50 million per year. However, similar legislation was filed in 2011 and did not pass. I am still supportive of finding one or more dedicated funding sources.

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Attention restaurant owners! We will be glad to add your daily breakfast, lunch and dinner specials to our community calendar for the whole world to see...

Send us an email at bateswire@hotmail.com with your deals and we'll get it put up. Please try to send the info as far in advance as possible.

This will be a free service until further notice- thanks again for reading Bates County Live!

Your weekend planner...

Friday
Partly sunny in the morning...then mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s.

Saturday

Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
Regular mass distribution at the Butler Community Food Pantry 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Adrian Elks Open House 7 p.m. Old 71 Cafe Building in Adrian

Adrian little league soccer sign ups at Adrian school 9:30 to 11:00 a.m.

Sunday

Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.

Immaculate Conception Parish (Montrose) pulled pork and chicken quarter dinner 11:00 – 2:00

If we've missing something drop us an email at bateswire@hotmail.com

Italian Restaurant coming to Butler

Butler welcomes another new restaurant to our community. Jim Rumbo and Kelly Collings will be opening an Italian Restaurant on Orange Street in early February.

The building is now in the process of major renovations to complete the Italian atmosphere and theme. Chef “ Rick Nelson” will be on location creating homemade Pasta, Ravioli, Sausage and Italian sauces… among other recipes like, Lasagna, Chicken Parmesan.

The lunch menu will be “ a taste of Butler” serving our comfort foods, to include burgers and fries… as evening approaches…. The atmosphere turns Italian ….complete with music.

Angelo’s Italian Restaurant is named after the owners Italian father in law, and will include authentic Italian recipes.

The restaurant will be open every day except Tuesday serving between 11 am and 8 pm and is expected to open around February 6th for your dining pleasure.

More information is coming soon.

-courtesy FM 92 the Bullet

February is American Heart Month

Courtesy of Tammy Roberts, Nutrition and Health Education Specialist

Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the United States. In 2002, President Bush proclaimed February American Heart Month. It is during this month that we should review the risk factors for heart disease, the warning signs of a heart attack and check our personal habits to assure we are doing everything possible to keep our hearts healthy.

There are risk factors for heart disease that we have no control over such as age or family history of heart disease. There are more risk factors for heart disease that you can control. They include: lack of physical activity, overweight and obesity, too much alcohol intake and cigarette smoking. High blood cholesterol is a risk factor for heart disease. As cholesterol rises, so does the risk for heart disease. Blood cholesterol can be controlled with a combination of diet, exercise and medication. 

Latest 'experiment' ends with very positive results...

A few months back we fully integrated our Heartland Trader classifieds into the Bates County Live home page and found a significant increase in the number of views each ad got per month. Just two weeks ago, we took the whole thing one step further and made our presence known on Craigslist- in those two weeks we have again seen the number of ad views nearly double again...

There's a few of us here at Bates County Live that like to stay up late thinking about how to better serve our advertisers and we are hoping to have a few more ideas implemented to promote our classified ad program in the very near future:

1. Classified ads will appear on our Facebook page.
2. Search engine optimization will 'spill' classifieds onto the internet to be found by mostly local users.
3. We are working on a method for readers to 'subscribe' to certain types of ads (local sales, lunch deals, specials, etc.) and receive those ads by Twitter, email and possibly by text messages.

Note that all classified ads are already visible on the Heartland Trader.com web site, our mirror site Bates County Live.net and we have many readers who get classifieds by email and RSS feeds...

So what's this mean to you? Mega bang for your buck! Heartland Trader classifieds start at just $1 and can be placed today by credit or debit card. Remember that classified ads work GREAT for businesses and individuals alike. To place your ad today, click here. For more info on all of our advertising options click here. And thanks in advance for your business!

A screen shot of us on Craigslist:

FEMA Funds Second Monolithic Dome Tornado Shelter for Missouri School

Editor's note- The Joplin disaster last year has further prompted the need to make to make safer structures in our area, especially those where many people gather and may not have access to early warning bulletins. Many local schools are participating in the Archie tournament this week and everyone is invited to go to the games and see this amazing structure. Our thanks to Carol Lanham for sharing this story with us:

Archie R-V School District is hosting its first basketball tournament this week in its new gymnasium, a steel-reinforced, concrete Monolithic Dome that will double as a community disaster shelter.

The building was funded in part by a $1 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The federal agency helped pay for the building because Monolithic Domes meet the agency’s standards for near-absolute protection from tornadoes. The structure is designed to withstand an F5 tornado, and can accommodate a large number of people in case of severe weather.

Duckworth and Black Take the Lead for Missouri Cattlemen and Women

Lonny Duckworth

Lonny Duckworth is not new to volunteer leadership. He was a charter member of the Bates County Cattlemen affiliate and served as both their Vice President and President along with representing Bates members on the Missouri Cattlemen's Association board as a Director. After filling a state Regional VP role for 2 years, Duckworth moved into the executive line up as 1st Vice-President. In 2012, he takes the reins as President of MCA.

Duckworth believes it's the team that makes the Cattlemen such a success. He is joined by 1st Vice President Chuck Massengil, 2nd Vice President Ben Fizette, Secretary-Treasurer Sheryl Brewe and Past President and Chairman of the Board, Jimmie Long.