Obituary - Helen McLay

Helen's wishes were to be cremated. Memorial services were held in Colorado. Arrangements and information courtesy of Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) Butler, Missouri. 

Helen Elayne McLay, age 59 of De Beque, Colorado, formerly of Butler, Missouri died Thursday, April 12, 2012 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado. She was born August 17, 1952 to Ora Lewis and Helen Lorene Lord West in Bates County, Missouri. 

Helen is survived by her husband, Jim McLay; her mother, Charlene West; two brothers, Michael and wife Jeanie and Wayne and wife Cheryl; one sister, Tammy and husband Roger; two sons, Justin and wife Bobbi and Jimmy and wife Kim; two daughters, Candi and Michelle and husband Bobby; grandchildren, Aaron and Adam, Hannah and Cayden, Nikki, Brad, Josh, James, Joey, Jackie, Jillie, Jesse, Gus, Tia and Kyle; a niece, Mousie; two nephews, Eddie and Jerry; and great-grandchildren, Brunson, Kayden, Reagan, Ryan and numerous other nieces, nephews and cousins.

Rich Hill Police Department weekly report

Rich Hill Police Department Activity Report

April 9, 2012 to April 8, 2012

04-09-2012

 

04-10-2012

CHILD CUSTODY ISSUE

CHECK WELL BEING

 

04-11-2012

 

04-12-2012

 

04-13-2012

 

04-14-2012

VANDALISM

 

04-15-2012

Bates County Sheriff's Dept. weekly report

Bates County Sheriff’s Office Activity Report

April 9, 2012 to April 8, 2012

04-09-2012

MVA-Adrian

ANIMAL AT LARGE-52hwy

DISTURBANCE-Rich Hill Deputies responded to a disturbance in Rich Hill. No suspect information at this time.

AGENCY ASSIST-71hwy

GUN SHOTS HEARD / OBSERVED-Rich Hill

LEAVE WITHOUT PAYING-Butler

FRAUD / IDENTITY THEFT-Butler Bates County Deputies received a report of passing bad checks in the Butler area.

ANIMAL AT LARGE-Archie Bates County Deputies received a report of animal neglect in rural Archie.

FIRE – VEHICLE-Rich Hill

 

Obituary - Barbara Preston

Barbara's wishes were to be cremated. Private family inurnment will be held at later date. Barbara Ann Keller Preston, age 81 formerly of Belton, Missouri passed away Saturday, April 14, 2012 at the Bates County Memorial Hospital in Butler, Missouri. She was born November 3, 1930 to Siegel Frederick and Lois Mae Freetly in Muskogee, Oklahoma. 

Barbara is survived by her sister, Frederica “Freddie” Craft and husband Jimmy Dale of Amoret, Missouri; her nephew, Steve Craft and wife Michelle and their children, Brandon, Kaleigh, Kaiden, Lyndsi and Holly; a niece, Lois Midkiff and husband Kent and their children, Corey Midkiff and fiance` Dana Ballou and Megan Midkiff.

Baseball game cancelled...

The Butler Bears baseball game against the St. Mary's Trojans for today has been cancelled. 

More information regarding any make up games will be posted when available.

Kiersten Morris breaks school record

Results from the spring break track meet at Adrian on Thursday the 12th

Top 8 place finishers
Kayla Morris: 1st place 100M Dash w/a time of 13.89; 1st place 200M Dash w/a time of 27.49
Kiersten Morris: 1st place 100M Hurdles w/a time of 16.92; 1st place 300M Hurdles w/a time of 48.97
Brytani Musick: 5th place 800M Run
4x100M Relay: 2nd place (Kayla Morris, Kiersten Morris, Brytani Musick, Maggie Massey)
4x200M Relay: 2nd place (Kayla Morris, Kiersten Morris, Brytani Musick, Maggie Massey)

A special shout out goes to Kiersten Morris who broke the school record in the 300M Hurdles. The previous record was 50.5 and Kiersten broke it by running a 48.97!

-our thanks to Tammy Appleberry

Attention water district 3 customers...

New payment drop box locations

The customers of Water District #3 now have a new payment mailing address and the Jim and Donna Ketron residence will no longer be a drop off location. 

Customers will now have the convenience of two drop off locations in the Butler area. One is located at Laughlin Farm Equipment at the corner of Orange Street and Mill Street, with the other at the Diehl Camp Ground in Passaic. The Drop boxes will be white in color and located next to the United States Postal Boxes at both locations.

The new mailing address is now Route 2 Box 76 for Water District # 3 customers that wish to mail their payments.

-our thanks to FM 92 the Bullet

Bates County 4-H Council meets

“I pledge my head to clearer thinking, my heart to greater loyalty…” so begins the pledge to the 4-H flag and begins another meeting of the Bates County 4-H Council. We met on April 9, 2012, with president, Alex Jenkins calling the meeting to order. The pledge to the American flag was led by Jack Rotert and the 4-H pledge was led by John Tarvin; both of the Summit Go-Getters 4-H. Morgan Bradley called the roll for clubs present. There were three clubs represented: Altona, Hudson Hustlers, and Summit Go-Getters. Our January 2012 meeting was cancelled, so no previous meeting minutes were read. Alex Jenkins read the treasurer’s report. Case Doody made a motion to accept the treasurer’s report as read, with Blake Doody making the second.

Old business: Allison Jenkins gave a report on the Region Energizer that was held in January. Regional Energizer is open to all counties and its members within our region. It is a fun day filled with workshops and gaining knowledge. Taylor Fischer and Reba Colin reported on state horse judging. Bates County has the 1st place senior horse judging team and will advance on to the national competition hosted in Louisville, Kentucky, in November. Our junior team did very well too. David Warfield, Jr. made a motion that the County 4-H Council should make a donation per member on the senior team to help off-set their travel costs to Louisville since the State 4-H Council pays for their competition registration fees; Blake Doody issued the second. Motion passed.

New business: Jenny Oates told us about a day camp / workshops she will be having for kids at the Antique Tractor Village at Adrian. She is in the process of planting three gardens with historical roots and value. She will be hosting day camps and workshops the entire month of June and all kids are welcome to attend. Her contact information will be in the next issue of News & Notes. Alex Jenkins told us about upcoming work days at the fairgrounds. He also talked about other upcoming dates and deadlines for the upcoming fair season.

Mike Tarvin made a motion to adjourn the meeting; Taylor Fisher seconded the motion. Meeting adjourned.

Submitted by:
Blake Doody
Bates County 4-H Council Reporter