Around midnight a structure fire was reported just north of Amsterdam on Y highway. It is unknown at this time the nature of the fire or extent of damage.
More information will be made available in the near future.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Car show and mini NASCAR races this Saturday
The Butler Chamber of Commerce Car Show and the Butler Bear Backers Mini Nascar Race will be held this Saturday June 23rd at Wilson Tire in Butler.
It will be free admission to the event, with a car bash, race simulators, BBQ and concession stands, register for door prizes email butlerbearbackers@yahoo.com for more information.
The car show will start at 4 pm and the Nascar Race at 6 pm. Come support the Bear Backers and enjoy the car show!
It will be free admission to the event, with a car bash, race simulators, BBQ and concession stands, register for door prizes email butlerbearbackers@yahoo.com for more information.
The car show will start at 4 pm and the Nascar Race at 6 pm. Come support the Bear Backers and enjoy the car show!
-courtesy FM 92 the Bullet
Monday, June 18, 2012
Many without power in northern parts of the county
KMOE radio station reported earlier that a fire damaged an electrical substation in the area which directly affected parts of Adrian and an area just east of town.
Considering the extreme heat conditions, we recommend checking on neighbors, especially those who are older or have known medical conditions that may be affected by lack of air conditioning.
We will provide further information as it becomes available.
No bingo in Adrian tonight
Bingo will not be played tonight at the Adrian Optimist building due to a power outage in the area that has left the building with no electricity.
The regular weekly bingo games will resume next Monday night as scheduled.
Pine tree disease becoming more evident in Bates County
Pine trees in our area are not turning brown because of drought- Pine Wilt disease is killing trees and there's nothing to be done to save an infected treePine wilt is caused by a plant parasitic nematode referred to as the pine wood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. The nematode is vectored by pine sawyers of the genus Monochamus and kills the tree by feeding and reproducing in the resin canals of the branch and trunk. The pine wood nematode was first reported in the United States in 1931 but was not recognized till 1979 in Missouri on Scots pine as a pathogen.
Symptoms of pine wilt begin to occur in mid summer and continue into early winter in Kansas. During feeding by the adult pine sawyer after emergence in late April and May, the nematodes leave the respiratory system of the beetle and enter the wound tissue. There the nematodes transform into adults and invade the sapwood primarily feeding on resin canals. The nematodes reproduce rapidly with each generation taking only 5-6 days to complete. In four to six weeks following feeding, the nematode is systemic through the tree and symptoms begin to develop.
At first the infected tree begins to wilt and needles turn a dull green. If conditions are hot and dry, the tree rapidly dies with needles turning brown and no resin flow. Some trees die slowly up to three months of infection if conditions are not stressful. Pine sawyers continue to emerge from infected wood through the summer months resulting in new infection of nearby trees over the summer and into the fall. Overall, symptoms include flagging of branches, wilting of needles, absence of resin in branches, and rapid death of the tree. Pines affected to some extent in the Great Plains include Scots, Austrian, Japanese Black, white pine, and loblolly pines. Scots and Japanese Black pines are considered highly susceptible to the nematode. To complete the infection cycle, the pine sawyer lays its eggs into these dead and dying nematode infested trees. Inside the tree, sawyer larvae develop and overwinter in the wood. In the spring, the sawyer larvae develop into pupae which the nematodes migrate into before the emergence of the adult sawyer. The presence of pine wood nematodes in wood does not always indicate that the tree died of pine wilt. When the pine sawyer lays its eggs in dead or dying pines, it can transmit the nematode also at that time and the nematode is considered secondary to the death of the tree.
Control measures include destruction of pine wilt trees by either burying or burning the wood before emergence of nematode laden adult sawyer beetles from infested wood in the spring. Diagnosis is provided by cutting ½ inch thick disks from branch wood near the trunk and sending them to a diagnostic laboratory. If you suspect this disease, please contact your local extension office
More information can be found here http://extension.missouri.edu/explorepdf/miscpubs/mx0858.pdf
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| Pine Sawyer |
Rich Hill PD weekly report
Rich Hill Police Department Activity Report
June 11, 2012 to June 17, 2012
06-11-2012
06-12-2012
CHECK WELL BEING
06-13-2012
SPEAK TO OFFICER
06-14-2012
06-15-2012
OPEN DOOR
06-16-2012
DEBRIS IN ROADWAY
FIRE
FIRE
06-17-2012
Bates County Sheriff's Department weekly report
Bates County Sheriff’s Office Activity Report
June 11, 2012 to June 17, 2012
06-11-2012
CHECK WELL BEING-BUTLER
CHECK WELL BEING-RICH HILL
SPEAK TO OFFICER-BALLARD
VANDALISM-ADRIAN
TRESPASSING-AMSTERDAM
SPEAK TO OFFICER-RICH HILL
ALARM-BUTLER
SPEAK TO OFFICER-RICH HILL
SPEAK TO OFFICER-ADRIAN
SPEAK TO OFFICER-AMSTERDAM
CIVIL SITUATION-BUTLER
STRANDED MOTORIST-BUTLER
SPEAK TO OFFICER-ADRIAN
Artifacts found during weekend dig near Amsterdam
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| Sifting for the smallest traces of history at the dig site while visitors look on. |
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| Many questions were answered as archeologists unearth artifacts in Western Bates County. The hunt was led by Dr. Ann Raab and crew. |
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