Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Apple Day Camp this Saturday



Obituary - Kathy Jo Garnett

Funeral services for Kathy Jo Garnett will be 2 p.m. Friday, September 28, 2012 at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri with Rev. Lynn Snapp officiating. Visitation will be prior to services from 12 noon to 2 p.m. at Schowengerdt Chapel. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler, Missouri. Contributions to family for Kathy Garnett Memorial.

Kathy Jo Garnett, age 55 of Butler, Missouri died Monday, September 24, 2012 at Bates County Memorial Hospital in Butler. She was born January 1, 1957 to Ernest “Pete” and Dorothy Hudson Shirk in Twin Falls, Idaho.

Kathy Jo is survived by her husband Jim Garnett of Butler, Missouri; two sons, Frederick Moore of Moberly, Missouri and Kevin Garnett and wife Barbara of Winchester, Illinois; two daughters, Mindy Harper and husband Chris of Butler, Missouri and Penny Garnett of Windsor, Missouri; two brothers, Roger Shirk and wife Lori of Belton, Missouri and Troy Shirk and wife Cinnamon of Rogersville, Missouri; two sisters, Diana Carrell and husband Gaylor of Belton, Missouri and Judy Cassidy of Paola, Kansas; her mother, Dorothy Shirk of Belton, Missouri; and 19 grandchildren, Marilyn Anderson, Michaela Neider-Garnett, Matthew Kesterson, Nathan Garnett, Austin Garnett, Haley Garnett, Brianna Blakey, Elizabeth Blakey, Cody Moore, Justina Miller, Jessie Miller, Kayla Patrick, Sierra Moore, Dillion Moore, Leah Moore, Brianna Moore, Zack West, Haile Harper and Nick Harper; brothers-in-law, Don Garnett and wife Janet of Merwin, Missouri, David Garnett and wife Rita of Stella, Missouri and Alan Garnett and wife Summer; sister-in-law, Gwen Tarvin and husband David of Butler, Missouri; and father-in-law, Norris D. Garnett and wife Elizabeth of Butler, Missouri. She was preceded in death by her father and mother-in-law, Irene Garnett.

Monday, September 24, 2012

Richards Mo. woman hurt in crash on V highway today

Deborah L. Brooks, 48, of Richards Mo. sustained what are listed as moderate injuries in a single car crash just before 1 p.m. today in southwest Bates County.

According to the report filed by MSHP Cpl. Pate, Brooks was driving a 1980 Chevrolet pickup northbound on V highway near county road SW 10508 when the vehicle traveled off the right side of the roadway, overcorrected, went to the left side of the road and struck a ditch. The driver was ejected from the vehicle through the passenger window.

Brooks was transported to Research Hospital in Kansas City via Life Net helicopter. The report indicates that she was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident.

County roads at 71 to be closed between Adrian and Passaic as part of I-49 project

County Road Access to Route 71 CLOSING between Adrian and Passaic Beginning Oct. 1

Bates County -- Three county roads that now access Route 71 between Adrian and Passaic will be closed at the highway permanently beginning Monday, Oct. 1, the Missouri Department of Transportation said.

County Road Northeast 10974, County Road Northeast 10004 and County Road Northeast 9004 between Adrian and Passaic will CLOSE at Route 71 as work progresses to upgrade Route 71 to Interstate 49.

Beginning Oct 1, the county roads and their crossovers on Route 71 will be removed PERMANENTLY.

Drivers will have to use other county roads and state highways to reach the Route 18 interchange at Adrian and the Bates County Route F/D interchange at Passaic.

During the county road/crossover removals, drivers can expect lane closings on Route 71 as MoDOT crews remove the county road approaches to the highway on either side of Route 71.

Also, crews will work in the Route 71 median to remove the crossovers at the county roads.

It will take approximately three days of work at each intersection to remove the pavement and then regrade slopes and do other dirt work.

The project should be completed by the end of October.

I-49 Wrapup

The county road intersections along Route 71 is part of the final group of U.S. 71 projects needed before the highway can be designated as I-49 by the end of 2012.

An interchange project at Vernon County Route TT and outer road construction in Bates County south of Rich Hill are under construction to help complete the upgrade.

Bates County Sheriff's Dept. weekly report

Bates County Sheriff’s Office Activity Report
September 17, 2012 to September 23, 2012

09-17-2012
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY/VEHICLE/PERSON-Drexel- PROPERTY DAMAGE-Butler
BURGLAR ALARM-Rich Hill
PROPERTY DAMAGE-Butler- at approximately 0920 hours Deputies responded to a suspicious vehicle in rural Drexel, MO.
VANDALISM-Hume Deputies responded to Hume in reference to someone tampering with a semi truck. No suspect information released at this time.

09-18-2012
AGENCY ASSIST – ROUTINE-Adrian
ANIMAL BITE-Amoret- Deputies responded to take a dog bite report at Bates County Memorial ER.

Lady Bears place 5th in Lamar tournament

After a loss to Montrose on Thursday September 20th , the Lady Bears softball team traveled to Lamar for a tournament on Saturday. The girls ended up in 5th place. They started the day with a hard fought game with College Heights, but came up a little short of the victory. They were blown out by Southwest in the second game, but in the 5th place game, the girls were able to pull out a victory and avenge two earlier losses by beating Adrian.

The Junior High Volleyball A team had a victory over Lamar on Thursday. They won 2 out of the 2 games they played. The scores were 25-19 and 25-19. The B team lost 2 out of the two games they played to a really tough Lamar B team. The scores were 6-25 and 18-25. Our next game is Tuesday the 25th at Sherwood.

Movin' on up (gas prices, that is)

Currently you can find gas for $3.74 and diesel at $3.94 around Butler. As your travel in and out of the area you'll find the price jumps significantly in both directions- so check for prices along the way to save as much money as possible by using this recommended web site http://www.missourigasprices.com/GasPriceSearch.aspx

When (or if) we will get a break at the pump is very uncertain at this time with unrest in the Middle East and an election year to boot...

To get an interesting perspective on the price of gas over the years, we recommend the following link as it provides some little known data along with prices adjusted for inflation over the years http://inflationdata.com/Inflation/Inflation_Rate/Gasoline_Inflation.asp

Two boil orders in effect at this time

Parts of the city of Rich Hill are under a boil order until further notice. The area South of Pine and East of 7th is currently under the order.

Updates will be published as they become available.

NOTE- Bates County PWSD #5 customers in an area East of 71 highway between Passaic and Adrian will remain on a boil order through Thursday of this week.

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