PERSONAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENT LISTS DUE MARCH 1st

 Bates County Assessor, Roger Pruden, reminds property owners, including businesses, they must report all personal property owned or held on January first to the Assessor’s Office by March 1, 2013. Those who do not return a completed list to the assessor by the deadline may be subject to a penalty ranging from $10 to $100 depending on the value of the property. The statutes provide the assessor with almost no discretion to waive the penalties.

 

  In January, a form was mailed to every Bates County property owner that reflected the assessor’s records. This form must be filled out and returned to the Assessor’s office which reports taxable personal property. If you have not received a form, or lost the original form, contact the assessor’s office at 660-679-3157 and a new one will be sent to you. Make sure it reaches the Assessor’s office by March 1^st.

New business opens tomorrow

 The grand opening of Murray's Auto Repair will be tomorrow at 8am. It will be owned and operated by Jesse Murray a 2001 graduate of Butler High School and life long resident of Butler. He brings great mechanical skills and a great knowledge of auto repair. This business is located at 110 S. Orange Street in Butler (Where the former Wilson's Tire was.) Be sure to Swing by or give Jesse a call at 660-679-9066 

Update on Crash this morning I-49 mile maker 123

 Around 9:00 am this morning Bates County Sheriff along with Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to a 1 vehicle accident at  Northbound I-49 at the Marais De Cygne Bridge. April Green ,34 of Butler Missouri received minor injuries when the 1997 Ford she was driving slide on a icy roadway and traveled off the roadway and struck a bridge rail. She was transported by Ambulance to Bates County Memorial Hospital. The accident was worked by Bates County Sheriff and TPR Jenner of the Highway Patrol. The vehicle received moderate damage and was towed from the scene by Gilkey Tow of Rich Hill.

Local man wins Sears Gift Card

 William Jordan of Pleasanton Kansas recently won a $200 gift card from Sears store in Butler. Jordan filled out a survey on the bottom of a receipt and entered a drawing to win a prize and won. He shops at Butler Sears every 2 weeks. because he says he likes that it is locally owned and operated. He plans to continue to shop there and support local business. 

Possible HUGE Storm next week

By now, you've probably heard something about a potential MAJOR winter storm by Wednesday and Thursday. Here is our first post about this potential storm. First of all, there remains a HIGH level of uncertainty as this storm is still about 3500 miles to our Northwest in the Pacific Ocean. However, there IS reasonable agreement within the forecast data to indicate a large portion of the central United States will see wintry precipitation and some of it could be significant Wednesday night through Friday. There are also indications that impacts from this storm could stretch from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico. Locally, it's still FAR TOO EARLY to determine exact amounts of snow, ice, sleet, or rain that will fall with this system.

All we ask, however, is that you begin to monitor your local forecast now in preparation of this potential storm and become informed since we still have 4-5 days to go. 


Courtesy of Bates County Missouri Office of Emergency Management 

Butler 5th Grade Girls Basketball

 Butler 5th grade Girls Basketball teams 1 and 2 traveled to Drexel today to take on the Bobcats. Butler Team 1 won there game 28-0 and Butler Team 2 won there game 24-18. Butler 1 Team is coached by Matt Berry and Brandon Liggins. And Butler Team 2 is coached by Stewart Jacobs and Roger Koehn Congrats to the lady bears on there wins.

New Salon Opening in Rich Hill

Indulge Salon located at 517 E. Park in Rich Hill, will be open for business on March 1st for the entire family to “indulge” in our services. Business hours are 10am-6pm Tuesday -Friday and 10am-2pm on Saturday. Our services include Hair, Nails, tanning, massage and vendors. We offer discounts to Senior citizens and those men/women serving our country to show our appreciation! Call us at (417) 395-1111 to set an appointment or find and “like us” on Facebook, to see weekly and monthly salon specials, as well as chances to win FREE services and product. Walk-Ins are welcomed. We’re a distributor of the Green Smoke e-cigarette. If you’re a smoker who’s tried the patch, gum, oils, medications, acupuncture, hypnosis, other e-cigarettes or you just don’t want to quit but, do not want the bad side effects or offensive odor, then you’re the customer I want to see. 

We offer FREE trials to those 18 and older, 30 days money back guarantee, as well as a LIFETIME battery warranty. Our passion is quality, Quality people, quality products, and quality service. We are passionately committed to providing customers with innovative products that provide the best customer experience in the industry.

Butler State Wrestling 2/16/13

 Trey Heckadon finished his Junior year with a 4th place finish at State wrestling. Good job Trey great way to represent your school and town we are ALL proud of you. Trey had a great season finishing 4th after coming off a serious injury. He also has over 100 wins in his High School Wrestling career.