Weather Update

Significant weather advisory for southeastern Linn County in east central Kansas... and southwestern Bates County in west central Missouri until 900 PM CDT... 

At 845 PM CDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Prescott... or 11 miles south of Pleasanton... moving north at 20 mph.

Hail up to the size of nickels is expected with this storm.

Locations near the path of this storm include... Prescott... Hume... Worland and Foster.

This storm may intensify... so be certain to monitor local radio and TV stations... as well as local cable TV outlets... for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

Butler Sports physicals

Girls 6 pm Monday August 5^th 
Boys 6 pm Tuesday August 6^th 


Free professional physicals will be given at the Butler High School. Participants are encouraged to wear shorts and t-shirts. MSHSAA physical cards are provided by Butler High School . Free physicals for students enrolled in the following schools. Adrian, Appleton City, Ballard, Butler, Hudson, Hume, Miami, Rich HIll

COUNTRY MART CHARITY MEAL

Country Mart of Butler will host a Charity Meal for the Children’s Mercy Burn Unit on Saturday May 18^th. All proceeds from those supporting the benefit will go to the burn unit in the memory of Dominic L Passantino Memorial Foundation. The meal will be served Saturday May 18^th from 11 am to 2 pm. The cost is $5.00 per plate. Your purchase will help another child that has been severely burned and is a patient at the Children’s Mercy Burn Unit.

Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site to mark Truman’s 129th birthday

For more information: 573-751-1010

Volume 41-062   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 1, 2013

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site, in Lamar, will celebrate President Truman’s 129th birthday on May 11, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sponsored by Missouri State Parks, the event will include several activities throughout the day complete with birthday cake being served at 3 p.m.

Activities scheduled for President Truman’s birthday include demonstrations of 1880s crafts and games. Visitors can also tour the home where Harry S Truman was born. Historic site staff will be on hand to answer questions and discuss the president’s life and times.

Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site preserves the small frame house where Missouri’s only U.S. President was born on May 8, 1884. From these humble beginnings in rural Southwest Missouri, Truman went on to become one of the United States’ most celebrated Presidents.

Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site is located in Lamar, just two miles off of Interstate 49. For more information about the events, call the site at 417-682-2279. For information about state parks and historic sites, visitmostateparks.com. Missouri State Parks is a division of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

Obituary - William "Bill" Henry Underwood

William (Bill) Henry Underwood, 88, Butler, Missouri, died Monday, April 29th, 2013 in Butler. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 3, 2013 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Adrian, Missouri with burial in Crescent Hill Cemetery, Adrian. Friends may call from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday, May 2 at the funeral home. Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or to the American Diabetes Association.

Bill was born on October 16, 1924 in Butler, the son of Frank and Hazel (Gish) Underwood, and married Dixie Chitty on May 21, 1946 after his discharge from the U.S. Army. Bill lived most of his life in Bates County, and retired from Lucent Technologies in 1987.

The greatest loves of his life were his bride and family, raising and showing horses in the Kaysinger Circuit, camping with his friends, his garden and Shorty, his Chihuahua. Bill accepted Christ in Wellsville, Kansas in 1956, and joined the Ohio Street Methodist Church in Butler in 2001.

Bill was preceded in death by his parents, his three brothers, Frank, George and Jim and one sister, Alice, one son, Pat, and one daughter, Georgia. He is survived and mourned by his wife of nearly 67 years, Dixie; one daughter, Kit Corum and her husband, Richard of Adrian; two sons, Steve Underwood and his wife, Sandra (Wainscott) of Republic, Missouri and Frank Underwood and his wife, Terrie (Wiechert) of Newburgh, Indiana, as well as 8 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren.

Wild Weather Change

Old man winter refuses to give in, and today will be the last day of above-normal temperatures we will see for at least a week. 

A strong cold front will send temperatures plummeting into the 30s and 40s tonight and Thursday. It still appears that rain may mix with snow across parts of the area Thursday and Thursday night. It is VERY rare to get accumulating snow in May: it has only happened in KC once since 1888! While accumulating snow appears unlikely at this time for Kansas City, areas to the north and west could see some minor accumulations with this system.

While winter has won this round, spring will emerge victorious at some point. (And don't worry, signs do not point to us jumping straight into summer when this bout of cold weather is done).

WIN KENNY CHESNEY “ NO SHOES NATION” CONCERT TOUR TICKETS

You could Win Kenny Chesney’s “ No Shoes Nation” Tour tickets for the June 15th Concert at Arrowhead Stadium. To win you will have to play “ Name That Tune”… during our on air contest… Be listening, You will never know when we will be playing the game. Each correct answer ( the name of the song and the artist ) gets their name in the contest pot to win a pair of tickets to the Concert on the drawing date. We have several pairs to give away … so join us for some fun on FM-92 starting May 6th! Call in number is 660-679-4191. Be sure and leave your name and number so we can call you if you are one of our lucky winners! Winners will be announced in late May. ( date to be announced ) 

Ballard FFA

On Wednesday, April 17, Lane Oerke, Bailey Rexford, Scott Morris, Ben Oswald, Graham Wainscott, Kyle Teagarden, and Ag advisor Mr. Bridges all went to Columbia for the Missouri State FFA Convention. They spent 3 days in Columbia representing Ballard’s FFA chapter. Scott, Ben, Kyle, and Graham all competed in the state livestock judging competition. After five long hours, the boys were done and had placed in the bronze group. Lane Oerke was at convention receiving his State FFA Degree. He is the first from our school to receive this honor. Bailey Rexford was representing our chapter as President. While at convention, we attended a career fair and numerous sessions. Some of the speakers were very impressive. We all had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.