"Fun Raising" at its best...Bear Backers pull in more than $7,500 last Saturday

Modified 3rd place went to Brian Delozer in the Butler
Pharmacy kart

Craig Powell takes first place in the Modified division
with the Butler Pharmacy kart

 Saturday night was everything you would expect for an evening at the races- drafting, bumping and the occasional 'what was that'...all the key ingredients for a good time at the annual Butler Bear Backers Mini NASCAR races.

Once again, the Wilson Tire parking lot served the asphalt for the fundraiser that since inception, has raised more than $50,000- around $7,500 from this year's event alone.

Modified:
1st-Craig Powell-Butler Pharmacy #2
2nd-Johnny Fennewald-Max Motors #21
3rd-Brian Delozer-Butler Pharmacy #1

Stock:
1st-Johnny Fennewald-Flaming Lantern #21
2nd-Jacob Herrell-Herrell Contstruction #H1
3rd-Justin Cooper-Butler Glass #83

The Bear Backers would like to say a very special 'thank you' to Wilson Tire for hosting again this year.

See video highlights here

-our thanks to Scott Mead

Flaming Lantern #21 took Johnny Fennewald to
First Place in the stock division 

Justin Cooper poses with the #83 Butler Glass kart. This
duo took 3rd place in the stock class

The scene from above at the Wilson Tire parking lot Saturday night

St Clair County Sheriffs Office: Osceola woman arrested on drug charge

Christine Mallett

On June 6, Christine Mallett, 47, Osceola, was arrested on a St. Clair County warrant for a class C felony of possessing a controlled substance. Bond was set at $10,000 cash or surety. The charge stems from an investigation in Gerster on June 5 when St. Clair County deputies and officers from the Mid Missouri Multi Jurisdiction Drug Task Force discovered Mallett to be in possession of methamphetamine at her home on SE 1141 Road.

Adrian Community Library Book Sale Rescheduled for this Saturday!‏

Adrian Community Library Summer Activities:

 

BIG BOOK SALE – Saturday, June 21st in front of the Library beginning at 8:00 a.m.  Lots and lots of books at great prices.  All proceeds benefit the Adrian Community Library!

 

STORY HOUR for ages 3-5.  Stories and Crafts each Monday morning in June beginning at 9:00 am.  Great fun!

 

New paperbacks available for free checkout.  Wifi and Computers available.

 

Beautiful Hand-made Quilt raffle continues until July 4^th. 

Tickets available at Adrian Community Library,116 E. Main or call 816-297-2105. All proceeds benefit the Adrian Community Library!

Memorial quilts to be displayed this Saturday

For many years, donor families have created quilt squares as a memorial in honor of their loved ones. The Midwest Transplant Network (MTN) continues to use these squares in creating new quilts, as a tribute to those who have given the gift of life. During the week of June 16, 2014, four memorial quilts are on display in the front lobby at Bates County Memorial Hospital in Butler. This beautiful tribute to MTN’s life-saving donors travels to events throughout Kansas and western Missouri to raise awareness about organ and tissue donation while honoring those individuals who have given gifts of life.

MTN’s Donor Memorial Quilt is a work in progress. There is no deadline, and it is never finished as they know there will always be other families who face the death of a loved one and make the decision to donate. This allows every family, past, present or future, to honor and remember their loved one by participating in this special project.

With a mission to save lives by honoring the gift of donation and compassion, Midwest Transplant Network has been connecting lives in the Kansas and western Missouri communities for 40 years. They are a federally certified not-for-profit Organ Procurement Organization and works with donors, donor families and hospitals to extend legacies, provide hope and give life. To learn more, log on to their website at www.mwtn.org or www.DonateLifeMissouri.com.

On Saturday, June 21, 2014, the second annual Giving Fore Living Darin Wainscott Memorial Golf Tournament will be held at the Butler Country Club. The memorial quilts will be on display at this event. For more information, log on to their website at www.givingforeliving.com.

Rich Hill Police Department weekly report

June 9, 2014
VEHICLE FIRE


June 10, 2014


June 11, 2014
CHECK WELL BEING
AGENCY ASSIST
PROPERTY DAMAGE
ABANDON VEHICLE
AGENCY ASSIST


June 12, 2014
TRAIN INCIDENT
ALARM BURGLAR
ODOR FOUL
VANDALISM

June 13, 2014
AMBULANCE REQUEST
THEFT
ASSAULT
TRAFFIC STOP

June 14, 2014
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY


June 15, 2014
MVA NO INJURIES

Bates County Sheriff's Office weekly report

June 9, 2014
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY – HUME
CHECK WELL BEING – BUTLER
BURGLAR ALARM – BUTLER
THEFT – BUTLER On 06-09-2014 Deputies took a stolen trailer report in the rural Butler area. The Trailer is a 2001 Flat Bed Trailer double axel black in color. If you have any information about this trailer contact Bates County Sheriff’s Office at 660-679-3232.
WANTED SUBJECT – BUTLER
ANIMAL BITE – AMORET
VEHICLE FIRE – RICH HILL
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY – BUTLER
TRESPASSING – ADRIAN
WRONG WAY DRIVER – BUTLER
ANIMAL AT LARGE – ADRIAN

Driver running from cops caught; traffic stop sends another man to jail

 On June 15, 2014 Bates County Deputies responded to a suspicious vehicle call. Once Deputies arrived at the location in the area of County Road 15004 in Adrian Mo they made contact with a male subject who appeared to be very nervous. During the investigation deputies located a Methamphetamine pipe and approximately seven grams of methamphetamine near the male subject who was driving a Chevrolet pickup.

The male subject was identified as Ryon A Hough, 27, from Rockville Mo. Hough was arrested and is being held at the Bates County Jail on a $10,000 cash or surety bond. He was charged with one count of possession of a controlled substance which is a class C felony.

Later the same day, a Bates County Sheriff’s Deputy attempted to make traffic stop on a 1992 Toyota Camry that was headed south bound on interstate I49 just south of Rich Hill Mo by activated his. The driver of the vehicle refused to stop for the deputy. The deputy pursued the vehicle from Bates County into Vernon County until it came to a stop at the Horton exit. The vehicle caught on fire and burned until the fire department arrived and extinguished the fire. The driver exited the vehicle and the Deputy was able to apprehend him.

The driver was identified as Steven A Horning, 30, from Eldorado Springs, Mo. Horning had three failure to appear felony warrants from Cedar County and one failure to appear felony warrant from Dade County. Bates County charges are currently pending.

Ryon Hough

Steven Horning

Veterans Memorial Tribute draws large crowd Saturday

"The carrying of banners is a custom of all people, all ages" said Nathan Agnew in front of a crowd of several hundred, as the Flag Ceremony began during the Veterans Memorial dedication on Saturday morning. Agnew, Past Exalted Ruler of the Bates County Elks lodge 2653 opened the ceremony went on to describe, in detail, the history of the American Flag and it's true meaning.

Agnew was followed by Mayor Don Malan who offered many thanks to the Bates County Elks Lodge 2653 for their hard work and continued dedication that brought the idea of a monument to a full blown reality. Malan reminded onlookers of a Reagan quote "that freedom is never more than a generation away from extinction". At that, offered thanks to each and every Bates County veteran for their service.

Presiding Commissioner Donna Gregory took the podium and thanked everyone involved, and also recognized all veterans present at the event. She also spoke of how fitting is was that this ceremony fell on June 14th, Flag Day, which commemorates the adoption of the U.S. Flag 237 years ago.

Other speakers included Terry Agnew who gave a detailed account of bringing the monument to reality; and  Blaine Diehl of the Missouri Elks Lodge who commended #2653 for a job well done.

Also present were the Rich Hill American Legion with a gun salute, local boy scouts, Elks Lodge members and many local veterans. The monument is located on the northwest corner of the Butler square.

See video from the dedication here

The black granite tribute honors all branches of the Armed 

Forces served by Bates County Veterans

The beautiful tribute is located on the northwest corner of 
the Butler square