Community Food Pantry Monthly mass food distribution TODAY

Monthly mass food distribution at the Community Food Pantry TODAY 8:30-11:30 at 709 W. Ohio. If you have a food need some of the produce we have will be apples, carrots, cabbage and oranges. Please bring proof you live in Bates County.
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Obituary - Ernest W. White

Funeral services for Ernest W. White will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri with Reverend Art Ellsworth officiating. Visitation will be from 5 - 7 p.m. Monday, March 30 at the Schowengerdt Chapel. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery in Butler, Missouri. Contributions to the Ohio St. United Methodist Church and the Butler Public Library. 

Ernest William White, age 101 of Butler, Missouri died Friday, March 27, 2015 at Willow Lane Nursing Home in Butler. He was born February 14, 1914 to Charles Edward and Etta Evaline Lingenfelter White in Paradise, Missouri.

Ernest is survived by his wife of 73 years, Edith White of Butler; a daughter Margaret Alexander and husband Jim of Russelville, Arkansas; six grandchildren; and eleven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his son, Kenneth White and a brother, Walter White.
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Forecast for the upcoming 5-days

Trending warmer with a few morning rain showers possible Sunday morning. Heading into the work week, warm up will be well underway with low 70s possible by Tuesday. 

Next chance for storms to arrive on Wednesday when a cold front approaches. Enjoy!
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Obituary - Laura Elder

Laura Elder 90 of Butler died Friday, March 27 at her home. There will be a visitation for friends to call from 2 to 4 pm Sunday, March 29 at the Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel in Butler. Cremation will follow visitation. 

Laura is survived by sons Lindsey Ray Elder Jr of Thompson Falls, Montana and Walter Dean Elder of Butler; daughters Alice Fay Callahan of Hampton, Virginia; Frances Kay Pearsall of Missoula, Montana; Patty Ann Sheler of Ottawa, Kansas; Barbara Elizabeth McDaniel of Milton, Florida and Joyce Elder of Nevada, Missouri; also surviving are numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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Bears 1st out of 10

by Aaron Allen

Last night Butler hosted its 2nd consecutive Butler Invitational Track Meet. It turned out to be a beautiful day and everyone seemed to take advantage of it. I first off want to THANK everyone that was involved in helping put this on. I had several coaches comment that it was a very cleanly ran track meet for being anyone's first of the year. Big big kuddos to you all. I am very grateful for your support and help.

In our competition last night we ran against 10 schools and your Butler Boys came in 1st place overall! We hope to continue this success onto the next meet. At the meet they scored the top 8 finishers in each event. Here are your top 8 finishers in their events:

Shot Put – Ben Holt – 4th place; Zeph Smith – 5th place
Discus – Zeph Smith – 5th place
Long Jump – Seth Stump – 7th place
Triple Jump – Dylan Morris – 6th place
Pole Vault – Ethan Gardner – 1st place with a vault of 10; Brett Behringer – 6th place
4×800 relay – Tevin Taylor, Jesse Donoval, Aziah VanVoorst, Tayje VanVoorst – 5th place
4×200 relay – Devan Loveall, Dylan Morris, Tanner Diehl, Austin Castaneda – 1st place with a time of 1:36.97
110 Hurdles – Connor Sparks – 4th place; David Morse – 7th place
100 Dash – Keagan Miller – 4th place; Geoffrey Algiere – 6th place
800 Run – Tayje VanVoorst – 6th place; Aziah VanVoorst – 7th place
4×100 Relay – Geoffrey Algiere. Dylan Morris, Keagan Miller, Ethan Gardner – 3rd place
400 Run – Austin Castaneda – 1st place with a time of 52.62; Tanner Diehl – 3rd place
300 Hurdles – Devan Loveall – 1st place with a time of 43.72
200 Dash – Austin Castaneda – 2nd place; Tanner Diehl – 3rd place
3200 Run – Tayje VanVoorst – 5th place; Aziah Van Voorst – 6th plae
4×400 Relay – Devan Loveall, Ethan Gardner, Tanner Diehl, Austin Castaneda – 1st place with a time of 3:38.90

I am super proud of all of our athletes in their effort. Last night was actually the first track meet I have won since I have started here. I know this was a big goal of theirs to win as a team. Great group of kids we have. Give them a congratulations if you see them. Our next track meet is on Monday March 30th at Archie.

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Lady Bears finish 1st

by Amber Solomon 

March 26th, the Butler Bears hosted the 2nd annual Butler Invitational Track Meet. The weather was good and the meet went great! It is super fun and exciting, for the athletes and the coaches, to be able to be able to perform in front of our hometown crowd!

A super big THANK YOU to all of our helpers, workers, and volunteers! The track meet would not have run as smoothly as it did without your hard work and diligence yesterday!

Overall, the Lady Bears Track Team ended up walking away with a 1st place finish for the 2nd year in a row!!! All of the ladies truly stepped up to the plate yesterday and did what they needed to do, many of the girls on the team maxing out in 4 events.

The top 8 performers in each event earned points for their team.
Shot Put- Courtney Blevins- 5th place
Long Jump- Peyton McGuire- 4th place
Triple Jump- Amy Miller- 1st place with a jump of 32’8”; Riley Mareth- 6th place
High Jump- Amy Miller- 1st place with a jump of 4’10”; Peyton McGuire- 2nd place (also with a jump of 4’10”)
100 M Hurdles- Courtney Blevins- 5th place; Riley Mareth- 6th place
100 M Dash- Makenna Hannah- 4th place
4×200 M Relay- 1st place with a time of 1:54.47 – Makenna Hannah, Allie Chandler, Amy Miller, Mady Gepford
1600 M Run- Katie Murrell- 8th place
4×100 M Run- 2nd place – Courtney Blevins, Makenna Hannah, Riley Mareth, Allie Chandler
400 M Dash-Mady Gepford- 1st place with a time of 1:01.34; Allie Chandler- 5th place
300 M Hurdles- Riley Mareth- 3rd place; Katie Murrell- 5th place
800 M Run- Mady Gepford- 1st place with a time 2:32.88
4×400 M Relay- 1st place with a time of 4:36.89 – Allie Chandler, Makenna Hannah, Amy Miller, Mady Gepford

Monday, March 30th, the Butler Bears will travel up to Archie to compete in the Archie Invitational. Field events start at 4:00 pm and running events start at 5:15pm. Come out, enjoy the nice weather and watch your Butler Bears perform against some new competition.

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Adrian Gun and Knife Show this weekend

The Adrian Optimist Club’s 3-day gun and knife show will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 28th, 29th and 30th. All of the excitement will take place in the Adrian Optimist Building on old 71 highway.

Admission is just $5 per day for adult, children under 10 will get in free. Hours on Friday, March 28th will be from 5 – 9pm; Saturday, March 29th from 8am – 6pm and on Sunday, March 30th from 9am – 3pm.

Over 150 tables will be filled with guns, ammo, accessories, knives and military surplus. Door prizes and raffle items. You won’t want to miss it.
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