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Max Stock 2015

It's time for another Car Show hosted by the team at Max Motors in Butler, Missouri on Saturday August,22,2015 from 8am-2pm! Come join us as we honor service members, first responders and veterans in need.

Come meet Mark Muller and his team as we put on a car show unlike any other all for charity! We will have peoples choice judging for Best Truck, Best Modern Car 1980- Present, Best Classic Pre-1980, Best 4x4 and Best Import. We will also have the following awards; Tallest Truck, Loudest Car, Longest Distance Award for the vehicle that travels the furthest to the event and the Max Motors Award for the vehicle that receives more votes than any other vehicle. We will have live music from Band 13 all day long for you all to enjoy!!! 

We have the team from Meat Street Mafia from Springfield, Missouri that will be providing lunch for all that attend the event. We will be changing things up to make this different then any other car show you have every attended with a tattoo competition!!! We will have several tattoo artists on site and be giving an award for Best Tattoo!

Sponsors: If you would like to be a sponsor for this exciting charity event and would like donate items to go in the goodie bags please contact Nathan Skelton at 660-679-6567 or nathan.skelton@maxmotors.com

Time: Registration will begin at 8 AM and end at 10 AM Judging will begin at 10 AM and end at 1 PM. Awards will take place at 2 PM.

Fee: The entry fee will be $10 per vehicle entering the show in which 100% will go to Heroes Among Us. Every Vehicle Entering will receive a Mothers Polish Goodie Bag

Heroes Among Us is a Kansas City, Missouri based Charity Organization that helps with the following:

Temporary financial, personal and/or professional support and development; emergency needs as in travel expenses for self and/or spouse and/or children and/or family (often times a Hero must travel to Walter Reed or BAMC (Brooke Army Medical Center) for treatments and evaluations. Typically only the Hero’s expenses are paid. Not the spouse or children or family. Even Hero's expenses are paid through an expense reporting system and can create severe temporary hardship); home furnishings that are often too expensive for the Hero and his/her family; short-term educational assistance for children; "Santa Clause" Christmas shopping for the children of the Hero...the Holiday seasons can be a struggle for some families because of financial hardships due to injuries including physical and/or PTSD and/or TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury); special opportunities (Suite tickets to professional ball games or visits with celebrities...if possible or, etc.)

This event is open to all makes and models no matter what it is you are welcome here! Drag Cars, Monster Trucks, Exotics, Imports, Trucks, SUV, Rat Rod, Project Cars, Dune Buggies, Modern Muscle, Classic Cars, Classic Trucks, Military Vehicles we want to see it all!

Outdoor Warning Sirens to be tested tomorrow

The City of Butler will test the Outdoor Warning Sirens Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 10:00 A.M.

If there is threatening weather in the area the test will not be conducted.

Butler Elementary School: Teachers on the roof

Coach Allen and Mr. Hubbard on the roof 

The students of Butler Elementary met their goal of $10,000 for our Jump Rope for Heart campaign. 

As a result of the students meeting this goal Coach Allen and Mr. Hubbard will be camping on top of the multipurpose building at the Butler Elementary School this evening.

Feel free to stop by and talk or just drive by and honk this evening. 

As school was released both teachers were on top of the building to wave the kids home.

The teachers will be there in the morning as students come into school to greet them back into the building for yet another good day at Butler Elementary!

Appleton City First Graders Visit Poplar Heights Living History Farm

The Appleton City 1st graders joined us at Poplar Heights Living Historic Farm for Living History Day. They shelled corn then made cornbread which they ate at lunch. They went to the Atkeson Log Cabin for a pioneer story, a coloring page, learning about wool and making a sheep. Then on to doing laundry, dipping candles, making sheets of paper, learning all about old time food preservation with a taste of porridge, smells of different herbs, preserving meat and eggs and how to make sausage with real, touchable casings! 

A hay ride took them to visit and feed the Scottish Highland Cattle and then back to learn about and paint sunflowers. 

Each planted a sunflower seed at the Sunflower House. At lunch we all roasted marshmallows and took a nature walk around the pond - yes, there was a snake. Kids bring your parents to our Summer Festival June 13&14 to see how your Sunflower House has grown. We had a great time - thanks AC for joining us.

Vernon County Sheriffs Office looking for wanted person: theft from vehicles‏

Gabriel Goss

The Vernon County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a wanted subject after a search warrant was served on the 800 block of South Cedar in Nevada early Tuesday morning. According to a press release from the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office, an arrest warrant for Gabriel Goss, 34 of Nevada, had already been issued following an investigation of theft from an auto in rural Vernon County involving an Apple iPad that was recovered by the Nevada Police Department.

According to the press release, Investigators with the Sheriff’s Office served the search warrant Tuesday in an attempt to locate Goss and recovered what is believed to be methamphetamine's, drug paraphernalia, as well as items stolen from vehicles from around the county including the City of Nevada. Detectives with the Nevada Police Department were contacted and stolen items from within Nevada City limits were turned over to them for investigation. Vernon County Sheriff Jason Mosher said investigators from both agencies had been working together on cases of thefts from auto. The Sheriff said he expects additional charges to be filed from both agencies. Goss is currently at large and is wanted by the Sheriff’s Office. Anyone with information to the whereabouts of Goss is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Office at 417-667-6042.

BCYAC Pool Pals Program Needs Your Help

The Butler Pool will open Saturday May 23rd for the 2015 swimming season. There are many children that will not have the opportunity to enjoy the exercise and relief from the summer heat, as well as have fun.

The Bates County Youth Advocacy Council is in its 10th year of making sure children in our area will all be able to enjoy the Butler Aquatic Center.

Sometimes the question arises, why should I donate to the Pool Pal Program, they aren’t my children. If it takes a village to raise a child then perhaps it’s your opportunity to do something for a child that would otherwise not be able to enjoy fun that other children sometimes take for granted.

Donations in any amount will be appreciated from $5.00 to sponsoring an entire family. The Pool Pal Program combines donations to insure that many children will benefit.

If you are interested in donating money to the Pool Pals Program, mail your donations to:
B.C.Y.A.C
PO Box 466
Butler Missouri 64730

Papinville Historical Association Bake Sale

The Papinville Historical Association is having a bake sale Saturday May 9th at the Food Fair in Rich Hill from 8-?.

Come get your mothers day goodies and buy a chance for a Dick and Jane quilt. 

The quilt will be given away at the picnic in the fall in Papinville.