Obituary - Carl E. Jennings

Funeral Services for Carl E. Jennings, 90 will be at 2pm on Thursday, June 4th at the Heuser Funeral Home in Rich Hill. The family will receive friends from 1pm until service time.

Burial and military rites will be held in the Greenlawn Cemetery. He is survived by wife Mary Jennings, children Beth and Dennis Diehl; Mike and Kathy Jennings; Jim and Beth Jennings. Sister Norma Dodson, brother Vick Jennings 9 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren and 3 great-great grandchildren.

Rich Hill the place to be for The Fourth of July

American country music singer Joe Diffie

ONE month from today JOE DIFFIE takes the stage at 8 pm!!! Free concert, bring your own lawn chair, lots of food vendors, craft vendors and Fun Times shows carnival! Make your plans now to be in Rich Hill July 3rd!!

Here is a short version of the Rich Hill 4th of July schedule. More will be added so stay tuned!! 

Carnival will be open each night July 1-4

2015 4^th of July Celebration

Theme: “May the 4^th Be With You”

• July 1

6pm Mary Kithcart Childrens promenade sponsored by Wheatley-Cameron Farms

6:30 pm Baby Contest Registration

6:30-7 Kids games with Kameron Byram

6:30-8:00 pm FFA Petting Zoo with Rich Hill FFA

7:00 pm Baby Contest sponsored by Swopes Drive In

8:00 pm Talent Contest sponsored by RH Medical Clinic

9:30 pm Glow Run at Big Mouth 7^th and Park Ave

• July 2

6:30 Pie Contest Registration at Methodist Church

7:00 pm Pie Contest sponsored by Security Bank

7:30 pm World Record Pie Auction sponsored by Security Bank and Larry Hacker Auctioneers

8:00 pm Sand volleyball tourney (East Park)

9:00 pm Shari Bales Band sponsored by Heuser Funeral Home, Swopes Drive In and Byram Heating & Air, and Ed & Mary Belle Rice

• July 3

6pm Cierra McKenzie

6:30 Kate Hastings Band

8 pm Joe Diffie

9:30 pm Street Dance

• July 4

11 am Car show registration

12 pm -2:45 Car show in West Park sponsored by H3 Grafix

1:30-2:45 Parade Registration at Old HS

3 pm Parade

4:30 pm Salute to Veterans with Quilt Guild presentation

5:00 pm Parade Winners Announced

5:30-6 pm Paula Newman Performs

6:00 pm Raffle Winners Announced

7:00 pm 80’s Band RetroActive sponsored by Pete’s and Food Fair

10:00 pm Fireworks shoot from RH Volunteer Fire Dept

• July 5

11 am Community Church Service (West Park)

**To register for the Glow Run, download a form from the facebook page or pick a form up at Food Fair.

To sign up for the Talent Contest please call Sue at 395-2150

To register a team for the sand volleyball tourney call or text Luke 660-464-0090

General questions call Natalea 395-2770**

Bushwhacker $1,500 to win USRA Modified Special at I-49 Nevada Speedway

Saturday June 13, 2015

Bushwhacker $1,500 to win USRA Modified Special sponsored by Missouri Eagle Budweiser! 

Along with the USRA Modified Special, all other classes will be in action including Mini Stocks/Fwd, Pure Stocks, Street Stocks, USRA B-Mods and Late Models!

Previous winners of the Bushwhacker A-Mod Special includes:
2010 winner - Dustin Boney 
2011 winner - Mitch Keeter 
2012 winner - Johnny Bone Jr. 
2013 winner - John Allen 
2014 winner - Mitch Keeter 

Who will win the special in 2015? Join us on Saturday June 13th to find out!

Gates open at 4:30pm, Driver Cutoff at 6:00pm, Hot Laps at 6:15pm, Racing at 7:00pm.

Check out http://www.nevadaspeeday1.com/ for more information!

Max Stock 2015 Charity Car/Truck Show

REMINDER: Safety Village Sign Ups in Butler

Sign-ups for Safety Village will be held on Sunday, June 21st at the Old Butler High School from 5 – 7pm and is for children that are 4 and 5 years of age. Parents are encouraged to bring their participating child so they may meet their teen leaders and take a tour of Safety Village as well as filling out the appropriate paper work.

Safety Village will begin on Monday, June 22nd and will run through Friday, June 26th. Two sessions will be held this year, morning sessions will be from 9am until noon and the afternoon sessions will be held from 1 – 4pm.

Safety Village is a program that focuses on teaching safety to 4 and 5 year olds. It’s a week long program that is filled with activities to make learning safety objectives fun while they are learning.

Children participating are put in small groups of two or three and then assigned to a responsible teen helper. Each day offers stations of snacks, coloring and crafts, videos, role playing, and “driving” around Safety Village.

Safety Village is sponsored by the Bates County Elks Lodge. If further information is needed call 660-679-4025.

Giving Fore Living 3rd annual Darin Wainscott Memorial Golf Tournament and Banquet

The Giving Fore Living organization is putting on its 3^rd annual Darin Wainscott Memorial Golf Tournament and Banquet. The banquet will be held on Friday, June 12^th at the Adrian Optimist building in Adrian, MO. Doors will open at 6pm, and dinner will be served at 7pm. Banquet tickets are $20 per person, children 12 & under are free. The menu includes: pork chops, cheesy potatoes, baked beans, slaw, and roll. Hamburgers are also offered for kids. This year’s banquet will be featuring the band Breakaway and a special guest speaker, Larry Lefferts. Tickets can be purchased at the door.

The golf tournament will be held June 13^th & 14^th at the Butler Country Club in Butler, MO. The first flight begins Saturday at 9am. Flight number two will begin on Sunday at 7am, and the third flight Sunday at 1:30pm. Tournament style is 4-person scramble, $400 per team. Each team member will receive commemorative golf polo, a hat/visor, and a G4L golf ball. Breakfast and lunch will be provided on tournament day for all participants. To register a team, contact Jana Rosier (660-200-5118) or Carmin Gregory (660-200-5230). Cash prizes overall include 1^st place: $600, 2^nd place: $400, 3^rd place: $200. There will also be prizes awarded to closest-to-the-pin, longest drive, longest putt, and a Skins game with 100% payback. And for the lucky individual, who scores a hole-in-one on a certain hole, will win a HUGE prize, courtesy of Max Motors.

The organization is also selling raffle tickets on a Yamaha golf cart, which is fuel, injected with custom tires, aluminum wheels along with stereo and lights or a CASH option of $5,000. Tickets are $20.00 per ticket or 6 for $100 and the golf cart can be viewed at our local Massey’s Country Mart. Raffle tickets are available at Massey’s Country Mart, Drs. Noe, Miller and Miller, Adrian Bank and Farm Bureau. 

 The drawing for the golf cart/cash option will be held Sunday, June 14, 2015 at the Butler Country Club during the last day of the golf tournament. All proceeds from this fundraising event go to support the Darin Wainscott Memorial Scholarship, organ donation education and awareness, and area love offerings. 

Boot Scootin’ for Breast Cancer

The Butler Saddle Club will host a Tough Enough to Wear Pink “boot scooting” for breast cancer event, a 5k where participants can walk, peddle a bicycle or ride a horse on Saturday, June 20th.

Open registration for all events begins at 8am in the Bates County Fair Grounds Arena. Line up till be at 8:30 and the event will begin at 9am.

All the proceeds will go to the Bates County Memorial Hospital Cares which is a free mammogram program.

Registration fee is $25 for adults (18 and older; $20 for teen and youth (17 and younger). Each participant will receive a tee-shirt and if you would like to purchase a t-shirt only, the cost is just $15.

Starting point will be the Bates County Fair Grounds Arena and walkers and bikers will follow their trail while horseback riders will follow their own route.

For information contact Myrtle Patrick – 816-738-9614 or Susan Anderson – 816-217-5938. Waivers must be signed on or before June 20th at the registration table.

Everyone is invited to join in the Butler Saddle Club’s “boot scooting” for breast cancer on Saturday, June 20th.

Weather Update: Rain coming from the North

Showers and thunderstorms will be moving into the KC metro within the next hour. Heavy rain may cause localized street flooding issues, so please slow down and use caution if you are still commuting to work or home, or running errands this morning.

In addition, we have issued a Flash Flood warning due to heavy rain across portions of Gentry, Harrison, Daviess, and DeKalb Counties. 

We appreciate any reports of flooding issues in your area.