Fire prevention week: Time to check your smoke detectors

Butler Post Office celebrating Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  The Butler Post Office supports this cause and we are rallying together this month.  We are selling the Breast Cancer Stamps which are $ . 60 a stamp or a book of 20 for  $12.00.   

We are also having a gift drawing every week for the month of October.  Tea and sweets will be served every Tuesday for customer appreciation.   

Come in and support the cause.  A reminder that the difference that we get from the stamps NOT only goes toward breast cancer research it goes to all cancer research.

Public Hearing Notice: Butler Zoning Board of Adjustments

Game time change- help get the word out!

The Miami Eagles Volleyball game at Hume on Wednesday 10/5/16 will begin at 5 PM. It will be Hume's PINK OUT night.

Jr High Girls basketball will follow and the evening will conclude with Jr High Boys basketball.

-our thanks to Dea Erickson

On the ballot: Do your homework before voting

A very important general election is about one month away. While most have studied the candidates, some may not fully understand the amendments and Prop A to be decided in Missouri on Nov. 8th

Amendment 1:
Fairly straightforward question- should the existing 1/10 of 1 percent sales/use tax remain in place? Tax would provide about $90 million annually for soil and water conservation and operation of the state park system.

Amendment 2:
Would establish limits on campaign contributions to candidates for state or judicial offices, and prohibit the ability to conceal the identity of contributors.

Amendment 3:

If passed, tax on cigarette sales would increase by 60 cents per pack. Money would be earmarked for early childhood education.

Amendment 4:

Somewhat confusing. A “yes” vote will amend the Missouri Constitution to prohibit a new state or local sales/use or other similar tax on any service or transaction. This amendment only applies to any service or transaction that was not subject to a sales/use or similar tax as of January 1, 2015. A “no” vote will not amend the Missouri Constitution to prohibit such state or local sales/use or other similar tax. If passed, this measure will not increase or decrease taxes. 

Amendment 6:

Fairly straightforward. A “yes” vote will amend the Missouri Constitution to state that voters may be required by law to verify their identity, citizenship, and residence by presenting photo identification before voting.

Proposition A:

If passed, taxes on cigarettes will be raised by 23 cents over the next five years. Over the same time period, taxes on other tobacco products will be raised by 5 percent. Money will be earmarked for transportation infrastructure. 

Get more info and details here https://ballotpedia.org/Missouri_2016_ballot_measures

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The black walnuts in your backyard are healthy

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. – It’s the time of year when walnuts will start dropping off their trees.

“Picking these walnuts up to sell can be a great moneymaker, but don’t forget that you can actually eat those nuts,” says Tammy Roberts, University of Missouri Extension nutrition and health education specialist.

“Black walnuts are a tasty, healthy addition to your diet,” she says.

The nuts aren’t quite ready to eat when they come off the tree. You need to remove the green (or brown) outer hull to reveal the shell of the nut. Be sure to wash the nut with the garden hose. That can be a messy job, so wear heavy rubber gloves. (Some people, Roberts says, just put them on the driveway and run over them until the nut is revealed.)

Leave the clean, unshelled nuts in a cool, well-ventilated area for about two weeks before cracking to get the nut meats. They are ready when the nuts break crisply.

If you look at the nutrition information from a bag of Diamond shelled black walnuts, you’ll find that ¼ cup provides 190 calories, 18 grams of fat, 2 grams of fiber and 7 grams of protein. They also contain iron, vitamin E, vitamin B-6, zinc, copper, phosphorus, magnesium and molybdenum.

While there is a lot of fat in a quarter cup of walnuts, Roberts says, “It’s actually good fat.” There is only 1 gram of saturated fat, and the other 17 grams are the healthier polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fat.

“Black walnuts have omega-3 fatty acids, which have been attributed to heart health,” she adds. Two large studies have concluded that people who ate walnuts had a lower risk of heart attack and heart disease after consuming 1 ounce (about ¼ cup) of walnuts five times per week.

Roberts says black walnuts have their own unique flavor and can be used in a variety of ways. Of course, they can be eaten alone as a snack, added to oatmeal, muffins, yogurt or ice cream, or tossed in your favorite wild rice or pasta dish.

“It can be a bit of a challenge to pick the nuts from the shell, but once you do, the storage life is a long one,” she says. “Black walnuts will stay fresh for up to one year when stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator and up to two years when stored in an airtight container in the freezer.”

For nutrition facts, recipes and other information about black walnuts, the MU Center for Agroforestry publication “Why Black Walnuts?” is available as a free download at centerforagroforestry.org/pubs/whywalnuts.pdf.

Obituary - Travis A. McIntyre

Travis A. McIntyre, age 25 years, of Harrisonville, Missouri passed away Friday, September 30, 2016 at Golden Valley Memorial Hospital, Clinton, Missouri.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton, Missouri and are pending at this time.

Mid America Live News will update when a full obituary is made available.