From the Nevada Speedway

Nevada Speedway looks forward to this Saturday May 12th for our second race night of the season. 

Classes running will be Pure Stocks, Street Stocks, Midwest Mods, B-Mods, A-Mods and Late Models. (Mini Stocks/FWD will be our class off this week).

Gates will open at 4:30pm, Driver Pill Draw Cutoff at 6:30pm, Hot Laps at 7:00pm with Racing to follow.

Adult Admission tickets will now be just $10 for weekly shows. 

Admission Prices for May 12th
Adults $10
Kids ages 6-12 $5
VIP Seating $15
Kids ages 0-5 Free

Pit Passes for May 12th
Adults $25
Kids ages 6-12 $15
Drivers $35

There will also be some giveaways throughout the night to some of the mothers in honor of Mothers Day Weekend.

Check out http://www.nevadaspeedway1.com for more information and for our full tentative schedule.
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SUNDAY MAY 13TH, 2018

SECOND GO-KART RACE AT NEVADA SPEEDWAY!!

Gates open at 11:00am
Practice Laps at 1:00pm
Racing to follow

Grandstand Admission $5

Pit passes Adults $10
Kids ages 6-12 (unless a driver) $5
Drivers $20
Kids under 6 FREE

Rookie, Jr. 1, Jr. 2, Light, Medium, Heavy, Stock Appearing and Open will be our classes. Kart drivers, please just enter through the north gate and park. We will follow NKA rules.

Anyone staying in the pits will need to come up to the table to sign in and get an armband.

Restrictor plate are as follows
Rookie - Red
Jr 1 - Green
Jr 2 - Purple

PRIZE MONEY
Each feature winner will receive $30, Second place $25, Third place $20.

Thank you and hope to see you this weekend.

Spring Clean Up Day on the historic Butler Square

Missouri spring turkey season harvests 35,800 birds

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that turkey hunters checked 34,055 birds during Missouri’s 2018 regular spring turkey season April 16 through May 6. 

Top harvest counties were Franklin with 760 birds checked, Texas with 732, and Laclede with 657. Young turkey hunters harvested 1,729 birds during the 2018 spring youth season, April 7-8, bringing the overall 2018 spring turkey harvest to 35,784.

This year’s harvest total is down 17% from last year’s overall spring turkey harvest of 43,339 birds.

MDC Turkey Biologist Jason Isabelle indicates that a drop in harvest was not unexpected given the poor production in recent years.

“We’ve had very poor production the last two years,” said Isabelle. “This resulted in fewer two-year-old gobblers and a lot fewer jakes this year.”

He noted that it is common for jakes to make up over a quarter of the spring harvest following years of good production. The last two years, however, jakes have made up just 13% and 15% of the harvest.

“Low numbers of jakes in the spring harvest the past couple years just confirms what we learned from our summer brood survey; we’ve dealt with some very poor hatches in recent years,” said Isabelle.

In addition to poor production, Isabelle added that less than ideal conditions during the youth season and opening day of the regular season impacted this year’s harvest as well.

“Winter-like conditions made for a tough start to the season,” he said. In addition to its effect on hunting, Isabelle notes that the late spring also impacted the timing of turkey flock break-up and nesting this year. “The recent poor production and this year’s late spring made for a challenging 2018 spring season.” He indicated that he has corresponded with several colleagues in neighboring states that reported lower spring harvests this year as well.

With the hunting season over, Isabelle and other MDC staff have been preparing for the summer brood survey which is used to determine the success of the hatch. Isabelle is hoping turkey production will reverse its current trajectory.

“Unfortunately, poor hatches have reduced turkey numbers in many areas of the state,” said Isabelle. He notes that fluctuations in turkey numbers are to be expected. “We’re going through a tough stretch right now like we did during the late 2000s. Because nest success and poult survival are the primary drivers of turkey population trends, we’re going to need some better production to help numbers rebound.”

Get more information on spring turkey harvest numbers by county at: http://on.mo.gov/1jjz7Ew.

The 2018 spring turkey season had two non-fatal hunting incidents. One turkey hunter mistook another hunter for a turkey and another hunter accidently discharged a round into his foot.

For more information about turkey hunting in Missouri, visit https://huntfish.mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/species/turkey.

A big thank you from the Butler Children’s Center

Schell City woman seriously injured in Vernon County crash

Courtesy of the Walker Rural Fire District 

On 5/7/18 around 10:10am the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Vernon County responded to a one vehicle accident on Route Y around 4 miles east of Harwood in rural Vernon County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the 2001 Mazda B3000 truck driven by 79 year old Connie S. Davis of Schell City, Missouri ran off the right side of the roadway and over turned.

Connie S. Davis sustained serious injuries in this accident and she was life flighted to Cox South Hospital in Springfield, Missouri for treatment.

The vehicle was totaled and towed from the scene by Southeast Auto of Nevada, Missouri.

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All photos courtesy of the Walker Rural Fire District Facebook Page

Courtesy of the Walker Rural Fire District

Courtesy of the Walker Rural Fire District

Obituary - Virginia Evelyn Potter

Virginia Evelyn Potter, 86, Nevada, MO passed away on Sunday, May 6, 2018 at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. Virginia was born March 4, 1932 in Jackson County, MO to Olin E. and Iva Ruth (Kincaid) Reynolds. She married Norval L. Potter on April 13, 1951 in El Dorado Springs, MO and he survives of the home.

Virginia accepted Christ unto her life at the age of 16. She was an active member of the Willard United Methodist Church in Willard, MO.

Virginia’s early years were spent in St. Clair and Cedar Counties in Missouri. She and her immediate family lived in Nevada from 1951 to 1994. She and Norval relocated to Greene County near Willard to be closer to their daughters and their families. In the summer of 2016 they moved back to Nevada.

Virginia worked as a legal secretary for many years with the Ewing Law Firm, Russell, Brown and Breckenridge Law Firm as well as with Farm & Home Savings Association of Nevada. Her most recent work was as the Executive Secretary for the Finis M. Moss Charitable Trust.

Virginia’s family has always been very important to her and she strived to be a good wife and mother. She exceeded in both of these and will be greatly missed. Virginia will always have a special place in each of the family’s hearts as well as each person that ever met her. In addition to her husband Norval, she is survived by two daughters and their families, Carol and Mark Handly of Leeton, MO, Janet and Gregg Fritter of Ash Grove, MO; two granddaughters and their families, Heather and David Vestal, Katie and Matthew Fletchall, both of Nevada; one great-grandson, Kaleb Vestal; four great-granddaughters, Kylee and Kourtnee Vestal, and Hadley and Haizleigh Fletchall, all of Nevada; two nephews, Larry Potter, Nevada, and Terry Potter, St. Charles, MO; one sister-in-law, Darlene Hiebert and her husband Raymond, and their children, Steven, Mary Ann, and David, all of Sheldon, MO; and numerous cousins.

She was preceded in death by both of her parents; step-father, Joseph Nicholas; brother-in-law, Oden Potter and his wife Judy; and two nephews, Jerry Potter and Daniel Hiebert. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 10, 2018 at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada with Rev. Sharon Freeman officiating. Interment will follow in Sheldon Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10-11:00 a.m. prior to the service at the funeral home.

Memorials are suggested to Vernon County Cancer Relief or Hospice Compassus in c/o Ferry Funeral Home.

Butler Police Department Activity Report 4/30-5/6/18

04/30/2018  
Traffic stop

Animal complaint Cedar Lane

Traffic stop

Theft report

Keep the peace 800 block of S High

Theft report

Follow Up

Traffic assist Schowengerdt

Attempt to locate

Disturbance Cedar lane

Warrant service Fire Alarm

05/01/2014  

Noise complaint S High

Assault report

Traffic assist Schowengerdt

Vandalism report

Speak to officer

Disturbance Fairgrounds

Noise complaint 300 block of W Ohio

C and I driver report N Fulton

Open door on square

05/02/2018  

Disturbance 400 block of S Mechanic

Warrant service Chestnut and Main

Warrant service Ft Scott and Main

Well being check Havanna and Ft Scott

Animal complaint S Mechanic

05/03/2018  

Well being check Wal-Mart

Speak to Officer Traffic assist Fran Ave

Walk in theft report

Well being check Nursery and High

Harassment report 200 block of E Chestnut

Well being check Longsinger St.

Warrant service pine and Havanna

Vehicle stop

05/04/2018  

Vehicle Stop

Vehicle Stop

Vehicle Stop

Well being check

Animal Complaint 400 block of W College

Traffic assist Fran Ave

Animal complaint 600 block of W Harrison

Vehicle Stop

Attemp to locate

Walk in harassment report

Assist BCSO

C and I driver report W-52

Assist BCSO in jail disturbance

05/05/2018   

Animal complaint ruby Ave

Speak to officer

Traffic assist Nursery and Delaware

Vehicle Stop

Walk in assault report

Assist BCMH with patient

Disturbance 400 block of S Olive

C and I driver call

Speak to Officer

Traffic Stop

Medical assist 900 block of E Pine

Fireworks complaint  Park Lane

05/06/2018 

Accident High School

Animal complaint 200 block of N Havanna

C and I driver call S High

Medical assist

Animal complaint S Main

Obituary - Willis Dale Wainwright

Willis Dale Wainwright, 85, Butler, MO, died Sunday, May 6, 2018 at his home. Funeral services will be held at 5:00 p.m. Friday, May 11, 2018 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Adrian, MO with visitation from 4:00-5:00. 

 Burial to follow in Crescent Hill Cemetery, Adrian. Memorial contributions may be made to Bates County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary or to the First Baptist Church, Adrian.

(A complete obituary will be posted when information is available).