Miami Courtwarming 2019

Queen Candidates: Freshman Harley Loper, Sophomore Morgan Harriman, Junior Braylee Hermann, and Senior McKinzie McWilliam

King Candidates: Freshman Stanley Harriman, Sophomore Tyler Crawford, and Junior Konnor Tidman

Congratulations to the Miami Courtwarming 2019 King Konnor Tidman and Sophomore Queen Morgan Harriman

Briarwood Farms March Cattle Sale

Sale begins at 1pm March 17th. Lunch is served beginning at 11:30am. Visit www.briarwoodangusfarms.comfor more info.

Public Service Announcement

Dollar General Store located on Ft. Scott Street in Butler closed on Sunday at 5pm and will not be open again until Thursday 2/14/19 for significant remodeling! 

Wear orange and blue for Jessica

Attention students at Rich Hill School Please wear orange and blue on Friday February 15th to school and at the basketball game that evening to support Jessica Querry. 

She will be receiving her peripheral blood stem cell transplant on this day! #jessicasjourney

Obituary - Anthony Alan Kleiman

Anthony Alan Kleiman passed away February 7, 2019 at Research Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Anthony was born December 11, 1965 in Kansas City, Missouri. Anthony attended Miami R-1 school district and played on the football team. He was a huge Chiefs and Nascar fan. Anthony worked at Guys Potato Chip Factory in Liberty Missouri until closing. 

He worked for several large tree trimming companies moving up until he was foreman of a crew. He also worked for several small tree trimming companies and worked for himself doing tree trimming and removal. He was preceded in death by a brother Thomas Kleiman. 

Anthony leaves behind a brother Mark Kleiman, 2 sisters Mary Rogers and Julie Lewis as well as his parents William Kleiman and Arylene Bain and a son Shelby Griffin. Burial will be at a later date in Calhoun Missouri Cemetery. Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.mcgilleygeorgegrandview.com for the Kleiman family.

Visitation will be February 16th 10:30 am - 11:00 am with funeral to follow at 11am at the MCGILLEY & GEORGE FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATION SERVICES 12913 Grandview Road Grandview, MO 64030

From the Cass County Clerks Office

February 11, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Absentee Voting for the April 2, 2018 Municipal Election

Harrisonville, Mo – Absentee Voting for the April 2nd, 2019 Municipal Election is available starting Tuesday, February 19th, through Monday, April 1st, in the Cass County Clerk’s Office, 102 East Wall, Harrisonville, Missouri. 

Office hours are Monday thru Friday from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm and Saturday, March 30, 2018 from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm. For any additional information please call 1-816-380-8102.

Congratulations to Conservation Agent Scott Brown

Presenting the award is Protection Chief Randy Doman, left. Conservation Agent Scott Brown, right.

Congratulations to Conservation Agent Scott Brown who received a Special Achievement Award for the actions he took on September 1, 2018.

On 09/01/2018, Agent Brown was attending a rodeo in Osceola, MO when his wife noticed a young boy behind them who appeared to be choking. Agent Brown quickly grabbed the 1 ½ year old boy from the distraught mother’s arms and administered back blows to dislodge the item choking the young boy. After an unsuccessful first attempt, the boy appeared to stop breathing. 

Agent Brown carried the boy down the steps and was assisted by an off duty EMT. The boy appeared to stop choking and returned to his seat, only to start choking again. 

Agent Brown again administered several back blows that helped dislodge the remaining items blocking his airway. The child quickly recovered and needed no further medical attention.

Obituary - Marie Sarah (Seward) VanSickle

Marie Sarah (Seward) VanSickle, 88, of Pleasant Hill, Missouri went to be with the Lord on February 8, 2019.

She was born April 7, 1930 in Jordan, Montana as the oldest of six children born to Carl Noah Seward and Mary Sarah (Vogt) Seward. Shortly after Marie was born they moved to Missouri to be close to family and settled in the Camden-Richmond area.

Marie graduated from Camden High School where she was involved in every activity and spent four years playing basketball. After graduation she worked as a waitress at the Elms Hotel in Excelsior Springs. Later she moved to Kansas City where she met her future husband, Bill, who had returned from serving in the Navy during WWII. They were married Christmas Day 1949 in Lexington, Missouri during a blizzard.

Jobs were abundant in Californiaso the family moved to Los Angeles and spent the next 14 years raising their three children. They returned to Missouri to be close to family and purchased 40 acres in Pleasant Hill in 1968. Her love for children prompted her to start Pleasant Acres Preschool in her home. For many years she provided a preschool education for the children in the area. Her reputation as a loving and kind teacher was well known and respected in the community.

Marie was an active and faithful member of St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Lee’s Summit. She loved her church and served in many capacities, often helping with funeral dinners and regularly assisting on the Altar Guild with flower arrangements. The cards she would send always included a Bible verse, usually Numbers 6:24-26, “The Lord bless you and keep you, the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.”

She was a great cook and skillful seamstress though in later years she was not able to enjoy these hobbies as she once did. She loved spending time with friends playing in several bridge clubs or going out to eat. She loved people and never met a stranger.

She was very active in the Pleasant Hill community. She was a member of the V.F.W. Post #3118 Auxiliary, the Preceptor Epsilon Phi Sorority, and the Business and Professional Women’s Association.

Marie looked forward to family reunions in the summer and at holidays. Since her husband’s death in 2015, her children and grandchildren would celebrate her birthday with a family workday where cleanup at her house would take place inside and out accompanied by much laughter. Mostly she just enjoyed having all her family around.

Marie was preceded in death by her parents, a sister, Marles Ann, her daughter, Rhonda, in 2014 and her husband, Bill, in 2015. She is survived by a daughter, Debbie Deatrick (and Scott) of Rogersville Missouri, a son, Dan VanSickle (and Becky) of Greenwood, Missouri; grandchildren, Staci Kelley (and Scott) of Seattle, Abbie Durr (and Caleb) of Joplin, Jessica Novotoney (and Nick) of Lone Jack, Danae Grace (and Evan) of Oklahoma City, Dana Yingling (and Jason) of St. Charles, Alex Burau (and Emily) of Lee’s Summit, Austin and Blake Burau of Lee’s Summit; 8 great-grandchildren plus another to be born in May; one brother, Billy Seward (and Bonnie) of Richmond; 3 sisters, Jeanne Adams of Richmond, Arlene Williams of Camden, and Marian Berning (and Jerry) of Richmond; and a multitude of nieces and nephews, neighbors and friends.

She will be missed by all who knew and loved her.

Visitation will be held 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 12, 2019, at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 700 NE Chipman Rd, Lee’s Summit, Missouri 64063.

Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 13, 2019, at the church. Reverend’s Craig Otto and Steve Andrews, Jr., will officiate. Music will be rendered by Cheryl Enke, Phronsie Fiest, and Marsha Redmond. Interment will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Casket bearers are Alex Burau, Austin Burau, Blake Burau, Caleb Durr, Evan Grace, Nick Novotney, Roger Wendell, Jason Yingling and Scott Kelley (honorary).

Memorial contributions are suggested to the St. Matthew Lutheran Church and may be sent in care of the funeral home.

Arrangements: Stanley-Dickey Funeral Home, 203 N. Armstrong St., Pleasant Hill, Missouri 64080 (816) 540-5550