Obituary - Michael Leon "Mickey" Morris

Michael Leon "Mickey" Morris, age 66, Mound City, Kansas passed away on Sunday March 15, 2020. He was born on December 2, 1953 in Mountain Home, Idaho the son of John William and Ruth Joan Boots Morris. He graduated from Jayhawk Linn High School and Johnson County Community College. He worked as a carpenter. 

Mickey was a member of the Mound City United Methodist Church and enjoyed fishing, smoking meat and mushroom hunting. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Kenny. Mickey is survived by two sons, Michael and Eric Morris, eight grandchildren and one great grandchild.

A memorial service will be held at a later date. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com. Arrangements: Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel.

No tanning at Studio M Salon

Due to high concern of the Covid-19 virus, our tanning beds will be closed until further notice.

If you have a unlimited package we will renew it for a full 30 days when we reopen beds.

We are doing our best to keep from spreading germs! We will update when beds will reopen Monday.

Thank you!

Studio M Salon in Butler

Just a reminder from the Bates County Circuit Clerk’s Office:

If you have received a citation/ticket from Missouri Law Enforcement Agency and you are not going to dispute the citation, you may pay that ticket without a personal appearance in Court. options for payment include:

• Online payment at https://courts.mo.gov/case.net (available 24/7
• Via phone at 1-800-352-9870 (available 24/7)
• In person at the Circuit Clerk’s Office at the Courthouse (M-F 8:00-4:30)
• Via mail to Bates County Circuit Court, 1 N. Delaware, Butler, MO 64730

As always, you are free to contact an attorney if you wish to seek legal advice. You will need a copy of your ticket or have the citation number available for all options excluding payment in person.

REVISED: BCMH Enacting Serious Restrictions

Bates County Memorial Hospital is taking the COVID-19 pandemic very seriously. For the next two weeks starting Monday, March 16, the hospital is taking the following additional steps to protect our patients, staff and community:

· Limiting visitors to the facility to one visitor per inpatient and two visitors if it is an end of life situation.

· The cafeteria will be closed to the public.

· All non-urgent outpatient visits will be suspended and rescheduled at the direction of your provider. This includes rehabilitation patients.

· Care critical to our patients’ health such as oncology, chemotherapy, IV medications, and cardiology will continue with no interruptions.
· All wellness exams at Family Care Clinics will be rescheduled.

· Family Care Clinics in Adrian and Rich Hill are temporarily closed.

· High Street Family Care Clinic in Butler has been set up as a designated site for evaluation and testing of individuals with respiratory symptoms to provide the most efficient service.
· Nursery Street Family Care Clinic will see all other patients in need of urgent care and assessments. Medication refill requests may be handled by phone.
· Saturday hours at Family Care Clinics will not be available.

· Payments for hospital or clinic bills are to be paid by mail. Billing questions or payments can be made by calling or call 660-200-7000 to make a payment with a credit card. No in-person payments will be taken.

The BCMH emergency room will remain open to serve the public, and we will continue to have inpatient services. At this time, our front/north door entrance will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Please use the Emergency Department entrance during evenings and weekends. All who enter the front and Emergency Department entrances will be screened for coronavirus risk (asked a number of questions) upon entering the building.

If you have any doubts about where to go during this time, please call your provider and let them know your medical issue so we can best care for your needs. 

BCMH closed the Auxiliary Gift Shop last week, tentatively until May 1. Our volunteers and Chaplains will not be working or in the building during this time. All support groups and Stay Strong Stay Healthy meetings have also been cancelled through May 1, and all job shadow students and clinical students are cancelled.  

BCMH encourages the community to take this pandemic very seriously. Measures suggested by our local and state officials may seem extreme, but can help health care facilities like ours handle the burden of a sudden increase of patients who need medical treatment. BCMH is doing everything possible to keep the hospital a safe environment and to be prepared. Stay at home as much as you possibly can, and encourage your family to do so as well. Be mindful of the needs of our elderly, who are at the greatest risk of serious illness or death from this disease. 

Learn more on our website about protecting yourself and your loved ones from COVID-19: www.bcmhospital.com.

CDC recommends no large group gatherings for two months

Latest update from Bates County Memorial Hospital

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC), in accordance with its guidance for large events and mass gatherings, recommends that for the next 8 weeks, organizers (whether groups or individuals) cancel or postpone in-person events that consist of 50 people or more throughout the United States.This recommendation is made in an attempt to reduce introduction of the virus into new communities and to slow the spread of infection in communities already affected by the virus.

Read more:
https://www.cdc.gov/…/mass-gatherings-ready-for-covid-19.ht…

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) - Get Your Mass Gatherings or Large Community Events Ready for Coronavirus Disease 2019

Municipal Court suspended until April 3rd

Update: Officer Involved Shooting In Bates County

On 3/15/2020 at approximately 5 pm a deputy that was at his residence observed a subject at the end of his driveway acting suspiciously. The subject could clearly see the deputy’s black and white patrol vehicle in the driveway. 

The deputy made contact with the subject who stated he was looking for gas to get to town. 

The deputy sent the subject on his way and observed the vehicle stop at the next residence which the deputy knew to be an empty house. The deputy contacted dispatch and requested an on duty deputy to respond to check on the subject. The deputy was advised by dispatch that they had received a call about the subject vandalising another property owners property. The deputy then observed the vehicle drive over the hill and disappear.

The off duty deputy drove his four wheeler up the road to observe the subject’s location to give information about the whereabouts of the subject to responding deputies. The deputy was confronted in the middle of the road by the subject who had pulled down the road and abandoned his vehicle. The deputy contacted dispatch again to advise that he made contact with the subject in the road. While the deputy was on the phone with dispatch, the subject began punching the deputy in the face. During the altercation the deputy discharged his weapon striking the subject in the upper shoulder. The subject then retreated and was found by responding deputies in an adjacent field where he continued to fight uniformed deputies.

The subject was transported to the Bates County Memorial Hospital where he was then transported to Research Medical Hospital in Kansas City. After initial care the subject was released from the hospital then taken to Vernon County Jail. The Deputy was transported by ambulance to the Bates County Memorial Hospital where he was treated for his injuries and released. The deputy will most likely require surgery to repair his injuries to his face.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office, as an outside agency, was requested to work the incident. As a standard procedure, the deputy has been placed on administrative leave. The Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Butler Police Department and the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

From Osage Valley Electric Cooperative

As your electric supplier we understand that we provide an essential service to our members and the communities we live in. With the COVID-19 situation, we are preparing for all possible scenarios to ensure we have the right plans in place to abide by any possible locally or nationally imposed policies while continuing to seamlessly provide electric service to our members.

At this time we strongly discourage members from visiting our offices to conduct business and encourage our members to take advantage of the multiple ways provided to conduct business both online and over the phone. 

If you haven’t downloaded the SmartHub app and set up your account, we encourage you to do so.

While using these applications will help our members reduce exposure by being able conduct business from their home, they are also a great convenience.

• Moving? New member applications can be completed on-line at www.osagevalley.com. Call our office and a representative will be happy to help you through the process.
• Need to make a payment? There are many options for making a payment. Check them all out here. https://osagevalley.com/916-2/
• Report an outage? Call 660-679-3131 or for the fastest way to report an outage, use the SmartHub app.