Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Rich Hill Senior Spotlight: Levi Skocy




Anyone seen this missing dog in Butler?

ATTENTION BUTLER RESIDENTS: This is Wimpy the Lhasa Apso. He is lost! Please share this post! 

He escaped through his owner's fence due to storm damage at Olive and E Atkinson today around 4 a.m. 

He is 17 lbs and he has a micro chip. Please keep an eye out for him and if you spot or catch Wimpy, please call the Butler Police Department at 660-679-6131 so that we can reunite him with his owner. Thanks in advance!

Public Auction in Clinton

Public Auction
Saturday, May 30, 2020 10:00 A.M.
Clinton, MO
Owners: Phil & Betty Goth

Questions Call:
Kevin: 660-492-3279
Tyler: 660-492-7764
Bryan: 660-492-3740

Also view sale bill @ www.auctionzip.com


Obituary - Joan Powell

Joan Powell, 71 of Adrian, Missouri passed away Monday, May 4, 2020 in rural Bates County. Graveside services will be held 2:00 pm Saturday, May 9, 2020 in White Oak Cemetery near Urich, Missouri with Pastor Chris Sams officiating. Pallbearers will be Kevin Ryles, Keith Wood, Danny Copeland, Micheal Kesterson, Tony Wood and Daniel Dody. There will be no public visitation. 

Services under the direction of Mullinax Funeral Home, Butler (660-679-0009). Memorial contributions are suggested to the family for an educational fund for her granddaughter Chloe or to a trust fund for Chloe Jones at the United Methodist Church 202 E Main, Adrian Mo. 64720. Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.mullinaxfuneralhome.com

Joan was born February 5, 1949, in Clinton Missouri to Ellsworth and Ruth Ryan Copeland. She was primarily a life long resident of the Bates county area. She grew up on a farm in rural Bates county near the Henry county border and attended Ballard School. Joan spent many years as an over the road semi truck driver and operated other trucking businesses throughout the years. She also operated a florist and greenhouse for several years in Appleton City, Mo.. Joan contributed to many other events with her unique talents of custom sewing and interior decorating during her life time. She had a huge heart for children and small animals and was always willing to lend a helping hand.

Joan was preceded in death by her parents Ellsworth and Ruth Copeland, an infant sibling
Ronald Copeland and young niece Debbie Copeland. She is survived by a daughter Christina Wood and husband Keith, Maryville MO. and a son Kevin Ryles, Kansas City, MO., an adopted granddaughter, Chloe Jones, who resided with her in Adrian, MO. Along with a brother Richard Copeland of Topeka, KS, sister Lois Copeland of Oak Grove, MO., step-grandchildren, Tony and Stacy Wood, with their daughters Kensely and Gracelyn of Maryville MO. Lindsay Wood, Baltimore Maryland, Daniel and Whitney Dody and their two sons Corban and Abram of Clinton, MO. She also leaves behind nephews Danny Copeland of Garden City, MO., Micheal Kesterson and (Tara) of Blue Springs MO., and two nieces Dawn Copeland Lamb of Louisburg, KS and Melissa Kesterson of Oak Grove MO. along with several other great nieces and nephews
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Wade Auction Service Spring Consignment Auction

🔴Spring Consignment Auction🔴
MUCH MUCH MORE ADDED SINCE RESCHEDULED!!
📱 Call us today to add items,we will take consignments until Friday before Saturday Sale!!
Excited to see all our Auction people in the near future!
Share Away Guys!
Questions call:
Kevin: (660-492-3279
Tyler: (660)-492-7764
Bryan: (660)-492-3740

Also view sale bill & more pictures @ www.auctionzip.com


Missouri State Highway Patrol: Make Safety A Top Priority This Memorial Day Weekend!

Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, recognizes Memorial Day weekend is highly anticipated, especially after these last few months. A safe, fun weekend starts with planning and good decisions. 

Please remember to observe social distancing and other CDC guidelines, and stay home if you are ill. If your plans include driving or boating, choose to be courteous and obey all Missouri laws. Use a seat belt when you drive and wear a life jacket when you're on or near the water. Always pay attention, whether you're operating a vehicle or a vessel, and choose to be a sober driver on land and on the water.

The Patrol will be participating in Operation C.A.R.E. (Crash Awareness Reduction Effort) during the long holiday weekend. This means every available trooper will be on the road enforcing traffic laws and assisting motorists.

Motorists or boaters in need of assistance or who want to report a crime should use the Highway Patrol's Emergency Assistance number 1-800-525-5555 or *55 on a cellular phone. For road condition reports, travelers can visit the Patrol's website at www.mshp.dps.mo.gov. Click on the Road Condition icon to view road construction areas as well as road conditions throughout the state or call 1-888-275-6636.

Over the 2019 Memorial Day holiday weekend, eight people died and 433 were injured in 1,009 traffic crashes. Last year, troopers made 96 DWI arrests. This year's counting period for the holiday weekend begins at 6 p.m., Friday, May 22, and ends at 11:59 p.m., Monday, May 25, 2020. Troopers will focus their attention on seat belt use, use of child safety seats, impaired drivers, hazardous moving violations, and speed violations.

Motorists are encouraged to do their part to make Missouri’s roadways safer. Speed, inattention, and impaired driving are leading causes of traffic crashes. Please do your part. Obey all traffic laws and make sure everyone in the vehicle is properly restrained in a seat belt or child restraint.

Too many people die in traffic crashes each year in Missouri. The choices you make when you’re behind the wheel matter. Make good choices, so you’ll never have to say, “If I could just go back …”
The Memorial Day weekend is also an unofficial start to the boating season. During the 2019 Memorial Day weekend, there were seven boating crashes which included two fatalities and three injuries. No one drowned over last year’s holiday weekend. Troopers arrested 10 people for boating while intoxicated over the 2019 Memorial Day weekend.

Missouri provides a variety of opportunities for boating. Please be courteous to others on the water, wear a life jacket, and obey the law regarding safe operation of a vessel and no wake zones.
 
Causing harm to another person or their property with an excessive boat wake may subject you to enforcement action or civil liability. Always treat other boaters and property owners as you want to be treated. Never operate a boat while you are impaired; never ride with an impaired operator.

Watercraft operators must consider the effect their actions have on others: Share the waterway and use common sense, good judgment, and courtesy to ensure the safety of all. Life jackets save lives. Wear It!!

Stealing reported in Nevada




Obituary - Joe Buffon

Graveside services for Joe Buffon will be 2 p.m. Friday, May 8, 2020 at Oak Hill Cemetery in Butler. Visitation will be prior to services from 1-2 p.m. Friday at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler. 

Contributions in lieu of flowers to Western Missouri Antique Tractor and Machinery Association, Adrian Victory Assembly of God Church or Crossroads Hospice. Online condolences, www.schowengerdtchapel.com.

Benjamin Joseph “Joe” Buffon, age 74 of Adrian, Missouri died Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at his home in Adrian. He was born April 22, 1946 to George Elmer and Carrie Wittmeyer Buffon in Mexico, Missouri.

Joe is survived by his wife, Mary Buffon of Adrian, Missouri; one son, Clint Buffon and wife Francie of Shawnee, Kansas; two brothers, Robert Duncan and wife Vicki of Columbia, Missouri and Gene Buffon and wife Dianne of Clark, Missouri; and two grandchildren, Connor and Marissa. He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Charles Irwin Duncan; and two sisters, Pauline Phillips and Dada Lee O’Rourke.



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