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Old High School Thrift Shop Board Meets

The OHSTS board held its quarterly meeting on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021 at the home of Ruby Stotmeister. The meeting was called to order at 10:30am and Ruby opened with prayer. Roll call was answered by 10 board members representing 10 community churches: Brenda Darr, Linda Fox, Charlotte Guss, Janice Highley,
Elaine Hellwig, Donna Kauffman, Lylah Linard, Sharon Perkins, Ramona Snyder and Ruby Stotmeister. The November 2020 minutes were read. Elaine gave the treasurer’s report. Despite the cold and covid, the shop still had $3000 to donate. A motion was made and seconded to donate to the following: The Ministerial Alliance, Children’s Center, Butler Library, Senior Center and BaCo Taxi. Motion carried. 

Discussion was held on being open more days. A motion was made and seconded beginning the 2 nd week in March; the shop will be open Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Hours will be 1-4:30pm. Motion carried. All covid regulations will continue to be followed. Be sure to stay tuned to KMAM Radio, follow face book and the local news paper for updates. In April there will be an “End of Season ½ price sale.”

Correspondence and thank you’s were read. The next quarterly board
meeting will be May 17 th . We thank God for His continued Blessings. And sincere appreciation and thanks to all our workers who keep the thrift shop open and to our loyal customers. The meeting adjourned at 12:06pm.

Henry County Health Center confirms 4 new positive cases of COVID-19

The Henry County Health Center (HCHC) has received confirmation of 4 more positive cases of COVID-19. Clinton-4. This brings the total number of confirmed positive cases in Henry County to 1924.

All contact tracing has commenced and all parties that have had close contact are being notified. HCHC continues to encourage residents to practice social distancing, washing your hands with soap and water for 20 seconds or more, and to remain home if you are sick.

 
The CDC continues to recommend that individuals to wear a face covering when you are in public, and are unable to social distance, to assist in preventing the spread of COVID-19.

Nevada Police Department makes arrest in robbery case

Nevada Police have concluded an investigation into a convenience store robbery that occurred on February 21st.

On Sunday February 21, 2021 at approximately 10:08 p.m., officers were dispatched to the Cash-N-Dash convenience store, located at 1502 W. Austin Boulevard, for a report of an armed robbery that had just occurred.

It was reported that a male suspect entered the convenience store wearing black athletic pants with a white vertical stripe down the legs, grey hoodie, light colored face covering and black gloves. The suspect was described as average height and medium build. The suspect was reported to be armed with handgun and exited the building with an undisclosed amount of currency.

The subsequent investigation by Nevada Police led to the identification and arrest of a suspect on February 26, 2021. The suspect has been identified as follows:

Jeremy T. Boyd, age 41 of Moundville

On February 26, 2021 the following charges were filed against Jeremy T. Boyd through the Vernon County Associate Court:

Robbery 1st Degree - Class A Felony

Boyd is currently being held in the Vernon County Jail in lieu of a $500,000 cash only bond.

Citizens are encouraged to contact the police if they have any information that would be helpful to combat crime.

To report criminal activity call 911, contact the Nevada Police Department at (417) 448-5100 or use the Nevada Police Department’s Tip Hotline (417) 667-8477.

Any and all information can be kept confidential if requested.

Osage Valley Electric Cooperative warns of Scam!

A member in western Bates County reported that a person was going door to door yesterday indicating he worked with Osage Valley and was offering hybrid energy solutions to reduce electric bills.

He did not provide the name of the company he was working for and would not provide a business card. He was driving a silver Hyundai with Utah tags.

While there may be legitimate door to door solar salesmen in the area, they should be able to provide appropriate identification. Osage Valley is not currently working with any company in door to door sales.

BCMH Employee of the year 2020

The staff of Bates County Memorial Hospital voted for their choice of who should represent the hospital as Employee of the Year. The votes were counted, and Carmen Matter was chosen as the 2020 Employee of the Year. 

Carmen began her employment as a Registered Nurse in April, 1997 where she worked on the Med/Surg and Critical Care Units. In 2000, Carmen transferred to Infection Control. As the hospital’s Infection Control Coordinator, Carmen has been instrumental in providing guidance and leadership throughout the Coronavirus pandemic. 

Her leadership and support during these challenging times has been critical to the hospital’s efforts in ensuring a safe environment for our patients, staff and visitors. Carmen obtained her Certification as an Infection Preventionist by the Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology in 2016. 

The hospital is proud to honor Carmen who is very deserving of this recognition. The hospital presented Carmen with an engraved plaque and beautiful floral bouquet. Pictured with Carmen is Greg Weaver, Interim Chief Executive Officer.

Notice from the city of Archie

NOTICE--

The City of Archie's water tower is experiencing a leak. To repair the leak, the tower will need to be drained. The City will have a system in place to continue to provide water to our citizens, with little, or no, interruption.

The pressure may be less than normal, but still be sufficient. We are hoping that the repair will not take more than a week. The tower draining and repair will begin on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.

We will post any additional updates or information on this page, and on the City's website, cityofarchie.org. Thank you for your patience as we strive to continue providing water service to you.

What's in the Window winner and clues for this week

Each week we place clues on a piece of paper in our window at 17 N. Main in Butler in our "What's in the Window" contest and our winner this week is Edythe Finkle of Butler, who correctly guessed the LaCygne Power Plant:

1973 - went on line

resource - power, fishing 

twins - two smoke stacks for many years

Edythe wins a cool prize courtesy of Osage Valley Electric COOP for her efforts!

Clues for this week:

Glass

Precision

Butler

Bifocal

If you can guess what organization, business or event (all past or present) these clues lead to, you'll win a really cool prize too!

You can email your guess to windowguess@gmail.com

Please don't put answers on social media, we'd like everyone to have a fair chance. If we don't get a correct answer, we will add another clue each day or so. Winner will be announced Friday, March 5th. Good luck!