Obituary - Carolyn Sue Thomas

Carolyn Sue Thomas, age 80, passed away on Friday, March 12, 2021 at her home in Deepwater, Missouri. Visitation will be Friday, March 19th, 2021 from 1:30-2:30 PM with Graveside Service at 2:30 PM in the Vansant Road Cemetery, Clinton, Missouri. Family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Truman Lake Cancer Fund and can be left in care of the funeral home. Fond memories and condolences can be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.

Carolyn Sue Thomas was born on December 19, 1940, in Van Wert, Ohio to Donald B. Thomas, Sr. and Margaret G. (Ross) Thomas.

As a young adult, Carolyn worked as a Nurse Aide and left to pursue her passion for cooking. She worked for many years at the Vagabond Inn as a cook. After that, she went to work at Uchie's on the Square, where she met many lifelong friends. She stayed there until her retirement.

She loved to watch her flowers bloom and pick ripe tomatoes off the vine. She enjoyed trout fishing and going back to Indiana to see her family. She loved to read a good romance novel and even enjoyed Harry Potter with her great-nieces and nephews. Her favorite hobby was bingo and she loved to tell funny stories of the adventures she and her sisters had.

She collected teapots over the years and cherished each one, as she cherished each and every one of us. Words cannot express the sadness we feel with her passing. We will hold her in our hearts and memories until we meet again in the Kingdom of Heaven. Sleep well, Carolyn Sue Thomas. We love you.

She is preceded in death by her father Donald B. Thomas, Sr., her mother Margaret G. Thomas, and her sisters Barbara A. Thomas and Marjorie J. Harrelson, and her brother Donald B. Thomas, Jr. She is survived by her brother Loyd E. Thomas (Noi Thomas) of Grandview, MO, nephew Douglas Harrelson of Bartlesville, OK, nieces Melissa Hodge of Deepwater, MO, Kim Thomas of Grandview, MO, and Teresa West of Kansas City, MO. She is also survived by many great-nieces and nephews and great-great nieces and nephews.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home in Clinton, Missouri.

Power Outage In Nevada

Evergy Power Outage effected area is South of NRMC down just pasted Quail Rd. West from 1400 to 1600 rd. Saying it is a blown transformer, Crew are working on getting it fixed.

Touching down IS the hardest part...

What’s Up
By LeRoy Cook

Is it March, or April? The sodden skies last week were more like the 4th month, even though we dealt with some 50 mph March wind gusts as well. Needless to say, flying was limited to a very few good times last week. A couple of Cessna 150 training missions went out, but that was about it. The B-2 bombers were heard but not seen, climbing out on their regular route over the Butler VORTAC.

Plans are going forward bravely for the major airshows, attempting to make up for the Covid-scared cancellations in 2020. Reasonable precautions are being taken to keep people unbunched and disinfected. A big outdoor venue like an airshow is a lot safer than being bunched up in a concert hall or sporting event. About one month from now the big East Coast show, Sun ‘n Fun, will kick off in Lakeland, Florida, where Northeners shed their big coats and redden themselves in the Florida sun.

The St. Joseph, MO airshow, with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, will be held June 1 and 2. The Big One, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, starts on July 26 and runs through August 1. Thus far, the lineup of events there looks pretty much normal. The Samaritan’s Purse emergency relief airplane, a DC-8 cargo plane, will be on display. We hope for better weather by then.

We often get asked “What’s the hardest thing about landing an airplane?” I’m tempted to answer “the asphalt” but that would flippant so I’ll say “getting the airplane as low and slow as you can.” Pilots tend to level off too high in their landing, fearing of touching down before they are ready, and if they don’t slow down sufficiently they’ll drop in from 3 or 5 feet up. The smoothest touchdowns come from a nose-high landing 6 inches off the runway. I tell them it was easier when we had a grass strip, ‘cause we could level off and feel the grass slapping the bottom of the tires.

Airline pilots, and Naval Aviators landing on aircraft carriers, know that you can land and get stopped in a short space, or land soft and gently. But you can’t do both at the same time. Hitting an exact landing spot with a fast jet means you can’t be nice; you just have to bang it on and stand on the brakes. Anyway, that’s my excuse for the rough landings I sometimes make; I’m just practicing for a spot landing.

Last week’s brain-teaser wanted to know the state in which Charles Lindbergh was born. It was Minnesota. I’ve been to the LindberghMuseum in his boyhood home, at Little Falls, and found that it was as much about his father, Charles Sr., a U.S. Congressman, as Lindy. Our question for next week is “with regard to electric airplane motors, how many horsepower are in a kilowatt?” Your answer can be sent to kochhaus1@gmail.com.

1st Annual Autumn Acres Family Farm Easter Egg Hunt!

Join us for our 1st Annual Autumn Acres Family Farm Easter Egg Hunt! 

A Quick Blast of Winter!

Here is the graphical depiction of the Winter Weather Advisory and forecast snow totals for late tonight into tomorrow morning. Heavier accumulations will be found on grassy and elevated surfaces. 

Road temperatures are warm enough where accumulations on roadway should be reduced...especially with low temperatures remaining in the mid 30s tomorrow morning. Either way prepare for a potentially messy morning commute

Put this on your calendar

On Monday March 15, 2021, the Archie R-V Board of Education voted to approve using Friday April 16, 2021 as a Make-up Weather Day instead of a teacher PD Day. Students have missed 4 days this school year due to weather. 

The make-up days will now be the following Fridays: April 16th, April 23rd, April 30th and May 7th. This change will allow the district to still have the last day of school being Friday May 14, 2021.

In the event of any further missed weather days, those days will be used as AMI (Alternative Method of Instruction) Days, i.e. Virtual Days.

From the city of Butler

The City of Butler offers leaf bags for residents that can be picked up every Friday. These bags can be left at the curb of your home and city crews will pick them up. 

Leaf bags are $10 for a set of ten bags. Leaf bags can be purchased and picked up at City Hall by calling 660-679-4182.

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