Giving Fore Living invites you to Blue & Green Day Baseball and BBQ

Join us on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 4:30 PM at the Ball Field to cheer on the Butler Bears!!

Opening Night at Nevada Speedway

Nevada Speedway

Nevada, MO

It's almost time for the first green flag to drop at Nevada Speedway, on Saturday April 17th as we have our 58th Annual Season Opener!! Featuring the Mini Stocks, Outlaw 4-Cylinders, M&T Scrap Pure Stocks, Midwest Mods, Douty's Auto Service Street Stocks, and Gabriel Roofing B-Mods!

It will be the first points race for each class!

The Gates will open at 4:30pm, with Driver Cutoff being at 6:30pm. The Drivers Meeting will take place at 6:45pm with cars hitting the track at 7:00pm for Hot Laps. The first heat race of the night is scheduled for 7:30pm.

General Admission tickets will be just $10 for All Adults (ages 13-up). Kids ages 6-12 will be $5, with Kids under 6 being FREE. Reserved Seating is also available for $15.

*We are using the blue metal building as the pit shack this year!! This is where you purchase your pit passes, don't stop at the tech area.*

Pit Passes will be $35 for All Drivers, with NO ADDITIONAL TRACK REGISTRATION FEE! IT IS ALSO FREE TO USE ONE OF OUR TRANSPONDERS FOR THE EVENING. IF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN WESTHOLD TRANSPONDER, PLEASE BRING IT.**

Adult Pit pass (ages 13-up) will be $30, with Kids ages 6-12 being $15. Kids under 6 are FREE.

Just a reminder that any child age 18 or younger must have a Minor Release Form filled out to enter the pit area. Also, NO PERSONAL VEHICLES will be allowed in the pits on race nights.

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SCHEDULE FOR OPENING NIGHT

PIT MEETING AT 6:45 NEXT TO THE PIT CONCESSION

HOT LAPS IMMEDIATELY AFTER PIT MEETING (7:00)

**HOT LAP ORDER** (SAME THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT)

1. MIDWEST MODS

2. MINI STOCKS

3. PURE STOCKS

4. B-MODS

5. STREET STOCKS

6. OUTLAW 4-CYLINDERS

NATIONAL ANTHEM / WELCOME

HEAT RACES -- ALL HEATS ARE 8 LAPS

INTERMISSION BREAK -- 15 MINUTES

FEATURES -- 15 LAPS

Nevada Speedway

Nevada, Missouri

P.S. - Thanks to Shelby Manthe for the great looking flyer for opening night!

Cass County Public Library-Archie Branch has moved to a larger building!

The Cass County Public Library-Archie Branch has moved to a larger building!

This new location is at 207A South Main Street, just several blocks north of the old location. It is double the size of the old building and will have several dedicated collection spaces, seating areas, and meeting room space for library events.

This library is an important part of the Archie community and I am thrilled to see this upgrade for my hometown. - Courtesy of Vicky Hartzler 

FLASHBACK: Country carwash

In 1948, an easy way to wash your pride and joy was to take the car to the water, not water to the car. Here, Stanley Walley parked in the shallows of Miami Creek near Amsterdam to get the job done. 

Miami FFA Qualifies for State

This year there was a qualifier to see which teams would go to the Central district CDE’s held in Warrensburg, MO. In the Archie CDE Area 7 qualifier, Miami had 3 teams. The equine evaluation team, dairy judging team, and the poultry judging team, did very well. Area 7 has 24 schools participating with the Central District including over 65 teams working to advance to State. 

The horse and poultry teams advanced to the district CDE’s that was held on March 29, 2021 in Warrensburg, MO. State usually allows the top 10 teams to advance, but this year they limited it to the top 5 teams. The horse team finished State qualifier 7th overall, which would have originally had them traveling to Columbia, MO, but with the new restrictions the team did not advance. Hannah Filtingerbeger was placed 13th overall in the gold division and Abby Talley was placed 19th in the silver division and other team members were Eli Johnson and Emily Roth. 

The poultry team finished 4th overall, qualifying for state held at Missouri University in Columbia, MO. CJ McWilliam placed 5th overall in the gold division and Peyton Popplewell placed 19th in the silver division and other team members were Kenny Downs and Matt Yanonis. This concludes CDE judging for the Miami FFA chapter for the year. All teams did exceptionally well and good luck to them next year!

Obituary - Tabithia Jean Riffle

Tabithia Jean Riffle, 34, Garden City, Missouri departed this life on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at her home.

She is survived by her father, Stephen Riffle and wife Mary, Garden City, Missouri; siblings, Chuck and wife Anna, Garden City, Missouri, Victoria, Peculiar, Missouri, Noah, Holden, Missouri, Rebecka and Roman both of Garden City, Missouri; a niece, Ashyton and a nephew, Blaine; paternal grandparents, Richard and Carolynn Riffle, Garden City, Missouri; aunts and uncles, Susan and Shaun Holden, Harrisonville, Missouri, Keith Jennings, Warsaw, Missouri, James and wife Margaret Smith, Blue Springs, Missouri; cousins, Luke, Reagan, Peyton and Walker; other relatives and friends.

Cremation. A Celebration of Life Service will be 6:30 p.m., Saturday, April 10, 2021 at the Antioch Southern Baptist Church, 2601 E Mechanic St, Harrisonville, MO 64701.

Family will receive friends from 5:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m., Saturday, April 10, 2021 at the church.

Family suggests memorial contributions may be made to the Healing House Recovery Home, Kansas City, Missouri.

A complete obituary will be posted when it becomes available.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Dickey Funeral Home, Harrisonville, Missouri.

Authorities search for suspect after vehicle pursuit in Nevada

Authorities are searching for a Nevada resident after warrants were issued Wednesday for a suspect involved in a stolen vehicle. Officials say Joshua Hallam, 38 of Nevada is wanted for resisting arrest and driving while revoked.

Vernon County Sheriff Jason Mosher said deputies attempted to make a traffic stop on a two-tone Chevy Suburban that had been reported stolen out of Nevada March 1, 2021. “They spotted the vehicle leaving a gas station in Nevada and when they attempted to stop it, it ran from deputies,” said Mosher.

According to the press release, deputies pursued the vehicle into the county south east of Nevada. Additional units responded to assist and the chase continued down Veterans road southeast of Nevada until it came to a dead-end.

The vehicle then continued to drive through a field and into the woods where it hit a tree and caught on fire. Hallam then fled on foot from deputies, but due to the vehicle fire, deputies stayed behind.

Authorities are now searching for Hallam and ask that anyone with information regarding his whereabouts contact the Sheriff’s Office at 417-667-6042

3/4 pound of crystal meth seized, two arrested during raid in Nevada

Investigators with the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office seized what is believed to be crystal meth as the result of an investigation that led to a raid on a Nevada home by the Sheriff’s Office Special Response Team early Wednesday morning. 

According to Vernon County Sheriff Jason Mosher, a search warrant was executed at a home on W Hickory St in Nevada, Mo as part of an investigation into drugs being supplied to the Vernon County area. 

As a result of the raid, two people have been charged and approximately ¾ pounds of suspected methamphetamines were seized. Mosher said he believes these drugs would have been on the streets of Vernon County in a very short time if they had not intercepted them. 

“Our team did an excellent job throughout this investigation and our overall mission of keeping drugs out of our county. The suspects have been identified as 41-year-old Bobbie Bradley of Kansas City and 34- year-old Andrew Daniels of Nevada. 

Bradley has been charged with Trafficking Drugs and is being held in the Vernon County Jail on a $100,000 cash only bond and Daniels has been charged with Possession Of a Controlled Substance and is being held on a $25,000 bond.