Dear Adrian Parents/Guardians

May 10, 2021

Dear Adrian Parents/Guardians

We are reaching out to you today to inform you of 3 new cases of COVID-19 at the Adrian School District. The individuals were last present in the school on Friday, May 7, 2021.

The District is working with the Bates County Health Department to identify close contacts of the confirmed case. If a student or staff member has been determined to have been in close contact with this individual, you will be contacted with further instructions.

If you are not contacted, there is nothing further you need to do at this time. Close contact is defined as fewer than 6 feet away for more than 15 minutes, regardless of face covering use per the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The District is taking all precautions, consistent with the CDC and Bates County Health Department. Due to privacy requirements, we cannot release the name of the individual or details that may identify them.

Appropriate cleaning and disinfecting measures are being taken, so there is no need to close our building for additional cleaning.

COVID-19 is thought to be spread via person-to-person contact through contaminated air droplets from coughing and sneezing by an infected person. As with controlling the spread of other viruses, we urge everyone to take the following preventive measures:

Stay home when you are sick

Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds especially after you have been in a public place, or after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing.

If soap and water are not readily available, use a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. Cover all surfaces of your hands and rub them together until they feel dry.

Avoid coughing or sneezing into your hands or in the air. Always try to cough or sneeze into a tissue, then throw the tissue away and wash your hands.

If you don’t have a tissue, cough/sneeze into your arm.

As much as you can, avoid touching your eyes, mouth, and nose.

Clean AND disinfect frequently touched surfaces daily. This includes tables, doorknobs, light switches, countertops, handles, desks, phones, keyboards, toilets, faucets, and sinks.

Maintain at least 6 feet of distance between non-household members and wear a mask in places where maintaining that distance is difficult.

Be alert for symptoms including…

Fever of 100.4° or higher

Any new cough

Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing

Fatigue

Muscle or body aches

Headache

New loss of taste or smell

Sore throat

New congestion or runny nose

Nausea or vomiting

Diarrhea

Close contact with a person with COVID-19 in the last 14 days

We are continuing to monitor this situation and will provide additional information as needed. If you have any questions regarding COVID, you can contact the Bates County Health Department at 660-679-6108.

Sincerely,

Don Lile

Superintendent

Adrian R-III School District

Archie Youth Football and Cheer Camp

Camp dates have changed!

Archie Youth Football and Cheer Camp will be Friday, June 18th and Saturday, June 19th. Times will remain the same.

Obituary - Wayne Anthony Goebel

Wayne Anthony Goebel, age 53, Fort Scott, Kansas formerly of Mound City, Kansas passed away Friday May 7, 2021. He was born on January 19, 1968 in Kansas City, Kansas the son of Gary and Eva Alumbaugh Goebel. He graduated from Jayhawk Linn High School in the Class of 1986. 

He then proudly served his country in the United States Navy for over twenty years. Wayne was united in marriage to Cynthia McDaniels on February 13, 1999. He was a member of the Fort Scott Presbyterian Church and the Masonic Lodge AF&AM #33, Mound City, Kansas. Wayne was currently employed as the Service Manager in the Fort Scott Walmart Automotive Department. He was preceded in death by his mother, Eva in October of 2019. 

Wayne is survived by his wife, Cyndi, his father, Gary Goebel, sons, Michael, Christopher and Matthew Goebel, two daughters, Rebecca and Ashley Goebel, and three sisters, Monica Mullins, Terri Phyllis(Michael), and Lorinda Needham(John).

Memorial service will be 4 pm Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at the Mound City United Methodist Church. Visitation will be from 2:30 pm to service time at the Church. Contributions are suggested to the American Heart Association, c/o Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box J, Mound City, KS 66056. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunernals.com.

National Police Week is May 9-15, 2021

In 1962 President Kennedy proclaimed May 15 as National Peace Officers Memorial Day and the calendar week in which May 15 falls as National Police Week.

National Police Week pays special recognition to those law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty for the safety and protection of others.

Wayne C. And Mary Davis scholarship award winners

Congratulations to the Wayne C. And Mary Davis scholarship award winners... Adrian Seniors Kameran Collier and Trevor Newport! Thank you to the Davis Family for continuing this scholarship award each year!

Obituary - Elmer Lee Elliott

Elmer Lee Elliott, age 87, passed peacefully surrounded by family on Friday, May 7th, 2021. His life will be celebrated on Wednesday, May 12th, 2021. 

Visitation will be from 1:00-2:00 PM with the Funeral service at 2:00 PM at the Friendly Pentecostal Church 625 NW Highway 7, Clinton, Missouri.

Interment to follow in Vansant Road Cemetery. Elmers favorite color was blue, and he would’ve hated to see everyone sitting around in black suits crying. Therefore, the family request wearing blue or red as we honor his memory. He will be missed beyond measure. Memorial contributions can be made to Friendly Church or Straight Up Ministries and can be left in care of the funeral home.

Elmer was born in Warsaw, MO on January 14th, 1934. He was the 9th and youngest child of Elmer and Eva Lena Elliott. On May 10th, 1958 he married Lois Jean Smith, the love of his life after a whirlwind summer romance. They spent their years together in the Kansas City area, before making their final home in Clinton, MO.

He was a member of the Cherokee Sak Osage Native American tribe and spent his life as an avid outdoorsman, he loved to hunt and fish not only for sport but to help provide for his family. He always had a special relationship with his siblings and loved to go fishing with his brothers. He hunted everything from small game to deer and elk. He snagged spoonbill and ran trot lines and sometimes he simply fished from the shore. We believe his biggest fish was about 90 pounds but it’s a fish story, so it was probably slightly smaller.

Elmer spent his career as a construction foreman and rock mason building much of Kansas City including Worlds of Fun, the Country Club Plaza, and much of the downtown infrastructure. It’s hard to go anywhere in the city without seeing or driving on something he helped build. He also traveled to Fort Drum in New York to expand the military base. He retired in 1990 to spend time hunting and fishing with his brothers, kids, and grandkids.

Elmer loved his family, he considered them his greatest blessing. He loved big family dinners and enjoyed food, especially his wife’s homemade noodles and sweets. He cherished his grandchildren and great grandchildren more than anything. They were his greatest joy.

Elmer loved to garden and pick fruit for canning and jellies. He loved to send homemade jelly, apple butter, and cinnamon pickles with all he knew. He enjoyed watching old westerns, especially John Wayne westerns. Even when his kids and grandkids objected. More than anything else, he loved and served the Lord. He spent over 20 serving under Pastor Jim Freeman at Friendly Pentecostal and the last 5 at his brother-in-law Tom Smiths church, Straight Up Ministries. He was preaching how much he loves Jesus to the very end.

He is preceded in death by his parents, his mother-in-law and father-in-law, all 8 siblings: Cleo Elliott, Joe Elliott, Jeneitta Baker, Ruby Dempsey, Mildred Anderson, Annie Jones, Hazel Elliott, Phoebe Elliott, and one beautiful grandson, Daniel Wayne.

He is survived by his beautiful wife, Lois Jean Elliott of the home, his 7 children; Donnie Elliott, Debbie Sawyer (Don), Brenda Elliott (Don), Tammy Holman (Mike), Tim Elliott (Shelley), Laretha Hulse (Kevin), and Jon Elliott, as well as his 30 grandchildren, and 38 great grandchildren; brothers-in-law, Gary Smith (Mary), Wayne Smith, Tom Smith (Vickie), James Dempsey, Frank Baker, sister-in-law Sandy Devosha (Bernie), a host of nieces and nephews, other relatives, and many friends.

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

Inspiring Hope Through Healing: National Hospital Week

Bates County Memorial Celebrates National Hospital Week May 9th through 15th

Hospitals are much more than places of healing; they are central to a community’s health and represent hope for the future.

National Hospital Week is May 9-15, and in line with this year’s theme, Inspiring Hope Through Healing, Bates County Memorial Hospital (BCMH) takes this opportunity to shine the spotlight on each of our employees who have inspired hope by showing courage and teamwork in a year marked by change, uncertainty, and challenge.

“The hard-working people who work in hospitals deserve recognition for their role in keeping their communities healthy,” said Greg Weaver, Chief Executive Officer for BCMH. “We encourage residents to express their appreciation for the people, facilities, and technologies that make trustworthy, reliable health care possible in our community.”

To all those working in our hospital and clinics, our volunteers and board members, thank you for inspiring hope through healing.

Good turnout for blood donation in Adrian

American Red Cross held a blood mobile at the Adrian optimist club on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. A total of 39 units were collected.

1st time donors: Angela Volmer, Amber Volmer, Raymond Wiskur, Mike Gillespie, DeOnne Schaller, Crystal Dillion-Reeves

Power Red donors: Sharon Knuth, Carl Bettels, Jim Hertzog, Sharla Hulsey, Teresa Krapes

Whole blood donors: Colby Clifton, Angela Loughridge, Jonathan Coy, Gary Schowengerdt, Judy Schwander, Stanley Moore, Sarah Sharp, Margaret Shatto, Carrie Schilling, Mica Clifton, Ryan Rowland, Brenda Pullen, Peggy Sand, Eva Hill, Sharon Halliburton, Brian Lane, Emily Cottle, Nicole Thurman, Don Malan, David Rusow, Anna Schrock, Elizabeth Parris, Julie Diehl

Milestones: Elizabeth Parris- 2 Gallons, David Rusow- 8 Gallons,

Thank you to the volunteers: Colby Clifton and Mica Clifton. Thank you to the Adrian Optimist club for allowing the red cross to use the building, Jerry Ferguson for setting the room up and Virginia Saathoff for opening and closing the building.

Want to know if you have been exposed to COVID-19? All blood donations are currently being tested for COVID-19 antibodies. Make it in to give May 1-15 and the Red Cross will send you a $5 Amazon.com gift card by email, courtesy of Suburban Propane. Next blood mobile is Tuesday, May 11, 2021 from 12-5pm at the Adrian Optimist Club. Help us reach our goal of 50 units! - our thanks to Jerry Ferguson