Third Time's a Charm

David Oringderff, affectionately known as ‘Doc’ has served with the Adrian police department since 2014, and through his vast resume has ‘retired’ several times- but this time he’s determined to make it stick. Since his first job at a supermarket at age 14 (which he lied about his age to get the job) David served in the U.S. Army from 1968-1976; spent time with the Texas National Guard; served as a peace officer and later as a police chief in Blue Mound TX; then back to the Army 1981 to 1995 where retired as a Major. He found himself back in law enforcement in 1996 during which time he finished his PhD in clinical psychology and used his training as a mental health advisor on the hostage negotiation team in Comal county TX. 

In 2014, he became a licensed police officer in the state of Missouri and since has made his home in Adrian. David also is a Professor of Psychology and Religion at Cherry Hill Seminary in Columbia SC, and is the chair of the Pastoral Counseling and Chaplaincy Department there as well. Thank you for your service David, enjoy your retirement!

The Museum Minute: Elkhart Bandit Busted for Illegal Liquor Sales

Courtesy of the Bates County Museum 802 Elks Drive, Butler Mo 64730 (660) 679-0134

Herrman’s Historical Happenings week of October 20

1883 The editor of the Bates County Record newspaper complains, in print, about the cattle sales that are held on the courthouse lawn, Butler

1895 Bates Co Prosecutor P.H. Holcomb goes to Elhart  to prosecute Grant Goodman for selling illegal liquor in Merwin.

1919 When Edson Snyder, cashier of the Farmers Bank of Passaic, unlocks the door this morning, finds someone had tried to dynamite the safe during the weekend. Since the fuse was never lit, it is thought the attemptee’s were scared off.

1938 Twenty members of the Rich Hill FFA return from a two day trip to the American Royal, in Kansas City. Ralph Greenlee won first, second & third with his 3 pens of Buckeye pullets. 

1945 Truman Record, owner of the Record Flying Service at the Independence Mo. airport brings several army training planes and pilots to Butler and presents an airshow to a large crowd.

1972 Miss Tena Stephens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mel Stephens, is crowned Butler High School Homecoming Queen during the Butler-Pleasant Hill football game, at Deaton-Thomas field.

1977 Wesley Bolin, a native of Butler, is sworn in as the Governor of the state of Arkansas.

1977 The “News-Headliner” newspaper in Butler, breaks the news that rural water districts are going to sue the city of Butler, in protest of recently established water rates.

1978 Emmett Kling, Jr., marks the 90th anniversary of his Kling Monument Company at 11 N. Havanah st, in Butler. Founded by Kling’s grandfather, his daughter Melissa Phillips is preserving the family tradition.

1995 Kathy Knox of rural Butler recently won the national competition at the U.S. Border Collie Handlers Association finals at Sheridan, WY. She and her husband Jack have 30 registered border collies and return every year to Scotland to replenish their kennels.

Bates County Real Estate Transfers and Marriage Licenses

Simons, Audra Carleen to Wright, R Todd Str 5-40-32 //Ne

Askew, Mitchell Freeman James to Claiborne, Robert A Jr Str 28-42-29

Gustin, Trey to Gustin, Trey Lt 92 Country South

Sargent, Richard B to Rayborn, Karen Lt 3 Bl 1 Harper’s (Albert) Subds 23-40-31

Murphy, Galen E to Sargent, Richard B Lt 6 Bl 21 West Side Addn+

Close, Ronald to Mcguire, Earl Str 14-40-31 //Sw

Wadel, James to Mattingley, Jerry E. Bl 88 Walnut Nka Foster

Brattin, Myles Levi to Fields, Michael Scott Str 9-39-31 //Nw

Yohe, Dustin to Yohe, Arthur Lt 11 Bl 65 Rich Hill, Original Town Of+

Becker, Gale to Becker, Gale Str 13-38-33 //Nw

Heiman, Garrett to Hackett, Lorrie Lt 17 Bl 29 Rockville, Original Town Of+

Beasley, Orville to Tucker, William F Bl 10 William’s Addn+

Brooks, Linda Diane to Keener, William J. Lt 5 Bl 8 William’s Addn+

Hankins, Richard Brent (Suc Trustee) to Droz, Jeffrey D Bl 163 Town Company’s Second Addn+

Moreland, Harold to Barnett, Donna Lt 5 Bl 72 Rich Hill, Original Town Of

Fairbanks, Janet Lin to Wadel, James Bl 88 Walnut Nka Foster

Gunnels, Jay to Gunnels, Debbie Str 16-42-33 //Sw+

Fletcher, Patricia (Suc Trustee) to Sargent, Lance E Lt 7 Yoakum’s Subd

Long, Curtis W. (Trustee) to Jordan, Dru Ryan Str 21-40-31

Long, Ann H. Trust 11-24-1992 to Jordan, Dru Ruan Str 21-40-31

Marriage License:

Kartik Ghai and Jessica Renee Brooks

Michael Tyler Ragan and Mary Virginia Bailey

Cole Michael Carlberg and Taylor Lee Scheidegger

Stuart Wryan Meade and Sonya Ann Walsh

Dillon Wayne Kepley and Jayme Marie Snodgrass

Commercial Air Travel in Fragile State

What's Up by Leroy Cook

Continuing the string of great flying weather, the weather reports encouraged aviation activity last week. After cold frontal passage, one could see tall buildings along College Boulevard in Kansas City while over Butler at 3000 feet.  Airplanes perform better in the dense cold air, reducing time to climb and shortening takeoff run. 

Some of the aircraft seen in the area last week were a UH-60 Blackhawk Army Guard ‘copter, a Piper Archer, two RV-4 homebuilts and a Piper Twin Comanche. A Beech King Air 300 flown by the FAA Flight Check division came through conducting test passes down the instrument approaches, required to confirm obstacle clearance and signal integrity.

Out of the local sheds, Les Gorden flew his Beech Bonanza F35, I had the old Aeronca Champ out for a cruise, Jeff Arnold took the Cessna Skyhawk up and Rebekah Knight borrowed a Cessna 150 to keep current. SkyDive KC had its King Air E90 jump plane up on numerous runs; the skydive season will be closing in about a month.

Keeping up to date on all an aircraft’s inspections and expirations can be a challenge. It only gets worse when you have more than one to keep track of. There’s the biggie, the annual inspection requirement that runs out at the end of the month when last year’s inspection was done. If used in commercial or training service, however, an inspection is required at 100 hours time in service from the last sign-off. Meanwhile, any mandated Airworthiness Directives have to the tracked, some of which are repetitive service-time related, with others being one-time checks. Then there are the database renewals for the GPS navigation boxes, the biennial transponder and static-system certification renewals, and the need to verify the expiration date on the emergency locator batteries. Keeps you busy.

Southwest Airlines’ flight cancellations a couple of weeks back show just fragile our commercial air transportation system can be. In an effort to maximize return on investment in airplanes and crews, an airline tries to operate flights to and from as many cities as possible with the planes it has, using personnel as many hours as rules allow, filling every seat with a paying customer. If weather and traffic backups interfere with the schedule at one end of the flight, it interferes with availability at the other end. If the flight is late, there may not be time remaining on the crew’s duty day. So, the only option is to take the flight off the schedule, leaving passengers to sleep on the airport terminal floor. Been there, done that.

Last week, we posed a World War 2 question, about the British Broadcasting Corporation’s use of a certain tone to introduce newscasts. As two readers told us, the dit-dit-dit-dah was Morse code for the letter “V”, standing for “victory.” It was obtained by using the opening bar of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. For next week’s puzzler, tell us the use of Day-Glo florescent orange paint, applied to some airplanes in the 1960’s. You can send your answer to kochhaus1@gmail.com.

A Token of Appreciation

Lilah Linard presented a tasty gift basket to the Butler Police Department today on behalf of the Harmony Mission Chapter of the D.A.R. to say 'thank you for your service' as part of the Wounded Warrior Project. Officers Jared Bremer (left) and Andrew Hutchinson gladly accepted the basket and enjoyed a conversation with Lilah as well. The Harmony Mission Chapter of the D.A.R. meets on the second Monday of the month, 1:30 pm at the Butler Public Library and the public is openly invited to attend.

Please read if you receive the printed News-Shopper by mail...

Around the first of this month, the United States Postal Service announced there will be mailing delays and they weren't kidding. In that announcement they mentioned that Priority Mail and First Class Mail will have a priority over all other methods. With that in mind, we've been mailing the printed News-Shoppers by First Class Mail hoping they would arrive in a timely manner but in some cases there has been a 4-5 day delay.

We always mail them on Wednesdays like clockwork. They leave the Butler post office and go to Kansas City for sorting- then back to Butler for distribution. Please do not call our local post offices if they are late... the problem clearly lies in Kansas City and it doesn't look like things are going to improve any time soon.

So, after going to the expense of First Class mailing and it not being effective, we are exploring other options where we can mail through our local post offices and keep Kansas City out of the loop. Hopefully we'll have answers soon, please bear with us.

Sincerely, the Mid America Live Team

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Obituary - Danny Smith

Danny Lee Smith 65 of Adrian, Missouri passed away Friday October 15, 2021 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. A visitation will be held Wednesday, October 20, 2021 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Mullinax Funeral Home, Butler (660-679-0009). Cremation to follow. There will be no funeral service.

Memorial contributions may be made to his grandson Abel’s Education Fund c/o Marcia Smith. Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.mullinaxfuneralhome.com.

If you were lucky enough to know Danny you are truly blessed. Danny was one of a kind who lived and loved life like no other. Danny was born September 6, 1956 to Jesse F. and Betty R.Thomas Smith. He grew up in Butler, Missouri. Danny attended Butler Schools.

Throughout his life he worked many places. Just to name a few, Harry Cherry’s, Eldred Mobile, Sunroofing, mechanic for Don Malan lineman for the City of Butler, custodian for the Butler R-5 School District, and was in charge of maintenance for the Bates County Court House for the last seventeen years.

On November 14, 1977 Danny married the love of his life Marcia Scott, they shared 44 years of making memories! On April 17, 1992 they welcomed their only child Jessica Marie Smith.

Danny was a devoted husband, father, and brother. They say the best dads get promoted to grandpa’s and Danny became one on October 3, 2013, when his only grandchild Abel Landon Michael was born.

Danny enjoyed the outdoors with fishing, hunting, and anything outside. For many years you could find him working on anything with a motor. You could count on finding Danny and Marcia at the race track on Saturday nights. He loved spending time with Abel, he never missed a sports practice or game. They were continually outside either playing football, riding four wheelers, target practice, they were always into something together. Where Danny was Abel was right there by his side.

Danny is survived by his wife Marcia of Adrian, Missouri, one daughter Jessica Smith of Butler, Missouri, one grandson Abel Landon Michael of Butler, Missouri, one brother Dale Douty and his wife Retta of Butler, Missouri, two sisters Diana Bennett and husband Jason of Butler, Missouri, Tina Hansen and husband Mike of Butler, Missouri, many nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews, as well as many friends.

He is proceeded in death by his parents Jesse and Betty Smith, one brother Robert Douty, one nephew Jesse Paul Douty, and great nephew Keith Cooper.