Chamber Welcomes Kasper Auto Parts

The Butler Chamber of Commerce officially welcomed Kasper Auto Parts with a ribbon cutting on Thursday. L to R Chamber board members Doug Lawrence, Kim Jacobs, owner Ted Kasper and board member Gayle Alexander are shown here doing the honors. The current Car Quest location on Orange street has been converted back to Napa auto parts, making it the sixth Napa store owned and operated by the Kasper family in the area.

Schell City Easter Egg Hunt set for today at 1pm

 

Drexel Easter Egg Hunt set for today at 10am

Its April, time to get ready for Easter, so I hope you will help us bring joy again this year to our little residence.

Please join us for the Annual Easter Egg Hunt on April 16, 2022!!

Location HT Smith Park, (where the Community building) in Drexel

Power Outage in Butler

The City of Butler Electric Crews are on scene to a transformer that has blown near the area of Dakoda and High Streets in Butler at this time.

People in this area might experience a short power outage as crews work to fix this. 

Obituary - Teresa Lee Hetherington

The funeral service for Teresa will be held beginning at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at Hill and Son Funeral Home in Appleton City, Missouri.

Visitation will precede the service from 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Officiating at the service will be Pastor David Hill. Interment will follow the service in the Montrose Cemetery, Montrose, Missouri.

The family suggests any memorial donations be made to Heartland Hospice, and may be left at the funeral home.

Teresa Lee was born July 7, 1963 in Kansas City, Missouri to Leota and Shelby Glenn Cannon, the fifth of five children. She lived in Kansas City, Missouri and Memphis, Tennessee before her family moved to Montrose, Missouri to be close to her grandmother, Lorraine.

Teresa was very personable and made friends easily. She adapted and thrived in small town life. Teresa loved to laugh. She found humor in every situation and loved to laugh and make others laugh in the process. Family was very important to Teresa. She loved spending time with her family and getting to know her nieces and nephews, but most important to her, was the love she had for her son, Lucas.

Teresa graduated from Montrose High School in 1982, then went on to procure her cosmetology degree. She worked with several local salons, most recently at Snip and Clip in Warrensburg.

Teresa was predeceased by her father Shelby Glenn Cannon, her grandmother Lorraine Coots, her grandparents Shelby and Arbie Cannon, an uncle Harold Galloway, a sister Jeannie Perkins, a nephew Logan Cannon, and a niece Lily Maguire.

She leaves behind her son, Lucas, a stepson Chris, her mother and father Lee and Ludger Goth, her brothers Tad (Jane), Jerry (Carla), Walter, her sister Tracy (Jamil) Noble, nieces, nephews and many friends.

From the desk of Vernon County Sheriff Jason Mosher

Today is the final day of National Telecommunicators Week. We would like to recognize all of our emergency 911 dispatchers for what they do 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

They are our first contact during an emergency and our vital source of information throughout a call. 

We rely on them for the communication we need to effectively respond to our community during criminal, medical, fire emergencies and everything in between.

Thank you for what you each day for our citizens

-Vernon County Sheriff Jason Mosher

Obituary - Clifton Lee Dawson

Clifton Lee Dawson was born on January 29, 1928, near Roscoe, Missouri. He departed this life on April 13, 2022. Clifton was the oldest child born of the marriage of O.D. and Mollie Mae (Smith) Dawson.

Clifton lived his entire life in the Roscoe area. He served in the United States Army near the end of World War II in the Pacific Theater assigned to mainland Japan. Farming and raising cattle occupied the bulk of his time. He was an avid hunter and enjoyed playing and listening to Bluegrass music.

In 1950 he was united in marriage to Goldie Jean Breeden who preceded him in death on June 13, 2014. To this union three children were born, Steven, Michael, and Jeffrey. Steven preceded Clifton in death, Michael and wife Debby live near Roscoe and Jeffrey and wife Elizabeth also live near Roscoe.

Clifton was preceded in death by his wife of 64 years Goldie Jean, his son Steven, his parents O.D. and Mollie Mae Dawson, brother Harry Dawson and sister Dorothy Mae Swopes.

He is survived by two sons, Michael and wife Debby and Jeffrey and wife Elizabeth; grandchildren Steven Dawson, Jacob Dawson, Andrew Dawson, Kathleen Botka, Cody Dawson and Aron Dawson; Great-Grandchildren Noah Dawson, Piper Dawson, Porter Dawson, Hallie Dawson, Hattie Dawson, Lincoln Dawson, Madison Dawson, Riggs Botka and Cooper Botka.

Service
Monday, April 18, 2022
10:00 AM
Sheldon-Goodrich Chapel

Interment
Benton Green Cemetery

Obituary - Dennis LeRoy Ford

Dennis LeRoy Ford, 53, passed away on Friday, April 15, 2022 at his home in rural Sheldon, MO. Dennis was born June 18, 1968 in Nevada, MO to Walter D. and Mary F. (Scholes) Ford. He married Beverly Lutes on May 23, 1992 and to this union two children were born.

Dennis was raised in Sheldon and graduated from Sheldon High School in 1987. Following high school, he worked at Thorco in Lamar, Murphy’s, and at Leggett & Platt in Carthage until his retirement. Dennis enjoyed raising cattle on the family farm, hunting and fishing.

Survivors include one son, Dustin Ford (Stephanie), Lamar; one daughter, Camie Ford, Nevada; three stepchildren, Kayla Lutes, Lamar, Michael Martin, El Dorado Springs, and Steven Wheeler, Nevada; three grandchildren, Daxton, Denver, and Claire; and two brothers, Dwayne Ford, and Darrell Ford, both of Sheldon. He was preceded in death by his parents.

Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 21, 2022 at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada. Friends may call now and until the hour of service at the funeral home.