Obituary - Mary Julia Burrell

Mary "Julia" Burrell, 80, of Clinton, Missouri passed away on Monday, April 24, 2023.

Julia was born on October 14th, 1942 to Lloyd Francis Rawlings and Mary Frances Roberts in Moberly, MO and graduated from high school in Albia, Iowa. After graduating high school, Julia was a skilled office manager for many years.

She was preceded in death by her parents; Lloyd and Eleanore Anna (Tate) Rawlings, her biological mother; Mary Roberts, sister; Janet Faye Cove, and brother; Francis Dale Rawlings. She is also preceded in death by the love of her life, Ronald Ralph Burrell.

Julia is survived by her 4 children: Lloyd Anthony Schmitt and wife Pamela; Tamara (Tammy) Louise Woirhaye and husband Bruce; Teri Lynn Golibart and husband Joe; and Jack Winfield Nowlin and wife Tricia.

Julia enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, including: Danielle Golibart, Krista Thompson (Luke), Kayli Woirhaye, Kelsi Green (Dustin), Leah Woirhaye, Sarah Loyd (Isaac), Kalli Woirhaye, Kenzi Woirhaye, Lily Woirhaye, Tate Kavanaugh, Brock Nowlin, Macey Nowlin, Rebecca King, Abbygail Uhl (Austin). She is survived by 16 beautiful great-grandchildren.

Julia grew up in the Midwest and moved to San Antonio, TX in 1985. She lived in a variety of places in South Texas and loved them all, but spent the majority of her time in her home of Cuero. Julia moved to Clinton, MO in 2019 to spend time with her family.

Julia was a fashionista and loved all things shopping-shoes, handbags, and jewelry were her favorite. Some of her other favorite things included laying in the sunshine at the beach, cooking, traveling, and spending time with her beloved dog, Sissy. She loved her McDonald's "Senior" coffee and sausage biscuit. She also enjoyed spending time with her friend, Brent Denison.

A Celebration of Life Service will be held at the Vansant-Mills Funeral Home on Friday, May 12, 2023. Visitation will begin at 5:00 PM with services at 6:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Henry County Memory Fund and can be left in care of the funeral home.

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

Butler man arrested on assault charges

On April 24th the Butler Police Department was called to an assault at a address of 407 N. Fulton Street. When officers arrived on scene the male subject had already left the scene.

After a short canvas of the area the subject who was identified as 21 year old Evan K. Little of Butler was located at 108 S. Thompson Street and taken into custody.

Today Mr. Little was charged with the following charges:
1.) Assault -3rd Degree 2.) Assault - 3rd Degree- Special victim.

Evan K. Little was booked into the Bates County Jail in Butler and he is currently listed with a $19,000 cash only bond.

Disclaimer: Arrest records are public information. Any indication of an arrest does not mean the individual identified has been convicted of a crime. All persons arrested are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Obituary - Gerald "Jerry" Ours

Gerald "Jerry" Ours, 77 of Butler, Missouri passed away Monday, April 24, 2023 at Appleton City Manor. 

Private family graveside services will be held in Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler, Missouri. There will be no visitation. Services under the direction of Mullinax Funeral Home, Butler (660-679-0009). 

Memorial contributions may be made to the Kalee Chandler Memorial Scholarship or to Giving Fore Living. 

Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.mullinaxfuneralhome.com.

A complete obituary is pending at this time and will be published when it becomes available.

Update: Two seriously injured in crash at 18 Highway and T Highway

On Tuesday April 25th around 11:05 a.m. the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Bates County along with the Adrian Fire Department, Bates County EMS and the Bates County Sheriff's Office responded to a two vehicle accident at Missouri 18 Highway at T Highway east of Adrian.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred the eastbound 2018 GMC Yukon driven by 66 year old Ginger K. Moore of Butler, Missouri pulled into the the path and was struck by a 2006 Peterbilt driven by 61 year old Charles M. Julian of Montrose, Missouri.

Ginger K. Moore along with a passenger in her vehicle 87 year old Dolores J. Nolan of Adrian, Missouri both sustained serious injuries in this accident and both were transported to Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri for treatment.

View crash report below:

https://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/HP68/AccidentDetailsAction?ACC_RPT_NUM=230211322

BCMH Employee of the Month April

Bates County Memorial Hospital recognizes Sharon Huston as the Employee of the Month for April. Sharon is a Menu Hostess in the Nutrition Services department.

Sharon has actually retired several times from BCMH and has worked for the hospital, beginning in 1986, for a total of 32 1/2 years (combined) with a year of Auxiliary volunteer service between those years of employment.

Her coworkers approve of this arrangement as Sharon is well known for her baking skills and other delicious recipes, saying, “Sharon takes good care of us with special dietary requests.

Even after retiring, she is back with a smile and great recipes. She is a true asset to BCMH.” Sharon is a true reflection of BCMH values, and she is deserving of this recognition.

Kamp Keirsey Kalendar

 

What's Up by LeRoy Cook

First it Went Up, And Then Down

 Common to every conversation this spring, especially amongst aviators, is the comment, “ain’t it been windy this year?” It does seem that flying has been frustrating and challenging, in dealing with gusty air movements. Flight training has been particularly hampered, because student pilots need good air, so to speak, in order to perfect handling skill.

No flight school, however, has been hammered as badly as our commonly-seen neighbors from Downtown Kansas City airport, ATD Flight Training. Their red-striped Piper Archers drop into Butler regularly, as part of their training circuit, or at least they did. Last week, a sudden early-morning downburst caught their entire fleet parked out in the open on the MKC ramp. Eleven airplanes were blown away, crumpled against fences and levees. Their loss presents great difficulti in keeping the academy going, because replacements can’t be obtained for months or a year, even if insured.

Traffic coming through this week included a return visit by the Turbo Commander executive twin, and veteran CFI/Examiner Ron Albertson, who was in from Olathe with Tom Bowles in Tom’s Cessna Turbo Skylane RG. Locally, the AirTractor sprayplane made some runs, Shawn Hoenshell and I flew the Aeronca Champ, Eric Eastland exercised his dormant Cessna Skyhyawk, Drake Cashman made a Nevada-Pittsburg flight and I ventured to Higginsville, both via Cessna 150s.

The giant SpaceX SuperHeavy Starship rocket finally launched from the Boca Chica,TX spaceport Thursday, but it exploded in a ball of fire as it passed through 128,000 feet on its way to space. Owner Elon Musk termed it an “rapid unscheduled disassembly”, to put it mildly. Back to the ol’ launch pad…

A Russian SU-34 fighter-bomber pilot who was supposedly inflicting punishment on long-suffering Ukraine had a bad day last Thursday, when he pickled off a round over the wrong village. Instead, the bomb fell into the middle of a town 25 miles inside Russia, blowing a crater in a roadway. “Oops-sky, I musta misread my Glonass”; that’s the Russian equivalent of GPS.

Southwest Airlines continues to make the news, badly. Another failure in its aging flight scheduling system caused over 1800 cancellations Tuesday morning, after similar meltdowns earlier in the month,

and then Thursday a surly passenger got into a brouhaha with a flight attendant over a crying baby during a flight holding over Orlando, forcing a diversion to deplane the complainer. Folks, don’t mess with a flight attendant; they are in total charge of the safety of the cabin and you will pay severely for disregarding their orders, by Federal law.

We last asked about “The Man Who Rode The Thunder”; it is the title of a book about William H. Rankin, who had to eject from his F-7 Crusader jet at 47,000 feet over a thunderstorm in 1959. He spent 40 minutes being blown up and down in the storm before it spit him out. For next week’s question, name two types of aerial refueling systems used by the military. You can send your answers to kochhaus1@gmail.com.

Proposed RV park in Butler meets opposition in public hearing

 

Courtesy Prolook Studio

Plans for an RV park that would be located just off Fran avenue adjacent to the Days Inn Hotel in Butler  drew fire from opponents in a public hearing during the April 18 city council meeting. Following a presentation by landowner Sanjay Patel that included an artist’s rendering showing the RV park with trees and other traveler friendly indemnities, the hearing was joined by Dale and Trish Newkirk who vehemently oppose the idea and presented photos with information regarding a similar property previously owned by Patel in Platte City indicating upkeep was not being done.

The Newkirks also questioned conditions regarding the Days Inn hotel (owned by Patel), stating that while the RV park may look nice when new, over time may not be kept up resulting in overflowing dumpsters, abandoned vehicles and sewage concerns.

Patel, along with hotel maintenance man Grover Jackson rebutted saying they have made attempts to clean up concrete debris and remove the abandoned car; also the overflowing dumpster was not a normal occurrence. Jackson stated that another hotel owned by Patel in Olathe has great reviews “you wouldn’t find a flaw anywhere” and that  the above mentioned concerns in Butler will be addressed. 

Patel did acknowledge that the RV park in Platte City was no longer owned by him, now owned by a family member and no longer under his control. In his remarks he also stated that the park would not be wholly visible from West 52 or Fran Avenue.

Other concerns arose from the council and spectators such as making sure the campers get moved every 15 days; will there be individual sewer connections or a dump station; and who will police the property to make sure trash is picked up and overall upkeep done? The proposal included the option for RV’ers to build campfires which was brought into question due to safety issues.

As back-and-forth discussion continued, the condition and upkeep of the now idled Super 8 hotel in Butler (also owned by Patel) came into play with some questioning the future of that property and condition as well. Patel answered that “the city cannot substantiate two hotels” but would do his best to keep it up.

Other comments from attendees included former mayor Don Malan who stated that he did not want the park near his property and former councilman Linn Nitsche, who called out Patel for incorrectly stating earlier that he did indeed still own the RV park in Platte City but is now saying otherwise. 

As the hearing came to a close, councilman Mallatt stated that “we (as the council) want to do what is best for the community” by hearing both sides before making any decisions. With that, the questions kept coming.

Councilman Hall asked if the park would have individual sewers or a dump station, noting that most campers do not have the capacity to store sewage for 15 days which would require a sewer connections. Patel replied that a dump station is proposed but would switch to a sewer connection as needed. 

Hall went on to say that “a lot of information was thrown at us tonight. To be fair, we should absorb some of this information and suggest we table this for now” and a motion was passed to discuss more at a later date which likely will be the May 2 session.

Remember the Butler city council meets on the first and third Tuesdays, 7 pm at city hall. The full video of this meeting can be viewed on YouTube on the Mid America Live channel.