Road work scheduled in the city of Nevada

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Starting Thursday August 24 @ 6:30am, Industrial Parkway will be closed for repairs to the roadway. The contractor will be repairing the roadway across Industrial Parkway between the Missouri Welding Institute, 3300 Industrial Pkwy, and Quality Products, 3100 Industrial Pkwy.

During the closure, a detour will be available via Militia Road to S 1700 Road to Lady Road. All work is weather-permitting, and schedules are subject to change. Expect the road to be closed until Monday August 28th.

Motorists are strongly encouraged to practice safe driving, plan ahead, and find alternate routes during the construction project.

Butler teen injured in rollover accident near Ballard

On Tuesday August 22nd around 5:00 p.m. the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Bates County along with the Adrian Fire Department, Bates County EMS and Bates County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a one vehicle rollover accident on BB Highway at CR NE 9004 in rural Ballard.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the southbound 2021 Toyota driven by 19 year old Connor J. Yeagle of Butler, Missouri traveled off the roadway and overturned.

Mr. Yeagle sustained minor injuries and he was transported by EMS to Bates County Memorial Hospital in Butler for treatment.

The Toyota was totaled and towed from the scene of this accident by Douty's Tow of Butler.

View crash report below:
https://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/HP68/AccidentDetailsAction?ACC_RPT_NUM=230455531

Obituary - Koralyn Jean York

Koralyn Jean York age 2 months the daughter of Thomas and Kayla York of Archie, Missouri departed this life Monday, August 21, 2023 at Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri.

Celebration of Life Service will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 26, 2023 at Manna Fellowship Church, Pleasant Hill, Missouri.

Memorial contributions may be made to Ronald McDonald House and send in care of Dickey Funeral Home, PO Box 432, Harrisonville, Missouri 64701.

A complete obituary will be posted once that information becomes available.

BHS Student Chromebooks

Back to school in Butler...

BHS students in grades 6-12 will receive their Chromebooks during Bear Time today. Matching chargers* and important information are shrink-wrapped to the device. 

The information includes details about device care and responsibilities, and how to update the Chrome operating system as needed, as well as a flyer about the greatly expanded online Learning Express Library online resource for homework help, test prep, and exploring careers, colleges and scholarships.

Students need to charge Chromebooks at home and bring them to school every school day. Daily devices are available in the library for those rare times when a student leaves the Chromebook at home or forgets to charge it. 

When a student has the device at school, but it's not charged or has a problem, he or she should bring the Chromebook to the library for charging or examination/repair. We will get the student a temporary replacement and back to class as quickly as possible.

Tech Fees

If you have not already paid the annual technology user fee for your student(s), they are due September 1. Online fee payment opens today. There will be a 3% processing fee for credit card payments, and a 50-cent fee for e-checks. If you prefer to pay by cash or check, students must fill out the tech fee envelope, insert the payment, and turn in at the library. Please use one envelope per household. Tech fee envelopes are available at the office, counselor's office, and library.

The $25/student tech fee is adjusted to $10 for students who had free or reduced lunch status last year, and the correct amount due is visible in the parent portal. Important: please do not pay for more than two students per household. Even though the fee will appear on each student's account, we will exempt the third, fourth, etc., student's fees when the first two students' fees are paid. This is a manual process, so it would be helpful to email Mrs. Hayes at carol.hayes@butler.k12.mo.us to flag that this needs to be done.

*Matching Chargers

Each charger is labeled with the matching device name and resource number (R number) that matches the device barcode label.

• Students are encouraged to check out daily devices rather than borrowing or lending chargers.

• Students are also encouraged to use the colored dot stickers available from their Bear Time teacher or the library to make it easier to quickly identify their own charger. The dot should not cover the school's identifying label.

• If the school's identifying label starts to come loose, the student must bring the charger to the library with the label still attached to get a replacement label. (Charger labels are very firmly attached and take effort to remove completely.) We protect your student from anyone else stealing his charger by charging the full lost-charger fine for any charger returned with the label removed.

• If your child brings home a device without the matching charger, that means that the fine for a previously lost or ruined charger has not yet been paid. A replacement charger will be issued after the $50 fine is paid in full. Your student may check out a daily device on Wednesday, if needed, while we charge his/her Chromebook in the library. If the student wants a new name label printed that doesn't show the reason why a charger is not issued, they should send an email to Mrs. Hayes and give her a day or two to process those requests before bringing the Chromebook to the library for a new label.

We look forward to a great year of learning in 2023-24!

Carol Hayes Library Media Specialist 

Butler High School 420 S. Fulton Street

Butler, Mo 64730 

carol.hayes@butler.k12.mo.us

660-679- 6121 (ext 210)

Obituary - Jimmie “Jim” Dale Bain

Jimmie “Jim” Dale Bain, age 92, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, passed away on August 19, 2023, at his home. He was born on June 1, 1931, in Rockville, Missouri, to George Lymon Bain and Margaret Ellen (Merchant) Bain. Jim graduated from Rockville High School and went to San Diego State University where studied English. 

He married Wilma “Jeanne” Bain, and they started Stagecoach Inn in Rich Hill, Missouri. After their retirement, they were asked to move to Fayetteville to temporarily manage the Jefferson Lines Bus Station for three months. After staying on for an additional 16 years, he retired again at age 80. 

For the last 12 years, he has enjoyed watching old westerns and looking at the flowers in the garden. He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Margaret Bain; wife, Jeanne Bain; son, Robert Carroll Evans; daughter and son-in-law, Sharon Ann Goodman and Larry Dean Goodman; and siblings, Glen L. Bain, Martha Bain Strang, Mildred Hughes, Lorene Lodike, and Warren Bain. 

Jim is survived by daughters, Donna Jeanne Toppass and husband Oscar of Missouri, Dyanna Albert and husband Doug of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, great great grandchildren, and other family.

Funeral service will be held 2 pm Saturday, August 26, 2023 at the Heuser Funeral Home, Rich Hill, Missouri. Visitation will be held from 1 pm to service time at the Heuser Chapel.

Obituary - Albert Zink

Albert Zink, age 61, of Calhoun, Missouri passed away on Friday, August 18, 2023 at the Windsor Health and Rehab Center in Windsor, Missouri. Albert's wishes were to be cremated and a memorial graveside service will be held at 10:30 AM on Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at the Parks Chapel Cemetery in Tightwad, Missouri.

Albert was the second of 7 children, born on March 21, 1962 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He moved to Missouri in 1991 and never left.

He was like all of us, doing incredible acts of kindness, and other things we wished we hadn't done. Al grew up quick, went to work at 14 years old and seldom, if ever was without work until his fight with cancer 2 years ago.

He was a father to his daughter Traci and was the best father he knew how to be. He loved his grandchildren with a fierce devotion. He always thought first about his daughter and grandchildren and would help whenever he was able. Al was someone you could count on, as his family and friends can attest to.

Albert touched so many lives thru out the years. He worked hard, played hard, loved absolutely, and was a kind and compassionate human being.

Though he didn't finish school, he was an avid reader. Talking with him you would never know he his formal education was cut short. He was from a different time with values considered old fashioned today. He had his own set of values, sticking by them with grim determination, never wavering.

He loved to fish and hunt. We laughed, and talked and fished, BBQ, drank some beer and told each other outrageous lies usually about the fish we caught.

His fight is over now and he died peacefully and without pain in his sleep. If anyone deserved this kindness, it was certainly Al. He is finally home with his wife and pain free.

We are blessed for having known him and devastated with his departure. We will never forget his all to brief time with us.

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

Obituary - Marla Olene Vaughn

Marla Olene Vaughn, 51, Nevada, MO passed away on Monday, August 21, 2023, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center. Marla was born November 24, 1971, in Nevada. She was married to Terry Vaughn and from this marriage their three children were born.

Marla was raised in Nevada and graduated from Nevada High School with the Class of 1989. She worked for Nevada R-5 Schools as a Para Professional and Bus Driver for over 15 years. Marla loved gardening, feeding her humming birds, and especially loved being a mother and grandmother. She was a great friend of many and will be missed greatly by all who loved her.

Survivors include her three children, Bodi Vaughn (Chloe Lawrence), Miranda Vaughn, and Trevor Vaughn, all of Nevada; two grandchildren, Grayson, and Mila; and her aunt, Sandy Hayes (Walter), Nevada, and their son, Ashley Hayes, St. Louis. She was preceded in death by her mother, Ginger McConnaughey.

No services are planned at this time.

Traffic Alert in Cass County

Traffic Alert in Cass County...

MO-7 at I-49: Beginning Monday, Aug. 28th through Thursday, Aug. 31, crews working on the bridge replacement and intersection improvement project on MO-7 South over I-49 will close the ramp from MO-7 to northbound I-49 from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. 

Please slow down and be observant.