Butler Youth Wrestling does well at Ray-Pec

What a great day of wrestling for our young bears up at Ray-Pec for the Christmas Chaos!!! As always they wrestled hard and made us proud. 

And, we even got to see Brendin Patrick, our 2X hometown state champion reffing it up on the mat with us!

Here are the results from the day:
Garren McGuire-1st
Covy Riley-1st
Melanie Varns-1st in Girls/3rd in Boys
Gabriel Sines-1st
Nolan Varns-1st
Jestin Blomquist-1st
Archer Morris-2nd
Eli Wiese- 2nd
Eli Morris-2nd
Myka Morrill- 2nd in Girls/6th in Boys
Levi Wiese-2nd
Junior Lawrence-3rd
Elliot Lancaster-3rd
Waylen Henderson-3rd
Julius Varns-3rd
Titus Strauss-3rd
Colton Davis-4th
Jarrett Blomquist-4th
Brayden McGuire 4th in 12U/5th in 14U
Renner Hill-4th
Danner Davis-5th
Jacob Thomas-5th
Mack Hughes-8th

GREAT JOB BEARS!! We are so proud of you all!!

Obituary - Joe Stephen Teagarden

Joe Stephen Teagarden, age 72, La Cygne, Kansas passed away Friday, December 15, 2023.

Funeral service will be held 1 pm Friday, December 22, 2023 at the First Lutheran Church, Paola, Kansas. 

Visitation will be held to 7 pm Thursday, December 21 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel.

Burial will be in the Prairie Home Cemetery. Memorial contributions are suggested to First Lutheran Church, c/o Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box 304, La Cygne, Kansas 66040

Complete obituary is pending at this time. 

Butler Boys Basketball Tournament in the books

The fight to hoist the first place trophy saw KIPP take on St. Michael. In a back and forth game that saw numerous lead changes and ties, KIPP, led by Smith with 20 points, would reign victorious with a final of 69-65. Moss would also add 18 points for the Gators.

Adrian matched up against KC Metro in the battle for 3rd place. KC Metro would prove too much to handle for the Blackhawks as they walked away with a 64-55 win. 

The scoring was spread out for the Mavericks, who had 4 players in double figures on the game; Ferrel with 14, Leis with 13, Newark with 12, and Kent with 11. Rusow led all scoring on the night with 18, while Cole Hamilton tallied 16 on the night.

The Butler Bears and the Rich Hill Tigers fought for 5th place. It was another back and forth game that saw 9 lead changes and 7 ties. After 8 minutes of play both teams were knotted up with 14 points a piece.

The Bears went into the break with a lead, but the Tigers were able to battle back and force an overtime period on a buzzer beating 3 to end regulation. This would be Rich Hill's 2nd overtime game of the tournament as they also went 5 rounds with Adrian in the opening matchup. Butler would prove too much to handle for the Tigers who would end up falling 67-61.

Carter Trumbore led all scoring for the game with 36 points, he also added 9 rebounds, 5 assists and a block to his stat line. Dylan Davison chipped in 16 points on the night for the Bears. For the Tigers,

Brayden Chandler totaled 27 points and 9 rebounds while Dillon Coonce, who had a short night as he was dealing with foul trouble and eventually fouled out of the game, recorded 11 points.

It was a great week of basketball! Thank you to everyone who attended and supported this tournament. 

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Christmas Cookies with Santa & The Grinch today at the Bates County Museum

 

Obituary - James Melvin McElwain

James Melvin McElwain of Butler, Missouri died on October 25, 2023 at his son’s, Stephen, home in Wichita, Kansas of Lewey Body Dementia.  He was born February 20, 1931 to Melvin and Beatrice (Chitty) McElwain in Twin Falls, Idaho.

James and his parents moved back to Bates County to care for his maternal grandfather when he was about six months old.  James and his sister, Jewel attended a one-room school–the teacher was their Aunt Hazel Chitty Nelson.  He attended and graduated from Ballard High School in 1949 where he played on the basketball team.  He retired from General Motors on October 1, 1985.  On March 28, 1954 he was united in marriage to Ellen June Herman.  In the 1960s James was baptized as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses.  He loved watching the Kansas City Chiefs play and his Polka programs.

James is survived by his wife, Ellen; sons, Stephen McElwain and wife Lisa of Wichita, Kansas and Daryl McElwain of Butler, Missouri; grandchildren, Crystal Eldred and husband Billy of Butler, Missouri, Sheila Morrow and husband Bryan of Kansas City, Missouri, Matthew McElwain and wife Kristina of Clearwater, Kansas and Andrew McElwain and wife Marishka of Wichita, Kansas; great-grandchildren, Avery Eldred, Lyla Eldred, Calla Eldred, Jamyn McElwain, Malachi McElwain, Sophia McElwain, Malana McElwain, and Aviana McElwain; and a great-nephew, Joshua Felts.  He was preceded in death by his parents; his sister, Jewel Gibson; a niece, Julie Spears; and a nephew, Jeffrey Gibson. 

Cremation has taken place.  Inurnment at Oak Hill Cemetery will be at a later date.  Services will be on Zoom, Saturday December 23, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. 

Zoom Meeting ID: 639 325 3228

Zoom Passcode: 816660

Memorial contributions can be made to: 
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.
attn: Donor Support
900 Red Mills Road
Wallkill, NY, US 12589-5200

Obituary information courtesy of Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri. Online condolences www.schowengerdtchapel.com.

Welcome to the Harrisonville Police Department

On Friday morning the Harrisonville Police Department the pleasure of "welcoming" Shaylee Broockherd as a Harrisonville Police Officer!

Broockherd had been part of the HPD family for the past couple of years, serving the department as a dispatcher before making the decision to enroll in the Cass County Sheriffs Office Academy.

Shaylee was consistently one of the top students in her academy class and took on leadership responsibilities while at the academy.

Welcome to your new role in the family, Officer Broockherd! We are thankful for your dedication to the Harrisonville Police Department.

Structure fire in Foster

Shortly before 8 p.m. Foster Fire was notified of a structure fire. Foster then requested mutual aid from Hume Fire and Rich Hill Fire.

The home was a total loss. No one was injured in this incident. Rich Hill had 5 trucks and 9 firefighters respond.

Appleton City JH Boys Basketball finish first

We would like to Congratulate the Appleton City Junior High Boys Basketball for their first place victory in the WEMO Conference Tournament! Go Bulldogs!!