New Employment Opportunity:

Community First Bank is accepting applications for a Full-Time Teller position at our main Butler branch. We are seeking an individual who possess excellent customer service skills with in-person and on-the-phone customers.

Must be able to multi-task, have good communication skills, as well as strong problem-solving abilities. The hours for this position are Monday- Friday 8:00am to 4:45pm. Applicants must be able to work a Friday late-night rotation until 5:30pm and a Saturday rotation (8am-12pm).

Excellent benefits package offered. Interested applicants may pick up an application at our Main location 915 W Ft Scott St, Butler, MO 64730, email a resume to Jeana Alkire at jalkire@communityfirstbank.net, or apply through our Facebook page.

Adrian Blackhawks Wrestling News

With the new rankings out this week your Adrian Blackhawks currently have 3 wrestlers ranked in their respective weight classes.

Dallys Shaffer is ranked 2nd at 100 pounds
Annabelle Rowe is ranked 3rd at 235 pounds
William Brown is ranked 5th at 285 pounds

The team is done with their competitions for the 2023 portion of the season but we’re already in preparation this morning for the 2024 portion of the season. 

Be on the lookout for some more of the Blackhawks making a statement the rest of the season!

Davidson signs with Benedictine College

We would like to congratulate Butler High School Senior Dylan Davidson who will further his academic and athletic career next fall at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. 

Best of luck in your future endeavors Dylan! Dylan is the son of Michael and Kellie Davidson of Butler. 

Celebration of life for Dale Bishop

A celebration of life for Dale Bishop will be held at the Frontier Village in Adrian on the December 31st from 1pm to 4pm. Everyone is welcome to attend. 

Obituary - Barbara “Babs” Miller

Barbara “Babs” Miller would like to let you know that her work here is done. She received a call from Jesus, a new adventure that she couldn’t refuse, for an appointment from which she will not be returning. This assignment comes with a huge sign-on bonus, a reunion with the love of her life, John Miller, and friends she has not seen in a long while. 

Her new mission takes her to a wonderful place where she will be continuing her social engagements, dancing, gardening and storytelling. Music, laughter and love are guaranteed. Food is delicious and you never gain an ounce. She left detailed instructions for her family and friends to celebrate her mission here, which has been completed.

We give thanks to God for her boundless generosity, the beauty of her many creations and the radiant kindness she bestowed upon the world.

Babs’s memory is carried on by her two daughters, Victoria Blume and Cheryl Clifton and son in laws Matt Blume and Packy Clifton, her grandchildren: Charlie, Emmett and Georgia Blume and Philip Clifton. A final send-off will be held at 11:00AM at St. Sabina Catholic Church in Raymore, Missouri on Thursday, December 21, 2023. In lieu of cards or flowers, we ask that you honor Babs’ last wishes by making a donation to https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-debbie-to-save-her-eyesight?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer

Arrangements: Cullen Funeral Home, Raymore, Missouri 816.322.5278

Thank you for your donation to coats for kids

The Bates County Elks Lodge in conjunction with Louder Than You Mom Audio Club collected $540 for Coats For Kids. 

Pictured: Travis Gillis, Elks Representative, Carol Winburn, Coats for Kids, Cheyenne Burton and Jessy Morgan, “Louder Than Your Mom”

Obituary - Dorothy Ellen Jones

Dorothy Ellen (Thompson) Jones, 90, Nevada Mo passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at Moore Few Care Center. Dorothy was born July 21, 1933 in Metz, MO to Ammerimon Perry and Cora Mae (Copeland) Thompson. She was united in marriage to Roy Lee Jones on April 13, 1952 in Nevada, MO.

Survivors include 3 of her 4 children, Vickie Dunn (Alvin), Randy Jones (Glennetta) and Tena Holland (Charlie) all of Nevada. Grandchildren, Carmen Owen, Mindy Matkins, Carrie Poe, Ryan Jones, Shawn Jones, Wendi Valdez, Chandler Holland, and Colby Jones. 16 great grandchildren, 3 great-great grandchildren, sisters-in-law, Martha Keithly, Mary Jones and Connie Jones, numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her beloved husband Roy, February 6, 2013 and her son Wendell Jones, August 12, 2012, her parents and brother Donald Thompson.

Dorothy was the younger of 2 children. Her father passed away when she was 13 years old. She was raised in Walker and graduated in the class of 1951. As a teenager she worked at the drive in where she met Roy. Dorothy married Roy Lee Jones on Easter Sunday, April 13, 1952. When Roy returned from stationing in Orléans, France with the US Army, they moved to North Hollywood CA. They returned back to Nevada and while Roy spent his days driving a truck, she spent her days making their farm house a loving home, caring for her Mother, children and grandchildren, cooking, daily farm chores, gardening and canning. They were famous for canned beats, green onion/tomatoes, potatoes, cucumbers, corn on the cob, oatmeal cake, noodles and Jones tacos. They moved to their farm in 1965, raising cattle and custom haying, collecting Farmall Tractors along the way. She worked beside Roy daily on their farm. Their years were spent together mowing, baling, hauling and stacking thousands of small square bales of hay in the hottest time of the year. Sometimes they could be seen getting in the third cutting of hay in October. They were married 60 years before Roy’s farm accident in 2013.

She was a lifelong member of the Nevada Assembly of God church. Spending countless hours volunteering, cleaning, and caring for her church and its members. She enjoyed helping with the Vernon County 4H Youth Fair and spend many hours helping in the diner. She was a member of Business Professional Women and was Woman of the Year in 1990. She enjoyed many years and trips while bowling with the Layher Amusement League. She was a faithful visitor of our local nursing homes, and friends. She brought joy to many and never complained when her failing eyesight made those many pleasures more challenging. She would always declare how blessed she was to feel well and have her family close. She thanked the Lord for every day He gave her and always asked for His protection and guidance for her family. She will be missed more than words can express.

Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 23, 2023 at Newton Burial Park in Nevada with Pastor Jeff Owen officiating.

Memorials are suggested in her name to the Assembly of God Church in Nevada c/o Ferry Funeral Home.

Dear Countywide Disposal Customers

Dear Countywide Disposal Customers,

We want to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. With the holiday season upon us, the volume of trash, and especially cardboard will increase.

Please help your hard working trashman this holiday season by breaking down your cardboard to fit all you can inside your trashcan. Some routes run with an automated truck; having to drive and get out several hundred times is very time consuming and tiring on a driver.

Routes will be running a day later this year the week of Christmas and New Years. If your trash day falls on a Friday, we will be by on Saturday.

Thank you kindly for your support as we greatly appreciate your loyalty to our Countywide Team.

Thank you,
Lee McLain
President/Member