Butler Bears get road win tonight at Skyline

Back on the winning track... 

The Butler Bears Varsity Basketball team (9-5) hit the road as they traveled to Urbana, Missouri to take on the Skyline Tigers (7-8) tonight.

Butler was coming off a loss last night against Versailles and looking to get back on the winning track tonight.

Butler dominated this game and secured its 9th win of the season as they defeated the tigers tonight 62-33. The bears was led in scoring by Senior Carter Trumbore who had 42 points. 

The Butler Bears Boys will participate in the 99th Annual Clinton Invitational Basketball Tournament January 22nd - January 27th. We would like to wish the bears the best of luck! 

Obituary - Carroll Sue “Karol” Winegardner,

Carroll Sue “Karol” Winegardner, retired artist and educator, died peacefully at her residence at Meadowlark Hills in Manhattan, Kansas, on January 3, 2024. She was 88. A remembrance service for family and friends will be held at the Butler Presbyterian Church, 301 Fulton Street, Butler, Missouri, at 1:00p.m., Saturday, January 27, 2024. 

Service under the direction of Mullinax Funeral Home, Butler (660-679-0009). In lieu of flowers, the family welcomes donations to Macular Degeneration Research, www.brightfocus.org or Butler Presbyterian Church. Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.mullinaxfuneralhome.com.

Carroll Sue Winegardner was born July 11, 1935, in Butler, Missouri, to Ray and Naomi Edrington Winegardner. She was the younger of two daughters. The family moved during her formative years, living in Kansas City, Unionville and Macon, Missouri, returning to Butler where she graduated Valedictorian from Butler High School, class of 1953.

Her post-secondary education included the Kansas City Art Institute, BFA ,1960 (Painting & Drawing, Commercial Art, Lettering); San Francisco Art Institute and Oklahoma University, Norman Oklahoma, MFA, 1963 (Painting & Drawing).

Karol had made Manhattan her home since 1966, when she began her teaching career in the visual arts department at Kansas State University, teaching graphic design. She was dedicated to her students, and was a driving force behind the KSU Art Newsletter, a news and networking publication for alums and former students. She retired from teaching in 1997 after 31 years as assistant professor, but continued to keep in touch with many of her former students and col-leagues from K-State.

Before her career in academia, Karol worked as a layout and pasteup artist in Houston, Texas. She spent two years in Germany working as a Recreation Specialist, with the Department of Army, Special Services, planning and scheduling social activities and trips for enlisted personnel. During her time there she travelled to Italy, Turkey and Greece, spark-ing a lifelong love of travel.

Her international journeys included trips to China, Ireland, Mexico and Canada. She travelled often to destinations across the United States, visiting friends and family. With her sister, Anna L. Moore, she made memorable trips to New York City, Mackinac Island, Michigan and Rockport, Massachusetts.

Karol’s interests included reading, horse racing, watching football and movies, and dining with friends. She was an avid collector of antique valentines and buttons, tin toys and pop-up books. She was also a collector of friends, many of whom she had known since her youth. She was a supporter of many charitable causes.

Karol was preceded in death by her parents, nephew Alan Moore, and brother-in-law C.A. Moore. She is survived by her sister, Anna L. Moore, Butler, Missouri; nephew Evin Moore and wife, June, of Kansas City, niece Julie Dye of Garland, Texas; and grand-niece and grand-nephew, Ashley Dickerson and Blake Dye, of Garland, Texas, and many dear cousins.

BCMH has been awarded the Rural Hospital Medical Equipment and Supplies Grant

In the BCMH Laboratory with Emily Gilkey (left), Greg Weaver, CEO and Lab Director Joani Boleyn to share GOOD NEWS. BCMH has been awarded the Rural Hospital Medical Equipment and Supplies Grant from the Patterson Family Foundation .

The $50,000 grant will be used to update our lab's hematology analyzer. Our deepest thanks to the Patterson Family Foundation and to BCMH staff members who worked on this effort, with a special shout out to Emily for writing the grant on our hospital's behalf.

The Sysmex XN hematology analyzer performs a Complete Blood Count (CBC), a test that Joani Boleyn, MLS (ASCP)CM says is the highest volume test for their department at over 12,000 performed each year. The CBC includes results for red blood cells, hemoglobin, hematocrit, white blood cell total and differential.

"Many health care decisions are impacted by the results of a patient’s CBC," Joani said. "The test may be used as part of a routine checkup or to investigate symptoms such as fever, fatigue, weakness, and many others. Chronic conditions such as anemia and leukemias may also be monitored by this test.”

Access to safe and reliable health care is the foundation of community well-being, and the Patterson Family Foundation seeks to help nonprofit rural hospitals provide the best care and services for their communities. The goal of the Rural Hospital Medical Equipment and Supplies Grant is to assist providers in purchasing needed equipment and supplies to care for patients within their hospitals and communities.

Bates County Memorial Hospital met the criteria to apply for the grant due to its rural, nonprofit status and geographical position within the grant guidelines. BCMH thanks the Patterson Family Foundation for awarding the hospital this grant and for dedicating their efforts to helping rural communities.

And the big winner is...

Steiner's Restaurant & Bar in Butler has yet another BIG RED ENVELOPE WINNER!! Congrats to Danielle Platt from Butler who won the TV! Keep on bringing those envelopes in- we still have a Fire Tablet, Kitchen Aid mixer, Steiner's gift cards and more out there!!

Pictured is owner Jeff Steiner and winner Danielle Platt 

 

BCSO Assists In Cedar County Death Investigation

On 1/17/2024 the Bates County Sheriff's Office was contacted by a Missouri Highway Patrol DDCC Investigator that was working a death investigation in Cedar County Missouri. They were requesting an assistance in regards to obtaining and executing a search warrant at a location in Rockville Mo.

Later that evening, investigators with the Bates County Sheriff's Office executed the search warrant on a camper located in Rockville. The camper belonged to a male subject who was arrested and charged in Cedar County connected to the death investigation.

The three people have been preliminarily charged with tampering with physical evidence in a felony prosecution and felony abandonment of a corps.

On 1/18/2024 the Bates County Sheriff's Office received a call in reference a disturbance at the above mentions property. The call was that the property owner had three subjects there and two of them had threatened him with fire arms.

The subjects thought the property owner was working with law enforcement in regards to the death investigation in Cedar County. Deputies were dispatched to the address but prior to their arrival they were advised that the subjects had left and were headed toward Appleton City. Deputies got descriptions of the vehicles involved and were able to intercept the vehicles. Three people were detained from the traffic stops.

The female involved has been identified as the daughter to one of the men that were arrested and charged in Cedar County.

On 1/19/2024 Detectives obtained a search warrant for the two vehicles from the traffic stop related to this incident. Upon the search of the vehicle Detectives recovered multiple rifles and a pistol from both cars.

Taylor Jordan Keith of Adrian Missouri has been charged with Felony Unlawful Use of a Weapon. Bond was set at $100,000.00 cash only

Chadwyk Arville Runyon of Adrian Missouri has been charged with Felony Unlawful Use of a Weapon. Bond was set at $100,000.00 cash only

Additional Charges are expected to be filed next week for Tampering with a Witness.

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 - Mary Alice Holder

Mary Alice Holder, age 94, a resident of Ft. Scott, Kansas, passed away early Tuesday, January 16, 2024, at the Guest Home Estates in Ft. Scott. She was born March 6, 1929, on the family homestead at Angora, Nebraska, the daughter of Frank William Sherlock and Gladys Irene Brown Sherlock. Mary married Earl “Gene” Holder on February 10, 1949. Together, Mary and Gene owned and operated service stations and motels in various Nebraska towns. 

In addition, Mary was a longtime representative for Avon, but above all was a loving and dedicated wife and mother. Mary was a woman of faith and following their move to Ft. Scott in 1995, she became a member of the First Southern Baptist Church. Mary enjoyed creating jewelry, cooking and collecting. She will be lovingly missed by her family and friends.

Survivors include three daughters, Dixie Adams of Laurel, Maryland, Barbara Poppe of Lincoln, Nebraska and Irene Bradbury (Gerald, Jr.) of Redfield, Kansas; seven grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren and a great-great-granddaughter. Also surviving are three sisters, Pearl Lavender, Opal LaFever, and Ruth Weiser. Mary was preceded in death by her husband, Gene, on December 11, 2015. She was also preceded in death by a son, Ron Holder, two sons-in-law, Richard Adams and Arthur Poppe; daughter-in-law, Belinda Holder; two granddaughters and two sisters.

Graveside services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Saturday, January 27th at the Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Grand Island, Nebraska. Memorials are suggested to the First Southern Baptist Church and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box 347, Ft. Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.

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Obituary - Edith Marie Patterson

Edith Marie Patterson, 88, of Butler, MO, passed away on Thursday, January 4, 2024 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City, MO. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 2:00 PM at Victory Assembly of God in Adrian, MO. Memorial contributions may be made to Victory Assembly of God.

Marie was born February 5, 1935 to Harry Thomas Bibens and Lillian Doris Ulery in Hillsdale, KS. She went to school in Bucyrus, KS, and later in Freeman, MO. She worked in her younger years at Fred Baret's Bakery in Newton, IA, then later at HD Lee in Kansas City, MO. After having her children, she focused on raising them and became a stay at home mom. She married Gilmer Orvis Patterson on October 12, 1963 and they were married for 48 years. Marie loved spending time with her family. She was especially proud of her grandkids and loved going to their wrestling meets, baseball, football and basketball games. She was their loudest cheerleader. She impressed the family with her ability to always remember everyone's birthdays and anniversaries. Marie was ornery and liked cutting up with people and telling jokes. She was one of a kind who never met a stranger and always had a hug for everyone she cared about.

Marie is preceded in death by her father, Harry Bibens; her mother, Lillian Prettyman; stepfather, Art Prettyman; husband, Gilmer Patterson; daughter, Jeanna Savory; grandson, Randy "Jake" Musser; brothers: William "Billy" Bibens, George Bibens, and Charles Bibens; sisters: Irene Bibens, Elaine Musser, Mary Poole, and Margret Owens; and her in-laws. She is survived by her sons: Randy Bibens and John Dickinson; her daughters: Julie (Tom) Kennedy, Joyce McSparrens, and Janice (Craig) Vinson; her brother, Andy Bibens; her sisters: Louise Cardock, Dorthy Yeager, Stella (Dennis) Devins, and Shirly Keifer; 13 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great-grandchildren and numerous nephews and nieces.