Obituary - Anna Lee (Myers) Davenport

Anna Lee (Myers) Davenport, 101, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, surrounded by family and friends. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, September 7, 2024 at 11:00 am at Freeman Baptist Church in Freeman, MO, with the visitation beginning at 10:00 am at the church. Interment will follow at Freeman Cemetery in Freeman, MO. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Freeman Baptist Church or the Freeman Cemetery Association.

Anna was born on the family farm west of Freeman, MO, on March 16, 1923, the oldest of three children. Her elementary years were at Brownville #116 School, graduating from Freeman High School in 1940 as Salutatorian of her class. Her young life was very active in basketball, 4-H, and her church. She attended Warrensburg Summer Term, became certified to teach and taught at Rock Ford #92 School from 1940 - 1941.

On May 20, 1941, Lloyal Dean Davenport made Anna's dreams come true taking her as his wife. They raised their three sons on a farm north of Drexel. Anna was very active in her community in many ways. She attended Freeman Baptist church for over 100 years and held positions of clerk, Sunday School teacher, Bible School teacher, and participated in WMU. Anna and Dean were long-term members of Farm Bureau, each year representing Cass County at the annual meeting. They also served on the Farm Bureau board.

Anna was multi-talented. She served as a 4-H leader, 4-H judge, member of West Line Homemaker's Club (1942-1974), member of Lyle Home Club (1989 - 2018), and the Freeman Community Club. She spent many days serving as clerk of the Election Board. Anna knew her way around the kitchen. Her hot rolls were known near and far. She had very few idle hours - always crocheting or quilting or homemaking or mothering or grand mothering.

Anna was preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, Lloyal Dean Davenport, in 2008; her parents, Chester Elliot and Vernie Irene (Phillips) Myers; her son, Edward Lee Davenport; her brother and sister-in-law, Glenn Phillip and Jane Myers; and her sister and brother-in-law, Alice Faye and Glenn Metheny. She is survived by two sons: Dr. David Dean Davenport (Tressa) of Peculiar, MO; and Col. Paul Eugene Davenport (Geni) of Weston, MO; three granddaughters: Leigh Ann Westerlund (Erik), Tamra Jean Scheiblhofer (Chris), and Tracy Beattie (Steve); and 6 great-grandchildren: Nate and Claire Scheiblhofer, Beck and Madia Westerlund, and Amelia and Alaina Beattie. Anna was also very fond of all her nieces and nephews.

She will be greatly missed.

Smoke investigation call on Butler Square

The Butler Fire Department along with the Adrian Fire Department and Rich Hill Fire Department is on scene of a smoke investigation in a building on the east side of the square at 19 N. Main Street at this time.

Please avoid this area at this time. Mid America Live will follow this story and provide updates when we can.

5th Annual Screamin' Lehmann Memorial Race at Nevada Speedway

5th Annual Screamin' Lehmann Memorial Race 

Super Stocks will be racing for $3,000 to win this Saturday night, September 7th at Nevada Speedway!!! You won't want to miss this one! All classes are racing plus the Chancy's Grill and Shake Vintage Cars will be racing!

Pre-register NOW to save money on race day!! Preregistration is only $50, day of race the pit pass for super stock drivers will be $71.
Guaranteed $3,000 to win!!! Powri/USRA/IMCA type super stocks/stock cars welcome to this race.
40 Lap Feature event!!

https://www.myracepass.com/tracks/3271/registrations/10410
Drivers, follow the link for a chance to win a FREE pit pass this Saturday night! Super Stocks must purchase the $50 pre-registration price or pay the $71 entry on race day. Super Stock drivers, if you would like to pre-register, please do soon!!! Message the page for the venmo link!!

A full payout will be posted this week.

EARLY START TIMES - EARLY START TIMES - EARLY START TIMES
EARLY START TIMES - EARLY START TIMES - EARLY START TIMES

Pit Gates open: 3:30pm
General Admission Gates open: 4:00pm
Hot Laps at 6:00pm
Racing at 6:30pm

DRIVERS NEED TO BE CHECKED IN BY 5:30pm!!! Otherwise start tail back in the heat race!

Running Order 9/07/2024
1. Pure Stocks
2. Midwest Mods
3. Vintage Cars
4. B-Mods
5. Mini Stocks
6. Super Stocks
7. Outlaws

General Admission:
Adults (13-up) $15
Kids (6-12) $5
Kids (0-5) Free
VIP Seating $20

Pit Passes
Super Stock Drivers (if not preregistered) $71
All other Drivers $35
Adults (13-up) $40
Kids (6-12) $15
Kids (0-5) Free

Added money throughout the field and added bonuses!!

PREVIOUS WINNERS
2020 - Derek Brown
2021 - John Coats
2022 - Ted Welschmeyer
2023 - Aaron Poe
2024 - ??

Will we see a repeat winner this year, or will we have our 5th different feature winner??

Current list of preregistered drivers
Bryan Bedwell - 88B - Butler, MO
Colton Bourland - 2 - Appleton City, MO
Charles Brown - 4X - Hume, MO
Derek Brown - 11 - Stoutland, MO
Jeff Douty - 77 - Butler, MO
Tray Douty - 3 - Butler, MO
Joshua Harris - 89 - Butler, MO
Derek Henson - 27D - Russellville, MO
Devin Irvin - 67 - Cleveland, MO
Chris Kircher - 28K - Drexel, MO
Michael Muskrat - 164 - Stilwell, OK
James Nighswonger - 44 - Osawatomie, KS
Aaron Poe - 45 - Knob Noster, MO
Ted Welschmeyer - 21W - Tibbetts, MO

Nevada Speedway
17623 S. 1700 Road
Nevada, MO 64772

Golden Valley Memorial Hospital September Employee of the Month

Golden Valley Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce that Lori Williams is the September Employee of the Month. Williams has been an employee of GVMH since 2016 and works as a Registration Clerk. 

In her nomination, it stated that Williams is caring, compassionate and hardworking. She is thoughtful and considerate to every patient that walks through her door, is an incredible coworker and a great asset to the Registration department.

Obituary - Mark Arthur Davis

Mark Arthur Davis, age 52, of Parker, KS passed away on August 31st after a tragic equine accident. Mark was born on May 26,1972 in Sedan, Kansas to Teddy and Sara K “Kathy” (Shocklee) Davis.

Mark attended Moline Grade School and graduated from West Elk Jr Sr High School in 1990. After high school, he attended Kansas State University and Emporia State University. Growing up, Mark was very active in football and baseball and was in the National Honor Society. He loved camping, singing with family, playing baseball coached by his dad, riding horses, and his Tonka trucks. In 1993,

Mark married Disnie McBee and from that union came four children; Barrett, Foster, Winston, and Lillian. Mark followed in his dad’s footsteps by coaching his sons’ ball teams and was proud to attend his daughters dance recitals. In 1996, Mark joined the Operating Engineers Local 101 Union as a Heavy Equipment Operator and got to live out his childhood by being a professional Tonka Truck driver. In more recent years, Mark followed his true passion of raising horses, competing and announcing at Fun Shows and rodeos. He also started a DJ and Karaoke business as Big Feather Legend spending countless hours entertaining at local venues and events.

Mark was proceeded in death by his grandparents Art and Ethel (Spivey) Davis and Bob and Lulu (Burns) Shocklee, his parents Ted and Kathy Davis, and his childhood best friend, Timothy Willhite. Mark is survived by his children; Barrett (Kylee) of Belton, MO, Foster (Kelsey) of Belton, MO, Winston of Kansas City, MO, and Lillian of Shawnee, KS. His siblings Matthew (RuthAnn) of Neodesha, KS, Tamara “Tammy” (Tim) Bobb of Livingston, TX and Trisha Davis of Wichita, KS. Grand-daughter Baylee and future grandson. He also had several nieces and nephews and numerous cousins. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Pleasanton Saddle Club to continue the mentorship of youth in equestrian activities.

A memorial service will be held 2 pm Saturday, September 7, 2024 at the Lighthouse Presbyterian Church, Paola, Kansas. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Pleasanton Saddle Club, c/o Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box 525, Pleasanton, Kansas 66075.

Attention to the city of Archie

On Monday , September 9, 2024, the City of Archie water department will be shutting off the water to town at 9:00 PM to repair a water leak and replace a valve. 

We will repair a leak on N. Main Street and replace a valve on N. Truman Street. The valve replacement is another in our quest to be able to isolate portions of town instead of doing complete shutdowns. 

There will be two crews working to get these repairs done as quickly as possible. With no issues, water should be restored in the early morning. Thank you for your patience as we work to improve our infrastructure.

City of Drexel now hiring

The City of Drexel is looking for a person who is motivated, who has strong human relation skills, who can handle multiple tasks, and has experience in word and excel to serve in an Assistant Clerk position.

The Assistant Clerk responsibilities will be to help the City Clerk with daily duties such as but not limited to – public relations, utility billing/payments, tax billing/payments, issuing building permits, license, accounts receivables, animal tags, etc. They will also perform other City Clerk duties when the City Clerk is away.

This position is a part time position with such a person working 24-26 hours a week and the weeks or days when the City Clerk is out of the office. Applications can be picked up at the Drexel City Hall.

One's cover letter, application, resume and 3 written letters of work-related references need to be returned to the City Hall by October 4, 2024. For any more information please contact the Drexel City Hall (816) 619-2323.

From the City of Harrisonville Street Department

During the next few days, the Harrisonville Streets Department will be installing no parking signs on Bird Avenue from South Street to Mechanic Street.

Parking will be restricted on both sides of the road, as it serves as one of Harrisonville’s Emergency Snow Routes.

These parking changes are part of a larger ordinance that was passed on July 1, 2024, by the Board of Aldermen, to improve vehicle and pedestrian safety and visibility on City streets and to improve access for emergency service vehicles in the event of an emergency.

To view the full ordinance, visit pages 19-25 of the July 1, meeting packet >> https://harrisonvillecitymo.iqm2.com/Cit.../FileOpen.aspx...