Obituary - Louri Jean Daringer

Visitation for Louri Jean Daringer of Butler, Missouri will be 1 - 3 p.m. Friday, September 13 at the Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel. Private family inurnment at a later date. Contributions to the Grandchildren’s Education Fund. Make checks payable to Louri’s Love Fund c/o First Community Bank in Butler, Missouri. Online condolences www.schowengerdtchapel.com.

Louri Jean Daringer, age 56 of Butler, Missouri died Thursday, September 5, 2024 at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born January 5, 1968 to Otis Ray and Cleta Fern DeMott Wisdom in Wichita, Kansas.

Louri, one of three children, grew up in Amoret, Missouri where she attended Miami School. She lived in Kansas City, Missouri and Mound City, Kansas before moving to Butler, Missouri. Louri was first and foremost a mother and also worked in the kitchen for the Mound City, Kansas Cafe.

Louri was known to be carefree, caring, compassionate to animals, a social butterfly and a free spirit. She loved her family and her animals–especially her cat, Fuzzy, and her two grand pups. Louri had a collection of owls and porcelain dolls. Some of her other pastimes were doing crafts and diamond painting. Louri enjoyed waking up and starting her day with a cup of coffee and listening to music.

Louri is survived by three children, Samuel Daringer and wife Shannon of Wichita, Kansas, Maureen Hoellig and husband Erik of Sapulpa, Oklahoma and Nicolas Adam Shasteen of Kansas; two granddaughters, Clara and Arianna Pardee; her father, Otis “PeeWee” Wisdom of Collins, Missouri; a brother, Daniel Wisdom of Collins, Missouri; a sister, Kristina Wright and husband Steve of Amoret, Missouri; her stepdad, Tom of LaCygne, Kansas; three nephews, Devyn, Stevie Ray and Adam; a niece, Casey Jo; and two great-nephews, Keaton and Kane. She was preceded in death by her mother; her grandparents; and her niece, Heather.

Papinville Picnic set for September 28th

 The Papinville and Cemetery Assoc. met to make plans for the picnic. Many new things have been planned for this year’s activities. The menu for this year will be: fish fry, pork loin, potato salad, baked beans, green beans, cole slaw, bread, desserts, ice tea and lemonade. The dinner will be served at 5:30 and it is a freewill donation. 

The activities that are scheduled are: music 1:30, wagon ride to the bridge and information about the bridge 2:00, silent auction starts at 3 ending at 6, Children and adult games (this includes Chicken Poop and 50-50 drawing starts at 2, bingo with prizes 3, pie auction with a few other auction items that have been donated 4:00, crowning of the Papinville Princess 5:00. dinner served at 5:30. If you would like to donate an item to the silent auction, contact via text at 660-200-5620 so we can get the paperwork done. If you would like to enter the pie auction have the pie at the museum by 2:30. Entries are cream, fruit and other. A prize will be given for each first place and put your name on the pie. Children ages 6 -14 entries are the same as adults. If you bring a dessert for the dessert table or pie auction be sure it is in a throw away pan. 

This year we are celebrating the old wooden bridge that is on the National Historical Register. The bridge is 140 years old and it is one of a kind, that hasn’t been torn down. If you go on the wagon tour you will learn all about the history and a few other facts. We have a book that will be for sale with many facts and stories people have written about their memories of the bridge. You will read about some facts and memories in the Mid America Shopper and hear the stories on the radio in the next few weeks. We hope they will inspire you to come out to our picnic and celebrate this event. T shirts of the bridge will also so be for sale along with books of Papinville History.

Put this date on your calendar, September 28th and come and spend the afternoon for fun, listening to good music, learning about where Bates County got started, eating a good dinner and talking to old friends. Don’t forget to bring your lawn chairs. Until next week when you will get the rest of the story.                                                                                     Submitted by Phyllis Stewart

Report from the Bates County Commission

 

August 7, 2024 The Bates County Commission met with Presiding Commissioner Jim Wheatley, Northern Commissioner Ken Mooney and Southern Commissioner Trent Nelson present during morning session. Jim and Ken did not return after lunch. Trent missed the meeting with City Hall.

Jimmy Platt, County Treasurer (retiring), Kacie Robey, County Treasurer (elect), Jami Page, County Clerk, and Carl Bettels, County Assessor were all present to talk about Senate Bill 190-756. Passed but not currently signed into law. 

Jimmy Platt started with everyone agrees that having tax relief for seniors is a good thing. How to best accomplish implementation of this bill that will be simple and clear to understand is the current project. Cass County started it last year. Being a reassessment year (odd years) making the numbers mostly the same.   Currently, valuations are set, and the tax levies are calculated from those numbers and totals generated to the subdivisions (i.e. schools, townships etc.) with the levies.  Subdivisions use those numbers to form their budgets. Careful consideration needs to be given on where and how to “freeze” an individual’s valuation. 

Jimmy Platt’s ideas of 2 ways. 

1. If done after valuations are input then a separate tax book, in the collector’s office, would need to be formed for those valuations to be changed for the numbers to be corrected for proper totals. Both books would have to be balanced to each other and then balanced with the county.

2.  If at the time of input the “frozen” valuation was input this would simplify the process and negate the need for a second tax book.

However, this still creates issues from year to year as tax levies go up and down. At times they are defeated.

People also do not understand that Township Tax Levies are renewed every 4 years they see it on the ballot and think it is a new tax when it is just renewing the tax they already pay. In some cases, those levies get voted down and people “frozen” in those years would never pay for those taxes.

There will be extra expense to the county in the implementation. Several offices will possibly need extra employees. There will be software costs as well as many other costs that will arise. 

The Commission are the ones to put an ordinance in place. It is also their responsibility to review every application and approve. The implementation will be decided amongst the offices. 

Hancock Amendment in 1980 which states that the state cannot mandate to any subdivision that has a levy without funding it. Which is why they passed it down to the county. Giving 3 Commissioners the responsibility. Will this stand to the courts? Some counties, as in Henry, choose to only use the levy they control. However, the concern over subdivisions brings lawsuits for the differences in what they would have received to what they did receive after the credit was given. 

Jimmy Platt’s office had a zoom meeting with Boone County and has a handout from that meeting. 

Commissioner Wheatley stated last weekend he went through both senate bill 190 and 756. There are several references to statues 137.1050 and 137.73 which mirrors the Bills with no definition. No definition to the homestead?, Acreage? Jimmy states the commission has the responsibility to define what those are according to what the lawyer for Boone County said.

These tax cuts will not look the same county to county. Rural to Cities. They are just not the same. Township Counties will be different as well as some people live in one Township but are under different school districts. 

Commissioner Wheatley stated they have been checking with other counties on how they are considering this process. He again stated how the state leaders do not care. They passed this on to the counties, knowing it would be a difficult thing to accomplish on their own. First-Class counties will have an easy time with this by falling back on their sales taxes. We are a Third-Class County without that kind of revenue. Our personal and property taxes are our only revenue. Depleting those will bankrupt the 3rd class counties. The Levies people have voted to pay will be lessened by the credit given. Schools and Townships will be taking a loss. Our schools are different as well. We must see how the Hancock Amendment applies. 

Jami Page stated we are of course going to do what is needed to get this accomplished. Each office holder will need defined responsibilities to the ordinance.  

Jimmy Platt has already spoken to and given the software people the go ahead to get started on this as this will take some time. It will be $8,000.00 for the preliminary work on the software. He is expecting 6 to 8 thousand people to apply yearly.

Commissioner Wheatley stated they must have a plan in place by August 28th.

Road and Bridge supervisor Bill Stephan came in to update and discuss the need for a mini trac-hoe for the county. The one they have is on its last track. The commission has received 2 quotes. They tried for 3 but Caterpillars’ will not work. The 2 quotes were not the same. Ken got the one from Murphy to add the angled blade on and amend the quote. Heritage for a 2024 John Deere 30-p $55,280.00. Murphy for a 2024 John Deere 30-p $56,975.00. Ken made the motion to accept the quote from Heritage for $55,280.00. Trent seconded the motion. All voted yes. Motion carried. Trent stated he ran the new road groomer along a road in Rich Hill and it did well and is still holding good.

August 12, 2024 The Bates County Commission met with Presiding Commissioner Jim Wheatley, Northern Commissioner Ken Mooney and Southern Commissioner Trent Nelson present.

The Commission and County Clerk, Jami Page, had a long discussion regarding the Senior Tax Credit (Senate Bill 190 & 756). They discussed how to equitably serve all seniors over the age of 62 in Bates County but city and rural areas.  They discussed the valuation assessment freeze and what levies it would affect. According to the Hancock Amendment only the county’s tax levy can be frozen. The other tax levies the citizens have voted on. Only the citizens can change those by another vote. There is no specific definition of a homestead in the statutes or on Senate Bill 190 & 756. The Commission is defining it as the taxpayer’s residence. This does not include any acreage or outbuildings on the property. 

Trent made the motion to define a homestead as the taxpayer’s residence only. Ken seconded the motion. All voted yes. Motion passed. No opposition. 

The Commission is still working on how to implement the Senior Tax Credit. They want to have this done before January 1, 2025, due to 2025 being a re-assessment year.

August 14, 2024 he Bates County Commission met with Northern Commissioner Ken Mooney and Southern Commissioner Trent Nelson present. Presiding Commissioner Jim Wheatley was out attending the Kaysinger Basin TAC Meeting in Clinton. Jim came in after lunch. Ken did not return. Approved Bills.

Jim brought back news from the TAC meeting at Kaysinger Basin. MoDOT will be rebuilding a bridge in each county on the roads the state maintains. They are requesting that Butler start a submission for a TAP project  for the sidewalk along Fort Scott Street at the main commerce traffic.  Adrian was encouraged to resubmit the one they had for sidewalks from Casey’s to the Ball Fields along 18 hwy. There are 2 different funding sources to submit these to, Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) and Multimodal Transportation Advisory Committee (MMTAC), when one of these is denied they gain more points for the next opportunity for funding.

Jim and Trent had several more conversations on the SB190 & SB756 Senior Tax Credit. Noting that SB756 is still not passed into law and there are rumors that another bill is in the works with corrections.  County Clerk Jami Page joined the conversation as well. There are so many things to consider when putting together this ordinance. Statues and Amendments to consider which may lead to further complications when implemented. Freezing the Assessed Valuation and the ramifications to each levy that has been voted on by the people. Freezing a levy and the legalities this would lead to. The cost of implementing the Tax Credit to the county will be considerable. The credit to the seniors does not appear to be that great. Most cases less than $10.00.

Work In Progress

Policy Regarding Indigent Cremations given 8/25/2023

Policy Regarding Computer, E-Mail, Devices and Social Media given 2/14/2024

Bid for Hallway lights given 2/14/2024

Telephone Contracts 3/11/2024

Township Contracts not completed Cornland Special.

Township Contracts not received New Home.

August 19, 2024 The Bates County Commission met with Presiding Commissioner Jim Wheatley, Northern Commissioner Ken Mooney and Southern Commissioner Trent Nelson present.

Jim attended the Missouri Association of Commissioners meetings at Camdenton on the Lake last Thursday August 15, 2024. He is on the Agricultural Committee, they focused on the taxation of Solar Fields. Who to pay and how much? Prorated? List as Commercial or agriculture? He also sat in on the Policing, Law enforcement and Mental Health Committee meeting. The current chair has asked him to continue to attend due to his background in policing. They are working on ways to give Caregivers of Public Administrator Clients to deal with and be ready for aggressiveness. 

Dennis Jacobs, EMA, states the wind turbines that currently have flashing red lights on constantly will be changing to a radar equipped switch that will only turn on when flying craft hits the certain assigned airspace. This will prevent the red-flashing-light pollution in the countryside night sky.  He also mentioned the SEMA conference, Resiliency Summit, August 26th. The FEMA Region 7 administrator will be attending. 

The Commissioners have been looking into more road maintenance equipment. Specifically ditch making and maintaining equipment. 

They also are working on a Lone Oak and Rattlesnake Hill area township meeting. Information needs to be discussed on the necessary road changes and what needs to happen to make this work.

Recipe of the Week

 

The Museum Minute: Butler airport to expand

 

Courtesy of the Bates County Museum 802 Elks Drive, Butler Mo 64730 (660) 679-0134

Herrman’s Historical Happenings week of September 11

1866 Historians have listed Missouri as ranking third, among all states, with the most battles and engagements in the war between the states.

1867 The village of Vinton is growing since Mr. Swink has his corn grinding mill operating, on the Miami Creek, in Eastern West Point township.

1878 The Bates Co Fair begins a 4 day program, just east of Butler.

1907 The third annual Adrian street fair begins for three days.

1935 Thieves break into the Gene Miller restaurant, in Foster, and take a small amount of money along with a slot machine.

1938 34 from Butler motor to Pineville, Mo to watch scenes of the movie “Jesse James” being filmed. It stars Tyrone Power and Henry Fonda.

1950 The population of Bates county is 17,534. In 1940 it was 19.531. In 1930 there were 22,068 living here.

1955 Many former & present Rich Hillians hold their annual picnic at Swope Park in Kansas City.

1979 Butler officials break ground for the airport expansion program.

1989 Butler professional photographer Leonard E. Bartz III is one of only 42 photographers in Missouri to be recognized as a certified professional photographer.

What's Up by LeRoy Cook

 

It’s Not Easy Being Green [Kermit]

Beautiful autumn skies welcomed flyers last weekend, even though we need rain. All eyes are on the possibility of Maybe Hurricane Francine in the Gulf of Mexico, which could run up the Mississippi Valley to bring relief from the drought. Meanwhile, it’s always the best season of the year for aviating.. 

Among the week’s traffic were a TBM 850 turboprop parked on the ramp briefly, a Beech Debonair C33, a Cessna 182 and a Piper Archer or two, bringing training flights from Kansas City and Springfield. Locally, Gerald Bauer had the club’s Cessna Skyhawk up, Jeremie Platt exercised his Grumman Tiger, Todd Proach flew his Beech Bonanza A36, Doug Hartzler had his Cirrus SR22 out and Allison Olson practiced in a Cessna 150. The SkyDive KC King Air C90 jump plane made several runs and BCS’s AirTractor sprayplane applied some crop protection.

We recently learned that our friend Mark Bentch, the capable mechanic at Clinton airport, is closing up shop, so his departure will leave a big hole in the local airplane support arena. Mark has accepted a position as a professor at Missouri Technical Institute in Linn, MO, teaching young A&P’s-to-be their craft. We’ll miss having you on call, Mark, and wish you well.

If you’re looking for airshow action this weekend, you can head over to Jefferson City on Saturday and Sunday, or up to Rosecrans airport at St. Joseph. Both are big airport-closing extravaganzas; St. Joe closes down on Friday for show preparations. Check NOTAMS before flying in, for closing hours.

In national news, it finally happened; last week we learned of a money-making scheme out of Florida attempting to extort money out of visitors to some of the state’s airports, using ADS-B information. An enterprising computer company offers to bill airplane owners for landing fees for cities, proposing 

$3 per 1000 pounds of weight, tapping into the surveillance broadcast data we were mandated to start sending out in 2020. Anybody can receive the plane owner’s info over the internet. It’s all about money, of course, and most cities need extra income. But this would be like putting in a toll booth at the off ramp from the interstate, charging visitors to come into your town. Hardly welcoming.

The state of California, ever-eager to be on the woke edge of societal evolution, passed a bill in the legislature last Friday week to ban aviation fuel containing lead from being sold in the state after 2036. This despite such a fuel not being currently available. Studies have had an embarrassing lack of success in finding enough lead around airports to constitute a health hazard, but that doesn’t stop true believers. Airplane owners in the Golden State will have to relocate eastward unless common sense returns.

Which brings us to our question from last week, about the ingredients used to make up “sustainable” jet fuel, widely touted as being carbon-offsetting by European airlines and business aviation. The answer is, it can be just about anything that isn’t petroleum-based. To earn the greenwashing label of “sustainable,” as little as 10% of the pricey renewable-energy stuff is blended with good old Jet-A; more than 50% concentration is not approved for use. Some of the sources are biomass from trash, used cooking oil, alcohol-to-diesel, wood by-products and other plant-based materials. Nothing works as well as processed dinosaurs, however.

For next week’s brain-teaser, we’d like to know if any reader’s grandparent would have been a CPT pilot. If not, tell us what the designation means. You can send your answers to kochhaus1@gmail.com.

Council clashes on proposed entertainment district

 The decision to expand an ‘entertainment district’ to include the Butler square plus one block all around it didn’t come easy. Allowing alcohol as part of the deal didn’t sit well with some council members.

Several guests spoke in favor of the project including Joanne Godfrey, owner of Luna Umbra Winery, who made a presentation demonstrating that wine festivals can bring great benefit to smaller towns in Missouri as they have already in Glasgow, Plattsburg and Excelsior Springs. All was good with the exception that alcohol will be served to the public, which drew fire from several council members including Denny Rich, Fawn Alkire and Scott Mallatt who expressed concern that minors could be served, among other issues. 

Godfrey explained that the entire operation is carefully controlled to help insure that anyone not age vetted won’t be served- if there is a problem, local police are called. To note, Police Chief Jarrett Wheatley said he didn’t see a problem with it and would enforce the ordinance as they would in any other situation.

Butler Chamber Executive Director Cody Morris also spoke in support of the project as did Electric City Downtown spokesperson Jaylen Watson. But the council still had questions and comments.

“Rich Hill has an event every year that draws a big crowd and they don’t serve alcohol” rebutted Alkire “Same for Adrian and Drexel.” While others agreed that big events can be held without adding alcohol to the equation, the questions kept coming. 

Godfrey said that vetted attendees are given a wristband and a special cup to use, giving those in charge a clear perspective on who is consuming, among other precautions. 

Councilman Brown expressed concerns that the city could get sued if there was an issue related to the event; councilwoman Behringer pointed out that it would be no different than any other previous event where a beer garden was allowed. She went on to say the only difference is that the area, instead of a tent, would include the square and one block around it.

Cody Morris then took the floor and  during his plea to pass the ordinance noted that the city attorney said there would be “zero legal ramifications” in adopting it.

As pro’s and con’s were tossed about for what became a large portion of the meeting, it was finally down to a vote to adopt the ordinance or not with a final tally as follows:

Denny Rich-no; David Brown-yes; Doncella Liggins-yes; Jeff Hall-no; Marlene Wainscott-yes; Fawn Alkire-no; Carmen Behringer-yes and Scott Mallatt-no.

This of course left a split, leaving Mayor Jim Henry with the deciding vote. “I’ll make one comment” he said “I’m going to vote yes but I’m going to go on record as saying that if we have problems with this, I’ll be the first one to repeal it”.

This was followed by another bill related to fee structure for said events which was passed by the council.

Watch the meeting in its entirety here https://fb.watch/uuUdvcTr-b/

Remember the Butler city council meets on the first and third Tuesdays, 7 pm, upstairs at city hall and an elevator is available for those with special needs. The public is strongly encouraged to attend.

Jinkens Named Commanding Officer, MSHP Troop D, Springfield

Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the following promotion effective September 1, 2024:

Lieutenant Dale O. Jinkens, Troop A, has been promoted to the rank of captain and named commanding officer of Troop D, Springfield, MO.

Jinkens was appointed to the Patrol on August 1, 1993, as a member of the 66th Recruit Class. Upon graduating from the Patrol's Law Enforcement Academy in Jefferson City, he was assigned to Troop A, Zone 6, Jackson County. 

In August 1998, he was promoted to corporal and assigned to Zone 14, Bates County. Jinkens was promoted to sergeant in May 2003, and designated zone supervisor of Zone 7, Jackson County. On May 1, 2010, Jinkens was promoted to lieutenant and transferred to Troop A Headquarters.

Jinkens was born in Fort Madison, IA. He graduated from Fort Madison Senior High School in 1988. He earned an associate's degree in criminal justice from Mineral Area College in Park Hills, MO, in 2007. 

Jinkens served in the United States Marine Corps from 1989 to 1993, prior to joining the Highway Patrol. Captain Jinkens and his wife, Kristie, have three children.