A Moment of Gratitude

It's with immense pride that we recognize Charlotte Burris, celebrating 20 years of service at BCMH. Charlotte, a clerk in the Health Information Management department, was recognized at at our annual Employee Recognition Banquet in December.

Charlotte, thank you for your unwavering dedication 
Presenting:
Jerry Jones, BCMH Board Member
Kristina Anderson, Director of Human Resources
Greg Weaver, Chief Executive Officer

-Courtesy Bates County Memorial Hospital

Some grownup fun

 

Kyle and Penny Smith were some of the over 100 or so who attended the Butler PTSO Adult Prom held at Modern Brick on Saturday evening giving 'grown ups' a chance to get out an have a little fun.

 Also held was a silent auction and all proceeds went to the PTSO as a fundraiser for the organization. 

Butler High School Royalty

During basketball action this weekend, Dillon Triebel and Brooke Miller received the honors of King and Queen while Braxton Delozier and Gabbie Carmichael were named Prince and Princess. Congratulations!

- Photo courtesy Carmen Behringer 

Butler Senior Center menu

 

Bates County real estate transfers and marriage licenses

 

Fultz, Daniel to Sargent, Pamela Lt 2 Bl 2 Montgomery's Third Addn

Hughes, Sarah J to Hughes, Justin L Lt 1 Town Company's First Addn+

Engeman, Lawrence E (Trustee) to Bluebird Creek Pecans Str 4-39-29 //Nw

Malina, Micquelyn to Caplinger, Lane E Str 28-42-33

East, Kevin to East, Kevin (Trustee) Str 3-41-29

Beer, Kimberly to Swenson, Jeremy R. Str 30-42-29 //Se

Mclain, Richard N to Mclain, Richard N (Trustee) Lt 36 Lynwood Estate+

Kay, Judith L. to Isle Investments, LLC Str 16-42-32

Burch, William to Burch, William Str 27-40-31 //Se

Stewart, Alfred R to Gilkey, George Bl 20 Reifs, George Addn

Griggs, Thomas to Vick, Jeffrey H Lt 173 Town Company's First Addn

Marriage license - none

Flashback: Miss Bates County

 

SOME LOVELY LADIES The Miss Bates County Pageant, circa 1969. Winner was Olivia Ballentine (center); 1st Runner Up Nancy Hinshaw (left) and 2nd Runner Up Lurenda (Rendy) Sivils (right).

The Museum Minute: $100 an acre a bargain

 

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

Herrman’s Historical Happenings week of February 19

1883 Stockholders of the Oak Hill Cemetery Association vote to sell to the city of Butler.

1886 Jerry Hyte, renown petty thief, after stealing a horse, magnifying glass, the Sheriff's saddle, some money and a watch, heads to Rich Hill where he walks into the arms of Marshal Logan.

1923 Troy McGuire has sold his 160 acre farm near Altona to Mr. Clevinger for $16,000, a bargain.

1926 Bud Foster, of Rich Hill, who was arrested yesterday  for robbery in Kansas City, is cleared of all charges. Wrong man.

1933 Howard Maple, big league catcher for the Washington Senators, visits with his sister Ruth Maples in Adrian.

1938 Bates County awakens to 12 inches of snow.

1986 One of Rich Hill's oldest buildings, known as the Ashley Building, collapses on the North side of Park Avenue.

1988 The Butler Color Center, south side of the Butler square, has Pratt & Lambert Pro-Hide Plus paints at $10.99 a gallon.

What’s Up by LeRoy Cook

 

Soak The Rich?

With an occasional break, the flying weather was consistently rotten last week, from fog to snow, rain to ice. There wasn’t a lot of opportunity to get the plane out, so when the sun did break through, cold or not, the skies filled with aircraft. 

We observed a red-tail Piper Archer from ATD Flight School from Downtown airport, a Cessna 172 and a big Piper Saratoga, making multiple full-stop landings. From the local fleet, the Cessna 150 trainers competed for airspace, interspersed with visitors using the VORTAC for instrument approach practice.

Thanks to excellent work by the City street plows, the Butler airport runway and parking ramp were uncovered the day after the two-inch snowfall. It wasn’t a big snow, but the extensive pavement made good-sized snowpiles. Good work. 

Nationally, the FAA announced last week that, despite overwhelming industry objection, it’s going ahead with a mandated Airworthiness Directive requiring replacement of rudder posts on high-wing Piper tube-and-fabric planes built in the 1940s and 50s. There were just two non-fatal rudder failures in Alaska where the mild-steel frame collapsed, and those were modified from factory stock. But the FAA wants them made of 4130 steel instead, and 31,000 old Pipers will have to been undergo expensive work.

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket company is somewhat in competion with Elon Musk’s Space X firm, but its planning to lay off 10% of its staff of 14,000 employees. The CEO claims the cuts will enable them to increase product of the big New Glenn rocket and launch more frequently, which sounds rather counterproductive. 

On the international scene, France has instituted new taxes on users of business jets that really adds a new level of punitive punishment on charter customers. Rates will be hiked up to 300% on March 1, charging $436 per passenger inside Europe, $1054 for flights up to 3,000 miles, $2,181 beyond that, per head. The Minister of Taxation claims gouging the charter passengers will raise $800,000 per year, assuming the sheep will stand still for being shorn instead of fleeing to more welcoming pastures. It’s all about fairness and ecological justice, of course. 

There’s always a lot of misunderstanding about rich people and their flying via private jets. In reality, it’s unrealistic to expect prominent people who can afford the alternative to stand in line to ride an airliner. Taylor Swift would be mobbed and couldn’t keep a schedule traveling by mass transit. Someone making tens of millions of dollars per year has to make their time productive; if they can get home the same day, even though it costs a few thousand to hire a private plane, it’s worth it. The logistics of staying out overnight costs much more.

Last week wanted to know what was the biggest piston aircraft engine ever used in a production plane. That would be the Pratt and Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major, a 28-cylinder corncob motor producing over 3,000 hp, built toward the end of WW-II. For next time, tell us which World War 2 U.S. plane was flown by the most “ace” fighter pilots. You can send your answers to kochhaus1@gmail.com.