No phone service at Bates County Courthouse

The Bates County Courthouse is without phones. This includes the courts, the prosecutor, juvenile office, and public administrator.

We will update when they are back up.

Cass County Law Enforcement Memorial to be dedicated June 13

 

The unveiling of the Cass County Sheriff’s Office Law Enforcement memorial is happening June 13th

This event will be open to the public. You'll be the first to see the new monument honoring our fallen deputies.

The memorial will be set up on the north side of the Justice Center, where the Cass County Sheriff's Office is located.

Bates County real estate transfers and marriage licenses

 Lunsford, Jennifer to Moody, Reagan N. Lt 79 Town Company's First Addn+

Finley, Byron Louis to Finley, Byron Louis (Trustee) Str 6-38-33 //Ne+

Parrett, Richard to Nitsche Family Trust 6-10-2009 Str 15-40-31 //Se

French, Karen Sue to Coffman, Gary F Lt 2 Bl 5 Harper's (Albert) Subds 23-40-31

Robards, Terry to Robards, Dean A Lt 16 Bl 11 West Side Addn

Brocka, Gregory L (Trustee) to Panama Countyline Lt 1 Bl 171 Town Company's Second Addn+

Perryman, Tanor K to Koehler, Thomas Lt 7 Bl 48 Rich Hill, Original Town Of+

Barnyard Rentals to Dines, Donald Str 20-42-30 //Se

Six, Darla to Davis, John F Lt 72 Gilham's Addn+

Klinksick, Heath W to Klinksick, Chad R Lt 2 Bl 17 Prairie City, Original Town Of+

Tom Properties to Oerke, Neale S Lt 3 Bl 2 Butler, Original Town Of

Taranto, Elizabeth K to Richardson, Brian  Str 5-38-31 //Ne

Complete Home Mechanical Inc., to Buczek, Cody David Lt 4 Bl 6 Reese's Addn+

Koehler, Richard A. (Per Rep) to Bittle, Gary Str 7-39-33 //Ne

Farmers Home Administration to Cox, Danny L. Str 21-40-32 //Sw+

Murphy, Barry (Trustee) to Clevenger, Claton F. Jr. Trust 03-20-2001 Str 22-38-29 //Se

Clevenger, Claton F. Jr. Trust 03-20-2001 to Krawczyk 2024 Trust 7-3-2024 Str 22-38-29 //Se

Marriage license

Long, Jimmy Eugene and Parker, Keleeann Cecilia

Schick, Jeremy Michael and Nieder, Julie Anna Grace

Wallace, Samuel Kip and Mawson, Mackenzie Faith

Contreras, Gabriel Antonio and Jarreau, Makenzie Aline

Knox, William Tucker and Johnston, Braylen Amanda

What’s Up by LeRoy Cook

Was That Left Or Right?

Persistent low ceilings and rain spoiled a lot of flights last week, even as nice weather moved in between storms for the weekend. I heard a gaggle of B-2 Spirit bombers on the departure run Thursday, but they were on top of the weather, safely out of sight.

When the ceilings lifted, there some transient training planes coming through, primarily the Piper Archers from Kansas City Downtown airport. Local flights were the BCS turbine AirTractor spraying sodden fields, Sky4’s Cessna 150s up on student flights, and Jon Laughlin returning his Piper Cherokee 180C to its nest after a sojourn at the farm. Flight Instructor Delaney Rindal now has both 150s back in the hangar, with N704EZ freshly given its annual inspection at the shop in Harrisonville.

Human error can still thwart best-laid plans. At San Francisco on May 13, a United Airlines pilot got his left/rights mixed up and cut across a parallel runway to his left; normal expected turn-out would be to the right, away from the other runway, but somehow the pilot-flying and monitoring pilot misinterpreted their clearance, getting within 300 feet and a half-mile of a regional jet. The safe thing to do is verify what you hear, and still watch out for departures from a parallel runway. Most big fields use separate frequencies for each half of the airport, which exacerbates the danger.

To no one’s surprise, Communist China has spent the last decade or more developing its own airliner, essentially a Boeing 737 clone, using GE/SAFRAN low-emissions engines and other western components. These ingredients make up 40% of the C919 airplane, which will compete directly with Airbus and Boeing, so the Trump Administration has banned further sales of such components to our adversary. Stay tuned for further developments.

Maybe Newark, New Jersey’s airport will stay out of the news for a while, now that its other runway got reopened last week after reconstruction. As with all FAA-supervised projects, final inspection approval will take another week or so, but at least they have a way to get more flights out, with two runways open. That won’t help the short-handed air traffic control, operating from Philadelphia approach-control’s facility. FAA announced last week that they sent in six newly-trained controllers; that’ll help—in about a year, after they get fully-certified.

Last week, our brain-teaser wanted to know where Space X’s big rockets are launched from. I know—Texas--but where in TX? The Boca Chica location, near Brownsville, is now officially called Starbase, Texas. For next week, our question is “what critical component was carried on Charles and Anne Lindberg’s Lockheed survey airplane, which they used to map out overseas airline routes, a half-dozen years after Lindy’s famous New York-to-Paris flight. You can send your answers to kochhaus1@gmail.com. 

The Museum Minute: Helicopter crashes in Bates county

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

Herrman’s Historical Happenings week of June 11 

1879 A drove of about 1,700 sheep are herded through Butler on their way West.

1881 So far 105 harvesters or reapers have been sold by Butler farm dealers.

1917 Miss Agnes Gasaway, employee of the Commercial Bank of Hume, becomes the first lady Notary Public in Bates Co.

1934 5 armed bandits take two one armed bandits (slot machines) from the night attendant at Prewitt's Cafe on US 71, Butler.

1953 The Rich Hill Mining Review prints "The difference between radio and television is that on radio you wonder what people are laughing at, while on television you wonder why."

1966 The first Miss Bates Co pageant is held at the Butler High School, Miss Sharon Hilgedick is crowned.

1981 A twelve inch rainstorm floods Butler, at one time covering all roads and highways leading to Butler.

1982 A U.S. Air Force helicopter crashes 7 miles West of Passaic, crew of six perish. 

Recipe of the Week

 

Quite a sight

 

Following a brief but intense storm that rolled through the area yesterday afternoon, Sandy Hines snapped this beautiful sky art in rural Bates county. Fortunately, we'll see fair skies before rain makes a possible return later in the week.

Obituary - Maxine Breuel

Maxine Breuel, age 98, Mound City, Kansas passed away Saturday, June 7, 2025. She was born on November 20, 1926 in Mound City, Kansas the daughter of Stacey and Ruth Ellis Furse. She graduated from Mound City High School in the Class of 1943. She then received Bachelor's Degree in chemistry from Pittsburg State University in 1947. Maxine married Bob Breuel in March 1953. He preceded her in death on March 6, 2001. She was also preceded in death by her parents, and a brother, Stacey Furse Jr. In past years, she was involved in the Order of Eastern Star, and enjoyed reading. Maxine is survived by a sister, Ruth May Harrison, several nieces, nephews, extended family and friends.

Funeral service will be 11 am Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at the Schneider Funeral Home, Mound City Chapel. Visitation will be held from 10 am to service time at the Mound City Chapel. Burial will be in Woodland Cemetery. Memorial contributions are suggested to the American Diabetes Association. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com.