Upcoming storm spotter schools in our area

Henry County will be holding their storm spotters school on March 14th at 6:00 at the VFW Hall (510 West Allen) in Clinton.

Cass County will be holding their storm spotters school on March 22, at 7:00 at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church at 310 Johnston Parkway, in Raymore. 

- our thanks to Ronald L Nissen, Director, Bates County Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security

News from Adrian Lanes

Adrian Lanes

Your Local Recreation Center

BOWLING NEWS

Through March 2, 2012

Handicap Travel League

Westchester 242.0-118.0

Plunkett Bowl 224.5-135.5

Capri Bowl 192.0-168.0

Adrian Lanes 2 165.5-194.5

Jesters House 163.0-197.0

Adrian Lanes 1 158.0-202.0

Windsor Lanes 156.0-204.0

Strike Zone 139.0-221.0

Next Month: Mar 18, Windsor Lanes

Obituary - Doris Ellis

Funeral services for Doris Ellis will be 1 p.m. Friday, March 9, 2012 at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri. There is no visitation. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler. Contributions to Ohio Street United Methodist Church.

Doris Lorraine Ellis, age 85 of Butler, Missouri died Friday, March 2, 2012 at Bates County Memorial Hospital in Butler. She was born September 1, 1926 to Ben Carasbia and Adeline Catherine Schwab Fizer in Lexington, Missouri.

Doris is survived by her husband Jim Ellis of Butler, Missouri; two daughters, Patty Higgins and husband Jerry of Golden, Colorado and Diana Lyman of Springfield, Missouri; two stepdaughters, Pam Dodds and husband Carroll and Paula Morgan and husband Lynn all of Butler, Missouri; one brother, Ben Fizer and wife Bernice of Tulsa, Oklahoma; one sister, Shirley Johnson and husband Clyde of Kansas City, Missouri; two grandsons, three stepgranddaughters, two great-granddaughters and one great-grandson. She was preceded in death by her parents and an infant sister.

CRP sign up deadline April 6th

Program can help farmers add habitat to cropland while protecting soil and water quality

Over the past 26 years, the federal Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) has created millions of acres of upland and wetland habitat for quail, pheasants, ducks, deer, turkeys and a wide array of nongame wildlife by offering payments to farmers for taking highly erodible farmland out of production. Efforts continue with the USDA’s and Missouri Farm Service’s (MFS) recent announcement of a CRP general signup March 12 - April 6.

Quilt show through 4 p.m. today...

The Adrian Optimist building is filled with the handiwork of true artists.... the vast display clearly shows the countless hours involved in the art of quilting. The show is being held as a fundraiser through our local Relay for Life team to raise money for cancer research.

Concessions are available and the show runs through 4 p.m. today.

Our Energy Future

From the desk of Senator David Pearce

Energy costs, security and consumption are on the minds of Missourians every day. We see the effects of poor energy policy every time we fill up our vehicles at the local service station. Increases in fuel costs drive up prices for transportation fees and are passed along to consumers in every product we purchase. A way to combat this issue and to work toward becoming more energy independent is to increase the supply of fuel we produce in North America.

Recently, I sponsored Senate Concurrent Resolution 21 that encourages our federal delegation to continue development and construction on the Keystone XL pipeline extension in order to utilize our country’s vast resources

Obituary - Lora "Levon" Sutton

Lora "Levon" Sutton, 88, Archie, MO, died Thursday, March 1, 2012 at Adrian Manor Nursing Home in Adrian. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 5, 2012 at the Atkinson Chapel in Harrisonville, MO. Friends may call from 9:00-10:30 a.m. Monday at the chapel. Burial will be in Freeman Cemetery, Freeman, MO. Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society.

Levon was born February 22, 1924, southwest of Harrisonville, MO, the daughter of Albert Lee and Gladys (Moul) Goddard. She was a graduate of Freeman High School. She was a lifelong Cass County, MO resident. Levon married James Logan Sutton on February 16, 1941. She had worked for a short time at Solo Cup and Pratt & Whitney. She also had worked as a cook at Harvest House Restaurant in Harrisonville and cooked and baked pies at the D-Li-My Restaurant in Archie. Levon loved quilting and sewing. She was a member of Hickory Grove Free Will Baptist Church in Archie.

Levon was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands, James L. Sutton and Kenneth Sevy, one son, Jim Sutton, one grandson, Andrew Sevy and one sister, Doris Marrs. She is survived by two sons, Dennis Sutton and wife, Patty, Butler, MO and Wayne Sutton and wife, Vicky, Archie, MO; two daughters, Sandy Tallman and husband, Donnie, Archie, MO and Ronda Wernex and husband, Jim, Archie, MO; two sisters, Nina Holt, Harrisonville, MO and Peggy Shipley and husband, Don, Drexel, MO; daughter-in-law, Lavonne Sutton, Drexel, MO; brother-in-law, William Sutton, Ferndale, CA; 14 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great-grandchildren.

Candidates may file through March 27th

From the office of County Clerk, Marlene Wainscott

Filing for the August 7th Primary election began  last Tuesday and will run through Tuesday, March 27th. Those who have filed so far:

Surveyor William Lethco (D)

Northern Commissioner Jim Scott (D)

Public Administrator Sharon Cumpton (D)

Assessor Roger Pruden (D)

Treasurer Jim Platt (D)

Sheriff Chad Anderson (D)

County Coroner Gary Schowengerdt (D) and Greg Mullinax (R)

Southern Commissioner Larry Berry (D)