Attention Future Kindergartners in Adrian

Attention Future Kindergartners!

The Adrian School District is looking for our future class of 2034!! We can’t wait to make you official Blackhawks!

 
Schedule your screening appointment now!!

 
Screenings will occur on March 18 and 19, 2021. Contact Wanda Gordon at 816-297-2158, ext. 3001, to schedule an appointment.

 
All incoming kindergartners must be screened prior to enrollment!

Obituary - Grant Clinton Long

Grant Clinton Long, 21, of Pleasant Hill, Missouri, was born, January 27, 2000, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Clinton Gavin and Carolyn Sue (Porter) Long. He departed this life Saturday, February 20, 2021, in Olathe, Kansas.

Grant attended Pleasant Hill High School. Following high school He worked construction alongside his father. He had most recently worked at the Zarda Bar-B-Que restaurant in Blue Springs. He enjoyed running; especially Cross Country. Grant also enjoyed spending time at the lake camping, fishing, skiing and tubing. He loved music and playing his guitar, skateboarding, and dancing. He was especially fond of his dogs Daisy and Sophie and loved playing with them.

Grant was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Pete and Nancy Long; and his maternal grandfather, Charles Porter.

He is survived by his parents Clint and Susi of Pleasant Hill; maternal grandmother, Ann Green, of Pleasant Hill; one brother, Zachary P. Ford of Greenwood; two sisters, Chelsea A. (and Chip) Dangler, and Rachel (and fiancé Kameron Rees), all of Blue Springs; several aunts, uncles, and cousins; other relatives and friends.

Cremation has been accorded. Private family services will be held at a later date.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the KC Pet Project and may be sent in care of the funeral home.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.stanleydickeyfuneralhome.com

Arrangements: Stanley-Dickey Funeral Home, 203 N. Armstrong St., Pleasant Hill, Missouri 64080 (816) 540-5550

Obituary - Stephen Albert Sanders III

Stephen Albert Sanders, age 28, of St. Louis, Missouri passed away at his home February 17, 2021. Stephen was born the son of Stephen Albert Jr and Linda Peebles Sanders on July 17, 1992 at St. Louis, Missouri.

Stephen is survived by his wife, Ciarra, his parents, a brother, James Peebles and wife Connie, a sister, Amanda Brown and husband Tyler. There are not any formal services planned at this time. 

The family suggests contributions to the Stephen Sanders Memorial and may be sent in care of Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory P.O. Box 525 Pleasanton, Kansas 66075. Arrangements: Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel.

Obituary - Henry Duke Bledsoe III

Henry Duke Bledsoe III, age 66, of Belton, Missouri, passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2021.

A private family graveside service will be held at Wills Cemetery in Peculiar, Missouri.

Duke was born in Kansas City, Missouri on February 23, 1955 to Henry D. Bledsoe II and Dorothy Jean (Brown) Bledsoe. After graduating high school, Duke earned his law degree from the University of Missouri – Kansas City. He practiced as a lawyer for Land Trust Co., in Kansas City, Missouri for many years. Before retiring, he worked in the service department of a Ford dealership and then at Home Depot in the plumbing department.

Duke was an Eagle Scout and a genuinely good and kind person. He loved talking to people and would do anything he could to help someone. He will always have a special place in the hearts of his family.

Henry was preceded in death by his parents, Henry II (Bud) and Dorothy Bledsoe. He leaves behind his two loving sisters, Jeanine Dusselier (Paul) and Tammy Vanderpool; and five nieces and nephews, Shannon Ketchum (Joe), Scott Dusselier (Emily), Renee Miller (Mark), Kristin Mall (Adam), and Keith Vanderpool (Hannah).

Arrangements: Cullen Funeral Home, Raymore, Missouri 816.322.5278

From the desk of Butler Animal Control Officer Brenda Cecil

To help provide everyone with a better understanding I will be posting some of our ordinances: dealing with animals.

You can view all City of Butler codes on the city’s website.
§ 5-33
Leashing, confining and shelter requirements.
[Ord. No. 928, 7-19-2011]
(a)
All dogs within the City shall be leashed securely by a leash not exceeding six feet in length, or penned on the owner's property in such a way that they are confined and unable to leave the property.
(b)
All dogs not on a leash shall be kept in a secured area (fenced) or attached to an appropriate rope or chain with a doghouse or shelter offering protection from the elements, heat and cold. The dog shall have bedding (straw, cushion, sawdust, woodchips, etc) and sufficient food and water. It shall be unlawful to leave a dog tied out and unattended without sufficient food, water and shelter.
(c)
Any female dogs when in season shall be confined indoors or in a secure enclosure so that she will not be in contact, except for intentional breeding purposes, with another dog, nor create a nuisance by attracting other animals.
(d)
Any person who permits, allows or causes his animal or any animal to run at large shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Nevada Police Department seeking public assistance

The Nevada Police are attempting to identify the subjects in the following photos. If you know the identity of these subjects please contact the Nevada Police Department at 417-448-5100.

The Museum Minute: Rich Hill becomes a city

Museum Minute

February 24, 2021

Museum Minute presents:  This Week in History (According to Herrman’s Archives)

Happenings in the last few days of February …

1906 – While looking for junk on the late John Short place, near Butler, Walton C. and Edgar H. find an old tin can with $280 in gold coins in it.
1884 – The Rich Hill Post Office is broken into and safe is blown open.  $800 missing.
1926 – Bates Co Sheriff Bert Bradley and deputies Oberweather& Crutsinger, accompanied by Butler ministers D. A. Dicke and T. C. Brammer, capture 5 bootleggers and large quantities of moonshine, near Rockville.
1946 – Jay Gordinier, a barber in the Southside Barber Shop beginning in 1882, dies. 
1906 – Butler citizens are complaining the City owned light plant won’t turn on the lights until an hour after dark. 
1916 – This issue of the Rich Hill Mining Review newspaper relates a story of a Negro ventriloquist who broke up a large Negro funeral, in a nearby town, by throwing his voice, and the pallbearers and mourners heard, “Let me down easy, boys!”  He was arrested & fined $100.
1890 – Mr. Beck’s team of horses break loose and while racing on Maple St. snap off a telephone pole and a fire hydrant, as if they’re straw.  Rich Hill.
1881 – Rich Hill becomes a city, Fourth Class, and T. L. Hewitt is elected Mayor, succeeding Dr. William H. Allen, who was appointed in 1880.
1914 – Many Bates Co roads are still impassable due to the blizzard which began 3 days ago.
1925 – Since last August, approximately twelve thousand tons of limestone have been crushed in Bates County, or shipped in, for use on sour land.
1881 – It is noted by Thomas Irish, publisher of the Rich Hill Mining Review newspaper that Bates County’s larger waterways are spanned by 8 iron bridges and 2 more are being erected.
1879 – Bob, the driver for the Appleton City Stagecoach line, makes the Appleton City to Butler run in 3 hours, a record time.
1881 – O. D. Austin, editor of the Bates Co. Record newspaper, leaves Butler to attend the inauguration of Garfield in Washington City.
1916 – Dale J., Bates Co.’s ‘automobile kleptomaniac’ is sentenced to 2 years in the Missouri State Pen.
1892 – The Bates Co National Bank is installing an impervious Burton-Harris Automatic Bolt safe to keep currency, silver, and gold safe.  Butler.

Walking Taco Lunch Fundraiser In Butler