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Vol. 44No. 28

IncludingTaxJunk is something

you’ve kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it.— Anon.

4-month-old boy stricken with cancer ( see Xpressions page 14)

FAIR WEEK TO BE REMEMBERED

Outside...the Summit Go-Getters 4-H Club’s entry was one of several in the fair’s grand opening parade...

and inside...the Youth Building is packed with exciting and imaginative entries from 4-H’ers and open class exhibitors.—News Xpress photos.

Uncle Sam, aka Aaron Johnson of Appleton City was a dominate figure in the fair parade and 4th of July parades at Adrian and Rich Hill.

Little Miss Bates County, Jocelyn Orso, 6 (Brent and Jody Orso); Little Mister Bates County, Cade Brooks, 4 (Travis and Rachell Brooks).

Early results

Larry L. Berry

Larry Berry • 1948-2014The News Xpress

A pall of gloom settled over the area Friday when word spread of the death of a prominent Bates County official, former educator and pillar of the Hume, Mo., community the night before.

Larry L. Berry, 65, died of inju-ries received in a grinding head-on vehicle crash shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday. The accident happened on Route A .3 of a mile south of SW

County Road 14267.Berry was rushed by Bates Coun-

ty EMS to Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kan., where he was pro-nounced deceased at 11:56 by Dr. Marc Enyart.

• • • •Berry was the Southern District

representative on the Bates County Commission. Two years remained

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Bates County...and how are our crops growing?The News Xpress

As the middle of July is fast approaching, weather and crops grab the interests in this, an agriculture dominated county.

“Overall the crop out-look is somewhat better

than 2013 and two years previous,” says Mike Finley, County Direc-tor of the Farm Services Agency.

He adds, “but despite recent showers, we’re still in sort of a drought here and there.”

Rain totals have var-ied from mile to mile. Some areas were receiv-ing 2-1/2 to 3/12 inch-es, contrasted to 5 to 6 inches elsewhere, but in a nearby section as little as a half-inch.

Rains in the past few

weeks have pretty well topped off farm ponds and creeks, Finley re-ported.

At the moment, corn is king across Bates County. The plantings

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ParadeFloats: 1st Peru Star 4-H; 2nd Ballard 4-H; 3rd Sum-

mit Go Getters; 4th Altona 4-H.Horse Groups: 1st Bates County Trail Riders; 2nd

Summit Go-Getters Horse Club.Antique/Classic Automobiles: 1st Dale Douty 1946

Chevy pickup; 2nd Lee Blancett 1977 M-35 A2; 3rd Eu-gene Richard Jones 1961 Valiant.

Tractors: 1st Dr. Curtis Long 1950 John Deere; 2nd Devin Craft John Deere 620.

3-4 Wheelers: 1st Rains and Andrew John Deere Ga-tor.

Little Miss Bates County: Jocelyn Orso.Little Mister Bates County: Cade Brooks.

Talent Contest12 & Under: 1st Alexis O’Farrell; 2nd Katie Camp-

bell; 3rd Breckin Nisely.13 & Over: 1st Rachel Arnold; 2nd Landon Elmer;

3rd Kenna Schrock.Gospel: 1st Anna Spencer; 2nd Lisa Evans.

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Views from the past...

Past but not forgotten presidentsIn 1997, the Bates County Fair celebrated its 25th anniversary and that milestone was prominent in the fair that year. A special ceremony was held in the lot adjoining east to the Youth Building where several presidents received special recognition. From left: Jeff Fischer, Clay Gene Lindsay, Ed Steele, Everett Lee Baker, Jerry King and Larry Burch. Thanks again fellas.—File photo.

� e City of Butler continues to plan for street projects this summer. � e West Pine Street project is done and other streets have been targeted for maintenance, mill and asphalt overlays. Currently, the City has designated a portion of its sales tax to work on streets.

� e State of Missouri has placed an August ballot question to raise their sales tax by ¾ cents to improve roads across the state. If approved by the voters, projects have been targeted for Bates County including improving the rail crossing on Fort Scott Street and providing an interchange access o� interstate 49 and road TT.

Transportation is a vital part for its local community. � e City of Butler encourages citizens to get involved as it develops its comprehensive plan for economic growth. For more information, contact City Hall.

Larry Tucker,Butler City Administrator

Sheriff ’s Offi ce reportCommunications Offi cer Blain Baldwin

June 30: Check well being, Rich Hill. Burglary, Adrian. Vandalism, Archie. Check well being, Adrian. Animal bite, Butler. Disturbance, Foster. Speak to of-ficer, Amsterdam. Suicidal threats/attempts, Ballard. Speak to officer, Rich Hill. Domestic, Rich Hill. Line down, Rich Hill. Traffic hazard, Passaic. Ambulance request, Hume. Agency assist, Adrian. Suspicious ac-tivity, Adrian. Power outage, Amoret.

July 1: Fraud/identity theft, Amoret. Suspicious activity, Rich Hill. Speak to officer, Rich Hill. Tres-passing, Rich Hill. Vandalism, Rich Hill. Juvenile problem, Rich Hill. Theft, Butler area. Speak to offi-cer, Appleton City. Ex parte violation, Appleton City. Animal at large, Rich Hill.

July 2: Speak to officer, Rich Hill. Abandoned ve-hicle, Butler. Property damage/vandalism, Adrian. Wanted subject, Butler - Jacob Oconnor arrested on a Bates County warrant. Speak to officer, Spruce. Speak to officer, Rich Hill. Civil standby (domestic assault) Rich Hill area. Suicidal threats, Butler.

July 3: Lost and found item, Amsterdam. Agency assist, Adrian. Control burn, Rich Hill. Animal at large, Amoret. Animal at large, Amoret. Check well being, Amoret. Suspicious activity, rural Butler area. Ambulance request, Rich Hill. Wanted subject, Ar-chie. MVA hit & run, Hume. Missing person, Rich Hill. Suspicious activity, Butler.

July 4: MVA injuries, Hume. Check well being, Hume. Threats, Rich Hill. Fireworks, Rich Hill. 911 hang up, Butler. Check well being, Rockville. Am-bulance request, Archie, non-responsive man. Inde-cent exposure, Rich Hill. Speak to officer, Rich Hill. Check well being, Hume. Speak to officer, Rich Hill. Speak to officer, Rich Hill. Ambulance request, Rich Hill. Lost & found item, Rich Hill. Child custody is-sue, Ballard. Ambulance request, Rich Hill. Ambu-lance request, Rich Hill. Suspicious activity, Adrian. Disturbance, Rich Hill. Ambulance request, Rich Hill.

July 5: Drugs, Rich Hill. Agency assist, Adrian. Check well being, Rich Hill. Theft, Passaic. Fireworks, Rich Hill. Missing person, Rich Hill. Lost & found items, Rich Hill. Traffic stop, Butler, driver arrested for

a warrant out of Henry County. Locked vehicle, Rich Hill. Check well being, Butler. Abandoned vehicle, Adrian. Animal at large, Rich Hill. Smoke investiga-tion, Passaic. Lost & found items, Amsterdam. Parking complaint, Rich Hill. Animal at large, Rich Hill. 911 hang up, Adrian. Suspicious activity, Adrian. Power outage, Rich Hill. Debris in roadway, Rich Hill. Vandal-ism, Butler. Suspicious vehicle, Rich Hill. Abandoned vehicle blocking roadway, Amoret. Check well being re: property damage, Butler. Agency assist, Butler. Fire-works, Rich Hill. Check well being, Rich Hill, deputies arrested a subject for assault on a law enforcement of-ficer and resisting arrest.

July 6: Suspicious activity, Drexel. 911 hang up, But-ler. Domestic, Drexel. Suspicious activity, Foster. Theft, Adrian. Property damage, Butler. Traffic hazard, But-ler. Suspicious activity, Drexel. Agency assist, Butler. Check well being, Butler. Check well being, Rich Hill.

Butler Police activity reportPolice Chief Randy Beshore

June 30: Warrant service. Open door, Pine & Broad-way. Accident, Community First. Animal complaint, N. Orange.

July 1: Keep the peace, 200 block of E. Pine. Distur-bance, 100 block of N. Orange. Trespassing call, South Fran. Theft report, 500 block of W. Dakota. Animal complaint, S. Park.

July 2: Noise complaint, 200 block of S. High. Noise complaint, 400 block of S. Delaware. Fireworks complaint, Gregory. Well being check, 800 block of W. Ohio. Well being check, 700 block of Country Club Dr. Speak to offi cer, 800 block of S. Birch.

July 3: Animal complaint, High & Nursery. Alarm, Security Bank N. Main. Accident, 400 block of S. Dela-ware. Vandalism, Meadow Lane. Animal locked in ve-hicle, Walmart. Disturbance, E. Pine.

July 4: Property damage report, N. Orange. Assist Major Case squad two offi cers. Warrant service, Park

Band music and ice cream Bates County Nostalgia Band will present its third concert of the summer season at the main shelterhouse of the Butler City Park Monday, July 14 at 7 p.m. St. Matthew Lutheran Church will again be serving ice cream. Future concerts (with ice cream) are planned for July 28 and Aug. 11.

UMC Bible School Ohio Street United Methodist Church VBS July 14-18 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Theme is “Weird Animals” where Jesus love is one-of-a-kind. Ages K-6th. Snacks, games, music, science, videos and more.

DAV notices DAV Chapter 67 service officer of Butler will be at the Cass County Public Library, 400 E. Me-chanic, Harrisonville Monday, July 14 to answer questions. Call Darrel Rogers at 816-738-4536.—Chapter 67 will meet Wednesday, July 16, 1 p.m. at the Bates County Museum.

Senior dance Thursday, July 17, 7 p.m. at Butler Senior Center, 611 West Mill St., with Jerry Day and the Tumble Weeds. $5 cover change; bring a covered dish. For more details call 660-679-5830 or 417-309-3676

Double Branch VBS Double Branch Christian Church (North Route off 52 or Route B) Vacation Bible School July 20-24, 6 to 8:30 each evening. Program July 25 at 7 p.m. Children through 12 years of age are welcome. Theme: Workshop of Wonders, imagine and build with God. Stories, crafts, games, refresh-ments and many surprises. For more info call 417-395-4288; leave a message and your call will be returned.

Donate Blood Bates County Community Blood Drive Wednes-day, July 23 at Butler Elks Lodge, 1000 Elks Drive, Butler, from 3 to 7 p.m. For medical eligibility contact Terry Agnew 660-424-0919 or agnew73@embarqmail.com.

Correction Last week’s front-page notice reporting the death of former Butler Mayor George Vowels stated he passed away June 29—should have read June 26. Mr. Vowels’ funeral was held June 29. Apologies are in order.

St. Alarm, 800 block of N. Fulton.

July 5: Warrant ser-vice, city lake. Dis-turbance, BCMH ER. Fireworks call, Aus-tin & Atkinson. Alarm, Walmart. Fireworks call, Ft. Scott & Broadway. Report of kids on top of shelter house at S. Park.

July 6: Alarm, Taco Bell. Warrant service, 300 block of S. Broad-way. Fireworks call, 100 block of E. Atkinson. Animal complaint, South St. Medical assist, 300 block of S. Delaware. Well being check, 400 block of S. Main. Animal complaint, Howard St. Walk in harassment re-port. Alarm, 1100 block of W. Ft. Scott.

Holding pattern...this young spectator at Wednes-day’s Bates County Fair rabbit show had the plea-sure of momentarily cuddling a baby cottontail during a break in the judging.—News Xpress photo.

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Amendment 7 would create jobs, support business

Jefferson City • Amendment 7— a measure that would improve Missouri’s roads and bridges through a three-fourths of 1 percent increase in the state sales tax over the next decade – will create thousands of new jobs in construction and related fields for Missourians, according to Missourians for Safe Transportation and New Jobs, Inc.

Amendment 7 will generate more than $5 billion to invest in Missouri’s roads, bridges and transporta-tion systems. Infrastructure investments are proven to

generate tens of thousands of good-paying jobs based on the investment.

According to the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which recently endorsed Amendment 7, every business in Missouri relies on the state’s trans-portation infrastructure. The ability of Missouri busi-nesses to expand operations and hire new employees is directly related to the quality of the state’s infra-structure.

“By fortifying our transportation assets, we can im-prove the Missouri economy in the short-term through construction and related job needs,” Dan Mehan, President/CEO, Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry said. “And, in the long-term, Missouri increases its economic competitiveness to attract and retain businesses with an improved, multimodal trans-portation system. Let’s vote yes on Aug. 5 and ensure we don’t miss an opportunity to keep Missouri’s trans-portation system open for business.”

Better roads and bridges will help to build a mod-ern and well-rounded transportation system through components including rail, public transit, ports and airports. Unlike alternatives such as a gas tax or toll roads, funds from Amendment 7 can be used across the multimodal transportation projects identified by MoDOT.

“MoDOT has worked directly with the public to identify and propose projects across Missouri counties that will improve our deteriorating infrastructure,” said Bill McKenna, Missourians for Safe Transporta-tion and New Jobs, Inc., co-chair. “Equally important, these projects will provide the jobs in construction and related fields that will put Missourians back to work.”

The measure passed through the legislature with bi-partisan support, including 105 votes in the Missouri House and 22 votes in the Missouri Senate, and has received support from business, labor, agriculture and community groups throughout the state.

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LarryBerryFrom front page

on his present term in office.

Colleagues Presiding Commissioner Donna Gregory and Northern District representative Jim Scott were still vis-ibly shaken by the sud-den loss of their col-league when contacted Monday morning.

A quiet, somber atmosphere gripped much of the courthouse as well.

“Chad (Sheriff An-derson) advised me of the accident about 11:15 Thursday night,” Greg-ory said. “He told me it was doubtful that Larry was going to make it.”

She received confir-mation of his death a little over an hour later.

Gregory and Scott said what would be the last meeting of the three was July 2. Both com-mented it was a lively, productive session.

“For instance, Larry had agreed to represent the commission on the Kaysinger Basin Re-gional Planning Com-

Flags were dis-played at half-staff in tribute to Larry Berry.

mission. He was like that, always willing to serve.”

Bates County Clerk Marlene Wainscott printed “In Memory of Larry Berry” signs for county officials to attach to their vehicles for the Fourth of July parades at Adrian and Rich Hill to demonstrate their sor-row and support for the Berry family.

• • • •Widespread grief

is mixed with outrage

because of the circum-stances of the crash.

According to Mis-souri Highway Patrol Trooper B.M. Ryun, Berry and his 20-year-old son Robert C. Berry were northbound in a 2005 Ford Taurus driv-en by the elder Berry (who was wearing a seat belt) when a 1995 GMC Sierra driven south by 26-year-old Wesley M. Hays of Pleasanton, Kan., crossed the center line of the roadway and struck the Berry vehicle head-on. Hays was not wearing a seat belt, the report said.

Hays was airlifted to Research Medical Cen-ter in Kansas City with serious injuries. Robert C. Berry was treated at the scene by Bates County EMS. Both ve-hicles were totaled.

Trooper Ryun was assisted at the scene by Trooper B.R. Dodson, MCIU Cpl. J.M. Toal, Bates County Sher-iff ’s Department, Bates County EMS, Rich Hill Fire Department; Hume First Responders and Life Flight.

As of Tuesday, Hays was still hospitalized and on a ventilator.

The Highway Patrol had arrested him and state charges are pend-ing the continuing in-vestigation of the crash, according to the office of Prosecuting Attorney Hugh Jenkins. Presum-ably Hays could face charges of alcohol-per-sistent offender; invol-untary manslaughter; possession of marijua-na; and failed to drive on the right side of the roadway.

•How are our crops growing? From front page

started dry but timely rains have been a shot in the arm in most locales.

“If showers continue, we could see our best corn yields in three years, approximately 50,000 acres,” Finley said.

He said it’s a little early to predict yields on soy-beans—another potential major crop locally, the majority of which is in the ground. As usual, rain totals during the extremely hot months of August

and September will be the deciding factor of suc-cess.

Hay yields are down from their last two years be-cause of too much moisture early on. Finley said the 2014 wheat harvest is about 99 percent completed. “This wasn’t a very good year for wheat, due in some part by crop damaging early spring frosts,” Finley said.

NOT YOUR AVERAGE POT HOLE: Recent downpours have carved signifi -cant crevices into rural roads around Bates county, such as this sinkhole on NE County Road 5004, east of Adrian and south of 18 Hwy. –News Xpress photo by Andrea Jackson.

Cattle relocated forsuspected later theft

Around 7:30 a.m. July 3, a Bates County farmer, two miles south of Route 52 and route K, checked on his cattle, finding them all to be accounted for. A few hours later the farmer no-ticed his cows had been moved and herded into his corral with the gate shut.

The Bates County Sheriff ’s Office believes that unknown subjects intended to return and steal the cattle at a later time. The Sheriff ’s Of-fice is asking the public’s help in watching their neighborhoods to be on the lookout for suspi-cious activity. If you find such activity unusu-al or have information please call the Sheriff ’s Office, 660-679-3232, and a deputy will be dis-patched to identify the parties involved.

Tax cuts will leavestate short of

revenue neededfor many basics

A new analysis by the Missouri Budget

Project finds that once the numerous tax breaks passed during the 2014 legislative session are fully implemented, Mis-souri would be more than $2 billion short of the revenue needed to fund services at FY2014 levels and fully fund the educa-tion formula.

“Since the 2008 reces-sion, Missouri has signifi-cantly cut public health and mental health servic-es, and child protection caseloads have skyrock-eted,” said Amy Blouin, Executive Director of the Missouri Budget Project. “Yet as a result of this ses-sion’s tax cuts, Missouri will be far short of being able to even maintain this already anemic level of services, and fully fund education, as repeatedly promised by legislators.”

Missouri is facing se-vere budget shortfalls in the future that are only made worse by this year’s tax cuts, which will cost more than $800 million annually by even the most conservative measures. These shortfalls come on top of the budget holes facing the state as a result of weak general revenue growth since fiscal year 2008 and missed revenue projections for fiscal year 2014.

“Adjusted for infla-tion, Missouri is already far short of its 2008 spending power,” contin-ued Blouin. “Enacting tax cuts at this time is like buying a new sports car when you haven’t had a raise in years and can’t even pay the rent.”

The lack of the rev-enue necessary to deliver quality education, health, infrastructure, and other critical services will com-promise Missouri’s abil-ity to compete for and maintain 21st century

jobs and will slow the state’s economic growth.

While the biggest tax cut is scheduled to go into effect in 2017, several ad-ditional budget-busting tax cuts have been vetoed by the Governor, though the legislature faces the opportunity to override those vetoes in Septem-ber.

The full report, Mis-souri Revenue: Digging Out from a Hole Only to Go Over a Tax Cut Cliff can be found at http://mobudget .org/f i l e s/Cliff-July2014.pdf.

The Missouri Budget Project is a nonprofit public policy analy-sis organization that analyzes state budget, tax, and economic issues.

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(Family Features) • The rich smell and crisp, smoky flavor of fresh sizzling bacon is a temptation few din-ers can resist. Indeed, some 53 percent of Americans eat bacon at least once a week, according to a recent survey by Smithfield. This love for bacon is fueling a culinary craze for bacon-infused and -inspired foods - everything from the tame (sauces) to the outrageous (ice cream).

But perhaps this trend should come as no surprise. After all, a full 78 percent of Smithfield’s survey re-spondents agreed that bacon makes everything better.

Whether you’re pairing your morning eggs with strips of their most perfect protein sidekick, loading up a BLT with an extra layer of bacon-y crunch, or following the lead of the nation’s top chefs and experi-menting with new flavor combinations, you’re likely to achieve a crowd pleaser.

Quirky products and recipes aside, for the average consumer, the simple versatility of bacon makes it a winning addition to most meals. Even a classic pork chop, one of the most popular cuts of fresh pork, takes on a new personality when paired with the distinctly savory flavor of bacon, as in this recipe for Bacon Pork Chops with BBQ Glaze.

For more inspired recipes featuring beloved bacon, visit www.Smithfield.com and www.Facebook.com/CookingWithSmithfield.

Bacon Pork Chops with BBQ GlazeServes 44 6-7 ounce Smithfield Boneless Pork Loin

Chops (1 1/4-inch thick)1 teaspoon coarse salt4 slices Thick-Cut Smithfield Bacon 4 tablespoons barbecue sauce 1/2 cup lager beer1 teaspoon canola oil 1/2 cup chicken broth, reduced-sodiumSeason pork with salt. Wrap bacon around edges of

pork and secure with wooden toothpick.Mix together barbecue sauce and beer.

Heat oil in oven-proof large skillet over medium-high heat. Stand chops with bacon-wrapped edges down in skillet, leaning against side of pan if needed. Using tongs, rotate chops along edges to lightly brown bacon (allow about 45 seconds to brown each section).

Place chops flat side down in skillet and cook until underside is lightly browned, about one minute. Turn chops over. Spread equal amount of barbecue sauce mixture over each chop, letting excess run into skillet.

Place skillet with chops in oven and bake for 10 minutes. Transfer each chop to dinner plate and let stand.

Pour fat from skillet, leaving browned bits. Heat skillet over high heat until hot. Add broth and bring to a boil, scraping up browned bits with wooden spoon, and boil until reduced by half, about two minutes. Top each chop with spoonful of sauce and serve hot.

Image and recipe provided by The Pork Board

Make it better with bacon Chocolate, Tea & Cheese

July highlightsat Poplar Heights

The luscious taste of chocolate, a delight-ful girl’s tea party and the basics of cheese making are the featured programs at Poplar Heights Living History Farm in July.

Chocolate Lovers is an evening event July 17, where you’ll learn the history of choco-late, taste different flavors of chocolate from around the world, sample foods made with chocolate and take home recipes. Indulge yourself in the four basic food groups—milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate and chocolate truffles from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Ad-vance registration is required as event size is limited. Cost is $5.

Young ladies ages 3-10 are invited to a Vic-torian Tea Party on Saturday, July 19, 1 to 2:30 p.m. The girls and their mom, older sis-ter or other adult friend will enjoy a tradition-al Victorian High Tea. There will be teas and punch, finger sandwiches and hors d’oeuvres. Guests will get to dress up with fancy hats, boas, gloves and jewelry and have their pic-tures taken. The event will take place in the Main House with fancy tables set throughout the 1890s period home. There will be a short program on childrens’ parties of the old days. Advance registration is required and party size is limited. Cost for this event is just $4 each.

Cheese Making Class will teach the basics of making mozzarella, feta, chevre, lemon and schmierkase and more. Both cow and goat milk cheeses and all these cheeses are easy to make at home. Amaze your children when you show them how to stretch moz-zarella for their own homemade pizza. Af-ter you’ve learned the basics, sample what you’ve made on artisan crackers with a sip of sparkling juices. Cheese Making Class is Wednesday, July 23, 10 a.m. to noon. Ad-vance registration is required as class size is limited. Cost is just $5.

For more information or to register call the Poplar Heights Farm office at 660-679-0764 or email them at info@poplarheightsfarm.org.

The farm is located 7 miles northeast of Butler, Mo. From Butler go east to Route H to Route UU, turn north onto Route UU and go 2 miles. Turn east on county road 5004 and go just over 1 mile (5250 NE County Road 5004). This charitable foundation showcases life at the turn of the 20th century in rural Missouri. Learn more at their website: www.poplarhe-ightsfarm.org.

Steve, Elaine, Will, Kristin, Delanny, Jackson, Boyd, Abbie and Addilynn Engelhardt, and Max and Gayle Schmoll of East Lynne attended the eve-ning wedding of Amber Hilbus and Matt Kohler at the Adrian Optimist Build-ing on June 28. The rain didn’t dampen the spirits of all gathered to help the couple celebrate their spe-cial day. Fabulous food was provided by Ritchie Davis and his crew. A unique experience to re-trieve iced bottled water and canned soda from mineral feeders. A good time had by all.

The ‘54 models are all reaching a milestone of 60th birthdays. Steve Engelhardt (6-23) was honored with a surprise Sunday breakfast gather-ing of family and friends at the WMAT Frontier Vil-lage on June 29. Those in on the fun were the Engel-hardt and Campbell fami-lies and several friends to-taling 35. A scrumptious meal enjoyed while visit-ing and helping Steve cel-ebrate.

Shelby Guffey along with Grandma Linda Fairman enjoyed Church camp on Monday, June 30 to July 1 at Kamp Keirsey. Shelby had a great time and got to do a lot of fun things. Grandma is just glad that she lived through the heat, and all the walk-ing. She had fun too.

Kaden Guffey celebrat-ed his 4th birthday at his home on July 1. He had a “Hot Wheels” themed birthday because of his love for wheels, trucks, and motors. Those present to share his special day were: Lance, Julie, Shelby, Rylee, and Greyson Guffey, Alan and Linda Fairman, Del-bert and Joyce Guffey, Melvin and Etta Sue Fair-man, Jason, Cara, Anna, and Carson Fairman, and Troy Guffey. Everyone en-joyed fireworks afterwards to top off Kaden’s special day.

The Guffey’s (Lance, Julie, Shelby, Rylee, Kaden, and Greyson). had a big day of celebrat-ing the 4th of July. They started out the day by attending the parade in Adrian with Jason, Cara, Anna, and Carson Fair-man, and Delbert Guffey (Joyce Guffey was in the

parade). Next, they went to Butler to eat lunch at Pizza Hut where they ran in to many familiar faces, it was a popular place to be. They then headed for Rich Hill to watch that parade, then set up their chairs in the park to enjoy the many events that took place all day long. They watched the “Breakaway” band perform. Alan and Linda Fairman joined them that evening for the big fireworks display, then took the grandkids over to the carnival to spoil them with a few rides. It was a quiet ride home for Julie, since everyone, including Lance fell asleep on the way home.

Don and Ferne Hen-drick attended the an-nual family gathering to celebrate Independence Day at the home of Roy and Sharon Estes of rural Adrian on the evening of July 5. A carry in supper and homemade ice cream was enjoyed at 5 p.m., and as darkness approached so did the fireworks display. It was a fun filled evening of enjoying good food, fireworks, and visiting. We missed our Texas relatives. Sharon’s brother, Wayne and Suzann Greer were unable to attend this year because of Wayne’s hip surgery on June 30. It was also Wayne’s birthday and we missed celebrating with him. He called and several relatives sent him get well wishes and also wished him a happy birthday. There were 33 people pres-ent: Mark, Tonya, Brook-lyn, and Landon Doctor, Roy and Tracey Hazzard, Vicky Estes, Brad and Debbie Powell, Tim, Alice, and Lee Crippan, Dale and Ruby Lockard, Kent and Betts Powell, Martin and Jamie, Haley and Paige Lockard, Bob and Doro-thy Hicks, Donna Crist, Glenna Utz, Aubrey and Ruby Westmoreland, Estel and Donna Keirsey, Jacob Decker, Kevin, Pam, Em-ily and Shawn Hulen and the hosts, Roy and Sharon Estes.

Linda Fairman, Julie, Shelby, Rylee, Kaden, and Greyson Guffey went to Clinton for Old Glory Days on Saturday. They started out their fun day by going to the parade, then grabbed a bite to eat for lunch at the First Presby-terian Church. Next they went back up to the square to watch the Welde’s Bear Show, the Wiener Dog rac-es, then some singing, car-

nival rides, and of course some kettle corn. It was a fun time for everyone.

The Fairman family all gathered at the home of Mel-vin and Etta Sue Fairman on Saturday, July 5th to celebrate Independence Day. Those present for the outdoor picnic and fireworks were Alan and Linda Fairman, Julie, Shelby, Rylee, Kaden, and Greyson Guffey, Jason, Cara, Anna, and Carson Fairman, Chuck, Susan, Connor, and Madi-son Wainscott, Tyler, Dani-elle, and Kinsley Wainscott, Cameron and Audrianna Wainscott, Darryl, Michele, Brooks, McKenzie, McKen-zie’s boyfriend, Jacob, and Jace Fairman, and Nancy Kimble.

On Sunday, Alan and Linda Fairman, Julie, Shelby, Rylee, Kaden, and Greyson Guffey all attended Gospelf-est at the Benson Center in Clinton. Afterwards they got out their lawn chairs and enjoyed the mega fireworks display.

Okay, so at Clinton on Sat-urday we had quite a time. I took the boys to the toddler tent, thinking they could play a little bit and have some fun, for free. After signing permis-sion slips to allow them to enter, I pushed both boys in through the opening and pro-ceeded to park the stroller in the corner of the tent. Before I could even get parked a lady yelled, “Hey, we have a run away.” I knew exactly who it was escaping. As I looked at the opposite corner that I was standing, there was Greyson, climbing and almost over the orange construction netting that they had used to cor-ral the toddlers, not mine. I grabbed him and brought him back in to the play area. He had been playing for a while so I decided to grab a drink of water out of my stroller. I bent down for only a second. When I turned around Kaden was still in the middle play-ing, but Greyson was gone.

In a panic I started scan-ning all of the area, he was no where to be found in the toddler tent. I looked over at the carnival ride next to us that he’d been eyeballing be-fore, there he was. I looked over just in time to see him stepping up into the spin-ning bears ride. I yelled at the carnie, “Hey, that’s my son.” He didn’t even realize that the ambitious toddler had gone through the gate. The guy grabbed up Greyson and was handing him to me over the fence, while holding a socket wrench in his hand, at the same time. Wouldn’t you know it, just as I was grabbing Greyson, the carnie hit me square in the eye with that socket wrench. I almost fell backwards, and wasn’t sure if I still had my contact or not. He was standing there apologizing to me, and I told him, “It was just an accident, I’ll be alright.” I thought at that point that we were done

Fourth celebrations throughout areawith the toddler tent, it was definitely time to head home.

Until next week, take care and God Bless.

News fromBristol Manor

The 4th of July was busy around here. Alice Francis was in and out all day long. First she went to the Adrian parade with daughter Brenda and loved all of it. Then she and Brenda went out for lunch. Alice came home and rested for awhile and Brenda took her out to her grandsons and his family, and they had a firework display. She had a won-derful 4th. She had a huge surprise this week too. Grandson Charlie came to visit with his mother, wife and two little boys. They shocked Alice. She was so excited to see all of them.

Bobby came by Satur-day to take Virginia Mur-ray out and about. They took a tour of the ranch, and had the best time. Sis-ter in law Muriel came by a couple of times and took Virginia out. July 8th Vir-ginia was 94. Muriel and Bill took her out for lunch. And she received flowers from someone.

Bob Eckert had com-pany, niece Joan came by with her daughters and visited with Bob, they had a decent talk and brought the residents some lemon poppy seed cake.

I made the best choco-late buttermilk sheet cake on the 4th. It was good. Yes I did indulge on that one.

Bertha Rogers had a grand weekend. On the 4th her children were all to-gether for a pot luck lunch at the church. Son Jed came in from Texas with his family and she loved getting to see them. Jed came by before he left for home to visit his mother. She has some new music to play on the piano for us. I enjoy listening while I am in my office.

Louise Ramsey is doing great. She and Kit Kat I joy their time playing around in her room. Daughter Vicki was by and they had a good laugh or two. Miss Kit Kat likes to check the front door. If its not shut well she will escape on us.

My fiancé Bob and his son David were by Sat-urday to see me. I was so glad. Carl my day helper, is on vacation this week. So

I was pretty much trapped here all week and 4th weekend.

Seemed like we all had a good week and week end.

So saddened by the death of Larry Berry. God keep watch over his family. Our prayers are with you.

Take care and be sweet... Mary B.

Senior CenterMenu ScheduleServing Adrian, Butlerand Rich Hill Centers

Serving 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Chef’s Salad available daily as alternative to menu items.

JULYMonday, 14: Spaghetti

w/meat sauce, baby lima beans, Italian vegetables, garlic bread, dessert.

Tuesday, 15: Oven fried chicken, broccoli, mashed potatoes/gravy, dessert.

Wednesday, 16: Lem-on baked fi sh, winter mix vegetables, peas, dessert.

Thursday, 17: Baked ham, sweet potatoes, green beans, dessert.

Friday, 18: BBQ DAY—BBQ chicken breast, cole slaw, creamed peas & po-tatoes, cook’s feature.

Mo. Lotterywinners

Jefferson City • More than $8.7 million in priz-es of $1,000 or more were awarded to Missouri Lot-tery players during June Thousands of other priz-es of less than $1,000 also were awarded during the month.

Winners of $1,000 or more in June included the following from this immediate area.

LottoSusan Saubers, Adri-

an, $1,232.$1,000 Scratchers

Tina Russo, Adrian, $1,000.

Isabelle Wolfe, Adri-an, $1,000.

Ricky Fisher, Foster, $1,000.

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We would like to thank the doctors, nurses at Bates County Hospital and

Heartland Hospice for their special care and concern for our husband and father during his illness. A special thank you to Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel for their

care and compassion.Thank you to pastors Ron and Sandy for their comforting words and to the ladies at the church for their delicious dinner.Thank you to the VFW for the beautiful military service honoring our loved one. Words are inadequate to express our

appreciation for all the kindness shown to us during this diffi cult time.

Margie Vowels, Stephen and Patti, Julie and Scott

Sweet rewards at parades

Tisha’sTopics

Tisha Foley

Like most kids, our 10-year-old and 7-year-old love parades. I like parades, too; from foot-

tapping music to creative, colorful floats, the processions always bring a smile to my face.

Our kiddos like parades for a dif-ferent reason: the candy.

Oh, sure, they enjoy the horses, clowns and other spectacles, but the goodies tossed to the ground is the primary reason they are on the sidelines.

WHEN WE ASKED them last week if they wanted to go to Adrian’s 4th of July parade, they didn’t hesitate when they answered, “YES!”

Off we went down the highway on Friday morning, kids clutching their plastic bags in the backseat.

The four of us had a good time at the parade that day. The weather was gorgeous, we saw a few people we hadn’t seen in a while, and we enjoyed all the entries in the long parade.

And the kids … well, they got enough candy to see them through until next year’s parade. If I didn’t know better, I’d have thought they bopped younger tykes over the head and took off with their candy, too.

BUT NO, they stayed in their little invisible circle and took only what was thrown in front of them. Parade participants were generous with the goodies this year; nearby stores must have had empty shelves in the candy aisle.

I personally liked the creative non-candy items that were tossed: cow bells, party poppers, smoke balls, and containers of slime ended up in the kids’ bags.

The ice pops thrown at the end of the parade were a nice touch, too; by then the kids (and adults) were pretty sweaty. I might have eaten a strawberry ice pop myself.

ON THE WAY home, our kids compared their haul. Quantity-wise, the results were pretty similar. However, just as the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, the candy is always tastier in your sibling’s bag.

A few comments overheard in the backseat:

“No fair. You have three boxes of Dots and I don’t have any.”

“How did you get so many big Tootsie Rolls?”

“Ohhhhhh….you got my favorite flavor of Laffy Taffy!”

DEALS WERE struck and candy exchanged hands until both kids were somewhat satisfied with the results.

Here’s a fact about our kids: One is a con artist and one is easily conned. I won’t name names, but here’s a conversation I overheard:

Kid #1: “I’ve had this kind of candy before and it’s really yummy. It’s so good I’ll trade you five of your Tootsie Rolls for it.”

Kid #2: “Um, I don’t know. I’ve never tried that kind.”

Kid #1: “Trust me, it’s soooo good.”

Kid #2: “Okay, I’ll trade.”Later, Kid #2: “I didn’t really like

that candy.”Kid #1: “Hmmm. Oh well. Your

Tootsie Rolls were good.”I CONCUR; Tootsie Rolls are

good. I’ve been randomly taste-testing them when the kids aren’t looking. Don’t worry—I alternate bags each time I snatch one.

I’m fair like that.

40th anniversaryMr. and Mrs. Alan and Ginger Zellmer of Butler will be celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary July 13, 2014 Alan and Ginger were married July 13, 1974 at the First Christian Church in Butler. Happy Anniversary! Love—Clayton, Shanyn, Grandma Ruth and Maverick.—Submitted

It was a wonderful Fourth of July. Cool weather, beautiful eve-nings in the Rich Hill West Park, awesome fireworks and Tate Ste-vens. When we thought all good things were over. We had a 20% chance of rain on Saturday night and got a three inch rain. What better things could a farmer want?

Jennifer Droz Halver-son hosted a high school reunion at the home of her parents, Paul and Peg Droz on Saturday after-noon. Those who were in attendance had a won-derful time.

The class of 1969 from Rich Hill High School had a 45th High School Reunion in the West Park at 11:30 a.m. They also rode in a wagon pulled by mules in the parade. Wayne Seider and Davie Klinksick controlled the animals. They enjoyed visiting and getting to-gether.

Janet Dale hosted a Fourth of July dinner at her home following the parade. Steve Hedrick supplied the delicious meat and cooked it to perfection. Everyone en-joyed visiting, memories, and food. The group

went to the west park to hear the band Breakaway. They played great music.

Bonnie Teel hosted a hog roast at Prairie View Farm on Saturday, July 5. Guests arrived at 12. A delicious meal was served under the big trees in Bonnie’s back yard. The weather was per-fect among her beautiful flowers and manicured lawn. Special guests were her daughters, Terry and Beth, and their husbands. Beth’s husband, Scott came all the way from New Orleans to represent the Elvis. Elvis was also in the parade at Rich Hill.

Rachel Lierz, Em-ily and Olivia, Nathan Rapp, Alex and Brooke, Ryan and Travauna Rapp, Jayden and Brady and Paulette Rapp went to the Butler Pool on July 3. We had a great time and also saw Jamie O’Farrell and her three children. It is such a nice aquatic center. But-ler should be proud of it. Our marathon day went on with supper at Paul and Paulette’s house, the Rich Hill carnival, fire-works and homemade ice cream at home. Four or five days of celebrating used to not wear one out? Why is that?

Ladies AidZion Lutheran Ladies

Aid met on Wednesday, July 2. We went over the

eight member presence. We actually had ten pres-ent. Terry Heiman, Lin-da Lee, Paulette Rapp, Diane Wohlgemuth, Delores Bracher, Shir-ley Fischer, Sally Bauer, Cindy Hammons, Sheila Fischer, and Ruby Stot-meister. We had two small guests, Eli and Aiden Cordova of Jop-lin. Grandsons of Sally Bauer. The morning was spent labeling cabinets in the Fellowship kitchen. We also did some sew-ing of bags for children at the Children’s Abuse Center in Butler. Happy Birthday to Cindy Ham-mons on July 20. Happy Anniversary to Bill and Cindy Hammons on July 27th. The devotion was, “Carry His Light.” The L.W.M.L. Conven-tion held in Kansas City was discussed. A candle light service was given with Mite Box offerings for missions. The Aid will host the Pot Blessing Meal for the Voter’s As-sembly on Sunday, July 13. Sheila Fischer gave a report of the convention. The Secretary’s report was read and approved as well as the treasurer’s re-port. Food Pantry items and baby diapers will be collected all year for proj-ects in Butler. Baskets are in the narthex of the sanctuary. Help support missions. The July Flow-er committee is: Diane Wohlgemuth and Sally Bauer. August Food committee: Cindy Ham-mons and Pat Tippie.

★★★★Carlie Fischer hosted a

Rich Hill High School re-union at the home of his parents, Kevin and Mary Fischer on Saturday after-noon. May Alumni time and July are very popular times to reacquaint with classmates.

Happy birthday to Wade Rapp, David Rapp, Linda McElwain, Nolan Rapp.

Wonderful Fourth for Rich Hill

The Virginia United Methodist Church invites the children to their VBS “Gangway to Galilee” be-ginning on Monday, July 14-18 at 5:30 to 8:30. They will be serving supper for the children. Pre-registra-tion will be 5:15-5:30 on the 14th. Contact Norma Ridley at 660-924-3420, if you have any questions.

The 4th of July celebra-tion was dampened by the report of the tragic death of Larry Berry, Southern Commissioner of Bates County. We extend our sympathy and prayers to the family. There will be a full report elsewhere in the paper, I am sure. It is always difficult when we lose someone so unexpect-edly.

The parades and fire-works along with all the other activities made for a most enjoyable time, no matter which place you took all the events in. I understand D&D’s were pretty low on fireworks on the 4th, so apparently ev-eryone was having a bang up good time.

The children that took in the overnight stay at Kamp Keirsey seemed to have a most exciting time. Piper Wiley came home with the “quiet as a mouse award,” and we wondered if they had the right per-son for the award. Ha! She said she really enjoyed the swimming time. For-tunately, even though it stormed that night, it didn’t seem to bother them.

This week is the starting of the Bates County Fair, with 4-H evaluation being on Tuesday. I’m sure there will be lots of wonderful things on exhibit in the 4-H building. There will be a host of events to take in, so be sure to stop by for some of it. Will be a fun time for the children who have worked so hard through-

out the year to make and learn new projects.

The County 4-H shoot was held, and Luke Wiley received 1st place again this year in 22 shooting. Good shooting, Bud!

Shannon, and Jaclyn Crawford left Saturday along with Ms. Straw, and Kara Goddard and her par-ents, heading for San An-tonio, Texas where Jaclyn and Kara will participate in the FCCLA National competition. We send our best wishes to both girls, and hope they bring home the gold.

Jess Short said his sis-ter, Faye Thornton, from West Plains, was coming up to take in the activities at the 4th of July celebra-tion in Rich Hill. She had so much fun at it last year she was going to travel the long distance to take in the fun again this year.

She had had some health problems earlier this year, and he had spent a few days with her as she recoperated. Glad she is well enough to make the trip. Jess, himself, is hav-ing some back problems, and hopefully the MRI will show what is wrong and can get the problem rectified.

Kirby Johnson is doing ok, but keeping busy run-ning errands and cleaning his shop. He received a call from his son in Alaska, and was encouraged that things were going well for him.

We have been so blessed with the rains we have been getting. Here we are near-ly the middle of July and everything is still green. The garden produce has been quite lucrative, and thanks to Mary Walley we had a good mess of fresh green beans. They are al-ways so good. Looks like the sweet corn will soon be ready, too.

Scotty and Clair Shaull were delighted to have their daughter, Patti, from Florida to visit them for a week. The only bad part

was the week went all to fast.

Bro. Kevin Berry’s mes-sage this week was from Luke 11:1-13 Jesus’ teach-ing on prayer. We need ravenous prayer for Christ. As we may have a raven-ous appetite for food, so should we have a raven-ous desire for commu-nion with God. We work - we work, we pray - God works. Prayer is our life-line to God.

Prayer list includes: The families of Zella Mager and Larry Berry. That God’s comforting hand will cover them in the days ahead. Kendra Berry’s first week of chemo treat-ment went relatively well, and we are so thankful for that. CIY trip to Texas is coming up next week, and we pray for travel safety for the group, and a closer re-lationship with The Lord for the youth.

VBS will be here the end of the month and things are coming togeth-er quite well. Mark July 28-Aug.1st on your calen-dar for it. VBS starts at 5:30-8:15, and supper will be served. Theme: Christ - Faith Commander. Will be a fun, learning time for the children. There will be a VBS program on Saturday evening, followed by an ice cream social.

I went to the doctor last week and was advised that healing was going good, and I was pretty well past the critical stage in the healing process. I can do about anything I can tol-erate except run or kneel. Still using the cane, but hopefully it won’t be long before I can shuck it.

Be thankful for every day God has given you. Summer is flying by rap-idly. Can hardly believe school will be starting in about a month. Drive safe-ly and check in on a neigh-bor. The weather will soon be getting hotter.

Blessed is the nation whose God is The Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance. Psalm 33:12

Virginia UMC’s Bible School Monday

Ryan Boone with his New Zealand Rabbits (meat division). - News Xpress photo

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Larry L. BerryLarry L. Berry, age 65 of

Hume, Missouri died Thurs-day, July 3, 2014 at Mercy Hospital in Ft. Scott, Kan-sas. He was born August 13, 1948 to Robert Eugene and Floy Lucille Angelo Ber-ry in Jacksonville, Illinois.

Larry, the older of two boys, grew up in Illinois and graduated high school in Pe-kin, Illinois. Larry began his education at Canton Com-munity College in Canton, Illinois and graduated from Southeast Missouri State College. He received his Master and Specialist De-grees from Northwest Mis-souri State University in Maryville, Missouri. On July 27, 1986 he was united in marriage to Lesa Donahue. Larry worked as a teacher and coach for Osborn R-O schools and later worked for Hume R-8 as a coach, prin-cipal and superintendent, retiring in 2000.

Larry was successful in his bid for Southern Com-missioner and has served Bates County in this capac-ity since 2008. Larry was community and civic minded and served in many orga-nizations including Butler Rotary Club, Hume Lions Club, Hume Booster Club, Junior Chamber of Com-merce, West Central Board, Missouri State Teacher’s Association and Committee member/coach of the Youth Summer League. He was also a member of the Hume Methodist Church where he served as Church Song Leader and President of the Methodist Men. Larry was a devoted sports enthusiast to all Hume athletics and was awarded Fan of the Year in 2012-2013.

Larry had a love for kids, athletics and his community. He became an educator to support his love of coach-ing. Everything that Larry did was for his children and the love he had for them. In honor of Larry’s devotion to the students and community of Hume, the high school gymnasium was named in his honor in 2002.

Larry is survived by his wife, Lesa Berry of Hume, Missouri; two sons, Robert “Bobby” Berry and Braden Berry, both of Hume, Mis-souri; two daughters, Stacy Danz and husband Jerry of Cartersville, Georgia and Jenny Rackley and hus-band Steve of Gainesville, Missouri; one brother, Car-son Berry and wife Diane of Tampa, Florida; four grand-children, Treydon Rackley, Zack Danz, Trent Rackley and Zayne Danz; a brother-in-law, Mike Donahue and wife Benita of Butler, Mis-souri; and a nephew and niece. He was preceded in death by his parents; and in-laws, Calvin and Rosalie Donahue.

Funeral services were Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at Larry L. Berry Gymnasium in Hume, Missouri with Pas-tor Eric England and Bob Simon offi ciating. Burial in Osborn Evergreen Ceme-tery, Osborn, Missouri. Con-tributions to Larry L. Berry Memorial Scholarship. Ar-rangements, Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel, Butler, Mis-souri. Online condolences, www.schowengerdtchapel.

com.

RoyWilburSteiner

Roy Wilbur Steiner, age 94 of Appleton City, Mis-souri passed to his eternal rest Monday, June 30, 2014 at Appleton City Manor in Appleton City, Missouri. He was born April 21, 1920 to John Rudolph and Mary Edna Thomas Steiner in ru-ral Butler, Missouri.

Roy, one of three chil-dren, attended Pleasant Ridge Elementary School and was a 1937 graduate of Butler High School. He was united in marriage to Betty June Davis on November 28, 1941 and to this union, four daughters were born. Roy farmed with his father until he became a machinist at Busch Sulzer Diesel En-

gine Co., in St. Louis, where he received the Navy E for war production.

Roy felt compelled to join the war effort and en-listed in the United States Army Air Corp in August, 1942. He was a graduate of the Air Force Aviation Ca-det School, the only one of 365 who tested out to be a fi ghter pilot. After receiving fi ght training, he became an AT6 Basic Instructor. He also fl ew AT11s and C47s. Roy was commissioned as a Lieutenant on April 15, 1945. As Offi cer of the Day at Scott Field, Roy was honored to escort President Harry Tru-man to a special event at the airfi eld. He was extremely proud of being in the service of his country and remained in the reserves for several years after active duty. Roy never lost his love of fl ying, and took every opportunity to fl y. Roy cherished the ed-ucation, opportunities, and friends he made throughout his military service and was particularly moved by the invitation to participate in the Honor Flight to Wash-ington, D.C. for veterans on 9/11/2012.

He never lost his love for traveling. He and Betty were quick to visit their daughters as they moved around the country. They took their most memorable trip to Eu-rope, with the Holy Land--a highlight. They also enjoyed later trips to Alaska, Nova Scotia, and the West Coast. Following his service, Roy returned to purchase a farm in the Pleasant Gap com-munity, farming for 50 years. He also was involved in the life insurance business for 50 years, earning recog-nition in the Million Dollar Round Table for excellence in sales. He was the Pleas-ant Gap Township tax col-lector for many years and served on the Hudson R-9 School Board. Dear to his heart was the Pleasant Gap Christian Church, where he was a lifelong mem-ber. Roy’s father served as Superintendent and Roy followed in his footsteps, serving for many years until 2008 when he resigned due to health concerns, and con-tinued as an Honorary Dea-con until his death.

In 1992, Roy and Betty sold the farm they had lived on since 1947, and moved to a home in Appleton City, Missouri. Roy was well-known for his voice and sang at numerous funer-als, community events, and church functions over his lifetime. His willingness to share this legacy has been instilled in his daughters and grandchildren.

Roy’s family wishes to express its appreciation for the loving care provided by the staff at Countryside and the Appleton City Manor dur-ing the last three years, and by the physicians and staff at Ellett Memorial Hospital and A.C. Clinic.

Roy is survived by his wife of 72 years, Betty Stein-er of Appleton City, Missouri; four daughters, Marlise Swartz of Yarmouth, Maine, Sheryl Morriss and husband Jack of Cumming, Georgia, Karla Kelly and husband Larry of Appleton City, Mis-souri and Lori Johnson and husband Mark of Kansas City, Missouri; eight grand-children, Matthew Swartz and wife Monique of Ban-gor Maine. Kara Swartz of Hampden, Maine, Anna Morriss and husband Allan of Brantley, Milton, Geor-gia. Megan Morriss Horsley and husband Aaron of Cum-ming, Georgia. Kristopher Kelly and wife Vanessa and Brett Kelly all of Springfi eld, Missouri, Brielle and Hunter Johnson of Kansas City, Missouri; and eight great-grandchildren, Olivia and Chase Swartz, Peyton and Maris Brantley, Rylan and Bailyn Horsley, and Ethan and Loren Kelly. He was preceded in death by his parents; one infant brother, Freeman Steiner; and one sister, Elise Bollweg.

Celebration of Life was held Thursday, July 3, 2014 at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel in Butler, Missouri with Pastor Ron Dunlap of-fi ciating and Pastor Ron Beaton assisting. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, But-ler, Missouri. Contributions to Pleasant Gap Christian Church or Heartland Hos-pice. Online condolences www.schowengerdtchapel.com.

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Another view of displays in Youth Building. –News Xpress photos.

Emma Thompson, Altona 4-H with her Rhode Is-land Reds. –News Xpress photo

Patti Jo StuartPatricia J. “Patti Jo” Stu-

art, 73 of Butler, Missouri passed away July 3, 2014 at Research Medical Cen-ter, Kansas City, Missouri. She was born June 21, 1941 in Kansas City, Missouri to Harold and Clariece (Smith) Adams.

Patti Jo was preceded in death by her husband, Ken-neth L. Stuart; and broth-ers Chick Adams and Jim Adams, as well as a sister, Roxie Adams.

She is survived by her children; son Mike Stuart and wife Julie, with grand-children Marc, David, Thom-as, Becky, Danny, and Ka-tie, and great-grandchildren Bailey, Keller, Harper, and Nora; son Kenny Stuart, with grandchildren Kenneth and Samuel; daughter Christina Wright and husband Steve, with grandchildren Ryan and Hailey; and daughter Mag-gie Stuart, with grandchil-dren Karly, TJ and Kenny.

Patti Jo will be remem-bered as a good wife, moth-er, grandmother, and great-grandmother who will surely be missed.

(Cremation) Graveside Memorial Services for Patri-cia Stuart will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, July 12, 2014 at Belton Cemetery in Belton, Missouri with Greg D. Mul-linax offi ciating. There is no visitation. Services will also memorialize Patricia’s late husband, Kenneth Stuart, and U.S. Military Honors will be conferred on his be-half. Memorial contributions are suggested to Susan G. Komen Foundation (Breast Cancer). Messages of con-dolence for the family may be left at www.mullinaxfu-neralhome.com. Arrange-ments under the direction of Mullinax Funeral Home, Butler.

Families host 4th of July gatherings

Paul Burch visited John and Ronnie Hobson Monday.

Angela Van Horn and Dalton Van Horn left Sat-urday, June 28 and drove to Port Aransas, Texas. Angela and Dalton re-turned home Monday, July 7.

John and Ronnie Hob-son enjoyed a visit from Skip Heckadon Tuesday.

Melissa Nissen and Jedidiah, Debbie Nor-man and Gladys Curry went on a quilting trip from Thursday evening through Monday to Bran-son.

Ron and Gay Nissen entertained their fam-ily Friday evening July 4 with supper, homemade ice cream and fireworks. Present were Jimmy and Melissa Nissen, Hunter, Gabriel, Isaiah and Je-

didiah, Jeff Nissen and Sarah, Lee and Julie Barber, Libby and Luke, Herman Shubert, Jim Shubert and Daniel and Gay’s Uncle Wimp and Aunt Judy Shubert of Idaho.

Jim and Sue Damon attended River of Life Church Sunday morn-ing. Several ladies from Teen Challange Missouri Ozark area held the ser-vice. Everyone enjoyed the fellowship dinner fol-lowing.

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Among local 4-Hearly winners

Best of Show: Allison Jenkins with her Californian rabbit. Allison is with Summit Go-Getters 4-H.

Tucker Roach, Ballard 4-H, received Grand Cham-pion Poultry for his Buff Cochin rooster and Black Cochin hen. Presented by Savannah Chiles (FFA 2nd District, Golden State) who judged the event, a Lakeland graduate from Deepwater, Mo.

Grand Champion Meat Poultry was awarded to Shelby Gould, Adrian FFA. –News Xpress staff photos, by Andrea Jackson.

Fire up the grill!By Diane Olson

Hot dogs, hamburgers, ribs — come and get it! Summer is in full swing. Families and friends gather to share food and fellowship. From

class and family reunions to community events, out-door meals are a tradition of the season.

Cooks will pay a bit more this summer for most meat items placed on their grill. The recent Ameri-can Farm Bureau food survey revealed that a typical all-American meal for 10 of hot dogs, cheeseburg-ers, pork spare ribs, potato salad, baked beans, corn chips, watermelon, lemonade, chocolate milk and the condiments will cost more than in 2013.

In Missouri, shoppers will pay less for the items needed to prepare this meal compared to the na-tional average. The total bill in our state rang in at $47.83 or $4.78 per person. The national average for the same items cost $58.72 or $5.87 per person. Although higher than a year ago, a complete meal remains affordable.

MEAT COSTS are the main contributor to the price increase. Retail meat prices are trending higher. The increase is due in large part to the historically low number of cattle and hogs available to provide the meat we eat.

Show-Me chefs using ground round for the burgers will pay an average of $4.82 per pound, an increase of $1.54 over last year. The national average was $4.45. Pork spare ribs will average $2.80 per pound for an increase of $0.18 per pound while mixed meat hot dogs will ring in at the same price as 2013, $1.27 per pound.

Volunteer shoppers from Missouri and the nation provide local prices included in this survey. This informal gathering of information allows an insight into food costs and trends.

Although the prices have increased modestly over the past year, shoppers will still find a great selec-tion of food from which to choose for their summer picnics.

SUMMER IS an important time for agriculture. Missouri farmers work diligently planting crops and caring for livestock. A trip across our picturesque state serves as a reminder of the source of our food supply and the importance of farmers to provide food

and fiber for all of us.As you grill out this

summer, remember to thank a farmer.

Diane Olson, of Jeffer-son City, Mo. is director of promotion and education for the Missouri Farm Bureau, the state’s largest farm organization. 573-893-1414.

June grass growthdoubles May lowhay production

Columbia, Mo. • Grass grows in June just like it should have in May, says Rob Kallenbach, Univer-sity of Missouri Extension forage specialist.

Usually, pasture grasses grow best in May, but not this year. Cool weather slowed growth.

Haymaking came up short this year, Kallenbach says. But in June, with moisture and warmer weath-er, the grass grows 80 pounds dry matter per day per acre. That’s up from 40 pounds or less in May.

June and May have reversed, Kallenbach said on a weekly MU Extension teleconference with area agronomists.

Craig Roberts, MU fescue specialist, said in some cases mowed hayfields didn’t have enough leaves to rake to bale.

By mid-June most years, cool-season gasses go into a summer slump with arrival of hot, dry weather.

Pat Guinan, MU climatologist, sees more rain in the week ahead—and possibly longer. That should be good for forage and crop growth. Temperatures will continue to rise, reaching seasonal levels.

For people, humidity will increase discomfort lev-els.

After two sunny days, the forecast calls for rain over most of the state. Rainfall should average an inch or more in most areas.

Heavy rains, especially in northern Missouri, showed it could rain again, after a winterlong dry spell. “Subsoil moistures are low,” Guinan says. “There isn’t much reserve. Rains every week are needed for good pasture and crop growth.”

A small area centered on Unionville in Putnam County on the Iowa state line had more than 13 inch-es of rain. However, not all areas got precipitation. Dry areas center on a line in the east central area from Moberly to Paris, Missouri.

Salem, Mo., in the Ozarks, is a center for a dry area.In answer to a question, Guinan said, “Yes, this

could be the first sign of an El Nino effect.”El Nino, which includes higher water temperatures

in the mid-Pacific Ocean, can mean more summer rainfall in the Midwest.

“I don’t see any drought like we had in 2012,” he adds.

“If it seemed cloudier than usual, it has been,” Guinan says. Eight of the first 16 days of June were cloudy. Solar radiation ran about half maximum po-tential.

Lack of sun reduced hay baling, Kallenbach says. “The second cutting of alfalfa should be harvested, but may not be. It’s tough to make hay when we get rain every day.”

Fescue seed harvest has started. However, produc-tion is expected to be lower than usual. Prolonged cool weather not only reduced leaf growth, but also seed head filling.

Brent Meyers, small grain specialist, said cold and even freezing weather late in the spring may account for wheat with empty or half-filled seed heads.

Wet weather may head off a potential outbreak of grasshoppers. “We’re seeing a lot of immature grass-hoppers, up to 50 per square foot,” said Wayne Bailey, MU Extension entomologist.

“If you see that many, it’s time to spray,” he adds. “Grasshoppers are easier to kill when they are small.”

But with wet weather, fungal diseases can curtail the hoppers. “If it turns hot and dry, watch out,” Bai-ley says. “As grass dries up, grasshoppers move into crops.”

Keep scouting the borders of crop, Bailey advises. “We are in the sixth year of the grasshopper cycle. Numbers could peak this year.”

4 state farm show coming up July 18-20 at Pittsburg

For 39 years, the Four State Farm Show has brought agricultural producers and agribusinesses together, and the 40th Show aims to do it again.

Those interested in agricultural technology and agribusiness should make plans to visit the area’s pre-mier agricultural event on July 18, 19 and 20.

“People keep coming back because companies always have something new each year,” says Ted Gum, Four State Farm Show coordinator and Farm Talk Newspaper publisher. “The Four State Farm Show is the place to see virtually anything new in agriculture.”

A new feature at this year’s Show will be a water well drilling demonstrations given by Double J Energy LLC.

“The drilling rig will be located east of the hay demonstration field,” Gum says. “We will have a tour trailer to take people back there at 10 a.m., 12 p.m. and after the hay demonstrations.”

Other Show features include hay demonstrations at 1 p.m. each day and a lawn mower test driving range where interested buyers can actually operate new mowers.

“It allows people to see equipment at work,” Gum explains. “It’s a hands-on experience. Also at the show, you get to see some equipment you wouldn’t see at a dealership.”

In addition to the hands-on element of the Show and great deals offered by exhibitors, visitors also can enter to win the Four State Farm Show Shopping Spree.

“We’ll give away $1,000 a day at the Farm Talk booth and $500 each day at the hay demonstrations,” he explains. “You must be present at the hay demonstration to win.”

These Farm Show Dollars must be used for purchases with Four State Farm Show exhibitors. The Show has become a “Mall of Agriculture.” It has grown over the past 40 years to nearly 700 booths

that cover over 25 acres. According to Gum, businesses interested in exhibiting at the Four State Farm Show should contact

Farm Talk Newspaper. The event is expected to sell out soon. “At this point, all our electric booths are reserved,” Gum says. “We have a handful of non-electric

booths still available. “We’re about to have a full house again for 2014,” he adds. So mark your calendars, the 2014 Four State Farm Show will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 18, 19 and

20. As always, parking and admission are free. Show hours are 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday. The Four State Farm Show grounds are located south of Pittsburg, Kan., to the junction of Highways 400,69 and

K-171, then 112 mile east. The Four State Farm Show is sponsored by Farm Talk Newspaper. For more information, call 620-421-9450.

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Chamber Home of the Week: Jeffery and Robin Ward, owners of the Dutch Colonial at 603 W. Fort Scott, said the home was started in 1919 and fi nished in 1921. Butler citizens may recognize the front of this house more readily as the residence opposite Mullinax Funeral Home on Fort Scott, with its white col-umns fl anking the front door and the east side covered porch. Pictured is the terraced veranda in the back, a charming aspect bordered with ornamental shrubs and trees, including one exceptional magno-lia. –News Xpress staff photo.

Weddings...

Mr. and Mrs. Zackary Ryan Sell

Sunset weddingvows exchanged

As the sun was beginning to set, June 14, 2014, Miss Kayla Lynn Orear and Mr. Zackary Ryan Sell were married. They exchanged vows by a beautiful pond, complete with water lilies, frogs and birds.

Kayla is the daughter of Shawn and Angie Orear and the granddaughter of Darrell and Linda Hess and Buford and Lorinda Orear.

Zack is the son of Keith and Debbie Sell and the grandson of Bob and Judy Darrah. Cynthia Belcher, friend of the bride, was maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Katie Pruitt, sister of the bride, Kerri Hanrahan and Kristen Sherwood, friends of the bride.

Brandon Sell, brother of the groom, was best man. Groomsmen were Matt Owings, Nate VanNorman and Eric Pruitt, brother-in-law of the groom. Special attendants were “Scooter” and “Concho.”

Parents of the bride and groom and the grand-parents wrote letters to Kayla and Zack. These were placed in a locked suitcase, to be opened on their first anniversary.

Jack Daniel, great uncle of the bride, performed the double ring ceremony.

A reception was held in a large tent, where the wedding cake and a “Track hoe” cake were cut and served, along with finger food and punch. White satin chair backs reserved the seating for the attendants and family members. The tables were decorated with pink flowers, candles and glass containers of goldfish.

Kayla and Zack enjoyed a cruise in the Eastern Ca-ribbean, which included Princess Cays, St. Thomas, San Juan, Grand Turk and the Bahamas.

50 years of service for Butler’s Fulton Street Church of Christ

Butler’s Fulton Street Church of Christ hon-ored Billy Moore on Sun-day, July 6 with a pot luck dinner and presented him with a “50 year” plaque honoring his service as minister.

Bill along with his wife, Dee, and 3 children,

Karla, Karen and Terry, moved to Butler July 1, 1964. Brother Moore has been very dedicated to preaching the word here in Butler, as well as trav-eling to Nigeria on two separate occasions for six weeks each time, preach-ing on street corners and converting Nigerians to Christ. He also spent many years traveling with Dee to other cities to preach nightly in gos-pel meetings, holding as many as a dozen a year, and still to this day hold-ing 2 or 3 a year.

Brother Moore also taught a “preacher’s training course” indi-vidually to 10 young men desiring to become gospel preachers. He has also written eight Bible study books used by churches across the nation. Brother Moore is very well known in Churches of Christ throughout the Brother-hood, and especially in the Midwest. Sister Dee has always supported him and done tremen-dous work as a minister’s wife including teaching women and children, opening her home, pre-paring meals and show-ing much hospitality.

Congratulations to Brother Moore and Sis-ter Dee on such a tre-mendous milestone. The Church appreciates so much Brother Moore’s work and labor of love in Butler.

Coinciding with the 50 year milestone with the work at the Church of Christ, Bill and Dee cele-brated their 65th wedding anniversary on Wednes-day, July 9, 2014. Their children thank God for their long life and mar-riage, and the influence they have had on count-less others.–Reported.

Jefferson City • The Missouri Ambulance As-sociation announced its support for Amendment 7, a three-fourths of 1 percent increase in Missouri’s sales tax that would be spent on the improvement of roads, bridges and other priority transportation projects in Missouri.

Amendment 7 funding will be split between Mo-DOT, cities and counties. The Missouri Highway and Transportation Com-mission will vote on prior-ity transportation projects, submitted by MoDOT with citizen input.

“Protecting the safety of our citizens should be the top priority of the state, which is why we endorse Amendment 7,” Missouri Ambulance As-sociation President Margie Sammons said. “As first re-sponders we see firsthand the injuries and accidents that deteriorating roads and bridges cause. Without voter support on Amend-ment 7, our transportation system will continue to slip and create new dangers for Missouri travelers.”

Transportation funding in Missouri has decreased dramatically in the past decade, going from more than $1 billion to less than

$700 million, leaving many of Missouri’s roads and bridges in disrepair. Of the 10,250 bridges in Mis-souri, 65 percent are rated in fair or poor condition. With fuel tax revenue di-minishing due to less driv-ing and more fuel-efficient cars, MoDOT funding will continue to decrease, and by 2017 MoDOT will not have enough money to maintain existing infra-structure or execute new projects.

Missouri has the sev-enth largest transportation infrastructure in the coun-try but still only ranks 40th in funding per mile. This transportation initiative would offset disappearing fuel tax revenue and priori-tize fixing the most unsafe roads and bridges.

“Missouri’s EMT’s and paramedics are some of the most important users of our roads, and Amend-ment 7 will work directly to make the roadway ac-cidents they see more in-frequent,” said Bill McK-enna, Missourians for Safe Transportations and New Jobs, Inc., co-chair. “We’re so thankful for the Missouri Ambulance As-sociation’s support, and we’ll continue to advocate for successful passage of Amendment 7.”

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my Sebree 258, Kelly Wernex 224, Camie Kagarice 221, Scott Kagarice 203, Mat Bridges 201, Wilson Ausmer 193, Leroy Fos-ter 184, Ted Bridges 176, Lor-raine Kershner 163, Bob Sebree 163, Dale Smith 162, Anna Tallman 159, Sandy Tallman 144, Jessica Bridges 122, Betty Wisdom 120, David Timblin 113. High Series: Jimmy Sebree 641, Scott Kagarice 605, Camie Kagarice 582.Wednesday 7 pm “Tough Shot”

Windsor Lanes 154.0- 86.0Midwest Kustomz 140.0-100.0Boomchuckalucky 131.0-109.0Adrian Lanes 124.5-115.5D & B Trucking 98.5-141.5July 2: High Game: Joel

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The 2014 Hume 1 Pee Wee Boys baseball sea-son began on a Monday, May 19 and concluded Sunday, June 29. In that five-week span these 3rd and 4th graders managed to rack up an astounding sheet of stats that would make any coach, parent or player proud. On almost every occasion this season the Hornets made quick work of every opponent and ended the game by the third inning run rule. They finished a perfect 7-0 in regular season, and racked up a total of 111 runs, al-lowing only 26 with a team average of .398.

Leading the offensive charge for the Hornets was

Hume 1 Hornets Pee Wee baseball team, front row, from left: Logan Brooks, John Armentrout, Michael Wadel, Timothy Margraves, Blake Steuck. Sec-ond row: Kuper Moore, Braxton Wikoff, Tommy Sutcliffe, Max Byrd, Pey-ton McFrederick, Landon Brooks. Back row: Coach Adrien McFrederick, Coach Mark Byrd. –Submitted

#9 Logan Brooks with a regular season average of .600, pushing in 13 RBI, on four singles, two dou-bles and three home runs on just nine hits.

Leading the defen-sive stand on the mound for the Hornets was #24 Peyton McFrederick. He threw just 10 innings in five games, striking out 32, allowing only six runs and finished with an impres-sive .000 ERA.

Peyton was closely fol-lowed by #12 Timothy Margraves who threw 5.1 innings over four games, striking out 14, allowing a mere nine runs and fin-ishing with a 2.250 ERA. The Hornets’ regular sea-

son stats as a team include some impressive numbers, such as 42 hits, 24 singles, 9 doubles, 4 triples, 78 BB and 5 home runs.

The tournament began with the Hornets clinch-ing the #1 seed and a first round bye. Offensive stats during their three games in the season finale were equally impressive. The 11-man roster totaled up 10 singles, three doubles, four triples, and four home runs on 21 hits for a total of 42 runs scored.

The bullpen for the Hornets continued their impressive performances with 35 strike outs, 15 BB allowing only nine runs.

When the dust settled

Hume 1 Hornets 2014 Pee Wee tournament champions

Congratulations to baseball players Bos-ton Dickerson, left, and Calvin Romi, 2014 Archie gradu-ates. Dickerson was named 1st Team 2A All-State Pitcher and Romi was named Honorable Mention 2A All-State Utility Player. –Submitted

these Hornets found them-selves tournament cham-pions for the 2014 season, defeating Miami by a score of 11-2. They avenged a tough loss from the 2013 season that kept them out of the championship game and stopped them short of their goal finishing with third place.

The squad is looking forward to the 2015 sea-son. Keep your eyes on this young group of play-ers, they have the potential to accomplish great things together in the future. They are a great group of ath-letes and individuals and it was a pleasure to coach them this season.

Parents: thanks for all the time and effort you put in to getting them to prac-tices and games. Hume 1 Hornets were coached by Adrien McFrederick and Mark Byrd. –Adrien McFred-erick

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air to protect nectar or sometimes their terri-tory.

Most gardeners know that mulching trees, shrubs and flower beds is a good practice, even if they may not know all the reasons. Beyond the obvious advan-tage of its decorative use to make plantings look clean and attractive, there are real environmental benefits that can also help gardens re-duce maintenance and pro-tect every homeowner’s in-vestment in time and plant materials.

1. Weed Control: Most homeowners understand mulch helps reduce weeds, but best results depend on understanding why. Weeds need sunlight to germinate in the soil. The proper use of a mulch that will serve as a barrier to sunlight can help decrease the germina-tion of weed seeds. Use a shredded hardwood or soft-wood material at a depth of at least 2-3 inches for best effect.

HINT: If you prefer the more rugged look of larger particles like mini nuggets or nuggets, use a 1-inch layer of shredded material first and then place a 2-inch layer of larger materials on top to get the advantages of both materials.

2. Erosion Control: Mulch is often used by high-way departments to stabi-lize roadside embankments from erosion. The same principle applies to home gardens and should follow the same guidelines. Slopes create collection points and water flows that can carry soil downhill. The same is true of large-particle wood mulches. Since wood prod-ucts often float, large par-ticle mulch may flow down-hill in a significant rainfall. Shredded hardwood mulch-es should be used to stabi-lize slopes. These materials are more dense and tend to mat together. In lighter rain-fall, most shredded mulches will trap and absorb mois-ture thereby preventing its collection and runoff. In heavier rainfall, the inter-twined particles of a hard-wood mulch hold the mate-rial together.

HINT: Unfortunately, a torrential downpour on a steep incline may create more force than even the best mulch can resist; so, the steepness of the slope and the frequency of tor-rential rains must be con-sidered when selecting your mulch options. An inorgan-ic mulch like rock or stones may be your best option, es-pecially for areas too steep to maintain plants.

3. Moisture control: On

the opposite extreme from torrential rains is drought, and once again, mulch can provide needed protection for landscape plants. As a wood product with a large surface area compared to its size, mulches can absorb a significant amount of wa-ter. That retained moisture, which is released over time, can reduce the need to wa-ter plants during a drought. Even more important is the ability of mulch to allow water to penetrate to the ground while forming a bar-rier to reduce evaporative losses under the sun.

HINT: Retaining exist-ing moisture is just as im-portant to reducing water use as is the retention of new moisture. Maintain a 2-3 inch layer of loose fill mulch to allow moisture access from the top and prevent moisture loss from beneath.

4. Temperature Con-trol:

Excessive heat in the soil can damage plant roots, kill beneficial bacteria and de-activate slow release fertiliz-ers. A 2-3 inch layer of any organic mulch can reduce the soil temperature around plant roots. In colder cli-mates, a good mulch layer can insulate the soil from

4 helpful hints on garden mulch

excessive cold protecting the roots from freezing. Mulch can also be piled around tender plants in a freeze.

HINT: Do not leave the mulch on above-ground stems for long in warm weather. The added mois-ture and heat can encourage

insects to attack the stems. During the growing season, keep mulch 1 inch from the base of shrubs and trees.

New IBook Resource: For more information on the environmental advan-tages of garden mulch and

it’s benefits to your soil, the Mulch & Soil Council has created a free iBook, Mulches for Your Home, available through the on-line Apple iBook app or the Council website at www.mulchandsoilcouncil.org.

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NEWS-XPRESS SPORTSBartlett a 50 year Mason

Jim Bartlett, member of Butler Lodge 254, will reach a milestone July 14, 2014 as a 50-year member of the Ma-sonic Lodge. On June 19, 2014 his wife Carol had the honor of presenting him with his pin.—Submitted.

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SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY

By virtue and authority of a General Execution, Case Number 10AE-CV00008, issued from the offi ce of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Platte County, Missouri, Division I, at Platte City, pursuant to a judgment entered July 23, 2013 in favor of Counterclaim Plaintiff Northern Farms INC., and against the said Counterclaim Defendants, W.K. Jenkins and M. Earlene Jenkins, I have levied upon and seized all the right, title and interest of said Counterclaim defendants made on 05/21/2014, the property of said Counterclaim Defendants W.K. Jenkins and M. Earlene Jenkins, the following described real property, to-wit:

All of Section 18, Township 41, Range 32, EXCEPT 1 square acre of land out of the Southwest corner of Section 18; Township 41, Range 32 in Bates County, Missouri, AND ALSO EXCEPT all of 1 acres of ground lying East of Cemetery Lot in Southwest corner of Section 18, Township 41, Range 32, described as follows: Beginning at the Southeast corner of said cemetery, running East 12 8/11 rods; thence 12 & 8/11 rods North and thence West 12 & 8/11 rods adjoining the Northeast corner of said cemetery; thence South 12 & 8/11 rods to the place of beginning; AND ALSO EXCEPT All of a tract described as commencing at a point 209 feet North of the Southwest corner of Section 18, Township 41, Range 32, running East 438 feet; thence North 104 1/2 feet; thence West 438 feet; thence South to place of beginning 104 1/2 feet; AND ALSO EXCEPT; Beginning at the Northwest Corner of the platted Scott Cemetery situated in the Southwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 18, Township 41, Range 32, running thence North 105 28/100 feet; thence East 413 3/4 feet, more or less, to a point directly North of the Northeast corner of said Cemetery; thence South 105 28/100 feet to the Northeast corner of said Cemetery; thence West 413 3/4 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. Said tract deeded and conveyed for Cemetery purposes. The Northeast Quarter and the North 32 7/8 acres of the Southeast Quarter of Section 7, Township 41, Range 32.

and I will on the 15th day of July, 2014 between the hours of 9:00 in the forenoon and 5:00 in the afternoon of that day, at 1 North Delaware Street in Butler Missouri at the East Door of the Bates County, Missouri Courthouse, sell at public venue, for ready money, to the highest bidder, subject to all prior liens and judgments, if any, the above described real property, or to satisfy said execution and costs.

This sale will commence at 2:00 P.M.

Dwight E. Diehl (s)Sheriff of Cass County, Missouri

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

For default in payment of debt and performance of obligations secured by deed of trust executed by Charles S. Politte and Tammy S. Politte, husband and wife, dated December 24, 2002, and recorded on January 6, 2003, in Book 783 at Page 97, Offi ce of Recorder of Deeds, Bates County, Missouri, at Butler, Missouri, the undersigned, John Pursley, Trustee, will at the request of the holder of the debt, on Monday, July 14, 2014, between the hours: of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., to-wit: 11:30 A.M. at the East front door of the Bates County Court House in Butler, Missouri, sell at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash, the real estate described in said deed of trust, to-wit:

That portion of the North Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 22, Township 38, Range 32, lying East of the public road as it now exists, all in Bates County, Missouri,

to satisfy said debt and costs.

John Pursley, Trustee (s)McNabb, Pursley and Associates, LLCOne North MainPO Box 226Butler, Missouri 64730Phone: (660) 679-4153

NOTICE

Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 USC Section 1692C(B) no information

concerning the collection of this debt may be given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector, or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and any information will be used for that purpose.

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

For default in payment of debt and performance of obligations secured by deed of trust executed by Terry Randolph, a single person, and Lillian Detienne, a single person, dated March 2, 2010, and recorded on March 19, 2010, in Book 924 at Page 1, Offi ce of Recorder of Deeds, Bates County, Missouri, at Butler, Missouri, the undersigned, John Pursley, Trustee, will at the request of the holder of the debt, on Monday, July 21, 2014, between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., to-wit: 11:00 A.M. at the East front door of the Bates County Court House in Butler, sell at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash, the real estate described in said deed of trust, to-wit:

All of Lots 1 and 4 in Block 27 in Sperry’s Addition to the Town, now City of Rich Hill, Missouri

to satisfy said debt and costs.

John Pursley, Trustee (s)McNabb, Pursley & Associates, LLCOne North MainPO Box 226Butler, Missouri 64730Phone: (660) 679-4153

NOTICE

Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 USC Section 1692C(B) no information concerning the collection of this debt may be given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector, or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and any information will be used for that purpose.

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NOTICE

The Butler R-V School District is accepting sealed bids for trash service. Bids may be mailed to the Superintendent’s Offi ce, Attn: Trash Service Bid, 420 South Fulton, Butler MO 64730. Deadline for bids will be July 25th, 2014.

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENTOF A GUARDIANOF THE PERSON

AND CONSERVATOR OF THE ESTATE

(Sec. 475.050 and 475.080, RSMo.)

STATE OF MISSOURI ) ) ss.COUNTY OF BATES )

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, PROBATE DIVISION,

BATES COUNTY, MISSOURI

In the Matter of JUSTEN COLLINS,Incapacitated and Disabled

Case Number 14BS-PR00018

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OFJUSTEN COLLINSINCAPACITATED

AND DISABLED PERSON

On the 1st day of July, 2014, Sharon Cumpton was appointed guardian of the person and conservator of the estate of a person adjudicated incapacitated under the laws of the State of Missouri, by Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Bates County, Missouri. The business address of the guardian and conservator is P.O. Box 240, 108 E. Fort Scott, Butler, Missouri 64730. All creditors of said incapacitated and disabled person are notifi ed to fi le their claims in the Circuit Court, Probate Division, of Bates County, Missouri within six months from the date of fi rst publication of this notice, or be forever barred.

Becky Robb, Clerk

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IN THE 27TH JUDICIALCIRCUIT COURT

BATES COUNTY, MISSOURIJudge or Division

PROBATE

In the Estate of J. EARL PYEATT, JR.,Deceased

Case Number: 14BS-PR00040

Notice of LettersTestamentary Granted

(Independent Administration)

To All Persons Interested in the Estate of J. Earl Pyeatt, Jr., Decedent:

On July 3, 2014 the last will of the decedent having been admitted to probate, Bank of America, N.A. was appointed the personal representative of the estate of J. Earl Pyeatt, Jr., decedent, by the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Bates County, Missouri. The personal representative may administer the estate independently without adjudication, order, or direction of the Probate Division of the Circuit Court, unless a petition for supervised administration is made to and granted by the court. The personal representative’s business address is: 1200 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64105.

The personal representative’s attorney’s name, business address and phone number are respectively: John L. Pursley, One North Main, P.O. Box 226, Butler, Missouri 64730; 660-679-4153.

All creditors of said decedent are notifi ed to fi le claims in court within six months from the date of the fi rst publication of this notice or if a copy of this notice was mailed to, or served upon, such creditor by the personal representative, then within two months from the date it was mailed or served, whichever is later, or be forever barred to the fullest extent permissible by law. Such six-month period and such two-month period do not extend the limitation period that would bar claims one year after the decedent’s death, as provided in Section 473.444, RSMo, or any other applicable limitation periods. Nothing in Section 473.033, RSMo, shall be construed to bar any action against a decedent’s liability insurance carrier through a defendant ad litem pursuant to Section 537.021, RSMo.

Date of the decedent’s death: April 1, 2014.

Date of fi rst publication: July 11, 2014.

Becky Robb (s)Clerk

Receipt of this notice by mail should not be construed by the recipient to indicate that the recipient necessarily has a benefi cial interest in the estate. The nature and extent of any person’s interest, if any, can be determined from the fi les and records of this estate in the Probate Division of the above referenced Circuit Court.

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REAL ESTATETRANSFERS

LUCILLE MUNDEYBates County

Recorder of Deeds

June 27-July 3, 2014Vicky Vanvoorst to Ar-

lin Vanvoorst: 9-41-30 de-scribed,

Vicky Vanvoorst to Arlin Vanvoorst: N 100 acres of SE/4 of 9-41-30.

Dawn Marie Fennewald to Jimmy Lee Fennewald: 4-38-31 described.

Stephen Shea Hellie to Stephen Shea & Janice Sue Hellie Sue Trust & Janice Sue Hellie: N/2 of SW/4 of 29-42-31 described.

Millsap & Singer (suc trustee), Dave J. Phillips & Patricia R. Phil-lips to Citimortgage, Inc.: N/2 of Blk. 204, Town Co.’s

5th Addn., Rich Hill.John Pursley (suc trust-

ee) & John W. Ganfield Jr. to Citizen’s Bank of Am-sterdam: Lot 2, Blk. 8, Cog-well’s Addn., Butlerr.

Michael H. Hart & Satin S. McGinnis & Substitute Trustee Corp. (suc trustee) to Bank of America: W/2 of Lot 5, Blk. 10, William’s Addn., Butler.

Mary E. Jackson (trust-ee) & Mary E. Jackson Trust 12-15-2004 to Gary R. Jackson & Melinda R. Jackson: 1-41-33 & 2-41-33 described.

Robert L. Lowe & Eva M. Lowe to Benjamin J. Buffon & Mary P. Buffon: 16-42-32 described.

Harold J. Piearson to Philip L. Fox & Cathy S. Fox: Lot 11 & E 5 ft. of Lot 10, Blk. 67, original town, Rich Hill.

Carol A. Peters to Jon Peters & Audra Peters: NW/4 of NW/4 of 35-40-31 described.

Ralph D. Fitzpatrick & Joyce E. Fitzpatrick to Donald W. Allen & Jana Al-len: Lot 1 & E. 22 ft. of Lot 2, Blk. 2, Conklin & Wells Addn., Butler.

Generation Mortgage Co. to Brock James Mullis & Karla Ann Mullis: NE/4 of NW/4 of 22-40-31 But-ler, described.

Bayview Loan Servic-ing to Nitsche Family Trust dated 6-10-2009 & Linn Nitsche (trustee): Lot 2, ex-cept N 25 ft. & all of Lot 1, Blk. 4, Gilbert Heights Sub-div., Butler.

Michael Davidson & Kellie S. Davidson to Bev-erly L. Grover: Lot 5 & S 30 ft. of Lot 4, Country South Ext. 3 Sundiv., Butler.

Charles W. Burris & Shir-ley A. Burris to Peachtree Rentals: Tract 1—Lots 3 & 4 & N 40 ft. of Lot 2, Blk. 5, Atkison Park. Butler. Trac-to 2 — E/2 of: NW/4 of SW/4 of 23-40-31, Butler,

described.Tyson Simon & Holly

L. Simon to Scott Bailey & Kali Bailey: SE/4 of NW/4 of 22-42-31 described.

Bank of America, Bac Home Loans Servicing (fka) & Countrywide Home Loans Servicive (fka) to Sec-retary of Housing & Urban Development: N 65 acres of SW/4 of 6-41-30 described.

Harold C. Anderson & Courtney S. Anderson to Susan Anderson: S/2 of SE/4 of 12-40-31 described.

Kelly Lynn Stark, Kelly Lyn Rainey (aka), Tracy Mitcher Rugg, Joseph Dale Rugg & Janace L. Rugg to Tracy Mitcher Rugg: 10-41-32 described.

Kelly Lynn Stark, Kelly Lyn Stark (aka), Tracy Mi-chjer Rugg, Joseph Dale Rugg & Janace L. Rugg to Kelly Lyn Stark: S 60 acres of W/2 of SW.4 of 10-42-32.

Kelly Lyn Stark, Kelly Lyn Rainey (aka), Tracy Mitcher Rugg, Joseph Dale Rugg, Janace L. Rugg to Kelly Lyn Stark: S 60 acres of W/2 of SW/4 of 10-41-32.

Kelly Lyn Stark, Kelly Lynn Rainey (aka), Tracy Mitcher Rugg, Joseph Dale Rugg & Janace L. Rugg to Joseph Dale Rugg & Janace Lorraine Rugg: 3-41-32 & 10-41-32, described.

Joseph Dale Rugg, Janace Lorraine Rugg to Rugg Liv-ing Trust 6/4/1999, Joseph D. Rugg (trustee) & Janace L. Rugg (trustee): 3-41-32 & 10-41-32, described.

Roger J. Irvin & Carol Irvin to Roger J. Irvin & Carol Irvin: W 74 ft. of Lot 41 & E 46 ft. of Lot 42, C.L. Mills Addn., Adrian.

David G. Jungerman to Jungerman Family Trust 2-17-2003 & Angelia K. Buesing (trustee): 14-38-32 described.

Court news...MARRIAGE LICENSE

Lucille MundeyRecorder of Deeds

Benjamin Andrew Thomp-son, Rich Hill, 26, and Valerie Dawn Menego, Rich Hill, 38.

Russell Louis Couch, Rich Hill, 55, and Cathleen Louise Ford, Rich Hill, 53.

Danny Lee Norbury, Hume, 63, and Gwendolyn Kay Gen-try, Hume, 58.

Columbia, Mo. • There were cool days and warm days, but overall June in Missouri was mild as milk.

“When we look at the month as a whole, starting out cool the first half and a little bit warmer for the second half, it’s going be an above-normal month,” said Pat Guinan, climatol-ogist for University of Mis-souri Extension’s Commer-cial Agriculture Program. “The preliminary numbers show it was about 1 degree above normal.”

Cloudy days in early June kept high tempera-tures at bay, Guinan said. Then toward the end of the month we had more blue sky and sunny days that brought higher tem-peratures and humidity, he said.

Many of those cloudy days were also rainy days, making June a fairly wet month.

“Average statewide pre-cipitation was over 6 inch-es, and that’s about an inch and a half above normal,” Guinan said. “Missouri’s a big state, so there were re-gional differences.”

The wettest areas of Missouri were the north-ern, western and extreme southeastern parts of the state, where totals ran 7 to 10 inches, he said. The wet-test spot was Unionville in Putnam County, which saw 14.77 inches of rain.

All that rain brought re-lief to the drier parts of the Show-Me State.

“Seven to 10 inches of rain is going to be a pret-ty good drought buster,” Guinan said. “We saw im-provement across the state, especially northern and western sections. There’s still moderate drought con-ditions in some southwest-ern Missouri counties.”

While that rain brought much-needed relief to drought-stricken parts of Missouri, it’s creating flood risks along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers.

“We have moderate to major flooding along the Mississippi River, espe-cially along the Iowa and Illinois border and down into north of Saint Louis,” Guinan said.

July is starting out more like “puppy days” rather than the expected hot and humid “dog days.”

“There are indications of a cooler and wetter pattern for the first half of July. If that prediction holds true, we will need to keep an eye on those rivers, not only in Missouri but across much of the Mid-west,” Guinan said.

Missouri Climate Cen-ter, climate.missouri.edu

Flood monitoring, a g e b b. m i s s o u r i . e d u /weather/river.htm

MU climatologist:A gentle June in Missouri

12 News Xpress, Butler, Mo., Friday, July 11, 2014

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SENIOR DANCE:Thursday, July 17 at 7:00 p.m. But-ler Senior Center, 611 W. Mill St., Butler, Mo. Country Western Band with Jerry Day and The Tumbleweeds! $5 cover charge and bring a covered dish. For more de-tails call center at 660-679-5830 or 417-309-3676 a

LOOKING FOR A MISS:Age 45 to 50, cowboy seeking cowgirl always. Definitely match mate. Call 660-464-1131. A prophet lady only. a

EVELYN STEVENER:Will be 93 on July 20. Cards may be sent to 805 Hillcrest, But-ler, MO., 64730. a

PERFECT HEAT:No inside mess, forced air heat, wood warmth and all the hottest water you can use. 660-598-4191. HARDY OUTSIDE WOODBURNING STOVE. z

R.B. CONSTRUCTION: Bobcat, backhoe, rock ham-mer & dump truck work, driveways, culverts, exca-vation, water lines, septic systems, gradework, build-ing pads, pond work, tree work, fallout shelters sold & installed, concrete tear out & replace, etc. Top soil de-livered. Reasonably priced, quality work. Call Rex 660-925-3138, cell 816-510-0048. z

GRP CONSTRUCTION: 660-679-1375. All types of remodeling, bathrooms, kitchens, flooring, texturing, decks, windows, trench-ing, licensed electrician and plumber. zfp

R&K CONSTRUCTION: Vi-nyl siding, windows, home repair, certified vinyl in-staller, free estimates. Roy Welliver, 816-804-5297 z

ROY LEWIS CONSTRUC-TION: New or remodel, over 20 years experience. Kitch-en or bath remodel, decks, window & door replacement, trim, dry wall, electrical, roof-ing, any type of home or barn repair. 816-738-1238, z

FOR ALL YOUR CARPET & upholstery cleaning needs please call Cliffs Carpet Cleaning 660-679-5657. z

PARKER’S CHIMNEY SER-VICE: Cleaning, inspec-tion, repairs, all major credit cards accepted. Licensed & insured. www.ParkersChim-ney.com 660-424-0970. z

DIAMOND DRYWALL:20 years experience. Taping, finishing, some hanging, spraying and texturing. Call for estimates. Cell 913-208-8778, home 816-619-4670. 2&4womz

DAVE’S KITCHEN CABI-NET REFACING: Get a new kitchen look for a fraction of the cost by replacing your doors and drawer fronts. Also fireplace mantles and any other cabinet needs. No job too small. Licensed, Bonded, Insurance. 20 years experience. View my website at www.davescabi-netrefacing.com 417-389-4475. z1345wom

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IF YOUR BUDGET IS STRETCHED ON WELD-ING SUPPLIES: Then check out my prices before you pay too much. Roger’s Oxy-gen and Acetylene Service, office 660-679-5368 or cell 660-679-7187. 3womz

BUY, SELL, TRADE:Farm tractors and machinery, parts for sale. Austin Farms Salvage, Butler, MO. 660-679-4080. 8:30 am - 5 pm Mon. - Fri.; 9-12 Sat. Closed Sunday. z

DEWEY’S TREE SERVICE: Complete tree service, tree trimming & removals, stump grinding. ANSI A300 prun-ing standards, bucket truck, chipper. We use climbing gear not tree spikes. Dewey Dirks, owner, 660-424-4567, 816-922-9830. z

YES:We buy, sell and trade antiques and collectibles. The Dusty Attic, 813 North Orange, Butler, Missouri. 660-679-9911. Open 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. everyday. z

JOHNSON EXCAVATING & LANDSCAPING: Back-hoe and trenching service, driveway repair, culverts and small jags, rock hauling. 660-424-0006. z

BRENT JACOBS PLUMB-ING & HOME IMPROVE-MENT: Backhoe service, drain cleaning, all types of plumbing repairs, full bath-room and kitchen remodels, ceramic tile, home repairs. 816-863-5052 z

OXYGEN & ACETYLENE: You can now exchange your bottles at Green’s Welding and Sales in Appleton City. 660-476-5598 z

DIRKS CONSTRUCTION: Rock hauling, brush clear-ing, basements, small ponds cleaned out, demolition and debris removal, topsoil and fill dirt available, laser equipped. Call 660-200-5367 z

DRY CLEANING:Available at What To Wear, west side Butler square. 660-679-4563. 1&3womz

CUSTOM DRAPERIES: Blinds, shades, verticals and minis. 660-227-3959. 2&4womz

CUSTOM T-SHIRTS, ETC: Check our prices first! Screen print, vinyl lettering, embroidery. Bags, signs, banners, window clings, cups, etc. Custom Creations by Harvest Hill. Tina Oerke, 660-464-0959 your 1 stop print shop. z

WANTED:Dead or alive mo-torcycles, street or dirt, 4 wheelers, 3 wheelers, new or old. 816-217-8542 z

STEEL ROOFING:I-49 Sil-ver Dime. We sell 36” pan-els cut to your lengths. Also, custom trim and accesso-ries. Call 417-394-2414. z

HEATING AND AIR CONDI-TIONING SERVICE: Rea-sonable rates. Bridges Ser-vice. 816-297-2880 2womz

HOMETOWN CONSTRUC-TION: Basement wall repair, foundation repair, mobile home foundations, blocks, siding, window, carpet & tile. Dependable work, Reason-able rates. 660-424-9205. z

BUYING:Cars, pickups, vans, grain trucks, school buses, metal piles, old farm equipment, batteries, radia-tors. Will pay cash and pick-up. Dependable. 660-643-7320, 660-679-1223, cell. z

R&K CONSTRUCTION: New construction, home re-pair of all kinds, roofing, sid-ing, affordable metal roofs. 816-804-5297 z

CERTIFIED MASTER IN-STALLER: Now offering high quality vinyl replace-ment windows, all types of replacement siding, as well as all types of home repair. 20 years experience, 48 years Bates County resi-dent. For a free estimate call Joe Patterson 816-769-7229. z

ENVIRO-DRY CARPET CLEANING: Fast drying, environmentally friendly car-pet cleaning 816-654-5067. Ask about our carpet repairs special! z

SCHUMAN’S VINYL SID-ING & WINDOWS: Re-model - Repair - Plumbing. Since 1985. Call Clint 660-200-5484 z

REPLACEMENT WIN-DOWS: Economy to Premi-um Options. Single, Double Hung, Sliders, Casements, Picture, Awnings and Bays Double or Triple Pane Low-E & Argon Glass. Numerous Interior & Exterior Finish Options. Field Construction 816-297-8890, 816-308-6275, email: markfield62@gmail.com z

DEEMS STUMP REMOV-AL: Serving Bates County areas since 1962. Free es-timates, reasonable rates, quality work. Tom and Dan-iel Deems. 660-679-5322 z

BUYING STANDING TIM-BER: Brad Jacobs MFPA Certified Logger, insured, payment up front. 816-739-6574 z

CUSTOM BRUSHOG MOWING: Pastures, fields, lots in the surrounding But-ler area. 660-424-0720 15a18

D&D POWER WASHING AND DECK RESTORA-TION, AMSTERDAM, MO: Wood and composite deck, fence and porch, cleaning and sealing/staining. We also wash houses to remove unhealthy mold and unsight-ly dirt. Windows, doors and outer gutters always includ-ed. We also clean just about any other outdoor struc-ture including driveways, sidewalks, fuel tanks, etc. We also paint single level homes, garages, sheds, etc. and stain log cabin homes. Call Mike to schedule a free bid. 816-550-0625.

APRICOT KERNELS: Pesti-cide free. GMO free. Gluten free. Vegan. Sandy’s Herb Shop, 200 N Main, Butler. Open every day. 660-679-5060 fpz

NAVAJO WINTER BARG-ELLO: Small wall hanging July 22, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. $35. includes pattern. Nine Patch Quilt and Fabrics, 129 E Walnut, Nevada. 417-667-7100 b

PAINTING:Affordable home painting, interior/exterior, 22 years in Bates Co. War-ranty work. 816-345-5551 a

NEW & USED HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT: Clean, good condition items at af-fordable discounted prices, shower chairs, self stand-ing commodes, raised toi-let seats, canes, crutches, walkers, aluminum reach grabber, wheelchairs and more. If you’re household budget is stretched, check with “This-N-That Sales”, Butler, Mo. 660-679-7748.

LOOKING FOR MEDICARE ADVANTAGE: Or affordable Medicare Supplements? Call David Noble 800-838-5576, 417-849-2776.

OPEN AA MEETING:Every Monday, 7 p.m., Mound City United Methodist Church, 3rd & Main, Mound City, Ks. 913-755-1407 for more info.

NARCOTICS ANONY-MOUS: Meets every Wednesday at 7:00 p.m., at 715 Main St., Pleasan-ton, KS at the Methodist Church. ncz

AREA COMPANY LOOK-ING FOR PEOPLE INTER-ESTED IN CAREERS: Or pt employment in a sports re-lated career. Positions avail-able in sales and broadcast-ing. For more information, go online to www.prepcasts-kcmw.com. Email: sales@prepcasts-kcmw.com

UNIVERSITY OF MIS-SOURI EXTENSION: Family Nutrition Education Program is accepting applications for a Nutrition Program Asso-ciate in the following area: Bates County Vacancy #13657. Responsibilities in-clude teaching basic nutri-tion, food safety and physi-cal activity concepts to low income Missourians. Associ-ate’s Degree or 60 hours of college in nutrition or related area is required. Position will also have additional respon-sibilities in Cass County. Po-sitions are dependent upon continued USDA funding, which is expected but not guaranteed. Salary range is $11.80 to $13.30/hr. Appli-cation deadline: 11:59 p.m., 7/18/2014. You must apply online. For more information about the positions and the online application process, go to http://hrs.missouri.edu/find-a-job/staff/index.php. EEO/AA/ADA Employer

HELP WANTED:The Lum-ber Yard Grill and Pub in Urich. Apply in person for experienced cooks.

DRIVER WANTED:Full time tractor trailer driver hauling ag commodities 300 miles radius of Kansas City home most weekends. Must have a CDL minimum age 25 years, experience neces-sary. 816-289-0254, b

HIRING A “WEEKEND” PERSON FOR BATES COUNTY: Nurse Aide or CNA. Reliability and trans-portation a must. Training provided. 877-890-2130

NIGHT SHIFT:CMA/Insulin Cert Aide. 11 p.m.-7 a.m. Will train. Apply at Maple Se-nior Living, 300 S Delaware, Butler. b

DIETARY AIDE:Monday, Thursday and every other weekend. Apply at Maple Senior Living, 300 S Dela-ware, Butler. b

NOTICE:Protect what you have with insurance from COOK INSURANCE Agen-cy, Inc., 660-679-6188, But-ler, Mo. z

THE MIAMI R-1 SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION: Amoret, Mo 64722 is now accepting bids for the 2014-15 school year for diesel fuel, propane, milk and bread. All companies inter-ested must submit their bids to the central office no later than 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 10, 2014. Please re-turn your information to Mi-ami R-1 School Attn: BIDS, 7638 NW State Road Route J, Amoret, Mo 64722. The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any and all bids. 2b2

THE HUME R-VIII SCHOOL IS ACCEPTING SEALED BIDS: For milk, diesel, fuel and trash service. Bids may be mailed to Attention Bids, Office of Superintendent, Hume R-VIII School District, 9163 SW 2nd Street, Hume, Mo 64752. Due by July 16, 2014. 2b2

FREE LAWN CARE TIME-LINE LAWN: Dissatisfied? Paying too much? First 4 weeks for the price of 2, new customers only. Residential or commercial. Landscap-ing, flowers, shrubs or trees planted. Local. 816-872-8626. z

CORN FED BUFFALO: Sold by pound, 1/4, 1/2 or whole, Also $50 or $75 bundles. Call for hours and directions. Scott Farms, 660-476-5843, Appleton City. z

REGISTERED BULLS FOR SALE: 15 months to 2 year olds Forage/Performance tested, Calving ease and Growth, Simmental, SimAn-gus, Gelbvieh and Gelbvie-hAngus (Balancers). George Rotert 816-896-0954. z

LIMOUSIN BULLS:Blacks and Reds, Limousin females bred & open, Double J Ranch, 417-842-3353, Ron cell 417-214-0279, Will cell 417-350-9810. z

REGISTERED BLACK AN-GUS BULLS FOR SALE: 16 months to 3 year olds. Good disposition and growth. Call Matt Kohler. 816-679-4966.

ENGLISH MASTIFF PUP-PIES: AKC, farm raised health guaranteed. 913-898-6433 2b2

REGISTERED AUSTRA-LIAN KELPIE PUPS: Out of working parents. Bred to work all types of livestock. Parents on site. Good look-ing black and tan pups will have lots of eye and bite when needed. Taking de-posits. 5 weeks old. Rob 913-244-2446 2b2

MINI DONKEY: Spotted male, 34”, gentle. 913-471-4892. 2a9

FOR SALE:Raw jersey milk, very delicious. 2-6 months old cow raised Jersey steers, de-horned and calf hood vaccination. 660-200-6055 a

FOR SALE:Male AKC French Bulldog. White DOB 10-8-13. APRI Champion Sired, very nice. $1800. 417-214-1585 2a9

FREE:Seven Barber Rock Roosters. 9 months old. Have been eating lots of chopped corn, should be very fat. 417-884-2850

FOR SALE:Laying hens and baby chicks. 6 month old pullets. Call 660-679-1643

WANTED:Standing Timber. Certified cutters, highest prices paid. Cash up front or on shares. Ron Jones, 417-321-3190. 2&4womz

FOR SALE:Small square bales of straw $3. 660-464-0997 z

FOR SALE:Straw small square bales $3. 816-657-2622 z

SQUARE BALES:Mixed grass $5; Alfalfa $7; Brome $6; Straw $3; Grass/Alfalfa $5. 816-804-5297 z

WANTED:Hay ground for custom bailing, shares or full custom. We have reli-able machinery. Job done in timely fashion. Can travel. Eric Hansen, 660-924-5197 or Tim Hansen 660-679-8045. z

STINE 4.7-5.2 MATURITY ROUNDUP READY: and Liberty Link Soybeans, Pearl Millet, German Millet (R-Strain), Cow Pro Honey-comb Sorghum Sudangrass, Green Graze Supreme Su-dangrass, Moxie Teff Grass, K-31, Tuff Turf Lawn Grass, Bermuda Grasses. Also Round Bale Net Wrap and poly twine. Kincaid Seed Company, LLC. Jasper, Mo. 417-394-3100 or Daniel’s cell 417-540-3106 or Jaret’s cell 417-438-2793. Mon. - Fri. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sat. 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. 10b7

WANTING TO RENT PAS-TURE: At least 30 acres or more. Will pay $60/acre. Must have good fences and water and a 2 or 3 yr. lease, around Amsterdam and LaCygne area. 816-820-5891 8b4

WANTING TO RENT PAS-TURE: At least 30 acres or more. Will pay $60/acre. Must have good fences and water and a 2 or 3 yr. lease, around Drexel area. 816-820-5891 8b4

FOR SALE:Bush hog 2615L 15’ mower, new blades, very good cond. $9900. Schell City T&T, Schell City, Mo. 417-432-3101 z

FOR SALE:Choice Angus beef, Jack Baker. 660-679-4403, 660-464-1657.

FOR SALE:Eddins grain cart 300 bu $2,500 OBO. 1973 C60 Chev. 69,000 16’ grain & stock bed with hoist 350 eng., 4 speed and spli-ter, like new tires front and back $8,500 OBO. 660-679-8613. 2a2

JD 5525 CAB:FWA, 91 hp, 900 hours. 6620 TWRD, 2 heads, 3,000 hours. 660-424-3200. 2b2

FOR SALE:815 IH Combine with #820 - 16’ header, al-ways shedded, good condi-tion, low hours, $3500. 816-297-2316 b

FOR SALE:John Deere 660 3-wheel hay rake. 6 ft. x 14 ft. livestock trailer. Good tires and paint. 816-258-6477 b

FOR SALE:Allis Chalmers D14, good rubber, excellent condition, runs great. Call 816-255-5109 2a9

FOR SALE:H Farmall tractor $1200, needs carb cleaned. 660-492-2961 b

FORD 2600:Diesel, P/S, L/P. 660-679-5944 b

FORD 5000:Diesel, 8/2 trans, L/P, P/S. 660-679-5944 b

HAY BALERS ROUND NH: Hesston Gheil. 660-679-5944 b

8N FORD TRACTORS: All prices. Parts available. 660-679-5944 b

DRIVEWAY SALE:2 Moun-tain bicycles, several pro left handed gloves and base-balls, baseball cards, chil-dren’s toys, Nintendo and Games, LP albums, many cassettes, mostly classic rock. July 12, 612 W. Nurs-ery, Butler. a

GARAGE SALE:300 gallon gas tank and stand. Honda 4 wheeler with HD trailer. 1 Hp electric meat grinder, lawn mower, weed eaters, deer stands and feeders, fishing equipment, shotgun, 650 reloader and lots more. July 11-12, 8-4, 23565 Val-ley Road, LaCygne. North of Lynn Co. Park b

COIN, STAMP, POST-CARD, SPORTS MEMORA-BILIA AND COLLECTABLE SHOW: Carthage Memorial Hall. Saturday, July 12, 9-6. Sunday, July 13, 9-3. Free admission. More info. 417-682-4500 a

GARAGE SALE:Home de-cor, dishes, lots of kitchen utensils, dresser, treadmill, like new men’s and women’s clothes, etc. Saturday, July 12 from 8:00 -?? 507 W Park St., Butler. b

MULTI FAMILY GARAGE SALE: Saturday, July 12, 9 a.m. - ? 110 W Cherry, Rich Hill, Tourtillott. Lots of girls junior clothes,men’s clothes and girls clothes up to size 12. Lots of misc. items. a

YARD SALE:1101 S Main, Butler. 9-5, Thur., Fri. & Sat., July 10-12. Nice clothes, sm., med., and lg. Lots of misc. Rain cancels. a

DON’T MISS OUT CRACK-ING OPEN MY STORAGE UNIT: To sell everything! Rabourn Storage No. 7 Thur. 8-3 and Fri. 8-12. a

MOVING SALE:404 E. 4th Street, Appleton City (Wade’s) Saturday, July 12, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Furniture, books, dishes, CDs, DVDs, PS2 games, board games, knick knacks, men & wom-en’s clothes and lots more. b

YARD SALE:Friday only. Little bit of everything. 307 N Water, Butler. a

YARD SALE:504 W Vine, Butler. Friday & Saturday. 11 & 12th, 8-4. Baby boy clothes, kids, girls & boys clothes, women’s clothes, purses & misc. a

CLEANING UP THE FARM SALE: 11 metal doors $200, 500 gallon propane tank $375, Lennox furnace pro-pane $500, antique cast iron wood burning stove $300, 500 gallon fuel tank $200. Reasonable offers consid-ered. 816-738-3222. b

1 BEDROOM APARTMENT: Nicely furnished or unfur-nished. Pool, rec. room & laundry. Free cable/HBO, water & trash. Short lease available. $200 security de-posit. No pets! In Nevada. Starting at $365. 417-667-2633. www.hedgesproper-ties.com z

FOR RENT:Rockville, MO. Nice 1 bdrm apartment. All utilities paid. Starting at $330 rent, $200 security. No pets. 417-667-2633. www.hedgesproperties.com z

SENIOR LIVING APART-MENTS: Locations in Ne-vada, Sheldon, Foster and Rockville. All bills paid on most units. Apartments starting at $330. No pets. 417-667-5084. www.hedg-esproperties.com z

FOR RENT:Total modern remodeled, 608 W Mill, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, 2 car attached garage, large back yard. Below market rent. 816-810-6794 2a2

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BUTLER ESTATES:200 W. Atkinson. 1-2 bedroom apartments. Stove and re-frigerator included. Snow removal, maintenance and lawn care provided. Water, sewer and trash included in rent. Call Vicki at 660-679-5589. HUD vouchers accepted. TDD #1-800-735-2966. EHO. Handicapped accessible. Taking applica-tions. Rental assistance available for those who qualify. z

FOR RENT:Nice 2 bdrm, in Butler, $450. Call 816-550-3975 z

FOSTER, MO RENTAL: Short lease available, great 1 bedroom apartment. Nice-ly furnished or unfurnished, some utilities paid, no pets. Laundry facilities. Starting at $275. 417-667-2633 z

FOR RENT: 1 Bedroom apartment in Hume, Mo., water, septic and trash service included. 620-857-4770. z

FOR RENT:2 bdrm duplex, stove, refrig., and yard care provided. $395/month. 660-492-2731 2b2

FOR RENT:2 bdrm in But-ler, central heat, A/C, fresh paint, available now, $385 per month, plus $200 de-posit. 660-924-6655

RENTAL AVAILABLE SOON: 3 bdrm, 2 bath, walk in closets, built in stainless steel appliances, lots of cabinets, open fl oor design, water softener, reverse os-mosis, detached work shop or garage, raised garden, Butler. Call Jim 660-424-3542 a

FOR RENT:Rural two bed-room home Schell City, $500. No smoking, yard mowed, pets welcomed, nice neighborhood. Fur-nished or unfurnished. 660-679-5060 2a9

FOR RENT:3 bdrm, 2 bath, 509 W Harrison, Butler. $475 rent, $500 deposit. 660-679-6141 b

FOR RENT:2 bdrm, Victo-rian 806 W Pine, Butler, Mo. $450 rent $500 deposit. No pets. 660-679-6141 b

FOR RENT:Rich Hill. 2nd & Pine. Like new. Seniors welcome. One bedroom. No steps, no pets. $365/month. 816-260-3605 2a9

OWN CHEAPER THAN RENT: $500 down, $300 per month for 4 years. 2 bdrm, 1 bath. Needs some repairs. 201 E. Walnut, Butler. 660-200-6697 z

HOUSE FOR SALE:2 bdrm, 2 bath, 4 acres, shop, 2 ponds, east of Butler, close to town. 660-227-9387 4a25

FSBO:Adrian. 40 acres on blacktop, timber with bluff, pasture, cross fencing, 3 ponds, 30x50 metal shop, currently serving as 3 bdrm home. $300,000, make offer. 816-204-4528. 3b25

TAKING OFFERS ON LYN-NVILLE MANSER FARM: Level 200 acres, no build-ings, mostly tillable, current-ly rented. From Butler, take 52 West 5 miles past double curve and city lake to fi rst road south 1/4 mile, farm is on west side of road. 816-718-5592 4a25

HOUSE FOR SALE:Linn Valley Lakes, 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 decks, has FHA assum-able loan. 913-594-0227 2a2

HOUSE FOR SALE:Nice A frame located within walk-ing distance from Stockton Lake. This house has been very well maintained and would make a great vaca-tion getaway or quiet place to live. The house has 1100 square foot of living space and the unfi nished base-ment has lots of storage for toys. I have pictures of the house and would be glad to e-mail them upon request. For more information call Terrance at 417-448-4537 or Dan at 417-448-7444. The house is reduced for quick sale now only $59,900.

FOR SALE:80 acres, black-top road - hwy. frontage, ru-ral water, good location. 12 miles SE of Butler. 660-424-0974 4b2

MOTIVATED SELLER!3 bdrm, 1 bath, 1.5 story home w/ detached garage, spacious corner lot, needs some TLC, $19,900. Lo-cated in Montrose, Country Wide Realty, Clint Powell, Agent. 660-492-5473 b

AFFORDABLE 2 BDRM 1 BATH BUNGALOW: Cov-ered front porch, hardwood fl oors, located across from city park, Appleton City, $23,500. Country Wide Re-alty, Clint Powell, Agent. 660-492-5473 b

FOR SALE:Retired bank bldg. in Hume $20K. West-ern MO Realty, Mary Coff-man. 660-200-6033 b

FOR SALE:5 Acres Amster-dam $35K Water-Electricity at road. Western MO Realty, Mary Coffman. 660-200-6033 b

FOR SALE:19 W Oak, But-ler. $49K 2 bdrm, CH & CA. Western MO Realty, Mary Coffman. 660-200-6033 b

FOR SALE:608 W Nursery, Butler. 3 bdrm, 2 bath, CH & CA, 2 car garage, $89,900. Western MO Realty, Mary Coffman. 660-200-6033 b

FOR SALE:Rattlesnake Hill, Butler. 2004 Custom 4 bdrm, 3 bath, 3 car garage, walk-out bsmt., 11 acres, $350K. Western MO Realty, Mary Coffman. 660-200-6033 b

FOR SALE:611 S Main, But-ler. 2 bdrm, 1 bath, 1240 sq. ft. 2 lots, fenced, $59,500. Western MO Realty, Mary Coffman. 660-200-6033 b

FOR SALE:1 Acre Rich Hill doublewide, close to 14,000 acres of hunting & fi shing $89,900. Western MO Real-ty, Mary Coffman. 660-200-6033 b

FOR SALE:1 Overbrook dr., Butler $189K 4 bdrm, 3 bath, 2800 sq. ft., new roof, 2 fi replaces, 3 living spac-es, deck, fi re pit, oak trees, close to golf course. West-ern MO Realty, Mary Coff-man. 660-200-6033 b

FOR SALE:507 N Delaware, Butler.. $180K 4 bdrm, 4 bath,, bsmt., 3472 sq. ft., 140x150 lot, 2 fi replaces, private fenced patio. West-ern MO Realty, Mary Coff-man. 660-200-6033 b

FOR SALE:Wells St., Butler, $59,900, 1.5 acres, 2 bdrm house, CH & CA, 2 car ga-rage, 2 wells on property, garden spot, pecan trees, backs up to the countryside. Western MO Realty, Mary Coffman. 660-200-6033 b

LAKE OF THE OZARKS:Family Fun, own a lot for $3,595, $75 DN and $59 per month. For camp-ing, building or own for in-vestment. Also: 3+ acre tracts starting at $10,900, $195 down $139 per month, owner fi nancing, no credit checks. Swimming, fi shing and boating. Free lake ac-cess and boat ramps. Sale ends July 28. Hwy 135 south out of Stover, Mo. Take Lake Road 135-12 to the Ivy Bend offi ce. Closed Tuesdays 573-372-6493. ivybendland-offi ce.com 3b9

JUST LISTED:3 bdrm, 1 1/2 bath, extra nice, move in ready, lots of extras, Butler, Mo. Almost 140 acres, un-der contract, great hunting & great location, Bates Coun-ty, Mo. Fixer Upper - 2 bdrm, needs some TLC priced ac-cordingly, Butler, Mo. Com-mercial location, corner of Bus. 49 & 52 (N. Orange). Commercial Location, east side of square, Butler, Mo. 40 acres, extra extra nice home well built, fenced, brick, on blacktop, Bates County. See...Pitts Realty, Randy M. Pitts, Broker, #16 North Delaware Street (West Side of Square), But-ler, Missouri. 660-679-4291. Properties easily shown by appointment. b

WANTING TO BUY GUNS: 1 or small collection. 660-643-7320, cell 660-679-1223. 4womz

WANTED:Dead or alive. Used 4 wheelers, 3 wheel-ers, dirt bikes, street bikes and ATVs, no key or title needed. 816-217-8542, 816-380-5161, anytime. z

MOTORCYCLE FOR SALE: 1979 Honda CX500, runs good, looks good. $1,000. Call Joe, 913-795-2190 3b25

FOR SALE:16 ft. V-bottom aluminum boat with trailer, 45 lb thrust trolling motor and fi sh fi nder $1400. 660-464-0610 2a2

PONTOON BOAT (2012 AVALON: 19 ft. Rolco trailer, Mercury Bigfoot 40 horse, cover, fi shing, party. $15,000. 913-522-4468

HEAVY DUTY RECLINING LIFT CHAIR: On sale now! Furniture City, Clinton, Mo. 660-885-7088. z

STEEL, STEEL, STEEL:Lots of pipe, square and rectan-gular tubing. 660-925-3302

FOR SALE:300 gal. water tanks $100. No checks. 407 W. Vine, Butler. 660-679-5929, 660-643-7431, Hume. Leave message. z

HEARTLAND WOOD COOK STOVE W/ WATER RESERVOIR: And warming oven, black with silver trim. Bought new, never used, $6,000 retail, cash only $3,600. 417-673-1442.

WINDOWS 7 LAPTOPS: Quality preowned Lenovo Thinkpads with 2007 Mi-crosoft Offi ce. Comes with charger and carry bag $160 each. Wireless routers $10 each; fl atscreen monitors $20 and up, Hughes Dish and modems $25., Laptop chargers $10 each. Boxes framing hangers $10 each. New volleyball net and poles $20. Polar care surgery cool-er with pads $40, Sun Ancon Chi mobility machine $140. Dr. Schultz “Save Your Life” from stage 4 cancer VHS set with player $175. Calls only in Butler. 660-200-5026

STORAGE BUILDING: 12’x20’, double doors on front, 2 windows. Hip roof. $2200. You move. 816-804-7514 2b2

SELLING:Barn full of excess hot water heater, shower stall, tools, water tank, elec-tric cables, selection of 8 track tapes, 75 lb. propane tank, too much to list all, must take all for one price. 816-804-7514 2b2

FOR SALE:Maytag electric dryer, works good. $125. 816-293-5214 a

FOR SALE:Rainbow vacu-um E-Z Series works great all attachments extra power nozzle $400 OBO. Call Ap-pleton City 660-476-5558 or 660-492-3876 a

FOR SALE:36x68 full length insulated glass door with frame; set of 235-55-19 tires; several sets of scaffolding. 1 inch walnut lumber; hanging porch swing; cement mixer on tires. Antique 3 pt. slip. 660-476-2715 2a9

COMMUNITY FOOD PAN-TRY: 660-679-3951. z

BUYING: Gold & Silver, watches, sterling silver, fl atware, antique jewelry, diamonds, coins, paying top price. Golden Classics Jew-elry. 816-380-6325 z

BUY A MATTRESS? GET A FOUNDATION FOR $1, get a frame for $1. Furniture City, Clinton, MO. 660-885-7088. z

DAVE’S KITCHEN CABI-NET REFACING: Get a new kitchen look for a fraction of the cost by replacing your doors and drawer fronts. Also fi replace mantles and any other cabinet needs. No job too small. Licensed, Bonded, Insurance. 20 years experience. View my website at www.davescabi-netrefacing.com. 417-389-4475. zfp2wom

LINN COUNTY Sports & Events. www.RedLogic.com

AL-ANON MEETING:Every Monday, 7 p.m., Mound City United Methodist Church, 3rd & Main, Mound City, Ks. 913-636-9280 for more info.

AGE 45 TO 50 LOOKING FOR A MISS: Cowboy seek-ing cowgirl always. Like a sweetheart, beautiful lady, respectful, honest, true and kind, defi nitely match mate. Clean lady, a prophet. Call 660-464-1131 a

2005 JAGUAR S-TYPE: 8149B. Leather. Moon roof. Super fancy. Very nice. Sale price $6,850. Jim Falk Mo-tors. Clinton, Mo. 888-636-9125 or www.jimfalk.com

SEATS! SEATS! SEATS! Conversion take off parts, pickup bed, tailgates, wheel and tires, 16 inch wheels and duals. Store open one block West of Casey’s in Appleton City, Wednesday and Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Business phone cell 660-492-3786. Home phone 660-476-5342.

FOR SALE:2013 Harley Davidson Screaming Eagle Stage II Performance Kit black dyno Fat Bob 103. Factory warranty. 1,266 miles. Performance scream-ing Eagle factory kit. Harley shield, cruise control, cus-tom handle grips and foot pegs. Front leather, sissy bar. Top of the line Vance Hines custom exhaust. Two new Harley helmets. 660-424-3632 z

FOR SALE:Chevrolet C-10 1/2 ton pickup. 1967, restor-able. 913-757-2440. 2beow25

2004 RAM 1500 4X4:4.7 auto PS, PB, A/C, reg. cab, long bed, runs great, $9700. Garden City, 816-862-6594 2a2

2005 CHEVY SILVERADO 3/4 TON EXT. CAB 4X4: Ex-tra clean, $8,995. 660-925-3362 or 816-714-6556. b

2007 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER: Full power, 80K, $5,995. 660-925-3362 or 816-714-6556. b

2002 FORD FOCUS:4 dr., full power, one owner, moon-roof, extra clean, $4,995. 660-925-3362 or 816-714-6556. b

2000 VOLKSWAGEN:Full power, heated seats, moon-roof, exc. cond., $4,995. 660-925-3362 or 816-714-6556. b

2001 FORD F150 XLT:Full power, extra clean, $4,995. 660-925-3362 or 816-714-6556. b

2002 FORD 1/2 TON EXT. CAB 4X4: Full power V8, clean, $6,995. 660-925-3362 or 816-714-6556. b

2003 MERCURY SABLE:Full power, cold air, very clean, $3,995. 660-925-3362 or 816-714-6556. b

2001 FORD TAURUS SES: 4 dr., full power, cold air, $2,750. 660-925-3362 or 816-714-6556. b

2006 DODGE CARAVAN: Full power, 4 dr., $5,500. 660-925-3362 or 816-714-6556. b

2002 SATURN LW STATION WAGON: Full power, extra clean, $3,500. 660-925-3362 or 816-714-6556. b

2001 BUICK LESABRE:Full power, 3800 V6, 80K, good car, $3,995. 660-925-3362 or 816-714-6556. b

2012 JEEP PATRIOT SPORT 4X4 UTILITY: 8171A. Only 20,139 miles. Brand new tires. Tilt, cruise, defroster. Power windows, locks & mirrors. Perfect size SUV. Like brand new. War-ranty. Sale price $17,125. Jim Falk Motors. Clinton, Mo. 888-636-9125 or www.jimfalk.com b

2012 HARLEY SPORT-STER 1200 XLC: 5505A. Only 6,155 new car trade in miles. Lots of black & chrome. Beautiful. Like brand new. Sale price $8,250. Jim Falk Motors. Clinton, Mo. 888-636-9125 or www.jimfalk.com b

2013 BUICK LACROSSE SEDAN: 8182B. Only 31,855 miles. Remote start. Power everything. Big touch screen. Very fancy. Like brand new. Sale price $23,250. GM Certifi ed with GM’s 5 year 100,000 mile warranty available. Jim Falk Motors. Clinton, Mo. 888-636-9125 or www.jimfalk.com b

2014 CHEVY IMPALA LIM-ITED SEDAN: 8207A. Only 18,648 miles. Moonroof. Power everything. The most car for your money on the market today. Like brand new. Sale price $18,755. GM Certifi ed with GM’s 5 year 100,000 mile warranty available. Jim Falk Motors. Clinton, Mo. 888-636-9125 or www.jimfalk.com b

1999 CHEVY TAHOE LT 4X4 UTILITY: 8114B. Leath-er. Power everything. Load-ed. Nice truck. Sale price $7,998. Jim Falk Motors. Clinton, Mo. 888-636-9125 or www.jimfalk.com b

2010 JEEP COMPASS SPORT 4X4 UTILITY: 8117B. Great gas mileage for SUV. Automatic. Great sound system. Very nice. Sale price $11,380. Jim Falk Motors. Clinton, Mo. 888-636-9125 or www.jimfalk.com b

2004 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500HD EXTENDED CAB 4X4: 5421A. Leather. Buck-ets. Loaded. New truck trade in. Very nice. Sale price $14,645. Jim Falk Mo-tors. Clinton, Mo. 888-636-9125 or www.jimfalk.com b

2005 DODGE DAKOTA SLT 4X4 CREW CAB: 8128C. V8, tilt, cruise. Power win-dows, locks & mirrors. Nice truck. Sale price $12,433. Jim Falk Motors. Clinton, Mo. 888-636-9125 or www.jimfalk.com b

2009 MERCEDES BENZ E CLASS LUXURY SEDAN: 8162A. 59,168 miles. Wow. Luxury, luxury, luxury. Re-ally fancy and awesome. Like brand new. Sale price $20,850. Jim Falk Motors. Clinton, Mo. 888-636-9125 or www.jimfalk.com b

1995 CHEVY CAMARO Z38 COUPE: 5448B. Only 67,324 miles. T-tops. Leath-er. Power everything. Fancy chrome wheels. Excellent condition. Warranty. Sale price $11,470. Jim Falk Mo-tors. Clinton, Mo. 888-636-9125 or www.jimfalk.com b

2006 RANGE ROVER SPORT HSE 4X4: 6017B. Only 77,628 miles. Moon roof. Real wood trim. Heated leather. Navigation. Really loaded. Fancy & different. Extra extra clean. Warranty. Sale price $21,975. Jim Falk Motors. Clinton, Mo. 888-636-9125 or www.jimfalk.com b

2009 HONDA CIVIC SI SUNROOF COUPE: 5435B. Only 50,328 miles. Tilt, cruise, defroster. Power win-dows, locks & mirrors. Awe-some looks. Excellent con-dition. Warranty. Sale price $15,274. Jim Falk Motors. Clinton, Mo. 888-636-9125 or www.jimfalk.com b

2011 CADILLAC ESCA-LADE PREMIUM AWD UTILITY: 8122B. Moonroof. Navigation. Power run-ning boards. Heated cooled memory leather. Ultra fancy, luxurious and beautiful. War-ranty. Sale price $32,880. Jim Falk Motors. Clinton, Mo. 888-636-9125 or www.jimfalk.com b

2011 CHRYSLER 200 LIMITED SEDAN: 8155A. Only 36,913 miles. Heated leather. Navigation. All the power options. Like brand new. Warranty. Sale price $14,650. Jim Falk Motors. Clinton, Mo. 888-636-9125 or www.jimfalk.com b

2010 CHEVY TRAVERSE LT AWD UTILITY: 6026B. Only 51,851 miles. Rear parking assist. Power ev-erything. 8 passenger. Ex-cellent condition. Sale price $21,280. Jim Falk Motors. Clinton, Mo. 888-636-9125 or www.jimfalk.com b

2011 CHEVY MALIBU LS SEDAN: 8193A. Only 29,114 miles. Tilt, cruise, defroster. Power windows, locks & mirrors. Great looking. Awe-some gas mileage & plenty of room. Excellent condition. Sale price $14,350. Jim Falk Motors. Clinton, Mo. 888-636-9125 or www.jimfalk.com b

2010 PONTIAC G6 GT SE-DAN: 8142C. Only 44,964 miles. Moonroof. Leather. Loaded. Awesome perfor-mance & looks. Roomy. Great gas mileage. Sale price $14,999. Jim Falk Mo-tors. Clinton, Mo. 888-636-9125 or www.jimfalk.com b

2011 CADILLAC CTS AWD SEDAN; 8199A. Only 28,321 miles. Double big moonroof. Auto power ev-erything hi tech everything. Very fancy. Awesome. Sale price $23,629. Jim Falk Mo-tors. Clinton, Mo. 888-636-9125 or www.jimfalk.com b

2011 CHEVY SUBURBAN LTZ 4X4: 8101B. Moon roof. DVD. Heated cooled memo-ry leather. Navigation. Fac-tory brake controller. Has it all. Very fancy. Extra extra nice. Warranty. Sale price $36,650. Jim Falk Motors. Clinton, Mo. 888-636-9125 or www.jimfalk.com b

2010 TOYOTA COROLLA “S”: Great fuel economy $189/month WAC. Call 660-679-6567. b

2011 CHEVY MALIBU LS SEDAN: 5532A. New car trade in. Power everything. Fancy. Roomy with great gas mileage. Excellent con-dition. Warranty. Sale price $11,274. Jim Falk Motors. Clinton, Mo. 888-636-9125 or www.jimfalk.com b

1965 MUSTANG:Light blue, 6 cyl., 3 speed, nice car, $8,500. 660-679-5944. b

FOR SALE:1993 4 wheel drive Dodge W-150, needs wiring harness $650. 660-464-0419 a

2011 FORD F150 XLT:4x4, 70k miles, $24,991. Call 660-679-6567 b

1996 F350: Only 87K miles. $11,949. Call 660-679-6567

2011 FORD ESCAPE LIM-ITED AWD: Only 56K miles. $18,986. Call 660-679-6567

2010 JEEP WRANGLER: 45K miles. Hard top, 4x4. $19,500. Call 660-679-6567

2011 FORD ESCAPE:56K miles. Only $18,986. Call 660-679-6567 b

2013 FORD F250:4 dr. 4x4. 7K miles, $36,991. Great deal. Call 660-679-6567 b

2010 CHEVROLET MALI-BU: Automatic. Beautiful car. $229/month WAC. Call 660-679-6567 b

2011 FORD TAURUS LIM-ITED: Loaded. As low as $299/month. Call 660-679-6567. b

2007 GMC YUKON:59K miles, leather, $350/month WAC. 660-679-6567 b

2012 HYUNDAI ACCENT: Gas saver! $165 month. WAC 660-679-6567

2013 GMC SIERRA 1500 CREW CAB DENALI AWD: 6012A. Only 18,410 new truck trade in miles. Moon-roof, navigation. Heated steering wheel. Heated cooled leather. Automatic power everything. Extra fancy. Like brand new. Sale price $41,999. Jim Falk Mo-tors. Clinton, Mo. 888-636-9125 or www.jimfalk.com b

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(10) Real Estate For Sale

(11) Recreational For SaleBoats, Motorcycles, Motor Homes, Aviation

(12) For SaleAnything you might want to sell

(13) Miscellaneous

(14) Automotive

(9) RentalsHomes, Business, Apartments, etc.

First and foremost, Lisa and I would like to send our condolences to the Wayland family. My family and the Wayland family go way back. My Father worked with Bob for years, at the Butler Post Office. I can still see all the guys, standing around there, casing their mail. The inside of the Post of-fice was always so clean and the floors so shiny. Bob Wayland always had a stern look on his face, which would turn into a smile every time. The Wayland family was al-ways one to compare to. I went to school with Brad and Jane. My younger brother was close friends with Tim. My heart goes out to you all and to Bob. Your mother was a sweet soul and will be missed.

My condolences also go out to the Larry Berry family. What a terrible tragedy. He will be missed. We are so glad his son came out OK. So very sor-ry for your loss.

I would like to ask ev-eryone to send up healing prayers for my dear friend and in-law, Frank Bosch. He is and will be under go-ing several medical proce-dures and they are all, not the most pleasant. He is a good friend and a devoted father, and I know that all that know him, love him dearly. I would not want to wish this off on anyone, but why does it always pick the good ones? Please everyone again, send heal-ing prayers up for this good man.

I also have another dear friend, that I ask for heal-ing prayers. Lisa Carroll needs your support and

Condolences and concerns

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The NEWS XPRESS And he’s only 4 months old

When word gets out of serious ailments that strike people you

know—or know of—it gives pause to consider and under-stand that life on Planet Earth doesn’t always follow a golden path.

You see it every day...friends, relatives, some of the folks with whom you went through school, are now physically and/or men-tally disabled...here and there a few bedfast.

BE ALL OF that sorry enough, what really stops you in your tracks (as it did mine) are traumatic diseases that over-whelm little kids, helpless and unknowing of what is going on or what lies ahead.

Such is the case with Kai-den James Lesmeister, recently diagnosed with sarcoma cancer. Kaiden is just 4 months old.

Sarcoma is a malignant tumor of connective or other non-epithelial tissue, which is quite rare with only 15,000 new cases per year in the United States.

Sarcomas therefore represent about one percent of the 1.5 new cancer diagnoses in this country each year.

KAIDEN IS THE son of James and Simone Lesmeister of 5981 Stevens Road, Ft. Belvoir, Va. 22060. Lesmeister, as many are aware, is a long time well known name in this immediate area.

Kaiden’s paternal grandpar-ents include the late Ronda Jolliffe Grant, Butler; John and Heather Lesmeister, Joplin, Mo., Ron and Faye Jolliffe, Hemphill, Texas; James McGuire, Butler; and John and Karen Lesmeister, Bolivar. Mo.

THE LITTLE GUY received

his first chemotherapy round July 5 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Thoughts and prayers are requested.

In addition, donations are being collected at Community First Bank in Butler on Kaiden’s behalf.

• • • •On a brighter note, a college

age guy in Springfield, Mo. (with Butler connections) was up this way for several days. He was accompanied by a buddy who lives in California. He had never ventured this far east from home.

THE TWO were in the throng at Rich Hill’s Famous for the Fourth. Word has it he was awestruck over the vastness of the celebration, the parade, huge park, tremendous crowds, fireworks and all the other things that were going on down at Rich Hill.

Had no idea folks in the heart of America went so all-out in celebrating Independence Day.

Xpressions

C.A. Moore

COMMENTARY PAGE

From the ScripturesBe filled with the Spirit...singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.

—Ephesians 5:18-19

n EDITORIAL

Fond memoriesof Larry Berry

Folks over the county are mourning the untimely death of Larry Berry, prom-

inent resident of Hume and esteemed Southern District Bates County Commis-sioner.

Sadly, tragically, Mr. Berry’s life was snuffed out on the night of July 3 when the car he was driving was struck head-on by a wrong-way driver. Investigating authorities suspect alcohol was involved in the crash—by the other driver. Fortu-nately Mr. Berry’s passenger son Robert was not injured.

Larry Berry was the epitome of a devot-ed husband, father and grandfather, widely known for serving others, as an educator, elected official, church leader and com-munity activist.

Condolences to his heartbroken fam-ily, colleagues and scores of friends and admirers from over a wide area, who still cannot grasp the fact that he is no longer walking among us. Fond memories of his legacy will in some measure ease the pain.

Daily snarlSomething needs to be done to call a

halt to the traffic snarl that occurs practi-cally every morning along the front of the post office. Eastbound motorist after mo-torist make sudden illegal and dangerous left turns to gain access to the P.O., many of which take up more than one parking space in so doing. It would seem this rude scenario is begging for concentrated traf-fic control—with tickets issued.

Can’t make everybody happy

The world of aviation shifted to meet the condi-tions of July, which began

cooler than normal, wetter than usual and changeable from day-to-day. Global warming notwith-standing, it’s been pleasant so far. Skydiving activities were on hold for the holiday, but aerial appli-cation continued, burning jet fuel to help local farmers maximize yields.

The flow of travelers coming through was on and off, depend-ing on the weather, including a Cessna Turbo Stationair, a Cessna Skylane, a Piper Super Cub and a couple of Skyhawks. Jim Stevens was down from New Century in his Remos GT light-sport. The noon-balloon RV-3 was in and one of Kings-ley’s Piper Pawnee sprayplanes worked crops for a few days.

LOCAL AVIATORS were David Hopkins in his Beech Bonanza N35, Jerry Burns in his Sonerai homebuilt, Den-nis Jacobs in a Cessna 172, and Peter Davidson in the Cessna Skyhawk. Brad Beebe flew a Cessna 150 to Jefferson City,

Mike Norton moved in with his own Cessna 150, and the resi-dent Beech Musketeer was rolled out for a clean-up.

I get asked a lot about the controversial Butler airport improvement project. My simple answer is, there’s no way every-body can be happy. IF the job is needed, it had better get rushed through as quickly as possible so the runway can be reopened for use. There is no detour available like there is on street or bridge construction. On the other hand, we all know airports need repairs occasionally; the trick is to make it as non-disruptive as possible. What’s needed is an understanding between contrac-tors, engineers and users of how best to get in and out as easily as possible. Ignoring the other side’s

concerns is non-productive.ONE OF OUR FIRE-

WORKS launches for Indepen-dence Day was a parachute shell, costing about $6, titled “Friend-ship Flag Parachute”. The shot rose, unfurled and descended as advertised. There were three flags dangling under the canopy; the People’s Republic of China, Japan and U.S., in that order. The message from our Chinese mortgage holders is clear; the U.S. flag no longer flies above all other ensigns. Next year, we’ll look at the package before we buy.

The week’s question wanted to know the meaning of “Airmet”. An Airmet is a meteorological warning for light aircraft, usu-ally issued for low-visibility and precipitation. Sigmets, on the other hand, are more-dangerous alerts affecting large and small planes, for thunderstorms, icing and turbulence.

Next time, our question is “why does one crop duster flying out of Butler have a three-blade propeller while the other one uses a five-bladed one?”

BlueYonder

LeRoy Cook

An open letter to Missouri farmers

To all my friends on both sides of the farming fence: to the conventional and the

all- natural; to the multi-gener-ational and the first-time hobby farmer, we are in this together. I love the passion for getting back to the basics as much as the commit-ment to banish world hunger. I applaud the ingenuity, the tenacity, and integrity of all of Missouri’s Ag community. It takes dedica-tion and sacrifice to be capable and humane stewards of land and livestock. Every one of you has my utmost respect.

Right now, we are living in ex-citing times in agriculture, where the challenges compel innovators to find answers. Those resolutions come in a host of forms from high-rise, glassed-in, urban gardens to rotational grazing. Some employ timed breeding and new seed tech-nologies. Ideas come from fifth generation farmers, university think tanks and long-established al-lied industries. Health enthusiasts, city folks and country caretakers alike contribute to the success of agriculture.

While we each constantly and tirelessly work to do our best, there is a growing shadow of intimida-tion that seeks to undermine each and every one of us. Animal rights and environmental extremists want to mandate your every move. We have an enemy that wishes to see Missouri families ruined. That enemy would love to whisper in your ear that the Missouri Farm-ing Rights Amendment is big ag vs. small farmers; conventional

vs. organic. But in reality, the bat-tle is ALL of US vs. the bullying tactics that include intimidation, big bucks, and deceitful, sensa-tional propaganda. Outside entities steamroll states on the fuel of mil-lions of dollars and the wheels of outrageous lies. And they put good people right out of business and steal their rights using the ballot initiative process to impose their radical views!

If you eat; if you wear clothing; if you drive a car; if you take a vita-min or take insulin to stay alive; if you read a book or feed a pet; if you have a heart valve replacement or play football, your life is dependent on agriculture. How much greater the reason to guard that which is fundamental to our well-being.

The fact remains that small, hob-by farms, and organic agricultural-ists are not exempt from outside influence and are at just as much risk as the conventional farmers if we don’t collectively work togeth-er to eliminate such underhanded strategies to sway regulations. The Missouri Farming Rights Amend-ment is not about insulating bad players. It is about protecting ALL of Missouri’s farmers from anti-ag organizations.

My encouragement is that you do not let the lies and scare tactics of outside influencers undermine Missouri’s number one economic contributor, that contributor, nor one of the fastest growing hob-bies -- agriculture. Neither should we allow their underhanded, over-funded, misguided bullying to take away any of our freedom to oper-ate with best practices and with good conscience.

If we succumb to their rich scare tactics, every one of us loses. We lose the right to raise our families as we see fit. We lose the right to grow food the way science and experience prove is beneficial. We lose the right to try new things OR go back to old ways. We lose the right to plant hundreds of acres or dabble with dirt on a small plot in our back yard. Overregulation that is ill-placed can hurt the smallest to the largest farming entity.

The outsiders who want to con-trol the way you grow your food, feed your family and live your life, are bent on an old and deceptive strategy – divide and conquer. The Missouri Farming Rights Amend-ment is for everybody in this state that just wants the freedom to oper-ate without undue and unfounded interference. It’s about working to-gether to protect our land, livestock and livelihood, as well as our fami-lies’ healthy and happy futures.

If we don’t stick together, we stand to lose the things we value most – our farms, our freedom and our rights as Missourian families. Think before you vote and say yes to Missouri Farming.

Outsidethe Box

Brenda Black

Columbia, Mo. • The University of Missouri Extension and Risk Man-agement Agency (RMA) offers four free Livestock Risk Management pro-grams across the state through September.

The training prepares livestock producers to manage price and weath-er risk with federally sub-sidized insurance pro-grams, said Ray Massey, MU Extension agricul-ture economist.

Massey said topics vary slightly by location to address specific con-cerns in those locations. General topics include market booms and busts, weather spurts and sput-ters, and livestock leases. Recent Farm Bill pro-gram subjects include the Livestock Forage Di-saster Program, the Live-stock Indemnity Program

and the Dairy Margin Protection Program.

Topics getting special attention include those overseen by the USDA RMA: Pasture, Range and Forage Insurance, Livestock Risk Protec-tion and Livestock Gross Margin. A new tool de-veloped to help producers understand pasture, range and forage insurance will be demonstrated.

Programs are in Sa-vannah, Nevada, Mexico and Sedalia. Dates, times and locations are: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday, July 22, Clasbey Community Center, Savannah; 6 to 9 p.m., Tuesday, July 22, Fairgrounds Diner, Ne-vada; 5 to 9 p.m. Wednes-day, Aug. 20, Audrain County 4-H Center, Mex-ico; and 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3, FCS Financial, Sedalia.

MU offers risk managementprograms for livestock producers

Register for the events calling or e-mailing: Sedalia thomasara@mis-souri.edu; Savannah, 816-324-3147, hum-

phreyjr@missouri.edu; Mexico, 573-581-3231, sobbam@missouri.edu; Nevada, 660-679-4167, jennermw@missouri .edu.

•If you suspect a drug house or drug activities in yourneighborhood call (660) 679 6131 or (660) 679-3232

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Highlights of Adrian & Rich Hill parades

Uncle Sam and friends at the Rich Hill parade

Swope’s Drive-in entry in Rich Hill parade.

Bicycle built for - MANY - at Rich Hill’s parade

Adrian First Baptist church entry in 4th of July parade.

Bicycles proceeded down Adrian’s Main street.

Jenkins Ranch entry in Adrian parade.

Marching down Adrian’s Main street.

Scouts attention: Members of Adrian Boy Scout Troop 238 led the 4th of July parade.

News Xpress photos

As the crowd gathered along Adrian’s Main street.

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love at this time, she too is going through this same battle. We love you Lisa and Billy.

I would also like for you all to keep my good friend, Buster Plunkett in your thoughts and prayers. He is going through some heart issues and will be having surgery very soon. All the best to you my friend, I am sure all will be just fine.

To bring this to a more positive direction, I would like to wish Payton and Troy the very best and a Happy Birthday. Payton, our grandson and Troy, our son, both celebrated their birthdays this past week and I heard that they both made out like ban-dits. Maria planned a great night for Troy, which be-gan at GoJo’s and ended up at Frankie and John-nies, in Belton. They had a great time and their were several in attendance, in-cluding Troy’s father Tom and siblings from out of state.

Lisa and I made it back from Murdock, Neb., Sun-day evening. We took off Friday morning and what a beautiful drive. We had a great time at Gary and Gin’s home, for the 4th of July, with a very tasty BBQ, followed by a fire-works display. Also while there, we had the oppor-tunity to see several other of their friends, that we had original met at their wedding. It was the 124th Anniversary of Murdock and the Fire Department put on a dance and BBQ. We had a very enjoyable time getting to spend time with Dustin and Heather. Enjoyed seeing there new home and seeing Heather’s Parents as well. On the way home, we stopped in on Wally, Trisha, and the boys. They had all dog sat for us, while away. Duch-ess always has the best time with those grandsons

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•Condolences

Ballard 4-H, 2nd place fl oat. –News Xpress photo.

Snapped in passingCorner decorations at West Ft. Scott and Prospect streets, Butler. We did the picture—you write your own caption.—News Xpress photo.

and their dogs keep her hopping.

While away, we were see-ing/hearing of the massive rain and hail, our area was receiving. For all the flood-ing and hail, it didn’t look to bad when we got here. We did have some things to ad-dress when we got home, from some electronics in our home, to seeing that some of our hay was mistakenly cut down, in our absence. We’ll see how this plays out....that very happy about that. Rob-ert and Margo took care of our outside dogs, while away and a big thank you goes out to them.

I heard the 4th of July Bash in Rich Hill was a total success and a lot of reports on Tate Stevens as well. Our Amy Fishbaugh, among oth-ers had the opportunity to work this event, as crowd control.

I see that the Bates County Fair will be starting this week-end. It looks like there are a number of great activities in store for everyone, including a carnival. You know, it’s not a fair without a carnival. All of the 4-H events and shows are wonderful. These are all great activities and education-al for one and all, but a Fair is not a Fair without a Carnival. Please everyone, get out there and support all the kids and the community. Also a big well done for making this all come together.

What a great picture from 1983, as the “Views From the past”. My good friend and classmate, John Golladay with Earleene (Allen) Ellis, at 95 years young. This was a Alumni picture and John was the acting president at that time, 31 years ago....wow.

Also wanted to send out a big well done to Rick King and his co-board member of the BCMH, Linda Jennings, for their completion of the Missouri Hospital Associa-tion’s recent Leadership Fo-rum. Well done to you both.

It always makes me proud to see fellow classmates and lifelong friends, doing well in the community. These two guys, John and Rick, make a big difference in our commu-nity.

Please watch out for our children and keep an eye out for the elderly. Lend a helping hand where need be. Have a good week.

Parade 1st place fl oat, Peru-Star 4-H club. –News Xpress photo.

By Nina ChenHuman Development Specialist

According to the Cen-ters for Disease Control and Prevention, falls are the leading cause of inju-ry and death in adults age 65 and older. Falls can increase the risk of elder-ly death and cause mod-erate to severe injuries such as hip fractures and head traumas. Falls cause most fractures among older adults. The most common fractures are of the spine, hip, arm, hand, leg, ankle, and pelvis.

Who is at Risk?• White men have the

highest fall-related death rates, followed by white women, black men, and black women. Older His-panics have less fatal fall rates than non-Hispanics.

• Over 90% of hip frac-tures are caused by falls. Women sustain about 80% of all hip fractures.

• The risk of falling and of being seriously injured in a fall increases with age and is greater for women than men.

• Adults age 75 and older who fall are four to five times more likely than those age 65 to 74 to be admitted to a long-term care facility.

• Many people who fall develop a fear of falling. Fear of falling is linked to decreased mo-bility and social activity and increased risk of fall-ing.

Researchers found some modifiable risk fac-tors including lower body weakness, problems with walking and balance, and taking four or more medi-cations. People can mod-ify these risk factors by exercising regularly and focusing on increasing leg strength and improv-ing balance. Tai Chi ex-

What do we know about falls?

ercises have been shown to be very effective. Lack of exercise and physical activity can result in de-creased muscle strength, loss of bone mass, and loss of balance and flex-ibility.

Discuss with your doc-tor about your health con-ditions and concerns and have your doctor review your medicines for side effects and interactions that may increase risk of falling and what you can do to reduce the risks.

Prevention Tips• Exercise regularly.

Focus on increasing leg strength and improving balance. Talk with your doctor to identify an ex-ercise that is right for you.

• Discuss your health conditions with your doc-tor. Certain ear and eye disorders may increase risk of falls. Have your vision and hearing tested regularly.

• Stand up slowly after eating, resting, or lying down. Getting up too quickly can make you feel faint.

• Use a cane or walker to help you feel steadier when you walk. Arrange furniture and other ob-jects so they are not in your way when you walk.

• Wear rubber-soled, low-heeled shoes to fully support your feet.

• Make your home saf-er by improving lighting throughout the home, re-moving tripping hazards, having grab bars next to the toilet and in the tub or shower and handrails on both sides of stairways.

For more information, contact or visit your local Extension Center or ex-tension.missouri.edu.

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