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1 There s a clue to our trouled society in Wester s Unaridged Dictionary. It devotes 62 column inches to the definition of take and only 22 column inches to give. Anon. The NEWS XPRESS Butler, Bates County Missouri Vol. 39 Including No. 50 Tax 81 Decemer 11, 2009 n14 PAGES newsxpress@yourxgroup.com NO 3RD TERM Butler Mayor Jerry Cook says he won t run in next April s city election The News Xpress Jerry Cook made it official this week. He will not seek a third term as mayor of Butler. It was somewhat of a tough decision, ut the ottom line is that I feel that eight years is enough, Cook said. It s time for fresh faces, fresh ideas and fresh leadership. Cook assumed office in April 2002 and was re-elected four years later for a second term. This has definitely een a learning experience for me, Cook said. In going into office I was much lessed to have City Administrator Dennis Pyle and City Clerk Janet Kirtley as guiding forces. With the cooperation and advice of council memers I was ale to grasp the complex operation of city government. People on the outside perhaps don t realie the enormity of doing usiness on this scale. This is not to say I learned it all y any means. It s a never-ending, challenging responsiility and with present City Administrator Mark Aruthnot and City Clerk Casey Koehn on oard my load has een lightened significantly. Cook Cook noted there have een ups and downs, ut many positive things have happened over the past eight years. He regrets faster action has not een possile in cleaning up the unsightly structures and properties and expressed disappointment over the many delays in the start of the Walmart SuperCenter which was much in the news when he ecame mayor eight years ago. On the other hand, he happily rememers a Christmas parade that included former Royals player Frank White as grand marshal and the appearance of Aaron Buerge, who won notoriety on the Bachelor TV series. Also on the plus side, the dedicated citiens who serve on various committees and commissions. He laeled the city employees work force as the greatest, and echoed his praise for the police, fire department and senior taxi service. He added his appreciation to the News Xpress for its faithful coverage of council meetings. Cook doesn t plan to disappear. I hope to assume the role of an active citien and will e availale to help if and when needed. I was drunk and did something stupid The News Xpress While it wasn t the crime of the year y any stretch, still it isn t every day someone steals an oject from a county courthouse in road daylight......and some 30 minutes later the suspects return to the scene of the theft. Such was the case at around 7 last Wednesday morning when 26-yearold Simon Williams and Jennifer Benite, 21, rolled into town from Joplin. Why so early for a 1 p.m. court date for Benite remains unexplained. When Judy Schwander was parking her car to report for work at the News SEE PAGE 3 Strolling angels were part of the winning Butler Girl Scout Troops fancy float in Saturday s Butler Chamer of Commerce Christmas parade that turned onto the square at 2 p.m. Staff photo. Christmas parade jingles all the way The weather outside was, well, orderline frightful. Lots of sun ut chilly temps fanned y gusty winds. Nevertheless, the annual Butler Chamer of Commerce Christmas parade hit the square at 2 p.m. Saturday as scheduled, and the surprisingly large crowds assemled were treated to a lively and diversified spectacle. There was the Butler High Live Nativity Scene For at least 35 years the community of Butler and Bates County have enjoyed the Living Nativity Scene eing presented again this year. Its eginnings was a drive-through site at Immanuel Baptist Church in west Butler. Eventually the church partnered with the Butler Area Chamer of Commerce and moved to the Bates County Courthouse yard. Through the years many changes have een made to the stale from a rough wood structure of slas from Westover Lumer then stacks of straw ales and now a simple form resemling a cave. You are invited to the southwest corner of the historic Butler square on Monday, Dec. 21 from 5:30-7 p.m. Enjoy free hot chocolate and make your own smores while viewing the replica of the scene of the irth of Jesus experience the true meaning of Christmas. Santa s Schedule Saturday, Dec. 12: At Southside Cafe from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 17: Chamer of Commerce office from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 23: 9 a.m. to noon at Chamer office. School and and the Ballard School s sixth grade musicians to set the snappy cadence. There were several attractive floats carrying out the Christmas Miracles theme, costumed marchers, vintage vehicles and commercial and religious entries. Don Ghere was grand marshal. The procession definitely set the tone related to the spirit of the season. LITTLE MISS SNOWFLAKE, 5-year-old Caila McVey, daughter of Shawn and Amy McVey, Butler, was crowned just prior to the Christmas parade. Altogether the six candidates raised $1,000 for the Chamer of Commerce through their sales of merchant discount coupon ooks. Staff photo. Cindy Kagarice of the prosecutor s office with the rescued print of George Washington. Staff photo. David Cook mystery on AMW this Saturday A reminder that the Nov. 19, 2008 disappearance of Amsterdam rancher David Cook will e featured on America s Most Wanted TV show this Saturday. Air time is 8 p.m. on Fox 4 TV, Kansas City, Mo. n FDIC paid $4.3 million in losses Former Hume Bank chief indicted for ank fraud; ank was closed Kansas City, Mo. Matt J. Whitworth, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the former president of Hume Bank in Bates County, Mo., was indicted y a federal grand jury Dec. 1 for ank fraud. Jeffrey W. Thompson, 39, of Hume, Mo., was charged in a 13-count indictment returned y a federal grand jury in Kansas City. Thompson ecame president of Hume Bank in According to the indictment, Thompson engaged in a scheme to defraud Hume Bank from Jan. 1, 2004, through Aug. 31, 2007, when he left the ank. Thompson allegedly presented false statements and reports to oth the ank s Federal grand jury levels 13-count indictment against Jeffrey Thompson oard of directors and the FDIC. These false reports, the indictment says, concealed prolem loans from state and federal ank examiners and from the oard. Thompson also aused the ank s credit card for personal expenditures without oard approval, the indictment alleges. As a result of Thompson s misconduct, the indictment says, the ank incurred large loan losses. For example, the ank incurred a loss of $234,000 on a loan to Rick Laning, the uncle of Thompson s wife. Due primarily to losses on loans originated and administered y Thompson, Hume Bank ecame insolvent and was closed y the Missouri Division of Finance on March 7, In order to meet oligations to depositors, the FDIC insurance fund sustained a loss of $4,324,463. According to the indictment, Thompson masked past due loans y altering loan maintenance records. Thompson allegedly presented false loan maintenance reports, which included past due principal SEE PAGE 3 SUPPORT YOUR HOMETOWN MERCHANTS ONLY 14 SHOPPING DAYS LEFT

2 2 News Xpress, Butler, Mo., Friday, Decemer 11, 2009 Views from the past... Genealogy notice Regular meeting of Bates County Genealogy Society this Saturday, Dec. 12 at Butler Pulic Lirary, 9:30 a.m. Everyone welcome. Numer 100 coming up Velma Cherry is going to e 100 Monday, Dec. 14. Card shower requested, 104 North High, Butler, Prayer and Praise Prayer and Praise group will meet at Ruy Stotmeisters, 305 North Delaware, Butler at 9:15 a.m. Monday, Dec. 14. Guest speaker, Lisa Piper, wife of the Butler Lutheran pastor. All ladies welcome. Red Cross lood date Monday, Dec. 21, 12:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Church of the Naarene, Delaware and Nursery, Butler. Please call GIVE-LIFE ( ) or log on to to schedule an appointment. From the desk of the Miami R-1 Superintendent Leonard Tourtillott Boy have I seen some exciting asketall lately. At the finals of the WEMO Conference championships in Osceola I saw the attle of the lady tomahawk choppers I mean Native Americans as mascots go that is. The Osceola Indians and the Adrian Blackhawk girls played one of those games that make you wish we allowed ties in the sport. The Osceola Indians won the first place plaque ut the Blackhawks gave them all they wanted that night. Both of these teams are showing playoff potential early in the year. Asolutely one of the est girls games, no forget the girls part, one of the est asketall games I have ever seen. When these two teams play each other again you should plan attend? Then our third seed oys faced the first seed Adrian Blackhawks. The Eagles had the Blackhawks on the ropes with a seven point lead late in the all game. But as good teams do they never gave up and managed to tie the game and put it into overtime. The game was never in question after that as the Blackhawks pulled away to a comfortale lead in the onus round. If I had no horse in the race as with the girls game I could have sat ack and enjoyed the game ut it was hard to watch our oys loose such a hard fought game and come so close to first and have to settle for second. My hat is off to the Adrian Coach and his players. If you like good exciting asketall I would plan to attend the next matchup of these two teams also, I know that s my plan. It would e remiss of me to not mention the hospitality room at Osceola. I had some lasagna, risket, and Mexican dishes that were quite tasty and the pies were excellent. In all the hospitality room had an ample selection of good food; I give it two thums up. My thanks to the hands that prepared the eats for the week. That rings me to the games over at Ballard Monday night. I felt early that this would e two games reasonaly lopsided. Our girls played hard ut never really challenged the lead after the first quarter. I thought after our oys jumped to a ig lead in the first quarter their game would e the same. However, the Ballard coach and his players had other plans for the evening. Our Eagles saw the early lead drop so slowly that it almost went unnoticed. It may have een slow ut it was delierate ringing to mind the tortoise and the hare story. In the end our oys did notice and managed to stop the Bulldogs when they got to within two points and pulled away just enough for me to take a deep reath. I needed that air as I had een holding it since early in the third quarter. The lessons in sports, that we hope our students can apply to real life situations, are never-ever give up and don t take anything for granted. The Ballard team never quit and I would et they gained some confidence in coming from ehind in the process. We all need confidence in that area ecause few (if any) manage to stay ahead in the game of life. This week s quirky quip comes from Cathy Slattery s Kindergarten class. She wrote me Well just now a kid asked me if I knew the song toes in the water, ass in the sand. I m afraid I don t know that one Cathy, maye if you hum a few ars, if anyone out there does please me. ltourtillott@miami-eagles.k12. mo.us. I know its cold out ut undle up in whatever color suits you (or matches your eyes) and go see some asketall this week. Our kids, weather they wear lack, red, lue, yellow, or green deserve your support and elieve me to appreciate the games I just descried you would have to e there. Look in your closet, Got Green? MoDOT solar power vs snowy and icy ridges Jefferson City Every winter, the Missouri Department of Transportation uses considerale amounts of laor, salt and other chemicals to remove snow and ice from the state s roads and ridges. Now MoDOT will ecome one of the first agencies in the nation to turn to solar energy in an effort to prevent the uildup of snow and ice on ridge decks. MoDOT has entered into a contract with Pave Guard Technologies, Inc., of Lee s Summit to install a solar warming system on two ridges on either side of Excelsior Springs in Clay and Ray counties. Both are on Route 10 one to the east of Excelsior Springs over Route 69 and one to the west over the Fishing River. The two ridges are scheduled for deck replacements in 2010 as part of MoDOT s Safe & Sound Bridge Improvement Program that is repairing or replacing 802 of the state s worst ridges y the end of The warming system developed y Pave Guard s Corey McDonald operates much like radiant heating works in a home s floor. Tuing is installed in the ridge deck, through which a heated solution is pumped to keep the deck from freeing. The energy to heat the solution is provided y solar panels mounted near the ridge site. Excess energy produced y the panels when the heating system is not in use can e sold ack to local utilities. Water and the chemicals used to melt ice and snow are a ridge s iggest enemies, State Bridge Engineer Dennis Heckman said. If we can find a cost effective way to keep a ridge clear without using chemicals we can extend its life. The ridges will e put out for ids in Feruary, with construction scheduled etween April-August The Pave Guard systems are to e operale y Novemer MoDOT will evaluate the performance of the systems efore making a decision on whether to install more of them on other ridges. Amsterdam Basketelles Here is the Amsterdam High School girls asketall team. Sorry, we don t have the year, ut we have the names. Front row: Elnora Crawford, Pearl Spillman, Nina Gregory. Marion Harp, Betty Kipper. Back row: Coach Ann Longley, Ruy Coffel. Margaret Coffel, Letha Miller, Lois Walley, Nita Summers, Doris Gregory. Sumitted. n EDITOR S NOTE: Feedack from our readers indicates the Views From the Past is one of the most popular features in the news-xpress. Again let us emphasie that we solicit photos of events and places in the Bates County area from years gone y. If you have photos of this type from the Bates County area from years gone y that are in reasonaly good quality for reproduction, please let us know. Thank you. Understanding the R-5 operating levy Sheriff Chad Anderson Nov. 23 Assist BPD: Butler. Cows out: O Hwy. Property damage: Adrian. Field fire: 52 west Civil stand y: Rich Hill. Horse out: 52 west. Motor vehicle accident: B Hwy. Nov. 24 Pedestrian check: Rich Hill. Assist BPD and EMS: Butler. Suspicious people: Rich Hill. Suspicious vehicle: Butler. Disturance: Passaic. Harassment: Butler. Motor vehicle accident: 18 and FF Hwy. Disturance: Passaic. Pedestrian check: & 71 Hwy. Nov. 25 Horses out: Amsterdam. Motor vehicle accident: SB 71. Suicidal suject: Butler. Assist MSHP: E Hwy. Check well eing: Foster. Pedestrian check: 71 & Suspicious vehicle: Butler. Nov. 26 Warrant arrest: SB 71. Structure fire: County road Motor vehicle accident: NB 71. Assist Adrian PD: 5th Street. Civil stand y: Adrian. Motor vehicle accident: SB 71. Assist EMS: County road Nov. 27 Deris in roadway: 2506 W of YY. Theft: Butler. Horse out: F Hwy Recovered property: Urich. Check well eing: Rich Hill. By Alan Stauffacher R-5 District Superintendent The first mission of this article is to help people understand what the district is seeking. The total levy will e for 60 cents. 21 cents will involve a lease with which the district will make facility improvements. This lease will have a sunset of 15 years. After the year 2025 the levy will drop ack 21 cents giving the voters relief after the lease is paid off. The remaining 39 cents will e applied to the operations of the district. The levy takes a simple majority to pass unlike ond issues that take a super majority (66 2/3). Why a levy increase? The fact is that the district has made significant cuts in expenditures over the last few years. In doing so, we have tried to show the pulic that we were eing financially sound with tax payer s money. Last year after cutting several hundred thousand dollars from the udget we ended the year $50,000 in the lack. The year could have very well ended with the district having to dip deeply into reserves. Instead the Board of Education did what it could to keep the district in the est financial shape possile. The simple fact is that if schools were treated like a usiness, we would have to raise the price of our product. As with everything the cost of operations are far exceeding revenues despite the cuts that have een made. The only way the school can raise the price of their product is y going to the voters and asking for help! We also hope to improve our facilities so that we look more kid friendly. Of the growing school districts in our area all have quality tracks, footall fields and uildings that make their schools appealing. Many people make decisions on schools ased upon the facili- Activity report from Sheriff s office Mutual aid: Butler. Stranded motorist: NB 71. Nov. 28 Property damage: Hume. Stranded motorist/warrant arrest: SB 71. Vandalism: 1001 W of K Hwy. Property damage: Rich Hill. Harassment: Butler Nov. 29 Endangering welfare of child: Rich Hill. Theft: AA Hwy. DFS: Butler. Warrant arrest: Butler. Harassment: Butler. Suspicious activity: Amoret. Rich Hill PD Nov. 23: Suspicious vehicle. Nov. 25: Harassment. Nov. 26: Motor vehicle accident. Nov. 27: Harassment; dog out; check well eing; medical assist. Nov. 28: Sexual assault. Nov. 29: Check well eing. Nov. 30 Suspicious activity: Butler. Assist EMS: Rockville. Domestic: Amoret. Check well eing: 1021 E. Chestnut, Rich Hill. Alarm: Rich Hill. Property damage: 220 S. 8th, Rich Hill. Illegal dumping: Merwin. Check well eing: Butler. Found property: Adrian. Warrant arrest: Rockville. SEE PAGE 12 Attention teenagers: It s not cool to do drugs ties. We hope to give the district a face-lift so that it may ecome appealing to people looking to a new home. While the enrollment of Butler Schools has dropped more than 50 students over the past few years other schools in close proximity have een growing. If Butler s enrollment was what it had 5 years ago, the district would have $250,000 more in revenue than it current is generating. Other issues surround the district infrastructure. We simply need help keeping our facilities from crumling around us. 39% of the anticipated $389,000 that this levy will generate for the school will e used in this way. 38% of the levy will e to attract and retain quality staff. Good teachers and staff means a quality education and we want your students to graduate prepared for the tasks that this world has to offer. 23% will e used to maintain operations of New lake safety law takes effect Jan. 1 On Jan. 1, 2010, a new state law takes effect, requiring dock owners on Missouri lakes to post the closest emergency address for their dock. The goal is faster response times y emergency services to incidents on the water. Emergency address postings on docks will also aid in non-emergency calls for services for lost or disaled oaters. The new law affects docks on Lake of the Oarks and all Missouri lakes managed y the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The law states that the appropriate 911 address or in the asence of a 911 system, the physical address nearest to the dock y land, must e posted. It is suggested that the sign e posted so that it is visile when looking at the dock from the water. The Missouri State Water Patrol recommends a minimum of three inch letters e used when posting addresses on docks. For maximum visiility, the address should e in a color that contrasts with the acking. Reflective paint or material is preferred for the lettering. If you are unsure of the closest emergency or 911 address for your dock, please contact your local emergency services office or sheriff s department. Many local sign shops are now printing dock signs that conform to the new law. Owners who wish to make their own signs can purchase reflective lettering at most hardware stores. the school. This will e used to off-set costs, purchase supplies and keep up our facilities. It is always good to look at what neighoring school districts to see where their levies compare to Butler. As you see of the districts on the 71 highway corridor Butler s levy is the lowest. Rich Hill 4.15 levy Butler 4.05 levy Hume 4.51 levy Harrisonville 5.07 levy Cass Midway 4.77 levy Pleasant Hill 4.73 levy Ballard 5.11 levy Adrian 4.39 levy In conclusion, schools are the life-lood of small communities like Butler. Quality schools mean quality services, growth and progress. Degrading schools can e equated to lower home values, poorer services and a lack of progress, which assures your dollars will e spent in other communities. The Water Patrol suggests that the posted address include the street numer and street name and the ip code, or 911 address and ip code. For convenience, the dock permit numer, which in most instances must already e displayed, can e posted alongside the emergency address. Dock owners should also e aware of additional requirements for the posting of dock information from the agency that permits docks on their lake. Docks on Lake of the Oarks are permitted y Ameren UE. More information and examples for posting requirements at Lake of the Oarks can e found at the Ameren UE wesite: Posting requirements for docks on lakes controlled y the United States Army Corps of Engineers are determined y the lake project office. For a listing of United States Army Corps of Engineers project offices see the following site: aout/pages/locations.aspx. The posting of emergency addresses on docks will enhance safety on Missouri s lakes. You can call the Missouri State Water Patrol with any questions regarding the new law at Watch the Missouri State Water Patrol homepage at www. mswp.dps.mo.gov for updates on Boating Safety Courses in your area. The Butler Girl Scouts would like to thank Underwood Trucking for supplying them with a truck, trailer and driver for the Christmas Parade and Cox Feed for lending the hay ales for the trailer...without your help we would not have een ale to e in the annual Christmas Parade. Thanks again to Underwood Trucking and Cox Feed from the Butler Girl Scout Troops!

3 More highlights from Saturday s Christmas parade News Xpress, Butler, Mo., Friday, Decemer 11, The Gregory and Black families celerated their own version of miracles theme of the Chamer of Commerce Christmas parade Saturday. Koe Black, 9-year-old son of Brady and Brooke Black, has turned the encouraging corner in his prolonged and complex treatment of cancer. The family float was very well received and cheered y the crowd. Colorful, yes... ut also meaningful... Kim Hammer (reast cancer survivor) Relay For Life float carrying the message of hope for cancer patients. Bank chief indicted FROM FRONT PAGE alances and past due interest falsely reduced to ero as well as false maturity dates. During the ank fraud scheme, the indictment says, past due principal was reduced to ero in 1,584 instances, past due interest was reduced to ero on 1,460 occasions, and 1,445 maturity dates were changed on the loan maintenance reports. The great majority of these changes were not supported y loan modification agreements in ank files. For example, Thompson allegedly made a false entry in the ooks in regard to six loans to Brad Laning, his wife s cousin, y changing the past due principal to ero on 16 occasions, when in fact, all six loans had pastdue principal. In another instance, Thompson allegedly made a false entry in the ooks in regard to a loan to Rick Laning, his wife s uncle, y stating that past due interest was ero and past due principal was ero, when in fact the past due interest was $3,672 and the past due principal was $55,510. Thompson also allegedly made a false entry in the ooks in regard to a loan to Kay Thompson, his mother, y stating that the past due interest was ero and the past due principal was ero, when in fact the past due interest was $246 and the past due principal was $3,500. The indictment also alleges that Thompson completed false Officer s Questionnaires to the FDIC y falsely stating that the ank had no accommodation loans, or nominee loans, and y falsely stating that the ank had no instances of capitalied interest. In fact, Thompson had made accommodation, or nominee loans, to relatives from which he personally profited, and had made loans which capitalied interest. According to the indictment, Thompson concealed loans and overdrafts from the ank s oard of directors. Thompson concealed from the oard loans he made to cover unposted overdrafts, and concealed from the oard loans he made to capitalie interest. As part of the fraud scheme, the indictment alleges, Thompson significantly lowered interest rates on loans without oard approval or written loan modification agreements in the ank files. Thompson allegedly instructed customers to sign lank inspections, financial statements, and deeds of trust, and told the customers that he would complete the forms later. Thompson allegedly misrepresented to the oard the loan purpose on prolem The Ballard School sixth grade and, under the direction of Jesse Magoffin, performed a selection of Christmas music as it circled the square Saturday. Dale Douty s 1927 Roadster caught the eye of the crowd at Saturday s parade and this sleek entry was a prie winner. There was a flurry of activity in and around the Hume Bank in March when ank examiners moved in to egin their investigation. File photo. orrowers. For example, Thompson made a loan in the amount of $14,500 to Davie Klinksick, his father-in-law, listing the purpose of the loan as farm equipment. Thompson instead deposited $9,000 of the proceeds from that loan into a joint account held y him and his wife, the indictment alleges, and on the same day wrote a check from that account in the amount of $9,000 to Fugate Motors RVs. Thompson is charged with one count of ank fraud, three counts of misapplication of ank funds, six counts of false ank entries, reports and transactions, and three counts of making false statements to the FDIC. The Dec. 1 indictment also contains a forfeiture allegation, which would require Thompson to forfeit to the government $300,000, which represents the proceeds of the fraud scheme, or his residential property. Whitworth cautioned that the charges contained in this indictment are simply accusations, and not evidence of guilt. Evidence supporting the charges must e presented to a federal trial jury, whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence. This case is eing prosecuted y Assistant U.S. Attorney Kate Mahoney. It was investigated y the FDIC and the FBI. Decemer 13th 6:30 p.m. Methodist Ohio Street United Church Invites you to receive The Best Gift of All our gift to you this Christmas A CHRISTMAS CANTATA Join us at 205 W. Ohio Street at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday Evening, Decemer 13th to receive your gift presented y our Chancel Choir. This year we are supporting our Military Personnel around the gloe, so lets Pay It Forward y ringing a gift suitale for a Military Care Package. Please join us for cookies and punch following our presentation of The Best Gift of All. We hope to see you there. Drunk and stupid FROM FRONT PAGE Xpress, aout 7:20, she oserved a young man and woman running out of the court house from opposite sides and get into a white Mercury Tracer. She said it appeared the man was carrying a framed picture and her suspicions were aroused. As they drove off I followed them, Schwander said. After the Mercury weaved its way for several locks in town Schwander wrote down the license numer and physical descriptions of the pair and called the sheriff s office. Schwander last saw the Mercury turning north on Business 71. The sheriff s office relayed Schwander s message to the Butler Police Department. No more had Schwander entered the Xchanger-News Xpress office than the Mercury returned and was parked in the center lane on the east side of the square, opposite the newspaper office. The couple got out of the car and casually strolled ack into the courthouse, Schwander said. Coincidentally Butler police Lt. Randy Beshore, who was aware of the theft (y now identified as a 2-foot y 21-inch color print portrait of George Washington) reported to the prosecutor s office on the third floor of the courthouse to deliver papers for processing on a pending case under investigation. Word of the strange scenario was spreading fast and a court employee advised Beshore that Williams and Benite were in fact sitting on a ench outside the courtroom. He approached the couple with information he had gathered connected to the theft (license numer, descriptions). Reportedly Benite denied her and Williams involvement, ut according to Beshore, Williams readily confessed to the theft. Both were arrested. As to why, Beshore quoted Williams as responding, I was drunk and did something stupid. Williams also said he tossed the picture out of the car window somewhere. Benite was to appear in traffic court that afternoon on an Aug. 11, 2008 traffic violation south of Butler near the Miami Creek. The Highway Patrol citation alleged she was driving 100 MPH in a 70 MPH one. Now she has a class C felony stealing charge tacked onto her traffic violation. Williams was also charged with class C felony stealing. Both are in custody at the county jail with ail set at $15,000 cash or surety ond y Associate Circuit Judge Dera Hopkins. During the proceedings, Vickie Conley of the prosecutor s staff said Williams excuse for the crime was so he could rag to his uddies he had stolen something from a courthouse. A pre-trial conference was scheduled for Dec. 9. Class C felony conviction can range from $1 to $5,000 fine, a jail term not to exceed seven years, or a comination of oth. Thursday afternoon Lowell Logan of Butler was eastound on M-52 and as he approached an electrical sustation just west of the U.S.71/M-52 overpass noticed a utility worker leaning a picture of George Washington on a pole near the roadside. Logan notified police and the picture was retrieved y officer Jerry Boyd and returned to the courthouse. There was slight moisture damage to the lower left corner of the picture ut otherwise our country s first president continues to reign supreme on the wall near the prosecutor s office.

4 4 News Xpress, Butler, Mo., Friday, Decemer 11, 2009 SOCIAL SCENE/PEOPLE Anniversaries... n Favorite recipes from the Foster Farmettes MANDARIN SALAD n Pat Swickhamer 1/2 cup sliced almonds 3 Tsp. sugar 1/2 head iceerg lettuce 1/2 head romaine lettuce 1/2 cup chopped celery 4 green onions, chopped 1 can mandarin oranges, drained (11 o.) In small pan over medium heat, cook almonds and sugar stirring constantly until almonds are coated and sugar dissolved. Watch carefully as they will urn easily. Mix lettuces, celery and onions. Just efore serving all almonds and oranges. Toss with dressing. Dressing: 1/2 tsp. salt 1/4 cup oil 1 Tsp. chopped parsley 2 Tsp. sugar 2 Tsp. vinegar dash of taasco sauce Shake well **** SLOPPY JOES n Joan Perdue 1 l. hamurger 1 small onion 1 small green pepper 2 Tsp. rown sugar 1 Tsp. cider vinegar 1 small can tomato sauce 1 Tsp. mustard Cook hamurger with onion and green pepper. Drain grease. Add all the ingredients and simmer. **** PECAN PIE n Sandra Ro 1 cup syrup (1/2 cup dark and 1/2 cup light) 3 eggs 1 cup sugar 1/4 cup margarine 1 cup pecans 1/4 tsp. salt 1 tsp. vanilla Beat eggs. Add sugar and eat. Stir in melted margarine, pecans, salt and vanilla. Pour into unaked pie shell. Bake 10 minutes at 400, reduce heat to 350 and ake minutes until set. **** SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE n Ruth Wheatley 5-6 Sweet potatoes, cooked and drained 1 stick oleo 1 cup white sugar 1 cup coconut 1 tsp. vanilla 3 eggs slightly eaten Mash potatoes with oleo, add sugar, coconut, egg and vanilla Whip all together. Pour into casserole dish. Topping: 1/2 stick oleo melted 1 cup rown sugar 1 cup chopped nuts Pour on top. Bake at 350 for minutes. Place in refrigerator until set. **** n NOTE: Additional recipes from other memers of the Foster Farmettes are welcome and will e added to the existing list. Around Bates County... Reports of social gatherings, clu meetings, events of interest Get Togethers clu in the spirit of giving The Get Togethers clu met at the Flaming Lantern restaurant on Dec. 7. The meeting was called to order y the president, Pansy Smith, who led the invocation, Pledge of Allegiance and clu song. The minutes and treasurer s report were read and approved. There were 16 memers present. The minutes and treasurer s report were read and approved. The oard memers were on the committee as hostesses. The Christmas decorations were right and cheerful. Although Gladys Linard was asent she sent her irthday donation. This fund will e given to the ministerial alliance at Christmas time as usual. A wonderful musical program was given y the professional karoke singer, Irene Holt. The audience expressed its appreciation enthusiastically. Irene is in charge of the Care Connection service for Bates and Vernon counties. Anyone needing help with prescription insurance can reach her at the senior center Tuesdays and Thursdays. She entertains regularly at the senior center on Thursdays at the noon hour. In memory of Selina Kenney who founded the clu in 1964, her family donated a Christmas gift which was won y Pansy Smith this year. Edith Dilly made the motion, Pansy Smith seconded that the hostesses provide a door prie, the cost not to exceed $5.00. The motion passed. The Christmas food donations rought y the memers were to e delivered to the Food Pantry. The meeting closed with the song and enediction. Reported. Fine Arts League Christmas party enjoyed Dec. 1 The Bates County Fine Arts League met at the Flaming Lantern for a short meeting and Christmas party. The meeting opened with prayer y President Lin Bartley, followed y the Pledge to the American flag. After roll call, the minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The Treasurer s report was read and was approved and filed for audit. Old usiness: Carmen Mashek, Treasurer, gave a report on the art show finances, ut stated they were not final as all the money and expenses were not completed at this date. Final report would e read at the next meeting. Gerry Ketron asked that anyone who had not turned in the point sheets to please do so as they were due at the Octoer meeting. New usiness: Norma Mc- Clelland reported that attendance was down again this year at the art show. The nominating committee recommended we keep the same officers as last year. Helen Hill made the motion, seconded y Boie Baxter that we reinstate the same officers next year. Motion passed. After lunch gifts rought y those attending were drawn for and Thelma Wheatley then had Dirty ingo game. There was lots of laughs as one gift kept getting moved around a lot. Upon leaving Merry Christmas s was heard y all. Reported. Adrian Garden Clu elects new slate of officers The Adrian Garden Clu met Twenty-eight memers of the Meade family gathered for a private party at David and Roin s Farmhouse Restaurant in Creighton on Monday, Nov. 30, celerating Nadine s 85th irthday. Ross and Wanda Wainscott spent a few days last week in Branson. Ballard hosted Leeton Tuesday night for some exciting all games. Lawanda Engelhardt drove her parents, Eddie and Darlene Arndt to the city on Wednesday. Eddie had some outpatient surgery and the outcome was etter than anticipated. The procedure lasted less than half the time expected and he was ale to come home the same day. Great news! Maesyn Umstattd and Charlie Rowland spent some time recently with their grandmother, Jennie Umstattd, and put her tree up for her. Jennie says it looks great. Golda Umstattd was hostess at the Wednesday evening meeting of Enterprise Clu. There were 13 present for the gra ag Christmas gift exchange along with the usual Bingo games. Erma Wainscott is hostess for the next meeting on Jan. 6 at 5:30 p.m. Four friends gathered at Eileen s Thursday to play Dominoes. They were really glad to have Virginia Moore ack with them as she is feeling etter. Betty Hill and Karl Lucas helped Maycee Jones celerate her 13th irthday in Creighton on Saturday afternoon. Will and Kristin Engelhardt ecame ack-up ay sitters for Ashton Sieeneck on Friday...not sure who was entertaining who. Nadine Meade spent Saturday with Norma Jones and family. Erica Haraugh gave grandmother Nadine a perm and cooked supper for the family. Teri Casey spent the weekend with her daughter, Karen Pemerton, and family at Richland, Mo. The Ballard School staff enjoyed their annual Christmas dinner at the school on Saturday night. on Nov. 13 at the home of Betty Arney. Jeannette Emerson called the meeting to order and led us in the clu collect. Melinda Elmer had the devotion and read from a ook of Garden Psalms. Thirteen memers and one guest, Marieth Golladay answered roll call y telling What Part of My Garden I m Thankful For. We finalied our plans for having our Christmas luncheon meeting at the Bailey House in Appleton. The nominating committee presented a slate of officers for the coming year and the clu voted to accept them. our president will e Sandy Wells; vice president, Kay Wright; Family honors Nadine s 85th Will, Kristin and Boyd Engelhardt and Aie Schmoll attended the annual Mud Run Hog Roast in Urich on Saturday night. Linda Cox visited Sunday with her mother, Nadine Meade and attended church at Walnut Grove with her. Ballard hosts Rich Hill for asketall games on Friday, Dec. 11 eginning at 5:30 p.m. Ballard 4-H will have its annual dinner meeting/caroling at the school on Dec. 12 eginning at 6 p.m. The Senior Citiens dinner will e held at the school at 5 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 14. There will e lots going on that night as the Osage River Baptist Association will e having its Mexico mission trip fundraiser at Eileen s Cafe from 5-8 p.m. as well. Plan accordingly and make them oth. Ballard asketall teams will travel to Calhoun on Dec. 15 with games to start at 5:30 Prayers go out to service people Christian Church Dec. 6, we had 44 in attendance. We welcome our new and permanent preacher Kevin Berry and his wife Kendra to our church. They arrived here last Monday and moved into the parsonage with lots of volunteer help. They are very content and happy to e here. Kevin preached a great sermon on his first Sunday. They will truly fill the need we have prayed for so long. Praise the Lord it is done. We look forward to many wonderful times ahead. Happy Anniversary was sung to Kevin and Chelle Black. They celerate 29 years. Many good wishes to you oth. They are proud to report their son Seth will graduate from college in Jan I will report a full announcement in my next report. I need to check and make sure I have it all correct. secretary, Maggie Roerts; and treasurer, Jeanette Beard. Jeanette Beard had our lesson and we made pomanders and potpourri. Clu memers have een saving and drying flower petals for this occasion. We enjoyed visiting as we worked on our pomanders after which our hostess served delicious refreshments. We closed our meeting y praying the Lord s Prayer in unison. Those present esides those previously mentioned, Rosemary Fritts, Karen Gardner, Winifred Gaston, Li Ray, Betty Lemon, Eleanor Diehl. Reported. p.m. They will play at home against NEVC on Dec. 17 to egin at 5:30 p.m. Andrea Jackson and daughter Haylea visited Elaine Engelhardt on Sunday afternoon. An 80th irthday celeration open house will e held at the Ballard School on Sunday, Dec. 20, from 2-4 p.m.. for Jennie Umstattd hosted y her children and their families. If you are unale to attend, please send her a card or she d love a phone call. Misty Wainscott celerated her 50th irthday on Dec. 7. We ll have to stay tuned to see how she marks the occasion. My dad, Gene Campell, passed away suddenly on Dec. 2. All the gestures of care, concern, kindnesses and love showered upon our family have carried us through this time of grieving. Please know there aren t enough words that can e expressed to adequately show our appreciation. But, we thank you, thank you from the ottom of our hearts. There was a oard meeting at 5 p.m. followed y an Elder s meeting. Sympathy to the Purdys. Our prayers are for all on our long list. Darlene Peek is doing well and still has a lot of therapy; Mary Barnhill is also doing well and in therapy; Marlene Cole is having a rough time with treatments. Today at 3 p.m. plates will e taken to shut-ins. I m sure they will all e happy and pleased. I read the paper end to end. We are grateful to the Xcerpts for the weekly reports in the news. It helps us to e aware of what is going on in the county. Rememer the Christmas program Dec. 20 at 6 p.m. If you have photos of past years Christmas programs, please give them to Chelle with your name on ack so they can e returned. Rhonda and Chelle will direct the program. Pray for our service people who are headed to Iraq and pray they come home safe and soon. Cards are out, aking has een in full swing and more is Jim and Lois McCanles 50th wedding anniversary Jim and Lois McCanles, together with their children and grandchildren, invite you to share in the celeration of their 50th wedding anniversary on Sunday, Dec. 20 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Frontier Village community uilding in Adrian. No gifts, please. Your presence is gift enough Adrian manor holiday news Season s Greetings to the citiens of Adrian, Bates County and eyond, Once again we find ourselves amidst another Holiday Season. It seems to me this past year flew y rather quickly. Thanksgiving Day at Adrian Manor featured our homestyle dining experience complete with all of the traditional fixins. A ig thank you is in order to all of our staff that made Thanksgiving a fulfilling and eventful day! We are now looking forward to and preparing for our annual Resident Christmas Party scheduled for Saturday Dec. 12 from 2 to 4 p.m. There will e live music featuring The Cooper Family, special Christmas visitors, a gift exchange, a slide show and refreshments served throughout. Recently, I was speaking to some of our esteemed local veterans who had attended a Veteran s Day luncheon here at Adrian Manor with some of the gentlemen who reside here who are also veteran s. To them I said that although life certainly can, and does present us with its challenges and hardships, I would rather face such issues here than in any other country in the world, and then offered them a sincere thank you. All things considered, we do have a lot to e thankful for as we emark on yet another Holiday Season. Regardless of the various capacities in which I have served at Adrian Manor over the past decade, I just wanted to personally express my gratitude to each and every resident and family memer I have ever had the opportunity to serve during my tenure here. to e done efore Christmas. I ve already got cookies done and more to go and candies. It s sure to e a usy month. We all know how usy the roads are due to Christmas shoppers. Please try to drive carefully. Avoid accidents y oeying the law. Do not e in a hurry. Take time to e cautious. Be sure to check on a shutin. They may need help. Also uckle up, e safe. Till next time, God less you each and everyone. Lorrie Johnson. I elieve I speak for all of us at Adrian Manor as I state the following: It has een, and will continue to e our honor and privilege to serve you and/or your loved ones at Adrian Manor. Happy Holiday s from all of us at Adrian Manor. Douglas G Fredrickson, LNHA, Administrator, Adrian Manor Health & Rehailitation Center Notice suscriers If you move, notify the news-xpress immediately of your change of address to assure that your paper s delivery will not e interrupted or delayed. Often when you notify the Postal Service only, there is a delay of four weeks or more efore we are advised of your new address, a period when you will not likely e receiving your paper. Wesley Luther from Warrensurg spent Thanksgiving Day with Jessie Luther, Tex and Dora Jean McKinley. A nice dinner, movies and good conversation was enjoyed y everyone. Steve Entrikin got to come home from Fort Leonard Wood for Thanksgiving weekend. They stopped y to have lunch with Marilyn Entrikin. Steve and Rose went Christmas shopping Saturday. They were shopping for their grandchildren. Ashley, Jim and Peggy Entrikin s daughter, left for Camp Pendleton Saturday a.m. for Afghanistan. The family will e missing Ashley and her rother Andy this Christmas. They are hoping Ashley s canine Hugo will take good care of her over there. Tex and Dora Jean McKinley saw Roy Gene Claypool at town this week. Roy Gene had een to see his doctor. They did a little it of talking. Marilyn Entrikin just couldn t talk herself into going to any auctions this week. As usual I saw Tersea Brewer doing her shopping at Walmart. REWARD $100,000 Watch for David s story on America s Most Wanted Dec. 12th at 8p.m. on FOX David Cook If you have information call Missouri State Highway Patrol

5 Almost a Cat-tastrophe! One rutally cold night last week, as we getting ready to tuck the kids into ed, I stuck my head out the ack door and called for our cat, Rusty, to come inside for the night. Hollered his name, waited a few seconds. No Rusty. Called again, waited again, no Rusty. Several minutes later I gave up and locked the door. I peeked out a few more times ut didn t see our kitty. Two hours later, as the rest of the family slept and I was heading to ed, I thought I heard faint meowing. I went to the ack door and peeked out the linds. No Rusty. I went to the front door. No Rusty. Once again I went to the ack door, only this time I opened it and called his name. I still heard meowing ut did not see our cat. THE MEOWING got louder and I realied it was coming from overhead. I looked up and there he was, ig eyes peering at me from the roof. Yes, the roof. How he got there is eyond me. Why it seemed like a good idea in the first place is a head scratcher. Better view of the mice? Because he wanted to If you are just getting wind that News Xpress columnist Brenda Black is a pulished ook author, hang on to your hat she s done it again, for the second time this year! On the heels of her co-authored summer release I Stand A Miraculous Journey from Paralysis to Praise, Black launches a solo project with a much different look and feel. The new release is titled Were You Born in a Barn? And Black offers humorous and heart-felt short stories in this paperack version that are sure to strike home with oth farm dwellers and city friends. Black says, If you look cock-eyed at your spouse when he gets ull-headed; wonder why kids romp like goats indoors and are drawn to mud like pigs in the ackyard... If you are certain that girls cackle like geese and oys chew like cows; or find yourself purring like a kitten or growling like a canine, then maye you and those you love were orn in a arn! She affectionately contends that readers should face the facts - We have a lot in common with country critters! The fence line etween humans and farm inhaitants lurs in illustrations where Black features heavenly lessons through colorful livestock, furry lap lovers and faithful canine companions. She says you ll laugh, cry, ponder and pause over timeless lessons from these incredile creatures. Like the tickle of duck down or a damp nule from Fido, the stories are sure to leave you touched with lessings that will warm your heart long after the feathers and fur disappear. Faithful fans of Brenda s columns The Word s Out and Outside the Box will recognie some of the selections, compiled from more than 300 pulished articles. It s a little ook with a whole lot of encouragement, says Black. I hope it is a ig lessing! Order your copy of Were You Born in a Barn? at www. thewordsout-rendalack.com or call Guaranteed delivery in time for stocking stuffers this Christmas! Take advantage of New Release Special Pricing - only $10 (plus $3.50 shipping). For more information aout writer and speaker Brenda Black or to schedule a ook Tisha s Topics Tisha Foley check out the Christmas lights? Pretend he was Santa Claus? Meow? he said, which I translated to, I know it was a dum idea, now get me down. I accessed the situation: the rest of the house was asleep and I was standing arefoot in my sweat pants on the deck on a su-freeing night, getting ready to rescue a cat off the roof. This was a first. I stood on a deck chair and was arely ale to reach Rusty s front paws. I pulled, he pulled the other way, and acked out of my grasp. I went inside to get a arstool, stood precariously on that, and again he acked skittishly up the roof. I TRIED TO THINK of something he could jump into. I graed a decorative asket, stood on the arstool, and held the asket aove my head. He shot me signing, visit Brenda Black is a Christian freelance writer and the owner of a writing and pulic relations agency, The Word s Out. She is an Agriculture Journalism graduate from the University of Missouri, Columia with more than 1,200 SOCIAL SCENE/PEOPLE a You ve got to e kidding look from high atop the roof. Next I opened a can of Fancy Feast, placed it in the asket, and held it up. This time he came over for a sniff, gingerly placed a paw in the asket, and decided he was safer on the roof. By then I was freeing and inventing new names for our eloved family pet. I went ack inside and got our huge laundry asket, placed the Fancy Feast inside, climed on the arstool, and held it up. Last chance, cat, I said. If you don t like this, you re going to e Cat on a Cold Shingled Roof all night long. FORTUNATELY, he jumped. Unfortunately, I lost my alance and fell off the stool. Rusty and the food went flying. Thankfully, we were okay. After inhaling the food most of it ended up on the deck Rusty came inside. We oth thawed out and he said thank you y curling up on my lap. I just hope the neighors weren t videotaping us for America s Funniest Home Videos. Brenda Black releases second ook this year GRRR, I just wrote column and totally erased it. I now only have 15 minutes to write many things. There are many festive events this week in Amsterdam. Tonight is the Christmas program at Miami School which is always a good time. Then this Saturday at Amsterdam Community Center at 2 p.m. is the Christmas event of the year Santa Day. Do not forget to thank the ladies for this great event and many other kind things they do for the community throughout the year. For a good inexpensive night out with the family the Amsterdam Theatre will e showing Dennis the Menace Christmas at 7 p.m Saturday Dec. 12. The movies are always free and concession is very inexpensive. We enjoyed ice cream cones at Brownstone Ice Cream on Main street after school tonight. It was only $1.25 a cone and they were very large and good. I know ecause I stole a few ites from my kids. They are now always serving thin crust pia there. Which I am told is very good. Also you can special order pies there now. pulished works and experiences that range from editing and graphic design to ook pulishing and oral presentations. She promotes organiations, tells stories, covers the news, and shares her faith through writing and speaking. Her news and feature articles consistently appear in the The Midwest Cattleman, The Missouri Ruralist and Missouri Beef Cattlemen magaines, as well as community papers throughout the state. Brenda s devotional and editorial articles are featured weekly in her columns The Word s Out and Outside Town uing with Christmas On Dec. 14 at 6:30-8:00p.m. I am told the one and only Santa will e there at Brownstone Ice Cream and Pia Shop. The kids will also e ale to decorate cookies that evening. Sounds like a good time. You are ale to make a free will donation to help towards lankets for the homeless. the Box. She is a memer of the Heart of America Christian Writer s Network and a two-time award winner in the HACWN writer s contest. Her most recent writing success is a 256 page hard cover ook I Stand A Miraculous Journey from Paralysis to Praise, co-authored with gospel music recording artist Pam Morgan. Since its release July 28, 2009, over 1,500 copies have sold. Black s newest project is a compilation of selections from her more than 300 devotional articles into a set of gift ooks with the first in the series, Were You Born in a Barn! Life Lessons from the Barnyard and Beyond, now availale. She plans to pulish a child s story ook next spring. Black and her pastor husand, Alan, make their home in rural Deepwater, MO, serving in ministry to a loving country congregation. They have two talented sons, Austin and Cooper. She volunteers as a 4-H leader and Sunday School teacher and serves as the Missouri Cattlewomen s Vice-President. If you would like to go with a group to take coats, gloves and lankets to the homeless. Contact Chris Hedrick at the Main Street Salon. She will also e accepting any coats, hats and all that to take. I got to go even though I have more ut time is up. Have a good week and take care. Lutheran students, parents ake Christmas cookies We extend our sincere sympathy to the family of Gene Campell who died on Dec. 2, at Moore Few Center in Nevada, Mo. Visitation was held at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel on Friday evening. Funeral services were held on Saturday at 10 a.m. Gene and Ruth Campell have een loved the past 52 years residing in their home town of Rich Hill. They have a wonderful family who have een there for them at every turn. Your family and friends are here for you at any time. The Memorial Book Clu met for its Christmas meeting on Thursday evening. Punch and cookies were served efore discussing the ook. Those in attendance were: Phyllis Brassfield, Kim Taft, Sharon Tourtillott, Aylessa Beckett, Rhonda Cooper, Ellen Bell, Katie Bell Aend, Randy Bell, Janet Dale, Becky Ro, Paulette Rapp, Joe McDaniels, and leader Dixie Glynn. Wayne Jake Knowles was missed y all. The ook for January is My Antonia y Willa Cather. The Zion Lutheran School children and several parents took turns aking cookies on Thursday for shut-ins and servicemen for Christmas. That Santa Claus. evening the Parent Teacher organiation got together to ox and prepare the cookies and ornaments made in art class for delivery. The children will go caroling in the near future. Hopefully a eautiful day. Ladies Aid The Zion Lutheran Ladies Aid met for their Christmas dinner and party on Wednesday, Dec. 2. Vice President Ruy Stotmeister presided over the morning meeting. News Xpress, Butler, Mo., Friday, Decemer 11, Crash course in dining etiquette Columia, Mo. Question: Is it ever appropriate to tuck a napkin in your collar while dining? Answer: Yes, ut only in three cases eating ris, dining on whole loster or cra, or anytime you are dining while flying. That s one of the many usiness dining etiquette tips students learn from Leslie Jett, executive chef and resident instructor in the University of Missouri s hotel and restaurant management program. Jett also is a certified corporate etiquette and international protocol consultant through the Protocol School of Washington. He leads 2,000 students a year through a noncredit workshop that spans an entire four-course meal, from early arrival to sending a thank-you note. To e well-mannered at the tale is to e ale to eat food and drink everages without attracting attention and without in way eing repulsive or rude to others at the tale, he said. Most people are nervous aout proper etiquette, ut etiquette is in place to make you more relaxed. Here are some quick pointers on dining etiquette from Chef Jett: Arrive five minutes efore the hour of the dinner. If dining in a restaurant, don t eat or drink anything until your host or hostess arrives. Wait for the hostess to unfold her napkin first and place it on her lap. You do the same. If silverware is wrapped in a napkin, carefully unroll it and place the fork to your left and the knife and spoon on the right. In some European countries it is impolite to place your hands out of sight, so if you are dining with an international host or guest, avoid putting your hands on your lap. You can rest forearms against the edge of the tale, ut not elows. Never order the most expensive item on the menu unless the host has urged you to do so. Do not reach in front of a person; ask to have food passed. Everything moving around the tale travels in a counterclockwise direction. Cut two or three ites of meat and eat these efore cutting more. Dip away when using a soupspoon; drink the soup from the side of the spoon. Don t reak crackers or read into your soup. Never leave a spoon standing in a drinking or sheret glass. Don t cut read; reak off a small piece and utter it while it rests on the utter plate. When finished eating, wait for the hostess to remove her napkin and place it on the tale. Return your napkin to the left side of the place setting. Even if you don t care for food on your plate, try to eat a small portion. Don t ring attention to the fact that you don t like it. Send a thank-you card within 48 hours of the occasion. There were no Decemer irthdays recognied. Jeff and Sheila Fischer will e celerating a Decemer anniversary. Charlotte Guss and Linda Lee were visitors for the day. Eight memers answered roll call. The secretary and treasurer s reports were read and approved. A motion was made and seconded to retain the same charities for the coming year. A thank you was read from Luke Walters for our support as a seminary student. A letter was read from Mike Rodewald who is in charge of Lutheran World Missions. The committees for the coming year will remain the same. New officers for 2010 are: President, Shirley R. Fischer; vice-president, Ruy Stotmeister; secretary, Dianna Man; treasurer, Terry Heiman. The new officers will e installed in January. A motion was made y Dianna Man and seconded y Helen Paur to give our Christmas Love Offering to Mark and Barara Rapp who lost their home y fire. The motion passed. The January food committee is Diane Wohlgemuth and Sally Bauer. The school children sang Christmas Carols to the ladies while they filled their plates for lunch. A delicious ham dinner with all of the extras was enjoyed y the group. I enjoyed eating reakfast on Saturday morning with Rachel Lier, Emily and Olivia and I went to Ascension Catholic Church for a Christmas party and reakfast. The pictures of the girls with Santa did not work out the est. Olivia did not like sitting on Ho-Ho s lap. She is screaming her lungs out. Otherwise the morning was great fun. Saturday evening Rachel and Jim went with friends to Lydia s for dinner and then to the Music Hall to see Wicked. At this time I lost four hands of Old Maid. Sunday evening Ruth Rapp, Geraldine and Steve Wineteer came to Rachel and Jim s home. Ruth had spent 10 days in Winona, Minn. visiting with Bill and Sharon Flesch. I rought Ruth on home from Kansas City. Sharon is very weak and very ill. Please keep her and family in your prayers. Happy Birthday to Naomi Marquardt, Connie Mott, Kent Fischer, Darla Jo Marquardt. Naomi and Arnold Marquardt enjoyed the open house on Saturday at the Zion Fellowship Hall for their anniversary. Also, Happy Birthday Naomi. Velda Jagels was moved to Colonial Manor Nursing Home this weekend in Appleton City. Marvin will move to the assisted living that connects to the nursing home this week. We hope this will work out etter for them. Donald Fischer drove down to the farm one day this past week to see the end of this years harvesting. It is good to see him out and aout. Pastor Man, Dianna and family spent Sunday and Monday visiting friends in St. Louis, Mo. We hope they had a very good and relaxing time. Enjoy our Holiday EXTENDED Hours for your shopping convenience. Wed.-Thurs.-Fri., Dec. 16, 17, 18 Mon.-Tues.-Wed., Dec. 21, 22, 23 Open til 6:30 p.m. Bowen s Hallmark North Side Square Butler, Mo M-F 9:00-5:30 SAT. 9:00-4:00 Great Sakes Alive DON STOTMEISTER is now 75! Stop y and wish him a Happy Birthday Thursday, Dec. 17 Open House 2-6 p.m. 305 N. Delaware, Butler Jennie Mae Umstattd s 80th The family of Jennie Mae Lynn Umstattd will host an open house in honor of her 80th irthday Sunday, Dec. 20 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Ballard School. Your presence will e her gift. If you are unale to attend, please send a card to Route 1, Box 529, Butler, Mo

6 6 News Xpress, Butler, Mo., Friday, Decemer 11, 2009 Looking in on the Holiday Homes tour Sara Burch at one of several tale settings in the home as she and husand Leland look forward to hosting holiday family gatherings. Pat and Al Decker relaxed for a moment in the sun room of their remodeled Bethany House at 510 North Maple. Brian Schrock and daughters (from left) Kenna 10, Tarin 9, Paula 5 line the staircase at the Schrock residence, 114 Kelly Drive. Mrs. Anna Schrock was not availale when this photo was taken. Russell E. Campell Russell Eugene (Gene) Campell was orn on June 13, 1929, at home in Foster, MO near New Home and died in Nevada, MO on Decemer 2, His parents, Emery and Clara Mae (Wolfenarger) Campell; grandparents, James and Alice Wolfenarger (who raised him); rother, James Emery(Buddy) Campell; and two infant sons: Russell Dale and Stephen Ray all preceded him in death. Gene s youth was spent in the Foster, MO area where he attended school until the 8th grade. Kenneth Cumpton set Gene up on a lind date. However, when Gene set eyes on Kenneth s sister, Ruth, he was smitten and Iva Ruth Cumpton ecame his ride on January 26, 1952 at Mayesurg, MO. She ecame the cornerstone of their marriage as they worked together to raise their family and provide for them. During the early years of their marriage, they lived near Butler, Aaron, Raymore, and Lone Jack estalishing roots in Rich Hill where they have resided the past 52 years. Gene s work experience encompassed several areas and he was a first-rate mechanic ale to fix almost anything. He worked at the Jewett Seed Company in Butler; as a farm hand/dairyman on the Kurweil Dairy near Raymore, MO; manager of a farm near Lone Jack, MO; a worker at the window factory in Rich Hill, MO; was part of the crew who uilt the surrounding area missile ases; spent a short time as a police officer in Rich Hill, MO; and eventually retired from the Leeds Plant-GM in 1988 after 25 years. He took special delight in knowing that many of his children and grandchildren were ale to purchase new vehicles using his GM discount. Gene took pride in his appearance and was always neat and meticulous. His son inherited the meticulous trait, ut unfortunately, all four sons-in-law did not. Gene would cringe when one of them would ask to orrow one of his tools! Lowell Logan, Butler, was the only arer dad would let touch his hair for the past 60 years. He received his last haircut less than two weeks prior to his death. A priority for Ruth the past few months has een to have a family portrait taken. This was accomplished over Thanksgiving with 45 family memers present. Gene prided himself in passing along his love for hunting to his son Jim and youngest daughter, Eugenia. In addition to hunting he also enjoyed fishing, gardening and reading until his health prevented him from enjoying any of these activities. He purchased a camper trailer when the kids were still at home, and many happy hours were spent at the lake. Gene s early retirement years were spent as caretaker for Prairie Lake Lodge in Papinville, MO, where he enjoyed several overnight campouts with all of the family. He grew to appreciate his ever-growing family welcoming each new addition into the Campell fold. He enjoyed the grandchildren s visits, ut was ready to send them ack home in due time! Gene never really enjoyed eating out as Ruth s cooking was y far etter than any restaurant food he ever tasted. He worked tirelessly to provide food and shelter for his family, and was always close y with a helping hand when needed. Gene s childhood was not as enjoyale as it could have een, and he carried that urden with him throughout his life. Ruth and the kids did their est to show him unconditional love and to make him proud. How comforting it is to his family that he knew how much he was loved and that he is finally at peace. Survivors include his wife of the home and his children: Jim (Kitty) Campell; Elaine (Steve) Engelhardt, all of Butler, Mo; Linda (Ricky) Jagels; Tina (Bruce) Buckner; Eugenia (Greg) Brocka, all of Rich Hill, MO; thirteen grandchildren- Jamie, Rusty, Taitha, Kristy, Troy, Will, Boyd, Amanda, Bethany, Suanne, Angie, Marcy and Ryan; two step-grandchildren Amy and Chris; nine great-grandchildren Nicholas, Celia, Brendan, Brielle, Anna- Bella, Hayden, William, Zane, Wesley and four step-greatgrandchildren Brian, Brantley, Jordyn and Kaden. He was lessed to include Bo Schlyer as an adopted memer of his family. Funeral services were Saturday, Decemer 5, 2009 at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel in Butler, Missouri with Pastor Michael Man officiating. In lieu of flowers, contriutions to Rich Hill Methodist Church, Prairie Jay Ward Claypool Jay Ward Claypool, 76, of Richards, MO., formerly Harrisonville, MO., passed away on Thursday, Decemer 3, 2009, at Christian Health Care in Nevada. He was orn Decemer 30, 1932, in Richards, MO., to Joseph Ward Claypool and Bernice Evelyn Sharp Claypool. Jay moved with his family to Rich Hill and started school there at a young age, ut spent most of his school years in Butler, MO. He graduated from Westport High School in Kansas City, MO., in Jay started a career in anking at the Mercantile Bank of Kansas City. He took a leave of asence from the ank to serve in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict where he was a storekeeper for naval aviation parts. He spent four years active duty and two years in the reserves. In 1957, he returned to the Mercantile Bank and then in1960 he went to work for the Allen Bank and Trust Company in Harrisonville, MO., where he was rought in to manage the ank. He also acted as cashier, served on the executive oard of directors, and ecame a shareholder of the ank. He retired in He was a graduate of Rockhurst College with a BSBA degree and graduated from the University of Wisconsin Graduate School of Banking. He was a memer of the United Methodist Church of Harrisonville, the Masonic Lodge Coldwater #485 in Drexel, MO., the Knights Templar, Ararat Shrine, Kansas City, MO., and Lions Clu of Harrisonville. Jay moved ack to Richards in Survivors include one son, Joseph Claypool and his wife Karen, Richards, MO.; one grandson, Jesse Claypool, Richards, MO.; one granddaughter, Peyton Claypool, Richards, MO.; his rother, James A. Claypool, Excelsior Springs, MO.; a nephew, James D. Claypool, Excelsior Springs, MO., and one niece, MIchelle Claypool Murphy, Parkville, MO. Funeral services were held Thursday, Decemer 10, 2009, at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada, MO. Interment in the Richland Cemetery, Richards, MO. Those who wish may contriute in his memory to the Shriner s Children s Hospital c/o Ferry Funeral Home, 310 S. Washington, Nevada, MO You may view oituary and send condolences on line at Carol Shaffer Carol Shaffer, age 65 of Butler, Missouri died Friday, Decemer 4, 2009 at Bates County Memorial Hospital in Butler. She was orn Decemer 28, 1943 to Herert Calvin Jr. and Helen Louise Murphy Forrey in Kansas City, Missouri. Carol grew up in Kansas City where she attended high school. In her younger years, Carol lived in several places including Chicago, Illinois and Neraska. On Septemer 13, 1967 she was united in marriage to Arthur Dale Shaffer in Oklahoma. For many years Carol devoted her life to her children and husand. After the kids were grown Carol went to school and ecame a registered nurse. She was a memer of the Calvary Baptist Church in Butler. Carol enjoyed sewing, emroidering, word search pules, gardening, collecting plants, playing cards and listening to country music--most Talia Lacy and Brent Lacy, 506 West Atkinson, and their festive white tree one of several outstanding decorations through their house. At each stop, various memers of the junior class acted as welcoming greeters including (from left): Casey Heiman, Trevor Mead, Cody Pitts and Chase Peters at the Community of Christ Church. notaly Kenny Rogers. She loved cooking and was famous for her fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy. Carol was always a strong, kind, giving and nurturing mother. She always told her children to elieve in themselves and stand up for what they elieve in. Carol loved spending time with her children and grandchildren-- especially during the Christmas season. She could always e found at the school functions and sporting events supporting her family. Carol was proud that the values she taught her children were passed on to her grandchildren. Carol is survived y her husand, Arthur Dale Shaffer of Butler, Missouri; two sons, Joseph Canseco of Overland Park, Kansas and Rhyan Shaffer and wife Amy of Butler, Missouri; three daughters, Eliaeth Lynn Maggard and husand Frank of Lamar, Missouri, Theresa Dian Shaffer of Rich Hill, Missouri and Carol Michelle Thomas and husand Jerry of Hume, Missouri; two stepsons, Arthur Shaffer and Keven Shaffer oth of Butler, Missouri; a stepdaughter, Pamela Sue Tucker and husand Bill of Deepwater, Missouri; four stepsisters, Emma Taft of Omaha, Neraska, Bonnie Parker of Indianapolis, Indiana, Gladys Gagnon of Sioux City, Iowa and Barara Drener of Eureka Springs, Missouri; two steprothers, Charles Dunham and Thomas Dunham oth of Omaha, Neraska; and 23 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death y her parents; two grandsons, Timothy Wade Shaffer and Joseph Anthony Canseco; a steprother, James Dunham; and her iological sister, Patricia Sue Forrey. Funeral services were 2 p.m. Tuesday, Decemer 8, 2009 at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel in Butler, Missouri with Don Rice officiating. Interment, Myers Cemetery, Appleton City, Missouri. Contriutions, Family. Online condolences, www. schowengerdtchapel.com. Don t ask that your name e omitted from the court news. First, we won t do it; second, court proceedings are a matter of pulic record and the pulic has a right to know.

7 FARM FRONT State Forester Lisa Allen s love of forests is rooted in a childhood spent in the Oarks. She calls forestry more of a religion than a jo. Missouri Dept. of Conservation photo. REWARD $5,000 For information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsile for stealing cattle from the David Cook property near Virginia, Mo. For more information, go to If you have any information, please call the Bates County Sheriff s Office at News Xpress, Butler, Mo., Friday, Decemer 11, Her s is a solid committment to diverse haitat on conservation areas Jefferson City No one who knows where and how Missouri State Forester Lisa Allen grew up could e surprised at her career path. Just as predictale is her commitment to ensuring that Show-Me State forests remain healthy, continue contriuting to Missouri s economy and provide recreational opportunities. A native of Howell County, Allen grew up near what now is the USDA Forest Service s Devil s Backone Wilderness. Her mother taught iology and ecology at West Plains High School, and from an early age, Allen accompanied her father on firewood-cutting trips to the Mark Twain National Forest. By the time she left home to study forestry at the University of Missouri-Columia she could identify most tree in the Oarks. I went everywhere with my dad, Allen recalls. I was the third of three girls, and dad finally decided he wasn t going to get a son, so he made me his fishing uddy. Allen says she, like nearly all foresters, chose her profession ecause of a deep love for forests. For her, she confesses, Forestry is more of a religion than a jo. She egan her career as an assistant resource forester for the Missouri Department of Conservation in 1984, after earning a achelor s degree in forestry. She went ack to school later to earn a forestry master s degree, then worked her way up through the ranks at the Conservation Department. She assumed leadership of the Forestry Division in 2006 after a stint leading the agency s Private Land Services Division. One of Forestry Division s iggest jos is maintaining diverse, high-quality fish and wildlife haitat on the Conservation Department s 450,000 acres of forest. While this is a large area, it is dwarfed y Missouri s 14.6 million acres of privately owned forest. The state s thriving tourism and forest-products industries depend on healthy forests. Data from the U.S. ureaus What s it gonna e, deal or no deal? By Charles E. Kruse Copenhagen is again on President Oama s travel itinerary, ut he won t e loying the International Olympic Committee on this trip. He returns for a different purpose- the United Nations Climate Change Conference- and the stakes are much higher than trying to ring the 2016 Summer Olympic Games to Chicago. Just days ago the White House confirmed the President s attendance at the upcoming meeting, along with his convoy of four Cainet secretaries, climate car and top aides. His participation has reignited hopes among some WEATHER (National Weather Service) Friday: Mostly cloudy; high 35/ low 28; prec. 10%. Saturday: Mostly cloudy; high 40/low 20; prec. 20%. Sunday: Mostly cloudy; high 38/low 23; prec. 10%. Monday: Cloudy; high 34/low 21; prec. 10%. Tuesday: Partly cloudy; high 36/low 17; prec. 10%. Wednesday: Sunny; high 37/ low 27; prec. 0%. Thursday: Clouds a.m./sun p.m.; high 40/low 30; prec. 10%. world leaders that the United States will take a leadership role in crafting the successor to the failed Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto pact required industrialied countries reduce greenhouse gas emissions seven percent elow 1990 levels y the end of this decade. President Clinton signed the agreement, ut the U.S. Senate never ratified it. Senators instead voted 95-0 for a resolution opposing any climate change agreement causing economic harm to the U.S. economy or without inding commitments for developing countries. President Oama signaled support for a new gloal agreement and pressured Congress to pass Cap and Trade legislation. In June, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rammed H.R. 2454, through her chamer with a seven-vote margin. Farm Bureau strongly opposed H.R due to the economic harm it would inflict on American farmers, consumers and the overall U.S. economy. Ironically, if adopted it would have virtually no impact on the earth s temperature. The spotlight shifted to the Senate where gloal warming discussions slowed to the point Senate leaders indicate a Cap and Trade ill will have to wait until the spring or summer of This tempered expectations that a legally inding agreement will e reached in Copenhagen, ut the President is diligently working to reassure the gloal community an operational agreement is a possiility. It is unfortunate little if any deate will occur on the science ehind alleged man-made gloal warming, especially in light of the scandal that heightened concerns aout the manipulation of climate data and research used y the United Nations. Deal or no deal, we can only hope President Oama rememers our nation has much at stake economically. Signing an agreement asent China, India and other developing nations is a recipe for economic disaster for the United States, as is unilateral action on the part of Congress to estalish a mandatory Cap and Trade system. nfourth generation farmer Charles E. Kruse, of Dexter, Mo., serves as a president of the Missouri Farm Bureau. Hertog a qualifier in national auctioneering competition Jim Hertog Parsons, Kan. Parsons livestock Market hosted the fourth and final qualifying contest for the 2010 World Livestock Auctioneer Championship with eight spots filled. Finishing as the champion was Jim Hertog of Mo-Kan Livestock Market, Inc., Butler, who topped a field of 31 contestants. The reserve champion is Bailey Ballou of Elgin, Okla., and the runner-up champion is Charley Cummings, Yates Center, Kan. The three champions, along with the next five highest scorers, claimed the final eight spots in next June s WLAC, to e held at the Oklahoma National Stockyards in Oklahoma City. Check road conditions efore you travel Jefferson City With weather conditions so uncertain this time of the year, the Missouri Department of Transportation is reminding motorists that even light precipitation can cause roads to ecome slick with ice and snow. While MoDOT works hard to treat and clear roads to make them safe, it s still important to allow extra time for travel and to check our road conditons efore you head out. That s where MoDOT s online Traveler Information Map comes in handy. Located at the map gives drivers an up-tothe minute view of weatherrelated road conditons for major Missouri highways. Conditions for major routes across the state are colorcoded to give visitors the information they need at a glance. The map shows road conditions for major Missouri cities, counties, MoDOT districts and other travel destinations. Individual routes can also e selected. A text report and links to road condition maps for surrounding states are also availale. Motorists can call MoDOT s customer service center for road conditions at ASK-MoDOT ( ) The toll-free phone line is answered 24-hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. of Economic Analysis and Laor Statistics and the U.S. Department of Agriculture show that forest products contriuted $5.7 illion to the state s economy in The industry supports 31,700 jos with a payroll of approximately $1.25 illion. All this is in addition to the recreational value Missourians derive from hiking, camping, hunting, fishing and a host of other outdoor activities and the economic value of forest-related tourism. Allen said some Missourians mistakenly assume that the Conservation Department sells large quantities of timer from conservation areas each year. In fact, she said, the agency is harvesting less timer each year than it grows. In Fiscal Year 2009 the Conservation Department harvested less than 2 percent of the forest acreage it owns or manages. Timer harvests on conservation areas are conducted y private loggers who vie for the jos through a competitive idding process. Bidders must have completed the Professional Timer Harvester training to ensure that they know how to remove trees with the least impact on remaining trees, soil and streams. Conservation Department foresters inspect logging sites and strictly enforce the use of est management practices designed to protect forests and streams. Revenue from timer sales makes up aout one-half of one percent of the Conservation Department s annual income, ut Allen said revenue is never the determining factor in deciding when and where to cut trees. Wildlife haitat and forest health are our top priorities, she said. The fact that our forests also create jos for Missourians and help drive the state s economy are icing on the cake. Allen noted that aundant, diverse wildlife populations require diverse haitats. The idea of vast, uniform tracts of mature timer is appealing, ut it is neither natural nor desirale for wildlife management. When you read the journals of early European explorers in the Oarks, you discover that the region looked very different than it does today, she said. Instead of having oak-hickory forest almost everywhere, like we do today, some areas were covered with shortleaf pines. Where you see cedar thickets today, there used to e sunny glades, and there was a surprising amount of grassy savanna and open woodland. The Oarks actually had elk and uffalo ack then. Humans played an active role in maintaining Missouri s diverse historic forest landscape. Indians lit fires to remove leaf litter and hasten spring green-up, attracting deer and other game animals. Today, the Conservation Department is using fire and various timer-harvest strategies to create and maintain haitats once produced y natural processes. Noody loves mature forest more than a forester, said Allen. There s nothing like standing in a grove of old trees and looking up at that cathedral-like canopy. That is why we keep some state forestland in mature timer. But if you want lots of deer and turkey, if you want the full range of warlers and hawks and liards and salamanders and small mammals that once inhaited these hills, you need the other haitat types esides mature forest. The est way to achieve that, while maintaining quality recreation and sustainale timer production is through active forest management. First place! Owner Piper Bettels (left) and Deie Enos of What to Wear on the west side of the square, placed first in the flower ox decorating contest. The Chamer committee added a special thanks to all contestants, particularly Tea & Thee Tea Room and Dr. Andy Minor for their creativity. Staff photo. Who s to lame for those pesky gray hairs? SPM Wire Can you lame a lifetime of annoying jos, unruly kids and family emergencies for your silverstreaked head of hair? It turns out that those evermultiplying graying hairs that tend to crop up with age really are signs of stress, reveals new research recently pulished in the science and medical journal, Cell. However, the stress in question is stress on cells in your ody, not necessarily the family and work stress over your lifetime. According to researchers at Tokyo Medical and Dental University, the DNA in [our ody s] cells is under constant attack from such damaging agents as chemicals, ultraviolet light and ioniing radiation. It is estimated that a single cell in mammals can encounter approximately 100,000 DNA damaging events per day, said Emi Nishimura, who led the new research. It turns out that stress does damage to the DNA in stem cells that are responsile for the coloring in our hair, among other things. According to the researchers, the new findings aout gray hair may lead to advances in understanding other symptoms of aging. They support the stem cell aging hypothesis, which proposes that DNA damage to longlived stem cells can e a major cause for the symptoms that come with age. IMPORTANT NUMBERS Fire, Police Emergencies (city limits Butler only 911) H Police, TIPS Hotline, Sheriff, Fire Dept., Amulance, Hospital, news-xpress,

8 8 News Xpress, Butler, Mo., Friday, Decemer 11, 2009 NEWS-XPRESS SPORTS Miami s Timmy Powell squeees past Adrian s Eric Moles in WEMO Tournament. Rich Hill s Morgan Kithcart goes around Appleton City s Alison Durst in WEMO Tournament. Appleton City s Colton Bourland shoots a jumper over Midway s Garrett James in WEMO Tournament. Butler s Chase Mareth gets off a jumper against Kno Noster in Warsaw Tournament. Staff photos. Area asketall going full throttle Warsaw Tournament Kno Noster Boys 68 Butler 58 Butler oys could not match the outside shooting of Kno Noster Thursday night in the Warsaw Tournament as the Panthers pulled away in the second half for a win. This was a hard fought game and I am proud of our oys for not giving up, said coach Kevin Hill. These games are a learning experience for us. Kno is a very athletic, well coached team that has four returning starters from last year s Regional Championship team. When you play teams like Kno you can t help ut improve and we will take our lessons from this game and e a etter team for it. The two teams matched askets early and the game was 8-8 after the first quarter. The game was tied with two minutes left in the half when Kno applied full court pressure taking a halftime lead. In the second half Kno egan hitting outside shots and pulled away for a 15 point lead. Butler cut it to 7 points ut could never get closer. Jon Cravens and Shawn Brakey each had 12 points to lead Butler and Chase Mareth had 7 reounds. Butler: Evan Oltremare 4, Austin Hamilton 2, Cravens 12, Chase Mareth 9, Wyatt Dodds 10, Brakey 12, Seth Carmichael 9. Butler Boys 61 Cole Camp 47 Saturday in the third place game of the Warsaw Tournament, Butler oys fell ehind early, ut came from ehind for a win and a trophy. Tonight was an example of our kid s mental and physical toughness, said Coach Hill. After getting off to a horrile 11-2 deficit we fought ack and really wore down Cole Camp in the second half, outscoring them Cole Camp led and at the end of the first two quarters. Butler pulled out to a lead at the end of the third quarter. Shawn Brakey had a standout performance with 17 points, 9 reounds, 6 steals and only one turnover. Butler: Tanner McGuire 2, Evan Octremare 6, Austin Hamilton 2, Jon Cravens 12, Chase Mareth 10, Wyatt Dodds 6, Seth Carmichael 6. Shawn Brakey and Jon Cravens were selected to the Warsaw All Tournament Team. Butler Girls 66 Lincoln 50 In the consolation round of the Warsaw Tournament Wednesday Butler girls advanced to the 5th place game y defeating Lincoln. Our defensive energy won this game, said Butler coach Shannon Gepford, we pressured Lincoln into many mistakes while holding them to only 13 field goals. Breey McGuire and Jennifer McMurphy led Butler with 13 points and MCMurphy had 14 reounds for the doule doule. Kelsey McCaslin added 11 points, Cheyenne Lesmeister 9, Lauren Wainscott 6, alissa Jett 4 and Morgan Nelson 2. Kno Noster girls 55 Butler 36 Last Friday in the 5th place girls game of the Warsaw Tournament, Kno Noster defeated Butler We played very well defensively for three quarters, said coach Shannon Gepford. We only trailed y two points heading into the fourth quarter. Unfortunately our offense went stagnant and we had to foul and Kno was ale to pull away. Tori Stauffacher, Kelsey McCaslin and Jennifer McMurphy each had 8 points to lead Butler with McMurphy getting 9 reounds and Alissa Jett 7. Jett and Breey McGuire each had 5 points and Cheyenne Lesmeister added 2. WEMO Tournament Appleton City Boys 48 Rich Hill 26 Wednesday night in the consolation racket of the WEMO Tournament, Appleton City oys advanced y defeating Rich Hill Our effort was much etter than our first game, said Rich Hill coach Ryan Rapp. We reounded etter ut we need more people to contriute offensively and do a etter jo of taking care of the all if we are going to compete. Appleton City led 13-5 after the first quarter ut their lead was cut to at half. They put the game away with an 18-6 third quarter advantage. Rich Hill: Chase Stout 9, Will Steiger 5, Trever Yarrough 4, Josh Ro 3, Clayton Cumpton 2, Jairus Beckett 2, Farley Bridgewater 1. Appleton City Girls 42 Miami 25 Appleton City girls improved their record to 1-1 y defeating Miami in the consolation round of the WEMO Tournament. The Lady Bulldogs outscored Miami in every quarter leading 10-4, and Emily Landers led Appleton City with 12 points, 5 assists and 10 steals. Kristie Ashley led with 7 reounds. AC: Amer Moore 2, Courtney Dixon 4, Katie Strope 8, Kristie Ashley 6, Alison Durst 10, Landers 12. Osceola Girls 45 Archie 30 In the semifinal round of the WEMO Tournament, Archie girls could not handle Osceola s pressure, failing to score in the first quarter as the Lady Indians advanced to the finals with a win. This was a disappointing loss for us, said Archie coach Brad Batchelder. We played a pretty solid game on the defensive side. Holding one of the est players in the state to 12 points ut we cannot turn the all over 31 times. Osceola led 11-0 and 24-4 y the end of the first two quarters and after three. AyShipley with 14 points and Kendyl Thomas with 7 were the scoring leaders for Archie and Lindsey Cornelius had 8 reounds. Alexis Self led Osceola with 13 points. Adrian Boys 71 Drexel 39 Numer one seed Adrian oys advanced to the championship game of the WEMO Tournament with a dominating win over Drexel last Thursday. We had a alanced attack on offense, said coach James Wheeler. We are still working to get etter. We were a little sluggish to start ut we got things going in the second half. The Blackhawks placed four players in doule figures led y Austin Erickson with 20, Eric Moles had 16, Erik White 15 and Keenan Morrow with 12. Alex Wilson added 4. Adrian is a very good team and we were hanging with them for a while, said Drexel coach Dennis Bolton. They play at a level we are striving to reach, we need to keep working and improving on the little things. CJ Bolton led Drexel with 12 points followed y Blake Sea with 11, Trevor Cooley 8, Chris Wilson 6 and Cody Russell 2. Adrian led and after the first two quarters and after three. Adrian Girls 59 Drexel 29 Adrian girls used constant pressure to force Drexel into 31 turnovers and easily advanced to the championship of the WEMO Tournament with a win last Thursday. A good game for us and great ench play from Lee Anna Reid and Emily Hughes, said coach Nathan Dingman. Our defensive pressure really helped us win. Adrian ran out to a 20-9 first quarter lead and extended their lead in every quarter. Brenna Tallman had a game high 19 points for Adrian followed y Reid with 12 and Hughes and Olivia Case with 8 each. Chelsea Urie and Hughes each made 8 reounds. That was a hard fought loss for us, said Drexel coach Adrianne Lane. The girls played very hard and continuhed to play hard until the final horn. Kayla Kauffman led Drexel with 9 points, Nicole Vlieger 5, Tara Freeman and Marah Shipley 4 each. Katie Hocker had 9 reounds. Rich Hill Girls 39 Midway 31 Wednesday night in the WEMO Tournament, Rich Hill girls jumped out to a 12-3 lead in the first quarter ut Midway came ack to trail only at halftime. Rich Hill held on for a third quarter lead then pulled away for a win to advance to the 5th place game. We did not play as well tonight, said Rich Hill coach Brian Thomas. We are not in game shape yet, ut we played smart and did things well in the second half. Mar-Kel West led Rich Hill with 14 points and Sam Hopes had 14 reounds. Lora Drake and Hopes had 8 points each, Morgan Kithcart 4, Sara Hammett 3 and Rayanne Coonce 2. Rich Hill Girls 46 Appleton City 28 Rich Hill girls improved to 2-1 and won the 5th place trophy of the WEMO Tournament y defeating Appleton City last Friday. A great effort, said Coach Thomas. We played well and did things more to our way of playing. Rich Hill outscored Appleton City in every quarter leading 16-7, and at the end of each of the first three quarters. Mar-Kel West had 14 points and 7 reounds while Sam Hopes had a doule doule with 11 points and 13 reounds. Morgan Kithcart and Sara Hammett each had 9 points and Lora Drake had 3. Miami Boys 57 Archie 47 Thursday in the semifinal oys game of the WEMO Tournament, third seed Miami pulled off a mild upset y defeating two seed Archie and advanced to the championship game. We got off to a slow start ut our defense stepped up in the second half, said Miami coach Brian Tenholder. We were ale to control, the tempo. We also shot etter from the freethrow line. Archie led 11-4 after the first This Holiday Season... Get your friends a gift they would Love to get! A suscription to the News Xpress From: Me To: You quarter and at half. Miami went ahead after the third quarter and out scored Archie in the fourth. We handled their half court trap and were ale to score points off the trap early, said Archie Coach Schulte. in the second half our defense was not as good and we struggled in our one offense. For Miami: Miles Nieder had a doule doule with 22 points and 13 reounds and Jake Johnston added 12 points. Archie was led y Michael Iseman with 19 points and Taylor Flannary with 9 reounds. Miami: Nieder 22, Johnston 12, Timmy Powell 12, Garrett Gutshall 4, Ryan Good 4, Dylan Fink 2, James McLay 1. Archie: Alex Atkinson 3,Cameron Mills 2, Paul MacAlexander 2, Blake Barer 2, Kyle Teter 3, Taylor Flannary 16, Iseman 19. Drexel Boys 52 Archie 49 Saturday in the third place oys game of the WEMO Tournament, Archie oys led 12-8 after the first quarter. The Whirlwinds extended their lead to at half ut Drexel cut the lead to after the third. The Bocats continued their surge in the fourth quarter and won the game The oys did a nice jo of remaining confident in their ailities and making sure they did what they were supposed to, said Drexel coach Dennis Bolton. It is nice to have them e ale to dig themselves out of the hole from the first half and then remain calm to finish the game. It is always good to finish higher than you were seeded (4th) and this young team needed this confidence. Trevor Cooley led the Bocats with 17 points and CJ Bolton had a doule doule with 16 points and 11 reounds. Taylor Flannary led Archie with 15 points and 8 reounds and Michael Iseman had 9 oards. We are doing a lot of good things as a team ut we are struggling to get the all in the asket, said Archie coach Troy Schulte. This is our second game to shoot undert 30% from the floor and 50% at the freethrow line. We have to put the all in the asket to have some success. Drexel: Blake Hadley 2, Cody Russell 2, Cooley 17, Blake Sea 6, Bolton 16, Daniel Roerts 1, Joe Roerts 8. Archie: Alex Atkinson 5, Cameron Mills 6, Colter Schacher 2, Paul MacAlexander 2, Luke Anderson 9, Blake Barer 3, Iseman 5, Flannary 15. Appleton City Boys 58 Midway 42 Appleton City oys improved to 2-1 and won the 5th place trophy of the WEMO Tournament y defeating Midway last Friday. The Bulldogs led 14-7, and at the end of each of the first three quarters. Brennan Minks registered a doule doule to lead Appleton City with 17 points and 13 reounds and 5 locks. Colton Bourland and Kyle Arwood each contriuted with 14 points and Arwood also had 8 assists while Bourland had 6 reounds. Tyler Wade added 8 points, Blake Bolton 3 and Ben Brown 2. Archie girls 38 Drexel 37 The third place girls game of the WEMO Tournament was the closest with Archie taking the trophy y defeating Drexel last Saturday. Archie outscored Drexel 19-9 in the first quarter ut Drexel cut the lead to at half. The Lady Bocats took a lead after the third quarter, ut Archie had a 10-7 edge in the fourth for the win. This was a hard fought loss for the Lady Cats, said Coach Lane. The girls played hard until the final horn. As a team I feel we are getting etter and learning from our mistakes. Baylee Kendrick led Drexel with 11 points and 6 reounds followed y Nicole Vlieger with 7 points and 9 reounds. 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9 WEMO tournament FROM PAGE 8 Sanders had 7 points, Jessi Gunnels and Kayla Kauffman 4, Jacoy Hotsenpiller and Tara Freeman 2 each. Girls Championship Game Osceola 49 Adrian 44 In the girls championship game of the WEMO Tournament, although the game remained in dout until the end, Osceola continued their dominance of Adrian with a hard fought win. A tight game all the way though we couldn t get anything started on offense, said Adrian Coach Dingman. Olivia Case played an outstanding game on defense. Osceola led 12-5 at the end of the first quarter, at half and after three quarters. Brenna Tallman led Adrian with 20 points followed y Emily Hughes with 10 points and 8 reounds. Chelsea Urie had 7 points, Lee Anna Reid 5 and Kaleigh Locke 2. Championship Boys Game Adrian 83 Miami 70 The est game of the WEMO Tournament was the last. The oys championship game went into overtime where Adrian outscored Miami 18-5 to win the game We scored a lot of points, said Adrian Coach Wheeler. We need to do a etter jo on defense though. A good tournament win. It has een a while since Adrian has won the tournament. It looked as if Adrian was going to run away with the game, jumping out to a lead. But Miami score 28 points in the second quarter to tie the game at half. Adrian retook the lead at the end of the third quarter ut Miami came ack to lead y 6 with two minutes left. Some ad decisions y Miami allowed Adrian to tie the game at the end of regulation. We played one of the est teams we will see all year, said coach Brian Tenholder. A team that made it deep in 2A playoffs last year. Our oys stepped up to the competition and played their hearts out. With three minutes left we had an 8 point lead ut several turnovers and forced shots allowed Adrian to send it to overtime. All five of Adrian s starters scored in doule figures led y Skyler Kariker with 20 points and 5 steals. Keenan Morrow had 18, Erik White had 15 points and 5 assists, Austin Erickson had a doule doule with 14 points and 11 reounds and Eric Moles had 13 points and 9 reounds. Miami s Miles Nieder had a ig doule doule with 31 points and 11 reounds to lead the Eagles. Jake Johnston had 19 points and 9 reounds, Timmy Powell had 9, Ryan Good had 6 points and 7 assists with Dylan Fink adding 4 points. Linn County Tourney Drexel oys 64, Jay-Hawk Linn 49 Drexel oys competed in the Linn County Tournament Tuesday night and improved their record to 3-1 y defeating Jay-Hawk Linn The oys did a etter jo this game getting out and pushing the all for some quick transition points, said Coach Bolton. As we improve we should e ale to pick up the tempo more. This is a good tournament for us ecause it allows us to see other types of teams than we normally face. Drexel outscored Jay-Hawk Linn in the first three quarters leading 18-15, and CJ Bolton led Drexel with 24 points and 8 reounds, followed y Trevor Cooley with 13 points and 9 reounds. Blake Sea had 12 points, Joe Roerts 8, lake Hadley 4 and Justin Thomas 3. Jay-Hawk Linn girls 46, Drexel 36 In the Linn County Tournament at Pleasanton Tuesday, Drexel girls fell ehind 9-6 in the first quarter and trailed at half. Jay-Hawk Linn put the game out of reach in the third quarter y outscoring Drexel 16-4 and won the game Kayla Kauffman led Drexel with 8 points followed y Nicole Vlieger with 7, Jessi Gunnels 6, Tara Freeman 5, Katie Hocker 4 with Baylee Kendrick, Jessica Sanders and Marah Shipley 2 each. Vlieger had 8 reounds and Gunnels 6. 8TH GRADE BASKETBALL Butler girls 43-Pleasant Hill 36 Butler: Kayla Morris 15, Kiersten Morris 16, Alyx Gepford 6, Gay Blevins 2, Sarina Hill 4. Pleasant Hill : K. Orpin 6, R. Schick 17, E. McKee 13. Butler Boys 11- Pleasant Hill 39 Butler: Garrett Craigmiles 2, Brett Miller 1, Sam Tolle 2, Cameron Rice 7. Pleasant Hill: B. Cassity 2, B. Cleveneger 4, J. Sheumaker 18, A. Yount 3, G. Neill 3, T Beagle 6, J. Berry 1. The Butler 7th grade oys Hume Tournament champs coached y Lance Sargent. Jeffrey Algiere, Alex Clover, Tyler Bennett, Devin Cooper, Bo Waters, Willie Jackson, Baustin Sargent, Garrett Wainscott, Baylor Meade. Renee Sargent photo. NEWS-XPRESS SPORTS Regular games Adrian oys 64 Lieral 39 Monday night Adrian oys traveled to Lieral for a non-conference game and improved to 4-0 y defeating the home team The Blackhawks outscored Lieral 18-4 in the first quarter and led at half. We were much etter defensively, said Coach Wheeler. We started out hitting some shots early which we hadn t done yet. A good win for us. Austin Erickson had a doule doule with 24 points and 16 reounds followed y Eric Moles with 12 points, Skyler Kariker 10, Keenan Morrow and Erik White with 7 each. Appleton City Boys 49 Hume 40 Appleton City oys improved to 3-1 Monday night at Hume y defeating the Hornets The Bulldogs led 16-5 after one quarter ut Hume cut the lead to at half. Appleton City outscored Hume 16-9 in the third quarter to extend their lead to 9 points. Colton Bourland led Appleton City with 20 points with Kyle Arwood adding 12, Tyler Wade 6, Ben Strauch 5, Brennan Minks 4 and Greg Moore 2. Appleton City Girls 55 Hume 50 Appleton City girls ran out to a lead at the end of the first quarter at Hume Monday night. Hume came ack to lead at half ut Appleton City outscored Hume 23-9 in the third for a lead which was enough to carry them to a non-conference win and a 2-2 record. Alison Durst led Appleton City with 20 points. Katie Strope had 10 points and 8 reounds while Emily Landers had 7 points and 8 reounds. Kristie Ashley added 9 points, Amer Moore 6 and Courtney Dillon 3. Montrose Girls 69 Rich Hill 29 Rich Hill girls trailed Montose only after the first quarter ut Montrose outscored them in the next three quarters to take a non-conference win at Rich Hill Monday night We played very well in the first quarter, said coach Brian Thomas. Then we got a little tired and they just kept going. They are a good team and we competed well. Mar-Kel West led Rich Hill with 9 points, Sam Hopes had 7, Sara Hammett 5, Lora Drake 3, Jessica Norton 3 and Morgan Kithcart 2. West and Hammett each had 7 reounds. Adrian Girls 72 Lieral 62 Adrian girls traveled to Lieral Monday night and had to come from ehind in the fourth quarter to improve their record to 3-1 with a victory. Adrian led after the first quarter ut led only at half. lieral went up after the third ut Adrian outscored them 20-7 in the fourth. We got out of our shooting slump, said Coach Dingman. Also we played great defense in the fourth quarter. Kaleigh Lock made six three pointers and 22 points to lead Adrian while Olivia Case made four three pointers and 13 points. Brenna Tallman added 18 points while Emily Hughes had a doule doule with 11 points and 10 reounds. Bailey Carroll had four points, Chelsea Urie 2 and Courtney Miller 2. Miami Boys 74 Ballard 66 Stuart Meade used three three pointers to score 29 points which helped to lead Ballard ack to a tie late in the fourth quarter ut Miami prevailed for a non-conference win at Ballard Monday. Miami led and at the end of the first two quarters efore Ballard started their come ack in the second half. I am so proud of the way the kids came ack and fought in this game, said coach Adam Melton. Being down 19-1 in the first four minutes and were tied with aout 1:40 left in the game. Seth Kagarice added 11 points for Ballard, Mitchell Dines and Andy Engelhart 10 each. Jesus Arrendondo 4 and Cody Askew 2. Askew had 8 reounds and Jones 7. Butler oys 70, Stockton 54 Butler oys traveled to Stockton Tuesday night and they followed the same pattern for a win they used quite a it. First, they fall ehind early, then their constant defensive pressure wears the opponent down and they come from ehind to win This was not a pretty win y any means, ut a win non the less, said Coach Hill. Again we got off to a sluggish start and had to attle through some foul troule ut we found a way to pull out a tough victory on the road. Stockton led and after the first two quarters. Butler took a lead after three quarters and outscored Stockton in the 4th quarter. Jon Cravens led Butler with 18 followed y Shawn Brakey with 16 and Evan Oltremare had 13 points and 9 reounds. Austin Hamilton and Chase Mareth each added 7, Seth Carmichael 4, Tanner McGuire 3 and Trey Mareth 2. Butler girls 60, Clinton 46 Tuesday night, playing their first home game, Butler girls used full and half court pressure to force Clinton into numerous mistakes and the Lady Bears evened their record to 2-2 with a win over Clinton. A good team effort, especially defensively in the first half as we pressured Clinton into many mistakes which led to easy askets, said Coach Gepford. At time in the second half our offense went stagnant. Breey McGuire was the scoring leader with 18 points followed y Kayla Deloier with 15. Kelsey McCaslin had 9 points and 8 reounds while Cheyenne Lesmeister added 7 points and 9 reounds. Jennifer McMurphy had 5 points, Lauren Wainscott, Alissa Jett and Jennifer Fitpatrick had 2 points each. Butler JV girls 52, Clinton 24 Shely Franklin and Bre Sargent each had 12 points to lead Butler JV girls to a win over Clinton in their first game of the year. Ballard girls 49, Miami 35 Monday night at Ballard, the girls never trailed and improved to 2-1 with a win over Miami. We had a rough night at the free throw line eing 3 of 15, said Ballard Coach Carrie Scott. We also had a hard time working it inside ut were ale to come away with a win. Ballard led 12-4, and at the end of each of the News Xpress, Butler, Mo., Friday, Decemer 11, Adrian s Chelsea Urie shoots etween Osceola s Paige Hadsall and Alexis Self. Butler s Kayla Deloier is fouled y a Clinton player on the way to the asket. Staff photos. first three quarters. Charlie Rowland had 17 points to lead the Lady Bulldogs, while Timer Wainscott had 11 points and 9 assists. Mackenie Oswald added 7 points and also had 8 reounds with Alex Morris adding 4 points. SPORTS CALENDAR n Basketall Decemer 11 Butler girls & Adrian (3) 5:30. Rich Ballard (3) 5:30. Hume (3) 5:30. Decemer 14 Butler Pleasant Hill 6:00. Adrian (3) 5:30. Lone Drexel (3) 5:30. Chilhowee (3) 5:30. Decemer 15 Pleasant Hill Butler 6:00. Kingsville (3) 5:30. Rich Hill (3) 5:30. Calhoun (JV/V) 5:30. Osceola 5:30 (JV/V-GB). Decemer 17 Butler Harrisonville 5:30. Lockwood Hume 5:30. Ballard (JV/V) 5:30. n Wrestling Dec. 12: Smithville tournament 9 a.m.; Polo 9:30 a.m. Dec. 15: Adrian 5:30. Dec. 17: Butler 5:00. Hoop Shooting champs Bates County Elks Lodge hosted its annual Hoop Shoot Saturday at the Butler Elementary School and here are the winners: Front row (from left): 8-9 yr. girls, 1st Madison Tippie (Amy and Brian Tippie); 2nd Kylee Morris (Kyle Morris). 8-9 yr. oys, 1st Cody Gariel (Lee Ann and Randy Kershner) yr. girls, 1st Katelyn McCrary (Stacy and Mike McCrary); 2nd Allie Chandler (Wade Chandler). Back row:12-13 yr. girls, 1st Jenna Bosch (Jennifer and Larry Bosch); 2nd Hali Heckadon (Kelly shipley, Mark Heckadon); oys, 1st Baustin Sargent (Renee and Lance Sargent); 2nd Justen Waters (Kellie and Jay Waters). Staff photo.

10 10 News Xpress, Butler, Mo., Friday, Decemer 11, 2009 TRUSTEE S SALE IN RE: Mary L McCarthy, An Unmarried Woman Trustee s Sale: For default in payment of det and performance of oligation secured y Deed of Trust executed y Mary L McCarthy, An Unmarried Woman dated Septemer 17, 2004 and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Bates County, Missouri in Book 824, Page 116 the undersigned Successor Trustee, at the request of the legal holder of said Note will on Thursday, Decemer 17, 2009 etween the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., (at the specific time of 11:25 AM), at the East Front Door of the Court House, City of Butler, County of Bates, State of Missouri, sell at pulic vendue to the highest idder for cash the following descried real estate, descried in said Deed of Trust, and situated in Bates County, State of Missouri, to wit: THE WEST FIFTY (50) FEET OF LOT SIX (6), IN BLOCK THIRTEEN (13) OF WILLIAM S EXTENSION TO WILLIAM S FIRST ADDITION TO BUTLER, BATES COUNTY, MISSOURI. to satisfy said det and cost. MILLSAP & SINGER, P.C., Successor Trustee 612 Spirit Drive St. Louis, MO (636) File No: FC NOTICE Pursuant to the Fair Det Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. 1692c(), no information concerning the collection of this det may e given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the det collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The det collector is attempting to collect a det and any information otained will e used for that purpose. PUBLISH ON: Novemer 20, /27/2009, 12/04/2009, 12/11/2009 NOTICE 47-4 The Miami R-1 School District will accept Declarations of Candidacy for any person interested in running for a position on the School Board in the April 6, 2010, election. Persons interested may file at the Superintendent s Office located at Rt. 1 Box 418, Amoret, MO, Filing will egin on Tuesday, Decemer 15, 2009, at 8:00 a.m., and will continue during the District s regular usiness hours, which are Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Filing will end on Tuesday, January 19, 2010, at 5:00 p.m. The District s offices will e closed from Decemer 21, 2009 January 4, 2010, and again on January 18, 2010, therefore will not e accepting candidates filing on those dates. Filings also will not e accepted on days in which the District is closed due to inclement weather. The District will e closing early on Friday, Decemer 18, 2009, at 12:30 p.m. There are two positions availale with three-year terms. SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION (Pulic Notice of Filing) 49-3 The Appleton City R-2 School District will accept declarations of candidacy from any person interested in running for a position on the School Board in the April 6, 2010 election. Persons interested may file at the Superintendent s office located at 408 W. 4th St., Appleton City, MO Filing will egin on Decemer 15, 2009, at 8:30 a.m., and will continue during the district s regular usiness hours, which are Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Filing will not occur on days that the school district s offices are closed due to inclement weather. Filing will also not occur on the following holidays when the school district s offices are closed: Decemer 18, 2009 at 11:30 a.m. through January 3, 2010 for Christmas Break. Filing will end on January 19, 2010, at 5:00 p.m. There are 2 positions availale with three-year terms. NOTICE 49-2 The annual City Election of the City of Butler, Missouri, will e held April 6, The offices to e filled are: Mayor (4 yrs.), One Councilman for Ward 1 (2 yrs.), one Councilman for Ward 2 (2 yrs.), one Councilman for Ward 3 (2 yrs.), and one Councilman for Ward 4 (2yrs.) Candidates must e citiens of the United States and voters under the Constitution of this State and Ordinances of the City. Candidates for Councilman must e at least twenty-one (21) years of age prior to taking office, an inhaitant of the City for one year next preceding his election, and a resident of the Ward from which he is elected six months next preceding his election. Candidates for Mayor must e at least thirty years of age, a resident of such city at the time of and for two years next preceding his election. Qualified residents of the City of Butler are invited to file at the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 22 W. Ohio, etween 8:00 a.m. Decemer 15, 2009, and 5:00 p.m. January 19, Casey Koehn City Clerk 49-2 PUBLIC NOTICE The Hudson R-IX School Board will accept filings from any qualified resident of the Hudson R-IX school district for the school oard memer s position from Decemer 15th, 2009 through January 19th, There will e two oard positions open to fill for the term of three years. Anyone interested in filing for a position may pick up the required forms at the Hudson R-IX school office during regular school days 8:00 a.m. To 3:30 P.M. The office will e closed for Christmas vacation from Decemer 21st, 2009 through January 3rd, The office will also e closed January 18th, The office will e open from 8:00 A.M. 5:00 P.M. For filing on January 19th, NOTICE 49-2 Filing will e open from Decemer 15, 2009 to January 19, 2010 for two positions on the Bates County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees. One position will e for a five year term. The second position will e for a four year term. Interested persons who are qualified may file at the County Clerk s office in the Courthouse etween the hours of 8:30-12:00 and 1:00-4:30 weekdays. Marlene Wainscott Bates County Clerk 49-2 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF A GUARDIAN OF THE PERSON AND CONSERVATOR OF THE ESTATE (Sec and , RSMo.) STATE OF MISSOURI ) ) ss. COUNTY OF BATES ) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, PROBATE DIVISION, BATES COUNTY, MISSOURI In the Matter of GARY JACKSON, Incapacitated and Disaled Case Numer 09BS-PR00038 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF GARY JACKSON INCAPACITATED AND DISABLED PERSON On the 17th day of Novemer, 2009, Sharon Cumpton was appointed guardian of the person and conservator of the estate of Gary Jackson, a person adjudicated incapacitated under the laws of the State of Missouri, y Proate Division of the Circuit Court of Bates County, Missouri. The usiness address of the guardian and conservator is Route 1, Box 229, Butler, Missouri All creditors of said incapacitated and disaled person are notified to file their claims in the Circuit Court, Proate Division, of Bates County, Missouri within six months from the date of first pulication of this notice, or e forever arred. Becky Ro, Clerk NOTICE 49-4 Filing will e open Decemer 15, 2009 until January 19, 2009 for positions on the Amsterdam City Council. Openings are for one East Ward Alderman and one West Ward Alderman: 2 year terms each. These vacancies will e filled at the election on April 6, You may file at the home of Amsterdam CityClerk, Donna Cummings. TRUSTEE S SALE IN RE: Jimmy L. McCullough Trustee s Sale: 50-3 For default in payment of det and performance of oligation secured y Deed of Trust executed y Jimmy L. McCullough dated Septemer 25, 2006 and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Bates County, Missouri as Book 867 Page 191 and modified y the Partial Deed of Release recorded in Book 912 Page 80 the undersigned Trustee, at the request of the legal holder of said Note will on Thursday, January 7, 2010 etween the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., (at the specific time of 11:25 AM), at the East Front Door of the Court House, City of Butler, County of Bates, State of Missouri, sell at pulic vendue to the highest idder for cash the following descried real estate, descried in said Deed of Trust, and situated in Bates County, State of Missouri, to wit: ALL THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF BATES, STATE OF MISSOURI, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOTS 3 THROUGH 8, INCLUSIVE IN BLOCK 35, IN THE ORIGINAL TOWN OF AMORET, BATES COUNTY, MISSOURI. to satisfy said det and cost. MILLSAP & SINGER, P.C., Trustee 612 Spirit Drive St. Louis, MO (636) File No: FC NOTICE Pursuant to the Fair Det Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. 1692c(), no information concerning the collection of this det may e given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the det collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The det collector is attempting to collect a det and any information otained will e used for that purpose. PUBLISH ON: Decemer 11, /18/2009, 12/25/2009, 01/01/2010 NOTICE OF FILING 50-4 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that filing for positions of Director of Pulic Water Supply District #12 of Cass and Bates Counties, Missouri, will open at 8:30 o clock a.m. on Decemer 15, 2009 and close on January 19, Director position to e filled on the Board is: From Su-District No. 4 for a term of three years. Election will e held April 6, Candidates may file their Notice of Candidacy with Shelly Romi, District #12 Manager, whose address is 215 N. 2nd St., Drexel, MO Candidates may file etween the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Shelly Romi, District Manager PWSD #12 Cass and Bates Counties, MO TRUSTEE S SALE In re: Deorah A. Strau, a single person PUBLIC NOTICES 50-1 TRUSTEE S SALE - Default having een made in the payment of a Note descried in and secured y Deed of Trust executed y Deorah A. Strau, recorded March 16, 2004 in Book 812 at Page 32, assigned y instrument recorded April 11, 2005 in Book 835 at Page 198, and assigned y instrument recorded Octoer 29, 2009 in Book 919 at Page 82, in the office of the Recorder of Deeds for the County of Bates, State of Missouri, MTW Trustee Services, Inc., the undersigned Successor Trustee, at the request of the legal holder of said Note, will on January 6, 2010 etween the hours of 9 o clock a.m. and 5 o clock p.m., to wit: at or aout 2:00 p.m., at the East Front Door of the Bates County Courthouse, in the City of Butler and State of Missouri, sell at pulic vendue to the highest idder for cash, the following real estate descried in said Deed of Trust and situated in the County of Bates, Missouri, to-wit: Beginning at the Southwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section Seventeen (17), Township Forty-one (41), Range Thirty-three (33) for the point of eginning of the land to e descried, running thence East 370 feet; thence North 600 feet; thence West 370 feet; thence South 600 feet to the point of eginning, EXCEPT any part off the south side in pulic road, all in Bates County, Missouri. for the purpose of satisfying said indetedness and the cost of executing this trust. MTW Trustee Services, Inc. Successor Trustee (314) Notice: Pursuant to the Fair Det Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 1692c(), no information concerning the collection of this det may e given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the det collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The det collector is attempting to collect a det and any information otained will e used for that purpose. NOTICE OF ELECTION 50-4 South Hudson Special Road District Filings for the April 6, 2010 election will open on Decemer 15, 2009 and close on January 19, Any registered voter who resides in the South Hudson Special Road District is eligile to serve as a commissioner. Anyone wishing to file for commissioner for a 3 year term, please make your intentions known to Edward Davis, Sec. or Earl Fischer, Pres., RR 3, Appleton City, MO TRUSTEE S SALE IN RE: Francis J Garrett Jr, A Married Man Nancy L Garrett Trustee s Sale: 50-1 For default in payment of det and performance of oligation secured y Deed of Trust executed y Francis J Garrett Jr, A Married Man Nancy L Garrett dated August 16, 2007 and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Bates County, Missouri in Book 883, Page 167 the undersigned Successor Trustee, at the request of the legal holder of said Note will on Thursday, January 7, 2010 etween the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., (at the specific time of 11:25 AM), at the East Front Door of the Court House, City of Butler, County of Bates, State of Missouri, sell at pulic vendue to the highest idder for cash the following descried real estate, descried in said Deed of Trust, and situated in Bates County, State of Missouri, to wit: THE SOUTH FEET OF THE EAST FEET OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION THIRTY-TWO (32), TOWNSHIP FORTY-ONE (41) NORTH, RANGE THIRTY- ONE (31) WEST OF THE 5TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN IN BATES COUNTY, MISSOURI. SUBJECT TO ALL EASEMENTS OF RECORD. to satisfy said det and cost. MILLSAP & SINGER, P.C., Successor Trustee 612 Spirit Drive St. Louis, MO (636) File No: FC NOTICE Pursuant to the Fair Det Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. 1692c(), no information concerning the collection of this det may e given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the det collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The det collector is attempting to collect a det and any information otained will e used for that purpose. PUBLISH ON: Decemer 11, /18/2009, 12/25/2009, 01/01/ PUBLIC NOTICE The 3-year term of office on the Board of Directors of (consolidated) Pulic Water Supply District No. 4 of Bates County, Missouri will expire in the spring of 2010, Chapter RSMo., as follows: Sudistrict 1: Current Board Memer: Eer Butler Anyone desiring to ecome a candidate must make written filing with the District Clerk at any time after 8:00 a.m. on Decemer 15, 2009, and efore 5:00 p.m. on January 19, The District office is located at 107 N. 13th St., Rich Hill, MO. A memer of the Board of Directors must e a registered voter who resides in the sudistrict he or she represents, must have no delinquent taxes, must e at least 25 years of age and must have resided in the sudistrict for at least one year prior to his or her election. Deie A. Keiser PWSD #4 Water District Clerk IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF BATES COUNTY, MISSOURI PROBATE DIVISION In the Estate of: JEWEL DEAN (NITSCHE) SHULTS Deceased. CARLA KAY KEOUGH, Personal Representative Estate Numer 09BS-PR00049 NOTICE OF FILING OF PETITION FOR COMPLETE SETTLEMENT AND PROPOSED ORDER OF DISTRIBUTION TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF JEWEL DEAN NITSCHE SHULTS, DECEASED You are herey notified that the undersigned Personal Representatives will file a Final Settlement and Petition for determination of the persons who are the successors in interest to the personal/real property of the decedent and of the extent and character of their interest therein and for distriution of such property, in the Proate Division of the Circuit Court of Bates County, Missouri, on Friday, January 8, 2010, or as may e continued y the Court, and that any ojections or exceptions to such Final Settlement or Petition or any item thereof must e in writing and filed within twenty days after the filing of such Final Settlement. Harold L. Caskey (s) Attorney for Estate 8 N. Delaware, PO Box 45 Butler, Missouri Carla Kay Keough (s) Personal Representative Route 4, Box 658 Butler, Missouri REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS LUCILLE MUNDEY Bates County Recorder of Deeds 50-4 Nov. 20-Dec. 3, 2009 Diana Smith to Valerie R. Kithcart: N 400 ft. of Blk 99, Town Co, s 1st Addn., Rich Hill, except N 75 ft. of E 100 ft. Richard N. Kithcart to Valerie R. Kithcart: Lots 7, 8, 9, 10,11 & 12, Blk 86, Town Co, s 1st Addn., Rich Hill; N 400 ft. of Blk 99, Town Co s, 1st Addn., Rich Hill, except N 75 ft of E 100 ft; Lot 4 and E/2 Lot 5, Blk 153, Town Co s, 1st addn., Rich Hill. Ryan M. Yokley & Caryn D. Yokley to Ryan M. Yokey & Caryn D. Yokley: Lot 22, Deer Creek Lake Sudv. Alertina Mullis to Brock James Mullis: Part of Sec. 21, Twp. 40, Range 31, Butler, descried. Ronald Dean Essenpries & Jadonna Lee Essenpries to Kenneth L. Tenholder & Dawn L. Tenholder: Part of Sec. 8, Twp. 41, Range 30, descried. Julia R. Ingram & Mark Hermelink to Jodi Loosenort: Part of Sec. 15, Twp. 42, Range 31, descried. Wanda Weedin & Brian Weedin to Billie Jo Phelps: Lots 3 & 4, Blk 60 original town Rich Hill. Bo L. Reighard to Bo L. Reighard Trust & Bo L. Reighard, Trustee: Tract 1: Part of Sec. 14, Twp. 42, Range 33, descried; Tract 2: Part of Sec. 9, Twp. 42, Range 33, descried; Tract 3: Lot 1, Blk 3, south Drexel, except W 92 ft. Dena Sinkhorn & Billy Sinkhorn to Dena Craig (aka) & Todd A. Martin: Lots 47 & 48, original town, Adrian. Secretary of Housing & Uran Develpment & Federal Housing Commissioner to Benjamin C. Cameron & Lisa A. Cameron: Part of Sec. 12, Twp. 40, Range 33, descried. Kelly Farrell & Kelly C. Berwald (fka) & Kelly C. Jackson (fka) to W.E. Grant (Trustee) & W.E. Grant Trust : N. 87 ft, Lot 1 & N 87 ft. Lot 2, except W 14 ft., all in Blk 5, West Side Addn., Butler. Richard Gellender & Betty Jane Gellender to Clayton W. McElwain: Part of Sec. 14, Twp. 42, Range 29 & , descried. Ella Simhiser to Steven W. Kiger: Lots 7 & 8, Blk 104, original town, Rich Hill. Joyce E. Heckadon to Leland Court news... MARRIAGE LICENSES Lucille Mundey Recorder of Deeds Roert Edward Todd, Jr., Adrian, 38, and Carrie LeeAnne Speer, Adrian, 29. Brandon Joseph Huckay, Butler, 26, and Erin Michelle Carver, Butler, 24. CIRCUIT COURT James K. Journey, Judge Diana Rich, Clerk Novemer 30 - Decemer 4, 2009 Crystal Harper v Christopher Harper, Petition for Dissolution of Marriage filed. Justin M Bell v Roland Bell, Marc Bell & Allison Bell, Kevin Anderson, Dennis Bell & Randy Bell, Plaintiff s Petition To Trace Trust Assets & To Eject & For Damages filed. Jesse Hicks v MO DOR, Petitin for Trial DeNovo filed. Can t get ahead of Father Time Rememer to take time to converse with your neighors and friends, enjoy God s gift of friends. They are your rothers and sisters, respect them as such. Many have practiced things that has caused sin to enter lives. The lood of Christ is the only detergent that will remove these stains from your life once again. Many elieve it is not worth the effort to ask forgiveness. It is most important, It Pleases God. Turn the TV off, invite your neighor for a sandwich and soft drink and just talk together aout the every day prolems of life. It always helps to know what others think. Fifteen minutes to an hour isn t much to sacrifice for a etter community and life. Is not father time persistent? No matter how slow he travels he always catches up with us during our lifetime. To enjoy life, make friends with a child you will enjoy what they see through their eyes. My est times are with my grandchildren. I can t help it. They never correct you, they love your stories of your life as a child. They love to lay on your lap and have you scratch their ack, Dirks & Mary Lou Dirks: Part of Sec. 7, Twp. 39, Range 31, descried. Leland Dirks & Mary Lou Dirks Kurston J Zeiler v Billy J Zeiler, Petition for Dissolution of Marriage filed. Chad Michael Humphrey v Alexia Jean Humphrey, Dissolution of Marriage is granted. Toy Dean Grogan v Claire Amanda Grogan, Dissolution of Marriage is granted. Kurston Zeiler v Billy Zeiler, Petition for Order of Protection is dismissed. Susan R Grosshart v Philip L Shipley, Petition for Order of Protection is dismissed, Petitioner FTA. Emily Baker v Ryan Lee Baker, Dissolution of Marriage is granted. Francis J Garrett, Jr. v. Nancy Garrett, Dissolution of Marriage is granted. Mark Wickham Tyner v Deorah K Tyner, Petition for Dissolution of Marriage filed. they like fishing and wading the rooks, playing with water spiders and inch long pray fish or little fish called Shiners. They can fix a million ways to spend their day. This is the est time in their lives and the est time of mine. Thank you God for all my lessings. Sunday morning Dec. 6. The whole hour was spent celerating Christ s coming irthday. Many Christmas hymns and words of praise to Jesus our lord of heaven. A thoroughly wonderful and joyous time for all present. Little Ruthie Taylor read a special The Melody of Christmas for her special. Tuesday Christmas Concert at Miami High School, 6 p.m. Zelda read a couple of excerpts from Church Hymns. Dianna The Feather down of Heaven. Those on our prayer list are Shirley Oerke and her ankle, Mike, Chip and his right food, Ray, father of Dwayne Taylor, the loss of mother & wife Carol Shaffer, Arthur Shaffer, Bo Malcom, Rick, Sara and Eliaeth, Darlene and Wanda, Joyce Ann, Velda Cox, Carol Rapp, Mary Lee Schuert, Mary Barnhill, Hael Boston, Pat, Warren and family, Dave, Crystal and Nanette, Madge Cox, Cheri McKee and all our unspoken prayers. Small steps add up in cutting down your heating ill Families on tight udgets can make inexpensive energy conservation measures to cut down on the monthly home heating ill this winter. No single thing can magically cut energy expenses a lot, ut attention to many little things can greatly reduce energy costs, said Roert Schultheis, University of Missouri Extension natural resource engineering specialist. Here are some tips for energy savings in cold weather: Insulate older water heaters and set thermostat to 120 to 135 degrees. The cost of insulation will e paid ack in aout four to eight months. Caulk outside joints, such as where wood meets masonry or where pipes go through concrete. Weatherstrip exterior doors and window gaps. Schultheis notes that in terms of heat loss, a 1/8-inch gap around a door is equivalent to a round hole 6 inches in diameter. Install foam gaskets under electrical outlet plates on exterior walls and put plastic plugs in unusual sockets. Add attic insulation if it is less than 6 inches thick. If it s more than 6 inches thick, insulating the floor and the under-floor pipes will pay ack quicker. Install interior storm window kits on single-pane windows. These inexpensive kits (a few dollars per window) insulate with a flexile or rigid sheet of plastic. Place tight-fitting doors on fireplaces. Don t use an open fireplace if you are serious aout heating the house, he said. Give your furnace an annual tune-up. Close drapes at night to retain heat in the house. Set the house thermostat to 68 degrees during the day and 60 degrees at night. Wear clothing in layers. For comfort, add or discard layers rather than frequently adjusting the thermostat. For more information from University of Missouri Extension on energy efficiency, see to Leland Dirks, Mary Lou Dirks, Elston L. Dirks & Janet R. Dirks: Part of Sec. 7, Twp. 39, Range 31, descried. LPXLP

11 (1) Personals (2) Business Services (3) Personal Care (4) Help Wanted (5) Business & Financial (6) Animals & Services (7) Farm & Garden (1) Personals Cards of Thanks, In Memorial, Announcements, Lost/Found, Tickets (8) Sales (9) Rentals (10) Real Estate For Sale (11) Recreational For Sale (12) For Sale (13) Miscellaneous (14) Automotive Xchanger / news-xpress P.O. Box North Main Butler, Missouri Payment must accompany ad Your Classified Now Appears In Over 19,000 Homes For As Low As $ Word Classified, 10 per additional word Deadline: Noon Monday AA MEETINGS:Tuesdays 8 p.m., old high school, Pine & Havana; Fridays 8 p.m., Passaic. Contact &3eow COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: FOUND:Country Home Heating & Cooling in LaCygne area. Have A/C service will travel. Call Dennis Bland SEARS HOMETOWN STORE Share the joy of the season. It s time for the 2009 Holiday Food Drive. Your generosity will help feed the hungry in our community. Donate three or more non perishale items at your locally owned and operated Sears Store and enjoy an extra savings of $5.00, $15.00 and $25.00 off purchases. Qualifying purchases of $ $ SEARS HOMETOWN STORE: Locally owned and operated is now having a 3 Day Great Gift Sale, Wednesday-Friday, 12/9-12/11. Many items 5% to 50% off regular price. Come in and make us your one stop shop. Butler Sears, 104 S. Sunset Drive, Butler. (2) Business Services All kinds of home & usiness repair, Cleaning, Remodeling, Contracting DIAMOND DRYWALL:20 years experience. Taping, finishing, some hanging, spraying and texturing. Call for estimates. Cell , home &4eow MOBILE HOME SERVICE: Homes moved & set (incl smt set), releveling, skirting installation, etc SCHUMAN S VINYL SIDING & MORE: Siding, soffitt, facia, windows, free estimates. Call Clint, , PERFECT HEAT:No inside mess, forced air heat, wood warmth and all the hottest water you can use HARDY OUTSIDE WOODBURNING STOVE. PORTABLE TOILET RENTAL: Constn, pulic events, parties, etc. Reasonale rates & good service. Moile John, LLC, Lonny, MUSEUM S ROBERTSON HALL: Is availale to rent year around. Parties, meeting, seminars, weddings, e sure to ook ahead. For information &3eow GRP CONSTRUC- TION: All types of remodeling, athrooms, kitchens, flooring, texturing, decks, windows, trenching, licensed electrician and plumer. fp R&K CONSTRUCTION:Vinyl siding, windows, home repair, certified vinyl installer, free estimates. Roy Welliver, JUST NEED YOUR CEILINGS PAINTED? Free estimates. Quick Painting. Mike Crow PAINT AND BODY WORK: Paint that classic or antique car, reasonale prices. Call Joe HAIL DAMAGE:Roof and siding repair. For free estimate call R&K Construction, Roy Welliver, BRICK, STONE AND BLOCK WORK: Quality work at reasonale rates. Residential or small commercial. Over 20 years experience. Call Jerry at Mattingley Masonry, FREE HEAT & HOT WATER: Eliminate monthly heating ills with Central Boiler Outdoor Wood Furnace, Peterson Heating & Cooling, &3wom ERNEST MOORE CONSTRUC- TION: 30 years experience in home uilding. Remodeling of all kinds, deck, room additions, pole arns, roofing, painting, drywall and trim. Can do it all. References Home ROY LEWIS CONSTRUCTION: New or remodel, over 20 years experience. Kitchen or ath remodel, decks, window & door replacement, trim, dry wall, electrical, roofing, any type of home or arn repair , JOHNSON EXCAVATION & LAND- SCAPING: Medium duty ackhoe service, trenching service, landscaping, hydro dump trailer. Call Dayton , cell BULLET CONCRETE CONST: Regular finish or stamped & colored, flatwork, tear out & replacements, footings/walls. Experienced & insured REPAIR & PARTS for all rands availale at Del s. We also do service calls. Del s Appliance, Heating & Cooling, 56 E. Main, Adrian, GOT MOLD? D&D Power Washing will remove that unsightly green & lack stuff from your home s exterior, no harsh chemicals used, plants, pets & children safe. Year round service. Call Mike at SEWING MACHINE & VACUUM REPAIR & SALES: New Necchi sewing machines & Panosonic vacuums. CL Vacuum & Sewing, 17 S. Delaware, Butler PINEY POINT EXCAVATING: You ve seen this ad for years, ut did you know that esides the doer & ackhoe work I do, I also do light pluming, hot water heaters, leaking faucets, outside hydrants, toilets, etc. All kinds of repairs. Call DIRTY JOBS:We do yard work, home repair, office & home cleaning, moving, hauling, delivering. Dirty jos, Butler area YES:We uy, sell and trade antiques and collectiles. The Dusty Attic, 813 North Orange, Butler, Missouri. R.B. CONSTRUCTION:Bocat, ackhoe, rock hammer & dump truck work, driveways, culverts, excavation, water lines, septic systems, Open 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. everyday. gradework, uilding pads, pond work, tree work, fallout shelters sold STUMP REMOVAL:Quality service, & installed, concrete tear out & replace, etc. Reasonaly priced, qual- reasonale rates, Call for estimates. Daryl Koehn ity work. Call Rex , cell FOR ALL YOUR CARPET & upholstery cleaning needs please call Cliffs Carpet Cleaning WANTING: Firewood hauled, 10 to 20 rick at a time. Will sell y rick. Clear cutting standing oak. Hedge corners, races & line post. South of Nevada, Mo a18 DAVE S KITCHEN CABINET REFACING: Get a new look for your kitchen or ath y replacing your doors and drawer fronts and adding trim and crown, will custom uild cainets and any other cainet needs you may have. Licensed, onded, insured, 20 years experience a2fp EXPERIENCED HOUSECLEAN- ING: References availale, home or usiness &4wom LACY S CUSTOM UPHOLSTERY: Samples availale, reasonale rates &4wom WILDBLUE SATELLITE SPEED IN- TERNET: Fast, affordale, availale in rural areas. Doesn t tie up phone lines. Call today for free installation and our latest offers. Satire Satellite Systems, a2 NEW CONSTRUCTION OR RE- MODELING: Let Do It Right Construction give you a free estimate. We do electrical, siding, concrete, roofs, windows, framing and many other household jos. Building residential or Commercial from the ground up. Building $20-$30 cheaper per sq ft than most contractors serving Butler, Cass, Vernon and surrounding areas. Licensed and insured PARKER S CHIMNEY SERVICE: Cleaning, inspection, repairs, all major credit cards accepted JIM S HOME REPAIR & FENCING: All types home repairs, room additions, decks, garages, chain link & privacy fencing. Call Jim a9 FEATURE OF THE WEEK: Creamy Pumpkin Soup; Peanut Butter Pie. Tea & Thee Tea Room, West Side Historic Butler Square a9 CLASSIFIEDS CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEA: Let me engrave or urn your name into a thick cedar sla, to mount on cedar post in your yard. Countryside Sawmill, a GET MORE TV:For less money, no equipment to uy a9 FOR SALE:Let s find you a house and get the income tax reak. Interest rates are low. Western MO Realty, Mary Coffman, SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE: A gift card from Southsaid Cafe on the Historic Butler Square BALLARD FEED SALE: Ritchie Livestock Watering Fountains,now availale on year end sale at Ballard Feed Store (3) Personal Care Adult & Child Care, Chiropractors, Counseling, Doctors, Dentists, etc. CAN T WORK:Disaled? Social Security Disaility claim denied? Free consultation. No fee until you get paid. BTS Group, Inc. Specialies in hearings and appeals. Read the testimonials at BATES COUNTY TREE SERVICE: Senior citien discount. Licensed and insured for your protection. For LOOKING FOR AN AFFORDABLE: estimates please call Medicare Supplement? Call David Please give us a call Nole USED HEALTH CARE EQUIP- CUSTOM DRAPERIES & UPHOL- STERY: Blinds, shades, verticals and minis, reasonale 40 years experience. MENT: Clean, good condition items at affordale discounted prices. Shower chairs, self standing com modes, raised toilet seats, canes, crutches, walkers, aluminum HANDYMAN:Decks, remodels, install: cainets, counters, pluming, painting, roofs, gutters, siding,, concrete, lock, tile, any jo. Satisfied customers are my customers reacher graer, wheelchairs and more. if you re household udget is stretched, check with This-N-That Sales, Butler, Mo womfp MATTRESS SALE: High quality, low prices. Sportsman s Discount Warehouse, Rich Hill DAYCARE OPENINGS: Two full time openings: 6 am - 6 pm, Monday thru Friday. 35 years in daycare experience. Have references. Contact Kitty at a9 (4) Help Wanted HELP WANTED AMSTERDAM CAFE: Waitress/Bartender, full or part time.. Amsterdam Cafe, Amsterdam,,Mo WANTED:Full time or part time Avon rep, no experience necessary. Up to 50% commission, if interested contact Julie Ammerman, DRIVER TRAINEES NEEDED! WERNER is hiring - No CDL, No Prolem! training avail w/roadmaster! Call Now! eowa28 PROPANE MANAGER WANTED: Must have experience and certification, this is a full time jo w/enefits. Send resume to Mid-West Fertilier, P.O. Box 504, Butler, Mo BOOKEEPER/SECRETARY POSI- TION in Sheldon, Mo. Must have experience with computer accounting for day to day usiness including payales, receivales, inventory, statements, etc. Send resume to Mid-West Fertilier, P.O. Box 504, Butler, Mo MYSTERY SHOPPERS: Earn up to $15 an hour. Shoppers needed to judge retail and dining estalishments. Experience not required. Call a2 NOW HIRING:Companies desperately need employees to assemle products at home. No selling, any hours, $500 weekly potential. Info dept. MO a2 MCNUTT AUTO TRANSPORT, Lowry City, Mo., is seeking inside sales reps. some sales experience is required along with telephone skills, computer experience and aility to accomplish assigned goals and tasks. We will train you in our industry. We offer excellent earnings potential along with commissions; as well as 40 hour week, health insurance, paid holidays and vacation and retirement plan. Please sumit resume to mpeck@mcnutttransport.com or mail to Mike Peck, Mc- Nutt transport, P.O. Box 207, Lowry City, Mo HELP WANTED:In home aid needed for Archie area. Premier Home Healthcare, (5) Business & Financial Anouncements, Opportunities, Financial Services, Insurance, Loans & Investments SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY: Claim denied? Free consultation. No fee until you get paid. BTS Group, Inc. specialies in appeals and hearings. Read the testimonials at www. tsgroupinc.com, NOTICE:Protect what you have with insurance from COOK INSURANCE Agency, Inc., , Butler, Mo. GREAT GIFTS: Tea for One Teapots; Tea Set; Tea Pots; Cups and Saucers; Gift wrapped Pumpkin Fruit Bread and more... Tea & Thee Tea Room, West Side Historic Butler Square a9 GIVE YOUR LOVED ONE AN authentic long lasting gift. A privacy fence. red cedar, dog-eared 6x8 panels. $60 each. Buy now & save. Countryside Sawmill FRESH FLAVORED POPCORN is now availale at Southsaid Cafe on the Historic Butler Square (6) Animals & Services LIMOUSIN BULLS:Blacks and Reds, Limousin females red & open, Doule J Ranch, , Ron cell , Will cell CORN FED BUFFALO OR ELK MEAT: Sold y pound, 1/4, 1/2 or whole, Also $50 or $75 undles. Call for hours and directions. Scott Farms, , Appleton City. POULTRY LITTER FOR SALE: Delivered to your farm. Call for pricing , , ANGUS BULLS:18 months, low w, very gentle BLACK HEIFERS - Angus, Brangus - all sies $1.00 per l. Home raised registered Angus Bulls and registered Charolais ulls/heifers RAT TERRIER PUPPIES FOR SALE: White with Black, Tan or Chocolate a2 FOR SALE:30 Fancy lack heifers, red to LBW 1407 ulls, start calving Fe. 20, $ BLACK ANGUS COWS: Mostly 4-5 years old with a few 6 s. This is a very high quality herd of cows that has een well taken care of. Some calves on ground now, rest will e calving over next 3 months. They have een preg tested y local vet. Will sell part or all $1,060 each , please call evenings. 2a2 CHRISTMAS PUPPIES:3 females, 2 male purered Shihtu, ready Decemer 20, had first shots. $ a9 BREEDING BULLS FOR SALE OR LEASE: Several reeds. EMD ull leasing, Jasper, Mo or a9 BREEDING BULLS FOR SALE OR LEASE: Several reeds. EMD ull leasing, Jasper, Mo or a9 REGISTERED PONIES FOR SALE: Ready for Christmas, all colors and sies, roke to ride or uy a ay, $200 to $500, really cute, also free puppies WALKER HOUND PUPS: $ CHRISTMAS PUPPIES:Going to e small dogs, $ FOR SALE:2 registered horned Hereford heifers, red to registered horned ull to calve around early June MASTIFF PUPPIES: AKC, ready now $500, also Christmas puppies we ll hold RD PERIOD COWS FOR SALE: 3-9 years old, $925 each FOR SALE:15 adult Guineas, $75 for all if no answer leave message. BREEDING AGE NATIVE SHORT HORNED BULLS: Easy calving and docile. Paul Wheeler (7) Farm & Garden FOR SALE:Bush Hog rotary cutters, loaders and ero turn estate lawn mowers. Schell City T&T, Schell City, Mo FOR SALE: Farm machinery & equipment STIHL CHAIN SAWS:Trimmers, electric & gas powered lowers. Parts and service availale. J&E Enterprises, south of water tower, Rockville, Mo. FOR SALE:Used parts, for tractors, comines and other farm machinery. Austin Salvage, Butler, Mo Let phone ring several times, please! BROME HAY:Square ales, can deliver. Dennis L. Slattery, , a18 LESP/FESCUE HAY FOR SALE: Small sq. ales, good clean hay, Passaic area. Discuss del a2 FOR SALE:2-8 ale hay haulers, $1000 each FOR SALE: Wheat straw, right, clean, wire tied. $2.75 per ale. Call a2 FOR SALE:Ford 7000 tractor nc LOOKING TO RENT TILLABLE FARM GROUND: In Archie, Adrian, Butler area, paying top dollar cash or shares any sies &4wom TRACTOR LOADER: Complete with controls 6 ft ucket, works may need new O rings, $300 OBO a HAY FOR SALE:Big round ales of fescue/grass mix. Call Ask for Steve. 29 HAY FOR SALE: Small square ales. Fescue/Lespedea $2.00 each. Brome $3.50 each. Jerry Schmedding a9 BOB CAT RENTAL, lowest rates. Sportsman s Discount Warehouse, Rich Hill HEAVY 5X6 NET WRAPPED round ales. Good quality mixed grass hay with lot of clover & lespedea $20m News Xpress, Butler, Mo., Friday, Decemer 11, FOR SALE: 5 Brush Hog, heavy uilt, modern rand. Runs quiet $300 OBO. Lots of Harley parts, $400 for all, call for details a KUBOTA TRACTOR L3400: 2004, 4 WD, PTO, 3 pt hitch w/ front loader and Grappler, 5 Brush hog mower, 6 grader lade, 5 rotary tiller, $16,500 BO a9 FOR SALE:10 ft wide harrow, $50; automatic head gate, $100; Bumper for Chevy pickup, $30; Tree Triminator rand Tree Saw, $2300; 4 x6 hydraulic dump trailer, $850; Bush Hog trash lade, $ FOR SALE: Hay Feeders and Sheffield post and Oklahoma ared wire. Cox Feeds, FOR SALE:Bramco eds and Bramco umpers, Besler & Dew-Ee hay eds in stock. Cox Feeds FOR SALE: 1959 JD 630 tractor, Serial No Excellent tires, new paint a COOSE STOCK TRAILER: Gooseneck 16 tandem, very clean SMALL MANURE SPREADER, tandem PTO drive PROTEIN TUB SALE: Crystalyx 20 All Natural, 200 l., $75. 16% All Natural, 200 l., Protein Tu $40. Blemished gates, (8) Sales Auctions, Garage & Yard Sales, Rummage Sales FOR SALE: Whirlpool microwave trim kit, never used. New $110, now $ , leave message. FOR SALE; GE slide in range, model #JS968KKCC, Bisque in color, lack glass top. Brand new, still in ox. $1840 new, will sell for $ , leave message. COMPUTERS:New & used systems, software, printers & scanners, custom uilt to your specifications. We will eat any locally advertised price on computers. Computer Shop, Rt. 1 Box 651, Butler All major credit cards accepted. 1&3wom FOR SALE: Freestanding Sears wood urning fireplace - sliding screen, glass doors, lower, pipe with damper, rown in color $100. Call a FOR SALE: 7/16 OSB, $7, also have 1/2 and 3/4 plywood. Cox Feeds HARLEY DAVISON Plush Blankets Sportsman s Discount Warehouse, Rich Hill (9) Rentals Homes, Business, Apartments, etc. FOR RENT:1 edroom apt. Archie Senior Housing. Elderly, disaled or handicapped may apply. Equal Housing Opportunity. This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer. EEOE wom 1 BEDROOM APARTMENT: Nicely furnished or unfurnished. Pool, rec room & laundry. Free cale/hbo, water & trash. Short leases availale. $150 security deposit. No pets! In Nevada. Starting at $ APPLICATION FOR ELDERLY: 2/3 drm units at Pleasanton Housing Authority, 902 Palm, Pleasanton, KS, , screening is required. 2&4eow APARTMENTS FOR RENT: Appleton City Senior Citiens Housing has attractive and spacious oneedroom apartments. Utilities are included (electricity at some). Cale is furnished. Laundry facilities on site. Rent starting at $255. For age 58 plus. For more information, call EHO. 1&3wom L&L MINI STORAGE:Units availale starting at $ FOR RENT: Nice 2 edroom apartment in Butler. Deposit and references required. No pets, $395 month RENT TO OWN: Homes, many types, must qualify, call FOR RENT: 1 edroom moile home, furnished, washer/dryer. Rent $350 plus $200 deposit fp FOR RENT: Newly remodeled,2 drm, 2 ath moile home, washer dryer stove, refrigerator, $400 rent, $300 deposit fp FOR RENT: Nicer duplex, 2 edroom, 2 ath, 2 car. Appliances/yard care provided. References checked. Call FOR RENT:2 Bedroom apartment in Garden City, $490 plus deposit FOR RENT:2 edroom trailer in country, 2 edroom home in Butler, keep clean, pay rent on time for 6 months, will reduce additional $50 month or FOR RENT IN RICH HILL: 3 edroom, 3 ath and a 3 edroom, 2 ath, large remodeled units, $500 rent, $500 deposit a2 FOR RENT:3 Bedroom ranch, range, refrigerator, attached garage, deposit, references, no pets, $550 per month, 204 S. Austin, Butler, HOUSE FOR RENT:3 Bedrooms, 1 ath, excellent location. 712 Country Clu. $500 month plus deposit. Call BDRM APARTMENT FOR RENT: Newly remodeled, yard care provided BOB CAT RENTAL, lowest rates. Sportsman s Discount Warehouse, Rich Hill FOR RENT:3 edroom farm house, deposit & references required. Call FOR RENT IN APPLETON CITY: Beauty salon, new central air & heat, washer & dryer, microwave, fridge, two hydraulic chairs, two dryer chairs, wash chair, nail tale, 36 ul wolf tanning ed FOR RENT: 2 Bedroom trailer, located approximately 4 miles NE of Butler, $300/month, $200 deposit a9 FOR RENT:In the country, moile home, 2 edroom, 2 ath, $350 rent and deposit or FOR RENT IN BUTLER:3 Bdrm, 2 ath moile home, ch/ca, $200 deposit, $395 mo. Availale now HOUSE FOR RENT:2 drm, near LaCygne, $550 rent, $550 deposit FOR RENT:2 drm home in Butler, ch/ca, 104 N. Maple, $375 rent and dep FOR RENT:3 Bdrm, 3 ath, lovely Victorian single story home, 2 car garage located 400 W. Pine, Butler, no pets $695 rent and dep FOR RENT:2 drm apartments in Butler ch/ca 108 S. Thompson $250, 302 W. Pine. $200, 809 W. Ohio $200 no pets, rent dep. required FOR RENT:Commercial uildings in Butler, 901 N. Orange spacious parking, $250 rent and dep. or 1 E. Dakota 4,000 sq. ft. with full kitchen area $ rent and dep BUILDING FOR RENT: South side Butler square. Availale Jan. 1, New energy efficient furnace. Call a9 (10) Real Estate For Sale HOUSE FOR SALE:In Butler. Totally remodeled, oned commercial or residential. Great location for usiness. New everything. Financing availale. Call or FOR SALE IN BUTLER: 306 E. Ft. Scott, 2 edroom, 1 ath. Remodeling started. Has new roof, siding, windows, door, most new sufloor & some new interior walls framed. Needs framing finished, pluming, wiring, sheet rock, cainets, etc. Small garden shed, $15,500, land contract, owner finance $1500 down & $151 per month. Call Sam, BED, BREAKFAST AND BOU- TIQUE now open, three locations, 110 and 112 Prospect and Rt. 2 Box 208 (Passaic exit, southwest of BBQ) Butler Rates $60 nightly, suite sleeps 8 for $150. Ten treed private country acres. All the luxuries of home while working or on vacation. Call Trisha for more information or reservations. THE FETTERS - FOR LEASE: Very nice large 2 edroom, 1 1/2 ath, laundry room, extra large garage w/ opener. Some appliances furnished. Fireplace - storage - maintenance free. Ready now. Good location in Butler, Mo. Special promotional rate for 1st 6 months. Call , ACRE VERNON COUNTY FARM: All contiguous, 390 tillale paved roads, rural water, excellent development potential. $2950/acre. Contact or info@lackknightre.com 811 FOR SALE:24x60 (1400 sq. ft.) doulewide, 3 drm, 2 ath, $8500 or est offer. Must e moved FOR SALE; Commercial Building on 2 lots in Rich Hill. The uilding is a 40x42 mechanic shop. Property is on a very usy street. An office and athroom are included. If interested, please contact Security Bank in Rich Hill, , ask for Helen or Tina. 418 REAL ESTATE FOR SALE: 104 Acres, 50% farmland, spring-fed pond, walnut trees, fenced, good hunting, 13 miles east of Butler on 52 Hwy HOMES FOR SALE: Great investment opportunities. Many types, must qualify. Call NEED TO SELL YOUR HOME? Let me help you start fresh, call ACRES:North east of Rich Hill, house, very nice shop. Great pasture farm, cheepland.com, LAND FOR SALE BY OWNER: 114 Acres, close to Butler on lacktop. Good hunting with pond. Will divide, call FOR SALE:Older modern 2 edroom home, 1 ath with shower, large living room, dining room, kitchen and ar, utility room, screened-in ack porch deck with top. Also fenced yard, lots of shade. 2 Barns, small tool shop, storage shed, carport and dog house, aout 15 acres all fenced. Shown y appointment only a2 CAXCA

12 12 News Xpress, Butler, Mo., Friday, Decemer 11, 2009 HOUSE FOR SALE:3 edroom, 2 ath, full unfinished asement, with walk-out. Butler a9 142 ACRES NEAR SCHELL CITY, MO: Most all tillale, $1395 per acre. MONTECURTIS.COM, FOR SALE:28 E. 7th Adrian. Lots of room, shop, decks, fenced treed yard, gardens, storage lds. $69,500. Western MO Realty, Mary Coffman, FOR SALE:108 Country Clu Terr., Butler. New House $285K. Western MO Realty, Mary Coffman, FOR SALE:51 A., house & arns, Butler; 60 A house & arns, Foster; 80 A House & Barns, Amoret; 137 A. House & Barns, Hume. Western MO Realty, Mary Coffman, FOR SALE:7 A. New House Butler, $145K. 3A house & shop, Butler, $138K. 5 A House, Rich Hill, $65K, 5 A. New House, Butler. $145K. Western MO Realty, Mary Coffman, FOR SALE:607 Howard, Butler. $115, 3 BR/2 BA, fireplace, deck. Western MO Realty, Mary Coffman, THE FETTERS - FOR LEASE: Very nice large 2 edroom, 1 1/2 ath, laundry room, extra large garage w/ opener. Some appliances furnished. Fireplace - storage - maintenance free. Ready now. Good location in Butler, Mo. Special promotional rate for 1st year $545. Call , (11) Recreational For Sale Boats, Motorcycles, Motor Homes, Aviation WANTED:Dead or alive. Used 4 wheelers, 3 wheelers, dirt ikes, street ikes and ATVs, no key or title needed , , anytime. FOR SALE:2004 Jay slideout camper, 24 ft 5th wheel, all electric, used 3 times in good shape, need to sell as has not een used. In Harrisonville, one owner, if you don t have 5th plate it goes with it and tailgate, asking $16,500 OBO. Phone , ask for Sandra Miller. 4a9 FOR SALE: 06 Harley Softtail, excellent condition, silver with lack pearl flames, chrome everywhere. Security alarm, Vance and Hines pipes, only 5500 miles, too many accessories to list. Call for details, $12,995 OBO, cell a FOR SALE:ATV 2007 Suuki Eiger new 115 miles, 400 cc, 2/4 wheel drive, perfect condition, $4500. Call or FOR SALE: 4 Wheeler, new, 110 cc. Sportsman s Discount Warehouse, Rich Hill FOR SALE:Hedge and hardwood firewood, $60 for a large pickup load delivered HEDGE AND OAK FIREWOOD FOR SALE: $100 per cord you pickup. Also hedge corner and line post a GLASS TOP STOVE AND OVEN: For uilt-in cainet line, new. Gas grill, never een used, $100 each BOXES OF #11 REGULAR EN- VELOPES: 500 in ox. $7 each or $90 for all. Xchanger, FOR SALE: Hitachi 60 TV, $300, OBO a MATTRESS SALE: High quality, low prices. Sportsman s Discount Warehouse, Rich Hill MATTRESS SALE: High quality, low prices. Sportsman s Discount Warehouse, Rich Hill FOR CHRISTMAS:Build your loved one a ench or what-not with 2 thick cedar oards, still in natural ark. Countryside Sawmill has your cedar lumer needs a JEWELRY FOR SALE:By local designer. Call for appointment. a FOR SALE:Continuous fence panels, pipe posts, heavy gates and will install FOR SALE:36 in x 80 in x 6 in new foam mattress, fits truck sleepers or hospital eds FOR SALE:Locker eef ready now, make good Christmas gift. Danny Cox FOR SALE:Tilt ed trailers. Cox Feeds FOR SALE: 4 Wheeler, new, 110 cc. Sportsman s Discount Warehouse, Rich Hill FOR SALE:3 piece edroom set, full sie. Want to uy soft mattress and springs, full sie. Call a 3 PT. GRADER BLADES, new 10% off MUZZLELOADER FOR SALE: Traditions E-Bolt 209x.50 cal. Black synthetic stock w/nickel arrel. Comes with Bushnell 3-9x40. Excellent condition $ a FOR SALE: Seasoned split firewood y cord or rank BUNN COFFEE MAKERS: 5 models availale. Also tea maker adds to any Bunn and replacement decanters. Come and rowse. Town Square Hardware & Variety, South Side Butler Square, (13) Miscellaneous REFLEX SPRAY-IN BEDLINERS: Best appearance, most flexile, don t pay dealer s markup. Call Joe WANTING:Unwanted and aandoned cars, trucks, pickups, uses, large scrap piles, radiators, converters, old machinery , cell SEATS! SEATS! SEATS! Conversion take off parts, pickup ed, tailgates, wheel and tires, 16 inch wheels and duals. Store open one lock West of Casey s in Appleton City, Wednesday and Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Cell Phone &3wom 1994 FORD F150, Spd, 5.0 liter engine, pretty clean truck, 2 wd, $2500. Call a GMC 1/2 TON, all time 4 wd, rust on fenders, runs a little rough, $750, OBO a2 FOR SALE:3/4 ton 1951 Dodge pickup FOR SALE:2003 Olds Aurora, 1 owner, 120th of the final 500 made, 80,000 miles, $9,500, loaded, sun roof , a CHEVY TRACKER FOR SALE: 89k, 2 door, soft top, 4 wheel drive, 5 speed, $ or , leave message. 2a2 FOR SALE:1969 VW ug, motor overhauled, new paint, finished interior, only a few minor things to finish restoration. $3000 OBO FOR SALE: Very rare auto stick VW ug, good motor and ody, needs interior work, new umper and extra parts, $1500 OBO CHEVROLET C1500 pickup, 1/2 ton, V8, Extended ca, 4x4, Auto, 110,000 miles, $6, a9 FOR SALE: 1999 V-6 Chevrolet Lumina, 4 door. Clean and very good condition FOR SALE: 1999 V-6 Chevrolet Lumina, 4 door. Clean and very good condition FOR SALE:95 Mercury Tracer, 60K on motor, 4 door, runs great, $1200. Call or FOR SALE: 1997 Ford F250, 4x4, very clean $3750 OBO FOR SALE:Brush guard for pickup Chevrolet Sewers, sidewalks, cisterns show progress at Rich Hill Historical Happenings Eddie Herrman n Dec , Rich Hill points with pride at its new sewers and sidewalks on Park Avenue and 6th Street and now has two large cisterns eing dug, one on Park Avenue and 6th Street. 1987, Butler dentist Dr. R.P., Hinshaw has returned from Cico, Peru, spending a month in Chile, Paraguay, Brail and Peru. n Dec , The Post Office at Bell s Mill, Jesse G. Hamilton, Postmaster, is eing discontinued. 1944, W.B. Schapeler, of Rockville community, has gathered several copies of the proposed new Missouri Constitution to e voted on in Feruary, and giving them to anyone who wants to read them. n Dec , Twenty-one memers of the Passaic Ladies Clu meets at the home of Mrs. Franklin James. Roll call is Where I plan to spend Christmas, and Mrs. Billy Fisher reads the poem, Peace on Earth. 1988, The Butler Chapter of NARFE meets at the Cattlemen s Bar-B-Q House on Business 71. President Jim King presides over 22 memers. New officers for 1989 are: President Jim King; 1st vice-president John Mills, 2nd vicepresident Victor Ramsey and secretarytreasurer is Virginia Vores. n Dec , Sims & Tucker have moved their real estate office to Everingham s new rick uilding on the west side of the Butler Square. (Caskey Law office location). 1951, Hael Maxine Rich and LeRoy Shelton hold an administrator s dissolution sale of the estate of the late Roert Rich, 1 1/2 miles west of Butler, and 3/4 mile north. The auctioneers are O.L. Baker and Jack Sivils and the clerk is M.E. King. n Dec , J.B. Caldwell of Rich Hill is the new manager of the Hurley Lumer yard in Hume, succeeding R.B.White. 1988, Bates County Treasurer Jane King sends a surtax illing to Eddie and Shirley Herrman for $8.90 on their feed store uilding, occupied y Harry Wells, at 215 North Main St., Butler. (the old fire station). n Dec , A Mr. Childs of Kansas City is in Rich Hill in what the Rich Hill Western Enterprise newspaper calls a anking scheme. The state comptroller of currency sold the title of the First National Bank of Rich Hill to some parties in Nevada, Mo. 1951, Seaman Worthy Roscoe Teagarden, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Teagarden arrives in Butler, on leave for the holidays after 11 months in the U.S. Navy patrolling Korean waters in enemy territory on the U.S. Weiss, a high speed vessel. n Dec , Dr. J. M. Christy has located his medical office in Butler. 1951, Rev. Charles Hendrickson, of the Locust Grove Baptist Church in Columia, Mo., is spending the holidays with his mother and sister Bessie and Eva Lou Hendrickson, in Butler. After some disparaging remarks, one U. S. Senator said, I didn t say what you said I said ecause I heard you say I hadn t said it, ut I did. (Whaaat?) FOR SALE: Butcher hogs delivered to locker of your choice. Also, Alfalfa Hay or (12) For Sale Anything you might want to sell BUTCHER BEEF FOR SALE: Contact Neale Oerke at Diamond O Feedyard, USED APPLIANCES, Washers/Dryers, Refrigerators: Del s Adrian Appliance, 56 E. Main, COME LOOK AT OUR NEW LINE of Samsung LCD TVs. We carry all major rands. Come into Del s Adrian Appliance, 56 E. Main, FOR SALE: New doule section mfg d homes starting at $39,950 and you may qualify for up to $8000 homeuyer tax credit. Contact Rainow Homes LLC, 311th & 69 Hwy., Louisurg, KS wom WASHERS, DRYERS, STOVES AND REFRIGERATORS: Reuilt, $98 and up, three year guarantee, same day delivery. All credit cards accepted. 10% cash discount, open late 7 days, Brien s Appliance Inc., S. US Highway 71, Grandview, MO 64030, FRESH CUT HEDGE POST: Hedge wood FOR SALE: 1 lot, Oak Hill Cemetery. Northeast section of center circle, $ , leave message. FOR SALE:Pecan shaker PORTABLE GENERATORS: 4,000, 8,000, 10,000 watts, recoil/electric start from $399. Young s Sales, Bus. Hwy. 71, Butler HEDGE WOOD FOR SALE: HARDWOOD FOR SALE: $100 a cord, you pickup HEAVY DUTY RECLINING LIFT CHAIR: On sale now! Furniture City, Clinton, Mo WALLPAPER EXPRESS OUTLET: Nevada, Mo. Hwy. 71, West Side New stock arriving daily. Hundreds of $5-$7 d/r in stock. Hurry! Unadvertised in-store sales everyday. FOR SALE: 300 Gal. water tanks, $80 each, cash only. 407 W. Vine, , Butler, , Hume, Leave message. 811 FOR SALE:1-3 pt. wood splitter, 2008 hay eye load, $ Hay delivered, $ COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: STEEL, STEEL, STEEL:Several types. Lots of pipe. Various sies of tuing BUYING: Gold & Silver, watches, sterling silver, flatware, antique jewelry, diamonds, coins, paying top price. Golden Classics Jewelry INDIVIDUAL WANTING TO BUY RIFLES, shotguns, pistols, one or a small collection , cell BUY A MATTRESS?GET A FOUN- DATION FOR $1, get a frame for $1. Furniture City, Clinton, MO MARJ S STATUARY:New supply, unique. Fountains, pumps, gaing alls. Open 10 a.m. 71 Hwy. 3 miles North Adrian 1/8 East WANTED:Truck driver and mill worker, CDL required. Apply in person, Vit-A-Zine Inc., Butler, Mo. 29 MATTRESS SALE: High quality, low prices. Sportsman s Discount Warehouse, Rich Hill WE STILL HAVE A LIMITED NUM- BER of party dates open, seating 60. Tea & Thee Tea Room, West Side Historic Butler Square a9 WANTED TO BUY:Old US coins, Indian head pennies and silver coins efore Call Roert nc 100 CHANNELS:Plus locals, $24.99 mo., plus movie channels for 1 cent more a9 YOUR HOMETOWN SEARS: Is now an authoried Jitterug dealer. Come in and we will set you up the plan that fits you. Only at your Butler Sears, 104 S. Sunset Drive, Butler. VIP EVENT:At your Hometown Sears in Butler. Just in time for Christmas, Monday, Dec. 14 from 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Enjoy an EXTRA saving of 5% to 10% off regular, sale and clearance priced merchandise. Just a way to say thank you and Merry Christmas. 104 S. Sunset Drive, Butler. HARLEY DAVISON Plush Blankets Sportsman s Discount Warehouse, Rich Hill MODELS:Oreck sweepers. Carpet cleaners for rent. Come rowse. Town Square Hardware & Variety, South Side Historic Butler Square, (14) Automotive Butler R-5 foundation grants Two Butler R-5 teachers recently received grants from the Butler R-5 Educational Foundation. Emily Swaters, high school math teacher, applied for and received a grant to purchase an Airliner wireless slate. The slate enales Ms. Swaters to transmit math prolems to her SmartBoard yet allows her to move freely among her students. Carolyn Jett, who teaches gifted and talented students in the Quest program, received assistance from the Foundation to purchase additional materials for her Lego rootics Sheriff report FROM PAGE 6 Dec. 1 ID theft: Passaic. Cows out: Butler. Assist Adrian PD: Casey s General Store. Suspicious activity: Butler. Trespassing: Drexel. Pedestrian check: Amoret. Check well eing: Hume. Dec. 2 Assist Butler PD: Undisclosed location. Assist MSHP: Accident, B Hwy. Residence check: Drexel. Theft: Butler. Suspicious vehicle: A Hwy. & Burglary: Virginia. Assault: Butler. Suspicious vehicle: Butler. Theft: Passaic. Disturance: Butler. Civil matter: Rich Hill. Assist Butler PD: 400 Blk S. Delaware. Dec. 3 Check well eing: Foster. Suspicious vehicles: Butler. Animal neglect: Butler. Threats: 1021 E. Park, Rich Hill. Assist MSHP: Rollover, S 71 & AA Hwy. Burglary, Adrian. Animal at large: 1000 E. Walnut, Rich Hill. la. The Butler Educational Foundation is a missouri non-profit organiation. One of the Foundation s goals is to provide classroom instructional materials. Trustees of the Foundation raise money through various projects to support these goals. Pam Hedger photos. Something special for Dad Brooke Miller and all the children at Tender Times Daycare have rought items to send to her daddy, Dave Miller. Miller is currently in Afghanistan and the children wanted to do something special for him. Pictured from left: Brody Smith, Jess Chandler, Sydney Rice, Jude Kershner, Jake Chandler, Benjamin Prichard, Brooke Miller, Dylan Davidson, Tom Ireland, Adyson Clover. Not pictured: Lucas Davidson, Miranda Foster, Tristan and Laila Capling. Sumitted. Assist MSHP: Accident 71 & 52 E. Assist MSHP: Car vs cow. Rich Hill PD Nov. 30: 2 vehicle accident, 6th & Park; Harassment, 1021 E. Park, Rich Hill. Dec. 1: Theft: 506 Myrtle; Check well eing, 1024 S. 4th St.. Dec. 2: Burglary, 314 E. Myrtle; theft, 1021 E. Park. NOW ACCEPTING BIDS... The City of Drexel will e accepting ids for various items located at 132 Industrial Drive. Deadline for id sumittal will e Monday, January 4, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. All ids should e sealed and specify the item for which they are idding on the outside of the envelope. Some items include a salvage forklift, single phase compressor, three phase compressor, radial arm saw, and saw, pallet jack, wood urning stoves, and much more. A preview of the items will e held on Decemer 17th from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. At this time, there will e numerous other small miscellaneous items that will e sold on a first come, first serve asis. Following the id opening for the larger items on January 4th, all items must e picked up no later than January 7th unless other arrangements have een made. For more information, please contact Kara Smith at (816) or y at cityclerk@drexelmo.com. CAXCA

13 An affiliate pulication of the Cross County Xchanger Bates County, Mo. Comining and continuing the Bates County News-Headliner FOUNDED OCTOBER 5, North Main St., East Side Square, P.O. Box 210, Butler, Mo Telephone (660) FAX Pulished Each Friday Periodicals Postage Paid at Butler, Mo. Post Office POSTMASTER: Send address changes to news-xpress, Box 210, Butler, Mo USPS Jim and Carol Peters, owners C.A. Moore, Editor/Pulisher MEMBER MISSOURI PRESS ASSOCIATION Suscription Rates Single copy tax Bates County - $34.91 Elsewhere in Mo. - $38.93 Online Edition - $38.93 Amounts include sales tax. Copy Deadline -- Tuesday, 5:00 p.m. From the Scriptures: I tell you not to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. Matthew 5:39 Editorial Comment Certainly a right, positive scenario Saturday afternoon our eloved town square took on a festive atmosphere. Despite the chillier-than-usual temperatures, a large crowd raved the elements to witness the annual Chamer of Commerce Christmas parade. They were richly rewarded. There were several elaorate floats that required considerale thought and creativity, two ands, appropriate costuming and other seasonal attractions. So, Times Square this was not, BUT the efforts put forth from over the area again punctuated the charm of small town togetherness, i.e.: spectators knew a lot if not all of the participants. All of this was played out with a ackdrop of gayly decorated usinesses all in the spirit of the Christmas season. Admittedly retail usinesses on and near the square have diminished over the years. Still there are numerous places to spend your gift-uying dollars as well as year around shopping for your needs. Local usinesses are here to serve you in a personal, caring manner, yes, as opposed to the ig cities. For sure, there may e larger selections in the metro malls, ut the least we can do is to try our hometown merchants first. Read carefully Be on the lookout for an official looking mail-out relating to a Medicare questionnaire. If a disclaimer in small print reads: This is not a government document, you d proaly e est served to dump the entire contents in File 13. Faltering faith renewed In the times when CEO s are negotiating for themselves multi-million dollar salaries, stock options and golden parachutes, memers of Osage Valley Electric Cooperatives have received a $500,000 refund. Can this actually e true? Due to lower than anticipated generating costs, resulting in unexpected margins, the oard of directors voted to apply a refund on the Decemer ill. What a great thing to do. I congratulate the oard for renewing my faltering faith in what humans do to other humans. Are you sure that you don t want to start a health insurance cooperative? What a pleasant surprise and what a great place to live. Glenn Dykstra, rural Butler. Dramatic rise in TV violence against teenage girls By Heather Clayrook Kansas City, Mo. It s enough to make any Missouri parent squirm with discomfort - and then change the channel. The Parents Television Council has reviewed more than 200 hours of recent television shows for depictions of violence on prime time programs etween 2004 and It found a 120 percent increase in violence against females. Comments y Tim Winter, president of the council. A new study comparing five years of prime time television finds that story lines depicting violence against women are on the increase...and that violence on the small screen is more graphic than ever efore in the history of television. The Parents Television Council reviewed more COMMENTARY PAGE Christmas ae in starring role T alk aout timing...like time to put together something on a cheerier note than in recent columns...ut far more important, a suject relating a Christmas-oriented, real life happening that will warm any heart, and perhaps prompt a hanky or two. Guaranteed! Here s the deal: A star was orn, in more ways than one. Neko Silvers said Hello World on Thursday, Dec. 3 at the Lierty, Mo., hospital. She weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces and measured 22 inches long. Parents are Matthew and Reecca (Yoder) Silvers, oth of whom grew up and were schooled in Butler. Sooooo! Read on. MATTHEW IS associate pastor of the Lee s Summit Christian Church with Reecca at his side in full support. As usual the church is planning a Christmas program...complete with Xpressions News Xpress, Butler, Mo., Friday, Decemer 11, C.A. Moore the traditional manger scene. I know, you re already ahead of me, ut I ll go ahead just the same. Usually manger aes consist of a doll, ut not this Christmas at the Lee s Summit church. This year little Neko has the starring role in the drama, uneknownst to her of course. And would you elieve the supporting cast includes her Dad as Joseph and Mom as Mary? I m told those in charge of the pageant already had this centerpiece locked in Time to pick up a argain With the return of winter, it s ack to re-educating ourselves on the arcane arts of starting aircraft engines. In the interest of simplicity (read: reliaility), airplanes have no computer modules, CDIs or automatic chokes. If you want them to start, you must e an active participant, adding the right amount of primer fuel, handturning the propeller to loosen up the oil, keeping a feele start going with pumping and chanting. Compounding the prolem is the limited cranking provided y a lawn-mower sie attery turning a 500-cuic-inch engine. Be right, or you won t e gone. In general, I won t waste my time trying to start a caruretorequipped engine elow 20 degrees F., and even fuel-injected motors ought to e left alone. The engine needs to e preheated in order to fire up at that temperature, ecause there proaly won t e any lurication at first with the thick oil, which is hard on the engine. At some point, the cold temperature shrinks down the aluminum crankcase to squeee the less-shrunk True Holiday Spirit By Bryan Golden Among other things, the holidays are a time of giving and receiving gifts. The question most often asked of people is, what did you get? Much less frequently asked is, what did you give? Invarialy, the inquiries concern material gifts. Purchasing a gift can certainly e thoughtful and a wonderful gesture, especially when it s acked up y your actions. However, the most valuale presents are those that aren t sold in stores. When you give your love, your time, help someone in need, aid another in solving a prolem or overcoming an ostacle, you give something priceless. The true spirit of the holidays is giving. When you give, you receive. You can get anything in life you want y helping enough others get what they want. But only if you give without expecting anything in return. The impact of giving isn t limited to just the holiday season, it s something that has value all year. THE POWER of giving is often underestimated. When you give unconditionally, you don t just impact the recipient; you start a chain reaction. By rightening the life of one person you also affect all those who Blue Yonder than 200 hours of programming, from 2004 to 2009, according to its president, Tim Winter. While the amount of violence on prime time roadcast TV has remained relatively unchanged over the past five years, the prevalence of story lines that include violence against women has increased at an alarming rate, a 120 percent increase. Winter says there is a disturing new trend in depicting violence against women as funny, and even inconsequential. He says that can lead television viewers, particularly children, to elieve such ehavior is normal and acceptale. Winter says studies show that children s aggressive ehavior increases after watching similar acts on television. We re seeing increases of violent scenes against teen girls, intimate partner violence, and female victimiation as a punchline for comedic purposes. As an example, Winter cites the animated Fox program The Family Guy, which airs during prime time on Sundays. In response, the producers of the show assert that it is meant to e a humorous parody intended for adult audiences. A new report gives Missouri parents another reason to monitor what their kids are watching on television. It indicates a dramatic rise in violence against women depicted in popular shows. Heather Clayrook reports. The report Women in Peril can e found at www. ParentsTV.org. LeRoy Cook steel crankshaft, and you ll risk spinning the main earings. Not good. The comings-and-goings for the week included Dave Bradley, over from Boonville Friday in his Cessna Skyhawk, a turoprop Piper Meridian in from Olathe, a Beech Bonana V35 and a Beech Baron. Jim and Lisa Stevens flew their Cessna 340A to Miami, Florida for a family Thanksgiving and Vic Heiman flew his Cessna Turo Centurion. Local flyers were Jerry Burns in his experimental autogyro, Eric Boyd in a Cessna 150 and Roy Conley in his Beech Deonair F33. I winged to Lee s Summit and Higginsville in a Cessna 150, logging three night landings on my return. Doug Osorn completed his Colorado run they then touch. No gesture of giving or kindness is too small. Holding the door open at a store, helping someone carry groceries to their car, letting another car in front of you, saying please and thank you, and saying hello to a stranger you pass on the sidewalk, are some of the many things you can do daily. For family and friends, your time is one of the most precious gifts you can offer. Are you there for others when they need you? Do you offer a hand without eing asked? Do you help out when asked? Too often, people get caught up in their own desires, thus losing sight of the needs of others. A person who tries to get through life y looking out for himself or herself first in invarialy frustrated. Often this person views life as a competition to determine who can accumulate more. ON THE OTHER hand, those who are concerned for the well eing of others are happier, more content and more satisfied. By giving without expecting, they in turn receive the things they need. Giving is a simple concept that works every time it is applied. There will e people who don t appreciate what you do, ut it doesn t matter. You are giving without anticipating as Neko s arrival date approached. GRANDPARENTS are Ed and Susan Yoder and Dianna Silvers, all of Butler. But there s more to this happy event. Neko was orn on her grandma Dianna s irthday. We are eginning to e deluged with news releases from state and national political candidates. As expected they pick their opponents apart, ut in most releases they take two, three, four pages in small, single-spaced type to express their complaints. THERE S A FINE line etween reporting issues vital to everyone and finding room in our pages to pulish same. The candidates will have to get their message across on TV, I guess, which, y the way, they ll have to pay for. in the Cessna Skylane. As the economy continues to stagnate under the mistaken notion that our society can orrow its way ack to prosperity, property values such as the worth of fully-depreciated airplanes are in the asement. This is the time to pick up a argain, or upgrade to that igger plane, assuming you have some money. We ve seen light aircraft selling for 25% or more under their 2007 valuation, and the ig iron is down y 30 to 40%. Everything is on sale, including the new aircraft sitting around dealer lots. Foreign uyers are taking advantage of our situation and using the dollars they don t really want to uy cheap airplanes to take home. Upwards of half the airplanes sold are exported these days. Our qui this week asked you to name one of the airplanes in the 1948 Art Tracy picture in the Butler airport loy. There s a Stearman iplane in the hangar, a Vultee BT-13 tied down and a Stinson taxiing in. For next week, tell us who uilt the Stearman PT trainers. anything in return. Besides, there will e many more who are thankful for your efforts. If you don t treat others well, uying a gift won t compensate for your ehavior. The recipient might like what you give them ut it won t make up for your actions. You can t rie someone to forgive the way you treat them, with a present. THE BEST GIFT you can receive is the joy of making someone else happy. Being unselfish is a wonderful way to live. When you give with no ulterior motives, your actions are seen as genuine. Should you expect something in return, your ehavior is always suspect. We all know people who do nice things only when they want something in return. Make giving a daily routine. Don t start and end with the holiday season. Every day is a good day to do something nice. When people feel good due to your actions, you can t help ut feel happy yourself. And that is priceless. The most significant action you can take is having a positive impact on the lives of others. n Golden is a self-development expert, syndicated columnist, author of Dare to Live Without Limits and professor. Bryan at info@ BryanGolden.com. Senior Center Menu Schedule Serving Adrian, Butler and Rich Hill Centers DECEMBER Monday, 21: Company casserole, apricot orange chicken, spinach, carrots, amrosia, wheat read, chocolate pudding w/topping, lushed pears. Tuesday, 22: Liver n onions, chicken & noodles. Italian vegetales, tossed salad w/tomatoes, peas, roll, utterscotch squares, Jello w/topping. Wednesday, 23: Turkey pot roast, sloppy Joe on a un, mashed potatoes/gravy, pears & lime Jello, mixed vegetales, read/un, chocolate cake, pudding w/topping. Thursday, 24: Baked ham, chicken enchilada casserole, yams, green eans, tossed salad, roll, apple crisp, Hawaiian pineapple square. Friday, 25: Closed. Merry Christmas. Monday, 28: Chicken pot pie, St. Louis BBQ ri on un, tri taters, winter mix, 3 ean salad, read/un, anana wafer pudding, cappuccino parfait. Tuesday, 29: Turkey & dressing, Polish sausage/ kraut, mashed potatoes w/gravy, roccoli w/cheese, cranana Jello, rolls, pumpkin pie square, cinnamon apple. Wednesday, 30: Ground eef stroganoff w/noodles, Basa Italiano, hot rosy applesauce, peas, stewed tomatoes, roll, hot fudge pudding cake, ice ox dessert. Thursday, 31: Marinated pork roast, Swiss steak, aked potatoes, green eans, carrot pineapple salad, read, coconut pie square, anana creme dessert.

14 14 News Xpress, Butler, Mo., Friday, Decemer 11, 2009 Christmas IN AREA CHURCHES Rockville United Methodist A special Christmas event Sunday, Dec. 13 when the church will host a Christmas carry-in fellowship meal eginning at 5 p.m. followed y a special program y Grandpa John, a gospel singer and humorist, eginning at 6. All are invited to this seasonal event. Love offering. Butler Presyterian Sunday, Dec. 13: Christmas program at 10:30 a.m. worship hour. Special music and commentary with youth and adult participation. Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 6 p.m.: Carols. Candles, Communion. Amoret Christian Sunday, Dec. 20, 6 p.m.: Christmas program. Please ring photos of past years Christmas programs. Butler First Baptist Dec. 20, 9 a.m.: Sunday school; 10 a.m. Children s Christmas program. Dec. 24, 5:30 p.m.: Christmas Eve Candlelight service. Dec. 27, 10 a.m.: Worship service. Everyone welcome. Pleasant Gap Christian Church Christmas Eve service 7 p.m. Everyone welcome. A usy week in neighorhood Betty Lemon and Doris Null enjoyed shopping in Kansas City Tuesday. Bonnie Austin attended the Bates County Art League Christmas party Tuesday at the Flaming Lantern restaurant. Doris Null spent Tuesday night through Thursday morning with her son David Null and family in Grain Valley. Matthew and Reecca Silvers welcomed a new daughter on Dec. 3. Both Dianna and Ina Mae enjoyed getting acquainted with the ay Neko. Grandparents are Dianna Silvers and Ed and Susan Yoder, all of Butler, Great-grandparents are Ray and Ina Mae Thomas of Butler. Skip and Jan Heckadon visited Howard, John and Ronnie Hoson Friday and again Sunday morning. Hunter DuBray spent Wednesday with his greatgrandparents Roy and Wanda Fleischer. Marvin and Doris Null enjoyed a drive Saturday to Warrensurg. The Christmas parade was Saturday in utler. Dr. Long s office had a pick-up with signs. Gay Nissen and others rode in the parade. Jim Damon visited Howard, John and Ronnie Hoson Saturday afternoon. A ay shower was held at Dr. Long s office Saturday afternoon in honor of Matthew and Stephanie Oxiles. Gay Nissen joined others and attended. The Willow Creek ladies held a Christmas program Saturday evening in Adrian. Joe and Linda Wix, Gayla Boyd, Cheryl Cumpton and Judy Daniel attended. Dawn Wix was in the program. Refreshments were served. The ladies made the cookies and punch. Marvin and Doris Null attended Doule Branch Christian church Sunday morning. They enjoyed lunch at Rich Hill Lions clu. Marvin and Doris went to the program at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel in Butler. Bonnie Austin and C.K. Deems had lunch Sunday morning at the Flaming Lantern restaurant. Zella Doane, Bonnie Austin and C.K. Deems attended Lyle and Marjorie Howard s 75th wedding anniversary Sunday afternoon at Ohio Street United Methodist church. The St. Matthew Lutheran church in Butler held an Advent dinner Sunday evening. Roy and Wanda Fleischer were guests of Fred and Kelly Hunt. Red & Black Scholarship to Brandy Crist Warrensurg Dedication to academic success in high school has earned Brandy Crist, daughter of David and Kathy Crist, Butler, a Red and Black Scholarship in the amount of $500 per year to attend the University of Central Missouri. The Red and Black Scholarship is awarded to incoming UCM freshmen ased upon their high school cumulative grade point average and ACT composite score. The scholarship is renewale and may e received for a maximum of eight semesters if undergraduate study. A senior at Butler R-5 High School, Crist plans to graduate in May and attend Central Missouri in the fall majoring in animal science. Throughout high school, Crist has een involved in FFA, 4-H, JR Cattlemen s Association, Future Business Leaders of America, Family Career and Community Leaders of America, French Hitting the spot The First Assemly of God Church in Butler served free hot chocolate and cookies to the crowd at Saturday afternoon s Chamer of Commerce parade. The cold temps and gusty winds rought out scores of spectators looking for a quick warmup. Staff photo. Mo. Lottery winners for Novemer Jefferson City More than $4.2 million in pries of $1,000 or more were awarded to Missouri Lottery players during Novemer. Among winners from this immediate area were: $1,000 Scratchers: David Serafin and John Wolfe of Adrian; and Ray Kingsley, Archie. Miami R-1 school menus Monday, Dec. 14: Breakfast: Ham, egg, cheese ar, milk. Lunch: Little smokies, macaroni and cheese, peas, Clu, Missouri Future Prolem Solvers and cheerleading. Her honors include FFA green hand degree, FFA chapter degree and honor roll. Scholarship availale to aspiring teachers West Central Retired School Personnel Association invites seniors who are choosing the teaching profession as a career to apply for a one-year non-renewal scholarship of at least $200. Scholarship requirements are: must have a minimum 3.0 GPA at the end of seven semesters; display outstanding character, citienship, involvement in school activities and must e accepted and enrolled at an approved teacher training college. A transcript and two letters of recommendation must accompany the application. Deadline for the scholarship is March 1, For more information contact your high school counselor or call Jane Bowden, Scholarship Chairman, at read, peaches, milk. Tuesday, Dec. 15: Breakfast: Muffins, milk. Lunch: Cheeseurger, un, french fries, aked eans, applesauce, milk. Wednesday, Dec. 16: Breakfast: Ham, egg, cheese ar, milk. Lunch: Turkey, dressing, roll, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, ice cream, milk. Thursday, Dec. 17: Breakfast: Glaed toast, milk. Lunch: Meatalls, un, tator tots, pineapple, cookie, milk. Friday, Dec. 18: Breakfast: Funnel cake, milk. Lunch: Ham and cheese, un, chips, lettuce, pickles, orange, milk. The deadline for news copy is 5:00 p.m. Tuesday (preferaly earlier). Copy sumitted after that is not likely to appear in that same week s edition.