$2K weather radio donation

Dec 18, 2014

Butler County Emergency Management Director Jeff Shawan donated 65 weather radios to all the schools in the county, including at least one device for every facility within the Poplar Bluff R-I school system, on Monday, Dec. 8.

[From left] Twin Rivers Superintendent Jeremy Siebert, Neelyville Superintendent Brad Hagood, Poplar Bluff Superintendent Chris Hon, Walmart Front End Manager Allison Sifford, SWRT Director Craig Meador, SWRT Lead Field Spotter Jim Hager, Butler County Emergency Management Director Jeff Shawan, Butler County Commissioner of the Eastern District Butch Anderson, and Butler County Sheriff’s Department Chief of Communications Frankie Casteel.

[From left] Twin Rivers Superintendent Jeremy Siebert, Neelyville Superintendent Brad Hagood, Poplar Bluff Superintendent Chris Hon, Walmart Front End Manager Allison Sifford, SWRT Director Craig Meador, SWRT Lead Field Spotter Jim Hager, Butler County Emergency Management Director Jeff Shawan, Butler County Commissioner of the Eastern District Butch Anderson, and Butler County Sheriff’s Department Chief of Communications Frankie Casteel.

The donation was made possible with a $1,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation, which was matched by the Butler County Commission. Jim Hager, lead field spotter of the Poplar Bluff Severe Weather Response Team, made the suggestion to Shawan, who wrote the grant proposal.

“They’re as valuable as smoke detectors in terms of saving lives,” Hager stated.