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Your World Today - Friday, January 9, 2015

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The Dent County Commissioners met Thursday morning for their regular meeting in the Dent County Courthouse. Dent County Treasurer Denita Williams was in to report December’s sales tax receipts of $66,353.50. That was $3,679.77 higher than the receipts for the same time period a year ago. In the road report, District 1 Commissioner Dennis Purcell said that general maintenance was being done on trucks #56 and #66, and that brush was being cut on Dent County Road 5600, commonly referred to as the Turtle Loop. He went on to say that he had a crew out picking up old tires. Purcell reminded citizens that it is illegal to dump anything on county roadways and right of ways and violators will be prosecuted. District 2 Commissioner Gary Larson stated that his crews were conducting general maintenance at the Road and Bridge Department, cleaning up a trash pile, and checking for road signs needing to be replaced. Both Purcell and Larson noted that the roadways are frozen to where no grading can be done and that the very low temperatures also limits what equipment will even operate. Presiding Commissioner Darrell Skiles said Thursday afternoon he would be attending Public Housing Authority Board meeting at MRPC Headquarters in St. James, then an External Relations Committee meeting in the evening, and finally a MRPC Board meeting that night. Skiles noted that the MRPC Board would be visiting with federal legislative representatives. He went on to say that he had visited with Farm and Home Publishing about corrections to the proof copies of the new plat book. The company has indicated that the new books should be available in a few weeks.  Skiles also shared that he had previously contacted Congressman Jason Smith’s office about the short comment period on the Ozarks National Scenic Riverways’ General Management Plan. Eric Harman of Congressman Smith’s office, has contacted Skiles and said that on Wednesday Congressman Smith and Senator Roy Blunt sent a letter to Patty Trap, the Acting Regional Director of the National Park Service, requesting a 90-day extension of the comment period. Dent County Clerk Angie Curley said her office was continuing to work on the budget for 2015. The next regular meeting of the Commissioners will be Monday morning at 9:00 in the Courthouse and the meeting is open to the public.

An accident happened Wednesday night at 7:33 in Phelps County on Highway 72 about six miles east of Rolla. According to the highway patrol report, a 2007 Pontiac Vibe driven by 33-year old Jeremy Tune of Loose Creek was traveling eastbound on Highway 72 and struck 30-year old Joseph Thompson of Belle walking eastbound in the roadway with the front of the Pontiac. Thompson suffered serious injuries and was transported by the Phelps County ambulance to the Phelps County Regional Medical Center. The Pontiac Vibe sustained moderate damage and was removed by C&C Towing.

Is your school, church or charitable organization looking to fund a community project? The Meramec Regional Community Foundation is looking to award grants to further local projects this spring through its community grant program. An estimated six grants of $250 each will be available to nonprofit, 501(c)3 organizations, schools, faith-based organizations and governmental entities looking to address local needs that will enhance the quality of life within the community. The year 2012 marked the inaugural year for this grant program, and in the last three years a total of $4,200 in grant funds have been awarded to 17 community projects throughout the region as a result. Awardees in 2014 included Helping Hands Outreach Center of Gasconade County, Maries County R-II Schools Archery Program, Caledonia Community Betterment Youth Organization, Sullivan High School Students Against Drunk Driving, The Community Partnership of Phelps, Dent and Crawford counties and Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Robert. Applications for the 2015 grant round will be accepted until 5 p.m. on January 30th. All organizations and governmental entities must be based in the Meramec Region to qualify. This includes Crawford, Dent, Gasconade, Maries, Osage, Phelps, Pulaski and Washington counties. For more info, call Maria Bancroft at 265-2993.

Sports [TOP]

The Salem Lady Basketball Tigers moved to 9-3 on the season with a 61-40 over Newburg Thursday night. Payton Curley scored 15 points to lead the Lady Tigers followed by Savannah Hanning with 11 and Kari Hatridge with 10. Salem will be in Bunker tonight for a varsity only game at 6:00.

Johnathan Williams III tallied a double-double of 21 points and 10 rebounds as his Missouri Tigers survived an overtime SEC battle with a 74-67 win over the LSU Tigers at Mizzou Arena. Wes Clark chipped in with 13 points for Missouri (7-7, 1-0 SEC), which has won two games in a row. Keanau Post contributed 12 points and seven rebounds off the bench. Missouri will face Auburn Saturday starting at 5:30 on KSMO.

Brian Elliott stopped 24 shots and seven different St. Louis players recorded a goal in the Blues' 7-2 rout of the San Jose Sharks at Scottrade Center. Alex Steen, Jay Bouwmeester, Paul Stastny, Jori Lehtera, T.J. Oshie, Patrik Berglund and David Backes all lit the lamp for the Blues, who have won three in a row. The Blues will play Carolina Saturday night and KSMO Radio will join the game after Missouri basketball.

Obituaries   [TOP]

Funeral services for Douglas Mark Dent formerly of Salem will be held Saturday, at 2:00 at the Wilson Mortuary Chapel in Salem. Visitation will be from 1:00 until time of service. Interment will be in the North Lawn Cemetery.

Funeral services for David Clair Tune of Salem, age 76, will be held Sunday at 1:00 at the Wilson Mortuary in Salem. Visitation will be Saturday from 5:00 to 7:00. Interment will be in the Tune Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Food Center at Salem Faith Mission.

A celebration of life for Rosemary Dillon of St. James, age 85, will be held Sunday, January 11th from 1:00 to 4:00 at the St. James Golf and Country Club. Memorials are suggested to the St. James Memorial Public Library. All arrangements are under the direction of the James and Gahr Mortuary in St. James.

Funeral services for Jane Frances O’Keefe of Rolla, age 76, will be held Monday at 10:00 at the St. Patrick Catholic Church in Rolla. Visitation will be Sunday from 4:00 to 6:00 at the James & Gahr Mortuary in Rolla. Interment will be in the Rolla City Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the St. Patrick Catholic Grade School or ALS Association.

Funeral services for Dormilee Fay Watson of Salem, age 78, will be held Monday at 11:00 at the Wilson Mortuary in Salem. Visitation will be Sunday from 6:00 to 8:00. Interment will be in the Miner Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Miner Cemetery.

Funeral services for Mary Sue Tallant of Rolla, age 71, will be held Monday at 1:00 at the Rolla Chapel of James and Gahr Mortuary. Visitation will be held Monday from 11:00 in the morning until service time. Interment will be in the Adams Cemetery in Rolla.

Funeral services for Peggy C. Maledy of Salem, age 79, will be Tuesday at 1:00 at the Salem Chapel of James and Gahr Mortuary. Visitation will be Monday from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.

Funeral services for Nadine R. Laney of Rolla, age 91, will be Wednesday at 11:00 at the Rolla Chapel of James and Gahr Mortuary. Visitation will be Tuesday from 5:00 to 7:00 at the Rolla Chapel. Interment will be in the Rolla City Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Paralyzed Veterans of America.

Weather   [TOP]

Today..Mostly sunny, high near 20.
Tonight..Mostly clear, low of 5.
Saturday..Partly sunny, high of 28.
Saturday night..Cloudy, low of 20.
Sunday..Cloudy with a 50% chance for freezing rain early changing to rain in the afternoon, high of 34.
Sunday night..Cloudy with a 60% chance for freezing rain and snow, low of 28.