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The Dent County Commissioners held their regular meeting Thursday morning at the Dent County Courthouse. At the meeting, Dent County Treasurer denita Williams submitted a warrant for the quarterly transfer of $20,750 from the Senior Citizen Fund. This is a budgeted transfer. The money is diverted three ways: $12,500 goes to the Nutrition Site, $1,750 goes to the Agency on Aging and another $6,500 goes to SMTS. In the road report, Commissioner Larson and Commissioner Purcell both stated that crews would be adding materials to a number of soft or muddy roads. Purcell indicated that repair work was being done on a main transfer chain and bearings on a spreader box, and another crew would be using Ultimate Pavement Material to patch potholes on chip and seal roads. Larson stated workers were doing general shop maintenance and also assessing what can be done with the truck bed on truck #116 as it needs a new liner. Presiding Commissioner Darrell Skiles reported on the SACBA board meeting he attended Monday and said their annual awards banquet was well attended, and their annual Trivia Night will be held on Saturday, March 21^st at the Salem City Hall Auditorium. He also reported on the MCEC meeting he attended Tuesday and stated the Naturally Meramec program introductory meetings are still being scheduled in every county, and the MCEC continues to work with county representatives on the Work Ready program for Dent, Crawford, Phelps and Washington counties. Skiles said he and Commissioner Larson attended a meeting with school administrators on Wednesday to get them up to date on the need for a Road and Bridge Sales Tax that is on the April ballot. Dent County Clerk Angie Curley reported on the Pipeline Regional Emergency Response workshop that was held at the Salem Community Center@the Armory. Governmental agencies, the Department of Conservation, the hospital, and other emergency responders attended the workshop concerning pipeline safety. The Pipeline Association of Missouri, who sponsored the workshop, had two member companies present at the workshop: NuStar, LLC. Dent County has a buried anhydrous ammonia pipeline and natural gas pipeline. Curley said absentee voting continues at the courthouse for the April election, and if anyone has moved since the last election, they need to update their address with the county clerk’s office. Call 729-4144. Curley indicated a sample ballot would be in the Salem News on March 24^th and 31^st. The next meeting of the Dent County Commissioners will be Monday morning at 9:00 at the courthouse and the meeting is open to the public

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The Salem Winter Sports Banquet was held Tuesday night to honor the boys and girls basketball teams and cheerleaders. Coach Jake Reardon of the Salem Lady Tigers presented team awards and Savannah Hanning was named the team Most Valuable Player, Payton Curley was presented the Playmaker Award, Baylee Bilyeu was given the Newcomer of the Year Award, Kari Hatridge was presented the Most Improved Player Award and Kaleigh Nash was given the Tiger Coach’s Award for her extra effort. Also at the banquet, it was announced that Savannah Hanning and Payton Curley were named to the Class 4, District 10 team. Coach Phillip McClintock presented the boys team awards. Earning the Offensive Player of the Year Award was Kobe Mead while the Defensive Player of the Year Award was given to Zayne Kyser. The Most Improved Award went to Kyle Hemken and the Tiger Award for sportsmanship and leadership was presented to Logan Pogue. Also at the banquet, it was announced that Kobe Mead and Zayne Kyser were named to the Class 4, District 10 All-District team.

The SCA Basketball Awards were voted on Wednesday night and the Salem Tigers did very well. For the Lady Tigers, Savannah Hanning was named the SCA Player of the Year and Coach Jake Reardon was named the Coach of the Year for the SCA Champion Salem Lady Tigers. Named to the All-SCA First Team was Hanning while Payton Curley made the All-SCA Second Team and Kari Hatridge was named to the All-SCA Honorable Mention team. For the boys, Kobe Mead was a unanimous All-SCA First Team selection while Zayne Kyser was named to the All-SCA Second Team. Logan Pogue was named to the All-SCA Honorable Mention Team.

Mark Reynolds hit a three-run homer during the third inning and the St. Louis Cardinals topped the Baltimore Orioles 8-2 in spring training action on Thursday. Mike Ohlman drove in a run and scored twice, while Pete Kozma, Ty Kelly, Stephen Piscotty and Tommy Pham each finished with an RBI for the Cardinals. Starter Jaime Garcia struck out five and gave up one run and two hits over four innings for the win. The Cards will play Miami today.

T.J. Oshie and Vladimir Tarasenko both scored in the shootout as St. Louis claimed a 1-0 decision over Philadelphia at Scottrade Center. Brian Elliott turned aside 28 shots to tie a franchise record with his 20th shutout for the Blues, who play Minnesota Saturday at 7:00 on KSMO. The Blues have won three straight games.

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