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Congratulations to these Salem High School Ag Education/FFA teams on their performance at the recent South Central District Contests.  Qualifying for the State Competition on April 14^th & 15^th was the 1^st place Poultry Team which includes Tucker Conley, Eddie Fleetwood, Alex Marchbanks & Alyvia Toman; the 1^st place Parliamentary Procedure Team comprised of Tucker Conley, Zeb Frazier, Jennifer Lundy, Samantha Riley, Chandra Sullins, Wes Tatom and Mackenzie Wulff; the 2^nd place Farm Management Team that features Taylor Fry, Ashley Greenshields, Lane Howard & Smanatha Riley; the 4^th place Horse Selection Team which includes Briatty Hilderbrand, Kaylin Inman & Luke Swiney; and the 7^th place Dairy Cattle Team of Jennifer Lundy, Kris McCarter, Ryan Moreland and Sierra Hagler. Individual awards went to Alex Marchbanks as he took 1^st place in Poultry, Lane Howard who captured 2^nd place in Farm Management, Ashley Greenshields who took 3^rd place in Farm Management and Kaylin Inman who captured 3^rd place in Horse Selection.

The Dent County Fire Protection District released theirs reports for Wednesday, March 23^rd. At 9:05 in the morning, a total of five firefighters responded to Highway 72 near Jadwin Lumber, but were cancelled en route. At 12:19 that afternoon, a total of three firefighters responded to Dent County Road 4155 for a forest, woods, or wildland fire. Fire lines were established and all units returned to the station at 12:30 p.m. At 1:50 that afternoon, four firefighters responded to Dent County Road 2090 for a brush or brush and grass fire. The fire was extinguished and all units returned to the station at 2:31 at which time a total of eight firefighters aided by the Jadwin Volunteer Fire Department responded to Dent County Road 3210 for a forest, woods, or wildland fire. The fire was extinguished and all units returned to the station at 3:55. At 3:28 that same afternoon eight firefighters responded to a Dent County Road 4280 for a forest, woods, or woodland fire with the aid of the Department of Conservation and U.S. Forest Service. The fire was extinguished and all units returned to the station at 4:27. Later that evening at 6:04, eight firefighters responded to East Pine Street for an outside rubbish fire. The fire was extinguished and all units returned to the station at 6:27. At 6:33 that evening, eight firefighters responded to Route P to assist the police. They provided equipment and were back at the station at 6:45. Later that night at 10:09, seven firefighters responded to Dent County Road 4280 for a forest, woods, or wildland fire. The fire was extinguished and all units returned to the station at 2:54 the next morning.

An accident occurred at 7:30 Monday night in Dent County on Route CC eight miles south of Salem. According to the Highway Patrol Report a 1993 Subaru driven by 28-year-old Matthew Thedford of Licking MO, was traveling south on Route CC. The accident occurred as the Subaru traveled off the right side of the roadway, struck a fence and overturned. Thedford suffered minor injuries and was taken to Salem Memorial District Hospital by private vehicle. Occupant of the vehicle 29-year-old Anthony Good of Licking suffered moderate injuries and was transported the Salem Memorial District Hospital by Salem EMS. Both were wearing a safety restraint at the time of the accident. The Subaru was totaled and was left at the scene.

An accident occurred at 2:06 Tuesday afternoon in Pulaski County on I-44 westbound at the 161-mile marker in St. Robert. According to the highway patrol report, a 2003 Chevrolet Impala driven by 58 year-old Vandie Hahn of Rolla skidded into the path of a 2006 Western Star driven 64 year-old James Ray of Salem causing contact to be made. The contact caused the Chevrolet Impala to go off the left side of the roadway, strike the median cables, overturn, and come to rest in the median. Hahn suffered moderate injuries and was taken to the Phelps County Regional Medical Center. The Chevrolet Impala was totaled in the accident and was removed from the scene by Rothmund’s Towing. The Western Star sustained minor injuries, but was driven from the scene.

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