Your World Today – Tuesday, January 26, 2016

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NEWS: Tuesday, January 26, 2016

The Dent County Commissioners met for their regular meeting Monday morning in the Dent County Courthouse. Dent County Treasurer Denita Williams reported that CART receipts for January were $52,568.21, which was down by $2,181.25 when compared to January 2015. Prosecuting Attorney Andrew Curley was in to report what he had learned while researching the sales tax issues relative to the proposed Justice Center that came to light last week. Presiding Commissioner Darrell Skiles asked if there were other jurisdictions with the same issues. Curley said that Joe Weber was to research that question. After some discussion of the many issues yet to be addressed, the Commissioners voted 3–0 to approve a news release stating that a new jail/justice center for Dent County will not be on the April 2016 ballot. In the road report, District 1 Commissioner Dennis Purcell said grading would be done on Dent County Roads 5615, 5110, 5130 and 2470, while brush would be cut on county road 6540. He added that a man was working on a pup trailer and would be hauling materials after the repairs were completed. District 2 Commissioner Gary Larson said that his road supervisor was checking roads to see which ones were gradable. He went on to say that brush was being cut on Dent County Roads 2210 and 2320, while materials were being hauled to county roads 2380 and 2070. Larson added his crew was also performing maintenance on truck #114 and loader #3. Presiding Commissioner Darrell Skiles said he had been contacted by Robert Ross, the State Representative from Texas County, asking for support for HB 2187 which Ross is sponsoring. The bill is relative to the land DNR has purchased in Oregon County and if passed, the bill would require DNR to sell the property at public auction by August 28, 2016 or ownership would revert to Oregon County. Skiles added that on Tuesday he would be attending the MRPC Legislative Day in Jefferson City. Dent County Clerk Angie Curley reminded voters to make sure any changes such as address or name have been updated on their voter registration card. Anyone with questions should call her office at (573) 729-4144. Curley added that February 2nd is the first day to vote absentee for the March 15th Presidential Primary Preference, that February 17th is the last day to register to vote for the March 15th election, and that voters will have to declare what party ballot they want. At 10:00, the budget hearing was held. Skiles reviewed the revenue and expense totals for 2015, and the commissioners discussed projected revenue and expenses for 2016 for the General Revenue fund, Road and Bridge fund, Assessors fund, 911 fund, Law Enforcement fund and Senate Bill 40 fund. The budget was approved 3–0. Skiles commented that all funds ended the year better than projected due to the diligence of the county office holders. Sarah Buckzkiewicz and Larry Hart of L. J. Hart Underwriters were in to present a preliminary financial analysis for a proposed Jail/Justice Center. Dent County Prosecuting Attorney Andrew Curley was present for the presentation. The next meeting of the Commissioners will be Thursday morning at 9:00 in the Courthouse and the meeting is open to the public.

The Salem Police Department released their reports of theft and burglary. According to the Salem Police report on Monday, January 18th at 4:29 in the afternoon, an officer was called to Wal-Mart in reference to a shoplifter. The investigation of the report revealed that an unknown male took merchandise valued at $10.78 and fled the store on foot to the east of the building. Later at 5:05 in the evening, an officer was contacted at the Salem Police Department in reference to a burglary. The investigation of the report revealed that person or persons unknown entered a residence in the 600 block of East Gibbs and took items valued at $190.00. Please contact the Salem Police Department if you have any information regarding the theft or burglary at 729-4242.

Candidate filings for school boards, hospital board, and the Dent County Health Board ended at the close of business on Tuesday, January 19th. The Oak-Hill R-1 school board had two seats available and both incumbents, Jessica Raulston and Sandra Headrick re-filed. The Green Forest R-2 school board also had two seats available and both incumbents, Craig Smith and Austin Konkel, filed for those positions. The Dent-Phelps R-3 school board had two seats on their board available. Incumbent Justin Headrick filed as well as Travis Fulton, Will Loughridge and Laci Gover for the two seats. Filing for the two seats on the Northwood R-4 school board were Kathy Crocker, Dee Jessen and Wes Mobray. At Salem R-80, both incumbents Dustin Howard and Bernie Sirois re-filed for those seats on the board. The Salem Memorial District Hospital had one seat available for their board and Dennis Fiebelman re-filed for that seat. The Dent County Health Board of Trustees had two openings and the incumbents, Kim Smith and Sandra Headrick both filed for those positions. Those entities with only enough persons file to cover the openings will not have an election on April 5th while Dent-Phelps R-3 and Northwood R-4 will have an election.

Do you want to learn more about nature? If so, you may want to be involved in the Missouri Master Naturalist program, sponsored by the Missouri Department of Conservation and the University of Missouri Extension. You are invited to come and learn what being a Master Naturalist is about during an orientation on Thursday, February 4th. You must be 18-years old and class size is limited. The enrollment fee is $100 and enrollment forms can be picked up at the Department of Conservation, Rolla office, the University Extension in Rolla or online at meramechills.org. The Meramec Hills Chapter initial training will be held on Thursday evenings and classes begin March 3rd. Classes will run from 6:00 to 9:00 PM in Rolla and include three Saturday field sessions. For more information call (573) 368-2225.

SPORTS   [TOP]

Antonio Quick’s steal with 26 seconds left and subsequent lay-up gave the Salem Tigers a nail-biting 51-49 win over Marshfield. Quick finished with 12 points, Jakob Happel netted 11 while Kobe Mead and Logan Woolf each added 10 more. Salem is now 8-9 on the year and they will play the #1 seed Hartville Thursday night at 6:00 on KSMO and online at ksmoradio.com.

OBITUARIES     [TOP]

Funeral services for Charlene Combs of Salem, age 66, will be held Wednesday morning at 11:00 at the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 tonight. Interment will be in the Miner Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Dent County Animal Welfare Society.

Funeral services for Ronnie Webb of Centerville, age 77, will be held Wednesday at 1:00 at the McSpadden Funeral Home in Bunker. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00 tonight. Interment will be in the Polk Memorial Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Funeral services for John Ray Dotson of Bixby, age 66, will be held Friday at 11:00 at the Wilson Mortuary in Viburnum. Visitation will be Thursday from 5:00 to 8:00. Interment will be in the Dotson Cemetery in Bixby. Memorials may be made to the Dotson Cemetery.

Funeral services for Agnes Gray of Salem, age 89, will be held Friday at 2:00 at the Dent County Memorial Chapel. Visitation will from the 11:00 until service time. Interment will be in the North Lawn Cemetery. All arrangement are under the direction of the James and Gahr Mortuary of Salem.

Memorial services for Verna Louise Setzer of Hermann, formerly of Cherryville, age 72, will be held Saturday at 3:00 at the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home in Steelville. Inurnment will be at a later date at the Freeman Cemetery in Cherryville.

WEATHER    [TOP]

Today..Partly cloudy, high of 38.
Tonight..Partly cloudy and colder, low of 21.
Wednesday..Mostly sunny, high of 41.
Wednesday night..Clear, low of 26.
Thursday..Mostly sunny, high near 50.
Thursday night..Mostly clear, low around 30.