Your World Today – Monday, February 22, 2016
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NEWS: Monday, February 22, 2016
The Salem R-80 Board of Education held their meeting Thursday evening at the administrative offices boardroom. By law, the Board is required to publish and hold a calendar hearing for the public, for which there were no comments or objections during the hearing. After approval of the agenda, Superintendent John McColloch turned the meeting over to Mrs. Crocker for a presentation from a couple Kindergarteners and First Graders to read their character education books. McColloch then reported that the Salem R-80 school district has 297 students that qualify for the free and reduced lunches in grades 9 - 12. He also reported that the January membership count is 1,324, which is up from 1,311 this time last year and there are a total of 65 pre-schoolers for a total count of 1,389. He said that the cameras are up at William Lynch Elementary and the Salem Upper Elementary and that they do work much better than the ones before. He also said that he has contacted a roofing company as there is a section of roof at the High School that is saturated, about 6,000 square feet. He stated that the section of roofing needs to be fixed as it has not been touched since 2006. Mrs. Crocker then reported the preschool registration will be held March 15th and 16th at the William Lynch Elementary and parents interested in the program should call the school at 729-6611 for an appointment. Children that will be three by August 1, 2016 are eligible for preschool. Kindergarten registration is tentatively scheduled for March 23rd and 24th and parents should call after March 1st to schedule an appointment for children that will be five by August 1, 2016. At the Salem Upper Elementary, Mrs. Wisdom reported that a total of $1,657.49 has been raised to go to Pennies for Patients. She also said that the Dent County 4th/5th grade Quiz Bowl tournament will take place on March 8th. Mr. Roberts reported that the Middle School received the Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Award from MSHSAA for teams with a cumulative grade point average of 3.25-4.0 that included: 7th/8thGrade Cross Country, Boys 7th Grade Football, 7th/8th Grade Band, 7th/8th Grade Cheerleading, 7th/8th Grade Choir, and 7th/8th Grade Girls Basketball. He also sent congratulations to the Salem Middle School Archery team who took 1st place at the Mountain Grove Archery Tournament on February 13th. The team has qualified for the state tournament on March 18th and 19th at the Lake of the Ozarks. Roberts stated that Youth Art Month will be at the capital in Jeff City during March and the students selected to show their work are Drew Christesen, Dawson Sander, Breanna Ralph and Sierra Rusco. Mr. Anderson reported that the Salem High School has 23 students under contract and they are still on track to reach their 90% goals and that work keys testing will start in mid March. The Board then approved the 2016-2017 school calendar. August 17th will be the start date for 2016 school year and school year will end on May 24, 2017. The Board then voted to go into closed session for the purpose of discussing personnel.
The Salem High School Academic Team won their second straight SCA title on Thursday. Salem went 5-0 on the day, defeating Houston 320-230 in the Championship round to win the title. Josh Sirois and Joe Schott received medals, finishing 3rd and 4th respectively in the individual competition.
The City of Salem Park Board will conduct a meeting, called by President of the Park Board, S.N. Ball, tonight at the Salem Community Center @ the Armory beginning at 6:00 PM. The Park Board will be working on scheduling for the upcoming ball seasons, and provide a programming update. There will also be an update on the grounds and capital improve-ments. The meeting of the City of Salem Park Board is open to the public.
Hospitals make significant investments in their communities, probably more than you know. The value they provide to their communities is much broader than the delivery of health care services. They provide a strong economic foundation through their investments in employees, buildings and equipment. They also provide benefits to their communities through charity care and absorbing bad debt, helping educate and train the health care workforce, and offering free or reduced price clinic services. The investment the Salem Hospital makes in Dent County underscores the importance of our hospital as an economic engine to Salem's local economy. The information presented is the investment in the community the Salem Hospital made in the 2014 fiscal year. They provided $169,655 in charity care and wrote off $1,561,094 in bad debts for a total of $1,730,740 in uncompensated care. The Salem Hospital paid for health education for their staff at a cost of $83,206 and also provided $254,228 worth of care for Medicaid patients that went unpaid. The total of community investment for patient services came to $2,068,174. The Salem Memorial District Hospital paid out $9,382,878 in payroll and benefits to their employees. For the fiscal year 2014, the Salem Hospital showed a net loss from operations of $86,300 generating $17,375,469 in revenue and incurring $17,997,271 in expenses.
SPORTS [TOP]
The Salem Lady Basketball Tigers will be at St. Clair tonight to finish the regular season. Salem enters the game with a 20-4 record. the JV game will start at 5:30 followed by the varsity game at 7:00. The Lady Tigers were seeded 3rd in district play and will face Rolla next Monday night, February 29th at Jeff City Helias with a scheduled start at 8:30.
The Salem Boys Basketball Tigers were also seeded 3rd in district play and they will face Eldon next Monday night, February 29th at 5:30 at Jeff City Helias.
Jabril Durham scored a career-high 17 points as Arkansas ended a three-game losing streak with an 84-72 win over Missouri on Saturday night. Kevin Puryear scored 23 points to lead Missouri which had its two-game winning streak snapped. Ryan Rosburg added 11 points for the Tigers, while Namon Wright had 12 points and 12 rebounds. Missouri is now 10-17 on the year and 3-11 in the SEC Conference. The Tigers will play Ole Miss Tuesday night. KSMO join the game in progress after Salem Tiger Basketball.
Vladimir Tarasenko, David Backes and Alexander Steen each had a goal and an assist and the St. Louis Blues used a four-goal first period to beat the Arizona Coyotes 6-4 on Saturday night. The Blues have won five straight. Jaden Schwartz, Carl Gunnarsson and Patrik Berglund also scored and Colton Parayko added two assists. Brian Elliott stopped 18 shots. In the game against Phoenix, Alexander Steen suffered an upper body injury in the game and will be sidelined at least four weeks. It was announced on Sunday the Blues have activated goaltender Jake Allen from injured reserve and he will be available tonight when the Blues play the San Jose Sharks starting at 6:30. Brian Elliott has played in all 17 games since Allen's injury winning 12 of those games and getting points in all but two games.
OBITUARIES [TOP]
Funeral services for Hazel Smith of Salem, age 63, will be held Thursday at 11:00 at the Dent County Memorial Chapel. Visitation will be Wednesday from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. Interment will be in the Mr. Hermon Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Mt. Hermon Methodist Church and Cemetery.
Funeral services for Barbara Lee Ritter of Salem, age 75, will be held Friday at 1:00 at the Wilson Mortuary Chapel in Salem. Visitation will be Thursday from 6:00 to 8:00. Interment will be in the Bunker Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Ritter Family for funeral expenses.
WEATHER [TOP]
Today..Partly sunny, high of 52.
Tonight..Mostly cloudy, low around 34.
Tuesday..Cloudy with a 30% chance for rain, high of 44.
Tuesday night..Cloudy and breezy with a 70% chance for rain possibly mixing with snow, low near 32.
Wednesday..Cloudy with 50% chance for rain and snow early, high around 40.
