Your World Today – Friday, March 10, 2017
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NEWS: Friday, March 10, 2017
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The Dent County Commissioners met Thursday morning in the Dent County Courthouse. Dent County Treasurer Denita Williams reported that the sales tax receipt to general revenue for March was $81,214.33, which was up from the 2016 amount of $76,628.24. She noted that the year-to-date amount is up $8,619.85 or 4.29%. Williams also noted that the Road and Bridge sales tax was $34,814.99, which nearly mirrored the 2016 amount of $34,071.52. She added that the Road and Bridge year-to-date is up by $5,652.39, which is an increase of 6.22%. Frank Hobson was in to talk about 4-wheelers rutting the gravel and driving carelessly, as well as speeding on Dent County Road 2150. District Two Commissioner Gary Larson said that he would talk to Sheriff Bob Wells about the situation. In the road report, District One Commissioner Dennis Purcell reported that materials would be added to and grading would be done on Dent County Roads 4160 and 4245, while grading only would be done on county roads 2440, 6220 and 6245. He went on to say that materials would be added to county road 6255 and that a crew was doing ditch work and clearing box culverts on county roads 4122 and 5080. Purcell noted that the commissioners and road crews would be monitoring the weekend storm situation. Larson reported that in District Two grading would be done on Dent County Roads 2530, 2540, 5330 and 5335 while materials would be added to county road 4060. He said that truck #116 hoist had broken damaging air lines so it had to be towed in for repairs to take place. Larson noted that a man was screening brown rock and that on Friday he would be attending an MRDC meeting in St. James. Presiding Commissioner Darrell Skiles reported on Wednesday he attended the County Commissioners Board Meeting in Jefferson City. He said that the Board had received good reports from the February training sessions and the legislation was moving slowly, particularly in the Senate. Dent County Clerk Angie Curley reported that bills were being approved by the Commissioners for payment. She noted that her office verified that the Collector and Assessor balanced on all monthly collections, add-ons and abatements for February and that the Commissioners had reviewed those reports. Curley noted that public testing of the electronic voting equipment would be Wednesday, March 22nd at 9:00 in the Collector’s office. The next meeting of the Commissioners will be Monday morning in the Courthouse and it is open to the public.
The Dent County Fire Protection District Board of Directors met for their March meeting Tuesday evening at the fire station. The Board reviewed and approved the minutes from their February meeting, reviewed and approved bills and also reviewed their budget and the calendar of upcoming events. The monthly reimbursement was presented and showed a total of 29 calls for the month of February that included; two calls for structure fires, 10 calls for brush fires, one call for a car fire, two calls for landing zones, eight calls for first responders, two calls for vehicle accidents, one call for mutual aid, one call for haz mat and two calls were for training. The total calls year-to-date are 70. In new business, Fire Chief Brad Nash presented a new idea to the Board for truck replacement and that was to purchase a used truck that would more than likely cut the price in half or more and allow the department to rotate the fleet more frequently. Nash was asked to get more information and to also check into possible grants and then report back to the Board. Nash then reported that lights have been purchased to repair and to outfit the new truck and should be installed starting next week. The Board then set their next meeting for Tuesday, April 4th at the fire station beginning at 6:00 pm and the meeting was then adjourned.
SPORTS [TOP]
The Class 4, District 11 Basketball All-District teams for Boys and Girls were released. Named to the Boys All-District Team were seniors Jakob Happel and Logan Woolf while senior Eric Wood was named to the Honorable Mention Team. For the Lady Tigers, senior Payton Curley and junior Baylee Bilyeu were named to the All-District Team while senior Kari Hatridge made the Honorable Mention Team. Congratulations on these Tigers for their fine efforts all year long.
Lance Lynn pitched well over three innings giving up two hits and a run with three strikeouts, but Houston pitchers shut down the high flying Red Birds on only four hits and shut out St. Louis, 3-0. They will play this Saturday against Atlanta and Sunday against Miami. Both games will start at 11:45 on KSMO Radio.
The Kansas City Royals were off yesterday and play Oakland today in the desert.
Ole Miss used a balanced scoring attack to ease by Missouri 86-74 in the second round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament at Bridgestone Arena on Thursday evening. The Rebels shot just 41.8 from the field, but had a 40-32 rebounding edge, and had a 21-point edge at the foul line.
The St. Louis Blues will host the Anaheim Ducks tonight at 6:30 at the Scottrade Center and tomorrow night they will host the NY Islanders. Both games will be starting at 6:30 on KSMO. The Blues have won two straight games.
OBITUARIES [TOP]
A Memorial service for Mary Lou Cotner of Salem, age 89, will be held this morning at 11:00 at the James and Gahr Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be held from 9:00 in the morning until service time Friday. Memorials may be made to the Salem Public Library.
Funeral services for Harvey Ryno of Licking, age 85, will be held this morning at 11:00 at the Fox Funeral Home in Licking.
Funeral services for William “Bill” Lee Setzer of Dillard, age 82, will be held this morning at 11:00 at the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home in Steelville. Interment will be in the Sellers Cemetery in Davisville.
Funeral services for Montie Ray Asher of Bixby, age 78, will be held today at 1:00 at the Wilson Mortuary Chapel in Viburnum. Visitation will be from 11:00 until service time. Interment will be in the Trolinger Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Trolinger Cemetery.
Funeral services for Albion Seth “Al” Hayman of Salem, age 95, will be held Saturday at 9:30 at the Wilson Mortuary in Salem. Visitation will be tonight from 6:00 to 7:30 with a Masonic service at 7:30. Interment will be in the Dry Fork Cemetery with Full Military Honors.
Funeral services for John Lee Bell of Steelville, age 79, will be Saturday morning at 10:30 at the Wilson Mortuary Viburnum Chapel. Visitation will be from 9:30 Saturday morning until time of service. Interment will be in the Czar Cemetery.
Memorial services for Charlotte Diane Boulware of Salem, age 78, will be held Saturday at 1:00 at the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be held Saturday from noon until 1:00. Memorials may be made to the Dent County Animal Welfare Society or Project WIN.
Funeral services for Betty Pace of Salem, age 80, will be held Monday at 1:00 at the Salem Chapel of the James and Gahr Mortuary. Visitation will be held prior to services at 11:00 at the Chapel. Interment will be in the Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Funeral services for Tommie Bass of Salem, age 81, will be held Monday at 1:00 at the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be held prior to services at 11:00 at the Chapel. Interment will be in the Cedar Grove Cemetery with full military honors. Memorials are suggested to the Alzheimer’s Association.
Funeral services for Betty Logan of Anutt, age 89, will be held Tuesday at 11:00 at the Anutt Community Church. Visitation will be Monday from 5:00 until 8:00 at James and Gahr Mortuary Salem Chapel. Interment will be in the Anutt Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Anutt Community Church.
WEATHER [TOP]
Today..Sunny early, then becoming cloudy, high near 47.
Tonight..Cloudy with a slight chance for snow after midnight, low of 26.
Saturday..Cloudy with a 70% chance for snow, high of 33.
Saturday night..Mostly cloudy, low of 18.
Sunday..Mostly sunny, high around 40.
Sunday night..Chance for snow after midnight, low of 26. Monday..Chance for snow changing to rain, high of 45.
