Your World Today – Tuesday, March 14, 2017
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NEWS: Tuesday, March 14, 2017
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The Dent County Commissioners met Monday for their regular meeting at the courthouse. In the road report, District 1 Commissioner Dennis Purcell said parts of southern Dent County received about two inches of snow Sunday night, but no road problems had been reported. He said a work crew would be out replacing county road signs while another crew would be removing two downed trees on Dent County Road 6280. Purcell went on to say workers would be servicing truck #123 and also replacing a radiator pipe on truck #117. Purcell said he received a report of trash dumped on Dent County Road 5015. There were ten bags of trash and two 5-gallon containers left. Purcell said the work crews will have to clean this up and he hopes taxpayers understand that this takes away from road work that could be done. If you see someone dumping trash or stealing road signs, please contact the Dent County Sheriff’s Office at 729-3241. Purcell wanted to remind everyone the 100-Acre in the Woods Road Rally would be this Friday and Saturday in Dent County. District 2 Commissioner Gary Larson stated brush was going to be cut on Dent County Road 2210 while materials would be added to county roads 2150 and 3190. He also mentioned a crew would be working on truck #116 replacing the air lines as well as doing shop maintenance. Larson said he attended the MRDC meeting on Friday where they discussed by-law changes and contract issues. Presiding Commissioner Darrel Skiles reported he was at the MRPC meeting Thursday and heard a good program from Alex Blackwell who is the Executive Director of the Missouri Workforce Development Central Region Career Center about jobs in the area. For more information, call 573-364-7030 or 426-2946 or drop by 706 South Bishop. He also said the public informational hearing and open house on the proposed jail project will be Thursday night from 6:00 to 8:00 in the Judicial Building. People can come by anytime between 6:00 to 8:00 if they would like to visit the jail. Tom Haines from the US Forest Service was in to ask the county when the next trailer was coming through to collect tires. He said they have had to pick up numerous tires that have been tossed in the forest. Skiles said there needs to be about 600 tires collected between the city, county and forest service, before the county would ask for a trailer. But the program that was used to collect the tires is no longer available through DNR. At 10:00, Elaine Welch, Shane Anselm, Mike Swyers from the St. Louis – Kansas City Carpenters Regional Council were in attendance to discuss the positive impacts the prevailing wage provides to the different regions of the state to local sales tax dollars, resident incomes and economic costs. The study was done by department of Economics from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. The study was funded by the Committee to Protect MO Families. They said that prevailing wage only affects public works projects and the labor part makes up about 20-23% of the cost. Presiding Commissioner Skiles related that according to the engineering firm, if prevailing wage is overruns and delays in completion. When asked if any contractors in Dent County contribute the voluntary information needed to calculate the prevailing wage for this county, they did not know of any. Elaine, Mike and Shane were also asked what happens to the economic benefit for the region when out of town contractors come in and do not subcontract to local contractors due to insurance or bonding requirements they could not meet when it was time to bid. That means Dent County taxpayer money leaves the southeast region and goes into a different region, such as the St. Louis region, to pay their workers, not local workers. There was no response except to say those contractors should do what they need to do to meet what was required in order to bid. There currently is talk in the Senate to eliminate or adjust the Prevailing Wage. At the last meeting, Commissioner Skiles signed the Contract for Services for the Department of Social Services Child Support along with the Prosecutor and Circuit Clerk. The next meeting of the commissioners will be Thursday morning at the courthouse and it is open to the public.
An accident occurred at 12:15 Monday afternoon in Crawford County on Highway 19 about three miles south of Steelville. According to the highway patrol report, a 2014 Toyota Corolla driven by 49-year old Kimberly Smith of Owensville was traveling southbound on Highway 19. Smith failed to yield and turned into the path of a 2014 Dodge Dart driven by 33-year old Thomas Long of Boliver traveling northbound on Highway 19. Smith suffered moderate injuries and was transported by the Steelville EMS to the Phelps County Regional Medical Center in Rolla. The Toyota Corolla was totaled and removed from the scene by Miles and Sons Towing of Steelville. The Dodge Dart was totaled and removed by Meyer Towing and Recovery of Rolla. Everyone involved had on a seat restraint at the time of the accident.
The 100-Acre Wood rally will be held this weekend Friday, March 17th and continuing on Saturday, March 18th. The Official Spectator Guide for the event is now available on the spectator information page. Spectators are encouraged to read the Safety issues and Parking information before coming out this weekend. This year the Rally staff is using the text messaging service rainedout.com for updates and information for anyone that wishes to be apart of that you can sign up online a www.rainedout.net or from your phone by texting 100AW to 84483. Maps of the race route and start times can be found in the Salem and Steelville newspapers and also online at www.100aw.org. As of right now there are 54 drivers registered to drive this weekend, yet only 13 have met all the requirements to drive.
SPORTS [TOP]
Jedd Gyorko homered and Michael Wacha went five innings giving up two runs on three hits as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Houston Astros Monday, 6-3. Hot hitting Jose Martinez went 2-3 for St. Louis and drove in two runs in his quest to make the final roster out of spring training. The Cardinals will have the day off today.
The Kansas City Royals scored two runs in the 7th inning, a run in the 8th and another in the 9th to come back and beat Colorado, 4-2 to even their pre-season record at 8-8. The Royals will play the LA Angels today.
Magnus Paajarvi scored the decisive power-play goal and Jake Allen stopped 38 shots as the St. Louis Blues defeated the Los Angeles Kings 3-1 Monday. Alexander Steen and David Perron also scored for the Blues who have won five straight games. The St. Louis Blues will be at Anaheim Wednesday night at 8:30 on KSMO Radio.
OBITUARIES [TOP]
Funeral services for Betty Logan of Anutt, age 89, will be held this morning at 11:00 at the Anutt Community Church. Interment will be in the Anutt Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Anutt Community Church. All arrangements are under the direction of the James and Gahr Mortuary Salem Chapel.
Funeral services for Margaret Opal Privett of Salem, age 78, will be held Thursday at 12:00 noon at the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be held from 11:00 until service time. Interment will be in the Corinth Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Corinth Cemetery.
Funeral Mass for Susan Elizabeth (Arthur) Dunn of Rolla, age 69, will be held Friday at 10:00 at the St. Patrick Catholic Church in Rolla. Prayer service will be Thursday at 4:30 with visitation to follow from 5:00 to 7:00 at the James and Gahr Mortuary in Rolla. Interment will be in the Rhea Cemetery.
A graveside service for Joanne Love Triplett of El Segundo, California, age 84, will be held at 1:00 Sunday afternoon at the Berry Hill Cemetery in Salem. All the arrangements are under the direction of the James and Gahr Mortuary of Salem.
WEATHER [TOP]
FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 11:00 THIS MORNING & FROM MIDNIGHT TO 11:00 AM WEDNESDAY
Today..Mostly cloudy, high near 35.
Tonight..Partly cloudy, low of 16.
Wednesday..Sunny, high of 42.
Wednesday night..Partly cloudy, low of 27.
Thursday..Mostly cloudy, high near 50.
Thursday night..Mostly cloudy, low of 39.
