Your World Today – Thursday, March 23, 2017
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NEWS: Thursday, March 23, 2017
LOCAL NEWS:
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KSMO Radio will be off the air for a short period of time this afternoon after 3:00 as they replace their old transmitter. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause to our listeners.
The Salem Memorial District Hospital Board of Directors met for the regular meeting Tuesday evening at the hospital library. Chief Financial Officer Monica Gargus gave the summary of operations for February that showed a gain from operations of $346,918 and an excess of revenues over expenses of $364,963. Inpatient admissions, census days, ER visits and outpatient registrations were all up and way over budget, plus the health fair was also held in February. The cash flow statement showed a gain in cash of $395,295 for the month with days in accounts receivable at 56. Currently the hospital has available cash to cover 85 days of operation. Chief Nursing Officer Debbie Hines reported during the month there were 91 acute care admissions with 365 census days and 871 emergency room visits with an average turnaround time of 138 minutes. Also during the month, there were 207 ambulance runs with 172 patients being transported to the hospital, 31 surgery cases, 2,144 outpatient registrations, 222 home health visits, 10,682 lab tests, 1,160 radiological procedures, 20 CT scans, 40 MRI scans, 8 nuclear med scans, 685 rehab treatments, 148 dialysis treatments and 293 clinical visits. The SMDH Foundation will have a fund raising golf tournament event on May 5th at the Spring Creek Golf Club. The SMDH Auxiliary will have a Scrub Hub on March 31st at the hospital campus and a Shoe Road Production on May 3rd at the hospital library. Three more fundraisers will be held in the fall. Board member George Greundel reported on the Healthy Dent County Prevention Coalition meeting saying it was very good concentrating on addressing the drug and alcohol problem in Dent County. Hospital Administrator Kasey Lucas reported on the hospital retirement plan and the number of participants has doubled since they made the switch to OneAmerica. Lucas discussed the Finance Committee meeting and that they approved the market assessment and reviewed the capital budget. Lucas said they will review what the hospital needs to make sure that equipment is updated even if it means using more than just tax revenues the hospital has always used to purchase new equipment, including general revenue. Lucas also discussed an offer by the City of Salem to provide sewer service to the hospital and the Seville Care Center. They estimated the cost to the hospital at about $1,000 a month. The board questioned why they would do that as they currently have a lagoon, but two board members feared that one day DNR may change what is required and the hospital’s lagoon will be out of compliance. Lucas said he would try to get Jeff Meadows from Archer Engineering and a city representative to come to the next meeting to explain. He also stated he is looking for USDA grants to possibly help pay for a new roof and also a new generator. The board approved the purchase of three Zoll defibrillators, one for the Emergency Room and two for Acute Care for $49,344. They also approved the unbudgeted purchase of an Emergency Department replacement stretcher from Stryker for $5,134 and four vital sign monitors from Medline for $7,384. Two will be replacements and two will be additional monitors. The board then went into closed session.
The Salem Police Department release reports involving traffic violations, marijuana and a shoplifter. On Thursday, March 9th at 12:45 in the afternoon, a vehicle was stopped for a traffic violation. The stop led to the arrest of a 40-year old Salem male on active arrest warrants from Pike County, Missouri. He was incarcerated pending a court appearance. At 1:10 that same afternoon, an officer was detailed to the Salem High School in reference to students smoking marijuana. The report led to the detention of four male juvenile students for possessing and smoking marijuana on school grounds. The juvenile suspects were released to their parents. The report will be forwarded to the Juvenile Office. Later that afternoon at 4:53, an officer was sent to Wal-Mart in reference to a shop-lifter. The report led to the arrest of a 21-year old Salem male for stealing merchandise valued at $4.11. He was issued a summons to appear in court and released. That night at 9:47, a vehicle was stopped for a traffic violation. The stop led to the arrest of a 27-year old female of Salem for the possession of methamphetamine. She was incarcerated pending the application for warrants. On Friday, March 10th at 12:48 in the early morning, a vehicle was stopped for a traffic violation. The stop led to the arrest of a 36-year old male of Rolla on an active arrest warrant from Missouri Probation and Parole. He was incarcerated pending a court appearance. Later that afternoon at 3:38, officers were detailed to a residence in the 600 block of North Henderson in reference to an intoxicated male playing loud music and causing a peace disturbance. The report led to the arrest of a 48-year old Salem male for a peace disturbance and failure to obey a lawful order of a police officer. He was issued summonses to appear in court and released. Please contact the Salem Police Department at 729-4242 if you have any information regarding any investigation ongoing.
SPORTS [TOP]
The Salem Baseball Tigers rallied from a 6-5 deficit in the bottom of the 7th with two runs driven in on a single by Dalton Cook for a 7-6 win over Mountain Grove in Houston. The Tigers will have a double header in Houston starting today with Cuba at 4:00, then Licking at 6:30.
The Salem Track Team will host an Open track meet this afternoon at 4:00 at the Salem High School Track.
The Salem Golf Team will participate in their first match this afternoon at Mountain View. The match will start at 4:00.
Greg Garcia went 3-4 and doubled twice to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 6-1 win over Washington. Matt Carpenter had four RBI’s in the game for St. Louis. Carlos Martinez went five innings and gave up only three hits and no runs. The Cardinals will play Miami today.
Mike Moustakis and Cheslor Cuthbert each homered for the Royals and en route to their 6-2 win over San Diego Wednesday. Nathan Karns went six innings and gave up only four hits in the win. The Royals will be off today.
The St. Louis Blues will host the Vancouver Canucks tonight starting at 6:30. You can hear the game on KSMO Radio.
OBITUARIES [TOP]
Funeral services for Susan Cary Gargus of St. James, age 68, will be held Sunday at 1:00 at the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home in Steelville. Visitation will be from 11:00 until service time Sunday. Interment will be in the Keysville Cemetery in Keysville, MO.
Funeral services for Clellia June Ellerman of Salem, age 82, will be held Monday at 10:30 at the Wilson Mortuary in Salem. Visitation will be Sunday from 3:00 to 5:00 pm. Interment will be in the Cedar Grove Cemetery.
WEATHER [TOP]
Today..Mostly cloudy early with a slight chance for rain, then partly sunny, high around 66.
Tonight..Partly cloudy, low near 57.
Friday..Partly sunny early, then cloudy with a 30% chance for showers and thunderstorms, high of 71.
Friday night and Saturday..Mostly cloudy with a 90% chance for showers and thunderstorms, low of 55, high near 67.
