Your World Today – Tuesday, April 5, 2016
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NEWS: Tuesday, April 5, 2016
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A Municipal Election was held Tuesday for the City of Salem mayor and aldermanic positions, school boards, and the City of Salem’s use tax proposition. A total of 1,475 ballots were cast. Only the races that do not need results from other counties are being reported. The unofficial results for the election are:
* indictates winner.
Salem Mayor
Brad Nash* 471 votes
J.J. Tune 327 votes
Salem East Ward Alderman
Kim Shelton* 235 votes
Jerry (Jay) Gibbs, Jr. 119 votes
Salem West Ward Alderman
Tyler McConnell 107 votes
Molly Coffman Zelttel* 223 votes
Steven R. Connors 107 votes
Salem Sales Tax Proposition
Yes 287 votes
No* 466 votes
The Dent County Commissioners met Monday for their regular meeting at the courthouse. In the road report, District 1 Commissioner Dennis Purcell stated materials would be added and grading done on Dent County Roads 6350 and 6490. He also indicated only grading would be done on county roads 5525 and 6255 while brush would be cut on county road 4280. In District 2, Commissioner Gary Larson reported grading would be done on Dent County Roads 2330 and 5260 while materials would be added and grading done on county road 4050. Presiding Commissioner Darrell Skiles read to the commissioners a Proclamation for National Service Recognition Day that is to be held April 5th. Sarah Hultine-Massengale from the Dent County Extension and Ben Latimer from Americorp attended the meeting representing the proclamation. The commissioners approved the Proclamation by a 3-0 vote. Skiles said the Proclamation is a way to say “thank you” to those who serve and find ways to give back to their communities. It was also announced the Road and Bridge Department will put out for chip and seal bids and those bids are due back on April 18th at 10:00 in the morning. At 10:00, superintendents or representatives from all Dent County schools were in attendance to discuss the county looking into a FEMA Hazard Mitigation plan. Dent County is the only county in the State of Missouri that is not in the plan. The county had a public hearing back in October of 2006 concerning the Federal Hazard Mitigation Plan at the Salem City Hall Auditorium and a large number of people attended with a number of concerns that could not answered to their satisfaction by Will Roberts who was supposed to be well versed in FEMA codes. It was just a few days later that in a combined meeting with the Salem Board of Aldermen that both the commission and city agreed not to adopt the plan. Oak Hill R-1 Superintendent Deron Gibbs explained the state of Missouri received FEMA funds from a state of emergency declared for flooding from December 23rd of 2015 through January 9th of 2016. Gibbs said 20% of the money from the total amount of the emergency funds is put into a pool to be used for low water crossing repairs, tornado safe rooms and other flood related matters. Since Dent County is not part of the FEMA Hazard Mitigation Plan, the local school districts do not have the ability to apply for these funds to create Tornado Safe Rooms. Gibbs said his R-1 Board of Education and Kevin Prugh from Green Forest R-2 have adopted resolutions to ask the county to look creating a plan. Northwood R-4 and Salem R-80 Boards will discuss resolutions at their next meetings while a Dent-Phelps R-3 representative said this was a county issue, but they do not want to impede any district from applying for these funds. Commissioner Darrell Skiles said local financial institutions did not want Dent County to be a part of the plan if it meant property in Dent County would fall under the National Flood Insurance Program. Skiles was told by MRPC representative Tammy Snodgrass that she did not believe the county had to be in that program to have a plan. The actual dollar cost would be about $3,600 to the county to have a plan created and the plan would have to be renewed every five years at a cost to the county. He said the process to get a plan completed would take about a year. Skiles did feel it was not right for a government agency to dangle money in front of school districts and tell them they could have access to it IF they can get the county government to adopt a federal plan. The Commissioners agreed they would look into doing a plan very carefully after doing more research, but it would be one written so as not to infringe on citizens private property rights and meet the concerns of the citizens of Dent County. The next meeting of the Dent County Commissioners will be Thursday at 9:00 at the courthouse and the meeting is open to the public.
SPORTS [TOP]
Jon Arzt RBI single in the 7th inning was the difference as Salem edged Mountain View-Liberty Monday, 3-2. Kory Ramsey went the distance on the mound giving up two runs on seven hits while striking out 15. Ramsey went 3-3 in the game with a homer for Salem in the game who have won five straight games and are 5-2 on the year. They will be at St. James today starting at 4:10 on KSMO Radio.
The Salem Tennis Team beat Willow Springs last Thursday, 5 matches to 4. They are 3-0 on the year and will be at Waynesville today at 4:00.
The Salem Golf Tigers took 2nd at Mountain Grove last Thursday with a score of 221. Matt Russell led the way for the Tigers shooting a 47. Keion Owen, Logan Gambill, and Lucas Plumley all shot a 58. The golf team will be at Willow Springs today at 4:00.
The Salem Track Teams will be at Mountain View-Liberty for a meet at 4:00.
The St. Louis Cardinals will be at Pittsburgh tonight to face the Pirates starting at 6:00 in the second game of the three game series. KSMO will join the game in progress after Salem Tiger Baseball. Michael Wacha will start for the Cards tonight.
The Kansas City Royals will host the New York Mets today at 3:15 in the 2nd game of their two game set.
Vladimir Tarasenko's 37th goal midway through the third period was the go-ahead score for the St. Louis Blues, who scored five straight goals in a 5-2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Monday night to tie for first place in the Western Conference. The Blues and Stars each have 105 points, also tied for the Central Division lead. The Blues play Blackhawks Thursday at 7:30.
OBITUARIES [TOP]
Funeral services for Ruth E. Garrett of Salem, age 93, will be held this morning at 11:00 at the Salem Christian Church in Salem. Visitation will be held prior to the service from 9:00 until service time. Interment will be in the Cedar Grove Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Backpacks for Kids program and Project Win. All arrangements are under the direction of the Dent County Memorial Chapel.
Funeral services for Dolores Reising, age 80, will be held Wednesday at 11:00 at the First Baptist Church in Salem. Visitation will be held tomorrow from 5:00 until 7:00. Interment will be at Belleville Gardens Cemetery in Crevecoeur, Missouri. All arrangements are under the direction of the Dent County Memorial Chapel.
Funeral services for Dorothy Ellen Tipton of Salem, age 85, will be held Thursday at 11:00 at the Wilson Mortuary in Salem. Visitation will be Wednesday from 6:00 to 8:00. Interment will be in the Cedar Grove Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Charity of your Choice.
Funeral services for Fay J. Haxton, age 89, will be held Thursday at 11:00 at the New Hope Church in Salem. Visitation will be held prior to service from 11:00 to 1:00. Interment will be in the Cedar Grove Cemetery. All arrangements are under the direction of the Dent County Memorial Chapel.
Memorial services for Melvin “Mel” Andrew Russell of Davisville, age 68, will be held Saturday at 11:00 at the Britton-Bennett Funeral Homes in Steelville. Visitation will be at 11:00. Memorials may be given to the Davisville American Legion Post.
WEATHER [TOP]
Today..Mostly sunny, high of 59.
Tonight..Mostly cloudy with a 40% chance for showers after midnight, low of 49.
Wednesday..Mostly cloudy early with a 50% chance for showers before 2:00 PM, then partly cloudy, high of 65.
Wednesday night..Partly cloudy, low near 38.
