Your World Today – Monday, May 23, 2016
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NEWS: Monday, May 23, 2016
LOCAL NEWS:
The Salem R-80 Board of Education held their board meeting Thursday evening at the district administrative offices. In the superintendent ‘s report, Superintendent John McColloch indicated revenues for the school were up this past year to about 11.9 million dollars while the expenses have remained fairly stable at 9.756 million dollars. After all expenses are in for the school including the last payroll, that should leave an additional $500,000 or so more than last year. McColloch said the school will again be able to transfer 7% to Fund 4 this year with that excess. The excess funds also allowed McColloch to recommend increasing the base pay for new teachers to the district from $30,250 to $30,750. He felt this was necessary as Salem came in 45th in salaries out of 80 schools in the southeast region, but they are lower than most schools their same size. This increase will also bump up other salaries on the step salary schedule. The cost of this 1.3% salary increase to the district should be about $103,000 which includes taxes and benefits. Assistant Superintendent John Smith said the MAP and EOC tests are all complete and went very well. He said the preliminary scores are very good and he looks forward to seeing the official results. All the schools reported that over 92% of the students were at school more than 90% of the time. Special congratulations went to the Middle School Archery Team who qualified for the NASP World Championship in Myrtle beach, South Carolina in June. It was also noted that 14 of the 16 archers for the middle school were academic archers that means they have a GPA of 3.25 or higher. High School Principal Marty Amderson reported that the juniors and seniors participated in the ACT Workkeys testing this year and Dent County is now a certified Work Ready County. He said the high school is also initiating an ACT Hall of Fame for those students who score or have scored a 28 or higher on the ACT test as their name will be put on the board. Superintendent John McColloch asked the board to table the Healthy Dent County Renewal until the June meeting. He said he supports the renewal but is currently working with Executive Director Sherry Lea on trying to maximize benefits for the school’s investment. McColloch asked board to approve most of the suggested MSBA policies as is or with a slight adjustment, but asked that two of them be rescinded as they do not accurately apply to the polices at the Salem High School. The board followed his suggestion. The board approved the Professional Development Plan for 2016/2017 of which 1% of school revenues are to be allocated. That amount comes to about $44,000. The board approved the building handbooks for next year with very few changes. The most notable change will be at the middle school who will adopt the high school policies on attendance and cell phones. The board accepted the resignations of FFA Advisor Josh Mareth, Business Education instructor Derek Durham, Girls Softball Coach and Physical Education Teacher Stanley Crum, High School Math Teacher Gary O’Day, Assistant Band Director Phillip Giacomelli and Assistant Varsity Track Coach Natalie Sellers. The board then went into closed session.
An accident occurred Thursday morning at 10:00 in Dent County on Highway B about 15 miles southeast of Salem. According to the highway patrol report, a 1994 Chevrolet Astro Van driven by 58-year old Leatha Lee of Centerville was traveling westbound and traveled off the right side of the road. The van struck a mailbox and two trees. Lee suffered minor injuries and was transported by the Salem ambulance to the Salem Memorial District Hospital. She was wearing a seat restraint at the time of the accident. The Chevrolet Astro Van was totaled and removed from the scene by Schwartz’s Towing Service. The Dent County Sheriff’s Office and the Jadwin Fire Department assisted the highway patrol.
The Salem Police Department has released some reports. On Thursday, May 12th at 12:12 in the afternoon, an officer located a 28-year old male of Salem near the 100 block of Independence Drive who had an active arrest warrant from Phelps County. After attempting to flee, he was taken into custody on the warrant and for resisting arrest. He was incarcerated pending extradition. Late that night at 10:10, a vehicle was stopped for a traffic violation. The investigation of the stop led to the arrest of a 24-year old male of St. Louis for driving while having their license suspended. He was issued a summons to appear in court and released. Please contact the Salem Police Department at 729-4242 if you have any information regarding an ongoing investigation.
SPORTS [TOP]
The Salem Tigers Tennis Team lost to Warrensburg in the first round of the state playoffs on Saturday morning by a 5-1 margin. Springfield Catholic defeated Thomas Jefferson and then Warrensburg to win the Sectional and move to the state final four. Congratulations Coach Hubbs and the Tiger Tennis Team on a fine season!!!
Troy Brouwer and Kyle Brodziak each scored twice, Jake Allen stopped 31 shots in his first start of the postseason and the St. Louis Blues bounced back from consecutive shutout losses to beat the San Jose Sharks 6-3 on Saturday to even the Western Conference final at two games apiece. The Blues had two power play goals in the game and one of Brodziak's goals came shorthanded. Game 5 of the best of seven series is tonight in St. Louis starting at 7:00. You can hear the game on ksmoradio.com at 6:30.
Zack Greinke threw eight strong innings and Paul Goldschmidt drove in a pair of runs to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 7-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday. Arizona scored three runs in the first off Jaime Garcia (3-4), who gave up five runs and 10 hits in 2 1-3 innings. Brandon Moss homered for Cardinals, who fell to 3-3 on their nine-game homestand. The Cards start a three game series with the Cubs tonight starting at 6:20 on KSMO Radio.
Todd Frazier tied for the AL lead with his 13th home run, Melky Cabrera drove in two runs and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 Sunday to avoid getting swept for the first time this season. Yordano Ventura (4-3) gave up three runs and six hits in six innings for the Royals, who were trying for their first road series sweep. The Royals will be in Minnesota tonight.
OBITUARIES [TOP]
Funeral services for Arnette Shelby of Salem, age 83, will be held Tuesday at 1:00 at the Dent County James and Gahr Mortuary. Visitation will be from 11:00 until service time Tuesday. Interment will be in the Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Funeral services for Ronnie Lee Norris of Salem, age 56, will be held Tuesday at 1:00 at the Wilson Mortuary in Salem. Visitation will be from 11:00 until service time. Interment will be in the Stone Hill Cemetery. Memorials may be given to the family for funeral expenses.
Funeral services for Mesa Evon Kibbons of Rolla, will be held Tuesday at 1:00 at the St. James Chapel of the James and Gahr Mortuary. Interment will be in the St. James Cemetery.
WEATHER [TOP]
Today..Mostly sunny, high of 81.
Tonight..Mostly cloudy with a 30% chance for showers after midnight, low of 58.
Tuesday..Partly cloudy with a 40% chance for showers and thunderstorms, high near 80.
Tuesday night..Mostly cloudy, low of 65.
Wednesday..Cloudy with a 50% chance for showers & thunderstorms, high of 83.
