Your World Today – Wednesday, June 15, 2016
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NEWS: Wednesday, June 15, 2016
LOCAL NEWS:
Dent County Collector Dennis Medlock wants to remind everyone that if your 2013 Real Estate Taxes are still due and owing, you MUST pay them in full by June 30th to avoid paying an additional $25 per parcel for advertising costs in the Salem News. If you have not paid your 2013 Real Estate Taxes, you can do so now only by cash, debit card, credit card, money order or cashiers check. NO PERSONAL CHECKS WILL BE ACCEPTED!!! Also there have been some changes in the delinquent tax sale laws. If you do NOT pay your 2013 Real Estate Tax IN FULL by June 30th, then ALL three years (2013, 2014 and 2015) will be declared due by August 19th. If the taxes are still not paid by that date, this parcel will be sold at the tax sale on August 22nd, 2016. If you do not understand the new tax sale law or you have other questions, please contact the Dent County Collectors office at 729-3911 between 8:00 in the morning and 4:30 in the afternoon, or stop by the Dent County Courthouse, Monday through Friday.
At 2:40 Monday afternoon an accident occurred in Crawford County on Liberty Road about a mile east of Highway TT. According to the highway patrol report a2004 Pontiac Montana driven by 55-year old Karen Hebert of Steelville was traveling eastbound, failed to negotiate a curve and went off the right side of the roadway and struck a ditch. Hebert suffered minor injuries and was transported to Missouri Baptist in Sullivan. She was wearing a seat restraint at the time of the accident. The Pontiac was totaled and removed from the scene by Miles Towing.
In commemoration of the Cherokee Removal 178 years ago, and the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, a welcome for the Remember the Removal bicycle riders and a youth symbolic walk in the park will be held beginning at 9:00 AM on Friday, June 17th in Laughlin Park, Waynesville, Missouri. The morning will begin with brief remarks of support to the riders passing through, and to the continuing effort by the National Park Service and its partners to preserve and develop the national historic trail for increased public awareness and use. Participating in the event will be partners and officials from the Cherokee Nation, the 2016 Cherokee Remember the Removal bicycle riders, the Trail of Tears Association (TOTA), the City of Waynesville, and Pulaski County Tourism Bureau. For more information contact Deloris Gray Wood at 729-2545.
Ozark National Scenic Riverways will offer several activities on June 18th and 19th in celebration of the National Park Service Centennial. The Father’s Day Fishing Weekend will include several activities at Round Spring and Alley Spring that will provide opportunities to spend a day with Dad enjoying the Riverways. On Saturday, June 18th, registered participants can learn about fishing with a park ranger on a float trip from Bay Creek to Alley Spring and wet a lure in the Jacks Fork trophy smallmouth bass area. Participants can expect to learn lure selection, fish identification, casting techniques, and catch/release practices. Canoes, paddles and personal flotation devices will be provided. Participants should provide personal gear, fishing equipment, and a valid Missouri fishing license. Pre-registration is required. Contact Ranger Josh Chilton at (573) 226-3945. Fly fishing will be the focus of activities at Round Spring. On Saturday, June 18th, join the Ozark Fly Fishing Association at campsite #28 in the Round Spring Campground for a display and information. A program on fly fishing will be conducted at 8:30 p.m. at the Round Spring amphitheater. On Sunday, June 19th, fly fisherman Mark Van Patton will lead a fly fishing clinic from 10 a.m. to noon at the Round Spring Lower Landing. All equipment will be provided. Mr. Van Patton is a fisheries biologist for Missouri Department of Conservation and has spent 50 years pursuing any species of fish that can be enticed to take a hand-tied fly. For program information, contact Ranger Dave Tobey at (573) 323-8093.
Captain James W. Remillard, the commanding officer of Troop I, announces that sometime during the month of June, troopers assigned to Troop I will participate in a special enforcement operation that will target drivers committing hazardous moving violations. This particular operation will be conducted in Phelps and Crawford counties, and will target violations that commonly cause traffic crashes. Statistics show that inattention is a contributing factor in many traffic crashes. Vehicles being driven by individuals who are not paying attention may cross the centerline and travel into the path of an oncoming vehicle. In other situations, inattention will result in drivers allowing their vehicle to travel off the highway. If not careful, these drivers will overcorrect as they attempt to steer back onto the road, which may also result in a traffic crash. The troopers involved in this operation will target all violations, including speed and driving while impaired, which may result in a traffic crash.
Healthy Dent County and the Dent County Extension are offering a Farm to Table Summer Camp for children in the 5th through 7th grades. The camp will be held right here in Salem at the Salem Community Garden June 20th through the 24th from 8:30 in the morning until 3:00 each afternoon. There is a charge of $60 per child. To register for the camp or for more information about the camp, call Ben Latimer at 729-3196 or you can stop by the extension office in the Judicial Building.
SPORTS [TOP]
Doug Fister pitched effectively into the eighth inning and gave the Houston Astros breathing room with a two-run single in a 5-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night. Matt Adams and Brandon Moss homered for the Cardinals, whose season-best five-game winning streak ended. The Cardinals play the Astros tonight at 6:15. You can hear the game on KSMO Radio starting at 5:20 with the pre-game show.
Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning, and the Kansas City Royals held on through a shaky ninth to beat the Cleveland Indians 3-2 on Tuesday night. Joakim Soria (3-2) pitched a scoreless eighth inning for Kansas City. The Royals finish up their series with the Cleveland Indians tonight at 7:15.
OBITUARIES [TOP]
Funeral services for Claudine Thelma Edwards of Salem, age 106, will be held this morning at 11:00 at the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Interment will be in the Miner Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Miner Cemetery.
Funeral services for Vesta Brawley of Salem, age 92, will be held today at 2:00 at the James and Gahr Mortuary in Salem. Visitation will be from noon until service time Wednesday. There will be no interment.
Funeral services for John “Joe” Bruno of Salem, age 77, will be held Friday at 10:00 at the Sacred Hearth Catholic Church. Visitation will be Thursday from 5:00 t0 7:00 at the James and Gahr Dent County of Salem. Interment will be in the Victor Cemetery.
Funeral services for Derin D. Lewis of Rolla, age 50, will be held Friday at 2:00 at the James and Gahr Mortuary in Rolla. Visitation will be from 1:00 until service time. Interment will be in the Flat Grove Cemtery. Memorials are suggested to the Derin Lewis family for funeral expenses.
A Celebration of Life for John Lewis Wyss of St. James, age 96, will be held Friday at 3:00 and last until sunset at the Rolla National Airport in Vichy. Memorials may be made to the Missouri Veteran’s Home in St. James or Shriner’s Hospital. All arrangements are under the direction of the James and Gahr Mortuary in St. James.
Funeral services for Mr. Harrison “Pug” Edwards, of Licking, age 88, will be held Saturday at 10:00 at the Salem Lutheran Church. Visitation will be Friday from 6:00 to 8:00 at the Fox Chapel in Licking. Visitation will be Saturday at the church from 9:00 until service time. All arrangements are under the direction of the Fox Funeral Home in Licking.
WEATHER [TOP]
Today..Mostly sunny& humid, high around 93 with a heat index of 101.
Tonight..Mostly clear, low near 70.
Thursday..Mostly sunny and hot with a high of 95 and heat index of 103.
Thursday night..Partly cloudy, low of 72.
Friday..Mostly sunny, high of 91.
