Your World Today – Thursday, September 1, 2016
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NEWS: Thursday, September 1, 2016
LOCAL NEWS:
Colonel J. Bret Johnson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, reminds all Missouri’s travelers to make safety the focal part of your Labor Day weekend. Col. Johnson strongly urges the use of seat belts when traveling in any kind of vehicle and life jackets when on Missouri lakes, rivers or streams. In 2015, a total of 10 people were killed and 508 injured in Missouri over the Labor Day holiday in 1,094 traffic crashes. That means one person was killed or injured every nine minutes. Of that total, troopers worked 348 traffic crashes that included 167 injuries and eight of the fatalities over the 2015 Labor Day holiday. Troopers arrested 121 people for driving while intoxicated during last year’s holiday weekend. The 2016 counting period for the Labor Day holiday will be from 6:00 Friday night and last through 11:59 Monday night, September 5th. The Highway Patrol will be participating in Operation C.A.R.E. (Combined Accident Reduction Effort) over the Labor Day holiday weekend. All available officers will be patrolling Missouri’s roadways enforcing Missouri’s speed limit, seat belt, and alcohol laws, in addition to being available to assist motorists. Troopers throughout the state will participate in a special enforcement operation on Friday and again on Monday. This operation will include Interstates 29, 44, 55, and 70, and U.S. Highways 60 and 61. Troopers will be targeting all traffic violators, and be especially vigilant of aggressive driving violations. Please buckle up in your vehicle. If you witness criminal activity or experience an emergency—whether you're on a highway, call the Patrol's Emergency Report Line at 1 (800) 525-5555 or *55 on a cellular phone.
The Dent County Fire Protection District Board of Directors will conduct their September meeting on Tuesday, September 6th at the fire station beginning at 6:00 PM. After approval of the agenda there will be a review of the minutes from the previous meeting. The Board will review financial reports and approve bills. The Board will then review the calendar of upcoming events and the monthly reimbursement report. After any old or new business will be reports on various items. The Board may then vote to go into closed session for the purpose of discussing personnel, if necessary and will set their next meeting for Tuesday, October 4th at the fire station beginning at 6:00 pm and the adjourn the meeting.
All Salem Tiger Football fans!!! Fleetwood Pyrotechnics, LLC, the pyrotechnic company who shoots the fireworks at the home football games in Salem, is asking for your cooperation in staying away from the taped off area during the games. As a safety precaution once they start loading their racks, they are the only ones allowed to be in the shoot site. Every game they tape off an area and have large yellow banners posted saying "Staging Area Keep Out," yet numerous people have crossed over their tape and ignored their signs and warnings. Fleetwood Pyrotechnics provides the fireworks on their own as a donation to the school on their dime and time. If people continue to come into the taped off area, they will have no choice but to stop shooting the fireworks. They simply CAN'T risk an injury to anyone. They have rules that must be followed or they may be at risk of losing their license. Nobody is allowed in the area so there is no reason to try to enter into the marked off area. Fleetwood Pyrotechnics LLC would appreciate your cooperation with us on this matter.
A benefit for Healthy Dent County, “Guys’ Night Out” will be held on Tuesday, September 27th from 6:00 to 8:00 at the Salem Community Center @ the Armory located at 1200 West Rolla Road. Admission is $5 and includes giveaways, door prizes and vendor demos. Admission is limited to all men and boys who are 12 years of age and older. Be sure and bring in any canned food or non-perishable food item for a chance to win a basket of items valued at $250. You will receive one ticket per item, sp the more you donate, the better your chances are to win the prizes. The food donations will be given to the Sacred Heart Food Pantry. There will also be a raffle for a chance to win a Savage Axis XP Series Rifle with a scope and your choice eight different calibers. Raffle tickers will be $20 with only 100 being sold and the winning ticket will be drawn that night. Tickets can be purchased at the Salem Community Center @ the Armory. For more information call 729-8163 or email info@salemcommunitycenter.org.
The Salem Community Center @ The Armory will be hosting a Career Fair for the Echo Bluff State Park Thursday from 10:00 in the morning until 3:00 in the afternoon at 1200 West Rolla Road in Salem. They are looking for cooks, housekeepers, servers and a housekeeping supervisor. They have an outstanding benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage along with life insurance and more. You can apply now at echobluffstatepark.com or stop by the Salem Community Center @ The Armory on Thursday.
SPORTS [TOP]
The Salem Lady Volleyball Tigers will be at Licking tonight to face the Lady Wildcats. The JV will play at 6:00 with the varsity match to follow. Salem enters the contest with a 1-4 record.
The City of Salem Youth Flag Football will have registrations now through Friday, September 2nd at the City Administration Building, located at 400 North Iron during regular business hours. All boy and girls in grades 1st through 6th can signup and the cost is $20 per child. Games will be held every Saturday starting September 24th. For more information, contact Parks & Recreation Director Tye Lydon at 729-6290.
The 12th Tiger Football Booster Club is selling Booster shirts. The shirts may be purchased at the home football games or by contacting Stephanie Floyd at 573-247-1441.
Kirk Nieuwenhuis homered and Matt Garza pitched into the eighth inning, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-1 victory Wednesday night, ending a six-game losing streak. Nieuwenhuis belted a three-run homer off Luke Weaver (1-2) in the third inning. Yadier Molina hit a solo home run in the fourth for the Cardinals. Weaver, making his fourth major league start, gave up three runs and four hits in six innings. He walked two and struck out 10. The Cards are off today and will be at Cincinnati Friday night.
The New York Yankees, trailing 4-0 after the first three innings, tied the game in the 7th inning and then pushed a run across in the top of the 13th inning and held on for a 5-4 win over the Kansas City Royals Wednesday night. The Royals got home runs from Eric Hosmer and Kendrys Morales. The Royals had only six hits in the game. Chris Young took the loss in relief as the Royals will have the day off today.
The Kansas City Chiefs will face the Green Bay Packers Thursday night at 7:00 at Arrowhead Stadium in pre-season play.
OBITUARIES [TOP]
Funeral services for Andrea "Andy” Kronable Carrell of St. James, age 44, will be held Friday morning at 11:00 at the Greentree Christian Church. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 this evening at the James and Gahr Chapel in St. James. Memorials may be made to the American Liver Association.
Funeral services for Jennie Pauline Smith of Steelville, age 88, will be held Friday at 1:00 at the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home in Steelville. Visitation will be held from 11:00 until service time Friday. Interment will be in the Berryman Cemetery.
WEATHER [TOP]
Today..Mostly cloudy early becoming sunny by the afternoon, high of 79.
Tonight..Mostly clear, low around 55.
Friday..Mostly sunny, high of 77.
Friday night..Mostly clear, low near 54.
Saturday..Mostly sunny, high around 80.
