Your World Today – Friday, October 14, 2016
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NEWS: Friday, October 14, 2016
LOCAL NEWS:
The Dent County Commissioners met Thursday for their regular meeting at the courthouse. District 2 Commissioner Gary Larson was not in attendance due an illness in his family. Rick Mannis was in attendance and asked 1st District Commissioner Dennis Purcell to report on his meeting on October 12th with the Soil and Water Districts Commission in Jefferson City (a state agency appointed by the governor) about the possibility of private water wells, both residential and agricultural, being monitored. Purcell said he got on the agenda to ask the commission about this. He was told they were developing a state water plan to address agriculture through the year 2060. There would be a two-year study through the University of Missouri that will cost $3,000,000. Their main focus was on the northern part of the state where row crops are grown with a large amount of water usage. They told Purcell the water usage in Dent County for livestock was, in their words, “inconsequential” in the overall process. Purcell asked who owns the water under the property we own, the property owner or the state, and he did not get a response by the commission. Purcell said that the commission, in order to have some input in this study, agreed by a 3-1-1 vote to allocate $300,000 from their budget toward the study. Dent County Treasurer Denita Williams said sales tax monies received in October were $67,993.67, while last year the county received $77,007.31 in October. Yet, the county is still ahead of last year’s collections by $23,417.54 which is about a 3.45% increase. The Road and Bridge Fund tax monies received were $31,427.87 which brings the year to date totals to $323,486.76. In the road report, Purcell reported grading was going to be done on Dent County Roads 5680 and 6470 with brush being cut on county road 2150. Two men will be hauling brown rock. Road Supervisor Sam Gorman reported for District 2 and said grading would be done on Dent County Roads 2050, 2060, 3220, 5280, 5300 and 6160. He stated one man would be hauling rock from the creek while another would be screening brown rock. Presiding Commissioner Darrell Skiles said he and the other two commissioners attended the South Central County Commission meeting in Houston last Friday. He said the unanimous discussion was on the prosecutor’s salary and retirement increase, and they voted to have the CCAM investigate any legal action that can be taken and pursue legislative relief and make it a priority. He also said Aaron Jeffries from the Missouri Department of Conservation gave a presentation on the feral hog situation. Dent County Clerk Angie Curley said absentee voting is going on now at her office in the courthouse and will continue until November 7th. She said 250 people have already voted absentee. Curley said the last day to request a ballot by mail is October 26th. She went on to say she spoke to the Green Forest 4-H group and registered three voters while there. She discussed the importance of youth participating in the election process. Curley did say people are welcome to stop by her office and pick up a sample ballot, or they can read it in the Salem News next week. With the number of ballot issues this year, she recommends people look at the ballot and read about the issues before voting. Also, if you have changed addresses, you need to stop by the county clerk’s office to update your voter registration card, or if you are not sure where you vote, contact her office at 729-4144. The commission went into closed session just after 11:00 to discuss contracts. After closed session, the commission voted to approve a contract for services with Shive-Hattery Architect, Engineering and Consulting firm for a new Dent County jail/justice center. The contract for services covers all aspects of the project and will begin immediately. At the last meeting, MFA Oil received the low bid on unleaded gasoline at $1.759 per gallon and Phil-Mart received the low bid for 7,000 gallons of diesel at $1.72 per gallon. Also Sean Bieler from the Mark Twain National Forest came in to discuss the Huzzah Pond Title II project agreement. The next meeting of the Dent County Commission will be Monday morning at the courthouse at 9:00 and the meeting is open to the public.
SPORTS [TOP]
The Salem Football Tigers will host the Cabool Bulldogs tonight starting at 7:00. It will be Senior Night where the senior boys are honored prior to the game. Salem enters the game with a 4-4 record and in 5th place in the Class 3, District 1 race. You can hear the game on KSMO Radio, online at ksmoradio.com, and streaming live on fidelitylocal6.com. The game will be recorded for playback on Fidelity Local 6 & 406.
The Missouri Football Tigers will be at Florida this Saturday starting with the pre-game show at 1:00 with the game to follow at 3:00 on KSMO. Missouri is 2-3 on the season.
Nail Yakupov had a goal and an assist and Jake Allen made several big saves as the St. Louis Blues beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 Thursday night. The Blues have won four of their five home openers. Yakupov put the St. Louis Blues ahead 2-1 on a slap shot at 12:36 of the second. He later found Magnus Paajarvi as the last man on a 3-on-2 rush to give the Blues a 3-1 lead early in the third. The Blues will host the New York Rangers Saturday night at 6:30 on KSMO Radio.
OBITUARIES [TOP]
Funeral services for Jennifer Lynn (Adamick) Snider of Pleasant Hope, formerly of Salem, age 42, will be held this morning at 10:00 am at the Green Lawn North Funeral Home in Springfield, MO. Interment will be in the Hazelwood Cemetery in Springfield, MO.
Graveside services for Betty Jean Campbell, of Salem, age 78, will be held today at 2:00 at the Myrtle Cemetery in Myrtle, Mo. All arrangements are under the direction of the Carter Funeral Home in Thayer.
Funeral Mass for Calvin L. Becklenberg of Vichy, age 87, will be held Saturday morning at 10:00 at the St. Patrick Catholic Church in Rolla. Visitation will be tonight from 5:00 to 7:00 at the James and Gahr Mortuary in Rolla. Interment will be in the Country Side Memorial Garden in Owensville.
Funeral services for Robert Eugene Durrett of St. James, age 83, will be held Saturday morning at 11:00 at the St. James Chapel of James and Gahr Mortuary. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 today. Interment will be in the Matlock Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Rolla Sheltered Workshop.
Funeral services for Gladys Oder of Steelville, age 95, will be held Sunday at 1:00 at the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 11:00 until service time Sunday. Interment will be in the Knights of Pythias Cemetery in Washington, Missouri.
Funeral services for Walter Banning of Steelville, age 89, will be held Sunday at 3:00 at the Lakewood Missionary Baptist Church in Shirley, MO. Visitation will be held Saturday from 5:00 to 8:00 at the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home in Steelville, and from 1:00 until service time Sunday at the Lakewood Missionary Baptist Church. Interment will be in the Lakewood Cemetery.
Funeral services Mary Lou Seneker of Salem, age 88, will be held Monday at 1:00 at the James and Gahr Mortuary in Salem. Visitation will be from 11:00 until service time. Interment will be it the North Lawn Cemetery.
WEATHER [TOP]
Today..Mostly cloudy with a 40% chance for showers this morning, high of 67.
Tonight..Mostly cloudy, low of 58.
Saturday..Partly sunny and breezy, high around 78.
Saturday night..Partly cloudy, low of 63.
Sunday..Mostly sunny, high of 81.
Sunday night..Partly cloudy, low near 65.
Monday..Mostly sunny and warmer, high around 85.
