Your World Today – Tuesday, October 18, 2016
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NEWS: Tuesday, October 18, 2016
LOCAL NEWS:
The Dent County Commission met Monday morning at the courthouse. Presiding Commissioner Darrell Skiles provided some details to the contract signed last Thursday with Shive-Hattery on a new jail/justice center. This will be a three phase project starting with a feasibility study of rehabbing the current jail and offices, plus also do a facility assessment to address needs like courtrooms, jail, offices etc. After that, the planning, design and layout phase will give the commissioners an idea of what they are looking at before the final phase of putting together a public awareness campaign begins. The contract calls for a cost of $40,000 plus other limited expenses for this pre-bond service. If the project moves forward, $20,000 of the original cost will go toward the project final cost plus Shive-Hattery will get 8% of the project cost or $999,000 whichever is higher. They are looking to have some information to the commission by December. In the road report, District 1 Commissioner Dennis Purcell said grading would be done on Dent County Roads 5610, 4080 and 6080. He said crossove pipes would be installed on county road 5610 in preparation of the Title 2 Road Improvement Project that will cost between $16,000 and $17,000. Purcell said he would be attending the South Central Community Action Agency Committee meeting today and updated his report from Thursday on the Water Study by the University of Missouri to accumulate an inventory of Missouri water sources and how agriculture will be affected by year 2060. He said he spoke with Representative Jeff Pogue about the funding of this project and wanted to know where the money was coming from beside the $300,000 from the Soil and Water Districts. Sam Gorman gave the District 2 road report for Commissioner Larson who was absent due to a sick family member. He said grading was going to be done on Dent County Roads 2050, 3190, 3270, 3273, 3275 and 4437. He said brush would be cut on county roads 2550 and 2560 and brown rock was being hauled in from the creek. Presiding Commissioner Darrell Skiles said Preston Kramer and Bonnie Prigge will be at the commissioner meeting on November 10th at 10:00 in the morning to discuss regional transportation needs in Dent County. He also said the MRPC approved the update to the Revolving Loan Fund plan. Dent County Clerk Angie Curley said she has had over 300 absentee requests and the last day to vote absentee will be November 7th. She said her office will be open November 5th from 8:00 AM until noon for absentee voting. Curley said people still have time to come in with an address change or if they want to pick up a sample ballot. There are numerous ballot issues that people can read before they get to the polls and the sample ballots are free and available at the courthouse. The next meeting of the Dent County Commissioners will be Thursday morning and the meeting is open to the public.
The Salem Memorial District Hospital Board of Directors will conduct their October meeting tonight in the hospital library beginning at 6:00 PM. The Board will approve the minutes from the August, 16th public tax meeting and regular September 27th meeting. Chief Financial Officer Monica Gargus will update the Board with the summary of operations and statistic reports for the month of September followed by the Chief Nursing Officer Mary Lou Brooks report. Hospital Administrator Kasey Lucas will then report on various marketing activities and community involvement, the hospital foundation, give a report on the hospital auxiliary as well as legislative issues. Lucas will update the Board on patient satisfaction survey results for the emergency department and SMDH family medicine. During old business, the Board will conduct the annual bylaw review and review the status of the hospital districts. Then in new business, the Board will address purchases made for the hospital. The October meeting of the Salem Memorial District Hospital Board of Directors is open to the public.
The Salem Police Department released reports involving a missing juvenile, and a disturbance. On Friday, October 7th at 10:36 pm, an officer was contacted at the station in reference to a missing juvenile. It was reported that a 16-year old male juvenile of Salem had not come home and was unable to be located. The juvenile was later located and returned home. On Sunday, October 9th at 3:14 in the afternoon, an officer located a 27-year old Salem female at a residence in the 400 block of South Macarthur who had an active arrest warrant from the City of Salem. She was taken into custody on the warrant and incarcerated pending a court appearance. On Monday, October 10th at 1:47 in the afternoon, an officer was detailed to a residence in the 800 block of South Hickory in reference to a disturbance. The report revealed a 28-year old Salem male had damaged the glass in a door during a dispute. He was taken into custody for property damage and issued a summons to appear in court and released. On Tuesday, October 11th at 1:10 in the early morning, an officer located a 57-year old male of Edgar Springs in the Wal-Mart parking lot who had an active arrest warrant from Crawford County, Missouri. He was taken into custody on the warrant and later released with a date to appear in court after posting bond. Please contact the Salem Police Department at 729-4242 if you have any information regarding any ongoing investigation.
SPORTS [TOP]
The Salem Lady Volleyball Tigers lost to St. Clair in District play in two straight games at Sullivan to end their season with a 5-23-1 record.
The St. Louis Blues will be in Vancouver tonight to face the Canucks starting with the pre-game show on KSMO Radio at 8:30. The Blues are 3-0 on the young season but had three players: Kyle Brodziak, Jori Lehtera and Carl Gunnarsson all sustain lower-body injuries Saturday against the New York Rangers. Only Jori Lehtera will not be making the three game road trip to Western Canada due to his injuries.
The NHL announced that a limited number of tickets to the 2017 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic at Busch Stadium between the Chicago Blackhawks and the hometown St. Louis Blues will go on sale to the public THIS MORNING at 10:00. Tickets to the January 2nd game between the Chicago Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues and the alumni game between the two franchises on December 31st will be available for purchase via www.Ticketmaster.com and www.Ticketmaster.ca, the official ticket marketplace of the NHL. Each ticket purchased to the 2017 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic will be part of a strip that includes a ticket to the alumni game. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis, while supplies last.
OBITUARIES [TOP]
Funeral services for Iva May Fernandes of Salem, age 74, will be held Thursday at noon at the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be Thursday from 10:00 until service time. Memorials may be made the New Harmony Cemetery. Interment will be in the New Harmony Cemetery.
Funeral services for Bill Krewson of Licking, age 76, will be held Thursday at 2:00 at the United Methodist Church in Licking. Visitation will be from 12:00 until service time. All arrangements are under the direction of the Fox Funeral Home in Licking.
Graveside Memorial Services for Joe Ray of Salem, age 68, will be held Saturday at 3:00 at the Patterson Cemetery. All arrangements are under the direction of the Wilson Mortuary in Salem.
Graveside services for Catherine G. Sheppard of Boss, age 82, will be held Thursday at one at Myers Cemetery in Oates Missouri. Interment will be in the New Harmony Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of the Mcspadden Funeral Home in Bunker.
Funeral services for Zelda Parker of Boss, age 98, will be held Thursday at ten at the Macedonia Baptist Church in Boss. Visitation will be Wednesday from 5-8:00 PM. Interment will be in the Boss Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of the Mcspadden Funeral Home in Bunker.
WEATHER [TOP]
Today..Mostly cloudy and breezy, high of 81.
Tonight..Mostly cloudy with a 20% chance for showers and thunderstorms after midnight, low of 59.
Wednesday..Cloudy with a 70% chance for showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon, high of 72.
Wednesday night..Cloudy with a 70% chance for showers and thunderstorms, low of 53.
Thursday..Sunny, high around 65.
