Your World Today – Friday, October, 21, 2016
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NEWS: Friday, October 21, 2016
LOCAL NEWS:
The Dent County Commissioners met Thursday morning in the Dent County Courthouse. Dent County Treasurer Denita Williams was in with the CART receipts of $59,240.43 for October. She stated that the year to date amount was down by $523.13 and the total received for the year is $562,954.28. Williams added that the receipts for October of 2015 were $61,289.44. In the road report District One Commissioner Dennis Purcell reported that overnight rainfall in his district was 2 to 4 inches so crews were out checking for downed trees and washouts and will be making needed repairs. He went on to say that a crew was repairing a rear tire on the backhoe and when that repair was completed, they would be installing crossover pipes on Dent County Road 5610 and at the junction of county roads 5610 and 5620, plus patching some chip and seal on 5610. Purcell said that he attended a Tourism Committee meeting Monday where three proposals were approved and two completed projects were approved for reimbursement. He added that Tuesday evening he attended the 21 member South Central Community Action Board meeting where he nominated Doug Walter for president of the Board and Walter was elected. District Two Commissioner Gary Larson said his district
received rainfall in excess of 4 inches so his crews were also checking for washouts and downed trees and would be adding materials where needed. He added that truck #115 had a flat tire that was being repaired and that Dent County’s end of Public Lane 401 was being “opened up.” Dent County’s portion is a county road and will be receiving a road number, plus that information will be given to Dent County Rural Addressing. Presiding Commissioner Darrell Skiles expressed his congratulations to Healthy Dent County Task Force on recent awards received. Dent County Clerk Angie Curley reported that several people had picked up sample ballots from her office. She reminded voters that absentee voting continues through November 7th and that the last day for absentee ballots to be mailed out is October 26th. Curley noted that the general election is November 8th and that the polls will be open from 6:00 am until 7:00 pm. She reminded voters that anyone with a name, address change, or questions should contact her office at 729-4144. The Commissioners voted 3-0 to solicit propane bids which will be opened at 10:00 am November 3rd. Darrell Decker was in to give the Commissioners an update on County’s insurance for 2017. The next regular meeting of the Commission will be Monday morning at 9:00 in the Courthouse and the meeting will be open to the public.
The Salem Memorial District Hospital Board of Directors met for the regular meeting Tuesday evening at the hospital library. Following the audit report from Andrew Williams from BKD, LLP, the board voted to appoint Sue Terry from Hospital District 4 to replace the late Ken Sheriff. She will join the board at the next meeting and will serve until the Municipal Election next April. Chief Financial Officer Monica Gargus gave the summary of operations for September that showed the hospital had a gain from operations of $103,343 with an excess of revenues over expenses of $105,967. Cash decreased during the month $263,980 due to having to payback Medicare, while the days in accounts receivable actually dropped to 53. Chief Nursing Officer Debbie Hines reported during the month there were 67 acute care admissions plus 816 emergency room visits with an average turnaround time of 110 minutes. Also during the month, there were 174 ambulance runs with 131 patients transported to the hospital, 46 surgery cases, 2,044 outpatient registrations, 214 home health visits, 9,245 lab tests, 1,013 radiological procedures, 175 CT scans, 25 MRI scans, 11 nuclear med scans, 674 rehab treatments, 161 dialysis treatments and 308 clinical visits. Hospital Administrator Kasey Lucas stated the Hospital Auxiliary will have a Scrubs and Beyond sale on October 27th at the hospital library and the Christmas Wreath sale continues until October 31st. Their next meeting will be November 1st at noon at the Salem Community Center @ the Armory. Lucas said the Hospital Foundation 5K run/walk will be held November 5th at Montauk State Park starting at 9:00. The first 100 people who sign up will get a T-shirt and a goody bag. Lucas reported a People Centric dashboard update will be given at the November meeting. He went over the Patient Satisfaction Survey Results for the Emergency Department as well as the SMDH Family Medicine where the results were very good if not excellent in virtually all areas. Lucas said progress is still being made on the full time Veteran’s Clinic at the hospital and he hopes that everything can be worked out by December. The annual by –law review was tabled until November and Lucas said he has spoken with all the county commissions about eliminating the voting districts. Many commissions wanted to visit with constituents in those districts to see if they had any reservations about it becoming an at-large vote. Lucas said he and Hospital Attorney Mark Weaver are preparing a resolution for the commissions to use if they want to eliminate the voting districts. He went on to say with the increase in patient demand in the Rehab Department, the hospital has elected to move them in to Physicians Office Building Two on October 24th and 25th from Physicians Office Building One. The Board approved the purchase of an additional telescope for the Urology Department from Olympus for $28,625 as the amount of urology procedures has been increasing through Dr. Kaczmarek. The board then went into closed session.
SPORTS [TOP]
The Salem Football Tigers will be at Potosi tonight at 7:00 in the first round of Class 3, District 1 action. Admission is $3.00 for adults and $2.00 for students and senior citizens. Salem enters the game with a 5-4 record and Potosi has a 4-5 record. You can hear the game on KSMO Radio and online at ksmoradio.com.
Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist as the Edmonton Oilers won their second straight game in a strong start to the season, defeating the St. Louis Blues 3-1 on Thursday night. The Blues have now lost two straight games and they will be in Calgary Saturday night starting at 8:30.
The Missouri Football Tigers will host Middle Tennessee in their Homecoming game Saturday starting at 3:00. The pre-game show starts at 1:00 on KSMO Radio. Missouri is 2-4 on the year.
The City of Salem Youth Basketball League signups for all boys and girls in 1st thru 6th grade and are going on now through November 18th at the Salem Administrative Office located at 400 North Iron. Leagues will be held December 17th & 31st and January 7th and 14th at the Salem High School Gym. The cost is $25 per player. For more information call Parks & Recreation Director Tye Lydon at 729-6290.
OBITUARIES [TOP]
Memorial services for William Michael Click Jr. of Sullivan, age 49, will be today from 1:00 to 3:00 at the James and Gahr Mortuary in St. James. Memorials may be made to the James and Gahr Mortuary in St. James for funeral expenses.
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.
Funeral services for Freeda I. McCarter of Salem, age 69, will be Monday at 11:00 AM at the Salem Chapel of James and Gahr Mortuary. Visitation will be Sunday from 2:00 to 4:00. Interment will be in the Miner Cemetery.
Funeral services for Shari Lou Hamm of Salem, age 46, will be held Tuesday at 1:00 at the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be held Tuesday from 11:00 until service time. Interment will be in the Cedar Grove Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the family of Shari Hamm.
WEATHER [TOP]
Today..Mostly sunny, high around 60.
Friday night..Clear, low of 39.
Saturday..Sunny, high of 68.
Saturday night..Mostly clear, low of 48.
Sunday..Mostly sunny, high of 74.
Sunday night..Mostly clear, low around 48.
