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Obituaries – Friday, October 13th, 2023
Funeral services for Cynthia “Becky” Capps of Salem, age 81, will be today at 1:00 at the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be from 11:00 until service time. Burial will be in the North Lawn Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Delbert Day Cancer Institute.
Funeral services for Delman Franklin Barnett of St. James, age 76, will be Saturday at 1:00 at the James and Gahr Chapel in St. James. Visitation will also be Saturday from 10:30 until service time. Interment will be at the Matlock Cemetery in St. James.
A Celebration of Life for Frederick “Freddy” James Cummings of Salem, age 35, will be held at 1:00 Saturday afternoon in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be held Saturday from noon until service time.
Funeral services for Kennard “Ken” Robert Lenox of Rolla, age 80, will be held Saturday at 2:00 at the St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Rolla. Visitation will be held at the Rolla Chapel of James and Gahr Mortuary Friday from 5:00 7:00. Interment will be in Lake Spring Cemetery
Funeral service for Marilynn Lenora Martin of Bunker, age 64, will be held Sunday at 2:00 at the McSpadden Funeral Home in Bunker. Visitation will be Saturday evening from 5:00 – 8:00. Burial will be in the Greeley Cemetery.
A Celebration of Life for Darlene Wethy of Salem, age 76, will be held at 6:00 Sunday evening in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be held from 5:00 until service time Sunday at the chapel.
Graveside services and interment for Gordon Poe of Rolla, age 81, will be held Monday morning at 11:00 at the Ozark Memorial Gardens in Rolla. Visitation will be Sunday from 2:00 until 5:00 at the Rolla Chapel James and Gahr Mortuary.
Graveside services for Marie West of Crawford County, age 90, will be held Tuesday morning at 11:00 in the Cherryville Baptist Church Cemetery. Services are under direction of the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home in Steelville.
Sports – Friday, October 13th, 2023
The Salem Varsity Football Tigers will be at Mountain View-Liberty Saturday afternoon at 2:00 to face the Eagles. It will be the Eagles Homecoming. Salem enters the game with a 1-6 record and 1-4 in the SCA. Mountain View is 4-3 on the year and 4-1 in the SCA Conference. You can listen on KSMO Radio (AM 1340 and 95.7 FM) and video stream on KSMO Media including ksmoradio.com, KSMO Stream Facebook Page or the KSMO YouTube Page starting at 1:45.
The Lady Volleyball Tigers fell to Mountain Grove Thursday night in three straight sets. Salem finishes the regular season with a 5-25-3 record. They will play Cuba in District play Tuesday afternoon at 5:00 at Owensville.
The Salem 7th Grade Football Tigers shutout West Plains Thursday night, 34-0 and finished the regular season with a 5-1 record. The Salem 8th Grade Football Tigers lost to West Plains by the score of 34-0 to finished with a 2-4 record on the year.
The Kansas City Chiefs beat the Denver Broncos Thursday night by the score of 19-8. The Chiefs are 5-1 on the year while Denver is 1-5. They will play the Chargers next Sunday.
The St. Louis Blues lost to the Dallas Stars Thursday night in the shoot-out, 2-1. The only Blues goal was scored by Tyler Tucker. The Blues home opener is this Saturday night when they host Seattle at 6:30 on KSMO Radio.
The Middle School Girls Basketball Tigers beat Bland Thursday night, 38-32 to move into the Bland Tournament Championship game to be held Friday night at 8:15.
The Missouri Tigers will be at Kentucky Saturday to face the Wildcats in SEC Conference play at 6:30. Both teams are 5-1 going into the game. It will NOT be heard on KSMO due to St. Louis Blues Hockey.
Weather – Friday, October 13th, 2023
Today..Mostly cloudy and breezy with a 70% chance of showers, high near 68.
Tonight..Mostly cloudy and breezy with a 10% chance of lingering rain, breezy, low of 45.
Saturday..Cloudy and breezy with a 20% chance for afternoon rain, high of 58,
Saturday night..Cloudy with a 30% chance for showers, low of 44.
Sunday..Cloudy with a 30% chance for showers in the morning high around 53.
Sunday night..Mostly cloudy, low near 37.
Monday..Mostly sunny, high of 58.
Local News – Thursday, October 12th, 2023
The City of Salem Board of Adjustments will be holding a public hearing tonight at 6:00 at the City Hall Council Chambers to recognize anyone who wishes to speak on a request for an exception to the current city codes that would allow for the reconstruction of a structure for a non-conforming use in a commercial zone at 800 South MacArthur on property owned by Dewayne and Angela Arthur. After the public hearing is completed, a public meeting will be held by the board to accept or reject the request for the exception by Dewayne and Angela Arthur The location was occupied by Dewayne’s Tire before it was destroyed by fire. The hearing and the meeting is open to the public.
The Salem R-80 Board of Education will be holding a special meeting this afternoon at 12:30 via Zoom. After approval of the agenda, the board will moved into closed session to discuss personnel and real estate before moving back into open session and adjourning.
The Salem Utility Committee met Wednesday evening at the Salem Community Center @The Armory. At the meeting, City of Salem Finance Director Stacey Houston reported on the utility usage and revenues for the first three months of the fiscal year. Electric revenues through September 30th were just over two million dollars comprising 28% of the anticipated budgeted revenues while the water sales revenue came in $214,301 and sewer revenues were $281,052, and both of those figures made up 24% of the budgeted amounts. So far for the 1st quarter of the fiscal year, Electric Fund revenues exceed expenses by $673,570, the Water Fund revenues exceeding expenses by $46,868, and the Sewer Fund revenues exceed expenses by $107,566. A question was asked by Chairman Kyle Williams on the status of the emergency reserve funds for each utility which is supposed to come to 25% of the previous years expenditures. That information will be brought to the next meeting. The city is still paying a demand cost of 13.900 which was set last December. If nothing changes in the next two months, that demand amount would go down to 12.700. City Administrator Sally Burbridge said there was an initial scheduling problem with Encode to test sending e-mail bills. That testing is now scheduled for the week starting October 23rd. She also said the city is having issues with Exceleron when credit card numbers have to be entered manually. These error issues have to be resolved before the city can begin accepting credit cards over the phone through a dedicated line. She said rate studies are to be done on electric and sewer rates. The alderman will have to create an ordinance to calculate the sewer rate using engineering calculations on discharge, city debt and ability to repay the bond amount from income generated by the rate. This needs to be done due to the grant received by the city. The electric rate will be determined based on the latest audited numbers which the city is waiting on. They would like to kick off that study in January and it should take three to four months to complete. Burbridge also mentioned the city needs a policy on providing city utilities to people living outside the city limits. She provided information for the committee to review to help create the policy at an upcoming meeting. Burbridge talked about the MPUA meeting she attended where discussion of the grid situation occurred, and the issues of transmission lines reaching higher populated areas from rural areas using solar farms and wind farms. She said there was discussion on changing to a “time of use” electric rate rather than a consumption rate. She said possibly in the future, energy providers may be able to control your thermostats or electric usage in times of high demand. Chairman Williams told the committee he will be working on establishing committee by-laws and hopes to have them at the next meeting. After questions from the committee and public, the meeting was adjourned.
Obituaries – Thursday, October 12th, 2023
Memorial services for Laney Leroy Frizzell of Salem, age 62, will held this morning at 11:00 at the Salem Chapel of the James and Gahr Mortuary. Visitation will be from 10:00 until service time at the chapel.
Funeral services for Judy (Floyd) Crafford of Viburnum, formerly of Licking, age 79, will be at 1:00 today at the Fox Funeral Home in Licking. Visitation will be from 12:00 noon until 1:00. Interment will be at the Patterson Cemetery.
Funeral services for Cynthia “Becky” Capps of Salem, age 81, will be Friday at 1:00 at the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will also be Friday from 11:00 until service time. Burial will be in the North Lawn Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Delbert Day Cancer Institute.
Funeral services for Delman Franklin Barnett of St. James, age 76, will be Saturday at 1:00 at the James and Gahr Chapel in St. James. Visitation will also be Saturday from 10:30 until service time. Interment will be at the Matlock Cemetery in St. James.
A Celebration of Life for Frederick “Freddy” James Cummings of Salem, age 35, will be held at 1:00 Saturday afternoon in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be held Saturday from noon until service time.
Funeral services for Kennard “Ken” Robert Lenox of Rolla, age 80, will be held Saturday at 2:00 at the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Rolla. Visitation will be held at the Rolla Chapel of James and Gahr Mortuary Friday from 5:00 7:00. Interment will be in Lake Spring Cemetery
Funeral service for Marilynn Lenora Martin of Bunker, age 64, will be held Sunday at 2:00 at the McSpadden Funeral Home in Bunker. Visitation will be Saturday evening from 5:00 – 8:00 at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Greeley Cemetery.
A Celebration of Life for Darlene Wethy of Salem, age 76, will be held at 6:00 Sunday evening in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be held from 5:00 until service time Sunday at the chapel.
A Spring Memorial is planned for Verna Florence Kroeck, formally of Salem, age 83. Services will be under the direction of the James and Gahr Mortuary of Salem
Sports – Thursday, October 12th, 2023
The Salem Lady Volleyball Tigers will be at Mountain Grove tonight for their last regular season contest Thursday night starting at 5:30 with the JV match with the varsity games to follow. Salem comes into the contest with a 5-24-3 record.
The Salem 7th and 8th Grade Football Tigers will be in action tonight against the West Plains Middle School at West Plains in their final games of the year starting at 5:30. The 7th graders are 4-1 while the 8th graders are 2-3 on the year.
The Kansas City Chiefs will face Denver tonight in Thursday Night Football. The Chiefs are 4-1 on the year while Denver is 1-4. The game will be on the NFL Network or Prime Network.
The St. Louis Blues will open their regular season on the road in Dallas tonight starting at 7:00 against the Stars. You can hear the pre-game show on KSMO beginning at 6:30.
Weather – Thursday, October 12th, 2023
Today..Mostly sunny and breezy, high of 76.
Tonight..Mostly clear and breezy, low around 58.
Friday..Cloudy early with a 50% chance of scattered showers, then partly sunny and breezy, high around 74.
Friday night..Partly cloudy and breezy, low of 46.
Saturday and Saturday night..Cloudy and breezy, high of 58, low of 44.
Obituaries – Wednesday, October 11th, 2023
Funeral services for Herman “Tuck” E. Gibson of St. James, age 87, will be this afternoon at 2:00 at the St. James Chapel of James and Gahr Mortuary. Visitation will be from 12:00 noon until service time.
A Celebration of Life for Tyler Cameron Kirkpatrick of Rolla, age 25, will be held at 5:00 this afternoon at the Macedonia Baptist Church in Rolla. Visitation will be held from 4:00 until service time at the church. All the arrangements are under the direction of the Wilson Mortuary of Salem.
Memorial services for Laney Leroy Frizzell of Salem, age 62, will held Thursday morning at 11:00 at the Salem Chapel of James and Gahr Mortuary. Visitation will be from 10:00 until service time Thursday.
Funeral services for Judy (Floyd) Crafford of Viburnum, formerly of Licking, age 79, will be Thursday at 1:00 at the Fox Funeral Home in Licking. Visitation will be from 12:00 noon until service time. Interment will be at the Patterson Cemetery.
Funeral services for Cynthia “Becky” Capps of Salem, age 81, will be Friday at 1:00 at the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will also be Friday from 11:00 until service time. Burial will be in the North Lawn Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Delbert Day Cancer Institute.
Funeral services for Delman Franklin Barnett of St. James, age 76, will be Saturday at 1:00 at the James and Gahr Chapel in St. James. Visitation will also be Saturday from 10:30 until service time. Interment will be at the Matlock Cemetery in St. James.
A Celebration of Life for Frederick “Freddy” James Cummings of Salem, age 35, will be held at 1:00 Saturday afternoon in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be held Saturday from noon until service time.
Funeral services for Kennard “Ken” Robert Lenox of Rolla, age 80, will be held Saturday at 2:00 at the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Rolla. Visitation will be held at the Rolla Chapel of James and Gahr Mortuary Friday from 5:00 7:00. Interment will be in Lake Spring Cemetery
Funeral service for Marilynn Lenora Martin of Bunker, age 64, will be held Sunday at 2:00 at the McSpadden Funeral Home in Bunker. Visitation will be Saturday evening from 5:00 – 8:00 at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Greeley Cemetery.
A Celebration of Life for Darlene Wethy of Salem, age 76, will be held at 6:00 Sunday evening in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be held from 5:00 until 6:00 Sunday at the chapel.
A Spring Memorial is planned for Verna Florence Kroeck, formally of Salem, age 83. Services will be under the direction of the James and Gahr Mortuary of Salem.
Sports – Wednesday, October 11th, 2023
Stetson Mobray was named to the SCA All- Conference team from the Middle School SCA Cross Country Meet in Willow Springs finishing 9th with a time of 10:40:56!
The Salem Lady Volleyball Tigers will be at Mountain Grove Thursday for their last regular season contest Thursday night starting at 5:30 with the JV match with the varsity games to follow.
The Salem 7th and 8th Grade Football Tigers will be in action Thursday night against the West Plains Middle School at West Plains in their final games of the year starting at 5:30.
Weather – Wednesday, October 11th, 2023
Today..Mostly sunny, high of 79.
Tonight..Clear, low of 55.
Thursday..Mostly sunny and breezy, high of 73.
Thursday night..Partly cloudy and breezy with a 30% chance for showers after midnight, low around 57.
Friday..Cloudy early with a 40% chance of showers, then partly sunny and breezy, high around 70.