Local News – Friday, January 13th, 2023
The SCA Conference Band auditions were held Wednesday, January 11th. Here are the Salem students who participated, their chair placement and the instrument they played. Those students receiving 1st chair honors were Ashton During on baritone sax, Emmett Headrick on tuba, Reagin Toten on trumpet, Kip Harris on Euphonium, and Xander During on soprano clarinet, bass clarinet and contra clarinet. Rory Dahms took 2nd chair on the French Horn, Jarrod Brooks was named 3rd chair on the tenor saxophone, Carter Foster took 3rd chair on the French Horn, Austin Cunningham was named 4th chair on Tuba, Kaison Wilmont took 6th chair on clarinet and Oscar Ramirez was named 10th chair on trumpet. Congratulations to these students on their outstanding performance!
Tonight at the high school gym between the JV and Varsity Salem Boys Basketball games with Houston, the 2023 Homecoming Coronation will be held. This year the Freshman Candidate is Addison Fulton and she will be escorted by senior Easton May, the Sophomore Candidate is Madison Flores and she will be escorted by junior Bryson May, and the Junior Candidate is Delaney Owen and she will be escorted by junior Trethan Richter. The Senior Candidates for 2023 include Ashton Bowers who will be escorted by senior Henry Cameron, Avery Erway who will be escorted by senior Gunnar Konkel, and Olivia Wisdom who will be escorted by junior Haiden Sanders. Congratulations on this year’s Homecoming Court!!
The Dent County Commissioners met Thursday morning at the Dent County Courthouse for their regular meeting. In the road report, District 1 Commissioner Wes Mobray said brush would be cut on Dent County Road 5650 while materials were being hauled to county roads 4220, 5150, 5440 and 5450. Mobray said a man would be out with the backhoe cleaning out pipes. District 2 Commissioner Gary Larson said a crew would be replacing a tire on Dent County Dump Truck #122. He said materials would be added to county roads 3080 and 3090 while another crew would be working on draining water from and making repairs to the hydraulic system on one of the brush cutters. Presiding Commissioner Darrell Skiles said he attended the MRPC External Relations Committee meeting and the MRPC Regular Dinner Meeting Thursday night in St. James that state legislators attended. He said next Wednesday he would be attending CCAM Board meeting. Dent County Clerk Angie Curley said her office balanced with the county treasurer and county collector on all accounts for December including collections, abatements and add-ons. She said she will be attending a Missouri Association of Counties board meeting next Wednesday. She said the courthouse would be closed on Monday for Martin Luther King Day. Dent County Collector Shannon VanKirk asked the commission about a redemption on property sold at the tax sale on East Franklin where the original property owner has now paid the taxes on the property. With the county working on the budget, she wondered if it would be best to wait until February to complete the redemption and issue the monies back to the purchaser and the commission agreed. She reported her office received about $502,000 in online payments. Dent County Treasurer Denita Williams reported on the sales tax monies received by the county. The General Revenue and LEST Funds received in January $103,664.68 which is $12,610.16 more than last January when the county received $91,054.52. The Road and Bridge Fund received $48,267.81 which was $4,328.84 more than the January 2022 amount of $43,938.97; and each jail fund received $96,535.72 and that was $8,019.18 more than the $87,816.54 received in January of 2022. At the last meeting, Eric Meusch, Drusilla Howard and Brandi Richardson from the Dent County Extension came in to visit about their budget and request for an increase in the 2023 budget. The next regular meeting of the Dent County Commission will be Thursday at 9:00 at the courthouse and it’s open to the public.