Local News – Wednesday, March 27th, 2019
The Dent County Commissioners met for their regular meeting Monday morning in the Courthouse. In the road report District One Commissioner Dennis Purcell said that his crew would be grading Dent County Roads 6240 and 4215, as well as grading and adding materials to county roads 5012, 5510, 4215, and 6020. He said that his crew was cleaning up a tree on county road 5520. Purcell noted that Monday, March 18th, he attended a Tourism Committee meeting where five proposals were submitted and approved. District Two Commissioner Gary Larson said that his crew was grading and adding materials to Dent County Roads 6130, 6140, and 6160, plus grading would be done and materials would be added to county roads 4293, 4285, and 4287. Presiding Commissioner Darrell Skiles reported that the Commission signed the paperwork for the CDBG grant for the improvement of the Dent County Fire Department and will forward it on to MRPC to release the funds and that the Commission signed the Child Support Enforcement Agreement with Crawford County for the year. Dent County Clerk Angie Curley reported that absentee voting continues through April 1st and that her office would be open Saturday morning from 8:00 until noon for absentee voting. She noted that she attended the SHS Career Day last Friday and spoke about government, elections and had a voter registration drive. Bills were approved by the Commission for payment. Dent County Treasurer Denita Williams reported the CART money received was $51,859.04, which leaves CART down year to date .522%. Major Len Pabin of the Sheriff’s Department and Dwight Ramsburg, Septagone, were in attendance and Nick Smith of Septagone joined by phone for an update on the new jail. Payments for the month totaled $204,482.92. The Food Service Bid from CARE Sales and Service for $190,037.25 was recommended by Shive-Hattery and Septagone and the bid was approved 3-0. The next meeting of the Commissioners will be Thursday morning and the meeting is open to the public.
Healthy Dent County would like to invite everyone out to a fun community fundraising event called the “Non Newlywed Game” Show on Friday, April 5th at the Salem Community Center@the Armory beginning at 7:00. It is couple vs. couple in this hilarious version of the classic game show where you will discover just how much our couples know (or don’t know!) about their spouse! It’s called the Non Newlywed Game, because it’s not just for newly married couples. Four local married couples have been selected to play the game. They are Scott and Susie Cahill; Wade and Jackie Sisco; Thom and Sally Haines; Russ and Tonette Anderson. These couples have graciously volunteered their time to play this fun game and entertain the audience. VIP sponsored tables can be reserved with a $300 donation. The VIP Tables includes reserved seating, free drink tickets and light refreshments. A cash bar will be open during the evening. A limited number of individual tickets will be sold for $20 per ticket. The individual tickets will not have reserved seating. Bead necklaces will be sold throughout the night to support your favorite couple. The Salem Community Center @ the Armory is located at 1200 W. Rolla Road in Salem. To reserve your VIP table please call 729-8163. The doors will open at 6:30 PM.
The City of Salem has two Pavilions that can be rented at the Salem City Park for an entire day. The cost of the Fireplace Pavilion on the circle drive is $45 per day and the large pavilion on the west side of the creek is $35 for the entire day. This includes electric and lights. Other pavilions at the park are free and cannot be reserved. For more information on reserving a pavilion for a family outing, picnic, meeting, team gathering or party, call Park and Recreation Director Tye Lydon at 729-6290. Reservations on the pavilions are made on a first come, first served basis.