LINN, Mo. (May 25, 2022) — State Technical College of Missouri would like to congratulate May 2022 students who achieved the Dean's List during the spring semester. The following in Saline County who were included on the list were:
ARROW ROCK — Join in on a public event on Saturday, May 28, celebrating writer and fiber artist Sonié Joi Thompson-Ruffin and her twoweek participation in the 2022 Persimmon Creek Writers and Artists Residency in the historic village of Arrow Rock, Mo.
“Amateur Radio Emergency Services — it’s a group of licensed amateurs using amateur radio frequencies to provide emergency communications,” Jack Vantrump from Carrollton said. In the morning hours on Saturday, May 21, Vantrump participated in the Saline County Emergency exercise.
On March 26, SCCC DECA and HOSA worked to raise $450, which was donated to Children’s Mercy Hospital as their community service activity for the month. With the help of the com munity, both organizations were able to help provide funds to be given to parents who need help with the expense of traveling back and forth from the hospital.
On May 19, SCCC Educators Rising received a generous donation from the Malta Bend Memorial American Legion Post 558. The donation of $3,000 will help support Educators Rising Members competing at the Educators Rising National Conference and Competition June 24-27, 2022 in Washington, D.C.
Hundreds of motorcycles traveled through Saline County Monday afternoon, May 23, as they participated in Run for the Wall – a cross-country motorcycle run that began May 18. Riders begin in California and travel to Washington, D.C., in an effort to promote healing among veterans and their families and friends, to call for an accounting of all Prisoners of War and those Missing in Action (POW/MIA), to honor the memory of those Killed in Action (KIA) from all wars, and to support our military personnel all over the world. The riders’ destination in D.C. is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Riders now also travel from there to the Middle East Conflicts Wall Memorial in Marseilles, Ill., in “the hope they can return home to a new beginning.” There are now four routes from which riders can choose, many participants jumping onto the route from their home state and traveling from there. It is estimated 1,800 people participate each year. Contributed image
“The old dump — going back to it — somebody dumped a bunch of lumber in there,” Slater Mayor Stephen Allegri stated at the city council meeting on May 17. He reiterated that only grass and yard waste are allowed.
The Sweet Springs Ambulance District Board of Directors talked about the future of the former I-70 Hospital building during a meeting held Wednesday, May 18. Following the call or order, board members stated they intended to “deviate from their current agenda” to focus on how to proceed following the resignation of two board members, including Board President Denis Dohrman who resigned last week.
During the Marshall City Council meeting on Monday, May 16, council members reviewed a first reading for a proposed ordinance to execute an agreement with Berlin and Company LLC. City Administrator JD Kehrman further explained the details of the proposal for the operation of the Martin Community Center.
A crash on state Highway 240 Wednesday afternoon, May 18, left two people with injuries, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report. The incident occurred when a 2010 Dodge — driven by Rebecca Sanders, 27, of Marshall — was traveling east on the highway.