The Salem News/Salem, MO
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Inside the 2014
Gateway to the Ozark Riverways
ADVERTISERS INDEX Automotive Auto Connection/ Schwartz Salvage 11 Color World Collision Repair 48 Dewayne’s Tire Service LLC 46 Hubbs Tire Center 6 Jadwin & Smith Auto Body 41 Knight Auto Care Center 33 Larson Collision Center 29 Mooney Auto Supply 39 Rinne’s Tire Pros 9 Sakelaris Ford Lincoln of Rolla 2 Tiny’s Automotive Repair 5 Banks Progressive Ozark Bank 36 The Bank of Salem 50 Town & Country Bank 42 Churches First Baptist Church 16 New Harmony Church 14 Oak Grove Baptist Church 32 Education SBU - Salem 52 Healthcare A-1 Hearing Aid Service 20 Abundant Health Massage 37 Complete Care 8 PCRMC - Dent Medical Center 35 Reary Chiropractic LLC 30 Riverways Pregnancy Resource Center 48 Salem Care Center 28 Salem Memorial District Hospital 11 Salem Residential Care 46 Seville Care Center 21 Southeast Missouri Behavioral Health 31 Vandivort Drug 47 Miscellaneous Dent County Officials 45 Real Estate United Country Real Estate 23 Restaurants Bigos Mexican Restaurant 10 Common Grounds 38 Pizza Inn/Scoops Central 44 The Coffee Pot 37 Services Ad-Par Construction 16 American Family Insurance 39 CenturyLink 43 City of Salem 25 Crossroads Inn & Suites 22 Dent County Glass & Door 48 Dent County License Office 7 Dent County Memorial Chapel 6 Godi’s Excavating LLC 41 Harris Glass & Seamless Guttering/Don Harris Const. 40 Intercounty Electric 10 Jadwin Canoe Rental 27 James & Gahr Mortuary 34 Mid Ozark Animal Health Center 37
Mobray Excavation Montauk Resorts Mr. Jim’s Barber Shop P’Zaz Hair Salon Parker Lawn & Land Powell Storage Rentals Ranch Motel Running River Canoe Rental Salem Livestock Auction Scenic Rivers Inn Split Endz Hair Salon Stack Financial Services Steelman Abstract & Title Co. Victor Plumbing Co. Walnut Motel Shopping 72 Farm Center Aaron’s Sales & Lease Automated Business Systems Bailey’s Flea Market Barnes Home Decor & Floors Candi’s Boots & More Country Cupboard Country Mart Eilers Flea Market Elmore’s Men’s & Boy’s Wear Fleming Variety Friend True Value Gateway to Memories & More Hall’s Happy Pappy’s Montauk RV Park & Store Heatmor Midwest High Country Timber & Stone LLC Key Sport Mast Woodworks Melear Fabrics & Sew Much More Meramec Bison MFA Agri Services/ Green Spot Ozark Heritage Museum Par One Golf Phil-Mart Convenience Store Roberts & Judson Lumber Co. Rootin’ Tootin’ Alpacas Rustic Haven Flea Market Salem Butcher Shop Salem Farm Equipment Salem Mobil Salem Refrigeration & Appliance South-Town Furniture T&M Pet Emporium Ted’s Tile TJ’s Flowers & Gifts/ TJ’s Flea Market Toman’s Inside Story Tonya’s Treasures Walmart Welcome Home Furnishings LLC
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Gateway to the Ozark Riverways KEY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS Dent County Commons Meramec Regional Planning Commission Salem Area Community Betterment Association Salem Community Center @ The Armory Salem Fitness Center Salem Visitors Center/ Chamber of Commerce EDUCATION Other Education Public Schools SBU SERVICES Dent County Health Center Dent County Soil & Water Conservation Dist. Enrichment Services Family Support
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Fire Protection Law Enforcement Library Media Other Care Senior Center Salem Memorial Dist. Hospital SEMO-BH (Treatment Center) Utilities University Extension
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GOVERNMENT, GENERAL By The Numbers Churches City & County Tax Rates City Government Dent County Government
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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY Banks Dining Lodging Real Estate
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TOURISM Antiques/Crafts/Sales Bonebrake Center Calendar of Events ONSR Concessionaires Dent County Courthouse Dent County Museum History Indian Trail Conservation Area Mark Twain National Forest Montauk State Park Ozark Heritage Center Ozark National Scenic Riverways Ozark Natural and Cultural Resource Center Recreation Recreaton Areas in Dent County Recreation Nearby State Parks
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About The Issue: The photo on the cover of this year's Gateway to the Ozark Riverways is of Welch Spring, taken by Laura Parkhill. This year’s edition was designed by Shirley Layton of Salem Publishing Company. The 2014 edition is published by Salem Publishing Company, Copyright 2014; The Salem News, P.O. Box 798, Salem, MO; (573) 729-4126.
Dream of gateway to the Ozark riverways turns into reality Years ago when someone came up with the idea to call our community the Gateway to the Ozark Riverways, there wasn’t much of a gateway headquarters. We’ve got one now in the form of the Ozark Natural and Cultural Resource Center, which is one of many key ingredients that help us capitalize on tourism. You will find them all featured in this year’s edition of Gateway to the Ozark Riverways. In 2004, former Ozark National Scenic Riverways Superintendent Noel Poe spoke to the Salem Rotary Club. After the meeting I took Poe on a quick tour of the community I am so proud of. One of the things Poe said he believed was missing on this end of the ONSR was some sort of center where people could get information on the national park, everything from how to make a canoe
reservation to where to camp. I knew the old Craig building on Highway 19 in the heart of Salem – which had Donald recently be- Dodd Publisher come the property of the Salem Area Community Betterment Association — was available, so I found a key and showed him around the building. It was love at first sight for Poe, and that very day he and a few others dreamed of not only what could be housed in a facility like that, but the many partners that could be key contributors to our gateway to the Ozarks. The National Forest Serv-
ice, National Park Service, Missouri State Parks, department of conservation, department of natural resources…. Lots of names and ideas were tossed around. A bunch of meetings and dreams later, visitors approaching the Ozarks from the north had a place to stop for information, and Salem had a facility to house cultural activities. In May of 2005 the center opened. It is more than an information center. There are exhibits, seminars, workshops, community gatherings, a summertime Farmers Market and a Teachers Closet all on the property. Volunteers contribute their time to offer locals and visitors a rich experience. What a wonderful, worthwhile project was dreamed up almost a decade ago, one that we enjoy today and likely for generations to come.