Trenton Republican-Times 7-20-21

Page 1

FLIP PAGES FOR WEBSITE.qxp_Trenton Republican-Times 7/19/21 11:23 AM Page 1

TUESDAY, JULY 20, 2021

R-T

TRENTON

REPUBLICAN-TIMES

75¢

©W.B. Rogers Printing Co., Inc.

Established Sept. 4, 1864 - 157th Year - No. 91

10 PAGES

republican-times.com

BRIEFS Rhonda Vincent Tickets On Sale

Grammy Award-winning bluegrass singer-songwriter Rhonda Vincent will be in concert Wednesday, Oct. 6 in Trenton to benefit The Dream Factory. Tickets for the concert, which will be held at the Trenton R-9 Performing Arts Center, are on sale at the Trenton Hy-Vee customer service counter and at Ron Dougan Insurance Agency (660-359-0100) and the Trenton Downtown Improvement Association office, both located at 903 Main St., in Trenton. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. Ms. Vincent, a member of the Grand Ole Opry, is a Kirksville native who was raised in Greentop. She performs with her band, The Rage, and together they are the most awarded band in bluegrass history. The Dream Factory is a volunteer-driven organization that works to fulfill the wishes of children with chronic or life-threatening illnesses.

Nursing Home Board Meeting

R-T Photo/Wendell Lenhart

A Trenton family has been displaced and one firefighter had to be treated at the scene following a house fire Saturday afternoon at 208 E. 10th Ct. According to Trenton Fire Chief Brandon Gibler, the TFD was notified of the blaze at about 12:45 Saturday afternoon and when they arrived on the scene, they found heavy smoke and fire visible from the rear of the house, coming from the second floor. While firefighters were able to make entry quickly and get the fire under control, there was extensive fire and smoke damage to the second floor and moderate smoke and water damage to the first floor of the house, owned and occupied by Michael Airey. Gibler said the Red Cross was notified to help the family. He also said one firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion at the scene by Grundy County EMS. The cause of the fire has not been determined, according to Chief Gibler, who said the Grundy County Rural Fire Protection District, the Trenton Police Department and Trenton Municipal Utilities employees were on the scene, in addition to the ambulance service. Firefighters remained on the scene for about two hours.

Marching Festival Planned

[See FESTIVAL, Page 3]

Area School Boards Discuss COVID Funding, Personnel Matters Grundy R-5, Gallatin R-5 Boards Meet

Competition To Be Held Oct. 16 After a year’s absence, the sounds of high school marching bands will return to Trenton for the Missouri Days Marching Festival. Following a virtual competition in 2020 due to COVID, the big Missouri Day Marching Festival returns live on October 16 to Trenton and officials are expecting a tremendous showing. Sharing the celebration of Missouri’s Bicentennial theme, this year’s Marching Festival will once again feature marching bands from across the midwest with competitions in parade, indoor auxiliary, indoor percussion, and field Show. Bands will again be divided according to Missouri State High School Activities Association guidelines into classifications and compete in each of the areas of competition per their enrollments. Awards will be given in all categories per class and a final sweepstakes award will be presented to the band scoring the most cumulative points of competitions. For the first time, bands who compete in the parade will not only be judged by festival adjudicators on their parade performance but in addition, a cash prize will be presented as selected by the designated Trenton Rotary Club judges who sponsor the parade, and that band will receive a $500 cash prize to be awarded to their instrumental music department.

The Grundy County Nursing Home District will hold its regular monthly meeting at 4 p.m. today (Tuesday, July 20) in the conference room at Sunnyview Nursing Home. Items on the announced agenda include a treasurer’s report, energy improvement projects and financing and the administrator’s and RCF report. A closed session is scheduled to discuss legal matters and personnel.

The Grundy R-5 and Gallatin R-5 boards of education held meetings last week, discussing how to spend the latest round of COVID money and personnel matters. Grundy R-5 The Grundy R-5 Board of Education met Wednesday, holding a discussion on how to spend additional COVID funds and agreeing to seek a part-time instructor. According to information provided by Superintendent Phil Fox, the board reviewed a list of items that will be paid for through ESSER III funding. They approved the purchase of updated curriculum in the areas of science, health, computer science and the elementary diagnostic program, IReady. Fox was directed to begin developing plans to implement building improvements, as well. Several items were approved, including participation in the school lunch

program, with prices to remain the same as last year. The high school, elementary and teacher handbooks were approved and reports were given by both the elementary and secondary principals. A financial report was given, with no action taken. Board members were given a summer maintainance update for the elementary and high school buildings and agreed to conduct a building walk through next month. Following a closed session, the board directed the adminstration to begin seeking a part-time special education instructor for the elementary building. The board set the annual tax rate hearing for 6 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 18, with the regular board meeting to follow at 6:15 p.m. The meeting will be held in the high school business room. Gallatin R-5 Personnel was the main topic of discussion at a meeting of the Gallatin R5 Board of Education held Thursday morning. In his report to the board, Superintendent Dr. Bryan [See BOARDS, Page 3]

Trenton Republican-Times “News Every Day...When YOU Want It”

republican-times.com WEATHER ALMANAC

Photo Courtesy of Colleen Hutson Williams

Granger Smith was a big draw at this weekend’s Mid-America Music Festival, held at Black Silo Winery. There was something for everyone as Friday night featured rock bands such as Slaughter and Great White, with Saturday night featuring country music performers such as Smith, Morgan Evans, Bryan Andrews and Danielle Bradbery. Trenton native Bransen Ireland was also featured on stage Saturday afternoon. Local organizations benefitting from this year’s event included the Green Hills Animal Shelter, the North Central Missouri Children’s Advocacy Center and Camp Rainbow.

Day: High/Low Rain Thursday 81/71 .81 Friday 84/70 — Saturday 85/70 — Sunday 84/65 — Barton Campus Sunday 84/62 —

WHAT’S INSIDE SPORTS...............PAGE 2 LOCAL.............PAGE 3&4 COMMUNITY.......PAGE 5 CALENDAR..........PAGE 5 COMICS...............PAGE 6 CROSSWORDS.....PAGE 7 CLASSIFIEDS..PAGE 8&9 AREA.................PAGE 10


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.