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BRIEFS Principal Hired, Coach Resigns

The Trenton R-9 Board of Education has announced the hiring of an assistant principal and the resignation of the head boys basketball coach. According to information provided by Superintendent Mike Stegman, the board voted 6-0, with Andy Burress absent, to hire Mike Hostetter as assistant principal at Trenton Middle School. Hostetter is currently the 7th-12th grade principal at Milan. In other action, the board voted 5-1, with Melissa King voting no, to accept the resignation of Corbin Coe as high school physical education teacher and head boys basketball coach. The resignation of Julie Keuler as TMS and THS National Honor Society sponsor was also accepted and the board voted to hire Rebecca Mullins as a substitute nurse.

Mystery Chef Dinner

Five Points Alive will host a “Welcome Back” Dinner featuring a mystery chef on Saturday, April 2 at The Space, located at 1013 Main St. in downtown Trenton. The event will get under way with a gather and greet time at 5:30 p.m., and a barbecue dinner cooked by a mystery chef to be served at 6 p.m. Live musical entertainment will be provided by Trenton resident Amy Guthrie. There is a $30 suggested donation for the dinner, with proceeds to be used for Downtown Trenton projects. Prepaid reservations should be made in person at Howard’s Department Store, 1000 Main St., by Friday, March 25. Carry-out orders will also be available and should be made in advance by calling Howard’s Department Store at 660-359-2858 by the March 25 deadline.

Mascot Pancake Day

The Trenton Bulldog Mascots will hold a “grab and go” pancake day on Saturday, March 26. The event will be held from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the new concession stand at C.F. Russell Stadium. Pancakes, sausage, biscuits and gravy, cinnamon rolls, milk, juice, coffee and water will be served. All donations will be used for the Bulldog mascots at Trenton High School and Trenton Middle School.

Chamber Awards Presented McWilliams, Holt Receive ‘Pillars of the Community’ Two individuals, two businesses and one organization were honored by the Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce during the chamber’s annual banquet, held on Friday night, March 18 at the Ketcham Community Center. Pat Hauck McWilliams and Ed Holt were recognized by Cindy Roy as the 2022 “Pillars of the Community” while Andy Cox presented the 2022 “Business of the Year” awards to Mid-States Services LLC and BTC Bank. The Green Hills Animal Shelter was presented with the 2022 “Organization of the Year” award by Tara Walker. Both Mrs. McWilliams and Holt gave brief remarks as did Scott Wilson, representing Mid-States; Tom Witten, representing BTC Bank; and Tim Michael, representing the Animal [See Chamber, Page 5]

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Honored by the Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce during its annual banquet on Friday night, March 18, were, from left, front row, Ed Holt and Pat Hauck McWilliams, Pillars of the Community; back row, Scott Wilson, representing MidStates Services LLC, the Business of the Year; Tom Witten, representing BTC Bank, the Business of the Year; and Stefanie L. Garma and Ronda Michael, representing the Green Hills Animal Shelter, the Organization of the Year.

Utility Committee Meeting

The Trenton Utility Committee will meet at 6 p.m., tonight (Tuesday) at city hall. The meeting is open to the public but can be accessed on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88672928299. Items on the agenda include department reports, a review of monthly financial reports and the utility director’s report.

NCMC Board Agenda

The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees will meet in regular session at 5:30 tonight (Tuesday) in the Frey Administrative Center. Items on the announced agenda include employee introductions, a presentation of dual credit and early college, reports from the Head Start directors, vice president for academic affairs, vice president of student affairs, chief information officer and president, Head Start 2022-23 policy council by-laws, consideration of bids and purchases, consideration of surplus property, consideration of tuition, fees, room and board for 2022-23, the first reading of a board policy concerning a four-day work week for the summer, acceptance of a resignation and a retirement, employments and a closed session to discuss personnel, legal matters and real estate.

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The Gallatin Theater League will present “Ripcord” in three performances this week at the Courter Theater. Cast members, pictured in the top photo, include Ian Sloan, front; and, from left, middle row, Jeremy Dungy, Tonya Sloan, Emily Anderson, Annie Gibson, Doug Nichols, Taylor Cornett and Walker Cornett; and back row, Phil Barnard, Jackie Nichols and Blake Cornett. At left, Marilyn (Emily Anderson) tries to scare Abby (Annie Gibson) by taking her skydiving in an attempt to win a bet that will allow Marilyn to have the bed by the window in their senior living facility.

R-5 Board Makes Personnel Moves Long-Time Staff Members Retire From Posts The Grundy R-5 Board of Education approved several retirements and offered contracts for employ-

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ment during a meeting held Thursday evening. Superintendent Phil Fox said the board approved retirement letters from custodian Gene Schreffler, who has been with the district for 29 years, as well as elementary secretary Charla Pipes, who has served for 23 years; and Mindi Clark who has eight years of service to the district and works in the library. The employment of Nicole Head as speech pathologist was approved, as was the employment of Cindy Collins, who will serve two days a week as a school social worker. Pleasant View R-6 will employ Mrs. Collins three days in that capacity as well. Robin Griswold was hired for Parents as Teachers. [See Grundy, Page 4]

Ripcord: Enemies To Friends Gallatin Theater League To Present Production On Thursday, Friday, Saturday A “friendly” competition between polar-opposite roommates leads to laughs and a few contemplative moments in the Gallatin Theater League’s production of “Ripcord.” The comedy by David LindsayAbaire will be presented Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Courter Theater in Gallatin and promises to leave the audience laughing. Abby Binder, played by Annie Gibson, and Marilyn Dunne, played by Emily Anderson, are roommates at the Bristol

Place Senior Living Facility, where Abby’s sour disposition has ensured she doesn’t keep a roommate very long. When bubbly, bright and unbearably cheerful Marilyn moves in, Abby is surprised that her usual methods don’t result in Marilyn moving out. In fact, Marilyn would like to have the bed by the window, which the irritable and sarcastic Abby has claimed as hers for her four years of residence. Marilyn, with a love of competition and pranks, challenges Abby to a contest: if Abby can make Marilyn mad, Marilyn will move out; but if Marilyn can scare the self-professed unscarable Abby, then Marilyn will not only stay - she will get the bed by the window.

What follows is a hilarious sequence of “friendly” challenges and practical jokes, but when secrets are revealed, the audience gets a peek into the pasts of both Abby and Marilyn and insight into how they’ve been shaped by those pasts. The ending is a satisfying story of how sometimes enemies can turn into friends. In addition to Ms. Gibson and Ms. Anderson, principal cast members include Phil Barnard as Scotty, the resident aide who refuses to move Marilyn and is sometimes caught up in the competition; Tonya Sloan and Jeremy Dungy as Marilyn’s daughter, Colleen, and son-in-law, Derek, who own a sky-diving business and aren’t [See Ripcord, Page 4]

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SIXTH GEAR North Central Women Sixth At National Tourney For the second time in program history, the North Central Missouri College

women’s basketball team placed sixth at the NJCAA Division II National Tournament. The Pirates were 2-2 in Port Huron, MI, finishing sixth to equal the 20062007 team’s finish at the national tournament 15

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ANGEL WIGGINS drives down the floor during North Central’s match-up with eventual national champion Kirkwood on Thursday.

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11 rebounds. North Central also got nine points, six assists and three blocks from Angel Wiggins and eight points from Jasmine Taylor in the win. Against Kirkwood, Ford had 15 points and three steals and Moore had 11 points and seven rebounds. Wiggins had 12 points to lead North Central against Muskegon while Moore tallied 11 points, 15 rebounds and four steals. Taylor finished with nine points and Ford went for seven points, seven rebounds, six assists and three steals. In their final game of the tournament, the Pirates got 15 points and seven rebounds from Ford in the loss to Johnson County. Moore followed with 14 points and eight rebounds and Toya Bethal chipped in

10 points, six rebounds and three assists. Wiggins scored seven points and had three assists. The 2-2 showing gave the Pirates a final standing of 26-7 overall for the season. Croy, who was an assistant coach for the 20062007 team, saw several similarities between her squad and the last team to place at a national tournament. “This team and the 2007 team were both full of girls who loved the game, who played for each other and just had that grit needed to play at a high level,” Croy said. “They didn’t care who scored or who got the credit. Both teams were very unselfish and were excited to see the success of their teammates as well as their team.”

North Central’s roster should have a very similar look next season as Ford, Moore and Crowe are all expected to return for what would be a third season. Due to COVID shortening the 2020-2021 season, which wound up being a condensed sprint taking place entirely in 2021, the NJCAA did not take a year of eligibility from any player that season. That gives the Pirates their three leading scorers coming back again next year. “When I sent [Ford] the text letting her know [she made the all-tournament team] her response was ‘thank you, I’m ready to start working for next year.’ These girls will be determined to get back to the tournament. It was an awesome experience.”

Region 16 Champions Central Plains District Champons 6th Place at the NJCAA Division II National Tournament

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MACI MOORE (15) and Kennadie Crowe, contest a shot during the fifth-place game at the NJCAA Division II National Tournament in Port Huron, MI on Saturday. Moore had 14 points and eight rebounds in the contest.

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years ago. This year’s team did something no other North Central team has done at a national tournament, however — win multiple games. The 2007 finish saw North Central go 1-2 at what was then a 12-team national tournament. The Pirates kicked off this year’s tournament with a 75-50 win over Niagra County on Wednesday and they scored a 60-52 win over Muskegon on Friday to punch their ticket to the fifth-place game. The two losses suffered by the Pirates included a quarterfinal loss to topseeded Kirkwood by a 7249 margin. Kirkwood wound up winning the tournament to claim the national title. The Pirates were also defeated in the fifth-place game where they fell 72-56 to Johnson County, who was seeded second in the 16-team field, but was knocked off in the quarterfinals by seventh-seeded Morton, which ultimately finished runner-up, falling to Kirkwood in the national championship game, 4944. “We really took it one game at a time,” North Central head coach Jenni Croy said. “Our girls were determined to win that first one to prove we belonged in the eight seed or higher [range]. Facing Kirkwood we knew was going to be tough. After that we needed to regroup and win that third game versus Muskegon. That put us into the fifth-place game and achieved our goal of playing on the very last day we could possibly play. Playing four games in five days was tough, especially against the toughest teams in the country.” Ford averaged 15.75 points per game at the national tournament. She was named to the all-tournament team, the latest honor for the Region 16 Player of the Year. Ford had her biggest game in the Pirates’ opener, going for 26 points and six steals. Maci Moore added 13 points and 13 rebounds in the win and Kennadie Crowe had 13 points and

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NCAA TOURNAMENT

Coach K Farewell Tour Extended Bracket Bets Like Blue Devils Fight Off Elimination, Push Into Second Weekend By The Associated Press Mike Krzyzewski's farewell tour was this close to over. Duke trailed Michigan State 70-65 with 5:10 left to play Sunday and there was next to nothing he could do about it. “I’m an Army guy,” recalled Krzyzewski, who played for Bobby Knight at West Point and started his coaching career there. “But it looked like our ship was sinking.” From the moment in June when Krzyzewski announced his 42nd season would be his last, it was bound to be all about him. And really, how could it be otherwise? Coaches have always been the enduring stars of the college game and no one since John Wooden lit up the firmament like Coach K. Now imagine being a kid in a Blue Devils uniform and watching that light flicker. “We can either lay down,” freshman Paolo Banchero recalled thinking, "or turn it up.” Duke responded with a 20-6 run the rest of the way. The 6-foot-10 Banchero steamrolled Michigan State's Joey Hauser on a drive to the biggest bucket of the night for a 7574 lead. Jeremy Roach followed with a 3-pointer to stretch the lead to four with 1:16 left. Krzyzewski won't officially become a spectator until this one last run through the NCAA Tournament ends with a loss, but he's already learning to enjoy the view. “You guys were terrific, man,” Krzyzewski told the players sitting alongside him after Duke notched an

85-76 win over the Spartans to advance to the Sweet 16 and a matchup with Texas Tech. “I’m so — I’m really proud to be your coach." Coach K has been hoarse since the tournament started, but he insisted on making a point. “It had nothing to do with coaching in those last four or five minutes," he said. "It all had to do with heart and togetherness." That might be overstating the case, since talent is a more reliable measure of success than emotion. But not in every case. Just ask 10th-seeded Miami, which handcuffed Auburn's Jabari Smith and Walker Kessler — both likely NBA lottery picks — en route to the day's biggest upset, a 79-61 beatdown of the No. 2 Tigers. “It’s the first time that we got it handed to us,” Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said. “We didn’t know how to respond.” Or for that matter, 11th-seeded Iowa State, which tipped No. 3 Wisconsin 54-49 in Milwaukee, just a fast hour's drive from the Badgers' campus in Madison. Wisconsin had Johnny Davis, the Big Ten player of the year, a hard-earned reputation for taking care of the ball — a nation-low average of 8.4 turnovers per game — and a frenzied crowd behind it. But the Badgers ominously gave the ball away eight times in the first half alone and didn't shoot much better. Davis was 0 for 7 from 3-point range and his teammates weren't much better, just 2 for 15. “Shot the ball uncharacteristically poor today. Turned the ball over. We’re No. 1 in the country in fewest turnovers. Today," coach Greg Gard summed up, "we were not.” If it's any consolation, two more Big Ten teams joined the Badgers in heading for the exit.

Seventh-seeded Ohio State pulled within 60-58 of No. 2 Villanova with just under six minutes left and then went colder than cold. Instead of panicking, the Wildcats got two turnovers and cranked up the defense, pulling away to a 71-61 victory as the Buckeyes missed six of their final seven shots from the floor. Coach Jay Wright has been quietly building a Coach K-caliber program, having won national championships in both 2016 and 2018. That kind of continuity pays dividends. "This is what happens when you play great teams and it’s happened to you before, and you can fight through it. If you haven’t done it, it’s hard, you can panic,” Wright said. “But all these guys have been there.” Houston, a Final Four team last season, should have been able to rely on experience. Instead, the fifthseeded Cougars lost their two best players, guards Marcus Sasser and Tramon Mark, to season-ending injuries and were forced to retool with three transfers. But Taze Moore stepped up with 21 points and Jamal Shead added 18 in what turned out to be a comfortable 68-53 win Sunday over Illinois. “We got a brand-new bunch,” Houston coach Kelvin Sampson said afterward. “But the culture never changes." Kofi Cockburn, the Illini's AllAmerican center, knows that feeling only too well. He passed up a shot at the NBA last year in search of some redemption. Instead, Illinois got bounced on the tournament's opening weekend for the second straight year. “We always want to leave with with a good feeling, you know?" Cockburn said. "We fell short. Can’t really put it into words.”

Saint Peter’s Quietly Savors OT Win All Eyes On Tiny Jesuit School After Upset Of Kentucky JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Everyone was buzzing about tiny Saint Peter's University on Friday after its stunning NCAA Tournament upset of Kentucky, except maybe Saint Peter's University. Sure, students and staff were savoring the No. 15 seed Peacocks’ 85-79 overtime win. But Fridays are typically quiet on the Jersey City, New Jersey, campus, and that was unchanged even after the feat that destroyed untold numbers of brackets showing second-seeded Kentucky in the winner’s box. It wasn't that way Thursday night, when a watch party drew a big crowd, Kaylie Morris said.

“It was a lot of people and they were supportive, very supportive,” she said. “And it was loud.” The 150-year-old Jesuit school isn’t generally known as a rabid basketball school — at least it wasn’t as the Peacocks headed into their fourth appearance in the tournament since the 2010-11 season. This was the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champion’s first NCAA tournament win. “A lot of people doubted. I don’t think anybody believed that a little school in Jersey City would do so well,” John Johnson Jr., an assistant professor of history, said. “But Coach Shaheen Holloway is an excellent coach and he had his team trained up pretty well, and those young men executed.” Eduardo Pinto, a junior majoring in criminal jus-

tice, said he had so much confidence in Saint Peter’s that he bet a friend the team would score more than 80 points. “I always have faith in Saint Peter’s. I know a couple of them. They work hard and everything. I knew they were going to beat Kentucky.” Peacocks forward Hassam Drame called the support from afar amazing. “Even though they’re not here physically, we knew they were here with us, like, spiritually,” he said at a news conference Friday in Indianapolis, where the game was played. Now “we've just got to keep on going,” guard Matthew Lee said. The only Jesuit, Catholic university in New Jersey has about 3,000 students, roughly 2,100 of them undergraduates and most from New Jersey. A few dozen students

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gathered for a pep rally later Friday ahead of Saturday’s second-round matchup with the Murray State Racers. “This puts us on the map,” student Cliff Achokas said. “You know, Jersey City is oftentimes overlooked because of its proximity to New York City. But I think this is a great, great way to make noise for our city, for people to know who we are and what we’re about.” As for that Peacock mascot, the university's website says that was the idea of the Rev. Robert Gannon, then dean, who chose it in 1930, symbolic of the resurrection in the Catholic tradition.

Picking Stocks

Perfect Bracket Similar To Finding The Next Tesla By The Associated Press It's estimated that some 45-million adults will bet on games during March Madness - the NCAA men's basketball college tournament, down from 47million last year. Going into the tournament, the Gonzaga Bulldogs were heavily favored to win by the oddsmakers in Vegas. Hoping for a big payday, though, many may try their luck betting on St. Peters or New Mexico State, hoping for a "Cinderella" pick that goes all the way. Interestingly enough, there is a parallel between betting during March Madness and investing in stocks. Many investors will also bet large, hoping that their stock pick is a Cinderella stock that becomes the next Tesla or Amazon. We all love a good Cinderella story, which is what makes March Madness so captivating. We're psychologically wired to root for the underdog, and March Madness allows us to do just that. The tournament usually delivers, too, as there have been many "Cinderella" teams over the past couple of decades, like George Mason in 2006, Loyola Chicago in 2018, and Florida Gulf Coast in 2013. The ultimate Cinderella team, though, maybe Gonzaga. While top, well, dogs now, the college used a deep run back in 1999, in only their second tournament visit ever, to springboard its men's basketball program and become one of the perennial top teams in the country. Similarly, many investors pore over charts and financial reports to find the stock market's next Cinderella. If they're right, buying the company's stock can result in a huge payday. The lingering question is this: Is that a good or sustainable strategy to drive significant returns? March Madness betting and stock-picking: How are they similar? Tens of millions of

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people will wager a bet this March, in hundreds of different way. For example, you could bet that you'll fill out the perfect bracket (the odds of doing so are roughly 1 in 120 billion, if you know what you're doing). You could bet that a team from the Pac-12 will win the tournament. Or, you could bet that one team will win it all. Obviously, those bets come with varying odds and probabilities. You're much more likely to pick the team that wins the tournament than fill out a perfect bracket, pinpointing the winner of all 67 games during the tournament. Some teams have a better chance to win than others. For example, picking Duke to win the national championship in 2022 is probably a much better bet than picking DePaul. So, how does this all relate to investing? Think about picking stocks or other assets, maybe even cryptocurrencies. Some are already very valuable, like Amazon stock or Bitcoin. But others, perhaps some that we've never heard of, are still low in value but could become very valuable over the next year. As an investor, you're looking for those Cinderella stocks because they present an opportunity to earn the most significant return. The problem is that it's challenging, if not impossible, to pick those stocks, even with the right stock research tools. The odds of choosing one stock, loading up on shares, and having it blossom into the next Tesla are infinitesimal. In the same way that your chances of choosing the next national champion out of the field of 68 (or filling out the perfect bracket) are low, so are your odds of picking the next Tesla, Amazon, or Microsoft. In effect, picking individual stocks, using little more than some armchair chart-gazing and intuition, is probably not the best strategy for non-professional investors.

TRENTON R-9 BOARD OF EDUCATION Wednesday, March 30 6:30 pm

Saturday April 23, 2022 Sponsored by the Trenton Republican-Times Newspaper

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Team Red Hot earned first place out of 11 teams in the Fourth Annual Trenton Kiwanis Trivia Night, held Saturday, March 12 at Black Silo Winery. Team members included, from left, Joe Walljasper, Erika Walljasper, Mary Woodson, Elizabeth Thompson, Sam Woodson, Ben Woodson and Ruby Woodson (seated) with Kara Helmandollar, Kiwanis Club project chair presenting their first place award, which was a 100 percent payback of its entry fee. Including entry fees, concessions and a silent auction, the event raised over $4,000 that will be used to support Kiwanis Club projects in the community.

afraid to use it to help Marilyn scare Abby; Doug Nichols as Benjamin, Abby’s grown son who is making a genuine effort to prove to his mother he is a changed man. Supporting cast members include Taylor Cornett, Walker Cornett, Blake Cornett Ian Sloan and Jackie Nichols. The play is directed by Elizabeth Plotner. Crew members include Paul Caven, Chris Plant, Dena Plant, Troy Smith, Mark Gay, Amy McMahon, Rick Wharton and Jan Stout. Performances of “Ripcord” are scheduled for 7 p.m. each night. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at Eleine’s Beauty Shop, located at 201 N. Maple St., in Gallatin or by calling 660-663-2160.

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Abby (Annie Gibson), right, is the “victim” of a pretend holdup in the park at the hands of family members of her nemesis, Marilyn. Derek (Jeremy Dungy) and Colleen (Tonya Sloan) stage the “crime” in an effort to scare Abby.

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Taking second place at the Fourth Annual Trenton Kiwanis Club Trivia Night was the Data Geniuses Team from the Green Hills Regional Planning Commission. The group earned a 50 percent payback of their entry fee for their efforts. Team members pictured with Club Project Chair Kara Helmandollar, far left, include, from left, Laura Callihan, Arthur Embry, Deborah Baucom, Corinne Watts, James Watts and Angela Shoultz.

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All certified staff members offered contracts for the 2022-23 school year and while the board discussed preliminary salary information for next year, the final proposal will be presented at the April board meeting. Board members reviewed the sports cooperative agreement with the Newtown-Harris School District and will hold a meeting with representatives of that district to complete the details. An Early Childhood Special Education Agreement with Pleas-

ant View R-6 School was approved and will be in effect through the 2024-25 school year. A report was given on the Missouri State Highway Patrol bus inspection, with all buses passing. Board members directed Fox to seek proposals for banking services and heard a report on the Supply Chain Assistance Grant that will assist the district in purchases for the food service program. The total grant amount is $7,258. In other business, a bid from Kramer Contracting of Jamesport was accepted for the replacement of 37 windows in the elementary

building. The bid, which was for $46,880, was the only one received. Work is to be completed over the summer. Wyatt Heating and Cooling was awarded the bid for installing central air conditioning in the elementary building. The $55,000 bid was the only one received. Board members also heard administrative reports and held a closed session after which the personnel items already mentioned were announced. The next board meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 12.

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Shelter. Cox, who was also emcee for the evening, recognized members of the chamber’s board of directors. Jeb Walker introduced the Chamber Ambassadors. Michael Witten conducted an auction of donated items, which raised

funds for the chamber as did a 50/50 drawing, which was won by Jeb Walker, who donated his winnings back to the chamber. Jenna Stevens took photos during the evening and Hy-Vee catered the meal. The evening concluded with a “Casino Night,” conducted by Jacks and Aces LLC of Kansas City.

Wilford Speaks At Rotary Dan Wilford presented the program at the Thursday, March 17 meeting of the Trenton Rotary Club, held at the BTC Bank community room. Brian Upton presided over the business meeting, Joe MacDonald gave the prayer and Jeff Crowley was the sergeant at arms. Wilford, who is also a member of the local club, told about Indian family heritage. He has traced his Indian family back to around 1800, when his great-great-great-grandfather, a Cherokee, was born in Eastern Tennessee. He said that Indian babies are not usually named until they are three years of age as many die before that time. His great-great-greatgrandfather received the name of Running Bare (meaning he did not like to wear clothing when he was young). Wilford said his family lived in what was known as the Cherokee Territory and was able to build a home there, although they were not owners of the land on which it was built. Running Bare and his wife had four children (two boys and two girls). When the U.S. government took over the Cherokee Territory and moved the tribes to Eastern Oklahoma, his family name was changed to Brown. Wilford also related the story of how Run-

ning Bare sold three pelts and used the money he received to purchase freedom for a slave named Mamie, who took care of his children and helped with chores. Due to the limited time for the program, the club invited Wilford to continue the story of his family at a future meeting. During the business meeting, President Brian Upton provided information regarding a virtual leadership meeting to be held April 12 and 19. Members interested in participating can contact him for more information. Members were also reminded to make their donation to the club’s Shoes for Orphan Souls project, with members asked to donate at least one pair of new shoes to the Shoes project and match that donation with one for the local shoes project through Bright Futures Trenton. All shoes will be collected by the club and distributed in late April. The public can also donate to the project by contacting chairman Diane Lowrey or any Rotary member The club will meet again on Thursday, March 24 with Terri Critten from Bright Futures Trenton presenting the program on the Beds for Bulldogs project.

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Approximately 1,650 high school agriculture students from more than 70 high schools across northern Missouri participated in the annual NCMC Ag contest day held at North Central Missouri College on Thursday, March 17. The contests were held in cooperation with Area 2 Agriculture Educators for students to practice their judging skills in preparation for further judging competitions in the areas of agronomy, dairy foods, entomology, farm management, FFA Knowledge, forestry, floriculture, horses, livestock, meats, nursery, poultry, and soils. NCMC agriculture students also assisted with various events and organization of the day. For more information about NCMC Ag contest, Barton Farm Campus, or Agriculture programs at NCMC, contact Rustin Jumps or Jack Green at (660) 359-3948 or visit www.ncmissouri.edu

by Shawn Deering, Livestock Specialist There are two types of liver flukes found in the United States that affect cattle. One is known as the common liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica). It is predominately located in the Gulf Coast states and the Pacific Northwest. The other is known as the deer fluke or the giant liver fluke (Fascioloides magna). It is found in certain areas of the Gulf Coast, southern Atlantic seaboard, Rocky Mountain trench, Pacific Northwest and is widespread throughout the upper Great Lakes. It has also been identified in Missouri. Records from the University of Missouri Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory indicate that deer flukes were identified in livestock as early as January of 2011. However, by December of

2021 a limited number of additional cases had been reported. Most of these cases are from counties that lie north of Interstate 70 and along and east of Highway 63. Local veterinarians continue to be the best source of information on the presence and distribution of the fluke within an area. Veterinarians in regions that border the affected area should be on the lookout in case the population is expanding. Dr. Craig Payne and Dr. Lauren Delaney with the University of Missouri School of Veterinary Medicine have recently released an MU Guide Sheet titled “Liver Flukes in Missouri: Distribution, Impact on Cattle, Control and Treatment”. This is an excellent resource and the link to the document is https://extension.missouri.ed u/publications/g2119 .

While More Companies Are Merging, Northwest Iowa Cooperative Finds Success In Staying Small WEBSTER CITY, Iowa (AP) — Pleasant Hill Community Line’s most recent annual report says a lot about 87-year-old Leonard Rotschafer’s three decades at the small electric cooperative in northwest Iowa. General manager: Leonard Rotschafer. Customer relations and complaints: Leonard Rotschafer. Accounts payable: Leonard Rotschafer. “He does everything,” said Jim Cisco, Pleasant Hill’s board president, laughing. “He’s unbelievable.” At a time when the federal government worries that the merger-driven ballooning of big businesses — from tech firms to drug makers and meatpackers — are stifling competition, padding profits and potentially gouging consumers, the northwest Iowa cooperative has found success in staying small. Really small. Pleasant Hill Community Line provides power to about 120 farmers, families and businesses in the rural area south of Webster City, according to the Des Moines Register. Its residential electric costs rank 38th lowest in the state, based on an analysis of 181 rural cooperatives, municipal and investor-owned utilities by Jim MartinSchramm, a Winneshiek Energy District board member in northeast Iowa. That’s better than the two big investor-owned utilities serving Iowa: MidAmerican Energy ranks 41st, and Alliant Energy, 178th, the analysis shows. “We run with volunteers. We have no vehicles. No employees. No office,” Cisco said, adding that Rotschafer contracts with the board to read the co-op’s meters, so “our overhead is pretty low.” Boone Valley Electric Cooperative, which vies each year with Pleasant Hill as the state’s smallest electric provider with about 130 customers, does even better, with the state’s 19th-lowest residential rates. Like Rotschafer, Boone Valley’s Curtis Meinke fills several roles at the cooperative in rural Humboldt County, about 40 miles north of the Pleasant Hill cooperative’s service area. Meinke and his wife, Karla, read meters in 20-belowzero snowstorms and 100-degree heat. They’ve fielded outage calls during a funeral and while on vacation and occasionally get angry stares from unhappy customers at the grocery store. Like Rotschafer, Meinke is committed to the cooperative. Boone Valley’s service area includes the first home in Iowa to receive electricity under the 1936 Rural Electrification Act. The New Deal legislation provided loans that helped accelerate the co-op movement, in which farm communities banded together to establish electrical systems in areas too sparsely populated to draw commercial providers. “There’s a lot of history here,” said Meinke, who farms and runs a trucking business as well as working part-time for the cooperative. “The members have been reluctant to merge or sell out to a larger co-op,” he said. But Boone Valley and Pleasant Hill are nearing a crossroads: Rotschafer and Meinke, 58, both have to find

people to replace them in jobs that are more community service than paying gigs. After two knee-replacement surgeries, Rotschafer lets Cisco scramble down steep ice-covered paths to read hard-to-reach meters in the Briggs Woods county park. The board has yet to decide how to move forward once Rotschafer decides to retire, Cisco said. Meinke acknowledged his eventual departure could likewise put the Boone co-op in a bind. “It’s going to be a challenge,” he said of finding someone to take over his role. His wife wants to talk about retiring but Meinke is hesitant. “We disagree,” he said. “But I can’t do it without her. So I don’t know how many more years we’ll do it.” Rural electric cooperatives aren’t immune to the consolidation that’s swept through the country. Citing the need to become more efficient, lower costs and improve service to members, many have allowed themselves to be acquired by larger operations. Rotschafer said Pleasant Hill put itself up for sale in 1970, when the cooperative’s infrastructure needed significant repairs, most likely after a severe storm. “We were in bad shape,” he said. “But no one would make us an offer. So, we rebuilt the lines. And it’s worked for us.” Cisco said the cooperative takes pride in having served its rural customers for 93 years. Many of the founding members’ descendants still live in the area and are active on the board. “If you want to start a fight, just mention something about selling off the place, and those guys come to life pretty fast,” Cisco said. For 30 years, Rotschafer and his wife, Colleen, have read the system’s 123 meters once every three months, a billing cycle that’s unique to Pleasant Hill. More recently, it has been Cisco who makes the quarterly rounds with Rotschafer. They check meters monthly for large hog confinements, businesses and government operations. “Nowadays, most utilities have little handheld scanners and someone drives up and down the neighborhood,” Cisco said, “just scanning numbers off of the meter.” Or utilities use smart meters that transmit power and gas usage data to their home offices, eliminating the role of readers. Luckily, Rotschafer can read some of Pleasant Hill’s meters with binoculars, Cisco said. Others are more work. “A lot of these meters were put in years ago,” he said. “They’re nearly inaccessible. With glare from the sun or bird poop, sometimes you just got to go down there and read the darn thing.” So Rotschafer and Cisco are “walking down in ditches, crawling across ice,” Cisco said. “We have one meter where you practically have to drop a rope over a ravine to go read it.” Meinke said he and his wife drive about 180 miles each month to read Boone Valley’s meters. The cooperative provides power to Renwick, a town of about 275, but the city reads its own meters and maintains its power lines. Meinke tackles the hard-to-reach meters — and a few homes that have farm dogs. His wife is a little leery of “unruly dogs,” he said, but the canines seem to like him.

“I’ve never had a problem.” Both Boone Valley and Pleasant Hill buy power wholesale and distribute it through their locally owned electric lines. Boone Valley has 60 miles of lines; Pleasant Hill, 30 miles. Power for both cooperatives comes from Corn Belt Power Cooperative in Humboldt. Boone Valley buys it directly from Corn Belt, and Pleasant Hill buys it via Webster City’s municipal utility, which also provides billing services and repairs lines during outages. Working from their home, Meinke and his wife manage the billing, using a computer program developed for the cooperative. He handles outage calls and calls Prairie Energy Cooperative in Clarion or another utility to repair lines during storms. “I’m on call 365 days a year, 24 hours a day,” Meinke said. “I’ve been in Florida on vacation and at my aunt’s funeral and had to handle outage calls. “Those are challenges that someone else will have to take on some day,” he said. Rotschafer, who joined the Pleasant Hill Community Line in 1992 as the cooperative’s board secretary, contracts with Webster City to answer outage calls when he’s out of pocket. Though Iowans owed about $41 million on their utility bills in January, Pleasant Hill and Boone Valley say delinquencies aren’t something they struggle with. Neither reported uncollectible accounts in their 2019 annual report to the Iowa Utilities Board, the most recent available. “I’m not saying we’ve never been burnt, but for the most part, it’s a non-issue,” Meinke said. Rotschafer said he works with families who get behind. He calls, and if that doesn’t work, he uses old-fashioned shoe leather. “I knock on people’s doors,” he said. “We don’t want to see anyone get cut off.” While most of Boone Valley and Pleasant Hill’s customers are residential, they’re still competitive on the statewide list when commercial and industrial rates are added in: Boone Valley ranks 38th lowest and Pleasant Hill drops to 100th, according to Martin-Schramm’s analysis. MidAmerican has the state’s sixth-lowest rate and Alliant, the 109th. Being small helps the cooperatives with maintenance, according to their leaders. Rotschafer and Cisco visually inspect Pleasant Hill’s electric lines and poles every three months; the Meinkes inspect Boone’s every month. That approach is unusual, Cisco said. Lines owned by some utilities may go uninspected for five years or more. “We literally see every inch of the system every 90 days and have over the past 93 years,” Cisco said. Rotschafer is especially good at spotting poles or lines that need repair, Cisco said, most likely because the octogenarian worked for a telephone company for 42 years. “He can spot a pole needing repair a mile away,” Cisco said. “He can see a dangling wire, a tree branch” that has the potential to interrupt power. “He knows each pole by name,” Cisco said.

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Coastal Carolina Runner Saved Dad’s Life, Won National Title CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — Melvin Jefferson was screaming at the television in his Georgetown home on March 12, along with a half-dozen other family members, as his youngest daughter was competing in — and winning — the NCAA women’s national 60-meter final race in Birmingham, Alabama. In a sense, he was celebrating both the accomplishment and his presence on this earth to enjoy it. Coastal Carolina junior sprinter Melissa Jefferson is responsible for both blessings. During her senior year at Carvers Bay High School, Melissa donated stem cells to repair and replace her father’s damaged bone marrow and save his life, allowing him to watch her make history by claiming the Chanticleers’ first NCAA individual championship in track and field. “She’s amazing,” Melvin said. “Our daughter basically was our lifesaver. She touches everyone she comes into contact with. I’m just so thankful, so grateful. She was a godsend.” Melissa’s win was deemed the biggest upset of the Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships by the running and track website Flotrack.org. She matched the fifth-fastest time ever in the event and finished atop a star-studded field of 16. It included Texas’ Julien Alfred, who set the collegiate record of 7.04 in her March 11 heat; defending national champ and previous 60-meter recordholder Kemba Nelson of Oregon; American and collegiate 200meter record holder Abby Steiner of Kentucky; and European Under-20 100- and 200-meter champion Rhasidat Adeleke of Texas. SAVING A LIFE AND THE FAMILY As big as the win was for Melissa, it finishes a distant second in her lifetime achievements. Melvin, 58, who was a maintenance worker at Brookgreen Gardens and did residential lawn care on the side, was feeling excessively tired in the fall of 2017. He received a bone marrow biopsy in February 2018 after multiple blood tests were inconclusive and was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome — essentially an early form of leukemia in which bone marrow isn’t producing enough white blood cells for the immune system. His survival required a bone marrow or stem cell transplant. While a donor was sought, Melvin underwent chemotherapy and three additional very painful bone marrow biopsies for analy-

sis. A perfect match out of millions of possibilities was found, but it was revealed a few days before the scheduled transplant that the donor had traits of sickle cell anemia. “That’s like trading the devil for the witch,” Melissa said. Testing turned to family members. A sister and Melvin’s two oldest daughters were all half matches, and the sister was deemed the preferred match. But Melissa, then 17, hadn’t been tested yet. Minors aren’t typically asked to test to be donor matches unless it’s an immediate family member, and it requires parental consent. “I remember telling my mom I had a feeling it was going to be me anyways because that’s just how God works,” Melissa said Tuesday. “. . . I said I’m going to do it because it’s my dad and I love him and I want him here for a long time.” Melvin became ill and had to be hospitalized, so the stem cell transplant was expedited. The procedure took place over two days in late September 2018, shortly before Melissa was crowned Carvers Bay’s homecoming queen. Stem cells were removed from her blood through a series of transfusions from one of her arms to the other. Melvin was given heavy doses of radiation to eviscerate his immune system so Melissa’s cells could enter his body without resistance, which left his immune system as vulnerable as a newborn baby. “I believe Melissa went through the worst of it because they had to extract her stem cells,” Melvin said. He had to be isolated for 100 days afterward, first at the hospital for 30 days, then at a hotel for a week, and the remainder at Charleston’s free Hope Lodge for cancer patients and their caregivers. His wife, Melissa’s mother, Johanna, stayed with him. During his isolation, Melvin was stricken with a life-threatening rhinovirus that caused severe shakes and alternating burning fevers and freezing chills for a few days, but he survived while reciting or singing prayers and scriptures throughout the ordeal. He returned home on Dec. 27, 2018. Melvin’s bone marrow remains 100% healthy donor cells, though he has diminished stamina now so he has to limit physical activity and can’t do the maintenance jobs he performed before his illness. He’s particu-

larly sensitive to cold temperatures, but he walks for exercise and often cooks. “All of her stuff is in me, I just don’t have the speed,” Melvin joked. ENTRENCHED IN THE COMMUNITY The Jeffersons are members of Lighthouse of Jesus Christ Independent Nondenominational Church, and both Melvin and Johanna, the longtime public housing manager of the Georgetown Housing Authority, are ministers there. Religion and community involvement go deep in the family, as Johanna’s father, the late Rev. Thomas Lance, was a minister at three Georgetown County churches. During the initial 100 days of Melvin’s recovery, the family’s church and others in the community held an envelope drive to help them pay their bills. People donated money and provided their information on an enclosed postcard, if they chose to. Melvin knows of about 400 people who donated and believes the actual number is likely about 600. A broken air conditioner in their home was replaced using some of the funds while Melvin and Johanna were in Charleston. “My phone has been going crazy since (the semifinal heats) Friday night. I’m what you like to call a village kid. I have my parents and my family, but my family is very much extended into my community,” said Melissa, who feels a particular connection to people in the areas of Dunbar, Oatland, Browns Ferry and Lanes Creek, “and Carvers Bay High School, and then Georgetown County as a whole. It’s just a great thing to experience and be a part of when you know everybody back home is rooting for you.” Melvin has posted several YouTube videos featuring Melissa’s exploits. “Because I believe that her story has got to be told,” he said. “. . . The journey was not easy for her to get where she is now, and we’re all a part of it, and we’re all so proud to be a part of it.” RISING TO AN ELITE LEVEL Melissa didn’t plan on attending CCU because it was closer to home than she wanted her college experience to be. “Had I followed my first intuition and not gone to Coastal, I wouldn’t be sitting here today as a national champion,” Melissa said. “It’s just listening for signs and having that feeling of something is right. That’s really what

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drove me to come here.” She has blossomed under the direction of CCU assistant coach for sprints and hurdles Karl Goodman, 28, a former TexasArlington sprinter from England. He was first hired at CCU in 2019 after serving as a graduate assistant for a couple years at UTA, and he creates workout programs and instruction for each of his runners individually. Melissa was a 100-meter state champion as a high school senior but admittedly arrived at CCU without the proper running mechanics. “We went all the way back to square one with her and just painted the picture, and she’s really taken it to a new level,” Goodman said. She writes down “easy, medium and hard” goals for the year, and she underestimated herself on the ultimate goal, which she set at reaching the NCAA final and running a 7.16. “Then I go out there on Friday (in a semifinal heat) and run 7.10, and I’m like, ‘OK, well at this point it’s beyond me, we’ll just see what happens next,’” she said. INSPIRATIONAL RUN Melissa said she turned to God before the final, and it helped her get into a deeper focus than she’s ever had in a race. “I had a talk with God, and I told him that I wanted him to guide my feet and I wanted him to show the world what he’s capable of doing,” Melissa said. “So while I was sitting there, I literally could feel his presence, and all I could see was my lane in front of me, and everything else was cloudy.” Prior to the Sun Belt Conference Championships on Feb. 2021, Melissa’s personal best time set this season was a 7.23, and Goodman expected that to get her into the NCAA meet. So his plan was for Melissa to peak at the national championships at the possible expense of the Sun Belt finals, which she still won in 7.22. “The plan was in place for her to be ready for the NCAA meet,” Goodman said. “We were training all through the week of conference, and I said, ‘You’re going to have to go there with heavy legs and perform,’” Goodman said. “I said, ‘That was good; now we’re really in business.’” When Melissa saw her time and place after stretching across the finish line in the NCAA final, her reaction was unbridled. She repeatedly jumped for joy and screamed, somewhat oblivious to a pair of competitors offering her congratulations. Goodman had a

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similarly astonished reaction. “When I saw my name on the board, I kind of just lost it because I was like, ‘Oh wow. I actually did it.’ It was a pretty special moment for me,” she said. Melissa has lost count of the amount of times she has watched a video of the race. “That’s probably the only thing that will set it in reality for me, is that I can go on YouTube and see that I was in that race and I won,” she said. “I see fight. I see me fighting against the odds, and I see me not using the fact that I’m at a smaller D1 school to stop me from achieving what I know I can achieve.” WHAT’S NEXT IN THE JEFFERSONS’ JOURNEY? Melissa, 21, is slight of build at 5-3 and 118 pounds, especially compared to the sprinters she competed against at the NCAA championships, though she’s as strong and defined as she has ever been. “Last year when I went to the (outdoor) national meet, I looked like a little kid compared to the girls out there,” she said. So one potential way to further improve is through gradual muscle growth. But she easily squats twice her weight and has an explosive power-to-weight ratio, Goodman said, to add to the naturally fast frequency of step that she brought to CCU. Her length of stride has improved greatly as well. “She’s only scratching the surface,” Goodman said. Melissa hopes to reach the NCAA outdoor championships in June for the second straight year in the 100 and 200 races. “As everybody else was getting to the finish and slowing down, she was picking up and pulling through, which also tells us — and this is exciting — that she’s a better 100-meter runner, so look out for outdoors,” said CCU director of track & field Sandy Fowler. A more long-term goal is to set times that will qualify her for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials in advance of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. “I think Melissa has the potential to be an Olympic athlete,” Fowler said. “I don’t even question that with how fast she has come through, and she’s so humble I don’t know if she sees that yet.” God willing, Melvin Jefferson will be screaming as Melissa competes for a medal wearing red, white and blue rather than teal and bronze.

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Sunnyview Apartments has a full-time job opening for a Level 1 Medication Aid. Please fill out an application at 1311 East 28th Street, Trenton, MO. Ask for Cassandra. E.O.E. S647d22 -------------------------------------Sunnyview Nursing Home has part-time job openings available for RN's. The positions will be every other weekend for 12 hour day shifts. Please fill out a job application at 1311 East 28th Street, Trenton, MO 64683. E.O.E. S564d22 -------------------------------------Driver Wanted - Home every weekend and some nights during the week. Good CDL record, tractor-trailer experience. If you aren't making $1500 weekly, call 816-520-3060. Terminal located in Orrick, MO. L068d29 --------------------------------------

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Lifeline Program Representative at Serve Link Home Care Serve Link is seeking a Lifeline Program Representative. Oversees our Lifeline Personal Emergency Response Program throughout Green Hills. This part-time position is a combination of customer management, billing and business development. Direct services provided including installation and equipment service in customer homes. Inventory management, billing and customer database maintenance are job components. Good computer skills, customer service and communication skills are a must. Apply at servelinkhomecare.com or 1510 E. 9th St., PO Box 308, Trenton MO 64683 (or call 660-359-4218, ext 12). Join our caring team. EOE

Business Office Manager at Serve Link Home Care Position oversees a small department, handles medical billing and payroll. Must be organized, detail oriented with some financial background. Proficiency with accounting and billing software is a plus. Good communication skills both verbal and written. Good computer skills, especially Excel software skills required. Competitive pay and benefits. Join our team of caring professionals. Apply at servelinkhomecare.com or 1510 E. 9th St., PO Box 308, Trenton, MO 64683. EOE

In-Home Program Manager at Serve Link Home Care Serve Link is seeking a person to lead our in-home service programs. Supervise home care aides, assess clients, oversee nursing visit program, provide some patient care… This job provides a great mix of office and field work. Are you a RN? Are you a problem solver? Do you have a passion for helping seniors and persons with disabilities? Do you enjoy training and equipping persons to succeed at caring for others? If so, you are what we are seeking. Join our team by applying online at servelinkhomecare.com Or calling 660-359-4218, ext 12

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AREA DAILY RECORD GRUNDY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT Associate Division Judge Steven D. Hudson Pleading guilty to amended charges of operating a motor vehicle with brakes not in good working order and fined $203.50 were Galen E. Owen, Trenton; Viliami K. Aso, West Jordan, UT; Andrei Ciobanu, Hughesville; and Duncan C. Njorge, Olathe, KS. MARRIAGE LICENSE Troy Garity Hanes and Michelle Denise Hanes, both of Trenton. REAL ESTATE Leo R. Davis to First Assembly of God of Trenton. Sally A. Krenz and husband to Derek McCauslin and wife. Sloane Ferguson and wife

to Richard L. Sherer. Babette Maloney Schilling and husband to Scott Shull and wife. DAVIESS COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT Associate Division Judge Daren L. Adkins Larry R. Atkinson, Jamesport, waived his preliminary hearing and had his case certified to the Circuit Division on a felony charge of third degree domestic assault. He is scheduled to appear in court April 13. Steven R. Johnson, Gallatin, waived formal arraignment and pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated (prior offender). He is scheduled to appear in court again on May 3. Matthew T. Johnson,

Jameson, waived formal arraignment and pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of failing to register as a sex offender. He is scheduled to appear in court again on May 3. Julie A. Richardson, Cameron, failed to appear in court on a misdemeanor charge of delivery or possession of an item at a county/private jail/correctional center which a prisoner is prohibited from receiving. A warrant was issued for her arrest. Paulina R. Nave, Excelsior Springs, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated and was sentenced to serve 10 days in jail. She pleaded guilty to speeding and was fined $200.

Fatality Mishap At Gallatin Saturday A Higginsville man was fatally injured in an accident Saturday evening at the intersection of Highways 13 and 6 in Gallatin. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Guy R. Stanley, 89, was the driver of a 2002 Dodge Durango that was northbound on Highway 13 and traveled through the intersection with Highway 6. The vehicle drove off the north side of the roadway and collided with trees. The vehicle traveled down a steep embankment and came to rest on its front, facing northwest. Mr. Stanley was

pronounced dead at the scene by Daviess County Coroner Jason Smith. The accident was investigated by Cpl. S.J. Cool, with assistance from Sgt. J.M. Cross, Tpr. M.S. Cline, the Daviess County Sheriff’s Department and the Gallatin Police Department. Another accident in Daviess County over the weekend sent a Trenton woman to the hospital with moderate injuries. According to Sgt. Cross’ accident report, Heather G. Michael of Trenton was transported by Daviess

Man Fails To Obey Order

A Trenton man has been returned to Trenton after failing to obey a judge’s order. Timothy Nguyen, 38, is being held on $5,000 cash-only bond after failing to obey a judge’s order in a case in which he was charged with possession of a controlled substance except 35 grams or less or marijuana/synthetic cannabinoid and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia-amphetamine or methamphetamine. Nguyen is scheduled to be in court on April 14.

County EMS to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton after she lost control of a 2002 Chevrolet Silverado around 10:20 p.m. Saturday. The vehicle was southbound on Missouri Route 190, one-half mile north of Route V when it travelled off the east side of the roadway, overturning several times. Ms. Michael, 36, was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. The truck was totaled in the mishap. Sgt. Cross was assisted by Tpr. Cline and the Daviess County Sheriff’s Department.