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BRIEFS Rissler Spring Program
Students in kindergarten, first and second grade at Rissler Elementary School will present a spring music program on Tuesday, March 29 in the Trenton R-9 Performing Arts Center. The kindergarten program will be presented at 6 p.m., with students to arrive by 5:45 p.m., and first and second grade students will present a program at 7 p.m. and should arrive by 6:45 p.m.
Minimum Wage And Mileage Raised As Well
Spickard R-2 Extravaganza
The Spickard R-2 PTO will hold its Basketball Extravaganza on Friday, April 1, with a spaghetti dinner and various basketball games planned. The event will kick off at 5 p.m., with an eat-what-youwant, pay-what-you-want spaghetti dinner and a pie auction in the cafeteria at 5:30 p.m. The Little Pirates Pee Wee game is scheduled to get under way at 6 p.m., followed by the Pirate players vs. parents/staff game at 6:30 p.m. A Spickard alumni game will begin at 7 p.m. Anyone with questions about the event can contact Terri or Amy at 660-485-6121.
United Way Campaign
The business campaign of the 2022 Grundy County United Way fundraising drive has begun, with nearly $4,000 already raised toward the organization’s $25,000 goal. Funds donated to the organization stay in the county to help organizations that focus on youth, education, the elderly and underserved populations. Those slated to receive funding this year include the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), Grundy County 4-H Council, Parents as Teachers, Green Hills Community Action Agency, Grundy County Juvenile Office, Juvenile Court Diversion Program, Community Food Pantry, Girl Scouts of Northeast Kansas and Northwest Missouri, Grundy County Council on Aging and the University of Missouri Extension. Donations can be sent to United Way of Grundy County, P.O. Box 146, Trenton, MO 64683.
Utility Committee Meeting
The Trenton Utility Committee met Tuesday evening, agreeing to make a recommendation to the city council for a purchase. According to Trenton City Administrator/Utility Director Ron Urton, the only action taken at the meeting was to agree to recommend to the full council that a backhoe be ordered for the Underground Department since the cost of the equipment will increase April 1. It was also discussed that the Street Department is in the same situation. The recommendation will be on the agenda for the March 28 city council meeting. Of note in his report, Urton said that the water crew is still in the process of replacing old meters for the AMI system but continues to have difficulty getting permission to access basements to replace the meters. Urton said final notices will be sent before more “drastic measures” are taken. The next regular meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 19.
County Awards Bids
The Grundy County Commission accepted two bids for CART rock during a meeting Tuesday, as well as a bid for concrete. According to Grundy County Clerk Betty Spickard, the commission accepted bids for CART rock from both Norris Quarries (Princeton and Gallatin) as well as Trager Limestone of Gallatin. Township officials can choose either vendor for their rock. Jamesport Concrete submitted the only bid for concrete, which was $140 per cubic yard for six-bag and $158 per cubic yard for eight-bag. Two mowing bids were submitted, with the bids tabled until it can be verified that insurance requirements are met. The commission also met with representatives from Jefferson Township concerning the need for a tube on Southwest 68th Ave. and traveled to that area in the afternoon to determine the size of the tube that will be placed there.
R-9 Candidate Forum
The Trenton Teachers Association, Trenton Hy-Vee and Trenton Republican-Times will host a “Meet the Candidates” Night on Wednesday, March 30. The forum will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Trenton High School Commons and will feature the candidates for the Trenton R-9 Board of Education who will be on the April 5 Ballot. Mindy Walker, Northwest Region member service coordinator for the Missouri State Teachers Association, will moderate the forum. Those invited to attend include the four candidates for two three-year terms: incumbent Dorothy Taul, Jeff Spencer, Toby Havens and Joshua Shuler, as well as Jason Hostetler, who was earlier appointed to the board to serve until the election and was the only candidate who filed to fill an unexpired term. Incumbent Marcie Cutsinger has chosen to not seek re-election. R-9 patrons are encouraged to send questions for the candidates to Charley Crimi at ccrimi@trentonr9.k12.mo.us. If time allows, questions will be taken from the audience during the forum, which is scheduled to be livestreamed.
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TUNING UP THE BAND
The Missouri Small School Band Directors Association held a festival at Trenton High School Wednesday. The event, hosted by the THS Band, gave area school bands the opportunity for a tune-up prior to the spring music contests. Judges for the event, which had been rescheduled from March 11, were Jared Shulse, Julie Capps and Bill Williams.
In-District Tuition Stays Steady At NCMC Prices Going Up For Students From Out Of District Some North Central Missouri College students will see an increase in tuition and fees following action taken at a meeting of college trustees on Tuesday. Vice President of Business and Finance Tyson Otto, who made the recommendation for the increases, said they are necessary to “ensure the college can continue to pay for quality programs and quality instruction.” NCMC President Dr. Lenny Klaver agreed and said the increases are “reasonable” and still keep the college’s tuition at less than half the in-state tuition of regional four-year state institutions. Students living in the college’s taxing district, which follows the boundaries of the Trenton R-9 School District, will not see an increase in tuition for the 202223 school year as the cost will remain at $92 per credit hour. All other students
will see a $5 per credit hour increase in tuition. The increase applies to the following categories, with the new tuition rate listed: other Missouri residents ($158); other U.S. residents ($195), international students ($195), online, outreach and course by arrangement (all $180), PN and ADN on-ground nursing students ($162) and ADN online, ($188). Dual credit and early college students will see no change in their tuition, which is $108 per credit hour for dual credit students; $14 per credit hour for in-district early college students and $64 per credit hour for out-of-district, online and outreach early college students. Fees that apply to all students saw a $2 per credit hour increase to $20 for both the student development fee and the facility fee, with the technology fee set at $10 per credit hour. Several fees for new allied health programs were approved, including a $300 per credit hour fee for the radiologic technology program and the surgi[See NCMC, Page 7]
The Spickard R-2 Board of Education took action Monday evening to increase the district’s base salary as well as raising the minimum wage and mileage reimbursement. According to information provided by Superintendent/Principal Erica Eakes, the board adopted a new salary schedule, raising the starting base salary from $28,125 to $29,500 for the 2022-23 school year. In addition, the minimum wage paid to noncertified staff was set at $11.15 per hour, effective immediately. Also going into effect immediately is mileage reimbursement at a rate of 58 cents per mile. Personnel issues were discussed, with the board accepting the resignation of Cathie Lowrey as music teacher. Applications are being sought for the position, which is for one day per week for the 2022-23 school year. All of the current teachers were offered contracts for the 2022-23 school year. Board members voted to proceed with the application process to obtain a USDA Rural Development Grant that would be used to purchase an eSIP phone system from Grand River Mutual and approved the extension of the contract with the Pleasant View R6 District for the Early [See Spickard, Page 6]
ELECTION 2022
Two Vying For Unexpired Term Editor’s Note: In an effort to inform our readers about the candidates in the April 5 Election for the Grundy County Health Department Board of Directors, the Republican-Times is including profiles of those candidates. Korynn Skipper and Ken Weaver, who are vying for the opportunity to fill an unexpired two-year term on the board, are featured today. Four other candidates - Amy May, Cari Blackburn, Jewell Harris and Stacey L. McCullough, are seeking to fill two open four-year terms. Their profiles appeared in an earlier edition of the Republican-Times. As these profiles contain medical information and opinions, it should be stated that the Republican-Times does not endorse any of those opinions and cannot verify their validity.
Skipper Has Served On The GCHD Board Since 2018
Weaver Challenges For Spot On The GCHD Board
Name: Korynn Skipper Provide a brief summary of your background and any special skills/training you would bring as a member of the Grundy County Health Department Board of Directors: I have been a nurse for 23 years with a Master’s in Nursing Education. I have experience in many areas of nursing including mental health, medical-surgical, emergency and obstetrics. For the past 15 years I have been a nurse educator at North Central Missouri College and since 2018, have been the director of the Practical Nursing Program. My time as an OB nurse and nurse educator has provided me the
Name: Ken Weaver Provide a brief summary of your background and any special skills/training you would bring as a member of the Grundy County Health Department Board of Directors: I am a life-long resident of Grundy County. I have served on church boards, city councils and country club boards. I retired from one of the top 10 agriculture companies in the United States, working 42 years in management and sales. I have a common sense approach to decision making and look at more than just one side of any issue. I have been a student of this event since it [See Weaver, Page 6]
Korynn Skipper
opportunity to work closely with the Grundy County Health Department, giving me insight into many of the services they provide our community. Unlike past elections, several candidates are seeking seats on the health department board. What prompted [See Skipper, Page 6]
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Tri-County Drops Opener, 10-3 Once Tigers Score They Don’t Stop, Run Away With Road Victory
Gallatin’s Bird Named All-State
Gallatin junior Isaac Bird has been named to the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association All-State Team. Bird scored 611 points this year, surpassing the 1,000point mark for his career in the sixth game of the season. He averaged 21 points, 6.5 rebounds, 3.5 steals and 2.86 assists per game, leading Gallatin to a district title.
PRINCETON 10 TRI-COUNTY w/GALLATIN 3 For two innings Princeton and TriCounty, playing in a cooperative agreement with Gallatin which accounts for the bulk of the roster, played to a stalemate. But when the Tigers pushed across the first run of the game in the third, it opened the flood gates, leading to a 10-3 loss for the Mustangs in their season opener at home in Jamesport on Monday. Princeton followed up its single tally in the third inning with two in the fourth, then three in the fifth and four in the sixth. The steady flow of runs buried Tri-County, which trailed 10-0 before finally scoring its first run of the season in the bottom of the sixth inning. The Mustangs would tally the final three runs of the game, but that did little to erase the doubledigit deficit. For Tri-County, Logan Malott was 1-for-3 with an RBI and Johnathan Baldwin went 2-for-4 with a double.
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WILL JOHNSON fires a pitch during Tri-County’s season-opening 103 loss to Princeton on Monday in Jamesport.
Owen Waterbury was 1-for-2 with a double and a run scored. Princeton got two hits, two runs and two RBIs from Gavin Power and Landon Krohn collected two hits, two runs and one RBI. Clay Evans added two hit as well, scoring one and driving in another. On the bump, Krohn started and threw two scoreless innings, striking out all six batters he faced. Talan Holt threw a scoreless third and Cooper Boxley struck out seven while yielding three runs on three hits and five
walks across the last four innings. Tri-County got seven strikeouts each from Owen Waterbury, who threw four innings, and Will Johnson, who threw three. The Mustangs allowed seven unearned runs. Princeton (1-0) was set to be back in action on Thursday, playing host to Grundy County, and the Tigers will host Hamilton on Monday at 4:30 p.m. Tri-County (0-1) was set to travel to Bosworth on Thursday and will travel to Bucklin on Monday for a 5 p.m. first pitch.
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Tigers Jump Start Season In Maryville Boys Sixth, Girls Ninth At Season’s First Event The Princeton High School track and field teams kicked off their 2022 campaigns on Saturday, traveling to the Indoor High School Kick Off in Maryville. Princeton’s boys finished sixth in the team standings collecting 44 points on the day. The Tiger girls ran ninth with 31 points. Luke Kelly and Talan Holt paced the Princeton boys. Kelly had the team’s highest individual finish of the day, placing second in the triple jump with a mark of 11.77 meters. Holt, meanwhile, grabbed a pair of fourth-place finishes, doing so in the high jump with a mark of 1.77 meters
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LUKE KELLY competes in the triple jump at the Indoor High School Kick Off at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville on Saturday. Kelly was second in the event with a mark of 11.77 meters.
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TRENTON R-9 BOARD OF EDUCATION Wednesday, March 30 6:30 pm
TRENTON HIGH SCHOOL COMMONS The format will include a period of time for the candidates to introduce themselves and their platform, followed by questions that have been submitted prior to the forum. If there is time remaining, the floor will be open for questions. Those who would like to submit a question are asked to send it to Charley Crimi at ccrimi@trentonr9.k12.mo.us and put “Candidate Forum” in the subject line. Questions will be organized as to avoid repeated questions on the same subject during the forum and will be presented anonymously.
Those who have filed for the two open three-year terms on the board: Dorothy Taul, Jeff Spencer, Toby Havens and Joshua Shuler. Sponsored by the the Trenton Teachers Association, Trenton Hy-Vee and the Trenton Republican-Times
4x400-meter relay teams as well, which placed second and fifth respectively. The duo was joined by Jaden Finney and Andrew Rhoades in the 4x2 where the team was second with a time of 1:38.68. The same four athletes were fifth in the 4x4 with a time of 3:47.36. Princeton had three other placewinners in jumping events. Kaleb Thomas was fourth in the triple jump with a mark of 10.82 meters, Finney was fifth in the high jump with a leap of 1.77 meters and Cooper Boxley finished seventh in the triple jump with a jump of 10.3 meters. The distance medley relay team’s eighth-place finish rounded out the Princeton boys’ team total. Logan Smith, Andrew Rhoades, Ethan Rhoades and Thomas combined to finish with a time of 13:06.79. Lauren Krohn was second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:02.99 and fifth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 28.3 to lead the Princeton girls. Grace Kelly placed third in the triple jump with a mark of 9.14 meters, Mackenzie Dunkin was fourth in the triple jump with a leap of 8.51 meters and Gracie Thogmartin was sixth in the 60-meter dash with a time of 11.31. The 4x200-meter relay team of Thogmartin, Kinslee Stokely, Addy Henke and Kelly was fourth with a time of 1:56.78. Princeton is in Chillicothe today (Friday) at 4.
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LOCAL DAILY RECORD GRUNDY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT Associate Division Judge Steven D. Hudson Jason M. Hollinger, Trenton, pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner and was fined $100.50. Failing to appear in court and having warrants issued for their arrest were Austin C. Steele, Cameron, on a misdemeanor charge of failing to register a motor vehicle; Marian A. Montiel, St. Louis, on a misdemeanor charge of speeding; Jon H. Milligan, Liberty, on a misdemeanor charge of driving while revoked or suspended; and Andrea E. Ippolito, Kansas City, KS, on misdemeanor charges of operating a motor
vehicle without maintaining financial responsibility and speeding. Teresa M. Scholl, Ridgeway, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of operating a motor vehicle with brakes not in good working order and was fined $203.50. Carter S. Searcy, Pleasantville, IA, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of failing to yield to a vehicle approaching from the opposite direction when turning left and was fined $60.50. Avery E. Mock, Spickard, waived her preliminary hearing and had her case bound over to the Circuit Division on three class D felony counts of endangering the welfare of a child, creating a substantial risk. She is scheduled to ap-
TRENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT March 14: officers investigated a nuisance violation at an east residence. March 15: reports of stealing were investigated at a west residence and an east residence. A nuisance violation was investigated at an east residence and officers investigated a report of fraudulent use of a credit device at a west residence. March 16: an assault was reported at a north business. March 17: officers responded to a motor vehicle crash in the east part of town and investigated a
burglary at an east business. March 18: no activity. March 19: a report of trespassing was investigated at a north residence and officers investigated an animal bite at a south residence and implemented a rabies quarantine. A motor vehicle crash was investigated in the east part of town and officers investigated the violation of a protection order at a south residence. March 20: officers investigated a nuisance violation at an east residence.
LOCAL GRAIN PRICES MARCH 23 Ray-Carroll County Grain Growers/Carrollton (1-800-722-4407) Corn 7.34, Soybeans 16.98, Soft Wheat 10.07 New Crop Corn 6.62, Soybeans 14.78, Soft Wheat 10.22
pear in court April 14. REAL ESTATE Washington Center, Inc. to Green Hills Rural Development. Lucinda Guthrie to J.W. Guthrie LLC. Terry Jasinski and wife to Kenneth Tyler DeWitt and wife. Sherry Knapp-Ishmael and husband to Amber Gray. DAVIESS COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT Associate Division Judge Daren L. Adkins Associate Civil Midland Funding LLC vs. Carsley Crabtree. The court entered a default judgment in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $7,096.86. The case involved a suit on account. U.S. Bank National Asso-
ciation vs. Crystal A. Williams. The court entered a default judgment in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $13,202.74. The case involved breach of contract. Harrison County Community Hospital vs. Casey L. Anderson and Sarah E. Anderson. The court entered a default judgment in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $3,875.75. The case involved a suit on account. Credit Bureau of Columbia d/b/a Accounts Management Services, assignee of Pershing Memorial Hospital vs. Emily N. Turner. The court entered a default judgment in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $5,169.61. The case involved a suit on account.
Fire Damage Is Reported A property owner who was burning yard waste Sunday afternoon burned more than he intended due to high wind and dry conditions. According to Trenton City Firefighter Wayne Brown, Greg Lewis is the owner of the property at 1436 Merrill St., and was burning grass and yard waste when it got out of hand and the fire extended to the side of the yard, where siding on the
owner’s house was melted due to the heat from the flames. The fire also extended to the north side of the yard, where shrubbery also caught fire and burned. Damage to the siding was described as mild. Firefighters from the TFD and the Grundy County Rural Fire Protection District, as well as the Trenton Fire Department and Grundy County EMS were on the scene for a little less than 15 minutes.
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GCSD Seeks Information On Rash Of Recent Thefts The Grundy County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the theft of a minivan from Tindall that is likely connected to other rural thefts in the GrundyMercer County area. According to the sheriff’s department, the stolen minivan is a maroon 2006 Chrysler Town and Country, with license plate CU1 R1G. The vehicle was taken in the early morning hours of Tuesday and is believed to be connected to the theft of a truck from Mercer County, which was recovered near Tindall Tuesday. Also believed to be connected to these incidents is the theft of a John Deere compact utility tractor and a John Deere gator from Highway Y in Grundy County; the tampering with an ATV near the GrundyMercer county line of NN Highway; and the theft of a
truck from Highway 65, north of Trenton. The truck from Highway 65 and the property from Highway Y have been recovered. According to Sheriff Herring, during the course of the investigation, the sheriff’s department learned that the same suspects are possibly responsible for similar thefts in Putnam, Sullivan and Mercer counties. The GCSD encourages everyone to remove all keys from their vehicles and equipment and to lock their home and all outbuildings. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the stolen minivan from Tindall is asked to call 911. Those with information about the thefts are asked to call the sheriff’s department at 660-359-2828 or submit an ad through the sheriff’s department app.
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OP/ED COLUMN ONE SETH HERROLD
LET THE KIDS PLAY
On Saturday, Princeton’s Talan Holt was placing in all four of his track and field events at an indoor meet in Maryville. Two days later, he scored twice, pitched a little bit and played centerfield in Princeton’s 10-3 baseball victory at Tri-County. Anyone who saw Holt on the football field in the fall or basketball court over the winter knows the kid is an athlete. He is a player that is helping his school’s sports teams — four of them. There will no doubt be days in the future where Holt has to decide if he wants to go play baseball or go run track. He will, however, be able to decide on a meet-to-meet or game-to-game basis. If he was a student at Trenton High School, though, his decision would have to come before the season started. He is not, however, a student at Trenton. He and a handful of his Princeton teammates who are also playing both games will be able to continue playing multiple sports throughout the spring. For as long as I have worked here and probably a long time before, Trenton has limited athletes to one sport per season. In the past, it probably made sense. Trenton competed in the Midland Empire Conference long ago and the North Central Missouri Conference before that. They competed regularly with the likes of Chillicothe, Savannah, Maryville and the schools in St. Joseph. There were plenty of kids
to go around and roster numbers were strong across the board. That was a long time ago, though. Now Trenton sits in the Grand River Conference. They are the biggest school in the league, but they are still a small school. Small enough at this point that filling out rosters for four boys sports in the spring is a challenge. It ebbs and flows — last year baseball was playing with just nine players, this year they have the biggest roster of any of the spring sports. One constant remains, though, every year there is one team or more that is struggling to field competitive teams. The golf team routinely places kids swinging clubs for the first time in their lives into the varsity lineup. Every kid out for tennis last spring lettered because, well, there were seven of them for six varsity spots. Again in 2022, there are seven out for boys tennis. The boys golf team is also seven strong this year, which is a good number for them. I’m not saying Trenton needs to cut any programs. For a lot of the kids playing spring sports, the sport they are out for is what they love. I would hate to see those opportunities taken away from them. I just think it is time for us to allow kids to compete in multiple sports like the majority of the Grand River Conference does. I remember a couple of years ago Pattonsburg came to Trenton and played a baseball game. The next day, seven of the nine kids from the baseball lineup were back in town running at the Trenton Relays. Trenton is much bigger than Pattonsburg or Princeton for that matter. But, they aren’t much bigger than a lot of the other schools on their side of the conference that still allow kids to compete in mul-
tiple sports. I get the drawbacks, I’ve heard them forever: the complaints of kids not achieving as much in one sport because they aren’t focused entirely on that one sport, coaches having to manage part-time players, a part-time player taking a full-time player’s spot on varsity. The positives outweigh all the negatives, though. Extracurricular activities were created to give students more experiences, not limit them. I don’t think you would get as many multiple-sport athletes as you might think. The ones that do decide to do it would no doubt benefit both programs. Imagine if Lathan Croy, an all-state golfer, would have been able to play tennis or baseball as well. You think he doesn’t still medal in golf at state? He was too good. But he might have been a state qualifier in tennis, too. Or, he might have been an all-district baseball player. We’ll never know and a really compelling story was lost to history due to an old rule. I really think Trenton could up its quality and quantity just by allowing kids to play multiple sports if they feel compelled to. I wouldn’t be opposed to making them request permission from the school board to do so or adding a hoop here or there to limit it to the kids who really care enough about the experience of playing multiple sports. I know the track team would love to have some of those kids on the baseball diamond come over and run, jump or throw every now and then. There could even be a stipulation where the kid has to select one sport as the primary sport and the other would be designated as a secondary sport. However it needs to be done, it just needs to be done. Come on Trenton, let the kids play.
The United States Has A Free Speech Problem From The New York Times For all the tolerance and enlightenment that modern society claims, Americans are losing hold of a fundamental right as citizens of a free country: the right to speak their minds and voice their opinions in public without fear of being shamed or shunned.
GUEST EDITORIAL This social silencing, this depluralizing of America, has been evident for years, but dealing with it stirs yet more fear. It feels like a third rail, dangerous. For a strong nation and open society, that is dangerous. How has this happened? In large part, it’s because the political left and the right are caught in a destructive loop of condemnation and recrimination around cancel culture. Many on the left refuse to acknowledge that cancel culture exists at all, believing that those who complain about it are offering cover for bigots to peddle hate speech. Many on the right, for all their braying about cancel culture, have embraced an even more extreme version of censoriousness as a bulwark against a rapidly changing society, with laws that would ban books, stifle teachers and discourage open discussion in classrooms. Many Americans are understandably confused, then, about what they can say and where they can say it. People should be able to put forward viewpoints, ask questions and make mistakes and take unpopular but goodfaith positions on issues that society is still working through — all without fearing cancellation. However you define cancel culture, Americans know it exists and feel its burden. In a new national poll commissioned by Times Opinion and Siena College, only 34% of Americans said they believed that all Americans enjoyed freedom of speech completely. The poll found that 84% of adults said it is a “very serious” or “somewhat serious” problem that some Americans do not speak freely in everyday situations because of fear of retaliation or harsh criticism. This poll and other recent surveys from the Pew Research Center and the Knight Foundation reveal a crisis of confidence around one of America’s most basic values. Freedom of speech and expression is vital to human beings’ search for truth and knowledge about our world. A society that values freedom of speech can benefit from the full diversity of its people and their ideas. At the individual level, human beings cannot flourish without the confidence to take risks, pursue ideas and express thoughts that others might reject. Most important, freedom of speech is the bedrock of democratic self-government. If people feel free to express their views in their communities, the democratic process can respond to and resolve competing ideas. Ideas that go unchallenged by opposing views risk becoming weak and brittle rather than being strengthened by tough scrutiny. When speech is stifled or when dissenters are shut out of public discourse, a society also loses its ability to resolve conflict, and it faces the risk of political violence. The Times Opinion/Siena College poll found that 46% of respondents said they felt less free to talk about politics compared to a decade ago. Thirty percent said they felt the same. Only 21% of people reported feeling freer, even though in the past decade there was a vast expansion of voices in the public square through social media. “There’s a crisis around the freedom of speech now because many people don’t understand it, they weren’t taught what it means and why it matters,” said Suzanne Nossel, the chief executive of PEN America, a free speech organization. “Safeguards for free speech have been essential to almost all social progress in the country, from the civil rights movement to women’s suffrage to the current fights over racial justice and the po-
lice.” Times Opinion commissioned the poll to provide more data and insight that can inform a debate mired in extremes. This editorial board plans to identify a wide range of threats to freedom of speech in the coming months and to offer possible solutions. Freedom of speech requires not just a commitment to openness and tolerance in the abstract. It demands conscientiousness about both the power of speech and its potential harms. We believe it isn’t enough for Americans to just believe in the rights of others to speak freely; they should also find ways to actively support and protect those rights. We are under no illusion that this is easy. Our era, especially, is not made for this; social media is awash in speech of the point-scoring, picking-apart, piling-on, put-down variety. A deluge of misinformation and disinformation online has heightened this tension. Making the internet a more gracious place does not seem high on anyone’s agenda, and certainly not for most of the tech companies that control it. But the old lesson of “think before you speak” has given way to the new lesson of “speak at your peril.” You can’t consider yourself a supporter of free speech and be policing and punishing speech more than protecting it. Free speech demands a greater willingness to engage with ideas we dislike and greater self-restraint in the face of words that challenge and even unsettle us. It is worth noting here the important distinction between what the First Amendment protects (freedom from government restrictions on expression) and the popular conception of free speech (the affirmative right to speak your mind in public, on which the law is silent). The world is witnessing, in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, the strangling of free speech through government censorship and imprisonment. That is not the kind of threat to freedom of expression that Americans face. Yet something has been lost; the poll clearly shows a dissatisfaction with free speech as it is experienced and understood by Americans today. Consider this finding from our poll: Fifty-five percent of respondents said that they had held their tongue over the past year because they were concerned about retaliation or harsh criticism. Women were more likely to report doing so — 61%, compared to 49% of men. Older respondents were less likely to have done so than other age groups. Republicans (58%) were slightly more likely to have held their tongues than Democrats (52%) or independents (56%). At the same time, 22% of adults reported that they had retaliated against or were harshly critical of someone over something he or she said. Adults 18 to 34 years old were far more likely to have done so than older Americans; liberals were more likely to have done so than moderates or conservatives. Elijah Afere, a 25-year-old I.T. technician from Union, N.J., said that he worried about the larger implications of chilled speech for democracy. “You can’t give people the benefit of the doubt to just hold a conversation anymore. You’ve got to worry about feeling judged,” he said. “Political views can even affect your family ties, how you relate to your uncle or the other side. It’s really not good.” Roy Block, 76, from San Antonio, described himself as conservative and said he has been alarmed by scenes of parents being silenced at school board meetings over the past year. “I think it’s mostly conservatives that are being silenced,” he said. “But regardless, I think it should be a two-way street. Everybody should have an opportunity to speak and especially in open gathering and open forum.” Pollsters asked how free people felt today to discuss six topics — including religion, politics, gender identity and race relations — compared to 10 years ago: more free, less
free or the same. Those who felt freest were Black respondents: At least 30% of them said they felt more free to speak on every topic, including 42% on race relations, the highest share of any racial or ethnic group. Still, that sentiment of more freedom among Black respondents reached only 46%, not a majority (the 46% being on the issue of gender identity). At the same time, a full 84% of Black people polled shared the concern of this editorial that it was a “very serious” or “somewhat serious” problem that some Americans do not exercise their freedom of speech out of fear of retaliation or harsh criticism. And 45% of Black people and nearly 60% of Latinos and white people polled reported that they’d held their tongues in the past year out of fear of retaliation or harsh criticism. While the level of national anxiety around free speech is apparent, the solutions are much less clear. In the poll, 66% of respondents agreed with the following: “Our democracy is built upon the free, open and safe exchange of ideas, no matter how different they are. We should encourage all speech so long as it is done in a way that doesn’t threaten others.” Yet a full 30% agreed that “while I support free speech, sometimes you have shut down speech that is antidemocratic, bigoted or simply untrue.” Those who identified themselves as Democrats and liberals showed a higher level of support for sometimes shutting down such speech. The full-throated defense of free speech was once a liberal ideal. Many of the legal victories that expanded the realm of permissible speech in the United States came in defense of liberal speakers against the power of the government — a ruling that students couldn’t be forced to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, a ruling protecting the rights of students to demonstrate against the Vietnam War, a ruling allowing the burning of the American flag. And yet many progressives appear to have lost faith in that principle. This was a source of great frustration for one of those who responded to our poll, Emily Leonard, a 93year-old from Hartford, Conn., who described herself as a liberal. She said she was alarmed about reports of speakers getting shouted down on college campuses. “We need to hear what people think, even though we disagree with them. It is the basis of our democracy. And it’s absolutely essential to a continuing democracy,” she said. “Liberal as I am — a little to the left of Lenin — I think these kids and this whole cancel culture and so-called woke is doing us so much harm. They’re undermining the Constitution. That’s what it comes down to.” The progressive movement in America has been a force for good in many ways: for social and racial justice, for pay equity, for a fairer system and society and for calling out hate and hate speech. In the course of their fight for tolerance, many progressives have become intolerant of those who disagree with them or express other opinions and taken on a kind of self-righteousness and censoriousness that the right long displayed and the left long abhorred. It has made people uncertain about the contours of speech: Many know they shouldn’t utter racist things, but they don’t understand what they can say about race or can say to a person of a different race from theirs. Attacking people in the workplace, on campus, on social media and elsewhere who express unpopular views from a place of good faith is the practice of a closed society. The Times does not allow hate speech in our pages, even though it is broadly protected by the Constitution, and we support that principle. But there is a difference between hate speech and speech that challenges us in ways that we might find difficult or even offensive. At the same time, all Americans should be deeply concerned about an avalanche of
legislation passed by Republican-controlled legislatures around the country that gags discussion of certain topics and clearly violates the spirit of the First Amendment, if not the letter of the law. It goes far beyond conservative states yanking books about race and sex from public school libraries. Since 2021 in 40 state legislatures, 175 bills have been introduced or prefiled that target what teachers can say and what students can learn, often with severe penalties. Of those, 13 have become law in 11 states, and 106 are still under consideration. All told, 99 bills currently target K-12 public schools, 44 target higher education, and 59 include punishment for violators, according to a running tally kept by PEN America. In some instances, the proposed bills failed to become law. In other cases, the courts should declare them unconstitutional. These bills include Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which would restrict what teachers and students can talk about and allows for parents to file lawsuits. If the law goes into force, watch for lawsuits against schools that restrict the free speech rights of students to discuss things like sexuality, established by earlier Supreme Court rulings. The new gag laws coincide with a similar barrage of bills that ostensibly target critical race theory, an idea that has percolated down from law schools to the broader public in recent years as a way to understand the pervasiveness of racism. The moral panic around critical race theory has morphed into a vast effort to restrict discussions of race, sex, American history and other topics that conservatives say are divisive. Several states have now passed these gag laws restricting what can be said in public schools, colleges and universities, and state agencies and institutions. In passing laws that restrict speech, conservatives have adopted the language of harm that some liberals used in the past to restrict speech — the idea that speech itself can cause an unacceptable harm, which has led to a proliferation of campus speech codes and the use of trigger warnings in college classrooms. Now conservatives have used the idea of harmful speech to their own ends: An anti-critical-race-theory law in Tennessee passed last year, for instance, makes lesson plans illegal if any students “should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish or another form of psychological distress.” (Unmentioned, of course, is the potential discomfort felt by students who are fed a whitewashed version of American history.) Liberals — and anyone concerned with protecting free speech — are right to fight against these pernicious laws. But legal limits are not the only constraints on Americans’ freedom of speech. On college campuses and in many workplaces, speech that others find harmful or offensive can result not only in online shaming but also in the loss of livelihood. Some progressives believe this has provided a necessary, and even welcome, check on those in power. But when social norms around acceptable speech are constantly shifting and when there is no clear definition of harm, these constraints on speech can turn into arbitrary rules with disproportionate consequences. Free speech is predicated on mutual respect — that of people for one another and of a government for the people it serves. Every day, in communities across the country, Americans must speak to one another freely to refine and improve the elements of our social contract: What do we owe the most vulnerable in our neighborhoods? What conduct should we expect from public servants? What ideas are so essential to understanding American democracy that they should be taught in schools? When public discourse in America is narrowed, it becomes harder to answer these and the many other urgent questions we face as a society.
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started, doing hours of research, reading hundreds of articles. Unlike past elections, several candidates are seeking seats on the health department board. What prompted you to seek a seat on the board at this time? I think I was like most people in the county, we really did not know much about the health department. It is where you get a birth certificate and mothers went for advice, people went for blood tests. Once the severe restrictions around COVID-19 started, most were blindsided by the power this entity had. My decision to run was two-fold; first, to learn more of how the department is managed, what the mission is, and second, to bring some common sense to decision making if possible. In your opinion, what is the role of a board member? To advise the health department to make the best decisions for the residents of Grundy County. Local Public Health Agencies have had a large role and great responsibility during the COVID-19 Pandemic. How would you, as a board member, provide leadership and support to the staff of the health department? Have the ability to look and think outside the box and know there is more than one opinion on almost every issue. To make informed decisions, which are in the best interest of the residents of Grundy County. The Grundy County Health Department was put in the spotlight during the pandemic, with republican-times.com republican-times.com
many people feeling the board overstepped its authority in issuing public health orders. How would you, as a board member, try to balance the need for public safety with the rights of individual citizens? I would refer to the Constitution of the United States. Any public health order that conflicts with the U.S. Constitution should be void. Please feel free to share any other information that would be relevant to your candidacy. I don’t believe an unelected official should be making drastic decisions for Grundy County. This was all done on the premise of a pandemic and an emergency declaration. Almost overnight, all your Godgiven rights were lost. The closing of businesses, closing of schools, limiting travel and mask wearing were implemented in the name of public health. Two years into this event, I think we can safely say none of the above actions had any effect on the outcome of the virus. We fill sports stadiums, stores are full again with little difference in case counts. I feel there has been a lack of transparency in testing procedures, case count. In July of 2021 the CDC posted this on their website: “After December 31, 2021, CDC will withdraw the request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of the CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) REAL-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel.” The reason cited was the inability of the PCR test to differentiate between COVID-19 and influenza viruses. Prior to that, some scientists questioned the false positive rate of the PCR test. Kary Mullis, the inventor of the PCR test, was quoted as stating “The PCR test was
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never designed to detect a virus,” yet the test is still being used by our county health department the last time I checked with them. The lack of the health department to make recommendations on prevention and early treatment I feel is a cause of concern. It has been known for years that a regiment of vitamins and minerals can help protect against virus. Yet no guidelines for such preventive recommendations were ever given. There are several online doctor groups that offer early treatment options for the early onset of COVID-19 yet our county health department has never posted anything about them. In this world of cancel culture, any opinion other than Dr. Fauci, Rochelle Walensky and Vivek Murthy was quickly taken off the internet. This spurred several doctors to form online clinics to address early treatment of COVID. American front-line doctors, front-line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance, MyFreeDoctor and Push Health along with several others all offered early treatment options. I believe informed consent as it pertains to the vaccine should be in place in Grundy County. The right to take the vaccine or not is a personal choice. Informing residents of the possible side effects of the vaccine I believe should be done. The vaccine was brought to us using an emergency order and is an experimental vaccine. Because of this there is no warnings on the label. I feel that at least the current Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting Systems (VAERS) statistics should be provided to each person that is asked to take the vaccine. Currently the report shows over 20,000 deaths and close to 1 million adverse events directly attributed to the vaccine as of this date.
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you to seek a seat on the board at this time? I have been a member of the board since 2018 when I was asked to fill an unexpired seat. I have been on the board throughout the pandemic and feel a sense of responsibility to the community to continue this role. As a life-long member of the community, with family in this area and coworkers and friends living in Grundy County, I value the opportunity to provide input into the services provided here. In your opinion, what is the role of a board member? The role of a county health department is to protect the public. As a board member, I believe it is my job to ensure the health department is doing just that; protecting the public. This means having an understanding of the health and wellness needs of the community and advocating to the health department to support those needs. This includes ensuring the health department provides a wide range of services while maintaining a responsible budget. Local Public Health Agencies have had a large role and great responsibility during the COVID-19 Pandemic. How would you, as a board member, provide leadership and support to the staff of the health de-
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Childhood Special Education Program for a threeyear period. A bid from Conrad and Higgins for the school audit was accepted in the amount of $6,950. The contract will be in effect for three years. The Safe Return To School and Continuity Plan was reviewed in regard to
partment? I feel my healthcare background naturally gives me greater understanding and empathy for the nurses employed by Grundy County Health Department. Until recently, I was the only nurse on the board and have found a large part of my support going toward ensuring the nurses receive the support and resources they need to maintain the health and wellness of our community members. The Grundy County Health Department was put in the spotlight during the pandemic, with many people feeling the board overstepped its authority in issuing public health orders. How would you, as a board member, try to balance the need for public safety with the rights of individual citizens? As a board member throughout the pandemic, I saw due diligence being done to help balance the need for public safety while considering the individual rights of citizens. The health department did not create the ever-changing governmental rules and requirements; they simply carried out the guidelines as they were mandated by law to do. The role of the department is not to create rules or policies, but to assist in the delivery of healthcare services to the letter of the rules and policies set in place. Last fall, when the Attor-
ney General sent out a letter that health departments were no longer sanctioned to require isolations and quarantines, the health department immediately halted that practice. Although they are not required, the nurses do still provide wellness checks to those testing positive for COVID. These wellness checks include educating clients on the “best practices” for symptom management and treatment, providing guidance on when to seek medical treatment and simply performing basic nursing assessments to determine the severity of their current state of illness. Please feel free to share any other information that would be relevant to your candidacy. Having served as a board member for the Grundy County Health Department throughout the pandemic, I believe I have a good perspective of where we have been and where we need to go. This includes getting us back to a new normal, one that more closely resembles pre-pandemic existence. Being able to listen to public concerns and advocate for them, while also balancing the medical implications and legal considerations, makes me uniquely qualified to serve in this position. I thank the community for past support and I ask for their vote in this election in order to continue my service to the county.
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cal technology program; a $500 per semester fee for the summer radiological technology program; $1,000 per semester for the surgical technology summer program and $2,000 fees for the spring and fall semesters for that program. In addition, trustees approved a new course fee of $14 for the Introduction to Behavioral Health course to cover the cost of registering students with the Family Care Safety Registry. Living on campus will cost more in 2022-23 as the board approved a 4.5 percent increase in meal plans and a 3 percent increase in double and single rooms. The new residence hall, which is an apartment style complex, will cost $5,115 per year, while the older halls, Ellsworth and Selby, will have a rate of $3,070 per year for double occupancy and $4,090 for single occupancy. The all-access meal plan will cost a student $3,260 next year, while the eight-meal plan will cost $1,755 per year. It was noted that a rate comparison found the new rates to be competitive and NCMC will incur a contractual increase in board rates for the 2022-23 academic year for services provided by Great Western Dining that reflect an increase in the Food Away From Home Consumer Price Index increase. Great Western had sought a 6
percent increase but that amount has been negotiated down to the 4.5 percent. Inflation was blamed for the increases and Vice President of Student Affairs Dr. Kristen Alley said that she hates to raise the cost of living on campus, especially when the tuition and fees are also increasing the cost for students. However, she noted, NCMC is “on par or less than” other colleges across the state when it comes to the cost of living on campus. She also reminded trustees that the college had decreased rates last year so they are just getting back to where the rates were two years ago. In personnel items, the retirement of Dennis Sager as life science instructor was accepted, “with regrets and gratitude” effective July 29, and trustees accepted the resignation of Alyssa Black as TRIO administrative assistant, effective March 10. Ms. Black’s replacement, Holly Hernandez of Princeton, was hired and will begin her duties March 28. Also hired were Richard Wilson of Bosie, ID, who will serve as IT systems administrator, beginning March 28. Adjunct instructors approved were Troy Figg of Chillicothe, who will teach industrial technology courses, and Dr. Travis (Mike) Birkhead, who will teach science courses. Sarah Musgrove of Hatfield will serve as a clinical adjunct instructor. Trustees also: • waived the second
reading and approved a board policy establishing a four-day work week that will allow employees, with supervisor approval, to work a regular work week (37.5 hours) Monday through Thursday for the months of May through August with the actual beginning and ending dates to be established by the college president. Public hours during that time period will be Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with the Ketcham Community Center to remain on its standard summer operation schedule. Faculty and staff will be allowed to dress in casual attire during the summer schedule. The four-day week has been approved on a year-by-year basis for the past several years but will now be the permanent summer schedule, which typically runs from commencement to the fall in-service. • voted to purchase a 2022 Ford Transit Connect seven-passenger van at a cost of $28,679 and a 2022 Ford F-250 truck for $40,680. Both will be purchased from Barnes Baker Automotive and were the low bid of three received. • heard a report by Director of Regional Programs Whitney Trump on dual credit and early college enrollment, with Mrs. Trump telling trustees that in 2021 dual credit tuition generated $554,256 in the 2021-22 school year and the Early College Program (any classes taken on campus or online by students still in high school) generated $20,412 in tuition last
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year. Mrs. Trump said 24 percent of students who took dual credit courses through NCMC in 2021 enrolled at the college as first-time freshmen. • heard a report from Dr. Alley, who said there are 407 unduplicated applications for graduation this year, with 448 degrees and certificates to be awarded. She also announced several activities on campus and said Edward Neill, a criminal justice student from Princeton, has been selected to receive the Missouri Community College Association Student Leadership Award. • heard a report from Dr. Klaver, who discussed proposed legislation that would affect community
colleges and said enrollment figures for summer and fall are “looking reasonably positive.” He commended Mrs. Trump for her efforts in dual credit and early college, especially in Savannah, where the college will be establishing a campus. • heard a report from Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Tristan Londre, who said the college is adding several new programs for the fall, including certificates in entrepreneurship, robotics skills, robotics and maintenance as well as new degree emphasis areas in cyber security, networking and food/beverage management. • heard reports from
Chief Information Officer Jennifer Triplett, who said work is continuing on the old U.S. Bank building, and Dr. Sterling Recker, who discussed the makeup and function of the curriculum committee. It was noted that Mrs. Triplett is featured in the cover story of a recent edition of “Ed Tech’ magazine. • approved the by-laws for the Green Hills Head Start policy council and declared several items as surplus property. A closed session was listed on the agenda, but none was needed. The board’s next regular meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 26.
NOTICE OF ELECTION GRUNDY COUNTY MISSOURI TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 In accordance with Chapter 115 of the Laws of Missouri, notice is hereby given that a Municipal Election will be held in the various entities of Grundy County, Missouri, on Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at which election all registered voters will be given the opportunity to vote. The polls shall be open between the hours of 6:00 o’clock A.M. and 7:00 o’clock P.M. Betty Spickard Election Authority Grundy County, Missouri
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SCHOOLS NOTICE OF ELECTION A Municipal Election will be held in Grundy County, Missouri by the various schools to vote on the following propositions or candidates at the several precincts within Grundy County. All levies will be based on 2021 valuations.
TOWNSHIP NOTICE OF ELECTION A Municipal Election will be held in Grundy County, Missouri by Wilson Township to vote on the following candidates at the Wilson Township precinct within Grundy County.
COUNTYWIDE NOTICE OF ELECTION A Municipal Election will be held in Grundy County, Missouri by the countywide entities to vote on the Following candidates and/or propositions on the 2021 valuations.
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North Central Missouri College students enrolled in the Teacher Education program and members of the Student Missouri State Teacher Association conducted their annual “Merry Mittens” service project. Hats and gloves were collected for children and distributed to area school districts Pleasant View R-6, Tri-County R7, and Trenton R-9. Pictured are, from left, Dalton Burchett of Trenton, Lexi Bowyer of Meadville, Carli Beck of Gallatin, Bre Elder of Albany, Alisha Ashford and Brooke Horton of Chillicothe. “This service project continues to grow each year and we truly do enjoy being able to give back to the communities in our service region,” said Cassie Cordray, NCMC Teacher Education Instructor/SMSTA Sponsor. “Our collection boxes were overflowing with donations again this year. We truly do appreciate all the support we received for this project.”
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Six members of the Trenton Middle School FCCLA Chapter attended the Missouri State FCCLA Leadership Conference March 20-22 at Tan-Tar-A. Those attending along with advisor Joy Bettis, were, from left, Caleb Shell, Ali Cox, Titus Kottwitz, Laylah Clause and Graeme Sager. Not pictured is Caleb Ray, who also attended.
TMS FCCLA Members Headed To Nationals Three members of the Trenton Middle School Chapter of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America will be competing at the National FCCLA Leadership Conference in San Diego, CA this summer. In order to compete at the state level, students had to have scored 80 or higher at the Region 2 STAR Events, held earlier this year. TMS took three groups to the state STAR Events. Titus Kottwitz, Caleb Ray and Caleb Shell all earned the trip to Nationals while at the State STAR Events competition held as part of the State Leadership Conference held March 20-22 at Tan-Tar-A. In addition, two
students, Ali Cox and Laylah Clause, earned a silver rating on their project. Titus competed with his project entitled “Improving My Overall Health” in the Nutrition and Wellness category. For this event, Titus set a nutrition goal and a wellness goal for himself and created a plan to help him meet his goal. He then worked the plan for a week and compared his results. Titus earned a gold rating, qualifying for Nationals. Caleb Ray and Caleb Shell competed in the Food Innovations category with their project entitled “Snack Attack.” They created a rub seasoning for chicken, which then went into a meal kit for middle school stu-
dents. They earned a gold rating and will compete at Nationals. Ali Cox and Laylah Clause competed in the Repurpose and Redesign STAR event, with a project entitled “Spring Into Repurposed Frames.” For this event, the girls took an old picture frame and repurposed it into a jewelry holder. The girls earned a silver rating for their efforts. Also attending from TMS was Graeme Sager, who served as a voting delegate and the chapter’s voting member for new state officers for the 22-23 school year. Joy Bettis, TMS FCCLA advisor, accompanied the students to the state event.
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Dear Annie: I've been seeing this guy since early December. He's perfect in every way, except he seems to be attached to this one woman, "Suzy," who he became good friends with due to unfortunate pasts connecting the two of them. Since the very beginning, he has always been honest with me about his platonic relationship with Suzy. While I have no issue with him being best friends with Suzy, there were a couple of instances that I found troubling. He seems to want to keep his friendship with Suzy in the bubble just for the two of them, while he's "forcing" me to accept her by mentioning her name so very often. I know part of it might be that he wants to be honest with me whenever he has plans with her. The last time he mentioned that he was planning to watch her son's event with her, I offered to join them -- it was a public event, so no one would feel like a third wheel -- but again he rejected the idea. I'm somewhat confused by their relationship because if they're just friends, I don't understand why he always 10 DAYS
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has problems including me so I can get to know her, too. I feel that their relationship is definitely more than a platonic one because he seems to be very involved emotionally with her, even if they do not have a physical relationship. Do you think my new relationship with him is doomed? Should I give up now before I get hurt later on? -- Confused in Michigan Dear Confused: His friendship with another woman does not constitute a problem, but his secrecy of it does. Even if there is no infidelity, his behavior is making you feel like a second choice. Tell him that it's important to you to spend some time with Suzy. Frame it as an expression of your love for him rather than your suspicion of her: "If she's an important part of your life, then of course I want to get to know her!" One thing to consider: You say your boyfriend's friendship with Suzy formed "due to unfortunate pasts connecting the two of them." If he and Suzy have experienced similar traumas or losses in their lives, perhaps he views
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her as a safe space. Through couples therapy, he can better communicate what he values in his friendship with her, and you can better communicate your concerns. Dear Annie: You gave "Want Peace and Quiet" some good advice, except for one thing: You never mentioned the fact that her daughter may also be going through some mental health issues of her own. Taking care of a parent all the time is a tremendous stressor on the child. I used to be extremely patient, too. I tried to take into consideration all the things my mom had been through. I had taken care of my father when he was dying. I was already exhausted. I moved to be closer to my mom and help her. Helping turned into her taking advantage of me, never saying thank you, constantly criticizing everything and never being the least bit happy. It sucked every ounce of patience out of me, and I didn't like me anymore. Cut the daughter some slack. -Tired Sandwich Dear Tired Sandwich: Thank you for this valuable perspective. Both mother and daughter owe it to themselves to take responsibility for their health -- mental and physical.
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investors in January they were eyeing 70. Oak Street expects the slower pace to help it reach profitability by 2025. That could prevent the company from having to go back to the equity markets for more funding, BTIG analyst David Larsen noted. “We like the balance (Oak Street) seems to be working towards,” Larsen said in a research note. He still has concerns, though. The high level of care it provides is expensive, he said, and its doctors see fewer patients than what is typical. That squeezes the earnings power of its centers.
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Cox Family Dentistry, P.C. Andrew P. Cox, D.D.S. 1011 Cedar St., Trenton. 660-359-6889 or 660-3596993. Tdtf -------------------------------------RED BARN MINI STORAGE, across from the new hospital. 5 Unit sizes available, prices starting at $19 per month. Call Mike or Jane Cooksey 359-1069 or 3597683. Fdtf -------------------------------------S&B Hinnen Hauling & Construction, L.L.C. Rock • Sand • Dirt • Asphalt • Grain. Ag Lime Hauling & Spreading Variable Rate Capability. Demolition Debris & Excavation Services. Shaunda 660-973-4445, Brian - 660973-2983, 90 Mansur Street, Chula, MO 64635, sbhinnenhauling@yahoo.com FApr15 -------------------------------------LAUHOFF JEWELRY Downtown Chillicothe 620 Washington St. Open Monday-Friday 9:00-5:30, Saturday 9:00-1:00. 660646-3504 www.lauhoffjewelry.com TMay6 -------------------------------------Willing Workers LLP Do you need your siding or roof replaced? Give Willing Workers a call today for a FREE estimate... 660-9735694, John Kramer, 17594 St. Hwy. 190, Jamesport, MO 64648 TMay13* -------------------------------------WILSON’S HEATING & COOLING - We service all makes and models. Authorized Rheem Dealer. Bill Wilson 660-359-3403. Fdtf -------------------------------------Mid-States Services is now offering: Fiber Optic installs in rural Trenton! MidStates will STILL WAIVE the $150 installation free for those who sign up NOW! Sign up TODAY by calling 660-359-2045 or at http://www.mid-states.net. 4100 Oklahoma Ave., Trenton, MO 64683. TApr8 -------------------------------------H & S CONTRACTING Remodeling, room additions, garages & decks and pole barns * New homes & basements w/ICF forms * Wall replacement under homes, repair cracks & bowed walls * Leveling, waterproofing * Backhoe & Bobcat work * New water & sewer lines. Kale Hoerrmann - Owner, 30 years experience – 660953-0724. FMay6 -------------------------------------JAMESPORT BUILDERS, 660-684-6931, 32137 State Hwy 6, Jamesport. POLE BARNS – GARAGES, Spray foam insulation. FMay13 -------------------------------------BUY - SELL - TRADE BIG NASTY'S GUNS & AMMO - Stop in and see us at our New Location - 1515 E. 9th Street, Trenton, MO. Nathan Rorebeck, 660-6350469, www.bignastys.com FMay6 -------------------------------------We are your STIHL Dealer. See us for Sales & Service on all STIHL Products. GRUNDY COUNTY LUMBER COMPANY 1020 Oklahoma Ave, Trenton, MO 660-359-2070 * No. 1 Quality * Fast & Courteous Service * Everyday Competitive Prices * TMar22-Apr12 -------------------------------------Lawn Work Residential & Commercial, Hedge Trimming, Stump Removal. Been in Business 10 Years! Call Dustin Wilson, 660-6351282. Insured FJun3 -------------------------------------All *Tree Work*, *Concrete Work*, and *Cleanup*. Free estimates. Call 660-220-3077. M988d25* --------------------------------------
INSURANCE Shelter Insurance – Cale Gondringer 1601 E 9th St., Suite D. 660-359-4100. LIFE * HOME * AUTO * FARM * BUSINESS. We’re your shield. We’re your shelter. ShelterInsurance.com Tdtf -------------------------------------HELTON INSURANCE SOLUTIONS - Williams Shopping Center, Trenton, MO. New To Medicare or Want To Compare Pricing ... Call Brian McDaniel 816289-1935 Or Leah Helton 660-359-3806 or 660-6350537 "Our Quality Of Service Is What Makes Us Different" Tdtf --------------------------------------
PETS/ANIMALS
Shelly's Pet Care. 660684-6864, 103 S. Locust St., Jamesport, MO 64648. Professional, Personalized Grooming. Appointments available Monday - Saturday. 35 Years of Experience! Serving the Green Hills Area since 1996! dtf -------------------------------------Beagle puppies, Blue tic and tri-colored. First shots and wormed. $175.00. No Sunday calls. 660-973-9948. M484d25* --------------------------------------
FOR SALE
Trenton Hardware for all your plumbing, hardware & electrical needs, 901 Main, 359-3660. T685d25 -------------------------------------Honey bees for sale. Two hives and two nucs. Available in April at Chillicothe. Leave message at 660-240-5015. C364d25* --------------------------------------
WEBSITES
Replacement Parts; Accessories; Chemicals; Tool & equipment. www.tlautosupply.com T470dtf --------------------------------------
FOR RENT
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: "All rental property advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which make it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination.” "We will not knowingly accept any advertising for rental property which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis." ----------------------------------
Sunnyview Apartments is taking applications for single & double apartments. Sunnyview is a residential care facility for the elderly. We provide qualified staff to administer medications, provide three meals a day and offer minimal assistance with the activities of daily living. Now accepting Medicaid. For more information contact Kathy Cheek at 660-3595647. S553dtf --------------------------------------
NOTICES
THE PEOPLE’S CO-OP, 1736 East 9th • 359-3313. Premium Diesel, Gas, 10% Ethanol – CENEX. 83 years of service & experience. MR. TIRE – Dean, Hankook, Cooper tires. Tdtf --------------------------------------
HELP WANTED
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 --------------------------------------
REAL ESTATE
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: "All property advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which make it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination.” "We will not knowingly accept any advertising for property which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all advertised property is available on an equal opportunity basis." ---------------------------------------------------------------
Heritage Realty
Farm + Home, LLC 207 W. Grand St., Gallatin, MO heritagerealtyfarmandhome.com
Belinda Cameron Owner/Broker 660.334.0512 dtf -------------------------------------
PICK GREG For All Your Real Estate Needs!
GREG FREEMAN 358-4003
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CALL MELISSA For Results That Move You!
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FARM NEEDS
*WANTED* FARM GROUND TO LEASE! Competitive Rates AARON LANDES, 660-358-2682 L905tf -------------------------------------See Consumer Oil & Supply for your One Stop Shop for Muck and Lacrosse boots and gloves. Consumer Oil & Supply, 614 Harris Ave., 359-2258 C361dtf --------------------------------------
CITY OF TRENTON, MISSOURI Advertisement for Bidders The City of Trenton, Missouri is accepting bids for DEMOLITION AND CLEANUP OF NINE (9) PROPERTIES. All interested contractors can attend a bid meeting and inspection tour of properties at Trenton City Hall on April 12, 2022 at 9 am. Bids will be accepted at City Hall, 1100 Main St., Trenton, MO 64683, until 2:00 p.m. on April 19, 2022. Specifications and more information can be obtained by contacting WES BARONE at (660) 359-2013. The City reserves the right to reject any or all bids or waive any irregularities that are in the best interest of the City. dMar25 --------------------------------------
PUBLIC NOTICE The Trenton R-IX School District is requesting proposals for spraying, repairing and painting at the CF Russell Stadium Track. Proposals shall be submitted to: Trenton R-IX School District 1607 Normal Street Trenton, MO 64683 All proposals shall be submitted no later than 10:00 am on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 by standard mail or email clearly marked: CF Russell Track Repair. Contact Kris Ockenfels at 660-359-3994 (kockenfels@trentonr9.k12. mo.us) for project specifications. The Trenton R-IX School District reserves the right to accept or reject any and/or all proposals or to accept the proposal that it finds, in its sole discretion, to be in the best interest of the school district. dMar25,29,Apr1 -------------------------------------Public Notification of Intent to File Application The Spickard R-II Board of Education hereby publicizes their intent to file a grant application with the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA/RD). The grant will be used for the financing of a new eSIP 50x Phone System that will serve the Spickard R-II Elementary Building. If you would like further information, plan to attend our next board meeting on April 18, 2022, at 6:00 at the Spickard R-II School Main Office. dMar25 --------------------------------------
IN THE 3RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT, GRUNDY COUNTY, MISSOURI PROBATE DIVISION Case No. 22AG-PR00012 In the Estate of PAUL A PERSELL, Deceased. Notice to Creditors To All Persons Interested in the Estate of PAUL A PERSELL, Decedent. On 3-14-2022, a small estate affidavit was filed by the distributees for the decedent under Section 473.097, RSMo, with the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Grundy County, Missouri. All creditors of the decedent, who died on 11-OCT2021, are notified that Section 473.444, RSMo, sets a limitation period that would bar claims one year after the death of the decedent. A creditor may request that this estate be opened for administration. Receipt of this notice should not be construed by the recipient to indicate that the recipient may possibly have a beneficial interest in the estate. The nature and extent of any person's interest, if any, may possibly be determined from the affidavit on this estate filed in the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Grundy County, Missouri. Date of first publication is March 18, 2022. /s/ Jill Eaton, Clerk dMar18,25 --------------------------------------
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
Advertisement for Bids Grundy County Commission is accepting proposals to purchase and install a turnkey analog VHF radio system to improve existing system coverage with an option for P25 upgrades in the future. The existing system is used for Fire and EMS dispatch. It currently consists of 2 separate repeaters and a remote receiver. FCC Callsign is WPUD585. The new VHF system proposed should use a combination of simulcast transmitters and voted receivers to enhance system coverage. An IP based system with microwave connectivity between sites is preferred, however, other wholly customer owner solutions will be considered. The new VHF system should utilize existing VHF frequencies (if possible) and eliminate the need for users to change channels during a response. Sites available for consideration: NW Power Tower (Trenton) Grundy Electric Co-op Tower Spickard Water Tower
NW Power Tower (Galt) Tower at Trenton PD (Dispatch) Laredo Water Tower
Lease agreements are currently in place with all sites available for consideration. The system proposal will be selected based on the costs of upgrades versus coverage improvements. Proposal details should include at a minimum: Propagation coverage maps for new system coverage Microwave link path analysis All equipment costs, installation labor, staging and shipping costs. Upgrade options to include P25 conventional operation Licensing costs Maintenance costs (years 2-5) Redundancy and backup options Base station equipment should include a DFSI connection for direct IP connectivity to the system from any DFSI capable console system. Proposals, in electronic or hard copy, are due in by April 18th 2022 at 4:30pm Grundy county commission reserves the right to reject any or bids, portions thereof in the best interest of the county. Questions can be directed to: Glen Briggs - Emergency Management Director 700 Main St Trenton MO 64683 660-359-4040 x 2250 glen.briggs@grundycountymoema.com
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AREA DEATHS
Shirley M. Tipton Summers Shirley M. Tipton Summers, an 86-year-old resident of Elgin, IL passed away at home on March 20, 2022. Private services will be held at a future date. She was the daughter of Rev. Kenneth and Katherine Tipton and while having deep roots in Trenton, she had lived in Elgin for many years. She was married to Arthur Summers, who preceded her in death. Shirley was a 1953 graduate of Trenton High School. Both Shirley and Arthur were graduates of Central Methodist University in Fayette. Shirley was an English and French teacher in Brunswick early in her career, but retired to devote her life to being an excellent mom and manager of the Summers’ home and family. She is survived by her children, Scott (Kristin) and Susan Summers; two grandchildren, Shannon (Sean) Zwoyer and Alex (Noelle) Summers; two great-grandchildren, Casen
Shirley M. Tipton Summers
and Conor Zwoyer. Alex and Noelle are expecting a baby in April. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, Robert Tipton; and her sister, Elizabeth Tipton Robbins. In lieu of flowers and gifts, contributions can be made to the Art and Shirley Summers Memorial Scholarship at Central Methodist University, Attn: Advancement, 411 Central Methodist Square, Fayette, MO 65248-1198.
Spickard Extends Contract, OKs Deals For Water Supply The Spickard Board of Aldermen met Monday evening, approving a contract extension with the city’s water supplier. According to information provided by City Clerk Amy Chapman, the board voted to sign the water contract extension with Public Water Supply District #1 for the purchase of water. Board members also agreed to purchase a degreaser for the sewer pits and chemicals to kill duckweed in the lagoon. A water loss report showed a 31.62 percent loss for February. The next regular meeting of the board is scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday, April 11.
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Students at Rissler Elementary School have been honored with the “Terrific Kid” Award for the month of March, recognized for demonstrating the character trait of “fairness.” The character education award is sponsored each month by the Trenton Kiwanis Club and Hardee’s of Trenton. Those selected include, from left, front row, kindergarten students Wyatt Sparks, Athel Hollinger, Grace Mascorro, Alijah Suarez and Jerik Draper; first graders Jack Novak, Isabella McClure, Amelia May, Emma Ferguson and Aiden Cosgrove; second row, second graders Cadi Clutter, Jordyn Dixon, Cameron Ware and Lucas Lorenz; third graders Iridessa Burkeybile, Lee Riddle, Benjamin Graybeal and AJ Gamet; back row, fourth graders Stetson Alley, Aoife Graham, Jackson Miller and Ilaise Tuiaki; and Kara Helmandollar, representing the Trenton Kiwanis Club.
821 Industrial Dr. Trenton, MO 64683 660-359-6210
NORTH 65 CENTER MENUS Monday-Swiss steak, beets, cauliflower, baked apples, whole wheat bread. Tuesday-Chicken and noodles, sliced tomatoes, mixed vegetables, mandarin oranges, hot roll. Wednesday-Spaghetti with meat sauce, house salad, winter mix vegetables, pears, garlic bread. Thursday-Oven-fried
chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, mixed fruit, biscuit. Friday-Pulled pork on bun, potato salad, baked beans, applesauce. (Coffee, iced tea, water and milk are served daily and an alternate meal of chef’s salad, crackers and fruit cup is available each day.)
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Commission Sets Agenda The Grundy County Commission will meet in regular session Tuesday at the courthouse. Items on the announced agenda include the following bid openings: steel, 9 a.m.; 9:30 a.m., pipe; 10 a.m., lumber; and 10:30
a.m., fuel. The commission will also attend an economic development meeting sponsored by the North Central Missouri Development Alliance at The Space in downtown Trenton.