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Kottwitz Prepares For National Bee TMS Student To Compete In Preliminary BY ALEXIS RUSSELL R-T INTERN
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COPS ‘N BOBBERS Sadie Dunkin looked the part even if she wasn’t the most patient fisherman at Saturday’s Cops ‘n Bobbers fishing event held at the Barton Farm Campus. Sadie, shown here with her mother, Lisa Huffstutter and one of 47 participants, caught her first fish Saturday morning at the event, sponsored the Trenton Police Department, the Missouri Department of Conservation, the Barton Campus and the National Wild Turkey Federation.
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Titus Kottwitz believes that being in a familiar environment is an advantage when it comes to this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee. Titus, who will be an eighth grader at Trenton Middle School this fall, is preparing to compete in the preliminary round of the national bee this week after winning the Grundy County Spelling Bee by spelling the word “cymbals” and the Northwest Missouri Regional Spelling Bee by correctly spelling the word “volition.” While in a “normal” year Titus would be traveling to Washington D.C. to stand on the stage with multiple other regional winners, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the organizers of the national bee to set up a system of preliminaries. It will consist of three rounds of virtual competition: preliminaries, quarterfinals and semifinals, with those who make it past the semifinals then competing in the finals in person. The top 10 to 12 competitors will compete in the finals at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort on July 8. The finals will air on ESPN 2 during prime time. Titus will begin his trek
Titus Kottwitz
to the finals this week, competing on Saturday, June 12 in a preliminary. He will be participating through a live stream at Trenton Middle School, where he will be proctored by TMS Principal Daniel Gott. The preliminaries will air on ESPN 3 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Even though the setting has changed from past years, Titus says being in a familiar environment is helping him be less nervous about the competition. When he spoke to the Rotary Club after winning regionals, he said when he is in competition and is given a word he tries to determine if it’s one he has heard previously. If he hasn’t, then he asks for the definition as well as the origin of the word. Titus said he has been preparing for the upcoming spelling bee by practicing word lists with his brother, Malachi Kottwitz, who won first place in the fifthgrade competition at TMS, as well as by reading a lot. “This year I hope to make it past preliminaries,” [See TITUS, Page 4]
BRIEFS COVID Cases At 19
Photos Courtesy of Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce
The Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce held its 2021 annual meeting in an outdoor event held Friday evening at Black Silo Winery, honoring individuals, businesses and an organization. Those receiving special recognition included, clockwise from top left, Jen and Duane Urich of Black Silo Winery, Business of the Year; Sena Arnold, left, and Rachel Arnold of Vintage Vines, Business of the Year; Dan Wilford and M.G. Kennedy, Pillars of the Community; and Matt Roberts and Harry Kately, representing the Trenton Elks Lodge, Organization of the Year.
With vaccinations still being offered at three local locations, the number of COVID-19 infections is remaining steady. According to Grundy County Health Department Administrator Elizabeth Gibson, there are currently 19 active cases in the county, with nine of those coming from persons age 20 to 39 and eight coming from those age 40 to 59. There is one active infection in a person age 19 and under and one in a person age 60 and over. Since the pandemic began there have been 1,131 total cases of the virus. Vaccinations are available at the health department, the Wright Memorial Hospital Physician’s Clinic and Hy-Vee Pharmacy.
Park Board Agenda
The Trenton Park Board will meet in regular session at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday at the Moberly Park Shelter House. Items on the announced agenda include discussion/approval of bids for a sign at Eastside Park, discussion/approval of bids for a playground border at Van Meter Park and reports from the pool, grounds and facilities committees as well as the park superintendent.
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