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Tuesday, January 28, 2020
TRENTON
REPUBLICAN-TIMES
Trenton, MO 64683
Established Sept. 4, 1864 - 156th Year - No. 43
Trenton’s Got Talent Entries
Entries are still being accepted for individuals and groups to participate in the “Trenton’s Got Talent” talent show, set for Saturday, Feb. 8. Youth ages five through college-age will be displaying their musical, dance and fine arts talents during the event, which is sponsored by the Trenton High School Choir and Trenton Rotary Club. Youth interested in participating in the talent show can contact THS Choir Director Tyler Busick for additional information and to set up a time to audition. He can be contacted at 660-988-1218 or tbusick@trentonr9.k12.mo.us The show, which is a fundraiser for the THS vocal music department, will take place in the THS gym and will get under way at 6 p.m. Admission is $3 and tickets will be available at the door on the night of the performance. The choir will also be selling pizza and drinks during intermission, with those proceeds also going to the vocal music department.
THS Football Fundraiser
Photo Courtesy of Derek Hert
Events Set For Feb. 1
NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI COLLEGE
Homecoming, Alumni Activities Moved North Central Missouri College homecoming and Alumni Appreciation Day activities will now be held in conjunction with the Athletic Hall of Fame and Sophomore Day ceremonies on Saturday, Feb. 1. Wright Memorial Hospital is also the game sponsor for the day. A pre-game tailgate and reception for the Hall of Fame recipients will be from noon to 1 p.m. in the Sugg Room of the Ketcham Community Center and is sponsored by BTC Bank of Trenton and Smithfield Hog Production Missouri. The Lady Pirates basketball game will tip off at 1 p.m. against the St. Louis Community College Lady Archers, with the men’s game set for 3 p.m. Halftime of the women’s game will include a performance by the NCMC Dance Wave Crew and coronation of the NCMC homecoming king and queen. Candidates for king include Andrew George of Canton, Cash Miller of Warsaw, Gregoor Moesker of Willemstad, Curacao and Tyler
Kidd of Trenton. Queen candidates are Katie Adkison of Hamilton, Brooke Leeper of Princeton, Chasidy Finney of Princeton and Annaliese Riley of Chillicothe. Sophomore Day ceremonies for winter sports athletes and recognition of the NCMC Family of the Year will be held between games while the Hall of Fame inductees, Steve Maxey and the 2013-14 NCMC women’s basketball team, will be honored at halftime of the men’s game. Free admission will be given to youth basketball players 12 and under, and the first 200 fans will receive a Pirate Crew rally towel, sponsored by PDQ Cleaning Services, Inc. Youth, middle school, JV and varsity basketball players who wear their team jersey will receive a ticket for a free popcorn. TJC/NCMC alumni will also be recognized throughout the afternoon along with other NCMC sports teams.
Members of the Trenton High School football team will be “sacking for tips” at Hy-Vee during a fundraiser event on Saturday, Feb. 1 and Sunday, Feb. 2. Players will be at the store from 4 to 7 p.m. on Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, sacking and carrying out groceries. The team is raising funds to purchase new helmets and uniforms for the upcoming season.
GHRA Sponsorships
The Green Hills Recreation Association is seeking team sponsors for the 2020 youth sports activities. Businesses, organizations and individuals are eligible to make a contribution to the program, which helps offset the cost of equipment, uniforms, field rentals, maintenance and other costs associated with conducting the GHRA baseball/softball, t-ball, soccer and basketball leagues along with providing funds for participation scholarship requests. The Trenton Soccer Stars program has been added to the GHRA list of activities for this year. There are four funding levels in the sponsorship program. The $700 (platinum), $500 (gold) and $300 (silver) feature exclusive team sponsorships (three for platinum, two for gold and one for silver) along with name and logos on shirts and an individual banner to be displayed during GHRA activities. The bronze level of $299 and below includes a listing of donor names on a group banner and sponsorship of one player. Sponsorships will be accepted until Friday, Feb. 28. For more information or to become a sponsor, persons can contact Cara McClellan at 359-3972 or 359-1301.
Family Files Lawsuit
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The family of a 38-year-old man who died after falling into a wood chipper at a St. Joseph sawmill is suing the manufacturer of the machine. The St. Joseph News-Press reports that the minor children of Joshua Hill allege in the lawsuit filed last week that Williams Patent Crusher and Pulverizer Co. didn't have any built-in safety features for its XR430 Hog Wood Chipper. Hill a former Galt resident, fell into the machine in March 2018 while working for American Walnut Co., which makes lumber products for gunstocks and furniture
City of Trenton Sales Tax Comparisons The Trenton City Council, once a month, receives information in its packet concerning the monthly taxes received by the city, along with a comparison of funds received a year ago. The Republican-Times will carry this information when made available. REGULAR SALES TAX (Tax year runs from May 1 to April 30) Month 2018-2019 2019-20 May $28,043.95 $39,530.03 June $84,664.49 $94,251.55 July $88,115.87 $65,224.05 August $46,386.38 $50,308.89 September $91,622.06 $87,122.01 Interest $480.27 October $52,667.03 $55,515.78 November $41,778.34 $37,567.22 December $86,038.85 $87,476.82 January $59,265.50 $58,979.01 February $36,463.01 March $90,116.40 April $63,736.76 TOTAL $768,898.64 $577,465.82 (Comparison Year to Date) ($1,116.65) CAPITAL PROJECTS SALES TAX Month 2018-2019 2019-20 May $13,993.42 $19,752.97 June $42,310.60 $41,117.82 July $44,041.37 $32,609.38 August $23,187.88 $25,152.25 September $45,798.21 $43,559.74
Interest October $26,333.23 November $20,886.39 December $43,019.51 January $29,623.17 February $18,231.62 March $45,051.08 April $31,866.43 TOTAL $384,342.91 (Comparison Year to Date)
$240.01 $27,752.93 $18,783.10 $43,736.76 $29,485.63
$288,190.57 ($1,003.19)
PARK SALES TAX Month 2018-2019 May $11,894.41 June $39,180.43 July $40,823.78 August $21,658.75 September $43,829.34 Interest October $23,882.91 November $17,588.56 December $40,528.34 January $27,102.68 February $16,269.83 March $39,959.01 April $28,054.32 TOTAL $11,741.25 (Comparison Year to Date)
$268,866.22 $2,375.96
FIRE SALES TAX 2018-2019 $6,018.06
2019-20 $8,688.00
Month May
National Weather Service Mostly cloudy through midweek with temperatures in mid 30s and lows in the 20s. The high at Trenton on Thursday, Jan. 23 was 36, Friday’s high was 33 and the high Saturday and Sunday was 34 with a low on Sunday night of 23. The fourday snow total was 5.6 inches with .16 of an inch of rain falling during that time period. The high on Sunday at the Government Weather Station near Spickard was 31, the low was 24.
2019-20 $17,351.52 $44,790.54 $29,157.04 $23,381.42 $42,002.77 $220.62 $26,143.63 $16,510.48 $41,410.11 $27,898.09
June $19,847.84 July $20,037.50 August $10,829.23 September $21,914.29 Interest October $11,966.71 November $8,926.98 December $30,382.01 January $13,674.16 February $8,013.98 March $19,950.62 April $14,027.37 TOTAL $175,459.96 (Comparison Year to Date)
$20,866.07 $14,569.69 $11,690.74 $21,002.70 $110.08 $12,926.23 $8,255.21 $20,651.72 $13,898.03
$132,658.48 ($809.52)
TRANSPORTATION TAX Month 2018-2019 2019-20 May $8,898.93 $13,046.59 June $29,402.16 $30,040.75 July $29,894.53 $14,569.69 August $16,058.94 $17,536.10 September $32,578.94 $31,504.23 Interest $107.75 October $17,914.21 $19,386.94 November $13,569.56 $12,394.46 December $30,382.01 $30,977.48 January $20,508.88 $20,847.01 February $11,939.77 March $29,922.55 April $21,035.92 TOTAL $262,105.73 $197,678.83 (Comparison Year to Date) ($1,528.66)
What’s Inside... THS senior wrestler Mark Trump picked up an individual championship at the Gary Haag Wrestling Tournament on Saturday at Brookfield. See page 2 of today’s RepublicanTimes for a recap of the event.
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There were 32 Cub Scouts from Pack 23 participating in the Pinewood Derby on Sunday afternoon in the Trenton High School gym. Overall winners with the best times from the competition include, from left, Michael Shuler, first place; Walker Burchett, second place; and Karter Spencer, third place. A car entered by Jaxson Henley was selected as the “Best in Show” by a vote of participating scouts. The top three winners in each group included Michael Shuler (first), Kyzer Dowling (second) and Carson Beverlin (third), Lions; Eli Todd (first), Kannon Stamper (second) and Carson Glidewell (third), Tigers; Karter Spencer (first), Layton Anderson (second) and Josiah Hill (third), Wolves; Walker Burchett (first), Levi Holt (second) and Lane DeVorss (third), Bears; and Aiden Spencer (first), Dillon McDonald (second) and Rylan Campbell (third), Webelos I. Photos of the group winners, along with a photo of the overall winner, appear on the Trenton Republican-Times website, www.republican-times.com.
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Chiefs Relish Run To NFL Title KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Fifty years later, Jan Stenerud still remembers just about every detail from the Super Bowl. The longtime Kansas City Chiefs kicker remembers that they were almost two-touchdown underdogs to the Minnesota Vikings, whose fearsome defense line carried the nickname “The Purple People Eaters.” He remembers that the weather wasn't very good in New Orleans, and that the week leading up to the game was spent listening to tornado sirens. The tarp used to cover the field at Tulane Stadium was filled with holes, leaving patches of the turf a muddy quagmire. “When we had to kick extra points,” Stenerud recalled, “I told our coach, Hank Stram, that we had to move the ball to the side a bit because there was a big mud hole where I wanted to kick from. It was a real mess.” More than anything else, though, the Hall of Fame kicker remembers never once thinking that it would take one of the original AFL franchises a full five decades before it returned to the championship game. “How could you?” said Stenerud, who also was a member of the team that lost to the Green Bay Packers in the first Super Bowl. “No, I never thought about it. It's a long time. For me, it doesn't seem as long as it does for young people. You think about the next game — ‘Let me play.’ You don't think about history at the time.” As the Chiefs prepare to play the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, Stenerud finds himself reflecting on history quite a bit these days. So many of his good friends and close teammates never lived to see the team return to the championship game, and many others are in failing health. Stram died 15 years ago this summer, and the team's beloved founder Lamar Hunt passed away the following year. Thousands of fans lived their entire lives without seeing the Chiefs in a Super Bowl. Only the Lions and the Jets have played more seasons since they appeared in the championship game. “To lose a Super Bowl is devastating. You have to explain that forever,” Stenerud told The Associated Press this week. “When we won the game, there was one guy who kept bugging me about the warm-up jacket I had on. It turned out the guy was Pat O'Brien, who had played Knute Rockne in ‘Knute Rockne, All American.’ I just See Chiefs, Page 3
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