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Tuesday, March 26, 2019
TRENTON
REPUBLICAN-TIMES
Trenton, MO 64683
Established Sept. 4, 1864 - 155th Year - No. 59
TRENTON HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA CLUB
Performances Set For Friday
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Students Work Hard To Revive THS Performing Arts Program A renewed interest in performing arts has led to a reformation of the Trenton High School Drama Club and three performances this Friday. “The Fairytale Network,” a 30-minute play featuring characters from familiar children’s classic stories, will be performed for third and fourth grade students at the Rissler Elementary School on Friday and then again for the public on Friday night, also at the school. Twenty-one THS students are involved in the production, which is under the direction of 10th grade language arts instructor Jackie Price. THS had a very active performing arts group in the past, however, it has been several years since students have put on a play for the public. Mrs. Price, who was interested in reviving the performances, went to THS Principal Ron Franklin with her idea of restarting the drama club to gauge what kind of student interest there might be. “We started meeting after school, once a month, and had about 26 students regularly attend,” Mrs. Price said. “When we saw that there was a lot of interest, we began planning to do a play.” The play they originally chose was a 60-minute script using the same subject matter - a retelling of childhood stories and the practices began. But as with other school activities that were affected by the unusual winter weather, so were the drama club’s practices. With less days available due to classes not being held, Mrs. Price revised the 60-minute play into a 30minute performance. “The kids have been working really hard to make this all come together,” she said. “It was really hard with the weather, but they have been real troopers.” “The Fairytale Network” tells the story of three animals who have been charged with creating a television show. Each one of the animals presents their idea using classic fairytales, including “The Three
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Volunteer Day Set Crowder State Park is seeking individuals to help with Spring Volunteer Day activities on Saturday, March 30 at the park. Registration, required for all volunteers, begins at 8 a.m. at the Camp Grand River recreation hall. Projects will take place from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 4 p.m. Volunteers will participate in stewardship, trail work and clean-up projects within the park and can participate in the morning, afternoon or both volunteer sessions. Lunch will be provided at noon. Volunteers age 14 and younger require a parental signature at time of registration and require a chaperone at all times while volunteers age 15 to 17 will require a parental signature at time of registration. Persons interested in bringing a group to volunteer are asked to contact the park office prior to the day of the event at 359-6473.
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The Big Bad Wolf (Lawrence Link) offers to purchase the stick house owned by one of the Three Little Pigs during a practice of the play “The Fairytale Network,” which will be performed on Friday at the Rissler Elementary School. Also pictured are, from left, Elle Boman, who is portraying the tree used to build the house; Karissa Brock and Ella Gilham, two of the Three Little Pigs.
Pigs”, “Little Red Riding Hood” and “Goldilocks and the Three Bears.” The stories are full of humor which will be relatable to both children and adults. “We had originally decided to present just for the kids at Rissler,” Mrs. Price said. “But in talking with Mr. Franklin, we thought it would be a good idea to do a performance for the public as well to at least allow the kids’ families to be able to see what they have been working so hard on all these weeks.” In addition to those in the drama club, Mrs. Price said students enrolled in the graphic design class, taught by Greg Dalrymple and Lori Duff, have also helped by designing and printing the posters and tickets. They are also responsible for the programs to be distributed that evening.
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“We’ve tried to involve as many kids as we can,” Mrs. Price said, noting that she is already getting interest from other students wanting to participate next year. The 7 o’clock Friday night performance is being held in the Rissler Multipurpose Center, which has presented its challenges to the students and the play itself. “We’ve really worked hard to make Rissler work for us,” she said. “We don’t have a sound system and the acoustics are not very good, making it hard to hear. But it is giving us a chance to perform in front of a crowd.” Because of an overwhelming response for tickets to the 7 p.m. performance, that show has been sold out. However, a secSee Play, Page 4
The University of Missouri Grundy County Extension Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, April 1 in the extension office, located in the basement of the Alexander Student Center on the NCMC campus. Items on the announced agenda include selection of a state fair family, setting a meeting for the audit committee, a report on the Mizzou From You conference, discussion of a surety bond and faculty and staff reports. The meeting will be followed with a light supper and a second meeting with extension councils from Livingston and Mercer counties.
Flood Relief Items Needed The Community Food Pantry is working with Second Harvest to collect and distribute items needed for those affected by flooding in northwest Missouri. Items needed include canned goods with easy open lids, water, personal items, paper items, baby food and formula, rice and other staple items. Items can be taken to the food pantry, which is open from 9 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday and Thursday. Please inform food pantry volunteers that the items are for flood relief.
R-6 Board Hires Personnel During a special meeting of the Pleasant View R-6 Board of Education on Thursday night, members voted to hire a new teacher and cook. Lindsay Bond of Galt will be the first grade teacher for the 2019-20 school year. Valeri Kitchen of Trenton was hired as the head cook. The board also voted to rehire all certified staff for next year. The next regularly scheduled meeting is at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9.
Ag Contest Day
Trenton, Grundy R-5 FFA Judging Teams Take First FFA judging teams from Trenton and Grundy R-5 were among those taking first-place honors in the North Central Missouri College Ag Contest Day on Thursday, March 21. The Trenton Meats Team finished first and had the top three individual judges. Mackenzie McAtee was first, McKenna Cox took second and Grace Allen was third. Kayli Crawford was the 10th-place individual judge. Trenton’s FFA Knowledge Team of Colton Roy, Kaci Persell and Haven Burress placed ninth while the Forestry Team of Libby Fewins, Michael Slater, Quentin Hughs and Riley Raymo was 16th. The Poultry Team of Dakota Polk, Allison Yoder, Riley Walker and Jesse Huber finished 25th and the Floriculture Team of Adreanna Gard, Camryn Willey and Laura Carlson was 26th. Grundy R-5 came away with top honors in Farm Management. Emma Baxter and Kendra Betz were first and second, respectively, in individual judging. Anna Milazzo was 11th. Caden Ashford was also a team member. Other Grundy R-5 judging teams and their placings were Nursing Landscape, 11th (Taylor Brunelle, Katilyn Wilson and Kyle Bower); Livestock, 21st (Ada Fox, Rylee
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The Trenton FFA Meats Team captured first place in the North Central Missouri College Ag Contest Day on March 21. Team members included, from left, Kayli Crawford, Mackenzie McAtee, McKenna Cox and Grace Allen.
Johnson, Ellen Baxter and Parker Christy); Meats, 27th (Macy Saul, Tracer Golden, Grace Larson and Logan Foster); Dairy Foods, 28th (Wayne Baxter, Bri Carpio and Aubrey Gann); Floriculture, 35th (Abby Webb, Daya Allnutt and Abigail Mathews); and Entomology, 27th
National Weather Service Mostly sunny on Wednesday, then showers likely the rest of the week. Highs will be in the upper 60s and lows will be around 40. The high on Thursday, March 21 was 56, Friday’s high was 63, and Saturday’s high was 58. Sunday’s high was 54, and the overnight low was 44. A total of .21 of an inch of rain was recorded. The high on Sunday at the Government Weather Station near Spickard was 51, the low was 43,
(Fletcher Christy, Aiden Gann, Caden Gann and Weston Carver). Princeton’s Meats Team was second. Tyler Richter was the sixth individual judge overall while Logan Krohn was seventh. Other team members included Soyer Wimer and Alison Allen.
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The Grundy R-5 FFA Farm Management Team captured first place in the North Central Missouri College Ag Contest Day on March 21. Team members included, from left, Caden Ashford, Anna Milazzo, Kendra Betz and Emma Baxter. The team also placed first in the Lathrop judging event on March 11.
Princeton also had the secondplace Soils Team, with Kelsi Moore finishing fourth, Charlee Prentice finishing fifth and Justin Rhoades finishing ninth. Riley Rhoades was also a
What’s Inside... The THS boys baseball team opened its season this past week with games on Thursday at Chillicothe and on Friday at Lathrop. See page 2 of today’s Republican-Times for a recap of the contests.
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team member. Finishing third for Princeton was the FFA Knowledge Team, with Kyla See Judging, Page 4
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