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Tuesday, June 23, 2020
REPUBLICAN-TIMES TRENTON
Trenton, MO 64683
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Established Sept. 4, 1864 - 156th Year - No. 84
COVID-19 Five More Reported
County Covid Numbers At 17
Photo Courtesy of Micah Landes
The weather was perfect for Trenton Cruise Night activities on Saturday. Both vintage and new vehicles gathered in the parking lot of T&L Carquest for a public viewing prior to a cruise around the community. The next cruise is planned for Saturday, Aug. 15. Jeremy Soptic is organizer of the summer event.
GRUNDY R-5
High School Gymnasium At Galt
Seniors, Fifth & Sixth Graders To Graduate The Grundy R-5 School District will host two graduation exercises on Saturday, June 27 in the high school gym at Galt. Eleven seniors will receive their diplomas during a 2 p.m. ceremony. The class valedictorian and salutatorian will speak at the event, which will also include announcement of awards and honors as well as the traditional senior slide show. Following the senior class “honk parade” scheduled after the ceremony, an outdoor public reception to honor the graduates will be held at 3:30 p.m. on the Galt square. Students will have tables set up along the south and east sides of the square. In case of rain, the reception would be moved to the school. For those who are unable to attend graduation, the school district plans to livestream the ceremony on its Facebook page, Grundy R-V Panthers. A baccalaureate service is planned on Friday, June 26. The service will be at 6:30 p.m. at the Galt Baptist Church. Members of the Grundy R-5 Class of 2020
include Ellen Baxter, Kyra Burns, Briana Carpio, Shonna Clark, Aubrey Gann, Dorothy Mathews, Anna Milazzo, Jandie Peterson, Kyle Randall, Robert Urich and Tanner Williams. Earlier in the day, at 10 a.m., graduation exercises will be held for fifth and sixth grade students. Both classes will be recognized at this year’s event as the fifth grade students will be attending classes at the high school in Galt next year, along with sixth grade class members. Honors and awards will be announced during the morning ceremony. Sixth grade graduates include Cristal Barriga, Dylan James Lawson, Logan Michael Lea, Noah James Leah, Lexa Jayne Stonger and Ryker Jeremiah Summers. Fifth grade graduates are Valente Junior Rios Barriga, Audrey Raylea Coffman, Gracie Lynn Dale, Aidan James Maddox and Bethany Ann White. As had been previously announced by school officials, both ceremonies will be open to the public. Social distancing will be encouraged and PPEs and hand sanitizers will be provided.
R-T Photo/Ronda Lickteig
Ashley Calvin began her duties as an officer with the Trenton Police Department on Wednesday, June 17. Officer Calvin is a 2011 graduate of Chillicothe High School and is a recent graduate of the Missouri Sheriff’s Association Law Enforcement Academy in Platte County. A Chillicothe resident, she was most recently employed with the Missouri Department of Corrections. Trenton Police Chief Rex Ross said the hiring of Officer Calvin still leaves the department with two officer positions to fill to be at full staff.
Grundy County has added five new cases of COVID-19 since last Thursday, June 18. The Grundy County Health Department reports 17 total confirmed cases for the county as of Monday morning, with seven of the cases remaining active. Health department officials say the individuals have been told to quarantine and that notification of close contacts is being made. Cases are now being classified as either confirmed or probable, with confirmed meaning a case has met the confirmed laboratory evidence, which is the detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in a clinical specimen using an approved detection test verified by a certified testing laboratory. A probable case means the case meets clinical criterial and epidemiologic evidence (close contact with a confirmed or probable case; travel to or residence in an area with sustained ongoing community spread; or a member of a risk cohort as defined by public health authorities) with no confirmatory laboratory testing performed for COVID-19 Since Monday, June 15, the county has seen positive COVID-19 testing numbers rise by seven. Grundy County reported its first two cases on May 21. Sullivan County also saw its numbers rise over the weekend, with 106 cases now reported - an increase of six. See COVID, Page 3
Briefs... Polling Places Cha anged Registered voters in Lincoln and Harrison townships as well as Trenton’s Second Ward will have a new polling place beginning with the Aug. 4 Primary Election. According to Grundy County Clerk Betty Spickard, Second Ward voters will cast ballots in the Sugg Room of the Ketcham Community Center rather than in the Frey Building as has been in the past. They will be joined by Lincoln Township voters, who had previously voted at Tindall until recently when that polling location closed and they were moved temporarily to the east side of the lower level of the courthouse. Harrison Township voters, who had also been moved to the east side of the courthouse, will now vote with Third Ward in the fellowship hall of the First Christian Church. Voters in those precincts will be receiving new voter registration cards and should be watching for a yellow envelope in the mail that will provide them with this information. Absentee balloting for the August Primary begins on Tuesday, June 23 in the county clerk’s office, located on the second floor of the courthouse.
R-9 Spe ecial Bo oard d Me eetiing The Trenton R-9 Board of Education will hold a special board meeting at 7:30 .m. on Friday at the district office. The board will be taking action on items to close out the 2019-20 school year as well as approve the 2020-21 budget.
Hy--Ve ee Peach Giive eawa ay Hy-Vee will be partnering with SunWest Fruit Company to give away 6,000 free peaches during a contactless, drive-through event on Thursday, June 25 at Trenton Middle School. The event begins at 1 p.m., with the first 300 persons in line receiving 20 peaches. Persons are asked to use the south entrance off Oklahoma Avenue, proceeding through the roundabout to the parking area south of the main entrance at Trenton Middle School. HyVee staff will load the bags into the vehicles. Product will be available on a first-come, first-served basis (while supplies last) and there will be a limit of one bag per vehicle. Walk-ups will not be allowed.
National Weather Service
Mostly clear skies are expected this week with high temperatures in the mid 80s and lows in the low 50s to upper 60s. The high in Trenton on Thursday, June 18 was 89, Friday’s high was 83 with .15 of an inch of rain recorded. Saturday’s high was 85 and Sunday’s high was 89 with a low of 68. There was no weekend weather report from the Government Weather Station near Spickard.
R-T Photo/Diane Lowrey
Judges get a look at one of the chicken entries in Saturday’s “Swine in the Vine” barbecue competition held at Black Silo Winery. A total of 31 teams took part in the Kansas City Barbecue Society-sanctioned event, with Slaps BBQ of Kansas City being named grand champion for the best overall score in the areas of chicken, pork ribs, pork and brisket. Boom Chicka Cow Cow of Kansas City was the reserve champion. Individual division winners were Man Meat BBQ of Stillwell, KS, which won both the chicken and brisket titles; Drum Daddy BBQ of Gardner, KS, which won the pork ribs title; and All Forked For Q of Kansas City, which had the top pork entry. Competition held on Friday night featured five local teams, who competed for the title of best chicken wings and best pork tenders.
What’s Inside... The summer schedule for Trenton High School/Trenton Middle School fall sports teams, which kicks off on July 6, has been announced. See page 2 of today’s Republican-Times to find out the dates and times for practices, camps and weights.
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Sports.............................page 2 Local News ....................page 3 Community ...................page 5 Calendars ......................page 5 Across Missouri...page 4 & 6 Comics ...........................page 7 Crosswords....................page 8 Dear Annie ....................page 8 Classifieds .....................page 9