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REPUBLICAN-TIMES TRENTON
Trenton, MO 64683 COVID-19
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Testing Continues At Trenton, Chillicothe
Active County COVID Cases Now At Two Grundy County has two active COVID-19 cases as of Monday morning, according to the Grundy County Health Department. The new cases were reported on Monday morning and brings the total number of positive test cases in Grundy County to 22 since testing began, including one death. According to the health department, the 21 cases had a combined 134 close contacts, which are defined as someone who is closer than six feet for 15 minutes or longer. Each of those close contacts were quarantined to prevent further spread, the GCHD reported on its Facebook page. Other area county totals as of Monday morning include Sullivan, 119 (3 active); Carroll, 49 (34 active); Harrison,
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32; Livingston, 25; Linn, 27 (9 in isolation, 1 death); Caldwell, 17 (3 active); Daviess, 11 (4 active); Mercer, 7; and Putnam, 3. The Saint Luke’s Health System continues to offer testing at both Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton and Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe as well as drivethrough sites in both communities. As of Monday morning, 2,254 persons have been COVID-19 tested by Wright Memorial Hospital and Hedrick Medical Center. WMH test numbers are at 678, including 461 from Grundy County, 111 from Mercer County and 106 from other counties. HMC has a total of 1,576 tests administered, including 209 from Grundy County, 945 from Livingston
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County, 43 from Mercer County and 379 from other counties. The drive-through testing at Trenton is being done at the Green Hills Medical Clinic at 3300 E. 10th St. from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Monday through Friday while drive-through testing at Chillicothe is being done at the former Washington Street Food and Drink location from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday. Testing is available at both sites to all residents of the region who meet the testing criteria and who obtain an order from a health care provider prior to arriving at the testing site. To be tested at the drivethrough clinic, individuals must have any new symptoms
Ad dultt Re eading Program The Grundy County-Jewett Norris Library is hosting an adult summer reading program, which gets under way on Wednesday, July 15.. Due COVID-19 concerns, the program will be offered online as well as persons being able to sign up at the library. The program will run for two months and participation open to active library cardholders age 18 and older. Persons without a library card can contact the library at 660-359-3577 for information on how to obtain one. For those wanting to sign up online, they can do so at grundy.readsquared.com. Once signed up, participants begin reading books. When completed, the books can be logged in online or on a log sheet available from the library. Those who are actively participating will be eligible for a weekly drawing as well as for larger prizes to be given away at the end of the program. The library is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday for patrons to check out books. Curbside service is also available.
Crrowd der Park Meeting Crowder State Park is inviting the public to an informational meeting scheduled for Saturday, July 25 at the campground amphitheater. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m., during which time members of the public are invited to share comments about the park and its operations. Park staff will also be present to provide information and answer questions. A evening program will follow the meeting at around 8:30.
2020-21 Lunch Prices Addressed At Meetings
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Voting Costs Jump
The Trenton Park Board will hold its regular monthly meeting at 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15 at the park department office. Items on the announced agenda include election of officers, the superintendent’s report and reports by the pool, grounds and facilities committees. An executive session for personnel is also planned.
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Meal prices for the 2020-21 school year were set by the Grundy R-5 Board of Education during a meeting on Thursday night, July 9. According to information provided by Superintendent Phil Fox, an increase of 10 cents was approved by the board. Lunch prices will be $2.70 for high school/junior high students and adults and $2.60 for elementary school students. Breakfast prices will be $1.20 for elementary students, $1.30 for high school/junior high students and $1.50 for adults. Following a report regarding the procedures to open school for next year, the board directed administration to continue developing the 202021 plan. Approval was given to the purchase of a new dishwasher at the elementary school from Meyer Laboratories at a cost of $5,940, which
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includes a five-year service agreement. Also approved was the annual conflict of interest ordinance as required by the Missouri Ethics Commission. The board set the annual tax levy hearing for 5 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 13, prior to the regular monthly meeting. Elementary and secondary principal reports were heard and approved. A summer building maintenance report was also presented. Following a closed session, it was announced that Cassie Allnutt was hired as a cook at the elementary school. The next meeting of the board will be held at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 13. The meeting will be preceded by the levy hearing at 5 p.m.
B ack k To o Sc cho ool Surve ey The Trenton R-9 School District is asking parents/guardians to provide their input to help district personnel make plans for the start of the 2020-21 school year this fall. A survey appears on the R-9 School District website (www.trentonr9.k12.mo.us) as well as on the Trenton school app, both under the news tab. Parents have until Wednesday, July 15 to fill out the survey, which contains nine questions, and district officials are encouraging all parents/guardians to take time to answer the questions. The district is seeking information regarding student attendance, re-opening scenarios (face-to-face, remote or a combination), safety precautions (teacher/student masks, social distancing, limitation of large group activities, etc.), preschool and K-12 transportation, Internet access and availability of electronic devices for distance learning.
Former Grundy R-5 Superintendent
Porter Had Long Tenure In Education Editor’s Note: Persons who have a memory to share about any topic related to Trenton and the surrounding area are asked to do so by e-mailing the Republican-Times newspaper at rtimes@lyn.net. Stories should include the writer’s name, address and telephone number. Stories are to be submitted by e-mail and will appear periodically in the newspaper. by Allene Maloney Paul James Porter was born on Aug. 28, 1900 on a farm in Linn County near Enterprise. He was the second of four sons of Charles James Amos and Mary Hanman Porter. After high school, he served in the U.S. Army at Camp Funston, KS during World War I. He obtained a law degree from the University of Missouri at Columbia, then a master’s degree from Northeast Missouri State Teacher’s College at Kirksville. Mr. Porter began his teaching career in rural Linn County one-room schools and was school superintendent at Huntley, NE for a year and a half. He served as principal at Galt High School for one year, 1932-33, then was superintendent
I Remember Trenton A Glimpse of Our Past for 32 years, retiring in 1965. During his early years of teaching in Galt, Mr. Porter lived during the summer in Chillicothe, where he had an office (having been admitted to the bar association in 1936) and practiced law with Scott Miller, a leading attorney at the time. He would return to Galt when school opened in September. He married Vivian Tolle on June 1, 1935. Miss Tolle was born in Galt on Sept. 18, 1913, the youngest daughter of Abraham L. and Hortense Payne Tolle. Her father had been the publisher of the Galt Sun and Herald newspaper and later was associated with the Warren and Gillespie Furniture Store. He became a rural mail carrier in Galt in 1911, retiring on Sept. 1, 1931. Mr. Porter had been a Galt resident four years and was serving on the utility
board in 1936 when the city applied for a WPA grant to gravel their streets. This was completed by the end of 1938. In December of that year, the Galt School applied for a federal grant to cover the cost of building a separate concrete and brick building to house the new vocational agriculture department and the complete remodeling of a five-room house across the street from the school playground for a new home economics department. They also built an addition to the old building of a new gymnasium and auditorium with a modern stage, study hall and additional classroom. These projects were completed before school opened in September 1939. A dedication ceremony was held on the stage in the newly-added auditorium on April 27, 1940. According to an article in the Trenton Republican-
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There’s a chance of rain on Tuesday night with a low around 70. There’s a 50% chance of rain on Wednesday, the high near 83 and the low around 67. Mostly sunny on Thursday with a high near 88. The high at Trenton on Thursday, July 9 was 89, Friday’s high was 95 and Saturday’s high was 96. Sunday’s high was 88 with a low of 67. The high on Sunday at the Government Weather Station near Spickard was 86, the low was 66.
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Times, a large crowd attended the program. Among the invited special guests were Frances Uhlig, Laredo superintendent; John Uhlig, Spickard superintendent; and Ira Grubb, Humphreys superintendent. It was obvious Mr. Porter wanted them to see that federal grants were also available for their See Porter, Page 3
What’s Inside... The RCC Classic was held over the weekend with the trio of Derek Thorne, Evan Fries and Chad Richman taking top honors. See page 2 of today’s Republican-Times for results and a photo from the event.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The demand for mail-in ballots is surging. Election workers need training. And polling booths might have to be outfitted with protective shields during the COVID-19 pandemic. As officials prepare for the Nov. 3 election, one certainty is clear: It's coming with a big price tag. “Election officials don’t have nearly the resources to make the preparations and changes they need to make to run an election in a pandemic,” said Wendy Weiser, head of the Brennan Center for Justice's democracy program. “We are seeing this all over the place.” The pandemic has sent state and local officials scrambling to prepare for an election like few others, an extraordinary endeavor during a presidential contest, as virus cases rise across much of the U.S. COVID-19-related worries are bringing demands for steps to make sure elections just four months away are safe. But long-promised federal aid to help cash-starved states cope is stalled on Capitol Hill. The money would help pay for transforming the age-old voting process into a pandemic-ready system. Central to that is the costs for printing mail-in ballots and postage. There are also costs to ensure in-person voting is safe with personal protective equipment, or PPE, for poll workers, who tend to be older and more at risk of getting sick from the virus, and training for new workers. Pricey machines are needed to quickly count the vote. Complicating matters is President Donald Trump’s aversion to mail-in balloting. With worrisome regularity, he derides the process as rigged, even though there's no evidence of fraud and his own reelection team is adapting to the new reality of widespread mail-in voting. “As cases of coronavirus in this country rise, it’s vital that all voters be able to cast their ballots from home, to cast their ballots by mail,” said Sen. Amy Klobuchar, DMinn. A COVID-19 response bill passed by the House in May contains $3.6 billion to help states with their elections, but the Senate won't turn to the measure until late July. Republicans fought a $400 million installment of election aid this March before agreeing to it. But key Senate Republicans seem likely to support more election funding, despite Trump's opposition, and are even offering to lower a reSee Election, Page 3
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Sports.............................page 2 Local News ....................page 3 Across Missouri ............page 4 Community ...................page 5 Calendars ......................page 5 Comics ...........................page 6 Crosswords....................page 7 Dear Annie ....................page 7 Classifieds .....................page 8