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Tuesday, September 18, 2018
REPUBLICAN-TIMES TRENTON
Trenton, MO 64683
Established Sept. 4, 1864 - 155th Year - No. 5
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Briefs...
Nursing Home Board To Meet
The Grundy County Nursing Home District Board of Directors will hold its monthly meeting at 4 o’clock tonight (Tuesday) in the conference room of the Sunnyview Nursing Home and Apartments. The announced agenda includes approval of the conflict of interest resolution, a report on energy improvement projects and the RCF and administrator reports. An executive session for legal matters and personnel is also planned.
City Committee Meetings
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GRUNDY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Oct. 17 In Trenton
Drive-Thru Flu Shot Clinic Set
The Grundy County Health Department is bringing back the drive-thru flu shot clinic for 2018. The drive-thru format gives the Grundy County Health Department an opportunity to practice its emergency mass dispensing plan. The drive-thru clinic will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 17 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will serve Grundy County residents 18 years of age and older. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has been five years since we held our drive-thru flu shot clinic,â&#x20AC;? said Kelli Hillerman, RN, BSN, emergency response planner for the Grundy County Health Department. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The event has been very popular in the past, we vaccinated as many as 800 people in just four hours. The drive-thru clinic is an excellent way for us to practice the plans we have to dispense
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medication to our whole community in the event of a public health crisis. We hope the public will come out and support the clinic as they have in the past,â&#x20AC;? The same locations and route will be used: â&#x20AC;˘ The route begins on southbound Princeton Road (access via Oklahoma Avenue). â&#x20AC;˘ The paperwork checkpoint will be at the First Christian Church (1700 Princeton Road). â&#x20AC;˘ Vaccinations will be given at the Grundy County Emergency Services Complex. Documents for the drive-thru flu clinic will be posted to the Grundy County Health Department website after Thursday, Sept. 20. The web address is www.GrundyCHD.org.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;The clinic runs more quickly and efficiently when the documents are completed in advance but participants do not have to download the documents to participate,â&#x20AC;? Mrs. Hillerman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have access to a computer, packets will be available at the Grundy County Health Department office prior to Oct. 16.â&#x20AC;? Additional clinic dates will be announced for children and adults who cannot be present for the drive-thru event. Volunteers are needed for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clinic. Persons who would like to assist are asked to contact Abby Oberman at the health department, 359-4196. More information about the event is available from health department administrator Elizabeth Gibson or Mrs. Hillerman.
Sponsorships Available
Flags To Be Displayed At Festival
The Trenton Rotary Club will continue to display flags during the Missouri Day Festival Parade weekend, Oct. 19-21. The flags - both American and State of Missouri - will be mounted on poles along Main, Ninth and 17th streets as well as a portion of Oklahoma Avenue near the festival entrance. The Missouri Day parade route is the main emphasis of the flag display. The two types of flags will be alternated on the poles and displayed from the Friday morning before the parade (Oct. 19)
until the Sunday evening after the parade (Oct. 21). Parade officials are encouraging individuals and businesses to be a flag sponsor. Flag sponsorship is for a three-year period at a cost of $50. The names of sponsors will be promoted through the media. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We experienced excellent response to our initial sponsorship
See Rotary, Page 7
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Mostly sunny skies are expected during the first part of the week with highs in the upper 80s and lower 90s and lows in the upper 60s and lower 70s. The high on Thursday at the Government Weather Station at Trenton was 87, the high on Friday and Saturday was 92 and Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high was 91, the low was 66. There was no report from the Government Weather Station near Spickard.
Cruise Night Changes
Changes have been announced for the Saturday, Oct. 6 car cruise, which has been held throughout the summer on Ninth Street. According to organizer Jeremy Soptic, the cruise will be moved to downtown Trenton, along Main Street between 12th Street and Five Points. The area will be blocked off to designate a parking area for cars involved in the cruise. The event begins at 6 p.m. with the Five Points Alive group serving food items from â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Space.â&#x20AC;? The menu will include tenderloins, Frito Dogs, Chicago Dogs, New York Dogs, cole slaw, dessert and brownies. Proceeds from the sale will go toward the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s efforts to purchase Christmas lights for the downtown area. Treyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Place will also be open and plans to have food specials as well.
Parent-Child Book Club
Trenton Middle School is now offering a parent-child book club to fifth and sixth grade students and their parents. The book club, which is being sponsored by CFM Insurance, is an opportunity for students and their parents to share thought-provoking books. The books serve as a springboard for discussion, encouraging conversation in the home and around the dinner table. A monthly meeting will be held at the TMS library to celebrate the book and the reading experience. The book club will read six different books and meet six times from October to April. Informational brochures and registration forms are available in the library. Forms and a $10 registration fee will be due on Friday, Oct. 5 and space is limited. Questions should be directed to Librarian Eâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Lisha Gass at 3594328 or by email at egass@trentonr9.k12.mo.us. ********** WEDNESDAY Barton Farm Campus Open House 1 to 3 p.m. Tours - 1:15 to 2:30 p.m.
The THSâ&#x20AC;&#x2C6;Bulldogs got win number one of the 2018 football season on Friday night. See page 2 of todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s RepublicanTimes for a recap of the homecoming game against Putnam County.
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On The Field...
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The Administrative and Utility committees of the Trenton City Council have scheduled meetings for tonight (Tuesday) at city hall. The Administrative Committee will meet at 6 p.m. The only item on the announced agenda is discussion of the old fire ladder truck. The Utility Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Items on that agenda include a review of a change order for Burns and McDonnell for the headworks project at the wastewater plant and discussion of electric rates.
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