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THS and TMS Students Named To Lists The Trenton High School Honor Roll for the first semester of the 2020-21 school year has been announced. Superintendent’s (“A”) Honor Roll Students named to the Superintendent’s (“A”) Honor Roll include Cierra Bettis, Ellie Boman, Kayleigh Campbell, Kasen Christy, Emma Curtis, Morgan Dolan, Brice Gibler, Lexi Gott, Skylar Gott, Jaycie Griffin, Kidridge Griffin, Quincy Griffin, Chloe Harris, Callie Jackson, Royce Jackson, Bailea Jeannoutot, Lanie Johnson, Adeline Londre, Emilee Lovell, Isaiah Lovell, Andrew Maxey-Hild, Evelyn McCullough, Payden McCullough, Maci Moore, Jilliann Nichols, Chase Otto, Emily Owen, Amanda Parrack, Gavin Roeder, Haven Sharp, Carly Spencer, Hannah Stark, Breanna Ulberg, Jordan Wendt, Kierra Werteen, and Eric Wong, seniors; Marianne Atup, Hannah Bowe, Haven Burress, Jaica Clark, Teya Cooksey, Kaylor Farris, Harley Hall, Caleb Johnson, Morgan King, Trager Leeper, Chandler Lynch, Katherine Markell, Addie Michael, Alaina Overton, Joseph Pattison, Kaci Persell, Gracyn Rongey, Colton Roy, Jillian Simpson, Mallory Sole, Madison Templeton, Rebecca Urich, Jonin Villacampa and Shay Westerhof, juniors; Maurissa Bonta, Kaylea Boyle, Connor Campbell, Summer Ceradsky, Eliana Cowling, Kelsey Gibler, Andrew Huffstutter, Brett Kennedy, Jessika Kennedy, Faith Lee, Lydia Leininger, Serenity Marsh, Hunter McAtee, Tucker Otto, Conner Rutherford, Juliet Schmadeke, Ava Simpson, Dylan Smith, Dylan Spencer, Savannah Triplet, Trent Villacampa and Ali Westcott, sophomores; Katelyn N. Clark, Katelyn R. Clark, Cade Claycomb, Aubree Dalrymple, Paige Farris, Morgan Foster, Ava Frazier, Dulce Lopez, Victor Markell, Zane Michael, Emma Roberts, Milo Simpson, Maverick Sole, Gabe Stark, Nathan Stark and Lillian Woods, freshmen. Principal’s (“B”) Honor Roll Student’s named to the Principal’s (“B”) Honor Roll include Steven Archuleta, Kaila Babcock, Jenna Dillon, Sydney Ellis, Travis Gifford, Melanie Guerrero, Brycin Johns-Loyd, Camdyn Leeper, James Miller, Carol Pattison, Olivia Roberts, Jessa Shipley, Kayleigh Snuffer, Cole Soptic, Kayden Spencer, Katelyn Stevenson, Canyon VonBurg, Carly Wanstreet and Kenzie [See HONORS, Page 3]
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The number of COVID-19 cases in Grundy County increased over the weekend, according to the Grundy County Health Department. According to statistics provided Monday morning by administrator Elizabeth Gibson, there are 99 active cases in Grundy County, a number that is up from the 84 that were reported in Friday’s Republican-Times. Other significant numbers include 952 total cases, which includes 724 confirmed (up from 697) and 228 probable cases, up from 223. The total number of deaths attributed to COVID in Grundy County remained steady at 29.
Agenda Set For Trenton R-9 School Board
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PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Anticipation is building for the completion of the new performing arts center at Trenton High School/Trenton Middle School. Voters approved continuation of a 90-cent levy for capital projects and the new center is just one of those projects. Among those projects are the renovation of the library/media center at THS/TMS as well as renovation of the office area and lobby at Rissler Elementary School.
Gov. Parson Begins New Term Republican Governor Takes Oath At Newly Refurbished Capitol
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson was to begin a new term in office Monday with an inaugural ceremony marking the start of Missouri's bicentennial celebration, but without a traditional party because of coronavirus precautions. The Republican governor was to take the oath of office at a midday event on the grounds of the recently refurbished Capitol, with church bells ringing and artillery guns firing a salute — just as they have for past governors. But there will be no inaugural parade, no hand-shaking reception line with the general public and no inaugural ball, where the governor and lawmakers typically don fancy apparel to dance in the cramped quarters of the Capitol Rotunda. All of those festivities have been canceled or postponed because of concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.
State officials hope that by this August enough people will have been vaccinated against the coronavirus to safely hold a more elaborate celebration. It would coincide with the 200th anniversary of Missouri's official admittance to the United States on Aug. 10, 1821. Parson, 65, won election to a full four-year term in November by easily defeating Democratic State Auditor Nicole Galloway, who was expected to join other state officials at the inaugural ceremony. Parson had been elected lieutenant governor in 2016 but ascended to the top spot on June 1, 2018, when Republican Gov. Eric Greitens resigned while facing potential impeachment over allegations of sexual and political misconduct. More than 6,000 people had gathered at the Capitol for Greitens' inauguration. As a coronavirus precaution, organizers of Parson's inauguration were attempting to limit the crowd size, do a basic health screening of attendees and encourage them to wear masks. About 2,000 people have responded to Parson's inaugural committee saying they plan to attend. The privately funded committee said it expects to spend about
$200,000 on the inauguration, with donors to be disclosed later. In a nod to the bicentennial, Parson' inauguration was to feature a speech by Gary Kremer, executive director of the State Historical Society of Missouri. Kremer said the state's first gubernatorial inauguration actually occurred in September 1820, almost a full year before the lengthy statehood process concluded. Gov. Alexander McNair took the oath in a St. Louis hotel where lawmakers were meeting and delivered a speech of fewer than 500 words that was described by one historian as “a model of brevity,” Kremer said. Parson plans to highlight the bicentennial in his inaugural speech, then lay out a more detailed policy agenda when he delivers his State of the State address to the Republican-led Legislature on Jan. 27. Parson was born in rural Wheatland, Missouri, where he graduated from high school in 1973. He served six years in the U.S. Army and was sheriff of Polk County from 1993-2005. He then spent a combined 12 years in the Missouri House and Senate before winning election as lieutenant governor. He and his wife, Teresa, continue to own a cattle farm near Bolivar.
Execution Scheduled For Today Barring Last Minute Orders, Montgomery Will Be Executed
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Becky Harper sobbed as she spoke to a Missouri dispatcher after stumbling across her expectant daughter in a pool of blood, her womb slashed open and the child she had been carrying missing.
“It’s like she exploded or something,” Harper told the dispatcher on Dec. 16, 2004, during the desperate yet futile attempt to get help for her daughter, Bobbie Jo Stinnett, who had been eight months pregnant. Lisa Montgomery, who strangled Stinnett with a rope before performing a crude cesarean and fleeing with the baby, awaits execution Tuesday, just eight days before the presidential inauguration of death penalty opponent Joe Biden. If the lethal injection is carried out as scheduled at the Federal
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE We’ll be seeing mostly sunny skies for the middle part of the week, with high temperatures hitting 47 by mid-week and lows dropping to around 30. The high at Trenton on Thursday, Jan. 7 was 35, Friday’s high was 34 and Saturday’s high was 31. Sunday’s temperature hit 34, with a low of 22. The high Sunday at the Government Weather Station near Spickard was 30, with a low of 20.
Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana, Montgomery would be the first woman executed by the federal government in about six decades. Montgomery drove about 170 miles (273.59 kilometers) from her Melvern, Kansas, farmhouse to the northwest Missouri town of Skidmore under the guise of adopting a rat terrier puppy from Stinnett, a 23-year-old dog breeder. She was arrested the next day after showing off the premature in[See EXECUTION, Page 3]
The Trenton R-9 Board of Education will meet in regular session at 5:30 p.m. tonight (Tuesday, Jan. 12) at the district office. The meeting will not be open for the public to attend in person, but staff and patrons may join by Google Meet at http://meet.google.com/fqb-ysyh-bmu. Items on the announced agenda include approval of consent agenda items, election filing dates, a COVID hours resolution, building project update, Frank Drake library funds, early childhood/Parents as Teachers evaluation, health services evaluation, safety report, principal reports and superintendent comments. An executive session, closed to the public and news media, will be held to discuss personnel.
County Budget Hearing Scheduled The Grundy County Commission has scheduled a public hearing to receive comment on the 2021 county budget, which is in the process of being developed. The hearing will be held at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 19 in the county commission room at the courthouse. The budget includes revenues and expenditures for the General Revenue, Road and Bridge, Assessment, Ambulance and Law Enforcement funds, as well as other funds included in the document. The budget is scheduled for adoption on Tuesday, Jan. 26.
TMS Spelling Bee Set For Thursday The Trenton Middle School Bee will be held Thursday, Jan. 14 at the school. Although the public will not be able to attend the annual event, it will be live-streamed. More than 70 students will compete in the bee, with the fifth grade beginning at 8:15 a.m., followed by sixth grade at 9:15, seventh grade at 1 p.m. and the eighth grade at 2 p.m. A champion, runner-up and an alternate will be selected from each grade level to compete at the Grundy County Spelling Bee, which is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 29. Details of the live stream can be found on the Trenton Middle School Facebook page.
Grundy R-5 School Board Sets Agenda The Grundy R-5 Board of Education will meet in regular session at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the school. Items on the announced agenda include a transportation report, the third reading of MCE policy updates, information on a four-day week/the 2021-22 school calendar, board candidate filing update, elementary math curriculum, a review of the GrundyNewtown cooperative agreement for 2021-22, principal reports and a financial report. A closed session is scheduled for personnel and student matters.
Park Board Scheduled To Meet On Wednesday The Trenton Park Board will meet in regular session at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday at the park shop building. Items on the announced agenda include discussion of projects, discussion of the budget, committee reports on the pool, grounds and facilities and the park superintendent’s report.
OH, SO CLOSE... The Trenton High School basketball teams found themselves in competitive GRC games with Maysville on Friday night in the THS gym. In the end, however, neither team could come away with a win SPORTS, PAGE 2
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