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Wilford, Kennedy To Be Honored Two individuals, two businesses and one organization will be honored by the Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce during its annual banquet/meeting on Friday, June 4 at the Black Silo Winery. The five honorees will be recognized for their service to the community, with M.G. Kennedy and Dan Wilford being named Pillars of the Community with Vintage Vines and Black Silo Winery receiving the Business of the Year award. The Organization of the Year is Trenton Elks Lodge No. 801. The awards were originally to have been presented at the 2020 annual chamber event, however, COVID 19 restrictions caused the banquet to be cancelled. It was then decided to recognize the 2020 recipients during the 2021 event. Activities get under way at
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Dan Wilford, left, and M.G. Kennedy will be honored at the Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting, scheduled for Friday, June 4.
5:30 p.m. with a social hour and the meal at 6 p.m. The program will follow and will also include recognition of chamber board members and ambassadors as
well as a review of chamber activities. “Wild Safari” is the theme of this year’s banquet, with Slow Leak providing music throughout the evening. Tickets
are $35 per person. Table sponsorships are available for $450 and $300. Reservations are being accepted until Friday, [See CHAMBER, Page 3]
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WMH Relaxes Restrictions
Wright Memorial Hospital and Hedrick Medical Center have revised their visitor guidelines to allow level 3 visitation, as of May 17. Wright Memorial and Hedrick were previously at a ‘Level 4’, which allowed patients only one visitor per day. Level 3 visitor guidelines allow two visitors per patient per day in inpatient areas and the emergency department. There is no visitor re-entry and no visitors under the age of 14 are permitted. Masks are always required to be worn by the visitors, even in the patient rooms. All ambulatory and outpatient clinics are still limiting patients to one visitor per appointment and no visitors under the age of 14. Although new recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say fully vaccinated individuals no longer have to wear masks outdoors or indoors in many settings, the CDC emphasizes that this guidance does not apply in health care facilities. Per CDC guidance, masks will continue to be required for all patients and visitors to enter any Saint Luke’s facility until further notice, regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status. Patients and visitors will be also continue to screened upon arrival.
Sunnyview Board Gets Update
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RISSLER MUSIC PROGRAM Rissler Elementary School first grade students, pictured above, and kindergarten students took to the stage Wednesday evening at the Trenton Performing Arts Center to present their spring music program. Students in second, third and fourth grades were on the stage Monday for performances that were recorded. Recordings of the performances for all five grades will be provided to parents at a later date for all to enjoy. Rachel Lorenz is the Rissler music instructor.
R-6 Board Sharp Named Executive Director He Takes Over Post Accepts At NCMDA, Starts Bids Job On June 14 Superintendent Set To Get Salary Bump
The Pleasant View R-6 Board of Education met Tuesday, accepting several bids, approving the employment of an after school program director and approving a salary increase for the superintendent. According to information provided by Superintendent Rebecca Steinhoff, the board accepted a bid from People’s Co-Op for diesel fuel, with the bid coming in at 5 cents below the pump price. Prairie Farms was awarded the milk bid, with delivery set for Mondays and Wednesdays and the price [See R-6, Page 3]
One of the issues facing small towns and rural areas is that young people often flee to larger areas whether by choice or necessity. Scott Sharp chose to return to Trenton and has now taken on the challenge of bringing development to north Missouri. Sharp has been named the executive director of the North Central Missouri Development Alliance, a 501 (c) 3 organization that works with public and private groups to bring economic and community development to Grundy County. He fills a position left vacant by the resignation of Micah Landes, who was the first director of the group. Sharp, a 2003 graduate of
pretty good here,” he said, noting that Trish has an art degree that could have made it difficult to have a career in a small community. He sees a parallel between what he’s been doing since his early 20s and the task of serving area businesses and the community. “I’ve been selling pop since I was 21,” said Sharp, who worked at Trenton Coca-Cola before taking a position at Pepsi in Chillicothe several years ago. Scott Sharp “I’ve been in small businesses in Trenton High School, said he three different counties every and his wife, Trish, a 2002 THS single day. When I visit with graduate, were living in Colum- them we’re always talking about bia when they decided they were what’s successful and what’s not ready to move home. He sees working.” Sharp said he wasn’t really that move as a risk they took that looking to leave his current posihas paid off. “Trish and I were living in Co- tion, but working to bring devellumbia and that’s a pretty good opment to the area drew his place to build a career....I think it interest. “I can definitely sink my teeth was a risk to move back here to develop a career within this com- into something in my own com[See SHARP, Page 3] munity. We’ve made it work
The Grundy County Nursing Home District Board of Directors met Tuesday, hearing an update on activities at Sunnyview Nursing Home and on the CDC guidelines for COVID-19. Administrator Jerry Doerhoff said in the past month, residents enjoyed several activities, including an Easter party, birthday party, porch time and the resident’s council meeting. He said CDC guidelines have been updated to allow residents who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 to sit together at mealtimes and at group activities. There were no positive cases of the virus among staff or residents in April. In other business, the board accepted a bid from Landes Oil for propane and from WCA for trash pickup. It was noted that a contractor will start on the energy project in the next few weeks as soon as supplies are delivered. It was also announced that staff are being trained on the new software program for the facility. A closed session was held and the minutes of the April closed session were approved. The next regular meeting is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Tuesday, June 15.
COVID Numbers Inch Up
New cases of COVID-19 were reported each day this week in Grundy County as residents are becoming more active and mask guidelines are being relaxed. Grundy County Health Department Administrator Elizabeth Gibson said the county has added 10 cases in the past seven days, with no particular age group or demographic being identified. Ms. Gibson said that although vaccine is readily available, county residents have been slow to get vaccinated, with only 25 percent of county residents having initiated the vaccination process and 22 percent having completed the vaccines. Statewide, 33 percent of Missouri residents are vaccinated and 38 percent of all U.S. residents have been vaccinated. While Mrs. Gibson said she understands the initial apprehension to receive a vaccine, millions of doses have been given with very few problems. She noted that all three vaccines - Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson and Johnson - are available at various locations in the county, so residents do have a choice of vaccines. She said prevention is still the key to stopping the virus. “It’s still here,” she said. “And if we’re not preventing it, we are allowing it to circulate.”
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Chances for rain continue into the weekend with high temperatures in the 80’s. The high in Trenton on Monday was 68 with .05 of an inch of rain falling and Tuesday saw a high of 80 with another .24 of an inch of rain. Wednesday’s high was 75 with a low of 66 and .16 of an inch of rain. The high Wednesday at the Government Weather Station at the Barton Farm Campus was 78 with a low of 65 and .15 of an inch of rain falling.
The Trenton High School boys tennis team bowed out of the state playoffs at the sectional level on Monday, falling 5-0 to the Savannah Savages at the Plaza Tennis Courts in Kansas City. SPORTS, PAGE 2
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