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NCMC Set To Sign MOU With MCC Buchanan County Would Move To NCMC Region If the North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees approves a memorandum of understanding with a Kansas City-area based community college at Tuesday night’s meeting, it will change the landscape of higher education in the St. Joseph area. The board is scheduled to consider the MOU with Metropolitan Community College during its regular monthly meeting and if approved, it would have NCMC, rather than MCC, as the primary service provider for school districts located in Buchanan County. The change came about after Missouri Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer, who represents St. Joseph, had introduced a bill that would include that change. Luetkemeyer withdrew the bill, opting instead to let the change come about through the MOU, which was approved by MCC at a meeting last week. The change would not take affect until after the Spring 2022 semester. NCMC President Dr. Lenny Klaver said the relationships NCMC has built with businesses and industry in Buchanan County is likely what prompted those entities to have a preference for the customized training that can be offered through NCMC. He said NCMC also has a good relationship with Missouri Western State University. “This was not instigated by us,” he said. “It was instigated by industry leaders and legislators in St. Joseph.” Dr. Klaver said NCMC will begin working with the stakeholders in Buchanan County to determine how to move forward. “We have a year to meet with business and industry leaders and others in St. Joseph and Buchanan County to determine what they need and how we are going to meet those needs,” Dr. Klaver commented. NCMC is in the process of merging three satellite programs in the northwest part of its 16-county service region. They include nursing programs at Maryville and Bethany as well as Behavioral Health and Early Childhood Education programs along with various general education courses offered at the North Belt Site in the village of Country Club in Andrew County, which is already in NCMC’s service region. Currently, NCMC is leasing facilities in each location at a combined cost of more than $50,000 annually. The merger to a new location includes NCMC’s purchase of a property that would suffice for the programs currently offered and the ability to offer additional career technical education in a part of the region where economic indicators for employ-
ment demand are high. According to Dr. Klaver, the city of Savannah was selected due to its strategic location and ability to enhance enrollment by offering the programs mentioned earlier in this quadrant of the NCMC service region. What is most prominent in the locations merger is to positively impact workforce development with a high quality education and training center in an area of need. Supportive of this plan are data indicating that the counties of Holt, Gentry, DeKalb, Worth and Andrew demonstrate below the mean in the following areas: average family income, average household income, per capita income, percent of
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NCMC Board Agenda The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees will meet in regular session at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Frey Administrative Center. In addition to the MOU, items on the agenda include new employee introduction, reports from the Head Start directors, vice president of business and finance, vice president for academic affairs, vice president for student affairs, the chief information officer and Dr. Klaver. The board will consider bids/purchases, a board policy change, continuance of audit services, 2021-22 salaries, a resignation, employments and revised and new job descriptions. The board also plans to hold a closed session to discuss personnel, legal matters and real estate. adults with no college and no degree (associate or bachelor) and some college but no degree. A center in Savannah pro-
vides easy, centralized access to higher education for all of these underserved areas in northwest Missouri [See NCMC, Page 3]
Memorial Day Closings
Several offices and businesses have announced plans to be closed on Monday, May 31, in honor of the Memorial Day holiday . Closed will be the Trenton Post Office, Trenton City Hall/TMU, the Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce/License Bureau, all state offices at the Grundy County Courthouse (Division I and II of the Circuit Court, the juvenile office and recorder’s office), the USDA Farm Services Agency, the Grundy County-Jewett Norris Library, the Grundy County Health Department, the North Central Missouri Children’s Advocacy Center, the Green Hills Regional Planning Commission and Missouri Job Center, the Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri, BTC Bank, Citizens Bank and Trust, Farmers State Bank, Farmers Bank of Northern Missouri and US Bank. North Central Missouri College will also be closed and the Ketcham Community Center is scheduled to closed at noon on Saturday and be closed both Sunday and Monday. The Trenton Republican-Times office will be closed Monday and re-open for business as usual on Tuesday morning. Tuesday’s paper will be in mailboxes on Wednesday. The deadline for the June 2 Green Hills Weekly will be noon on Wednesday, May 26.
R-9 Takes Personnel Action
The Trenton R-9 Board of Education took action on several items during a closed session Monday morning. According to information provided by the district, the board accepted the resignations of Rebecca Burr, seventh grade social studies teacher; Sarah Huffstutter, high school cook; and Richard Miller, high school paraprofessional. Those hired during the meeting included Kayla Roberts, fifth grade Language Arts; Wes Croy, part-time middle school paraprofessional; Sarah Pauley, junior English teacher at THS; Stacey Russell, Success Center teacher; Tammy Ockenfels, part-time summer school teacher; and Annie Bass, Tristan Dugan, Mary Hale, Colbi Kirk, Shelby Bagley, Kelsi Lowe and Amy Currie, summer school substitute teachers.
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DOWNTOWN AWARDS Main Street Trenton and the Trenton Downtown Improvement Association held a dinner and program Friday evening in celebration of 30 years of working to make the downtown area a vibrant place to conduct business. Those honored during the event include, from left, Billy Wilson, 2021 Downtown Partner of the Year; Wendell Lenhart, Founding Member Award; Peggy Noel and Kathi Brewer of Howard’s Department Store, 2021 Business of the Year; Venna Hicks, 2021 Volunteer of the Year; and Gary and Joyce Schuett, 2021 President’s Award.
The Grundy County Historical Museum will be open for the season on Memorial Day, Monday, May 31. Members of the Joseph L. Norton, Veterans of Foreign Wars, No. 919, will present a patriotic program beginning at 10 a.m. The museum, including the military building, will remain open until 4 p.m. This season's new exhibit is "The History of Photography." A fully equipped dark room and life- size pinhole camera are informative and fun features of the display. Many old and "new" cameras and the history of their development are included in the display as are a poster of the known photographers of the area. Those viewing the display will recognize several of the cameras that you either owned or saw advertised - no cell phones! The museum will be open weekends and holidays through the Missouri Day Festival, which is the third weekend in October.
COVID Case Update
It’s nothing like it was over the winter, but Grundy County residents should pay attention to the fact that cases of the COVID-19 virus are still being recorded in the county. According to Grundy County Health Department Administrator Elizabeth Gibson, the county has added new cases every day since May 17 and the number of active cases now stands at 12. That brings the total number of cases since the pandemic began to 1,090. Mrs. Gibson said she believes the vaccines available are effective, but there will also be breakthrough cases from any vaccine, so county residents should still be smart- wash hands, social distance, wear a mask if you can’t be distanced from others.
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TOP DAWGS Eight students at Trenton Middle School are the recipients of the Top Dog Award, which honors one female and one male student from each grade for demonstrating the best overall qualities of academic success, citizenship and character. Those honored for the 2020-21 school year include, from left, fifth graders Payton Hanes and Ryan Gott; sixth graders Makayla Mejia and Kayden Foster; seventh graders Kinsley Otto and Kameron Foster; and eighth graders Sofia Currie and Wade Houser. A complete listing of year-end awards for students at TMS, Rissler Elementary School, Pleasant View R-6, Spickard R-2 and Laredo R-7 will appear in a special section in the Friday, May 28, edition of the Republican-Times.
With smaller numbers (and older members), the Trenton Kiwanis Club is reaching out for help in putting up the flags around the Grundy County Courthouse on six patriotic holidays. The club held a meeting Thursday with representatives of other local service organi-
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There is a chance of rain beginning Wednesday night and going into Thursday with high temperatures in the low 80’s and high 70’s. The high in Trenton on Thursday was 75 with Friday hitting 76 and Saturday reaching 72. Those three days saw a combined .94 of an inch of rain fall. Sunday’s high was 81 with a low of 65. The high on Sunday at the Government Weather Station at the Barton Farm Campus was 79 with a low of 63.
The Trenton girls track and field team is sending four to state. Kristi Ewing advanced in the 400, Ava Simpson moved on in the 3,200 and the two combined with Gracyn Rongey and Shay Westerhof to qualify in the 4x4. SPORTS, PAGE 2
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zations to discuss a plan to keep the courthouse flags flying. “We are not interested in abandoning this project, we are looking for help,” said Kiwanis member Kara Helmandollar. Kiwanis leader Dave Woodson told the group that the club is in search of groups to help volunteer to help set up and take down flags on six holidays: Memorial Day, Flag Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Patriots Day and Veterans Day. [See KIWANIS, Page 3]
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Trenton Four Punch Ticket To State All Four Trenton Girls Move On To State Meet
It was a bit of a lonely ride to the Class 3, Section 4 track meet in Odessa on Saturday for the Trenton High School girls track and field team. Just four girls made up the Bulldog contingent, but when the foursome returned home, they had all kept their season alive by qualifying for next weekend’s MSHSAA Track and Field Championships in Jefferson City. Kristi Ewing, Ava Simpson and the 4x400-meter relay team, which consists of Ewing, Simpson, Gracyn Rongey and Shay Westerhof, mostly re-created their district performance from the previous week to move on at sectionals. Ewing, who was second in the 400-meter dash a week ago, was second again in Odessa, finishing runner-up with a time of 59.75. Simpson, who placed second in the 3,200-meter run at districts, was also second again, placing in the number-two position with a time of 13:16.32. The top four at sectionals
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KYNSEN BAIN throws a pitch for Chumbley’s Grill during a minor league game at Johnson Field on May 14. Green Hills Recreation Association games are in full swing with teams across all leagues getting their seasons up and running.
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THE TRENTON GIRLS 4x400-meter relay team punched its ticket to state with a fourth-place finish at sectionals on Saturday in Odessa. Members of the team include, from left, Kristi Ewing, Ava Simpson, Gracyn Rongey and Shay Westerhof.
advanced to state and while Ewing and Simpson were bound for state by comfortable margins, the 4x400-meter relay team just barely slipped in. Trenton took fourth in the event after running third at districts a week ago. The Bulldogs’ time of 4:18.89 narrowly
fended off Knob Noster’s fifthplace time of 4:21.14 for the final transfer spot. Trenton now turns its attention to the final meet of the season, the Class 3 MSHSAA Track and Field Championships, which will be held at Jefferson City High School on
Saturday. Opening ceremonies for the event are scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Ava Simpson will run in the 3,200 at 10 a.m. and Ewing will look for a medal in the 400-meter dash at 3:40 p.m. The 4x400-meter relay is the final event of the meet and is scheduled to run at 5:45 p.m.
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with that magical wedge game that never left him, and then let a cast of challengers fall too far behind to catching him in the shifting wind off the Atlantic. Mickelson closed with a 1over 73 to win by two over Brooks Koepka and Louis Oosthuizen. “One of the moments I’ll cherish my entire life,” Mickelson said. “I don’t know how to describe the feeling of excitement and fulfillment and accomplishment to do something of this magnitude when very few people thought that I could.” That list didn't include Mickelson. Never mind that he had not won in more than two years, had not registered a top 20 in nearly nine months and last won a major in 2013 at the British Open. Never mind that he was No. 115 in the world. “This is just an incredible feeling because I believed it was possible, but everything was saying it wasn't,” Mickelson said. Julius Boros for 53 years held the distinction of golf's oldest major champion. He was 48 when he won the 1968 PGA Championship in San Antonio. The record now belongs to Mickelson, whose legacy is as much rooted in longevity as any of the skills that have made him among the most exciting players in the game. Mickelson became the 10th player to win majors in three decades, an elite list that starts with Harry Vardon and was most recently achieved by Tiger Woods. Mickelson became the first player in PGA Tour history to win tournaments 30 years apart. The first of his 45 titles was in 1991 when he was still a junior at Arizona State. “He’s been on tour as long as I’ve been alive,” Jon Rahm said. “For him to keep that willingness to play and compete and practice, it’s truly admirable.” Koepka and Oosthuizen had their chances, but only briefly. Koepka was 4 over on the three par 5s he faced when the game was still on and closed with a 74. Oosthuizen hit into the water as he was trying to make a final run and shot 73.
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The Trenton High School Golden Bulldog Marching Band Drum Line has been selected for the 2021-22 school year and include, from left, snares, Collin Taylor, Tayler Morton and Gabe Gamble; tenors, Donnie Gilbertson; and bass drums, Jillian Simpson, Shay Westerhof, Lydia Leininger, Brady Tobias and Lance Polk.
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Dr. Klaver has reported that Phase I of the Savannah project was to purchase a former car dealership at Highway 59 and Highway E just south of Savannah High School. The building will house career technical education programs such as industrial technology and supportive courses in areas such as robotics, welding, computer numeric controls and other high tech areas of training geared for workforce entry and customized workforce training for incumbent workers. Secured grants, fund-raised money and unre-
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The Trenton Lions Club, Trenton Rotary Club, Trenton Area Ministerial Alliance and the Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce were represented at the meeting and indicated a willingness to be assigned a holiday to be in charge of the flags. Setting up the flags in the morning starts at 7 a.m. and take down begins at 5:30 p.m. Having six to eight people to help means that the flags can be put up in about 20 minutes and taken down in about 30 minutes. Phil Hoffman said the Rotary Club will help with the flags on Memorial Day this year and will plan to be in charge on Flag Day. Jim Cox of the Lions Club, Rev. Steve Martin, representing the Trenton Area Ministerial Alliance and Debbie Carman, representing the Chamber, will talk with their organizations about the best day for their groups to be in charge. It was noted that just because one group is in charge on a certain holiday doesn’t mean that other groups and organizations can’t help
stricted funds in the NCMC Foundation are footing the cost of Phase I to the level of approximately $800,000. Phase II will include new construction adjacent and attached to the existing building. This phase will be a predominantly nursing and allied health facility with an ability to also house the behavioral health and early childhood education (both of which are significantly on-line) as well as general education courses necessary for attaining a degree in nursing, allied health areas and industrial technology. The cost of that phase is estimated at by architects Ellison-Auxier at $5,072,387. put the flags up and take them down that day. Another issue discussed at the meeting is the condition of the flags, many of which are casket flags and all of which represent a veteran from Grundy County. The names of the veterans are on the flag pole. Weather and time have taken their toll on the approximately 200 flags and they are in need of replacement. The cotton flags are also very difficult to dry after they are in the rain. Nylon flags would be a better option for replacement. Mrs. Helmandollar said a few of flags have been retired, including one from the Spanish-American war, which is now in the Grundy County Museum. Kiwanis club members are looking at different companies for replacing the flags and hardware. The Kiwanis Club is planning to kick off a fundraising campaign to help raise money to replace the flags that are worn. The club has received a grant that will be used toward the project. When details on the actual cost are known, more information will be announced about the fund raising and how to sponsor a flag.
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The drum majors for the Trenton High School Golden Bulldog Marching Band have been selected for the 202122 school year and include, Trager Leeper, left, and Maurissa Bonta.
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A Little US City, Battered By The Virus, Tells Its Story CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (AP) — The beleaguered people of Central Falls moved quickly through the high school gym’s injection stations and then to rest on dozens of metal folding chairs, borrowed from the Knights of Columbus. Immunity was at hand, but no one was celebrating. Central Falls — the poorest and smallest city in the nation’s smallest state — is also among the hardest hit by COVID-19. Sorrow reaches across the city: The dead husband. The mother who came from Guatemala in search of a better life, only to die in a new land. The Polish priest who buried parishioner after parishioner. The city has endured repeated waves of illness, with rates of confirmed cases that often dwarfed cities across New England. ___ EDITOR’S NOTE — An-
other in an occasional series, COVID’s Scars, looking at how some of those battered by the pandemic are trying to recover after a year of pain and loss. ___ But the troubles of Central Falls extend far back, long before the coronavirus arrived: Moonshine in the 1920s, cocaine in the 1980s. Illegal gambling dens in the 1940s, when policemen who tried to shut them down were fired for misconduct. Cascading mill and factory closures in the years after World War II, starting an inexorable slide into poverty and, finally, city bankruptcy in 2011. So the people of Central Falls — mostly Latin Americans these days, and before that immigrant waves of French Canadians, Irish, Greeks, Syrians and others — are accustomed to hard times. But in the gym on this dreary Saturday, they were mostly
stoic. A few gossiped quietly. Some stared at their phones. If you asked, though, they would tell you their stories of their COVID year — how they suffered, how they rose to the occasion and how they failed, what they lost. Off to the side, sitting almost beneath the basketball hoop, was Christine McCarthy. McCarthy was relieved to get her shot. She’s 65, has diabetes and knows what COVID-19 could do to her. But mostly she wanted to talk about her husband, John, and how after nearly 40 years of marriage — after three children, some tough financial years and too many illnesses — he’d still sing to her. He’d sit on the bed, lean over his acoustic guitar, and his voice would fill the room. Sometimes it was Steely Dan. Sometimes Soul Asylum. But in 2020 he mostly stuck to a couple Beatles’ classics. They now echo with pain.
“A love like ours Could never die As long as I Have you near me.” On Jan. 1, at 9:39 p.m., John McCarthy died of complications of COVID-19. “That’s my story,” she said, choking back tears. “Aren’t you glad you came to talk to me?” ____ The 911 call came around dinner time from a small, ground-floor apartment, on yet another crowded Central Falls street. It was the end of March 2020. When firefighter Andres Nunes went through the door, this is what he saw: A two-bedroom apartment packed with humanity, packed with stuff. Clothes and sheets and blankets piled in the living room. The kitchen table shoved aside to create more space. There weren’t enough beds, so at least one person was sleeping on the sofa. Sitting in a conference room in the city’s firehall more than a year later, Nunes recalled that this was the moment when he knew: “This was coming for us.” America’s first reported COVID-19 death had come a few weeks earlier. By the end of March, the world was watching as New York City’s streets echoed with the wail of ambulances. And in a little city little known outside this corner of New England, coronavirus was starting to burn through the streets like a firestorm. Seven or eight people from an extended family were living in the apartment, Nunes said. Five were sick. Symptoms ranged across the coronavirus spectrum: Body pain, headaches, coughing. The family, immigrants from Guatemala who didn’t speak English, refused to go to the hospital unless they all could go. That was impossible because of the hospital’s coronavirus restrictions. Because no one was in immediate danger, the medical crews left information on COVID-19 tests, and what to do if anyone got sicker. No one died that evening. No one was taken to the hospital. But the crews left shaken. “That was when we realized we had something big,” Nunes said. Nunes knew what would happen in Central Falls when coronavirus took root. He’s lived here since he was 15, and graduated from Central Falls High School. His family is in the city, nearly all his friends. He was born in Colombia, and knows what life is like here for many immigrants. It’s an ideal place for the virus to spread. Central Falls is crowded — 20,000 people in 1.3 square miles — and filled with street after street of triple deckers, narrow three-story apartment buildings ubiquitous in working-class Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Those apartments are often full to bursting, with parents, grandparents, children, cousins and friends often crowded together. Buildings are so close together that you can often lean out the window of one apartment and touch the one next door. Many properties don’t have a blade of grass. Then there are the job realities. Central Falls is a deeply working-class city, a place of janitors, warehouse workers, cashiers and others who can’t work from home. With a virus that disproportionately hits the poor, more than 30% of the city lives below the poverty line. Nunes believes the virus
had been snaking through the city since early February, when there had been a glut of calls about people suffering flu-like symptoms. “We just didn’t know what to call it.” ___ The husband — always a worrier — brought the strange news home. “He was talking about this pandemic going around,” said Marcelina Hernandez, a 36year-old mother of four with a huge smile and a deep well of Catholicism. “I told him: ‘You’re crazy! You always think everything is bad!’” Mauricio Pedroza is a burly 41-year-old whose size belies a gentle friendliness. He smiled bashfully as his wife spoke, both to acknowledge his pessimism and maybe to gloat a little because he’d been right to worry. A few weeks later, the virus began sweeping through the city. Schools shut. Stores. Bars. Restaurants. For seven months, they barely let their 13-year-old twins out of the house. They live in yet another triple decker, in a top-floor apartment scattered with crucifixes, religious prints and avalanches of pink plastic toys for their baby daughter. On the front porch, a long row of mailboxes spills over with residents’ names. Like so many in Central Falls, they arrived following a network of family and friends, part of the large Latin American influx over the past 30 years. They come because rents are cheap, commutes are easy to cities from Boston to Providence, and plenty of people speak only Spanish. Restaurants serve memories of home, from Colombian-style ceviche to beef tripe soup. For the couple, who emigrated from rural Guatemala more than 20 years ago but met in Central Falls, it has become home. Their families are nearby. There are parks for family reunions. There are decent schools. There are plenty of jobs for people willing to work hard. This is a city that understands hard work. Pedroza has two jobs: a store janitor in the mornings, and a forklift operator at a warehouse in the evenings. Unemployment skyrocketed here after the pandemic struck, jumping from 6% in January 2020 to 20% two months later (it had settled to 9% by March 2021). Demand at food pantries exploded with the unemployment rate, in part because undocumented workers couldn’t get most government assistance. Pedroza was lucky. He lost only a few weeks of work. But he never stopped worrying: “I was always overthinking,” he said, as a cage of parakeets chirped and screeched in the kitchen. The family went into a hard lockdown. In a culture where social distancing from relatives can seem like a betrayal, they retreated into their apartment and stopped seeing family. He was scared, constantly watching news reports and social media rumors. Work became terrifying. He rarely went out. Still, a few days after Christmas, he began feeling sick: exhausted, sore throat, headache. Then Hernandez got it. Then the baby. The next few weeks were a blur. New Year’s, a big holiday for the extended family, was just food dropped off at the bottom of the stairs. They couldn’t taste it. In the end they were lucky. Both were sick for just a couple weeks. Neither had to go to the hospital.
And maybe, just maybe, all the vaccinations mean the extended family can have their annual Fourth of July reunion, gathering in a park on Naragansett Bay. “I don’t know when it will be normal,” Hernandez said, as the baby started to squall. “Someday, I hope.” ___ Back when he was younger, John McCarthy had been a carpet installer. A great carpet installer. He’d worked in the mansion-museums of Newport, Rhode Island, where Gilded Age industrial barons had spent their summers, and in the locker room of the New England Patriots, where he’d helped craft the team logo out of carpeting. He’d worked in houses and businesses across Rhode Island and Massachusetts, a craftsman of carpet fabric who dreamed of opening his own design studio. “He was the best. The absolute best,” said Christine. Things changed in the early 1990s, when a pancreatic crisis and a highly complex surgery meant his working days were over. Later there were other medical issues, including chronic lung problems. Finances weren’t always easy, and there were three kids to raise. But the connections to Central Falls remained deep. John grew up in the city, hanging out on Dexter Street. He graduated from Central Falls High School, as did all three children. Christine got a job working as a secretary for the city’s schools. There were friends and family nearby. Around Christmas, though, things started to look grim for John McCarthy. He had been hospitalized twice for low hemoglobin levels, and was awaiting results from a coronavirus test. On Christmas Day, everyone kept their masks on. “He stayed in the bedroom. I brought him his gifts. One of the kids might have popped their head in the bedroom, but nobody went in there and he didn’t come out,” she said. Two days later, with John’s breathing increasingly labored, he asked Christine to take him to the hospital. When they got there, though, and found people lined up outside the emergency room, he couldn’t face going in. “'Forget it,'” he told her. “Just bring me home.” Hours later, feeling even worse, he told her to call an ambulance. He would never come home again. He tested positive for COVID-19. On New Year’s Day, the doctors called to say John’s medical troubles were overwhelming: kidney failure, pneumonia, internal bleeding, blood clots, brain damage. Christine and one of her daughters had tested positive by then, so they couldn’t go inside the hospital to see him. Her other daughter and son went in. The doctors asked what they should do. “I think it’s time we say goodbye,” she told their children. “So they went and they got the chaplain. And the chaplain did his thing.” “Then they unplugged him.” It was hard not to think about what might have been if John had survived long enough for a vaccination. “If he had only gotten through those last weeks,” she said, her voice trailing off. ___ When the state designated extra doses to Central Falls because it had been hit so hard, Mayor Maria Rivera helped create an aggressive vaccination program, with weekly jab [See CITY, Page 5]
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mal, but is unlikely to be as severe as 2020’s record-shattering year. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said last week that the hurricane season, which runs from June through November, will likely see 13 to 20 named storms, including at least six that will become hurricanes and three to five categorized as major hurricanes with winds of more than 110 mph (177 kilometers per hour). Biden will make the funding announcement during a visit to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s headquarters Monday afternoon, where he will receive a briefing on this year’s outlook for the Atlantic hurricane season. As climate change threatens to bring more extreme events such as increased floods, sea level rise and intensifying droughts and wildfires, the Biden administration said it is the government's
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SESSION COMES TO A CLOSE The 2021 legislative session is now in the history books. The 19 weeks that make up the regular session each year seem to fly by more quickly as each year goes by. By the same token, the issues lawmakers tackle can also seem to be more complex with each year. First and foremost for the Legislature, we passed a balanced budget for the next fiscal year, which will start on July 1. Crafting a spending plan for the state is always a giant task, and we are certain to make sure every cent is used in the best possible manner for all of the citizens of our state.
Also, for me, a measure aimed at helping people find good jobs was among the first pieces of legislation to make it through to the finish line this session. Senate Bill 2 makes changes to the Missouri Works program. More specifically, the changes aim to benefit projects that relate to the military. In this case, the goal is to benefit Rosecrans Memorial Airport and bring more military jobs to our state. Senate Bill 86 is also on its way to the governor for his consideration. This proposal seeks to provide restraints on how public funds can be spent by any school district, or anyone who
works for a district. Senate Bill 86 would prohibit any school district or their employees from using public funds to support or oppose the nomination or election of elected officials, or the passage of any ballot measure. The First Regular Session of the 101st General Assembly came to a close on Friday, May 14. From here, the governor has until July 14 to sign, veto or let legislation become law without his signature. This includes the budget bills for Fiscal Year 2022. It will be nice to be back home fulltime and resume my “normal” life in the great northwest part of our state, until we return to the Capitol again for the annual veto session in September. As always, please feel free to call, email or write with your ideas or concerns. My Capitol office number is (573) 751-1415, my email is dan.hegeman@senate.mo.gov and my mailing address is Room 332, State Capitol Building, Jefferson City, MO 65101.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The city of Kansas City will receive more than $8 million in federal money to address issues related to homelessness, officials said. Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas and U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver announced the $8.3 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Saturday. Some of the money will help pay for 140 beds in the tiny homes village initiative. That program, which was announced last month, will provide transitional housing and other services to people experiencing homelessness. Lucas said the city has made progress in addressing housing needs but more work needs to be done. Officials said the federal money will provide a significant boost to those efforts. “Ensuring all Kansas City families have access to safe and affordable housing must and will remain a priority well into the future —and this funding allocation from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development helps providing the funding necessary to do so,” Lucas said.
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Police Capture Man Wanted In 4 Killings After Week On Run COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Officials in South Carolina ended a weeklong manhunt Monday for a suspect wanted for killing four people this month without any additional violence. Tyler Terry was arrested around 10:30 a.m. with no more shots fired. Neither he, not the more than 300 officers searching for him were hurt during his arrest, the Chester County Sheriff’s Office posted on Twitter. The manhunt finally ended after at least four confirmed sightings of Terry since he ran from a wrecked car after firing on Chester County deputies on May 17. Deputies didn't immediately release any other details on Terry's arrest. Investigators didn’t think Terry was getting any help, but broke into vehicles or possibly barns and sheds and lived off the land. He managed to steal a gun, water, shirt and shoes from an unlocked work truck last week, authorities said. “I imagine he is pretty hungry. He’s probably pretty thirsty and if he has been drinking water out of the creek, he probably isn’t feeling too well,” Chester County Sheriff’s spokesperson Grant Suskin said. Terry, 26, is charged with murder in a shooting in York in early May, the killing in Great Falls of the estranged husband of the woman who drove the car as he fired at officers, and the deaths of two other people in Missouri on May 15 during robberies in the St. Louis suburbs, authorities said. Sometime overnight, Terry was spotted wearing no shoes and all black clothing. Hundreds of officers surrounded the area in eastern Chester County as the sun rose Monday. The main highway through that part of the county was closed to only one lane of traffic. Other roads were closed, too. Deputies urged people to stay inside, lock their doors and call 911 for anything suspicious.
EUREKA, Mo. (AP) — Firefighters in suburban St. Louis said it’s astonishing no one was injured in a weekend crash that saw a car flip end-over-end down an embankment and crash through the roof of a home just feet from where two people were sleeping. The crash happened just before 2 a.m. Sunday in Eureka, just southwest of St. Louis, the St. Louis Dispatch reported. The car was traveling down The Legends Parkway when it swerved off of the road, hit a tree and tumbled down an embankment before plowing into a wrought iron fence and crashing through the roof into the master bathroom of the home, fire officials said. “If you look at that crash it’s like, how did somebody not die?” fire department spokesman Scott Barthelmass said. One of the homeowners used a garden hose to put out a small fire caused by the crash, officials said. Two men in the car were able to get out of the wreckage on their own.
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NEW YORK (AP) — “Hadestown,” the brooding musical about the underworld, has set its Broadway reopening date on Sept. 2, jumping ahead of such megahits as “Hamilton” and “Wicked” to position itself as the first show to welcome audiences on Broadway since the pandemic. Producers announced Monday that tickets will go on sale June 11 for the eight-time Tony Award winning musical and that the production will resume playing the Walter Kerr Theatre weeks before its rivals. The first Broadway show to welcome a live audience is likely to get a lot of attention.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo had said Broadway theaters could reopen Sept. 14 but producers “may make their own economic decision as to when they reopen.” They also will be allowed to decide their own entry requirements, like whether people must prove they’ve been vaccinated to attend a show. Soon thereafter, “Hamilton, ”Wicked" and “The Lion King” announced they would restart their shows Sept. 14. Others have followed, staking out spots further into fall and winter, including “Six” and David Byrne’s “American Utopia” for Sept. 17 and “Dear
Evan Hansen” in December. Some off-Broadway shows have already restarted with social distancing guidelines. The Broadway that reopens will look different. The big budget Disney musical “Frozen” decided not to reopen when Broadway theaters restart and producers of the musical “Mean Girls” also decided not to return. But there will be new shows, including Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s “Pass Over” that is slated to reopen the August Wilson Theatre, the same venue “Mean Girls” has vacated. And a Shubert theater has been promised for play-
wright Keenan Scott II’s play “Thoughts of a Colored Man.” All city theaters abruptly closed on March 12, 2020, knocking out all shows, including 16 that were still scheduled to open. Some scheduled spring 2020 shows — like a musical about Michael Jackson and a revival of Neil Simon’s “Plaza Suite” starring Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker — pushed their productions to 2021. But others abandoned their plans, including “Hangmen” and a revival of Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
Billboard Music Awards Are “Family Affair” NEW YORK (AP) — It was a family affair at the Billboard Music Awards: Pink twirled in the air in a powerful performance with her daughter, and Drake was named artist of the decade, accepting the honor alongside his 3-year-old son. Drake, who extended his record as the most decorated winner in the history of the awards show to 29 wins Sunday, was surrounded by family and friends who presented him with the Artist of the Decade Award. He walked onstage outside the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles with his son Adonis holding his hand. “I wanna dedicate this award to my friends, to my longtime collaborators ... to my beautiful family, and to you," he said, looking to Adonis and picking him up to kiss him. Drake placed his first song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2009, and since has logged the most songs ever on the chart, with 232 entrees. He's also logged a record 45 Top 10 hits on the Hot 100 and a record 22 No. 1s on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart. He was also named top streaming songs artist Sunday. Pink received the Icon Award and was joined onstage by her 9-year-old daughter — showing off their powerful gymnastic skills as they spun in the air in a jaw-dropping performance. Known for her signature aerial and acrobatic moves, Pink was matched by Willow Sage Hart as “Cover Me In Sunshine” played in the background, Pink’s song featuring vocals from her daughter. “Willow, you nailed it,” Pink said after the performance. “I love what I do and I love the people that I get to do it with, and we’re pretty good at what we do, but it wouldn’t matter if no one came to see us and play with us. So all you guys out there ... thank you for coming out!" Pink's performance was one of several pre-taped moments at the awards show,
which aired on NBC and was hosted by Nick Jonas. Live performances were held outdoors, in front of feverish audience members wearing masks. The Weeknd was on hand to accept the most wins of the night — 10. He walked into the show with 16 nominations, winning honors like top artist, top male artist, top Hot 100 song for “Blinding Lights" and top R&B album for “After Hours." “I wanna take this opportunity to thank you, my parents," he said. “I am the man I am today because of you. And thank you to my fans, of course. I do not take this for granted." The late rapper Pop Smoke was also a big winner: He posthumously earned five honors, including top new artist and top rap artist, while his debut — “Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon" — won top rap album and top Billboard 200 album, which his mother accepted onstage. “Thank you to the fans for honoring the life and spirit of my son, so much that he continues to manifest as if he was still here in flesh," Audrey Jackson said. Another late rapper was also honored during the show. Before presenting top rap song to DaBaby, Swizz Beatz dedicated a moment to those who have recently died in hip-hop, including his close friend and collaborator DMX. And Houston rapper and activist Trae Tha Truth, who earned the Change Maker Award, ended his speech with a powerful sentence: “We still gon' need justice for Breonna Taylor." Other winners Sunday included Bad Bunny and BTS, who both won four awards and also performed. Breakthrough country singer Gabby Barrett won three awards, including top female country artist and top country song for the hit “I Hope.” The song’s remix featuring Charlie Puth won top collaboration. “Oh my gosh. Thank y’all so much. This means so much to me,” Barrett said as she broke into tears. “I’ve been per-
forming for 10 years really hard. ...We’ve worked so hard to get here.” Another country star also won big Sunday though he wasn't allowed to participate in the show. Morgan Wallen, who was caught on camera using a racial slur earlier this year, won three honors, including top country artist and top country album for “Dangerous: The Double Album,” which has had major success on the pop and country music charts despite his fallen moment. Wallen was nominated for six awards, and Billboard Awards producer dick clark productions said it couldn’t prevent Wallen from earning nominations, or winning, because finalists are based on album and digital sales, streaming, radio airplay and social engagement. The producers did ban Wallen from performing or attending the show. The Billboard Awards kicked off with a collaborative performance by DJ Khaled, H.E.R. and Migos, who brought the concert vibe back to life a year after live shows were in the dark because of the pandemic. Doja Cat and SZA — accompanied by futuristically dressed background dancers — sang their big hit “Kiss Me More" inside the venue, where the seats were empty. Alicia Keys, celebrating the 20th anniversary of her groundbreaking debut “songs in A minor," sang songs from the album including the hit “Fallin'." The performance was introduced by former first lady Michelle Obama. Other performers included Karol G, twenty one pilots, Duran Duran, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Jonas Brothers and Glass Animals. Stars like Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and Kanye West won honors at the show though they didn't attend. Machine Gun Kelly, who started in rap but has had recent success on the rock charts, won top rock artist and top rock album.
“The Late Show” To Resume Live Tapings June 14 NEW YORK (AP) — CBS said Monday that Stephen Colbert's late-night show will return to doing live episodes on June 14, with a vaccinated audience in New York's Ed Sullivan Theater. The show produced 205 episodes without a live audience in more than a year because of the COVID-19 outbreak. Audience members will be required to show proof of vaccination before being allowed in Colbert's audience, CBS said. Face masks will be optional. Staff and crew members will be tested prior to coming back to work and monitored regularly for signs of symptoms. Colbert did his first show remotely on March 16, 2020, with a monologue taped from his bathtub at home. The show has been done from the offices at his home theater lately. “I look forward to once again doing show for an audience I can smell and touch,” Colbert said. “The Late Show” is the top-rated late-night entertainment show.
“Tiger King” Cats Removed THACKERVILLE, Okla. (AP) — Federal officials have removed the last of the 68 big cats from the private zoo in Oklahoma that had been the center of the “Tiger King” saga. A jaguar was among the last cat removed from Tiger King Park in Thackerville, a few miles north of Oklahoma’s border with Texas, The Oklahoman reported Sunday. The turbulent beginnings of the zoo were the subject of the final episode of the Netflix true-crime series “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness.” Zookeeper Jeff Lowe moved the cats to a Thackerville property after the August shutdown of the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park. The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday announced the seizure of the federally protected lions, tigers, lion-tiger hybrids and a jaguar as part of a court-approved agreement to resolve a federal complaint against Lowe and his wife, Lauren Lowe, over the animals’ care. The civil complaint, filed in November, accused the Lowes of recurring inhumane treatment and improper handling of animals protected by the Endangered Species Act. The couple received numerous citations for failing to properly care for the animals following three inspections of the Tiger King Park in Thackerville since December 2020. During a hearing two weeks ago, a judge found the couple in contempt for failing to comply with court orders to employ a qualified veterinarian and establish a program of veterinary care for the animals. Daniel Card, an attorney for the couple, told a federal judge that the Lowes “want out completely.” Jeff Lowe was a central figure in “Tiger King” that featured a mullet-wearing zookeeper named Joe Exotic and became a cultural phenomenon last year. Joe Exotic, a pseudonym for Joseph Maldonado-Passage, is serving a 22-year sentence in federal prison in Texas for his 2020 conviction on charges that he participated in a murder-for-hire plot and violated federal wildlife laws.
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Dear Annie: My family relocated the year I was entering ninth grade, and on the third day at my new school, as I was walking home, a girl I'll call Ann ran up to my side, introduced herself and insisted on carrying my books to my home, some three blocks away. The next morning, Ann and three other girls waited on the sidewalk outside my house so they could walk to school with me. This went on for the entire school year. In 10th grade, Ann was in very few of my classes but would show up in unusual places where I might be in the evenings, and I would then walk her home, though we never even held hands. In the spring of our senior year, the school held a sports banquet, and as I was departing and in line to shake hands with the baseball coach, I glanced to my right, and some 30 feet away stood Ann. She was alone and seemed to be staring at me. I came very close to doing a U-turn to see what was bothering her but kept going, and I haven't seen her since that moment. Recently, at a class reunion some 60 years later, her name
came up in a trivia quiz, and I haven't been able to forget about my last contact with her since. The image of her seemingly staring at me shows up in my feeble mind way too often. I have had a wonderful life shared with my lovely wife for 54 years and don't have any yearnings for Ann, but how does an old goat forget about her? -Losing My Mind Dear LMM: Taking a stroll down memory lane can actually be a healthy mental exercise, according to researchers at the University of Southampton. They have found that nostalgia can increase positive self-regard and decrease boredom, loneliness and anxiety. Relatedly, geropsychologist Geoffrey W. Lane has observed and written at length about the "antidepressant effect of reminiscence in older adults." That said, it sounds as if your preoccupation with Ann is bordering on unhealthy. At the very least, it's bothering you enough that you wrote to me. Rather than attempt to put the memory out of your mind, analyze it. Try to discern what emotional nutrient it's offering, and then work toward finding a source for that
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China blocked imports of wine and beef from Australia in retaliation for its call to investigate the origins of Covid-19. But not iron ore, which has buoyed Australian exports to China.
But not iron ore, Australia's biggest export. Chinese steel mills need all they can get as manufacturing revives. Australian wine sales to China fell 99%. Other exporters also suffered, but some found new markets. Wine sales to Britain rose by one-third. Buoyed by iron ore, Chinese imports from Australia in the four months through April were up 32.6% compared with early 2019. For that period, China ran a $29.5 billion trade deficit with Australia. The conflict has “not had a material impact on Australia’s economy,” analysts at Fitch Ratings said in a report.
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Sunnyview Apartments is taking applications for single & double apartments. Sunnyview is a residential care facility for the elderly. We provide qualified staff to administer medications, provide three meals a day and offer minimal assistance with the activities of daily living. Now accepting Medicaid. For more information contact Kathy Cheek at 660-359-5647. S553dtf ------------------------------------------ADAMS PARK APARTMENTS Two bedroom apartments for rent. Income based rent. We accept HUD. For further information, contact the manager at: 660-359-6666, MondayThursday 9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. 1312 E. 9th St. MO Relay #711 Equal Opportunity Provider & Employer A108d25 -----------------------------------------LOCK-N-GO STORAGE 2709 Pleasant Plain 660-6540241. tf ------------------------------------------For Rent - Studio apartment, all utilities included, also WiFi. $440/month. 660-334-0962. K884d28* -------------------------------------------
HELP WANTED North Central Missouri College is seeking an Industrial Technology Instructor. Interested applicants should visit http://www.ncmissouri.edu/jobs for more information and how to apply or call 660-357-6203. NCMC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. N110d28 ------------------------------------------North Central Missouri College is seeking a Diagnostic Imaging Instructor and Coordinator. Interested applicants should visit http://www.ncmissouri.edu/jobs for more information and how to apply or call 660-357-6203. NCMC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. N111d28 ------------------------------------------Part-time Maintenance Worker for Apartment Complex in Trenton. Must have basic knowledge of carpentry, plumbing, electrical and able to trouble shoot. Please send resume to Community Housing Management, 730 S. 6th Street, St. Joseph, MO 64501 or you can email to tamara.wallace@chminc.org. Equal Housing Employer. T114d15 ------------------------------------------North Central Missouri College is seeking a Mathematics Instructor. Interested applicants should visit http://www.ncmissouri.edu/jobs for more information and how to apply or call 660-357-6203. NCMC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. N112d28 ------------------------------------------IMMEDIATELY HIRING! Serve Link Home Care is Immediately Hiring! Part-time could become full-time with the potential for insurance. Home Care Aides needed in Grundy, Mercer, Livingston and Linn Counties. Up to $500 sign up bonus available for committed, caring and dependable candidates. Help your neighbors and join our team! Flexible scheduling, mileage and travel time paid. Call 660-359-4218 Ext. 20 or apply online at servelinkhomecare.com. EOE. TMay25-Jun18 ------------------------------------------S.M. Rissler Elementary is seeking an administrative assistant for the school that maintains records and reports for compliance, has a keen sense for organization and is able to assist visitors, students, families and staff with a smile. This person must have strong typing and computer skills and the ability to maintain confidentiality. A high school diploma or equivalent is required. Please submit an application, resume and 2-3 references to Mrs. Tiffany Otto at the elementary or by email to totto@trentonr9.k12.mo.us. Trenton R-IX is an equal opportunity employer. T113d25 ------------------------------------------North Central Missouri College is seeking a Maintenance Worker. Interested applicants should visit http://www.ncmissouri.edu/jobs for more information and how to apply or call 660-357-6203. NCMC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. N115d2 -------------------------------------------
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Request for Proposals Bethany Housing Authority is seeking proposals for the replacement of apartment exterior front doors for the three Bethany Housing Authority Sites. Door Specifications to include: Pre-hung, oak woodgrain, 2 panel craftsman style flat recessed panels, 6 lite clear SDL glass, pre-finished door unit composite jamb prefinished to match door, matching composite door edge, double bore 5 ½” center to center, heavy duty ball bearing hinges, composite adjustable bronze sill, brickmold included and stained to match. 20 year warranty on the entry door system. Proposal should include the total price for 76 doors and for 36 doors The Bethany Housing Authority reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, to modify or change contractual requirements or to accept any proposals. Proposals will be accepted at the Bethany Housing Authority Office, 2602 Crossan Street, Bethany, Missouri or may be mailed to BHA, PO Box 448, Bethany, Missouri 64424 through June 30th.
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RUMMAGE SALES Huge Multi-Family Garage Sale - 319 SW 52nd Ave., Trenton, Friday, May 28, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Saturday, May 29, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. Lots & lots of nice stuff! Too much to list! DON'T MISS THIS ONE! FREE coffee both days! RAIN OR SHINE! J881d25* ------------------------------------------Garage Sale - 1635 Norton St., Saturday, May 29, 7:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Women's clothing, home decor, holiday decor, sporting goods, ammo, tools, kitchenware, furniture, shot glass collection, battery-operated push mower & weed eater. B470d28* ------------------------------------------Moving Sale - 2133 Sportsman Rd., Saturday, May 29, 8 a.m. - noon. Household items, eBay business. G519d28* -------------------------------------------
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF GRUNDY COUNTY, MISSOURI PROBATE DIVISION Estate No. 21AG-PR00026 In the Estate of HARRY JUNIOR SAMPSON, Deceased. NOTICE OF LETTERS TESTAMENTARY GRANTED To All Persons Interested in the Estate of HARRY JUNIOR SAMPSON, deceased: On the 30th day of April, 2021, René A. Brown was appointed Personal Representative by the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Grundy County, Missouri. The business addresses of the Personal Representative is: René A. Brown, 500 Eisenhower Street, Galt, Missouri 64641 and her attorney is Tara L. Walker whose business
CLASSIFIEDS address is 1210 Oklahoma Ave., Suite A, Trenton, MO 64683 and whose telephone humber is 660339-5050. All creditors of said decedent are notified to file claims in the probate division of this court within six months from the date of the first publication of this notice or if a copy of this notice was mailed to, or served upon, such creditor by the personal representative, then within two months from the date it was mailed or served, whichever is later, or be forever barred to the fullest extent permissible by law. Such six-month period and such two-month period do not extend the limitation period that would bar claims one year after the decedent's death, as provided in Section 473.444, RSMo, or any other applicable limitation periods. Nothing in section 473.033, RSMo, shall be construed to bar any action against a decedent's liability insurance carrier through a defendant ad litem pursuant to section 537.021, RSMo. Receipt of this notice by mail should not be construed by the recipient to indicate that he or she necessarily has a beneficial interest in the estate. The nature and extent of any person's interest, if any, can be determined from the files and records of this estate in the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Grundy County, Missouri. Date of decedent's death was April 1, 2021. Date of first publication of this notice is May 11, 2021. Jill Eaton Clerk of the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Grundy County, Missouri dMay11,18,25,June 2 ------------------------------------------
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DEATHS Jane Audrey Dreisbach Heisey Jane Audrey Dreisbach Heisey, a 76-year-old Harris resident, passed away Thursday, May 20, 2021 at her home. Jane was cremated and a memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at the Christian Church in Newtown, with a visitation from noon until service time at the church. Inurnment will then be held at the Harris Cemetery. Schoene-Ruschmeier Funeral Home in Milan is in charge of arrangements. Jane was born Nov. 18, 1944 in Breinigsville, PA to Paul and Grace Kuehn Dreisbach. She graduated from Parkland High School and then received her bachelor’s degree, graduating with honors from Penn State on Dec. 11, 1965. On Dec. 18, 1965 Jane married Glenn Heisey. The couple then moved to Sharon, CT and had their first child, Sherri Lynn, in 1967. In 1969, they moved to Greensburg, IN and in 1970 had their son, David Paul. In 1973, the family of four moved to Harris, where the family farm still operates. Jane had a passion for ranch life and enjoyed raising horses and cattle. In addition to ranching and raising two children, Jane worked at Trenton Foods for over 20 years in Quality Control. Jane was a long-time member of the Iowa Ranch Horse Association and is one of the SE Board of Directors for the
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Association. She was also a member of the Newtown-Harris Town & Country Club. She was on the Senior Housing Board in Harris and volunteered for the local election polls. Jane most loved her family and everything that her three granddaughters were involved in. She was their biggest fan and was always there to cheer them on! Jane is survived by her spouse, Glenn Heisey; her children, Sherri (Scott) Betz of Trenton and David (Lori) Heisey of Polo; three granddaughters, Kendra Betz, Jaecy Heisey and Kinsey Heisey; a sister, Joanne (Richard) Lichtenwalner of North Carolina; and many nieces and nephews. Jane was preceded in death by her parents, Paul and Grace Dreisbach. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to the Iowa Ranch Horse Association.
crafts, coloring and crocheting doilies and blankets. She is survived by two daughters, Iris Stites of Liberty and Teresa Stroup of Princeton; a granddaughter, Christina Calhoun of Portland, OR; sisters-in-law, Dixie Woods of Savannah, and Julie Wheeler of Union Star. She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Timothy Ray Mittlestadt; three brothers and three sisters. Online condolences may be left at www.resthavenmort.com
SERVICES SET Larry Mark Tracy A visitation for Larry Mark Tracy is scheduled from 1 to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 29, 2021 at Resthaven Mortuary of Trenton. Mr. Tracy, a 71-year-old Trenton resident, passed away at 1:28 p.m., Friday, May 14,
now states that if a student has out of school suspension, they are not eligible to participate in any after school events on the same day as OSS. The student is to remain off school property until the next allowable day. Board members voted to add an authorized contact user for the district on the Bank of America card and discussed a grant for Title project and technology supplies in the amount of $4,500 to $5,000. In addition a change to the school calendar in July was also discussed. Superintendent Dr. Kristi Weldon updated the board on the end-of-year activities that were held, including field trips, track and field day, fishing trip, and Title I Reading Night and Carnival. The next regular board meeting is scheduled for June 21.
R-5 Students Earn Honors Several students at Grundy R-5 Junior-Senior High School were honored for their grades in language arts, English and speech for the 2021-22 school year. Those honored include: Top Grade in Mrs. Courtney’s Classes - Zaylea Phillips, sixth grade language arts; Lexa Stonger, seventh grade language arts; Mason Rayl, eighth grade language arts; Lainie Lewis, Language Arts I; Cole Peterson, Language Arts II; Fletcher Christy, Language Arts III; and Dusty Wilson,
extra effort award. Top Grades in Mr. Munday’s Classes: Speech (first semester), 1. Macy Saul, 2. Abby Webb; (second semester) - 1. Parker Christy, 2. Cooper Lewis. English 101 - 1. Rylee Johnson, 2. Macy Saul. English 102 - 1. Ada Fox, 2. Rylee Johnson. Sixth Grade Social Studies 1. Gracie Dale, 2. Audrey Coffman. Sixth Grade Technology - 1. Audrey Coffman, 2. Zaylea Phillips.
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Delilah Maxine Mittlestadt Delilah Maxine Mittlestadt, a 90-year-old former Princeton, resident, passed away at 6:50 p.m., Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at Putnam County Care Center. The body is being cremated under the direction of SlaterNeal Funeral Home of Trenton. Mrs. Mittlestadt was born Feb. 8, 1931 near St. Joseph, to William J. and Mary E. Balley. She attended the Christian Church in Unionville and enjoyed reading her Bible, singing to the congregation,
Several employees were hired during a meeting of the Spickard R-2 Board of Education on Monday, May 17. According to information provided by the district, the board voted to hire Amy Chapman as cook, Janice Vandevender as bus driver, Jessica Wilson as janitor and Kelli Girdner as school secretary/bookkeeper, all for the 2021-22 school year. The board also accepted the resignation of teacher Shelly Hanson and Abbie Herrold, who serves as physical education/health instructor for Spickard, Pleasant View R-6 and Laredo. Tracy Johnson was hired as the school nurse, being paid for four hours a week for the 2021-22 school year. The board voted to make an addition to the 2021-22 student handbook concerning out of school suspension. The policy
2021 at Cox South Hospital in Springfield. There will be an inurnment at a later time in Martin Cemetery north of Trenton. Arrangements are under the direction of Slater-Neal Funeral Home of Trenton.
Grundy County Health Department Director Elizabeth Gibson presented the program at the Thursday, May 20 meeting of the Trenton Rotary Club, held at the BTC Bank community room. Kim Washburn presided at the meeting, Jackie Soptic gave the prayer and Chris Hoffman was the sergeant-at-arms. Phil Hoffman was the program chairman. Ms. Gibson gave an update on COVID in the county, noting that after several weeks of little to no activity, there have been 10 new cases in the last seven days. As of May 20, there were eight active cases. Since counting began, there have been 1,081 total cases in Grundy County, including 40 deaths. She said that Livingston County has had 82 new cases in the last seven days and had 84 active cases as of May 20. She encouraged residents who are eligible to get vaccinated if they have not done so. In Missouri, all residents age 12 and over are eligible. Grundy County has all three vaccinations available – the one-dose Johnson and Johnson and the two-dose Pfizer and Moderna vaccinations – and supplies are plentiful. Vaccinations are available at the health
department, Hy-Vee and Wright Memorial Hospital. As of May 20, 22 percent of Grundy County residents have been fully vaccinated while 25 percent have had at least one dose. She also outlined the new CDC guidelines regarding the wearing of masks by those who have been vaccinated/notvaccinated, adding that those who have been vaccinated have much more flexibility. She noted being vaccinated protects not only the individual who receives the immunization, but those who cannot receive the vaccination due to medical conditions as well as those under the age of 12 who are not eligible to be vaccinated at this time. During the business meeting, an update was given on the Shoes for Orphan Souls project. Members voted to help the Kiwanis Club with efforts to make sure U.S. flags are placed around the courthouse during certain holidays during the year. There will be no Rotary meeting on May 27 due to the Memorial Day holiday. The next meeting will be on June 3, with NCMC instructor Dr. Lindsay Oram presenting the program.
FUTURES TRADING - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Open
High Low Last May 24 WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel Jul 667 668¾ 653¼ 658¾ Sep 670¾ 671¼ 656¼ 662 Dec 674¾ 675½ 660¾ 666½ Mar 679¾ 680 666 671 May 672¼ 673½ 664¾ 671¾ Jul 652¼ 653¾ 644¼ 649½ Dec 658¼ 658¼ 652 655½ May 651¼ 651¼ 651¼ 651¼ Jul 610 610 610 610 Est. sales 47,760.Fri.'s sales 95,796 Fri.'s open int 414,390,up 2,830 CORN 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel Jul 652¼ 655¼ 645½ 653 Sep 566 566 555½ 561½ Dec 540 540 529 532¾ Mar 547¼ 547¼ 535½ 539½ May 546 547 538½ 542¼ Jul 549 549 537¾ 541¾ Sep 493¼ 493¼ 487½ 490¼ Dec 480 481½ 473¾ 476 Mar 483 483¼ 482½ 483¼ Jul 488 488 488 488 Dec 438 438 430¼ 430¼ Dec 415¼ 415¼ 414¼ 415 Est. sales 100,768.Fri.'s sales 209,335 Fri.'s open int 1,713,731,up 1,512
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DAILY RECORD CIRCUIT COURT Associate Division Judge Steven D. Hudson Bryce Whitney, Trenton, pleaded guilty to not wearing a seat belt and was fined $10. Jennifer S. Eversole, Altamont, and Mohammad Adnan, Shawnee, KS, pleaded guilty to amended charges of operating a motor vehicle with brakes not in good working condition and were fined $200.50 and $74.50 costs. Devin L. Bratcher, Trenton,
pleaded guilty to failing to wear a seat belt and was fined $10. He also pleaded guilty to speeding and was fined $50.50 and $74.50 costs. Correction Theresa M. Cox, Trenton, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of operating a motor vehicle with defective equipment and was fined $183.50 and $41.50 costs. This information appeared incorrectly in Friday’s Republican-Times.
Cash Bond Is Posted By Man It was a busy weekend for arrests as four individuals were taken into custody. On Friday, Melissa B. Brill, 40, Galt, was arrested on charges of failing to appear in court and violating the terms of her parole and Alicia D. Garner, 27, Trenton, was arrested on a stealing charge. Sunday saw Caleb R. Ingraham, 40, Trenton, arrested on charges of assault, unlawful use of a weapon and peace disturbance and Joseph A. Kincaid, 36, Trenton, was arrested on charges of tampering with a motor vehicle and stealing. According to the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office, Ms. Brill failed to appear in court on a charge of failing to display plates on a motor vehicle and her probation violation stemmed from an original charge of possession of a controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana. She was arrested in Putnam County and extradited to Grundy County where she posted 10 percent cash of a $2,500 bond and was released. She is scheduled to appear in court on both charges on June 10. Ms. Garner is accused of stealing money from Cody Reeder on or about Dec. 12, 2016 with the value of the money being less than $500.
She was arrested in Mercer County and was extradited to Trenton where she posted $1,000 cash-only bond and was released. She is scheduled to appear in court on the charge today (Tuesday, May 25). Ingraham was charged with third-degree assault for allegedly repeatedly hitting Hayden Griffin in the face on May 23, causing his nose to bleed. He was also charged with unlawful use of a weapon for allegedly exhibiting a switchblade knife in an angry or threatening manner on that same date and peace disturbance for allegedly knowingly causing alarm to others, again on May 23. He is being held on $7,500 cash-only bond awaiting his court date, which is scheduled for today (May 25). Kincaid was arrested for a Nov. 24, 2014 incident where he allegedly defaced or operated a 2000 E250 van owned by Green Hills Community Action Agency, now known as the Community Partnership of North Central Missouri and appropriated, without consent, various power tools owned by that agency. The tools had a value of at least $500 but less than $25,000. Kincaid is being held on $7,500 cash-only bond has a June 10 court date.
Mishap On DeBolt Street The Trenton Police Department was called to a non-injury accident Thursday involving a parked car. According to an accident report filed by Sgt. Jeb Walker, the accident occurred when a sport utility vehicle driven by Maci Hullinger of Harris was backing a sport utility vehicle owned by Cayla Foster of Trenton, from a driveway at 602 DeBolt St., and, due to the rain, did not see a SUV parked across the street, owned by Sabrina D. Day of Trenton. Ms. Hullinger backed into the other SUV, causing minor damage to both vehicles. No tickets were issued in the mishap. Officers responded to a May 20 accident on Princeton Road. According to Officer Jeff Spencer’s accident report, the collision occurred when Adam Snuffer of Trenton, pulled his vehicle out of the Casey’s parking lot onto Princeton Road, traveling westbound. He failed to see a vehicle driven by John Boman, also of Trenton, and struck the vehicle in the driver side door. Snuffer’s car sustained minor
damage to the driver side door and the rear side door. No injuries were reported in the mishap. Boman was issued a citation for expired license plates on the vehicle. Officer Ashley Pacheco, responded to a May 21 accident, on Kitty Street, involving vehicles driven by Jo Ann Lynch and Joshua Danner, both of Trenton. Mrs. Lynch stated that her vehicle was stopped behind Danner at a stop sign on Kitty Street when Danner backed into her. He then left the scene and went to a business lot. He later said he was backing up to allow an oncoming semi to pass and did not see Mrs. Lynch’s vehicle. A passenger of Mrs. Lynch’s vehicle had an injury to his left eye and was treated at the scene by Grundy County EMS. Ms. Lynch’s vehicle sustained moderate damage to the hood and front bumper. A citation was issued to Danner for leaving the scene of an accident.
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