REPUBLICAN-TIMES TRENTON
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
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Trenton, MO 64683
Established Sept. 4, 1864 - 154th Year - No. 203
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MERCER COUNTY FAIR
Sixteen Pages & 1 Insert Judging Results
2018 Event Ends
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The Trenton High School Band entertained a large crowd of listeners during a performance on Saturday night in the Sesquicentennial Park. The performance included an ice cream supper, which helped raise funds for the band to participate in an overnight competition at Branson in October.
NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI COLLEGE
Activities concluded on Saturday night at the Mercer County Fair. Individual event results included: Saturday The beef show was held on Saturday with county performance winners being Gracie Rogers, first and third and Sari Rogers, second. Both girls are from Princeton. The grand champion bucket calf belonged to Evan Boxley of Princeton. Morgan Reed of Gilman City had the grand
Plan Would Address Enrollment Concerns North Central Missouri College has been fortunate to weather the enrollment decreases that have plagued larger schools over the past several years, however that was not by accident or luck. Trustees and college leadership have put an emphasis on growing the college by aggressively recruiting students and developing programs that are in demand. During Thursday night’s meeting of college trustees, NCMC President Dr. Lenny Klaver reported that summer enrollment saw a decrease in enrollment over last year and that fall projections are also indicating a decrease. With that in mind, Dr. Klaver presented a preliminary plan to address the issue. Dr. Klaver began his discussion with a situational analysis of where things are at in the rural midwest, noting that demographics for high school graduates across the midwest, the state of Missouri and this region are projected to continue to decline as is the general population in rural areas. He said a serious challenge is the ability to attract businesses that employ large numbers of people. He said what is likely
to happen is that there will be many businesses needing fewer employees rather than a select few needing large numbers of employees. Diversification, he said, will be important to these communities and they should attempt to attract businesses that need technically-skilled workers. Small manufacturing technology skills that will be needed would include such things as industrial maintenance, electronic technicians, diagnostic technicians, electronic component fabrication and precision assembly. Farm technology needs would include such items as precision crop and livestock production, diagnostic technicians and farm managers for corporate owners. When an area’s population grows due to the workforce growth, he said, there is a need for more people in the traditional workforce, such as education, health care, information technology, general business, retail, restaurants, lodging and recreation and leisure activities. Dr. Klaver said the question is how NCMC can maneuver in this type of environment. His plan out-
lined six steps: • become more aggressive in recruiting the high school market to gain more of a share of the graduates. He said the college should use the strategy of affordability, access and excellence, with guided pathways, to help students complete their degrees on time and without excess hours to be earned or excess cost. • conduct more research on adult learners, also known as non-traditional students, who have little to no college hours earned. He said the college should develop a profile of those who are likely to consider beginning college or returning to college based on what kind of delivery options, programs, etc. that can be made available. The adult student recruiting strategy would be based on that target market. • develop new programs as well as options for current programs, such as ag technology, industrial diagnostics and technical repair, digital media, public See Enrollment, Page 6
Board Of Trustees Looking For Replacement The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees will be accepting letters from those who are interested in filling an unexpired term following the resignation of a board member during Thursday night’s monthly meeting. The board accepted, with regret, the resignation of board member Steve Busch, who said he is now officially a Florida resident, where he lives about six months out of the year. Busch has served on the board for 11 years and was presented a proclamation recognizing his service to the college, with NCMC President Dr. Lenny Klaver and Board President Don Dalrymple making the presentation. Busch, who is a past president of the board, said it has been “a pleasure to work with an institution that gets things done.” Following an executive session at the end of the meeting to discuss how to proceed with filling the term, trustees voted to solicit letters of interest from patrons who would be willing to fill the term, which will end in April 2020. Letters should be sent to Board Secre-
tary/Clerk Vicki Weaver at NCMC and should be received by Aug. 15. Trustees also accepted the resignation of Alexis Adams as residence life coordin-ator/assistant softball coach. Her resignation was effective July 11 and advertising for her position has begun. The resignation of Rhonda Gordon as custodian was also accepted, with her last day being July 27. Several current employees were approved as adjunct instructors who will teach business courses, including Lesli Collins, Ryan Suttenfield and Whitney Trump. All will begin teaching the courses this fall. Angela Trask of Trenton, was approved as the co-teacher at the Trenton Head Start Center, effective immediately. She has been serving as the assistant teacher. Several purchases were approved during the meeting, including: • the renewal of NMware virtual software from Netsync of Houston, TX at a cost of $19,654.32 See NCMC, Page 7
SUNNYVIEW NURSING HOME
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North Central Missouri College Trustee Steve Busch, center, was presented with a proclamation in recognition of his 11 years of service on the board during Thursday night’s meeting of the board of trustees. Busch has resigned from his position due to a change in residence status. Also pictured are NCMC President Dr. Lenny Klaver, left, and Board President Don Dalrymple, right.
champion bull while Sari Rogers showed the reserve champion. The grand champion female belonged to Allena Allen of Trenton and the reserve champion was shown by Cauy Bickel of Diagonal, IA. Kade Dugan of Kellerson, IA showed the grand champion market steer and Brylee Williams of Princeton had the reserve champion. Showmanship awards went to Allena See Fair, Page 6
Briefs... R-9 Online Registration
The Trenton R-9 School District will implement online school registration for K-12 students attending Rissler Elementary, Trenton Middle School and Trenton High School during the 201819 school year. According to R-9 Director of Supportive Services Kris Ockenfels, the online registration, done through the SIS Parent Portal, will take the place of the separate building registration done in the past. Parents and guardians will be able to complete necessary forms in a short time by entering in data on a series of SIS input screens. • The link to the SIS online registration and instructions will be available on the school website. • Online registration will be for current students only. New students to the Trenton R-9 District will be required to enroll in person at the building where the student will attend. • If parents/guardians do not have an SIS Parent Portal account, they can sign up for one at the buildings beginning on Wednesday, Aug. 1. -Families that cannot find computer/internet access will be able to complete the SIS Parent Portal and online registration process at the Back to School/Bright Futures event on Thursday, Aug. 9 at THS.
Lighting, Building Upgrades Are Planned
Planned Improvements Will Yield Savings In Energy Costs Sunnyview Nursing Home and Apartments is guaranteed to save greater than $32,800 annually in energy and operational costs after energy-saving improvements are made to its facility over the next 60 to 90 days. Sunnyview has entered into an energy performance contract with Energy Solutions Professionals of Overland Park, KS, which will result in $215,000 in infrastructure up-
grades. The goals of the project include improving building comfort and saving energy. According to Sunnyview Administrator Donita Youtsey, the improvements include new LED lighting throughout the nursing home facility, which is being funded by a low interest loan from the state of Missouri’s Energy Loan Program. Additionally, building joints will be sealed and new weatherstripping will be installed
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
Sunny through Wednesday, then a chance of rain on Wednesday night and Thursday. The high throughout the week will be in the mid 80ʼs. The high on Thursday at the Government Weather Station at Trenton was 93, Fridayʼs high was 92, Saturdayʼs high was 89, Sundayʼs high was 87 and the overnight low was 63. There was no report from the Government Weather Station near Spickard.
around doors to greatly reduce air infiltration, and all ‘high flow’ water fixtures (toilets, faucets and shower heads) will be replaced by ‘low flow’ efficient fixtures. Sunnyview first engaged ESP to conduct a detailed energy audit of their 154-bed facility in order to identify all of the possible energy saving options along with the cost and utility savings. The two entities then worked to narrow that list to the most critical
items that would yield the quickest return on investment. Mrs. Youtsey said that as a company independent of all products and vendors, ESP competitively bid the installation work for the selected upgrades in order to ensure that Sunnyview received the best overall value. This is a ‘paid from savings’ project, meaning that the cost of the project will be paid from utility savings created by the new energy-saving
ON THE MIDWAY...
improvements. No costs will be burdened by the taxpayers, Mrs. Youtsey said. By using a guaranteed energy savings contract approach, if the improvements fail to generate the energy savings promised, ESP is on the hook to write a check to Sunnyview to make up the difference. Work is expected to begin the first week of August and be wrapped up by September.
The NCM Fair gets under way this weekend and continues through Aug. 4. See pages 10 through 13 of todayʼs newspaper for a schedule of events, sponsored by local and area entities.
SUNNY & WARM
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Sports............................page 2 Area News....................page 3 Across Missouri ...........page 4 Community...................page 5 Local News ...........page 6 & 7 Comics..........................page 8 Crosswords...................page 9 Dear Annie ...................page 9 NCM Fair..............page 10-13