10.3.24 Trenton Republican-Times by HoneycuttMedia

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Art’s Alive to Perform at Jewitt Norris

Art’s Alive Presents Three Performances of The Hallelujah Girls October 25-26.

What do mud packs and facials have to do with church? On October 25th and 26th, you’ll find out when Art’s Alive presents The Hallelujah Girls. This comedy by Jones, Hope, and Wooten promises as many laughs as last year’s Savannah Sipping Society. Sugar Lee (Tara Fulk) buys [See ART, Page 2

On October 7th through the 10th, communities across the nation will be recognizing their publicly owned electric utility and all that it does for the community. Trenton Municipal Utilities will join with 2000 other municipal utilities to celebrate the 38th Annual Public Power Week. On October 11th, a Customer Appreciation Open House will be held at City Hall. Cookies and punch will be served from 9:00 to noon.

Endinburgh Friends Meet in Trenton

Submitted by Dorothy Taul

Edinburgh Friends will meet Saturday, October 12 at 11:30 at China One Restaurant in Trenton, Missouri. Edinburgh Friends is a group of former students and friends of the Edinburgh school, all who attended are encouraged to come to the

meeting to share memories.

Attendees are asked to come prepared to talk about their teachers, recess, their favorite subject area, and other events at the Edinburgh Elementary School. Contacts for this meeting are Marilyn Woodward Bain and Dorothy Taul.

Second Sundays Coin Club

The Trenton Coin Club holds a meeting and auction at the Grundy County Health Department Annex Building, 1307 E. 17th St. Meetings are held the second Sunday of each month at 1pm. Doors open at 12:30pm. You do not have to be a member to attend or to buy. For more information please call 660673-6171

Trenton Little League Football

Submitted by Shani

Trenton Little League Football hosted the Palmyra Panthers Saturday (28th) at CF Russell Stadium. The 5th grade team came away with a win 18-0 and have a season record of 2-0. The 6th grade game ended with a tie 12-12 which makes their record 0-1-1.

The Bulldogs will see action again at home on Saturday, October 5th against the Tigers of Kirksville. Games begin at 5:00

Old Glory flying at Five Points

Front Row Tara Fulk and Kathy Savage Back Row Elizabeth Hackathorn, Mark Hackathorn, Josh Vance, Vanessa Pauley, Lisa Reid, Sarah Pauley

Front row, left to right Monica Burchett, Mayor Jackie Soptic, Tracy Maberry, Venissa Burchett. Back row, left to right, Brad Griffin, Lisa McCullough, Rosetta Marsh, Ron Urton.

Members of the Trenton Fire Department and Police Department presented $1274.00 to Girl Scout Troop 2981 from the Guns & Hoses Softball game this past weekend. We appreciate the community's support of this event.

Photo by to TPD

Korbyn McClellan cuts outside to outrun the Panther defense to score the second touchdowns for the Bulldogs. The extra point was unsuccessful. (5th grade game)

Submitted by Shani Kinney

Pictured is #21 Cooper Eaton who makes a 1st down with well-placed blocks from Bulldog teammates. (6th grade game)

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Kinney

at CF Russell Stadium.

Big win for Trenton middle school football against south Harrison 38-6 Monday, September 30 at home

Submitted by Kristi Harris

an old church and plans to turn it into a day spa. After losing a dear friend, she and her friends decided that time is precious and vow to make their lives different.

Carlene (Elizabeth Hackathorn) has given up on romance after each of her 3 husbands died. Nita (Lisa Reid) struggles with her deadbeat son, and Mavis (Kathy Savage) wonders how she can pep up a stagnant marriage. Crystal (Vanessa Pauley) entertains everyone with her own hilarious Crystal Carols.

Sugar Lee’s archrival, Bunny Southerland (Sarah Pauley), plots to condemn the new business when it begins to succeed. Add an ex-boyfriend (Josh Vance) and an unlikely suitor (Mark Hackathorn) to the mix and you will be shouting Hallelujah!

Tickets are on sale at HyVee beginning Sept. 30th—10 dollars for adults and 5 dollars for students.

Show times are 7 PM on October 25th and 26th with a matinee on Saturday at 2 PM.

Hobbs Reunion

The annual Hobbs reunion was held on Sunday, September 8th at Moberly Park with 25 in attendance. A luncheon was held during the noon hour.

A business meeting was held after the luncheon and new officers were elected. They were Rick Kinion, President, Brian Loyall, Vice President, and Karen Miller, Secretary and Treasurer, Tammy Golden and Mary Lou Ellis, the program committee. Next year's reunion will be held on the second Sunday in

September, 2025. The afternoon was spent visiting. A good time was enjoyed by all. Those attending were: Donald Aderholt, Carol Aderholt, Barbara Watkins, Betty Horstman, Mindy and Todd Wilson, Mary Lou Ellis, Leona Kinion, Betty Brittain, Gary Plummer, TJ Golden, Karen Miller, Christine Kincaid, Jo Ann Sawyer, Rick Kinio, Loretta Tunnell, Kamla Vasquez, Konnar Vasquez, Karizma Vasquez and Jeanae Mitchell & Carl Kinion Jr.

The Trenton High School fall sports coaches presented the program at the Thursday, Sept. 26 meeting of the Trenton Rotary Club, held at the BTC Bank community room. Jackie Soptic presided at the meeting, Dan Wilford gave the prayer and Brian Upton was the sergeant at arms.

Program Chairman Doug Tye introduced Athletic Director John Cowling, who provided information abut the girls golf team in the absence of Coach Travis Mullenix, who was at a tournament with his team. There are five members this year, including three seniors. The team has continued to show improvement throughout the season, placing second at the Gallatin Tournament, with Reece Weldon finishing second individually. The team had its best score at the Lawson Tournament. The GRC Golf Tournament will be held on Oct. 7 at Chillicothe, with the district tournament scheduled at Moberly on Oct. 9, Girls softball coach Madi Stillwell said there are nine seniors on the team this year, which as of Thursday had a

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record of 6-7. She said the team has been in all games, with the losses coming in either extra innings or being within one or two runs. The team’s “Pink Out” game will be held on Oct. 8 and Trenton will be hosting the district softball tournament on Oct. 16, 17 and 21.

Girls tennis coach Sara Sager said her team has played some very tough competition and had a record as of Thursday of 2-4. Five of the top 6 players are seniors, led by Astrid Soriano, who has medaled in tournament play. Senior Night was scheduled for Oct. 1, with the district tournament being Oct. 10 for individual play and Oct. 14 for team play.

Girls volleyball coach Brad Ewald has 28 team members, including just two seniors and six juniors. The team had a record of 3-12-2 and was scheduled to play in the Hy-Vee Classic in Kansas City on Sept. 28. The district tournament will be held in October.

Football coach Kevin Hixon is in his sixth year at Trenton, with this

Laredo News

Submitted by Carol Wilford

Billy, Lila, and Danny Searcy hosted a picnic at their home on Sunday, September 22. It was held outdoors following the morning worship service. It was a time of food, fun and fellowship.

On Monday, September 23 at 1:30 p.m., Carol Wilford was among the ladies who attended the Town and Country Garden Club at the home of Naomi Starkebaum in Trenton.

On Wednesday, September 25, K – 8 students at Laredo R-VII School traveled to Kearny, MO, for a field trip to the Fun Farm

Pumpkin Patch. Students enjoyed feeding the animals in the petting zoo, sliding down the big slide, going on the merry-goround, and playing in the tree houses. Other activities included the corn pit, corn maze, and bouncy pillows. Each student got to take home a pumpkin.

Alex Marsh joined 17 others at Moberly Park at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 25, to participate in a Tie Dye T-Shirt activity. Dan Wilford was one of the 6 volunteers for this event.

year’s team starting off with a 1-3 record. There are 12 seniors on the team, which he said has been showing improvement and working hard. He said the team gets great leadership from its four senior captains. He also noted that the JV was 2-1. He said that team members commit six days a week to football, including Saturdays, when they view film of the game from the night before.

During the business meeting, Steve Taylor announced that the link was up to make entries to the Missouri Day Festival Parade, organized by the Rotary Club. Persons can access the link at https://fs24.formsite.com/StevenTaylor/tlelqmna5q/index

Don Purkapile also announced that the Rotary Foundation Dinner will be held on Nov. 9 at the Argosy Casino. The club will have a table at the event and members wanting to attend are to contact Don.

Program chairmen for the month of October are Kim Washburn and Cole Soptic.

GRVCO Begins Rehearsals

The Grand River Valley Choir and Orchestra will begin their 8 weekly Tuesday rehearsals October 22, 6:30-8:30 pm; choir in the THS Choir Room, Orchestra in the THS Band Room. The first rehearsal will begin at 6:00.

The choir is seeking singers in all voices. If you want more information, or are planning to participate, contact Linda Arnold, Choral Conductor, at lkarnold55@gmail.com , or 660.605,1472, so music can be ordered for you.

The orchestra is an auditioned instrumental ensemble. If you are

proficient on violin, viola, or cello, contact Chris Thomas, Orchestral Conductor at thomasclmusician@gmail.com , or 804.878.1972, to discuss an audition.

The GRVCO Winter Concert Concert is scheduled for December 14 at 3:30 p.m. in the Trenton RIX Performing Arts Center. A variety of seasonal music will be performed. As plans develop, they will be shared through the news media, Trenton Chamber of Commerce, area churches, the GRVCO website, and our Facebook Page.

Grundy County Republican Central Committee

The Grundy County Republican Central Committee met Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024 at the Republican Headquarters to adopt the Bylaws and discuss Amendment 3 and makes plans to defeat it.Chairman, Ben Thomas, called the meeting to order.

Dennis McDonald opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance was recited. The committee members were joined by 8 Pastors representing the churches in our county.

Secretary, Mary Axtell, read the minutes for the September 10th meeting. Minutes were approved as read.

Treasurer, J.A. Keuhn reported a starting balance of $5027 with expenditures of $625.00 for the digital signage on Amend-

ment 3 and fees paid of $25.00 for the MO Day float entry and a deposit of $691.00 from sale of merchandise and donations netting a final balance of $5068.00.

Mary Axtell gave a report on the Bylaws. Discussion was made to strike Sec. 3.2 (B) and amend Sec. 6.2 to meetings as needed. Derek Rorebeck made a motion to adopt the Bylaws and the second by Dennis McDonald. The Bylaws were approved.

Chairman, Ben Thomas, acknowledged the 8 Pastors who took a stand tonight to help us defeat Amendment 3. Other Pastors have voiced their support of voting NO but were not able to attend. With prayer and leadership, it is our hope that more

NCMC Trustees Hear Enrollment Reports and Plans for Barton Expansion

The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees met in regular session on September 24, 2024. During the meeting, Trustees heard communication reports and took action on head start items, bids and purchases, a board policy revision, and personnel items.

In communication reports, Angela Heins, SSS Assistant Director, discussed her new position and plans for her role. Jenny Lewis, Head Start Director, provided information on playground equipment and the Chillicothe toddler classroom opening on October 1. Lewis discussed job openings and enrollment. Dr. Tristan Londre, Vice President of Academic Affairs, provided information about an upcoming homeschool visit day, Talent Search's reaching their target number of students served, and an upcoming HLC site visit on November 5. Londre also discussed the enrollment breakdown by campus. Dr. Kristen Alley, Vice President of Student Affairs, provided information on students attending the MCCA Student Leadership Institute, commencement planning, and residence hall fire drills. Alley discussed a successful VA and financial aid

audit, upcoming A+ coordinator meetings, and PTK induction. She also discussed spring advisement, counselor access, upcoming events and deadlines, and efforts to prevent fraud on student accounts. Chief Information Officer Jennifer Triplett provided information on SIS replacement efforts, Savannah Testing Center expansion, and efforts on digital fax implementation. President Dr. Lenny Klaver discussed plans for a building project at the Barton Farm campus that would allow livestock judging, precision ag classroom, and several other features to enhance Barton Farm. He also provided information on a recent Altec tour, fall enrollment, and enrollment increases over the last eight years. Klaver discussed the recent successful audit, WDB, workforce development efforts and services, state core funding, and upcoming meetings. NCMC enrollment has reached a record high for the second year. In business items, trustees approved several Head Start items, including the new community assessment for the 2024-2025 year, the annual program report, a new non-competing continuation grant application, and the in-kind

volunteer hourly rate increase. Trustees approved the purchase of testing/accreditation supplies from ATI for the nursing programs, a bid from EllisonAuxier to develop a campus master plan, and payment to Daikin TMI for repairs to the Geyer Hall HVAC system. They also approved a list of industrial technology obsolete equipment as surplus property. Trustees also approved changes to the faculty senate constitution to add a faculty senate technology committee.

Regarding personnel items, trustees approved a Head Start hire of Marissa Hefele as a teacher for the Chillicothe toddler room. For NCMC, trustees approved the title change and job description for Holly Hernandez as TRIO Academic Advisor and the contract change for John Wilbur, TRIO Learning Specialist. Trustees approved the employment of Casey McCollum as Enrollment Marketing Specialist and Sue Nichols as adjunct/clinical instructor.

The next regular meeting of the NCMC Board of Trustees will be on October 22, 2024, at 5:30 pm in the Frey Administrative Center on the Main Campus in Trenton, MO.

Grundy CO Health Department Calendar

Monday, October 7

Grundy County Health Department, Free Blood Pressure Check and $1 Blood Sugar Check, 9 a.m. to noon, walk-in.

WIC Services by appointment, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Adult Blood Draw by appointment, 9 to 10:30 a.m., 660-3594196.

Tuesday, October 8

Grundy County Health Department,

Adult Blood Draw by appointment, 9 to 10:30 a.m., Children's Immunizations by appointment, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nurse Services by appointment, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 660-359-4196.

Wednesday, October 9

Grundy County Health Department, Adult Blood Draw by appointment, 9 to 10:30 a.m., Immunizations by appointment, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 660-359-4196.

churches will take a stand with these brave Pastors and churches and our Republican Committee on this issue. We encouraged these Pastors to invite their congregations to volunteer with us to door knock and spread the word to Vote NO. Our hope is more churches will follow their lead.

Chairman, Ben Thomas, reported that the literature and signage for Vote NO on 3 was delivered from the MO Protects.org and will be distributed to 10 counties.

A motion was approved to meet in two weeks on Oct. 8th. at 7:00 at the Republican Headquarters to finalize the defeat Amendment 3 agenda and prepare for the Missouri Day Festival.

Jeff Smith gave a report on the Amend-

NOTICE

Honey Creek Chapel Cemetary Assocation’s Annual Meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 8th, 2024 at 6:30PM at the church.

Thursday, October 10

Grundy County Health Department, Adult Blood Draw by appointment, 9 to 10:30 a.m., 660-359-4196.

NCMC SNOW REMOVAL BIDS

North Central Missouri College is seeking sealed bids on snow removal for areas at the Barton Farm Campus. Please see www.ncmissouri.edu for additional details. (10-3-24)

ment 3 subcommittee. The digital sign is now live and plans to walk each township/ward was discussed. They are also planning a float for Missouri Days. It was discussed and approved to pay the entry fee for the Trump Train and the Amendment 3 float. Kelly Eller will check on the price to run a ‘Vote NO on 3’ ad in the shopper.

Our Republican Headquarters are open Monday-Wednesday-Friday from 12:005:00.

Jeff Smith made the motion to adjourn and Derek Rorebeck second. The meeting was adjourned by a prayer from Pastor Dan Wilford of the Milan Baptist Church.

UPCOMING SALES

** SMALL ANIMAL SALE **

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5 TH @ 10 AM

** FEEDER CALF SALE **

MONDAY, OCTOBER 7 TH @ 11 AM

** FEEDER CALF SALE **

MONDAY, OCTOBER 14 TH @ 11 AM

** FEEDER CALF SALE **

MONDAY, OCTOBER 21 ST @ 11 AM

** SPECIAL COW SALE **

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 TH @ 6 PM

** FEEDER CALF SALE ** MONDAY, OCTOBER 28 TH @11 AM

Cattle Sales: Mondays @ 11 am Sheep,

Barn: 660-622-4214

Casey Flinn, Owner: 816-769-7532

Field Reps: Dwayne Penny: 816-506-2776

Utah Stulz: 660-334-0400

Bobby Morrison: 816-345-0518

Ben Peterson: 660-247-2759

Travis Gibson: 660-646-8337

Rick Tate: 660-734-1307

Find us on Facebook at Tina Livestock Market

Check out our market report on Cattle Market Mobile! Check us out on our new website: www.tinalivestockmarket.com

435 W. 2nd St., Tina, MO 64682 Casey & Amelia Flinn, Owners

We’re excited to announce that Gallatin R-V High School is participating in T-Mobile’s Friday Night 5G Lights, a national competition where one small town will win an incredible $2 million upgrade to its high school football field! The grand prize includes: $100,000 cash

grant, A new high-tech scoreboard, 5G network upgrades, The ultimate tailgate party for our whole community, A 5G-powered halftime drone show, and A weight room upgrade from GronkFitness.com – courtesy of Gronk himself! Even if we don’t win the grand prize, the 16 finalists

Gallatin R-V High School is in the Running for T-Mobile's Friday Night 5G Lights!

Submitted by Macon Schweizer

will still receive a $25,000 cash grant! Stay tuned – we will be posting a series of scheduled posts until the contest has concluded. All you have to do is share the posts and include the hashtag in all your messages to help us boost our chances! Let’s make this happen, Gallatin R-V!

Tara Fulk as Sugar Lee, Sarah Pauley as Bunny, and Josh Vance as Bobby Dwayne in The Hallelujah Girls. Tickets are on sale at HyVee Sept 30th.

Submitted by Ann Plumb Jason Skipper trying to keep cool at the FFA cook-off. Submitted by Susan Burkey-Hill

Submitted by Susan Burkey-Hill

Randy Radcliff cooking wings. Submitted by Susan Burkey-Hill

Corey Gott with BTC Bank getting his hands dirty at the cook-off. Submitted by Susan Burkey-Hill

Mr. Smith cooking food for the BBQ. Submitted by Susan Burkey-Hill

Great turnout for the FFA cook-off. Submitted by Susan Burkey-Hill

Many different flavors of wings. Kinsley Allnut, Quin Weldon, Kruiz Allnut, Vanessa Allnut Submitted by Susan Burkey-Hill

Prepping for the cook-off. Submitted by Susan Burkey-Hill

Carrollton Band Day Results. 4th place in 3A Parade, Indoor Color Guard 3rd Place, Indoor Drumline 1st Place, Field Show 3rd Place . Photo by THS

THS Volleyball

Submitted by Brad Ewald

Trenton swept Penney on 9/24/24 at home. C team- 20 ( 25-9, 25-11). JV- 2-0 ( 25-8, 25-16). Varsity- 3-0 (25-18, 25-11, 25-17)

Trenton Stats ; Mackenzie Whipple- 21 kills 1 block. Jacole Simpson- 14 assist. Maura Floris- 6 aces. Reagan Schmidt- 5 digs. Lillee Dalrymple- 1 block.

Trenton got the win over Maysville on 9/26/24. JV- 21 ( 20-25, 25-8, 25-14). Varsity 3-1 ( 14-25, 25-21, 25-18, 25-13).

Trenton Stat Leaders; Ja-

cole Simpson- 19 assist and 4 aces. Mackenzie Whipple26 kills and 1 block. Lillee Dalrypmle- 12 kills and 1 block. Kambrea Brown- 12 Digs. Trenton beat Brookfield on 9/30/24. JV 2-1 (25-11, 16-25, 25-21). Varsity 3-0 ( 25-14, 25-8, 25-9). Stat leaders; Jacole Simpson- 15 assist. Mackenzie Whipple13 Kills, 1 Block. Maura Floris- 5 aces. Lexie Miller and Alexis Bonnet- 6 digs each.

Gallatin Lady Golf Team

Submitted by Taylor Cornett

The Gallatin Lady Golf team has been busy this September, After competing at the Albany meet on September 10th, where they did not place, the team returned home to Gallatin on September 12th and took first place as a team. Individually, Jayda Curtis-Mazur achieved a personal record, finishing in second place with a 52, while LeAyrah

& Sr.

Leeper secured fifth place with a 54.

Following their success at the home meet, the team participated in a home tournament on September 17th, where they placed third overall, with Olivia Schweizer finishing ninth out of 42 golfers with a 108. The Lady Golfers continued their strong performance at another home meet on Sep-

tember 19th, where they again took second place as a team.

On September 23rd, the Gallatin Ladies participated in a best shot tournament in Albany. Although they did not place, the team enjoyed the experience. Looking ahead, they are excited for the Maysville tournament on September 26th and their final home meet on September 30th, which will also be Senior Night. The girls are committed to working hard and playing to the best of their abilities as they aim to finish the season strong. Go Lady Golf!

King Mason Rongey and Queen Jacole Simpson Photo by THS

The tennis team picked up a 6-3 win over Benton on Pink Out Night!

Photo by THS

THS volleyball travels to Brookfield and wins the JV match in 3 sets and sweeps the varsity match in 3 sets. Photo by THS

Gallatin Lady Golf Team Submitted by Taylor Cornett

Sr. King Mason Lynch & Sr. Queen Karydon Jones Submitted byMacon Schweizer

L-R Freshman attendants Cole Chrisman & Tagen Eversole Junior. Candidates Brendan Rainey & Jayda Curtis-Mazur. Seniors Justin Chadwick

LeAyrah Leeper Sr. King Mason Lynch

Queen Karydon Jones. StuCo Candidates Pryce Johnson & Lacey Holcomb. Junior Jackson Ohlberg & Brynn Bird Sophomores Dawson King & Berkley Wells. Submitted byMacon Schweizer

Great Fall decor ideas out at Barnes Greenhouse Fall Festival. Java & Hooch catered Barens Greenhouses Fall Festival event.