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THURS., DEC. 7, 2023
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Established Sept. 4, 1864 - 160th Year - No. 14
Magical Evening for Downtown Christmas
BRIEFS Letters to Santa
RT Photos/Kristi Harris
Snow brought the Christmas Spirit to Downtown Trenton during their annual Downtown Christmas Five Points Alive Christmas parade and festivities held on Friday, December 1. The snowy evening held a holiday parade, cookie walk sponsored by Hodge Presbyterian Church, the Art’s Alive Gingerbread House Contest, THS Band and Colorguard performances, Christmas Carols held at the Grundy County-Jewett Norris Library, hot cocoa sponsored by Preceptor NU, a soup supper held at the North Grand River Baptist Bookstore sponsored by MOPS, Sager Christmas Village on display at the Grundy County Museum and special guest Santa in the gazebo at Sesquicentennial Park. Top left - Pleasant View R-6 had the first place entry during the lighted parade. Top right - “Christmas Off the Grid”, created by Megan Miller, won first place in the professional category, along with the People’s Choice Award, during the Art’s Alive Gingerbread House Contest. Bottom right - Ian Harris takes a minute to let Santa know what he wants for Christmas. See more photos from the Downtown Christmas event on pages 8 & 9 of today’s Republican-Times.
NCMC sets Election Filing Dates, Hears Housing Report The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees met in regular session on Tuesday, November 28, 2023. During the meeting, Trustees heard communication reports, approved a purchase of property insurance, and set the filing dates for the April 2024 election. During communication reports, Trustees were introduced to new Nursing Faculty member Shanna Nichols and heard from Janet Gott, Head Start Director, about a recent Grundy County emergency tabletop exercise and updates to their emergency evacuation plan for centers, and recent distribution from Second Harvest to families. Dr. Tristan Londre, Vice President of Academic Affairs, discussed the PTK induction, state PAS contest on campus, and a Nursing and Health Science Day at the Savannah Campus. He
recognized Dr. Sterling Recker for receiving the MAAS Servant Leadership Award and mentioned the conference/training faculty had attended. He then gave the floor to Dr. Mitch Holder. Holder discussed his participation with the AACC Commission on Student Success. Dr. Kristen Alley, Vice President of Student Affairs, provided a housing report and updates on current initiatives with residence life. She also discussed mental health efforts for students and the FAFSA progress. Alley discussed new student spring registration increase and the Light the Way event happening. Chief Information Officer Jennifer Triplett discussed a focus on cybersecurity compliance and efforts around student cybersecurity training. Triplett also discussed multifactor authentication [See NCMC, Page 2]
The Trenton Republican-Times will be publishing “Letters to Santa” in a special section that will be included in the newspaper on Thursday, December 21. Children who are not submitting letters through their class at school are encouraged to write letters to Santa to let him know their Christmas wishes. Letters must include the child’s name, age, address (town) and a telephone number in order to be published. Only the child’s name, age and town will be included in the letter. Because of space constraints, letters should be kept to a minimum and the R-T reserves the right to edit letters, if necessary. The deadline to submit letters is 12 p.m., Friday, December 15. Letters should be emailed to news@republican-times.com. Please type “Letters to Santa” in the subject line.
Election Filings
For the City of Trenton City Council, incumbent Marvin Humphreys of 1726 Tindall Avenue has filed for reelection as second ward councilman. Also filing for reelection was first ward councilman incumbent Glen Briggs of 701 E. 5th Street. Incumbents Don Dalrymple and Rob Maloney have filed candidacy for the North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees. Brigette Bunnell has filed for one of the two 3-year terms on the Grundy County Nursing Home Board of Directors. She is an incumbent. Filing for the municipal election to be held Tuesday, April 2, 2024 began Tuesday, December 5 and runs through Tuesday, December 26, 2023.
NCMC Lights the Way for Students and Staff
Photos by Alicia Endicott
North Central Missouri College Main campus in Trenton kicked off its holiday tradition of lighting the tree and lights located in front of Geyer Hall for students and staff in their annual Light the Way event. NCMC launched the holiday season on campus with a reading of Clement Clarke Moore’s “The Night Before Christmas”, read by Cassie Cordray, NCMC’s Education Instructor, and caroling led by English Instructor Amy Guthrie, and the official tree lighting countdown. Elementary-age children of NCMC employees are entered into a random draw to be selected as the individual who flips the switch for the lights. For 2023, Barrett Suttenfield was chosen to do the honors. Barrett’s favorite things about the holiday season are “presents and getting to see my family and play with my cousins.” For Christmas, Barrett would like a Nerf gun that curves, Hot Wheels tracks, and a snow globe. When asked if he was excited to light the tree, he said, “Yes, I was very excited to light the tree. It was my favorite part of the night.” Barrett is a kindergartner at Trenton R-IX Rissler Elementary School and is the son of Ryan and Kim Suttenfield. After the tree lighting, children and NCMC students were invited to Cross Hall to participate in games and activities organized by NCMC student organizations and athletics. Children and students could also get their pictures taken with Santa. The tree and Geyer Hall lights turn on at dusk for viewing and enjoying. Those wishing to see the tree and lights can view them in downtown Trenton on the Main campus in front of Geyer Hall on Main Street.