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REPUBLICAN-TIMES
Tuesday, February 5, 2019
TRENTON
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Finance Committee To Meet The Finance Committee of the Trenton City Council will meet at 6 o’clock tonight (Tuesday, Feb. 5) at Trenton City Hall. The committee will discuss the 2019-20 proposed budget, including general fund revenues for both administration and non-departmental, and the capital fund.
Benefit Is Planned A benefit luncheon/live auction/raffle is being planned to help a local child who was recently diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Mackenzie Cunningham, the three-year-old daughter of Eric and Kylie Taylor Cunningham of Trenton, receives weekly chemotherapy treatments at Children’s Mercy Hospital and will receive six different phases of treatments over the next two and one-half years. She is the granddaughter of Charlie Taylor, Christie Hamilton Taylor, David Cunningham and Rhonda Kelsall Enyard. A chili luncheon will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 16 at the First Assembly of God activity center, located at 1107 E. 11th St., with a live auction, conducted by Arnold Auctions to begin at 1 p.m. In addition, a raffle is currently being conducted for a Henry .22 caliber lever action rifle and a $100 Hy-Vee gift card. Tickets are $5 for one ticket or five for $20. Tickets can be purchased at the Republican-Times, the Grundy County Courthouse, Mark’s Barbershop, Vintage Vines and KTTN radio and from Blake Callen, Jeremy Soptic and Shelby Vandevender. For more information, persons can contact Janice Hobbs at 660-359-1390, Michelle Vandevender at 660-654-1495, Tammy Kinnison at 660-3582167 or at the Mackenzie vs. ALL Facebook page.
Trenton’s Got Talent Grundy County youth will be showing off their talent this Saturday night, Feb. 9, when the Trenton Rotary Club presents “Trenton’s Got Talent.” The program gets under way at 6 p.m. in the high school gymnasium. Around 20 acts - singers, dancers and instrumentalists - will be performing at the event, which is a fundraiser for the Trenton High School vocal and instrumental music departments. During the intermission, members of the vocal music department’s booster club will be selling pizza and drinks. Admission is $3 for all ages, payable at the door.
Business Nominations Sought Nominations are now being accepted for the Small and Large Business of the Year, both of which will be recognized at the Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce annual meeting on Friday, March 15. Nomination forms are available by contacting the chamber at trentonchamber@att.com or stopping by the office, located at 617 Main St. Nominees must be a chamber member. A “large business” is defined as having more than 20 employees while a “small business” is defined as having 20 or less employees. Nominations are due in the chamber office no later than Friday, Feb. 15.
Bloodmobile To Trenton The Community Blood Center is bringing its bloodmobile to Trenton on Tuesday, Feb. 12. The bloodmobile will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Trenton Elks Lodge No. 801, which is sponsoring the visit. To make an appointment, persons can go to the website, https://donate.savealifenow.org/donor/schedules/sponsor_code, enter the code EG3M and select the Feb. 12 visit to Trenton. Persons can also show up on the day of the bloodmobile to make a donation.
TRENTON HIGH SCHOOL
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Seniors Taylor Richman and Max McNabb were crowned the 2019 Trenton High School Courthwarming Queen and King during ceremonies held between Friday night’s TrentonStanberry girls and boys basketball games. Trenton took wins in both contests.
BETTER WOMAN CONFERENCE
Feb. 22-23
Shari Minke To Speak At Annual Program “Believe” is the theme for the 10th annual Better Woman Conference, being held on Feb. 22-23 at the First Assembly of God Church in Trenton. The main speaker at this year’s event is Shari Minke, an inspirational speaker, teacher, author, dramatist and comedienne, who will share her belief that God has a plan for each life and that it is Jesus who
gives hope. Ms. Minke will be the featured speaker at programs on both Friday night and Saturday. Friday’s activities are scheduled from 6 to 9:30 p.m. while Saturday’s schedule will run from 9 to 11:45 a.m. Each session includes a meal in the family activity center before moving to the sanctuary for the program. Doors will open one
hour before events on each day so that attendees can shop at vendor booths that will be located in the activity center. Tickets are $20, which cover costs for the meal and program. Persons can contact the First Assembly of God office at 359-4400 during regular hours, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to noon on Friday.
Students Of The Quarter
Students Recognized Trenton High School has selected its Students of the Quarter for the second quarter. Students are chosen by faculty based on citizenship, leadership, participation and academics. A student can only receive this honor once during their high school career. The senior recipient is Sidney Lynch. The daughter of Howie and Michelle Lynch, she participates in softball, basketball and track. She is a member of Future Business Leaders of America, FCCLA and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. She is also a member of the Cornerstone Church in Chillicothe. Halley Windsor is the junior hon-
oree. The daughter of Amanda Bachman, she participates in the THS Colorguard and is a member of the student council. The sophomore recipient is Royce Jackson. The son of Roy and Sarah Jackson, he participates in basketball and football. He is a member of Future Business Leaders of America and Spanish Club and belongs to the youth group at the First Baptist Church. Kaylor Farris is the freshman recipient. The daughter of Natalie Thorne and Dustin Ferris, she participates in tennis and is a member of the FCCLA. She is also involved in the Upward Bound program.
National Weather Service There is a chance of freezing rain and snow off and on this week with highs in the upper 30s and lower 40s and lows as low as 4 on Thursday night. The high on Thursday, Jan. 31 at the Government Weather Station at Trenton was 20, Friday’s high was 35, Saturday’s high was 49, Sunday’s high was 54 and Sunday’s overnight low was 34. There was no report from the Government Weather Station near Spickard.
Photo Courtesy of Hunter Trash
Trenton High School Students of the Quarter for the second quarter included, from left, freshman Kaylor Farris, sophomore Royce Jackson, junior Halley Windsor and senior Sidney Lynch.
What’s Inside... It was a busy weekend for THS sports with both the girls and boys basketball teams and the wrestling teams in action. See pages 2 and 3 of today’s R-T for a recap and photos from events at Trenton, Polo, Lexington and Smithville.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — In the first week of 2019, an investigation by Oregon's labor agency deemed the state Capitol to be a hostile workplace because of an unchecked pattern of sexual harassment among lawmakers. A few days later, two Washington state lawmakers accused of sexual misconduct resigned. Then came new allegations of sexual wrongdoing in Georgia, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, where a veteran male lawmaker was accused of groping a newly elected female colleague during a pre-session reception. "We've heard for a long time that this is the culture in the building, and then of course we get there and it immediately surfaces," said Massachusetts state Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa, a first-time lawmaker. Barely a month into the 2019 legislative sessions, it already is clear that the #MeToo movement was not a one-year phenomenon in many state capitols. New claims of sexual misconduct are continuing to be made public concerning actions ranging from a few weeks ago to many years ago. The latest came Friday, when Montana legislative leaders revealed that a previously unpublicized allegation of sexual harassment helped drive their current push to update policies on harassment, discrimination and retaliation. Although half of all state legislative chambers updated their sexual harassment policies last year, an Associated Press review found that many are still looking to make changes this year. Some states are taking their first steps since the October 2017 media reports alleging sexual misconduct against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein sparked a national movement of people coming forward with accounts of sexual assault or harassment. In other states, lawmakers and women's advocates are looking to take the second or third steps in what they say is a long trek toward changing attitudes and behaviors. Sabadosa is sponsoring legislation that would create an independent commission to investigate complaints of workplace harassment by Massachusetts lawmakers. She said a House rule change adopted last year didn't go far enough when it created a new staff position for an equal employment opportunity officer to investigate complaints. "It feels important for the first-year class to come in and say, 'We are done, this is enough, that culture needs to See #MeToo, Page 5
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