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BRIEFS THS Band Updates
Trenton R-9 Director of Bands Ethan Stewart has announced the date for the Trenton High School Spring Pops Concert and the name of a student who was selected for the Northwest District Concert Band. Stewart said the Pops Concert will be held at 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 19 in the THS gym. Each band student will be given six tickets to give to family and friends. Community members or families needing additional tickets should contact the THS office the week of the performance. Masks will be required and social distancing is encouraged. In addition, Stewart has announced that THS junior Mari Atup was named the eighth chair flute following auditions for the Northwest District Concert Band, which were held virtually. The band will not have a performance this year. Ms. Atup was the only THS student to audition this year.
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COUNTY SPELLING BEE WINNERS Titus Kottwitz, far left, correctly spelled the word “cymbals” to take the top spot in the 2020-21 Grundy County Spelling Bee, held Friday at the Trenton Middle School. Titus, a seventh grader at TMS, and second-place winner Astrid Soriano, second from left, an eighth grader from Pleasant View R-6 School, will now represent the county at the Northwest Missouri Regional Spelling Bee in St. Joseph on Saturday, March 13. Also pictured are Pleasant View R-6 eighth grader Abbye Johnson, second from right, who was named first alternate, and Chy Turner, right, a seventh grade student from TMS, who was the second alternate.
It’s possible that increased mask-wearing is having an impact on Grundy County’s COVID-19 situation, with the number of active cases decreasing once again. As of Monday morning, the Grundy County Health Department is reporting a total of 31 active cases of the virus, a decrease of nine from the number reported in Friday’s Republican-Times. There have now been a total of 1,012 cases in the county (up from 1,008), including 781 confirmed cases (up from 777) and 231 probable cases, a number that remained steady. The county has added one death to its total, which now stands at 36
Students Of The Quarter Named At THS Stark, Triplet, Johnson And Spencer Honored
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Cub Scout Pack 23 held it’s annual Pinewood Derby at the First Christian Church activity center on Sunday afternoon. Case Anderson, below, a member of the Wolf Den, was selected by the other scouts for his car to receive “Best of Show” honors. The overall winners of the derby, which drew 26 participating scouts, are pictured above and include, from left, Michael Shuler, first; Kannon Stamper, second; and Eli Todd, third. Photos of the winners from each den appear on page 5 of today’s Republican-Times.
Trenton High School has announced its Students of the Quarter for the second quarter of the 2020-21 school year. Those receiving the honor include freshman Nathan Stark, sophomore Savannah Triplet, junior Caleb Johnson and senior Carly Spencer. 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. Nathan is the son of Aaron and Michelle Stark and participates in scholar bowl and drama club at THS. Outside of school he is a member of the Shelburne Baptist Church. Savannah, the daughter of Roger and Monica Triplet, is a THS cheerleader for both basketball and football and is a member of the THS girls track team. Outside of school, she participates in dance and is a
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The Trenton High School Students of the Quarter for the second quarter of the 202021 school year include, from left, Nathan Stark, Savannah Triplet, Caleb Johnson and Carly Spencer.
member of the Edinburg Baptist Church. Junior Caleb Johnson participates in football, wrestling and Gold Rush. The son of Bryan and Julie Johnson, he is a worship leader at the Trenton
First Assembly of God Church and participates in their youth group. Carly Spencer is the daughter of Amy Spencer and Jeff and Melissa Spencer. At THS, she is a cheerleader, a member
of National Honor Society and serves as a class officer. Outside of school, Carly participates in dance and is a member of the First Christian Church.
Proposed Academy At Crossroads Prison Parson Proposes Transformation Of Idled Cameron Facility JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson has proposed transforming a shuttered northwest Missouri prison into a training ground for incoming correctional officers. Parson’s recently unveiled budget plan
includes $671,714 to convert the idled Crossroads Correctional Center in Cameron into an academy where wouldbe prison guards can get more real-world experience before being assigned to one of the state’s 20 lock-ups, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. “The plan is to be able to train custody staff in an environment that’s similar to the environment in which they’ll be working,” said Missouri Department of Corrections spokeswoman Karen Pojmann. The state has training academies in Jefferson City, St. Joseph and Farmington. Those facilities may be consolidated once
the conversion is complete. “The actual opening of the academy would be a couple of years from now,” Pojmann said. Lawmakers are reviewing the governor’s overall $34.6 billion spending blueprint with an eye on approving the package by early May. The new training facility is one of several initiatives aimed at improving a department that has seen high turnover among its guard ranks, which are among the lowest paid in the nation.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BIG WINS FOR GRAPPLERS...
Wednesday will feature mostly sunny skies in the area with a high approaching 50. Thursday brings a high in the mid-40’s with a 50 percent chance of rain in the morning. The high at Trenton Thursday was 25 with Friday reaching 40 and Saturday hitting 40 as well with .85” of rain. Sunday’s high was 34 with a low of 30. The high Sunday at the Government Weather Station near Spickard was 33 with a low of 25.
There weren’t many matches wrestled in Stanberry on Thursday night, but the Bulldogs made the most of their opportunities and returned home with a trio of victories. SPORTS, PAGE 2
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