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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2021
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BRIEFS President’s Day Closings
Several offices and businesses have announced plans to be closed on Monday, Feb. 15, in observance of President’s Day. A few other businesses will be closed on Friday, Feb. 12, as well, for Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. Closed on both Friday and Monday will be the Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce/License Bureau, all state offices at the Grundy County Courthouse (Division I and II of the Circuit Court, the juvenile office and recorder’s office), the North Central Missouri Children’s Advocacy Center and the Missouri Job Center. Businesses closed only for President’s Day include the Trenton Post Office, Trenton City Hall/TMU, the USDA Farm Services Agency, the Grundy County-Jewett Norris Library, the Grundy County Health Department, the Green Hills Regional Planning Commission, the Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri, the North 65 Center, the Grundy Electric Cooperative/Grundy-Livingston Water District offices, BTC Bank, Citizens Bank, Farmers State Bank, Farmers Bank of Northern Missouri and US Bank. The Trenton Republican-Times office will be open and a newspaper will be published on the usual schedule.
Ordinance On Agenda
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COURTWARMING ROYALTY Seniors Emily Owen and Preston Harris were named the 2021 Trenton High School Courtwarming Queen and King during a ceremony that took place during Friday night’s games against Stanberry. Members of the courtwarming court included, from left, front row, junior attendant Jenna Reeter, senior candidates Melanie Guerrero and Kristi Ewing and sophomore attendant Madi Moore; back row, junior attendant Kaden Owen, senior candidate Royce Jackson, King Preston Harris, Queen Emily Owen, senior candidate Kayden Spencer and sophomore attendant Tucker Otto. Not pictured are freshman attendant Gabe Novak and sophomore attendant MaKayla Hamilton.
Hill’s Coaching Career Gets A Lifeline All The Way To The Super Bowl Trenton Native Andy Hill Joins Chiefs For Super Bowl Run
Active Cases Fall To 29
Active cases of COVID-19 are continuing to fall in Grundy County, according to the latest statistics released by the Grundy County Health Department. According to information provided Monday morning GCHD administrator Elizabeth Gibson, there are 29 active cases of the virus, down seven from the number reported on Thursday. There have been 802 confirmed cases, up six from Thursday and 238 probable cases, an increase of two, for a total of 1,040 total cases of COVID-19 since numbers began being recorded. A total of 39 deaths have been attributed to the virus in Grundy County, a number that remained steady over the weekend.
R-9 Board Meeting Tuesday
The Trenton R-9 Board of Education will meet at 5:30 tonight (Tuesday, Feb. 9) in the high school commons. The meeting is open to the public, with masks and social distancing required. The public may also join the meeting by Google Meet at https://meet.google.com/apq-zosm-izm?hs=122&authuser=0. The link can also be found on the board agenda page on the R-9 website. Items on the announced agenda include a presentation from the Trenton Middle School FCCLA officers, discussion of board election information, a discussion of “essential” employees in regard to staff that was left off the “essential” list at the January meeting, a salary and welfare committee proposal, a report of Success Center graduates, the appointment of a facility naming committee in regard to the tennis court facility, a discussion of building use by Kids Wrestling, adoption of the Grundy County Hazard Mitigation Plan, approval of summer school dates, adoption of changes to the 2020-21 school calendar, adoption of the 2021-22 school calendar, adoption of the building use schedule with the addition of the Performing Arts Center, addition of a Performing Arts Center manager position to the extra duty schedule, a vocational report, virtual spring parent-teacher conferences and administrative reports from the building principals and superintendent. A closed session is planned to discuss personnel, including approval of administrator contracts, and student matters.
BY DAVE MATTER ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
Editor’s Note: This story was written by Dave Matter of the St. Louis PostDispatch last week before the Super Bowl was played. Andy Hill, the story’s subject, is a 1980 Trenton High School graduate. While Missouri celebrated the formal introduction of its new football coach, Andy Hill was cleaning out his office. It was Dec. 10, 2019. Eli Drinkwitz had just wrapped up his first press conference as the Tigers’ new head coach. That same day, once the mob of fans, Mizzou staff and media left the sparkling new football facility at Memorial Stadium, Hill quietly followed out a side door, pushing a cart that carried jerseys, books, framed pictures and other memories collected over two decades of coaching at his alma mater. Hill, an integral piece to Mizzou’s three prior coaching staffs over the last 24 seasons, wasn’t part of Drinkwitz’s plans going forward. An institution at Mizzou for nearly a quarter century, Hill had logged the second-most continuous years on Mizzou’s staff in the program’s history, behind only Clay Cooper, a coaching fixture from 1947-75. If anyone would carry on the nickname Mr. Mizzou, bestowed on the late John Kadlec, a presence around the program for decades, it always figured to be Hill. But as he emptied his office that afternoon, Hill’s coaching career had expired.
The Grundy County Commission will meet in regular session today (Tuesday) at the courthouse. The only item listed on the announced agenda was consideration of a Gun Rights Sanctuary County Ordinance. That issue was to be discussed at 8:30 a.m.
Finance Committee Agenda
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Andy Hill, a 1980 Trenton High School graduate, joined the Kansas City Chiefs aa a special teams assistant coach ahead of this season after a long tenure at the University of Missouri.
Or so he figured. Needing less than one more year at Mizzou to be eligible for a full retirement package, Hill had some offers to stay on campus in non-coaching roles and eventually agreed to join the athletics department’s fundraising office. For about a month, that was Hill’s plan. “And then,” he said, “this came about.”
This was a dream job. Last February, a spot opened on the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs’ staff when assistant special teams coach Rod Wilson left for a job at South Carolina. The Chiefs’ special teams coordinator was Dave Toub, a former Mizzou assistant and longtime friend. Of course, [See HILL, Page 3]
The Finance Committee of the Trenton City Council will hold a meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday at city hall. The only item listed on the agenda is continuing work on the 2021 city budget. The meeting will not physically be open to the public but can be accessed at Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86264370687.
Township Meeting Friday
The annual meeting of township officials from Grundy County will be held Friday, Feb. 12. The meeting, which will begin at 6:30 p.m., will be held at the Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri (formerly known as the Green Hills Community Action Agency). The distribution of CART rock and other transportation issues will be discussed.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOUGH TIMES AT THS...
Bitter cold temperatures and a chance of snow are expected in and around Trenton all week. The high at Trenton Thursday was 43 with 3.3 inches of snow falling. The high Friday was 27 and Saturday hit just 20 with 2.1 more inches of snow. Sunday’s high was 5 with a low of -2 and another 3.3 inches of snow fell. The high Sunday at the Government Weather Station near Spickard was 2 with a low of -2 and 1 inch of snow.
Trenton’s high school basketball teams were swept twice to close out the week, falling to Macon on Senior Night on Thursday and Stanberry on Courtwarming on Friday. SPORTS, PAGE 2
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SPORTS ....................PAGE 2 & 3 BOY SCOUTS ..................PAGE 4 CALENDARS ..................PAGE 5 FCCLA..........................PAGE 6 THANK A FARMER........PAGE 7 COMICS ..........................PAGE 8 CROSSWORDS ................PAGE 9 CLASSIFIEDS.........PAGE 10 & 11 AREA .............................PAGE 12