Upward Bound Students Participate in Community Service Day

Upward Bound students participated in a community service day on June 14, 2023. Groups of students picked up litter from Upward Bound’s Adopt-A-Highway route along Highway 6, where they collected over 20 bags of trash. A second group of students assisted staff at the Green Hills Animal Shelter by socializing with animals and cleaning areas of the shelter. Other students helped Bright Futures-Trenton organization with sorting inventory and school supplies.

Upward Bound is hosting students on the campus of North Central Missouri College for their five-week summer residential program to prepare them for the next academic year while also getting students acclimated to college life. They will end the summer program with a cultural reward trip to Wisconsin.

Upward Bound is 100 percent funded by the U.S. Department of Education at an annual rate of $297,601. Upward Bound assists high school students in preparation for successful college entrance by providing academic instruction, tutoring, advisement, motivational and study skills, academic and cultural activities, and other support services necessary to give that extra “push” to those interested in completing postsecondary education.

To learn more about Upward Bound, please visit www.ncmissouri.edu/ub or contact Upward Bound Assistant Director Heather McCollum at 660-357-6338 or hmccollum@mail.ncmissouri.ed u. Upward Bound at North Central Missouri College serves high school students from Brookfield, Chillicothe, Gallatin, Hamilton, Trenton/Grundy, and Tri-County.

Bannad Studios

Barnes Greenhouses

BTC Bank

CFM Insurance, A Mutual Insurance Company

Chumbley’s Hometown Billiards & Bar

Clevenger & Smith, LLC

Drs. Paul and Andrew Cox

Crow Miller Insurance Agency

Doodlebugs Daycare & Preschool

Duvall, Roeder & Black Agency

Eastview Manor Care Center

Farmers Bank of Northern Missouri

Farmers State Bank - Member FDIC

Green Hills Superior Care

Grundy County Lumber Co.

Grundy Electric Cooperative

H&R Block

Honey Creek Veterinary Hospital

Hy-Vee Food Store

Immanuel Lutheran Church

Klinginsmith Home Center

Landes Oil - Trenton & Jamesport

LifeFlight Eagle

MFA - Trenton/Laredo

Mid-States Services, LLC

Modine Manufacturing Company

Moore's Home Center

North Central Missouri College

The People's Co-op/Mr. Tire

Republican-Times

Dr. Joe Slonecker & Staff

Sunnyview Nursing Home

T&L Auto Supply/Carquest

Trenton Coca-Cola Bottling Co., LLC

Trenton Elks Lodge #801

Trenton Hardware

Trenton Municipal Utilities

Trenton Ready Mix

Wright Memorial Hospital

Strip malls healthy

The nation’s strip malls remain in solid financial health despite the wave of retail bankruptcies and shoppers’ pullback from big ticket items like furniture, according to a report from real estate research firm Green Street Advisors earlier this month.

During the fiscal first quarter which ended in March or after sales at stores opened at least a year dropped for strip mall tenants including Big Lots and Carter’s in the home decor and full-price clothing areas. But restaurants and health and beauty retailers saw sales grow. The impact from a string of bankruptcies including Bed Bath & Beyond and Party City on strip mall finances is yet to be determined, according to Green Street. But so far auctions for the properties seem to be garnering attention from other retailers looking to expand locations Leasing volume during the first quarter was slightly behind the first quarter of 2019 and the first quarter of 2022 but remains robust overall Green Street said.

“Healthy balance sheets should allow real estate investment trusts to handle even a turbulent ’23 without significant setbacks,” the report said.

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