Half of the building that will eventually house the Princeton branch of Farmers Bank of Northern Missouri arrived at its location south
the highway from the Mercer County Library, arrived last Thursday afternoon (April 6). The other half of the building was scheduled to arrive on Monday (April 10), and the two halves are scheduled to be put together during the day Friday (April 14).
All eight township road tax levies extended. Several offices will filled by write-ins
PRESTON COLE
Editor, the Post-Telegraph
Mercer County voters elected persons to school boards and city councils, approved a sales tax on adult-use marijuana - if that kind of marijuana ever goes on sale in the county, that is - and approved all eight township road taxes during last Tuesday’s (April 4) annual municipal elections.
Boards of Education
Voters in the Princeton R-5 School District returned two incumbents and a first-time candidate for three spots on the Board of Education, out of a field of five candidates.
Incumbents Karla Meinke (238 votes) and Marcie Davis (237) won re-election for another three-year term, and Mitch Reger was elected with 232 votes. Anthony Henke (174) and Chet Ellsworth (137) were the other candidates. One person received six write-in votes.
Voters in the North Mcrcer County R-3 School District took part in last week’s voting that featured two races - one for
three, three-year terms and a one-year unexpired term.
Heath West, the only incumbent that ran for one of the three-year seats, led the voting with 116 votes, followed by Dana Stark with 112 and Matt Davis with 67. Others receiving votes were Montana Holt and Hollie Ralston with 44 each, and Sheila Houk with 28. One person received two write-in votes, and another person got one write-in vote.
Current board member Makella Hagan edged challenger Phillip T. Huffman for the oneyear term, 73-68. Someone got two write-in votes.
The few Mercer County voters in the Spickard and Cainsville districts had no impact on the overall races. Two other districts that have voters in Mercer County didn’t have to hold an
election last week, due to the Missouri law that says districts that have the same number of candidates as there are openings on the school board don’t have to hold an election.
City councils
A longtime member of the Princeton City Council was denied another two-year term, as first-time candidate Peggy Constable defeated Mike Homedale 46-37 for a spot from the North Ward.
Jimmie Rogers received 37 votes to replace the now-retired Dee McKinney as one of the South Ward’s council representatives.
At Mercer, a pair of two-year terms were to be filled, but just one person, Justin Holt, filed for a position. He received 40 votes, Two other residents received write-in votes, one with
10 and the other with two.
No one ran to serve as Mercer’s mayor, but one person received 27 write-in votes.
Other races, issues
• If what’s called “adult-use marijuana” is ever sold in Mercer County, persons will pay a 3% tax on their purchases after 72% of the 518 residents voted 374-144 to impose such a tax.
• Voters in all eight Mercer County townships that placed continuing a property tax for roads passed their respective issues: Harrison, 28-6; Lindley, 10-1; Madison, 24-2; Marion, 91-28; Medicine, 29-6; Ravanna, 29-8; Somerset, 11-4; and Washington, 36-11.
• Dwayne Place easily defeated Constable for a six-year term on the Mercer County Fire Protection District board, 263-
69.
One person received three write-in votes for a spot on the Medicine Creek Fire Protection District Board.
• Mike Covey got 12 votes to serve as Lindley Township trustee. Write-ins got votes for clerk and the two board positions open.
Janey Coffman got 27 votes to serve as Madison Township trustee, and Mark Higgins (23) and Jerry Brundage (22) were elected to the township board. The clerk’s position received write-ins.
All three positions in Medicine were filled with write-in votes.
Information about the writeins was not available Friday (April 7), as county offices were closed for Good Friday.
Reigning state champ Holt breaks through in the high jump. Rhoades sweeps four events in two meets and breaks records in all four
PRESTON COLE
Editor, the Post-Telegraph
Andrew Rhoades has been breaking Princeton track and field school records all spring. Last week, one of his teammates joined in the fun.
Competing during the Warrior Relays in Albany last Monday (April 3), Talan Holt won the high jump with a leap of 6 feet, 6 inches, breaking the old mark of 6-5 set by Chris Parsons in 2009 while winning the Class 1 state title.
Holt, a junior, is the reigning Class 1 state champion after winning the title last May.
Now, about that Rhoades fellow ...
The PHS senior won all four events in which he was entered in both of the Tigers’ meets last week, and broke records in all four. Two of his new records broke standards he set earlier this spring, and a third new mark broke one he set in 2022.
The fourth new record came Thursday (April 6) during the Joe Shy Relays in Chillicothe last Thursday, when he won the 400 meters with a time of 50.34 seconds. That broke the 17-year-old mark of 50.99, which Clint Moore set while finishing second in Class 1 during the 2006 state meet.
Tigers win Warrior Relays
ALBANY Princeton scored in only eight events during the Warrior Relays last week, but the Tigers won five of them to score 77 points to finish on top of the 21-team field.
Rhoades won four events and set
school records in two of them. He won the 200 meters in 22.41, and took the pole vault with a leap of 13-0. He broke school records he set earlier this spring.
He also won the 400 in 52.14, and took the javelin with a throw of 132-23/4
Tyler Coffman was second in the javelin with a toss of 131 feet.
Jaden Finney was fourth in the high jump at 5-103/4, and the Tigers got fourth-place finishes in two relays. The 4x100 team of Coffman, Kelby Thomas, Nicholas Rubio and Ethan Rhoades had a time of 49.66, and the 4x200 of Rhoades, Finney, Rubio and Thomas turned in a time of 1:41.41.
In addition to his school-record, event-winning leap in the high jump, Holt finished fifth in the 100 meters in 11.80.
Tigers win 5 of 6 events at Joe Shy CHILLICOTHE Princeton scored in just six events during the Joe Shy Relays last Thursday, but won five of them and scored 57 points to finish fifth in the 12team field as the only Class 1 team in the meet.
Besides his school-record victory in the 400, Andrew Rhoades broke his 2022 Tiger mark by winning the javelin with a throw of 155-3. That broke his school record of 148-11, set last season.
He also won the 200 in 22.81, and the pole vault at 12-51/2
Holt and Finney went 1-3 in the high jump, with Holt clearing 5-103/4 and Finney leaping 5-7. An anticipated duel between Holt and Maryville’s Jesus Flores-Hernandez failed to materialize after the latter pulled out of the event with an injury after clearing 5-9.
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Princeton’s
Holt
and Andrew Rhoades (left) broke school records during the Warrior Relays in Albany last Monday (April 3). Holt cleared 6 feet, 6 inches in winning the high jump, breaking a school record that had stood since 2009. Rhoades cleared 13 feet in the pole vault to break his own record set earlier this season.
Rhoades broke three other school records last week, in the 400 meters (breaking a record that had stood since 2006), plus records in the 200 meters and javelin that he had previously held. He won all four of his events last Thursday (April 6) during the Joe Shy Relays in Chillicothe, and earned the Bob Carter Gold Track Shoe Award for scoring the most individual points in the boys division. He scored 40 points, the most a Missouri track and field athlete can score in a single meet. See Page 8 for more information.
Princeton wins 4x100 at the Warrior Relays, score in 15 of a possible 19 events
PRESTON COLE
Editor, the Post-Telegraph
ALBANY Princeton’s girls won the 4x100-meter relay and earned team points in 15 events overall to earn fourth place in the 21-team Warrior Relays last Monday (April 3) with 69
points.
The winning foursome of Alyvia Enright, Addy Henke, Grace Kelly and Carsey Brown had a time of 54.74 seconds to top the field.
The Tiger unit of Danielle Bears, Faith Siemer, Kelly and Henke finished second in 1 minute, 58.25 seconds.
Megan Spencer was near the
top of her two throwing events, finishing second in the javelin with a toss of 110 feet, 4 inches, and taking third in the discus at 96-113/4
Princeton got multiple points in three events, the 100 high hurdles, the shot put and the 100 meters.
Bears was fourth in the 100 hurdles in 17.93, and Siemer
was sixth in 18.29.
Cheyenne Dinsmore was fifth in the shot put at 28-1, and Starla Bass was eighth at 26-3.
Henke was sixth in the 400 in 1:10.63, and Kadence Power was seventh in 1:11.92.
Henke was also fifth in the long jump with a leap of 13-11.
Princeton got sixth-place finishes (and points) from Kelly in
the triple jump (28-81/2), and Bears in the 300 meters (56.66) and pole vault (6-63/4).
Kara Winsett was seventh in the high jump (4-51/4) and eighth in the 1600 meters (7:08.62).
Kayla Allton was eighth in the 800 meters (3:05.25), and
See Princeton girls, Page 3
Victory puts Princeton baseball into first place in GRC East title chase
PRESTON COLE
Editor, the Post-Telegraph
UNIONVILLE The Princeton/Putnam County baseball series is a brief one, with the Midgets winning the first three games - two of them by run-rule margins - over the 2021 and 2022 seasons, by a combined score of 34-2.
The tide began to turn last Thursday (April 6), as the Tigers got their first-ever victory over Putnam County, an 8-1 Grand River Conference East victory.
The victory moved Princeton (3-4, 2-0 GRC) into first place in the GRC East. After playing at Braymer on Monday (April 10), the Tigers were scheduled to host GRC foes Polo on Tuesday (April 11) and Thursday (April 13), before playing Scotland County and a trophy-game foe on Saturday (April 15) in the Putnam County Tournament.
Princeton got two big offensive innings and an almost-complete game pitching performance to lead the Tigers to the victory.
Clay Evans’ single drove in Cooper Boxley in the top of the third inning for Princeton’s first run.
The Tigers broke the game open in their half of the fifth, scoring four runs to seize a 5-0 lead. Evans scored Boxley again with a single, and Kelby Thomas’ 2-RBI single plated Landon Krohn and Evans made it 4-0. Thomas later scored for a 5-0 Princeton lead.
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ALBANY Mercer’s girls track team scored in two events last Monday (April 3) during the Warrior Relays.
The 4x400-meter relay team of Maddi Fisher, Sari Rogers, Makenzie Hagan and Gracie Rogers finished fourth with a time of 5 minutes, 26.08 seconds.
Fisher finished seventh in the javelin with a toss of 86 feet, 9 inches.
The Cardinals scored 7 points to finish 18th in the 21-team field.
Princeton put the game out of reach with a 3-run round in the sixth. Another Evans single scored Boxley again, and Thomas singled in Krohn to make it 7-0.
Noel Schreffler scored the Tigers’ last run in the sixth.
Putnam County got its run in the bottom of the sixth.
Krohn dominated the Midgets (8-1, 3-1 GRC) from the hill, pitching 62/3 innings of one-run, one-hit ball, walking three and striking out 15 Putnam batters. Thomas used just three pitches to get the 21st and final out.
OFFENSE - Hits: Evans 3, Thomas 2, Krohn, Gavin Power, Brekk Illg. RBI: Evans 4, Thomas 3. Runs scored: Boxley 3, Krohn 2, Evans, Thomas, Schreffler. Stolen bases: Thomas 2, Krohn, Schreffler, Evans, Boxley. Brashear 11, Princeton 6 at Brashear - Tuesday, April 4
Princeton led 6-4 after four innings, but Brashear scored seven runs over its last two at-bats to take a non-conference win.
The Tigers had problems with defense and walks, both of which played major roles in their demise. Power and Talan Holt combined to walk 11 Brashear batters, and Princeton’s defense made seven errors. Princeton picked up six walks from two Brashear pitchers, but the hosts were flawless in the field.
Princeton got single runs in the first and fourth innings, and scored four runs in the second. Brashear got two runs in the first, one each in the second and fourth, before taking the lead with a 4-run fifth. Brashear added three more runs in the bottom of
Princeton girls From Page 2
Neveah Brizendine was eighth in the 3200 meters (16:05.58).
Spencer second in Joe Shy discus, third in javelin
CHILLICOTHE Princeton scored in seven events last Thursday (April 6) to finish ninth in a 12-team field during the Joe Shy Relays.
Spencer had the Tigers’ top two finishes, as she claimed second place in the discus (1028) and third in the javelin (11613/4). The javelin throw was just over 15 inches shy of her 2022 school record of 117-7.
The 4x400 team of Enright,
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Princeton’s Landon Krohn (#11) kicked up a bunch of dirt as he slid into second base before Gilman City’s shortstop could tag him out during the Hawks’ win over Princeton last Monday (April 3). Krohn came within one out of pitching a complete game one-hitter on Thursday (April 6), as the Tigers got their first-ever win over Putnam County, an 8-1 GRC East victory. the sixth.
Thomas had three hits, two of them home runs, and Evans also got three hits.
OFFENSE - Hits: Thomas 3, Evans 3, Krohn, Tyler Coffman. 2B: Evans. HR: Thomas 2. RBI: Thomas 3, Evans 2, Krohn. Runs scored: Thomas 3, Evans, Schreffler, Coffman. Stolen bases: Evans 3.
PITCHING - Power: 4 innings, 4 runs (2 earned), 4 hits, 6 walks, 8 strikeouts; Holt (L): 2 innings, 7 runs (3 earned), 2 hits, 5 walks, 5 strikeouts, 1 hit batter.
Gilman City 8, Princeton 6
at Gilman City - Monday, April 3
Princeton had a chance to break the non-conference wide open as it got five runs in the top of the second, but the Tigers didn’t score again until the seventh.
Henke, Kelly and Brown finished fourth in 54.18. Bears was fifth in the 100 hurdles in 17.74, and tied for fifth in the pole vault at 7-03/4 Siemer was seventh in the 100 hurdles in 18.34. Makenzie Dunkin took seventh in the discus at 84-23/4, and Allton was seventh in the 800 in 2:53.06. Kelly finished eighth in the triple jump with a leap of 2911/2 Princeton, the only Class 1 team in the field, scored 33 points for its ninth-place finish.
The host Hawks scored two runs in the third and four in the fifth, and scored what proved to be the winning runs in the bottom of the sixth. Gilman City slugged four runs during the game.
OFFENSE - Hits: Thomas 2, Krohn 2, Evans, Power, Boxley. 2B: Krohn. RBI: Krohn 2, Thomas, Power, Boxley. Runs scored: Thomas, Evans, Krohn, Boxley, Damian Houk, Illg. Stolen bases: Krohn, Boxley, Illg, Thomas, Houk, Evans.
PITCHING - Thomas: 2.1 innings, 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 walk, 5 strikeouts; Evans: 3 innings, 8 runs (7 earned), 7 hits, 2 walks, 3 strikeouts; Boxley: 2/3 inning, 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 walks, 1 strikeouts.
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• March 27 meeting minutes were approved.
• Bills were approved and paid.
• Public Administrator Kelli Judd and Assessor Dana Widner presented fees collected during March.
• The Schedule 13 of 2023 miles of line was received from KPL Northern States, LLC.
• The mileage log and motor equipment expense report for the 2017 Tahoe for February and March were received from Sheriff Jose Lopez.
• Time sheets and the March 31 payroll were approved.
• Commissioners Cheston Easter and Zachary Martin approved an auctioneer license for Jerry Allen. Allen, Mercer County presiding commissioner, abstained from voting.
spoke to commissioners about the possibility of road closures in Ravanna Township. MoDOT has been approached by Smithfield Farms to close a portion of Route O. In January 2015, Mercer County closed by petition from Smithfield Farms Giant Place, a portion of Ginger Avenue and a portion of Forbes Street. Commissioners foresee no problems with MoDOT closing Route O south of Forest Street.
• Garry McFee with Howe Company, LLC presented bridge plans for Bridge 25200072 BRO-B065 (40). Commissioners voted to approve the plans, and Allen signed the application for a Department of the Army permit.
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• Jail administrator Travis Marts spoke to commissioners about increasing a dispatcher to assistant jail administrator. The budgeted amount for the position is $17.74 per hour, $1 over a normal dispatcher position. The person wants $18.05 per hour. Commissioners voted to approve the increase as of July 1. That would still make the total paid during the year under the budgeted total amount for the position.
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Breakfast is available to all students. It is served with a choice of 1% white milk or skim chocolate milk. Cereal is available as an option every day except where noted. Fruit and juice are available every day. Nutri-grain bars are available on select days.
Monday, April 17: EggStravaganza, toast.
Tuesday, April 18: pancakes, sausage patty.
Wednesday, April 19: french toast sticks, bacon.
Thursday, April 20: mini bagels, yogurt.
Friday, April 21: biscuits, sausage gravy.
Lunch is served with the choice of 1% fat-free white milk or fat-free chocolate milk. Students in grades K-5 have the choice of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich or the menu entree. Students in grades 6-12 have the option of a chef salad or the entree every day unless noted. All bakery items are whole wheat or whole grain. Fruit is served with lunch.
Monday, April 17: chicken nuggets, tater tots, buttered carrots.
Tuesday, April 18: General Tso’s chicken, brown rice, egg roll.
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Wednesday, April 19: a) shrimp; b) deli sandwich; baked tater tots.
Thursday, April 20: a) hamburger; b) Italian sub; peas and carrots.
Friday, April 21: a) popcorn chicken; b) chicken quesadilla; steamed broccoli and cauliflower.
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Breakfast is served with fruit, juice, and milk.
Mondays: breakfast burrito, cereal, toast. Tuesdays: french toast with syrup and peanut butter, turkey sausage. Wednesdays: cereal, toast, hash brown patty, scrambled eggs. Thursdays: pancake, turkey sausage. Fridays: biscuits, gravy.
Lunch is served with milk. Fruits and vegetables are available every day, and students are required to have at least one cup of either on their tray.
Monday, April 17: chicken fried rice, corn.
Tuesday, April 18: pulled pork, baked beans, cheesy potatoes.
Wednesday, April 19: chicken stuffing casserole, peas.
Thursday, April 20: goulash, breadstick, green beans.
Friday, April 21: sub sandwich, chips.
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Princeton R-5 Elementary School recently held its March awards assembly. March's Character Word of the Month was “Cooperation.” Cooperation is working together for a common goal. This award was sponsored by Danny Derry.
March Character Kids of the Month, from left: Mackenzie Willett, Willow LaRue, Kaylen Sticken, Rosalie McFee, Tessa Ellsworth, Brynlea Power and Brooklyn Purvis.
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PRINCETON Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a painful rash caused by varicella-zoster virus (the same virus that causes chickenpox). After a person has chickenpox, the virus stays inactive in the body. For reasons that are not fully known, the virus can become active again years later, causing shingles. Anyone who has recovered from chickenpox may develop shingles, but the risk of shingles increases as you get older. About half of all cases occur in those who are 60 years of age and older.
The main symptom of shingles is a painful rash on one side of the body or face. The rash forms blisters, which usually scab over in a week and clear up in 2-4 weeks. Before the rash develops,
people often have pain, itching, or tingling in the area where the rash will develop. Other symptoms include fever, headache, chills, and upset stomach. Shingles can also cause long-term nerve pain called postherpetic neuralgia, which can be severe and debilitating.
Shingles cannot be spread from person to person. However, the virus that causes shingles can be spread from a person with active shingles to another person who has never had chicken pox. In that case, the person may develop chicken pox but would not develop shingles. The virus can spread through direct contact with fluid from blisters caused by shingles.
There is a vaccine that can reduce your risk of shingles and the longterm pain it can cause.
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those 50 years of age and older and those 19 years of age and older who have a weakened immune system. It is given as a two-dose series. For most people, the second dose should be given 2-6 months after the first dose.
To see if your insurance covers the shingles vaccine, come to the Mercer County Health Department. We will run an eligibility check to see if you are covered. If you are uninsured or underinsured for the shingles vaccine and are 60-64 years of age, you may be able to receive vaccine funded by the Mercer County Senior Tax. Supplies are limited. Call for an appointment at 660748-3630.
Lexie Tolson is the immunization coordinator and public health environmental specialist with the Mercer County Health Department.
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MERCER Early childhood and preschool screenings for the 2023-24 academic year in the Mercer school system will be held next week.
The screenings will be held Tuesday, April 18 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. for children age 0-4 who live in the district. Screenings will be held at the Mercer Community Center.
Parents should bring a copy of their child’s immunization records, birth certificcate and Social Security card to the screenings.
To schedule an appointment, call the Mercer school at 660-382-4214.
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Princeton R-5 Elementary recently held its March awards assembly. During the assembly, the following students were recognized as being Students of the Month. From left: Shayden Berndt, Grant Reger, Chandler Ussery, Harper Power, Emerson Parsons, Bo O’Brien and Adeline Renfro.
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Post-Telegraph staff report
MARYVILLE Princeton’s FFA chapter will be sending two CDE (Career Development Events) teams to compete during next week’s Missouri State FFA Convention.
Princeton will compete in the horse evaluation and meats CDE contests during the convention April 20-21 on the campus of the University of Missouri and other locations in and around Columbia.
The horse evaluation team finished fifth during the Northwest District CDE contest last week (April 4-5) on the campus of Northwest Missouri
State University.
Addy Henke finished fourth individually, followed by Mia Covey (16) and Cheyenne Dinsmore. John Schreffler also competed.
The meats team finished sixth to qualify for state-level competition.
Jay Allen finished 11th, Hannah Meighen was 16th and Emma Walkup finished 24th. Talan Holt was the team’s fourth member.
Three other teams competed at the district level - floriculture (13th), soils (19th) and dairy cattle (21st).
Mady Tipton led the floriculture team with a
33rd-place finish. Lauren Cunningham was 47th and Lauren Girdner was 48th; Celia Stiles also participated.
Roman Birge finished 61st to lead the soils team. Brekk Illg was 64th and Labrina Templeton finished 73rd. Katelyn Girdner was the team’s fourth member.
Ryder Allen placed 49th for the dairy cattle team’s top finisher, followed by Klaire Buckler (53rd) and Jolena Gibson (86th); Alyvia Enright also competed.
In FFA contests, the three best individuals finishers make up the team score.
Post-Telegraph staff report
MARYVILLE The Mercer FFA chapter’s poultry team finished fifth during the Northwest District CDE contests last week (April 4-5) at Northwest Missouri State University.
Kaimon West finished 10th individually for Mercer’s top finish. Riley Stark finished 17th and Bailey Houk was 25th to complete the team score; Shelby Henley also competed on the Career Development Events team. The three best individual scores go toward the team total.
The high finish sends the team to the Missouri State FFA Convention next week (April 20-21) in and around Columbia, including the campus of the University of Missouri.
Four other Mercer CDE teams competed during the district contests - forestry (11th), horse evaluation (12th), livestock (14th) and dairy cattle (16th).
In forestry, Tyler Meinecke was 40th, Wyatt West was 45th and Summer Martin finished 46th; Klint Stark also competed.
On the horse evaluation team Taylor Dorbeck finished 19th individually, followed by Kali Rogers (48th) and Sari Rogers (51st).
Amellia Hatfield finished 31st to lead the livestock team, followed by Makenzie Hagan (46th) and Linda Barton (49th).
The dairy cattle team was led by Gracie Rogers, who finished 11th. Breanna Houk was 53rd, and Emma Shipley was 77th. Wes Hashman was the team’s fourth member.
Congratulations to GRM Networks for winning the 2023 “Move It” Step Challenge. This group really got their steps in, averaging 10,312 daily steps per person throughout March.
Other competing organizations included Smithfield Hog Production, the Mercer County Health Department, Princeton R-5 School staff, North Mercer R-3 School staff, and the Mercer County Library.
The Mercer County Health Department would like to thank all who participated in this wellness challenge event. It was great to have so many organizations involved this year. The Health Department will continue to hold more wellness activities each month.
BUTCH SHAFFER/Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune
Princeton senior Andrew Rhoades (right) won the boys’ Bob Carter Memorial Gold Track Shoe Award for scoring the most points during last Friday’s (April 6) Joe Shy Relays in Chillicothe. Rhoades won the javelin, pole vault, and the 200 and 400-meter races and scored 40 points.
The Bob Carter Memorial Gold Track Shoe Award is presented annually to the boy and girl scoring the most points among the teams in the meet. Sponsored by the Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, they are given in memory of the C-T’s sports editor from 1973 until his death in 2001. Carter covered the original Chillicothe Relays every until their suspension in the early 1990s, and again after their resumption in the late 1990s until his death. Carter was also a longtime president of the Missouri Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association.
Rhoades is shown with current C-T sports editor Paul Sturm.
Chapter BY PEO
Chapter BY PEO met
April 3, and Maureen Funk hosted the regular meeting and a tea for nine members, plus Elizabeth Grooms and her mother Linda Grooms. Elizabeth is Chapter BY’s Star Scholarship candidate.
The chapter will be participating in the city garage sale May 13 at Pearl Scurlock’s residence.
The next meeting will
be held May 1 with Glenda Homedale hosting.
• Chapter BY PEO met March 6 at Princeton United Methodist Church with 13 members in attendance.
Installation of officers was held. They are president Beth Boxley, vice president Glenda Homedale, recording secretary Maureen Funk, corresponding secretary Pearl Scurlock, treasurer Gayle Waldron, chaplain
Alice Mason and guard Kathy Schwenneker.
Hostess Bobbi Myers presented a slide show of recent trip to Israel and provided a wide array of Jewish foods that was enjoyed by all.
• Due to a computer glitch at the host school, the results of the girls’ 100-meter hurdles during the Trenton Early Bird were published incorrectly in our April 6 edi-
tion. Princeton’s Danielle Bears won the event, and Gracie Thogmartin finished fifth. Faith Siemer placed second, as was published last week.
The Princeton PostTelegraph strives for accuracy and fairness in
all of its news stories and photo captions. If you feel we have made an error, please contact us at 660748-3266 or posttele@ grm.net (email) to request a correction. If it is found we are in error, we will be happy to publish a correction or clarification.
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Princeton R-5 Elementary School recently held its March Awards Assembly and recognized the following students in grades 4-6 for earning the BUG (Bringing Up Grades) Award. In order to receive this award, students must either maintain an A-minus average or have brought up their overall grade average from second quarter to third quarter.
Sixth grade winners, from left: FRONT - Karla Saloma, Brileigh Summers, Shayden Berndt, Aniston Power, Mary Jane Renfro, Brodie Ellsworth and Santiago Montalvo-Cervantes; BACK - Mackenzie Willett, Addisyn Illg, Annie Martin, Adysen Girdner, Jozie Estes, Aalayah Hofius, Cadence Boles, Ben Campbell, Ainsley Cowan and Lucas Girdner. Not pictured: Brooklyn Ormsby.
All menus subject to change.
Serving from 11 a.m.12:30 p.m. Meals can be picked up at the west door (facing Broadway Street) from 11:30-12:15. Meals served with 2% milk, coffee or tea. All bread, rolls, buns and crackers are whole grain; at least half grains are whole grains. For meal deliveries, call 660-748-3636 by 10 a.m. Everyone is welcome to eat at the Senior Center. Meals for anyone under age 60 and older are a suggested contribution of $5. Meals for anyone under age 60 cost $7.
Monday, April 17: hot ham and cheese on bun, corn, lima beans, pineapple.
Tuesday, April 18: chicken and noodles, seasoned potatoes, fried cabbage, biscuit, 1/2 orange.
Wednesday, April 19: loaded baked potato, chili with hamburger and beans, broccoli and cheeses, sliced bread, apricots, chocolate chip cookie.
Thursday, April 20: Swedish meatballs, egg noodles, creamed peas, glazed carrots, rosy applesauce.
Friday, April 21: oven fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, hot roll, assorted fruit, pumpkin bar.
