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TRENTON
THURS., MAR. 7, 2024
REPUBLICAN-TIMES “GOD BLESS AMERICA”
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Established Sept. 4, 1864 - 160th Year - No. 27
Out with the Old to Make Room for the New
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Demolition of the Rorebeck buildings on the corner of 9th Street and Oklahoma Avenue recently took place. Speculation as to what comes next is out there, but the Chamber reports no decisions have been made as of yet.
A Conversation with City Administrator Ron Urton by Mark McLaughlin R-T Staff Writer As a part of a continuing series of articles on city and county office holders and political figures, the Republican-Times recently met with City Administrator Ron Urton. Urton is an even-keeled person and leader. Holder of a degree in Civll Engineering, Urton worked for a company before applying for the position of Utilities [See Urton, Page 2]
Ron Urton City Administrator
NCMC Foundation Chairwomen Leading Parties Republicans Caucus, Democrats to Hold Distinguished Alumni Republicans Organizing Nominate Primary March 23 for 2024 Election Spring Class of 2023 by Mark McLaughlin by Mark McLaughlin Trump, Elect North Central Missouri College Foundation announces the Distinguished Alumni Class for 2023: Joyce (Benson) Cutsinger, Ronald (Mitch) Dougan, Pam (Craig) Johnston and Anthony (Tony) Wayne Ralston. Honorees will be recognized during the Pirates Ball on March 23, 2024 at the Ketcham Community Center on the campus of North Central Missouri College. All four recipients are native Trenton Hometown Heroes, graduating from Trenton High School and attending North Central Missouri College (NCMC), formerly Trenton Junior College (TJC). A reception to honor the distinguished alum class of 2023 will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Jeanette Hoffman Robison Auditorium. The rest of the evening will
include a plated meal by Great Western Dining at 6:00 pm, a reverse raffle, program featuring our four distinguished alumni and the vocal talents of Ben & Lauren Johnson. Individual event tickets are $50 per person. Tables of six can be purchased for $300 and include one reverse raffle ticket. Reverse raffle tickets will be available for purchase the night of the event. Joyce (Benson) Cutsinger Joyce (Benson) Cutsinger attended Trenton grade school, middle school, and college, all in the same building. She married Ralph Cutsinger on January 22, 1971. She then went on to NCMC, where she graduated with her PN degree in 1980 and her ADN (RN) degree in 1982. Her roots were firmly [See Alumni, Page 7]
R-T Staff Writer The American election process can be described as a morass, a nightmare of paperwork, position papers, focus groups and different methods of getting voters to the polls on election day. For Grundy County Republican Chairwoman Becky McDonald, it is an every day process of finding candidates to seek office, vetting them and then supporting their efforts in local and county elections, and mobilizing everyone for the general elections coming in November. McDonald and her husband, Dennis, a former Iowa State University full back during the Johnny Majors era of Cyclone football, are a formidable team working together. McDonald has served as a County Commissioner, in fact, the first woman elected to the role in the County. She served between 10 and 15 years as Deputy County Chairperson, and then succeeded to the Chair position three years ago. Dennis McDonald was a member of the Grundy County R-V School Board for an extended period of time. Together, the two of them combine a
R-T Staff Writer Marie Dolan has spent a lifetime in Democratic Party politics, taught political science for four years in public schools, and decades in staff and assistant positions in state government in Jefferson City. She is grounded and expert in how government works, and has chaired the Grundy County Democratic Committee for a number of years. She served as a staffer for Butler, MO state senator Harold Caskey, who she called a “great compromiser” and skilled in working across the aisle in a bipartisan way to achieve progress for Missourians. She worked on the gubernatorial campaign of Joe Teasdale, and has an interesting perspective on the shift of rural voters from the Democratic to the Republican Party. “I grew up with Depression era parents, and the children of my generation understood hard times, and understood that government had to step in and help people when things got really difficult,” Dolan said. “More recent generations have forgotten what it was like in those times, have it a lot easier and have begun
[See McDonald, Page 3]
[See Dolan, Page 3]
Delegates
by Mark McLaughlin R-T Staff Writer Republicans in Grundy County gathered Saturday at the First Assembly of God Activity Center and overwhelmingly came out in support of nominating former President Donald Trump for President in 2024. One hundred and four Republicans of all ages moved swiftly and without wasting a lot of time in completing the caucus, probably new to most Missourians after the legislature and Secretary of State opted to turn the nominating process over to political parties rather than [See Caucus, Page 2]
NCMC Foundation to host Open House for the Russ Derry Practice Facility Construction of the new Russ Derry Practice Facility is near completion, and the public is invited to attend an open house on March 15, 2024, from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm. A ribbon cutting with the Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce will occur at 12:30 pm. The Russ Derry Practice Facility is located on the North Central Missouri College campus ac[See NCMC, Page 8]
Daylight Saving Time Begins Sunday, March 10
The Russ Derry Practice Facility located on the North Central Missouri College Campus