Several members of the Trenton FFA chapter recently attended Missouri FFA Leadership Camp at Camp Rising Sun in Lake of the Ozarks State Park June 11 through the 15th. Members attended leadership sessions throughout the week, led by the camp leadership director and state FFA officers. Members learned about building a strong foundation for their […]
Registration forms are being accepted for the 22nd Annual Trenton Marching Festival. The festival, which was formerly known as the Missouri Day Marching Festival, will be held October 20th during the Missouri Day Festival weekend. The event will include four competition areas: field competition, parade competition, indoor percussion, and auxiliary and color guard. There is […]
Livingston County will host a truck and tractor pull on July 6th with competition to be held at the fairgrounds area of the Litton Ag Science center off Highway 190 northwest of Chillicothe. Organizers report they will be running two tracks and two sleds. Track one features eight categories and is sponsored by Brotherton Truck […]
The Trenton R-9 school district announced its first-ever Teacher of the Year recipient. From four individuals nominated, the Trenton R-9 Board of Education selected Connie Olmstead as the Teacher of the Year at Trenton. She was nominated on behalf of the pre-school special services departments. Mrs. Olmstead recently retired as a special education instructor. Her […]
Twenty-one members of the Chillicothe FFA Trap Team competed at the 2018 Paul Larsen Memorial High School State Shoot on Saturday, April 28th. The Chillicothe A Squad consisted of Eric Davis – 96, Clayton Walker -93, Peyton Hein -95, Christian Reed -85 and Mack Anderson -95 placed 2nd in the FFA Division with a Score […]
Nine Trenton High School vocal music students competed at the State Solo and Ensemble Contest in Columbia. Vocal music teacher Tyler Busick reports Emma Gilham received a gold rating for her solo. He says soloist Wyatt Neal and the mixed double quartet received silver ratings for their performances. Members of the ensemble included Riley Raymo, […]
Results have been made available on a dozen career development events held Thursday at the Missouri FFA Convention in Columbia with more contests today. In livestock judging, Princeton was third in the state followed by Chillicothe fourth, Meadville fifth, and North Harrison of Eagleville was tenth. Among the individual judges with livestock, Audrey Martin of Meadville […]
The Green Hills Recreation Association will host the official skills competition of Major League Baseball for children between the ages of seven and 14. Pitch, Hit, and Run will be a free one-day event at Lower Moberly Park in Trenton the afternoon of April 22nd at 1:30. Participants will compete in the baseball or softball […]
Of 13 career development events Thursday for FFA students competing in ag contests in Trenton, Princeton FFA had three teams win first place and Savannah FFA teams finished first in two other categories of judging. For Princeton, top honors at NCMC occurred in judging of livestock, meats, and soils. Princeton had a team finish in […]
Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors member Dan Wiebers won the lip sync contest at the Chamber’s annual banquet Friday night. Wiebers performed Brownville Station’s Smoking in the Boys Room in the first round against board of directors member Gary Jordan, who performed David Lee Roth’s Just a Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody. Chamber […]
Princeton FFA Results from the Lathrop Contest Day on Monday, March 12 include five first-place team finishes in different categories of competition. Dairy- 1st Lindsey Batson- High Individual; Lauren Cox- 4th and Jaelyn Thomas- 5th FFA Knowledge- 1st Tyler Richter- High Individual; Justin Rhoades- 2nd; Jacob Blanton & Charlee Prentice- 3rd (Tie) Horses- 1st Logan […]
The Missouri Association of Fairs and Festivals Public Speaking Contest is designed to develop agricultural leadership, provide for member participation in agricultural public speaking activities, and stimulate interest in leadership and citizenship. Contestants may choose any current subject for their speeches, which is of an agricultural character relating to county fairs and which is of […]
Three Trenton FFA members placed second at the FFA Public Speaking District Contests at Cameron Wednesday. Allena Allen placed in the contest sponsored by the Missouri Institute of Cooperatives. Nick Velazquez placed in the contest sponsored by the Missouri Sheep Producers. Chase Otto placed in the contest sponsored by the Missouri Pet Breeders Association. All […]
Two members of the Trenton FFA Chapter won first place Wednesday in public speaking events. Trenton has seven entries that move on to the district-level of public speaking contests next Wednesday due to their first through third place finishes. Allena Allen captured first place in a contest sponsored by the Missouri Institute of Cooperatives. Mackenzie […]
The entry deadline is October 31st for VFW Voice of Democracy and the Patriot’s Pen essay contests. The VFW is described as dedicated to promoting patriotism and investing in our future generation. The contests are open to high school students interested in a $30,000 college scholarship or middle school students interested in winning $5,000. Established […]
The Trenton High School Band, this Saturday, concludes the competitive portion of their marching band schedule of events which is the fourth Saturday in a row for travel to another venue. On Saturday, the Trenton “Golden Bulldog” band competes on the football field of the University of Missouri in Columbia. Band Instructor Tim Gilham talks about […]
Trenton Middle and High School bands participate this Saturday, Sept 23in Carrollton Band Day. Many other schools have entered the Carrollton competitions to be judged in various categories of performance. Trenton’s competition times, as listed by Carrollton officials, include the drum line at 9:05; the middle school band at 10:35; the high school band at […]
Missouri high schools now have the opportunity to compete in the 2017 “It Only Takes One” campaign which provides opportunities to win prizes for your school while educating young drivers about safe driving habits and safety belt use. The campaign is sponsored by the Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety and ACT Missouri. Statewide registration is […]
This years’ Queen of the North Central Missouri Fair is Sadie Roy of Trenton. She was announced last night during a ceremony in the courtyard of the fairgrounds. Miss Roy wins a scholarship, a tiara, sash and flower bouquet. She also has the opportunity to represent Trenton next year in the Missouri State Fair Queen […]
Winners have been announced in the Super Farmer Competition at the Mercer County Fair in Princeton. Tyler Johnson and Maci Hullinger placed first in the category for those 13 and older with Andrew Smith and Vivian Allen placing second. The top finishers in the Mini Super Farmer competitions were Remi Lewis and Travyn Shields in […]
