PRESIDENT DEBBIE CARMAN OCTOBER 2016 TRENTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Promoting commercial, industrial & community growth & facilitating community cooperation through communication, education & long range planning

32nd Annual Day Festival

October has arrived! So has the annual Missouri Day Festival. This is Trenton’s largest festival/activity of the year and we enjoy coordinating it for you, the Trenton community, to take part in.

There’s a lot planned for the weekend of October 14, 15 & 16. Attendees can look forward to the Opening Ceremony on Thursday, October 13. The Trenton Ministerial Alliance is hosting a soup supper at the First Baptist Church beginning at 5:00pm. Folks can then take their seat in the sanctuary for the opening ceremony of the 32nd annual Missouri Day Festival. Guest Trick or Treat speaker will be Buddy Hannaford. Charles Davidson will be recognized as Night at Rock Barn the Grand Marshall this year. Contest winners will be announced as well. October 24

The evening will wrap up with a concert performance from Trenton R-9 Music Department.

Schedule of Events on page 5.

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New England MISSOURI DAY BUSINESS HIGHLIGHT CHAMBER LUNCHEON Trip Sept. 29 - Oct. 6, FESTIVAL Learn about Grundy October 19 at 2017 County Learning Center Riverside Country Club October 14 - 16

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Business Highlight: Grundy County Learning Center This month, we are highlighting Grundy County Learning Center. Grundy County Learning Center (GCLC) provides employment for 11 adults with developmental disabilities. Long term trained staff provides job coaching, personal care, medication support and record keeping. Pay is piece rate based on Department of Labor regulations using community prevailing wage and production of experienced workers. All have the opportunity to advance in pay as production increases. Staff members are also part of the work team to provide assembly, mail processing, document destruction, and vinyl application sign making. References can be provided for work completed at 2600 Princeton Road by contacting Ruth Ebersold, Director, at 660-359-6655. You can also email them at [email protected]. GCLC is a 501c3 Not for Profit Corporation.

New Member: Tiffany In Home Tiffany Care Centers (TCC) is a health care provider dedicated to a quality of life that promotes the dignity and wellbeing of residents, clients and their families. We believe that all people, especially the elderly, deserve to maintain the highest possible quality of life throughout their lifetime, and we are dedicated to providing quality care to these individuals in whatever environment best enhances their quality of life.

This 3rd Generation family business has grown from 1 nursing and 22 residents in 1956 to 6 nursing facilities, TCC Rehab, and TCC In-Home Services that provides quality care for over 250 residents and 600 in-home clients. Tiffany Care Centers employ over 700 care givers who understand that we must treat our residents and clients as family, with compassion and concern for their happiness and well-being.

For more information, you can contact our Brookfield facility at 660-258-2360.

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Chamber Special Luncheon The Chamber will hold a special luncheon on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at Riverside Country Club. This luncheon will focus on the new Salary Law taking effect December 1, 2016. Bill Bendure will be the speaker. Reservations are required by October 14.

A potato bar will be served. Cost is $10 per person. Contact the Chamber to reserve your seat.

Islands of New England Trip Interested in visiting Providence, Newport, Boston or Martha’s Vineyard? There are still seats available for this trip. Please call Debbie at the Chamber at 660-359-4324 for more information and to have a brochure sent to you.

Welcome Bags in Local Motels The Chamber has distributed several welcome bags to Country Home Inn and Lakeview Motor Lodge to be placed in each of the rooms for the guests to take with them when they check out of the room. As you may remember, the bags contain several items donated by you including, but not limited to pens, note pads, book marks, magnets, hand sanitizer, a Trenton Directory from the Chamber, etc. We greatly appreciate your effort in helping us with putting items in these bags. If you have something you would like included in the bags, you are welcome to bring the items to our office at any time. We can also come by your business and pick them up. Currently, all we have are pens to place in the bags along with the Trenton Directory. If you have any questions, please give us a call at 660-359-4324 or email us at [email protected].

P.L.U.G. Selling Paw Prints The newly formed Professional Leaders Uniting Grundy County (PLUG) organization is now selling paw prints for businesses and residents. If you would like a paw print painted on your property, please contact Jessie Tabbert at 660-359-2013. DAVE’S BODY SHOP lark Your Complete Collision Center Farmersof ,ort64rn MissouriBank On-Site Frame & Unibody Repair Plumbin& & Heatin& Custom Color Matching Certified Residential & Commercial 1801 E 28t6 .tr44t Tr4nton, MO 64683 Serving the community since 1977 660-359-2007 Phone:'359+2274 ~ New Construction, Remodel & Repair 660-359-5966 ~ Water Heaters & Boilers 0isit us onlin4 1t 800-471-5966 ~ Sewers & Drain Cleaning onlin4f1rm4rs21n8.3om ~ Video Inspection ~ Backhoe Service 70 NE Hwy Y Trenton, MO Member&FDIC

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5th Annual Wright Run 5k/10k Plans for the 5th annual Wright Run 5k/10k have been announced by the Wright Memorial Hospital (WMH) Foundation in Trenton. The 2016 event will be held on Saturday, October 1, in Trenton and will begin and conclude on the campus of WMH. Participants will meet for their official send-off at the hospital and return there for their final lap on the hospital’s walking trail. This year’s Wright Run will include a Pink October Balloon Launch to honor4 O Second thoseEdition 2011 who have battled LifeFlight Eagle breast cancer. Farmer who donated land for new base honored as ‘Best Young Farmer & Rancher’ cott Rasa knows all too well surgeons were able to repair and Interested persons can register online at itsyourrace.com. For questions andabout traumaticmore injuries,information, save his foot. Sand is fanatical about safety Rasa recognized the value of please contact WMH Foundation Director Kurt Mylenbusch at 660-358-5706on his farm and or in 816-520-3181. all his busi- having such an important public- nesses. safety organization near his fam- The Lafayette County, Mo., ily and his community. In 2010, he farmer’s cousin and great-grand- partnered with LifeFlight Eagle father were both killed in tractor to build a new base on his farm- accidents, but it is one a little clos- land just east of Odessa, near In- er to home that sticks in his mind terstate 70 and the intersection of Photo Courtesy of Progressive Farmer Magazine the most and proves that even Highways M and O. Scott Rasa stands outside the Lafayette County base he built in partnership with Trick-or-Treat Night at Rock Barncareful people have accidents. Rasa built a state-of-the-art LifeFlight Eagle on farmland he owns east of Odessa. In 2005 while driving a skid- climate-controlled hangar facility now. Combined with its other ica’s five “Best Young Farmers & steer loader, Rasa accidently that now houses one of LifeFlight three bases (Trenton, Harrison- Ranchers.” backed over his father’s foot, caus- Eagle’s Bell 407 helicopters and ville and Clinton, Mo.), LifeFlight LifeFlight Eagle wrote a let- The time is quickly drawing near for the Chamber’s annual Trick-or-Treating severe Night injuries at that the almost Rockits round-the-clock Barn. flight team, Eagle serves communities sur- ter of recommendation for Rasa’s cost his foot. However, LifeFlight which consists of a pilot, flight rounding Kansas City. nomination, citing his partner- This year’s event will take place Monday, October 24, 2016 from 6:00Eagle - 7:30pm, flew Rasa’s father as to ait’s Kan- alwaysnurse and flight held paramedic. In its February edition, The ship with LifeFlight Eagle as just sas City trauma center, where The new Lafayette County base Progressive Farmer magazine one example of Rasa’s community- the Monday before . If your business would like a table, pleasethrough contact a series of operations, Bonita has Pricebeen operating at for 17 months named Rasa, age 39, one of Amer- first attitude. 660-359-2232. NON-PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE 500 NW Richards Road PAID PERMIT 2247 Kansas City, MO 64116 St. Joseph, MO Community Calendar Ads ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED As you may have seen already, the Trenton Community Calendar on our website has been revamped and is being used more and more by members of our community. We offer ads to be placed at the top of the page for an annual investment of $100. You can have your ad placed on the site at any time throughout the year. Please let us know if you would like your company’s ad to be included on the Community Calendar web page. There are certain dimensions that need to be followed, so please contact Christy at the Chamber for more information: by phone - 660-359-4324 or email [email protected].

FREE CHECKING LifeFlight Eagle in the Community with free estatements FREE BULLDOG DEBIT CARD

We Stand Ready... Photo Courtesy of Jill Toyoshiba/The Kansas City Star Give back to the Trenton School District! To promote responsible driving and good decision making, LifeFlight Eagle partnered At LifeFlight Eagle, we’re here to provide you and your family life-saving with the Riverside Police and Fire Department and others to stage a mock DWI crash and care when you need it most. For only $59 per year, you can help support response simulation at Park Hill High School on Tuesday, April 10, — the week before the this non-profit service and protect your household from out-of-pocket school’s prom. With the help of Riverside Fire personnel, LifeFlight Eagle Flight Nurse 816 Main Street ▪ (660) 359-2232 expenses associated with LifeFlight Eagle air transport. Val Hammergren and Flight Paramedic Gillian Pederson loaded “victim” Amy O’Guin, an administrative assistant at PHS, into the helicopter while pilot Tim Schlupp waited to ebankCBT.com Call 800-936-9533 or visit www.lifeflighteagle.org to sign up today. lift. As part of its ongoing community education initiatives, LifeFlight Eagle participates in Member FDIC Since 1889 numerous educational mock scenes each year in the communities it serves.

4 Museum Open 2016 Schedule 2pm - 4pm THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2016 Soup Supper Quilt Show at JCPenney Building First Baptist Church 11am - 5pm 5:00 - 7:00pm Atlatl on West side of Fairgrounds Opening Ceremonies All Morning 7pm - First Baptist Church (2421 Oklahoma) Country Dance/Concert at Red Barn Event Center Vendors Arrive - Afternoon 200 Iowa Blvd., Trenton 6pm Meal FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2016 7pm - 10:30pm Dance Vendors Arrive - Morning SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2016 Vendors open for business Vendors Open for business 12pm - 8pm 10am - 3pm at JCPenney Building Quilt Show at Eastgate Shopping Center Quilt Show JCPenney Building (1854 E 9th St.) 11am - 3pm 5pm - 8pm Atlatl on West side of Fairgrounds Talent Show - Pavilion 10am - 3pm 5:30pm - 8pm Mic-O-Say Dancers performance West Walkway at Fairgrounds Atlatl Tournament under the lights (ball field) 1:00pm West side of fairgrounds at Johnson Field Museum Open Country Dance at North 65 Center 2pm - 4pm Artist Young Country 7pm - 10pm (doors open at 6pm) Car Show at Elks Lodge 1012 Tinsman Ave. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2016 9am - 2pm Shuttle Service Available from First Baptist Church 10am - 5pm

Annual Parade down Main & 9th Streets 8:30am

Marching Band Competitions C.F. Russell Stadium & High School Gym All Day

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MEMBER MOMENTS

Hometown Pharmacy is pleased to announce the addition of newest employee Aubrey Kimble.

To allow many others to view and hear the Missouri Day Festival parade, listen for the live broadcast on KTTN FM 92.3 AND view it on your computer by logging on to our you tube page KGOZTV.com The audio video broadcast is sponsored by PDQ Cleaning Services of Trenton.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and there is no better to time for ladies to schedule your annual 3-D mammogram at Wright Memorial Hospital. Call 358-5793.

Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri (CAPNCM) will be hosting a Zombie Run October 22 and is looking for runners, zombies, and sponsors! Call 855-290-8544 ext 1069.

Bill Bendure of Bendure & Associates, Inc will present a luncheon seminar October 19th on the Employee Classification- and the Wage and Hour Rules which goes into effect December 1, 2016. Bill has 30 years experience as a Business and Human Resource Advisor.

There will be a Member Recognition at Shelter Insurance on October 20, 2016. Cale Gondringer, Agent, has been in business for 10 years. Refreshments served from 11:30am to 5:30pm at his office, located at 1601 E 9th Street, Suite D (Williams Shopping Center near Hy-Vee).

Employee of the month at Sunnyview Nursing Home & Apartments is Cindy Stanley. The Sunnyview Foundation is also selling raffle tickets for a bow and tree stand for $5.00 each or 6/$20.00. These can be purchased in the business office.

Ribbon Cuttings & Recognitions this month: Dino’s Diner Family Restaurant - October 5 - 10:30am Grundy County Commission for Charlie Dye Bridge - October 18 - 11:00am Shelter Insurance 10 Year Recognition - October 20 - 11:30am

Business After Hours this month: Grundy County Lumber & Robbins & Black Agency at Black Silo Winery - October 27 - 5:30pm

FARM HOME AUTO BONDS COMMERCIAL LIFE 660-359-5687 1818 E 9th Street Trenton, MO 64683 www.robbinsblack.com

6 Trenton Community Calendar October 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 25 26 27 28 29 30 October 1 12 pm - 1 pm Rotary Club 9 am - 10 Meeting am North Central Missouri Amateur Radio Club Meeting

2 pm - 6 pm WRIGHT MEMORIAL 5K/10K RUN/ WALK 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Feast of St 10:30 am - 11 12 pm - 1 pm 7:30 am - 9 Francis of am Rotary Club am Assisi Ribbon Meeting Chamber Cutting Coffee

1 pm - 2 pm Crochet Class 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 pm - 4 pm 12 pm - 1 pm Missouri Trenton Rotary Club Day Festival Missouri Coin Club Meeting Day Festival

5 pm - 8 pm MO Day Opening Ceremony 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Missouri 11 am - 11:30 12 pm - 1 pm 11:30 am - Day Festival am Chamber 5:30 pm Chamber Luncheon 10 Year Ribbon Recognition Cutting 12 pm - 1 pm Rotary Club Meeting 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 6 pm - 7:30 Debbie 12 pm - 1 pm pm Carman's Rotary Club Trick-or- Birthday!! Meeting Treat Night at Rock 5:30 pm - 7 Barn pm Business After Hours 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 All Saints' Day All Souls' Day 12 pm - 1 pm 9 am - 10 Rotary Club am Meeting North Central Halloween Missouri Amateur Radio Club Meeting

Thanks for getting involved in Trenton, Missouri!

7 2016 Chamber Board Members

Gary Jordan - Past Chairperson Jackie Soptic - Chairperson Rick Hull - 2017 Chairperson Amy Lewis - Treasurer Wright Memorial Hospital ASAP Locksmith Grundy County Commission Farmers Bank of Northern MO

Jon Allen Marshall Austin Ralph Boots Kathi Brewer ConAgra Hy-Vee Food Store City of Trenton Howards Department Store

Teresa Cross Cale Gondringer Jennifer Hottes Chuck Jones North Central Missouri College Shelter Insurance Black Silo Winery Trenton Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

Carrie Lamm Clark Dan Wiebers Donita Youtsey Law Office of Carrie Lamm Clark Trenton R-9 School District Sunnyview Nursing Home

660-358-5700 facebook.com/wrightmemorialhospital

Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce 617 Main St. Trenton MO 64683 Ph: 660.359.4324 Fax: 660.359.4606 email: [email protected] www.trentonmochamber.com www.facebook.com/trenton.mo.chamber www.facebook.com/trenton.license

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