A U G U S T I S S U E 2014

Have you considered Chamber membership, but are still not sure? Here are some benefits of being a

member.

EXPOSURE - We offer listing and linking on our

Chamber website for you. Each Chamber member is

listed on our site along with address, phone/fax numbers, email (if desired) and a link to your

business website.

PROMOTION & MARKETING - The Chamber works

year-round to promote your business and send you

referrals. Member Moments in our monthly newsletter is another way to get your information out

there to others. Our bi-annual directory is also an avenue for advertising.

SPECIAL PROGRAMS - The Chamber can be your

voice involving the community whether it be Industrial Development, Strategic Planning or Great

Northwest Day at the Capitol, just to name a few.

NETWORKING - Opportunities for networking

include business after hours, Chamber coffees,

quarterly luncheons, annual banquet, special events, ribbon cuttings and special recognition ceremonies.

GRAPHIC DESIGN & MAILING OPTIONS - If you’re interested in getting a message out to 250 people or

more, let us know. We offer bulk mailing services.

Design services are available as well.

If you would like to visit with someone about

becoming a Chamber member, please give us a call. Debbie would be happy to meet with you.

CHAMBER MEMBERSHIP

TRENTON AREACHAMBER OF COMMERCE

AMBASSADORSSharon BarnettCarrie Lamm ClarkDr. Andy Cox

Linda EadsJeanie GriffinEric Hall

Dr. Kevin HarrisSue HuffstutterMarlisa KlinginsmithDiane Lowrey

Rhonda MeserveyMiles MooreMatt Osterthun

Bonita PriceMelissa PurkapileCindy Soptic

Michelle VandevenderJeb WalkerColleen Williams

ContentsNew Members 2

Golf Ball Drop 3

Poker Run 3

Fall Garage Sales 4

Missouri Day 4

Friends of the Arts Shows 5

Quarterly Luncheon 5

Member Moments 6

Monthly Calendar 7

BUNNELL INSURANCE

LARRY BUNNELL, OWNER/AGENT FOR BUNNELL INSURANCE, HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 28 YEARS. HIS OFFICE IS LOCATED AT 1600 EAST 9TH STREET IN TRENTON. HOURS OF OPERATION ARE MONDAY THRU THURSDAY FROM 8AM TO 5PM AND FRIDAY FROM 8AM TO NOON.

LARRY OFFERS SEVERAL TYPES OF INSURANCE INCLUDING LIFE, ALL TYPES OF HEALTH INSURANCE INCLUDING MAJOR MEDICAL, LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE AND MEDICARE SUPPLEMENTS.

FOR YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE NEEDS, GIVE LARRY A CALL TODAY AT 660-359-4700.

HOMELAND REALTY

Homeland Realty has been in business since 2005.  It is a locally owned business by Lynn McCarter.  Lynn and his wife have lived in Trenton since 1976. They have three daughters, all of which  live in Trenton raising their families. His youngest daughter, Sara, has also been by his side in the real estate business since they started in 2005. Their team also includes Wayne King, who brings many years of real estate experience, and Derrick Gott, who is new to the team but is proving to be a promising addition. Homeland Realty likes to think of themselves as a family business and they look forward to serving your family.  They list and sell farms, residential and commercial properties. 

Let their knowledge and experience help you find the right property for your needs!  Give them a call at 359-3458 or stop by 815 Main St. for all your real estate needs!

BUSINESS AFTER HOURS

GRUNDY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL BE HOSTING AN AFTER HOURS EVENT ON AUGUST 26TH AT THE COURTHOUSE. TIME TO BE ANNOUNCED LATER.

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The Chamber is co-sponsoring with Riverside Country Club the first annual Golf Ball Drop. Interested parties can purchase a golf ball (or several) for $10 each. Tickets are on sale now. On September 27th at 7:00pm, the balls will be dropped from the air on the designated area of the golf course. The ball that lands in the designated hole will win the grand prize: a 2007 Chevrolet Aveo (donated by Barnes Baker Automotive). If no ball lands in the hole, the ball closest will win the grand prize. Second place prize is a one-year

membership to Riverside Country Club. Third and Fourth place prizes are 50 scratch-off lottery tickets each.

For more information, persons can contact the Chamber of Commerce at 660-359-4324 or send an email at Debbie at trentonchamber@att.net.

Golf Ball Drop

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(660) 359-5611www.fscbank.com

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Remodeling New Construction660-358-2390

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4th Annual Poker Run

The Chamber of Commerce 4th Annual Jailbreak Poker Run is coming up September 6th. Registration will take place at 1pm at the old Grundy County Jailhouse on 8th Street. Fees are $25 per single rider and $40 for couples (same bike). Registration fee includes poker hand, souvenir photo and catered meal.

This year, the group is meeting a little later. Parade of bikes will take off at 2pm from the old jailhouse. They will then ride together to the first stop, then continue on their 100-mile route, collecting stamps on their poker cards at different stops.

The group will meet back at the Trenton Coca-Cola Bottling plant located on Industrial Drive. There will be catered meal beginning at 5:30pm and a live band (Rusty Cage - from Chillicothe area) starting at 7pm.

T-shirts are being sold this year. You can pre-order your shirt by calling the Chamber of Commerce at 660.359.4324. Regular sizes are $15 each. Sizes 2X & 3X are $18 each.

Bring your bike and your friends to join us in this fun, scenic ride of northern Missouri. You can win some great prizes!

Save the Date:

Saturday, September 27th

Fall garage sales will be going on all day. More information

and registration forms are available at the Chamber.

Fall Garage Sales

Missouri Day 2014

This year’s theme for our 30th annual Missouri Day Festival is

“Celebrating 30 Years - Remembering the 80s”.

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*New Construction, Remodel & Repair

*Water Heaters & Boilers*Sewers & Drain Cleaning

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Residential & Commercial

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On-Site Frame & Unibody RepairCustom Color Matching

Serving the community since 1977

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Our MO Day festival is coming up October 17th through the 19th this year. Vendors will be ready to sell beginning at 4:00pm on Friday, October 17th. Friday hours of operation are 4pm to 10pm. On Saturday, vendors are open from 9am to 6pm and Sunday from 10am to 4pm.

We currently have 102 vendors signed up for the festival. We are anticipating another 70 or so.

High school marching bands will also be participating in competition activities the weekend of the MO Day festival. There are generally around 50 marching bands from all over the state of MO for this competition weekend.

Some other activities going on prior to and during the MO Day

weekend include opening ceremony with a soup supper Thursday, October 16th, a quilt show, Atlatl tournament, dance at senior center, pie baking contest, pumpkin decorating contest, coloring contest, yard decorating contest, window decorating contest, car show, sports memorabilia auction for the Dream Factory and much more. Registration forms for the car show are available in the office.

A new website will be available on August 1st for parade entries. Entrants can visit www.missouridayparade.com to enter Trenton’s largest parade of the year. If you wish to enter prior to August 1st, you can call the Chamber for more information.

Though the Grundy County Friends of the Arts board of directors has taken a hiatus over the last year, they have planned three patron appreciation shows to take place in August.

The first show, August 8th, will be a concert at the North 65 Center featuring Young Country. The doors will open at 6:00 pm with the concert beginning at 7:00pm.

On August 10th, Phil & Pam Morgan will be performing at the First Baptist Church. Program is set to begin at 3:00pm with doors to open at 2:00pm.

Soca Jukebox is coming back to Trenton to perform at the C.F. Russell Stadium on August 16th. Gates open at 6pm with concert to begin at 7:00pm. In the event of inclement weather, program will be moved to the high school gym.

All shows are free admission as a way of saying ‘Thank You’ to the community for your years of support.

Friends of the Arts Host Three Shows

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Scott Rasa knows all too well about traumatic injuries, and is fanatical about safety

on his farm and in all his busi-nesses.

The Lafayette County, Mo., farmer’s cousin and great-grand-father were both killed in tractor accidents, but it is one a little clos-er to home that sticks in his mind the most and proves that even careful people have accidents.

In 2005 while driving a skid-steer loader, Rasa accidently backed over his father’s foot, caus-ing severe injuries that almost cost his foot. However, LifeFlight Eagle f lew Rasa’s father to a Kan-sas City trauma center, where through a series of operations,

surgeons were able to repair and save his foot.

Rasa recognized the value of having such an important public-safety organization near his fam-ily and his community. In 2010, he partnered with LifeFlight Eagle to build a new base on his farm-land just east of Odessa, near In-terstate 70 and the intersection of Highways M and O.

Rasa built a state-of-the-art climate-controlled hangar facility that now houses one of LifeFlight Eagle’s Bell 407 helicopters and its round-the-clock f light team, which consists of a pilot, f light nurse and f light paramedic.

The new Lafayette County base has been operating for 17 months

now. Combined with its other three bases (Trenton, Harrison-ville and Clinton, Mo.), LifeFlight Eagle serves communities sur-rounding Kansas City.

In its February edition, The Progressive Farmer magazine named Rasa, age 39, one of Amer-

ica’s five “Best Young Farmers & Ranchers.”

LifeFlight Eagle wrote a let-ter of recommendation for Rasa’s nomination, citing his partner-ship with LifeFlight Eagle as just one example of Rasa’s community-first attitude.

Farmer who donated land for new base honored as ‘Best Young Farmer & Rancher’

Scott Rasa stands outside the Lafayette County base he built in partnership with LifeFlight Eagle on farmland he owns east of Odessa.

Photo Courtesy of Progressive Farmer Magazine

To promote responsible driving and good decision making, LifeFlight Eagle partnered with the Riverside Police and Fire Department and others to stage a mock DWI crash and response simulation at Park Hill High School on Tuesday, April 10, — the week before the school’s prom. With the help of Riverside Fire personnel, LifeFlight Eagle Flight Nurse 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 lift. As part of its ongoing community education initiatives, LifeFlight Eagle participates in numerous educational mock scenes each year in the communities it serves.

LifeFlight Eagle in the Community

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Call 800-936-9533 or visit www.lifeflighteagle.org to sign up today.

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Chamber Quarterly LuncheonAugust 27, 2014

Riverside Country Club12:00 noon

Please RSVP by calling the Chamber at 660.359.4324 or

emailing trentonchamber@att.net. Deadline is 8/22/14.

Guest speaker is Dr. Neil Nuttall.

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M E M B E R M O M E N T S

Bristol Manor has a new Administrator: Anne Boone. Please stop by and introduce yourself and have a cup of coffee.

Green Hills Community Action Agency still has 110 air conditioners and box fans for folks 65 and older, AND they also have some box fans for customers of KCP&L of any age. Questions? Want to claim one? Call 855-290-8544 today.

School Begins August 20th for Trenton R-IX District.  Football Jamboree is August 16th; Softball Jamboree is August 17th.

Citizens Bank & Trust welcomes two new employees to their team: Sarah May and Becky Vandevender. Please stop by and visit them and our other great staff members today. Don’t forget to ask about our school branded debit cards to help earn your school some extra funds!

The fall semester at North Central Missouri College begins Monday, August 18.  Enrollment is underway.

The NCMC Foundation will be hosting our 3rd Annual Golf Tournament at 11 a.m. on August 29th at the Green Hills Golf Course. Please contact Teresa Cross at 660-359-3948 x1403 to be a sponsor for this event or to register your team.

The 3rd annual Wright Run, scheduled for October 4, is right around the corner. Go here to register online: http://www.active.com/trenton-mo/running/distance-running-races/the-wright-run-5k-10k-2014?int

H&R Block Income Tax Course begins August 11. Call (660) 359-5400 for more information!

M&M Express Early Childhood Learning Center is accepting enrollment for ages 3 and up for our all day preschool program. Call us at 509-993-2255.

Trenton Police Department will be hosting the annual Chili Cook-off on October 4th. For more information and to register your group, please contact the police department at 660.359.5557.

Nolan Johnson, Associate HR Generalist / HRDP (Human Resource Development Program) Associate, is relieving Alison Yanda who successfully completed the HRDP program, culminating in a promotion to “Recruiter, Talent Acquisition” in Omaha, NE for ConAgra.

Missouri State Fair schedules are available at the Chamber and the License Office. The state fair runs from August 7th thru 17th. You can find out more at www.mostatefair.com.

The 105.9 the Wave and Making a Difference Foundation honored Judy Jackson as a person that makes a difference in her community, church,  and work.  Judy is an employee of Grundy County Learning Center.

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Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce617 Main St.Trenton, MO 64683ph: 660.359.4324fx: 660.359.4606email: trentonchamber@grundyec.netwww.trentonmochamber.com

2014  CHAMBER  BOARD  MEMBERS2014  CHAMBER  BOARD  MEMBERS2014  CHAMBER  BOARD  MEMBERS2014  CHAMBER  BOARD  MEMBERSJacob Black - Past Chairperson

Robbins & Black AgencyDave Bain - Chairperson

Hy-Vee Food StoreGary Jordan - 2014 Chairperson

Wright Memorial HospitalKim Washburn - Treasurer

US Bank

Becky AlbrechtTrenton R-IX Schools

Ralph BootsCity of Trenton

Kathi BrewerHowards Dept. Store

Teresa CrossNorth Central Missouri College

Jennifer HottesBlack Silo Winery

Rick HullGrundy County Commission

Chuck JonesTrenton Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

Amy LewisFarmers Bank of Northern MO

Jackie SopticASAP Locksmith

Tara WalkerAndereck, Evans...Law Firm

Dyle WilsonModine Manufacturing

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