Events for the 2004 Missouri Day Festival kick off Thursday evening with opening ceremonies and will continue throughout the weekend with a variety of activities.
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Events for the 2004 Missouri Day Festival kick off Thursday evening with opening ceremonies and will continue throughout the weekend with a variety of activities.
“Remembering 20 Years of Sampling the Past” is the theme of this year’s festival, which includes a parade, marching band festival, a baby show, crafts, a flea market and musical entertainment on both Saturday and Sunday.
Thursday’s events begin at 4:30 with a soup supper in the basement of the First Baptist Church. The Trenton Area Business Women’s Club will sponsor the meal, which continues through 6:30. Opening ceremonies get under way at the church at 7 o’clock with Steve Maxey as master of ceremonies. Winners of the elementary school coloring and essay contests will be announced. The grand marshal of this year’s parade, Buddy and Karla Hannaford, will be recognized during the evening. Boy Scout troops 97 and 99 will present the colors and “Gold Rush” will perform the National Anthem. Entertainment will be presented by the THS concert choir and men’s choir.
A full schedule of events will be listed on the front page of Thursday’s Republican-Times.
Former RPC Officials Arraigned
Michael Johns and Denise Stottlemyre have been formally arraigned on federal charges brought against the pair by a grand jury in September.
The two were arraigned on Wednesday, Oct. 6 in the Western District of the U.S. Federal Court in Kansas City. Each face 19 counts alleging receipt of nearly $400,000 in unauthorized wages and that companies they operated and controlled received $543,972 in unauthorized loans. The charges are in connection with alleged incidents that occurred while they were employed by the Green Hills Regional Planning Commission, where Johns was executive director and Ms. Stottlemyre was a community planner and assistant director, as well as their association with the Green Hills Rural Development, Inc., where Johns was an assistant vice president on the board as well as executive vice president while Ms. Stottlemyre performed grant work for the organization.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, both individuals pleaded not guilty and were released on a personal recognizance bond. They are scheduled to return to court on Dec. 6, at which time a date for trial is expected to be set.