Catheryn (Cathie) Smith, a resident of 1501 Felder St., is a candidate for Trenton Mayor. This is the first time she has run for a city office, although she spent 10 years as a member of the Trenton R-9 Board of Education.
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A longtime resident of Trenton, Mrs. Smith is currently director of the North Central Missouri Children’s Advocacy Center in Trenton, helping to establish and fund this new service in a 10-county area of north central Missouri. Prior to that, she spent 28 years in the Third Judicial Circuit Juvenile office as both the chief and deputy officer. While serving as a juvenile officer, she formed the Green Hills Juvenile Advisory Board to support and develop services for children in the Third Judicial Circuit.
Mrs. Smith has been married for 39 years to John Sam Smith. they are the parents of two sons, Johnathan, who resides in Columbia with his wife, Rena Rothermich Smith, and their two children, Zane and Samantha, and Christopher, who resides in Springfield. The Smith have lived in Trenton for 36 years and are active members of the St. Joseph Catholic Church.
Mrs. Smith received a bachelor of science in education degree from Truman State University in Kirksville and a master’s degree from Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville. She also has had numerous continuing education hours in management and employee supervision, juvenile court procedures, child sexual and physical abuse, criminal justice, restorative justice and domestic violence. She has served as an adjunct professor at North Central Missouri College for approximately 10 years.
She is a member of the Missouri Probation and Parole Citizens Advisory Board, the Criminal Justice Advisory Committee for NCMC, the state of Missouri Child Abuse and Neglect Review Board, the Missouri Kids First State Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers, the St. Joseph Catholic Church St. Ann’s Altar Society, the Grundy County Human Resources Committee and the Certified Emergency Responders Team for the city of Trenton. She is also a lifetime member of the Wright Memorial Hospital Women’s Auxiliary.
“I have always felt a commitment to our local community, its people and the various entities of our community and now feel the best way to act on this commitment is to run for mayor of Trenton,” Mrs. Smith said. “I believe my education, background and experiences have prepared me to help lead our town forward for the future.”
“I believe the issues our town now faces must be dealt with through the mayor’s office include: 1) Infrastructure – No town can grow and/or maintain its present economic status and residential base without good infrastructure such as streets, sewers, power, etc. Continued long-term planning, improvements and maintenance must be a top priority of any mayor; 2) The clean-up and fix-up of Trenton campaign must continue. Unsafe and unsightly structures must be addressed by maintenance and/or demolition; 3) Downtown revitalization needs to be a priority. The new revitalization plan is the needed first step; 4) Economic development which must include not only recruitment of new light industry services and retail ventures, but also support of the economic base already located in Trenton, such as NCMC, our ag business, Modine, ConAgra and existing small businesses, just to mention a few.”
“These things can be accomplished only through strategic long-term planning and teamwork among the mayor, city council, county commission, Chamber of Commerce, our legislative representatives, community leaders and our citizens. Historic Trenton Moving On…Together.”