Commission meeting minutes for January 10
The Linn County Commission met on January 10 with Commissioners King, Murrain and Muck and Clerk Stephenson present. Presiding Commissioner King called the meeting to order.
January 2023
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Marceline School Board meets to discuss Bond Issue for April 4 Ballot
It was back to business during the Marceline R-V School Board’s first meeting in 2023 on Monday, Jan. 16, as the board discussed and passed several agenda items moving forward. Items discussed included the upcoming bond issue that will be brought to the polls on April 4, 2023.
Host BHS Takes Tough Court Tussles Over Marceline
While the coveted prize of the schools’ historic “Bell Game” gridiron rivalry wasn’t at stake when Brookfield and Marceline’s high school basketball teams locked horns at BHS last Thursday, both contests were there for the taking by either side and ultimately turned on one player in each game repeatedly “ringing the bell” at a pivotal point. With host Brookfield wearing a slight favorite’s mantle in each contest, based on their performances to date in 2022-23, the tight contests were decided by single-digit margins and ultimately landed in the “wins” column of BHS’ Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs.
OUTDOORS: Archery Deer Harvest Lowest in Four Years
Bitterly-cold December temperatures apparently kept many deer huntersoutofthewoodslongenough to lower the 2022-23 archery season’s number of deer checked in to 56,525, the lowest number checked in in the last four years. The total deer bow kills had been above 60,000 deer per season since 2019-20, including a record harvest of 67,180 in 2020-21.
Main Street Brookfield names January Improvement Spotlight recipients
Main Street Brookfield’s Improvement Spotlight recipients for January 2023 are: Ryan Jacobs of Hometown Hardware for the façade painting of the West Helm Street facility, Justin Reiland, owner of the Frances Building, for his major improvements of all new windows and awnings for the complex, and Jarrod Black, owner of the South Main business properties of NV Nails and Barber Shop, for powerwashing, painting, and new street numbers of the building. This program is to recognize and thank business and/or building owners for their continued maintenance and upkeep of their structures.
Brookfield Girls Claim Round One, Milan Cage Crown
MILAN — With a little extra besides bragging rights at stake this time, Brookfield High School’s basketball Lady Bulldogs out-dueled the Marceline Lady Tigers 44-36 last Saturday in the championship game of the 63rd-annual Milan Invitational tournament, earning BHS’ first tourney crown in just over six years. With the teams already slated to meet at Brookfield tomorrow night in a non-tournament contest (as part of a 6 p.m.
Bernard “Bernie” Hodgerson
Bernard “Bernie” Hodgerson, 75, of Montgomery City, Missouri, passed away Tuesday January 10, 2023, at Harry S. Truman Veterans Hospital in Columbia, MO.
David Bradley Basnett
David Bradley Basnett, age 63, of Hannibal passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at his home in Brookfield, Missouri. A celebration of David’s life will be held at a later date.
Dr. Elmer L. Kelso
Dr. Elmer L. Kelso, a retired anesthesiologist, died on January 9 in Clifton, Texas. He was born on July 12, 1932, on a small farm in Northeast Missouri, the fourth son of Leslie Enoch and Olive Arbuckle Kelso. He had a wonderful childhood playing with hand-me-down toys under a large maple tree and romping with his older brothers, who lovingly included him in their games. He started school in a one-room schoolhouse near the family farm in Ethel, Mo., which all his brothers had previously attended. When the school closed due to a lack of pupils, he and the remaining students were transferred to the nearby Ethel school system. He graduated from Ethel High School in 1950 and enrolled in a nearby state teachers’ collegealso attended by his brothers. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from what is now Truman State University and graduated in 1957 from medical school at the Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery. Dr. Kelso interned at Muskegon Osteopathic Hospital in Muskegon, Michigan, and later performed a residency in anesthesiology at Detroit Osteopathic Hospital. In 1961, he began his practice in anesthesiology in Grand Prairie, Texas, at Mid-Cities Memorial Hospital (later Dallas/Ft. Worth Medical Center). He started and directed the hospital training program in anesthesiology from 1969 to 1987 and was chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology from 1976 to 1984. He was an Assistant Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine for many years. Following his retirement in 2000, he continued practicing part-time anesthesia at an outpatient surgery clinic in Grand Prairie until retiring from all practice in 2008. Dr. Kelso was past president and a life member of the American Osteopathic College of Anesthesiologists and was made a Fellow in 1972. He became a diplomate of the American Osteopathic Board of Anesthesia in 1966. Other professional memberships included the American Osteopathic Association and the Texas Osteopa