SuzyQ’s welcomes area customers
e familiar welcoming aroma of co e and fresh-baked cinnamon rolls is back again in Brook_eld. And customers are pleased to _nd even more when they walk through the teal-colored door.
April 2023
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General John J. Pershing Memorial Hospital acquiring in-house MRI
General John J. Pershing Memorial Hospital (PHS) announces the acquisition of a new in-house MRI service pending the Missouri Certi _cate of Need approval. PHS was provided funds through Congressionally directed spending in the December 2022 Omnibus bill.
YMCA, Lions Club host Healthy Kids Day
e North Central Missouri YMCA and the Brook_eld Lions Club teamed up with several area organizations to provide Diabetes, Eye & Hearing Screenings; _ngerprinting; face painting; healthy snacks; door prizes; a Bounce House; and information booths.
Brookeld High School VFW Students of the Month
_is VFW co-students of the month for April are Brookeld High School Seniors Chika Chukwu and Liz Orta-Vargas. Chukwu is the president of the local National Honor Society organization.
Sharp Shines Like Gold in Chillicothe Joe Shy Relays Track Meet
Although it turned out she didn’t absolutely have to, Brookfield High School sophomore star runner Samantha “Sam” Sharp overtook runaway team champion Lawson’s Jocelyn Calvert on the final lap after drafting along behind her for the first seven to not only win the 3,200-meters run, but also earn the Bob Carter Memorial Gold Shoe Award of last Thursday’s 2023 Chillicothe Joe Shy Relays as the 12-schools trackand- field meet’s leading individual female points producer. In adding the 3,200 win to her earlier victory – also over Calvert – in the 1,600 and a runnerup showing in the 800, Sharp provided 28 of the Lady Bulldogs’ 61 total points in the meet.
Egg-citing times
Children could hardly contain their egg-citement during the annual Marceline Firefighters Association annual Easter Egg Hunt held Saturday, April 8 at Ripley Park. .
LAWRENCE EARL READ
Lawrence Earl Read, 61 years old, of Holden, Missouri, passed away Saturday, March 25, 2023 at Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas. Lawrence was born September 6, 1961 in Denver, Colorado to Earl and Rosemary (Bailey) Read.
After Big Exhibition Success, State MLB Teams Struggling in ‘Real’ Games
MU gives AD year extension on contract, pay boost Somehow not surprisingly, after the St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals hit and pitched well enough – particularly the former – to lead Florida- and Arizona-based Major League Baseball teams to those respective groups’bestwon-lostexhibition-game records in spring training, both reside at or very close to the bottom of their respective division standings about two weeks into regular-season action.