The annual Second and Seventh Legislative District Lincoln Days Luncheon will begin at 11:30 a.m., April 23 and will feature Missouri Senators Josh Hawley and Roy Blunt. The event, hosted by the Grundy County Republican Central Committee, will feature linch at 12 p.m., at the Ketcham Community Center on the North Central Missouri College campus in Trenton.
Recently, Camryn Burgener and Gaven Schreiner were named Marceline R-V Middle and High School Students of the Week. Burgener’s activities include softball, basketball, FCCLA, Art Club and Interact. In her free time she enjoys hanging out with friends and family. Schreiner’s activities include football, wrestling and math league. In his free time he enjoys hanging out with friends and family.
On Sunday the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Youth Group spent the day working in Tormey Park, picking up sticks, raking, loading several pick up loads of brush to haul off. According to Nancy Saccaro, Tormey Park is named after Father Walter Tormey who was a parish priest at the Catholic Church in Brookfield back in the 1920s. He donated the land to the City of Brookfield for a park.
Spring is just around the corner. Flowers will be blooming, and a sweet fragrance will be in the air! Missouri honey bees will smell those flowers and be in the air, too. On occasion, you will see a cloud of bees in the air or clumped together on a branch. That is a healthy swarm of honey bees moving on to a new home.
Ongoing • Sewing Class at the Brookfield YMCA. Free sewing class on Mondays and Thursdays at 10 a.m.
On Friday night at about 6:15 p.m., the Chillicothe Fire Department was dispatched to a residential structure fire at 1015 Polk St. with possible entrapment, according to a press release from Chilicothe Frie Chief Eric Reeter.
A Happy Birthday is wished for Logan Vochatzer, Cara Hanway, Russell Ryan on April 18, Linda Burtch, Luke O’Dell on April 19, Kendra Meyers, Kellie Sargent, Aubrey Young on April 20, Chris Albertson, Savanna Hicks, Stacy Baker, Keegan Sheppard on April 21, Ashley Cowan, Chris Sparks, Bentlee Peters on April 22, Debbie Young, Travis Cordray, Stephanie Murray, Rob Wood on April 23, David Maberry, Lori High, Clayton Raymo, Austin Fowler on April 24.
On March 31, crews with Good Morning America (GMA) were in Marceline filing for a feature about Missouri for ABC’s Rise and Shine segment. Marceline’s moment in the spotlight can be found at the 2:10 mark. The segment also includes mentions of Kansas City, St. Louis and the Lake of the Ozarks. The video can be found here: https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/travel/video/gma-rise-shine-missouri-83806883?fbclid=IwAR24xNQqsyaMgJGPGX7-IogSq_4ob99KGTZsR4PTb5mTCChu3LCAEmRuphQ.
Recently, Brenton Billups and Logan Rainey were named Marceline RV Middle and High School Students of the Week. Billups’ activities include Black Knight Robotics team. In his spare time he enjoys gaming, studying code and hanging out with friends and family. Rainey’s activities include softball, basketball, and playing the piano. She is active outdoors fishing, four wheeler riding and playing with her dog Thunder. She also enjoys spending time with friends and family.
Spring looks to be here finally and that can lead to questions about boundary concerns. My article today will cover one of those concerns, Missouri’s Purple Paint Law.