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There is a $3 suggested contribution for meals for those 60 years and over and $6.75 cost for meals for those 59 years and under. Meals are delivered Monday thru Friday, from 10:30 – 12:00, except on holidays.

Ongoing • Sewing Class at the Brookfield YMCA. Free sewing class on Mondays and Thursdays at 10 a.m.

The Missouri FFA Association awarded Bucklin FFA Chapter a Gold Emblem, a Top Chapter Award. Bucklin placed 16th out of 353 chapters. Only 10% of state chapters receive a top chapter designation each year. The Bucklin FFA advisor is Valerie Montgomery. The top chapters compete for the National FFA Chapter Award. Winners will be announced this fall at the 95th National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis. This award is sponsored by FCS Financial.

Issac Allen of the Marceline FFA Chapter places third in the creed speaking leadership development event at the 94th Missouri FFA Convention. Sixteen students from six districts were selected to compete at the state level. The Marceline FFA advisor is Bailey Henry.

Sevilla Bussman of the Marceline FFA Chapter received the second-place Missouri FFA Swine Production Placement Proficiency Award at the 94th Missouri FFA Convention. Proficiency awards recognize FFA members who excel as agricultural entrepreneurs, employees or volunteers while gaining hands-on career experience.

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports that it sampled and tested more than 32,000 deer for chronic wasting disease (CWD) between July 2021 and April 2022. Of the more than 32,000 deer sampled, 86 tested positive for CWD. T hose deer bring the total number of CWD cases found in the state to 292 since the first case in wild deer was found by MDC in early 2012. Including recent sampling efforts, MDC has collected more than 210,000 tissue samples for CWD testing since the disease was first detected.

The Electrical Safety Foundation International reports that home electrical fires account for an estimated 51,000 fires each year. Those fires exact a significant human and financial toll, causing roughly 500 deaths and more than 1,400 injuries while leading to $1.3 billion in property damage. Smoke detectors are an important safety feature that may not prevent fires, but they can prevent deaths caused by home fires. In fact, the ESFI reports that 65 percent of home fire deaths result from fires in homes with no working smoke detectors.

Firefighter George Shoemaker, with the Brookfield Fire Department died in the Line of Duty June 10, 1942 from injuries received the prior day from falling from a ladder while fighting a roof fire. The public is invited to remember Firefighter Shoemaker at the upcoming Fire Fighters Memorial Service at 9 p.m., May 14 for a candlelight service and at 10:30 a.m., May 15 at the Firefighter Memorial site in Kingdom City.

Various organisms can transmit harmful bacteria. That includes ticks, which are tiny parasites that feed on blood.