BULLDOG PLAYERS GET POST SEASON FOOTBALL HONORS

BULLDOG PLAYERS GET POST SEASON FOOTBALL HONORS – Friday night the football parents prepared a bountiful, delicious banquet for their players. The Head Bulldog Football Coach Derek Scroggins and his football coaching staff called every player and manager forward as a coach discussed their commitment, work ethic and talents. To end the evening, the coaches

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Bulldog basketball boys compete well

Last week the El Dorado Springs Boys Basketball team spent the week traveling to Warsaw for the Warsaw Tournament. The number six seed Bulldogs started the tournament against the third-seeded Butler Bears. The Bulldogs came away with their first win of the year 62-41. Trey Babcock led the Bulldogs with 19 points. Derek Hayes added

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Where Big Cats Have No Mates

A few months ago, a mountain lion was killed on a Missouri highway, one of several killed in the state in the past few years. Shortly afterward a media specialist for the state conservation department said that those cougars were very shy and of no real threat to people, perhaps because there are so few

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Fire may be the only remedy for a plague killing deer and elk

by Carl Zimmer Dr. Zabel and his colleagues are developing plans to burn plots of National Park Service land in Arkansas and Colorado. If the experiments turn out as the researchers hope, they will spare some elk and deer a gruesome death. Across a growing swath of North America, these animals are dying from a

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MDC encourages people to help prevent wildfires

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds people that strong winds, low humidity and dry conditions this time of year means extra caution is needed to avoid unexpected wildfires. According to MDC’s Forestry Division, the main cause of wildfires is improper burning of debris such as leaves or brush piles. “It’s been drier and warmer

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MDC reports more than 7,700 deer harvested during antlerless portion

Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that deer hunters in Missouri harvested 7,728 deer during the antlerless portion of the fall firearms deer season, which ran Dec. 1-3. Top harvest counties were Callaway with 250, Macon with 212, and Pike with 205 deer checked. Last year’s harvest total was 6,503. MDC

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Savvy Senior®

Check-in services that can help seniors stay put Dear Savvy Senior Are there any services you know of that check in on elderly seniors who live alone. I worry about my 84-year-old father falling or having a medical emergency, and not being able to get to the phone to call for help. And he won’t

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50+: Can these be the best years of your life?

“You can be one of those people who live in the past and relive the glory days, but I’m living the best days of my life now,” said Bill, a police chief, father of four children and grandfather of two grandchildren. Bill isn’t living without obstacles. He has experienced a number of orthopedic injuries and

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Cedar County Historical Society meets

by Connie Maupin The Cedar County Historical Society held their monthly meeting Nov 27 in the museum in Stockton. Those in attendance were President Judy Nichols; Vice President Judith Cain; Secretary Connie Maupin; Treasurer Shirley Potts; and members – Luella Phipps, Kenneth Potts, Joe B. Phillips, Bob Phillips, Chris Barber and visitor, Ellis Benham. Bob

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Gardening Charlotte

Invasion of the Asian Ladybug You’ve seen them, haven’t you, sitting on a windowsill, lurking in a corner, maybe even walking across a piece of furniture? This could be the title of one of those B-rated horror movies if it didn’t involve something as cute as a little red ladybug, something most people associate in

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