August 18, 2026
Most county extension offices do pressure canning testing. Call your nearest county extension office to ask for details- Cedar County 276-3314, Vernon County 448-2560. It is recommended that the gauges be tested every year to ensure accuracy and safety. “An inaccurate gauge may prevent reaching the correct temperature for safe canning. If this happens, botulinum
For many Missourians, summer means float trips, camping, and spending lots of time outdoors. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) encourages people not to move firewood. Don’t give tree-killing insects and diseases rides to favorite camping locations. Instead, buy firewood at or near the camping destination. Invasive, tree-killing pests can hitchhike in firewood, moving much
Even if you think you’re getting used to the sweltering weather, you need to watch out for signs of heat-related illness. Forms of heat-related illness include heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke, says Tammy Roberts, University of Missouri Extension nutrition and health education specialist. Heat cramps usually occur as a result of heavy sweating,
Grace Cartwright will be 89 July 14. Birthday cards can by sent to El Dorado Springs Residential Care, 805 N. Jackson, El Dorado Springs, MO 64744.
by Molly Peterson When predicting future global population growth, sometimes scientists look to the past. Using a database with historical records that began in 871 A.D., an anthropologist at the University of Missouri was able to show reproductive patterns and shed new light on the “quantity-quality” trade-off, a biological concept used to describe a parent’s
The El Dorado High School Association will hold its yearly meeting this year in the High School library at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 23 (Saturday of the Picnic). All Alumni are invited. Contact phone numbers are 296-4880 or 876-7926.
U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill has announced that her office has begun the process for nominating young Missourians to the U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy for an appointment to the Class of 2021. “It’s an honor to be able to help students
by Helen Ellerman Jewell and Helen Ellerman and a friend, Rosie Taylor, had dinner at Madalyn’s Kitchen Tuesday, June 28. Connie Locke, former pastor of the Schell City United Methodist Church, who is now pastor of the Marionville Methodist Church, joined them for dinner. Bob and Cheryl Ellerman, of Edward, spent Wednesday, June 29, in
U.S. Senators Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill are teaming up on legislation to bring the historic 1920’s riverboat Delta Queen back to the Mississippi River. The Senators’ legislation would reinstate a decades-long exemption to allow the boat to operate from its new home port of Kimmswick, in Jefferson County—creating more than 100 jobs and bringing
Tomato Woes The gentleman was polite on the phone but clearly frustrated. His six-foot high tomatoes in barrels at a seven Ph were flowering but then the flowers were falling off. He said something similar had happened to his potatoes last year. Now tomatoes are very close to my heart. I even wrote a speech
