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To register for a program: Programs are free. Register online at https://short.mdc.mo.gov/4sn Escape Room Nature Style Beginner Room January 25 * Saturday * 9:30–10 AM, 10:15–10:45 AM, 11–11:30 AM, 1–1:30 PM, 1:45–2:15 PM or 2:30–3 PM Registration required (ages 6 yrs. and younger) Challenge your family and friends, youth group, etc. to an exciting room

Located in Kansas City, MO, just east of the Plaza near 47th and Troost. Six hands-on workshops explore Missouri’s fish, forest and wildlife with a Lewis and Clark theme. Discovery Center is a showcase for environmental architecture with four acres of native landscaping. Buy books and hunting/fishing permits at the gift shop. TO REGISTER FOR

Mo-Kan Square Dancers, along with Western Twirlers, will host an End of Year dance on Tuesday, Dec. 31, with Jay Wright as caller. The dance will be held from 7:30 to 10 p.m. in the Dining Hall at the Vernon County Fairgrounds, Nevada. Admission is $7 per dancer. All interested persons are welcome. For more

The holiday break is a great time for families to play games together and connect with nature. Families will get a chance to do both Dec. 27 at the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) Shoal Creek Conservation Education Center. On that date, MDC staff invites families to play “Animal Bingo.” This free program, which is

Pleasant Ridge (Pacetown) Missionary Baptist will host the Cedar County Missionary Baptist Fifth Sunday meeting on Friday, Dec. 27 and Saturday, Dec. 28. The program is as follows: Friday, Dec. 27, at 7 p.m. Devotional: Bro. Wade Hicks Sermon: Bro. Chuck Brown Alternate: Bro. Haden Stevens Saturday, Dec. 28, at 10:30 a.m. Devotional: Bro. Josh

The Tri-County Baptist Group will hold its regular Fifth Sunday Service on Sunday, Dec. 29, at Rock Prairie Missionary Baptist Church in Polk County. After Sunday School at 10 a.m. the morning service will begin at 11 a.m. with preaching by Brother Dusty Armstrong. After a basket dinner on the grounds and a business meeting,

Learn more about the southern flying squirrel – Missouri’s only nocturnal gliding mammal – during Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) free-to-attend virtual program from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 13. Flying squirrels are small relatives of gray and fox squirrels. They are about five inches long and weigh a little more than a

Thursday, Dec. 5 – Christmas on the Square – Stockton Chamber of Commerce Friday, Dec. 6 – Mo-Kan Square Dancers – Dining Hall Vernon County Fairgrounds 8:30-10:30 p.m.. More info – (417)684-2794 Friday, Dec. 6 – Vernon County Christmas Parade 6 p.m. A Candyland Christmas – Lights at the Lake will be open following the

Adding an outdoors flair to decorations is a good way to personalize and beautify the holiday season. People who would like to learn more about incorporating nature into their holiday decorations should register for the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) program “Conservation Families: Natural Holiday Craft” a free virtual event from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on