I’m not sweaty, you’re sweaty!
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By Gwen Rockwood
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8/21/23
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Perhaps no arachnid symbolizes what’s wrong with many human’s perception of spiders
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By Francis Skalicky
Missouri Department of Conservation
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8/21/23
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I never got rid of a car I didn’t wish to have back.
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By Jim Hamilton
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8/21/23
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I read a Twitter post a few years ago that said, “This is Dave’s wife. Yesterday evening Dave had a massive heart attack and did not survive. I am so sorry to have to tell you this. This will be his final tweet. He appreciated you – keep up the good fight.”
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Dead Dave and Other Mysteries
By Julia Bartgis
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8/8/23
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With most schools starting later this month, I personally know some children that aren’t looking all that forward to getting back in the groove of learning. It is probably a good thing they don’t realize yet that the learning never really ends!
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Already August
By Janet Gordon
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8/8/23
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Summertime, when I was a boy, began the moment Fair Grove school bus No. 10 dropped us off for the last time in spring and lay before us like a prairie too wide to see across.
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When summer was too wide to see across
By Jim Hamilton
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8/8/23
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Some people will do almost anything to avoid work.
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By Jim Hamilton
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8/3/23
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Some drought-stricken corn may have more value as cattle feed than grain this year.
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By Linda Geist
University of Missouri Extension
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8/2/23
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This time of year we receive a lot of calls about Johnsongrass. Is it bad for my cows? Will it kill my cows? Is it true that it can cause cattle to abort?
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By Terry Halleran
Regional Agronomy Field Specialist
University of Missouri Extension
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8/2/23
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The other half of this summer’s “Barbenheimer” phenomenon, “Oppenheimer” did so well in its second weekend that it gets a full review all its own. Sure, it came in a distant second to “Barbie” both weekends, but with an estimated $174 million at the domestic box office thus far, it’s more than on pace to become the biggest movie of all time to never win a weekend. The unofficial, counterintuitive, and highly-unusual “Barbenheimer” marketing campaign (“contrast the glittery comedy with a drama about the atomic bomb”) certainly helped this film’s box office, but it’s a strong enough movie that I’d like to think that it could have been a hit even without its unlikely pink ally.
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By Bob Garver, Movie Reviewer
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8/2/23
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Warren. That was his name. I didn't know him, but I knew he was a bad kid. He was getting busted by our teacher every day.
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By Gwen Rockwood
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8/2/23
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“Barbie” prides itself on inspiring a full range of feelings – both in its characters and its audience. The characters tap into dark, sad sides they never knew they had, and they find out life is more rewarding for it. The audience is sure to eat up all the easy jokes and sweetness, sure, but they’re also supposed to appreciate the film for its psychological depth and hard-hitting social commentary. Perhaps it’s appropriate that I have a broad range of feelings toward the film. I think there are portions that work very well, and there are entire storylines and characters that could be cut. There are jokes worth laughs, and jokes worth a cold stare. Some of the film’s insights opened my eyes, others made me roll them. But at least the movie is ambitious enough to attempt so many jokes and insights.
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By Bob Garver, Movie Reviewer
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7/27/23
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Another week of blistering, 100-plus heat and no rain to slake the thirst of our Ozarks’ parched earth — it’s miserable weather for most of us, but worse for that tiny but critical percentage who feed us.
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By Jim Hamilton
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7/26/23
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Indeed it’s sad to read about municipal personnel disputes resulting in loss of service and employment of key senior management and the resulting emotional disruption within the community. Moreover, it appears the city may be suffering from employee unrest and morale given the nature of complaints leveled upon the former Director of Public Works, Mr. Jerry Hamby.
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By Roberto Hernandez
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7/26/23
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Ever since humans began tending to small patches of cultivated ground near their homes, the terms “rain” and “garden” have gone together.
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By Francis Skalicky
Missouri Department of Conservation
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7/26/23
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Ragweeds are flowering plants in the genus Ambrosia in the aster family, Asteraceae.
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By Terry Halleran
Agronomy Field Specialist
Hickory County MU Extension
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7/25/23
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Tom and I had plenty of reasons not to plan a trip this summer – too many crowds, too expensive, too hot, too tiring. But after we saw our 19-year-old college kid make a cross-country road trip with three friends – armed with nothing more than a duffel bag and a smile – we felt inspired. Maybe we should see something new, too.
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By Gwen Rockwood
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7/21/23
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Last summer, when “Top Gun: Maverick” was making roughly all the money printed in the United States during that fiscal quarter, I read a number of articles (many publications jumped on the trend at once) calling Tom Cruise various iterations of “The Last Movie Star.”
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By Bob Garver, Movie Reviewer
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7/20/23
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Letter to the Editor
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7/19/23
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The world will never see another generation like mine.
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By Jim Hamilton
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7/19/23
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Many species of Ironweeds (Vernonia Gigantea) are commonly found throughout Missouri.
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By Terry Halleran
Agronomy Field Specialist
Hickory County MU Extension
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7/19/23
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A quick explanation about this week’s movies: with an estimated $40 million at the domestic box office, “Sound of Freedom” had the most...
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By Bob Garver, Movie Reviewer
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7/14/23
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Noise pollution was a problem at our house. The culprits? The treat-eating, hair-shedding, tail-wagging family members who press their black noses against the front windows for a good chunk of the day.
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By Gwen Rockwood
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7/13/23
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Thistles, those pretty reddish-purple flowered sticker plants found in our abandon fields, pastures, hay meadows, and along roadsides, which are unpalatable to wildlife and livestock, greatly reduce the grazing potential and hay quality on our farms.
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By Terry Halleran
Agronomy Field Specialist
Hickory County MU Extension
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7/12/23
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A little rain fell one Saturday night in the dog days of 2012.
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By Jim Hamilton
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7/12/23
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