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Youth deer season
Young hunters ages 6 to 15 across the state will be taking to the woods this weekend as the first session of Missouri's youth deer season is set for Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 28-29. Youth hunters are able to harvest one deer of either sex during the early youth portion. If the young hunter has more...
The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, at the Sheid Performing Arts Center on the Arkansas State University campus in Mountain Home. Now in its 50th season, the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra is led by conductor Philip Mann, shown at right. Tickets are $30 for adults...
Dora School will host a donkey basketball fundraiser game at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3, in the school gym. The event has local students and school faculty staff members, as well as a school board member and community residents, riding donkeys and playing basketball, usually provoking lots of laughter....
St. Paul Lutheran Church of West Plains will hold its annual Christmas craft show, chili fest and bake sale from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Nov. 2 and 3, and from  8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4.  Free apple cider will be served to shoppers, who will be invited to sign up for a free...
Pottersville resident Zelda Beavers, 88, proudly shows off her giant yellow mum. Zelda says she bought the mum as a small plant two years ago at Cash Saver in West Plains. She planted it in her yard and put a little extra dirt over it during the winter so the roots didn’t freeze. The mum has...

Greg Watts
A benefit auction Saturday night to help Greg Watts, longtime Bakersfield Volunteer Fire Department chief, raised $5,176 to help with expenses related to his recent medical setback. Watts has been battling health issues since experiencing a severe and unexpected reaction to anesthesia during gall...
To contact the Ozark County Sheriff’s Department, call 417-679-4633. In an emergency, dial 911.   Oct. 16 (continued from last week’s Times) 10:34 a.m. – Caller said a red, four-door Pontiac Grand Am had a flat and parked in front of his hay field on County Road 605. The occupants threw the donut...
Robert Edwards was recognized during the Oct. 18 American Red Cross bloodmobile in Gainesville for donating 22 gallons of blood.  The October bloodmobile included 12 participants, who donated 13 units of blood. Besides Edwards, other donors included Ned Upton, Linda McKinney, Edmond Beckham, John...
A storm in the early hours of Sunday morning carried intermittent rain and high winds that caused several trees to topple in some areas of Ozark County. At least two hay barns were destroyed, including this one owned by Bill and Lana Cockrum off County Road 107 north of Gainesville. Another barn...

Jule Kruger feeds sorghum canes into the  mill while Bill Barnes collects the pressed canes; a local rancher will use the discarded canes as cattle fodder. Barnes, a tractor repairman, rigged a power takeoff to provide the power the mill that originally was provided by a horse.
Six area residents, all members of the Ozarks Neighborly Exchange, will be making sorghum this week on a century-old cast-iron sorghum mill formerly owned by the late Dale Morrison of Dawt.  The sorghum will be made behind the old Ledbetter store on Highway 160 at the west end of Theodosia....

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