July 2023

BS meet for regular meeting

by Cindy Young Just two days after a special meeting of the Bull Shoals City Council where tempers ran hot, and discord was evident, relative calm returned at the regular monthly meeting of the Council on June 29. All Council members were in attendance, as well as Mayor Mike Savu and Recorder Tina Bailey.
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Weekend Weather

Friday-Mostly sunny with a high near 85 degrees and a low of 63 decrees with a slight chance of rain. Saturday- Mostly sunny with a high of 88 degrees and a low near 64 degrees.
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Welcome Ridge Band at BSTA

by Bull Shoals Theater of the Arts Coming up on July 21, 2023, at the Bull Shoals Theater of the Arts is a band that is making the rounds in our area. If you like the blues here is your chance to come and listen to Welcome Ridge Band from 7 to 9 p.m. This is a free event.
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Crooked Creek

Since the 1900s, native grasslands have been some of the most threatened ecosystems in the United States, losing up to 99 percent of their area due to intensive agriculture, haying, and grazing. As the demand for croplands increases, native grasslands will continue to be in jeopardy.
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Extension Corner

by Kenny Simon, Instructor and Extension Forage Specialist Has your forage yield been lower than expected? You are not alone! Many producers across the state have been experiencing the same thing. Why are yields so much lower than normal? Lance Blythe, Greene County agricultural agent, surveyed his livestock and forage producers.
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A Slick, Slimy, Seldom-Seen, Salamander

by Larry Dablemont We had a good meeting at Buffalo, Mo on Sunday to kick off our “Common Sense Conservationist” membership drive. We had representatives from Owensville, Ellington, Farmington, Conway, Marshfield-Niangua and Cabool attending. I will be going to each of those communities to hold future meetings in the quest to establish C.S.C. memberships all across Missouri. If you want to be a member, contact me. I will put more information on my website, www.larrydablemontoutdoors.
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