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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New Dialing Procedure for Customers with the Arkansas 870 Area Code
by Carolyn Chentnik All customers with the 870-area code should prepare for 10-digit dialing and the introduction of the new 327-area code. The 327-area code will be added as an overlay to the 870 regions.
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.
Summer Bouquets from the Garden
by Melinda Myers Make every day and summer gatherings special with the help of garden-fresh flower arrangements. You will be sure to generate smiles from family members and guests when including fresh flowers on the dinner table and other spaces in your home.
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.
Informed Choices Fund Raiser
Informed Choices Fund Raiser will be held Sunday, July 23 - 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
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.
MOS presents Jerry Hopper Band Saturday
Our band for July 22 is another local favorite Jerry Hopper Band. We have some great door prizes to give away so that’s something you do not want to miss.
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.
According to the US Drought Monitor
According to the US Drought Monitor, 100 percent of the state was classified as “abnormally dry” or worse on the July 12, 2022, report, and drought conditions existed in most of the state, peaking in mid-October. The second factor is flooded soils during the growing season.